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The citizen., 1910-04-01

Washington, ID. c. Especially -
Oscar Straus. United States ambas-
sador to Coustantinople, left that
city March on the Scorpion, of the
Navy, for Cairo, Egypt, where he is
to have a long conference with ex-
President Roosevelt. 1t was learned
that Mr.. Straus' trip was in answer
to cable message from Colonel
Roosevelt requesting the conference
In some quarters the visit is re-
garded with significance. Mr.. Straus
was secretary of commerce and la
Dor in the last four years of the
Roosevelt administration. was al
ways close to Mr.. Roosevelt and is
likewise a warm friend of President
Taft.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
A GIRLS HEROIC DEED.
Snatched Three-Year.Old Niece
From In Front OF Train.

Fairmount, Ind. Especially Run
ming into the face of death, Nettie
Caskey, Is years old, snatched her
three-year-old niece, Martelle Cask-
ey, from in front of a locomotive on
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Both
children rolled down the bank as
the train dashed by.
Nettie had seen the baby trotting
toward the approaching train and
pursued her almost to the oncoming
engines pilot before she caught her
in her arms and leaped aside.
Engineer George Jardine was so
upset by the incident that he could
not continue his run further than
this city,
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Roy Claims Immunity.

Pittsburg, Pa. (SpeciaD Lem
me go. told yer all about these
robberies. They're lettin' the graft
ers so when they confess" This was
the unique plea of George Burrell,
aged IL, one of the confessed mem
bers of juvenile band of robbers
when arraigned before Magistrate
Louis Alpern. Burrell failed to get
the immunity bath and was held
with two companions for juvenile
court. The boy confessed to eight
robberies of dwellings committed
within the past seven days.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Foreign

Alexander j. Guchkoff assumed
the presidency of the Russian Douma
and made an important speech de-
claring that peaceful development of
Russia only possible under consti-
tutional monarchial, but unparlia
mentary. regime.
Inchan Angan, the Korean, who
Assassinated Prince Ito, former Jap
anese resident general of Korea. in
Harbin. Manchuria, on October &c
last, was executed at Port Arthur.
The converted yachts recently
captured by the Madriz government
forces arrived at Bluefields, and are
being used for the assembling of
troops.
Official reports concerning the
eruptions of Mount Etna express the
hope that the worst is over.
The French Senate concurred with
the Chamber of Deputies in the
adoption of the tariff revision bill.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, Wild
ow OF the novelist. is i'll in the city
of Mexico.
The Norwegian freight steamer
Dixie capsized in the mouth of the
Elbe and Is persons were drowned.
Canada will approve the water
ways treaty with the United States
providing that the existing rights
OF riparian owners on the st. Marns
River at the 500 in either country,
shall not be interfered with.
The Roosevelts we're given a mag
nificent reception in Cairo, where
they will remain week. They were
received at the palace by the Khedive
of Egypt.
Emperor William visited the Amer
lean art exhibition in Berlin.
King Menelik of Abyssinia is again
reported to be dying.
The Viscount Marie-Eugene-M Mel
choir de Vogue, anthor and member
of the French Academy, died in Paris.
Colonel Roosevelt, at Luxor, Egypt
would not answer when questioned
about Pinchot's mission to see him
at Naples.
Former President Roosevelt left
luxor for Cairo, where an imposing
reception has been planned for him.
Arrangements we're completed for
visit Of former President Roose-
welt to the Pope.
The Navy Department ordered the
gunboat Paducah to proceed to Santo
Domingo.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
skeleton In A Swamp.

Rochester, N. Y. Especially The
discovery of skeleton in a swamp
on the farm of William Webster,
about one mile northwest of the vii
lage of Spencerport, disclosed the fact
that a murder had been committed.
The victim is thought to be Urbano
Scalabratta, an Italian, who has
been missing since last March. Lo-
renzo Baird and Robert Webster dis
covered the skeleton, lying face
downward. There was a strap
about the neck, indicating foul play.
The county authorities are at work
on the case.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
WASHINGTON
Dv rrY n-
BY TELEGRAPH

