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Show BRIEF TELEGRAMS Dublin. The announcement that there will be no home rule bill presented present-ed to the present session of parliament while not unexpected, has caused regret re-gret In Ireland and it is recognized now that It may mean another election before be-fore Ireland will be given the right to govern herself. While it was hoped here that the veto of the house of lords would be given preference by the As-quith As-quith government even over the budget, the great majority of the Irish people are Inclined to stand by Redmond In his determination not to bring about the defeat of the government on this question. ques-tion. The best opinion here is that a thorough and satisfactory reform of the lords will be proposed and it will be necessary to go to the people on it before be-fore it will become a law and home rule become possible. The O'Brien split is causing some uneasiness un-easiness as it is feared it will weaken the Irish position. Mr. O'Brien in a letter to a West Cork clergyman, says there can no longer be any doubt that the Irish party contemplate the blackest black-est treason perpetrated against Ireland since the act of union. They propose to assist the government in passing a budget which will impose upon Ireland two million of taxation per annum. It is beyond question that it adopted this attitude under the direct inspiration of Mr. Dillon. It Is wrong, perhaps, to say that .the Irish party are responsible for one of the most gratuitous and , criminal treacheries in history. The fact is that there is no Irish party. They are, never consulted on any subject All they have to do is obey, the word of command of Mr. Dillon and Mr. T. P. O'Connor, who arrange everything beforehand be-forehand with the government, and Irish members are simply Informed as to the lobby into which they must walk. The letter proceeds: "Every man of ability and independence was hunted out of the party. It was sought to ex terminate them in the constituencies, and where that failed the door of the party was shut in their faces. No man would be allowed to become a member of the party who was not prepared to be the servile tool of Mr. Dillon. No such autocracy was ever established in any country, no such degradation of public life was ever witnessed. No greater insult was ever offered to the IriEh people." Rome. J. Pierpont Morgan is one of the most popular Americans among the Italians. He is a friend of the king and is held In high regard at the Vatican as well. This is due to a number of graceful grace-ful things the great American financier has done for Italy from time to time. It will be remembered, among other things, he promptly restored the famous stolen cope as soon as he found It had been stolen, though he had paid a fortune for-tune for it For this he was created chevalier of an order, which gave him the title- qf cousin to the king: The announcement which has just been made that Mr. Morgan has promised to lend his famous collection of masterpieces, master-pieces, of Italian art to the exposition to be held here next year,, will certainly certain-ly Increase the popularity of the American Amer-ican emperor of finance. - Rome. The archdeacon of Villa- franca had a narrow escape from being poisoned while celebrating mass recently. recent-ly. The circumstances are as follows: The archdeacon, not feeling well, asked .his vicar to celebrate mass In his stead. The moment the vicar had removed the communion cup -from his Hps he fell back, on the altar, stairs. Conveyed to the hospital, the doctors discovered that he had swallowed poison. Three vestry keepers have been arrested in connection connec-tion with this attempt to m.urder. At the same time it is suspected that the real author of the crime is still at large. The local press hints at a political vengeance. ven-geance. Berlin. While it is declared that the kaiser's recent illness was nothing more than a severe c'old which resulted in a slight return of the old affection of the ear to which his majesty has been subject since he was a boy, it is hinted in some usually well-informed circles that the trouble Is more serious and that there has been a recurrence of the growth in his throat which at one time was thought to be of a cancerous nature. na-ture. It is even said the royal, physicians physi-cians were for a while considering the advisability of an operation, but con-eluded con-eluded at this time the knife would not be necessary. Report also has it that his majesty is looking worried and has been unusually Irritable since the latest attack. These reports are- unofficial, but It is generally believed there Is some foundation for them. It is a fact that a number of important engagements engage-ments were canceled, and the kaiser would hardly have broken these for the simple case of cold which it was officially offi-cially announced was the trouble. Copenhagen. Much interest is felt here in the proposal made in the United States that Commander Peary submit his polar data to the University of Copenhagen Co-penhagen so that the same body which exposed the Inadequacy of Cook's claims to the discovery of the north pole may pass upon those of Peary. The university officials will not discuss the suggestion for publication, but I am able to state that they would be glad to act if asked to do so by