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Show .'v'S-V-- ' W3 ! NEW MEXICO GIVES UP FIGHT FOR ,'. ,1 AjS HOE CHINESE STATEHOOD SLAVE8V Admission to Union for Half a Century Will Wait Another Year. Are Displaying Great Energy Developing Buiinesi Opportnnitief New Mexico on Wed practically tta tt up Ha effort to olitaln staii liood at this aNhlon of Despite Japanese Occupation. the Sixtieth coufiiVHti, when Governor furry, appearing with former Governor I H. Irini-- liefore the hom. committee on territories. Invited that Many of the Native Koreans Art Leaving Thalr Country te Become Rueslan Subjects, Baye M. Shipoff, Former Minieter of Finance. WuhIi in fit tu. I v ;SA 5. :, Police Raid Rcataurant in an Effort to Capture Conspirator and Are Met With a Storm of Bullets, the Concpiratora Eacaping. e and the corresponding committee comniltteo of the senate to visit New Mexico next summer after the nv e and Judge tloual convent Iona and whether the tciTltory for tlicnn-lv(which for fifty yeara had been aeek-tiea- a Iiir admission to the 1nlon aa a atate la entitled to that benefit and oufilit to have It It Is understood that Governor Currys Invitation, following the suggestion to him by Speaker Cannon a few days ago, that it would not bo wise to press the Issue on the eve of a presidential campaign, signifies a truce fur the winter. It is positively denied that In consideration of this relinquishment the house committee on territories or Its chairman, (Mr. Hamilton, Mich.) has agreed to report favorably the statehood bill at the short session, but the delegation has hopes of. such action. every- Lisbon. While outwardly thin seems culm and peueeful, yet Shore I a oteady increase of nervous--j and excitement among all rlasses the population, owltifi to the con if ktant rumora of plot and counterplot pud the peralatent activity of the po-- ' flee, who daily and nightly examine the houses of suspect and make On the nlfibt of January 28 them waa a bloody tight In a auiull frtataurant on the nutaklrta of LI a lion, j fcuspecting the presence of a crowd fit conspirators, the police surrounded pnd raided the restaurant. The authorities were right In the surmise, Pnd they found the plotters armed with revolvers. The policemen were niet hy a volley of bullets, and one of tbem was killed and four wounded. The conINDICTMENTS HELD VALID. spirators managed to keep the guar until at order and law of bay illans Frisco Men Muet Answer for Wreck they made their escape, lutter the of Safe Deposit Company. nlfibt a score of suspected H. Cme were arrested and Imprisoned San Francisco. Judge Dunne on Wednesday morning overIn one of 1 ha fortresses. There la alnioat a reign of terror ruled I ho demurrers to the Indictamong the republicans and dissident ments against J. Dalzell Drown, for Lrogresshits, and several of the lead- mer general manager, and Walter J. ers of these parties, Including IVputy Hartnett, former vice president of the Almeida, Deputy fosla and Viscount California Safe Deposit ft Trust comInto Remelra, have been thrown which is now In the hands of tirlsnn. The house of Bennr Alsdn, pany, Tho Institution failed last receiver. a another of the .dissident leaders, Is about November, owing depositors finder constant police surveillance. and officials two bank The $9,000,000. An official note Issued on Tnursday , denies that the government Intends James Treadwell, a director, were Inlo proclaim a state of siege in Portu- dicted on the charge of embexxlement gal, and tjeclarea that a majority of in connection with loans mado to Premier themselves from the funds of the nubile auports opinion Franco. bank. Tte police on Thursday discovered a new sture of arms and conflscated JAPANESE EXPOSITION. s i a. j them. llernardlno Machado, one of the re-- Bill in the Senate Providing for Undo has been aummonedl Eubllcan leaders, Sams Participation. before a police court regardrecent with connection his alleged ing Washington. Senator Culloni bat republican plots agalnat the reported from the senate committee on foreign relation! a bill providing the United 8.atee BLUE SUNDAYS FOR MISSOURI. for participation by In the Japanese International exposition at Toklo In 1912. The bill author Judge Declines to Interfere With En lies the president to appoint a com Law. Reet of forcement Sunday nilasloner general at $6,000 a year, Kanistr Clty.i-Jtfri- gd Smith McPher- and assistant at $5,000 and a sscre son, In the United States diet rlet court tary at $4,000, the commissioner geniere, on Thursday handed down a de- eral to have power to make rule cision declining