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VOL. LL—N SEVEN OCEAN LINERS FIGURE IN STIRRING SEA STORY NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY. JANUARY Prompt Response to Wireless Signal “C. D. Q.” the Ambulance Call of the Sea WHITE STAR SHIP By the Italian Liner Florida, Off Nantucket Light, in Dense Fog—Two Transfers of the Republic’s Pas- sengers on the Open Sea— 1,650 Rescued Passengers on Liner Baltic Arrived at Sandy Hook Late Last Night--Marvelous Results of Wireless Telegraphy--- Collision Occurred Saturday Morning--Republic Sank REPUBLIC RAMMED Sunday Night at 8.30-.-Crew Rescued. New York, Jan. 24.—The marine ac- cident which for more than twenty- four hours has held the attention of the world, and which has not been without fatalities, is tonight nearing a fortunate if net happy ending. Series of Romarkable Events. The ramming of the White Star liner Republic early Saturday morning by the Italian liner Florida off Nan- tucket, Mass,, has been followed by & series of events making it one of the most remarkable ocean mishaps on record. Seven Ocean Liners Take Part. No less than seven ocean liners—the Baltic, New York, Furnessia, La Lor- raine and Lucania and the two crip- s, Republic and Florida—are ring in this stirring story. The ssengers of the Republic have undergone two transfers on the open sea, first to the cripplea Florida on Sat- urday morning and again early today to the more commodious Baltic, which is bringing also the nine hundred and more passengers from the disabled Florida. § 1,650 Persons Rescued. With this great human burden of rescued persons, besides her own list of 930, the Baltic will arrive off Sandy Hook about 11 o'clock tonight. The Republic, believed at one time to o sinking, has been kept afloat and with a volunteer crew is limping back t0 New York, towed probably by the revenue cutter Gresham and steerea Ancihor liner Furnessia aft. The a, with her bow rent from the impact with the Republic, is y steering, under her own for this port, convoyed by tue an liner New York. Two Passengers Killed. Untfl an early hour today it was believed the collision of ths two big ships off fogbound Nantucket 3Sgqturday morning had not resulted in déath or niury to a single passenger or member of crews. Shortly after midnight, however, the wireless telegraph, that wonderful force which apprised tne 1 of the Republic’s distress and quickly brought other ships to her aid, flashed the news that two passengers on the Republic had been killed and two others injured. Four Deaths on the Florida. Late in the day another wireless message told of four deaths on board the F¥lorida, either those of members of the crew or_ steerage passengers, The {dentity of These persons was not made clear. Names of the Dead Passengers. The message from Captain Ransom of the Baltic 1 the 'White Star com- pany in this city gave the names of the dead passenge~s as Mrs, Eugene Lynch of Boston and W. J. Mooney, a banker, of Langdon, N. D. The injured are Mrs. M. J. Murphy, wife of the finan clal agent of the Union Central Life Insurance eompany, of Grand Forks, WN. D, and Bugene Lynch of Boston. Cause of Deaths a Mystery So Far. How th unfortunates on the Re- public were kiMed or the nature of the injuries to Mrs. Murphy and Mr. L.yneh is not known by officials of the "White Star line, who have communi- cated with welatives of the dead and injured. Mr., Mooney and his wife, with Mr. end Mrs. Murphy, were bound on a leasure trip from the west the Mediterranean and eccupled stateroomsz on the top deck aft on the port side. Mr. and Mre. Lynch occupied an ad- Joining statetoom. The company ean- hot understand how the passengers wrere killed or injured ‘in t¢hat part of the Republic, because it is understood she was struck amidships. Bodies of Dead and Injured Are on Board the Baltic. . Anxious frlends and relatives be- sieged the White Star offices with in- quiries about passengers of the Re- puble, but other than the terse mes- pages from Captain Ransom of the Baltic, vhich were made public, no news way recelved. The feell of elation ameng the steamship officials early today when Captain Ransom ‘wired that the Republic was yvet afloat and there was an excellent chance of eaving her gave way to regret when the news came that there had been loss of life in the mishap. The bodies of the dead and injured passengers are on the steamship Balitic. The steamer General Putnam has been chartered hy the company and wiil alongside ths Baltic when &he reaches quarantine Monday morning, for she is not ex- pected up the bay tonight. The Gen- eral Putnam will carry officlals of the company and those who may desire to g0 down the bay to meet returning passengers from the Republic. Details of Accident Fitfully Told by wi Details of the collision at sea in the gense fog came fitfully by wireless to- day from many receiving stations along the New Tngland coast. The story, though it was in brief but po- tent messages, told