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JAMTSS PRYCE.
Ciilrf Secretary for Ireland.
BRITISH CABINET FILLED.
LIST OF NEW MINISTERS.
Sir Ednard Grey Foreign Secretary
— John Burns Gets Post.
London, Dec. 10.— It is officially announced
that the new British Ministry is made up as fol
lows:
Prlrr* lOlltatW ana **"« Lord of the Treasury— Sir
HENRY CAMPBEL.L-BAXKERICAN.
?s»callor of the Exchequer— HEßßEßT HENRY AS
QIS^;aTT of State tor Home Affairs— HEßßEßT JOHN
fitADFTOKE.
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs— Sir EDWARD
fT"ET
c^r*tarr of State for tho Colonies— EARL of
Eerr<-'B^ of State tat TVar— RICHARD BURTON'
Be=retmry of state for India— JOHN MORLET.
— ~- -•£ of the Admtraltr— Baron TWEKDMOITTH.
lyrtHfeb Chancellor— Sir ROBERT THRESHIE REID.
p-^temt of the Board of Trade— DAVlD LLOYD-
Gr^RGH.
jTe*i<ier.t of the Local Government Board — JOHN
EVR*^£*
fcneUTT of ftate toT Scotland— SIXCLATR.
nmnwii of th« Board or Agriculture— CABRTSO-
PartaMW 9*n«J-STDKIST CHABLES BCXTOK.
Chief E><cretV9 for T.relar.l— JAMES BRTCH.
Lp.,5 President of the Connril— Th* EARL of CWKWTJL
Ty,r3 of the Privy Seal— The HABQCK of RIPON.
pr-H^-nt or the Board of Education— ArGUSTlXE
KF.RTXL.
Chnecflor of l v * Duchr of I*ncaJ*ter— Sir HENRY
HARTLEY "FOTrLER-
The foregoiner constitute the Cabinet. Tlie
following ministers are not in the Cabinet:
Lerfl ueutmant of Ireland-TV^ FART, of ABERPFEN.
Lori Chancellor cf Ireland— The Right Hon. SAMUEL
WALKER.
rim CbmmlNlmfT of v.^rk. and Publ'o Burnings—
LEWI? VERNON-HARCOt-RT.
Eh- Henry Cempbell-Bannerman drove to the
palace at 6 o'clock this evening and was re
vived In audience by King Edward. His
Majesty signified his approval of the new gov
•araent. _
THE CABINET STRONG.
Keen Cowero/atine Papers Admit
Sir Henry's Success.
London. Dec. 11.-The Conservative morning
newspapers are compelled to admit that Sir
Henry Campbell-Bannerman has succeeded in
'ormtng a much stronger administration than
had be»n thought possible. The Liberal papers
re" full of enthusiasm and of cordial congratu
lations to the Premier on having not only ably
united all sections of his party in the Ministry
but on havins displayed rre&t discrimination in
-tying its individual members congenial posts.
They express the conviction that such a Cabinet
Trill "inspire confidence both at home and abroad.
The names of Herbert Henry Asouith. Sir Ed
ward Grey and Richard Burton Haldane alone.
i- i= held." «-ill give great weight to the Minis
try ard insure that there will be no revival of
Qadstonlan Home Rule, despite the fact that
the Cabinet contains a preponderance of Oum
favorable to Home Rule.
The Conservative organs point out that the
n»t enthusiastic Home Ruler. John Morley. hag
been sent to the India Office where he will have
little Influence on internal politics.
Th- omission of Lord Bpsebenr is naturally
the subject of much comment, and there Is eon-
BUenbie curiosity as to what attitude he will
adopt frhen he addresses the Liberal League to
day. It is noticeable that his son-in-law, the
Earl of Crewe. is in the Cabinet.
The composition of the Cabinet presents no
nrpristeg features. It is larger than was ex
pected tbe last Liberal Cabinet only numbering
feteen members. Six of the new secretaries
Beside* Sir Henry Campbell-BannerniMi nave
held Cabinet rank Core, though most of them
have held Ministerial appointments, while three.
