Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 15, 1909, Page 1

FLORIDA RESORT HOTEL Hotel Clarendon at Sea Breeze, One of the Largest on the East Coast. 215 GUESTS ASLEEP AT THE TIME All Escaped without Injury, Belongings—Streets About the Hotel Stacked with Trunks and Furniture—Hotel Heip Panic Stricken— Guests Owe Their Safety to Night Clerk’s Promptness Daytona, Fla., Feb. 14.—The Hotel Clll\ndnnl:' at Sea Breeze, one of the larges: resort hotels on the east coast, together with ten cottages adjoining the house, was totally destroyed by fire early todey. The 215 guests who were asleep at the time were saved without injury, and many wers able to gather up most of their belongings. Night Clerk Aroused Sleeping Guests. ‘When the blaze was first discovered 1he night clerk rushed the help to each room, notifying guests, who made their way hurriedly &“th. streets. At one tinie the flames appeared to be under control, but the wind shifted and (he)" out anew, and in less than three, :rl‘;:arl of an hour the entire buildix, was burned. Ten Cottages All Burning at Same Time. ‘The ten cottages, owned by H. R. Kochersperger, caught fire from sparks and all were burning at the same time. The hotel help was panic stricken, HER OFFICERS AN MEN NEARLY EXHAUSTED. Steamer Threatened by Fire for Four Days and Four Nights. Bosion, Feb, 14—Threatened by fire for gour days and four nighis at sew, and tossed all but upside down by a viglent hurricane while carrying a light cargo, the Norton line steamer Potomac, Capt. P. T. Donnelly, made port here from Soutia America today, her officers and men near exhaustion from their terrible experiences. A fire w discovered in the cargo of jerked besf and burlap coverings before the hip left Montevideo, but was subdued and apparently extinguished. The ship had hardly put to sea, however, before fire again broke out in the cargo. The flames spread from bulkhead to bulk- head, and although tons of sea water were poured into the hatches the blaze was hardly checked. The suffocating fumes of the sizzling fat overcame the men and made the work of firefighting 4ouble burdensome. - For four days and four nights the crew struggled against the fire before it was finally extin- gulshed. Havans was reached and all but 300 tons of tho cargo wes taken out. Lightly loaded, the Potomac wae again unfortunate when ehe ran into = hurricane off Hatteras. The steamer rolled and pitched and seemed for n time in imminent danger of turuiug| turtle and ng_to bottom, ac- cording to the officers. Captain Don- nelly satd tonight that after the steam- er had left her Boston consignments #he would go to/New York and enter Arvdock for the repair of a leak which had appeared. R ALLEGED BURGLAR OVERHAULED BY WIRELESS. fiohn Ryan Was Serving on the Battle- sl New Hampshire. ‘White Plaing, N. Y., Feb. 14—The value of wireless telegraphy as an ad- 4unet to the machinery of justice was demonstrated today, when John Ryan, an ordimary seaman on board the bat- tleship New Hampshire, was place under arrest and confined in the sh brig at the request'of District Atto nev Winslow of Westchester county, hich was flashed to the New Hamp- hire by wireless while that vessel was ral hundred miles out at sea on her to meet the American battleship fleet returning from its world cruise. Ryan is wanted by the Westchester county authorities for alleged partici- pation in a burglary committed last May at Ossining, N. Y. One of the burglars upon being ar- rested turned state’s evidence and fm- pilcated Ryan. From the description he gave the authorities were able to trace Ryan to Norfolk, where it was found hie had enlisted in the navy and had been assigred to the New Hempshire. An application for Ryan's extradition was sent to the Virginia authorities as s00n as & wircless message from the New Hampshire apprised District At- torney Winslow of the suspect's arrest on board ship. At officer will start south tomorrow to assuthe charge of Ryan on his arrival at Hampton Roads next Sunday. CONGRESSMAN GRANGER DEAD. Member of Sixtieth Congress—Repre- sented First District of Rhode island. Washirgton, Feb. 14.—Congresman Daniel L. D. Granger of Providence, R. 1. who represented the First District of Rhode Tsland during the 58th, 59th and $0th congresses, dded here at 7.10 this evening of heart fallure.’ He was 57 years old. Congressman (iranger had been sick since last November, when he was taken ill in Albany, N. Y. He was un- der care in New York city until De- cember 13, when he came to Washing- ton. His condition had been serious since January 2 and the end was not unexpected, While he was in London last summer he suffered a severe at- ED "BURN Many of Them Saving Their aud the clerks could do nothing with them, one woman biting the clerk bad- 1y on the hand. Building Valued at $200,000.» The hotel was a wooden sfructure, valued at $200,000, and was insured for | about 40 per cent. Streets Stacked With Trunks. The streets about the hotel are stack- ed with trunks, suit cases, bedding and farniture. The management is mak- ing every effort to take care of the guests. Fire Started in Coal Bins. The fire was discovered by the bak- | ers who were just going to work. It riginated in the coal bins under the itchen, and at first it seemed that the | fire extinguishers would do the work, but thera was some difficulty in getting the water faucets working, and seeing that the fire was beyond control, the | Euists wee nptlflud to run for their lives. FIFTY-TWO BODIES RECOVERED FROM STEAMER PENGUIN. Wrecked on Rocks of New Zealand Coast—Lifeboats Smashed. Wellington, N. Z, Feb. 14.