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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-24
SHORT SHIFT
FOR MU[[|GAN
CHANGES MlNO AND PLEADS GUILTY
!. II. Naili2an steals Ilaruc,S Satur
,l;.S Evening, Bound Over and
Sentenced Tuesday.

J II Mulligan, laborer, charg 1
with grand alrceny, was sntenced to
sc1ve an indeterminate sentence of
T, ON one to IA years in the state pii,-
On Tuesday afternoon by Judge Prebic
of the superior court The machinery
OF he law moved swiftly in the c'.s.
Il afullIgan. He was arrest Satur
lay evening by Officer Lo&e' while
tr.ii 8 to sell a $4j set of hl"1.s3 II"
had .clen from the Northeru Pacific
platform belonging to j. ii. Whitaker
M ,lilan was lodged in tn couuty
jail n! q gwen . uearin- Tuesday
mornne in Justire of IN Peace
Hunts court He was bound over to
the superior court.
Changes Mind.
ON the way back to the county jail
NJ, usan decided that he wO i / pl'ad
guilty to the charge and fac the
irue,t. He was taken bcfot1 Judge
Pc Die and given an indeter.ur =
.ru',G,'. which he received with a
s'ni'e. saying he was the go " m"
out of luck. Mulligan's criminal OPP
eratiuns in this city nave had u ten
dency to make the duthorit''s be-
Hc," that h." may be wan'-d COR Il
,rinic elsewhere. and Is facing rris-
On sentence uf short du. alton 10 hide
from more serious ofen,e In an
O'lcr state.
Mulligan is the seconl prisoner in
the county jail this week T. plead
guilty ana receive a prison sent 'rca.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
Congress VIII Make the Ceremonies
Attending the Inauguration of Presi-
dent Taft and Vice-President Sher-
man Solemn and Dignified.

Washington, D. C.-The joint COM
mittee of the two houses of Congress
purpose to make the ceremonies at
tending the actual Inauguration of
President Taft and Vice-President
Sherman as solemn and dignified as
BELTS SO important an event. Joy
and music and the spirit of festivity
will mark the inaugural parade, and
the scenes along the streets will be
as brilliant as ever, but in the Capitol
and on the inaugural stand erected on
its east front solemnity and dignity
will dominate. The details are al
ready perfected, and every official,
every employe understands the part
he is to play.
The Senate will complete the work
of the last session of the Sixtieth
Congress about 1890 a. m. on March
A, and will then take recess so that
the scenery may be set for the i'm
portant act in the great drama of the
Republic so soon to take place.
Shortly before noon the Vice-Presi-
dent will call the Senate to order.
The Secretary of the Senate will an
nounce the arrival of the Speaker and
the House of Representatives, and
they will file into the Senate Cham
Der and take the places assigned to
them. Next in order will come the
Supreme Court of the United States,
headed by Chief Justice Fuller, and
then the ambassadors and ministers
plenipotentiary of the foreign nations.
Following the heads of the diplomatic
corps will come the heads of the ex-
ecutive departments, who will take
their places Immediately back of the
seats assigned to the chief figures in
the drama.
Following the Cabinet the Vice
President-elect will be formally an
nounced, and will enter, accompanied
by his escort, Senator Frye, president
pro tempore of the Senate, and Rep
reSentative Young. "The President
elect" will be the next announcement,
and William H. Taft, accompanied by
Senators Knox and Lodge, will enter,
and, finally, the President of the
United States will enter alone. AT
each announcement the entire assem-
blage will rise and remain standing
until the person so announced is
seated
When all the dignitaries have ar
rived, the Vice-President will deliver
his valedictory and will then call to
the rostrum James S. Sherman, to
whom he will administer the oath of
the Vice-President of the United
States, after which he will declare the
Senate adjourned without day. Hav-
ing been sworn, Mr.. Sherman will as
cend the rostrum, and, taking the
gavel, will call the Senate to order
for the new session, and will ask that
new members of the Senate come
forward and take the oath of Office.
Presumably there will be sixteen new
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
.ANTI-JAPANESE BILLS KILLED
RooseveIt's ? Pressure Wins in
California Legislature.
Exclusion Measures Discussed For
Two Years Defeated by
Very Close Margin.