Mr. Peary. They, of course, would not suggest that he take any such action. This would be a reflection on the American Geographical Geo-graphical society for which the Danish scientists have a high regard. It may also be stated that no doubt is felt here that Peary actually reached the ultimate ulti-mate north. Vienna. A thousand weddings in one city in one day should come near breaking break-ing the record, yet the reports show that there was slightly in excess of this number in Vienna on the Sunday before Lent. The reason for this is that marriages mar-riages are prohibited durin? Lent In the Austrian capital, and t'lls great number of young couples decided they simply could not wait for forty days for the consummation of their happiness. happi-ness. In one of the poorer quarters twenty couples were married simultaneously. Lisbon. A priest living in a lonely part of the town of Camunos has fared ill at the hands of six masked men. These men forced the back door of the house. The servants, a man and two women, were overpowered and gagged. The marauders then began to fill sacks with the valuables, during which the priest was awakened. When he appeared ap-peared on the scene he was assailed by the gang, and though he made a plucky resistance he was knocked down with a hammer. He was found in a pool of blood, still living, but not expected to survive. The house had been cleared of all valuables. The total amount stolen Is estimated at over $15,000. The perpetrators are suspected to be a band of brigands. The Hague. The first meeting of The Hague arbitration tribunal, to which has been referred points at issue between be-tween Great Britain and the United States with regard to the Newfoundland Newfound-land fisheries, has been fixed for June 1. South Bend. The Laetare medal, the highest decoration of honor for a Roman Ro-man Catholic church member in the United States, was presented this year to Dr. Maurice F. Egan, American minister min-ister to Denmark. The medal is given to the person who, In the opinion of the university, has achieved the greatest eminence in art, literature and science. The name of the recipient and the reasons rea-sons for the award are made public on Laetare Sunday. - Berlin. United States Consul George N. Ifft, Nuremberg, Bavaria, has been boycotted by the storekeepers of the city. Mr. Ifft, who ranks in the highest class of the consular service of the United States, was given the position of United States consul here, his first post in the old world, he having been transferred trans-ferred here from a post in Canada. His home is at Pocatello, Ida., where he is one of the owners of a newspaper there, and who waged a vigorous campaign In behalf of United States Senator Hey-burn's Hey-burn's election to the senate. Consul Ifft has always been liked by the people here with whom he transacted trans-acted business both from the standpoint of governmental business as well as personal. Three years ago Mr. Ifft was transferred to the consular post at Warsaw, War-saw, Russia, and remained there for two years, when he was again transferred trans-ferred back to Nuremberg, as he was anxious to have his children avail themselves them-selves of the schools in the old city. Some time ago Mr. Ifft made a report to the state department in Washington, in which he declared that the citizens of Nuremberg spend more than half their income on solid and liquid food. When the Nurembergers heard of this they considered themselves highly insulted in-sulted and decided they would not accept ac-cept Mr. Ifft's trade. He Is under the necessity, therefore, of having his foodstuffs food-stuffs sent from other points and his shopping also is done, of necessity, elsewhere else-where than In Nuremberg. How long this boycott will continue is not known. It may be that it will result In Mr. Ifft being transferred to some other post. Naples. Vesuvius has suddenly become be-come active again. ' For twenty-four hours there has been a continuous eruption erup-tion of red hot stones and ashes, accompanied ac-companied by internal- detonations. Several fissures have opened, from which gas and lava are emerging in great quantities. Vancouver, B. C. Thirty bodies have been found in the wreckage at Rogers PasB, forty miles east of Revelstoke, where an avalanche ' Saturday burled sixty-two workmen engaged in clearing clear-ing the Canadian Pacific tracks. Twenty-two of the bodies recovered are those of white men, the others being the bodies of Japanese. . Paris. Maurice, Benedict was under treatment at St. Louis hospital, Paris, for a disease of the nose, and to cure it the doctors applied a remedy containing 24 worth of radium. After a day or two the doctors found that the radium had vanished, and Benedict was arrested arrest-ed for stealing it, the precious substance sub-stance having been found concealed in the lining of his coat. Malta. The military authorities are investigating what apepars to be an epidemic ep-idemic of suicides In the garrison. There have been six within the past three months. The latest suicide was Private Harry. Alcock of the First King's Royal Rifles, who was employed as a servant in- the house of Captain Foljambe of the same regiment at Sliema, He was found dead In his room from the effects of a "revolver hot He left a letter saying he was sorry to give trouble. Scotland Neck, N. C State Senator