David 1-George. Augustine Birrell and John
Boms have never before held office of any Kind.
The'rapld rise of John Burns trom^wort
ihop to the Cabinet, with a salary of 5x0.000 a
year is a feature. Inttcatin* the growing im
portance of the Badioi • r.rty. and he is ****
cor^atuiat-d on all sides »n winning a wel. de
served honor. He will be the first labor member
of the louse of Commons to have attained Cab
inet rjink. • ,
Perhaps the most popular appointment of au
!S! S that of Eir Edward Grey. who. after Loru
Iteebery. has the highest reputation for st..tea
mar.ship. He is expected to uphold the best
Editions of Great Britain's foreign policy, and
10 *■■■ 'I Member of Parlia
■nents are those
ass
„„■,.
ftfWdmoutb will lead In tn~ dv« a
thus succeeding Earl F^"f a Vcxpccteu to be
Wfttment? to minor offices are <.ijw
■an»unced within a few u..s.
SiXTY.POUN^^ VoR PRESIDENT. |
rhor;;,- for the statement th £ "££ u> haß rra sed
farm-r. residing six m«« ° for Prf . s ident ,
!'.**<■ wifs CMMtmaa din..'-. »- v
bet acren :he back, and Is -M*^n ' it. .
tfcit the Roosevelt childrer wn,.Me on it-
ANOTH^tTfOOTBALL DEATH.
..nineteen'
totttavflfe. Ind.. Dec. 1^; es ; result of
Ma:* old. of th-s , lo a - * ,
H° * ure J abou; the
«* of me rusV.es Maior. was l.jur \. hr was not
hM4 and had to abandon the CW» bu. J><= " a » - w
tutted to be seriously hurt. He WMJ U*«^
hi, horn.. ;-, * carriape. *•"£ "^d^He so- lost
taken with violent n«uns <n his head. **c BO
«*r«-*«iu»ncss. and died to-day-
To-day, tetr and warmer.
To-morrow, {air; brtok westerlr wind*.
THE NEW BRITISH PREMIER AND LEADING MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET.
THE EARL OP V.IXiTS.
Colonial Secretary.
AUTO PARTY HELD IN AIR.
Viaduct Rail Stops Machine from
Seventy-Foot Drop.
Through the breaking of a chain and the con
sequent sudden reversal of the machinery, an
automobile containing two men and a woman,
besides the chauffeur, nearly backed over the
edge of the viaduct at 155th-st. near Sth-ave.
yesterday afternoon. It was stopped only after
nearly twenty feet of the iron railing and a
stone post at the side of the viaduct had been
knocked off and the two rear wheels of the
automobile hung suspended over the edge.
The chauffeur was Louis Echel, of No. 1.036
Longwood-ave., arid the other occupants were a
Mr. Haggerty, of No. 137 East 71st-st., and his
daughter and Justin O'Brien, of No. 729 Park
ave. The automobile was bowling along west
ward over the viaduct at a moderate rate of
speed, when, a short distance west of Sth-ave..
one of the gear chains broke. This caused the
car to become uncontrollable, and it started to
back toward th* railing.
The chauffeur mads a desperate but unsuc
cessful effort to stop it. Miss Haggerty
screamed, and was with difficulty restrained by
her father from leaping out of the automobile.
With a crash the rear wheels of the machine
smashed into the railing, tearing nearly twenty
feet of it away and Bending the pieces hurling
through the air to the roadway far beiow. The
resistance of the' railing checked the speed of
the machine and finally stopped it. but not un
til the two rear wheel and nearly one-third or
the tonneau hung over the street, jfeventytoet
below While it was in this position the occu
pants succeeded In scramblin* to safety. Mr.
Haggerty and his daughter, and Mr. OBncn
took a car for thoir homes, while the chauffeur
procured a team and had the practically wrecked
automobile towed to a garage.
A similar accident occurred at practically th?
same spot ten days a*ro. • In the automobi.e wa?
a man who was sitting o!en. while the cnauffeur
and two other companions were temroranb
away. The machine started to back whhJUni
He did not know how to stop it and it backed
into the viaduct railing, knocking a potion ol
the railing down and stopping only after two
oMhfc wheels hang over the £& of the viaduct.
