The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1901, Page 2

2 = 'THE SAN LEPERS ABROAD I\ TENERIFFE Existence of the Dread Dis- ease at the Canaries Is Reported. United States Consul Tells of the In- difference With Which the Af- , L flicted Persons Are Re- garded. il e WASHINGTON, April 12.—The-existence | of about 20) lepers on the island of Tene- | riffe Canary Islands, has been officlally reported here by United Btates Consul | Berliner at Teneriffe. He says there are | ee distinct classes of leprosy on Tene- | lepra arabum, lepra s and lepra tuberculosis. The | se diverges into two main varieties. potted and the nodular. The report | ¢ the & A is based on personal investigation and the WORLD'S HUEL N TENS OIL Former Governor Hogg Tells About Marvelous Dis- coveries. Reports From the Beaumont Field Describe Enormous Supply From the Seemingly Inexhausti- ble Gushers. ——— Spectal Dispatch to The Call. AUSTIN, Tex., April i2—1It is the opin- ion of former Governor J. 8. Hogg. who | has spent considerable time'at Beaumont | investigating the new oil field, that the discovery of oil in such béuntiful quanti- | ties there will revolutionize the fuei ques- tion of the whole world. He says that the maaufacturers of this country and of Europe have not yet come to a sense of assistance of physicians, and says: “Leprosy is somewhat endemic among | the people here on account of their eating | a good deal of fish, often putrid, and their | As being conta- | neral uncleanliness. gious, it is generally discredited here, but in my opinion it is very infectious. In| former years Spain had established a | dolony at Grand Canary for lepers. They | were housed there, but had perfect liberty | to wander about, with the restriction that | they must sleep in the houses built for | them. In course of time this law became dead letter and gradually they spread he different islands. Santa Cruz de Teneriffe, the capital e tweniy-two lepers, fifteen of »m are men, and there also are some | children of these unfortunates. They are given a place about fifteen minutes’ walk from the City Hall, where they live, which is called Barranco Santo. There are also living at the same place about 200 people, nearly all beggars. You meet them at all times of the day in town or on the road, asking alms and_exposing Many have no fingers or 7 > along and a more pitiable ht is hard to imagine.” i Officially it is not recognized that lep- rosy exisis on the islands, The provincial government at Teneriffe has lately built 2 large building about two miles out of town. {The building has two separate wings, one for insane patients and the other for lepers. United States Consular Agent Swanson on Grand Canary Island, in an accom- over t panying report, s that leprosy there is decidedly decreasing. There are fifty s in the leper hospital at Las atien t Pa. s infected with the homes. A few fam e live in their ow SAVES THE CHILDREN FROM DEATH IN PAmC; Sister in Charge of a Parochial School in Omaha Prevents a Disas- trous Fire. { OMAHA, Nebr.. April 1 i L et at the St. Phi School, 904 Howard street, flurry of excitement among the pupils this and but for the heroism and mind of Sister Mary Mickle, e would undoubtedly mong the 13) children | various rooms, | basket was standing in a hall on | t floor and was full of scrap paper. | saw it shortly after 10 | ere rising from it, the g woodwork was smoldering | he point of igniting. Careful not of excitement, the sis- | et and, with great dan- | - own person, carried it to the threw it into the street. By the time ad returned the woodwork was a blage. Just at that moment one of the - boys chanced to pass through | the hall ce the prin- pal brought 2 bucket of water and threw 2 the fire. Meanwhile the smoke had | its way fi ock flames wi of choolrooms. Some a dozen or more | 3 ash for hall, but the ordered them back, with the as- | 1l danger had passed. wor ety MORMONS SETTLING IN NORTHERN WYOMING Two Thousand Will “Trek” to Leased | State Lands During the Coming int; o the s ' and e & ru | Summer. | CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 12.-It has| been learned from an authoritative sourpe | that during the coming summer a colony of about 2000 Mormons will leave Utah Idaho and travel to the valleys of the ¥ig Horn Basin, in Northern Wyoming. | year Mormons settled in the on the big canal now belng con- tructed by the Hardy people, and they 1d 8o well that the second movement has \ decided upon. The State leases the | colonizers at a r 1 eve tha it year there will have g Horn Basin not le: families. | in 3 ) Mormon tled han 1000 — - Shoots Men and Ends His Life. 2, N. D., April 12—Apparently | fancied wrongs, a farmer Nels Olsen in the crazed from Revenger shot named neck, inflicting a seriol wound, then shot | Peter Levine in the wrist and committed | suijcide. He left a letter saying the | neighbors had neglected and slighted him for years. | BERSTE | Emigration From Ireland. | LONDON, April 12—The official report of emigration for Ireland shows that 47.