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Becretary Bonaparte Before Navy Leagte a at Capital “IS NOT OUR NAVY NAVY TOO SMALL?" Called Upom Militia te Assist In Popularizing the Service—Govera- ment Wants Oaly Well Trained Men, WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 of the Navy Bouaparte wade an inter- esting address before n jolut gathering of the Navy league and the Associa- tion of Naval Miiltia of the United States, both of which organizations are holding couventlous here In this address Secretury Bonaparte spoke of the personnel of the navy snd urged the development of & public sen timent fuvorable to the navy, He said it was encouraging to him to appear before such a gathering. “sud,” be added, “it Is a time when the secre tary of the navy neals friends and en- couragement. We want your ald for various reasons and Ww various euds” He said the national legislators ought to be impressed with the klea that they should be as liberal to the navy as they can be without fear of popular disap proval He called upon the members of the naval militia to assist in popularizing the navy. The department, he said, did uel want the navy filled with peo ple who go into it with the belief that they are . Lave a good time. A very wide misconception, he sald, exists sfiong very many people as to the Bavy, and this is voiced by certain newspapers. “For stance,” he said, “the question i= raised, ‘Is our navy too large? The important question is, ‘Is not our navy too small for national safety" He declared that the nary must be reckoued with as a fighting organiza- tion. In the next few years this coun- try may have fewer ships on its regis try. bul be said there would be no re a the several classes. Addressing himself tq the subject of the personnel of the navy, Secretary Bonapdrte sald the navy departinent had been exacting fu that particular The service could be filled to its full complement but for these exactions One thing that could Le done, he said was to remove ignorance and mistakes He declared that in recruiting the off cers too often skim over the surface The pruvince of the naval militia, he sald, was to supply the regular navy with men, and if they were not thor oughly trained men they were tralua- bie, as already the rough edge had been takes off. It was, he said, a matter of importance to the navy that the Asso clation of the Naval Militia lives and prowpers. Becretary Bonaparte words of Napoleon I, that “a man is uot a soldier.” and paraphrased thew by saying that likewise a man Is wot a sallor, weaning. as be explained, that not all men, no watter how good other wise. were naturally adapted to a sal or's life. He made an eloquent plea for the de- velopmeat of a public sentiment that would cause people 10 look with hoor upon the sailor's nuiform and would no longer permit the country's defenders to be turued away frow entertainments in public houses and iu places of amusement because they wore the sall- or's biue sult. His expressions on this point were greeted with great appisuse. The delegates tw the league were re- celved at the White House by Presi dent Hoeseveit during the afternoon, whet: there wus banded te the presi. dent a copy of a resolution adopted by the league having iu view the restora- tion of the old frigute Constitution as uearly as possible to her original con- dition und her preservation as a source of patriotic inspiration and as & monu- went to the gallant men whe fought with her, Robbers lllireat Aged Womans. ASBURY PARK, N. J, Dec. 14— Mrs. Morris Naftal, seventy seven years of age and the wife of a wealthy reel dent of this place, was attacked by burglars while alone ln her apartments at 151 Main street Diamond earrings were torn from her ears, rings were taken from her fingers, and finally she was left bound and gagged, dy log from sulfocation before her plight was Ais covered. Mr. Naftal had gone to New York, leaving Lis wife alone. recalled the Three Prisoners Got Away. ELMIRA, N. Y., Dec. 14. Three In mates of the Elmira reformatory, all returned paroled prisoners, effected a daring escape from prison by scaling the walls aided by a plank on which they had nated cleats. Their names are Robert Stillings, Howard Hilde brand apd Willlam CC Parker, A guard fired at the prisoners, and Par ker was captured. The others are at large. Son Testifies In Murder Case. BALLSTON, N. Y.,, Dec, 14.—-At the trial of Mrs Hattie Munckton, accused of the murder of her husband here, the acoused woman assisted ln selecting the jurors and also coaclied her coun- sel during the giving of testimony. George Munckton, the twelve year-old son of the defendant, was an imiper- tant witness for the prosecution, Six Hundred Russian Refugees. NEW YORE. Dec. 14.-The steamer Rotterdam, which arrived from Rotter. brought 000 Russlau refugees. REVOLT AT RIGA. Provisional Government Set Up Ia Liveaia and Courland. LONDON, Dec. 14.