Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 19, 1909, Page 1

700 MILES OFF TH E VIRGINIA CAPES Wireless Signals Near Approach of United States Armada to Home Port BATTLESHIP FLEET DUE SATURDAY W ] Norfolk Preparidy an Ela borate Welcome — Bunting Everywhere Displayed--Many Entertainments Planned —Fleet will Pass in Virginia Capes at 10 A. M. To- morrow—Seaman Lost Overboard Yesterday from the New Hampshire. - Old Point Comfort, Va, Feb, 18— @he near approach of the. battleship eet and its escort—for it was signal- ed tonight by wireless as less than 700 miles off the Virginia capes—is re- flected in the great crowds of visitors pouriug into the hotels here. Many private houses in Phoebus and Hamp- ton are to be thrown open to accom- sodate the overflow. Fleot Due Saturday Morning. The fleet will pass in the capes sbout 10 a. m. Entertainment Planned. The dinmer to he given by the Navy league at the Chamberlin on Mond.ay evening will be the first of the social " functions in connection with the fleet's mrrival. While the banquet is in prog- ress a ball for the junior officers will be given at the Chamberlin. Many other entertainments are be- ing planned for the fleet’s stay. A ma- Jority of the members of both branches of congress are expected to come down to witness the arrival and review of the fleet. Norfolk Preparing Elaborate Welcome. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 18.—Norfolk is preparing an elaborate welcome for the returning battleship fleet. Bunting i« displayed everywhere and strings of electrio lights festoon the principal downtown streets. The city is rapid- iy filllng up with visitors ahd the ho- tels are already overrun with.applica- tions for accommodations during “fleet week.” orfolk is the home station of prac- tically half the battleships in the fleet, | and even after the departure from | Hampton Roads begins the entertain- ments planned here for the officers and | enlisfed men will continue, | A special - steamer has beem char- tered by the entertainment committee to give free transportation to the men | between Norfolk and Old Point Com- | fort 30 long as the fleet remains in the ! roadstead. Interest in the home coming of the | fleet is unprecendented, | were brought to a stop to | only 710 mile i Seaman Lost Overboard from the New Hampshire. Newport, R. I, Feeb. 18 —A seaman on board the battleship New Hamp- shire, now hastening to Hampton Roads with the American fleet, on the return fre§ the trip round the world, was lost overboard and drowned to- day, according to a wireless message picked up here. The name of the man was not learned, the government wire- less station giving no information in the matter. Ordinary man A. J. battleship New -Hampshire board and was lost today lives at 1668 Bast 49th bush, Brooklyn, N. Y. SHIPS BROUGHT TO A STOP To Bury Steward of the Minnesota, Who Died Tuesday Niaht. Haft of the fell over: His father street, Flat- On Board Flagship Connecticut, Feb, | 18.—The battleship fleet and the wel- coming squadron which is now con- voying it to home waters were joined this morning by the cruiser Chester, Commander which ‘was ordered to take position with the third squadron. The fleet ran into rough seas Wed- nesday night but came into smooth waters again tonight, with a northwest breeze blowing. At noon §f Wednesday the ships bury Stew- of the Minnesota, ard Walter Smith who died of tubercular meningitis Tuesday night. The colors were half- | masted and <Chaplain Evans read prayers. The course is now s=t north 77 west with the ships keeping their distances | at_a ten half knot Speed. From every vessel flies a homeward bound pennant streaming out 140 feet| in the breeze. With Hampton Roads distant, the spirits of the men are g and “only four days more” is on every lip. GLADYS CURTIS, CHORUS GIRL, UNCONSCIOUS IN CELLAR Teld Story of Mistreatment by Party of Young Men. o New York, Féb. 19.—A young wo- wan, who deseribed herself as Gladys <Curtis, a chorus girl, was found un- «rious tonight in the cellar of the fag at No. 129 Washington street, ian quarter, but practically 1 stone’s throw of the financial She was taken to the Hud- | P reet hospital, where, after she had been partially restored, she told of ho mistreatment by a men. n sava she was on . station to go home | The her w when she seized by the men and dragged the cellar. Three ar- t made in conneetion with t 6CHOOL SHOT BY HER LOVER.