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LETHI BOOKS STOLEN
Taken From His Office and Sold
to Hearst Says Archbold.
M’LAURIN MAKES STATEMENT
Praises Standand Oil Company and Says
He is Not Ashamed of His Corres
pondence With Mr. Archbold.
New York City.—A new phase of the
discussion of the so-called “Standard
Oil correspondence,’’ made public re
cently by William Randolph Hearst,
was entered upon, when John D. Arch
bold, vice president of the Standard
Oil company, made a statement set
ting forth details of the alleged theft
of correspondence from his tiles. For
mer United States Senator John
Lowndes McLaurin of South Carolina,
also entered the field with a signed
statement declaring his attitude in the
matter of the correspondence between
himslf and Mr. Archbold.
Mr. Archbold said:
“In response to many inquiries as
to the theft of letters from my files,
the following may be made known:
“Over three years ago a report
reached me that certain of my letters
had been offered for sale to newspa
pers of this city, ostensibly stolen let
ters. Examination showed that some
letters were missing, and that they
could only have been taken by some
one not only familiar with the official
details, but highly trusted. The party
on whom suspicion fell stoutly denied
all guilt.
“A little later, however, a man who
represented himself as acting between
the thief and those to whom*, the let
ters had been sold, proposed to return
some of the letters for a considera
tion. His story was that the idea of
the theft had been conceived by his
brother, who had at one time been in
the company’s employ, and that this
brother had induced the employee al
ready suspected, to accomplish the
theft. . ;
“According to the go-between’s story
he had disposed of the letters, or
some of them, to two men who pur
chased them on behalf of Mr. Hearst's
newspapers, The Journal.
“Not only had stolen letters been
thus traded for, but the thief was in
duced to carry off one or more letter
coTying books, many of whose pages
]/ claims were photographed, other
m ges being removed altogether. The
* ;oks in question were, the go-be
/veen saiafter forty-eight
to say how
iany were stolen and sold in this
r y. The thieves worked at their
leisure. It is not thought necessary
to say more at present or to men
tion names. Corroboration of the go
between’s story of three years ago
lay in his return of some of the cor
respondence at the time. The produc
tion of stolen letters by Mr. Hearst is
further corroborated now. Obviously,
among such a coterie, authenticity of
their output is not to be lightly ac
cepted. The opportunities for falsifi
cation, suppressing of context and dis
tortions of pasasges are many.”
Mr. McLaurin, who has just reached
New York, gave out a signed state
ment, in which he stated that all his
correspondence with the Standard Oil
Company, through Mr. Archbold, was
along strictly business lines, and he
was not .ashamed of it. He praised
the Standard Oil Company and de
nounces Mr. Hearst.
REFUSES CROMWELL SWORD.
Rockefeller Does Not Want Sword—
Will Be Sold at Auction.
New York City. —Unless John D.
Rockefeller sends to the appraisers’
stores for an antique sword said to
have been worn hy Oliver Cromwell,
the weapon will be put up at auction
by the government and sold to the
highest bidder on October 6.
• The sword was consigned to Mr.
Rockefeller by an Englishwoman, an
admirer of Mr. Rockefeller. In a short
note attached to the sword the sender
said that the relic was vouched for as
having belonged to the great common
influenced her indisposing of an heir
influenced her in disosing of an heir
loom of such priceless worth. Under
the circumstances the donor of the
sword expressed the hope that Mr.
Rockefeller would accept the sword
and send a draft for a sum commen
surate with the value of the weapon.
When the sword reached the cus
tom house it was addressed merely to
“Mr. Rockefeller, 4 West Fifth-fourth
street, New York.’’ Mr. Rockefeller
was communicated with, but he re
fused either to accept the sword or
pay the accruing duties.
It was said that Mr. Rockefeller
sent a representative to inspect the
relic. His report is understood to
have been unfavorable to the purchase
of the sword.
TEMPERANCE HOSTS PARADE.
