Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1906, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION. Besiness Office, 1ith Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, ixhe Rresing Soaz Be Company. with the Sanday morning edt carriers, on their own account, cents per month; without the ng edition at 44 cente per month. By mail, Daily, Sunday tnel Daily, Sunday excepted, Saturday Star, one y Sunday Star, one yer paid: led, ‘one ‘month, 60 cents. ‘one month, 50 cents. 1.00. ‘$1.50. REBELS MAY LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS FOR CUBAN PEACE No Trouble Anticipated During Disarmament. THE NEW CABINET TO MEET El Mundo Says It Will Be Made Up of Non-Participants. TROOPS LEAVE CHICAGO TODAY Two Battalions of the 27th Infantry and the 14th Artillery Now on the Way. Rebels are being disarmed in Cuba today and no difficulty is be- ing experienced, according to late advices. The rebel leader Asbert, in Havana, says that he believes the republic will be saved if the Cubans behave well. It was a misfortune rather than a fault that Cuba had a first president who wished to make himself a Diaz without Diaz’s force or reason, he declares. The Fort Sheridan troops started for Cuba today at noon. Special Cablegram to The Star. HAVANA, October 3.—The revolutionary generals and men of the revolutionary army who are in Havana are mingling in a friendly manner with the rural guards and police. The banquet given by the liber- als at the office of the Telegrafo last night was attended by Gens. Guerra and Cas- tillo, Senator Zayas and other liberal leaders. A large cheering crowd gathered out- side, but there was no disorder, nor was any protest against the demonstration made by the moderates.. Nor had there been any display of bad feeling a few hours before, when the liberal leaders ar- rived at the Villanueva station, where thousands received and cheered them. El Mundo says today: “The disarma- ment will begin today without difficulties. The constitutionalist soldiers, giving proof of their disinterestedness and’ patriotism, will go again to their homes. We feel sure that not the least word of discontent will be heard once the disarmament has been finished. A new cabinet, formed of per- sons who were not conspicuous in the re- cent political struggles, will meet with ob- jection from none.” May Save Republic. Col. Asbert. the rebel leader in Havana province, said last night to The Evening Star correspondent: “I believe if the Cubans know how to behave well now the republic will be a. It was not our fault but our misfortune that our first president wished to make himself a Porfirio Diaz, without any of Diaz's reasons or force.” The moderates are also showing a calm spirit, and are manifesting friendliness toward the provisional government. Governor Taft will move into the palace this afternoon, leaving his American lega- tion headquarters. A large number of American tourists left Havana this morning for Rincon and Pinar del Rio, to witness the first disarmament, that of Pino Guerras’ troops. The only subject of comment now among the Cubans with reference to the change in the government, is as to who will and who will not be appointed secretaries in the new cabinet. Many objections, of course, are made to the different ‘men whose names are mentioned in this connec- tion, but so the names are only a mat- ter of rumor, and nothing 1s definitely known as to Gov. Taft's intentions. The crulser Tacoma Is due at Manzanillo today. One hundred marines have been sent from Cienfuegos to Sante Clara. These movements are merely precautionary in their nature, as everything is very quiet today. Off for Cuba. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, Il, October 38.—The Fort Sheridan troops, two battalions of the 27th Infantry and the 14th Artillery, ordered to Cuba, were to have left last night, but the railroad companies failed to send enough cars, and the departure was postponed until today. Shortly before noon two trains started with the 14th Battery for Tampa, Fila., and are scheduled to make the trip in forty-eight hours. Early this afternoon the two battalions of infantry, under com- mand of Col. William L. Pitcher, with Capt. T. W. Darrah ag adjutant, will leave on four special trains for Newport News. Jar to Cupid. The departure of the troops greatly in- .terferes with a number of Cupld’s plots. Several weddings have been postponed in- definitely, and an engagement or two has been broken off entirely Lieut. Ralph McCoy of Company E secured a furlough one month ago, and was to have been mar- ried the Ist of next month to Miss Julian McDonald of KaJamazoo, Mich. He