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OBJECTS 13 CHANGE
CF WOTS iN TREATY
TO REPFAL WOMAN 8UFFRAOE.
t 'jislator Want* Vcting Fr«n
c j,. k <. ioCk Afrom Femal«*.
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EhiPFnan
READY FOB PEACE
HOOH CLAIMS THIRTEEN WIVES
MAXIM GORKY TO
it MEMBERS RESIGN i
: Appoint
of Poitn
tut«-d. th«
apt-citic HI
ml
_ nn*nl againrt th*
whole principle of u genera! arbitra
tion treaty. The president aUo *a>.f
that if In the Judgment of the presi
dent an amendment nullifies a pro
posed treaty is seems to him that It
no less clearly is his duty to refrain
from endeavoring to secure a ratifica
tion of the amended treaty.
President's Cabinet Resigns.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The following
•tatciiient was made public at the
White House today:
"The members of the cabinet have
all tendered their resignations and on
the 6th of March they will ail be
nominated for reappointment, with the
exception of of Mr. Wynne, who ta to
be appointed consul general of Lon
don. Mr. Cortelyou will be named on
March 6th for postmaster general.”
President’s Carriage Upset.
Washington, Feb. 13.—As one of the
president's carriages was beingn driv
en from the White House to the sta*
bios Friday, an automobile cut ncross
ahead of the team at the corner ol
Seventeenth street ami Pennsylvania
•venue. The horses became fright
ened and ran on the sidewalk, strik
ing an Iron fence. The carriage w»4
upset and the driver, Julius Wheeler,
thrown to tin- ground, receiving severe
bruls-s on the right hip. The horse
that struck the fence was thrown dr
and cut. The carriage had Just broil
Miss Jean Reid, the daughter of Wli
law Held, to the railway station
was being returned to the stables.
■st! mat ion of tl.
^unities by rea
populistic idk»-
vagarles and im>-
it, evidenced by
>-treasureyr 'ref-
■ Z:\ui\o .s *• .la-* * or liig
War In ho Far Bust.
LICURITiES CO 'Jp ON MARKET
London Hears that American Secre
t.iry of Ststc C;.bled Japan at Re
quest cf Czar—Belief that Kuropat-
kin Is Now Being Consulted.
He Turns HI# Back on Twenty C^x Wo
men Who Say : j .< Married Tnem.
Chicago. Feb. 13.-Johan Hoeh
prr rented bim.-**if for further c-xan::n*
si ion by witnesses and the jury. iK-
fore a curious throng be sat while
the manner ui Mrs. Wallior-Hoch’s
a-all. was Ues rircl. before enter-
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in Mi I wa ukc.
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nages
•Ipal a.id i;ta
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lie wh»H*- br.-ed of like hurly-bur-
Jk/.yquilt patchwoik, legislativo
lositit-b and political niendaeitie b ,
and all a menace to purity in
public life an*l to the peace and good
order of sock ty.
lie it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Kansas, entitled ‘An Act
Conferring Upon the Women the Right
to Vote at City Elections and to Hold
Certain Offices/ be, and the same Is,
hereby repealed.”
lynidon, Feb. 13.—Whehtc
true or not that the chancell
Europe and the state department at
Washington are discussing a plan to
end the war between Japan and Run*
siu the fact remains that reports come
from high sources in all the capitals
of the civilized world that a move
ment is well under way to bring tiie
conflicting Powers together at least
for an exchange of views. From Ber
lin comes the report that Secretary
Hay has already cabled Lord I—us
downe, the British Minister for For
eign Affairs, who has in turn communi
cated with the Japanese government,
which has expressed a willingness
Icted by .tb<
own up to fully S«l of them before the
b . Inquc-fct. He denies that bo poisoned j
0 / any of them. All along the route from .
al the Chicago avenue politcestation to
fM the court room the streets were crowd- i
Pus •:.n Iren Masters Clamor
i or Xio.ter Labor Laws.
SITUATION SERIOUS IN LODZ
There Arc 60,COO Men Out on Strike
in ii-;nc^ice Districts—Official Re-
irc.w that Point Shbwa that
eple Have B^en Killed.
