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VOL. XXXIII, NO. 86.
MASKED
BALL FOR
MANIACS
Insane Ones Indulge
Hallucinations
Six Hundred Lunatics in
V/ Crazy Dance
■*TV V.i ■•':..
Sights Amusing but Pathetio at an
* Asylum of Western Pennsylvania.
Patients Most Pleased With
Grand March
Bp«ctal to The Herald.
PITTSBTJItG, Pa., Dec. 26.—Mana
gers of the Dlmont asylum for the in
sane of Western Pennsylvania tonight
permitted the Inmates to indulge In a
masquerade ball, each ward being al
lowed to dress his or her imaginary
part. Six hundred inmates Joined In
the amusing but Intensely pathetic
dance.
The^nutilc was especially slow, as It
has been discovered that fast music Ir
ritates ' tho Innane. One woman, who
Imagines she Is the queen of England,
■was given a paper crown and a Velour
robe, and she swept majestically
through the hall, accepting the Imagi
nary homage of Imaginary subjects.
Another woman ■ who murdered her
mother, father and brother. Imagines
she is Liady Macbeth. She lowered her
dignity sufficiently to dance a two-step
With the hospital doctor.
Elaborate preparations had been
made for the e-ent and it probably
brought out the most unique array of
towns even seen. The patients seemed
to enjoy the dance but the grand
march pleased them most of all. A
limited number of spectators were de
pressed by the strange vagaries of the
mad people on the floor, all of which
were gratified to the full by attendants.
MRS. FITZ STILL MISSING
Name of Playwright Well Known In
| West Connected With Hers
Special to The Herald
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.— Christmas
day passed without any new light be
ing shed on what has become a recog
nized mystery of uptown sporting and
theatrical circles, .the whereabouts tt
Mrs : Bob Fi tzsi raraou a. .. .The. story, that
she might be aboard'' a liner bound for
Europe was eagerly~debated.--Anothar
Btory which went the rounds of cafes of
this section and late at night had not
been effectively contradicted, as. sev
eral others had to do with a young
pugilist who recently lost a battle in
the 'west but who Is nevertheless gen
erally known as one of the wealthiest
men In the business. This 'man is saij
to j have disappeared from his usual
haunts about the same time Mrs. Fltz-
Blmmons did. He is said to have been
a friend of Miss Giftord and later of
Mrs. Fltzslmmons.
PRAISE FROM ROOSEVELT
(George Poell, County Clerk In Ne.
. - braska, Receives Medal for
Bravery
By Associated Press.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec. 26.—
George Poell, county clerk-elect of this
county, ■ today received a letter from
President Roosevelt informing him that
his first medal, of honor given under
the net of congress approved Feb. 23,
l!'or>, had beori awarded to him for con
spicuous bravery in saving the life of
a child at' the risk of his own, and ex
pressing warm commendation for the
deed.
•..Mr. Poell, who was a locomotive fire
man, ran alongside his engine to the
pilot and snatched a little child from
the track, saving it from harm, but
himself fell under the engine, losing a
leg and being otherwise badly Injured.
BULLETS FLY IN PADUCAH
Negro Flagman Becomes Enraged
and Fights Crowd Until
Killed
By ' Associated press.
PADUCAH," Ky., Dec. 23.— 1n a bat
tle with John Tlce. a one-legged negro
flagnian, on the Illinois Central, who
had barricaded hla tower at Eleventh
and [ /Broadway streets, , Patrolman
James Clark was shot twice In tht
hip 'and Tlce was riddled by bullets
from rillea and pistols llred by scores
of people from the surrounding streets
and roofs.
The negro became,. enraged at some
ono, throwing bricks at his tower and
began firing from the tower at people
on. the streets below. When the police
attempted to arrest him he fired on
them until he was killed.
WALSH ROAD STOPS WORK
Construction Work Interrupted on
, Indianapolis Division of South.
V i ..,'■• em' Indiana Line
By Associated Press.
. INDIANAPOI4S. Ind., Dec. 26.— 1n
compliance wltn orders from headquar
ters atr. Chicago, construction on the
Indianapolis division of the Southern
Indian* railroad, one of John a.
Walsh's , enterprises, has been sus
pended, and over 600 men are without
employment.
