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Andrew Carnegie h is Double 5 Makes Pfific'el‘yl Gift to the Carnegie Corporation “FOR THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE” Corporation Chartered in New York to Carry on Phil- antsropic Weork Begun by Mr. Carnegie—Cifts oi Retired Steel Magnate ‘Throughout World Total $215,500,000-—Will be 77 Years of Age November 25. New York, Nov. 10.—Andrew Carne- gle announced touight that Le had given $25,000,000 to the Carnegie cor- poration of New York, organizedherc today under a charter granted by the New York legislature last Jume ‘to promote the advancememt and aiffusion of knowledge and understanding =mong the people of the United States.” S To Found and Aid Libraries. In bestowing this gift upon the car- poration organized especially to re- ceive it and apply Its income to the purpcses indicated, Mr, Carnegie said in a statement given out tomight that he intends to leave with the corporste body the work of founding and af- ing libraries and educational institu- tiors which he as an individual : has carried on for many years. The statement 1s as follow Mr. Carnegie’s Statement. The Carnegle corporation of New ork, incorporated by an act passed by ew York legisiature June 9, 1911, was organized November 13, 1911. “The purposes of the corporation, as stated in the charter, are as fol- Secticn 1. Andrew C: u Root, Henry S.. Pritchett, N. Frew. Rebert S Woodward, Charles 1. Taylor, Robert A. Franiks, James Tertram and their successors, are hereby comstituted a body corporate by the name of the Carnesie corpora- tion of New York, for the purpose of receiving and maintaining ‘a fund or funds and applying. the income there- of to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and under- standing among the people of the TUnited States, by aiding technical schools, institutions of hisher learn- ing, libraries, scifntific research, hero funds, useful pyfdications and by such cther agencies apd means as shall from time to, tinfe be found appro- priate therefor=” i Carnegie Elected President. The incorporators met at Mr. Car- megie’s houge, Friday afternoon, No- vember 10. 11511, acgepted the charter, adopted the conastitution, and by-laws, and elected the following -omcers: President, _ Angrew Carnegie; _viee president, Blthu Root; treasurer, Rob- ert A. Franks; secretary, James Eert- ram. First Mortigage Gold Bonds. “Mr. Carneghe transferred to the corporation, for- its corporate purposes, twenty_five’ millions of aollars paf o value first morteaze gold bonds the United States Steel corporaiion. J: is_intended that the business of founding and aiding libraries and ed- ucaticnal institutions, which has been carried on by Mr. Carnegie as an in- dividual for many vears, will be turn- ed over to the corporation at an early date 2nd carried on by the corpora- ton.” Gifts Total Over $200,000,000. Mr. Carnegie’s donation of $25,000,- 000 for the carporate uses of the Car- pesie corpormtion increases the total of pis gifts fior varjeus philanthropic purposes to far beyond the 000,009 Mark, according to the best Bsitimates. Eince retierment from active leaders #h in steel marufacturing, Mr. Car- hezic has devoied bimself almost ex- <lusively te philamthropic activities. Although in possession of fairly good health, his 77th birthday is npprorh- ing on November 25, and he has Been known to feel the need of relief from Some of the responsibjlities with whica he has_been burdened. Corporation Suggested Over Year Ago. Mr. Carnegie suggested the corpora- tion now organized more than a vear ago and _he & petition introduced in the legislature last March for a charter. The bill was passed and signed by ‘Governor Dix on June 11. ‘The incorporators named are men who have been identified> with Mr. Carne- gie's work for several Yyears, Mrj Pritchett, former head of the Massa- chugetts Institute of Technology, re- cently became.president of the Carne- zie foundation for the advancement of feaching: Mr. Frew is: president of the board of trustees of the Carnegie instituie at Pittsburgh;. Mr. Wood- ward is president of the Carnegie i stitute at Washington; president of the hero fund commis- sion, and Senator Root has been Mr. Carnegie's counsel for some extent for the' international peace endowment. Gifts of Libraries All Over World. One effort made recently to enumer- ate all Mr. Carnegie’s gifts required <till incomplete. It showed that his gZifts of libraries alone had been made to hundreds. of cities in 44 states of the union, to England, Scotland, New Zealand, Tasmania