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PRICE TWO CENTS. TUESDAY ^E MARCH 17, 1903. THE SHAMROCK IS LAUNCHED Kew Challenger Has a Very Short * Kn With Body Typical of the British Cutter. Daring and Novel Features in the Design Which Cannot Be Gaged. If She Will Trim, Steer and Carry Her Canvas She May Prove "A Bad 'Un." Glasgow, March 17The Shamrock in. "Was launched at 1:15 to-day. Large crowds gathered at the Denney's yard at Dumbarton in spite of the drench ing rain, which, however, ceased before the arrival ,'qf the special visitors' train. Sir Thomas Lipton escorted Lady Shatesbury to the christening dias. Among others on the platform were the Karl and Countess of Mar and Kellie, Lord Overtoun. Lord Provost of Glasgow Charles Russell. Reginald Ward. William Fife and Captains Fringe and Bevis. At 1:15 p. m. Lady Shaftesbury broke the bottle, saying: ^ $ I christen you Shamrock. May God bless you and may you bring back the cup. g Then, amid loud cheers the Shamrock HI. slid easily Into the water. After more cheering the visitors proceeded to luncheon. An examination of Shamrock III. as the yacht was revealed in the launching shed, confirmed the previous dispatches of the Associated Press on the subject and showed, that Fife had struck out boldly on entirely novel lines, instead of trying to think or improve on either of the previ ous Lipton challengers. Like her prede cessors, however, the Shamrock III. is built, close up to the 20-foot water line limit. Her length over all is 140 feet. The most striking feature of the chal lenger is her extremely short fin. It is Just 20 feet long. Her draught is 19 feet and the fin is almost level along the bot tom. The lead in the hull is drawn well down to the tin. suggesting the deep body typical of the British cutter, rather than the extreme flat floored type, adapted from the American center board yachts used in all the recent'challenges. American wheel steering for the first times replaces the British tiller and the lesson learned with the Shamrock H, through her pounding in head sees hap led to a longer and finer drawn bow. giving the challenger the appearance of being about capable of negotiating comfortably any moderate sea. With lesser draft and not so flat floored as the previous Shamrock, the challenger will not have so much stability, so Fife has either gone in for a light weather boat or has cut down her sail area. $ i ~-- There are darirlg, hovel features in the design, the effect of which can not be accurately gaged except by actual trial. They suggest the possi bility of difficulty in getting the-new ' boat to trim, steer and cany her canvas. If, however, she accom plishes these'objects well she will prove to be by far the most formid able challenger ever sent out. *- The under body of the Shamrock III. Is painted with a white anti-fouling com position. Her top sides are white and she has broad bands of green along the .water line and rail. Her hull, frames and plates are all of nickel steel, specially made. The deck is of aluminum plates, covered with wood fibre, which gives a safe foothold. The workmanship is superb in every detail, and no dent, rivet or joint is visi ble under the polish of her paint. Sir Thomas !s Hopeful After the launching Sir Thomas Lip ton said.to a correspondent of the Asso ciated Press: "My third and perhaps my last attempt at lifting the America's cup will be the most serious and. I think, the most hope ful of my efforts. The Reliance may beat us, but it wilf not be because I have not got the best boat British brains and workmen can produce. "If the cup stays in America it wilt stay there because of the extraordinary genius of the American yacht builder. If he can produce a still further improve ment in his art, I shall begin to think he Is a bit more than human. There is no question but that "the best boat wins in the international races. I believe the Shamrock III will come near filling that bill. To my mind she is a marvel in which Fife and Watson have outdone themselves. With good trial races and no accidents her arrival in New York should mark the coming of the most for midable challenger ever sent over. I scarcely need add that much as I long to win and expect to win, a third defeat will only increase my admiration for a people who can beat us at a game that was once our own." "However," added Sir Thomas, laugh ing, "a third defeat Is, of course, quite out of the question." Sir Thomas divided 2,000 bunches of shamrocks in honor of St. Patrick and the new boat and voiced the general sen timent of hopefulness by saying: "With just a little slice of luck the bat tered old mug will And a resting place on this side of the water." H0SSEY