how the passen- gers of the Republic and the Florida spent anxious and uncomfortable hours after the collision and did not feel se- cure until 8 o'clock this morning, when all were on the Baltic. Florida’s Cutwater and Bow Crumpled Up. After the transfer of the passengers from the Republic to the Florida, which had no accommodations for the four hundred and more additions to her al- ready heavy burden of humanity, Cap- tain Voltolin of the Italian ship stood by until further help arrived. An ex- amination of the Florida showed that her cutwater and bow were erumpled up as if ghe had run into a stone wall and that her two forward compart- ments were filled with water. Sh showed no signs of sinking, though she ‘was slightly down by the head. It was best, therefore, late last night, to transfer not only the Republic's gmnm but all those on board the orida well. \Captain Voltolin be- lieved hi to New York would e slow argl ‘were insufficient ac- commodations and many passengers. Midnight Re-transference of Passen- for so supplies gers. Shortly before midnight the re- transference of the ssengers from the Florida to the Baitic began. For- tunately the sea was sinooth and placid and the shi boais under the filmy flare of night lights made their way back and forth batween the steamships in thé fog. Mecanwhile the Republic drifted away in the murk and was lost 1o the sight of those on board the Bal- tic and Florida. Captain Sealby and a boat's crew kept alongside the Repub- lic in a gig and were keeping watch over the disabled liner when at 10 o’clock last night she was lost to the view of the Baltic. The transfer of passengers to Baltic took until morning. Ther little fear among them. The Republic Picked Up When Fog Lifted. When all, including the Florida's passengers, had been placed on the Baltic, Captain Ransom sent a wire- less message to New York that he v going in search of the Republic. the morning advanced the fog the was As lifted Fané the disabled stearaship was picked up. The gashed liner seemed to be floating more easily and Captain Seal- by and his boat crew, who had remain- ed beside her all night, boarded her. The wireless operator, who had stuck to his ship until ordered off by the captain, obtained some new stopdge tanks and also boarded her. Fleet of Salvage Tugs at Seene. Meanwhile a fleet of salvage tugs had arrived at the sceme and the American liner New York had taken a position near the Florida, while the Anchor liner Furnessia, which had come up during the night, stood by ready to render any assistance needed The Baitic Headed for New York. Shortly before 10 o'clock Captain Ronsom received a wireiess order from his company’s officials to bring the Baltic and t ued passengers to this port without regard to the Re- c. V n a few minutes of the headed for. this port, ted about midnight. The Fren La Lorraine, the first of the man ips which partici- pated in this remarkable marine acci- dent, reached-port toduy. She was 120 miles from the scene of the collision when her officers were informed of the Republic's plight by the Mdrcon! oper~ ator at Siasconset, Mass,, early Satur- day. French Liner Picks Up Wireless Dis- tress Letters “C. Q. D. Q. D.” the ominous letters of th international sea code, indicating a tress, had aroused the sleepy operator in his room on the French steamer, where she and a few minutes later came the words “Republic wrecked; wants as- sistance,” followed by the latitude and longitude of the ship in distress. Rushed 20 Knots an Hour to the Rescue. “Tell them I am coming,” responded Capt. Edouard Tournier when inform- ed of the call for heip, and for the next six hours he sent his biz ship dashing through the fog at the danger- ous speed of twenty knots an hour, which brought her to the scene short- ly after noon. Then and until nignt- fall La Lo ine eamed slowly about in the mist, arching for the water- logged Republic, whose bell could be plainly heard, so near was the Freach steamer to the ob t. Al this time L wireless communica Baltic, had also hastened to the ald of her sis- ter ship. Finally, as night was ling, the Baltic flashed a message to the Frenchman that the engangered pas- sengers of the stricken ship were safe aboard the Ttalian liner Florida. This, coupled with a request from the Baltic to follow the Florida Into New York, sent La Lorraine on her belated home- ward way. Captain of La Lorraine Tells Story of the Search. Capatin Tournier, who plainly show- ed signs of the strain of his long vigil, told the story of the search in simple language aboard his ship today. By his side stood Bour, the wireless man, who, no less than his captain, had been under a great strain. “I had been on the bridge nearly all Friday night,” said the captal be- cause of the heavy fog. At seven in the morning, or a little before, I was handed the first wireless message tell- ing of the Republic's disaster. ‘Tell them I am coming,’ I said to the oper- ator, and then I took my position as