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Show lb Plant of Tbn Tnlao of Jfw Un in ttw RoWt; 'Advertising Rmutu hours to eommunicata with Home and obtain an answer. short and toth This poin, gimpiy stating "Madrid report un- had been elected temporary chairman. X MILITIA INSTRUCTED. MUItia, police and sergeant-at-arm- s toifa the received their Instruction opposing factions. Shields ordered WELL them to 'admit only those delegates with cards bearing the signature of . com.Ikjjy) Paul H. King of the slate mittee! Knox Ittitriicted the- guards to allow nq one to enter unless he carried card bearing hi signature. After receiving tbe con dieting or- Word Wa Telegraphed to Wide ders, the guards opened the front doors, but only-th- e delegates bearing isrds World From Madrid That His by fo j. King were admitted Troop and Police Guard Armory signed Thus the Taft forces Ailed the hall Holiness Was Dead. While Roosevelt men strove to gain White Republican Con entrance through side doors. windows and the basement. vention ft Held. Gov. Osborn In a statement from HEALTH CAUSES NO ALARM Lansing to the convention said; T hope the convention,' if it ,4 using -Instructions at aU. wtil in truer it to the national convention ROOSEVELT MEM WITHDREW delegates in favor of Col. Rooacvelt. "This wilt be In accord a tfh the will New Orated Greet I'sndiim and of a majority of tbe fpublkans ta It Wa lama Before Denial From Michigan." r -- the Rome Wa Received. - Cause WiirCan-rTheiKOUhEYtXT DEUXMTtS DECIDE NOT TO BOLT National Convention Rome. April 11, 4 ' p m There i an r e Louisville, Ky.. April 11. With v At Chicago. m the report circulating through truth between a prospect of compromise (he Taft and Roosevelt factions and S the world based mi- - a telegram from bolt imminent, the Republtrsn state Madrid that the pope Is dead convention met again today to hear the Regular report of tbe committee on credentials, The cable dispatch from Rome sent Tnft FhcM Claimed I ahlcb had been In session the greater at 4 27 And Prooaedad Wlh ftpftartfc pm. and received Id this counpart of the night hearing contests from 40 counties. try hotly before noon disposed of tile Win Heel Delegate. Just before the hour for meeting alarming report ent from Madrid and Roosevelt delegates held a separate Vhroushout the aorld early meeting and decided on their course in anticipation of a report adverse- - to in the day that Pope Pius X was dead. Bay City, Mich, April their contest by the committee on The (Irst report said the papal nunciaRepublicans split today credentials. They held their plan ture at Madrid had confirmed a private secret in a convention featured by fist Roosevelt delegates to the state Re- dispatch received thete announcing the publican convention will not bolt A popes death. A simitar dlspatih wga fights apd the calling out of state committee consisting of one Roosevelt received in Indon from Madrid Man--rm- e from each district will repredelegate troops. the csbl from Rome was silent sent the Roosevelt force and urge forThe Roosevelt leaden .and mal objections, when they regard them and for nearly thiee hours no direct to the derisions of the Taft communication could b bad from that delegates, after electing a na- necessary forces, who are admittedly in control. ortj- tional delegation, withdrew to Th reports of the credential committee were awaited with Interest 'beL'rgent efforts from th capitals of carry the question of disputed cause of many contests.. Europe, by telegraph and long distance telephone, were mad to secure delegates before the national ROOSEVEIT OFFER direct Information from the Italian convention at Chicago. TO SAVE THEIR FACES capital. Paris secured a long distance The JTaft forces claimed the Washington. April II Tsft head-- j telephone connection shortl before today issued a statement de- - noon and was informed that the Madregular convention and began quarters the talk of a compromise daring "that I a Roosevelt offer to save rid report sas untrue. their organization. They also will candidate their face,." Immediately following this teleelect six delegates to the national Benator Dixon at the Rooaavsit head- graph and ruble dispatches from Rome quarter asserted that there would be gave