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K' VOLUME 20 ALHUQUEUQUE, NEW MEXICO, TUESDAY EVENING, FEHKUAKV (j, 1900. NUMBER !J7 CASUALTIES ARE NUMEROUS Two Railway Wrecks in Which Several Are Killed. PRESIDENT STICKNEY ON THE RAILROAD RATE DILL OLD CRIMP IS WORKING HARD MAKING HASTE VERY SLOWLY The Well Known President of the Chica Cold Weather Prevalent All Eastof the Rocky Mountains. Seems Washington Rule, but House Tomorrow go Great Western Railroad Furnishes The Citizen the Subjoined Article. Vote on V lllniiiefitie r , W ,Ki - i If FIRES PROVE ALSO FATAL Nine Negroes Are Burned to Death in One Small Cabin. THREE LITTLE GIRLS CONSUMED Helena, Moat., Feb. 6. The most disastrous railroad wreck that has taken place In. tills vicinity for many years, occurred last night shl-rtly bo- fore midnight, two and one-half mik west of Helena, ... A runaway Northern Pacific freight rain crashed Into a passenger train on tile same line, wrecking It com pletely and sotting fire to it. Four iktsoiis. whose Identity Is known, are dead, witb the prolm bility that two more, whose names are unknown, may have been burned. ihe known dead are; J. N. ROBINSON. CHARLES BRISKLE, conductor ol the passenger train. J. A. JESSUP, express messenger. FOSTER SENEGAS, a merchant of Ellistom. Brakeman Brown was seriously in jured and several passengers were hurt- -it none seriously, although It is reported that the two alleged miss ing men were passengers. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6. At 3 o'clock this morning an Isolated small frame house near the village of Curtis Bay was d.nsumed by fire, in which were burned to death nine colored per sons. Only oneof the inmates es-ca-ied alive. According to the state ment of tile eurvivor. the fire was started by one of the younger chil dren who got up to stir the Are in the chimney place,, and accidentally scattered coals on the floor. LOST CHILDREN BY CRIMINAL NEGLECT; Helena. Mont., Feb. 6. The three iung children of J. B. Cypher, all girls, aged 1, 3 and " 5 years, were burned to death in, their home six mike south of Big Timber last night, The parents were alsent and when they returned they ftnind their home in ruins. ANOTHER RAILWAY WRECK KILLS FOUR, HURTS TWO Portland, Ore., Feb, 6. Meagre par ticulars have reached here of a wreck un the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company's line near Bridal Veil, at 7:55 o'clock this morning. It ap ix'are that ths engine of passenger train No. 5 broke flown and the pas senger train from Ohioagp westbound, ran into it. Four were killed and two of the injured may not survive. The names of the dead and injured are unobtainable at this hour. VOTE OF CONDEMNATION FOR PRESIDENT DOLAN. Pittsburg. Pa., Feb. 6. At today's session of the Pittsburg district con vention of the United Mine Workers of America, a resolution was intro duced demanding the resignation of President Patrick Dolan, Vice Presi dent Bellingham and Secretary-Treasurer Dodd, for their action in voting to accept the old wage scale at In dianapolis. A vigorous debate fol lowed. FINLAND REVOLUTIONISTS PREPARE FOR OPEN WAR. St. Petersburg, Feb. 6. The Novoe Vreniya makes revelations in regard to the importations of arms into Finland. The paper declared it had evidence that nie radical organization in Fin land was preparing for open warfare in support of the next outbreak of the Russian revolutionists. Not only were wen armed infantry forces being de tailed, but horses were being trained for cavalry and artillery service and shells for field artillery were being Im ported. FIRE WHICH HAS BURNED FORTY-NINE YEARS OUT I.ansford, Pa.., Fob. 6. The fire in llif Greenwood mine of the Lehigh Oal and Navigation company, which was started by the carelessness of some deer hunters in the year 1857 and has been burning ever since, has finally been tuibducd and the com pany is now making preparations for working the valuable mine, which had to lie abandoned un account of the fire forty-nine years ago. TELEGRAPHIC MARKETS. Closing Stock Quotation!. New York, Fi I). 