- 107 persons left that country in 1900. This is 10.5 per_thousand of the estimated popu- lation. The emigrants were equally di- vided between the sexes. | -— | Great Fire in Transylvania. | BUDAPEST, April have been destroyed by fire at the village | of Borezk, in Transylvania. Great dis- | tress prevails there. | ADVERTISEMENTS. i IT IS IMPORTANT. Enow What You Are ‘When Using Catarrh Medicines. | Catarrh is the short route to consump- | tion and the importance of early and judi- | cious treatment of catarth, whether loca ed in the head, throat or bronchial tube cannot_be tco strongly emphasized. | The list of catarrh -ures is as long as | the moral law and the forms in which | they are administered, numerous and cox- | fusing, from spray: inhalers, wash=s, ointments, and salves o powders, liquids | and tablets. The tablet form is andoubtedly the most convenient and most effective, but with nearly all advertised catarrh remedies it is almost entirely a matter of guesswerk &s to what you are taking into vour sys- tem, as the proprietors, while making all £orts of claims as 1o what their medicines will do, always keep 1t a close secret as 10 | what they are. | The success and popularity of the new catarrh cure, Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets. is largely because it not only cures catarrh but because catarrh sufferers who use these tablets know what the&nn taking into their systems. Stuart's Catarrh Tab. jets being composed of Eucalyptol, Hy- Grastin, Guaicol and siwilar valuable and antiseptic ingredients, and are pleasant to the taste and being dissolved in the mouth they take immediate =ffect upon the mu- cous lining of the throat, nasal passages and whole respiratory tract. The cures that Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets have accomplished in old chronic cases of catarrh are little short of remarkable, end the advantege of knowing what you &re putting into your siomach is of 2 Easunt imbortance when it is remembersd that the cocaine or morphine habit has been frequently contracted as the result of using secret catarrh remedies. Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets meet with cor- gial approval from physicians, becauss their antiseptic character renders them perfectly safe for the general public to use and their comvosition makes them a common-sense cure for all forms of ca- tarrhal troubles. All druggists sell them at 50 cents for tull sized p: Te | trust located in that country. | on the “Causes of Race Superiority.” ! United States army. on “The Races of the — | DESPERATE BURGLARS | detectives, was almost instantly killed and 12—Sixty. houses | {3, | UFFICERS AND GYPSIES i i realization of what the wonderful ofl dis- covery and development in the Beaumont field means to them. Many of the ac- counts published throughout the country | of the flows of the wells “brought in” in | the Beaumont ficld have been looked upon as gross exaggerations and fakes by the | reading public, while, as a matter of fact, | they have been true. The published state- | ment that a test of the flow of the Lucas | gusher showed that it had an output of | over 7000 barrels of ofl per day of twenty- four hours was branded as untrue by per- | sons who believed that such a flow was next to impossible. The statement was | true, and that first test has been repeated | several times since then and has shown | no decrease in the world-beating flow. The problem that now confronts the oil producers of the new district is, what | shall they do with the oil. It has been | correctly asserted by an official of the | Standard Oil Company that the present demand for fuel oil in this country does not amcunt to the output of one well in the Beaumont district. But the Beau- | mont producers say that the demand will | be increased rapidly, and they are aiready | hard at work building up a market. | Since their discovery of the first well, | known as the Lucas gusher, its owners, | Galey & Guffev. kave shipped to distant | cities of the United States and to foreign countries over 100,000 barrels of oil for ex-| perimental purposes. These shipments have been made with a view of creating | a market for the product, and went to| manufacturers in New York City, Phiia- | delphia and even to/Pittsburg. Over 30,000 barrels of the ofl have been shipped to manufacturers in MAnchester, England, and Liverpool, where the new fuel will be[ given a practicul test and if found to be | all that is claimed for it Jarge orders will | be forthcoming. The American Sugar Re- | fining Company sent a gpecial representa- | tive to Beaumont to make a full and com- | tigation into the merits of the | uel. This representative was so | well_pleased with the saving that could | be obtained by the use of the oil over the e of coal that he had 2500 barrels shipped to Cuba, where it wiil be burned‘ in one of the largest refineries of the If this test is successful the oil will be used in all the refineries of the American Sugar Refinery Company. POLITICAL SCIENTISTS IN ACADEMY SESSION | Professor Ross, Formerly of Stanford, | Speaks of the Causes of Racs Superiority. PHILADELPHIA, April 12.