I, r-il/ttrg, Feb. 13.—It is report-
Max:in Gorky has been sent to
SENATOR'S $350 HANDSHAKE.
Confessed Briber Telle How He
Bought Four Lawmakers.
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 13.—In the
senatorial bribery Investigation Joseph
B. Jordan, who was accused of having
been the agent of the four accused sen
ators, has taken the witness stand and
testified that the charges wero true.
Jordan in his testimony said that he
was employod by Clarence Graude,
of the Phoenix Building and Ltmm as
sociation, to see Senators French,
Bunkers, Emmons and Wright. Jor
dan said ho went to see Senator Bunk
era and asked him If $360 would be
enough for each senator's help. Bunk
ers suld It would.
Jordan said Detective Tlchenor gave
him the four roils of greenbacks con
taining $330 each, and then Jordan
went to n saloon to meet Senator Em
mons. Taking a roll of greenbacks.
$:::,o iu all, from bis pocket, he shook
hands with Emmons, leaving the roll
in Emmons' hand. IIo paid a like
i tn each of the other three sen
ators.
the lab-
ng that "uo reprevjivo n
«ud the deeply ror.ted nr
nent of the Russian pco
The iron masters m.
that normal relations '»*
men and their emple. .
ONE HUNDRED WtJRT IN WRECK.
East Side New .... - Has a Very
E;d Bmat.lt Up.
New York. F-13.—In a rear-et:!
coMrioa h* rween two'Second -aveou-3
elevated trains at the One Hundred
and Fbrty-ninth afreet station at 6:10
o'clock Friday night, ■one hundred per*
fc . \i - r- re injured. A crowded six-par
ir-*.tj •. > standing at the platform
when .i train coming notih crasheJjj
into the- rear at full speed. ™
Every window in both trains was
smashed and the lights extinguished.
Glass and wreckage lie-w through tho
darkness and Inflicted many wounda
. The passengers were thrown into a
panic and in the stampede to escape
women were crushod under foot.
| It was during tho rush hour that the
accident occurred. The platform at
: One Hundred and Forty-ninth street
' had become overcrowded as no trals
bad been along for several minutes.
This is th«* transfer fetation from the
; Third to the Second avenue “L" and
to the new' road to West Farms,
i When the train pulled in every one
made a rush for it. Tho cars wera
soon filled to the gates. Those left
: on the platform were fighting to get
1 on when the crash came. There wera
| hundreds of girls In the crowd and
their screams added to the terror.
JOIIAX* 1IOCH.
ed with people eager to get a glimpse,
despite the cold, as if a big paarde
were anticipated.
All these people saw was a covered
patrol wagon. Iloch kept his overcoat
collar turned up and hung his head as
he entered the court building. All
sorts of remarks were made about him
by the throng, but he never responded.
NEW YORK THEATER BURNING.
The Famous Casino Is on Fire—Ons
Chorus Girl Is Injured.
New York, Feb. 13.—The Casino
theater Is on fire.
The "Lady Teasle company,” that
has been playing at the Casino for
some weeks, Is headed by Lillian Rux*
sell. The theater is a large, brick
building at the corner of Broadway
and Thirty-ninth street It was built
in the eighties, and was famous for
a long time as the home of the Aron*
son’s musical company. The audb
torium in the house Is one story above
the street level, and is reached by a
winding staircase. This fact makes
it doubly fortunate that there was no
audience in the bouse when the fire
started. Every one escaped from the
theater without serious injury.
One chorus girl was slightly hurt,
and the stage carpenter was overcome
GIRL ELOPES JN EVE OF WCDDIN
GIRL ELOPES ON WEDDING EVE.
Virginian Cheats One man, but Makei
Sure of a North Carolinian.
Norfolk. Va.. Feb. 13.—The mar
flage of Nettle B. LAtt Inter and Ray
mond W. Spruill did not take place In
Couth Norfolk for the rcnxon that the
bride-elect had eloped with Herbert
Drcwery to Soutbmllls. N. C., where
they wero married at midnight by a
Justice of tho peace, who wax called
from his bed to perform the ceremony.
