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5 THE SUN, BALTIMORE, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1906. A RECENT DISCOVERY IN ROME QUEEN COLOR IN FAVOR THEMES IN GAY PARIS Mardi Gras Changing Gradually Into A Carnival Of Crime. WEEK'S CHAT OP LONDON "What Is Whisky?" Is Question Puzzling Distillers. CABAL PLANS A COUP Last Stand Against Czar's Decision For Liberties. REPORT 10,000 PERISHED Tahiti And Society Islands Swept By Great Windstorm.

MANY' BUILDINGS IN RUINS 1: ST 1 ai ,.5 ii iii imnsmnni mm TYri ir rri From the Illustrated London Newa.J SITE OF THE IMPERIAL TRIBUNAL IN THE ROMAN FORUM Sijior Bonl has discovered traces of a building which he believes may have contained the Imperial tribunal. This is most interesting, because of its connection with two marble plutei, or screens, which stand close to the east side of the artially restored rostrum. These screens represent tha Emperor Trajan in three acts of princely benevolence. He is shown announcing a dole of food to the applauding plebs, receiving the thanks of a woman (presumably Italy) with two children, and lastly burning tax books. Signor Boni holds that these acts may emphasize three aspects of the principatus, in relation to Rome and Italy and the provinces.

From these designs Signor Boni argued the existence of a building of similarly wideigniflcance, and from architectural details on the slabs he surmised the existence of a platform or tribunal in front of the facade of the Basilica Julia. Actual vestiges of such a building he has now discovered. The King of Italy has visited the excavations. BRITISH HOLDERS BACK FISH Demand Thorongh Investigation Gf Mntnal Life Insurance Co. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

New York, March 3. Stuyvesant Fish, leader of the new International policy holders' committee, which is fighting for real reform in the Mutual Life Insurance Company, has received a cablegram from Lord Northcliffe, better known as Sir Alfred Harmsworth, chairman of the protective committee of the British Policy Holders' Association, in which the support of that organization is promised to Mr. Fish and his followers. The support of the British policy holders' committee is an Important acquisition to the movement of which Mr. Fish is the leader.

Many of the most influential citizens of England are members of an organization headed by Sir Alfred. The cablegram received last night is the third of a series, which are self-explanatory. The first cable was sent by Sir Alfred to Mr. Fish, and Is as follows: London-, March 1, 1906. Fish, Ko.

25 East Sixty seventh street, A'cmj York British Policy Holders' Protection Association committe view with, apprehension your resignation from investigation committee. Does this imply abandoning your strenuous efforts for thorough investigation and genuine reform? They urge you to continue support with, all your power and influence general movement to liberate Mutual from trusts and Wall street, making it once more really in the policy holders' interests. Reply Carmelite House. Lord Northcliffe, Chairman. In answer to this Mr.

Fish cabled the following Lord Northcliffe, Carmelite House, London: Cable received. Having become satisfied thorough investigation from Inside impracticable I resigned from committee and later from board. The committee's four counsel also resigned. Am invited to join policy holders' movement for investigation and reform. What would you suggest? Would you also join international policy holders' committee and provide suitable French and German representatives for whom you can vouch Fish.

The modified demands upon Charles A. Peabody for information concerning the affairs of the Mutual made by the Truesdale committee, In lieu of the former requisition that was withdrawn against the protest of Mr. Fish, are being cited as ample justification of the latter's action In resigning from the so-called "house-cleaning" committee. It Is pointed out that the modified de mands which Mr. Fish would not countenance do not cafl for information as to tEe dealings on the part of the trustees who were hand in glove with Richard McCurdy in his discredited administration.

In the present requisition Mr. Peabody is called upon to require Information from only such trustees as are also officers of the company, thus eliminating the most powerful board members from the inquiry. Friends of Mr. Fish, who have compared the original requisition with the modified one, pronounce the latter a spineless document so far as it is calculated to elicit any information of the alleged financial peccadilloes of members of the board of trustees In the matter of syndicate transactions or other operations in which their personal affairs may have been improperly involved with the affairs of the company. It Is understood that Lord Northcliffe will secure the proxies of representative policy holders of the Mutual Company in England, France and Germany and In other ways lend the weight of his influence to the movement.

Mr. Fish was not In the city today and hia legal advisers had not yet given out the names of the local policy holders and trustees who are said to have Joined with Mr. Fish in his demand for a thorough Investigation of the Mutual's affairs. CHINESE ENVOYS AT ODDS Honors And Gifts For Dr. Perkin, Its Discoverer.

OTpyright by New York Herald Company, 1906. Special to the Baltimore Sun. London, March 3. The jubilee of the re markable discovery of mauve, the popular color which has been revived over and over again in the world of fashion of the last half century and which has always remained the favorite color of Queen Alexandra, falls due this month and is to be celebrated in a fitting manner, but probably few know how the popular color was discovered. When a boy of 18 Dr.

W. II. Perkin, F. R. was assistant to Prof.

A. Hoffman, who had charge of the Royal College of Chemistry. He spent all his evenings In re search work, and one day the professor suggested that he should try to produce quinine by artificial means. The experi ment failed, and the lad was preparing to make another attempt, when at the side of the glass vessel he saw a wonderful new shade of purple never fixed before. It was mauve.

Dr. Perkin patented the proc ess, and with his father erected works near Harrow for the manufacture of ani line dyes, but after 18 years he abandoned the business and devoted himself to chem leal research. But he already had laid the foundation of many and great Industries which have grown out of the utilization of coal tar. At a gathering of Dr. Perkin's many com meroial and scientific friends, who had met at the Mansion House the other day to dls cuss what form a memorial to his discov eries should take, it was suggested that a Perkin research fund should be founded in his honor, and that his portrait In oils and a marble bust of Dr.

Perkin should be presented to him. SPREAD OF DISEASE GERMS Speaker Could Project Tliem Thirty Or Forty Feet. Copyright by New York Herald Company. 1906. Special to the Baltimore Sun.

London, March 3. How disease germs travel and how they may be combated was the subject of the discourse of Dr. Robertson, Birmingham medical officer of health, In a lecture at the Birmingham University the other evening. "The list of Infectious diseases," he said, "is continually increasing." "Nobody," be added, "has yet been able to obtain the smallpox or the scarlet fever germs, while others are so minute that if magnified to the size of an inch and a human being magnified proportionately he would seem 23 to 30 miles high." He had never known scarlet fever carried by germs being blown out of one house to another. The intervening air and sunlight sufficed to kill the germs, but a speaker by the mere act of speaking could project germs 30 to 40 feet, while coughing and sneezing were powerful germ distributers.