—The fifth | annual meeting of the American Academy | of Political and Social Sclence began here to-day and will continue to-morrow and | to-morrow night. There is a. full attend- | ance of the membership of the academy. | The general topic of discussion is “‘Amer- | ica’s Race Problems” and the many | phases of that subject were ably discussed to-day by well-known men. The annual address was delivered to- night by Professor Edward A. Ross, formerly of the Leland Stanford Jr. Uni- | versity and now a member of the faculty of the University of Nebraska, who spoke Samuel McCune Linday. president of the academ; preceded Professor Ross with an address reviewing the work of the dcademy during the past year. At the opening session (his afternoon, at | which _faleolm Willlams of this city pre- sided, the principal "theme was he Racet of the Pacific.” Those who spoke | were Dr. Titus Munson Coan of New York on “The Natives of Hawall,” the Rev. Dr. Charles C. Plerce. chaplain, Philippines,” and the Rev. Dr. Oliver C. Miller, chaplain, United States army. FIGHT WITH OFFICERS After Killing & Man Whose Houu} They Entered They Shoot Detec- | tives of Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 12.—Thomas D. Kahney, a grocer living at Mount Wash- ington, early to-day was shot and killed by burglars who were looting his house. Three men had entered and were trying to force a gag in Mrs. Kahney's mouth to prevent her from giving an alarm, when Kahney interfered and was killed. The burglars escaped. Ag soon as the murder of Kahney was reported to the poHce department the en- tire force of detectives was put to work on the cese. This afternoon several of the officers came upon_the three burglars on Fulton street and fmmedlately the fugitives began shooting. The officers promptly returned the fire and in the fu- sillade that followed “Paddy” Fitzgerald, one of Pittsburg's oldest and best known two other officers are reported wounded. | Before Fitzgerald fell he wounded his | murderer, and the other officers succeeded in arresting the trio and lodging them in SRR BATTLE WITH WEAPONS Attempt to Amel‘zn Suspected of Theft Results in & Furious ‘Encounter. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., April 12.—1In a fierce fight on the mountains near Lilly last night bétween a band of gypsies and a posse of officers one gypsy man was killed outright and & gypsy woman shot through the shoulder. kx-Division Foreman Tit- ler of Galitzin was wounded in the mouth Frank Coons, his assistant, was shot the bowels. The latter is ex- pected to die. The officers were attempting to arrest the gypsies on charges of stealing. A number of gypsies were arrested. —_——— CHASE HIM FOR YEARS AND THEN ACQUIT HIM Man Charged With Murder Quarter of a Century Ago Is Declared Not Guilty. CHEYENNE, Wyo.,, April 12—At Evanston to-day the jury in the case of Harry Lyons, alias Teer, charged with murdering John Wheelering at Hilllard twenty-five years ago, returned a verdict of not guilty. Lyons was arrested at Lead City, 8. D., last December, after a chase which cov- ered a period of twenty-five years, and which reached to almost every civilized country on the globe. e e L Newspaper Man Commits Suicide. CHICAGO, April 12.—Bert Cassidy, one of the best kngwn newspaper men and artists in the West, shot and fatally wounded himself to-day while standin; in the local room of the Daily News, wit which paper he was associated. Family troubles are believed to have caused the .deed. He died at St. Luke's Hospital to- nigh idy was well known in Denver Cincinnati and was one of the first l:l:g to use chalk plates in connectlon with dally newspaper {llustrating. He was -about 38 years old. —_— A Month’s Test Free. Wis., 137, end no money. 50 if cureqs Jbox tive. Exp.pald. | served with the New | lieutenant colonel. Aldace Walker, Throughout the Country, Dies in Nesv York. IW YORK, April 12.—Chairman Walker of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Raflroad died sud- denly at his home in this city to- day of heart disease. His death came as a surprise. He had not been fecling well for the past two weeks. but was not so ill as to create any concern among his friends and family. He was to have salled for Europe to-day, and all ar- rangements had been made for his de- parture. He leaves a wife and two chil- dren. o] > = Aldace F, Walker was born in West Rutland, Vt., in 1842, He was educated at the Middlesburg (Vt.) College and at the Columbia Law School, after which he York Volunteers in the Civil War, advancing to the rank of After the war Walker practiced law in New York from 1867 to 1874, when he removed-to Rutland, Vt. In 1532 he was elected a State Senator in Vermont, and from 1857 to 139 he served as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. On leaving the commission Walker became chairman of the Western Traffic Association. His con- nection with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad began in 1894, when he was appointed receiver of the company's preperty. After the reorganization Walker was made chalrman of the board of directors and he retained this position up tc the time of his death. SANTA BARBARA, April 12.