Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 9, 1908, Page 3

eae ne BY Cc. E, KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - - NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME (mportant Events at Home and om Foreign Shores Briefly Told. MINNESOTA. From Washington. Wheat clearings for the week end- ing Nov. 28 were 116,297 bushels for the United States. The clerical force of the rivers and harbors committee of the house is preparing the data for the work of the committee in framing the bill for riv- ers and harbors improvements, Congress will face a deficit in the immigration fund by reason of the ex- traordinary expenditures by the immi- gration commission, which has been carrying on its work under an indefi- nite appropriation. That there shall be no further yub- lie discussion by naval officers con- cerning the Newport conference with- out permission of the president is the purport of an order issued Ly Secre- ary Metcalf, by direction of the presi- dent. The secretary of the interior has promulgated new regulations under the timber and stone act of June 3, 1878. The act provides that timber and stone lands shall be sold at the minimum price of $2.50 per acre. Tim- and stone lands have heretofore sold at a flat rate of $2.50 an Under the new regulations such lands must be appraised and will be sold at the appraised value, but in no instance will the price of such lands be less than $2.50 an acre, Personal. Frank L. Vance, aged sixty years., a prominent business and club man of Milwaukee, died at Atlantic City, N. J., from pulmonary trouble. Richard L. Lindsay, Washington correspondent of the Kansas City Star, one of the oldest of Washington correspondents, died at his home in that city Mrs. Thomas Dunkerton of Black- hawk county, lowa, expired suddenly of neuralgia of the heart. She was joking and -laughing when stricken and lived less than twenty minutes. John Gardner Coolidge, the Ameri- can minister to Nicaragua, has ten- dered his resignation. It is reported that Mr. Coolidge took this step be- cause of the disapproval of his govern- ment in meddling with the internal tariff of Nicaragua. Ward Burlingame, for twenty-seven years chief clerk in the dead letter of- fice in Washington and private secre- tary to four Kansas governors and three Kansas senators, died at his home in Washington of heart failure, eventy-two years, aged George J. Sittig 1s dead at Mans- field, Ohio. Sittig’s weight was about E ounds, and he measured eighty inches about the waist. A special cof- fin was made in which to ship the body to Pittsburg. Sittig was known i about the country as nd exhibited “Jolly Geor; the Fat Boy.” Mrs. J. C. Wardell, the leper wife of Gen, Wardell, whose case created euch a stir at Los Angeles and in Arizona, died of leprosy in the coun- ty hospital at Los Angeles. Since her return from Arizona and the death of her husband, Mrs. Wardell has grown steadily worse and her death was expected. Capt. Nathan Roberts of East Nor- walk, Conn., ninety-five years of age, and the oldest automobilist in the state, showed that he is as good upon the water as upon the land, for he rowed four miles into the Long Island sound and caught a bushel and a half of blackfish, several of which weighed seven pounds each. Accidental Happenings. Fire at Pueblo, Colo., destroyed the building and stock of the Hyde Paper company. One fireman was severely injured. Loss, $60,000, Fire at Berlin, Ont., destroyed two wings of St. Jerome’s Catholic church, entailing a Joss of $40,000. Several of the students had .narrow escapes and all got out in their night clothes. An abuiment of the recently com- pleted Wheeling & Lake Erie lift- bridge, located in the “flats,” at Cleve- land, was badly damaged by a dyna- mite explosion. Traffic over the struc- ture has been stopped pending an ex- amination. The bridge was construct- ed by non-union labor, it is said. One hundred miners in the coal mine of the Central Coal and Iron company, near Central City, Ky., esl caped from the working, which had been filled by .smoke off a dynamo, shortly before 5 o'clock last evening. The miners, frightened .by the smoke, hurried to the ground through an air shaft.” Frank Melville, engineer, and E. F. Wilf, fireman, were instantly killed when the engine of a Missouri, Kan- sas & Texas train ble wup at Par- soris, Kan. The engine was just turn- ed out ‘of the’shops after a thorough overhauling. Robert Hunt, a rancher, died at his home at Great Falls, Mont., from the effects of poison accidentally adminis- tered. Hunt, through a mistake, ob- tained a bottle of carbolic acid which he took in place of medicine, and be- fore a physician could be secured he succumbed to the deadly drug. a THE LAWMAKERS President Says Financial Stand- ing of Nation Is Excellent —Taxes Reduced. Repeats Recommendations Re- garding