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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-12
AK FoR THAR ARREoT.
Several cvs,odlsas Of Chicago Pvblie
sehoSiS Nay as PYsseasted.

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Chicago. March ~ me arrest aa4
prosecution 81 oss pdhcipal and the
lsaitoFs and engineers % seven pvelto
uaa Driysts schools waS demanded 90
M0aaay by AetihE bIIldihH C0mzie
sionar robert Wright 10 . lstt@ ~
C~yrvr n white city prosecutor,
TITS demand followed = ooafsEesee
hsla " Goa mlssioBer KHisbt. Arehts
,set DpiEht g. PsFkihs u tbs eeafd
o. s4acaslga. ana Pirs MaFsAal HoFaa
AZ wbirh reports a. 70 ths Gre pf0tsts
tton oS Chicago seheoia made ~ lSe
hFs captains sni tNir'5 sad'dinG -
sVnetOra we're Reversed
Tts arrests asked toT are tasAe o.
eustsdisaa az sesno baiAin6s Whafe
doors havs beer f5pHi 0casd Wien
pspiis Esfs 10 rte,s sIsas aaa study
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-12
NIGHT RIDER RAID.
Visit Brookvll ky,--oettroy IS 900
Pounds Of Tobacco.


BrOokyllie. KY. March II Fifty
OF more might riders came into town
early TueSday In bugEirs and on
horseback AM before they LETT $1,000
pounds OF tobacco belonging 10 Robert
Stanton. one ~ the Wcalthiest plant,
ers In thli section. had been burned
Tho men we're heavily armed WITH
guns and fe,o'yers. 4 number Of the
men went - ne local exchange 81 tho
BrNokcu cUna'y telephone company
and kept guard over tas operator.
Migs HoltOn. 90 that no Sori could
be sent for assistance.
The men uors no masks bat are
net known here.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-12

oklahona cay OSia Marca IL
Dalezntes sof ne Hsfs reggsiican coz
ssneioa vA5ch meess Wednesday ~
select toar de'tsn;es V ~ NRuisaai
Reeghfsan u,nvesUas a gslcaso ~.
~isna Il Masters Tsta
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-12
THURMAN TO DIE MARCH 10.
He VIII Be the last To Be Hanged
In VIRGINIA.

In Virginia.
Norfolk. Va. March 1.-THE SUI
preme court OF appeals Of Virginia has
denied a petition for a writ 81 error
In the case Of Leo c. Thurman, for.
merly OF West Point. y Y, under
sentence Of death here for tae muir.
Ger. I'm 1906. OF Walter II. Dolsen OF
Michigan. Thurman must be hanged
Friday, March 10. Governor Swanson
having refused e. ecutiye clemency
Thurman will be the last man 10
be hanged In Virginia, the legisla'
turs having provided fov the electro
outlon Of criminals IN the future.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-12

Qsisry. Nslb AaFyh H. lAs siSlh-
lnr Eranifs y,gsasFs sso naF4 hesa
out sssse Nages 8 wfg Frf1l
Wesse.ef Ia gFfe
mees waIs - s
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-12

Ssw Oyisans "a Nartb u.--Tss
faRseai - coEEr@seraaA AsopiA Nsy
q. Whs died zsnaag. eas tets here
hoselaH isasTnest Hes 3 Maglstis
aazssaET.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-12
MUTINOUS CONVICTS
Seven Hundred Made Desperate
Rush For Liberty.
HAD FIGHT WITH THE GUARD
A. the state RsfOrmatory at PontIao,
H.. Proof Of We'll Planned Piot ~
oVsrruN Guards Wac Discovered.
Many injured In Flight.


