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Show j0Mr .. Tr 1. It ; h M Murt way iluhltsljriY Dailtj at ffln&rn, Htalj No. 31 XIL VOL. Th People Try ths Paper That Gives All th News Truth- fully. That' Why They Taka Journal. Advartiaan th Cannot Afford to Forget This. ii RELEASE OF BATTLESHIPS f J WEDNESDAY, FE3HDARY 5, 1908 ALICE THAW GIVES L UP HER TITLE AND BY (By the United IiXDON, Frh. Press) Portugal's new ministry announces the Inauguration of a policy of liberality and pacification ln the official gasette today. According to dispatches a full list of al luf Francos political captives In Portuguese or foreign prisons Is pnnted today by government authority In the Lisbon papers Visits to the prisons are permitted for the first time ln months Arrangements are being mads for the quiet release of the prisoners a few at a time to prevent demonstrations 5. distress General Btoeaael surrendered ) new agency the fort. -A LONDON. Pet. has . For several weeks ammunition had Stoteael tetart aaya that General been short, many aoldlera lay dead who u wntrnced to death tor aurronder-- could nob be burled, and tlw rations were almost gone; and Beside this, port Arthur. many wounded men reeded medl.-a- l waa con- at once. which 11 ciurt-ma- rt ne The condition Inside of the fort Is to try General Btoeaael on the In th surrender of said to have been dreadful and appai dntfc of cowardice, th to Japs. ha been in ently every reason In the world existed MORTALLY WOUNDED Arthur pgrt for such surrender. month. for several WHILE ROBBING SAFE t was It surrender thia By many It has been thought that the of time the At IN A STOCKTON SALOON. has been prompted by mted by military men conversant with prosecution h on the part of other i .Ulcers tte fact that the Fort could not poaal-t- Jealousy , (By th United Press) have held out any longer from the and also that the Russian government STOCKTON, Cal., Feb. S. Fred Elthe Jap and that In order to needed a scapegoat and he wa found ite, an )l who served time In StoesseL In bloodshed and of the person KM further unnecessary Sen Quentin end Folsom, was mortally shot In the. Elite saloon thl mornlug after he. had blown open the aafe and was which FAIR hero State fair, FLORIDA opened CHEAT OPENED AT TAMPA yesterday. Soma of the leading nat was In the get of n taking away with artists of the world have entered and thousands of dollars Ed Levin of the Elite, shot Fill wnfle TAMPA FI-- . Feb. I. With great will compete for the liberal cash waa In the act of removing the Utter of Interested spectator crowdiprlsea offered by the air manage- several Backs of thrp money. ng the grounds, the Florida atat fair ment (By th United P-- B.- r ict pio-prlet- or wss formally opened today, and wlU jrmaln open throughout the month. Aa the only state fair to bo open In the United Statm during the winter, It will bt visited by many Ihouaands of tour-who Bock to thia section to escape tin frigid weather of the North 'and West i.ny prominent men are expected to attend the fair during the month an-to deliver addressee, among them Wil-BJennings Bryan, Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia, Governor Joaeph ut yolk of Missouri and other. . Among the novel feature at the fair the famous airship Eagle, which won the prim and diamond medal at a great tntematlonil contest In Chicago. This airship, which will make dally flights In and sroud Tampa, alao made a Tia following are among the w rustlers who have signed articles to enher for world gage In contest championship honors: George Bothner, lightweight chamTrod Bed, light pion of America; heavyweight champion; Frank Gotch, heavyweight champion; Fred Suhr, the Belgian Hon; Leo Pardello, champion of Italy; William Demetral, Jess Wester-grad- e, champion of Greece; champion of Denmark; Hlju-m- lr Lundln, champion of Sweden; Charles Olson, who also claims the Swedish championship; Paul GledaL Waklta, Gue Boresen, Charles Sari, Pons, Shad, Link and . Hack-enschml- others. No "small fry will b allowed to participate and absolutely no wrestling of the feko order will be countenanced by the fair aeaoclatlon or muTh tournament nicipal authorities will ba held