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f* LXVII N° 22,371. To . morrow .^^ _ th NEW- YORK. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1908. -SIXTEEN TAGES.—nSKSE'ZSiZ*
HRE ROUTS JUDGES.
STIRS IP BROOKLYN.
County Court House Blaze Ties Up
Traffic in Street.
Damage estimated by city- engineers at ?70.000
was done yesterday afternoon by a fire that
broke out in the loft above the Supreme Court
'tistJces' chambers in the County Court house.
Brooklyn. From 11."' to S.:>ii engines remained
at the scene, and all through the rush hours
traffic was bad l^* demoralized. The courthouse
ftar.ds facing Fulton street, the main line of
f-aSc. and its rear is in Livingston street,
v.hioh is the relief channel through which many
of the car? that used to run along Fulton street
x^w operate. Livingston street was com
* It-rely blocked from 4:13 to f>:4r>.
•j-j, e fire was discovered by Justice Maddux,
of the Supreme Court, and his attendant, Henry
M BuniP- Justice Maddox was busy at his
gpsk when fee heard a cracking noise in the
overhead. He called Burtis's attention
to it- The iatter discovered a ring of fire about
the top of the chandelier. He ran out Into the
101 l 2" d told -- J. TorJne >"' Justice Carr's at
ic-dar.t. Tormey telephoned to Fire Head-
Quarters. while Pailaa ran upstairs to warn
-*ope on the third, floor. These included the
, aTi ;;v nf James Doner, the janitor, who lives
b the front of the building.
The garret where the fire started is on the
third Door of the structure, in the addition on
Livingston street, which was put up in 1597 at
a cost of £120.000. Between it and the main
buf.dir.g there is a thick brick wall, which is
rut throuph only at the corridors. On the third
floor, besides the frarret, there was a Jury room
■n-fcere a Jury, sent out by Judge Fawcett, of
tjie County Court, had been sitting from 1 to
I o'clork. considering: a case of arson. It found
the prisoners . My of attempted arson in the
frst desree.
Der^ty Fire Commissioner Wise came from
Fire Headquarters with the engine? at the first
22am and immediately a third was turned in.
Ten minutes after the blaze started fire was
fcorsting through the roof of the building and
... •--.•• garret. The firemen turned
a. stream cf ■ ••■!■ on the Hall of Records. It
was feared for a time that the Municipal Build
lag va^ the Polytechnic Institute buildings, on
ether side of the courthouse might be
turned, but the firemen kept the flames con
ned.
Meanwhile all was excitement inside th«
courthouse. The courts', with one exception, had
j-j^ adjourned, but the judges? and the court
officials, clerks and women stenographers, to
other with lawyers and others, were still in
tfc? building. Many persons -were drawn into
♦he place, also, by the arrival of the first en
rmes. sad the firemen had trouble getting
around. Fire Chief Lally and Deputy Fire
Chief Duffy directed the efforts of the men. who
carried their lines right up to the blaze on the
third Soor. Superintendent Lawrence pot his
sea to work as soon as possible taking down
the pictures in the chambers and in Part V of
tie Supreme Court, across the corridor, and also
00 the second floor of the building. The court
attendants grabbed up all the papers that they
csuld £sd and conveyed them to safety, and
tie salvage corps arrived in time to cover the
judges' det-ks. Law books and reports valued
c: $4.00"} had to be left behind, however.
Good work was done by Patrolmen Ellis and
o'Brten. detailed to court work from the ISIM
-recir.ct. They buried themselves saving the
fourteen oil portraits of former Justices of the
Supreme Court. They had no ladders, but man
aged to pull down eight bpfore the ceiling above
thf'x fceifis began to melt and the firemen drove
then out. As it was, most of the pictures were
removed uninjured.
The lay hero of the fire was a tramp — "re of
the perscr.E who had rushed into the building
when the engines arrived. He assisted the sal
vage corps and the court attendants and even
helped the firemen with their hose, until he was
ir.uSdy from head to foot and drenched to the
ekin.
