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BIG SEAS CUT OFF
I TWO CHILDREN AND
T WOMEN + ON WRECK
Lashed to Rigging of F our Masted
J Bark Stranded on Beach Off
I Bell port L L Out of Life
Savers Reach
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f While tremendous seas lashed the sides of the stranded fourmasted
bark Puritan blown on a real oil Heliport L I this afternoon four
members of tier crew were taken oil in a breeches buoy The seas were
too high at the time to risk Liking oil two womn and two children who
were lashed high in the rigging
After two lifeboats had gone to pieces in the breakers the three
crews of lifesavers from the Heliport Blue Point and Smith Point Na
tions abandoned the ellort to rescue the imperilled women and children
in that lay
1 After many futile attempt to hint
l a line agati t the stiff nohterlv cile
f < nt I ° I totrd mil I hi l < ix es
bix y run from the foremast of th
leached efrl to the Mire
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Sea Heads Off Savers
Tf > t PEa was running u hIgh and
did as It ever ha been seen In that
r ti tJp11and the crew of the Scotch
i fcrk would not risk Inklnc th women
In the first trips of the buov so four
f irtTnb ror ho rrurt frt sent out al
An experiment and the women and
children wrapped in blankets and car
rid up In the rlRElnR
The crew of the bark Is composed of
the captain two mates and eleven men
rnl one of the women Is the captains
wife the other her friend The captain
ent word ashore that he would not
rlrti the taking off of the women until
the Wind went down or the ship was In
danger of breaking up
I It In expected by the llfesivers however
ever that everybody will be taken off
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I safely as the breakers have driven the
bark within a few hundred yards of the
dry beach
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The Puritan was sighted off Bellport
this morning In tow of the tug Teaser
p Both were laboring heavily to make
headway against the strong westerly
gale and angry sea Finally It was
aeen that the tug was in dlrncultled
and compelled to cast off the tow
I Tug Desered Big Ship
The bark worked In toward shore
and anchored about two miles off the
llfewivlnff station The tug lay by for
alf hour and then disappeared steam
ing In the direction of this city
No signals were llown froju Uio bark
untU shortly after noon when her
cublej parted and she MUS bluwn In
toward hore The boat was unable to
make steerage way and was driven into
a ttmother of breakers on a ledge of
beach about two and a half units west
of the Heliport lighthouse
The llfcsaors wh had been watoh
Ing anxlpusly immediately set out to
the assistance of the stranded vessel
first telephoning to the two nearest sta
tions for assistance
The Blue Point life savers had al
ready gone out and were endeavor to
launch a boat when the men arrived
from Smith Point and Heliport Effort
after effort to get out a boat or shoot
a line to the hoached boat failed She
had struck about a quarter of a mile
beyond the breaker line and was being
pounded to pieces by tho seas that
swept over her The majority of the
I crew had been driven to the frozen rig
King where they were cllngng desper
t ably
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FIn of the eighteen men on the bark
I made a landing by moans of their own I
boat ntxiiit 2SO oclock this afternoon
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l idlllOhiYe follf
Thats the cause of last
I Falls panic explains Presi
dent Roosevelt in his special
message to Congress
v Speculation is not only an
fl
unwise but an unnecessary
evil Not one in a thousand
escapes its undertow that
pulls one down to financial
destruction
There are plenty of highly
profitable yet safe and secure
investments offered through I
the Real Estate and Busi
ness Opportunity columns
of the Sunday World What I
these offers dont disclose
a little Want Ad in the
Sunday World will find
lion SUNDAY WORLD Hnnd I
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GOVERNMENT WAR
VYARI
ON HARRIMAN AND
OTHfRS STARTS
Rogers Stillimn SchilT and
I Frick Among Magnates
Named in Big Suit
S IT IAKH CITY Feb lUnited
States Attorney Hiram K Hooth act
Ing under the direction of the Attorney
General today filed In the Circuit
Court of the fulled States for the Dis
trct Of ftah sitting at SaIl Lake Cltv
