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Show THE PRESIDENT'S E STATES PESTS DUBE AH SPECIAL THE TO m NOT FIX DRIVING FARMERS RATES FOR RAILROADS PUMPKIN SEEDS STILL SOLD AS IN ANCIENT TIMES. Draws Attention of Lawmakers to Mtaaurcs That Ha Btlievea Should Ba Acted Upon at This Session, Lowsr Courts In Casts From North Carolina and Minnesota. Appropriation is Asked from Civ ernment to Aid in Destructiea a special message of Moths and Cattle Ticks. Reifn of Term Inaugurated by tbe People Panic Stricken When Walls Begin to Totter and Fall as Washington. In Result of Earthquake. preseiiuil to congress on Wednesday, liesld'nt Roosevelt calls the Disturbance la Fall Over an Araa of Four Soma Flvo Hundrad Mil Pooplo Injurod, Whilo Damage to Property Waa Slight. Mexico City. Mexico City waa by two aerere earthquake ahocka on Thuraday, one at 4:30 p. m., last-in- s four mlnutea and 8 eeconda, and Ura aecond at 9:17 p. m. Inveatlga-tioahowa that four people were Injured during the earthquake, one The shoe' waa felt over an area of aome 600 ml lea, from north to south, expending Itaelf at Guanajuato on the north and Klncon Atonlo on the aouth. Cal I a San Frandaco, tho main thoroughfare of the city, waa cracked In placea for many blocks It la feared here that the ahocka will be repeated, and few are It han aleeping aoundly at night. been many yearn nlnce aurh auccea-alvahocka of any aeverlty have been felt here. All of the Injured were Mexican workmen. When tha aecond ahock occurred, the theatre crowda ruahed to the atreeta, and the people were . when the walla began It waa In the aecond ahock that the greater damage waa done. vla-Ite- d Washington. In refusing to grant to Attorney General Young of Minnesota, a writ of habeas corpus releasing him from the penalty Imposed by the United States district court for tbe district court of Minnesota on the charge of contempt of court In Instituting a proceeding In a state court ,for enforcement of the railroad rati law after the federal court had prohibited such a course, and in affirming the decision, of Judge Pritchard of the United States circuit court lor the western district of North Carolina. discharging from Imprisonment James H. Wood, a ticket agent of the Southern Railway or Asheville, after be had been sentenced by the Asheville police court to serve a term on the rock pile on the charge of collecting for a ticket on that road a greater price than waa permitted by tha state railroad law, the supreme court of the United States has added another to the aeries 'of decisions which have rendered notable the present term of that court. In both cases the right of the slates to fix rates for railroad transportation waa tbe Issue, and both involved conflicts between the federal and tne state courts. The decision in each case was opposed both to the state aud to their courts. atten- to certain tion of the lawmakers measures on which he thinks there should be action taken by the present congress. He says child labor should I e prohibited throughout the nation. At least a model child labor bill should be passed fur the District of Columbia. It Is unfortunate that In the one place solely dependent upon congress for lla legislation there should be no law whatever to protect children by forbidding or regulating their labor. The preaident renews his recommendation for the Immediate of an employers' liability law, drawn to conform to the recent decisions of the supreme court. Within the limits Indicated by the court the Liw should be msdu thorough and comprehensive, and the protection it affords should embrace every class of employee to which the power of the congress can extend. Attention Is called to the urgent need of amending the Interstate commerce law and especially the antitrust law along the Hues Indicated lu Ms last message. The declaration la made that It baa now become Important that there rhould be an amendment to the antitrust law because of the uncertainty as to bow this law affects combinations among laboring men and farmers if the combination has any tendency to restrict interstate commerce, The substantive part of the anti-trus- t law should remain aa at present; that la. every contract In restraint of trade or commerce, among the several state or with foreign nations should continue to be declared Illegal; provided, however, that aome I roper governmental authority (such as the commissioner of corporations, acting under the secretary of commerce and labor) be allowed to paaa cn any such contracts. It la Important that we should encourage trade between employer and agreements