Justice Kelly was nearly * drowned out in the
rooni of the Special Term for motion?, en the
fround floor, where he was holding court, when
the water started to come down. He beat a
hasty retreat. His room and the room of the
Special Term for trials, across the hall on the
grennd flonr, were soon ponds. .
Few records were burned or Injured. Some
eld ssjers were in the garret, but they are con
sidered to be worthless. No one was injured
e«r!ously £t the blaze. James Prendergast, a
fireisan, living at No. 440 Pulaski street, ana
cut about the hands by glass, but after he had
t*ea patched up by Dr. McCrea, of the Long
Island College Hospital, he went home» Bor
t>zsh President Ccier and a number of the bor
aagh ofSclals from the Borough Hall, diagonally
tcroES the end of Joralemon street from the
caeatj courthouse, went through the building
i&er the fire- with Superintendent Lawrence.
•» was a bad ire." raid Mr. <■;•!■. #< but I
hope to get something good out of it for Brook
lyn. We think that it was caused by defective
insulation of electric wires. The damage
•one is estimated by my engineers at F75.000.
To-morrow I intend to call the judges together
c-23 propose to them that while we are repair
is^ the extension we renovate the whole struct
ure ami add a 6tor> or two. so as to give the
eos-s proper room. The building is fifty years
<3A and badly in need of repair. It is too small
icr the requirements, and a bill is now before
the Legislature to have the entire structure re
served for the Supreme Court."
3ULLIOSS TO CHARITIES.
Mrs. Rylands Bequeaths Large Sums
to English Institutions.
London. Feb. 14. — The will of Mrs. Rylands,
*;d«w cf John Rylands. of the Manchester cot
lotj£m, bequeaths J2.365.000 to various chari
" irduding 51,000.000 to the John Rylunds
Library, at Manchester, or. which during h'-r
Jjftdnie she -i- :.i 57.D0Q.000 in building and
•aaJajr. and in purchasing for It the famous
*-«rd Crawford and other collections.
iJUS(i:s (Alt HITS MAS,
Eitel Fricdrich's Auto Seriously
Injure* Bicycle Rider.
Berlin,-. Feb. 14.— Prince Eitel Friedrich. who
"*« Just returned to Berlin from Lisbon, while
fcujlug in a motor car to-day had the mi£
•"•taae to run down and seriously, injure a
*>lc?tl& rider. The motor car. in which the
rricce was driving from Potsdam, ran into the
»nac, who was i. .ing in the opposite direction.
isan is suffering from broken limbs and
«>acufF«on of th«i l>ruin. Prince Eitcl Friedrich
*-ted the injured man into the motor car, and
c urltd him quickly to a hospital.
CHEAT BEAR SPRING WAI £"-
SALE OK CITY. BONDS .YESTERDAY IN THE OFFICE OF CONTROLLER METZ.
TO PAY FOR ORIENTAL
BASK DEAL XOW ASSURED
U. S. Mortgage and Trust Co. Will
Satisfy All Depositors.
The United States Mortgage and Trust Com
pany, at No. 55 Cedar street, will take over the
assets of the suspended Oriental Bank in the
near future, it is expected, and proceed to liqui
date the bank. Negotiations have been pending
between the directors of the two institutions for
several days, as announced exclusively in The
Tribune last Wednesday. As the bank is now
in the hands of the State Banking Department,
the consent of Superintendent Williams will be
necessary before the plan can be carried out.
This plan means that ail Oriental depositors
who po desire will be paid at once. The liqui
dating agert will receive a fee of approximately
(200.6001 it la understood, and interest on the
money employed in paying off depositors. After
the depositors are paid and the expenses of
liquidating met there will be a balance for the
stockholders sufficient, It is believed, to give the
stock a book value of at least £200 a share. Its
estimated value on December 31 last was §207 a
share.
