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'^*^y w "~'" c=x^^^ii^^^^^^S99Si^sSt^. pt^Ji^^^^3m^g6aMl^PjP^^ijC£CßUJZ^3»^ V OL LXYIF.. .\° 22,220. SAMUEL SLOAX DEAD. EXPIRES AT GARRISOX. W One of the Oldest Railroad Men m This Country. ■^■Ml Eloan. one of the best known and oldest railroad ofilclaJs in this country, died yesterday at his summer home Bt Garrison-on ffce-Hsiasen. For nearly fifty years Mr. Sioan r . H d been aaaataated with railroading in this country- Although ninety years old. lie was rtill active and kept up his interest In his work until a Fhort time before his death. His busi ttess Interests were very large. Samuel Sloan, for three decades one of the country's most celebrated railroad men and an associate of. Jay Gould. FTnswrifl Page and other Industrial giants, was born on Chrtatmaa Day. 2 $17, at Ltshara. within feven miles of Belfast. Ireland. His paccata. like many of the people In the North of Ireland, were Scotch Presby terians of industrious and frugal habits When he was about two years old his family came to America and ■ ttksd in this city, where Banmel Pioan spent hi? boyhood. Be attended the first public school 1n the city and afterward went to :he framnar school of Columbia College and continued hla studies ontfl his father's death in IS3«. After his father's death yovng Sloan was com pelled to give up his studies and help to sup part Ms mother and four brotl r and Bisters. The reputation that his father had made in the business world made it easy for him to obtain p. place, and he was taken Into the employ of Mcßrirte ,v Co.. Irish importers. He worked his way up in this firm through his close applica tion to th«* business, and remaim with them for ■satts tv.-cnty-five year?. Dwtng this time, in 1*43. ba married Miss Margaret Eimendorf. of Fonerville. X. J.. and then moved to Brooklyn. Mr. Sloan alwa.] ■ took more or less interest In politics and th« !•• tterment of eondttfons, so. in ;*52, he w»a chosen Sapervts of Kings County. Tn the same year he was a candidate for the I>emocratlc nomination of his district for Con gress, and on the aaeesßbllng of the delegate bad a clear majority. "When the vote was taken, however. it was found that he had been defeated by fn votes. This was attributed to his lack of political experience. In 1553 ha was appointed one of the commis sioners to. frame a charter for the consolidation < ' Brooklyn, "Willlamsburg and Bushwick. This was his last political oSice until 1857. when he ■was induced to accept the Senate nomtaatSon from Bm 2d District as the only man with whom the Democrats had any chance. This waa IBM year of the great financial crlsi-. and the flections wer» attended with much feeling and excitement. The district was Btrongly Repub lican, and Mr. Sloan's antagonist. Abljah Mann. jr., was extremely popular. Dtwptte this. Mr. Slr.an was elected by about fourteen hundred majority, and was the- first Democratic Senator to represent the district. Mr Ploan served In the Senate with ruccess. remaining there for two years. When his term ended he became interested in the Hudson R'ver Railroad and turned his attention eanaatljr In thai direction. The railroad had only a single track, it. was unfinished and In a precarious financial condition. It was struggling p.t a dls pd.-antag* with the Harlem Railroad and tha Efndaoa River boat-'.v.The New York Central at that time was In four divisions, each being "Tvned nd controlled by a separate organiza tion. Krastus Corning was president of the entire system. Entering the directorate of the Hudson River Railroad In 1855. Mr. Sloan was soon i lected president of the company. Aft<rr bis retirement from the Senate he assumed the active management of the road, and there coon came ■ change in the financial condition of th<3 property. When Mr '.'in beeanM president of the : jilson River Railroad the stock was seH ing at >17 a share, and when he retired in lbT>i the lartat value of the ttock was Sl4O. When Commodore Vanderbllt bought a con trolling: Internet In the Hudson River Railroad be changed tha policy of the oompany and elected an entire new board of directors. So Impressed was he with the energy and business ability of Mr. Sloan, he offered him the presi deaef of the Harlem Railroad, which was de c!tn«-d by Mr. Eloan. who preferred to have a free hand for his own baseness ventures. For a time Mr. Sloan acted as mediator and commis- Eioner of trunk lines. In the full of ISG4 he was elected a director of the Delaware, Lackawanna f: '^\'.