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/ lEflHER 5 10SES III JEBSEV Central Leather Merger Beaten in Court of Appeals. BLOW TO HOLDING CONCERN $20,000,000 Surplus Involved and Stockholders May Now Demand Promoters' Stock?Far Reaching Decision. Trenton, N. J.?The fight of minority stockholders in the United States Leather Company to prevent the taking over of its assets by the Central Leather Company, better known as the Leather Trust, which has been in the New Jersey courts lor tnree years, has been ended in their favor by a decision handed down by the Court of Errors and Appeals. Both concerns were incorporated under the New Jersey laws. In reversing the lower courts which had refused to enjoin the merger, although granting the contention of the minority preferred stockholders of the United States Leather Company that they were entitled to their share of the $20,000,000 surplus of the company at the time of the proposed merger due on back dividends on their eight per cent, cumulative preferred stock, the highest court in New Jersey for the first time makes a point which is considered of great importance in limiting the powers of holding companies. Chancellor Pitney takes the ground that the power of corporations to consolidate exists only by virtue of plain legislative enactment and is not to be implied. Even with the unanimous consent of stockholders he holds that there is no right to consolidate unless that power has been conferred by legislation that may be read into the contract of corporation. He points out that under the act of 1893 the power to merge two corporations is conferred only where they are organized lor toe purpose ui carrying* on business of the same or similar nature. He holds that the respective certificates of incorporation of the United States Leather Company and the Central Leather Company do not show that these corporations were "organized for the purpose of carrying on business of the same or a similar nature" within the meaning of the act of 1893, and that the proposed consolidation of the two companies is unauthorized by law and violative of the rights of the non-assenting stockholders. The Central Leather Company was organized in 1905 with a capital of $40,000,000 common and $40,000,000 seven per cent, cumulative preferred stock, with the primary object of taking over the United States Leather Company. Its chief promoters were P. A. Valentine and J. Ogden Armour, leaders of the big Chica-' go packing interests, who received $6,200,000 stock for their services as promoters. The Central Leather Company now holds in its treasury all but $798,4Q0 of the $62,882,300 common stock of the United States Leather Company, and all but $4,475,100 of the $62,282,300 preferred stock. The original merger plan called for the exchange of the preferred stock of the old company for fifty per cent, in Central Leather five per cent, bonds and fifty per cent, in new preferred stock and twenty-three and a half per cent, in new common stock. The common shares received thirty per cent, in Central Leather common stoek.| LUCKY BALDWIN DEAD. End Comes to Turfman and Miner at His California Ranch. Los Angeles, Cal.?E. J. ("Lucky") Baldwin died at hi3 home at Arcadia, on Baldwin's ranch, after an illness of several weeks. He was eighty-one years of age. "Lucky" Baldwin was the last survivor and one of the most picturesque of the group of "Bonanza Kings," the product of the swiftest turns of fortune in the early fifties of California gold mining. Contemporary with Mackay, Flood. O'Brien, Sharon and Ralston he reached the zenith of his fortune when the flood tide of riches for the members of that group was reached, and at the same time acccpted the title "Lucky," which replaced his propel* name so thoroughly that Elias Johnson Baldwin became as another individual. Baldwin, born in Butler County. Ohio, April 3, 1S28, became a rover and adventurer in his early youth. The fortune left by "Lucky" Baldwin is estimated by H. A. Unruh, his manager, at $25,000,000. COOPERS BUY A WITNESS. Agree to Reimburse Prosecution Fot Expert's Fee. Nashville, Tenn.?One of the most exciting scenes in the murder trial of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, his son Robin and John D. Sharp was enacted, when the prosecution in open court sold one of its witnesses, Dr. McPheeters Glasgow, to the defense. The terms were cash, and there was long haggling among the lawyers before the sale was made. When the witness was bought by the defense Judge Hart said he was disgusted by the incident, but it was outside his jurisdiction and hs was powerless to prevent it. Woman Suffrage Up to Voters. At Pierre, S. Dak., the SJenate passed the House resolution granting a popular vote at the next general election on