and the West In- dies, making practically a girdle of monuments aroundg.the world to a man who some sixty ytars ago began his industrial career as bobbin boy in a cotton factory. R ockefeller’s Gifts Total $150,000,000. John D. Roclefeller has given away the millions he made in oil with quite asg frée a hand as the steel king, a recent estimate of his_gifts having been placed at about $150,000,000. $10,000,000 for International Peac: Mri~Carnegie's most recent activities have been a giftof $10,000,000. as an international pea(;e e;dowgem. exten- sion_of his hero fuad to France, Ger- Ty and. R o witts. a ry recently the rift of §2,500,600 adaitional to his native city, Dumfer- line, Scotland. The npproximate totals of his donations are: as follows: Mr. Carnegic’s Donations. Herc fends (United States, France, Germany, Norway). $9,000,000. Carnegis teaching fund, $20,000,000. Carnegie institute at Washington, $22,000,000. ; b Colleges in United States and Can- ada, $£7,000,000. Trust for Scottish universities, $16,000,000. Dumferiine trust, $5,000,000. Carnegie institute at Pittsburs, $22,000,000. - Relinf fund for. steel workers, $4,000,000. 3 Bureau of American Republics, $1,000,000. Prace temple at The Hague, $10,- 002,000. Libraries, $50,000,000. Iaternationa! peace endowment, $10,000,000. Carnegls corroration, $25,000,000. Total—$215,500,000. ABRAHAM'S VOTE FOR LORIMER COST $5,000. Testimony That He Would Not “Break “the lce” for $2,500. ricago, Nov. 18-—Stories alleged to .ve been current at Springfleld that . Abrahomns, 2 member of slature who was referred to as beliwether” of the election of United States Seme.tor William Lori- mer, refused to vote for Lorimer for 60 but did so -when. ghven $5,000, were relited before the senutorial in- vestigation _commitice today. Fred E. Sterling, editor of a news- paper at Rockford, Ifl, testified that prior to the election in May, had several conversations with James H. Corcoran, a former democratic Jegislator. . ~On_the Sunday before the election,” said Sterling, “whike on a train be- 19095 he | | NEW YORK STRIKERS KILL MAN WITH BRICK Ancther Strikebreaker Believed to Have Been Mortally Injured. | _New York, Nov. 10.—Fierce rioting in which one man was fatally hurt, and another probabiy so, scores of oth- ers were injured, and the police were practically held at, bey, marked the strike by drivers of ash-and garbage cartsshere tod: In almost every melee today women took an active part, hurling bricks and stones from the roofs of build- ings upon the strikcbreakers and po- {lice. Another develepment of the day was & sympithetic strike by streel sweepers. The claimSwas made at 1,500 sweepers had joined the drivers. The most serious rioting today took place in Harlem. An attack there on tween Rockford anad Chicago. Corcoran #0ld me he thought Lorimer was go- Mg to be elected that week, because Big money was being paid for vetes. He said the money Was coming from the stockyards, and: the lumber and butterine interests. ~William Loeffler of Chicago, he =aid, ‘was handling the money. “In Springfield the next dav, Corco- | ran sald Lorimer wwas going to be elected the followinj: day, which was Tuesday. On Tuepday he came to me and sald the election wasn't go- ing to be put over ‘after all. I asked him- why and he replied that Abra- hams would not break the ice for the 32,500 offered him, but instead want- ed $5,000 and they wouldn't come acroms with the larger amount.. “Wednesday he said they had come acroms with the 35,000 to Abrahams. “You watch him now,’ said Corcoran, “he’ll be the first to break the ice.” A Bride’s Dinner Party. Albany, N. Y. Nov. 10—Governor and Mrs. Dix entertained at dinner at the executive mansion tonight for Miss Dorothy Douglass, daughter of Ex- Szate Senator and Mrs. Curtis ~ N. Douglass and niece, of Mre. Dix.~ Miss Douslass and George Cabot Ward Low, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Augustus Low of Brooklsm, will be married to. =nrmw afterncon in _St. Peters wurch. 3 | Diverce N. Causes Suicide. - Shelton, Conn., Noy. 10.—Stephen Horit, aged about 45, committed .o%flo %)~ shooting at ‘home today. He wias served with papers in a divoree goit instituted by his wite this 5 ng, and after taking them home ane mading through them he secured revolver and shot himself in the abdo- ‘men, dyving soon afterwards. = strikebreakers resuited in the mortal injury of Robert McEller, a driver. A | brick hurled from a roof struck him on the head and he died in the hos- pital of a fractured skull. Henry Wi son, another strikebreaker, received what are believed to be mortal in- juries when attacked by rioters. The grievance of the drivers is the single one that the city is compelling the collection of garbage at mignt. The strike was declared to. enforce their demand for a return to the old system of day collections. Mayor Gaynor has token a strong stand against vielding to the men. BALFOUR'S SUCCESSOR A NATIVE OF NEW BRUNSWICK. of Unonist Party. London, Nov. 10.