Church Societies anc Anti-Liquor Or
ganizations Have Demonstration.
Chicago, 111. —Temperance hosts pa
raded the streets of Chicago in what
was intended to be an annual exhibi
tion of the strength of the foes of
liquor. Thousands of marchers > were
in the parade. Churches of almost ev
ery denomination were represented,
the Salvation Army and the Volun
teers of America contributed almost
their entire local strength, the Good
Templars had thousands of members
in line and scores of citizens partici
pated. Scores of temperance organi
zations had elaborate floats, while a
score of bands were among the
marchers. %
INJURED BY WHIRLWIND.
Cyclone Visits Palm
Beach, Florida.
Wes t Palm Beach, Fla.—Three per
sons were injured and considerable
nronerty damage done by a whirlwind
which swept in from the sea and
iTassed over the town. The injured
Mrs potter and her small son,
thn were blown down on the Casino
„reh and a colored hostler at a sta
whtch was demolished. Trees
bl Q Grinned and several houses
blown frortf their foundations.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
i General.
A band of thirty train robbers held
up the St. Petersburg express, near
Vilna, Russia, shot down the train
guard of six men, robbed the express
car of nearly $lO-0,000 and escaped.
John F. Spencer of Leister, Eng
land, a Sunday school teacher, serv
ing a sentence in the pen, has con
fessed to the burglary of Brooksby
Hail. Gems valued at $200,000 were
taken.
Charles Boyle, son of a San Francis
co miilionairie and ex-Stanford uni
versity student, is alleged to have con
fessed to several crimes committed in
the west last spring. •
Seventy-two men were injured, sev
en fatally, as the result oi a iroiiey
accident caused by a damaged signm
box on the Scuuiwestein Traction
company s line near Tmicum, Penn.
Two trolley cars heavily loaded wiu
workmen, lunning at high speed, col
lided head-on in a dense fog and in
stantly the dying and manned were
scattered about tne road or buried un
der the wreckage.
After being separated nearly a quar
ter of a century, Mrs. Cnristian Oli
ver of New Oneans, and Sylvester
Oliver, now residing in France, wni
be re-united within a few weeks, in
in ISB6 the husband took a boat from
.\evv Orleans, stating that he was go
ing to France. From the time the ves
sel left the docks until a few days
ago nothing had been heard of tne
husband, and Mrs. Oliver mourned
him as dead.
Laniel J. bully, who twice won and
lost the crown, of ’ Cotton King” in
Wall street, has resigned the presi
dency of the Cerro-Coiurado Mining
company and gone to work as a cfern
for a cotton brokerage house to give
Ins clients the benefit of his expen
ence.
Power generated at Niagara Falls is
to be distributed ail over Canada. Bids
nave been asked on 10,000 tons of
structural steel ior the Canadian gov
ernment. The steel is to be used for
towers which will support the cables
used in transporting tne current. Al
ready power generated at Niagara is
being sent a distance of more than
one hundred and twenty-live miles,
and it is the intention of the Canadian
government to increase this distance.
i owns in every direction about Niag
ara will be supplied.
Gustave Eberhardt, who has been
on trial in Hackensack, N. J., for the
murder of his aunt, Mrs. Ottilie Tb
erhardt, whom he lured from Austria,
together with her daughter, Miss Ot
tilie, for the purpose of robbery, has
been sentenced to thirty years in the
state’s prison at hard labor.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-
Hungary, has sent a sum of money
for the benefit of St. Stephen’s Rom
an Catholic church of South River,
N. J. Rev. Victor Von Kubinyl, a no
bleman, is the rector. He is the au
thor of a' book entitled “King of
Rome,” a copy of which was sent to
his majesty some time ago. The rec
tor was formerly a subject of the Aus
trian emperor.
The automobile driven :by Otto
Brodie of Chicago, while making a
turn in Sterling, 111., toppled over,
turning once and a half and landing
upside down. Two of the party of
eight were probably fatally injured
and the other six injured. The ma
chine was badly wrecked.