a constitutional amendment to provide equal suffrage. Member of "Big Six" Dead. George W. Jackson, ex-organizer of "Big Six" Typographical Union, committed suicide by jumpln-r in 1 front of a subway train in New York City. Halls of Congress. The naval bill, carrying about S1C6,000,000, was passed by the Senate. The Indian appropriation bill, carrying over $9,000,000, was passed by the Senate. Mr. Aldrich obtained the enactment of a resolution continuing the present committees to the next session. The postoffice bill, carrying appropriations of more than $232,000,000, was passed after a stormy debate. , The diplomatic, military academy, public buildings and rivers and harbors bills were Dassed by the House. c\ I r FATflLTENEIVOTHOUSEFIRE I Ten Victims of Italian Black Hand Outrage in New York City. ( Women and Children Meet Death While Praying in Their SmokeFilled Rooms. I New York City.?Sweeping with a great roar from the cellar to the roof j and endangering other nearby buildings, flames started by an incendiary in the five-story tenement at No. 374 Seventh avenue caused the loss of ten lives, injured a score, and imperilled the lives of fifty persons, ] who escaped only by means of lad- < ders put up by the firemen. f Half a score of detectives and many 1 policemen are scouring that section ? of the city in search of the fiend who j fired the building after cutting qff ^ all means of escape. Agents of the dread Italian "Black Hand" are believed to have started { the fire in the cellar, after planning 1 wholesale destruction of lives and ] property. I vvnen me uicvtc was moi. mown,.^ it had gained considerable headway. From that moment until the firemen ran their ladders up to the front windows the greatest confusion prevailed. The incendiary had nailed down the scuttle on the roof, and the panic stricken tenants had only the ladders and fire escape as a means to reach the street. Feats of daring such as are rarely witnessed, even among the hardiest of the city's firemen and police, were performed by members of both forces in sight of a wonder-struck crowd that had gathered on the avenue. Two police officers crept along a dizzy cornice at the fourth floor, clinging to seemingly insecure shutters, and saved a whole family. One fireman, after catching three babieB hurled from a window, descended to the street carrying all of them in his arms. Another made a flying leap from a swinging ladder to a window ledge. The dead were: Rosalio Filiberti, sixty years old. Contanzo Gruppi, fifty-eight years old, sister of Rosalio Filiberti. Evelyn Pasifo, four years old. Provenzio Placia, thirteen years old, niece of Rosalio Filiberti. Rosa Placia, seven years old, niece of Rosalie Filiberti. Mrs. Josephine Travisano, fifty years old. Lena Travisano, twenty years old, a daughter. Joseph Travisano, seventeen years old, a son. ~ -* ? I Caroline samone, eignty years uiu, Mrs. Travisano's mother. Unidentified man, about thirty years old. With the exception of Minnie, a fifteen-year old daughter, the entire Travisano family was killed. The girl was visiting friends in Harlem. After the flames had been extinguished search was made of the upper floors for bodies. Lying on the floor in the parlor of their rooms, the Travisano family was found. The son and daughter were on their knees with their heads on the lap of their mother, apparently having been suffocated as they were praying. Several months ago, Antonio Urso, the barber, in the rear of whose place the fire started, received a Black Hand letter, the writer of which demanded $200. It closed by saying that unless the money was paid his place would be set afire. SOX'S FATE CAUSES DEATH. Shock Kills Mother of Victim of Church Murder. Port Huron, Mich.?Mrs. Joseph Browning, the aged mother of Gideon Browning, the victim of the famous Rattle Run Methodist Church mur-- ' der, when the Rev. John H. Carmichael killed Browning, dismembered his body and cremated it in the church stove, is dead at her home in the village of Adair. j Mrs. Browning had steadily declined since the horror and shock of her son's murder by the crazed ( minister in the lonely little country ( church. j JAPS WIN A SCHOOL VICTORY. ! Another Effort to Exclude Them in i California Beaten in Assembly. < CT i- O-l A of- I f oavrammiiu, v/<ti.?auuiuci ? a-m. | tempt was made by the anti-Japanese element in the Assembly to exclude ? Japanese from the public schools. An unimportant school bill waa called up for final passage, when an amendment barring not only Chinese and Japanese, but all Asiatics, was 1 offered. The amendment was voted ! down. j Big Cargo of Wool Arrivei. With more than a million and a ! half dollars' worth of wool, the sec- | \>nd largest shipment ever received i at Boston, stowed below