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STORM WRECKS KEY WEST
Gulf Hurricane Hits Island City
Causing Great Damage.
TROOPS ARE CALLED OUT
Vandal* Loot City—Government Asked
to Send Troops—Property Loss Runs
Into the Millions.
Key W t, pia _*s ‘ a result ' of the
.
the °utne .
hurricane whtoh struck H
•coast of Florida, Key West is a mass
<n’ wreckage and the damage to prop
«rtv is estimated at $2,000,000. Mar
rial , law , w waa was piouatmea jiiciaimed by oy the mem mayor
rrnd the Key West Guards pat.odeu
• he cii.y. government has
. '.“f q. niaZlehtwm . be™
1, . a tnv I to assist in patrolling 1
U, o * ll XU “ t “™i!I ^remain lit a on l.verv hand and
i tumsw-rtJ u, c, ni c in itieir hornet.,
bundicds of of which which ha have (. e either been
11 “* k^own^naTmam^ret'eived ^Z,s more
or tests soiious ini injut U rv y, and ana reports repotu are at e
current that several lives have been
lost, but these have not been verified
While the hurricane was the worst
“*■«*•’ ““ “““ * Hor
suffered terribly. the har¬
Of 100 local vessels in
bor but five remained at anchor, the
others having gone to sea or been
washed upon the beaches. The
streets along the water front are a
mass of wreckage. buildings
Brick as well as frame
throughout the city suffered alike
from the futy of the heavy wind and
many miraculous escapes from death
or serious injury have been reported.
Besides the several score of resi¬
dences, either totally wrecked or
blown from their pillars, nine fac¬
tories were partially destroyed. had subsided
As soon as the wind
vandalism began. The city police force
was unable to cope with the .situation
and the mayor decided to take strin¬
gent measures to suppress tho loot¬
ing, his proclamation of martial law
resulting.
Havana, Cuba.-—The most, serious
cyclone since the big blow of October
17, 1905, struck Cuba, causing exten¬
sive devastation through the whole
weatern portion of the Island, in the
city of Havana many minor buildings
were blown down or unroofed; almost
all the trees were uprooted and five
Ijersous were killed, one by an elec¬
tric wire and the others by falling
buildings. About twenty-five persona
were injured.
The'greatest damage done was in
the harbor, where forty or fifty light¬
ers, launches and sum! bugs were ci¬
ther sunk or blown ashore. The total
damage in Havana arid vicinity is es¬
timated at $1,000,000. The greatest
individual loss has been caused by
the destruction of half the coal ele¬
vator conveyors of the Havana Coal
•Company at Casa Blanca, estimated at
1200,000. jt will be possible to raise
the greater number of the wrecked
lighters and other craft.
Communication with the interior of
the island was interrupted except
with parts of Havana and Pinar del
JUo provinces, in which the orange
and other fruit crops suffered se¬
verely, Tho tobacco crop has not
been seriously affected, beyond the
washing out of the seed beds, which
at this season of the year arc call¬
able of renewal.
SIMPLE LIFE A FAILURE.
in Europe Becomes Entirely
Bankrupt.
London England.—The famous
“edmulc ' life" colony at Ascona above
Locarno, has become bankrupt, , alld ,
L'", ken-Uotman, ( S ft a n n ^ZmncesZtUmsan' announces tlmt tlm san
atorium, chalets ami hunts on Monty.
nio w“s <fV Wl P i } 1Ch a was 0 “uec started , 5 U } on , t*
at ilret great im o Ge
man Austeian Italian other lis
went*in UnguiAed foreigners the*simple of both fe/bu sexes
for i I t the
fair sex always predominated.
Several duchesses, many baronesses
and countesses, clothed in a kind of
white sack, with bare feet and flowing
hair, lived on wild fruits and vegeta¬
bles, and took sun and snow baths.
They sold their jewels for the benefit
of all in the colony, and were the
chief adherents and supporters of this
simple life society.
The men, with their flowing robes
•and uncut hair, resembled Indian fa¬
kirs. The views of most, of them
ou social problems were too advanced
even for the colony, and several of
them were asked to leave.
MEXICANS ILL TREAT AMERICANS.
Crew of Fishing Schooner Relate Sto¬
nes of Cruelty.