In regard to consumption, persona who lived under healthy conditions and were well nourished were practically unsusceptible. It was an ugly thought that practically everybody had frequently been Infected with tuberculosis or other germs which were destroyed without being able to develop in their bodies. FINDS A MYSTERIOUS CASTLE Skeletons And Ancient Armor In A Carious Irish Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1906. Special to the Baltimore Sun. London, March 3.

While digging on some land near French Park, County Roscommon, Ireland, the other day, a laborer discovered a cavern with an arched roof, about six feet In depth, and from this a narrow winding passage led to an old castle about a quarter of a mile distant. The underground passage was well built. Some of the walls bear traces of Inscriptions, while at a certain point a number of skeletons and bones were found, together with a quantity of metal, which proved to be armor and weapons, evidently of great antiquity. An old legend In connection with this runs to the effect that ages ago the remains of one of the most powerful of the Connaught clans took refuge in this castle after defeat in battle, and being driven into the passage, it was closed up at each end by their foes, and the warriors were thus left to their death. PLAN TO HONOR FRANKLIN Pfoted Americans To Take Part In Paris Ceremony.

Paris, March 3. Ambassador McCor-mick and Premier Rouvier are planning a notable Franco-American celebration on the. occasion of the unveiling of the statue of Benjamin Franklin, April 20. Former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, of Philadelphia, will be the chief speaker, and it is proable that ex-Presldent Grover Cleveland and ex-President Loubet will be asked, respectively, to head the American and French honorary committees. Like One In Philadelphia.

The statue of Benjamin Franklin referred to In the preceding dispatch is a duplicate of the statue standing In front of the Philadelphia postofilce. It will stand close to the site of the home occupied in Paris by Franklin when he was American Minister to France. It is the gift of John E. Har-jes, the American banker, of Paris, to the municipality of that city. It is of bronze, was cast In New York, was designed by John J.

Boyle, of that city, and cost about $10,000. TRYING TO SAVE SHEPARD Extraordinary Efforts To Keep Him Ont Of Prison. Paris, March 3. The Government's refusal to pardon Elliott F. Shepard, grandson of the late W.

II. Vandorbilt, carries with it the necessity of serving his sentence, but renewed efforts made to induce the Government to reconsider its decision have resulted In a postponement of the beginning of the sentence until March 12. Two new applications have been submitted, one to the Foreign Office and the, other to the prefecture. The State Department at Washington and the French Embassy there are also co-operating In efforts to save Mr. Shepard from imprisonment.

Rather Fine Than Prison. Elliott F. Shepard was sentenced October 26, 1905, to three months' Imprisonment and $120 fine and to pay $4,000 damages to the parents of Madeline Marduel, who was killed by Mr. Shepard's automobile at St. Ouen, on April 24 last.

The fine and lncfemnity were paid, but applications were made to have the Imprisonment waived and a heavy fine substituted for It. HOLDS BALLOONING RECORD Connt De La Vanlx Made 50 Ascensions In Two Years. Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1906. Special to the Baltimore Sua. Paris, March 3.

It having been stated that the record for balloon ascents In Jno 5 belongs to someone else, the In.t-an-slgeant calls attention to the claims of Count Henry de la Vaulx. From January 19, 1904, to December 9, 1903, the French aeronaut made 59 ascensions, in spite of the fact that for six months he was traveling in America. Belgium and Germany have sent entries for the Coupe Internationale' des Aeronauts. Belgium will be represented by M. Emile van den Driesche Germany by Baron von Lewold and Herr Hugo.

i To uemeunre Meridian Arc. Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1906. Special to the Baltimore Sun, Paris, March 3. Prince Roland Bonaparte has given $20,000 to defray the expenses of a mission sent to Quito by the French Government In connection with the remeasurlng of an arc of the meridian. French Cardinals Gather.

Paris, March 3. The French cardinals have assembled here preparatory to calling a plenary meeting of the bishops to determine on the attitude of the Episcopacy toward the separation of church and state and to prepare for a reorganization of the church if the separation is accepted. Wellman Prepares For His Trip. Paris. March 3.

Walter Wellman sailed from Havre today on the French Line steamer La Lorraine. His polar dirigible balloon will be completed In May, after which the expedition will proceed to Spitzbergen for trial trips preparatory to departing for the Pole. Heard Francis Joseph Was Dead. Paris, March 3. Stocks closed weak on the Bourse today, owing to a rumor of the death of the Emperor of Austria, which was transmitted under express reserve.

Denning His Honrs. Pationce A judge in Cleveland, Ohio, haa decided that 11 o'clock is late enough for any man to sit up With his best girl. Patrice That, of course, is outside of the two hours allowed him to say goodby at the door. Yonkers fetateanma. PARIS HAS A MAN OF MYSTERY "Jacques Catalan" Makes Singular Changes In Ills Apartments 'o Luck In A Suicide's Rope.

Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1906. Special to the Baltimore Sua. Paris, March 3. No sooner this week had Parisians begun to take hope from the warm days and talk of coming spring than dls agreeable weather returned. A cold rain and drizzle marked the last days of the week.

Mardi Gras, however, was all that could be desired. It was a warm and bright day and the evening was almost balmy. Com plaint is made that Mardi Gras is yearly becoming more of a riot than a. carnival. The justice of this criticism Is found in tha factthat 1,500 arrests were made for rowdyism.

The night now seems to be given over to miscreants who take advantage of the crowd and costumes to rob and even to attempt murder. Instead of confetti these so-called Apaches throw pepper in the eyes of their victims, blinding them, and then take their valuables. The French press, pointing out these conditions, demands reforms. Mystery Of "Jacques Catalan." Important and somewhat mysterious alterations have been made to the well-known Maison de Belvedere, in the Rue Gabrlelle, at Montmartre. Some three years ago the sixth floor of the apartment and the belvedere were let to "Jacques Catalan, a man of ho immediately modified its appearance.

Iron curtains were placed before all the windows, and the staircase leading to the Belvedere was narrowed so as to prevent the passage of more than one person at a time. All the doors were replaced by thick oaken shutters, and an Iron gate cut off the apartment from the rest of the house. Other remarkable alterations were made, and the work was completed weeks ago. The Belvedere now resembles the turret of a battleship. The Matin states that "Jacques Catalan" is In reality Baron Rauol de Vauxwhose mysterious subterranean installation'in the Chalet de la Mouche at the Pre Catalan was reported last year.

He appeared before the High Court in 1899. So Luck In Suicide's Rope. The superstition that the rope with which someone has hanged himself will bring luck has just been disproved In a tragic manner. A man named Durenne, in the Temple quarter, hanged himself. Hearing this, a Camelot went upstairs to his apartment and cut off a few inches of the rope.

