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No. 18,(537. WASHINGTON, D. C., SAtFkdaV. OCTOBER 1, Ml-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. . ONE CENT.
INTEREST IS GREAT 1
IN SUNDAYOPENING
National Museum Doors Will
Swing Wide to Public Tomorrow
Afternoon.
CHANCE FOR CITY PEOPLE
TO SEE RARE TREASURES
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Many New Wonders Now in Position
in Great White Building.
IS INDORSED BY EDUCATORS
School Teachers and Others Declare J
New Order Will Add Greatly '
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to General Knowledge t
in District.
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For the Public Good.
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I read the announcement that the 1
National Museum would be open I
Sunday with special interest. I 1
have often thought that the splen- f
did educational opportunities pre- '
sented in the collection of the 1
museum are wasted, in many in- '
stances, because thousands of peo- I j '
pie have never been able to get i 1 '
away from their work to visit the |
place.?Cuno H. Rudolph, President 11
of the Board of District Commis- r
sioners.
I have no doubt that the opening
of the museum Sunday will add
g-eatly to the general knowledge of a
the cecple of this city.?A. T. i
Stuart. Director of Intermediate i
iHgii ULu'.'n in mc ruung ocnouis. (
I believe that carents and chil- f
dren will flock to the museum Sun- 1
day afternoons, and their presence <
there will fully justify the opening.
?Miss E. V. Brown. Director of (
Primary Education in the Public
Schools. <
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OfTu ials of the National Museum are t
waiting with interest to see what the '
first Sunday opening of the new museum J
building tomorrow will bring forth in *
the way of vi-itors. The splendid white j
building a* loth and 13 streets will be t
o fn to the public from 1 :.'>?) to 4:30. [
O'clock p.m.. this being the first Sunday an
which the public will have access to the *
!fia?nenpe!y valuable collections stored j ^
there. The north entrance, on B street,)'
at he foot of 10th street^ will be the only
out opened.
The museum i* a vast treasure house ?
practically unknown to Washingtonians' *
because o: the fact that the doors of the c
building have been kept closed during the s
hours when working people could visit c
there. With the building of the new
s unt structure the question of opening '
it during popular hours arose again, and !
hnally the desired announcement has f
btcn made. The question of light and t
neat has always been the hard one to 1
solve, a: the appropriation for maintain-',
iiig the museum l as been limited in {
aouit respects. t
Chance for Washingtonians. <
But now the question has been solved *
partially and Washingtonians will have a
chance to see the collection of world
wide fame whicii heretoiore has been exhibited
almost entirely for the benefit of
liie chance tourist who has taken interest J
enough to visit the place. The books j
o; the mustaum in which visitors inscribe'
their names show that people from all j
over the world spend many protitahle f
iiours there, but the Washington visitor I
is as rare sometimes as tne specimens in 1
the famous paleontological exhibit, wnicn, '
in its new home, makes one of the finest '
spectacular exhibits, as wed as one of '
tne most valuable from the standpoint ' f
of the scientists who have arranged it. i
As yet only a part of the museum's ! s
big collection is in readiness in the |"
new building, but that part which is j \
ready is fascinating and replete with j t
information and interest. Perhaps as j r
interesting as any of ;h* collections in J
the new building are the glass-incased .
groups of the ethnological collection. ,
in this section of the museum occur i
the lifelike- and life-size models of the
men. women and children of all races.
Aboriginal bushnien. Indian warriors, 1
peaceable "savages." at their tasks of
making their scanty clothes and odd
dishes of food, fantastically dressed
men from the countries of the east, (
which Hud yard Kipling has brought so
close w the popular mind: ancient '
Japanese warriors and their unique
armor?these and hundreds of other j '
exhibits are there to be seen for the '
first time by thousands of Washingtonian.
For each exhibit a hook could J
be written or a long and interesting
lecture given, and, in fact, the various
Individual groups in many instances i
have served as the oasis of instructive' '
An Interesting Indian Group.
One of the latest groups is one which | I
interests school children immensely. It i ?
a lifelike presentation of that famous ' 1
old-timer. Capt. Jolin Smith, making a ' ,
nefarious deal with some Indians. He is j
undoubtedly buying Virginia farm lands, j 1
now worth a million dollars, for a couple '
of quarts of London-made blue beads.
The group is a work of art. arranged by
W. H. Holmes and Harry Hendley. This
group was originally seen at the Jamestown
exposition. However, one of the
delicate touches in the original group has
had to be left out of the one now in its
big glass case in the museum. The missing
featurt was the figure of one of t'apt.
8n ith s crew, who for the first time in j
bis lift* had ran across a persimmon. The J
Indians had brought a basket of the puck- j
ry fruit down to the shorty to give the
pate faces a treat. This greedy sailor,
whose fame lias never died, grabbed a
green persimmon, and his pursed lips and i
surprised expression w ere made a part of .
the property of the 1'nited States ethnological
collection for the exposition.