Manuel Messaguer, an importer of
Santo Domingo lottery tickets was ar
rested at San Juan, P. R., by United
States Deputy Collector Peter Math
eson and held. One thousand tickets,
representing several thousand dollars,
and also letters and a book contain
ing the names of lottery ticket dealers
were seized.
Washington.
Accidents in coal mines in the Unit
ed States last year resulted in 3,123
deaths and injury to 5,316 more, an
increase of 1,033 in the number of
deaths of the previous year, according
to a report issued by the geological
survey.
Joseph Stewart of Missouri superin
tendent of the division of railway ad
justment, has been appointed second
assistant postmaster general, succeed
ing James T. McCleary, of Minnesota,
who resigned to become a candidate
for congress.
The navy department is negotiat
ing with Charles A. Logue of Charles
town, Mass., for the right to use a
new torpedo that he has invented.
Logue is a third-year student at Bos
ton university. Ever since the inven
tion of the wireless telegraph he has
been at work on the torpedo, his idea
being to devise one that would be con
trolled by wireless waves from a wire
less station on shore or from a ship.
The cruiser Milwaukee, after a
cruise of two months in southern wa
ters and a stay of fifteen days at
Amapala, Honduras, has arrived in
San Francisco. Captain Rogers stat
ed that everything was quiet at Ama
pala when he departed.
Governor Magoon of Cuba has is
sued a decree fixing November 14 as
the date for holding the general elec
tions for president, vice president,
representatives and senatorial elec
tors.
Two mine planters will be sent to
the Pacific coast to augment the coast
defenses there, according to the pres
ent plans of the war department. The
mine planters tentativesly selected are
General Henry J. Hunt, now at Fort
■yVadsworlh, and Colonel George Arm
istead, at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook.
Definite decision of the United
States forestry service to establish
forest service district quarters in the
national forest states has been an
nounced. The forest states will be
divided into six districts.
A dispatch to the war department
from Hechuca, Ariz., says that Colo
nel Stewart, who has been practically
in exile at Fort Grant, will not take
the ninety-mile ride, as ordered by
the war department. He has been or
dered back to Fort Grant without
taking the test.
The navy department has announc
ed that an invitation has been ex
tended to the Atlantic battleship fleet
by the government of the Netherlands
to call at Landjong-Priok, Java. Reply
has been made declining the invitation
owing to the desire to maintain the
prearranged itinerary.
TO FI6HT TUBERCULOSES
Great Consumption Fighters of
World Meet in Washington.
WELCOMED BY CORTELYOU
Secretary of Treasury Speaks for Presi
dent Roosevelt— Session Marked
by Simple Ceremonies.
Washington, D. C. —This city wit
nessed one ot the most notable gath
eiings ever assembled in the national
capital when* n*edical scientists rep
resenting every Civilized nation united
with their brothers in America in an
effort to solve the problem of how best
to cope with tuberculosis. The great
auditorium of the new national muse
um was tilled with men who have con
secrated their best talents to the study
of tuberculosis, representatives of the
sovereigns of foreign countries, high
officials of government. The keynote
of every utteiance reflected the hope
that the day is not far distant when
medical science shall triumph over the
great scourge.
When Secretary of the Treasury Cor
telyou, as the personal representative
of the United States, officially declar
ed the congress opened there were
grouped on the platform such distin
guished men as Dr. Robert Koch, the
discoverer of the tubercle bacili; Dr.
A. Calmette of Paris; Professor Ber
nard Bang of London; Dr. G. D. Sims
Woodhead of Cambridge, England; Dr.
Clemons Von Pirquet, Dr. R. W. Phil
ip of Edinburgh, founder of the first
tuberculosis dispensary; Professor L.
L. Landousey, Dr. N. Tendeloo of Lon
don; Dr. Simon Von Unterburger, hon
orary physician to his majesty’s court
of St. Petersburg; Dr. Camilo Callaja
of Madrid and many others. Among
the members of the diplomatic corps
present was Wu Ting Fang, the Chi
nese minister.
