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fiUEGCniPTION PIIIO: j : (3.00 PER YJ1XM OITARLOTTI1, ti. CI, MONDAY HORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1907. PRICE FIVE QL1VX VJ. tr a Mir TnN iv rr ran niu n PASSED AWAY AT HOT EITJNG3 One of Charlotte's Most ropula Vftnn Mn Answers A sudden Call ia Arkaucos Where He Bad Gon for His Health ana news 01 wo ' Bad Death Caat a Gloom Over the City Mr. Wilson Wan Thorough Clolng Business Man and Social - lavorite Tha Remains Will Start Home This Afternoon A Party of i Young Men.: to to iec aim, rCpocinT to TheSMrvenf I Hot Springs, Arlt,', Feb.' 2. Hamll , "ton -WV Wilson, a visitor- here from . "Charlotte & G, waa found dead in 1 , .'his bed In his room on the second t ' floor?of ;:tbeArUngton'$ Hotel -this " morning at it -o'clock-', y;0M' $ ' Although5 It ii ; generally believed . that ho committed suicide there was '- no iwldeaWtwIiitfTerliy'l;! deadly ,drug , to hla wain. ' There , ' were no marks Of violence ; on ins - body, and when found the. features - wore plaoid 'aa though be was la a ' " very'deeo aiSi';:lliM&k This? -mornlne: at It o'clock, one ot the : friends of the deoeased having 'nn engagement Vtth him went to nle room and knocked on the door, which ,r im locked. Receiving no reply, the t iniuu uououw yuoMi aiw .ji wkmwm aarAAam m am em m mMnan V 1 the authorities of the hotel who with 1 a i pass key ,; entered the room ; and he found Wilson dead la bed, dressed " i In his night clothes.; 'A close search was 1 " made, . but evidence of any drug yf wa fo'und in the room. , ( " - "N ' ' Ula .nniolnliniua hora oa.it ' aaairn v no cause for self-destruction, for ' , during the ..whole time has haa been . bare, he haa: been In ; the . beat f aplrit and bad not dissipated at au. . Ula health seemingly; was good. , -The body? haa been embalmed at Che 1 undertaking establishment - of Buchanan , ft Bentse. . . The remains mHll h ahia.niT via. that Rock ' lalamd , Jtallroad to-morrow afternoon at 1:10 . O'OlOCk. : ; "" l "1 "'v '. hn ihilith of December Mr. Wli- -: con left here for Chase City Vs.; for treatment jus uu - ueou , auiiBrui for some time with rheumatism. At ' ter remaining in Virginia for several - weeks he went to Hot Springs, Ark., Where he died. Several daysv ago some of his Charlotte friends receiv ed from him a letter, in which be said that he had net been well for a week. It is believed that he took an overdose of some strong drug, which :. affected his heart , Mr. Hamilton Wltherspoon Wilson was the eldest 'child of Mr. -and Mrs. , George E. Wilson, of thU city. He was 10 years old on last Saturday and s survived by his parents and two. sisters,' Misses Annie and Sarah White ..Wilson, and a brother. Mr. George , J3. Wilson, JrJ ; After igraduallng from : Davidson College -Mr. Wilson came , to JCharlotte,4 where he bogan his bus- tness career. He waa the telle of the VIMorchants V Farmers' National Bank. Among other social and fraternal or- ganlsations Mr Wilson belonged to the Southetn Manufacturers' Club, the Masons, the Bbrlnera, the Kappa Alpha fraternity and the Elks. He - was popular in business and social circles v Messra John A. Tate, George P. , Wadsworth and Dolph M. Toung left fcere last night for Birmingham,- Ala., ' where they will meet the remalna. ' The death of Mr. Wilson has caat a . (loom over the city. ' Mr.- Wilson had many friends. Oc cupying the position which he did, s be came in daily contact with all sorts avnd conditions of people, j He was a . t.n.ln.1. man tn tha finnr-tlns dUTlnC arVlr hnun. Aftl th bank ClOS- : cd in the afternoon he was ready for any term of innocent amusement Which his whilom eomrades might r suggest His. friends knew him only .: a . Ham" Wilson, a companion of genial and unassuming manners and unbounded liberality. In his treat ?, tnent of his friends, he never swerv- ed- in loyalty and willingness to help .' at ali;lmea Those- who knew him Intimately . liked him best He tm- - proved on acqualnunce, a rare trait Whoever knew and associated with . " Ham'' Wilson wUI feel a deep and sincere sorrow because of his sudden and most sad- death. V " : ' ' , ' 6TJMTER rulEMEX'S ILL LUCK. .Hamcs Destroy Union Station While , Tbey are Attending Funeral of Ctiicf tlraluuii Two More Firemen ' - Hurt , ' ' . r Sumter. S. C. Feb. J 4. -While both ' companlea of the - lire - department v were attending the funeral of Chief Ocahany who was killed ' by falling walls in the fire here Friday, a blase . t broke out at S o'clock In the baggage . room of the union station and gained gufflolent headway" before the depart- - tnent could ' respond, to: destroy the ' feuiidlng. ; " v Firemen Eugene Stanslll scaled the building and was lighting the blase from, the roof when an explo sion of gaa occurred on the interior, hurim him toihe ground and severe ' y cutting him about tho face and -' head with particles -of slate roofing. "-Firemen Frank Lyman. was also se werely cut by flying slate but not so- - rlousiy. SUnslll , wa Uken to , the , bosplttt and may recover. : r. - , The loss of the station, which was , a two-etory strnctnre, was 15,000, fully oovered ' by Insurance. ' About 1 St pouches of-United SUtes mall was - destroyed or damaged by v water and several pieces of baggage.: burned. . The contents of the ticket office' were destroyed. The Are4 broke out" at' I ' clock . this afternoon and w)u not extinguished until four hours Jater. - It originated Mn ' the . baggage room, but the cause is a mystery, as It Is ; ald there was no Are in the stove and no - one was .Inside the, station. , passengers ' awaiting- " tralna . were . eauMd much aufferinaV as they had ' to stand outdoors In a -downpour of I rntn, , with 4he ' thermometer .below ' - the .treeting point ; , . , , , ; v-V ' ' r ' ; 1 !v V-. :;, '? Naval Academy to Mert Harvard. , " Annapolis, itdvFeb. 