Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 30, 1907, Page 4

THIS COUNTRY BEST OF NORTHERN CLIME Northern Minnesota Is Not Blizzard- Stricken, Although We Have Plenty of Snow. HOMESEEKERS SHOULD CONSIDER THIS COUNTRY VERY DESIRABLE Making a Mistake By Passing to the Storm-Beaten Prairies North and West. Throughout the storm and stress of the worst periods of this winter, when there have been constant complaints of suf- fering and forebodings of dis- aster in other sections, the good people of northern Minnesota have pursued the even tenor of their accustomed way without even so much discomfort as m- clemencies; bring in many of the large cities, says the Duluth Evening Herald. And this is true not only of this winter but of| many preceding ones. This has been due to the mag- nificent forests with which na- ture has so liberally and gener- ously endowed northern Minne- sota, providing, for the people of towns and farms alike, a sure and inexpensive means of setting at defiance the blasts of winter and rendering unnecessary de- pendence on supplies of fuel from outside sources. Just why home- seekers, espec- ially those from various parts of the United States, should passin thousands almost in sight of the fully as fertile and also magnifi- cently timbered lands. of north- ern Minnesota and take farms on the bare plaias of Manitoba or other sections is hard to under- stand, unless explanation be found in the fact that the one region has been cunningly ad- vertised whereas the vastly su- perior advantages of the other Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads have been apparently as cun- ningly concealed. It may require more work to prepare timbered lands for har- vests, but this was not thought a disadvantage among the early pioneers and the advantages of having a certain and sure supply of fuel at one’s very door ought to more than turn the scales in favor of northern Minnesota against any treeless portion of the entire northwest. The Herald believes that, with only moderate efforts, the tide of future immigration can be di- verted to richly endowed north- ern Minnesota. And not the least argument in favor ef this section should be that the forests give home seekers means, that cost only a,little extra labor, of setting the warst attacks of win- tar at cosy defiance. Damce at Opera House to- night, after show. Musie by Symington orchestre. Started Early Enough. “I want to talk to you, Mary, about that young man of yours,” sald her father. “When did he say good night to you last evening?’ % “At 10 o’clock,” replied the fair girl. “What? Why, It was 1 o'clock at ‘least!” “Oh, that was when he finished say- ing it!"—~Philadelphia Ledger. His 8econd Book. “Your first book, 1f it is a success, generally leads to the success of the second,” remarked a rising author. “Yes, indeed,” sald another. “It was the success of my first book that made my second. My second book,” he add- ed, “was a bank book.” Old Age and Rushing. You may join the mile a minute class, but no ofl has been discovered yet that will keep all the cogs In con- dition. Good old age was never ase- quel to a rush.—Manchester Union, Modern Irish. As a professional student of lan- guages T have no hesitation in saying that modern Irish is more difficult than anclent Greek.—Manchester Guardlan. It the poor«éunnot always get meat, the rich man cannot always digest it.— Giles. % Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, SWETTENHAM REGRETS _— GOVERNOR OF JAMAICA WITH- DRAWS OFFENSIVE LETTER TO ADMIRAL DAVIS. 'ty . NOW FINALLY CLOSED ! ’ Iy APOLOGY FOLLOWS VOLAUMINOUS CORRESPONDENCE ' FROM COLONIAL, ORFICK. INCIDENT 18 - ; e - 4 London, Jan. 30.—The, Associated Pross learns “that the international phase of. the Kingston imeident has been finally closell by Gowernor Swet- tenham formally withdrawing his let- tor to Rear 'Admiral Davis and ex- pressing his, regret for having writ- ten it. Swettenhgm’s withdrawal of his let: ter and his, apology followed volumin- ous telegrhphic conmnunications to him from, the colonial ofiaé. The dis- patch which has now closed the inci- dent was sent by the:governor to the colonial office, whence it reached the state department &t Washington through the foreign office and Charge @'Affalres Howard in the usual course. ‘Washington, Jan. 30.—Officials at be state department refuse to discuss the report that Governor Swettenham has withdrawn his letter to Admiral Davis-and apologixed therefor. It is pointed out that the president has taken every mi known to him to make it evident that he regards the Kingston episode as a closed incident, 40 the officials decline to comment on it in any phase at this time. REFUGEES FROM KINGSTON. Three 8teamors Reach Ceolon With Many People on Board. Colon, Jan. 20.