—Fifty-two | bodies have been recovered from the wrecked steamer Penguin of the Union Steamship company of _Wellington, which went on the rocks Friday night off Cape Terawhitl. Six of those aboard | the Penghtin are accounted for. In all the passengers and crew numbered | about 100. The ship struck about 10 o'clock at might, but the captain remained on the bridge, and after his vessel slid | into deep water was able {0 steer her | closer in to shore. The seats were run- ning high, end the small boats and | rafts, which were hastily launched could not withstand the waves. Both boats and rafts were overturned, but while the boats practically sank, the rafts righted themselves a number of times. Many acts of heroism were per- formed, some of the stronger of those struggling in the water helping eche weaker ones to regain the frail craft After several hours of buffeting, the majority of the survivors on the rafts reached the shore, demonstrating that rafts ara more scrviceable than boats | in a heavy sea, close to a rocky shore. One of the rafts with ten men on it thrice capsized when but a short dis- | tance from the land, but all scrambled | back and were ultimately cast upon | the cliff and eaved. Four boats came | ashore some hours later, all of them badly erushed. SEVERE WIND AND RAIN STORM, PROPERTY LOSS $100,000. Vicksburg Business Houses Damaged— | Suburban Property Wrecked. | ksburg, Mass, Feb. 14.—The most | story | FIVE NEW YORK FIREMEN { oil work: Berlin, Feb, 14—A despatch to a German ne"xlxtm from Addis Abe- ‘ba says that King Menelik has return- ed from his p! e and is in the et of neaty T A8 ‘Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Feb. 14.—The Venezuelan government has revoked the decree prohibitine the traffic of small vessels between the island of Curacao and Venezuela. Paris, Feb, 14.—M. Jose de J, Paul, the special Venezuelan envoy, express- ed himself today as greatly pleased that a protocol had been signed bv bis government and the United States, He hoped that the resumption of Ve nezuelan diplomatic relations would soon be effected in Europe as well as in America. London, Feb. 14.—Two thousand men gathered in the Whitefields tabernacle today at the Lincoln commemoration exercises. "H. B. Irving, the actor, presided. Both he and R. C. Lehman, member of parliament for the south division of Leicestershire, delivered eloquent addresses in memory of the great president. Many prominent per- sons were present and the meeting was marked by great enthusiasm, The service included suitable speeches and recitations. « PROBABLE FATAL SHOOTING DUE TO COMIC VALENTINE. Strange Domestic Entanglement Also Develops—Missouri Man Posing «3 Husband of Mother and Daughter. St. Joseph, Mo, Feb. 14—In the probable fatal shooting of William Smith, a carpenter, over a comic val entine there came to light a strange domestic entanglement. “Mrs. Cora Smith,” who fired the shot at Smith, | told_the police taat she was married | to Smith, knowing that her mother | was already his wife. The three have fved together for years, the man pos- ing as the husband of both mother | and daughter. The daughter, who 2 vears old, sent Smith a comic cntine yesterday. Smith became angry it, packed up his s when he received clothes and started to leave the hous Thinking e was going to desert her the dang’ w shot him. The mother-wife says she was mar- ried to Smith s>cretiy in 1962 and took | 15 year old daughter by a formey band to live with her and SmitH A year after the marriage, siie says, | daughter and Smith fell in love | h other and the mother made | and marry her daughter with- { a divorce, thinking that no | one knew of the former marriage, Both daughter and husband bdar out this the polic | Cora was arrested. | 1 be held pending the resuit of wound, | HURT IN OIL WORKS BLAZE.| Collapse of Walls of Burning Sheds | Containing Naphtha and Gasoline. York, Feb. 14.—Five firemen | injured, two so seriously that | © is not expected, in a ectacular and perilous fire which de- tr d the packing sheds of the Prat: | . a subsidiary of the Standard | Oil company at_the foot of North | Twelfth sireet, Brooklyn, late tonight. 'he men were injured by the collap: of one of the walls of the blazing bullding, which buried two of them in | 1oolf the debris. The fire caused grave fears | Aise'q for the entire section, owing to the | highly inflammable materials, not only | in the building, but in several adjoin- | ing structures, itself thousa naphtha, gaso 1s of five gallon tanks 8f | of these tanks as the flames reached them threw the residents of the neigr n- | berhood into a state of apprehension | vefging on panic. As soon as the full | extent of the blaze was rea tanks of the Standard Oil compan: a radius of a quarter of a mile, severe storm of wind and rain experi- enced here in years prevailed for a balf hour this afternoon, causing a property loss estimated at $100,000. The office of the Vicksburg Herald fwa unroofed and a number of busine: houses austained mumor damages. the suburban sections property completely wri Several negroes are reported to have been injured when their cabins were demolished. In > KNOX IN TAFT CABINET, Bill Removing Constitutional Disability Comes Up in House Today. ‘Washington, Feb. 14.