y«- LXVIII. .N°- 22,709. VESSEL AM) CREW LOST OHOBEOX LONG ISLAND, BEATEN TO PIECES. mgtrnrt ofQuogue Station Watch in /^'" f or Bodicst of Captain and Tuehe Sailors.' little 73-ton fishing schooner Swallow. h i C !i for thirty-one years has sailed about the '.i niic BOth as a fishing craft and a carrier of *«h and lumber, went to pieces on the shoal oft ■M point. Long Island, yesterday mornirg. . j. ier skipper. Captain Daggett. and crew of *^!v*> men are believed to have been lost. Her j n rv intact but empty, drifted up on the beach ,c»frday amid sticks of lumber and barrels of -*X which was a part of her cargo. The Swallow- was first seen floundering about ■ shallow water at 2 p. m. on Saturday by the •severs at the Quogue station. At that time, gecnied to be not under control. The snow *»l! canie on coon after she was first sighted, * a when the weather cleared the Swallow had drifted to the westward. 'while walking east along the beach at 4 a. m. Tf sterday, Patrolman Fordham. of the Blue point Lifesaving Station, saw the dim outline of ■oner on her beam ends. At daylight this *as aiade out to be the Swallow. The sea was pa*? then, and combers more than sixteen feet vhVere pounding on the beach, so that the runnins of lifeboats through the surf was out ff the question. . Fcrdh&m. however, reused the other lifesavers -fib* station, and Captain Frank Creaner and >jis m«» took cut their pun and breeches buoy. kat it was impossible to get a line over the grtUow. She lay about a mile from shore, and saffron*: to pieces rapidly. While it was still dark the lifesavers had turned torches to show that help was at hand, tsi no response came from the schooner. At daybreak there was no sign of life on board. I.if-?averß from the Lone Hill and Smith's Point ftations joined the watchers on the beach and looked for bodies to wash ashore among the barrels of frozen herring, deerheads and pelts that littered the shore. One of the lifesavers picked up the schooner's nameboard. which had cut into the wood and painted Hack the words -Swallow. St. John'?. N. F." What was thought to be a body was hurled up on the beach yesterday at noon, but when the lifesavers ran down to where it came in it was found to be a Bailor 3 heavy coat, with pockets empty. Soon after the coat trashed ashore the combers rolled one of the schooner's masts up en the beach. The lifesavers believe that the ■kipper and his ran have perished. It is thought that the Swal low was trying to get inside Sandy Hook for haven, but that the northeast gale, with snow *nd •'eet froze her rigging and made it impos sible for the skipper to work his ship. Ft. Johns, X. F.. Jan. 17.— The schooner Bwal loir If ft here a fortnight ago laden with herrings ta Gloucester. Mass. She was ordered from Gloucester to New York to sell and discharge larcUTO because of the low price at the Massa cfca»etts port. The vessel belonged at Pilley Isiand, on the northern coast of Newfoundland. £2& the master and men also belonged there. She was built at Moses River In 1878, and was earned by John Darnscn. (REV SINKS WITH WRECK. British Steamer Lost— Breakers Sub merge Struggling Seamen. 4 Cuxhaven, Jan. 17.— The British steamer Fidra has been wrecked off Amrum and is a total loss. The Fidra carried a crew of eighteen, and it is Mjpved that most of them perished while trying to make the shore, the boats being smashed by th* heavy breakers. Several bodies, have been cashed up. The steamer was of 1,218 tons. TWO MEN Dl DORY AT SEA ALL NIGHT. Dashed Against Young's Pier, Too Weak to Guide Their Frail Craft. Atlantic City. Jan. -Fiins Dickins and /William Wood were out for codfish in a small dory yesterday when the storm came up. They j>ii!l«i ijard for hour?, but did not come abreast «•? the inlet until early this morning. Their ■wnrtb was so played out they were no longer •We to guide the dory. Th»y were sw>pt along the cor.st and almost teti the breakers when their boat was dashed tnhirt Toung's Pier. Fortunately for them th*r» were some fishermen op the pier, and their cm* wer« heard. Ropes were thrown to- the "ill as they clung to the pier end. and they bbsb hauled out. They suffered no ill effects town their exposure. SATED CREW OF WATERLOGGED SHIP. Steamer Dominion Lands Seamen, Rescued from the Savona, at Queenstown. Qu^enstonTi. Jan. 17.