| €rooter Told Police That tHe Girl Refused to Marry Him, Scranton L. I%2b. © 18.—Veronica 2 Hhy, ear old school girl of Fouth Scranton, is dying at the state Tospital of bullet wounds inflicted to- »ight by . ged 20 vears, 1 Cav J i ompany with authorities that ' because she would At the hospital the gur! saild Caw was responsible for her condition that she had not re- fused to marry him. 5 Cawley is a mailing clerk at the TLackawanna railroad station. he killed not marry him SHOT TO DEATH FROM AMBUSH Body of italian Found in Woods Near Englewoed, N. J. New York, Feb. 18.—The body of & middle-aged r nof prosperous ap- earance and apparently that of an talian, was found in the woods near Englewood, N. J.. today: There were nine bullet wounds in it, and the po- lice said that the man was probably lured to the scene and riddled with bullets by several men lying, in am- tush. The motive for the murder ts in doubt, The man's pockets were rified, but the evident fact that sev- eral men took part led the olice to believe it was a Black ¥ d crime, NEGRO IN MOB’S HANDS. Adsaulted and Murdered Virginia 14 Year Old Girl. Eagle Mountain, Va., Feb. 18.—An unknown negro assaulted Miss Dobbs, eged 14, this afternoon at Glen Wil- ten. After asgulting her the negro cut her throat and she died in a few min- utes. He has been captured and a mob hae started with him In the di- rection of Clifton Forge. Candidate Chafin Opens Prohibition Campaign. Waterbury, .Conn., Feb. 18.—In city hall tonight, Eugene Chafin, who was the party’s candidate for the presiden- ¢y at the last election, opened a cam- paign that he will conduct for the prohibitlon party in the east during the next few weeks. He spoke on “Government by Parties.” At the com- pletion of the lecture Mr. Chafin was tendered a complimentary banquet at The Kingsbury. a temperance hotel, and his toast was “Wise or Other- wire” {n which he depicted funny in- cidents of the campaign. Congo Rebels Kill and Eat Officials. - Brussels, Feb. 18.—A special des- patch from Leopoldville, a migsion sta- tion and settlement of the Congo In- dependent State, says that three Frenoh officials have been killed and eaten by rebel « Fell Dead in Brother's Arms, New Yo Feb. 18—Sigmund Gra- mer, rer of the firm of Schwarschild & Sulzberger, and well known in the beef trade, fell dead in the arms of his brother Nathan tonight ‘while walking near the Grand Central station. Heart disease was the cause, French ATTACKED MUDSLINGING AT PUBLIC MEN. Speech by Ho:. F. Hopkinson Smith at Waterbury Banquet. ‘Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 18.—The Hon. F. Hopkinson Smith, LL.D., and Attorney J. Aspinwall Hodge of New York and the Rev. John Calvin God- dard of Salisbury were the principal speakers at the annual banquet of the Business Men’s association at the Ho- tel Elton tonight. Colonel Smith's top- ic, The Trail of the Rake, gave him opportunity ao attack “mudslinging” at public men and for nearly an hour he delivered a scathing arraignment of the critics of press,_rostrum, pul- pit and legislatures who have engaged in denouncing hero and statesmen whose positions and good breeding for- bade them to reply. Hobson, Dewey, McKinley, Sampson, Governor Hughes and Roosevelt wer pointed out as great examples of v ms, while Lin coln, Grant, and others of earlier gen- erations were recalled, Continuing, he said in part: “The excuse offe loot- ers of good men's , that the whole world same diversion—which is untrue; and, second, that their mud will wash off in time—which is true “Within the past year the nozzle of the squirt has been turned in the ai- rection of another president of the United States. This one grew up in our midst. From boyhood down to the present hour he has been known to be absolutely. fearless. His officiai past 23 years shows in the broadest sense, “Up to the time he got the hee] of justice on the horn of corruption the only sounds heard were of praise. “Then, as