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rr rr VOL; XXXIX No 2L WILMINGTON AC C, MARCH 20, 106. Sl.UO PER "YEAR ST. PATRICK'S DAY Ota of Dfalan Benevo lent Society Re-elected E ST ST. THOMAS Sermon on Life of St. Patrick by Rev. Father Caraher Special Music Rendered at the Pro Cathedral Annual Meeting: of the Society Held in the IDbernian Hall. Bouquet in New York at Which Ad miral Cosh lan Was the Chief Speak er At the Dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, in Philadelphia, Secretary Bonaparte Spoke of the Necessity of a Greater Navy ureen was a popular coior yesterday and ever is on good St. Patrick's Day. The Wilmington' Hibernians met at their hall in the morning and from there went to St. Thomas pro-cathedral where they attended mass, a special sermon, appropriate to the occasion, being preached by the Rev. Father Caraher. Special music was rendered by the choir. At the conclusion of the service the members of the Hiiberian Benevolent society repaired to the Hibernian hall on Third street, where the annual meeting was held and officers .elected for the ensuing year. Election re sulted as follows: President James J. Allen. Vice President T. bonlon. Secretary Frank P. Donloa. SERE .treasurer james uwen teiny ' Assistant Secretary William Sliee han, Jr. Standard Bearer William Sheehan, 6r. New York. March 17. Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan, U. S. N., was among the speakers tonight at a ban quet of the Friendly Sons of St Patrick's at Delmonicos. The ban quet followed a day of celebration by all Irish societies of this city, a parade up Fifth avenue this afternoon, iu which thirty thousand men took part, being a feature. Admiral Coghlan's toast was "The Army and Navy." In part he said: "We are having little trouble with our dark skinned brothers in the far off islandsour little brothers in blood. I am sure that when we get the pro per reports we will find that the army has been guilty of nothing we need be ashamed of. Sherman said war is hell, and there are angels m peace and devils in war." Philadelphia, March 17. Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte, was the guest of honor and chief speaker tonight at the dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. During the course of his re marks, Secretary Bonaparte spoke of the necessity of a greater navy. In Lthis connection he said: "As we are situated It can. be only when the navy has failed that the other branch of pur service, the army, could be called upon to protect the life of nation against serious peril. I ask tonigm that the Sons of St Patrick bring all their influence to bear on pub lic opinion in order to render it imper ative, in demanding from congress that under no circumstances shall par simony or the pressure of minor inter im est or any consideration of faction or party interfere with the upbuilding of a great navy." Woburn. Mass., March 17. During a St Patrick's night minstrel show in the Woburn auditorium this evening a fire started in the rear of the stage, but through .the efforts of six young men who were In the middle of an act a panic was avoided and the audience of nearly a thousand persons reached the street In an orderly manner just In time as a few minutes later the en tire building was In flames. It was de stroyed, loss $30.000. ii HOLTON NOMINATION HELD UP Objection to the Appointment Made by Representative Blackburn. Washington, March 17. The nomi nation of Alfred E. Holton to be Unit ed States attorney for the western dis trict of North Carolina was considered today by .a subcommittee of the senate committee on judiciary. No decision was reached. Objection to the appoint ment was made by Representa ti ve Blackburn, on the ground that Holton had engineered a political persecution of him in relation to his recent indict ments, i Mr. .T. H. Thompson, returned yester day from' Johns Hopkins hospital, where he had been for treatment" 31URDER OF STUENENBERG Another Arrest MaCe in Connection With This Killing. Caldwell, Idaho, March 17. A tele gram received from Oakley, Idaho, states that J. L. Simpkins, member of the executive committee of the West ern Federation of Miners, had been ar rested near there. An officer will be sent to Oakley to identify and bring back the prisoner. Simpkins is want ed in connection with the assassina tion of ex-Governor Frank Stuenen berg. The sensational allegations made against A B. Moss, foreman of the grand jury which indicted Charles H. Moyer, William D. Haywood and Geo. A Pettlbone were not sustained when testimony .in the matter was taken, today before District Judge Frank Smith. Affidavits of Governor Frank R. Gooding and Attorney James H. Haw ley, denying that they had any conver sation with Foreman Moss in regard to the evidence in the Steunenberg case as alleged by the defense also were In tro ducd. The motion of the defense to quash the indictment was denied. The ques tions raised by the defense on de murrer were argued at length, and were taken under advisement by Judge Smith until Tuesday morning as was the question of admitting the defen dants to bail. "IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW" Professor Pearson Delivers Illustrated Lecture at G. F. College. "If women only knew," said Secre tary Pearson in an address