14. The foot--" tall team of the Naval Academy -will . tneet Harvard next sesson for tha first time in the history of the Institution, a gsraevhavlng been arranged to take ' - place at Annapolis October II. There ' fn still hop of arranging a gam -with Princeton vfdr October ; II. The rhdule Includes a geme November f 3 with Virginia roiyiecnmo tnsu- a - uta " r' ' ROAD ISSUES STATEMENT. Only Tangible Erldcnce Pound of Canse of Accident Near Johnstown, in Which Many pcrHona Were In jured, the Broken Brake Hanger. "" Philadelphia, Feb. 2. The Penn sylvania; Railroad Company to-day Is sued a statement In explanation; of the accident on Friday ,1 night near Johnstown, Pa.,' in which, many pas sengers on the Chicago special wore injured. The statement Is the result of " an investigation ; conducted by A. C Shand, chief engineer; L, R. Zol linger, engineer maintenance' of way, and . Herbert , M. r Carson, assistant to General Manager ; Atterbury. ' . ,It 1 stated "that the bniy .tongible evi dence of the cause of i .the accident found was the broken, brake hanger, as stated by the management ytaitt' day."-,if -.v-w ;v'...V; -.-; . .The statement further sajrsti " 'The " investigating oommlttee was Informed by the superintendent of motive powef at Altoona; ; that the engine -on train No. . II, the; Chicago special, was carefully inspected before it left the round ' house and was in perfect bondltlon. ': The gauge of the wheels of the v engine , wa measured by the committee after the accident and-found to.;be' xact fxfx'. t "Wlthr r reference lo the V steel Ues. which form part of the track where the accident occurred the committee informed .General Manager" Atterbury that the three-quarters of a, mite of steel tie track-west of the derailment and a email stretch east of It. were found to be ln"perfect condition. This led the committee to believe that the entire length of track equipped with steel ties was in excellent condition before the accident occurred., . 1 !" ' ' i! ' I . PIttsbufg, Feb. ' 14. Flva women passengers . were - Injured. It Is said they sustained cuts and bruises, but they later continued their Journey west. . , "v , -. - '"' ' " "' ' ; " WILL BE REPORTED TUESDAY,: Expected That Findings of Committee . toveetlgatlng, Charges Against' Tex as Senator ntVill , be- Submitted to the Legislature on That Time. Austin, Tex4i Feb. 14. It ia expect ed that the findings of the legislative committee ,- investigating ; charges against United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey will be reported to tha two houses of the .. Legislature not later than Tuesday. K? Senator Bailey and his attorneys are urging upon the committee the need of haste as Senator Bailey announces he will leave Thursday In order to reach Washington by March 4, to be installed as Senator. . . A discussion is how on as -to whether or not' the committee will have any right to report anything but the evidence. The friends of Senator Bailey vara of - the opinion that the committee can also v make its sugges tion that there, is nothing In the evi dence to in any -way reflect upon Senator Bailey. It this procedure la followed the minority of the commit tee ,wUl bring , ia :. an adverse report asking that the House take fuU recog notion of the evidence and act upon It as they see fit ;iMt lay also stated- that some of the' opponents or oen ator Bailey will make an effort to pro long the agitation-even to the extent of taking the matter to Washington, in the -way of a memorial. FORCES NOW IIT HONDURRAS. Nicaragua Went to War Because Hon . duran Forcfce Attacked Small Gar . tison v on the Frontier, Looting, Burning and Killing. : ' New York, Feb. 14. The Associat ed Press to-day received the follow ing dispatch': . ' "Managua. Nicaragua, Saturday, Feb. ti, 0:10 p. m. "We went to war because Honduran forces attacked our email garrison on the frontier, looting, burning and kill ing. We demanded satisfaction and it was denied us; wo agreed to accept whatever ' decision the arbitration court might render, i but ' President Bonllla, of Honduras, dissolved the court by withdrawing the Honduran arbitrator. ' "Nicaragua haa triumphed In four combats over , the Honduran forces without suffering one" defeat - Our forces are to-day- In the territory of Honduraa (Signed .?, ' " .; u: , "ZELAYA, "President of Nicaragua" - HEAVY HAND OF DEATH. - Two Deaths In One Family Within Twenty-rYmr Boars and a Third ia Expected to Die. Special to The Observer. Salisbury. Feb. J 4. fteath has laid a heavy hand upon the family of Mr. Richard Lane. Last night his wife, who had been 111 of pneumonia for some time, and to-day at noon Miss Mary Lane, his daughter, -15 years old, passed away from a com plication of diseasea Miss Kate Lane, an anut, who resides with the family, is critically 111 and Is not ex- Eected. to survive the. night Mrs. ane is a Rowan county girl and was married to Mr. Lane Just three weeks ago. - .She was his second wife. Mr.' Lane' is a preacher connected with the Plymouth Brethren denomi nation. :.