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VOL LI. NO. 23.
NORWICH, CONN.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1909.
PHIjE TWO CENTS.
RUNNING AT HIGH SPEED IN FOG
Statement Regarding the Collision Made by
Agents of Italian Liner Florida
DIRECT CHARGE AGAINST THE REPUBLIC
Captain of the Florida Declined to Make Any Statement
but Held Long Conference with His Agents Capt.
Sealby and Wireless Operator Binns Heroes of the
Day Big Crowd Met Them at White Star Pier
New York, Jan. 26. Features of the
day in the aftermath of the Nan
tucket collision, which resulted in the
loss of the White Star liner Republic,
the serious damaging of the Italian
liner Florida, the death of six persons
and the Injury of several others, were
the honors extended to Captain I.
Sealby and "Wireless Operator "Jack"
Hinns of the Republic and a statement
by the Florida's people as to how the
collision occurred. The White Star
people promise their version of the
causes of the collision tomorrow.
Enthusiastic Admirers Wait for Sealby
and Binns.
The day began with the landing at
the White Star pier of Captain Seal
by and Operator Binns. A big crowd
awaiting them cheered' the men heart
ily, while a score of enthusiastic ad
mirers tossed the men to their shoul
ders end thus carried them to the
steamship offices on the. floor above.
Jlere the captain and Binns held a re
ception, receiving the congratulations
of scores of callers, and here Captain
Sealby modestiy told the story of how
lie stood by hia ship until she sank be
neath him. Later Captain Sealby and
Operator Binns. accompanied by Cap
tain Rnnson of the Baltic, went to the
W hite Star offices on lower Broadway,
where another great crowd met them
and the ovation was repeated.
Florida Going Into Drydock.
On the Brooklyn waterfront, at
Push's store-!, the Florida, which ram
med hor nose into the Republic's side
with such force as to give that ship
what proved her death blow, was the
scene of much activity. Her seamen
were clearing away the debris and
Waking her shipshape so that she
might go into drydock for repairs.
Statement by Agents of Liner Florida.
Captain Ruspinl declined to mak';
any statement as to tie cause of the
collision, but after a conference with
representatives of B. Richards &
company, his agents, and Archibald
fThatcner. an admiralty lawyer, Rich
ard" company gave out a statement
fr;:r'!ii'.'j the i ircumstances of the col
l.'.'ioti. Us feature was the direct
charge that the Republic 'was running
fit a high rate o;iced through the fog.
It also refined reports that the quar
termaster of t ie Florida was to blame
arid timt the captain struck the man.
l"ho f tatemcnt ays:
Running at Moderate Speed.
"Tin; Florida had experienced fog at
Intervals , for soma hours before the
collision and a dense fog existed at the
time of the collision. The Florida had
J oen proceeding at moderate speed,
Idowlng- her fug whistle frequently.
Lookout Was Doubled.
"The captain and chief officers In
charge of her navigation were on the
fcridge and the quartermaster was at
the wheel, and the 'lookout' was
doubled on account of the fog.
I he t londa was pr
proceedlngly slow
ly when the fog
whistles of another
f teamer, which afterwards proved tc1
re the Republic, were hoard by the of
ficers and "lookouts' off the siarboard
bow of tiie Italian steamer.
Engines of Florida Reversed.
"The engines of (he Florida were re
versed and two signals of three whis
tles were blown. Indicating that the
engines were going astern. The col
lision nevertheless took place, the bow
of the Florida striking the port side of
tne Republic somewhat aft of amid
fihips, causing seriojs damage to both
Steamers.
Helm Jammed to Starboard.
"When the Republic became visible
through tiie fog she was crossing the
fcow of the Florida from starboard to
port and running at a. high rate of
peed. The helm of the Florida was
promptly put to starboard, hoping to
awing the bow of the Italian steamer
to starboard and to assist in avoiding
the dajiger of collision. The other
teamer was, however, running so fast
that the vessels collided.
"It was afterwards ascertained that
the steamer which collided with the
Florida was the Republic of the White
Star line.
"The collision occurred Heme dis
tance southo&at of Nantucket tllght
hip about 5.45 a. m., Saturday, the 23d
ot January, 19.
No Misunderstanding of Orders.
"The statements which have ap
peared In tome of the papers to the
effect that therewas any misunder
standing of orders on the bridge of tho
Florida are not true. The orcem given
ky the captain were promptly and
properly executed.
"No criticism whatever is made by
he captain or any of the officers
ogclnst any member of the crew of the
Florida. The captain and officers are
satisfied that every man did his duty.
There Is no foundation whatever for
the story that any member of the crew
-as struck or reprimanded by the cap
lain or any of the oUcers.
"After the collision occurred and af.
ter the Florida had ascertained the ex
tent of her own Injuries she rendered
rurh assistance as lay In her power to
the Republic an her passengers."
Death of Eugene Lynch.
A sad incident of the day was the
death of Eugene Lynch of Boston in
the Long Island hospital at Brooklyn.
Jte succumbed to the serious injuries
he received when the Florida crashed
into the Republic's side, Just where his
atsteroom was located. Mis wife, who
was with him, was killed Instantly.
Hor body, together with that of W. J.
UvTonney, a banker of Langdon, N. D.,
were encased In metallic, caskets and
went down with the Republic when
that ship sank Sunday night near No
Man's land.
Injured Doing Well.