empluyee when they are Just and fair. A strike Is a clumay weapon for righting wrongs done to labor, and we should extend, aa far aa possible, the process of conciliation and arbitration aa a substitute for strikes. The question of financial legislation la now receiving such attention In both houses that we have a right to capect action before the dose of the session, aayn the preaident. "It la urgently necessary that there should be such action. Moreover, notion should be taken to establish postal savings banks. These postal savings banka are Imperatively needed for the benefit or the wage workers aud men of small means, and will be a valuable adjunct to our whole financial system." The time has come when we should prepare for a revision of the tariff. This should be and, Indeed, must be, preceded by careful Investigation. It ia peculiarly the province of the congress and not of the president, and Indeed, peculiarly the province of the house of representatives to originate a tariff bill and to determine upon Ita terms; and this I fully realize. Yet It aeema to me that before the close of should be made this session Farmers of the New England btses and the South Havo Lost Milllois of Dollars as Result of Depredations of These Pasta. Washington. In explanlng the of the agricultural approbation bill, Mr. Scott of Kansas, In to house of representatives on Tueadty, called attention to the ravages of he brown tall moths and the Texna The former, he said, were tick.s rapidly destroying the groves and of tbe New England states, wiUe the Texas tick had been one of he greatest peats known. The tick, bee declared, was responsible for the qr-auuuHue which for nearly twetiy years has stretched across the coin-trfrom one ocean to the other. Tbe aunual cost of maintaining that Uoo to different states and the nation TbsL hardly less than 8500,000. however, be said, was the smallest item inflicted upon the country by the cattle tick. The loss to thq north could not even be guested at, but he estimated the annual lose suffered by the elates DECISION IN' MEAT CA8E. outh of the line could not be leu ib aa 40,uo0,000. He therefore sold that it needed no argument to Justify Contention of Chicago Not Upheld by a most liberal appropriation from tbe Supremo Court federal treasury for eradicating the JEROME ON TRIAL. Washington. The rase of the Intertwo pests, and the committee had recommerce commission vs. the state case. in each 8250,000 commended Taking of Evidence Agalnat Diatrlct Chicago Great Western Railway comCRUEL WAR IS OVER. Attorney of New York. pany, known aa the meat rate case and Involving the right of the comNew York. William H. Tllllnghaat and Tobacco Com- pany to reduce the freight rate on Farmers Kentucky Juror the bribetaking livestock products without making a pany Bury tha Hatchat In the Intereata of the Metropolitan liveStreet Railway company, waa the Cincinnati, O. An end to the night similar reduction in the rate on suwas decided Whlte-Burlethe stock by Itself, which at witneaa chief the hearing riding In the Kentucky district has been brought about preme court of the United States on began Thuraday on the chargea pro In favor of the company. The ferred with the governor agalnat Diathrough a formal agreement reached Monday trlct Attorney Jerome. The chargea between tbe American Tobacco com- suit was Instituted In the Interest of the city of Chicago, it being alleged of neglect of duty were msle by a pany and the executive committee of of the committee of ntuckholdera the Society of Equity in conference that the change had worked incalculable hardship to Chicago by divertStreet Railway comat Winchester, Ky. Metropolitan ing shipments of livestock from that the of A prominent member pany, headed by William F. King. lu confirming the agreement, city to SL Paul and to Missouri river The proceedings were before former sold: "It ia all settled. The crus! points. Chief Juatlce Andrews of the court war Is over and we have won. Thera of appeala, who waa apiailnted by Sullivan Found Guilty. will be no more night riding or Governor Hughea to taka evidence be no 1908 crop will there but Lake Salt City, The Jury In the for and aaalnat the accuaed official. of tobacco. The American Tobacco case of Joe Sullivan, charged with Franklin Fierce appeared aa counael company has agreed to buy all lbs shooting Policeman Charles Ford on for tha complainant, and Mr. Jerome 1907 19U6 crops, and the pooled leaf of conducted bla own defense. of December 14, following and will pay nearly 814,000,000 for It the night the hold-u- p of the Albany saloon, In