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THE CHRONICLE
Published Weekly at
BEACH, N. DAK.
HEWS Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS
AT HOMI
AND ON FOREIGN
BRIEFLY TOLSHORES
O.:
Washington Note*.
The United States assay office in El
Paso, Tex., has been abolished.
Congress has passed a bill creating
new land district in Valley county,
Montana.
The senate has sent the army ap
propriation bill to conference with
Senators Foraker, Warren and Black
burn as conferees.
Midshipmen Spencer of Duluth ana
Lergequist of Minneapolis, who just
graduated at Annapolis naval acade-'
my, will be assigned to 8ea duty
March 1.
Mrs. Roosevelt has been presented
with a loving cup by the crew of the
battleship Louisiana, on which the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt went to
Panama.
Representative Hearst has Intro
tfuced a bill to prevent corrupt pra»
'tices in elections by making bribery a
felony and prescribing other safe
guards for elections.
A bill has been introduced in con
gress to create a commission to report
a plan for the preservation of the
Grant farm in Missouri, where Gen
Grant lived before the Civil war.
Personal.
Mrs. Clara Parquette, a Kansas pio
neer, died of apoplexy at Leavenworth,
Kan.
Harold S. Van Buren of New York,
tbe American consul at Nice, France
is dead-
President Alfred Walter of the Sea
board Air line died in New York after
a two weeks' illness.
Gen. Thomas H. Talbot, who was at
torney general under President John
son, died at Brookline, Mass.
Schuyler Hamilton, great grandson
iof Ma]. Gen. Schuyler Hamilton ot
Civil and Mexican war fame, died at
Norwalk, Conn.
Frank Tolton, for thirty-three years
editor of the Green Bay (Wis.) Advo
cate, Mid one of the foremost newspa
per men of his time in Wisconsin, is
dead.
Edna May, the actress, is engaged
to marry Oscar Lewisohn of New
York. The wedding will occur some
time this year and the couple will re
side in London.
Crimes and Criminals.
James Orr was shot and killed in
Chicago while resisting two youthful
robbers.
James Saffcrd, inanager of bath par
lors at Mason City, Iowa, committed
suicide by taking laudanum. Domes
tic trouble was the cause.
L. L. Brown and Margaret Strawh
were found e'ead in the rear of the
tonoer'B store in Washington. The
coroner decided it was a case of sui
cide.
James D. Money, Jr., a nephew ot
Senator Money, was found not guilty
of the charge of murder in killing L.
J. Henderson at Greenwood, Miss. The
two had quarreled.
Hartley G. Knight has been arrested
In Philadelphia on a warrant from
Sioux Falls, S. D., charging him with
embezzlement of $1,400 from the Bee
Hive company of that city.
Burglars forced their way into the
Omaha public library and robbed the
valuable Byron Reed collection of
many high-priced coins. Tbe watch
man was surprised, bound, and gagged.
B. Kuppenheimer, manager of the
firm of B. Kuppenheimer & Co., was
found dead at his home in Chicago
with a bullet wound in his head. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict ot
suicide while despondent because of
111 health.
The federal grand jury at Chicago
has found indictments against a num
ber of persons charged with using the
mails to defraud. They charged small
corporations a fee for the selling ot
their bonds and then made no effort
to sell the securities.
Chief of Detectives Taylor of Hono
lulu has been offered $1,400 a week by
an association of Chinese gamblers
for their protection'and to secure them
a monopoly of gambling in Honolulu
The chief accepted a payment to bind
the agreement in order to secure evi
dence against the would-be bribers.
Casualty.
A passenger train was wrecked near
Birmingham, Ala., and two trainmen
were killed.
Fire in the music room and dormi
tory of the Centenary Female college
at Cleveland, Tenn., caused a loss of
$75,000.
The boiler of a passenger engine ex
ploded at Middletown. N. Y. Two men
were killed and another fatally in
jured.
Mrs. C. J. Christopherson was killed
at Crescent, Iowa, by the accidental
discharge of a gun in the hands of her
eight-year-old son.
Tbe buildings of the New York Dock
company, occupying a whole bfock in
Brooklyn, were swept by fire causing
a loss of about $250,000.
The St. Albert hotel, the oldest in
Charleston, W. Va., was destroyed by
fire. One man was killed by jumping
from a third-story window.
