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Lucknow Sentinel, 1905-09-21, Page 6JAPANESE PREMIER A WILD CHARGE. WANTS TRADE BOOMED. Regrets Disturbances and Hopes the Nation Will Fully Realize Fruits of its Victories, Leading Business Men of Japan Organize Develop Home and Foreign Trade. to Baron Komura’s Condition at Present Favorable and No Operation is Needed. A Tokio cable despatch: In a speech before the Local Governors to-day, Pre­ mier Katsura said: “The peace ’> jujcgntiatioiis brought about through the good offices of Pre­ sident Roosevelt, have been conculded. During the 20 months of hostilities the wax was successfully carried on with an united national support. Your earnest and efficient efforts in guiding the peo­ ple of your respective localities are fully recognized. Now that peace has been re­ stored, your further efforts are desir­ able in dealing with post bellum mea­ sures so as to afford full play to enterprising energy possessed by nation in so remarkable a degree. “The national energy must be guided as to realize an expansion development commensurable with extent of its victories. “It is highly regrettable that distur­ bances have occurred in the capital but we hope that your localities will remain at peace. “In enforcing restrictive measures over the press promulgated by an ur­ gency ordinance, you are required to be guided by moderation. We hope that un­ der your experienced guidance the na­ tion will fully realize the fruits of its victories.” Witte, Baron Rosen, Baron Komura and Mr. Takahira. QUIET AT TOKIO. the the BUSINESS MEN Fonn Organization to Develop Home and Foreign Trade. A Tokio cable despatch says: In spite of the strong under current of indigna­ tion pervading all classes over terms of peace typical business men here are following a wiser course an accomplished fact. An important or­ ganization representing 81 leading bus­ iness interests has been formed under the presidency of M. Iwade, a million­ aire, which aims to work for the devel­ opment of home industries and foreign trade with redoubled energy. A signifi­ cant feature of the organization is that it consists of a wealthy and conser­ vative element, representing an enor­ mous combination of capital. Its inter­ ests and energy will be principally di- ricted toward the exploitation of trade with Corea and China. The organization is prepared to co­ operate in this direction with foreign capitalists. The Portsmouth Treaty and the Anglo- Jap Treaty to be Published Together. Paris cable; The Foreign Office has received a despatch from the French Minister at Tokio saying that calm has been re-established, but that the legation as a precautionary measure continues under military guard. It is the present intention to postpone making public the text of the new treaty between Great Britain and Japan. The officials here were advised that the first plan was to make it public in London and Tokio last Monday, but Japan asked for further time, probably on account of the internal disorders, and it was there­ upon arranged to let the publication go over for a month, when it is expected the texts of the treaty of alliance and of the Portsmouth treaty will be offi­ cially communicated to the public at the same time, as the two documents are expected to counterbalance each other with the Japanese public. However, it is possible that the action of the Japanese Diet upon the treaties may lead to a postponement of the publication of their tekts beyond a month. In‘the meantime it is said that the new Anglo-Japanese alliance does not contain surprises out­ side of the main features summarized in these despatches Sept. 7, but that in ad­ dition the agreement covers secret clauses known only to the contracting parties, and which will not be made pul,-' lie. Order Was Misunderstood at Military Manoeuvres. F»erli, Sept. 18.