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The Washington herald., 1908-04-30
Navy Orders.

Rear Admiral A. R COUDEN. additional duty a,
inspector Of ordnance fer the navy. headquarters
al Washington.
Capt. K NILES. detached duty as inspector Of
ordnance for the navy. headquarters at New
YORK, to command Louisiana
Commander ", ". BUCHANAN, detached duty
works Of the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company. Newport News. Va, TO Ohio
as executive officer.
Lieut. Commander Y. BLUE. TO North Caralina as
navigator when commissioned
Lieut. Commander " A. EDGAR detached duty
Ohio, 10 hcme and wait orders
Lieut. II. 7. BAKER, detached duty works Of the
Newport News Shinbuilding and Dry Dock Com
pany Newport News, Va 20 North Carolina as
senior engineer officer when Commissioned
Le'ts. II. r. STARK c. Z. SMITH. S c.
ROWAN. L. R. LEAHY. W ANCRUM.
FRIEDRICH. and 5. NJ ROBINSON, commits
stoned lieutenants in the navy from February
g. 1908
Lieut J. S. ARWINE. Jr.. commissioned a lien
tenant Cunior grade) in the navy from February
g. 1903
Ensign D. L. HOWARD. commissioned an ensign
IN the navy from February l3
Ensign G. c. PEGRAM when discharged treatment
United States Naval Hospital. New York. granted
leave one month
Ensign R. A. KOCH. when discharged treatment
United States Naval Hospital. New Fort Lyon
Colo. to Washington. examination for promotion
then report 10 Bureau Of Navigation. Navy De
paTtment for further orders.
Surg. r. W PLUAlAfER, commissioned surgeon
in the navy from February g
Surg. 6. R0THGANGER. when discharged treat
ment United States Naval Hospital, New. York,
granted sick leave three months
SURG. F. c. COOK. detached duty United States
Naval Academy. Annapolis, to North Carolina
when commissioned
Assistant surgs S. BACON. G. c. RHODES, F. p.
". H0UGH. and ] A BIELIO. appointed as
sistant surgeons IN the navy from April H.
PsymasteF G, MORRIS. detached navy yard Nor
folk. to North Carolina when commissioned
Naval Constructor l. S. ADAMS, detached duty
navy yard. Norfolk to duty ou staff Of Com
manderin-C Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet
Civil Enginees L. n cox, detached duty navy
yard, Norfolk, to the navy yard New York.
Civil Engineer J. 5. SHUTLZ, detached duty works
General Electric Company. Schenectady n Y
TO duty Bureau Of Yaris and Docks. Navy De
The Washington herald., 1908-04-30
Much short Covering.

3 amount of short" covering thus
STATED could not. Of course. be ac-
ely ascertained. but it was COM
y asserted to be in the neighborhood
1000 shares, and the development,
ally. again increased the present
ncy Of members of the stock ex-
&c toward great carefulness in lend
tocks for future delivery, and IN not
Y Instances, 10 a complete refusal TO
with securities for this purpose. The
result OF this train of thought. how
was TO produce a more or less
y depression that a market deriviuz
mpetus toward an advance from a
nual retreat OF the short interest
depTiving itself Of powerful elements
lppor. in the future; and these con
pms were not lessened by the OBJ
alton that in spite Of such a large re-
lent OF short contracts, many OF the
IS to-day. in which these operations
practically centeTed. rose but little.
ying plainly enough that the bulk of
zlng sales IN the market was also
The Washington herald., 1908-04-30
MovEaIENTs oF YFssELs-rha folloutna D,o

OF VEsSELS-The following nove
ments Of vessels have been reported 70 the
Bureau of Navigation:
ArTiyed-April 3. Stsnjish at Norfolk, Nebraska
a. Port Townsend Whipple. Hopkins Stewart
Hull, Lawrence. and Tnntm at San Diego.
Ssied-ApTi =. Standish. from annapolis for
Norfolk. April q. Nebraska. from Port Town
send for San Francisco; Panther. from Sa
Barbara for San Francisco; Psducah. from
Curacao for Porto Csbello. and Dubuque. from
Curacao for Target Grounds. Of Czpe Criz Cuba
The Washington herald., 1908-04-30