6. Closing quota- Atchbon, common t Atchison, pfd 102 New York Central 14914 Pennsylvania 1424 Southern Pacific HK-'S. I'nion Pacific, common l"i" I'uion Pacific, pfd 97 Copper ll"'" I'. S. S., d'-mir.on V. S. S., pfd.. extra dividend 110'i !.... x.-l Mnnru MarUtt. 1 1 c , w - -----j . New York, l'-' 'J MMiey on call, easier, at S-.lt I per cent; prim.! incr- -ant He taper, I'-.-'-iT. per c.-nt. Hurj ! Copoer and Lead. j New York. Feb i..-loppor. !i.ij'ir 1S.O0i4. I.ei !, .-:... a' -.f''. Spelter, St. Mo.. Salter, quiet aud unchanged ( As stated in The Evening Citizen yesterday afternoon, A. B. Stlckney, president of the Chicago Great West ern railroad, and party of frionds, were spending the day rnere. Last nlgiht at hts private oar and Just be fore the train pulled out for the west, to certain quwtlans on railroad rates, propounded by a representative from this paier, President Stlckney sub mitted the following article on the Important, matter expressly prepared for The Evening Citizen: Albuquerque, N. M., Feb. 6. To The Evening Citizen. A law Intended to establish and en force just and reasonable rates must bo framed with reference to the fund amental facts which are the basis of such rates A great deal of intelli gent investigation has been devoted to ascertaining the principles of eco nomic operations, but no Investiga tions have been attempted in respect tla the fundamentals of reasonable; rates. Ask the expert traffic official the ba is of reasonable rates, and by what method they can be ascertained, and ! If he regards the question seriously, j he must confess that he does not know. Ask the doctrinaires w-ho write books, and they must confess . that, they do not know. The fact is, nobody knows; ntebody has the basis, the formula, or even a theory. I Have reasonable rates relation to the cost of producing transportation, or to the interest on the fortuitous capitalization of each railway G:m- pany? Is a railway company entitled to earn reasonable profits on cost of pro duction, or reasonable interest on se curities iftsued? Nobody knows. The people, the legislators and the courts are at sea upon these funda mental propositions. All is mystery. If there are such things a reasona ble rates, they must be based on somtthLng, have relation to some thing, which, by investigation, can be ascertained and demonstrated. If NAVY YARDS MAY HAVE TO CLOSE Congress Failed to Put Appro - priation in Urgent De- ficiencv Bill. MOST OF YARDS INVOLVED furloughing of Employes, Cancc1 ing of Contracts, Cutting Down of Expenses. Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 6. A feeling of uncertainty prevails among the of- fleers and employers connected with the Brooklyn Navy Yard, owing to the disquieting reports concerning the immediate future of that institution. It is said that the Navy Department is confronted with the prospect of having to close the navy yard at Hr oklyu, as well as at ot ther points, fairs is the This unusual state of affu result of a failure of the House Ap- propriation Committee to Include in the Urgent Deficiency Bill items sent in by the Bureau of Yards and Docks to cover existing obligations for the remainder of the current fiscal year and for the maintenance of plants at naval yards and stations. Rear Ad miral Kndicott, chief tf the bureau, recently presented an estimate amounting to f 175.000, to meet the deficiency covering nearly all the' navy yants, and of this amount $38,000 has bei-n actually obligated, and must, in any event, be specially provided for by congress. Souudiow, the' nouse committee failed to Include the pro vision In the bill, and unless some thing Is done In t he snate t furnish the. money required for the mainten-j Committee on lrivibges and Eloc iinie of naval plants the Bureau of t ions will submit, its report on tie Yards and Docks will be required to Smoot ca.-e. The protests for Utah economize by withdrawing from some; will be intrusted t Seautor Suther of the obligations it has "Imposed upon j land, w ho will vote in favor of Sen the government. This can only be ator Smoot; but, if ho should decline d -ne by furloughlng employes, by can- to Introduce, it, the protestants will cilling contracts for coal and water : k the st nator from some other state and by cutting off all expenditures, a to pn s-cni it, on the grounds that the eour.