the Mine Information that the convention. no compromise candidate." Col. Roosevelt is the dark horse, the Madrid report of the pontiff a death While troops held the front engray horse, the white horse" he said was untrue "The Rooaevelt delegates will not be Pope Plus has lrn In bad health, to trance the armory against but at no time has ills condition reachturned to any one else. -contested and 1,800 delegates The threat of Roosevelt forces to ed a crltlral stage, nr one giving sericontest the southern delegate now in ous cause for apprehension of those state to the Michigan delegates the Taft column Is a farce," said a about him. The report from Madrid of the deatu "There la nowhere any Republican . convention today, Taft statement physical evidence f any such contest of the pope came with startling sudTaft members of the state cen-h- al except In Mississippi" - - denness. .... - Contest over southern within the last few day has h Nothing delegations, wrere admitted :)mmittee I understood, will be under tbe direc- indicated that the pop was in a critical of Ormsby MrHarg for the Roose- conditio, although hut health haa been -trough - a - small side entrance tion On velt committee and of United for some time unsatisfactory Taft followers thus secured Btsle Senator Dick of former Ohio for the March 3 he was compelled to suspend forces. his audience for a- few days owing to first strategic advantage over Tsft Senator Dixon, chairman of- the a alight cough accompanied by catarrh. Roosevelt the Roosevelt men. The' Taft national committee said here On March 37 he wa sufficiently Imtoday that I.too.too cards have been dis- proved to resume hi aud iences. Among members,' who were headed by tributed to the voters of Pennsylvania, those greeted on that day were some 3 Tiiev noted a slight American. bearing the names of the Roosevelt Acting: Committee Chairman delegates to be voted upon at Kator-day- pallor and some hoarseness In the ponthat there was tiff's but beyond and endorsed Robot H. Shields- of Houghton, with a primaries speech facsimile of Col. physical dissignature. no evidence of serimi were followed into the armory This action is dueRoosevelts to the charge that ability. The pope went through tbe In not of delegates greeting hi vissymjmtby to t'oL fatiguing ceremony . by Chairman Knox end former Rooeeveit have been put on the tickets itor without a sign of exhaustion. United States Senator Albert J. In many district as "The Roosevelt The pope continues his dally audiences He roeived today Cardinal delegates. POPE PIUS ni , true." Yandis wus mistaken mr a robber early to()gy and shot perhaps, fatally by an officer Mrs Yand's toil the prdic that her husband heard hre brother, who lived In the nrigati rbood, filing for help and rushed to hi, aid rh heemaif saw the man rancing i,l coll, d to hlu i Ya di to stop ami pud it. the officer I'.r-- .l I j j olive mm AS D. & R. G. SETTLES DIFFERENCES WITH MEN - Denver, Colo.. April 11 Ml ii:fr. ences between operating employee, of , R Grande railroad and Resignation FallS Like Thunder Ihe Denver to wages and the management-relativ- e bolt in Commissioners Meetworking agreements weres adjusted here lust night at a mooting between G"n. Manager Brown and a . m,mltt ing This Morning. representing th men. An 'ugrccmtnt will be signed today. Tlie most Important coin crei.in made by the road was a wage in. reuse of T per cent to "Bremen The man- WILL BE EFFECTIVE APRIL 20 agement agreed to allow 95 per cent or Hie 'yardmen td become affiliated with , the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Heretofore the maximum Mr. arisn was 70 per cent, Minor matter, itraou for ,rtloi conditions were ta working In Statement iTvimmt Taken to also settled satisfactorily both v f For tlie parties. r- mi " of 's - Beveridge of Indiana, who also came through the side entrance. SCRTOIHK SPRUNG ON TAFT DEADER Knox at once voiced emphatic Mo.. April 11. The fit. Louis Clayton. protest against the action of his county Republican convention sprang committee members but he was aerssurprise here today on the Taft Wadby electing a solid Roosevelt delevoted down. gation to the state convention. The 31 Th commute then elected Shield temporary chairman mod went ahead with aeatlng arrangements tor the delegatee who waited Impatiently In the street. The gravity ot the situation, a 1th a d legato body larger than that of the national convention to control, caused Mayor Roy Woodruff of Bay City I place almost hig. entice police force duty at the convention hall to pre- rent possible disorder. Cap.