He was going off with the trophy when his foot slipped and he fell down a whole flight of stairs. He was picked up in a dying condition and succumbed on his way to the hospital. M. REACHE BESIEGED Situation In Gnadaloupe Is Growing More Serious. Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1306.

Special to the Baltimore Sun. Point-a-Pitre, Gnadaloupe, March 3. M. Gerville Reache, after personal inquiry, during which he confirmed the recent acts of violence reported by cable to the President of the Republic and the Presidents of the Senate and Chamber, affirms that the situation is serious and asks the Government to send a high commissioner In order to avoid disasters. Since his arrival he has been besieged one day and a night at his residence at Basseterre without the authorities Inter-vening to re-establish order.

Worse eventualities are feared in connection with the arrival of M. Gerault Richard, who Is expected here on March 8, if the Government does not Fiasten to establish order, which is now badly disturbed by political animosities. M. Gerault Richard, It will remembered, Is a candidate at the coming elections in the district Of Guadeloupe, now represented by M. Gerville Reache.

GENDARMES FIRE ON CROWD Taking Of Church Inventories StnTv-bornly Resisted. Paris, March 3. Resistance to the making of inventories of church property continues in the provinces. At Grenoble today a strong force of troops was repeatedly repulsed, but finally the parish priest intervened and the Inventory was made. The church was draped In black and a catafalque stood In the center aisle bearing the inscription "Here Lies Liberty." At Montrigaud a commissioner and four gendarmes were beseiged In the Town Hall by the inhabitants of the village who were armed with pitchforks and clubs.

Troops and gendarmes were sent to relieve the prisoners, and were obliged to fire on the crowd, wounding two rrsons. KING OFFERS RICH PRIZES Victor Emmanuel Of Italy Encourages Invention. Rome, March 3. In connection with the coming international exposition at Milan the King of Italy will donate $16,000 in prizes, as follows Two thousand dollars each for the most artistically furnished room, the best publie automobile, flying machine, worklngmen's house and the most useful Invention for Italian industries, and $1,000 each for tha best automatic coupler, motorboat, best means for distributing milk, best bra3 band, best horse exhibit and the best indicator for high-power currents. The prizes will be awarded to anyone exhibiting at the exposition and the competition ts open to the world.

FIVE MARISTS MURDERED Vatican Notified Of Another Outrage In China. Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1906.) Special Cable to I. Prensa. of Buenos Ayres. Rome, March 3.

Dispatches have been received from China by the Congregation of the Propaganda stating that five Marist missionaries have been massacred and their mission destroyed. Saw 12,000 In War Dance. Lorenzo, Marquez, Portuguese East Africa, March S. The Duke of Connaught, who has been on a tour of Inspection In British South Africa, today witnessed a war dance here by 12,000 natives. Such an armed assemblage Is without parallel in times of peace.

$20,000.000 OF NEW BONDS Will Be Issued By Missouri, Kansas And Texas Railway. Parsons, March 3. Stockholders of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company met here today and decided to issue the mortgage bonds of the company to the amount of $20,000,000, to be paid in gold, the bonds to draw 44 per cent, interest, to be paid semi-annually and to be due January 1, 1936. The bonds are for the Improvement of the system. Including terminal facilities In Kansas City and new shops in Parsons, the improvement of the roadbed and the purchase of new rolling stock.

It is also said that the company will build many miles of new road during the coming year. HE FELL TO THE STREET DEAD Man Who Ran To The Rescue Got A Severe Shock. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun'. Parkersburg, W. March 3.

While Frank Spencer, a young married man, wis on his way home at 10 o'clock tonight he fell suddenly to the street, and when others rushed up to assist him they found he was dead. "Mont." Mortimer, who stepped uriCL. his side, fell as suddenly down andcried out that he was shot. An Investigation showed that Mortimer had received an electric shock, but from what cause was not discovered. The coroner is now investigating the cause of Spencer's death, but it Is supposed an electria shock killed him.

He fell just at the foot of a post which carries the electric trollery wire. Clyde Company Files Mortgage. New York, March 3. The recently incorporated Clyde Steamship Company of Maine today filed a first mortgage to the Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York, as trustee, to secure an issue of $6,000,000 25-year 5 per cent, gold bonds. Of these bonds $4,000,000 has been issued, and the remaining $2,000,000 are reserved for new ships, acquisitions of terminals and other Improvements, and are to be Issued not to exceed 80 per cent, of the cost of the same.

Great Demand. Tom Bothered by a piano next door? Well, I have a dog which always howls when my wife sings, and it stops her. IHck Lend me that dog? Tcrca epare loxi ARABIAN NIGETS' SPLENDOR This Is Possessed By A Magnificent Piece Of Jewelry Jnst Made For A Turkish Potentate. Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1906. I Special to the Baltimore Sun.

London, March 3. What is whisky? A Police Court to decide what it is, and in long trial, held at the North London Police Court to decide what it is, and in the course of which a long array of Scottish and Irish experts have been examined, has been brought to a conclusion by the decision of the magistrate, Mr. Fordham, which has stirred the Scotch whisky trade to its depths. Mr. Fordham decided that while pot-still whisky is really whisky, patent-still spirit, of which some blends are largely composed, is not a whisky.

Mr. Fordham, in giving the results of his personal experiences as a judicial whisky taster, said: "I find that the medicinal properties of patent-still whisky are not so great as pot still, and they differ in flavor and in scent. "Misrepresentation in the Irish and Scotch whisky trade has become very usual and greatly increased during the last few years, so much so that, as shown in this case, the public gets a patent-still spirit, with a dash of whisky thrown in to give it a name. "It is time that this fraud upon the public in the matter of whisky was stopped, and no doubt, though this has been a very costly prosecution, the result must be very valuable. The prosecution was in every way justifiable.

Blenders have taken upon themselves to issue to the public new raw patent-still spirit with a dash of old pot still and called it whisky." Blenders Indignant. The pot-still distillers of the Highlands are jubilant, but the Edinburgh blenders are most indignant, arguing that "It Is impossible that a stroke of a magistrate's pen should deprive of its name an article which for 60 years has been known as whisky." One leading expert says it is the most momentous legal decision ever pronounced In connection with the whisky trade, and it would strike at the most powerful branch of the industry and at practically every one of the great distributing firms. The present output of whisky in Scotland is about 26,000,000 gallons per annum, and of that fully two-thirds are represented by the product of the patent still. There are, moreover, 120,000,000 gallons of whisky In bond in Scotland, and nearly half that quantity, or 60,000,000 gallons, was made In patent stills and under this magisterial decision has no right to be sold as whisky. The opinion is generally expressed In the trade that a new name will have to be found for whisky made In patent stills, but there is also a feeling of indignation at the condemnation of the patent still itself.

