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O( l EAS STEAMSHIPS IN CRASH.
STAMPEDE AMONG KG STEERAGE PASSENGERS AVERTED BY
CREWS ACTION— FOUR HOLES KNOCKED TN LIGURIA.
SIGNALS OF ONE VESSEL SOT OBSERVED IN NARROWS.
Th Italian Line steamer Liguria. Captain
Paolo, llontano. which arrived, here yesterday
from Genoa and Naples, while In charge of
Frederick Cramer, a pilot, came, into collision
with the steamer Peconic. of the Mediterranean
Line, in moving up the Narrows at 4:40 p. • m.
The hull of the- i.ig-uria was pierced in four
p'acee, and only by the prompt action of the.
officer^ and crew was a serious panic among the
steeragre passengers averted. The bow of the
Peronic was so badly smashed that her agents,
Phelps Brothers & Co.. said she looked as if she
had run into a. stone wall. The chief hole in the
Lkjarls was that about twelve feet abaft of the
bow on the port fide. This was described as
large enough to admit a horse and wagon. It
extended within a foot of the waterllne. Near
this hole was a smaller one. These two holes
Vi ere covered with a collision mat. As the bow
of the Peconic scraped along the side of the
Liguria she tore two other holes amidships, each
about two feet square. One of these was below
the waterline. As it tore open only one com
partment the doors were instantly closed, and
no water made in any other part of the Phip.
At the time of the collision a larpe number
of the steerage passengers, of which there were
V».V.« on board, were crowded in the forward
part of the ship. When they saw the Feconio
bearing down on the Liguria they became panic
gtricken. Almost at the instant of the collision
the officers and crew, observing the effect on
these steerage passengers, jumped in among
them, pushed them all over to the starboard
side, and within the spare of a few minutes had
them quieted. The water ballast was immedi
ately shifted to the same side, which gave the
ship a list, thereby lifting the damaged side from
the water. The cabin passengers who witnessed
the action of the officers and crew, who were
all Italian?, were universal in their praise of
the manner in which the steerage passengers
and the vessel had been handled.
Captain Montano described the accident as
follows: "The Peconic was entering the Nar
rows from the upper V>av and was passing out
on the port side of the Liguria. On the star
board side of the Liguria a.i excursion steamer
was also passing out. It was evident that it
could be necessary for the Liguria to pass up
between the two outgoing vessels. One blast
was blown, to indicate that the Liguria would
pass to the starboard of the Peconic. The
Peconic did not answer immediately. When she
did reply sh«* sounded two blasts, indicating
that she would cross the Liguria's bows. The
Liguria immediately replied with three blasts,
indicating that she would reverse her engines.
By this time the Peconic was almost upon the
Liguria. The engines of the Liguria had been
immediately reversed, but not in time to prevent
a collision. The Peco.iic struck the port bow
of the Liguria twelve feet abaft, cutting a
large hole in the null and smashing many of the
bunkers in ' the steerage.
cTtTTICIPEP 'PECONIC*S""OFFICERS.
"The people on the Peconic must have com
rl«rl«. t lost their heads, for they directly dis
>-.-<-i si signals and violated th«» marine law
of signalling by whistles. My ship. in blowing
her whistle first, really gave the orders and.
anyway, showed what she was going to do. The
Peconic had plenty of room to pass on the other
side of us, and whatever possessed her captain
to do what she did I cannot tell.
That a number of people "were not killed I
consider almost miraculous. If it had been in
the night time, when the steerage passengers
would have been below, great loss of life would
have undoubtedly resulted. As soon as I could
I investigated our damage, and I find that
the Liguria has been injured in four distinct
places. This is the. large hole forward, a smaller
one directly behind th» large opening and the
two hoi«» s amidship. Of course, the pilot being
GENERAL XORD DEFEATED.
HAITIAN GOVERNMENT FORCD ROUTED
BY REBELS.
Paris. Aug. 27.— A dispatch received here from
Cape Haytien. Hayti. says the troops of General
Nord /the Minister of War of the Provisional
Government) have been defeated and forced to
evacuate Limbe, and adds that the fighting
continues. It is further reported that the in
habitants of Aux Caves and Aguins have risen
against the Provisional Government and that
General Simon (Commander of the Department
of the South, who has declared himself in favor
of ■■ Firmln. the presidential candidate who is
at the head of the revolutionary movement) is
marching on Miragoane.
Cape Haytien. Aug. 27.— General Albert SaJ
mmm commandant of the Artibonite Firminite
t-oop* has repulsed the army under General
N-ord of the. provisional government, and is at
present master of the Limbo district.
A di3 P atch from Cape Haytlen to Th- ASBOCUtad
Press Tuesday night said the village of Limbe, held
by the Firming?, supported by a landing party
from th« Firmlr.iet gunboat -Pierrot, had
been attacked and recaptured by troops of the
Provisional Government. The fighting was sever*
-nd las'ed from midnight August 25 to midday yes
tiw»-»v Many men on both sides were killed. The
vmsi*' was completely destroyed by fire, General
Vord it was added, had gone forward to take com
mand of ih« troops of the Provisional Government.