The mala tar.king h^use of the Oriental, at
Broadway and John street, will be given up and
tLe building leased. The branch at the Bowery
and <Jrand street will be continued a? a branch
of the trust company.
As soon as the papers are signed the entire
assets of the Oriental will be removed to the
Cedar street office of the trust company.
Though the deposits of the Oriental amounted
to (4,465,53735 when the bank suspended, on
January 29. it is not expected that much more
than 50 per cent will be withdrawn, as many
depositors will merely transfer their accounts to
the liquidating agent.
Expert public accountants have been at work
on the book? of the Oriental for the last two
weeks, and by to-night President Hugh Kelly
will have a certified record of the exact status
of the bank. The report is expected to be de
cidedly favorable to the Oriental, and It ie be
lieved that the negotiations will be completed
and the papers signed early next week.
It was rumored yesterday that another large
trust company and a large national bank woul£
act in conjunction with the United States Mort
gage and Trust Company in liquidating the
Oriental.
The liquidation of the Oriental will mean the
passing of one of the oldest state banking in
stitutions in the city. It began business fifty
five years ago with a capital of $300,000. After
the Seventh National Bank failed, six years ago,
a number of its directors bought into the
Oriental Bank, and the capital was then raised
to $750,000 and the. surplus to a like figure. The
main banking office: was transferred to Broad
way and John street, the former home of the
.".-nth National, and the original home of the
Oriental was continued as a branch at Bowery
and Grand street.
When the Oriental moved its headquarters its
deposits were in the neighborhood of (3.080.660.
These were steadily increased until In Novem
ber of WO* they amounted to nearly (12.000.000
net Soon afterward the Oriental became in
volved with the unsuccessful Borough Bank of
Brooklyn, which suspended during the panic.
The deposits of the Oriental began to fall away
rapidly last fall, and in November the bank's
president. B. W. Jones, Jr.. retired and was
succeeded by Hugh Kelly, who was looked upon
as the one director strong enough to pull the In
stitution through. The demands of frightened
depositors were toe insistent, however, to be
successfully met. and on January 20 the bank
closed Since 1901 the bank had made profits
of over $750,000. of which half v.as paid out in
dividends and half was added to surplus. When
the lank suspended it had ■ surplus of s<bS.
810 SS.
The United States Mortgage and Trust Com
pany has a West End branch at Broadway and
J3d street and a Harlem branch at 125 th street
and Eighth avenue. Its officers are George M.
Camming, president: Luther Kountzc, John W.
Flatten and Samuel B. Campbell, vice-presi
dents; CaJvort Brewer, secretary, and Carl G.
Rasmus, treasurer. It has a capital of 5-.
000.000, a surplus of R:sul.r,7tf and deposits pt
(20.096.254. '
AMERICAN ROBBED OF $6,000
Charles Hastings, a Mine Owner, Loses Prop
erty in Pans.
Paris, Feb. 14.-Charles Hastings, an km*
ican Sine owner, was robbed here to-night of a
nSctbook containing $0,000 by an expert En - S
ttfh pickpo< .kK.
HAAS'S Restaurant. Park Row Bldg.-i.ona
toou. :ui cuisine and service. MuMC.-Auvt.
CONTROLS ER METZ.
(The etory of the sale will be found on thw fifteenth page.)
SHAH ASSASSINATED?
A Report from Vienna of Murder of
Persian Rider.
Vienna, Feb. 14 —A report is in circulation
here that the Shah of Persia has be-n assas
sinated.
No confirmation of the report Is obtainable.
Mohammed AH Mirza succeeded his father.
Muzeffar-ed-din. as Shah of Persia on the death
of the latter, January 9. 1907. He was formally
crowned on January 19. He was the fifth of the
dynasty of Kajars, which took possession of the
crown after a civil war lasting from 1779 to 1734.