Mr. Archbald Williamson, M. has given notice of a bill to amend the law relating to the sale of whisky, and to provide for the marking of casks and other vessels containing whisky. Magnificent Jewelry. London has the distinction of having produced perhaps the most magnificent piece of jewelry made in modern times.

A Turkish potentate commissioned Messrs. Dobson, jewelers, to produce a plastron of surpassing beauty, rivaling the Jewels of the Arabian Nights in splendor. From his own treasures he supplied a number of beautiful pearls the size of small nuts, and a single diamond of wonderful brilliance, leaving Messrs. Dobson to furnish the rest of the jewels. There are no fewer than S.000 brilliants, besides emeralds and rubies.

Mr. Arthur Dobson said, in showing It: "We submitted several sketches and, after the approval of one, we commenced the work two years ago, and it Is Just completed." Drawing aside a. silk curtain, he revealed lying on a velvet background a jewel of indescribable beauty. It measures 2 feet 4 inches In length, and Is made to button around the neck by a wonderful circle of diamonds spreading It out on the breast and showing butterflies of Jewels, daintily poised on glittering flowers, surrounding a centerpiece of the Turkish crescent in pearls, in three rows, each as large as a Barcelona nut. Elaborate In Detail.

The crescent itself is the size of a tea plate, and at the top is the sign manual of the Sultan of Turkey in emeralds, and a verse of the Koran in rubies fills the center. From the crescent, on ropes of glittering gems, hangs a square medallion the size of an ordinary cigarette case, on which, standing on an emerald mound, is the Turkish flag in rubies, the whole being backed by diamonds. Below is suspended in a diamond frame a miniature, carte de vislte size, of the purchaser, and completing the whole scheme, at the extreme bottom is a pearl as large as an acorn. Every piece can be detached from the others and worn separately, or, with truly Oriental magnificence, the whole can be suspended from the neck like a trembling, quivering blaze of fire. The value of the treasure i3 estimated at 150,000.

King Edward had the Jewel taken to Buckingham Palace, and expressed pleasure that English workmen had produced such fine jewelry. On picking it up the King laughingly remarked that he was glad he was not forced to wear anything so gorgeous or heavy. Insuring: Iliiee Sleets. While it is well knewn that there are no calamities, from burglars to the birth of triplets, that cannot be insured against at Lloyd's, few people are, perhaps, aware that a number of policies are issued to those who wish to protect themselves against losses arising from fog, frost or flood for the winter, and this week several race meetings were guaranteed against abandonment on account of the weather; but awing to the mildness of the winter up to recently Lloyd's has emerged triumphantly. A member of Lloyd's, In the course of conversation, volunteered the information that a premium of 20 guineas per cent, represented the average for race-meeting weather policies.

Race meetings insure only against the out-of-pocket expenses. Including advertising, catering and wages, which may amount to more than $1,000 a day, they not Insuring against the gate money. Cricket clubs come under a different head. The premium is usually 15 guineas per cent, and the Insurance is in regard to gate money. Much the same thing applies to flower and horse shows.

A Bad-Weather Week. No wonder there are so many persons catching colds or laid up with Influenza just now, for the weather once more is ever on the change, and the week has ended with rain and gales, the rawness of the chilling people to the bones. It is unfortunate that after the period of sunshine which the second and third weeks of February produced, the American visitors, of whom a fair number have arrived In London this week, have met with such a dismal, wet reception. Slush under foot, dark clouds overhead and periodical showers of exasperating, drizzling rain, varied by occasional blasts of cold sleet. LONDON'S GREAT TRAFFIC Its Magnitude Shown By The Government Report.

Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1906. Special to the Baltimore Sun. London, March 3. Wonders of London traffic are narrated and Illustrated In two blue books of -singular interest, namely, Vols. and VI of the report of the Royal Commission of London Traffic, just published.

They contain a remarkable series of plates and maps, about 100 in number. They are costly in workmanship and unique as a collection never before realized of all the features of the dally rush of London life. Among the curious facts obtainable from these maps and diagrams are the following One-fourth of the population of England and Wales lives within a 20-mile radius of Charing Cross. Omnibuses of London carry in one year the whole population of the United Kingdom seven times over their route. Mileage of railways within the area now constituting the administrative county of London was 29 In 1845.

In 1860 it was 69V4. In 1880 it had Increased to 2154 and in 1900 to 248. At the busy time of the day 642 omnibuses pass by the Bank of England in an hour, making a procession 2 miles long, and 400 pass through Oxford street and Piccadilly a procession 1 miles long. Automobile omnibuses hold 34 persons, as against the horse omnibus load of 26, so that if the horse omnibuses of London were replaced by automobile omnibuses the streets would be relieved of one-fourth of their existing omnibus traffic. EMPRESS REPORTED WITH THEM Ignatleff Tells The Emperor His Proposed Step Will Forever Put An End To Autocracy.

St. Petersburg, March 3. Two anarchists, armed with bombs, were arrested at the railroad station here today as they were boarding a train for Tsarskoe-Selo, where the Emperor is at present sojourning- fc The reactionary cabal at Tsarskoe-Selo, headed by Count Ignatleff, General Trepoff, commandant of the palace, and General Prince Putiatin, made a last-ditch fight at the recent meeting of the special council to defeat the decision of the Emperor to incorporate in the fundamental laws of the Empire the provision that hereafter no law shall be effective without the consent of the National Assembly and the Council of the Empire. According to some reports, their efforts were not without the sym pathy of the Empress. When It became ap parent that Tremier Witte and the Em peror's councilors, who argued that only such a renunciation of the Imperial power could appease the sentiment of the country, would carry the day Count Ignatleff made a last personal appeal to the Emperor, warning him bluntly that on the evening of the assembling of the National Assembly such an Irrevocable step would put an end forever to the autocracy.

The Emperor, however, remained firm and ordered a vote to be taken, and when the proposition was carried the Emperor formally confirmed the decision. Cabal Grows Desperate. This cabal is represented to have been driven to desperation by the defeat, and there are sinister rumors of an attempt at a Dalace revolution. In high quarters, how ever, such a possibility Is scouted. A prominent personage who participated In the council today said "No matter what the cabal might secretly desire, with only the support of a portion of the officers of the guard regiments it would never dare in such a cause to at tempt a coud d'etat." The ITolv Svnod has Issued a circular to the clergy forbidding them to use their influence with their parishioners in the coming elections in favor of any particular candidates, but Informing the clergy that it ia their dutv to clve moderate counsel In the Interests of the Emperor, the people and the fatherland.

