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EVENING TIMES.
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EJUXIOII, N. C, WEDNESDAY, KOVrUEER lfcB.,
MLOTETllER ON STAND
TELLS HIS OWN STORY
RUSSIANCAP1TAL ITO TALK WIT
NINE DROWNED
IN LAKE SI(1!
ANDREW HAMILTON
AGAIN 1S0LTED
AHO COACH
LOCATED IN P
1 11 ii
IIAI1V
Says Branch -Baa" Mm
acl Kcrt Tolcff toGU
' flints Anlnst EIni
mm of visit
TD BRASGH S HQDM
MtaUtitr-na Okjcrts UuUc,
He Ha id. tU KulM" Clm
IVarr ( the "ILaaawr"' to !)!
aW W Wmw Ttaaa rtaaerad
IVrarrvltM ISntarh Had Told
Hkl H WuU Ilrfwrt Ills yll
Mary of lb KUgM-
(By the Asaarlated Prraa.)
Aaaapolla. Wd, Nor. .-Tn court -martial
la the tea of Midshipman
Minor Meriwrther. Jr.. rhargd with
naaalaughteT In CHinay-tloa with the
death a Mldvhlpmaa lmrm R. Bran. h
altar a Rat ngfel between the two, rv
ronveond inks morale.
Midshipman Meriwether waa the Aral
wltaeaw vdrml by I ha drfeiira. Marl
wether waa warned by the court that
tt waa aut obliged lo commit hi meal f
In any way. He teatlned a follows:
"The I rat tin I had era Mr. Branch
waa rVUrmbrr 1, Itot. I waa on the
Bantce, and Mr. Bra a, a had been ut
there for mlaroodurt. II made him
self generally unpleasant to me during
the tour days be waa thr. On Octo
ber 1 he. returned and lived on Uie
. same floor.' Juat a few door apart.
Branca brgan to run m It waa ner-
oonal ' and p'rtkHdaxly , dlnngroeablc.
' No mliUhlproan obJccU to haalnir, but
running Elvea, power to tbo runner to
phyalell peraacutlon. Hrunub frequent
ly told mesthat ha Intmdnd to blle me.
. Karly la the year I had a fight with
; Midshipman llumphreya and I waa
. knocked Out. ; ',
" Branch' ran me further, and coming
' at me aa4d that he was going to report j
me, and did tell the midshipman l
charge. During June weok I went out
In town.. Branch saw me. and Mid
shipman Caruteln, who was on duty,
came to my room and told me that 1
would be repotted. Branch told mc
that be had told Carateln.. .The report
" was not published and Carstcln asked
me about Jt. Branch said that ho had
asked the report to be put out again."
While, on the Hartford at Newport
News some fruit was being brought on
ahlp; Witness, Branch and many oth
ers were helping themselves- to the
fruit. Branch told him to turn In
Witness said, "Qo to hell." Branch
made report of insubordination, dlsre
' spoct and not turning In promptly. V
"1 told these facts to the executive
officer," said Meriwether, "and he took
off all but the last . charge. 'I heard
; that Mr. , Branch wanted to fl&ht, but
I paid no attention to it. ' 1
-"About six weeks afterwards we were
transferred to: the Arkansas. - I had
heard that Branch requested first class
men to report me for speaking.
"When we' returned to ' Annapolis
Branch end 1 1 were put In different
classes. ; When Branch was put on
duty I knew I must be very careful. I
saw Branch go to my room f or a see
onfl. lnBpeotloii. !;He came to my' room
and ; asked me about - my ;' civilian
clothes, and said that I was on 'pap.;;
"Kophlor; to- whom the .clothes be-
longed, told mo he had told Noyos
about it." I saw Noyes talktrg to
Branch. .1 told him not to 'Interfere
I went to MV. Bradley and skcd bim if
there had been an extra inspection or
. dered. He told mo that be would not
let the report get In, but that Branch
had" asked him to get a. report against
. me if he (Bradley) could. ;
"That -ninht. after consulting , my
friends,, X Went to Branch's room-with
Jaeger, I asked Pritchard if 1 could
see Branch and was told that l coum,
' I went In Branch's room find tho light
waa turned on. ,1 said that I had come
i to see him about what. " oocurred.
