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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.
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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.
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>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.
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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. .
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