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NO AGREEMENT REACHED.
President and San Francisco Officials
in Conference.


Washington, Feb. 13.-When asked
in regard to the conference held at
the White House on the Japanese
question and whether the proposition
submitted by the San Francisco dele
cation called for the exclusion of Japa-
nese coolie labor from this country
Mayor Schmitz said:
1--WE are not making treaty and
have not discussed with the president
the question of excluding the Japa-
nese from this country by treaty. We
simply presented our side of the ques-
ton at issue.
1T now remains for us to modify
our views in order to reach an agree.
ment with the president or for Mr..
Roosevelt to modify his views to reach
an agreement with us.
.'The conference adjourned subject
to the call of the president and I do
not believe we will be called to the
White House again until Thursday or
Friday
Representative Hayes of California
said that he believes a satisfactory
solution of the question will be
reached
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SHAH OF PERSIA WEAKENS.
Forced by Popular Demand to Con.
cede Reforms.

SSNS NSloI no.
Teheran, Persia, Feb. 13.-The shah
has finally conceded to the will of the
people and granted all popular de.
mands by sending a message to par.
lament containing the formal recogni.
ton that the country Is under consti.
tutional government. This message
was telegraphed to Tabriz, where the
people had seized the arsenal and
closed the government offices. All is
now quiet.
The conflict between the shah and
the assembly has come to an end at
least for the time being, but not be-
fore the situation had assumed a
threatening aspect, and even now it is
doubtful whether the shah's eleventh
hour recognition of the country as a
constitutional monarchy will avert
popular outbreaks.
Parliament sat all day long awaiting
the decision Of the monarch, while
excited crowds surged outside the
building. 1t was known that Tabriz
had threatened to elect a new shah
unless the demands of parliament
were granted and rumors were CUR
rent of preparations for an uprising In
all the large towns. - ~ .e-. ..
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MISSING TREASURER SHORT
SAVINGS BANK OF NEW BRITAIN,
CONN, KNOWN TO HAVE
LOST AT LEAST $4,000.

New Britain, Conn, Feb. ia high
officer of the Savings bank of New
Britain states that there is a big
shortage in the accounts Of William
F. Walker, the missing treasurer Of
the bank, and that the banks own
officers have SO far discovered a short
age Of $15O,000. The examination of
the banks affairs will be continued
and the officers say doubtless the
shortage will be found to be much
larger. ~.
The total assets of the New Britain
Savings bank are $6,7O7,322. Loans
on real estate amount to $3,420,850
and holdings in railroad bonds amount
to $1,924,S09. These are the two big
gest items. The deposits in the bank
amount to $6,sS2,7S2, divided among
14,92S depositOrs.
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FRENCH CHURCH CONTROVERSY.
Senator Beveridge of Indiana Ex.
presses His Opinion.

SSSSS
Washington, Feb. 13-In discussing
the controversy between the French
government and the Vatican Senator
Beverldge OF Indiana, in a speech at
Carroll institute, in part said:
With the purely governmental con-
troversy between any nation and it's
citizens or subjects we Americans, as
nation, have nothing to do In such
questions we Americans as individ.
uals may have our personal opinion,
but not an official opinion. But when
any government on earth grounds it's
policy in an attack on religion itself
then it is time for all men who be-
ieve in the gospel to speak out in
protest. For such an attack is the
beginning of movement against all
religion and it's end is to dethrone the
Saviour of the world as the sovereign
of the spiritual and moral empire Of
mankind. It affects all churches
equally.
Il wonder if men who talk so boldly
OF exterminating our faith understand
what would haplSn if that faith were
dethroned. How long do you suppose
the republic would last if all the
churches were turned into factories
and all the preachers and priests
ministers of the same gospel-ceased
forever their holy vocation? How long
would society itself endure? Men
have rebelled against the intolerance
of dogma; men should no less rebel
against the intolerance Of politics.
Men have resisted intolerance of the
church, both Protestant and Catholic;
men should no less resist the intoler-
ance Of the state whether republican
or monarchial"
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SESSION OF HOUSE OF COMMONS
JUST OPENED PROMISES TO
BE MOST IMPORTANT.
ATTACK ON HOUSE OF LORDS PLANNED
INCREASED HOME RULE FOR IRE
LAND AND ARMY REFORMS
ALSO ON PROGRAMME.

