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BIG LOTTERY SURRENDERS TO THE GOVERNMENT To Escape Jail Officsrs Agree to Pay $300,000 in Fines. WEALTHY MEN PLEAD GUILTY Federal Authorities Accept the Ple.i ?Gambling Game of Millions to Be Ended Without Trial or Imnrisnnmpnt. Wilmington, Del.?The sudden dismissal of the Federal Grand Jury, assembled especially to probe into the affairs of the Honduras National Lottery Company, and the notice to hundreds of witnesses, under subpoena, that their attendance will not be required, corroborates the news from New Orleans that the gigantic gambling enterprise has surrendered. Among those who have been accused of having an interest in the Honduras Lottery are Alfred Hennen Morris, David Hennen Morris, of New York; Oscar Hauger, of Hoboken, - nnri Frank T. Howard, of New Or leans, receiver of the New Orleans water works. The principals in the game will plead guilty and will pay a fine aggregating about $300,000, which will be the penalty in lieu of imprisonment. Scores of prominent men in Louisiana will contribute to thic fund rather than go to jail, and the United States Government has elccted to accept these pleas of guilty, apparently, rather than go to trial and bring the big men in the game into the limelight. The surrender of the lottery men is complete and unconditional. The statement is made on trustworthy authority that absolute assurance has been given to the authorities at Washington that the lottery has been abandoned and its property sold or destroyed, aDd that there will be no resumption of the sale of tickets in any part of the United States at any future time. The company has not been in active operation since January. Tickets are said to have been printed for the February drawings, but they were all recalled early in that month, and the agents were informed that they would never be issued again. The company is said to have offered its fine building in Puerto Cortez, Honduras, where the drawings were held, at public auction, having closed down and dismantled it. It is also said that all the property that the Honduras Lottery people own in this country is being sold, together with all their machinery, equipment of every kind, and in fact everything in connection with the exierprise. District Attorney Nields also said: "The Government is proceeding as rapidly as possible to destroy the Honduran National Lottery Company, to punish its officers and agents and to confiscate and destroy all its property. " John M. Rogers, whose large printing plant at Sixth and Orange strests; in this city, was raided a year ago, but who was never brought to trial on that specific charge of printing lottery tickets, is one of the most prominent men of Wilmington. He is public spirited, and, being wealthy, has given freely to numerous philanthropic movements. FIGHT MAY SEND BEEF UF. l'acKers ana commission Men \\ rangle Over Inspection Losses. Chicago.?The fight over the question whether the packers or the commission firms shall bear the expense of cattle condemned by the Government's post-mortem examiners threatens to send the price of beef sky high. Unless the Beef Trust recedes from its determination to delay payment on cattle until after that examination has been made by the Government inspectors there seems to be no doubt that the commission firms, backed by the cattlemen, will hold out for a long time and cause ascarcity of beef. The packers informed the commis- 1 sion firms that they would not bear the expense of condemned "cow stuff," and that they would not settle for cattle until after the inspection. The commission men in turn have sent thousands of letters and tele grams to their customers directing them not to ship any cattle to the big markets controlled by the trust until the fight is settled. Those letters, it is expected, will cut down the supply of beef tremendously. The commission men say the packers are trying to enforce the rule with regard to "cow stuff" with the aim of extending it to sheep and hogs. "Cow stuff" is a minor item in packing house business, and for that reason, the commission men say, it has been selected as the basis for the first ftght. Less than two per cent, of this class of purchases is condemned as unfit by the inspectors. The loss on it alone would not mean much to the commission men and the produceis, but if the packers were allowed to make this rule in regard to cattle, they will extend it to Dther forms of live stock, the commission men say. The result would be that it would drive the commission