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Show BRIEF TELEGRAMS New York. Fifth avenue, from the Waldorf-Astoria to Delmonico's, is a lane of female thieves. Magistrate Cornell Cor-nell said today in Jefferson Market court, when John Thomas Russell, treasurer of the New York Taxicab company, appeared against Jessie Miles, charged with robbing him of $825. Magistrate Cornell scored the police for permitting Fifth avenue to become the resort of thieves, large and small, whose loot ranges from $28,000, in the Van Norden case, down to $5. "Things have come to such a pass," he said, "that.it is unsafe for a man to go on Fifth avenue at night with any considerable amount of money. From the Waldorf to Delmonico's he runs a gauntlet of pickpocket women." Washington. Government extravagance extrava-gance is to be investigated by a special spe-cial committee. Senator Aldrich today reported from the committee on public expenditures a bill providing for the appointment of a commission of nine members, three to be selected by the Senate, three by the House and three by President Taft. New York. Thanks aiyiin to the wireless, and the internatfrmal distress signal, "S. O. S.," Captain Moore and his crew of forty-six men are safe on board the Mallory liner Alamo, bound for Key West tonight, while their vessel, ves-sel, the steamer Kentucky, is at the bottom of the sea off Cape Hatteras. It is another case of another disaster averted by wireless and told to the world by "the same medium. The Kentucky, a wooden vessel of 996 gross tonnage and 203 feet long, was bound from New York to the Pacific to carry passengers between Tacoma and Alaskan ports for the Alaska-Pacific Steamship company. First news of the Kentucky's distress was received at the United Wireless company's station at Cape Hatteras at 11:30 o'clock this morning. There the operator heard the "S. O. S.," quickly followed by the message: "We are sinking. Our latitude is 32.10; longitude 76.30." Almost simultaneously the operator heard the steamship Alamo respond to the Kentucky's call for help, informing Captain Moore that the Alamo was making all speed to the sinking vessel's assistance. Thereafter no message was received from the Kentucky, indicating that water wa-ter had interfered with the power, putting put-ting her wireless apparatus out of commission. com-mission. The navy department at Washington in the meantime flashed wireless messages mes-sages along the Atlantic coast, dispatching dis-patching the battleship Louisiana and two revenue cutters to the scene, but at 5 o'clock word came from the Alamo that she had arrived first and had taken off all hands in safety. This Is the message mes-sage as received in New York by the United Wireless company from its Cape Hatteras station. "Latitude 32.46; longitude 76.28. Steamship Alamo has just taken Captain Cap-tain Moore and crew of forty-six men from sinking steamship Kentucky. Water had already reached fire room and steamer will sink before midnight. The Alamo is proceeding to Key West." Bad luck was tho Kentucky's lot almost al-most immediately after she left New -York for her 14.000-mile journey on January 23. Good luck was her lot when the wireless instruments were the last things installed before she departed. de-parted. One hundred and fifty miles off Sandy Hook the vessel began leaking badly, but, by working the pumps valiantly, Captain Moore was able to reach Newport New-port News with sixteen Inches of water fn the vessel's hold. Repairs were made and the ship received a certificate from Lloyds and the United States inspector at the port saying that she was sound and seaworthy. Notwithstanding this assurance, T. A. McLarney, formerly night operator at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, who had shipped with the vessel when she left this port, refused to continue on the voyage because his parents at Monti-cello, Monti-cello, N. Y., had a premonition that something would happen. They bombarded bom-barded him with messages to this effect, and, in deference to their wishes, he obtained ob-tained a substitute operator, AV. D. Mc-Ginnis, Mc-Ginnis, who sent out the call which saved the lives of his shipmates today. Hartford, Conn. The jury in the famous fa-mous boycott suit of D. E. Loewe of Dantury versus 200 members of the Hatters' union in this state, returned a verdict-in favor of the plaintiff for $74,-000. $74,-000. New York. The deepest spot in the sea is 100 miles off the island of Guam, where soundings made by Dr. Charles H. Townsend of the Albatross expedition expedi-tion recorded a depth of C1.000 feet, nearly six miles. 