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F k ? VOL. XI. fff OF M MURDERS j A Strangler in Ohio Admits a Series of Crimes. RELATIVES SAY HE IS INSANE llfrrrj JCti:ii>p ('I)?lici1 11 If Vicllinn I'onr t> oiiifii ami n Cltild, <? llral'i?Tliwn of tlin Minders in C'incinnntl. One in 1 niH)iii;ip?lik unil Onr in Hamilton, Ohio?III* Wife n Victim. A llanillton. Ohio. AH'ccil A. Knapp. jTxthe wife murderer. Iwis confessed to live murders. lie confessed to killing -^4 Miiry Kokort on Walnut street. in Cinciimati; to killing Jennie ('minersKnapp under the liberty street bridge. <"iiiriunuti; to killing Ida tlebhardt. at w} Indian ipolls; to killing Hannah (iodV ?lard. at Hamilton: to killing Km ma \ I.-ittleninn in a lumber yard in Cinein\ nnti. ^ Knapp was closeted with Mayor Kitsch, Chief of I'oliee Kuentmerlliig, 'antain Lnnahim and SlierllT Bisdorf. } lie llnnlly confessed to the murders, A any log that passion was tile underlying ^ motive of all. Knapp is now suspected _) ?>f being a strnngh'r. who traveled all X ever the country killing women, lie V*. amy have killed three women at HvansY vllle, Ind., but would not talk on the subject. Knnpp said: "On June 21. lSM-t. I killed a child. ! Knimit Kittleman. in a lumber yard on j ?icst street, Cincinnati. On August 1* 1S!M. 1 killed Mary Kokort on Walnut \ #treet in Cim-ittnut i. On AufStisi 17, 1NIM, I killed my wife, .1 ?>n 11 it* Oonne-sKti.*ipp. under the canal at Liberty atrort. Cincinnati, and then threw th" body into the water. In .Inly, IKM.Y 1 killed Ida tSehhardt in Indian* apolis. I mtiUe this statement voluntarily and it is the truth." Knr.pp in a lirni hand then signed the confession and swore to it. Mayor Bosch administered the oath. Crossed for further details. Kuanp said that he met the I.lttleinan child 1ii the Ininlier yard and assaulted her ?nd choked her to deatli when she made an outcry, lie added: "I went into the room with the 1*< kert srrl. She cried and 1 strangled her ; with a towel and hurried front the boost-. I was mad at my wife. Jennie i Conners-Knnpp. when I killed her. We j were walking alotui Liberty street. I , got her down under the bridge, on a , pretext, and choked iter to death. I deny that I poisoned lur. After she' was dead I threw the body into ilie <a- j no I. "Ida Cebbnrdt 1 kilbd. but my memory Is not clear as to what I did. "I cannot tell what made no" kil* these people. I couldn't help It. Some ! VI. i .-.r .. .I....: i in . ...? - > ? - - ui .1 ?ivMH' n? i\:n piuu ii'Mii oi |i'o | nnil I rnp'il 1101 leyf-d the toinntntior..'' | Aflc < ho confessions :i formal elrirtre of nmrilcr in 11 so lirst deprec was fi!o:l. j a Cincinnati attorney then was per-j mittcd to s c the prisoner, and ho told him to make no fnrthor srat > cents. TCnapn was surprised that his people had obtained counsel for him. He is afraid of lic'.iip lynched. Cincinnati. Ohio. - The pat. ins of Knapn sav ho is insane and Ids emif. s- j trio 11 should not ho holioveil. Mrs. Sa- I ?lie Wenrnd. ids sister, on hearine: <>f | the confession, went to the Cineinnatl police hendnnnrf its and thcuco to ilamlllon. Site said her hrother. wh n five years old. was kicked by a colt and Infer was struck hv liulitninp. and l?nt for her navrnts she would have had him adjudged insane. PUMCHiNC SCHOOL f/A'AM WIN'--. 'Ml** ltocurj, tVlin till Her liter t'ii|itts. In I'.-i wluckel. It. I., tiplietit. Pawtncket, R. I.?Miss Mary L. Rop- ; ot>. the strenuous hipli school teacher who punched two of her bip hoy pupils, was reinstated with honors by the fmhool committee. Miss Itopcrs cave her version of the affair. Site aid thrtf when she struck McNeil ho wak in his sent. mid in doing v. lint she did she felt thnt she was perfectly justified. 