X battle also tor.k place yesterday at Marmelade.
BASKED ROBBER USES PEPPER.
HE BLINUS EXPRESS AGENT AND CARRIES
OFF PACKAGE WITH $2,710.
Manchester. N. H-. Aug. 27.-An express package,
containing t2.:i«. consigned to the Devonshire mills,
at Goffs Falls, was secured by a masked robber to
day, who overcome the youthful elation agent st
the OOBBJ Kails station, four miles south of this
city, by showering him with res' pepper. The
money was pent on the early train from Boston by
the National Bank of the Republic, and was in
tended to meet the payroll of the one hundred and
Fixty employes at the Devonshire mill. The pack
ate containing the money arrived by American
Kxpress on the train which arrived at Goffs Fall*
at *:35 a. m It was given to the station agent,
who also in oxpres* agent. The young man de
£o-it<* the package in th» office, and the next
Solent J TstraWer dashed in and throwing a big
handful of pepper into the agent's face, grabbed th«
r-sckace/ann. running across the road disappeared
In the shrubbery. The agent m helpless with
pain and completely blinded. When the alarm was
clven no trace of the robber could be found save
his disguise, which be had dropped as he fled.
THE CONNECTING LINE
between the Hast and West ■ the New Tork On
tisl "with its *Uht trains a day to Chicago, five to
Bt- Louis and Cincinnati, fourteen to Buffalo and
Niagara. Falls, nine to Toronto.— Advt.
-.-r ALL WOOL, A YARD WIDE. NO SHODDY.
Remarkable Gains. .I;'— ? .'l
EkS circulation si The New- York Tribune shows a
pain of over 14 per rent Daily and more than 11 per
; --;» Sunday for July. IS"!, as compared with the
•am* month in I*ol. and it instill growing.— Advt.
in charge relieves me of all responsibility, but it
v.as the Peconic. not us. that is to blame."
The how of the Peconlc was twisted about
toward the starboard. She then scraped alone
the Licuria's hull, tearing off th« companion
way and puncturing: the white side amidships
in two places. The black paint of the Peconic
was visible along the entire side.
The Peconic turned back to rort for repairs,
going: to her dock in Brooklyn.
Dr. George R. Van De Water, rector of St.
Andrew's Church, who was a passenger on th«
Liguria. was standing In the front of the ship
on the promenade, deck when the accident oc
curred.
"I heard our ship blow h"r whistle," said the
clergyman, "but heard no answering reply. I
saw that a collision was inevitable, and braced
myself against the rail for the shock. The noise
made when the two vessels came together was
terrific. The bows of the Peconlc seemed to col
lapse like paper, and the side of our ship was
crushed in in the same way. I was looking
down on the Immigrants herded together in the
veil, and the panic that followed the collision
is a sight that I never wish to witness again.
"I saw men and women rushing around like
mad. pushing and crowding each other like so
many beasts. -Men had no consideration for the
women whatever, and seemed only to think of
themselves. Suddenly I saw the crew of the
steamship pushing their way through the crowd,
grabbing excited men and thrusting them to one
side,, all the time talking and shouting at the
top of their voices. At the end of perhaps
twenty minutes these men had quieted the
paalcstricken Immigrants, and all was peaceful
again. I never saw anything like the work of
those sailors.
■'They seemed to know exactly what to do. In
a very short space of time the water ballast of
th» ship had been Fhifted and the steerage pas
sengers ordered over on the starboard side.
This raised the damaged portion of the steam
ship clear of the water, and the storm canvas
was put over the covering. I looked around at
the end of half an hour at the immigrants, but
all excitement seemed to have left them, except
for a few women, who were still crying hysteri
cally. I cannot say too much of the efficient
way in which the officers and crew of the steam
ship handled that mass of fear stricken human
ity. It was wonderful."
HE THOUGHT IT WAS USUAL.
There was an amusing side to the collision.
Thomas Rodriguez, of the Augustinian Order,
was one of the passengers. When a number
of Augustinian father? boarded the Liguria
from the health officer's boat and rushed up to
him to ask him if he had been frightened at
the collision, he said, in Italian: "Why. no;
doesn't this happen every day? I was told that
sixty vessels went in and out every day, and
with all these little boats going hack and forth
I thought it was not unusual. I took it as a
matter of course."
The Peconic left the Mediterranean Stores.
Furman-st, Brooklyn, about noon yesterday,
bound for Palermo with a cargo of flour, to
bacco and cotton. . Last night she was again
lying at her pier, with her stern entirely gone
and the how plates torn away on either side
for a dictance. of fourteen feet. As soon as her
cargo has been taken out she will be pent to
dry dock.
