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CITI ENGINEER
SHOULD BE REAL
HEAD OF OFFICE
Sweeping Changes Are
Recommended by Sub
Committee.
THREE ASSISTANTS
ARE CRITICIZED
Ordinances Putting Office on
Business Basis Proposed to
Street Committee?Inspectors
Should Be Assigned to Work
Under Direction of Dis?
trict Engineers.
Censuring by name three of the
fcHslstants in the uili.ee of the City En
slnecr, rind making a largo number of
recommendations for changes in the
operation or the department, the L?yii'cli
Investigating committee presented its
findings und recommendations to the
Council Committee <>n Strcots last
night
The report was read and ordered
printed, and will be considered later,
li' adopted as a whole an ordinance
?will be forwarded to' the Council carry?
ing out the recommendations. The in
ycstigatlou was held as a result of
certain strictures made by Mr. Lynch
in the Street Committee as to the con
duet of the office, and waj requested
by City Engineer Holling, v. im himself
recommended a number of the changes
embraced in the findings. The report
fully bears out tin- charges made by
Mr. Lynch as to negligence < n the part
of certain assistant engineers', and as
to carelessness and laxltj In the de?
tail cbndu) t of the office.
Sonic HccoiiiuicndnlliMi?.
Important features are that the City
Knglneer be made the head of the de?
partment in fact as well as in name,
Avith entire charge of the force under
liim; that the assistant engineers be
required to give bond; thai Inspectors
on public work be employe*! by tin
month; that a chief clerk bo*appointed,
t.. have charge of the office and the
office force, and that tin accurate sur?
vey and map of the older part of the
?i'v be m:?de to replace that of 1ST*", lii
which many errors base been found.
In addltlotii it is recommended that
the chief clerk he made the purchas?
ing : gent (or the office and depart?
ment! that the hours for work be deil
nltoly tiX'd. that a definite plan be
adopted for giving etreet lines and
grades; that a record be kept of any
ii cldent In connection with city work;
ti.a?. the city be divided Into live or six
d 1st: lets, the boundaries to be fixed
by the City Engineer and changed by
him from tiiue id time, and an assistant
engineer be placed in charge of each
district, the district engineer to have
charge of all work going on in that
section ot the c.ttj ; that the number?
ing of house? ij'e transferred from the
"(?Engineer's office to the Building in?
spector's Department; that a standard
(system of tiling lie Introduced, similar
to that in the Building inspector's De?
partment; that an atlas showing the
property owners of the city be kept In
the Engineer's office, and that the labo?
rious and antiquated system of pav?
ing alleys and sidewalks at the expense
of abutting property owners be cither
gr.-atly simplified or else abandoned
altogether, and i 11 - - work be dune at the
expense of the city.
Important Finding)*,
tendings of the committee are that
tin- ofiice has not been conducted in a
bus'ncss-llkc manner, though It is
Bi?ted that conditions nave materially
Improved In the oast few years, since
the present City Engineer took charge;
that many reforms are heeded in the]
daily conduct of the office, and that the
total cost of engineering and super
Vision; as compared with the amount
expanded through this department, is
2 23 per cent., which the committee re?
ports as very reasonable, the usual
charge for engineering and supervision
being ."> per cent. i
First Assistant City Engineer Ja-k
eon Doiton is held to have been derelict
in discharge <u his duties in not ha.v^
Ing pvdperly directed the work of those
under his charge: Third Assistant City
"Engineer Fontaine Jones is reported to
have been careless and to have given
Incorrect measures in several instances,
and Fourth Assistant City Engineer
Charles L. Todd, Jr., is reported ns hav?
ing been derelict in allowing to con?
tractors payment for work before it had
been measured, and In other instances
doing work in violation of the rules
of the qSlice;
Boiling Not Criticized.
In conclusion, the report states that
If the City Engineer, who Is in no way
criticized in any part of the report or
recommendations, will make full use of
the authority proposed to be conferred
on him, the efficiency of the office will
bo greatly improved.
The report states that the Engineer's
office, handling a large amount of the
city's business, i.s in no way different
from any other large business, and
that for satisfactory and economical
conduct of the office the head of the
department must be clothed with au?
thority to employ or discharge such
persons as In iiis judgment contribute
to or detract from the success of the
city's affairs under his direct supervis?
ion.
Finding*, of Committee.