'There seemed to ho a concocted i chome on the part of certain young men in (lie class to make trouble for aic." she said. "I heard of this before rrsnm1ng my duties in the high school. . j?nd resolved to take n determined I wtand. Realizing the importance of j having discipline maintained, unless i froper respect is shown for teachers. do not see how much progress can be made In an educational way. "It. resolve I itself into a question as o whofho" the hoys or myself should run the school. I was elected for the ; purpose. en<l if 1 failed to take a firm stand on the opening day T knew full Wei! that there wouldbetrouhlo ahead." As a result of the Investigation hy the school committee the two young men concerned m the trouble were suspended for two weeks, and the joint committee "heartily sustained" the action of Miss Rogers. VICTORIA'S C'FTS FOR ST. LOUS. King TC?fwar<t Will I.rnd Them as a Pergonal Contribution to the Fair. Lon Ion. ? King Edward will send Queen Victoria's priceless collection of Jabilee presents for exhibition nt tlio fxmlslnnn Purchase Fair as his personal contribution toward its success. The King personally announced this decision to P. R. Francis. President of the Ft. Pools Exhibition, who, accompanied by Ambassador Chontc, was received In audience In Buckingham Palhee. Tlie King was most cordial In his reception to Mr. Francis, no evinced much curiosity as to the flermnn exhibit at the fair. He did not refer to noj probability of the Prince of Wales Yimting St. Lou/s. I OR3 F( APPEALFOR I HE FiLIPiNOS President A iks Senato io Pass tlio Philippinos Tariff Bill. Ilr Kmr* Tlint SI.irr.tHon Will I!i>?ult I'roin llrliiy? l>r?rrtl*>? l>jr> Dmpnr:?;? Sitiii.ion Id lb? Irlnndji, Washington I>. C. President Roosevelt : fill a luessasie to t lto Senate stroucriy urjiinjr the ur*- of tlu* Philippine Tarift liilI. The President begins ilie message by saying: "I have just received a cable from fSoveriior Tal't which runs as follows: " 'Necessity for passage House Tariff bill most urgent. The conditions of prnomtivc industry nnd business considerably worse than in November, the date of last renort nnil nrmviniT I each 'limitI). Some revival in sugar ami tobacco prices. due to expectation of tariff law. "'Tlie interests ol' Filipinos in sugar an<l tobacco extensive, ami failure of bill will be blow in face of those interests. Number of tobacco factories will have to close, and many sugar haciendas will be put up for sale at a sacrifice it the bill will not pass, Customs receipts have fallen off this month onethird. showing decrease of purchasing power of islands. < Sonera I business stagnant. All political parties, including labor unions, most sir nuous in petition for tariff bill. Effect of its failure very discouraging.' "Vice - Governor I.tike Wright indorses in the strongest manner all that Governor Taft lias said and states that lie lias the gravest apprehension as to tlie damage that may come to the islands if there is not a substantial reduction in tlie tariff levied against Philippine goods coming into the United States. 1 very earnestly ask that this matte receive the Immediate attention if Congress, ami that the relief prayed for lie granted." The President then reviews the calamities which have befallen the Philippine people, 'm inding the rinderpest, ! which destroyed ninety per cent, of tlie i earihios. the Filipino cattle, a peculiar Oriental horse disease which he- ! ennte epidemic. further crippling trans- ] portntion. and the damage to the rim ! crop l>y locusts. Tlu* President con- j t limes: "There is imminent dancer of famine | in the islands, Congress is in course of | generously appropriating Slt.ooo.ono to | meet ilie iimuediate needs, but the in- I dispensable and pre-eminent need is the 1 resur eotioii of productive industry 1 from the prostration Into wlileli it has been thrown l>y the causes above enumerated. "I ask action in the tariff matter not merely from the standpoint of wis" government it] policy, but as a measure of humanity in response to an aupeal to which this great people should not . close its cars. We have assumed re ; spnnsibililies toward the Philippine Islands which wc are In honor hound to f til til 1. We have the spocilic duly of taking every measure in our power to see to their prosperity. "The ftr.vt and most important step in t'ois direction has hec-n accomplished 1?