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i t ii LAST EDlTlOir. llieCcrvIc3c!lL3'Ac:o.L!.cdPrc - i tU JTortli CarcLnx 'Afternoon Ptpcrs in Circulation, THE E'ALEKil 'EVENING 7. VOLTJHE 27, RALEIGH, N. C, -THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1907 4 A' TIMES. . - .5 i -y ,. r -: " l EVELTO THAtV; BREAKS DITTER i Her Story of .Wrongs Again , . Laid Bare by Questions - . of Mr 7Jerome I ' AN ORDEAL TO BACK THE . SOUD IFJ.T WOMAN - Statements by Mrs. That Which In- . ' . I dicate That' Iter ,Idea of Right , and Wrong Wete on the Plane of Those of ft Pagan It Was) Thaw, According Aa Her Story,. Who Awakened Her to a, Foil Realiza tion of Row Foully Ahe Had Been WwmgtWStrugglo- 6ver Letters. Bt'lmas Hprlhgs a Sensation. , , --. : 7 ' ,. (By the Associated Press.) :$ lJJew York, Feb. 21.-The prospect that District Attorney Jerome would develop morg surprises when he con- tlaued the cross-examination qf Eve lyn " Nesblt Thaw this morning brought another big Oewd to the court Toom where the trial of Harry Thaw. U being held. Some- time be , fore the honis for opening court, the room was crowded . to its capacity, , and a long tide was ; waiting outside the door, , , .Thow entered the court room Im mediately after the.- Jury, without waiting to be formally called to the ' bar. His hair was mussed, and his .. . manner was' eager and nervous.' ; He carried a large . pad of paper, . and, after taking , his teat, ' prepared to make notes of bis wlfa's testimony. When Justice Fitzgerald had taken y his place on the bench then was a conference "among the attorneys, and stt tras, ilectdOd that ther. would be I - iio session tomorrow, Washington's - When. Mrs. Thaw was called to the stand she glanced at her husband and 'mlled. Then she tqrned to Justice ; Fitzgerald and made , 4. little bow to ' lilm. but the Jlustlce did not notice bor," VC'?:: . ;' ( Mr, Jerome consulted his notes at : some length before beginning to ques tion tbo witness, and finally called . ber attention to her closing testl , jnony on yesterday, In order that she might pick .up the' strands of the Story where they had been dropped upon adjournment. ! ; "Did you continue to believe all women ' were unchaste, as Stanford .- White told you, until you talked with Thaw in Paris in 1903 T"; asked Mr. Jerome. "Yes, sir," replied Mrs." Thaw, meekly..' . ' Then the district, attorney took a ' ' new vfh of questioning. , " "Do you know a place called tho 'Dead Raft" H ' "Yes.'VM, '-: - t 'Wherels the 'Dead Raff i ,( "Spmewhere In Paris." -i - "Have you ever been therel" ."Yes.'1 '' -.'h i. : "What sort of plaee is It?" : , "A cafe." - ' "U K"a reputable place? v " "Did it aeeni reputable to you?" ' 4,1 don't ltnowrpeopla were sit i ting about eating.;'. ' 1 "Was somebody danclng?" "I think ao.". ."'Was 1t two b'clock In the morn "Jng-f- ':"',' I 4 "Possibly." . k - -j- . '"Did you see a ake walk?" '. "No; I think there was a Russian . dance."'. , v t . , i 1 if "Sure there was no cake 'w1?'f' liThere may have keen; I don'f r$ v member.. . I distinctly remember the ; Russiari' dance." , , n t'VJis it before or after Thaw .pro-i- posetk' that -you went to tha- 'Dad Raf?'- -.-"v . 4 'After.- .'- -"WasJtin 1903?"s 5 ' -. "No;' I think it was during the ' second trip in 190.1? -. , . ? "How many times were you at the .'Dead Raf?" , ' V . ) VI think only once. . t K '.., "Can't you fix . even the year of . your visit?" . - - l think tt' was i04." - '- . ; ' "With whom did you go? :- ' 1 ''With Mr, Thaw and Mr. Shubert, a theatrical manager, and another ' man, whose name I don't remem ber." .' "I will whisper a name to you and ask if the man; was there?'' " Mr. Jerbme whispered and Mrs. Thaw shook ber head. V WEEPING AND HER HUSBAND DaOPSHIS HEAD ' "Was there )ady;or watf thgrlr liBles in the party?" j think ; there were with (Mr, ShubertT - nl' 1 H'Did you-sae many lad'ies of the domi-jnonde there?" , Objection By Delmas. .. Mr( Delsaas -was on his feet with an objection. , - :. , '.'I afn using the wltneBs5- own ex- "I nwer sald that," ulated I- 'Didn't you use the, -expression In .a letter?' V -, juj - .''Again Mr. Delmas objected and was sustained. . v.. i "Don't you know what, I mean?" asked Mr.