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    PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT
DEPEW’S WARM FRIEND
No Wonder Mr. Manning Was
•“Rantankerous” and Had
Been for a Long Time.
HE HELD BIS SECRETS
Truth of How He Exposed Rotten
ness in Insurance Combine and
How the Truth Was Sup
pressed by the Latter.
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Boston, Nov. 25.—Thomas W.
Lawson says ho has received so
many proxies that his control of
both the New York Life Insurance
company and the Mutual Life In
surance company is absolute.
New York. Nov. 28.—William S. Man
ning, Depew’s “rantankerous upriver
friend." wrote a book in 1S77, which
dealt with the investigation by the leg
islature of the insurance companies ill
that year. Very few copies of Mr. Man
ning's book are in existence. Most of
them have been destroyed by the in
surance companies. The Brooklyn
Eagle lias ,i copy ' the book, which
came into its possession some time ago.
All copies of assembly documents,
volume S of 1S77. containing the testi
mony in the insurance investigation,
have b< en abstracted from the state
library. All but one copy has been
taken from the assembly library. On
the cover of this last volume is writ
ten in ink, 'Do not let out of library.
Only copy.'' The insurance ring tried
to get that, too. Not a single copy is
in the state insurance department.
Truth Was Suppressed.
A truthful official report of the testi
mony taken before the legislative com
mittee of JS77 was never printed. The
committee was composed of J. G. Gra
ham chairman, and Assemblymen
Cowdin, Husted. Lang. Skinner, Moody,
Weiant and Ftoyd-Jones. The Husted
of this committee was General James
W. Husic 1, father of Thomas D. Hus
ted. who received $1,000 a year for a
long period from the Equitable Life.
The counsel for the committee was N.
C. Moak.
According to fir. .Manning's book the
legislativ i committee blocked Mr.
Monk's efforts at every step to get at
the truth of misdoings in the Equit
able and Mutual Life. General Husted
was the particular champion of the in
surance companies when Mr. Moak got
on a hot trail.
Hyde Threatened Voilence.
When Henry B. Hyde was in the
stand Mr. Moak tried to get him to
tell whether his family had profited by
certain Equitable transactions. Gen
eral Husted came to the rescue of Mr.
Hyde. Manning's book says, by declar
ing that Mr, Monk's question should be
answered with a blow. Mr. Hyde him
self made threats, declaring that if
such questions were put to him outside
of the committee the man who did the
asking wouldn't ask any more such
questions.
Tlie fact that a genuine report of the
Investigation was never published was
due, according to Mr. Manning’s book,
to tile machinations of Richard A. Mc
Curdy, then vice president of the Mu
tual Life.
McCurdy s Daring Scheme.
McCurdy, Manning wrote, waited un- !
til the investigation had exposed an in- '
surance scandal so rotten that it would j
have ruined the companies involved ;
had it become generally known. When
■the investigation was over lie took the
minutes, according to Manning’s book,
and had them copyrighted, thereby pre
venting the printing of ttie report even
by the men who had made the investi
gation. Until this day it is alleged the
Mutual Fife has held its copyright over
that official report.
Instead at having such men as Andy
Fields, Andy Hamilton and others, the
big insurance companies in (hose days
attended to legislative matters in a
more businesslike way. They had
what was known as the Chamber of
Life Insurance. This was called an
organization for the benefit of policy
holders, but it is said a policyholder
could not have attended one of its
meetings if his life depended upon it.
Organization of Highwaymen.
The true purpose of the chamber
was to procure legislation hostile to the
interests of policyholders and beneficial
to the men who manipulated the af
fairs of the big insurance companies to
their own pecuniary advantage.
Shepard Homans, chief actuary of
the Mutual and the brother-in-law of
Mr. Manning, was a witness before the
legislative committee of 1877. Homans
had been discharged from the Mutual
because of his refusal to audit a false
statement as correct. Homans charged
that Mr. McCurdy had made a blunder
in dealing with ihe surplus of the Mu
tual which cost the company $2,000,000
to rectify. Homans is also quoted as
having said:
The Damning Testimony.
“Mr. Vice President McCurdy keeps
the minutes and I say that they were
manipulated in such a manner that the
investigating committee could not
know the truth of the matters before
them. These were kept from them and
misstated time and again. What the
company wants is a fair and full in
vestigation by disinterested persons. I
have made them in my official capa
city as actuary and they have been in
vestigated and the facts proved. They
have been condoned and covered up.”