\ ?!>?? Inlm -wo;. r . ... J ?. .11111 .11 llll' 11 i I 11 ?ary niul rivll authorities in securing pence :iih1 civil government. Tile wisdom of Congress at the present session has provided fur them a sta.ble cur-' reney, ami its spirit of htunane liberal- ' itr ami justice toward litem will lie shown in the appropriation now substantially agreed niton of $:!.000.000 to meet the pressing immediate necessities, !>ut there remains it vital tie <1 that one thing further shall be thine. "The calamities which haw befallen thrni as above enumerated could have been averted by no human wisdom, i Tliev cannot be completely venaiivd, but the suffering can b" greatly allc- I viated ami a prrmanent ltasis of future prosperity assured if the economic relations of the islands with tile United States are put upon a satisfactory basis." BUSINESS MAN SLAIN. K. I,, r.nr.lick'* lieutl Crimbed In ?Culler Probably Murderer. Buffalo. N. Y.?Edwin L. Burdick, President of E. L. Burdick & Co., and of tlie Buffalo Envelope Company, was murdered at his homo on Ashland avenue. in one of the finest residence sections of the city. The theory at tirst advanced that the crime was the work of a burglar wns abandoned as the police probed deeper into the ease. Bur lick's body, slightly clad, was found lying on n couch in a small room off tlie lower ball used by Burdick as a smoking room. Ills head bad been crushed wit0 some blunt instrument. The blows wore delivered with such force that the skull was crushed in several places. Nothing ot value was missing from the house. No weapon wns found anywhere. The belief is gaining ground that he received a caller after lie h.ni ' retired, who. for sonio unknown reason, after a desperate struggle. killed Burdick and then made his escape. Rnrdiek was fond of feminine company, but the force of the blows preclude the possibility of a woman being his murderer. Mrs. Rurdiek had left home and had begun divorce proceedings against him. The police ate continuing their investigations of the case. Jo??ph Sintth'a Hon In an A?ylnm. PnvId Smith, a son of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon family, who was assassinaated at Carthage. 111., In 1S14, Is one of the oldest patients at the Insane asylum at Rlglii, 111. He is seventy years old and a strong antl-polygamlst. and in an early day joined the Reorganized Church of the Patter Pnv Saints of Jesus Christ, of whieh Joseph Smith, Jr., was chosen President in 1800. The Elgin pnticut probably will never recover. _MI >RT MILL. S. C., WED ni;ESS KILLED IN UA! ll[ West Virgirva the Scene o! a Sanguinary Confl.c:. STRIKERS FIRED ON DEPUTIES Tln? Troulili' Aro??- Out of ;m Att<*mvt l<> Arre.l Miner* Kor tin* Violation ol Iii'Ijk Keller"* lilnnki'l I'm junction? m Thrcp litotpr. Slain l?> uii.l Miiny Otlicm M oiinile l, Two K.ttully. Charleston, W. Va.?AI Stmini ford City, Italeigli Cotinty. a li.vt-.* baltie took place at dawn between tl;e joint posse of Deputy Vnited Stales Marshal Cunningham and Sheriff Cook on one side and rioting miners on the other, as a result of which three miners were killed, two others mortally wounded, and a number of others on both sides more or less seriously hurt. The trouble grew out of the attempt to arrest tliirty-four miners for violation of the blanket iniunetion l>y Federal Jtulg' Keller last August. Deputy Marshal D. W. Cunningham went to Atkinsville, a milling town in Italeigh County, to arrest men charged with violating the injunction. He was surrounded by a large party of miners armed with Winchester rifles, who ordered him to leave the place, an order which he quickly obeyed. Sheriff Cook at