'Dr. Townsend told the Camp Fire club of America at its annual dinner that he also had found animal life at a depth of four and three-quarter miles in the tong, a basin against the islands of New Zealand under un-der a pressure of four and one-half tons to the square inch. The atmospheric atmos-pheric pressure on the body of a man is a little more than fifteen pounds to the square inch. Sydney, N. S. W. The premier of western Australia is of the opinion that missionary efforts among aborigines have been attended with very little success. suc-cess. Replying to a deputation from the Presbyterian church, who aked for an annual grant of 200 toward the cost of establishing and maintaining a mission mis-sion at Kimberley. Mr. Moore said the government had spent 25.000 last year on aborigines, including 8.000 devoted to hospitals. Personally, he was not quite satisfied with these missions, and he was not quite sure that the government govern-ment could not do as well through the medium of the aborigines' department, which was considering a scheme to set apart an area of land and work it as a station in the interests of the aborigines and the state. Fergus Falls, Minn. William Ruck-helm, Ruck-helm, a farmer, aged 35 years, murdered his wife and four children and shot himself last night at Parker's Prairie. He was found dying wrhen his son went to the farm today. Ruckheim declared that he had received a divine command to proceed to a certain graveyard, where he and his family were to exhume several sev-eral bodies, using only their bare hands. I Unless this command w;ere carried out , before Easter. Ruckheim said, he and his family would be dragged to death. After examining the graveyard and finding it would be impossible to perform per-form the task on account of the frozen ground, Ruckheim said he killed his family to escape divine vengeance. parjsThe foreign subscriptions to the flood relief fund now exceed $800,000. The River Seine has fallen sixteen feet from its -crest. More cave-ins in the streets and falling houses are reported as the receding waters withdraw the supporting pressure. The cabinet decided today to ask parliament par-liament for $4,000,000 as the additional credit necessary for the relief of victims vic-tims of the flood. San Francisco. Superior Judge Law-lor Law-lor denied a motion to dismiss the case of Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railroads, accused of offering a bribe to a supervisor to vote for a trolley trol-ley franchise, and ordered that the trial, which was interrupted by the recent re-cent election, be resumed next Monday. Paris. Ambassador and Mrs. Bacon inaugurated an interesting exhibition of paintings by American women artists. Ottawa, Ont. Fearing a serious outbreak out-break of rabies, Canadian authorities are imposing a tine of $200 nn owners of dogs found at large witii-t a muzzle. Since a mad dog crossed Suspension bridge at Niagara Falls sdrae time ago and bit other dogs, without being captured, cap-tured, forty-two persons have been bitten. bit-ten. Rome. King Victor Emmanuel received re-ceived former Vice President Fairbanks in private audience, and the two were engaged in conversation for half an hour. His majesty inquired about affairs af-fairs in the United States, with the politics pol-itics of which country he showed himself him-self to be quite familiar. Indiana, Pa. W'hile bereaved families of the victims of the mine disaster at Ernest stood shivering in the cold near the mining camp Sunday to see them buried, Clarence Hail, an expert, and three assistants of the United States geological survey penetrated the mine where eleven lives were sacrificed in an explosion Saturday. They found the mine clear of gas. It is said they determined deter-mined the miners who were killed had accidentally struck a gas pocket. South Bethlehem, Pa. Large additions addi-tions to the ranks of 1,200 strikers at the Bethlehem steel works were reported today by the committee of strikers as the result of picket duty last night and early this morning. The priests of the Holy Infancy church here have advised their striking parishioners to return to work and accept President Schwab's assistance as-sistance to adjust differences. Dover, N. H. By her extraordinary announcement that she is a candidate for governor, Mrs. Marima Ricker, suffrage suf-frage leader, has started a whirlwind of discussion throughout the state. Mrs. Ricker, who is now sojourning in California, Cali-fornia, sent her ultimatum to the politicians poli-ticians just made public here. She is 65 years old and wealthy. Nimule, Uganda Protectorate. The ten days' march to Gondokoro was begun be-gun by the Smithsonian African scientific scien-tific expedition today. The first camp will be at Assa river, twelve miles north of this place, if the plans of the party don't miscarry. The location of the camp site is adapted to the convenience of the explorers, but the path lies through an unpeopled district and the porters were today well burdened with food supplies. The distance from Nimule Ni-mule to Gondokoro is, roughly speaking, speak-ing, 108 miles, and this stage of the expedition ex-pedition will be as severe a test of physical phy-sical endurance as the party has had. Rome. Mgr. Hendrick, brother of the late Bishop T. A. Hendrick of the diocese dio-cese of Cebu, P. I., whose death occurred oc-curred last November, has arrived here from the Philippines. He will be received re-ceived in special audience by the pope, who