- - Lutber Beckwith and members f company B. M. N. G., of Bay City, took charge of the Republican state convention ball before the opening of the converfllon.' Both the Roosevelt and Tnft delegations from Detrplt were kept outside. Roosevelt ; leaders meanwhile con-- , block disfenwd ,wla. hold-seve-ral tant and prepared to go to the con- -' vention and oeat their temporary chair-- . man, former Secy, kqf the Navy Tru"" man Newberry of Detroit. The opposing chairmen attempted at the same moment to open the convention. Vf. D. Gordon of Midland, a Roosevelt man, sprang to tbs stage and attempted to address the convention. He was burled from tbe stage by B. F. Cramer of Marquette, a Taft man. Police and mllithi forced back a hun-- . tired men who sought to engage In the light precipitated by Gordan and Cra--h delegatee, according to the Roosevelt leaders, insure Roosevelt's control of the convention and will give him th four delegmtes-at-larg- e from Missouri. The resolutions did not instruct the delegates, but the Roosevelt leaders were easeful to see that none but Roosevelt mm got on the delegation. LOSE I.IANY MILLIONS . mer, All . , , L. attempts to quiet the excited dele- From lnrctlrorous Earatim of Beet Department of Agriculture Estimate Dose sta.aoa.ooo. Washington. April JL The sugar beet haa made more enemies than any 4hrgrtoulture product of the country. In th south flea beetles and blister beetle, attack ft, from Michigan to Kansas the grasshopper, and In other sectlona the white grub, tbe curly top leaf hopper, th webworm, the wire worm, the army worm and the beet aphis. Tbe department of agriculture estimates that the annual loss to the si gar beet growers from insect 'pests rtfu from SMMAM to flO.tOAOM. The department ta conducting experiment in an effort to find effective means ot preventing this. loam. Colorado, California and Michigan grow about It per cent of the 350.61 ,000 worth of sugar beeta raised la tin country. , light.' The Roosevelt forces named. these , e: , CENT. EMPLOYEES of 'r i - , Gov. Charles E. (I. Osborne; Charles Nichols,- - Detroit; Sybrant - Wsssellus, .Grand Rapids; H. F, JSougbsy, Tra- April 11. if develop-ineii- ta in Mexico .should warrant the United State to eotl-ld'- C recognising the beU'gerencJ of the rebels, Ihf Washington government would be ed by tbe present attitude of th Washington, - , f - V , , - . i . ' I, Jl lit i li, Mien port and haides rhrh hr 'en Ulster Not Permitted to Veto Will Of Great Majority of Irish People. atrn n WITH CHEERS WAS. GREETED thr bHU ib ban Bishiap MctkAveya. who will flt. Prterv pabr have ihstrge of the see of Wyjtiiiig bishtijJH Asquith 'rr Parlianu-n- t Will Consist of Ao Jurladfa-tkM- t Commons Smle aa Over Imperial Affairs. U-'-e . '""i". (n 11.-- The j rZ tV', dinal 1 n. 1 ronrl resignation this morning, he gae the following statement to The New I thought that tbo commission 1?" Jumpd dweaJn nnrs policy, you understand of law not of ' and that eould for two reason First, the commissioners had no confidence in the law department and, second. If they hadtheydidn't ptre about follow ing the law as given to them by law department, because Intended to do certain things they because tha.w-- wanted tm- - ln etth.F could not serve. Where there Is a lack of confidence between client and lawyer, the relations are bound to be strained. Th questions arising in municipal government. It seems to me, ought to be dealt with w.th a full appreciation of I publlc du,y I ,on t mr to have my opinion on uni submitted to the judgment of lay men. or even of other lawyers. j course, we are all liable to err or ff be mistaken. Nevertheless. I think the j plan Of rttv government contemplate the eitv ts a rllent of Its law de-- j partment and on alt i.uestions of late, until determined by the eourts. the authorities should be gov- erned by the opinion of the law depart- be only ir j J It' no criticism to make