One person was killed and two oth
ers were overcome by smoke and tbe
lives of 150 persons were placed in
Jeopardy by a fire in the Waverly
house, a family hotel in City Square,
Charleston.
Afire in which one man lost his life
and several other persons had narrow
escapes from death seriously damaged
a five-story building in the heart ol
the financial district of Philadelphia.
Louis DeBeveskey, in the excitement,
either jumped or fell from the fire es
cape. He was Instantly killed. The
property damage Is estimated at $73,
000.
The fast Frisco train wets wrecked
near Kankcn, Mo., aud two trainmen
were seriously injured.
Two railway employes were killed
find several persons Injured by a colli.
8iou at Mahone Junction, N. S.
W: H. Crist of Areola, 111., had
nightmare, and he jumped from bed
end leaped through a window, smash
ing the glass. He was badly cut by
the glass.
The breaking of an ice gorge In the
Loup river in Nebraska caused the
«yater to rise over five feet in an hour.
A family of four were drowned while
attempting to escape to higher ground
Jumping off the rails on the bridge
over the Delaware and pausing on the
brink of the terrible disaster present
ed, tlie Black Diamond express on the
Lehigh Valley railroad barely escaped
a frightful wreck at Easton, Pa. No
one was Injured, though every passen
ger was in grave danger.
Foreign.
Charles Tait, mayor of Kingston, Ja
maica, died as the result of injuries re
ceived at the time of the earthquake.
Countess Cardogan, who was Lady
Beatrice Jane Craven, fourth daughter
of the second earl of Craven, is dead
In London.
The last formality in connection
with the organization of the Morocco
State bank has been signed at the
Bank of France.
Maurice Donnal, the dramatist, ant
the Marquis de Segar, the historian,
have been elected to seats in tha
French academy.
Gustav Leeman, an electrician ot
Switzerland, is winner of the $200,000
lottery prize of the Milan exposition.
He says he will give up his employ
ment.
Maj. John Harmon, a prominent
member of the American colony at
Guayaquil, and manager of the Quito
Guayaquil railway, died as the result
of a stroke of apoplexy.
A concesson has been granted an
American company for the construc
tion of a railroad in the state of Chl
chuahua, Mexico, from Madeira to Be
cera, on the banks of the Vahlsps
river.
Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce were
given a farewell audience by King
Edward, when Mr. Bryce "kissed
hands," as the ceremony is termed, on
his appointment to the British embaa
sy at Washington.
The ameer of Afghanistan has been
initiated as a Free Mason. Gen. Lord
Kitchener, in command of the troops
in India, was present at the ceremony,
deep oil being advanced 15 cents a
barrel and shallow oil 5 cents.
Domestic.
The 2-cent railroad fare bill has
passed both houses ot the Missouri
legislature.
Benny Yanger knocked out Johnny
Morrison in the seventh round at Hot
Springs, Ark.
Over $4,000 in gold has been found
in the barn of William Boche, a miser
who died at Norfolk, Neb.
The heaviest single advance in oii
ever made by the Standard Oil com
pany has been announced, amber or
The Idaho senate has passed the bill
for the suppression of wildcat mining
promotions. It now goes to the gov
ernor.
The Hudson Coal company has se
cured control of every coal producing
mine in the center of the State of
Wyoming.
Frederick A. Busse, postmaster ol
Chicago, has declared himself a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for mayor.
The Michigan beet sugar factories
have closed for the season of 1906-1907.
The total beet sugar output of the
state iB about 150,000,000 pounds.
The Kentucky Republican state cen
tral committee has decided to hold the
convention for the nomination of state
officers in Louisville on June 26 next.
Since the first of the year Salt Lake
City has been in the grip of an epidem
ic of cerebro-spinal meningitis. Since
Jan. 1 there have been twenty-four
deaths.
Confederate veterans who lost a leg
br an arm in the service will now be
able to secure artificial limbs through
a bill which has passed the Arkansas
legislature.
The Texas legislature has passed a
£111 providing that a special tax of
$3,000 be assessed against every ex
press office in the state handing ship
ments of liquor.
All Chinese laundrymen have been
run out of Riverton, Wyo., by a com
mittee of indignant friends of a syndi
cate of widows who made their living
by taking in wasihng.
