ON THE LAST LIP
OF A FAMOUS. CRUISE
Big Fleet's Departure From Gibraltar
a Splendid Sight.
REAR ADMIRAL SPERRY'S ADDRESS.
Gliding Over A Sunlit Sca, The 16
Huge Battleships, With The Geor-
gia leading, Arouse Enthusiasm
Of Crowds Of Spectators By Their
Perfect Alignment—1,000 Miles
Off the American Coast The Fleet
Will Be Met And Escorted By The
Atlantic Squadron.
THE WORLD CRUISE.
Saifled from Hampton Roads |
December 16, 1907.
Arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Bra-
zil, January, 12, 1808, i
Arrived at Punta
Strait of Magellan, January
1908.
Arrived at Valparaiso,
February 14, 1908,
Arrived at Callao, Peru, Febru-
ary 20, 1908,
Arrived at Magdalenna
March 12, 1808.
Arrived at San Francisco, May
1908.
Arrived at
July 16, 1908.
Arrived at Auckland,
August 10, 1808,
Arrived at Sydney,
August 20, 1908.
Arrived at Melbourne, Victoria,
{ August 29, 1908.
| Arrived at Manila,
1908.
Arrived at Yokohama
I October 18, 1808
} Arrived—First Squadron
i Manila, Octcber 31, 1808,
Arrived — Second Squadron -
at Amoy, China, October 30,
1808,
Arrived at
December 12, 1908
Arrived at Port
January 5, 1909,
Arrived at Naples, January
1909,
Arrived at
ary 11, 1909.
Arrived at
1909
Arrived
15, 1909,
Arrived at Gibraltar,
and February 1, 18509
Sailed for home, February 6
Arenas,
31,
Chili,
Bay,
6,
Honolulu, Hawaii,
N. Z.
N. B W,
a
oy
October
Japan,
—at
Colombo, Cevion,
Said, Egypt,
10,
Villefranche, Janu-
Malta, January 14,
at Marseilles, January
January
31
Gibraltar (Special).
Rear Ad-
of the battleships for Hampton Roads
Saturday morning, expressed the
greatest degree of satisfaction with
the
cruise He then made
statement:
cruise
around-the-world
the
results of the
following
epoch In
fleet has
into a
marks an
for the
welded
“This
our naval annals,
found itself-
unity An aggregation of battleships
irrespective of the power and efficien-
cy of the indivual units is not a fleet
in the highest sense of the term un-
til by long, faithful and harmonious
work the part of the personnel,
the spirit of the fleet has been
veloped
plished.
come 10 appreciate the
of sea power as one of the
potent factors in the preservation of
been
on
de-
ciate what it means to have a
like this.
“The lessons of the cruise
been many, and it is no exaggeration
to say that the condition of the ships
ber of 1307. During these 14
months the fleet has heen practical-
ly self-sustaining in the
repairs,
test and the results prove that the
ships have been better cared for than
when they depend upon
yards.
did opportunities afforded the
to see the world.
“New standards of efficiency In
steam engineering, which means
NAVY'S GREATEST FIGHTER
Delaware, Heaviest Warship in the
World, Launched.
Diamond State Girl Breaks Wine As
Monster Slides Into The James,
Newport News, Va. (Special).—In
the bright, glorious sunshine anu
balmy breezes like those of an April
morning the monster battieship Del-
aware, the biggest and heaviest war-
ship ever given to the seas, was suc-
cessfully lanuched into the James
River, shooting from her berth as
lightly as a canoe,
“With this wine 1! christen thee,
good ship, Delaware,” said the spon:
sor, Milas Anne P. Cahall, a relative
of Delaware's Governor, as she dash-
ed a bottle of sparkling native Dela-
ware champagne against the tower-
ing vessel's starboard bow. The ship
had already been freed from her
braces and had slipped a few feet
down the ways. The flags and pen-
nants of the navy, the buliders, the
Delaware were unfurled to
ithe whistles of scores of craft
i the
of American
all the of the
ily speaking, of
| world.
BOARS
| craft heretofore into
water
i Although
i North
ber, she went in more than
tons heavier than the former,
was heavier than any other
ever previously launched
(SEVENTEEN MEN DIE
ever sent
a sister ship of
which
vesse!
