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BATTLESHIP FLEET OFF TO PACIFIC;
MUCH POMP OHO CLOUT BY GOVERNMENT
THK C1UTSK, WHICH is 11.000 MILKS LONG. WILL UK THK LONG
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KKT IV THK HISTORY OF THK NAVY—AO.MIRAL ROIILKY !>•
KV A NS, KNOWN As “FIGHTING 11011.“ WILL UK ITMMAXHKH
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ABOARD THK SIXTF.KN BIG FIGHTING Ti lls WIIKN THKY
I.KAVK HAMPTON |{o\|>S—COST OF FOOD AND OTllKR SIT*.
I’LIKS. IN( I.HHKli COAL. WILL RF AIIOCT 9H.ftO0.00o.
° Fleet Consist* of sixteen bat- *
* tieships, the Connecticut?, Routs- *
* hum. Kansu*. Vermont, Georgia. •
* Virginia. New Jersey, Rhode •
* island, Minnesota. Ohio. Maine. *
* Missouri. Alabama, (llinals. •
* Kentucky and Kearsarge; four *
* supply ships, the Yankton, ihil- *
* goo. Glacier and Panther; wlx *
■ torpedo boats and nine eo!- *
* Herr. *
° Crew—Twelve thousand of- •
* fleers and men with Admiral *
* Hobley o. fcj'ans as coin maud- *
* er-iu-chief, R ar Admiral Wil- *
* llani if. Kniory as commander of *
* the second division. Renr Ad- *
* mlral diaries S. Sperry as com- *
* niunder of the fourth division. •
* Route -From Hampton Roads ♦
* via Trinidid. Rio de Janeiro, *
* Punla Aren a h Online, Magda- <■
* lene Bay, to San Francisco, a *
* total distance of 13.772 knot. *
* Time Sixty-three steaming •
* day* and r>2 days in port coal- *
* lug and at target practlc.*. •
* Cost— Food and other sup- '
* plies, $G.O*>.OOU. and coal, eg- *
* 11 mated cost’ $2.500,0d«». •
Fort .Monroe, Va., D o. i»i. Wit*
jjb'.ir Admiral Kvans in charge of
vjimdrt Is of millicim d<..liars’ worth
or Uncle Sain'ti property, and twelve
thousand of Uncle Sam's men, began
the longest; cruise with tin* biggest
11 et in tin* history of the new world
today. The weather was clear and
cold with the exception of a few
<donds, making it a perfect day. The
£ art was under the president’s per
sonal direction and was brilliantly
impressive. Nearest to the land was
the Connecticut. "Fighting Bob's’
own, with the triple di- In n ion of
head of the fleet, head of first squad
ron, head of first division. Behind
h r wpre the Kansas. Vermont and
fho Louisiana. The-e made* the first
division. Behind i*em were the rear
admirals. Georgia. New Jersey,
Khode Island and Virginia, making
tli' second division and completing
the first sfptadron of eight ships.
Head of the second line, which was
also the second squadron, ami third
and fourth divisions, lay the Minne
sota, Ohio. Missouri. Maine. Ala
bama, Illinois, Kenrsarge and Ken
tucky. Admiral Thomas and Sperry
eaeli had command of four. WlvMi
‘nhe ships stilled away at fixed dis
tances of four hundred yards, strung
out in single file, the column was
over a mile long. The Mayflower
was sighted shortly after seven. At
s o'clock sharp the ships simultane
ously flung out a number of flags
which was the navy's full dress, and
ns the Mayflower came near enough
to he Introduced, according to naval
etlqu tie't;he fleet exploded a presi
dential salute of twenty-one guns
from each ship. The Mayflower alien
steamed to her position !n the mlf
dle of tho fleet. The president stood
mi the bridge and as the ships came
abreast him the men lined their rails
and I he bands played the Star Span
gled Banner, Tlio four admirals and
sixteen captains then hastened
aboard the Mayflower and paid their
respects personally '<» the president.
I The Mayflower steamed ahead of the
, fleet, and one by one the ships fell
in behind. Off Point Comfort the
I Mayflower stopped and let the ships
I go by. each sounding a farewell sa
lute of twenty-one guns, tiling
separately. Then they passed out to
sea and turning ‘southward faded
slowly from view.