Captain John Mills of the Peconic, when seen
last night, gave this version of the collision:
"The Anita was preceding us down the Nar
rows and she grazed the Liguria. which was
coming in. and threw the latter somewhat out
of her course. We commented on the close
shave she had. We signalled to her that we
would keep our coarse, and she replied that she
would go to starboard. Suddenly she swerved
in. and before we could stop the engines or
change our course she struck our bows. Our
stem is gone down to two feet above the
waterllne. and the side plates are gone. The
collision bulkhead held, however, and pwen.ed
any water getting into th- centre of the ship.
The Peconic is an iron vessel. 277 feet long.,
with a 37 f00t beam. Her tonnage is [•««•
.he Is owned by Phelps Brothers. Captain Mills
has been In their employ for fifteen years.
ft will take a month to make the repairs on
the Liguria. They will be made here. There
were 1 050 naasengers on board the vessel.
UONARCBS MEET AND EMBRACE.
KING VICTOR EMMANUEL GUEST OF THE
GERMAN* EMPEROR.
«By Th" Associated frr??.)
Potsdam. Prussia, Aug. 27.-King Victor
Emmanuel of Italy arrived here to-day and was
met by the Emperor, Imperial Prince?. Count
yon Billow, the Imperial Chancellor, and
others The two monarch* repeatedly embraced
each other, and drove to the new palace amid
the cheers of the assembled crowds.
Emperor William and the King of Italy drove
together, while Count yon Billow and F'gnor
Prinetti Italian Minister of Foreign Affair.".
followed in the next carriage. The party was
escorted by a squadron of the Garde dv Corps.
The Empress of Germany received Kin* Victor
EmmaS in the music ralon of the palace.
The royal guest attended a family dinner this
evening af which he Fat between Emperor
William and the Empress.
/ 01 R YOUNG WOMEN DROWNED.
X KDED INTO DEEP WATER WHEN T'NABLE
to BWDL
Newburg N. T . An*. 8 Four young women.
Anna and Susan Beach, of Danbury, Conn., and
Stella and Martha Duncan, of Pawling. Dutches
County were drowned In Lake Pearce. two miles
from "Pawling to-day. The Beach sisters were
visiting the Duncan girls, who were daughters of
George Duncan. > lifelong resident of Pawling.
The girls went rowing together on the lake this
forenoon, and decided to go in bathing. They
rowed to the shore, where they prepared for their
joined han<Ss ' * *JS*w O nd their depth. None of
moment they were h scr irne <i for help, but
the girls f^iCd getltb them from the other
before rescuers they were drowned. Th-ir bodies
s! 2JL°£cover?d within an hour. Coroner Caulkln. of
Amem ; SS charge of "em.
:PSF,D TO HOPE.
DF j;PAIR F
MILMONP or EAST INDIANS SAVED bt THE
TAIN'S
bondon Aug "The beneficial rains of th«
_-_ t week.- cables the correspondent of 'The
Daily Mail" at Simla. India, "have changed
despair into hope for million. of Indian culti
vator?." '--• .
EXCEEDS REQUIREMENTS.
KewDorl Hews. Va.. Aug. 37 P eciali.-The new
revenue cutter Tuscarora. built at Trigs 1 * sktp
vard Richmond, on her official trial to-day av-r-
Lged'l4fi knots on an eight hour run. and fourteen
knot* only were required. The Tuscarora will seen
start for the Great Lakes.
TWENTY HOURS TO CHICAGO.
The train on tlie New York Central and Lake
S-orr- making 980 miles between New York and
• Mcago daiiv in twenty hours., is appropriately
nanef The 20th Century Limitea.- Advt.
MANHANSET BOUSE. SHELTER ISLANIX
Open until Sept. IS or later Excellent golf. IS
holes. September most delightful. -Advt.
NEW- YORK. THURSDAY. AUGUST 28. 1902. -SIXTEEN PAGES.-
THOMAS PTTJROIP.
(Photosrspta by Aimfe Dup"nt.>
BRACING UP AN ALLIANCE.
VISIT OP ITALY'S KING TO THE GERMAN
EMPEKOB.
PRAISING THE PBESIDENT-SOUTH AFRICA
LEFT ALONE BY MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Special to The New-Tork Tribune by French Cable.)
(Copyright: IMS: By Tli« Trlliune Association.)
London. Aug. 28. 1 a. m.-Detailed accounts of
the reception of the Kin* of Italy at Potsdam
are printed here with perfunctory comments
upon the stability of the Triple Alliance. The
importance of the King's visit to Germany Is
evidently overaccentuated by the Berlin press
in accordance with the Emperors wishes.
Neither the German Foreign Office nor the
Italian Foreign Minister can remove the im
pression that the Triple Alliance has been Im
paired by the Independent action of the govern
ment at Rome in promoting closer trade rela
tions with France and improved dynastic re
lations with the Russian Imperial family.