The best known of the Kajar sovereigns of Persia
was Nasr-ed-din. who ruled from 1848 until he was
assassinated In ISS6. His son succeeded him. It
is -within the power of Persian monarchs to alter
the law of succession and leave the crown to any
member of the royal family, but preference is
„ I * m in». . ' " '
THE FHAH OF TRRfTA.
First constitutional ruler of hi 3 country reported
assassinated.
gpnerally given to a son whose mother was a
Kajar princess.
Shah Mohammed Ali Mirza, however, was not
the son of a Kajar princess. He was born on June
21. 1872. Before he was named as heir to the
throne, as eldest eon, he bore the title Etezad-os
6altanel ("the source of the empire's might"). Ho
was carefully educated by Persian and European
professors, and held a number of Important official
posts before his accession to the throne. When
named heir-apparent he was made Viceroy of
Azerbaijan He was the first monarch of Persia
to begin his rule under a constitution. Up to 1906
the government of Persia was like that of Turkey,
an absolute monarchy, within the Imlts imposed by
the Mahometan religion, but in 1905 the people put
forth a demand for representative institutions, and
in January, I**>, the Shah announced his consent
to the establishment of a National Council. The
number of representatives was afterward fixed at
156, and they were elected in October of that year.
The Shah signed the Constitution on January 1,
1907, and it was countersigned by his son, who suc
ceeded him a few days later.
The efforts of the reactionists to nullify the effect
of constitutional reforms have caused bitter con
tests, some of which were marked by bloodshed,
and the recent division of the empire Into English
and Russian spheres of influence and Turkish ag
gression have not dispelled the hostility between
the factions.
The son of Shah Mohammed A!l Mlrza is Hus
sein Ali Mirza,. The Shah has five brothers and
twelve sisters. His fortune la estimated at £2,000,000.
mostly In diamonds.
Persia has an area of 525,000 square miles and an
estimated population of 9,wX»,C00. of whom not more
than twelve hundred are Europeans.
SCHOONER BURNS AT SEA.
i
Coamo's Passengers Say Steamer
Failed to Stop.
San Juan, P. X., Feb. — Passengers arriving
here from New York by the New York and
Porto Rico Steamship Company's steamer
Coamo report that at 4 a. m. on February 11
the Coamo passed a. four masted schooner which
was on fire. The steamer, according to the
passengers, did not stop to ascertain if assist
ance was required.
QUICKER SCHEDULE TO FLORIDA
tfeaboard Florida Limited, dally Pullman train to
qt . n .»iisttne-Pinohiirst-Caindon-Coluraijia. Short
eat Florida liuute. OSics UK away.— Advt.
LXDICT3IENT FOR SNOW
EX-TREASURER MISSISG.
Bench Warrant Out for Former
Telephone Official.
The Kings County grand jury indicted yes
terday morning for gnnd larceny Henry Sanger
Snow, the recently retired treasurer of the New
York and New Jersey Telephone Company. The
district attorney issued a bench warrant for his
arrest.
Mr. Snow left his home on Wednesday noon,
according to his daughter, and haa not returned
since that time. Acting Captain Kuhne. of the
detective bureau at Police Headquarters, has
had men watching the Snow home, at No. '2~0
Henry street, ever since 7 o'clock on Thursday
eveninar. His men were instructed not to arrest
the man unless he attempted to leave the state.
Yesterday morning, after the ben< h warrant
was Issued, Dt-tectlves Tunny and Clark
Bearched the house from cr!!ar to roof, but in
vain. No trace of the missing man had been
discovered up to a late hour last nipi'.t.
Mrs. Snow is prostrated by the shock caused
by the revelations made a» to her husband's
affair?. The family <ay that they do not know
what has become of Mr. Snow.
Wh^n captain Kuhne was asked what he
would do with Mr. Snow when he c itight him.
he said: "We shall treat him the same as any
other prisoner that Is brought here on a war
rant. We shall tak n his pedigree, photograph
and measure him for the police records."