-stern Railroad, which road was then in complete. It served only, in connection with other roada* to form a part outlet for the rapidly developing Pennsylvania coal fields. Pubaa quently the Lackawaima was extended from Great Ben on th« Erie Railroad, to Scranton. Mr. Sloan became president of the Lacka tranna road In ISG7 and held that ofilce without a break until March 1. l*f«tj. He followed the fame methods with this railroad that he did with th» Hudson River Railroad, and met with the Fame success. He r-xt°nded the connections of the Lackawanna In ell directions, and about $10/V"i0,000 was spent on developing th«> road. It was mainly due to hIR efforts that the rail road ■ nel through Bergen Hill, back of Hobo \*n, was built. When he assumed the presi dsacy of the Lackawanna he found that its only oottet bo the sea was through the tunnel under Bergen Hill, owned by the Erie Railroad. U«> determined to end this trouble by building an other tunnel for the exclusive use of the T^cka wanna. After thre** years* labor the work was completed. Subsequently, by his directions, an Iron bridge was built across the Hackensack BK>er. This structure js K'.O feet long and cost ? 130.00 •. . Mr. Sloan was PMafdent of th*» Mich!gan Cen tral for two years from June, JS7G. 4 n addition to his other duties. He was «lso president <-.f the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonago Railroad, ■whieji he organized. For non time before its fiCQuisition by Charles Parsons Mr. Sloan was president of the Rome. Watertown & OBjdcns burg Railroad, and later was president of the Fort Wayne & Jackson Railroad. Among the corporations of which he was a director or an official are the Western Railroad. Bank of the Metropolis, Oayuga & Susquehanna Railroad. Chester Railroad. Consolidated Gas Company. East River Oas Company. Farmers' I>oan &. Trust Oampasrjr. <;reeno Railroad. Hanover &. Newport Railroad, Hnpateong Railroad. Lacka wanna & Montrose Railroad. BfSnhattan Com liany.liany. Manhattan Railway Company. Mechan ka* Bank. Missouri Paiiflc Railway Company. Morris and Kssex Extension Company, Na tional <'ity Bank of New York. Newark & Rioomfleld Railway Company. New York, Lack wanna & Western Railroad. New York Mutual Gas Light Company, Oswego & Syracuse li;nl road. Passaic & Delaware Extension llailroau. Passalc & Delaware Railroad, Queer. Insurance Company of America, Sussex Railroad, Syra-_ tnse, Binshamton & New York. Railroad, Texas 6 Pacific Railway, United States Trust Com pany, Ullca, Chenango & Susquehanna Valley JUillroad. Valley Railroad, Warren RaUr«>;id and Western Union Telegraph ( 'omi«ai.y. He was a member of the Union League <<r.d the Metropolitan Club. Mr. Sloan lived at No. 7 iCast ''A^-.h slrcol ... a Hummer T.onie near •Jarrifcon-on-the-Hudson. lita buuiiH address was N.». 25 Exchange Place. Ills son, Samuel Hiuun, jr...'Ah«> married Miss Katharine ti. Cu'tij Is uu wlickil In •_.... ul hi- ..... -. ucenu. T^^^^lUtwi^ NEW-YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER .23, 1907. -TWELVE PAGES.- 'iZ;ll^ r'OUPLE J.OST JX SOUND. DISAPPEARED IN STORM. All Days Search Fails to Bcwal Trace of Boat or Occupants. After Fearehinj* Long Island Pound all day from New Rochelle to Bridgeport on the east and City Island on the west for a young couple from New Etocheße who were last seen on the Bound Saturday afternoon during the heavy thunder and wind storm, yachtsmen late last nitrht pave them up for iost. Karly Saturday morning Miss Beatrice Penton, fifteen years oid. and Guido De Anjrelie. twenty-three years. went out for a Fail En Po Angelis's little knock nl>out. called the Microbe. It is believed that the boat was caught In the Ftortn and capsized, and that the ocnipantP were drowned. The .searching parties could find no trace of the Microbe. The keener of the Execution Rock Nghthouse reported that he had seen the knockabout on Saturday afternoon about the time the storm broke, and then the craft sud denly disappeared. He said the boat was being driven before the pale and that the steersman v.as making: frantic efforts to head her toward tl c New Elochelie shore. The parents of the couple nre nearly fran tle with grief. Mr. De Angells'e father is a prosperous Italian connected with the engineer ing department of New Rochelle. while his son is a civil engineer employed in the Belmont tun nel construction work nt Long Island City. H« Is a member of the New EtocheUe Rowing Club and an enthnrfaattc yachtsman. l Miss Penton's father is Thomas R Penton. Jr.. an Insurance broker In this city, who lives in Neptune avenue. New Rochelle. Beatrice was the youngest of a family of three. For several months young De Angells has been paying attentions to Miss Per.ton. much against the wishes r»f her father. Several weeks fMro tb.e parent hml young T>e Anerelis pummonrd before .Tustioo Van Anken. In the New Rochelle polle*> court, and charged him with annoying his daughter because she was und^r age. Th« ynunc man was released after promising not to annoy her any more, and Mr. Penton believed that the infatuation had ended. Saturday morn- Inar Miss Penton r..