Overworked by the onerous dutiea
of journal clerk at the Iowa legisla
ture, Walter G. Watt of Cedar Rapids
has been taken home in a precarious
condition, and may be sent to a sani
tarium for recuperation.
Overseer Voliva's dream ot estab
iishing a new Zion City in the North
west has been abandoned with the an
nouncement that he has given up a
trip along the Pacific coast planned for
next month.
Sailors from the Tacoma, Whipple
and other American warships clashed
with the police at Santiago, Cuba.
Several ot the sailoro were clubbed by
the police. American soldiers inter
vened in time to prevent the affair
from becoming serious.
James H. Barrett ot Chicago has
been awarded a verdict of $17,000 for
the loss of an eye while employed by
the Chicago Bridge and Iron company.
Gov. Little" of Arkansas has signed
the 2-cent railroad fare bill. The law
becomes operative in sixty days.
The last water coming through the
break in the Colorado river has been
shut off after a long and hard struggle
by the Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany. The New and Alamo rivers,
carrying water from the Colorado to
Salton sea, are rapidly going dry in the
valley.
Announcement has been made bj
Joe Cans that his match with Harry
Lewis has been declared off. Guns
says that Lewis was not satisfied with
the division of the purse, which was
arranged on the basis of 75 and 25
r.er cent.
ITALIANS CAUGHT
IN RAID BY TROOPS
PENNSYLVANIA AUTHORITIES AR­
REST ALLEGED MEMBERS OF
BLACK HAND.
CAUSED REIGN OE TERROR
MURDER0U8 BAND FOR SOME
TIME HA8 RULED WILKES-
BARRE REGION.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 17.—Twenty
five Italians, accused ot being mem
bers of Black Hand gangs which have
terrorized communities in the upper
portion of this county for the last two
years and suspected of three or more
murders, were captured yesterday in^a
•series of rapid raids, directed by the
district attorney's office in thlB city.
The aid of Troop of the state po
lice, commanded by Capt. J. W. Page
and Lieut. Lum'.ey, and comprising
forty-five troopers, was secured by the
county, and these, with the detectives,
made the arrests.
Attack Is Murderous.
The raids have be^tt carefully plan
ned for the last two weeks, ever since
an assault upon the home ot Charles
and Joseph Rltz of Upper Pittston.
On that occasion the Black Hand
gang, after failing to frighten the
brothers by the usual method of threat
ening letters into paying over several
hundred dollars in tribute, surrounded
the house with ten men at midnight,
and for half an hour, until the police
arrived, maintained a steady fusillade
In the endeavor to kill the two men,
their wiveB and children.
This is one of many cases of mur
derous assault and outrage ot which
various members of the gang are sus
pected.
Guilty of Many Murders.
It is believed they are guilty of three
mysterious murders in the Pittston
district in the last two years, each ot
which the police were unable to solve,
and it is alleged that they have been
conducting a systematic reign of ter
ror in a number of the mining districts
of the section and living off the fears
of their fellow countrymen.
In many of these small mining vil
lages the Italians pay regular tribute
to the gang in order to secure protec
tion.
SEEK CHINESE SWINDLER.
California Police After Man Who Got
98,000 for «8 Draft.
San Francisco, Feb. 17.—The police
departments of Oakland and San Fran
cisco are looking for an American
born Mongolian, Woo Aug, who recent
ly raised a draft from $8 to $8,000, se
cured a bill of exchange for the latter
sum from an Oakland bank, sailed
across the Pacific and cashed the draft
in Hongkong.
DRINKS DOZE8 FREEZES.
Indian With Several Bottles of Whisky
on Body Is Found Dead.
Milaca, Minn., Feb. 17. John
Hanks, an Indian, was found dead in
the road near Page. Coroner Bacon
decided that the man had been frozen
to death. Several bottles of whisky
were found on the body, and it is sup
posed that tbe Indian had become in
toxicated and lay down in the road to
sleep and was frozen to death.
BOY8 TRY TRAIN WRECKING.
Confess That Their Object Was to Rob
Express Car.
Tallapoosa, Ga., Feb. 17.—Four boys,
the oldest thirteen years, have confess
ed to attempting to wreck a Southern
railway train just east of here Tues
day night. The engine was demolish
ed and the engineer and fireman badly
bruised, but the passengers escaped.