—The Panama rail- road’s stoamer Alllanca has arrived here from New York, via Jamalica, bringing reflroad &nd -éanal employes and thelr familles and the committee sent from the isthmus to investigate the conditions at Kingston. g ~ The Atlas Moer Allegheny, which has also reached Colon from’ Jamaica, brought 200 homeless persons from Kingston and’ the Royal Mail steamer Atrato, which arrived here during the morning, brought 500 ‘homeless peo- ple from' the same port. The officers of all the vessels report that the Ja- maicans are grateful for'the prompt assistance rendered by the American people, SWETTENHAM VERY, THANKFUL. Oables Secretary Taft on Arrival of 8upply of Tents. ‘Washington, Jan. 80.—Secretary Taft hes received tha following cable- gram from “Governor Swettenham, dated Kingston, Jamaica: “Most grateful thanks for supply ot tents just arrived from Cuba in charge of Captain Battle, U. 8. A. Service most highly appreciated.” i The tents referred to are those for- warded from ‘Santiago by Brigadier General Wint upon the urgent request made to Provisional Governor Magoon by the acting British minister at Ha- vana. P DRATH LIST UNKNOWN. Seventy-seven Bodles Recovered From Prussian Mine. Baarbrusck, Prussia, Jan. 30.—The officlal mine inspectors who are in charge of the Reden mine at Sf hann-on-8i where the disastrous exploaton owrud Monday, say it is impossible o state precisely how many miners perish They have a. list of 168 men who went into the: shaft in the morning and of this num- ber seventy-seven Wave been brought out dead. ; The pit mouth was surrounded all unight by silent crowds. In the sheds where the roll call of the miners’ shifts are usually held the bedies of the doad:are Iaid out. The emtrances are surrounded by wobbing women, who, as their names, are called, go in to ident!ty, i they 4an, the mutilated bodies. Numerous, military doctors and many nurses and priests are at- tending . the survivors. Later in the day the management of the mine annougced that the dead would probably reach 148, although the numiber mgy be greator. - The fire in mine 18 under con- trol and- thework of rescue has re- tommenced. — SNEEZE CRAOKS HIS RIB. Waukegan ‘(ill.) Man Vietim of Pe- ouliar Acclident. ‘Waukegdn, Ill, Jan. 30.—Philip Btrobbe, & teammter, sneezed so hard that he erackeéd a #ib and it pained bim 50 he oalled for a doctor. He is not sure that the sneere oracked tho rib, but thinks that {t must have had tomething to de with)the infury, as Mter the eneering he felt the pain for the first time and as it kept up a doc- tor found what was wron, % . For Sweeping. Primary- Law. Springfield, 111, Jan. 80:—Represen- tative Lantz of Cook county has intro- duced a direct’ primary measure pro- viding for the nomination by a direct primary of all county, eity and. village officers, judges: and elective members of - school ‘boards, town. Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balance Books, Most Complete Stock West of Duluth BUYING COAL IN AUSTRALIA. Harriman Roads Go Across the Pacific for Fuel. Omaha, Jan. 30.—The Harriman raflroads are buying coal in Australia and shipping it to the United States for use in the locomotives of the lines of the system. The coal costs the roads $1 per ton at the docks in Aus- tralia and by the time San Francisco is reached the cost has become enor- mous. But so scarce are freight cars and motive power on the Harriman system that it pays the railroad to pay this price for coal rather than take the cars and engines from gen- eral trafic and devote them to the coal business. Out in Wyoming the great coal camps of the Union Pacific are almost at a standstill. land mines prevents work at that place and the No. 1 mine at Rock Springs, which produced 1,000 tons daily, is olosed because of lack of machinery. The road is short nearly 2,200.tons daily from that field alone. Several steamers are en route from Australia now with bituminous coal for the Har- riman system and the importation will continue until the coal famine is over. FIGHTING 'IN VENEZUELA. Governor Mata Killed in Rald on Po- litical Meeting. ‘Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Jan. 80.