—An extraordinary accident happened on Friday during some military manoeuvres on the sand marshes of the Senne, in Westphalia. The general gave an order to a regi­ ment of Bavarian dragoons to perform i some dyeration against two regiments of Hessian dragoons who were formed up in the line a mile away. Owing to some confusion the Balaclava blunder was repeated. The instruction was mis­ interpreted as an order to charge the Hessians. The Bavarian charged madly across the plain, cheering and waging their swords and lances. Expecting that the charging regiment would swerve -when within striking distance, the Hessians stood their ground, behaving as inter­ ested but quite unconcerned spectators. To their horror, the Bavarians did not change front. They crashed at full speed into the Hessian line. Horses and men were thrown into confusion. Many on both sides were hurled to the ground. The commanders were unhorsed and trampled under foot. Every officer of the brigadier’s staff was swept off his horse, and some of them were seriously injured. In the excitement many of the Hessians drew their swords to defend themselves, and ‘ “ Asome nasty wounds were inflicted, lieutenant had his leg broken. The worst accident, happened to of the subalterns of the Hessians. Bavarian dragoon, maddened by excitement of the charge, and unable to pull up his horse, inadvertently drove his lance through the lieutenant’s body. Staff officers galloped up to stop the scuffle. Called to attention by the bugle, the dragoons looked at each other _ in amazement, scarcely understanding what had happened. Fifty horses were struggling on the ground, and many of them were so seriously hurt that they had to be shot. one A the SEVEN BABES IN THE WOOD. VESSELS NOT YET IMMUNE. the arranged with Russia, without repining over BARON KOMURA. Right of Maritime Captains Not Sus­ pended by the Protocol. A London cable: An announcement that the protocol of the armistice be­ tween Russia and Japan provides that the right of maritime captures is not suspended pending the ratification of the treaty caused a flutter at Lloyd’s. The insurance rate on steamers bound for Manchurian ports which yesterday were only 20 shillings per cent, have risen to from 3 to 50 guineas. A few vessels with Russian cargoes already cleared for Chinese ports were insured at peace rates. The underwriters are indignant at what they consider the high-handed action of Japan and are discussing the question of protesting to the Japanese Government. RIOTING AT YOKOHAMA. WHO WAS THE WOMAN WHO SHOT HERSELF IN NEW YORK? SURVIVED ITS HORRORS. Sickness Brought on Him by Getting Wet at Boston. New York despatch: Baron Komura, the Japanese peace envoy, who is ill at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, was resting quietly to-day without apparent change of condition since last evening. Speak­ ing of the condition of the Baron, Dr. Pritchard, one of his physicians, said, last night: “Baron Komura’s illness is undoubtedly due to his trip to Boston. While there he spent an evening with a friend in the suburbs. When he returned he rode in an open Victoria. It started to rain and the Baron was drenched. He went immediately to his train and did not change his wet clothes until an hour afterward, ’ / “The following day he arrived in this city and suffered from chills. I was call­ ed and then Dr. Brewer was summoned in consultation. On Sunday morning the Baron’s fever had diminished, but on Monday it was higher. At first it was thought necessary to perform an operation as it was feared that an abs- "cess was forming. Now it is not neces­ sary. “The Baron’s condition is at present very favorable. As yet, we have made no formal diagnosis as to the fever, but we are studying the symptoms and a nurse ever}' hour is taking the patient’s temperature.” THE TERMS OF THE ARMISTICE. A London cable: The Japanese Le­ gation this evening gave out the text of teh Russo-Japanese armistice proto­ col as follows: “First—A certain distance as a zone of demarcation shall be fixed between the fronts of the armies of the two powers in Manchuria as well as in the region of the Tumen River, Corea. “Second—The naval forces of one of the belligerents shall not bombard ter­ ritory belonging to ox occupied by the other. “Third—Maritime captures will not be suspended by the armistice. “Fourth—During thje term of the armistice new reinforcements shall not be despatched to the theatre of war. be despatched to the theatre of war. there shall not be despatched north of Mukden on the part of Japan or south of ITarbin on the part of Russia. “Fifth—The commanders of the arm­ ies and fleets of the two powers shall determine in common acord the condi­ tions of the armistice in conformity with the provisions above enumerated? “Sixth—The two Governments shall order their commanders immediately i I Wild Scenes Followed Anti-Peace Meeting. Yokahama cable: During the riot­ ing that followed the anti-peace meet­ ing yesterday afternoon fourteen police stations were wrecked and forty police­ men injured. The