well as the fog would let me. 1 foumd that I was 120 miles from where the Republic had been rammed and at once started full speed for the scene. Fog Shut Out All View. “Towards one in the afternoon we reached the vicinity of the wreck as known to us by the bearings—Ilatitude 40.17, longitude 70 west—given us by the operator at Siasconset, but the fog so_dense that nothing could be seen. We steamed in all directions— north, south, east and west. Mean- while we had come very close to the Baltic, which we never actually saw, so thick was the fog. All this time 1 was constantly exchanging messages with her and I could hear not only her bell, but also a bell which I took to be the Republic” I stayed in the vi- cinity for six hours and then the Bal- tic sent me word that all the passen- ers were safe aboard the TFlorida ound for New York, and asked me to follow her, as she was in need of a convoy Guided by the Florida’s Shrill Blasts. “This I tried to do_as well as I could, having only the Florida’s whis- tle blasts to guide me. At about 6.30 1 heard four blasts, which was the Florida's signal. I was going at slow speed and I steered in the direction from which the whistle came. I could not, however, locate the Florida in the fog, and I never heard from her again. I then stood in for New York. “The Florida may have been any- Cabled Paragrapis Messina, Jan. 24—The work of cleaning up the ruins of Messina and feeding and housing the refugees is now' thoroughly systematized and good progress is being made, Food is now being regularly distributed to the sur- vivors. Sandringham, England, Jan. 24— The published reports that Queen Al- exandra was seriously ill and had been confined to her bed for a week are absolutely untrue. She has practi- cally recovered from a slight cold and expects to join King Edward at Wind- sor early this week, Rome, Jan, 24—Many Americans were present at the ceremony in the hall of the consistory this morning, at which the pope read the decree ap- proving the solemn beatification of Joan of Arc. The pope was surround- ed by the lay and eccleslastical court, which included Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul and Bishops Richard Scan- nell of Omaha and E. P. Allen of Mo- bile. Manila, Jan. 24—The launchmen and lightermen of Manila harbor have struck for higher wages and shorter hours. They also demand various oth- er concessions from ship owners. Ship. ping has been partially crippled by the strike. There is a possibility of the trouble extending to the coastwise trade, where a strike was recently averted. Extra police precautions hav prevented any disorder by the strikers. Paris, Jan. 24.—As nine-tenths of the holders in France of the Russian treasury bonds of 1904 are exercising their right of preference to subscribe to the new Russian loan, the allot- ments to outside subscribers are less than three per cent. of the amounts asked for. This indicates that the available allotments have been over- ubscribed thirty times. Subserip- tions for this loan were opened Fri- day. Berlin, Jan, 24—Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Emperor William, made a successful ascent in a military airship from Tegel Saturda. The bal- loon was under command of Major Groes weather was very cold and the prince was wrapped in heav furs. The airship sped over Charlot. tenburg and along unter den Linden and around the Old palace, where Em- peror William waved a greeting from a balct Sunday Shake at Smyrna. Smyrna, Jan. A slight earth- quake shock was felt here this morn- ing where from one go eleven miles away when I heard hi whistle—I had no means of knowing, for she carries no wireless outfit.” , One Direct Message from the Republic The only message received direct from the Republic by Lorraine ame shortly after the latter shin had started for the scene of the collision. It came at 9.50 a. m. in response to a if you are in query: “Please tell us fog and your exact position.” The an swer was “Position, latitude 40. longitude 70 west. We are in fog. After this La Lorraire rej s to the Renublic, ing the distressed ship from ti the lessening distance and the sea he had come so far to\a ne flashed to the Republic “We Can Hear Your Bell.” “Tell your captain we can heéar his 1] and are steering straight for you. o request him to make as much noise as possible to direct our steer- ing, because the fog is =0 thick The fina] message, which released La Lorraine from her fruitless search and sent her into port, came from the Baltic at 6.40 p. m. It read: “Steer for the Florida.” Republic says te steer for the Flor- She is proceeding to New York passengers and she must have e to stand by. She is blowing h someor four blasts.” Early in the morning when she started on her 120-mile dash. La Lor- raine repeated the Stasconset operat- or's message of distress to the L nia of the Cunard line, If the Lucanis replied La Lorraine failed to reccive the answer. REPUBLIC SANK SUNDAY NIGHT OFF NO MAN’'S LAND. Gallant and Rapid Work of Revenue Cutter Gresham in Taking Off Cap- tain and Crew, New York, Jan. 24—The Republi sank at 8.30 tonight off No Man’ Land, a small island south of Mar- Vineyard Island, off the chusetts coast, This Infermati ied h tonight by the Wireless company from Capta er of the bound from Savannah for Boston. Cap- tain Fisher added that all of the R public’s crew were saved and are safely aboard the revenue cutter Gresham. The -City of Memphis was in touch th the Gresham by wireless tonight wi and and upon receiving news of the ing of the Republic re-transmitted the information to New York. Captain and Crew Taken Off at the Last Moment. ewport, R. I, Jan 24.