— The steamer Dominion, >hlch arrived off here to-day, reported having ■Bases Captain Crossley and the crew of the Britif-h ship Favona about four miles off Fast- Set The Bavona, which was lumber laden, was *bandon«»d in a waterlogged condition. A tag has started'out to try to tow the Bavona to Crookhavon. but this may prove a^diflicult 'task, as the weather is heavy and the sen rough. t The Savona was bound from Liscomb.. Nova "*«tls. for the United Kingdom. ST. PETERSBURG CHOLERA INCREASES. '4 Fifty-nine New Cases and Twenty-one Deaths Reported in Day. St- Petmbiirp, Jan. There has been a marked **■*« in the cholera In this city. Fifty-nine <***« have bwn reported In the last twenty-four *■•«• and tncnty-one death*. .STOCKHOLM WELCOMES SVEN HEDIN. Swedish Explorer Highly Honored by King, Parliament and Other Bodies. Stockholm. Jan. 17.— Sven H<rn ct * r j/ "' *'■» » dinner this evening in Sven lletliirg smor - *' which the Crown Prince preside^. j **** RESTAURANT, PARK ROW BLDG. -+&*£''** ** m ' n ' t0 *' n - Luncheon. Dinner. Music. To-day, fair. To-morrow, fair; r&riabla irlsits. MANY INJURED IN RIOT. Socialists Urging Electoral Reform Try to Storm Dresden Palace. Dresden. Jan. 17.— A socialist demonstration to-day, in behalf of electoral reform, led to a serioue riot, in which twenty persons were seri ously, ar.d at. leart one hundred elightly. In jured. Many conflicts occurred between the police and the rioters, the former eventually beating back the great crowd of socialists, who were endeavoring to force their way to the palace of King Priedrich August. WOMAN DRIVES TO FIRE. Men Abient, She Guides Apjmratus to Blaze and Extinguishes It. [By Telegraph to Th« Tribune.! South Xorsvalk. Conn., Jan. 17. — Mrs. Ann Anthony, housekeeper at the Putnam fire house, adjusted the snap harness and drove the spirit ed fire horse Put to her home and extinguished a fire this afternoon before the department ar rived. "Ma. our house is on fire:" exclaimed her lit tle son John, as he ran into the fire house. Jupt then the fire alarm rang. The trusty horse came out and took his place, but there was no one to harness and drive him, the driver having stepped out. Mrs. Anthony had seen the men make the hitch many time*, and she was equal to the emergency. She took the single team and with an extinguisher quickly put out the fire. "When the ilepartment arrived Mrs. Anthony was in a faint on the floor. FIRE RUIXS 34* AUTOS. Isoss in Boston Blaze More than $800,000. Bos too, Jan. 17— A puff of flame shot up from the rear of the most extensive automobile utorage and repair plant in the city, near Park Squar<*. shortly before dawn to-day, and half an hour later 848 automobiles of almost every description, valued at fTStMKM, were a mass of tangled 6teel and iron. The fire also spread to the old train shed of the Park Square railroad station, for merly used as the terminal of the Providence division of the New York, New Haven & Hart ford Railroad, and destroyed the bicycle track and a larpe pavilion used for exhibition pur poses. Six horses in one of the buildings were also burned. It is expected that the damage to the building will bring the total losa to more than SBUO.OUO. » There were six garages, including several used chiefly for repairs, in the big storage station, formerly the railroad freight shed. In th*se were many machines for summer use, and a large number of those burned were owned by business firms. All the large sightseeing auto mobiles in the city, numbering upward of a dozen, were also burned. The insurance rates on the destroyed property lucre Fomi'what Higher than those in effect on other buildings of s-imilar use in the city, and the. majority of the owners were only partly insured, while one or two firms had no insurance. There were ab<>ut twenty workmen in the building when the lire broke out, but all managed to get away, although several of them had narrow escapes. The hardest fight which the firemen had was to keep the flames from extending into the busl- MH blocks in Columbus avenue, and fully one half th»» entire available force was centred on that side of the fire area. MISSING WOMAN FOUND. Miss Charleszcorth, Said to Have Been Killed, Is Located. London, Jan. 17. — Miss Violet Gordon Charles worth, whose mysterious disappearance a short time aero caused a great deal of excitement be cause of her remarkable career and her inti mate association with extensive stock deals, has been found and identified at Oban, Scotland. It was reported that Miss Charl<»sworth. who lived with her parents In Bogera, St. Asaph, Wales, was killed" while automoblllng In the neighborhood of Penmaenmawr with her sister and the chauffeur about two weeks ago. The young woman was said to have been hurled over the sea wall, but her body was not recovered. Ifer sister and the chauffeur escaped Injury. Investigation failed to show any indications that a body had fallen