The boys said their object was to rob
the express car.
BANKER CHA8ES FIVE BANDIT8.
Illinois Man in Vain Pursuit of Men
Who Got $3,000.
Peoria, 111, Feb. 17.—The safe of the
bank of Ellisville was broken open
early yesterday by robbers and $1,400
in gold and $1,600 in currency and
some valuable papers were taken.
E. W. Butler, who owns the bank,
gave chase but the burglars escaped.
There were five men in the gang.
MAIL CARRIERS QUIT.
Demands for Increase in 8alary Are
Refused.
Butte, Mont, Feb. 17. The mall
carriers of Butte will quit work in a
body March 1, advices having been re
ceived from Washington yesterday to
the effect that the increases in salaries
asked by the carriers are impossible to
concede and their resignations are ac
cepted.
Explosion Fatal to Three.
Lebanon, Pa., Feb. 17.—Mrs. Weller
was instantly killed by an explosion
of dynamite at her home yesterday,
and her two children were so badly
burned and lacerated that there is lit
tle hope of their recovery.
Chasing Team Is Fatal.
Park River, N. D., Feb. 17.—William
McArthur, a well known farmer living
near Lankln, is dead of heart disease,
the attack being brought £bout by
overexertion in chasing a team of run
away horses.
Overcoming Difficulties.
A colonel, on a tour of inspection,
••ame unexpectadly upon two soldiers,
tne of whom was reading a letter
iloud, while the other was listening,
ind, at the same time, stopping up the.
*ars of the reader.
"What's going on here?" asked the
ifbcer.
"You see, colonel, John can't read,
I'm reading a letter from his sweet
ear to him."
"And what are you doing, John?"
"Why. I was stoppins up 'Henry's
ears so he can't hear what she writes."
IS SUGGESTED
EFFORTS BEING MADE TO KEEP
HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA
APART.
Washington, Feb. 13. Pressure is
being brought to bear by the United
States, Mexico, Salvador, Guatemala
and Costa Rica on Honduras and Nica
ragua to keep them from war, and it is
now believed the efforts of the peace
makers will be successful.
It was decided at a conference be
tween Secretary Root, Assistant Sec
-retary Bacon and Senor Creel, the new
Mexican ambassador, that Identical
notes will be sent by the United States
and Mexico to the prospective belliger
ents, urging'them to refrain from hos
tilities and suggesting that they call
into session the arbitration tribunal in
Salvador, which was dissolved recent
ly. Rules for the suggested arbitra
tion are outlined in these notes.
War May Be Avoided.
Similar communications will be sent
by the governments of Salvador, Costa
Rica aud Guatemala to Nicaragua and
Honduras. In view of the develop
ments yesterday Nicaragua and Hon
duras find the republics of Central
America arrayed against them in their
desire to go to war, and the expres
sions of the notes of these nations
may discourage the belligerents to
such an extent that the- threatened
squabble will "be avoided.
Senor Corea, the Nicaragua minis
ter, called at tbe department of state
yesterday and had a long conference
with the officials regarding the situa
tion. Senor Corea said after the con
ference that he did not believe hostili
ties would result.
CABINET TAKES UP JAP CASE.
8an Franciscans Present Their Views
to the President.
Washington, Feb. 13. As a result
of an hour's conference at the White
House, at which President Roosevelt,
Secretary Root, Mayor Schmitz of
San Francisco and the members of the
school board of that city participated.
Mayor Schmitz late last night made a
statement summarizing the situation,
which will be thoroughly discussed -'U
to-day's cabinet meeting.
When asked the direct question
whether the proposition submitted by
the San Francisco delegation called
for the exclusion of Japanese coolie la
bor fronr this country, Mayor Schmitz
replied:
"We are not making a treaty and
have not discussed with the president
the question of excluding the Japa
nese from this country by treaty. On
Saturday we heard the president's
views and to-day we presented our
side of the questions at issue. It now
remains for us to modify our views in
order to reach an agreement with the
president, or for Mr. Roosevelt to mod
ify his views to reach an agreement
with us. To-day's conference adjourn
ed subject to the call of the president,
and I do not believe that we will be
called to the White House again uutil
Thursday or Friday."
