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-V & ." Y; ' - v ' "' ??.?* / '_ -" .:-?./ ]' NOT YET SETTLED' . 1 Jap Question Continues to Engross Attention. PASSPORT FEATURE IS NIL How Southern Senators View Immigration Amendment Which is Alreday Claimed to E$e * ' Ineffective. A Washington special says: The Japanese passport amendment, which places within the power of the president the exclusion of Japanese coolies from the continental territory of the United States, recently rushed through congress in the in migration hill over the protest of southern senators. has not accomplished wnat was claimed for it. It has already been developed that the Japanese are not satisfied and l'eel that the injury done to national rride by the exclusion of Japanese from the California schools has Deen followed by an insult in the shape of exclusion of Japanese working men from American shores. The right of entry into the public schools is held by the Japanese to be a right accorded tb^m under the ex* isting treaty. The people of California insist that no such interpretation of the treaty is possible, and, furthermore. that the interests 01 the An.er' ' ican working man on the Pacific coast require the exclusion of Japanese coolies. If under the amendment authorizing s him to exclude Japanese laborers coming to this country zo the "detriment of labor conditions herein," the president is unsuccessful in securing a Japanese exclusion treaty, it is rumored that he may urge upon congress the passage of a straight out f Japanese exclusion acc. As usual, momentary public interest " " c. was centered in the outcome of the conference between President iUose' velt, Mayor Schfnit.z and the members of the San Francisco school 1 oaiu, ireld to reach a solution of the vexed ?-1. ? question in which considerations of I'' child protection and morality ana the rights of American labor and the sacred rights of a sovereign state, as well as the wider problems of na -tic-mil trade and international comity, were intricately woven. The talk of war was injected inco * the discussion, and for a time the eu. tire American press as well as the .papers in Tokio, Berlin, Paris and London were discussing such an eventu ality. Of course nothing has come of it, but it served to accentuate the importance of the issues involved aal ? ' to show what might happen. The cairying out of that plan of settlement ifinally agreed upon was lodged in tne .hands of President Roosevelt. Southern senators charged that the Japanese passport amendment was ia* jserted fo secure the support of senators as well as of a public sentiment " il- .. 1 ^ imt- nrrfiti.irilV lor a Dili mm iuuiu j-v*. V?u..?...v pass on its merits because of the incorporation in it of many unjust '.revisions. Senators Raton and liliuian iy argued that it would restrict imu-.igiation to the south by forbidding the continuation of the South Caroilaa plan of bringing in immigrants. Tins obejction was 'discussed at a cabinet meeting at white house and the opinion was given out that the bill was not subject to such a conbtruccum. Later the immigration commissioner of the department of commerce and labor said there was no intention on v' V . the part of the department to estop Commissioner Watson in his work of f:,: bringing, over immigrants on* the Wittekind. These interpretations are contrary . to the views held by Senator Lodg**, Representative Gardner and members of the conferees on the immigration , * bill. They would stop such importa tions and believe that even when this wcrk is carried on by an officer of the state, it is contrary to, law. They seek to, show that it is in violation of tne contract labor law. - ***' NJCARAGUANS VICTORIOUS. r." " Win Decisive Battle and Capture Honduras Town. The Nicaraguan forces, on February 20, captured, without opposition, . the town of Eltruinfo, in Honduras, and Ihursday after six hours' hard figiuing, the Nicaraguan army occupied San Bernardo, an excellent po sition, in connection wnn tne i\icaraguan base of operations. Many Hondurans were killed or wounded and the retreating army left quantities of ammunition and many rifles on the field. The casualties on the Nicaruguan side were a few men wounded. CHICAGO STANDS BY DUNNE. Present Mayor Seems to Have Won Another Term of Office. Unofficial returns from the democratic primaries which were held in Chicago Thursday indicate a victory for Mayor Dunne in the mayoralty contest. Dunne is credited with 655 delegates, former Mayor Carter H. Harrison with 239 and