FRENCH NAVAL VESSEL BURNED Three Men Perish On a Blazing Schoolship. TORPEDOES EXPLODE IN FIRE. The Excellent Discipline Maintained on the Burning Ship and Prompt Work of the Rescue Crews Saves Nearly 500 Men— Intense Excitement At the Naval Station. Toulon, France (By Cable).-—The torpedo schoolship Algeciras, sta- tioned in this harbor, was totally destroyed by fire at a late hour Sun- day evening. The burning of the ship created the greatest alarm throughout the city. News of the fire was first con- veyed at about 11 o'clock by the fir- Ing of cannon in the harbor. The people hurriedly left the cafes and theatres and rushed to the docks, whence they could see the Algeciras, a mass of flames in the harbor. The burning vessel stood out brilliantly in the encircling darkness, and the glare of the flames lit up the other shipping and the coast and wharves, There was terrible anxiety concern- ing the fate of the 500 men on board until the authorities announced that everybody had been taken off in boats and saved, with the exception of three. Those men did not answer | the roll-call, and it is presumed they were burned to death, As soon as the men had been taken off the flaming vessel, the efforts of the authorities were directed to safe- guarding the other ships anchored in | the vicinity of the Algeciras, includ- | ing the new battleship Patrie and the torpedo gunboat La Hire. These two | warships were towed to places of | safety. | The authorities came rapidly to | the conclusion that the Algeciras was doomed, and she was left to burn her- | self out, ! The discipline maintained on board | the Algeciras was excellent. A ma- | jority of the men were cool and col- | lected. The small boats of the Alge- | ciras were launched, filled with men and rowed away, while those who could not leave in this manner await- ed the arrival of their rescuers. Aj few of the men, however, were forced | by the flames to jump overboard and | swim away. Six torpedoes on board | the schoolship exploded while the | men were leaving the vessel, There was much fear during the | height of the fire that a torpedo mag- i azine on shore would become ignited. | but this was prevented by deluging | the mazagine with heavy streams of | water from powerful fireboats. It is not known whether the fire | originated from an explosion of powder or broke out among the stores on board. The Algeciras for 12 vears had | been employed as a torpedo training ship. She was of 5.047 dis- | placement and was built in 1855. i & tons ) GIRL SAVES HER FATHER. Charge Of Murder Changed From | Him To His Brother, ! 0 Lena Guif- her | Marion, fritta father, John Guiffritta, who was aec- of She also caused her father's (Special) obtained the freedom of cused murdering his wealthy brother. brother, Joseph, to be charged with | the murder "Theodore Grasse, aged girl's sweetheart, claims that Jo weph Guiffritta had told him thal he had murdered his brother, and threatened | Grasse with death if he divulged the secret, Lena Guiffritta pleaded with Grasse to tell what he knew. For love of | her he finally consented. The gun with which the murder was commit- | ted was found in a box In the hase- ment of Guiffritta’s store Sergeant Victor Churches, an [tal- ian interpreter, was locked up all | night in a cell between the prisoners | Saturday night. Churches said that | there was no doubt of Joseph Guif- | fritta being the murderer, though no confession had as vet been from him 22, the gecured i a i To Be Merged With Harvard. | Boston (Special). — The trustees of | the Andover Theological Seminary | and President Eliot, of Harvard, have | prepared a plan for the merging, ed- | ucationally, of that institution with | 1 i i its $1,000,000 fund with Harvard | University, which will be carried out if accepted by the alumni of the seminary. The plan includes the re- | moval of the seminary to Cambridge | and the erection of a $100,000 build- i ing. Curzon's Share Of Wife's Estate, Chicago (Special). —As a result of a conference between Lord Cur. zon and representatives of the Leiter estate it developed that the foreign nobleman who married Mise Mary Leiter in Washington will receive only the income from one-third of $1,760,000, and upon his death his share will go to his children, Drove Scissors Into Heart, Adrian, Mich, (Special). Miss Ola Kelley was murdered at her home In Holloway, Mich., by Joseph Ehlichs, a rejected suitor, who cut her throat with a pair of scissors and drove the scissors into her heart. “Congress Can Investigate,” Washington (S8pecial} Secretary Taft sald that he had not considered any action by Congress in relation to the discharge of the negro troops who “shot up’ Brownville, Texas, and were ordered dismissed from the service in consequence of their acts, “But there 4s one thing I have learn- ed thas Congress can do,” he said, laughingly; “it ean investigate, | know that from experience, for Con-- Bress has Investigated everything 1 THE NEWS OF THE WEEK Domestic. The National Grange Convention adopted resolutions condemning