—The bill re- moving the disability constitutionally of Semator Knox to enter the Taft cabinet as‘cecretary of state will probably be called up in the house to- morrow and it is confidently expected that it will be passed under suspen- sion of the rules, although not until #ome of the members who regard the objectionable and who filed report have voiced their i The bill will not be made a party issue and despite the minority Teport no serious obstruction will be placed in the way of its passage. Senator Knox was said to have con- fided to some of his friends that he would not accept the office unless the action of congress was practically unanimous, denied, tonight that he ever voiced any such expression. He con- tinued to decline to talk about any phase of the matter. NEW BRITAIN PASTOR RESIGNS_ To Accept Presidency of the Chicago Theological Seminary. New Britain, Conn., Feb. 14.—The | resignatioh of Rev. Dr. O. S. Davls, | pastor of the South Congregational | church of this place, was Tead to the congregation of the church today. Dr. Davie has resigned to accept the presi- dency of the Chicago Theological Sem- | inary, and will leave here after Easter | Sunday. The place which Dr. Davis will fill was tendered him some three months ago, but he made it a condition tack of acute articular rheumatism, which developed later into valvular disease of the heart. The attack com- pelled him to abandon a European tour he had just started. He was unmar- tied. He is survived by a sister, Miss Grace Granger, with whom he lived, #nd a brother, Dr. William D. Granger of Bronxville, N. Y. The funeral will probavly take place in Providence on Wednesday. Mr. Granger was born in Providence and was graduated from Brown uni- wersity. He practiced law in Provi- dence and was twice clected clerk of the Rhode Island house of representa- tives He was elected successively by the democratic party to the offices of clity ireasurer and mayor of Provi- dence, serving in the former capacity for eleven years and in the latter for two terms. “He was elected congress in 1903 and had served in that body ever since. He was a member of the com- mitee on ways and means. Texas Drought Broken. Houston, Tex, KFeb. 14—Drought conditions in south Texas were reliey- #d today, when more than an inch of rain fell. Tonight the temperature here g below freezing. Cattle are in very ad condition from the drought, and it ihere will be heavy losses | that the debt of the institution should be wiped out before he accepted the office. He received word Saturday that arrangements had been made for pay- | ing the debt, and his acceptance and resignation followed today. Dr. Davis has been pastor of the church for the past five years. Dr, Davis' resignation was read by Rev.“Dr. C. W. Hill of St. Johnsbury, Vt, with whom he exchanged pupils today. Nebraska Stockman Killed in Railroad Wreck. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 14.—T. G. Barnum, a stockman, was killed and efght other persons were injured today when {hree coaches of a Missourl Pacific passenger train left the rails at Union, Neb. All the Injured will recover. The accident was due to spreading rails. Consecrated Bishop of Vigan. Mantla, Feb. 14 —Father Carroll, for- merly of Philadelphia, was today con- secrated bishop of Vigan with impres- sive ceremonies at the Manfla cathe- dral in the presence of scores of clergy and an immense congregation. Papal Delagate Agius officiated and was as °d In some Instances. | i | and forme | be short-lived. which were s 1ds of gallons )f oil of all gn = | means of to the company's tanks in Blushvil and Long Island City. i The tanks of the Brooklyn Union? s company, also in dangerous prox to the blaze, were also emptied | contents, Thanks, however, to the vigorous ef- forts of the firemen, the fire was c fined to the building in which it sts ed. The loss is estimated at $50,000. NEW TURKISH CABINET. General Impression Is That It Will Be | Short-Lived. n as grand vizier and has Pasha, minister of the interior nspector general of Ma- with the formation of a new cedonia cabinet | The imperial “hatt” appointing Hil- | 1i Pasha grang vizier, and Zia Eddin endi, & learned theologian, as sheik- | ul-Islam, was read at six o'clock inj the evening at the porte with the us- Perfect tranquility pre vails, the public appearing to be rath- fferent to the changes. Hilmi arrival at the porte was greet- | ed with feeble cheers by a small crowd. | The chamber held a_ brief sitting for the reading of the “hatt” and a pro- posal made by Jewish deputy to im- peach Kiamil Pasha was unanimous rejected. Late tonight the new grand vizier completed his cabinet. Ali Riza Pasha, | whose dismissal led to Kiamil Pasha’s | downfall, was re-appointed minister of war. He ‘also holds the marine port- folio, and has heen made grand mas- ter of artillery. Hilmi Pasha himself takes tbe portfolio of the ministry of the interior, while the ministers’ of | finance, jusiice, public <works and | commerce in the former cabinet have | been retained. There have been some | minor changes, but the general impres- | sion is that the whole ministry wi t | i No Word Sunday from the Homebound Battleship Fly | New York, Feb. 14—No word came | from the homeward bound battleship | fleet today, nonme of the wireless tions inthe vicinity of New York be- | ing abla to get into communication | either with the Yankton, which is pre- | ceding the ficet, or any of the fighting ships. The lest report was received from the Yankton late Saturday night, giv- ing her position at 8 p. m. at latitude 33.15 north, longitude 61 west. | Inventor of National Reputation Dead. Springfield, O., ¥eb. 14.