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To-day, ? loud* : probable ?nns.
To-morrow, rloudy; variable wind?.
XEW-YORK. MONDAY, FEBRUARY
191 ...-TWELVE PA?JES.
PRICE
i~<T?X?rT la t'llr of New York. Jersey City aail Hoboae?.
l_,I_)_> 1 ELSE?, HERE TWO CENTS.
TWO DIE BEFORE
COLO WAVE WANE.
Harbor Traffic Suffers from the
Worst Ice Jam in Rivers in
Recent Years?Much
Suffering in City.
THOUSANDS ENJOY SKATING
City Welcomes Decided Advance
of Temperature, Which Falb
Before Forecast of Con?
tinued Arctic Weather as
Night Arrives.
COLO WAVE RECEDES. BUT
SHOWS SIGNS OF RETURNING.
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Th* cold wave that swept down from
the north on the city last Friday night
relaxed its hold yesterday to some ex?
tent, hut the rise in Um temperature did
n*t rsllevs the suffering among the poor
a great deal. Two deaths from ?old and
exposure o?"?urred during the day, and
many persons were rescued from the
*tr<>eis by charitable organizations in the
trek of time.
As late in the morning as S o'clock the
thermometer registered 1 degree below
lero, but from that time till noon It rose
steadily. At 12 o'clock it had ascended
to 8 ?Jegrees. and by '.> o'clock the high
set temperature of the day. -X) degrees,
was r?*>ached. The mercury hovered
?round that point for the, next three
hours and then started on a downward
movement, and shortly before midnight
It had gone down to 13 degrees.
The lirai death recorded during 'he
?lay was that of Jacob Smith, fifty-five
year* old, a street cleaner, living at No
SO? Melrose avenue, The Bronx. H* ?ras
??. werfe on the city dumping ground at
T_ast?-rn Boulevard and the West Chester
Canal when he sras overcome by the cold
? nd died before Dr. Pickard, of Fordham
Hospltal. could r?sach him.
James Dalton. who had been living at
a lodging house, at No 100 Bowery for
?_? last month, was the other victim.
He was found dead without a cent of
monev m his clothes in the hall of a fac?
tory Si No 134 Hester street, where, it
is thought. he had gone to geek ?holtOf
from the cold H?* was said to be fifty
two years old.
Lodging Houses Fill Early.
AH through the day the rharltable or
tanlzations in th<* tenement house, dis
t*i"- ?if the citv wore kept busy reliev?
ing the applicants who sought for aid. '
and as evening drew near the homeless
started a run on the lodging houses that
?vas one of the largest in years. The
municipal lodging house In 2f?th stTOSt,
that, has accommodations for 763 per?
sons, was filled a? early as 8 o'clock in
the evening, and the authorities had to
??nd the applicants who cam?* later to
th* boat owned {*** th?-* ?Ity that is an
-h*r-<1 at the .-Id?, of the pier at 26th
-tre-t
Misstone alone: th,?* Bowery and al
ether pinces where b?-d ti?kets ar?. ?lis
tribiDod had more than they < ould do to
supply the demand that was made f?or
them
The snowsti.rm thai was predi? t.-d l?v
the fore-asters to strike the city last
night did no? arrive, ;?s the buzzard that
. has hei-.n raging in the WootOTB .-'ates
was met by a high pressure ana lief<>t-e
it ha.i travelled far In this direction, and
the influence brought to near shifted i?
bark to the northeast. The official
ast issued last night predated mor-;
arctic weather, with the poasiblllty that
n snowstorm frbm another direction
pro lid rea h the ?.ity some time to-ila*..
Traffic OH the North an?l East rv is
?as ser!cu~ly hampered yesterday Ux the
huge Ito?s of ice that ?.ame down stream
and under the pressur?* 'if I h?Kh wind
WOTS piled up along the piers and in the
ferry slips. Ferries plying b?'!u??-ii Jer
< 'ity and Manhattan had difficulty In
i.iaklng a landing on the New York side,
as the wind was from the northwest and
< akes of ice, s<?ine being more than lif
teen fe<t In diameter, were piled against
tfs piers and ferry slips, extending in
some places a ?-inart?T "t ? mil?' out from
the shore, making what s? etned from the
Jerse* -..f the river t?. !??? a ,<>iid
border ut (ce
In th'.- East Hiver th? same t rouble at?
tended th*? piloting of th?* ferries, al?
though the size of the cakes that S-uad?