—-A St. Petersburg dispatch, via Helsingfors, Finland, | says that two messengers who have arrived from Riga. having walked about 130 wiles to catch a train at Plock, state that a provisional govern- ment has been set up in Livonia and that many of the troops there have gone over to the Insurrectionists, Dvina fort, commandiug Riga harbor, Is ln their possession, aud the governor and other Russian officials are prison- ‘The provisional government exer- vises duthority throughout Livonia and part of Courland. The new goverument | bas declared the separation of the Lithonlan people from the Russian em- | pire. They have chosen new local otf cinls and have decreed the closing of the spirit shops and breweries and the aunulment of contracts between the peasants and the landowners. There ls a general uprising of the na- tive peasants, who are travellug in armed Lands, attacking the estates and driving off or killiug thelr owners. There is a reign of terror at Riga. Wo- men and children are liviog In the up-! per stories of houses, and foreign mer- chants are winding up their business or abandoning everything in order to es cape. Martial law has been declared at Pol- tava, Little Russia, where the railroad men bave joined the post and telegraph strike. At Btarala Russa, province of Nov- gorod, the authorities only prevented a massacre of the Jews and revolution- ists by hastily tearing down the proc lamation of the “loyalists” calling on the population to punish the Jews and revolutionists in the emperor's name. Russians Will Settle In Turkey. i CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 14.—Flive thousand Mussulman refugecs from the Caucasus have arrived here in Russian steamers. The government is taking measures to gratify their wish to settle Tn Turkish territory. DECIDE AGAINST W. R. HEARST. Court of Appeals Reverses Order For Reeanvass of Ballots. ALBANY, N.Y, Dec. 14.—The court of appeals has uanded down a decision reversing both orders of Supreme Court Justice Amend in the Hearst mayorality litigstiou and declaring that the ballots In the boxes which the elec tion officials declared ou election night | to be valid cannot be recanvassed This decision of the court of appeals confines Mr. Hearst's efforts to wipe out Mayor McClellan's 4,000 plurality to an examination of the void and pro tested ballots which were returned to the county clerks separately from the! valid ballots which were placed in the ballot boxes and sealed and to quo warranto proceedings. Justice Amend’s first order permitted not only a re count but a recanvass of the valid ballots in the sealed ballot boxes, but his second order secured by Corpora tion Qounsel Delaney provided merely | for a recount of the valid ballots and | would not permit the deterwipation of the election officials on election | night as to which were valid ballots to! be changed in such recount. Judge Gray writes the opiaton, In. which Chief Judge Cullen and Judges O'Brien, Haight aud Werner concur, while Judges Bartlett and Vann dis- sent lu an oplujon. Would Eliminate Annual Deficit. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The abol- Ishment of the fraukiug privilege, the work of correcting alleged abuses of the second class mail privilege and a! revision of the laws relating to the classification of mall matter are some of the features of the annual report of the third assistant postiuaster general In the former case be declares that the interests of the government would best Le subserved by requiriug that all gov. ernment mall be prepald at the regular postage rates, which would at once eliminate the annual postal deficit. Boycott Held Up Standard’s Ship. BINGAPORE, Straits Settlements, Dec. 14. ~The Chluese dock laborers at Tanjong Pagar refused to ald In repair. Ing the Standard Oil company’s steam: or Acme hecause of the Chinese boycott of Awerican goods. The American con- sul complained to the governor, where: upon an official was sent to the dock to reason with the laborers. Police were ordered to be In readiness to suppress disturbances, which, however, did not occur. The strikers ultituintely returned to work. It Is probable that the ring | leaders will be deported. irish Viceroys Come and Ge. DUBLIN, Dec. 14 ~The Earl of Dud. ! ley, the retiring lord lirutenant of Ire land, left Dublin coincident with the! arrival of his successor, the Earl of Aberdeen. The people of Dublin, with their customary warinth, welcomed the coming and speeded the parting vice roys. There was the usual state proces sion through the streets, which were thronged with crowds and lined with military and police. There was no aut} demonstration Six Lost In Flovremela's Wreck. BAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Dec. 14.—The sehooner Florencia while on her voyage from Blueflelds, Nicaragua, to Port u, mon, Costa Rica, was wrecked Among those lost were Frederick M. H. Wood, British consul at Port Limon: two | Americans, John Tibint and W. M Rather, the latter from Texas, and, three sailors. One passenger and twe sailors were rescued. | Tale Mill Destroyed. i WATERTOWN, N. ¥., Dec. 14. American Tale will near bere w 8 de | it 2 tons of SUIT CASE TRAGEDY Mrs. Mary S. Roberts Arrested by Boston Police. Accused, Known as Wife of W, E. Haunt, Now Ia State Prison as Ae- ceasory te Girl's Death-An- thorities Want Mrs. Dean. BOSTON, Dec. 14.