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TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1907. tWO rFNTf PER COPT. ON TRAINS THREE CENT ILEKLY FOUNDED. JS32. aT rVKvK I II 11 i II 1111 CONGRESS HAS POWER UILLIIS DYIfJQ CAPITOL PROBE thoiizing common pleas courts to investigate alleged election frauds.
Mr. Hecht of Philadelphia Providing that bonding companies must furnish with each bond a certificate from the Insurance commissioner that they won III GERMAN HE China and America, with the single reservation that there may be some small and trivial boycott effect as to American flour entering China through Hong Kong. Inquiry made by the consul general has developed the fact that the surplus of cotton pieca goods, which remained after the close of the year 1906 and which was atlll further "Increased by the deliveries under contracts made in December, 1906, and January, 1908, has furnished the supply with which Shanghai and Northern China merchants have met the small and diminished demand from Manchuria, a region constituting the natural market for II 10 SECURE JURY. Talesmen Seem Anxious to Erade Duty in Thaw Case. NINE MEN NOW IN THE BOX.
Special Panel of 200 is Nearly Ex hausted and Court Orders the Sum moning of 100 Additional Talesmen. AH the Members of the Defendant's Family in Court During tha Day, New York, Jan. 28. The jury which la to try Harry Thaw for the killing" of. Stanford White la nearly completed.
When court adjourned thle evening there were nine men In the Jury one having been added during the morn ing session and one just Detore uie nour of adjournment at 6 o'clock. It waa expected to-night that tha taking of testimony might be begun on Wednesday afternoon. Fifty talesmen were examined to-day and ao rapidly were the remaining members of the special panel disposed of at tha morning session that at noon recess ordera were hurried from tha court for the summoning of additional 100 talesmen who are to report before Justice Fitzgerald to-morrow morning. This will make a total of 300 men thus far summoned. Of the original panel there remained to-night but thirty-five and It was not considered that this number would be sufficient out of to select the three Jurymen necessary to make out the trial complement of twelve.
Of the fifty men examined to-day forty-three were excused upon, doc tors' certificates or uron the ground that they had formed opinions which. were too strong to be shaken ty tne testimony or for various other reasons sufficient to incapacitate a man ror service In cases where the penalty may be death. Five talesmen were cnai lenged peremptorily, the State leading in the exercise of this privilege, with three challenges. The two men of the fifty who proved acceptable to the State and to Thaw and his counsel were Charles D. New ton, a retired railroad official, who Is perhaps 66 years of age and Louis 1 HaasriherNew representative of a Philadelphia wholesale candy con cern, who is not more than 30 years of age.
In accepting the latter Mr. Jerome dwelt for some time upon the question of reasonable doubt, questioning the talesman scarchingly as to his ideas of the differences between reasonable doubt and a possible doubt. Mr. Haas-seemed to Incline to the Idea thai a conviction for murder In tha first degree should be voted only when such doubt a one might feel in regard to some vital issue- In his own life had been removed by the evidence. This seemed to satisfy the district attorney.
Mr. Newton, became Juror No. 8 and No. 9. District Attorney Jerome continued to-day to base liis examinations the talesmen upon the belief that Thaw's lawyers may offer two defenses, one of emotional Insanity at the time of the shooting, and the other the "unwritten law." He asked the accepted talesmen If In tha event two defenses were offered and they were not consistent with each other which they would accept.
Both -of the new 'Jurors declared they would be guided by the court's Instructions when It camo to questions of law. All of the defendant's family were In court to-day. Mrs. Harry Thaw and her Miss May McKensle, were the first to arrive. Then came Mr.
William Thaw, mother of the prisoner, accompanied by her two daughters, the Couniesi of Yarmouth and Mrs. George L. Carnegie. Edward and josiah Thaw and Mr. Carnegie also were preaent.
The family sat closely grouped In two rows of chairs Just back of the prlsoopr. As usual they seldom spoke to each other. Mrs. William Thaw had a gracious how and a smile for the prisoner's wife when they first met and the latter was quick to return the Thaw seemed delighted when he saw all of his family in court and to be In high spirits throughout the day. PITTSBURG WITNESSES FOR THAW.
Pittsburg, Jan. 28. Detective Roger O'Mara, formerly superintendent of police, who was engaged by Harry K. Thaw immediately following the murder of Stanford White, will leave this city to-morrow for New York to at tend the Thaw trial. He will make his headquarters at the Hotel Navarre.
O'Mara refuses emphatically to discuss the purpose of hie trip or confirm the report that he will take with him eight witnesses of importance to the defense. Persistent rumors are in circulation here that Dr. C. C. Wiley and Dr.