men out of business and make cattle raising extremely unprofitable. The commission men have sent an appeal to the Secretary of Agriculture. ro VALUE NEW HAVEN ROAD. Engineers to Cover Every Foot of Road in Specially Equipped Train. . New Haven, Conn.?A crew of engineers, in charge of George E. Palmar, has arranged to leave this city for a five months' trip, covering every Coot of track owned by the New Haven Railroad to get the esact value of ihe property. A car containing measuring apparatus and other brakes, together with i living car and special engine, will make the journey. AMERICA FOR DISARMAMENT. England Ready to Leave to United Shifts Prnnos.nl of Onpstioii. Rome, Italy.?According to the latest reports regarding the negotiations on the subject of the proposition to discuss the question of the limitation of armaments at the coming peace conference at The Hague, Great Britain is ready to withdraw . from presenting her proposition if the United States decides to bring up the question, in which case Great Britain would support the American proposition. IH'KWLErS JIOOW DEAD Assassinated President's Wife Passed Away at Canton, Ohio. She Was an Invalid For Many l"car3 ?Her Health Shattered After Death of Two Daughters. Canton, Ohio.?Mrs. Ida Mc^ qley, widow of President William AiCKinley, died at the famous McKinley cottage here. The transition from life to death was ?o peaceful and gradual that it was with difficulty that the physicians and attendants noted when dissolution came. Mrs. McKinley did not know of the efforts made for days to prolong her life. Mrs. McKinley's last words before she became unconscious showed that death would not be unwelcome. An attendant said: "Mrs. McKinley would say: 'Why should I linger Please God, if it is Thy will, why defer it?' She would also say: 'He is gone, and life is dark to me now.' Other kindred expressions would fall from her lips." Mrs. McKinley's life of almost sixty years had been made familiar to the Nation by the fact that more than half of it was a period of invalidism. Through all that, however, she showed a firm and unwavering belief in the career of her husband, and by her cheerful words, in spite of personal afflictions, encouraged him in his darkest hours. She believed his star of destinv never would set until he had become President, and for more than a quarter century she cherished that belief until her hope was realized. Ida Saxton McKlnley was born in Canton June 8, 1847. James A. Saxton, her father, was an intellectual and progressive business man and banker, his wife a woman of extraordinary culture and refinement. Ida Saxton was reared in a home of comfort and ease. After attending Canton school she was a pupil In a private school at Delhi, N. Y. She nest went to a Cleveland academy, and finished her education In Brook Hill Seminary, Media, Pa., where she studied for three years. THEODORE TILTON DEAD. A Voluntary Exile in Paris After the Beecher-Tilton Scandal. Paris, France. ? Theodore Tilton had been unconscious for hours before he passed away. Theodore Tilton exiled himself from America in 1883, following the Beecher-Tilton scandal. Mr. Tilton was born in New York in October, 1885. His education was obtained chiefly at the Free Academy, now known as the College of the City of New York, from which he was graduated in 1855. About the time that Mr. Tilton became superintendent of the Sundayschool Mr. Beecher received into the rhiirch Elizabeth M. Richards. Mr. Tilton married her in 1855, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher officiating at the wedding. ^ Mr. Beecher and Mr. Tilton became friends almost from the day that Tilton joined Plymouth Church. It is said that Tilton first attracted the notice of Beecher by the stenographic reports he made of his sermons. The friendship between the two men became more intimate, however, after Tilton became connected with the Independent, of which Beecher was the editor. When Beecher retired as editor Tilton succeeded him in that position. Through all this period the Beecher and Tilton families were on visiting terms. Mr. Beecher was a frequent caller at the Tilton home, which was at 174 Livingston street, Brooklyn. He and Mrs. Tilton were openly very friendly. There was no gossip about them until about three years before the suit. In August, 1874, Tilton sued Beecher for $100,000 damages, charg' ing the alienation of Mrs. Tilton's affections. The trial lasted 112 days. It resulted in a disagreement of the Ju*y. 14 1 1 {SOUTHERN JURY CONVICTS A Woman Who