-! - s. 5,000 FAMILIES OF IMMIGRANTS. Narlene of Glgantlo Coloniiation Pro Ject m Meiico 1,000,000 Acre of Land Secured for-the Parpoee, ... v San Antonio, Tex.', Feb. 2 4.-A ape clal from Tamplco, Met. aays: v i Five thousand families of European Immigrants are to be' brought to the northern part of the State of Neuvo Leon as the nucelus of a gigantte Colonisation project. ;, two minion acre of land -haa been secured upon which to establish the colonists. , ; The tract, is: being prepared and a line of railway to connect the MaU amoras branch of the national with the principal points of the property Is now under construction. A deep water port- on the Gulf of , Mexico is also being established. , Z-i 'IS NORTH CAROLINA PRESIDENT. Dr. Vi E. Turner Of Raleigh,' Chosen as Chief Executive of the . James town Dental Conventton. - : Richmond, Va..'Feb. 14. The fol lowing officers, for ' the ' Jamestown dental convention have been elected by the executive committee of the convention In session at Norfolk: Dr. v. E. Turnr of Rsieigh, N. C, president; Dr. B. Holly Smith, of DaU tlmore, vice president'; Dr.' J. Y. Craw ford, of Nashville, Tenn.. . hoaorary vice president; Dr. George Keese, of Richmond, va4 aecreury general and Vr. F. M. Flnley, of Washington, D. C, treasurer, ?.'-,., . , i II AKTRipOB AT TIIE TOMBS i i . - A RESTLESS DAY FOR THAW Possible Interrintlon of Crosa-Ex animation of Defendant' vir .t Prosocutlon to Hear Allenlste i jK-rense With Apparent View of Having Commission in Lunacy Ap- pointed Discussed at Tombs, But n is understood Jerome V lubes to ; . Avoid Such Drastlo . . Aotion-Wcll Known Fact That .' Thaw nnalma Nothing Less Than to Undergo a .meiiuu lUMnunauon, and I'ears juave Home Baals in Fact in State. ; ment That Mrs. WUllam Thaw Ex. pressed to Mr. Jerome Willingness New , Tork,r Feb. 24. Clifford W. Hartrldgej persoaal Jcounsel td Harry K., Thaw, iVlslted. the prisoner at the Tombs vto-day and for an .hour: the two discussed various matters, among them, it was said, the possibility that tha-prosecution might sek-to inter rupt the cross-examination of the de fendant's wife when Thaw's trial was resumed to-morrow morning, . ' f It bad been reported, though with out apparent authority, that District Attorney Jerome would -shift fols. at tack oa the defense end insist 'that the direct examination f Mrs. Deem ar and Blngaman, the alienists for me aerense, be concluded before the SUte continued its cross-examination of Mn. Thaw. This move' would be conmruea as in the direction of an application for a lunacy commission hi unm. maw, ".iV-':fri":y-''.- iuis report u saia to nave reached the prisoner and caused him no lit tle uneasiness to-day. Mr. Hartridge, however, was able to assure him that mn. maw's examination " would be completed before the defense' called other' wltnessea Stipulation to this effect had been given, the lawyer said. -Attorney John B, Gleason, associat ed with the defense, spent tO minutes with-Thaw earlier' in the day.. . win spite of these talks with hla counsel th prisoner was reported as having spent a restless, unhappy day. It is well known that be 'desires nothing icb iaan io undergo a mental examl nation. , , iv-v.- That Thaw's fears have soma basis in fact was evidenced to-day in a Biaiemeni creauea to a court omcef. According to this man, Mra William Thaw, mother of Harry. 10 days ago approached the district attorney through friends and . expressed- her willingness that a commission in lun acy be appointed. The mother's state of mind, it was said, was the result of having read the harrowing story told on the witness stand, tar her daughter-in-law; and the merciless cross-examination by Jerome, com bined with the natural shrinking she felt from taking the witness stand herself. ... It Is understood that Mr. Jerome, on his part, wishes to avoid at this time sMch drastic action as asking for a lunacy commission. He declared In court, however, that if he could be convinced that the slayer of Stanford White was Insane he would drop the prosecution. v THE LYRIC THEATRE BURNED. Fire at Altooaa, Pa., Snppoeed to ATflave Resulted From Crossed Wires Loss . $80,000 $10,000 Damage joue in um office. Altoona. Pa., Feb. 24. The Lyric Theatre conducted as Keith's vaude ville house was destroyed by fire to day. The fire is supposed to have been caused by crossed electric wires on the stage. The house was opened last November. The loss is about 190,00. Ex-Congressman J. D. Hicks and D. J. Neff, whose law offices were in the building, lost 110,000 on their office furniture and law library. Sev eral other occupants of the building lost heavily. The insurance is only partial. - While running to the lire, Wm. W. Redding, of Dixon 111., a visitor to the city, was stricken with paralysis, and Is in a serious condition at the Aitoona Hospital. Many Injured In Fire Scare. Chicago, Feb. 24. More than a dosen women and children were In jured, several of them seriously, In a fire scare in an Italian church to day. Two hundred persons became frightened by escaping vapor from a radiator and rushed from the