Pensacola, Fia.—Relating stories of
injustice and cruelty on the part of
Mexican officials, in whose custody
they remained for eighty days without
being given an opportunity of seeing
the American consul or getting word
to him Captain Joseph Sehlease and
the crew of the fishing schooner Cald¬
well H. Colt, reached here from Pro
gresso.
They were then released by the
Mexicans, but the latter held the ves¬
sel on the charge of poaching. The
men claim their vessel was caught iu
a storm and that they put in under a
Jee to make repairs when seized.
WOMAN CRUELLY BUTCHERED.
Severed Legs of Slain Girl Found in
a Suit Case.
Tiverton, R. I.—The finding of the
severed legs of a woman in a drees
suit case among some bushes iu an
outlying section of this town brought
to light what the authorities are con¬
vinced is a case of murder.
The authorities are of the opinion
that the woman was murdered in New
Bedford; that the legs were placed in
the salt case there, and brought here
in an automobile.
j MORSE DENIED NEW TRIAL.
New York Financier’s Sentence of
Years Sustained
New York City.—Unless the
preme court of the United States
verses (he decision or the president
of the United States interferes, Chas,
W. .Morse, one time ice king,
, w j su steamship line organizer, banker
and capitalist, will serve fifteen years
i at hard labor in the federal prison at
i Atlanta, Ga. After having been at
! liberty .under $125,000 bail since June
17 last, he is back in the Tombs prls
on, where he contemplates the duels
Jon (jf th(! united States circuit court
(J j, gppgjjg rendered sustaining the
judgment of the lower federal court,
which found him guilty in November
last of violating ° the national banking
w>g ^ , n (he decWon of
the court of appeals, however, in that
only ten of the fifty-three indictments
on which he wgs convicted were sus
talned, and on the strength of this his
couusel, Martin W. Littleton, will im
mediately carry the case before the
United States supreme court on a
certiorari To this end the
United St a - court of appeals has
* granted a 40 days’ stay of execution,
’ 1 n „ '. nflinl , „ talon , hv ttlf . slm .
pnme court, .. aunlication ap dicatton will wi 1 be be made made
to have the prisoner again a Imitted
h»i.„st;
eu to the Tombs. Mrs. Morse was with
her husband in the marshal’s office
during the entire morning.
One of Morse’s keenest regrets at.
being forced to return to prison is the
interruption of his beaver-like strug¬
gle to rebuild his fortune. Since his
liberation under bail he had been re¬
elected president of the Metropolitan
Steamship Company, a New England
corporation, and of the Hudson Navi
gating Company, operating a line of
boats on the Hudson. He is credited
with having discharged the bulk of his
debts, From the big transportation
lines that within the week elected
him their president there was no of¬
ficial statement forthcoming after the
decision. It. is understood that for
the lime being, at least, the elections
will stand.
WANTED TO GO TO JAIL.
Man Made Bogus Money to Get Into
Prison.
Cincinnati, Ohio.—Confessing that
lie had made and passed counterfeit
money William B. Petrus, a former
school teacher of Carter county,
tuckv was sentenced by Judge Sater,
in the federal court, to 30 months In
Leavenworth prison. Pettus told the
court that he entered a counterfeit
lng business because lie wanted to
get into jail "to koep from starving.”
During the trial it was discovered that
Pettus had served a term in the Col¬
orado state reformatory, and that he
had been incarcerated in a Virginia
insane asylum, after having tried to
clean up a whole family with a half
dozen razors, as he expressed it on
the witness stand.
WILL BUILD AIRSHIP LANDINGS.
Atlanta Church, in Erecting New
Building. Prepares for Future.
Atlanta, Ga.—Anticipating that; air
ships will be in common, every-day
usage 20 years hence, the board of
h tew arils of the Wesley Memorial
Church, which edifiice is rapidly near
iug’ completion, adopted a motion in
at meting the the building roof of committee the building to
so arrange will
that there be no difficulty In
adapting it to commodious airship
landings.
The. committee was requested to
to it that a large staircase runs
11 the way to the roof and hat the
c lectrical wiring be so installed that
proper lights can be displayed about.
**’ and wire taps will be
c011venien , for , !ie recharging of ex
hau „ ted dry ba t tries.