Simultaneously with the suspension
of. work o^| the Indianapolis division
extra men were rushed to the Chicago
divlston, where the construction of the
line from . Terre Haute to Chicago
Heights. It Is reported, will be rushed
to completion. . . •
ihsEL" Chinese Make Demands
By AFiortated Preus
..LONDON, Dec. 26.— The correspond*
eiit of the Morning Post at Shanghai
says that the Chinese foreign oflice has
Instructed the Chinese minister at
London to negotiate with the British
government regarding the mixed court
dispute, to demand the dismissal of the
J3rltlsh assessor and to Insist on the
punishment of the police concerned In
the recent outbreak.
Los Angeles Herald.
PRICE I On "k? T MZ:X M I 65 CENTS
MANGLED BY ENGINE WHEELS
.Mexican Meets Horrible Death on
Turntable at San Ber.
nardlno
Speolal to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, Dee. 25.— Angel
Mornles, a young Mexican employed
by the Santa Fe In the round hounp,
met a horrible death today by being
run over by nn engine on the turn
table. Both legs and an arm wero cut
off.
Morales was clmblng up on the rear
of the tender, but slipped and fell
between the rails. Had he lain still
he would have escaped Injury, but In
attempting to Jump from the trnck
ho wns caught by the wheels.- The en
gineer stopped while the wheels were
on Morales. Morales was placed aboard
a train for the honpltal In Los Angeles,
but died coon after the train left the
city. Morales a few wseks ago lost
hla home by fire, also several hundred
dollars in savings he had laid away.
His death now leaves his aged mother
destitute.
NEW YORK FIRE CAUSES
PANIC IN TENEMENTS
MANY BABIEB AND CHRISTMAS
TREES CARRIED OUT
Big Factory Building Destroyed With
Loss of $100,000, but Apartment
Houses Are Saved— No Lives
Are Lost
By Asnocl-.tcd Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.— Hundreds of
tenement babies and their toy-laden
Christmas trees wero carried into the
street before daylight today during a
fire which threatened to- obliterate sev
eral blocks of the city In the vicinity
of Fifty-eighth street and Eleventh
avenue. A six-story factory building at
534 and 538 West Fifty-eighth street
wan completely destroyed with a loss
of $100,000.
. With tenement houses on three sides
and with the gas tanks of the Consoli
dated Gas company within . reach of
showers of sparks, the water pressure
partially failed when the fire was hot
test. Fire engines were hastily coupled
together, pumping in pairs, and this
device, . together i with the • bold work
of the firemen, who advanced almost
into the zone of the flames in order to
play on the flre with their weak
streams, finally saved the hundreds of
surrounding homes. ITTOJBTiaW
The flre was first discovered when
flames burst from the third story win
dow and belched completely across
Fifty-eighth street with a roar like a
discharging cannon. When the flre de
partment arrived and tried to put up
its compressed air extension ladders
to the sixth floor, the ladders refused
to ' extend. This delayed the firemen
several minutes. Half an hour after
the fire started, although .It was still
long before daylight, the - rooms .of
Roosevelt hospital, . some , distance
away, were lighted as If by daylight.
There. . waa-great alarm amnng .boili
patients and their attendants.'
Such crowds rushed out of the tene
ment houses near the flre that the po
lice from several stations were called
out to handle them. At. the height of
the fire thousands of spectators mo
mentarily forgot the burning building
in watching a struggle in. the upper
window of a tenement. house in Fifty
eighth street. A man started climbing
over the window sill preparing to drop
to. the street In his night clothes. An
other man rushed out to save him. The
two fought in the window above the
sidewalk while the crowd below cleared
a semi-circle. A blanket picked up at
hazard from bedding which other ten
ants were trying to save was stretched
directly under the window. It was not
needed, however, for the .half-crazed
man was drawn back through his win
dow, by main strength.
The firemen carried the hose from the
coupled engines to the roofs of neigh
boring flat houses and- where they
both poured water upon the factory
flre and extinguished little blazes
which continually started on the roofs
all about them. The sun had risen, be
fore the last of the Christmas trees
was carried back Into the tenement
houses and the danger was entirely
over. One fireman was Injured by fall-
Ing glass. ' • '
BOY FATALLY SHOT
Oakland Lad Killed as Result of
Another's Careless Handling
of Rifle
By AooortntH Press
OAKLAND, Dec. 25.— Chrystal An
dersen, a lad 12 .years old, residing
with his parents at 1236 Flllmore street
in San Francisco, was fatally shot yes
terday by William Dorfel, who resides
at the' corner of Twenty-third avenue
and East Twenty-seventh street. The
accident was due to the careless han
dling of a 22-callber rifle in the hands
of the latter, i The wou;.ded boy was
removed to the Providence hospital,
where he died last night.