Norfolk. V*„ Dec. id.—All the
pomp and circumstance possible un
der a republican form of govern
ment marked the departure today of
the Atlantic fleet of battleships for
the Pacific, the beginning of the
longest cruise in naval history. With
. he Connecticut, the flagship of
i “Fighting Bob” Evans, in the load.
the sixteen great war vessels of the
I American navy steamed slowly out of
Hampton Roads, booming a mighty
: saluto as they (lasted 'the little gov
j ernment yacht Mayflower, where
President Roosevelt, surrounded by
distinguished officials of the navy
department, reviewed the girat
armada. The president watched the
ImiKisiug Hne of war vessels until
j ihe last had vanished from sight,
i and then, waving u ‘‘Godspeed,” b'
. gun preparations for an immediate
* return to Washington. With the
, president on tjjo bridge of the May
flower 'M*re Admiral i)*wey, Sec re*
! tary Metcalf, Assistant Secretary
.>t*wDerry, ucar Admiral Piowdmd,
Hear Admiral Converse und tl>e
h‘*ads of the different bureaus of the
navy department.
The Mayflower, with 'the presi
dent and liis party on board, nr- ]
lived in Hampton Hoads early this
morning. Its’ appearance was the
signal for a wild salute from all the
ships of the fleet anchored in the
Hoads. Admiral Evans and 'the nag
officers, followed by the commander
of the vessels, visited the Mayflower
to pay their respects to the presi
dent and the secretary of ihe navy, i
•Shortly afterward the Connecticut
hoisted anchor and stood out to sea,
followed by lie other vessels. As
they pased the Mayflower the custo
mary salutes were exchanged.
The order of the ships of the fleet
in the review was ns follow*: Con
necticut, flagship of Admiral Evans,
Captain Hugo Os erlians; Kansas
Captain Charles E. Vreeland; Ver
mont. Captain William P. Potter;
Louisiana. Captain Illchard Wain
wrlgbt; Georgia, flagship of Hear
Admiral Charles M. Thomas, Captain
Henry McCrea; New Jersey, Captain
William H. H. Southerland; Hhode
Island. Captain Joseph It. Murdock;
' Virginia. Captain Seaton Schroed’r;
j -Minnesota, flagship of Hear Admiral
| Charle* M. Thomas, Captain John
Hubbard; Ohio. Captain Charles W.
, Bartlett; Missouri. Captain Green
. leaf A. Merriam; Maine, Captain
, Giles p. Harber; Alabama, flagship
of Hear Admiral C. S. Sperry. Cap
lain T<-n Eyck I). V*. Veeder; Illinois,
Captain J*d»n M. Bowyer; Kearsarge,
Captain Hamilton HtHehlns. and
Kentucky. Captain Walter C. Cowles.
. The yacht cruiser Yankton, the nup
I ply ship Ctflgoa, the refrigerator ship
i Glacier and the repair ship Panther
SANTA CLAUS
Could Not Bring A More Acceptable
Present Than A Nice Umbrella
We carry a larjre stock for both
Men ami Women, Every whim
of fashion is represented in the
handles,”- Natural Wood, Gold,
Silver, Ivory and Pearl, The
frames are of the best, also the
covers, whether in Gloria or Silk*
E. S. P _ D I C O
JI2.V827 Prinrrton Art*IK*, IU.h Writ VlrglnJn
together with the collier*, accom
panied the but;lenhipa. The torpedo
boat fleet U already ou the way.
Today'* naval review surpassed
any previously held In American wa
ter*.‘and created great enthusiasm
among the officers and men of the
fleet, as wel a* iu the rank* of the
thousand* of spectators who lined
President Roosevtlt on September 3.
the ahorv9 of Hampton Roads to wlt
ne.s* the great affair. Thousands of
visitors flocked Into Norfolk and
other Tidewater tow ns last night and
this morning. Intent on seeing the
greatl naval spectacle, many coming
on private yachts from New York,
Washington, Philadelphia and other
cities. Almost as many strangers
were here today to see the departure
of the fleet as were attracted on the
big days*of the late Jamestown ex
position.