John ft. liegeman, president of the
Metropolitan .and John A. McCall fig
ure in Mr. Manning’s book. Mr. McCall
was then a deputy in the state insur
ance department, which at that period
was alleged to be under the absolute
domination of the big insurance com
panies.
Manning Explains It,
"Since 1S8S or thereabouts 1 have
been paid through Mr. Nichols $450 a
session." explained Mr. Manning today.
“I have held myself in readiness to ac
cept any call made upon me by the
insurance companies, and have from
time to time given Mr. Nichols valua
able information. If the money was
paid to me for the purpose of keeping
me quiet, I was not aware of it. I was
retained to make arguments before
committees and to render other legiti
mate service.”
lip to 18S4 Mr. Manning was a bitter
opponent of the insurance ring. He
scored heavily against them in 18S3,
when tiie senate was investigating life
insurance companies, and was active
at the time Ihe Graham committee of
the assembly had Henry B. Hyde,
Richard A. McCurdy and other insur
ance bigwigs on the witness stand.
Nearly all the printed evidence taken
during that investigation lias disap
peared.
Manning Finds It Valuable.
The stenographic record of the testi
mony came into the hands of Mr. Man
ning, and lie had it printed ill book
form. The copy contained all the evi
dence that was suppressed in the offi
cial printed documents of %he assembly.
The copies sot out by Manning* be
come valuable, and but few are now
in existence. Mr. Manning said that!
ho himself had given up his copy, but
he wouldn’t say to whom.
“In the official report,” said Mr.
Manning, “questions and answers were!
changed or left out altogether. I sus
pect that these ‘mistakes’ were not in
advertent.”
WRECK IS FATAL TO 15.
Fcg Causes the Most Disastrous Wrecl
That Ever Took Flace in
Massachusetts.
Lincoln, Mass., Nov. 38.—The mosv
disastrous wreck in this state for many
years occurred at 8:15 o’clock last
night at Baker Bridge station, a mile,
and a half west of Lincoln, on the main,
line of the Fitchburg division of the,
Boston and Maine railroad. The regu
lar Sunday night express, which left
Boston for Montreal via the Rutland
system, crashed into the rear of a local
train which started from Boston for
points on the main line and the Marl
boro branch.
At least fifteen persons were killed
outright, burned to death or suffocated,
and thirty or more were seriously in
jured. Many passengers sustained
minor cuts, bruises and burns.
The wreck was primarily due to
thick weather, which apparently ob
scured signals sent ttp by the forward
train, which at the time of the disaster
was standing in front of Baker’s
Bridge station. The Montreal train,
drawn by two locomotives, and consist
ing also of nine cars, crashed into the
rear of the Marlboro branch train, de
molishing the rear cars. All of the
dead and seriously wounded were in
these.
The passengers lived In Concord,
West Acton, Maynard, West Hudson,
Marlboro and several smaller towns in
the Assabel valley. None of the pas,
sengers on the Montreal train were
seriously hurt, but the engineer and
fireman of the leading locomotive wore
killed.
The wreckage caught fire and some of
the passengers were incinerated. Few
persons live near Baker's Bridge sta
tion, and no fire department was avail
able, so that the flames practically
burned themselves out.
A partial list of dead is as follows:
EUGENE BARNARD, engineer of
the Montreal train.
—. LYONS, fireman of the Montreal
train.
ANNA HIDLBRIDGE, aged 50 years,
of Acton.
WILLIAM J. HARRIS, Maynard.
CHILD OF MR. HARRIS, 3 years
okl.
DANIEL WKATHERBEE, Acton.
MAY CAMPBELL, Maynard.
MAY COLLINS. Concord Junction.
NELLIE SWEENEY, Concord.
The uninjured and a number of train
hands, assisted by villagers, went to
the aid of the injured and many per
sons were rescued.
A special train sent from Boston
brought out a number of doctors, while
many doctors from Waltham i^nd oth
er places in this section were sent to
the scene in carriages and by other
trains.
The train upon which practically all
the casualties occurred left the north
station in Boston with four cars filled
with passengers. The train runs over
the main line of the .Fitchburg division
and stops at way stations.
The second train which figured in
the collision is known as the Sunday
night Montreal express, with St.
