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THE COffDON GLOBE
CONDON .CRBOON
NEWS OLIHE WEEK
la i Ccsdsnscd Fens for Csr
Bssy EsasSea
A Ruum of the Less Important but
Not Lm Interesting Events
of ths Past Weak.
; A St. Looit couple will be married
soon at the age oi 101 and 100.
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York
have been visited by a anowatorm.
Early fruit in Tennessee it reported
to be severely damaged by cold weather.
A llight'earthquake shock at Charles
ton, S. C, threw the people Into a
panic.
There is no chance for the election of
a senator from Rhode Island the present
aeeeion of the legislature.
Chinese famine sufferers are dying
by hundreds and there is difficulty In
securing the dead suitable burial.
The Austrian premier declares every
eclony of the various nations should be
made an Independent government.
President Roosevelt has about made
up his mind that the best way out of
the national campaign trouble is for the
government to pay the legitimate ex
penses of all candidates.
San Francisco street railway employ
ee are receiving back pay. The arbitra
tion board granted the men an increase
from the . time the trouble began last
fall and now $115,000 is being distrib
uted. Dr. Kennard, an American agent In
Russia, says the suffedring there from
famine is appalling. Not lees than
20,000,000 aie dependent on aid until
another harvest. Epidemics of disease
add to the suffering.
Hearst is said to be building up a
third party.
' There a a deadlock in the Wisconsin
senatorial contest.
Jerome is investigating a charge of
tampering with a Thaw juror.
The vice president of the New York
Central railioad favors government
control.
The British budget proposes a pen
sion for old age aud increased taxes on
the rich.
Southern cotton manugactnrers com
plain of rate discrimination by the
railroads.
Captain George Curry has been in
augurated governor of New Mexico in
place of F. C. Hagerman, who resigned.
The thief who stole (25,000 from
the Northern Pacific Express company
at St. Paul has been captured and the
money recovered.
The Illinois Supreme court has de
cided the municipal ownership law in
valid and Chicago will not be able to
own her own street railway system.
Regis H. Post has been inaugurated
governor of Porto Rico in succession of
Beekman Winthrop, who resigned to
become assistant secretary of the treas
ury at Washington.
The Hermann trial is approaching
the end.
San Francisco street car employes
may strike for 8 hours and (3 a day.
Coal miners at Coleman, Alberta,
have struck for an increase of 10 per
cent in wages.
The Chicago A Allton railroad has
been fined $60,000 for granting rebates
in meat shipments.
Spain has outlined a program - for a
new navy which calls for an appropria
tion of (64,000,000.
Robbers held up the Northern Pacific
Express company's office at St. Paul
and secured $25,000.
Portland piolce have captured the
"pink domino," a bold burglar who
baa terrorized the Nob Hill district for
several weeks.
Snow storms and freezing weather
prevail from Wisconsin down intc Kan
sas. In places trains are delayed on
account of the snow.
The United States census bureau has
placed Seattle's population in 1906 at
104,169. Senator Piles is indignant
and declares the city has over 200,000.
Governor Buoh tel. of Colorado, has
asked the governors of all states con
taining public land to join him in a
conference June 18, 19 and 20 at Den
ver to discuss the question of public
land laws.
A Northern Pacific train was wrecked
near Jamestown, N. D., and five per
sons injured. ...
Russia and Japan have completed the
' evacuation of Manchuria, leaving only
a few railway guards.
Officials cf the Zortman, Mont.,
minse deny that the stage robber got
(28,000 for his work.
DEEP SNOW ON PRAIRIES.
Six Inches Ruins Fruit Prospect, But
Benefits Wheat.
Omaha, April 19. Five inches of
snow fell during the night, and the
ittorm continued during the forenoon.
The fall waa general over Eastern Ne
braska, and is the hcavieet knewn in
April for many years. Tbs extent of
damage is not known. Opinion as to
the storm's effect upon fruit and early
vegetables varies. In some counties
along the southern and central belt
cherries, peaches, plums, and berries
are said by some authorities to have
been ruined almost entirely, while
other growers repcrt that fruit waa not
tar enough advancd to become seriously
endangered.