this time attempted to make some arrests under process issued by the State Court and was treated in a like manner. Cunningham returned to this city, and reported to the Marshal and District Attorney that he could do noih'ug without a large force, and then only at imminent ri*-k of precipitating a bloody conflict, lie was instructed to return with men sulltclent to serve the process given him, and to do it at all hazards. lie fere Cunningham return -d to Atkinsville, however. Marshal John K. Thompson ami S. C. Burdetfc, attorney for the I'nited Mine Workers, went to the scene, spending two days there. They found everything quiet, the miners ha\ ittg withdrawn front the immediate neighborhood ami crossed New Diver, going into camp lltlu strong near the Dig (?? Mine, mi the north side. Thompson and Burdetto en mo home, and Cuittiiugham and a strong posse went from here to make the arrests. When Atkinsville was reached the Federal forces were joii-cil by Sheriff Cook and his puss:-, the coal companies near by furnishing some guards. The Deputy and Sheriff found themselves ill i ouuuand of about lt?U well-armed and determined men. Tin* rioters had recrossed the river and were parading up ami down before the various coal works front I Sin to IMO men a nted with Winchester li'ies. They intimidated >* ^ * " "? ? drove iuvay the guards of tlx:- mines, ami even went so far as to disarm one guard ami i'.tree him t<? march at the liea<J <if (heir procession. Kmholdeued by their sinless, they attempted to burn (town a bridge of lite Chesapeake and tdtio Kailrond over riney CJuleh and threatened the destruction of other property. At night they went into camp near Stanniford City. About daybreak tlie otiieers and their combined posses surprised tise rioters in their camp and called on them to surrender. The reply was a shot. This was answered with a shot, and immediately a furious battle was raging. When it ceased Mine of th* rioters lay (load ttnd many oth rs were t'oatul to be wounded, two of tlient fatally. Seventy-three arrests were made, fen falling to the share of Deputy Can j ninghani and sixty-three to thai ot I Sheriff Cook. Ml I he prisoners were taken to Heck ley, the eonnty seat of Halcigh. where the United States prisoners were given it preliminary hearing by Commissioner Dunn and held for nnnenraiiei? lu>v.. ti.... l . . - ...... . .n .1 ii i i ! uriHigiii here by an early morning train. The injunction which the miners were charged with \iolatiug was the blanket writ nf Tun go Keller in tlie suit of the Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency Company. The defendants in the ease were all the coal companies operating in the New Kiver field, l.*?0 members of the Mine Workers of America, by name, including President Mitchell and Secretary Wilson, and all other persons whatsoever, who aided and abetted them. The injunction covered almost every foot of ground in the coal mining region of New lliver. MRS, HARRISON TIRED OF DELAY ? Kinir nr former I'rmlrient Drmandi Kf port on lltntltiintlV Elliitr. Indinapolis, Ind.?On tlio demand of W. II. II. Miller, Attoruoy-Ceneral in President Harrison's Cabinet niul (lio attorney of the former President's widow, Probate Commissioner Walker has oiled the Union Trust Company, executors of the Harrison estate, to appear before him and tile a report. No report has been made since tlie death of Mr. Harrison, and Itussell Harrison said that the delay had been caused by a wish to settle amicably the realty affairs among the heirs. He refused to say in what respect the differences exist. When asked what property is represented In the suit recently brought by him for partition, he declined to say, but asserted that the suit was not instituted as the result of any dissen-* sions among the heirs. The action of Mr. Miller, however, indicates that Mrs. Harrison is tired of the delay, and is so construed by the trust company, whose officers say, however, that the condition of the estate is satisfactory to all concerned. ll : NESDAY, MARC II 4,1! TRUST CO. MEADS HELD President Twining una 7 ; ?.:? vt* Cornell Arrested ai Asbnry ' ark. A'Tiiiml l?v Stnlr r.v?n1; I t nniiifr \ hm!i?uburc "I AiliUintr ! JIU?? S(ut(Mi?rnt:t ? litrtli<*r diitr(?? 