Two Ohio Criminals Pardoned
By Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 25.—Gov
ernor Herrick granted . two Christmas
pardons, Patrick Moran, serving a life
sentence from Cuyahoga county for
murder in the second degree, nnd
Marvin Kuhns, serving a life sentence
from Seneca county for murder in the
second degree, were the lucky men.
Both had the recommendations of the
board of 'managers, the warden and
the officials of the penitentiary. Moran
and Kuhns left the Institution to
gether. .
Countess Causes Baron's Arrest
By Axsnclated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.— Baron Fred
erick Seef^ld, whose residence Is at
present in Philadelphia, was arrested
here last nlgbt charged with securing
money under false pretense. The po
lice say that Countess Ilka K.
Palmay, who Is living at a New York
hotel, charges that several weeks ago
she loaned the baron a large sum of
money, taking his automobile as se
curity, and that afterward she learned
that the automobile did not belong to
him. . .»■ ■'' .
Mile* Relieved of Militia Duty
By AHHorliited PreM.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.— Secretary
Tuft has granted the application of
Lieut. Gen. NeUon A. Miles, U. S. A.,
retired, for relief from further duty
with the organised militia of Massa
chusetts and the necessary order to
that effect will be Issued tomorrow.
Since January 10 last Oen. Miles has
served as military adviser and Inspect
or general on the staff of Qov. Douglas
of Massachusetts ■ ■ • \ ,
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1905.
CITY PRISONER IS
STARVING HIMSELF
BECAUSE OF HUMILIATION HE
SEEKS DEATH
D. Wilder Refuses to Eat and Police
Authorities Are In Quandary
as to How to' Save
Hla Life
• Starving to death because of the hu
miliation of arrest and Imprisonment,
D. Wilder, assistant cook of the city
Jail, refused to eat a morsel of food
since he was sentenced fifteen days
ago to serve a month's term for carry
ing concealed weapons. AH efforts oi
follow-prisoners and the authorities at
, the station have been of no avail.
Wilder will not eat.
About three weeks ago Wilder was
arrested by Patrolman Oker on North
Main street on the charge of carrying
concealed weapons and was sent to
the city Jail. When his trial was set
Wilder smiled confidently and remarked
' that he would clear himself or die.
True to his word, the prisoner when
confined in the city Jail began a fast
that may end In his death. As the
Judge pronounced the sentence Wlldet
' gave a despairing cry and fell back
upon the prisoners' bench unconscious.
| With the assistance of the Jailer Wilder
was taken to the receiving hospital,
, but wan released In a few hourn.
As Wilder was one of the most trust
worthy prisoners he was appointed
"trusty" to assist the jail cook. Wilder
took his confinement seriously. How
'■, ever he has gone about his duties most
cheerfully and' has been one of the
; best assistants that the jail cook li;is
had in years.
Refuses to Eat
It was nearly four days before the
prisoners began to notice that Wilder
\ did not eat regularly. They surmised
that he was getting the best of them
' by eating In the kitchen and called
\ the attention of the cook to this sus
picion. The cook watched Wilder
; closely. Three days passed nnd tin
man prepared food each day for the
prisoners but refused to partake ol
it himself.
Then the authorities of the city jail
were notified. • Wilder was called up to
give an account of his strange nction.
, He soon proved to their satisfaction
. that he did not use stimulants or nar
cotics and at i last confessed that he
had not eaten since he was sentenced.
; Believing that hunger would drive
him to eat, the officers allowed him to
do as he wished for several days, and
, then the beads of the department be
came alarmed. A consultation was held
and Wy.Hd<sK tJM® pubiected .» to a strict
examination, but he would not be dis
suaded from his purpose. He "would
fast, and no one could make him eat,"
was his expression. .
; When asked why he did not eat he
merely laughed and gave evasive an
, swers. He told the officers he had
, stomach trouble; he told them he was
not- hungry; and he told them varl
. ous things, but all unreasonable an
swers to the queries put to him.
Christmas morning Wilder did not
report. An investigation revealed that
he was too wenk to leave his bed. He
asked for a drink of .water and then
seemed to revive. Mastering all of his
courage the man arose, dressed and
went about his duties. Yesterday aft
ernoon he was too weak. to do his work.
INNOVATION ON S. P.
Exclusive Mail Train to Be Run
Between San Francisco
and Ogclen
By Associated Prcjw
OGDEN, Utah, Dec! 25.— An Import
ant change will be Inaugurated January
1 by the Southern Pacific railway when
it will put on an exclusive mail train
to run between Ogden and San Fran
c!co. This train Is to be put on to make
better time with the through mall from
east and west.
