Nebraska Newspapers

    EXPEDITION OF
RELIEF VESSEL IS
WITHOUT RESULT
Signal Pole and Rusty Razor
Art Only Traces Found
of Frederick Jeffs.
On Board the U. S. S. Yankton, Aca
pulco, Mexico, March 3 7.—Marked by a
signal pole ‘erected by a solitary man,
the point on the desolate Indefatigable
island at which Frederick Jeffs, an
American sailor, made his last unheed
ed appeal for succor from death has
been found by Lieutenant W. R. Gher
ardi. commanding the Yankton, and his
volunteer rescue party, recruited from
the American battleship lleet in the
Pacific.
The signal pole was found by the res
cue party alongside of a brackish
spring ten miles from the spot where
the captain of the Norwegian vessel
Alexandria, which was wrecked on Al
bemarle {gland in May, 1907, contrived
to exist with a part of his shipwrecked
crew until relief arrived. Had Jeffs
remained with his shipwrecked mates
he would have been saved.
The failure of the releif party under
Lieutenant Gherardi means that Jeffs
in all probability is dead. The rescuers
went to their work equipped with every
known means of locating the missing
man. Guns were fired by day and rock
ets by night. Powerful searchlights
were litted up and used to throw bolts
of light into unknown fastnesses of the
island The crew under Lieutenant
Gherardi was cut up into small parties,
and each of these, accompanied by a
native guide, went as far inland as pos
sible until prevented from proceeding
by the density of the cacti and the vol
canic formation of the surface.
Aided by Native Guides,
The Yankton's men camped ashore zo
that no lime might be lost In going to
and from the ship each day. The na
tive guides were men from Chatham
island, another of the dreary Galapagos
group. Every one of the scant trails
and marks of habitation made by the
few men who ever lived on Indefatiga
ble island was known to these men, one
of whom served a term of three years
if exile on Indefatigable island for
murder and explored it thoroughly.
None of the efforts of the Yankton’s
men result .<1 in finding trace of Jeffs
or his body
One faint ray of hope remains to the
family of the lost sailor, that of his
rescue by some passing vessel, but this
Is so dim that it is scarcely worth har
boring. So far as is known, no vessel
has visited the island since last Octo
ber. when the captain cf the Alexan
dria and those of r*s crew who were
with him were taken off by a sloop sent
from Guayaquil, Ecuador.
When the Alexandria was wrecked,
on her way from New Castle, Australia,
to Panama, in November, 1906, the
crew took to two boats, the first mate
and a part of the crew in one and the
captain and the rest of the men in the
other. The mate’s boat reached a set
tlement on Chatham island and the men
were sent to Guayaquil on a schooner.
On their arrival they caused to be or
ganized the. « xpedition that found the
captain and his men. It is believed that
no boat since that time has touched at
the island and that therefore Jeffs had
no opportunity to escape prior to the
arriv >1 of the Yankton.
Find a Deserted Camp.
Even the boat in which the captain
and his men made Indefatigable island
was wrecked. There were no trees from
which another might be made. The
shipwrecked mariners fell into great
hardships. Turtle and fish were found
in abundance, but there was no fruit or
other form of food. In the party was
a title and a shotgun, but there was no
cattle «»r game to shoot. One of the
parly succumbed to«the hardships in a
few days and was buried on the island.
Camp had been pitched first near the
same spring at which Jeffs’ signal pole
was found, but on exploration it was
found that better water could be had
10 miles away, and the camp was
moved. Jeffs refused to go with the
others, saying that there was as much
chance of his being found where he was
as at the other place. That was the
last seen of him by any of his fellows,
and the probabilities are that when
Ills mates moved their camp away from
him he looked for the last time on a
' human being.
The rescue party from the Yankton
located without difficulty the abandoned
camp of the Norwegian captain’s crew.
Following directions obtained from
Guayaquil the United States marines
had no difficulty in finding the original
camp in which Jbffs was left. Here
also they found a rusty razor, on the
handle of which was carved the name
“Jeffs.”
The Jeffs relief expedition was the
result of information sent to the state
department at Washington by R. B.
