The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1902, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1902. BRITISH ARE FAGING VERY BlG DEFICIT Startling Figures Given Out in the Budget Statement. Government Accedes to De- mand to Restock the Boer Farms. Chancellor of the Exchequer Hopes to Avert 2 Loan of £32,000,000 by Early Termination of the War. —_——— LONDON, April 14.—Not for many years has Great Britain's fiscal programme been awaited with such interest as that, which ched to this year's annour ere is no doubt that all ment ar )t ained in the- budget giv Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, ellor of the Exciequer, will be It is equally certain, however, one of the proposals will meet with imous approval of either side of use 1t perhaps than the curi- new tax: the the Chanc the the Governme ac- demand conceroing the At a late hour to- upon excellent au- provision of the r Michael Hicks- bly réticent, has a the peace qu ion. a very strong be- owing to the ex- needed. When gels to the negotiations sucn a shapc ach will be able of to-day’s esti- s loan wiil prob- small installments the important point of Commons to in- ment has strong ue of the Legotia- Pretoria between the tnough it wishes to im- in general ar expl House Gov and finish erms of peace be refused. Faces a Big Deficit. lichael Hicks-Beach rose in the Commons this afternoon and budget statement. He declared vear had not been exceptionally t there Despite the fact that had been removed or by the war, the showed no diminution of vhile there was a sat- foreign trade, and reason . for thinking' that falling off in the con people. The Chan expenditure for the t £174,608,000 The revenue basis of taxation was g a deficit of £26,824,000 ncreased by £18,500.000 by troops and bringing the the maintenarice of the ican constabulary andithe cost ernational sugar. conve: gross deficit “of £45,000,000. , beer, tobacco and penny tax is im- nts and two pen- placed on checks in- y heretofore. A undredweight is im- y_of 3 pence per ed on all imported on meat is 5 pence per eterm- uid 1 beer on, ty the new taxation is 60.000. After borrow e Chancellor of the ake up the deficit by drafts 1 debate on the budget fol- Winston Churchill ap- , but called serious srmous increase in ex- ng_ to - £40,000,00 in a sum which, he said. was rtion to the national enrich- house divided on the corn and lution, which was adopt- 254 to 135. Some Severe Fighting. News of severe fighting in the Trans- from end of week has been sent Kitchenerg who reports that Boers weft killed, wounded or were about a hundred The British also cap- and a quantity of sup- t Potgieter was among There in a dispatch dated day, April 13, recounts nder, after locating laager at Pselkop, v different routes from svaal Colony. blocking The fight commgnced when the Inniskillen Fusiliefs at- Molipspoort, covering the Boers' nd by dusk had seized a hill Is often very much against the wife. Her strength is un- dermined, she loses flesh and her energy and conrage slowly leak away from her. ‘Gradually the comradeship of - husband and wife is broken up. At first he takes his solitary pleasures reluctantly, but later Le hardly seems to remember the old days over -which his, wife in her weakness mourns daily. Women who find their health failing, and womanly ailments fastening on them, should promptly begin the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It cor- rects irregularity, dries the drains which | weaken women, heals inflammation and ulceration, and cures female weakness. It makes weak women strong, sick women well. Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, Jree. All corres- pondence held as strictly private and sacredly confidential. Address Dr.R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V. 1 had been a great sufferer from female weak- | mess for about two years,” writes Mrs. Emma Richardson, of Gose, Wayne Co., Ky. "Could mot do my work part of the time. 1 took four bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and felt s well as I ever did. 1 bave also used Dr. 1 's Golden Medical Discovery for wlcera. tion of the throat with good results and half of one bottle cured my throat when I could scarcely swallow.” The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, free, on receipt of etamps for mailing only. Send 21 one- cent stamps for the E-per—covu\sd book, or 31 stamps for the cloth-bound vol- mme, to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. n of the war the | the Boers | nothing to de- | JUSTICES ASK Y QUESTIONS Supreme Court Hears Argument on New Merger Case. Attorney General of Wash- ington Presents the Plea of That State. WASHINGTON, April 14—The United States Supreme Court to-day heard argu- ments in the case of the State of Wash- ington vs. the Northern Securities Com- | pany and the Northern Pacific and Great Northern raiiroads, involving the merger of the two railroads. Attorney General Stratton appeared for the State and made the opening argument, contending that | this