'I w ining. Aslnirv Park. N. .1.- Tift' exp o-It d arrests of President Albert Twining ami Treasurer I>:'\ ill C. Cornell, of Monmouth Trust ami Safe Deposit Company, were mud-\ They were placed under hnmls to appear for a hearing. It is likely ti>e men wiP elect to \ro to the trial rourt if the tJrand Jury sees tit to iinllet tin in. The eharires atrainsi thetn are made liy State Hank Examiner Vredenhttrij. who took ehartre of the trust company until succeeded by Ueeclver I.aiiuiui;. They are accused in various counts. It is alleged that on Deeetnher 1- last they jointly made a false statement to the Stiite Commissioner of Hanking nml Insurance, ami again, that on Noveniher 11." they again jointly mail.' a false statement, li is further charged against Mr. Twining that lie fnlsith <1 . the statement relative to outstanding; eertllled checks at the close of business , on the last day of last year. The ; charges do not no into specifications, I but it is sahl that tin charge which ' bes aguiust Twining alone results from | the transfer of the stock of the First | Na'ional 1*ank to the trust company, wlii-li occurred on the day the two banks closed down. February 1."., The charges were sworn to before dust ice of the Peace (II. llarkalow at Freehold afier a conference in which Proseettt John 10. Foster took part, and in connection with which Judge lleistey was eonsutted. It was late when the warrants were executed. County I ictei t ive Charles Strong was intrmted with them, and tie drove across country, arriving here just before daylight in the morning, lie informed I'liiil* of Police ilruvatt of his mission, and also called in Constable 11uliek to aid hint. Policemen were >et to watch every outg .ing train, and the trolley cars were also watched. Constable Htiliek went to the trust company offices and waited. Mr. Cornell entered ahoiti 10 o'clock and was at once placed under arrest. At about the same hour Iteteetive Strong and Chief tIra\ alt arrestnl Twining. Tliev hail hern to his house and searched it without avail. ami la lor found him >n I lie slrrot. tin wus tn Ice 11 to tin- trus' company ofHfi's. Honjantin T,. Smock. :i builder: l-.li>.th "N*n ?'li :it*. Dr. .Inlm F. Davison. Harvey It. Johnson ami Samuel A. Oliver licciimo bondsmen for Twlnimr. ami M i's. Mary A. Finch. Fornell's mot'u r-i'i-la w by Ins flrsi wife. offered hi> li ml. Justine John A. Itordeu. on Mislrncli"n,s from |lii> I'rn.seeiitor 11 : *?! the lionil< at S."??too in Twininy'a case ai?'l at Sjnnn in Cornell's. Ce.true ]'. Krnolil. Pre-blent fit* tin* First National Itank. b.*< n. : la on he-o tot "i too ifiys. His iV-nu; r ami two small i hU'lrmi nr.- livic at Ins house h i' . ami it is ?asd Mr. Kmehl is stayiitj; in It: t.okiyn. HE'S A MOO-RM BLUIBEARD. Olllll M.lll Ml.P.l.r.,1 w?? iHuvr*4*tl it Fourth. Hamilton. Ohio.? Allien Knnpp was arrested in Indianapolis ami brought in litis < ity >?i suspicion of having killed his wife. Hannah Coddnrd Kaapp. k>sl Peoombii-. and has confessed. Knnpp was a:ii led liy the Indianapolis moiiee in li e homo of his Initio, who is hi:; fourth wife. The three wives who pre. " tied were all murdered l?y Knnpp. \iiapp. it is alleged, married Kiraia J Smiths, Jennie Connors, llanuah Cod-| daial and Anna May (Jainhie, in iho urder given. When it became known Hint Knnpp had confessed there was talk of mob violence, and the authorities prepared to resist any attack on the city jail. Knnpp admitted to Director of Police Mason. Captain Kcnhan and Mayor Koseh that he choked his wife to death on the morning of December 21!. but snvs that he does not know why he did it. He says he then came to town, hired a spring wagon, secured a wooden box and drove back home. Ho stuffed the body in the box and then drove to the Miami River and dumped the box. When he was taken back to .fall T/tio.