It was Captain Kuhne who directed that the
bankers indicted several months ago be treated
In this manner, and he is sti'.l waiting for the
settlement of an order for punishment for con
tempt of court brought agafnwt him by Justice
Marean. of the Supreme Court, f^>r detaining
John Q. Jenkins, jr.. «t headquarters, after he
was served with a writ of habeas corpus for
the production of Mr. Jenkins in court.
BASIS (>F INDICTMENT.
The charge in the indictment against Snow is
based on evidence that he took $29,000 in bonds
of the telephone company and that he de
postted them for personal loans and stock mar
gins as collateral. District Attorney Clarke,
acting on the published reports of the shortage
In Mr. Snow's accounts, called President C. N\
Bethell and Alexander Cameron, the company's
counsel, before the grand jury yesterday.
Mr. Snow's friends have been at work for sev
eral weeks, it Ls understood, trying to raise
funds to straighten out his difficulties. The
bonds which Snow is said to have misappropri
ated should have been applied to the company's
sinking fund. It has been the custom of the
company to purchase nn the market Its own
bonds. The Metropolitan Trust Company was
trustee of the issue of bonds which included the
$29500 worth that Mr. Snow is said" to have
taken. This company is* also the trustee of the
telephone company's sinking fund. In the ordi
nary course of business Mr. Snow after pur
chasing the bond? with the telephone company's
money would have sent them to the Metropoli
tan company. They would then have been re
tired. Instend of doing this, it is said, he sent
them to other financial institutions and raised
personal loans on them.
It an believed that the grand jury investiga
tion into Mr. Snow's conduct as the treasurer of
the telephone company has not yet ended. It
will continue, it is said, when the men who are
working over the accounts of the company have
completed their work and the exact extent of
irregularities in the ex-treasurer's accounts is
definitely ascertained.
Pcnidcn the $29,000 worth of heads for the
larceny of which the indictment was returned
yesterday ?ome 5145,660 of the telephone com
pany's treasury stock is said to have been
diverted to the treasurer's personal use.
When Mr. Snow's Irregularities were first dis
covered th.' c» tnpany informed the corporations.
holding the bonds and stock not to sell them.
11 haa now aaked them to save for It any equity
would belong to Mr. Snow after such
eale
SNOW'S DISAPPEARANCE A SURPRISE.
The sudden disappearance of Mr Snow, fol
lowing his indictment, caused considerable sur
prise among his former fellow directors In the
telephone company. One of them said yester
day that the former treasurer seemed apparent
ly entirely unconcerned during a conversation
he had with him only two days ago. although
both men were aware that Snow's conduct of his
Continued on eighth puje.
FEBRUARY 22 AT ATLANTIC CITY.
Washington's Birthday is on Saturday. Spend
thft holiday and Sunday at Atlantic City. Special
train la Pennsylvania Railroad, leaves Atlantic
City 'for Newark and New York Sunday. February
23. at 1:00 P. ..I Parlor cars and dining car.—
Advt. - . - :, - ■■-■-..
THREE HAMLETS RAZED
MISSISSIPPI TORS A DO.
Reports of Dead in Storm Vary
from Sir to Ten.
Meridian. Miss., Feb. 14.— Three Mississippi
hamlets were demolished by a tornado to-day.
Reports of the number killed rarise from six
to ten.
Mossville. Service and So?o are the towns de
stroyed. They are all in Jonea County. .;nd each
conpists of a few dwelling. The tornado is re
ported to have carried the buildings off the lot 3
on which they stood. Nearby fields were cov
ered with Wl«caaaM and trees were littered with
household articles.
L. S. Morrison, a resident of Mil— Bit, who
came here after the storm, said that he was
outdoors during the blow and was compelled to
grasp a wire fence to keep from being blown
away. He said the dead at Mossville are Alec
Windham and wife, negroes. Near the town,
he paid, a man and wife and two children were
killed. The seriously injured at BfoaevMa are
J. F. Robinson, manager of the Mossville Mer
cantila Company; William Campbell and wife
and Minnie Campbell.