The administration railroad bill
largely amended was ordered fav-
orably reported by the House Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce.
The Senate struck out the provis-
ion in the Appropriation Bill for a
masseur at the baths in the Senate
office building.
The Pension Bill, carrying ap2ro-
priations aggregating about $780,
100000, was passed by the House.
In speech in the Senate, Mr..
Owens urged the establishment Of
public health.
Secretary Dickinson promulgated
new rules to govern hazing at West
Point.
Major General ]. Franklin Bell,
chief of staff of the Army, was badly
injured, and Mrs. Herbert ]. Slocum,
wife of Major Slocum, of the Seventh
Calvary, was almost instantly killed
in collision of their automobile
with trolley car on the Tenally-
town road.
Secretary Meyer returned to Wash
ington from a weeks visit to Aiken
and Charleston, much improved in
health. While in Charleston the Sec
retary made an inspection of the new
naval drydock.
Secretary Ballinger temporarily
withdrew 56,659 acres of public
lands from all forms of disposition
in aid of proposed legislation affect
ing the disposal of water-power sites
on the public domain.
Hearings will be given during the
week of April II on the proposed
legislation to remove the tax on oleo-
margarine under a decision of the
House Committee on Agriculture.
The legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill was reported
to the Senate. 1t carries $34,O34,-
357, a net increase of $195,562 over
the bill as it passed the House.
A lar5e delegation representing
interests along the Canadian border
called on Secretary Knox and appeal
ed to him to avert a tariff war with
Canada.
Bills to simplify the laws govern
ing the equipment of motor boats
were introduced in both houses of
Congress.
Sworn statements were filed by
President Gompers, of the Fedora
tion of Labor, to substantiate his
charges against the United States
Steel Corporation.
A bill to reimburse the GLIB
depositors in the old Freedman S
Saving and Trust Company, was fa-
vorably reported to the Senate.
Major Sylvester, Washington s
chief of police thinks it a good idea
to let the women have hatpins as
weapons of defense.
The Senate began consideration of
q bill providing for a codification
of laws relating to the judiciary.
The Supreme Court justice to
whom the task will be assigned of
figuring out the portion of the Vir-
ginia debt that West Virginia should
pay will have difficult problem in
arithmetic.
The military academy appropria-
tion bill. carrying $1,S56,649, was
passed by the Senate.
The Naval Appropriation bill car
rying 1929, 9,037,602 was reported to
the House.
Services were held in the House of
Representatives in memory of the
late Congressman Robert G. Davy, of
Louisiana.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Two Women In A Duel.

Nashville, Tenn. Especially. =
News reached here of a duel be-
tween two women at Kingston,
Tenn, Sunday night Just after
church services, Rosa Cowen and
Nellie Taylor quarreled over the af-
fections of man. Both drew
knives. When others attempted to
prevent the women from fighting,
it is said, the man about whom the
alteration started interfered, and
with leveled revolver ordered the
women to be allowed to fight it out.
The duel continued until the throats
Of both had been cut and Rosa Cow
en- lay dead. Nellie Taylor is not
expected to live.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Big -Four Men Want Raise.

Cincinnati Especially A commit
tee of the Big Four Railway con-
ductors and another of trainmen
called on General Manager ]. @. Van
Winkle and submitted requests for
changes in working rules and a new
scale of wages. The scales are al
most identical with those submitted
by employees of the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern to the officials of
that road and rejected by them. Mr..
Van Wrinkle informed the commit
tees he would consider the matter
and give them his answer in a day
or two.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Mother of Sixteen War veterans.

Moundsville, w. Va. (SpeciaD -
Mrs. Sarah Brandon, aged 100. Of
this city, holds the United States res
cord as the mother of tAs largest
number of Civil War soldiers. No
less than 16 of her boys served in
the battles of that war, Ia on the
Union side and two with the Con-
federates. while her total family was
23. Her 23 children are also the
parents of large families. The old
est, Hiram, is SO years old, while
the youngest, Evan Brandon, is ~
years
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Fire Follows Threats.

Morganfield, Ky. Especially Fire
supposed to have been of incendiary
origin destroyed business property
here to the value of 100000
Among the buildings burned are the
Green River department store,
where the blaze started; the Ma
sonic Temple, the Opera House, the
new Baptist Church and parsonage
and the Bank of Union County. The
department store managers say they
had received several threatening let
ters lately from the Black Hand.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Denies Validity OF Court.