—The gallant work of a boat’y crew from the Unit- ed States revenge cutter Gresham in taking off Captain Sealby and a de- tail of the crew of the Republic, who remained on board that vessel almost to the very last moment that she stayved above water is spoken of par- ticularly in wireless despatches re- ceived here tonight. ¢ The Republic had been towed a short ce by the Gresham, thes derelict des ver Seneca, which had arrived at the scene late in the da as- sisting _in the work of towin, Sud- denly the Republic, which was already low in the water, was seen to be set- tling still more and rapid work on the part of the boat’s crew of the Gresham was necessary to get the Republic's crew away from the vessel. Gresham Proceeded to Gay H Both the Greshan and the Seneca proceeded toward Gay Head after the Republic went dow: & als BALTIC OFF FIRE ISLAND, WEATHER VERY THICK. Wireless Message Received by New York Office of the Line. New York, Jan. 24.—A wireless des- patch from Captain Sealby of the Re- public, timed 10.41 p. m., and addressed to the White Star line offices in this city, reads: “Republic sunk. All hands saved. Making Gay head on the Gresham.” A wireless message from the Baltic, which is bringing the passengers of the Republic and the Florida to New York reported her position as off Fire island at 9.40 p. m. The weather is very thick and the Fire island obser- vation station was unable to sight the Baltic at 11 p. m. though it is be- lieved she was in that vicinity - Japan Not Looking President-Elect For Trouble Off for Panama | INTERVIEW WITH PRIME MINIS- TER KATSURA. FRANK, CLEAR UTTERANCES. Preserve Peace With Her Friend, the United States. Kindly ‘Washington, Jan. 24.—Marquis Kat- sura, the prime minister of Japan, and Count Komura, the minister of for- eign affairs, recently explained in To- kio to Francis P. Loomis, commission- er genera] to the Japanese exposition, in a series of interviews of uncommon interest and present importance, the attitude and position of the Japanese government in respect to the main questions at issue between the peo- ples and the governments of the two countries. Most Heartily Desire Peace. “I was deeply and agreeably im- pressed,” said Mr. Loomis to an Asso- ciated Press representative tonight, “with the direct, explicit and, what seemed to me, satisfactory statements of Count Komura, the minister of for- eign affairs, respecting the United States. His utterances were nk, clear and cordial. Count Komura said hat Japan's aspirations were for peace and that so far as th States was concerned his go most heartily desired to prese: impaired and unbroken, the historical friendship between Japan and the United St He said the people of Japan had long felt that the United States had been, not only a kindly friend to Japan, but a very dependa- ble and helpful one, and that his gov ernment earnestly desired this amica- ble relationship to continue and would 1ly endeavor to do its utmost to He pointed out that the actions of his government had borne out its words and promises.” to IN CALIFORNIA. Present Meets Probably the Last in the State. San Francisco, Jan. —That horse racing in California is doomed and that the present meets at Oakiand and Los Angeles will mark the passing of the ort of kings,” is the opinfon, not only of the majority of turf followers but of others in touch with the situa- tion at Sacramento. The passage of the Walker-Otis race track bill by an overwhelming majority in the lower branch of the legisiature was a surprise to friends and oppon- ents”of the measure and the result of the vote has spread consternation in the ranks of the latter. Although pas- sage of the bill was éxpected in the assembly by the enemies of the bil nothing lke suci an overwhelmin~ vote agains'® racing wa: looked for. The bill as passed by the house will come up for action in the senate on Wednesday. Many of the great breeding farms which have made California famous the world over will receive death blow, race followers assert, In the event of the closing of rac- ing establishments in California, it is said, racing will be shifted into Ne- vada or lower California. Negotiations it is said have been under way for some time with a view of erecting and maintaining race courses on the vada side of Lake Tahoe and also near