—President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe, when seen to-day, expressed much feeling over the death of Chairman Walker. “He was a.man,” said Mr . Ripley, “whom we all respected and delighted to horor. He had been sick. I belleve, since last November with what a_peared to be angina pectoris, and was recently granted a six months’ leave of absence, which he intended to spend at Nauheim, Germany. His death, while not wholly unexpected, - comes as a great shock to me. We have been associated together since the reor- ary, 1900. Mr. Walker, while not an ex- perienced man in the art of rallway op- | erating, was especially well posted on the relationship of the railroad to the com- munity. “‘His death will have no effect upon the plens of the Santa Fe. The board of di- D e e e e Y ] anization of the Santa Fe system in Jan-- Prominent in FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY,AAPRIL 13, 1901. CHAIRMAN OF THE SANTA FE IS SUDDENLY CALLED BY DEATH Railroad Circ‘les NEW YORK YESTERDAY. gt rectors will meet the 1st of next May and his successor will probably be elected at that time, though the office of chairman OUTLAWS BATTLE |SNOW CARRIES ON A MOUNTAIN Kentucky Officers Encounter Desperadoes Who Kill Two_ Men. WHITESBURG, Ky., April 12—Two men were killed-and two wounded in a fight between Sheriff Joe W. Wright and his deputies on one side and outlaws who robbed and murdered Mrs. Jemima Hall and ber son. The fight occurred on the mountain top between Boones Fork and Millston® Creek. Wright and his posse started out sev- eral months ago to capture the gang who cruelly tortured the aged widow and after securing her money murdered her and her son and burned her body in the hut in which she lived. Yesterday John and Morgan Reynolds, Isaac and Creed Por- ter and Gecrge Newsome were located by the posse in a rendezvous on top of the mountain, Morgan Reynolds, Newsome and Isaac Porter went away, and while they were gone'the officers, ten in num- ber, opened fire on Creed Porter and John Reynolds. The desperadoes replied with rifles and revolvers and more than 30) shots were exchanged. John Reynolds recelved a serious If not fatal wound in the left shoulder and re- treated, leaving Porter alone. The lat- ter's ammunition soon gave out and he, too. fled. Of the posse Willle Wright, aged 18, was killed by a steel bullet, which assed 'through his abdomen, and Isaac illard, aged 21, was shot through the heart. 'A third man, Ned Osborne, was struck in the right leg and severely hurt, Young Wright, who was killed in the first fire, joined the party about a month ago to avenge the murder of his father, W. 8. Wright, whom the gang assassinat- ed about a year ago. he firing was heard for a distance of thirteen miles. It was at first heard that the posse had been defeated and Governor Beckham was tele- graphed to send troops to capture the Bung. NEW NAVAL CANNON SURPRISES EXPERTS Latest Model of the Five-Inch Gun Proves a Wonder at Indian Head. ‘WASHINGTON, April 12.—-Remarkable results have been attained with the latest model five-inch gun, the test of which is in progress at Indian Head proving grougds. Rear Admiral O'Neill, chief of ordn#hce, was informed to-day by Lieu- tenant Straus, in charge of the proving grounds, that the gun had developed a maximum velocity of 3330 feet a second with less than seventeen tons pressure. | This velocity was given to a fifty-pound projectile. The great superiority of the new weapon over the five-inch gun on the Kearsarge will be understood when it is known that the maximum velocity at- tained with a fifty-pound projectile fired by the latter is 2550 feet a second. With the sixty-pound shell a velocity of 2990 feet a second has been attained with the latest model. The muzzle energy obtained was 3724 foot tons. In the trial to-day with the fifty-pound projectile a muzzle energy of 3918 foot fons was obtained. Rear Admiral O'Neill has determined to use the sixty-pound projectile. gheds e o GERMAN ARMY OFFICERS COMING TO AMERICA Two Military Men of Famous Organi- zations Will Be Connected With the Embassy. WASHINGTON, April 12—Two well known officers of the German military service, Captain Kapherr of the Hussars and Count Arnim of the Guard®du Corps, will arrive in America shortly and will be informally connected with the German Embassy here, although not occupying the positions of military attaches. Captain Kapherr is the oldest officer of that rank in_the famous Guard Hussars, stationed at Potsdam, and