under the direct .supervision of the most experienced wrestling promoter of the country, and the worlds champion In practically every class Including tlw Japanese style of wrestling will ba decided. in the recent race the Atlantic coast, n Mug prevented from winning over balloons by aa accident. The hone racing will be Infinitely tatter than at former Mire, as winced b the fact that I0d runner will be height from New Orleans, the racing eater of the South. Tampa has been Knitted Into membership of th Natal Hadng association, which la a a miantee that every race will be .meet-h"it might" end that the f FIGHT FOR CONTROL 111 be conducted In the moat GIROUX CONSOLIDATED manner. MINES CORPORATION. Obi of the finest features of the fair he the home show, which will be Feb. I. A lively time NEW m much liner scale than that of laat was had yORK, annual meeting of the 'at Hwember. Cash premiums will be the Giroux Consolidated Mines comtan in each class shown, and the pany, wna Jield ln New Tdtk yestertat saddle, harness and draught day. Several groups of stockholders tame tn the state will be exhibited, have recently been soliciting proxies, A lecture of the fair, which will for th purpose of obtaining control attract great attention of the company at the meetlnr. The the hortlcul-tariete agriculturists, tag of the company present management and fruit growers of the state baa been exceedingly secretive regardhe th dally lectures to be given plane and operations and this b everts from the national depart-- t ing It, has aroused much resentment among of agriculture at Washington. Identified with the corBeginning with th Inaugural exer- - many people A plan la on foot to bring On grounds today, there will poration. about the segregation of the company's ta taethlng doing every day at the Nev por I talr until the gates close on Feb- - Mexican mines from th Ely, are exThe latter lte tlon of holdings. tai a. . the and ownership valuable, ceedingly la being sought by a syndicate of NITIEIARETO prominent New York capitalists. .WED PROBABl The estate of this corporation Is lowonderful record fhm 8t Louie to for-elg- Jiu-Jit- ah-stat- su up-tad- ite un-"M- fABIB. , Feb. 3. That Ferdlni Baric and Julia Ruttner, w Americana by the announ their 'affinity" creed last S. will be married shortly a rumor current hero. N now has an application for Binding In the French courts. thta Eari and nlty Win be legally m that the present M granted, J 11 w witneaa the wedding I another shock to conventlo "ling to Paris, the trife and his artist future spot " " "eh together i gone os on many little trips PParently treating conaldermt 7 tlweveryutmost tamg evidence of afl their conduct Immensely intero romance, no such man! fee , "ativd and disgust a w Pro the art) at in New To Lnortunlveroal praise for "d Un- - Earle ln effac lJ K Vr hueblSd0 lnr,Pe th ,pp,,, there la Hi Earle or Mian -uttner. . ' ! tBTLlNQ FOR EIGHT PAY IN FLORII 'Bave tal. a I m' A,7an completed for Wrestling tourneme iiSiVr ?feature . .i of the Flo. STAN FORD STUDDENT MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR IS SHOT AND KILLED (By th United Proas) JBAN JOSE, Cal., Feb. 6. W. M. Cooley, s Stanford student, from Kalla-fe-l, Mont., wna shot and killed earl.' this morning at Palo Alto, while ente lng by mistake the home of Valter Uhlman, who, thinking Cooley a bir glar, fired, sending a bx.let through Cooley's head. ROEBLING SONS WORKS DESTROYED BY FIRE. (By the United Press) TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 6. Half a million loaa and 700 men unemployed 1 the result of a fire ln the plant of John A. Roebllng Sons' company today. Three acres of shops art burned over. The fire la now under control. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TOKIO EXPOSITION. (By tba United Fresa.) IXlXDOX, Feb. B. The countess of Tarmouth won her suit today for the UNITED STATES MARSHALS annulment of her marriage. The hearARREST PROMINENT was secret and lasted only half an LOS ANGELES MEN. ing hour. Three witnesses only were heard for the prosecution and none for thv (By the United Press.) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6. Six Los defense. The earl waa not present It of the fortune of Angeles men, Warren Gillelen, presi- Is said that one-thir- d dent of the Broadway Rank A Trust the countess was settled on th eari company; R. W. Kenny, cashier of the same intltutlon; Attorney WlU P. THREE P08SE8 ARE Gould, I'r. David M. Goodwin, L R. SEARCHING FOR MURDERER. Myers and George L. Stearns have been marUnited arrested by Deputy States (By the United Press) shals to answer the complaint filed BUTTE, Feb. 6. Three posses are against them June I, 1B0B, charging searching ths Bear Tooth mountains complicity in the Oregon Und frauds for Bill Mooney, half-breoutlaw, Gillelen says he and Kenny simply charged with murdering Robert Holmes loaned money to the Pacific Furniture lust September. He was located ys-terdA Lumber company, and has never near Cascade. Mosney loo met the men indicted. refuge at a ranch bouse and from th upper windows fired on th deputies, DISASTEROUS FIRE wounding James Downey and then esSWEEPING OVER TEXAS. caped on horseback, the posse firing on him. On poaas Is trailing him and an(By tba United press.) other rut through the mountains fo FORT WORTH. Feb. B. Prslri fires head him off. Tha third posse waa orare sweeping over the counties of Lubganized this morning to Interoept hi i bock, Crosby and Garza, ln west Texas m the mountain paea. and already have caused a loss of half a million dollar, destroying ranches, STATE BANK AND TRUST bnlldlnga, crops and live stock. There COMPANY IS SUED. are more than a million acres burned over. The blase started near Emma (By tha United Pres.) several days ago and waa fanned by CARSON, Feb. B. Thia morning D. strong winds The farmer caved their Mackenzie filed attachment papers on property and Uvea by burning an area the State Bank A Trust company fur around their homea. (300,000. Tha paper were served ou the president, T. B. Rickey, and a ANARCHIST BELIEVED TO keeper waa appointed to handle the 1 BE RESPONSIBLE FOR securities until a receiver for the ban THE ASSASSINATIONS. la appointed. This altcrnoun the stockholders and directors are considering (By the United Pres.) a proposition to sign their stock to B. Anarchist organLISBON, Feb. to finance the bank Hickey izations, with branches In nil the Imbenow are portant cities of Europe, lieved to have been responsible for the The moat Important azsiuwtnatlon. branches are believed to bo at Geneva, Munich and Zurich. ed ay no THIRTY-FIFT- THAW WILL ASK LUNACY COMMISSION FOR TRANSER TO PRIVATE ASYLUM. CHARLES A. STILLINGS PUBLIC PRINTER HAS BEEN8U8PENDED. (By the United Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. B. The president today aunpended Puollo Printer Ch&riea A. Stillings pending an Investigation on charges of extravagance In the bureau. William S. Roaslter, chief clerk of the census bureau, waa appointed temporarily. (By the United Press.) NEW YORK, Feb. B.At a consult tlon of the Thaw attorneys today It vu decided to apply Immediately to the state lunacy commission to have Thaw transferred from Matteawan to a private asylum. Littleton then left for hla Southern trip. Peabody and O'Reilly will look after Thaw's Interests FALLS TO HER DEATH cated ln the heart of the Ely district and a vast sum has been expended in expolltatlon and equipment and the light, will be bitter. FOOT RACE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. Wife of Wealthy Rancher Accidentally Stepped Into NEW TOAK. Feb. ' I. Sheppard, Hillman, Bacon, Doriand and Taylo Parsons are the probable contestants race to take place In In the Madison Square garden next Saturday as the feature of the will be Athletic dubs carnival. ever has field that fastest about the toed the scratch In a New York athletic carnival and the result win be of Interest throughout the country. Other events of the meet will ba Intercollegiate and Interacolaatlc relay race a walk for pole vault and a policemen ln full uniform. Cellarway in Darkness Tuesday Night, Fracturing Her Skull From Which She Died This Open gOO-ya- rd Morning Without Regaining Consciousness. Irish-Amerlc- an one-mi- le CONVICT PLEApS FOR MERCY OF COURT. (By the United Press) BOULDER, Mont, Feb. S. Harry Grueber, charged with the murder of Engineer Clow on the Northern Padfl; railroad May . sent a note to Judds l want to confess Calloway, saying: I have lied myself Into hell to save others. .1 will now tell the whole truth If Jrou have mercy." George Tower was tried Mat week vud found guilty. He was sentenced to ninety-nin- e year. Grueber la 'writing a full confession (n the Jail. Harry H rating, the third man' In the hold-u- p, may plead guilty, ton. . 