The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1905, Page 3

> THE SAN FRANCI®CO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1905. > COMINICANS - PREY UPON AMERICANS They Squeeze the Yankee Sugar Planters. P EETRES Arbitrarily Exact Big Sums in Form of Taxes. Practice May Cause Senate to Put an End to the Frotectorate. Special Disp to The Cal WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 himself t this tax upon en manufac- adminis- te nd Mo- compromise. at once. The is matter of Morales from taxa- y years. Mo- % was paid and the sugar from ated period. olution against 2 his Cebinet osing a new ed weight upon Later a cargo Government ar r was seiged and the ed to repeal the the old of 10 cents on the whether for e Government is- T, the cue ’ zing any Sheriff, por »tifh of a primary rt, t ze the prop of a delin ged taxes and ex- ale, without re- he entire sugar is threatened. ernment complains r crop is held up, inican politics and Morales. anto Domin- dent s stili ing from San Do- mingo City s quiet —————— WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION PROGRAMME IS ANNOUNCED President and Mrs. Roosevelt Will Re- celve, Assisted by Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks. WASHINGTON, Dec. Secretary Loeb d to-day the official pro- mme for President Roosevelt's New Year's reception at the White House. For the first time since the death of Vice President Hobart the Vice Pre: will appear at the New Year's The President and Mrs. wvelt will take places “behind the as a part of the receiving party Vice President and Mrs, In other respects next will differ only in nor details from receptions of past ears. The reception will commence 11 a. m. with the reception of the Cabinet and diplomatic corps. e, —— DENIES THAT AN ULTIMATUM HAS BEEN SENT TO VENEZUELA line’ headed by Falrbanks. Monday’s reception Fremch Embassador Says Only Nego- tistions Now Pending Are in the Hands of Minister Russel WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—M and, the French Embassador, has re- ceived @ dispatch from his Govern- ment which, while denying the report ultimatum has been sent to adds that the only nego- jons now pending between the two 1tries ,are in the h the American Ministe these relate to the w Jusser- to Caracas, hdrawal of the note concerning M gny, the French representative, which the lat- ter's Government considered offensive. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST New Postmasters Named for California and Reserve Agents Approved for Bank. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—New Cali- fornia postmasters have been appointed as follows: Buntingville, Lassen County, John E. Jellison; Valencia, Santa Cruz County, Fred D. Cook. The National City Bank of New York and the Merchants’ Nationzl Bank of Los Angeles were to-day approved as the reserye agents for the First Na- tional Bank of Glendale, Cal. ———————————— A New Year's Outing at Low Cost. Round-trip tickets to Paso Robles Hot Springs $7_20. Sold December 30 and 31, Jan- 1. Return limit January 2. See new Finest in America. Cost $100,000. Particulars of Southern Pacific aredt. v v | out the value of initiative on the part of the first | the | e would decree | er found and sell | small force. | nds of Mr. Rus- | Attitude Declared on Many of \ the School Work Problems. New Educational Ildeas Mark the Great Convention. The greatest State teachers’ convention ever held in Cali- fornia was closed at Berkeley yeskerday afternoon. The sessions | have been marked by discussions by noted scholars on new edu- | cational ‘methods. Advanced ideas were promulgated in large measure and the teachers were greatly benefited. The association | will meet next year at Fresno. hurried words of parting and tion of the California Teach- - the con ers’ Association, which has been meet at Berkeley during the past four day was brought to a close yesterday, afte noon. The’final session was one of by ness, and was burried through, so that it might be closed on schedule tim x year the 70 teachers and others sted in education will gather at Fresn he n of the California Teacher: which ha je | schools | Association closed yesterday been the most successful meeting in the | history of the organization. Three times as many teachers as ever before were gathered at the convention. The Califor- 2 Association and the State | titute met with the teachers, antage of all. Prominent men om other States were pres- to address £ the the benefits of their experi- of vital import were dis- who have made a life erent kinds of school work, s of every sort were promul- he teachers. Demonstra- methods gave practical the worth of idea e was accompl 1 ons. It was a