commanded by the Emperor when he was Crown Prince, The Guard du Corps, to which Count Ar- nim_belongs, -is another crack regiment. Captain Kapherr will be in this country for six months and Count Arnim for one year. Their connection with the embassy will be merely for the purpose of facili- tating thelr movements, as they will spend most of the time in travel and rec- reation, it being customary in the Ger- ‘man service to grant foreign leave for this purpose. i —— - YOUNG CORBETIT WINS FROM EDDIE SANTRY DENVER, April 12—Young Corbett of Denver won an easy victory to-night over Eddie Santry of Chicago before the Colo- rado Athletic Association, knocking him out in the second round of what was to have been a ten-round fight. The fight was Corbett’s from the first. He did all the fighting in the first round. Santry was knocked down once and received sev- eral hard body blows, although he showed little-effect of his punishment. In the sec- ond round Santry made a better showing, several lively exchanges being made be- fore a _hard right on the jaw put Santry out. Frank Cullen was the referee. In the preliminaries Abe Attel Francisco knocked out “Scotty” Willlams of Denver in the second of a scheduled five-round go. MEN T0 DEATH Great Avalanche in Colorado Kills Laborers on a Work Train. DENVER, April 12—A huge mass of snow and rock swept down from the mountain near Adelaide, on the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad, burying a work train, killing three men and serious- ly*injuring four others. The dead are: J. P. ALLEN, foreman. TIM MALONEY. HOWARD WHIPPS. The injured are: G. W. Brown, bridge foreman; John O'Connell, section fore- man; Frank Graham, section foreman; John Palmer, laborer. The slide occurred late last night while a gang of workmen was clearing away the debris deposited upon the track by an earlier slip. All the men engaged iu the work except Superintendent Rockwell and one other were buried under the debris. A rellef train was dispatched from Flor- ence and the injured men were taken to- day_to the Salida Hospital, The bodies of ‘Maloney and Whipps were recovered, but Allen’s body still lles buried beneath tons of snow and dirt. BUENA VISTA, Colo., April 12.—A re- port has reached 'here that a huge ava- anche, iwee?lng everything before it, came down Itallan Mountain in Taylor Park, about !nnr miles west of this place, and that several lives were lost. On -this mountain several mines have been in op- eration all winter, employing about 300 men. OWIng to the great distance of the moun- tain from any polnt of communication with the outside world and the vast amount of snow on the range between here and the mountain several days may elapse before the facts are learned, About the same time last year a snowslide came down_this mountain, killing four men. ASPEN, Colo., April 12—A serious snowslide is reported to have occurred along the Castle Rock stage road, four miles from this city. The stages to and from Asheroft and Taylor Park have not thus far been able to get through, and communication with those places can only be had by snowshoes. \ SAYS STEEL TRUST WILL BENEFIT BRITISH Pierpont Morgan Considers That the New Billion Dollar Corporation Can Steady the Market. LONDON, April 12.—J. Pierpont Morgan in an interview with a London reporter is quoted as saying he thought the formation of the United States Steel Corporation would have a steadying effect on the Brit- ish steel market, and rather favorable than otherwise. He did not see why the steel trade should suffer, either in Great Britain or Germany. As to the report that he intended to place trust securities on the European market Morgah said: “There is no surplus capital to give away. The people on this side are under a misapprehension. _All the shares were allotted long ago. What we bought we had to pay for.” Morgan courteously declined to discuss the point any further. In regard to the storles about a copper combination Mor- gan said he knew nothing. He also said he would meet Carnegle while in Hurope. —_————— WINDSTORM INJURES THE LOYAL NATIVES Accidents in Ceylon During the Re- ception Tendered to the Son of King Edward. COLOMBO, Ceylon, April 12.—The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York landed here this afternoon and were accorded an enthusiastic reception. The streets, which wers elaborately decorated, were filled with thousands of natives in multi-colored costumes. : While the rece’guan was in progress a windstorm swept over Colombo and a number of natives were injured near the royal pavilion. - ‘WOMAN FOUND DEAD AND HUSBAND 'ARRESTED Wealthy Farmer of Ohio Suspected of Having Crushed the Skull of His Wife. MASON, Ohio, April 12.