' No. 9, Union Pacific, will arrive here
every afternoon at 3:25 o'clock and de
part five minutes later for California.
It is to travel at the rate of forty miles
an hour the entire distance, saving sev
eral hours In time. Instead of arriving
at San Francisco In the evening, It
will arrive about noon, thus enabling
the distribution of mail in San Fran
cisco the afternoon it arrives instead
of lying in the postofnee over night, as
it now does, and being distributed to
the public the following morning. The
mall coming east from the coast will
arrive each afternoon on No. 10 at 8:30
and will - leave here for the east one
hour later on No. 4. • .
AMERICAN VISITS THE POPE
Harry St. George Ticker, President of
Jamestown Exposition Com
pany Received
By Associated I'irus.
ROME, Dec. 25.— The pope today ex
pressed his deep concern over the at
tempt made last night at Barcelona to
stab Cardinal Salvator Sassanas y
Pages, bishop of Urgel, as he was leav
ing the cathedral. His holmess 1 dis
cussed the attempt at length with Car
dinal Merry del Val, papal secretary
of state, and with Cardinal Vives y
Tuto, bishop of Barcelona, who Is here.
Later' he sent a message to the cardi
nal congratulating him on his escape.
The pope today received in private
audience Harry St, George Ticker,
president of the Jamestown, Va., Ex
position company, who is In Rome with
the object of interesting' the Italian
government in the exposition.
THUGS BEAT POLICEMEN
Two Sacramento Officers Attacked
by. Gang of Toughs .and
Severely Injured
By Associated frew
SACUAMBNTO, Dec. 25.— 1n attempt-
Ing to quell a row that occurred In tho
Art dance hall this morning, Police
Sergeant Wilson and Pollcemun Arthur
Ityun were set upon by v gang of
toughs and badly, beaten. Wilson wan.
knocked unconscious with his own club
before he reullzed that resistance wan
Intended and then the entire crowd set
upon Ryan and badly beat him.
"The Buff Kid" and Charles Craig
are under arrest as the ringleaders and
will be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law. Both officers were severely
Injured, but will resover. .
POPE WILL SEND PRESENT
Plus X Will Make Wedding Gift
to Mlaa Alice
Roosevelt
By AflaoclAted Press.
NRW YORK, Dec. 25.— According to
a cnble dispatch to the World, Plus X
has Just declared hl» Intention to send
n wedding present to Miss Alice Roose
velt on the occasion of her wedding in
February. Th« gift probably will be ft
beautiful piece of mosaic work from the
Vatican factory, probably a copy of one
nf the most valuable paintings from the
vatlcnn collection.
It has not been determined whether
Mgr. Falconlo, the apostolic delegate
In tho United States, shall present the
gift on behalf of the pope or a special
meßßenger shall be cent from the Vat
ican for the purpose.
The latter course will probably be
followed If the pope Is given annurance
that a papftl representative at tho wed
ding would be acceptable to the Amer
ican president's family.
MAKE MERRY ON WARSHIPS
Men of Perry and Paul Jones Hold
Novel Celebration In San
Diego Harbor
Special to The Herald.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 25.— The boys on
the torpedo boats Perry and Paul Jones
mnrle merry today with the boys of the
former as the hosts and the boys of
the liit tr-r as the guests of the occasion.
The two vessels were anchored along
side' each other nnd secured together
with cabins, bo that gang planks were
run across from one to the other so
that they paused back and forth. There
were cutter races rntid wherry ■ races,
swimming and diving contests and row-
Ing races with shovels for oars.
In most of the contests between ships
the Perry crew took the honors. A
Christmas dinner was served, ■which
will be remembered for years. Tha
best of feeling prevailed and the crew
of the Paul Jonen announces a return
invitation to a New Year dance on
board.
JAIL BREAKERS CAUGHT
Men Who Escaped In Kearney, Neb.,
Captured After a
Battle
By Associated Press.
KEARNEY, Neb., Dec. 2G.— Fred
Gillette, W. B. Warner and Fred En
gelbrecht, three men who broke jail
in this city last week, have been cap
tured near Holdredge, where they were
brought to bay in a hay stack.
They were pursued until nightfall by
Sheriff Sammons and Chief of Police
Trindle, who secured an automobile
for the chase after hearing that the
men had been sighted near Elm creek.