LAND REFORM8 HAVE CALL.
Conference at White House Over Pres
ident's Public Land Order.
Washington, Feb. 13. Public land
reforms have all the call In Washing
ton official business at this time.
There was a renewal of conferences at
the White House yesterday over those
features of the public land order is
sued Jan. 25 by President Roosevelt.
That order forbids the issuance of a
final certificate, patent or other evi
dence ot title to public lands with the
express purpose of preventing fraud in
the acquisition of public lands gener
ally. It is to the application of this
order, so far as it covers strictly agri
cultural lands, that tbe Northwestern
representatives object.
At the conference President Roose
velt determined to add another to the
list of exceptions from his general or
der, so as to provide that title may is
sue in cases of homestead entries upon
which final proof of five years' resi
dence has been made, provided no con
test or protest charging specific viola
tion of law has been entered.
The retention of the five years' limi
tation is believed by Representative
Gronna of North Dakota to be certain
to work hardship among settlers in his
state, and it is objected to by several
of the Northwestern representatives.
A further conference will be held to
day.
GIRL'S 8UICIDE DESPERATE.
Fastens Rifle in Vise and Pulls Trigger
With a String.
Anaconda, Mont, Feb. 13. Fasten
ing a Winchester rifle into a carpen
ter's vise in the barn of her brother's
ranch, Tillle Schmidt, eighteen years
old, pulled the trigger by means of a
long string and discharged a bullet
into her heart. It is supposed that de
spondency over her sickness induced
her to commit suicide.
Three Hurt in Village Fire.
Brodhead. Wis, Feb. 12.—Eight bus
iness houses were forced to suspend
operations and two families are home
less as the result of a fire. The prop
erty loss was $30,000. Three firemen
were injured.
Burned by Blazing Oil.
Flndlay, Ohio, Feb. 12.—While she
was cleaning gloves with gasoline, the
fluid caught fire, igniting the clothes
of Mrs. W. L. David and burned her
arm so badly that amputation will be
necessary.
For Killing His Brother.
Lansing, Mich, Feb. 12. Melvin
Conklin was sentenced to life Impris
onment for tha murder of his brother,
Delbert Conklin. The two brothers
had been rivals for the hand of a
young woman who finally married Del
bert.
Robbers Captured.
Erie, Kan, Feb. 12. Three men
who blew open the safe In the post
office early yesterday and escaped
with $100 in stamps and money were
captured.
YOUNC MOVES
TIC STATt COURT
8AV8 INJUNCTION
DOE8
NOT STOP
HIM FROM ENFORCING RATE
ORDER.
TEN RAILROADS IMPLICATED
APPEAL TO FEDERAL COURTS
DOES NOT BIND STATE LEGAL
DEPARTMENT.
St. Paul, Feb. 13.—Attorney General
Young made a new and startling move
yesterday in the legal battle for lower
freight rates.
Suits against ten, railroads were
filed in the district court of Ramsey
county yesterday to enforce the rail
road commission's order reducing com
modity rates. In the name of the state
the attorney general asks for a writ ot
mandamus against each railroad com
pany to compel it to obey the commis
sion's order.
The commission itself has been en
joined by the federal court from en
forcing this order. According to Attor
ney General Young this does not tie
the state's hands at all. He has not
keen enjoined, and he is the official
charged with the duty bf enforcing
compliance with the order.
Duty Imposed by Law.
In an interview Mr. Young said:
"We have commenced suit in the
name of the state against each one of
the railroad companies to enforce the
orders of the railroad commission, just
as though no injunction proceedings
had been instituted. The Injunction
proceedings were directed against the
railroad and warehouse commissioners
exclusively, and they are not neces
sary parties to proceedings In the
name of the state to enforce tbe state's,
orders. The state cannot be restrain
ed or sued without its'consent, and I
contend that in performing my duty as
legal officer of the state I cannot be
restrained, because that would be in
effect an action against the state. In
bringing these Buits we are not en
deavoring to exhibit any preference for
one court over another. The law makes
it my duty to bring such actions in the
district court of the Btate, and the
suits have therefore been filed In that
nourt."
The roads involved are:- The Chica
go, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Great West
ern, Omaha, Great Northern, Northern
Pacific, Minneapolis & St. Louis, Wis
consin Central, Burlington, Soo and
Rock Island.