While the Oyster Ray review by
1906, suriui-sed today's event In lie
number of vessel* In line, it was far
Inferior iu displacement and arma
ment to the mighty fleet that passed
in review before the president to
day. In last year's review there
were twelve battleships in line, and
of this dozen two were vessels that
have since been practically retired
from the fighting line. The»? ships
were the Indiana and the lowu. The
ships reviewed today which did not
take part in the review last year at
Oyster Bay are the Connecticut, Kan
sas, Georgia, Ohio. Minnesota and
Vermont,
| The first atop to lie made by the
fleet will be at Trinidad, December
24, where the sailor boy* will have
heir Christmas dinner, and from
whence the first messages will proba
bly he sent regarding the incident*
of^thejCinisy^ The nc#sflapers will
be forced to depend upon Admiral
Evans for ull news of the voyage,
-»ince no newspaper men were al
lowed to accompany the fl^et. This
order does not meat with the ap
proval of "Fighting Bob,” who urged
his superior to permit representa
tives of the press on boa id the ves
sels. it was the vigorous conten
tion of Admiral Kvant that as the
fleet was on a practice cruise and one
I lu which the American jieople w^re
keenly interested. correspondents
should b taken on the cruise and he
afforded every facility for sending
dispatches. He declared that as the
people had to pay the freight, why,1
dammit, they ought to be allowed to
know what they were g. ting for
their money. The only limit to the
activity of the newspaper men, in
"Fighting Bob’s" opinion, should he
that iuhelr messages Ik- free from any
technical details that would he of ad
vantage ro foreign nations. Presi
dent Roosevelt was at first inclined
to share Admiral Evans’ opinion, but
a conference with Secretary Root
and Rear Admiral Brownson caused
b’m to change 1tLs mind. Rear Ad
miral Brownson is especially op
IK>sed to any publicity in naval af
fairs. Admiral Kvans will not have
'the responsibility of supplying the
American public with *uoh news re
garding the orub»* as he think* it
should have. In addition to hi* oilier
duties. Tills, it Ik known, lie Con
Bidet’s a very unfortunate arrange
ment, butt lie fs not cast down. With
the ex)>crience he is about to gain,
ho told a newspaper man !>ofore nail
ing. lie might be hhle to get a job as
a reporter after being retired from
the navjr.
it is certain tnaf the gallant tars
of the fleet will be given a joyous
time during their holiday visit of
five days In Trinidad. The people
there, as In other cities where the
fleet will stop, are preparing a
spread-eagle time for ithe visiting
sallormen. A great sporting carnival
has been arranged In Trinidad for
the five days. Including golf and
polo for the officers, football and
ha-teball for the men and horse rarest
for everybody. The breaker* of the
flulf of fP&ria will afford magnificent
Christmas bathing, and. altogether,
the 12.000 sailors of I'nclc flam w ill
undoubtedly spend the most inter
esting holiday period of their lives.
A great Christmas fea«t. wfth a
pound of Vermont turkey for each
man. will be served on I he vessels
1 the food for the great banquet being
stored in Ihe refrigerator ship Ola
cler.
•lack will next be heard from at
Rio de Janeiro, the beautiful capital
of Mrazil, where he will sp nd the
ten days from January n to Januarj
21. This ancient city, now trans
formed Into one of the most beast I
ful capitals of the world, will give
Tack a hearty welcome, and he will
probably heave a sigh of regret when
the ships hoist anchor And faII away
for Punts Arenas, the most souther
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\«-w \<>rk, Dec. it*.- Several ro
erument officials mil som* of ihe
.ending financier* of the country nre
. participating ju a dlaeuHsItni . f eur
I r0n°y ivguluMon and other financial
topic**, at a meeting opened today at
the Park Avenue hotel under the
auspices of the National Civic feder- 1
j atlon. The Pat or apeakor* on the
i Program for today and tomorrow in- i
eludes Post master General George
Von l„ Meyer. William It. Rid Rely,
(Controller of tho currency; Charles ;
N'. Fowler, chairman of the commit-j
*tve on banking and currency in the
house of repreaentat ivej; President
Myron T. Herrick or the Cleveland
Society for Savings; Andrew Cnrue
ul , Victor M Jiawatz. chair man of
the executive board of the Santa IV
flailway; pnv-ddent Samuel compels
of tho American l-Vderation of |,a
: hor; Master Nahum I llaoholder of
I the National Grange; i> a, Tomkins,
ebuirmsn of the currency committee
of the Nttiimt ll A. coelution of Man
ufat urers; Theodore Marburg of
tho American Kconomic Association,
and President Andr w Mills of the
Fry |>(K-k Savings Institution.
|*VM> \\ \<;o\ Willi UK no \i;i)i'D
HV WKST VIIU.INIA HAVH \|r
l»KllMOTT, PltKSIDFNT OF SFX
atf.
Pittsburg. Dee. if, -West Virginia
Is to climb Aboard the Knox band
wagon, according to President Mc
Dermott. of the West Virginia sen
ate. who is here today. Mr. McDer
mott said Knox lived close io ithe
state of West Virginia and tluit tb*
people regard him as one of the
great men of the eountry.
ly cfiy oil tliln kldc <»f tin* globe.