—Mrs. John Me- Clung, wife of a wealthy retired farmer, was found dead in her bed this mornin, with her head crushed and her husban has been arrested, charged with the crime. McClung is 68 vears old and Mrs. McClung was 60. He is sald to be worth $100,000. Call for Portland Minister. INDIANAPOLIS, April 12—The Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, with 1500 members, one of the largest churches in the State, has decided to call the Rev. git.H' Kellogg of Portland, Or., to the pul- I o Princess Among Passengers. LONDON, April 12—The American Line steamer St. Louis, which is to sail from Southampton to-morrow for New York, by way of Cherbourg, will have among her puu:gen the cess von Hatzfeldt, ‘-.fl:&t daughter of the late C. P. Hunt- n. et L e S To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. 25c. * H THE LATE ALDACE WALKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIREC- TORS OF THE SANTA FE RAILROAD, WHO DIED SUDDENLY IN | the housekeeper here,” she said, ‘“‘on con- e of the board of directors is not an essen- tlal ore and it is entirely possible that no successor will be chosen.” CATHOLICS ASK FOR FAIRNESS Representatives of Colleges Make Declaration of Their Position. b CHICAGO, April 12.—A declaration of the Catholic position on education in the United States was adopted to-day at the closing session of the national conferenc> of the Association of Catholic Colleges. The resolutions comprising the declaratizn | recelved the unanimoue assent of the sev- enty different colleges—practically the en- tire colleglate system of the Catholic Icglwu;(‘!h in America. The declaration foi- First—That this assoclation of Catholic col- leges request its president, the Right Rey. Thomas J. Conaty, to respectfully cail the at- tentio nof the bishops of the United States, at their annual meeting, to the work of this con- ference in regard to our collegiate institutions, and “especially to the importance of the high school movement, Second—That the tendency of educational leg- islation forces us to warn our Catholic_people of the systematic and well-defined effort in certaln quarters to establish State control in education, thereby threatening and crippling all private educational effort, thus depriving a large class of the citizens of the liberty of maintaining schools in which their religlon shall be made an essential element. Third—That we remind legislators of the rights of consclence guaranteed to us by our American citizenship, and call their attention to the system of schools which our people have maintained at great expense and sacrifice. Fourth—That we protest against the unfalr and unjust discrimination resulting from much of the educatlonal legislation, and we appeal to the falr-mindedness and sense of justice of the American people to protect us from such lifberality. Fifth—That this conference of Catholle col- leges convinces us that we are justified in - serting that our collego system deserves tha generous co-operation of all interested in highet Cathollc education; and we pledge ourselves to use every effort to perfect still more our col- legiate conditions. Ixth—That we call upon all recognize the imperative need of a more per- fect organisation of .our educational system, and we assure them that with a fuller develop- ment of the Cathollc high schoal we shall have a complete system, with its headship in the uniyersity, and thus we shall continue to main- tain a high collegiate standard. ‘Words of cheer from across the sea were received by the conference In tha form of g cablegram of congratulation from Pope Leo XIII at Rome. The mes- sage read as follows: “ROME, April 13, 1601 — Monsignor Thomas J, Conaty, President of the Con ference of Catholic Cotleges: The Holy Father thanks you for the good wighes ex- ressed b(y you in the name of the Con- erence of Catholic Colleges and bestows most heartily the aposrolic benediction. “CARDINAL CAMPOLLA."” The cablegram was in answer to a mes- sage which the confercnce sent to the Pope when {t convened. The officers were chosen: President, Dr. Conaty; secretary and treasurer. Rev. John nway, Gon- zaga College, Washington, D, C. It was decided to hold the next conven- ton in Chicago on ti:e first Tuesday, ;;vogdnesday and Thursday after July 4, Catholles to CHINESE LOSE LIVES IN COLLISION AT SEA Seventy Are Drowned When Two Steamers Crash in the Water Near Canton. LONDON, April 12.—A special dispatch from Hongkong says two Chinese steam- ers came into collision yesterday between Canton and Wuchow and that seventy Chinese were dvowned. ALTONA, Holstein, April 12.—The fish- ing steamer Emma has been lost during a storm in the North Sea. Her captain and crew of ten men were drowned. LEAVES A FORTUNE Will of a Rich Spinster in New York Makes Provision for Pet Canine. NEW YORK, April 12.—Miss Ellen Anne Griffin, an elderly spinster, died early this morning in a little room in which she had lived for several years at 57 Bast Eleventh street. Her favorite companions to the end were a black and tan dog, which she called “Jim,” and a canary olfirfl. In her will, which she wrote Thursday, she made ample provision for the ntenance of the dog. Lawyer Franklin B. Lord called on her to draw up her will. “I wish to give $10,000 to Mary Magivney, ’i}&n;l that she takes care of my little dog The balance of her property, which, it is :azd,l‘nflou:‘ts to mcrde t] "}: W.O??