Hyantlie. Quebec, as its destination.
The express consisted of two locomo-1
tives. two milk ears, two baggage cars,
a mail car, three coaches and a Pull
man sleeper.
The Montreal train does not stop at
the small stations and after passing
Waltham dors not stop ordinarily until
it reaches Concord, two miles west of
Baker’s Bridge station.
BOLD COUP BY JAPAN
Russian News Agency Tells a Sensa
tional Story About Korea's Sub
jection—Emperor Didn't Sign.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 28.—The official
Russian news agency lias received a
dispatch from Shanghai giving a sen
sational account of the manner in which
Japanese forced the Korean govern
ment to acquiesce to the treaty be
tween Korea and Japan. The telegram
purports to he based on direct news
from Seoul and contains tlie following
particulars:
"At noon. November 17. Baron Hay
as'ni and M. Harivaru and M. Kokubu
entered the palace with the object of
forcing the emperor to sign the treaty.
The emperor and ministers obstinately
resisted. At S o'clock in the evening,
Hayashi having informed Marquis Ito
of the situation, the latter accompanied
by General Hasegawa, commander of
the Japanese troops in Korea, with a
military escort, came to the palace, hut
until midnight had not succeeded in
persuading the emperor to sign.
Very High Handed Course.
Thereupon Secretary Stevens brought
from the ministry of foreign affairs the
official seal of the ministry, which was
obtained by force and at 1:30 o'clock in
the morning the Japanese themselves
placed the seal on the treaty, the em
peror to the end refusing to give his
signature.
"The entire palace, even the private
apartments of the emperor, are now oc
cupied by Japanese gendarmes and it is
probable the Japanese will soon compel
the emperor to sign."
United States Acknowledges It.
Washington. Nov. 21).—Secretary Root
has informed the Japanese government
that he will hereafter conduct affairs
relating to Korea through tlie Japanese
legation here. American consuls in
Korea will be maintained, but the
Korean legation in Washington and
Minister Morgan will be withdrawn.
CANNIBALS AFTER THEM
Massacre of Shipwrecked Party on
Solomon Islands Is Narrowly
Averted.
Victoria, B. C., Nov. 25.—Details of
the loss of tile American ship Susque
hanna, abandoned in a sinking condi
tion off Solomon islands, show that
some of Captain Watt's crew had a
narrow escape from massacre by can
nibal blacks on Solomon islands be
cause of a belief that an ex-chief, whose
home was occupied by t he shipwrecked
Americans, had died because of their
presence. Mrs. dwell, an American
lady who was a passenger witli her
husband, suffered privations with the
seamen and was much admired for her
pluck.
WELCOME NEW RULERS
Norwegians Accord a Cordial Greeting
to King Haakon VII. and Queen
Maud.
Oliristiunia, Nov. 25.—The state en
try of King Haakon VII. and Queen
Maud into Christiania took place this
afternoon. The new sovereigns were
welcomed with every demonstration of
good will.
| ANOTHER MUTINY
HAS BROKEN OUT
Sevastopol Is This Time the
Scene of Trouble and Is in
Throes of a Panic.
AFTER “RUSSIAN NERO"
i
Radical Press Demands That the For
mer Prefect of Odessa Be Pun
ished Even After He Has
Been Removed from Post.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 2S.—At midnight
the Associated Press was informed by
an official of iho admiralty that the
reports received up to that hour showed
that there had been no conilict at
Sebastopol yesterday. So far as the
official knew the crews of the Black
sea fleet were still loyal, but beyond
that nothing was vouchsafed. It is
known that the troops ordered to pro
ceed from Simeropol have arrived at
Sebastopol. The sailors who mutined
number about $4,000 and belong to var
ious equipages from ttie Twenty-eighth
to the Thirty-sixth. Including the sail
ors on board the ships there were about
S.000 In Sebastopol when the mutiny
occurred.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 28.—The sua
cessful mutiny of the sailors at,
Sebastopol, accompanied by the first
open revolt of un entire regiment of
; troops has created the greatest alarm
in government circles and no attempt
is made to disguise the seriousness of
this latest crisis. The army is the last
prop of the government. Mutiny is
contagious and the epidemic of revolt
which has attacked in turn practically
all the units of the navy from Vladi
vostok to Cronstadt it is now feared
is destined similarly to spread through
the army.