GteVetelMl Children ill tllFOpe.
Lausanne, Switzerland.—Mrs. Gro
vet Cleveland, accompanied by
daughters, Esther and Marion, and
sons, Francis and Richard, Richard, arrived
hero' It is understood that the
dren will be placed in a school here,
and that Mrs. Cleveland will lake
up her residence nearby for an indeft
nite period.
Auto Only 31-2 Feet Long.
Xow York City.—What is said to
be the smaiest complete automobile
ever constructed has arrived here. It
is is the the property uronertv of of W. VV. J. J. Durand Durand of
New Iberia, La., president of the
isiana Automobile Club. It is 3 1-2
foot long and 18 inches wide, most
of the parts being made in France
by special order.
Unknown Ship sinks at Sea.
Beaufort, N. C. — An unknown
schooner lias mysteriously sunk in 14
fathoms of water due west of the Dia
mond Shoal lightehip. lust when the
vessel went down is not known. No¬
where is there visible any signs of
the crew of the foundered schooner,
and not yet has there been any worfi
to indicate their fate.
Received Bomb Through Mail.
Stockholm. Sweden.—Through the
bursting of a bomb received by post,
Ion Hammer was severely but not
dangerously injured. The bomb, con
tained in a neatly made-up package,
exploded as the wrappings were re
moved by Mr. Hammer.
Eggs Thrown at Prohibition
Huntsville. Ala - lepreseatatlve A.
D. Kirby and F. T. Petty, speakers
for the constitutional amendment,
were attacked with a shower of eggs
at one of their engagements in the
county during the week. They spoke
in the Toney sehoolhouse in favor of
the amendment and during the speak
ing some eggs were thrown against the
building As thev emerged after the
speaking a number of eggs were
thrown. and both men were bespat
tered.
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LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell was
stalled before an audience of ten
thousand persons in the historic
at Cambridge as the twenty-fourth
P**Uent of Harvard university.
Grace E. Chapman pleaded guilty
{° a charge of bigamy in Justice
«'s court, at her preliminary trial
111 Kansas City, admitting she had
married six men without having se
cured a divorce from any of them.
’ • Chapman was unable to furnish
* t0 , H 01 ail ?.'* of trial, ® nd was remanded
J awa
Charles W. Morse renewed his ball
, bond to the sum of $125,000, The
® ond is practically the same as that
executed last. June, when Morse was
released from the Tombs, except
l;®*! **- covers the period from Octo
r 9 unliI October 11, or until such
, the N York circuit
lmf! ‘ ® w court
appeals shall . file a decision, upon
the appeal made by Morse from the
sentence of fifteen years’ imprlson
at Atlanta, Ga., imitosed by
’ hld f iIo “6h .*» November.
An operation for appendicitis
??°uM “"J 1 ®» malted a should criminal be prohlblt- opera
hy law. declares Dr. Charles E.
t age, one of the beet known Boston
physicians. I have been following
’he records of appendicitis operations
f er the craze for this form of
surgery started,” says Dr. Page, "and
1 confidently believe that the day is
t . oming w hen the people* will realize
, ha) the cutting of th( , app endlx is a
J»; ± <% y^rsiu: "ZJZLTZ
«
Bridge . whist is a tiling we can
do VCI T wel1 without, and I am will-
11 g to st a ‘' ( ' my reputation that tho
class of girls who elope with their
father's coachmen spend roost of
their time playing bridge," so declar¬
ed W. 0. Pearce, superintendent of
the -adult department of the Interna¬
tional Sunday School association at
New Orleans. Further on in his ad¬
dress Mr. Bearce said; "I don’t care
who the woman ia, if she dances she
suffers liberties from men which she
would not tolerate at any other time.
When one of my Sunday School
teachers asked me if it. would be
wrong for her to attend a dance l
responded, ‘Do you want to become a
cheap woman?’" in concluding his
address, Mr. Pearce declared, “If the
average saloon were open to its cus¬
tomers as little as is tho church to
its followers, it would soon be oblig¬
ed to go out of business.”
Unless some change of heart shai!
alter a decision announced by Wilbur
Wright, the spectacular flight ‘made
in New York city over the harbor
and up the river by the daring Day
ton aviator is the Iasi which he or
hi « brother, Orville, propose to make
public. Hereafter,’ said »Mr.