TRIES VOODOO - The Old Negro ^Charged With Mur der Relapses Into Barbarism. "-"- - Philadelphia, March 17.Night and day In his cell in the central, station, George Hossey, the old negro who is charged with running a murder mill and at whose doors the police expect to lay thirty deaths, invokes the aid of voodoo. Under the influence- of fright and con finement, the negro has relapsed into a condition as barbarous as though he were in the jungles of Africa. Yesterday he called a court turnkey to his cell and ' said: "For God's sake, get me three hairs outen that Mister Shoyer's head. I'll give you $5 a hair." "What do you want it for?" asked the turnkey. " * "I can get out of here if I can get 'em,'.' said Hossey. "I'll give you 510 apiece for , them." His request was refused, and then the Tv old man begged frantically for some par- , ings of Shoyer's finger nails. Shoyer, . who is acting district attorney, and who . " is pushing the case against Hossey, is -', entirely* bald. When the voodoo doctor j learned this he relapsed into despair. A search of his cell was made on Sun^ ,.* day. In one corner it was found that he \ had arranged the salt served with his - V, meals in a circle, and in the center was f\ a heap of herbs, which he had in some way hidden when he was searched. He & j became frantic when these were removed, *i and all that day he refused to eat.'Vi~^LJ TOWN FIGHTS B. & 0. RAILROAD Road Tries to Lay Tracks on Street and Fire Department Is Called Out. The Mayor, Who Is Attorney for the Road, Is Suspended and Impeached. Parkersburg. W. Va,, March' 17.The Baltimore & Ohio railway, claiming the right under an ordinance adopted in 1852, brought a force of men into town before daylight this morning and began to lay a track for five blocks over one of the principal streets of the city. The police had been notified of their coming and had been, instructed to call oitt the Are de partment if an attempt was made to lay a track. The department responded and poured such a stream of water on the men that they had to abandon the street. S | A clash occurred between the | j mayor, who is attorney for the Baltl- | I more & Ohio, and the city council. | $ * The mayor had directed the police and fire departments not to Interfere with the building of the track but the council countermanded his orders and the de partments stood with the council and the citizens. Following the excitement of the early morning the city council held a special meeting at 10 o'clock at which impeach ment proceedings were begun against Mayor J. W. "Vandervoort. He was sus pended from office and injunction pro ceedings were begun in the circuit court. Calls have been issued for men to pro tect the street from any further interfer ence and hundreds are responding. Q THE BIG RIYER'S "TEAR" Breaks in Levees Are Likely to Pre vent a Forty-Foot Stage at Memphis. Washington, March "17.The river sit uation in the Memphis district has become critical. The stage this morning is 39.4 a rise of 0.5 foot since Monday morning and 1.1 feet above the high-water stage of 1898. Unofficial reports of the break ing of levees north of Memphis have been received. These breaks, if extensive, will doubtless modify the conditions somewhat and the maximum will be under 40 feet. Below Helena the situation is unchanged. The stage at Vicksburg is 49 feeta rise of 0.2 footwhile at New Orleans the river is stationary at 19.2 feet. The Lou isiana tributaries continue to rise, the Shreveport gauge recording 31.9 feet this morning. The Ohio is falling except at Cairo, where the decline will probably be gin to-day, , ST. FtfAttCIS LBVEE "BROKEN I Torrent Pours Into Arkansas* With - Loud Roar. Mempms, March 17.St. Francis levee at Trice's Landing, .two miles north of Holly Bush, Ark., broke. Taat night and the water is flowing over" the embankment in a torrent three-quarters of a mile wide and with a roar that can-be heard for miles. Reports from Natchez also tell of a gap two- miles wide being cut in the fifteen foot embankment of the Texas Pacific road at Bougere, thirty miles below Vidalia, Miss. This.gap was followed by, a. break in the lower Bougere, which lapped the railroad. embankment on the south, but little damage will result to small truck farmers. The St. Francis is the first break that has occurred in the vicinity, of Memphis, but the fact that the water is still rising at a rapid rate and that three other points on the Arkansas levee north of Mem phis are in a precarious condition leads to the fear of several other serious cre vasses. At Pecan Point, Fogelman's Landing and St. Thomas, the flood is abreast of the crown of the levees and hundreds of men were working by lantern light last night. The engineer of the levee board claim that the damage from the break at Trice's will not be as severe as would have been the case had the crevasses oc curred at any other point on the embank ment. From this point a draw leads into the St. Francis river, through several bayous and lakes, and this will hold the water together to a great extent and prevent it spreading out and wrecking de struction over a large area. But even un der this favorable condition there will be considerable damage in Crittenden county, Arkansas, from the break. La Crosse's Spring Freshet. - La Crosse, Wis. March 17.The Missis sippi river has risen a foot at this point during the past twenty-four hours. 