Up the i? ? pa? k that lined the Hrooklyn
?bore w? ic sctooewhat smaller.
No Schsdule for Fsrriss.
Non. of th? ferries was r<| ort??l as !<??
nig ?^is.ibled by the ice jams through
which they had to fight their way. but
such 'x thing as a running .sclx-dii!?- was
impossible and even the powerful Stated
Island ferryboats were delayed by what
It -aid I?. have been the worst loO 11"? '"
?.'ara.
The lee extend.?1 even as far as tho
Narrows ar.d caused a lot of trouble for
iti'omlni* vessels. Both the- Staten 1s'
antf and I,oiig Island sbor?*? wero bor?
dered by a : ?lid expanse of Ice. ;.tid th?;
f'agnients that flout??! ?l??w n during th?:
?lay bacons '? thl.k at times that tho
narrow channel .ippn?r.?l I?? !?<? ? ntlrely
i"or.en over.
lEifly in the afbTiK-oti the manne Ob
?"rvtr ?,n Um .*-'tat?ri Isinnd shore of 1h?J
?**?"??.-row* received a shock when hs
*<am.--d the oppoolto shore through his
Sisases. Il?- pe?? eU. ?1 what apteared to
??n Persona walking <?n th?; h'c *1Par ih?
float of the Crescent Athlet!?' Cltth. He
'a'M ihe ?-uperlnteadent of the club on
''l-r-hone a,nd leurned/rom him thut
? ?.biiuu.u on f.'urlh vna*
Traditions of
the Stage
By George M. Cohan
The noted Comedian satirizes
his own profession and the
public taste in a clever article
in the next
Sunday Magazine
of the
New-York Tribune
STRIKE LOSS IS $1,000,000
Workers Bear Chief Burden of
Lawrence Revolt.
MILLS MOSTLY PROTECTED
Moving Picture Shows Thrive,
Though Depression Reigns?
Delay in Peace Move.
Lawrence. M.i*-*" E*?'l#.. 1 l.--T??-dn\.
which marked the beginning of ?another
month in tho struggle of more than
twenty thousand mill operative?? to
*?.-i*iir?' Increased wages l.y a sirik?* In
every mill In the ? * i t >. was a day >?f K?*n
ernl activity. The Central Lahor Union
officials busied themselves in drawing up
the demands to lie mad?- of the agents of
each mill, hut were unable to xet tli?m
into shape tu be presented to-m?*?rrow, as
was hoped. The Industrial Workers of
the World leaders spoke at a number of
meetings ?hiring the day, urging soli?
darity among the strikers and making
ai rangements for a resumption of pick?
eting to-morrow morning.
it is estimated that the financial loss
?lue to the strike already approaches tho
fl.OOfX'OOO mark. The major portion of
this has f??llen upon the strikers, whose
idleness has <-ost them ,?7.'V>.?v?0 in
wages. M?-?st of the mills .-?re said to
have proteifo?] thems' I ves ag*. inst great
financial loss by having their work per
forme?1 nt factories owned by the same
companies elsewhere, or on a sub-con?
tract by whi^h they receive ?? share of
the profita.
Next to the loss of "Nages by Hie
ffrikers. the expense of th? armed g'iard
of 1,600 militiamen has been nenrlv
$1?X?,<X)0 to date, or about $4.rtOo n day,
and Adjutant General Gardner W. Pear?
son has .been forced to petition th? stat-*
Legislature for an additional appropria?
tion for his department While the
i-"t;?t<-. of Massachusetts will shoulder
most of this burden, the ?itv of Law?
rence, which for some time, has been
laboring with a financial stringency, will
be forced to pay a share. The city also
bears in full the expense of additional
policemen, numbering several hundred.
An estimate in figures of the extent to
which business has suffered because of
the strike Is Impossible. Practically all
lines of trade in the city have experi?
enced the adverse effects of the strike,
and trade in several lines is paralyzed.
In the midst of all this business depres?
sion, however, the moving picture .?shows
thrive.
COLLEGE MAN* COW'S VALET
?,, . _
Looking After Dolly Dimple's
Bath One of His Tasks.