the pain increased, there began the sguirming and yell then came the mud, and it tinues and will, long a penny be made from the circulatio no intention of dcfending target; none is necessary.” thi He closed with an appeal to all to | speak well of the r neighbors. PRESIDENT LUTHER AT NEW YORK BANQUET Tells of His Entry Into the Connecti- cut Political Arena. New York, F —President Flavel S. Luther of Trinity college was heart- ily cheered tonight at th banquet of the New York Alumni association of his college when he told of hiz entry into the political arena. i “I have been elected to 2 the state senate,” he said, “where I spend three or four hours a day, four or five days a week, for four months a vear, trying to straighten out the affairs of the state of Connecticut, “This takes some time away from college. It may occur to some men that I should ot spend that mueh tims away, from the college. 1 don’'t agree with any such thought. For thirty or forty years 1 have been teaching voung men to enter politics and when the chance came to me I could not stulfify myself by refusing. I not only accepte? the nomination, but I am now seeking a renomination.” SPECIAL AMERICAN ' RELIEF EXPEDITION Finish an E'ev;bayl' Tour in ltalizan *Earthquake Region, Rome, Feb. 18—The special Ameri- car. relief expedition headed by Nelson Gat of Boston and Earl Dodee, Amer- ican Ambassador Griscom’s secretary returned here from Calabria tonighi. They remained eleven days in the earithquake region, visiting forty towns and villages and collecting information with regard to thirty others. They covered 400 miles by automobile and much longer distance by train. ~Bverywhere in the mountain villages they found great destituticn. The peo. ple refused to receiva money, saying that they®did not know what to do with it; what they wanted beyond ev- erything else was shelter, The Americans distributed a great quantity of.provisions with astonish- ing rapidity and a quantity of milk which- they were able to supply was most gratefully received for use among women and children. the | | have | Chicago, Feb. 18.—Many panic- | strn-krln girls leaped from first floor | windo¥s and firemen rescued many | | President Lincoln’s Head to Appear on Cabled Paragraphs St. Petersburg, Feb, 18.—A despatch received here from Teheran says the guard before the Russian legation has been increased and that ‘disorders are expected. Granada, Spain, Feb. 18.—There was an outbreak of rioting here today over the question of the collection of duties on foodstuffs into the city, in_ which two persons were killed and five woundad. London, Feb. 18.—Dr. Heinrich Lari- masch, an eminent Austrian jurist and professor in the University of Vienna, has been proposed as umpire of the arbitration court to which it is intend- ed to submit the Newfoundiand risher- ies questions, Santiago, Chi eb. 18.—Eki Hioki, the recently appointed Japanese miniz- ter to Chili, arrived here today. Japan { has never been represented diplomat- ! jcally at Santiago, and the sending of/ M. Hioki is an evidence of the interest ; Japan is taking in the Pacific coast of South America. St. Petersburg, Feb. 18.—The bedy of { Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandroviteh, | eldest uncle of Emperor Nicholas, who died in this city yesterday, is lying in state today in the great hall of his Imhcp on the Neva. The interment will take place Feb. 21 in the new mausoleum beside Grand Duke Alexis. Franc Feb, 18.—\Vilbur { Wright, the American aeroplanist, of Dayten, O., made two suecessful | flights here today, one with M. Lam- i bert and the other with M. Tissandier. | his pupil. M. Tissandier conducted | | personally on his flight and gave evi- | dence of his complete mastery of the machine. | Pau, RACE WITH DEATH, DR. JACKSON WINS. 2,500 Miles of Railroading in 64 Hours to Sick Wife's Bedside. Burlington, Vt. Feb. 18,—A race with death across the United States from El Paso, Tex., to Burlineten was | finished he; oday when Dr. H. Nelson Jackson ed at his wife's bedside | after a sixty-four hour trip over more than 2,500 miles of rails.