—A sequel to the Boston sult case tragedy developed ! bere when Mrs. Mary §. Hoberts was arrested for the Philadelphia authori- ties on a warrant charging her with belong a fugitive frow justice Mra. | Roberts is known as the wife of Wil! lam BE. Hunt, who Is now serving . sentence of from six to seven years in i ing an accessory to the legal opera: | tiou that caused the death of Susanna A. Geary, the chorus girl of the herd Klug” theatrical company, “Shep- | whose eases jo the waters of Boston harbor. Hunt, who 1s also known as Howard and Hoberts, was arrested in New : York two days after the victim of the’ tragedy bad been identified It is alleged that under the name of | Roberts the man who was sentenced to the state prison under the name of | egal It is further alleged that a Philadelphia woman, Maud Gilpin, died as a result of treatment received at one of Hunt's or Roberts’ offices. Hunt managed to! leave Philadelphia before the police but his wife was ar. The woman later defaulted her ball of $2000, ae¢cording to the Phila. delphia officers Although Mrs. Roberts will he held for the police of that city, the chief interest attached to her arrest Is in connection with an alleged confession made by her regarding the llega) med!- ANNs. Roberts in wanted by the Phila- delpbia authorities to answer a charge of malpractice In counection with the case of Katle Himes, a young woman who gave her address as Willow Grove fourteen miles north of this city. Mrs Roberts was srrested ou Juoe 29 and sent to the county prison in default of W ball, She obtained a bondsman and a few days after ber release from | prison, the detectives say, she left the city Katie Himes survived and Is now un- der ball as a witness in the case, The Boston authorities want Mrs. Hoberts and as soon as they are through with her she will be turned over to the Philadelphia police. It Is believed that Mrs. Roberts is able to give information concerning the whereabouts of Mrs. Mary 8 Dean the aMeged principal io the death of Miss Geary Ever since the arrest of Hunt the po lice bave been conducting an active search for Mrs. Roberts aud Mrs. Dean ———————————————————— . Mill House Hlew Up, Five Dead. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 14 ~The | mining Liouse or upper “punching” de ; partment of the Dupont Powder mills, located eight miles north of Birming- bam, has been blown up, and five men) who were killed were employed In the and, while it has been the rule not to allow much powder or dynamite in these separate rooms, ' there was enough to blow the bulldiog into fragments Prisoner May Be M. M. Lette. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1L-luvestigation elicited the Information that Bert E. Fuller, who, a dispatch from Colon as serted, was arrested oo erimiual charges, is probably M. M. Letts. Clty Passenger Agent LL. B. Banks of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rall road said that Fuller is thought to be M. M Letts, who, It Is said. fled to Panama to escape alleged charges of looting and burning the Santa Fe sta. tou at Princeton, Kan, while ageat. PULLIAM IS PRESIDENT, Baseball National league's Annual Meeting at New York, NEW YORK, Dec. 14. At the an- nual meeting of the National League of Baseball Clubs Harry Pulliam was elected president Ly a vote of G to 2 The clubs that voted against Mr. Pul- Ham were New York and Cincinnati Both of these clubs voted for James A. Hart of Chicago It was stated by Mr. Hart's friends that the votes for him were purely complimentary, and after the vote was cast a resolution was adopted ln which it was stated that Mr. Hart had at no time been a candidate, The former Chicago president him | self declared that under wo circum stances would he have permitted his pame to be used io opposition to Mr Pulliam An entire new board of directors was also elected after the constitution had been changed: incremsing the size of the board from four to fives The new directors are A. H. Salen of Boston, Barney Drey. fuss of Pittsburg, C. KH. Ebbetts of William J. Shettsline of Philadelphia sod Charles W. Murphy Jon T. Brush of the New York club, who has Leen a prominent figure in league affairs during the lust season, Mr. Hart resigned from the league, but his place has been taken hy Mr. Murphy, who has been elected [u bis stead. If the minor leagues do not malify thelr requests or alter them slightly from what was proposed to the Na. tional league it Is possible that no change will be made so far ue Class A clubs are concerned, The league rather likes the plan, which it agreed to adopt last year, when there was to be a reclassification with Class A clubs at the top and a draft price put on their outfits at $1,500 per man. Adare Fell and Lost Nace. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14 -At City park only six races were run. the steeplechase event being declared off At request of owners and jockeys Four favorites were beaten Adare, favor Ite In the second race, fell seventy yanls from the finish. but this m shap made no difference, as he was beaten before the accident Racing at Crescent Oty Track, NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14.