a petition or bill In equity in Tvh > n I
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the failed States IBmade complainant j
and the Union Pacific Railroad Com I
pany the Oregon Short Line Railroad I
I Compinv tho Oregon Ilallroad and j
Navigation Company the San Pedro j
Ls Anqeles and Salt Lake Rallrnail
Company the Atchlson Topeka nnl I
Santa re Itillrnad Company the
Southern Pacific ompanv the North1
ern 1nclfic Rnllwav Company Great
Northern Railway Company Fanners
Loan and Trust Compnnv Rdanrd H
harriman Tacib H Schlff Otto If
Knhn James Stlllinan Henry H Ho
rN Henrv C Krick amid William A
Clark defemai s I
The bill sets out In delall the several
agreements contracts and operations I
by which the several defendants Harrl I
man Schlff Kahn Stlllman Rogers
Frlck and Clark at various times since
Jan 1 1D01 are rlleged to have secured
for themselves and others the
manage
ment and control of the various de
fendant roads their branches and
steamship lines and to have ever since
operated them In restraint of trade and
commerce among the States and with
foreign nations In violation of the act
of Congress approved July 2 ISx en
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titled An Act to Protect Trade and
I Commerce Against Unlawful Restraint I
and Monopolies
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The hill alleges combination and con
spiracy among the defendants In deroga
tion of the common rights of all the
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people of the United States and asks
That the Individual defendants
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named and their associate stockhold
ers and each and every person com
bining or conspiring with them and their
trustees agents and assigns present or
future be perpetually enjoined from
doing any and every act or thing In
furthermore of the combination or con
spiracy or tending to carry out the con
spiracy described In this bill of cam
p AIIiI or Intended or tending to com
Plate oontrol or partial control of said
competing lines of railway by the Union I
Pacific Railroad Company the Oregon I
Short Lino Railroad Company or the
Oregon Railroad and NavIgation Com
pany or their officers directors and
executive committees or In the con
trol legal or practical of any person I
or persons association or corporations
acting for or In lieu of said Union Pa
cific Rallrad Company or the Oregon
Short Lino Railroad Company or the
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Com
pany In carrying out of the unlawful
combination or conspiracy hetnbefore
alleged
And tact pending the final hearing
of tills case a temporary restraining
order and temporary writ of Injunction
may Issue enjoining the defendants and
their associates and each of them and
their stockholders directors officers
agents and itrvanU a herlnbetor
praI4
THAW TAKEN TO MADHOUSE i
I VIGOROUSLY PROTESTING 1
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Asylum for Criminal Insane at Mattea wan
I To Which Barry Thaw Has Been Committed
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I NATALIE HURR
NAMED iN BAKER
WILL IN PERIL
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Blaze in Room of Little Heir
ess While She Lay Dan
gerously Sick
Spfvli tn The Hvcnlnc World 1
HACKKNSACK X J Feb 1
Natalie Hurd the pretty little dough
ter of Mr and Mrs Frank 11 hurl
of Hogata who Is ranted as one of the
chief hencllclarle in the will Walter
Baker the Dostnn collegian whose mys
terious death In the Hurd home a few
months ago caused his brother to make
sensational chaises and start proceed
Ings to break the will Is dangerous
111 at her home with n severe attack of
diphtheria and scarlet fever
This fact became kown early today
when tire broke out In the childs bed
room the beams catching lire from
blazing logs In the open fire place
Thero was great excitement when the
Ore was discovered and Sirs Hurd al
most fainted from fright but had the
child hurriedly moved to another room
An alarm was given and the firemen
quickly put out the blaze
Little Natalies temperature was 104
and It Is feared the nick may provo
fatal to her H was said that Natalie
will derive about KMWW from the Baker j
will If It is not broken
The fire caused damage of about J300 i
MfT RECEIVER I I
GETS TWO MORE
LINES IN CHARGE
Judge t aomno In the nltod States
Clrntill Court this afternoon appointed