New York. April 2s-Transactions in
oeks to-day were again in excess Of a
illion shares,
But the course Of prices were, taking
9ey through. in rather plain con-
on OF the llquidatlRg advancement
set in during the last hour of busi-
esteTday afternoon. In that hour
X exchange business, activity was
greater than in the corresponding
yesterday, and there was. too in
eriod a brisk rise in values, the
striking feature of the market being
purchases of the Reading common
which advanced the price 2lk
It was soon disclosed that an
al reason for the strength in this
ther quarters OF the market as the
: in Of stocks. by means OF what
rmed witness transactions" for the
nt Of stock exchange firm, one Of
members committed suicide on the
lg before. and il was admitted that
tragic event, as we'll as the sus-
on Of the firm itself, had to do with
osses incurred by the individual in
ion in unfavored speculations for
lecline
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
SCOTT HAS A PLAN.
Kansas Congressman Proposes 100
Experimental Farms.

Washington, Feb. 14.-Representative
Scott (Kan). chairman of the house
committee on agriculture, has conceived
q novel plan which he believes, If adopt
ed. will enable the farmers of the coun-
try to produce better and far larger
crops than heretofore.
establishment of 100 experimental farms
group of four western agricultural
states for the purpose of giving the
farmers a practical demonstration of
the best methods of growing different
kinds Of crops. 1t is proposed that the
lands for this purpose shall be furnish
ed by the farmers themselves and that
they do the work of cultivation under
the direction of the experts of the de-
partment Of agriculture.
No additional appropriation from con-
gress will be required to test Mr.. Scott's
plan it is explained, BIS the agricultural
department now has the requisite num-
Der of experts to carry out the plan.
Mr.. Scott declares that enough money
is now being practically wasted by the
department of agriculture in sending
ont farm bulletins and other govern
ment documents to carry out his
scheme. He says that much valuable
information has been developed by the
experts in these publications, but their
contents are so little understood by ths
farmers that they do not derive the
Knowledge from them that they should
as to the best cultural methods to grow
corn wheat. hay and the other regular
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
MAY BE TOO LATE.
Story of the Robinson Crusoe Tha,
Admiral Evans Is to Rescue.

Norwalk, Conn.,. Feb. 14.-Mrs. ]. H
Carlidge. sister of Frederick Jeffs the
sailor who Is supposed to be on one of
the Galapogs islands, has received from
Norway a report of his casting away
last July and she fears that the attempr
to rescue him, which is to be made by
one of the ships of Admiral Evans,
fleet will be too late. The vessel on
which Jeffs was serving was wrecked
on the island and all the crew reached
shore safely. After spending several
days on the island all of the crew ex-
cept Jeffs, who was i'll, journeyed from
the place where they landed to the 9TH
er end of the island looking for ship
From there they were rescued. but the
rescuing ship being insufficiently pro-
visioned. was unable to go after Jeffs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
THE vANCIL JURY OUT.
The Instructions Say Either First de-
gree Murder or AcquittaI.

Lawrence, Kan, Feb. 1.-THE Vanci1
case Went to the jury late Thursday. At
10 O'Clock last night the jury was lock-
ed up till morning.
Judge Smart instructed the i,,rv 70
return verdict either finding The do
fendant guilty of first degree mnrder
or acquitting him: He said the circum- :
either wilfully poisoned the won,an
with malice aforethought. which cor
stitutes murder in the first degree or
he did not kill her at all. VI
The judge emphasized the doctrine of
reasonable doubt, and reminded tba
jury that the burden of proof was a1+n
gether upon the state. While the IN
structions contained no surprises. and
were such as are always given in such
cases, the general tone seemed to those
in the court room favorable to a verdict
of acQuittal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
MUST KEEP ORDER.
General Bonaparte Issues Imperative
Instructions in Alaska

Seattle, Wash. Feb. IA special
cable to the Post-Intelligencer from
Fairbanks says:
Marshal Perry yesterday received
the following from the department OF
Justice:
Military force ordered to Fairbanks.
Meantime your duty to protect law
abiding citizens without tenderness to
law-breakers. Department expects
you to use all neces sary energy to pre-
serve order and arrest leaders in any
attempt at intimidation. Those mo-
testing Russians must be arrested
using such force as necessary to ac-
complish purpose.
(Signed) "BONAPARTE.
Everything was quiet yesterday.
Special deputies were organized into
bands of ten under captains. Saloons
are still closed. May be allowed to
reopen today during continuance of
good order Men arriving yesterday
report no molestation on trail. Cham
Der of Commerce and Arctic Brother
hood officially express approval of ac-
ton of president in ordering troops
to Tanana.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
IS MURDER BAILABLE?
A Leavenworth Judge Discovers a
Peculiar Defect in the Law.