Killed a Banker in P.ef ending Herself Prom Assault. Eastman, Ga.?Although she declared dramatically on the stand that she killed Banker W. J. Marrell because he was attempting to assault her, Mrs. Sallie Freeny, a young widow of good family, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. i. litJ J U17 ic atucu a vciui^i aitci being out nineteen hours and recommended mercy, which under Georgia law will- prevent-herefrom being hanged. A remarkable feature of the verdict is that more than half the jurors were in tears as Mr3. Freeny told the story of "being forced to kill Marrell. KILLS GIRL PLAYING CIRCUS. Playmate Shoots Cousin With Revolver She Supposed Wasn't Loaded. Scranton, Pa.?While playing circus at the Dawson home, Lottie Dawson, twelve years old, shot and killed her cousin and playmate, Verna Davis, fourteen years old. Lottie unlocked a drawer in the sideboard, and taking out a revolver which she supposed was not loaded, pointed it at her cousin and laugh lngiy saiu, uu, us piay suuw. The weapon was discharged and Verna fell dead with a bullet in her brain. Lord Curzon Nominated. The Unionists of the Jarrow Division of Durham, England, have invited Lord Curzon to stand for the seat of Sir Charles Palmer, Liberal, who is soon to retire. Railway Pay Rolls Reduced. Heads of departments of New York Central Railroad line3 in Buffalo were ordered to cut down their pay rolls one-third. With the Workers. Eighteen hundred longshoremen struck at Montreal. Coopers in the Toronto (Canada) breweries propose to ask for a mini mum wage of $15 a week. Boston (Mass.) Newsboys' Union wishes more space on Boston common allotted for playground purposes. An increase of ten per cent, has been granted the Grand Trunk roadmasters, foremen and section men. At Boston (Mass.) a district council of city employes' unions has been permanently formed for mutual effort and protection. ?.. . , - ^.? -jti _ K OPTIMISTIC SECRETAR: ?Cartoo girT victim qf~ tiger is dea Panic in Tents When Enrage ' Animal Charged on Crowd and Attacked Ponies. Twin Falls, Idaho.?Four-year-oi Ruth Rozell, who was attacked by Royal Bengal tiger which escape from its cage at the performance c the Sells-Floto circus here, has die from her injuries. Mrs. Rozell, th mother of the child,who was knocke down and badly shaken by the tige is overcome with grief and the shoe of her experience. Thus far no crin inal action has been brought again: the circus management, and, whil the panic following the breaking c the animal from its cage and the ei suing tragedy are the sole topic < conversation, there has been no den onstration made against the circu by citizens because of the unfortunat occurrence. The tiger charged into the crowc killing the little girl and a Shetlan pony, and mauled several other spe< tators and ponies before it was she and killed by a man in the audienc< For a few moments there was a pani in the menagerie and women screame and fainted. The elephants tugge at their chains and trumpeted wildlj and there was great commotion unt the tiger rolled over dead in front c the main entrance. Hundreds were in the menageri tent at the afternoon performanc when the time came for feeding th animals. Markel, the tiger, and hi mate, Agnes, had been restless fo some time. At the sight of the mea Markel beat furiously with his paw pn the door of the cage. The doo gave way, and the tiger sprang froi his cage to the neck of a Shetlan pony fifteen feet away. The tiger's keeper seized a bar an struck the animal between the eyei Markel released his grip on the pony' neck and leaped upon the back of ar other pony. Again the keeper felle him with the iron, and he relinquishe his hold of the second pony only t seize a third. Another stiff blow froi the iron drove the, tiger from hi prey and he leaped into the crowd. The tent was well filled, and th people fled in every direction, mos of them crowding out under the car vas. One woman scrambled to th top of an animal cage and refused t come down until long after the tige was killed. Shrill cries from the frightened elc phants aroused the keepers to furth er activity. The guns kept by th C TT'DrQ covor Q J-Ul crnci ??u? v uv v? ty-flve feet away, and had they bee GIRL ALONE ALL NIGHT IN JUNGLi Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Be] Loses Way in Indian Wilderness. Washington, D. C. ? Miss Hele Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas J. Bell, has just returned from a eventful winter in India, the mos thriliing episode of which was a nigh alone in the jungle. Miss