Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 27, 1909, Page 1

~RUNNING AT HIGH SPEED IN FOG N VOL. LI—NO. 23. NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1909. > Statement Regarding the Collision Made by Agents of Italian Liner Florida DIRECT CHARGE AGAINST THE REPUBLIC Captain of the Florida Declined to Make Any Statement but Held Long Conference with His Agents—Capt. Sealby and Wireless Operator Binns Herces of the Day—Big Crowd Met Them at White Star Pier - New York, Jan. 26.—Features of the @ay in the aftermath of the Nan- tucket collision, which resulted in the loss of the White Star liner Republic, the serious damaging of the ltalian liner Florida, the death of six persons and the injury of several others, were the honors extended to Captain I Sealby and Wireless Operator “Jack” Binns of the Republic and a statement by the Florida's people as to how the collision occurred. The White Star people promise their version of the causes of tie collision tomorrow, Enthusiastic Admirers Wait for Sealby and Binns. The day began with the landing at the White Star pler of Captain Seal- by and Operator Binns. A big crowd awalting them cheered the men heart- fly, while a score of enthusiastic ad- mirers tossed the men to their shoul- ders and thus carried them to the steamship affices on the floor above. Here the captain and Binns held a re- ception, receiving the congratulations of scores of callers, and here Captain Sealby modestly told the story of how Tie stood by his ship until she sank be- neath him. Later Captain Sealby and Operator Binns, accompanied by Cap- tain Ranson of the Baltic, went to the White Star offices on lower Broadway, where another great crowd met them and the ovation was repeated. Florida Coing Into Drydock. the Brooklyn waterfront, at stores, the Florida, which ram- ior nose into the Republic's side th such force as to give that ship at proved her death blow, was the ne of much activity. Her seamen re clearing away the debris and ing shipshape o that she might go into drydeck for repairs Gtatement by Agents of Liner Florid: Captain Ruspini declined to mal - statement as to tne cause of the on, but afier a conference with atives of C. B. Richards & his agents, and Archibald an admiralty lawyer, Rich- ympany gave out a Statement the vircumstances of the col- ature was the direct » that the Republic was running 6t 2 high rate ced through the fog. It aleo refuted reports that the quar- fermaster of tne Floride was to blame nd that the captain struck the man. The statement ways: Running at Moderate Speed. Florida had experienced fog at ervals for some hours before the sion dnd a dense fog existed at the tire of the collision. The Florida had Yeen proceeding at moderate speed, blowing her fox whistle frequently. Lookout Was Doubled. “The captain and chief officers in charge of her navigation were on the bridge and the quartermaster was at the wheel, and the ‘lookout’ was doubled on acgount of the fog. “The Florid& was proceedingly slow- 1y when the fog whistles of another #teamer, which afterwards proved t be the Repubiic, were heard by the of- ficers and ‘lookouts’ off the starboard bow of the Italian steamer. Engines of Florida Reversed. “I'he engines of the Florida were re- and two signals of three whis- were blown, Indicating that the engines were going astern. The col- lision nevertheless took place, the bow of the Florida striking the port side of the Republic somewhat aft of amid- #iiips, causing serios damage to both steamers, Helm Jammed to Starboard. “When the Republic became visible through the fog she was crossing the bow of the Fiorida from starboard to port and running at a high rate of #pecd. The helm of the Florida was promptly put to starboard, hoping to ewing the bow of the jtallan steamer ¢o starboard and to assist in avoiding the danger of collision. The other steamer was, however, running so fast that the vessels collided. “It was afterwards ascertained that the steamer which eollided with the Florida was the Republic of the White Star Iine. “The collision occurred scme dis- tance southeest of Naitucket tlight- #hip about 5.45 a. m., Saturday, the zsd of January, 1909, No Misunderstanding of Orders. “The statements which have ap- peared in some of the papers to the effect that thereghvas any misunder- standing of orders on the bridge of the ¥lorida are not true. by the captain were properly executed. “No_eriticism whatever is made by the captain or any of the officers mgeinst any member of the crew of the Flor} The captaln and officers are eatisi®a that every man did his duty. There! fs no foundation whatever for the story that any member of the crew sag struck or reprimanded by the cap- tain or any of the officers. “After the collision occurred and af. {eF the Florida had ascertained the ex- tent of her own infurles she rendered puch_assistance as lay In her power to the Republic and her passenger: Death of Eugene Lynch. A sad incldent of the day was the @eath of Bugene Lynch of Boston in the Long Island hospital at Brooklyn. He succumbed to the serlous injuries he received when the Florida crashed nto the Republic's side, just where his etateroam was located. His wife, who was with him, was killed instantly. Her body, together with