The others Injured in the collision,
including1 Mrs. M. J. Murphy of Grand
Forks, D., who was most seriously
hurt, are reported as oolng splendidly
In the hospitals here to which they
were conveyed. It li thought all will
recover.
HOW TWO MEN "SPRINTED"
AS WRECK WENT DOWN.
Captain 8alby's Own Story of the Last
Moments of His Doomed Ship Last
Shot Fired from Aloft.
New York, Jan. 26. Capt. Inman
tValhy of the wrecked steamship Re
public and his second officer, R. Wil
liams, told their own story the most
thrilling narrative that had yet come
from the scene of Saturday's disaster
off Nantucket when they were
brought to the AVhita Star pier today
by a revenue cutter.
The last few minutes of the Re
public, the tight of Sealby and Wil
liams, who stayed by her to the last;
their parting at the sinking ship's rail,
their swim in tumbling, icy water,
their dramatic meeting in the boat of
the cutter Gresham, and the sentiment
that passed between the two: '"Came
to the last" this was the tale told in
simple language by the captain and
his mate.
Talked It Over on the Bridge.
The captain said:
"When it was close to the time for
us to leave the Republic the vessel
began to rumble and crack aft, and the
stern began to go down rapidly.N Wil
liams and I were on the bridge.
"'Well, what do you think about it?'
I said to Williams.
" 'I don't think it will be a long
race; let's make a sprint of it,' he said.
When you are ready, let her go.'
""Burn the blue lights, I said, and
then I fired five shots from my revol
ver. That was the signal to, the Gres
ham to cut away the hawser. "Let's
make for the highest point; take to the
fore rigging,' I shouted.
"We ran from the bridge to the sa
loon deck, burning blue lights as we
went, and carrying lanterns. When we
got to the deck the water was coming
over the after end of it. As we ran
forwnrd the stern of the ship was sink
ing rapidiy and tho incline of the deck
was so steep that we began slipping
Last Shot, from Aloft.
"The last I saw of Williams was
when he had caught the port rail and
was hanging on. I took to the fore
rigging and went up as far as the
maethead light about 300 feet and
rested there while I took out a blue
light from my pocket. It was wet and
would not go off. Then I fired the last
shot from my revolver.
"Then the water caught me and l
floated. It pot under my great co.it.
The air Inside supported me. wrSlo
the weight of my revolver binoculars
and cartridges acted as ballast and
made a sort of life preserver.
"By this time there was a roaring,
seething mass of water around me. I
was churned down into it, but came to
the surface and tried to pull off my
coat. I did not succeed. There was
considerable debris around and finally
I succeeded in reaching a hatch. On
this I lay, pread-eagle fashion.
"The searchlljrhts of the revenue cut
ters Gresham and Seneca had played
on the Republic as she sank, and after
a considerable time these lights and
the lights of the tug Scully were con
centrated on the epot where the ship
had gone down.
Lay Flat on Hatch and Saved His
Strength.
"It s?emed an interminable time and
they did not see me. but I managed to
load my revolver again and fired to nt-
tract 'their attention. The cartridges
fortunately had been greased and did
not get wet. It was very rough and
cold and I was getting benumbed; so
I Just lay on the hatch and saved my
strength, shouting at interval.
Picked Up Nearly Finished.
"When the lights were playing up
on me, I waved a towel that I had
found floating near by, and shortly
afterward I saw a boat which picked
me up and took me aboard the Gresh
am. I was nearly finished then. The
boat was in charge of Gunner John
son, and he handled her in an able
and seamanlike manner. Four of the
eight men in the boat were members
of the Republic's crew."
Experience of Williams.
Lieutenant Williams, a boyish-look-ing
sailor, who saved his pipe, but
not his overcoat, described the parting
with his skipper and their reunion.
"'When I lost the captain," he said,
"I was hanging to the rail by my el
bows. The ship was going down and
I felt her strike bottom. I could tell
she was resting on bottom by her sol
idity, tone stayed there about ten
seconds, and then I felt her part,
break in two. I let go, and fell into
the water about forty feet.
"Then I threw off my .overcoat and
started to swim backwtftw. I cannot
describe the roar of the water as it
rose above the ship. It was like Ni
agara, like thunder, like anything in
fernal. Above me was the keel of the
ship, standing high in the air. I think
I must have been about twenty feet
from it. There seemed to be very lit
tle back-wash, and when she went
down with all flags flying, there was
-not much suction, else I wouldn't be
here.
"While I was swimming," continued
Williams, "a hatch struck me, and I
tried several times to get on it, but It
was jumping about In the heavv sea,
and I didn't succeed. A few minutes
later another hatch came along and I
got that on the other side of tine and
floated between the "two, with my el
bows outstretched.
"Game to the Last!"
"I could see the three vessels, but
they seemed a great way off, and I
heard Captain Sealby fire three shots.
I had been in the water about twenty
minutes. I judged, when the Gresh
am's boat picked me up. I was pretty
cold, but I think I could have lasted
an hour.
"Having heard the shots, I was able
to help the boat's crew in their search
for the captain. At last they found
him, and he was shivering when pulled
aboard. He didn't know I was there,
and I reached over and touched his
elbow. He knew who it was, and he
threw his arms around my neck.
" 'Williams,' he said, 'game to ' the
last!'"
The second officer said that he and
the captain spent a "pleasant evening"
on the deck of the Republic, from six
to eight.
