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JIADHOUSE LOOMS UP
SIGNS OF PARAXOIA.
-prosecution Gets Admissions from
I Defence's Alienist.
Slowly but surely District Attorney Jerome
believes he Is laying the foundation for an ap
plication for a commission In lunacy to deter
mine the mental condition of Harry K. Thaw.
When the session ended yesterday he was well
eatlsfled with the result of his cross-examination
ct Dr. Brltton D. Evans, alienist for the defence.
From him he obtained the first admission that
the defendant might, -when he shot Stanford
White, have had paranoia, a fixed form of Insan
ity, generally considered Incurable.
pressed to tell where. If at all. the -witness
ccuM point to any action or -writing of the de
fendant that Indicated a paranoical form of In
aaadty. Dr. Evans said that the clause In Thaw's
wjil waking provision for several girls indi
cated that Thaw was suffering from that form
of lawaltr. Ap3in. the witness referred to ™ '
flrrt "exarr.ir.ntion of Thaw after the murder, and
sa!d that the defendant at that lime was suffer
ing from a similar form of insanity.
Dr Evans took great care, however, to qual
ify his answers. He said thai at no time had he
found that Thaw was puffcring from a positive
condition of Insanity that he would call in
curable and from which lie might not have re
covered at the present time. Mr. Jerome was
satisfied. / .
In the Lite afternoon the defence raised an ob
jection to the introduction Of extracts from
textbooks by other alienists \vh'>h might refute
evid<nce given by Dr. Evans. Justice FitzGer-
Blfl sust.nlned the objection. The prosecution
•was directed to hand in his authorities and a
ruling will be made on Monday.
For hours yesterday the District Attorney
bitUefl with the alienist to pet come classifica
tion of the Insanity under which Thaw labored
liefore lie shot Stanford White and at the
time he killed him. As on former days the
alienist proved elusive, and was hard to pin
down to an unqualified statement. A larg-e
part of the examination hinged on "Exhibits
A to I." the letters written by Thaw from Paris
In 1303. Dr. Evans said he found a similar
form of Insanity In the defendant when ho ox
nrr.im-d him !n the Tombs after tne murder. The
expert qualified his statements, however, as he
carefully headed them about with a fortress of
Improbability thnt the paraaoical form was
positive or lasting.
The continued iminatioo began yes
terday with Mr. Jerome having Dr. Evans take
up ngain "Exhibits A to i.- the letters written
by Thaw from Paris In MS, and then asked:
"Can you, as a scientific? man. give an opinion
If the defendant was sane or insane at the time
he wrote Exhibits A to I. and at the time of the
shooting?" asked Mr. Jerome.
"1 am of the opinion that on the night he shot
Stanfrrd White Thaw was suffering from an
explosive outbreak or adolescent Insanity." re
rlied Dr. Eynrs after much deliberation.
•"Do people suffering from paranoia have long
jvri'><i* "f tacSdlty. so they can go about their
business with a sane mind?" pressed the Dis
trict Attorney.
"I believe 5 •." Dr. Evans replied.
•Was the defendant suffering: from acute or
chrrnic adolerrent Insanity at the time he killed
Stanford Whit??"
sAns 'An acute outburst."
Speaking about the will and codicil that Thaw
wrote on his wedding day. Dr. Evans said:
■'TV- will and codicil suggest a form of pa
rano!cnl insanity, but other things show a dif
ferent foim, so it cannot be pinned down to
that alone."
The wori!s "brain storm" which Dr. Evans
has used repeatedly to scribe Thaw's condi
tion wor«* brought up, and Mr. Jerome asked
him if he ever knew of similar cases. The wit
ness said he knew of several cases in the insti
tution of which he is superintendent, and told
of one specific case. The prosecution forced him
to admit that after i year's treatment the pa
tient showed only a little improvement.
During the crr:ss-examination Dr. Evans cited
several well known cases where some form of
insanity was used as a defence to substantiate
some of his points. Among them he spoke of
thf- Sickles-Key murder trial, when General
Daniel E. Sickles was '■-:■ and acquitted for
the murd.-r of l*ran<i<. Rarton Key. Several
other case« were cit^-d.
On* of the mn«t important points that the
prosecution forced from the witness yesterday
rear when Mr. Jerome risked:
"Did you ever know of a person recovering
who killed a person • hi- in a brain storm?"
"To my personal knowledge I do not," Dr.
Evans replied.
That the strain of the trial is bf ginning to
tell on Thaw was evident yesterday. During the
morning session the prisoner Interrupted the
proceedings for five minutes while he left th<;
room. Be went out into an anteroom and be
gan a series of calisthenics that the physical
exorcise might l:.-\. the mental strain.
I Jr. Evans at the dose of the session said
that two sb, unknown to him. sought to gain
rntranVe to his room in the Hotel Belmont on
Thursday night. While he was at dinner, he
said, the aid on the Boor on which his room is
was approached by the two men. <„. of thrm
f&!<! he was associated with Dr. Evans and
wanted to get into his room. The maid knew
nilther, and refused to open tho door. The
men then departed.* and Dr. Evans informed the
hotel detective. An investigation was fruitless.
