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The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
BEAR KILLS CHILD
Gagged Animal Escaping Brushes In
 fant Before Mothers Eyes.

Tucson. Ariz,, oct. IA tragedy was enacted at Elysian Grove. a pleasure park, when an immense black bear es- caped from n cage today and charged d throng of visitors. The animal which had been raised fin captivity from a cub had been in the habit of drinking soda pop at the bar and when he es- capped he went there. He was driven away twice by the attendants, who at tempted to drive 1t into It's cage. The beast became enraged and charged tho crowd The wife of q Southern Pacific employe, Buss Laird, ran with go- cart containing ar infant. Tho bear pursued and snatched the infant and crushed 1t Co death before it's mothers eyes. It was attacking the women when shot from poicemans revolver stopped t. The by-standcrs opened n fusllade and killed the bear with a score of bullets The beast had been closely confined since week ago when it attacked small boy,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
PHILADELPHIA AWAkES
After 225 Years Town is Once More
 Aroused to Enthusiasm.

Philadelphia, Oct. i.-From out the historic old belfry of Independence Hall where once the liberty of new born nation was proclaimed, there came today the peals of a bell to signal the opening of the most unique and significant civic celebration the coun- try has ever witnessed
 Bells and chimes in all of the city churches joined in tho bronze-tongued chorus and Philadelphia was aroused at dawn to realization of the advent of founders week the the 225th an- niversary of the founding of the city by William Penn.
 Profound services of praise and thanksgiving held in the churches to. day will be followed tomorrow and throughout all of the coming week by a succession of pageants which prom Iise to eclipse anything of the kind here- tofore attempted. Not since the fam. ous centennial celebration of 1876 have the citizens of Philadelphia been aroused to such a pitch of enthusiasm
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
NEW HAYENERS IN
 TAXICAB STRIKE
Their Chauffeur Attacked or Fifth Avenue for Acting as
 a Strike Breaker.
MAN BEATEN SENSELESS
II. K, Bnrnaby, II. Henzcker and Carl Reynolds Evlcted from Cab on
 Way to Grand Central,

15uyv r rr-S, ett ett-tt7 +7-ss-tee ss-teeAea nE- -dlanE- der occurred in many parts of the city today as a result of tho strike of the chauffcurs of the New York Taxlcab company, which was declared yester' day one strikcbrcaker was probably mortally injured, q number of others were painfully beaten and several or tho red taxcabs operated by the com pany were damaged.
 Only eighty cars were sent out from the garage during the day and each was manned by chauffeur and a spe- cial policeman. Many of tho machines returned to the garage with broken windows, dcntcd sides and punctured tires having been bombarded with stones and other missiles thrown by strike sympathizers who lined Broad- way and Fifth avenue.
 Alexander Schenck was attacked In front of the Knickerbocker club on Firth avenue. He had attempted to drive H. K. Barnaby II, Henzeker and carl Reynolds. all of New Haven, Conn. to the Grand Central depot A dozen men overlook his machine at q crossing, pulled hlm from the box, compelled the special policeman to flee, evlcted the passengers and then beat schenck until he was senseless. Schcnck had concussion of the brain, dislocated shoulder and was other wise injured. He was taken to the hos pltal.
 A number of arrests were made dur ing the day of mon caught throwing missiles at taxieahs or trying to injurc the drivers of them The company claims the strike has been broken but the strikers deny this,
 John Mahoney, special officer while escorting one of the strike breakers to his home tonight fired into a crowd which had surrounded then on Forty-eighth street and shot Char les Fltzsmtnons, Q 16 year old boy II tho back Fitzslmmons was removed to Roosevelt hospital in n dying con ditlon. Mahoney was arrested.
 Mahoney says he believed the crow' that surrounded him and the man h was protecting inetnded to attack him ' The youth who was wounded is sal to have had nothing to do with tn strike.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
WELD MORE TRACKS
Lorain Company to Begin Work on West Chapel
 Street To day.
AN INTERESTING PROCESS
Three Types of Cars Needed in Work of Making Two Car
 Rails One.

