» WAS ARRESTED IN “J. STNTEROON QOharles W. Morse Nabbed ag Steam- Ean ———— WHIRLED TO COURT IN AUTOMOBILE. Justice Dowling Grants a Special Sunday Hearing at His Hote snd Morse Is Released in $20, Bail ~Grand Larceny Is the Charge Against Him. New York (Special).—Charles W. Morse, financier and promoter of many large combinations, including the so-called Ice Trust and a merger of nearly all of the coastwise steam~ ship lines, returned Sunday from his brief trip of Europe, was arrested in his stateroom when the steamer Ptruria reached quarantine in the fower bay, held in custody until the ship was docked, and then was whirl- ed away in an automobile to the home of Justice Victor Dowling, of the Supreme Court, where he gave bond in the sum of §20,000 to answer to two indictments charging grand larceny and involving the sum of $100,000. Mr. Morse was released and went immediately to his Fifth Avenue home, where tonight he gave out a statement asserting his innocence and asking the public to suspend judg- ment until he has had the opportun- ity of facing his accusers in court. Mr. Morse will appear before Jus- tice Dowling in open court and plead not guilty to the indictments. He denied that his trip to Europe was a flight. He said he had gone abroad to sell stock In a large interest and to secure a fortnight's rest. Both purposes was spoiled by the publica- tion of reports that he was a fugitive from justice, he declared. Mr. Morse had received word by wireless telegraphy that two indict- ments had been found against him, but he did not know he was to suffer physical arrest. The appear- ance of three detectives from District Attorney Jerome's office at his state- room door took him completely by surprise. surprise, Balled By Sarety Company. The officers, armed with a warrant, had gone down the bay on a revenue cutter. They were accompanied by Albert B. Boardman and Phillip J. Britt, attorneys, and by Benjamin W. Morse, a son of the Mrs. Morse met her husband at the pier, and it was in her automobile that the journey with one of the de- ing's house. Justice Dowling held an informal pourt session in his library, Assistant District Attorney Kresel representing the prosecution. The bonds, which were signed by a surely company, had been prepared Saturday. Mr. Morse was required to sign two obli- with the representatives of the bond- ing company, was put under oath to appear at any time his presence may be required. Mr. Britt stated that he had re- guested Mr. Jerome to allow the at- torneys to produce Mr. Morse in court Monday, as he said bad been done in the cases of other well- known men under indictment, but had been told that the public interest ship reached New York waters. The charge against Mr. Morse grows out of a note given to him by former Chief Justice Morgan J. ‘Brien, of the Court of Appeals. Judge O'Brien is said to have de- posited three notes for $100,000 each with Mr. Morse in payment for a block of 1,000 shares of stock in the National Bank of North America. The notes wereé to be held three years and not discounted, according to Judge O'Brien, and at the end of the three-year period he was to have the privilege of consummating or withdrawing from the bargain for the purchase of stock. —— i ———————— 5 OA 5. AN, Ten Sailors Die In Wreck. Portland, Ore. (Special). — The American ship Emily Reed, 113 days out from Newcastle, N. 8,, for Port- land, with coal, went ashore at the mouth of the Nehalem River, on the Oregon coast, and broke in two. The crew was swept overboard by the geas. Ten seamen were lost, while six persons were saved, including the captain and his wife. Wills $2,865,000 To Charities. London (By Cable).—-The will of Mrs. Rylands, widow of John Ry- lands, of the famous Manchester cot- ton firm, bequeathe $2,365,000 to various charities including $1,000, 000 to the John Rylands Library, at Manchester, on which, during her lifetime she spent $7,600,000 in building and equipping and in pur- chasing for it the famous Lord Craw- ford and other collections. Calls "War Scare Daseless. New York (Special). Viscount Kentaro Kaneko, one of the foremost statesmen of Japan, in a letter re- ceived by Henry Clews, the banker, gays the talk about war between Japan and the United States is a “pernicious fabrication of sensation- newspapers. 80 far as [ am aware, there is nothing of a serious nature diplomatically pending between the two countries,” says the viscount. ies i SR A Bh Woman's Aged 110 Dead. Wheeling, W. Va. (Bpecial).