{'lins left 0 €] leces and n« ew! Santa Barbara, Cal. e o 1 o i Eddie Toy the Victor. DENVER, April 12—The Denver Wheel Club arena was crowded to-night to see Terry McGovern, who sparred four rounds with Danny Dougherty. In addition to this there were several ‘“&l vrenmim;.flel, th Ri . Toy 1is the 126- Kound champlon of the Pacific Coast, and e put out Richards, who was several ‘pounds heavier, in the second round with a right to the jaw, followed with a hard left jab to the stomach, Richards was out nearly five minutes. Ben Trimble of California and Billy Stift of Chi ‘will meet in this club on the 18th of month. | egreements over refrigerated beef. | much more to supply the deficiency. BRITAIN WANTS NO MORE BEEF War Office Admits That the American Product Is Now Barred. Officials at Washington Cannot Un- derstand Why an Embargo Should Be Laid on This Country’s Meats. PN SRy LONDON, April 12—The British War Office admitted to-day that it is going to try the experiment of supplying the army with only home-grown beef. The experi- | ment will extend six months from June L The director of contracts, & major, said: The new rule applies only to refrigerated beef hitherto bought in the open market in London. Tt will not serfously affect the American trade, as the total weekly supply for the army is only 200,000, which is barely 2 per cent of the weekly 'imports of refrigerated beef into Eng- land from the United States. Mr. Broderick's actien was taken long before the New Orleans proceddings. It is quite absurd to suppose that any idea of retaliation prompted the order, wiiich was due to 2 natural desire to help some of the home industries. The difference in price is very trifling and we are making that up by glving Tommy Atkins frozen mutton two days instead of one day weekly. If the plan is sati factory our supply problem will be greatly si plified, for we often have complaints and & You must not suppose that we now use no home-grown beef. Aldershot and some of our other camps are almost entirely supplied with home-grown beef. We have hitherto used refrigerated beef 8s an addition to our rations, other than as an | integral part. We have no prejudice against Americans firms, and we do not believe they will miss this trade to any extent, even if it is decided to continue the experiment. WASHINGTON, April 12.—The informa- tion in the possession of the Departme of Agriculture regarding the British Go ernment’s decision to buy only home- bred beef for its army supplies after June 1 next consists of the advices from thres lsrge packing press report from London confirmatory of those advices. No official confirmation has been received. Among officlals here there is no disposition to accredit the reasons that actuated the new rolicy to any di satisfaction with American meats. No oi jection has been offered te American beef or beef products on the score of the'r quality or condition. The beef shipped from this country to England for the use of the British army, it is stated, always has been of the best quality and uniform- | ly in prime condition when delivered and distributed. No complairt has been made by the British authorities. Secretary Hay has cabled to Embassa- dor Choate an inquiry into the reason for the order of the British Government, a measure which excludes the American re- frigerated beef heretofore used. This ac- tion is taken at the instancesof the De- partment of Agriculture. Secretary Wilson said to-day that every- thing the administration can do in the matter is being done. “But T cannot understand,” he said, “why the British Government has taken this ‘step. They know that our grain-fed beef is the kind that is shipped to them. There must be somé reason that is not ap- parent on the surface. We sell them a million dollars’ worth of meais for every million of their population. Suppose thay have a quarter million in the field. It can make little difference to our producers whether they take enough from the home- grown supply to feed the soldiers, for if they do that they must import just that The British do not produce enough in Great Britain to supply ' their home demand. There must be some o(Eer reason.” PORTO RICANS GLAD ALLEN IS TO RETURN Island Legislature Sends a Communi- cation to the State Department Ex- pressing Pleasure at News. WASHINGTON, April 12.