'Rains of the last few days have put all tribu taries in this vicinity on their regular spring rampage. Many small bridges have been washed out and lowlands are flooded. Some farms are under water. INJUNCTION ARGUMENT The Wabash Case Begins in the U. S. District Court at St. Louis. St. Lduis, March 17.Argument's were begun to-day in the United States dis trict court before Judge Elmer B. Adams, upon the motion of the defendants to dis solve the temporary injunction issued two weeks ago by Judge Adams restraining the officials of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen and the. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen from ordering a strike of the members of those organiza tions employed by the Wabash railroad. All of the prominent officials of both la bor organizations were present at the opening of court and both sides to the controversy were represented by a strong array of legal counsel. The proceedings opened by the reading by E. J. Pinney of Cleveland, attorney for the brotherhoods, of a number of affida vits filed by officials of the labor organi sations in. rebuttal of affidavits filed last Saturday by the attorneys of'the Wabash system. These affidavits were made by J. H. Morrissey, grand master of the trainmen J. J. Hanahan, grand master of the fire men, and nine others, all being, either officials -or affiliated with the two labor organizations. They all stated in effect that no persuasion or argument had been used to Induce the mm to strike, but that on the contrary, every man had ex pressed his desire by a vote which he cast independently and without dictation from any source. It was also declared that no force or coercion was contemplated in bringing about a strike of the Wabash employes. Several of the affidavits were of great length and - their reading con sumed much time.' : $ - This photograph taken on the Burlington train ,.wht!Jh bffliraht the prisoner back to Minneapolis this, morning, shows the former: mayor, his little daughter and Sheriff Doane of Nashua, N. H. Since leaving Louisville, Dr. Ames had stead- fastly refused to be photographed, but when the Journal photographer climbed aboard the Burlington train at Prescott, Wis., this morning and later requested the doctor to" sit for-a flashlight in his- special compartment,- he made no objection, and the accompanying half tone Is the result. TO WED JONEL BRATIANO A Rumor That Miss Astor Will Take the Rumanian Foreign Minister. Vienna. March 17.A dispatch from Bu charest, Rumania, published in Die Zelt ung says: Miss Astor, daughter of William Waldorf Astor is engaged to marry Jonel Bratiano, the Rumanian foreign minister. Miss Astor Is now visiting the Rumanian crown prince's family. She spent a con siderable part of the winter at Bucharest. Bratiano has a fascinating personality. He is,not wealthy He is.a son of the late Jean Bratiano, the distinguished statesman whose monument wil shortly be unveiled at Bucharest. London, March 17.Mr. Astor is not in town and nobody connected With him can confirm the reported engagement of Miss Astor to Jonel Bratiano, the Rumanian foreign minister.! Pie Zeitung of Vienna is not considered to be a newspaper of very high authority. MR. SPOONER'S SCOOPS How He Kept a Lot of Good News Concealed Until His Biogra phy Came Out. New York Sun Special Service. Special-to The Journal, Washington, March 17.It is not often that the congressional directory contains real live news, but the "official" edition for the extraordinary session, just issued does. In the autobiography of Senator Spooner it is stated that he was offered by President McKinley a position in the cabinet of the latter as. secretary- of the interior upon the retirement of: Cornelius Li. Bliss but declined it that President McKinley also tendered him membership on the United States and British joint high commission which he also declined, and that on Jan. 3, 1901, he also, tendered him" the office of atorney-general.of the United States which was likewise