decks, the steamer Memnon arrived from Melbourne, Australia. The shipment of wool consists of 12,500 bales, valued at $1,600,000, on which the consignees will have to pay a duty of $460,000. Sentenced For Bribery. Fischer-Hansen pleaded guilty to attempted witness bribery and was sentenced to twelve months in prison, | In New York City. j Strawberries in Demand. Strawberries have been less plenty with demand showing some improvement and stock cleaned up at dear prices. Taft's Salary Made $75,000. TVin ~olo7.tr /if thn PrexjiHpnt nf the United States has been definitely fixed I by Congress, at Washington, D. C., at $75,000 per annum, -without any additional allowances for traveling expenses. Lumbermen Urge Conservatism. The National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, in convention at Philadelphia, Pa., passed a resolution urging conservatism in State and Federal measures for the regulation of railroads. Colonel Eritton Guilty. Colonel Edward F. Britton and Quarantine Commissioner Schroeder ] were found guilty of grand larceny, ' first degree, in taking funds of the Eagle Savings and Loan Company, of < Brooklyn, N. Y. 1 Tennis Cabinet Dinner. President Roosevelt gave a farewell dinner to his "tennis cabinet," ar Washington, D. C., and spoke ' gratefully of the loyal support given to him by the members of his Admin- J tetration 1V. BOOTH INDICTED C WITH F. R. BOBBINS |s Charged With Conspiracy to Get | $300,000 From a Bank. E; 3REAT FISH BUSINESS RUINED ? * Father Left Him Millions, But the b( Young Man's Talent Was to T< Squander Money?Became Ex- in pert at Polo. th ht Chicago, 111.?W. Vernon Booth, p president of A. Booth & Co., the so- in :alled Fish Trust, which went into 0I ;he hands of a receiver last Septem- S( )er, and F. R. Robbins, former as- b? jistant treasurer of the company, di lave been indicted. They arc charged S( vith entering into a conspiracy by s? neans of which they secured the sum q, )f 530,000 from the Continental bj Nation*. Bank of Chicago. The two m nen arg jointly indicted in one true )ill which contains three counts. in News of the Grand Jury's action pr :reated a sensation in Chicago. W. in /ernon Booth inherited from his fa- wi her the largest fishing business in ;he world. The elder Booth was a de lard-worklng business man who to lis last day could and would clean a sa Ish or handle a sailboat wLth any of be lis employes. His son, William Ver- ki ion, upon his accession to power, was me of the most widely known polo Si )layers in the country, and as socially ki irominent not only in Chicago, but in to he East. so Under his leadership, or at least vith his consent, A. Booth & Co. th >ranched out. Smaller concerns were lu jought in, and several years ago the fa ;ompany had grown to proportions vhich attracted the attention of the 01 Government. The firm wa3 brought ;o trial for accepting rebates and ca >leaded guilty to one count of the in- di lictment. The case is still under con- cc lideration by United States District fr rudge Landis. Mr. Booth was a mem- fa )er of-the Chicago, the Chicago Athetic, the Chicago Yacht, .the Chicago be Jolf, Onwentsia and Union League pi Dlubs, and the.news of the receiver- fo ihip last September was entirely a th lurprise to the public. hi A search for assets was instituted m >efore Master in Chancery Harvey 3ooth in behalf of the creditor banks, t< :o which the company is alleged to b] )we large sums. The liabilities were it istimated at more than $6,000,000, Qi iut the assets, at first supposed to be mfficient, dwindled steadily as the in- Qi restigation proceeded, and have unjfiicially been estimated as low as tc p3,700,000. Sensational testimony vas adduced from F. R. Robbins, who ta vas indicted with Mr. Booth. The g< vitness told a startling story of false in .tatements presented .to the banks to w jolster up the tottering credit of the arm. inese statements, Dy reaucing ;he figures showing liability and in:reasing the assets, Mr. Robbins said, vere $2,000,000 away from the true' ? iondition of affairs. The statement )f July 19, alleged to have been presented to the Continental National ? Bank, forms the basis of indictment. ^ tfr. Robbins said thatwhen Mr. Booth r* earned that the statement had been rj nade to the banks and that it was ^ 'alse, he insisted that the banks be ? nformed promptly of actual condi- PJ ;ions. This had been done at a secret neetlng in the Continental National 3ank, the witness said. The whole !abric of alleged deception was laid r )are, and the future of the great fish- . ng business thrown on the mercy )f the bankers. For a month the se- 0 :ret was kept from the public. Then :ame the crash. a| Bonds were fixed at $25,000 in 0 jach case, but capiases were not is;ued. It was not regarded necessary ~ it the time, as it is expected the de- y 'endants will voluntarily appear in \ :ourt. " SAILORS DINED BY NORFOLK. ! Bluejackets March Through Streets ^ ?Are Cheered by Citizens. Norfolk, Va.?Norfolk enjoyed the listlnction of being the first American lo ;ity to entertain the bluejackets of T ;he American battleship fleet after C ;heir long cruise around the world. | ji rwo thousand of the sturdy, trimooking young men who make up the a jreater part of the enlisted personnel oi )f the fleet paraded through the tl streets of the city during the fore- ci loon, and in the afternoon were ri lasted and feted at the splendid new si laval Y. M. C. A. building, com- cl jleted since the fleet set sail on its n vonderful voyage. si Nearly 200 officers from the fleet tlso were entertained at an elaborate uncheon at the Monticello Hotel by he Citizens' Committee. p All of Norfolk seemed to have :urned out to welcome the review of he bluejackets, and there was a spoil--' ^ :ancous cheer when the sailors first1 P :ame into view behind an escort of A1' :oast artillery from Fortress Monroe. m lii ?ROF. MOORE DIES SUDDENLY. tt w Blood Poisoning, Caused by Ulcer-, ated Tooth. Easton, Pa.?Dr. James W. Moore,, irofessor of mathematics and tocperi- J( nental philosophy at Lafayette Col- y; ege, died, aged sixty-five years. He had been troubled with an ul:erated tooth till blood poisoning set a] n and the tissues of the neck began ;o swell. It was decided to perform an operation, and as the surgeons were preparing for their work T Dr. Moore suddenly expired. fc Professor Moore was born in East- ti in, and was graduated from Lafa- w rette in 1864. te CARGO OF OATS IMPORTED. ?irst Shipment on Record From the cc Argentine Republic. F Boston, Mass.?The first cargo of. c( iats to reach any United States port M !rom abroad arrived here under the cc latches of the St. Quentin from 3uenos Ayres. The cargo is about ;wo hundred thousand bushels and s destined for New York. fr The identity of the consignee is fi concealed in the papers of consign- ia ment, the grain being shipped to n 'order." tt Among the Workers. A new lodge of the Brotherhood Railroad Clerks has been institute M it Lawrence, Mass. ol Greater New York Building Trader^ Council represents about 80,000 \r luilding trades workers. p] The eighth annual convention ol he Pennsylvania State Federation of ci Labor has been held in Harrisburg, r Pa. B Boston (Mass.) unions have begun i campaign to obtain the 1910 con- 01 mention of the hotel and restaurant tl employes' and bartenders' unions al- lr liance for Boston. m ANNON SUPPRESSES GAINES Bnds Sergeant-at-Arms to Keep Tennesseean in Order. ^ ach Man Accused of Insulting the Other?Peace Was Not Restored Blood Stain Till the Mace Was Brought. ' Columbu Rogers, sit Hilyard for Washington, D. C.?A sharp clash ^ 'tween Representative Gaines (Dem., ^ jnn.) and Speaker Cannon occurred the House of Representatives in e course of which each claimed he Woman Su id been insulted by the other. So Olympia, srsistent was Mr. Gaines in address- signed the 1 g the chair when declared out of provides fo der that the Speaker directed the I?1,?'. t0 srgeant-at-arms "to compel him to shall be al s in order." Promptly obeying the ^ . rections of the Speaker, the Ser- Cashier He! iant-at-arms, for the first time in Woodsvi, veral years, took the mace from its $19,500 in and and proceeded toward Mr. Allen, cash lines, but the Speaker called him tional Ban ick upon hearing the Tennessee cashier wa ember say he would be in order. leased upor The trouble arose during the readg of the General Deficiency Appro- BuU Ant iation bill. Mr. Gaines insisted on Washing terrupting with a question, and vote of th as held to be out of order. drews was "I did not know I was not in or- legally elec >r," Mr. Gaines remarked. from New 1 The Speaker, with some warmth, contest of id that Mr. Gaines had been a mem?r of the House long enough to Taft to Vis low that he was not in order. San Anl "It takes a student like the nounced .th >eaker," retorted Mr.. Gaines, "to tion Presid low what the rules are, and he has ranch of C study them every minute with city. A re imebody to prompt him." the ranch "The gentleman from Tennessee," laid out. e Speaker hotly replied, "is absotely discourteous and misstates the Accepts Ch cts." Conway, By this time both men were thor- Snowden, < lghly wrought up. the Arkans "The gentleman from Tennessee," has resign* ,me back Mr. Gaines, "Is no more of assistaD scourteous than the Speaker is dis- Maryland I iurteous to him, and the gentleman om Tennessee has not misstated th9 To Plan R< c^8-" A Baltimor "The chair desires at all times to Cofimissloi ? as impartial as he can, but the jn une wjt' actice has grown up occasionally Washingtoi