THIEVES BUSY UPTOWN.
Home of Theatre Owner Robbed-—
Dog Saves Magistrate Wahle.
Robbers who had entered the apartments of
Eugene Wilson, the owner of the Madison Square
Theatre, at No. 108 West lllth-st., la«t Tuesday ;
night, fled suddenly, leaving jewelry valued at |
$25,000 on the floor, packed ready to take away.
They took with them a Persian lamb coat and
another garment belonging to Mrs. Wilson, val- j
ued at $1,800.
The burglars gained entrance to the apart
ment by means of an iron ladder attached to
the fire escape in the rear. The superintendent
of the building some time later noticed the
ladder out of place, and also saw a ipan. evi
dently the "lookout," loitering about. He sent
an elevator boy for a patrolman, but before the
arrival of the police the "lookout" and "inside
man" had disappeared.
Burglars were active in all the upper part of
the city last week, and residents have com
the home of the magistrate, was robbed
Wednesday evening of $180. Thieves ;on Friday
right entered the home of George G^ mm t mm n ce f r - n a J-
V ; n h-t. and Melrose-ave.. and also that of D
Tounee in 156th-st., near Melrose-ave.. setting
jewelry and silverware in both places.
CHORUS GIRLS STkSTsO THERE!
They Just Won't Work Until Manager
Eecognizes "Moonshine" Dimmed.
A . a rehearsal of the chorus of the musical
comedy. -Moonshine.- at the Broadway Theatre,
Wiiliamsburg. yesterday afternoon a ll the
chorus girls refused to go on because of some
dS rencc they had had with Daniel V. Arthur
Un ion recently organized, ar.d of which Miss
VniK-Ua Martin, of the "Moonshine-company, is
T££KEJ£S he is without a chorus for to
'^ h :-s performance, but he said he would rather
SJe'th in a crippled condition than give
i to the demands of the union. He said he
would h"-3 no trouble in getting an entirely new
chorus in a couple of days.
RALPH ROSE ARRESTED WITH TRAMPS.
fßy Telegraph to The Tribune.]
<,n Francisco. Dec. 10—Ralph Rose, formerly
th l «" ar athlete of the University of Michigan. ,s
: i-nl at Modesto under a charge" of vagrancy.
e^ arrested in a freight car near there two
£U a'o in company with throe tramps sus-
into S u cars. ar-
Modesto, whore gT^JSjK took the wrong train
father's ranch. He says ne g« valle y
L^iSpiiS^S^^ south. eral
s m srw^e^^£^y a
IMPROVE GUATEMALAN BAiCROAD.
,„ .. T€ - eK rarh to The Tribune. J
.. i>c iB-Dr. K. H. P«t*rs. who re-
MOb r' ei 'f ?tvs ~o from Livingston. Guate
turned . few .Jt>« a »* of condition in the
of railroad material for
republic. G.cn. qua '- Guatemalan Northern
the reconstruct oi. <> assembled at
Railroad, says hi f ei n iterh.l is shipped" through
Porto barrios 'vo'lT^'J x^-.Crleana. and rep
th? ports £■ *e*V^n:W in improvements which
WBSB&<^^ ia one of me iarßest
TWENTY TRAINS A DAY BETWEEN NEW
York and Buffalo by the New York Central Line..
— Advt.
NEW- YORK. MONDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1905. -FOURTEEN FAQT&.-* *&££■£&***■
HERBERT JOHN GLADSTOJTB,
Horn* Secretary.
R. F. BALLANTINE KAD.
UNCLE FOLLOWS NEPIEW.
Head of Brewing Firm — EnclHas
tened by Suicide, Friends by.
Within a few hours of the tragic deat of his
yoing nephew, Robert D. Ballaniine. Rtert F.
Ballantine, president of the brewing firm>f that J
name, died at 5:15 o'clock last night at h sum- i
mer home in Madison, N. J. His Intimateriends j
believe that his death, which was notunex- j
pected, was hastened considerably by th death i
of his nephew.