Roger S. Sullivan with 62. Four hundred and ninety-four delegates are necessary for a choice. s.1-- \-y. _ ; - ' "7 - v MOST PECULIAR WRECK Famous Fast Flyer is Ditched and Sixty-Seven People Injured, But Not One Fatally. In one of the most remarkable and miraculous wrecks that has ever occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad, fifty-five passengers and a crew of eleven trainmen were more or less injured Friday night when the Pennsylvania Special, the eighteen-hour train net ween New York and Chicago, was wrecked while roundi'og a sharp curve near South Fork, six miles lrom Johnstown, Pa. ;>!' the injured passengers, seven sutained serious hurts, necessitating their removal to hospitals. The train was running about fifty minutes late and was traveling over ab miles an hour when it reached the cm ve. The , accident was caused by a brake rigging dropping to the truck on Die first Pullman coach, following the engine and combination smoking car. Much disorder followed the accident, and in the midst of the confusion a number of foreigners were detected plundering the Pullman cars. One was arrested and the others driven away by a display of firearms. Considerable jewelry and valuable wearing apparel was lest as a result, however. The engine and combination smoking car remained on the rails, but the i.1 rvliincrori nvf-r a ?ill inree ruuuiaiio piuu^vu v. w. foot embankment into the Conemaugli river. Fortunately the cars were not submerged. A scene of wild confusion resulted. All the passengers were2in their berths and were thrown promiscuously around the cars. All the passengers of the train were injured more or less, but with the exception of John F. Kline of Joliet, it is said none of the injuries are dangerous. The train was running 5J minutes late and was trying to make up lost time. Nobody seems to know what really caused the accident, but it is said it was caused by the springing of a bolt connecting one of the rails to the steel tie. The injured were taken to hospitals at Altoona, Greensburg and Johnstown. A majority of them, however, proceeded west on a special train. The attire of some of the passengers who arrived in Johnstown on the special train was comical, as they were wearing somebody else's clothing, unmindful of the rightful owner. Following the wrc-ck great disorder prevailed. Until late Saturday there was no official representative ol' the Pennsylvania railroad at the scene of the accident, except a man wno is said to be P. H. Robinson, a detec tive. All attempts to obtain information from the railroad officials were met with rebuffs at every hand and at an early hour Saturday morning, while it was reported that fifty-four passengers were on the train when it left Altoona, only forty were said to have been accounted for. From the scene it was learned by telephone that the train was tryiag to make up lest time. The Pennsylvania %Railroad company issued a statement Sunday in explanation of the accident. The statement is the result of an investigation conducted by A. C .Shad, chief engineer; L. R. Zollinger, engineer maintenance of way, and H. M. Carson, assistant to General Manager Atterbury. It is said that the ciily tangible evidence of the cause of the accident found was tho broken brakehanger, as previously stated by the manager. "MARCH OF THE PITCHFORK" Is Title of Piece of Music Sent Senator Tillman. A Washington dispatch says: Senator Tillman has received a copy of the music of "March of the Pitchfork," composed by Frank L. Bristow of Nashville, .which is dedicated to the South Carolina senator. The senator says he will immediately get his daughter to play it over tn him and see if it is properly pitch ed to the pitchfork time. WRONG MAN WAS NABBED. Sleuth Hotel Keeper Thought He Had Absconding Banker. Ilarry Buckley, of the White House at West Point, Ga., won't get $5,000 or any part of it for the sleuth act he played a few days ^go, an act resulting in the arrest of a man in OpeiiVa, Ala.. Friday, who, Buckley declared, was William F Walker, the defaulting New Britain, Conn.; bank cashier. After massing twenty hours in the Opelika jail the prisoner, who gave his name as W. Harper, was released by order of Mayor Williams.' 