There awn in Dr. Evans's room a number of
valuable papers relating to the Thaw trial, but
re professed not to know the reason for the
alleged effort to enter his room in bis absence.
Tho trial will be continued on Monday, with
Dr. Evans again on the witness stand.
DR. EVANS PIXXED DOWX.
Admits Thau- Had Signs of Para
noiacal Inmnity.
The District Attor asare successful
festerday in obtr.ininjr admissions from i> r .
BrlVion I). Kvans than on Thursday. Dr
Evun« :.dmitt«-d that Thaw on several nrraatnna
had out bur.-? s af "fedoleaeent Insanity." ij.
gal be never knew of a per— who killed
another person while in a "brain storm"* recov
ering hit- m« ntal equilibrium.
After much fnHHesa y'lhrlm Mr. Jerome
asI:«HJ:
V- Now. doctor, taking all th-> things whu-h you
kii.iu about tho oaf-e, ami by that, of c-jurs- I
mean things that you li«v«- togrtiwr with iiie facts
Msum«>ci In the hypothetical question, these letter*
•v.d wrttu-n cornmunJcatlonff, what w.-ik th*> mental
«on<3<tlon of the defendant, in your opicton. :it the
Was hi- wrote tlxwe tt.-rs. Kx!i>l!'- Ato I? A.—
}* a of the opinion be was in a state of menial
instability, certainly.
„V-—A nd by thai do you tneun be tea* insane at
tli* time? A.— Not necessarily when all of them
* <srl lav <-tl en Mcosd par*.
"A LITTLPi HIGHER IN PRICE— BUT!"
Ab»r.Juteiy ?re«» from nil injurious preservatives.
U vc* °° • u%J * Utau tor FEKItIS Ham* & Hacan.-
T»-4ay, »-n:.i ami manner.
Te-fUMrnw, f»Jr .1011 NMerj nouthru&t wftadl.
THEY WAXT ROOSEVELT.
Second Choice, Taft, in South Da
kota and Nebraska Legislatures.
[By TMe«l»|* *' "H"' Triliun-.I
Sioux City. lowa. March 1. — Roosevelt for a
third term is the overwhelming choice of Ro
publicans in the legislatures of South Dakota
and Nebraska, as shown by a careful poll taken
hero. In South Dakota IM of the 113 Repub
licans gave Roosevelt for first choice; Shaw got
2: Taft. 1: Hughes, 1; Root, 1; two refused to
rote. Most of the Republicans believe Roose
volt will refuse to run again, and. eliminating
him from their consideration, the vote stood:
Taft, *:>: La Follette, 1!*: Hughes, 10; Root. 7:
Shaw .7: Folk. I: Fairbanks, 2; DoUlver. 1;
Moody, 1; Warner, of Missouri. 1; Glass, of
South Dakota. 1; remainder no choice but
Roosevelt.
The Nebraska legislators stood nearly unani
mously for Roosevelt Eliminating him. their
vote was: Tafl *•: Hoot. S: Beveridge, 7; Fair
banks. I; Cannon. -: La Follette, 3; cummins.
:;; Hurkott, 2: Dolllver, 2: Hughes. 1: Cortel
you, 1.
In South Dakota the Democrats voted: Bryan.
1",; Hearst. 1.
In Kebraska the Democrats pave Rryan 22
and Folk 2. one Populist voting for Roosevelt
LAWYER 'DIES ON CAR.
E. 11. Lcteu Succumbs to Apoplexy
Near His Home.
Eupene Howard Lewis, a member of the lav
firm of Eaton C Lewis, of No. 44 Broad stree
who lived • orne apartment hotel. 67th
venue, died from apoplexy
on 11 Seventh avenue surface cur. near 57th
street, last evening. President William 11.
Truesd ' •' Delaware. Lackawanna &
Western Railroad, who wa.= on his way to Mr.
I. vis's home for fllnner. assisted in carrying
Mr. Lewie to n drug store.
AS passengers w. re about to carry Mr. Lewis
to a drug store on the northeast corner, Mr.
drove up In his automobile. He saw
■ ing the body, and ordered
As he alighted fp.m the
machine l ■ I that the man was Mr.
Lewis. President Truesdale then summoned
Pr William Hartshorne. who lives In th
an could do nothing.
p f , . trs Lewis's Illness, Pn
'a body taken I
- I ition. and after Coroner
ertlflcate of removal, th*
the Bt< ph. -n M. rrltl un
nt L>r. H. H. Busby, of
Xo. 58 We • ' brother-in-law of Mr.
