POISON WHOLE FAMILY
Chicago. April 29—Three mem
bers of the Mettee family, of this
city, were found dead this morning
from poisoning. The father,
mother and son were all in one
room, and an autopsy revealed the
fact that they had taken poison, j
Several attempts have been made
to poison them on previous occa
sions.
Portland, April 27—A wealthy
Japanese applied to the City Clerk
for a license to mar-y a white giil,
who is a resident of Portland, yes
terday, and the clerk refused to
grant the license, contending that
it would be illegal. The Japanese
will take the matter into court to \
6ecure an order forcing the inssu
ance of the license. j
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Cleveland, April 27—Rockefeller
belieAes that death is very near for
him, cand is preparing by giving
away, deeding and willing his
property and attending to all of j
the loose ends of his business. j
Jamestown, April 27—While the
president was delivering the open
ing address at the Jame-town ex
position yesterday, a panic was
started in the immense crowd by a
gang of pickpockets. Order was
restored by summoning troops.
Naples, April 29—A gang of sev
eral hundred blackmailers have
been captured and some of them
have confessed. It is learned that
the., have been supplying impe
cunious Italian noblemen with
money to enable them to capture
American heiresses, receiving a
largt commission in the event of
the nobleman succeeding in mar
rying a woman of wealth, and then
blackmailing him out of the greater
portion of his newly acquired
weahh by threatening to inform
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the wife of the deception practiced
to win her.
Dayton, April 29—Taft deliver ed
an address here yesterday at the
laying of the corner stone of the
Christian Association building. In
his speech there was no reference
to himself or Foraker, merely
some remark eulogistic of Ohio’s
rapid advance and prosperity.
Seattle. April 29—Capt. Hodg
kins, of the coast geodetic survey,
arrived yesterday and announces
that the survey steamer Patterson
will start for Alaska for the
season’s work, in a few days.
Washington, April 29—Ex-Sen
ator Chandler, who is representing
the relatives of Mrs. Eddy in the
courts, announces that the trust
deed, claimed to have been made
out by her in favor of her trustees,
! is a forgery. A vigorous prosecu
tion of the the trustees, who are
supposed to have forged the deed,
will follow.
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Cleveland, April 29—Inaurance,
Commissioner Verys will be in
charge of Tafts Ohio campaign for
the presidency. He announces
that Taft will not withdraw, but
will immediately start his cam
paign fight against Foraker
Mexico. April 29 — Trouble is
brewing between Mexico and Guat
amala. the former country de
manding that Guatamala surren
der General Lima, who is accused
of hiring assassins in connection
with the Honduran troubles.]
Troops are moving forward to]
the frontier to enforce the demand.!
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President Barillas, of Honduras, is]
here, and it is through him that j
the demand for the surrender of
Lima was made.
Seattle. April 29—A Yesler Way
car dashed down the Sixth Ave. j
hill into another car last night,]
smashing the latter into splinters.
Seven passengers wt re seriously
injured.
Washington, April 29—Politic
ians say that, there is an open
breach between president Roose
velt and Root. The latter claims
to resent the reference of the presi
dent to Haywood, Harriman and
Debs, and will oppose Roosevelts
plans. Ex-Senator Butler, who is
apparently the agent of the admin
istration in the South, and who is
trving to deliver that section to
the republican party, declares that
the corporations are spending mil
lions to prevent his carrying out
his plans.
Boise, April 29—Senator Borah
denies that he asked Roosevelt to
have the indictments against him
for land fraud suppressed. He
savs he is anxious to have the
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matter investigated and clear him
self.
Washington, April 29—The trial
of Mrs. Bradley for the murder of
Senator Brown has been set for
May.
Seattle, April 29—A 6re which
started last night caused the com
piete destruction of the Puget
Sound Metal works. The loss was
several thousands.
Washington, April 29—A semi
official announcement was to-day
that Secretary Root will resign in
May. The resignation is supposed
to be due to the friction between
himself and the president.
Washington, April 29—Post
master Clum, of Fairbanks, in a
report to the mail department re
commends that all winter mail to
the interior go via Valdez. He
advocates a tri-weeklv service be
tween Valdez and Fairbanks and
a twice a week service between
Fairbanks and Nome. The addi
tional service will probably be
granted in accordance with his
recommendations.
Salt Lake, April 29—All the
cars in this city are tied up by a
street car strike. Non uhion men
who were engaged to run cars
were egged by the strikers and
they quit work. The police were
called out to prevent a continua
tion of rioting.
San Francisco, April 30—The
Duke and Dutchess of Manchester
arrived here yesterday with the
body of Silent Smith. They
say that on th* day of his mar
riage he made a will leaving $5,
000,000 to his wife and $50,000,000
to other relatives.
New York, April 30—John
Lawrence Sullivan is suing for a
divorce on highly sensational
grounds. He claims thai he mar
ried a wealthy widow on a wager
and that for 116 weeks after the
marriage she was never sober.
Louisville, April 30—Henry
Watterson published an editorial
this morning in the Courier-Jour
nal saying that the agitation for a
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third term for Roosevelt is non
sense. He says Roosevelt is a law
unto himself, and always manages
to do the right thing in the wrong
way. Roosevelt, according to Wat
terson, is posing as a reformer, but
his choleric methods and cynical
posings are all giand stand plays.
Cincinnati. April 30—Secretary
Taft, in an address here last night
said that eight t’ears will be re
quired to build the Panama capal,
and that any statements to the ef
fect that the work can possibly be
done in less time are wrong.
Cheyenne, April 30—A gang of
raiders captured a sh«*ep man at
Trappers creek, and after tying
him up scattered dynamite through
the herd of sheep and exploded it,
killing over 1000 of the animals.
Washington, April 30—Secre
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tary Root’s friends say that he
may stay in the cabinet for a short
time in order to try and curb
Roosevelt and prevent him from
'detracting from the good accom
plished during his administration,
which will go down in history as
the greatest of any of the presi
dents.
Oklahoma, April 30—Half of
this city is submerged by a raise iu
Lightning creek. The stream has
gone entirely over its banks, flood
ing the whole of the surrounding
country. Thousands of people
have been forced to make camp on
the highlands, the water driving
them from their homes.
New York, April 30—A big May
day parade has been arranged in
which all of the union men will
wear buttons, saying **r am an un
desirable citizen ” No trouble is
anticipated although the authorities
are providing a large squad of extra
police.
Salt Lake. Anril 30—The street
car strike has been settled by aibi
tratiori, the union men winning
their demands. All systems re
sume business todav.
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Mexico, April 30—Advices have
heen received from the city of
Guatamala that a mob of several
hundred gathered before the Mexi
can and American legations yes
day and stoned the ouildings. No
violence was attempted on the
ministers. Ten thousand troops
are moving f$om here to the fron
tier.
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