that of W. J. Mooney, a banker of Langdon, N. D., were encased in metallic caskets and went down with the Republic when that ship sank Sunday night near No Man's land. Injured Deing Well. The others injured in the collision, fncluding Mrs. M. J. Murphy of Grand Forks, . D, who was most seriously hurt, are reported as doing splendidly in the hospitals here to which they were conveyed. It I8 thought all wiil recover, HOW TWO MEN “SPRINTED” AS WRECK WENT DOWN. Captain Sealby's Own Story of the Last Moments of His Doomed Ship—Last Shot Fired from Aloft. et New York, Jan. 26—Capt. Inman @ealby of the wrecked steamship Re- mh- and his second officer, B. Wil- s, told their own story—the most narrative that had yef come The orcers given promptly and of| load my revolver again and fired to at from the scene of Saturday's disaster off Nantucket—when they were brought to the Whits Star pier todgy by @ revenue cutter. The last few minutes of the Re- public, the fight Of Sealby and Wil- liams, who stayed by her to the last; their parting at the sinking ship's rail, their swim in tumbling, icy water, their dramatic meeting in the boat of the cutter Gresham, and the sentiment that passed between the two: “Game to the last"—this was the tale told in simple language by the captain and his mate. Talked It Over on the Bridge. The captain said: “When it was close to the time for us to leave the Republic the vessel began to rumble and crack aft, and the tern began to go down rapidly.\ Wil- liams and I were on the bridge. ““Well, what do you think about it? I said to Williams. “q dom't think it will be a long let's make a sprint of it,’ he said. you are ready, let her go. “‘Burn the blue lights, I said, and then I fired five chots from my revol- ver. That was the signal to the Gre ham to cut away the hawser. ‘L maie for the highest point; take to t fore rigging, I shouted. “We ran from the bridge to the sa- loon deck, burning blue lights as we went, and carrying lanterns. When we got fo the deck the water was coming over the after end of it. As we ran forward the stern of the ship was sin ing rapidiy ahd the incline of the dec was so steep that we began slipping back. Last Shot, from Aloft. “The last I saw of Williams was when he had caught the port rail and was_hanging on. I took to the fore- rigging and went up as far as the maethead light—about 100 feet—and rested there while 1 took out a blue light from my pocket. It was wet and would not go off. Then I fired the last shot from my revolver. “Then the water caught me ana i floated. It got under my great coat. The air iusid: »d me, wHile the weight of my revolver binoculars and cartridges ballast and made & sort of ver. “By this time there was a roaring, seething mass of water around me. I was churned down into it, but came to the surface and tried to pull off my coat. I did not succeed. There was considerable debris around and finally 1 _succeeded in reaching a batch. On this T lay, <pread-eazle fashion. “The hlights of the revenue cut- ters Gresham and Seneca had played on the Republic as she sank, and aftes a conslderable time these lights and the lights of the tug Scully were con- centrated on the spot where the ship had gone down. Lay Flat on Hatch and Saved His Strength. “It s2emed an interminable time and did not se¢ me, but I managed to tract «their attention. The cartridg fortunately had been greased and did not get wet. It was very rough and cold and I was getting benumbed; =o I just lay on the hatch and saved my strength, shouting at intervals. Picked Up Nearly Finished. “When the lights were playing up- on me, I waved a towel that I had found floating near by, and shortly afterward I saw a boat which picked me up and took me aboard the Gresh. am. I was nearly finished then. boat was in charge of Gunner John- son, and he handled her in an able and seamanlike manner. Four of the eight men in the boat were members of the Republic's Experience of Williams. Lieutenant Williams, a bovish-look- ing sailor, who saved his pipe, but not his overcoat, described the parting with his skipper and their reunion. ‘When 1 lost the captain,” he said, “I was hanging to the rail by my el- bows. The ship was going down and 1 feit her strike bottom. I could tell she was resting on bottom by her scl- idity. She stayed there abont ten seconds, and then I felt her part, break in two. I let go, and fell into the water about forty feet, “Then I threw off n vercoat and started to swim backadl. I cannot describe the roar of the water as it roge above the ship. It was like Ni- agara, like thunder, like anything in- fernal. Above me was the keel of the ship, standing high in the air. I think I must have been about twenty feet from it. There seemed to be very lit- tle back-wash, and when she went down with all flags flying, there was not much suction, else I wouldn't be here. “While I was swimming,” continued ‘Williams, “a hatch struck me, and I tried several times to get on it, but it was jumping about in the heavy sea, and I didn't succeed. A few minutes later another hatch came along, and I got that on the other side of me and floated between the two, with my el- bows outstretched. “Game to the La: “I could see the three vessels, but they seemed a great way off, and I heard Captain Sealby fire three shots. 