Henry A. Hutchinson, superintendent of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane at Dixmoflt, a suburb of this city, will leave for New York this week, where both of them will be called as expert witnesses to prove that Harry K. Thaw was not responsible for his act in shooting White. Dr. Wiley was seen to-day and an effort was made to secure a verification of the report regarding his connection with the case, but he would not discuss the matter and no amount of questioning could Induce him to commit himself as to what part, If any, he would take in the trial.
Car Shortage Affects Ice Harvest. La Crosse, Jain. 28. The car shortage Is causing a famine In Ice and promises to have, a serious effect over a large section of country next summer. On the Mississippi River between LaCrosse and Lake Pepin millions of tons of ice are harvested each winter to supply half a dozen Northwestern and Middle States.
This yer the dealers are unable to get cars, and as there Is not sufficient storage facilities on the ground, the harvesting of ice for shipment has stopped. Dealers at LaCrosse and other Mississippi points predict that this will mean an Ice famine of serious consequences next summer. The matter will be called to the attention of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Opera Salome May be New York, Jan. 28.
The final decision as to whether or not "Salome" will again be given at the Metropolitan Opera -House Is expected to be reached on Wednesday, when there will be a conference of the directors' of the company which owns the opera house with the directors of the Conretd Metropolitan Opera Co. -3 BuSonic Plague Aastralia. Sydney, N. 8. Jan.
28. There is a recrudescence here of the1 bubonic plague which broke out first in February, 1905, and 'reappeared In March, 190. Eleven cases, two of which were fatal, have been reported since Jan. 15. TO REGULATE COMMERCE.
BEVERIDGE DECLARES IT CAN EXERCISE ANY RESTRAINT IT -SEES FIT. Washington; Jan. 28. Senator Bev- eridge occupied the attention of the Senate throughout the day with a continuation of his argument In behalf of his child labor bill. He nad but reached the- legal and Constitutional phases of the question after speaking for than four hours, and arrangement was made whereby he will conclude to-mor row.
In taking the" position that as to power Congress could exercise any restraint it saw fit on meree, tif, TBeveridge met a fusillade of questions by his colleagues and nis progress iri argument- was slow. Whila he said. the power to regulate was abso he maintained that the question of policy would always restrain any hurt ful regulations. The Senate 'adopted a resolution directing the Interstate commerce com mission to report as to the position In Its employ held by C. S.
Hanks, who recently stated before the Boston chamber of commerce- that railroad rates could be reduced 10 per cent without impairing dividends. The resolution also asks for the facts on which this statement was based. Both" Houses to-day adopted a joint resolution continuing the joint postal commission until its affairs can be wound up. Twenty bills relating to the District of Columbia were passed -to-day In the House, this being "District Day," under House rules. A Joint resolution was passed granting permission to the secretary of war to sell during the next three months to citizens of Montana at actual cost to the United States at a place of "sale limited quantities of hay.
straw and grain for domestic uses, from the stock provided for the use of the garrison at Fort Asslnniboine. Mont. Representative Dixon, -Senator-elect from Montana, explained that there were 0,000 head of cattle In the vicinity of the fort threatened with starvation, by reason of the billiard now raging and In dire need of hay. strw and grain. At 5:10 p.
m. the House adjourned. AMERICAN TENTS FOft EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS. GOV. WETTEN HAM CHANGES HIS MIND ABOUT ACCEPT- INd AMERICAN AID.
Kingston. Jamaica, Jan. 28. Tho heaviest earthquake shock since the one which devastated Kingston on Jan. 14, occurred here at 4:30 o'clock this morning.
No particular damage is reported as a result" of the latest KhOck. It was announced here to-day that a' special commission to Investigate the situation at Kingston In behalf of English insurance companies sailed from Brlstoriast'Saturday. The purpose of-the commission Is to ascertain the facts concerning the conflagration which followed the earthquake shock with the. view elthar of arranging a compromise with the Insured or preparing evidence with which to combat threatened legal proceedings. Acting upon instructions from the government Capt.
John S. Battle of the 11th Infantry, arrived here this morning on board the steamer Oteri from Santiago with more than 100 army tents from Guantanamo. Governor Swettenham. who 'refused Admiral Davis's offer of the mame tents a few days after the earthquake" and fire, has now accepted the loan of them. Albert E.
Engier, who was reported missing following the earthquake Is safe, having reported himself to the American consul several days ago. Daniel Comstock. -an American tourist, who was seriously injured at orle of the smaller- hotels. Is now out of danger and progressing satisfactorily. UNABLE TO SECURE BAIL CRAWFORD WILL WITNESSES STIIJ, IN THE SCRANTON JAIL Scranton, Jan, 28 Attorneys French and Fell, who came on here to secure the release of Beldel and Rahman, the witnesses for Schooley in celebrated Crawford will case, have met with no success thu.
far. The accused are still In the county jail. Attorney French offered to become bondsman for both, but the alderman refused to accept him aa the real estate he offered for security was all situated In New Jersey. It was intimated to-night that an effort will be made to secure their release by a writ of habeas corpus to be from the Federal Court. Schooley, the all undaunted by the developments of Saturday, Is working hard to secure ball for his witnesses.