Italy, like Germany, has been free to adjust
her diplomacy to view condition", when two
rival alliances are so closely balanced that the
interests of European peace require the ex
change of compliments and amenities all
around. Th» improved relations of Italy with
Russia and France involve the necessity for con
senting to see what might otherwise have been
a ceremonious visit turned Into a great affair
of state, with streets of the capital lavishly
decorated and with a splendid military pageant
when both the monarch* make a triumphal en
try, while the importance of the Triple Alli
ance Is duly emphasized by the cordiality with
which the two monarrhs embrace each other.
European coalitions are not what they were
in Bismarck's time. They are correctly de
scribed by practical diplomatists as rival trusts
which have established working relations with
earn other and may ultimately Introduce econo
mies In the direction of disarmament.
The Kn^ilsh pr^xs continues to pay high
tribute to President Roosevelt for pluck and
courage in appealing from what is desi I
here as a capitalistic caucus to the electorate
at large on the question of bringing the com
binations under national control. It has less to
say about his reafflrmatlon of th Monroe Doc
trine with characteristic vigor.
"The Daily Telegraph" considers thai Mr.
Roosevelt's pronouncement upon trusts may
prove within the next few months to have raised
the most epoch maklnp issue In American poli
tics since Bryan's schism on silver.
"The Times" says the Monroe Doctrine, as
defined by President Roosevelt, is a policy to
which this country has no right to take excep
tion, and which Englishmen have no interest in
obstructing.
■The Daily Mail" says there is reason to be
lieve that the British Government scheme for
meeting the Morgan combination is now com
plete. Details of th» scheme are not known.
but the broad principles will be protection of
freights carried in British vessels against any
attempt to corner trade.
Mr. Markham. M 11-,I 1 -, has come rather badly
out of his campaign against the great capital
ists of the Rand. Some eighteen months ago he
genially informed the House of Commons that
he was ready to prove that Wernher. Beit &
Co were thieves and swindlers, and that so
overwhelming was the evidence of their turpi
tude that he intended to repeat the character
ization of them outside the privileged walls of
Parliament and face the consequences. He
carried out his threat, but he now withdraws
unreservedly, and Wernher. Beit * Co. have
decided not to proceed with a libel suit.
There is no evidence in the Colonial Office or
elsewhere that the Ministry is deeply concerned
over the results of the 80-r conferences in Hol
land or Sir Gordon SprigK's exploits as a polit
ical trimmer at ?ape Town. South Africa has
been left to stew in her own juice, and Mr.
Chamberlain does not meddle with the kettle,
even with a long spoon. There is an optimistic
feeling among officials here that General Botha,
after separating himself from the irreconcil
able Boers, such as Kriiger. Leyds and Reitz.
will return to South Africa with Fischer, Wes
sels. De Wet and Delarey and become the
leader of a rational peace policy. Mr. Chamber
lain's desertion of the loyalists of Cape Colony
and moral support of Sir Gordon Sprigg's alli
ance with the Bond are explained in the same
quarter as the natural effect of his own faith
in the efficacy of representative institutions. He
had a characteristic English prejudice against
suspending a constitution when it would be diffi
cult to return to the principles of self-govern
ment after abandoning them. L N. F.
HIGH OFFICIALS STEALING.
Lisbon. Aug. 27.— A great sensation has been
caused here by the arrest of several high of
ficials, charged with defrauding the state to the
extent of $400,000 and with accepting bribes.
TO REFINE SUGAR TN CANADA.
Montreal, Aug. 27.- daus a. Spreckels, of New-
York, president of the Federal Sugar Refining Com
pany*, accompanied by his counsel. W. W. Cook, of
New-York, arrived here to-day. It is understood
that they contemplate the organization nf a Cana
dian company with a capital of *.«*•«». to exploit
the new process of sugar rennlng. invented by Mr.
Bpreckels. now In operation in the Unit, d States.
THE EVERY DAY TRAIN TO CALIFORNIA.
The electric liphted "Overland Limited." leaves
Chicago R:0«> P. M . via Chicago and North-West
ern I nlon Pacific and Soi;tliern Pacific Railways.
Offices m. -K7 and 549 Broadway. -Advt.
ATLANTIC CITY FOR LAB< >H DAY.
Atlantic City. Delightful place for Labor Day.
niched by New Jersey Central. I hours from
New York " Trains 9:40 A. M.: .1:40 P. M ; Saturday.
1 P. M.-Advt.
FIRE CHIEF CROKEB TRIUMPHANT.
justice Hall says that Commissioner Sturgis must reinstate him,
FIRE CHIEF CROKErt.