Leavenworth. Kan. Feb. 1.-THE new
Kansas law, abolishing capital punish
ment, leaves loophole which was
brought to light Thursday in Leaven
worth for probably the first time. On
der the old law. murder in the first
degree was an unbailable crime. The
new law makes no provision as to bail.
and lawyers contend that murder in
the first degree is consequently a ball
able crime. Judge Flynn of the city
court here bound over Victor Jacquot.
charged with killing r. J. Mintier, in
fhe sum of $4,000 Attorneys for the
defense argued that the bail was ex-
cessive and prohibitive but the Judge
refused to diminish it and IN giving his
reason said:
Just because a lot of wild legisia-
tors. scrambling around in an effort to
please a long haired executive. overlook
an important point like that, is no rea-
son why to a murderer. such as Is
shown in the evidence, I should allow
a light ball.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
THEY NEED A LESSON.
Express Companies to Be Prosecuted
for Carrying Mail.

Cincinnati Feb. 14.-Violation of the
postal laws by carrying first-class mail
matter is charged against the Ameri-
can Express company in a suit filed in
the United States district court here
by District Attorney Mcpherson
This suit was the first gun in a cam
paign which the government purposes
to wage against common carriers for
carrying frst-class mail matter con-
trary to law. In the information which
Attorney Mcpherson filed he alleges
that the American Express company
on January carried letter from Bel
ton, Texas, to Cincinnati. The letter
was from Mrs. Will Brown of Bolton,
and in it she ordered from a glove com
pany IL pairs of gloves and enclosed an
express money order for $247 in pay
ment Attorney Mcpherson claims the
letter did not relate to the business of
the express company and that the en-
velope did not bear a postage stamp as
required by law. The penalty for vio-
lation of this provision Of the federal
statutes Is 500.
Colonel Holmes, postoffice inspector in
charge, said:
THE government is very jealous of
it's right to carry the mails, and insists
on it always. When public carriers
carry letters not bearing postage
stamps and not pertaining to the bust
ness of the carrier. they are preventing
the government from deriving postage
money from the sale of stamps
About four or five years ago the
government waged war against carriers
for such an offense. It is the opinion
of the government officials that com
mon carriers are becoming too lax in
reference to carrying mail matter not
properly stamped, and that prosecution
of few cases is necessary to bring to
their attention the fact that they are
Violating the law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
DIES IN OREGON.
Death of j. J. Lee Supposed to Have
Been Due to Accident.

The death of ]. ]. Lee of this city
was announced in a dispatch received
this morning by his brother-in-law, H.
r. Brandon of 1Z4 Quincy street, the
message calling for instructions as to
the disposition of the body. While no
Information on that point was given.
II is surmised that death was the re-
suit of an accident.
Mr.. Lee, who was born in Topeka and
was Al years of age, was foreman for
a Chicago firm engaged in building a
bridge across the Canadian river. in the
far Northwest, and the telegram came
from Portland, Ore, SO that it is sup
nosed that the scene of operations was
near that point He had charge of the
pile driver used in building the false
work for the bridge. Directions were
sent out by wire to forward the remains
TO this city for interment.
Mrs. Lee is in Topeka now, stopping
at the home of the Brandons. where
her husband left her when he started
for Oregon, January 25. His father and
mother are living in St. Louis. Lee
was well known here, where he did a
good deal of work when not employed
by some outfit on out of town bridge
work. among other things having put
up the sand lift for Monaghan on the
south bank of the river. He left no
children
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
Railroads Have Time to Arrange
New Schedules.
Railroad Board PrOmulgates
Its Revised Freight Rates.
MAKES A PROMISE.
viii Adjust Any Injustice or
Inequalities Later.
Commissioner Ryan Did Not
Protest as Expected.