—- Amanda Woods, aged 110, the oldest person in the State, is dead, at her home in Marshall County. She was born In West Virginia when Indians she remembers Elizabeth Zane and Lew!s Wetzel, the pioneers. She re- tained her facuities to the last, and could vividly recall the visits LATESTNEWS Baron Takahira, the new Japanese ambassador, arrived at New York, and declared that war between the United States and Japan would be the most inhuman event in the his- tory of the world. Francis T. F. Lovejoy, of Pitt burg, is said to have admitted that Mrs. Mary B. Cochrane, the "Woman in Black,” obtained from him a $100,000 mortgage on his £750,000 home for §1. Miss Josie Gembino, in New York, shot five times at Charles Tinge, who had jilted her a fow days before the date set for thelr marriage. Murray Carleton, millionaire club~ man of St. Louis, has adopted a Chinese girl, who is now studying in China. An expendition of American teach- ers on a tour of inspection abroad is being planned by the Civic Federa- tion. The Civie Federation plans send- ing a delegation of American school- teachers on a tour of inspection in Europe. Hetty Green is reported to have gald that during the financial crisis she loaned a million to Harry Payne Whitney and to the New York Cen- tral, but refused loans to members of the Vanderbilt family. State's Attorney General Jackson announced that he would ask for the appointment of a receiver for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com- pany of New York. Deputy Chief Charles W. Kruger, known as the Grand Old Man of the New York Fire Department, was drowned while leading his men at a fire on Canal Street. Carl Pohlig, leader of the Phila- delphia Orchestra, and other mem- near Chester, Pa. to 108 members of the graduating class of the United States Military Academy. L.. C. bullet into his brain in the wholesale shoe store of A. J. Bates & Co. In Duane Street, New. York, after threatening to kill G. A. Burnell, manager of the store, and firing a | bullet into the floor to emphasize his ithreat. According to members of the firm, Brewer had been employed by Bates & Co., as a salesman, but was discharged a few weeks ago. The report of the fire insurance business of 1907 on the Pacific coast shows the total amount of the poli- cles written to be $1.233,328,613, lon which premiums to the amount of $25,969,447 were pald. Foster M. Voorhees, ex-governor {of New Jersey, and president of the | Bankers’ Life Insurance Company, i was indicted for perjury by a special grand jury sitting in New York. Mrs. Martha Anderson was found dead at her home, in Janesville, Wis., with her throat cut from ear to ear, The district attorney is investigating her death. Brigadier General Henry Carroll, U. 8. A. retired, a veteran of the Civil War and of the Spanish War, i {in Providence. i i i THE B16 FLEET MLS * PAST VALPARASO Chilians Enthuse Over Splendid Spectacle. PRESIDENT MONTT REVIEWS FLEET. The Sixteen American Battleships in Single File, Headed by the Chilian Craiser Chacabuco and Chilian Tor- pedo-boat Destroyers, Steam Elowly Valparaiso, Chill (By Cable).— The great American fleet of 16 bat- tleships under the command of Rear Admiral Evans passed Valparaiso and continued on its voyage north- ward for Callao, Peru, the next stop- ping place, All Valparaiso and and thousands of persons from every city in Chili witnessed the passing of the fleet, President Montt and the other high officials of the ropub- lic came out from shore to grec: the battleships, and almost the catire Chillan Navy exchanged salutes with them as they swung around Curau- milla Point and into Valparaiso Bay in single file, headed by the rr cruiser Chacabuco and five Chillan torpedo-boat destroyers. Turning sharp around Curaumilla Point at 2.10 o'clock P. M., the Chacabuco and the five Chillan de- gtroyers led the Connecticut and her 156 sister ships into the view of the thousands who had awaited thelr appearance since dawn, The day fleet stretched in a great semicircle as seen from the high hills around the bay was magnificent. officials embarked on the ship General Baquedano a position well out in Around the Bequedano training and took the fleet passed in review, entered the bay until the last ves- turned toward the open sea. never before been seen in Valpa- Bay, and the sight will remembered by the people of The shipping the harbor and the principal buildings in the city were dressed for the occasion, as the day was observed ag a holiday in honor of the fleet. From the picturesque, sloping hills, dotted with houses, a bay. Thousands of persons [rom Santiago and other places in the re public had come to Valparaiso for the occasion, and the roofs of the PRESIDENT SAYS MORALITY 1S THE CORNERSTONE Roosevelt Gives Talk on Material Prosperity. Washington, D. C. (Special).