TAKEN FROM THE MADELEINE
BRINGING HOME THE BODIES OF
MR. ANT) MRS. FAIR,
i
Paris, Aug. 27.— The bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles L. Fair, who were killed August 14 in
an automobile accident near Evreux. Fran
were removed from the Church of the Madeleine
at 9 o'clock to-night, after a brief service held
in the vault of the church in the presencn of a
dozen persons, who included Mr. Gowdy. United
States Consul Genera] here: the lawyers of the
family of Mr. and Mrs. Fair, and Mr. Ellis.
manager of the Hotel Ritz, who has had charge
of the arrangements for the removal of the
bodies.
A cross and a wreath of white flowers were
placed on the coffin before their removal. The
coffins were taken away In two undertakers'
vans. In order to avoid attracting attention,
the first van drove off as soon as it was loaded,
the second following live minutes later. They
proceeded separately to the freight station of
the Western Railroad, where the coffins were
Inclosed in packing cases.
So much secrecy was observed with regard to
the shipment of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
Fair that as late as «:3O o'clock this evening
Mr. Ellis declared that nothing had as yet been
settled with regard to their removal. Mr. Ellis
refuses to name the port from which they are
to be shipped or the steamer which is to take
them. The bodies may be forwarded to Cher
bourg to-night and embarked on board the
American Line steamer St. Louis for New-
York or they may be shipped to Havre to-night
and possibly tent over to Southampton and put
on board the St. Louis at that port The M
Louis leaves Southampton and Cherbourg on
August 30. <
NO CONTEST OVER FAIR ESTATES.
MOTHER AND BROTHERS OF MRS. FAIR AC
CEPT CASH TO WAIVE AM. CLAIMS.
IB! TELEGRAm TO THE TRIBCNE.J
San Francisco, Aug. -*7.-There will be no on
t#st over the estates of either. Charles L. Fair or
his wife by Mrs. Fair's relatives, for to-day Mrs.
Harriet K. Nelson, mother of Mrs. Fair, on be
half of herself and her children, for a sum in
, cash relinquished all claim on the estates of
Mr Fair and his wife. The attorneys would not
disclose the amount paid, but it is said to be
$500,000. By the terms of the compact Mrs.
Nelson, and "through her the brothers of Mrs.
Fair receive a gift of money. in exchange for
which they renounce all claims. The estate of
Charles L. Fair roes entirely to his relatives.
Mrs. Hermann Oelrlchs and Mrs. W. K. Vander
bilt. Jr., who will also receive all of Mrs. Fair's
property.
The only possibility of any future trouble lies
in the discovery of a late will of Charles Fair
leaving the property to others than his kinsfolk
and hi" wife. That such a will exists, or did
exist at one time, is stated in positive terms by
several of Mr. Fairs friends, who find the]
have received no part of his millions. Mrs Nel
son has announced her Intention of maU«sj«
home in California. Her sons, Charles J. Smith,
of Boulder. Col., and Abram G. Nelson, of New
market N J.. will remain here for some time.
The document by which all the Fair property
was transferred to Mrs. Oelrichs and Mrs. W. K.
Vanderbilt. jr.. was signed by Hannah K. Nel
son. Abraham G. Nelson and Charles J. Smith.
AFTER A BRAZIL LINE.
A HAMBURG SHIPPING FIRM WANTS TO BIT
TWENTY-EIGHT STEAMERS.
Hamburg. Aug. 27. "Th- Boersenhalle" an
nounces that the shipping firm of A. C. De
Freitas & Co.. of Hamburg, is negotiating for
the purchase of twenty-eight steamships of the
Lloyds Brazileiro Line, of Rio Janeiro, Brazil.
SWIMMING THE CHANNEL.
HOLBEIN MAKING HIS THIRD ATTEMPT TO
CROSS.
Cape Grta-Nea. France. Aug. 27. -Montagu
Holbein, the English swimmer, started at 330
P m. to-day on his third attempt to swim the
English Channel. A light west wind was blow
ing and the sea was dead calm.
London. Aug. 27. -Frank Holmes, of Birming
ham expects to leave Dover to-morrow morning
in an attempt to swim the English Channel. He
hopes to meet Holbein on his way to Prance.
Holbein, in his test attempt to swim the Eng
lish Channel. August 24. 1901. abandoned the at
tempt owing to the rough sea running, after hav
ing been twelve hours and forty-six minutes In
the water, and reaching a point within five miles
of Dover. England. In his second attempt, be
gun at * p. m. July 31 last. Holbein left the water
August 3. after swimming thirteen hours. On
this occasion a strong tide, was the cause of Hol
bein's failure. During this swim Holbein covered
thirty miles more than the distance from coast
o M although he was only eight miles from
the French const when he gave up the attempt.
COSTEST OVER INDIAN TREATY.