The findings and recommemlations of
.the committee follow In full:
Your subcommittee, appointed to in?
vestigate the conduct and affairs of
the City Engineer's office, beg leave to
(report as follows:
1. After hearing from a large num?
ber of witnesses, consisting mostly of
,the employes of the office, and on ex?
amination of the records and files kept
In said office, we. find that .the o 111 CO
Is not conducted hi a business-like
manner. While we find Hint-,conditions
iliavo been improved in the past few
years, under Hie management of the
.{Continued on Seventh rage.)
CLEMENCY FOR SOCIALIST
Taft Cuts Off Warren'* Imprisonment
anil Reduces* Flue to sido.
Washington. D. C, February 1.?
Ptesldent Toft to-day commuted the
sentence of Fred D. W?rren, the So?
cialist editor, who was recently sen?
tenced to six mun i.hs" imprisonment
and $l.~.0-> fine by strikVng out the im?
prisonment and reducing the line to
$100.
Warren was .sentenced under the
postal statutes for mailing matter on
the covering' of which was printed in
large red letters the following: "One
thousand dollars reward will be paid to
any person who kidnaps ex-Gbverrior
Taylor and returns lilin to Kentucky
uuthorillcs."
President Taft, in deciding the case,
says while the violation of law is
clear, the sentence sectns excessive.
"Wore tills a prosecution for crimi?
nal libel in a State court," the Prea'
deni says, "the sentence niinht perhaps
bo justified, because ?f the destructive
and reckless purpose Of the defendant
In his publication. But even in such
a case. 1 would question the wisdom
of makincr the defendant conspicuous
and feeding Iiis vanity by tr^atintr him
seriously, when his violence, his ex?
aggeration, his wild aceusa tlons and
his mock heroics ought to be treated
with ridicule. Doubtless. Iiis writings
are read with pleasure by a number
whose views are as wild nnd as per?
verted as his: but for all persons of
average common sense a readincr of
hi:: articles Is the best antidote for
the poison he seeks to Instill."
rteproscntativfl Campbell, of Kansas.'
Is whose district Warren lives; per
sonolly presented a petitloh to Presi?
dent Taft ? few davs ago. asking clem?
ency for the Socialist editor.
DEATH LIST GROWING
I -
In Twnn of Tnlb:ny 700 Are Reported
Killed.
\Vashln3lfin. r>. C. February 1.?The
eruption of Trial volcano, and the* ac?
companying disturbances in the Phlllp
' pines. kil!."l 700 people in the town of
I TalJsay, according to the report of the
governor of Batangas province, which
wa - cabled t<> the War Pcpa rttn'jit to
day ("> >?> crnor-';?-:;'-r-'. 1 Forbes, of
the Philippine Islands. The earthquake
Rh...ks c )n tin tie the --rove rnor-genoral
added.
Among Um estimates >>f casualties
transmitted to tlx- War Department
to-day was report from Delegate
; Apacible, representing Batangas in the
i Philippine Assembly, who placed the
I total de id at 300. The delegate's re?
port add?;d that 5.000 families had been
! ruined by the disaster. Bccent eartri
j quake shocks have >een slightly per
; ceptlblc in M \nila. Covrrnor Forbes, re?
port", but they have caused no damage, j
: Sine?, tli" first disturbance the seismo
[ graphic apparatus of t.hf? Manila Ob
; servatory had recorded the unprece
, dented number of 714 shocks up to 3:45
; P. M. to-day.
DEADLOCK IS UNBROKEN
Shrehnn Stlli l.nckn Thirteen Voten
\ecenxary for Election.
Albany, N V. February !.?The thir?
teenth joint ballot since the Legisla?
ture began the contest over the elec?
tion of a United States Senator to
succeed Chatincyl M .Depew. indicated
I to-day that the deadlock is no nearer
a break than It was January 17. when
"more than a score of Insurgents re
!?! ed to support William F. Sheehan,
tin- caucus choice of th<> Democratic
organization. Mr. Sheehan received
eighty-two votes to-day, thirteen short
lot the required number, while. Edward
M. Shepord, Iiis nearest opponent, mus?
tered ten
There was a tacit understanding on
both sides to-night that no chancre
in the situation was to be expected
until next week at the earliest, and
legislators were busy arranginp pairs
to enable them to leave the city to?
morrow.