London, Feb. 13.-The second ses-
sion of the second parliament of the
present reign, which promises to be
full of interest and importance as a
consequence of the projected Liberal
attack on the house of lords and the
introduction of an installment of home
rule for Ireland, was opened by King
Edward with all the imposing cere-
monies which has attended these
functions since his accession.
The speech from the throne fore
Swallowed a full and busy session de-
voted to Ireland, army reforms and
temperance, apart from the over
shadowing question of the house of
lords. The rest of the speech was
devoted to the proposed licensing bill,
the object of which is to diminish the
drink evil; proposals for the improve
ment Of the army organization and
Irish local government and. education
questions and a number of minor
measures, including the establishment
OF court of criminal appeal On the
Irish question the king said:
Your attention will be called to
measures for further associating the
people of Ireland with the manage
ment Of their domestic affairs and
otherwise improving their system of
government in it's administrative and
financial aspects. Proposals will also
be submitted to you for effecting a
reform of university education in Ire
land, by which, trust, that the diff
culties which have so long retarded
higher education in that country may
be removed d..
Sop to Woman suffragists.
Among the domestic legislation fore
Swallowed in the speech from the
throne was "a bill enabling women to
serve on local bodies," evidently in
tended as sop to the woman sui
fragists.
SERIOUS questions,'' said the king,
affecting the working of our parlia.
mentary system have arisen from the
unfortunate differences between the
two houses. My ministers have this
important subject under consideration
with the view of a solution Of the
difficulty.'
After the usual reference to the
good relations prevailing between
Great Britain and other powers the
speech deplored the loss of business
and destruction Of property resulting
from the earthquake at Kingston.
Il have seen with satisfaction" said
the king, that the emergency has
been met by the governor and his Off
GERS with courage and devotion and
by the people with self-control. The
occasion has called forth many proofs
of practical good will from all parts
of my country and recognize with
sincere gratitude the sympathy shown
by the people Of the United States and
the assistance promptly offered by
their authorities"
The points i'll the kings speech
which attracted the most attention
were the references to the Kingston
disaster and the house of lords. When
his majesty spoke gratefully of the
assistance rendered by the American
navy to the earthquake sufferers he
turned in the direction of the diplo-
matte body and bowed to Ambassador
Reid
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WORTH ABOUT $4,000.
London Burglars Carry Off Valuable
Works of Art.

London Burglars Carry Off Valuable
Works of Art.
London, Feb. 13.-The most sensa.
tional art burglary since 1876, when
Gainsboroughs "The Duchess of Dew
onshire,'' now the property of J. Pier
pont Morgan, was stolen by an Amer
lean, occurred at Charles Wertheim,
er's residence on Park lane during the
night. Several costly canvasses, in
Guiding pictures by Gainsborough and
Reynolds, were cut out of their frames
and carried Off, The two Gainsbor-
oughs and Reynolds were worth to-
gether $90,00O So unskillfully we're
the pictures cut from their frames
that they have been irretrievably
ruined, even if they should be recov-
cred. The thieves also secured big
haul of Eighteenth century French
snuff boxes, miniatures, etc. They
made their exit from the front door
with their booty, which caused the
alarm bells to ring and aroused. the
household. The burglars, however,
got away before the police could be
summoned. The property stolen is
valued at $175,00O in all.
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ONE Man LOSES HIS LIFE.
Others Narrowly Escape Death In Phil.
adeIphia Fire

adeIphia Fire.
Philadelphia, Feb. ia fire in
which one man lost his life and sew
eral other persons had narrow escapes
from death seriously damaged the
five-story building at 1O5-1O7 South
Third street, in the heart of the finan-
cial district The building was occu-
pied by the Phoenix Pants, Overalls
and Shirt company and Ounce Sons
q Co., cotton commission brokers'.
The flames started in the upper por-
ton of the building occupied by the
Phoenix company and cut off the es-
cape by means of the stairway Of the
employees working on the top floor,
forcing them to use the fire escapes,
which were covered with ice and
snow. With one exception all Of the
two score employees safely reached an
adjoining building The one who
failed was Louis Deskeveskey, aged
twenty-six years, who in the excite
ment either jumped or fell from the
fire escape. He was instantly killed.
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Proprietor Of Des Moines "Baby
Farm" Arrested

Des Moines, Feb. Mrs. Fred
West, proprietor of baby farm"
has been arrested on a charge of MUIR
der in the first degree, it being al
legged that she put an infant to death
by means of laudanum because of it's
blindness. Affidavts were filed with
the local magistrate in which it is
charged that bodies of a number of
infants born at Mrs. Vests home
were burned in the furnace and the
ashes dumped in a cinder pile. Mrs
West was placed in the county jail.
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WAGE SCALE ADJUSTED.
Announcement Made by the Pennsyi-
vania Company.

