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flENEY, BMFTP8OSECUTOR,
SHflTDBWNIHCBUBTROOK
Assailant a Saloon Kesper, Whi
Was Kept Off Jury.
RUEF SENT BACK TO JAM
Wound Not Likely to Be MortalWild
Excitement in San Fran
cisco, and Threats of Lynching
Are Made by Angry Citizens.
San Francisco, Cal. ? Francis J
Heney, chief prosecutor in the grafl
cases and Assistant District Attorney
was shot in the head by Morris Haas
a saloon keeper, during a five-minut(
adjournment of court in the Ruei
case. The bullet hit no vital orgar
and he will recover. The shooting
was the result of an exposure ol
Haas' criminal record made by Henej
in the previous trial of Abe Ruei
for the Parkside bribery case.
Heney had been in Judge Lawlor's
11 Dnof nn the
charge of bribing Supervisor Furey,
, When court adjourned James Foley,
his body ,guard, who usually sticks
very close to Heney to guard against
any attack, had walked to the rear of
the room. Heney was seated at a
small table at the side of the court
room talking with former Supervisor
Gallagher.
Suddenly J^prris Haas, who had
been a venire man in the Ruef Parkside
bribery case, sauntered into the
court room, came up behind Heney
and pulling out a pistol shot, him just
below the right ear. Heney fell out
of his chair, while Gallagher grappled
with Haas and prevented him from
firing a second shot. Heney was
rushed to the hospital and Haas was
taken to the city prison.
Haas, who is an undersized German,
was wildly excited, but declared
that be had shot Heney because Heney
in the Parkside bribery case had
first accepted him as a juror and then
had him rejected because he asserted
Haas was an,ex-convict and therefore
unfit.
"I shot him," he shouted, "to get
even for humiliating me."
Immediately after the shooting
Judge Lawlor, against the protests of
Ruef's attorneys, ordered Ruef into
custody regardless of the fact that he
has been at liberty under the record
breaking ball of $1,500,000.
The feeling among the decent people
of the town is that the shooting
of Mr. Heney is a triumph for the
graft element.
The report that Mr. Heney would
recover, breaking in on a prevailing
certainty of several hours' duration
that he was mortally wounded, has
relieved the public tension in a small
degree. Yet there are citizens in the
streets discussing the ethics of lynch
law.
W. E. AMMON KILLED.
Shot in P. R. R. Station in Jerse)
City, N. J.
, " Jersey City, N. J.?Walter E. Amnion,
a well known business man of
Jersey City and a brother of Colonel
Robert A. Ammon, was shot and instantly.
killed in the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company's ferry house at
Jersey City. -Andrew McGrath, a man
he had befriended, was arrested as
the slayer of Ammon.
Mr. Ammon was about to have his
luncheon in the restaurant in the railway
station, on the second floor. He
has ascended the stairs and turned
toward the restaurant, when he was
confronted by McGrath, to whom he
made a cheery remark. Without a
word in reply, McGrath drew a revolver,
which he carried in his coat
pocket, and fired at him. The bullet
entered the left temple and plowed
into the brain. Two more bullets
were fired into his body after he fell.
LORD MAYOR IS INAUGURATED.
Banquet Closes Celebration of King's
Birthday in London.
London.?The PrimeMinister, Herbert
H. Asquith, was the principal
speaker at the Guild Hall banquet,
which marked the inauguration of
the new Lord Mayor of London, Sir
Georee Wvatt Truscott. and brought
to a fitting close the celebration of the
King's sixty-seventh birthday.
The Prime Minister devoted hi3
observations mainly to the European
situation. After congratulating Turkey,
in the person of the Turkish
Ambassador, Musurus Pasha, on the
success of the most amazing revclu?
tion in the annals of history, he declared
that, subject to the important
principle that international treaties
could not be altered except by the
consent of all the signatories, the
British Government had no'prejudice
against or preference in favor of any
particular settlement.
NEW SURGEON-GENERAL.
Colonel Torney Jumped Over Nine
Seniors by President. /
Washington, D. C. ? President
Roosevelt, on the recommendation of
Secretary Wright and the General
Staff, has appointed Colonel George
H. Torney Surgeon-General of the
army, to succeed Robert M. O'Reilley,
who retires January 14. He is
tenth on the list of the medical corps
and his appointment will cause soreness
among his seniors, but it is the
Roosevelt idea that the older men had
their chance for promotion when other
Surgeons-General were appointed.
* :
PUBLIC IN MARKET.
Stocks Rise on New York Exchange
in Ten Days $2,000,000,000.
New York City.?Since the Presidential
election the market value of
stocks and bonds quoted in Wall
Street has been advanced more than
$2,000,000,000.
