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justice sawyers oun miaamg
Forty Years.
MASSACHUSETTS LOVE STORY
W. J. Smith, Bookseller of New Bedford,
ex-Lawyer and ex-Soldier,
Lived Near Sweetheart Who
Had Married.
New Bedford, Mass.?The mysterious
disappearance over forty years
ago of George Yeaton Sawyer, Jr.,
son of the late Supreme Court Justice
Sawyer, of Nashua, N. H., was
solved by the death of William J.
Smith, a recluse, who kept a small
bookstore in this city. Smith proved
to be the missing man, and an unfortunate
love affair in early life is given
as the cause of his isolation from
his family. Sawyer was sixty-eight
years of age.
The secret of his identity was made
known by Roland Ashley, caretaker
of the building in which the old man
had his rooms, to whom he had revealed
it with his life story.
Sawyer while taking a vapor bath
was fatally burned by an explosion
of an alcohol lamp and died in the
hospital. Ashley communicated with
the dead man's sister, Mrs. Hubbard,
of Nashua, who came to this city at
once. She investigated his affairs,
which were found to be in perfect
order, and gave out facts regarding
his life, announcing also that he had
been a director in his own name in
banks in New York and Baltimore.
It appears that he was worth many
thousands of dollars, but he left no
property in this city save a few books
in his Bhop. Mrs. Hubbard took the
6ody to Boston for cremation.
George Yeaton Sawyer, Jr., was
educated in the best preparatory
schools of New Hampshire and in an
academy in New London. From this
school he entered Yale, and was
graduated when he was twenty-one
years old. After a short course in
law he was admitted to the New
Hampshire bar, where he practiced
i few years. He gave up this profession
to enter the Union Army during
the Civil War. Immediately
after the close of the war his family
- lost all track of him. It was reportpa
tnot he had purchased a plantation
in Geora-j^ an(j was living there.
No trace of hii? jn that State could
be found, however.
He had been a resrdent of tms city
about five years. He had conducted
a small book store on one of the main
streets, and was noted for his peculiarities
and reluctance to associate
with any one. The love affair which
Is said to have caused his isolation
Crom all his friends and acquaintances
was with a woman of this city,
who is now married and has a large
Camily. Sawyer came here to be near
this first and only love. /
CHINA STOPS USE OF OPIUM.
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Opium Dens Closed?Persons Addicted
to the Drag to Be Registered.
' Pekin, China.?Regulations issued
for carrying into effect the anti-op<
lum edict are more severe than any
regulations ever previously issued
In China and do honor to the official
whose patriotism, supported by the
influence of Viceroy Yuan Shi-Kai,
prompted the issue of the edict.
There are eleven regulations. It
Is provided not only that the cultivation
of the poppy, but also the use of
Dpium, must cease in ten years. No
new ground can be placed under culj.
tivation and the ground now under
cultivation must be reduced onetenth
annually under penalty of confiscation.
All presons using opium
must be registered, ana so must tne
amount consumed. Only a registered
person can buy opium. No -one is
permitted to begin the use of opium
after the issue of the regulations.
CURZON'S INTEREST IN ESTATE.
He Receives One-third of $1,750,000,
Settled on His Wife.
Chicago.?Details of the marriage
settlement made in April, 1895, when
Lord George Curzon married Mary
Leiter, have become known.
In the settlement Lady Curzon received
the income from $1,750,000
invested in real estate and bonds.
Upon her death it was stipulated that
if she was survived by her husband
Lord Curzon should receive one-third
of that amount. The remainder will
be divided among the three children.
The children are Mary Irene, ten
years oia; uynima, seven years oiu,
and Alexander, three years old.
Lord Curzon, Robert T. Lincoln
and Joseph Leiter met to arrange
the settlement of Lady Curzon's estate.
Lord Curzon will go to Washington,
and a short time later will
sail for England.
CHIMPANZEE CATCHES FEVER.
New Point in Mosquito Theory Made
by Investigators.
Liverpool, Eng.?The expedition
of the School of Tropical Medicine,
which has been in Brazil for nearly
two years making researches regarding
yellow fever, telegraphs that it
has been successfully proved that
chimpanzees can be infected with yellow
fever by means of the mosquito.