1 had been in the water about twenty minutes, I judged, when the Gresh. am’s boat picked me up. I was pretty cold, but I think I could have lasted an_hour. “Having heard the shots, I was able to help the boat's crew in their search for the captain. At last they found him, and he was shivering when pulled aboard. He didn't know 1 was there, and I reached over and touched his elbow, He knew who it was, and he threw his arms around my neck, “<williams,” he said, ‘game to the last!’” The second officer said that he and the captain spent a “pleasant evening’ on the deck of the Kepublic, from s:x to_eight. . “We had dinner,” he added, “but we did not dress for it. I went down and rummaged in the pantry for grub, getting some_biscuits, marmalade and plum cake. I also got some blankets, for we iniended to make ourselves mfortable if we were fortunate enough to stay aboard all night.” Captain Sealby naturally refused to discuss the collision with the Florida, saying his first duty was to his own- ers, but he had many words of pralse for the revenue cutters, his own crew, and the Republic’s passengers. Skipper's Praise for Binns. “During all our operations, the wire- Cabled Paragrapis X Berlin, Jan 26.—The Prussian diet today voted down various motions fa- voring electoral reform. Marseilles, Jan. 36.—Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, commander of the second division of the American Atlantic fleet, accompanied by his aide and Consul General Washington, made his final round of official visits here today. The squadron will leave Mar- seilles tomorrow for Gibraltar. London, Jan. 26—Henry Hess. a company "promoter and the publisher of The Critie, was today sentenced to two years' imprisonment for publish- ing statements intended to deceive the shareholders of a certain company and for the misappropriation of $7,140. The suit is the latést of a series of trials begun with the object of cleansing the city of a class of financiers who have enjoyed meteoric successes at the ex- pense of the public. STRUCK BROKEN RAIL, OREGON EXPRESS IN DITCH. Accident to Union Pacific Passenger in Wyoming—One Woman Kilied—20 Persons Injured. Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. Pacllic pasierger train k Oregon express, westbound, struck a broken rail 150 miles west of here to- day. Five coaches are in the di Two persons are reported kilied and 20 injured. _ Omzha, Nb., Jan. 2 casualties in the wreck w enn. seriously " injured, was given out by Union Pacific officials here tonight. Miss Emma Clingenpul of Danbury, Tow who was en route to Caldwe 1daho, was the only death! The nire t of Chey- , which includes one dead and nine person to meet most _seriously _injured were taken to a Cheyenne hospital. About tvernty others regeived injuries, but all were able to resume their jour- neys. The accident occurred at Dana, thir- ty miles west of Rawlins, nine cars | leaving the rails for some cause yet to be established. The engine was not derailed. | PATRICK KIERAN ARRESTED, BUT RELEASED SOON AFTER. Served With Order to Appear in Court Next Friday. * New York, Jan. 26.—Patrick J. Kieran, vice president of the Fidelity Funding compa the hands of r his home her ground that he ceivers, was arrested at late today on _the was a fugitive from justice and that he was wanted in Pittsburg, where charges of grand larceny had been lodged against him. Kieran was taken to police headquar- ters, but had been locked up but a few hours when word came from Superin- tendent of Police McQuade of Pitts- burg stating that Kieran had given bonds there and requesting that he be released. This was done, but before Kieran left headquart he was served with an order to appear In the supren court on Jan. 20 to be examined re- garding the affairs of the Fidelity Funding compan “HUMPTY” JACKSON PLEADED GUILTY. Leader of Notorious New York Gang Faces Sing Sing. | 1 { New York, Jan. Thomas Jac son, 30 wn through t! city as “Humpty leader of a notorious gang which bears nis namc pleaded guilty today to the charge of grand larceny, evidently realizing that he faced a lifé's term in prison if con- victed on indictments charging second degree larceny, a fourth offense of the Kind. Jackson will_be sentenced Monday For years “Humpty” was the leader of the gang which has made history in I'the gang fights of this cit Humpty” will now join another “Monk” Eastman, who ¢ sentenced to Sing Sing. ve that with the pass- the The police bel hese leade last of the WIRELESS FROM TAFT. * Cruiser Montana Passed the Bahama Group Last Evening. Charlesto 3 A wire- less messag wireless tele cruiser Monta d that at clock tonight the cruisers North Carolina and Montana, having on | board President-elect t and the party who are accompanying him to Panama ed Watlings Island light. Watii E mall island of the Bahama g . lying ile: northeast of Cuba. It has th Jan, it the Atlantic the fon from tion of having been the first landing place of Columbus in the new world and w 1 by him San Salvador. Found Guilty of Robbing Great North- ern Train. Heles Mont., Jan. 26.