E. L. Travis and Representative A. P. KItchin, brother of Governor W. W. Kltchin'and of ' Congressman - Claude Kitchln, and Deputy Sheriff C. W. Dunn, all of Halifax county, were shot down on the main street of the town by E. E. Powell. Travis and KItchin are seriously and Dunn fatally woiinded.. . Powell, It is said, met his three vic-tlme vic-tlme as they were walking along the street together. He approached Travis and asked him why he had not replied to a letter he had written him. Representative Repre-sentative Kitchin, thinking that Powell OT WIH'l Mi " in 1.11H1..H i II. llJli..lli.iWi.M1l.Wl!)l,iiilli.iii.i.,..iii,i.,,TO was out of humor, placed his hand I gently cn his. shoulder and attempted to placate him. Powell drew a pistol, 6hot KItchin and then fired on Travis and Dunn. Powell then walked to his store, secured se-cured a shotgun . and barricaded himself him-self in the place. No effort was made to arrest him, but he surrendered and was taken to the county Jail at Halifax. Hali-fax. Joplin, Mo. If a horse valued at $1,-000 $1,-000 swallows a diamond worth $750, should the horse be killed . or operated upon to recover the gem? This is the question that is bothering Captain E. O. Bartlett here. While he was standing near his saddle horse, King, an animal of which he is especially espe-cially fond, the horse nipped a four-carat four-carat diamond from his shirt front Then, while Bartlett looked on in dismay, dis-may, the animal calmly swallowed the gem. Bartlett has consulted several veterinary veter-inary surgeons to learn whether It would be safe to operate on the horse. If they think the gem could be recovered recov-ered and the animal's life saved, an operation op-eration probably will be performed. Graham, Mo. Bruce Donaldson, aged 5, and Margaret Cancker, aged 4, were burned to death by an explosion of gasoline gas-oline in a smokehouse, where the children chil-dren were playing. It is thought they set fire to the gasoline with matches. Spokane, Wash. The second section of Northern Pacific westbound passenger passen-ger train No. 7. was ditched just east or Eddy, Mont., 167 miles east of Spokane. Several passengers and trainmen were Injured, but none fatally. The baggage car was burned. Pueblo, Colo. Santa Fe passenger train No. 568, which left here at 1:30 p. m. for La Junta, was wrecked twenty twen-ty miles west of here by spreading rails. The train was made up of a baggage car and two coaches, and all of the cars left the track and overturned. over-turned. Nine were injured, none of whom will die. St. Louis. A gift of $20,000 from R. C. Kerens, recently appointed ambassador ambassa-dor to Austria-Hungary, to Father Dunne's newsboys home was announced this week. The money will be used in buying a farm as a summer home for the boys in whom Mr. Kerens takes great interest. New York. Threatened with death unless he pays $4,000 within the next ten days, Joseph Florentine, an East Side . fruit dealer, is barricaded in his home in Third avenue, while detectives are searching for the writers of the Black Hand letters which he has received. Five letters have come for Florentine through the mails. One was dated at Hoboken, another at Newark and the others were mailed from various parts of the city. The earlier letters allowed him thirty days in which to meet these demands for money, but the latest Utter, Ut-ter, received yesterday, reminded him that inasmuch as the first letters had been ignored, ha had only ten days of life left to him. New York. America is becoming the most lawless country on the globe, declared de-clared the Rev. Dr. Robert S. MacAr-thur, MacAr-thur, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church here, in an address on the Philadelphia Phila-delphia strike, before the Current Event club of his church Sunday. "Every striker Is potentially a lawbreaker law-breaker and even a murderer," said the minister. "The evil consequences of strikers' acts are far reaching and the Innocent must suffer . with the guilty. Strikes are war. There ought to be no strikes n this twentieth century under the American flag. Strikes are a reflection reflec-tion on the common sense of both capital cap-ital and labor. "The police ought to deal promptly and effectively with mobs. Firing blank cartridges into a mob only increases in-creases its frenzy. , "Labor is vastly more tyrannical than capital ever has been. Every man has a right to go on a strike, but the man who throws up a job and declares no one else shall take it, becomes a tyrant ' "He interferes with his fellow workmen work-men and becomes an anarchist pure and simple." Washington. "They thanked me and that was enough," said John O'Neill, a brave young bricklayer, who risked his life to save from possible death a woman wom-an and little girl, who were in a wagon behind a runaway horse. Lying on his hospital cot, suffering from a broken shoulder, cuts about the head and face and badly battered limbs, O'Neill, when asked about the accident after he had regained complete consciousness, seemed to think that a word of thanks had been sufficient reward re-ward for his act of heroism. The young woman and child are unidentified, un-identified, but the former called up the hospital and inquired as to O'Neill's condition. Rome. The pope has accepted the views of the bishops of the province of St. Boniface, Canada, and created a new diocese at Regina and an apostolic vi-carate vi-carate at Keewatin. The pontiff has appointed ap-pointed the Very. Rev. P. R. Heffron of St. Paul to be bishop of Winona, Minn. Seattle.