-... ......1 1_4_ . . . JX>K<|>|F iiiillll- ;i Ml it I < 11-111 WHICH IS IICMoved to be flit* forerunner of :i confession of the killing of his first and second wives, both of whom died mysteriously. 11 is first wife died suddenly about eleven years ago. and he soon married the second, whose body was foniul in the canal in Cincinnati in 1S04. Knapp has a local police record, and has served many years in the penitentiary. Tie was sen! to the Michigan City penitentiary in October. 1S0D. for ten years for assaulting Alice llall. a yontig trirl, hut was released in .Tune, IHO'J. Me also served terms in Joliet, III.: Jeflfersonville and in Columbus, Ohio, for various crimes. GET-RICH-QUICKS SCORE.": Conrt Hntdh That Inve?toTi Knew Itjnn'i W?l k (.ambling Venture. St. Louis, Mo.?Get-rlcb-quick turf concerns have scored the first point in the legal battle being waged against them by investors who lost money in the racing venture. The first attachment suit against the Ryan Turf Investment Company was dismissed by Justice Kleiber on the ground that the company was simply a gambling project and that investors knew it and were p...titers in the business. This same defense will lie made to all the other similar eases against turf concerns in tills city. These suits number ubout 300. riME m. A GREAT ARiY FOR BRITAIN; Premier Admitted Russia Was Menacing lh^ liuian Frontier. I COMMONS UPHELD GOVERNMENT BtlTnur, In liii|m>si?ui"l Spt'crli, Tlir?v?tfiiril t?? I(pii;n II lt?? Policy Wu* Nut Supported ? W itntlMit Clitirclilll'* l>o(liinciiitInn ? rtii'fr. For Itrfrri'iicr ?<i I'nilrd ? Slxuiflrancr ?if l>t-b:?t?! London.?It wa* tU'f'ulftl in the Hon*" cf (."oiiuu <;ns Unit ilifjn llrimin n om maintain a jircut army. Tin* derisive vote was not taken until alter Premier ltnlfnur. in an impassioned *poecl?, practically had admitted that Kus.ia was menacing ltrilain's Indian frontier, aud had threatened In resign if the program of the lioveriuueut \vie not indorsed. When the debate on Mr. Beckt it's proitosed ninendineiit to the address in reply to tin- King's speech at the opening of the Parliament was resumed the attack on War Secretary Itrodrick was eontinned. Winston Speneer Churchill (Conservative) said Mr. Brodrirk's expectations had only been realized in two directions, namely, in the decrease in tiie number of volunteers and in tins increase of expenditure. The speaker further said that the whole army corps scheme was a "limitImg and a sham, and was only iutrodtteed with the object of militarizing Kngland." lie asked where the l?uveruiuetit expected the three army corps intended for foreign service t<? operate. It was not iu South Africa, ami such ? force was not needed on the Indian frontier, and they certainly could n tt contemplate the three army corps operating ill Canada, for the Cubed States was "no more prepared to invade Canada than (Jreat Kritain was prepared to invade the I'nitcd States." Mr. Churchill added, amid cheers: "And h>tig may that salutary neglect Continue." In the course of (lie debate the Liberal leader. Mr. Asquiili, expressed tne general f< ding when lie remarked that the debate was of greater significance than tlie divisiou on it. and would he remembered long after the six army corps had vanished into thin air. Premier P.alfour, in closing the debate for the < Jovernineiit, complimented Mr. Asqnith on going to the heart of the question. nnmcly?wlirtlicr tba army was too large and costly for tlie empire's needs. <U' course- !