"We had dinner," he added, "but
we did not dress for It. I went down
and rummaged In the pantry for grub,
getting some biscuits, marmalade and
plum cake. I also got some blankets.
for we intended to make ourselves
comfortable if we were fortunate
enough to stay aboard all night."
Captain Sealby naturally refused to
discuss the collision with the Florida,
saying his first duty was to his own
ers, but he had many words of praise
for the revenue cutters, his own crew,
and the Republic's passengers.
Skipper's Praise for Binns.
"Curing ail our operations, the wire-
Cabled Paragraph
Berlin, Jan. 26. The Prussian diet
today voted down various motions fa
voring electoral reform.
Marseilles, ' Jan. J6. Rear Admiral
Richard Wainwright, commander of
the second division of the American
Atlantic fleet, accompanied by his aide
and Consul General Washington, made
his final round of official visits here
today. The squadron will leave Mar
seilles tomorrow for Gibraltar.
London, Jan. 26. Henry Hess, a
company promoter and the publisher
of The Critic, was today sentenced to
two years' imprisonment for publish
ing statements intended to deceive the
shareholders of a certain company and
for the misappropriation of $7,140. The
suit is the latest of a series of trials
begun with the object of cleansing the
city of a class of financiers who have
enjoyed meteoric successes at the ex
pense of tho public.
STRUCK BROKEN RAIL,
OREGON EXPRESS IN DITCH.
Accident to Union Pacific Passenger
Train in Wyoming One Woman
Killed 20 Persons Injured.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 26. A Union
PaclQc pass.er.ger train known as the
Oregon express, westbound, struck a
broken rail 150 miles west of here to
day. Five coaches are in the ditch.
Two persons are reported killed and 20
injured.
Omaha, Sb;, Jan. 26 The list of
casualties in the wreck west of Chey
enne, which includes one dead and nine
feriously ' injured, was given out by
Union Pacific officials here tonight.
Miss Emma Clingenpul of Danbury,
Iowa, who was en route to Caldwell,
Idaho, was the only person to meet
death.
The nine " most seriously injured
were taken to a Cheyenne hospital.
About twenty others received injuries,
but all were able to resume their Jour
neys. The accident occurred at Dana, thir
ty miles west of Rawlins, nine cars
leaving the rails for some cause yet
to established. The engine was not
derailed.
PATRICK KIERAN ARRESTED,
BUT RELEASED SOON AFTER.
Served With Order to Appear in Court
Next Friday. '
New York. Jan. 26. Patrick J.
Kieran, vice president of the Fidelity
Funding company, whose affairs are in
the hands of receivers, was arrested at
his home here late today on the
ground that he was a fugitive from
justice and that he was wanted in
Pittsburg, where charges of grand
larceny had been lodged against him.
Kieran was taken to police headquar
ters, but had been locked up but a few
hours when word came from Superin
tendent of Police McQuade of Pitts
burg stating that Kieran had given
bonds there and requesting that he be
released. This was done, but before
Kieran left headquarters he was served
with an order to appear in the supreme
court on Jan. 20 to be examined re
garding the affairs of the Fidelity
Funding company.
"HUMPTY" JACKSON
PLEADED GUILTY.
Leader of Notorious New York Gang
Faces Sing Sing.
New YoVk, Jan. 26. Thomas Jack
son, 30 years old. known through this
city as "Humpty" Jackson, leader of a
notorious gang which bears his name,
pleaded guilty today to the charge of
grand larceny, evidently realizing that
he faced a life's term in prison if con
victed on indictments charging second
degree larceny, a fourth offense of the
K111U.
Jackson will be sentenced Monday
For years "Humpty" was the leader
of the gang which has made history In
the gang fight.? of this city.
"Humpty"' will now Join another
rang leader, ""Monk" Eastman, who
was recently sentenced to Sing Sing.
The police believe that with the pass
im? of these leaders the last of the
city's dangerous gangs will be broken
up.
WIRELESS FROM TAFT.
Cruiser Montana Passed the Bahama
Group Last Evening.
Charleston, S. C, Jan. 26. A wire
less message received at the Atlantic
wireless telegraph station from the
cruiser Montana stated that at 8.52
o'clock tonight the cruisers North
Carolina and Montana, having on
board President-elect Taft and the
party who are accompanying him to
Panama, passed Watlings Island light.
Watlings island is a small island
of the Bahama group, lying 220 miles
northeast of Cuba. It has the distinc
tion of having been the first landing
place of Columbus in the new world
and was called by him San Salvador.
Found Guilty of Robbing Great North
ern Train.
Helena. Mont.. Jan. 26. George
Frank Hauscr today was found guilty
of robbing a Great Northern train, ex
tracting $40,000 trom th registered
mails and placing thy lives of the cus
todians in jeopardy. He will be sen
tenced by Federal Judge W. H. Hunt
on Thursday. Under the law he musr
serve the rest of his life in a federal
prison at hard labor.
May Appeal from Orders of State Rail
road Commission.
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 26. Federal Judge
Thomas C. Hunger tonight ruled that
railroads in Nebraska may appeal! a
federal court from orders of the state
railroad commission. A law passed
two years ago forbidding such an ap
peal, but Judge Munger said such ap
peal was proper.
Texas Statutory Prohibition Killed.
Austin, Texas. Jan. 26. In the sen
ate this afternoon judiciary committee
No. 2 kilied by a vote of 6 to 1 the sen
ate bill providing for the establish
ment of statutory prohibition in Texas.