Czar's Manifesto Final. The Fmneror's determination to abide by his promises of October SO was announced finally and resolutely in answer to a reac-tionarv delegation from Ivanovo-VozneBensk whlch'asked him to withdraw his manifesto and to govern the country as his fathers had done. In reply to the deputation the Emneror said "The reforms promulgated October 30 are progressing without deviation. While the rights accorded the people remain unaltered my autocratic power will ever remain as it always has been. The EmDeror's allusion to the retention of autocratic power refers probably to a definition of the Imperial powers under the fundamental law, in which, though the word "unlimited" is eliminated, the expression "autocratic" is retained, the official explanation being that the title "autocratic" which was assumed when Russia shook off the Tartar yoke denotes independence of other sovereigns and has no refer ence to internal conditions.

Millions For Cossacks. The sum of $2,600,000 has been presented tn the Don. Ural. Kuban ana uoren cos sacks, ostensibly for the improvement of their lands, but In reality It Is an excep tional reward for their services during tne war and their fidelity In repressing the troubles in the interior. A number of armored automobiles, manufactured in France for the use of the Russian army, have arrived here.

It Is understood that they will be used by the troops in case of street riots In the cities and asrarlan troubles in the country. The Cabinet today decided to establish local committees in the provinces, consist incr of officials. Zemstvoists and peasants, to assist the agrarian banks to devise means for the more profitable working of the sou. Count Vorontzoff-Dashkoff, Viceroy of the Caucasus, reports that order has been re stored in the Government of Kutais, that the agitators are delivering up their arms bv the waeonload and that deserters from the army are being handed over to the authorities. The Viceroy also reports that Tifiis and Elizabethpol are more tranquil.

RUSSIANS TELL OF MASSACRE Girl Says She Alone Of A Family Of 12 Escaped Murderers. vw Vnrir rrh 3. Stories of escanes from the Russian frontier on rafts and of massacres alleged to have occurred In the cellars of Moscow homes during the recent outbreak there were told here today by itus-sian refugees. These stories came from oAma tho 1 (Vio- Russians who arrived here yesterday on the steamer Pennsylvania from Hamburg and who passed the immigration inspection toaay. uohowa TsaneR.

15 vears old. one of the refugees from Moscow, said she was the last of a family of 12 and that her rather, mother brothers and sisters were killed by soldiers. For two days she was hidden In a dark corner of tne cellar 01 ner nome, which soldiers entered at intervals in hers of the family, she said, were found and killed. She is now on ner way to vv est XT 4 vcr a rt.hnei sifltovitch. who lived near the Austrian frontier in Russia, escaped with his entire family by crossing tne river vis-tula to Austrian territory on a raft, under cover of larkness.

A patrol of soldiers which was on tne looKour. tor parties attempting to escape in this manner heard the noise made by the craft and fired in the direction of 'the sounds, witnout, now- hltHny nnvone. Many other Jews, It Is said, took the same method of getting out or itussia. LIEUT. SCHMIDT TO HANG Leader Of The Sevastopol Mutiny Condemned To Die.

Odessa, Russia, March 8. Lieutenant Schmidt, who headed the naval mutiny In June last at Sevastopol, was today sentenced to be hanged, 3 other mutineers were condemned to be shot and 27 others were sentenced to terms of imprisonment Ten of the accused were acquitted. The innHsmniiii men hnve annealed to the Court of Cassation. The executions are fixed for March 6. SAILS ON HER WARSHIPS Japan Adopts Old Type For Her New wursnips.

frrh Cnntaln Pakenham. uuuuui i- naval attache of the British Embassy at Tokio, nas communicated to iub aumiruuj general particulars of the newest battleship japan Is building at Kure, regarding which remarkable secrecy haa been observed. Captain Pakenham says the most striking fha onrrvlnir of vards and sails. There will be two tall masts, fitted with light steel fire control piatiorms, ana carrying lower courses, topsails and topgallant The vessel will be of 19,000 tons and will have a speed of 21 knots. Her armament will consist principally of heavy guns, and her armor will be massive.

She will have an overhanging schooner bow, with no ram. It Is expected that this will keep her comparatively dry forward In heavy seas. It Is understood that Japan will place ntvierfl for warships In Great Brit ain at present. She Is herself now build ing two battiesnips ana several cruisers. besides adapting captured tussian war ships to her own use.

H. B. IRVING COMING Xoted Actor Is Booked By Nixon Zimmerman. Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1906. I Special to the Baltimore Sun.

London, March 3. H. B. Irving has engaged to pay his first visit to the United States. Nixon Zimmerman have booked him first of all to appear in the Lyric Theatre here in "Jeunesse," a play which is now running successfully at the Odeon, Paris.

After a season at the Lyric Mr. Irving will sail for America and will open at the new Alhambra, New York, after which he will make a tour of the big cities only. $2,354,365 To Relieve Russian Jews London, March 3. The total amount which has passed through the hands of the London committee for the relief of the Russian Jews Is $2,354,365, including $200,000 received from America during the past week. Half of the total sum was collected Ma America, Fine Residence And Other Structures Destroyed And Estimates Of Loss nan To Nearly $5,000,000.

San Francisco, March 3. The Evening Post states that 10,000 persons perished hiring the storm on Tahiti and adjacent islands, several of which, Its account says, have disappeared. It places the damage at $5,000,000. These reports have not been confirmed by the officers of the steamer Mariposa, which brought the news of the disaster from Papeete. Story Of The Cyclone.

Tapoete, Tahiti, Feb. 18, via San Fran cisco, March 3. The most destructive cy clone ever experienced In the Society and Tuamotu Islands occurred on February 7 and 8. The damage In Tahiti is estimated at $1,000,000, and presumably a similar amount of property was destroyed on the Tuamotu Islands. The city of Fapeete was Inundated and about 73 buildings were destroyed, includ ing the American consulate and the French (iovernnient building.

The shipping in the harbor of Papeete escaped Injury, owing to the direction of the wind, but fears are entertained for vessels which were cruis ing near the Tuamotu Islands. It is feared that there has been heavy loss of life in the lagoons of the Tuamotu Islands, though the death of the guardian of tb quarantine station In Papeete Is the only fatality yet reported. The schooner Papeete was submerged for an hour near Tuamotu. Her cap tain, Philip Mlchaelll, estimated that the waves were 05 feet high. It was lmpos slble to see 20 feet away.

At 3 P. M. the sailors had to be lashed to the vessel. Mareadi, a French resident at Faharan, Tuamotu Islands, abandoned the place in a small cutter after all the Government buildings and dwellings and the Catholic church had been swept away. Many of the natives climbed cocoanut trees and others put out to sea in small boats.