A continuation of the track welding process begun by the Connecticut com- pany in this city about a year ago will commence here this morning when the cars and men of the Loraln Steel com pany will start work on the welding of the tracks on West Chapel street. The Lorain companys cars were brought to this city yesterday from Waterbury where they have been at work in or der that they may start on tho work here today Besides the West Chapel street section which is to be started now, Whitney avenue and possibly some other streets are also expected to be included in the work.
 This track welding process as 1t Is 10 be undertaken by the Lorain company here is a very Interesting process. It Is designed to save the wear on the tracks at the joints and also 10 make the rails smoother and allow tho ears to run even more smoothly than at present. The tracks at the joints are first carefully cleaned of every bit of foreign substance by q car which con tains a sand blast machine and which gets out all the substances that would interfere with the welding process. Then along comes the second car which contains rotary transformer and which takes the current from the troll ley wires and sends 1t into the rails as an alternating current. \ hugo steo clamp exerting pressure of nearly 4 tons holds two steel plates in position on either side of the rail at the join which is to be welded and then the current Ia run through and short cir cuited Into the plates and tho rail al tho Joint This works up tho steel un. der the plates and the plates them selves to very high heat and fuse, them 30 that tho plates become a par Of the track and the joint when cooled is solid.
 After the clamp has been taken ava, third car passes over and this planes
 away tho roughnesses and smooths th whole Into one piece of solid rail where
 two had met before.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
FIFTEEN YEARS A MAN
Woman 30 Years Old, Held nt Ellis
 Island for Violating Law.

New York oct. 4 Mary Johnson, of California, Is a prisoner at Ellis Island for violating the laws of New York in wearing mems clothes, For fifteen years she has masqueraded in male at tire under the name of Frank Wood- hull' because she felt that as a man she could better earn her living,
 The woman, who Is well educated, and about fifty years old, was a steer ago passenger on tho Thor New York, which arrived here Saturday, and to- day when the 150 immigrants who came in the steerage of that vessel were in' spected by government officials, q sharp-eyed clerk became suspicious ol Frank Woodhull' and called the at- tentlon of hospital doctors to her. Al this the woman said.
 Gentlemen, will tell you the truth I am woman She was dressed m T dark suit and overcoat and wore rather tight7htting trousers A slouch hat covered a head of black hair which was slightly gray about the temples
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
KILLED BENEATH AUTO
Mother and Daughter Die When Car
 Plunges Over Embanlment.

Mahoney City, Pa, Oct, 4.-In an automobile plunge over a 25 foot em- bankment at Gordon today, Mrs, Peter Young, 34 years old, and her daugh- ter Helen, aged 8 years, were in- stantly killed and her husband Peter Young seriously and Peter Young jr, and Charles Clark, nephew of tho dead woman, all of Ashland sustained fractured skulls and internal injuries The injured were removed to the state hospital and little hope is entertained for their recovery, The steering gear of the machine failed to work and Mir. Young who was driving, put on the power which caused the $500 pound car to veer and plunge over the em- bankment, trapping the victims be- meath 1t.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
BROKER IN RUNAWAY
John E. Van Clcaf Injured and Mother
 Killed fin Accident.

New York, Oct. 4l-Mrs. Isabella Van Clenf seventy years old widow. was killed almost instantly and her son, John C. Van Cleaf. wealthy broker. was injured to-day in a runaway ac- oident on upper Broadway, MT. Van Clef took his mother out for an airing fin his best roadster. and when they were returning home fire engine whistle frightened the horse and it ran away.
 After runnn gfor several blocks the horse struck an elevated railroad pill lar. felling himself and throwing Mrs Van Clef and her son out of tho car- rlage. Mrs. Van Cleaf struck on her head and died few minutes later from fraeturedo skull. Mir. Van Cleaf will recover.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
EIGHT DIE IN FLAMES
Crowded Mulberry Street Tenement
 Scene of Early Morning Fire.

New York, Oct. b. Eight persons were burned to death and several were injured, one fatally, in a fire in a crowded tenement house on Mulberry street, l and o'clock this morning. Several tenants jumped from windows and fire escaes when flames cut off their retreat.
 \ The fire started on the first floor in "a dry goods store and spread rapidly, There is fire escape on the front of the building but 1t was of little use for the fifty persons in the building completely lost their heads and chil- dren were thrown from the windows to the streets Fortunately nearly all of these children were caught by per sons on the sidewalk.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
STUDENTS' STRIKE
Special Meeting of Russian Cabinet
 Approves Closing of University.