- The run from Chicago to this city was made in a gpecial train, the distance of nearly 1,000 miles being covered in twenty- one hours. Dr. Jackson had been traveling in Mexico and had reached El Paso® when he was notified of the sudden and vio- lent illness of his wife. He found her | still alive when he reached here, but her life is despaired of. MISS GINGLES’ SENSATION. She Arranged 10 Have Herself Bound and Gagged in Bathroom. Chicago, Feb. 18.—No theatrical pro- ducer ever set a stage with greater care than Miss Ella Gingles arranged | for the sensation created when, uncon- scious, bound and gagged, she was found in a bathroom at the Wellington hotel vesterday. This is the opinion of Ckief of Detectives O'Brien, who| declared today the whole thing was a ame up.” He said he had been as- sured by the physiclans who attended | the young lacemaker that there had been no assault, although she may had assistance in tying herself | to the bathtub. EVen the blood in the | tub and In the wash basin, it i= now | asserted, was composed largely of port | Wwine and water. ' Miss Gingles was reported at the hospital little the worse for her ex- perience. TRIED TO BREAK DEADLOCK. Hopkins Man Went Over to Shurlleff in llinois Senatorial Contest, Springfield, Ill, Feb. 18.—Represent- ative Flannigan, one of the southern Illinois leaders, switched from United enator Hopkins to Shurtleff on thirty-fourth joint ballet of the slature today and announced that duty was to break the senatorial Great applause greeted his States the otwithstanding his action the thir- ty-fourth ballot resulted: Hopkins 65, | Foss 16, Stringer 59, Shurtleff 17, Ma- { eon 4, McKinley 1, Sherman 2. No| choice. The joint session arose until Tuesday. BUNAU-VARILLA NOT CONVINCED | Water Pressure, He Says, Will Show the Mistake at Panama. New York, Feb. 18.—Bunau-Varilla, the French engineer, who was at the French line pier today to say good- bye to friends about to sail on La Provence, was asked for his opinion on the stand which President Roose- velt taken for a lock canal at had 1, he doesn’t change my opinion any,” replied the engineer. “The mis- take will be found out, and it may not { be many years before such happens. ‘Water pressure is going to show the mistake.” $325,000 FI;E AT CHICAGO. Panic-Stricken Factcry Girls Jumped From Windows. others when fire the\Kinley Manuf 252 Hoyne avenue tod and contents were d 00. to attacked the plant of acturing company at | The build- stroved. Loss All of the 325 employes are have escaped, ing said New Ono Cent Pieces. hington, Feb. 18.—Abraham Lin- ead is to appear on new one cent pieces which will appear in about | Wa a month. President Roosevelt today approved the plan, which was present- ed to him by Director Leach of the mint. The representation of Lincoln to he used is that contained on a bronze medal recently executed bv Vic- tor B. Brenner of New York. Bulgaria Accepts Russian Proposal. St. Petersburg, Feh. 18.—Bulgaria has signified its final acceptance of the Russian proposal looking to the sett!e- ment of the Turkish claim against Bulgaria for t’{le latter's independence. The terms of the loan in this cnnnex--’ tion, however, are still under discus- sion, as M. Kokovsoff, the Russian minister of 1nance, proposed a higher rate of interest than the Bulgarians expected to pay. Cooper-Shars Trial. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 18.—Absence of some of the state’s witnesses and a desire by the defense to arrange its plan of procedure caused an adjourn- ment today until Saturday of the Coopeg-Sharp trial for the murder of former Senator E. W. Carmack. The state first announced that it rested its case in chief. The defense asked un- til S8aturday to prepare its case and the continuance was granted. The prefect of Porto Alegre is call- ing for tenders for the construction of a tram jine which will run through the suburb of Villa Nova from Therezopo- lis to Tristeza. So far tenders have been sent by Messrs. Whson, Seftom, and Guinle & Co. Clash with Police VOLUNTEERS FOR DANGEROQUS DUTY ARRESTED. WOMEN ROUGHLY HANDED J Refused to Pay Their Fines in London Police Court and Wers Eccorted to Prison for Short Terms. Loondon, Feb. 18.