• for the
'. which will take place on M< 1
•> Ife and three children, a
■ y. ars • Id. a boy three
Hi ?.. ■ la married
my Busby, who was
leading woman. H
\VK. in 1552. He was gradu-
Fale and Columbia Law School. He
In the Marconi Wireless
■ member of the Hm
n University Club. Lawyers 1 t"in>.. Alpha
•k Yacht
tic Club, A Club of '
Uo< leeway Hunting Clul
Pla'ven Lhe Falrfleld County Golf Clut
and the ' Utan «'iuh. of Washington.
BOYS HELD AS FORGERS.
Said to Have Tried to Pass Bogus
Checks on National City Raul-.
Two young clerks, arraigned before Magib-
In the Tombs court late
flay afternoon, were charged with attempting
■ heck for fl'.M* at the National City
Bank, at No. :>- Wall street. The prisoners,
Otto Brassier, fifteen years old, of No. 728 Plat
bush avenue, Brooklyn, and Harold Allen.
ra -ad. of No. GUI Nostrand
avenue, Brooklyn, were remanded-
When the youths were arraigned Del
its Woolrldge and Gargan refused to dis
cus- the arrest. I g that they eon.
nothing until another arrest was made. The
chock, it is understood, was drawn on Flncn s.
an. of No. .'I- Nassau street
Philadelphia. March l.— Allen Furnell. alias Harry
Morton, «>f Brooklyn, was arrested here to-night on
h urge of passing bogus checks. He has been
living at the Bellevw-Stratford. it la alleged thai
be issued checks In the name of Finch & Cole-;
man, lawyers, of No. S2 Nassau street, Now York
They were drawn on the National City Bank of
N.-w York. Bressler and Allen are under arrest In
New York as accompllcea of Furm-11. Detectives
nay Bressler and Alien have obtained money on
the bogus checks which Furnell Issued.
HONDURAN TOWNS TAKES
X
Three Captured by Nicaragua**
One Sharp Action.
Manaeua, Nicaragua. March 1, -Forces of the
Niearaguan government have captured, with
out if latanrr. the Honduran towns <>f Concep-
Ckm and Maria. They took possession of the
town of Corpus Christ! after hard flKhtln.ir.
No detail- of the engagement at the last
named town have been received here.
SAYS HONDURAS MAKES CREWS FIGHT.
Captain Warns Seamen Not to Go Ashore —
Soldiers Wanted Against Nicaragua.
• .• Trtbun.- 1
Mobile, March I.— Captain Bcott of the
steamer Majod'- C. Williams, just arrived from
Rouatan. Honduras, advises crews of vessels
calling at Honduras not to X" ashore, as he says
that they are likely to be captured by soldiers
and forced to I'mlit aeainst Nicaragua. He said:
We learned a lesson the last time we were in
Honduras, and if my men had gone ashore they
Would undoubtedly have been seize.). The gov
ernment <>f Honduras is picking up all the able
bodied men that can be found and forcing them
to lijrlit. Th schooner Williams has a crew of
West Indian Negroes, and they are afraid to
go back to Honduras.
MME. EAMES'S PLANS.
Few g'.ir.s were fired In the opera war yesterday.
Interest centred chiefly hi the plans of Mine.
Kam« ■■ for next year, and no one would commit
himself or herself definitely. la reply to an In
quiry, Mnie. Kames telegraphed to Tli.> Tribune,
"Have as yet decided nothing f., r next win
tor."' Henry Wolfsohiu her manager, wa3 in Buf
falo, but Ma secretary said for him that in operatic
matters the stager acted for herself. He arranged
only her concert appearances, it was said.
Oscar Ham me rate In refused to make any definite
statement about Mme. Eamcs. -I have always
been ■ mode! of chivalry," he said; "a very Ches
terf eld. How can you expect me to tell you that
>!m«. TTamnp is going to sing here If she will say
nothing? I am helpless."
Many famiiles tt?e. as a fOoO-4Hnk. Instead of
Impure li.iik. HorUck'a Malted 'iiUk. original and
only genuine. Always reliable, nutritious.— AdvL
NEW- YORK. SATURDAY. MARCH 2. 1907.-SIXTEEN PAGES -» Th 3%£\!Zi«u n .
SUIT FOR MRS. EDDY.
VO.V ASKS ACCOUNTING.
Mother Held To Be Incompetent to
Conduct Financial Affair*.
Concord. N. H., March I.— A bill In equity
to secure an accounting of the financial affairs
<>f Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, head of the-
Christian Science Church, was filed In the Su
perior Court f., r Merrlmack County to-day by
Mrs. Eddy's sen, George W. Glover, of Dead
wood, s. D.. and his daughter, Miss Mary Baker
Glover, and George W. Maker, of Bangor, Ma.,
nephew and "n.-xt friend" <>f Mrs. Eddy.
Besides demanding an accounting of all trans-'
actions in connection with Mrs. Eddy's affairs,
the bill asks for restitution In case any wrong
dolng appears; for an Injunction during !iti
gatlon against Interference with her property
and business, nn.i for a receiver.
In a statement Issued to-night by ex-United
States Senator William E. Chandler, a special
counsel In the action, it is declared that Mr.