; Branch said: Tou are a damn fool to
come to ace me;; you know that my
- tlass' hates you.". 'I said, -'That is not
,-' so you are only ono who docs." Branch
i thcu.apkodl) ."What if I dor ; I .said:
' "then" .Jrea.raro a, dantned sneaklne
coward, in) -i wilt, .fight you though I
, aid Hot 111 'fighting Vdridltloh, I added:
' lf you get up I wlli lick you i Ho
safdr "toti m-eafl you will try." . That's
what I will I efeld. ftthd if you get UP
1 I wlllt show, you.! i.'He.jdld , not' get up,
and after a little further conversation
' Jaeger and I left tho Toom.'V - :';.
Bia coin WAVE ' :i
; SWUEPING DOWN.
1 Washinuton, Nov. 20. (Spfciul
lowcast.)rTIie first pronounctnl cold
-iVaVe of the spasou will extend over
' tlie eastern part of the country to-
nlcht ami Thursday, with freezing
temperature as far Southlns Interior
ports of the Gulf and South Atlantic
States. : .":v'- -' '.
WANTS INJUN
AGUNST RAILROADS
11. Lntis, . B-ArtWe to
WrHMtlf tlw luilad NsUe Ovr
wL.' fwAwwi ltrW4 Attarwry Djrwr
ta-4r Ct4 pfUKtm to the CtHied
lutN CmH CmwI far aa lte4
U rrvet I La Tvrsniaal ftailraad A
nrUttaa af L Ltmle fruw c-atlaatug
atk-d rVUalkMl rt la rrxlwl laws.
The llrcsrH.na are anaoa laat lk
Trcailaal Kallr-oad Aaa.-Uti de
al royr-4 trail And coanmeri-a and -ed
towV-wlabta tnjary lh anHiplnf
lautreaia of I ha MiaaiaalpH Valley, and
Ha cUaaotulhiO ta. asked.
CUT TO PIECES
BY A TRAIN.
(Knoial to Tha Evening Tlnira )
1-qtNV.rd. N. C. Nov. -Teatrrday
pwsitng at t oYlo. k. Mr.' Ma1lh Mill,'
an employe nf the KufTalo Mill f :hla
city, was run ovr bv a shlftlae: ixlic
ua th aldctra.k f tha oulhi-n jtall
wty here near the di p. and literally
maahfd to pieces. Ilia pruJ waa rev
ered from his body.
He waa about fifty yrara of ace and
leaves a wife and sMvr.ral chlldiii He
was going up the track and a wat-h-Ing
a train ua the main ;ra k when '.be
HRlrH ran xtp m him.
Arvoinpanylng lihn waa in old mn
named Tucker, who a an waa run over
and seriously Injured, but not killed.
Tucker had Just arrived from Halixbury
with two Jugs, and Hill had rrone io
tha depot to meet lilni, at is said. Hill
had iuitt moved hero a few diys iMro
from the Uala MIH. ; i V-1 , . :
.. " :' 11 : "
TIIESTATEIIOOIhBILt
Strongest Effort Vet Made
Under Way
Senator Bewridge Will Introduce the
Measure and Press it Karly so
as to' Get It out of the Way Be
lief that It Will be Favorably Con
sidcred. (By' the Associated Press.)
4WaBliington, Nov. 29 The strongest
effort yet made in tho direction of se
curing the admission of New Mexico
and Arlaona 'as a State is under 'way
and the Btatchood advocates propose
that nothing will be left undone that
will .Induce favorable action by , Con
gress. Enormous petitions will be pre
sented In both houses with all tho sig
natures that could be obtained.
In New Mexico tho movement la un
der the direction of the Now Mexico
Non-Partisan. Joint Statehood : League,
an organization of which former dele
gate Bernard 8. Rodey is secretary.
This league extends to Arizona and pe
titions from that territory also will be
presented to Congress.1; Mr. Rodey and
other men who are not in official life,
will be In Washington a portion of .the
winter in tho interest of tho statehood
bill. , . -
. . Senator Bevcrldge, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Territories, will
introduce and press tho Joint statehood
bill as early as possible in order to get
it out of the way of other important
legislative -.business. , Friends of the
movement express the belief that the
bill which camo bo near being passed
at the lost session,' providing for tho
admission of Oklahoma; and Indian
Territory aa one State and New Mexico
and Arizona a another, is very likely
to receive favorable consideration early
X; the session. ' 4 " 1
ALL' QUIET AT. A :
CONSTANTINOPLE.