Washington. d. C. (Special) AS
the army court of inquiry investiga-
ting the Brownsville raid was in
one of its closing sessions u. B.
Marshall, counsel for the negro SOL
diers seeking restoration to the
army, sprung a sensation by imply
ing broadly that the court had been
improperly constructed by Secretary
Dickinson, and that the recorder,
Capt. Charles r. Howland, of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry, had made no
effort to produce any testimony fa-
vorable to the discharged soldiers.
The citizen., 1910-04-01

Catania, Sicily Especially Mount
Etna. whose eruptions in the past
have wrought great destruction, is
again in a violent state of activity.
Pronounced movement within the
crater and steadily increasing in
volume. Fears are entertained as
to the results, if the eruption con-
tinues in its present violent form.
From Catania correspondent
motored in the direction of the
mountains. Passing the village of
Mascalucia, II miles in a direct line
from the crater. a thick curtain of
smoke was encountered. which en-
urely concealed Etna. At Nicolosi,
10 miles from the crater, the entire
population had gathered in a square
TO watch the volcano, which appear
ed as a black phantom above. Now
and then it was illuminated with
flashes of light, appearing almost red.
Higher up the rain of cinders be-
came thicker and extended like a
veil across the mountain
Like Sounds OF Battle.
A deep roaring was heard and
detonations like the sound of artil-
lery following one another in quick
succession, while the earth shook un-
der foot.
One of the guides cried IAN
earthquake" and could scarcely be
induced to continue. The hot cinders
covered the ground like a thick car
pet, rendering walking difficult A
peasant was encountered coming
down. He said:
The fire is rushing down, burning
everything. The lava is like a red
hot river"
Proceeding little further along,
four colossal columns of LACK smoke
could be observed. Occasionally
they were cut by flashes of fire
presenting an awe-inspiring spec
tacle. Then the wind opened the
clouds for moment and wide striu
of fire could be seen in the distance
advancing with monstrous contor.
tons. 1t fell like a torrent from
Mount Capriolo, spreading out in the
valley below.
Houses EnvelOped.
The lava flow had already reach
ed the vineyards above San Leo and
Rinazzo, seven miles from the era
ter, and had buried a large number
of peasants houses. 1t came in sew
eral streams and united in one great
mass about 20 feet in height and
1000 feet wide. It's velocity was
estimated at 8 to feet a minute,
varying according to the conditions
of the ground. This mighty wall of
lava was today not more than five
miles from Bolpasso and Nicolosi.
The meteorological station on
the mountain side has been destroy
ed and the village of Borrello is in
serious danger The populace, ter
ror-stricken, are flying from their
homes. The earth shocks have
reached about SO in number, but
there is continuous vibration and
trembling for many miles around
Everywhere the villagers are carry
ing images in procession and implor-
ing mercy. Twelve new craters have
been opened up.
Help For Sufferers.
Help for the people of the de.
vastated region is being organized
here. A detachment of soldiers and
a large number of engineers and
| doctors have gone forward The
prefect of Catania, returning from
the scence this evening, said:
81 have witnessed a spectacle ot
desolation and ruin which only
those who saw the eruption of We.
suvius in 1906 can imagine. The
present eruption can be compared tc
no other"
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Daniel Stin Improves.

Dayton, Fla. Especially - United
States Senator John w. Daniel con-
tinued to show improvement, pulse,
temperature and respiration being
nearly normal. If the present gain
continues, it is expected to remove
the Senator to his home in Virginia
within two weeks. Doctor Chown-
ing declared that Senator Daniels
faculties have been nearer normal
than at any time for two weeks.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
To Vote On City ownershin.

Detroit Especially Petitions bear
ing the signatures of 1879 voters,
were submitted to the Common
Council calling for popular vote on
the question of municipal ownership
of the street railway system. Under
the law 14,200 names were necessary
to require the Council to submit the
question to a vote.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Body Buried 30 Years Robbed,

Forest Hill, La. (SpeciaD The
most unusual robbery in the history
of this section of Louisiana was per-
petrated, when the body of E. d.
Gainier was exhumed and gold
teeth, diamond ring, gold watch
and cuff buttons were taken. The
body was sealed in tomb here more
than 30 Years ago
The citizen., 1910-04-01
HERO FAILED TO SAVE WIFE.

Detroit Especially Despite the
fact that John Jackson, of Port Hur-
on, mad been awarded a Carnegie
medal for having saved ID lives, he
was unable to rescue his own wife
from drowning in the Black River
The woman had been i'll for two
weeks and during the nurses alb
sence from the room, ran to the riv-
er and jumped in. Jackson follow
ed and succeeded in grasping his
wife by the wrist. but could not re-
tain his hold. The water was On
feet deep.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
NEW MAIL TAKING DEVICE.
Post Office Department Approves
Iowa Mans Invention.

Washington, D. c. (special) =
BY device invented by an Iowa
man and approved by the Postmas-
ter General, mail will be taken upon
moving trains and delivered at many
places. where fast trains do not stop.
The adoption of the device marks
an important step in the movement
to equip all railroad lines with 1t.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Tillman Rapidly Improyins.