MRS. MAHY HAKER C, KI'T'T
Glover la actuated by no spirit of disrespect to
his mother, but believes that the proceeding Is
in her real interest. Mr. Glover Bays that the
action is not directed against the religion of the
Christian Scientists. The statement further de
clares that Mr. Glover bad long thought that
his mother was growing t.... feeble In body and
mind to atti ■ 1 1 • i to important business luat'.rs,
but that for ;i long time he was unable^ con
firni this suspicion, because those immediately
about her seemed unwilling- to allow even her
nearest relatives to have an Interview l"n-^
enough t.. reveal her actual condition. Early
In January, however, it is stated, Mr. cio-.-.r.
during a visit u< « "< .n. . .r.i . was enabled to t.ilk
with his mother for three-quarters of an hour.
and as a result, aft* r
cided upon I I •:<■!! "as an Imperative
duty too lo
The . returnable at the April ten
the Merrlmack County Superior Court, which
tries on the fli ■ ;•• of the month.
it Is directed against Calvin A. Prye, secretary,
and Lewis. C. Straus, a^ iry, of
rd; Alfred Parlow, Irving C Tomlmson,
Ira »'.» '. Knapp, w. B. Johnson and .1 aeph Arm
strong, all i f Boston, and Stephen A. Chase, a*
nee Church, and
irch In
< 'oncord.
BILL ALLEGES INCOMPETENCE.
ifically the bill the nominal
tiff, Mrs. Eddy, who sues "by her next
friend," i 1i 1 - i !'>nn time has been In
competent to do business or to understand
lvi ted In her name In i
tlon wit ii her prop< it v.
Th- gatlon is that the defei
: : of her person and
■! i led on ':■ i i■. ness, it
o alleged that having done this, knowing
of her Infirmity, they have 1 me trustees for
her of all property which has coma Into htr
•and to give account there
! of ->ll their transactions In her name. It
is further alleged that there in reason to fear
that the defendants wrongfully converted some
of fcer property to tlnlr own use, and that there
are particular transactions of which an account
be given.
John \V. Keiiy, of Portsmouth, and the firm
of Martin A Howe, of Concord, apear as counsel
In the case for the plaintiff, with ex-Benator
• '!.:■ iier acting as special counsel. Mr. Chan
men) follows:
Reorge W. Glovei and his daughter, Miss
Mary Baker Glover, during their recent trip to
Washington and the Easl Investigated the con
dition oi Mr. Glover's mother. Mrs. Mary Baker
Glover Eddy, at Concord, N. 11. Mr. Glover
had far wime years lieen Inclined to believe thai
Mis. Eddy In her old age, eighty-six years now,
had been growing 100 feeble In body and mind
to attend to extensive and Important busi
ness matters, but the various persons living with
Mrs. Eddy, none of them relatives, had sur
rounded her so carefully and had bo persist
ently pn vented any other persons, even h.-r
relatives, from having any but momentary
Interviews with her that Mr. Glover had not
been able to test bin fear.-* by any prolonged
visit. He and his daughter, however, on Jan
uary - were permitted to see Mrs. Eddy for
three-quarters of an hour, and the result of
il.at Interview was to confirm tlxir apprehen
sions and to convince them that she was not
capable of doing any business
She was w.-ak bodily and ln-r mind was be
clouded and enfeebled and possessed by strange
and irrational notions. it was clear to them
that, if not Insane, her mental faculties were
bo far Impaired that sh tuld not attend to
financial affairs nor give any Intelligent direc
tion to any business of hers which might be of
any Important >■.
HER SECULAR BUSINESS INCREASED.
Various Incidents connected with their stay
jiiid facts which they learned from several
sources tended to strengthen these conclusions
as to Mrs. Eddy's Incapacity for business. Mr.
Glover and bis daughter further learned that
Mrs. Eddy's Becular business, instead of de
creasing with growing oi.i age, seemed to bo
larger than ever. She la still president of the
Metaphysical College of Healing, and stays at
the head of the body of 8,406 practising healers,
although Bhe does not personally give treat
ment.
Tho copyright of "Sclenca and Health," which
is a book of enormous sale, still stands In h<i"
name, while all the other copyrights of Chris
tian Science books ami weekly, monthly und
quarterly periodicals are in her name, she re
tains her place aa head >>T the Mother Church at
Boston, with 40. *i00 members and an immense
Income.
From all that could be learned it seemed to
?>lr. Qlover certain thai the Income from all
those sources must be vast -all gathered in by
reason of the use of Airs. Eddy's name, raised
largely by active movements, nominally headed
by lier, and to touch of which -she must be per
sonally entitled.
Jt was *l.ar that, as Mrs. Eddy could not
personally do anything about tills enormous
business, carried oa by her authority and much
Of ii la her name, necessarily it was all con
ducted by the various persons surrounding her
at Concord, and in charge of affairs at Boston.
who were not under any real responsibility to
her for what they were doing.