Chicago. March IA dispatch 20
tho Trihlte from Pontiac, III, says,
\ dunpcratc rush " 200 mutlnoua
cOnyicts for the wall which stands be-
tween ,hom and liberty took place ~
the STATE rctormatory Monday,
Tho guards put w stubborn fight
and tho rlnEleadcrs., all Chicago GRIM
lnals, we're hcrdcd into tho top gal.
lcry, There. on a narrow platform
forty feet from the main Iloor. they
fought until finally Quclod
Half \ dozen guarda aud as many
prisoners were injured In the light,
Proof " a wrllpanncd plot To over
run the guards and gain their liberty
WAS dtsru,crcd by the Institutions
onClah
An wort VIII No made ~ sock out
tho o,.rr rinEIyHdvrs ans prcvGnt
any further plans uum Undertaking.,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
NIGHT RIDERS LEAVE RUINS.
Thirteen Negro Churches and SCHOOL,
houses Burned Down.

Albany, Ga.-There is a reign Of
terror among the negro inhabitants
of considerable portion of Calhoun,
Baker and Miller Counties, following
n raid by night riders. when thirteen
negro churches ard schoolhouses
were burned.
The buildings destroyed were
Mount Zion Church and schoolhouse,
Pleasant Hill Church and school
house, Christ Church and school,
house. Little Zion Church and school,
f~use. Belmont Church. Mount Aetna
Church and schoolhouse and New
Salem Church and schoolhouse.
The riders first appeared three
miles east of Kestler, where the first
church was fired. Then they galloped
away toward the east, and before the
glare Of the first fire had reached it's
height another was being kindled a
few miles away. Fire followed fire,
and the destruction of every building
to which the torch was applied was
complete.
Many Of the best members of the
negro race in the three counties
named are members of the congrega-
tons of some of the burned churches.
This il the same community where
a few months ago negro lodge rooms
were dynamited and where there have
been several lynchings recently.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
TRAPPED EAE#EHfE FIRE
FLAMES ana Smoke Do swid Work
N Double Houssin New York
Family OF Five Die in Rooni-Police
Suspect Incendiary Work at
Blaze in Mulberry Street.

New York City. = Nine persons
were burned 10 death and six others
were injured IN a fire which started
in tenement house at No. Il Null
berry street carly in the morning.
One Of the men who was injured in
the wild panic which followed the
discovery OF the blaze will probably
die. A number of tenants in the
building were overcome by smoke in
the upper floors of the structure de-
stroyed
Identified dead: Dominic Barrotti.
twenty years old: Pietro Fuccelli,
thirty years old; Marie Fuccelli.
twenty-seven years old; - Fuc-
celli. boy. seven years old; - Fuc-
celli. girl, five years old: - Fuc-
cell, hoy. three years old.
Unidentified dead: Man. thirty-fve
years old; man. twenty years old;
boy. fifteen years old
FIremen found the bodies Of Mr..
and Mrs. Dominic Fuccelli and their
three children on the fourth floor OF
the building. and the bodies OF three
unknown men were found in another
room on that floor
Only one alarm was turned in FOR
the fire, and Il was under control
after an hours work by the fremen.
The cause of the blaze Is unknown.
but the police and the fire marshal
suspect that it was of incendiary o-i-
gin and arc investigating.
Several women jumped from the
fire escapes without being nurt seri-
ously. as an improvised life net had
been made of blanket. Several chill
dren were also dropped into it as by
ISLANDERS held It taut
The fremen found me fire escapes
o. the burned building Uttered with
household materials. and in many in
stances the windows had been partly
boarded up by the tenants TO prevent
their small children from climbing
out on the fire escapes.
The Railways OF the building were
in darkness, and several other viola
tons of the building laws made th'
place a fire trap.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
BULLDOG ATTACKS SHERIFF.

Hagerstown Especially - Deputy
Sheriff Long went to townsville, this
county, to arrest Norman Bowers,
youth, wanted on the charge of steal
ing bicycle belonging to Alex. Viii
liams, of Hagerstown. Bowers was
located at the home of Augustus Izer
but he resisted arrest when the off
Ger attempted to take him in charge
During the struggle between the off
Ger and Bowers Deputy Long was at
tackled by bulldog and he was fore
ed to release his prisoner in order
to protect himself from the brute
During the excitement Deputy Longs
arms. body and legs were lacerated
by the dogs teeth and claws. and his
clothes were badly torn. While the
officer was contending with the dog
Bowers made his escape
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
STATE Of Maryland
H. G, DUDLEY BUYS TWO FARMS
Baltimorean Invests In Property Tn
Wye Neck.