Atlanta Especially United States
Senator B. R. Tillman. of South Car
olina, is rapidly regaining his health.
Saturday, for the first time since his
recent illness, the Senator, who is
taking the rest cure at a sanatorium,
took short walk. He walked about
a block from the sanatorium and
back and was little fatigued with the
exercise
The citizen., 1910-04-01
RIVERS OF LAVA
FROM MT. ETNA
The Earth Trembling for Miles
Around Volcano.
TWELVE new CRATERS ARE OPEN.
Panic-Stricken People Praying
for Protection.

The Meteorological Station On The
Mountain Side Destroyed And
Several Villages In Danger From
Fiery Streams Flowing Toward
Them-Through Heavy Clouds or
Smoke Great Flashes OF Flame
Come From The Craters-A Ter
rifying Spectacle.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Trouble In santo Domingo.

Washington, D. c. Especially -
The Navy Department ordered the
gunboat Paducah, now at Havana, to-
proceed to Santo Domingo. The sit-I
uation there is politically disturbed,
and it is deemed wise to have an,
American warship convenient in
case the trouble becomes more
acute.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Conductor Injured Under Train.

Keyser, w. Va. (SpeciaD -
Charles G. Miller, freight conductor
on the Western Maryland Railroad,
died at the Hoffman Hospital in
Keyser, w. Va, from injuries re-
ceived in an accident at West Vir-
ginia Junction. He was under a car
On his train adjusting 9 brake rod
when an engine moved the train.
He leaves a wife in Ridgeley.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
CRATER WORKED
GAME FROM JAIL
Dined An Insurance Man in
Sing Sing.

President Seward. OF The Fidelity
And Casualty Co. OF New York,
Testifies He Went To The Prison.
Where A Man Named Brown Said
big Tim" Sullivan, The Tammany
Chief. Would Kill Bill At Albany
For $4,000,
The citizen., 1910-04-01

New York (Special) - The body
of Ruth Wheeler. the 16-year-old
stenographer, who was lured from
her widowed mother by a decoy Of
fer of employment, was found hud-
died in a gunny sack on the fire.
escape outside the apartment of AL
bert Wolter. the man charged with
her abduction She had been stran-
gled with a short end of three
eights-inch rope. hacked with a
knife, burned beyond recognition in
an open fireplace and thrust care
lessly out of doors like so much rub
bish.
Identification was only possible by
shreds of clothing and fragments of
jewelry, but there was abundant evil
dence of how the murder had been
done. Around the neck were the
charred fbers of manila burnt into
the flesh. The apartment reeked
with the odor of kerosene. There
were oil stains in front of the new
ly painted fireboard that hid an
open CRATE. Fully dressed. the girls
clothing and hair had been saturated
with kerosene, the fireboard had
been removed and the body thrust
up the chimney standing. When
the match was touched to her she
burned like torch
Probably the murderer had hoped
for an opportunity to remove the
body under cover of night. but when
the girls disappearance raised such
an uproar and he began to suspect
he was shadowed, he had packed and
fed in terror.
Lured From Her Home.
A neighbor living on the same
floor of an adjoining house had no.
ticed the lumpy bundle outside his
window and, thinking it refuse, had
poked it off the fire-escape into the
back yard with a broomhandle. The
bundle moved obstinately and fell
with crash. His curiosity more
than his suspicious aroused, the
neighbor hurried downstairs for the
janitor to investigate. When the
two men cut the strings that bound
the sacking there rolled out before
lHeUu lle lull uOIIOl vi al al OClOuS
murder Both fed for the police.
Ruth Wheeler was the youngest
of three sisters bred by their moth
er. dressmaker, to self-support.
Both the older sisters were steno-
graphers and Ruth had just gradu-
ated from a business college. eager
for employment and proud of her
diploma. An employment agency
for graduates is conducted by the
college and Ruth called there Otter
to look for situation. Thursday
morning she left home on her usua
errand and never returned.
The girl had been carefully
brought up. She was never on the
streets at night and her failure tC
come home for "a hours without ex
planation meant more than a ca
price. The next morning her sisters
Pearl and Adelaide. in serious con
cern, went to the college and learn
ed that the following postcard haC
been turned over to her:
Dear Madam: Please call in ref
erence to position as stenographe
at residence of the secretary,
(Signed) "a. Wolter,
"122 East 105 Street"
The citizen., 1910-04-01
PREVIOUS GREAT ERUPTIoNs.