-e which wuold have a far reach- right of petition hull not be denied ing effect. Of couse, if the funds for to the citizens of Utah. Senator lighting, power and lalwr are not Sutherland, although favorable to forthcoming, it will be necessary to .Senator Smoot. bis colleague, will, stop work in the naval plants In however, probably submit the protest, Brooklyn, and the situation seems ct- with the explanation that be Is sub- tain f ' be remedied as soon as the, real significance of the committee's ovir.-ight Is fully known. MACHINIST HARTLEY LOSES TWO FINGERS ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE VICTIM WAS OPERATING A MA CHINE AT THE SANTA FE SHOPS. I,. Hartley, a machinist at the Santa Fe shops, residing at 216 Si nth Third -"ree:, is patient at tho Santa Fe Pacific .hospital suffering from the 1 "-s of the first and scond fingers of his rlit band. The aecld.-nt oc curred about 11 o'clock this morning while lUrti.-y was engaged in run ning a machine at the shops. St. Loui Wool. ?t 1 '-, Vo., Feb. C Wool ket blt-ady and unchanged. tnur-1 there are no such things, thn what nonsense for congress to enact laws de claring that "all rates shall be rea sonable and Just and that all unjust and unreasonable rail's are unlawful," which is the language of the present law, and must be the fundamental principle of all laws for the regulation of rates. I,aws of this class, making thl-Be things criminal which the day before their enactment had been regarded as lawful, must be intelligent and ex plainable, so as to appeal that that eiinse of justice which is Inate In the American people, In order to be en forced. It Is probable that such an invest! gatlon would prove that the net rates the remainder of the rates after deduction cf live rebates are the rea sonable and Just rates which should be made the tariff rates, open to all shippers alike. It would, therefore. s- Lm to be wise legislation for congress to provide an Interstate commerce investigation com mittee, of, say, seven menilters, four members V.i be apiointerl by thepres Ident and three memlers to lie ap pointed by the railway companies. Oue member should le a sound law yer; one a mathematician, one expert enced In railway accounts; one experi enced In calculating costs of trans portation; oue experienced In the act ual movement of trains and the use of rolling stock; on? experienced in the details of s'.att in or terminal serv ice, and oue experienced in present rates. The committee should nave author ity to demand from the railway com ponies a new line of statistical facts which have never been compiled, re lating -to costs and relative closts as lietwoen the different conditions under which commodities are transported. A tingle illustration: The commit tee fdiould demand statistics showing the commodities which require, under certain conditions, the hauling of only half a ton of non-paying car to each ton of pay freight, and, under other conditions, require the hauling of SENATOR $M00T , , IS INVESTIGATED Once More Farce, Called Smoot Case, Takes Time I of Senate. MILLION WOMEN SIGNED Protest Fills Forty-five Volumes, or One Each For States. Washington, D. C, Feb. C The hearing In the case of United States Senator Smoot, which lias been io.n- poned from January 25th, to enable Hon. John O. Carlisle, counsel for the prolestants to be presnt t'J interro- gate the witnesses, was begun today lefore the Senate Comittee on Privil- eges and Elections, with Senator Bur- rows in the chair, 'a large number oflthe t'xtH,r,s tmm this country witnesses will be heard and strong ,!I o $17,ooo,ni)0, and the impt proiesis against smoot ne suumiueu. The success of the famous petition . . . ....... . that was presented in the House of'(M,o,000, but the falling off is easily Representatives against Roberts has prj-mpted the getting up of a still larger petition against Smoot in the senate. It was signed by over one million persons, members of the Na tional League of women's organiza - Uons, and is the niost numerously 1 signed protest ever presented in the United States senate. The petition was bound in forty-five volumes, each j volume containing the names of the signers for one state. Some of the volumes have already been submitted by the senators for the respective states, while others will be presented to tho senate on the day on which the nutting it "by request. Postponed Until Tomorrow. The resumption of the hearing In tl: .