Centreville Especially Mr.. Hiram
G. Dudley. senior member of n,
commission firm of Dudley G. Car
penter, Baltimore. has purchased q,
Messrs. James H. and Thomas u
Dodd two adjoining farms in Wv.
Neck. The farms were original,
one tract and was known as the Sam
uel Thomas farm The one purchas
ed of Mr.. Thomas H. Dodd contain.
ed $50 acres of land, with good bufT.S
ings, and was sold for $4,000. Tbs
one purchased of Mr.. James H. Dndf
contained 203 acres of land. wifi
poor buildings and brought sS.O00
4 total OF $4,000 for the two tracts
Mr.. Joseph E. George has pur
chased the Cochran farm, near Ches.
tertown. containing 416 acres. fo,
$4,000.
BY the reassessment of propert,
in the county this year the taxable
basis of the county will be increased
s647.000. This will give a basis
for the next fiscal year of practicall,
100000. whereas the basis fo,
the present year is something over
100000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
CORPSES OF DRUNEARDS
EXHIBITED TO CHILDREN
Six Hundred School Boys and Girls
Marched Past Bodies of Two
Men Killed by Whisky.

Kokomo, Ind-As an object lesson
IN temperance 600 school children
were lined up and marched in regular
file past the bodies of two men found
dead in the woods from intoxication
and exposure.
Charles Thresher and William and
Charles Lindley went on what they
thought was a last chance spree be-
fore the Local Option law went into
effect. They bought two gallons of
whisky and went to the woods near
Greentown, ten miles east of here.
Two of the three men were found
dead and the third was in dying
condition. They were taken to
Greentown.
On the suggestion of the Rev. DR..
Hall, pastor of the Greentown Metho-
dist Church, the school children of
the place were shown a specimen OF
the deadly work of intoxicants.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
BATTLE FORIENPERAACE
Days Fight Closes $50
Salons ii Ohio. "
Crusaders Win an Unexpectedly Com
plete Victory-Children View
Horrible Examples"

Columbus, Ohio. = Two hundred
and eighty-nine saloons in Ohio were
Knocked out in one day in eleven
county local option elections. This
following the two elections in which
fifty were put out of business is per-
haps the most stunning blow the
liquor interests have received in OPP
ton elections.
Although il was expected the drys
would win, probably their most ar
dent workers did not expect them to
carry all the eleven elections held.
The maiorities were overwhelming.
Elections will be held within the next
two weeks in fifteen other counties.
The results OF the days elections
follow:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
- :
Prominent People.

Sven Hedin, the explorer, arrived
at Simla. after long trip in Tibet
He says that he made valuable dis
coveries.
Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke returned
from Europe with valuable additions
to the treasures of the New York Met.
ropolitan Art Museum.
Lieutenant-General Baden-powell
speaking at meeting in London In
connection with&a crusade against
cigarette smoking, said that $4,000.
600 t$75,000,000) a year was spent
on cigarettes. He thought this could
be easily saved
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
OUT OF WORK. SHOT HIMSELF.
Thomas Baker Lost His Job And
Could Not Find Another.

Cumberland Especially. - Thoma!
Baker. aged 43. at Midland. thi
county. shot himself in the restaurant
of Myles Thompson. as result
dependency from having been out q
work. He was a miner. but havins
lost his place in the mines. had en-
gagged at other work and was last
hotel clerk at Hopewell. Pa. He wa,
about to remove with his wife ant
two children to West Virginia. Pass
ing through the restaurant of Mr.
Thompson, he entered an adjoining
room and called out, "Goodby, NV
les"
He seated himself in a chair ane
fired. The bullet penetrated hi.
breast just below the heart. He wa.
brought to the Western Maryland
Hospital here. While he evidentl,
aimed at the heart. the shot was TOT
low and there is slight hope for h.
recovery. He is a brother OF vii
liam E. Baker. of the Olympia Hotel
Cumberland.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
SHOOTS BROTHER At PLAY.
New Jersey Boys We're Acting as Sol.
diers--Thought Gun Empty.