Jones. American vice consul at Guaya
quil. to the effect that an American
sailor was stranded on Indefatigable
island. The information was communi
cated at once to the navy department,
and a dispatch was sent to Rear Ad
miral Evans asking him to try to find
Jeffs. The Galapagos group is almost
In direct line with the route of the
American fleet from Callao to Magda
lena bay. Admiral Evans immediately
asked for volunteers. It was known
that the expedition would be fraught
with danger.
Much of the sea in and around the
Galapagos group is uncharted, and
what little is known of the channel in
dicates extreme danger to navigation.
In a distance of 4,000 miles there is only
» lighthouse, at San Cristobal, and
this serves to illuminate only four
miles of sea. In the navy department
die charts of this region are dotted
with spell notes as “current very
strong. '
Despite the difficulties there were
many volunteers, among them Lieuten
ant Gherardl. The Yankton was as
signed to tne task and as many volun
teers' as could be used to advantage
went on her. The departure from Cal
lao was the signal for a demonstration
In which the appreciation of the
bravery of the volunteers was mingled
wi111 apprehension for the safety of the
Yankton and her men.
Frederick Jeffs was working his way
liome from Australia when he was ship
wrt • kcfl. He has a sister, Mrs. Henry
G. Clai idge, living at South Norwalk,
Conn, while his parents live in Vic
toria B. C. He was Z9 years old.
AMEND REGULATIONS
FOR MEAT INSPECTION
Washington, March 17.—An important
mijonduient to the meat inspection law
is proposed in a bill introduced in the
House by Representative Haugen, of
low a. # It provides that 1 bels shall be
pi.,v*v5 on cans, pots, tins or other re
cfpiiM ies containing meat or meat pro
. ii1 is- declaring the contents of such re
I e-ptrK les, when they are packed, and
ft hi d.’vte of such packing. Mr. Haugen
will l ave a hearing before the House
•cotnrnHU-e on agriculture on his bill at
an early date.
QUARTET OF CAPITOL
GRAFTERS ARE GUILTY
—
Jury Returns Verdict in Famous
Pennsylvania Con
spiracy Case.
Harrisburg, Pa.. March 17.—The Jury
in the first of the capitol conspiracy
cases to be tried last night gave a ver
dict of guilty as to every one of the
four men who have been on trial here
for the past seven weeks, after six
hours deliberation. There were two
ballots taken, but the Jury did not
come into court until two hours after
reaching a conclusion.
The men found guilty are John H.
Sanderson, contractor; William P. Sny
der, former auditor general; W. L.
Matheus, former state treasurer, and
J. H. Shumaker, former superintend
ed! of public buildings and grounds.
Motions for new trials were made in
»*,ch case.
Only Sanderson and Snyder were in
court when the verdict was given, an*
neither would talk. None of the coune
Sel for the defendants would say any
thing about the case.
The maximum penalty for each de
fendant in this case is two years im
prisonment and $1,000 fine.
The four men were convicted of de
frauding the state In furnishing the
new capitol, which cost the state about
(113,000,000 instead of $4,000,000, the
figure at which the contract was esti
mated.
The present cases constituted one of
the longest jury trials In the history of
the Pennsylvania courts, and it at
tracted much attention throughout the
country.
The prosecution of the alleged frauds
was the outcome of the political up
heaval in Pennsylvania in 1905, which
resulted in the election of William H.
Berry, a democrat, as state treasure^
in the fall of that yenr.
Berry threw open the books of the
“tate treasury and showed that the cost
Of building the capitol was more than
three times the amount of the con
tract. The case was laid before the at
torney general and the indictments and
convictions followed.
(fAlLROADS^lL NOT
PAY FOR OVERTIME
Chicago, March 17—Nearly every rail
road management In Chicago lia*
served notice of the cancellation of ex
isting schedules relative to the pay of
telegraphers, and has asked fbr a con
ference respecting a new agreement.
Several such conferences are to be
held here during the next two or three
weeks, and there may be a struggle be
tween the members of the orders and
the railroads regarding pay for over
time.
It Is the purpose of the railroads, or
some of them at least, to disregard
overtime in so far as It affects the pay
of the members. Under the present
scale overtime Is paid pro rata, but the
men receive not less than 25 cents an
hour.
