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EL PASO, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MARCH 17. I%7.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IMPROVEMENT
OF WATERWAYS
President Appoints a Com-
mission to Prepare Plan
for Betterment of the
Oonntry
HELP MOVE THE CHOPS
And Manufactures by a Com-
plementary System of Water
Transportation and Con-
trol Floods
AND SAVE THE UPLANDS
Complying with 'petitions presented
by numerous commercial organtza
tlons of the Mississippi valley. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has decided to appoint
an International waterways commis-
sion whose duties it will be to pre-
pare and report a comprehensive plan
for the improvement and control ol
the river systems ol the United States.
Eight public men have been asked
to serve on the commission, and Rep-
resentatives Theodore E. Burton of
Ohio, chairman of the rivers and har-
bors committee in the last congress,
Is to be chairman of the commission.
In a letter which he has addressed to
each of these persons, the president
sets out he is influenced in appoint-
ing the commission by broad con-
siderations for the national 'policy;
that the railroads are no longer able
to move craps and manufacturers
rapidly enough to secure the prompt
transaction of the business of the
nation, and that there appears to be
but one complete remedy—tho dot
vclopment of a complementary sys-
tem of transportation by water. The
president’s letter in full follows;
The White House, Washington,
March 10, 1907.
My Dear Sir:—Numerous commer-
cial organizations of the Mississippi
valley have presented petitions ask-
ing that I appoint a commission to
prepare and report a comprehensive
plan for the improvement and control
of the river systems of the United
Slates. I have decided to comply
with these requests by appointing an
inland waterways commission and I
liave asked the following gentlemen
to act upon It. I shall be much grati-
fied if you will consent to serve:
Theodore B. Burton, chairman, Sen-
ator Francis G. Newlands, Senator
William Warner, John H. Bankhead.
General Alexander MacKenzle, I)r. W.
J; McGee. F. H. tfewell, Gifford Pin-
c’uot, Herbert K. Smith.
In creating this commission 1 am
Influenced by broaj considerations of
national policy. The control of our
navigable waterways lies with thp
federal government and carries with
it corresponding responsibilities and
obligations. The energy of. our peo-
ple has hitherto been largely directed,
toward Industrial development con-
nected with field and forest and with
coal and iron and some of these
sources of material and power are al-
ready largely depleted; while our in-
land waterways as a whole have thus
far received scant attention. It is
becoming clear that our streams
should be considered and conserved
as great natural resources. (Works
designed to control our waterways
have thus far usually been under-
taken for a single purpose, such as
the improvement of navigation, the
development of power, the irrigation
of arid lands, the protection of low-
lands from floods, or it® supply water
for domestic and manufacturing pur-
poses.
While the rights of the people to
these and similar uses of water must
be respected, the demand has come
for merging the projects and uses
of tho Inland waters in a comprehen-
sive plan designed for the benefit of
the entire country. Such a plan should
consider and Include all the uses to
which streams may be put. and
should bring together and coordinate
the points of view of all users of
water. The task Involved in the full
and orderly development and control
of the river system of the United
States Is a great one, yet It Is certain-
ly not too great for us to approach.
The results which It seems to promise
are even greater.
It Is common knowledge that the
railroads of the United States are no
longer adequate to move crops and
manufactures rapidly enough to se-
cure the prompt transaction of the
business of the nation, and there is
small prospect of Immediate relief.
Representative railroad men point out
that the products of the northern in-
terior states have doubled in ten
years while the railroad facilities
have Increased but one eighth, and
there is reason to doubt whether any
developments of the railroads possi-
ble in the near future will suffee to
keep the transportation abreast of
production. There appears to be but
one complete remedy—the develop-
ment of a complementary system of
transportation by water. The pres-
ent congestion afreets chiefly the peo-
ple of the Mississippi valley and ihev
demand relief. When the congestion
of which they complain Is relieved
the whole nation will share the good
results.