at the Greensboro Female college last night. He was showing some steroptican views of the snowy heron whose plumes are extensively used for milli nery ornaments. As he threw on the screen the picture of a great heron, prostrate, spotless all over but for the red, J ace rated place from which the plume had been torn the audience be came perceptibly still, and sober, and serious. Mr. Pearson said these plumes could only be gotten during the breeding sea son and that aside from the horror of killing the herons to get their plumes (for this was necessary) the young were left to starve. Women didn't know this," he said, for if they did they would not or those with normal hearts would not wear the aigrettes which ordinarily are so highly prized. The great blue heron, the little blue heron, the white heron ,the cormorant and many other kinds of fowls were described in an interesting way as to their ways and homes. Interesting re miniscences of Professor Pearson's ex periences in getting the photographs in the Orton pond near Wilmington and other places along the coast were also given as view after view, all of them remarkably clear and perfect were thrown on the screen. Greensboro Telegram. DID NOT INCITE REVOLT Protest Issued by Executive Committee of the Coalition Party. Budapest, March 17. The executive committee of the coalition party today issued a protest against the decree of the council of ministers dissolving the committee and prohibiting it from con tinuing operations. The protest de clares that the executive committee has not incited revolt but to the contrary has emphasized the fact that it was to the interest of the nation to maintain order. It. argues that the leadersof the partyire not subject to govern ernment supervision but are free to express their opinions like other mh jects. The protest concludes with a statement that the committee will con tinue its activity within the limits of the law. The despatch from Budapest last Friday announcing the dissolution of the executive committee of the coali tion said it was a drastic blow to the activity of the anti-government forces and was based on the ground that the committee had "arrogatd the rights be longing solely to executive power" and adopted resolutions and issued mani festoes "inciting public resistance to the lawful ordinance of the govern ment" ENTERTAINS GRIDIRON CLUB Speaker Cannon the Host for 225 Guests at the New Willard. Washington, March 17. Speaker Cannon tonight gave a dinner to the Gridiron club, the famous organization of Washington correspondents, .whoso guesTs he has been on many occasions during the "past 22 years. A distin guished company was Invited to meet the club and nearly 225 guests assem bled in the beautifully decorated dic ing room of the New Willard hotel at the invitation of the speaker. It was not a gridiron dinner, although some gridiron methods were introduced. The rules of the club as to short speeches which are never published were invok ed, while skits and songs by the club entertained the speaker's guests. A number of very good speeches were made. Among the guests were President Roosevelt, Vice President Fairbanks, Secretaries Root Shaw, Taft and Wil ton; Associate Justice Harlan, Sir Mortimer Durand, the British ambas sador; Baron Rosen, , the Russian amy bassador and Cardinal Gibbons. Mr. R. H. Mills, of Maysville, arrived4 In the city last night DEAL BY DISTRICTS Ryan Resolution . Eliminated from Consideration- V OPERATORS ARE PLEASED Prospects are Better for Averting a Coal Strike If There is a Failure to Agree for the Entire Bituminous Field, the Opera tors and Miners Will be Able to Con sider the Matters Separately, in Each District Mine Workers Convention Votes $5,000 for the Legal Defense of Miners Who are Under Didict ment in Idaho. Charged With Con spiracy. Indianapolis, March 17. It can be stated authoritatively that the officials of the United Mine Workers of Ameri ca have decided to allow the Ryan resolution to be eliminated from-consideration, and will act upon the as sumption that the adoption of the re port of the scale committee has vir tually repealed the resolution which prevented one district from signing an agreement with the operators until all districts had come to an agreement. All resolutions offered to the miners convention, which endeavored to af fect action upon the scale or the Ryan resolution, were quietly sent to the resolutions committee without com ment. This position of the miners leaders with reference to the Ryan resolution will enable the operators and miners to deal by districts if there is a failure to make an agree ment for the entire bituminous field, Mr. F. L. Bobbins and other operators who favor signing by districts evenJif an advance in wages is given are greatly pleased over the position taken by the leaders of the mine Vorkers. The convention today voted $5,000 for the legal defense of C. H. Moyer, W. D. Heywood and Pettibone, officers of the Western Federation of Miners, who are under indictment in Idaho, charged with conspiracy. The conven tion adopted a resolution favoring woman suffrage, and defeated a reso lution declaring in favor of the gov ernment ownership of mines. The resolution to vote aid to the of ficers of the Western Federation was offered by Frank Hays ,a delegate from Illinois. The resolution was support ed on the floor by President Mitchell and Vice President Lewis.