over the cliff, and it was not considered possible that a body falling Into the pea at this point could have been washed away. This* gave rise to suspicion, and search for the missing woman had been continued zealously. A day or two ago a torn telegram addressed to Violet Charlesv.orth was found in a room in a hotel at Tobermorjr. Scotland, and If was as certained that the occupant of the room, who answered the description of Miss Charlesworth, had Rone to Oban. She was found there to day, and relatives are now on their way thither. Much has .been published of Miss Charles worth's alleged speculation In stocks, and an endeavor has been made to show that she was In desperate financial straits. P. R. R. PLANS TO SPEND $5,000,000. President McCrea Says Road Is in the Market for Five Thousand Steel Oars. [By Till SI Still to The Tribune.] Pittsburgh Jan. 17.— "Yes. we are in the market for about five thousand steel cars," said President James MeCres si the. Pennsylvania Railroad last ulirlit .it Dnton Station. He added that they will tost about J1.0"i0 <>kJW>nviM« > St. Augustine. Palm Beach, .Miami,' Kniirl'ts X*->" oug!us Robinson, or any of the per-Hons named in the original newspaper publication in an in vidious way. A significant fact Is that Mr. Cromwell was In Washington when the action was taken yesterday of serving the subpoenas, though he left here in the course of the night for New York. Local lawyers are- discussing the ease with in terest, and already sharp difference!! of opinion appear aa to the right of the United States gov ernment to prosecute a criminal libel proceed ing against either an individual or a newspaper, which is, after all. the bone of contention, for there can be no question of the right of an in dividual to bring such an action. It is pointed out that" the Supreme Court 1* on record, ,in th» Goodwin case, as denying the power of a United States Circuit Court to take Jurisdiction in a criminal libel cane. On the other hand, while it Is admitted that there is no statutory law warranting such an action by th» government, it certainly does enjoy such a right under the common law as an absolutely nSjseo 6ary measure of power to protect th- very exist ence of the government. The officials here remain mute, an i there were no developments in the cas*» to-day, »o far as could be learned. The District Attorney re mains snowbound in his country home, inacces sible to reporters and cut off from the telephone; the Attorney General of the DsJtei States is at hi* home in Baltimore, and at the White Bouse to-day there was a flat refusal to discuss the matter DISTRICT. NOT FEDERAL CASE. Circuit Court Ruling Held Not to Apply to Washington Local Court. TVhcn th** motion on the order ts show cause why th<» subpoenas served on Saturday on Will iam P. McLoughlin and J Angus Shaw, em ployes of "The New York World." should not be quashed comes up thin morning before Juds*- Ward, in th^ I'nited States Circuit Court. Henry L. Stimeon. I'nited States Attorney for this district, will be present in person to arguo against the granting of the orders. At his home yesterday it was said that Mr. Ftlmson had be»»n away since Saturday morning, and that his whr-reabouts is unknown. As to the objection to the prosecution on the ground that th«» T'nited States courts could not take juripdictlon of a criminal lib<- case, it was suggested last night that while this vas true it dfd not necessarily prevent a pnseinte<] out that the nation of an in dividual complainant being made to take the place of the government is based on a miscon ception. All criminal prssscaslMM are brought by the government, even if the information is laid by an imli\iduai, and no individual com yleint could give jurisdiction for a criminal ac tion to a court which would not have jurisdic tion on official prosecution. The government officials, bere and in Wash ington, have every intention <*' pushing their in quiry into the origin of the story bearing on the purchase of th*> Panama Canal. It is under stood that at no time sine, the i a&e was first taken under consideration has there been any attempt to make Charles P. Taft. Douglas Rob tnson or any other Individual mentioned in con nection with the canal pun-hase a plaintiff in a libel suit, or to Induce any or all of them to tak<» such action against the newspapers which published the statements to •vhicn exception is taken. District Attorney Jerome lias not bi en consulted or even mentioned In connection with the proposed proceedlag. what the government is aiming at is to fix definite responsibility for the publication of the articles which are regarde-l as libellous. Despite the surmises made in regard to the President's activity in the matter, haicraph to Th» Tribune,] - Seattle, Jan. it With t.