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‘the sandersvIlie. herald.
MEXICO FOR MEXICANS
Policy is Demandsd by Editors
o ! Soviibcrn Republic..
FOREIGNERS NuF WANTED
RELEASED AFTER 10 IS SLAVERY.
Declares a Leading Mexican Newspaper
—Americans Made Object of Contempt
and Told to Stay Away from Mexico.
Men Were Inticed Aboard Sh p * nd
Held in Peonage.
San Francisco. Cal.—Nineteen sur
vivors of several hundred South Sea
Islander kidnapped 18 years ago from
their native strand and sold into
slavery among the coffee plantations
of Guatemala, arrived here on the
steamer City of Para. They are free
and homeward bound and in addition
are traveling as tourists with the Hrit-
ish government paying expenses.
The natives were kidnapped by Cap
tain Blackburn, who visited the
Mexico Citv, Mexico.—The anti-for- j islands in his steamer, the Montzeratt
clan fight in Mexico Is assuming very and enticing them aboard, sailed away,
large proportions and a bitter contro- They were supposed to be contract
versy over the question Is being laborers bound to their Guatemalan
waged by the foreign and natiVe! employers for three years.
Dreg g Ignorant of the language and In a
La Patria recently printed an arti- strange land, they slaved until their
cle in which it proclaims that the plight was made known to the British
time is ripe for a policy whose cry j government. This however, was no
shall be “Mexico for Mexicans. ’ until 18 years had passed and most
Most of the tirade is directed j of the natives had died,
against the ’’yankees." a term of eon-1 Captain Blackburn was lost at sea
(emj)t used by Mexican editors in des- in December, 1894, when the Montzer-
ignating Americans.
Among other tilings, I.n Patria de
clares that If Americans think the
governments of Argentine, Chile or
TRE PROHi CANDIDATES
Eugene Chafin for President; A.
S. Watkins for Vice-President.
SHORT PLATFORM ADOPTED
Rev. Palmore of St. Louis Was Nominat
ed Vice-Presi-.'e it by Acclamation
But Declined the Honor.
ratt went down with all hands.
IS 1NMUNE TO RABIES.
Brazil iu»rq enlightened than that of
Mexico they should journey to those
parts; 1 lie sooner the better.
After referring to the efforts on the
part of the foreigners against the pro
posed new mining law restricting In
corporations in Mexico, the paper has
this to say;
“We repeat out attitude towards
foreigners. We are not boxers, but
patriots, and when we take a given
decision we take it not as against for
eigners, but for the benefit of Mex
ico."
The paper summarizes the nnti-fer-
eign sentiment as follows and cham
pions all but the railway measure:
“The minister of public works lias
submitted to t lie executive of the
Man Claims to Have Been Bitten be
Three Thousand Dogs.
New York City.—Dr. F. U. Jackson
of the Pasteur Institute was called
to Montclair, N. J., to make scientific
examination of David Steinfeldt, the
Montclair dog catcher, who, according
to the record he has kept during Ills
six years' service, lias been bitten
three thousand times by all manner of
dogs at least one of which was af
flicted with rabies.
Dr. Jackson made a close examina
tion, and Stelnfelt, in answer to his
questions, said that ho is frequently
affected by some of the symptoms
which usualy presage hydrophobia.
Steinfeldt has not yet decided
whether he will visit New York to
, . , , , , . , .undergo scrutiny at the institute, as
union the draft of a new mining law hr , f(>nn , -experiments" may be con-
which incapacitates foreigners from (luc , (>d t, y the surgeons if he places
acquiring mines in (he frontier states
and foreign companies from acquiring
mines in any part of the republic.’
GROCERS ELECT OFFICERS.
himself In their hands.
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.
Texas Blacksmith Making Race for
— i Governorship of That State.
700 Delegates from Southern Sttaes ! n a i laB Texas.—Saturday the demo-
Close Business Session at Asheville. I cratK of Texas will decide at their
Asheville, X. C.—The Southern primary whether to elevate a black-
Wholesale Grocers’ Association closed smith to the governorship or to retain
its three days’ contention in this city Governor t’umpbell in that office for a
with the election of the following of- second term.
fleers:
President, J. Van Hoose. Birming
ham, Ala.; first vice president, H. A.