The enormous increase in value has
been accomplished in ten days of
trading. This calculation is based
, ? upon actual quotations made on the
New York Stock Exchange.
METCALF RESIGNS.
His Assistant, Newberry, Will Become
Secretary of Navy.
Washington, D. C.?Victor H. Metcalf,
of California, resigned as Secretary
of the Navy. Truman H. Newberry,
of Michigan, Assistant Secretary,
succeeds to the portfolio. Th?
change will take place December 1.
Lack of health and probably a
sense of isolation and estrangement
between himself and President Roose
velt prompted Mr. Metcalf's resigna
tion. He has been ill for a year, anc
during the last two months he has
scarcely been able to sit at his desk.
i DESPERADO US SEW
!! '
' Himself Burned in House in Whic
He Took Refuge.
3
Day of Bloodshed in Oklahoma Tow
?Police Official the First Victim
?Sheriff Shot Next.
Okmulgee, Okla.?James Dechar
a negro desperado, quarreled wil
Steve Grayson, an Indian boy, ar
' beat him with a stone until he wi
insensible. The scene of the quarr
. was the station of the St. Louis ar
t San Francisco Railroad. Friends i
Grayson called the police. Assistai
, Chief of Police Klaber went to tl
} station, and then Dechard fled to h
. house, near by, and barricaded hir
[ self. When Klaber approached tl
1 house Dechard shot him dead.
> i Shoriff Pohinsnn s^nthprpd den'
? ties, among them a number of n
\ groes, whom he commissioned, ar
advanced on Dechard's house.
As the attacking party approache
Dechard'began shooting with a rifl
. firing as rapidly as he could load h
, weapon. The sheriff fell first, ii
stantly killed. Then five of the n
| gro deputies were slain.
[ Dechard's house was soon su
rounded by a frenzied mob of arme
; men. Fire was set to a house jut
i north of Dechard's. Volleys of bu
; lets were poured into Dechard's hous
' and he was shot down. He was see
to roll over on the floor, strike
match and set fire to his own hous
which was soon a roaring furnace, ]
, which his body was baked. Dechai
evidently had a large quantity of an
munition stored in his house, ft
many cartridges exploded while tt
house was burning.
The dead: Chapman, colorei
and his brother; James Dechard, co
i ored; Henry Klaber, Assistant Chi<
of Police; Edgar Robinson, Sheriff <
Okmulgee County; three unidentifle
negroes.
The injured: Victor Farr, chief <
Sioux, shot through shoulder; Stet
Grayson, Indian boy, probably fatal]
beaten.
A deputy sheriff's arm was broke
and seven others were .slight]
wounded.
"JTM CROW" SCHOOLS LEGAL,
U. S. Supreme Court So Decides?Ju
tices Harlan and Day Dissent.
Washington, D. C. ? In decidin
the case of Berea College vs. tfc
State of Ker.tucky the Supreme Coui
held that the States may legislate t
prevent the co-education of the wh'.l
and black races. The case wj
brought to test the validity of tb
Kentucky law of 1894 prohibitin
white and black children from a
tending the same schools. The higl
er State court took the position ths
the white and black races are natu:
ally antagonistic, and that enforce
separation of their children is in tli
line of the preservation of the peace
The opinion of the Supreme Cowhanded
down by Justice Brewer, a:
firmed the finding ^of both the Kei
tucky Circuit Court and the Court c
Apeals. Justices Harlan and Oa
* dissent.
HAAS A SUICIDE IN PRISON.
Assailant of Heney Shoots Himsel
With Revolver in Son Francisco.
San Francisco, Cal.?Morris Haas
who shot Francis J. Heney, con
mitted suicide in the County . Jail b
shooting himself through the heat
One report says that the pistol wit
which Haaa ,shot himself was cor
. cealed' in his shoe, where he hid i
before shooting Heney.
Another report says the pistol wa
secretly passed to Haas , by a frien
since his incarceration.
Haas was "in his cell with his nigh
guard. He retired to bed early, pull
ing the blankets over his. head, j
moment afterward the guard was sui
prised to hear the muffled report c
a pistol under the blankets. The
stripped off the covering and foun
Ha*s dying with a bullet hole through
his head and blood flowing from th
wound.
DOWAGER EMPRESS DEAD.
China's Ruler Passes Away Sooi
After the Emperor's Death.
Pekin, China.?Tsu Hsi, Dowage
Empress of China, and its real rule
for more than a generation, is dead.
/The announcement of the Dowage
Empress* death was official and fol
lowed closely the announcement tha
Emperor Kwangsu died the da
A * - i?u a ii?i. t j.
previous, cut it is Deueveu mat uui
died some time ago.