court is the only one that can prop the case and that if it refuses it there is no tribunal to which the State can apply for the redress of a | wrong. He was frequently interrogated by members of the cour’ Justice White asked why the State could ot pass a law of its own to cover the ase, and Stratton replied that he thought n is entitled to an independent proceeding for injunction. In reply to Justice Har: lan he said that course, proceed against either of the rail- road compa for damages, but chat the Northern Securities Company could not be thus reached in a State court. The Chief Justice wanted f the State could not institute a suit and give the Securities Company a chance to come in. was the reply, “but it won’t s has been made manifest in . nesc Stratton agreed with a suggestion made by Justice Brewer that the rallroads in- volved are ate roads and that on this_account competent to appeal to the national authorities. at do you think of State owner- s] Could not the State take possession | of the roads and run them?” asked the Chief Justice. Stratton replied that such a remedy had not occurred to him. What the State of third corporation under the guise of an individual, and he believed that this would not be permitted. He closed with the charge that the combina- tion is a violation of the contract obliga- tion of the railroads implied in_ their ac- ceptance of charters from the State. REBEL CENERY roads in a - MEETS DEFEAT Colombian Soldiers Win Two Battles From Uribe-Uribe. COLON, Colombia, April 14.—According to the latest news received here, the in- terior of Colombia has been comparative- ly quiet since the defeat at Sochia, Feb- ruary 23, of the Liberal General McAlis- ter and his forces by 2000 Government troops under the command of General Gonzales 460 men wi | 435 rebel pri ana captured 0 ritle Reports have reached here that the Colombian revolutionary General Uribe- Uribe is now in department of Colima, where he e surtered defeat at the hands of G Gutteriez and Per- domo, the Vice President of the country. President Marroquin has refused to ac- cept the recently tendered resignation of Dr. Joaquin Velez, the Governor of the | department of Bolivar, on the ground that Dr.- Ve presence at the nead of the | gov of that department is indls- pen: to the safety of the republic. Ac to a decree issued at Bogota, | the Plaza de Armas of that city will henceforth be called the Plaza de Alban. It has been decided to erect a monument in this piaza at the ense of the Gov- ernment to the memory of the late Gen- eral Carlos Alban, -the Governor of Pan- ama, who was killed jast Janua harbor of Panama during a = gagement with the revolutiona en- ; forces. Diamond Thief Is Sentenced. NEW YORK, April 14—Edward Kern, a valet, who stole diamonds valued at $12,000 from Paul G. Thebaud, was to-day sen- tenced to imprisonment for four and six months. Kern stole the jewels on De- cember 29 and fled to New Orleans, where he was betrayed to the police by another thief. He pleaded guilty when arraigned. | Montreal’s Present to King. | LONDON, April 14—King Rdward re- ceived Lord Strathcona and Mowst Royal, the Canadian High Commissioner, in Lon- don to-day, when Lord Strathcona pre- sented to his Majesty an address and a medal from the citizens of Montreal mmemoration of the visit to that made recently by the Prince of | | | eastward of the poort, after considerable | ‘opposition, resulting in Colonel Mucray | being wounded and Lieutenant Lincoln being killed. Another officer and five men were wounded. Since then the operations continued daily. Colenbrander's latest re- port, April 12, gave the Boer losses in killed, wounded and prisoners at 106 men. The colonel hoped to be able to report further captures. The most severe fighting occurred April 11, in Western Transvaal, where Gene.fd lan Hamilton has replaced General Methuen in command of the British | troops. ‘The Boers attacked Colonel Keke- | wich's force near Rooiwal and fighting at "clne-e quarters ensued. The Boers were | | | repulsed, leaving on-the field forty-four men killed, including Commandant Pot- gleter, and thirty-four wounded. The Brit- ish captured twenty unwounded prison- Accordiag to last accounts, General Ian Hamilton was pursuing the remaifder of the Boer command. The British losses in this fight were six men killed and fifty- two wounded. At the beginning of the pursuit Colo- nel Kekewich captured two guas, a po; pom, quantity of ammunition and a number of_wagons. | A force @ Boers recently overwhelmed a strong British patrol sent out from Bultfontein, Orange River Colony, to | clear distant farms. An officer and two men were killed, fourteen men wounded | and the remaining members of the patrol were surrounded and captured. Lord | Kitchener mentions holding an Inquiry | into this reverse. Alleged Terms of Peace. THE HAGUE, April 14—From those close in touch with the Boer leaders here | it appears that the latest secret dis. | patches from South Africa outline thé peace proposals now under discussion