; ": (By the Associated Press.) '
? ConBtanpople, via., Sofia, -.Bulgaria,
"' Nov, ' 29.-vTho occupation ot
Mytlleno by the allied forces has had
no effect . on the population of Con
stantinoplc, which la 'celebrating the
Balram fcatlval, but . advices ; from
Adrfanople and Salonica cause, appre
hension of trouble In the event of the
prolongation ot the present situation.;
Thero hafi . been : an ' alkrmlni! : in
crease in the number of murders ot
Bulgarians by Mussulmans in the
Vlllayet of, Salonica during the last
few days. ' , , , , - -i1- . ;
The ambassadors are doubtful
whether they will receive any further
communication from tne rone on
the BUbject of the demands of the
powers until the celebration of tho
13alram festival is concluded. .
Tdcgrcph 0;cn!cr? Strike
Tth Wzt
M WITH H. Din
Tetrgrapdlr MHkr ta Kara Ma
IVradrr tikr wiwmal'l INni
UaB Alaxaa i.ral. aa Hriog
la tmrntt -WMk law Military mm
AatawralW-a ul tlar li(t lrw
Is I if i rmtl.
(Hjr tl Xmmm laird I'm
81. -lHiri. N.. S i: 1 f "
Tha allaai.n a m uJ4--.il)
givata ntHlinty i- 'I l liu""
capital la rlHit off I'. .in i . t. k I '
nxninuiil. i tn na I in imi-ii..i
The I'dn-IIUMian atnln ul llu (')'
giaph ei-aif d-laif1 ii.-iil b.
goit Into oi ll.n. and tin
in.u a 'oun.il U d.-lltwiailnc wlxlh't
lo dcrUia a genital i-.WI,. l aula'
throukh.nit Itu i i in-hum m . pi-h-ratlng
thla Hum- I lir alln'-l unamnl
ed arreat nf the ni mi i -f the 1Vb
ant'S t'oiiii-wi al Mn. ami a lam
falling m the la-oplt- i.i 'iinl the
rinploy.-fa of Kt I'l-lri-aliuiB Km ked
out T.twe men lo ikii ihf-lr dra.
The Itlrgraphlc all-Ike iliama an Im
penetrable cumin trtwfn th calal
and the provlncra. nhlili In au h a
crisis renders the ptwltlon uf the gov
ernment allixint d.upci to. ii a being til
Ualant and ronaUnt tnui h with the
military and Wal auihoritleii In the In
terior is liiuirratlve. if Ihr telcuraph
strike can be maintained the Kovern
ment will be compelled to grope blindly
in tho dark.
The employes of the ofBce brre hnve
not yet atruck, but they are expected to
walk out to-day.; Only two lines are
working out of HI. PetcrNbura.
V Tdci.huhJc naitairs fieia. Moscow.
which are momentarily cxpm-iea io
slop, say that the operator cm tho
Siberian lines ami on all the lln.s
South, North and Kaxt nf Mourn have
truck. Communication with Scliawto
pol and Odessa has ccuwd. Tin- opera
tors on tho lines IhroiiKhnul the Baltic
provinces have also struck.
The telcgraphein' ntrikc Ih tin- direct
outgrowth of tile government's circu
lar prohibiting tclcgruph opcmtotH
from jiilning a union, which prohibi
tion is attributed to M. liurimvo. Min
ister of tho Interioi-, fbr whose removal
from office the radicals arc vigorously
working.
The minister recently summarily dis
charged tho leaders of the Moscow
Union, and yesterday their colleagues
sent a twelve-hour ultimatum to M.
Durnovo and Premier Wit to, demand
ing the- re-instateiiicnt of the dismissed
men and the withdrawal of the obnox
ious circular. No answer being forth
coming at tho npcclltcd time the strike
was declared.
The telegraphers of Moscow, after
leaving their keys, held a meeting hi
an adjoining building, and upon the
apparance of the police and troops
sent to break up the meeting they de
clared firmly that they would not dls
perse, even if tho authorities used force.
Sebastopol being cut oft trom tele
graphic communication with the cap
itals it Is not known here whether
tho mutineers have surrendered or
whether XJeneral Neplueff, the com
mander of the fortress, began active
operations4 against them to-day.
The last ; dispatch which came
through announced that Selmstopol
was practically deserted except tor
the troops. Tho scared population
had fled in all directions and Bala
klava and neighboring towns were
tilled with refugees. Tho streets of
Sebastopol were represented as being
floodecr with incoming troops, ana
artillery and machine guns had been
employed ao aa. to command Admi
ralty ' Point, the stronghold of the
mutineers,, while : the guns of Fort
Constantin had been turned on the
sailors' barracks. - - .