Everything was In readiness for the
6prulU-Latinter nuptials, wedding Invi
tations having been Uttucd, the bride's
outfit finished and tho minister en
gaged.
The elopers missed the train they
aimed to take, but eluded tho girl's
mother ami wero married before they
could he caught.
CHARGED FOR SAVING A LIFE.
Insane Man Was Fretting to Death
and Rescuer Wants Pay.
Raleigh. N. C.. Feb. 13.—The otraifr
cat bill ever presented iti this statu
Is one from II. A. IJneburger, of Gas-
ton county, for rescuing a bnlf-frozeq
Insane man from tho county home, thi
bill be for $25.
It was not only paid, but Llncburgef
was given Mime very plain talk by the
county officials. It was found that
three young men on their way horns
from n hunt reached a pond ami dis
covered an old man stauding waist
deep tn the water and almost frozen.
They tried to rescue him, but falling
to do so, went to the house of Lint-
burger. quite near, told him of the trou
ble aud requested his nld. Ho ac
companied them to the pond and they
Anally reset; d tho man.
Insanity No Causs for Divorce.
Montgomery. Ala., Feb. 13.—The su
preme court has held that B. B. Price,
of Tallapoosa county, cannot securo u
divorce from his wife, though she Is
an inmate of the Hate insane asylum
ut Tuskaloosa. and has been of un
bound mind for 30 years. The couple
lived together for a long time an.)
reared several children.
Rubbery Supposed Caused Murder.
Wayenfsa. Ga., Feb. II.—An Inquest
was held over the body of Mrs. Mary
timitb. the aged white woman who
was found la bar bouse near Pearson
vith her throat cut from ear to ear.
It Is believed la Pearson that this mur
der was committed by white people.
As the old woman la tuppoeed to havo
had oonaldorable monew In the house.
It la thought that she was hilled for
the purpose of bobbery. Her little
lb-year-old granddaughter cannot give
uny Information, an the was probably
usleep whan the murder was commit-
MAXIM OORKY.
Mrs. Emllle Fischcr-Hoch. his latest 1 possible with system of government,
MUTauniTo, emfkror or japar. , spouse, Mrs. Bertha Sohn, Mrs. Emma based on justice and with participa
te talk the inciter over. This action Necken. one of Hoch'a wives; Mrs. tion of both the employers and era-
of Mr. Hay, tt is asserted, was due to Delfuego. an Interpreter, and Sirs, ployes in legislation equality for nil | by amoke,, but was^taken out Jn safe^ty^
a message either from the czar or the I Klippel, a friend of Mrs. Fischer-Hoch, before the law and inviolability of Som-
cabal of grand dukes, to Count Cas- were tho only women in tho room. icilo. freedom of speech and press,
slnl asking him to have Hay sound the At the inquest Iloch sat at the head md Individual compulsory education.
of a long table. The good humor that
! marked him on his arrival had depart- Lodz, Feb. 13.—The governor In an
! ed. He sat in a dejected attitude with interview with the correspondent of
• his eyes downcast, rarely looking up. -.bo Associated Press today said
WOMAN ALONE IS GUILTY.
; Japanese.
Securities Are Up.
i As a result of these rumors the
| market for both Russian and Japanese
I securities showed unusual strength
I and there was a decided feeling of
buoyaucy among holders of bonds.
MERCHANT COMMITS SUICIDE.
Mrs. Kate Edwards Declares No Or.e
Helped to Kill Husband.
Reading, Feb. 13.—Mrs. Kate Ed
ards, sentenced to be hanged next
"My official reports from Sosnovicc
1 show that 33 persons were killed and
JC wounded, 18 of whom were serious-
The building will be a total loss. The
fire gained great headway owing to
the insufficient water supply.
Lillian Russell was not In the Louse
at the time of the fire.
