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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
shipping News.

New York, May 24-Sailed Steamers
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Hamb1rg
via Plymouth and Cherbourg; La Sa-
vote, Havre; Princess Alice, Bremen via
Plymouth and Cherbourg; Hellig Olay,
ChPistiania, etc.
Lizard, May 24.-Passed: Steamer
Pretoria, New York for Dover and Ham
burg.
Queenstown, May 24.-Sailed: Steam
er Baltic (from LiverpooD, New York.
Barcelona, May 21.--Arrived: Steamer
Manuel CaIvo, New York.
Genoa, May 22.-Arrived: Steamer
Nord America, New York via Naplea
Bremen, May 23-Arrived; Steamer
Cassel, New York.
Liverpool, May 24.-Arrived: Steamer
Majestic, New York via Queenstown.
Naples, May 24-Arrived Steamer
PRINCESS Irene. New York via Gibraltar
(and sailed for Genoal,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
STRONGER FOR SEA LEVEL.
Foreign Engineer Confirmed After
Reading Minority Report.

Washington, May 24.-W. Henry
Hunter, chief engineer of the Manches-
ter ship canal, and one of the foreign
engineers charged by the president to
investigate the Isthmian waterway
project, has written a letter to Senator
Kittredge, saying that after reading
the report presented by the minority
of the board of consulting engineers he
is confirmed in the opinion he had
formed in favor of the construction of
a. sea-level canal. The letter was in
troduced in the senate by Senator Nor
gan. and ordered printed as public
document.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
TO SETTLE ZION C1TY DISPUTE.
All Partiess Concerned Agreed Upon
Judge lands.

Chicago, May 24.-All factions engage
ed in the struggle for possession Of
Zion City and its Industries have
agreed that Judge Lands, of the Unit
ed States district court, shall settle all
of the points in dispute. A written
stipulation to this effect, signed by both
Dowie and Voliva and their attorneys,
was presented to Judge Lands to-day.
1t is probable that the first testimony in
the case will be taken within the next
fortnight.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
waterbury Man Found in Lake.

Waterbury, May 24,-August Witt
man, fifty-fve, was found drowned in
the large pond at Lakewood park to-
night. There are suspicious OF suicide
but no evidence that the man took his
life, although it is said he mad been
respondent because of ill-health. He is
father of Carl, Christian and Henry
Whitman, well known Germans ano
connected with fraternal societies.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
LEFT DINNER TO MEET DEATH.
GARNER Living Near TerryviIle Breaks
His Neck.

Terryville, May 24.-suffering from
an attack of acute indigestion, 1t is
said, James B. Higgins, well-known
farmer of Town Hill, about mile
above Terryville, left the dinner table
at noon to-day at his home, and, going
out on the piazza to get relief, leaned
against the railing, which gave way,
precipitating him to the ground where,
striking on his head, his neck was
broken, causing instant DEATH He was
about forty-nine years old, married,
and leaves two sisters and three broth
ers. one of whom is postmaster Of Ter
rYYire.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
PROE WENTWORTH DEAD.
Widely Known Author of Text Books
on Mathematics.

Exeter, N. H., May 24.-Professor
George A. Wentworth, widely known
as an author of school text books on
mathematics, died suddenly of heart
disease to-day while at the Boston and
Maine railroad station in Dover. From
1853 to 1892 he was professor Of mathe-
MATES at Phillips Exeter academy. He
was seventy-one years old.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
condolences from All over world.

Christiania, May 24.-Telegrams of
coincidence from all parts of the world
were received to-day by the family of
the late Henrik Ibsen. Among those
who sent messages are King Frederick
of Denmark, Bjornstjerne Bjornson and
representatives Of the principal theaters
of Europe and America. The storthing
will meet tomorrow to decide upon
the funeral, which is expected to be the
most imposing ever seen IN Norway.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
BELMONT TO PAY $4se, 600.
sum to be Sent to New York Pending
Settlement in Courts.

New York, May August Belmont,
for the Interborough Rapid Transit
company, will send tomorrow check
ITO City Controller Metz for $4,000, as
the first annual payment to the city on
account of the Subway. The sum rep
resents one per cent. of the citys bonds
due when the Subway has earned five
per cent. Mr.. Belmont had 1T under
stood that the payment is made pend
ing a settlement of the dispute in court
as to whether or not the money Is due
the city as rental for the Subway
The matter has been in controversy
for some time, the Interborough claim
ing that under the terms of the con-
tract with the city the Subway must
earn five per cent. before the one per
cent. was to be paid and that during
the last year it earned only S'O2 per
cent.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
Unknown woman KILLED.