—John F. Russell, 71 vears of age, an ventor of national reputation, died here today from apoplexy. Mr. Russel] was as- scciated with Wiiliam N. Whiteley, years ago, in the perfection of the modern reaper and also pessessed sev- cral patents upon devices In the de- velonment of the steam locomotive. Barge Sunk in Long Island Sound. ‘New London, ¢Feb. 14—The barge Carlos French, laden with coal, in tow of tugs Resclute and Frederick E. Ives, sprang aleak and sank today about a quarier of a mile east of Sa- sisted by Archbishop Harty and Bish- ops Nendrick and Dougherty. l.edge bell buoy in Long Island; tarium In the packing shed ! $; Fro "To Separate) AMICABLE DECISION WITH VIEW MDENT-E-EGT ARRIVED IN TO ULTIMATE DIVORCE. NO SCANDAL IS INVOLVED No Man or Woman the Cause of This Disagreement — Theatrical Manager Issues Statement. New York, Feb. 14—Daniel Frohman, the theatrical manager, issued a state- ment tonight in which he-announced that Mrs. Frohman, who was Miss Margaret Tilington, the actress, and he hud decided. upon a separation, with the view of an ulfimate divorce. Mys. Frohman is in California, where she is recovering her health, owing to a bieakdown from her arduous work on the stage. Mr. and Mrs. Frohman were married in November, 1903. Mr. Frohman made public his statement announc- ing thA separation at his home, in West Seventy-ninth street, tonight. It fol- lows: Arrangement More Amicable Than Hostile. “Mr..and Mrs. Daniel Frohman have cided upon a separation, with a view an ultimate divorce. “Mrs. Frohman and 1 agreed to this recently. She desires to take up her sidence permanently In California, where the climate agrees with her and where she has always been well, even when acting. She has retired perma- o | nently from the profession and will re- move with her parents to the Pacific coast, where their relatives reside, and will live with them. There is no scap- | dal involved in this disagreement, no man or woman is the cause of it. In fa t, the arrangement is far more am- icable than hostile, on efther part. The decision was- arrived at recently. Mrs. Frohman, thought In good physical health, is at present resting at a health rt in California, where after a few weeks' quict, she will be entirely re- storad. She came to New York from California a few weeks ago, apparently entirely recovered from her Dbreak- down in “Thief,” but the eastern clim- ite did not agree with her. She finds sol; and health in the air of the Pacific slope, and there she has decid- { ed to live for the future. We have been married nearly six years. Mr. Frohman is the manager and the proprietor of the Lyceum eheater {and is a brother of Charles Frohman. After gradnation from a dramatic =chool in Chicago ning years ago, Miss 1ilington achieved suctess on the stage in various roles under the management of he broke down under the strain of work, and it was sald at the time that she would retite permanently from the stage When Divorced May Marry San Fran. cisco Real Estate Dealer. San Francisco, Feb. 14.—Mrs. Daniel Frohman, known on the stage as Ma garet Tllington, is sald to be in a sdu in Oakland, where ner own n, who accompanied her from New York is in attendance, Accord- ing to a current rumor, Miss Illington may marry E. J. Bowes, a San Fran- club man and real estate dealer. ago, she was e her a the guest for K of James H. Spring. president of the Western Na- tional bank, with whom Bowes is asso- clated in businesg. That Miss Ilington came to Califor- ja to bring suit for divorce was mitted by Bowes tonight. was his intention to marry Mrs. Froh- man in case a divorce was gganted, he said: pr That is a fatter which the future holds_and which I cannot discuss. 1 met Miss Illinzton vears ago. I was | weli acquainted with- her family and with Mr. Frohman, apd am very friend- iy with them and ‘with him. If asgood waman finds her happiness lies in some other direction she has a perfect right to secure a divorce. There is a rfect understanding between Miss Ilington and her husband, and when the complaint is filed it will be seen hat not the least scandal can attach to the aff Bowes is connected with large real estate operations in San Francisco and Tacoma. FREIGHT TRAIN FELL 35 FEET FROM TRESTLE. Negro Brakeman Kifled — Six Other Trainmen Injured—Cow on Track. Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 14.—One man was killed and at e one of e fat a freight in on the Louisiana Railway and Navigation company’s line was wreck- ed at Montecene bridge, just north or Baton Rouge this morning. The dead man was a negro brakems At a point about fifty fe the trestle <pfl.nnl{g Montec rorth cree f the tender of -th€ engine, which running backwards, struck a cow. The plunged from the trestle, carry- th it the entire train of cars to engir ing w the ground below, a distance of tirty five feet. Ten freight cars and an equal number of dirt cars were piled upon each other. Gold Medals Awarded to Wilbur and Orville Wright. Washington, Feb. 14—The first award of the gold medal recently es- tablished by the Smithsonian institu- tion in memory of the late Secretary Samuel Pierpont Langley and his con- tributions to the science of aerodro- mics has been made to Wilbur and Orville Wright by the board of re- | gents of the institution “for advancing the science of aerodromics in its ap- plication to aviation by their success- ful investigations end demonStrations of the practicability of mechanical fiight by man.” Lincoln Centenary at Central Baptist. The Lincoln centenary was observed Sunday in the Sunday school room at the Ceatral Baptist church in an im- pressive way. After the regular open- ing exercises in the school room, the school marched into the auditorium, where the Lincoln exercises were held. A large American flag hung back of the pulpit. Captain William F. Tarbox made an address of much interest upon Lincoln. ‘A _programme of readings was conduct- ed by the Delta Alpa class of young ladies, and John Palmer Post read a paper, The Closing Days of Lincoln. | The pastor, Rev. P. C. Wright, also spoke breifly. Asked to Look for Turnouts. Chief Murphy was on Sunday asked by Chief Brahsfleld of Westerly to look for a team which had been stolen there early Sunday morning and an- other which had been hired Saturday and not returned. Nothing was found here of them, One of them was traced ) Vet oud it was thought might have come this way, husband. Several weeks ago she | ad- | Asked if it | | | p HIS HOME CITY SUNDAY. TREASURY PORTFOLIO NOT FILLED Mr. Taft Goes to Washington Today on Canal Business—To Be Made a Mason “On Sight” Thursday. Cincinnati, Feb. 14.