An edict issued at 8 a. m. place
upon the throne Prince Pu Yi, the no
quite three-year-old son of Princ
Chun, whom a previous edict ha
made Regent of the Empire.
At the palace elaborate rites ar
being observed, and a flood of edict
has been sent forth.
THE COOPERS INDICTED.
Ex-Sheriff
Also Charged AVith Murde
of Ex-Sei:ntor Carmack.
Nashville, Tenn. ? Indictment
were returned by the Davidson Coun
ty Grand Jury charging Colonel Dun
can B. Cooper, Robin Cooper and es
Sheriff John D. Sharpe jointly wit
the murder of ex-Senator E. W. Cai
mack. Sharpe is also indicted on
charge of being accessory before th
fact.
* Shortage Made Good.
At the hearing in Newark of Cha:
Jones, cashier of the First Nations
! Banlc, of SeabrigHt, N. J., it was ar
nounced that Jones and members c
his family had made good a $45,00
shortage.
Cabin John Bridge Leap Fatal.
! . James Evans, the farmhand at
, cused of having assaulted eleven
year-old Maggie Collins, died a
; Washington, D. C., as the result c
' his leap from Cabin John Bridge,
span 125 feet high.
About Noted People.
, Richard Croker decided t(/ leav
Ireland for a visit to the Unite
States.
Seth Low succeeds James R. Mors
. In the presidency of the America
. Asiatic Association, now eleven yea:
. old.
Dr. Sven Hedin, the Swedish ei
i plorer, says that he has discovere
t the true sources of the Bramaputr
and Indus.
" DeLancey Nlcoll, attorney, o" Ne'
1 York City, said that Howard Gould
3 Income had been cut down $300,00
and was ?.Qw only $400,000.
i] LVLN AN LXPLR'
" DROP ONCI
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S LATE EVENTS ME;
i Prof. Hirth Calls Ch
>df tarians?Pre
New York City.?Friedrich Hirtl
Professor of Chinese in ColumbJ
ly University, who as a lifelong studer
of the Chinese people, thefr languag
a and literature, is considered one c
ly the best authorities living on Chinee
topics, gave it as his opinion that tn
death of the Empress Dowager an
the Emperor meant the opening c
' an entirely new and better era whic
would benefit not only China but th
s- other nations of the world. H
thought affairs in China would froi
now on advance rapidly toward Eurc
S pean ideals, and though progress wi!
10 be less rapid than in Japan, Chin
rt would in thirty or even twenty year
;? be transformed into a nation on a
9 equal footing with the other grea
13 nations of the world.
10 Professor Hirth had no belief i
the report ,that foul play had entere
into the death of the Dowager or th
Emperor. In regard to the genera
lt attitude of the influential parties an
r" individuals toward the new rule, h
d said:
10 VI think the events of the next fei
weeks or days will determine th
J' question of bloodshed or peace.
think that both Liberals and Consei
l" vatives are ready^ to wait quietly L
,c order to see what course the Govern
y ment will take. Prince .Chun is ;
Liberal, and he has enough followers
I think, among the really dangerou
party, the overardent Liberals, whi
might be called the Anarchistic partj
to avert any trouble from them.
^ "Prince Chun, I believe, is an abl
man. He has visited Germany on i
5 "diplomatic mission. He alone of thos
who have come into great power ii
y( China has seen Europe; that singl
fact should be enough to show ii
k what direction his rule will tend."
L_ Speaking in a general way of th
it death of Emperor and Dowager h
said: v
s "It appears to me a very beneflcia
fVv;n rr fnr- Hhinn: Tho nntapTinlftti
relations between the two and thi
t control by the Dowager of the Em
i. peror roused great dlssatisfactioi
among the Liberals, who had restei
_ their hopes on the Emperor,
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J VOODOO SIGN (
h ______
e Superstitious Test Applied to a Man A
Red Stain on the Weapon, Mi!
Q Monticello, Ark. ? Suspicion o
murder having been confirmed agains
him in the' eyes of his neighbors by i
r voodoo test, Louis Hursh, a farmer
r cut his throat and died in the pres
ence of the Coroner's jury,
r Samuel Haywood was the mai
1- whose murder was under investiga
,t tion. He was called to his front doo
y at night and killed with a charge o
h buckshot. His wife had but a fleet
ing glance at the assassin and coul(
s give no clew to his identity,
it Hursh was questioned about thi
e crime at the inquest, but proteste<
d. ,that he had no knowledge of it. Mem
bers of the family swore that he wai
e at home when the shot was fired, an<
a Hursh apparently had been elimin
ated from the list, of suspects whei
one <?f the jurymen,'an aged negro
spoke up.
"Try the voodoo test on him,'
urged the negro.
r "What's that?" inquired the Coro
ner.