of the "I action of th commission on a number of matters on which this department gave opinions. Their motives evidently were good The action of th com mission on the question of sunplying water to the schools at a price less than the legal rate desnite my written opinion that such action could not legally be taken. I regard as an affront to me Hold.ng public meetings and listening to anrumWts on matters on which I had already given opinions shows s lack of confidence in tha corporation counsel." - FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF OPIUM DESTROYED San Francisco, April !J. Opium valued at I4.l0i was confiscated here state yeeterdsy by officials of the board of pharmacy, who had to drill a ae to get tt. The consignment ia all that could be found of 3 J.OOO.flbu worth of Opium which waa on hand tn Ran Francisco when the law prohibiting its importation went Into effect three years ago. The time limit set for disposal of opium on hand recently expired, and an attempt was made to confiscate the amount which remained in a bonded warehouse After officials of the f'anton bank, which claimed tbe consignment, had re'ustd to open the safe, tt was drilled. The opium 111 be destroyed. h. PANAMA CANAL EXCAVATION IN MARCH Th-,-- ' j" to PRFqFWTFn LUUrLth CERTIFICATES to settle the quarrel between Great Britain and Ireland, was introduced in the house of commons today by Premier Asquith. Britishers have. become in ured to political upheavals in recent years, so the crowded chamber that greeted Mr. Asquith when he nailed up the home rule flag today was a special tribute to the historic importance of the occasion. The galleries set apart for the diplomatic corps, peers and public, were filled to capacity, while MR VARIANTS STATEMENT. Mr Varlan succeeded W J. Barrette aa corirorafion about two months ago Following artion n hi re-h- I London, April 11. The Irish home rule bill, the third effort made by Liberal governments of the United Kingdom in 25 years com-mlN- in tie-u- nunciature at Madrid fcated that th pope was dead. The dispatch from Madrid cam through th usual news channels and nothing beyond th first few words it contained has been renor ha - any- - additional In for Wlitibem.,uiU!r,i ceived nation concerning tha Madrid report while on a hunting tHp whs brought coma front - any sqnroo, hare today, having been found in a REPORT CAUSED CON8TERNA-- . deserted cabin near Marie Spring. A . TION. bullet bo la waa found in the bean Grant and a companion were huntTha report from Madrid that th I It hero and last Nowiber, ing 'Mir putMggraa deed which said they quarreled. Grant's comps n don a an argent meeeagfby to Lon.theftod reported Grant hag bses lost in the Octal Spanish near agency, caused hllle and a eearcblng party spent two consternation. This was , altered not days searching the country, for him nnUl an official dental of the Madrid but without success. ' report waa received from Romo Becaue of th crowded state of the A coroner's Jury found today that unsubmarine cable between England and Grant waa shot to death by an It took two and a bail known person. , t jeon " -- verse City; Theodors Joslyn, Adrian; . W. D. Gordan, Midland. While Becy. King attempted to get a , vote on temporary chairman. Gordan resumed his speech amid confusion. More Roosevelt delegates entered the hall, climbing through transoms. . Police fought and elected some. Finally Secy. King announced that Grant n d ' -- I ,, ' iranriell S"ia D 2h Those In Chihuahua Ordered to Leate Road gad Report to El Faso. London.' April Tbe satAe dispabh JERRY GRANTS BODY FOUND os the on transmitted to America was here ennounrtng that a priWITH BULLET HOLE IN HEART received vate sncesusge confirmed by Uie papal er delegatee-at-larg- MEXICAN inaurrectos toward state department pioteats, it waa said today. Department official pointed to the delay before Lhe release of C. A. Heber-tin- . a mining engineer at Jlmenes, Mex.. and to tbe execution of Thomas Fountain at Pkrset, as act which did not bear out previous expressions pf friendship.