was or- dered to report at once for Cuban service, and the couple were married yesterday at the bride's home. In two months Mrs. Mc- Coy wii join her husband in Cuba. The battery of 133 men took six pieces and tweive caissons. Capt. George Cutley is in command. A new addition to the in- fantry is a Hotchkiss machine gun. The gun is designed to be carried on the back of a mule. It was received at the fort only three days ago, and a squad of men was immediately assigned to it. Majors E. H. Howe and J. W. Emory command the two battalions. A slight change was made in the commands yester- day when Captain J. A. Hutton, the regi- mental quartermaster, was relieved of his command, and Captain Walter T. Bates ap- pointed as his successor. The Third Bat- talion, under command of Major Chatfield, will remain in charge of the fort. Lieuten- ants Hammond, Griffin and Jones went with the artillery. Ferrer Will Remain. PARIS, October 3.—Dr. Ferrer, the Cuban representative here, who, on Monday, Placed his resignation at the disposal of the } provisional government of Cuba, and who Che Evening Star. No. 16,810. yesterday received a cable dispatch from Senor Diago, acting chief of the state de- partment at Havana, requesting him in the name of Governor Taft to remain at his post, has replied to Senor Diago accepting the invitation of the provisional govern- ment. QUESADA WILL REMAIN CUBAN MINISTER TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE HIS FUNCTIONS. Both Secretary Root and Secretary Taft have asked Senor Don Gonzales de Quesada to remain at his post in this city as minis- ter from Cuba. The request is contained in a letter written by Secretary Root to Senor Quesada, and is as follows: “A dispatch from Mr. Bacon in Havana has been received today at the Depart- ment of State as follows: “The Secretary of War instructs me to ask you to say to Quesada that the secre- tary hopes he will not think of resigning; that his services will be of the greatest value to Cuba and to the United States in this great crisis, and that he relies upon. the assistance which he feels sure that Minister Quesada will be willing to render with self-sacrifice for the restoration of his country to her constitutional government.” “I wish to add my own personal request to that of Secretary Taft. {t seems to me that your service was never more needed by your country than now, and that it would be a misfortune if you were to lay aside that official position which may en- able you to make your service effective. I am much distressed by the events which have occurred since we left the United States to attend the conference at Rio, but I do not think there is just reason for the friends of Cuba to despair of her lib- erty, her independence or her success in self-government. You will recall that the provision of the Cuban constitution and the treaty under which the United States is now acting provides the right ‘to inter- vene for the preservation of Cuban inde- pendence,’ and you will perceive in the terms of Secretary Taft's proclamation that such is the purpose of the govern- ment of the United States. To secure the successful accomplishment of this purpose as speedily as possible, till friends of Cuba ought to unite their earnest efforts. With hopeful courage and determination on the part of Cuba's real friends all this wretched business will soon be over, and we shall look back upon it as merely a hard lesson in the course of Cuba’s development in the art of self-government.” The Cuban minister later said to a Star representative: “I expect to remain in Washington as the representative of Cuba, at least for the present, in accordance with the request asking ‘that I retain my post. I have de- cided that I shall better serve the interests of Cuba in accepting Secretary Taft’s in- vitation to continue as Cuban representa- tive.”” —_.+___ ENEW THE AIR CURRENTS. Victory in Balloon Contest Partly Due to Hersey’s Experience. PARIS, October 3.—Lieut. Frank P. Lahm, 6th Cavalry, United States army, winner of. the. Jnternational..balloon contest, and Maj. Hersey, his companton, arrived here from England -this morning. -Much of the Americans’ success is attributed to Ma}. Hersey's knowledge of meteorological con- ditions, learned as the result of long ex- perience in the weather bureau at Wash- ington, Maj. Hersey closely examined the latest weather reports, and knew instantly that the heavier and faster outer currents would be at the lower surface and that the wind revolving about the center from left to right would inevitably change their di- rection and carry the balloon northward to- ward England. Consequently, while the rivals of the Americans were vainly testing the upper strata the latter remained close to the earth, their guide rope touching much of the time. Their judgment was vindi- cated by the fact that although the United States was the twelfth balloon to start it was the first to reach the English coast. —__+__———. SCHOOL OF ANARCHY. Evidence Adduced at the Trial of Al- leged Assassin. MADRID, October 3.