VESSELS IN COLLISION
flntli Are Ilndly . Ilniiiaced In Ship
Chan n el.
Mobile. Ala. February 1.?The Nor?
wegian steamer Nor. Captain Oldfjel,
bound from Progreso to Mobile, and
tile Swedish steamer Upplands. Captain
Pearson; outward bound with a cargo
of lumber for Buenos Ayres. collided in
the Mobile shin channel this mornintr
Both vessels were severely damaged.
The Upplands. after being turned in
(he lower hay. returned to port. The
Iron stem of the Nor was smashed
from the outer sea line nearly to the
deck, and a big hole was jammed in
the port aide of the Upplands, about
twenty feet back from the bow. some
of the plates being cracked to the
water':; orlcre. The damage will amount
to several thousand dollars. The ac
cident is said to have been due to a
sudden sheer which the Nor took to
port as the vessels approached one
anot her.
BLOUNT IS NOMINATED
He Wins Senatorial Itnce Over N. P.
riryan.
Pehsacola. Fla;. February 1.?That
William A Plount has been nominated
for the U*?P.ed States Senate and not
X. P. Bryan. Is the claim made to-night
by tin- Pensacola Journal and the
Blount headquarters In this city. Ac?
cording to the Journal, the returns
show ?< vote of 35.000. with Blount hav?
ing a majority of i,49:<. Tlie immense
majorities given Mi*. Blount in West
Florida counties sent him ahead of
Bryan, it is declared, and the nomina?
tion of Blount is conceded by about
1,000 majority.
CARTER IS EMPHATIC
IIa.-? No Intention of Kecoming Secre?
tary of the Interior.
Washington. D. C, February 1.?Sen?
ator Carter, of Montana, to-day re?
quested the publication of his denial
of a report current here that Secretary
Bellinger, is about to aive place to him?
self as Secretary of the Interior.
"Please deny the report emphati?
cally, so far as I am concerned." said
the Senator. "And you may add that
under existing conditions, I would not
ftecept the office of Secretary of the
Interior."
Secretary Bfjllinirer vigorously de?
nied that he had any intention of re?
signing.
"HOBO" GOES TO PRISON
"Pen?, the Rambler." Snatched Tray
of Diamond* Worth ?3,000.
Tampa. Fla.. February J.?F. C.
Welsh, alias "Penn. the Bambler." a
globe-trotter, whose name I?., written
in nubile places in every city of im
! portance in the United States, was
sentenced to serve ten years in the
i penitentiary to-day for 'breaking a
glass show window and snatching o
tray of diamonds valued at $3.000.
Welsh has written several stories of
j hobo life for magazines.
j "PRIDE AND WHISKEY"
They Were Downfnll of Youth Who
Committed Suicide.
New Orleans, La., Fehruarv 1.?TO. I?,
Cain, thirty-five years old, of McComb
City. Miss., commit led suicide by swal?
lowing crrbolte ncld In a boarding
house here this afternoon. Cain loft a
'not/, hi which he said "pr'.de and
! whiskev was the dune." and requested
that ('. C. Cain, of McComb City, arid
John Cain, of Montgomery, Ala., be
[notified of his death.
Getting Everything Out
of Way for Extra
Session.
HAS CANCELLED
SOUTHERN TOUR
He Is Preparing to Fight His
Canadian Reciprocity Program
Through Congress?House
Probably Will Pass It With
Aid of Democrats?Go?
ing to Atlanta.
"Washington, February I ?President
Taft's announcement to-day that the
Southern tour which he hud planned
to take the early pan of next month
would be cancelled, with the exception
of the visit to Atlanta on March 10,
started political tongues to wagging
with rumors to the effect that Iiis pur?
pose was to prepare for a possible ex?
tra session of Congress In sasc the
present seasioh fails to eiiae'. the re?
ciprocity agreement between the
United .States 'and Canada, which the
President Is urging strongly, as leg?
islation needed by both countries,
Pressure of business anJ the fuel
. that numerous ihvitutlond to visit
many places in the South were making
the tour which had been ,dtuned as?
sume too large proportions, are the
reason.-, assigned at the White House
for the President's cancellation of the
trip. It is believed in many ipjarters,
however, that Mr. Tuft is clearing the
decks of all but absolutely iiecessary
engagements so that In case he should
lind it impossible to get his reciprocity
i measure through this session, lie can
be prepared tor an extra s-.asion. lie
! has said tiiat he hopes to see it [Hiss?
ed before March 4.