MANY CITIES AFTER
GRAFTER WILSON
San Francisco, Cal., March 17.—De
spite the fact that several cities are
■Homorlng for the surrender of H.
Mortimer Wilson, the Boston man, ar
i ested at a hotel with his beautiful
wife on a charge of attempting to
■ash a check for $1,000 bearing the
”orged signature of Governor Guild, of
Massachusetts, the local attorneys are
making every effort to secure evl
i fence for prosecution here.
Chief of Detectives fvelley has se
cured a great mass of evidence, in
cluding check books, perforating ma
chines, bank books and hotel silver
ware. If Wilson Is prosecuted here
tn effort will be made to secure as
witnesses representatives of the Shaw
mut National bank, of Boston, and
possibly Governor Guild himself.
Mrs. Wilson is still held at the
ounty jail. She requested that her
brother, Calvert Sargeant, a rich mer
chant at Sunnystde, Wash., be sent for.
She said:
"I am the divorced wife of a Bap
ist clergyman named Webb, who used
:o be at Cedar Rapids, la., and is now
filing a pulpit either In Grand Rapids,
Mich., or Baltimore. He Is the father
rf my little daughter, now 7 years old.
i married Mr. Wilson because I loved
him, and I still honor and believe In
him. Some awful mistake has been
made in his arrest."
In the event that Wilson is not
prosecuted here he probably will be
'aken to Denver.
BRITISH STEAMER
RUNS ASHORE
Woods- Hole, Mass.. March 17.—The
British steamer Silvia, which left New
York yesterday with passengers and
freight for Halifax, N. S., is ashore on
Sow and Pigs reef, off Cuttyhunk. Her
| compartments are full of water.
Similarity between a log signal on
i blew Hen and Chicken lightship and
' that on the Vineyard sound lightship
is said lo have been the cause of the
grounding just before dawn.
Thirty-flve passengers on the Silvia
tmong whom were the crew of the
Wrecked schooner Beta, were taken off
t noon and sent to Boston. At the
me of the accident there was a thick
j, but the sea was smooth.
SUES TO RECOVER $2,000
GIVEN A FORMER WIFE
Ida Grove, la., Ma-ch 17.—John
Meyers, now living In Cheyenne, has
! brought suit against Ed H. Campbell.
! of Battle Creek, as attorney and trustee
1 for Agnes Meyers, former wife of plain
i tiff, for $2,00u assigned to her one year
! ago. One witness is here from Montana
who got $140 mileage. Judge Church will
hand down a decision during his vaca»
I tlon.
i H. N. McDonald died Wednesday «t
the home of his nephew. W. E. John
ston, in this city, after months of sick
ness from asthma and heart trouble.
Fred Michaelson and Miss Anna
1 Wiese were married at the home of
the groom’s parents. They start to
housekeeping on one of the Michaelson
j farms.
son eeatsTather
WHEN REFUSED THE
PHiCE OF WEDDING
Ocrtervillc, In., March 17.—Peter
( irown demanded that his father give
Mm $100 with which to get married. His 1
father reiused, whereupon the son as- j
sauilcd him with a brickbat, giving the
old gentleman a severe cut above the
eye. The wouldbo groom was arrested
«nd lined. 1
PRIEST’S ASSASSIN
WILL BE HANGED
Alia Is Found Guilty «f Murder
of Father Heinrichs at
Denver-.
Denver, Colo., March 16.—“Is there no
appeal?" These were the only words
spoken by Gulseppe Alla when In
formed by Interpreter Matter that the
Jury found him guilty of murder In the
first degree and fixed the sentence at
death.
Just eighteen days after firing the
shot which brought death to Father
Leo Heinrichs at the altar In St. Eliza
beth’s Catholic church while In the act
of administering the holy sacrament,
this waif front Italy, an alleged but not
proved anarchist, heard his doom.
In the court room not three blocks
from the church where he committed
his crime and within the sound of the
chimes which he said drew him to that
church, Alia received .Judgment deliv
ered by a Jury of his peers. Stolid to
the last, tw simply nodded his head and
whispered' Jo the interpreter, "la there
no appeal ?”