conven- great benefit to the teachers of ifornia, and in a measure preparatory great National Educational Con- which meets next vear in San rnia "USS SCHOOL PROBLEMS. afternoon general session was the important meeting of yesterday. A. | Winship, in a powerful speech, pointed | the individual. L. D. Harvey told of the scope and purpose of an industrial edu- | cation in the public school system. At | the close of the session strong resolu- | tlons declaring the principles of the Teachers' Association were read and adopted. These resolutions took up the | present school problems, declared against the overcrowding of the schools and the present method of securing textbooks, ap- proved the child labor laws and asked that the salaries be increased. An inci- | dent during the adoption of the resolu- | tions was the speech of Miss J. C. Coffee of San Francisco, who objected to the | word “‘men.” She stood up for the rights | {of the women as well. The resolutions | | are as follows: | we, the teachers of California, in the State | Teachers’ Association together assembled, do declare and adopt the following educa- principles as expressing the general con- of opinion of the teachers of this State: hereby reaffirm our belief that of all the institutions making for the unification of our | nation and the improvement of society, the American free public school holds and must coutinue to hold the foremost place, and that in consequence the future of our democratic in- stitutions in large measure rests with the teachers in our schools. With this as a funda- mental belief, we hold that it is important that high standards be maintained for entrance upon the work of teaching: that from time to | time, s conditions may “warrant, standards | should be Increased, and that ultimately no one | shoula be allowed to teach in any kind of a public school who does not possess a liberal education, and who has not been adequately and professiorally trained for the work of teaching. We again express our belief in the wisdom of supporting our schools largely by State and county taxation and in the wisdom and justice | f the apportionment law hich secures to school district in this State a common m sum with which to maintain a It 1s our belfef that one of the chief s why the schools of California are so | good to-day is that in this State we have shared the burdens of taxation and have equal- | 1zed the advantages of education to a greater | degree than h been done by most other States. We believe it to be a sound educational principle that wherever a teacher is at work or a child in school, be it in a city, town or county district, both the teacher and the child should have the benefit of close, personal, adequate and professional supervision. The teacher and child are properly cared for, t believed by the cities that the small | fraction spent for supervision gives big edu- cational returns on the investment, Our pres- ent system of county superyision is in most | counties entirely inadequate to meet the needs of the country school, and_we therefore ex- | press our belief that the present movement looking toward an improvement in our system rural school svpervision is a movement h should meet with the approval of all. o believe that, whatever the detalls of system which may be adopted, some ade- e provision should be made for opening up rural supervision as a career for men—a ca- reer for which a man might be warranted in | ana making thorough preparation, and which he | might hove to enter wholly on a basis of merit | BELIEVE IN FREE EDUCATION. We believe in a complete and unbroken sy | tem of public education extending from _th | earliest school age to and through the Stats University free and equally open to every child in the State. To this end we urge that the one remaining gap in our system of publio education be filled as soon as possible, We have free primary and grammar schools throughout the entire State. Our State Uni- versity is free and equally open to all, High School education, though, s only free o those children who happed to live in high school districts, when it ought to/be free. to every | child 1n’every school district in this State, To make It 0, &nd to complete our State system lof free public education, we earnestly urge that legisiation be enacted which will require the school district in which the child lives, and not the parent, to assume the high sehool tuition charge for such children of the district | as wish to sccure the advantages of a high | sehool_education. We believe that the interests of the child, for whom alone the schools exist, should be the first consideration in the determination of all questions relating to the administration of our