Tia Juana, Mexico, just across the boundary line in lower California, ahout twentymiles south of San Diego. DEPUTY GAME WARDEN BADLY BEATEN BY HUNTER M. S. Schriver of Burlington, Conn., in Critical Condition. a Burlington, Conn., Jan, Deputy Game Warden M. 8. Schriver is in a tical condition at home as the result of injuries inflicted today by Frank Peterson, 25 years old, of Bristol. Schriver was out in what are known as the Mines woods /oday, when he ran across Peterson, who was hunt- ing. He arrested him and was taking him to the Burlington lockup, when Peterson assaulted him and made his eccape. Schriver was taken to his home where it was found that his nose was broken and his skull fractured and the attending physician says that his condition is veny critical. No trace of Peterson has been found up to a late hoar. HIS CHARRED REMAINS FOUND. Stamford Man Perished in His Burn- ing Dwelling. <pecial Stamford, Jan. 24—John Bal- lentyne, about ars old, was burn- ed to death in a fire which destroyed his home in North $tamford early to- seen of Ballentyne was hen he met friends here plained to them of feel- ing ill. Early today neighbors noticed that the house was on fire, but did not suppose that Hallentyne, who lived alone, was at home. When the ruins of the house were looked over the char- red remains of Ballentyne were found, It is thought that the fire was caused by an overheated stove and that Bal- lentyne was overcome by the smoke. He leaves a sister, Mrs. William ompson of New York, and two sis- in New Jersey, Mrs. Samuel Rax- ¢ Tenafly and Mrs. Earl King of Arlington. STEAMER NANTUCKE;T\GROUND Struck on Ledges Off Ncbska in At- tempt to Enter Woods Hole. Nantveket, which grounded on ledges off Nobska vesterday morning while trying to enter this harbor on her trip to New Bedford from Martha's Vine- vard and Nantucket, the steamer re- mained hard and fast. time her position fis dangerous. The tug Gypsum King, which also struck on the rocks near Nobska yes- terday, was pulled Into deep water to- day by the revenue cutter Acushnet and the tugs Teaser and Fred E. Rich- ards. The Gypsum King was brought here in tow. Steamer Mauretania Making Record Time. Queenstown, Jan. 24.—The steamer Mauretania, which left Liverpool yes- terday afternoon, made an average speed of 251-2 knots to Queenstown. At 6 o'clock tonight a wireless message was received from the Mauretania that she was 150 mliles west of Fastnet, hav- ing covered the distance at 26 2-5 knots. A fast voyage to New York is an’ici- pated the officials of the line be- cause of the recent improvement to the Mau retania’s proj - not considered His Nation Desires Mast Heartily to| The Trip Will End at New Orleans Maintain Woods Hole, Mass., Jan, 24.- - thougt the wrecking lighter Oaks | worked all day long on the steamer At the present | BOARDS CRUISER NORTH CARO- LINA AT CHARLESTON. SAILS AT 8.30 THIS MORNING Feb. 13—Names of Those Accompa- nying Mr. Taft on His Voyage. ‘Charleston, 8. C., Jan. 24.—The Pan- ama f President-elect «Taft and iparty will begin at £.30 tomorrow morning, when Mr. and Mrs. Taft will board the cruiser North Carolina, now in Charleston harbor. The trip will end at New Orieans Feh. 13. At South | Pases, 100 miles below New Orleans, Mr. Taft's party will be transferred to the scout craisers Birmingham and Salem for the trip up to the mouth of the Mississippi river. This arrange- ment has been made that the North Carolina and Montana may escort the Atlantic battleship fleet into port on its return from its world cruise. Accompanied by Mrs. Taft. Mr. Taft's immediate party which will sail on the North Carolina in- cludes, besides himself and Mrs. Taft, Assistant Secretary Wendall Mischler; L. C. Wheeler, secret service man; the following eminent civil engineers: Frederick P. Stearns, Boston; J. R. Freeman, Providence; James Schuyler, Los Angeles, Cal. ham Randolph, Chicago; H. R. Allen, Chicago; A. P. Davis, Washington, D. ., and Allen Haze! N York, and Monico Lopez, Mr. Taft's Filipino valet. The passen- ger list of the Montana includes eigh | newspaper correspondents and Richacd Jarvis of the secret service, Resached Charleston Sunday Morning. Mrs. Taft, Senator P. C. Knox and Frank H. Hitchcock and the engineer: reached here this morning. Ms, Taft attended scr at the Unitarian | church this merning and spent the res* of the day and until after 10 o'clock tonight in the country. TRYING TO LOCATE A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE. Indications Seem to Pscint to Russian Turkestan as the Region. St. Petersburg, Jan, 24.