to Interfere with tho concerning contributions from the county officials of this county In the; United 8tatra. enforcement of the Missouri statute! Chaplain ynsklug unnecessary labor on 8unday. Congressmen Applaud x misdemeanor. The derision Is a Prayer. (victory fur Judge William H. Wal-- 1 Washington. The most unusual Inof the criminal court, who In hie ol face for Snnday observance has cident of aplaudlng the prayer ol In house the occurred the chapluln caused the Indictment of '2.000 stage The folks and theatrical managers and at- representatives on Wednesday. a taches aa well an hundreds of chaplain barely had concluded when for alleged violation of the handclapplng and laughter were heard The prayer Kunday law. from vartons directions. store-peeper- Michigan Girl Who Shot Her Father Turned Loose. a Jury Cadillac, Mich. It took ten minThursday evening Just utes to And . a verdict of aca of Pearl Harper, quittal flfteen-yearnlgirl, charged with killing her father, Melvin Thompson. Thompson had come home Intoxicated In the night and hail threatened to kill the girl and her mother, the girl breaking hia skull with a Stove poker when he attempted to d J! ftjrl ran: deliver us, we heseecn Thee, from the Jingo, the demagogue, the bigot and all other undesirable citizens, and give na Instead, the paGood triot, the statesman, the broad-minde- generous, manly tnnn, that Thy kingdom may come and Thy will he done, on earth as it Is In Heaven, for Christ's sake, Amen." EDICT OF MINE OWNERS. Goldfield Operators Declare for the Open Shop Policy. threat. Goldfield. Nev. The Mine Opera China, Japan and India to Make 8teel tors' association on Wednesday adoptat Homo. ed a set of rules which will be posted steel at all mines In the district to the efNew York. An enormous plant la to be reeled a) Hankow, fect that- the mines would be worked China, by a company composed large- under Ihe open shop policy and that ly of Chlneae capitalists for the pup any Interference with their operation, pose of supplying steel for the con- Intimidation or soliciting for memberstruct Ion of the various railroads In ship In any labor organisation would central and northern China, but it It not ln tolerated and that the time of believed that Hie plant will at some every employee while on duty bo lime become a factor in the general to the mine owners. steel trade of the fnr east. New steel longed In are also being projected plant Jury Fixes the Blame. and India, the total cost of the three plants being In excess of $25, Hoyeriown, Ta. Tho Jury which has been Investigating the disastrous 000,000. fire, at Rhoade's opera house. In Awful Deed of Boilermaker. whlrh 169 persons lost their lives, Salt Lake City. Morldd because ha returned the following verdict: hia wife, who left him on account of We are of the opinion that Mrs. hi brutally mistreating her, would Monroe and Ihe deputy factory Innot return to him, and crazed with spector are largely responsible for drink, Edgar How man of Los Angeles, Ihe disaster on account of negligence. n boilermaker, vhot and fatally wound- We request the prosecuting attorney ed the woman In a rooming bouse In tL4s city about II o'clock Thursday of Herbs county to arrest and If posowner of plight, and (hen turned his smoking sible convict Mrs. Monroe, und the machine, Mew Harry and out his stereoptlrim weapon upon himself own brains. The young wife was vis- Met". Hechcl, the deputy factory Initing friends when How man entered spector. on the rhargo of criminal the room and began shooting. negligence. Banker Makea Brave Promises. Jerome Makes Masterly Plea for Conviction of Harry Thaw. May. formerly Spokane. t. New York. William Tuners Je- president of Ihe Hlg Hend National rome, representative of the people, batik .of Davenport, Wash., who was reported to have absconded, writes made a masterly plea on Thursday that Justice be done In the case of from Rostnn. under date of January he is coining home 21, and declare Harry Kendall Thaw. Vindictiveness, In a few days. "1 am no quitter, desneers, insinuations, all were lacking; clare May, and will continue till logic, analysis and a calm consideraevery depositor Is paid every cent tion of the were their substidue him." May was sentenced to five tutes. It was no blind anpenl for the for Improper years' Imprisonment affairs. vengeance of the law that Mr. Jerome management of the bank's addressed to the Jury, but cti-- r and al- SItire the United Slates circuit court ways there was the note of fairness, of appeals upheld tils sentence ho waa even at times of merry. reported to have vanished. carry