Announcement Made by the Pennsyi-
vania Company.
Philadelphia, Feb. 13.-The follow
ing statement has been made by the
Pennsylvania railroad:
General Manager Atterbury has ad-
vised general superintendent Of the
Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg
and Erie that the engineers and fire
men have reached a satisfactory set
Element with the company and the
members of the committees have left
for their homes. The conductors have
also arrived at an agreement satisfac-
tory to both them and the manage
ment.
tThe members of the committee
representing the trainmen will go
home to ascertain if the concessions
accorded them by the company are
satisfactory"
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GIVEN FOUR DAYS TO REPLY.
Catholc Priests Submitting Contracts
TO French Officials.

Paris, Feb. 1.-The parish priests.
in obedience to the instructions Of the
bishops, are submitting to the mayors
eighteen-year contracts for the lease
of the churches and are giving the
officials four days in which to reply.
The mayors of some of the Catholic
Communes Immediately signed the
documtnts, but the papers must still
be COuntersigned by the projects, who
are awaiting the governments de-
cisiOn in the matter. Archbishop Vii.
latte, the American prelate. who is
assisting in the formation of the new
French national church, has lodged a
formal complaint against the Society
of Militant Catholics Of the neighbour
hood Of the Church of the Apostles,
where the services of the new church
will begin on Sunday next, charging
that they are preparing to create a
disturbance on that occasion.
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FAVORED BY HOUSE COMMITTEES
Proposed Investigation of New York
Cotton Exchange.

Washington, Feb. BY a unani-
nous vote the house committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce decided
to make a favorable report on a reso-
luton for the investigation of the
methods Of cotton exchanges by the
department of commerce and labor
The resolution is an amended form of
the Livingston and Burleson resolu-
ton and extends the investigation to
all cotton exchanges dealing in fu-
lures. Representative Lowering, who
will report the bill for the committee,
said that the New York and New Or
leans Exchanges are the two principal
ones dealing in futures, but that the
Memphis and st. Louis Exchanges
also have some dealings of that sort.
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SEVERAL DEATHS RESULT.
Zero Weather Causes Suffering in
New York City.

New York, Feb. 13.-The cold wave
which swept down on the city during
the night sent the mercury from well
up in the thirties down almost to the
zero mark. A strong wind which pre-
vailed in the early hours of the day
added much to the discomfort.
AS is usual when the mercury goes
tumbling there were tenement house
fires during the early hours of the day.
At least two deaths are known to
have resulted from the cold in the
city Neither of the victims has been
identified. One man was found lying
dead in Brooklyn and another man
was found dead in hallway in First
avenue, Manhattan. He apparently
had gone into the hallway to sleep
and had been overcome. Several
other persons who had been overcome
by the cold were found unconscious in
the street and were removed to hos
pitfalls.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Feb. 12.-Cattle- Beeves.
$4.O0@7.O5; cows and heifers, $1,000
5.25; stockers and feeders, $4,000
Ats; Texans, $3.75@4.4O; Westerns,
$3.S0@5.25. Hogs-Mixed and butch
ers, $6.S5@7.171a; good heavy, $685.
@7.17H; rough heavy, $6.S5@8.95;
light, $6.S5@7.10; pigs, s6.1506.sO.
Sheep, $S.25@5.65; lambs, $6.O007.6O.
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NEARLY TWO HUNDRED
LOSS OF LIFE BY SINKING OF
STEAMER LARcHMoNT OFF
BLOCK ISLAND, r. l..
ONLY NINETEEN PERSONS ARE SAVED
REMAINDER OF THE PASSENGERS
AND CREW DROWN OR PER.
18Th OF EXPOSURE.
DESPERATE BATTLE WITH High SEAS
REFUGEES IN SMALL BOATS UN.
ABLE TO REACH SAFETY
ON FRAIL CRAFT.