—The attorney gen- eral in presenting in court today the case of Senor Ferrer director of the Modern School of Barcelona, who is charged with being connected with the attempt upon the life of King Alfonso, May 31 last, submit- ted evidence to prove that the prisoner un- der the name of the “Modern School” con- ducted an establishment for teaching an- archy to youths, was privy to Manuel Mo- rales’ plot to assassinate King Alfonso, aided Morales with money and assisted in concealing and disguising the would-be as- sassin"s accomplice after the bomb explo- sion of May 31. —_—-__—_—_ MILLS MAY BE CLOSED. 3,000 Workmen Threaten to Strike in Windy City. CHICAGO, October 3.—A fight between the Brotherhood of Carpenters and the Amalgamated Woodworkers’ International Union, with Chicago as the principal battle- ground, threatens to close many mills in Chicago and throw more than 3,000 work- men out of employment. Each organiza- tion is determined to exterminate the other and the employers have found themselves caught between the two millstones. As a preliminary skirmish in the warfare, thirty woodworkers were called out on strike yesterday at the plant of Kinzie Manufacturing Company. Carpenters employed by the Brunswick- Balke-Collender Company have been or- dexed on strike, but woodworkers are en- deavoring to fill their places, ——————_-__. War Among Strikers. FORT WILLIAM, Ont., October 3.—A number of armed striking freight handlers, Greeks and Italians, yesterday surrounded the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's boarding house, in which were fifty strike- breakers, brought here from Winnipeg. The boarding house was defended by twenty of the company’s police. A large number of shots were fired, and the con- stable was wounded and several of the .strikers were shot in the leg. After the trouble a deputation of strik- ers interviewed the mayor. Later the strike was called off unconditionally so far as the Greeks and Italians were concerned. —_.-__. Anti-Military Association Protests, ROUEN, October 3.—A large number of posters were placarded on the walls here last night by the Anti-military Association, summoning the new recruits to desert the army if they believed they were “unable to endure the insults, punishments and vexa- tions of barrack life,” and concludigg with an invitation to the women of Rouen to form an “international society of mothers to resist the despots of the government, which is still thirsting for human blood.” The police tore down the proclamation shortly after daylight. ———_+__. Madam Richards Dead. PARIS, October 3.—Madam Richards, mother of Mme. Jusserand, wife of the French ambassador to the United States, is dead. . . WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 19066—TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. FOUR WERE KILLED EIGHT OTHERS INJURED IN A CURIOUS ACCIDENT. BALTIMORE, October 3.—Four men were killed and eight others injured, two perhaps fatally, in an accident at the works of the Maryland Steel Company at Sparrows Point today. Three of the dead are negroes. The victims were overwhelmed by a rush of flaming gas and coke from a hole in one of the blast furnaces caused by the forcing out of its socket of a casting which held the compressed air pipe. The men had just put in a new air pipe and_the. blast had been turned on about ten minutes when the aceident occurred. The officials of the com- pany, after an investigation, declared that no unusual conditions caused the accident. They were at a loss to account for it. No explosion occurred and the furnace was not damaged. —_—_+—__ TRAGEDY IN ILLINOIS. Terrible Act of Drunken Man With Butcher Knife. LITCHFIELD, Ill, October 3.—Lying side by side in the same ward at St. Fran- cis Hospital, this city, are Alonzo Curtis, a farmer, and ‘his wife, awaiting the result of the former’s attempt at murder and suicide. Both are expected to die. Cir- cumstances indicate that Curtis, a prosper- ous farmer, living three miles east of this city, returned home from Hillsboro last night in a drunken rage and attacked his wife with a butcher knife while she was still in bed. Two young daughters ran to neighbors. Curtis, however, resisted all attempts to aid his wife, standing the neighbbors off with a shotgun. The people who first ar- rived left to obtain reinforcements. Upon returning fifteen minutes later Curtis was found lying in the yard with his throat cut. The dying husband and wife were placed aboard an inter-urban car and brought to the Litchfield Hospital. He is forty-five years old. The wife is fifty-six. ge Senator Clark Injured. NEW YORK, October 3.