1 Aa the result of a terrible mistake, done for her, but to no avail, and aha Mrs. C F. Roberson, wife of the died this morning at 7 o'clock without wealthy rancher and cattleman who having regained consciousness, and the at B4B Twenty-fift- h street (The real facts tu rounding the deplorable Bungalow), died at 7 oclock this morn- affair will never bo known. The body ing from concussion of the brain In- waa removed to Richey's undertaking duced by a fractured skull. The ac- parlor where it will be embalmed and cident which caused Mr. Roberson's prepared for burial. death occurred last evening about 7 Mr. ' Roberson waa the wife of o'clock. ' She bad stepped out on the Charles W. Roberson, the well kfiown back porch of tba bouse ' and when rancher and stock raiser. -- r. Robermissed a few minutes later she waa son's Interests are hi Wyoming where found lying unconscious at the bottom be spends moat of hla time, but for the of- - the cellar stairs. While no one past eight or tan years he has mainknows Just how the accident happened, tained hla home In Ogden, where hla it la supposed that In the dark she ac- wife and two children have resided. cidental! stepped off the porch Into Mr. Roberson had been In tha city for the open cellarway. The cellar opens soma time past on a visit to hla family, out to the rear and the door over the and Just left on Monday to return to same had been left open. hla ranch. He was telegraphed for last Mr. Roberson was carried Into the evening and la expected borne today. house and medical aid summoned at Mr. Roberson waa about 40 years of once, and It waa found that ln falling age and leaves besides her hlaband, a aha had struck on her head fracturing son and a daughter to mourn her de; the akulL Everything possible wss mise.' ro-el- . chaIeT CONTROL ARTILLERY WILL GO TO PHILIPPINES. H (By the United Proas) WASHINGTON, Ffcb. I. The Culioi.l (By tha United Press) bill appropriating for United WASHINGTON, Feb. B. Th Thirty-fcoast artillery, now at Fortress States participation In tba Tokio ex- ifth position waa reported favorably todu Monroe, sails from 'Frisco April I for by the senate committee on fcrolgn re- the Philippines. lations THIRD OE FORTUNE i By the United Press.) PUNTA ARENAS, Feb. B. The coaling of the American battleships will be finished tonight and they will leave early tomorrow, accompanied by tla. Chilean n uier Chacabuca OF and she la required to drop (he title for which she paid so dnarly. One condition of the financial settlement la that the charges preferred against I ho eari have been kept out of court. The settlement of this case la regarded as a victory for each party. The countess must resume her maiden nama and It ! understood site will go to America. DOG SHOW IN MAD- ISON SQUARE GARDEN. NEW YORK, Feb. meeting of the Westminister Kennel club was held today for the purpose of completing plans for th great show tn be held next week In Madison H quare Garden. The Westminister show la always the principal event of tba year In the ranine society of the and next weeka exhibit will be no exception. Iw of nil varieties and degrees, from milady's lap dog' to Russian wolfhounds, will dlplay their merits to the public view from Tuesday to Friday of nest week. Doga from all over tha country will ba seen on the benches and tha, number of new exhibitors will be 'larger than ever before. A special feature of tha show will be the Russian wolf- - ' hounds, tha llt being larger than at any other show. This Is due tn tha foot that tha Valley Fhrm Kennel doga will not ba benched, aa the owner of tha kennels Mr. J. B. Thomas, will Judge the breed, ao tha exhibitor will not be obliged to come Info competition with his string, which la by far tha strongest In tba country, and