The discovery is considered to be
of the highest importance.
To Annex Canada.
The annexation of Canada, tentatively,
and the establishment of reciprocal
trade relations, with a removal
of all tariff duties with the
British Dominion, specifically, is the
purpose of an organization to be
known as the British Association of
Illinois, started in Chicago.
\nt. fJniltv of Peonaee.
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L Peonage charges against Carl Berger,
bookkeeper for R. B. Oliver at
Knoxville, Tenn., were not sustained
MfflBfiSa^^^ya. Federal jury.
Brevities.
issued a
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MORE PAYJFORJHOUSANBS'
Workmen For Steel and Cotton
Industries Get Advances.
Fall River IVlill Owners Grant Increase
Demanded and Avert
Another Strike.
Fall River, Mass.?Thirty thousand
mill operatives won their battle for
an increase of wages and will come
under a scale giving them ten per. ,
cent, more thaii the present rate. The
advance prevented a strike, the workmen
having voted to stop work if the
new schedule was not accepted. Mr.
j C. D. Borden, an independent cotton
I manufacturer, employing 5000 operatives,
took the lead, though no demand
had been made upon him.
The new pay scale affects seventy
i corporations operating ninety-two
mills, besides the Iron Works plant..
The Manufacturers' Association's
x ? ??? Jo fr*r
agreement, to pay iub uticojo n>
a period of six months, but provision
is made for extending it.
Probably other cotton mills in New
England will follow this city's lead
and thousands of outside mill hands
ultimately will be benefited by the
determined stand taken by the Fall
River unions.
Steel Trust Raises Wages.
Pittsburg, Pa.?The thousands of
men employed by the Steel Trust will
have their wages raised starting January
1. the increase to be based on
the wages of common labor,' which
will be ten cents a day greater with
the advent of the new year. Day and
turn labor ,will have its pay adjusted
in like ratio. Notices to this effect
will be posted at all plants December
1.
DIAZ DEMANDS EXECUTIONS.
Texas Refuses to Surrender Men
Charged With the Jiminez Affair.
Galveston, lexas.?A special from
Mexico City -ms that President Diaz
has issued fers to Governor Cardenas
and ?flfcr officials that the Jiminez
outrage and revolutionary
movement demands the execution of
the leaders, and that their heads
must be produced or there will be
official changes.
Governor Cardenas and other Mexican
officials haife don?- ? > ciiXu>possible
t<* prove Gonzales and Marquez
a^d Castro, of El Mensajes, Implicated
in the raids, but have failed,
am* OfOvernor ljannam, 01 xcacib, uao
reiused to extradite them. They
have been rearrested by Federal officers
and Texas now demands an explanation.
ICE MEN LAUGH WHEN' FINED.
Five of Philadelphia Trust Members
Sentenced, the Others Let Off.
Philadelphia.?The trial of the Ice
Trust and its fourteen members came
to an abrupt close in Judge Wilson's
court. Five of the defendants accused
of having conspired to stifle
competition and force up the price of
ice to an almost prohibitive figure entered
a plea of non vult\contendre,
and each was fined $75 ^nd -costs.
They laughed as. the fines, were imposed.
Seven other defendants, upon
whom a similar fcharge rested, were
discharged at the Iroiance of District
Attorney BelV T*Ie remaining two
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were anoweu tu uepan., uui, ?.**?
threat of future prosecution hanging
over their heads as a deterrent to
any further effort to effect a combination
in restriction of trade.
CANADA ENDS POSTAL PACT.
Serves Notice to Stop Second-Class
Mail Exchange.
Washington, D. C.?As the result
of friction over publishers' privileges
in the two countries, the Canadian
Government has notified this Government
that the postal convention between
the two countries will be abrogated
on May 7 next. The notice is
accompanied by a statement that it is
only in so far as it relates to secondclass
matter that this action is desired
to extend and that by legislative
or departmental action-new regulations
are framed for the guidance
of the United States Postoffice Department
regarding second-class matter,
Canada will be prepared to enter
upon negotiations for another convention
relating to this class of mat
ter.