In grain circles it is believed the
snow will kill all the green bugs that
have been threatening the winter wheat
crop and spreading over the central
portion of the stats.
A Norfolk dispatch rays Northern
Nebraska, Southern South Dakota,
Northeastern Wyoming and the Black
Hills are covered with a blanket of
snow six inches deep upon the level,
which is (till falling. At Northwestern
railroad headquarters here it was said
the storm was practically over the en
tire system west of the Missouri river.
DEATH LIST GROWING.
Mexican Earthquake Proves to Havs
Been Most Disastrous.
City of Mexico, April 19. Today the
Associated Press was in direct commu
nication with a number of towns in the
district affected by Sunday's earth
quake. From the telegrams received it
is certain that the death list will ex
ceed 100. There are a number of small
towns yet to be heard from, but up to
date the average number of fatalities at
these places has ranged from 9 to 13
and the number of injured from 30 to
40.
In Chllapa 33 persona were injured
and 779 bnildings destroyed. Nobody
waa killed, as reported yesterday.
After the first great shock the air was
filled for many miles with a thick,
sickening, sulphurous odor. This
caused great distress to the survivors.
There are many speculations as to the
cause of the peculiar freak of nature
and some consider It a proof that the
earthquake had its origin in come sub
terranean explosion.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
San Francisco Remembers Earthquake
Ysar Ago.
San Francisco, April 19. While
there was no general cessation of the
work of rehabilitation, the first anni
versary of the earthquake and the fire
which left this city a mass of ruins was
observed yesterday by appropriate re
ligious services and commemorative ex
ercises by the Building Trades Council
and other organizations.
The crowning event of the day was
the banquet of the Merchants' associa
tion at the Hotel Fairmount, at which
the material and civic regeneration of
the city was amply discussed and faith
expressed in a new and greater San
Francisco. The principal business
streets were decorated with bunting
and incandescent lights. Flags were
dying everywhere and the dome of the
city hall, still in a partly wrecked con
dition, was illuminated as on gala occa
sions "before the fire."
WILL GO FOR SIX-BITTERS
Frisco Policy Holders Bring 1,800
Suits for Payment.
San Francisco, April 19. More than
100 suits against insurance companies
for the payment of policies held during
the great fire a year ago were filed to
day at the county clerk's office, bring
ing the total well over 1,800. At 5
o'clock, when tbe office closed, there
was a long line of attorneys, clerks and
messengers waiting, and it took three
clerks nearly an hour to dispose of the
overflow.
Today was practically the last day
for the filing of such suits, although
in some cases the year allowed will not
expire until tomorrow. . During the
past two days the county clerk's office
has taken in nearly (3,000 in fees on
these cases alone.
After Men With Guns.
New York, April 19. While squads
of detectives are scouring the foreign
quarters, working under the direct or
ders of Police Commissioner Bingham,
arresting all the armed men they find,
the judicial officers are showing evidence
of their intention toco-operate with the
police in breaking up the practice of
carrying deadly weapons. District At
torney Jerome has prepared 50 cases
against men charged with carrying con
cealed weapons, and will present them
to the grand jury tomorrow. In all,
215 men have been locked up.
' Volcano Erupts In Andes.
Valparaiso, Chile, April 19. News
has reached here that the Renihue vol
cano, in the province of Valdivia, is in
violent eruption. The eruptions are
accompanied by awful subterranean
rumblings, earthquakes, intense dark
neess, electrical displays, ashes and
boiling water. The flowing lava has
set fire to the surrounding forests, and
the inhabitants are fleeing in terror.
FIRE IN PHILIPPINES
llo Ho, Second Towq In Islands,
Sailers Heavy Loss,
TYPBGGN IN CAROLINE ISLANDS
One-Fourth the Population of Ons of
the Islands Dead and Rest
Are Starving;.