Near Service one child of Isaac Hoiloway and
a negro are reported dead.
No rrporis of fatalities have come from Peso.
The tornado was accompanied by a torrent of.
rain, which caused a sudden rise in the creeks
and washed away several bridges. Roaaa have
become Impassable in the storm region. Tele
graph and telephone Wires, are not working to
night.
The noon northbound passenger train got a
few milea north of Laurel and could not pveeaai
because of the wreckage, and returned to Laurel
at 2 o'clock. The passengers said they saw ha';
a dozen dead negroes, but could not estimate the
probable number killed.
TEXAS TOWS SWEPT.
Loss of Life in Tyler Tornado May
Reach a Do'^cn.
Tyler, Tex., Fob. 14. — Tyler was swept by the
worst tornado in its history before daylight to
day. Coming- from ttie southwest, the storm
swept over the main residence quarter of the
city, leaving a trail of death and devastation.
The known dead in Tyler are C. A. Francis,
agent of "The Dallas News,' - and his wife and
taby, and a negro. Mose Lee, eighty years old.
Francis's body was found a hundred yards from
his wrecked home. The body of his child was
found In the street. Mrs. Francis was in the
wreckage of the building.
Six seriously injured persons are reported.
They are Irwin Franklin and his wife and four
children. One of the children may die. Th«
Franklins were caught in the wreckage of their
home.
It is feared that the death list in Tyler may
reach a dozen, and the nunsber of injured will
probably aggregate twoscore when reports of
the casualties are all received.
Twelve bullding3 were wrecked. Wires are
down in all directions from Tyler, but report 3
from farmers are that farmhouses all around
Tyler were blown down. The tornado swept
everything ciean for a distance of five miles.
Three miles from town the wind demolished th*>
home of Irwin Franklin, severely injuring
Franklin and his wife and four children. Th-i
tornado tore a path through Tyler one hundred
feet wide. Building?, telephone and electric
light poles were laid fiat in the storm's path,
while great damage was done in other parts
of the city.
FEAR PITTS BURG FLOOD.
Residents Moving from Lozcer Sec
tions of the City.
Pittsburg. Feb. 14.— Merchants, manufactur
ers and residents in the lower sections of PKts
burg and its suburb? are putting in a busy
night moving merchandise and other Iwluaajaaj
beyond the reach of a pueuTMn flood.
That a flood is coming was definitely • an
nounced by the local weath-r retecMttff to
night. The forecast is for a stage exceeding
twenty-two feet in the Ohio River by noon to
morrow. The danger line In this city is twenty
two re*t, but it really requires five feet or more
in excess of this to eaaM serious damage be
cause of the preparedness of property oWmen at
this season of the year. It is still raining, and
all depends upon the precipitation during the
early morning hours.
A great ice gorge in the Allegheny River at
Parker, above this city, broke to-night and Is
pacing out without causing trouble. There is
another great g^rgo below Weat Newton, but
this is holding firm to-night, and Its later effect
cannot be foretold. At Johnstown rain is fall-
Ing in torrents, and the weather bureau haa is
sued warning of a serious flood. Heavy rains
are falling at other points in the foothills of the
mountains.
FLOOD BTOP3 DETROIT TRAFFIC.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune I
Detroit. Feb. 14.— A terrific downpour of rain has
flooded the river and much of the city is under
water. All streetcar traffic is stopped and unless
the conditions are bettered it Is feared some of the
bridges may be swept away.
FRESHET CONDITIONS UP-STATE.