Mr. Ealiantlne was one of the greatesbene
factors Madison and Newark, his wintehome,
had, and he was known throughout th State
for his philanthropy. His death was due Irectly
to pneumonia. Five weeks ago while ring in
Morristcwn, N. J.. he was thrown and rverely
injured. He made light of the injury, butrithln
a few hours the fall proved so serious tat tho
family delayed going to the winter ma in
Newark. Pleurisy set in, and after tha pneu
monia,
Mr. Ballantine was nearly seventy yens old.
and up to the time of the accident was martially
healthy and vigorous. He was a son o Peter
Ballantine, the first head of the firm, amat his
death succeeded to the presidency. W.h h's j
death the original family is wiped out. ad tic
sons and sons-in-law of the dead brother. Join
and Robert F., are In control.
The members of the firm as ?ivfn In the cor
poration book arc Charles Bradley, a sor.-in-«v
of Robert F. Ballantine, and George G Prelir?
huysen. Th© widow of John H. Ballantiift.
mother of the young man who killed hisn£f.
received his entire fortune, including his s^ck
holdings in the firm, all estimated at clos to
$5,000,000.
md two children. Mrs. Charles Bradley and Irs.
John O. H. Pitney toeing the sol«ysurvivori ot j
tha.fetßily. Mf*. Ballajntins -vas r- '"• - ' ■' — m
Brown, of Charleston, 8. C, where she and Mr.
Ballantine were married In 1857.
Mr. Ballantin* was born In Albany, January
| 3. 1836. and went to Newark when he was ft*
' years old. His home. Linden Neuk. in Wash
ington-st., Is one of the finest houses In Newark.
Shortly before the accident which resulted in
his death, the Eye and Ear Hospital, which he
founded, built and endowed for the city of
Newark, was opened. This is only one of his
numerous gifts to Newark. He recently erected
a beautiful arched gateway at Branch Brook
Park, the principal breathing spot of Newark,
and presented a modernly equipped gymnasium
to Rutgers College, of which he was a director.
Mr Ballantine was a member of the Unior
League Club, th? New-York Yacht Club and
Seawanhaka Yacht Club, of this city; the Eases
Club, of Newark; the Essex County Hunt Club
the Moiris'own Club and the Morrlstown Goll
Club In Newark he attended the North Dutch
I Reformed Church, and when at his summei
home in Madison the First Presbyterian, tc
both of which he subscribed liberally.
: Mr. Ballantine was a director in the Farmer*
! Loan and Trust Company and the Mutual Ber,
! eflt Life Insurance Company, of thi* cit> , <
! member of the Newark Sinking Fund C^mmis-
MO^T and a dire, tor of the Howards Saving:
! ilSitatton one of the biggest financial flrna^
' Newark as well as a trustee of Rulers cot
legT No arrangements had been made lafl
I night for the funeral.
FUNtRAL OF R. D. BALLANTINE.
Mrs John H. Ballantine. mother of R. D. Bal
! lantlne. who killed himself Saturday nigh.
, cached Newark from Maryland yesterday. Sh :
said that the funeral would be private and dc ;
At*** o «ay when it would take place.. Bal,
! noSnfwhiSmTgh'have induced him to com!
i mil suicide, , —
GAS WRECKS SIDEWALK
\ Brokers Butler Hunts- Leak viii
Candle— Seriously Burned.
With a roar that shook the house, terrilie,
' ♦he family and alarmed the whole block, a larg<
ouantity of gas. which probably had been ac
tSSSm S -any hours In the basement <> ;
the home of Edward C. Bodman, a grain broker
I at No 835 Madison-aye., exploded yesterday
I forenoon with such force as to tear up Un
: sidewalk and wreck the lower part of the stoop
All through the forenoon servants and mem
bers of the Bodman family had noticed a grow
ing odor of gas in the house. Carlson, the butler
I went to the sub-basement to investigate, carry
i ing a candle in his hand. He soon found when
I the gas was, for it ignited" and hurled him mt,
i the back of the cellar, with his hands and fac<
! badly burned and his hair singed to the scalr»
■ He was rendered unconscious by the shock, aac
, remained so until other servani P-,™'^
• At the wni time an even greater quantltj o.