- The exec utive board was authorized to spend additional funds for the defense of the men if more money should be needed. The convention then adjourned un til Monday morning, in honor of St. Patrick. Nearly one thousand of the delegates later marched in the St. Patrick Day parade. GREENE AND GANYOR TRIAL After Short Session of Court, Adjourn ment Was Taken Until Monday. Savannah, Ga., March 17. To-day's session of the federal court in the Greene and Gaynor trial was brief, ad journment being taken until Monday immediately upon the conclusion by the government counsel of the cross examination of George Y. Wisner,' civil engineer, who yesterday was put as the first witness for the defease. Col onel P. W. Meldrin, leading counsel for the defense, -announced the proba ble fatal illness of his son Ralph, and the court stated that there would be an adjournment until Monday. The cross examination of Mr. Wisner by District Attorney Erwin bore large ly upon the subsidence of the mat tresses put in. by Greene and Gaynor. Monon Train Derailed and Passengers Injured. Louisville, March March 17. Train No. 6 ,on the Monon., which left Louis ville for Chicago this morning, was de railed at Horseshoe Bend shortly afier 11 o'clock this - morning. Five pas sengers and the baggageman wer injured, according to the report given by the Monon officials here, but no body was killed. The engine tender jumped the track while the train waa rounding a curve, and all the cars went off the rails. The baggage man's leg was broken and four or five passen gers were, slightly hurt- Train Wreck Caused by Open Switch Washington, Indiana, March 17. Passenger Train No. 12, on the Baitl- more and' Ohio Southwestern, rain in , to an open switch here today, badly damaging the engine, wrecking several cars and injuring three persons. The railroad detectives claim the switch : was purposely thrown and ase worK ins on the case. ".- : "" Today Cars to the Beach every half hour m the afternoon. . TAKES POWER FR03I MAYOR The Philadelphia "Ripper" Repealer Becomes a Law by Default, the Gov ernor Not Acting Upon the Measure. Harrisburg, Pa., v March 17. The Philadelphia "Ripper" repeater passed at the recent eZTfa session of the legis lature becomes a law at midnight to night, but It cannot be announced or made a matter of record until Monday. Governor Peanypacker failed to act up on the bill, which becomes a law by default "The Ripper" took from the mayor of Philadelphia the power of appoint ing the director of public safety and the director of public works. The bill as originally passed also took from the mayor the power of appointing the directors of public health and charities and the director of. supplies. Governor Pfennypacker vetoed the sections of the law which disturbed tfee latter two officers, but approved the sections which related to the depart ments of public safety and works. He gave as a reason for signing the orig inal bill that the people could vota their sentiment at the polls. After the recent November election, at whlzi the republicans were defeated in city and state, Governor Pennypacker call ed a special session of the legislature to pass reform measures. " Included among these were "The Ripper" bills. The governor, however, refused lo re verse himself and th repeal of the "Ripper" becomes a law without his signature. CHECK TO REACTIONISTS Leaders of the Anti-Semitic Agitation vHave Not Yet Been Defeated. St. Petersburg, March 17. There is already evidence that only a check and not a defeat has been administered to the reactionists who are conducting the anti-Semitic agitation. Premier Witte, after he had forced a decision of the cabinet to suppress the agita tion, knowing the audacity of his op ponents, took the precaution privately to ask the Jewish leaders to notify him instantly whenever the Jewish inhabitants of any locality were threat ened in order to place him in a posi tion to 'insist that measures be taken to protect them. The Jewish leaders, however, now charge that the reac tionary clique with the connivance of sympathetic local governor generals are boldly arranging to block such warnings. In spite of the official denial of the shooting of undesirable refugees sent back to Russia from England private information has been obtained tending partially to support the charge. VOTE ON JAMESTOWN BILLS Appropriation Measures Will be De cided on in Committee Next Friday Washington, March 17. The house committee on industrial arts and ex positions held an executive session to day on Jamestown exposition appro priations, and after two hours of dis cussion fixed Friday, March 23. as the time for a vote on tne Jamestown bills. Representative Lamb, of Virginia, addressed the committee urging the appropriation of $2,250,000 for govern ment participation and assistance in the general expenditures of the ex position. He also advocated at the re quest of patriotic -women of Virginia, that $30,000 be appropriated to preserve historic relics on Jamestown Island and to build a suitable wharf for the landing of tourists. Representative Maynard also ad dressed the committee and at the con clusion of the meeting said lie was hopeful of favorable action on the ex