Sacramento, Cal-The anti-Japa-
nese measure defeated in the Cali
fornia Legislature has been the SEN
sation of two Legislatures. 1t was
first introduced ct the session two
years ago by Grove L. Johnson, of
Sacramento, formerly representative
in Congress, and member of the
State law making body for years.
1t was framed at the request Of
the San Francisco Board of Educa-
ton, after the latter had passed a
resolution barring Japanese children
from the schools attended by white
scholars and assigning them to the
institutions attended by Chinese. The
bill specified that Mongolians and
Indians should be segregated and the
boards action was based on the con-
tention that the Japanese belonged
to the Monaghan race.
This the japanese denied strenu-
ously.
The President sent an urgent mes
sage to the Governor and the Legis-
lature of this State asking that the
bill be withdrawn, at least for a per-
iod of two years, assuring them that
in the meantime a treaty would be
negotiated, in which Japan was to DO
all in her power to restrict the Jap
anese immigration complained of and
alleviate the condition protested
against by the Japanese and Korean
Exclusion League in California, as
well as numerous troubles.
Assemblyman Johnson, when he
presented his bill again on the first
day for the presentation of bills at
this session, stated that he had done
so without prompting by the Asiatic
Exclusion League or any other organ
ization.
SO soon as the Japanese heard the
news of the revival of the bill, Japan
made representations to Washington
that it would, if passed, violate the
treaty rights of that nation, and after
consultation with Secretary of State
Root the President wired Governor
Gillett, urging that action be delayed
again
Yielding to the pressure brought
to bear by President Roosevelt and
Governor Gillett, the California AS
sembly reversed it's previous position
by reconsidering the former vote on
the segregation of Japanese students
and finally rejecting the measure by
a vote of Al to 81. An effort by the
supporters of the bill further to con-
slider was lost by a vote of 3S to 3S,
and the Assembly is now clear of any
Japanese measure objected to by the
National Administration.
Olympia, Wash.--Both House and
Senate have disclaimed any intention
to adopt legislation attempting to re-
quire Japanese visitors to the Alaska
Yukon Pacific Exposition to give
bond for their return to their native
land Information that report that
the Washington Legislature had be-
fore it such bill was in circulation
in Toxic came to Acting Governor l..
Lallay in a telegram from Secretary
of State Bacon, in Washington, D. G..
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
SHOOTING FROM A soUNDLEss, sMoKELEss GUN
Muzzle of
Vibrations From the Explosion
Recognizes Them as Noise

New York City. - Patents having
been obtained on it in twenty-four
countries, Hiram Percy Maxim gave
a demonstration and explanation of
his silencing device for rifles before
large number of representatives of
newspapers and scientific publica-
tons. BY the use of sandbox tar
get the inventor made series of ex-
periments by firing variety of rifles,
ranging in power from az calibre
up to the new Springfield 80 calibre
military rife. They were fired both
with and without the "silencer," and
the spectators-or perhaps it might
be better to say auditors-marvelled
at the effect of the little device. 1t
is said scientific tests show that nine
ty per cent. of the noise of explosion
is eliminated
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16

faces in the Senate Each new Sena-
tor, accompanied by his colleague,
will step forward and take the oath.
This done, the entire assemblage will
proceed to the inaugural stand.
The sergeants-at-arms of the SEN
ate and the House will lead the state
ly procession. This Is an innovation,
as heretofore it has been led by the
marshals of the Supreme Court and
of the District of Columbia Those
present in the Senate Chamber will
fall into line in the same order in
which they entered the Senate, and
the entire company will march to the
inaugural stand.
The troops gathered in front of the
stand will present arms as the Pres
ident and the President-elect appear
at the main door of the Capitol, and
when they have arrived at the front
of the stand Chief Justice Fuller will
step forward and administer to Mr..
Taft the oath of Office, following
which the new President will deliver
his inaugural address, which is I'M
derstood to be unusually brief. From
the stand the President will descend
a flight of steps to his carriage and
drive Immediately to the White
House, where he may snatch brief
luncheon before taking his place in
the reviewing stand erected in front
of the White House grounds, from
which he will view the great parade
in his honor.
The Vice-President and the mem
bers of the Senate will return from
the inaugural stand to the Senate
Chamber, where certain brief routine
business will be transacted and adj
journment taken.
Ex-President Roosevelt, on leaving
the inaugural stand, will enter his
carriage from another entrance to the
Capitol, and, escorted by the New
York Republican County Committee,
will drive Immediately to the Union
Station, whence he will start for New
York, accompanied by the members
of his family.
There will be slight change this
year in the order of the progress of
the President, the President-elect
and the Vice-President and the Vice.
President-elect to the Capitol. In
view of the close relations of Senator
Lodge to the President he will ride
in the carriage with the President
and the President-elect, as will also
Senator Knox, who as chairman of
the Committee on Arrangements is
the personal escort of the Executive.
The Vice-President will have as escort
Senator Bacon and Representatives
Burke and Gaines, while the Vice
President-elect will be accompanied
by Senator Frye, the president pro
tempore of the Senate, and Repre-
sentative Young. Heretofore only
one Senator has accompanied the two
chief figures in the ceremonies.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16