Wright, "we shall devote all our ef
forts to the commercial exploration of
our machines, and only fly as a mat¬
ter of experiment to test the value
of whatever changes we decide to
Wright make in added their that construction."^ neither he hor Mr.
his .brother wished to be looked upon
as showmen and that all offers to fly
for exhibition purposes would be re¬
jected by them.
A cheque for $25,000 has been re¬
ceived by the president of the Greens¬
boro (N. C.) Female College from
Andrew Carnegie, this being the
amount offered conditionally to the
college by Mr. Carnegie two years
ago. The conditions have been corn
plied with, and this cheque for $25,
ooo completes the $100,000 endow
ment fund.
q-j le international conference of cot
| 0n gpjnners, in which both the Unit
eil sta t«B and Great Britain are very
strongly represented, in session at
Frankfort, Germany, adopted the fol
lowing resolution; “Whereas, all the
European spinners have expressed
the opinion that the larger visible
and invisible supplies of cotton, favorable to
aether with the prospective
sXe j,; agt Indian “over and Egyptian requirement; crops, will
t o the even
notwithstanding the unfavorable
American outlook; therefore, it ia ur
"of 'cotton* tlnd
the unremunerative selling prices of
goods, that the existing restrictions
must be maintained and extended as
far as possible."
Waahington.
There was an increase in the num
b er a f steam and sail vassels built in
the United States and officially num¬
bered during the quarter ending Sep¬
tember 30, 1909, over the same peri
0( ) 0 f jgog, according to report of
bureau of navigation. Steam and
sa tl vessels numbering 347, with a
gross m-otrs tonnage tnnnaee of of 48.914. 48,914, were were eon
s tructed in the United States and of
flcially numbered during the quarter
ending September 30, 1909, against
319, with a gross tonnage of 20,887,
for the same period of 1908.
.'.““.."‘t &
partment of Commerce and Labor in
the past year was that a citizen of
Turkey is not entitled to become an
American citizen, because he is an
Asiatic and not a white man. The
law bars all except “free white ner
sons. This case is to he tried in
the circuit court at Cincinnati this
month.
A statue of General Lew Wallace
of Indiana, statesman, author and pa
tnot, is ready for installation in Stat
nary Hall in the capitol and will be
placed beside that of Indiana’s war
governor, Oliver P. Morton. The^ded
ieatory exercises will be held in.Jan
uary , ’with Senator Lodge of Massa
chusetts delivering the eulogy.
National Museum building during the
coming winter, because no decision
has been reached as to how they will
and the yield has been phenomenally
and boxes in which the trophies were
shipped to this country are still stor¬
ed in the basement of the Smithson¬
ian building.
The postoffice _ department . . has re¬
quested the bureau of engraving and
printing to issue twenty million ad
ditional Hudson-Fulton commemoda
live postage stamps, v y
LIBEL CASE DISMISSED
Federal Judge Anderson Dis¬
charges Newspaper Men.
EDITORS ARE TRIUMPHANT
Roosevelt Is Beaten—Judge • Says That
Panama Canal Deal Did Look
Suspicious.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Judge A. B.
dersor. of the United States court of
this district dismissed the proceed¬
ings against Bela van Smit h and Chas.
K. Williams, proprietors of the In¬
dianapolis News, who were resisting
removal to the District of Columbia
for trial under a grand jury indict
ment charging them with having com¬
mitted criminal libel in publishing ar¬
ticles alleging that there was a cor¬
rupt profit of $28,000,000 in the sale
of the Panama canal to the United
States.
“1 am of the opinion," said Judge
Anderson, “that the fact that certain
persons were called 'thieves’ and
'swindlers’ does not, constitute libel
per se. A newspaper has a certain
duty to perform. As a former presi
dent has said, ‘it is the duty of a
newspaper to print the truth about
it.’ It is the duty of a newspaper to
draw inferences for the people.
"Now, there were many peculiar
Circumstances about the whole Pana
ma canal business. 1 don't wish to
be understood as reflecting upon any
bodv in or out of office, except such
person or persons as 1 may name,
The revolution in Panama, the ctr
cumstances concerning It, were uriu
sual and peculiar.