Therefore. Mr. Olover. after consulting with
counsel, came to the conclusion that it was his
duty to his mother to take action for the pro
tection of her property interests. He did not
make a hasty decision, but gave long und full
consideration to the situation. At last he was
advised that equity courts have authority to
Continued on iwcond pagr.
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X. T. daily 12:£J noon. Due St. Aug. 2:30 p. m. Sea
board office. 1113 fway. or any P. R. R. offices.—
Advt.
EXPLOSION AT HOTEL.
KXICKERIiOCKER IX PAXIC
Part of Building Wrecked by Burst
ing Wheel—One Hurt.
The bunting of a large flywheel with a crash
like a dynamite explosion caused a panic at the
Hotel Knickerbocker, at Broadway and 42d
street, late yesterday afternoon. Parts of th?
building were wrecked, and one man was badly
hurt. Many women fainted The hotel was
plunged in darkness. Till a late hour th? huge
building was lighted by candles.
The wheel is said to have been defective, and
gave, way to centrifugal ftrc. It was one of
four, attached to the electric generators in the
sub-collar on the 4:,] street side. Its diameter
was ten feet and Its weight seven tons.
The fragments, some weighing five hundred
pound:-, tore a huge hole in the floor of the hotel
barber shop, directly over the wheel. Another
of the larger fragments partially wrecked the
costly marble switchboard in the cngineroom.
Still another fragment shattered an asbestos
bound conduit for electrical wires. The chief
engineer stood within two feet of the frying
metal, escaping without injury.
Tony Dominlcis, the proprietor of the barber
*hop, who from his long service in the Hotel
Ten. Eyck, in Albany, has been called "The
Governor's Barber." was the injured man. lie
was seated at a desk in the barber shop, only a
foot away from the breach In the floor made
by the flying fragment When he stepped,
dazed, out of his chair, he toppled down through
the aperture, railing twenty feet and breaking
his right arm.
li The five manicure girls in the barber shop
fainted, and one was so overcome by hysteria
that she had to be sejit home in an automobile.
SHOCK FELT ON SEVENTH FLOOR
The accident happened a little after 4 o'clock.
At that hour the hotel, which was opened last
October and is housing nearly four hundred
guests, as a busy place, in the many dining
rooms guests were seated at tables; the several
cafes were well patronized, and through the
upper part of the twelve-story building the
guests were preparing for dinner and to leave
the hot. !
The shock was felt and beard as far as« the.
seventh floor. Crowds rushed to the hotel.
Screams were heard coming from the upper
me. up from the
corridors The proprietor of the hotel, James
!>. Regan, ordered A. I. Barney, the manager,
to snt ply at once hundreds of candles, there
being no gas in the hotel. Th.- hotel employes
ilrs to calm the guests, ai
\\ ere lock* d, ii • \ egress to a;
f>r th<> time denli ■!
The police came, and could not eet In for some
few minutes Inspector Hussey hastened to
ne, and also had trouble Kitting inside.
Meantime, the report spread that many were
Injui 1
Th. < -jirht hydi tors stopped for five
minutes, for some reason not given, and guests
■ fused on the elevators for
a tim< a ter of precaution.
With the arrival of the reserves the crowd.
numbering thousands, In Broadway and 42d
from the |
young leaded to t>" allowed to go into
the L< her mother was waiting for
her. ! '
CHAOS IN SUB-CELLAR.
üb-cellar, the barber shop, th^
basement grillroom, the florist's booth, the bair
rs and chiropodists' parlors, excitement
ran high. Those who «• r down there Brst found
liw partly lathered, half-shaved, half-dressed
customers, who bad fiedfijrom the barbers' chairs,
reviving as many young women employed In the
raring parlors.
The concrete flooring, two and a half fe.-t
thick, supported by Me.'i girders three feet apart.
• or two from the desk "f the proprietor
of the barber shi p. heaved up a few inches, and
three feet of the concrete dropped, with th«- frag'
that had dislodged it. down Into the en
■ oom.
The repairing of the damage was begun at
It was found that a Ihk steampipe which
had Ik en hit by a flying steel fragment was un-
Injun d
The management excluded the newspaper men
f>r forty-five minutes, and asV>wed only one
reporter to a» downstairs.
<>a behalf ,of Mr. Regan, Philip K. Mindil
last lii^ht said that no estimate of th,> damage
resulting from the accident could be made.
The contractors who Installed the electric gen
erating engines are BlcKenzie, Quarry \- Fer
guson, of this city.
"If the hot.-: had not been built like a steel
saf«- set in the rock, fragments of the fly wheel
might have caused far greater damage." said
Mr. Mindil.
A Mrs. nfinxeshelmer, wife of a wealthy rhi
cago stock broker, a truest of the hotel, went
downstairs at •» o'clock, and. observing Uie
myriad candles, asked:
"Why, what has happened?**
The clerk, at the desk told the woman what hart
happen.-. 1.
one cool person was found In the basement
He was the hoy in charge <>f the cloak room,
fifty feet from the barber shop. He did not
leave his post. His name could not be learned.