Bell left here early in th winter to spend several moirths in In dia with English friends, Mr. au< Mrs. Arthur F. Hopkins. Part of th time Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins and thei party, including Miss Bell, were camy ing near Hyderabad and hunting bi game. The men o? the party startea ou on af hunt one morning, and towar night Miss Bell rode out from cam to meet them. She missed the tral after a few miles and soon found hei self getting further into the heart c the jungle and unable to get her beai ings. Darkness came on, and with i a heavy,rain. Alone with only her horse and few dogs, Miss Bell faced a night i that lonely wilderness known for it venomous snakes. The night wor on and no help came, and, unab?e t lrPCTPOV CVftWSTORJ l ?il\AlT 11^ IV juo a. v, .? Six Inches of Snow at Many Places i Michigan. Detroit, Mich.?Michigan felt th grasp of the worst May storm eve known in the State. After violen rain and lighti ing storms, the weatt er turned cold and in many parts c the State heavy snow fell. At Saul Ste. Marie there is six inches of sno^ At Mackinaw the snow was drive by a forty mile gale. Reports fror the fruit belt are very discouragir.; ' From Woman's View Point. As Mrs. Hetty Green grows olde -t. - J liaHnr anrf with mor 6lit; ureases ucuiw care. Mrs. Gertrude Atherton was at las accounts hard at work, at Munich, o a new novel. Her publishers stat that she "finds the atmosphere c Europe more congenial for her wor than that of America." Barbara Krupp, second daughte of the late Herr Krupp, was marrie at the Villa Hugel, near Essen, Gei many, to Baron Tilo von Wilmowsk The couple will live at Bonn, wher the garon is a government official. r OF AGM(TOT1^WII50M n by Berryman, in the Washington Star. available they could not have been used on account of the danger to spectators. 0 Women seized their children and dragged them from the path of the maddened tiger,* and hundreds of little children clung to the skirts of their terrified mothers and scrambled irj to get away. Markel headed for the main entrance, forty feet away. In his rush he struck several people with his shoulders, knocking them down. Mrs. S. E. Rozell, of Twin Falls, and her little daughter Ruth could Id not escape the tiger's rush, and were borne to the ground. The tiger held Mrs. Rozell with his paws while his l(* fangs sank into the neck of the child. )f J. W. Bell, a Twin Falls blacksmith, d was standing beside Mrs. Rozell when ie she was attacked. His wife and child dren, too, were with him and at the r, mercy of the beast. k Thrusting his family aside Bell i- drew a revolver and opened fire on st the tiger at a distance of three feet, le When the first bullet struck Markel )f behind the shoulders he winced and l- opened his jaws, growling viciously >f and lashing his tail against the wall l- of spectators. The second 'bullet is caused him to release Mrs. Rozell and ;e her daughter from the grasp of his paws, and the third to put him on the 1. run. d Bell followed, firing three more bullets into the fleeing tiger, as it ?t ran outside the tent. Markel was i. sorely hit, but he managed to crawl c some distance before he collapsed d Recovering his strength for an ind stant the tiger turned and started r, back toward the stampeding spectail tors. Bell was waiting for the at?f tack with his revolver reloaded, but the big beast had enough, rolled over, e snarling and biting at his wour.<K g and exnired in a few moments. '9 e Meanwhile the news that the tiger s had escaped had spread, and spectar tors continued to flee from the tents, .t Many of them fell or were knocked s down in the confusion, but none sus r tained serious injuries. n Mrs. Rozell and her daughter were d taken to the office of a physician, where everything possible was done d for the child. It was found that the 3. teeth of the tiger had frightfully lacs erated the neck and breast of the litl tie one, and much blood was lost bed fore the wounds could be closed. The d little girl died, and Mrs. Rozell was o removed to her home. * n Markel was reputed to be one of s the largest and best proportioned tig. ers on exhibition, and was the pride e of the manager. He had shown no it previous signs of ill temper, and the i- management of the circus was astone ished at his behavior. Many persons o thought that the door of the tiger's r cage might have been more secure. The keepers were helpless on account !