This effectually terminaes that feature
of tho prohibition fight in the Texas
legislature, but it still leaves the state
wide,,prohibition submission bill pend
ing. Violent Earthquake Shock in Nebraska
Norfolk. Neb.. Jan. 26. Specials to
the Norfolk Daily News report a vio
lent earthquake shocw through Pierce
and Knox counties at 2.15 p. m. today.
The noise resembled a powder explo
sion. Horses became frightened and
cattle stampeded, it Is said. The
shock lasted but a few seconds.
less was invaluable, and through the
work of such operators as Binns, who
stuck to his post until the last, even
though one-half of the operating room
had been carried away, we were able
to maintain our communication with
the steamships that were transmitting.
"I attribute the successful handling
and transfer of passengers from one
ship to another to the splendid co
hesion which existed from start to
finish between officers and crew. At
no time bad I any doubt of my men.
My confidence was absolute and unshaken."
Connecticut .
General Assembly
FEBRUARY 11 THE LAST DAY FOR
NEW BUSINESS.
CONCEALED WEAPONS LAW
Proposed Amendment Making Fee of
$1 for Carrying County Appoint
ments Repeal Corrupt Practices Act
Hartford, Jan. 26. The senate was
called to order at 12.30 by Senator
Brooks, the president pro tern., in the
absence of Lieut. -Governor WTeeks.
Prayer by Chaplain Sexton.
Last Day for New Business.
On the motion of Senator Searls the
senate concurred with the house in
naming February 11 as the last day
for the introduction of new business.
County , Appointments.
Senator Higgins explained the res
olution from the house appointing
Mayro Keeney of Somers county com
missioner of Tolland county to fill the.
unexpired term- of John Brown. On
the senator's motion Mr Keeney was
appointed under suspension of "rules.
A resolution was also passed under
(Continued on Page Six.)
Appointed Corresponding Secretary.
New York, Jan. 26. J. Campbell
White, secretary of the laymen's mis
sionary movement, announced todav
that Col. Elijah Halford of Washing
ton, former private secretary of the
late President Harrison, had been ap
pointed corresponding secretary of the
laymen's missionary movement of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Colonel
Halford will make his headquarters in
this city.
I Lincoln Prizes to Students
UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE j
In (he Counts o Tolland, Wiadham aaiVNew London, j
Connecticut, and Washington County, Rhode Island. :
$10 to first; $7 to second;
with "h. m." and "h. c.
The Bulletin will give these prizes for 600 -word stories about
Abraham Lincoln, "the great emancipator." written by pupils of
schools in Us- field of circulation. These stories are not to be compila
tions from biographies, but original conceptions of the personal quali
ties which made Lincoln the greatest American of his' generation and
the best loved president of the United States. Originality of ex
pression will receive first recognition in making the awards.
The Ftorics Should be written plainly on one side of the paper,
without the name of the writer appended the name to be on a -pa-rate
sheet and enveloped. -
These papers will be impartially judged by a competent commit
tee, and the names' of the writers will not be known to the judr.es.
They should all he completed and mailed to The Bulletin on or
before Feb. 6th, and tH-i best of them -will be printed '-n The Bulletin
"on Lincoln day, Feb. tilth.
Here Is an open competition for all the boy! and girls in the
counties named. The most original and accurate will win.
ADDRESS LETTk.RH TO KDITOIt BVLLKT1X. NO UWIH. CONN.
BODY OF DAY-OLD INFANT
FOUND IN A WELL.
Westport Family Complained of Bad
Taste in the Water.
Westport, Conn., Jan. 26. After
complaining of a bad taste in the
drinking water from their well, the
family of Martin Godfrey of this place
were taken ill today and a physician
called. We at lirst thought that the
family were suffering from typhoid
lever caused from the water and or
dered an examination made of the
well. After the water had been drawn
from the well the body of an infant
was found.
Coroner Powers was notified and af
ter making an examination stated
that the body was that of a male child
about a day old, had been thrown into
the water alive and had been in the
well for at least a month. The cor
oner has started an investigation for
the purpose of finding the parents of
the infant.
Gompers, Mitchell, and Others Must
Pay Costs Incurred.
Washington. Jan. 26. President
Samuel Gompers, Vice President John
Mitchell and Secretary Morrison of
the American Federation of Labor,
vho were recently adjudged in con
tempt of court and sentenced to terms
of imprisonment in the District of
Columbia Jail. Were today ordered by
Justice Wright of the District supreme
court to pay the costs incurred In the
proceedings which resulted in the sen
tence for contempt. The costs aggre
gate about $1,500.
Speech by Venerable Congressman
Sperry of Connecticut.
Washington, Jan. 26. An interest
ing feature of the discussion of the
postofllce bill in tW house Tuesday
was a twenty-mirrtite speech by the
venerable Mr. Sperry of Connecticut,
urging adequate pay for '"the boys of
the postal service." He carried his
83 years well, and although his voice
was feeble, he made a strong plea for
those whose interests he had at heart.
Members crowded about and liberally
applauded him.
Died as Result of Fall on lev Sidewalk.
New Britain, Coon., Jan. 26. Joseph
Lutz, 45, died at his nome here tonight
as the result of injuries received from
falling on an icy sidewalk a week ago.
Mr. Lutz bed been engaged in the drug
business here for fifteen years, com
ing to New Britain from Bridgeport.
He had served as a member of the
common councils of both this place and
Bridgeport, and was prominent in the
foresters of America. (He leaves a
wife and two children. i
" New City Hall for Chelsea.