Reports have been repeatedly circu
lated of sedition among the soldiers in
Manchuria and it was specifically re
ported a week ago that General Rine
vltch had to put down a mutiny with
considerable bloodshed and that prob
ably he executed forty-two officers. No
confirmation of this report was obtain
able, but whether it be true or not the
morale of the troops on garrison duty
in Russia lias certainly everywhere
been shaken by the revolutionary pro
paganda, and the fidelity of individual
units, even of the guard regiments, is
in question.
During the disorders following the
promulgation of the imperial mani
festo some of the imperial governors re
frained from testing the loyally of the
troops, preferring to rely on the Cos
sacks, who showed no signs of waver
ing.
Count Witte called an extraordinary
session of the cabinet Saturday and an
other session was held in the evening
to consider the situation. Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaevitch, president of the
council of national defense and com
mander of the imperial guard, was
present and this fact caused a revival
of the rumor that the grand duke might
be immediately appointed dictator; but
it can be taken for granted that this
step has not been decided upon, as it
is plain that a dictatorship at the pres
ent juncture would be sure to precipi
tate an immediate armed revolution.
Sevastopol, Nov. 25.—Sailors at
this port and the Brest regiment
have mutinied and joined workmen
who are holding a meeting under a
red flag. The city is in a state of
panic.
Sailors yesterday attempted to
hold a meeting. Rear Admiral
Pisarevski announced the meeting
would be dispersed by use of fire
arms, whereupon the sailors fired
on and wounded the admiral.
Odessa. 25.—Troops have been
sent from ne... quell disorders at
Sevastopol. The mutineers have sent
the chief admiral a black coffin and
demanded that he leave town immedi
ately.
Railway traffic with Sevastopol is in
terrupted.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 25.—-Radical
papers are pursuing the same plan they
did in tile case of General Trepoff, for
mer assistant minister of the interior,
and have now opened a regular cam
paign against M. Durnovo, minister of
the interior, accusing him of being the
enemy of the constitution and support
er of reaction.
They also join in a general demand
for the immediate trial of governors
and other officials thus far removed,
making a special point against M.
Niedhardt, former prefect of Odessa,
who is called the "Russian Nero," and
who, although removed from the pre
fecture, remains in the ministry of the
interior.
"All military satraps must be brought
to justice." is the cry of radical papers.
Witte Is Appreciated.
A popular address is being prepared,
tendering thanks of the country to
Witte for his services at Portsmouth
and for his present endeavors to pacify
and regenerate Russia.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 27.—Twenty
four additional squadrons of Don Cos
sacks have been ordered to be mob
ilized to suppress agrarian disorders.
Jews Must Pay Fines.
Warsaw. Nov. 25.—The governor gen
eral has instructed the provincial gov
ernor to immediately collect fines im
posed on Jews for evading military
service.
Treaties Are Exchanged.
Washington, Nov. 27.—The exchange
of ratified treaties of peace between
Japan and Russia took place at 4
o’clock Saturday afternoon at the state
department. The ceremony was simple.
ROBBER DEFIES POSSE
| He Robs a Farmer of $25 and Then
Fights Band of Pursuers with
Big Revolver.
Ottumwa, la.. Nov. 25.—One lone
highwayman defied a posse of farmers
near Centerville and escaped. The man
robbed Thomas Williams of $25 at the
Ennis bridge over the Shariton river.
Williams notified some friends and a
posse armed with shotguns and revolv
ers attempted to capture the man, but
he frightened them off with his re
volver.
DIDN’T WANT SILVER.
Run on Keokuk Bank Ends When Do
positors See Four Wagon Loads
of Silver.
Keokuk, la., Nov. 25.—The run on the
State Central Savings bank stopped
this morning almost entirely after ar
rival of tour wagon loads of silver dol
lars from Chicago and St. Eouls. The
run was probably caused by a state
ment that the president's health was
failing.
FIERCE FIGHT AT
MISSOURI PRISON
Two Officers and One Con
vict Killed at Jefferson
City.
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A BREAK FOR LIBERTY
Four Convicts, Well Armed. Shot Down
Guards and Made for Gates and
a Fight Ensued Through
Streets of Town.