- of the confusion, and had it not been i- for Bell's presence of mind and e j prompt action in rismng an eucouul | ter with the angry tiger more lives n ' might have been sacrificed. find her way in daylight, she was still more helpless in the thick darkness. ? In the distance she heard the roaring of panthers and other wild animals. LI Her horse and dogs heard the sounds and became almost unmanageable in their fright.. n The rain, which poured down steadily, was a blessing in disguise, though 5l she knew it not at the time. n Her friends told her later it was it undoubtedly the rain that prevented [t her being surrounded by reptiles. It kept them under cover and she was e unmolested. l- Miss Bell's friends sent out several d hundred coolies to beat the brush, e They failed to find her, but at day-* r break she found her way to a cleari ing, and meeting a native who could g speak some English was directed to the camp. ;t Miss Eell returned to the United d States by way of Japan. The vessel ? ??? i nVi ^Arvlr rvopoQ (ra li o H i n at P UU W 111 11 OllO lUUft J/UO-JUQU uuu jukii [1 left Yokohama when it ran aground - on a reef. It was safely floated, and if started on Its voyage, but a few days - later smallpox appeared on board, .t and for fourteen days the passengers were quarantinedon the Pacific coast, a Miss Bell finally reached her home n safely, with a stock of exciting stories s for her relatives and friends. She is e now with her parents at their couno try place, Twin Oaks. I WIFE AND SON SLAY OPPRESSOR n So It is Charged When They Surrender to Authorities. e Parkersburg, W. Va.?Asleep in t bed, Harvey Yohe, a prosperous -t farmer, near McFarlan. Ritchie Coun i- ty, was shot and killed, it is alleged, if by his wife and son. The murder It took place after a bitter quarrel, in r. which Yohe unmercifully beat his n wife and their boy, about seventeen n Mrs. Yohe and the boy, John, sur:, rendered themselves to the police The Field of Labor. e A strike of 300 machinists was declared in Lowell. The Farmers' Union has estab'n lished an organization in Kansas, e The Commercial Telegraphers' >f Union of America decided to strike k unless certain grievances are remedied by the Western Union Company, sr According to the opinion of prom d inent labor leaders, the most sausr factory employment of convict labor i. would be on the building of public e highways and the reclamation of , State lands. _ . . V' ' ' - -f?k . I f . V- \ "ROOSEVELT IMS FOB IHE 1EBIM BOYS Tells Archie's Schoolmates to Be Brave, Strong, Gentle and Kind. LEARN TO HOLD THEIR OWN rri,? x r-* u.t JLUL' JjUlIJ* lite mcautrsi uuy 1U II1U World, Declares the PresidentDefines Desirable Citizens?Hit the Line HardWashington, D. C. ? President Roosevelt delivered an address at the annual presentation exercises of the Friends" Select School in this city, where Archie Roosevelt is a student. His subject was "The American Boy." The President said: "I want to see the boy enj^y himself. The boy at play sometimes exhibits these qualitieswhich determine the kind of man he will make. If he dislikes his work, if he shirks his studies, he will develop into a great failure in everything else. If he hasn't character to study, he won't have character to play. Play hard when you play, and work hard when you work. Right here there is as great a lesson for the grown-ups as for the younger ones. V "I want to see the boy work hard, but at the same time I want to see him remember the other side of life. I want to see you brave and strong, ana i want 10 see you gentle ana kind. These are the qualities that make up the good citizen. I want to see you so conduct yourselves that among your fathers and mothers there will be a feeling of regret, and not relief when you are away from home." The element of courage in the young boy, as essential and imperative along with any other trait, was the basis for some references by the President. "When you are out among your playmates," he said, "don't be afraid of the little boy who happens to be rude to you. The boy who is too nice to hold his own is not the boy who will grow tA be the best citizen. When you boys grow to manhood I want to see you put the wrongdoer out of the way, and to make the man who does wrong Heel that you are his superior both in strength and character. If you can't hold your own you will be a curse in any environment and remain the dread of those around you. "The bully, the boy who would maltreat a weaker boy or an animal, is one of the meanest boys In the world. I want to see you protecting those who are weak against thoste who would oppress the weak. It's a boy who becomes a citizen that will