—According to advices received here from Caracas, Venezuela, Gov- ernor Mata, at the head of a body of armed troops, surprised a secret po- litical meeting in the yard of Vice President Gomez at Caracas during the night of Jan. 27 and in the fight- ing which followed Governor Mata and several others were killed and a large number, including the comman- der of the troops, were wounded. PROSPECT OF ADJUSTMENT FRENCH GOVERNMENT MAY AC- CEPT PROPOSAL OF CATH- A OLIC BISHOPS. - TR T e o Parls, Jan. which the French bishops, with the approval. of the pope, have now sub- /| mitted to the government seems to offer the first real prospect of an ad- Justment of . the, conflict between hurch. and state; under the separa- tion regime. While it involves a ma- térial modification of the position taken In the last papal-encyclical the proposition put forward has all the appearance .of an ‘ultimatum. Whether the government, in spite of the con- cessions made and making in the in- terest of religious peace, will accept a settlement based upon the absolute recognition of the Roman hierarchy remains to be seen. The model con- tract which the bishops have submit- ted provides for the virtual lease of the churches in perpetuity to the par- ish priests by the mayors, the leases being for eighteen years and renew- able by their succéssors.” The leases, which carry a stipulation engaging the communal, municipal and state authorities not to interfere with the administration of the church and par- ish, are invalid without the express ratification of the bishop and become null the moment the parish priest loses the bishop’s authorization. The bishops must act, together to insure the acceptance of the contracts every- where or nowhere. The propositions made by the bishops make it clear that no rent is to be paid and that the contracts must cover all.the religious edifices in France or none. ‘The bishops’ proposition created a stir in parliamentary circles. The fol- lowers of ex-Premier Combes were loud in their assertions that it was 'utterly unacceptable, but the ‘more “moderate Republican groups were less emphatic. i PARDONED BY TAFT. Eighty-four Military Prisoners Given Their Freedom. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 30.—Eighty- ;| four inmates of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, most of them men who had heen punished for deserting from the army, have been released on an order from the secretary of war. This is the largest number of men ever freed from any military prison at any one time. The men had beem sentenced to serve from one year up in, the prison and all had done one year. They were recommended for clemency by Lfeutenant Colonel Young, commandant of the prison, be- cause of good behavior:. i DUTCH OFFICIALS KILLED. Seirious Revolt Reported on the [si and of Java. Amsterdam, Holland, Jan. 30.—A se- rious revolt has broken out in the province of Kediri, island of Java, Dutch East Indies, according to a dis- patch recelved here from Batavim. It /| 1s stated that 300 natives have takem up arms and that many of the Dutch: ’| officials and their adherents have been: i| killed or wounded. The vice gov- ernor of the province is said to be ‘| rmong ‘the wounded and the chief of; police is reported to have been killed.. Troops have, been dispatehed to the scene of the outbreak. ¥ Combine Against Sacialist Berlin, Jan. 80.—All the political parties except the extreme Radicals: are combining against the ‘Socialists: i|In ‘the reballots which are_to take: officers and ‘| place in the electoral districts where: ; members of the geperal assembly and |none of the candidates for the reichs- | salers ‘and manufacturers, causing a '|6.923%; pigs, $6.00@6.65. Sheep, $8.60 | representatives in congresa. : ;| tag lucoengd in obtaining a majorit; Fire in the Cumber- 80.—The proposition | ‘i delayed. Holders, Ink Wells, Etc. Rubber Stamps and Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter Coj Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Rubber Squares, Township Plats in book form, Fine quali .00 T00 MUCH TALKING FOR DISPOSITION TO “ENTER- TAIN AND INSTRUCT.” APPROPRIATION BILLS IN BAD SHAPE BESSION NEARING END AND NOT A SINGLE SUPPLY MEASURE | HAS BEEN PASSED: | : Washington, Jan. 30.