declined. The autobiography also states that Mr. Spoon er was re-elected senator notwithstanding his announcement to the republicans of Wisconsin of his unalterable purpose not to be a candidate and that he received the votes o^ every republican member of the legislature. Latest Photpglap!pf DrfAf A. Ames. , By- T M Jj$urnal?Sl*&C Photographer. "- '' ' ' -"' *il'*5" ' A NEW DHICTOR mm CENSU S S. N. D. North, Chief Statistician of Manufactures, Named to Succeed Merriam. , , Washington, "March 17.The president has tendered the-position of director of the census to S. N* D. Ndffh, formerly chief statistician eft roanufactures of the census bureau, to succeed Director Merriam, re signed. Mr." North ,has*- accepted and will enter upon his duties some time in May. Mr. N6rth is a native * New York but a resident of Massachusetts. -^ - ANYTHING WITH A TITLE Who Was the '"Rich./^American Lady1'. ?'!1. froii iftqtelftfet! id" London, March 17.Sir '"William Mac Gregor who was made a pauper by the death of his brother, Cononel Charles E. MacGrcgor, who had allowed him a pen sion, was some time ago incapacitated by locomotor ataxia and a few months since was admitted to the West,ham work iiouse. Now,-according to the Dally Express, he has been suddenly translated from pauper ism to Wfw Married ^Title- wealte h weeks1 ago h wa visited the:workhouse by a ydung and fashionably dressed wo man from the West End whose interest irr liim-is supposed to have been aroused by paragraphs in the newspapers recording the fate of a,man whose genealogy fits a large space in publications devoted to titled persons. The visitor had a long private conversation with the baronet, who, after her departure told the inmates of the workhouse that he was going to say good by to the place and marry a rich Ameri can lady. ' He afterwards left the workihouse, well supplied with money and drove in a han som to a "West End. mansion. The Ex press story ends here, and the woman's identity is not revealed. ir.aT.aL-" TALKING TIME IS PAST - . 'Ste&tyivfiS'* ^^M There's a. Time to #alk and a Time to Dig, . 2 insromanticatmanner. ENOUGH RAILS IN SIGHT The Mills Are Slowly Catching Up With the Consumptive Demand. Special to The Journal. New York, March 17.Owing to the completion of several additions to the va rious steel rail mills operated by the United Sta tes Steel corporation, the pro duction of rails for February was the lar gest in the history of: that corporation. The capacity of the trust mills in connec tion with the new mills of independent concerns is catching up rapidly to the consumptive demand of the American rail ways and will i prevent extensive imports of rails from Europe. Various subsid iary companies have unfilled orders now remaining in their books, of upward of 6,000,000 tons of steel finishing. The plant has been unable to obtain adequate sup plies of steel, but the addition of new furnaces at Sharon and Sonora will pro vide this, enabling them to catch up with the delayed business soon. GOYERNOR "BOB" UPHELD Assemh A few Pass a Bill Over La toi lette's Veto. Special to The Journal. Madison, Wis., March 17.The assem bly to-day refused unanimously to pass over the governor's veto the bill regulat ing the importation of western horses, disapproved because of the loose manner in which it was drawn. The bill providing for taxes on inherit ances, passed by the senate was advanced to the third reading in the assembly. A bill increasing - the license fees of telephone companies from 3 to 4 per cent for companies earning $100,000 or more, and from 2 ^ to 3 per cent for companies earning less, was introduced by the as sembly committee on state affairs. The Lang anti-trust bill, aimed at the druggists' combine, passed the assembly after an ineffectual effort to re-refer, to the committee. A joint hearing is being held this after noon on the freight rate bill before the railroad committees of both houses. Many prominent railway men are present in op position to the bill. - ) .fies Unanimoi3Bly\ t4 m#* # q ,t~ -.-f jt c .