The state board of railroad commits
sioners today issued their order re-
qufring the railroads of the state to
put into effect, not later than April 1,
! the new schedule of freight rates
which has heretofore been made
public.
No changes were made in the sched-
ule as originally printed, and the op-
position to the schedule which was
shown by Commissioner Frank Ryan
did not break out in meeting
The board, however. gave out a
short statement with the order for the
rates in which they say that If. at any
time after the railroads put the rates
into effect. 1T should be found that the
rates work any injustice to Leaven-
worth, Atchison. Fort Scott or any
Missouri river jobbing point in the
state of Kansas, the board will at once
take up the case, and readjust the
rates so as to equalize, so far as DOS
slble, the jobbing conditions.
Ihls concession, it is thought, will
prove satisfactory to the Missouri
river Jobbers, as they do not appear to
think there is any imminent danger of
the rates being put into effect
BY fixing April L as the time for the
rates to go into effect. the railroad
commissioners feel that they have
given ample opportunity to the roads
to make the necessary changes in their
tarlffs, both state and interstate The
roads have about a month and half
to arrange for the change.
The following Is the statement given
out by the board:
In arriving at a jobber's rates basis
1t has been the endeavor of the board
to place the river and interior jobbing
centers On as near freight rate parity
as present commercial conditions exist
ynrrld rT,l,
board Is we'll aware Of the fact that the
adjustment ordered in by 1t does not
give to the interior jobbers all of the
relief that they feel themselves entitled
to and that on the other hand the river
tobbers feel that the board has granted
too much to the interior commercial
centers. AS has been stated by the rail-
road attorneys themselves, it Is a diff
cult problem to ascertain the exact ef-
feet of new tariff Of this kind upon
the many phases of commercial condi-
tions existing. Should the railroads or
the courts order the tariff promulgated
by the board into effect and the prac-
tfca1 application thereof should demon
strate that an unwarranted hardship
was being worked to either the river
or interior jobbing centers, upon the
fling of complaint to that effect 1t
would be the duty of the board to give
the same a fair and impartial hearing
and render such relief in the premises
as the testimony warranted, and 1t Is
needless to say that the board would
cheerfully perform its duty in this re-
gard"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
VICIOUS AND WRONG.
Senator Clay Thus Characterized the
Aldrich Currency Bill.

Washington, Feb. 14.-Senator Clay
analyzed the Aldrich bill and declared
1t was wrong and vicious, and would
give no relief to the south and west.
He contended that it simply enlarged
the powers of the national bank and
that congress was relinquishing the
sovereign right to issue and circulate
money. which 1t ought never to do.
The plan Of the minority in the senate
for the government to issue $500,000,-
600 of treasury notes and to use them
In paying the expenses Of the govern
ment that they might find their way
into all the channels Of trade, was ad-
vocated by him.
Mr.. Clay said there are now in cir
culation $3.50, 000,0 900 OF treasury notes
not costing the government anything
and performing all the functions Of
money and that this amount could be
easily increased $500.000,ooo without
in any way disturbing our finances.
and could not possibly result in a de-
preciated currency.
State bonds, city bonds and mu-
nicipal bonds of the south and west,
he contended, were now being held by
eastern capitalists and that the south
and west could not secure an addition
al circulation by making these bonds
a basis of circulation, as they had al
ready been sold in the east. He de-
mentioned in the Aldrtch bill applied
solely to the railroads in the east and
that the railroads in the southwest had
never paid dividends as provided in tn Q
Aldrich bill. The bill. he said, was
drawn in favor Of the rich and power
full, enabling them to control the
money issue. and it was not in the in
terest of the American people. He
declared he staad by the doctrine once
advocated by John c. Calhoun, Thomas
Benton and Andrew jackson, that our
money ought to be in gold and silver
and paper money issued by the govern
ment. He ridiculed the idea that ad-
ditional treasury notes would depre-
ciate because we did not have the gold
to redeem them.
eff the A1drich bill becomes a law"
said Mr.. Clay, "the government guar
antees the redempti in gold of the
additional notes issued by the national
banks. Would not this be as great a
strain on the gold reserve as treasury
notes ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
LOOK FOR BIG TRADE.
Not for 20 Years Has New York
Seen So Many Buyers.