- Jerome of the witness, "hen I say did you eee many Of the bunch from the Tenderloin there?'1 "I think, so." , r , "Have" 'you any douiit?" "No. "Do you know Miss Winchester?" "Slightly." ... "Did you see her df a cake walk at the 'Dend Rat' ffiat night?" "1 don't remember." "In whosa handwriting Is thlsj let ter?" asked - Mr. Jerome, handing her several written sheets. , "Mr. Thaw's, I think." "Have you any doubt of it?" . ' "I don't think I have." Mj. Jerome .then offered tho letter in evidence.. , Mr. Delmas pbjected on the ground that, ft was. mutilated, and the date was not fifed. "Do you know of your own knowl edg9 when this was written?" "I haven't the slightest idea." "Will you note the paging of that letter?" ... ' "Yes." "Did not you and Mr. Thaw while" in Paris write Joint letters to friends, you writing part and h8 tho rest?" . '?! cannot say positively; very likely we did.- . 4' ... ; -"liad. you changed your opinion in regard to- the general chastity of women?" . -. ' - ' ',.f, V "I bad."( . . I "How sooii after your talk with Thaw did you change your mind?" "Very soon." 1 !, "At the time you left Paris In June, 1903, had you 'changod your mind?" ' "Yesr" . Says Her Eyes Wero Opened. "Had you come to a lull under standing of the Infamous character of White's act?" "Yes -but not so much , so as 1 have how." ''Yet it was this that Induced your renunciation of Thaw's great love?" Mr. Delmas objected. The witness could not remember she said, how long It was after Thaw's proposal of marriage that she left Paris. "Before the time you left Paris had you any appreciation that mere tricious relations between men and women were immoral and wrong?" "Not until after my talk with Mr. Thaw." "Before that you didn't believe it wrong?" 'Oh, yes." "Very wrong?" "Not particularly. I knew people said It was wrong." ' "But you didn't think It was wrong?" ' "f didn't fully realize it until M went to Paris." : '! "Did you belong to any religious organization?" "No." ; , i V'ln Paris it was impressed on you (bat White had done you a. terrible wrong?" y ..; "In a way." --i . 4 "Before you left Paris you had begun to look' on auch relations as very wrong?" "C " -Yes." s ' ' ' . Mr. Delmas objected to What e thought a sneer In th quesilon. Mr. Jerohie denied any. such intention. . 'D6' you use the word 'renuncia tion?; ilncerelyf asked Mr, Delmas. - "It this story' Is true. I do". said M Jeromoji ' "N.ever in thb his-tory-r-'V ' . ' "1 renew toy objection," Inter rupted Mr. Delmas. - . "So you mean to tell me the story Isn't true?" asked Mr. Jerome- of Mr. Delmas. '- "Thafa the paly Rea son you can object" . ; v " Justice Fitzgerald : sustained ' tha objection. . .., j j. " - Her Refusal of Thaw. - ' "Did you refus Thaw solely 1et cause of the occurrence with White?" asked Mr. Jerome Of the witness.- ,' 5 "Because I'had been found .out" "Who told -, you , you . had been caught?" , r::'' , . 'V- "4"' "Friends of Stanford White.".! , "So It was not because ot the'.oc ' ' ' . V-; ." i - . - V .V ' A INTO';. currence, but because you had been found out?" i' ' " '..''It was both together. I had an Instinct about iU When Mr. Thaw proposed it was the first proposal I ever had and It all struck- me very seriously. It all came together." "You felt the most belnous wrong had' been done you?" "I didn't know anything about it at tha time. All I remember is what I felt like when I woke up. I remem ber that distinctly. I .didn't under stand what had taken place." "It outraged every, maidenly in stinct in Nyou; didn't it?" "It did, and that is why I quar reled with Stanford White." ,; "YoUt..wero .very bitter against Whlto when you told Thaw, weren't you?" "Not then." "Wncn you felt you wero sivini; up Thaw's love, you didn't feci bitter against White?" ."Not Intencely. Not until Mr. Thaw made mo realize It." Tho Lcticf' lioni ll:;il(Kii('. "You remeipbor writing to Stan ford WhitO from Boulogne?" i r "YCS." . "How long wa3 that after you had left Paris?" "I don't lscow.'.' .. "Did you Hiiil fool bllter againr.t White?" . "Yos, I did." ','It wag a feeling of enmity against White?" i "I wouldn't say enmity it was hostility against him for this one thing and subsequent things." "What subsequent things?" Tho prosecutor caught up Mrs. Thaw's own words. "Things with Stanford White," re plied Mrs, lhaw.