be strong enough to abhor and de' spise the betrayal of a trust and strong enough to stand for the right. "Hardness of heart and softness of head" was the term applied by the President to many parents whose boys were utter failures, and who lacked the fundamental principles for good citizenship. He declared that the mother who permitted her boy to have his own way without restrain, and whose selfish wishes were always granted without a single curb, would see that boy develop into an undesirable citizen and a "selfish and brutal husband or father." "Novr, I have finished, and just a closing word to you, boys," said the President. "I am going to give you some of the rules of which I am fond and which are as applicable in life as on the football field: 'Don't flinch, don't foul and hit the lino hard.' " FURNITURE TRUST FIXED. Judge Thinks Men Would Prefer to Work For $1.50 a Day. Chicago.?Judge Landis fined F. A. Holbrook, the American Seating Company, and the A. H. Andrews Company $5000 each, and nine other furniture companies amounts ranging from $500 to $2000, for violation of the anti-trust laws in forming a conspiracy in restraint of trade. The defendants pleaded guilty. Judge Landis delivered a scathing denunciation of the methods adopted by the church and school furniture trust, declaring that the punishment fixed by law is inadequate to fit the crime. "When I reflect upon the methods resorted to," said Judge Landis, "] wonder why men engage in such business to get money. Almost any man, I should think, would prefer to work in a ditch at $1.50 a day. That is linnnocHnn nh 1 v a more disnified method." CONNECTICUT CALLS FOR HELP. Farmers Willing to Pay $30, Witt Board, For Spring Planting. Pomfret, Conn.?Farm help is so scarce throughout the agricultural sections of Connecticut that farmers are uniting to pay the expense of advertising for and bringing to some central point men and womeu frorn the seaports where immigrants are obtainable. Members of the Grange have reported that an active agent could send from New York and Bostou any number of able-bodied Swedish and Polish immigrants, who, having landed, are in search of work, and would prefer farm work to city employment. The wages offered to farm hands has never been higher, the prevailing figures being $30 a month, with room and board, and yet not enough help has been obtained to do the spring planting. Disarmament Not Advocated. The Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration adjourned after adopting a platform of recommendations to The Hague peace cob* ference, in which all reference to di& arr lament or the curtailment of ar* morie3 was eliminated. Premier Stolypin Denounced. Premier Stolypin's speech against, expropriation of land was roundly denounced by the radical deputies in the Russian Duma. Social Democrats Meet. OrtAi'nl r\ F "Rrifnin tJUtlUl 1/^UiUVl UbO Ul U1WUV UiibUiU met at London to welcome the Russian delegates who are holding a conference there; the speakers generally denounced the efforts of the governments to bring about an Anglo-Russian understanding. Oil Companies Guilty. The Missouri Commissioner to take testimony in Attorney-General Hadley's suit against the Standard, Republic and Waters-Pierce Oil Com panies found against the coa>na.niA9 I for. restraint of trade. 4 . - ' .* RIOT IN SANTIAGO; OUR SOLDIERS OOI Mob Uses Firearms and Threat ens City's Safety. CUBAN OFFICIALS POWERLESS Believe the Revolutionary Societies Are Behind the Strikers in the Present Movement?Business at a Standstill. Santiago, Cuba.?With the Government unable to control the strike situation, residents in all parts of the city are arming themselves, and barricading their homes against the violence that threatens. Five hundred members of the Rural Guard patrol the main thoroughfares, but the strikers do not fear them. It is reported, in fact, that the soldiers and the strikers are in sympathy, and some testimony is borne in this direction by the latest developments when strikers fired pistols recklessly without any sign of interference from the military patrols. The attitude of 'strikers toward Americans Is ex?. mely hostile, and has been growing since the recent fight in which a squad of American sailors was badly beaten. The strikers were infuriated when troops of the Eleventh Infantry discharged the cargo of the steamer Antilla, the crew of which walked out in a body. Threats to fire on the American soldiers were heard, but the men at work were guarded by a strong line of their comrades. . American residents