Attorney 8. B. Price, who represented him at the former hearings and went his boil In the forgery case, left for Atlantic City, Saturday, and haa not returned. Mr. Price ia president of a bank and one of the leaders of the Lackawanna bar.
VICTIM OF SUICIDE PACT. GIRL KILLED BY ELECTRIC TRAIN WAS A FARMER'S DAUGHTER. Camden, N. Jan. 28.
The body of the young woman, who Is believed to have entered into a' suicide pact a who with a male companion was killed by an electric train on the Pennsylvania Railroad near here on Sunday, was to-night Identified that of Wll-helmlna Lacey of Iona, a small vK-lage a short distance below Gloucester. The young woman's father is a farmer and the body waa Identified at the morgue here by Howard Snyder, a farm hand. Snyder drove the girl to the station on Friday. She said ahe was going to Camden. Where she went is not on Saturday, the authorities have learned, she alighted fwm a train at Gloucester at 6:41 p.
m. The girl was accompanied by three men whose Identity has not been established. Neither has it been determined whether the man who was killed on the railroad with the young woman was one of "the three men who were seen with her at Gloucester. His body has not been recovered from Newton Creek. Into, which It was burled by electric train.
FLEITZ HOLDS PLACE. SCRANTON MAN REAPPOINTED DEPUTY ATTORNEY GEN2RAL. Harrlsburg, Jan. 28. Attorney General Todd to-day reappointed Frederic W1.
Flelts of Bcranton as deputy attorney-general for the fulji term of four ieara. The appointment was approved by Governor Stuart. OF Terrible Conditions Reported to Prerail in CHINA'S FAMINE DISTRICTS. American Consular Official Pradiot That Deaths WUi Exoeed the Tar- ribleReoord of 1877 When Famina Claimed 10,000,000 Victims Starv I Parents Offer Children For Sala at Small Prices. Washington, Jan.
28. Mail repprta from American consular officers In China, reaohea the State DeDartment to- day regarding- the famine and resulting 'conaiuons, still further confirm the atones of suffering and hardship among the peo ple in the districts affected. In fact, Consul Haytves, at Nanking, saya that the famine Is ten tunes worse than anything known In that part of the empire for the past forty years. The Chinese offi cials, be says, upon Information given him the viceroy, admit their lnballty to oop with the situation. The govern- Jfnent is trying to help the starving people 7 to keep their and to this and is taking their oxen and buffaloes In pawn for two taela each, keeoln them thus juntll next spring, when It will return jthetn.
Consul Haynea declares that what ever aid ma be extended by this towrn Iment in the present crisis will certainly do muctt to dispel the ill-feeling recently aroused by the boycott, the exclusion act. eta Consul General Rodgers, at Shanghai, that aa Inquiry which he has made entirely private sources gives the general conclusion that the famine will, by March 1, be regarded as breaking the record for the number of deaths Involved, exceeding that of 1877, when it Is estl mated that 10,000,000 people died as a re sult of Four million people are already starving. It Is said there are at present more than 600.000 refugee at Tslnklangpu huddled In mat sheds, and that the pitiful eight is dally witnessed of parents offering their children for sale at 12 to 14 each. Brigandage and robbery, It Is added, are everywhere rife. i "The subject of this Kri Mr.
'Rodgers, "is now being made the basts of proclamation from all classes of Chl-. tins officials, and It there has Ver been good ground for any Skepticism as to the severity of the affliction or the danger of the condition It has now Mr. Rodgers concludes: "My deliberate opinion Is that the next few month will see the development of dangerous things In this part of China and that such con dltinns and circ*mstances will have i great effect on foreign Interests, political well at commercial. China New Year, which luckily falls late this year, being In the "fcecond week of February, is watched with no small degree of uneasiness." U. MERICAN TRADE WITH THE CHINESE.
CONSUL GENERAL -RODGERS SAYS IT HAS NOT" BEEN AFFECTED BY BOYCOTT. Washington. Jan. 2S. In a special re- port to the State Department on the sub ject of the trade relations between the United States and China.