General MNopleuft and tho other
military ofllcers, according to the
latest advices," wore consulting witn
tho. view to working ;out a 'plan to
take the ' mutineers by seigo and
without bloodshed it noBHlble. No
further, statement waa made regard
ing the attitude :of the Black Sea
fleet., . u ir"-
A dispatch to . the Novoo Vrmya
saya not more than a thousand sail
ors are now supporting the leaders
of the mutiny.-;who number a hun
dred. The dispatch also aaya that
there are only four hundred rules in
tho sailors' barracks ; and that only
a (ow cartridges are available.
STATE MAY SELL -
McNAIR TRACT.
" The trustees of the University; of
Korth, Carolina held a special session
to-day in the office of Governor Glenn.
The matter, for discussion was an offor
bf $8,500 for the McNair lands In Bone
son county. .' This tract- , of 8,760 acres
was given to the University by John C
McNair. The offer was referred to
special committee, composed of Gover
nor Glenn, Mr. Tt. H. Battle and Dr. U.
U. Lewis, for consideration v v- s;
Ecsndl lz7z:z Hia to
Rile
HOPES TO SAVE GAME
fVrkfctrajt IWiiaM la I i- a .tto
4 (WaiaVbto I liti taihiiH.
tkr U AMklajg r-4t.!l w lar
aa TVa4 toaaJIMtoa W Itamwd
N fVrT le I lam. H ill hr laa-
I'lnilirlilf, UaM. N -t
iiIupii
T Itrid. Jr.. Hart aid
f -.ifaall j
1. ih
It
ai li. hmm mtwrn aa
ViMir Miwae t IT.-.I...
lu talk orrr tha t.aiM-
11 "
, V ).
. I'n-ai
ii.t and
ra I u 1 ia t
Mr. Ilc-ld win iv
itmti.n nit )YMa)r. tii. -
ii nl osacrmw.it al 11
iui jitw at frtn. fi .t-
mt ailt. a po4ii. m.
TIIK PRESIDKNT h I ' ' II P i
Wachlnglon. Nov. l'tTideiit
Kiatarti-K. whlk nianlf ci inc lnl- ie-1
In the anion of the aiiihonn, of '.
umhla I'ntvenalty In aU.in.ions. i fi
aa that InnlVallon l . ih.ih.--I
Hi.--x
-
game of footbaJl aa pl.it
-I no
luting nih-a, decllnea lo m
.1,.
lt eom-
menl oi II. '
lie Ix-lleves the game . a modifi
cation of the rutra. imtin 1.. Ih n.ivnl
pti-Fldent Is aaxine.l Hi, 1 action
will Ih- taken p- 'fi.ili.,ll aui I1..1 Hie.
that will Improve Uk- Rami . from the
view lHiint of the SpectBlor ,nd nl the
mine time eliminate Uv In utalii y of
ten praetlced uiMlorxlMliiK inlen and
render the snort leae aniigeroua to 111c
players.
SENT 1N;HESIGNATI0N
Minister Squires, at Havana,
Quits Under Fire
Cuban Govrrniiicut Complained nt
Washington Root Cabled for
Statement and Kiuirs Askiil to
Be Relieved Won't Discuss the
MHtter.
(By the Associated Press.)
Havana, Nov. 29. The American
Minister, Herbert G. Squires, has
cabled his , resignation to Washing
ton.
The minister declined to bo inter
viewed on the subject, but It can be
asserted that the Cuban government
cabled a message of complaint to
Washington against Mr. Squires' at
titude on tho Isle ot Pines question,
following his persistent opposition to
th Aneglo-Cuban treaty, which the
Cubans have chosen to consider un
reasonable. On the receipt of Secretary Root's
message With reference to the com
plaint, Mr. Squires immediately
cabled his resignation.
Morgan Succeeds Squires.
Washington, Nov. 29. Edwin V. Mor
gan, at present American minister 10
Korea, has been appointed American
minister to Cuba to succeed Minister
Squires, whose resignation has been
received and accepted. Mr. Squires' re
tirement is based upon some ill feeling
which has arisen in Cuba Oyer his at
titude toward the general .propositions
of annexation and the Isle of Pines.
COAST SQUADRON
IN CHARLESTON.
(Bv the Associated TPrem.)