Joffer.'on Gity, Mo., Nov. 27. -A des
perate attempt to escape from the state i
penitentiary was made by four convicts 1
last Friday, resulting in a ter
rific battle with weapons and nitro- i
glycerin at the prison gate, a running
light through the streets of Jefferson ,
Gity and the final capture of the four
convicts, two of whom were shot, one.
being killed. Two prison officers were
: hot dead and a third was severely
won ruled.
The dead:
JOHN (’LAY, a gatekeeper.
A. ALLISON, officer of the commis
sary department.
GONVIGT HIRAM BLAKE.
The wounded:
Deputy Warden R. R. See, shot in the
arm and hip.
Harry Vaughn, convict, St. Louis,
shot in arm.
Mutineers captured unhurt:
George Ryan, from Si. Louis.
Charles Raymond.
Warden Matt Hall, Yardmaster Por
ter Giivin and five prison guards de
parted this morning for Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., on a special train convey
ing seventy-one federal prisoners, who
are being transferred from the Mis
souri state penitentiary to the govern
ment prison at Fort Leavenworth. It
it is believed that this fact had much
to do with the outbreak yesterday, as
it is asserted that the convicts had
counted on Warden Hall’s absence in
their premediated attempt to escape.
Were Well Armed.
There was not the slightest premoni
tion of any trouble within the prison
walls. Suddenly Convicts Harry
Vaughn, Charles Raymond, Hiram
Blake, George Ryan and Ell Zeigler,
who were working in close proximity
to the prison gate, inside the inclosurc,
as if by a given signal, made a rush
for the gate. From their pockets they
drew pistols and it is presumed that at
least one of them carried a buttle of
nitroglycerin. Where these weapons
and the explosive were obtained has
not yet been ascertained.
Rushing past the gate they entered
Deputy Warden tree's office and shot
him as lie sat in his chair. He sank
back and was unable to resist them.
Instantly they returned to tlie gate and
met Gaternan John Clay, who had been I
alarmed by the shots. Before la* could
raise his weapon lie was shot .dead.
Guard E. A. Allison, who was at
tracted by the shooting, was their next
victim. He was shot through the head
and died almost instant!:-.
Then as if to signal the convicts gen- <
erally that the attempt to escape had
been started the convicts seized the bell
rope hanging by tlie gate and momen
tarily rang the bell. Gaternan Clay had
left the wagon gate ajar when lie en
tered and was shot dead.
The convicts rushed through, drag
ging his body with them, slammed the
gate shut and fastened it on the inside.
They were in the wagon entrance to tin*
penitentiary, this entrance being about
forty feet long by fifteen feet ' i 1 • and
leading to the public street Through an
other double gate of steel. This out
side gate was locked, but the despera
does were deterred but for a moment.
Blew Up the Wall.
Placing the nitroglycerin under tlm
gate they blew an opening through
the masisve door and be fore the strnmo
cleared away they had clashed part a
number of "trusty” convicts working in
the streets and ran madly for twelve*
blocks. Zeigler, it was found, laid
failed to leave the penitentiary w i!!,\
Almost before the four escaped con . i i -
had covered the distance of one block
the prison officials, heavily armed, v re
in pursuit, shooting as they ran. Pe
destrians jumped behind trees, ran into
houses and crouched dow n behind any
obstacle that presented refuge.
Those living in houses along the line
of flight, alarmed by the shooting,
rushed out to ascertain the cause.
Women screamed and tied, while the
majority of the men seized w opens
and joined the prison officials in the
pursuit, A desperate fear gave spec i
to (lie convicts and they outran their
pursuers. Near the Missouri Paeilic
railway depot they came upon a wagon
being driven by Orville l-ane. Jump
ing into tills wagon they seized J.ano
and held him to act as a shield from
the bullets of their pursuers. One of
the convicts lashed the horse into a
run.
Fight in the Streets.
The wild ride was of short duration,
however, as another posse, consisting of
city police, augmented by citizens ap
peared in front of them, and seeing
that further flight was cut off they
stopped the horse and made a desperate
stand. Lane was thrown to the bot
tom of the wagon and, crouching over
him and shielding themselves to the
best possible advantage behind the side
of the vehicle, they opened fire back on
their pursuers.
The prison officials shouted to them
to surrender or they would be shot
dead. Their only reply was a volley
from their revolvers.
Then followed one of the most des
perate street battles that ever took place
In the annals of escaping convicts in Jef
ferson City. The policemen jumped be
hind trees and shot with telling effect,
splintering the wagon and finally putting
a bullet through oue of the convicts, who
fell to the ground. Thereupon, seeing that
death was inevitable and further resist
ance useless, the convicts surrendered.