The official welcome on behalf of
the United States government was ex
tended by Secretary Conelyou. Then
followed the responses of the official
representatives of thirty foreign coun
tries.
When Dr. Koch arose to respond in
behalf of the German government there
was a remarkable demonstration in his
honor, men and women waving hats
and handkerchiefs for nearly five min
utes.
At the conclusion of the responses
to Secretary Cortelyou’s addresses the
congress adjourned, and will not again
meet in general session until October
3rd.
GOCTGR GIVES WARNING.
America in Danger of Being Infected
With Bubonic Plague.
Washington, D. C. —That the Gulf
and Atlantic coasts of the United
States are in danger of an infection
of the bubonic plague was the serious
note of warning issued by Dr. N .K.
Foster of California before the dele
gates in attendance upon the twenty
third annual meeting of the confer
ence of the state and provincial board
of health of North America. He ex
pressed the belief that such an infec
tion already may have taken place.
The address of Dr. Foster, who is
president of the organization, startled
the delegates. “I firmly believe,” said
Dr. Foster, “that the United States
will become generally infected, not
from California, but from ports hav
ing communication by water. My ob
ject is to sound a note of warning and
to put you on your guard against a
dangerous foe.” He said no effort
should be spared to guard against its
introduction and warned his hearers
that ..every city and town on the Gulf
and Atlantic coasts should begin now
to destroy the rodents which carry
infection, and prepare for the invasion
threatened.
NATION’S IDLE IN CONVENTION.
Great Gathering of Unemployed in
Session at New York.
New York City.—An extraordinary
gathering made up of delegates from
various parts of the country met here.
They came on the brake beams of
freight cars, on the “blind” baggage
of the swift express or straggled in
over dusty roads. They profess to
represent the country’s workless and
to constitute the “first national con
vention of the unemployed.”
“The National Committee of the Un
employed” is the official name of the
organization, at the head of which is
J. Eads How of St. Louis, known as
the “millionaire hobo.”
Many prominent men were invited to
deliver addresses before the conven
tion, among them* President Roosevelt,
William J. Bryan, Judge Taft and Jno.
E. Redmond, the Irish leader, who is
at present in this country. All the
gentlemen named have excused them
selves on the ground of other engage
ments.
Yacht Sinks; 250 Rescued.
Dover,^England.—The steam yacht
Argonaut, London to Lisbon, went to
the bottom after being in collision
with the steamer Kingswell. Two hun
dred and fifty passengers were taken
off the Argonaut in small boats and
brought safely to shore. The Kings
well is damaged to considerable ex
tetnt.
Cruiser Yankee Deserted.
Newport,. —Foundered by huge
waves rolled up by the northeast
storm, the strande<| cruiser Yankee
has been deserted by all the crew who
had been striving to get her off the
Hen and Chickens reef, where she
gi ounded * some time ago.
Hundreds Perish in Storm.
Bombay, India. —Thousands of na
tive houses have been washed away
and there has been a heavy loss of life
in the Hyderabad and Decean districts
as a result of the floods which follow
ed an unprecedented rainfall.
The river Musi rose sixty feet; all
the bridges were carried away and the
country was devastated for many
miles.
Corpses are strewn everywhere and
scores of bodies have been found in
the branches of trees where they
were lodged by the swollen waters,
POLITICS CAUSE RIOTS.
Cuban Liberals Break Up Rdeeting of
Conservatives.
Havana, Cuba. Poetical disturb
ances have begun to assume some
gravity in Cuba. A conservative
meeting at Sancti Spiritus was the
occasion of a riot, at which many were
injured, and in Havana a meeting of
the new party, headed by General Es
teroz, was broken up by liberals. Sanc
ti Spiritus is the home of General
Jcse Miguel Gomez, the former gover
nor of the province and the present
candidate of the Miguelistas and the
Zayistas for the presidency.