—In- terest in the work of the fifth gener- al convention of the Religious Edu- cation Association centered in a re- ception and an address to the dele- gates by the President of the United States at the White House, in which he declared that our material pros- perity will avail but little unless it is built upon the superstructure of the higher moral and spiritual life, The real business before the second day's session, which was held in the First Congregationalist Church, was the reading of the annuzl reports or “survey’’ ot the work of the associa- tion and of the progres in moral and religious education and the clec- tion of officers, as follows: President, Francis Greenwood Pea- body, Harvard, Mass.; first vice | resi- dent. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Berke ley, Cal.; vice presidents, Elmer E. Prown, Washington, D. C.; James 8S. Cutler, Rochester, N. Y.; James H. Kirkland, Nashville, Tenn.; Henry W. Boardsley, Kansas City, Mo.; Carter Helm Jones, Lynchburg, Va.; Georze Hodges, Cambridge, Mass; Will'um R. Anderson, Chicago, 1ll.; Artiar T. Hadley, New Haven, Ct.; Wi..llam N. Hartshorn, Boston, Mass wil- liam D. Murray, New York, N. Y.; Charles B. Galloway, Jackson, Tenn. ; A. H. McKay, Halifax, N. 8.; George R. Robinson, Chicago, Ill.; William | O. Thompson, Columbus, O.; | Strong, Lawrence, Kan., and Wood- row Wilson, Princeton, N. J. The delegates were received in the | lows: { It is a very real pleasure to me | to greet the members of this associa- ition. 1 doubt if there is any lesson | more essential to teach in an indus- trial democracy taverage citizen to a belief | run entail misfortune, shortcoming, | possible disaster upon the nation it- | self. It is eminently right that | we Americans should be proud of our ‘material prosperity. It is eminently right that we should pride ourselves {ingly practical system of education. !1 belleve in both, but neither will lavall If something else is not added ito the nation. {tial as a foundation, but it is only a {the superstructure of the higher mor- i al and spiritual life; for otherwise in | itaelf the material prosperity will amount to but little. So without : it is necessary that we ‘should see that the children should towers, the cumtom large warehouses and other bulld- ings along thé circular road skirting the bay front were black with spec- tators. The enthusiasm of the Chilians was almost boundless, and { writing, not merely in the elementary | branches of learning strictly so de- {ed adequately to meet the ever in- {growth of our {ndustrialism, trained | agriculturally, trained in handicrafts, {trained to be more efficient workers ing ship, their sides lined with bands playing patriotic airs Alto- After the fleet had passed to the { gineer, has given up his $250,000 po- | sition with the Guggenheim Explora- tion Company. Fire destroyed the Pine Tree Worsted Company's plant at Putnam, Ct. The loss is about $70,000. Leslie M. Shaw says J. Pierpont Morgan is the biggest man in the country today and that he would like to see the financier president of the United States. Henry Schuelle, a wealthy and re- spected contractor of Alton, 1il., con- fesses he is a burgiar who has been looting stores of the community. Twelve men were burned by the | explosion of 50 tons of molten metal in the National Tube Company fur- nace at McKeesport, Pa. Receivers have been named for P. P. Mast & Co. agricultural imple ment manufacturers of Cincinnati, O. Burglars blew up the Farmers and Manufacturers’ Bank of Rich Hill, Mo.. securing $256,000 in cash. | Charles J. Hughes, Jr, a Denver lawyer, delivered an address which consumed 45 hours. ————— foreign The Chinese government is framing as polite a refusal as possible to the Mikado's demand for the surrender of the Japanese steamship Tatsu Maru and its eargo, seized off Macao by the Chinese on the ground that it was smuggling arms and ammu- nition to Chinese revolutionists. Russia and Great Britain will like- ly enter upon an agreement for joint action in regard to Macedonia, the action of Germany in deciding upon an independent course having broken up the European arrangement on the Macedonian question. * The London Evening News pub- lishes a story of