With a rush the officers closed around the
wagon, prepared to shoot to the death if
the surrender was a ruse. P.ut no resist
ance was offered. It was found that Con
victs Vaughn and Blake were suffering
front bullet wounds. Driver Orville Lane
and Convicts Ryan and Raymond were
uninjured.
Convicts Retaken.
The convicts were immediately taken
back to the penitentiary, where the
wounded were given medical attention,
while the uninjured were placed In soli
tary confinement in dungeon cells.
A rigid investigation was immediately
started to ascertain from what source the
mutineers obtained their weapons and the
explosive.
•Convict Harry Vaughn, from St. Louis,
was sentenced for thirty-five years for
first degree robbery. Vaughn is the man
who was a member of the Morris-Rosenau
gang, with which three detectives fought
a terriffic battle on Chestnut street in St.
Louis. One detective was shot dead and
the other two detectives died later lit the
| city hospital from wounds. Rosenau, one
of the leaders, was shot dead, and Mor
ris, the other loader, died subrequently
from wounds. Vaughn was badly beaten
111• and after recovery was convicted and
sentomad to the penitentiary.
Charles Raymond, also from St. Louis,
was sentenced to three years for burg
lary at.d larceny. Hiram Blake, from
Orundy county, is a.so serving a three
year sentence for burglary and larceny.
fJcorge Ryan, from Kansas City, known
as the “Ice box" man, is serving a sen
tenet* of eight years. 1011 Zeigler, from
Warrensburg, was sentenced to three
years for robbing dead bodies at a rail
road wreck.’
MOST REMARKABLE TRIP
Tug Master Signs Contract to Ride Big
Steel Dock from Norfolk to
Manila.
Washington, Nov. 27. J. D. Wood,
n tug master at Norfohc, has just
signed .1 contract with tlie navy de
partment to go out to Manila on the
"D. II. Dewey" on one of the most
remarkable cruises of modern times.
The Dewey is a big steel floating
drydock now at Solomon's island In
Chesapeake buy. which is destined to
dock tin' largest ships of the American
navy In the fur east, if this great struc
ture can ever be sueeessfully piloted
through four seas. 1 1.000 miles, lying
between Chesapeake bay and Manila
bay.
Wood Is to live aboard the dock dur
ing the voyage. He anticipates one of
the most pleasant experiences of his
life. He will receive $250 compensation
per month. His vessel will be so stable
in tHe heaviest weather that it might
be nosslble to play billiards aboard it,
according to some otlicers, and he will
have plenty of good company and solid
comfort.
The dock will be towed by the col
liers, Glacier, Caesar and Brutus. Each)
collier will have its own wireless plant
so they may freely communicate with
the dock and with each other.
The towing line will be one-half mile
long, the length regarded as necessary,
to guard against the sharp strains In a.
heavy sea; and even with this, great!
towing bits with pneumatic cushions
have been placed on the cdlllers to re
duce the chances of breaking the
largest steel ropes in the world outside
of some of the great suspension bridges.
Estimates vary as to the length oC
time that wjll be consumed in the voy
age, but some of the most competent
naval officers*believe the Dewey can be
towed at a rate of about TOO miles a day
and allow three or four months for the
trip via the Suez canaL
MARRIED OH A DARE.
Sudden Wedding of Wealthy Chicago
Young People in a Res
taurant.
Chicago. Nov. 27.—Miss Louise Mills,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Mills,
and Jesse Whitehead, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elisha P. Whitehead, were mar
ried under romantic circumstances yes
terday at a downtown restaurant.
On the day previous they became en
gaged and announced their betrothal
during Die course of a luncheon with
several friends at the same cafe. Some
one dared ilieni to marry yesterday,
and they accepted the suggestion. In
the presence of four witnesses, all
chums of the young people, they were
wedded by the Rev. John Archibald
Morrison, pastor of the First Presby
terian church.
it practically was an elopement, for
the parents ol the couple knew nothing
about the affair.
Following the ceremony In the restau
rant, the wedding party enjoyed a din
ner. after which Mr. and Mrs. White
head left for New York and other
points on a brief honeymoon.
GREETED BY ROOSEVELT
President Tells the Standpat Bay State
Lieutenant Governor Elect His
Success Pleases.