«kcri her parents if sh« could po bathing at Hudson Park, near the N*"-.v Ro chelle Rowing Club. Tt la believed It had been prearranged for her to meet young r>e Angei's and that they immediately went out on his yacht. Before starting the couple told some friends at (he clubhouse that they were going bathing at Sands Point, across the Sound. It is purmlsed they were on their way back to New Rocheile when the storm struck them. The searching parties were madn up of mrm ber3 of the Nr-w Rocheile Rowing nml Yacht clubs and the fathers of the yachtsman nnd tho girl. It was first thought that possibly Miss Penton had eloped with young De Angeils. but when the latter's clothing wan found In the locker at the New Rocheile Rowing Club house It confirmed the first theory that they had gone out sailing and had been lost. Boatmen around New Rocheile Eay the etorm waa the worst that ever struck the Sound. T. R. Webber, who took a party of twenty-two sohool teachers of New Rocheile out in his big launch, says they had a narrow escape off Execution Light. The wind ripped off tho roof of the cabin and the launch was tocs<;d about like a ntraw. DREA DN OUGHT RIFLES. New Type of Gun* to Pierce 20-Inch Armor at SflOO Yards. London. Sept. ZZ.— The Admiralty has decided. tt is said, that all the vessels of the Dreadnought class now building ehail he armed with new type 13.5 guns, so dlspoaed that they all <an be fired on either broadside. The new weapon will be over fifty feet long, and a shell from it. It Is calculated, will pierce 20- Inch Krupp Ftee] armor at a ran?* of S.fiOO yards. KILLED IS PRIZEFIGHT. Ymmg Philadelphia Boxer Dies from Blaec Over Heart. Philadelphia, Sept. 22.- John Mees, twenty two years old. a local lightweight boxer, known as "Young" Mcc«. filed in a hospital here to-day from the effects of a blow over the heart re oajvaa in a fight with Neil Dtver iaat night Mees and Dever. who is known in local pugil istic circles as "Young" Dever, went on for a six-round bout before the Frankford Athletic Club, in the northeastern •action of the city. The fighters started at a lively clip and were in the midst of a hot exchange in the second round when Mees fell from a blow over the heart and was carried helpless to his corner. His seconds triod to revive him, but he- failed to respond to treatment and wns hurried to the hospital. V.here he. died after lying unconscious for sev eral hours. The police arrested Joseph Feeny, the pro moter of the fight; Stephen Otis, the referee, and "Young" Dever. The latter wan committed pending an investigation by the coroner. The promoter and referee were released on ball. EXTRA SESSION FOR ALABAMA. Governor Announces He Will Ask Legis lature for New Railroad Laws. f By Teleitrnpli tn Th« Tribur.*.! Montgomery. Ala., Sept. 22.-Governor Corner an nounced to-day that the Legislature will be called in extraordinary session about November 7 to pass other railroad laws, ho that the peopl<- "will KCt immediate relief without having to wait until the f 'irral courts decide the matter." Just what kind of bills the Governor will try to have passed Is not known, but It is intimated that one of them will be to domesticate all forciKn cor porations. This, it Is argued, will keep similar eases from going to the federal court. Th- Governor says he is determined to fhnw the riiilroads that "when tho peoats aak for a thing they w:uit It, and that they do not purpose to wait several years to get it." He will to-morrow write letters to members of the Legislature informing -them of his determination to call the Legislature together nnd ask their opinion. WotwKhStaadSßg the published reports in several of the papers unfriendly to the state administration that the Legislature would not stand by the (iov ernor in his tight, all indications! point the other way. The Governor mny include the question of a pro hibition bi'l In his call. MRS. YEAMANS TO LEAVE THE STAGE. A -tress Says She Will Hetire on November 19, Her Seventy-second Birthday. Mrs. Annie Yeamans. the vf>t*>r:in actress, yes terday announced her Intention to retire from tho etage on her »eventy-secon<J birthday, on Novem ber 1?. Mr< Veamans'p last appearance will be at Wal lack'a tain, this <-I:y. in - "Th* Hur<ly <;u:i'y <;irl." the sew Carle Hearts musical esmedy, t-.