build ing. Most of the injured were tram pled on or cot by glass from a win dow, which was demolished. Nine Business Places Burned Out Mllville, N. J., Feb. 14. A Are which started - to-day In the livery stable of Jere Clark, on High street, burne dout nine business places and caused a loss estimated at $60,000. The Are Is supposed to have been .started by the dropping of a match into a lot of corn busk in me eraoie. $133,000, Fire at Warren, Pa. Warren Pa., , Feb. 14. Fire to-day destroyed the barns and contents of the Warren Street Railway Company and caused a loss of $115,000. Its origin, la unknown. Only four cars were saved. . v , College of Sta Marie Burned. Montreal, Que., Feb. $4. The Col lege of Ste Marie, at MarleviUe, was burntd to the ground Saturday. Two hundred and twenty-live students es caped. - Many of them lost their ef fect. The loss Is $100,000. Big, Fire at Elmtra, N x. Elmtra, NVY.. Feb.' 24. A fire to night In the Gerlty Broa wholesale drug ; bouse at Lake y, and Carroll streets, caused ' $75,000 , damage to took 'tad building, v.-; farvr-v-. -'. ! Presbyterian jChapcl Destroyed, ' : : Troy, N. Y 'Feb. '' 2 4. Woodslde Presbyterian chapel was destroyed by fire lo-day. The loss is $(2,000. . Muskogee, t , TV Has $100,000 . Fire. ' Muskogee, t T., Feb. 24 Fire to day destroyed the Culbertoa' building, causing a loss of $100,000. ' j , riye-Story Building Damaged,' ' ' St Loula Fsb.s 24, A flve-storV building at Franklin ' avenue ' and Seventh street occupied by the Globe Clothing Company was damaged' $75, 000 by fir this ' afternoon. . Three firemen were slightly hurt, , ,, ., , . ' - ..V ' ' Lieut Gov. of Brunswick Dead, Frederlctonl N. B.i Feb. '$4. Jabes Bunting Snowball, Lieutenant ' Gov ernor of .Brunswick, dropped dead to night In . Queen street on his way to attend service In the' Cathedral His death was due to heart disease. He opened the tension of the Legislature on February 14, and bad since been daily at bis office in the Parliament building. He suffered a light attack of the grip ' last week. Governor Snowball was 70 years old. lie wts head of the Snowball Company, man ufacturers and exporters of lumber fa Chatham. ....--., ....... AMJMCAN TBACT J30CIETY RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE THE5IB Sermon by Rev. Z. It Dyott, of United Congregational Church, ; Brooklyn, i; Before Washington 'M , Mooting, ' a Most Earnest Pica for the Dis semination of Christian Truth Secretary Iteporte 69 New Pnbll- - cations' and Two Periodicals Dur " : ing ' the Year, Including IS Dlf . f ercnt Languages Literature ! ; of "v Society indispensabla in. Work- of ; ' Lifting Immigrants to Jtlane of Good Cltizexuililp. .: ;.';,-V ; ;f;-v . Washington, Feb. ,24 The Wash ington, meeting of the American Tract Society was held to-day in the Flrat Coagregatlonai church.' Rev. Merrill E. Gates, D. D., honorary vice president-of the society, former president of Amherst College and now secretary to the board of .Indian commissioners, presided. Rev.. Z.4 R.; Dyott,' pastor of the United Congregational church, of lyv;Brooklyn,'v'vN.fjY),1:i preached";: the sermon, and . Rev. Dr. ' Judson Swift, the : field secretary, made the report , The subject ; of the sermon waa "Religious;,'1 knowledge" , It was a most earnest - and ' eloquent plea for the dissemination, .;iM Christian truth, showing that a true knowledge of God ,i Is tha r strongest force for righteousness, both with the indi vidual, and the nation. The secretary reported 49 new publications and , two new periodi cals added to the! soolety's list dur ing the year. The new publications Include 15 different languages, and the total number 'of languages and dialects In which the society haa published Christian truth to 17 J, and the grand -: total of all publications from the home offloe for 81 years is 789,841,665 copies Tbe report aays; - "The colportera employed during the year have made 279,480 family visits and have distributed l$,B20 volumes, making the total results v of colportage for 05 years 18,968,858 family visits and 16,661,458 volumes distributed and 1,875,988 case in which prayer was offered or personal conversation had on the subject of CJirlstianlty. PRC-BLEM OF IMMIGRATION. . "The .greatest problem looming on the national horiton is that of 1m mlgraUon. The figures Indicate that with the fiscal year ending June 80, next more than tour ..million Immi grants will have arrived during the preceding four years. They must be lifted to the plane, of good citizen ship. The Christian literature pub lished by the American Tract Society la indispensable in this work. The society's colporters meet and wel come them at Ellis Island, the na tion's gateway,' and also follow them to their homes with the literature and a personal visit - The children and youth are directed to the mis sion stations, and -Sunday schools. The tract society Is distributing liter ature among the Immigrants in 34 languages and dialects. "The. mission : work in the island possessions is largely dependent up on the Spanish publications of the American Tract Soolety, its ovar-300 distinct publications lav Spanish prove to be the strong right arm of the missionary. One of 1 tha , mission superintendents in Cuba writes, 'Your New Testament, with notes In Span ish, Is like manna fro mheaven for these people.' - -"The