While rivers are natural resources
of the first rank they are also liable
to become destructive agencies, en-
dangering life and property; and some
of our most notable engineering en-
terprises have grown out of efforts to
control them. It was computed by
Generals Humphrey’s and Abbott,
about a half century ago. -that the
Mississippi sweeps into its lower
reaches and the gulf 400 billion tons
of flostlng sediment each year (about
(wice the amount of the material to
be excavated In the opening of the
Panama canal) beside an enormous
but unmeasured amount of earth salts
and soil matter carried in solution.
This vast load not only causes its
channels to clog and flood the low-
lands of the lower river, but renders
the flow capricious and difficult to
control. Furthermore, the greater
part of the sediment and soil matter
Is composed of the most fertile ma-
terial of the fields and pastures tn
the country drained by the smaller
and larger tributaries. Any.plan for
utilizing our inland waterways should
consider floods and their control by
forests and other means; the protec-
tion of bottom lands from injury by
overflows and uplands from loss by
soli wash: the physics of sediment-
charged waters are the physical or
other -ways of purifying them; the
construction of dams and locks, not
only to facilitate navigation, but to
control the character of the waters;
and should look to the full use and
control of our running waters and the
(complete arliflcatlon of our water-
ways for the benefit of our people as
a whole.
It Is not possible properly to frame
so large a plan as this for the control
of our rivers without taking account
of the order their development of
our natural resources. Therefore. I
ask that the Inland waterways com-
mission shall consider fhe relations
of the streams to the use of all the
great permanent natural resources
and their conservation for the making
and maintenance of prosperous homes.
Any plan for utilizing our inland
waterways to be feasible, should
recognize the means for executing it
already in existence, both in the fed-
eral departments of war. Interior agri-
culture and commerce and labor, and
In the states and their sub divisions;
and It must not Involve unduly bur-
densome expenditures from the
national treasury. The cost will
necessarily be large in proportion to
the magnitude of the lienefits to be
conferred, biit it would lie small in
comparison with the seventeen billion
dollars of capital now invested in
steam railways In the United States—
an amount that would have seemed
enormous and Incredible half a cen-
tury ago. Yet the investment has
been a constant source of profit to
the people, and without It our indus-
trial progress would have been Im-
possible.
The questions which will become
before the inland waterways commis-
sion must necessarily relate to every
part of the United States and affect
every interest withiu its borders. Its
plans should be considered In the
light of the widest knowledge of the
country and its people and front the
most diverse points of view. Ac-
cordingly when Hs work is sufficiently
advanced, I shall add Ito the commis-
sion certain consulting members with
whom I shall ask that its recommenda-
tions shall he fully discussed before
they are submitted to me. The repre-
sentatives of the commission should
include both a statement of the prob-
lem and recommendations as to the
manner and means of attacking it.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed.)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Mr. Bankhead has just finished his
tenth term In congress from Alabama;
General MacKenzie is chief of en-
gineers of the army; Mr. Newell Is
director of the United States recla-
mation ; Mr. Pinchot Is chief forester
of the United States; Herbert K.
Smith Is commissioner of corpora-
tions: W. J. McGee is an anthropolo-
gist, formerly in charge of the bureau
of American ethnology and formerly
president of the national geographical
society.
ANOTHER BUTTE STRIKE
Workingmen’s Union Demand In-
crease of Satary and May Tie Up
Street Car Traffic.
Butte, Mont., March 16.—The mem-
bers of the Workingmen's union con-
nected with the Butte Street Railway
company quit work tills morning, the
management refusing a demand for
ap increase of wages from $3 to $3.50
per (lay. Manager Wharton of the
street car company says that, barring
accidents, the system may continue
three days, but not longer. If no
agreement Is reached before next
Tuesday morning (the entire, street
car system of Butte, Walkervillc,
Centerville and East Butte will sus-
pend indefinitely throwing five hun-
dred men out of work. The motor-
men and conductors have a union,
but have not yet struck in sympathy,
but the workmen control the barns,
and without their co-operation #h«
Cars cannot run.
Without gas, and with the watef
supply depending upon chance, Butte
confronts a most annoying period.