Government re­ sponded to an appeal for aid from the authorities by sending troops. The police say that the’ meeting was the private speculation of a profession­ al agitator who charged an admision fee. The promise that there would be popular speakers was unauthorized ac­ cording to the police and the disap­ pointed audience denounced the swin­ dle and demanded the return cf their money. The trouble finally developed into -rowdyism outside the theatre. At 5 o’clock this morning two com­ panies of troops from Tokio arrived. They have been posted as guards at all the Consulates and other points and quiet has been restored. THE MIKASA EXPLOSION.) Almost Naked, Half Starved, and Torn by Briars. London, Sept. 18.—The Daily Express publishes the following: An extraordin­ ary story of seven modern babes in the wood comes from Colchester. 1 Nearly a fortnight ago a man and woman living in a poor part of the town sold their effects and left the place. They were the father and mother of seven children—-five boys and two girls— and no suspicion crossed the minds of their neighbors that they had not taken the little ones with them. Then, a few days ago, the police were informed by a woman that three ragged half-starved little urchins had come to her house to beg, and when she ques­ tioned them, told her that they had been deserted by their parents and were camping out in the vicinity of the town. The police, after a long search, found the seven, huddled together asleep un­ der an old carpet in the depths of Dony- land Woods. Almose naked, half-starved and dirty, their hands and legs and faces scratched and tom by the briars through which they had scrambled in search of black­ berries and other wild fruit, the chil­ dren were in a deplorable condition. The youngest was a baby of three, scarcely able to walk, the eldest a wiz­ ened child of thirteen. For days they had lived on berries—a scanty fare only occasionally varied by a crust of bread which they had begged during their daily wanderings. Four have been admitted to the in­ firmary, and the remaining three have been taken in by charitable people in the town. HOURS AND WAGES. President Mitchell Reiterates Workers’ Demands. Mfne- The trouble finally developed Hundreds of Lives Lost—Her Magazine Blew Up—Profound Sorrow. A Sacebo cable: Admiral Togo’s flag­ ship, the Mikasa, was destroyed by lire and the explosion of her magazine at an early hour last Monday morning while lying peacefully at anchor in this harbor. Hundreds of lives, including a number of her crew and men from2other ships who went to the rescue were lost. This little town, which has suddenly risen to a prominent position since the outbreak of the recent Avar, had spent a quiet Sunday. The presence in the harbor of several warships that had taken part in the annihilation of the formidable navy of a great power pre­ sented an object of pride .but the quiet slumber of the night while the people were dreaming of peace after an un- paralled series of victories, was violent­ ly disturbed a little affter midnight by a terrific explosion acompanied by a se­ vere shock. An eager crowd assembled on the coast only to discover that a terrible disaster had overtaken the beloved Mikasa, the flagship of the great Togo, who led his men to victory in the life and deatn struggle in which the nation had just been engaged. Words are powerless to describe the profound disappointment and sorrow attending this great catas­ trophe. The absence of Admiral Togo from the ship at the time of the explo­ sion and the hope that the vessel can be repaired are the only redeeming features of the unprecedented calamity. A deep feeling of sympathy toward the unfor­ tunate sufferers after a cessation of hos­ tilities permeates every class. ‘ Mahonoy City, Pa., Sept. 18.— Five thousand mine workers paraded here to-day in honor of President John Mitchell, who was given a rousing re­ ception. A feature of the demonstra­ tion was the bearing at tbc head of the procession of a large flag by 24 little girls from the Public Schools'. Every colliery in the Mahonoy Valiev was clos­ ed, and --,000 employees making a holi­ day of it. There were only two banners in the procession. They bore these in­ scriptions : “We honor our two .good Presidents, Roosevelt and Mitchell,” and “We de mand recognition of the union and an eight-hour workday. Come, Mr. Baer, let us reason the ground.” President Mitchell’s speech, after the parade, was a virtual reiteration of his former addresses, delivered cn his present tcur He came out of the union day, declaring permanent or coal industry until the union agnized and* the eight-hour day lished. “The union,” be said, “is now strong­ er than at any time in its history, and is prepared to jnovS in one solid phalanx to victory in its fight for right, as it did in 1902. We shall demand, a decrease in hours, and an increase in wages.” 