schools. Tn so far as new legislation tends | to promote the interests of the child it is | wise legislation; in so far a# it does not it is unwise legislation. Because of this belief we favor better salarles for teachers, because | better salaries wiill not only keep many tried and efficient teachers from changing to other occupations, but would also attract more men and women of & desirable class, and particu- larly more men, to the teaching profession. /e believe in the opening up of school super- vision as a career for men, because this would retain many of the more promising and pro- gressive teachers In the profession. | " 'We believe that the annual re-election for {2 teachers should be abolished and that | teachers should be retained in their positions 50 long as they are competent and profession- ally alive. To this end we heartily indorse the suggested Jegislation proposed {n the coun. cll of education, whereby all regularly elected | teachers sball niot be subjected to annual re- | election, but shall continue to hold thelr posi- | fions continually until they shall be notifie in writing, with reasons, that the school au: thorities Wish 1o terminate the contract at the close of the school year. We also belleve that there should be some general provision for decently relieving from fhe work of instruction the 0ld and fajthful | teacher, who has devoted vears of service to | the training of future citizens for the State, | but who, due to advancing vears, 1s no longer capable of rendering the service which com- munities now demand of teachers. We belfeve that the time has come when at least eight months of school ought to be re- meetings and give to | All | | the quired _in every school district of this State. We belleve in the strict enforcement of the compuisory education and the child labor laws, ‘We believe that fiftty children. are too many for one teacher to instruict properly. and that the number should be reduced to forty at most, . meet you next year aty We believe that the great advantages of | manua tra v by ning instruction, now enjoyed ex- the children of our cities, should to_the boys and girls of the small State. that many of our small rural inerficient because of isolation, towns of We believe are lack of numbers and too many classes, and that, wherever possible, a consolidation of schools with the transportation of pupils would be greatly in the interests of the better educa- tion of country hoys and girls. URGE HIGHER SALARIES. recognizipg the existence of a short- teachers for the elementary schools of , we feel that the question is purely cne, which the taxpayers, and not the teachers, ought to face and solve, and that the standards for entering the teach- ing profession ought not to be lowered in con- sequence. There are two ways of putting » end (o this shortage. One is to lower the standards and fill the schools with a class be teachers who are not now allowed v our schiols, and the other is for 00l authorities to increase the yearly salary 50 As to more nearly approximate s now paid employes in other of public or private service whera cation. professional training or skill required. Of the two solutions we belleve that the latter is the only one that can be adopted with safety to our system of free public education, We belleve that the present method of se- curing textbooks for our schools, while an improvement over that of some years ago, is, nevertheless, not the best method of attaining textbooks, and that is unnecessarily costly to xpavers of this State. We belleve that it a committee on publicity were appointed and this committee were to supply the tax- % his State with the real facts as to ystem of free text- local option as to adop- ibstituted in its stead. ish to place on record our appreclation nt meeting of the Library Assocla- tion of this State with the teachers of the State, and in particular our appreciation of the recently inaugurated work of the State Li brary in sending out traveling libraries t& the small towns and rural communities of this State. This beginning should meet with the hearty support and co-operation of all teach- ers and school authorities, and the library should be weicomed by the schoolmaster as a valuable co-ordinate and co-operating institu- tion working for the improvement of educa- t'cnal and social conditions throughout the State. We hope soon to see the work extended to loans of carefully chosen pictures and lan- tern slides, selected with a view to assisting the work of instruction in our schools. We look with much favor on the movement to provide agricultural instruction for the children of our rural communities, and we hope ultimately to see such instruction glven in all of