—Twice today the | suffragettes, representing the Wo- | mwen’s Freedom League failed to reach Premiler Asquith to present to him the resolution adopted by that body for a continuation of the militant propagan- da for suffrage, Thirty-four Voluntesrs Arrested. Sixty or more “volunteers for dan- gerous duty” came into conflict with | the police this morning on Downing | street, where squads of police, mount- | ed and on foot, bad been drawn up,| and the clash resuited in the rougi randling of many women and the ar- rest of twenty-four of them. Womeén Refused to Budge. Again tonight, when the session of parliament was under way, a conting- cnt, led by Mrs, Despard, attempted to gain access to the premier, but the police barred the way. The women re fused ' to budge. insisting upon th | right to enter the building, although | no sserious disturbance occurred. Fi- nally Mrs, Despard and several of the others were placed under arrest. To- gether with sixteen of those who had been remanded at the Bow street po- lice court late in the afternoon Mrs. | Despard and her companions at arms will be arraigned tomorrow. Sent to Prison. BEight women were fined today, but they refused to pay the fines and were sent to prison for terms rang- ing from two weeks to a month. Breezy Speech by Miss Mathers. Miss Muriel - Mathers, the woman | who, Tuesday, went up in the air in a balloon in an effort to throw down tracts while the king was opening par- liament, made a breezy speech in which she declayed that the govern- ment need not Be afraid of bombs as some “idiotic” politiclans had suggest- ed. “We women do not intend to make martyrs of the members of the | cabinet,” Miss Mathers sald, “we sim- | ply are going to make them look like a | set of driveling idiots.” POSTOFFICE BILL PASSED By Senate After Stormy Debate—Two Angry Senators. Washington, Feb. 18.—The postoffice bill, carrying appropriations of over $232,000,000, was passed by the senate today after a stormy debate, during which Senator Penrose, in charge of the measure, made -an angry aitack upon Senator La Follette, who had en- tered upon a general criticism of sen- ate committees because of what he termed their unwarranted delay in re- porting great appropriation bills. Mr. La Follotte chided the sefhte with permitting a glut of important legislation to be disposed of in haste during the last days of congress, and suggested that it would be no calamity if all of these bills were not acted upon in the re{ulu session, that a reorgan- ization of committees would allow the special session to consider and other important legislation. Responding in angry tones, Mr, Pen- rose charged the senator from Wis- consin with having failed to attend meetings of committees of which he was a member, finally declaring that his criticism sounded more like the arguments “made by a vendor of a patent medicine from the tail door of a cart in a village of Wisconsin” than those of a scnator of the United States. 8IX COLLEGE MEN HURT. Two Professors of Alfred University Among the Victims of Bobsied. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 18.—A special despatch says tbhat as a consequence of a ccasting accident at Alfred last night six professors and students in Alfred university were injured. “The men,” says the despatch, “took a bobsled ont on a hill and were riding down on the snow crust. At the foot of the hill Professor Clark lost control of the sled and in plunged into a river, throwing the men against the stone abutments of a bridge. The injured are: Prof. C. L. Clark, knee smashed, injured internally; Prof. Neil Annis, ankle broken, foot smashed; Alfred Davis, '09, Shanghai, China, both shoulders broke: Arthur Stokie, '10, internal injuries; Charles L. Clark, 09, Brooklyn, both legs broken, and Fred Clark, 09, flesh wounds.” TARIFF COMMISSION ADJOURNS. Permanent Dr;nix-tion Will Continue Its Work in Ewery State. Indianapolis, Feb. 18.