Arthur Hynes, in which the bigamist is reported to have admitted that he married 32 women. An explosion has entombed 42 men fu a coal mine at Glencoe, Natal, Twelve of the number are Europeans and the rest natives. Mrs. Parkhurst, a leader of the English woman suffragists, and some of her companions were sent to jail for six weeks. Five Belgian soldiers and 160 Ma- ball rebels have been killed in a bat. tle in the Eastern Congo. The da- tives are sald to have been put to flight, and the troops are hunting them through the jungle. Germany, it 1s sald, will agree to sons. board the General Baquesdano by President Montt in honor of the diplomatic corps and his other guests. Toasts were drunk to Pres ident Roosevelt and Admiral Evans and his officers, crews and ships, and the universal wish was expressed that the Americans may have fair weather and a safe passage to their destination. SUICIDE IN ASTOR HOUSE, “f Am Issuing Myself Transportation To Better Existence.” New York (Special) Lying across {than that or the nation will ulti in the elementary branches of { righteousness; they must be trained go that it shall come naturally to them to abhor that which is evil, or the place which it must and shall take among the aations of the earth. ———— EE Merchant Kills Lamberman. Johnson City. Tenn. H. Cline, a prominent lumberman of Bristol, was shot and instantly killed at Eik Park by Luke Banner, a wealthy merchant of Eik Park, N. C. The killing is thought to have been the result of difference over busi- ness matters between Cline and the Banner family last summer. Hotels Must Spruce Up. Guthrie, Okla. (Special). {house of representatives passed a | Sweeping measure regulating hotels. | The measure provides that every conclusively that the deed was done with deliberation, J. Buffalo, committed suicide in the visible to the naked eve.” Astor House by slashing the artery | of the left arm with a razor. He had! piysburg, Pa. (Special). — The addressed letters to the manager of | giandard Oil Company announced an the hotel, the coroner and his wile. | {advance of five cents In three grades In the former Bosche apologized for of ofl, as follows: North Lima, 99; the trouble he was causing the hotel. | gouth Lima, 94, and Indiana, 94. Price of Oil Increased. To the coroner he said: “There is no necessity for an in- quest. The waiter 8 in the room as 1 am writing this. I am simply js suing myself transportation to an- other and better existence, no mate ter what its conditions or circum. stances.’ manufacturing jawelers, of Duffalo, TREASURE BOX DISSAPEARS, Owner Leaves 850,000 In Securities For Moment And They Vanish. Minneapolis (Special). A safe de- posit box, containing bonds and se- curities valued at $50,000, the per. sonal property of Daniel C. Hopkins, vice-president of the Hopkins Land Company, has mysterionsly dissap- peared from his office, in the Metro- politan Life Insurance Bullding. The box was left on Mr. Hopkins’ desk for a moment while he stepped into a rear room. Bince then the papers have not been seen by their owner, $20,000 IN JEWELS STOLEN, Thieves Enter Second-story Window While Dinner Is In Progress, ° Memphis, Tenn. (Special).—While a dinner party was in progress at the home of Frank G. Jones, in Vance Avenue, one of the most fashionable residential sections of the city, feven entered asecond-story window ang ‘made away with jewels | Pennsylvania remains unchanged. } ps iets 1 | FINANCIAL | ! American Sugar declared its regu- lar dividends. No change in the Bank of Eng- land's 4 per cent. discount rate. Baltimore & Ohio officials say that although 11,000 of their freight cars are now idle traffic has im- proved somewhat. Western Union, which, like Mis- souri Pacific, is a Gould stock, was very weak along with the latter, falling 2 points to 48, There was a decrease of $1,429 in the January gross earnings of the American Railways Company. The regular dividend on the stock has been declared. Union Pacific directors declared the regular quarterly dividend of 24% per cént, on the common stock. Southern Pacific declared its regu- iar quarterly dividend of 1% per cen The Pennsylvania's coal and coke tonnage on its Eastern lines for the year up to February § amounted to 4,547,948 tons, against 6,181,075 tons last year, a decline of a 28 per cent. pi ¥ Aurion Ion & 1,060,797, od amount to Ra Steel Manufactur- FEDERAL TROOPS SENT T0 KLASKEN MINES Strike Situation Thera is Growing Serious. MUST TRAVEL BY DOG SLEDS. A Company of Infantry Ordered lo the Beene After Conferences in Which the President, Attorney Gen- eral Bonaparte and Chief of Staff Bell Take Part. Washington, D. C. (Special).