Hopedalo, Mass.. Nov. 27.—Ebon S.
Draper, lieutenant governor-elect of
M lrsaehii'. tts. was given a reception
at the town hall tonight, by the em?
ployes of his mills and citizens of Hope
ale in general. During the evening the
following letter was read:
“White House. Washington. Nov. 10.
—My Dear Governor Draper: No man
can rejoice n ore than l do in your suc
cess and 1 must send you a message to
say so. You stand for those ideals of
fearless and upright conduct in pub
lic life which I regard as of more con
sequence to the future of our people
than any possible question of merely
partisan politics.
' * T heodore R< >ose volt.”
SENTENCED FOR FRAUD
Two New Yorkers Punished for Elec
tion Crimes—Hearst Makes
More Gains.
New York. Nov. 25.—Two sentences for
illegal voting were pissed yesterday by
the supreme eourt. Thomas Halle, who
confessed that he voted Illegally tinder the
name of Thomas Hall, received an inde
terminate sentence of not less than a year
and ten months. #
The same sentence was meted out to
Thomas D. Brennan, who pleaded guilty
to voting another man’s name.
Both men voted In the Third assembly
district.
Counsel for W. R. llearst raised the le
gal point that Mayor McClellan will be
mayor of New York only as a holdover
after December 31 next unless Mr. Hearst’s
fight for a recount is ended before that
time. This was said to be due tp the fact
that under an order issued last week by
Justice Amend," of the supreme court, the
board of canvassers of New York cannot
issue a certificate of election cither to
Mayor McClellan or to the comptroller or
president of the board until the proceed
ings attending the movement for a re
count are ended.
In many of the districts canvassed by
"the board of canvassers of the New York
district discrepancies were found yester
day and the Hearst representatives claim
their candidate gained more than 150 votes.
This gain was disputed, however.
NORDICA DECLINED.
A Brooklyn Girl Played Sulamith in
“Queen of Sheba," in New York.
New York, Nov. 27.—This city en
joyed :i brilliant revival of Carl G. Old
mark's opera, "The Queen of Sheba," in
the Metropolitan opera, house. The
presentation, which was one of the
most elaborately staged in many years
In this city, was intended to open the
New York season, but Mme. Nordica
declined the part of Sulamith and it
was necessary to postpone the work.
The libretto is by Mosenthal and the
1.200 costumes were prepared in Vienna.
Cast night Kdyth Walker played the
title role and Marie Rappold, a Brook
lyn girl, new to the operatic stage, was
the sulamith. Miss Rappold won the
applause and sympathy of her big au
dience and at the end of the first act
was cheered and applauded as she;
with others of the company, responded
to a curtain call
RESCUE IS EFFECTED
FROM WRECKED SHIP
Life-Saving Crew r.t Holland,
Mich., Saves Passengers
and Crew.
BIG STORM ON LAKES
fho Argo, After a Trying Voyage
Through the Night, Goes Aground
Just Before Dawn and May
Go to Pieces.
Holland, Mich., Nov. 27,—During a
terrific storm on Lake Michigan last
night the passenger steamer Argos of
t’. e Graham-Morton passenger fleet,
went hard aground on a bar near
north pier and nil efforts to release
her have been (utile. The boat Is in
great danger of being pounded to
pieces. Owing to heavy seas It was Im
possible for u life-saving crew to reach
the steamer and thirty passengers and
crew numbering twenty-two, were
safely taken off by the breeches buoy.
Had a Rough Voyage.
The Argo had a r.ough passage across
Lake Michigan hist night and tre
mendous seas were rolling when the
steamer arrived off Holland light at 4
a. m. today. Captain Stewart ap
proached the harbor - mouth as usual,
when, just as she was entering the
plots, a great sea struck the Argo and
hurled her against north pier, carrying
apportion of it away.
The steamer was carried along on
the crest of a wave until she went
aground on a sandbar. The vessel
struck midships with her head to
shore. As soon as the lookout at the
llfo-savlng station in the harbor saw
the Argo was in trouble he turned in
an alarm and the crew immediately
put. out In their surf boat.
Heroism of Rescuers.
Fighting a powerful headwind and!
enormous seas, the life-savers, after
herculean efforts, succeeded in pulling,
tfteir boat out to the (harbor mouth, hut,
the-seas were so,high ft was Impossibles
to reach the side of the Argo. The
crew then returned to shore and;
dragged their cannon and.shot line ap
paratus to the beach and began rescue
work from there.