—The State Departmeft to-day received the following dispatch, signed by Speaker Rossy of the Porto Rican Legislature and other mem- bers of that body, expressing their grati- fication at the news that Governor Allen is to return to the island: San Juan, Porto Rico, Secretary Hay. Wash- ington—Please to the President that the news of the Governor's return is received with rejoleing. We will tender him an ovation on Bis arrival. The people of Porto Rico, duly represented by members of the Legislature, ex- press their complete and absolute accord With the President’s and Governor's policy In gov- ernment, They all approve of their actions, placing their hopes for the future in the Gov- ernor's caution, tact and sound judgment. He has the respect and devotion of the great ma- joritx ot the people of Purto Rico representing oyaity and love to the country, striving for its progress and sweeping cway of traditional ob- siacles. e ASK FOR A REDUCTION AND GET AN INCREASE Recorder Goff Surprises Associates of Lawyer Patrick When a Bail Ques- tion Is Mentioned. NEW YORK, April 12—Robert M. Moore, counsel for Albert T. Patrick, | David L. Short and Morris Meyers, who are charged with the forgery of the will of Willlam M. Rice, appeared before Re- corder Goff in the Court of General Ses- slons to-day and made a motion to de- crease the bail of Short and Meyers. In opposing the motion Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Garvin said it was the in- tention of the District Attorney to con- nect Meyers with the conspiracy to get control of Rice's fortune. Instead of ac- ceding to the request that the bail be re« duced, Recorder Goff increased it to $20,- 000 each, instead of $10,000. Postal Official Arrested. PHILADELPHIA, April 12.—Postal in- spectors have arrested Jerome S. France, an employe of the main office in this city, on a warrant charging him with stealing and rifling the mail. France's duty was to distribute mail matter into cases for each State in the Union. Complaints have been received from various sections of the country of mail being tampered with for several weeks. The inspectors say France made a partial confession. Double Hanging for a Negro. ST. LOUIS, April 12—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Booneville, Mo., says: Ellsworth Evans, colored, was hanged here to-day in the presenced of“ great ople from this and adjoinin (owna iben e drop fell the first time the rope was broken. The negro was then lifted up and hanged the second time. Spring Medicine There's no season when good med:- cine is so much needed as in spring, and there’s no medicine which does so much good in spring as Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Do not delay taking it. Don’t put it off till your health tone gets too low to be lifted. Hood's Sarsaparilla Will give you a good appetite, purify and enrich your blood, overcome that tired feeling, give you mental and di- gestive strength and steady nerves. Be sure to ask for HOOD'S, the best medicine money can buy. It is Peculiarto Itself Bad Feelings‘ in Spring —“In the spring I was feeling very badly. My blood was very poor. I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. It did me much good. I think it is a wonderful spring medicine and recommend it to all sick and sufferin thel L. Bean, Eaton Center, N. rouses in Chicago and the | LABOR'S DECLINE ALARMS GERMANY Workingmen in the Kaiser’s Empire Find Little Employment. Increase of Industrial Stagnation Is Evidenced by the Closing of Factories and Dismissal of Employes. BERLIN, April 12—A recent article in { the Berlinger Tageblatt takes a gloomy | view of the industrial conditions in Ger- many, which it says are so bad that the | efforts of the charitable are powerless to | cope with the situation. Reduced produc- | tion and the consequent dismissal of werking people are so general as to no | longer attract notice. It Is safe to say that a quarter of the | working pegple are either idle or insuffi- | clently employed. There is little prospect jof an Improvement. The situation Is made more serious by the ertainty of Germany’s commercial polis The num- beriess industries of the country do not | knew whether disastrous fariff wars will | not destroy the work of years. The un- certainty of Germany's vacillating trade policy drives German capital and intelli- gence to found large industrial undertak- ings abroad and hinders business rela- ticns with foreign countries. Prices are 80 depressed in Silesia that even the iron | works there, which possess their own coal rmines and furnaces, cannot cover operat- | ing expenses. The tin plate and tube man- utactures, plants for the manufacture of | eiectric supplies and the textile industries are in a similar plight. .Aany factories have closed and in oth- ers the hours of labor have been reduced, | while work folk crowd to the gates of the factories seeking employment. The wealthy classes feel the pressure of this | cordition proportionately with the work- | ing and professional classes. | i Ex-Secretary Day’'s Wife Il | CANTON, Ohio, Aprll 12.—Mrs. Willlam | R. Day was suddenly stricken with iliness | this afternoon, following an attack of sick headache. Her husband, the former Sec- | retary of State, had been in Cincinnati | during the day sitting in the United | States Circuit Court, but started for Washington before he could be reached | with a message calling him home. 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