Boston, Jan, 26. A new city hall
and several other structures will be
erected in Chelsea from the pifcceeds
of an issue of $500,000 worth ot s 1-2
per cent, fifty year bonds awarded by
the Chelsea board of control today to
N. W. Harris & comnany of Bostoa at
a premium of $20,885. This is the
second bond issue by the board, the
first Issue of $400,000 having been
made In August last. There were seven
bidders today.
Cocheco Wills Sold.
Dover. N. H., Jan. 26. Cocheco mills
stockholders today unanimously voted
to accept $75 a share for their $1,500.
000 outstanding stock from the Pacific
mills of Lawrence, ITass. This com
pletes the merger.
Steamship Arrivals.
At Bremen. Jan. 26: Brandenburg,
from New Tork.
25,000 Troops on
Turkish Frontier
PRESSURE ON TURKEY TO ABATE
FINANCIAL DEMANDS.
BULGARIAN RESERVES MOBILIZED
j
War Minister Sends Strict Orders to
Be Ready for Action in Case of At
tempted Invasion.
London, Jan. 26. The bourses on the
continent, including that of Constanti
no; le, relapsed tooay on the news that
Bulgaria, had mobilized her reserves,
bringing the eigilh division on the
Turkish frontier up to its full war
strength of 25.000.
Strict Orders to Resist Invader?.
A despatch from Sofia tonight 9t
nounces -that the Bulgarian war min
ister ha3 sent strict orders to the com
mander of the eighth division to avoid
any provocative act, but to be ready
for energetic resistance if any attempt
at Invasion is mado. Neither in Con
stantinople nor in Vienna, however, is
Bulgaria's act regarded as having a
warlike tendency. On the contrary, it
is interpreted as an attempt to bring
pressure to' induce Turkey to abate h-r
financial demands. The present situa
tion is that Turkey is willing to ac
cept $25,000,000 from Bulgaria as com
pensation for all her losses, including
the Oriental railwav. but Bulgaria of
fers to pay only about $16,000,000.
Powers May Be Forced to Intervene.
The idea prevails that the European
powers may be compelled to intervene
with a view to breaking the deadlock
which, although there Is no present
danger, might possibly lead to a dis
turbance of peace.
$5 to third; $3 to fourth;
" for all others worthy.
DEAD BODIES STILL
LINE THE STREETS.
Horrors of Conditions at Messina Told
by Relief Representative.
Rome. Jan. 26. .Edmund Billings,
the representative of the Massachu
setts relief committee, writing from
aboard an Italian warship at Messina,
where General Sfascza. the Italian com
mander of the earthquake zone, gave
him accommodation, syv:
"No words can do justice to the orig
inal beauty and the present desolation
of this city. The setting is most won
derful and the destruction most com
plete. The houses are split in half,
with all their household goods undis
turbed. Dead bodies are still lining
the streets. Thousands of tons of
brick, granite and mortar are. piled up
on the wonderful boulevard, five miles
long, facing the sea. Tho poor people
are camping in the streets and under
the ruios wherever they can find a
hole. Ships of all nations are in the
harbor and men of all nations and
tongues are on this ship. My sojourn
here is not altogether pleasant, as the
stench is pretty had. Two earth shocks
were experienced tonight, one of which
is said to be the worst since the be
ginning of the earthquake."
FRENCHMEN OFFER TO ENLIST
ON BATTLESHIP FLEET.
Luncheon at Nice Casino in Honor of
Officers.
Nice, France. Jan. 2a Henry
White, the American ambassador,
gave an elaborate luncheon at the
Casino here today in honor of the offi
cers of the first division of the Amer
ican battleship fleet. Many promi
nent Frenchmen were present. Toasts
were drunk, to President Fallieres and
President Roosevelt.
A number of young Frenchmen, in
cluding a priest, attracted by the fine
appearance of the American ships and
by the contented manner of the sail
ors, called at the American consulate
here today and offered to enlist, but
were told they were ineligible.
BITTER ATTACK IN HOUSE
On William Nelson Cromwell and
President of Panama.
Washington. Jan. 26. A sensational
and bitter attack on William Nelson
Cromwell and President Obaldia of
Panama and others by Mr. Rainey u
Illinois was made in the house of rep
resentatives today. The postofHi-e ap-
propniiiivii uni was unaer considera
tion, but Mr. Rainey spoke under li
cense of general debate and he was
unsparing in his charge of corruption
and fraud against the person named.
At the coy lusion of his speech, which
consumed over an hour and a half.
Messrs. Stevens of Minnesota and
Kustermann of Wisconsin expressed
their disapproval of his remarks and
entered a defense of the accused.
February 12, 1S09, a Legal Holiday.
Washington, Jan. 26. During the
morning hour the house passed a joint
resolution making Feb. 12, 1809, which
marks the one hundredth anniversary
of the. birth of Abraham Lincoln, a
legal holiday in the territories and the
District of Columbia.
Barge Sunk in Long Island Sound.
Woodmont, Conn., Jan. 26. One of
two barges In tow of a tug sank In
the sound off here late today. The
name of the barge cannot be ascer
tained, as th tug continue! on her
cours with the remaining barge.
Condensed Telegrams
President Roosevelt opened the Con
ference on Dependent Children, held in
Washington.
President Roosevelt Declared he
would live most of his time in the west
after his return from Africa
Trie Steamer Celtic is Distributing
supplies tent from America along the
Sicilian and Calabrian coasts.