- p on tbe entire Anticipating n railway svstera In Mexico soon, many Americans are- departing according to advices to the ttate department. The strike on Katies) Railways is set for April R ORDERED TO LEAVE ROAD. El Iato, Texas. April 11.AII employe vs of the Mexican Central railroad In Tilhual.ua have hern ordered by their operating chiefs to leave the service of the road and report to th Most of superintendent In El Paso. Practhem obeyed the order today. the ail employee in Juares quit tically work. The understanding Is that these employee will receive their usual Th Central is pay, though idle. D i Senor Mexlear government property and th Volpe-PrtDella Borgh. Fairs da, th Argentine minister at the men i.re ordered to leave its aeevlr vstican. and bis family, and Count and so that the rebel will he hampered in their operation of trains. Countess Jonghe. Today tbs Afterward the pontiff greeted sev- rebel were deiajed several hours in eral Italians and foreign personage. , securing crews to Lake tbe daily passenger train south to Chihuahua. THE MADRID DISPATCH. DIDN'T VOfATE KNEMT. A Madrid. April II. dispatch reeived Chthuuhiia, Mexico. April 11 Jemencx. announce the pope nunciature at the tlen Lius Fernandes, who was sent dead. to Santa Kosalla last night to A private dispatch received here from mirth Rome, which was confirmed at tha intercept a government army from has failed to locate the enemy. nunciature, announces that the pope ojinaga, Most of his men are at Parral, but a is dead. few scouting oarties have been sent into tbe surrounding country.. It ta suggested that the government com- having caused the Liberals Spanlsn new a agency explains that it to send a column north, may now at- st.temcnt that the tempt to cut It from the south, at. due toon error tea tack the garrison left there and in from Rome at the papal nunciature thmt wajr divldp the mrmr whiph could bt um1 ftcatnnt . 11 Tellex. should he begin an advance .V! the deciphering of a code meatage. It is assumed that the Conejos. force from Ojinaga- is operating with WASHINGTON. IX NEWS an understanding with the troops sent charge north from Torreon Washington. April Mexico City, April 11. Tha belief is d'affaires of the papal legation, who ia matters here pending growing among observers here that dinctal church of Cardinal successor the Gen. Pasqual Orozco, the rebel leader, th arrival of Fa Icon to. former apostolic delegate, is losing faith In the success of the revsaid this morning be bad no advices olution through being unable to obtain from Rome continuing the report of the supplies of ammunition and that he la death of the pope. It waa said that if seeking to embfoll Mexico and the a dispatch had been sent from the vat.-rn- n ' cited States bv attacks on Americans The assault on American citizens to the Madrid nuncio, an identical fleeing from Parfal, the robbery of dispatch would have been sent to the Ti kuahua consul's Official mail. Washington. Th state department also was with-- , and ih execution by rebels of Thomas Fount m of Las Cruces, N. M cap- out advices. , GIBBONS WITHOUT NEWS. '.reTpor ! xrams io government officials to hav .Baltimore. Ml. April ' l! command of Gen. Orosco ' i' 'n Gibbons said be had received no con-s, Urination of' tbe report of the death of torE pur(,oeurtKof state. vice president of the P the pope. cf Railroad Conductors, and E ordr FARLEY NOT INFORMED. (.r-ighad of the Brotherhood of Locotrw live Engineer. arrtveMhere and par-York. April Xe ley announced at M .o'clock that he conferred with the local commute received no news of tit pope's Igardlng th threatened gtrik Of Amer-deat" trainmen on the Mexican rail, H added that be had no Inti- ter said: motion that bia holineas waa seriously 111 at this time. "DeWopinents may be expected INLONDON, (tl'tted b Today by Premier tt St .u fchipT4 Vi ronNF Introduced in House of Commons Patrick crated a ir h of Onuiha, Tibon 4 gan n H!oox Clt), Inn J Molne. Burke of - gatee .seemed Useless. Despite great disoTderbotli the Taft and- Roosevelt farces attempted at the same time ta organise the convention. Bonner s Ferry, Idaho, April 1L The Two large policemen stood guard over body of Jerry Grant; vs bo disappeared Who been Mr, Beveridge. swept last November and who was supposed hd . back from his seat during the Gordon-Cram- - Would Have Influence. 