GOV, HASKELL FAGES
TRIAL FOR FRAUD
His Filends of Muskogee Are True
To Him,
Oklahoma Is Stirred By The Indict-
ment Of Seven Of The State's
Most Prominent Men—Friends Of
The Governor Declare He Will Not
Resign——Prominent Men Eager To
Sign His Bond,
Guthrie, Okla. (S8Special).—Gov.
Charles N. Haskell, who, with six
othér prominent men, was indicted
at Muskogee by the Federal Grand
Jury, charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud Government, still pro-
tests, his entire innocence.
Governor Haskell, when
that he was indicted, issued the
the
informed
fol-
lowing statement:
“lI have just heard of the indict-
ment for conspiracy, coupled with
some of the oldest and highest char-
actered citizens of Muskogee-——men
who developed and built up that
country by their unselfish efforts,
From now on the proceedings will
be open on both sides
“Hearst's crooked
will be at a discount.
“I am satisfied the Interior Depart-
ment has been misled by false state
ments. 1 am confident there has not
been a dishonest aot done by any
of the indicted parties, and that good
in general, regardless
manipulations
Tie Explosion Occurred Just Before
the Noon Hour,
(Special) .—8Sev-
from an ex-
Short Creek
Birmingham, Ala
teen men are
plosion in the
of the
Iron Company
' white and 12
dead
No 2
mines
Five of the dead are
are negroes,
noon,
been
and it js thought to have
caused by a windy shot.
mines are about 10 miles west
Ensley, on the B.rmingham
ern railway, and are difficult of ac-
cess The 17 bodies were taken
from the mines and the rooms and
passages are clear The mine itself
is practically uninjured.
Alexander Bonnyman, manager of
the company, was the first to leave
Birm'ngham for the scene of the dis
aster, although Mine Ispectors Hill
house and Flynn hurried to the
scene to render what ald they could
and to make an inspection. Officials of
the company did not know the ex-
number of men in the mine at
the time of the accident
of
ict
were rushed to the
which was running on short force
WILLS HIS ALL TO JOHN D.
dersey Man's Only Condition Is That
Oil King Find His Wealth.
fects of John Crom, of
Shamong Township, N. J.,
formerly
and executed March 15, 1906:
“1, John Crom. do hereby give
persanal horees,
gold
property,
*C. N. HASBKELL."
Other Men Indicted,
associates obtained
townsite lots in 1901 and 1902 by
manipulating dummy owners and by
erty, The men with the
Governor are F
W. Turner, W. T
Jesse W. Hill and Walter R
The first indictment
against Governor Haskell
W. Turner and Walter R. Eaton, and
alleged that 47 overt acts in alleged
conspiracy to defraud the
The second indictment
Was against William
Clarence W.
and alleged 13 overt acts In conspir-
indicted
[ee
turned T
third indictment was against Albert
Z. English, Frederick B. Severs and
Jesse W. Hill and alleged
acts in conspiracy
Muskogee is Haskell’'s home t«
and all of those indicted live there,
and are counted among the wealth:
As soon as they learned of
indictments, all of them. with
the exception of Haskell and Engz-
lish, the latter being now in Los
Angeles, surrendered. The bond was
fixed at $5,000 in each case. and was
promptly given
Friends of Gov. Charles N. Haskell
denied the truth of rumors that
would resign as a result of the
dictment returned against him
the Federal Grand Jury at Muskogee
62
wn,
he
in-
The
Muskogee, Okla, (Special)
of
N. Haskell,
and six others was
ern Oklahoma Mayor Martin pre-
i
well, ocean cables, airships,
berry bogs, cattle ranches,
mobiles, and also my castle in Spain’
also my castles in the air, to John
D. Rockefeller, providing he can find
them.
“John P. Crom.
"Signed in the presence of witness.
| es: Willlam Handspring, Spring
| Williams, Willlam Earlyspring, Wil-
lam Cantspring and William With-
| out-a-8Spring.
“This is to certify that I, John
Crom, being in right mind, sign this,
my last will.”