—Mr, and Mrs. Taft arrived in the home city of the president-eléct from Panama and New Orleans, in a driving rain storm this morning. They Wwere met at the sta- tion by C. P, Taft and driven at once to hig residence, where they are te be guests until noon tomorrow, when they will leave for Washington. Mrs. Taft contemplates a visit to New York while the president-elect will spend one day at the capitol, return here and remain until Saturday. The day was devoted to a call at the home of Mrs. Taft's parents and a return for dinner to the C. P. Taft residence. Mir. Taft had no political or other conferences. Panama Canal Engineers’ Report. The trip to Washington tomorrow has importance, as it relates primarily to tiie reports of the engineers who | accompanied Mr. Taft to Panama. This report is to be placed in his hands upon his arrival there Tuesday morn- ing. With the engineers he will take the document to the White house, where it will be the subject of a gen- eral conference with President Roose- veit, The contents of the report have been forecasted, the features being a strong endorsement of the present ca- nal plans, commendation of the: organ- ization under Colonel Goethals and recommendations tending to show that whatever error has been made has | been on the side of the unnecessary precautions for safety. Cabinet Gossip. While in Washington, Mr. Taft ex- pects to confer with Senator Knox and others whose advice he values rela- tive to cabinet appointments. The cabinet gossip which is regard- od as the most reliable and given with the understanding that Mr. Taft has declared he would reserve the right to deny all cabinet suggestions, is that no one has been determined upon for tige treasury portfoiio. Knox and_ Frank H. Hitch- ve been asked to and have ac- cepted the positions respectively of secretary of state and postmaster gen- eral. Unconfirmed Rumors. As to the other places, unconfirmed rumor with a fair percentage of like- 1ihood of accuracy malkes the cabi- net: Attorney General—Mr. Wickersham of New York, Secretary of War—Mr. Tennes Secretary of the Navy—Mr. Mver of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Interior—Mr. inger of the state of Washington. retary of Agriculture—Air Wright of Bail- Wil and Labor The Treasury Portfolio. It is the gene: understanding that Mr. Taft wishes to fill the treasury portfolio either from Ilinois or Ohio. Should the appointment go to the pre: ident-elect's own.state, it is the belief that the honor will fall to M. T. | Herrick, g The geeming . tumult among c dates from Illinois is regarded itating against rather than heiping the state's chances, position is that he will keep all ap- ntments open until the verv last minute with the view of meeting any situations that may arise with the least embarrassment to all concerned. known that his attention just now is Leing centered on the treasury place. nd Inaugural Address. Another of the matters for consulta- tion will be taken up in Washingion, where Mr, Taft will remain un Tuesday afternoon, which will be his naugural address. This has been out- lined and the draft of it will be sub- mitted for eriticism. A Mason “On Sight.” On his return here Thursday Mr. Taft will be made a Mason “on sight,” an honor rarely conferred by the ) sonic order. On Friday he has a pri e dinner engagement - with the “Rounder: of this city, and aSturday he will Jeave for Philadeiphia, not to return Dere until after his services as pres- ident comveniently permit, WILL BE RETIRED ON HALF PAY. Practical Retirement :f English Ad- miral Lord Charles Beresford. London, Feb. 14.—An interesting an- . nouncoment was issued by thé agmiral- ty tonight. Admiral TLord Charles Beresford, commander in chief of the channel fleet, will vacate this command on March 24, when thie fleet will dis- appear as the chisf fighting unit ofsthe | first line of Great Britain's naval force Henceforth the mor> important vesscls of the channel fleet under the com- mand of Vice Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley ,Milne, who is now second in command in the channel fleet, wint form the second division of-the main fleet, under the supreme command of Vice Admiral Sir Willlam H. May, sec- ond sea lord o the admiralty. It is understood that this means the practical retirement of Admiral Sir Charles Beresford from the service and that he will be rétired on half pay In the ordinary course Lord Charles would have been channel commander for another year and would have re- tired under the age limit in 1911, but the government desired to group all the newest and best ships under Vice Admiral May’s command for home de- fense. The action of the government, how ever, in thus prematurely retiring Ad- miral Beresford is likely to arouse again_the monious djscussions so frequently assoclated with his name, WIRES ALL PARALYZED. Severe Sieet Storm in Ohio—Commu- nication With Many Towns Shut Off. Cleveland, O., Feb. 14—One of the mose severe sleet storms experienced in several years paralyzed the tele- graph, telephone and trolley wires' t. day and seriously interfered with rail- way trafic throughout northern Ohio. Communication by wire with many towns in the northwestern part of the state Is completely shut off. Sandusky was without strect and interurban car service. The steam lines were ham- pered. despatchers being unabic to communicate with train crews. 