The mayor of the town and the po
lice are members of the liberal party.
General Mario Menocal, a former lib
eral, but recently nominated by the
conservatives for the presidency, ar
rived here on a special train accom
pnaied by a large number of follow
ers. Thousands of men, many of
them on horseback, met the conserv
ative leaders, and it was estimated
from the start that trouble was brew
ing. The police approached General
Menocal, and demanded that he give
up his pistol ,which he was presumed
to carry. As he had a license to car
ry a pistol, which he showed, he re
fused to be searched. Within a brief
period the fight became general and
one of the conservatives was mortal
ly wounded by a "policeman. Many of
the members of both sides suffered
from wounds from knives and clubs,
and it was a long time before order
was restored.
Conservative leaders of Santci Spir
itus recently sent a request to Gover
nor Magoon at Havana to put the ru
ral governor in charge of the meeting
for fear trouble would be caused by
the police on account of their political
affiliations. Before the riot was quell
ed the rural guard had to take con
trol of the situation. -
WARSHIPS’ VISIT POSTPONED.
On Account of Cholera Fleet Will Not
Visit Manila.
Manila, P. I. —The effect of Secreta
ry of the Navy Metcalf’s order, that
in view of the presence of cholera in
Manila no shore leave was to be grant
ed or visitors from shore allowed on
board the battleships when the Atlan
tic fleet arrived, has been largely dis
counted by the realization that it
would be impossible to cleanse the
city before the arrival of the fleet
about October 1. People fully realize
the necessity of the situation, but they
are bitterly disappointed at the out
come.
Thousands of dollars have been
spent in preparing for the reception
and entertainment of the officers and
men. The decorations have been prac
tically completed. The majority of
the sentiment now favors a month’s
postponement of the programme, or
until the return of the fleet from Ja
pan.
The only criticism heard of Secre
tary Metcalf’s order is his inclusion
of officers in the embargo against
landing. It is pointed out that they
run no danger providing they exercise
ordinary care in what they eat and
drink.
womaninvents airship.
Russian B&’-ids Rudderless Machine
That Has Many Virtues.
St. Petersburg, Russia. —A Russian
woman, Mme. Poppova. has joined the
ranks of inventors with a rudderless
airship which she has christened “The
Annulated Dragon,” in virtue of
peculiar shape adopted for the
of the airbag furnishing the liftings
power. Mme. Poppova’s aim has ibeen
to abolish the inconveniences arising
from the attachment of rudders of the
ordinary type, whose action, together
with that of variable gusts of wind,
endangers the balloon’s eqilibrium
and safety. ‘‘The Annulated JDragon,”
it is claimed, “adapts itself naturally
to every variety and strength of wind
by a system of hoops, which also serve
to steer it.”
POLICEMAN TOO CURIOUS.
Wanted to See Dynamite Cap Explode.
Four Are Injured.
Philadelphia, Pa. —Four police offi
cers were seriously injured by the ex
plosion of a dynamite detonating cap
left by burglars yi their hurried de
parture from the diamond store of Jo
seph H. Deschamps. Reserve Police
man Beaumont and Detectives Wil
liams, Brown, Long and Reilly of the
city force, Moffatt of Camden and
Sharp and Campbell from the Burglar
Alarm Company’s offices, went to the
building.
While examining the burglar tools,
Beaumont satisfied his curiosity as to
igniting battery worked by connecting
the positive and negative wires. The
cap exploded, blowing out the officer’s
right eye. Detective Campbell’s
tongue was split from end to base
and his teeth were blown out. Mof
fatt’s nose was lacerated and his face
cut, as were the faces of the others.
FIVE KILLED IN dWaHITE EXPLOSION
Victims Were Literally Torn to Pieces
and Blown 200 Yards.