WILLIAM J. BRYAN HURT.
{In Danger Of His Life In Automo-
bile Accident.
established.”
A BARE-FOOTED HEROINE,
Girl Saves Two Children And Home
From Flames,
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). — With
feet bare because her mother was
Laubowitz, 10 years old, walked twits
across the burning floor of their
home at 1408 Our Alley and rescued
her baby brothers. The eradle in
which a six months’ old child lay
sleeping was blazing vigorously when
barefooted Annie rushed through the
flames, lifted the little brother from
the burning bed ahd carried Him to
safety, Again she dashed into the
blazing room and led out another
brother, six vears ald, why wpe ty
badly frightened to escape alone.
Then Anule summoned uelghbors,
who sent in an alarm and saved the
rest of the house She was not seri-
ously hurt. :
Te
Alabama Pistol Law Void,
Montgomery, Ala, (Special). The
Alabama Taw which prohibits the car.
rying of a pistol less than 24 Inches
fn fength was declared unconstitu-
tiorial by the State Supreme Court,
the opinion reversing a recent do-
cision. The law applies to officers
of the law, ng well as to civilians,
and the decision declaring the law
null and void was rendered in the
case of Lon Taylor, a constable, who
had been found
an unlawful weapo
{ Tampa, Fla. (Special). — While re.
| turning from Sutherland College,
{ where he delivered hig lecture, Th»
| Prince of Peace,” William Jennings
| Bryan came near losing his life.
The machine in which Mr. Bryan
wag ridng exploded a tire on a
| bridge near Tarpon Springs, plunged
| into trestiework and threw the occu-
| pants out. Mr Bryans, on the side next
ito that which struck the woodwork,
was jammed against a rail and suf-
| fered considerable injury. It was at
| first thought that his leg had been
, broken, but when he arrived at Tam-
ipa an examination revealed that the
‘leg was only badly bruised.
i
1
i Spain To Build Squadron.
. Madrid (Special). —— The Cabinet
| has decided to accept the tender of
| Vickers’ Sons & Maxim, the English
, Shipbuilders, for the construction of
{the new Spanish squadron, on condi.
{tion that the firm consents to certain
i modifications, The amount of the
{contract is $40,000,000.
a
Prohibition Astir In Iowa,
Des Moines (Special). Represen-
tative C. A, Meredith introduced in
the lower bouse of the Legislature
a joint resolution demanding that
steps be taken toward amending the
State Constitution so as to prohibit
the manufacture and sale in lowa
of intoxicating liquors as a beverage.
Meredith represents the prohibitory
forces of the Btate, and this is re-
garded he beginning of cam-
SPECIAL FUND A JUNK HEAP.
From “War Deficiency.”
Washingion, D. C. (Special).
President Roosevelt's request that the
Senate,
Several
it shows that the fund had
used as a “financdal junk heap,” that
this fund and that in certain in-
stances the fund was used to pay
for the entertainment of military visi.
tors from other countries
Engle Steals A Child.
Utica, N. Y. (8pecial).— While
playing in the barnyard of her home
near Gouverneur, the
daughter of Josiah Olmtree, was
picked up and carried skyward by
a bald eagle. The outeries of both
parent and child frightened the bird
and it dropped the girl on the roof
of the barn
CA
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Lake Superior has ordered a third
open hearth furnace,
Another lot of $260,000 gold was
engaged for export to Argentine,
New York Central's gross earnings
in December increased $351,884 and
net profits rose $878,778.
Employees of the United States
over-subscribed stock allotted to them
by the company.
With but few exceptions raliroads
report larger earnings than a year
ago.
BY merioan Car and Foundry sold at
a high record price. The company’s
orders for new work are increasing.
The president of a large steel plant
in this State sald this week that busi-
ness in January was the best in more
than a year.
With J. P. Morgan, H. C. Frick, C.