4 CARWORKERS' STRIKE ENDS. Advance in Pay Conceded, But the Union is Not Recognized. The strike of the car workers of the Georgia and Charleston and Western Carolina railroads was settled at Augusta, Ga., Wednesday, the companies conceding practically all the strikers' demands, except recognition of the union. More than six hundred men have returned to work. > . . . ; ' v' ' NOT A SOUL SAVED' Ocean Horror Takes One Hundred and Forty Lives. STEAMER TORN ASSUNDER Disaster Occurred Off Holland Coast During Heavy Gale?Wreck Was Near Landing Place, But Rescue Was Impossible. A special from Rotterdam, Holland, says; A disastrous steamship wreck, attended with great less of life, occurred Ihursday morning at G o'clock, off the Hook of Holland, and at the entrance of the river Maas, when the Great Eastern railway company's steamer Berlin, bound from Harwich to the Hook of Holland was lost. All on board, one hundred and forty-one persons in all, of whom ninetyone were passengei-s, were drowned. A terrific southwesterly gale was blowing right in shore, and drove the Berlin on a sandbank close to the northern jetty as she was trying to enter the new waterway. Heavy seas quickly pounded the vessel to pieces. She broke in two, her for- . ward part sinking immediately, while the doomed passengers and crew could be seen for a brief space of time clustered on the after part. Then the afterpart slipped off , the ledge and disappeared in ihe mountainous waves. Tugs and lifeboats, when the alarm was sounded, promptly put out to tfie assistance of the Berlin, but the violence of the gale and the heavy seas made it impossible to approach the wreck, and the helpless wouldbe lifesavers saw the steamer break up and the crew and passengers washed away without being able to render the slightest assistance. The Berlin left Harwich at 10 o'clock Wednesday night, upon the arrival there of the London train ? with the greater number of the passengers, who subsequently lost their lives The steamer should have reached the Hook of Holland at 6 o'clock Thursday morning, and would then have proceeded to Rotterdam. I * - O/I.llti nrae anfoWnpr thf> wa. A2> LUC JLJLA nu n uo vmvv**?*9 w terway at the entrance of the river Maas, she apparently became unmanageable on account of the force of the wind, and was driven ashore. The alarm was given, and lifeboats from the shore went to the assistance of the stricken steamer, but the seas were so high that the boats were unable 10 approach close enough to take 03 any of the passengers? or crew, and the lifeboat men had to sit helpless while the steamer pounded until she broke in two, and every soul on board was carried down. The waterway in which the disaster occurred is a new one, on the north side of which is the pier and the railroad station. The steamer must have been within a few minutes of tyina tip after her rough passage across the North Sea, when she was overtaken by the disaster. Land was but a few yards away and except in the roughest weather, those on board the Berlin could have been rescued without difficulty, especially as the waterway is navigable I at ail times. The Berlin was a steel steamer, twelve years old, and popular with travelers to the north of Europe. Jh summer she usually was crowded with passengers, but at this time of the year her average was about as it was Wednesday night, the number being equally divided between first and second class. Much difficulty is being experienced in obtaining the names of the passengers, as the tickets were purchased from many agents in London and other cities, while some of the travI elers may have had return tickets. The only names the company can be sure of are those of passengers who secured reserved berths. The company's agents are being asked to send in immediately to headquarters the names of all such persons. V SMALLPOX MENACES SOLONS. Member Stricken With Disease in Missouri House. A special from Jefferson City, Mo., savs: Representative M. J. Saltz of Phelps county was taken down with smallpox while in his seat on the floor of the house Friday. Much commotion amone the other members ensued. The chamber was fumigated. The house then adjourned until Monday. A resolution adopted amid confusion and with but half of the members in their seats provided for the thorough fumigation of th& capitol. POLICYHOLDERS BADLY LEFT. | ? Administration Ticket of Mutual Lifo Won by Big Majority. The administration ticket of the Mutual Life Insurance company was elected by a majority of approximately 130,000 in the recent policyholders' election, according to a statement made by the election inspectors at New York Wednesday to the proxy committees. v. **', ** ' A K&Qz >. j/: ROCKEFELLER'S FORTUNE Not Over Three Hundred Millions, and Annual Income is Only Pittance of Twenty Millions. The magnitude of John D