»tothTcoal hole under the sidewalk ex
goVd. The coal hole cover was hurled in th
' air the four large flagstones maknis up _th
: tenWth of sidewalk In front of the house .^rt
! hrSwn up ana fell in fragments and grj^g
t,roken A burst of flame shot through the coa
j hole and burned itself out. j
For several hours afterward the "er%t« « on _ clr
Heating Company also was damaged.
I STOTESBURY MUM XbOUT MORGAN FIR*!
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune]
Ph'ladclpnfn Dec 10.-"Th»t is a subject whicl,
I 2uS he excused from discussing." saW Edwa«
I Sto esbury . of the firm of Drexei & Co.. of thi,
;;, hI who it was intimated, n^ht b* taken U.
N> -YorU to nil the place of Mr. Per^ns as tht
active lieutenant of J- Pl_erpo:u_jaor C
FLORIDA'S FAMOUS TRAINS. I
Bin HENRY I^-BAN'KBRMAN,
The Premier.
SIR EDWARD GREY
Fcrcign Secretary.
WIRKLESS CALLS FOR AID.
RESCUER BREAKS DOWN.
Nantiichct Lightship Aleak and
Helpless — Fireroom Flooded.
Newport. R. 1.. Dec. 10.— While the Nantucket
South Shoal relief light vessel No. 58. moored
far out in the North Atlantic, was plunging
about to-day in the severest storm so far this
season, a leak was discovered in the fireroom
compartments which let in the water so stead
ily that when wireless communications ceased
at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon the fires had been
extinguished and the vessel was helpless.
The lightship, which went on the station only
five days ago, is equipped with five watertight
compartments, and it was believed to-night by
the lighthouse officials that she would live out
the gale, which at that time was backing into
the northwest.
Every effort was made to go to her assistance
In the heavy sea. It was found that the gun
boat Hiot was the only vessel available in port
here. Just as she was about to leave this after
noon her steering gear broke down. The light
house officials in Boston then arranged to dis
patch the lighthouse tender Azalea, from New-
Bedford, and it was expected that she would
reach the lightship before morning.
Lighthouse officials here pointed out that her
compartments should be adequate to keep the
vessel afloat, even with one of them filled, for
some tune. It was also pointed out that the
shift of the wind to the northwest usually flat
tens out the sea near that station.
Lieutenant Commander Marshall, inspector of
the lighthouse district, stationed in Boston, re
ctJved & wireless dispatch from Captain Jorgen
soft at 3 o'clock this afternoon, stating that the
leak was gaining in the fireroom compartment
and tbit the vessel would have to bo towed in.
Co m vender Marshall thought this indicitted
Liat those on board n-Jd not kiven up hope or
keeping the vessel afloat until help arrived.
• The Nantucket South Shoal light vessel is an
; ;hored forty-two miles a little east of south
■ r rom Tom Nevers Head, on Nantucket Island,
, entirely out of sight of land and within a few
miles of the dull Stream. She has for many
>,-ears been the turning point of steamers bound
::o and from Liverpool and New-York. She is
i equipped with the wireless telegraph. She is
Commanded by Captain Jorgenson. of Dennis,
[Mass., and carries a crew consisting of two en
gineers and eight men, nearly all of whom are
ifrom Barnstable County, Mass.
. She also has on board threa naval wireless
"operators. They are Russel Furbanks chief
lelectrician; Charles Blankenship, first class
'electrician, and "William E. Snyder, second class
feleotrician.
1 Her first oißcer is George Acorn, of Boston;
her first engineer, Stephen Davis, of Fairhaven,
Macs., and her second engineer. John Lubby, of
Newport.
It was 9 o'clock this morning, while the storm
■was at Its height here, that the naval wireless
station at the torpedo station received a mes
sage stating that the lightship had sprung aleak
early in the day. and that although the pumps
had been kept constantly at work the water
was gaining. The water appeared to be coming
in somewhere above the fireroom plates, but the
leak could not be located definitely. Three
hours later another message was received say-
Ing that the water was still gaining, and asking
that assistance be sent as soon as possible. At
3 o'clock it was announced that the flres had |
been extinguished and that the fireroom was
flooded. The gale at the lightship had backed
in the northwest, which had eked up a heavy
rross pea. At 3:30 o'clock wit less communica
tion ceased, indicating that the dynamos had
given out.