—George Frank Hauser today was found guilty of robbing a Great Northern train, ex- tracting $40,000 from ths registered mails and placing the lives of the cus- todians in jeopardy. He will be sen- tenced by Federal Judge W. H. Hunt on Thursday. Under the law he must serve the rest of his life in a federal prison at hard labor. May Appeal from Orders of State Rail- road Commission. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. deral Judge Thomas 'C. Munger tonight ruled that railroads in Nebraska may appeal te a from orders of the State mission. A law passed two vears ago forbidding such an ap- peal, but Judge Munger said such ap- peal was proper. Texas Statutory Proh Austin, Texas, Jan. ate this afternoon judiciary committe No. 2 killed by a vote of 6 to 1 the sen- ate bill providing for the establish- ment of statutory prohibition in Texas. This effectually terminaes that feature of the prohibition fight in the Texas legislature, but it still leaves the state ide_prohibition submission bill pend- ing. : Violent Earthquake Shock in Nebraska orfolk, Neb., Jan. 26.—Specials to the Norfolk Daily News report a vio- lent earthquake shock through Pierce and Knox counties at 2.15 p. m. today. The noise resembled a powder explo- sion. IHorses became frightened and cattle stampeded, it is sald. The shock lasted but a few seconds. less was invaluable, and through the work of such operators as Binns, who stuck to his post until the last, even though one-half of the operating room had been carried away, we were able to maintain our communication with the steamships that were trgnsmittine, “I attribute the successful handling and transfer of passengers from one ship to another to the splendid co- hesion_which existed from start to finish between officers and erew. At no time had I any doubt of my men. My confidence was absolute and un- shaken.” (Gonnecticut 25,000 Troops o General Assembly FEBRUARY 11 THE LAST DAY FOR NEW BUSINESS. CONCEALED WEAPONS LAW Proposed Amendment Making Fee of $1 for Carrying—County Appoint- ments—Repeal Corrupt Practices Act Hartford, Jan. 26.—The senate was called to order at 12.30 by Senator Brooks, the president pro tem., in the absence of Lieut.-Governor Weeks. Prayer by Chaplain Sexton. Last Day for New Business. On the motion of Senator Searls the senate concurred with the house in naming February 11 as the last day for the introduction of new business. County Appointments. Senator Higgins explained the res- olution from the house appointing Mayro Keeney of Somers county com- missioner of Tolland county to fill the unexpired term of John Brown. On the senator's motion Mr Keeney was appointed under suspension of rules. A Tresolution was also’passed under (Continukd on Page Six.) Appointed Corresponding Secretary. New York, Jam, 26.—J. Campbell White, secretary of the laymen's mis- sionary movement, announced today that Col. Elifah Halford of Washi ton, former private secretary of the late President Harrison, had been ap- pointed corresponding secretary of the laymen’s missionary movement of the Methodist Episcopal church. Colonel Halford will make Kis headquarters in this cit; i Turkish Frontier PRESSURE ON TURKEY TO ABATE FINANCIAL DEMANDS. BULCARIAN RESERVES IflBll.lZ!‘l War Minister Sends Strict Orders to Be Ready for Action in Case of At tempted Invasion. Tondon, Jan. 26.—The bourses on the continent, including that of Constanti- noyie, relapsed today on the mews that Bulgaria had mobilized her reserves, bringing the eighih division on the Turkish frontier up to its full war strength of 25.000. Strict Orders to Resist Invaders. A despatch from Sofia tonight - nounces 4hat the Bulgarian war min- ister has sent strict orders to the com- mander of the eighth division to avoid any provocative act, but to be ready for energetic resistance if any attempt at invasion is made. Neither in Con- stantinople nor in Vienna, however, is Bulgaria’s act regarded as having a warlike tendency. On the contrary, it is interpreted as an attempt to bring pressure to induce Turkey to abate her firancial dema The present situa- tion is that Turkey is willing to ac- cept $25,G00,000 from Bulgaria as com- pensation for all her losses, including the Oriental railway, but Bulgaria of- fers to pay only about $16,000,000. Powers May Be Forced to Intervene. The idea prevails that the European powers may be compelled to intervene with a view to breaking the deadlock which, although there Is no present danger, might possibly lead to a dis- turbance of peace. et szsus; In the Counties of Tolland, Connecticut, and Washiag / $10 to first; $7 to second; scheols in it T tions from biograph crlation n will receive fi The stories should be written pres: withodt the name of the writer appended—the name rate sheet and enveloped. These papsrs will be impartially judged by a competent commit- , and the names of the writers They should all he completed before Feh, 6th, and ths best of them will be printed in_The Bulletin on Lincoln day, Feb. i2th. Here is an_open competition for all the boys and girls The most original and accura EDITOR BULLETIN countles named. Lincoln Prizes to Students UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE ; with ““h. m.”” and ““h. c.”’ for all others worthy. it hies, but original conceptions of the ties which made Lincoin the greatest American of hig generation and the best loved president of the United States. Originality