- "Wero they improper and inde cent?" "I don't know what you would call them." . '"You still Were thinking of these' things when you wrote White from Boulogne?" ' ' - ; . "Yes, and of his extraordinary per sonality.'" "His personality had softened the feeling,1' had it?" asked Mr. Jerome. , "In one way it had in another it had not." Coerced by Mother. "Then why did you write that let ter to White?" demanded Mr. Jerome fiercely. "Because my mother would give me no peace until I did it." Mrs. Thaw raised her voice as she mado this reply. ;You were coerced into writing?" "Yes, I was. My mother said I was ungrateful to 'Mr. White, and things llKe that." f'Did you tell your mother of your wrong whilo abroad?" "No." "How did you know Stanford White's friends knew of your rela tion with Stanford White?" . "One of them saw nie with him at the East Twenty-second street stu dio." "Was there any impropriety there?" "Yes.". "So you continued to maintain, re lations with Stanford White after he had wronged you?" "Yes, for a time." . 1 -at burled his face in his hands. Tears were in Mrs. Thaw's eyes and In her voice. 1 ." '..fr ' (The testimony of Mrs. .Thaw at this point is omitted... While having an important bearing it is unfit .for publication in this newspaper. Editor.) ' . As Mr. Jerome continued to ply her with delicate Interrogations she broke down and wept. Thaw' kept his head in" his hands, leaning far .ever on the table in front of him. .. ."We might take a recess, the wit' ness seems" Mr. Jerome began. Mr. Delmas objected. s W " !'If there Is. to be recess' it Is not to be on account of the witness. I think aha will be able to go on."' ' " M,rv Thaw wiped her eyes several times and Straightened up. . Jerome went on with his questions: . . '''Tell. Ine why you wrote a letter rro'm Boulogne- to Mr. White." .' ' "Because my mother made me. TWby had you : not told your mother rtout all this?" , . , "I oould not-,,r( " . - VYou had rather . write to-this great brute, this monster, a you be lieved him, -than tell herf. , ' "I'd rather have died .than tell her.' - f Two Letters Read, Mr. 'Jerome then read scraps of a letter which Mrs. Thaw had said was In her husband's writing. It read: v '''He couldn't keep his eyes off any t Continued On Page Five) - 7. " V "TT" ; " . 'SEBJATE TALKS QN "RATE BILLS McLean glares lie YotesjSUOI 10 DEATH According to His ::Convic!ioDS UIIT TO SILL Would ' Mae; f Fl. 1 OnLs- Senator l I i a:i That His Peop'' at !lc me 'arc 2?4 ShoHS Unilorse His Positionvuncl Ai!Is Tliat Pro pnved 'jkliiisur "s 1:- I ii' tnistitU' tii)al .Bccausi' llic.v An- ltust'd Uprtn ... litter-Sl:: Kitraings-A Strong Talks In:' :. :(! .. gainst Two Ci'itt RatP. Tn tho state .sonin OMlur of the lis.', i (?c r rate bills Const 10: 30 to ailjwrnmi llrst hour ot the si to the Introduction the passage Of ) 1" calendar, assVopoi'i The several;' SP1'1 djllvered ap.Wci pro and con 6tt Whi ter and two and or y Hi spool!'-! 1 passi'ii ir iliin- from I In- iLiy, the 1m inK dovotod r. iv bills and i of IjIIIm on tha iHcwhor'e. v. re all well M j; argument;, i :i ud ouo-quar-ilf and two and iinsitions. Loan was th.' tltroo-quartPlent I" But that of Mr M most impressive arsuincnt, both in subjoct matter'and th" manner of its delivery. His : excm iailnn of the edi tor of the'-Haleigli morning paper in his reference to "the elan ! of Maea" was severe and efeaieil an Impression. Mr. Mason,' in Ins speech, also de nounced the dictation of jthat "one newspaper at. least th.-.t gufvlved nd kept allva the ..deplorable .pilticy of hJB late populist -party of tLftmAgS classioSloe, he found Fisheri jylng on the n,j,et- . . 1 n u C ft a jthdiip-h ith. fltptfltlon 1 . .,,!.!, t U 1.1..,,, .. . - . 