Charleston, S. C, Nov, 29. The
battleship Texas, accompanied by the
monitors Florida, Arkansas and Ne
vada, composing the erst division of
the .coast defence Bquadron, under
Rear Admiral Dick Ins, arrived to-day
at this port, which will be the head
quarters sfor the winter manoeuvers.
The torpedo boat division Is expected
i .1 ...... r. .v ...
ill u ivw uu?a.
i
DR. H. J. THOMAS, , ;
OP WINSTON, DEAD.
, Winston-Salem. N. C Nov. 29 Dr.
if. J. Thomas, a. prominent physician,
died early this morning after an illness
of one week, from pneumonia, C3 years
old. i '' - '
Dr. -.Thomas came hero-- fourteen
years . ago from Milwaukee, Wis.. He
was hospital steward in . tho United
States navy during the civil war. Dur
ing the SpanlshAmerlcan war. he waa
surgeon in hospitals at Santiago and
Montauk, Point, N. 3. He was a prom
inent '-Mason," and will . be burled to
morrow with the honotg of that order,
Crci cf Slezner Kstiifi Olf
19 VESSELS WRECKED
! tiaa 4 la rn aw Ito-Hwi-
Hmlat Waa illrrwl)
t 4d. a ad trv trm-4 Wi t-r Ihr
tatraaxaeel nt
I la A mm ta l A Tiraa )
Iniiuili Mlitn. .- r Niim !
ImmII- ll ludtl.S iKr rlllll-r Mtlft-r' ' 'C
l.l ,f ihr Iwial IB Ibt irau'f i-f
wi.ik lh pi. mi Malaala al ll'
lo.-uil. rf l'uluib at.i. canal
I'll lilt- aatii.f i li w lua'l ilt-riMiti
l.ul futllr ifl .11. I . ft I a III,.- I., Hi
Ih.1 III llir .. wiw. r th.maali.l of
h-iMl l a 111 llnr aa. flird ori llie
i.ili from Ihc lann.rfi Ihl- I tmi-i
one- It cau(hl ami Ihow on th f ot -WMid
end of ihr Imm.1. ahetv fl landed
l.n l haul Ii In t'Ul the l k on
the holtoni ol it,, tana! . ul Ihc lo In
two.
Al inl.loltln lhf officials nf the" rum
vin owning th h.al adtlae1 the life
k4Iiik cit-w- lo ku until daylight.
nainii I hat the in. n of the forward
pail wore aafr enoush until morning,
i hi Ih.- Mrn end of the Mataafa not a
sign of hfp hud ti n drtected elnce
shortly Bft.-r daik.
When I ha sloi in rtld out aomewhat
Ihla mnining l In- life Having crew waa
able lo hit the boat, and the work of
bringing the crew aahora began at
once. In t lie forward end of the Host
all were site, but In the atern tt was
found that all bat mirmmbed To the-
old und were di-owued.
In Ihc firs! boat load seven men were
brought to shore and Inter eight more.
Kroin those rescued It In learned that
not a aign had been heard by those for
ward from the rear end since early In
the evening and the death of all was
i criii In.
The names of the loBt men fol
low :
William Most, chief engineer,
Cleveland.
S.Toiul Kngineer Claude Farrln
ger, Cleveland.
' James Karly, Buffalo.
W. (.'ilelirist, oiler, Wlntoh, Out.
Carl Carlson, oiler, Chicago.
Henry Wright, steward, Cleveland.
Walter Bush, second cook, Am
horstborg. Fireman and lhckhand, who ship
ped at Conneaut; names not known.
List of Vessels Wrecked.
Chicago, Nov. 29. Reports received
up to midnight last night showed lhat
nineteen vessels were wrecked in the
sloiin which swept over the Great
Lakes Monday night and yesterday.
Six vessels are reported missing.
The following is a list of tho vessels
v recked e.r.d missing:
Wrecked Crescent City, steel steam
er, wrecked near Duluth; Mataafa,
si eel Bteainer, driven ashore at Duluth;
K. W. England, steel steamer, wrecked
near Duluth: Roscmount, Canadian
steamer, ashore near Fort William,
(Int.; Isaac L. Elwood, steel steamer,
disabled In Duluth harbor; J. H. Outh-
waile, steamer, ashore and burned near
Cheboygan, MU-h.; City of Holland
passenger steamer, stranded at Rogers
City, Mich.; D. O. Whitney, steamer,
ashore near Port Washington, Wis.; J.