Newton, n. while playing sol
diers" in the yard of their home al
Circleyille. near this place. John
Rich, Jr. accidentally shot and killed
his brother. Edgar, sixteen years old.
with a shotgun
Before the brothers began to march
around the yard. John went into the
house and got an old gun. which had
been stored away, and which he be-
lieved was not loaded Returning to
the yard. be ordered Edgar to throw
up his hands. Edgar did not comfy
with the order as soon as John de-
sired. and. pointing the gun at hirl.
John pulled the trigger. The shot
entered Edgar's left side and pene-
trated the lung. He dropped to the
ground and was carried into the
house b. John. A physician was
summoned, but before he arrived ed
gar died
The authorities made no arrest.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
Killed BY Her Riding Horse.

Cumberland Especially Mrs. Al
bert Carder is dead at Points. Hamp
shire County, as the result of having
been thrown from horse which fell
on her, striking her in the breast. She
was found at the spring where she
was watering the horse in a semi
conscious condition by one of hei
children and death came in short
time from hemorrhage of the lungs.
She leaves seven children. the old
est being IL years.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
Notes of the Diamond.

Pitcher Quinn, of Richmond, and
outfielder Cree, of Williamsport,
Joined the Highlanders.
Boo Unglaub is hitting at 800
clip for Washington and playing a
very good game at third base.
Report is current now that when
the 1909 baseball season begins Hal
Chase will don Cleveland uniform.
The secretary of the National Base
ball Commission was directed to re-
turn to player Isbell, of the Chicago
Americans, the S10O collected from
him as fine for not reporting at the
opening of the season.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
Saloons

IN tHItt UayS o5V sdIJOuS udFS
been knocked out
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
Stub Ends of News.

Fred D. Yuengling. son of brew
er, died in the prison ward of Belle
nue.. New York City.
The merger of the Andover Theo-
logical Seminary and the Harvard
Divinity School has been effected.
DR.. Robert Koch, of Berlin, ar
rived in Washington, D. c., to attend
the International tuberculosis Con-
gress.
Mail advices from Berlin say that
the dynasties of eleven German
States are threatened with extinction
and may soon pass into the hands of
the Emperor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
Sonfh.s Corn and Hwy

Zone of my best customers in Mis-
sissippi offers to sell me 400 tons of
hay and $4,000 bushels OF corn" said
Memphis grain jobber. Il have re-
ceived other offers of corn and feed
stuffs from the same State. so there
must have been exceedingly good
yields in those crops. The South is
learning to diversity its farming more
and more, and this year the corn and
hay crops are large" Ia,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
The Field of Labor.

BARRIERS Protective Union, at San
Francisco, Cal. has $4,000 in its
treasury.
Lynn (Mass) building trade unions
are getting together for one central
council that will include all.
The Legislature of Massachusetts
increased the limit of work for wom-
en- and children in factories from
fifty-four hours week to fifty-six
hours.
There is a movement under way to
organize a building trade section of
the American Federation of Labor
IN Fargo. N. D.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
BOY INSTANTLY KILLED.
Skull Crushed And Jaw Broken B,
Wagon Wheel.

Chestertown Especially Harry S
Everett, the lS-year- old son of Mich
ael Everett. living on William Col
Inns farm, near town, was run ovei
by his fathers farm wagon and in
stantly killed. The boy had beer
to town after load of fertilizer and
was returning when the foreboard
of the wagon fell out. throwing hin
between the horses feet and tht
wagon pole. The wheels of the wa
gon pasesd over the boys head
crushing the skull and breaking the
jaw.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
HAGERsTOWN WIFE MISSING.
Mysteriously Disappears From Ilomt
And Husband Finds No Clew.