—Senator Hale took the senate to task during the day because of the disposition to talk in- stead of pass the appropriation bills. He said there were but two business days left in this month, twenty-three days in February and two in March, twenty-seven in all, and as yet not a single appropriation bill had become law. 3 “In this remaining time,” he said, “there is to be appropriated some- thing: l{ke-$800,000,000 of the revenues of the government. There has never in my experience been a condition When' tlese necessary bills were so far behind as now.” 5 Mr. Hale then referred to the desire on the part of senators to talk, say- ing -the senator from Indiana (Mr. Beveridge) had instructed and enter- tained the senate for two days and he understood that the speech was to continue and be followed by instruc- tions and entertainment by the sen- ator_from Montana (Mr. Carter), not- withstanding the fact that he (Mr. Hale) had given notice that he should call up the diplomatic and consular appropriation. bill. Members of the appropriations com- mittee, he sald, could not remain in the chamber to object to these speech- making agreements and he gave no- tice that hereafter he should not be bound to observe them. The only alternative, Mr. Hale said, was to. hold night sessions and these he should move for if the necessary | business was further delayed. HOUSE . .FAVORS FREE SEEDS. Adopts Amendment to Agricultural Ap- b * ¥ propriation Bill. ‘Washington, Jan. 30.—By a vote of 84 to 136 the house, in committee of the whole, reversed the ruling of the chair on the question of free seeds for congressional distribution and adopt- ed the amendment as contained in the agricultural appropriation bill of last year, continuing the free distribution of seeds which has been in vogue for a number of years. The amendment appropriating $238,000 for'the free dis-- tribution of ordinary seeds was then adopted, as has been the practice for A number of years. Y On a point of order made by Mr‘l Macon of Arkansas the "increase of ! $1,000 in the salary of Chief Forester Pinchot, recommended by the com: mittee on agriculture, was stricken out. Representative Lacey of Iowa of- fered an amendment authorizing the secretary of agriculture to sell mar- ketable and ripened timber from for- est reserves to persons not belonging to any organization to control lumber prices. The amendment went out on a point of order. ONEIDA INDIAN CHIEF DEAD. Ordained ‘an Episcopal Minister When Seventy Years of Age. Green Bay, Wis., Jan. 30.—Rey. Cor- nelius Hill, an old Oneida Indian sachem, is dead on the reservation at the age of seventy-five years. He was the oldest of the Oneida Indian chiefs. Hill was made a chief when fifteen years of ‘age and took his seat in the-| council when eighteen, which was a great honor for so young an Indian. He bore the name of Chief Onon- Gwat-Ga and was the most. influential of the present day chiefs. For his effl- cient and lengthy service he was or- dained an Episcopal priest five years ago. BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. House Committee Favors McCumber Service Pénsion Bill. Washington, Jan. 30.—By unani- ‘mous vote of the house committee on { Densions and invalid pensions, acting as one committee, the McCumber serv- ice pension bfll was favorably report- ed to the house during the day. The bill provides that all veterans of the Mexican war or the war of 1861 who ére sixty-two years of age may have 18 pension of $12 a month. Veterans lseventy years of age are tc have $15 | {a montn ana $20. a month is to be § granted to all veterans over seventy- { five years old. Four Railroad Employes Killed. 3 Shelpurne Falls, Mass., Jan. 80.— % In a collision between an . express ! “train and an extra freight on the tFitchburg division of the Boston and { Maine railroad at South River four | employes of the railroad were' killed iand several -injured. No passenger ‘ | was hurt. The rolling stock was bad- {1y smashed and the trafiic wasigreatly h Destructive Fire at Winnipeg. }j Winnipeg, Jan. 30.—Fire broke out :-‘lnthe warehouse owned by. Bright & Johnston and occupied principally by r;représenmzlves of Eastern whole- biloss estimated at oyer $200,000. | LIKELY TO BE AMENDED HEAVY LOSS FROM FIRE. Automobile Garage Burned Out and Many Machines Damaged. New York, Jan. 30.—A loss roughly | estimated at $750,000 resulted from a | fire which started just before mid-! night and burned out the garage of | the New York Transportation com-! pany at Eighth avenue and West| Forty-ninth street. A charging plant for electric vehi- eles recently installed at great cost by the owners of the garage was bad- fy damaged, 1f not ruined, - and 100 nutomobiles owned by private parties were rendered worthless. Nicholas Vandervoort, night wateh- man in the garage, was seriously burned. Fifteen minutes after the fire broke out a series of explosions occurred. In a row of tenement houses, oppo: site the car barns and garage in Forty- ninth street, a scene of panic ensued. CONVICT ‘ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Plunges Head First From Fourth Floor Gallery. P Sioux Falls, 8. D, Jan. 30.