The blacksmith who is opposing
Governor Campbell is H. It. Williams,
of Crumby. Williams served one term
Forchelmer, Mobile, Ala.; second vice | n t h e legislature eight vears ago.
president, W. B. Mallory, Memphis, Hls slogan against Governor Camp-
Tenn.; treasurer, S. W. Lee, Binning-, be)I ls lhnt the latter lias injured
ham, Ala.; secretary, Robert Moore, Texas bv his extreme anti-corpora-
Blrmlnghain, Ala. hion poliev.
The following were elected to com-; williams is literally hammering
pose the advisory board: Adolph Sey- himself along, for as lie manages hls
er, Arkansas; I.. I). Cooper, Florida; Campaign he is carrying on his trade
A. S. Pendleton, Georgia; James Han-! n t the anvil and shoes ill-tempered
dy of Monroe, La.; L. B. Rogers, mustangs and stubborn mules.
South Carolina; J. K. C. Wulbern,
Charleston; W. J. Dobbs, Tennesee; j JR TOUCH WITH MINISTRY.
J. R. Williams, Lynchburg, Va.
Hot Springs, Ark., was selected as This Country Has Not Yet Recognized
(lie next place of meeting. ( New Government.
After the convention adjourned, Washington, D. C.—Although the
abput 700 delegates were given a American government has not official-
drive over the Riltmore estate.
Columbus, Ohio.—For president,
Kugene \V. Chafin of Chicago, ill.; for
vice president, Aaron S. Watkins of
Ada, Ohio,
This ticket was nonr.nated by the
prohibitionists national convention,
and both nominations were made
unanimous. The full Indorsement ot
tlie convention was not, however, giv
en to Mr. Chafin, until after three bal
lots had been taken.
On the first two ballots Mr. Chafin
did not show a great amount of
strength, receiving but 195 out of
1,083 votes on the first, and 376 out
of 1,087 ou the second.
However, when ttie third ballot was
taken lie received 636 votes and ills
nomination was made unanimous, liis
strongest competitor was Rev. Wil
liam B, Palmore of St. Louis.
Reverend Palmore was nominated
for vice president by acclamation, but
refused to accept the nomination.
Tills involved the convention In a
parliamentary tangle. The rules were
several times suspended and the su-
pension immediately revoked.
Three men were named for vice
president, A. S. Watkins of Ohio, T.
R. Demnree of Kentucky and C. S.
Holler of Indiana.
Watkins of Ohio received an over
whelming majority on the first bal
lot and his nomination was made
unanimous,
The platform adopted by the pro
hibition party is the shortest on rec
ord and is as follows:
"The prohibition party of the Unit
ed Slates, assembled in convention at
Columbus, Oho, expressing gratitude
to Almighty God for the vlstories of
our principles In the past, for encour
agement at present, and for confi
dence of early and triumphant suc
cess in the future, makes the follow
ing declaration of principles and
pledges their enactment intu law
when placed in power:
..One. The submission by congress
to the several states of an amendment
to the federal constitution prohibiting
the manufacture, sale, importation,
exportation or transportation of alco
holic liquors for beverage purposes.
"Two. The immediate prohibition
of the liquor traffic for beverage pur
poses in the District of Columbia, In
the territories und all places over
which the national government has
jurisdiction; the repeal of the inter
nal revenue tax on alcoholic liquors
and the prohibition of the interstate
traffic therein.
"Three. The election of I'nited
States senators by direct vote of the
people.
“Four. Fquitable graduated Income
8HRINERS ELECT OFFICERS.
Louisviile, Ky., Selected as Meeting Place
For 1909 Conclave.
St. Paul, Min.—The imperial coun
cil of the Ancient Arabic Order, No
bles of the Mystic Shrine, decided to
nold the conclave of 1909 in Louis
ville and elected the following offi
cers;
Imperial potentate, Edwin I. Alder
man, Marion, Iowa; imperial deputy
potentate, George L. Street, Rich
mond. Va.; imperial chief rabban,
Fred A. Hines, Los Angeles, Cal.; im
pel ial high priest and prophet, Wil
liam J. Cunningham, Baltimore, Md.,
imperial oriental guide, William W.
Irwin, Wheeling, W. Va.; imperial
first ceremonial master, Jacob T.
Barron, Columbia, S. C.; imperial cap
tain of tlie guard, Henry F. Nledrlng-
hans, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.; imperial
treasurer, William S. Brown, Flus
hing, Pa.; imperial recorder, Benja
min F. Rowell. Boston, Moss.