Then his chin sank on his breast and
he made no further comment.
When the jury had been polled the
Judge thanked them for having done
their duty and expressed his approval
of the verdict.
Attorney W’iddecombe, of the de
fense, made a motion for a new trial
and was granted five days In which to
file papers. The prisoner was then or
dered to be returned to the county Jail
pending this action.
The trial, which has lasted only three
and a half days, was over. Under the
laws of the state Alla cannot be hanged
within 60 days of the rendering of the
verdict.
There was absolutely no demonstra
tion In the court room when the ver
dict was read by Foreman D. S. John
son, a mining engineer, at 2:45 o’clock
In the afternoon the finding had seemed
Inevitable from the beginning and the
audience received It In silence, appar
ently satisfied that justice had been
done.
PRETTY GIRL SUES
PATENT MEDICINE
FIRM FOR $50,000
New York, March 16.—Miss Ilulda
Kulger has begun suit against the own
ers of a widely advertised patent medi
cine for S10.000 on each of five counts
for what she calls the unwarranted use
of her picture and a letter purporting
to he a testimonial from her.
Miss Kulger has had her troubles
since her pretty face was advertised.
She has a desk full of jffers of mar
riage, showing to her mind that a
young yoman who is set forth in pub
lic print as having been cured of a
patent medicine malady Is a better as
pirant to matrimonial honors than the
average subscriber to a matrimonial
agency.
A physician asked her in Lenora,
Kan., to come and “look him over, with
the object of matrimony,” guarantee
ing return fare should he prove unsatis
factory.
In La Junta, Colo., was a man ’•those
chief claim to her attention was the
fact he was not born a wild and woolly
Westerner, but came from Illinois.
A Michigan City man expressed an
overwhelming desire to become ac
quainted with a young lady so full of
good looks and health.
Miss Kulger's friends said many
things to annoy her and aggravate the
damage to her feelings.
GIRL WELL AND STRONG
AFTER 31 DAYS’ FAST
Los Angeles. Cat., March 16.—Miss
Ella Priscilla Grove, a Chicago school
teacher, today entered upon her 31st
day of perhaps the most remarkable
fast ever attempted. Although it Is
nearly five weeks since Miss Grove ate
her last meal, she is looking and feeling
strong.
During the first month of her fast
she lost seven pounds, but was not
weakened thereby.
Miss Grove is fasting for the purpose
of demonstrating that health is to be
derived from abstinence from food. She
has an invalid sister whom she wishes
to help thereby.
WAGES OF 4,000 *
OPERATIVES CUT
Nashua, N. H., March 16.—Notices
vere posted at the mills of the Nashua
Manufacturing company and the Jack
.son company today, announcing a re
duction of 10 per cent in the wages of
4,000 operatives, effective March 30.
“J. PIERPONT MORGAN
A CHRISTIAN EXAMPLE"
Cincinnati, March 1C.—J. Plerpont
Morgan was held up as an example of
Christianity by Rev. Murray Bartlett,
of Rochester. N. Y„ who is conducting
noonday Lenten services at the Lyric
theater.
He said: "One man with his own
bare hands went out and held off that
awful financial crash. His was a Chris
tian act. and it showed that he Is a
type of Christian who may be used as
an example.”
TORPEDO BOAT RUN
DOWN; A LIFE LOST
Cuxhaven, March 16.—The Herman
torpedoboat "S 12.” was run into and
sunk by :,n unknown steamer at the
mouth of the River Elbe today. The
chief engineer of the torpedoboat was
drowned: the remainder of the crew
were rescued.
ROUTE OF FLEET
AROUND THE WORLD
Washington, March 16.—Admiral
Evans’ battleship tied, after leaving
San Francisco will visit Hawaii, Samoa,
Melbourne. Sydney, Australia and the
Philippines, and return to New York
by way of the Suez canal.
SOUTHERN DISH
POISONS ft ANY
Upper Sandusky, Ohio. March 1C.—
Five hundred people were poisoned
here last night at a social given by the
ladies of the English Lutheran church,
by eating chicken and waffles.
By midnight u!i l.lie doctors in the
city were busy.
Today some stores could not be run
,because clerks were unable lo appear.