—Fran! Smith, a life prisoner in the pepiten- tlary here, attempted suicide by jump. ing head first from the. fourth cell gallery to the cement floor below, a distance of thirty-five feet. Smith’s body turned three times in the air and instead of striking on his head as intended he landed on his hip and elbow. His hip was broken and his arm badly injured and while severely hurt he will survive.” Smith was re ceived at the penitentiary Nov. 28 last, having been convicted of the kill ing of a saloonkeeper at Pierre. ROGERS REFUSES TO TALK. Has Nothing to Say About Report on Standard Oil. New York, Jan. 30.—H. H. Rogers, vice president of the Standard Oil company, when seen by a reporter at his home in this city, refuséd to dis: cuss in any way the report of the in- terstate commerce commission which was sent to congress Monday. “All these matters are in litigation,” said Mr. Rogers, teferring to the sev- eral specific allegations contained in the report. He declined ‘to say any- thing further. In Memory of McKinley. ‘Washington, Jan. 30.—This is- the sixty-fourth anniversary of the birth of Willlam McKinley. “As such anni versary and ‘as “Carnation day” it is being observed generally in the na: tion’s capital. Government officials, members of congress and private citl. zens ‘are wearing the president’s fa vorite flower in silent memory of a martyred public servant and in thd interest of patriotism and good citizen: ship. = BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The Arkansas senate. has passed the 2-cent railroad rate bill, 32 to 1, amending it to take effect sixty days after passage. The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business on Jan. 26. ; The state department has received a cablegram from the American vice consul at Newchwang, China, stating that the plague has broken out in that province. Mrs. Hattle E. Decatur, whose hus: band was a lineal descendant of Com- modore Stephen Decatur, is dead at Chicago of consumption. The latter days of her life were spent in penury and hardship. Charles W. Schulte, aged sixty- three, a capitalist and banker of Mem- phis, . Tenn., committed suicide at a 'Battle Creek . (Mich,) sanitarium, where hé was belng treated for ner: vous trouble. Otis Eddy, aged 102 years, is dead at Rockford, Ill. He was belleved to be the oldest Mason in this country in years of membership, having been initiated into the order at Chopachet, R. L, May 20, 1826. MARKET QUOTATIONS. * Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Jan. 29.—Wheat—May, 80%c; July, 80%c; Sept., 78%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 843e¢; No. 1 North- ern, 82%c; No. 2 Northern, 80%c; No. 8 Northern, 78@79¢. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Jan. 29.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 823¢; No. 1 Northern, 82¢; No. 2 Northern, 80c; May, 803%c; July, 80%c; Sept, 70c. Flax—To arrive, on track and in store, $1.203%; Jan., $1.2034; May; $1.- 28Y; July, $1.23. et - St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Jan. 29.—Cattle—Good- to choice steers, $5.60@86.25; common to good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.60@4.75; veals, $4.60@ 6.00.. Hogs—$6.66@6.76. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.75@5.15; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@7.26. Chicago Grain and Proyisions. Chicago, Jan. 29.—Wheat—May, 78%c; July, 77%¢.. Corn—May, 4634c; July, 45%¢. -Oats—May, 38%c; July, 856%ec. Pork—May, $16.76; July, $1 90. ‘Butter—Creameries, 21@81%c; dairies, 20@28c. Eggs—22@24c. Poul- Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemid’ji‘Pioheer' (o) %a y ‘Books, Paper Clips and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, ty colored Blotters, Letter Copy Presses, Waste Paper Baskets, Rubber Type Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, DECLARED SHIP SUBSIDY BILL CANNOT PASS THE HOUSE IN PRESENT SHAPE. OBJECTION TO HILL-HARRIMAN BIFT IF THOSE SECTIONS GO THROUGH THEY ARE ALMOST SURE ! TO BE REDUCED. ! i L4 ‘Washington, Jan. 30.