-ieir beads beneath the w«uer in a bathtub at their home here, the bodies of w 1/ Bseley, an attorney, who eras national bank examiner for Illinois under Con troller Eckels; ht«> wife, Mrs. Kate m. Se< member of the Daughters of ths American Rev olution, and their daaghter, Miss Rene Beeley, a student at the University of Washington, were found yesterday by K. W. ZlbbeU and Quy M. Btnetaer. afr. Bmelssr was engaged to marry Miss Bseley, and Mr. Zibbeli wa« a friend ot the family. Worried because of the non-appearance of any member of the Beeley family, the young ny i forced their way into the Seeley home, on Capitol Hill. Mrs Seeley nnd her daughter were killed hy blows on the head, inflicted with some blunt Instrument, believed to have been a hammer. Seeley was drowned, according to the coroner. over the bodies of Beeley and his wife as they lay head d<>wn in the bathtub was a steamer trunk The instrument with which the murders were committed could noi be found. Thai Seeley, driven insane by financial troubles, murdered bin wife and daughter and then killed himself i«« the theory advanced by the police. DYING, HIDES IDENTITY. Young Woman at Jf r atcrtoxcn,X. V., May Be Rich Man's Daughter. ,By Tviearftpli to The Tribunal Wntertown. S. 1 . Jan. 17.— "With her death a question of hours, a young woman, who baa lived here the last year as Florence Farrell. and who! is' believed to be the daughter of wealthy parents in Vermont, and ■ sister of a member or the engineering corps at West Point, refuses to divulge her true identity. Communications have been sent to the chief of police at Burlington and to the Wesf Point authorities to-night in an effort to clear up the mystery. A year ago an attractive girl of about twenty year* presented h.-rsrlf to the manager of the Woodruff House and asked for employment as a waitress. A place Was given her. but she showed that she had had little *xberlence In manual labor. Ob December •". •'"•!' li| - roller skating, the young woman fell, and was so sasßy Injured that she was taken to SI Joachim's Hospital, wh>re an operation was pel fanned, in lier weakened con dition tuberculosis rapidly developed A letter found to day concealed in the lining or" her trunk referred to Warren II Faßell, or Fatrwell. the writ -us befag UlegiN*. eivins the inference that be was a brother at West Point. The letter was postmarked Burlington, Vt. — . 1 — • — i ■ W. H. LEAVITT FINISHES PAINTING. Bryan's Son-in-Law Will Exhibit "The Lord's Supper" Here and in Washington. IHv Telffrraph to n* Tribune.] Sewnprt. R. I.! Jan. IT.— William Homer Leavitt, the Newport painter, who is now in Paris, has finished- his canvas of "The lord's Supper.- and has expressed.it to Newport, according to word re ceived by friends here to-day. The paint inp is about seventeen by twenty-two feet. and. according to Mr. Leavitt. fulfils the ideal on which he baa been working for the last three years. Mr Leavitt. who is a son-in-law of W. J. Bryan, and Mis bother are to leave Paris In two weeks and will come at once to Newport. They will remain here until fall: when Mr. Leavlti will exhibit the picture In New York and Washington. RABBI 'WEDS COUPLE AND DIES. Philadelphia. Jan, 17.-Kabbl David Btiddem. for twenty years a leader cf orthodox Jews "' tins city, dropped dead at his.. home to-day. lie had just performed a inarria«3 ceremoni'. ILLNESS REVEALS FJRE SPRINT TO ALARM BY BAREFOOT BUTLER. Physician* Wife Aroused hu Child's Coughing — Firemen in Dc Wolf Cutting's Home. Had it nut been for the crying of their child early yesterday a fire which broke out in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Franklin A. Doorman, at No. 133 Bast 57th street, might have caused moro damage than It did. The sleeping apart ments are on the second Boor, the first floor be ing used wholly for the physician's office. His daughter, four years old, was attacked by a fit of coughing at 4 a. m. which awakened Mrs. I>orm:m and her maid. While attending to the child* Mrs. Dorman smelled smoke and sent her husband to awaken the butler, Eugene Mc- Donald. Dr. Dorman and the butler started at the top of the house and searched all the rooms to the first floor. When they opened the office? door smoke poured out. and a fire was discovered burning within. Dr. William H. Cfllmmil, who is associated with Dr. Dorman. and who occu pies a room on the top floor, was awakened by the smoke and roused the servants. McDonald. clad only in overcoat