- case of Senator Still ot before the senate committee on privileges and 1 lei ;ion. which was to have been com mence,! today, was i!-tioned until tjini now. WOOL MARKET IS STILL SATISFACTORY. Boston, Ma.-s., Feb. 6. The word market holds a strong position, with a moderate demand in evidence. Ter ritories and or.- e,l wools are scarce. Buyers who an seeking available graiks . f that quality aro especially 1 nuuierou.-.. MenV.um are doiug oiiie specula' it.g in sco'ire,! wools. SUIT WAS DECIDED AGAINST CLEVELAND Cincinnati. Feb. D The . lit of the! City of Cleveland to cj.-et arious rail roads from land upon the lake front, valiirl f. f IS.nn'V'" . decided against the city by the Unit-J S'a'es circuit court of appeals today. A. B. STICKNEY, President of the Chicago Great Western Railroad. tnree or four tons of non-paying oar to each ton of pay freight, and all the rolat.ions of weight of car to weight i of load which this illustration sug-j gests. There are other lines of facts which Stace does n-:t permit to be Mated In this article, which, like the illustra tion, would only have to be Stated to show their relevancy to the problems to be Investigated. The investigation should lie sys tematic and thorough, and, above an, it should bsj public, and the results should be published from time to time 8o as to keep the public in formed during the progess of the OUR RUSSIA TRADE v IS BADLY REPORTED Peculiar System of Book Keeping Credits American Imports to COUNTRY OF THE CARRIER England, Germany, France, Den mark, Sweden and Norway Credited With Cotton Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. Accord ing to the statistics just issued the trade of the United States with Rus sia the fiscal year of 1905 showed a balance in favor of this country amounting to ' $5,200,000. The total trade aggregated $28.8ii,oOO, of which amount- norts fro.ii 0.,CD m 1 1 ... . i tu.onu.i'w. in in previous ' Tar the total trade amounted to 131.- , accounted f ir by the disturbed condl- tion of internal affairs ifn Russia The Bureau of Statistics is of the opinion that these figures do not ac curately represent the aggregate trade! i fr th-e reason that because of the 1 lack of direct steamship lines between American and Russian iorts the goods shlpiM'd from this country and ult l-1 mately reaching Russia, and vice' versa, are in many cases consigned to varl .-us European ports, like I.iver ! pool, Bremen, Hamburg, etc., and thence transhipped to the ports of ultimate destination, or, in the case' of American shipments to Russia,! placed aboard the railroad earn for overland transiiorlatlon. This Is par-i tlcularly true of raw cotton, by fari the pargest Item of exportation to Rus-' sia from this country. As a matter of fact, thie ofllcLaliy rccoided tin- ixirts of American cot 'on Into RuRsia, In the five year perio,l ended Decern-; ber 31, 1!I04, are state! in the official reports of the Bureau of Statistics to' have lwyn 2fi6,OOii.it" unds, or less1 than 30 per cent rf ihe ill reel Imports recorded by tho Russian custom au-J thorities. Nor can it be said that thei Russian figures credit tills country with all the cotton shipments origin ating here. Taking, for example, the Russian figures of cot 'on imports for the calendar h-ar. 1!'"3, the latest period for which imiorts by countries are available, we find, that, besides f lH.riio,iMMi worth of raw eXtoa cred i'cd to the United S'a'es, Import of raw 1 itton to the amount of $24,300, 000 aro credited to Or-at Britain, (ler nany, Denmark, lie'.