out SHEEPMEN Secretary Taft le Directly Charged With Having Knowledge of Slavery In the lalanda. Territory Which Hae Been Seeking Washington. Greatly to the surprise of every one, the subject of slavery was Introduced In the senate on Monday. Secretary Taft waa directly charged with having a knowledge of slavery In the islands. The debate was made pertinently on the sections of the bill revising the crlml nul code of the United States, which provide penalties for dealing In slaves Mr. Hale asserted that auch- - provisions should be stricken out, as he re-fin rded slavery aa obsolete In the 1'nlted States and he could see no reason for referring to It Senator Ileybum. In charge of the bill, de-- I clared that not only is there Immoral traffic In white slaves, but that coolie labor In the form of practical lavery does exist, and added that actual human slavery is still maintained In the l'liillpplne islands. Mr. Lodge made a statement to the charges of slavery In the J'billpplnes.. m.-la- t PHIUPPillES WANT DIMS THE DARK ACES j k THE EXISTS III LISBON Situation Not Improving, There Be ing Constant Rumors of Plots and Counter Ploti. '? li Ma Ja-ps- St. Petersburg. M. Shlpeff, former minister of finance, returned here Sunday after a five months trip in the far east. Ho visited Japan, China and Siberia on a special government mission, the result of which he bar embodied hi a report to the emperor M. Shipoff expressed himself optlmls tlcally regarding conditions In the ex treme Orient, which he said Is raiid ly recovering from the period of depression following the war. He is convinced from conversations which he hus had with prominent men of all shades of opinion In Toklo that hostilities between the United States and Japan at present are out of the- question. hf. Shipoff waa greatly Impressed by Chinese activity In the colonisation of Korea. Although faced by the prospect of Japanese occupation of ihe province, the Chinese are rushing thousands of settler- - into are and that country displaying the greatest energy In developing business opportunities, opening, mines and planning railroads. This tide of colonization, he said, has offered an Inspiring example to Russia, which Is confronted by a similar task in: the development of Siberia. Many of the native Koreans, however, are leaving the country to become Russian sul-Ject- rather than remain under anese sovereignty. avoided M. Shipoff carefully Japcom- ment on Japanese activity In Manchuria, but It was his opinion that China would have to submit to the objections offered by Japanese to the construction of a new railroad, as Japan la fully prepared to support her demands. TAFT REPORTS ON PHILIPPINES. Natlvea Not Yet Fit for Complete I ! j dls-l:iv- e LAY CASE BEFORE ROOSEVELT. Railroad Men Want Teat Case Against Roads Owning Coal Property. Washington. The operating vice presidents of the large railroads of the country were received hy President. Roosevelt on Monday and presented a request that In executing what Is known as the comity amendment of the railroad rate law bill, one case be brought agalnBt the roads by the government, this case to be finally disposed of by the supreme court of the United States. This, if agreed to by the government, would mean that the railroads owning coal producing properties would not sell them by May 1 next, as required by the law. hut could oierate them as heretofore until the disposal of the teat cases. The law In question Is regarded by the roads as unconstitutional In that it requires the disposal of property at what would necessarily be a sacrifice. The law la also questioned on other grounds. The president referred the railroaa men to the Interstate commerce commission, where, it la understood, the question will be fully discussed and a report made to the president as to Washington. Nine years after the the legal possibility of carrying out battle of Manila bay. Secretary Taft the suggestion made. records the results of the America! anl BUTTE PIONEER DROP8 DEAD. occupation of the archipelago forecasts the future of the Filipino In an exhaustive report transmitted I Head of the Henneasee Mercantile Company Falla Dead In the Street. congress by the president. wlth-- h letter written by the chief execitlv Butte, Mont D. J. Henneasy, presMercantile commending In the highest term the ident of the Henneasy The pres- company, a pioneer of Mbntana. and secretary conclusions. ident declares that ruin would have the richest merchant In the north obi, followed the adoption of another pol- dropped dead on the street at 8 icy toward the 1hllippiies than that o'clock