Manila, April 20. latest reports
from Iloilo say the firs has been
checked. The native quarter of the city
was destroyed. The property loss is
estimated at (100,000 gold. Tbs busi
ness section of the city was untouched,
it being saved by the military and con
stabulary. '
Seven hundred houses were destroyed
and 800 or 1,000 natives made home
less. Adequate relief measures have
been taken. The homleess have been
housed in schools and other buildings.
The province and the city will provide
for the refugees and no physical suffer
ing is feared. '
There was no loss of life by the
earthquakes. The shocks, while the
most severe experienced in 15 years,
were not violent enough to cause much
destruction. Dispatches from points in
several provinces report severe shocks
but little damage.
The total damage caused by the
earthquakes in the entire archipelago
will not exceed (10,000.
Typhoon Sweeps Caroline Islands.
Berlin, April 20. Colonial Director
Demburg informed the budget commit
tee of the reicbstag today that a cable
message had been received from the
governor of the island of Yap, an
nouncing that a disastrous typhoon
swept over the Caroline islands on
Good Friday, March 29, and- that 230
cf the 800 natives of lbs Ulultbl group
were drowned, that the cocoanut trees
were destroyed, and that famine threat
ens the surviving natives.
- The steamer Planet, of the German
navy, which has been engaged in geo
detic work, and the steamer Man I, of
the Jaluit company, proceeded to Ulul
thi islands, taking food and help. It
was proposed to bring as many of the
suffering natives as possible to tbs Pe
lew and Ladrone islands.
Lets Than IOO Lives Lost.
Mexico City, April 20. Communica
tions have now been ' opened with all
the important points in tbe section most
affected by the etuthqnake. The latest
reports indicate That the loss of life
will not reach 100, but many persons
have been Injured and the property loss
is very great.
Vice President Corral, in a commu
nication published here today, declares
that the whole of the slate of Guerrero
has been devastated.
Thousands of dollars are being sub
scribed to the fund being raised in this
city for the relief of the earthquake
sufferers.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
Bryce Speculates on Result If Revolu
tion Had Failed.
Philadelphia, April 20. James
Bryce, ambassador from Great Britain,
in an address at the banquet of the
Trans-Atlantio society of America here
tonight, declared that, if America had
remained aa a colonial ward of Eng
land, President Roosevelt would not
have been confronted with such world
Important problems as he is now called
to solve.
Had the countries not been separat
ed, Mr. Bryce said, the development of
the United States would have been
more gradual. He was of the opinion
that slavery would not bave endured so
long and wculd have gone, perhaps,
without bloodshed. ' There would have
been fewer railroads, less internal strife
and consequently fewer big economic
problems to solve.
Build Terminals at Oakland.
San Francisco, April 20. The West
ern Pacific railroad has decided to com
mence immediately tbe construction of
its trans-baj terminal along the north
retaining wall of the Oakland estuary.
This work will involve the filling In of
a mole 1,000 feet in width and between
4,000 and 5,000 feet in length. The
construction of the mole, together with
tbe erection of a modern depot building
and slip approaches at its western end,
will take about 17 or 18 months, and
will involve a financial outlay of some
thing like (2,600,000. -.
I Georgia Peaches Killed,
Atlanta, Ga., April 20, State En
tomologist Smith today received reports
from the various peach growing dis
tricts of the state, a summary of which
shows that at least 76 per cent of the
crop has been killed by the recent cold
weather. '
WILL FIGHT HENEY.
Big Corporations Havs Banded To
gether In San Francisco, i
Ban Francisco, April 17. A conspir
acy which puts Into Use shads the (5,
000,000 affair that recently aroused the
inmates of tha White House has evolv
ed from tbs graft proceedings in Ban
Franoleoo, and, I Iks the conspiracy In
Washington, it has its headquarters in
Washington. Moreover, ons of the
leaders of tht (5,000,000 conspiracy Is
ons of the chief actors In this latest
plot.