I By T?Mi*-rt_r*-i '<*> Th? Tribun?? )
North East on. Mass.. Feb. 11.?Alonzo
Hathawav undoubtedly has the distinc?
tion of being the first college man to
become valet to a cow. The youth, who
is a Junior in Ames College, in Webster
t Iowa, obtaining a leave of absence
from study for ?me year, has ? -orne to
North Easton to assume his duties und
keep ?Dolly Dimple, the well known
15,000 prize winning <-<?w. in trim
He will look after the animals' dally !
bath, keep Its hoofs and horns dressed
i and Its body clean and glossy. V.\
j I.othrop Ames, well known in Boston
'and Newport soclet?, is the owner of
?Dolly Dimple
BRYAN SCENTS DISASTE
Says Democratic Prospects Wei
Bright Until "Money Trust" Rov
El PUUO, Tex.. Feb. 11 William
Bryan arrived here to-night on his w?
to Tucson. Ari*:. Discussing th<- outlo?
for the l-emo'Tati? party, he said th:
pr?.spei-is had been good for 1912 uni
Hi?* institution of B so-called investigi
tion of the "'money trust." which in I
|.|'.M-i!t status he believed to l?e an ii
spiration of Wail Street and ?calcul?t*
to produce Democratic disaster If It r?
suits In a whitewash."
It would put the party In the attitu?
?if being afraid to attack the most offer
.-ive of all trusts, the "money trust." H
declined to state whether he would al
t.'iid the investigation, but said. "Wa
Street, ?cool tin I>.ni<? ratlc party a mill
ion hii?1 a quarter votes by running th
1 '??inoiT.itic convention In 1901."
MAN WITHRABIES FIGHT!
Five Policemen Necessary to Ge
Him to Hospital.
Apparently suffering from hydrophobi;
Caul Marino, twenty-three years ?)ld. ?i
No. Is4 Sprint Ktreet. was taken las
night t<> l'ellevu?' Hospital In a serioii
condition. Five patrolmen and a lass.
wer?- neceoaarj i>< for. Morioo wo flnaU]
got IntO the ainliului.ee.
Marino was found late last night a
Thompson and Spring streets frothing al
th? month Whin l'aii-olniui^ Sprlngei
?gOl near him Marino made several at
tempt- t?? bite him. A number of ehil
?dren i*oi*rowTj eacaped being attacked
i?\ Marin?, Realising that he ?ras not
equal l<? the task, Springer got in ton? h
with the Macdoiignl street station, and
the r?s?rv?s were hurrleiTto his assist?
ance.
i'atrolman l.e? la ?re, who WOO at one
three ? SOW boy, finally lassoed Marino,
and after m?.i? h ?llfhvulty he was put in
th?- ambnlan-e and taken to the hoij
p.tal.
Dr. <?\.m lap,| ??,?,1 ho l.elteved the
\oiins man was suffering from rabies.
At the station house It was re?u lied that
Marino wan bitten b\ a ?log ubout _)x
mouths ago.
AHACK ON RITUALISM
UP 10 BISHOP GREER
Charges Against the Rector of
St. Paul's, Staten Island,
Will Be Filed To-day.
CIVIL SUIT MAY FOLLOW
Services Conducted by the Rev.
G. L. Wallis Said Not To Be
Authorized by the Book of
Common Prayer.
The fliffcren.es existing between the
Rev. Guy L, Wallis, rector of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Tumpkins. Hie. Staten
Island, and the heirs of tho giver ->f
tho church property are rapidly ap?
proaching a climax. Yesterday one hun?
dred members of tho church, which is
the oldest on Staten Island, formally
presented to the rector, vestry and war?
dens n statement of their position. This
was done In compliance with the ?hurch
law. To-day charges will be filed with
Bishop Creer, to await his action.
The statement was signed by some
parishioner* wh.? were forni.'rly vestry?
men in St- Paul's, all of them "abov?*?
sixteen years of age," .??-cording to the
wording <>f the papera It was said thai
there were not enough male . ommuni
cantS remaining In the parish to elect a
n. w vestry.
There were seventeen charges appended |
to the statement, fifteen >?f which con
?crned allege.) violations of Episcopal
Church law .nul two Of them relating
to allege.) Improper conduct on the part
?if the Rev. Mr. Wallis. In the event of
Bishop OTO** failing to take action on!
the charge?, it ?was sold y-saterday th*t |
a civil suit would be brought for the re? j
notary Oi the church property.