1t will require davs to restore mor- mal wire conditions. Many villages are in darkness from damage (o the il- lumination wires, Mr, Taft's announced | Tt is | * of the Taft Citizens' club | Condeused Tezcams (M Canon Chase of Brooklyn asked all good citizens to join In a movement tor purer plays. Pk Bills Carrying $11,000,000 for the de- fense ‘of Denmark were introduced in the folkething by the government. “The International’ Mayal Conference decided that cotton should be placed on the absolute Aon-contraband list. Andrew Carnegie Declares the Time is coming when it would be necessary to curb monopolies by fixing prices.’ The New York Equal Suffrage leugue met and discussed. the resig- nation as president of Mrs. De Riveri. Investigation of the Russian Army quartermaster's department shows ir- regularities amounting to over $1,000,- 000, The Twelfth Juror Was Obtaired at Nashville, Tenn., for the trial of the alleged slayers of Edward W. Car- mack. Harry V. Radford Started .for the North Pole.via the New York Cen- tral. He said he expected to be absent three years, Frapk Thompson, said to be the son of a 'Plttsqurg_millionaire, was ar- rested in New York on the charge of kicking a man in the eye, Baron Takahira, the Japan am bassador, expressed at the Lincoln din- ner at Peoria the cordial ‘and frm friendship of his country for the Unit- ed States. The Century Theater Club, with a membership of 500 women, met in the Hote] Astor, New York, and decide to establish an unofficial play censor- ship in thie city The New York Academy of Feiences celebrated the 100th anniver- sary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and the 50th anniversaryl of the publi- cation of “The Origin of Spec Mail Advices from Caracas say that | three of the five American claims are acceptable to Venezuela, but that the refusal to consider them /separately v cause the fallure of negotiations. The Result of the Conferences be- tween the English and German state men at Berlin has been highly satis- factoory, the nations agreeing on p tically all important questions of fc eign policy, King Edward and Queer Alexandria started for London. it ASSISTANCE FOR LIBERIA, THE SITUATION IS SERIOUS. This Country in Duty Bound to Give Aid to Airican Republic, Says Book- er T. Washington, that the public iat the United to render it . Washington he present c. I have with that and rdition of Liberia ¢ several ted in it, can negroe | son of Iowa also re s TTEE P of Of the Thirteen New — Four Vacancies on the Washington, Feb. 14—There will be many desirable committee places to be filled in the senate when the Sixty- first congress assemblex, Iicluding the successor of Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, there will be thirteen new senators, and should Mr. Hopkins of Hlinols not be elected, another new senator will take his seat on Mareh 4. The committee nlaces of Senator Alli- ain to be filfed. ions Committee. Appropr The vaeancy in the chajrmanship of the committee on appropriations caus- ed by the death of Mr. Allison, wil be filleq by Senator Hale, whose retire- | ment a% chairman of the committee on naval affairs wiil cause the promotion of Senator Perkins to that place. The retirement of Mr, Hemenway, republi- can, and Mr. Teller, democrat, will make vacancies on the committee on appropriations. Mir. Wetmore of Rhode Island is a candidate to succeed Mr. Hemenway, but probably a western senator will be chosen. Either Mr. Sim- nions of North Carolina or MF. Mc- Laurin of Mississippi may succeed Mr. Teller on the appropriations, Finance Committee thé Most Important The most important committee dur- Ing the extra session of congress will be that on ance, which be wifl charged with the work of considerin the tariff bill when it comes fr. house. In fact, the committee at once, so that by the e bill reaches the s x| port upon it will be made within a tvely brief periad, that vacancies will be made by | tirement of Senators | srough, and Platt. and by the | death of Mr. Allison. Mr. Hopkins is aio 4 member of this committee, =0 that there may still another place to fill. Senator Gallinger has declined an appointment on the finance com- | time, Pmnvo—c $ Many Desirable Positions to be Filled when the : B1st Congress Assembles. FORECAST OF CHANGES T0 BE MADE ; Senators Mr. Root is the Only One who will Receive Important Committee Appointments Committee of Finance to be Fillec and Four on the Judiciary Comumittee. mittee, and it I8 likely that the vacan. cles will be filled by Senators Lodge, Carter and Nelson, although Messis, McCumber, Clapp and Beveridge are also possibilities. Senator Tellor's place may be given to Senator Clay of Georgia. Judiciary Committee. The probability- of Senator McCum - ber's appointment on the judiclary committee tends to lessen his chances for the finance committee, for it would be unusual for two such desirable places to be given a senator at one There will'be four vacancies on clary committee caused by the retirement of Senators Knox, Fulton, Foraker and Kittredge. Beside Sen- ator McCumber, Senaior Burnham will probably go on the committee, An ad- ditional appointment will to some senator of the west, and the tholce wiil fall either on Mr. Heyburn or Mr. Bo-' rah of Idaho. 