The council granted a dispensation
to Masons of Seattle, Wash., to organ
ize a Shrine in that city. The new
temple will be known as "Nile.” Dis
pensations were refused to Macon,
Ua„ Dawson Citv, Yukon and Cairo,
Illinois.
TO REMIT BOXER FUND.
of
ly accorded recognition to the govern-! and inheritance taxes.
| ment of Paraguay formed since the "Five. The establishment of postal
recent revolution in that country, yet,! savings banks und the guaranty of
i following the customary practices in deposits in banks.
United States Returns Money Paid by KUt . b ( aseS( Minister O’Brien is in | "Six. The regulation of all corpora-
China—That. Country Grateful. | t ouc h with the ministry. This is de-j lions doing an interstate commerce
Peking, China.—In reply to formal s i rab i e because a contingency may 1 business,
notification that the United States; arl8e where by the United States may Seven. The creation
purposed to remit a portion of what 1)aYe 1o cal) UJ)0n the existing provis-1 nent tariff commission,
ls known as the "Boxer" indemnity,! j 0na i government for the protection! “Eight. The strict enforcement of
China has sent her thanks to the' 0 f American interests or make other law instead of the official tolerance
American government and at the: representations. Whether the United and practical license of the social
same time she conveyes a statement gt a t(> s will recognize the new govern- evil which prevails in many of our cit
of her intention to send each year rnenb j 8 n question for future settle-
a considerable number of students for menb and will depend upon whether
education in America until the entire new ministry will be able to
award shall be paid. China further- ma intain peace and successfully car-
more will send a high commissioner, ( .y 0lk treaty relations,
it is understood here, a princely com- 1
WORKINGMAN FEEDS UNEMPLOYED.
Scores of Hungry Men Are Given
Bread and Soup Each Day.
New York City.—One hundred men
a day are being fed free or cost by
Joint Morgan,, nimself n poor work
ingman, ai No. 103 Christopher street,
and so quietly that not even residents
of the neighborhood have known
what was going on. Every morning
at 7 o’clock scores of huungry men
out of employment appear in groups
of eight or ten and tor a full hour
they come and go, crowding the
small room to its full capacity.
Every man helps hiruself to soup and
bread and coffee without stint, and
lie is at liberty to obtain his break
fast and dinner there for a reason
able time until he shall have a
chance to get work.
Mr. Morgan has been carrying on
tlie work on a small scale for the
last two or three years, but the de
mands on him have Increased so that
his accommodations are now taxed
to their full capacity, ,He has no
money and lias found co-operation in
his work from his daughter, who
helps him to pay the rent, while he
collects food for hls proteges as best
he can.
The expense of renting suitable ac
commodations is divided between
them, and for their provisions, they
largely depend on the bounty of ba
kers, butchers and grocers, among
whom Mr. Morgan makes his rounds
at 5 o’clock every morning.
NINE PERSONS BLOWN TO OITS.
By the Explosion of a Powder Maga
zine—Many Others Injured.
Cleolum, Wash.—An explosion in
the powder magazine of the North
western Improvement company, killed
nine persons and seriously Injured a
number of others. The dead; George
Mead, manager of Northwestern Im
provement company's store; Gifford
McDowells, clerk; Andy Grill, clerk;
Mrs. Perry Moffatt, wife of brick
mission, to Washington to convey the
special thanks of the government for
this friendly act.
Tlie bulk of the indemnity returned
to China will be devoted to the edu
cation of Chinese students in America.
RETURNS TO FACE CHIME.
I>eima
in
OF POLITICAL INTEREST
Chairman Hitchcock is in Colorado
Springs, Cal., preparing for a hard
fight in the west.
William H. Taft, who is at Hot
Springs, Va., lias completed the
....... speech he will deliver in accepting
Mexico Delivers Walker, the $500,000 ,| ie republican nomination at Cincin-
Embezzler, to United States. nati, July 28.