—By direction of the President, Acting Secretary Oliver ordered a company of infantry from Fort Gibbon, in Alaska, to Fairbanks, in that terri- tory, to preserve order during the mining strike in that section. action was taken upon representation from the United States Court In Alaska to the Attorney General that the presence of Federal troops was attention of the President, and by his instruction afterwards consulted through General Bell, chief of staff, forwarded the necessary tary commander at Fort Gibbon. The Department of Justice is with- out information as to the cause of the strike. It is not known here whether the trouble is due to a strike of it miner in A large or the result is understood that every the town is out on strike. officials say that al- has been no destruction of as yet. The following statement on the sit- uation was given out at the Depart- ment of Justice: “The Attorney General of telegrams from Fairbanks, indicating that there is a possibility of trouble growing out of the strike of miners at that point The striking miners had picketed the trail between Valdez and Fairbanks, but a party of workmen were brought in by the pickets. Most of the new- iy-arrived laborers are Russians, and is reported that open alr mase- meetings are being held by the strik- is in re The marshal the Attornes jence have been made has been directed by command to arrest Jawbreakers and arranged that a military force shall start for Fairbanks at once to give the marshal moral sup- force that the marshal may be able to secure. The latter has been given of all the force he can command.” Fort Gibbon being at the junction of the Yukon and Tanana Rivers, able. Recent reports from military posts show temperature to be ranging from 30 fields unusually heavy. The means of transportation is by sleds, and it would require probably five or six days to make the trip. Fairbanks, Alaska (Special). — United States Marshal sworn in 250 special deputies for the protection of life and property against riotous strikers, who are con- gregated on the streets. These mobs have been attempting to capture re- deporting them. The marshal's force has dispersed the rioters, and guar- antees protection to all men in camp. All saloons are closed, FLORAL GREETING AT FRISCO. sion Barren Spots To Blossom Forth When The Fleet Arrives, San Francisco (8pecial). — With the scattering of seeds over the burned hillsides this week, San Fran- cisco will begin the first actual work for its beautification against the com- ing of the battleship fleet. Ata meet- | ing of the executive commitiee for | the fleet's reception, it was decided | to plant at once, nasturtiums, esch- | sholteia and Shirley poppy seeds so that when May comes the slopes now dotted with vacant sprees filled with brick and ashes wiil smile in gor geous colors of many flowers. take almost three months to flower and whatever the seeds and their planting cost will be appropriated when the amount is known, Two Buildings of Explosive Company Are Destroyed With Workmen, Montreal, Quebec (Special).--At the Ile Parrot, near Vaudreuil, two of the buildings of the Standard Ex- plosive Company #ere destroyed and nine workmen killed. One man, who was working outside, was injured. The two explosions took place one after the other. They came like thunderbolt, and when the tetvifled people of the village of Vaudreuil looked in the direction of the factory all was already over. The two bulid- ings bad collapsed, and the men's bodies had been blown to atoms. Goes Smiling To Gallows. Birmingham, Ala. (Special). — Henry Thaxton, a negro, convicted of killing W. B. Hunstucker, white, two years” ago, after being thrice previ. ously respited by the governor, was hanged here. He mounted the scaf- fold smiling, and began his spevch am aks TSAO. AEN NAAN TEN WASHINGTON] . BY TELEGRAPH i Dewey To Meet Fleet, Admral Dewey will go to San Francisco to meet the American fleet This announcement of the purpose of the ranking Admiral of the Navy bas caused a stir of gossip in Ary and navy circles Rum~nrs of @ breakdown in Admiral Evan's health, which were current at the time the fleet sailed from Hampton Roads, have been received and given color to conjectures that “Fighting Bob” may be relieved. Admiral Dewey ridicules the idea that there is the remotest prospect of his return to the quarter-deck. He j declares