The gas men are still on strike. The
workingmen in the employ of the
water company are out, and as soon
as a main bursts, the system must
suspend.
GOV. JOHNSON’S NEW IDEA
Michigan's Executive Proposes a N»
tional Conference to Settle States
Rights in Railroad Regulation.
Minneapolis, Minn., March 16.—In
view of the proposed extension of
federal authority in the regulation ot
railroads. Governor Johnson today
suggested that a national conference
be called by the president, presumably
at Chicago, to reaca a common under-
standing of the powers to be exercis-
ed by the individual states.
Governor Johnson regards federal
regulation as the ultimate idea and
believes that a getting together of this
kind would do much to achieve that
result harmoniously.
The governor expects lo place his
idea in definite form and submit it to
President Roosevelt
Next Regatta at Philadelphia.
New York, March 16.—At a meeting
of the executive committee of the
National Association of AmateiUl
Oarsmen here tonight it wag decided
to hold the next championship regatta
at Philadelphia August 8 and 9.
CONFERENCES AT
THE WHITE HOUSE
file Governor and the At-
torney General of Michi-
gan Summoned by the
President
NO STATEMENT 18 MADE
As to the Matters Discussed.—
James Speyer the Banker
Again in Consultation
with Mr. Roosevelt
A RAILROADER IS COMING
Wasiilugtou, March 10.—Questions
affecting the railroad situation oc-
cupied more or less of the attention
of President Roosevelt today. Dur-
ing the morning there were informal
talks with some of his callers on the
subject aud a dispatch 'came from
President Mellen of 'the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroaj.
asking for an appointment. In the
afternoon there was a visit from Gov-
ernor Deueen and Attorney General
Stead of Illinois. A semi-official de-
nial was made that the governor and
the attorney general talked either
finance or railroads.
From statements, however, which
have come front authoritative sources,
regarding the visit, the inference is
drawn that there was some reference
to the Chicago and Alton deal, which
figured prominently In the recent Har-
rimaninvestlgation by the Interstate
commerce commission. The presi-
dent is availing himself of every situa-
tion and the impression is general
that this question was discussed -.to
some extent, at least in the confer-
ence of Governor Deneen. The
latter tvotild make no statement.
A rumor gained currency during the
morning that the (president Intended to
issue a statement defining his atti-
tude on the relations of the govern-
ment to the railroads. An impression
to this effect apparently got abroad
from the fact that the president had
read to some of his callers extracts
from his speeches and tetters bearing
on sopie features of the railroad ques-
tion. These report*, however, proved
groundless, and later It was ascertain-
ed that the president would hot ltduie
such a statement today nor has he
such an Idea in cmtomplaiion.
One of the president's callers was
James iSpeyer, of New York, head of
Speyer & Co. To many, his call look-
ed significant, as it closely followed
that of yesterday Jt was Impossible
to ascertain either from the White
House or Mr. Speyer the purpose of
the visit.
Governor Deneen and Attorney Gen-
eral Stead were with tho president for
fully an hour. The governor was at.
the White House at the president's
request, to discuss "certain ques-
tions,” the nature of which he de-
clined to disclose. After the confer-
ence, thp governor called on Senator
Cullom and later took a train for
Chicago. Neither the governor nor
Mr. Stead would make any statement
regarding their interview w|th the
president, the governor only admitting
that, nothing had been agreed i»pon
that would require Immediate action.
Governor Deneen gave the news-
papermen to understand that he ex-
pected the president to make a state-
ment about the Interview, but no news
was given out at the White House,
it wus explained there that the ar-
rangements with the governor for his
visit to Washington had been made
before the recent flurry in Wall street.
Tuesday the president is to have a
conference with President Mellen of
the New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford, at Mr. Mellon's Initiative. Mr.
Mellen Is one of the railroad presi-
dents with whom J. P. Morgan asked
Mr. Roosevelt to confer as to "what
steps might be taken to allay the
public anxiety as to the relations l»e-
tween the railroads and the govern-
ment.” So far as ascertained at tho
White House. Mr. Mellen is the only
one of the presidents who has asked
for an Interview and It Is not known
there whether he represents himself
alone or all of the four presidents
named by Mr. Morgan.