Making a stand In a hay stack the trio
fought off one posse with a revolver
fusillade. Sheriff Gußtus of Phelps
county, with several deputies, then
drove down upon the exhausted men
with rifles leveled and the men sur
rendered. •• -* :■'•■.• —^ •'■ • '' : •"*
JUDGE TULEY DEAD
Prominent Jurist of Illinois Passes
Away at' the Pennoyer
Sanitarium
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 25.— Judge Murray
F. Tuley of Chicago died at the Pen
noyer sanitarium at Kenosha, Wis., to
day, aged 78 years. He went to the
sanitarium on August 31 suffering
from nervous exhaustion caused by
overwork.
Judge Tuley was elected to the cir
cuit bench of Cook county, Illinois, in
1879 and had served continually since
that time. Judge Tuley had the record
of fewer reversals of his decisions by
the supreme court than any other cir
cuit judge. He was a veteran of the
Mexican war, having served as first
lieutenant of the First Illinois infantry,
and In 1894 he served as attorney gen
eral of New Mexico.
NEW COMEDY' IS PRODUCED
Herbert Kelcey and Effle Shannon
Appear In "The Lightning
Conductor"
By Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. J., Dec. . 25.— "The
Lightning Conductor," a three-act com.
edy, with Herbert Kelcey and Eflle
Shannon leading the cast was produced
for the first time today at the Taylor
opera house. The house was crowded
at both the matinee and evening per
formances and the play was well re
ceived. The play is a dramatization by
Harry B. Smith of the story by the
same name.
The comedy situations are numerous
and give Mr. Kelcey and Miss Shan
non a fine opportunity to display their
talents. A pleasing effect in the first
act is an automobile going through
the lowlands of France at high speed.
TWO KILLED IN RUNAWAY
Buggy Strikes a Passing Train and
Man and His Daughter
Are Killed
By Associated Press.
FORT "WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 25.— A
horse attched to a buggy ran Into
Pennsylvania special No. 29 at Delphos,
Ohio, at 5 o'clock this morning, and
Henry Yon Horst and daughter Ross
were instantly killed, and Mrs. Barney
Wahnoff, also a daughter of Mr. Van
Horst, was severely Injured. The rig
struck the front end of the baggage
car immediately behind the engine and
the accident was not known by the
trainmen until the car Inspectors In
this city discovered a buggy curtain
fastened in the door of the car and an
Inquiry down the line was made.
Indian Slain on Desert
Special to The Herald.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 25.— District Attor.
ney Carter and Coroner Morgan re
ceived word tonight from Calextco over
on the desert near the Mexican line, to
tho effect that the body of un Indian
had be«n found with his throat cut.
No name was given, but it was be
lieved at Culexleo that a murder hud
been nommltted. Instructions were tel
egraphed to the Justice of the peace
m Culexleo to hold an inquest and
apprehend the guilty persons.
Killed by Highwaymen
Ny Associated Pre«i.
COLORADO BPRINQS, Colo.. Deo,
25.— Frank U Scott, vice president ■of
the Davie Heal Kstata company, died
last night ■ from wounds lnlltcted by
holdups Wednesday night. ■ ■
NOT WILLING TO
'BOOST' SAUSAGE
MRS. THAW OBJECTS TO USE
OF PICTURE
Not Willing to Allow Daughter.ln.
Law's Portrait to Be Advertising
Medium for Butcher's
Calendar
Special to The Herald
PITTSBURGH Dec. 25.— Mrs. Emory
Thaw objects to the use of the face of
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Harry Ken
dall Thaw, formerly Evelyn Nesblt, a
former actress, for the purpose of ad
vertising sausages, lard and bolognn.
A local butcher shop issued a calendar
for 1906 and portrayed Mrs. Thaw's his
trionic daugter-ln-law as the beauty
In the picture of "Beauty and tho
Beast."
The former actress Is seen In her best
countenance with her head reclining
on the massive head of a white polar
bear.
Mrs. Thaw received one of the calen
dars and recognized the face of her
daughtr-ln-law. She visited the butcher
nnd gave him a piece of her mind. He
tried to call In all the calendars that
bad been Issued. The picture Is copy
righted.
Mrs. Harry Kendall Thaw now min
gles with high society folks here. The
use of her countenance to advertise
suusage has created a profound sensa
tion.