Rochester," Feb. 14.— For the last twenty-four
hours Western New York has been in the grip of a
rainstorm that has melted the snow si that many
Streams are overflowing. Trains In all directions
are late, as the rain has been accompanied by thick
fog at times. So variable have weather conditions
been that In one day rain and fog and frost have
been met with. Hear Farmington, N. V.. farmers
report that the variable weather has frozen the
peach buds- and the outlook for next year la ex
ceedingly poor among the peach growers.
SEVERE BLIZZARD IN OKLAHOMA.
IBy laNSJpasa to Th* Tribunal
Guthrie, Okht.. Feb. It— The worst blizzard in
years was experienced In Oklahoma to-day, follow
ing a fill 111 Si rain of two days. The snow i* from
tea to fifteen feet deep in Custer County. a ter
rifle wind blew from the north. This afternoon the
business men of Thomas formed a rescue commit
tee and carried children from the public schools to
their parents.
SHIP FOUNDERS: TEN DROWN.
American Vessel Emily Reed Breaks in Two
Off Oregon Coast. \
Portland, Ore.. Feb. U.— The American ship Emily
Reed, 113 days out from Newcastle. N. S. W.. for
Portland, with coal, went ashore early to-day at
the mouth of the Nehalem River, on the Oregon
coast, and broke in two. The crew was swept
overboard by the seas. Ten seamen were lost,
while six were caved. includes the captain and
his «tf'
PRICE THREE CENTS.
CHILI SALUTES FLEET.
REVIEW AT VALPARAISO.
President Montt Escorts Battleship*
to Sea — Scene in Harbor.
Valparaiso. Chill. Feb. 14.— American
fleet of sixteen battleships, under the command
of Rear Admiral Evans, passed Valparaiso tfcia
afternoon and com: . Its voyajre perthwarf
for Callao. Peru, the next stopping place. II
Valparaiso and thousands of persons from every
city in Chili witnessed the parsing of the fleet.
President Montt and the other high officials of
the republic came out from shore tcr (Treet tit©
battleships, and almost the entire Chillaji navy
exchanged salutes with them as they swans;
around Curaumllla Point and into Valparaiso
Bay in single file, headed by the Chilian cruiser
Chacabuco and five Chilian destroyers.
Turning sharp around Caraumilla Point at -:I'J
this afternoon, the Chacabuco and the five ChiN ,
lan destroyers led the Connecticut and her fif
teen sister ships into the view of the thousands
who had awaited their appearance since lawn.
The day was perfect, and the spectacle of the
fleet stretched in a paal semicircle, as seen
from the high hills around the bay. was mag
nificent.
President Montt and other Chilian ofSciaE*
embarked on The training ship General Baque
dano. and took a position well nut In the harbor.
Around the Baquedano the fleet swung at a.
speed of four knot?, each ship firing a Presi
dent's salute as it passed. It was one hour
from the time the head cf the fleet •"■■■"■ th»
bay until the last vessel had passed the Presi
dent's ship and turned toward . the open sea.
Then the Baquedano lifted anchor and escorted
the fleet well out of the bay on Its way to the
north. It was a review such as had never be
fore been seen in Valparaiso Bay. and the siaAt
will Ions? be remembered by the people of Chill
who came to witness it.
SHIPS AND CITY DECORATED.
The shipping in the harbor and the principal
buildings in the city were decorated, the day
bing observed as a holiday, in honor of the fleet,
On the picturesque, sloping hills, dotted with
houses, a profusion of bunting and waving flag*
could be seen from the bay. Thousands of per
sons from Santiago and other places in the re
public had come into Valparaiso, and the roof 3
of the Bolsa Commercial, with it 3 two bus*
towers: the custom house, the large warehouse*
and other buildings along the circular road
skirting the bay front were black with specta
tors. The enthusiasm of the Chilians was al
1 most boundless, and they cheered lustily as each
battleship of the Baal swept around ■-. review-
Ing ship, their sides lined with Jackiea In im
maculate white and the bands playing patriotic
air?. The noise of the cheering was lost, how
ever, in that of the saluting guns from the fort
and the fleet. Altogether 1,200 shots were fired.