Corporations Doing Interstate Business. The following is a synopsis of the president’s message to congress: The financial standing of the nation at the present time is excellent, and the financial management of the na- tion’s interests by the government dur- ing ¢he last seven years has shown | most satisfactory results. But our cur- ; rency system is imperfect, and it is earnestly to be hoped that the cur- rency commission will be able to pro- pose a thoroughly good system which will do away with the existing defects. During the period from July 1, 1901, to Sept. 30, 1908, the balance between the net ordinary receipts and the net | ordinary expenses of the government | showed a surplus of nearly $100,000,000 of receipts over expenditures, a reduc- tion of the interest bearing debt by $90,000,000, in spite of the extraordi- nary expense of the Panama canal, and a saving of nearly nine millions on the annual interest charge. There have been no new taxes; on the contrary, some taxes have been taken off; there has been a reduction of taxation. As regards the great corporations engaged in interstate business, and es- | pecially the railroads, I can only r peat what I have al- | ready again and again said in my messages to congress. I Welieve that | under the interstate clause of the con- stitution the United States has eom-j; plete and paramount right to control all agencies of interstate commerce, | and I believe that the national govern- ment alone can exercise this right with wisdom and effectiveness, so as both to secure justice from, and to do jus- | tice to, the great corporations which are the most important factors in mod- | ern business. I believe that it is worse | than folly to attempt to prohibit all combinations as is done by the Sher- man anti-trust law, because such a law can be enforced only imperfectly and unequally, and its enforcement works almost as much hardship as good, I strongly advocate that instead of an unwise effort to prohibit all com- binations, there shall be substituted a | law which shall expressly permit com- binations which are in the interest of | the public, but shall at the same time give to some agency of the national government full power of control and supervision over them. One of the chief features of this control should be securing entire publicity in all matters which the public has a right to know, and furthermore, the power, not by judicial, but by executive action, to prevent or put a stop to every rm of improper favoritism or other wrong- doing. The railroads of the country should be put completely under the interstate commerce commission and removed from the domain of the anti-trust law. The power of the commission should be made thoroughgoing, so that it could exercise complete supervision and con- trol over the issue of securities as well as over the raising and lowering of rates, As regards rate: t least, this power should be summa The power to investigate the financial operations and accounts of the railways has been Corporations one of the most valuable features in recent legislation. Power to make combinations and traffic agreements should be explicitly conferred upon the railroads, the permission of the com- mission being first gained and the com- bination or agreement being published in all its details. In the interest of the public the representatives of the public should have complete power to see that the railroads do their duty by the public, and as a matter of course this power should also be exercised so as to see that no injustice is done the railroads. The shareholders, the em- , ployes and the shippers all have inter- ests that must be guarded. It is to the interest of all of them that no swindling stock speculation should be allowed, and that there should be no improper issuance of securities. There must be no defrauding of investors, oppression of farmers and_ business men who ship freight, or callous dis- regard of the rights and needs of em- ployes.. Rates must be made as low as is compatible with giving proper re- turns to the shareholders; but they must not, for instance, be reduced in such a fashion as to necessitate a cut in the wages of employes or the aboli- tion of the proper and legitimate , profits of honest shareholders. @ Telegraph and telephone companies engaged in interstate business should be put under the jurisdiction of the in- terstate commerce commission. The fight against adequate govern- ment control and supervisign of indi- vidual, and especially of corporate, wealth engaged in interstate business is chiefly done under cover; and espe- cially under cover of an appeal to state’s rights. Forty or fifty separate state governments cannot exercise con- trol over corporations doing business | in most or all of them. Such divided authority cannot regulate commerce with wisdom and effect. The central | government is the only power which, without oppression, can thoroughly and adequately control and supervise the large corporations. There is legisla- tion which the federal government alone can enact and which is absolute- ly vital in order to secure the attain- ment of our purpose. Many laws are needed. There should be regulation by the national government of the great interstate corporations, including a simple method of account keeping, publicity, supervision of the issue of securities, abolition of rebates and of special privileges. There should be short time franchises for. all, corpora- tions engaged in public business, in- cluding the corporations which get power from water rights. There should be national as well as state guardian- ship of mines and forests. The labor legislation hereinafter. referred to should concurrently be enacted into law. 8 To accomplish this, means, of course, @ certain increase in the use of—not the creation of—power, by the central government. The power alr ex- ists; it does not have to be created; the only question is whether it shall be used or left idle—and meanwhile the corporations over which the power cught to be exercised will not remain le. * Many matters affecting labor and the status of the wage-worker are called to the attention of Labor. congress by the presi- - dent. A steady effort. should be made, he says, to bring about @ condition of affairs under which the men who work with hand or with brain shall own a far greater share than at present of the wealth they. produce. ‘Herald--Review. (ROOSEVELT TO | railway, mill and factory. The regulation of the national high- ways must be such that they shall serve all people with equal justice, Corporate finances must be supervised so as to make it far safer than at present for the man of small means to There must be prohibition of child labor; stock watering should be prohibited. and stock gambling so far as possible discouraged. There should be a pro- gressive inheritance tax on large for- Industrial education should be As far as possible we should lighten the burden of taxation We should put a premium on thrift, hard work and business energy. It is eminently right that the nation should fix the terms upon which the great fortunes are in- They rarely do good and they often do harm to those who in- entirety. The above is the merest sketch, hardly even a sketch in outline, of the reforms for which we should work. But there is one matter with which congress should There should no longer be any paltering with the ques- tion of taking care of the wage-work- ers who, under our present industrial system, become killed, crippled or worn out as part of the regular incidents of The majority of wage-workers must have their rights secured for them by state action; but the national government should legis- late in thoroughgoing and _far-reach- , ing fashion not only for all employes of the national government, but for all in interstate com- merce. The object sought for could be achieved to a measurable degree, as far as those killed or crippled are con- cerned, by proper employers’ liability As far as concerns those who have been worn out, definite steps toward providing old-age pensions invest his money in stocks. tunes. encouraged. on the small man. herited. herit them in their deal at this session. @ given business. persons engaged laws. have been taken in many of our pri- vate industries. practical measures should be our im- mediate duty. When a workman is injured what he needs is not an ex- pensive and doubtful lawsuit, but the certainty of relief through immediate administrative action. ‘The law passed at the last session of congress granting compensation to cer- tain classes of employes of the gov- ernment should be extended to include all employes of the government and should be made more liberal in its terms. Congress should without further delay pass a model employers’ liability law for the district of Columbia. The president recommends that the principle of the eight-hour day should as rapidly and as far as practicable be extended to the entire work being car- ried on by the government. The president urges upon congress the duty of increasing the salaries now given our judges. Beginning Courts. with the supreme court, he Says, the judges should have their salaries doubled. It is earnestly to be desired that some method should be devised for doing away with the long delays which now obtain in the administration of justice, and which operate with pe- culiar severity against persons of small means, and favor only the very criminals whom it is most desirable to punish. These long delays in the final decisions of cases make in the aggregate a crying evil; and a remedy should be devised. Our judicial system is sound and ef- fective at core, and it remains, and must be maintained, as the safeguard