the Juil-df- f have We prevailed Silver Dollars Will No Longer and are now confident that the far- found Sullivan guilty, after being out Shipped Free of Charge. mer and renter can raise tobacco and 48 hours, and recommended that hls market It and have aome money at sentence be life Imprisonment The Washington. Secretary Cortelyou the end of the season after paying the Judge, of course, has the privilege of has issued a circular announcing that grocery bill." pronouncing the eentence of death. the amount appropriated by congress 8ulllvan will know hla fate at 10 for transportation of sliver coin for ORCHARD WILL BE WITNESS. o'clock Wednesday morning, April 1. the year 1908 having become exhausted, 00 more standard silver dollars Will be Taken to Colorado to Testify At that time Judge George G. Armstrong, before whom the will be rent to applicants free of' Against Stevs Adams. was tried, will Impose upon him either charge for transportation from ' the Pueblo, Cola A special to tho the death penalty or life imprisonoffice of the treasurer of the several Chieftain from Ouray, Cola, ssya: ment assistant treasurers of the United Harry Orchard, under sentence of States." The policy of shipping to death In Idaho ns the Engine Crashed Through Mill. banka silver coin free of express murderer of Governor Steunenberg, A runaway engine, skidBingham. charges wan adopted about twenty-- ' d live years ago. on the for"coUlngr fullmateriar'whlchwlIl I will appear as the chief prosecuting tracks of ding o Tel-tenable! the congress elected next fall, I witness agalnat Steve Adams at the Copper Belt railroad, carried three Will Isaua More Bonds. act Immediately after it cornea Into luride in May, where Adams la to be men to their death on Saturday, and New York. The directors of the ealatence, tried in connection with the mysteri- demolished Colonel Wall's mill. The I am of the opinion, however, that ous disappearance of a man named men killed were J. M. Goodwin, engiUnion Pacific Railroad company met hero Thuraday. At the conclusion of one chango In the tariff could with Barney during the riots of 1901 anda neer; Charles Madden, conductor; be made forthwith. Our 1902. To bring Orchard here as their meeting an official statement advantage and witneaa It will be necessary for the Jamea J. Joyce, fireman. The engine forest a need every protection, was made announcing that the stock- one method of protecting them would Idaho board of purdona to commute Jumped the track at a sharp curve, holders will be called to meet on be to put on tbe free list wood pulp his sentence of death to one of Ufa and crashed through the mill. MadMay 6 to authorise an Isiue of bonds, with a corresponding reduction upon imprisonment, and word haa been re- - den and Joyce were hurled through to be secured by mortgage on the paper made from wood pulp when ceived in this city from moat reliable the air and struck the building, being company'! unmortgaged lines. Includ- they rome from any eountry that does sources that such action will be taken killed. Goodwin waa found pinioned beneath hls engine. Two other m-A not put an export duly on them. In due time. ing the leaven worth, Kansas ahould saved their lives by jumping before made be Ample provision Western and tho Topeka A NorthThe stockholders will be for a permanent waterway commis- Bad Man Makes Dash for Freedom the engine reached the curve. western. asked to ratify the taking over of sion with whatever power la required While on Way to Jail. Officers Fight Duel In Dark. these two roads by the Union Pacific. to make It effective. The reanonahle Helena, Mont. Sheriff James Webb expectation of the people will nut be El Paso, Tex. Mounted Cuatome met unless the congress prvoldes at of Yellowatone county waa shot sad General Horns a Free Man. Charles Logan and Charles session for the beginning and killed Tuesday morning on the Mus- Inspectors Kansas CUy. On the ground that this Jones fought a duet In the dry bed of watwork of actual of the selshell about six miles from Billings, the Rio Grande river In this city he was Insane when he committed prosecution erway Improvement and control." William Byckfound, a horsethlsf, Thursday night and both were killed. the crime, General Richard C. Horne The reading of the message was by In Wyoming. Sheriff Webb Their bodies were found Friday mornwanted murof was acquitted of the charge followed closely In both houses. In located the man Monday nlghL and ing. It la supposed that each mistook deeditor of J. house H. the the Groves, managing representatives dering Tuesday morning put him un- the