1., •esses, delivered on of the anthracite fields, squarely for recognition and an eight-hcur work- that there would be no lasting peace in the hard until the union is rec- estab- Berlin Candor. From Berlin we receive the printed no­ tice of a new hair dye. and the “com­ poser” of it has mercifully addressed us in English. “I deliver the Hairdye from fair to the deepest dark,” he assures us. ....xvx , Then with a burst of candor, for which after the signature of the treaty of I we cannot suffiicentlv commend him, he peace, to put the protocol into execu- j adds: “It produces a natural color and is tion.” thoroughly injurious.”—London Chron- The protocol was signed by M. de iele. THEY WERE STRANDED IN FRANCE —MANY HANDS DESTITUTE. - New York, Sept. 18.—Returning to their native land as steerage passengers, several members of the MeCaddon circus which was recently stranded at Grenoble, in southern France, arrived in New York on the steamer Rome to-day. Four of the party were cabin passengers, among whom was C. W. McLeod, the advance agent. Ha said the troupe had numbered about 300 persons, and that when it was stranded because of a collection for rent levied by a French financial institution cn the receipts of the show. 120 members were left destitute. The American Con­ sul there cared for them. Many members of the circus are still at Grenoble or Paris, so destitute that they depend for support upon private subscriptions of money. Chicago Man Had Exciting Adventures on Devil’s Islapd. Chicago, Sept. 18.—A cablegram from Paris discloses one of the strangest narru,tiv es of modern crime and adven­ ture—the story of the escape of Eddie Guerin,.of Chicago, from the horrors oi Devil s Island, tee penal settlement oi 1 reach Guiana, Routh Ampj-jng^ where Capt. Dreyfus spent several years of his martyrdom. Reporters found Guerin in a West Side flat, where he has lived for two months, though the records oi the Irench penal administration show­ ed him to be dead. Guerin’s narrative—the tale of the only human being except Dreyfus that ever escaped alive from Devil’s Island— is perhaps the most remarkable story ever told by a reformed criminal. The aid of Consul agents and the in­ strumentality of a $50,000 fund used to bribe officials figured in the marvellous escape, which was finally affected through a romance with the wife of one of the wardens and Guerin. Th escape occurred March 2, and. af­ ter a series of melodramatic adven­ tures, which included a four-days1 tramp over waste land by Guerin and his final capture by Indians, who treat­ ed him kindly, he reached the office oi a Consul at Paramaribo, who smuggled him on board a New York bound steamer under the name of “Dr. James Harrison, of Pittsburg.” A stormy trip ended when Guerin stepped on Manhattan Island on May 9. He stayed in New York for several weeks, recuperating from the bites of poisonous insects that he encountered in his flight and from the debility that came of his harrowing imprisonment, and then returned to Chncago, but not to his old haunts. For two months he has visited the theatres and restaurants in Chicago Many of his old friends and former as sociates have met him, but almost none have recognized him. He declares he is reformed for all time, and that he will try to live a respectable life in the home of his sister. i Gave Fictitious Name and Destroyed All Evidence of Her Identity. city, to conceal her identity. The po­ lice have found that she had cut off every possible means of identity on her clothing, and even the tailor’s brand from her street coat. A laundry mark “B” was found on some underwear. In accordance with a note which she left signed by the apparently fictitious name and stating that her body “would be called for,” the coroner had the body taken to an undertaking establishment yesterday, but late to-day it was still uncalled for and still unidentified. New York, Sept. 18.