ANOTHER BLOW TO OIL TRUST.
Ohio Court Compels Pipe Line to Act
as Common Carrier.
Findlay, Ohio. ? Judge Silas E.
Harin, of the Circuit Court, granted
a writ of alternative mandamus.
against the Buckeye Pipe Line Company.
The motion was commenced
by Attorney-General Wade H. Ellis,
who seeks to compel the pipe line
company to transport oil for any producer
without discrimination.
The petition alleges that the Buckeye
Pipe Line Company charges
20 cents a barrel for transportation,
but that the Standard Oil Company,
which controls it, pays nothing. The
rate is fixed so high, it is alleged, to
keep others than the Standard from
seeking to use the lines.
Sentenced For Life.
For the murder of Miss Gerret
Haast, to get her insurance, Garrett
Van Wyk and his wife have been sentenced
at Wray, Col., to life imprls
onment.
Crowds Cheer Two Sovereigns.
King George of Greece was welcomed
at Rome by citizens, King Victor
Emmanuel, Premier Gioletti,
Foreign Minister Tlttoni, the Marquis
Visconti-Venosta, the ex-foreign minister,
and all the other dignitaries of
state. Accompanied by King Victor
Emmanuel, King George then drove
to the palace, escorted by a detachment
of cuirassiers.
Game Birds Scarce.
Game birds of all kinds are very
scarce this season.
Separation Bill Approved.
The French Chamber, by a vote of
416 to 163, approved of enforcement
of the Church and State Separation
law without modification.
Bra^Jta^^uspended For Long Term.
a broker, was susby
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Who Looted Missouri Train. Tb
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DESPERATE BATTLE IN A SLEEPER
Truehart, Who Recently Held Up Rc
Rock Island Limited, Strips Pas- aft
sengers in Three Cars ? Dis- an<
armed and Caught. toi
Kansas City, Mo.?Truehart, tho
most daring train robber since Jesse a<.
James, was captured after he had
spt
robbed twenty passengers on the fast pu]
eastbound express of the Alton and the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Na
roads, 100 miles east of ,this city. *>r<
His captor was an unarmed conduc- aw
tor, who, disregarding a loaded pistol !
placed at his temple, floored the sai
moclrofT man Mnra tVion I
money and a considerable quantity of pr
jewelry was t^iken from his pockets
and returned to the passengers. r
Truehart admitted after he had been by
bound that he and his brother robbed .
the Rock Island train at Slater on ?
November 9.
J. B. Heywood, the train conduc- giD
tor, to whose cool nerve the passengers
owe the return of their valuables,
refused a purse which was hastiiy
collected among the "frightened be(
victims. He said that he had merely no<
done his duty. no(
Smiling, and with as pleasant a (
voice as ever bandit possessed, Truehart
boarded the train when it wa
reached Slater, Mo. He waited until ent
the train had proceeded twenty miles brg
before he stepped into aisle of the
last car and called out in a steady ju J
voice: . wit
"Gentlemen, you will oblige and Tb
save trouble by throwing up your tlie
hands." itlj
At the same moment he drew from ma
beneath his coat two pistols and ^
called to the negro porter and the t
Pullman conductdr to pass among .. ?
the passenger^ and relieve them of ,
their valuables. Detecting one man ,,
attempting to slip his wallet -under ,
him on the seat he called out: ,
"Come, come; don't trifle, or I'll
shoot assure as you live."
was hastily handed
over. had left Slater at
midnight iL6st ot tiw^^pcigprjgprs in Rei
all save the last car wercxn- uieir p_,.
berths. These were routed out by
the porter and the Pullman conducr!*^
tor, who worked rapMly and quietlr1
under the direction of the maskecy -q!?
robber. The robbing was progress-^,
ing with neatness and despatch and
had been in progress half an hour .
when the train conductor, Heywood, . .
stepped into the tmrfl car rrom the ""
front door. He found Truehart fac- ?
ing him with a revolver at his side
and another pointed at his head. anc
"Throw up your hands!" called pi!?
out Truehart. ??lt
Instead of complying the conduc- tne
tor, quick as a flash, knocked the re- 1
volver from the man's hands, sprang ?er
upon him and bore him to the car tot,
floor. cal1
The two men struggeld fiercely, ass
while the passengers were instantly reP
In panic. Finally the dozen male ^
passengers in the car came to the
conductor's aid and the robber was deE
pinned to the floor.