The last message received at the naval station
svas: "Water gaining. We are helpless."
It Is believed that the lighthouse tender
Azalea, provided the sea goes down, will be ablo
to bring 1 the lightship into Hyannis late to
morrow afternoon.
The lightship is moored In 180 feet of water, j
ibout fourteen miles southwest by south from
•\sia Rip, Phelpa Bank. Nantueket Shoals, and
ibout forty miles to the southward and east
.yard of Nantucket. She shows two fixed elec
ric white lights, with a twelve-second flash and
hree-second eclipse. There are four lanterns
encircling each masthead. When the electric
ight apparatus becomes Inoperative a supple
mentary light arrangement provides that her
ights show fixed white without eclipses. They
ire less brilliant than the electric lights.
Her other signals are a 12-inch steam chime
.vhistle and a bell, to be rung by hand if the
vhistle be disabled. The whistle has a five
second blast with silent intervals of twenty-five |
seconds.
New-Bedford. Mass., Dec. 10.— United
States lighthouse tender Azalea sailed from this
x>rt at 7:30 o'clock to-night to the assistance
if the disabled relief lightship on Nantucket
South Shoals.
Orders were received from Boston by the com
aander of the Azalea late this afternoon direct
ng him to proceed to Nantucket South Shoals.
\s soon as the officers and crew of the steamer
■ovid be assembled the Azalea left port. >
«
-RICK'S ASSAILANT A CELL CONVERT.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune]
Pittsburg, Dec. 10. — Alexander Berkman, the
:u2rchist*and would-be assassin of H. C. Friek,
i-as converted to Christianity during the relig
ous services at the Allegheny County Work
louse to-day. He has still six months of his
ifteen years to serve. He proposes to live in
C?v-Yc;ri: He has studied seven languages
<inee he commenced his lons Imprisonment.
■toricman is writing a history of bis life, and one
haptev tells how he got religion.
DEWEY'S WINES FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS.
Special Assorted Casee, WOO, (5.00. $6.75.
1. T. Dewey & Sons Co.. 128 Fulton St., New York.
RICHARD BTTRDON HALDANB.
Secretary for "War.
JOHN MORI*EY.
Secretary for India.
AT MERCY OF THE STORM.
Three Men in Launch Nearly Blown
Out to Sea.
Three men in a 30-foot naphtha launch had a nar
row escape from being driven out to sea yesterday
afternoon from the Lower Bny. They were well
out oft Sandy Hook, and drivins before the gale,
their boat half filled with water, the men benumbed
and cold and the engine and rudder broken, when
they were rescued. When they reached Stapleton
last night they had been revived, and seemed none
the worse for their adventure.
The men refused their names to those who saw
them when brought to Btapleton. Sften Island.
Their launch is named the Hummer and belongs in
Communipaw. according to boatmen who claim to
'-The men started out st 10 o'clock y*Ptcr3ay morn
r ; to eru<-h cod in the Lower Bay. They were well
out toward the channel and on a line with Pert'
Amhoy when their rudder broke. They sousrtn to
rig up a substitute, and thrn. in trying to start the
engine, it went wrong and they were sinless U\\
ine to the storm the launch met no craft until sne
was off the Hook, when a Philadelphia tugboat,
bound out. sighted them. She managed to get the
men on board, and sooner than abandon the launcti
she put back with it in tow and put the men
ashore at Staplcton.
LITTLE DAMAGE IN NEW-EUGLAOT).
Ample Warning Saved Shipping Cod
Beaches Washed Away.
Boston. Dec. 10— Although the coast storm,, which
reached New-England from the south in the night,
raced With great fury to-day, especially in Rhode
Island and Southern Massachusetts! comparatively
little damage resulted.