Monday morning, of heart disoutlined by William M.KInley and ease. He was born at Fredericktown, carried forward through these nine A widow and three yeara, and asserts triumphantly that N. B., In 1864. there is no brighter page in history children survive. Mr. llenneuy came to Montana In than ihat dealing with the relations between the strong and the weak In 1S79 and engaged In business in Helthese Islands. He adds that the Flit ena. with'E. L. Bonner ft Co., a pioplnoa have yet a long way to travel neer firm. Three years later he esbefore they will be fit for complete tablished a store In Butte, then a small camp. This place was burned out In 1889, but out of the ruins grew The Buenoa Ayres Way. the present store, the largest between Huenoa Ayres. Great excitement 8L Paul and Portland. Mr. Henneasy prevails here owing to the issuance waa many times a millionaire. of an executive decree closing the exALL QUIET IN PORTUGAL. traordinary sessions of congresi ana putting Into effect for the current fiscal year the 1907 budget. Thi ex. House of Braganxa Holds the Throne for the Present. treme measure wan occasioned by til obstructive attitude of the majority la Lisbon. The government Issued a the senate, through statement on Saturday that the conwith the result that neither the budspirators In the recent plot to overget nor other legislation could be throw the state had procured revoldealt with, the government being left bombs and other weapons and vers to meet Kwerless ordinary expenses. anT had unsuccessfully tried to win Schaoner Lost in Storm. over the officers and soldiers of the New York Fears that an unknown army, so that they might bring a mutthree-mastemoment schooner and her crew iny at the psychological have been lost In the storm of the Continuing, the statement says: Delaware rapes, are expressed by ofThe government has taken all ficials of the steamer Mannxhata, measures necessary to guarantee which limped Into harbor Sunday from order and secure the maintenHaltlmore. The schooner was seen public ance of obedience and loyalty in the struggling in the trough of the sea off the Delaware rapes, and when the army. Advices received here tend to show Mannnhaia, which had been blown off her course, neared the locality where that all Portugal is calm at present tho schooner was last sighted riding No further arrests have been made out the storm, innuy pieces t,f a In Lisbon. wrecked versel and quantities of rall SUTHERLAND WINS OUT. road ties were seen floating In tho d water. John D. Rockefeller Listen Senate Passes Bill Regarding the to Negro Mining Exposition. Preacher and Make Donation. The senate on MonWashington. I). Rockefeller August a. Gu. Sutherland's bill, authoroccupied bis first Sutidtv morning In day passed of the Interior to the secretary ising Augusta this wlnier in livening to a an exhibit of the mineral reTabi-ruuIn the Baptist I colored! church r. C T. by Walker. Walker c. t on), of a'alc'ii t(f i to preach alien that Focke feller would lie otu- of Ms ennreg lion. After the s. mum V:. Rockefeller held a cor.iMviuv w::.i Walker In the latter's study, alum bn nt:vle a d n r ion to very gir.rru tho church." senium i luf.i-.-uu'.- Moor Moo Dpf-.i- t. Adv!t Tangier. state thar tit- tribes attacked the January 22. hm severe les n'tcr Kii Ui-i- ()ni,.i All traeps on uh wer,- wth hour Bchtlng. an.! Medloutna a a juncton The French I.Htm.ii column had lu-- t . when the array, covering a ft mu of ah.. fur swept down In ores, formation. The Spahl. bore the brint of v. r:il making eharees. , r..r which, however. ,0 tent with the work if !V T-- ct, e-- artillery. Salt Lake City. Two actions wero begun on Monday In the United States court against smelting companies by1 sheepmen, who claim that their aniAfter Being Cheined Up for Hours, mal were killed aa the result of eating food on the range which had been and Given the Cold Water Curs, poisoned by smelter smoke and fumes, the Unfortunate Victim Is Left tnd also fur damages to their land by en Concrete Floor With reason of deposits thereon of poisonBack Broken. ous matter. The two actions are brought by the same plaintiffs, but against separate' Pontiac, 111. Members of the board defendants. In each case a total of man age i of the Illinois reformaamount of damages of $10,850 la asktory In this city on Tuesday heard ed, in addition to $10,000 punitive stories from the lips of officers of the damages. The plaintiffs in both eases Institution themselves of brutality are Charles J. Shoup and Frederick and torture Infllctod upon William D. Jaynes, doing business under the Hamlin, an