at Pretoria. They closely follow the sum- maty given on Saturday last by the Even- ing News of Edlnburfh. .with the fol- lowing additional details: The Boers to accept a British Lord Commis- sioner, with a Boer executive, both to be resi- dent at Pretoria. The country to be divided ipto districts, with Eritish district officers and @ Boer committes chosen by polling by the burghers. The veto right is to be reserved to the British Govern- ment. The majority of the British officers must be conversant with the Dutch language. Johannesburg to be ceded to the British, with complete British civil government. A war indemnity of £10,000,000, to be dis- | tribted by mixed committees. Disarmament to occur when the first batch of Boer prisoners is sent back to South Africa. No war tax to be levied. Both languages to be recognized in the | schools and courts and in official documents, The expense of -the garrisons in South Africa to be borne by Great Britain. The present Boer Jeaders to be retained in office =0 far as possible. the State had that right, but that it also | the State might, of | | to know if x;asmm:lon wanted was that the court ould enjoin a combination of the two | T | | i | — i ¥ E v s AN DIEGO, April 14.—A large del-'| egation of railroad men arrived here this evening to attend the quarterly meeting of the Tran: | continental Passenger Associa | Yion, which opens .to-morrow.’ It is be- lieved that every railway Missouri River will be represented be- fore the association settles down to busl n The docket for the meeting is un- vsually large and forty-three matters will come up for consideration. . The most important matter is the ‘‘interchangeable | mileage” ticket. A committee has been werking on this ‘question for a year and the members feel confident that the } ticket suggested by them will be adopt:d | by the association without any opposi- | tion. | The committee has several samples cf tickets, but the one that meets with gen- eral approval is one which is, godd for {3000 miles. It sells for $% and will be recognized by all roads west of the Mis- | sourf River. In this way all traveling and commercial men will have only: to | buy one book instead of having to secure | a different book for' each road. The | ticket, however, will not be recognized on the train, but will have to be. pre- sented at a ticket office, where coipons representing 5 cents each will be torn off for the amount of transportation and a ticket issued. When the 3000 miles are covered the purchaser will present his book at the office and receive a rebate of 20 per cent. This rebate will be paid by 2 bureau which the Transcontinental Passenger Association will establish. Better Rate for Clergymen. At the present time the clerical rate which is allowed by the Transcontinental Passenger Association is a half fare. A traveling cleric when past the/Missourl River has to pay full fare. A resolution will no doubt be adopted at the meeting whereby the Eastern roads will recog- | nize the haif-fare rate and permit clerics | to ride to the Atlantic seaboard for half ARMY OFFICERS TORTURE SPIES Senate Committee Hears Evidence Concerning ‘Water Cure. WASHINGTON, April 14—The Senate Committee on the Philippines: began the week with an intention of making an in- | vestigation of the charges to the effect | that the “‘water cure,” so called, is prac- ticed on the insurgents. Charles 8. Reiily of Northampton, Mass., formerly a ser- geant in Company M, Twenty-sixth Vol- unteer Infantry, was the first witness | called with that énd in view. 2 Reilly said that he bad been in the Phil. ippines from October 25, 1899, to March 4, |1901. In reply to questions by Senator Rawlins he sald he had witnessed the “water cure” at Igbaris, in the province | if Iloillo, on October 8, 1900. It was ad- | ministered to the presidente, or chief Fili- pino’ official of the town. He sald. that | upon the arrival of his command at Ig- baris the presidente was askéd If runners had been sent out notifying insurgents of their presence, and upon his refusal to give the information he was taken to the conyent, where the witness was stationed, and the “‘water cure” was administered to him. This official was, he said, a man | about 40 years of age.” When he (the wit. | ness) first saw him he was standing in the | corridor of the convent, stripped to the waist and his hands tied behind: ‘him, with Captain Glenn and Lieutenant Con- ger of the regular army and Dr. Lyons, a contract surgeon, standing near, while many soldiers stood about. The man, he said, was then thrown under a water tank, which held about a hundred galions of water, and his mouth placed directly under the faucet and held open so as to compel him to swallow the water which was allowed to escape from the tank. Over him stood an interpreter repeatin, one word, which the witness said he di not understand but which he helioved to be the native equivalent of ‘‘confess.” When at last the presidente agreed to tell what he knew he was released and allowed to start away. He