free seed distribution by the government as being of no benefit, opposing a national fertilizer law and favoring amendment of the oleomargarine law by striking out the work “knowing- ly,” to the end that convictions may be procured for violation of the law. A committee of the locomotive engineers of the Reading system had a conference with the general super- intendent on the question of in- crease of wages, but no decision was reached, Ferdinand L. Barnett, colored, as- sistant sfate’s attorney, who, accord- ing to the police returns, was elected judge of the nétw municipal court in Chicago, has been counted out. A fine of $18.000 was assessed against the New York Central Rall- road by Judge Holt in the New York federal Court for granting rebates to the Sugar Trust. Mrs. Horace Hayes, of Mount Leb- anon, was held up in Pittsburg, Pa., by a rough-looking highwayman in the heart of the business section of the city. Eight boys lassoed an aged Rus- sian in New York, but were scared off before they robbed him. Francis 8. Coxe, of Asheville, N. | C., son of the late Frank Coxe, died | suddenly in Philadelphia. Delos Highland killed and himself at th®r home near Cas- | novia, Mich. A Southern freight train ran away down a mountainside in North Caro- | lina at a speed of 70 miles an hour, | over. William 1. Lawson, wife | millionaire jute manufacturer, | says 10 witnesses perjured them- | selves in testifying In the three di- vorce suits instituted by her husband. | Mrs. Amanthis Jungbluth, wife of | Carl Jungbluth, secretary of the Con- | tinental Tobacco Company, has brought suit for divorce asking for $200,000 alimony. Dr. D. C. Gilman was re-elected president of the National Civil Ser- vice Reform League at the meeting in New Haven. A number of ad-| over and Mrs the Dr. Edward T. Divine, who had | charge of the Red Cross relief work | got any of the contributions. The American Sugar Refining Com- | was found guilty of accepting from the New York Central Rallroad. Negroes of Chicago have protested against Senator 14 ‘ing per- mitted to speak in Thomas F. Ryan gave notice that he had resigned from a large num- ber of directorates of railroads and to give proper attention to hem. The annual meeting of the Nation al Civil Service Reform Association was begun in New Haven Addresses made by President Daniel C Gilman and Secretary Bonaparte It is declared that Mrs. Hannah will appear in court against Caruso, the tenor, who is with ] tomor- Signor charged her, row, Mme fire annoying Anasta de Masay d three shots at Gustave Simon. a New York merchant. de Louise the fn fart fevers in to iatier ss Rabel foun water G of The schooner Luis in fathoms Charleston, 8. C Rev. Dr. Algernon with heresy, has the Protestant The condition Tigert, of the Church, South, The annual Horse Show Madison Square Garden with an usually fine list of entries. + ; Over 40 lives were lost in a col- | four near escaped , charg suspended Episcopal Church of john J Methodist Episcopal WOrse is slightly began The crew Crapsey ed been by Bishop in | un- The Alabama State Agricultural | School at Athens was blown down by Andrew Carnegie has promised to million dollars to promote inter- peace, Alienists have declared that Harry i Thaw was insane when he shot | a Patrolman Luke Fitzpatrick, of! Chicago, was killed in a duel with a burglar. Foreign. Announcement of the proposed Jewish reforms in Russia has aroused the opposition of the reactionary ele- ments, It Is the intention of the ministry to leave the main Jewish question to Parliament for settle. ment The United States government has made friendly representations io the government of Great Britain regard- ing the action of the Newfoundland officials against colonial fishermen enlisting on Board American vessels. The British House of Lords struck out the clause in the Education Bill empowering the establishment of a central education council for Wales because it contained the spirit of home rule. Herr Von Arim, president of the German . Agricultural Soclety, has been appointed German minister of agriculture in succession to General Von Podbielski, who recently re- signed, ' Among the bills against Count de Castellane presented to the court by creditors was one for $37,400 for Gobelin tapestries and another for $24,000 for jewels, Vice Admiral von Eickstedt, direc- tor of the construction bureau of the German Navy, announced that the German Navy Intended to use turbine engines. The military and police guards in Rome have been reinforced to as- sure the protection of King George of Greece, The French custom authorities are barring American eanned pork and bacon because of the elimination of the minwcople examination of the meat frony the new American inspec- tion regulations, ever had anything to do with.” CRASH OF SHIPS CIN THE NIGHT Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse and the Orinico. MANY ARE KILLED AND INJURED. Intense Excitement on the Two Vessels After Coilision — The Big German Steamer Sustains Most Damage —An Unusual Number of Collisions and Other