> ? enm the tlfft stood tirst, hut there were limits to tin' uses ot a licet. It was impossible to bring a war to an end with a Pert, which could not even strike a Icavy Mow at most enemies with which Croat Itritain might he engaged, without a stroti!; attacking force ol mid'efs, and it would he folly to deprive tiie couitlry of a means of offensive action in tiie event of an emergency. Mr. Balfour contended that three flinty corns were necessary to work outside the empire. They had to consider tiie defense of India. lie regarded a war between (Jre.it Itritain and Itns.-ia as in the hie,host decree hitprnliahle, lint it was impossible to forget tliat the Indian frontier was the key of (Jr at Britain's military position in ilie event o" such a war. and witlioui being an alarmist lie wished to impress tmon ttiem that events moved ranidly in (' llral .\sin. "We had to consider." continued ill" TV inier, "Inn? far the strategical position of llttssia imoroved year li.v year. 'I he Indian frontier is the only pari of i iii> empire :ui 1:1? nt ton li i*s t -?-!:i > s mil- I li ary i ''wit, and !it the improbable and linha>>py event of ti war with Hus^'a Wo should require not only all tin* available forces in India. but till tin* forces tli:it Mr. Brnri rick's scheme places at the disposal of the Crown.-' .Mr. Ba'four asserted that tin* (lovornment deserved well of the country. The (?overnmont did not trim its sails to popular favor, and if tin* House desired an army on a scale that the <Invent men t thought inadequate the House must look to another government. The House finally rejected, by 2t*?1 votes to 14a, Mr. Beckett's amendment lo the address, the terms of which were tantamount to a censure on War Secretary Brodriek. The division revealed fewer defections lo tin* ?Tntonl?ii < ""' ? ?! ? * i?* been expected. only nhout ii do/en Unionists voting airainst the <iov.>rnmeitt. while (In* Nationalists abstained, walking out in n body xvlion the ?1?visIon was culled. TOO POOR TO HAVE ANY PRIDE. Woman Accrpin n Hollar Krum tin* r*ul]>it to l>ln|<ri>vn i? Sermon. Chicago.?The Itev. \Y. It. Newell in n sermon on pride in tin* Moody Church made an titilm-k> illustration. Her.- is a rlollar," lie saiil. putting the coin on the pulpit, "and I am going 10 give it to any olio of you who can bury your pride Ions; enough to admit that you need the money." He paused a moment and tin n continued triumphantly: "See, I told you so. Not one of you would hell your worthless pride for a good American dolhir." Just then a shabby little woman a 1vanced down the aisle, seized 'ho money and retreated. Those nearest her heard her whisper: "I need the money. I aui too poor to have any pride." For a moment the preacher was almost speechless. "Take it and Uod bless you." he stammered at last. Oregon Dendloek Krokeu. Oregon's Legislature chose C. W. Fulton, of Astoria. United States Senator only ten minutes before the expiration of the session. :s. NO. 50. NAVAL STATIONS_IN GOBI Agreement Wit!) President Palm Signed at Washington. G'JANTANAMOTOBEST RONGBASE: I'llliin lion.In XV HI Itr n fouling Ststion-ai Two 1'olnt* Wi'll For (hi? 1'urpo.r* liitriidoil?Vrrv l.lttlo Anil ? Atni'i'lran Sinitimonl In llto l.lundi Ar? corilinc to >Ilni?trr S?|tit?'if>. Washington, 1?. C. - I'tvsidetil Itooseveil lias signed the agreement drawn, under the terms of the I 'In 11 amendment providing for ilie aequisilioii by the United States of naval buses at (Juantanaiuo and Hahia Honda, hot!* in Cuba. The document had previously been signed l>y i'n sident 1'nltna and was brought to Washington by Ministers Squiers. < It does not speeify the price of the properties to lie acquired by the United States, and this detail is left to llm settled by the usual legal condemnatory proceedings, after the Navy Department has deeided exactly the amount of land it wishes at each place. The agreement does not require afBrinntif.. O..I l..?. cv(inK iij iuc i iiiw'u ruuica Senate, although it i* understood President I'alina intends submitting it lor approval to the Cuban Senate as a matter of precaution against objection, to liis individual