The first-persons brought ashore were
Mrs. P. J. Mlsker, Mrs. C. Johnson and
Mrs. W. T. Conan and little daughter
of Big Rapids, Mich, and Mrs. C. W.
Earl of Chicago. All of them were
thoroughly soaked.
Spray was dashed over them in
clouds by a fifty mile an hour wind,
but all,reached the beach without suf
fering any .injury.
Men Taken Off Last.
After their safe arrival, the work of"
taking off male passengers was begun,
and one by one they were drawn "to the
beach.
Passengers retained their self pos
session throughout the tryhig experi
ence and there was nothing like panic
ut any time after the steamer struck.
Unless aid conies within a very few
hours it is thought she will surely go
to pieces on the beach.
Since the first grounding the gale
Increased steadily until at noon it
reached fifty-three miles an hour. iThe
Argo Is a steel steamer of 740 net tons.
17,"?*feet long and thirty-one feet beam,
valued at $00,000.
DUPE OF “KING SOLOMON’
Notorious Black Clairvoyant Accused
of Hypnotizing and Kidnaping a
Woman for Her Wealth.
Chicago, Nov. 27— By the use of
hypnotic powers, "King rSolomon," a
negro clairvoyant, formerly of Minne
apolis, is alleged to have practically
kidnaped Mrs. Jennie H. Doolittle, 60
years old, and to have taken her to
New York, where she is spending her
$20,000 estate for the support of his
mod i um 1stlc enterprises.
Her daughters, Dr. Adelaide H. Hoef
fel and Mrs. John F. HoefTel, 22 Aldine
square, filed a petition in the superior
cour t yesterday to restrain their moth
er from disposing of her Illinois prop
erty, and asking for a receiver. Tho
probate court was also asked to ap
point a conservator for Mrs. Doolittlo
on the ground that she is "under tlie
influence of fakirs and charlatans.”
A petition was filed recently in the
county court to have Mrs. Doolittle
declared insane, because of her accept
ance of the domination of the negro,
hut site left the state before papers
could be served on her.
"King Solomon” is a powerfully built
negro, more than 6 feet tall and weigh
ing more than 200 pounds. He carried
oil Ids clairvoyant business in Indiana
avenue. j
EMBEZZLING EDUCATOR.
Dougherty of Peoria Gets Fourteen
Years in the Penitentiary.
Peoria, 111., Nov. 27.—Newton C.
Dougherty today pleaded guilty to five
of the forgery charges against .him.and ®
will be taken to tlie Joliet penitentiary l
either tonight- or tomorrow. He ap
peared before Judge Worthington this
morning, pleaded guilty and was given
a sentence of from one to fourteen
years on each of the five counts, same
to be concurrent.
As he left the court building. Dough
j erty said to the jailer: "Well. I guess
I’ll have to do it.” In the court room
j there were 200 spectators who had
i heard that the ex-educator and flnan- J
cier would plead guilty. Attorney Ir
win addressed the court. He said |
Dougherty had turned all his property
over to him; that he (Irwin) had been |
I given tlie right as an attorney to set
| tie the affairs of the prisoner. He add- ,
j i d Dougherty's property would amount ,
! to more than the school board defalca- \
j tions. He admitted that Dougherty had j
! been careless and said that he stood ,
willing to take his punishment,
i Judge Worthington repilied as fol
j lows: "I find it necessary to send him ;
i to tlie penitentiary, as the law provides. 1
will be severe punishment. On count j
No. 200 the sentence will be confine
ment in the penitentiary at Joliet for |j
art indeterminate term of not less than
one year or more than fourteen years.”
-Ill counts 21, 240. 243 and 244 the
same sentence is imposed. That's all."
While the court was speaking
Dougherty looked straight ahead ot
him and did not move a muscle. He
said nothing when the sentence was
pronounced anil was taken back to jail, x
escorted by his attorneys.
FOOTBALL PLAYER LOSES EYE
Chicago, Nov. 24.—It was definitely (
settled today that Leo. DeTray, -star
halfback ot the Chicago university
eleven will not be ablo to play in the
Thanksgiving day game against Michi
can university. One of his eyes was
Injured two weeks ago and its sight is
practically gone.