1L - and the I. late-me- Should It be Warranted, Stand Of Insurreclos oh Protests j sef-lou- s kenewa waa f ROLE BILL BISHOP IU 1 wu McGovern bishop of the Fatholi Jaim vhurch here t id r GREAT SCNsPOTltEDlSf OVUJY D FJk a thtinilnholt from a claar vk, San J al. April D - Th gr-- , it th g. Vartan as on the 'ttt,trii l.inb (n t d)M?vieJ spot jtif f dropid among t of the sun K b Ik nd by win. h the kmmiFlMft r nt thtr fmrttnn ohservatnry of Sants Clara mil, x hav up to May 1. thi morning ithtn onr minute aftr forecaafod dlstutrbaincs llmi) was redem red on th U it had ben mrceptd. lat , V and phot.igrapn.-- by y to be efftitUe nn 'April 20. Father J. S. Iti. ard, S J. Th, jreeent The leNiKnatum of Mr Varum war disturban- .- wa predicted during th !l a storms mouth of February as formal in rt wording, but in a a otcur April 12 to li. t to 22 to the pina later he outlined win, h25 will to 29 hi reason for quitting the position a jnd "Sunspots are infallible mflt. ator litof head oC the legal department of th th mining of storm on th P. city. (iat. aa Father Kieir.l, "and frm The letter of resignation wa coiubH tl.er over th t.'nltd tita in the following language I hereby U nder nv resignation., as corporation counsel t take effect at your not later than the nf the present month On motion of t'oinmiaNioner tierge Keyaen the commUsion totx-- unanirnouely to accept the refignation. For come time pact. Corporation Cminarj Varlan ha been dlMatlrfW with the actions jf thr rMnimission In acting in inattrm at variance with the legal opinion given by him The maintain., that It i not botind to followhoweter, the view of the Irgnl depart niAnt. thax anv opinion coming from th legal department is In the nature of counsel, rather than of demand. prea-ntittf- -- - Omaha, Neb. April Adiertlm IM ' GOVERN A to 1 ir-l-rdti- i Sd M CONSECRATED ta 4e . REV. PATRICK A.' i dm - OF HEALTH ago. April II. Two marriages at a lik h th contiai ting parties flret pre. ntil (crtlflcates of health to the minirteri were performed In Chicago last mgM.- - They were the first to be performed tccordlnff to th Idea recently brought forth by Bean 8um-nr- r. of the cathedral of 88. Peter and Paul. Chi- piu-ui- r Washington. April 11. With lighter rainfall and more working days the Panama canal diggers took out a greater total of earth and rock during March than in February, although the daily average wa somewhat lower. The total excavation last month was 3,303,011 cubic yards against 3.043.410 In February. There were two more workSO ing days in March-anper cent less rainfall. Concrete totalling 123.3? cubic yards waa laid in March, an increase of 14.911 cubic yards over the February total. Tha amount ot till placed In the dame was I82.7K In March and 013,341 hi d Dean Bumner officiated at th end- February. of Mis Ruth Palmer and 'AI- bertuns W. Bode, who were the first to Iimiuiic theh luteation of being married SHOT WHILE RUNNING to the Idea. The other TO BROTHERS ASSISTANCE wedding was a society event in KenLillian wood. Mis Meyer waa marliJohnson Laurel to of In ried Los An grlee, CaL. April 11. While ' ' The Episcopal anrio waa tallowed running to assist his brother, who had bosh th vkllm of bold-u- p bt both ceremonies. , men, T1C. ing -- In front of th train and th v-a- a suklda .. oCCUpted -- and . tb ' .. W ! an Overflow Of members stood in the gangways. -- Premier Asquith waa greeted with prolonged cheers from the Nationalists and Liberals when he rose to speak. The vote of Ireland, he sai4, pre- -' pondcrantly In favor of home rule and i BAHAC LEADER.ARRIVES the right or a relatively mall majority hrT'UlefrIoveI5 the will of (lie vas majority of the Irljdi people could not be admitted. He had always presented the cate of home rule for Ireland aa tbe first stop r 4'edrlr from the Mediterranean. in a larger t rheme of devolution. Preparation for his welcome at the The the separate concerns of the different veaterdav by made wt pier a parts of the United Kingdom, could, he IVruian Kducait nai iMiciety and local number of follower, never be treated adequately until Abbas Kffendi, aa he is, known by said, hi official title, is the third of th they had been handed over to their leaders of Batiaism He has been special representatives. peatedlv Imprisoned by the Moslems Premier Asquith took up the narrawho