From tin* heni of the tropics Jack
will pas* Info tiie eoTd of winter, de
I spite the f it ' tlmt Hie More** of (he
j vessels will he always pointed south
! ward.
J One of tin* most interesting por
tions of Hu* voyage win be that
i through the tortuous channel of the
I Strait or Mag Han. about 310 miles
j long and for the most part hardly
I wider than Hie Mississippi or the
^ Hudson. On one side is the barren
wastes of Patagonia and on the other
Terra del Fuego, the land of fire.
Or asy natives, with hardly noire
j Clothing than a Indy at a society hull.
will swarm about the vcs+el,, offer
| ing io trade anything they own or
' can procure for any hlng els** under
the sun.
Three thousand miles the great
fleet will plough through the blue
, waters of the Pacific, northward
from Punta Arenas, before lie port
of Callao lx real bed. I -bruary * I?
the date s**) for the arrival of the
fleet at the Peruvian seaport, aftw
having traveled a dh 'ance of nearly
ll.ooo miles. i(eports from CiUas
state that the people of that city and
of 1,1 ma, tlm beautiful capital of
Peru, have already commenced
preparation* for the pm option of
Jack. There will be visits to the old
cathedral, the tomb of rizarra and
other jHiin's of historic Interest, as
1 well aw hull fights and other sports
peculiar to the people of J,atip
America, all nrrnn* d for the dolor- j
tat Ion of Jack. The Peru' Ians have
an enviable reputation for hospitality I
and Jack will certainly enjoy his via- |
It with them, even if the tropical 1
February sun doex heat down upon j
I his h* ad In a manner uncomfortably !
warm. Magdalena Hay. on Ihc coast (
of Mexico, will lx* the next atop. I
There Jack w in be put to work at t
target practice, and his days of play
will lie over.
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PRESIDENT OF
MtTROPOLlN
IIFEJNSURANCE
nuit»i:u WITH PBIMHtY_|\.
nK’TMBNTS G'KKW OI T OP TI>N.
TlMOXV HK (i.WK HKI'OltK. TtlK
GHAXD JI HY IX ItRHAHD TO
loans.
New York, Dee. 16.— Charge:! with
perjury in connection with state
ment.s to the luaurnnce commission,
John l| liegeman, prcsldon of th»
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
apj>eared for trial today before Jus
tlce Howling in the criminal branch
of the supreme court. District At
torney Jerome Ih conducting the
prosecution of the Indicted Iilmi t anco
magnate. liegeman Is repreoented
by John l>. Lindsey, ex-justice <if
the supreme court; Morgan J.
O'llrien and John CJ. Milburn, the
famous Standard OH lawyer, who
was recently engaged to assist In the
defense. A special panel of 1alea
rn eu has been drawn and It ia
thought certain that th«> trial will
now proceed without further delay.
1'rosldeut liegeman has entered a
Idea-of not guilty to the three In
dictments brought ngalnsc him. lie
Is a man of striking personality and
totally unlike the average type of
New York financier, lie wears his
hair long, and this, with his smooth
face nnd big slouch hat. given him
the appear a nee of the southern col
onel of Action.
1 l»o Indictment* against liegeman
grew out of testimony he gave be
fore the grand jury relating to cer
tain collateral loans which hud been
made by the Metropolitan! Lite. There
are three Indictments, but If be Is
acquit! d on the first tlie others will
likely be dismissed. The perjury iu
dlcmcniH are based on reports, al
leged to be false, made to the state
superintendent of insurance to cover
up year-cud trsnsnc-lons of the in
surance company. Seven forgery in
dictments, aiso relating to year-end
transactions, were brought against
liegeman but were dismissed by Jus
tice Howling on the ground that the
grand Jury testimony showed no In
tent to defraud, even conceding that
the entries were false.
The evidence presented *to the
grand Jury set rorth that for a num
ber of years it 1ms been the policy
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company to transfer certain of its
assets, consisting of collateral loans
and syndicate participations, on the
last of the year to President* liege
man, and a few days after the first
of the year to have them transferred
back to the insurance company.
Jt> is alleged by (President liege
man that the company *#id not Buf
fer through these transactions, but
that it aeYally made money on
hem, nnd that while the reports to
the Insurance department may have
been inaccurate, they were not false,
in the meaning of the law.
INTO STRIKE rONIMTIONS AT
OOLM-TELH, MOV., BEGAN TO
b.lV — INVESTIGATION WILL
tike Anon- \ month.