action. Cuantanaino and llahia Honda, the two points agreed upon, are highly spoken of by naval ollieers as hc>ug well adapted for the purposes intended. Cuautanaiuo has a mugniliccnt nnrbor, in which almost the entire Navy of the United States can lie at anchor. The harbor is sheltered and always accessible to vessels of the largest draught. It commands the Windward Passage. Pallia Honda lies west of Havana ou the uorthc .st eoast, and occupies a commanding position with regard to the Yucatan Passage. It is the expectation to immediately commence making Uiuintananio a strong naval station. For the present Pallia llonda will lie used as a coaling station. Mr. Squlers has cleared up to the complete satisfaction of the State Department the important charges coniided to liini. with the exception of tne settlement of the possesion of the lsie of Pines. The indications are now .hat the United States Coverninent will not press strongly In litis matter, although there are important American interest clamoring for a termination of the present unsatisfactory conditions in the Island. The reason for the indifferentc is 1 he unavailability of the island as a naval ha so owing to the shallow water surrounding it, and tho pIrons seniimcutnl attachment of the Cubans tor ui(* place. Minister Squirt's speaks confidently of tlx? outlook in Culm. "No one doubts the success of the Pnlina administration," lie said. "(Jood order is maintained throughout the island." Mr. Squirt's declared that American business interests were making steady progress in Cuba, and that American investors seeut well satisfied with their investments. "Almost every week 1 hear of new enterprises based on American capital." said he. "Presid nt I'alma's ndininisirathin is very friendly to tliis class of investors. "Occasionally up ir-re you red of an i-Atreriean seiniment. hut really wo find very little ot ii in Cuba. I would in.i say that some instances liavo Ic.-n exaggerated, hit? at a distance they seem more important than they actually are. Taken as a whole, the frient!'!ness of the Cuban tloverntnent toward Americans is re dec ted among tlie people of the island." BOY SHOOTS PVRENTS AND SISTER. lln Then Commits Suicide? Kntlier Drxd unit Other Victlinn I'ainlly Injured. Frankfort, I ml.?Karl Woods, seventeen years old, tin" son of a prominent farmer who lives seven utiles west of tins city, tnurdetvil liis father. shot auif mortally wounded liis mother and sister nnil then committed suicide. The motive for the hoy's crime is not known. After flic shooting the vnnns mot* wi-nl to iln* lioiiio of n neighbor .n it sail that robbers h:nl cut civil tils home and !iiI! < 1 his father. mother and sist r. nnil that lie esvaneil afior a nuiiiinv. hit I do. lie stopped iu anuth-T ' - and i"!il the 'a w story. Wir-n he was iiui'siiotii'il concerning th? ? hooting. however, h" became enii' i'' il aiut lis 11 - il tile Ili'illisii ii i yy. of ?hi! 111:111 to wiaiM It" iulii tlic st01 y. Ill' then < 1snpn.-arnl lxlih d a hnrn, .Hid a lit i!e la tor a shot was lican!. Investigators ills a.v. a ! the yotilhfiil iniiialiwer dying with a built l lluoitgh his breast FORMER CONVICT GETS CFFICF. . rnyirr <IT ITlKin [lOHl'll '?y (iov?riior of Mlrhljun, Dnnsing, Mich.?Thomas J. Nnvin. of Detroit. who served a term In the State prison at Jackson for forgery, has 1) ? 11 appointed by Coventor Bliss a member of the Jaekson Prison Board, and the appointment was confirmed l?y 'he State Senate by a vole of 10 to P.*. When he was pardoned by Covernor Luce near the expiration of the term for which he was sentenced, Mr. Nnvin came to Detroit and entered the practice of law. and coming again to Detroit he went again inio polities, rocently serving as Chairman of the itepiilillean City Committee. Mr. Nnvin hns slated that Ills ilf? .'a prison has left hirn with Ideas of inform which he is anxious to work out us a member of the board. . J