“That man has read the history
our institutions to little purpose,”said
Judge Anderson. In concluding his d«
cision, "who does not view with ap
prehension the success of such a pro
ceeding as this to the end that citizens
could be dragged from their homes to
the District of Columzia, the seat
government, for trial under the cir¬
cumstances of this case. The defend¬
ants are discharged.”
ENTIRE SOUTH tiOlNIi DRY.
So Predict* Governor An*el of South
Carolina.
New York City.—According to Gov¬
ernor M. F. Ansel of South Carolina,
the soutlt will stand solidly for pro¬
hibition within the next five years. He
expressed an opinion to that effect.
The governor is in this city to attend
annual meeting of the George
Peabody Educational Fund.
“It looks to me as if the south
be solidly prohibition within the
five years.” declared the govern
Prohibition is making tremen¬
strides all through the south. In
own state, the cases where a thirs¬
man can get a drink are few and
between.”
And then he proceeded to tell how
has gained a foothold in
state and spread prior to August,
“Fifteen additional counties went
dry’ at the elections in that month.”
continued, “and after November 15.
it wil ibo poeslble to get a drink
only six counties of the state, and
only through the medium of the
dispensary.”
SEABOARD MERGER.
Talks of Consolidation of
*- ineE -
Richmond, Va. John Skelton Wil
upon his return from New York,
the reorganization committee of
Seaboard Air Line has been in
confirmed the reported merg
of the branch lines of the road
the parent system.
The southern roads included in the
merger are:
The Atlanta and Birmingham Air
operating 237 miles.
The Florida West Shore, operating
miles.
The Plant City, Arcadia and Gulf,
19 miles.
The Catawba Valley, operating 22
The Tallahassee and Sotuhern, op¬
39 miles.
U. S. SENATOR WILL RETIRE.
of California 3uits to Provide
for His Family.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Senator Frank
Flint announced that when his pres¬
term of service expires on March
1911. he will not be a candidate
re-election.
“If I were a rich man,” said Senator
Flint, “I would like nothing better
to remain iu the senate all my
life. But I feel that I owe it to my
to get out of politics.
"My associations in the senate are
very congenial, indeed; i have prac¬
no opposition for a renomina
tion and the sole reason for contem¬
retirement is the urgent neces¬
of providing for my family.”
MADE FALSE CIRCULATION STATEMENT
Publisher Given Six Months in Jail
by Judge Landis.
Chicago, ill.—Roy Keator, publisher
a weekly newspaper, was sentenced
to serve six months in the Bridewell
by Judge Landis, in the United States
district court. Keator was indicted
on a charge of making false circula¬
tion statements to obtain second
class mail rates, He admitted that
in order to get advertising he had
represented the circulation of his pa¬
per to be 100.000. when, in fact, it
bad but 1,000 subscribers, and that
he had placed many • names on his
subscription lists without authority.
The periodical was an agricultural
journal.
BOY RUBS BANK.
Kansas Youth Wanted to Get Money
to Marry.
Lawrence, Kans.—It was to obtain
money with which to marry a Law¬
rence girl, the police say, that prompt¬
ed Earl Mullock, 18 years old. to rob
the state hank at Eudora, near here.
The young woman was being sought
by the police, Xo trace has been
found of the youthful robber. Wilson
Pringle, the policeman shot by Bul¬
lock. in making his escape, cannot
live.
AMERICAN NAVY DEFENDED.
Admirals Dewey and Evans Say It
Not a Bluff.
Washington, [>. e.—Defending
charccteristie vigor the
navy. Admiral George Dewey
ed that not only is our navy not
“bluff,” but that he is confident
would give a good account of
should war ever come.
The admiral’s remarks were
tonl ‘ hy a statement attri tided to
met- Representative Landis of
cinnati, ng, who, in a recent speech at
Ohio, in advocating ship
sidy, ia reported to have said
"those Americans who are
consider our navv a bluff.”
The expression was characterized
Admiral Dewey as an unfortunate
' “Admiral Dewey said that, of
what Mr. Landis meant was. that
navy would be comparatively useless
j n time of war without
auxiliaries drawn from the merchant
marine. “He," continued
Lk-wey. “wants a subsidy for our ships
of commerce and so do I.