Kenrn Somite Action.
Fears have been expressed, however,
that the Senate will "talk the measure
to death." or kill it in some other way,
although it Is believed the se, ;>rob
ably with the aid of Democrats, will j
pass it.
If this should be the case, the {'resi?
dent will feel; is Is said, that he-can
depend on a Democratic House, such
as would exist after March ?. to sup?
port him in his efforts l> pass this
legislation which he looks upon as
one of the most Important the present
administration has urged
An extra session would force action
on the question, with the chances ap?
parently in favor of the President get
; ting his reciprocity legislation.
Having promised a long time ago to
address the convention of the Southern
Commercial Congress In Atlanta on the
'night of March 10, the President was
unwilling to cancel this important en?
gagement, and especially as it would
take him away from Washington for
only two days.
?'Rebellion" I? Stricken Out.
Washington, D. C, February 1.?A
dreary day In the House of Represent?
atives, devoted to a discussion of the
Moon bill to codify the laws relating to
the judiciary, was brought to a dra- j
ma tic close, when, by a unanimous vote,
the words. " War for the suppression !
of the rebellion." were stricken from
the bill, on motion of Mr. Bartlett, of
i Georgia, and the words "Civil War'' in?
serted.
This action was not taken, however;
until the members had been stirred by
j a debate between Mr. Bartlett and Mr.
1 Kcifer, of Ohio, which called out fre?
quent bursts of applause. The section
of the bill which contained the phrase
stricken out had to do with cases be- J
fore the Court of Claims.
When Mr. Bartlett offered his amend -
I ment, General Keif er was oh his feet
in a minute.
I "What's to be accomplished by that'."' j
he asked.
"Hood feeling, that's all." interjected j
Mr. Mann, of Illinois. "But that is
worth something." |
Mr. Bartlett said he thought the era
of the war was now far enougli in the
i pas', not to use the word "Rebellion."
"But it is used in the Constitution,
in the Fourteenth Amendment," insist?
ed Mr. Keif er.
1 "But that was right after the war.
When sectional animosity and hate were
rife," replied Mr. Bartlett.
I ''Nothing is to be accomplished by !
It." declared General Keif er.
i "Well," said Mr. Bartlett, "1 think
there are people who differ with the
gentleman."
General Keffer Insisted that the
Southern people called the war a ''re- \
hellion" during that conflict.
Mr. Bartlett pleaded that It was long)
j enough after the cessation of hostili
j ties to forget the animosities of that
j struggle. He declared it was not the
j par', of a generous and victorious foe
to suggest that words used in the heat,
of the struggle should be kept up.
Respects VIevvs of Oilicrn.
"I have lived long enough," he con?
tinued, "to respect the views of people
of the other side. And I think this is
generally true of the entire country,
North and South. I did not think my
amendment would call out an objection
even from my friend from Ohio."
"If that speech is intended as a lec?
ture for me, it comes about fifty years
too late," said General Kcifer.
"That speech," continued General
Ke'fer, "has more tendency to call up
the differences that arose in 1S01 and
1S65 than the use of the language in
the bill. I do not particularly object
to the use of the words 'Civil War*
Instead of 'rebellion.' T simply asked
what was to be gained by it. and the.
gentleman seems to think it would
have a tendency to got those, differ?
ences out of the minds of the people
of this country. Few people, 1 sug?
gest, would have read the words in
the bill; more will read the gentle?
man's speech."
"On the 9th of April. 1RGS, when Lee
surrendered at Appomattox. sonic of
us here, with open wounds still run?
ning, welcomed the soldier on the
other side?the soldier we hail been
lighting for four years?and laid down
all our feelings so far as they wore
concerned. .
"In the Spanish War I had the honor
{. XConTinued"-?'! Second Page.)
Becomes Coadjutor to
Head of Diocese in
Virginia,
COUNCIL ELECTS
ON FIRST BALLOT
Instructor in Seminary Succeeds
Bishop Arthur S. Lloyd.
Clergy and Laity Much
Pleased With Young Min?
ister's Acceptance of
Honor.