Mr. Mellen is well known to the
president and usually when he comas
to Washington he makes a special
call on Mr. Roosevelt.
It was said at the White House that
nothing had been heard from E. H.
Harriman as to a proposed second
call on the president.
FRENCH STRIKERS RIOT.
A Spectator was Shot Dead and the
Police Were 8toned.
Nantes, France, March 16.—The
strike of the stevedores of this port
resulted today in violent rioting, in
the course of which a spectator was
shot dead A mob stoned the gen
d’ armes and police, who were forced
to disperse the crowd with 8rawn
sabres.
have fought me will find that. I am
pretty much of a live one.”
Mr. Burton admitted that he In-
tended making a long 'verbal state-
ment as soon as he reaches Abilene.
"1 will, say whatever I have to say
in a large hall and I expect to make
some amazing statements,” he said.
“1 have not worried during my Im-
prisonment. because I have been
steadfast in the faith that 1 am and
have always been innoefeut of any
wrongdoing. I have got lots of bright
hopes for the future.”
RllIN IN WAKE OF
RECEDING FLOODS
WAYBILLS AS PROOF.
Prosecution Introduces Them to Prove
Charge of Rebating.
Chicago, March 16.—Waybills of the
Chicago & Alton, intended as prelim-
inary proor that the Standard Oil com-
pany obtiilncd a freight rate on oil
shipments less than the legal tariff,
were Identified In the federal court
today by witnesses for the prosecu-
tion. The waybills were issued at
Chappelle, III., for shipments of oil
to St. Louts. A charge of 18 cents per
hundred was shown in the bills, but
the attorneys for the government de-
clared that, they expoet, to show that
the actual rate paid by the Standard
Oil company was 6 cents per hundred.
MET DEATH IN GOAL MINE
BURTON TALKS OF PLANS.
Says He Propose* to Show People
That He la Very Much Alive.
8t. Louis March 16.—The Post-Dis-
patch will tomorrow contain the fol-
lowing statement made by former
Senator J. R. Burton, now In Jail at
ironton, Mo., whose terms of impris-
onment expires March 22:
“I feel that I owe It to myself, to
my wife and to my friends to show
to the people of Kansas and of the
United States that Joe Burton 1s not
a ‘dead one.’ if my plans materialize
I believe that a lot of fellows who
Seventy-Five Miners Dead and Twelve
Hurt in a Fire Damp Explo-
sion in Germany.
Forbach, Germany. March 16.—An
explosion of fire damp in an under-
ground shaft of tho coal mine at
Klelnrosseln, near here, at 11 o'clock
last night, resulted in the death of 75
miners and the injury ol' 12 others.
Six of the miners who were in the
shaft at the time of tho explosion
are still missing. One hundred and
seventeen others escaped in adjoin-
ing collieries.
Almost the whole population of the
countryside gathered ut the mouth of
the shaft, among them being the fam-
ilies of the men below. Rain was fall-
ing heavily and the most distressing
scenes of grief were witnessed as the
iKkltes were brought tip by twos and
threes and laid out under a blaze of
electric lights.
Many of the bodies were so disfig-
ured that they were scarcely recog-
nizable. The work of bringing out the
lnjttred men und the bodies of the
dead will be very slow, the galleries
being choked with wreckage.
The mine belongs to the bewemlels,
one of the richest mining families of
Alsace-Lorraine.
As the work of rescue progresses
It. was seen that the disaster was
more serious than the first, reports
indicated. Up to a late hour tonight
67 dead men and 12 men dangerously
wounded had Ween brought to the
surface, while forty men still were
missing. All the missing have been
given up %s dead, as they undoubtedly
were burled under falling wreckage.
Of the wounded two have died, and
the doctors think that, only one of
the remaining ten will recover.
Tile DeWendcl Brothers have given
$25,1)00 to relieve the immediate ne-
cessities of the aflMeted families.