New London, May A,---An unknown
woman was struck by a Central Yer
mont train and killed while walking
across Bay bridge in this city tonight
about $780, She was thrown INTO the
water and the train crew and police
searched more than an hour before re-
covering her body. She is believed to
have been a wandering character or to
have been demented.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
LADIES WILL BE SORE.
New York to Enforce Laws Regard
ing Feathers. Etc.

Albany, May 24.-Commissioner
Wbipple, of the state forest, fish and
game department, to-day served notice
through the press to the milliners OF
the state, retail and wholesale, that his
department intends to use every legiti-
mate means to enforce the law pro-
hibiting the possession or sale OF the
bodies or feathers of wild birds, Wheth-
er taken in this state or elsewhere.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
AUTO HILL CLIMBING.
Small Army of Car Owners Witness
Interesting Events.

Worcester Mass, May 24.-At the
second annual automobile hill climbing
contest over the straightaway mile up
Dead Horse hill, S. B. Stevens of
Rome, N. Y, broke the record which
he made last year of one minute and
nine seconds, by running his car up the
hill to-day in one minute and two Sec
onds.
The racing to-day up the hill drew a
small army of automobilists from many
parts of New England The weather
was fine, the hill in good condition and
the meet proved very successful.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
PittsburG Building COIIapses.

Pittsburg, May 24'-By the collapse of
a two story brick structure on Baum
street in the East End one man was
killed and five were more or less seri-
ously injured. The building was for
meriy livery stable and was being
reconstructed for an automobile gar
age.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
SPECIAL SESSION ASKED.
Delaware Legislators Wish to Elect
United States Senator.

Wilmington, Del, May PA commit
tee of republican members Of the Dela-
ware legislature tonight presented to
Governor Lea a petition requesting him
to call the general assembly into extra
ordinary session for the purpoe of
electing a United States senator to fill
the existing vacancy. The petition was
signed by twenty-seven of the twenty
eight republican members Of the legis-
lature. The total membership of the
legislature is fifty-two.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
DAVENPORT OPPOSES BILL
Appears fer Manufacturers Against
Eight-Hour Measure.

Washington. May 24-Hearings on
the eight-hour bill were continued to-
day by the house committee on labor,
Daniel Davenport, of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
renresenting several government con-
tractors. opposed the measure. Presi-
dent Gompers, of the American Feder-
alton of Labor, was present in it's de-
fensa
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
English Team Chosen.

London, May 24,--The English Lawn
Tennis association to-day selected the
following to oppose the American team
in the games for the Davis cup: The
brothers Doherty, S. H. Smith and A.
w. Gore,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
IN A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER
BAY STATE REPRESENTATIVES,
C1AsHIN CAPITOL CORRIDOR.
Blow struck but No One is Killed--It
Falls Upon Jacob H. Mock's Chest and
Before it Can be Repeated Other Leg
isIatOrs Interfere - incident Grows
out of Bribery Charges.

Boston, May PA personal encoun-
ter between Representatives Frank j.
Gethro and Jacob II. Mock Of Boston,
in which blow was struck, threw
the corridors of the state house into
brief excitement to-day. Prompt inter-
ference by friends of the men involved
terminated the clash before any ply
steal injury was done.
The incident grew out Of the investi-
CATION of charges Of bribery, which is
being made by the house committee on
rules. AS Representative Mock was
leaving the house chamber at adjourn
ment, Representative Gethro, who was
seated in the lobby, rushed toward MIN
and pointedly asked If the latter, ir
testifying before the committee or
rules yesterday had used Gerhro'S
name.
Representative Mock replied, Il did
Then the blow was given. 1t fel
upon Mr.. Mock's chest. Before 1t coult
be repeated, representatives who haC
seen the action stepped between th'
men. At the conclusion of the exam
nation Of Mr.. Mock yesterday a mem
her of the investigating committee
stated that the representative salt
that he had been offered $50 to Vot'
against the anti-bucket shop bill an(
had named the man who made the Of
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
A Sweeping Bill.

st. Petersburg, May 24.--The consti-
tutional democrats will introduce in the
lower house of parliament tomorrow a
sweeping bill establishing complete
freedom of religion and conscience and
tolerance of all ereeds.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
Kings Daughters international Confer

Wheeling, W. Va, May 24.-The feat
ure of to-day's session Of the eighth an
nual conference of the international Or
der of Kings Daughters was the dis
cussion of the topic How May the Or
der Influence the Use of the Bible in
the Public schols?'' participated in by
Mrs. E. Trask Hill, of Boston, and 9TH
ers. 1t was urged that the legislatures
of each state be petitioned to pass bills
making the reading of the Bible in
schools compulsory.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
WILL TRY AGAIM
Former Sheriff O'Brien Keeps up Fight
For Admission to Bar.