An Indian < an<>e, ;1 dugout, is shown in j
this group, full sue with a husky Indian I
hand! ng a paddle It will be noted that
the canoe looks to b. actually a cotlpl? !
of centuries old. although it is ready but!
a few years old. This trick of the u- ;
rotors art is the work of Harry Hendley.
* Wbo discovered that In putting on paint ,
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TOWN SWEPT AWAY
Black River Falls, Wis., Is Destroyed
by Flood.
PEOPLE MADE HOMELESS
Washouts Render the Sending of
Supplies Difficult.
SPEND NIGHT OF MISERY
Two Thousand Inhabitants Camp on
Hills Without Shelter and
With Little Food.
BLACK RIVER FALLS. Wis.. October
r.?This town of i',000 inhabitants has
oeen almost blotted from the map of
IVisconsin by the flood water of Black
-iver. Only u few of the sixty-one
justness buildings have escaped the
'ury of the raging: waters, and they
seem doomed. Within a few hours this
ieh center of a prosperous farming
egion will have little to boast except
hat its history was the scene of a
atastrophe.
What is known as Lowertown, that
sart of town lying west of the river,
:oday was a place of misery. There
nost of the residents live. Following
t night of anxiety and suffering, they
'ace the realization that no food is
ivailable. Many homes have been denolished.
and frequently several famlies
share food, which would not be
?nough for one man.
it-very grocery aim inartwi in
iwav by the deluge. Provisions will
ome from the outside soon, but trans>ortation
is impeded by washouts.
Dwellings Swept Away.
Two dozen dwellings have been swept
iway, and unless there is a sudden change
11 the current, many more will disappear
nto the torrent which still roars in what
jnce was the heart of the city. So far
is can be ascertained there has been no
oss of life. Communication with towns
Jown the Black river is impossible, but
t is believed that some of them have
>een carried away, possibly entailing loss
>f life.
Everything on the four business streets,
omprising the heart of the town, lias
>een swept away. The Northwestern
ailroad bridge over the Black river at
hat point is still standing, but is swayng
as though the heavy span were sup>orted
only by cables. Train service is
it* u t Pluclf Plvor Pnllc anH nn npr
ions are even allowed to cross afoot.
At Hatfield, ten miles above Black
River Falls, the river had today cut a
tew channel. The main channel has
noved over five hundred feet to what was
Iry land.
At the dam the pressure has ceased
ind the waters have fallen far below the
rest. The main part of the dam is still
anding. The powerhouse two miles down
rum Hatfield was flooded.
Rothschild Dam Breaks.
WAUSAU. Wis.. October 7.?Hake Wanlau
broke through the embankment at
>oth ends of the Rothschild dam today, '
arrving away tons of earth and doing
several thousands of dollars, worth of
lamage.
Dynamite blasting was employed to
form a gTeater channel and draw away
lie water from the east end, where it is
lowing in the streets. Debris and logs
rom broken booms have pinched the
rates of the dam down so tightly that
hev cannot be opened.
Tile Wisconsin river has rearheii eifrht
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ind a half feet above normal, which Is
he equal of the record of 1881, the highest
so far known. The water is recedng
rapidly. No trains are running on the
.'hicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road
>n this division, as the tracks are under
vater.
GOD OF PREHISTORIC RACE.
[mage Unearthed at Preston, Kan.,
So Classified.
PRESTON. Kan., October 7.?What is
>elieved to be the image of the god of a
uehistoric race was unearthed here yeserday
by Frank Kelly, a contractor. The
mage was found seventeen feet Ik-low
he surface in soil that apparently has
ain there for ages. It was in a
or mat ion of very hard yellow clay.
The ligure is made of material reembling
plaster of parts, though it is
nueh harder. There were numerous fragnents
of the same material lying near
ind efforts are being made to plac,- these
ogether to determine what kind of peo>!e
made the image.
The supposed idol shows the head and
mst of a man. The find will be sent to
he State I'niversity.
TUNNEL FROM JAIL FOUND.
would Have Afforded Easy Exit for
Frisoners From Dannemora, N. Y.
DAXXEMORA. X. Y., October 7.?The
dfleials of the state's prison here have
lust discovered a tunnel excavated by
onvicts under the prison yard and
caching half way to a big trunk sewer,
fthich would have afforded a convenient
xit for a wholesale jail delivery.
The tunnel has been three years under
onstruction and was stilt not more than
half done. It was started by two lifeterm
men. They could not make rapid
progress because of the difficulty of disposing
of the dirt, .which they bad to
mix in small quantities with furnace
ishes from the laundry. One of the two
was an engineer and he had worked out
t>y intricate calculations the exact angle
it which the tunnel should be dropped to
reach the sewer.