A Philadelphia Man Sued for divorce,
rharging that his wife told him she
had a soul mate in another planet.
Carrie Nation, in London, smashed
a "tube" car window which bore a pic
ture of a man smoking and drinking.
The Will of Anson R. Flower, who
lift an estati approximating $'.000,000,
was filed for irobate at Watertown,
n. y.
Mayor McClellan asked the Bankers'
association of New York to use its in
fluence with the legislature to have the
city's debt limit Increased.
Lady Moulton, wife of Sir John
Fletcher Moulton. died in London. She
was a daughter of Major Henry Davis,
an Amerhiin resident in Naples.
Seventy 'Passengers were put in a
panic when a trolley car and a lire en
gine came, into collision in Urooklyn.
Many were cut by flying glass and
women were trampled.
It is Reported at St. Petersburg that
Baron Rosen will be appointed envoy
to Italy and that M. George Bakheme
tieff will succeed him as Russian am
bassador at Washington.
At Riga, Russia, several depositions
were made to the effect that Jan Pou
ren, arrrested last year here, vas a
criminal and not a revolutionist, the
witnesses including Pouren's wife.
The Leading Japanese Newspapers
express the belief that the anti-Japanese
sentiment in America is restrict
ed to a clique in California, and that
the relations betwen the two countries
will continue friendly.
The Most Prominent Manufacturers
of food stuffs In the Vnited States
formed an association to oppose the
use of chemical preservatives and col
orings and organized a defense of Dr.
Wiley of the department of agricul
ture. Leaders of the Republican state or
ganization Monday opened war on
Governor Hughes' direct primary plan,
and in a statement made by .Senator
Raines and William Barnes, Jr.. there
were covert attacks on President
Roosevelt.
The Consolidated Gas Company
made public its annual financial re
port for first time sonee the rate was
started. The company deduced from
the "figures that it could only pay 4 per
cent, dividei.u at tho SO cent rate. In
stead of 6.
MOTION PICTURES FIGURED
AS NOVEL EVIDENCE.
Offered in a $50,CC0 Suit for Injuries
to a Boy.
New York, Jan. 26. Novel evidence
was given i:i the Urooklyn supreme
court today when ;i strip of motion
pictures showing simill hoys at play
was flashed on a whit; canvas. The
eidence was offered in a $j0.uuu d.a'i
aj,e suit brought against the (VaVy
Island and Brooklyn railroad compa
ny by Stephen McGorty, ten years old
through a guardian for injures that
brought on hip trouble, it was alleg
ed. The pictures showed the boy. ac
cording to r. A. Do'oson. a moving pic
ture machine operator, running around
as lively as his comrades. The pic
tures were taken last fall, while the
accident occured In 19H5.
Judge Aspinall, who tried the case,
readily admitted the motion Picture
evidence, and left the bench to take a
position where he could see the pic
tures when they were thrown on the
screen in a darkened court room. The
scene was perhaps one of the oddest
ever given in a court room.
The jury returned n sealed verdict.
WOOL TARIFF DISCUSSED.
Prominent Manufacturers Hold Con
Terence in Boston.
Boston. Jan. 2i. Nearly a hundred
prominent woolen manufacturers or
their representatives from various
parts of the country met in confer
ence in lioston today to discuss a
remedial tarifton wool. Kdward Moir
of Marcellas. N. Y.. presided.
It was c!aimed that the- present wool
tariff favored the worsted manufac
turers to si'ch an extent lli.it it was
difficult for the straight woolen manu
facturers to nnke hi. ;!i era", meet.
President William Whiuna-i of the
National Association of Woolen Manu
facturers sent a commi'iiicn tion sug
gesting the appointment of a commit
tee from the woolen men to meet the
worsted men to work together to se
cure a straight ad valorem duty which
would satisfy all. On this committee
wos placed Fdward Swindell. Itock
ville. Conn.: William Park. Stafford
Spring". Conn.: H. A. Francis, I'itls
fie'.d, Mass.. and others.
TWO DAYS' SESSION OPENED.
Evangelization of America, "Aim of
Home Missions Council.
Hartford. Con.. Jan. 26. The Home
Missions council, organized March 6,
190S. and which has fo- Its aim the
evangelization of Ameri V.. and which
is holding conferences of Rrteen of the
prominent cities of the Union, opened
a two days" meeting" here today. To
day's session was opened by Mayor
Kdward Hooker, and addresses were
given by Rev. 11. L. Morehouse, D. D.,
secretary of the American Baptist
Homo Missionary society, and Rev. W.
D. Macken.ie, D. D., president of the
Hartford Theological Seminary.
Tonight's meeting was addressed by
Rev. Charles E. Jackson, D. D.. pastor
of the Broadway Tabermiclo. New
York, on "A Christianized Ani'-rica
For World Redemption," and Rev. J.
H. Melisli, D. 1)., pasnr of Holy Trin
ity church. Brooklyn, on "A Christian
ized America For Nation Building."
The meetings will be continued to
morrow. SISTERS ACTED AS PALLBEARERS
Funeral of Girl Who Was Found Mur
dered in Shed.