"Get Hursh's gun and fire it of
3 again while he is standing by. If h<
l" did the murder th? gun will swea
J* blood." , r
j" The Coroner was disinclined t<
_ take this step, but others urged it oi
him and he finally consented. Hursl
* declared that it was a matter of in
? difference to Him wnetner xne les
President's Promise to an Ohio
Veteran of the Civil War
3.
tl Washington, D. C.?General H. C
i- Corbin, retired, secured from Presi
,f dent Roosevelt a promise to appoint
0 Gilbert Van Zandt, the drummer boj
of the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteei
Infantry in the Civil War, to a pla"c<
| in me vjoveriiintjiii. sei vice. ucucio
Corbin brought Van Zandt, whos<
home is at Wilmington, Ohio, wltl
l" him and told the President that
entered the military service at tei
>r years of age as a drummer boy in th<
a Seventy-ninth Ohio.
Stub Ends of News.
It was believed in Berlin tha
? France and Germany are nearer wai
? than they have been since 1870.
Washington dispatches reportec
16 Frank H. Hitchcock would be Post
n master-General in the Taft Cabinet*
3 Charles F. Murphy asserted tha
Tammany Hall did all it could for W
c* J. Bryan, despite charges to the con
& trary.
It Is now "All aboard for Guate
mala" from any railway station ii
^ the United States. All rail commu
8 nication with Progressive City is nov
0 open.
r LELT5 50MLTHINC
L IN A WHILE.
Cartoon by Triggs, in the New York Press.
\N A MODERN CHINi
inese Born Parliamendiets
Progress.
i, "Yet Tsi-An played-a valuable par
a It almost seems she saved the natlo
it In 1898, when by a coup d'etat tb
;e young .Emperor trjed to crowd o
1 PKiwo i n +nron f vr H o vo ohon era a TirVi 1 n
;e the nation would have needed s
e many years to digeBt.
d "Yet, the Emperor being highl
if appreciated by the party of refori
h and progress, her seizure of the reir
e of Government and suppression c
e new ideas cast a gloom over the spir
n of the empire. And little as we kno1
i- the new characters on the Chines
II stage, It is fair to believe that bot
a extremes?conservative and progres
s sive?will hold themselves In checl
n and will wait to see where the Goi
,t ernment is tending. All depends o
events; it is impossible to state wha
n will happen; one can only speak c
d probabilities.
e "But the tendency, whether call
l1 or violent, will, I feel sure, be towar
d liberalism. These two deaths hav
e cleared the course for China. Ther
is much talk of antagonism towar
v Manchu rule, yet that antagonism j
e a thing of recent years; It has bee
I greatly heightened by the relation
>- between the Emperor and his aunt
n the Dowagar. I believe now that tha
- antaeonism will calih down for th
a time, and will, if the new Goveru
i, ment gives satisfaction, die out.
s "The talk is of a Constitutions
3 Government. I think, and have a!
ways thought, the Chinese well fitte
for it. They have always appeared t
e me to be born parliamentarians. Cer
a tainly they are as well fitted for lit
e eral institutions as any Oriental na
a tdon?better fitted than the Turks o
e Persians, as well fitted, I think, a
a the Japanese. But I believe they wi]
model their Government on the Jai
e anese Government, and that th
e stages of their progress generally wi]
be peaceful.
,1 "The present Government has
c strong liberal party behind it, and th
e radicals are too much in the minorlt
- now to do any hartn. So many stron
i1 men, both liberal and radical, ar
i I -oMttv the flovernment that I do no
' foresee a serious outbreak."
:aused suicide.
ccused of Murder Drives Him to Deathstaken
For Blood, is Really Rust.
i
f, was applied or not. He told wher
t his gun woi^ld be found, and it wa
i brought into court.
, The Coroner and jury adjourned t
- the woods near by, and the gun wa
' loaded and discharged. Hursh stooi
i by, apparently careless of the results
Following the firing of the gun th
r jurymen crowded around it to exam
f ine it for the sign. A murmur aros
- among them, and the suspense wi
1 more than the prisoner could beii
IJe turned to the gun to examine Jt
e and the man who had suggested tn
i voodoo test pointed to a red stall
- near the muzzle of the weapon. Hursl
3 became agitated and Beemed on thi
1 point of making a dash for libert;
- when he was seized by a deputy.
l Without further investigation th
nartv filed back into the court room
where in a few moments Jhe jur;
' held Hursh responsible for the kill
ing, and Coroner Lewis signed th
- commitment, i
When the prisoner saw that he wa
f to be sent to jail on the strength o
s the voodoo test he took a 'sharp knif<
t from his pocket and with one stroki
ended his life.
5 Subsequently more careful examin
1 ation of the red stain on the muzzli
l of the gun was made and beyond an;
- faMibt it was established to be noth
t ing but rust.