> be •.-•en in S?«w Y'jt!. for the first time this evening. i AFTCP. ALL, USHER'S THE SCOTCH U»at a.^dc the iiiihball famous.— AdvtiffSS SAMUEL SLOAN. Railroad man and financier, who died yesterday. (Photograph by RockwoodJ CORTELYOU LIKES PLAX Work of Port Surveyors Here Sham Excellent Remits. my T>!«*sTat>h to Th« Tribur.a.] Washington. Sept. 22. — Although the complete report of Surveyor James S. Clarkpon on tho work of enforcing tho steamboat la.v in the port of New York ha.s not boon filed with Secretary Cortelyou. a nummary In part of thf» results ac eomplishf-d by tlie cruises ot the tugboat Dalzel line> and by the foroe of Inspectors in charge of shore work has met with much favor In the Treasury I>epartment. "While th» steamboat Inspectors of the Depart ment of Oommerot and Labor have tried to do something In tho way of preventing excursion and other passenger steamboats from over crowding, there ha» never been In the history of the port of New York such a complcto and rlpld enforcement of the- law an was carried out this season by Surveyor Clark-ion and T>eputy Surveyor Matthew Coney* and the lar*e for<-« of Inspectors and«r them. It la thought th«»» when tho complete, report of tho Surveyor i* filed, the disclosures of carelossn^sa and absolute defiance, of the Steamboat reputations will bring about a radical revision of th« steamboat law. Amendments will mo«t l'.k-ly bfl made to Include th*> private power boat.*, that under the present law are not required fully to live up to tho re quirements of the 1.-trirer craft that carry pas sengers for hire. A striking feature of the season's work la that there have been iii.>r« than two hundred Rross violations, tod the fines frojn these «iii mor» than offset the $5,100 paid by tho Treasury Department ff>r tha use of the tupboat Dalzelline. and the salary of th« thirty extra Inspectors taken on for tii» work of sLxty daya during the height of tho excursion season. One violation which may cost her owners a fine of about $1,500 was the overcrowding of tho etcamboat New York. of the Albany I>ay Llne. on Labor Day. Deputy Surveyor Coneys made an unexpected visit to the New York whrn sho tied up at hr-r pier after completing her run from Albajiy. She had a license to carry three thousand persons. llr. Coneys, with thr. Inspectors, kept count of the passengers as they went a*hore. These four men agreed in the tally, and assert that tho Xew York had 10U passengers mnr<* than sho was licensed to carry. The law '_s especially explicit In tho case of violations on Btt»irners of fifteen tons or more, and Imposes on the owners a fine of $10 for each person In excess of th« number permitted by her license. Had it not been for the efficient work of in spectors at the piers while the excursion boats were taking on their passengers the Treasury Department would have reaped a rich harvest In fines for violations. In many Instances steam boat captains made efforts to tako on moro passengers than .they were entitled to carry, and only a summary order from the mtfpectora to haul in the pangplank saved the steamboat owners from getting Jnto serious trouble. Th« owners and captahn of excursion steam boats soon learned that Surveyor Olarkson'a men meant business, and realized that it wac poor business to chaise an excess passenger S(J cents and then pay the government a One or" HO for carrying him. After disposing of thret or four violators in summary fashion, the other owners made an effort to live up to the law. By comparison of receipts for this season with' the receipts of three and four years ago th« steamboat owners have lost considerable money through the enforcement of the steamboat law by Surveyor Clarkson and his men. It was generally known that many of the ex cursion boats were carrying as many passengers as could be crowded aboard', before Surveyor Clarkson was empowered to charter the Dal xelllne and put on extra temporary inspectors to enforce the law. An estimate of the losses to the various steamboat companies has not been learned, but the loss to the steamer Grand Republic alone is conservatively placed at about $2,100. The other steamboats of the various lines are thought to have lost between $SOO and $2,000 