was not, however, per- mitted to escape, an pon refusing to glye further information he was again aken, as he was about: to mount his horse, :and the ‘“‘cure” administered for the second time. This time the man was not stripped nor was he taken into the building. Dr. Lyons said the water could be brought to the spot and given there, west of the| s Py | 7 ;t S g ' THREE REPRESENTATIVE | RAILROAD MEN AT THE 1 SAN _DIEGO} MEETING. [ ° 1 —% £3 fare. A number of applications have been pmade by roads to join the association. The Great. Northern, Nortuern Pacific and Canadian Pacific are among those that are not members of the association, but whether they will join at this meeting is_not known. President Farreil of the Pacific Steam- ship Company is here. He is J. J. Hiil's right-hand man and his. presence is sig- | nificant. | _The steamer Spokane will arrive at San Diego to-morrow and President Farrell and the members of the Chamber of Com- merce of San Diego will entertain the railroad men by taking them for a ride around the bay at the close of the morn- ing “session. Among those who arrived this evening are: Prominent Delegates Arrive. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe—George T. Nicholscn, ‘passenger traffic manager, Chicago, and W. J..Black, general passenger agent, To- peka, Kan. Burlington and Missourl River J. Francis, general passenger agent, Neb. Chicago, Bustls, general passenger agent, Chicago, and W. A.'Lalor, assistant general passenger agent, Chicago. Chicago and Northwestern—W. D. Kniskern, general passenger agent, Chicago. Railroad— Omaha, s, Burlington = and _Quiney—P. I B e e e e e e e SRR R R GASTRD SUFFERS A SERIDUS LOGS General Montenegro and His Troops Join the Revolutionists. WILLEMSTADT, Island of Curacao, April 14.—According to a dispatch re- ceived here to-day, General Montenegro, President of the State of Cojedes, has turned against President Castro. To- gether with 80 men he left San Carlos, the capital of Cojedes, last Saturday morning and joined a force of 450 revolu- tionists under Luciano Mendoza. These revolutionists purpose marching toward Valencia, the capital of the State of Carabobo, which is only three days distant from San Carlos. The defection of General Montenegro is believed to be a serious blow for President Castro, and it is said here that several other.Govern- ment Fenerals will follow Montenegro's example. The various revolutionary bands are joining forces, and in two_or more large bodies, numbering about 2000 men each, have been marching in the direction o Valencia for the past few days. General Obdulio Bello, one of President Castro’s faithful followers, and the troops gf nis command were routed last Satur- ay near ¥l Pllato, a small village about seven miles west of Porto Callebo. It is believed here that the Venezuelan revolution will now progress actively. Your Business Requires It. The Pen Carbon Books, for copying let- ters and bills, are-the most handy and most_economical books ever got out. If you write letters or bills you should be interested in seeing them. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . phamtin vsiah 4L v SR ALY UKIAH, April 14.—Cleveland's flouring mill, six miles north of this city, was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is “estimated at about §7000. The fire is believed to have been ot incerdiary origin. K e e e e and when it was brought, in a five-gallon ¢an, one end of a syringe was placed “in it and the other end in the man’s mouth. As he still refused, a second syringe was ‘brought and one end of it placed in.the prostrate man’'s nose. He still refused, a{xd a handful of salt was thrown into e water. This had the desired effect, and the. presidente agreed to answer ali questions. |WESTERN RAILROAD MEN TO MEET . ~ AND DISCUSS AFFAIRS OF MOMENT Convention Will in Al Probability Adopt an Interchangeable Mileage Ticket for Use of Commercial Travelers. RAILAOAD DEAL [ UNDER WAY Louisville and Nashville Line Is Very Likely to Be Sold. Speculators Who Are Inter- ested in the Maftter Are Reticent. NEW YORK, April 14—Countless ru- mors dealing with the reported change of control 8f the Louisville and Nashville road were current to-day, but nothing in the way of an official, or semi-official statement was obtainable. The several conferences of last Satur- day, including that between John W Gates and George W. Perkins, at the of-‘ fice of J. P. Morgan & Co., are regarded | \ with more than a little significance by students of the situation. Gates had an- other talk with Perkins to-day, and soon | after President Spencer of the Southern Rallway visited the Morgan Banking | House. John W. Gates and his associates are reported to own or control more than 300,000 shares of Louisville and Nashville, | of ‘which_the total share capital is 500,000 | shares. Some of this is on contracts for | delivery within the next three weeks. It | is not doubted that the Loulsville and | Nashyille-Southern Railway situation was | thoroughly discussed at the meeting be- | tween Messrs. Perkins and Gates, but with what result may not be known for some days. Conservative opinion inclines to the be- lief, however, that the Southern inter- ests will soon ‘be found dominant in Louis- ville. 