The movement t" reOB-ove tin re?*tor of
the church l?e?_an OH January 18 las*.,
when ?Edward Wanty. a farmer vestry?
man. s??n In-law Of the late Albert
Ward, who gave the property to the
church, brought .-harges against the
Rev. Mr. Wallis. He stated that the
rActor had refused to allow him to ?ant
his vote at the annual meeting ha I
tried to introduce ritualistic ideas and
had otherwise violated the provision? of
the Ward will, which provided that If
at any time the rector should depart
from the prescribed Episcopalian ritual
in his conduct ..f the .-hurch he should
lie immediate!-, deposed from his office
and the propert) should revert to hi?
heirs.
Denies Misconduct in Office.
The Rev Mr Wallis did not deny the
charges relating to the Introduction of
the confessional Into the services but
refuted th? charge! tit mlseon-*u.*t of big
office.
It was said yesterday th <t the charges,
which related to doctrine and ritual.
were of tut?h a character that the Epis?
copal ?Church Of the entire country might
he embroiled. It was not believed
?Bishop <?reer would order a trial, as
were he to Rl*e a decision of ani kind
he would be held responsible for What
miKht follow. H wait thought probable,
therefore, that the civil suit would fol?
low. In any event, new .piestinns will
have to be derided.
The signers to the statement alleged
thai the services at St Paul's, as now
conducted by the Rev Mr. Wallis, were
detrimental to the church's welfare,
were illegal in d?"*tniK- and in Violation
?f the rubrics ol the ?Booh of ?'ommon
Prayer They professed t?> believe that
were the re tor remoVed and the rubrics
obeyed the church would l?' h-sartlly end
liberally supported
The siKners of th? statement repre?
sented well kn??wn Slat? n Islam! fan
liles, such as Stewart. Van Imzer. ? Hiver.
Benfield. Whit". Warren. Muckner, Ra*
mon.l, l.indHiibfrKer. Williams, Orr,
Spencer, Llbby, Port, Raker, ifaii, Naw
hall, Wanty, Vaiidervonrt, Neleoil and
Jones
Some of the ?harges were as follows:
The saeramenl of the lord's ?Supper re
?-erv.-cl lift'd up and w??i shlppe.l Its re
mo-al to r>arlsh houw tot sdoratloa
Preaching end leschlni the ?to.trlne nt
transsubstantiation. This I.? txpreeely pro?
hibited, the charges sa>, i>> the Thirty-nine
.Sill, les
Auricular confession nompulrerj ne eon
rlltion for recelvlBi the Holj Communion.
Instruction t?. n?is effect to Sunday school'
uid confirmation ?
Doctrine tiiai ont) tliroiiKi? ? pries! csn
there be medlatkwi t"-tw?':i ?????i end man.
Protest Against Holy Wster.
Water kept In vestlhul? -, ?Inch li-miT
blessed by the r?-? t<>?, Is ssssi'lsd by hlin t?>
be holy?
Stations of the cross. Insertion <?f a ser?
vice f??r them not provided In tht l!??>k <?f
Common Prayen and Uierefore Illegal.
aim., the Misealng of candles and encourage*
men) or th.lr UM at horn?-.
Ifornlni prayer not ?aid on Sunday morn*
? iii-s si "r.iired i.v Article )?/ ??f the constl
tutl.'.n of the i'Urd?.
Opportunity riot tlven the people ai regu?
lar Sunday morning service t.? receive the
Holy Communion. Rector receives for
them.
The personal charges accused the Rev.
|fl?. Wallis of having used un-i'hristlan
and ml? nip? rate language in referring to
certain m?mberrs of the vestry and with
so conducting the ?hurch as to caUM a
large number of the communicants t.. re?
main away from St. Paul's.
\lr Wanty said that the heirs at law
,,- Ward ?li'l ""t want the property for
th?ir own peraoaal use. but simply de?
sired t.. have the provisions of the Ward
will complied with. It was proiniscl
that if th?' ttAft. Mr. Wallis was retPOVed
th'?' broparty would still b<- uaed ?for such
?aervtoes as the gfvar Intended and as
the l*:pi*?"l,:ili'*" '??'n'li*'s "f Tompklns
\ill?- wli-'h.
When asked t?. make B .statement con
?earning th?* charges as HI..I against him
the Rev Ut Wallis said:
?Th.- statctiH'.'ts c?'nccrning my teach
ings are true I am rector of this parish.