When Armstrong was reached a
marshal boarded the train and Truehart
was tied hand and foot and takan
into the station. He refused/ to U.
talk except to berate the passengers ^
for cowardice and to declare that r
Heywood was the only nervy one
among them. He is thirty-five years
-1J ? f A- 4n1f snii
OiU, JlVtJ iWl nvc luuuca .tan, auu . weighs
135 pounds. His clothes were v"0'
flashy and his hands covered with
cheap rings. He refused all infor- ^
rnation. save his name and age. :1
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ELEVEN KILLED AT FOOTBALL.
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104 Players Also Injnred During the $
Season of 1906. don
Chicago. ? Eleven players were on
killed and 104 injured in the United con
States during the football season of I
1906, according t<? the Chicago Tri- was
bune. These figures are compared mo1
with the causalties of 1905, when
eighteen players were killed and 159 Mil
severely injured, and, according to
the Tribune, show that "debrutal- Dai
Ized" football has accomplished in a
large degree the object aimed at in
rendering the game less dangerous c
to life and limb. m?'
The decrease in casualties is espeeially
marked among high school
slayers. In the season ot i'J05 eleven 1
bigh school players were killed and sin?
forty-seven injured, while in the sea- ?
son just closed seven were killed and set
twenty-five hurt. All college and ma:
high school games this year were Mr?
played under the new rules drawn cut
up after the close o? last season to to t
satisfy the agitation for less danger- a?e
ous football. This year not one fa- s*st
tality occurred in the game played cep
by the larger American colleges. ' will
BEAR KILLS BOY HUNTER. 1
Animal Had Been Shot by Him in For
Mountains of Pennsylvania.
Dubois, Pa.?John Dielt, eighteen i
years old, was killed by a bear while mei
hunting in the mountains of Elk Mir
County. Dielt had shot the bear, rev
bringing it down, and supposing the iem
animal was deajl, started to bleed it. fric
The bear arose suddenly, attacked at
the young hunter, aud after tearing res
Off one of his legs and an arm es- i
oaped. sau
Head Driven Through a Board.
Alexander B. Stewart, an aged
farmer, was killed while unloading
milk cans beside the Schenectady .
Railroad track at Ballston Spa, N. Y. rr.1!
A trolley car, speeding at forty miles Tv
an hour, struck him and drove his 2r|
ligad through the one-inch boards of
a platform beside which he" was
standing.
Against Death Penalty. .n^
The French parliamentary com- sev
mission has reported in favor of the suj
abolition of the death penalty. ajy
Labor World.
Tlie Australian Federal Government
has decided to pay all its em- (
ployes fortnightly. ice,
Mary Maguire, discharged as cook '
by J. S. Vetteiiein. of Philadelphia, gai
Pa., brought suit for $20,000 against sio:
her former employer. <
All the switchmen in the Atlantic rei
Coast Line yards went on strike st fro
^aycross, Ga., because of the dis- un1
night yard master.
HMHSfe^jiefrort is being made Pel
H^HBHHfl^^^iothe National ag<
proesc
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IESIDENT JTURNS HOME
nama Canal the Subject of a
Special Message.
e Work, Porto Rico, and the Navy
Ire Commended?The Washington
Crippled on the Trip.
Washington. D. C.?President
osevelt returned to Washington
er a tour that included Panama
3 Porto Rico. The trip up the Ponac
on the converted yacht Maywer,
to which he and his party
re transferred from the Louisiana
Piney Point, was made without
scial incident. As the Mayflower,
lied into the dock at the rear of
! office of the commandant of the
vy Yard, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the
aaJHont'a Hanclitpr and TTaff
Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary, were
aiting to greet the party.