Queer Dr. Gabrini Dead
in His Swiss Chateau
Geneva.?The richest and most ec
- centric man in Switzerland, Dr. Ga
t brini, is dead at Lugano, leaving s
f fortune of $500,000, most of whicl
r was made in America. * .
Dr. Gabrini was a man of the sim
plest. habits. He would wear tht
shabbiest clothes, and many tourist!
who visited his beautiful chateau a
Ciani accepted his services as a guid<
under the impression that he wa:
one of bis gardeners. He used tt
take their tips ..with glee.
The Field of Sports.
^ P. T. Powers was elected presideni
r of the Eastern Baseball League.
Thomas C. Jefferson, one of th<
* best known owners of trotting anc
" saddle horses In Kentucky, died a
his home in Lexington, Ky., agec
t fifty-seven years.
The ten-mile Marathon run to be
" held in conjunction with the Brooklyi
Postoffice games on Saturday, Janu
- ary 16, is going to be au interestinj
i affair. All the old-timers will start
- The feature will be the race of Gil
f lespie, who wing a bride if he crossei
the taoe first.
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^ GERMAN KAISER YIELDS (
TO OEIMOS Of PEOPLE <
Gives Pledge to His Chancellor
For Future Conduct. *
VON BUELOW WILL REMAIN
Emperor Surrenders His Personal |
Policy in Government?Country
Rejoices That Crisis Has Been
Safely Passed.
Berlin, Germany.?By a complete
surrender to the Reichstag and the
people the Kaiser averted a clash
with the nation that seemed fraught
^ with prospects of^disaster and caused
satisfaction and joy to replace'muttered
threats and grave discontent in
| every part of the German Empire.
Aft-an o nnnforonce with flhaneelior I
Von Buelow that lasted just forty- five
minutes, in which the demands of '
the nation were put before him apd
the ultimatum of the Chancellor to
resign if he did not give*up his per- s
sonal policy in Government affairs, p
the Emperor yielded completely. a
"It was the bitterest hour of my c
life," Emperor William said wearily f
after the conference had ended. a
Another effect of the Kaiser's his- p
tory making interview with Von Buelow
is the effectual quenching of al- v
most the last flicker of the mediaeval p
torch of divine right. c
Bluntly, almost brutally, the Chan- p
cellor told William III. that he must o
capitulate to the demand of the Ger- t,
I man race people, who required of him b
\ thaf ho -would in future refrain from
unwarranted meddling with the af- f
fairs of the State and practically leave n
- the conduct of the public business of l)
the country In the hands of his Minis-' h
ters arid the Reichstag. / I
The conference was perhaps the a
most momentous of the Kaiser's li
t. reign. All Germany heaved a sigh of d
n relief when It was announced that the 3
e Emperor had yieMed satisfactorily >
n and completely. n
b Had the Empe*.or stood firm, even f;
12 his fawning courtiers were afraid to r
forecast jthe outcome, for it would v
y have precipitated a direct clash be- b
11 tween the Emperor and the empire. n
'8 The meeting between the Chancel- n
lor, who in this instance acted as the L
[t tribune of the people rather than the ii
representative of his ruler, and the ii
>0 Kaiser was dramatic in the extreme. J
h Worn and nervous and with none f
of the old defiance that he used to f<
?fla2h in every look, the Kaiser list- t
r* ened to the unvarnished truth, boldly y
n and mercilessly related. t
l* Public opinion everywhere applauds E
the Emperor's decision and where c
twenty-four hours ago there was gen
? eral revllement of him, he is the ob- r
? ject- of greater esteem than at any e
e other time in his life. fThe result is c
J considered a marvellous triumph for a
d j Von Bi/elow, as great a diplomatic^ t
8 | victory as even Prince Bismarck, the u
n Iron Chancellor, ever achieved. it
,a This meeting, which was watched t
^ by the entire German people with the I
lt most profound interest, is an outcome v
6 of the much-discussed "interview" t
L" with'an Englishman published in the b
London Daily Telegraph on October li
Ll 28, in which the Emperor was cred- p
? ited with a very frank statement 9
4 of the world policy of the German b
0 Empire, and also with being a very
good friend with Great Britain. rN? 1:
h publication was followed by a furious c
l" outbreak in Germany against the d
r Kaiser. He was most severely criti- v
cised in the German press and in the d
** * " 1 ? An V?lo QO_ 0
li Keicnstag lor nis muinureuuu, Uio au- | H
sumption of the royal prerogative u
6 and for unwarranted' interference in o
11 the state affairs of the.nation. Prince
Von Buelow replied'to these criti- y
a cisms in the' Reichstag, and said that a
e the Emperor in the future would re- 1)
y frain from a repetition of his most v
S unpopular course of action. d
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t SHOOTS JUDGE IN COURT.