Rockefeller's fortune was developed in an inquiry made in New York Thursday. In reply to a question, Frederick T. Gates, Mr. Rockefeller's business rep rosentative, said: "There have been a great many amusing misstatements on this subject. Several years ago, Senator Hoar, in the senate, accredited Mr. Rockefeller with a fortune of one thousand million of dollars. Quite recently a statement has been made, and published widely, throughout the country. that his annual income exceeds one hundred millions of dollars. Now, the facts are that Mr. Rockefeller has, at various times, himself, authorized a statement that his fortune cannot exceed two hundred and fifty to three hundred millions of dollars. Furthermore, his income, instead of being one hundred million of dollars, or anything like it, cannot in his most prosperous year have exceeded fifteen to twenty millions of dollars. The public generally are under the impression that he owns a majority of the Standard Oil stock. The facts are that Mr.* Rockefeller's holdings of Standard Oil stock are about 20 per ceDt." BAILEY IS MAGNANIMOUS. Says He Should Be Praised for Not Using Shotgun on Enemies. A dispatch from Austin, Texas, says; United States Senator J. W. Bailey occupied the stand during the entire day Thursday in the Bailey investigating committee of the Texas legislature. He continued to deny all the charges against him, and when Prosecutor Cocke interrupted him to object to a question, Senator Bailey turned his back and said: "Don't you speak to me. You address the chairman.'' The seuator denied that he had used underhand means to coerce 'the legislators to vote for him. At another time he said that he deserved great praise for not taking a shotgun and going out and shdoting his ?nj.1 ? i ????.<?? TJ? coid Vi a wmilri pujiuca: cuciino?. ou.u "V ..... cheerfully resign his seat in the senate if he could arrange it so that he could meet all his enemies at one time and finish them then and there. CHICAGO HAS SENSATION. Millionaire's Wife Shoots Man Dead for Alleged Blackmail. At Chicago Thursday, Webster H. Guerin alias Fisher, of 625 West Harrison street, and proprietor of the Harrison Art company, was shot and killed in his office in the Omaha building at LaSalle and Van Buren streets by Mrs Flora McDonald, wifO of Michael C. McDonald, a millionaire, who was for many years the democratic political boss of Chicago. The motive for the killing is not exactly known. Mrs. McDonald became hysterical immediately after tho shooting, and was unable to make a connected statement. From what she said, hcrtvever, it is believed that for some time Guerin had obtained money from her by the threat of making disclosures to her husband unless paid for keeping silent v NEW AMBASSADOR ARRIVES. James Brice, British Representative, Lands at New York. James Bryce, the new British ambassador to the United States, and Mrs. Bryce landed at New York on Tnursday on the Oceanic. They were n ct at the pier by the local British consul general and several attaches of the British embassy in Washington. THREE GIRLS AND TWO BOYS la Presentation of Kentucky Woman to "Happy" Husband. Mrs. Pete Zeabrokski, wife of a miner at Pork Ridge, Olairborne ccuntv, Kentucky, has presented her husband with quintuplets?three girls and two boys. Mother and babes are reported as doing well. GUNS HAD BEEN USED. Strong Evidence Against Negro Soldiers Given by Lieutenant. Ia the Penrose courcmartial at San Antonio. Texas, Saturday, Lieutenant I.awrason testified under cross-examination that when he inspected the guns on the morning after the "shooting up" of Brownsville, he i'ound seven men with guns that had evidently been in use. "At an order from Major Penrose I who just then camo up," said Lieu tenant Lawrason, *T went oft an an other duty, leaving those seven men and guns to Penrose and Captain Lyon for further inspection." TEXAS GETS PIERCE. Governor Folk of Missouri Honors Requisition for Him. Governor Polk of Missouri Thursday afternoon honored the requisition of Governor Campbell of Texas for H. Clay Pierce, chairman of the board of the Waters-Pierce Oil compiny, who i? wanted in Travis county, Texas, on a charge of making false affidavits. : / ' . FOR FAIR SERVICE! At the Hands of Railroads Fruit Growers to Act. WILL APPEAL THEIRCASE ? Order V/ill Ee Requested of Interstate Commerce Commission Requiring Refrigerator Cars and Other Accessories. The convention of the Georgia Peach Growers' Association held in Atlanta the past week was generally conceded