other for a smuggler. At first It of the Kansas CUy Post, by a Jury In claration that the time had come for early arrest. der They were about to start was believed that the two officers had a revision of tariff the elicited the criminal court on Thuraday. Genon the part of the Demo- overlund to Billings, when Uyckfound been killed by smuglers. but this theeral Horne, on November 23, last, members. Democratic approval asked permission to go to the camp after he had been notified that his cratic waa ory la discredited as tracks around also given by way of pounding wagon and get a drink. It was gives, needed no were by services longer where the bodies lay all fit the shoes In into tbe and Hyckfound got wagon. the paper, shot and wounded O. D. desks to the suggestion that congress the wagon waa before the of the dead men. Three shots were a and rifle, rewith forthwith cnld advantage and Woodward, theatrical manager living In the neighmove the tariff on wood pulp, with sheriff realized hls danger Byckfound heard by people 9 o'clock at night at preaident of the Kansas City Post, an a borhood the sheriff almost Instantshot, dying Corresponding reduction upon paper evening paper, and H. J. Groves, the ly. In the excitement the murderer managing editor. In the editorial of- - made from wood pulp. Judge Roaete Chief of Police. escaped. Helena, Mont From the bench of Kansas City Bank Will Reopen. Ruefs Ball Reduced. the district court. Judge Clements Kansae City. All the requirements Ban Francisco The district court gave Chief of Police Flannery of Helof the laid down by the comptroller of appellate has ruled upon the ena one of the worst castigations currency for the reopening of the Nor I ,,lca,"n Abraham Kuef. tha Imaginable, calling him a murderer In madVto will thle to of city, attempt tional Bank of Commerce, bou. for connection with the shooting of a were compiled with when Receiver have him deported. Blgnamt. who Ws release upon a reasonable amount tramp In a duel; cursed the officer and New from Orleans about camo received here oa T. Cutis Thursday Goorge that ,,nM that if a policeman attempted to on Tuesday harangued a I Jj1' 82.870,000 In cash from a syndicate yiar ago. 1 Indlct-Koccarrest him he would kill him, adding which took over all the slow paper of crowd and was heard by Policeman if eorl)K;int. The appellate that he would as soon do it aa eat to say thnt the fleet on Its ar-- I ur the bank and all the assets termed on Thuraday .r,K P'S!1 released upon a breakfast Clements bad" by the government officials. rival should be blown out of tbe ,Dnu a,,b of tho discharged a youth on a forgery President Rtxiaovelt that with on water; Monday The bank will open I duplicate indictments, 47 per rent of Ita deposits In Its vaults ahould be assassinated, and that the charge, hut he waa rearrested for an r'0",e D1 ball upon tha alleged burglary that night, hence the and with Comptroller Rtdgely as Its rut Ire police department of this city I!1 to l2iullrin out of existence. amounting be should the chief to appear in court wiped of citing president fliiUiLll'U. To Sava Orchard From Gallows. Hoosiers Want Bryan and Kern. Supports Plan to Establish National Fleet Will Not Visit England, A petition asking that Ila. Bureau of Mines. DemoBoise, Indiana The tndlauapolls. I Crest ttritain commute has boardof not state the two Us pardon closed cratic state convention Washington. Thomas F. Walsh apor Harry Orchard In sc-- 1 v'ed the American battleship fleet to sentence after invitation before the house session naming Thursday, days' I vlett. England as It returns home, or peared by on mines end mining on a slate ticket, adopting a platform mrdance with the recommendation committee n,ako an' ffielal calls m British bill proposing and Instructing the thirty delegates made by Judge Wood In sentencing I Monday In support of a 15. will he ports on its way. us the ltrltlah tnines. Mr. of ad a beureau to vote for William J. llryan for pres- Orchard to he hanged May to establish at Caldwell, where the mur-- 1 to the fact attention ident. John W. Kern of this city was circulated called Walsh dcr of Governor Steunenherg waa endorsed for tho vice presldentl.il committed. It Is understood that Mrs. that the government had never given enwas helping hand, nomination. The convention the assnsslnat of widow the mining Industry smineral Fteunenberg, annual producthe thusiastic and a majority of the nomd governor, haa signified her desire 10 England. It is und.-rst.