—United States Senator W. A. Clark was injured in an au- tomobile accident in France on September 9, according to private information received here today. The extent of the senator's injuries is not known, but at his office in this city it was said they probably were not serious, as several cablegrams on busi- ness subjects had been received from him during the past few days. ————— , Women Attack Linemen. WICHITA, Kan., October 3.—Eleven women, wives of striking union linemen of the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Com- pany, attacked non-union linemen with clubs and stones yesterday. The linemen and officials of the company fled. L. F. Duggan, district manager for the company, was struck several times by the women. One workman was knocked down. ‘The woman climbed a stockade in pursuit of the men and gave up the chase only when the workmen were all behind closed doors in the telephone company's office, —_—_-—_—. Movements of Steamships. NEW YORK, October 3.—The steamer Oceanic, from Liverpool and Queenstown, which arrived here today, brought the Northumberland Hussars Military Band, which, under the leadership of H. G. Amers, will make a tour of the United States. Among the other passengers were Luang Ralangopti, attache of the Sfamese legation at Washington; Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan and Mrs. Daniel Manning. BROWHEAD, October 3.—Steamer La Savole, from New York for Havre, report- ed by wireless telegraph 120 mtles west at 7:15 a.m. today. Will probably reach Havre about 8 a.m. Thursday. QUEENSTOWN, October 3.—Steamer Bal- tic, from New York for Queenstown, report- ed by wireless 164 pfilles west at 8:12 a.m. today. Will probably reach Queenstown about 6 p.m. BREST, France, October 3.—The sema- Pphore reports that a largé ship has been abandoned off Point Ibden. Point Ibden cannot be located on maps available here. CAPE RACE, Newfoundland, October 3.— The steamer La Lorraine, from Havre for New York, was in communication by wire- less telegraph with the Marconi station here, when 180 miles east of this point at 6 a.m. La Lorraine will. probably reach her dock about 8 p.m. Friday. —.+__——. May Be Minister to Japan. PARIS, October 3.—Although no final de- cision will be faken until the next meeting of the cabinet, it is considered almost cer- tain that M. Gerard, at present minister of France at Brussels, wii be first French am- bassador to Japan. M. Gerard is intimately acquainted with the far east. He negoti- ee the Peking-Hankow railroad conces- FATAL GAS EXPLOSION TWO KILLED AND TWO FATALLY INJURED AT PUEBLO. PUEBLO, Col., October 3.—Two men are known to have been killed and two fatally injured as the result of an explosion of gas at blast furnace “E” of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's steel works here early today. It is believed that several others are buried beneath the debris, but no information can be secured from inside the works. Details as to the exact cause of the ex- plosion also are lacking. The furnace has been in operation only a year and cost about a million dollars. It is not known how -badly. damaged -it is. The names of the dead and injured are not yet known. PRESIDENT TO ATTEND GALA AT HARRISBURG OVER CAPITOL DEDICATION. HARRISBURG, Pa., October 3.—Thou- sands of visitors have already come to Harrisburg for the dedication of the new state capitol tomorrow. President Roose- velt and his party will arrive from Wash- ington in a special train at 11 o'clock to- morrow morning. He will be met at the railroad station by the capitol dedication commission and Mayor Gross of Harris- burg. The party will be escorted by the Governor's Troop to the capitol, where Gov. Pennypacker and other distinguished Penn- sylvanians will receive the President. The exercises will be opened by John H. Dillingham, a member of the Society of Friends, Philadelphia, who will read a chapter from the Bible and make a short address. The formal transfer of the build- ing will be made by ex-Gov. William A. Stone, president of the capitol commission. ‘The governor will accept the building in a brief speech introducing the President, who will make the principal address, After the close of the President’s address the military parade, scheduled to start at 12:15 o'clock, will pass in review before the President. After reviewing the parade the President and his party will be escorted to the executive mansion. There the Presi- dent and forty other guests will be enter- tained at luncheon by the governor. The President will leave Harrisburg for York at 3 o'clock. The celebration will be opened informally tonight with the illumination of the city and with a public band concert. THE MOBILE DISASTER MANY PERSONS LOST- EVERY- THING—THE RELIEF WORK. __ MOBILE, Ala., October 3.