Scranton, Pa. —Three Americans
and two Italians were blown to pieces
in an explosion of dynamite while
working at Cross Keys Cut, along the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad near Tobyhanna. The five
men were tamping a hole containing
eighteen inches of dynamite, when it
prematurely exploded. John Walsh’s
legs were split apart, one leg going
to the right bank of the track, three
hundred yards, and the other two hun
dred yards to the left. Shreds of
flesh still clung to the telephone
wires. The bodies were assembled
by means of matching the clothing of
the victims.
LIEUT.TIOOM HILLtD.
Private Suttfes, His Slayer, Cuts His
Own Throat.
Manila, P. I. —A tragedy occurred
at Camp Jessman which resulted in
the death, of Lieutenant Edward J.
Bloom of the Fourth infantry and Pri
vate Suttles of Company K of the
same regiment. Suttles, for some un
known reason, shot Bloom and then
cut his own throat. Suttles died im
mediately, but Bloom lingered two
days. An investigation of the affair is
being made by the military authori
ties.
FIGURES OF INTEREST
Issued By the Bureau of Census
at Washington,
COST OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Report Compares the Aggregate Per
Capita Cost of Maintaining Schools in
Cities of Over 30,000 Population.
Washington, D. C. —The bureau of
the census has just issued its annual
repoi t on the statistics of cities hav
ing a population of over 30,000. This
report covers the year 1906, and in
cludes financial statistics.
A considerable portion of the ini re
duction to the report is utilized tor
presenting definitions of the account
ing terms employed by the bureau of
the census, a statement of the princi
ples upon which governmental ac
counting rests, and a brief resume of
the systems and methods of account
ing made use of at the present time
by the various government of the
United States and Great Britain.
The number of cities included in
this report is 158, of which fifteen
had over 300,000 inhabitants, twenty
seven between 100,000 and 300,000,
forty-eight between 50,000 and 100,000,
and sixty-eight under 50,000. Of the
158 cities New York had the largest
land area —209,248 acres; New Orleans
stood second, with 125,600; Chicago
third, with 114,932; Philadelphia
fourth, with 81,828, and Duluth, fifth,
with 40,556.
The cities having the smallest land
area was West Hoboken, N. J., which
had 546 acres. There is often great
disproportion between tfie area cov
ered by a city and the number of its
inhabitants. Duluth, Minn., with 67,-
337 inhabitants, takes in more terri
tory than St. Louis, with its 649,320
inhabitants. Salt Lake City, with a
population loss by 5,487 than that of
Hoboken, includes an area thirty-five
times as great. Of the cities contain
ing over 100,000 population, Allegheny.
Pa., had the smallest land area —4,726
acres. Paterson, N. J., had the next
smallest —5,157 acres; St. Joseph, Mo.,
the next —6,240 acres; Dayton, Ohio,
the next —6,846: Atlanta, Ga., the
next —7,680; Jersey City, N. J., the
next —9,163, and Memphis, Tenn., the
next —9,772 acres.
The report presents a very interest
ing table showing the costs of main
taining free public schools for the
several cities, including in such costs
the interest on the investment in
school buildings and grounds. The
relative investments of cities in
school property may be noted by the
varying amounts per capita allowed
for interest on such investments.
These ranged from 21 cents for At
lanta, Ga.; 24 cents for Charleston,
S. C.; 24 cents for Memphis, Tenn.;
26 cents for Elizabeth, N. J.; 26 cents
for Knoxville, Tenn.; 27 cents for
New Orleans, La.; 29 cents for Balti
more, Md.; and 30 cents for Covington,
Ky.; to sl.Ol for Springfield, Ohio;
$1.02 for East St. Louis, 111.; $1.02 for
Yonkers, N. Y.; $1.06 for Salt Lake
City, Utah; x SI.OB for Boston, Mass.;
$1.22 for Joliet, 111.; $1.28 for Spring
field, Mass.; $1.28 for Youngstown,
Ohio; $1.31 for Hartford, Conn.; $1.33
for Oakland, Cal.; $1.36 for Duluth,
Minn.; $1.41 for Newton, Mass.; $1.41
for Tacoma, Wash.; $1.45 for Denver,
Col.; $1.45 for Pueblo, Col., and $.156
Spokane, Wash.