—At 2 meeting to be held at the Carlion club Monday Wal- ter Hume Long will propose and Aus- ten Chamberlain will second the nom- ination of Andrew Bonar Law as the leader of ‘the unionist party in the house of commons, to succeed Arthur J. Balfour. Mr. Law's election is as- sured and the leadership of the party will be placed in the hands of & man with a brief parliamentary experience ¥ho has never held a scat in any cab- net. ~Mr. Law. who is sitting, for the Bootle division of Lancashire, south- wast, was bern in New Brugswick in 1858 He was educated in- Scotland. Being a strong protectionist.ths un- jonists consider 1ym - their er- suasive speaker on tarig-refc OBITUARY." B Martin J. Griffin. iladelphia,i Nov. 10—Martin J.' Griffin, ry of the American Catholic. Historical soclety, and wide- ly known as a church historian, died ‘at_his home~here tonight. He was 69 Mr. Taylor is | a cloge-set column of type and was | strike headquarters tonight that fully | Andrew Bonar Law to Be New Leader | That of Any Stockholm, Nov, 10.—Christian Lin- debers, former Swedish premier, died ‘there today. Paris, Nov. 10.—Felix Ziem, the cele brated painter, died here tonight. He was 90 years old. 3 Paris, Nov. 10.—Dr. Abbott L. Low- | ell, 'president of Harvard university, teday was created an officer of the French Legion of Honor. Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. gcvernment is considering a reduction of the tariff on foodstuffs because of the state of the island’s finances. Flour is among thé articles upon which it is proposea to lower the dutles. = - London, Nov. 10.—Richard Croker will sail for New York on the Maure- (ania, which leaves Liverpool tomo- row, touching at Queenstown Sunday. Mr. Croker will go to Florida, where he will remain until late next spring. - Tokio, Nov. 1&—Charles Page Bryan, formerly American minister to Bel- | sium who succeeds ’Mr. O’Brien as ambassador at Tokio, arrived here to- day and was welcomed by representa- tives of the government and the American colony. Rudolstadt, Germany, Nov. 10—In the elections for the chamber of repre- sentatives for the principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, held today, nine socialists were ' elected. The chamber is composed of sixteen mem- bers and the socialists therefqre are now in the majority. nna, Nov. 10.—At the close of the sitting of the chamber of deputies to- day Deputy Hummer accused Deputy Malik of having inspired a mendacicus ewspaper article. .He said he re- gretted that he could not challenge Malik because he was ferbidden by the court of honor to fight _duels. Deputy Malik thereupon called Deputy Hummer a pickpocket and lashed him twice across the face with & horse- whip, JEALOUSY CAUSES A TRIPLE TRAGEDY. | Fall River Weaver Shoots Man,Woman and Himself. Fall River, Mass, Nov. 10—Henry Maher, a weaver, killed Joseph risette, aged 26, by a shot fired from a | revolver tonight, seriously injured | Mrs. Delia Tessier, aged 26, and then | committed suicide’ with the same weapon. The woman is in so critical a condition that she can live but a few hours, physicians say. Maber was | 40_vears old. The shooting occurred at the home | of Myrs. Tessier on Covel street, and | accorlling to a noté which the police found in Maher's pocket it was pre- meditated. The note read: “I hate to leave this world, but I've Zot to. Give my regards to father. | This will show women not to have too many men on a string. This one had me and I got her.” The police learned tonight that Ma- her purchased the revolver y&;flmdn;; after pawning a. and a palr o Shoes, | He wis mErHSA and has & wife and three ciildren residing in New Bedford. He and Morrisette, who was | single and employed as a teamster, |lodged on Healy street with | Mrs. | Oliver Benot, mother of the woman who was shot. Both men, it is said, were friends of Mrs. Tessier and her Pusband. According to the story which the pelice obtained from the injured wom- |an at the city hospital, Maher entered | her home a short time after Morrisette arrived and, seeming to be enraged at | finding him there, drew a revolver, fired, killing him instantly. Then he turned the revolver on the woman. | Cne shot hit her in the side and the other behind the ear. ON BATTLEFIELD OF CHICKAMAUGA President Taft Visits Scene of One of oodiest Conflicts. Chettanooga, Tenn., Nov. 10.