Speaking of his trip the President
d:
'We had a very pleasant, very enable
time, and I am. deeply im?ssed
with the United States Navy,
;h Panama, and with Porto Rico."
rhe Panama Canal, it was said
the President, will be a subject
a special message to Congress,
rhe Louisiana, on which the Presllt
traveled, passed in by the.Virtia
Capes in the morning, followed
the Tennessee. The wireless stan
at Cape Henry was advised that
s engin? of the Washington had
m disabled, and that she would
; reach the Capes until the after>n.
Captain Adams, commanding the
ishington, announced later that he
s compelled to stop the starboard
jine of his ship because of hot
isses.
kn unfortunate incident occurred
the lower Potomac in connection
,h the President's trip up the river,
e yacht Oneida, in the service of
> District of Columbia naval mill,
and on which were the comnding
officers and others of the
litia, had dropped down the Ponac
to Piney Point to welcome
s President and was returning
en a gasoline boat in tow capsized,
lvin Cleveland, nineteen years old.
this city, boatswain's mate, was
>wned.
CRAPSEY QUITS CHURCH.
ctor Convicted of Heresy Asks Di>
missal From Ministry.
8.
ipsey. recfoF" of St. Andrew's
sent to Bishop
.lker a letter requesting dismissal
m the Protestant Episcopal min y.
Dr. Crapsey, in his letter,
nds staunchly by the beliefs for
ich he has been deemed heretical
I announces his determination to
ach them to the world-at-large
h the jiltimate hope of winning
support of the public 'conscience.
Utbough he makes no direct astion
as to the means he intends
employ in propagating his soled
heretical ideas, Dr. Crapsey's
Ift 1 AAlAt* f A IKfl
ex uuu icuuo tu icau visivsi. lu luc
art that he has been offered, and
1 accept the pastorate of a large
irch of another than the Episcopal
lomination in New York iCty.
YEMANDER LOST OVERBOARD.
ntenant Garrett, in Charge of the
S. S. Albatross, Perishes at Sea.
lonolulu, Hawaii. ? Lieutenantnmander
Leroy H. Garrett, comnder
of the United States steam>
Albatross, was washed overboard
m the ship while the vessel was
- miles northwest of Honolulu.
Lfter Lieutenant-Commander Gar:
had been lost overboard the Alross
stood by all night playing her
rerful searchlight across the water
the neighborhood of the spot
jre the tragedy occurred.
Lt daylight the search was abaned
and the steamship proceeded
her coarse with the first officer in
imand.
lieutenant - Commander Garrett
i a native of New York, and his
:her is a resident of Plattsburg.
jLION DOLLARS FOR CHARITY
licl B. Shipman Leaves Bulk of
Fortune to Public Uses.
Chicago. ? Bequests aggregating
re than $1,000,000 are to be disluted
to charity by the will of
liel B. Shipman, the paint manuturer,
who died unattended by a
;le relative.
Jhicago charitable institutions will
nearly all tbe money. Mr. Shipq's
only near relative, a sister,
>. Olive J. Cone, was in Connecti
too feeble to attempt the journey
lis bedside. She is about the same
as Mr. Shipman, eighty-six. The
er has been provided for, and ext
a few minor bequests the estate
I go to charity.
VOMAN SHOOTS DIPLOMAT.
mer French Finance Minister/iS ^
Wounded?Boulevard Incident. "
5aris, France. ? M. Merlou, forrly
Minister of Finance and now
lister to Chile, was shot with a
olver on the Boulevard des Ital3
by Mme. Dallemagne, a former
:nd of his. She fired four shots*
him, only one of which hit him,
lilting in a wound in the thigh,
["he woman was arrested. She aslted
M. Merlou publicly last year.
Strange Suicidal Disease.
strange disease, believed to have
;inated in Long Island, beginning
h tremors and ending with suicidementia,
is spreading to other
tes.
Trade Strike in Italy.
l general trade strike was declared
Italian ports by representatives of
eral cities as a protest against inScient
rolling stock, causing parsis
of industry.
Newsy Gleanings.
jreat floods have inundated Yen
The Viedomostl, a reactionary or1
of Moscow, demands the expuln
from Russia of Count Witte.
senator Piatt said that all reports
;arding his intended resignation
m the United States Senate were
true.
rhe explosion of a bomb in St.
ter's Church, Rome, did little dam}
to the edifice and killed no one,
t a panic ensued. The miscreant
aped.