The tests were made in the offices
of Redding, Greeley & Austin, coun-
sci for Mr.. Maxim, on the eighth floor
of the Potter Building, in Park row.
and it was cause for wonder among
those present that the noise made by
the explosion of the rifles without the
'silencer" did not arouse the other
tenants in the building.
The 'silencer' is metal tube
about seven inches long and an inch
and quarter in diameter, which can
be fastened quickly to the end of a
rifle barrel which has been provided
with thread for that purpose.
1t is declared that the velocity oil
the bullet is not lessened in the least
degree, as the gases have done all
their work on the projectile before
they reach the "silencer."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
$1,000 New York Husbands
Have Deserted Wive

Albany, N. Y.-That $4,000 hus-
bands in Manhattan and the Bronx
and 5000 in Brooklyn have been in
the police court, charged with aban-
donment and non-support Of their
wives, is revealed in the preliminary
report of the commission to inquire
into the courts of inferior jurisdiction
in cities of the first class, made pub
lie by Governor Hughes.
The commission announces that 1t
is considering the advisability OF a
special court for these cases.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
Amone the WORKERS.

A New England district council of
retail clerks unions was formed at a
convention of thirty-two Of the
unions.
a great victory is recorded in IA
vor of industrial peace in England by
the constitution of Cancellation
board for iron founders throughout
Lancashire.
Minnesota railway men are particu-
larly interested in the proposed semi
monthly payday bill and an employ
ers' liability bill, and the union work
ingmen the State over are also anx-
ious to secure both.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
Only Sixteen, But Invents a
Duplex Receiver For Wireless.

Plymouth, Mass - Harold B.
Doten, sixteen years old, who has
been a student of wireless telegraphy
for the last three years, and who has
a small power sending station at his
home, No. Z South street, has sue
ceeded in duplexing the receiving
portion of his plant so that two oper-
ators can sit and listen in" indie
pendently of each other, the detectors
being in duplicate. This is done by
a process of tuning, and makes 1t
possible for two operators to work;
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
Feminine Notes.

Reading rooms have been opened
for children in Copenhagen by the
women there.
Princess of Albert of Belgium is
said to be the happiest wife in the
courts of Europe.
Mrs. Harriet Paul has been ap-
pointed clerk of the Committee on
Corporations and Railroads in the
Colorado Legislature.
Nine. Sembrich, retiring from the
operate stage, thanked her American
friends for their loyalty and defend
ed American audiences against their
critics.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
Halls of Congress.

The Senate Finance Committee has
declared that it is not in favor of sup,
porting President Roosevelt's trade
agreement policies.
Congressional leaders have in
formed President Roosevelt that
there is little chance of Statehood fol
New Mexico and Arizona at this SEES.
sion.
Philadelphia Congressman ex.
pressed the belief that the Delaware
River survey would receive ample
recognition from Chairman Burton.
of the Rivers and Harbors Com.
mittee.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
WEALTHY SLAYER GUILTY.
Millionaire to Serve Life Sentence
For Killing Daughters Admirer.

Millionaire to Serve Life Sentence
For Killing Daughters Admirer.
Columbus, Miss.-The jury in the
case of c. r. Smith, the millionaire
of this city, charged with the murder
of E. A, Laurant at Artesia, Miss,
several weeks ago, brought in a YER
dict of murder in the first degree.
Judge Buckley, under the verdict,
will be compelled to send Smith to
the penitentiary for life.
Miss Estelle Smith, Smiths daugh-
ter, who has been a conspicuous fig
ure during the progress of the trial,
sobbed piteously when she heard the
verdict Miss Smith denied on the
witness stand the allegations of her
father that she had been misled by
Laurant, who was one of her most
ardent admirers. The young woman
declared she believed that her ia
theirs accusation proved him to be in
sane.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
HAEcKEL SAYS "eooDBY.n
German Scientist Gives Last Lecture
on Seyenty-fifth Birthday.