After the tunnel was found a search
was made of every convict in the prison.
From the cells wore taken two wagonloads
of nondescript stuff. Including stil
ettos, hammers, monkey wrenches, sandbags,
blackjacks, fish poles and GhO
knives.
MAYOR WITH DELEGATION.
Philadelphians to Attend Unveiling
of Monument at Atlanta.
PH1I.ADEL.PHI A. October 7.?Mayor
Keyburn, a delegation from both branches
of city councils and the State
Fencltries, a famous military organization
of this city, left today for Atlanta.
Gii., where they will participate
in tiie unveiling of a monument, which
h:is been given the name "Mission of
Peace." The ceremonies will begin
Monday next and come to a close Wednesday
night.
In October. 1879. the Hate City Guard of
Atlanta came to Philadelphia as the
guests of the Kencibles, and when they
left the city they extended an invitation
to the Kencibles to come to Atlanta.
The invitation was repeated when it
was decided to dedicate the peace
monument.
UNFAIR TO DISTRIC
I
Residents Should Not Be;
Burden of Development.
ORGANIC ACT DISCUSSE
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Members of Congress Not Well I
formed on the Subject.
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: A T\T*T A AT* tTf W 1# A H?HT%TA T
ur.LNj.u.N u.t w. a. iuaiiin ui
Gov. Shepherd's Attorney Speaks
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Relations Between National and
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District Governments.
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"It \vou!<l have been folly in the ear
; flays of this country to expect the pop
lstion of about 4.0CO residents of tl
; District of Columbia to pay for the d
Ivelopment of the National Capital aloi
the lines laid down by Maj. L'Enfan
it would be, and is, folly to expect tl
citizens of the District today to pay f
the development of the Greater Was
ington without the federal governme
contributing its full share."
This is the opinion of W. F. Mattingl
long a resident of Washington and a
torncy for Gov. Shepherd during tl
times when, under Shepherd's regim
Washington began to take on the set
bianco of a great city.
"But ever since the establishment
the federal District, with the nation
capital at Washington, there have bee
members of Congress and thousands
citizens throughout the country wl
failed utterly to understand the real r
lation between the federal governme:
and the District of Columbia. This r
suited in early days in attempts to ha
Washington abandoned as the capital.
Uninformed Congressmen.
"There are in Congress today me
who have not read of the real relatior
between the federal government and tt
District, who have no real knowledj
of the subject. I am glad to say, hov
ever, that more and more members ai
learning the obligations which are upc
the federal government to care for tt
District. Members come here expresi
ing the opinion that there is no moi
I i raoun ?>iiy v U1151 ouuuiu vj/i
ate for this or that improvement i
Washington than that Congress shoul
appropriate for similar improvemenl
in Milwaukee, Kansas City or New Yorl
They should look into the truth of tl
matter.
"It would be an excellent thing
tli<*se members of Congress could 1:
prevailed upon to visit foreign capital
and observe wTiat has been done fc
those cities by the governments of tli
countries in which they are locatei
The policy adopted by France of spent
ing millions upon the beautificatton c
Paris has made that city the show cit
of the world, and in consequence Franc
reaps the benefits of the billions of do
lars spent tluwe overy year by visitors.
Government's Proprietary Interest
"The federal government owns at lea
half the land in Washington today,
is constantly acquiring more of the lan
Not long ago several squares were coi
demned near loth street and Pennsy
vania avenue and purchased by the go'
ernment to erect tipon them buildings f<
1 ?c ti? a??ti,a
I ncvfl'ttl UL IIIC UC Jlttl tint- lll?. ill*- vnp'L
grounds are to be enlarged to the noil
by taking in several more blocks. It
proposed, and ultimately the propositi*:
will go through, to purchase all the pro]
erty on the south side of Pennsylvan!
avenue between 14th street and the B<
tanie Garden. Each time the governmei
takes a large slice of land from the ta:
able territory of the city, as in thei
cases, the land which is left must bear a
increased burden of taxes.
Comparison of Tax Rates.
"A comparison of taxes paid by tl
residents of the District and those pa
by citizens of other places as large <
Washington shows conclusively that tl
citizens of Washington are taxed i
much and in many cases more than tl
inhabitants of the other cities. The p<
capita tax ??f the residents here is great<
tiian in these other cities, though u
have some Pb.obu colored citizens, mar
" * i' rteikr.nvto . n - iiui'C
Ui. ** IIIMII ai C ill'l |'l '/JICI l ? IIC? o.
"Before the civil war, and for a nun
ber of years thereafter, Washingto
was little better than a mudhole. Th
citizens of Washington were expecte
to bear the burden of the improvt
inents along big lines, and they coul
not do it. Conditions here were a n*
tional disgrace up to the time ths
Gov. Shepherd and the hoard of publ
works, by the expenditure of some $-0
000,000, tiegan the real development ?
the National Capital."