After the fleet had passed to the northward a
dinner was served on board Baa General Baque
| dano by President Montt in honor of the diplo
matic corps and his other guests. Toasts were
drunk to President Roosevelt and Admiral
Evans and his officers, crews and ships, and all
the speeches expressed the wish that the Amer
leans might have fair weather and a safe
passage to their destination. - . :
In the city of Valparaiso to-night celebrations .
of every kind are going on, and everywhere may
be heard words of praise of Admiral Evans for
having honored Valparaiso with a visit.
VOYAGE WITHOUT INCIDENT.
The pasaas-e of the fieet from Punta Arena*
on the Strait of Magellan, whence it sailed al
11 o'clock on the night of February 7. was made
to this point without difficulty or Incident. The
Chilian cruiser Chacabuco led the fleet from the
time it left Punta Arenas until it had passed
through the strait and was well out into tha
Pacific. Arriving at the entrance of Smyth
Channel at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on Feb
ruary S. the 1 destroyer flotilla, under Lieutenant
Commander Cone, piloted by Lieutenant Rozai.,
of the Chilian navy, parted company with thi
battleships and proceeded through the cha
in order to take the Inside course along the
coast of Chili. A: I o'clock the same evening
the battleship fleet passed the four barren and
forbidden rocks, the Evangelists, and was then
eafeJy through the strait. Throughout the day
of February 8 the wind blew a gale from til*
west, and on the night following the passage of
the strait the fleet ran into a heavy fog, which
continued until February 10.
At 4 o'clock on the afternoon of February 11.
while off Anoud. the Chacabuco separated from
th- fleet and proceeded to Talcahuano. arriving
there en February 12. From this point mes
sages were transmitted to Valparaiso informing;
President Montt of the probable hour of arrival
at Valparaiso and expressing- Admiral Bi I •» a
desire to have President Montt review the fleet.
The Chacabuco then sailed in company with tt»
Chilian torpedo boat flotilla, which included the
Thomson, the Munoz, the Gamero and* the
O'Brien, an.l the transport Casma. and again
met the fleet forty-five miles off Carranza. at
noon.
ADMIRAL'S MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT.
The fleet proceeded in division formation until
this morning, when it changed into single di»
formation, three thousand yards to the star
board of the Chilian division. Admiral Evans
sent a wireless message to President Montt be
fore his arrival at Valparaiso, expressing the
pleasure he had in visiting Valparaiso and the
great honor which the fleet felt in being re
viewed by the President of ChilL
At 12:45 o'clock the took position be
hind the Chilian division. Arriving off Curau
milla Point at 1 o'clock, the ships dressed for
review, the Chilian flag having the place of
honor. The head of the American fleet Baal
abreast of Playancha. at the southern entrance
of the harbor, at 2:13 o'clock, and the first
salute was fired. Fort Valdivia, on the south
side of the bay, and Fort Vergara, on the north
sid>, replied.
Hundreds of steamboats, tugs, yachts and
Other craft, all dressed in honor of the fleet.
carried thousands of passengers out from sliore.
•A striking piece of landscape decoration was*
the forming in gigantic letters of the word WaV
come" by several thousand sailors dressed in
white lying on the hillside. The beach was
bright with the color of the moving thousands.
the wharves were crowded, and even the buoys
In the bay had venturesome occupants. Never
before had such crowds gathered in Valparaiso,
and seldom had there been witnessed dueh en
thusiasm.
At the dinner on board th- Chacabuco to
night there was a cordial exchange of toasta
between Rear Admiral Simpson, of the Chilian
navy, and the United States Minister. John
Hicks. In toasting the cruiser Chacabuco Min
ister Hicks said: "Here is to the good ship
Chacabuco. May she never be caned upon to
fight except in the defence of her country anel
of human rights. But If she must fight, mar
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