—After a day spent in traveling through Ten- nessce, President Taft was driven 35 miles iate today over the battlefield of Chickamauga, where historians con- cede one of the bloodiest conflicts of the civil war was fought. For more than two hours the party motBred over the hills and through the valleys. Mr. Taft's secretary, Mr, Hilles, Captain Hilles of the Fifteenth Ohio, fell wounded. He did not succeed in finding the place, and he carried back | to Chattanooga tonight a red rose which he had taken with him to place on_the hillside Where his father fell. Twice today the president said his | visit o Tennessee was not political, and to the students of Chattanooga | mniversity he defended his appoint- ments to the United States supreme <ourt. :WOMEN PROVE FAILURE ON LOS ANGELES JURY. Ceuld Neither Agree on Verdict or Place to Eat. St Los Angeles, Nov. 10.—Being unable © agree npon anything, the first wom- jury to sit in Los Angeles was |«discharged late today. The case was | that of I. H. Nagor, accused of having 'violated the speéd ordinance, ahd ar- Taigned/In Justice Forbes’ court. “After Jistening patiently for three hours to | testimony and argument, the jury was | otiffed at 12.30 o'clock fo get ready ffor luncheon. Twelve different eating mplaces were selected by the twelve Jurors. Then two said they did not want to go at all. , In vain did Justice Forbes urge them to-reéach an agree- t | ment as to a place for luncheon. Finally ot 1.30 o'clock he ordered them locked up again. The justice, too, missed his luncheon. At 5 o'clock, after four and a half | hours® deliberation, the jury reported i tbat it was unable to agree upon a verdict, and the court ordered its dis- charg RICHESON TO PLEAD | IN COURT MONDAY. Date for the Openina of His Trial Will Be Set at That Time. Bostoa, Nov. 10.—The Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, pastor of Immanuel Baptist. church,” Cambridge, will enter on Momday next his plea to the grand ury’s indictment charging him with e murder of his former flancee, Avis'| Linneil, of Hyannisport, by poisonins. The plea will be “not guilty.”- Thse announcement of the date of ar- raiz nment was officially made today by | Disfrict Attorney Pelletier, who added thft the time for the opening of the looked for the sport where his father, | #1 would be decided directly after t ® arralgnment. -~ K SFE t became known d today that farmer State Senator William M. Morse wAll act with Attorney John L. Lee of 1iynchburg, Va. and Philip R. Dunbar ©of this city as counsel for the defense. Unfilled Orders on the United States Steel Mua- o..‘ &f foter 31 were S.QDm z Fol iremls ¥ Cabled Paragtapfié m TRACES OF Al.é"lc FOU"&. N TWO BODIES. 2 MRS. VERMILYA NEAR DEATH Suffering from Vaivular Disease of t.lu Hearf—Mrs. Quinn, Also of Chicago, Charged With Murder of Husband. Chl@‘o. Nov. 10.—Poison (ol;nd in the Vlleernl,‘of ,:.wa or more of the ten persons who ve died mysteriousl. beneath the roof of Mrs, Louls Ver milya increased the suspicions of the authorities against the woman today. At the county jail hospital, where she lies ill from atiemots to take her own life, she was not Informed of the fresh evidence police will bring to bear in charging her with murder. Arsenic Found in Organs of Two. Toxicologist Walter L. Haynes to- day communicated his report to the coroner’s office. -The finding was that arsenic was present in large quanti- ties in the viscera of Conductor Rich- CHIEF OF POLICE KILLED IN WOMAN’S HOUSE. SHE SAYS IT WAS SUICIDE No Powder Marks or Burns on His Body to Indicate Close Contact of Weapon—Women Held at the Jail. ‘Washington, P4., Nov. 10.—Mystery surrounds the death early today of William J. Du.aney, chief of police of ‘Washington and captain of Company H, Tenth infantry, N. G. P., while call- ing on Miss Ada Lennox. The youns waIman .ga her mother, Mrs. Rose Lennox, hive beer. committted to jail pendir.g an irquest by the coroner to be held mext Tuesday. Girl Says He Shot Himself. According to- Miss Lennox, Dulaney | shot himself through the head with a Tevolver while talking with her at the Lennox residence, early this morning. The dead man's home is but a few doors away. His wife and five chil- [ The advertiser of today wants money. home papers. where the advertiser of half a cent: honest publisher who has valuable who does business intelligently