Atoka. Ind. T.. Aug. 27 -It may be said that the
great political battle between those who favor the
adoption of the supplementary Indian treaty and
those who are opposed to its adoption Is now going
on. Both sides are having the treaty translated
into the Choctaw language- When this is done it
will be published In pamphlet form and sent to
every Indian voter within the Choctaw and Chicka-
, 1W nations. Nearly all of the oldtime Choctaw
politicians in this part of the country favor the
treaty while the younger growth of Indians, aided
by the Intermarried citizens, are striving to defeat
It An anti-treaty me. ting is now being held about
four mil"* south of here. Many speakers of noie
are there. The election on the treaty will be held
on September 2."..
LEAVE NEW YORK 1:55 P. M.. ARRIVE CHI
CAGO 5:55 A. M.
The Pennsylvania Special via Pennsylvania Rail
road. Dining car: buffet smoking car.— Advt.
POCONO MOUNTAIN SPECIAL,
will leave New York Friday and Saturday at 2
P M. via I^ackawanna Railroad, for Delaware
Water Gap Mt Pocono and all resorts in Pocono
Mountains.' Special trains returning Labor Day
night and following morning.— Advt.
'-"PJ right IW,
by T 1 '■ Tribune Association.
jr.-TTCE ER.VEPT HAT.T*
CROKER IS REINSTATED.
JUSTICE HALL DECIDES STIR<iIS EX
CEEDED HIS TOWERS.
COMMISSIONER CAN SUSPEND ONI*I PEND
IN<; TRIAL <»N CHARGES PREFERRED.
Edward F. Croker, Chief of the Fire Depart
ment, was reinstated yesterday in the exercise
of th<- duties of his office t>> a mandamus
granted him by Justice Hall, of the Supreme
Court. The action of Commissioner Sturgis In
relieving Chief Croker from duty is held by the
decision to be beyond the powers of the Com
missioner. This relief from duty the justice con
siders really suspension, as the chief was re
quired to report regularly on Mondays, and as
another man was appointed to take command of
th*' uniformed force. No power of dismissal is
found to reside in th*> Commissioner. The most
that he is allowed to do under the law. says
the decision. Is to suspend an officer, whose
presence he considers detrimental to discipline,
pending tria* on charges preferred. The con
tention of the- Commissioner that he had neither
suspended nor dismissed fh<> chief results, in
the court's opinion, in a manifest evil.
"It <an hardly he considered for the good of
the department," .-ays the opinion, "that the
officer in command of its principal bureau
should perform no duties and receive full pay,
and that for an absolutely inderinlt^ term, to
end only at the will and Bjeasare of the Com
missioner. If the Commissioner can suspend
the chief of department for one month, he can
by the ssnv power suspend him for six months,
or a year, or forever. ' The court assumes that
the Commissioner acted in gf>od faith, l>ut cosh
eludes that he exceeded his powers.
Commissioner Sturgis, who spent yesterday at
Babylon. Long Island, learned of the decision
from a reporter who had come to ask his inten
tions.
"There is only one.t,h,ln? to do," said h*\ "that
is to obey the court's order."
He declined to say whether or not he would
take an appeal, as such steps were in the hands
of the Corporation Counsel.
Corporation Counsel Rives said he would prob
ably npr^al from Justice Fi.nr? decision, though
he had thirty days to think It over, and would
not commit himself absolutely new.
Chief Croker and hi* counsel. ,l>hti .T Desftsjey.
expressed satisfaction with the outcome. Mr.
Delaney did not thick that a stay would he
granted pending the appeal which, he said, the
Corporation counsel's office had informed him it
intended to make. The chief would not express
himself on the incident.
The opinion sets forth the facts of the --ase.
and continues:
The only provisions for the punishment of mem
bers of the force is found in a section of the
charter which provides for reprimand, forfeiture of
pay or dismissal, but none of these penalties can
be inflicted except upon conviction upon charges
after a hearing or trial.
There seems to be no power of suspension from
duty unless it can be found in the section giving
the" Commissioner power of governing the depart
ment: but then it could only be exercised, if at all.
for some reason assigned by the Commissioner,
which In his opinion, and after charges preferred,
rendered it improper and an Injury to the service
to have the officer continue in command pending
The claim of the respondent that the relator
has not been suspended, but only relieved from
duty is unsound. The relief from duty suspends
the right of the relator to perform the duties of
his office, but the. respondent by his order clearly
shows that he intended to suspend the relate* and
prevent him from performing his duties, for he
appointed another officer to perform the only duty
aksigned to the relator or properly pertaining to
hi« "office viz . the command of the uniformed
force There could not be two officers in com
mand" of the force or two chiefs of department, as
the law provides for only one.
Of the chief's right to return before the end
of his vacation the opinion says:
\slde from the rules governing the department. I
am clearly of the opinion that the leave of absence
short period, as he saw nt. and the result would
he tantamount to s suspension from office.
ifo.vr rri.EE r\ eruption.
RUMBLINC, OF THE VOLCANO HEARD a LONG
WAT OFF.
St. Thomas. D. W. I . Aug. 27.-A dispatch re
ceived here from the island of Dominica dated
yesterday, at 6 p. m.. pat?