On the first ballot. Ilov. Ucrrynian
Green. L>. D.. professor of the English
Bible at the Theological Seminary near
Alexandria, was yesterday elected
bishop i oadjutor of the Diocese of Vir?
ginia by the diocesan Council, which
held a special meeting in St. James
Bpiscopal Church. This wtll-khown
I member of lite Episcopal < le.rgy was j
i chosen by an overwhelming majority
j oh the iirst ballot, the election alter
. wards being made Unanimous. The
'. honor conferred upon hint was accept?
ed by Dr. Green in a brief out uppro
i prlate speech.
lie was chosen to the high otlli.r
j bishop-coadjutor several years ago, but
declitied.
Dr. Green succeeds fik-diun Arthur
Seiden Lloyd, whose .resignation was
accepted yesterday, having been ap?
proved by the house of bishops last
: October.
All Dny SewMoii.
The meeting yesterday opened at 10
i o'clock and did not end until nearly 6
j o'clock last evening- The two sessions
were largely attended by the laity, j
There wore n:? members of the coun-i
hell present?sixty-two ministers and
; Itftj -.-even laymen.
Itev. Landau ft. Mason. D. !>.. placed
I the name of Dr. Green In nomination.
I In ills speech iir. Mar-on paid high tr'.
| bute to the minister and scholar. lie
declared him to be a man among men,
I and thought that the Dlocu.se of Vir
? glnla would be materially iienefitted
i by the selection of the young clergy?
man as the assistant to Bishop Gib?
son.
There were many seconds to tne
nomination of the Alexandria clergy?
man, and it was apparent from the
first that he would lie the choice of
the council.
Rev. P. T. Phillips, of Alexandria,
was the first to second the nomination
His remarks consisted mainly of ex?
plaining why Dr. Green had refused
the honor several years ago.
Work Xceded Htm.
lie declare.! that at that time Dr.
Green had barely entered upon ills
duties as professor of the Fntrllsh
Bible, and he had done such line work
in building up this chair that it was
the desire of the faculty and Dr.
Green that he remain in that position
to finish his work.
He told trie clergymen and laymen
that the labors of Dr. Green at the
Seminary had been crowned with suc?
cess, and thai his work hau been plac?
ed upon such a sound basis that it
could be successfully continued. The
seminarv can now spare him. said Dr.
Phillips."
Rev. R. A Goodwin, rector of St.
John's Church; Dr. W. M. Clark, of
St. James, and numerous other mem?
bers of the council strongly Indorsed
: Dr. Green.
Some of the members wore in doubt
whether Dr. Green would accept the
bishopric should it again be tendered
him. Dr. Arnold set at rr.st all ap?
prehension on this point by saying:
"Dr. Green is a member of this coun?
cil He Is now present. He is far too
honorable a man to ?tt no re without
; withdrawing Iiis name unless he In
i tended to accept the office wo offer."
Other Nominations,
The following were also put In nom?
ination and indorsed:
i Key. William D. Smith. D. D.. of
Winchester; Rev. William MeaneClark,
j D. D.. rector of St. James: R?,v. Joseph
j B. Dunn, rector of St. Paul's, Lynch
| burg; Rev. Curbln Braxton Bryan, of
i Petersburg, and Rev. Robert S. Cope
! land, of Baltimore.
Of the sixty-two clerical votes Dr.
Green received forty-seven, und of the
fifty-seven lay votes he had forty-one.
The remaining thlrty-on? ballots
j were scattered among the. five other
: candidates.
Following the announcement of the
! result. Dr. Smith moved that the elee
j tion be declared unanimous, which was
j done
! Tiie choice nf Dr. Green was greet
| ed with enthusiasm, and it required
I considerable use of the gavel by Bishop
: Gibson to subdue the applause which
i was about to break forth.
Accepts Honor. j
The bishop-elect was escorted to the!
pulpit by Dr. Arnold. In his brief ad- j
dress of acceptance Dr. Green was vis?
ibly affected. lie declared he took the j
? gift offered him as a realization of a
i long-cherished ambition, and that he I
would devote his best energies to ae-'i
com pi I sh the work which now devolves
upon him.
Bishop Gibson closed the meeting
with n few remarks, congratulating the
council upon a wise choice. "With the
aid of the man you have selected, the '
work of your bishop mentally and phy- !
sically will be greatly relieved," he de?
clared
Following certification of the election
by all of the delegates, the meeting
ended.
Xntlve of Charlotte.