are filled with fear that the rioters will attack them. It is said that there has been an attempt to move the strikers in concerted action against the Americans, but that so far wiser counsel ha3 prevailed. Many of the American colony assert, however, -that an assault may. come at any time, and that the small rorce of American troop's at hand may be unable to cope with the emergency. One bullet entered the main office of the Ward line of steamships, lodging in the wall a few inches above the head of a man at his desk. The strikers have threatened openly to burn property, and many of the wealthier families have stripped their town houses and fled to their country homes. Business is at a standstill, and no meat was received in the city for two days. Bread is delivered under armed guard. The strikers seized two wagons and spilled the bread they contained into the street. After the strikers had retired the bread was gathered up by hungry women a^id children. There are several ships in the harbor, all with large quantities of perishable supplies. One plan proposed is to permit the starving citizens to remove the supplies from these ships under the protection of the Rural Guards. But the strikers have declared that they will not allow thifc to be done, as it would go far to defeat their object. The cigarmakers voted to walk out, and this means practically the cessation of all work in the city. The 3treet cleaning brigade stopped work, and they were followed by men in other city departments. Intense dissatisfaction is felt at the delay of the Board of Arbitration in starting its deliberations, with a view to ending the strike. The longshoremen, who precipitated the trouble, are opposed to ail early settlement, and it is said that when the board finally begins its sittings they will come forward with increased demands. The ship owners declare that they cannot submit to the terms of the longshoremen, as they assert it would mean financial disaster. BECKER ADMITS HE SLEW GERL. I Confesses That He Strnck Her With a Stone in the Dandelion Field. Flushing, L. I.?Henry Becker, the wild-eyed youth held in the county jail at Long Island Cit>, confessed thnt hp is thft one who murdered pretty Amelia Charlotte Staffeldt in a field at Elmhurst. The confession was made to detectives while Becker was being taken in a carriage to the home of Mrs. Carmen Simonson, in which yard he washed his hands shortly after the j murder. Becker was taken to Mrs. Simonson's home so that she could identify him as the youth on whose hauds she saw blood stains. In his confession Becker described in detail how he first struck the child with a stone, and then, with the knife she had used in digging dandelions, stabbed her in the neck. MADE A $125,000 HAUL. Detectivcs Looking, For J. Edward Boeck, Accused by Jewelry Dealers. New York City.?An alleged swindle by which several of the largest j dealers in precious stones in the Mai- i den Lane district were defrauded out of jewels amounting in value to over $125,000 has come to light through an indictment obtained against J. Edward Boeck. According to a man prominent in the jewelry trade Boeck first became known about a year ago. when he engaged offices at No. 170 Broadway and announced that he was the New York representative of the firm of Boeck & Suttile, dealers in antiques, the main office, he said, being in Hong Kong, China. Dcnccn Signs Two-Cent Fare Biil. The Two-Cent Passenger Fare bill was approved by Governor Deneen at Springfield, III. This bill makes a straight two cents a mile limit on all railroads in Illinois. Fatal Boiler Explosion. Samuel Honecker, a fireman, was killed and George Clark, an engine driver, fatally injured by the explosion of a locomotive boiler on the Lake Shore road, near Northeast, Pa. | Late News Paragraphs. Records for snowfall in April were broken. Paris is face to face witn a snail famine. Spain's royal babe was named Alfonso Pio Cristino Eduardo. The death record of plague in In-, dia for six weeks is 451,89^. The United States Patent Office is months behind in its work. Ballooning as a recreation foi women nnas much favor in * ranee. Secretary Root, speaking at Yale, defended the raising of campaign funds. I Nothing I Ate MRS. LENORA BODENHAMER. ' Mrs. Lenora Bodenhamer, R. F. D. 1* Box 99, Kernersville, N. C.f writ??: "I suffered with stomach trouble and indigestion for some time, and nothing that I ate agreed with me. I was very nervous and experienced a continual feeling of uneasiness and fear. [ took medicine from the doctor, but