Consul General Rodgers, at Shanghai, states that the boycott has had nothing to do with the falling off of trade. In proof of his assertion he states that trade with other nations where no boycott was Involved sliows a corresponding shrinka.ge.fQr a similar period" of "time. The subject was deemed to be oni Of such importance that the State Department to-day gayo out a statement regarding It. The statement says that Consul Rodgers says his attention has lately been called to articles In American newspapers stating that the great falling off in American imports in China, during the "'current year does not' verify his conductions expressed In a report" on the trade in China In 1905, that the boycott on American goods had had little or no effect. Mr.
Rodgere states positively that the boycott had nothing whatever to do with the present trade conditions as between MISCELLANEOUS. WE LOAN MONEY On watches, diamonds and Jewelry at per cent STAR LOAN 4 C. BLOCH. Mgr. Next to City Hall.
BEAR MEAT TQ-DAY We will serve bear'fmeat to-dav at our usihess men's lunch, from 11:30 a. m. to p. m. Hugo Rabe's Hotel, 36 South Mam St.
C. E. SMITH CO 5 10 Cent $tofe. We are showing a big variety of men's reck wear. Nothing over 10 cents.
8.29 Fine skating at Carey Avenue ice park. Pkates rented and sharpened. Entrance to free. -Announcement We have a beautiful 1907 for- distribution among our friends and customers. If you will call at our storo and are known to us, on of them will be for you, otherwise we will ask you to make a purchase to become the possessor of one of these Art Calendars.
Cnme now, a word to the wise Is sufficient. ROBERT JOHNSTON, 1J N. MAIN CITY. a ONE DOLLAR TO LOAN To $1,000 on diamonds, watches. Jewelry, guns, etc.
Lowest rates. Oldest estab. H. BLASE A 38 W. Market St ts CHAS.
E. SMITH. Leading Tailor, 76 S. Main St. Rir reductiona on Winter Suiting and Overcoatinga.
38.2S WONKY TO LOAN on collateral security of any description. All buelneas strictly confidential. KEYSTONE LOAN CO Rooms 43 and 44 Lanlng Public equars. WUkes-Barra. (8 SHIBER BROS.
House movers and masoii 117 rMoyallen Street, new "phone 719-R. 24-63 MONTCY LOANFJD on watchee, diamonds jewelrv at low Interest. SAMT'KL LANDAU. i6-5S So. Main St J09 HOUSE.
Administration Measure Adopted by Vote of 181 to 2. AMENDMENTS ALL REJECTED. Mr. Shannon Introduces Msacjre Com- pettihf ateF'Companies to Fur- rlish Water to Municipalities in Which Source of Supply is Located. Housa Daclaraa For, Popular For United Stataa Senators.
Harri8burg, Jan. 28. The State administration's' capltol investigation resolution was adopted In the House to-night. It waa offered by Mr. Homelier of Lancaster and provides, for a committee of three senators and four representatives, one of each to be a Democrat.
The committee Is directed to organize as soon as the governor signs the resolution and is to have all the powers of a court regarding sub-penaing and examining witnesses and can engage1 all necessary employees. It la to report Its findings to tne present session. No appropriation la carried, the resolution pledging a sufficient sum lor the expenses to oe appropriated when the committee reports. A substitute resolution offered by Mr. Creasy of Columbia was defeated, 47 to 138.
It provided for a commission of five citizens to be appointed by the governor and to report to him by Sept. 1, 1907. When the governor ceuid lake such action as he might see fit. An amendment to the Homsher resol ution by Mr. 5ipts of Fulton, authorizing the State treasurer to hold up suspected bills until the committee Jjas reported, was referred to tne -commit tee when appointed, after considerable debate.
The vote was 123 low. Upon the final voU the Homsher resolution was adopted by 181 to 2, Messrs. Casey of Luzerne and Decker of Lehigh, voting In the negative. When the resolution was presented to the Senate for concurrence a. motion to adjourn until Tuesday morning waa adopted.
The resolution will probably be adopted by tne senate at to-mor row's session. FLOOD OF NEW BILLS. The following among other bills were introduced In the House: Mr. McCullagh of Allegheny Author izing a State association of county commissioners. Mr.
Woodward of Allegheny Authorizing school boards in second and third class cities to establish teachers' training schools in with high schools; appropriating $2,500,000 to the" care of the indigent Insane Mr. Cochrane of Armstrong Fixing the pay of road commissioners, viewers, $3 per day and surveyors at Mr. Adams of AlleghefiyReqtilring fire Insurance companies to insert in policies a clause providing for the adjustment of loss. Mr. Sedwlck of Armstrong Regulating the hunting of wild water fowl: prohibiting killing rabbits, except with a gun; fixing a penalty of from $10 to $60 for destroying wild birds' nests or eggs.