has won nearly all tha blue ribbons In tha pant A' big string will pome from Ban Francisco from tha ksnnela of Col. W. Ellery, and there will ba pack of beagle trying for from th dga belonging to William Rockefeller and G. B. Post In tha big dog classes there will be soma fins the Great Danes of quality . from the kennels of Howe Totton, G. F. Eggert, V. w. Tucker and other breeder being on th list Dr. Knqx ; will be there with a fine lot of bipods ' hounds, and the annual contest Samuel Untermeyer and J. Pier- -, pant Morgan In the coiKa 'elaanes will be aa hot as ever. Tim premia to be well represented, for Richard Crokcker and Tyler Morae will end thrir beat apedmenta of the breed. A B. the exhibition committee bow-wo- of w Unit-tnte- a, the-pris- aped-men- s, LOCAL YARDS The published reports of a change In the control of th Ogden yard and to tha effect that tha management la to paaa to the Ogden Union Railway A Depot company are pronounced untnic at local headquarter. Then appears to have uten a misunderstanding as tu tha nature of the change, which la merely to centralise the pay roll in this city. The management of the yards does not change, but remains In the control of Superintendent Maneon, but the men are to be paid off by the depot company Instead of separately aa heretofore. F. N. Haas, secretary of tha depot company, will act aa auditor for tha entire pay roll In this city, and tha man iu reoaive their checks from that company In the future, avoiding th necessity of awltlng ths action of the general auditor at Ban Fran cl sea Tbs change will add greatly to th work of the auditor1 office, aa tha pay roll of tha local yards la in the neighborhood of I2B.B00 per month. Thia with hla of tha hotel regular duties aa . and dining car service and secretary of the depot company, will make Mr. Hesa'e office one of the bu elect at the depot UNDSAY HAS NOT YET GIVEN BONDS a en bull-do- SUES gs Film FOR DEATH OF HUSBAND The hearing of tha suit of Mary E. Neesley against the Southern Pacific, ah action for (21,000 damages, began before Judg Howell thia aftemacn. Tha work of empaneling a Jury la now In progrers. Neesley was engineer of train No 10 which was wrecked at Gartner, Nev., on the 13th of January, 1M7. - Ths plaintiff contends that the wrick wav caused by th track being too llgft and the locomotive too heavy and that the Inspection of the track mad . tha company waa Insufficient. The company aver the train waa running at a high rxta of epeed tvon? than fifty miles an hour and that the spreading of the rails or a broken rail paused the accident Arguments are being made this afternoon In the suit of the Ecclea Lumber company against T. W. Freeman and others. Ambrose H. Lindsay, charged with stealing a letter from the United States malls and now awaiting the action of tha federal grand Jury, la still In the county Jail, not having yet furnished CANNERS CONVENTION his bond of S500. C E. Booth, AT CINCINNATI. Inspector for Nevada, Is in tha furto fall should Lindsay dty, and With an CINCINNATI, O., Feb. nish bond an order will be made by address of welcome t. Mayor by Federal Judge Marshall for hla removal tha Canners National convention to Nevada. waa formally opened yesterday ln the convention hall of tha Hotel FRIGHTFULLY COLD IN William B. B. Melllah, chairman NEW YORK CITY of the canners' local committee, POOR ARE BUFFERING. at the initial session. Brief dealing1 with the canning Inspeeches S. The aero NEW YORK, Feb, were made by George C. Bailey, dustry weather la continuing. Thia city la ex- president of the National Canners asperiencing the wont cold snap In point sociation; W. A. Frost,, president of of suffering of tha poor sine lltl. the National Canned Goods and Dried Fruit Grikera' association, and E. M. AOKI APPOINTED PRIVY COUNCILLOR. Lang, Jr., president of the Canning Machinery and Supplies association. TOKIO, Feb. I. Official announce- Addresses were made this afternoon by ment of the appointment of Aokl aa several prominent canners and reprem- o- sentatives of tha National Wholesale privy councillor win be made Grocers ai soda tlon. ' : row. post-offi- ce . Mark-brel- Bin-to- n. pro-aid- . ed |