each for the entire season. The DsJseHlne devoted neariy the entire time she was in service running down the smaller excursion boats thai left with larpr. parties from remote parts, of the harbor, where it was im possible to send inspectors. She overhauled over three hundred and fifty power boats and found j two hundred that were running in violation of j every requirement of the law. All of thesn are I liable to a fine of between $100 and $600. and it 13 j thought that before the work of prosecution is over the government will have collected "nearly $10,000 in fines. Before the Surveyor of Customs undertook to do the work the steamboat Inspectors had left undone there were hundreds of nrlvate pleasure b ratw running about the harbor without life '• presen and other requisites demanded on the larger boats. There were countless power soal carrying for hire as many passengers as they,. Cuuliuued on fourth p:ige. WRhTK DTJURES 12. Chattanooga and Washington Lim ited Ltaues Rails on Southern. Washlnßton. Sept. Thirty-two passengers were injured, none <->f them seriously, by the de raUmcnt of tho Chattanooga A Washington limited train on the Southern Railway, just north of Ryans Hiding. Va.. early to-day. A broken rail was the cause of the accident. Th»> entire train, composed of a baggage car. day coadl and three sleepers, lefl the track, the ■leepers being almost destroyed by fire. A spe cial train was quickly made up and proceeded to this c!ty with all the passengers of the limited. Tho wreck blocked the track for several hours. Among the Injured are Mr*. R. E. Wade and young son, of New Haven; Charles Kull. of Pottsville. Perm.; W. H. Gle&e. of Allegheny. Pcnn.; C. M. Davis and W. L. Taylor, of Baltl moro; James Wa ie, of Boston; D. A. Walton, .)f New «>r!eanu; W. W. Oennet, of Bayonne, N. J.: C. D. I>« Linn, a cotton broker, of Collins. Miss., and Joseph Abramn. of Westflelds. Perm. Pvjans Bldlns is « pmal! station near Oa»c Ridge., thirty miles south of Charlottesvllle. UONGWORTHS AT HOME. Accident to Their Train — Some Fakes Denied. [ r.v TMcsr*Pb to Th« Trllnjr.e. ] Cincinnati, Sept. 22. — Representative Nicholas Loiiffworth and bis wife arrived at their homo thi« morning after a two months' trip through the Far West and the Hawaiian Islands. They narrowly escaped a serious accident, just ac they had reached t!.. r (nation. At Norwood, a suburb of this city, their train was derailed, but none of the passengers was hurt beyond a lively jolting and .■■■hßking up. I'ongrressmaii Ixingworth promptly denied the report that he was to be the Republican candi date for Mayor of Cincinnati this fall. He said: "I could not accent the li'tut lf lf R!f given me unanimously." Ho add the interview In Honolulu quoting him as saying that President RooaereH might be '.n •lueed to accept a renomlnatlon for a third term was a. simple "fnke." He said his information gleaned on his Werterji trip was that Mr Taft would have a great majority of th? delegations from that reprion. He said tho people out there Beemed to want some man who woald carry out President Roosevelt's policies. Mr Longworth said the sleeping car Incident returning home had been greatly ovorcolor^d. Tho party of Ccrmans who had claimed his apartment in the car bad gi\»-n way nt once without a iniinnur when shown his tickets. The case of Mrs. Joy had also been greatly exag gerated, as she had been lost only a couple of hours. NURSE HOHS PHYSICIAN. 11 is Surgical Instruments and Stiver tcare Found in Her Rooms. Mrs. Mary Brock, thirty y«ars old, a nur?e living at N'<> I*4 Lexington avenue, was arrested last nißht on a charge Of grand larceny made by I>r. Ernst M. F. Pirkner. oC No. 33 West 97th street. JHe alleys that she robbed him early last January of a quantity of silverware and Jewelry and a set of surgical instruments, valued at $900. Dr. Plrknwr Raid h^ engages' l*<?r last October as a servant in his family, and after some lnjtruction slit- assisted him In caring for his patients. I>r. I'irkner went to his cummer home in the Catskill Mountains for a few days In January, and left the woman In charße of his hump. Mrs. Brock disappeared before he returned to the city. Ho saw her In a crowd yesterday at the Manhattan end of tha Brooklyn Bridge, ami after a chase of threw blocks, with the atil of a patrolman, captured her. In th'- Oak street pollen station a pawn ticket fur a microscope, valued at $lo»>. was found In her possession. She said it was v gift from Pr. Pirk ner. but this was denied by him. Defectives BMde ;, M treh of the woman's room* and In her trunks found the set nf Rurßicd instruments and much of the jevrelrv and silverw ire. She told tli» detectives that her hashand and two children wen living In Frame. Her husband, sh* said, was a soldier in tlie Frfiicli army. MEXICANS ORDER PARIS GOWNS. Government to Spend $160,000 in Entertain ing Secretary Root. San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 22.