? i know my ?round "
In behalf Of the r-SCtor It Wi Said that
he hud always w-.rked hard for th... wel
,.,,,. ,,r the parish, part of the time for
n?. salary, and that he succeeded in re?
ducing th- chur.h'-s .1? ht. ?!?? is aow rt
?eiving a ?alary of $1.000 a year.
The Rev. Mr. Wallis has hiiite.j t|lat
he would light UM dvU suit and that ho
, ??,,,! ,?t of -holding ?'Is r.-ctorship.
ANTEDILUVIAN WHISKEY.
i___l^tobVthe*ee1 end I is. TTj it mTHl
Uurtl?Brea.KewVerh
Advl
THE PHILANTHROPIST
**? ?o^?tv/*i^al^s9^
Thr Democrati?' r<->n?rr5?stnan''-. heart ?beata for the nation's drfender???wh?-n they can turn over votes,
but not <">thft"vvi*.f
RUBBER SUBSTITUTE
MADE OF WASTE FIBRE
Invention of Illimitable Possibili?
ties Tested in Philadelphia
' Commercial Museum.
AUTHORITIES PRAISE RESULT
Utilization of Cotton Now Lost|
and Making of Imitation i
Cork and Horn, Features
of Idea.
|T*> T*l----?p'i ?<-? Tha Trlh'in? 1
Philadelphia. Feb. 11 An Invention
that promise* to turn th?> waste of the
world Into a salable commodity with il?
limitable commercial possibilities has
been made hv a Philadelphias Bis ll
sertlon that he can take any waste
fibrous snbstnn? e and by hi?? Beeret
procesa male of it a substitute fOf bard
nil.her SQttal I". and in many Instenc?*.
superior to. hard rubber Itself Is ba< ked
by electrical and mechanical engineers of
international note
Before twenty auMiorltles fron* lartxe
e|e?frlcnl, i?ie?bnnica1 and rubber fac?
tories Ihls new substitute was tested at
tie Philadelphia <'ommenial Mus.iim In
T'ecetnber last. Th?' tests were surround- |
<?l with the utmost secrecy, and It wa?i
not until to-(".ay that the tests, ast?>n
Is'nlnK'.y SUCOCOsful, became known N'nt
onl) does the inventor claim that he can
make the substitute for bard rubber su
n?-ri??r to it, but be also says he enn
?nake fibre |ifir?-elaln, corb and horn.
Rubber Substituts Important.
It was the, rubber fUbetitUte ami til?r>* |
thai received the attention of tile ell- j
pineer? at the rocent tests. Amona
tb.se who were present wer.- i'eorxe
H Henderson, with ofllOM at No. 20
West .Mlh stuft. New Vork, a inei-haii
i'.)l i-m-lin-er of intcriiatloiiul reputa?
tion* KrneHt I.. How?', an ch'ctrlcal cn
rlneer of note; Herman Van Fleet, a
llicih.itll.al ? UKUieel- Who is ??l.-Iltllie.l
with the Rockefeller Interests, and
Professor Wori.il B B. Temple. Speak?
ing of the invention t?i-?la>, Mr Hen?
derson, who Is at present at the St.
Jam?. Hotel, said:
1 consider the Invention a w ?derful une.
it would seem thai the new substitu?a
nada as n i.-.'at s flour? so greatl) belo?
?i.?I ??f ril'llKT is it.'sllll'd tO liei-.itin- II l.'W
world material with Illimitable ?omtner. i il
>*~oeslblllU?s. H promis.*.? lo lie of Inesti?
mable vain?-, uni only t" Hie electrical In?
dustry, b?t ?ils.? in many other ?a~d~~st~.es
of our m.xlern ? Ivillzaii'Ui.
in-, to. p. Wilson, director of the Com
mercial Museum, addresslnR the inventor,
who baj rlpidly insisted that bis Identity
be withhtlU from th?' publie, Mid:
I had the Plasm- td rsostvlag s mim
bar of promiiKiit <-? ntl?m?-n, who ?ame In
riaiiuilas t?? my Invitation i?> be present
while \?m in? I" a pi? ? ?? of.yonr new scb
BtltUtS for mill?"i' in an ailjolnliiK room, t-?
which Ingress or cKtess ?-?mill be obtained
only through the io??m In which these ?_.-n
tiemen ?and myself arare Mated. The ?"ii
?lltlons were a?* severe as roiild !?< mude.
.r.i I therefore uisi to ~*oocratulste >"i?