Hagerstown Especially Mrs. Lii
lie Bowers. wife of c. H. Bowers, {
well-known resident of Hagerstown
mysteriously disappeared from HON,
about a week ago. and her husband
who is nearly distracted over hi!
wife's absence, has no knowledge o.
her whereabouts.
He left his home one morning
about week ago, when his wife, who
appeared in a cheerful frame of mind
babe him good-by, as usual Wher
he returned at night she was missing
All efforts to find her have proved
fruitless.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
LOCAL OPTION LAW CAUSES
TROUBLE TO INDIANA GOVERNOR
His Demand That Charges Be Sifted
is Granted and Legislator Acc
cuses Him Under Oath.

Indianapolis, Ind-Governor Han
ly read a demand to the House of
Representatives, which was granted,
that a full and rigid investigation be
made of the charge of Luther w.
Kniseiy. Democratic Representative,
that the Governor and Senator Thos.
S. Wickwire had offered Knisely a
position paying from $500 to $4,000
q year for his vote in favor of county
local option.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
S25,O0o,O00- DROUGHT ENDS
Rain Brings Relief to Parched,
District After Ten Weeks. l I
Weather Bureau Forecasts Sufficient
Rain in Eastern States to
Quench Forest Fires.

Pittsburg. Pa. - The 100000
drought which for weeks past has
threatened the ruin of every farmer
within 10000 square miles in West
ern Pennsylvania. Eastern Ohio and
Northern West Virginia, was broken
by rain. In some parts OF the district
there had been no rain for more than
ten weeks. In the Pittsburg district
there had not been even a small show
er for more than five weeks. and all
over the district there had been a
world of suffering because the
streams had dried up and cattle were
dying as we'll as the crops.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
TWO SUMMER HOTELS BURNED.
Cottages ct Winthrop. Mass, Also
Durned-Loss, $4,000.

Cottages ct Winthrop. Mass, Also
Durned-Loss, S150,OOO.
Boston, Mass.-Crest Hall and the
Ocean View Hotel. two OF the largest
summer hotels on the ocean boule-
ward at Winthrop, known as the
Crest. were burned, together with
several cottages. The loss on the
hotels and cottages burned up to l
O'Clock was estimated al $15c, 900.
Two women who were guests at
Crest Hall. Mrs. A c. Dumont, OF
Cincinnati. and Miss Martin, were
reported missing. All the other
guests at Crest Hall. numbering fifty.
and the thirty-fye guests at the
Ocean View Hotel are accounted for
Crest Hall was owned by Frederick
Hall, and was built seven years ago
at cost OF $4,000. The Ocean
View Hotel was owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. D. O'Brien, and was valued
at $4,000. 1t was but three years
old.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
FOUE SLAIN AT CHURCH.
Rioters From Saloon Nearby Shoot
Into Consrc saticn at Jellico, Tenn.

Rioters From Saloon Nearby Shoot
Into Consrc saticn at Jellico, Tenn.
Jellico, Tenn.-One of the blood
lest affairs in the history of East
Tennessee occurred near the Tennes-
see-Kentuclly line north of Anthras
postofice. The scene was a little
Baptist church, within fifty yards of
which is blind tiger" which has
been operated for months.
The services had closed and nearly
all the congregation had emerged
from the church. when a crowd of
drunken men who had visited the
blind tiger" began firing into the
worshipers with pistols. John Ben
nett, j. w. Mckinney and Edward
Thomas were shot down at the church
door and died almost instantly,
streams of blood from their wounds
flowing down the steps from the little
church. The preacher, the Rev. Mr..
Kind, was shot and mortally wound
ed, falling in the church yard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
CONVICTED MEN CAN VOTE.
10000 Whose Sentences Were Sus.
pended Affected in New York.