Snyder, General Agent.
City of Mexico, March 16.— H. J.
Snyder was today appointed general
agent of tile Mexican Central railroad
with headquarters at San Francisco,
SUMMARY OF NEWS
in a
FOREIGN.
Seventy-five miners meet death
German mine explosion.
The victims of the lena explosion had
an Imposing funeral at Toulon.
Japan plans to expend $.'18,250,000 on
an Increase ol her navy.
StorieH of many shipwrecks come
from Australian waters.
DOMESTIC.
The senate Inquiry Into I he Browns-
ville riot expects lo examine seven-
ty witnesses.
The governor of Minnesota proposes
a national conference to settle
states right to regulate railroads.
A statue of Comntoder Barry, the gift
of the Sons of Ht. Patrick, unveiled
In Philadelphia.
Sinclair's Copperville colony wus de-
stroyed by fire.
Another strike Is on at Butte, Mon-
tana.
Senator Nixon is at Goldfield consult-
ing with his associates.
Attorney Delmas preparing lor clos-
ing of Thaw's trial.
The loss from the floods around Pitts-
burg Is estimated at $15,000,060.
Eleven men were killed In a coal
mine explosion near Norton. Vu.
Eighteen people were drowned at
Wheeling. W. Va.
The attorney general of Nebraska
gives a rigid construction of the 2-
cent. fare law.
A legislative committee is investigat-
ing food prices in Pittsburg.
The president has issued a proclama-
tion restoring the Portales (New
Mexico) forest reserve to the pule
lie domain.
Gov, Deneen ot Michigan, and others j
confer with tho president
Loss in Pittsburg District
Estimated at Ten Millions
and Up-River Points
Five Millions More
WHOLE FAMILIES LOST
Ohio Still Rising; at Cincinnati
and a Heighth of Sixty
Three Feet is Expected
—Many Dead
HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS
Pittsburg. March 16.—After three
days of business stagnation caused by
a rise In the Xlonongahola. Allegheny
ami Ohio rivers, which inundated
over ton square miles of this county,
conditions have about assumed their
normal trend, and by Monday a com-
plete resumption will be possible.
The water is receding even more
quickly than ii rose. With the ex-
ception of the lowlands below the
city, the river has susidod to Hs nat-
ural course. For tomorrow a stage
of a little over ten feet Is calculated.
Tonight the task of cleaning the
streets In the downtown district, was
completed, and workmen are clearing
the interiors of buildings.
Several mills and manufacturing es-
tablishments began operations today,
and an endeavor will be made lo make
up lime lost. Within two or three
days it Is thought all the mills will
have resumed.
The loss In tile Pittsburg district is
estimated at $10,000,000. Reports
from up-river points increase tho
damage in Western Pennsylvania lo
at least $15,000,000. The exact num-
ber of fatalities caused by the high
water has not yet been ascertained.
A score of persons are known to have'
met death in the flood, and additional
reports of many deaths were received
by the coroner today. However, the
reports have not been verified.
The work of relief It) Pittsburg, Al-
legheny and McKeesport Is In excel-
lent shape.
The council of McKeesport, appro-
priated $2,500 for Uih flood victims
of that city, and this amount was
greatly increased by private subscrip-
tions. In Pittsburg and Allegheny tho
charities departments are earing lot
the sufferers.
The health authorities are taking
every precaution to prevent, an epi-
demic.
The department of building inspec-
tion is making a thorough investiga-
tion or the submerged buildings, as It
Is believed that many old structures
were weakened. Today a two-story
dwelling In Allegheny collapsed. No
one w-as Injured.
Electric light plants were repaired
today, and after two nights of dark-
ness street lamps were lighted to-
night.
The street car service Is almost In
full operation, with tho assurance that
a complete resumption will be pos-
sible by Monday,
In over 100 churches in the towns
surrounding Pittsburg no services will
be held tomorrow. The trouble in a
majority of the churches results from
the damage done to the electric lights
by the high water. The Belaseo Gay-
ely, Alvin and Bijou theuters were
opened tonight utter being closed two
nights.
stricken foreigners from upsetting tho
craft Had the drowned persons re-
mained in their houses, none of them
would have tne( death. The buildings
occupied bv the victims were not
touched by the flames, but the explos-
ion that started the fire terrified the
people. But not all of these met death
by jumping into the water. Five were
drowned by the upsetting of a boat.