—A mystery about the identity of the well dressed, hand­ some young woman, who yesterday kill­ ed herself with a revolver in the Man­ hattan Hotel, developed to-day in the discovery that the name “A. W. Wildey, Washington, D. C.,” under which she re­ gistered at the hotel was probably fic­ titious. Other circumstances about the case incline the police to believe that the woman came to New York city from some up-state town or New England ARGENTINE’S NEW PROHIBITIVE TARIEF United States Hit Hard in Agricultural and In­ dustrial Machinery. ers. More than a thousand carloads of machinery are shipped every year from this country to Argentina but there is little profit in the trade. The profit­ able end of the business is in the ex­ port of spare parts used for repairing on which the duty has averaged less than the 25 per cent levied on mach­ inery proper. Argentina has prac­ tically no coal, iron or wood, except dye woods, so she has no opportunity to build factories to compete with foreign makers of machinery. There must be some trick behind this move. New York, Sept. 18.—Cablegrams from Argentina were received yesterday by leading exporters in New York, saying that the Government had given notice that it was to levy a prohibitive tariff to-morrow on all parts of agricultural and industrial machinery used in re - pairing and calling on American manu­ facturers to ask the American Govern­ ment to intervene. A representative of the American ex­ porters said yesterday: “If this pro­ hibitive tariff goes into effect it will be a heavy blow to American manufactur- I DEATH’S HARVEST Pacific Coast’s Fatalities Few Days. Vancouver, B. C., Sept. HEAVY. of the Past FROM SEA TO SEA. A Lost Hunter Wanders Across Van­ couver Island. Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 18.—With his clothing in rags and his shoes dropping off his feet, Antonio Delponte dragged himself to the door of a farmhouse at the bead of the Alberni Valley and sank exhausted to the ground. He was taken u indoors and it was found that he was f// i simply suffering from fatigue and hun- Ifive days, during which time he had crossed Vancouver Island from sea to sea. Delponte, a miner residing at Cum- i berland, had left home on the first day I of the hunting season for the almost unexplored wilderness in the interior of j the island. He lost his bearings on the second day, when he was about to re- ' turn, having consumed such food as he had with him. Panic-stricken at the discovery that he was lost in the woods, he hurried frantically on, only to become more hopelessly entangled in the virgin for­ est. For three days he was quite with­ out food. A few rotten potatoes found in an abandoned camp and a grouse which he managed to shoot kept him alive when he was about to give up hope. Almost at random he turned south, and towards the evening of the fifth day found himself in a clearing, the first sign of civilization he had seen since leaving home. Exhausted as he was, however, he had to swim the Stamp River before he could pursue his way down the valley, at the foot of which he found the lonely farmhouse and safety. Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 18.—Although but a few days old, the shooting season already has its victims. Emery Buck- ley, of Grand Forks, while returning to that place after shooting over Grun- j well’s ranch met his death through care- I less handling of Tirearms. The cart in • which he was riding got into a rut and so jerked his shotgun that it fell i v-j through the slate in the floor of the ! fer, having beer. W in the woods Jor vehicle. Buckley took hold of the bar­ rel and drew the gun upwards. The trigger caught in a slat ami the weapon went off. The heavy charge of birdshot passed through the young man’s left arm into his heart. A boy named J. Hanafin, of this city, went with a party of hunters to North Vancouver, lie did not have a gun so he placed a revolver in his belt. It was just as deadly. The trigger caught in the belt and the bullet passed down the fleshy part of Ilanafin’s left thigh and out again. The summer season is ending with a 'number of deaths by drowning. R. Lam- Briere, a young French globe trotter ^journalist, took his own life in False Creek. The body was discovered off deadman’s Island by a fisherman after having been two weeks in the water. ( The young man started from Paris two year ago with M. Gerolim to walk round ; the world for a large sum of money of- j fered by a Paris newspaper. The two } tramped across Canada from Halifax j during tile summer and they