Il
Albany. n Yin a decision hand
ed down by the Court of Appeals it is
neld that a person who has been con-
victed of crime and upon whom SEN
tence had been suspended can vote
without first having been restored to
citizenship.
The question was raised by George
Fabian, of New York City, who was
arrested for illegal voting. on the
ground that he had not been restored
to citizenship, having two years be-
fore been found guilty Of burglary,
when sentence was suspended. The
question passed upon was whether
the word convicted means the ver-
dict of jury or the solemn judgment
of the court.
Il is understood the decision will
affect the right of about 10000 to
vote in this State.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
SICK WoMAN's ESCAPE.
Stray Bullet Strikes The Wall Jus
Above Her Bed.

Hagerstown (SpeciaD. = At thu
residence of Grover c. Hoch. Wes
Washington Street. Hagerstown. {
shot was fired through window il
the bedroom in which Mrs. Hoch wa.
lying seriously i'll. The bullet wat
found imbedded in the wall just ovel
Mrs. Hoch's bed. The police vert
notified, but failed to find any clue
to the person who fired the shot
Twice during the past week the Hocl
home has been entered by strange
man, evidently bent on robbery, bw
both times he escaped before tn,
officers arrived.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
Cumberland Bank no Move.

Cumberland Especially The Com
mercial Savings Bank, Cumberland
OF which John w. Young. clerk o.
the court, is president, has purchased
the business block fronting on Cen.
tire. Frederick and Liberty Street. op-
posite the postoffice and the banH
will be moved to the Liberty Street
corner. The building has a large
number of rooms and offices.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
THOUSANDS DEAD IN FLOODS.
Bodies of Hindu Victims Found
Lodged in Trees Near Rivers.

Bombay, India-Thousand of ma.
tive houses have been washed away,
and there has been a heavy loss of
life in the Hyderabad and Deccan dis
tricts as result of the foods which
followed an unprecedented rainfall.
The River Musi rose sixty feet, all the
bridges were carried away and the
country was devastated for many
miles in either direction.
Corpses are strewn everywhere,
and scores of bodies have been found
stranded high in the branches OF
trees, where they were lodged by the
swollen waters.
The native hospital at Hyderabad
was undermined by the waters and
collapsed and all the inmates were
buried in the wreckage.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
Hydcrabad a Vast Graveyard.

Bombay, India.-The correspond.
ent of newspaper who reached Hy.
derabad, the capital of the flooded
district, describes that city as a vast
grave. The streets and bazaars have
been transformed into a grewsome
mass of stone and mud and decom.
posed flesh. Six hundred corpses
were taken out of the mud at one
SPOT. The funeral pyres burned day
and night. The damage is estimated
at 2o0,000,000 rubles.
Lord Dudley Boycotted.
Sydney, N S. W.-Tne last levee
held by the Governor General, Lord
Dudley. was boycotted by all the for
eign Consu.s. The reason for this
was the withdrawal of the right OF
private entree to such functions.
Captain of Craft Condemned.
Kingston, Jamaica.-The owner
and the captain Of a small coaster
were heavily fined in the lower court
here for breach of the Marine Board
law In having struggled nine Chinese
into Cuba recently.
Congo Exonerates Leopold.
Brussels. Belgium.-The Congo
Independent State, in an official docu-
ment replying to the attacks upon
the administration of the State, says
that the charges that King Leopold
enriched himself in the Congo are
untrue, and deprecates and protests
against the "falsehoods and legends"
circulated in England and tho TTnifod
States with regard to cruelty and
abuse in the Congo.
Brazil Signs treaty With Argentina.
Rio Janeiro. president Penna has
signed the general arbitration treaty
with the Argentine Republic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-09
Ireland Honors Mr.. o'sIara.

Dublin.-Joseph O'Mara, the Irish
tenor, had triumphal tour of Ire
land preparatory to his departure
for the United States The Lord
Mayor of Dublin gave reception in
his honor and lie was presented with
the freedom OF his native city, Lin
erick.