SUNDAY PAPERS BARRED.
Canadian Laxc Shuts Out. SOJDOO
j. i m erit a n Copies.
[By Trl^ K ra;.h to The TrltmM.l
Toronto, March 1. -Twenty thousand Ameri
can papers hitherto sold freely in Canada on
Sunday are absolutely barred on that day. and
Canada itself does not issu* a* Sunday paper.
It Is illegal even for express companies to bring
these papers into Canada on Sunday. The legis
lation Prohibiting the sale of newspapers
throughout the Dominion on Sunday was passed
at last year's parliamentary session, and the
penalty for violation is a fine of $2QOI or two
months in Jail. The papers have always been
obtainable on trains, at stations ami at hotels
and bookstalls. A meeting of those Interested
in the sale was held to-day. Tho ] os;l l advice
was that no loophole existed by which the pa
pers could bo paid for 111 advance or on Monday
and given or delivered In rooms or at tha
houses of customers on Sunday.
COUNTESS MONTIGNOSO INJURED.
V
Princess Anna Monica Pia also Slightly
Hurt in Motor Car Accident.
Florence. March I.— The Countess Montignoso.
the divorced wife of Kin*? Frederick Augustus
Of Saxony, and her^ four-year-old daughter.
Princess Anna Monica Pia, were riding In a
motor car near here to-day when the machine
Bot. out of control and ran into a tree with such
violence that it was thrown hack for a distance
of twenty feet. Both the countess and her
(laughter sustained slight Injuries.
Try Gold & Black Kabel 1. 2 & 3 Crown Sherries
of A. H. Ruiz & Hermanoe. Jerez. Spain.— Advt.
AFTER ALL, USHER'S THE SCOTCH
that mado toe highball famous.— Advt.
FIVE DEAD IX WRECK.
Governor Woodruff of Connecticut
•Escapes Unhurt.
Waterbury, Conn.. March — Governor Roll in
S. Woodruff of Connecticut had a narrow escape
from death m a collision on the New York. New
Haven & Hartford Railroad just below Nauga
tuck early this morning, according to a report
received here at 1 a. m. to-day. Five persons
are lid to be killed and many Injured.
The Governor, with the members of Company
F. I'd Regiment C. N. <:•., was homeward bound
from the dinner of Company A of the same reg
iment, at Elton. Their train was the 11:40 from
New Haven, due here at 12:4!).
Half a mile from the Kaugatuck division sta
tion, near the plant of the Eagle Brewing. Com
pany, the train ran at full speed into a freight
train. Several ears were telescoped, according
to report. A meagre account of the accident
was telegraphed to this city and to Nauajatuek,
and a call was, sent out for doctors and ambu
lances. A relief train was started for the scene
of the wreck.
At an early hour this morning it was said
that the Governor ha i Injury. The ex
tent of the fatalities could not b»» learned
SEABOARD WRECK BURXS.
Train Runs Into Parted Freight and
Passe ) i Hurt.
Atlanta, March I.— lt is reported here that a-
Seaboard Air Line passenger train, from Birm
ingham ran Into a freight to-night, which bad
broken in two near Powder Springs, c,a.. and
that the entire passenger train burned. Re
ports pay that only train crews were seriously
injured, but that several passengers were slight
ly hurt.
EXPRESS TRAIN LEAVES TRACKS.
Chicago Special on Central in Accident —
No One Hurt.
Syracuse, March L— The Chicago Special.
westbound, on th.- Sew York Central, cons
of an engine and sli the tracks east
o; Rome at 1:13 to- train was run
ning at full speed, but no one was killed and no
one w.is seriously Injured. T I was
caused by a broken truck next
yardmen vote strike.
Others Sanguine That P. R. R. Dif
ferences Mat} Be Adjusted.
Philadelphia. March I.— Though no official
statement was Issued, it was authoritatively
said to-night that about 8.000 or the iU">'M> yard
men employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad on
lines east of Plttsburg and Erie have voted to
strike in an effort to make the company meet
tholr demands. The vote was counted by the
grievance committee of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen at an all-day session in Fm
ternity Hall. A committee was named by the
grievance committee to call upon Genera] Man
ager Atterbury. when an official statement as to
the vote will be made.
The yardmen, according to the railroad offi
cial" represent a small percentage of the em
ployes. To make a strike successful they would
have to gain the support of men In other _ de
parttmnts. and the move to atrtke w- u ,l have
to be ratified by the brotherhood. Members of
the organization In this city are of the oPtoU*
that the differences between the rauroad and
the men will be adjusted without the men
going out.
HIGHER FREIGHT RATES.
Purposed •' to 10 Per Cent Increase
by Trunk lane Association.