were to j have sailed for Australia, on Sept. 15 to ) negotiate that colony and then India, : Gerolim says his late companion was I the victim of mental aberrnation and ? that be once before tried suicide. I Joseph Warsap, aged G8, insisted on changing seats with a companion while < their boat was in the swirl of the nar- I rows at the entrance of the inlet. The ! craft upset. His friend seized Warsap but a wave brought the boat around so as to strike the men and loosen their hold and Warsap was carried away. When his body was recovered the old man was beyond relief. [ Lake Okanagan has claimed Charles Schilling. He went out in a rowboat at Penticton. He had not returned at nightfall and his friends became alarm­ ed. A search was made and sixteen [ hours later the upturned craft was * found. Nothing has since been seen of i Schilling, but there is little doubt that I he has been drowned. i ABOLISHES “HELLO” GIRLS. Idle bp the tele- an insti- Hundreds of Operators Made Automatic ’Phone. Allentown, Pa.. Sept. 18.—Is phone girl doomed to become tution of the past? That is the ques­ tion that will agitate the mind of the thousands upon thousands of fair oper- ators when they learn of the action taken by the Consolidated Telephone Companies, of Pennsylvania, at a meeting here yesterday, in adopting the “girlless” telephone and abolishing the girls. The new telephone is an automatic device, whereby each subscriber calls whatever other he wants by setting a dial and pressing a button. A statement to the directors showed that a manual telephone exchange run at a cost of $50,000 could be operated by the “girlless” system for $27,000. The management entered into con­ tracts to have the Allentown and Hazleton exchanges of the Consolidat­ ed companies equipped with the sys­ tem at a cost of $100,000 each, to be completed by Dec. 1. If the venture proves successful, all the other principal exchanges of the Consolidated, at Reading, Mauch, Chunk, Lehighton, Weissport, Daniels­ ville, Slatington, Wilkesbarre, Scran- - - • ■ • • ” -- - num- be HAND-PICKED SEED. ELEPHANT ENGULFS GEM. Minnie Took a Fourteen Thousand Dol­ lar Meal. New York, Sept. 18.—Minnie, one of the elephants in Kphraim Thompson’s elephant act at Hamm er stein’s swallow­ ed a 32-karat diamond stud valued at $14,000, yesterday afternoon, so it is an­ nounced, and the animal is to be operat­ ed on in hopes of recovering it. The stud belongs to Mr. Thompson. Thompson yesterday afternoon went to the stables where his elephants are lodged, to feed them. He gave food to each of the big animals in turn. While he was feeding Minnie she threw her trunk against the bosom of his shirt and lifted the stud, carrying it to her mouth before he could get it. Mr. Thompson says the diamond came from the grandfather of the Czar of Rus­ sia. a Patient Scot Did in Improving Wheat. [ Portage la Prairie, Man., Sept. 18.—A lesson for Ontario farmers, who some times speak scornfully of the lack of skill of Manitobans, was witnessed to­ day by the members of the Tariff Com­ mission, w’ho stopped off to take a drive through the wheat fields of the Portage plains, visited ‘model” [Which bears that name because ' high skill used in its cultivation and ; taste in its ornamentation. The house is ensconced in a grove of Manitoba maples, planted by the owner, giving i the appearance of an Ontario landscape, i There is a flower and vegetable garden filled with articles beautiful to taste and lock upon. Mr. McVicar is a Scotch­ man who until eleven years ago carried on the somewhat precarious profession of dominie or school master in the old land. He came to Manitoba, and, carrying on the business of a farmer out here, is the picture of health and pros­ perity in his eld age. That which in­ terested his visitors most was a seven­ acre field of excellent wheat, in which rot a weed could be seen. The secret was that last winter when work was slack Mr. McVicar and his sons spent six or seven hours a day for six weeks hand-picking the seed, so as to clean it of all impurities. The result is that he has now upwards of 150 bushels of the cleanest of wheat, enough to seed all his next year’s crop, and lots to spare. The value of such work is ap­ parent, but few would take the pains to carry it cut. What ------------------------------------------------ ATTACKED AN ATTENDANT. Tillie Robinson Makes Brutal Assault cn a Mercer Official. Toronto lespatch: Tillie Robinson, an inmate