WRECK CAUSES MANY DEATHS
Reports Differs as to Number Killed
On Mexican Railwsy. j
oyaucy among noiaers ui ouiiu.. , : . . ! w, in ihn ronflict Thursday. Tho I Laredo, Tex.. Feb. 13—PassengeS
cn German Investors, who have Ostensibly on Bird Hunt—Fnanclal | * h bod , o( train No. 4, over the National Rail-
shown little interest hertofor., were Trouble, the Cause. | “ XVtHed to rare. thoVr' I way of Mexico, known as the Mexico
Swalnesboro, Ga., Feb. 13.—Aaron
C. Herrington, a merchant living at
Blun. 9 miles from here, committed
■uicido by shooting his brains out
with a doubit-barreled shotgun.
Herrington left home to go bird
hunting. He went to one Sparks, who
lives about a mile from Blun, and
asked him if he cared to walk ovor
buyers, and the Berlin bourse there
was a strong upward tendency.
Another thing which would seem to
Thursday, made a sworn statement J gj ve cre dence to the reports is the
to her sttorneys which Is said to ex- J f act tba t t be trauslberlan telegraph
onerato Samuel Greason, her acconv i jj no has been so busy for the last three
plice, whose execution Is set for the I days w jtb government business that
tame time. no private messages have been sent or
since Mrs. Edwards has recoiv- I received. This would look as if Oen-
ed spiritual ministrations at the hands , cral Kuropatkln was being consulted to the station with him. Sparks de-
>f her old pastor, Ilev. Stephen ’ M t0 tho p ] an f or ending hostilities. ; dined to go. A few minutes after
Schweltzcl, her conscience has been j Another thing which has a strong ef- ! Herrington left, his gun was heard,
troubling her, and at noon she sent j fcct on the opinions of the diplomats j Late in the evening Spaks saw bux-
for her attorney, Oliver Lentx. and El- I u tho f act that Russia has within a aards flying around, and on invsstlga-
wood II. Deysher. who has been re- f 0W da y g cancelled largo orders for tion found that it was Herrington’s
cently associated in the case, and they supplies and ammunition here and on body that attracted them,
bad a four hours’ conference. the contlneut. This is known to be « Herrington had dealt heavily in cot-
Hor statement, which has been ex- tn ,e in spite of a half-hearted effort to ton and it Is said that he was on tho
pected for tome weeks, was reduced discredit it. verge of a business failure. He had
to writing and sworn to before Notary j j t | a declared in well-informed clr- talked of being ^worried by hli debts.
Public William A. Oaks. c les that both powers are willing to He was about 35 years old and leaves
Tho attorneys refuse to make Its end the war If It can be done without » wife but no children.
contents public beforo it is laid before humiliation to either. The greatest
the board of pardons, but In effect it difficulty in the way L the question of
details the story of the murder and indemnity. ~
Demands of Japan.
An intimation of the demands which
Japan will make came in a telegram
exonerates Greason.
SCHOOLBOY STABS HAZER.
IDLE BOAST VERY C08TLY.
Snake Charmer Fails to Charm Rep
tile and Is Bitten.
New Orleans. La., Feb. 13.—Will
Attacks Ringleader with Knife and In
flicts Serious Wound.
Richmond. Va., Feb. 13.—A quarrel
between school boys of tho Borryvlllo
High school «t Berryvllle resulted In
the probable fatal wounding of Juntos
Rutherford. 18 >oar» old. He was
•tabbed with u pock* tk.ilfc by Grover
Bush, who !•» ubhut th«- -aim- ago. Tho
blade pern Dated Rutherford’s right
side.
The boy* were attempting to haze
young Bush, when the latter bocamu
Infuriated and drew his knife. Ruth
erford was the ringleader of the has-
rrs. Rush has been arrested and will
be held to await the outcome uf Ru.Ti
er ford’s injuries.
from Paris. It declares that flrst of Honts, while trying to cha.m snakes
all Japan will demand a protectorate at a show at Lutcher, was stung In
over Korea and the restoration of the the mouth by a little land moccaain,
island of Saghllen. which was forcibly and now he is In tho hospital here,
taken from the mikado by Russia sev- Honts, who comes from U*wis, Ind.,
eral years ago. Another demand will was a snake charmer for the past six
be the demolition of the fortifications years and has been with a number of
at Vladivostok aud the making of circuses. He announced ho could
that port free to tho commerce of charm any snake brought to him.
the whole world. Port Arthur must The moccasin was brought to the
remain tn the possession of Japau. stage by a spectator. Honts opened
who will tn*
a ace men of the Iron work, to p,r BLU.nl. Exprexa. which left here jr<»
out the fires and Join the strikers. I terd.jr morninf, collided with a freight
Mob violence became general and j
the strikers broke down a fence and
forced an entrance Into the works,
which were guarded by two compa
nies of infantry. The officers ordered
the men to leave, but they refused.