—Heavy rains along the lower part of the bay caused some interference today with relief work, but all things considered the situation is well in hand and all of the destitute are being well cared for. Contributions are pouring in steadily from the citizens of Mobile and from outside points. Shelter for those whose homes were wrecked is the thing most generally needed and it is be- coming evident that many of those who lost everything in t! aid in rebuilding hehe toners anes Gov. Jelks arrived in Mobile yesterday and today made a trip to Coden and other places in that vicinity in order to satisfy himself of the conditions there and to in- stitute further measures of relief. Several bodies have been found floating in the lower bay, but they are believed to be those whose deaths have already been reported. __ Railway Rates for Voters. Inquiry at the city railway ticket offices elicited the information that the rate bill passed by Congress will not interfere in the customary grant of special rates to voters Who desire to visit their respective states this month to participate in the November. elections. It is stated that at least a rate of one fare and a third will be granted and possibly it may be one fare for th; round trip. The tickets will be on October 10 and the sales will be continue! until the day before election. The usual thirty days’ time will be granted. Prince Cupid Renamed for Congress. A cablegram from Honolulu, September 25, via San Francisco, October 2, says: The democratic and home rule parties held ter- ritorial conventions in Honolulu yesterday and nominated candidates for delegates to Congress. -The democrats named B. B. Lan- ahan, a local attorney. He is the first white man to be named for office in the islands. The republicans nominated Prince Kalanianaole, the incumbent. The home rule candidate is Charles Notley, GIRL MURDERED NO CLUE TO STRANGE CRIME IN PRUSSIA. ESSEN, Prussia, October 3.—A great sen- sation has been caused here by the murder of Miss Madelaine Lake, daughter of an English army officer, whose body, terribly mutilated, was found at twilight Monday evening in the City Park. Up to the pres- ent the police have been unable to throw any light on the mystery surrounding the young woman's death. Both her temples were beaten in, her throat was lacerated by the hands of her murderer, who evi- dently strangled her in addition to beat- ing her- terribly about. the head, and her arms and body were severely bruised. The excitement caused by this horrible crime in a public park, almost in day- light, apparently, has been increased by the fact that the inquiries of the authori- ties have resulted in seemingly establish- ing the fact that Miss Lake was related, distantly, to the British royal family, the brother of her grandmother, it is stated, having married a daughter of Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick, the di- vorced wife of George IV of England. LONDON, Qctober 3.—Miss Lake, who was murdere@ at Essen Monday, was the daughter of an officer in the British army who died some years’ ago. Her mother died in 1905. By a strange coincidence a friend who was looking after the Lake residence at Richmond while Miss Lake was in Germany received this morning, simultanecusly with the newspapers an nouncing the tragedy, a post card from Miss Lake stating that she was coming home this week. —_—__.—____. FORMER VIRGINIAN DEAD. Passing of Thomas T. Fauntleroy, Judge, Lawyer and Statesman. A telegram announces the death Monday night at his home in St. Louis of Judge Thomas T, Fauntleroy, a former distin- guished Virginia lawyer and member of the supreme court of appeals of that state. Judge Fauntleroy was eighty-three years old. His father was the late Gen. T. T. Fauntleroy of the United States army, who was appointed a major by President An- drew Jackson. Judge Fauntleroy served for twelve years on the supreme bench in’ Virginia during the Mahone regime, was a former secretary of state for the commonwealth, and for ten years a member of the Virginia legisla- ture. He had lived in St. Louis with his family. z He was twice married, his first wife hav- ing been a daughted of the late