It is believed no one will die.
OLD WOMAN LIES
DOWN ON TRESTLE
AND SAVES LIFE
Mrs. Rocker, 70, Caught on
Railroad Bridge, Shows Rare
Presence of Mind."
i _
Norfolk, Neb.. March 16.—Caught on
the Norfolk river bridge by the Sioux
City passenger Mrs. Rocker, an old
woman living on North First street
saved her life by lying down on the
edge of the bridge while the train
passed above her.
Mrs. Rocker Is said to hr more than
70 years oid. She is a widow and lives
north of the M. & O. tracks on North
First st'vet. She uses the railroad
bridge as a short cut to 'own.
Mrs. Rocker whs returning home
when the Sioux t'liy passenger came
upon her She was past the water und
tried to drop between the ties of the
bridge but her foot caught. She had
only time to lie down Hut on the edge
of the bridge.
She was badly frightened, but still
grasped her market basket. She was
not hurt.
WHAT’S WHISKY?
WE LL KNOW SOON
Washington, March 16. —- What’s
whisky? The country is going to know
soon.
Issues have been made up between
the government and the James ('lurk
Distilling company, which will bring a
test of the pure food law. so far as It
relates to the manufacture of whisky,
and will decide also whether Attorney
General Bonaparte’s construction of the
law is correct.
The pure food law might have had a
comfortable enough experience If It
hadn’t been for whisky. The whisky
people took offense from the start. The
attorney general, after a long contro
versy which split the pure food author
ities of the department of agriculture
!n factions, was appealed to by Presi
dent Roosevelt to decide what whisky
really was. The president didn’t pre
tend to know, but he had a prejudice
against certain mixtures of neutral
spirits with whisky, the result to be
sold as blended whisky.
The attorney general decided that
whisky was whisky: that a mixture of
two whiskies was a blend: that a mix
ture of whisky with neutral spirits was
a compound, and must not be called a
blend: that neutral spirits, doctored
and colored, must be called imitation
whisky. He insisted that these essen
tial facts must appear on the label.
It was a long time before the whisky
people got around to making a test
case, but at last one has been started.
The Clark company has just filed Its
answer to a suit begun by the govern
ment In which a test of the law and
regulations will be secured.
LORD ROSEBERY SEES
MENACE IN SOCIALISM
I.c.ndon. March 16—"The active men
.ce of socialism” with which Great
Britain is confronted was a prominent
i and striking feature of Lord Rose
bery’s presidential address before the
i Liberal league. The former premier
was discussing the necessity for the
I league’s unceasing support of "sane Im
perialism” in which category he In
cluded the maintenance of the policy of
free trade.
"Protection." Lord Rosebery declared,
"Is a great evil, a great tyranny and a
source of corruption.”
The speaker foresaw, however, a.time
when the present movement In parlia
ment founded on Ideas of social re
i forms might lead to such enormous
pressure in the way of direct taxation
us to make the nation seek relief by
shifting a part of the burden to the
taxution of Imports
| The time might come, but Lord Rose
bery said he trusted to God It never
would, when the liberals would be
forced to choose between allowing the
socialists to gain the upper hand or
allying themselves with the party of
protection In order to defeat socialism.
Of these two conditions, he for one,
: without hesitation would prefer pro
tection. This would be a great evil
„nd a source of corruption, but social
ism would mean the end of the empire,
religious faith and fieedom and prop
v* •
Contrast With America.
Formerly Great Britain had a strong
second chamber backed up by tne veto
of the sovereign. The latter has long
i since disappeared, said Rord Rosebery,
' and It Is sought to do away with the
second chamber Contrast this with
the conditions in the United States, the
most democratic community In the
world.
• There," he said, “you And a .written
constitution, not one syllable or letter
of which can be altered without grave
i and lengthy constitutional processes.
I You And a Senate of overpowering au
thority and you And a veto in the
| hands of the president, not a veto that
has fallen Into desuetude, but an active
and vigorous element In the constltu
j tlon. Here we have nothing but the
feeble barrier of the hereditary second
chamber which It Is now said ought to
be entirely abolished.