Goldfield, Xev., Jk*c. id Special
Contmlg.-doners Neill, Murray and
Smith, the oxj>erts chosen by Presi
dent Roosevelt no investigate the
strike conditions, began their Inquiry
today at the operations of the larger
mines. The lAjperlotendent* and of
ficials and Jedding members of the
miners' union will b* tho most Im
portant witnesses Imperial atten
tion will be paid to complaints by
representatives of lie American Fed
eration of |,abor that the Western
Federation of Miners have so ter
rorixed them that 'hey are com
pelled to go constantly armed. The
Inquiry will occupy about a month
Ml llDKItKil OF II.IILIFF *
IMYH M KIT If FKNILTV.
Lawreticcvllle, (jn., rvr. Hi.—
Matthew Howell, tflie murdered of
.1. It. Rainey, of Duluth (in.,
paid the death penalty for his crime
Friday at 1 o'clock
Sheriff .1. (1. IJrown pulled the cord
and tho negro was dead iu a few
moment, hi# neck having broken.
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FORMKR KXAMINKH IX Cl'STOM
HKHMCK, WAS ITT OX TRIAL
TODAY KOII ('OjUPLHTTY IX
•lAI'AMlNK S||,k FRA CDs SL\
Y FA IIS ACIO.
New York. Dee. 10 Charles II.
Bpowtio, formerly an examiner in the
customs service at the port of Now
York, was brought to trial before
Jude Month lu the criminal branch
of the federal circuit court today. He
Is charged with conspiracy to de
Trainl the government In connection
with the .1 a pan cac silk frauds un
earthed about six years ago He was
Indicted by the grand jury on counts
of conspiracy and fraud, and was
found guilt) of the former charge
In the circuit court, him skipped hi*
ball of $10,000 and lied to Montreal.
He was arrested in the Canadian city
and after several hearings the Ca
nadian authorities su rendered the
fugitive with the understanding that
Browne was to be tried under the
fraud Indictment. Instead. Browne
w;fk taken directly to Slug Sing
prison, but bis attorney* later se
cured bis release on a writ <>f habeas
corpus. Judge Hough decided that
the f«>Ueral authorities had erred lu
putting Browne in prison, and he
was released on $10,000 ball, |iend
lug his trial on the fraud Indictmenl,
which begins today.
Wlckman Smith, the special at
torney general in lie allk fraud
cases, is prosecuting the case, while
Browne is represented by ex-Judgc
William M nleott.
CRK.ll CD AT A SKCltlCT COX*
HISTORY TODAY IX THK VATI
< l\—ltd"I'Oll or A.\l111II<'AX'
COIXKf.K II I DIO TITULAR
iiikiiop.
Rome, Doc. ii». Pope Plus cre
ated the following for new cardinals
at todnyV secret consistory: Mali
nger Gnaparrl. sec re* h ry of congre
Katjon of c\f raordlnnry ec/Mogiaatlcnl
affairs; Manager Dalai, secretary ot
congregation of council; Manager
Dudevlc Henry iaicon. Archbishop of
It h lines; Manager Paul Pierre,
andriou Idshop of Marseilles; Man
ager Kennedy, rector of American
C dirge at Rome, w;is appointed 11
tutiir archbishop of Adrianopolls, and
Manager O'Connell, rector of the
Catholic University at Washington,
titular archbishop of Hobnsto,
Rome, Dee. Io. Three new enrdi
nals were created by the pope at »
secret consifr’ory In the Vatican to
day. They are Monslguor Gasparri,
secretary of the congregation of ex
traordinary ecclesiastical tiffairs;
Monsigoor I,neon, archbishop of
| Khaims, and Monsignor Andrlep,
j archbishop of Marseilles.
Monsignor Kennedy, the rector o!
the American college, was created
titular bishop of Adrlnnapolis, a high
honor which has never herore been
conferred upon a rector, tho ap
pointment being officially announced
at today's consistory.
Rome time ago jr was thought that
Archbishop frelatid would la- mado a
cardinal at tills consistory, but this
hope of American Catholic* must
again be deferred. The archbishop s
friends In the sacred college are very
a<* ive In hi* behalf, however, and
it is thought to Is- only a matter of
a year or two before the distinguish
ed American pr* late will be glv» n
tlie red hat. It is said that the poj*
is already convinced that Arbishop
Ireland is deserving of the honor,
hu , although Ii<> can choose who
ever he think* best without any in
ter ferei.ee, the congregation^ on
which the prelates depend or have
depend'*1 are always consulted.