of ex- st recognition in making the awards plainly on one side of the paper, to be on a Windham and New Loadon, ton Counly, Rhode Island. $5 to third; $3 to fourth; for 60d-word stories about cipator,” written by pupils of hese stories are not to be compila- 'sonal quali- will not be known to the judges. and mailed to The Bulletin on or in the BODY OF DAY-OLD INFANT FOUND IN A WELL. Westport Family Complained of Bad | Taste in the Water. —After in the Westport, Conn., Jan. complaining of a bad drinking water f{rom th the family of Martin Godfrey of this place were taken ill today and a physician called. Me at first thought that the family were suffering from typhoid fever caused from the water and or- dered an examination made of the well. After the water had been drawn from_the well the body of an infant was found. Coroner Powers was notified and af- ter making an examination _stated that the body was that of a male child about a day old, had been thrown into the water alive and had been in the well for at least a month. The cor- oner has started an investigation for the purpose of finding the parents of the infant Gompers, Mitchel!, and Others Must Pay Costs Incurred. ‘Washington, Ja - samuel Gomper! e President John Mitchell and Secretary Morrison of the Am n Federation of Labor, who were recently adjudged in con- tempt of court and sentehced to terms of imprisonment in the District of Columbia jail, were today ordered by Justice Wright of the District supreme court to pay the costs incurred in the proceedings ch resulted in the sen- tence for contempt. The costs aggre- gate about $1, President Speech by Venerable Congressman Sperry of Connecticut. Washington, Jan. 21 interest- feature of the discussion of the toffice bill in th house Tuesday s a_twenty-minfite speech by th venerabl 1Ty of Connecticut, ng adequate pay for “the boys of postal service.” He carried his 83 years well, and although his voice was feeble, he made a strong plea for those whose interests he had at heart. Members crowded about and liberally applauded him: | Died as Result of Fall on loy Sidewalk. | New Britain, Co Lutz, 45, died at hi e tonight as the result of injuries received from falling on an i sidewalk a week ago. Mr. Lutz hod been engaged in the drug business _here for fificen years, com- ing to New Britain from Bridgeport. He had served as a member of the common councils of both t Bridgeport, and was Foresters of America. wife and two children. New City Hall for Chelsea. Boston, Jan, 26—A new city hall and several other structures will be erected in Chelsea from the pfgeeed: of an issue of $500,000 worth of 8 1-2 per cent. fifty vear honds awarded by the Chelsea board of control today, to N. W. Hagris & company of Boston at a premium of $20,885. This is the second bond issue by the board, the first issue of $400.060 having been made in August last, There were seven bidders today. 3 Cogheco Mills Sold. Dover, N. H., Jan. 26.—Cocheco mills stockholders today unanimously voted to accept $75 a share for their $1,500,- 000 outstanding stock from the Pacific mills of Lawrence, Mass. This com- pletes the merger. Steamship Arrivals. At Bremon, Jan, 26: Brandenburg, from New York. place and preminent in the He leaves a | DEAD BODIES STILL LINE THE STREETS. Horrors of Conditicns at Messina Told by Relief Representative. Rome, the repr. Billings, —&dmund ive of the ssachu- setts reli imittee, writing from aboard an Italian hip at Messina, where General Mazza, the italian com- mander of the earthquake zone, ga him_accommeodation, “No words can do jus! to the orig- inal beauty and the present desolation of this city. The setting is most won- derfui and the destruction most com- plete. The houses are split in half, with ali their household goods undis- turbed. Dead bodies are still lining the streets. T ands . of tons of brick, granite and mor piled up on the wonderful boulevard, five miles long, facing the sea. The poor peoy are camping in the streets and under the ruias wherever they can find a hole. Ships of all nations are in the harbor and men of all nations and tongues are on this ship. My sojourn here is not altogether pleasant, as the stench is pretty bad. Two earth shocks were experienced tonight, one of which s sald to be the wor: the be- ginning of the earthquak FRENCHMEN OFFER TO ENLIST ON BATTLESHIP FLEET. Luncheon at e Casino in Honor of Office: Nice, Framce, Jan. 20—Henry White, the ~ American ambassador, gave an elaborate luncheon at the Casino here today in honor of the offi- cers of the first division of the Amer- ican battleship fleet. Many prom nent Frenchmen were present. Toasts were drunk. to President Fallieres and President Roozeveit. A number of young Frenchmen, i cluding a priest, attracted by the fi appearance of the American ships by the contented mann the sail. called at the American consulate here today and-offered to enlist, but were told they were ine gib BITTER ATTACK IN HOUSE On William Nelson Cromwell President of Panama. and Washington, Jan. 26.