“I honestly say, considering the men
ace of socialism which has reared Its
j head In this country In the lust year
and is prepared to rear itself on every
I occasion, that It strikes me as amaz
I lug that the government at the present
time should embark on the policy of
! abolishing the only barrier remaining
' between It and the people."
Rord Rosebery admitted that the
house of peers needed reform, but It
Is not such reform as Is suggested by
the present government.
CHESS EXPERTS OF TWO
NATIONS IN A MATCH
New York. Mch. 16.—An Internation
al chess match by cable between teams
of ten men representing the United
States and Great Britain was begun to
day at the Brooklyn Chess club and In
Rondon. The Sir Georg: Newnes
trophy Is the prize of the contest.
YANKTON FAILS TO
fl .D LOST S/ILOR
Washlng’cn, March 1G.—According to
a wireless message received at the
navy department, the cruiser Yankton,
| which was detached from Admiral
, Evans' fleet to search for the Amerl
: can sailor Jeffs, supposed to be lost on
. Indefatigable Island, returned without
having found any trace of the lost
■nan
WALSH’S SENTENCE
IS FIVE YEARS'
Judge Anderson Refuses to
Grant New Trial to Chicago
Banker. . . c__
Chicago, March 16.—Federal Judge
Amlcrson today denied the motion for
a new trial ii» the case of John R.
Walsh, former president of the Chicago
National bank, convicted of misappli
cation of the bank's funds.
Mr. Walsh was sentenced to five
years’ Imprisonment In the federal pen
itentiary at Fort Leavenworth. As
soon as the court announced the decis
ion refusing to grant a new trial, the
attorneys for the defence entered mo
tion for arrest of Judgment, which
they argued for some time. It was
generally thought about the court room
they would consume two or more hours
giving their reasons for the granting
of this motion, but Attorney Hart, who
presented It, ceased speaking In about
JO minutes.
Judge Anderson then promptly over
ruled the motion and sentenced the
banker.
Judge Anderson, In denying the mo
tion, first took up thequestlon of alleged
nonassent to verdict on behalf of
Juror Palmer, reciting circumstances
from the records of the court, and
declaring:
"It cannot be said for a moment
that Palmer dissented from the verdict.
To my mind there is but one construc
tion to be placed upon the whole mat
ter, and that is that he assented to
the verdict.” The court further de
clared charges of misconduct on the
part of the Jury were not founded
on fact. On the point of alleged er
ror committed during the trial, the
Judge said:
"Generally speaking, I want to say
that this defendant has had a fair
trial. Nowhere did the court allow
evidence to go before the Jury which
was calculated to prejudice the case
yf the defendant. In my opinion, no
Reasonable man could hear the evidence
in this case and have any doubt that
Ihe defendant Intended to do the things
(hat are charged against him In the
ndlctment.”
"For more than SO years I have taken
part In legal procedure as lawyer and
mdge. and It Is my deliberate con
viction that more reckless and utter
llsregard of law never has been shown
In a euse within my experience. The
defendant was a banker, and president
pf a national bank. The proof shows
no loaned to himself substantially
seven-tenths or three-fourths of the
entire assets of this national bank—
$17,000,000 or $18,000,000, w hich was In
vested not In properties which had been
developed, but In railroads and other
properties which he hoped to develop.
"The banker was lost In the pro
moter, speculator, railroad man. Evi
dence clearly establishes this. To my
mind there has been In recent times
no clearer demonstration of the state
ment that a man who Is a banker ought
to be nothing but a banker, and that
until at least these bankers who own
and manage national banks understand
that when they serve their bank they
ce.nnot serve other Interests—until that
Idea prevails, cases like this will prob
ably continue to arise.
"Under all circumstances my duty
qppears to me to be perfectly plain, and
his motion for a new trial Is over
ruled.”
Judge Grosscup, of the United States
circuit court of appeals today granted
Mr. Walsh a supersedeas. The latter
was released under bonds of $50,000
pending the hearing of his appeal.
WHILE DREAMING
HE SHOOTS WIFE
Washington, March 16.—Hugh Hol
lis, a clerk in the treasury department,
who served for a time as private sec
retary to the commissioner of internal
revenue, shot and killed wife at their
home today.