wishes to learn details of the bishop's bish-op's death. New York. In the days when "Big Tim" Sullivan, state senator and Tammany Tam-many leader, was small and at school, his teacher gave him a pair of shoes. He never forgot the kindness, and for many years he has commemorated it oh the sixth day of each February by a distribution of stockings and shoes to all the needy of the Bowery. Five thousand pairs of stockings and shoes were given away Sunday. Primero, Colo. The bodies of several more victims in the wrecked Primero mine have been located, but not removed, re-moved, the masses of fallen rock and coal rendering the work of rescue difficult diffi-cult and slow. Thus far fifty-eight bodies have been taken out. Requiem mass for the victims was celebrated at Holy Trinity church. Work was resumed in the other mines, but with small forces, as more than 100 men are engaged in the work of searching search-ing for the bodies and repairing the main shaft. Chicago. News that a baby with two teeth had beeri born to Mr. and Mrs. Francesco Cuglianeso caused such a crowd to gather in front of the residence resi-dence in the Italian quarter that the police were called to preserve order. Mrs. Annie Blasi, who is known as the "Queen of Little Italy," has been present at the birth of hundreds of babies, and this was the first she ever saw that had teeth. "Two of the front teeth were clear through the gum," said Mrs. Blasi, "and when I put my fingers in the baby's mouth to wash it, I felt something sharp. The teeth protruded through the gum about an eighth of an Inch. "Today I made another visit to the house to wash and dress the baby. All of its teeth are beginning to show, and inside of a day or two the baby will have a full set, upper and lower." Washington, Feb. 7. Almost every state on the Atlantic seaboard, from Maine to Florida today is' experiencing the coldest day it has had during the winter, while the temperature in the west and northwest is growing warmer. Canton, N. Y., at 8 o'clock this morning morn-ing had a temperature that more nearly approximated the weather at the north pole than at any other place in the United States. At Canton the official thermometer of the weather bureau indicated in-dicated 22 below zero. The cold extends far into the south, where tonight frost will be felt. Warmer Warm-er weather is promised for tomorrow. New York. The coldest day of the year in New York came and went between be-tween sunrise and sunset. At daybreak the thermometer registered but 2 above zero, with a searching wind from the northwest, but at 10 o'clock in the forenoon fore-noon the mercury began to mount and the wind to moderate. At 8 o'clock tonight to-night the temperature was 18 above, and at 10 o'clock 20 above and still rising. ris-ing. The wind, meanwhile, had sunk from forty miles an hour to twelve, and had shifted to the southwest. There was great suffering among tho poor in the worst pinch of the cold, and many cases of frostbite and exhaustion were reported to the hospitals. From surroundings suburbs came news of several sev-eral deaths from freezing. Scranton, Pa. All low temperature records in this city and county were broken today. At 4 o'clock this morning the local weather bureau thermometer recorded 4 degrees below zero. At Madisonviile, near here, the mercury dropped to 21 degrees below zero, and at Lanesboro, on the Delaware & Hud- T son railroad, the record temperature or i 28 below was recorded. At Gould pboro j and Pocono Summit, the thermometer registered 14 degrees below zero early this morning. The temperature is ris- ing tonight. Poughkecpsie, N. Y. Villages in the interior of Duchess county report a tern- j perature of from 18 to 22 degrees below-zero. below-zero. In spite of the cold weather to- night the students of Vassar college held their annual ice carnival on the college lake. j Boston All New England is shiver- j Ing in the cold wave which blew clown ; upon it yesterday from the northwest. In this city from midnisrht until S j o'clock the temperature was 3 degrees , below zero. ' Toledo, O. Mrs. Elizabeth O'Neill, aged 71. who had lived alone for thirty years, froze to death last Monday night in her bed at Miami, a village near here. Her body was found by a neighbor. Oswego, N. Y. Temperatures ranging from zero to 24 below prevailed throughout Oswego county jduring the last twenty-four hours. Fruit growers fear damage to the peach crop. Kingston, N. Y. The thermometer sank to 25 degrees below zero today at Stamford, Delaware county, making this winter's record for the Catsklll mountains. Dublin. That American invasion of Ireland will follow the establishment of an Irish parliament in Dublin, is confidently confi-dently expected. It will be an invasion of American capital for the purpose of developing Irish industries, and of stalwart stal-wart Irish-Americans who, with the era of prosperity which it Is believed certain cer-tain will follow home rule, will be able to come home and help in the work of regenerating the land. Now that it Is certain the