Suddenly a striker drew a large knlfo
and rushed at an officer. The sol-
Hera then fired on the
There are 50,000 men uut on strike
at Sosnovlce district.
Declines Re-election to Zemstvo.
Moscow, Feb. 13.—Prince Troubet-
skoy, president of the Moscow zem
stvo, has Informed the assembly of
nobles that he declines re-election as
provincial minister of the nobility. Ad
dressing a meeting of Jhe nobles
P5*nce Troubetskoy declared that all
throughout his tenancy of office he
bad always striven to maintain har
mony among tho nobility of Moscow
and throughout Russia, but as a split
has many manifested itself regarding
the debate In tho recent address of the
emperor, he had decided not to seek
re-election.
Tho assombly tried to Induce Prince
Troubetskoy to reconsider his deci
sion, but he refused to do so.
It is not definitely known how many
persons are dead, but rumor states that
13 persons arc dead, and 17 Injured.
Inquiry at the office of the Nation*
al railroad, In this city, elicited the re*
port that nothing could be learned of
the wreck here, officials stating thaf
they had no details.
It is later asserted by an employe
that the telegraph operator at Saltil*
lo, the first station north of Carneros
reported that one person had been
killed. Carneros Is on the middle
division of the railroad and 258 miles
south of Laredo.
New Indictment Against Woman.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 13.—The United
States grand jury was In session Fri- .
id from that port to Harbin. The The moccasin stung at once, and
indemnity to be asl.cd will be the cost Honts as soon as the fangs bit him,
of the war since tho la3t overtures-of Jerked the snake out of his mouth,
peace, which were made three months There was a good deal of excite-
t g 0 . ment and the show closed. Honts
The Chronicle's St. Petersburg cor- was taken to New Orleans on a ape-
respondent asserts that M. Witte has dal train.
Informed a triend that peace must be When Honts was brought here Sur-
obtalned at any cost. geon Stafford saw the Injury was seri-
It Is reported that the followoing ous and that the sting was in the roof
terms would be acceptable to Russia: of the mouth. The chest began swell-
The recognition of Chinese sov- Ing. and Honts has difficulty In talk*
ereign in Manchuria; the Liao Tung lng.
peninsula and Port Arthur by both
Huesla and Japan, and giving to China | R0 QUOIS MANAGER GOES FREE,
permission to lease those territories
The Russian dead, who were burled to ^vacuafe Manchuria • ndlctm,nt Against Theatrical Man on
.ft.r th. tattle of Hetkoutu totUled * ‘ JESSE* Account .Cflrc Ic Qucch.d.
• aaa but demands the retention of Saghllen _ .
, ... . end Vlcdlvo«tok. It lx Mated that Ctlc **°’ r ? b ' ,3 '~T h * 1 “ dlct ““ t
. °° 00 th. c»r I. unwmm* to pay .. Indenv lor man.laocht.r which hac htan
lured 2.000 rifles. , . pending for a year against Will J. Da*
> y vis, manager of the Iroquois thsster
day and It is reported heard addition
al charges against Mrs. Carrie
control of the rail- his mouth and put the snake’s head in. Chadwick and Cashier Spear, of the ln S a translation from the Persian—
SAID SHE MUST DIE BY FIRE.
Girl In Religious Frenzy Poured Oil on
Clothing and 8et It Afire.