instead of by the old snap-shot methods, for its reciprocal benefits are much | -understanding is the touchstone of success. to-house circulated paper with a bona fide circulation openly printed: ‘and its space 1s always an inviting Send for The Bulletin's rate yourself. - Both as a news and domestic front -rank of journalism. the home needs of the peoplé; and success. If you are not name to the subscription lst. daily for 12 cents a week. Following is a summary of the Bulletin Telegranh Local Goneral To?a’ | Saturday. Nov- 4 80 135 851 1066 - Monday. Nov. 6 116 130 206 452 { Tuesday. WNov. 7 84 114 163 361 } ‘Wednesday Nov. - 8 99 110 237 446 | Thursday. Nov. 9 87 126 267 480 |, Friday, Nov. 10 92 103 164 359 Tota. - - - - 558 1888 3164 | The Modem Advertiser's Sharpness In early days all advertising mediums business man; but in modern times the worth of space has to be demonstrated with, something besides ‘basis upon which he calculates the- ‘of the circulation enters into his estimate. Street-sales edition the equal of the circulation of the well distributed he time was when the advertiser took the publisher's word; but now he makes him present a sworn statement of the daily or weekly distribution, and he figures down to mills in large contracts card and closely study its rates for It strives to meet the reading tastes and a subseriber now is the time to add your The Bulletin will bs left at your door to know what he is getting for his looked alike to the hot air—the circulation is the value of space, and the character He does not consider a | ury ago stopped at cents. And the space to sell likes to meet the man better for both. A good mutual The Bulletin is a house- f| dusiness proposition. service paper The Baulletin is in the its large circulation bespeaks its news printed the past week: 718 s T, Skt ?nd thode ot Frank rlnlmn?. the latter belng Mrs. Ver- milya’s favorite son. These two bodies were exhumed after poison had been found in the remains of Policeman Arthur Bissonnette, the last of the ten to die. To Be Charged With Criminal Knowl- \ edge. Relatives and friends had told the coroner - the circumistances of their deaths were similar to those of Bisson- nette. 3 In the case of Brinkamp, the fiancee of the boy induced an investigation of the possibility that he ate some of the “pepper box” poison. The coroner said that he would ask the state’s at- torney to requést an indictment charg- ing Mrs. Vermilya with crimina! knowledge of the causes of the death of Brinkamp and Smith. “ Mrs. Vermilya Near Death. Coroner Hoffman said he was dis- posed to exhume the bodies of more of those whose deaths occurred beneath Mrs. Vermilya's roof. There were at least three others, he said, whose deaths were recent enough for poison to be apparent if they so decided. ‘Whether he wonld zo into théese cases, he said, depended upon the advice of the state’s attorney. Mrs. Vermilya was near death during the day. She is suffering from valvular heart dis- ease MRS. QUINN ARRESTED. i Coroner’s Jury Reaches Verdict in Less Than an Hour. Chi¢ago, Nov. 10.—Mrs. Jane Quinn | was held on a charge of murder for the death of her Quinn, by a coroner's jury Qlinn was found dead in bed on No- vember 2d with a bullet wound in his' body, and Mrs. Quinn declared he had been killed by burglars. The coroner’s jury deliberated less than an hour be- fore returning its verdict. Mrs. Quinn Shows No Emotion. The inquest ended in a clash be- tween Deputy Coroner Herriman and Attorney G. F. Barrett, representing Mrs. Quinn. The latter decanded that the hearing be ccntinued until Coroner Hoffman could be present. After a dfspute, Deputy Coroner Herrimann declined to continue the inquest. Mrs. Quinn listened to the verdict without exhibiting the least sign of emotion. A Boarder’s Story. John M. Miller, a boarder at the Quinn home, denied on cross-examina- tion at the inquest that he left the city the day after the shooting. He said he was awakened by a revolver shot early in the morning, ran into Quin’s room and was told by Mrs. Quinn that a burglar had killed her husband. The - witness then dressed and left the house to find a policeman. Mrs. Quinn Declines to Testify. ‘Mrs. Quinn declined to testify at the inquest. ~The Chicago pclice will con™ tinue their inve into the mys- dren were at home and asleep when | the shooting occurred. | Took the Revolver Away Once. Miss Lennox informed the police, | aftar the shooting, that Dulaney callea | at her home at 11 o'clock last night. | About 12 o'clock this morning, while | talking to him, she