-.iim, France, Sweden and Norway, all countries which do not produce cotton, but re ceive the greater part '7, per cent) of their supply from the United States. DAUGHTERS OF THE KING I HOLD ANNUAL MEETING. : Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 0 The annual! nieeiinif tit thu 1 ml.K. ..F tl,.. . I'auehte.rs of the King o;cned at St. I Peter's Protestant Eni-copal church. t'-'day. The convention W of ncil m. I irtance Ix-cause a new president for the current year is to )e elected. 1 he attendance is unusually large. work and to permit public discussions in tile newsjiaiKTs and otherwise. There Is no corrective influence so powerful as publicity, and a. tlinmni-h comprehension of the facts and rea soning, which nothing but publicity can give. After but not. before such investi gations, publications and discussions, if there remained evils, which such Investigations, mibllcatilnn cusslons had not remedied, it would seem possible to form Intelllront lou- IslatUon which might be expected to ne just and understandable, and uiereiore enrorceable. A. B. STICKNEY. TOO MANY IRONS ; PASTOR ENDS LIFE Prominent Baptist Preacher, Bank President and Poli tician Kills Himself. WAS FIVE YEARS IN PEORIA Serious Charges Against riim0ne Bank Does Not Open Doors. Peoria, 111., Feb. 6. Rev. George II. Simmons, pastor of the First Baptist church, the president of the Interstate Savings bank and of the People's Sav ings bank, and recently appointed manager of the Yates senatorial cam paign in Peoria county, was found dead in bed tbJs morning. Ho had been the object of an Investigation at the hands of the state's attorney, by the two bunks and by his congrega tion, on grave charges, and it is pre sumed to be n case of suicide. Potassium Cyanide Did Work. Physicians expressed the opinion that the death was caused by cyanide of potassium. The Peoples Savings bank, in the workmen's quarters, did not open its doors this morning. There was a run on the bank yester day and a large crowd gathered there this morning. The Interstate Savings bank was also subjected to a run yes terday and today. Dr. Simmons came to the First Baptist church five years ago and has been remarkably succesful. He se cured national publicity two years ago by advocating the dramatizing of ttie life of Christ. He became local man ager of the senatorial campaign of former Governor Yates a week ago, and shortly afterwards serious stor ies aflecting his morals were circulat ed. State's Attorney Scholes under took the investigation yesterday and secur' i some sensational confessions from the boys of his congregation. Ir. Simmons was 40 years of age. He had lieVl charges in Texas, Tennes see anil Kentucky before coming here. VANN RESIDENCE HAD MIDNIGHT CALLERS A DRUNKEN, CRAZED INTRUDER WAS FINALLY VANQUISHED WITH A BUCKET OF ICE WATER. ' Don't you know that you're liable to nei hot, monkeying around a per-r-i n s hoii.so at this time of night?" Vi, you're nutty!" Tliis was the colloquy that took piae... between S. Vann, tho druggist,! and a drunken man at the Vann rosb! deuce en Granite avenue at i o'c1ck this morning. Mr V.itn. had been awakened bv soive on,- (.anting at his front door, j A;:. 11 1..' nt the door with a gun, he, q.''rri d h arly morning caller and ite abo,. answer. After bolng. frightened auy from the frit door, th.r ne..n v'i' '-.t'M to the baclt 1 ,;,,..r II - was fit. ally vanquished with; a buck.- of e: .1 water which was U.iown n l.'m. I FORTY BELOW IN NEW YORK Cold Wave Sweeps Atlantic Coast-Thermometer Drops Thirty-five Points.- Ml , LET US STAY IN ALBUQUtRQUE Washington. Feb. fi. The pfAtement of weather conditions and the general iorecast Issued by the weather bu reau today snows mat a cold wave nas ;i. cneu rsew ,ngiand ana me mi. idle Aflnnttr nuitil nn,l nnlif wpfilhi f iu general this morning east ot the Kockv mountains excent In the south Atlantic states, the teinpcraturo rang ing from 10 to So degrees be ow tne seasonable average. Storm warnings r.H displayed on the Atlantic coast irom iSorfolk to Hatteras. COLD CAUSES HARDSHIP BECAUSE OF MILD WINTER. Rome, K. Y Feb. C. Northern New York was today swept by a cold wave which Involved greater hardships because of tho unusual warmth of the Winter so far. Today was by far the coldest of the winter. One of the coldest places was Wooden, where 40 below was recorded. It was 32 below In this city; 35 at