M. Schwab and D. G. Reid off for
Europe, with BE. H. Harriman going
West, and the Rockefellers out of
Wall Btreet, brokers do not expect
big doings in the stock market for
the present. It looks as if the big
men financially were taking their va-
cations pending the settlement for
tar!® and so be ready for the great
1 which every
ORPHANAGE BURNED
Two Girls and Negro Boy Probably
Incinerated,
Boy Of 12 A Hero By Helping Girl
To Jump To Ground In Safety,
Battle Creek, Mich. (Special). —
The Haskell Memorial Home, a 3 %-
story brick orphanage, situated on
the western boundary of this city,
was destroyed by fire. Three of the
37 little inmates were missing when
the roll was counted in a cottage on
the orphanage grounds after the
the fire. The missing are:
Lena McFerney, 14 years old
Cecil Quotent, 12 vears old
George Goodenow, 8 vears old
In the panic that ensued when the
children were awakened at the first
alarm several girls jumped from a
third-story window, but it is thought
none of them was fatally hurt,
though Ruth Roff, 12 years old, was
seriously injured in the back.
James Armstrong, 12 years old,
standing on a shed under the win-
dow from which the girls had to
jump, directed them how to make
their fall as easy as possible, and
caught two of the smaller girls in
his arms,
Mrs. R, 8. Owen, who with her
husband was "in charge of the insti-
tution, fought her way down the
main stairway while it was a mass
of flames, carrying a_
child in her arms and with two small
children clinging to her skirts
tire structure The
$50,000
properly
lomatic Stardpoint.
the American battleship fleet of
ships to stop at a Spanish port dur-
ing the fleet's etay in Mediterranean
waters has caused an
the
its displeas.
but one has only hear the
comments that common in
minstrative circles to learn that
displeasure is deep-seated
For diplomatic reasons, EOY-~
is not voicing
ure, to
ad-
this
are
ed, while Spanish
most within sight
they pased, were ignored
Spain would have welcomed
bope of doing honors to the fleet,
seeing In such an event the completes
effacement of the last trace of bit.
terness growing out of the Spanish-
American War
The situation was so delicate, from
a diplomatic standpoint, that Spain
culd not urge her claims, though
it was hoped until that at last the
American government would so ar-
range the Mediterranean itinerary of
const
of
towns,
ships
the
ish port,
SUICIDE'S ODD FAREWELL.
Ieaves Itimized Bill Of His Account
With The World,
Cleveland, OO,
debtor, in account
Melian, creditor.
ward To one life,
to hell, one eternity. This account
This {8 all that remains to tell
by his own hand in a lodging-house
The inscription, written on a
The man who died wag not of the
lodging-house type. He was fairly
His thin face was that
of a man of refinement.
SAID TO HAVE 50 WIVES,
Harry J. Bauman Gets Indeterminage
J Sentence In Chicago.
Chicago (Special).—Charged with
married and swindled 5&0
tence by Judge Clifford in the Crimi
nal Court here.
Bauman fs said to have wives in
New York, Watertown, N. Y., Troy,
N. Y., and Mahanoy City, Pa.
The prosecution asserted that he
had swindled his many wiveg out of
$50,000, and on the witness stand
he smiled when asked If his mathl-
monial ventures netted him more
than the amount mentioned.
Ad SRS
WRIGHT HAS NEW MOTOR.
fitays Up Bix Minutes And Notices
Improvement,
Pau, France (8pecial).—Wilbur
Wright's aeroplane has been equip-
ped with a new motor, which has
turned out to be a great improve.
ment. The aeronaut, having made
a thorough test of his machine,
brought it forth and made the first
of a series of flights before a large
crowd of spectators. He was In the
air for six minutes,
wos
DAKOTA'S 2-CENT LAW PASSES.
Railroads Said To Be Ready To En
join It In Every County.
Pierre, 8. D. (8pecial) «The Two-
Cent Rate bill, as an emergency
measure, going into effect at once,
was signed Governor Vessey. It
is re old that the railroads,
wes the United States Court at
B13 STORM SWEEPS
SOUTH CENTRAL STATES
Houses Are Blown Away and Tele-
graph Wires Prostrated.
SCORE OF PERSONS REPORTED KILLED
Vivid Flashes Of Lightning And A
Heavy Fall Of Hail Accompany
The Wind, And Daylight Is Turn-
ed Into Darkness During The Cone
tinuance Of The Storm — Big
Buildings Quiver.