Dejected Litigant in Lcipsic Woandl
Presiding Justice and Kills Clerk. .
Leipsic, Germany.?A defeated litigant
in the Supreme Civil Tribu?
| nal, of Leipsic, drew a revolver and
j opened fire on Herr Maenner, the I;
i Presiding Judge, and the Court Clerk, a
The Clerk was shot dead and tne o
Judge dangerously wounded. f
e The assassin, a man named Gros3
ser, succeeded in firing ten shots be- e
fore he was overpowered. ' Grosser a
0 was plaintiff in a auit concerning the P
3 validity of a will, and the decision o* b
, Judge Maenner was in favor of the f
' defense. As soon as Grosser heard
e the ruling he drew a revolver and I
began firing. Consternation reigned E
e in the court room until he was dis- e
s armed. * I
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1 .JUSTIFIES A KILLING. C
e F
a n
k Kentucky Governor Pardons a Man *
e Who Was Trying to Protect a Girl. n
y Frankfort, Ky. ? That Governor
Willson believes it the duty of a man
e to kill if necessary to save the honor
i. of a girl who has no protector is set
Y forth in his reasons given for pardon- ,
- ing Green B. Howard, of Harlan 5
e County, for killing Jacob Noe while
in pursuit of Rena Noe who, it is al3
leged, had stolen the girl from How- q
? ard's house to marry her to a man t
s whose character Howard did not think s
3 would stand up. ^
Y
Tobacco Interest Protests. p
? At the revision hearing in Wash*
Y ington, D. C., American growers pro- p
tested against an> reduction of the U
tariff on tobacco. ii
Steel Trust to Spend .$10,000,000.
Arrangements ror spenumg huuul
$10,000,000 on new mills and 1mprovement
of old mills in the Pitts1
burg district were completed by L
1 officials of the United States Steel S
Corporation at Pittsburg. jj
France to Own Mines.
* The French Minister of Public
Works, M. Barthou, has obtained the
3 consent of the Cabinet to introduce a I.1
3 bill for the eventual acquisition and e
' operation by the State of mining con- F
cessions. 3
Among the Workers. I .
t I There are signs of a reviva_l_in the j
lead and slate industries of Wales. iv
j A ur^on labor club was formed at ^
I the last meeting of the San Francisco, w
t Cal., laundry workers. c
1 Typographical unions have been
formed in the colonies of Barbadoes, Cl
3 British Guiana and Trinidad. *
1 printers' unions have been started
in the sister colonies of Trinidad, ?
? Barbados and British Guiana. ^
An Oklahoma farmer insists that c
a man can live on nine cents a day. f,
* provided he uses the products of his %
farm. n
1U1CK SENTENCE FOR FORGER
lets 14 Years Within 4 Hours
After His Arrest
'eter Van Vllssingen, of Chicago,
Confesses to Frauds Extending
Over Twenty Years.
Four Unpleasant Hours For Van
Vlissingen.
1.30 p. m. Peter Van Vlissingen
confronted in his office by a
detective and asked to go to the |
State's attorney's office.
S p. in. Arrives at State's *Attbrney's
office and, after being
told of charges, confesses.
3.15 p. m. Grand Jury, -which
had been presented with evidence,
returns indictment.
4.15 p. m. Prisoner brought
before Judge Windes and hearing i
begun.
5 p. m. Sentence pronounced.
< 5.15 p.' m. Van Vlissingen i
locked up in the County Jail.
!
Chicago.?Peter Van Vlissingen,
upposedly wealthy real estate dealer,
hilanthropist, automobile enthusiast
,nd member of many clubs, was disovered
to be a criminal and within
our hours had confessed, been tried
nd sentenced to fourteen years in
rison.
The knowledge of Van Vlissingen's
rrongdoing, hitherto wholly unsusected,
came with startling suddeness.
The celerity with which his
unishment Was fixed was due to his
wn desire and to the aid he gave to
he District Attorney in uncovering
.is felonies.
Van Vlissingen proves to be a
orger and embezzler to the extent of
early $1,000,000. He has placed
lie exact amount "wrongfully
landled" at $750,000. He asked
hat he be taken to the penitentiary
t once, but as creditors have begun
3gal actions against him, he may relain
in the Cook County jail here for
ome time.
The arrest of Van Vlissingen was
lade upon a charge that, on the surace,
did not seem important or
easonable in connection with one
?ho had for a quarter of a century
een regarded as one of Chicago's
lost prosperous and reputable busi.ess
men. He was accused by T. J.