it did me nq good. "I found in one of your Perana books a description of my symptoms. I then wrote to Dr. Hartraan for advice. H? said I had catarrh of the stomach. I took Peruna and Manalin and followed his di* rections and can now say that I feel as1 well as I ever did. "I hope that all who are afflicted withi the same symptoms will take Peruna, as ifc> has certainly cured me." The above is only one of hundreds who have written similar letters to Dr. Hartman. Just one such case as this entitles Peruna to the candid consideration, of every one similarly afflicted. If this be' true of the testimony of one person what ought to be the testimony of hundred^ ves tnousanaa, 01 uuucai., Kuwwt We have in our files a great many, other testimonials. PIMPLES "I tried all kinds of blood remedies which f?ll?d lo do ma any good but 1 bar a found th* right thing at lnnt. My face was fall of plmplaaand black' heads. After taking Cm carets they all left. lam continuing the nio of them and recommondlng them to my frlenda. I feel Una whan 1 rise <n tha morning. fHopa to bava a chance to recommend C"CRre'Yre(j c Wittan. 78 Elm St.. Newark. H. J.. The Bowels ^ CANDY CATHARTIC Pleaaant, Palatable. Potent. Taiie Oood^ GoodU Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe, 1#?. Sc.Mc-Nero* old In bnlk. The genuine tablet stamped CCC. Qoaranteed to cura or your money back. > Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or BiY. 553 mm SALE, TBI Mimoi BOXES Dr. Aked on Newspapers. Dr. Charles F. Aked's second ser? mon in the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, Rockefeller's church, In New York City, was listened to by an audience which crowded the auditorium. Dr. Aked denounced the sensational newspapers in an address which was devoted to a discussion of the ri&'ht and the wrong sorts of curiosity. It was based on the incident of Moses and the burning bush. "Socrates was such a prying fel * low, so solicitous of other people's -* ^ ?- 1 ? ?+W?+ i Business, mat is is uu wuuuci uwtB the Athenians killed him. Now, noH man, much less myself, will want toH break a lance for ignorance. ButH there is a good curiosity and a cheap I and worthless one. With the world so full of marvels, of good, of deeply interesting things, we make a great H mistake not to direct oar attention. H our curiosity, to all this, instead of H to the merely trifling. "There is much interest In the trifling. In fact, those of our news papers which are filled with the leastH useful and worthy matter are the veryH ones which have the largest circuit tion. People have an unfortunate de^H sire to know what they do not neeJH at all to know and what is of no useH to them. This is tragedy to me. ItB [ means a stagnation of the higherH I faculties of mind. We should dlrectB our curiosity in the right direction." Mastery of Life. Life is an art in which we too often remain mere dilettanti; one cannot attain mastery in it except by pouring out one's heart's blood.? Carmen Sylvia (Queen Elizabeth of Roumania). Now an Elephant Farm. The latest addition to the list of "freak farms" is an elephant farm, which, it is claimed, will be established near Pasadena, Cal. The plana are for maintaining a herd of 300 animals. British mills turn out dally more than 10,000 miles of cotton cloth. DR. TALKS OF FOOD ' Pres. of Board of Health. "What shall I eat?" is the dailyH inquiry the physician is met with. iH do not hesitate to say that in myfl judgment, a large percentage of dis-H ease is caused by poorly selected and^f improperly prepared food. My pef-^B sonal experience withthe fully-cooked^B food, known as Grape-Nuts, enablesH me to speak freely of its merits. H "From overwork, I sufferpd several^! years with malnutrition, palpitatioo^| of the heart, and loss of sleep. Last^H summer i was u;u vu caijchiucui sonally with the new food, which used in conjunction with good richHj scow's milk. In a short time after commenced its use, th-.* disagreeabl^H symptoms disappeared, my heart's ac-^| tion became steady and normal, the^f functions of the stomach were prop^B erly carried out and I again slept a^H soundly and as well as in my youth. "I look upon Grape-Nuts a perflj feet food, and no one can gainsay buflj that it has a most prominent place ii^H a rational, scientific system of feed^f ln? Am- nno whn lisps this food WilH soon be convinced of the soundnes^B of the principle upon which it i^H manufactured and may thereby knot^B the facts as to its true worth." Read^B "The Road to Wellville," in pkga^B i "U Qere a a neasuu. II