regard his lioeral tendencies with tive of home rule at tbe point at wbk.lt the greatest distrust The Bahaic h 1,ef universal peace ia possible tbo late William Ewart Gladstone left unY through the harmony of all 13 years ago, pointing out. that arc off ligions, and that all religions beslvlv one It ia estimated that about through all the political changes, and , a thiid of the Persian arc now mem- through peace and war the insistence bers of the i ulL and persistence In the Irish demand for E The Hev Irr Francla Clary, founder of the Christian Endeavor so. home rule had remained constant cletvT and Dr John E The cardinal principle of th present Robinson, bishop of Bombay, were passengers on home rule bill it, said the premier, th the same steamer with Abbas Effcndl. supreme authority of tbe Imperial parliament. while at the same time real autonomy ts conferred on Ireland reNEW YORK STATE garding Irish concerns. Th bill provides tor the establish-me- nt of an Irish parliament with a sen- - ' ate. and a house of commons, with rr poncr to make lass for the peace, and good government in Ireland. The program New York. April 11 The bill provide that tha matters t " of the Democratic state convention here to select New York's 30 delegates be excluded from th control of tbo to the Baltimore convention, called for Irish parliament are tbe crown, th but a one day session and indica- army and Aha nary, imperial affairs. . tions a ere not lacking that the gather. the Irish land purchase and the old ag ing would be harmonious penrions and national insurance acts; the Irish constabulary, the postoffle Three pf the four delcgaUS-at-lurg- s had been agreed upon over night. It savings hanks end public loans in addiwaa announced they would be Gov. tion to those Included in the hotnv rule 1333 which left the customs unDlx. Senator OGormaii and t'harle E. bill of der th control of the imperial governwas It The fourth. believed, Murphy. ment. B. would be former Judge Alton Th Irish coiftabuIary is to be autono Parker. There was change in the matically transferred to the Irish gov-la six year, and power plan agreed upon to have the dele, ernmentto after tli Irish parliament to degiven gallon adopt th unit rule. mand the transfer of the old age penA strong plnnl. calling Tor a down-war- d sion and insurance act to tts centre revision ot the tariff. Indorse-me- on siving a year'' notice. - The Irish debarred parliament 1 of the administration of Gov. from altering the home rule bill or th Dlx sue! the commendation of the power to appeal ta the privy council. party in tbe national house of repreRELIGIOUS LIBERTY. sentative are features uf the plat-forProvision i mad for tbe protection A fur an hours delav the convenequality and stipulating -tion waa tailed to order and Roy. of religious make Van Zantvoord waa chosen tempor- that th Irish parliament cannot establaws, directly or indirectly, to ary chairman. or ta on resolutions, lish or to endow any religion or ta After com in I tie the free exercise thereof permanent organisation and to se- prohibit to or any a give privilege e preference lect dlgat-at-lrgand pass upon district delegate had been appointed religion or to make any religiousof cereany mony a condition of validity the convention adjournment) later. marriage. The lord lieutenant of Ireland ts ta MISSISSIPPH.EVEES have the power to veto or suspend any bill on the instruction of the Imperial ARE HOLDING FIRM executive. Any question regarding live Interpreof the home rule bill is to b New Orleans. La, April 11. The tation settled by appeal to tt;c Judicial com- - n Mississippi river levees tn the fourth mittee of the privy council. district extending- - from near VicksSENATE AND HOUSE. burg-, Miss., to the Jetties at the mouth of the river are bolding flrmly, accordThe Irish senate-i- s to consist of 41 ing to Opt. C. O. Sherrill of the members and the house of representaUnited States i inecring corps. tive pf 1(4. of which Ulster Is to hav The statement affirmed confluence In 33 and th univefslttos 3. the efficiency of the levee to withstand Th senate is to be composed 1 ' th inerraaing force'" of th rising nominated member. i , water la th Brat instaac (he imperial u , re-th- at 1 or-d- nt V , i TV t i |