New York, Feb. 14.-In speaking
of the unusually large number of
western buyers now in New York, S.
c. Mead of the Merchants associa-
ton said last night:
1.-The registration shows that towns
have representatives buying in New
York this season who have not visited
this place in two or three seasons" Mr..
Mead said. This is particularly true
of Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and
Texas.
''Texas and Oklahoma constitute
what is known to the trade as the
southwest territory. The merchants
from there are specially optimistic.
They say the indications for big crops
are favorable and that they have ev-
cry reason to hope for good trade
conditions this spring and summer
The representatives of one of the
largest wholesale merchants in New
York said last night that there were
buyers in town representing firms
which had not sent buyers to New
York in many years. Not in 20 years
he said, have there been in New York
representatives of so many first class
western houses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
GOOD RAIN AND SNOW.
Nearly an Inch of Moisture Falls in
Topeka.

Kansas and the surrounding terri
tory have been the recipients of a
heavy fall of rain and snow during
the past twenty-four hours The
storm has been quite general over
this section of the country In To-
peka the rain commenced to fall
shortly after supper last night and
continued almost uninterruptedly un-
til early this morning when it chang
ed to snow. There was a total pre-
cipitation Of .87 OF an inch during the
night, which Is more than the total
fall of the months of December and
January combined. A half an inch
Of snow also fell here.
The conditions in Topeka and in
Kansas generally today point to a
cessation and turn for fair weather
tomorrow. Today will be cloudy and
tonight will be colder than it has been
for several days. Tomorrow will be
warmer and a general clearing up
will follow. The rain and snow ac-
cording to reports seems to have gone
its limit in almost the entire state.
The temperature in Topeka this
morning was 80 degrees This will
probably prevail with but slight va
ration throughout the entire day
According to the weather bureau re-
ports this is about the general tenn
perature for the state.
The wind this afternoon is Is miles
an hour from the northwest. The fol-
lowing are the temperatures for to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
Deputy Fire Chief Kruger OF
New York City
browns in Cellar While Leading
Fight Against Flames.
HE WAS 50 YEARS OLD
And Had Been in the Service
Thirty-Six Years.
His Men Had Long Expected
Such an End.

New York. Feb. 14.-Deputy Fire
Chief Charles Kruger, known for
many years as the grand old man OF
the fire department, lost his life to-
DAY while leading his men in des-
perate fight against flames in Canal
street. While working his way
cautiously through a cellar filled
with smoke and gases Kruger plunged
through a trap door into a sub-base-
Snent filled with water. He was dead
when taken out, but in the few min
utes which elapsed between the time
he fell and when his body was drawn
out more than a score of men had
Fisked their own lives in an effort to
save that of their lea der.
"I knew it would happen this way"
said one of Kruger's men, when the
chiefs body was being carried away.
81 have been to many fires with him.
He was always in the lead. He never
said boys, go into that place or this
place. he always led US himself. He
said boys, follow me- and that's just
what he said this time when he led
us into that basement, boys follow
me-. 1t was just as many of us men
expected. We have often said that
the old man would be killed at fire
leading his men"
Kruger was 81 years old and had
been a member of the department for
SO years. Several years ago Kruger
was acting chief of the department for
q time while Chief Croker was tenn
porarily under suspension.
The fire in which the deputy chief lost
his life started at 217 Canal street and
before ii could be subdued it swept that
building from basement to roof, spread
to two buildings adjoining. routed the
tenants from several tenant houses in
CT M threatened the
Church of the Most Precious Blood. Tt
was after the flames in the upper part
of the building had been brought under
control that Kruger took his men to the
basement. A great pile of excelsior in
bales was blazing furiously and an at
tempt to reach 1t with streams from the
street had been unsuccessful.
Kruger asked permission of Chief
Croker to take his men through the
basement and cut a hole in the wall to
217 where the fire was thickest. Croker
consented and a moment later with a
dozen men behind him Kruger plunged
into the cellar. The place was filed
with smoke and the deadly fumes of
illuminating gas which flowed from
broken or melted pipes. but the men
pressed cautiously forward in the dark
ness. Just in the middle of the cellar
Kruger stepped on a trap and plunged
into six feet of water in the subbase-
mept. Then began a desperate fight in
the gas filed cellar to save the chief.
He could do little to help himself how
ever, and when Battalion Chief Calvin
plunged into the dark hole and raised
Kruger's body above the surface he
was unconscious. 1t required the conf
bined efforts of 20 firemen, weakened
as they were by breathing smoke and
gas. to draw Calvin who still clung to
Kruger's body from the pit.
The property loss as a result of the
fire is placed at $50, 900.