of those principles of liberty and justice which stand at the foundation of American institutions. The presi- dent thinks there is ground for the belief that substantial injustice is often suffered by employes in conse- quence of the custom of the courts is- suing temporary injunctions without notice to them, and punishing for con- tempt of court in instances where, as a matter of fact, they have no knowledge of any proceedings. There is a widespread feeling that this sys- tem often works great injustice to wageworkers when their efforts to better their working condition result in industrial disputes. A temporary injunction procured ex parte may as a matter of fact have all the effect of a permanent injunction in causing disaster to the wageworker’s side in such a dispute. Organized labor is chafing under the unjust restraint which comes from repeated resort to this plan of procedure. Its discontent has been unwisely expressed, and often improperly expressed, but there is a sound basis for it, and the order- ly and law-abiding people of a com- munity would be in a far stronger position for upholding the courts if the undoubtedly existing abuses could he provided against. Such proposals as advocated by some of the extreme labor leaders contain the vital error of being class legislation of the most offensive kind, and even if enacted into law would rightly be- declared unconstitutional. The power of injunction is a great equitable remedy, which should.on no account be destroyed. But safeguards should be erected against its abuse Provision should be made that no in- junction or restraining order issue otherwise than on notice, except where irreparable injury would otherwise result; and in such a case a hearing on the merits of the order should be had within a short fixed period, and, if not then continued after hearing it should forthwith lapse. Decisions should be rendered immediately, and the chance of delay minimized in every way. If there is any one duty which more than another we owe it to our chil- dren and _ our . children’s children to perform at once, it is to save the forests of this country, for they constitute the first and most important element in the conservation of the natural re- sources of the country. Thanks to our own recklessness in the use of our splendid forests, we have already crossed the verge of a timber famine in this country, and no measures that we now take can, at least for many years, undo the mischief being done; Forests. -and it would be in the highest degree reprehensible to let any consideration of temporary convenience or tempo- rary cost interfere with such action, especially as regards the national forests which the nation can now, at this very moment, control. 4 Nothing should be permitted to stand in the way of the preservation of the forests, and it is criminal to permit individuals to purchase a little gain for themselyes through the de- struction of forests when this destruc- tion is fatal to the wellbeing of the whole country in the future. Action should be begun forthwith, during the present session of congress . for the improvement Inland. of our inland water- Waterways. yways—action which will result in giving us not only navigable but navigated rivers. We have spent hundreds of millions “upon these waterways, yet the traffic on nearly all of them is steadily declining. This condition is the direct result of the absence of any comprehensive and far-seeing plan of waterway improvement. It is poor business to spend money for inland navigation unless we get it. Until the work of river improve- ment is undertaken in a modern way As far aS possible he hopes to see a frank recognition of the advantages conferred by machinery, organization and division of labor, accompanied by an effort to bring about a larger share in the ownership by wage-worker of To strengthen these it can not have results that will meet the needs of this modern nation. These needs should be met without further dilly-dallying or delay. The plan which promises the best and quickest results is that of a permazent commission authorized to co-ordinate the work of all the government depart- ments relating to waterways, and to frame and supervise the execution of a comprehensive plan. The pure food legislation has al- ready worked a ben- .. Pure Food. efit difficult to over- estimate. The president renews his recom- mendation for postal savings banks, for depositing Postal savings with the Savings Banks. security of the government be- hind them. The object is to encourage thrift and economy in the wage-earner and person of moderate means. Postal savings banks are now in operation in practically all the great civilized coun- tries with the exception of the United States. The establishment of a local parcel post on rural routes would be to the mutual benefit of the Parcel