Mr. Mattingly declared that he b<
lieved no time should be lost in eor
vincing those members of Congres
who believed in the repeal of the 01
ganic law of the District, so far as tl
appropriations were concerned, that
was tne duty of the federal goveri
ment i<# pay at least one-half of a
the expenses of the National Capital.
S.ees Calamity in Change.
W. V. Cox, president of the Secor
National Bank, expressed the san
opinion.
"It would l>e a great calamity ft
J Washington should the organic act I
changed in this respect." said Mr. Co
l "If pitiyunu t\f 1 hn ltiutri^-1 u-up?? r*On
pelled to pay for the gi^?at iinprovi
ments which are to be made here i
the future, without the assistance, c
without the proper assistance, of tl
government, it would mean a heav
burden of taxation. An endless eha;
of increased taxation and depreciatii
in property values would follow. J
often as it was found ne?essary to it
crease the rate of taxation, the vali
of the property which must bear tl
higher tax would grow less."
FAIR TO THE DISTRICT.
I Mr. Dyer Does Not Expect Repe
of the Organic Act,
Declaring that he did not believe the
was any danger of the repeal of the c
j ganic law of the District of Columb
at the coming session of Congress, Re
resentative I .eon id as Dyer, a republics
member of the House from Missouri, a
dressed a meeting of the Missouri Sta
Society last night at the Kbbitt Hou:
Mr. Dyer said that he believed Congrt
would always be fair to the District ai
its residents.
Vice President O. W. Wyatt presided,
musical program was given in which Mi
! Martha Dyer, Miss lauiise Hurnham. Ml
i Susie MacMaster, Miss .Mabel Diela
i and Miss Klizabeth Lackey took part.
FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT.
Dr. Chappell Wants It if Organ
Act Is Repealed. i
>r. J. \V. Chappell and others actr
j in the work of the Citizens' Xorthwe
I Suburban Association want tlie Distri
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If
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Is
(J. to have a government which will b
ie representative, if the organic act c
i. 187S is repealed by Congress. On thi
question they expressed their opinion
'v forcibly at the meeting of the assoc
.'e ation in Tenleytown last evening.
1- Dr. Chappell said that if the organi
act is renealed t-he District wants
. government, so that no man or set c
men will come here and "attempt t
st tell lis how the money we raise 1
H taxes shall be spent." Dr. Chapped di
not go into the matter any deeper an
give his opinion as to whether the at
i- should he repealed or not, simply dt
1- rlaring that If such action were take
v_ the District should be allowed to go\
ern itself.
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h KILLED IN SNOWSLIDE.
is
>n Man and Wife Meet Death, While
f>ia
Third Is Injured.
3- SKAGWAY. Alaska., October 7?Stai
ley McClellan and his wife were kille
se yesterday by a snowslide that demolisl
in ed their home at the Patridge mine, o
the west arm of L?ake Atlin, Y. T.
Victor Carlson, who was standing nea
the house, was caught up by the avalancli
ie ami /-ai-ried a thousand feet, down ti
id mountain. He suffered several broke
iS ribs, but will recover.
ie
? Pauline on Native Heath.
le CHICAGO, October 7.?After browsin
tr in the dooryard of the White House an
furnishing milk and butter for Presider
ty Taft during the past year, Pauliri
Wayne, the President's cow, is back i
>- her old pasture on the farm of Senate
n Isaac Stephenson, near Kenosha, Wis
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,ti resting before taking a long trip whic
?- will include many dairy and cattle show
Id
Russian Dreadnought Launched.
ic ST. PETKRSBl'RO, October 7.?Til
battleship Gangut, tlie fourth of the sr
called Dreadnought class of warship
?- for tlie Russian navy, was launched t<
t- day. With the Sevastopol, Poltava an
's Petropuvlnvsk, the Gangut will form th
le first squadron of tlie new Baltic fleet.
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r wr%? -wr ^
The Knight
: of the
z Fiery Locks!
]' We didn't think Sewell Ford
could (Li it. but lie lias given
in j another new name to Torchy.
Jr , It will be found in
- "Showing Teedy
?- the Ditch"
1C 1
ie ! In our Sunday Magazine tomorrow.
Teedy was a parlor cutup,
whose voice was "one of
them brassy, high-pitched society
voices that drowns out
everything else." He had a lot
al of fun out of Torchy. and then
the wonderful office boy's turn
came, and things happened.
T V /iwnnPn
i jciici v i m uui 5
ia 1 Now
serial, "The Money Moon,'
begins its second installment.
in !
? ! John Le Breton
se' i A well known English writer,
:ss j enters our Prize Story Competi:id
tion with a rattling tale of military
life in India. "Chaplain to
jy I the Catchemaliveos."
ss ,
nd ' i Tomorrow in the
Sunday Magazine
ic of The
e Sunday Star
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SIX IDEA IX SENATORIAL (
: WIND DRIVES FUMEI
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ll Disastrous Fire in Richmond's ?
o Business District. (
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DAMAGE OVER $250,000 1
n
Intel-national Harvester Company r.