0 j. . r .7 tor here from doing his duty as he honestly saw it." A great throns of peorie crowded the lobblesUind the galln ies, includ ing many Indies, throughout the ses sion and wen- interested auditors of tho discussion. Tomorrow Senators Graham and Daniel and other prominent members will spenk on the ouestlon. Daniel Hill "Inequitable and Vn.iust." Senator Mi Lean of RobeSon wai the first senator to discuss the pas senger rate measures today in support of his substitute and in opposition to the Daniel substitute and the oriKinul Graham committee bill. There has been no more forceful speech delivered during the present session of the senate on any subject than that of Senator McLean. The followiinr outline of some of his remarks is imperfect and hurriedly Written, as all such reports have to be necessarily abbreviated in order to get the matter in print in the limited time allowed on an evening paper: Among other tldngs Mr. McLean said was that neither the Daniel nor the Manning-Just h e bill would stand the of the court s. This attack upon the legal qualifications of the lawyers who drew those bills brought Mr. Daniel t his feet to Inquire If he had reference to his bill or that of the committee. "Both!" declared Mr. McLean with unmistakable promptness. He declar ed that the bill of Mr. Justice and Mr. Manning in the house and Mr. Daniel in the senate was "inequitable and unjust, ' ami thatUf enacted into law would not accomplish anything; that counsel for the railroads would "drive through them"; in the courts. Jnstice-MaiiiiiiiK-Daniel Bills t'neon stutional. Mr. McLean declared that those bills were an attempt to regulate passenger traffic In North '"arollmv not by Intra state earnings, but, by lnter-state earnings, hi. !i is Iri violation of ths constitution 1 the United States. He then quoted ti e intra-state earnings of the three Lib systems to have been during last lis "I year as follows: Southern, $1.177.47: " 4Atlantlo Coast Line,' $922.2:. seaboard' ; Air Line, $756.79, and not over $1,800, : each, as those bills stipulate, which renperents the inter-state earnings perniile.. He quoted from the case of fsmitV vs. Ames, report eii in the United States supreme court reports. He said, he would vote for the but of the senator from -Halifax only oOi the condition that' everything after the enacting clause be stricken out. v- ; V Mr.' McLean read extracts from let ters written to him by leading citizens of his county and district. Sheriff George B. Mel.eod among the number, endorsing his positloivjand he referred tn th nresence " here ot renre tentative citizens, of his section in ttal- elgh who had personalty assured him qf the same thing. MTj-i:-'?- i "So I do represent my own people, arrd what 1b more to me, i. am repre senting my ow n honest convtcttons.;' . Referring to the mUch-mooted alleg ed "raUroad lobby M MclJean de- 1 (Continued on second page.) - to this senate Wiutld.sw.4ptoyena-.Ln4 tMafa&J,& JU8LU:e cuuuu WS Hi8 OFFICE Woman Had Entered and .arreied With' Him A DRAMATIC TABLEAU .i . . Iler.riifK Sliots, r. Jlan Tluslicd into Klshci's Oitle:' i.ad Found Fisher Ii'CS(i,:ttr- anl the Woman Beside Hi.-.- With Hevolver in Hit Hand. Wif'- of Miilionaii'i'. (IJy the Associated Press.) Chica-o. Fol. 21. --l.ouis Fisher, 8S years of ago, and one. ol the pro prietors of the Ha'-rlson Art Com panj, v. i'.h offices in the Omaha build ing at l.a Sallo and Van Buren atreotr, was shot to de;;th in his office today. A fashionably dressed woman who entered Fisher's office about. 10 c'cloik, nnd who cjuarrcled with Fishe;-, was found in the room after tho shooting. She was arrested, but declined to talk of the manner in which Fisher met hi;-, death, and re fused to give her name to the police. Tho woman entered Fisher's office excitedly, and Fisher told his office boy to leave the office and return at noon. The boy heard them quarrel ing as ho left. Some time later a shot was heard, and when Lorenzo Blast, occupant of an adjoining office, ran into Fisher's IBVUI, - I1HU tWO UIUUU UUUimK f( VU&. ll t woman standing' over hinj with re volver in her hand. He took the weapon away nnd notified tho police. Before giving up the revolver the woman fought Blasi desperately and threatened to shoot him. As .the police wore leaving with the woman, the office boy returned and identified her as the woman he had left with Fisher. These witnesses who hastened to Fisher's robm after hearing the shooting asserted that they heard the woman crying: "Oh, ho has shot him self! Ho has shot himself!" Tho woman was later identified as Mrs. Flora McDonald, tho wife of Michael C. McDonald, a former prom inent democratic