Post. farmer and __ the country storekeeper, and it is desirable that the routes, serving more than 15,000,000 people should be utilized to the fullest prac- ticable extent. The postmaster gen- eral estimates that the revenue derived from the opration of such a system on all the rural routes would amount to many million dollars. The president urges that the request of the director of the census in connec- tion with the decen- nial work so soon to be begun, be com- plied with and that the appointment to the census force be placed under the civil service law, waiving geographical requirements. ‘All soldiers’ homes should be placed under the complete Soldiers’ control of the war Homes. department. The immediate admission of New Mexico and Arizona as states is ad- vocated by the president. This should be done, he says, at Statehood. the present session of congress. The people of the two territories have made it evi- dent by their votes that they will not come in as one state. The only al- ternative is to admit them as two, and this should be done without delay. The work on the Panama canal ts being done with speed, efficiency and entire devotion to duty, which make it a model for all work of the kind. No task of such mag- nitude has ever before been undertaken by any nation; and no task of the kind has ever been better performed. The importance of those islands is apparent, says the president, and the need of improving their condition is : urgent. The nation- al government must provide the neces- sary harbor improvements on each isl- and, so that the agricultural products can be carried to the markets of the world. The coastwise shipping laws should be amended to meet the special needs of the islands, and the alien contract labor law should be so modi- fied in its application to Hawaii as to enable American and European labor to be brought thither, The Filipino people, through their officials, are making real steps in the direction of self-government. Under the present system The Philippines. of just laws and . sympathetic admin- istration, we have every reason to be- lieve that they are gradually acquiring the character which lies at the basis of self-government. The president trusts that within a generation the time will drrive when the Philippines can decide for themselves whether it is well for them to become inde- pendent, or to continue under the pro- tection of a strong and disinterested power, able to guarantee to the islands order at home and protection from foreign invasion. The president again recommends that American citizenship Porto Rico. be conferred upon the people of Porto Census. Panama Canal. Hawaii. Rico. In Cuba our occupancy will cease in about two months’ time; the Cubans have in an orderly manner elected their own governmental Cuba, authorities, and the islands will be turned over to them. Our occupation on this occasion has lasted a little over two years, and Cuba has thriven and pros- pered under it. As regards the army the president calls attention to the fact that while our junior officers and enlisted men stand very high, the The Army. present system of promotion by senior- ity results in bringing into the higher grades many men of mediocre capacity, who have but a short time to serve. The scope of retiring boards should be extended so that they could consider general unfitness to command for any cause, in order to secufe a far more rigid enforcement than at present in the elimination of officers for mental, physical or temperamental disabilities. But this plan is recommended only if congress does not see fit to provide what in the president’s judgment is far better; that is, for selection in promotion, and for elimination for age. Officers who fail to attain a certain rank by acertain age should be retired. Now that the organized militia, the national guard, has been incorporated with the army as a National Guard. part of the national forces, it behooves the government to do every reasonable thing in its power to perfect its effi- ciency. It should be assisted in its in- struction and aided more liberally than heretofore. There should be legisla- tion to provide a complete plan for or- ganizing the great body of volunteers behind the regular army and national guard when war has come. The president approves the recom- mendations of the general board for the increase of the The Navy. navy, calling especial attention to the need of additional destroyers and _ colliers, and above all, of the four battleships. It is desirable to compléte as séon as possible a squadron of eight battle- ships of the best existing type. The North Dakota, Delaware, Florida and Utah will form the first divisien of this squadron. The four vessels proposed will form the second division. It will be an improvement on the first, the ships being of the heavy, single cali- ber, all big gun