— A dispatch to "The Express" from Mexico.City says that when asked to-day as to the ' probable cost to the government of the entertainment which Is being prepared for Secretary Root a high offlrial said that it would amount to not less than $160,000 and probably more. This estimate dors not Include tho largo number of private entertainments that are planned. Many .social leaders of Tint have ordered gowns from Paris. Among the private entertainments planned is a ball given by Manuel Buch and his wife at tiielr residence in Tacoybaj a. FREICH 81-RX CAMPS. MOORS AGAIX IX FLIGHT. General Drude Resumes Offensive — Forced MarcJi of Troops. Casablanca. Pept. 22.— Negotiations fat the cessation of hostilities having failed. Genera! Drude to-day resumed the offensive and burned th« Moorish camps at Sidi Brahim. south of Casablanca, and dispersed the tribesmen, who offered little resistance. These operations were chiefly notable for a brilliant forced march of tiie French troops, who covered forty kilometres Inside of twelve hours. The expedition, consisting of '!,<**> infantry. with a detachment of cavalry, artillery and na tive auxiliaries, left camp before dawn and formed in two hollow squares, one behind the other. In this formation the troops marched some distance under the cover of darkness, un observed by the tribesmen. A heavy asomtag sea fog came up at daybreak and forced a half hour's halt, durini? which shots fired by the ad vance guards gave the alarm to the enemy. The tribesmen came up In large numbers, but a vigorous attack by the first sosMre soon dis persed them. No further stand was niarte by the enemy during the march, although scat tered groups of horsemen harassed the French flanks. After the. destruction of the camps had been effected the tribesmen returned to the attack, a troep of cavalry repelling a spirited charge by the Moorish hort-emen. The French then aban doned their defensive formation and the column returned to camp. Their losses were one killed and ten wounded. LTSITAXIA NOT DRIVES. Average of 22 Knots Wink Day — Deterioration of Turbines. Halifax. Sept. 22— A wireless message from Cape fable says that at noon to-day the new Cunard liner Lusitania, which left New York yesterday, was In latitude 40:57 north, longi tude fi.":54. west, or about .**69 miles from Fanly Hook. The big turbine steamer was not b- ;n< pushed, the average speed for the first day be- In* 22 knot?. At the time the message was pent the wind was southwest and the sea calm. When it became known yesterday that the Lusitania had averag^i only 2- knots on the first day of her first eastward passage, a for mer officer of the American navy who has given some time to the study of marine engines he was not surprised at her average. He sail a feature of the turbine engine Is that It does ltn best work on the trial trip or the maiden passag» of a steamer. Thereafter, he said, the rorbtne deteriorated. On the other hand the re ctrro<~at!ng engine? improved through usage and were possibly at their best after a steamer had been from ton months to a year In ssrvtee. SIX DIE IX LAKE GALE. Captain and Five Seamen E«ogj tvith Their Steamer. I Ry T»Erarh to T!v Trfbun* 7 Peney, Mich.. P*»pt. — Tho. steamer Alexan df>r Xlmlck was caught in last night's north western gale on Lake Superior. She was driven ashore thirteen miles west of Whltelish Point, a total wreck. The captain, named Randal!, and five of his crew were drowned. Thre«» of the bodies have been picked up on the beach. Kfforts are being mad** to recover tho three others. The Hfesavlng crew from Vermllllon Point paved eleven of th<» crew, who are now being cared for at that station. TIIE MAYAS OX IV AFP ATIL Mexican Patrol Ambushed — Seven Soldiers Killed. Merida. Yucatan. Pept. 22.