like manner the aggregate per
capita cost for maintaining schools,
including -the foregoing amounts for
interest, varied from $1.71 for Charles
ton, S. C.;‘ s2?oß.Jor Knoxville, Tenn.;
$2.11 for MolrtgW ?ry, Ala.; $2.15 for
Memphis, Tenn.jX-d $2.17 for Nor
folk, Va.; to $7.20 lor Oakland, Cal.;
$7.20 for Butte, Mont.; $7.25 for Spring
field. Mass.; $7.32 for Boston, Mass.;
$7.52 for Denver, Col.; $7.59 for Salt
Lake City, Utah; $8.13 for Newton,
Mass.; $8.50 for Spokane, Wash., and
$8.76 for Pueblo, Col.
LOCALOPHON FOR INDIANA.
Bill Becomes Law Despite Opposition
of Liquor Men.
Indianapolis, Ind. Following a
fight that was so close up till the
last minute that neither side felt con
fident of claiming victory, the county
local option bill was passed by the
house of representatives by a vote of
55 to 45. Governor Hanley signed the
measure at once.
The wildest scene witnessed in an
Indiana legislature in years w r as en
acted when the roll call was announc
ed. Having previously passed the
senate and being the pet measure of
Governor Hanley, it was as good as
law. Democrats fought the bill with
the aid of four recalcitrant republi
cans. However, six democrats left
their party and voted for the bill, so
that it was made a law.
Deserter Heir to a Fortune.
Fort Leavenworth, Kans.—Under
sentence of two years in the federal
prison here for desertion, which is to
be accompanied by a. dishonorable dis
charge from the army, Gerald Fair
child, aged 23, is one of two heirs of a
$300,000 estate at Duluth, Minn.
Seven Men Drowned.
Chicago, 111. —Seven men out of a
party of eight were drowned in the
Calumet river at One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth street, when the pleasure
launch lemon struck one of the sup
ports of a railroad bridge and sank
with all on board. The owner of the
launch swam ashore and he was the
only one saved.
New Head of Papal State.
Rome, Italy.—According to ' the
Avanti, Cardinal Merry del Val, the
papal secretary of state, is about to
retire. This step is an outcome of
representations made to the Vatican
by American and English prelates, but
particularly Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop Ireland, who objected to
the secretary’s severe measures
against modernism.
In the event of Merry del Val’s re
tirement he probably will be succeed
ed by Cardinal Rampolia, who form
erly held this office.
OF POLITICAL INTEREST.
Hoi-man Ridder, of New v,, i
of The Staats Zeitung and vh ’ <KUtot
man of the publicity burea’.A, lir '
democratic national committee ,' he
been appointed by National
Mack as treasurer of the naiio^, lrnian
mittee, to succeed Governor 'r:
N. HacKell of Oklahoma, wy.. ,■
signed his position.
The prohibition camel has i, ~
tered in the national race aW -i7
republican elephant and the (leu '.t
ic donkey, in a number of c
the law requires that each paw
an official emblem prii
lot, that no voter may ;
ticket. The prohibition pan v
nounced that they have ,ie< ‘ aQ '
adopt the camel as their v? °
Among the reasons ad vain e ,? 1 '
selection are that the camel V-' ’ lle
oiiginal water wagon; that i ,
cern a fresh supply of W atfi
than any other quadruped- t . , 1
travel faster than the elenh ,
key, and that it is under ’no ',C
of getting a hump on itselt
According to figures given u
Chicago by Charles B. Jom mu, •!
chairman of the prohibition • •
there was an astounding decrease in
the production and sale of ’ntoxica?
ing beverages in the Unites * States'
Nearly $1,000,000 a day w ; xhe de
crease in liquor production as -in Ul .
ed by the prohibition leader.
