FIGHT OVER A WOMAN
Washington, May 17—In a tight
over a woman, Charles Edwanls,
secretary of the democratic con
gressional committee stabbed Alex
ander Jarland, an attache of the
Peruvian legation, this morning
and it is fearea the latter will not
survive. Edwards has not been
arrested but is being kept under
surveillance.
Philadelphia, May 17—Vice
President Fairbanks in an address
to-the cotton manufaetuiers asso
ciation last night gave a slap to
the RooseveL trust policies, saving
that the present great prosperity is
due to wise commercial planning
and not to anti-trust agitation He
said that present business princi
ples are right and just and should
not be interfered with.
Berlin, Mav 17—An attempt was
made to kill the Kaiser yesterday.
An automobile which was a short
distance ahead of the royal auto j
was fired upon bv some one con
cealed alo^g the road evidently
under the impression that the Kai
ser was an occupant. No one was
hit by the bullets, although several
shots were fired.
Chicago. May 17—Senator Nel
son, addressing a Norweigan ban
q: et in Wisconsin, last night, urged
that a fight he made at the next
election for cleaner men in poli
tics. He says the majority of the
congressman and representatives
at Washington are direct represen
tatives of the trusts. This, he said,
is no secret among the members of
ihe two bodies.
Washington, May 17—The in
terstate commerce commission is
divided over the question of
whether Harrimans operations in
the western railroad are criminal,
most of them saying that the res
] omibilitv < f the prosecution murt
rest on Roosevelt. The president
is quoted hy some as saying that
he intended to smash Harriman,
and this prosecution would be a
good way to do it.
Fairbanks, May 17—The gov
ernment is looking for a site for
the location of a wireless station in
or near Fairbanks, and it is proba
ble that the city will donate a lot
for the purpose. The Chamber of
Commerce will meet tomorrow to
take action in the matter.
Madison, May 17 — Isaac
Stephenson, LaFollett’s candidate
for Senator has been elected to
succeed Senator Spooner.
San Francisco, May 17—Abe
! Ruef had a hearing before the
! grand jury this morning at which
he testified that the united rail
roads gavn hitn $200,000 for the
overhead franchise. He says that
he gave Mayor Schmitz $50,000
and the supervisors $100,000. Aftpr
giving this evidence the witness
collapsed in hi* cnair and was un
able to continue his hearing. If
possible he will resume this after
noon. The grand jurors say that
it was a pitiful sight to see him
break down. It has developed
that Calhoun secured the money
from the cvmpany and hired Ford
to give it to Ruef.
New York, May 17—Rev. Clark,
who married Corev and Mabel
Gill man. has returned the fee
which he collected from Corey and
apologized to his congregation for
performing the ceremony. He says j
that he realizes now that he did j
wrong in marrying the couple. He j
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was told that he would have to j
make a public statement of this
kind or he would be discharged
from the church.
Berlin, Mav 17—On the eve of j
Hague conference Emperor Wil
liam addressed the German troops
at this city, saying that the only
way to insure universal peace
throughout the world is to he fully
prepared for war. Orders have
been issued for the construction of
a new gun woich will carry three
miles. This gun was invented and
is being manufactured exclusively
for the German army, and is
superior to any thing of the kind
ever invented.
Seattle, May 18—A non-union
longshoreman was seriously in
jured yesterdav evening while leav
ing the wharf wdiere he had been
working. The man, whose name
is John Lang, was struck on the
head just as he was leaving the
warehouse on the dock, and his
skull was fractured.
Washington, May 18 — Gotf. j
Harris, of Ohio, has fallen into the
line and will assist Taft in his
state campaign against Foraker.
Washington, May 18—Commis
sioner of the land office Ballinger
has issued an order regarding Alas
ka coal lands. He says that any
qualified persons or associations
who made their filing during the
year prior to November 12, 1906,
may file their notices in the land
office and obtain patents thereto
in accordance with the old law.
St. Petersburg, May 18—On ac
count of the unspeakable tortures
undergone by the political prison
ers at Odessa, they caught a keeper
yesterday and killed him, literally
tearing him to pieces. The gov
ernment is alarmed over the fact
that the outrages have been made
public, fearing that an organized
attempt will he made to release all
of the prisonets.
Boise, May 18—The court yes
terday scored Gov. Gooding strong
ly for allowing Harry Orchard to
be interviewed, saying that the talk
made by Orchard and published
might have a tendency to influence
prospective jurors. The governor
ordered the jailers to allow re
porters to see the man, and in
terviews with him were nublished
all over the country.
New York, May 18 —The Postal
Telegraph Co and the Western
Union have entered into a work
ing combination, consolidating
their offices in thousands of places,
which materially reduces their ex
pense. It is possible that they
will soon adopt a higher scale of
rates
Toledo, May 18 —Chairman
Brown of Ohio state republican
committe announces that the mem
bers of the party in Ohio are not
very active in working for Taft’s
presidential boom, saving that he
is generally regarded as a party
renegade. Ht* also says that Fora
ker and Dick wili he read out of
the party before the campaign is
over.
San Francisco, May 18—Abe
Kuef testified this morning before
the grand jury that he received
$40,000 for getting the gas fran
chise passed. Of this amount the
supervisors trot $20,000 and Schmitz
received $10,000.
Washington, May 18—Secretary
Ta?t announces that it will be im
possible for him to make the prom
ised trip to Alaska this summer.
Chicago, May 18—Katherine
Hillman, aged 17, declares that
she is the daughter of Mable Gil
man Corev, and claims to have a
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letter acknowledging that she is
the child of the actress. She says
her mother disappeared soon after
her birth and she never knew un
til recently where she was,
Seattle, May 18—A private tele
gram from San Francisco says that
Mayor Schmitz has handed his
resignation from office to Governor
Gillette.
New York, May 18—There is a
fierce fire raging along East River.
The large cotton docks, containing
thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty are all afire and there is little
hope of saving anv of the contents.
New York, May 18--The fire on
the cotton docks is still raging, and
the loss so far is halt a million.
The longshoremen who went on a
strike all gave their assistance in
fighting the fire and did good work.
Joliet, 111., May 20—The Bertil
lion measurements of Charles H.
Moyer, the cowboy hold-up convict
who served time here in 1889,
agree exactly with those of Chas.
Moyer who is now in jail at Boise.
Notwithstanding Moyer’s denial
that he was ever in prison here
there in no doubt in the minds of
the prison officials that he is
the same man.
Seattle, May 20—The Saratoga
sailed for Valdez the evening of
the 17th, and the Jeanie left the
day before with a large cargo of
railroad materials tor the Bruner
road at Catalla.
San Francisco, May 20 — A
satchel was found on the seat of a
street car here that had an infer
nal machine which was so timed
as to explode ten minutes later,
just when the car was in the busy
part of the city where there would
have been many passengers. No
clue has been found as to who left
the satchel in the car.
Pasadena, May 20—Edwin H.
Conger, formerly U. S. Minister to
China, died here last night after a
long illness. Conger was a resi
dent of Ohio, but had been here
several months for his health.
JSew York, May 20—Knox has
made a report to President Roose
velt regarding the Standard Oil,
in which he says that the power of
that corporation is due to the fact
that it has control of the transpor
tation business of the country. He
says it is eliminating all competi
tion in its line and is now defying
the laws made to regulate such cor
porations.
New York, May 20—The West
ern Union Telegraph Co. has dis
charged all operators who wear a
union button. A meeting of the
union men has been called for to
night, and unless the Western Un
ion and Postal Teleg-aph agree to
recognize the operators’ union, a
general strike will be called which
will affect the whole country.