— Word has Just reached here of a fight between federal troops and a band of Maya Indians near Pan Isldor. Th» Indians attacked a patrol of troops from ambush. Seven soldiers and a number of Ind ians were killed. The Mayas effected a falrly orderly retreat and escaped with their dead and wounded. BIG COAL POCKETS BURX. Loss to Eric Railroad at Horncll About $100,000. Elmlrn. N. T., Sept. 22. Th« immense coal pockets of the Krie Railroad at Hornell. head quarters of the Susquehanna division, were de stroyed by flre to-night, causing a loss of be tween (Bs\otß and $100,000. The pockets were Inclosed in a long- building and contained fly» thousand tons of coal. The plant was equipped with extensive hoisting apparatus. This Is the worst fire experience by Hornell In twenty years. All wires to tho east were burned off. and the station is in darkness. The intense heat bndly warped the rails of the main trucks, and trains are delayed. WILLIAM BRUCE EOIXD. Arctic E.rplorer and Companion Ar rive at Tromsoc. Tromsoe, Norway, Sept. 21.—W illiam Bruce. the explorer, for whose safety much anxiety has been entertained arrived here to-day aboard the sloop Ftacke. which was five days in sailing from Prince Charles Island. Bruce and his com panion. Hjalmnr Johansen. had established a station on the west coast, their camp being lo eatOS <>n Prince Charles Foreland, which they left not more than an hour before the previous searchers arrived. The Rache reached the Foreland on Sept. mber 4, and the relief party. not finding the explorers there, waited several days. The party thor organized a search, and finally found Bruce and Johansen in an ex hausted condition. Bruce has now completely reci>\ ered. The William Bruce expedition had been explor ing tho north coast of Prince Charles Foreland. Recently it was believed that he and his party had perished, as he had left his base of supplies in July, with the intention of returning there the lat ter part Of August. Ha had taken provisions suffi cient for twe weeks only, and the territory to which he had pone was destitute of either vegeta tion or game. Mr. Bruce has made fi\ voyages to the Arctic since IS!*. POLAND WATER, NATURE'S CURE. Purest Spring Water in the World. Park ,v Til ford Acker. Merrall A Condit Co., Poland Spring CO./11&0 B-oudway. N. Advt. PRICE TIIRKE (EMS. j PRESIDENTS JOIRNEY liISY SIMMER SE.ISOX. Message to Congress Practically Complete — The Trip South. Oyster Bay. Sepr. 22.— President Roosevelt's summer vacation at his Sagamore Hill home will end at 10 o'clock r>n Wednesday morning, wh"n he, with Mrs. .Roosevelt, mejnbers >f the family and the executive staff, will take a special train for Washington. During the three aad a half month.s the Pres* • lf-nt has occupied, the homestead he has ba<l the quietest and at the same time fie busiest vacation since he became an occupant of the) White House The records ahaw that since Jun» 12 the President has received 12."» persons at Sagamore Hill. Bssas of the callers have been distinguished foreigners, and a few have mada purely social calls, but most of them have been government officials on* business. While visitors have been comparatively few. the work whtclfc the President has accomplished In other direc tions has been great. His annual message to Congress In practically completed. Th« document needs only finishing touches, and few of these. In addition to writ- Ing his annual message the President has pre pared seven comprehensive speeches. One of these was delivered at Provincetown. Mass.. re cently, and the others will be made during the Western-Southern trip, which 13 to begin imme diately on his return to Washington. In striking contrast to the extreme quiet In, which the President has lived at Sagamore HIH during the summer will be the whirl through) the Middle West and South. Thi3 trip Is to» b*a:!n next Sunday afternoon from the Whltat House. The foundation for the trip was the at tendance of the President at the unveiling of th* national monument to President McKlnley at Canton. Ohio, on September 30. Tho President will make the principal address at this cere-! mony. From this point the President has been Importuned to extend his trip In every direction. He has, however, re3trlcted It to a trip dow» tha Mississippi River, beginning at Keokuk, 10-wa. and ending at Vicksburg-. 