- , although e inations were holly contested. There to sign the petition. The pardon board the United States !?! tion of Colorado alone ts approximate-r2 next In the twenty and tM OW.OOO, and Llsh 850 ere six randldates for governor, wir, meet In regular session April I. that there sh-Iwill produce a billion dollars the nominal lou was made on the fifth when Orchard's case will probably bn stratum In honor of rears nlitnB ' ballot British ports In the MeditmJnlL?" taken up. n e panic-atricke- fall-leg- tr-tki- y y d snow-covere- n hand-dappin- r o 1 lathe 1 XV Raiders Responsible for Loss of Tobacco Beds. Many Tsnant Farmers, Tired of Conditions, Preparing to Leave the State, While Farm Owners Are Piecing Their Property on the Market Lexington, Ky. Because of warn- ing lettere and visits from night riders, many farmers in nearly all of the forty-twcounties In the white hurley tobacco districts ore busily destroying their tobacco beds and at tbe present time less than pf the num. ber usually planted have been In many countlea huge eigne have been erected on buildings and In high places near by declaring the Intention of the farmer not to raise n crop o one-thir- d tart-led- this season. Realizing the difficulty of making a living for their families In case the decision to raise no tobacco la adhered to, many tenant farmers are preparing to move to other states, While many farm owners have placed their property on the market with the avowed purpose of leaving Kentucky. The murder of Farmer Hedges In Nicholas county, and the raids In Woodford and other counties last In Week, have increased the alarm. Announcing their determination to go elsewhere the tenants declare that it will be Impossible to subsist from the proceeds of crops of hemp, wheat and corn. In the neighborhood of Mount Sterhare received ling many former threatening letters, with which were matches, powder and poison, and in both farm districts and tobaceo towns armed guards have been placed at the threatened points. HAYTI 18 TRANQUIL. President Says Foreign Warships Are Not Needed. Fort an Prince. Preaident Nord Alexis, in on interview at the palace on Sunday, declared that conditions in the republic were absolutely tranquil. He said that he did not question hla ability to preserve order and protect foreign Intereata here. Should ithe powers, however, decide to keep the warahipe In this harbor, he would not object, but bp added that there was on necessity for such a thing; there wae no possibility of a popular outbreak agalnat the foreign continued The government, the president, did not intend to take further action looking to the prosecution of the participants In the recent revolution, except In the case of the disloyal soldiers, who are subject to military punlahmenL Onions and Garlic, Hot Roast Poars and Apples, and Water for tho Bride Whole Families Among tho Vendors. Romo. The majority of the lower classes In Rome do most of their marketing and shopping In the streets, and this custom accounts for the large number of peddlers, hucksters and Itinerant venders who crowd the city. These street merchants are divided Into two classes, those who cater to the foreigner and sell mosaics, old coins and fragments of marble of dubious authenticity, flowers, blta of brocade, shawls of Roman silk, picture post cards and even alleged Turkish carpets, and the others, who are more numerous and whose wares are for the exclusive use of the native householder. To the latter class, for instance, belongs the buscollnaro, or seller of dried pumpkin aeeda, which are greatly relished by the Romans, who are In the habit of eating them during the long waits between the acta In the theatere and in the public parka while the band plays, aa well aa In the wine shops, where their sale la encouraged by the host, who knows full well their thirst Increasing property. The origin of the custom la said to date back to classic times, when pumpkin aeeda were sold daring the gladiatorial games In the Circus Maximus and Coliseum. A frequent sight in the streets of .Rome la that of men, and very often hoys, with string of plaited onions and garllo alung over their shoulders, who cry their wares with the full force of southern lunga. They come from Naples and the Abruzzl, and If you question them they assure you that they ore selling the produce of their own little farms. But no genuine Roman will' believe uch a statement, as the conviction prevails, baaed probably on the cheapness of the price, that the onlona and garlic sold In the streets of Rome have been purloined. Although summer la the season of the Itinerant vender who travels about from street to street calling on the passerby to buy hie