and pajamas, rushed to the street and ran several blocks In his bare feet over the frozen pavements to turn in an alarm. Meanwhile Dr. Dorman bundled up his wife and child and conducted them to the street. They were scantily clad, as were the servants who assembled with the Domans on the cold pavement. The entire household was taken Into thy* home of a neighbor nt No. 139 Bssl ."Tth street. By the time the firemen arrived, at the burning house the flames had spread to the second floor, but within half an hour they had the fire under control. It was found that the easiest way to jjpt at the names was from the roof of the home of James Pc w>>lf Cutting; at No. 135 East 57th street, and th» firemen dragged their hose through the halls and up the stairways of the Cuttlncr home. Considerable water fell on car pets and rugs, many of which were ruined, a* were expensive tapestries which adorned the v.-ill- The police and firemen said the damage to the property in the Cutting home was about $300. but as many of the ruined articles were Imported the family estimated the less at a much larger figure Practically all the furniture and brie S-brar on the first and Second floors of Dr. Dorman's home were ruined. The OBUMga is estimated at TO SHOW THAW LETTERS. Mother and Sister Think Prisoner's Writings Prove Sanity. i ny Tclf-frraph tn The T-:hune. 1 Pittsburgh Jan. 17. — Mrs. William Thaw and Mrs Copley Thaw, mother and sister of Harry X Thaw, have prepared to make im<" of the most energetic fights yet made in the Thaw rase • )'•:•, the question ot his present sanity comes ni> for decision hi New York. It was announced here this afternoon by close friends of the tw> women that they had for many months been making plans to secure Thaw's release from, the Asylum, believing: him absolutely sane. With this 1 object in view, they have Arresponded with him on various subjects, and his written replies will be submitted to the proper authorities, with . of the letters drawing forth the replies. The Thaw family believes that these letters will show a well balanced mind, asserting that there is not one letter In which Harry K. Thaw does not show the coolest of heads and a clear work ini; brain. > Mrs. William Thaw, who Is very feebie. has paid repeatedly to close friends since her recent , .jninc to Tittsburp that she is now livinn with only: one object in view, that of seeing her son tree omc more. T. F. RYAN PLANS SGO.OOO COW BARN. Concrete Structure on Virginia Estate To Be One of the Finest in the South. [By Telegraph to The Tribune. ] I*ynchburg, Va.. Jan. 17.— Thomas F. Ryan, the financier of New York and Virginia, has just ac cepted plans for. a *5n.00n cow barn to be built on his country estate. Oakridge. in Nelson County. Tho him will be the most up-to-date structure of its kin.l in the South, with the possible exception of ;.,• Y;.inlerbi!t buildings at Biltmor*-. I^i -i. vi ' Mr. Ryan built a palatial stable for his -ui:i^ of thoroughbreds on his farm. The, new cow barn will U> built entirely of concrete. r - i ~*^ lii *f-r* PRICE TllßEi: CENTS. MY VETO CANiWS. LINCOLN • MEMORIAL A FINE ARTS (<)UN( IL TO REPORT ON IT. President Takes Action Suggested />// American Institute of Archi tects — To Designate Mcm.b> Trim The Tribune Bureau. 1 Washington, Jan. 17. — The President, actintf un the suggestion of the American Institute of Architects, has agreed to designate a council of fine arts, composed of thirty men. selected from all parts of the country, including archil artists, sculptors: and others, and to direct hi* J Cabinet officers to refer to this council for ex pert advice '•all matters in their charge embrac ing architecture. selection of sites and land scape work, sculpture and painting."- He als»~ urges the Institute to* take steps to obtain th« enactment of a law giving permanent effect to bis action. This step was taken pursuant to a letter o,00O,<>00 has been expended for public buildings. monuments and other works of art. About yo per cent of this amount has been *.p*-ne during the last quarter century, while present appropriations contemplate the expenditure of J over $40,000,000 more. The expenditure of these vast sums signifies that we are establishing, at a rate never, sforsj exceeded, lasting monuments to our civilization. Under our lack of system, and in the absence .