our rural schools. We feel, however, that the addition of agricultural instruction as a required part of our county courses of study, at the present time, would hardly prove to be a valuable addition, and we earnestly recommend to the agricultural de- partment of our State University, to our State Polytechnic School and to our State normal schools that they carefully etudy the question with a view to outlining the kind of work which ought to be done and to instructing the teachers as to how to do it. We welcome to this State the Natlonal Ed- ucational Assoclation, which is to hold its next meeting in San Francisco in July, and we pledge the best efforts of the teachers of this State to make the meeting a large and a successful one. ELLWOOD P. CUBBBRLAY, Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions. PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT BARR. The following general resolutions were adopted: The committee on resolutions, expressing the feeling of the teachers in State convention as- sembled, hereby wish to extend our sincere ap- preciation and heartfelt thanks To our retiring president, Superintendent James A. Barr, for the extraordinary energy and ability he has displayed in arranging for this rematkably successful meeting of this as- sociation. The rare executive skill which he has displayed in arranging the thousands of detalls incident to a meeting of this kind, the vnusual co-operation he has secured from bod- {es ‘which have not heretofore met with this as- socfation. and the extraordinary good Jjudg- ment which he has shown in arranging the pro- gramme merit our particular approval. To the people of Berkeley and to the presi- dent and professors of the University of Call- fornia in particular for the generous assistance and unfailing courtesy which have been shown to the officers and members of this assoclation. They ha not only set a precedent for others to follow. but have contributed much téward making this meeting one long to be remem- bered. To the press of this State and to the press of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley in par- ticular for the advance notices and for the full and impartial reports of the proceedings of this convention, which they have so kindly printed. We note with particular satistaction the able and dignified editorials and the courteous treat- ment extended to the association. AGREE WITH MERRILL. A lively meeting of the High School Assoclation was held in the morning. The paper read by Principal George A. Merrill declaring against high school fraternities and stating that the evils of football came from the colleges and not the high schools fur- nished the opportunity for dlscussion. High school fraternities were con- demned by nearly all of the teachers and the resolutions offered by Prin- cipal Merrill were made even more strong by stating that “it is unwise for a high school teacher to accept mem- bership in a student fraternity.” Foot- ball was glso discussed. W. A. Brew- er of St.” Matthew's School “said that it was the spirit of the country—the bellef that - success was to win— caused the trouble in football. Prin- cipal Merrill stated that he was not In favor of football as it Is played to- day, but that a modified game would be a good thing for high school boys. Interesting meetings of nearly every department were held during the morning. Miss Lofs A. Peckham was re-elected secretary-treasurer of the Elementary School Association. A cooking demonstration by the puplls of Miss Louise Bartlett of Oakland was highly praised by the teachers pres- ent. At the meeting of the history department plans for the beautifica- tion of San Francisco were discussed by James D. Phelan, Architect Daniel Burnham and others. Last night re- unions of rmany kinds were held in Berkeley and San Francisco. AT BN S e SCHOOLMASTERS’ CLUB MEETS, Able Scholars Talk at Occidental Hotel After Banquet. The California Schoolmasters’ Club held its meeting and banquet last night in the banquet-room of the Occidental Hotel. Nearly 200 members and many guests attended. An elaborate dinner was served and the early part of the evening was spent in good fellowship and renewing acquaintanceship. J. W. McClymonds of Oakland acted as chair- man of the evening.. g Most of the business of the evening was’ devoted to speechmaking.and sev- eral important topics dealing with the conditions of men in the profession of teaching were ably discussed. John Swett, who holds a foremost. place in thereducational life of this State, was the last speaker of the evening and he was given a hearty reception by the members of the club he took the AFTER FOUR il . detachabl, %&w-mm&&m;% ‘Mmm ) g TEACHERS CLOSE THEIR SESSIONS