*** ^ AMES ' JQIMSi@! INSANIT Y PLEA W. W Erwin Indicates what Former t Mayor's Defense Will Be. The One Time Mayor and Popular Idol Is Brought Back From the East/J . as aPrisonerHe Shows No Sign of Having Suffered From the _ TripA Curious Crowd Sees His Arrival, but Makes No Demon- f|| .. strationIt Is Reported That a $50,000 Bail Fund Is Being Held in ReadinessThe Court May Not Approve Plan to Confine Him r in the City HospitalWill Be Arraigned To-morrow. ' " . Dr. A. A. Ames returned to Minneapolis this morning to stand trial. Accompanied by his wife and daughter and Sheriffs Doane and Dreger, he was driven Immediately to the Hotel Nicollet, where he will be quartered pend- ing orders from the court. His attorneys, Frank M. Nye and Henry S. Mead, with Sheriff Dreger, ap- peared before Judge C. M. Pond and asked that the arraignment be postponed until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning on account of the prisoner's health. The request was granted. S Paresis and hereditary insanity will be Dr. A. A. Ames' defense. This on the authority of W. W.. Erwin, one of the counsel for the defense, who admitted as much to-a Journal representative in Chi cago yesterday. Mr. Erwin remained in Chicago until yesterday noon in the hope of seeing his client, failing which he re sumed his journey to Miami, Fla., where he expects to make his residence. \ There was some doubt, Mr. Erwin said, as to whether he would take an active in terest in the case hereafter, but that if his services were needed he would return to Minneapolis and assist in the defense. Mr. Erwin said he had no doubt but that Dr. Ames' mind had been failing for several years and that while ap parently rational on some subjects he had certainly been insane on others. He is convinced that the doctor is now a paretic. An "Ancestral Lesion " "In my long years of practice as a criminal specialist," said the .man whose persuasive eloquence is popularly supposed SHERIFF J. W. DREGER, Whose long chase after Doctor Ames was brought to a successful lose yesterdayPhoto by The Journal Staff Photographer. to have saved many a man from the rope, "I have had occasion to go very deeply into. psychology and all mental phenom ena, and I am convinced from the extent of my researches that I have diagnosed Dr. Ames' case correctly. He is afflicted with what I.would call an ancestral lesion. That his mind is so affected is borne out to the letter by the whole bearing of the man in his official acts as mayor and in the general manner.in which he conducted himself. He was -always queer and there was an entire lack of motive in his con duct as a whole while mayor of Minne apolis which cannot but lend color.to this belief. He lacked powers of co-ordina- tion."'' Mr. Erwin went' on' to explain in his original way ,:that nature had a habit of ' 'barricading'' herself against, the constant appearance.of insanity-in a steady line of succfession, which would explain "why it had skipped Dr. Ames' father and ap peared in the son. Nature had enforced the "barricade" with the parent, but-had left'the son unprotected, and'in his later life his generally irrational conduct and his quest of office under circumstances which could not have appealed to any. sane man, was proof enough that he was not in a normal mental condition. In undertaking to prove insanity, Mr. Erwin said that-the fact would be strong ly brought- out that one of Dr. Ames* brotheira is now in the insane asylum at Anoka. ",'\i.'.,- From all this it is apparent, - and Mr. Erwin intimated as much, that a thousand and one details of the doctor's public and private life which would tend to bear out the theory ofinsanity will be brought into court and fully.elucidated. Mr. Erwin incidentally ventured the prediction that Ames would never come to trial here. . THE PRISONER ARRIVES A Quiet, Curious Crowd Meets Him rthe Station . Dr. A. A. .Ames, successively mayor, fugitive and prisoner, is now in custody in Minneapolis and within' the "jurisdiction of the.Hennepin district court. He returned this morning in care of two sheriffs. His assumption of confidence and,his assertions of inno cence have increased in vehemence as '-he has neared the city with whose shame his name, "has! been so intimately connected. In his mind's eye he Is-still as much'the "man of the people" as he ever was. The truth of this belief will be established by the events of the next few days, for there will be abundant, opportunity for influen tial friends, if such there be. to signify their faith-Jacts it was reported this 16 PAQES-I'IVE O'CLOCK. AMES CASE DEVELOPMENTS. .. $, morning that a bail fund of $50,000 had been raised, but this report is not re garded as well founded. - There is some question as to whether the court-will agree to the arrangement to have the former mayor confined at the ' city hospital. He is now- tinder surveil lance at the Hotel Nieollet. : The Home Coming. " The home-coming of Dr. Ames from New Hampshire was witnessed by a large crowd at the union station this morning The Burlington train which brought him from Chicago was an hour late, but the people who had assembled on schedule ~ time to see the former mayor waited pa tiently until the train pulled in. There was no demonstration at the sta tion. Sheriff Doane, of Nashua, was the first of the Ames party to alight. He lifted the doctor's little daughter from the train. Sheriff J. W. Dreger of Hen- -$ nepin county, and Henry S. Mead, the " prisoner's attorney, stepped out. Then "" Dr. Ames' form came into view. Thers J! was a great raning of necks as the tall, - neatly attired man leaning heavily on a cane stepped laboriously to,the platform, with Sheriff Dreger and Mrs. Ames clasp ing either arm. The closely cropped gray beard did not disfigure the well remembered I features and he was at once the center J of curious regard. The crowd surged In so closely about the party that it was with difficulty that they could make their. vri way to the elevator 'on their.