Frederick W Vhltridge receiver of tho
Fortysecond Street MiinhattanvlUe and
St Nicholas Avonue Railway Company
and the Dry Dock East Kroadway and
flattery Railroad Company The bond
in each receivership was fixed at JTiflono
Mr Whltrldijo Is already receiver of
the Third Avenue Railway Company
of which the other two were subsidi
aries
Tho applications were made In tho first
case liv tho Harbor Asphalt Paving
Company whlcli claims JSVM3 27 for
goods sold and dellveredprobably pav
ing and against the Dry Dixk Com
pany by tlmVAinerlcan Hay Company
which claims J05W01 for goods dellv
eml
It in recited that there Is other in
Uebt < xln < i3 which the companies are
IWLs to tn tt
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I JANITOR DRIVEN
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TO SUICIDE BY
CRlfS fOR HEAT
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Webber Lost His Job Because
f Owner Wouldnt Furnish
I Coal He Said
Constant wnrrlnc with the families In
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tho ndgemere apartmenthouse over the
lack of heat and tho fact that he had
been told to get another Job Impelled
Janitor William Webber to kill himself
i today The thirtyfour families in the
i big apartmenthouse which If at No
Wert One Hundred and Fourth street
I did not esteem their Yens Yensen
When the cold spell refrigerated th > I
steamheated Hats WoWicr was com
palned against lie sald he was not
given sutllclent coal with which to gen
erate enough heat Tho landlord then
told Webber to get out and today WTS
to be Webbers last In the apartment
house
Christian A Webbers tflfe and his
married daughter Mrs Mary Rohbrg
j went to Webbers quarters today to
i help him move his belongings Ho was
morose and complained of the manner
I In which hu declared he had been
treated Then ho said
Ach but It Is a bad day No good
deed could be done on such a miserable
i day aWl Webber went Into the stor
I room adjoining his apartments in the
basement
I Mrs Webber was taking her hus
bands picture from the wall when a
shot cracked anti startled the tenants I
as well as tho wife and her daughter
They rushod to tho storeroom and tound
Webber iI > riL He was oncu a soldier
In the German army and won medals i
for accuracy of aim The bullet ho t
sent Into his head from the 22 calibre
revolver waR a clean shot piercing tius
brain and causing Instant death
Webber was flityslx years old
PACIFIC BATTLESHIP I
FLEET AT PUNTA ARENAS I
PUNTA ARENAS Feb lTho fleet
of American battleships under Itear
Admlral Evans care to anchor In the
harbor uf Punta Arenas at 121 P it
today
CUBS SIGN YOUNGSTER
HP In Third IlniiMiinn SiiMlnnd of
Illliuiiikrc City IIIKIII
MLWAUKKE Fob lRaymond Save
land third baseman of the Milwaukee
City League was signed today by the
Chicago National League club Save
laml Is twenty years old and weighs
moro than 173 pounds
RICH OIL DEPOSITS HERE
ALBANY Feb ITho annual report
of tho State mineralogist states there
Is undeveloped wealth In oil In this
Btattf It Ia nr Contndaljwi Lk
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POLICE RESCUE
IJ CHILDREN AT
I TENEMENT FIRE
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Blaze Cut Off Escape by Stairs
and Drove Twenty Families
to Street
A smoky fire In the fivestory tene
ment No 3C East Fortieth street early
this morning drove twenty families to
the streets In scant atttre and some
what the worse for panic
SerKt Ncwham and pjtrolmen QuInn
Kelly and Pryor of the East Thirty
fifth street station accomplished the
rescue of oer a score of helpless chit
iiexu whoso parents were trying In
vain to get them away from the dense I
I
smoke which filled the hallways of the I
building within ate minutes after the I
blaze was discovered
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The fIre was dlsccvered In the base
ment of the house by John Nolan of I
j No 32 East
Thirtyninth
street who
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I was passing uy and he turned In tho
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alarm
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While the firemen were combating j
the blaze which spread upward rap I
Idly through the hallway the policemen
I made their way to the roof of the
building next door and from there
by the fireescape down to the burning
building Hack by the same route
they carried seven children of Michael