Building Burned. hl
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ORIGIN OF THE FIBE UNKNOWN ?!
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,(i Blazing Binder Twine Hurled in w
1n
Every Direction?American Na- a
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ir tional Bank Building Scorched. a
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n RICHMOND, Va., October 7?Fire today
gutted a four-story building oc-cu- ti
pied by the RiAimond branch of the International
Harvester Company, causing
g damage estimated between $2.10.000 and
q $.'100,000. The origin is unknown. (
The lire was one of the most disas- oj
l . trous in the city's history. For hours it n
n threatened to spread into the wholesale w
)r J and commission district, it spread rap- n
I idly through the brick structure at 1000 .i
Ij Gary street, the harvester plant, follow- w
5 ins a deafening explosion. In quick or- t<
der the entire tire department was called S]
out. save for a few suburban companies, jv
i which moved into the reserve stations,
e .An immense crowd gathered from the c<
downtown section during the morning f(
? business hours watched the battle with tj
?- the flames,
d
e Flames Driven by Hard Wind.
Despite the fierceness of the flames,
= driven by a stormy south wind, the I
_ tire was mainly confined to the Harvester
building. Sparks were carried up the
slope of loth street past the American
National Bank and into a corner of the *
massive Federal building, under conI
struction at 10th and Main streets, but 1
! damage there was slight. ^
Smoke and water caused several
thousand dollars" damage to the stock
of the Richmond Dry Goods Company, e'
in a building adjoining the Harvester si
| plant. The fireproof American National p
i Bank was much scorched. All through p
t the progress of the fire blazing binder
i twine was hurled in every direction,
i Finally, about noon, the fire had been
I subdued, but streams were still playing
on the ruins.
An official investigation, directed es- JJ
pecially towasl ascertaining the facts
as to the explosion, was immediately
I instituted. The theory of the authorities
was that gasoline was kept in the
I building. T
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BOBBERS DYNAMITE SAFE. T
Lcot Illinois State Bank and Make f,
Their Escape. 1
CHICAGO. October 7.?Word was rei
oeived at police headquarters in this city
j that the State Bank of Benzenville, Dupage
county, I.h. was wrecked by dynamite
and the safe robbed early today. tl
The sheriff of Dupage county with a M
posse started in pursuit of the robbers p<
soon after the explosion. (J
The amount of money taken by the rob- ct
hers has not been ascertained.
STEEL BAFFLES CRACKSMAN.
p
Government Expert Unable to Enter ia
Safe in Grand Rapids Post Office.
j GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. October 7? b
i Four inches of steel protec ting nearly *c
the entire local and west Michigan
stamp supply has for two days foiled'
I the efforts of an expert cracksman of
the United States government, and he y
? says it may be a week or more befor# is
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Hti'i'i/uiiff .MayJl P" Fr
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yCand/DA7/r^y !; [Mr.'
Wif*4A/A M I illL
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:ampaigxs.
e is able to drill through the big safe
l the Grand Rapids post office. Early
1 the week Mrs. Frederick A. Klyn,
le stamp clerk, died, and it is said that
he alone knew the combination.
The expert's drills have penetrated
nly a quarter oX an inch into the steel
uring the past two days.
SNOW IN ADIRONDACK^ HILLS.
langes Covered by Mantle of White
Four Inches Thick.
C i rt ? k n r ? rrt-* ^ 1 -1 ?
LiAArj, . i., ui ioner ,.?
our inches of snow covers the northern
inges of the Adirondacks today, the
eaviest precipitation at this time of
ear in a decade. The storm has been
eneral throughout the northern section
f the mountains, extending from Big
loose to the Chateaugay lakes. The
oods present the appearance of midinter.
For the past two weeks a belt of cold
ir has hung over the Adirondacks, and
everal flurries of snow have occurred
t various times.
MAN KILLED BY FALL.
fndertakes to Enter Home Without
Disturbing Sick Wife.
NEW YORK, October 7? When P. A.
arvill reached his home on the top floor
f an uptown apartment house late last
ight he found the door locked. i n
illing to disturb his sick wife or her
re-day-old baby, Carvill tried to reach
le fire escape and enter his flat by a
indow. (Joins to the roof, he started
> lower himself over the cornice. He
ipped and fell six stories, being instant
killed.
No one dared tell Mrs. Carvill, whose
indition is critical, but she was in>rmed
today that her husband was in
te hospital, hurt by a fall.
ABANDON SHIPS IN STORM.
ishing Schooners Unable to Weather
Gale Off Martinique.