5 The strength of Illinois Central during to-day's early session of the stock mar- | ket gave rise to the belief in some quar- ters that the road would be found in con- trol of Louisville. The best information fails to bear this out. One of the afternoon reports had it that | Morgan & Co. had been asked to take the Louisville matter in hand and effect a settlement if the terms of the Gates faction were not too onmerous. On this and all other matters all hands main- tained reserve. Perkins gaid that under To circumstances wogld h® talk about the matter, and Gates deelared that Louis- ville was the one thing he must decline to_discuss. “It has been said, Mr. Gates, that you and your friends control more than 300,000 shares of Louisville.” “I cannot prevent people from talking,” was Gates’ reply. “but I again tell you that T am not talking, on this subject.” i O HEAVY STORM Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific—John Se: bastian, general passenger agent, Chicago. Chicagp ard Alton—George J. Charlton, gen. eral passenger agent, Chicago. Lo hicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul—F. A. Mil er, S. Merrill, assistant Denver, Colo. Colorado Midland—C. H. Speers, general pas. senger agent, Chicago. general passenger agen! Colorado Southern—T. E. Fisher, general pas- Rallway—W. F. sénger agent, Denver. Fort Worth and D. C. Sterling, assistant general passenger Fort Worth. Great Northern—F. 1. Whitney, general pas. senger agent, St. Paul, Minn. Chicago, Rock Island and Texas—W. H. Firth, assistant general passenger. agent, Fori Worth, Tex. Tllinols ~ Central—Samuel Hatch, . assistan general passenger agent, Chicaga. Burlington (Missouri lines)—L. W. ‘Wakeley, general passenger agent, St. Louls, Mo. Missourt Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Moun- tain and Southern—H. C. Townsend, general passenger agent, St. Louls, Mo. Northern Pacific—C. S. Fee, general passen ger agent, St. Paul, Minn. Burlington, 'Cedar Rapids agent, and Rapids, Iowa. Oregon Short Line—D. E. Burley, general passenger agent, Salt Lake City, Utah. Oregon Railway and Navigation Company— AL land, Or. Texas and Pacific—E. P. Turner, general passenger agent, Dallas, Texas. Iowa Central—W. A. Batty, general passen. ger agent, Marshalitown, Io Craig, general passenger agent, Port. Chicago Great Western—J. P. Elmer, gen- eral passenger agent, Chica; Wiscy senger Wgent, Milwaukee; Wis. Southern Pacific—E. O. McCormick, passen. ger tratfic manager, San Francisco: S. F. B, Morse, assistant passenger New Orleans; T, H. Goodman, general passen. ger agent, $an Francisco: M. L. Robbins, gen eral passenger agent, Houston, Texas; F. B. Miller, general passenger agent (lines in Ore gon), Portland, Or. - Wabash—C. ' §. Crane, agent, St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis and San Francisco—A. Hilton, gen. eral passenger agent, St. Louis. Union Pacific—E. ger agent, Omaha, Neb. Santa Fe (lines west of Albuquerque)—J. J. Byrne, general passenger agent, Los Angeles, J. Charlton (chalrman) and E. L. Bevington (secretary) of the Transcontinental Passenger Aesociation, Chicago; J. F. Edwards, St. Lguis; E. E. Holton, Southern Pacific; George Gard- per, Southern’ Pacific, and J. J. Byrne, Santa e. B general el tl of | VIGITS BERLIN e general passenger agent, Chicago, and A. Northern— John Farmer, general passenger agent, Cedar 0. sin Central--J. C. Pond, general pas- tratfic manager, passenger L. Lomax, general passen- from Kovno, capital of same name, residing near that place, have Tobbers,, who beat ot fheir braing wite Lightning Strikes and Sets Fire to Many ; Buildings. BERLIN, April 4.—A violent thunder- storm, accompanied by heavy rain, broke + | over Berlin and its vicinity early to-day, causing much damage. Many buildings were struck by lightning. The fire brigade . | was summoned to upward of 300 places t | to extinguish fires and cope with the floods. The water was so deep around the ap- » | proaches to the railroad station on Fried- | rich strasse that it was impossible to | reach the depot. At the Lehrte station some of the waiting-rooms had to be closed, as the walls threatened to fall. A portion of the embankment of the Potsdam railroad near Schoeneburg was swept away, and similar damage to the clrcular rpliroad necessitated a suspen- sion of traffic. . The streets were sb flooded that the cars in several districts were abandoned. The streets were almost impassable for pedestrians, and consequently the schools were closed. The museum was consider- ably damaged. The decorative portions of many buildings and the statues in the ublic squares were seriously damaged Py hall, which for a time fell most heav- y. The cellars of the Royal Theater an the Reichsbank are under water. i A house on Gericht strasse collapsed. Some of the occupants were injured. ———e Chinese Troops Join Rebels. TIENTSIN, April 14.