call for Christian literature at the foreign mission stations Is unprecedented. A missionary 42 years in the foreign Held, says, 'With an adequate supply of Christian liter ature In the native languages the power of the present foroe of mis sionaries could be multiplied ten fold.' , CRYING NEED OF THE HOUR. "The crying need of the hour Is Christian literature abundantly sup plied., and widely distributed. The forces that make for righteousness must be both encouraged, and em phasised throughout the nation. Education alone is powerless to make character or transform the in dividual or Commonwealth. The publlo schools, colleges and uni versities do not have- aa a distinctive part of their curriculum the saving of souls or the training of Christiana The gospel truth on the printed page must be proclaimed throughout the land. - "The Tract Society's resources are exhausted and all of Its work crip pled and enlargement Impossible owing to the absence of funds. Not lese ; than one million dollar Is needed immediately to enable the society to greatly Increase .1 Its col porters and provide the Christian literature required ' for , world-wide evangelisation." . ; V - ., A VATICAN COMTJNICATION. French Cabinet Has Taken Recourse . to Old Strategem ' by Pretending Peace, But Putting Forth Conditions- Already Known . to be Unac- cepteble. , . ., ? r' ;' Rome, Feb. 24. The Vatican-communication issued Saturday In which it was stated that the negotiations for the, lease of churches were re garded to have been broken by the French government, also said that. the French cabinet bad taken recourse in an old strategm by pretending It wlahed peace,, but butting forth con ditions It already knew ; were ' unac ceptable. The communication also remarks that Minister of Education Brland, when he presented the sep aration la wof . 1J44, admitted that the foreign clergy could participate In cultural associations because .other wise Dutch and English protectant ministers and German rabbits would have been excluded but now that it Is only a question of Catholics he does not admit foreign priests as head of partshetf ' ' ''','-" ' - -v "; Brother of Iowa Senator Found Dead Bod-.',,,..:., '" Vnr Mm . Towa. Feb.. 14 Victor B, Dolllver, 46 ysare old, a brother of Senator Doinvsr ,; or ; ipwa, , was tnunA dead In bed to-Ale-ht. Dolllver went to bed Saturday night apparent ly In good health.' He had apparent ly died while asieepv An inquest, win be held to-morrow.5. " ' r rviiiiver was known In Iowa as a campaign orator, a business man, and benefactor or Morningriae voucgo at Slout City. vV--'-: v'. ; V Discharged by Coroner's Jury.' ' , Klsatmmee, Fie., 84. John Hughes, who shot and killed Irving Slmp-on here yesterday afternoon, was to-day discharged by the coroner's Jury as JusUHei, -,'. WEEK'S KEWS FOSECASTED SUBSIDY BILL IN THE HOUSE. The ..Only Measure That Is Likely to Receive tho Attention of That Body The Aldrlcb linandal B1U in the i Senate Only 1 Two , Appropriation BiUa Have Been Entirely Disposed of by Congress Senate Will Aim to . Clean up its Calendar the Harri : man , Investigation . by thca Later- , State . Commerce : Commission . At . trnctlng Attention Baseball Men to s ; Hold , Series of Meetings in New A York i; City Another New York Tragedy, to be Aired in Courta. . Aside from appropriation bills and conference . reports, the, ship subsidy bill; is' the. only i measure 'of general importance that -is likely to receive the attention of the House, and the Aldrlcb. financial bill, the only that probably will receive the attention of tha Senate during this the closing week of Hhe last session of the flty nlnth Cohgresa' It Is Senator Aid rich's purpose to press his . bill ; for corBldratlon whenever opportunity offers, and he is, still hopeful of suc cess i notwithstanding the opposition, the congested condition of business and the limited time left The House friends of Bhlp subsidy also profess themselves as hopeful, but they admit that every day that goes by without action lessons their chances.' They stilt ask to have two or three days set aside for the consideration of the subsidy bill when conference reports are not before the House, and the Inclination of the leaders Is to gran: this consideration. - No other business will be permit ted, to ' interfere with appropriation bills and conference reports in either house,' but there will be time when other business may be interjected and suoh miscellaneous legislation may be expected.----", .AIM OF , THE SENATE. As usual," the Senate will make an effort to clean up the calendar and by the end of the week, there will be few Senate measures lft to which there is not Insuperable objeotlon. Air of the appropriation bills ex cept thegeneral deficiency have pass ed the House, but there are still five of these measures' to receive first con sideration at the hands of the Senate. These are the agricultural bill, which is now under consideration; the. post office bill, the pension bill, the sundry civil bill and the general deficiency bill. It is expected that the consider ation of the agricultural bill will be concluded Monday and It will be fol owed by the postoffice bill. The graz ing and forest reserve propositions on the agricultural bill will receive some more attention and with those mat ters disposed of the Senate will