PREVIOUS GREAT ERUPTIONS.
1169-Catania and $4,000 inhab-
itants destroyed.
1527-Two villages destroyed.
1669-Catania and 10000 in
habitants destroyed.
1693-Large number of people
killed
1S52-Great damage done to the
surrounding country.
1879 and 1SS6-Great damage
to property.
1S92-Eruption lasted six
months. Little dam
age done, ashes falling
within the crater.
The citizen., 1910-04-01

The device takes on or discharges
mail safely, without danger of
throwing the sacks under the wheels
or derailing the train.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
To Simplify Motor Boat Laws

Washington. d. c. Especially =
Bills to simplify the laws governing
the equipment of motor boats were
introduced in both houses of Com
gress. The bills follow recommended
tions made at the Detroit conference
of motor boat associations in Janu-
ary, and the recent conference of
motor boat builders at New York
The citizen., 1910-04-01

Bricks and building blocks of fair
quality are made in several of the
smaller English cities by mixing the
residue from garbage incinerating
furnaces with quick-lime and water
The citizen., 1910-04-01
MATCH APPLIED
TO GIRLS CORPSE
Soaked With Oil and Stood Up
in Open Fireplace.
HER BODY BURNOED LIKE A TORCH.
Young StenOgrapher Slain By
a Strangler.

Ruth Wheeler Went To Accept Of
fer OF Employment And Never
Returncd-Charred Torso In Gum
ny Sack On Fire Escape Leads To
Discovery OF Crime-Albert Wal
ter. Who Lured Girls To His
Apartments, Under Arrest - New
Paint Hides Crime.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
TWELVE PEOPLE DEAD
IN FURNITURE FIRE RUINS
Girls at Factory Windows Fall
Back Into Flames.
ONE WOMAN LEAPS 70 THE GROUND.
Hero Loses Life in Attempt at
ReScueS.

Benzine Explosion Spreads Flames
Through Fish Furniture Co. Fac
tory, In Chicago, Trapping En-
ployes On Upper Floors-Rescuers
Unable To Ascend The Stairways
- Tottering Walls Halt The
Search For The Lost-Find Dead
Clasped In Each Others Arm.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
BATTLE WITH MAD MAN
ON A B. & 0. Train
Conductor and Porter of ROyal
Blue Limited Dead,

J. II. Bethea, Who Boarded b. G. q
Train In Baltimore. Kills Con.
ductOr o. f. Wellman And Porter
Samuel Williams Soon After
Crossing The Susquehanna-De.
fies Police And Firemen OF vii.
mington. Del, In A Two Hours,
Battle For Possession Of Train
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-26
THE BIJou THEATER.

Work on the Bijou Theater has now
progressed so far that a good idea of
what the finished product will look
like, can be obtained Contractor
Angus p. Mcdonald is nearing the con-
clusion of his contract, and it is safe
to say that he will be well within his
twenty-seven day limit, thus enabling
the management to open the house on
the date arranged, namely, Thursday
evening next, December /.
Access will be gained to the theater
by two spacious vestibules, and
these should prove a convenience to
all patrons. There will be only two
Irices, ten and fifteen cents. The
slope of the floor is a pronounced one
and those occupying the topmost back
row, will have just as clear a view
of the stage as those sitting in the
ten cents seats Immediately behind
the orchestra. The building has been
planned on lines that will enable all
Ito see the show. There will be nc
poles in the auditorium, the light ROOT
being supported by spans that have
been thoroughly strengthened. These
spans will rest on iron columns that
will line either side of the seating
accommodation, and in order to relieve
the look of the columns, decorative
palms and fancy shrubs will be placed
around them. Then again n clear
view of the stage will be obtained from
any angle, for the proscenium is wide
and at no time will the performers be
out of sight of single member of the
audience. At the opening shows or,
binary chairs will be utilized, but
within a short time there will arrive
q large shipment of regular opera
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-26
PARK,s VARIED PRoeRAM!

Manager Congdon now has a we'll
varied program at the popular Park,
W hich is the means of overtaxing the
seating accommodation at each per-
Torrance. The change of bill by
Wills and Hassan has served to in
crease the great popularity that they
have earned, and their act is now go
ing bigger than ever. VIII Lochrane's
Scottish songs are better now, and
he should settle down to long run.
Miss Pearl Melnotte's illustrated
songs are also feature of the per-
formahce, and she is always well re-
ceived. Manager Congdon already
has in view something good to offer
to his patrons, who are promised an
act that will be almost if not entirely,
new to Honolulu audiences.