The highest velocity of the wind reported by tho
Weather Bureau from a shore station was sixty
four niiles an hour at Nr.ntucket. At Block Iflnnd.
another breezy place, it reached fifty-two miles. In
the interior the wind was not particularly high, r.oi
was the precipitation excessive. Nantucket r»-porte.l
1.32 inches of rain, find from there going northwest
the fall of rain or snow dwindled to only a trace at
Northfield, Vt.
Shipping along the coast bad timely warning of
the approach of the storm, both by the Woather
Uur»;ui and the gradually increasing- northeaster of
i ~<ui;rd;vy. •» that nearly every craft had reached
harbor S^fonj the .-torcn h'a<J attained its greatest
severity.
There was sonic anxiety felt daring the day for
the New-Bedford" hripr ' Harry *nith. from the
Azores, which Just missed reaching -ort yesterday
and was compelled to anchor a.t the entrance of
Vineyard Sound, where it rode out the storm suc
cessfully.
Before leaving 1 the coast the storm and tide at*
away many yar^s of the beaches of Cape Cod,
which were washed by a very heavy sea and ex
tremely high tide.
DEVLIN POLICY SUIT.
Mutual Life Refuses to Pay -$30,000
to Receiver.
fßy Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Topeka, Kan.. Dec. 10. —James T. Bradley, re
ceiver of the defunct First National Bank of
this city, will bring suit against the -Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New- York in an effort to
secure the collection of a policy for $30,000
which that company held on the life of the late
Charles J. Devlin.
The company says that the policy in question
is void because semi-annual premium payments
were not kept up. The face of the policy shows
that the premium payments were to be made an
nually, but the company states that this was
changed to semi-annual payments, at the re
quest of Mr. Devlin, although no change was
made on the face of the policy. Mr. Bradley
knew nothing of the chancre, and when the tlnr?
came for the payment of the annual premium
he made a tender of the money. The company
refused to accept it- saying that the last semi
annual payment had not been made and that the
policy had lapped for this reason.
r^JCr. Dev!in left life insurance policies apgre
gratmg $700,000. which •were made over to the re
ceiver of the First National Bank for the benefit
of his creditors.
BRINGS 36,000 SINGERS.
Patricia's Steerage Made Happy by
Feathered I m migrants.
Trilling sweet melodies of their different lands,
some 30,000 bird.?, mostly songsters, kept the j
steerage passengers of the Hamburg liner Pa- j
tricia happy from the first day after It left i
Dover until it reached port yesterday. There |
were two hundred Russian Jews in the steerage, j
fleeing from the ill fated empire, and the little i
songsters did much to keep thorn happy and i
hopeful during the voyage. The lot is coil- }
signed to a big wholesale dealer for the holidays j
and comprises 10.000 canaries brought from |
Australia, the South Sea and some from Eng- '
land. Of this group nearly all are songsters.
From the time they were crated until the i
steamer had left Dover not a note came from \
the little throats of the ct'J.OOO. The steerage :
officer took several of the children into his cor.- i
fidence and told them about the little songsters. 1
They were finally permitted to sec them and .
tried every childi3h ruse to main them sin^. '
But the entire lot seemed to be disconsolate.
They hid their pretty heads in rheir throats and !
refused to be comforted.
Toward noon of the second day after ti^e j
Patricia had left Dover she struck a terrific j
gale and had to lay to for several hours. When
the storm was at its height the entire lot broke :
cut in Bong, and from that moment until within
a few hours before the Patricia reached the bar
there was music of the sweetest variety in the
steerage. Some of the birds trilled all day lon^;
others broke out In the middle of the night, and
It seemed as if their iittle throats must burst.
None of the steerage passengtrs enjoyed !
tha songsters moie than th« Russian Jews.
Several Austrian families also took great delight
in the singing. There were three thrushes In 1
the lot. and all threa sang at once one after- 1
noon. . "',
"I never did hear such melodious music com- !
ing from a bird as welled up from the throat* <
of the thrushes." the steerage officer said. "And
you can say there was never so happy a lot
of Immigrants."
PRICE THREE CENTS,
HERBERT HENRY ASQVTTH.