FLUME 18 SWEPT AWAY.
High Water Will Delay Completion of
Huntley Irrigation Project.
Helena, Mont, Feb. 13. Informa
tion has been received in this city that
the big government irrigation flume
which was constructed across Pryor
creek for the purpose of carrying the
water of the main irrigation canal to
the lands of the Huntley project was
swept away yesterday by the immense
volume of water which was forced
through the tunnel, as the result of the
melting of the great quantity of snow.
RABIES AFFECT 8HEEP.
Disease Is Prevalent in Many Western
Wisconsin Flocks.
La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 13.—Rabies Is
epidemic among the sheep of Western
Wisconsin according to a report of Dr.
Henry Roome, representative of the
United States department of agricul
ture, who is making an investigation.
One flock of eighty sheep was con
demned and killed, and it is feared the
disease has spread among other flocks.
Stringent measures will be taken to
stamp out the epidemic.
CHASE DEER TO HOUSE.
Wolves Twice Pursue Prey to Settler's
Doorstep.
Crandon, Wis. Feb. 13.—John Walt,
who lives- on the shore of Little Rice
lake, reports that packs of wolves
chased deer to his doorstep on two
different nights recently. One night
they drove two deer up and the other
night one. Walt says the wolves are
making great havoc among the deer.
Killed by a Falling Tree.
Livingston, Mont, Feb. 13. J. IS.
Scott, a well known rancher, living on
the Upper Yellowstone, was found
dead, lying underneath a fallen tree,
and the supposition is that he had been
felling the tree, which in the descent
to the ground caught him and crushed
him to death.
Hermit Found Dead.
Foley, Minn, Feb. 13.—Wood chop
per's found the dead body of Frank
Schutalskl, a hermit, in his shack in
the town of St. George. The man ap
parently had been dead for several
days, and it is believed that he was
frozen to death.
Crushed by Falling Tree.
Blackduck, Minn, Feb. 13. While
cutting cordwood in the forest near
here Edward Oakes was struck by a
falling tree and his life was crushed
out.
Loses All His Toes.
Minot, N. D, Feb. 13.—While he was
hauling bay on his term fifteen miles
north of Anamoose, Valentine Vollan's
feet were frozen. He was brought to
the hospital at Minot for treatment,
and all of his toes were amputated.
Freight Train Is In the Ditch.
Heron Lake, Minn, Feb. 13.—A fast
freight met with a serious accident
here. Eighteen cars went off the track
and it was torn up tor ten rods. Ten
cars were badly damaged.
STEAMER SUNK BY COLLISION
THE MOST APPALLING DI8ASTER
THAT EVER OCCURRED IN NEW
ENGLAND WATER8.
Block Island, R. I, Feb. 14.—A ma
rine disaster with an appalling loss of
life and entailing suffering almost be
yond the limit of human endurance
came to light yesterday when a life
boat of the Joy line steamer l.arch
mont, bound from Providence to New
York, drifted into Block Island harbor.
In the boat were several bodies ot
men who had died from the effects «I
long hours of exposure to a death
dealing temperature
Awful Tale of Disaster.
In the boat also were eleven whose
Buffering was so intense that they
seemed oblivious to the fact that death
was in their midst and that they es
caped only by virtue of their ability to
withstand the rigor of zero weather in
an open boat at sea.
The boat brought a tale of disaster
that has rarely been equaled in New
England waters, and it is believed that
when the final count, is made it will be
found that not less than 150 lives were
lost. Following closely in the wake of
the solitary lifeboat came bodies, cast
upon the beach by angry waves.
Burden of Grim Death.
Then came lifeboats and rafts. Each
of them have their burden of grim
death as well as a load of suffering
humanity, and each brought a talo ot
horror, of suffering and of despair.
The steamship officials estimate that
about 150 passengers and a crew of
fifty were on board the steamer when
she left Providence Monday night:
Forty-eight bodies reached these
shores yesterday, and nineteen were
alive when taken from the lifeboats.
Taking the estimated figures of the
steamship officials as a basis, there
are still 138 persons to account for.
Cause of Accident in Dispute.