Jena, Germany.-Ernst Heinrich
Haeckel, the German scientist, cele-
brated his seventy-fifth birthday by
delivering the final lecture of his uni
versity career. The students of the
university wanted to have torch
light procession in honor of the pro-
fessor, but DR.. Haeckel begged them
to desist.
DR.. Haeckel has been professor of
zoology here since 1862 He will de-
vote the remainder of his life to the
phylogenetic museum founded by
him
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
Gas KilIs senator Johnson,

State Senator G. o. Johnson. Of
Fort Cobb, died, and Senator P J.
Yeager, of Tulsa, was unconscious, as
a result of inhaling natural gas from
a jet believed to have been acct
dentally left open in their room at
Guthrie, Okla.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
Insurance Companies win.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals, at
Frankfort, has upheld the validity of
the riot clause in insurance policies
written in Kentucky. This means a
loss of thousands of dollars to tobacco
growers when property has been de-
stroyed by night riders.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
MARY WRIGHT CONVICTED.
Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
For Killing Stepdaughter.

DEVILS Lake, N. D.--A jury in the
case of Mary Wright, on trial for
the murder of her stepdaughter, Babe
Wright, on August IL, 1908, brought
in a verdict of manslaughter in the
first degree and fixed the penalty at
five years Imprisonment.
Mrs. Wright, in anger over the
girls refusal to obey her injunction
not to go out, choked the girl to death
in bed and then placed carbolic acid
on the lips of the dead girl to con-
yey the impression that she had COM
n.itted suicide.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
Rail nenied For Morse

The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, in New York City, decided
that Charles w, Morse may leave the
Tombs in custody, to attend to press
ing business, but denied his motion
for admission to bail.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
Cars oalcer cheats Gallows.

Captain Nikitin, of the General
Staff, recently condemned by court
martial to death by hanging, after
conviction of rebellious agitation
among the soldiers, was found dead
in his prison cell, at Odessa, Russia.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16

BY vote of 203 to 1O1 the House
at Washington, D. G., passed the bill.
which was considered at length, for
the government of the Panama Canal
zone and the construction of the
canal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
LATEST NEWS.
BY WIRE.

Her Voice Valued at $4,000.
Trenton, N. J.-Her vocal cords
damaged and prospective grand
opera career ruined by being hit in
the neck by track torpedo while she
was awaiting a train. Miss olive
Rhinesmith, of Midyale, has been
awarded $4,000 against the Erie Rail-
road.
Steel Trusts New City.
Superior, VISA new city is to be
built by the United States Steel Cor
poration around a $14,5OO,00O plant
to be erected on the st. Louis River,
near here.
Colonel Mann Loses Point.
New York City.-C Colonel William
d. Mann's application for a further
bill Of particulars from Peter F. and
Robert j. Collier, whom he is suing
for 100000 damages because of arti-
cles in Golfers Weekly criticising
him while publisher of Town Topics,
was denied by the Appellate Division.
Hetty Green's Daughter Engaged.
Gait, Ont.-The formal announce
ment of the engagement of Miss Syl-
via Green, daughter of Mrs. Hetty
Green, the worlds richest woman, to
Matthew Aston Wilks, New York City
clubman and millionaire, has been
made here.
John D., Jr., Sued For Lumber Bill.
Cleveland, Ohio.-John d. Rookie
Teller, Jr., was sued here by the
Ncr f<~,,
a lumber bill of S452. 1t is asserted
in the petition that he acknowledged
the bill to be correct, but refused to
pay.
LincoIn's Relative Dies.
Washington, D. Con- the centen-
airy of Abraham Lincoln one of his
distant relatives, Marvin Lincoln,
father of Mrs. Bernard R. Green, lay
dead in this city. He was ninety-six
years of age. Marvin Lincoln was a
member of the original New England
family of Lincolns, and was a promi-
nent business man in New England.
Says Candy Trust Blacklisted Him.
Washington, D. C.-The Depart
ment of Justice is investigating a
complaint against the Candy Trust
with a view to prosecution. Ferdi-
nand c. Fox, a Baltimore jobber,
claims that he has been blacklisted
because he refused to join the Con-
fectioners' Association, and manufac-
turers in New York, Philadelphia and
Boston refuse to sell him goods.
Wilkes Booths Body.
Salem. Ohio -Reyelation of the
final disposition of the body of John
Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham
Lincoln, made by an actor in the mid
night journey which eliminated in
the sliding of the body into the Po-
tomac River, is believed by r. B.
Thompson, of this city. Captain e.
W. Hilliard, for whose veracity
Thompson vouches, barred the secret
in Metropolis, Ill, eight years ago.
He has since died.
An Epidemic of Arson.
Brookville, Pa.-Two barns were
burned at Hawthorn, Clarion County,
making the seventh fire of incendiary
origin in that vicinity within few
weeks.
Pride in Decoration.
Warren, Mass.-Dr. John G. Cut
ter, one of the few Americans to re-
ceive the decoration of the Meji, or
Order of the Rising Sun, from the
Emperor of Japan, ordered in his
L O.. 1
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16