<sine.c 2 P m to-day (Tuesday) prolonged.
rii'mblin^ noises, in quick succession, have been
heard from the southward. There is every md -
Son that Mont Pel*, island of Martinique, Is
In violent eruption.
* P cabled to The Associated Press from St.
Thomas on Tuesday advices were received from Do
minica yesterday (Tuesday) to the enVet that be
tw-en 10 o'clock In the morning and I o'clock in the
afternoon of Monday clouds of dust were seen In
the direction of M"nt PelAe. and that detonations
at long intervals were beard till the morning.
Light showers of volcanic dvst fell on Dominica.
Efforts made to communicate by cable dir»c t
with the Island of Martlnlq-e have proved unsuc
cesafnl The French Cable "ompany has no cable
Unique will be resumed.
■SUNS GET BACK THEIR SCHOOL:
Bre«t : France. Aug. 27. -The Sisters who were
r-centlv expelled from Landerneau (In Flnlstere.
twelve miles from Brest) discovered a decree dated
IS2S which removes them from the. scope of the
„„,,,,.„., law and they have resumed posses-
of h" ir £ho£ A crowd of people applauded
the Sisters when they returned.
JUST 20 HOURS FROM NEW IORK.
R ,,<;in»s«; men appreciate the rapid schedule of
the Pennsylvania Special to Chicago— Advt.
" NIAGARA FALLS AND BACK. ».00.
via I ackawanna Railroad. Tickets good, going,
on evening trains of August 29th and all trains
August 30th and 31st: gt-od to return to Septem
ber "d Round trip to Toronto. SlO.oO. rood to Sep
tember 4th.-Advt.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
PRESIDENT IX MAINE.
HE TALKS TO FARMERS AT
BAN6OM.
VISITS SENATOR HALE AND JOSEPH H.
MANLEY- MUCH PLEASED WITH
HIS TRIP.
Tnr tbligbath to THE TBrErNE I
Ellsworth. Me.. Aug. 27.— President Kooss
velt awakened early this: morning at the horn»
of Governor Hill, in Augusta, and took a driva
around the c'ty. A stop was made at the Stata
House. The "resident intended to visit the home
of Joseph H. Manley. National Committeeman
fn m Maine, to see a desk once owned by James
G. Blame. which is now in Mr. Manley*s office,
but his time was too limited.
When the President left Augusta his special
train proceeded through the heart of the Main**
lumber belt to XVatervUle. Governor Hill and
Representative Burleigh accompanied the party
and Senator Hale and Representative LittleSeld
met them at Bangor. At Waterville five -thou
sand persons were crowded around a stand
decorated with flags and palms la greet th»
Chief Executive. His speech there was as foN
lows:
I wish to thank you— to thank all the people of
Maine for the way in which I have been greeted.
I fee] in a certain sense a right to the greet! foe
at least I am trying to put Into practice the prin
ciples In which you believe. I feel that the art of
Sill I —fill government in our country is the art of
applying practically the every day principles of de
oencv. morality and common sense, which must
be applied by the average citizen it he la to be a
good husbtTnd. a good father, a good neighbor an-i
a good citizen.
There is not any wonderful brilliancy or gentu*
in it. What we need is the application of the every
■ lay principles that a man needs if he Is to maw
his business a success, If he is to do his duty in bis
own family and to his neighbor. Now. up here in
Maine you are so fortunate as to have- a Stat»
which, on the whole, represents as w^lt as any
other in our Union (better than all save i very
few others in our Union) the conditions of life. th«
ways of looking at life, out of which such a re- .
publican, such a democratic go-eernment as ours
springs. You believe practically that pach man
must work out his fate for himself. And yet that
the State must be called on to try to Rive each man
a fair show in life.
I passed by your State House in Augusta thi«
morning. Your legislature only meets every other
year, and only stays in session about two months.
Quite right. We do not need too many laws. I isj
much legislation. What w« need Is stability off
laws, fearlessness In applying: legislation to n«^
evils when the. evils spring up. but above? all
common sense and self-restraint in applying the^»
remedies, and th«» fixed and unchangeable beliet
that fundamentally each mm salvation rests lot
his own hands. +■ ■*--'."'•
As the President started back to the train -wlttir
the Mayor of Watervill > a small steel huntinsj|
axe was given to him.
"Well, now," said the President, noticeably?
pleased, "wait just one minute. Let me tell
you a curious thing. John King, of Oakland,
has just nent me a hunting axe. Before I left:
home I sent to the Consul Geneial In Canada
to see if he could get just roen an axe M thi*
and send it to me at Oyster Bay. and here yot^
have what I wanted in Maine. You can z \
things quicker In the United States, you see."
The blade of the little tool whs five inches
long, with a moose head engraved on it. Us
handle was of hickory and highly polished..
Near the end was a fine hinting knife, con-«j
cealed so nicely that it was several minute^
before the President found it.