Washington, D. C.-"I am in
pathy with every word the
has said as to the necessity for ship
subsidy and with that movement as
a whole, but I haven't any patience
with that class of individuals who, in
their advocacy of that program, try
to belittle the American navy.”
That was the caustic comment made
by Admiral “Fighting Bob” Evans
garding the speech at Cincinnati by
former Representative Charles B.
cl is, wherein the Indianian
that “those Americans who are oin
formed consider our navy a bluff.”
in the course of bis pica for a
chant marine from which could be
drawn the sailors for Uncle Sam’s
shitrs.
“Mi'. Landis," said the admiral grim
ly, “makes the mistake of a lot, of
gentlemen of his profession—that of
talking of things about which he
knows nothing. Of course, we need a
merchant marine, but this talk about
the navy being a 'bluff is all d d
rot."
PREACHER RETURNS TO PULPIT.
One Week as Conductor Enough for
Rev. D. H. Carrick.
Lawrence, Kan.—Rev. D. If. Car
recently resigned from the pas
of the North Laurence Preshy
jan Church to become a street car
here, because, he explained,
••ministers were not honest,” and
a man could not earn an honest
as a minister,” has quit ring¬
up each fare in the presence of
passenger, alter one week’s serv¬
a- an "honest conductor.” He will
east to conduct evangelistic serv¬
Mr. Carrick had been the North
church's pastor only a very
time when he resigned and said
men who control the churches
it. impossible for their pastors
live honest lives, and that the pas
wives were criticised if they
good clothes at the congrega¬
expense.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY REPORT.
Returning, According to
Report of President Finley.
Washington, D, C.—A substantial in¬
is shown in the gross income
the Southern Railway Company
the year ending June 30, last,
to the fifteenth annual re¬
of President W, W. Finley. The
says the return of business
the low level of panic conditions
f 1907 was slow, but substantial dur
the past year. The total gross
for the year was
increase over 1908 of $3,890,733.
■pjjp progress in the south indicated
t he report, which shows that, during
le v( > ar 453 new manufacturing plants
completed. More originated"in than 70 pt cent
the year’s tonnage the
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF FUND.
Recommended by the peace Bureau in
Session at Brussels.
Brussels, Belgium.—The permanent
peace bureau at its sets
adopted a resolution suggesting
the various governments of the
join in the creation of an in
fund for the relief of suf
in the event of the occurrence
great disasters in any part of the
The alleged bad management of
funds subscribed for the relief of
of the rec ent Italian earth
prompted the suggestion. A
was also adopted favoring the
of the throwing of explos
from airships in time of war.
Neway Paragraphs.
When seen at Nashville, Tenu., re
a special dispatch from Wash
published in New York to the
that he was contemplating
from the cabinet because of
in his family and the recent
of his daughter-in-law, Seereta
of War J. M. Dickinson said: “I
not contemplating resigning from
cabinet.”
The international balloon race for
Gordon Bennett cup was won by
W. Mix, the American aero¬
of Columbus, Ohio, who will
the cup to the United States.
Mix started from Zurich, Ger
and landed north of Warsaw,
Poland Russia. He won with plen
ty of time to spare from Alfred Le
the French pilot, hie oompan
in the St. Louis race of 1907, who
down at Kubin. Hungary.
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin. Command
Peary’s meteorologist in 1893-94
S.5
intended to try to reach the north
pole by drifting with the ice across
North Polar sea He expects to
be prepared for a stay of four years,
Two weeks of mimic warfare, par¬
ticipated in by the companies of the
artillery stationed at Fort Bar¬
rancas. Pickens and McRae, com
menced at Pensacola. Fla., when
companies went across the bay
to defend Fort Pickens from attacks
from the other forts. About one
thousand men will take part tn the
maneuvers of the regular troops on
the gulf coast. Ono of the feature's
of the work this year will be a night
attack on the fort b. vessels comm?
in from the gulf, a number of army
vessels and tugs participating in the
attack.
CRANE TALKS TOO MUCH
State Department Wants Minis
ter to China to Explain,
STATE SECRETS PUBLISHED
State Department Thinks Crane Hu
Been Guilty of Seriou* Breach of
Diplomatic Discretion.
Washington, D. C. — Charles R.