Early this morning the wife arose to
attend their cljlld. As she returned to
the bedside Hollis awakened, pulled a
revolver from beneath his pillow, and
fired, Instantly killed the woman.
Immediately he w'ent to sleep again
and knew nothing of the shooting until
he afterwards was awakened. He al
ways has borne an excellent reputation.
He declares he was dreaming of burg
lars.
Hollis Is prostrated with anguish
over his awful deed.
WHITE GIRL MARRIES
NEGRO; PROUD OF HIM
Chicago, March 16—"I’m happily mar
ried to the man of my choice and I
don’t think It’s anybody’s business what
his color it.”
This was the declaration of Mrs.
Ulysses Grant Chapman today as she
lovingly entwined an arm around her
dusky husband's neck. Mrs. Chapman,
formerly Miss Grace Green, is a grad
uate nurse of a Chicago hospital. She
fell In love with Chapman while the
latter was an elevator boy at the hos
pital, and on March 4 they were mar
ried.
Mrs. Chapman is the daughter of a
wealthy Kane county farmer. She is
24 years old and her husband is 28
When the marriage became known tc
his employer late last night it caused a
sensation.
MRS. ELMER DOVER HURT
WHILE DRIVING AUTO
Washington, March 1C.—In an auto
mobile accident in that part of Rock
Creek county known as Horseshoe
tiurve, three persons, Mrs. Elmer Dover,
wife of the secretary of the republican
national committee; her little daugh
ter, Mary Elizabeth, aged 8 years, and
Mrs. Arthur E. L. Fisher, of 1354 Mon
roe st., N. W., were injured.
Mrs. Dover sustained a sprained arm
and lacerated face and head, while her
daughter was badly bruised about the
body, and Mrs. Fisher received a slight
flesh wound. The machine was going
at a fair rate of speed, and when about
50 feet from the top of the hill, Mrs.
Dover attempted to apply the brake,
but it refused to work, and the automo
bile crashed into a steep embankment
and was overturned. None of the party
was dangerously injured.
PROeE OF DELAWARE
AND HUDSON WANTED
All any, N. Y.. March 16.—Application
war. made to the public service com
mission today by attorneys for Hymans
Zoom Ambsterdum, Holland, and oth
ers to Inve-vlgate the Delaware &
Hudson railroad with reference to the
question of Impairment of capital stock,
and to Intervene in the suit of Hymans
and others against the railroad and
take such further proceedings us are
necessary to prevent the payment ot
,tha contemplated dividend at 9 per
cent.
CHINA AND JAPAN
ARE COOLING DOWN
Apoiofie* and Not War Prob
ably Will End the Tatsu
Maru Affair.,
Toklo, March 14.—The demand of the
press and public of Japan for aggressive
action against China In connection with
the Tatsu affair Is subsiding.
In the well informed circles It is as
serted that China will eventually agree
to the demands of Japun In consideration
of the pledge upon a part of Japan that
closer watch will be kept upon the ex
portation of arms.
China's Official Statement.
Shanghai, March 12.—'The following of
ficial statement has been Issued by the
Chinese government with regard to the
lelzure of the Tatsu Maru:
"The Tatsu Maru, which Is of deep
draught, anchored first oft Chun Chow,
outside of the Portuguese limits, but
changed her anchorage within two hours
to Kin Cow. The Chinese naval police,
accompanied by the customs foreign of
ficers, boarded and found her hold In a
position ready to discharge the cargo,
which consisted of ninety-four cases of
rifles and forty cases of ammunition.
“Tho Chinese took nautical observa
tions. clearly determining the ship’s posi
tion within Chinese waters. Officers wera
left on board for the night, and a tele
gram was sent to Canton to the viceroy
for instruction. The Japanese captain
twice offered bribes, or the surrender of
the cargo, provided the ship was not
seized.
"The Chinese officers, observing the
Portuguese police boats were hovering
around the steamer, feared complication*
and wrongfully hauled down the Japanese!
flag. At 4 o’clock on the second after
noon, no Portuguese officials having
boarded the ship, she proceeded up ths
Canton river, and the next morning ths
Chinese officials Informed tho captain of
the steamer that the customs regulations
provided for the holding of a Joint In
quiry within three days, but this Inquiry
was not requested.