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RAILROAD PROFITS
| UNPRECEDENTEDLY BIE
Receipts For Year More Thai
Two Billion Dollars.
NET EARNINGS OF $920,221,852
Interstate Commerce Commissfon Ro
port Shows an Increase Ovei
1905 of $97,000,000?Figurei
May Suggest New Legislation.
Washington, D. C.?Nothing shon
of stupendous have become the earn
ings of the railroads of the Unite(
States. During the year which endec
June 30, 1906, the gross income ol
the transportation companies reached
the prodigious total of $2,319,760/
030, a sum exceeding by a third o:
a billion dollars all the gold and silver
coin and bullip?f,*H}J(;i,t?e country
These %ures^?fid others, ??? includ
ed in a brief statement giveriMVBt-b]
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, in advance of its forthcoming
preliminary report on the income ac
count of railroads for the last fisca
year. This report contains the re
turns for railway companies operat
ing 220,028.44 miles of lines, includ
ing lines operated under traffic rights
This is about ninety-nine per cent. 01
the mileage that will be covered bj
the final reports of the statistics o:
railways for the year.
Of the grand total of gross earn
ings, $618,555,834 represent recelpti
from passenger traffic, while 91*640,
942,862 represent the earnings fron
freight. The income from passengei
business was at the rate of $281]
per mile, and from freight $745!
per mile. The total gross earning!
for every mile of railroad during th<
year were $10,553. The operatin*
expenses during the year were $1,
532,163,153, or $6963 per mile. Th<
net earnings of the roads were $787,
596,877, or $3580 per mile.
The commission adds to thi:
.mighty total $132,624,982, th<
amount reported by the railroads as
income from sources other than oper
ation and thus Increases the ne
earnings to $920,221,859. The ne
earnings fbr the year ending Juni
30, 1906, were $97,000,000 greatei
than was reported for the previoui
year.
Againjt tb? net earnings this yeai
were charged as interest, rents, bet
te??nentit,.. taxes, and miscellaneous
items the suip of $509,386,554, anc
fl dividends,' $229,406,598, leavinf
a surplus of $100,4^8,707. The sur
plus for the year ending June 30
1905, was $89,043,490. As furthei
evidence of the prosperity of the rail
roads, the dividends this year ex
ceeded by $34,248,605 those of 1905
Moreover, this preliminary report re
Iates to operating roads only and doe!
not include the statement of any div
idends paid by leased lines from th<
income they ireceived as rent. Ax
idea of what these - dividends ma;
amount to this year may be forme^
when it is announced that the divi
dends declared by subsidiary leasee
lines in 1905 were about $35,750,
000.
The taxes paid by the railroadf
during the year 1906 amounted tc
$68,903,288. The Census Bureai
last week, in giving out statistics
showing the wealth of the United
States, placed the value of rallroadi
and their equipment In the year 190i
at $11,244,000,000. No doubt thii
has increased during the last twe
years, but even on that basis of valu
ation, the taxes paid by the railroad!
last year amounted to six-tenths ,ol
one per cent, on the dollar. The tax
payers of any community need nol
be told that this Is many times less
than the rate collected against theii
property.
No doubt the figures of the com
mission will furnish food for muct
serious thought on the part of th<
national lawmakers during the com'
ing session of Congress, and may fur
nlsh inspiration for further legisla
tlon. Public men who saw the statistics
say they justify fully th(
passage of the Hepburn law last
season, giving the Interstate Commerce
Commission power to fix rates
The marvelous total of passengei
earnings doubless will be a surprise
to most members of Congress, and
it is thought, may lead to a movement
to make more "just and reasonable"
the rate of, fare charged bj
most of the transportation-companies
That the commission will be asked tc
use its power under the new law tc
secure better and cheaper service
from the Pullman Palace Car Company
is already regarded as a foregone
conclusion.