Philip Wil- ams of Winchester. His, second wife, who survives him, together with a number of sons and daughters, was Miss Bettle Hite of Frederick county. During the civil war Judge Fauntleroy was sequestration agent of the confederate government. ——_>____ NAMED FOR CONGRESS. Democratic congressional nominating con- ventions met in seventeen district of New York city last night and republican con- ventions were held in the seven congres- sional districts of the state. Democratic nominations—Second district, George H. Lindsey; third, Walter B. Raymond; fourth, Herman H. Torborg; fifth, John J. Roche; sixth, Robert Baker; seventh, John J. Fitzgerald; eighth, Daniel J. Riordan; ninth, Henry M. Goldfogle; tenth, William Sulzer; eleventh, Charles V. Fornes; twelfth, W. Bourke Cockran; fifteenth, John J. Halngan; sixteenth, Francis Bur- ton Harrison; seventeenth, Francis E. Sho- ber; eighteenth, Joseph A. woulden. Re- publican nominations—First, W. W. Cocks: second, Samuel Pease; third, Charles Dunwell; fourth, Charles B. Law; George BH. Waldo; sixth, William M. der; ninth, John E. Andrus. At Bridgton, N. J., Representative John J.;Gardner was renominated by the re- Pp icans of the second district. . At Newark, N. J., Joseph A. Boacher o: that city was nominated for Congress by the democrats of the seventh district. At Mount Pleasant, Mich., the eleventh district .democratic convention nominated for Cgigress Arthur J. Lacey of Clare. pation aes emit ee Vessels and Boats Lost. HAVRE, France, October 3.—As the re- ult of a storm in the channel a French three-masted vessel and & number of figh- = boat we been wrecked and sailors’ lives have been lost. eereret eee et Clearing House Volume of Business. Alexander Gilbert, president of the Mai ket and Fulton National Bank, was elect- ed president of the Clearing House Asso- elation in New York city yesterday to suc- ceed Dumont Clarke, president. of . the Américan, Exchange National Bank. Vice President Albert H. Wiggin of the Chase National Bank succeeds Walter E. Frew as secretary of the association. Clearings for the year were in excess of all previous as records, gating $103.754,100, against $91,879,318,369 last y 350,894,883 in 1896. ROBB HIGHLY PRAISED 001, PRESIDENT INCLINED TO AP-! POINT HIM A LOCAL JUDGE. Weather, Unsettled weather tonight and tonlorrow, with occasional light rain. —_—_—__— FOUR WERE SHOT; SIX MUST DIEs ONE DAY'S SCORE President Roosevelt has told severat ot} Wholesale Sentences and Exe< his callers that he {s hesitating whether to appoint Charles H. Robb, assistant at- torney general of the Department of Jus- tice, as an associate justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, Attorney General Moody, Senator Knox, former Attorney General, and several other strong men have told the President that Mr. Robb would make an excellent man for the place. The President has fully agreed with what they have said, but has told some of his callers that he regards Mr. Robb as too valuable a man in his present position to send him away. That Mr. Robb deserves promotion, and somethin| even higher than proposed, the Presiden! recognizes, but he does not know whether the government could afford to relinquish the services of so good a man at this time. Mr. Robb has not been a candidate for the judgeship, and was not even thinking of it until informed that his name had been presented to the President by the Attorney General, Mr. Robb, it is learned, had given his { orsement for the position to Justice Staf- ford of the Supreme Court of the District, both men being from the same state—Ver- mon. The Attorney General, however, is understood to have told the President that under no circumstances would he recom- mend either Justice Stafford or Associate Justice Gould for the same court, for the Court of Appeals, believing that the fight between the friends of these men had grown so bitter as to prevent either being pro- moted. It was believed by the Attorney General that the selection of Mr. Robb, aside from his legal fitness for the place, would not be as Mr. Robb has here five years and is at least a quasi citizen, Just what the President will do can not be stated. He has the whole matter under consideration and may make an appoint- ment any day. Mr. Robb handled the memorable post office cases in their early stages. He was then the legal officer of the Post Office De- partment. His work was conspicuous for its courage and wisdom, and he was highly commended to the President by Postmaster General Payne and the special counsel who were retained by the government. REPORT FROM ADMIRAL CAPPS. Extent of Damage to Government Property at