ST. PIERRE, Martinique. October 7 ?
nable to weather a terrific gale which
us raged off this port for several days,
le schooners Xenophon and Adventure
ere abandoned today. Both vessels,
eavily loaded with fish, went ashore
t the entrance of this harbor, and all
forts to float them were without rejit.
The crews were brought to St.
ierre, and will be sent to St. Malo,
ranee.
MAY FACE REVOLTION.
lumor of Movement in Venezuela
Favoring Gen. Hernandez.
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, October 7.?
here are rumors current of a revoluonary
movement in the state of
acliira. Venezuela. It is said to be in
Ivor of Gen. Jose Manuel Hernandez,
le leader of the nationalist party, and
jrnterly Venezuelan minister to the
nited States. Little importance is atiched
to the matter.
Moroccan Trouble Before Cabinet.
PARIS, October 7.?At a meeting of
le cabinet today the foreign minister,
[. I)e Selves, explained the latest assets
of the Moroccan negotiations with
. . . _ i
ermanv. In his opinion tne outlook
mtinued favorable.
Dies Playing "Volley Ball."
ADRIAN", Mich.. October 7.?While
laying "volley ball" at the V. M. C. A.
ist nipht. David Barnes, an Adrian Col pe
student, collapsed and died a few
linutes later. The exact cause has not
een determined. Barnes was a theolog al
student, and was recently married.
Editor Wallace Dies in Cohoes.
ALBANY, N. V., October 7.?James
Wallace, editor of the Cohoeg Despatch,
; dead at his home in that city.
IN STATEJF SIEGE!
Tripoli Is Declared So by Ital- C
ian Naval Governor.
NATIVE POLICE TO HELP /
Tripolit&ns Offer Services to the S
Italian Invaders.
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NOT READY TO MAKE PEACE S
Occupation Not Yet Sufficiently Com- I
plete. Is Official View of Roman
l
Government.
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ROME. October 7.?Today's advices
| from Tripoli state that the Italian gov- '
j ernor. Rear Admiral Korea d'Olmo. ha1- 1
| issued a proclamation declaring the town
I is in a state of siege. f "
' ("apt. Cagni. commanding tiie Italian 1
forces that have been lauded, addressed *
the sailors today, instructing them in '
their duties of maintaining: or<lor and
of protecting the consulates from pos-i- !*
bie attack. : r
According to further advices from Trip-'
oli the smaller Italian warships are en- '
gaged in searching for and removing '
mines that were laid by the Turks in il
Tripolltan harbors. j ?
Police Volunteer Services. . ^
Nearly the entire body of the Tripoli- j f
tan police has offered to enter the Ital- 1 t
ian service, and similar offers have been c
; received from other local officials. 1 j
Gov. Borea. d'Olmo is organizing the { |
public services. The Italian post office
| has been reopened and the Italian coat- "
of-arms placed over the doorway. : t
It is reported that Vice Admiral the d
Duke of the Abruzzi, considering that the
acute stage of the war has passed, has
i submitted to the king a plan to organize ' '
a scientific expedition into the interior of
| Tripoli. He proposes to study tiie flora.
! launa aim wairr courses, aim, proceeding
south through central Africa, eventually
enter a country as yet unexplored or littie
known. a
Occupation Not Complete. n
Official circles. while realizing the i1
anxiety of foreign countries to see the
Turco-Italian conflict ended and the. pus- I
slbility of complications avoided, wish t'
to warn public opinion abroad ttiat while i j,
the Italian fleet has taken possession of i (
Tripoli and Cvrenaica, the occupation ,J
] cannot be considered as an accomplished t
1 fact in the sense that it renders possible !
that intervention by the powers which ' j
Italy in due time will welcome, but which .
at the present moment would be inop- t
portune. i t
Before anything of the kind occurs the s j
Italian troops must land, and in reality
occiinv not onlv the const Imt also the
Interior of the province, in order to j,
.make sure that any remaining- resistance ;*
I of Turkey shall be overcome.
To Quiet Public Opinion.
This much has already been agreed j \
upon between Italy and the powers, and j
the sentiment set forth in the foregoing : "j
statements are not intended for other ' 1
governments with which Italv is in per- i
feet accord, but simply to quiet public ;
opinion and dampen the ardor of certain
sections of the press. C
It is charged that Turkey is not obeying
tlte international rules of warfare.
Italy has released all the Turkish steam- 1
ers which were seized in Italian habors n
when war was declared or arriving soon e
afterward, their commanders not having ^
learned of the beginning of hostilities.
Turkey, on the contrary, has hoisted the 1
Ottoman tiag over the Italian steamers (
Ernesto, Ilardi and Meloria, which were 1
seized along the coast and, remaining 1
them with Turkish sailors, is using them
for its own purposes. It is about to do c
the same with smaller Italian craft cap- j "
tured in the Aegean sea.- Italy will pro- ! '
test on the ground that this action is in <
violation of the convention signed at the n
close, of the Crimean war and which pro- ^
vided that merchant vessels should he J
given time after hostilities had begun to
reach their territorial waters.