San Diego, Cal. M hen the steam-j j 0 jj n Kern, democratic candidate
er St. Denis arrived from Ensenada, fm . vk . e pre8 ident, made a visit to
she had on board William F. WalKei, 0 id home at Kokomo, Ind., and
the New Britain, ^onn., aoscoudei, l, as g j ven a r0UB j ng reception. Later
who was in custody of State Supoi i- ma( j e a H hort address,
tendent of Police Egan of Connecticut
and H J Hoffman, a detective. I Alabama delegates to the conven-
Walker was .rather a pitiable object ,11011 of the Independence League,
aB he stepped ashore, stooped and which will be held ill Chicago next
haggard. The newspaper men who week, have decided to push the name
sought'to interview him could get lit - of M. W. Howard of Alabama for the
tie more than, a shake of the head, nomination of president of the United
and Ui<? remark: ''‘It is a very fine S(a(es
day.*’ 1 ' ‘ H*e ‘rdturned no answer to j '
many pointed questions that were put | Virginia’s independence League has
to him The fugitive and his custodi-j stated that John temple Graves is
ans , proceeded at once to the Santa their preference for president of the
Fe station, and soon left for Los An-j United States, provided William Ran-
geles. dolph Hearst will not run.
Thomas E. Watson opens his cam
paign for president on the populist
Political Boss of San Francisco Now ; ticket Thursday, July 23, in an ad-
Under 78 Indictments. i dress at Macon, Ga.
San Francisco, Cal—Abraham Ruef, William J. Bryan lias practically
until two years ago the dominating . completed his personal plans for the
ies, with its unspeakable traffic
girls.
"Nnine. Uniform marriage and di
vorce laws.
"Ten. An equitable and constitu
tional employers’ liability net.
"Eleven. Court reviews of postof
fice department decisions.
‘‘Twelve. The prohibition of child
labor in mines, workshops and fac
tories.
•Thirteen. Legislation basing suf-
FREIGHT RATES GO UP
Increase of From Four to Ten
Cents Per Hundred.
SHIPPERS TO MAKE FIGHT
Some Officers Urged Thxt an Increase at
Thia Time Was Impolitic, But it
Was Declared a Necessity.
Louisville, Ky.—That freight rates
should be advanced in the territory
of the Southeastern Freight Associa
tion and the Southeastern Mississippi
Valley Association, which takes in all
ot the territory sotuh of the Ohio
river, was decided on nt the meeting
in this city; ot the executive offices
of all of the railroad systems interest
ed.
The advance, it is said, will be from
4 to 10 cents a hundred pounds hori
zontally, to correspond with the ad
vance decided on by the Southeastern
Freight Association recently.
The advance was decided on after
considerable opposition on the part
of railroad executives, who maintain
ed that Hn advance of rates at the
present time was impolitic, but this
opposition was finally won over by the
argument that in order to meet the
various increased expenses an in
crease In rates was absolutely neces
sary.
The clerical forces of the railroads
interested are quartered In Louisville
temporarily, working out the tariffs,
it is considered probable that the
tariffs will not be in shape for filing
before August 1, and in accordance
with the requirements of the .inter
state commerce commission compell
ing rates to be filed thirty days prior
to becoming effective, the new rates
will not be in force until September
first.
The Southeastern Freight Associa
tion governs all the roads east of a
line from Cincinnati through Chatta
nooga and Birmingham. The territo
ry of the Southeastern Mississippi Val
ley Association is included between
this line and the Mississippi river.
Indianapolis, Bid. — It was stated
here by prominent shippers that the
Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers'
Assacoation will resist with persist
ency any attempt by the railroads to
increase freight rates in Central
Freight Association are now in ses
sion in Chicago, checking in rates,will
hasten to fruition plans which have
been put on foot for a conference of
representatives of shippers’ associa
tions in practically all of the states
This conference, which likely will
be held in Indianapolis, will take up
the question of the proposed increase
In rates all over the United States
and will adopt plans for fighting the
movement of tlie railroads.
CAR ROBBER GANG CAPTURED.
Eleven Men Are Jailed at Pensacola,
Florida—Loot Recovered.
Pensacola, Fla.—One of the best or
ganized and most successful gangs of
freight car robbers and wholesale
grocery operators ever to operate in
Pensacola was unearthed by the po
iviia. run > .uuiiun, » tit: ui uiiuv* i .. . ,
maker; infant child of Mrs. Moffatt; I llce ’ and f ev ™ T? 1 ' 11 land | d , J ai1 ’
Joe Rossi, miner; Joe Pogrlappl, min- oat! Drably fatally wounded by an
er, and two miners. .. ™
Manager Mead and the two clerks
from the store went to the powder
house to ussist in unloading a carload
of powder. How the accident hap
pened is not known.