"China, fearing that Japan was seeking
a pretext for trouble, apologised for haul
ing down the Japanese flag, and proposes
to release the ship, only recognizing 'force
majeure.’ ’’
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WU 13 RECEIVED.
Washington, March 14—.President Roose
velt officially received Wu Ting-Fang, the
newly appointed Chinese minister. Min
ister Wu was brought to the White House
In the carriage of Secretary Root, who ac
companied him. Speeches were made by
the president and by Minister Wu.
GIVE PREFERENCE TO
TOTAL ABSTAINERS
Washington, March 14.—Representatlva
Acheson, of Pennsylvania, Introduced a
bill "to promote efficiency among military
officers" by providing that total abstain
ers be given preference in promotions.
PUBLIC BUILDING
FOR FREMONT, NEBb
Washington, March 14.—A large number
oil public building bills were ordered fa
vorably reported by the Senate committee.
They Include the following: Fremont,
Neb., (50.0U0, and Marysville, Mo., (60,000.
UNCLE SAM TO HELP
“KIDS” TO SAVE PENNIES
Washington, March 14 —Children are to
be encouraged to save their pennies by a
feature of the postul savings bank bill to
be reported by the subcommittee of the
Senate committee on poBtofflces and post
roads which Is considering the various
postal bank bills. It has before It the
bills Introduced by Senators Carter, Bur
kett and Knox, the latter being the meas
ure favored by Postmaster General Meyer.
The committee has taken the best feat
ures of all of the blita, and Is drafting
what it believes to be as near perfect a
measure as can be made.
The feature that Is expected to attract
the children Is taken from the Carter bill.
It provides for the sale by the postofflcea
of cards, each to hold nine stamps. A
child may purchase a card for 1 cent, and
buy stamps at 1 cent each. When nine
stamps have been attached the child may
deposit the card and receive credit for a
deposit of 10 cents.
TILLMAN HAS FUN
WITH EX-NAVAL AIDE
Washington, March 14.—Commander A.
L. Key, formal naval aide to the presi
dent, In his testimony before the Senate
naval affairs committee proceeded to com
pare American ships constructed since 1899
with British ships built in the same per
iod. His diagrams tended to show that
American vessels are overdraft to a great
er degree than the English ships. Ho
agreed with Admiral Remey and Captain
Winslow that ships should carry full
bunkers of eoal when they go into action.
His observations in regard to the draft of
vessels were that the direction of tho
Walker board of May 18,1906, that "a bat
tleship’s normal draft should be her fight
ing draft, not her maximum draft, with
full stores on board” had been disre
garded by the naval constructors.
“You were naval aide to the president
what are your duties?” asked Mr. Till
man.
“Chiefly to attend functions at the White
House—” the commander began, but he
was interrupted by Senator Tillman, who
said:
“In uniform, Just as an ornament?”
“Oh, no, sir; not at all,” the witness re
plied. “The naval aide is supposed to go
with the president on trips to visit ships.
He to a sort of an attendant.”
Senator Martin wanted to know if the
aide is not expected to advise the presi
dent in regard to the naval program and
other matters.
“If the president had a young officer in
that capacity his advice would be re
sented by other officers, I think,” said the
commander.
INDICTED BANKER
DIES OF PARALYSIS
New York, March 14.—John G. Jen
kins, the Brooklyn banker who with his
three sons indicted as the result of
banking investigation which followed
recent financial panic, died at Sea.
Clin’. L. I„ today from paralysis.
' H MNS CN AUTOS
SPREAD CONSUMPTION
I c hicago, March 14.—Chains on auuuuo
hti,‘ wheels are accused of spreading con
sumption. The charge was made at a
meeting of the city c-uncll Judiciary com
mittee, and an or dir one" forbidding their
use was dscusstd. Ur. J. G. Pennington,
who appeared before the committee, said:
"You pass a law forbidding a man to
spit on the sidewalk to curb consumption,
and then you let him put a chain on hl»
automobile wheel to stir up the dust and
! germs on the street. As a Iirolth measure,
an anti-chain ordinance should be passed-"