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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