BOY AND*MOTHER WOUNDED.
Shot From Passing Freight Train at
Loaded Trolley Car.
Atlanta, Ga.—Hiram Jamieson, 8-
year-old soil of Superintendent Jam 3-
son of the Decatur Methodist Or
phans' home, and Mrs. Jamieson were
seriously wounded while on a suburb
an car returning to their home after
an outing given to the orphans of
Fulton county. As the car was speed
ing along a shot was fired from a
passing freight train on the Georgia
frage ouly upon intelligence and abil- j railroad, which parallels the trolley
By to read and write the English lan- \ line, the bullet passing through the
guage. ,*■ head of the boy and entering his
“Fourteen. Preservation of the min- mother’s neck. Who fired the shot is
eral and forest resources of the coun-; not known, but later the entire crew
try and the improvement of the high 1 of the freight train was placed under
RUEF TO FACE THIRD TRIAL.
political power in municipal affairs in ! campaign. It is his intention to make
San Francisco, and who built up the ten or a dozen political addresses,
union labor political organization— dealing with the vital issues as pre-
vhich three times elected as mayor seated in the democratic platform,
Eugene E. Schmitz, formerly orclies- but to deliver no stump speeches,
tra leader in one of the local thea-i Mr. Bryan will go to New York
tres will be placed on trial for the some time in August. It is said he
third time for alleged bribery. Ruef has determined to wage a fierce bat-
is under seventy-eight indictments, tie in that state, believing that, des-
which charge him with bribing four- plte his failure to get an eastern run-
teen of the eighteen members of tlie ning mate New York is debatable,
last Schmitz board of supervisors to' Ollie Janies of Kentucky has been
grant franchises to various public! selected for the chairmanship of the
service corporations.
NOT THE TIME FOR ADVANCE.
Eastern Railroad Presidents Decline
to Raise Rates. •
Philadelphia, Pa.—In a statement
issued with reference to the meeting
of railroad presidents in New York,
at which was discussed the question
of raising freight rates, President Mc-
Crea of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, who was present, said that
the conclusion reached was that the
time is not opportune for an advance
in all class rates in the territory rep
resented at the meeting.
I democratic national committee.
Hawaii had a candidate for the
democratic vice president nomination
in William A. McKimmey, a leading
lawyer of Honolulu; but didn’t get a
chance to present liis name.
The first appeal for campaign con
tributions by the democratic condi-
dates for the presidency and vice
presidency has been made. In a for
mal message directed to the farmers
of the country, Messrs. Bryan and
Kern urge them to contribute accord
ing to iheir means and in other ways
assist in restoring democracy to
power.
ways and waterways
“Believing in the righteousness of
our cause and in the final triumph of
our principles, and. convinced of (he
unwillingness of the republican and
democratic parlies to deal with these
issues, we invite to full party fellow
ship all citizens who are with us
agreed.”
Mrs. Carrie Nation, who represent
ed the District of Columbia at the
convention, made a speech in which
she declared the nominee must be a
man who did not use tobacco as well
as a prohibitionist. She named no
<;andidate, and was finally called to
order and forced to conclude abrupt
ly.
AMERICAN BEEF COMBINE.
England Fighting Against the Con
trol of Retail Trade.
I/mdon, England.—Pressed to take
some action to prevent the American
beef combine from obtaining control
of the retail beef tr{ide in Great Brit
ain, Winston Churchiil. president of
the board of trade, lias informed Lord
Robert Cecil, in the house of com
mons, that the operations of the six
firms constituting the beef combine
were receiving the careful attention
of the government. Mr. Churchill said
that liis investigations Uius far had
not yet convinced him of the neces
sity of appointing a house of com
mons committee of inquiry.
arrest.
WORK TO BE RESUMED.
Railway Will Finish Double-Tracking
Between Washington and Atlanta.
Greensboro, N. C.—The Southern
railroad will soon begin double-track
ing the line from Danville, Va., to
Greensboro.
A thousand men are to be employed
on the improvements. The cost of
the work will be about $12,000,000,
and it will probably take two years
to complete it.
This will be an important link in
the double track work between Atlan
ta and Washington.
HEAVY PEACH CROP IN DELEWARE.
- t
Forecast is for Nearly Two Millions
Baskets of Luscious Fruit.
New York City.—Reports received
here from Delaware and Mary
land indicate tlie peach crop in those
states this season would be bigger
than in many years.