?m havim; made so successfully tills pi?-? ??
of matt-rial without ?piestlon of doubt or
dispute.
To-day Dr. Wilson, when s.-.n .a his
bom?, No. 640 North 3-d Street, sai?!:
I have been present at the various ex?
tort examinations by Profesor W. I". S.
Temple and t?eorg?* n. II.nd^son, and 1
regard this material as a very valuable
?me, with great oninierdal p?.*?lb|IIt|.???.
The Invention Is a remarkable one.
Mo varied ar? the materials that may
l?e redmed to the various substitutes
that It is p??ssil?le i?> arrest the depi.-ti,,.,
of the country's forests. It Is said, sine,:
Imitation wood to simulate any or all of
t mihimii. .1 nit Ihlrd -isgf.
ROOSEVELT'S ACTS PRAISE
French Medal Awarded to Nati
rali8t Rather than to Hunter.
Paris, Feb. 11 -Theodore Roosevel
ex-President of the Fnlted States at
hunter of big gante, has been award?
the special grand medal of the ?ocft
d'Acclimatation. If, Perrier. dirsctor
the Museum of Natural History In Par
and president of the society. In announ?
Ing the award at the annual m?tlng t?
dav eulogised Colonel Roosevelt, and d<
scribed him as "mor?? naturalist tha
hunter, eager to learn and skilful to d<
pi.-t the habits of the animals he art
stalking." He referred also to the gres
work accomplished by Colonel Roo-!eve
when he occupied the Presidential cha!
In saving what was left of the magnif
cent launa of his country.
M Perrier requested Ambassade
Bacon, who was present, to express t
Colonel Roosevelt the great admlratio
which the socjp-y had for him.
RIOTS AT SOCIALIST BURIAI
Paris Anarchists Attack Polic
with Paving Stones.
Parlo, ?Feb. 11. Thousands of social
lata, revolutionaries and anarchists at
tended the incineration to-day of th
syndicalist Aernoult, who was promlnen
during the labor troubles here severa
years ago ..nd who ?ll^d while servlni
In ? disciplinary battalion in Africa
The ceremony t''ok place at the ???m?*
tery of Piro La<*halse. and the demon
straf Ion was the biggest of the kim
Since th?* funeral of Louise Michel, th?
CCmmuniOt ami revolutionary Bgitotcr
wh?> died ?n loor?.
Th? anarchists while returning fron
the <*emetery attacked the police wlti'
paving stones, and serious rioting con
tlnimd fur more than an hour. Ktnallj
a heavy rain proved mure effective thai
the i ?-?Hi-?-, ami the mobs dispersed k
s? ?k shelter. A large number of per?
sons OB both sides was injured and
twenty Uve of the rioters were ar
resl?fd.
BAPTIZED NEAR ZERO
Twenty-seven Negroes Immersed
Through Hole in Ice.
Pittsburgh. Pel). 11 -With the ther
mometet registering 4 degrees above zero,
twenty-seven negro men snd women, re?
ce?? converts to the Mount Zlon African
If? thoillst Kplsiopal Church, of Brownsville,
near here, were Immersed In the ley waters
of the Monongah.'la River to-day. The Im?
mersions were witnessed by several thou?
sand persons, who shivered on the river
I anK ami litiildleil ? lose to fh'?'S built hy
small hoys
It was lie? ?ssai v to nit a hole in the ice
f??r the boptlama Carrlagea were in sralt
it..', and as f;:st as tic .-oliv.-Its came out
of the water they were wrapped in blank?
ets uiul driven to their hume?
PORTRAYER OF DEATH DIES
A. H. Stuart Succumbs to Ail?
ment He Simulated in 'The City.'
I B] I? I? ?JTSPS I? 'I n.- Tilt.ii-..
Petrolt. Fab. 1 I. - -Al-'xuniler Hamilton
Stunt, widely known as an actor, died In
Orace Hospital, this city, to-day. He was
Bfty-eevefl years old. Mr. Stuart was the
hiishan.l Of Miss J?SS-S0 Uonstelle, .of the
"Little Women" eoinpanv. s'u was with
him at the tim?; ?if his death.
Wot the last six y SPSS Mr. StuiTi was
wilh the Bhabert force?, and It la said the
strain of playing a part In "The City,"
where be portrayed death by heart failure
st the end >>f the nrst act. contributed to
his otvn deatlf by the same disease.