The new bishop-coadjutor is a native
of Virginia. He is the son of Colonel
William C. Green, of Charlotte county,
where he was born in the autumn of
1864. Dr. Green's father served
throughout the Civil War with the
Fifty-sixth Virginia Regiment.
Dr. Green graduated from the Theo?
logical Seminary in 1S!?.>, and was or?
dained by Bishop Whittle. He served I
in the parishes of Tappahanhock; Iden?
burg, and was rector of Christ Church,
Alexandria, when he was elected to the.
chair of the Frnglish Bible In 1902. This
office he has llllcd acceptably since
thai time; and the faculty of the soni
i (Continued on Fifth ~Pagc>
ELECTED BISHOP C0ADJU70R
J REV. IJBHHYMAN ?FtlJK.V, U. D.
I
They Propose to Prevent Con?
centration of Power in
Few Hands.
many committees affected
Chairmen of More important
Ones Will Be Ineligible to
Serve on Others.
Washington, February 1.?Another
radical step to prevent the concen- I
trat ion of power in a few hands in the
House of Representatives was taken
to-night by the newly designated
Democratic members of the Ways and
Means Committee of the next Con?
gress.
It. was determined that in the make?
up of t::e committees of the new House
tiie chairmen of all committees that ,
have the power to prepare appropria?
tion hills and the chairmen of the
judiciary, interstate and foreign com?
merce and District of Columbia com?
mittees shall not he members of any
other committees than those over
which they preside.
This will add eleven to tjfre number
of members who are to be expressly
limited to service on a >ingie com?
mittee. The Democratic caucus, which
chose the fourteen members of the
Ways and Means Committee, re?
stricted them to service upon that com?
mittee and gave them the power to
select the Other committees of the
House. After a long session to-night
these members of the new Ways and
Moans Committee determined to follow ;
the policy of making Hie. chai.rmen of i
the more important committees and j
particularly those that have control :
over the appropriation bills ineligible J
for service on the other committees. j
The announcement was given out by j
Chairman Underwood as -the settled j
policy of this committee." While the
committee lias not the power, as has >
the Democratic caucus, to prohibit a
memher from serving on another com?
mit tee, Chairman Underwood made it
clear that the committee, in tilling up
the otho! committees, will adhere to the
rule laid down to-night.
The rule will affect the chairmen of
the following important committees:]
Appropriations. Agriculture. Foreign
Affairs. Indian Affairs, Military Affairs, j
Naval Affairs. Pensions and Post-Ofllccs j
and Post Roads, in addition to the three
specifically named by the committee?
Judiciary, Interstate and Foreign Com.
merce and District of Columbia.
Chairman Underwood stated al the |
! conclusion of the meeting that the
j new Rules Committee would not be se?
lected until after March I.
"corpse" comes to life
CnnsCA Pnulo by Stretching Out Hunds
in Cofitii.
Glasgow, Ky., February 1.?Streeh
ing out her hands toward those who
hud assembled about her cotlln. Mrs.
Jane Pltcock, an octogenarian, caused !
a panic al her funeral at Gamaliel, |
Monroe county, yesterday afternoon,
according to reports received to-day '
The funeral sermon had been preached
and the lid of the coffin was removed
to penult friends and relatives to
take a last look at what they lie- j
lieved a corpse. H was then that Mrs. ;
Pltcock regained consciousness. She
remained alive for several hours, her j
death following last night. Several
physicians examined the body and pro--j
nounccd Mrs Pltcock dead before the j
body was again placed in the cotlln. i
diesTf stab wound
Youth Killed by ProfcsHor, Itlvai In !
Love,
Galilee. Mich., February 1.?Hugh j
McNalr, eighteen years old. who was i
stabbed several days ago by Professor )
Cleve Rd wards, principal of the pub?
lic school hero, died to-day. Kdwards
surrendered t<. the ant lim it h s.
The trouble grew nut of an alleged
attack by McNalr and two companions
on Kd wards upon his return from a |
visit to a .'.uniig woman, for whose i
attentions all four participants were
, rivals. i
Edward F. Mylius Gels Maxi?
mum Penalty for Seditious
Libel.
ROMANCE IS EXPLODED!
Story of George's Marriage to
Admiral's Daughter Proved
False.