—It is reported here that 1000 of General Ma’d troops who were taking part in the Chasyan, - dition nave deserted and jomea s & Tobe Is in Southern China, taking with them heir arms, ammunition and treasury. S ST. PETERSBURG, April 14.—A dispatch the government of the announces- that all the membe; family, numbering seven ™ f a Jewish n sl READY TO FIGHT THE BEEF TRUST Attorney General Drops Concealment as to His Intentions. Officigls Instructed to Secure Information in Various Cities. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 14.—There will be a fight to a finish in the prosecution of the beef trust, and Attorney General Kngx himself has said so. The Attorney Gerleral to-day dropped all concealment as to his intentions. He seit to the Committee on Judiciary a letter in which he announced for the information of ths committee that he had already taken steps for the prosecution of this illegal combination, thus confirming in every de- tail the news published in The Call of | Sunday morning. The Attorney General's letter will not be made public until to- morrow, but it is understood to be very direct in detailing the purpose of the De= partment of Justice. The news from Kansas City that ac- tion had been ordered and that a Fed- eral Grand Jury had been called is neither confirmed nor denied. The bellef here is that proceedings have not reached as radical a step as that, but that the Dis- trict Attorneys at.Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City have all been instructed to use the utmost diligence in proeuring evi- dence which will enable the Government to proceed without any risks of a mis- carriage of justice for the smashing of the trust. The evidence that is required in these instructions is understood to be two-fold. First, it is desirable to establish legal proof of the existence of a combination between the six great packing houses for the purpose of controiling the beef and provision trade of the country and for the fixing of prices. Second, it is important to bave evidence that will hold in a court as to whether this combination has di- vided the territory of the country and designated sections in which one or mora shall exclusively operate, and, further, whether in the matter of bidding there has_existed an understanding that there shall be no_competition, but that certain designated firms shall have certain desig- nated contracts. The actions that will be brought will probably be also two-fold in their object. First, an effort will be made by Injunc- tion to restrain these great packing houses from combining to violate the anti-trust law and interstate commerce laws. Second, to prosecute criminally persons who so combine for the purpose of crushing competition and creating a monopoly and raising the price of the most important necessity of life. Representative Newlands of Nevada to- day introduced a bHl to remove all du- ties on beef imported from foreign coun- tries. CONFESSES THE MURDER OF AUGUST LAYTON William J. Byers Commits Crime to Please the Wife of His Vietitn. PITTSBURG, April 4.—Willlam J. By- ers, a young mam of prepossessing ap- pearance and mahner, was. arrested to- day at his home in East Pittsburg for the murder of August Layton near Turk Creek last spring. Byers was trapped through the agency of a letter written to a young woman telling of his crime. Byers confessed to having shot Layton five times, and after a talk with the pris- oner Superintendent of Police McAleese eoncluded that the killing was the result of a conspiracy, and to-night ordered the arrest of Layton's widow, who is_now the wife of Frank Willlams of East Pitts- burg. Byers at one time boarded at the Layton house in Turk Creek, and is sald to have been infatuated with Mrs. Lay- ton. His story, as told to the police au- thorities to-night, clearly implicates the woman in the murder. The murder of Layton last May was one of unsolvable mystery to thespolice. Byers to-night broke down and con- fessed. “I killed Layton,” said Byers to Detective McGovern, as he threw himself on his breast. “For God's sake, save me. I was in love with her and she loved me. She hated her husband and said we must kill him.. It was arranged on the night of June 10 that I must kill him. I was to accompany him to McKeesport and kill him on the way. Whén we were on the farm of Edward Taylor I stepped back of him and shot him in the head. Layton fell to the ground. Then I put four shots in his head. I dragged the bedy to clump of bushes and threw brush over it, 1 went to the home of Mrs. Layton and spent the day and night with her. We went to a dance that night and had a good time together.” Charges Brought Against Officials. ST. PETERSBURG, April l4.—An in- vestigation has been opened by the court at Saghalin, an island off the east coast of Asia belonsini to Russia, into numer- ous charges of thefts and embezzlements brought against Government officials. 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