to be one of the most ir.t portant in the history of the association. The action taken by the con\er.tion in the matter of the following resolution, unanimously passed, it is believed will lead to very beneficial results. These resolutions are as follows: "itesolved by the fruit growers of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina assembled in Atlanta, Ga., "That, whereas, in all lines of trade except refrigeration the seller is required to measure or weigh out to the buyer the product sold, while in refrigeration the shipper pays whatever price is asked without knowing either how much ice is used, bow ofteu it is placed in cars, nor, which is more itnpoitant than all, how much refrigeration is secure: "Sow, therefore, be it resolved, That the committee on transportation be in structert to secure an order from tne Interstate Commerce Commission, or an act of congress, if that be found to be necessary, requiring that all refrigerator cars used by interstate commoii carriers in transporting products under refrigeration from one state into another state be equipped with recording thermometers of such type as may be approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission, which shall record ir duplicate the' temperature of the car at all times from the time the product to be shipped under refrigeration is loaded uutil it reaches its des-. tination, and that the consignee shall have the privilege of examining such taennometer, and taking therefrom one of the duplicate records, the other duplicate record being retained by the carrier or the refrigerator company. 'And that this action be taken in time for the equipment of cars with thermometers that are to be used in I transporting* the 1907 fruit crop from Georgia. -Resolved, further, That the order or act so secured shall provide that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall as soon as practicable ascertain and adopt a certain standard or maximum degree of refrigeration suitable for the proper and safe transportation of fruits and other perishable products shipped under ice, and snaii require all refrigerator companies to maintain and furnish such degree of temperature as may be so adopted as the standard '* The fac's, figures and suggestions made in the report of W. H. Harris of Foit Valley also made a great impression on the fruit growers present. Not only fruit growers, but all shipi pers o? produce will be certain to | share In the benefits in the carrying out of these same suggestions by Mr. Harris For this and other reasons, there are a very great many Georgians wno are vitally interested in the pas?' ing of the legislation proposed by this delegate from Fort Valley. With the installation of the registering thermometers, according to the testimony of the fruit growers and shippers at the convention, there would be a sure and certain way of holding the transportation companies responsible, and in this way thousands of dollars won Id be saved to the Georgia fruit and produce shipers every year because of the exact records of the registering thermometers. * .. A KiCK FROM CANNON. Speaker Opposed to Location of Immigrant Station at Charleston. It is reported that Speaker Cannon will refuse to allow consideration at this session of the bill reported Tuesday by the immigration committee of the house for the location of an tmmlj grant station at Charleston, S. C. This ' measure was urged in view of the im- ( portance Charleston has assumed as an immigrant port. The speaker professes to believe this money could be better employed in the erection of immigrant hotels at the large immigration centers of the country. SWETTENHAM CONDEMNED By Irate Jamaicans for Action in Barring Financial Assistance. A mass meeting of citiens of Kingston, Jamaica, has condemned Governor Swettenham for preventing monetajy assistance coming to the island. The meeting adopted a petition to parliament for a grant of $750,000 and a loan of $5,000,000 to assist in the rebuilding of the city. POSTOFFICE BILL PASSEfcfB Ninety Per Cent of Employes of 8ervice Are Granted More Pay?Appropriation Largest Ever. ^ A Washington special says: The1'* ^ postoffice appropriation bill, the -3 est ever reported from the commit* ; || tee on postoffices and postroads, pass* ed the house Wednesday. Afl the**! '% (provisions relating to increased pay, aMJj afi.eci.iug 90 per cent of the postal rM J employees, which were stricken on points of order, were restored tor>^S j tlie bill. This action was accomplished by a rule presented by the committed on rules' after the bill had been re*-,-|? ported to the house by the commit* ^|aM| tee of the whole. - 4 ; Mr. Clayton of Alabama presented/JK|| ?? omAn/lmant' nrAXM H i n C that- fnn au aiuuuum^iic |/i \j * ~ class postoffices should not be discoa--'^.