nationalists will hold the balance of power in the new parliament, it is difficult to see how the passage of a home rule bill satisfactory to Ireland can be put aside. In speaking on the effect home rule would have on Ireland, Dennis Horgan. a well known Irish-American, who has been in this country for several weeks, said to me: "It means that Ireland, from one of the poorest countries in the world, will become one of the richest. Why not? We have here the climate, the soil and the people, or we would have had the people, had it not been for the unjust laws which have sent millions of Irishmen to the four corners of the earth. Under proper laws, revived re-vived and built up opportunities will be offered not only to the people of Ireland, but to expatriated Irishmen from all over the world. You will see within a very few years a happy, contented, prosperous people, and a population which is steadily increasing instead of decreasing. "There are many very rich Irishmen in America, men like John D. Crim-mins, Crim-mins, Thomas F. Ryan and Thomas F. Walsh, and scores of others, who though now thorough-going Americans, but who have the Irishman's love for the old country. I happen to know that many of these men will be ready to back up with cash legitimate Irish enterprises, en-terprises, which will promote the welfare wel-fare of the country, as soon as an Irish parliament is established to make Irish laws for Ireland." Lord Aberdeen's period of office will be remembered In Ireland for the great progress that has been made in fighting fight-ing consumption. Much of the success in this direction is due to Lady Aberdeen, Aber-deen, who, in 1907, inaugurated a Woman's Wom-an's National Health association for Ireland, and later on organized in Dublin Dub-lin an exhibition to show the people how they could best deal with the white plague. This exhibition was so successful success-ful that another was instituted on similar sim-ilar lines to visit towns in the north of Ireland. They did great good. Rome. It is believed in high church circles that additional honors are in stora for Monsignore Kennedy, rector of tho American college. Since the death of Cardinal Satolll, who was the pope's adviser on American affairs, the holy father has shown a marked disposition to consult with Monsignore Kennedy when matters concerning the church in America were under consideration. This perhaps is the basis for the belief that the American prelate is destined for high honors. I had the privilege of seeing his holiness holi-ness recently, and I am glad to be able to say that the stories concerning his failing health, which have been current from time to time, are greatly exaggerated. exag-gerated. The pope suffers somewhat from rheumatism at times, but his appearance ap-pearance shows that he is unusually vigorous for a man of his age. He is bright and cheerful, takes a keen interest inter-est in affairs, and so far as looks go has a lone life before him. When the American pilgrimage of the Knights of Columbus reaches here next summer it is understood that the pope will show special honor to the great Catholic organization by becoming a member of it. It is said he has already indicated this intention to Monsignore Kennedy of the American college. Shanghai. The foreign consuls here have taken up the case of a foreign rice dealer who has been most brutally dealt with by a local magistrate. When the consuls demanded the release of the man, the magistrate inflicted on him a punishment of 2,000 blows because the foreign consuls were causing trouble trou-ble on his behalf. Later he heard that two Chinese had been arrested in the settlement In connection with the arrest ar-rest of the prisoner, on whom he thereupon there-upon inflicted a further 2,000 blows. When a formal demand for the release of the prisoner from the mixed court magistrate, at the instance of the consuls, con-suls, was made, the city magistrate ordered or-dered another 2,000 blows to be meted out to the detained man. The prisoner's condition was so serious that the punishment pun-ishment had to be stopped after he had received 900 blows. They have finally secured his release, and now demand the punishment of the magistrate. Washington. Pa. Principal Wliliam D. Hathaway of this city is believed to be the champion boy trouncer of the world. Here is hi3 record: Boys trounced, 100; boys untrounced, 1; time consumed, two hours thirty minutes. Switches worn out, twenty-two. All that prevented the principal from having hav-ing a clear score was that when he reached the one hundred and first subject sub-ject of the trouncing bee he was so "tuckered out" that the subject, a husky hus-ky 17-year-old youth, in a fit of playfulness, play-fulness, threw the principal gently upon the floor and sat upon him. Authorities on the manly art of boy trouncing, however, how-ever, are not inclined to count this against the principal. This record is the result of breaking the principal's rdnlj ta,Xacaia fnam tnnmhalUfi jrl ; llll !! .IMI.II1.UJ II 1 II llll Hill .111 .mm-l - I. II |