Dayton,, O., Jan. 26. Elwood Wel
mer, who was arretted at Hamilton
last night as a suspect In the Mary
Forschner murder, arrived in Dayton
tonight in cusody of Police Chief Alla
back. The police have little confidence
In their ability to fasten the crime on
him. '
The day's further examination of the
scene of the tragedy developed the fact
that the victim was ravished In a field
and then led to a shed 75 feet from the
scene of the first outrage, where the
assault waa repeated and the girl kill
ed. The funeral of the girl was held to
day when her three sisters acted as
pallbearers
MAKING READ, rOR HOME VOYAGE
Will Assemble on North Coast of Morocco for
Provisions and Coal
ENTIRE AMERICAN
Will be Plowing the Mediterranean Westward Tomorrow
Different Divisions Under Orders to Sail from Ports
where Stops have been Made All will Meet in Straits
of Gibraltar for Final Lap Across the Atlantic
Nice, Jan. 26. The entire American
fleet of sixteen battleships til! be
plowing the Mediterranean westward
on Thursday, headed for Tctuan bay,
on tiie nort.i coast of Morocco, where
It will reassemble on Jan. 31 to coal
and provision foi the homeward Jour
ney. Divisions Leav Smyrna and Marseilles
The division under Rear Admiral
Seaton Schrocder, composed of the
Missouri, Ohio, Louisiana and Vir
ginia, has already iclt Smyrna. The
Georgia ami Nebraska, part of the sec
ond division, Rear Adrisrul Richard
Wainwright in coniman 1. failed today
from Marseilles for Tangier, under In
structions to salute the (lag cf the new
sultan of Morocco. The other two bat
tleships of this division, the New Jer
sey and Rhode Island, will weigh an
chor tomorrow.
First Division Leaves Viilefranche To
day. The first division of the fleet, made
up of Rear Admiral Sperry's flagship,
Connecticut, the Kansas, Minnesota
and Vermont, now. at V iilefranche, will
steam out of that port tomorrow, and
on Thursday the fourth division, under
Rear Admiral William P. Potter, com
posed of the Wisconsin, Illinois. Keat-
SECRETARY ROOT'S FAREWELL
To the Chiefs of the Bureau in Stato
Department.
Washington, Jan. 26. Secretary
Root hade farewell to the chief of tne
bureau In tho stale department this
aftornoo'i. He ttomkrd them for their
lovaltv. faithfulness and efficiency and
f rj'r the kelp they had rendered in con
ducting the affairs of the department.
The scene was very affecting and it Is
said there was not a dry eye in tin
room when the reception was termi
nated. Mr. Root also bid the newspaper
men who call on him daily a heartfelt
goodbye. He aked them to extend
those absent his hearty thanks for
their consideration In their treatment
of him durintr his public experience in
Washington and declared their attitude
entirely justified the confidence he had
reposed in them.
BODIES OF CONSUL CHENEY
And His Wife Who Perished at Mes
sina Will Arrive in New York To
morrow. New York. Jan. 26. It was an
nounced at the office of the Fa
bre lir.e tonisht that the bodh s of
Consul Cheney and his wife, both of
whmn were kilied in the earthnuaUe In
Messina, would arrive in this city on
the steamship Vcnezia of the F.ibre
line on Thursday.
A battalion of Vnited States ma
rines will be at the company's pier
In Urooklyn, when the steamer docks,
by order of the war department, and
the marines will escort the n mains
of the dead consul and Mrs. Cheney
to the Graiid Central station, from
whence they will be sent to New Ha
ven. Conn., the dead consul's home
town, for interment.
New Haven. Jan. 26. The bodies of
Consul Chew and his wife will be
brought here on a special car from
New York urid taken to Trinity chaVch
on the green, where they will remain
until the funeral, which will be held
Saturday afternoon.
STEEL MERGER.
Senate Has No Right to Call on Pres
ident for Information.
Washington. Jan. 2(i. That the sen
ate ha no right to call upon Pres
ident Roosc vdt lor information wrich
he may have obtained from tiie Unit
ed States Steel corporation when he
countenanced, that concern's absorp
tion of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
com pan v, is the opinion of the special
committee on Judiciary appointed to
investigate the merger. The situa
tion is proving decidedly embarrassing
to the Judiciary committee, but. re
gardless of this fact, it has been de
cided to proceed with the inquiry and
report to the senate whether the prrw
Ident had authority to permit the
merger.
NOT DEAD AS RUMORED.
Js panose Minister of Foreign Affairs
Is in Good Health.
Tokio. Jan. 27. There Is no founda
tion for the rumor of the death c5f
Count Jutaro Kornura. minister of
loreign affairs. He was in excellent
health when seen this morning and
said he expected to make a speech be
fore the diet soon.
Sale of Majority Interest in Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway.
New York. Jan. 26. Negotiations for
the sale of a, majority interest in the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway compmy
to Kd'Wiu Hawley and associates were
practically concluded herof today. Kiihn
Lo-b & company sold to the new in
terests about 24'), 000 shades of com
mon stock which they had purchased
from fhe Ponnsylvania Railroad com
pany over two years ago, and it is un
derstood that other large amounts of
stock are involved In tbedeal.
Japanese Spies in Ecuador.
Guayaquil. Ecuador. Jan. 26. Three
Japanese were brought in here today
and lodged in jail. They are suspect
ed of being spies in the service of
the Peruvian government and It Is
thought they are officers In the Jap
anese army. They were captured near
Cuenca while mapping the frontier.
United States Steel Dividends.
New York, Jan. 26. Directors of the
Cnited States Steel corporation today
declared quarterly dividends of 1 3-4
per cent, on the preferred stock and
half of 1 per cent, on the common
stock. These are unchanged from the
last previous quarter.