Ready two children of Mrs Adolph
riweltrer and four of Emll strebon I
Tho rest of the tenants driven out of
their flats by blue smoke and be I
unable to get to the street down the
stairways on account of the smoke
followed the rescuing policemen to
safety
The damage was estimated at about
UWOost of which was to the stair
ways of tlJ building
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COMPTROLLER HANDS
OUT JOBS IN OFFICE
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Comptroller Mctz made some climge
In hip olllce todiy Including the trans
fer of his ecretary Oliver E Siantiin
to be Auditor of Accounts I
Charles H Murray of No 163 Ieffe ts
place HrooklMi a newspaper man fir
mwly with Alfred Ilarmsnonh of Lon
don becomes Mr Mctzs secretary at
a salary of Vi H a year Mr Stan Ion
will receive Ml In his now place He I
was appointed in 1IKU by Edward M
Grout
Lawrence J Kelly Is mado Deputy I
City Paymaster at a salary of JUOO
Ho succeed John II llatjen who was
removed a week ago John F HobtM
Is mado Deputy Superintendent of Mar
kets suceedlng James II llaldwln who I
resigned Dee 11 The salary Is WUK
Henry A lrk Deputy Auditor of
Accounts bentes an Auditor of Accounts
counts at 3IlI and F J itrettman
an Auditor of Accounts Is transfencd
to a deputy AudHorshlp of Accounts at
P600
HMUDDERS Gn
THE MONEY AT
r NfW ORLEANS
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I Sea Swell Dr Heard and EL
T Shipp Among the City
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Park Winners
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lSliedil tn Tim Hvcnlnc VorM 1
I XiV ORLEANS Iji Feb I An
other lance crowd of racegoers came to
City Park today to speculate on hue
uevett iici down on the card for de
cision It was the last diy of the meet
ine nnd is the track was very heavy
the talent turned their attention to the
horI whth have shown the hued form
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In mud Joe Not ter who has bon ild
Inc In rood form during the meeting
hail the imul large number uf followers
and inrrv mount he had was well
nlavid The scene of racing shifts to
Fair Jronmls on Mondio where a two
weeks iniftlng will be ushered In
vsiiminarles I
FIRST RACESea Svell 111 to I f
lluriyle 1 to 1 for pluv ° Cunning
tJ to 10 for show 3 Tlinuoll i
SECOND RACEDr Heard 3 to 1 1 I
hell the Cat 2 12 to I for placu 2 I
Little Unllv 3 to 5 for show 3 Time
ltis Ilj I
ll ii itt > UVCEE T Slilnn 3 12 to 1 I
1 Illgginlliiithani 2 to 1 for nlnce 2
Po lng II tu 1 for show a TimeI I
FOlUTH UACE Timiceo 4 tn 5 I
Sea Salt T to r for place 2 Hellvlew
Ii to W for show 3 Time 3 12 3j
GETS 20000 LEGACY FOR
DEFENDING HIS COUNTRY
Vouve the pioper spirit my lad
nnd Ill elnwv you ho v I admire a
yoith who jumps to the defense of his I
country when she needs him said
Charles Slupiicni of Cedar Itiplds 11
is liu bade his nophew Stephen H jar I
loll o orsey City tunnell when he I
went South whit toe Iuurlli Rvglincnt
Jercty Vliint ery at the outbreak of
the Spani sit nteit ca i war
Tuit WIIS ninny years ago and youiiB
Carroll who Is now a clerk In limo
County Clarks utile had almost for
KOttcn the words of hH wealthy rela
tive He itI s recently nrirrled and had
riidved it valuable present from hs
undo I
Today a letter reached him from
Ccdnr Rapldi saylii that his undo had
diet and lieiiuuithed him f20tW lie
will read
To my niphew who gallantly rushed
Lit the ilefinse if iU founlry at h r
ill I ICIVH J2fiiflO
Voiilng Cirnil took the first train
West to claim his fortune
COURT REFUSES TO ENJOIN
PRESSMEN FROM STRIKING
CINCINNATI 0 Feb IHilliN
States Judge Thompson today hinded
lown a decision refusing to enjoin tho
IniTiintlonal Pressmens union from
striking
ROOT COMES FOll A VISIT
WASHINGTON Feb Secretary
Root loft Washington today for New
York on a visit for a few dcLyL
I I Berates Counsel for Not Fighting His
Commitment to Matteawan by
Justice Dowling After Acquit 1
tal by Jury
A PROPER VERDICT IS
MR JEROMES OPINION
Prisoner Receives Announcement With a Sigh 1
of Relief His Wife With Great Emo J
tion Roosevelts Relative
I Fined for Contempt f
The jury in the case of Harry K Thaw found him not guilty of the
murder of Stanford Whitetoday on the ground that he was insane when
the crime was committed and within four hours
Thaw
was on a train
bound for the Asylum for the Criminal Insane at Matteawan
I He was committed to the asylum by order of Justice Dowling