says he suddenly | drews a revolver and announced his intention to shoot himself. Miss Len- nox says she screamed. Dulaney qui- eted, her, telling her he would go to his own home nearby and do the shoot- ing. The young woman says she | took the revolver away from him and | placed it on a table. i Threatened to Kill Her. ¥or a while the two talked, and then Dulaney recovered the revolver and | placed it in his pocket. Suddenly he | drew it again and threatened to kil | both her and himself. Miss Lennox says that she screamcd and ran from | the room. As she passed through the door into a hall she says she heard a shot. Her screams attracted her moth- er and neighbors. They found Dulaney | with a bullet hole in his head. No Powder Marks on Body. The man was taken to a hospital apd | died while an operation was being per- formed o save his life. There were "no powder marks or burns on the body. After the shooting Mrs. lennox, the girl's mother. icok the revci'er into 2nother room. Later she surrender- | e t. Girl’s Mother Hid Weapon. Mrs, Lennox told the authorities, it is understood, that she hid the weap- jon for fear her daughter might shoot | herself. » PROPER EXPENSE FOR A RAILROAD MAN'S FUNERAL Causes Colloquy at Hearing Before the Special’Commission. ! Washington, Nov. 10.—The proper | cxpense for the funeral of the average.| railroad emplove formed the subject | of a .brief colloquy today between Frank V. Whiting, claims attorney for the' New York Central railroa.., and D. 1. Cease, special representative of the | railroad ‘employes on the employers' | liability and workmen's compensation | commission. | Mr. Whiting was engaged. in_ the presentation to the commission of his ideas of what should enter into the proposed legislation for the imsurance of railroad men against accident, and in speaking of death incidentally men- tioned $100 as proper allowance for the cost of a funeral. Mr. Cease took im- nediate issue with him, saying that he did not believe that a man could be decently buried for less than $125 or $150. In reply Mr. Whiting cited the fact that the Itallan authorities had fixed 350 as the limit of funeral ex- penses of Italian subjects killed on American roads. “But," responded Mr. Cease, “I was rot speaking of Itallans. 1 was speak- ing’ of American citizen: ack Coombs Undergoes Operation. Philadelphia, Nov. 10.—Pitcher John Coombs, who s injured during the s championship baseball series Seiwomn “the Philadelphia Americans and the New Nationals, was among those operated on by Dr. J. B. Deaver at a clinic attenided today by ‘members of the North American Clin- that Coombs will be in | the “11a” on cizarette poker by Hai | vard undergraduates yesterday by hal- | |ing a Colonel Henry Francis Bowers,foun- der of the American Protective asso- ciation, died at Clintom, la. Charles B. Wolfson was Shot Dead by Dr. A. H. Gladden in a revolver du- el in a Monroe, La., drug store. President Taft is Breaking Roose- velt's pardon record, having up to July 1 granted pardons in 446 cases. Governor Bass H. day, Nov. 27, 1911, as “advertising day for the state of New Hampshire. Maywood, a Suburb_ of Chicage, is in a furore because of the establish- ment there of a home for negro girls, The Thermometer Registered 15 low Zero at Butte, Mont, yesterd Five inches of snow fell Thursday night. Methods of Teaching were discussed at the 89th annual meéting at Boston vesterday of New England school su- perintendents. The Manitoba Government Decided at a meeting yesterday to erect new parliament buildings in Winnipeg at a cost of $2,000,000. The Revenue Cutter Forward was ordered to watch for three water-log- ged schooners abandoned off the south- ern ceast of Florida. The Commerce Court Granted a tem- porary injunction against the inter- State commerce commigsion’s order in the Spokane rate case. The Metal Trad Section of the American Federation of Labor will be- gin its regular annual convention at Atlanta, Ga., next Monday. Notices Posted in the Seven Cotton mills of the Fall River Iron Works company announce that the big plant will continue in operation. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt iz dis- pteahed by reperts that he is planning a fight against’ State Chairman Barnes of Albany forz the state leadership, The Cold Wave which entered north= ern_Manitoba Wednesday night reaco- ed Winnipeg, Man., last night and the thermomter registered 10 degrees be- | low zero, wil Grant, a department | store clerk, was arrested, charged with threatenini the lives of the family of H. S, Adams, a rich millowner of Fort- ville, Ind Threshing Northwestern Dagota, where thousands of acres of | flax ard wheat lie in the fleld un- threshed, is at a standstill .as the re- sult of the heavy fall of snow. A Cold Wave Which yesterday the mercury to daegrees belgw in southern Alberta and to low re ings in North Dakota, Wyoming Montana, is moving eagtward. Charles P. Murphy, leader of Tam- many Hall ; left yesterday for Mt. | Clemens, Mich., where lLie has for | Severa] years it to rest after the strain of a political campaign, The Interctate Commerce commis- sion has under consideration charges of Baltimore commercial oyganizations declaring that the railroads are charg- | ing excessive switching rates. A Colored Boy, Guy Nelson, was burned to death In a fire that destroy- | estimated at $10,000. B., yesterday and caus- timated at $10,000, ed a loss ‘Woodstock, D ed a loss 0 e Review from lead- nited States con- tiue of a generally optimistic tenor, the movement of trade, with few ex- ceptions, being steadily forward. Advices to Dun’ ing._ cities of the Thirteen Fighting Bulls for Mexican halids r rhed New York yesterday on the way to Vera Cruz. The ani- mals are of the flercest type and weré bred for th» sport in Andalusia, Spain, _ The Gigantic Task of Making a cara index record of the names of the sol- dier dead of the United States whose bodies have been interred in the tional cemeteries has been undertaken by the war department. A Fire Originating in a Building oc- cupled by the leper colony at the | county hospital at Los Angeles, Cal, vesterday threw 550 patients of the institution intc a panic before the flames were extirguished. Petitions Were Circulated at Lincoln | Center, Kan., asking that the sending out of reports of the “tar and feather” case, which goes on trial there next Wednesday, be prohibited for the sake of the honor of the community A Country e Search for 14 year old Ogden Milton Spencer Loveaire has been undertaken by the police at the request of the missing boy's moth- from whose home in East Orange, J., Jzden disappeared on February N. 21 last. The Cambridge Municipal Court put cigar dealer into court na finding him gullty of encouraging gambling. He was released on the pay- ment of small costs. A Golfing Honeymoon has been ned by Robert S. Simpson, west: open champlion, and Miss Fannie Steinkopf _after their marri 3 Kenosha, Wis., rext Wednesday | tour will take them through the south, | where they will play together on all of tha prineipal asurses. Workmen Extavating on the shores of Lake Erie have unearthed a crum- bling cofn containing the remains of a man believed to have Leen & mem- ber of Commodore Perry’s crew in the historic_battle of Lake Erie. In the coffin was fcund buttons like those used on the uniforms of Perry's men. President Taft Has Granted a 90 day reprieve to Mrs. Maitie E. Lomax, a colored woman of Washington, sen- tenced to suffer the death penalty for murder of her husband. If the sen- tence had been carried out she would have been the first woman to suffer capital punishment in the District of Columbia since the execution of Mrs. Surratt for complicity In Lincoln's as- sassination. Family Troubles Cause Suicide, Somers, Conn., Nov. 10.—Mrs. Henry A. Hale, 37 years old, commitied sul- cide at her home today by taking oil of cedar. Three small children and a husband survive. Family troubles and despondency are given as r ns for her act. Naval ‘Bgokkeeper Drowned. ‘Washington, Nov. 10.—James 7T. Fill- mian, a bookkeeper at the naval sta- tion on the Island of Guam, fell in the ocean and wa% drowned, The: navy Cepartment was advised tos Fill- By the Manchus MEN, WOMEN AND CHMDREN SLAUGHTERED. DESOLATION AT NANKING Looted and Burned—70,000 Flee from the City—Efforts Being Made at Peking to End Rebellion. Houses Nanking, Nov. 10.—Nanking tonight is_ desolate, Fully a thousand of Its ichabitants lle massacred and numer ous business houses and dwellings have been looted and burned. Eeventy thousand persons have already fled the city, and still others are joining the exodus. Along the raflway t leading from the cit long snak line of humanity iy trudging, seeking & haven of safety. Fiendish Work of Manchus. It was the Manchus who wrought the | devastation. While the republicans were in camp three miles away await ing ammunition and reinforcements, | the Manchus began the work of car rage. Men, women and children were ughtered, ther youth nor age s taken Into account White the Emblem of Death. White, the emblem of the revolution, narked ‘its wearers for instant death shoes, & sign of