Block Island, R. l., Feb. 13.-Only
nineteen out of an estimated total of
from $50 to 200 persons survived the
sinking Of the Joy line steamer Larch-
mont in Block Island sound during the
night. OF the saved eight were pas
sengers, six men and two women, and
the rest were members of the crew,
including Captain McVey. The Larch-
mont, which was bound from Provi-
dence, R. l., to New York, went down
after colliding with the schooner
Harry Knowlton. The survivors
reached this island in small boats. In
the boats which carried the survivors
were the bodies of several passengers
who had frozen to death during the
trip from the wreck to the land.
1t is impossible to accurately fix the
number Of those lost. Captain McVey
estimated the number of passengers
as $50 and the crew as fifty. On the
basis of these figures the number of
those who persisted was placed at 181.
The bodies of the victims of the
disaster were being washed ashore
constantly. BY noon eighteen had
been taken from the water.
The collision between the Larch-
mont and the schooner occurred about
three miles off Watch Hill, R. I. The
Harry KnowitCn, which was bound
from South Amboy for Boston with
coal, foundered a few hours after the
accident, but Captain Frank T. Haley
and crew of six men escaped in the
ships boats and reached shore at
Watch Hill
Boats Swamped by High Seas.
According to Captain McVey of the
Larchmont the steamer remained
afloat barely ten minutes after the
collision. Boats and RATS were
launched hastily and in them passen-
gers and crew waged a desperate bat
tie with high seas and strong gales.
The night was extremely cold and
many died from exposure. Five boats
and four RATS, carrying nineteen sur
vivors and the bodies of eleven dead,
managed to reach Block Island. Sur
vivors expressed the opinion that all
on board the Larchmont had secured
places in boats or RATS, but that many
of the boats were swamped and many
persons were swept away by the seas
or had fallen overheard overcome by
the cold.
Captain McVey said he could not
estimate the exact loss of life at this
time His steamer left Providence
late in the evening and at the time of
the collision Captain McVey had not
had an opportunity to examine the
passenger list, which had been hand
ed to him just before his steamer left
Providence. The captains estimate
of the number of those on board
agrees, however, with the estimate
made by the Joy line officials at
Providence, who said that the Larch-
mont carried about $50 passengers
and a crew of fifty.
The inhabitants of all parts of the
island turned out to assist in rescue
work, although many of them live
several miles from the point off which
the steamer sank. The northwest
gale continued, with zero tempera-
ture, throughout the forenoon.
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KILLED HIS 6RoTHER-IN-LAW.
Clyde King Convicted of Murder at
MINNEAPOLIS.

Minneapolis, Feb. 13.-Clyde King,
slayer of his sisters husband, Elias
Jobes, has been found guilty of muir
der in the second degree, the jury re.
turning verdict after an all night
session.
King shot his brother-in-law dead at
the latter's home near Osseo, Henne-
pin county, on Christmas eve. His
sister and her three children were eye
witnesses. The two men had been in
Osseo and had quarreled when they
returned.
Kings defense was an allegation of
insanity.
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SUBMITS TO OPERATION.

President Castro of Venezuela Said to
Be Improving.
Washington, Feb. 13.-Official infor-
nation received here by the Venezu-
elan legation is to the effect that Pres
ident Castro has at last yielded to the
advice of his doctors and friends and
submitted to an operation, as the re-
suit of which his recovery seems as.
sured. This operation was performed
on Feb. by some Of the most en-
inent surgeons of Venezuela.
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TROUBLE MAY BE AVOIDED.
Pressure Will Be Brought to Bear o,
Honduras and Nicaragua.

Honduras and Nicaragua. n
Washington, Feb. 13.-Pressure is
being brought to bear by the United
States, Mexico, Salvador, Guatemala
and Costa RIGA on Honduras and
Nicaragua to keep them from war,
and it is now believed the efforts of
the peacemakers will be successful.
It was decided at conference at
the department of state between Sec.
rotary Root, Assistant Secretary Ba.
con and Senior Creel, the new Mexican
ambassador, that identical notes will
be sent by the United States and Mex.
leo to the prospective belligerents,
urging them to refrain from hostilities
and suggesting that they call into ses'
sion the arbitration tribunal in Saliva.
dor which was dissolved recently.
Rules for the suggested arbitration are
outlined in these notes.
Similar communications will be sent
by the governments Of Salvador, Costa
RIGA and Guatemala, to Nicaragua,
and Honduras.
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COAL TRUST INSIDE FACTS.
Budget Of information Given to Attor
ney General.