The cause of the accident has not
been satisfactorily explained. It oc
curred just off Watch Hill, about 11
o'clock Monday night, when the three
masted schooner Mary Knowlton
crashed into the steamer's port side,
amidships. Capt. George McVey of
the Larchmout declares that the
Knowlton suddenly swerved from her
course, luffed up into the wind and
crashed into his vessel.
Capt. Haley of the Knowlton asserts
that the steamer did not give his ves
sel sufficient sea room and that the
collision occurred before he could take
Ills schooner out of the path of the
oncoming steamer.
Steamer Sinks Quickly.
The steamer, with a huge hole torn
In her side, was so seriously damaged
that she sank to the bottom in less
than half an hour. The Knowlton
after she had backed away from the
wreck began to fill rapidly, but her
crew manned the pumps and kept her
afloat until she reached a point ot
Quondchontaug, where they put out in
the life boats and reached shore.
There were no fatalities on the schoon
er.
Caught in Their Bunks.
A majority of those on the Larch
mont had retired for the night when
the collision occurred. They rushed
on deck Into zero atmosphere, many ot
them clad only in their night clothes,
and so quickly did the steamer sink
that there was no time to return below
for warmer clothing.
Those who had no opportunity to
clothe themsebes succumbed long be
fore they reached shore, and even
those who were fortunate enough to be
fully dressed endured suffering and
frost bites of a most serious nature.
EDWARD OPENS PARLIAMENT.
King Expresses Gratitude to Ameri
cans for Help at Kingston.
London, Feb. 14.—The second ses
sion of the second parliament of the
present reign was opened by King lid
ward In person this afternoon, with all
the imposing pomp and ceremony
which has attended the functions since
his ascension. The pageant was medi
eval and brilliant, and in spite ot the
unpleasant and cold weather the line
of parade to and from the house of
lords was crowded.
HIB majesty read the speech to the
throne In the house of lords. He made
guarded reference to the approaching
conflict between the house of lords and
the house of commons, expressed grat
itude to the American people and the
American navy for sympathy and help
in the Kingston disaster, touched upon
legislation for Ireland, army reform
and temperance, and declared that
some changes In the governmental
methods of India were under consider
ation. The points in the king's speech
which attracted the most attention
were the references to the Kingston
disaster and the house of lords.
Abandon Nelson Dinner Plan.
Washington, Feb. 14. At Senator
Nelson's request tbe plan to have the
Minnesota delegation give a dinner in
honor of his re-election has been aban
doned. Senator Nelson's wife and
daughter have been ill a good part ot
the winter, and besides he is now rush
ed with business.
DIES OF HYDROPHOBIA.
Minneapolis Man Dead as Result ot
Bite on Face.
Minneapolis, Feb. 14.—Martin Colby
sen, aged sixty-two, died at St. Mary's
hospital from a well defined case of
hydrophobia.
He was bitten in the face six weeks
ago by his dog and the wound appear
ed to heal.
A week ago, however, alarming
symptoms developed aud death yester
day followed the unmistakable convul
sions of rabies.
NEW TREATY FOR ISLAND.
President Sends Proposed Measure to
the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 14. President
Roosevelt yesterday sent to the senate
a new treaty with Santo Domingo, pro
viding for the collecting of the reve
nues of the island and the payment or
its creditors. A portion of the reve
nues are reserved for the payment or
*the debts of Santo Domingo and the
remalner of the receipts will be used
in paying tbe expenses of the govern
ment
THAW WIT KNOW
ACT WAS WDM
OPINION OF EXPERT ALIENIST AS
TO HARRY'8 MENTAL CONDI-
TION. "V' 5VT?
THAWS MIND WAS UNSOUND
EXPERT SAYS HE WAS INSANE
WHEN HE KILLED STANFORD
WHITE.
New York, Feb. 13. Answering a
hypothetical question covering every
detail of the testimony up to this time
in the Thaw trial. Including Mrs. Nes
bit Thaw's narration of her life history
to the defendant. Dr. Charles G. Wag
ner, superintendent of the state hospi
tal for the insane at Binghamton, N.
Y, declared on the witness stand late
yesterday that in his opinion Harry K.
Thaw did not know that the act was
wrong when he shot and killed Stan,
ford White. Dr. Wagner stepped
aside for later cross-examination by
District Attorney Jerome, and as tha
court adjourned for the day it was ui
nonuced that the defense would pro.
ceed with the testimony of other
alienists this morning.