In short, ths big corporations, which
havs sighted the specter of indictment,
havs handed together against the com
mon fos. Combined they represent
ons of tha moat powerful forces that
America has known, and they ate pre
pared to expend a large share of tbs un
limited capital they control. The
United Railroads, an (80,000.000 cor
poration; ths Pacific States Telephone
A Telegraph company, ths Home Tele
phone company, and lastly the South
ern Pacific; company, have julned hands
to fight down the graft prosecution.
Ths head and front of ths plot are
reputed to be Patrick Calhoun and E.
II. Harrlman. It is no secret that
above all others It Is the desire of Mr.
Heney to direct the fire of tits prosecu
tion sgalnst Calhoun and the men who
occupy ths seats of ths mighty in the
councils of the Southern Paoifio. liar
riman's representative on the Pacific,
W. F. Herrin, is on of ths chief ob
jects of Mr. lleney's Investigation. Mr.
Herrin has always fused to corns Into
the open and even now, with public
attention centered upon' him, he re
mains in the background.
MEXICAN SHOCKS CONTINUE
Destruction Grows aa Rsports Corns
From Outlying Districts.
City of Mexico, 'April 17. Heavy
earthquake shocks continued on the
west coast until 4 o'clock this morning.
Late news of ths earthquake shows tiiat
the devastation wrought was greater
than at first supposed. Beside the de
struction of Chilpanclngo and Chllapa,
it is now said that Tlxtla also was lev
eled. Messengers reaching Chilpancln
go say ths towns of Ayutla and Otnete
pre have been wiped oot.
Tbs population of Ayutla Is small,
and It is thought the loss of life there
will be Insignificant. Ometepre Is a
town of about 4,000 inhabitants and
tbe lot! of life probablv is large.
Tlapa, near the bolder tins of the
stats of Oaxaca, is also reported to tie
wiped out. A report from Chilpancln
go says the whole of the west coast
from Acapulco south of Salitia Crus has
been badly damaged.
The damaged places are remote, and
news from the stricken district conse
quently is incomplete. Only one wire
is working to Chilpanclngo.
Standard Dodges Taxes.
Chicago, April 17. Taxing authori
ties of Late county,' Indiana, have in
stigated an action against the Stamlard
Oil company of Whiting as a result of
investigations in cliarge of County As
sessor William E. Black and his assist
snt, Towns Assessor Bert Earlier, of
Hammond. They have discovered, they
say, that the company for four years
has sequestered millions of dollars'
worth of valuable property from tax
duplicates. It is estimated by the
officials that the Standard Oil company
should be paying taxes on (40,000,000
worth of property when it is assessed
on the tax duplicates for only $3,000,
000 worth.
Will Tsst ths 16-Hour Lsw.
Butte, Mont., April 17. A Helena
special to the Miner states that Attor
ney General Albert J. Galen in an
opinion rendered today itates that he
holds the recent enactment by the leg
islature of the statute limiting the
hours of employment of railway em
ployes to 16 hours to be valid. Wil
liam Wallace, Jr., counsel for the
Northern Pacific has served notice
upon the board of railway commission
ers that the company will Ignore the
new statute. Mr. Galen has advised
the commissioners to at once begin a
test case against the railways.
Accused of Taking Bribe.
, Chicago, April 17. Perry L, Hod
rick, chief sanitary inspector of the
city Health department, was arrested
today on charge of soliciting and so
cepting a bribe. It is alleged the $200
paid to him by George A. Beckway, an
inventor, was found in his pocket when
he was arrested. Hedrick was released
on (10,000 bonds. According to the
charges made against Hedrick, he
agreed with Beckway that on payment
of the money he would recommend
Beckway's invention to the Health de
partment. Wisconsin Central Is Guilty.
WMinneapolig, April 17. A Jury in
the United States District court last
night found tbe Wisconsin Central rail
road and two of its officials guilty of
rebating. Burton Johnson, general
freight agent, and G. T. Huey, his
assistant, were convicted on all tbe 17
counts named In the indictment.