,efers and William C. Seipp of sellng
to them mortgage notes amountng
to $4500, to which the names of
oseph and Bertha Grossman had been
orged. He not only promptly con?ssed
to these forgeries, but tearfully
old a story of wrongdoing from
outh, undetected until now, that asounded
Assistant State's Attorney
larbqur, who had the matter in
harge.
It appears, according to his con
essor, tnat van viissingen nas, ior
ighteen or twenty years, been protiring
large sums on forged deeds
nd notes; that he had been able
hrough the years of deception, and
ntll recently, to buy back the spurdus
documents before any one of
hem was discovered to be forged.
Triable to find the small sum with
fhich to .take up the Grossman notes,
he genuine originals of which he
iad also disposed of, detection folawed,
with fraudulent, unredeemed
>aper out against him amounting to
750,000 or more. This paper is
eld by about twenty-five individuals.
In leaving nothIngruntold, but addQg
to .the marvel of his criminal
areer, the prisoner told of a unique
:evice for forgery that he had mented.
It consists of a plate glass
lesk top, so arranged that by an
Iectric light thrown up from beleath
he could readily trace from
riginal signatures and forge papers.
Van Viissingen is about forty-five
ears old. He was at one time rated
,s a millionaire, for years figured
argely in the world of finance and
ras widely known and trusted. His
lownfall has caused a tremendous
ensation. j
SIX KILLED AS CAGE DROPS.
line Officials Fall 285 Feet in a
Pennsylvania Shaft.
Pittsburg.?Six men were instanty
killed, another critically injured
,nd three had narrow escapes in a
nine cage accident at Ellsworth Mine
lo. 1, in Washington County.
Because of a break in the machinry
the cage occupied by ten men,
everal of whom were mine officials,
ilunged from near tl^e outlet to the
ottom of the shaft, a distance of 285
eet.
The dead are: M. J. Walsh, 23,
'hillipsburg, Pa., mining engineer;
Jugene G. Smyth, 25, Alliance, Ohio,
[lining engineer; J. B. Newcomer, 2 6,
)awson, Pa., chief mining engineer
- ? ?f ir?ilcTt/nrth minps!
LI una I gt? U L LUC 1UU1 JUiiOf>WA?w ,
)sep Dnschek, 20, loader; James
telly, 29, loader; Tony Dovowsfey,
6, loader.
Newcomer and Smyth were to be
narried on Thanksgiving Day.
PATRICK LOSES CASE.
uprenie Court Dismisses His Appeal
"Without Opinion.
Washington, D. C.?The Supreme
!ourt without an opinion dismtesed
he appeal of Albert Patrick, nvho
ought to have the court review the
ecision of the Federal Court at New
'ork refusing on writ of habeas corus
to release him from Sing Sing.
He was sentencsd'to fifty years' imrisonment
there for murdering Willim
Marsh Rice, an aged millionaire,
i New York in 1900.
Large Transport Liner Launched.
Belfast, Ireland.?The steamship
linnewauska, the largest vessel of
he fleet of the Atlantic Transport
,ine, was successfully launched here,
he is of 14,500 tons, and will start
l the New York service eany
l 1909.
Young Due do Chaulnes Born.
The Duchesso de Chaulnes, formerr
Miss Shonts, of New York, has givn
birth to a posthumous son in Paris,
'ranee. Both are doing well. Mrs.
honts is at he.f daughter's bedside.
Feminine Notes.
Dr. V. A. Latyam, of Chicago, and
liss Mary A. Booth, of Springfield,
lass., are said to be the only expert
omen photomicrographers in this
ountry.
Miss Ruby Abrams, who was reently
graduated at the head of the
rt class in Cooper Institute, New
'ork City, is deaf, and until a few
ears ago was also dumb. She has
een an art stucrent ever since she
ras graduated at the head of her
lass six years ago at the Institute
ar the Improved Instruction of Deaf
lutes. She has the record of having
ron four prizes during her art course.
Habitual ,
Constipation
Hay be permanently overcome ly proper personal
efforts withtbe assistance '
bfthe one truly benejicial laxative
remedy, Syru p of figs ondEl'uir cfSetm^
which. enables onetojorm regular '
habit$ daily so tHat assistance to nature
may be gradually dispensed w\JH
when no longer needed a$yfche best of *
remedies, when required, are to assist
nature and not to supplant tbe natural
functions, vhich must depend ulti*
j mateJy upon proper nourishment,
proper efforts,and rigKt living generally.