Pensacola. Secretary Bonaparte has received the fol- lowing telegraphic report from Chief Con- structor Capps, who is at Pensacola, dated October 1: “The Gloucester, Vixen, coal barge No. 1 and the tug Accomac are rest- ing easily on a sandy beach and can be floated at convenience. The damage to the coal barge and the Gloucester and to the ‘tug fs not serious. The Vixen is badly dam- aged on port bilge and the stern and rud- der posts are broken. The Machias and Waban are sunk at the dock. The Machias was seriously damaged by ramming the stone seawall. Raising her will be difficult, but is practicable. The Waban is apparent- ly undamaged and will be easily raised. Both vessels are to be examined this (Mon- day) afternoon by divers. The Isla de Luzon is damaged on the port side by a collision with Machias, but is afloat, and the leaks are entirely under control. “Seven barges were wrecked. Three of them are high on the sand beach. The re- maining four are bottom side up at their buoys. The steel dock dragged its moorings and is hard aground, but is practically un- injured. The wooden dock is completely wrecked. Other yard craft are ashore. The shop machinery is only slightly injured. The roofs and exposed walls of many shop buildings and storehouses are badly dam- aged, but can be easily repaired. The power plant is now being overhauled and will be in operation in two days. The yard is strewed with wreckage of all kinds and is competely isolated. “Railroad, telephone and telegraph com- munication is whblly interrupted and the army tug furnishes the only communica- tion with Pensacola. Railroad connection to Pensacola from outer world intact. Os- ceola has just arrived. Cost of floating and repairing damage to all vessels, barges and yard craft can only be approximated, but should not exceed $300,000." —.-__ YOUNG ROOSEVELT’S LARK. Roommate Pleaded Not Guilty to Charge of Assault. BOSTON, October 3.—Shaun Kelley of Fitchburg, the roommate of Theodore Roosevelt, jr., at Harvard, appeared in the municipal court today and pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault upon a police officer. At the request of his counsel the case was continued until October 10. The charge against Kelley is based upon an incident which occurred on Boston Com- mon last Thursday night, when Patrolman Freyer was knocked down by young men said to be Harvard students: Roosevelt and another student, Meredith Blagden, have been summoned to appear as witnesses in connection with the same case, which will be investigated tomorrow by the Suffolk county grand jury. Vessels and Boats Lost. HAVRE, France, October 3.—As a result of a storm in the channel a French three- masted vessel and a number of fishing boats have been wrecked and several sailors’ lives have been lost. —_.___ Bids for Five Lightships, The lighthouse board of the Department of Commerce and Labor has announced the bids submitted for building “light ves- sels Nos. 84 to 88,” cutions in Russia. SEVEN BANDITS ALSO KILLED Shot Owing to Inability to Find @. Hangman, BOLD ATTACK ON CASHIER! Revolutionists Charge Branch Custom | House at St. Petersburg—Re. pulsed by Police. ry —_- Six more alleged mutineers hav been sentenced to death and four: anarchists put to death in Russia. Seven alleged bandits have also been put to death. The trial of the three so-called ringleaders of the mutiny on board the torpedo boat Kazanetz was begun today. Revo- lutionists made an attack this after- noon on the cashier of the branch custom house. They were repulsed: by the police, with one man killed, ST. PETERSBURG, October 3.—Follow- ing the sentences imposed on M. Onipko, one of the leaders of the peasant party in the outlawed parliament, and the mutineers tried at Cronstadt, which have been con- firmed by Gen. Adelberg, commandant of the fortress, the court-martial at Cronstadt today began the trial of the three ringlead- ers of the mutiny on board the torpedo gunboat Kazanetz, August 2. Next week the court will begin trying 205 members of the crew of the battleship Alexander II, who refused to obey Capt. Petroff's orders to enter the ship's boats and assist in sup- pressing the mutiny at Cronstadt. A court-martial at Libay has found twen- ty-three sailors of the transport Riga guilty of mutiny, and has sentenced them to varl= ous terms of imprisonment at hard labor, The seriousness of the August mutiny was revealed at the courts-martial since held at Cronstadt, Helsingfors, Reval, Riga, Libau and practically every Baltic port, showing that the whole fleet was honeycombed with sedition. : Mutiny in Another Regiment. An unreported mutiny of the 2ist East Siberian Regiment, which distinguished it- | self in several battles In Manchuria, has been disclosed by the verdict of a court-( martial held at Blagovieshtchensk, Asiatic Russia, which has sentenced six of the, ringleaders to death, three others ‘to hard labor and nineteen to serve various terms in disciplinary battalions, Yesterday's record of executions as the result of the sentences of drumhead courts- martial includes four anarchists put to death at Kiev and seven bandits executed at Bakhmut. The latter were shot, owing to the inability of the authorities ‘to pro= cure a hangman. Girl Was French. TOULON, France, October 3.