M. Spaulding, schooner, ashore near
Port Huron, Mich.; Mary Mitchell,
schooner, stranded near Cheboygan
Mich.; Harvey Blssell, schooner, broken
up at Alpena; F. A. Geoger, schooner,
dismasted on Lake Michigan, towed to
Cheyboygan, Wis.; Oliver Mowatt
ashore in Lake Ontario; Jim Sheriff,
steamer, dismasted on Lake Huron;
Vinland, schooner, waterlogged at Al
pena; unknown vessel, reported ashore
at Preaquo Isle, Lake Huron; Charles
M. Warner, steamer, ashore at Nino
Mile Point, 'near Cheboygan, Mich.;
steamer Mariposa, ashore at Split
Rock; schooner George Herbert, sunk
off Two Islands, Lake Superior.
Reported Missing Angeline. steel
steamer, Lake Superior: Panther
steamer, Lake Erie; James Mowatt
schooner, Lake Huron;. Jud, schooner,
Lake Huron; Mohegan, steamer, Lake
Huron; Alcona, steamer, and barges.
Green Bay.
HEAVY FIRE LOSS
. IN SAN.PRANCISCO.
- (Bv the Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Cal.. Nov. B9. Fire
tot-day . destroyed the cigar box manu
facturing establishment of Kills & Gau
ladlns at 224 Fremont street, the Union
Iron Works, Reliance Engine Company
and . the .Tardlne Machine , Works.
Heavy loss was also sustained by the
V, Klngwell Brass Foundry,; and the
Bet'ts Spring . Company. The losses
amount to SMM.OOO. Moat ot the prop
erty is Insured. ( s J
BURTON GETS 6
MONTHS IN JAIL
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mit ihaiitt ttt h ft, irj Ih tlw
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tiH .iiii 4 tfi!N- i mmny
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4ifiiinl.l t.. trtt l lt ikulM trf
fr u l . i
.f mmIi K Kt-i uirty
! t mIi fig ti m f l i Ii huMfir
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h f ii 1 1 tg nriitHii
YELLOW PERIL
ALARM SOUNDED.
Il thr AaMo laled Prema )
Chicago. Nov Tha yellow
erll alarm baa nnea sounded by a
Chinaman. Ng Pons Chew, tnanaglng
editor of The Chung Sal Yta Po. a
Chkoe daily paper of San Kranrhvo,
In a talk at the I'nlrrrally of Chi
cago on the Chlarae exclusion law
After rehearsing the evils of the
exclusion law, he concluded, aa fol
lows:
"All these Indignities heaped on
China will come bark. China Is
growing stronger every day. We are
preparing to fight. In ten years we
will have 800,000 well-armed men.
well trained with every latest
munition of war."
SILENCE AT HARVARD
'resident Eliot Won't Discuss
Columbia's Action
He Does Not Think College Presi
dents Would be a Competent Body
to Deal With Football Reform
Will Hay His Hay in Annual Report
In February.
(By the Associated Press.)
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 29. President
Eliot, of Harvard University, declined
to-day to comment upon the action of
the committee of Columbia University
in abolishing football.
President Kllot permitted It to be
known that he had declined the propo
sition of Chancellor Mccracken, of New
York University to call a meeting of
college presidents to consider the ques
tion of football, because he thought
that college presidents were not a com
petent body to deal with reform In the
game.
J. D. Greene, secretary to President
Eliot, said that it was the purpose of
the head of Harvard to say whatever
he had to say on the subject In his an
nual report to the University, which
will be presented in February, 1906.
Must Re Made Over.
Berkeley, Cal., Nov. 29. When in
formed last night of the action of the
Columbia University in reference to
football, Freeldrnt Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, of tho University of Califor
nia said:
"The game of football as played on
the coast must be made over or will
have to be given up entirely. A slight
changing of the rules for the purpose
of eliminating slugging will not suf
fice. An entirely new game must be
devised."
FIRE IN GRAND
OPERA HOUSE
(By tho Associated Press.)
New York. Nov. 29. Fire to-day
damaged the Grand Opera House,
one of New York's historic theatres.
The loss is about $5,000, confined
mostly to scenery and stage fixtures.
The Are started In a pile of rubbish
Boon after daylight.
The old Grand Opera House Is at
the corner of Twenty-Third street
and Eighth avenue. - It was built
nearly a half century ago as. the
headquarters of the. Erie Railroad.