Mr. Patterson of Blair-Levylng a tax or $1 per on all resident hunters-Mr. Stevens of Bradford Appropriating $56,000 to Packer Hospital, Sayre. Mr. Davis of Chester Establishing a lawful standard for measuring milk and cream; providing for the appointment by the governor of Inspectors of Scales, weights and measures and appropriating $10,000 to enforce this act; appropriating $5,000 to carry into effect the act-for the-appolntmentuf inspectors of measures.
Mr. Brown of Clarion Fixing the maximum legal weight at 16,000 pounds of loads to be carried over township bridges; authorizing county commissioners to take and maintain control of township and borough bridges. Mr. Clyde of DelawareGiving municipalities the right to sue in the courts of the counties in which such municipalities are located where service cannot be obtained In such county on a defendant; extending the act re lating to electric light wires in third class cities to telegraph and telephone companies and empowering municipalities to purchase and condemn conduits. Mr.
Lutx of Delaware Authorizing boroughs to regulate building. Mr. Mlnehard of Franklin Authorizing cities and boroughs to compel railroad companies to maintain safety pates at grade crossings. Mr. Reynolds of Lawrence To en force the articles of the constitution, so as to prohibit discrimination, ownership otTcoal companies, giving of passes, ownership of 'parallel lines and the rnining of coal; relating to the ability of common carriers.
Mr. Marvin of Pike Prohibiting fish ing1 with a containing more than three hooks. Mr. Stradllng of Philadelphia Relat ing to taxing as part of the costs (If printing paper hooks upon appeals to the supreme and superior courts. Mr.
Mover of Lebanon Providing a time In which tax collectors shall make settlement SHANNON'S WATER BILL. Mr. Shannon of Luzerne Compelling water companies to furnish water to municipalities in which their source of supply Is located and giving municipalities the right to furnish water to their residents. Mr. Hall of Luzerne Providing that trust company treasurers shall engage In no other business.
Hapgood of McKean Amending the factory Inspection act to correct defects In the sections declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. Mr. Price of Monroe Creating a bounty for the destruction of certain noxious animals. Mr. Nesbit of Northumberland Providing for a constitutional convention.
Mr. Ehrhardt of Lackawanna Rendering Incompetent Jurors having conscientious scruples against rendition of verdicts In divorce cases. Mr. Mlnehart of Franklin Limiting the powers of the department of health. Mr.
Dunsmore of Tioga Creating the office of assistant deputy attorney general and authorizing an additional stenographer in the attorney general's department a uniform fare of 2 cents per mile en steam railways. Mr. Fair of Westmoreland Fixing the salary of the superintendent of public instruction at $5,000 and of the deputies at providing- for an appeal to Ahe courts from the tax valuat tlon of real estate. c. Mr.
Fahey-of PhlladelphUv--GivIng a Hen against horses and other to blacksmiths and farriers. Mr. Beldleman of Dauphin Appropriating $75,000 to the State game com-. mission; $10,000 for establishment of State gams preserves: providing that when a criminal Is willing to plead guilty no Indictment need be found jrainst I Mr. Freudenhyser of Schuylkill Au i are entitled to be soler suretyr A duplicate of the Mcllhenny resolution for an Investigation of alleged violation of the Shern act was offered by Mr.
Scott Of Philadelphia and referred tG the municipal corporations committee. 1- Mr. Blakslee of Carbon offered a resolution reciting that the ownership of most of Pennsylvania's natural resources lis vested In non-residents of the State and calling for a Joint committee to prepare legislation to encourage such holdings by residents of the State only. It was defeated. A Msoiutlonby.MQr.th.Jeffer-4 son.
caning -upon me. rennsyivania members. In Congress to 'work for an amendment to the Constitution sd that. United States Sena tors hall; be- fW't-ed by direct vote of the people', was car-rlecL -r-r 7- At 10:30 o'clock the House adjourned until, 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, WORK OF THE SENATE. George Wllllawva WeV.sborc.
senator-elect from the Twenty-fifth district to succeed the lato Myron Matsop of Bradford, was sworn in by. President Judge Kunkle of the Dauphin County court. In the Senate to-night. A bill was introduced by Mr. Roberts of Montgomery fixing the salaries of senators and representatives at $300 a month, or' $3,600 Tor the term of representatives and $7,200 for senators.
Under the present system senators and representatives receive a salary ot $1,500 a session. The Roberts bill does not spply to the present members ot the legislature. Other bills were- Introduced at follows: Mr. Edminston of Bradford Providing that legal holidays shall be counted as taught whenever occurring in common school month. Mr.