The gross earnings of the railroads
in the fiscal year 1906 were
three and a half times greater than
the total receipts of the United
States Government during the same
period. Uncle Sam's income during
the year was $697,101,269, and thle
was only $80,000,000 greater than
the gross income 4>f_Jthe railroads
from their passenger tr*fic. alone.
The net earnings of the roads' were a
quarter of a billion greafei than the
Oovgrnpient'8 receipts, while the
total gross earnings approximated
the national debt at the closest the
Civil War.
Russians Stop Regis^jicdd Mails. '
The Russian Gove#Kij#|it decided
to carry no more morifejy*^! the registered
mails, the losses.,through robI
bery by revolutionists b^infe so heavj
as seriously to embarrass it.
Unveil Wade Hampton's Statue.
A great military and civic paradf
preceded the unveiling at Columbia,
S. C., of a statue of Wade Hamp
ton.
Archbishop of Posen Dead.
The Archbishop of Posen, in Prus
sian Poland, was found dead in his
study from heart disease.
C&mmander For Ireland.
Lieutenant General Arthur Henr:
Paget was selected for commander
in-chief of the forces in Ireland.
Feminine Notes.
London's season is becoming stag
nant, owing to a general reluctanci
to entertain.
Mrs. Charles A. Strong, Saughte
of John D. Rockefeller, died a
Cannes, France.
Friends of Bourke Cockran sail
he made a settlement of a half mill
Ion dollars on his bride.
Mrs. Eliza Gridley, mother or tn
man who commanded the Olympia a
the battle of Manila, is almost eighty
yet she holds a most responsible posi
tion in the General Land Office a
Washington.
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| CHOLERA VIRUSJEST KiL
I
I Ten Manila Prisoners, Inocuia
by Government Physicians, Di
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Investigators 'Discover "that Pre]
ation Had Become Contaminate
Withv riague "Virus.
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Mauila. Philippine Islands. ?Ji
ulated with the virus of cholera \
t which the Bureau of Science has t
j trying to render the inmates of I
bid Prison i immune against
scourge of tie East, ten prisoi
t have already] succumbed, much
the consternation of the authori
here. : *
1 The experiuents have been <
t ducted under he direction of Dr
l P. Strong, and twenty-four prteoi
in all had th^ virus put into t
" veins. All thq ten victims died :
" erably within a few days after t
inoculation.
It is ,now-<teclared by the pi?
* cia^-Who ha^B been investiga
* ^fifese deaths that the cholera v
^ became contam nated by contact i
- the virus of thve bubonic plSgne:
y So strong is public sentiriient 1
on tho subject that Governor-3ea
* Smith has thought it expedient
1 issue a.statement. In it he exo:
ates Dr. Stront; Mjd^announces 1
- the Philippine G^SSrSSWffVivlll <
* for the families if the dead.V
Bilibid Prison holds 3000 ln?na
t and of this numl er less than loft
r white men. An outbreak of chol
t there would me: ace the commun
and in order to iroid this the 't<
- in question were made.
3 Cholera virus a~s been constai
used in the Philippines and has b
x found very bendfecial. In Spait
r "hoa hoan iiQorl ^ nk . V>n? a~ rlr. a#
WVVU ikwvw buuuoauuo Ui S(
L with excellent r<tsults. Jn view
J these undisputed' facts, the Bur
J of Science thouglt itself justified
J making the experiments.' \ >
j KILLS CHILDREN AND S?|
Rhode Island Mother Locks Thffe
3 Room and Turns on Ga?
Providence, R. I.?Mrs. CH
. G. Checkley and her two child?
t girl two and a half years oldg
t a child five months old, were ?*
> dead in a bedroom in thsir i
No. 14 Battery street. The dn
3 ery was made by the woman's
band when he went home to s
r from the jewelry factory in whi
. is employed. The woman," w
3 believed to have/been despondex
1 cause of continued illness, was' i
r years old.