—A sensational and bitter attack William Neison romwell _and dent Obaldia of Panama and others by Mr. Rainey . Tilinols was made in the house of rep- resentatives today. The postoffice ap- propriation bill was under conside tion, but Mr, Rainey spoke under I cense of general debate and he was unsparing in his charge of corruption and fraud against the persons named. At the copclusion of his speech, which consumed” over an hour and a half, Messrs, Stevens of Minnesota and Kustermann of Wisconsin expressed thelr disapproval of his remarks and entered a defense of the accused. Febraary 12, 1909, a Legal Holiday. ‘Washington, Jan, 26.—During the morning hour the house passed a joint resolution making Feb. 12, 1809, which marks the one hundredth anniversary of the.birth of Abraham Lincoln, a legal holiday in the territories and th’ District of Columbi Barge Sunk in Long Island Sound. Woodmont, Conn., Jan. 26.—One of two barges In tow of a tug sank in the sound off here late today. The name of the barge cannot be ascer- tained, as the tug continuad on her course with the remaining barge. "PRICE TWO CENTS. | Condensed Leiozrans | MAKING READ, President Roosevelt opened the Con- ference on Dependent Children, held in ‘Washington. President Roosevelt Declared he would live most of his time in the west after his return from Africa. The Steamer Celtic is Distributing supplies tent from America along the Sleillan and Calabrian coasts. A Philadelphia Man Sued for divorce, charging that his wife told him she had a soul mate in another planet. rrie Nation, in London, smashed a “tube” car window which bore a pie- ture of a man smoking and drinking. The Will of Ansop R. Flower, who left an estats appréN¥mating $7,000,000, v\vas filed for nrobate at Watertown, NX. Mayor McCi asked the Bankers' association of New York to use its in- fluence with the legislature to have the city's debt limit increased. Lady Moulton, e of Sir John don. She Wi Fletcher Moulton,’ died in Lo was a daughter of Major Henry an An‘erl{: resident in Naples. in a Sevent: panic when gine came into collision in Brookiyn. Many were cut by fying glass and women were trampled. put It is Reported at St. Petersburg that | Baron Rosen will be appointed envoy | to Italy and that M. George Bakhem: tieff will succeed him as Russian am- bassador at Washington. At Riga, Russia, several depositions were made to the effect that Jan Pou- ren, arrrested last year here, was a| criminal and not & revolutionist, the | witnesses including Pouren’s wife. The expres Leading Japanese Newspapers the belief that the anti-Jap- anese sentiment in America is restrict- ed to a clique in California, and that the relations betwen the two countries will continue friendl. The Most Prominent Manufacturers | of food stuffs the United S s | formed an as tion to oppose the | use of chemi servatives and col- orings and organ d g defense of Dr. Wiley of the departyffent of agricul- ture. in Leaders of the Republican state or- ganization Monday opened war on Governor Hughes' direct primary plan, and in a statement made by Senator Raines and William Barne: . there | were covert attacks on Roosevelt. The Consolidated Gas Company made public its 1 financial re- port for first time sonce the rate was started. The company deduced from the figures that it could only pay 4 per cent. dividend at the 80 cent rate, in- tead of 6. MOTION PICTURES FIGURED AS NOVEL EVIDENCE. Offered in a $50,000 Suit for Injuries | to a Boy. 1 New York, Jan. 26.—Novel eviden was given rooklyn supr court today whe strip of motion ares showing boys at play hed on 5 The e was offered in a $50,000 dugn- age suit brought against the Coffey Isiand rooklyn railre ny by St Torty, ten vears old through a guardian injuries that brought on hip trouble, it was alleg- ed, The pictures showed the boy. cording to ¥. A. Dobson, a moving ture machine operator, running around P as lively as his com The pic- tures were taken last fall, while the accident oceured in Judge Asy who trled the case, readily admiti the motion nic evidence, and left the bench to ta position where he could see the tures when they were thrown on the screen in a court room. The e was pe one of the oddest given in a court room The jury returned a sealed verdict WOCL TARIFF DISCUSSED. t Manufacturers Hold Con- erence in Boston, Promin ton, Jan. 2d.—Nearly a hu prominent woolen manufactur heir representatives from various | of the country met in &on in Boston today to dis remedial tariff.on wool. Edw ’uf Marcell 2 ided. It was present wool : 4 manufac- at it w neet. 1 of the len Manu- m of We munication sug- ing the appointment of a commit- tee from the woelen men to meet the worste n to work toget to se- cure g alorem duty which would sati On_this committee was ville, Conn.: Will Springs, Conn.: H. field, Mass.. and others. TWO DAYS' SESSION OPENED. " of . Aim of » Evangelization of America, Home Missions Council. Home ch 6, is holding confe prominent citics of the Union, ope here toda, s opened 1 Ma = session w rd Hooker. and addre: were given by Rev. H. L. Morehous secretary of the American Home Mission: societ: 1 D. Mackenzie, D._ D., pre: Hartford Theolc Seminar; Tonight's meeting was addressed by | Rev. Charles E. Jackson, D. D.. pastor of the E York, on For World emption,” and Rev. H. Meli . D., pasor of Holy T ity on “A Christ ized America. Nation Building. The meetings will be continued to- morrow. SISTERS ACTED AS PALLBEARERS Funeral of Girl Who Was Found Mur- dered in Shed. 0., Jan. 26.