Re-elected U. S. Senator from Nevada.
Carson, New. Jan. 26. Cnited Stated
Senator Francis O. Newlands, demo
crat, who has been chosen by popular
vote for senator, today was re-elected
by both houses of the laolalatur.
BATTLESHIP FLEET
eante and Kentucky, will take their
departure from Algiers. This dlvUlon
will be preceded by the Panther and
AJax and Is due at Tetuan bay on
Saturday.
Ycnkton Will Reach Hampton Road
First.
The Yankton, a naval tender, which
has been doing duty at various places,
will bring up tho rear. After coaling
at Tetuan bay, the Yankton will pro
ceed Independently by a more south
erly route than the rest of tha fleet,
going by way of the Azores and Ber
muda, in order to avoid bad weather.
She will strive at Hampton Roads
day ahead f the fleet.
It was the original Intention to have
the fleet reassemble at Negro bay, but
it wb finally decided to coal at Tetuart
bay, because of the greater depth of
water and the better bottom.
Final Lop for Home Port.
The first division, under the Imme
diate command of Rear Admiral Sper
ry, will be the first to coal and. will
then proceed to Gibraltar to exchange
courtesies with the British fleet. The
other twelve American battleships will
not go to Gibraltar, but will rejoin
tiie commander in chief's flagship In
tho straits for the final lap across the
Atlantic.
ANTI-JAP LEGISLATION.
President Sends Another Lettar to
Governor of California.
Sacramento. Cal., Jan. 26. Governor
Gillett's mes:uige on the Japanese
question, sent to the legislature to
day, had ti.e effect of crystallizing the
sentiment for and against the bills in
troduced by Drew and Johnson,
against which President Roosevelt has
ed tho governor's power.
The president informed the governor
that it would be extremely dangerous
for the legislature to enact any laws
that might be construed by Japan as
discriminatory. He wired Governor
Gillett today that another letter to him
was on the way. This Is expected to
throw more light on the situation as
regards Japan and America.
Grove 1. Johnson, author of the bill
segregating Jajanese In residential
quarters ut the option of municipali
ties, moved today when the measure
came up for third reading, that It be
made a Hpeclul order for tomorrow.
Sprier Stanton and the assembly
organization are agalnrt Bl of the Mils
objected to .by the national adminis
tration. The ilj.M for them will come
from Orovo I Johnson, a Son Fran
cisco delegate, and those assemblymen
who have many union labor constitu
ents. HEARST-HASKELL AFFAIR.
Arguments In Case of MacReynolds,
Arrested by Governor's Order.
'Guthrie, Okl.i.. Jan. 26. Arguments
were continued here tnday In the rase
of Scott MacHeynolds, nrrestd by or
der of Governor Haskell while he was
collecting evidence for William Ft.
Hearst in defense of the governor's
charges of libel. MacReynolds Is
charged with trying to defame Gov
ernor Haskell's craraetnr.
Henry Asp, representing the govern
or, made a plea against dragging the
name i,f the governor through the mire.
Charles Ames, for tho defense, at
tacked the motives of the governor in
bringing the action against MacRey
nolds. and sa'd there was not .the
slightest foundation for the arrest of
MacReynolds.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK BILL.
Maiden Speech by Senator Cummin
Against Its Passage.
Washington. Jan. 26. A speech tvjr
Senator ImvIs of Arkansas favorlrja"
legislation to prevent dealings In -channos
In '"futures" in products of tho
soil and a maiden speech by Senator
Cummins of Iowa against the passage
of the jiosta! savings bank bill as re
ported to the senate by the committee
on postoffices and postroads wera the
features In the senate today. Mr.
Cummins spoke In favor of the deposit
of postal savings in state snd terri
torial banks.
The senate voted to purchase an oil
portrait of the late Senator Allison of
Iowa.
At 4.45 p. m. the senate adjourned.
SUPREME COURT DECISION.
Ohio Tax on Life Insurance Companies
is Illegal.
Columbus. O., Jan. 26. The Ohio tax
on life insurance companies Is Illegal.
This is tiie decision of the supreme
court, handed down today. The de
cision says that foreign Insurance
companies are exempt from the tax
on their premiums as long as the
premiums are forwarded to the Nenr
York or other headqunrters of the
companies out of the state. The tax
here is 2 1-2 per cert, upon arose pre
miums. The case was that of the Mu
tual Life Insurance company versus
the state of Ohio and wns brought
about a year ago. The ctnnmon pleas
and circuit courts upheld the state's
contention, but today the supreme
court reversed this. (
BALKAN OUTLOOK.
Prospects of Hostilities Between Tur
key and Bulgaria Not Diminished.
Berlin, Jan. 26. While it Is admit
ted in German circles that the Bulgarian-Turkish
situation has grown
more serious with the rer.nt moblll'a.i
tion of Riilgarlan reserves, an Immodl-'
ate collision between the two powers
is not apprehended.
Should Turkey, however, claim a
cession of a portion of Rumella. tha
sitiation would beenn-.e wor.'e and P.il
garia might forthwith take up arms.
Degree of LL. D. for sx-Gov. Higgins,
Providence. R. I. Jan. 26. It was
announced here tonight that the degree
of I.L. 1. will be conferred upon for
mer Gov. James H. Higgins of Rhod
Island by Georgetown university at Its
commoncem,nt exercises In June aext
Governor Higgins will deliver the
commencement address on that SKca-