- The largest city visited by the President to-^
day was Bangor. Iks highest accessible, port oirj
the Penobscot River. From the Bangor sta-«,
tlon the President was driven to the Bangs*-,
Children's Horn". Under the leadership si Jo
seph G. Blake and Ike matrons the children
were lined up on the porch of the building and
?-in2: an original song.
The President was the Mayor* guest at
luncheon. The others, present were Secretary?
Cortelyou. Assistant Secretary Barnes. Govern
or and Mrs. Hill. Senator Hale, Representative
and Mrs. Burleigh. Representatives Powers and
Llttlefleld. Surgeon General and Mrs. Farnham,
William Sewell. postmaster of Iron Falls, and,
F. O. Beal. ex-Mayor Of Bangor. and Mrs» t
Beal.
Thirty thousand persons. chiefly farmers and
their families, heard the President speak in the*
Eastern State Fair Grounds in the afternoon.
It ma made plain again to-day that the Presi
dent's popularity in every town he visits is du<»
to his individuality and not to> the office h»
holds. The day was sultry, but the people,
parked around the platform and maintained
perfect order. Aft- Ike speech ex-Mayor Beat
called for thr«»e cheers "for the greatest Pre 9
dent the world has ever known." and got theiaj
with a will. Every member of Ike Maine Con
gress delegation on th« platform remarked that
in thaT State, where the people were not usually,
demonstrative, the reception showed that Presi
dent Roosevelt was getting very close to th«»
American people.
THE BANGOR SPEECH.
Senator fry* w * s absent ■■'. account ■* ill
health. Representative Littleneld was com
pelled to leave the grounds to keep an engas*.*
ment before th** President rode around the hatr.
mite racetrack before departing for the station.
The President's speech was as follows:
I am glad to greet the farmers »f Maine. During
the century that has closed the growth of indus
trialism has necessarily no-art that cities and towns
have Increased in population more rapidly than,
the country districts. And yet. it remains true no**
as it has always been, that in the last resort th 9
country districts are those in which we are surest
to find the old American spirit, 'he old American
habits of thought and ways of living. Co3ditif>u=»
have changed in the country far less than they
have changed in the. city, and in consequence th»r*
has been little breaking away from the method*
of life which have produced the great majority of
the leaders of the republic In the past. Almost all
of our creat Presidents have been brought up in.
the country and most of them worked hard on Iks
farms in their youth and got their early xnental.
training in the healthy democracy of farm life.
The forces which mad- these farm bred bo»»
leaders of' men when they had come to their tull
manhood are still at work in our country districts.
Self-help and individual Initiative remain to a p^>
ru iar degree typical of life in the country. M
on a farm, in a lumbering camp, on a ranch.
Neither the farmers nor their hired hands can wor'<
through combinations as readily as the capitalist*
or wage workers of cities can work.
It n»u«t not be understood from this that thers
have been no changes in farming and farm U.f<».
The Contrary is the case. There has been much,
change much progress. The granger and similar
organizations, the farmers' Institutes and ail th*
agencies which promote Intelligent co-operation
and give opportunity for social and intellectual
Intercourse among the farmers have played a large,
part in raising the level of life and work in th»
Country districts. In the domain of. government,
the Department of Agriculture since its foundation
has accomplished results as striking as those ••-
tAmed under any other branch of the national ad
m nitration By scientific study of all matfrs
?on4ected with the advancement of farm life, by
experimental stations, by the use of trained agent*
sent to the uttermost countries of the globe, by
the n-2ctlcal application of -nything: which ■- th*
ordinary has been demonstrated to be efflcient-ln
these ways and In many others great good has been
accomplished in raising the standard of productive
ness in farm work throughout the country. W»
• lit-- in an era when the best results can only b*
achieved If p to individual self-help we add th»
mutual "elf-help which comes by combination both
SfcmzenV in their individual capacity and of citi
zens working through the State aa an instrument.
ThY farmers of the country have grown More, and
more to realize this, and farming has tended more
Slid more to take Its place as an applied science
fhough as with everything else the theory mu*£
he tested in practical work, and can avail only,
when appUed in practical fashion. |
But after all th* 9 has been said it remains trns
that the countryman, the man on th« farm mor»
than any other of our citizens to-day Is called
UDon continually to exercise the qualities which
we like to think of as typical of the United Stat-* -
Sirourtiout its history. the Qualities of rugged In
dependence masterful resolution and Individual
ere-ev and resourcefulness. He works hard (for ;
which no man is to be pitied), and often he 9m»
SPECIAL TRAIN?. SEPT. 1 AND 2.
via Lackawanna Railroad, leaving Tobyhanna < 45
P M Sept. 1. and 5:45 A. M Sept. 2. stopping »<
Ml *Pocono Delaware Water Gap and all reports In
Pocono Mountains. No stop between the Gap and i
New York. -Advt. 1
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