Wisconsin had a political i max n
which United Sttaes Senat LaFol
lette first declared Judge Taft to be
a radical in political ideas, and then
gave him his own unqualified endorse
ment.
William H. Taft and his party have
started on their first campaign tour
through the west. For this trip the
campaign managers engaged a special
train consisting of the private ear,
Constitution, from the platform of
which most of the speaking is to be
done, together with two sleeping cars
and a baggage car. Mr. Taft, took
also with him a throat specialist from
Washington to look out for his health.
There were a dozen of newspaper
correspondents, along.
Governor Charles N. Haskell of Ok*
lahoma has resigned as treasurer of
the democratic national committee.
His resignation was announced by
himself after he had conferred with
officers of the democratic national
headquarters at Chicago. In giving
out his decision, Governor Haskell, in
response to a question, declared that
he did not desire to be responsible
for any embarrassment which might
result to the democratic party by re
taining the office of treasurer. That
his resignation is the direct result of
the charges made against him by Wil
liam Randolph Hearst and President
Roosevelt, Mr. Haskell also admitted.
At the same time, lie did not, by his
resignation, intend to admit that any
of the charges were true.
Chairman Hitchcock of the republi
can national committee has announc
ed that General T. Coleman DuPont
of Delaware, head of the bureau of
campaign speakers of the national
committee, had resigned as head of
that bureau and also as a member
of the executive committee of the na
tional committee, and that his resig
nation had been accepted. Mr. Hitch
cock said he had a conference with
Mr. DuPont, and the latter insisted
upon the acceptance of his resigna
tion, feeling that the tendency of the
suit by the government against the
powder company with which he is
connected might be employed by re
publican opponents to the injury of
the campaign.
President Roosevelt has issued a
statement denouncing Senator Fora
ker of Ohio for the senator’s alleged
connection with the Standard Oil com
pany, and later when charges of the
same nature were brought against
Governor Haskell, treasurer of the
democratic campaign committee, the
president issued another statement de
nouncing him and the democratic par
ty in general. William J. Bryan, in
answering this last statement of 'he
president, accused him of using ins
position as president of the l nhed
States unfairly to influence pul be
opinion and stated that all the demo
cratic party wanted from the admin
istration was a “square deal.’
Ex-Senator McLaurin of South Car
olina, who is also named by William
Randolph Hearst as being one of the
men who were in the employ of tne
Standard Oil Company while holding
seats in the United States senate, m
an interview, stated that an an A( -
to the charges preferred against him
was not necessary, as he had been ou
of politics since 1902. He ha’ ;
been an admirer of President H° ose ‘
velt, and said in the interview ma
Roosevelt ought to be unaniim •
re-elected by all parties. It will w
remembered that McLaurin, '■
senator, was read out of the pa . v
by his democratic colleagues.
The socialist party’s campaign . >ook,
edited by Joseph Medill Patterson o
Chicago and supervised by the ‘wc
utive committee of the pai tv
been issud. It is a siender, red-cov
ered edition, which may easii.-
carried in a pocket. Mr. Pat' 1
chief contribution to the book.’
unsigned attack on W. H. da. ,
ord as an “injunction” judge. v/
articles in the symposium are
Clarence Harrow, H. G. Weil& ’
English novelist; John Shargo
ert Hunter, Seymour Stedman
Eugene V. Debs, presidential
date of the party.
Thomas Taggart of Indiana
been appointed chairman ol t
mercial Travelers’ association
democratic national comm ike.
William J. Bryan and his partyJ
arrested in Rhode Island tecen. .
breaking the automobile spot*,
of that" state. They were rek -
without being fined, but wen
not to let it happen again.
Senator Foraker gave out a •'-•/ *
ment replying to the recent, un
made by William R. Hearst a!1 ~
dent Roosevelt. In addition i
terly assails Hearst, laf ( 1 ' ’ , .
president, charging Taft vuti f
ing with Standard Oil magna
self and declaring that ( lfc^.m v
Roosevelts’ action indicates a-
-and that he has l
untruth.