4 Mr. Root's Appointments. Mr. Root is the only new senator who will receive importnat committee ap- pointments. Having been at the head of the war and states departments he will be placed on both the military af- fairs and the foreign relations com- the ju mittees. The second vacancy on the military affairs committee, made by the retirement of Mr, Foraker, will probably go to Senator Flint of Cali= fornia. Senators Crane and Nelson e been both mentioned In connec- tion with the chairmanship of the com- filttee on rules in place of Senator Knox, Senator Danlel will probably succeed Mr. Teller as chairman of the commit- tee on private lund claims. which is one of the best minority assignments in the senate. Senators Borah, Piles, Dixon, Cum- mins, and Brown, among the new re- an senators, will be given im- portant committee assignments. MORE UNIFORM LEGISLATION, COMMITTEE APPOINTED By National Civic Federation—C. F.| Brooker Connecticut Member. New York, ¥ 4.—Annov was le by the National Clvi eration here-tonight of the appointment mittee having for its object nization of a council-of o representative men in each f the Union before whom will be u plan to se jon in the m ure mory arious state uniform leg- of the e are about forty thousang cis who hive emigrated from: the ed States or are de- scendants of people who emigrated years Back of these In the Hin- | teriand are wbout a million and a half of uncivilized people. “The present condition of Libe however, need not rise anyi n | fact, the surp t Liberia has itained it an independe: on for #o long a period with almost help from outside sources except which been furnished by anthropid individuals. Every Eu- ropean which has planied a |m|lau\‘ a has spent m! r | doilars ave they spent money. 1 ropean governments have sent their | best officials to supervise nad’ guide the people until they have gotten sturt- d. This is ezpecially true in the ¢ | of England, France and Gegma | the case of L 5 emalil b people just out of slivery in this try, with no experience in governm or the conduct of educatjonal institu- tions, or without resgonsibility their own conduct, were sent to-a for- eign country and e resnonsibility was placed upon them within a few ars of building and maintaining a In r government. “I do mot believe the condition of peria_is hopeless, but T do believe at this government owes, as Secr: tary Root says, a duty to that cou ry the United to attempt to t any vermanent interest in the affairs of L but to only lend a helping hand 2s they nave done to go and other countrie emerger WIND AND ICE COMBINED AFFECT NIAGARA FALLS. ORfly a Tiny Rivulet Flowing Over the American Side. Niagara Falls, X. Y. a tiny rivulet, eep or swift ‘r-nuuxh to carry a pulp log over the brink, is flowlng over the American “ side of Niagara Falls. A strong norsk | east wind which has blown since Ir | day has held back the wate and_al- | lowed tre ice {o guin a foothoid. Two employes of the American reseryation walked from Prospect Point nearly to { Bath fsland -this ‘morning. They sisted from completing the trip me |1y because tiey did not care to get | their feet wet, a stream at one pffint being a few inches, above the tops of their boots. reat wall of fee runs from the head of Goat Isliand to the American mainland, through whick only tiny streams are able to trickle. This wall has even encroached on the Canadian chunnel, extending out some ster Islan 200 feet beyond the third *1 greatly diminishing the flow o Feb, 14.—Only ot Only the very apex of the Canadian fall is left and that is robbed af half its flow. he gorge be- low is cioked and the rapids have their fury. while the whirlpool is bare- Iy _in mot . This is only the third time that this combination of wind and ice has thus affected the falls since the white man came hete, The other oceasions ‘werg on March 29, 1848, and Mavch 22, 1903, M lS;l NG GIRL LOCATED. Affecting Meeting With Her Brother Joim Ha mmond is cl n of | this committee and <. 1% Brooker of | Ansonia fs the Connecticut member. OF tie press for more uniform | lation In the federation The developr leg |t states of the Union | ent of the n oha in tions t development rarmfulness of ph: ruties in the law, adopted ave been, without any attempt at uni- formity In regulating the subject mat- “The people of the various sections o the do not suf Kknow conntry i ed nmon good is con! g for the co I't | | tanding and apprecia- and the institutions of widely separated sections will bring | about an increased sense of the unity of the whole people, and a deeper, more intelligent love of country. ABDUCTED PITTSBURG GIRL PENNILESS IN SICILY. will | tion of th Ambassador Griscom at Rome Provide for Her. . 14.—Through \the nator Knox, the state 1 up the case of a Pittsburg girl, \ home and d Pittsburg, Pa ntion of nt has rtm tine Sicily and hes cabl sador C om at Rome to K proyided for until funds can re; The deserted girl is a daughte H. Monre of 414 Arch street, Side, dis: ed_on Janu 3 was traced to New York and thence to Gibraltar, In company with a Greek who had been livi At Gib; as Jost till a letter had been tar all.trace of her was recefved statin desertel and w: in the eartiquake stricken district of Augus- ta, She asked for funds to en- able her to return home NEW YORK FAMILY QUARREL. Nineteen-Year-Old Boy Shot and Mor- tally Wounded His Two Brothers. New York, Feb, 14.