politician and a mil lionaire. Shortly after the identification of Mrs. McDonald the man who was shot and killed was identified as Webster S. Guerin, of West Harrison street. Ho also used the name of Fisher, - and managed tlje Harrison Art Company under that name. MAN' FOIXD DEAD WITH A FRACTURKD SKULL. (I!y the Associated Press.) ' New York, Feb. 21. Frank Mc Vicars, who had been playing in the "Man of the Hour" at the Savoy The ater, was found dea l today at the foot of a short flight of steps leading from the sidewalk to an areaway of the Hotel Rivoli, in West Thirty eighth street," where he lived. His skull was fractured. It Is believed that his death was accidental. TWO JAIL-BREAKERS CAPTURED AT XORFOLK. (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va., Feb. 21. A. J. Gregory, C. P. Pitt and L. H. Rivenbark, who broke jail at Petersburg, Va,, early yesterday morning by sawing their way out of a second story window and low ering themselves to freedom on an im provised "bridge" of bed slats and sides suspended from blankets, were captured In Norfelk today. They are being held for Chief of Police Ragland of Petersburg, who will come for them this evening. ' ONE NEGRO DISCHARGED, THE OTHER IS HELD. (By the Associated Press.) ' Richmond. Vd. Feb. " Jil In the case of the two negroes, Peter Hud son and Herbert Steptoe, charged with, criminal assault and trough t be fore Amherst, court n'nlle;r. military guapd,-the former was discharged and the latter transferred o' laiiyllle for rial a statute, qulrng' that when 0 military Is called oijjt tjo prevent AriOlehCo' there niBst W a' change of Venue. . ' ;i" ' STEAMER BROKEN IN TWAIN, MANY UVES LOi jI STORMY SEAS REVENUE ACI IN THE Made Special Order at m Noon Hour Toda. ROYSTER IN THE CHAIR Many Bills Introduced This Morning of More or Lews Importance Bick ett Resolution nffto Salaries Tabled at Request of Autlioi Other Mat ters. The house today, in committee of the whole, tooti up tho consideration of the revenue act as reported from the committee on finance by its chair man, Representative Doughton of Al leghany. Tho only material change reached today during the reading of thirty five sections of the act was the in crease of the tax on circuses charging mure than 75 Cental including re served seat, from $200 to $300. The subject of taxation will be re sumed in the house tomorrow imme diately after the expiration of the morning hour. . Tonight the house will meet at 7:30, and at 8. o'clock will take up the Immigration bill. n 1 T . I , , , . . . . . , order at, 10:30 this , morning, and Rev. Dr. M. M., Marshall, rector of Christ EpiscopaIOhrob'hif lty, uiuue uu iiivucauuii. ' The Sampson county bill, to add four new commissioners to the county board, came from the committee on counties, cities and towns with an unfavorable report. This is a result of the trouble with tho sheriff of Sampson and the indictment of the ceunty board for malfeasance In office. There was some disposition to re refer the bill, but at the request of Mr. Owen and Mr. Kennedy, it was put on the calendar and made the special order for next Thursday night. Bills Introduced. Authorize town of Whiteville to order election on bond issue. Mc Rac!:an. Protect dogs duly listed for taxa tion in Halifax. Kltchin. Amend charter of Murphy in Cher okee. Davidson. Improve and macadamize roads of Cherokee. Davidson. Authorize Beaufort to issue bondiffl and levy special tax to build court house, .lacobson. Establish and provide for organi zation of county of Park from parts of Watauga and Mitchell. Bowman. Abolish dispensary at Jackson in Northampton county. Midyette. Appoint justices of peace in Lenoir. McDaniei. Amend act of 1905, as to Ayden dispensary. Laughinghouse. Work roads by taxes in Craven. Laughinghouse, by request. Change dividing line between Third and Ninth townships of Craven. Laughinghouse, by request. Amend act of 1901, as to public schools of Durham. Manning. Appoint court stenographer for Durham. Manning. Change boundaries of Mapleville graded school district in Franklin. Bickett. Prevent obstruction of flow of water in drainage of streams in Tyr rell. Liverman. Relief of A. J. Watts of Anson. Lockhart. Establish graded school district in Lilesvlllo township, Anson. Lock hart. Amend road law of 1903 for Mor ven township. Lockhart. Allow Anson to levy special tax. Remote doubt Whether Watts and Wrard laws apply id Buncombe. Weave.