There i* probably some opposltior
to Archbishop Ireland In this quar !
ter.
Mis* MUtlClMW TO H’KII.
New York, l»ee. tfi. \u account
has been made of the engagement of
Mia* f'orneliua K. Ifarriman, s'v-ond
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K II liar
riman, to Kobert Livingston Ocrry
older son of Mr. and Mr«. Klbrldg'
T. (lerry.
iCRHi RUSH
Of SHOPPING
IS NOT.YET ON
IV TIIK MKTROPOUM, OWIN'*; TO
1 IIP TKJHTNK'W OP TUP ITIlSP
SIIUNCiH. iLTHOt'OK TUP
Oil PAT NToitKH AUK III.LKH
TO OVPHPI.OWXO.
Now York. Deo. lt>.-Although
Ihnt happy i»eriod has b.M*n reached
"b.u the days Intervening boforo
< hi Ivlinas may bo counted on one’s
! flng.m. there ha* not yet been In
New York the great rush of shop,
ping that usually precedes the holi*
day e;it.*oii. Although all the great
hIoi. h and shops are filled to over
Mowing with atrioJoH reflecting tho
Christmas spirit. New York has
drawn U* puree *trlng* Hie tighter
mid re tuned to spend. The financial
Hti Inneucy Is. Of course, responsible
for this condition. The New Yorker,
w ho usually getM rid or all his avail
able onsh at this period of the year,
has I. come a “IIghtwad."
ill' condition Is reflected even
more acutely In tho condition of the
coffin a of tho various religious and
Cluirltable societies. \ month ago,
when i nriy contribution* from n fevv
Men of wealth were being receive 1
and when financial affairs appeared
i» le on the mend, the officers of
tlu> .Sul vat ion army nud other organi
Katlotta announced that tho poor of
l]i«« 'v ware certain of their u»mtl,
sinupiiiimih banquet. Doubt has now
'i'K -t tint place of certainty, and It
appear* that, unless oontrlhu: Ion*
Honti .u«. an upward trend, the an
nun! Iiarltttblo distribution* of lood
' bo tnvitly reduced.
<»u every Important street corn r
the collection kettle of the Salvation
arm> may be men. with a uniformed
member of the army ringing a boll
violently to call attention to the pur*
immo i,r tho organization to feed 26.
frdo ? • \< York's poor on Christman
day. in past, year* thorn appeals nl«
wa>a brought a ready and lib* rul re
sponse. .Vow few notlco tho kettle
of the Salvation army, And penulcp,
nickel* and dhnes have taken tho
place of the quarters and hair dol
bus that used to ring merrily In tho
koi t le*.
Tin* Charitable Organization Ho
'l«t.\. too. la suffering from a de
cided lolling off In It* receipts, al
though It Is being called upon to
enn- for nearly twice a* many fnmll
b'H n> Inst year. Last month tho
society added 260 needy families to
lbs roll of 2,600, and applications
for fiId nre now coming in by the
mjoj. i. According to Secretary De
vine, there are hundreds or families
In Ihe eily who. through no fault of
their own. nre now race to face witD
starvation and cold, and who can ho
Hived only by tho prompt action of
tlm charitable organizations. Tho
present winter Ih llkvly to he tho
baldest oil the poor In recent year*.
Meanwhile, New York Is pulling Its
ptnv* strings tighter.
IM I'LA IN TIPI*' IX THK HKtONII
TIDAL Ol MAXIVflLIKN ||M<
IM N, KlrTOIl Of Till; /t lit N| T.
!’■ tiiu, ls*c. !«.—T)| • second iiinl
of .viaxliuillen Harden, editor of |>jM
JCuknnfi, commenced today, count,
Kun<- Von MoitkA. Who recent l> him-U
tin* editor for defamation of charm
t* r but lost JiIh case. In the plaintiff,
Tbe n«*w chaire against. Harden m
criminal libel. Home of -he I, «t
law vein in Germany bnvn be<*n en
K‘iW'\ and the trial promts to bo
hlic v exciting.
MIITtlMTKD IN IMIHTON lit
IDIOTIC ,\NT» HISTORIC ||, so
< II.TIKS.
f "ton. I tee. J*.-The 1.14 b an
«!' aiy of the ‘Boston tea pan,"
v.a.a celebrated today by the patriotic
•»TCI historical aodotle* of Bos on and
vicinity This famous event in th->
history of tbo colonies took place
December 16. 1773.