Americana Lose Heavily. Some Americans have sustained heavy losses, and probably there will be a few Instances of utter destitution. The Araeri cans are hopeful of securing help from the T'nited States. Money and food are re quired. The cyclone reached the velocity of 120 miles an hour.

It struck the islands about midnight on February 7 and continued un til about 4 P. M. the next flay. At Papeete about 7 P. M.

February 7 the sea began to break heavily over the reef, the waves in the harbor washing over the quay. There was no perceptible wind. Toward 10 o'clock people living in the vicinity of the water front were compelled to abandon their homes, saving, as a rule, only a small por tlon of their belongings. An hour later high seas broke, completely demolishing the Government slip and buildings, besides causing great damage to the coal sheds. The guardian of the arsenal, TelTer Adams, an expert swimmer, was in the water for many hours and assisted in warning and rescuing others.

The village of Tarona, near the arsenal, was swept away. It con sisted of the mission buildings and homes of native converts of the reorganized Latter-Day Saints' Mission, formerly under the direction of Capt. Joseph Burton, of California. The mission house and a great many houses were carried off to a distance of many hundreds of yards and demolished A settlement about an eighth of a mile distant, comprised of dwellings of several hundred Cook Islanders (British subjects), was completely destroyed. A Thrilling Adventure.

At Taunoa the family of Herman Menell had a thrilling experience, their fine resi dence, probably worth $15,000, being badly damaged by waves, which compelled the family to tiee for their lives to a native house. Frequently the water was up to their necks, and they were obliged to cling to trees for safety and support. Where before the storm there was a frontage of 160 yards to the sea the waves cut off the lawn, so that the water now is within 10 yards of the veranda. Matters were worse in the city of Pa peete than in the suburbs. The shlpbulld ing yards of Captain Peterson and Brown Bonchhahman were destroyed.

Mrs. Gooding, an aged American, narrowly es- -aped death, being caught by debris in her home when it -collapsed. About 8 A. M. the American Consulate, the oldest structure in Papeete, having been built about 1S36, collapsed.

In the absence of the American Consul, his mother, Mrs. Doty, supervised the removal of the archives, aided by several missionaries. The records were temporarily stored at the Latter-Day Saints' mission house. Beyond the American Consulate several Government buildings, including the treasury and storehonses, sustained great damage. The British Consulate was slightly damaged.

Captain Bemali had to abandon his homo with his family oa account of the rush of waters. The Islands Moorea, Huahenl, Ralttia and Tohaa, of the Society group, are known to have sustained damages to the extent of about FEARS FOR NORSE FISHERS Only 70 Oat Of 300 Boats Caught In A Storm Report. Trondhjem, Norway, March, 3. A fishing fleet consisting of 300 boats and operating off Trondhjem, was caught In a terrific storm Friday, and It is' feared the greater portion of it was wrecked, as many boats are reported to have been seen floating keel upward. Thus far, 79 of the boats have been reported safe at Flatanger, Koksvik and the GJaellngerne Islands, and possibly others have reached shelter at some of the thousands of Islands dotting the coast.

Steamers are cruising In the hope of picking up survivors. The fisher boats are usually manned by three or four men, so that the loss of life must be great. The weather is bitterly cold, and even if the shipwrecked fishermen reach uninhabited islands they must perish unless they are rescued Immediately. The village of GJaservaero is the greatest sufferer, as most of the fleet had headquarters there. The waters visited by the storm are well-known fishing grounds, especially for the cod in the autumn.

This was an unusually good season and the fleet assembled in the islands, which are several miles off the mainland. Three hundred boats with 2,000 men put to sea Friday, when the weather heemed most propitious, but the lines and nets were hardly cast when the storm broke with a violence never seen before by the hardiest of the Norse fishermen. The fleet immediately dispersed, discarding its tackle, the only thought being to 'reach the mainland. Steering was out of the question. The boats were tossed helplessly by the mountainous seas in a blinding snow squall and the crews had no recourse but to await the end.

Eleven boats and 33 lives are now known to have been lost. CAUGHT IN WATERSPOUT Many Liven I. out In Disaster Year Jladlfcnicar. Antananarivo, Island of Madagascar, March 3. Details of the destruction caused by the waterspout which recently destroyed the village of Mahanoro show that only two bouses were left standing.

Thirty bodies have been recovered. All the Europeans were injnred and the material losses were very great The Italian schooner Africa was thrown upon the beach and the French brig Lucienne was engulfed and disappeared. ETHYL-CHLORIDE CONDEMNED Doctor Says Drug Used By Dentists Is Duagerons. tCopjrUrht by New York Herald Company, 1906. ISpvoial to tile Baltimore Sun.

London, March 3. The administration of anaithetics In dental surgery was the subject dealt with in an Interesting paper read at one of the leading London medical societies the other evening, In view of a recent tragedy in a London dental surgery. The Information which the paper gave regarding the use of ethyl-chloride has a peculiar interest. It was said that this irug, which has been used rather freely within the last three years, is more dangerous than many persons Imagine. Investigations fchuw that after momentary stimulation a marked fall of the blood pressure occurs in the human subject.

It was urged that this drug should never be used. In the case of the aged or any person n'lfTerlng from cardiac trouble, the use of too strong a vapor at once is strongly condemned. Oxygen and nitrous-oxide gas, it was said, should invariably be used in dental work unless, perhaps, io the case of children. x. i HOUSE LEADERS ARE ILL Campbell Bannerman, Balfour And Chamberlain Have Colds.

AN EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION Mr. Asqnith Compares The Position To Playing "Hamlet" Without The Prince And The Ghost. Copyright by New York Herald Company. 190C Special to the Baltimore Sun. London, March 3.

The chief topic of conversation just now in both political and social circles Is the extraordinary situation which has arisen in Parliament. The responsible leaders of both parties are away ill, and the business of the House of Commons is seriously dislocated in consequence. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain are confined to their rooms suffering from one form or another of colds, and the House is being led for the meantime by the present and past Chancellors of the Exchequer, Mr.

Asqulth, on the Government side, and Mr. Austen Chamberlain, on the opposition. Mr. Chamberlain Is suffering from Influenza, but Mr. Balfour's Illness Is more serious, the strain of the vigorous campaign in a great working-class constituency like East Manchester, where he delivered two, three and sometimes four speeches a day, told on him, and near the end of his city campaign he contracted a severe chill, which he has not been able to shake off, and, on the advice of Sir E.

Venning, he has decided to remain In bed for some days. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman is the oldest invalid. He was found to be suffering from a bronchial cold on Monday, and was ordered to keep his room. Luckily, the cold, though severe, has resulted in no complications, but the Prime Minister is confined strictly to his room. The extraordinary situation aroused by these simultaneous Illnesses has caused a great deal of discussion In the lobbies, for It has "placed the House in a very great embarrassment, to use Mr.