DAYS OF GOOD WORK > FOUR _WELL-KENOWN TION OF THE IMPORTANT AN FORNIA TEACH - —Il- UCATORS WHO HAVE TAKEN ACTIVE PART IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL CONVEN- A ERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH ADJOURNED YESTERDAY AFTER THREE DAYS OF ND INTERESTING WORK. MMANY HALL 1S OVERLOOKED Mayor MeClellan Gives Out Names of the Men Selected for Various Commissions NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Mayor McClellan ’ to-night announced the appointment of Brigadier General Theodore A. Bingham, U. S. A, retired, as Police Commissioner, succeeding Willlam McAdoo, who has held the office through McClellan’s first term. The other appointments to places in the ecity administration include the following, who have held offices during the last two years: City Chamberlain, Patrick H. Keenan; Corporation Counsel, John J. Delaney; Commissioner of Cor- rections, Francis J. Lantry; Commission- er of Street Cleaning, John McGraw Woodbury; Commissioner of Health, Thomas Darlington; Tenement House Commissioner, Edmund J. Butler. Other selections include the following: Com- missioner of Bridges, James W. Steven- son; Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, William B. Ellison; Fire Commissioner, John H. O'Brien. John J. Boyle, the sculptor, is appointed a member of the City Art Commission. None of the new appointees is known as an ‘‘organization”\man, nor is there a Tammany Hall district leader among the Mayor’s selections. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—General Theo- dore Alfred Bingham, who has been of- fered the Police Commissionership of New York City, had the reputation, when he was an engineer officer, of being one of the most active men in that corps. He was born in Connecticut about forty-six years ago and appointed to the Military Academy from New Hampshire Septem- ber 1, 1885. All his active service was in the Engineer Corps and many of the most attractive features of the public grounds of Washington owe their inspira- tion and development to him. Notable among these is the magnificent driveway skirting the tidal basin. ’ After being detached from Washington in 1003, General Bingham's next duty was the direction of all the great river d harbor works on the lower lakes section. It was while engaged In the discharge of the dutles of this office that he met with the accident that terminated his active service and resulted in an amputation of the limb. - —_————— Robbed of Money and Jewelry. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 29.—Byron R. White of London, England, who says he is the son of Sir Thomas R. White, a member of Parliament, reported to the Chief of Police here to-day that he had been robbed df money and jewelry valued at about $5000 on a Wabash train somewhere between Detroit and Kansas City on Wednesday night. — floor. Tn the course of his talk he dwelt upon the rapid strides made in the past ten years in education through- out the country. Most of the addresses of the speak- ers dealt with the conditions of public school instructors, especially as to the | inadequacy ©of compensation. Thd speakers were: L. D. Harvey, superin- tendent of the Stout Training schools of Menominee, Wis.; A. E. Winship, edtor of the Journal of Education, Bos- ton; A. J. Pilisbury, secretary of the State Board of Examiners; S. S. Evelyns lof Riverside, E. E. Keech of Santa Ana, J. W. McClymonds of Qakland, James A. Barr, Dr. O. P. Jenkins of Stanford; Mr. Foshay, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles, and Dr. E. E. Baker of Oakland. Mr. Bookkeeper, Before completing your plans about books for the coming vear let us show you our line, We %\‘M MORE MIODIES [IERCME SCORES T0 FACE TRIAL POLICE FORCE Several Students at Naval|Says Gambling-Houses and Academy Must Answer for Hazing at the Institution ANNAPOLIS; Md., Dec. 29.—The second day’s session of the court-martial of Mid- shipman Trenmor Coffin Jr., for the haz- Ing of Midshipman Kimbrough, began this morning. The little courtroom at the academy was full or spectators during the day. The first witness on the stand to-day was Midshipman Overdown Whit- meyer, the room mate of Kimbrough. He was {ntroduced by the prosecution to refute the testimony reflecting on Ki brough's truthfulness. He said that he had never heard Kimbrough's reputation for veracity questioned, and that in his personal relations he had always found Kimbrough entirely truthful. BE. 8. Theall opened for the accused. Lieutenant Commander Harrison, the judge advocate, quoted from Winthrop in military form in regard to the rules governing the introduction of evidence as to a confession. He made no further re- marks, and the case was