A sentence of not less than twen-
ty-five nor more than thirty years for
HOUSEKEEPING, in Boston, Mass, was
given to Charles Davis, alias ColeT,
of Jersey City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
KRONE,N BERG'S
Al w AZ SHIN TON ST.
To our subscribers.

When you wish to change the address
Of your paper be sure and send the
present address as wen as the new one,
II this is not done it is impossible to
make the change promptly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
Gold Medal For Wrights.

London. The Wright brothers,
the American aeroplanists, of Dayton,
Ohio, have accepted an invitation to
come to London the end of March,
when they will receive the gold med
al Of the AeronauticaI Society OF
Great Britain.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16

William H. Taft toasted on Creole
fare at great banquet in New Or
leans.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-16
BY CABLE.


Berlin, Germany.-The results of a
census of occupations, taken in De-
cember of 1907, and just published,
shows a remarkably rapid shifting of
the population of Prussia from agri-
culture to industry and trade. The
number Of persons engaged in indus
try and trade wasincreased by 1901
900 from 1895 to 1907, while the
number engaged in agriculture was
decreased by 100000.
Six Dreadnoughts For Britain.
London Cabinet Ministers have
come to an agreement on the question
of naval policy and that the new ship
building program will include six
Dreadnoughts.
Coins Sold For $7S,77O
London. sale at Sotheby's of
the collection of coins brought to-
gether by the late F. S. Benson, of
Brooklyn. N Y, ended with a grand
total of $78,770, thus breaking the
records for sales of this kind.
Crisis in Turkey.
Constantinople, Turkey. - The
Ministers of the Interior and Justice
have resigned. The Minister of JUS
tice is one of the leaders of the Young
Turks. The Porte has notified Rus
STA of it's acceptance. in principle, of
Russia's latest financial proposal for
a settlement of the Turco- Bulgarian
dispute.
Irish Attack Land Bill.
Dublin, Ireland. The Irish Land
owners Convention attacked viru-
lently Chief Secretary for Ireland
Birrells proposed land bill, and
adopted a resolution demanding it's
rejection by Parliament.
Russian Graft of 81 900, 900.
ST. Petersburg. Irregularities
amounting to over $1,000,000 have
been discovered as the result of an
investigation which Senator Garin Is
making of the Army Quartermaster.
Emmanuel Thanks America.
Rome. - King Victor Emmanuel
received in private audience Captain
HI. M. P, Huse, commander of the re-
frigerator ship Celtic. The King ex-
pressed his thanks for the great aid
received from America for the earth
quake sufferers.
Prince Ito Goes Home.
Seoul, Korea. Prince Ito, Japan
ese resident general in Korea, left
Chemulpo for home on the cruiser
Adzuma. He has been seriously Ill
here and is returning to Japan to re-
cuperate.
Gold Medal For Wrights.
London. - The Wright brothers,
the American aeroplanists, of Dayton,
Ohio, have accepted an invitation to
come to London the end Of March
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Seoul, Korea. Prince Ito, Japan
ese resident general in Korea, left
Chemulpo for home on the cruiser
Adzuma. He has been seriously i'll
here and is returning to Japan to re-
cuperate.