The majority of the persons living
in the district are Syrians and after
the fire they refused to return to their
homes They are being taken care of
in the city hull and county building.
Ohio River Still Rising.
Cincinnati. Ohio, March 16.—With
the Ohio rivet- rising here at the rate
of alxmt one tenth of a foot an hour
and the erost of the flood not yet
passed, it Is practically certain that
68 feet will be reached if not ex-
ceeded. Weather officials express a
doubt today that the river would rise
to the January mark of 85.2 as predict-
ed yesterday.
The river will continue to rise to-
night and tomorrow, and by Monday
a turn will come. The water has
crippled a few street ear lines which
traverse the lower parts of this city,
but no extensive damage has been
reported.
Up the river the situation Is more
serious. This is especially true at
Marietta and Portsmouth, where the
crest of the flood is passing
At Marietta, two thirds of the city
is flooded and there is considerable
suffering as nearly all of the gro-
ceries ant markets have been flood-
ed, Families on the hill are baking
bread for those who have been driven
from their homes.
At Portsmouth two levees biijlte
letting the water encroach on terri-
tory not heretofore flooded. The other
levees have been weakened and may
also go.
Tlu? breaking of-these levees have
compelled hundreds of persons lo
vacate their homes and paralyzed
manufacturing concerns.
$3,000,000 Damage at Wheeling.
Wheeling. W. Va.. March 16.—The
waters are receding tonight, leaving
Wheeling covered with wreckage. The
debris Is so great in some sections
that it will be days before the streets
carl be used.
It is estimated that the damage will
In- $2,000,000. There Is a great deal
of suffering
BIG HONDURAN VICTORY.
Family Drowned in Their Home.
Marietta, Ohio, aMrch 16,—William
McCracken, his wife and two children
were drowned today. They wore
forced to the second floor of their
home by the flood and the swift cur-
rent upset the house, the entire fam-
ily being lost
The Marietta Chair company, em-
ploying over 600 men, has been com-
pletely swamped and other manufac-
turing plants are heavy losers. Not a
factory is running.
The St.. Cloud hotel moved Us pa-
trons aboard a steamer. Two-thirds
of the city is under wuter.
Eighteen Perish at Wheeling.
Wbeelin. W. Va., March 16—Eigh-
teen persons are known to have lost,
their fives because of an early morn-
ing fire today at, the Warwick Pottery
company's plant in the flooded district
here. Following is a partial list of the
drowned:
MIK DRETHIKS, aged 30, store-
keeper.
ROf A BERTAS, aged 22
ELIAS MITCHELL, aged Ik months.
At ‘.E.s' BfcHT'AhfWftl i >«*'•-•
FRAN KHOLMKS, watchman at tho
pottery.
SIMON ELIAS, merchant
JULIA MOSES, aged I years
Reports From San Salvador Are to the
Effect That Honduran Rebels
Were Badly Beaten.
Sari Salvador, March 1(1.—General
B. A. Uolianoe. the war minister of
Honduras, according o advices re-
ceived foday Ims. after three days
fighting, defeated at Maleras. IzUga
and Saldana, barge, three thousand
men commanded by General Dlonlsco
CnlterniN. the general In chief of the
Honduran revolutionary forces.
The dispute); adds that Generals
(Jullerratt, llalladures and Ganiere
were klllel and that Generals Itara-
hona and Lopez were pursuing the de-
feated troops.
General Gulterras' followers are said
to have left many killed or wounded
upon the field and the government
force is repotted to have captured a
number of prisoners. The fighting
Is alleged to have extended over a
from eight miles long.