Louisville, Ky. (Special) —Death
for probably a score of persons,
losses of hundreds of thousands of
dollars in property and the crippling
tween noon and dusk
of small tornadoes which swept the
Bouth Central States from the Teh-
nessee line to the Texas Panhandle
The in
Most cases
terrific
of rain,
Most of the towns where
of life occurred are off the rallroads
that news from them has
coming in slowly, Known casualties
are:
Stuttgart, Ark.—Mrs
a child of Will Btory.
| reported fatally injured
Sulphur Springs, Tex. — Mrs
Ardis and Mis. C. Caldwell
From Rolling Fork, Mise, just
| before the telephone wires broke,
word came that four had been killed
Booth, Miss, reported to Birming-
bam that six had met death there
In other towns, such as Ennis and
Waxahachie, Tex., and Boscoe, La.
many dwellings are sald to have been
| demolished by the wind
i Arkansas and Upper Louisiana
| rice flelds were injured to the extent
of many thousands of dollars, wh
the larger cities experienced rains
and darkness and lightning bolts and
made large buildings quiver
At Chattanooga there was
ric storm of hall,
Reports from Birmingham
that several Persons were
a tornado at Cullman,
Blorms were accompanied
by rain, hat,
lightning flashes and sheets
darkness,
logger
BO been
Garfield and
James
Killed
Ala
HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED.
Bulletins Of Death And Destruction
From Many Quarters,
Fort Worth, A
heavy rain and windstorm of tornado
proportions which swept
Texas and Southern Oklahoma
sulted in considerable damage in
eral localities
At Ennis, Tex ,
were blown down
also damages by
At Sulphur
Tex, (Special)
over North
ree
gov-
a dozen residence
Waxahachie was
ternad
Springs the
wrecked eight dwellings and
James Ardis was killed by
gidas Mme. C. Caldwell
killed The total damage
storm in Northern Texas
about $100,000
the
storm
Mrs
i
BY TELEGRAPH
! I amis
The House Committee on
Pablic
| by Representative Denby that $7.
{500 be diverted for the construction
{of an annex to the posioffice at De-
i troit.
{ tion of Lincoln relics.
President Roosevell received a re.
i
ithe laws applying to safety of life
at son.
The statehood bill to admit
us separate states was favorably acted
ion by the House Committee on Ter-
| ritories.
i Amp amendment
1 $200,000 to enable the United
States to participate in an exhibition
the Senate.
A resolution demanding an investl-
tive John Wesley Gaines (Dem.
Tenn.).
The Secretary of the Treasury will
make another call on the temporary
d tarfes to be paid on or before
February 24.
President Roosevelt issued a state-
ment refterat! his belief tha! the
Secret Service should not be hamper.
John Norris, of the American
Newspaper Publishers’ Association,
sent a letter to the House commitjee
charging the Paper Trust with mie-
representing the wages they pay.
The War Department wants Con.
grefs to pass a retirement bill for
civil employes of the Philippine gov-
ernment and charge the expense up
to the Filipinos.
A i wes imroduced in the House
requiring all ocean-geing passenger
vessels to be equipped with wireless
te! ph Jastruinaity,
e scores of the battleship fleet
practice at Manila show a notable
increase in efficiency.
To defray expenditures for fitting
the Capitol for the inauguration of
Wintam H. Jatt: a don Tesolution
o a pri
Senator Bacof's resolution estab
lsh She Jue of succemicn to the
——
BUZE IN CHARLOTIESHILLE
A ——————
Four Business Buidings Destroyed
and Others Damaged.
University Of Virginia Students Add
Firemen To Subdue The Flames.
Charlottesville, Va. (Special). —
The most destrpctive fire that has
vigited Charlottesville in 30 years
wiped ont four business houses and
damaged much other properiy, en-
tailing a total loss of over $220,000.