Bridgeport, May "a Former City
Sheriff Matthew o'Brien, who rejection
by the Fairfield County Bar association
was confirmed by the superior court
here and upheld by the Connecticut
supreme court of errors, to-day filed
application with the clerk Of the super
ior court giving notice of his intention
to take examinations for admission to
Fairfield county bar again.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
KILLED IN FRANCE.
philadelphia Meets Death in AutOmo-
bile Accident.

bile Accident.
Paris, May 2-William M. Croft, of
Philadelphia, was killed to-day in an
automobile accident at Coignieres, on
the road between Rambouillet and
Versailles. A party consisting of Mr..
Croft and his wife, Richard c. Perkins
and Krause, chauffeur, were return
ing to Paris from Chartres, when the
automobile skidded and was wrecked.
Mr.. Groff's head was crushed in. The
others of the party escaped with minor
cuts, bruises and shock. The body of
Mr.. Croft was conveyed to Paris. Mr..
Croft was member of the firm of
Strawbridge & Clothier. Mr.. Perkins
is well-known member of the Ameri-
can colony in Paris.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
Eartbuuake Shock Felt in Utah.

Ogden, Utah, May pam earthquake
shock was felt at o'clock this after
noon at West Weber, four miles west
of ogden. Buildings were shaken and
much excitement prevailed, but there
was no damage.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-25
Churches Combine.

Des Moines Ia.,l May 24.-The union
of the Cumberland and Presbyterian
churches was consummated by vote
of the general assembly to-day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-21
CLEANING BY COMPRESSED AIR
Topeka Firm Has Solved a Vexing
Problem.

House cleaning need have no more
terrors for Topekans since Coweu Bros.
& Rust have imported to this city
compressed air machine. operated with
a gasoline engine, which cleans carpets
without their being removed from floors
and does the cleaning just as effective
ly as any other method.
This machine is on a portable wagon
which is driven up to the front Of
house. The apparatus is arranged IN
the room to be cleaned and then the err
CINE. which is operated by Dad" Rust.
for many years Santa F'e engineer. is
started. In a jiffy the carpet attacked
is most effectively cleaned It is not
necessary to remove or change the posi-
ton of the furniture in the room while
it is being cleaned, and when the job is
done the entire room, really is cleaned
as it never was before and there is little
or no dust in the room, all the dirt being
carried away by counter currents. The
machine has the capacity of cleaning
fifteen hundred square yards of carpets
in two hours when pressed to its limit
Cowell Brothers & Rust's place Of bust
ness is at I'll West First street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-21
THE BROWNSVILLE ROW
Report Of the Inspector General of the
Department.

Washington, Aug. 21.-General
Ainswerth today made public a re-
port received from Major Blocksom
of the inspector generals department,
who is Investigating the trouble be-
tween the citizens of Brownsville,
Texas, and the negro troops stationed
at Fort Brown. The telegram says:
Causes of disturbances are racial.
People did not desire colored troops
and showed they bought them inferior
socially by certain Sights and denial
of privileges at public bars, etc. Sol
diers resented this. There were sew
eral individual encounters between SOL
diers and citizens. About midnight of
18th party of soldiers, probably nine
to fifteen, made raid through several
squares of town firing Z ; to $50 shots,
killing a bartender and dangerously
wounding lieutenant of police. They
also fired into several houses where
women and children narrowly escaped
being shot. Raid lasted from eight to
ten minutes. Claim made that citizens
fired first, but I believe without foun-
datOn; although the act was probably
preconcerted, do not think command
ing officer could have foreseen.
Citizens can not identity individual
raiders and authorities have made no
demand for them. Investigat ton now
going on has as yet discovered none.
Commanding officer today invited
committee of three citizens to assist in
conducting investigation. People arc
still in state of great nervous tension
and men nearly all carry arms at night.
Women and children stin frightened.
consider it necessary to remove colored
troops the sooner the better
The war department today re-
ceived a dispatch from General
McCaskey, commanding the de-
partment of Texas, stating that a
company of the Twenty-sixth infantry
had left the maneuver camp near Aus
tin, Texas. for Fort Brown on special
train and probably would arrive there
today. The battalion of the Twenty
fifth infantry, negro troops, will march
to Fort Ringgold which at present is
unoccupied as soon as the company Of
the Twenty-sixth arrives.
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perintendent Of public instruction of
such county to expose to sale any por-
ton or portions of said land, describ-
ing the same. he shall, by and with
the consent of the county commits
sioners Of his county, appoint in writ
ing three disinterested householders
residing in the county in which the
land Is situated, who, being first duly
sworn by an officer authorized to
administer -oaths to faithfully perform
their duties. shall appraise such legal
subdivision of said land separately at
its real value, and return their ap-
praisement Ill writing, signed by them
to the clerk Of the county, and in case
any parcel of the said lands shall have
been improved, the said appraisers
of the land. return and file with the
same a separate appraisement of the
improvements upon the land; prOvid-
ed. that no appraisement of the land
for less than one dollar and twenty
five cents shall be of any validity or
entitle any person to the provisions OF
this act"
In order to accomplish the sale Of
land at the minimum price, collision
of some sort is very often necessary.
The county superintendent must ap-
point a board OF appraisers who will
fix the minimum as the value. and
then when the lands are offered for
sale in response to the petition. there
must be no competitive bidding
against the man who is figuring on
getting the land In this way the
land can be knocked down at either
the minimum or a very low price.
Another way by which competition Is
frozen out is through the appraisement of
the Improvement on the land, If there IS
any, at a very high figure For examples
a man may have leased a piece of school
land and built a house thereon. He de-
cides to buy the land. and through the as
sistance of friendly appraisers the value
of the land is fixed at S1.25 per acre, and
the value Of his $500 house is set at 81. 600
The occupant Of the land and owner Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-21
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.
HomeseeIxers' Excursions Are Break
ing All Records.