Northville; 26 at Johnstown, and 30 below at Saratoga. Twenty-six Below. Ballston, N. Y., Feb. 6. The tem perature dropped to 26 below here to day. The City Is Still Above. New York, Feb. 6. Today was the coldest In the present winter In New York city, the mercury touching 6 above. TWENTY-FIVE BELOW, NOT AS COLD AS YESTERDAY. Cooper, Wis., Feb. 6. At 7:30 this morning the mercury stands at 25 1-2 below. Yesterday's record was 28 be low at 8 a. m. At Klbblng, Minn., the mercury fell to 31 below. SHIVER PASSES OVER NEW ENGLAND, VERMONT COLDEST. Boston, Feb. 6. A cold wave driven by a high wind. Bent a shiver over New England today. The coldest point, was at Nortbfleld. t Vermont, where the thermometer registered 22 below. In this city and on the coast generally it averaged 2 to 4 below. NEW MACHINE INVENTED SAILS I NAIR OR WATER Boston, Mass., Feb. 6. Scientists and inventors In this city are highly interested In the announcement just made that Charles M. Davis, tof Brighton, has Invented a flying ma chine, which is constructed on en tirely new and original principles, and Is said to promise remarkable results. The inventor says that his machine Is neither a freak nor a fake and will surely do what he expects it to do. It litis neither a gas tank nor a balloon attachment and not even wings, yet. It Is Mild that the model Just com pleted, ascended to any height without difficulty and without danger of a sudden drop. The inventor -has de signed tho machine primarily for use on a battleship. The machine will move equally well in the air and In the water and can be easily carried like a llfelioat. Three aluminum pro pellers furnish the motive power in either water or air. Mr. Davis Is try ing to get some eastern capitalists In terested In his invention and will soon start to build a model on a larger scale. DIAMOND RING RETURNED TO MRS. BALLING I-ast Saturday Steve Balling, pro prietor of the Iceberg saloon, reported to the police that his brother-in-law, Wlli'.nm Kdslnger, had disappeared from his house, and likewise a dia mond rin;,' belonging to Mrs. Balling, valued at $Xd, and it was thought that Kdsinger bad departed for his former home in Pennsylvania. This after noon Kdsiuger, the young man accused of the theft, appeared at The Evening Citizen ofllce and slated that he had been done a great wrong as be had not stolen tho ring, that he was not on his way to Pennsylvania, and that Mr. Palling had the ring. When called uiou by a representative of this paper Mr. Balling stated that it was true that lie had the ring, but that Edsing er had stolen It, and, seeing the ac count of the theft In Tho Citizen, had gid a case of "cold feet" and returned the ring, "and," continued Mr. Balling, "we don't want any more said about it in the papers." TOM LAWSON SELECTS GOOD COMMITTEEMEN. Dos Moines, Iowa, Feb. 6. Thomas W. Lawsuit today called on and invit ed Governor Cummins to serve with four idtiior distinguished reformers of America, on a committee to which he will turn over his proxl.-s in the New York I.lfo and tlie Mutual Life of New York, and which he asks to at tend the coming annual meeting of these two companies for ttoe purpose of eliM-tiug good, honest, sound busl nss men as direct! 't's. Governor Cum mins took the matter under advise ment. Mr. Iawson told Governor Cummins that the other members of the committee will le Governor John son of Minnesota, Senator La Follotte of Wisconsin, Governor Broward of Florida and ex-Attorney (rvn.Tal Mo. nott of Ohio, luiwson said that he hail roccivod a number of proxies for both companies, which, with others r-e rT-vie-l to go, and which he is confident will -omo in, if tha commit tie g -m thn ugli, will give him con trol of iKith companies. THE RAILROAD RUE BILL Representative Gillespie Gets Indignant at Answer of the President. TWO NEW MEXICO APPOINTMENTS Washington, P. C, Feb. . Aa rsxeemont was reached In the thoiMte today to close the debate on the rata 1 ill at 4:30 o'ckck tomorrow after noon. OUGHT TO HAVE FOUND QUESTIONABLE MATTERS. Washington, D. C.. Fb. 6. Repre sentative Gillespie, of Texas, who la the author of the resulution regard- in z the Pennsylvania railroad combi nation which was answered yesterday by the president, declared today on. the floor of the 'house that the an swer was an Insult; that with euch a great amount of machinery at hand, a complete investigation would show tram o agreements ot an Important, and questionable character. ALABAMA'S AGED REPRESENTATIVE IL1- Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. Senatjor Pott us, of Alabama, who is 84 year old, had an attack of illness In th democratic cloak room early today, but ha soon recovered and took bis seat in the cluunlier. SENATOR HALE ABLE TO RESUME HIS 8 EAT. Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. Sena tor Hale, of Maine, who has been 111. was In hla seat w!hen the eenau mac today, for the first time in three weeks, and at his Instance the sen ate consented unanimously to recon sider the votes by which the bilte In creasing the efficiency of .the medical department of -the army were passed. TWO POSTOFFICES GET NEW POST MA8TERS Special to Tbo Evening Citizen. Washington, . C, Feb. t Hon. GranvlU R. Richardson left today tor his 'home In Roswell.. . He .baa don good, work for New Mexico by hla vJe-lt here. - The following post masters have been appointed: Antonio M. HeTrera-, Coyote, Rio Arriba county; AJliert Am brose, Brioe, Otero county, vice Mr. Schermerhorn, resigned. OFFICIAL DINNER ON OLD HISTORIC SHIP Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. Presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt will be the guests of honor of Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Bonaparte, at a formal dinner on board the United States ship Mayflower this evening. The dinner company will Include thirty guests, who will 'be received In the historic cabin where the president presented the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to each other on August 5. last. This is the first time that the president will come on board the Mayflower since that mem orable day. Secrotary and Mrs. Bonaparte have a home in Baltimore and a country place In the suburbs of that city. Tbey have rented apartments for the winter In Washington, and the secretary will simply follow the precedent establish ed by Secretary Long, who gave his cabinet dinner to the president om board the Dolphin. Lieutenant Com mander Andrew T. Long, command ing the Mayflower, has brought his ship from Alexandria to the navy yard at Washington, where she is berthed alongside the landing. It was Intended that the Mayflower should come di rectly from the navy yard, New York, to the Washington navy yard, but It ws found necessary to do consider able dredging here before the May flower could Bai'ely come in. SOUTHERN RABBIS HOLD MEETING IN NASHVILLE. Nashville, Tonn., Feb. 6. A large number nf distinguished rabbis from different parts of the south are In at tendance at the convention of the Southern Rabbinical Association, which formally opened its session here today. The members and dele gates began to arrive here yesterday morning, and in the evening an In formal meeting was held. The con vent ion will last four days and will be highly interesting. Tho olllcers of the association are Lr. J. Iwiuthal, presi dent; Dr. M. I Jabson of Shreve- poit. La., vice president; Ir. M. Berg man of New Orleans, secretary, and I Jr. L. Wolsey. of Little Rock, Ark, treasurer. The executive committee is composed of Dr. M. Bernstein of Houston, Tex., Dr. W. Wllmer, now of Portland. Ore., and Dr. E. F. Ievy of Silma, Ark. Tue Jewish congre gregat! 11s of this city have made elaborate preparations for the enter tainment of the rabbis, and there will be a number of receptions and other tocaail functions in their honor. ROOSEVELT MAY AGAIN SAVE GENERAL STRIKE. New York, Feb. 6. President Roosevelt, It Is suggested today, may be called on within a few days to use his influence in avoiding general strike of the anthracite and bitumin ous coal miners. Opinions of the leaders of the operators In this city indicate that without Interposition ot some Mitent lntlueuco outside of tho conflicting Interests, a strike of great er proportions than has ever he'nrn be,-n known In this country Is Inevitable.