-At the Crescent City Jockey club's track fa vorites won the last three events hat the defeat of Lady Ellison and Im boden, the latter belug subjected to nl most constant interference, more than compensated the ring for Its losses Imboden would have won his race In another stride Vimo at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 14 Vino won the seven furlong event for two year-olds at Ascot from a gol ficld Silver Sue was heavily played to win this race, but could do wo better than fourth Four favorites, one second choice and au outsider were the win ners Callaghan at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14 — Gm glallo, at 3 to 5, could finish uo better than third in the handicap at a mile aud a sixteenth at Ingleside. Callaghan, at 3 to 1, winuing from Rightful Twe Firemen Killed at Evanston, EVANSTON, 11, Dec. 14.-Two lire men were killed and four others in Juread in a fire which destroyed the greater part of the plant of the Mars Manufacturing company here. Just the fireuien arrived and were preparing to throw water on the fire a quantity of petroleuin stored ln the bascuient of the building exploded, throwing a portion of the wall out upon the firemen George Styles and Willlam Craig were 80 badly hurt that they died soon after Three others were badly cut and brulsed, but will recover. The loss by fire is estimated at $100,000, fas Twe Killed by Runaway Trolley. MEADVILLE, Pa, Dec. 14.—A heavy Four Children Drowned Through Ice. AMSTERDAM, N. Y., Dec. 14. Four school children were drowned last night while skating on Kellog's pond in this city. A party of teu boys and girls were skating in a circle 200 feet frown shore wien the leader, a girl, fell, breaking the ice and going Into the wa ter. Before the nine children, who were following her, could check thelr speed or alter thelr course all plunged into the rapidly widening hole. All but four of the children were rescued. Waterloo Banker Dend. WATERLOO, N. Y, Dec. 14 —Her bert R. Becker, a prominent business man of this town, Is dead after a long ness. Bright's disease wax the cnuse of death. Mr. Becker was cashier and a director of the First Natiounl bank of Waterloo, treasurer of the Vough Plano company, treasurer of the Seneca Coun ty Agricultural soclety and a member Masonic lodges at Watarloo, Seneen Falls, Geneva and Rochester Two Found Dead In Shad Bont. ELIZABETH CITY, N, OC, Dee 14 Leo Jarvis and Carroll Cox, both young men, were drowned during Sunday's storm. and thelr Luxlles were found in an open shad boat near Long shoals by Captain P. W. Midgett, who brought the bodies to Elizabeth City Portland Fire Cost 100,000. i PORTLAND, Ore. Dec. 14 — Fire here desiroyed the wholessle grocery of Wadhams & Kerr Bros, causing a - % $304.000. Four firetuen were . lege hill faster than a mile a minute struck the heavily Joaded Cambridge Springs car, killing two passengers and Injuring a dozen or more. The dead are Mrs. Breed, wife of Dr. Robert S Bread of the Allegheny college faculty aud John Beckman of North East, Pa The three seriously ipjurcd are Levi Birchard, probably fatally; Samuel Gray, feet crushed, and Mrs. Pitman Davis of Baecgertown, bead and arm badly bruised President Pritchett’'s Resignation In BORTON, Dre 1 President Henry K. Pritchett, who has been the execu tive bead of the Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology, Las handed his res ighation to the corporation of the insti tution. President Pritchett’s retirement is prompted hy his desire to devote his entire tine to the Carnegie foundation of which he is president aud which was endowed with a fund of $10,000,000 by Andrew Carnegie about a year ago Storm Swept Over Italy. ROME, Dec. 14-A violent wind ers in neapolitan waters At Venice a launch was capsized, and Its tive oc cupants were drowned, At Sarno, In the province of Salerno, a freight traln of twenty one cars was overturned by the wind The regions In the south were flooded Suit Against Governor Folk ON. BT. LOUIS, Dee. 14 — The 40x Asmage suit of the Delmar Jockey club against Governor Folk, Mayor Wells Police Commissioners Stewart, Hanlon } Blong and Pristoe and Chief of Police Kieley was dismissed hy Judge Mo Donald lu the circuit court for lack of FIT TO PRINT” PRICE ONE CENT DAY SPECIALS =AT- | WOLGOTT & SON'S brocery and Meat Market Diop or White Frost bread making flour, gual: . . 814 Gem of the Valley, equal to any | i sold at £1 40, our price . 81 3 Bakers’ choice best pastry, per! sack 1s : . 8120 Hobart's pure buckwheat flour | per sack . vis “ivan 58 3 quarts beans 6 pkgs corn starch 6 ibs laundry starch . Snow Flour, anteed, per sack > > “5 25 | 25 | > 3 Cans for | 25 > - 6 lbs Pearl tapioca 3 pkgs macaroni Tomatoes | Com Peas : String beans . Baked beans . Lima beans 7 boxes sardines Vermont Maple syrup in glass jars and bottles, spe cial Burnham's Clam Chowder 3 Ib. Cans, Special Price per Can 20¢ 3 pkgs mince meat or pie frum 3 Ibs tea siftings . 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