Passenger officials of the Santa Fe
railway announce that the homseeker
BUSINESS this week exceeds all previous
records this year. Estimates made
from arrangements made in advance
for equipment to handle the business
indicate that the number of homeseek-
ers which the Santa Fe alone will
handle today and tomorrow will ex-
coed 1000.
Fifteen extra sleeping cars were used
on westbound trains today besides the
regular equipment and extra chair
cars, and from 80 to 50 extra sleeping
cars with extra chair cars and the
regular equipment will be carried on
the trains passing through Topeka
Wednesday,.
Most of the travel is to the Pecos
valley. where the homeseekers are go
ing to look at the cheap lands. Others
60 to western Kansas, eastern Colo
RADIO, Oklahoma and Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-21
LOCAL MENTION.

Harry Bone, United States district
attorney, who has been spending his
vacation in and about Los Angeles,
Cal. writes home that he has estab-
lished a new fishing record at Coronado
Beach where he caught II fish to date,
one of them a 28-pound barracuda. Mr..
Bone win return to Topeka Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Cregut Of 1925
Van Buren, street, are the parents of a
boy.
Building permits for the erection Of
three dwellings were let to Mrs. Lee
Redden Gordon yesterday as follows:
$500 dwelling, lots 408-414 Clay street,
81 800 dwelling at same location, $500
dwelling. same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-21
BANK WASN'T BURGLARIzED.
But There Was = Good Sized Scare
just the Same.

A burglar scare which caused two
bankers slumbers to be rudely broken
Sunday night was due to the over
vigilance Of Merchant Policeman A.
W Hopkins, who while making his
rounds about 10 o'clock noticed the
dfsordered appearance of the interior
of the Bank of Topeka. On making
closer investigation he discovered that
drawers had been taken from their
places and piled up in the center of
the room and everything indicated
that a burglary was in progress.
After informing the police station of
the condition OF affairs on Kansas
avenue at the Bank of Topeka corner
he teleDhoned J. R. Mulvane. who de-
clined to come down and was willing
to take chances of burglars getting into
the strong box. J. W. Thurston was
next telenhoned to and he too refused
TO make the trip down town and was
willing to rely on the police being able
to protect the bank
Reuben Knowles. one of the young
er employees about the bank, was tele-
phoned to and the janitor of the build
ing sent for and preparations made to
make a rush on the building and cap
ture the criminals. Then light broke
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-21
TH0S. FAxON DRUGCED.
Father of senator Longs Secretary
Robbed in Michigan.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 21.=Thomas
Faxon of Topeka, arrived in Jackson,
Mich. last Saturday and met a young
man. They started out to see the
sights. After visiting several saloons
and taking a number of drinks. Faxon
fell asleep in the rear of the saloon.
While he was sleeping some one took
his pocketbook from his pocket and
took out SIS, all the money Faxon
had, and placed the pocketbook back
in Faxon's pocket.
When FaXon awoke he discovered
the loss of his cash and reported the
fact to police, who started out to find
the man that was so generously show
ing Faxon the city. From Faxon's
condition the police believed that he
was doped while in one of the saloons.
The police searched the city but the
man that was with Faxon suddenly
had disappeared and no trace was
found of him, until Monday afternoon
when the officers got a tip that the
much wanted man was in Adrian. They
went to Adrian and arrested William
Harrison, who lives in Adrian, and
took him back to Jackson, where they
locked him up on suspicion Of doping
and robbing Faxon. Faxon is still
very sick as result of the dope that
was administered to him.