Asquith's words, but the awkwardness of the situation did not prevent the House from enjoying to the full a unique joke the other day, unique from the man who perpetrated it. Mr. Austen Chamberlain was proposing the adjournment of the debate on free trade owing to the absence of the leader of the opposition. "Which leader?" shouted several "The leader of the opposition," announced Mr. Austen Chamberlain, with heavy emphasis on the word "the." "Name! name!" cried several.

"My right honorable friend the member tor west Birmingham some of the new members of the House unfeellnelv tittering at this parliamentary manner of referring luiuei-j is aiso, regret to say, laid up with an attack of influenza." "In that case," said Mr. Asquith, "with the two right honorable gentlemen on the other side away, it would be like playing 'Hamlet' not only without the Prince of Denmark, but also without the ghost." The House laughed long at this brilliant sally from a minister who so rarely relaxes as to make a joke. The only analogy to the present situation in Parliamentary records is the experience during the influenza epidemic in March 1895, when Lord Rosebery's Government was In power, and Lord Bosebery, Mr. John Morley Mr. Balfour and about 20 members of Parliament were all down with the malady at the same time.

KING EDWARD IN PARIS Gala Dinner To Be Given Today- At The British Embassy. Paris, March 3. King Edward arrived at the Invalides Depot this evening. He was met by a representative of President Fallieres and by Premier Rouvier, Prefect of Police Lapine and Sir F. J.

Bertie, the British Ambassador, and the embassv staff. Crowds cheered the King as he was'driven to the British embassy, where he will remain for three days as the Duke of Lancaster. The arrival of King Edward attracts comment in connection with the Algeclras conference as being a timely reaffirmation of the Anglo-French agreement. President Fallieres and King Edward will exchange visits tomorrow, and there will be a gala dinner at the embassy, at which the King, the President and the Premier will be guests. Baron de Courcel, bead of the French mission at the funeral of King Christian, who at that time approached Emperor William with the purpose of ameliorating Franco-German relations, also will le of the party.

AUTONOMY SUSPENDED Austria Takes Severe Repressive Measures With Hungarians. Budapest, Hungary, March 3. General Rudnay, the Royal Commissioner, today suspended autonomous government in the county of Pest. He declared that the existing anarchical conditions could not be tolerated and gave the county officials 24 hours in which to de cide whether they will remain at their posts under the changed conditions. The reconstruction of the Hungarian Cabinet is announced.

It is the natural consequence of the events of February 19, when General Nyirl, as Royal Commissioner, dissolved the Hungarian Parliament by force. Baron Fejervary's choice of new Ministers Is generally believed to signify that the Crown has no intention of holding new elections within the period expiring April 11, as prescribed by the Constitution. The new Ministers evidently were selected primarily with the view of their fitness and willingness to help the Crown carry out its declared policy In the face of unpopularity and possible resistance. The previous Fejervary Cabinet had to face ostracism on the part of many of the extremist elements, and the same fate awaits Its successors. M.

Kristoffy, Minister of the Interior, Intends to resign. His successor has not yet been announced. M. Lanyl, Minister of Justice, is expected to resign. Julius Tost will succeed Georke Lukacs as Minister of Public Instruction.

Dr. Franz H. Hegedues takes the Finance Minister portfolio, hitherto held by Baron Fejervary. Major-General Jahl, it Is expected, will be appointed Minister of National Defense, In place of Major-General Bihar, who re-' lgned. Neither Tost nor Hegedues has heretofore attained any prominence in dud-lic life.

Sweden's War Scare Costly. Christiania, March 3. The Government today ask'? Parliament for a credit of $1,905,750 to cover the expenditures arising from the extraordinary defense measures at the time of the crisis between Norway and Sweden. Senor Robledo Bead. Madrid, March 3.

Senor Romero Robledo, ex-MInlster of Justice, President of the Chamber and leader of the Weyler party, is dead. He had suffered from bronchitis for a long time. A Little Knowledge. Irate Foreigner (who, having found a beetle in his soup, haa sent for the manager) Veil, vich of you is the managere Joint Managers We are th joint managers, sir. Irate Foreigner Go avay, and 6end me at Tone the soup raanngerc.

London Scraps. AGREEING ON BANK PLAN Moroccan Conference Would Internationalize Institution. AMERICA TO HAVE A SHARE British Delegate Forces The Police Question To The Front And The Powers Show Their Hands. Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1906. Special to the Baltimore Sun.

Algeclras, March 3. Quite contrary to the expectations of Germany, today's sitting of the Morocco conference, the first one of the week, brought in no reply to a denial of the French claims to a predominating position In the proposed bank or the frontier police, upon which pivot the success of the entire conference hangs. This was a surprise to all. Delegates continued discussing the details of the bank's relations under various circumstances. Only once did the Germans bring up a point involving difficulties, say-Ing that the individuals connected with the bank should not be submitted to the consular courts.

Sir Arthur Nicholson rose and sharply said that his Government would never agreed Only Austria stood by Germany, who, it is underwood, withdrew the clause. Then, for some mysterious reason, the matter was adjourned, evidently for a considerable period. As announced, the bank question will be taken up on Monday In committee. One version la that Sir Arthur Nicholson stated that there was no possibility of agreeing upon the bank matter, but this, on highest authority, is contradicted. In any case it is very curious that the police question has been taken up before the bank matter is settled, which was supported by 10 of the powers, Including the United States.

This has given rise to the idea that a solution under these lines, if an agreement is come to, of all the details of both questions is possible. Germany may be advised of the necessity of her giving way on the two principal points above mentioned, which France makes a sine qua non- Forcing? The Issue. Algeclras, March 3. The conference on Moroccan reforms took a most important step today by deciding, on the initiative of Great Britain, to proceed to the immediate discussion of the police question. After Sir Arthur Nlcolson, chief of the British delegation, had submitted this proposition the Marquis Vlscontl Venosta, head of the Italian Mission, seconded it, eloquently asking for the abandonment of the unbending viewpoints taken by France and Germany.

The voting showed that Germany had with her Austria and Morocco while eight representatives of powers supported Sir Arthur Nlcolson. Belgium and Sweden announced that they would abide by the decision of the majority. One of the delegates proposed that the police question be referred to a special committee which should prepare a project and submit it to the conference this proposition received a negative vote. The result of the vote on Sir Arthur Nlcolson's proposal has caused something of a sensation, as it means that the delicate Franco-German contest over the policing of Morocco has been forced to a decisive issue in which both sides will be compelled to show their hands. Moreover, the vote gave the first indication of the strength of the two sides.