r a member, on the supposition that 0; Antleta e Speaker's tongue is tied, to insult roa(j wm jj :m, and the Speaker will not sub- |jne throu it to it." Rockville, "The tongue of the gentleman from brook, Nee snnessee is tied, and he is insulted Hyattslown t the chair. The Speaker has done ary jjne ^ for twelve years," replied Mr. Frederick ( aines. The Speaker commanded Mr. Girl's Life ] aines to be in order. Lowell "The Speaker will be in order, her fath^r 10," was Mr. Gaines* fling. from dr()1 Unable longer to stand Mr. Gaines' twelve yea .unts, the Speaker ordered the Ser- pather ant ;ant-at-arms "to see that he remains North . order." It was then that the mace jce ' when as taken down. ? Th^ cMld ; MADE INSANE BY HAZING. tempte^to into the wa alph Bristol. Oregon University the jce# Student, Was Ducked in Icy Water. Portland, Ore.?Cowering in a To Punish < idded cell, Ralph Bristol, whose Omaha, irents are pioneer residents of this Briggs, of ty, shivers at the sound of a step that he has l one of the corridors of the Statp 0f twenty n isane Asylum, to which he has been ers to the i >mmltted as the result of bejng about loo i ized by upper classmen at the State for prosecu niversity. Young Bristol was ncked in an Icy bath, and when he Prison For nerged from the rigid water his Jackson .norm had flort Da I niuciia 1 Bristol graduated from high school tracted gn .st June and entered the University count 0f t ! Oregon at the opening of the fall j^rs ] smester. He was a brilliant stu- 0f j^e m'U] jnt in high school, and up to the day viction of t ! the hazing had occupied a promin- turning a v it position in his class at college. an t0 nine y selling newspapers and doing odd tentiary. ibs out of school hours he saved 1000 with which to put himself irough the university. - " TRAGEDY IN A THEATRE. an Plunges Headlong From the Gallery Dnring the Performance. oubet Pre Philadelphia, Pa.?Plunging headmg from the gallery of the National fJ" . heatre during the performance, harles McDevitt received fatal in- ? Jfjf* f. ? iries. reaso.n tha McDevitt's fall almost resulted in ? 5T? panic among those seated in the R ?. ?~" rchestra. He had been out between .. ' le second and third acts and the ?rD"ra?on irtain was up as he entered. He Spanish Ca ished down the steep steps with 1 ich speed that he was unable to loieao, leek himself and pitched over the "la a. n< tiling. He was sent to the hospital ?r A0,,0' iffering from a crushed skull. ,^/C., ' ar 1S?4. FIVE CREMATED IN FIRE. Roosevelt paris r alifornia Woman and Children Were nounce(i th Killed and House Burned. accepted a: Bakersfield, Cal.?Mrs. Minnie address .thf eekman and her four children were arned to death in their home, four National B; " - <-1- -? .1.nHnAnti4 TVio t??_ lies SUUUl Ul Da&ciauciu. jlug pu- oaunasu ce say they were murdered and that of the Nati le house was fired. The children ture in th< ere from six to fourteen years old. ture, was The charred bodies were found in mony. >d amid blood stains. Mrs. Beekman's husband died a Judge Thaj jar ago. He had two children by a Shangha irmer wife. To these he left $100 Judge of t ich, and bequeathed the remainder Shanghai, ! his $75,000 estate to his widow Wilfley, ar id her four children. a hearty vi Mrs. Teal Convicted. Opium Con Mrs. Margaret Teal, wife of Ben Shangha eal, the theatrical manager, was tional Opii >und guilty of attempted suborna- been in sei on of perjury in New York City and 1, held its as sentenced to a year in the peni- ports from intiary. mitted and Forty-one Indiana Counties Dry. Duty on Xf In the local option elections five . Halifax, mnties declared against the saloon. ^ice.s Tece^ orty-one of Indiana's ninety-two an?, mnties have now voted "dry." Elec- j>ewrounai! ons will be held in seven more f? p'af?a, (unties next week. the Br 3* a prohibit] Roosevelt Visits New York. o^thT^tots President Roosevelt, who went fish js ship ora Washington, D. C., to attend the js valued i ineral of his nephew, Stewart Doug,s Robinson, spent four hours in First Snow ew York City before returning to Genoa, I le Capital. forty-one y About Nored People. To p]ant V President-elect Taft was made a Valparai ason "at sight" by the Grand Lodge ment has d f Ohio, at Cincinnati. Strait of Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer, wireless cc as highly honored by King and peole upon his return to Stockholm. New Frenc The King of Spain recently be- Paris.?' ime an honorary member of the oist d'Azy oyal Automobile Club of Great attache of rltain. Washingto Charles F. McKim declined to serve ti the commission provided for in National T le McCall bill to report on a site Madrid, t Washington, D. C., for a Lincoln Deputies p temorlal. tion of a n 1 t: est News. 1 ;y wire. u . C( ??1 fl is Make Ji Ige Faint. ui s, Ohio.?Judge C. M. V ting in the trial of Harry tn the murder of Patrolman H fainted at .the sight of the tr d clothing of the dead po- c Court adjourned for the C ffrage Bill Signed. hi Wash.?The Governor C( woman suffrage bill, which o1 r an election in November, decide whether women f( lowed to vote. f( Id For Shortage. lie, N. H.?A shortage of . the accounts of E. W. * ier of the Woodsville Nak, was announced. The ?' is arrested, but was re- it i furnishing $10,000. r< gj Irews Gets His Seat. ton, D. C.?By unanimous ^ e House William H. An- tj declared to have been . ted a delegate in Congress " Mexico, as the result of the 1 Octaviana A. Larizola. 