—Elwood Wel- was arrested at Hamilton Dayton,, mer, who 7 Will Assemble on North Coast of Morocco for Provisions and Coal el SRRl Will be Plowing the Mediterranean Westward Tomorrow ---Different Divisions Under Orders to Sail from Ports - where Stops have been Made--All will Meet in Straits of Gibraltar for Final Lap Across the Atlantic : Nice, Jan, 26.—The entire American )sagte and Kentucky, will take their ficet of sixteen battleships will be | defacture from Algiers. This division plowing the Mediterranean westward |will be preceded by the Panther and on Thursday, headed for Tetuan bay, | Ajax and is due at Tetuan bay on on the nortii coast of Morocco, where | Saturday. it will reassemble on Jan. 31 to coal | Yankton Will Reach Hampton Roade and provis ne Divisions Leave Smyrna and Marseilles n for the homeward jour- First. The Yankton, a naval tender, which has been doing duty at various places, The division under Rear Admiral | Will bring up the rear. After coaling Seaton Schroeds composed of theyat Tetuan bay, the Yankton will pro- Missouri, Ohio, Louisiana and Vir-|ceed independently by a more so! ginia, has already ieft Smyrna. The |erly Toute than the rest of the flest, going by way of the Azores and Ber- muda, in order to avoid bad weather. Stie will n!:m at Hampton Roads & Georgla ana Nepraska, pert of the sec- ond division, Rear Adrural Richard Wainwright in comman i, cailed today from Marseilles for Tangier, under in- structions to salute the flag cf the new sultan of Morocco. The other two bat- tleships of this division, the New Jer- sey and Rhode Islard, will weigh an- chor tomorrow. First Division Leaves Viilefranche To- day. The first division of the fleet, made up of Rear Admiral Sperry's flagship, Connecticut, the Kansas, Minneso and Vermont, now.at Viliefrancie, will day ahead the flee It was the original intention to have the fleet reassemble at Negro h%m it was finally decided to coal at wa by, because of the greater depth of water and the better bottom. inal Lap for Home Port. ‘The first division, under the imme- dlate command of Rear Admiral Sper- ry, will be the first to coal and. will then proceed to Gibraltar to excl courtesies with the British fleet. T! other twelve American battleships wi steam out of that port Inot go Gibraltar, but will rejoin on Thu the fourth ler | the commander in chief's flagship in Redr Admiral William P. Potter, com- | the straits for the final lap across the posed of the Wisconsin, Tllinois. Kear- Atlantic ANTI-JAP LEGISLATION. ident Sends Another Letter to SECRETARY ROOT'S FAREWE!L To the Chiefs of the Bureau in State Department. Governor of California. Washington, Jan. 2 acramento, Cal, Jan, 26.—Governor Root bace farewell to the Gillett's message on the Jupaness bureau In the state departme question, sent to the legislature to- afternoon, * He th or their | day, had tuc effect of crystallizing the loyalt: 2 ncy and | sentiment for and against the bills in- for the b had rend -| troduced by Drew and Johnson, ducting the affairs of the cepartment. | against which President Roosevelt has T cene was very affecting and It Is sed the governor's power. said there was not a dry eve in t The president informed the governor room when the reception was termi- | that it would be extremely dangerous nated. for the legislature to enact any lay Mr. Root also bid the newspaper|that might be construed by Japan as men who cail on him dafly a heartfelt | discriminatory. He wired Governor goodbye. He asked them to extend | Glllett today that another letter to him those absent his hearty thanks for|was on the way., This is expected to their consideration in_their treatment | th more light on the situation as of him during his public experience in | regards Japan and America. Washington and declared tbeir attitude | Grove L. Johnson, author of the bili entirely justified the confidence he had reposed in them. SODIES OF CONSUL CHENEY And His Wife Who Perished at Mes- sina Will Arrive in New York To- morrow. segregating Japanese in residential quarters at the option of municipali- tie moved today when the measure came up for third reading, that it be made a speclal order for tomo: Spegker Stanton and the organization are against all of the" ted to.by the national adminie- 2 el tration. The fight for them will come New York, Ja 1t was om Grove L. Johnson, & San Fran- ..A.t:““.u;\ i (»’{.'4" u.i e 5 3. Oie cisco dejegate, and those assemblymen bre line tonight that the bodies who have many union labor constitu- both of | ents. Consul Cheney and his wif wham were killed in the earthauake In P TS Messi would ve in this city on HEARST-HASKELL AFFAIR. the steamship Venezia of the Kabre dutistidharee line on Thursday. Arguments in Ci of MacReynolds, A battalion of United States ma- Arrested by Governor's Order. rines will be at the c ny's pler| — in Brooklyn, when the mer docks, Guth Okla., Jan. 26.—Arguments by order of the war departme were continued here today in the case the marines will escort the re of stt MacReynolds, arrestsd by or- of the dead consul and Mrs. Chency | der of Governor Haskell while he was to Grand ( station, from|collecting cvidence for Willlam R, whence they will be sent to New Ha- | Hearst in defense of the governors Conn.. the dead consul's home|charges of tibel. MacReynolds fis town, for interment charged with trying to defame Gov- New Haven, Jan. 26.