Mr. Stuart **.a-s a member of the Playera
and l.amt's Hobs of Nfw York, the Na?
tional Arts -"oclety and was a thirty-second
?lej-ree Mason, heln*; h member of Kismet
Lodge, Hrooklyn The b'jdy will tie taken
to Rochester, the home of Miss Bonstelle,
?m Monday night and lnir|?-.i |n Mount
Hope Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon.
TAFT CAUSE THRIVES
AS REAL EIGHT BEGINS
(All Sections of the Nation Join in
Offering Support to Campaign
for Renomination.
SUPPORTERS RALLY TO-DAY
Lincoln Anniversary to Witness
Vigorous Speeches by Taft
Here and by Other Lead?
ers Elsewhere.
IB> T?*ls*r-?ph to Th? Tribune 1
Washington, Feb. 11?A flood of offers
of ?support coming from all sections of
the country indicate that Chairman Mc?
Kinley of the newly organized Taft
hfjadquarters In Washington has hard
work ahead to catch up with the rnovo
ment for the renomination of the Presi?
dent, which he purposes to push forward
aggressively.
Already eighteen delegate.?, all that
have been chosen thus far, have been in?
structed for Taft, the last two added to
the list beins those of the District of
Columbia. Reports of preliminary work
in various states make It certain that
the list will be length?-ned rapidly.
At the twime time, the opening of head
".uarters in Washing-ton and Chicago will
undoubtedly accentuate the strength of
th? movement to which the Lincoln Day
speeches to be delivered in various parts
< f the country will give an Impetus. The
we.k will mark the real beginning of
the pre-con vent Ion campaign.
The President will leave the capital at
H o'clock to-morrow morning for New?
ark and Orange, X. J., and New York
City. His principal speech will be deliv?
ered at the Lincoln Day dinner of the
Republican Club at the Waldorf, it} New
York. Attorney 'General Wickersham
will deliver a speech in Wisconsin. Sena?
tor Lodge will speak at Springfield.
There was a general exodus of Sena?
tors and Representatives from Wash?
ington to-day. Most of them will ap?
pear at similar celebration*?.
The results of the week all point to
the gathering force of the Taft move?
ment. In Georgia the Republican State
Committee passed strung Taft resolu?
tions, and Fulton County elected Talt
delegates to the comrng state conven?
tion. The Republl?*an committee of
Glynn County went on record as favor?
ing tht?? President's renomination.
Virginia has pro?*eeded so far In the
preliminary work as to Justify the pre?
diction of a ?olid Taft delegation from
that state. During the week Just ended
Norfolk County and city elected dele?
gates to state and diet?. *, conventions,
unanimously instructing them to ?up
porl President Taft. Stafford. Pulaskl
an?! RnaaeO counties took similar ac?
tion.
The Mississippi State Committee adopt?
ed resolutions declaring that the dele?
gation from that s*.ate should vote
unanimously for the renomination bf
President Taft Kvery Mississippi coun?
ty which has held delegate convention?
has Instructed for the President.
Each of the twelve counties of the 1st
District of Tennessee has Indorsed the
Preaf'Jent for renomlnatton and re-elec?
tion. The story to the effect that the
Republlc-an Central Committee of Ten?
nessee had refused to go on word un
favoring the President's renomlnatjon
was ??ffe.^tively dlaproved by the reso?
lution unanimously adopted at Knoxville,
ComiaUf.? *** **rauA ?h
? IN PERI AS
Seven Persons Overcome by
Gas and Seventeen Horses
Are Drown*;! by Rig
Rush ol Water.
LARGE SECTION AFFECTED
Territory Near West End Avenu?
and 97th Street Without Water
or Gas for Several Hours
After the Breaks Are
Discovered.
By the bursting of water and gee
mains near West End avenue and 07th
street early yesterday morning several
persona were overcome by gas and
seventeen horses were drowned In their
stalls. In addition, probably fifty fam?
ilies in the neighborhood of the breaks
were affected by the leakage of gas,
which was plainly noticeable for mor?
than two hours after the trouble was
tlrst discovered.
The bursting of two ?rater mains so
low.red th?- pressure on the upper Weal
Side ti.at water could not bo had, and all
the persons affected had to go without
. ooked food until after noon, because th?
fM company would not permit the using
of gas. acting under order? from tho
Fire Department.