Inmate, whose death and firm name of Shoup ft Jaynes. The the conflicting explanation! thereof defendant In one case Is the LTn!ted States Smelting company, and In the have raised a storm of criticism. Admissions were wrung from of- other the Utah Consolidated Mining company. It is alleged that In the fall ficers of the Institution that Young and winter of 1900-0-7 the Hamlin waa chained to the bars of lost 300 head of sheep, of a plalntlffe value of the solitary," Ma wrists held by $1,350, by reason of the poison neglihandcuffs to a point even with the gently permitted to be deposited on hours the land, and in 1908 there died 1,008 top of hia head for twenty-twthe flrat day of hia punishment, and sheep of the value of $4,500. The land, it Is claimed In each complaint, for sixteen hour the second day. On the third, evening when he was has been damaged to the extent of $5,000. up, hi endurance gave out after five hours, and after he revived from a TONG WAR OVER. faint, he either tried to commit suicide or escape. Being chained up Warring Chinese of 8an Francisco again, he climbed up the ban of his Agree to Bury the Hatchet cell, probably while in a delirium. Ban Francisco. A truce baa been He fainted the first day of hia torbetween the opposing eleture and the third night, and for long signed ments In the Chinese Tong war, periods during these fainting spells which affecta the entire Pacific coast he hung by his wrists suspended from The present treaty la only temporary, a bar of hia cell, the legs too limp to however, .and expires on February 15. bin support weight The local Chinese consul and repreThe cold water cure" waa applied, sentatives of the Chinese Six comquart after quart of Ice water being In this city, who made an unover him make him to thrown quit panies successful expedition to Ban Joae and shamming;' and once It waa poured down his throat until he choked. After Sacramento last week In an attempt he was Injured he waa left lying on to put an end to the strife, got tothe concrete floor of the solitary gether with the head men of the two wfth only a blanket under him and warring Tonga, the Hop Sings and the another over him, hia back broken In Bing Konga, and threatened to expose three places and hia body paralysed, the fighters among them to the all but the- arms, for twelve hours be- policegunand to drive them out of Hie was fore the reformatory physician known and make them country called. throughout China unless a treaty of peace waa signed at once. A truce, POLICE SYSTEM FOR NEVADA. which taken In all of the Pacific coast, was thereupon drawn up and signed IsIt Now Believed That Trouble at by leaders of the two Tonga and word Goldfield Will End. has gone out to all of the fighting men to desist. It fa expected that before legislaReno, Nev. The Nevada la over a new one, which this ture has passed the police bill, giving will treaty be lasting, will be framed and this atate a measure that provides signed by the Tong leaders. for a system of policing In time of Title 8ells for Good Figure. riots, which. It fa believed, will quell all trouble In the Goldfield section New York. In the famous Vanderat the present time and place the bilt mansion at Fifth avenue and atate in position to handle any fustreet, at noon Monday, ture contingency that may arise. Miss Gladys, youngest daughter of Several members who were devout Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, cousin of union men, made a light in opposition the Duchess of Marlborough, and one to the hill, while the conservative of the richest of American heiresses, members have made a forcible Issue became the bride of Count Laadd and won the law. Speaker Skaggs, Jeno Maria Henrik Simon Sxechenyl, who ha been taking a most active a young Hungarian noble of ancient art for the union men, left his chair lineage and comfortable fortune. Last the summer Miss Vanderbilt became of and voted. Skaggs denounced measure aa pernicious, unconstitu- age and, under the provision of her and predicted father's will, entered Into possession tional and czar-likthat the men who voted for it were of her share of hia great fortune, estimated at from $12,000,000 to $15,000. digging their political gravea Prison Officials. o Fifty-se- venth e, 000. Congressman Attacks Custom of Hein esses Marrying Titles. the house on Washington. In Tuesday, Representative McGarin (111.) attacked the custom of American heiresses marrying European loblemen. Declaring that he had no uirtlculnr person In view, he asserted hat women afe sacrificing their fouls and their honor on the altar of He asserted that