Id 1867 the building was remodelled
into a theatre. . Hall Caine's drama,
"The Prodigal Son," la at present be
ing presented there. .
Postmaster at Lynn.'
;.':' (By the Associated Press.) ,
.Washington, Nov, 28Warnes B. Pace
waa to-day appointed . fourth-class
postmaster at Lynn, N. C. ,
sosapficair$sc2fYi:.)
Will Sail After
Hia
HUSKS IDIICL
TO POLICY HCLCEH3
Htettdld a AfWw fnlMee) ! Um'
H..l4m' to Better l Haae TH
Hrlue lamtigalinai tVrgaav
loeiag MoCadl 10 Try to Get
Maaailuta ! Rrtarw par Ulve Ao.
roaatiag of Ike) Maairy Ttrrirr4
trom Kt-m Tark Life. .
Bjr Ike Associated fllM
New York. Nov. II Aedrew
HaniUtoa, te wkoea the New York
Life Jaaaraaee Coeapaay has paid
hundreds of tbousands t dollars
charged to togal expeaaea. baa bee
located la Pari. -
John C. McCall. secretary of the
New York Uf. aad eoa of President
McCall. testified to this effect to-day
before the laauraaoe laveetlgatlng
committee, aad Mid It was his, Mo
Call's, Intentloa to eall ext Saturday
lo ee Hamilton and Induce him to
return, or If not to give accounting
for the money received by him from
the New York Uf.
Mr. Hughes, counsel to the corn
mi t tee. asked Mr. McCall to get aa
order from Hamilton to hia agents
here lo surrender Ham I Hob's papers,
and Mr. McCall promised to do eo.
Senator Armstrong, chairman of
the committee, appointed by the New
York legislature o Investigate life
insurance. Issued a - Thanksgiving
greeting to-day to policyholders ad'
vising them not -to let-their policies
lapse. The address follows:
"I am ar.ked for a bfief message
to policyholder! en the ev of our
adjournment for th month, and am '
glad to make thia suggestion:
"Do not allow' your policies to
lapse on account of anything revealed
by this Investigation.
"Policyholders are la better po
sition now than before, the Investiga
tion began, and their position ought
to steadily Improve at our inquiry
proceeds. - , , , - i " , . ,
"The legislation we will recom
mend will undoubtedly safeguard and
strengthen the rights of policyhold
ers, but those who suffer their poli
cies to lapse will lose the benefit of
what has been done already aa well
as what we hope to aoeompllsh.
"No such sacrifice ought now to . .
be made by policyholders, and pati
ence and courage for a abort time yet
will not only prevent loss, but enable
this committee to render the-best
service to the greatest number," . 1
ALLEGED ATTEMPT , .
AT ASSASSINATION. ,
(By the Associated Preas.' 1 ', 1
Naples, Nov. 29. Great excite
ment was caused here to-day by an' e
alleged at! mpt against the life of
the Duchess of Aosta, who Is very-
popular. . ; ;
While the Duchess was entering
the royal palace at Capodimonte In
an automobile, a man about 40 years X
old picked up a tone. Intending ap-j. jf
parentiy to throw it s,t:; the Duchess,
but was prevented from so doing by1
a policeman, w Ho arrested him. '
The man, who , has toot yet been
identified, asserts that be did not In- '
tend to throw the stone, but picked '
it up to clear a way for the passage
of the automobile. ,, -, L V' 5
Want Russian Prisoners.
(By the Associated Press.)'
Victoria, B C. NoV. 89. Accord- 1.
ing to advices received by the steamer
Iyo Maru agents of Hawaiian planters !
are endeavoring to induce numbers .
of Russian prisoners in Japan to
emigrate- to Hawaii, 1 offering them v.
work on the sugar plantations. . "
DRUNKEN HUSBAND ' : . ;
CAUSED HER DEATH. -
(By the Associated Press.) ; ;
Norfolk;,iya., Nor,; fe9!-Geof fee 1 '
Worthingtoh, ; he "husband ' ot the
young woman who was. burned to
death in her South Norfolk home as
the result of the explosion of a lamp, '
which is alleged to hare been knock
ed from her hand by Worthlngton-
while intoxicated, was to-day arrest- '
ed and committed to -x the Norfolk
county-jail upon charges brought in
accordance with tne verdict of the
coroner's Jury, which ' held him re
sponsible for his wife's death.
He will probably be permitted to
attend the funeral of his wife in com
pany with a deputy aherlX ; :