Marine Disasters. A Sg. 4S SS I MANY MARINE DISASTERS. Three men and a woman were killed, six women and a man were Injured and five persons were knocked overboard and drowned from the steamer Orinoco and four persons were killed and eight injured on the Kaiser Wil- helm red Grosse, Both ships were badly damaged. The North German Lloyd steamer Main, coming into New York from Bremen, collided with a four-masted schooner, the bow- sprit of which tore a hole 10 feet in diameter in the steamer amid- ship. No lives were lost The river steamer Lurline was sunk in collision with a towhoat off Ranier, Ore, The passengers made narrow escapes, In storms on the Great Lakes three boats were wrecked. a nume- ber of vessels crippled or blown ashore and 28% men drowned. The Anchor Line Steamer Cone- maugh is ashore on Point Pelee, in Lake Erle, Cherbourg (By Cable).—In the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Royal Mall steamer Orinoco four passengers were killed injured. On men and a woman six women and a man seven persons noco three killed, were overboard and drowned The four steerage pasengers killed right on the German steamer were Geo, Muhlbeler and Samuel Croissant, of Worms: Michael Zim- belman, of Forbach, and Anna Kouce- lik of Cecelowiz, Bohemia A named Stevier was disemboweled and died in a hospital When the coll Kaiser Wilhelm steaming at the from Chert er girl the was gion ocenr rod der Grosse of rate Ots OUTrg, r having her vovage this happened Or at he nour touched here ont The when Orinoco was bound for port The claims the accident if the £4 commander « inoco that he was going to starboard North German Lloyd vessel, but that the latter held "Course bows Ori- ignalled of the the Orinoeo’'s of the too late, Twelve Feet Wide, the god as ay that an accident would occur, but she crashed into the starboard bow of the Kalser Wilhelm der Gros making a breach 12 feet The stem of i Was carried away as cleared after the col hock ew all the pas- Wilhelm ir feet and the greatest prevailed. especially in steerage of the German vessel captain of the Or co ordered be away, but the panic on board of that ship was gen- Some of the crew fumped into launched two her boats and several frenzied women attempted to get into them as they were lowered over the side One was swamped when it struck water Rescued From The Water, as ths sccldent small boats from Cher- put out to and succeeded across and only noco when Breach The added, went to it was port of Orinoco, it engines Were rover 80 BOON peared likely se, wide 14 the water the Grosse itement to cleared eral of boat the So so0n in rescuing who were struggling in but five of the erew of the Orinoco are believed to have been drowned. The German ship sustained the most damage, the loss being esti- mated at $200,000, The damage to the confined to her bows. Both vessels remain Orinoco was in the road- The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse carried 258 first-class passengers, ine cluding Thos. S8ammons, the Ameri- can consul general at Niuchwang, and Jay White, the American consul general at Bogota, Colombia, recent- ly consul at Hanover. There were on board 350 second-class and 700 third-class passengers. Brick Wall Blown Down. Buffalo, N, Y. (Special) — A brick wall 30 feet high, 100 feet long and from 18 to 24 inches thick, being bullt at the waterworks at the foot of Massachusetts Avenue, was blown down by a high wind, burying two men in the debris, completely eov- ering one of the steam pumps, put ting out of commission several dyna- mos which furnished light for the plant and smashing the mammouth steam pipes through which steam was transmitted from the boiler rooms to the steam pumps. As a re- sult of the accident Buffalo's water supply Is greatly crippled. Girls Sold Into Slavery, Bt. Petersburg (By Cable) —Re- ports from the famine districts of Russia show that the distress is steadily growing acute. The peas- antry in the government of Kazan have been driven to desperation and are selling their daughters into slav- ery to the Mohemmedans of the Cau- casus. The ages of the girls sold range from 12 to 17, and the prices realized are $60 to $756. A form of typhus fever, known as “hunger typhus,” resulting from starvation, is epidemic in Kazan, — A Se HOSS Scop amas DRIVER OF AUTO KILLED Ernest Keeler's Fatal Run At Point Breeze, Philadelphia (Bpecial) .