ONE DOLLAR WHEAT
Society cl rqaltj Will Fix Mini
mum at Omaha Convention.
ALSO PREVENT GLUT IN MARKET
Farmers' Trust Hat Orsanlxsd Sys
tem to Control Pries and Die
trlbutlon Banksra Help.
Omaha, Neb. April'). In the live
great wheat producing states of ths
country ths minimum pries of this oe
real this year will he (1 a bushel.
This, at least, la the plan of ths Ameri
can Society of Equity, the grain grow
ere' department of which will hold Its
annual convention In Omaha June 6, 0
and 7. ' Minnesota, North Ihtkota,
South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas
will send large delegations to the con
vention. Oklahoma, Iowa and oth r
states ais also to 1 represented.
The purposes of this society and the
scops of Its membership were explained
at length today by J. A. Ever I it, of In
dianapolis, Its president, who said;
"Ths American Society of Kqnity Is
s business organ itation of farmers,
with local societies in 2,700 of the
3,000 airriciilttnal counties of ths
United States. Its purpose is to carry
on Its organisation work through local
societies, organised into state union.
Its business side is being strongly de
veloped along the line of departments,
covering various farm products, such
departments already organised being
those of fruit and produce and of to
bacco. The grain growers' department
is the third.
"The convention at Omaha In Juno
will launch this department on a solid
basis. A central bureau will gather
and dlareminate Information concern
ing supply and demand; tlx a mini
mum price below which the farmers
agree not to sell, and handle and divert
the'grain from the source of supply to
ths points of demand, as needed, nut
causing a giut of the market at any
point at any time.
"The stats union of North Dakota,
at its annual meeting, was Invited by
the Stats Bankers' association lo ap
point a committee to confer with a like
bankers' committee to arrange for car
rying along the poor (at mort who might
otherwise be forced to sell below tha
minimum price."
REGULATE 9-CENT PARES
Nebraska Commission Rules on Ter
minal snd Pass Msttsrs
Lincoln, Neb., April 18. Ths Ne
braska railway commission Issued its
first order today bearing on 2-cent fares
and streetcar passes. It is a notice to
steam railroad companies to post pla
cards lij every station calling attention
to the fact that the 2-cent passenger
fare does not apply to tickets putvhased
to a destination beyond the state bor
der. In addition to this order the com
mission has addressed a letter to ths
Lincoln Traction company, the Cltisens'
Railway company, of Lincoln; the
Omaha Lincoln 4 Beatrice Intnrurban
and ths Omaha 4 Council Bluffs Street
Railway corporation, notifying them
that they are subject to Uie terms of
the new anti-pass law and will be ex
pected to obey it.
GO FROM COPY TO CROP8.
Newspaper Man to Taks Up Farms
In Colorado.
Denver, Colo., April 18. A colony
of newspaper men Is to , be established
in the Little Snake river valley. In :
Routt county, Colorado, where the
state of Colorado will throw open for
settlement this summer, under the
Carey act, 60,000 acres of land. This
land Is under the Little Snake river
canal system. The plan is to make
this colony an up-to-date farming com
munity, where each man will own his
own farm and Improvements, the only
connection in which the community
idea will prevail, U at all, being in re
gard to labor. .
Shocks Stilt Cont'nus.
City of Mexico, April 18. Owing to
the great difficulty in establishing
communication with the cities situated
in the region of the earthquake dntails
are coming to this city slowly. From
the latest reports 11 is learned that
shocks occurred as late as noon today.
In the list of known dead, which now
totals 60, and of the Injured, which ap
proximates 300, are many names of
Mexicans prominent In the official and
social life of tbe region. So tar the
name of no American has appeared in
the meager list. i
Cubans Want No Regular Army.
Havana, April 18. Opinion here is
opposed to the plan of the American
oreneral staff to establish a Cuba regit
1 r army of 12,000 men to replace ths
n al guard. It is said that it will bo
difficult to recruit that number of men.