THAW CONFIDENT
IN HIGH SPIRITS
Delmas and His Associate
Counsel Husy Mapping
Out Plans for this
Week’s Work
AFFIDAVIT WILL GO IN
And Mrs. Thaw Will Be Again
Called to the Stand to Im-
peach Abe Hummel.—
Clash Expected
ALIENISTS FOR DEFENSE
I ENA’S VICTIMS BURIED.
Art Imposing Funeral of the Dead
From the Warship—President
Fallicres’ Oration.
Toulon, Franee. March 16.—The
victims rtf the explosion on board tho
battleship lena, March 12. were given
an imposing national funeral today.
All business was suspended, the pub-
lic and many 'private buildings were
draped In black and the lighted street
lamps were covered with crepe.
At the Place d' Armes. President
FalliericK, In the course of a touching
oration in which he expressed bis high
appreciation of tile devotion of sail-
ors and soldiers ready to die for duly,
recalled Abraham Lincoln's famous
Gettysburg speech, saying:
"Like Lincoln, we ask the glorious
dead, whom we salute with sorrow in
our hearts and tears In our eyes, to
strengthen us lit the religion of cour-
age and love of duty."
THE PORTALES RESERVE
'I he business men and mine owners WALTER MOSES, aged 4 years.
take charge at Goldfield. ( CHARLES MATTHEWS, watchman
Honduran regulars are said to have at tJ,,. A'heeilng Stamping company.
badly defeated Honduran rebels.
LOCAL.
J. G. Hanna, wanted at Artosia, N.
M., on charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses, arrested by
• Billy Rynerson.
A. P, McDevttt acquitted on charge of
robbing Mark Ooey.
Mayor Davis seriously ill aud threat-
ened with typnold fever.
City Attorney Burges returns and de-
clares opinion on bltullthic contract
unchanged by council’*action.
Because of the water surrounding
the borne1* district It was Impossible
for the tire apparatus to reach tho
scene. The firemen pressed Into ser-
vice all the boats mat could be secur-
ed and carried lines of hose to tho
burning building by this means. They
fought ihe fire and assisted In res-
cuing many persons. The crew of a
boat moored across the river manned
a yawl and rescued about 100 per-
sons.
The men were offered all kinds of
rewards and big sums of money for
the work they had done, but they re-
Most of the
The President Issues a Proclamation
Restoring It to the Public
Domain.
Washington, March 16. The presi-
dent today Issued a proclamation re-
storing to the public domain the Por-
tales national forest, having an area
of 172.680 acres. The reserve is In
the east central portion of New Mexi-
co, It.. eastern boundary being the
Texas line. It was established In
October, J()o.'i, as an experiment by
the forest service, but little progress
was made, principally owing to the
lack of funds.
The lauds will be opened to settle-
mem for 90 days from tomorrow be-
fore becoming subject to entry
EXPLOSION IN CINCINNATI.
Dynamite Explodes This Morning in
Residence District.
Cincinnati. Ohio, March 17 (2:15 a.
m.)—Two hundred and fifty-eight
pounds of dynamite on the site of the
now city hospilul have exploded. Tho
hospital site is located in the resi-
dence district of Avondale, and win-
dows are broken for many squares.
It Is not known that there were any
fatalities.
New York, March 16.—Attorney Dol-
phin M. Delmas conferred with his as-
sociates in the defense of Harry K.
Thaw today, mapping out plans for the
surrebuttal work at the trial, which
will be resumed Monday and will then
be entering upon its ninth week. Ap-
plications were made today to the dis-
trict attorney's office for several addi-
tional subpoenas for the defense.
Probably the greater part of next
week will be consumed by the defense
and the case may not go to the jury
unfll after March 25th.
When court convenes Monday morn-
ing'Mr. Jerome, will present the iast
bit of ev idence he has for tho prose-
cution He will renew his request of
Friday afternoon that Justice Fitzger-
ald admit the photographic and car-
bon copies of the affidavit Evelyn Nes-
bit is said to have made in Hummel’s
office. This affidavit, Mr. Jerome con-
tend*. Is competent evidence to con-
tradict the statement that Mrs. Thaw
was drugged and betrayed by Stan-
ford White. In It the young woman
Is said to have sworn that the stories
concerning White were untrue and
that Harry Thaw beat her when sh©
told him that there was no truth In
the statement that White had betray-
ed her.