Baltimore. March 1. -M was learned here to
day that on last Baturda: •'« »* w ta
New York a meeting of the Trunk I. : .
tlon, as a result of which man la usit
ally mad- on April i will be held up pending a
proposed rearrangement of freight ratt
I; Is understood that at the meeting n
tlon the Southern roads united fan a demand
that freight rates be advanced U !•• '
throughout the schedules, and that they will
Insist upon this In opposition to ti
willingness of Important roads north of Wash
ington to ass, nt t.. a smaller Increase. CM these
one Is said to have declared for an inir< '■
5 per .em flat and another for a 5 per cent in
now. with a sliding scale that would
bring the ra'.s up 1" per cent within six months
Many Important contracts, the terms of which
rkpend hi large measure on freight rate* are
h.-ir.g held up pending the Unal disposition ol
the question, as. to make the proposed new rates
operative by April 1, they mua) he aaaoonced
"it'i's said to be probable that another meeting
of the Trunk Line Association will !>e held be
tween now and March l». at which lie question
will be definitely decided.
Although the coal traffic managers of th.- road.-;
carrying bituminous con' have almost reached Is*
conclusion to Increase the rates for carrying that
commodity to 3'i cents a ton per mile, they are to
have another meeting to discuss the subject an
Philadelphia next week. The majority report Of
the BUb-COramlttee of the Eastern Ohio and West
ern Pennsylvania Coal Traffic Association and the
Ohio Coal Traffic Association, presented at a meet-
Ing In this city on Thursday, was strongly in favor
of the increase. it is said It is understood, how
ever, that tht-rc was a minority report, presenting
certain objections to the proposition.
Most of the tidewater railroads were represented
• it* the meeting, but it Is hoped to have a lancer
representation of the interior coal carrying roads
at the Philadelphia meeting, which will probably
be held on Wednesday.
"RAILWAY FUTURE POOR'
Vice-President Mohler of U. P. Sees
Hard Times Ahead.
[By Telegraph tr> The TrihunM •
Omaha. March I.— Vice-President Mohler of the
Union Pacific takes a gloomy view of the future of
railroads because of the anti-railroad legislation in
Congress and in various state legislatures, and pre
dicts that a pants will prevail shortly and that some
railroads will go Into the hands of receivers. In
discussing the subject, M added: .
The railroads are getting it on both aides. With
the legislatures demanding a cat to two cents and
the employes demanding a raise of 13 per cent, the
railroads are. hard hit. We offered to arbitrate the
salary question with the men., and the concessions
offered at the Chicago conference will be oppressive
to some of the railroads. Furthermore, the ten
dency of the railroads from this time on must be
one of retrenchment. I can " say that the Union
Pacific will do very little construction work from
this time onward. There Is no other course open
for them to pursue. With a general increase In sal
aries, a marked increase in cost of materials, with
legislation both national and state to reduce reve
nues there can be but one result.
GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER,
lv surlty has made it famous."— Advt.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
SUBSIDY BILL PASSED.
WAS FIRST DEFEATED.
Provision* for Pacific and Gulf Line*
Cut Out— A Bitter Fight
[From The Triton* nur*cu.j
Washington. March 1.-At one time defeated,
the Littauer Mall Subsidy bill, after three
hours voting, was paswd by the Ho U .= e to-day.
Had not five Democrats deserted the floor after
winning on the first and what they supposed
to be the final vote, tho bill would have been
Killed. l?ut Representative Littauer. of New
York, for the second time this session, played,
the part of ■..,,,. of tho measure, ami by
dtplomatlc floor management and keen parlia
mentary tar tics obtained Its final passage. It
will be remembered that It was by Mr. Ut
tauer's vote in the committee that the bill was '•
reported out, he having served on the com
mittee only one (lay when the bill was re
ported.
The contest was the m.st exciting, becauaa
of the shifting of the majority, known in tho
House for years. Only the calm humor of the
Speaker served to prevent at one time hasty
charges Of foul play. This was at the vital mo
ment when the Republicans were seeking to
vote down Mr. Williams's motion to lay on the*
table a motion to reconsider the vote by which
the Democrats and the "insurgent" Republi
cans had defeated the bill. The bill had been
defeated by M] to 1.".;. and on Mr. Williams'*
motion to table Mr. Uttauer's motion to recon
sider it appeared that the. vote would beatlD,
Before the result had been announced Mr. Dun
wen, of New York, demanded the right to vote.
In order to obtain this privilege at that tima
the rule requires that the member must be in
Ike chamber when his name la called. paylnQ
attention, but falling to hear his name. Mr.
Williams, the Democratic leader, declared that
two Democrats had seen Mr, DunwHl enter thai
chamber after his name had been called. Then
the New Yorker demanded vehemently that h«3
vote i*> recorded, although he seemed unwilling;
to make the unvarnished statement that he>
bad "fen in the chamber when his name was)
reached.
EXCITEMENT IN THE HOUSE.
Democrats and Republicans crowded about tho
Speaker's rostrum. Several were shouting for
recognition. Mr. Cannon was pounding franti
cally for order. Above the din could be heard
the powerful voice of the minority leader.