St. Petersburg, Oct. 4-Thc crisis brought about by the threatened strike of the students at St. Petersburg uni- meeting of the cabinet last night MT Schwartz the minister of education. outlined the question at issue and said that he fully approved the decision of the faculty to close the university as a measure calculated 10 prevent conflicts between the conservative and radical factions of the student body The in terventlon of the police and the closing of important universities has created A bad impression In political circles, but 1t Is hopad that the Duma will be able to bring about cOmprOmise.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
LOVERS KILLED BY TRAIN.

New York, oct, 4--While walking across the tracks of tho Long Island railroad at Winfield, Queensborough, to-day, James c. English and his fancee, Catherine Murphy, both of Manhattan were struck by an express train and Instantly killed The flag man at the crossing says they were conversng so earnestly that they ap- parently did not gee his signal flag, or head his warning shout,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
MOB KILLS FAMILY
Negro Home Fired by Whites In Ken
 tuckcy and Occupants Shot.

Hickman, Ky, oct 4.-Dnvid Walker a negro his i~2 year old daughter and his baby, were killed outright, the mother, who was holding tho baby In other children will probably de, qs 2 result of tho moba visit to the Walker homo last night In addition the oldest son Is missing, and is supposed to htye been burned with the ncgroe cabin, which was fired by the mob. Walker had cursed a white woman and thront- ened a white man with | plstol, it is said. When the mob of about fifty men ordered him to comef rom his house he replied with a shot, Tho torch was thcn applied to the house, and as the occupants came out they were shot down.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
CRIPPLED STEAMER IN
Norwegian Steercd 500 Miles by
 Winches When Ruddcr Snapped.

North Sydney, N, S., Oct, 4.---After battling with mountainous seas and gales, during which aho had her rud- der stock broken and was steercd 800 miles to port by the aid of her winches, the Norwegian steamer Sangstad, Captain H, From, in ballast from Middleboro, Eng, for Wabana, has arrived at St Johns, N. F., with her decks swept and in q badly bat tered condition. On Sunday last she ran into a terrific gale, which lasted for two days. Tn the midst of the storm, tremendous wave struck her stern, breaking the rudder stock She will be detained three weeks making repairs,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
FOURTEEN GRAND MASTERS
Present at Celebration Of St. JOhn's
 t75th Anniversary.

Boston oct 1.-The three days obs servances which arc to commemorate tho 175th anniversary of the founding of St. Johns lodge, A. r & A. NJ of this city, the oldest lodge of Mesons in the country. began today when near ly 4,0O0 Masons crowded Fremont Tenn pie for the opening religious services. Tn the gathering were IA grand masters, representing the thirteen original states and Maine
 Bishop John W. Hamilton of the Methodist Episcopal church delivered inc sermon.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
DEATH ROLL OF 5O,OOO.

AlIahabad, British India, Oct. a,-- The latest reports from Hydoabade estimate the flood casualties at 50,000. order is being gradually restored and the bodies buried, Few Europeans ventu red near the scene on account of the odors which the wind carries many miles.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
President Gives Out Letter on Prohibition Which Cover nor Said He Would Not
 be Willing to do.
PR0HIBITIONISTS ASKED IT
Letter Refers to Legislature Pending in Congress on Shipments of MhlskeY Into Dry
 Territory.