of the Mercer, and well known to the Toronto police, was arrested yes­ terday on a charge of wounding. At 6 a. m. on Monday Tillie Robinson was unlocked by Mrs. Maggie Mick, an at­ tendant on the staff. As soon as tii's cell door was unlocked the Robinson wo­ man caught Mrs. Mick by the hair and inflicted serious wounds on her head, beating her with some missile she held in her hand. Mrs. Mick’s screaming was heard by the Superintendent in her apartments, who called up the night watch, John Clark. He promptly reached the corri­ dor and pulled the Robinson woman away from Mrs. Mick and thrust her back in her cell. The Robinson woman chose a time when she knew no one would be in that part of the building, according to the officials. She has expressed herself since the act as sorry she did not kill Mrs. Mick and that she intended to kill her. The visitors during their drive what is generally called the farm of Mr. Donald McVicar, of the DRIVE TO DISLOYALTY. Robert Eickerdike Thinks Great Britain is Doing It. London, Sept. 18.—The Canadian As­ sociated Press understands that corres­ pondence is proceeding between the Fed­ eration of Meat Traders’ Associations and certain representative Canadian agriculturists with a view to forcing the Board of Agriculture here to take ac­ tion for the removal of the embargo on Canadian cattle. Mr. Robert Bickerdike, M.P., Mont­ real writing to the Secretary of the Meat Traders’ Federation says: “It would appear as if Great Britain was endeavoring to drive Canada if not into disloyalty to at least discontent. I will venture to say that the greatest mis­ take England can make and is making is continuing a flirtation with foreign nations and insulting her own colonies.” To Patrick Gray Edinburgh Mr. Biek- erdike writes: “Unless the embargo is removed at an early date there will be strong pressure brought to bear on the Dominion Government to withdraw the preference which Canada has accorded British manufacturers.” __, Wilkesbarre, ton/ and Carbondale, besides a ber of auxiliary exchanges, will equipped similarly. More than one hundred girls will thrown out of work here and Hazleton by the experiment, and be at an aggregate of four hundred and thirty by the use of the “girlless” telephone throughout Consolidated territory. The'chairman of the committee that investigated the device and recom­ mended its adoption is Alvan Markle, the Hazleton coal magnate. The directors say they are sorry for the girls, but that the old equipment is unequal to the demands. BOODLER CONFESSES FORMER STATE SENATOR TELLS HOW COMPANIES WEHE HELD UP. Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 18.— Brought from liis prison cell to confront his al­ leged associate in the boodling combine- of last winter, Harry Bunkers, former State Senator from San Francisco, yes­ terday made a complete confession on. the witness stand in Judge Hart’s court­ room, where the trial of E. J. BmmonSp. one of the four State Senators indicted by the grand jury, was in progress. Bun­ kers detailed the plan of campaign, which, he says was one whereby the building and loan associatoins of the State were- to be “held up,” and compel let! to pay for protection. 1-Ie also told of receiving money, stat­ ing that Joseph Jordan had dropped a> roTl of $350 in bis pocket as he stood in. the street, and said that Emmons Lad.. received his share but two minutes be­ fore. Lastly he told of the. terror and' fright that followed the expose in tha Senate, tihe last conference held in Em­ mons’ room over the disposal of tho- marked bills, and of the suggestions that were made to clear themselves of guiiu. THIS MAN WAS HATED AND PURSUED AFTER DEATH, BUT WAS AT LAST QUIETLY BURIED. Tiflis, Causasus, Sept, IS.—The body of General Prince Amilakhovri, formerly Governor of Baku, was brought to this city by troops to-day and was buried without disorders. Serious developments arose in connec­ tion with the recent death of Prince Am­ ilakhovri, whose body was left lying in a house in the vicinity of Tiflis. The Prince was regarded with bitter hatred owing to the harsh measures which he adopted when he was sent oil a special mission to pacify the Caucasus. The re­ volutionists threatened the local priests with death if they attempted to offer prayers over the body and no one dared to approach the house. Troops were eventually dispatched to bring the body to Tiflis and it was feared that disor­ ders would occur at the funeral. «