8( P it Brother's Ranch. a: tonio, Texas.?It is anat soon after hip inaugura- ic lent Taft will visit the ^ Jharles P. Taft, near this b ssidence is being built on and golf links are being r< M, 11 air in College. p Ark.?Professor J. W. fi >f the chair of history ia w sas State Normal School, 0 ?d to accept the position g it horticulturist In the ? agricultural College. IE >ads to Battlefields. ^ Cl e, Md.?The State Roads 0 1 considered improvements 0 h the proposed road from tl i, D. C., to the battlefields p m and Gettysburg. The p kely run from the District ts gh Bethesda, Montrose, Gaithersburg, Middlelsville and Clarksburg to * if which is on the bound- 1( ietween Montgomery and a bounties. o fi For Father's. 1 a Mass.?In trying to save ti , an Italian stonecutter, a tvning, Mary Devennto, . rs old, lost her own life. . 1 daughter were crossing n imsford mill pond on the Devennto broke through. N remained on1 solid footing h have escaped, but she at- j< reach her father, slipped v ter, and was carried under ^ Vi Omaha Rioters. Neb.?Chief of Police a South Omaha, announced a 3 already given .the names a lembers of anti-Greek riot- ti County Attorney, and that in all will be recommenced ?. lion. ? Woman Slayer. Ky.?The trial of Mrs. lie Allen, which has atsat local interest on ac- a he family connections of tier victim, and the atrocity raer, resuueu m me cuu- , he defendant, the jury reerdict sentencing the worn, ty-nine years in the peni- ? n a i \f< Y CABLE.. ? 'i ? h diets Universal Peace. ^ President Loubet is the a Ln article maintaining that jj s marching steadily toward if universal peace, for the it public opinion against stallizing everywhere and ually become irresistible. & 5 his friends working for E to redouble their efforts. g v rdinal Sanclia Dead. Spain.?Cardinal Giriaco p :ha y Hervas, Archbishop t, died here. He was born id was created Cardinal in ? d to Visit Paris. '( rhe University of Paris auat Theodore Roosevelt has p q invitation to deliver an h ire in 1910. ank in Santiago. , Cuba.?The new building onal Bank, a superb struc- K 5 Greek style of architec- d opened with much cere- y si per Reaches Shanghai. y i, China.?Rufus Thayer, he United States Court at in succession to L. R. Vidro onrl waa cr\von -elcome. ^ ii iference Adjourned. n i, China.?The Interna- fi lm Conference, which has vv ssion here since February e final meeting and the re- jj sub-committees were subpassed upon. n c swfoundland Fish. I g N. S.?According to ad- h red here the merchants of v. Portugal who trade with h and will ask that a duty v on all fish imported from colony if the latter passes on measure shutting out n ation of wines. One-third s* ii catch of Newfoundland r< ped to these countries, and tv at $1,500,000 annually. B in 4J Years. ! taly.?For the first time in ears snow fell in this city. i'ireless Far South. so, Chile.?The Govern- H lecided to construct on the e lagellan a high tower for w immunication with Chile. SJ e h Naval Attache. a Lieutenant D. M. C. Bor- ^ has been appointed naval the French Embassy at n, D. C. heatre For Spain. fi Spain.?The Chamber ot u assed a bill for the crea- c atioual theatre. o ;* i . ' '* t RAIN FOR ENGLISH ROYALTY. uxurious Furnishings of the New Esc Car Built For King Edward. The three railway corporations mtrolling the East Coast route bereen London and Scotland have just jmpleted a new and luxuriously tted royal train for the exclusive se of their Majesties King Edward II. and Queen Alexandra and other lembers of the British royal family, itherto when the royal family, have aveled over portions of the East oast route the train built some years go at the London and Northwestern ompany's works at Wolverton has . een utilized; but now the East Coast A jmpanles are in possession of their ||j svn special train. The King's saloon is sixty-seven \ set in length over the body, nine Tea set wide and twelve feet eleven "P? iches high from rail level to top of fou jof. It Is constructed of teak with ble steel underframe and is carried on ^A fo six wheeled bogies. Entrance is " btained