his eoming vieit to the coast next May will be entirely ip the nature of a social affair, and will not have any bearing on Admiral Evan's command. | Admiral Dewey wiil be accompan {ied on his journey to greet the fleet by Secretary of the Navy Metcalf The plan of the trip to the coast, it is said, originated in an invitation from the chairman of the Chamber icf Commerce of San Francisco, Mr. Bentley, The latter, while on a visit to Washington, was introduced to the | President by Senator Perkins He invited the President to be present at the festivities plannad to welcome the fleet's arrival at Golden Gate, Upon the President expressing his inability to attend, Mr. Bentley in- vited Admiral Dewey and Becrolary Metcalf to be present Admiral Dewey has not yet cided whether he will meet fleet San Diego. Los Angeles, or await arrival at San Francisco de- the at its Creates Militia Division. in recognition of the growing timacy between the regular 2 3 the national militia, Acting tary of War Oliver has issued an or- der creating a pew division in the War Department to be known as the Division of Militia Afiair: Col. E. AM. Weaver, of the has been named as chie division The jurisdiction of 1 volves he armament, equipmen discipline training, ication ganaton of ia: the « of camps instruction and ticipation in the field exercises mancuvers of the regular arp the mobilization and the relations of the militia to the regular time of peace and & OT the miilia of Army New Rifles Are Heady. Acting Secretary Oliver states that the War Department at last is In a position to completely arm the or ganized militia of the country, 100,- 000 strong, with the new high-power army rifie musket The weapon ie ofcially known as the model of rechambered the nition of 15086, The distinguishing feature is 3 new sharply pointed light steel-clad bullet, with its enormous range and fiat trajectory Governors of States may hsye the new rifie their militia upon requisiion and turning in the Krag-Jorgensen guns of the type used in the Spanish-American War. of 3 ” foe 1903 for for Some Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. Admiral Converse's report on the criticisms of the American Navy was | made public. He declares our Navy {in ships and men to be the peer of any. but inferior in quantity. The Intersiate Commerce Commis- e'an has been advised that the Bal tisore and Ohio Railroad will put ike nine-.our law in operation at j once. The record shows that while con- gressmen want to cut down all other expenses, they are holding onto their mileage and increased salary. Congressman Ollie James, from | Kentucky, Is said to have ti vice | presidential bee buzing in his bonnet. Another blow at the Harriman and | other railroads of the west is in con- i templation in Congress, the Seuate {Committee on the Judiciary having i decided to report a resolution direct- {ing the Attorney General to make an {investigation of land holdings of the {land grant railroads for the purpose of ascertaining whether they are re- fusing to sell their lands to settlers at reasonable prices, and if so, to take stops to compel them to do so. Judge 8. H. Cowan, of Texas, in | addressing the Senate Committee on i Interstate Commerce, declared the | railroads bave ample equipment to {move commerce if thoy would aban- don the tonnage sysicm. Senator Clay, of Georgia, denounc- ed the Aldrich financial bill as favor- ing rich and powerful individuals or corporations and placing the power to issue money in the control of bankers’ associations. The House Committee on Military Affairs decided not to vote an in- crease in the pay of the officers of the Army. The pay of enlisted men is to be Increased. An historical painting of the ballle of the Constitution and Guerriere has been presented to the Naval Academy. Bonator Tillman presented a peti. tion to the Senate from Alfred ©. Crozier, a manufacturer of Wilming) ton, Del, protesting against tho pas sage of the Aldrich Currency Bill A new employers’ Hability act, framed to meot the objections of the Supreme Court to the act recently declared invalid, was introduced in House and Scaale. Secretary of the State Root aps peared before the Senate Committes on Foreign Relations in all of the bill for a roorganizat! of the American consular service. 5 Representative Richardson, of Ala. bama, made a lengthy speech in the House en tho tarilt question. The President numinated Louis A. Coolidge to be assistant secretary
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