"The gentleman seems to have good lungs.**
said Mr. Cannon, "and the Chair has exception
ally fine hearing. Every member must take his
seat."
Finally, being compelled to give a categorical
answer to the Speaker's inquiry. Mr. Dunwell
said he was in the chamber and paying atten
tion, but did not hear his name called. The
Speaker derided that Mr. Dunwell's word was
all that was necessary to permit his vote being
recorded. The Speaker also voted with the
Republicans, who by this time had a majority.
The Democrats then began an effort to regain
their lost advantage. Mr. Flood, of Virginia.
said he had been In the chamber, but had not
heard his name called and desired to vote "No."
"The gentleman knows the rules.*' interrupted
the Speaker. "Was he in the chamber and \
giving attention when his name was called?"
-I vrajSjpt.- replied Mr. Flood. The Demo
crats broke forth In loud applause.
Representative Brooks; of Texas, was another
who wanted to vote.
1 I was sick when my name was called and
not able to be in the chamber," said he. but
the Speaker could not see how that would ex
cuse him.
Mr. Butler, a Pennsylvania Republican, roso
to a question of privilege. He said he under
stood that the Democrats were accusing him of
breaking faith with a Democrat in breaking a
pair. The pairing, he said, did not become ef
fective before to-morrow.
The Speaker then announced that the motion
to lay on the table had been defeated by i.".:>
to !."•;. The gain of three for the Republicans
was di: to the appearance of Messrs. DunweiL
Mondell. of Wyoming, and S!en:p. ■■• Virginia.
THE "INSURGENT" REPUBLICANS!.
On these two rollcalls fifty-two Republicans
voted with the Democrats. They were Amos.
of Massachusetts; Beidler. of Ohio; Burton, of
Ohio; Campbell, of Kansas; Chapman, of Illi
nois; Cooper, of Wisconsin; Darragh, of Michi
gan; Davidson, of Wisconsin: Davis, of Minne
sota; Dickson, of Illinois; Edwards, of Ken
tucky: Esch, of Wisconsin; Fordney. of Michi
gan; Foster, Of Vermont; French, of Idaho;
Patterson, of Missouri: Gilhams. of Indiana;
Graff, of Illinois; Gronna. of North Dakota;
Hamilton, of Michigan; Haskins. of Vermont:
Hedge, of Iowa; Hmshaw. of Nebraska; Hol
liday, of Indiana; Jenkins, of Wisconsin; Kin
kaid, of Nebraska: Knopf, of Illinois; Charles
B. Landls. of Indiana; Frederick Landis. ot
Indiana: Lowden. or* Illinois; McCarthy, of
Nebraska; McGavin. of Illinois; MeKlnney.
of Illinois: Mann, of Illinois; Marshall, ot
North Dakota; Miller, of Kansas; MoU3er.
of Ohio; Murdoch, of Kansas; Nelson, of
Wisconsin; Perkins, of New York; Prince. of
Illinois; Reed of Kansas; Shartel. of Mis
souri: Smyser. of Ohio; Stafford, of Wisconsin;
Steenerson, of Minnesota; Stevens, of Minnesota;
Volstead, of Minnesota; Webber, of Ohio;
Weems, of Ohio; Wilson, of Illinois, and Wood
ward, of West Virginia. Mr. Littauer voted ay«
on the first rollcall. but changed his vote that he*
might, under the rules, move to reconsider.
A series of rollealls followed, resulting in th»
final passage of the bill by 1". to 144. By
promising to eliminate in conference one of tha
three lines proposed from the Atlantic Coast
to South America and other compromises. Mr.
I.irtauer and the other Republican leaders pre
vailed on several Republicans to break away
from the Democrats.
Of those who first voted against the measure.
Representatives French. Haskins and Hedge
voted on the final rollcal for the bill, and
Messrs. Ames, Beldler, Dickson. Edwards.
Prince. Reeder. Shartel and Smyser vrer»
marked absent.
SEVERELY PRUNED IX COMMITTEE.
The measure as finally passed had been se
verely pruned In committee of the whole. The
two subsidized lines from the Pacific Coast to
the Orient were stricken out. as well as those
from the Pacific Coast to Samoa and' Australia,
and from the Gulf of Mexico to Panama. A
Only four steamship lines are to be subsidizes^
under the measure in the form flnaly agreed! \
on. and all of these are to sail for South Araeri-.
can ports. One of the lines is to be from the
Atlantic Coast to Brazil; a second hi to be from
the Atlantic Coast to Argentina, and the third
Atlantic line Is to be between the Gulf of Mex
lea and Brazil. The fourth line is to be from
the Pacific Coast to the Isthmus of Panama,
Peru and Chill.
The annual subsidy for each of these lines la
to be J300.000 -for a monthly mail service. or
A TOUR TO FLORIDA. .'£.<£
last of the season via Pennsylvania Railroad
March 5. Only $50 to Jacksonville and return S
eludes all expenses going on Special Tram Ttrsiaiai
good to return on regular trains until Ma. E5
Advt