While this was not decisive, as the question was not upon the merits of the police, yet it disclosed that Austria and Morocco were the only countries voting with Germany. It Is understood that France will not present a police project to the conference and that therefore she will be consulted simply on the question of principle Involved. It is expected that the discussion of the question of police will be begun Monday. The delegates of the powers have partly agreed on the text of the Moroccan Bank The organization Is to be entitled the State Bank of Morocco. It will be chartered for 40 years and have a capital of $3,000,000 in gold, divided Into parts equal to the number of the powers participating in the conference.

Each power, directly or through a bank or a group of banks, shall have the right to subscribe to Its part of the capital. The powers will designate a director of the bank and furnish a quota of the employes. Disagreements between Morocco and the bank may be referred to an arbitration court at Lausanne, Switzerland. The question of the number of the French shares and other details, however, have not yet been settled. The above agreement gives the United States the right to participate in the organization of the bank.

Hard Problem To Come. Berlin, March 3. The Foreign Office regards the prospects of an agreement being reached at Algeclras as having been improved by the partial acceptance of the committee's plan for the organization of a state bank for Morocco. Although the most difficult question, that of the control of the police, still remains, hopes are expressed at the Foreign Office that this ques tion will also be settled. A.

Combination As Mediators. Rome, March 3. The official news received here from Algeclras Is hopeful and points to the possibility of the adoption of a middle course between the French and German pretentions, toward which Italy and Austria are working, while at the same time trying to obtain the adhesion of the United States. It is believed In official quarters here that this combination would exercise such a moral Influence that it would assume almost the character of mediation. The compromise, It is added, may consist in practically giving the control of the Morocco State Bank to France, which In exchange would make important concessions regarding the control of the Moroccan police.

Powers Prevailed On Von nelow. Vienna, March 3. It was stated authoritatively today that Austria-Hungary, Russia and the United States made strong representations to Berlin concerning Morocco, In consequence of which Prince von Bue-low. the Imperial Chancellor, seems to have adopted a more conciliatory attitude and Is inclined to entertain France's proposals. DANGER IN ETHIOPIANISM Natal Premier Says It Must Be Crushed Even With Violence.

Pietermaritzburg, Natal, March 3. Premier Smythe at a public meeting today denounced Ethlopianism, or "Africa for the Africans," as the primary cause of the present disaffection of the natives. The Premier declared that the preaching of the Ethiopian leaders was calculated to destroy European rule, and he appealed for public support to make a clean sweep of the present disaffection, even though bloodshed must follow. A clergyman who was among the speakers said 150 natives, including 20 Natal-lans had recently been sent to negro colleges in America. Shah Reappoints His Brother.

Teheran, Persia, March 3. The Shah's second brother, Naib-Es-Saltaneh, has been reappointed War Minister, a post which he held for 12 years, from IS 84 to 1896. Canse Of The Disagreement En- veloped In Mystery. St PauL March 3. That a disagreement has broken out in the ranks of the Chinese commissioners, who are en route east from Seattle, the cause of which is a mystery, became known here today.

The disagreement was so serious that the party split in Seattle, three being left behind tn that city. The remaining 38 will divide In St. Paul and take different trains eastward. Whether the three who left the party on the Pacific Coast are going to Washington through San Francisco or Intend to return to China is not yet known here. But it is officially published by the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy Railroad that 22 of the distinguished Chinese will start from here for Chicago Monday morning on a special train, and that Prince Tsai Tse and 15 other members will leave here Monday night.

Vice-President W. Hill and General Passenger Agent C. E. Stone, of the Great Northern, will meet the commission in North Dakota and conduct them to this city. YOUNG ENGLISHMAN SUICIDE Was To Be Tried On Charge Of As-, sanlting; A Woman.

Winnipeg, March 3. James D. Maudsley, a young Englishman, committed suicide at the Leland Hotel here today by shooting himself through the head. It is believed that worry over his approaching trial on the charge of assault preferred by a woman prompted him to kill himself. He was the son of James Maudsley former Lord Mayor of Liverpool, England, and head of the large Maudsley Publishing Company of that city.

The young man received an annuity of $2,500 from his parents. 80 COPPER SUITS DISMISSED This Wipes Ont Litigation Of Heinze And Opposing Interests. Butte, March 3. On motion of counsel representing the Amalgamated Copper Company and the Heinze interests, 80 actions at least were dismissed by the District Court of Silver Bow county today. This wipes out all pending litigation In the State courts Involving the former opposing Interests, with the exception of a few cases In which counsel were not authorized to appear.

These will be dismissed later, as will be 23 actions now pending In the United States courts. The dlslmssal of these suits forms one of the concluding Incidents of the copper war terminated by the sale of the Heinze Interests to a company represented by Thomas F. Cole. The actions dismissed today include claims for damages aggregating more than $50,000,000. WILLED BRAIN TO SCIENCE That Of Dnnlap, Reformed Bnrglar, Fonnd Strangely Marked.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Philadelphia, March 3. Edward Dun-lap, reformed burglar, was right, Hl3 brain has proven the most extraordinary examined by scientists at Wister Institute. Dnnlap was a remarkable criminal. He displayed great mental vigor and he willed his brain to science after death, declaring that he felt certain it would be found to be unusual, and that study of it might enable science to suggest a way to combat criminal tendencies in other men.

Announcement is made today that there are unexplalnable features in Dunlap's brain that render it unique amid the brains of hundreds of men studied at the institute. It has aroused great speculation among the scientists, but none as yet venture the slightest suggestion as to the meaning of the peculiarity offered by Dunlap's brain. This will require years of study to develop and years of comparison with other brains. Dr. Milton J.

Grossman, who is in charge of the Institute, said: "In no other brain we have ever seen here have the fissures been so wide and deep, so strangely marked. What does this mean? I cannot say. It may mean nothing. It may be full of meaning." ACCUSED OF WIFE MURDER Yonng Georgian Of Prominent Family Protests Innocence. Ocilla, March 3.

Reason Handley was lodged In jail at Irvinvllle today charged with poisoning his young wife of two weeks. Handley is from the neighborhood of Crossland and had lived here only a short time. The coroner held an Inquest yesterday and the jury asked that the stomach be analyzed, which will be done. The accused Is a young man of a prominent family. He protests his innocence.

Fine Lonisville Residence Burned. Louisville, March 3. The palatial country house of Thurston Baljard, at Glenvlew, a suburb, was destroyed by Are today. Paintings and much valuable bric-a-brac were saved. The loss Is $60,000, covered by insurance.

Minister Killed By Street Car. Nashville, March lev. W. H. Strickland, pastor of the jruce Street Northern Methodist Episcopal Church, of this city, was run over and killed by a street car today..

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