London, February 1.?The report,
oft-repeated, that King- Gebr gc, while,
a cadet in the royal navy, made a
morganatic alliance with the daughter
of Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, was
given complete official denial In the
highest court of England to-day. Ed?
ward P. Mylius. the local agent and
distributor of the Liberator, a Re?
publican paper published in Paris,
which revived the tale last November,
was tried on a charge of seditious li?
bel, promptly convicted and given a
maximum penalty of twelve months*
imprisonment. I
In pronouncing sentence. Lord Chief
Justics Alverstone said that the pun?
ishment was inadequate for one who
had chosen a weapon, for a personal
attack upon ills Majesty from the use
of which every honorable t:ian would
recoil.
Current for Long; Time,
The story of the now exploded ro?
mance had been current for a long
time, but it became especially irri?
tating to British sensibilities follow?
ing King George's accession. As pub?
lished by Edward II. .lames, editor or
the Liberator. It set forth that during
the life time of the Duke of Clarence,
his eldest brother, and before George
became heir to the throne, the future
King visited Malta, where he fell In
love, with and married Mary Eliza?
beth Culme-Seymour, eldest daughter
of the admiral, who was then station?
ed at Malta as commander-in-chief of
the Mediterranean squadron. This was
supposed to be In 1S0O; but the ad?
miralty records show that the King
did not hold an appointment on any
ship thai visited Malta between the
fall of 1SSS and the summer of ISfO
The marriage records of the island of
Malta were produced to prove that no
such marriage had been recorded.
Admiral Culme-Seymour swore that
his two daughters, one of whom had
since .died, never had an opportunity
to meet. His Majesty. The admiral's
three sons gave similar testimony, and
finally the daughter In question, who
Is now the wife, of Captain D. Napier,
entered .the witness box und declar?
ed that she had soon the King but
Ithree times In her life. On the first
occasion she whs seven years if age.
She saw him again at Portsmouth
when he called upon her father, in
I 1808, eight years after the alleged
I marriage, and once again ut n garden
j party In 100r>, on which occasion she
did hot have a chance to address him.
j Mylius offered no testimony and did
j not question the Crown'.-, witnesses.
He confined his defense, which he con?
ducted himself, to technicalities, as?
serting that he could hot be legally
tried in the absence of Iiis accuser.
Sir Ruf us Isaacs, the attorney-gen?
eral, who led the prosecution in his
closing speech, denounced the defend?
ant as the circulator of a l?se libel.
The attorney-general com hided his
"appeal to the jury by saying that it
was not the throne which required de?
fense, but that Ills Majesty I nd sought
the protection of the court r.s a man,
husband nn<L father.
Dramatic Clo.se.
The proceedings came to a dramatic
dose when after sentence had been
pronounced, Sir Ruf us read a letter
from King George, in which the writer
set forth that only the advice of the
officers of the Crown that such a
course would bo unconstl'.utlonai had
prevented him from appearing per?
sonally In the court room anil publicly
branding as untrue the allegation that
i (Continued on Seventh Pago.)
Property Loss Will
Reach Nearly Mil?
lion Dollars.
SHO CK IS FELT
FOR MANY MILES
Lower Manhattan Shaken From
Street Level to Top of Singer
Tower?Vessel Carrying
Cargo of Explosive Simply
Vanishes From Sight,
Not a Splinter Found.
New York, February 1?A eurgo of
dynamite in transit from n freight car
to tlie bold of a lighter moored at pier
No. V, CummuulpaM', X. j., lei ki? at
jiiHt a minute pa.tt 1 o'clock to-day.
lot) yard* noutli of the .?er>tey City
Terminal of ilic Central Kail road of
New .turkey, and in the widespread ruin
that followed seven men ure kuo>vn to
buye been killed, seven more are iiiIhh
liigT, hundreds tvere (vuumlril m:il vary?
ing reports leave from iifteca to twen?
ty more unaccounted fur.
Thirty seems to be a conservative
estimate of the dead, and property
. damage will hardly fall below $750,00?.
j The cause of the explosion is various?
ly attributed to the dropping of a case,
of dynamite and to a boiler explosion
on a boat. Just what was the direct
cause probably never will be known.
DnmitKC Widespread.