Washington, oct At the sugges- tion of l. II Norris, chairman of the republican state committee of Okla homa, President Roosevelt tonight made public a letter he wrote to Gov, Haskell relative to shipments of whls- key into prohibition territory. Gov Haskell, In a recent statement mention- ed the fact that he had such 0 letter from the president and intimated that the writer might not like to have It given publicity,
 This aroused interest in prohibition quarters and there were many inquiries from that quarter as to the contents of the letter Chairman Norris wrote to Secretary Loeb, suggesting that the letter be made public fin order to check Haskel's grandstand play as he puts it. Mir Roosevelt acceded to the request and tonight gave out the Haskell letter. together with Mir. Nor ris' note to Mir. Loeb President Roose. welt wrote to Gov Haskell as follows: "The White House, Washington, April 13, 1908.
 NY DedT JONeTHOTs
 T have received your letter and shall give 1t careful consideration. The matters, of course, concern congress primarily, and legislation is now un- der consideration to decrease the amount of assistance which vlolators of local prohibition statutes can ob- toin from the rules necessarily pro. tecting interstate commerce and the use of the mails,
 Sincerely yours,
 Theodore Roosevelt" 'TIon c. N. Haskell, Governor of okla
 homa, Guthrie, Okla"
 The following is Chairman Norris letter to Secretary Loeb:
 Guthrie, Oklahoma, Oct, 3, 1908. civilian Loeb, jr., Washington, D. c. "Gov. Haskell has aroused the pro ..hibiNonists of the entire country b, claiming to have received last winte from the president letter advocating his Idea of interstate commerce ship ments of whiskey into prohibition ter ritory. Haskell insnuates the presiden ' might not want the letter publishe' and he Is being besleged by prohlol tionists everywhere to make 1t public Haskell withholds 1t, however, for ef feet. If the president would have n objections to the publication of the let ter, 1t might be a good plan to releas 1t for publication in Washington an check Haskell's grandstand play,
 JOSEPH H. NORRIS,
 ckstrInan Republican State Commit
 tee."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
CARPENTERS SUSPENSION
Ruling Out of Cornell Athlete by Brit
 ish Association of Great Effect.

London, Oct. 4--The suspension of J. C. Carpenter of Cornell which was ordered yesterday at q general com mittee meeting of the Amateur Atn- letic association in connection with his alleged fouling of Halswelle in the 400 meter race at the Olympic games, may have important results in con- necHon with Anglo-Amercan athlet- les.
 According to the rules of the Anna teur Athletic association no English runner can compete against him or against any other athlete, who, here after shall take part in d contest in which he is entered.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
APPEAL FOR JAN POUREN.

Boston, oct A mass meeting was held In Faneull Hall today to protest against the extradton of Jan Pouren, n Russian political refugee who Is now held in New York. Resolutions form ulated by Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Henry E. Blackwell, Alice Stone Blackwell, and others were adopted and will be forwarded to President Roosevelt.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
JAPS' WELCOME TO FLEET
Sixteen of Her Battleships Prepared
 to Greet Americans.

Toklo, oct. 4-Japan Is planning to give the American battleshIp fleet a welcome that shall eclipse in splendor and enthusiasm any of tho previous receptions tcudcrod inc American yes sels on their voyage around the world The arrival of tho fleet at Manila has given stimulus to the interest In their forthcoming visit to Japan, and the preparation for the constant en- tertainment of tho American officers and mon are now completed. The ves- ses are duo here october r and will remain q week.
 When the sixteen warshlps under the command of Admiral Spcrry steam into Yokohama harbor the salutes of their guns will be answered in kind from sixteen battleships of the Japan TsU HHvy, -ffA1TuEH vUESuttS aifrrurffy tttu trt anchor off Yokohama at the buoys to which tho American Nsrships are tc he assigned
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
GERMAN PROFESSOR ARRIVES.

New York, Oct 4,---Eugene Kuhne- mann, professor of philosophy at the University of Breslau. Germany, was a passenger on the steamer Bleucher, which arrived here from Hamburg to- day. Professor Kuhnemann Is on his way to Harvard university, he being one of the German exchange professors This is his second duty at Harvard
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05

Derby, Conn, oct, 4.--The cake and candy sale held Saturday afternoon at the new high school building under the auspices of the Athletic association of the school was success in every par ticuar. The cake, made by the girls of the school, met with ready sale, as did the large supply of candy A neat sum was added to the athletic fund by the event.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
JOE oHAMBERbAIN NOT OUT YET

Birmingham, Oct 4,--Members of the family today denied the report published in the News and the World that Joseph Chamberlain intended shortly to retire from the House of Commons. On the contrary they de- clare that his health is much improv- ed and that he is preparing an ad- dress to his constituents,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
MANILA RECOVERING.

Manila, Oct. 5,-There were nIne new cases of cholera and two deaths. but only two new cases up to noon to-day. It Is believed that the cooler weather which has followed the typhoon has had a good effect In decreasing the number of new cases,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
d7 HORSES DIE IN FIRE.

Cranston R. l., Oct. 4--Forty- seven horses were burned in a fire that de- stroyed the large barn owned by the J. IA Budlong & Son company market gardeners, in Auburn tonight. The loss is estimated at $30,000
 The cause of the fire is unknown,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
SQUADRON OFF FOR AZORES.

