Show LITTLE TELEGRAMS WASHINGTON April 15 Senor Senor Calvo minister to the United States from Costa Rica has received a cablegram from irom San Jose stating that an earthquake shock had been felt feIt in all aU parts of the republic Slight damage was reported from various sections but there were wele no fatalities JACKSON Miss April IS Making Making a denial of everyone r of the charges h pre preferred preferred pre pre- t g J against him a and d flatly contradicting contradict contradict- a ing the senate witnesses State Senator Theodore G. G Bilbo went on the stand In rebuttal when the tho senate resumed its investigation Investigation in investigation In- In of the Dulaney Bilbo-Dulaney bribery charges Ti Taft WASHINGTON will Ul dine n O with ith 1 April the Il skilled 15 President 15 d President workmen of the New York navy yard at Brooklyn on the evening of May 12 The men will celebrate the launching of the big battleship battleship battleship bat bat- which they constructed at the yard with a banquet on the night the new is put over the ways WASHINGTON April 15 President President Taft raft has promised Representative Townsend Townsend Town Town- send to go to Monroe Mich on June 14 and attend the unveiling of oC a memorial statue to General Custer Monroe was Custers Custer's home when he enlisted and the theold theold theold old homestead there is now owned by bythe bythe bythe the government The site will be used for a postoffice building NASHVILLE Tenn Tents April 15 The The supreme court has reduced the bail ball for Robin Cooper from to W WASHINGTON April 15 Phenomenal has been the increase in the last twenty years in the value of oC wealth products on farms of the United States Figures prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared by the statisticians of oC the department department depart depart- ment of agriculture show this increase to have been In the period from 1889 1859 to the close of last year In 1889 1859 the value of the wealth produced on an farms of the United States was 2460 ten years later It was 00 and last year according to the preliminary preliminary nary sarI estimate Just issued It was W WASHINGTON April 15 Argentinas Argentina's wheat crop which was estimated by the Argentine end Ne of I last sr ministry year I to 0 of be agriculture about at the g bushels has been reduced by almost bushels in a revised estimate by the same authority under date of February 1 HAVANA April The 15 The 15 The cruisers Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana Lana MaJ Gen Leonard Wood aboard and in company with the scout cruiser Chester sailed yesterday for tor Rio Janeiro FLORENCE Ala AIa April 15 Mayor Mayor Walker Talker late yesterday publicly horsewhipped horse horse- horsewhipped whipped II H. E. E Mooers editor of the Florence Florence Flor Flor- ence Herald for editorially attacking the I mayors mayor's veracity in connection with the gubernatorial campaign i CALGARY CALGARY Alberta April 15 The The Calgary Cal Cal- CaI 1 gary rat Milling company's big elevator here was destroyed by fire yesterday with bushels of wheat bushels of other ther grains and several cars of pru- pru ducts Loss is Js estimated at NEW YORK YORKI 15 Substantial Increases in increases increases In- In creases In wages by the subsidiary companies companies com corn panics of the United States steel corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion will soon be announced to become effective May 1 I is officially stated The proposed increase will wUl apply to a large majority of corporations employees employees employees em em- and in round figures will In Increase Increase In- In increase crease the payrolls by about an an- PRINCETON N. N J. J April 15 The The board of trustees of Princeton university university university sity at their quarterly meeting elected Parker D. D Hanby of New York a member member member mem mem- ber of the class of j 79 a a. life trustee FISHKILL N. N Y Y April 15 At At the state hospital late yesterday Referee Van Amee of ot Newburg began taking Harry K Thaws Thaw's testimony in bankruptcy proceedings The motion for Thaws Thaw's discharge in bankruptcy was made a at Pittsburg MADRID April 15 King King Alfonso has signed a decree dissolving parliament The new parliament will be elected In May and will assemble January 15 It had been expected for some time that Premier Canalejas would obtain a royal decree for the dissolution of the cortes and then appeal to the country on his program HARTFORD Conn April 15 Capital Capital Capitalists of Cincinnati headed by John G. G Hoyt have acquired the controlling Interest Interest interest inter Inter- est in the Hartford Life Insurance company company com corn pany by the purchase of the majority portion of the capital stock from Gen George Keeney the president The capital capital capital capi capi- tal Is The purchase is made on the basis of a share NEW ORLEANS April 15 Five Five persons persons persons per per- sons were slightly injured and an unIdentified unidentified unidentified un un- un- un identified boy was perhaps fatally hurt when the gallery of a building at Canal and South Rampart streets collapsed here yesterday precipitating a a. dozen or more persons into the street SAN FRANCISCO April 1 15 Major Major Theodore C C. Lyster medical corps U. U S S. S A. A yellow fever expert In the Panama canal zone arrived here yesterday y on his way to the Philippine islands where he goes to study the conditions which permit the existence of yellow fever Inthe in inthe inthe the islands Major Manor Lyster has been the chief assistant to Colonel W. W C. C Gorgas at Ancon Isthmus of Panama for tor the past two years He will wilt sail for Manila on the transport Sheridan May 6 5 I CHICAGO April 15 United United States District Attorney Sims has begun an Investigation investigation In Investigation In- In to ascertain whether rubber companies doing an Interstate business to have formed an unlawful agreement fix prices and control the business of at selling fire hose to city of Chicago SEA SEATTLE Wash April 15 The Tho Tho United States ship Burnside now manned by a miscellaneous crew of orientals isto is isto Isto to receive a Filipino crew of two fifty-two arrives when the army transport Dix with them on May 10 The policy polley of the government Is to give Filipinos preference preference prefer prefer- ence in manning Its vessels DENVER April 15 A 15 A storm of or unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual severity swept Colorado last night The thermometer fell below the danger point in the Grand valley and fruit growers grow grow- to ers era lighted thousands of smudge pots their crops A sixty mile game accompanied accompanied accompanied ac ac- ac- ac save companied by hall hail and snow did damage at Aspen NEW YORK April 15 A A peace party of high Chinese officials carried the olive olivo branch Into Chinatown last night and as a result the police are hopeful of a protocol ending the war of oC the tongs be beIng being belag be- be ing lag signed soon JOPLIN MO April 15 F. F. F A. A Finneran Finner- Finner an a wealthy mining man of ot Kansas City was probably fatally Injured and H. H L. L Hammond and Mrs Finneral miraculously ml- ml escaped serious Injury at 11 o'clock last night when an automobile in which they were riding turned turtle on a a. curve just west of Galena eight I miles mites from here Finneral was st-as driving the car While attempting to make malte a sharp turn the machine skidded and fell Cell from a ten-foot ten embankment Fin Fin- Finneran's neran's skull was fractured WASHINGTON April 15 The The senate has passed the house bill authorizing the use for Joint maneuvers maneuvers' by the states of ofa ofa ofa a portion of their militia mUltia allotments from the federal treasury PEORIA Ill April 15 C. C. C H. H Colster grand marshal of the grand Iod lodge e Fraternal Fraternal Fra Fra- Order of Rangers Is dead here NEW YORK April 15 Theodore Theodore Roosevelt will take the stump next fallIn fall fail fallin in behalf behal of the Republican candidate for tor governor go according to a statement which was made in the World and credIted credited credited cred cred- to Mr Roosevelt's friends His friends say he will make at least four speeches and the strongest efforts will still willbe be put forth to prevent the state from falling Into the Demo Democratic column WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V April April is Bountiful 15 Bountiful crops for the European harvest are indicated Indicated in indicated In- In by the advices received at the department department department de de- de- de of agriculture a summary of which was issued late yesterday |