Budget Of Information Given to Attor.
ney General.
Philadelphia, Feb. I'm two books,
comprising about 500 pages, Alexan-
der Simpson, Jr., of Philadelphia, and
Charles e. Hughes, governor of New
York, have compiled new facts con.
corning the transportation and sale OF
coal by the great railway systems and
have attached therto report on the
ACCESSIBILITY of instituting civil suits or
criminal prosecutions against these
railroads and their officers.
All of this evidence was collected
by Simpson and Hughes, or others
under their direction, and carefully
complied, annotated and indexed for
the use Of Attorney General Bona,
parte. The report is in the hands of
the attorney general. But for his in.
disposition it would have been made
public early this week.
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Father and Four Children Dead,

Allentown, Pa, Feb. 49, Edwin
Reidnauer, baker, and his four chill
dren, from two to eight years old,
were burned in fire which destroyed
their home. Reidnauer was frying
doughnuts when the fat boiled over on
the floor, setting the house on fire.
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Canadian Banker Goes to Prison,

Toronto, Ont, Feb. 2.-Charles Nc
Gill, late, manager of the defunct On.
tario bank, pleaded guilty at the as
sizes to having made and signed false
returns to the government while he
was manager of the bank. McGill
was sentenced to five years in King
ston penitentiary, the maximum pen
atty. McGill may be used as wit
ness against President Cockburn of
the bank
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Case of Murder and Suicide.

Washington, Feb. 13.-Leonard L.
Brown, thirty-six years of age, mer-
chant, and Margaret Strawb, aged
twenty-six, were found dead in the
rear Of the formers store in this city.
The coroner. after an investigation,
said it was a case of murder and sui
eide. Brown was a married man with
one child.
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AGED Wisconsin Couple Killed.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Feb. 13-Mr
and Mrs. Ferdinand Wagner, an aged
couple living near Reeds Corners,
were killed by Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul road engine about a
mile north of Brandon. They were
driving into Brandon in a cutter at
the time of the accident
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RUSSIAN MINE DISASTER.

Forty Bodies So Far Recovered From
the Shaft.
Bakhmut, Russia, Feb. 13.-The coal
mines here caught fire during the day
while the miners were at work. AS
this dispatch is filed forty bodies have
been taken from the shaft.
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INTERNAL MACHINES FOR WHITE

Two Discovered in Residence of For.
mer Russian Premier.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 13.-Count
Witte confirms the report that an in
fernal machine, with a clockwork ap-
paratus attached, was found in an un-
lighted stove of his house. A servant
noticed a string dangling from the
door of the stove, investigated and
discovered box. Being suspicious Of
it's contents the servant summoned
the police, who found that it was an
Internal machine containing nitro
glycerin. 1t has not yet been ascer-
tanned if the box was introduced into
the stove through the chimney or
from the room.
A second Internal machine was
found in the Witte residence during
the day. Both machines were of poor
construction.
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Dies Of chIoroform Poisoning.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 13.-Profes-
sor H. Russell Burner, M. d., head of
local sanitarium and widely known
throughout the East, was found dead
at his home here from chloroform
poisoning. He gained extensive no.
toriety through advertising.
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st. Paul Union Stock Yards

st. Paul, Feb. 12.-Cattle.-Good to
choice steers, $5.5O@6.25; common to
good, $4.OO@5.00; good to choice COWS
and heifers, $3.50@4.75; veaIs, $4,000
800. Hogs-$6S0@6.90 sheep-We eth
ers, $4.75@5.25; good to prime spring
lambs, $6.50@7.25.
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HIGGINS, Condition Hopeless.

Clean, N. Y, Feb. 13-Dr. Hubbard
said during the morning that there
had been no Improvement in the con
dition of Ex-Governor Higgins, but
that he had lost ground and was
worse. In his opinion the case is now
HOPELESS