Gibraltar, Oct, 1.-The '. s. Bat tleships Maine and Alabama, which arrived here on September 30, sailed to-day for Horta, the capital of the island of Fayal, Azores.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
AZORES PLAGUE-INFECTED

Lisbon, Oct. 4,-Advices received here state that the bubonIc plague is in- creasng at an alarming rate in Ter cera, one of the Azores Islands.
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six each.

$3.50 each.
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Immediate Repeal.

- What the District needs III respect 10
race track betting is the immediate re-
peal of the provision which declares book
making on races TO be punishable mis-
demeanor only within a mile Of the city
boundaries. The people of Washington
ought TO move on the most direct line
straight to the point of this repeal. 1t
ought to be possible for the District COM
mittee to report at onca-- and for Congress
TO enact without delay this simple propo-
Sition of repeal. 1t is not in the COM
munity's interest to attempt at this time
and in this connection to pass compre-
hensive. sweeping anti-gambling measure.
prohibiting gambling in futures, raising
many new issues, provoking many fresh
enemies insuring long and heated discus
sions, and indefinitely pOstponing the re-
peal of the race track gambling limitation.
In the words of the homely saying. Con-
gress ought not to bite off more than it
can mastcate at this session. 1t may
bring speedy results even at this session
if it attacks at once this specific PROPOSE
ton of repeal. 1t will arrive nowhere at
this session if the repeal proposition is
fmixed up with and hampered by other
reform propositions, however meritorious
they may be in themselves.
IL is to be presumed that the House
committee will not wish to kill the re-
peal proposition. If this presumption is
correct the committee will not proceed in
directly but effectively to smother it.
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Springfield is an orderly town, but
small What took place there last
year was deplorable. but was accounted
for on the score that the town had no
arrangements for controlling r!otous
and rioting politicians. And then
the news of the disorder did not travel
far.
But riot in Boston this year would
be different News of that would travel
far and near. and be a scandal to the
times. The country expects something
conservative and orderly when the issue
is Organism, and the contestants are the
followers of George Fred Williams and
Henry NJ. Whitney. We all look in that
direction for light and leading and "a
happy issue out of all our Affections.
If Boston eXplodes over delegates to Den
YER then shall we be on the verge of
chaos, indeed.
Mr. Moran. however, should instruct his
constables not to go too far in reducing
rioters. If any appear, to submission. A
too vigorous clubbing might take the fight
wholly out of the brethren, and leave no
spirit for exercise against the common
enemy on election day. The point is not
to waste muscle or fury in family rows.
but save it for the outsider. and apply it
where it will do the most good at time
wheE every blow and word should count
for party welfare
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st. Patrick's Day.

- Hail TO St. Patrick patron saint of a
fair land and gallant race, The pretty
shamrock-theme of a thousand songs
snuggles today in countless buttonholes
and not Irish buttonhoes alone, but
that best of American buttonholes-the
1rish-Amercan buttonhoe- All! the brave
hearts that the shamrock covers today
~when the shamrocks are worn on the left
side
Today the sons of Erin hang out the
hammer of their isle. and the green flag
with its golden harp, Haunting and f1ut
:. tering in the March winds, seems TO say
10 every Sassenach and to all Others
Erin go Bragh." If any fault could be
: found with the Irish flag it would be that
the harp is yellow.
Is there a man lost to all sense of
: fitness and proprety that today he would
pay fare on a yellow car walk the
streets in yellow shoes. wear a jonauil as
boutonniere and call for an orangeade?
This is the day when yellow journals
should print themselves in green ink. No
imam should hand another man lemon
this day. Give him an olive or a green
gage.
- Some time revolutionist will ask that
"A constitu, 'onal amendment be submitted
to the forty-siX states providing that ST.
: Patrick's day be changed from the 18th
= of March to a day more favorable to
v pleasure and less favorable to pneu-
monia. Usually there are too many
weathers inauguration day and st.
Patricks day. A man does not have to
bulge from his tracks to get a change of
climate.
"a. However. the 18th of March. whether it
brings rain. hail or snow, buster or
calm. sunstroke frostbte. is a day
= that is dear to every real Irishman-the
. man who has won so many battles for
other nations that had he won them for
Ireland Erin would be a European power
compared with which Germany would
: look like three lead dimes.