—A girl are, rested here on the charge of throwing a bomb at the governor of Ekaterinoslay, and who claimed to be a Russian, turns out to be French. Her name is Jeanne Tilly. As a result of association with Rus- sian students in the Latin quarter of Paris she joined the terrorists and undertook the | task of killing a prominent Russian official, Attack Cashier. ST. PETERSBURG, October 3, 5:15 p.m. —A bold attack made by a number of revolutionists this afternoon on the cash- fer of the branch custom house here was frustrated by the quick action of the po- lice, who captured several of the attack- ing party after a fusillade, during which one man is reported to have been killed. The firing occurred at the Bourse end of the Palace bridge, one of the most fre- quented thoroughfares in the city, situ- ated hardly a hundred yards from the winter palace and the admiralty. The af- fair caused great excitement among the operators on the bourse and the general public. —__>—_—_ Return of Chairman Shonts. Chairman Theodore P. Shonts of the isth- mian canal commission has returned to Washington after an absence of several weeks in New York. He said that no con- clusion yet had been reached regarding the award of the contract for the Chinese la- borers on the proposals recently submitted to the commission, but he hoped to make the award in a few days. None of the proposals submitted complied exactly with the specifications, but Chairman Shonts said that the differences between the proposals and the requirements indicated by the com- to be delivered at | mission were of such a character as to Tompkinsville, N. Y. The amounts of the | offer little trouble in straightening out. bids for building all five of the lightships follows: The New York Shipbuilding Com- pany, Camden, N. J., $495,000; the William Cramp & Son Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia, $574,750; the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Mass, $575,000. —_>—____ Pleased With Mr. Root’s Speeches. The legation of Peru has received ad- ie President Amador Coming. President Amador of Panama, accom- panied by his wife, will make an extended visit to the United States next summer. Gov. Magoon of the canal zone, who is now in Washington, has advised officials of the State Department of the proposed visit of the Panaman president. While President Amador is absent from vices to the effect that the government | nis country, Mr. Obaldia, the Panama min- and people of Peru are greatly pleased | ister to the United States, will act as pres- over the friendly spirit of Secretary Roots | ident. 4 epeeches during his recent visit to that country, made explicit. statements to the effect that the stage of development and prosperity that Peru had reached insured the safe Shag of foreign capital in that coun- ry. ———— Mr. Root on several occasions | President Interested in Sailor’s Suit. The suit brought by Chief Yeoman Fred’ J. Buenzle against the Newport (R. 1)! Amusement Company tor refusing him ad- He expressed wishes for the increase | mission while in uniform to a dance t of trade between the United States and | controlled by that organization was yes- | Peru and for-closer relationships between terday assigned both governments and peoples. ————_.—__—_ Speed of the Cincinnati. rs for a jury trial in the su- ‘i urt. This is case which President. Roosevelt and Rear made | Charles M. Thomas both have contributed to the yeoman's ¢: the trial being ; The Navy Department” has received a | yiewed as a test case for the honor of the Ameriean uniform. report of a trial trip of the cruiser Cin- cinnati while on her way from Shanghai to Chefoo. Her average speed was 16.4 Mr. Bonaparte Will Speak. knots an hour, but she reached a maximum | gecretary Bonaparte has accepted an in-, eed of 19.02 knots. Her speed-would have beer greater had it not been for three minor accidents and the fact that she used only seven of her eight boilers. vitation to attend the naval celebration at Atlantic City next Saturday and will be one’ of the speakers,