Fox of Dauphin Providing that any person may without being licensed vend and sell by hawking and peddling goods of his own manufacture; fixing the salary of the superintendent of public grounds at $5,000 a year, an thorizlng the superintendent to appoUit a deputy and caretakera and laborers about the capltol. Mr." Stlneman of Cambria Appropriating $450,000 for the care and treatment of the soldiers' orphans: Mr. Blewltt of Lackawanna Authorizing bureaus of health in second class cities to abate nuisances and making the expenses of such abate ment a lien upon the lands Upon which the nuisance was Mr. Godcharles of Northumberland-Requiring railway trains, locomotives and cabin cars to be equipped with fire extinguishing appliances. Mr.
Langfltt of Allegheny Confer ring upon either party in a civil action before justices of the peace or alder men the right to demand trial by a jury of six. Mr. Dewalt of Lehigh Amending the act enlarging the powers of Or phans' courts so as to Include charges on real estate by the provisions of a win or otnerwise. Mr. Murphy of Philadelphia Pre venting any individual from holding more than one offlco In a building and lean association, Mr.
Mcllhenny if Philadelphia -offer sd a resolution -which was referred to the municipal corporations committee. tnat the Philadelphia civil service commissioners be constituted a speclul commission to 'Investigate the alleged violations or the Shern act, which prohibits municipal employees in Philadelphia from taking an active part In pontics. The nominations, of Thomas J. Lynch of South Bethlehem as Stata water supply commissioner; John S. 8weeney, alderman of the Fourth wardr Pittsburg, and William M.
Rarn sey of Pittsburg, gas inspector of Allegheny CountyL were, confirmed- Mf. Herhst of Berks offered resolu-tion -which 'was referred to the law and order committee, that that com mittee be Instructed to examine Into the alleged careless use of high explosives, and, if feasible, prepare a bill so as to minimize and prevent tha careless, indiscriminate and criminal use of these -articles, the committee report to the Senate not later than the first Monday of March-of 1907. Bills amending the act of April 13, 1867, relating to the. relief of desert ed wife and children and the act of March 6, 1903, relating to contracts, passed finally. The bill for the sanitation of cars and the protection of the State's water sheds was recommitted to committee.
At 10:40 o'clock the Senate ad journed until 11 o'clock Tuesday morn ing. The bill for the removal of the Eastern Penitentiary was also recommitted. TEXAS LEGISLATORS ANGRY. RESENT STORY THAT BAILEY HAS CORRUPTED THEIR MORALS. Austin.
Jan. 28. The action of the newspaper men In attendance upon the Texas legislature is to be Investigated. This is due to a telegram al leged to have been sent from here. 40 certain "papers, charging that Senator Bailey corrupted the morals and secured the voting strength of the legislature In his race for re-election as United States senator by the "use of wine, women and money." The members apparently resent this statement and the Senate to-day ap pointed a committee to investigate the conduct of newspaper men to see which one.
If any here, has sent out such' a story. Tho House will act on the matter later. QUASHED THE RETURN. COMMISSIONERS CANNOT BE HELD FOR FAILURE TO BUILD BRIDGE. Pittsburg, Jan.
28. The Washlnrton County Court to-day quashed the return of the recent coroner's jury which recommended that the county commissioners be made subject to grand Jury action on a charge of negligence and manslaughter in connection with the drowning of Mrs. Mary Blakley and her Infant son which occurred a fewrdavs ago East Pike Creek, over which the commissioners failed to build a bridge. The court held the commissioners were in no way liable for the accident and could not be Indicted; that since the commissioners have discretionary power governing such cases they were not forced to construct such a bridge and could not be held liable as public officers for any decision, they might Cloked Himself to Death. Battle Creek.
Jan. 28. Charles aged capitalist and (tanker of Memphis, committed suicide here to-day at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, where he was being treated for a nervous trouble. His wifedls-covered his body In a bath room, a shawl strap around his TMek showing that he had choked himself to death. More Than 150 Men Killed By a Terrific EXPLOSION OF FIRE DAMP.
Stvenfy-Sevsn Bodies Have Besn Brought to the Surface arid Fifty. Six Others Art Known to in tha ine-r-Fifty Poor- Fallows Wsr Frightfully Injured and Most of Will Saarbrueck, Rhenish Prussia, Jan. 28. A fire damp explosion occurred to-day in the Reden coal mine at SU Johann-on-Saar, opposite Saarbrueck. and caused the loss of from 150 to 309 lives.
1 The Reden mine is owned by the Prussian government. Up to o'clock this evening seventy- seven bodies had been brought to the surface 4 fifty-six corpses were known to be still under ground. Only fifty live men up the present time have been brought out, and of these the doctors say at least thirty-five surely will die. as they are frightfully injured through having been hurled by tne torce or the explosion. An official report given out this evening says the number ot dead cannot exceed 160.