CluuiceUor of the Exchequer.
FINAL STRUGGLE NEARER
BLOODSHED IN CAPITAL.
Russian Popular Leader Arrested —
General Strike Imminent.
The arrest of one of the leaders of the
workmen at St. Petersburg and a sharp
fight between strikers and police added
two elements of danger to the situation
in Russia. There are signs that Count
Witte is losing his hold upon the classes
which stand for good order. His retire
ment, it is believed, would be the signal
for open war between the reactionary
and revolutionary faction?.
A rumor is current at Warsaw that tha
garrison of the cifade! has mutinied. Sol
diers headed a revolutionary procession,
and their comrades refused to obey order*
to fire on them.
FIGHT AT 10ST0FFICE.
Strikers Kill Two Men — Count
Wittc Losing Power.
St. Petersburg, Saturday evening. Dec 9. — An
other crisis is at hand, involving the indefinite
prolongation of the strike, the probable imme
diate precipitation of a general strike through
out Russia and a possible final struggle between
the government and the proletariat.
This sudden change for the worse is the result
of the shedding of the first blood in the tele
graph strike this afternoon, almost sirnu-iai:
eously with the action of SI. Durnovo, Minister
of the Interior, in throwing down the gauntlet to
the labor organizations by arresting, without
warning. If. Krustaleff. president of the execu
tive committee of the Workmen's Council.
About 2 o'clock f^veral companies of Cossacks
clattered through the streets leading to the
headquarters of the council, in Targovia-st.
Having barred the approaches, a force of troops
and police surrounded the building, and secret
service men rushed in and seized KrustaieX
The latter made no resistance, and the affair
was conducted quickly. It was Impossible for
KrustalefT to conceal the papers of the organiza
tion, in which the police evidently expect to find
evidence proving the ultimate object to be an
a?med uprising against the government.
A disturbance, In which two strike breaker*
were killed and a policeman and several other*
wounded, occurred at the same hour tamed!
ately in front of the General Postofßcs. Tfca
strikers for two days have been seeking to pet
suade the volunteer and regular carriers to re
fuse to work. At the door of the buildtns to
day the strikers, enraged by the refusal of the
volunteers to quit, drew knives, whereupon a
carrier attempted to defend himself with a re
volver. Both the carrier and a companion were
stabbed, and fell dead on the spot.
A squad of policemen was held off by the
strikers and workmen who sympathized with
them. Both sides exchanged a fierce fusillade, in
which a policeman and several workmen w*r«
wounded.
As tr,9 strikers were withdrawing a Cossai A
patrol came galloping to the rescue. One of tr*
strikers turned and threw an imitation bomb,
and the Cossacks wheeled in order to avoid
what they presumed to be a deadly missile. The
crowd managed to get Into an open court-way
close to the door, and to escape.
The nev.a of the arrest of Krustaleff created
an immense sensation among the workmen. ATI
the socialist, labor and kindred organization*
are holding a meeting to-nisfhi, at which most
inflammatory speeches are being made in de
nunciation of the government, and all are talk
ing o? a general strike In order to save lh» '
leader.
Krustaleff. as he Is called, though that
his right name, is regarded as t; of lfc«
revolutionary movement. He has dial
genius in organizing both the industrial a
litical striker, which have terrorized tho g<
ment. Hi.: oflEer of financial support t>
niphers yesterday prevented ::. ceOa]
strike.
In addition to Krustaleff. thret otL'
of th.: Workmen's Council were
A strike has begun on the following r .
lines: Kursk. Moscow and B4b*StOpoL Rigti ar.l
Erloff. Kharkoff and Nicolaleff. Southw.
Southeastern, Samara and Zlatoust and .
and Vias*.nisk.
In some ciuarters it Is believed that the go\ •
eminent, realizing that a great struggk
the workman and the socialist organizations hi
OVER NIGHT TO CHICAGO.
PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL.
The eighteen-hour train. Leaves New York S3i
p. m.. arrives Chicago $35 a. m.: leaves Chicago
2:45 p. m.. arrives -New York 9:13 a. m.. via Penn
sylvania Railroad.— (Advt