Chicago, Feb. 13.—Believing that the
millennium was near and that she had
received a divine call to offer herself
as s sacrifice, Miss Frances Wakely,
victim of a weird religion, poured oil
over her clothing, placed herself on
a bed as if lying on a cross, and set
herself afire. ,,
"No, no," she Insisted when neigh
bors tried to drag her from the flames
and wrap her In blankets. "The Re
deemer la coming and I want to bs
! ready to receive him. Don’t st3]i
1 me. I was asked to do this during the
night and you are sinning not to allow
me to die.”
The young woman had been study*
Japs Drive Off Russians.
Toklo, Feb. 11.—4 p. tn.—Japanese
captured an eminence south of Chang-
ihth Pao on Thursday morning. Feb.
9. driving off two companies of Rus
sian infantry.
Tho Russians have continued shell
ing Field Marshal Oyama’a center and
(eft since Thursday last.
•tael Trust InvatfM Max Ice. | iro0 klyn Bridge Closed to Pedestrians »t the time of tke fatal fire, was
Austin. Tex., Fab. 13.—Jamea Krcn- i N#w York Peb 13 on quashed by Judges Kenton and Owen,
nick and John Wall, who are said to i trMU ea of the bridges across East rtv Intimated he would qnash the Indict-
er have been a source of great danger “™t MSlnat Thomas J. Noonan, but-
■lace the rain of Thursday night, and *»•«» ““^r. and Jamea Cummins,
the police wero flaally compelled to ***** carpenter,
cloee Brooklyn bridge to foot passe* The Iroqnofe Memorial association
steel plant at San Lula Potoai, Mexico. | some of the. icicles wero many *** 8tatee Attorney Healy will present
to compete with tho rocenUy estab- , fMt i« BCtb and wtighed mow than *▼**«*• against Daria. Noonan and
Bah steel plant at Monterey at a coat a hundred pounds Cummins to the next grand jury and
ot 910.000.00$. • attempt to oocnro other Indictments.
be noting for the United 8latea Steel
corporation, have made application to
the Mexican Government for n con
cession to establish a big iron and
dosed Citizens' bank of Oberlin.
was stated that United States Mar
shal Chandler was the chief witness
before the grand jnry today. Ho
gave the Jury a copy of the confes
sion of the late President Backwlth,
secured from the latter after Mrs.
Chadwick’s arrest. Among other wit
nesses who testified were Charles
Stark, national bank examiner, who
baa the Oberlin bank In charge; Rob-
bert Lyons, the receiver for the
failed bank and several directors of
"The Revelations of Baha-Ullah.”
Miners Turned Away from Mines.
Essen, Prussia, Feb. 13.—The strik
ers’ executive committee of seven
sent the following telegram to Chan
cellor Von Buelow
"At a conference of delegates of
the striking coal miners held Feb. 9,
It was determined to resume work. In
this way they met the wishes of your
excellency, but the workmen were
turned away In masses from many ot
the mines. Great excitement haa beem
the concern. It said case before the i ceused by this action, and we in con*
grand Jury has been re-opened In view gequence fear the worst We beg
to returning another indictment your excellency to nse Influence In au-
against Mis. Chadwick. thorltative quarters to prevent these
1,1 ■ things from occurring again."
To Steer Emigrants South. - «* - —
Bremen, Feb. 13.—A plan to open an , Mlaalaalppl Will Not Be Represented,
.mi,rant transportation lin. tatwra Wathlnfton. Feb. II.—Gorernol
Bremen and Galroaton, reducing th. Vardaman. ot lUHtuippi. haa written
price from I42.SO to II7.S0, li an
nounced by th. North German Lloyd
dteuuhtp company. Thla action was
- nutated by Immigration Commission
er Sargent’s recent speech. Is which
he said ha meant to do ererything
possible to present emigrants settling
en masse la New York and Chicago,
and that ha wants to see the stream ol
-algraats partly dlrtrtcd to aontb-
waatarn porta.
to the tub-cornmlttee on Inaugural,
Indicating that ha will bars nothing
to do with th, inauguration, and will
not send n delegation ot high school
students or say other delegation to
participate In the Inauguration. The
latter was addressed to L. a O. La
mar, ot this city, a former Mlsslsslppl-
an, and la la response to an toritation
to sand a delegation ot rapraoantatluo
high school students.