Immediately after the explosion rescue workers were hurried from all the adjacent mines and boldly entered the Reden shaft In great The work of rescue haa been greattly hampered by the poisonous gases resulting from the explosion and- by a fierce fire that broke out Immediately afterwards. During the afternoon the efforts at rescue. had to be suspended for these reasons and the rescue workers had to be mine. After all the rescuers -had reached" daylight, according to one veralon, a second terrific detonation was heard under ground. But according to another report many of the rescuers were still below when the second explosion occurred and it Is estimated that the casualty list from the two eploslons reached total of 800 men.
It Is regarded as certain that the lowest levels of the mines are completely wrecked and the Inspectors are deliberating upon further measures to get control ot the fir. The manag rs are discussing the advisamity of flooding these levels as the onlv means of extinguishing the flames. It Is be lleved that ail the men who are In the lower levejs. assuredly are dead. It will take a' full week to enter and ex- plore the mine.
Earlier details oi page 2.) MAY ESTABLISH PRECEDENT. GOVELRMENT WILL REFUSE" PAT MENT 0NBBANJC'Hj REDIS- COUNTED PAPER. PiUsiwrg. Jan. 28.
Receiver George C. Cittis of the qloaed Farmers and Drovers National Bank of -r Waynes-, burg, lo-day completed his Investigation of alleged Irregularities In the institution and forwarded this evening a detailed, report to the of currency at Washington It la-said "the report wilt state that the redtscounted paper from the Farmers and Drovers bank amounts to abmit and will recommend that the government In settling up the affairs, disregard these rediscounts. It Is said to be the intention to allow the banks holding redlscounted paper" to arrange settlements with the This has already been done In many cases. In rase banks holding re-discounted paper make demands on the government or Its agents, payment will be refused and If possible a precedent in national banking established. As many such cases are anticipated jt Is expected many months will elapse before the bank's affairs are settled.
Accidentally Killed Hit Son. Bristol, Jan. JS. George DishnerY a middle aged farmer, residing two miles west of Bristol, accidentally shot and al-moiit instantly killed his 11-year-old son. Jefferson Dlshner, while out hunting on his farm near Bristol at o'clock this The father and son had finished hunting through a field ond were preparing to go into an adjacent field.
The son had crawled under th wire fence and as th father was stooping down to go between the wires the trigger of his shot gun was caught In the barbed wire, the gun was accidentally discharged and the contents emptied Into the son's left breast. An Old Lindmtrk Burned. Altoona, Pa Jan. 28. MaJ.
-H. A. Grlpp's summer home. Elkhurst. near Tyrone, one of the old landmarks of this section, was burned to the ground to-day by a fire which started from an overheated furnace in cellar.
VGrlpp. who Is the wealthy crayon r-, tist. purchased the property some years ago and furnished it with rich antique furniture. His loss Is $25,000. Bank Teller Feond Dead ia Park.
New York. Jan. 28. John Williams, 40 years old. paying teller of the.
Lincoln Nattonal Bank, was found dead inn Bronx Park to-day with an empty bottle that had contained poison Ivlns: at his side; He had apparently been dead several hours. Gen. Thomas James, president of bank, said that the dead man's accounts were' straight. Breaker Deitroyed Fire. scranton, Jan, 21 -The breaker supplM Jointly by the'Mt.
Jessup and Moosic Mountain Coal workings waa totuJl destroyed by fire that eoke out at a little before 12 o'clock to-night. The cause is not known. It has a capacity of t.200 tons, and by Its destruction 900 men and boys are thrown Idle. More Btef ta of Oceaa Linen. ARRIVED AT NEW YORK.
Potsdam, from Rotterdam. SAILED FOR NEW YORK, Wfstcrnland.ifrom Antwrrp. ARRIVED OUT. Pstrtcraraf Hamburg: Finland, at Ant werp; Albert, at Genoa; Kron-prtns Wllhelm. at Cherbouig.
Weather Bureau Forecut. For TlMtttjlaV MmA Ur.n.D.u em Pennsylvania, Eastern New York. New Jersejs Delaware. Maryland and x-'iiur-ic-i 01 rair Tuesday; Wednesday cloudy and warmer', probably ienow. varfabte winds.
American cotton goods and Where the boycott never existed. When the impedi ments to foreign trade In Manchuria owing, to Japanese war occupation and other causes connected therewith were fully understood and appreciated In Shanghai in the early spring of 1306, it became certain that there would 'be a great shrinkage in Imports, not onlv-from but from other nations. To the commercial situation in Manchuria was added that of all northern China and es pool illy the Yangtse Valley, where the surplus goods of all kinds, imported principally by speculators who honed-la run the' blockade In the north, were worked off at prices favorable to the Chinese. thus overstocking, the country for a time when the Chinese, through crop failures and high prices, had little money for lux uries or even necessities. Present day investigation, says the consul-general, dlsaloses that the trade of England with China through Shanghai la In the same proportion aa the American.