Tlie Jersey Central terminal was
wrecked; three ferryboats in the slips
were torn and splintered: lower Man?
hattan, across the river, was shaken
from the street level to the top of the
Singer tower: sovere damage was donu
in Brooklyn ad Staton Island; and to
the Immigrant detention station on
Kills Island; tlie shook was felt at
Amltyville, Long Island. thirty-nvo
miles distant, and in New Jersey at
Long Branch, forty-five miles away. Th?
damage Is so widely scattered that It
is impossible as yet to more than
roughly estimate it, but m Manhattan
alone it is placed at $100,000, on Ellis
t Island at from $10,000 to $2.").000, and
j In all. $176,000 appears to be a fair
! estimate.
I The lighter receiving the dynamite,
the Katherine W., owned l>y James
Healing, of Jersey City, vanished ut?
terly with her crew of seven men. in- .
eluding the master, Edward Traver.
Alongside was tlie lighter Whistler,
which was so badly shattered that she
sank with her crew of two. while the
Swedish steel barkentlne Ingrid was
stripped of her rigging and the lives
of two deck hands aboard snuffed out.
Fragments of one man's head was
found swinging high on a tangled
piece of rope.
The Katherine W., was tied to the
outer end of the pier, and a crew of.
dock hands was unloading a conslgn
[ ment of fifty pound boxes from two ?
j freight cars to the lighter when thn
j crash came. One report was to thu
effect that the explosive was conslgn
i ed to contractors up the river for
blasting along the Palisades; another
j that it was bound for Havana.
Simply Disappears.
With the explosion the K.itherine
j W. simply disappeared; nut a splinter
I of her has beon found. Only the Whlst
' ler's flag pol6 has been found. Ths
freight car went up In a puff of dust.
On the rear deck of the barkentlne In?
grid were found a pair of iron trucks
I that were also torn to bits. Fifty
! yards back stood another car of dyna?
mite. The explosion ripped the roof
! off it and broke in the doors, but the
I dynamite itself did not explode. On
j board the Ingrid the steel mlzzenmast
snapped off above the lower yard, and
the tangled \\ reckage came tumbling
about tlie decks. Everything abaft
the mizzenmast was levelled flat, but
the steel plates of the hull held stout?
ly and showed not even a mark.
For 100 feet the pier end itself wza
I utterly demolished. The. planking
i seemed to have been ground to powder.
[A steel gondola clii- on the southorn
i most track looked like an old hat that
I had been used by boys for football. Alt
I about were sti'ange freaks of the c.\
j plosion.
In tlie train shed of the terminal
nearly the whole southern exposure of
the glass roof collapsed, showering the
i passengers with broken glass. One
i man was struck by a twenty-pound
j fragment and so severely cut that ha
> died An engineer In a shunting loco
I motive wns blown from his cab and
idied of a fractured skull. A tugboat
[captain was hurled from his wheel
[house and fished out of tlie water tlf
toen minutes later, swimming about
j the southern side or" che demolished
I P'-^r.
Inside tli,- passenger station damage
' was visible everywhere. The floors
j were littered with broken glass. Wln
i dows fronting on the inner 'court had
been sucke 1 from the frames, sashes
and all. Sic t es were torn from tho
roof. The hands of the ferry house
clock were tern off. There were no
sashes In most of the windows and no
glass in those that had sashes.
Terror In Acute.
James M i . hew, cashier In tho sta?
tion restaurant, was eating luncheon
when the explosion came.
"There was everywhere the crash of
falling glass.' he said, "and the. rush
of frightened feet. Children whim?
pered and wc men shrieked. The scm
sntlon of i j.TOr was acute. It seemed
as if the earth were being torn to
hits."
Two feivvboats of the Central Rail?
road of New .Tersey. the SotnervUle and,
the Plain! Id, lay hi the terminal slips,
I and a (bird, the Lakewood, was Just
edging ml > tlie river. All of tlifni
caret net! violently, and al! or them
1 were show.-reel with their own glass.
I Many of tho wounded passengers in
these boats came to New York for;
treatment at the hospitals.
In New York tlie terror was Inten?
sified by uncertainty; For half an hour
nobody" knew what had happened or
Where it ha 1 happened.
Literally irn of ?l:iss were broken.
1 Eighteen Win lows wore smashed in the
Standard <~di Comnany building. In
1 Trinity c -:i h n valuable ;talno3 dis.n
window was strewed In the itlslot?.
Strange to s?y. office .'buildings on th?
water fron I streets in New York were
I no more jarred than those on the.