nobbery and vice. llmoat every day la a bargain day in New York, where yon can buy anything from a yard of ribbon to a pound of flesh. Settlers Not Tied to Homesteads Until Water is Turned Into Canala Washington, D. C. The senate on Tuesday passed Senator lleyburns MB granting leave of absence to settlers on government irrigation projects who have made substantial Improvements in their land but are to get water for irrigation, such Vave to last until water Is turned Into nain canals. The senate also passed ieyburn's bill appropriating $25,000 to resnrvey the Washington-ldahun-ib- le o boun-lur- 8truck by Lightning. San Lula, Obispo. Cal. The fire which was started Monday afternoon :n an oil tank belonging to the Union Oil company at Fort Huron by a plaee of with stroke consumed, lightning, at United of States the the sources International Mining exposition, to he ?he!r contents, the tank which waa held at Madison Square Garden, Nerr first set on fire nnd three others beto the Standard OH company. York, May 25 to June 20 next, with longing No other damage was done, although examount total the that the proviso it was thought at one time that nothpended shall not exceed $5,000, and ing could save the Mar re hotel, the be used exclusively for the transpor- tort Harford wharf and several cot-agtation of minerals and mining apparbelonging to workmen around atus. the oil tanks. Infoivnation Filed Against Colorado Financier. Durango. Coin. Criminal informations were filed on Monday hy the district attorney against Charles E. McConnell, president of the defnnrt Smelter City bank of Ihirnngo, and B. N. Freeman. Frank EMredge, V. C. Chapman and E. M. Hampton, directors of the defunct Colorado State hank of Durango, all bring charged with receiving deposits nrter they knew their bank were insolvent. The accused men give bouds for their appearance for trial. Criminal her An Inmite of Illinois Reformatory Tortured to Death by Inhuman Claim That Animals Were Killed aa Result of Eating Food Which Had Been Poisoned by 8moke. Oil Tank Big Packing Plant Burned. Kansas City. Fire of unknown origin started In the running department in the second floor of one of the twin main buildings of the $2,000,000 packing plant of Nelson Morris ft Co., near the Kaw river In Kansas City, Kan.. Monday night, threatened destruction :f the entire plant and caused a loos estimated at $750,000 before It was All efforts lo save the controlled. east main hutlding. In whlrh the fire started, and the box factory, ' was Abandoned within a half hour after i I flames were discovered. MATE. BRYAN'8 RUNNING la Satisfied to Let Convention Select Him. W. J. Bryan on MonWashington. day held an Impromptu reception In the rooms of the house committee on ways and means, where a number of Democratic representatives and many outsiders chatted with him. Asked by some one to name hia choice for a running mate. In the event of his nomination nt Denver, Mr. Bryan laughingly replied: I shan't tell. That la too bold a question. Nebraskan Heinz Files Demurrer to Indictment. New York. Counsel for F. Augustus Heinze on Monday withdrew temporarily the plea of not guilty entered by Mr. Heinze to the charge of checks to the amount of National $436,000 on the Mercantile hunk of this rlty, of which he formerly was president The case came up in the criminal branch of the United States circuit court. Hia counsel filed a demurrer to the Indictment, and February 11 was fixed as the date for an argument on the demurrer. over-rertltyl- Minnesota Banker With Too Irons Many I IW In the Fire End Life. Appleton, Minn A. L. Stoss, cashier of the First National bank of Apple ton. committed suicide on Monday by blowing ont his brains with a shotgun. No reason Is known for1 his action, but It Is believed that he became demented, not being strong enough to bear the strain of the amount of business he was carrying on. He waa Interested In banks in several towns. Including Wasera. Springfield. Ivan, hoe, Arlington and Elkton, S. D. Opposes Currency. Washington. The street railway systems of the District of Columbia and the financial question occupied the time of the house of representatives on Monday. The latter subject was discussed by Mr. Fowler, chair map of the committee on banking and currency, in an exhaustive speech In which he opposed cur renrjr and Iho proposition looking to the establishment of a central bank. Mr. Fowler favors bank redemption districts, whlrh he argite would national emergencies. Bond-Secure- d bond-secure- d mt 1 A V 4 .A . - !& . - Ml I!) 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