TO ABOLISH EXECUTIONS
New Jersey Assemblyman Drafts Bill
to Do Away With Capital
Punishment
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.— Assemblyman
Berg of New Jersey has drafted a bill
to abolish . capital punishment in that
state and will go to Trenton tomorrow
to ask Governor Stokes to grant re
prieves to all condemned murderers un
til the legislature shall have acted on
the question.
If Governor Stokes accedes to the
arsemblyman's request two women,
Mrs. Valentina and Mrs. Lotta, and
a man awaiting death in the Hacken
sack jail and three men under sentence
In other county Jails will gain reprieves
until well Into the spring. There also
are awaiting trial or sentence for mur
der five persons In. the ' Jail at Jersey
City, three In Newark, two In Paterson
and five elsewhere in the state.
DENOUNCES CHILD LABOR
Prof. Felix Adler Refers to It
as a New Kind of
Slavery
By Associated Press. . g± ' ' ,
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-*Fellx Adler,
speaking yesterday before the society
for ethical culture, said, among other
things:
. "A new kind of slavery which has
grown up In the last few years Is the
employment of young children. In
Southern Illinois there are 60,000 chil
dren under the age of 14 working from
ten to fourteen hours a day, besides
being compelled to work alternate
nights. Four or five years ago there
were only 24,000. There are also 8000
children working in and about mines,
and thousands employed in clothes fac
tories when they should be at home
nnd this terrible form of slavery is
spreading." ■ ,■
NOTED REVIVALIST HOME
Rev. Dr. Reuben A. Torrey Con.
ducted Large Meetings in
England
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.— Just returned
from England, where he conducted
one of the most notable religious re
vivals In that nation's history, Rev.
Dr. Reuben A. Torrey spoke yesterday
at a meeting for men In the Majestic
theater, Brooklyn, which was crowded.
About twenty persons professed con
version at the close of the service.
"This meeting was entirely different
from those in England, where we used
to have as many as 11,000 people in the
open air," said Dr. Torrey. "It was
highly gratifying, however, and I want
to say now that the ministers in this
country are doing their work nobly."
MORE MONEY FOR YALE
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr., Adds
$800,000 to the Endowment
Fund
By Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Dec. 25.— 1t Is
stated here on excellent authority that
before he started for his vacation ' In
Europe last month Anson Phelps
Stokes, jr., secretary of Yale univer
sity, added $800,000 more to the endow
ment fund which he is collecting for
Yale.
By this addition Secretary Stokes has
secured for the endowment to date $2,
800,000 of the $5,000,000 which he plans
to secure for the university for a per
manent endowment
FINDS SECOND COMET
Discovery by Prpf. Lowell of Harvard
on Photograph Recently
Taken
By Associated Press
BOSTON, Dec. 25.— A telephone mes
sage has been received at the Harvard
observatory from Prof. Percival Lowell
saying that he found a second comet on
the photograph made on November 29
at 9 hours 54 minutes time, 7 hours west
of areenwlch, -Bth • • nscenßlon 335.5,
declination minus 8.7.
The comet was moving two minutes
an hour south by west or north by
east. The comet hud two tails, one ex
tending north and the other northeast.
Sustains Serious Injuries
While crossing Second street on Lob
Angeles street yesterday afternoon, an
unknown man believed to be Wlllluni
Patterson was struck by a westbound
Pico street car 244 and sustained a
fracture of the • ekull. Patterson was
removed to the receiving hospital, ' but
did not regain consciousness last night.
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FATAL FIRE IN SEATTLE
One Man Burned to Death and
Another In Serious
Condition
By Acsnrlnted PreM.
SEATTLE!, Wash., Dec. 2B f — One man
was burned to death and another Wan
bo overcome by smoke that he Is now
in a dmigeroiin condition and thlrty
ono horspn were burned or suffocated
In n flro that broke out In the rear
barn of the Montana Stable company
on Wnahlngton street, between Fourth
nml Fifth nvenuen. early today and
communicated to the New York, the
Montana and the Washington lodging
hou«e«. The monetary lons will not ex
ceed $15,000.
It Id supposed that some one pn««-
Ing down the alley threw a lighted
match through a wooden gate Into i
part of the barn whore the flre started.
MANY ARE INJURED IN
COLORADO TRAIN WRECK
DI3ABTER IS CAUBED BY A
DEFECTIVE RAIL
Chair Car Rolls Down an Embank,
ment, Carrying the Other Coaches
With It— Wounded Passengers
Suffer Greatly From the Cold
By Associated Press.