given to the court, The record in the Coffin case will go to Admiral Sands for his action, though Theall, counsel for Coffin, has filed a re- quest that it be forwarded to the Secre- tary of the Navy for review. In the same communication he urges that a ver- dict of guiity, if rendered, be set aside; and that the navy regulations were dis- regarded by allowing Kimbrough to tes- tify when he could not identify the ac- cused. The fact developed to-day that in ad- dition to Midshipman Stephen Decatur Jr., charged with hazing, another mem- ber of the graduating class is under the same charge and others will be brought to trial under like allegations. Midshipman Decatur was, after a re- cess, brought before the same court which had tried Midshipman Coffin, but his counsel, E. 8. Theall of Washington, asked that a recess be taken until 2 o’clock to-morrow afternoon, and the re- quest was granted. The other midshipman of the graduat- ing class against whom charges of haz- ing have been filled is Worthweigh Fos- ter of New Albany, Ind. The specifica~ tions have not been made publio. It is also understood that Carroll F. Graves of Spokane, Wash., is under ar- rest, and that charges will be filed against him. Nor is this case the end, for it is known that several other members of the first class have receivea intimations that they must answer to the same charge in the very near future, That the first-class men are engaged in hazing, a practice hitherto left to the third class, is explained on the ground that Admiral Sands’ opposition to hazing has arrayed the upper-class men against him 1n a desperate attempt to save the system at the academy. The other men at the institution are sald to have taken it upon themselves to keep the practice alive, because they thought themselves less likely to be suspected, and they are almost immune from reports by members of their own class. —_————————- Opposes Private Car Lines. DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 29.—The Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association to- day adopted strong resolutions de- manding the enactment of legislation abolishing private car lines and point- ing out the insufficiency of pending legislation before Congress in this re- spect. *Poolrooms in New York City Are Running Openly NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—The gam- bling-houses and poolrooms in this city are as wide open to-day as ever, and that many employes of these places are given pesitions by political leaders as a part of the patronage of their district was charged by District Attorney Jerome to-day. There were a large number of poolroom and gam- bling-house cases on the calendar and Jerome appeared in person as prose- cutor. It was when three men who had been indicted for bookmaking in an Eighth-avenue resort pleaded guilty that the District Attorney ad- dressed the court. “These men plead guilty and tell me they are only employes,” sald he. “They are what I term statesmen criminals. They are put into these poolrooms by political leaders as a part of the patronage of their distriet, and it is almost impossible to tell whether they are politicians or crim- inals. Poolrooms and gambling-houses are as numerous as ever. The police organize a series of false raids, dart into houses, wreck rfurniture, put a few gentlemen in durance vile and call it an attempt to get evidence. In this case I ask your Honor to impose a fine of $100 each, .and I say If they cannot pay the bicker of the game will. If he does not come forward and pay I will bring him here myself in a manner that will surprise him.” Fines of $100 each were imposed in several cases. —_—— MANY CHARTERS TAKEN OUT IN THE EAST DURING YEAR New Corporations Represeat a Total Capitalisation of More Than Two Billion Dollars. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Charters tak- en out in Eastern States during 1908 represent a total capitalization of more than two billions, according to figures made public to-day. The exact figures are $2,153,834,811. During December the big companies incorporated totaled $118,909,100, bringing the total for the year to $1,674,105,211, compared with $1,063,242,200 last year and $1,672,- 304,000 in 1903. Companles having an authorized capitalization of $100,000 and less than $1,000,000 represented a total for the year of $479,229,600. —_———— ARMY ORDERS. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—The orders of November 21, relating to Major Henry L. Ripley, general staff, are re- voked. Major Ripley will report ‘to the commanding general of the Philip- pines for duty. First Lieutenant Gil- bert M. Allen, Nineteenth Infantry, now at San Francisco, will report to the commanding general of the Department of California for duty. The orders of September 11, relating to First Lieuten- ant James 1. Mabee, assistant surgeon, are amended so as to direct Lieutenant Mabee to report to the medical super- intendent of the transport service at San Francisco for duty as surgeon of the transport Sheridan during the next voyage to Manila. The orders of No- vember 8, relating to Captain Henry S. Greenleaf, assistant surgeon, are amended to direct Captain Greenleaf to duty as surgeon of the transport Sher- ‘man’ during its next voyage to Manila. e Joy Morton Now Out of Danger. OMAHA, Dec. 29.—Reports are that Joy Morton, whe was badly hurt last Wednesday by a fall from a horse, is now practically out of danger, his con- dition having greatly improved within the past twenty-four hours - FAR VISITOR WK HUSBAND | Wife of Gotham Lawyer Asks for Divoree, Alleging That Her Spouse Is Too Fickle {HE LOVES OTHER WOMEN Disgusted Matron Asserts She Saw Young Damsel Sit- ting on Her “Hubby’s” Lap Special Dispatch to The Call. RENO, Dec. 29.—Because her husband preferred to hold a younger woman on | his lap, bestow his affections on her and neglect his home and family to be with | other married women, Mrs. Mary White | has asked for a separation from Henry | White, a prominent lawyer of New York Suit for divorce was filed with the County Clerk yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. White were married in Morristown, N. J., in April, 1534, and un- til 1897 lived happily, but after that time, the cémplaint charges, White began to bestow his affectichs on a young girl who was visiting at the White home. Mrs. White alleges that her husband caressed this young girl, held her on his lap in her presence and at times would hold her hand. Furthermore, Mrs. White @lleges that in 1900, while visiting at the seashore, her husband became enamored of a young married woman and that in addition to paying her marked attention in the pres- | ence of his wife would take long strolls | with her, his action® being such as to cause much gossip among the guests. LEAVES FORTUNE FOR CARE OF PETS Aetress Wills $15,000 to Friend to Look After Animals. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—The fact that Cecilia Wolsey. who was formerly a performer on the vaudeville stage un- der the name of Lillian Western, be- queathed $15.000 for the care of her dog, parrot and a cage of love- birds became known to-day, when her will was filed, Miss Wolsey died a week, ago. Harriet§E. Gates, a friend of the dead woman. 1s charged with the care of the animals, and Miss Wolsey's will provides that she shall have the use of the $15,060 for that purpose. After the death of Mrs. Gates, the will stipulates. the remainder of the money shall go to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to carc for Miss Wolsey's pets if they outlive Mrs. Gates, and, if not, to care for other homeless animals. Miss Wolsey was a “musical spe- | clalist” on the vaundeville stage, and retired from it a year ago, having only her pets as companions. —_————— GOLDEN STATE LIMITE WRECKED NEAR EL PASO EL PASO, 7 Island Rallroa . Dec. 20.—The Roelk s Golden State Limited was derailed early this morning forty miles north of K1 Paso. Officials of the company réport that no one was injured In the accident. The entire train left the track. but the coaches remained upright. Previcus to this accident the train had Deen delayed twenty-four hours hy snow. HUNTINGTON, Ind.. Dec. 29.—By the derailing of an engine attached to a freight train on the Chicago and Erie Rallroad near Disco Hill to-day En- gineer John J. O'Brien of Kouts, Fire- man C. L. Ollver of this place and Lemuel Fisher, brakeman, of Rochester, Ind., were killed and fifteen cars were piled up. The wreck caught fire. Only the body of Engineer O'Brien has been recovered. The train was composed of refrig- erator cars, loaded with meat, and was running as a special. —_—————— Alleged Wire Tappers Arrested. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Considerable excitement was caused this afternoon by a spectacular raid by Centril office detectives on the headquarters of a gang of alleged wire tapping swindlers in a double parlor apartment of a hotel on Broadway, near Twenty-seventh street. The ralding party took sixteen prisoners at the point of revelvers and seized a quantity of racing parapher- nalla, a telephone with a dry battery connection and cards announcing the New Orleans racing entries. ——— ADVERTISEMENTS. A Christmas presgnt—a year of Everybody’s for your friends—$1.50. Send it to us or to your dealer. 1906 is going to be a bad year for grafters and bosses. 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