REGULAR ARMY MEN ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. PTTTSBTTRG CASH INVOLVES THE RIGHTS OF FEDERAL SOLDI ERA. Pittsburg, Jan. .28. Testimony to show mat wuuam crowiey, after ha had cried out: 'Til give up; don't shoot, fellow, was dot by private John Dwd, upon orders from Lieut Ralph W.
Drury of the United States Army waa given at the trial of these two men for murder to-day, The case la regarded as the most Important of Its kind that haa been tried In a decade. The Commonwealth ia prose cuting, while, the government Is defending for the prosecution, met by equally sur prising hints aa to the line of defense to be followed was brought Out In the cross- examination of witnesses. The particular question at inane con corns the right of -a United States soldier to kill another man outside of federal property, who Is 'suspected of having committed a crime within government property. -A jury-wss procured to-day and just before adjournment of court the prosecu tion flnlshedlts cw-Counsej for the dn. r- ftinse aum)urioedThat their case would be taken up on.
opening of court to-mor row and would take several days. The defense as outlined to the jury sets up that the theft of copper from the ar senal by Crowley would be proved, that witnesses for the prosecution cdntradlcted themselves, that the fatal shot was fired after repeated warnings to halt, that Crowley would have escapeHa-he not been shot just when he was, and that finally this-will! be proved by Crowley's dying statement 7 a LAZE. (JREAT GARAGE DE STROYED AT NEW YORK. New York, Jan. 2S.
Lobs estimated at nearly $4,000,000 resulted from a fire that starting Just before midnight to-night burned out the garage of the New York Transportation at Eighth avenue and West Forty-ninth street and damaged the street oar barns of the New York City Railway adjoining. A rotary charging plant for electric vehicles, said by the company to have been recently -Installed at a coat of $3,000,000 was ruined In the garage as were 100 automobiles owned by private parties and considered worth $700,000. Nicholas night watchman In the parage, was seen staggering frfwn the building, his clothing aflre, and gasp ing for breath. He was followed through ine Dig aoors dv a sneec ot name tnai extended 'far out across Forty-ninth street. The man was picked up and the fire which enveloped him was extinguished.
Soon the entire garage arid the car barns adjoining were In flames. EI forts were directed toward removing from the garage more than 200 electric, gasoline and other kinds of automobiles, but many of these were destroyed by the fire. The firemen tried to prevent the further spread of the fire and save the big charging but in an hour this plant had town flooded and electricians employed by ths company said water would cause as much damage as fire. Fifteen minutes after the Are broke out, a series of explosions Occurred, one of which blew out a section of the roof. In a row of tenement houses opposite the car barns and garage in Forty-ninth street a scene of panic ensued.
The police aided residents In the row In the work of removing furniture and i household effects, but the tenements were only scorched. BURIED UNDER TONS OF DEBRIS BUFFALO FIREMEN CARRIED DOWN BY PALLING WALL-THREE MEN MISSING. Buffalo. N. Jan.
28. Burled under tona of lc-ooated debris of the eight-story Seneca, building at 101-109 Seneca street, destroyed by fire to-day, three firemen are probably dead or so badly injured that they will die before aid can reach them. About twenty firemen, including the three missing men, were on the roof of the Heywood building, adjoining; the Seneca, fighting against a spread of the flames, when two thick walls of the Seneca building collapsed. Tons of debris from the crumbling walls crashed down upon th roof of the lower Heywood bulld ing, going through the roof and carrying floor after floor into' the basem*nt. Not one of the twenty men escaped without some Injury, but half of them were able to fight their way out and to give aid to their less fortunate comrades.
Gangs of men were at once put to work clearing away the wreckage and rescuing the Imprisoned firemen. By noon all but three of their number had been released and hurried to hospitals. It was said to-night that none of the injured will die. The rescuers worked in relays all afternoon but no trace of the missing men could be found. As night fell electric light wires were strung into the ruins and to-night by the light of arc lamps the work of rescue was kept up.
Cattle Drin From Cold. Minneapolis, Jan. 28. J. -H.
Howeils of Mi not. N. one of the leadlne buyers of cattle and sheep In the West, wno was in Minneapolis io-aay, saia that cattlemen of the West would lose more than a million dollars because of the severe winter. He has lust returned from a tour of Inspection In the Alberta, Canada, country. According to Mr.
H-owells. cattle iy" the thousands huddled together along the railroad tracks and dead cattle were to he seen for a hundred miles or more, lying twenty deep In some places. The same conditions, he says, prevail in Montana. -X.