type. The president most earnestly recommends that the general board be by law turned into a general staff. There is literally no ex- cuse for continuing the present bureau organization of the navy. The navy should be treated as a purely military organization, and everything should be subordinated to the one object of se- curing military efficiency. Nothing better for the navy from every standpoint has ever occurred than the cruise of .the battle fleet around the world. The improvement of the ships in every way has been ex- traordinary, and they have gained far more experience in battle tactics than they would have gained if they stayed in Atlantic waters. The American people have cause for profound grati- tude, both in view of the excellent condition of the fleet as shown by this cruise, and in view of the improve- ment the cruise has worked !n this; already high condition. WILL PROSECUTE SMELTER TRUST Government’s Right to Protect Forest Reserves Guides President in Decision. BIG SMELTERS MAY BE CLOSED President Orders Bill in Equity Filed Against Copper Trust’s Ana- conda Plant. Washington, Dec. 8. —. President Roosevelt has decided that the right of the government to protect its own property gives him sufficient authori- ty to proceed against the Anaconda properties of the smelting trust, and inasmuch as thousands of acres of forest reserves are alleged to be in danger of destruction from the poison- ous fumes from the smelters, he has the proper officials actively at work on plans to end the nuisance. The attorney general had advised that a bill in equity be filed in the United States couris in Montana to this end. The president, after consul- tation with department officials, in- cluding Solicitor General Hoyt, agreed that a bill in equity was the best means presented, but he was anxious that there be a certainty of results if the bill was filed and the suits be- gun, Agent to Investigate. He therefore gave instructions that an agent of the department of justice should proceed to the mines and make a thorough report as to the actual damage done and whether it was like- ly to increase. This step of the president had the effect of increasing the alarm of the trust people, who expected to dispose of the whole matter at a conference with the president Saturday. Department officials who talked on the subject yesterday said that the case was a very plain one and no court could fail to sustain a bill in equity when filed by the department. It is because of the determination of the government to proceed at once with its strong hand that the mine owners and smelters are afraid that an injunction would either cause grave and expensive changes in their ways of doing business, or restrict their output, which would cause a loss running up into the millions. A big fight is therefore expeéted when the bill in equity is filed. The ability of the trust to fight the government is only measured by its money, which is practically unlimited. If the smelters are actually closed down from 12,000 to 15,000 men will be thrown out of work and the output of the company immensely decreased Poisons Self and Child. Holley Grove, Ark., Dec. 8. — Mrs. Ben Chism and child, an infant, died at the home of the woman’s father near here yesterday from the effects of an overdose of a poisonous drug. It is believed that the woman was temporarily bereft of reason and after administering the poison to the child swallowed a quantity herself. Oil Tank Explodes; Causes Panic. Bayonne, N. J., Dec. 8.—A_ 75,000- gallon oil tank of the Standard Oil company near this town exploded with a terrific roar and then took fire. Citizens of Greenville, a nearby vil- lage, were temporarily panic-stricken. Police and fire reserves were sent to the scene and the flames were soon under control. Is Crushed to Death. Freeport, Ill., Dec. 8.—The first fa- tality result from Saturday night’s snow occurred south of here early yesterday, when Upton Morin, a young Illinois brakeman, living in Freeport, slipped off the front of a freight train and was crushed to death. Forty-eight Dervishes Killed. Rome, Dec. 8.—Dispatches received here from ‘the Italian governor of Somaliland state that the dervishes made a furious attack on the village of Buffalo. The garrison, however, had been advised in advance and was fully prepared. The dervishes were beaten off and forty-eight of them were killed. Woman Robbed of $10,000 in Jewelry. Richmond, Va., Dec. 8.—Mrs. Sue Williams Buek of this city, on arriv- ing here Saturday from New York over the Atlantic coast line, discover- ed that during the night she*had been robbed] while in a Pullman car of over $10,000 worth of jewelry. No clue. # ue J. P. Morgan Buys $5,000 Bible. London, Dec. 8.