She had secured the door o:
bedroom with a chair, turned oi
r gas from a wall bracket and ti
her two children in her arms
. down with tKom to await death. I
husband found a ponciled note
1 read as follows:
3 "To the Dearest Man on Eaifl
. am unhappy and -.yant to dieJS
3 might as well go now. You wijj|
i my pin and ring .on the little?
r heart. I love my husband, myfaej
1 and my children. Don't blanfc&i
. In want of thought we may dofij
I when we mean to ^o good.fcji
. have mercy on me and forgifcjr
, s,ns'" I
) SHOT 5-YEAR-OLD BROT1 ;f
v ?? ; ?
3 Playing Bear and the Victim >dX
to Hare the Gun Loaded jjj
Utica, N. Y.?Louis, the
old son'of Mr. and Mrs. Willi.-$
Newton, who reside at Hamilt&n
tre, was instantly killed at.thsVi^
by his brother, Leslie Newtotj*
teen years old. jJB
Mr. and Mrs. Newton-^fcTT
daughter wenv away
fr.end and th^ boys wepp left at t
with their aged grandmother. \
boys had "pJaffja* bear" j
an old gun foe-some wlWs L.
asked to have the gun loaded. *
lie loaded the gun as desired anitf
play was resumed.
When the gun was empty thet*
had snapped the trigger, and aftej.
charge had been placed in it I
spying his brother climbing um .
latticework on the veranda, toolj
at him and pulled as before. * p,
There was a report. The cl
passe'.' through the little -xj
through the side of the house ;
Vuocked off some of the plaster
the inside. Leslie ran to his bro?
nnrt ranp-ht him n<i ho foil V>nt\
r child had been Itilled instantly, j
RUSSIANS SELL DAUGHTER
Starving Peasantry Find
Ar.'.ong Mohammedans
[ from the famine^_
la,raging epidemically, ?jjjj
Morocco to Be
[ The measures
have taken to dispatcb^^^^HM
troops to Morocco
Paris to be strictly
DAUGHTER KILLED MHH
mmgi
Supposed Accidental DeatflflH
Turn Out to Bo Murder ari^H^H
Upper Sandusky, Ohio^s^Hj
Stutz has rendered a verdi^^^H
- death of Mrs. Henry HarmaB^B
3 daughter Mary was a case
and suicide. He says the^^H
killed her mother and he^^^H
morphine.
j It was at first believed^^^H
two women ha-l been asph^^^f
escaping gas in their roonflHS
Increase in Army De^^^B
In the year ending JunflflM
^ were S25S desertions
United States army, or
100 soldiers. In 1905,
r desertion was 6.8, and foHH|
c years previous 6.1. WhflHH
showed a desertion aver^BH[
^ per cent.; negro sold^^HHB
of
Dipnsits In
* Last 400?K^B
J' M
r?ni'. GeoIoeld^NflMHBHi
is w RHn
nocvitb
Oological ^Hgte
ieen assent gene^UeL: HH
:ili- ljibw and
the pel not woM^SiBBBa^^Hl
aers i^eUgUjJj
Mpon- pPjpff*
? I i Tien ttie
ting I Id repeated :r
Vrus J '"Jes, I think it la j>arfe<&9JE^g
""^uotry wjll not beexhauate^^^H
I to [ftidaction and consumption
per- h the United States have
that | fared by the survey. XTp>
| ! faction had amounted to 2
pes, the following defcai^MR
M^J^OotoTproductiOn* tip to thv^HB
litftb the?ceMTMf for that year J I
e jjtroduction. of coal amount|aWj^S
S^te^Tear^latMy
production amounted^BEW
[he The per capita c
p^umped- by leapa^ and
Report continues:
to 1900 has shown anfi
fcper centthe product?
Br The survey offlcialM
Kwhile.the productions?**^
B'creaaed, and ia increas^M^B?**?
H' njjLn
Iioii v, lue a jppiy Will' ^
Isands of years, and
Ion earth need worry
[ WRIGHTS HAVE WOX.? B
Professor Bell Announces Thatfl H
tlcal Flying Machines Exid^JHSX
Boston, Mass.?Alexander
Bell, of telephone fame, de^H^HHH
that a pcacticrfl flying inachln^^RHfl
hppti <n?antu1 hw rti? tt.i-.vi/
uie vv i rsTrrnaMH
flrat discoverer of &.nflE^^9Bg
reriflxjental machine.
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