The fire was discovered at about
4.30 A. M. in the building of the
i Charlottesville Hardware Company,
| on East Main Street, and soon spread
to the Gilmore Furniture Company's
establishment, pext door. These
| structures, two of the largest in the
city, were goon in ruins. The flames
teontinued thelr course westward
firet destroying a vacant store room,
i the property of Phil Oberdorfer, and
{later the clothing establishment of
J. B. & W. H Wood and the shoe
store of James N. Waddell
The loca! firemen made
their lives in an effort to eave
(the People's National Bank, on the
i corner of block adjoining the
{ Gilmore Furniture Company. They
{were in some measure successful.
The two top stories were partially
gutted, but the bank proper suffered
only a slight logs, the damage being
due mainly to water
The Wheeler Bullding, just across
Main Street from the bank, caught
fire in several places, but the flames
| were extinguished. The fronts of the
five store rooms on this side of the
glreet were burned out Just be
fore daybreak it looked as if the
flames would make a clean sweep to
Union Station, but the firemen stuck
to thelr task bravely and a half hour
later the fire was well under control.
Five thousand people watched the
fire, including several hundred stu-
dents from the university, who aided
in subduing the flames.
The largest losers are: Charloties-
ville Hardware Company, $100,000;
Gilmore Furniture Company, $50,
600; J. B. & W. H Wood, clothiers,
$35,000; J. M. Wadell, shoe dealer,
$20,000 People’s National
Ban}
WI
the fight
of
the
and the
5.000
-JAPAN:SE BIL!
5 BADLY BEATEN
The Drew Messue Fai's By Vote
of 48 To 28
Sacramento
ter a debate
A
Assembly ba
bill
aliens
Af-
from 11
P. M., the
{ 48 10 28 re-
by A. M. Drew
ownership of
to, Cal. (Special)
extending
until! 6
oclock A
& Yote ©
jected the drawn
barring from
land in California .
The bill been amended at the
Roosevelt and
clause ap-
plying to Japancse only elimi
1 making the bill apply to all
but the meas arouse such
a storm of that long bo-
closed MrT.
the
had
equest of Pres dent
Secretary Root so tha: the
Was
ited
aiiens ure
opposition
by
that
fore the debate
it
WAR
Drew Was apparent
{ measure would be defeated
In substance the objection to
was that it would drive at least $1.
000.000.0000 of foreign capital out
of the state and might jeopardize
the present friendly commercial re-
lations with Japan
The supporters of the bill contended
that the State was being overrum
| by thrifty Japanese, who were grad-
ually gaining an impregnable posi-
{tion as landowners, and whose gov-
| ernment was trying to diciate to Cale
ifornia regarding logislation.
Sensational Speeches,
Two sensational speeches were
i made, one for and one against the
| measure Assemblyman Grove IL.
Johneon, of Sacramento, ex-Congress-
man, and author of four bills segre-
gating Japanese in schools and resi-
dential districis apd preventing
aliens being members of corpora-
tions, made an impassioned appeal
for the enactment of the Drew bill
At the climax of his speech he walk-
{ed backward from his seat to the
{ lobby rall, and, seizing in his arms
a golden-haired girl of three, held
| her aloft and declared that he was
| "in favor of this as opposed to the
| Japanese menace to our institu
tions.”
Nathan G. Cole, of San Francisco,
| who was elected with the endorse
ment of the Ulon Labor Party, op-
posed the Drew bill on the ground
that it was In conflict with the state
Constitution, that it was inimical to
union labor and that it was not
favored by the national! administra-
tion, which he sald was dealing with
# delioate problem and should be
stpported by the people of Califor.
If Roosevelt Came,
Dramatically confronting Assem-
blyman Drew, he yi
“If President Roosevelt should
throw open the doors of this Assem-
bly chamber and, laying his hand om
your shoulder, should request for
reasons of state, that you withdraw
this bill, you, Mr. Drew, 4% a patriot-
fe citizen of the United States, would
assent without 8 murmur.” =
This sally was received with great
applause, :
In reply Mr. Drew,
goment for the bill iuciared tht ho
dunt, Jb which the President
he was posed. to
inl Wad “Berl aTindnd at in ve-
Killed Stepmother; Paid $150.
Way Cross, Ga. (Special) — Kinch
Williams, a young man who, in Ne-
bor, 1904, shot and killed Mis
Was allowed to plead guilty to “shoot-