take up the Beverldge amendment regarding meat Inspection and with that out of the way It is hoped that the bill will get through without any further con troversy; TWO PORK BILLS GONE. The only two appropriation bills that have been completely disposed of by Congress are the legislative and diplomatic bills. All the others that have been passed by both houses have still to be acted upon In confer ence and as the Senate has not allow ed any of them to, get through with material additions, much spirited de bate may be expected upon these re ports. ' Both houses will materially prolong their sittings. They will be gin at an earlier hour la the morning and night sessions will be the rule rather than the exception. In addi tion to the appropriation bills the 18 hour railroad employes bill and the criminal appeals bill as well as many other matters comparatlvey of minor Importance are in conference and will call for attention from both houaes. It will be a very busy week and Con gress will do well to conclude Its bus iness within the time prescribed. Senator Depew will make a formal ad dress In' the Senate on the deposit of the Tublle moneys on Monday and Senator Patterson another on Wednes day on the question of the govern men ownership of - utilities. There will also bs an effort during the week to secure the ratification of - the Do minican treaty. HARRIMAN INVESTIGATION. Of the many general events sched uled for the week, Interest is expect ed to centre chiefly In the proceed ings before the Inter-State commerce commission, which will meet In New York City on Monday to oontlnue Its Investigation of the Harrtman rail roads. Many . notable financiers and railroad men - have been subpoenaed and are expected to appear for exam ination at this sitting of the commis sion. Notable among them all is B. HN Harrlman, the controlling, factor In the vast, transportation system of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacifia lines. .It Is planned to call Mr. Harrl man to the witness stand Immediately upon the opening of the hearing and it la believed that fully two days will be consumed in taking his testimony. Among the other men who are ex pected to appear before the commis sion this time are WUllam O. Rocke feller, Jacob H. Schleff, head of the greats New York banking house of Kuhn, Leob A Co., which has financed many of the Harrlman deals, Otto H. Kahn, also a member of the banking firm; C. Wr Hllllard, comptroller of the Chicago A Alton RallroCd; Wil liam Mahal, comptroller of the Union Pacific: Alexander Miller, secretary of the Union Pacific, and others. Baseball men representing both the major and minor leagues, will hold a series of meetings In New Tom city, The annual schedule meetings of the National and' American Leagues will begin Monday and probably continue a -v .a aLt until weanesasy. un wsanesaay m national baseball commission will be gin a session which is expected to consume the remainder of the week. The commission will pass upon many -disputed points affecting- tha various leagues of the country.' ' . ; NATIONAL SKATERS TO MEET, On - Tuesday the National Slating Association will hold a meeting In New York when an effort v will be made to 'Straighten the tangle which haa grown out of a conflict of author ity between the association-end the Amateur Athletic Union. . V v The trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder 6f Stanford , White , enters upon Its sixth week, with little pros pect of an early termination, v y A rase which clvee promise of de veloping sensational features - Will come up in New York Thursday when Mrs. Lottie Wallau will be formally arraigned for a hearing on a charge of having murdered her mother, Mrs. Ida Binge, by administering mercury In champagne while Mrs. Dings was desperately fit. Mra Wallau Is now at liberty under $60,000 ball. '. King Frederick Augustus of Saxony will leave Dresden. Monday on a visit to King Alfonso of Spain, and King Carlos, of Portugal. -..( . s - . -, -j-j . .,. TRAIN ENTERS OPEN SWITCIL One Coach of Pennsylvania Express , Telescoped and Two Others Do ; railed New York Express : Nar rowly Eecapes ! Running Into Pittsburg, Feb. 24. The Phila delphia express oh the Pennsylvania Railroad, due to arrive here at 6:85 to-night, ran into an open switch in the yards at 16th street above Erie to-night - : v-s-rnir-i-"IV: '''': 'i :"'' v The ambulances from; the Western Pennsylvania and Allegheny' General Hospitals were hurriedly . summoned to the union station, but according to the railroad officials rand ; hospital physicians, no one was injured.;' ':i The New v York express, . due here at 7 o'clock, narrowly escaped run ning into the Philadelphia train and caused a i panic ' among the already frightened .passengera'iV'' " ' One coach on the Philadelphia train was telescoped and two others derailed. ' The .