o inamen with whit mourning among them, or even & handkerchief, were ruthlessly slain, Decapitated, ‘queueless hoads wers ev | erywhere to be seen. Impgrialists Short of Ammunition. | Ther was little fighting today be- | tween the revolutionists and the troops. | he Imperialists are reported to be | #hort of ammunition for their dig Krupp guns and thelr most capable gunners sald to have deserted them. The 18 complain that owing to the ne at] £ the rail road they have been un: quickly to transport men and guns from Shang hai. These are being brought by boats and pack mules, and a despernte tle is expected shortly. QUIET AT PEKING. | Those Close to the Throne Engaged In Efforts for Peace. na- | Peking, Nov. 10.—All was qulet again | teday within the capital and at Tien | Tsin and there was no sign of the rev | olutionary upheaval which has been expected for several days. Effort to End Rebellion. Peking those who surround the throng are actively engaged in efforts 1o end the rebellion, and tonight there | seems some foundation for the govern ment's_hope that it will be able to re n the allegiance of General Chang hao Teem. Chang is commander of | the arMy division at Lanchau, but ix present detached from-it om “sick He controls the situation 1 China and the government ha its every endeavor to galn ified support. The govern 1ts Chang to return to Peking In conference with Yuan Shi n to m Kai and Hsi Llang, the ex-viceroy o Manchuria Will Protect Emperor. That Chang may perhaps do as the government wishes is indicated in ad vices received here today from Lan chan. A _correspondent interviewed Chang and General Pan, the tor | temporarily In command'of the 20t} divigion during Chang’s “ilniss.”” Both enerals, it is sald, agreed they would protect the emperor iIf he was atill [reiening and if he had abdicated they would side with the peace party and the constitution. | MERIDEN WIDOW 18 .BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED. | Her German Baron is to Be Deported by the Govermment. | ' Ne York, Nov. 10—Adolf ' Von Sohi who clalms to be a German nobleman, must return to his native land without an American bride. De spite the protest of a trim Ifttle Ger- man widow who came here today from Meriden, Conn., to make an appeal in | the baron’s behalf, he will be deported |on the steamer President Lincoln to | morrow. widow, who sald she wns Mrs Shaito, went to Kllls Island, ac he | og | companied by Mrs, Mary Schumann who came from Meriden with her. She was informed there by Assistant Com missioner Uhl that the case had n decided by the authorities at Wash fngton and she would not be permitted ven n short talk with the man who had come to this country with $12 in his pockets to marry her, Mrs. Shalto displayed considerable indignation informed that her trip to New | when d been in vain. She told the | Yerk ha | ufficials that she was ready to marrs | the b if he had the proofs of his nobility which he had agreed to pro | duce on his_arrival in this country £he had heard of him, she said, through |a matrlmonial amency which has its main office in Beriln, but has a branch Lere. LYNCHING THREATENEL, | AT MYERSDALE, PA, | Crowd Surrounds Jall Where Negro Brute i ncarcerated. Myersdale, Pa., Nov. 19.—Hundredw of enraged oltinens surround the bor ough jail here tonight, threatening te Iynch Tslah Dorman, aged 22, a neers, who 1s zlleged to have attacked Wthel Morgan, & white child aged 9, last night. After making two attempts (o et the negro to the county Wil aa the Authorities wera compelled to rush the prisoner back to the borough jail. On each attempt | the mob intercepted the police and al- | most secured possession of the negro. At 9.30 tonight the muthorities decid - ed to barrfeade the jail and try to keep off the mab until reinforcements ar rive. Chief of Police Cramer pleaded with the mob to diseperse and allow him to take the negro to Somerset. He as sured them the law would be speedy and just. Each time he was hooted and his pleae waye drowned by cries from the mob demanding the negro. Recruits are pouring in from the coun- try Aistricts to ald the mob, while of ficers are being summoned from all parts of the county to protect the ne- Bro. Somerset, Pa., Taunton’s City Treasurer Exonerated. Taunton, Mass., Nov, 10-—City Treas- urer Edward H. Temple, who charged with irfegularities in his a counts as treasurer and tax oolleet or several months ago, was exoneratel todey by the action of the grand jury of Bristol Couvrtry which returmed s mo bAIL” /

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