—Although the ship subsidy bill was reported to the house by a serieés of suspicious steps it has not had an easy time of it since then and the prospect now is that if put through at all it will be only after a serious amendment. J. J." Hill and E. H. Harriman are principally re- sponsible for the repeated black eyes which have been given to the bill of late. Mr. Watson of Indiana, the Repub: lican whip of the house, who-has un- dertaken the work of putting through the Hill-Harriman-Spreckels donation, made a''canvass of the Republican side only to find that it would be im- possible to secure a majority for a hard and fast rule which would pre- vent all amendments to the committee Dbill. It has been decided, therefore, to let the subsidy measure come up on. its merits and receive such treatment in the way of amendments as may be measured out to it. Unless some further sharp practice is resorted to, and it is hardly likely that Speaker Cannon would consent to such a thing, it is almost certain that the proposed subsidies to the Hill and Harriman steamship lines from Seaitle and San' Francisco to Japan will be cut out of the measure. If the Hill and Harriman para- graphs go through at all the amount of the subsidy almost certainly will be reduced. The most probable com- promise is {o retain the mail sub- sidies for the lines to South America, but changing the two lines proposed t0 Rio Janeiro and Buenos Ayres, so ‘that one of them might start from a Gulf port and the other from New York or its vicinity. 3 DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CANAL. Senate Committee Considers Mr. Mor- gan’s Proposal. Washington, Jan. 30.—A plan for the reorganization of the isthmian canal commission was considered dur- ing the day by the senate ‘committee on interoceanic canals. It was pre- sented by Senator Morgan and pro- vided for the creation of the post of director general, to be -assisted by the chief engineer in charge of con- struction. The canai commission, .in addition to the director general, is‘to consist of the heads ‘of the various departments under the chief- engineer. It is provided that the director gen- eral’s authority shall be supreme, but. that he shall act with the advice and assistance of the subordinate commis- sioners. The commission shall meet on the isthmus at least six times in every vear. The bill being prepared by Senators Hopkins and Knox was not ready and therefore the discus- sion was confined to Senator Morgan's plan. The discussion will be contin- ued at the next session. - FOUR HUNDRED NEW CASES. Scarlet Fever Epidemic Breaks Out With Renewed Vigor. Chicago, Jan. 30.—The scarlet fever epidemic, which was said by the offi- clals of the health department to be newed violence. All records were broken during the day, when 407 new cases of the fever were reported, It has been the opinion of the health department that the epidemic was due 4o millk which had been infected in various' dairies outside of the city and such elaborate efforts had been made: to stop the contagion from this cause that it was believed that the epidemic was practically under control. OUTCOME OF FEUD. Italian Store Dynamited.and Several Persons Injured. Oyster Bay, N. Y, Jan. 30.—A- gro- cery store’owned by an Italian named Frank Carome was demolished by an explosion of dynamite. Carome and | his family, who slept in the rear of the store, were badly brulsed and one Italian who slept in' a room over the store was seriously injured. The ex- plosion is said to have been the out- come of a feud between Italians em- ployed: by local contractors. Mother and Babe Die. 3 Ottumwa, Ia., Jan. 30.—In trying to. save her baby, whose clothes had caught fire from the kitchen stove, Mrs. Ed Butler; wife. of a prominent Armah farmer, frantically caught up the child in her efforts to extinguish the flimes .and- set. fire to- her own clothes The excited mother, still try—Turkey: 1fe; chickens, lic; springs,” i S Chicago Union. Stock. Yards.. Chicago, Jan. 29.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@7.00; cows and heifers, $1.50@ 6:26; stockers and feeders, $2.60Q@ 4.70; Texans; $3.60@4.50; calves, $6.00 @8.00. Hoge—Mixed and butchers, $6.70@7.00; good heavy, '$6.76@7:! rough_heavy, $6.65@6.80; light, $6.70 @5.75; lambs, $4.76@7.85. holding ‘the cnild, rushed 'from the house enveloped in flames. . Before help could arrive both were fatally burned. = Terrible Method of Suicide, Uniontown, Pa., Jan. 30.—Tired of ' life, owing probably to mental trouble, Tony Sain, a foreigner, went to a coke oven at Oliver No. 1, deliberately un- dressed in the cold and threw himself naked head first into the bed of fire" d was burned to death. lessening, has broken out . with. re-| ffiqe | THE GERMANS. Protege of Turkish Ruler Demanded.,. Constantinople, Jan. 30.