from double doors opening ?? iward at each end; the mouldings rei )und the panels and windows are of f**' lit brass and the centre of the bot- '' >m panels is ornamented with his ^ [ajesty's cipher. On each side of eap le doors are gilt grip handles exmding from the cornice to the floor. ~~z: he outside panels are of specially ;lected figured teak and the centre anel bears his Majesty's coat of rms. * 'ro Commencing at one end the sa- ^U? ton is divided as follows: Entrance ^ alcony, smoke room, day saloon, S9* edroom or dining room, dressing jom, attendant^ compartment. wa The bedroom, or dining room, is "Oi jurteen feet long and the walls are a ^ anelled and enamelled -white, the lrniture being in mahogany inlaid 1th kingwood and covered with fine ho id i rose colored silk damask with sp< reen silk embroidered cushions. fhen used for day journeys the bed i taken out and the compartment is anverted into a dining room. In Ev rder to give uniformity of efTect all f these rooms, with the exception of , le attendant's compartment, are car- an eted alike with a fine plain Saxony ile old rose carpet, and all the curilns and blinds are of soft green Ilk, with white silk embroidery. In ddition to electric radiators the sa- . fr )on Is heated by means of warmed * ir, which is delivered Into the varlut compartments through ducts :om electric blowers situated in the j ttendant's compartment. Ventila- / on is also afforded in the same way, i nd the air from the roof ventilators I i extracted by means of electric ex- # austers. 1 In addition to the saloons for his I [ajesty the King two special saloons u ave been constructed for his Ma- Vl ssty's suite and friends, which are Ki estlbuled on to the royal saloon. pr< hese saloons are carried on four lnj rheeled bogles of special design with pe: jn foot wheel base. The vehicles to re fifty-eight feet six inches long and re fitted with easy chairs and Fo ouches upholstered in green tapes tt TV?o narHMrma ara on orrarnroH ' J [/Mi V4MWUW V WW % ? lat each of the saloons can be made lto four bedrooms.?Scientific Amer- to :an. an * rh The Value of Diplomacy. da The southern darky is not, gener- j pe: lly speaking, lacking in tact when | tei ; comes to dealing with his white i we eighbors, as the following story in- j el? icates: ' foi A certain planter In Louisiana had ! ha aught an opossum, and, seeing three ho egroes whom he knew approach, ag nd knowing the fondness of the race th< jr the above-mentioned toothsome soi nimal, determined to have some fun. cai "Boys," he said, 'I've got a fine ov jossum here, and I'm going to give ini im to the man who will tell pie to ge rhat political party he belongs and iaj an give the best reason for his beef. "Now, John, liow do you vote, and rhat is your reason for doing so?" . his "Well, sah," replied John. "I Ar 'longs to the ole Republican pahty. we >e Republicans freed us an' I feels im rateful to 'em an' I jes' nacherly wa otes dat ticket." pr< "Very good indeed. John," said the ha lanter. "And you Bill?" he added, an timing to another of the darkies. "I's a Papulis'," answered Bill, lis You see, sah, de Populis' stan' for wa e people's rights, an" I believes in ! >m." prl "That's good, too," remarked the lyi lanter. "And how about you, Sam?" e said, addressing the last of the fir* fa/ "Well, boss," replied Sam, and he dii matched his head and grinned m? nowingly as he spoke, "I b'longs to as e Demercratic pahty?'case, 'case ou know, boss, I wants dat 'pes- j urn." Sam got the 'possum.?Harper's Weekly. - to Taste For Caviare. If few people like caviare, those an, rho like it at all like it very much ideed. Bismarck was probably its ne lost famous devotee. One gathers r01 rom Busch that the Iron Chancellor hu ras prepared to talk caviare to any stent if the subject came up, treat- frc ig of Its varieties and merits with ne; linute knowledge. And twice it mj Dines out that one of his principal the rievances against "fat Borck, the older of the King's privy purse," we as concerning caviare. Bismarck j nei aa sent ioriy pouiiua ui a uuun-c i gn ariety to King William as a present, j to nd was astonished to get no present i tui or even a thank you in return. But 3me friend, dropping into Borck's ! jt j oom, saw a barrel of caviare there col -ith a spoon standing in it. and told ch? lismarck. The Chancellor could not bet jrget or forgive Borck's intercepion of his gift to the King. bu I t0 Charm of Paris Society. los The charm of society life in Paris es in its great diversity. We love Po ven its painful duties. We attend ma ith equal eagerness?I had almost Po aid equal satisfaction?a state fun- pk ral or a first presentation. This is lik form of worldly politeness in its bei igher sense.?Ladies' Field. a ] To Make Good. Cr To make