Tomt its benejtciai effects, alwqytf ^ 1
buy the genuine ;> 1 '
syrup^flgs^elwiffsenna
^ manufactured by the
California
Fig Syrup Co. only i
SOip BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS B
one atze only, regular pt.ce 50? p?r Bottle
Wool. 7" H
Wool Is raised extensively In all I
parts of the United. States, Including I
Wall Street. It' Is used as a garment I
for wolves and to adjust over people's
eyes. In Wall Street -wool takes the
form of fleece and is highly prized as
a protection for both bulls and bears, I
who are often too thinly clad for.their ' I
own comfort. Thus the tender lamb
Is glad to help out its brothers in dis- 9
tress. The shearing hours are from
10 to 3.
Wool is obtained from sheep that
we remember to have seen in qll
paintings dotting the landscape. Dotting
tfye landscape is, however, not an
occupation in Itself, bat is only a I
means toward an end. M6st ef It
' is imported to other countries, hat I
occasionally traces of it are ^onnd
In our domestic woolen underwear. 4
The phrase "All wool and a\yard J
wide" was invented before the mod- .
em laundryman. Since hla'advent it
has been revised to "All wool andj^^H
three inches wide." 1 .. .
Sheep are very simple in Itheir hab
Its, and although they never use hair B
tonics, or wash or dress their hair fl
every night before going to bed, the? flj
seldom become bald or obliged to sit: H
in the front row. Their name is ^lso . H
always the same, so they are not like- H
ly to get lost. When we sa? -sheep H
we simply mean a lot of sheeps gath- fl
ered together.?Success Magatine.
White House Creeds. flj
In the past generation, or Sl&e the flj
time of Grant, the Methodist^^utd the H
Presbyterians have been fw'j^re H
.reprefented than all the other, de-nominations
put together in the j H
White House,- and among ^esiden- H
tlal candidates. Grant, Hayes 'and H
McKlnley were credited to the Meth- I
odists, and Tllden, Blaine, Cleveland*
Harrteon and Bryan.to the Presby- H
terians; Greeley was a Universalis^, Hj
although various kinds of eccentric H
ethical and religious Ideas were at- -fl
eributed to him; Garfield was of the
Campbellltes, and once' had been a H
preacher among them; Arthur had
Episcopalian affiliations, and . Roose- jH
velt is of the Dutch Reformed
Church.?Chicago Journal. *
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Wax Matches.
Wax matches, so-called, are made II
by drawing strands of fine cotton i fl
thread, twenty or thirty at a time,
through melted stearine, with a small r. n
admixture of? paraffin. The wax
hardens quickly upon the threads, IH
and the long tapers thus produced fl|
are smoothed and rounded by pulling
them through iron plates perforated
with holes of the desired size. Flnally
the tapers are cut into natch
lengths and dipped.
The Fall of Rome. fiS
Joseph Tunison, the Roman schol- IB
nr and translator of Virgil, always
maintained that the luxurious Roman
baths destroyed the Rtoman Empire.
He paid no attention to the enconr- HH
agement of mendicancy by Calus
Gracchus. As many as 200,000 peo- ' H|
pie were fed at the public stores in
the time of Augustus, and it was impossible
to get men to labor. Dont
encourage mendlcaiicy, Chicago! HI
f^eed the needy, but require the ablelodied
to do a ?ull day's work.?New . Htf
ork freaa. )?
UPWARD START
After Changing From Coffee to Po*. H
turn.
Many
a talented i?ersoo is kept
back because of the interference of HH
coffee with the nourishment of the HH
This Is especially so with tbosa ^H
whose nerves are very sensitive, as la j M
often the case with talented persons. HB
There is a.simple, easy way to get rid HI
of coffee evils, and a Tenn. lady's ex- UA
perience along these lines is worth HK
considering. She says: H9B
"Almost from the beginning of the
use of coffee it hurt my stomach. By ^H
the time I was fifteen I was almost a jflfl
nervous wreck, nerves all unstrung, H9
no strength to endure the most triv- BSBBj
ial thing, either work or fun. HH
"There was scarcely anything I HH
could eat that would agree with me. ^H
The little I did eat seemed to give me n
more trouble than it was worth. I BH
finally quit coffee and drank hot wat- IK
er, but there was so little food
could digest, I was literally starving;
was so weak I could not sit up long
at a time.
"It was then a friend brought mea'IS
hot cup of Postum. < I drank part of ,.HH
it and after an hour I felt as though
I had had something to eat ? felt
strengthened. That was about five
years ago, and after continuing Pos- ^99
i 11 ni in nlare of ^ffee and 2-rnd 11a 11 v
J iuu. ... ?' -- ?
getting stronger, to-day I can eat and
digest anything I want, walk as much BH
as I want. My nerves are steady.
"I believe, the first thing that did
me any good and gave me an upward
start, was Postum, and I use it altogether
now instead of coffee."
"There's a Reason." DB
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. . Read "The Road to HH
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A H9
new one appears from time to time.
The* are genuine, true, and full of
human interest. H|