—Although all report m Russia locate the earthquake, shocks of which were recorded yester- day, somewhere on the Russian side of Pamirs, Turkestan, no direct news has been received that would serve to fix the location in any deflnite plac A despatch from Borzhom, In Trans- scasia, reorts the registering by the phic there of a %he, region r settied and de- tails of an earthquake would be very slow In reaching St. Petersburg. The first direct repagts from the scene of | the great earthquake at Karatagh, Rus- | mogr instruments e. in sian Turkestan, in October, 1907, were not received here until three s | |atter its occurrence. In that {uake about 15,600 p Yekaterinburg, Ru magneto-meteorological observator this place recorded a violent disturbance at 7 o'clock this morning. REPORTER SEVERELY CLUBBED. rsons were killed. | sia, Jan. 24.—The at Was Investigating an Alleged Lottery at New Orleans. which the suburban race tr: . lessly in their stall McDonough- vilie, the doors to the gambling houses at Southport closed tightly and a ban placed upon ti of lottery tickets, Jefferson paris siana, is just at present experiencing the quietest days it has known in a very long time. This parish, the greater part of across the river from has been known for “free state of Jeffer- which lies just ew Orleans, as the only violation of the ldw Jefferson last night was called to attention of the sovernor by a news- paper reporter who entered the to investigate an alleged lottery He succeeded in purchasing a lottery ticket, but before he, could get away his identity was revealed and cluk:bed over the h i r He managed to beat off his assailant | and, blocd spattered, made his way across the river —to New Orleans, where he showed the lottery ticket to the governor. It is understood that the also be dis- ¥ sale @f lottery tickets will als continued, at least temporari LICENSE LAW Connecticut Court Holds That the Bi- | ble Does Not Govern Them. UPHELD. 1 New Haven, Jan. 24.—The law under which licenses to sell intoxicating li- quors are granted in Connecticut is| upheld by the supreme court of errors | in a decision just handed down. ‘The | test was made by the prohibitionists of the state through appeal of one Morrell of Greenwich, who acted as a citizen merely in objecting to the granting by the county commissioners of a license in Greenwich. Chief Justice Baldwin, who wrote the opinion, says that while the Bible —which stood for a rule of political government before statute law was en- acted—condemns the use and sale of liquor, the colonial laws as far back as 1643 recognized the right of a con- | stituted power to give licenses for sale of “strong waters.” It was idle, he said, to claim that the framers of the constitution un- derstood or intended that anything contined in it should be regarded as prohibiting altogether the licensing of the liquor business. The state might propertly restrict a business danger- ous, if unregulated, to public morals or security, by the requirement of large license fees. Grounded Revenue Cutter Putled Into Deep Water. | New Bedford, Mass., Jan. 24.—The United States revnue cutter Mohawk, h. ran aground on Palmer's island in New Bedford harbor while proceed- | ing to the assistance of the White Star liner Republic, yesterday morning, was pulled into deep water this forenoon by the naval tug Pontiac. - Barge Crew Ovorear’n- by Coal_Gas. Vineyard Haven, Mass., Jan. 24, Capt. George King of Perth Amboy, N. J.. who was overcome by’ coal gas on board the barge Boston in this harbor on Friday night, when two of his crew met death, was reported tonight to be improving at the Marine hospital. The physicians at the hospital express- ed the belief that he might recover. Leprosy at San Antonio. £an Antonio, Tex. Jan. 24.—Threa cases of leprosy are officlally declared to exist in San Antonio nad presence here will in all proba Jead to the establishment of a state colony for lepers. | recommended oy |7 Many Villa, in Morocco, south of Tetuar{ wm’::lped out by an earth- quake. Trinity Church, New York, has de- cided to dispose gradually of its ten- ement houses. The House Committee Killed the proposition to prohibit saloons in the District of Columbia. Leacers of the National House voiced hostility to the council of fine arts created by the president. The Wife and Maid of a Turkish member of parliament were slain by a servant, who then killed himself. New York Alienists asked the Wash ington authorities for stricter rewu tions to keep out insane immigrants. With $2,000,000 Authorized Capital, a company was formed to take control of the taxicab business of New York city, Mr. Bryan Called President Roose- vell's letier on the Steel trust's ab- sorption of a rival “an unexampied performance.” an Estate in 0,000, all per- 3 . and encumbered with liabilities of $1,700,000, Left § It Was Decided by the New York county republican ticket to present a bill to the legislature providing for di- rect nomination in the city only. Senator Fulton and other White house callers failed to share the fears of President Roosevelt concerning an- ti-Japanese legislation in California. May Robson, the actress, examined before a referee prior to the trial of Mrs. Howard Gould's suit for a sepa- ration, gave testimony favorable to Mrs, Gould. The Third Wife of the Sultan, who was fifty years of age, and mother of Prince Bourban Ed-Dine, the fa- vorite n of the sultan, is dead at Constantinople, The American Relief Committee has concluded its work of distribution to the earthquake sufferers and will leave further distribution in the hands of local authoritiies. Fines Ranging from $150 to $500 have been imposed on St. Petersburg journals for publishing articles based on statements in foreign newspapers that agents of the Russian police had taken part in terroristic crimes. ASKS FOR SURVEY OF SHETUCKET RIVER Congressman Higgins' Bill Calls for Ascertaining Best Way to Remove Rock From Channel. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Jan. 24.—R a request from the committe and harbors of the house, Mr. has filed a letter asking for a surv of Mystic and Shetucket rivers. relation to the Shetucket Higging has bills: ‘Be house of reor ed States of Americ sembled, That the and he 'is hereby, authorized and di- rected to cause to be made a curvey of the Shetucket river from a point just south of the Laurel HII bridge to the lock of ghe city of N °h, Connecti- with a view of ascertaining the t plans to be adopted for removine rock and other obstructions from the channel of said river; and he shall al- s0 report, along with the plans and speclfications for making this Improve. nt, an estimate of the cost of same 1.the advisability of doing said v In project Mr. introduced the following it and the Unit- ngress a etary of war be, The committee took these matters up, at its meeting last Thursday. but the conclusion could not be learned. It is thought, however, that the re- quests of Mr. and that sur Higgins will be granted eys will be made of poth rivers the coming summer. Congress- man Lawrence of Massachusetts charge of all New England matters be- fore the committee Congressman Higgins on Saturday the re-appointment of George E. Andrews as postmaster at Noank. The office pays a salars of $1,200 per year. NOTORIOUS CROOK RELEASED ON BOND OF $750. Wanted on Other Charges, But Eludes the Detectivet Bridgeport, Conn.. Tully, who also bears many other aliases, who was held for the Terre Haute, Ind., authorities on the charge of larceny, and who was also wantea on the charge of jail breaking in El- mira, N. Y., ond-on a chargg of swind- ling Lillian Parshall of Rodhester, N. out of $500 in cash and diamonds . was released vesterday nd of $750 in this city. He i also wanted in Greensboro, 8. C. De- tectives from Terre Haute and Roch- ester have arrived hete, but have been unable to find any trace of Tully from the minute he left the court room after giving bail. Jan. 24 —Galena Government Suits to Recover Lands Worth Over $15,000,000 Portland, Ore., Jan. 24.—The govern- ment yesterday filed 35 suits against the Oregon and California Rallroad company, the Southern Pacific com- pary. present owners of tae Ore and California railrcad, and more than 100 other individuals and private cor- porations, Thase suits are to recover from the railroads and their grantees, who comprise the other defendants. an aggregate of 353,288 acres of land with- in the “Old Oregon and <California Land Grant” in this state. The lands are valued at over $15,000,000. Unknown Three-Master Sunk at Vine- yard Sound Entrance. Boston, Jan. 24.—The sinking of an unknown three-. ed schooner at the entrance to Vineyard Sound, between Gay Head and Cuttyhunk, is indicated in the report brought here tonight by officers of the steamer Howard, from orfolk, that they had passed three truding masts and a flying jibboom. Though the Howard passed near the sunken craft, the officers could not learn her identity Engineer Responsible for D. and R. G. Wreck. Gienwood Springs, Col, Jan, 24— Engineer Gustave Olson is alone re- sponsible for the wreck on the Derver nd Rio Grande railroad at Dotsero a eek ago Friday, according to the ver- dict of the coroner’'s jury which held an inquiry yesterday. ——— Saloons Not to Clos t 10 p. m. ‘Suffield, Conn., Jan. 24.—The ques- tion -of closing all licensed saloons in this place at 10 o'clock nights, which Lias been much agitated, was brought before a special town meeting yester- and defeated by a vote of '96 to 38. new rule, if it had been accepted, to have gone Into effect January Condensed Telegrams | Hammerstgin PRICE CENTS. * Assaulted IMPRESARIO mm‘(lb DOWN IN REVENGE FOR CRITICISM. — Opera Manager Had Characterized The New York Press Men as “Drunken, Seedy and Unclean.” New York, Jan. 24.—Oscar Hammer- stein, the impresario, and owner of the Manhattan Opera house, was assaulted and knocked down in front of the Ho- tel Knickerbocker last night about 7 o'clock by two reporters for the New York Press, whom he had characterized as “drunken, seedy and unclean” in a letter written to the editor of the paper. The assailants of the impresario wero arrested, chargea with disorderly con- duct, and when arraigned In the night court were paroled in the custody of their counsel until this morning. Fighting Continued at Police Hearing. New York, Jan. 24.