—As the result of quarrel, the cause of which is un- known, Alfred Vautrin, a 19 year old | oy, shot and mortally wounded his two brothers at his home on West 41st street tonight. Mrs. Vau n, the wifle of the young man who did the shoo ing, told the police that her husband had lonz been cmbittered against his oldest brother, Emil, a pr ., and that a week ago he ordered Emil out of the house and threatened to shoot him if he returned.’ Mre, Vautrin said that Emi| return- ed tonight and the quarrel between Jiim and her brother was renewed. 10 is said that Alfred drew a revolver to aim at Emil and that the other brother, Victor, steppe M between. Alfred fired and Victor fell with a buliet in his head. More shots were fired and 2 was wounded. The unded brothers avere taken to a hospital, where it was said their injuries were probably fatal. Alfred Vautrin has been arrepted. Vietor Faufrin died late tonlght at Bellevue hospital in Waterbury Hotel. Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 14—Edith Troutbine, aged 16, a pretty girl, and said to be the daughter of a wealthy Gloversville, N. Y., family, was found here vesterday by her brother and taken home after an affecting meeting in the Hote] Kingsbury. Mr. Troutbine came here in search of his sistereafter she had been absent from her home nearly a week, tracing her through a rumor that-she was to go on the stuge, She was found with Miss Clara Rich- ardson. a stock company actress, who recently came here from Gloversyille, NEGRO CHURCH BLOWN DOWN. Injured—Wind issippi Town. One Person Killed, Te: Storm Strikes Mi Learned, Miss., Feb. 14—A storm struck this place from the northwest about two o'clock this afternoon with terrffic Yorce, blowing down a negro church, killing -Dick Harris' wife and one child’ of Maggie Bennett, and in- juring ecight or ten. About 75 per- xous were in the building at the time, | elal” train. KING ALFONSO'S VISIT TO PORTUGAL I8 ENDED. Marriage of King Manuel to Princess Beatrice Talked Ove Villayicosa, Portugal, Feb. 14.—The visit of King Alfonso of Spain to King Manuel came to a close this atternoen. King Alfonso lett tor Madrid on & spe- The only incident to mar he pleasant stay was the arrest by the police of two suspeots. However, the authorities declare that thi was mere- Iy precautionary and that mo import- ance attaches to It. ' Lisbon, Feb. 14.—Though not yet niirmed in official quarters, the en- press” of Portugal says that the oyal interview between King Alfonso and King Manuel related chiefly to the projected marrjage of King Manuel to Princess Beatrice, daughter of the late Duke of Bdinburgh, and niece of King Edward Such a marrlage, besides meeting with the entire approval of the Portuguese royal family, is favor- ably commented upon by the whole and the press, the opinion be- t it would greatly strengthen bonds of friendship between Great T n and Poreugal and would solid- ify British influence on the whole peninsula. at Interest has been aroused im banquet and balf to he given Feb~ ary 17 by Sir Francis H. Villlers, the British minister to Portugal, In honor of King Manuel. The banquet is tak- en as giving strength to the report of a cjoser union between the two coun= tries through marrlage, notwithstand- ing official denials. It is also believed that the meeting of the two soverplgns related as well to a mutually beneficlal alllance be- tween Spain and Portugal with th eac- quiescens of King Edward t the THE LUSITANIA DAMAGED. Big Cunarder Ends the Roughest Voy« age She Ever Experlenced. New York. Feb. 14.—The big Cunard steamship Lusitania came to her dock today after the roughest voy=- age ever experienced by the turbiner between here and Liverpool. Six feet of the starboard rafl on the boat deck was carried away last Thursday and for three days she battled with tower- ing waves which reduced her time. She was delayed at Queenstown for several hours while coaling and rough weather caused the starboard ancher chaln to part, leaving the anchor In the mud. To prevent the steamship from running ashore it was necessary to keep her in motion for hours until she was coaled. MERIDEN PHARMACY WRECKED. Lighted Gi Counter on Fire. Meriden, Conn., Feb, 14.—Fire wrecked Victor Schimelzer's East Main street pharmacy at an early hour this morning. A lighted 'gas jet set t prescription counter afire and before it was discovered the Heat burst the plate glass windows in the front of the a costly soda fountal and fixtures is at sured, Loss least $1.5 n stock In- ACCIDENT TO COLLIER .lUTV.. Carri Coal for Battleship Fleet— Nature of Accident Not Given Out. Willemstad, Island of ‘Curacao, Feb, 14.—The United States collier Brutus, which was due here this morning from Colon with coal for the war vessels, had not arrived late today. It is un- derstood that she has met with an accident, the nature of which, how-* ever, has not been made publie. Eulogies in House of Representatives. ‘Washington, Feb. 14.—Three mem- bers of congress who dled during the first session of tha sixtieth cony were euloglzed In u special session of the house of representatives _today. They were Senator Willlam Pinkney ‘Whyte of Maryland. who died March Representative William H. Parker of Sonth Dakota, who dled June 26. and If jt had not been for the arched ceil- ing allprobavly would have been kill- Representative A. L. Briok of Wiv died April 7 last. Fifteen ad- dresses were delivered. Re) Overstreet of Indiana Jet Set the Presoription @ 7t Y R S P o e |