>; proper management, the results do not ade quately and properly represent or express tho state of enlightenment and cultivation which our people have attained. The works of art of a nation are the docu ments by which It is Judged, and their perma nence is sufficient reason for extraordinary »-ar>» fn their design and execution. When such, works are undertaken by a government a h'Kii standard of excellence becomes a national obli gation. Whenever the government proposes any great project of public utility, such as irrigation op reclamation of iand, the improvement of rivers or harbors, the Panama Canal, or any great engineering work, it is taken as a matter of course that the plans must receive the fullest measure of expert advice and criticism from men of eminence in the profession concerned, but such is not the case in works which, relata to the art*. The only department which has achieved any success in this direction is the Treasury De partment, through the sup*>rvi.«in?r architect's office, sine* the passage of the Tarsney act In the early days or the Republic President Washington and his immediate successors sought trained experts in the arts and called to the service of the country those of the highest skill, and employed them in a consistent effort toward the building of the nation* capital. Even in that formative period of the nation, with th» continent undeveloped and the finances at low ebb. the government saw to it that th»><>» matters were handled with n<» l^ss intelligence and farsightedness than the other project* which engaged its attention, and. as a result. th« earliest buildings of the government, not only in the capital but elsewhere, rank among th»» great architectural triumphs of their period. The sev eral states and their growing cities were influ enced accordingly. With the rapid growth or the country. '«** systematic method of procedure was lost sight of I.Enfant beautiful plan of Washington suffered through th<» power of each department . to choose the site for it* own building, and tha fact that such a plan existed was almost, if not entirely, forgotten. The White House itself, within recent years, has b^n threat with mutilation through the effort* of misguided en thusiasm for supposed improvement. Wise ac tion by the present Executive alone saved thU monument, but there is no assurance for it* future. " .. "•. Existing public buildings are large subject to modification due to the caprice or supposed convenience of temporary officials. New build- Ings arc located without proper regard for their convenience or dignity, and without a view to the inevitable requirement for increasing dimen sions, resulting in additional expense. Fre quently they are found inadequate even befr>rj they are completed. Our statues, paintings and other works of art are treated with Ilk* indiffer ence to the dictates of common sens" OSS? coinage and our engraved notes have be«n equally neglected. COUNCIL. OF THE FINE- ARTS. The revival of L'Enfant's plan of the city of Washington through th* efforts of th> American Institute of Architects has awakened the pub lic to a consciousness of its importance, and makes possible the realization of its essential features, but the necessity of some ade«iuat« safeguard for the future is made evident by the fact that ever since the plan was revived there have been serious attempts to encroach upon, it. We believe that a permanent and definite authority should be established to which shall be referred for approval or disapproval the plans and designs of all future public works of archi tecture, paintings, sculpture, parks, bridges or other works of which the art of design form* an Integral part; that to its car* should be In trusted the conservation of historic monuments: and that this authority should be vested in % bureau of fine arts as a part of a division of . public instruction, which could Itself be under the Secretary of the Interior. antHcould jnclude* bureaus of education, science and the fine art*. Under present conditions we suggest tha*. a* an Initiatory step, the President designate % council of the me art?, which could exerci.«« advisory functions when called upon, and could also make recommendations upon Its own Initia tive. We suggest: 1. That the council should consist of archi tects, painters, sculptors, lanscape architect* i and laymen, appointed by the President from, nominations made by the directors of the Amer ican Institute of Architect". 2. That the Supervising 'Architect of Us] Treasury should be the executive. 3. That the objects should be to have th» council advise upon the character and design of all nublic work* of architecture, painting, sculpture, all monuments, parks, bridges antl other works- of which the art of design forms in integral part, and to make recommendations fo* . the conservation of all historic monuments. 4. That the details of carrying out of thla