-. , Amend act of 1889, as to chartdr of Dillsboro. Candler. Authorize Madison to levy special tax to build court house. Bailey. Establish fetock law in certain (Continued ott Second Page.) HOUSE The BerHn,rCa(2-BrIvd ? ft Crashed v into JeMf d-;, HookoruolDd ONE PERSON Jilt! HIS f' SnVEorilliNnEcr The Berlin Left Harwich, England v ' at 10 O'clock ; JUwt . Night, He Crew and Passengers Numbering : a Hundred and ;, orty-one-rShe jlf Bank Off the Holland; Coast at O'clock This Morning WbW th ' Passengers and Crew Were Falnljr. . Endeavoring to Launch the tM -Bonts A Pew on the Wreck, ' - (By the Associated Preas.) : London, Feb. 21. The Rotterdam f mail steamer Berlin, from England, with 141 passengers and crew, was wrecked off the Hook of Holland, at 2 the entrance of th River Mass, lead , - Ing to Rotterdam: shortly before $ o'clock this morning, and mos,t , of those on hoard .perished. . A terrific southwesterly gale, was blow.' '' , tng right In shore and drove the steamer on a sand bank Close to the northern jetty, as she was trying tO enter the new waterway. Heavy seas ,, quickly pounded the vessel to pieces. She broke in two, her forepart sink lng Immediately, while the doomed passengers and crew could ,be,-seett for a brief space of time clustered n tyi the after part. - The after part slipped ' ' off the ledge and disappeared it the . v' mountainous Waves.. ' ' ; A . 4 JT".Js r. and i , Hieboata. promptly'' h put out "tha;;:as8stun of : the BerHn, . but the . . vlftlence --L of the gale and . the -,lieavj( -seaa made it impossible to approach the t wreck, and the helpless would-be life savers saw the steamer break up atid the crew and passengers Washed ', away without being able to render '. the slightest assistance. 5 ' One man, an Englishman, who , was saved, was unconscious when ; dragged out of the water and taken -ashore, and had not regained con v -f sclousness when he was Carried to a hotel in the neighborhood. ,. ""v By li o'clock in the morning ' twenty-five bodies had already been . . recovered. . - London, Feb. 2L The Great Eastern Railway Company officially confirms the loss of the steamer Berlin with all on board, off the coast of Holland. The Berlin carried passengers and -crew to the number of 141. Among those drowned are nineteen members of a German opera, company who had just concluded thejr season at CoVent Garden. : ; Arthur Herbert, one ot the king's messengers, who was journeying xo the continent, also was lost With reference to the members at ; the German opera company who left r last night on the steamer Berlin, the . manager of the Covent Garden , said . today: . "Sa far as we know these did not in elude any of the star artists. The par ty was made up of members of th chorus returning to their homes. Thy made arrangements directly with the railway company so that we are not vflt ah!, tn tnxt on ATlint lint nf thllt R . . IV "The disaster baa aroused the most intense alarm among the other mem bers of the company owing to ; the. friendships and relationships exist ing." ' ' t Driven Ashore fcy Gale. " The Berlin left Harwich at JO o'clock, last night Upon the arrival there lof . the London train -with the greater , number of passengers who aubsequntr ly lost their lives. The steamer aho tlld have reached the Hook Of Holhmd at 6 o'clock this .'. rooming and would have then proceeded tor Rotterdam. A great gale was blowing; Jit,, ths North Sea when' the.. 'Berlin started. As the Berlin was entering .the water way at the .' entrance for the ' Rlvpr Maas, however, she, apparebtly be came unmanageable on account of the force of -the wind and .was driven " ashore. : , The alarm was given,, aid lifeboats from the shore Went to the ' assistance 'of the stricken steamer, but the seas were so high 'that th boat were unable to approach the Berlin close enough to take joff any of the passengers or crew, 'and the life boat men had to alt , helpless While the steamer pounded until the broke In (Continued oa Eighth Page.) ;.w 0 'tww, .v.t;.'-'.;'"?. 5. .' t i . ;..vf'' - '. y v