DURANOO, Colo., Dec. 25.— The east
ward Denver & Rio Grande pas
senger train from Sllverton. well load
ed with passengers, was wrecked
three miles from this city yesterday,
and while no one wns killed a large
number of the' passengers were Injured,
twelve of them quite seriously.
The accident was caused, It is
claimed, by a defective rail.
The most seriously injured were:
Miss Katlo' Porter, Sllverton, right
hand torn from arm; arm crushed up
to the elbow.
George Scofield, bartender, Sllverton,
three ribs broken and serious Internal
injuries.
H. C. Harris, mall clerk, Internal in
juries which may result seriously.
. Mrs. S. Rogers, Silverton, bruises
and shock.
Infant son of Mrs. Rogers had sev
eral teeth knocked out.
Herrick, head and back Injured.
Pineo, head cut and bruised.
Tom Acord, Durango, left shoulder
bruised.
John Acord, Sllverton, face burned.
George Smart, Rockwood, right
shoulder bruised.
Hugh Ferguson, Silverton, back in
jured and hc-d bruised.
When the accident occurred the chair
car rolled down an eight-foot embank
ment, dragging the other cars with it.
The cars were dragged along in this
manner on their sides for over 400 feet
before the , engine and train
brought to a stop, ■. the engine tender
nearly., tipping over, while the drive
wheels of the engine "were running on
the ties. . ,'••»
Owing to the intense cold weather
which prevailed the Injured passengers
suffered greatly.
SCHOONER IS SUNK
Unidentified Vessel Goes to the Bot.
torn Off the Virginia
Coast
By Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 25.— With all
her headgear torn away and her top
sails set, an unidentified 3-masted
schooner has sunk in 12 fathoms of
water 6 1-2 miles northeast of Winter
Quarter lightship, and directly In the
path of coastwise navigation.
. This information is contained in a re
port made here by Captain James of
the Merchants and Miners steamship
Junlata which passed the wreck yes
terday. According to Captain James,
the schooner is evidently the victim of
a collision. Only her topmasts above
the crosstrees are out of water and the
appearance of her topsails Indicates
that the disaster occurred not long be
fore the Junlata passed. ' No sign of
wreckage was seen, however, nor was
there anything above water to reveal
the identity of the schooner. The fate
of her crew is not known here.
TAGGART IN PEORIA
Declines to Talk, but Flashes Big
Roll When Buying
Drinks
Special to The Herald.
PEORIA, 111., Dec. 25.— Capt. E. C.
Taggart, whose divorce scandal created
a sensation In army and citizen life re
cently, was in Peoria for a short time
today, but declined to state his busi
ness. "I don't want to see any news
paper man," he said. "They have caused
me enough trouble and I don't want to
say anything. I'm just going through
on business."
The soldier displayed a large roll of
bills as he ordered a round of drinks
and conversed with an air of reckless
abandon. The lines in his face show
that he has experienced plenty of
worry, and this he admitted to some
friends. He left tonight for Rock
Island.
Belasco In Portland to Close
By Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 25.— After an
experiment of thirty weeks Belasco &
Mayer have announced that In two
weeks the Belasco theater In this city
will close. The Belasco was formerly
the Columbia theater and under that
name and under several managements
was not a success. Then Belasco &
Mayer purchased the property, ' pre
senting several excellent stock com
panies In various high-class plays.
Since opening in this city the firm has
spent $130,000.
Gasoline Launch In Peril
By Associated Press.
BELLINGHA^I, Wash., Dec. 25.— 1t
Is reported here that one of the gaso
line launches ■ from Friday Harbor,
which was returning from this city yes
terday, was 'strunded off Point Francis
by the heavy seja raglug near Lumml
Island. There were live or six men in
the boat at the, time anil marine men
are apprehensive of the possible re
sults. '
San Francisco Shipping
By Associated Presa.
SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 25.— Arrived :
Bteainers Francis 11. Leggett, Ban Pe
dro; Norwood, Hedondo; State of Call
fornla, Ban Diego.
Balled: Steamer Northland, Ban
Pedro. : .■,;.■' , . . .
Main News Section^
INNOCENT
CHILD IS
KILLED
Shot Standing Near
Christinas Tree
Slain While Holding
Her New Doll
Young Daughter of James Kenned|
of Hazelklrk is Murdered
by Unidentified
Assassins
Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON, Pa., Dec. 25.—
Dressed In her night gown and while
holding her new baby doll to the llght, ;
Mary, the pretty golden haired 9-year
old daughter of James Kennedy of
Hazelklrk, a . small town near '■ here,'
was shot to death while standtngnear.
linr Christmas tree at the window Of
her father's home this morning.'