Note Is Introduced.
When young Mrs. Thaw was called
to the stand Mr. Delmas renewed his
demand of Wednesday last, that the
note which was passed by Mrs. Thaw
to her husband at the Cafe Martin the
night of the tragedy should be pro
duced. Mr. Jerome upon the occasion
of the first demand had remained si
lent. Yesterday he was on his feet
at once, saying he would send for the
slip of paper. It was brought from his
office, was Identified by Mrs. Thaw and
then read by Mr. Delmas, as follows:
"The was here a minute ago,
but went out again."
"B" Stands for Blackguard.
Mrs. Thaw testified that "the b——"
meant "the blackguard," as Thaw al
ways referred to Stanford White,
whom she had seen on the balcony of
the cafe.
The other essential point Mrs.
Thaw was allowed to bring out in her
testimony waB the statement that the
defendant never carried a pistol ex
cept in New York city. She was ask
ed many other questions, embodying
various stories she had discussed with
Thaw, including the alleged fate of a
girl known to them as "Tbe Pie Girl,"
at the hands of Stanford White, but
Mr. Jerome blocked every question
with a maintained objection.
Clash Between Lawyers.
New York, Feb. 14.—District Attor
ney Jerome and Delphin Delmas came
together late yesterday in the first se*
rious clash between counsel in the
Thaw trial, and the California attor
ney, who Is directing the defense, took
exceptions to certain statements ot
the prosecuting officer and had insert*
ed in the record of the case a protest!
against "the misconduct ot the learned,
district attorney."
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Mr. Jerome hotly accused the de
fendant's counsel of trying to instill
into the minds of the jury the Implied
suggestion that the operation perform
ed upon Evelyn Nesbit in 1903, before
Thaw took her to Europe, was "of a
criminal nature," when, "as a matter,
of fact," he said, "It was for appendi
citis."
Delmas Takes Exceptions.
Mr. Delmas called the attention ot
Justice Fitzgerald to this, saying that
the district attorney was stating facts
not in evidence, and that "a very seri
ous exception must be taken to bis re
marks."
Dr. Brltton D. Evans, superintend
ent of the state hospital for the insane
at Morris Plains, N. J, was the wit
ness, and he testified earlier in the da
that he was of the opinion that Harr
Thaw was insane at tbe time of
tragedy. lie bad been called upon
answer a long hypothetical quest It
in which reference bad been made
"a serious if not capital operatio
upon Miss Nesbit when the stor
between counsel broke.
Thaw's Mind Was Unsound.
Justice Fitzgerald did not rule
on
any of the district attorney's remark
before the jury, and Mr. Delmas took
care to have every exception he made?
"seriously noted." Mr. Jerome woi
his point, and the words "serious lit
not capital," as defining the operatio
were withdrawn by Mr. Delmas.
Dr. Evans was by far the most sal
isfactory expert witness to the defend
so far produced. He detailed to
jury his observations and examinatlo
of Harry Thaw during eight visits
the prisoner in the Tombs and deel
ed It to be his opinion that Thaw
suffering from "a brain storm or an
plosive or fulminating condili
mental unsoundness" at the tim
shot and killed Stanford White.,
Evans gave many and elaborate*!*"
sons for his opinion.
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Telegraphers May Strike.
Chicago, Feb. 14.—The union teleg
raphers employed by the Westen
Union in Chicago will take a vote nex
Sunday on the question of going on
a strike to enforce certain (ieniah
that have been made on the compapfjy
Four Lost in Flood.
Columbus, Neb, Feb. 14.
breaking of an ice gorge in the
river caused the water to rise
five feet in an hour. A family of
were drowned while attempting
cape to higher ground.
Clerk's Mind Fails.
Des Moines, Feb. 14. Overworl
by the onerous duties of journal cl~
at the legislature, Walter G. Wat*
Cedar Rapids has been taken hom
a precarious condition, and may
sent to a sanitarium for recuperatlo
Aged Couple Killed.
Fond du Lac, Wis, Feb. 14. 51
and Mrs. Ferdinand Wagner, an age
'couple, were killed by an enciM a
a mile north of Brandon yester
They were driving into Brandon
cutter at the time ot accident.