?Jangs of men from the Department of
Water Supply, Gas and Electii.it*.* and
from the ?as ?ompanv were hustled to
the ??pot where it was thought the l'.r?;il.i
had occurred and began to rip tip the
streets in an effort to find the le*iks. ?In
account of the frozen tiondition of the
ground this work vas necessarily ?low
The following persons were overcome
by the escaping gas.
Monroe Dedrl?*k. Ho. 768 W?ss1 Rni
avenue, found in basement of building.
Timothy Clancy, Janitor of x"o. 71
West End avenue, found uncon?>cious in
basement apartments.
Thomas Murray, assistant Janitor at
No 7.58 West End avenue.
Thomas Simpkins. a negTo hallbov
Mrs. B. B. Wilbur, owner of an apart?
ment hotel at No. 762 W?=s*. End avenue,
found unconscious In,basement of build?
ing.
Minister Overcome in Beth.
The onlv person a"ho was so serloustv
?iffected by the escaping gas as to re?
quire hospital treatment was th?; Rev
P. Elwood Ericksen, assistant pastor o**
the Fourth Presbyterian Church, at 91st
street and West End avenue. He had
goo? into the bathroom at No. 762 W-M*>t
End avenue, ?There he lives, and while
taking a hath became unconscious He
was treated by an ambulance surgeon
from the J. Hood Wright. Hospital and
was afterward taken to the hom?? of Dr.
Henry E. Hale, at No. 770 Weal End
avenue.
It was found last night tha? man*.'
other persons in the neighborhood had
been affected by the gas. Walter Coyne,
butler for John C. Freund, owner of
Musical America." who live? at No.
750 West End avenue, was awakened
bv the 6me!l of gas. He went to th*
room of Julia Curtln. Mrs. Freunds
maid, and Julia McCllnsky, the nurse in
the Freund household, and found them
partly overcome. He managed to re
vive them and they went to the room
of the Freunds. Mrs. Freund and her
two daughters, Annette, seventeen years
old. and Marjorie, eight, were overcom?**
With the aid of Mr. Freund, his wife.
and Annette were resuscitated, but th?
younger girl could to* Po revived
Provide Coffee for Laborer
The family physician. Dr. Edward
I Miller, of No. 209 West ??7th strait, was
?summoned, and after some time ho was
?able to bring Marjorie around. The
I whole household was suffering from
I headaches last night, but Mrs Freund
instructed her servants to dietribut?!
coffee to the workmen who were teat
ing up the street. This was kept ui>
throughout the night and proved a boon '
to tho laborers.
The trouble was first discovered soon
after 5 o'clock In the morning, when Al?
bert De Forest, night manager of ?he
Thedford garage and coal po< kets, at
No. 315 West 06th street, told Patrol?
man Bross, of the West 100th street sta?
tion, that water was percolating through
the wall Int.? the basement of the stable.
The leakage then was not alarming, and
Bross rei*orted the matter to his station
and word was sent to the Water !>??
partment.
About an hour later the night stable?
man went to feed the horses, and while
thus engaged the entire east side of the
wall began to spout water. He rushed
out and gave the alarm, and Patrolmen
Bross, Swain and Weldlg run to the
stable.
Even before they reached the place the
stabl?! was filled with several feet of
water, which was now running through
the wall like u freshet. The horses. u??i
in their stalls, tugged frantically at the
rdpsa and whinnied and neighed In a,
| piteous manner. Weldlg and his fellow
I atiolmen plunged into the i?*y wat?r.
? and with great difficulty managed to
j loosen seven of the halte*? and run the
horses into the yard.
The stable stands in the rear of build?
ings at 07th street and West End a.*
nuc, and When the men from th?? Water
Department arrived the pavement at
thla corn r had bulged almost three feet
Every main along the street was shut
off. The mains which had broken were
.''0-inch pipe?.
Flood Weaker..: Gas Mein.
The pressure of the escaping torrents
of water so weakened the gas main ad?
jacent that it burst also, but this was
not known until almost 7 o'clock, when
a milkman ?-ntered the basement of the
apartment house at No. 738 -West End
avenue. He was almost overcome In?
gas fumes, but aroujed fcUmpklns, the
hallboy. who was sleeping on a couch.
The latter aroused the assistant Janitor,
who pounded on the door of the Clancy
apartments. Mrs. Clancy ilnally an?
swered and tried to waken hex husband.