—Physical en- counters between two newspaper re- porters and Oscar Hammerstein, man- ager of the Manhattan Opera house, begun last night in the lobby of the Knickerbocker hotel, were _continued today on the pavement in fint of the Jefterson Market police court and in the court room itself, whither the two rzporl{l?md been summoned for hear- ing on Hammerstein's complaint. The heaffing in the assault case was postponed for a week, and the repre- sentatives of both factions were ar- raigned for the fighting in and about the court room. All were discharged on this complaint, for the magistrate sald no damage had been done. General Hand to Hand Encounters. Evenls subsequent to Mr. Hammer- stein’s sharp references to the report- ers‘in a letier to the manager of their paper, following criticism of the Mary Garden episode, attracted a consider- able crowd to the arralgnment this morning of Frederick M. Hall and James J. Doyle, the reporters charged with assault. When Oscar Hammer- stein, his two sons, Arthur and Wil- liam, and his Jawyers alighted from automo s shortly before 9 o'clock there was a crowd in front of the main entrance to the court bullding, among whom were John A. Hennessy, manag- ing editor of the Press, and Messrs. Doyle ind Hall. Following spirited marks, general hand to hand encount- ers ensued. Policemen intefered and the party adjounrned to the court room. There an even more strenuous scuffle took place, and Willam Ham- merstein was bowled over the back ot a_bench, which broke under his weight. He was picked up, apparently unin- jured. It was some time before any- thing like order could be secured so that the hearing could proceed. Russian Bandits in London Believed to Be from Boston, Boston, Jan. 24.—The two Russian bandits who terrorized London in an attempt at highway robbery yesterday, when two persol killed and twenty injured, ace believed 1o be part of the gang which murdered and rob- bed several persons here last summer, and ief Watts of the bureau of criminal investigation today sent a long letter with photographs to Chlef McNaughton of the Scotland Yard de- ctive bureau. Benzoate of Soda Used as Food Pre- servative Not Injurious. ashington, Jan. 24.—That benzoate da used as a food preservative is not injurious to hegith is the judgment of the referee board of consulting ex- {perts of which Dr. Ira Remsen, presi- dent of Johns Hopkins university is i(‘h( irman. This conclusion, which has been approved by Secretary Wilson, re- |verses the findings of Dr. H. W. Wiley, {chief of the bureau of chemistry. S| Girl Tramp Injured by Jumping from Fast Freight. Pittsburg, Jan. 24.-—As a result of jumping from a fast freight train at New Kensington, near here, last night, | a_girl *hobo” recasived painful injuries. | She gave the name of Roze Snowden ot Verona, Pa. She was rendered un- conscious from terrible gashes cut in | her head and body by the cinders. Bodies of Thr Disaster Victims Found. Chicago, Jan. 24.—Grappling in the lake, searchers today found three mor: bodies of workmen who perished as a result of the burning of the crib off | South Chicago last Wednesday. The search for more bodies will be contin- ued. It is thought that the victims wil} total sixty. Hughes Wanted at White House, Washington, Jan, 24.—Gov. Charles E. Hughes of New York has been in- vited by President Roosevelt to come | to Washington for a conference at the | White House. This information w. obtained here tonignt from an author. itative source. The day of-the confer- ence could not be ledrned. Governor 50,000 Bodies Estimated Under Messina Ruins. Messina, Jan. 24.—General Mazza, the commander in charge of the earth- jquake zone, telegraphing to the pre- mier today, says that four thousand bodies have been taken from the ruins of Messina, and that the estimated number of those still under the wreck- age Is fifty thousand. American Squadron Leaves Smyrna Today. Smyrna, Jan. 24—The American squadron, composed of the battleships Missouri, Ohio, Louisiana agd Virginia, will sail’ trom here tomorrow morning for Negro bay, on the north coast of Morocco, where the entire fleet will rendezvous prior to proceeding to Gibraltar. New York, Jan, 24.—Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Harris, secretary of the diocese of New York and a Lrustee of the geuneral. theclogical seminary, died today at his home in Bronxville, aged 67. Graduat- ing from Harvard university in 1863, nd from the general theological sem- nary three years later, his first c)urgz was the a: tant pastor: Mark's church in this cit; ip of Colorado Snowslide Kills Three. Telluride, Col., Jan. 24.—A snowslide yesterday struck the mammoth boar ing house here, killing three pegsons and severely injuring four dthers. Death of Earl of Leicester. London, Jan. 24.—The earl of Leice: ter died at his ancestral home, Holk- ham _hall, Wells, Norfolk, teday. Steamship Arrivals. At Naples: Jan. 24, Cedrie, from New York, - At Southampton: Jan 24, Philadel- phia, from New York,