—It is learned that J. Pierpont Morgan was the purchaser of the King Charles I. copy of the Cambridge Bible, which was sold on Thursday last at the disposal sale of the library of Lord Amherst of Hack- ney. The price paid was $5,000, Watchman as Mail Thief. Des Moines, Dec. 8. — James Page, who has been watchman at the Des Moines pohtoffice for thirteen years, was arrested last night on a charge of robbing the mails. CHAMP CLARK CHOSEN LEADER Democratic Members of the House Or- ganize for Opening of the Short Session. Washington, Dec. 8.—Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri was chosen leader of the minority in the house at a caucus of the Democratic mem- bers held Satudrday night. Congressman H. D. Clayton of Ala- bama presided and read the resigna- tion of John Sharp Williams, who re- tired from the leadership because of his election to the senate. Congress- man Stanley of Kentucky moved the accéptance of the resignation. The name of Mr. Clark was then present- ed by Representative Williams of Mis- sissippi, and second speeches were made by Henry of Texas, Sulzer of New York, Macon of Arkansas, James of Kentucky, Cox of Indiana and Sims of Tennessee, On a motion of Candler of Mi; sippie, Clark was elected unanimous- ly. A committee comprising Lloyd of Mississippi, Bartlett of Georgia and Russell of Texas, escorted the new leader to the caucus. Clark expressed his appreciation of the honor bestow- ed upon him and invoked the cordial co-operation of his colleagues in the work of the session. FOUR KILLED WITH AX. Gruesome Tragedy Is Discovered in Colorado. Trinidad, Colo., Dec. 8. — Their heads spit open with an ax, four mem: bers of the Casmo Garcia family were found dead in their beds in their home on Corriso creek, eighty-five miles east of Trinidad, Saturday by Nicholas Fernandez. The condition of the bodies indi- cated they had been dead for at least two days. - Maggie Garcia, eighteen years old, is missing, and it is beliey- ed that she also was murdered, if she was not kidnapped. Francisco Martinez, thirty years old, who has beén paying court to Maggie Garcia several weeks and who was ordered by her parents to keep away from their place, has also disap- peared and search is being made for him. ACCUSED THIEF SHOT DEAD. Son-in-law Killed by Brother-in-law for $20 Change. Kokomo, Ind., Dec. 8.—For the al- leged theft of a $20 bill from his mother-in-law, Halbers Halberstadt Saturday night paid the penalty with his life. Burt H. Hunt, Halberstadt’s brother-in-law, learning of his moth- er’s loss, entered Halberstad room and shot him dead. ed. Mining Man Kills Self. Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. James Kindred, months ago from Wells, Nev., was found dead in his room Friday. He had taken strychnine. His wife, son and parents live in Davenport, lowa. Kindred was a mining man. Finan- cial losses are thought to have prompted his suicide. Police Killed by Strikers. Iquique, Chile, Dec. 8—A strike has occurred in the Collahu m near this city. Police were sent out to restore order and were compelled to retire, several of them being killed or wounded. Troops have been dis- patched to their relief. ree who came here two Smothers in Bed With Parents. Faribault, Minn., Dec. 8—A young child of five months belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis, was smoth- ered during the night while sleeping in the bed occupied by its parents. Life had been extinct for some time before the accident was discovered. Man and Woman Asphyxiated. Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 8—The bod- ies of Victor Wentz, aged thirty-three, cashier vf the First National Bank of Canal Dover, Ohio, and Miss Alice Holliger, a stenographer of this city, were found in the Bellwood Inn, a ru- ral resort, yesterday afternoon. Death was undoubtedly due to asphyxiation, caused by escaping gas from an open gas stove. . Feud Ends in Murder. Trague, Tenn., Dec. 8.—A feud of years’ standing is believed to have been responsible for the killing yes- terday of Dr. Cullen M. Collangen, a physician of this place, who was found mortally wounded lying on the railroad tracks near his home. Sam, Gus and Jeff Moody, brothers, are un- der arrest charged with the killing. ae pee es ee te Two Killed in Collision. BS Amarillo, Tex., Dec. 8. — Two. per sons were killed, two others were se- riously injured and a number were Jess seriously hurt when north and south bound passenger trains of the Santa Fe railroad collided:near here yesterday. Two Drowned. ! Washington, Dec. 8. — Joseph H. Painter, a’ botanist in the national mu- seum, and Robert Wallace, both of this city, were drowned yesterday, while trying to shoot the rapids in a canoe at Stubblefield Falls, in the Po- tomac river. eerhs Gasoline Kills Missionary. ~ ~ Lapeer, Mich., Dec. 8.—Rev. R. H. Sidbotham, aged thirty-four years, a missionary recently, returned from Korea, died here from burns received in a gasoline explosion. A +——