wares, which he carries on a wooden trey strapped to hla shoulders, still there are certain men who only come In winter. On reel-dent-s. VI STORY FOR CASTRO. Americans Holding Concessions In Venezuela Lots Rights. Caracas, Venezuela. The high federal court of Venezuela hoe handed down a decision, from which there le no appeal, agalnat the Manoa company and the Orinoco company, limited, American concerns, annulling the famous Fitzgerald concession under which these companies claimed rights in Venexuela. The clalme of these companies constitute one of the matters which are now being discussed diplomatically between Washington and President Castro. Rudulpb Dolge, representing the Orinoco company, the present owners of the Fitzgerald concession, haa filed a protest with the American legation here agalnat this decision. Coloradoans Will Attempt to Settle 8trike of Machinists. Denver, Colo Believing that the labor trouble on tbe Denver Jk Rio Grande railroad la an unjustifiable lockout. Instead of a strike, the chamber of commerce and other business organizations are planning measures to end 1L Merchants say that they have raised large sums to secure convention! here this year, and have labored unceasingly to prevent the effects of the financial panic from being felt In Denver and Colorado. They declare that as the railroads ore the greatest beneficiaries by thle work they have the right to Insist that the railroads do all in their power to vert labor troubles. Congressman Littlefield Resigns. Rockland. Me. Governor Cobb on Sunday received a letter from Congressman Charles El Littlefield tendering hls resignation aa representative from the Second district of Maine. Tbe resignation la prompted by Mr. Littlefield's desire to take np bis law practice, which haa been seriously Interfered with by hls congressional duties. Sailors Afraid of Cargo. Philadelphia. Fifty members of the erew of the British steamship Klora, dynamite at Thompson's loading Point, N. J., for the construction of the rename canal, left the vessel on Saturday and no amount of persuasion could Induce the seafarers to return to duty. They claimed that the Kolre la a floating mine, and that going to sea with such a dangerous cargo meant death if any accident should occur to the craft. Another crew woe shipped, after which the Klora proceeded for Colon. Onion and Garllo Sellers. the first chilly evening of November a sad Insistent cry la heard at dusk by the dwellers in the old parts of Rome. Its sound la muffled and indistinct; it begins In a high monotone, dying down to a prolonged sigh. To the uninitiated it sounds like a cry for help. One rushes to open tbe window and the cry becomes clearer. The word Peti-- at la distinguished. Then you see In the distance a man with a huge brass kettle alung over hls shoulders. He sells hot roast pears and applea, and Petrel stands for pere eotte, which are greatly relished by the cabblea and newsboys. Just as the apple man appears with the night, the seller of a native mineral water arrives at the first peep of dawn. Hls stock la water from a spring outside the Porta del Popolo, celebrated with the Romans from time Immemorial. Acqua Ace toss buona per la sposa" (Acetosa water good for the bride) le hls shrill cry as, seated on a small cart loaded with straw-covere-d flasks filled with the water and drawn by a sleepy donkey, he slowly goes through the streets of Rome. Every good dtlxen realizes when he hears the familiar cry that there la still time for another short nap. The acquacetosaro la the early bird of Roman life. Peddling Is a very profitable trade, as both shop rent and taxes are saved provided the seller keeps moving. Hence the country people are more successful In this line than the city bred. Being used to walking over the rough country roads an entire day on the move through Rome does not tire them. Whole families from the Abruzzl mountains are in the business. The father will perhaps sell native handmade lace and embroidery, the mother will probably be an bustala, or corset seller, with a gay collection of brightly colored wares, following closely In her husband's wake but never with him; the sun will hawk handkerchiefs, pins, buttons, shoe laces, while another member of the family sella brooms and brushes. Each one la a specialist In the wares he sells and each haa his own clients for whom he makes special prices, thus saving them the trouble of haggling. Of the occasional customer he asks double the price, but Is willing to sell for much less provided the purchaser has the time and patience to bargain with him. -- |