Masters of the Coast. tV
The Italians are now masters of the i
situation on the coasts of Tripoli and I
Cvrenaica. Landing parties covered byj
the guns of the fleet hold the ports pond - j s
ing the arrival of the army of occupa- 1
tion, whose departure is being hastened.' 1
There has been no attack upon the Turks, 1
who have retreated to the interior.
It lias been officially announced that s
the government will not delay news of 1
military engagements or operations. <
News from private source? is declared to '
be untrustworthy.
The 'announcement is interpreted as v
meanir.tr tliat operations have been sus- t
ponded until the occupation has been ac- !
complished and in tlte meantime to check 1
conjectures in newspapers. j '
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Turkish Ports Bombarded.
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CHIASSO, Switzerland, October 7.?The : t
ports of Benghazi, Derna, Tirza, Bomba I
and Tombruk have been bombarded by '
| Italian warships, and bluejackets have
! been landed. Ther took possession of s
! the forts and hoisted the Italian tlag. i
The Turks at Benghazi offered strong
resistance, but the Italians suffered no r
i loss. ?
MILAN, October 7?Italian warships, \
! under the command of Admiral Direvel, ^
bombarded Benghazi with little re- j
distance. The squadron is now anchored t
1 near the Bay of Bomba, south of Crete. ^
I after searching in vain for the Turkish j,
| licet.
Hold Point in Cyrenaica. (
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Tl'RIK. O' toher 7.?Adiiiir.il Aubrey >
has sent a message to Home saying
that the sailors from the battleships ' v
Vittorio Emmanuele have landed at a
Marsatebruk, east of Derna, without re- ?
sistanee The Italians have thus oc- s
eupied a point in Cyrenaica, as well as f
Tripoli. '
NAPLES, October 7.?Eighteen trans- ''
ports arc now ready to sail for Africa. ^
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t 1l Mfi, ri tings* i~.v, v* iuuci ?.?/\i*
Italian sailing vessel having been sunk 1
by the Turkisli guns at St. Jean <le a
Medua, two Italian cruisers shelled the
town and then proceeded to sea.
NEW TURKISK CABINET.
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Said Pasha Retains Several Members I >'
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of Former Government. J
Said Pasha, grand vizier, has succeeded ^
at last in forming a new cabinet, accord- V
ing to information conveyed today to the I
State Department by Zia Pasha, the ^
Turkish ambassador here. The composition
of the cabinet is as follows:
President of the council of ministers.
Said Pasha.
Sheik of Islam, Moussa Kiasitn KfTendi 11
(retained). w
Foreign affairs. Kerhid Pasha. e
Justice and president of the council of ?|
state. Hairy Bey.
Interior. Djelal Bey, governor-general of
Adrianople. it
War. Mahmoud Chevket Pasha (re- 4"
tainedi. gi
Finance. Nail Bey (retained?. g
Navy. Hourchid Pasha (retained). P
Public instruction. Abdurrahman Bey. a
Public works. Houloussy Bey (retained). 1
Mines and forests, Sinapian KfTendi. d
Posts and telegraphs. Ibrahim Saussa n
KfTendi, governor-general of the archipel- t;
aga.
W INVOKE BALLOT
ierman Alliance Determined
to Protect Immigrants.
ITTACK ON COMMISSIONER
ipeaker Demands Removal of New
York Immigration Official.
OUNDS WARNING TO TAFT
lenry Weissmann Asserts Germans
Will Oppose Re-Election Unless
Williams Is Removed.
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Determined t<> resort to the ballot
final protection of their rights should
lie investigations of the immigration
onditions by tlte congressional mnnittee
fail to offer tlieni sufficient proe>
tion, the National Herman-American
tllianee took drastic steps tins morning
o tight the present immigration laws,
nd offered a number of important
inendments to the congressional avt
egulating immigration of aliens.
Henry Weissmann. president of t e
lerman societies of Brooklyn tom-lu .1
lie warning note when he launched info
vigorous attack upon Commissioner
f Immigration Williams of New
fork. which almost brought the
nemliers of tne delegation to their
cet in their enthusiasm. lie urged
hat the Herman element of the
ountry unite in demanding his resignaion.
anil warned President Taft tiiat if
e did not appoint another ofiieer in
is piace. imc <iernian vote would
urned against him at the next prcsiential
election, and ho might fail o\ou
n pet the nomination of the republican
a rt v.
"Bickering" Is Deplored.
lie deplored bickering with the immiration
committee and maile a vigorous
ppeal to the delegates to resort to tlm
allot box should the congressional committee
fail to offer them the protection
o their personal liberty and rights.