This only daughter of Kennedy. was
hurriedly aroused from her slumber
by her parents and carried down sUlrs
to witness tho surprises Santa Claus
had provided. She saw the tree and
then the dolls. The last delight ' she
carried to tho window. That was the
end of Christmas in the Kennedy home;
A bullet come from without and'en
tered her forehead. ' '• ■■'■ ■;
Mr. Kennedy is superintendent of the
Hazelklrk mines, owned by the Hazel
kirk Coal company. Four men, two of
them negroes, were arrested tonight on
suspicion of having llred the shot. l
MARY CRISSMAS AT HOTEL*
Fair Maid Says She Halls From, lce.
land— Flrey Warms West.
minster Atmosphere\
I The first arrival at the Westminster
hotel Christmas morning was a woman .
who, came in about 7 o'clock and rejjls- 1
tered as a Miss Mary Crissmas,'' 1 Ice
land. There was a great deal of talk'
In the • lobby during the day,"as>.to '
•whether this was really her right 1
name. Some argued that it. was;
that her arrival In Los Angeles " was
merely one of those coincidences that
frequently happen— others '. would % not '<
believe that , any woman had m regis
tered by that' name until - reassured by
the chief clerk. . ... ..••'_■ .-,.-.
"' Several men bravely : declared \ their •
Intention to ask the pretty young maid'
if she had registered ' her | right name,'
tut all of their valor was frozen . in '
the veins when she . neared them— «o "
chilly was her appearance. :,;: .;";,;
Some . one called her ■by • the ; good ■
I name of Mrs. Santa Clans, but not
I while she was In hearing distance. V':X>
The whole atmosphere around : the ;
hotel was cold all morning until about*
11 o'clock, when F. P. Flrey of Porno- i
na arrived, and things then began? to-'
warm up. The remainder of the .day I
was spent by the guests in having-,;a
"Merry Christmas." ._ . . ,
Former Army , Officer Pardoned
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.— Because
of the prisoner's previous good mili
tary record the president has Issued a
pardon In the case of Paul H. McDon
ald, formerly first lieutenant of *>■ the
Tenth infantry. He was convicted
about a year ago on the charge of ob
taining money under false pretenses
nnd sentenced to be dismissed from the
army and to serve two years In the
military prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kas. ■ ■ •-. ■•■■••.."'» ■ • ■■
THE DAIS NEWS
FORECAST
Southern California: . Fair
Tuesday; light west wind. Maxl.
mum temperature In Los An.
geles yesterday, 72 degrees; '
minimum, 48 degrees.
PART I
I—Masked1 — Masked ball for maniacs.
2 — Victlme numebr five thousand.
3 — Guests seek valuables.
4— Editorial page.
s—Social5 — Social notes and music.
6— At the theaters. V V •_>'^
I—Search1 — Search for car bandits.
2.3 — Sports.
4— Public advertising.
5— Liners.
6 — Southern California news. •
EASTERN ;
Pennsylvania child slain while stand-
Ing near her Christmas tree.' . ■; s■■■'■'•5 ■■■'■'•
President Roosevelt spends most of
Christmas day with his family.
Serious panic caused In New York
tenements by fire. -
Report that Mrs. Burke- Roche and
father have made up.
FOREIGN
Railroad employes in the Baltic prov
inces go on strike. . • ■*
It is reported that 6000 were killed 'in
recent disturbances in Moscow and many
thousands wounded. • .-■. -■ ■
Battle In Moscow was more In nature
of butchery than light, many machine
guns having been used. '
COAST
Ban Francisco thugs stab ' brother /of >'
Intended victim by mistake.
Mexican ground to pieces under encina
at Bun Uornardino. •>' ' \ ■"•"
One nun iUmi, (mother In srrlou* con
dition us n-f ult nt" llru in Scuttle.
LOCAL
Prisoner in city Jail tturving hiinsett?
to death through humiliation, ■
Poor of Los Angeles fed and clothed,
en Christmas day.
Police follow faint clues in cat- holrt
up case. • • ■ -. ..• ;*•*?>)
l.im Angeles traveling salesman 'says • '
ho is "hoodoo" who uiiiutviitluiiully
causes hotel tires. , , ■■.
Destitute woman asks police > to . find
husband whom she says , deserted . her. "s
Team - frightened by car ■ runs away,/
Driver perhaps fatally Injured. .
' Christmas curoU sung in uany of tha.
chuichus. . .