The railroads have estimated the
output of Delaware alone will be 1,-
779,030 baskets this year; and the traf
fic managers of the railroads leading
through the peach growing section of
the state are making arrangements to
move the big crop as soon as it is
ready to harvest.
MONEY TO MOVE CROPS.
Mississippi Farmers Will Have No Trou
ble in Raising Funds.
According to the leading bankers
of Mississippi that state will need
very little, if any, outside financial
assistance in marketing the season's
cotton crop. The banks proper are
in a better shape to finance the crop
FOR KILLING HIS SISTER
to
Otis D. Smith, White, Sentenced
Hang.
Jacksonville, Fla.—Otis D. Smith,
a young white man, must die on' the
gallows for the murder of his sis
ter, Cora Belle Smith, a few weeks
ago. This verdict was rendered in the
circuit court after a hard fight for the
young mail’s life. Witnesses told of
this, year than last, and the MissisBip-1 crue i treatment to the girl and of ca-
pi branch of the Farmers’ Union will | r i 0U s threats made against her life,
play a very prominent part in the! -p be { ] a te of the execution has not
work. j been set
The gang, which is composed of em
ployes or drivers of wholesale gro
eery houses, were supplying the res
taurants and stores with stolen goods.
A raid was made upon
restaurant operated by a man who
formerly served many years as head
waiter at a leading hotel. There
were found large quantities of butter,
lard, beer, whiskey, champaigne, etc.
Following this clue the police arrest
ed proprietors of two stores and
found these stores filled with goods
stolen and which the Louisville and
Nashville officers had been endeavor
ing to trace for months.
TRIBUTE PAID TO GENERAL LEE.
Letter Received from Dr. Burrage,
Historian of Maine.
Jackson, Miss.—Director Dunbar
Rowland, of the department of ar
chives and history, is in receipt of a
letter from Dr, Henry S. Burrage, his
torian of the state of Maine, asking
for a copy of his sixth annual report.
In concluding hls letter Dr. Burrage
pays the following tribute to General
S. D. Lee, recently deceased:
"1 also wish to say that i can well
understand what a loss you have suf
fered in the death of General S. D.
Lee. 1 was with Grant at Vicksburg.
When the Massachusetts monument
at Vicksburg was unveiled in 1903,
General Lee was present and made
an address as patriotic as it was
forceful, it deeply stirred my heart
as I read it, and I sat down and wrote
him, thanking him for its noble utter
ance. I still have his noble reply. God
bless him! We cannot be too grateful
that we have had such men.”
PROHIBITION IN MAINE.
Democrats Favor Resubmission of the
Question to People.
Bangor, Maine. — Maine democrats
in convention unanimously nominated
Obediah Gardner of Rockland for gov
ernor, and Everett M. Mower of Au
gusta for state auditor. Electors of
president and vice president were
also nominated.
The platform declares for resubmis
sion of the prohibitory law, repeal of
the Sturgis law, abolition of the state
liquor agency, a fifty-eight hour law
for women and children in factories
and prohibition of child labor in fac
tories and endorses the national tick
et and platform.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
The Western Maryland express
from Elkins to Baltimore was com
pletely wrecked near Keyser, W \ a
Eleven passengers were seriously j u '
jured. Nearly nil are West Virgin-
lains. Two caskets containing corps
es were broken open and lie in the
wreckage on the river bed.
it has transpired that an American
woman who was traveling through the
wilds of the state of Chiapas, Mexico
dressed In mans attire, and who was
suspected of being Mrs. Bell Guinness
the notorious LaPorte murderess is
Mrs. K. M. Cameron, widow of a
preacher of ParkerB.'W. Va.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St
Louis Railway company declared a
semi annual dividend of 2 1-2 per (( >nt
which Is a reduction of 1-2 of i |,„ r
cent from the regular semi-annual div-
ldend.
The government custom inspec
tors and a wharf watchman were kill
ed and two longshoremen ami two
clerks injured in the explosion at
Boston of a box containing detonating
caps. The box had arrived from Gei-
many and when one of the Inspectors
attempted to open the box he struck
it with an ax and the explosion fol
lowed.
Miss Annie Morgan, daughter of j.