Crane’s sudden, unexpected and bith
ert0 mvBt ^,.[ OUS reca n lo Washington
»>' Secretary of State Knox, as he was
at the point of sailing from is* '
cisco to assume his duties as minister
of the United States to China, was*
occasioned by developments involv
. the ques ; ion of Mr. Crane's fit
n(>gs (ha , ,
This much is known infnpm nform
« d quarters in Washington Unless
Mt. Crane is able to el a ’
the eyes of Secretary Knox of an ac¬
cusation of a serious breach of what
the state department regards as the
first principle of diplomatic discretion.
Minister Crane arrived in ’Washing¬
ton from his hurried journey across
the continent, reiterated his declara¬
tion of ignorance as to the occasion
for his rather dramatic recall from
the water-edge of the Pacific, and de¬
clined to discuss the matter in any
of its aspects beyond saying that
while he expected to be here several
days, he. had reserved new accom
for the trans-Paciflc. voy
age on the steamer sailing from Satt
Francisco on Otcober 20th.
The stats department, has In hand,
it is said, what it regards as more
or less convincing evidence that Min¬
ister Crane, on the eve of his depart¬
ure for the Ear East, became respon¬
for the publication in a Chicago
newspaper of what the department
views as a most indiscreet discussion
of the attitude of the United States
the two treaties recently ne¬
between China and Japan.
China and Japan, early last, month,
entered into treaties which contained
provisions regarded by the state do
as very surprising, and pos
objectionable to this government,
these treaties, Japan would secure
in Manchuria which are held by,
diplomats to be in direct viola¬
of both fetter and spirit of the
treaty. China has agreed,
the treaties now under considera¬
that before extending her pres¬
railway system in Manchuria, she
consult Japan, and, presumably,
her consent thereto. This pro¬
is regarded as inharmonious
the declaration of Japan in the
of Portsmouth, that she will
obstruct any measures taken by
for the development of her em
Matters of a highly confidential na¬
with respect to the position of
United States regarding these and
provisions of the treaties be¬
China and Japan are alleged to
been divulged in the Chicago
and for these disclosures
state department is disposed, in
absence of proof to the contrary,
hold Minister Crane responsible. Ac¬
to authentic information ob¬
here, it is of this responsibil¬
that Mr. Crane had been summon¬
to Washington from San Francisco
acquit himself.
TURNED UP TROUSERS UNHEALTHY.
Blamed for Influenza, Which Has Made
Its Appearance in London.
London, England.—Influenza has
Its appearance in London in
guise of catarrhal affection of the
and throat of an unusually te¬
and severe variety. A physi
with one of the great London
has suggested as one of the
of the outbreak the habit of
up the trousers. This fashion,
says, is responsible for many au
coughs and colds contracted be
the system has had time to be
accustomed to the constant foot
which for every Londoner
a winter portion. The turned-up
of the trousers become soaked
and then act as wet bandages
the ankles,
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TENANTS WITH CHILDREN BARRED.
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Race Suicide Landlords May Hava
to Let Children in Apartments.
Chicago, Ill.—Race suicide land¬
in Chicago.must submit to a
in the courts of a new state law.
became effective July 3, last,
them to refuse to rent
to families with children,
R. p. Longenecker, a tenant, re¬
renewal of a lease of an apart
because a child had been born
him therein, brought suit against
landlord under the new statute,
that the landlord be forc
to renew him the lease.
KILLING PRAIRIE DOGS.
Being Exterminated by Uncle
Sam’s Poisoner.
Kansas City, Mo.—More than 750,
prairie dogs have been killed by
W. Holman, the officially recogniz
United States government poisoa
of the pests in the southwestern
during the last *£ ht months,
Mr. Holman is not rough. He
here now obtaining a new supply
strychnine.
i"
(jQgg are a serious pest in the
especially in Texas.” The
pays Mr. Holman one and
cents per head.
INDIANS INCREASING.
Are More Than 300,000 Indiana
in the United States,
Amertcau^ndians^are
creaS j n g j n number is dissipated by¬
fBeia.l figures showing that there are
than 300,000 red men in the
States
The increase j n population of about
qoo during the last two decades is
to the government’s eon
effort to uplift the Indian to
level of modern civilization.