— Ernest D. Keeler, of New York, demonstra tor and professional driver of racing automibiles, was killed and Henry Lutton, of Colwyn, Pa., was danger- ously hurt in a collision while trying out racing cars on the Point Breeze Racetrack, preparatory to the Quak- er City Motor Club Cup races, Running at a 1.04 clip, Keeler at- tempted to pass between a machine on the rail and a repair cart driven by a negro who was at work on the track. At the same time a machine driven by James Hamilton, who had with him Henry Lutton as mechani- clan, attempted to pass through the opening. The car driven by Keeler caught the forward end of the car driven by Hamilton, tearing off the front wheels. Lutton was thrown from his seat into the dirt cart and Keeler's car after rolling over several times turn- ed turtle, Keeler was pinned under the car and was killed almost in- stantly. His skull was fractured, one eye was gouged out, his nose was broken and his collarbone fractured. Lutton had a great hole torn in his head and was hurt internally. Several other racing machines were on the track when the accident oc- curred and the victims were picked up and taken to the clubhouse, whence they were hurried to the hos- pital. Keeler was dead befor the hos- was reached, but Lutton recover, Keeler is sald to have come from but his home is in the Vanderbilt with Keeler participated event at the and has contested Cooper, He was 26 vears old. The accident in which Keeler met occurred just at dusk, when TRYING TO STIR UP STRIFE. Newspaper On Japanese American Differences, St Petersburg { Special) The raising the United States, in the relations States and Japan, the le Japan and a artic the United leading on tween BAYS “Although school Fransisco the has San trouble been settle ad. official optimism justified. The is quite simi- to that iar I 4 War. 7 issue Aneso cleverly raised by the the proper pressed rupture, gi of the at conflict Live tacking of interests inspired to which the because it is 8 national ambition ‘nited States | ither ma f measure forces 1st @ with militant Japan Relief Fund. San Francisco { Special) hand to be f of the $4,000,000 still on x] to the reli refugees, it stated that the has had executive to determine what shall be done with th iii is relief commi several meeti ¢ mones It is claimed that the directors of the relief work find that the need of relief has passed, except Cases by the regu- such Allan Pollock, it is sald. is in favor Law would turn over to the of the donors of the relief decision has as yet been arrived at. Famous Missionary Dead. Bethlehem, Pa. (S8pecial).—John vian missionary among the Delaware Indians in Ontario, Canadas. for 24 Years, and prior for eight years in charge of the Moravian mission at Ebenezer, in Australia, died of heart failure, aged 74 years. He was a native of South America and was educated in Germany. He leaves a widow and two children. Whipped His Entire Crew, Astoria, Ore. (8Bpecial).—The big British ship Ivernia, which was giv- en up for lost, is in port, after being out 116 days from Acapulco, Mex. Those aboard experienced no suffer. ing. Captain Collingswood, who is six feet three inches tall and built in proportion to his height, had to deal with two mutinites, however, but he soon broke them up by whip- ping the entire crew. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting 2 openings Briefly Candidates have been designated to take the examination for appoint- ment as lieutenants in the Marine Corps. George Pfeifer, of the customs appraiser's office in Manila, is report. ed to have been stricken with leprosy. The Joint Committee of Congress is busily engaged in its work of cadi- fying the statutes of the United States, Secretary Metealf has directed the Commissioner of Corporations to make an investigation of the fire in- surance companies of California. The grand jury of the District re- turned indictments against officials of the Aetna Banking and Trust Company. The Su e Court decided that a Btate charter of a Junior Order United American Mechanic Counell wes valid, A POISON SQUAD MEMBER 5 DEAD His Mother Says Boric Acid Tests Killed Him. WAS DROPPED FROM THE SQUAD. wmedical Men, However, Declare That the Food Administered Could Not Have, Under Any Circumstances, Caused the Development of Tuber- culosis, Washington, D. C. {Bpecial). Robert Vance Freeman, 23 years old and a member of the first “poison squad” in the experiments conducted by Professor Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture, died at his home, in this city, from tuberculosis Mrs. caused by his squad,” her son's death was service in the “poison trants placed in his food after volunteered his services to Dr. Wiley for his pure-food experiment, healthy and sturdy when her son amination than any of the 236 who were examined at the same time declares that they told him that poisoned food had no effect on constitution, but he began from the first day he In discharged the his fail became than from less months he was the class as disabled The of the department young Freeman 88 not hysicial condition when he became a membes if the be acid squad two and that the preliminary examinations of the man indicated I he was recommen the squad before records that sound in p m ri Years ago, and on weeks banded While the » that food medical men in 4 opinion, an administered could directly the not hay Tespo ent of Speaking abqut her Mre, Latham salc His stomach he polsons he she contin last three years he wreck His absolutely, destr was i forced stoma GOL retain "Robert was des time, and I called the boy told was in bed for promised } the whom d mig iO had to eritically have time Dr. Wiley was in to ago and he COm« in been expect Sunday i a