- Wash. Max Thurna. convict ed of beinsr engaged in the white slave trade, was sentenced to hard labor in the state penitentiary for not less than two and one-half years. Thurna was prosecuted by the United States immigration immi-gration service, which introduced as evidence unprintable letters written in Yiddish to a fellow slave-owner, from which it appeared that Thurna had been long 1n the business, that he had been driven out of Spokane and Great Falls, Mont., but had prospered in Seattle. The letters spoke of the buying and selling of women as though they were cattle. Judge J. T. Ronald, in passing sentence, said: "If Thurna had actually murdered the different girls with whom the testimony showed he had associated, he would have Inflicted far less injury on society than he has done." Louisville, Ky. On the eve of his going go-ing to Philadelphia to marry Miss "Virginia "Vir-ginia Harrison, William L. Bently, a young physician, was found dead with a bullet hole In his forehead and in the back of his neck. There were two empty cartridges in the revolver found near his body, and although Bently is believed to have committed suicide, the coroner is investigating. inves-tigating. Aberdeen, S. D. Huddled down in their abandoned sleigh, two women and a little child were found frozen to death in the blizzard that swept the Standing Rock reservation three weeks ago. Mrs. Gilbert Major, her mother-in-law, and her year-old son, in trying to drive from Mahto, S. E., to a neighbor's, were overtaken by the blizzard, eight miles from home. They turned the horses loose and huddled down in the sleigh to wait for the storm to pass. They slept and never awoke. Colorado Springs, Colo. Earl D. Thomas, Jr., 30 years old, a son of Brigadier Brig-adier General Earl D. Thomas, commander com-mander of the department of Colorado, with headquarters in Denver, fired a bullet into his brain in his room at the Almo hotel, dying instantly. Point-a-Pitre, Guadaloupe. P. M. Henry, the secretary-treasurer of Guadeloupe, Gua-deloupe, was shot and seriously wounded wound-ed while sitting on the veranda of his hotel. The assailant whose identity is not known, fired two shots and escaped. Wellington, Wash. Fifty-two bodies have been taken from the avalanche ruins, leaving about sixty-five still in the gulch. It is thought that the smoking smok-ing car of the passenger train, which had been turned into a bunkhouse for foreign laborers, has been located and that its load of thirty dead will d: taken out soon. With the rapid progress being made by the relief train from the east side of the Cascades, all the difficulties in the way of caring for the dead and wounded wound-ed seemed to be vanishing. The railroad rail-road expects to bring the train into Wellington soon. There seems no reason rea-son to doubt that every body will be recovered this week. All the dead are well preserved in the snow, which in some cases is packed so tightly about them that it has made a mould, as of alabaster, maklng'a cast of the features and clothing of the victims. The clear, cool weather has banished fear of fur-there fur-there landslides. Peoria, 111. President W. S. Carter of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Fire-men and Enginemen, left for Chicago, where, with the board representing that organization, and the board of railroad managers, he will resume negotiations for arbitrating the differences between the western road3 and their employes. Washington. Commander Peary .declined .de-clined to submit to Congress the proofs of his discovery of the north pole. He sent to the sub-committee of the House committee on naval affairs, the following follow-ing statement: "Commander Peary and his friends say that contracts signed months ago with his publishers render it impossible to make its records and scientific data public now. It would not only subject Peary to heavy damages a loss which he cannot meet, having Just extricated himself from debt Incurred In connection connec-tion with his various expeditions but it would be breaking faith with his publishers, which ho is unwilling to do under any circumstances." Chicago. With fifty claims of widows wid-ows and other relatives of the Cherry mine disaster victims settled by payments pay-ments ranging from $800 to $1,200 per death, the St Paul Mining company has entered into negotiations with coiyi-sel coiyi-sel in something like 100 more cases to settle with the victims' widows at the rate of $1,800 in each .case. This rate of settlement was agreed upon at a conference between attorneys representing the widows and counsel for the mining company. "Yes, we already have settled about fifty cases." said Burton Hanhon, secretary sec-retary of the mining comoanv. "We have agreed to pay from $800 to $1,200 in the cases already settled. "In the cases that came up at the conference 1 last Friday $1,800 was the figure agreed upon tentatively by the attorneys, and I believe settlement on thta basis will be agreed upon, for there Is a disposition on the part of the widows to settle." In the mine disaster 264 men were killed, of which 157 left widows with 423- children, while J.07 of the victims were sin grid men, i |