-train was late and was running ' faster than usual , through the yardaV ..' i ''i":': .:'': .Hr-j-x--. Although the. accident occurred al most in the heart of the city, H was some time, before It became known. The first report said a number of passengers ' had been seriously , in jured, and many newspaper reporters were rushed to the 16th street yards. Aside from stating that no person had been injured, all Information was ra fused. , ;- ' PASSENGERS FAST IMPROVING. Condition of Those Injured in Wreck of Pennsylvania Wreck Reported From Hospitals as Excellent. -Pittsburg. Feb. 24. The condition of the passengers injured in the wreck of the' Pennsylvania special near South Fork, tlx miles from Johnstown, Pa,, shortly after midnight Saturday, is reported to-night from the Aitoona Hospital and the Allegheny General Hospital, in this city, aa being excel lent John F. Kline, postmaster of Jollet HI., who Is the most seriously Injured, passed a favorable day. Jn addition to many cuts and bruises Mo. Kline sustained a puncture of the lung. It Is said at the Aitoona Hos pital to-night .that he will recover, however, unless complications set In. Frederiok A. Busse, postmaster of Chicago; Samuel F. Nixon, Philadel phia; Felix Isman, Philadelphia; Frank P. Rodgers, Chfcago; E. J. Jollet, Ills., and C. W. Winkler, Chicago, who are also in the Aitoona Hospital, are resting easily and will be able to leave the Institution ia about 10 days. H. F. Piperbrlnk, Jollet, Ills., was able to go home to day. W. H. Baker, of Chicago, who was In the Allegheny General Hospi tal In this city departed for home early to-day, and J. Wood Wilson, Marlon, Ind., and Thomas Bauer, of Lafayette, Ind., will, It Is expected, leave the hospital In a couple of days. 40 OF SnilIP'S CREW PERISHED. All passenger aboard 111 -Fated Im peratiix Were Saved Survivors ' Brought to Port on Foreign War ships, t riau Tiling Af Tm). Wall Ik All the passengers on board the Austrian Lloyd steamer Imperatrlx, which ran on a rock Friday evening naar Cape Elaphonisi, were saved, but 40 mem bers of the crew, of whom 82 were Austtians (fa-nd vight were (Indiana, perished. Amon gthose rescued are the cap tain, the doctor and the first engineer of the Imperatrlx. Foreign waahlps brought 62 sur vivors to this port and others were transferred to the Austrian Lloyd steamer Castore, which was sent from Trieste to assist In the work of rescue. Several persona who were Injured at the time of the disaster, are being at tended here. It has been learned that the first boat launched fro mthe Imperatrlx was swamped immediately. STEAMERS MAY BE FOUND. 4 Soundings Being Made In Vicinity Where Leurchmont Went Down Hope Given Up of Recovering Any thing. New London, Conn., Feb. 14. It Is now thought that the sunken steam er Larchmont may never be found. The T. A. Scott Company, with rep resentatives of tho Joy Line spent to day making soundings to ascertain the depth of water In the vicinity fwhero the steamer is supposed to be. There is it is stated, no possibility of the larchmont being raised even if she Is found, on account of the great depth of water, making It Impossible for a diver to work. .... Soundings showed in some eases a depth of 25 fathoma The wrecking company has given up all hope of recovering anything from the steamer. FREAK FATALLY BURNED, "WUd Roma, Monkey Girl1 From Yn . cntan." Meets With Fatal Aoddeut at Columbia. Columbia, a C, Feb. 24. "Wild Rose, the monkey girl from Yucatan," a freak which has been on exhibition here by a carnival company, was burned so badly last' night that she died early this morning. She was 45 years old,. Ignorant and Idiotic, mak ing her wants known, by Inarticulate sounds. She wss left slone, locked up In a room.-' A dog's frantic yells attracted attention to the fire. House Pays Tribute to Its Dead. . '": Washington, Tub. 24. Eulogies on the lives of the late Senator Russell A. Alger,, of -Michigan, and the late Representative Henry Cullen Adams, of Wisconsin, William H. Flack, ot New York, and J. H. Ketchatn, of New York, were pronounced to-day In the House, which convened to pay tribute to these statesmen. Many of the members delivered eulogies. ; Mr. Lever, of South Carolina, was among those who spoke In eulogy of Mr.. Adams and Messrs. Hay and Lamb, of Virginia, among those, who paid , Success la ?Tym Ian Broke Ends ;of w. New Orleans, Fb., $4 Control was secured to-day over the dangerous crevesses near Jesautta Bend, -the State engineers succeeding in "tying In" the ends of tne- orojcen leveo so that - the breech did not ' widen. It . . . ... J IL.l t. a was announced , inni "noma the ' situation become threatening the crevessse con be closed, al though at greet eon. It was decided to let the break flood the surrounding country at least for a few days. , . r ,- f .-V f ; . v -i. n - ' ' The Sumnrr Back From Cuba. V i Norfolk. Vav Feb. 24. Tha Uniied Ctatos transport Sumner arrived In Hampton liosds from Cuba to-day aud pNvvlc4 to Newport Kiwa, niS. BOSTON VISIT ENJOYKO Great Crowd Asnemblcd at South , lerminal Heartily Cheered tho Executive, Who Seemed In a Jotlut Mood nd Acknowledged Demon stratlon by Waving Arms and Bow- ,:lng-PmtIent and Daughter En Joy Delightful Ride in Russian Sldgh at Ayre Junction at "Hun dred House" President Gives What He Called "A Short Sermon to , Boys" to Students, Patrons and ,' Friends of Groton School. Boston, Feb. 24. President Room- velt who arrived ' here vesterdav nn an j unofficial visit .with' members' of nisv, family, departed fori Washlngtoa to-night on a special car attached ta the' Federal xpresa;;';;.;-,?;; As the . train ! moved out of ? tha south terminal at 8:02 o'clock. tha crowd that had assembled f; cheered " heartily and the President acknowl edged the demonstration by waving ' arms : ana Dowing. sresiaent , Roosevelt seemed In a. invial mnnt and, indeed, he had shown great de- iignt in the meetings at Harvard and With old MassachiiRettM trenA Ann. ' Ing his two days' visit . . iv - i ne president ' devoted Sunday ta ', ; a trip to Groton, which Is 40 milea ' from Boston, where his son Kermlt Is a pupil at the Groton Preparatory ' School. ' Mrs. ; Roosevelt and Misa , Ethel Roosevelt were already there and the President was aocom panted , ' by his eldest daughter, the wife of Congressman Longworth. - ' President Roosevelt last night waa the guest of Dr. Willis Sturgias Blge- r low, and he breakfasted there to-day with a, few personal frienda These -Included Governor Curtis Guild, In , George H. Lyman, oollector ot tha port of Boston; Judge .Francis C. : Lowell, of the United States Circuit -' voun, ana Major w. Austin wsda- worth, who was formerly a staff of fleer in the Philippine Islanda .The . early 'morning waa speiHat the B1 go low home, and about 10:20 o'clock ;'' the President was driven to the north . terminal, where a special train waa ' waiting to take him to Groton. 8er ' eral hundred men were grouped alone the approaches to the tracks - when the President appeared, and he was ' given a cordial greeting. Mrs. Long worth arrived before her father and ' greeted the President from the special car, which, with two coaches made ud the train. - , THE GIFT OF AN ADMIRER. Just as the train was movlpg alow-" ly out, a middle-aged man ran quick- , ly down the platform behind . tha , President's car and when he reached ' within a few feet of It, deliberately ' .threw what looked like a paper par- , eel towarlfHhe President. On of tha. detectives tried to ward off the artl ' . cle before It struck the car, but It is landed safely though harmlessly, Tha missile firoved to be a ellk flag, en-'. , closed In a paper bag, the gift of an admirer. '',., The train reached Ayre Junction!', shortly before noon. A teacher at the Groton. School was waiting wtth -a big six-seated Russian atela-h. uf drawn by two fast horsos, and as tha sleighing was exrellent, the President and his daughter had a delightful : drive of about three miles to the ' school. At the house of Prof. Wil liam A. Gardner the visitors were re- ' Clved by Mrs. Roosevelt and Mia ' Ethel, who had remained there over night; by Kermlt Roosevelt and the Rev. Endlcott Peabody, tho principal " ot the school. After dinner the party -went to the "Hundred House," where the President was Introduced to an audience made up of about 160 ' students and parents and friends of ' the pupils. The President gare what he was pleased to call A'-':' short sermon to the boys.". " Among other thlnga Mr. Roosevelt said that when he finished his college course his friends advised him not to ' enter the governing class, as It con- -stated mostly of an undesirable type '" of persona but he bad toM tham: that he had fully made up his mind to taKe part in the work of . govern- ment He resolved, also, he said, to " enter the cavalry servtre, so that In case of trouble he could do his own -fighting and not depend on others to Af If f r. htm ON THE SUBJECT OF FOOTBALL. The President talked a little on the subject of football and told the " boys to take advantage of their edu-' 1 cation rluhtly and always play the , game of football fairly. He expressed ' the opinion vigorously that inter V collcgiate football should be by n means abollahed. -t f - "I hava given a sermon, though a -' short one," concluded the President. -"and now I wish good luck to all of ' you." t .... , , The succeeding function ot the visit was a reception for all the boy of the school at Professor Gardner's ' home, where all had an opportunity to personally meet the President Groton Is covered with snow and the cold of the past few days had frozen It hard. The day was a typl-, ' cal cold New England, country day, with snow In abundance. avsrvrfir. and the President often spoke of his interest and delight . la the winter scene as he walked about tha ahAnf : grounds with several of . hie friends. ' The big sleigh took the party back iov ma raiiroaa station . .-.. . "Oood bve. all." the Pretrtdent-- .- from the rear platform as the train -started and the cheers of the villager . . reached hlm.'w ' The 'return ' trtn . to . Boiton : was without; Incident -and later the President's car waa coupId to the regular Washington exnresa . A rtatalt tit IDA aaIIm a h titttnn tn nresnrve order and tn mini the train, with the .result' that the crowd did not get yery near the Pres-' (dent's car, Shortly before $ o'clock Congressman Longworth arrived at the station and entered the special ' car In which he proceeded to Wash-, ington. ' : .. . ' . '. '':' , ; " The president smiled appreciatively at the cheering crowd and as tha train disappeared hetlll enuld b seen, responding to the evntlons and faring a farewell to Boston. , . Tha rdnrnt ' PKnrea.1 . Is due In Washington at 0:45 a, m, to-morrow. ' ' : Trsiredy at Randkman. Kneelnl to Tho Obtorvpr, , High Point Feb. ti. People mm, Ing in here to-day. from -Itand.!; : county report thnt a nmn bv th n in: . Of Lamb cut anil mrniiy wnlnvlf-! another white man nt ' n.-min l i t rlfrht. and that oiru - no m ( - ai Trinity lnt n'ftht. I t lo c Lamb who Hod at " 1" 'n lvalue 1 what c-'
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