position bills. BANK OFFICIALS SENTENCED Six Years in the Penitentiary for For mer President and Cashier of an Ohio Institution. Cleveland, March 17. -Charles M. Travers, former president of the Firs: National Bank of Conneaught, Ohio, and O. C. Lillie, cashier of the same Institution pleaded guilty before Judge Taylor of . the United States circuit court here today-to one of the indict ments charging them with misapplying the funds of the bank. They were then sentenced to the Ohio penitenti ary to six years imprisonment each. Travers and Lillie were Indicted In Oc tober . on 60 counts in which they were charged with making false entries in the books of the bank, perjury (which consisted in swearing to the false entries) and misapplication of the bank's funds. ' Travers and LiHie's operations re sulted in the closing of the bank, ust previous to their arrest by the United States authorities. Derelict Sighted at Sea. .Plymouth, Eng., March , 17. Th3 American line steamer St. Louis, which arrived here today from New York reports having passed March 13. close to an abandoned steamer, believed to be the Dunmore from Cardiff for New port News, before reported abandoned January 19. The derelict was directly in the track of the St Louis but the clear, weather enabled her to avoid a collision. Death of Colonel Jos. B Killebrew. Nashville; Tenn., March 17. Colonel Joseph B. Kinebrew, aged 75, died here today. Colonel Killebrew was secretary of agriculture of Tennessee for V number of years, and was widely known as a writer on agricultural and industrial subjects. OTILATED Only Seren Victims of the Wreck Identified DEATH LIST IIUMDERS 22 Telegraph Operators Held Respon sible for the Disaster Operator Who Was Chiefly Responsi ble Says He Was Asleep When the Train Passed Coroner's Jury Will Begin an Investigation of tlie Acci dent on Monday Official Announce ment From General Manager of the Road Places the Entire Responsi bility for the Disaster on S. F. Lively, Operator at Swallows. Pueblo, Col., March 17. Twenty-Uo dead and 22 injured tonight make up the latest estimate of the casualties in the wreck of two Denver and Rio Grande passenger trains at Adobe, Col., Friday morning. Only seven of the dead bodies have been positively iden tified, on account of the mutilation of victims by fire. The two telegraph op erators are now held chiefly responsi ble for the disaster. A coroner's jury will begin an investigation of the ac cident on Monday. The following names have been add ed to the list of known dead: RAY FIELDS, aged 10, Key Stone, Wyoming. RS. BELLE WEBB, Key Stone, Wyoming. MRS. GRACE CROWLEY'S BABY, Emporia, Kansas. Mrs. William Burnside, her daugh ter and 'grand child, said to be from 'Kansas, were erroneously in cluded in the death list last night. All the injured, it is believed, will recover. It is not likely that the re mains of any of the other victims can be identified. S. F. Lively, the opera tor, whose failure to deliver train or der resulted in the collision, ha3 not bleea arrested and it i3 considered probable that no action against him will be taken until after the coroner's inquesj:. Lively says of hl3 failure to deliver t the train orders. "I was asleep. ' That's all." It developed today that Lively, who was a regular day operator at Swal lows, had, besides performing his du ties, worked on Thursday night for William VanDuesen the night operator. Van Deusen is said to have absented himself from the station on Thursday without obtaining the approval of his superiors. Both men have been dis charged. Denver, Col., March 17. At the of fice of the general manager of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad today the announcement was made officially tnat S. F. Lively, night operator at Swallows, was wholly responsible for the collision at Adobe yesterday. He was asleep at his post, it is said, when train No. 3, to which he was to have delivered an order went by. Later he reported, to the train dispatcher at Pueblo that train No. 3 had not passed Swallows Two operators are employed at Swal lows. The regular shift was from 7 o'clock In the morning, when he was regularly relieved by the day operator. Officials of the Rio Grande deny that Lively had been required to work over time, and ay if he, had done so his action was voluntary. Attractions at PolvogTs Tomorrow. Tomorrow morning crowds should be attracted to the C. W. Polvogt Co.'s store. Those who have not seen their show windows, should do so at once. Their oval center window contains 5,000 yards of ribbon in Taffeta, Satin and Dresden, and worth 35c to $1.00 per yard, all of these are on sale Mon day at 25c per yard. The northern window contains a manufacturers sample line of shell and amder Black Combs, worth 75c to $2.50 each, these are on sale tomorrow at 49c each. There will be no limit to quantity wanted. Southern Trading Stamps will be 'Riven with every sale. Fruit Crop Not Yet Damaged. Atlanta, Ga., March 17. Reports from prominent fruit growers In this immediate section say no damage was done to thep each crop by last night's cold. The local weather bureau pre dicts frost and freezing weather to night, In which event fruit growers say, the peach crop will be materially damaged., . BJc Floating Dry Dock Launched. Jacksonville, Fla., Maxell 17. A