—The national tariff commission convention adjourned today after a ses<ion which its officials and delegates asscrt has marked a new epoch in tariff making in this coun- try. That the action of the{convention in its demand for the creation of a per- manent tariff commission will bear fruit in congressional_action towards the same measure is‘,onfldently as- serted by its membership, The convention resolved by unani- mous vote that its labors will not end with merely the demand for a tariff commission. The permanent orgamza tion formed to continue its work will extend its influence to every state and particularly to Washingtfn. HORSE - POV?E R AEROPLANE. Successful Flight of 250 Feet by Ohio Farmer, Canton, O.. Feb. 18.—W., H. Martin. | civil engineer and farmer, made a flight of 250 feet at a height of six feet in his aeroplane this morning. The initial power was furnished by a horse attached to rope and pulleys. No Citizenship of Rome for Theodo! Roosevelt. 3 Rome, Feb. 18.—The mayor of Rome, Signor Nathan, has decided, not to carry out the proposal to confer upon Theodore Roosevelt the citizenship of Rome during his stay In Italy on his way to Africa. It was planned to con- fer this honor on Mr. Roosevelt as a recognition of tHe g:nemslty of the United States towards the earthquake sufferers, but Signor Nathan believes that when all nations did so much no distinction should be made. Devastation by Floods in the Lower b Congo, Brussels, Feb. 18.—The Patriote states that the gravest news has been recelved of devastation caused by the floods in the lower Congo. Posts, fac- tories and villages have been destroy- ed everywhere. The inhabitants have been ruined and are dying in great . W. Mo Left the Tombs under %c'ldmdvpr:.utmhmrmdauuu street. Grand Duke Vladimir Al-nnm teh, uncle of the emperor, died in St. Petersburg: The Ways and Means Committee, it is said, will recommend a reduction of the duties on No. 2 wool. The Women’s Freedom I.nfuo met in London and decided to continue the militant campaign for suffrage. The Outstanding Stockholders of the American Ice company objected to the proposed stock and bond issue. Austrians in Russia Believe that an ultimatum will soon be sent to Servia regarding her military preparations, The Transport Kilpatrick Sailed for the Philippines with 750 artillerymen, 150 passengers and a cargo of army stores, High School and “Prep” Fraternity men started a united defense against the attacks of educators all over the country. King Alfonso Has Accepted the An- -German proposal that he should rhitrtate the dispute regarding the Walfisch Bay bounaaries. am, the Venezuelan.for- said that all questions aond 'Holland were ad- Senor Gui eign ministe with France | vancing toward settlement. It Was Admitted by a Yenkers school prineipal that ©ie grappled with Philip Brooks Underhill, whose death from mastoiditis is being investigated. It Was Rumored in the House of commons that the chancellor of the exchequer might impose & tax on sugar to meet the cost of the new war- ships. The Crew of the Briti Osceola, -which arrived in Greenpoint, N. Y., =ald that they had Leen starved and abused. It Was Said That the Persons In- dicted “in connection with the Panama canal purchase charges would fight ex- tradition to Washington. The Grand Jury Returned Three in- dictments against Joseph A, Shay, the ! Hains trial lawyer, arrested for trying to ajd g prisoner to escape from the Tombs. Temporary Receivers Were Appointed for the assets of the Washington Life Insurance company by Justice Erlan- ger on the application of Willilam Hep- burn Russell. The House Passed a Joint Resolution directing the secretary of state to in- vite CGreat Britain and France to par- ticipate in the tercentenary celehration of the discovery of Lake Champlain, The Senate at Albany Confirmed unanimously the nominations of Rob- ert Farl of Herkimer and William H. Hotchkiss of Buffalo to be democratic member of the new state highway com- mission and superintendent of insur- ance, respectively. FATAL SCUFFLE BETWEEN TWO SCHOOL BOYS Fourteen Year Qld Accidentally Re- ceived Stomach Biow. Watertown, Mase,, Feb. 18.