good, a woman needs that ^ ne balance, that accurate self-measrement, which goes by the name of on ommon sense. It is the one thing ar< n which success depends the most. iul OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA I aped Terrors of Many Winters br H Using Pe-rn-ruL n Isaac Yureof tr. Isaac Brock, of McLennan comity. H is an ardent friend to Perana and B| aks of it in the folio wingtermB: - H Dr. Hartman's remedy, Peruna, I have H nd to be the best, if not the only relia- H remedy for COUGHS. COLiDS, CA? ' U ERH and diarrhea. B 'Peruna has been my stand-by for * H >ny years, and 1 attribute my good H ilth and my extreme age to this iiaJh It. vrn ntl.ii m eeta nil mil ftt- HI Irevients. I have come to rely upon it almost irely for the many litcle things for, ich I heed medicine. I believe it to be ecially valuable to old people." Isaac Brock.\ a omeseckiag With a Brass Band. s Prairie schooners carrying, five " rman farmers and their families m Oklahoma, eighteen in all, have it arrived overland in Logan, in } eastern part of the territory, to tie in the surrounding farming xntry. The caravan of schooners s accompanied by twenty head of rses and the first schooner carried ilg German band of eighteen pieces, ; martial strains of "Die Wacht am leln" heralding the advent of the meseekers.?Albuquerque Corremdence Denver Republican. MUST BELIEVE IT. ery Reader Will Concede the Trnth . . * y of This Statement. One who suffers with backache or *. 7 form of kidney trouble wants ft /rk cure, not merely tem- ' g^gpwary benefit. Reiv f Maxwell 3. Rowland, of Toms River, N. J., makes a statement In ' '> thin connection that. Is worth attention. Says he: "I was sad* . denly taken with an attack of . kidney trouble,, had severe. pains In my back and loins and was generally run down. Doctors were not helping me, so I b?> gan using Doan's dney Pills. They brought me ampt relief,, and as I continued tak5 them the pains in my back dlsap* ared and the kidneys were restored normal condition." Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a box. ster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. v.. . . V Odd North,Carolina Volumes. A bor labelled "Books" addressed one of the most straightforward d upright citizens of Kingston arred at the express office several ys ago. Notice was forwarded the rson for whom the books were 'v , ided that they had arrived .nd ire at the office. Several days ipsed and the owner failed to call : his express. Meanwhile the box d been moved about some and the oks had evidently rubbed up ainst each other considerably, for 3 manager of the office noticed mething about the package that used him to call up the addresse er the phone and make the follow- i 5 statement: "Say, please come t your box; the books are Ieak?Kingston Free Press. , V: <P Rare, Rarer. ./ An English naturalist was showing 5 fine collection of spiders to some oerican friends. All at once they sre alarmed to see that a giant specen had escaped from his case and is approaching them. One of those esent, a Philadelphia physician, d the presence of mind to jump up d kill the animal. "What a pity," exclaimed theJ2ngh naturalist. "Do you know that 6 a very rare specimen of spider?" "Never mind," returned the cul- , , It. "I've.made {* rarer!"?Brooki Life. / t Ordinary corncobs are worth six>n cents for eighty pounds in Ini. They are ground to a coarse sal. mixed with mc lasses and used a food for cattle. NEW IDEA Helped Wis. Couple. It doesn't pay to stick too closelj old notions of things. New ideas ;en lead to better health, success d happiness. A Wis. couple examined an idea w to them and stepped up sev?fa/ inds on the health ladder. Th< sband writes: "Several years ago we suffered im coffee drinking, were sleepless rvous, sallow, weak, and irritable r wife and I both loved coffee and jught it was a bracer." (delusion) "Finally, after years of suffering read of Postum and the harmfulss of coffee, and believing that tc jw we should ghe some attentioc . new ideas, we decided to test Pos n. "When we made it right we likec and were relieved of ills caused bj Tee. Our friends noticed th< . inge?fresher skin,sturdier nerves f iter temper, etc. "These changes were not sudden t relief increased as we continued drink and enjoy Postum, and we t the desire for coffee. "Many of our friends did not like stum at first, because they did not .ke it right. But when they boiled stum' according to directions on g., until it was dark and rich thej ed it better than coffee and wer? aefited by the change." "There's leason." Name given by Postum Co., Battlt eek, Mich. Read "The Road tc sllville" in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new e appears from time to time. Thej i genuine, true, and full of human ereat.