—The bodies of | ernor Haskell's ¢ ter, “onsul Chengy and his wife will De " Henry Asp, representing the govern= ought on a s car from|or, made a plea against dragging the w York and taken to Trinity h | name of the governor through the mire, on reen, where they will remain | “Charles Ames, for the defense, at. until the funeral. which will be held | tacked the motives of the governor turday afternoon bringing the action against Mac) —_——— nolds, and there was not .t STEEL MERGER. Scnate Has No Right to Call on Pres- ident for Information. slightest foundation for the arrest of MacReynold POSTAL SAVINGS BANK BILL. ident Rooscvelt for information wrich Against Its Passage, he may have Unit- e ed State when he [ Washington, Jan. 26.—A speech by countena icern’s absor ator Davis of Arkansas favori) Coal & legislation to prevent dealings in €83 ompany, is the opinfon of the special | changes in in products of the committee on judiciary appointed to|80il and a maiden speech by Senstor investigate the merger. The situa-|Cummins of Iowa against the tion is proving decide embarrassing | ©f the postal savings bank bill as re- to the judiciary committee, but, re-|Dorted to the senate by the committee gardless of th t, it has been de-|On postoffices and postroads were the cided to proceed with the inquiry and | features in the senate today. Mr. report to the senate whether the press | Cumming spoke in favor of the deposit of postal savings in state gnd terri- torial banks. The senate voted to purchase an off ?um-:m of the late Senator Alllson of owa. At 445 p. m. the senate adjourned. ident had authority to permit the merger. Jspanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Is in Good Health. SUPREME COURT DECISION. Tokio, Jan. e i no founda- tion for ihe rumor of the death dr|Okio Tax on Life Insurance Companies Count Jutaro Komura, minister of o7 s lllegal. forcign affairs, He was in excellent heaith when seen this morning and| Columbus, O., Jan. said he expected to make a speech be-|on life insurance companies is illegal. fore the diet soon. This is the decision of the supreme M. 1 court, handed down today. The de- cision says that forelgn Insurance Sale of Mhjority Interest in Chefapeake and Ohio Railway. companies are exempt from the tax on their premiums as long as the New York, Jan. Negotlations for | premiums are forwarded to the New the sale of A majority int n the | York or other . headquarters of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway company | companies out of the state. The tax here s 2 1-2 per cert, upon gross pre- miums. The case was that of the Mu- tual Life Insurance company versus the state of Ohio and was brought about a year ago. The common pleas and cireult courts upheld the state's contention, but today the supreme court reversed this. .‘. BALKAN OUTLOOK. Prospects of Hostilities Between Tur- key and Bulgaria Not Diminished. Berlin, Jan, 26.—While it is admit- in German circles that the Bul- garian-Turkish situation has grows more serfous with the recent mobiliza. tion of Bulgarian reserves, an fmmedi- ate collision between the two powers and associate 1 hereftod. v sold to the ne 240,000 shaves of co which they had purchas from the Ponnsylv Railroad com- pany over two yvears ago, and it is un- derstood that other large amounts of stock are involved In thedeal. pracf Loeb & cow bou . Ecuador, Jan. 26.—Three Japancse were brought in pere today and lodged in jail. They afe suspect- ed of being spies in the service of [ the Peruvian government and It is thought they are officers in the Jap- anese army. They were captured near last night as a suspect In the Mary Forschner murder, arrived in Dayton tonight in cusody of Police Chief Alla- back. _The police have little confidence in their ability to fasten the crime on him. ¥ The day's further examination of the scene of the tragedy developed the fact that the victim was ravished in a field and then led to a shed 75 feet from the scene of the first outrage, where the assault was repeated and the girl kill- ed. The funeral of the girl was held to- day. when her three sisters acted as pallbearcrs Cuenca while mapping the frontier. A0 is not apprehended. United States Steel Dividends. Should Turkey, however, claim & New York, Jan. 26.—Directors of the|cession of a portion of Rumelia, the United States Steel corporation today | sitvation would becon:e worse and Pul- declared quarterly dividends of 1 3-4|garia might forthwith take up arms. per cont.lon the preferred stock and half of i per cent. on the common | Deg LL. D. -Gev. giock. Theso are unchanged from the Pr’;"_’:e'““"k {"_':; ‘_:':"“': ¢ previous quarter. announced hero tonight that the degres L. D. will Ro-clected U. S. Senator from Nevada. | mer Gov. Jumes H. Hisgins ot Rioge Carson, Nev. Jan. 26.—United States | Inand by GeorEetown Gaversity at I8 Semator Francis G. Newlands, demo- | commoncement exercises in June crat, who has been chosen by popular | Governor Higgins will deliver vote for senator, today was re-clected | commencement acdress on that by both houses of the an ENTIRE AMERICAN BATTLESHIP FLEET &, #