—A scuf- fle between two school boys caused the death of one of them, ank Cross- land, 14, this afternoon, the Marshall Spring grammar school on Waverly avenue. The other bey, John Scanlon, 13, was arrested short- 1y afterward, but was allowed to go home for the night. It is~expected that an autopsy will be held and upon its outcome will depend the possible action to be taken against young Secanlon. The school had just closed for the day and the yard wag filled with children. The two boyg started what was apparently a friendly scuf- fle. The Scanlon boy struck young Crossland in the stomach it is alleg- ed, and Crossland fell to the ground, dying a fe moments later. It was said tonight that the ‘Crossiand boy had been subject to heart weakness. He was the son of George Crossland, while the Scanlon boy's father is Mi- chael Scanlon. LAX CONDITIONS PREVAIL IN CONNECTICUT ARMORIES Hearing Befcre the éamm?ttnc on Mil- itary Affairs. 3 Hartford, Feb, 19.—The lax condi- tions which prevall regarding state property at some of the armories about the state was brought out this after- noon at the hearing before the com- mittee on military aifairs on bills pro- viding for state armories at Willi- mantic, Torrington, Rockville and Mid- dletown. It was stated by some of those who appeared at the hearing the companies of militia are kept in poor quarters in those towns and that the state property is insecurely pre- tected and that the quarters have not been kept in good repair. Apparently, the conditiong in Rockville are excep- tionally bad. PROBABLY TOTAL WRECK English Bark in Blinding Snow Storm Strikes on Cape Race. St. John's, N. F., Feb. 18.—The Prince Edward’s Island bark Lavinia, bound from Pernambuco, Brazil, for St. John's, in ballast, struck on Cape Race tonight in the midst of a blind- ing snow storm. The crew escaped. The bark lay in such a position after driving on shore that she was exposed tc the full force of the heavy seas and will probably be a total wreck. Cap- tain Wilson and the crew of the La- vinia were all shipped from New- foundland, The bark is of 349 tons and was built at Prince Edward's Is- land™in 1873. IDENTITY ESTABLISHED. Theatrical Man Lost from Steamer Was George A. Johnson. Providence, Feb. 18.—The identity of the theatrical man who was lost fram the steamer Momus Feb. 13 between New Orleans and New York was estab- lished today by Doorkeeper Willlam Wathy, Jr., of the state Senate, when he told the New York authorities over the telephone that the man was his friend, Geornge A. Johnson, of Boston. The man left a letter in his stateroem addressed to Wathy. Johnson was 33 years oid and has a father and two ‘brothers living in Boston. s Only Twenty Will Have to Resign. Annapolis, Feb. 18.—Only tweaty of the ninety-six midshipmen recently found deficient in the semi-annual ex- aminations will have to resign, ac- cording to the list given out at the w-my today, Steamship Arrivals, At London, Feb. 18: Massachusetts, from New York. At Southampton, Feb. 18: Majestic, from New York via Plymouth and Chepbourg. in front of | e SR o S S ool NS S SNt i S G st S Condensed Telezrams | Caronimo Died In the 01d Faith HIS RELIGION KNEW NO WHITE MAN'S GOD. AGED INDIAN CRIEF BURIED Holiday for the Apache Indian Prison- ers at Fort Sill—Two Hundred War- riors in Funeral Procession. Y Lawton, Okla. Feb. u;—-owngo. the aged Indian chief, who dled at rt 8ill yesterday, was buried today in the Apache burying ground, northeast of the army post. The Rev. L. T. Legters, the Indian missionary, con- ducted the services, which were as similar to the Apache method of burial as the clergyman thought proper, War department officials had set aside to- day a holiday for the Apeche 8- oners at Fort Sill, and the two hun- dred warriors joined in the proceseion that carrfed the body of their old lead- er to the grave. Favorite Horse Not Despatched to the Happy Hunting Grounds. It was only by great effort that Ge- ronimo’s widow was kept yesterday from killing the old warrior's sorrel horse, his favorite, so that it might pass on with him. to the happy hunt- ing grounds. Geronimo a Blackslider. Geronimo died in the old faith the religion of his forefathers, which knew no white man’s God. The sun was his conception of the Deity. Four years ago, when Geronimo feared that the injuries received in a fall from his horse would prove fatal, he joined the Reformed church. He was sus- pended from the cliurch two years later because of excessive drinking, gambling and other infractions of the church rules. His Successor. Asa Dukluge, who has been acting chief of the Apaches in their -dealings with the government, wil] lkely suc- ceed Geronimo. Dukluge is the last of the hereditary chiefs of the Chiri- cahua branch of the Apaches, to which Geronimo belonged, PITTSBURG BRIBERY CASES. Former Bank Presi ;!'C_R-muy Found Guilty—Appeal Preparations. Pittsburg, Feb. 18.