—Fehmi Pasha, chief of the secret police of the palace and a great confidant and favorite of the sultan, has come in serious conflict with the German em- bassy owing to his astion in causing the seizure recently of a ship’s cargo destined for Hamburg. The. sultan tried to pacify the embassy officials by immediately ordering the release of the cargo, but Germany, in a forci- Ple note to the porte, now demands the -punishment of: Fehmi Pasha, OFFENDED Punishment of : pointing out that in the steps taken he was guilty of an infraction of the penal code, rendering him liable to life imprisoniment. The diplomats here are watching with great interest this struggle between &ie German em- bassy and the sultan’s protege. e b NO . MORE CHEAP RATES. Full Fare to Be Charged for Trans- porting Soldiers, Omaha, Jan. 30.—The Union Pacific and Northwestern- railroads have re- fused to make any special rates to the government for the shipmert of sol- diers en route to the Philippines to and from San Francisco and the quar- termaster’s -department. of the depart- ment of the Missouri is much disap- pointed, the officers expressing them- selves in forceful language over the action of the railroads., _ : Bids were opened in Omaha for the transportation of 600 men; 500 horses and a large amount of equipment;from Forts Robinson and Russell to San Francisco. Only the Union Pacific and Northwestern submitted and both bids were for regular and full rates. --Rail- road officials say the government will secure no more cheap fares. REASON NOT MADE PUBLIC TWO OF THE JURORS 1IN THE THAW CASE EXCUSED BY MUTUAL CONSENT. New York, Jan: 30.—The excuse of two of the sworn jurors in the Thaw case at the beginning of the afternoon session left four vacant chairs in the Jurybox and seriously delayed the be- ‘ginning of the taking of testimony. ‘'The jurors excused were Arthur S. Campbell, No. 4, and Harold R. Faire, No. 6. This action was announced after a conference in which the attor- neys for the defense, District Attor- ney Jerome and Justice Fitzgerald took part. The reasons for the step ‘were by agreement not made public. They. are said to have been of a busi- ness nature, One juror was secured at the morn- ing session. 'He is John S: Dennee, a traveling freight agent. thirty-eight years of age and unmarried. Mr. Den- nee'is a native df Louisiana and Thaw seemed especially pleased at having secured a Southerner on the jury which is' to try him for the killing of Stanford White. "' v © 0 ' 0 ° Excused Juror ‘Cannot Explain. Harold R. Faire, oné of'thd excused jurors,. declared- after Jleaving.:the courtroom that he.did not know. why he'had beer excused and that the an- nouncement made’ in -¢ourt was-the first knowledge he had of the intend- ed action. g The defendant’s attorneys set a new high record for the exercise of peremptory challenges during the morning Session, bringing this priv- ilege to bear five times in excusing from sérvice talesmen who ‘did not express themselves satisfactory.. The defenisc has thus far used fifteen of its thirty peremptory challenges and the state fourteen. ¥ il All the Thaw family were again in court and there was absolutely no evidence' of friction between any of its members. ‘In fact it seemed’as though an effort was being made: to show. there had. been no ground. for such ‘rumors’ duriig the past few days. - Mrs. .Harry Thaw and'May Mec- Kenzie joined Mrs. .William- Thaw, the Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs. Carnegle in an animated conversation as;‘the courtroom was -being cleared at the conclusion of the morning ses- sion. SHOQTS WIFE: ON THE STREET. Kenosha (Wis.) Man Then Attempts § . Suicide. el - Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 30.—After wait- ing for his wife at a corner in-the business section of Kenosha Jacob Gerbovitz, aged® twenty-four years, shot his: wife four times-and then sent. & bullet into his own neck. sk Scores of people saw the shooting and some pounced on the assailant while others” hurried his wife 'to ‘a hospital. . Gerbovitz is said by sur- + geons: to be dying from the bullet ‘wound. -Mrs. Gerbovitz s suffering from nervous shock. The trouble is sald to have resulted from diyorce proceedings which: were started-Mon- day by the man’s wife. . .General Strike Planned. - Baku, Transcaucasia, Jan. 30. Seven thousand ‘employes ‘of four: uaphtha workg struck here during the: day. Their demands include 4 _bonus: for:'1906 varying from’ 20 to '80' per cent of their wages for the year, A general strike {s heing planned in support of the moyement. i . > 1 TLondon, Jan. 30.—Dispatches from Bt. Petersburg report the condition Count Leo Tolstoi, the noveli; a - > P