Justice Fitzgerald, having permitted
Hummel and Ills clerk to testify as to
the making of the affidavit, evidently
Intends to allow Mr. Jerome to put tho
papers In evidence und read whatever
of the contents he desires to the jjry.
Attorney Delmas said yesterday that
the defense probably would offer no
objection to this. He referred to the
"questionable shape In which this ev-
idence comes," and apparently will
content himself with the attack ho
made on the credibility of Hummdt as
a witness, Mr, Dolmas will probably
have young Mrs. Thaw take the stand
and repeat that she did not know tho
ontonls of the paper. It will fhon
lie for the jury to decide between tho
prisoner's wife and the convicted law-
yer. »,
Harry Thaw's confidence, Instead of
diminishing with the dosing hours of
the case, seems to Increase. His
mother, Ills wife, and the Countess of
Yarmouth, his sister, called upon him
in the Tombs today, and reported that
ho was in high spirits.
When I he matter of the affidavit. Is
decided, Mr. Jerome will announco
that the people will rest, and Mr. Del-
mas then will take up the work of
surrebuttal. . As he intends to call
several alienists, and as District At-
torney Jerome has committed himself
to extensive cross-examination of this
class of witnesses, there Is no way to
tell just how long the defense will
take In putting its last evidence to the
twelve men who are to decide Thaw's
fate.
CARRY STATUE UNVEILED
A Feature of St. Patrick's Day C
bration in Philadelphia—Gift
the Sons of St. Patrick.
m
Alderman J. B. Badger leaves town
and city is without au acting mayor (fused to accept a'cent.
Copies of resolution extending time] imperilled j<ersons were 8.yrians and
of bltullthic people ou contract sent i at times when the big yawl was filled
to bonding company for written ap- j lo overflowing. 1) was with difficulty
proval
(that the rlvormen prevented (he panle
Postoffice Robber Caught.
rtau' Jos* , Cal., March 16.—Chief
of Police Carroll today arrested Borlo
T. Cole, who admits that he Is the
man who Is wanted to answer a charge
of robbing the postofflee at Crafts-
btiry. Vt., In September, 1905. Ho
has been working in a California cof:
fee club, under the name of George
Brown
Philadelphia. Pa., March 16.—OU0
of the principal features of the ob-
servance of SI. Patricks Day in this
city, which will continue through
three days this year, was the presenta
Hon this afternoon lo the city by tho
Sons of SI Patrick of a bust of Com-
modore Johnson Barry, who was one
of the society’s members along with
George Washington. The statue, a he-
roic bronze figure of the Commodore,
stands in Independence square and a
great crowd turned out in the sprln{$
like weather to witness the unveiling.
This honor fell to MIsb Elsie Hazel
Hepburn, a 12-year-old great-great-
grandniece of Barry.
The national government was repre-
sented by Brigadier General Duval,
and Rear Admiral Tilley, commandant
of the league Island navy yard.
The presentation address was by
Thomas J. Stewart, president of tne
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and tho
statue was accepted ou behalf of the
city by Mayor Weaver. The oration
was delivered by Rear Admiral Mel-
ville. retired.
The admiral's oration was devoted
principally to a study of Barry’s life.
Among other things he said:
“ ‘Old Jack Barry’ he was lovingly
called by those who knew him. But
to us of a later generation his name
and tho record of his deeds makes him
Fighting Jack Barry,' and 'Father of
the American Navy.”’
KILLING AT ROSWELL.
Gambler Kills a Farmer and Escaped
—Claimed to Have Been Acoident.
Roswell, N. M., March 16.—At Day-
ion last night. Robert T. Faulkner, a
professional gambler, shot and killed
William Smith, a farmer. It is claim-
ed the shooting was accidental. Faulk-
ner escaped aud has not been appre-
hended. yc
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