—W. W. Ramsey, former bank president, convicted d bribery, was the first witness today in the trial of Councliman John B. Klein, who is accused of solieiting and ac- | cepting $17,500 from the bank of which Ramsey was president, upon a promise to have the bank made a city deposti- tory. Hardly had the sealed verdict returned last night been read in court today finding Ramsey gullty, when Klein's trial was started with Ramsey as first witness. ‘He testified to hav- ing arranged with Klein for the pay ment of the money and to directing his cashler, A. A. Vilsack,.to get the mon~ ey. He zald it was placed.on a table in the room with Klein, and that when he and Vilsack returned, after being out, both Klein and the money ware gone. 1t is reported that when is put ou the witness stand he will tel everything, and will inciude the name of some one “higher up” who will be implicated in the bribery matter. The maximum sentence in Ramsey’'s case is fourteen years in thé penitentlary and a fine of $22,000. His attorney I8 preparing to appeal the case. MR. TAFT A MASTER MASON. Thirty-Five Minute Impressive Cere- mony in a Cincinnati Lodge. Cineinrati, Feb. 18—William H, Taft, president-elect of the United States, is a Master Mason. The im- pressive ceremony which brought him that distinction today was conducted by Charles S. Hoskinson, “the most worshipful grand master of the Lo of the Most Ancient and Honmorable Frateruity of Free and Accepted Mas- ons of the state of Ohle.” The highest Masonic nuthm'lk of seventeen states witnessed My, ft's admission into the order, as did a body representing prominemt citizens of Cin- cinnati and the membere of Kilwmnin, lodge, of which Alfonso Taft, father the president-elect, was a member, and into which Charles P. Taft was inducted under the: auspices of his father. ‘Scottish Rite cathedral was the scene of the ceremonies. Its main floor and gallery were crowded when the dis- tinguished candidate arrived. The pro- cedure, which ended in the declaration that Mr. Taft was a Mason, oecupied 35 minutes. MAURETANIA SETS NEW RECORD. Days, Seventsem Hours, Fifty Minutes, 2,800 Miles. New York, Feb, 18.—The turbie fiy- er Mauretania of the Cunard linp came abeam of the Ambrose channe} light- ship at 11.35 o'clock tonight, thus com- pleting a voyage in which several new ean records were established. The teamer not only broke her own recori over the long course of 2,890 miles by two hours and twenty-five minutes, but she brought down the figures held by her sister ship, the Lusitania, and has set the new record of four days, seven- teen hours and fifty minutes, which is one hour and forty-six minutes better than the Lusitania’s best time over the course. Another achievement of the voyage was a day’s run of 671 knots, which breaks all records for a twenty- four hour run. ATE POISONED SAUSAGE. Three Persons Dead, Five Seriously W at Memphis. Memphis, Tenn., TFeb 8. —Three persons are dead and five others are seriously ill as a result of sau- sage supposed to have been polsoned. The dead: Mrs. Mary ‘Mre. Mary Cassini, Miss Mamie Cassini Seriously ill:- Joseph Priora, Joseph Cassini, three members of the Nover- eisi family. Several days ago Mrs. Cassini gave sausage to the Priore family and the family of another rela. tive named Novereisi and practically all wero taken {ll. The causage is be- ing examined by chemists. Four —_— LAMP FELL FROM SHELF. Jewett City Woman Severely Burned-= Removed to Hospital. Jewett City, Conn., Feb. 18.—A lamp falling from the sheif on which it had been placed set fire to the clething of Mrs, Felix Guillet at her home, on North Main street, today, and before the flames could be was so severely burned that her covery is doubtful. After belng ed by local physicians was remqved to a Mrs. Guillet is about has a family of eleven in years old and chiidren.