floating dry dock having a capacity of 4.200 tons, the largest on the At lantic, coast south of Newport News, was lauched here today from the ship yards of the Merrill-Stevens company. The dock win cost when completed $125,000 and will be capable of lifting any ship of the Clyde line coming to tals pert. FIRE MAY NOT AGREE ON CANAL TYPE XIoue Commltee Will Not Accept the Senate Hearing- If Nj Agreement I Reached. Lock Canal Will be Con etructed. Washington. March 17. The senate committee on inter-oceanic caaaU heard with many misgivings the re ported statement by Representative Hepburn that the house committee would not be willing to accept the senate hearings to determi of canal to be constructed across the luamus of Panama. This is taken as an indication that congress will not be able to agree upon a bill deciding; the type of the water-war unW th session of congress is long continued. in tne event that no bill is passed the appropriation committees undoubt edly would report the amounts neces sary to carry on the work until next session, and the canal commission would proceed with the construction of a lock canal, under the plans advo cated by the minority of the board of consulting engineers. President Roosevelt in his message transmitting to congress the reports of the majori ty and the minority the board, said he favored the latter, which was for a lock canal, and that if the questions wera not determined by congress tha: type would be constructed. This of fers a solution If the opposing facUnns should be unable to agree. POLICING OF MOROCCO Criticisms of the German Course a Insisting on Adoption of the Austrian lroposal. Washington, March 17. Advices re ceived at the state department from Algeclras contain criticisms of the German Insistence on the adoption practically without modification of the Austrian proposal for the policing of Morocco. Although not voting on any question Involving European politics, this government is averse to the com plicating of the system for the polic ing of Morocco, and provided the in ternational character of the scheme can be preserved, is well content to entrust the mission to a force of French and Spanish officers, who would be responsible to the diplomatic corps at Tangier for effective service in caring for the interests of all na tions. There is authoritative Infor mation that eventually Germany, hav ing assured herself of the lnternatioQ aiity of 'the police system, will assent to modification of the Austrian pro posal. GUILTY OF COUNTERFEITING Verdict of the Jury in the Case Against George II. Stephens. Tampa. Fla.. March 17. The jury in the federal court tonight convicted George II. Stephens, a Princeton graduate former Professor in LaFay ette college, Pennsylvania,- on the charge of counterfeiting. Stephens made an Impassioned plea to the jury in his behalf. Jurge Boarman reserv ed sentence until Monday. Stephens was sent to the eastern penitentiary from Easton for setting fire to Pardee Hall, and committing many depredations about the college after he had been dismissed from the faculty because of a serious disagree ment with President Warn eld and oth er instructors. Stephens had an im aginative grievance against Dr. War field, and a professor whose line of reasoning and teaching was not In ac cord with his own. He cut and de stroyed rare and ancient vines that for a lifetime had entwined some of the older buildings on the campus, threw hymn books into a well, smear ed tar over the Bible, and finally set fire to the Pardee hall. CHURCH WORK IN DANGER Boycott in China May Result Seriously. Suggestion That Chinese Youth be Invited to Como to America to Study. Washington. March 17. In accord with the suggestion of Dr. Edmund J. James, president of the University of Illinois, which now is under consider ation by the president and Secretary Root, that an effort be made by the educational Institutions of this coun try to induce Chinese students to come to America to study, a delegation of churchmen of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, today discussed with the president the situation in the Chi nese Empire. In the delegation were Dr. Young J. Allen, for forty six years a missionary of the M. E. church, south, in China. Bishop Galloway.- of Mississippi. Dr. Walter R. Lambuth. missionary secre tary and Dr. James Atkins. The mem bers of the delegation talked to the president about the boycott of Ameri can products, and expressed a fear that, if the boycott continued, injury mlRht be done to the work of the American churches among the Chi nese. They said they believed the sit nation would be relieved by a general Invitation from American educational institutions to Chinese youth to study In this country. The suggeston met with hearty ap proval by the president and he prom ised to do all in his power to promote the adoption of the Ideas presented to him. Attempt to Wreck a Pennsylvania Train. Greenburg, Pa.. March 17. An at tempt to wreck an eastbound limited train No. C, on the Pennsylvania rail-. road near there last night was frus trated by a shifting crew finding a switch and frog spliced near "G. P." tower. The discovery was made just two minutes before the limited wae due. Detectives are making an in vestigation. i
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