31135 L. with short stops on hi 3 way back north at The Hermitage, the> home of Andrew Jackson, and at iijliißfcv Term. The President will speak at Keokuk, St. Louis, Cairo. Memphis. Vicksburg. H-»rmitaer<» and Nashville. At all of these places local prep arations have been made for th© Chief Execu tive's visit. At Memphis tho President has decided to> break the strenuous work of llvlngr np to the programmes arranged by local committees and of gratifying th© thousands eager to shak» hh» hand. On October 4 he win plange into th<» densest part of the canebrak.es of Xortheastsrn Louisiana. Tliere aro bear?. wild hoars, a f*w panthers and other game to be found In th» canebrakes. but the trip has been officially des ignated, a "camping expedition." It Is to con tinue for seventeen days, and at Its termination, on October 21, the speech promised to Vlcks burg will be made. The desires of the people of The Hermitage to hear the President will be satisfied on October 22. and Nashville will hear him the day following. Washington will be reached on the return trip on the afternoon of October 25. The special train by which th- President -will travel from Washington to Ker>k;:'< will be taken from Jersey City to Washington on nesday. and will be occupied by the President and party returnlnar from Oyster Bay at that time. The trip down the Mississippi' River is to bo made fn the ateaaasr Mississippi, and the local committees, newspaper correspondents and others whs accompany the President westward will be accommodated on the larger steamer Alton, which will fasWw closely the sawJawippt. When the President goes into camp he will Isolate himself even, from Individual callera. for It Is the Intention, as on previous trips of this nature, to keep the location of the hunting headquarters a secret. When camp ts broken the President will make tn» only extempo raneoua speeches now on hl3 prosrra^mne. Thes« will be at Ylcksburg and NiiahTlllo. Washington. Sept. While the prepejraUoss for President RoeeawoMfti Western trip have not l>een completed, thd programme ha» oesn ar ranged so as to make It certain, that the Journey wi.l be one of, tha most notable ever undertaken. by him. He will leave here a w«*k from to-day. an-'i will be absent from the seat of government until October -"•'; or 24. The trip haa three, dis tinct objects — tha dedication of tha HcKinley mausoleum at Canton, the Inspection of ths> Mississippi River, with a view to aroustn* in terest In a ship channel from, its mouta to Keokuk. lowa, and the Great Lak««. aadl a period of recreation for the Chief Executive be fore the beginning: of tho dutlea cX tha winter. ! Incidentally there will be somo apeechea on th» return Journey, which will deal with, current Issues. The stay at Canton, on Monday, tember SO. will be only a little longer than to permit tha President to pay his tribute to the memory o£ his predecessor, but he will there meet Vice- President Fairbanks and a number of other persons of note, and will make a long apatch. He will th«n go direct to Keokak. where oa Tuesday, October 1. he will be the gtieat at a notable public reception, will deliver an address and begin his journey by boßt down ths Missis elppL This Is said to be, with the exception*** a short voyage by President Pierce, the first trlj> on the river ever made by a Preeident. AC Keokuk the President's party will be met by the Governors of twenty-three states, all Inter ested in projects looking to the deepening of the channel cf the Mississippi and the general improvement of inland navigation, and these, on another boat, will constitute hh* guard of honor to Memphis, where the party will arrive en Oc tober 4. There will be two important stops on, the voyage— St. Louis on October 1 and at Cairo on October 3— and at both points speeches bearing on the country's future will be. deliv ered by the President. BsaeStS from all point* at which st^p? are to be n-.;:de Indicate that the "arty will be taSSSd SSI a lavish scale. At Keoktik the: be a water pageant. Many citizens will i the President down the river in era:"! >f ail sizes for twenty or thirty miles, and a number aff them will accompany him all the way to Mem phis At Memphis the President will fi: I>eep Waterways Convention in session, and will deliver a speech. Then the President will turn his back on civil izatlon for a" period of rest and sport in tha wilds of Northern Louisiana. Thia part of the programme has' been arranged largely by Civil Service Commissioner Mcllbenny. a Louisiana sportsman of note. He has hunted many times over the ground, and has recommended the place as being well stocked with game, both large and small, and sufllclently secluded to prevent Intrusion. The President will be ac companied to the border of this game section by a staff from the executive office, headed by Assistant Secretary Latta. and also by repre sentatives of the press associations, but the? will not accompany the hunters to camp. A miniature White House will be established at a convenient place, and Mr Latta will keep hhj «hief informed of important development* la