-.way to th ground floor. The doctor's presence was fully asfr-com- ' mandlng of .yoje: He jaiaintain^i a and reverend-afemeanor-as he moved ijr, and feebly, toward the .exit. The digni- $0$ fled and_suaVe manner which had been his *' ' disttaguifched characteristics in his palmy 4 days -were not wanting. He swept the crowd with his gaze and nodded repeatedly to familiar faces in the throng. The party stepped into a carriage at the entrance of the station and were whirled rapidly away to the Hotel Nicollet, where, after being assigned to quiet parlors, they took break fast. at Doesn't Look the Invalid. The people who greeted the fugitive mayor on his return were surprised to see him- "looking sd well." The fact that his appearance was much better than reports from New Hampshire would indicate, was the subject of much comment. Everyone had expected to see a greatly emaciated! man of bent frame and long, flowing beard. Instead, they discovered that his personal appearance, save far his greatly enervated condition, had not suffered any striking change since he was last seen In Minne apolis. While he much thinner than formerly* weighing at least fifty pounds less, that fact is not apparent in the. lines of his face, nor is one impressed with any, marked wasting away of his body. The doctor wore a trim black suit and a black Fedora hat. After breakfast at the Nicollet, Dr. and Mrs. Ames were left in room 146 while Sheriff Dreger went to court to prepare for the arraignment. In the meantime several friends of the prisoner were ad mitted to see him, among the Captain Dudley who served In the municipal court police detail under Ames* appointment. Old Favorites Call. At the hotel this morning Dr. Ames received several visitors, among whom were Dr. E. J. Clark, Captain E. W. Dud ley, V. P. Roberts, his attorneys, Henry S. Meade and Frank M. Nye, and.others. Several other people sought admission to the room, but owing to Dr. Ames' physi cal condition, they were denied. GLAD TO GET BACK The Prisoner Stood the Trip Better Than He Expected. On the way to Minneapolis from Chi cago last evening Dr. Ames talked freely about his troubles with all his old-time as surance and the manner of a grievously injured man. He was convinced that there could be but one outcome to his case, that his exoneration was bound to follow. The humorous side of his trip east which is commonly supposed to have been a flight from justice appealed to the doctor and he frequently punctuated hia remarks with laughter. He said the talk did him good, explaining that due to that or some other cause the pain in his side, which had not deserted him in months had finally ceased. "I am standing the trip muph better than expected," he explained, "although this constant jolting has a tendency to aggravate my trouble. All of the doc tors who examined me in New Hampshire agreed that I was taking my life in my hands in returning to Minneapolis. They predicted that the trial would have a fatal ending, and perhaps it will, but that's all in a lifetime,^you know. Anyway, I'm glad to be getting back to Minneapolis and have an end to this persecution as well as prosecution. . "If I'm the head and center of tho 'swag,' as my enemies say, Til give any one 90 per cent of the plunder who will show me where I can dig it up. I need the money. * Says He Wasn't a Fugitive:'if- . "I have never been a fugitive from jus tice at any time since I left Minneapolis. When I left Louisville I hadn't the slight est idea that Sheriff Dreger or any other Minneapolis authorities were looking for me. Any one in Louisville who knew me -^-and I made a few acquaintances there knew when I was leaving thfe city. Thero was no attempt to conceal my departure. The funds in .the Ames exchequer wero running pretty low about that time and it became necessary for us to seek a new base of supplies. I left Louisville ahead of Mrs. Ames because, like a lame soldier in the battle, I had to get an early start for the rear. . , "It was not until I had been In Bostoa 'MM- li ./ -*- --# i - & : s- grav-^!3slow-^" ds