well the Mrs not get “1 do not intend to prosecute Dr Wiley.” Lathan concluded. but 1 the whole matter should be for the voaung men who go through the thing. Favors The Income Tax. Columbus, O Harris stated he of do given an of protection other same { Special) GOYy would the levying of a tax on the State of Ohio if a way can be found to enact a law that will stand the constitutional test The Gover. nor also favors a re-enactment of the inheritance tax law repealed by the legislature. James F. Delaney Shot. Chicago (Special) James F. De. ianey, vice-president of the American ed by his wife, who immedaitely af- terward committed suicide. Pr. Dickinson's Career Ended. Richmond, Va. (Special). — Rev. Dr. A. E. Dickinson, one of the most widely known ministers in the South- ern Baptist Church and for many years editor of the Religious Herald, died at 1 o'clock Tuesday, aged 76 years. He had been in feeble health for some years. He was a graduate of Richmond College and of the Uni- versity of Virginia. He was married three times, Defaulting Teller Is Sane. Birmingham, Ala. (Special).—A jury in the Federal Court declared Alexander C. Chisholm, former pay- ing teller of the First National Bank, who defaulted for $100,000, to be sane and sufficiently in possession of his faculties to be tried for the de. falcation, AAA rl Crapsey Will Not Recant. Rochester, N. Y. (8pecial).—The probability that Dr. Algernon 8 Crapsey, who was suspended from the Protestant Episcopal Church on the ground that he is a heretic, will recant any of the opinions which Jed to his ecclesiastical condemnation ‘or that he will in any way recede from the position he has taken is so very slight as not to be worth considera. tion. Later, after he has had time to consult with his counsel, he wil issue a full statement, CHURCH BURNS SULPHUR Paris (By Cable) — The net results of the inventory operations conducted throughout the country Tuesaay show thuat a total of over 1,560 inventories In only a few cases we re between of were made there those collisions the intrus the government commis and the troops The reports that altogether four gendarmes and BV eral peasants were wounded, and that about one dozen demonstirants were arrested They were ones tried and gentenced to short terms in Jail. In several instances the people {are still holding out, and will re- main in the churches throughout the night The work of inventory completed in 62 86 departments. 1 here | 2,000 inventories to be «3 departments, soul resistance is Premier ( serious who resisted ion ONers snow 4 Hn £ been of remain the ne ha ANE na Out of the total in other some | places ipated. the TOODS ence Temenos dau Baic in Chamber of Deputies that the t { had been ordered that if would reply Taken When the the gues out Hy Wak 10 exercise pat they w fi { but ere fired on they by Sarprise. soldiers battered il doors the chur ur fumes compelled (0 postpone inventor In and in priests the iB orl iy ii ishop F jected, WEDDED IN A WAGON, Kentucky Couple Made One After Eavciting Ain Adventure, Ore over hich th ( @ pected to Cross % k Was i awas The plungs inio in girl clinging 10 and Benscoler flung ‘horses By desperate aged gubde until a bend threw them team cam, whe { the wagon self at the efforts he man stream ishore HR { 17 i tn then dewn Move. {Bs A Political Beltium issned grants Antwerp, A royal decree an company, for rab and 2.500.000 American her { other exploitation, abou? | ACTOS 60 vears The includes a strip o) over 21 on {the Jeft bank of the Congo to the { Yumbi River, a strip so: of Kasai ito the confluence of the Congo and i Kasaj Rivers and a 10-vear option on 1,250,000 acres. The press generally | regards the concession as being a clever move on the part of the Con- he United rnational for concession 0 ith | go Government to involve | States in any future int | complication. FINAN AL WORLD. Bank of Englands discount rate was continued for another week at & per cent. Norfolk & Western directors are discussing plans for issuing new con- vertible bonds. Union Pacific's annual report is expected to show over 20 per cent. earned on the common stock. W. L. Bull says the report is not belived that Delaware & Hudson is to be pat on a 10 per cent. basis, A larger dividend on Smokeless Powder is the information given out by brokers who are usually preity well informed. Stockholders of the Tennessee Coal & Iron may subscribe for the new stocst, equal to 15 per cents. of their present holdings respectfully, at the price of $106 per share. Street rumors say J. J. Hin has scooped in the Missouri, Kangas & Texas to offset Harriman's absorp tion of 11linois Central, on the theory, probably, that half a loaf is better than none, Ohio's new Governor says he fav Ors an income tax. At last the American Cement rise Is explained. Six leading cofnpanies, including the American, have formed the North American Portland Ce ment Company. This latter concern will the affairs of all and will net as the pareni or holding, company.
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