^ r.inuca uniess fifteen days notice had >1 JJ been given to the representative opJ8';'J| delegate in congress from the dia^ trict in which such postofflce is lo--JL^|| cated Ihe amendment was ruled on a point of order. When the item appropriating $17,- ^ J| 4J9,00o for the pay of employees' otSIBIi the railway mails was reached M??$9pjfl Macon of Arkansas made the point ! |3 of order against the paragraph vthafc^';|| it increased salaries. i|| Mr. Overstreet of Indiana, charge of the bill, earnestly proteift-^^^ erl against the point for the reason that if the appropriation be stricken^ out it would do away with the '^?k way mail service and cripple the enr^ljjH tire postal system. --vJh Mr. Macon said it was migMfr||j|s strange how some persons could make:t|*^S points of order, even to the exteia^^^| of protecting the railroads; he m&j^HpE| a point of order clearly within hijf||Kfl right and for the purpose of protect*'^>^H lDg me JJUUlie ueasuiv ue nas viam.^ cised and even condemned. He pro^||S| tested against sacli actions. Before the bill was put upon IfjjgiljM final passage, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylr|?||w vania, from the committee on rule^^^ja| reported a rule restoring all the pmfrrjgffiB agraphs stricken out Tuesday, havingiaj^jH relation to the increase in salariesclerks in first and second class city and rural carriers and railwj^g.^jj mail clerks and malting a numbeH^CTj of importanat changes from the as reported to the house to the coaa^a '^B mittee on postoffice and post roads^p c|lB By the terms of the amendnieh^^^^H seven grades of clerks are estantifflB^H ed with salaries ranging from SfiOreffiISB to $1,200. City letter camera are;*dHjfljjjffl vided into five grades, with ealarie^aswB ranging irom $600 to $1,100. The$ljM| 0 salaries being omitted. Railway mfl8@EHS clerks are divided into six grades^ low that of the chief clerk, a iln ijjwffaM in each grade being increased- $100|?|B and ranging from $800 to $1,700. Twj maximum salary is fixed at $84bv Pej0hJ0 year for rural carriers. * ' ' BAILEY TELLS. HIS STORY.'' '- StfBwm Texas Senator Unbosoms Himself fore Investigating Committee. Before the investigating comnritt||H|j9 of the Texas house and senate Wed<^:^S nosday, United States Senator Joseoh^fSw W. Bailey continued the story of financial deals with John H. Kirb?ffll^8 the'Texas millionaire lumberman; G, Bane, president of the SeaboftjjjMB^M National Bank of New York; Clay Pierce,. president of the of directors of the Waters-Pierce ^ company; P. F. Yoakum, who is the head of two railroad system, and^IgS with various other financiers. One of his most important state^^ ments was that he had been askei<?|i^B by the Standard Oil officials in New^J|M York immediately after the Beaumo^^| '-"JS oil boom, to give them an opinion as to what the opportunities were forV-vJjB them to re-enter the state again "I gave them a written opinion fa^sElS which I stated that if they attempted to do business in the state they be put in the penitentiary, and tli^^-fSj property absorbed in fines and peiu$^|S ties," said Senator Bailey. ... | * ^ Senator Bailey told an interesti^Ej^ ^ story of his adventures in the finan^||tj| cial world and firmly maintained" all of his acts and deeds had 'beeii(^/^j honorable and above reproach. i NEGROES BUYING WINCHESTER!? ||S 1-r/Mihi* is Feared in the "Black of Alabama. 'jM In the Alabama senate Thursday; "fj| Mr. Hinson read a letter Lowndes county stating that negroes^ of the black belt were arming with '-~A Winchester rifles, and fears-of trotr-;'r|^ ble were felt. Mr. Hinson was at a loss. ^ to understand it. In discussing a bin?'jk to prevent carrying pistols, Senator l||? Reese said that it would be the best thing ever known for his county if T?S some respectable citizen was hanged . for murder, which, however, he did not expect to see, AUSTRIAN STEAMER SINKS. .|jjH Many of Her Passengers and Crew ||| Supposed to Have Drowned. 7. The Austrian Lloyd steamer lmper-^^H atrix, bound from Trieste to Bombay,, $j?]H ran onto a rock Saturday evening near ' C.ipe Elaphonisi, on the Island rrptP and sank soon after. In tha absence of definite news the number of drowned is unknown. The passea> sBM gers and crew on board numbered