which declared him a dangerous lunatic
Thaws lawyers will go before a Justice of the Supreme Court on
Monday and ask for his release on the ground that Justice Dowlings
I commitment was unconstitutional If this move is unsuccessful they j
will apply for writ of habeas
a corpus and cause the appointment of a
commission to examine Thaw and report upon his mental condition j
THAW FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION J
Thaw protested violently against going to Matteawan He declared 1
with all the force of his violent
nature that his lawyers ought to secure
his release at once Finally Lawyer Peabody took him in hand in the
Sheriffs office in the Criminal Courts Building and persuaded him that I
he would have to go to the asylum I
Thaw finally agreed to depart peaceably and left the Grand Central
Station on the 439 train
GRINS AS HE HEARS VERDICT
Harry Thaw took the verdict with a grin of positive satisfaction
His wife heretofore the coolest figure in the great murder case showed
far more emotion than did her husband or her husbands halfbrother
Josiah Thaw the only one of his blood kin who heard the verdict in
person
After ordering the prisoner to be taken to Matteawan on the next
train the Justice allowed Thaws counsel grace of two hours m which to
confer with their client and decide whether or not they would fight by
habeas corpus the prder commitment to the asylum for the criminal
insane
JEROME AND LITTLETON AGREE
Mr Littleton said It was a just and legal verdict and what I ex
pected 5
Jerome threw his arms about Littletons shoulder and said
I am glad it turned out the way it did old man It was a proper
verdict
Theodore Roosevelt Pell the noted tennis player a relative of Presi
dent Roosevelt was the only person in the courtroom to applaud the
verdict Justice Dowling immediately ordered his arrest and fined him
325 for contemol of court
Justice Dowllng who haul given Thaw
mid his lawyers two hours to confer
convened court nt 3f A oclock and was
Informed by Mr Littleton that Thaw
was ready to go to the asylum without
any protest The Court then ordered
Dipuly Sheriff Hell to take the pris
oner to the train forthwith
Ready to Go
Hell went to the Shnrlffs ofllce where
Thaw was waiting nnd told him they
would have to start at once Thaw
buttoned up his ul ter and said
All right Ilj ready
Accompanied by his wife Dan
OMlelllv and thn IVjmty Sheriff Thaw
walked over the Bridge of Sigh to
the Tom N IIi > bido goodbye to all I
tho prison otllcaH unit climbed Into I
his own automobile which tad been
run Into the Jail yard His wife I
ORcllly Lawyer Ieabodv and Donutv
SIs r 1ff Hell cot Into tho car with liini
Deputy Sheriff Boll anti Detective
Moore of Prilnidys olllce cot on time
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sent with the chauffeur
The big gfUM calling to Lafayette I
street wore opened and the automobile
shot out Into in Immense crowd I
Crowd in Street Cheers
I < ed by Rafael Gnscon the man I
whom Tliaw assisted with money and
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advice to get out of the Slog Sins I
doath iiouse and floally oour an ac I
quittal on a murder charge the crowd
ehwred until the buildings about rang
with the echoes
Up Lafjyctto street to Canal streamM
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tho crowd after the automobile When
the car lost the crowd many of the
pursuers ran for the nearest subway
station to go to the Grand Central Do i
pot
Another big crowd was encountered nt j
tho Grand Central where a police guard
was necessary to fret Thaw to the gain
leading to the train He was cheered
there and appeared to enjoy tho manifestations
iI
festations of Rood will that greeted him <
on every hand jl
Thaw left for Mnttenwan on the 439 J
train Ills wife accompanied him only ii
as far as the station Peabody ancj
OReilly went with hIm all the way to
the Insane asylum
Jurors Sneak Home
The Jurors who went to the Knicker 1
bocker Hotel before dispersing for their 1
homes refused to discuss the proceed l
ings In the Jury room T K Itnweii
was the only moiucr of the Jury who
would say nntyhlng and he confined
himself to the statement that fourteen t
ballots were taken and that there wnro
no quarrels during the deliberation
The Jurors sneaked out of tho Knlcker r
ookor one at a tlmo by way of the ser i
vants elevator f
Ts Jurr treat out at XLtt oeloo