Pierpont Morgan, is investigating in
stltutions of German workingmen, in
company with a committee appointed
by the Berlin city council, she in
spected the municipal laborer's
houses of that city,
Two men were killed at Santa Bar
bara, Ca., by falling Into a tank of
burning oil. The tank contained
35,000 barrels of oil and the men were
fighting the fire, being suspended
over the tank by ropes. The ropes
broke and they dropped into the sea
of boiling oil.
The Right Rev. William Awdry,
Anglican bishop of-South Tokio, Ja
pan, in a strong letter to the London
Times repudiates the idea that the
Japanese have any aggressive inten
tions towards the United States or
elsewhere.
Three men were killed, one fatally
injured and a dozen severely hurt by
an explosion of fireworks on the Bos
ton and Maine freight wharf in Bos
ton harbor. The shed was destroyed.
Six hundred men were at work on the
wharf. One died on the way to the
hospital.
Japan is rapidly making arrange
ments for the building of two new
battleships. The keel of one will be
'.aid at Yokosuka during July, and the
keel of the other at Kure before the
end of the year. The displacement cf
these ships will be 20,800 tons; their
speed, 20 knots; their armor, 12
inches, and their principal armament
12 inch guns.
A St. Louis judge has decided that
a combination of laundry companies
does not violate the trust laws. Hls
reason for arriving at this decision
was; “There are many ways of clean
ing soiled clot lies and a person does
not necessarily have to have soiled
clothes washed by any company or
companies."
A pleasure launch bound from Ma
nila, J\ I., to Corregildia island, car
rying about seventy-five* passengers,
was caught iu a typhon and foun
dered. Twenty-five of the parly, in
cluding three Americans were drown
ed. The rest were picked up by a
British steamer and landed safely.
The lepers located on the island of
Molokiu purchased a large quantity
of daylight fireworks which were used
to salute the Atlantic battleship fleet
as it passed tlie island. A large
piece which on its explosion formed
the word “welcome," was placed in a
position of vantage.
H. H. Rodgers, the well-known Wall
street man, in an intervilew declared
that the country has fully recovered
from the effects of the recent panic
and that business along all lines was
in as good, if not better condition,
than before the scare.
Following his action of naming one
of the great national forest reserves
"Cleveland National Forest," presi
dent Roosevelt has written -Mrs-
Cleveland praising former Presiden
Cleveland’s act of establishing fores
reserves.
BILL POSTERS CONVENTION
They Will Hold Their Convention at
Atlanta, Ga., Next Year.
Detroit, Mich.—The following offi
cers for the ensuing year were
elected by the Associated Bill Post
ers of the United States and Canada,
President, George L. Chennell, Co
lumbus, Ohio; vice president, \V. s.
Burton, Richmond, Va.; secretary\
Charles Bernard, Chicago; treasurer'
C. U. Philley, St. Joseph, Mo.
The next annual meeting will be
held at Atlanta, Ga., iu July, 1909.
Washington.
A young man who gave Ids name as
Juan Herzgeld was arrested ta New
York City at the request of the
can authorities at Washington on ino
charge of having stolen $5,065 110
the Mexican Sugar Refining company
at El Potrero Cordora, in the state oi
Vera Cruz.
That a household servant, "hrn
traveling with a member ot a '
ily entitled to a pass is lawfully n
eluded within the term "family. »
used in tlie act to regulate cornua >
is one of the interesting rulings 1
public foy the interstate rename
commission.
According to plans being dif-im cd
at Washington by the signal non-
flee and the board of ordnance
army, one million dollars will *’ 0 {
ed of the next congress for m ■ ^
dirigible airships similar to '*
Count Zeppelin for coast defeu ' ^ fo) .,
id progress in aeronautics ainoi b
eign nations makes it mperative,
they believe, that the l nite'
should begin plans for aerla
The United States government
filed a petition in the Jame* at
position federal court litiga a
Norfolk, Va., asking protection » nt
creditor of the exposition on
of its $1,000,000 loan and c ^
priority payment over eveiy n y.
owl'll V .he Exposition
The petition sets out that
due th** government is $8J<> J
A board of officers from th< j
ships Alabama and Maine o{
into the conditions of the with *•
Guam and needs of the P e °l . n8
view to offering recommendati
to the future government oj bip ,
The people petitioned foi L , were
modified laws and schools ai
unanimous for a continuum
President Roosevelt has re
offer to make speeches {Qy ,j, e
government
]
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ceiver of a talking machine j
purpose
sale,
of making records for