Resolutions may be passed by ihe hunreds,
he charged, witnnut t'onpress takng
tlie slightest heed of .hem, hut .should
be German v.derrf of tiie country unite
n voting against those congressmen who
ippose giving the German alien a sijuaie
leal they would he too alt aid of losing
heir seats to offer further opposition.
The delegates took a determined stand
n their tight against the present immigration
laws, and in numerous address's
they bitterly attacked certain ?. uniiion?
to which the German aliens wt re
'or?ed to submit.
They took the stand I hat it was th#
nborn love of justice, equality and personal
liberty, as well as their right coneption
of tiie I'uited States as a republic.
that had roused the German cittcens
to take, fbuao step.- A t'liineso
ivall. they iji m? d. did nut coincide with
tic right conception of the republic, and
t \? as this attempt to prevent tne iininitration
by flagrant laws that first ga\e
mpetus to file movement that resulted in
Representative Sulzer of New Vork pa-uns
the resolution in Congress for immigration
investigations.
Jernian Immigrants Above Average.
Some of the speakers took the stand
hat the present immigration laws were
iot too severe for the Italians and suuihrn
immigrants, because of the great uiilesirabie
mass that floods the lmmlgiaion
offices. On tiie other liand. they
laimed that the German immigrant not
ar above those coming from the south,
hat there was no great undesirable class.Dr.
Alfred ii. Riedel of New Vork.
hairman of the joint committee ??ti immigration
of New York. New Jersey and
irooklyn, proposes! amendments to and
hanges of the "act to regulate flu* imnigration
01 aliens into the United
dates." The most radical proposition obected
to by the delegates is the phrase
Persons likely to become a public
1 go." which they voted should be
'u...mated and add: "Should ea<-h alien
ten nit ted to land necorae a 'public charge'
vitiiin three years thereafter he may be
irrested ar.d may be deported after a
troper hearing."
Another amendment proposed that lntead
of limiting the expenses and mamenance
of the different immigration staions
and to carry this act into ertVct to
he amount of SU.eOh.UdO, sums of money
oilected unaer the provisions of tills a<
hall constitute tlte immigrant fund as
herein mentioned." Other amendments
iealt more in particular with revision to
aws.
Reports from the various committees
vere read and adopted, and the seen-ary
announced that telegrams from <I? i nan
societies in New York, Indiana, Cahornia,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri and
mmerous other states congratulating tho
onvention liad been received.
After luncheon, there were brief eomnittee
meetings until the time for making
he White House trip.
Visit the White House.
After the conclusion of the Irusiness sesion
this morning the delegates were put
nto automobiles and driven to the variiih
points of interest in the city, while at
n ciock me enure delegation visnea int?
Vliite House. Although they expressed
;eeti disappointment at the absence of
'resident Taft. the delegates were enhusia.-tie
in their praise of the Executive
.lansion, many of them not having seen,
t before.
Trips were made to the Speedway, Rocic
'reek Park, the Zoo and Mall by many
before returning to headquarters at the
Cew Willard Hotel.
The crowning event of the convention
rill be the banquet at H o'clock tonight
t the New Willard. when representatives
f the diplomatic corps and officials of
tate will be present to extend their welome
to the delegates. Arrangements hav*
een completed by a committee comprtsig
Kurt Voelckner. chairman; Alvin
leissner. F. E. Mann, Herman Deehner
nd William Haifter. The following reeption
committee will also be in attend*
nee;
Christian Heurich, Cuno Rudolph,
itnon Wolf, Emile Berliner, H. H
tergmann, Dr P. Bartsch, Albert
arev, Carl Droop. William Kngel,
'harles Gratf. J. 1L Hansen, A. G. Herrlann,
Ernest Glchner, A. F. Jorss, Wilam
F. Gude, James 1 ansburgh, Fred
mhof, Slgmund Kann, George W. Spier,
ohn Waldnian, E. J. Sacks, Albert
/epper, Henry Xander, William F. Meyrs.
Dr. G M. Kober. Gustav Schuldt,
t'illiam Santelmann. Rev. Paul Meiiael,
>r. K. A. Seilhausen. Rud. Saur and I >r.
. J. Kubel.
President Sends Regrets.
President Taft had lieen invited among
tie quests of lionor. but ?wing to bis
,'estern trip lie sent Ids regrets and
xpressions of good will to the conveiilon.
Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
ave siunilied their intention of attendip:
as I ave the German ambassador and
ountess von Bernstorff, the Austro-ilunarian
"ambassador and Baroness von ltenelmueller.
the Swiss minister and Mm?.
aul Hitter, the District Commissioners
lid ladies. P. T. Moran and Patrick J.
laltigan, representing the Ancient Orer
of Hibernians; Crandal Mac key. eornlonwealth's
attorney of Alexandria counp,
\'a.. and others.
Kurt Voelckner, chairman, will be tha
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