BIG SCHOONER WRECKED Sailing Vessel Turns Turtle and | Several are Drowned. : MEN STOOD AT THEIR POSTS. |r ese, Captain and Crew Might Have Been Saved If They Had Abandoned the Shin. | the DEFENSES WERE WEAK Russian General Testifies in Trial Stoessel for Surrendering Port Arthur. testified at the of Lieutenant other: army of- neodiessly the made a sensa- General Kurcpatkin v. court c martial ral Stoessel and ers. ch re Sur- Port Arthur to what he said courtroom. red the Japanese. could Port Arthur by assault in of the war. The rendering and in tt decle taken arly tion He have days | | | | Japan- de- | | fenses were thon so incomplete, Gen- | The American seven-masted schoon- er Thomas W. Lawson was wrecked | in Broad sound, Scilly islands, during a fierce gale and far -as known of her crew, bat three men survived. Signals of ‘distress were heard at the Bishops Rock lighthouse al 4 o'clock Friday afternocn. Two life: boats at once put out and found the Thomas W. Lawson anchored in a dangerous position just north of Gun- ners Rock. Great seas were running and the lifeboats, although they stcod by for several hours were unable to render assistance. At about 2:50 the lcokouts at St. Agnes and Bish- ops Ruck lighthouses and the coast guards missed the lights of the Law- son and when a lifeboat returned to the scene oil floating on the waves indicated the disaster. A few min- utes later the lifeboat crew found the vessel boitom up. Searching in Agnes light boat Allen of Trndon and found = three bodies off Annet island. Later the} captain of the Lawson and another sailor, idward Rowe of Boston, were found. The scarch further snarvivors that these three are the only mem- | bers of the crew who did not lose | their lives. The number. of drowned | is said to be 16. Allen was seriously | injured and the doctor in attendance | is doubtful if he will live out the day. From have been conscious Thomas W. SO Saturday morning the . St. George the: vicinity picked up failed to and discover any | it now seems | information that | obtained from the semi- man it seems that the | Lawson encountered pro- | longed bad weather and lost all her | boats on the trip out from Philadel- pha. She sighted Scilly islagds finding herself in a dangerous posi- tion dropped both anchors. the cap- tain hoping that the weather would moderate. Captain Dow and the might have escaped when the ship was first driven on the Scilly Rocks, but re- fused to leave their posts. The Lawson, which was ehartered to. the Standard = Oil Company, an carried a large crow, was bound, 01 Philadelphia to London. Driven of her course by the terrific storm, she anchored last night off the is- lands. Capt. Dow evidently fearing she would = otherwise drive on the reefs. When the lifeboats assistance, the captain he pre- ferred to stick to his ship and his crew stood by him. It is conjectured that the captain tried oiling, the waves, but that the storm was tno heavy to be weathered and that the craft finally turned turtle. her seven masts tending to render her top- heavy. scraps of crew put off to her said TROUBLE IN PERSIA Populace Enraged—Parliament Build- ings Fired Upon. Cabinet Resigns. Popular agitation against the de- lay in the execution of soldiers whq recently murdered two shop-keepers of Teheran, reached a climax in hos- tile demonstrations on the streets, firing on the parliament building and the resignation of the cabinet. The shah ordered the arrest of the premier, Nasir el Mulk, and the min- jster of the interior, Seni El Dowleh, and Alla Il Dowleh, the governor of Shira. Parliament has demanded an explanation of the shah’s action and fs sitting in permanent session until | the answer is received. { The city is in. a state of siege. | The bazars have closed and the pal-| ace, the legation and the consu-| lates are under guard. Tribal cav- alry and Cossacks are paradirg the streets and the outlook is serious. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.. | as The next Democratic national con- | vention will mect at Denver, Col, | July 7, 1308. A brilliant naval ball, attended by society beauties of Washington, Bal-| timore and other cities, was given | at Norfolk in honor of Admiral Evans. The effect of the scene was heightened by the gorgeous uniforms of the hundreds of officers, Two Committees Named. Speaker Cannon announced the ap-| pointment of the following commit- tees: On Rules—The speaker, Mr. Dal- | zell {(Rep.), Pennsylvania; Mr. Sher- | man ~(Rep.), New York; John Sharp _ Williams (Dem.) Mississippi; Mr. De Armond (Dem.), Missouri : = On Mileage Mr. Brumm (Rep.), | Pennsylvania; Mr. Kennedy (Rep.), | Towa: A.~DJanies (Rep), Kentucky; | Mr. Lewis (Dem.), Georgia; Mr | Denver (Dem.), Ohio. General Funston found the situa- | tion at Goldfield, Nev., more serious | than he supposed, and ‘listened to many appeals to not withdraw the troops. CATCHES BARREL OF WINE West Virginia Fisherman Makes an Unexpected Haul. George Showalter, while fishing in the Ohio river two miles below New Martinsville, W. Va., caught a barrel of wine in the scine. Two weeks ago J. U. Briggs ship- ped 25 barrels of wine to Wheeling and in loading it on a boat one bar- rel rolled into the river and was lost. It had rolled along the bottom of the stream two miles. | campaign { begun. | Keepers. | loon and. | troduced. | lation of United | Campaign | 167 | houses destroyed. eral Kuropatkin went on, .that ortress. raust have fallen: at the zorous attack, bhnt the slowness of the | first | the Japanese and the resistance made | gave the defense by the army in the field Russians time to improve works which had anese fcr months. On the whole, Kkin's evidence was eral Stucssel. The conduct General favorable of Ceneral Fock, who is defeat at Nanchan -and the subse- quent retirement to Port Arthur, also was reviewed.-by. the court, evidence of General Kuropatkin helpful te this officer as well. was BREWERS TALK REFORM Ohio Association Prcposes Saloons on Higher Plane. At a meeting of the Ohio Brewers’ Association held in Cleveland, to reform the saloon No beer will be sold to Where Sunday closing the law will be enforced the brewers have will be made to stop liquor to drunkards and salcon loafing will was demanded, far as An effort sale of miners, stopped. SO be In withstood the Jap-| been Kuropat- | to Gen- | MONONGAH'S DEATH LIST of | | Total Number of Bodies Found £0 Far Nearly 350. LIME THROWN IN STREETS Taking Sanitary Precautions. Under- takers Exhausted by Sicken- ing Task. A dispatch from Fairmont, W. all the devasted territory under Monongah Hill except few of the death chambers have explored by searching parties. A total of 388 bodies has taken from the death estimated that within end of the work says been it is the ac- now pits, and 48 hours will have been | : | complished. :harged with responsibility for the | and the | | pleted. The Fairmont Coal Company cials state that the number of will be considerably below 400, cording to the. house to house vass, which has been almost The home of almost dead com- every | known employe has been visited and | the I are to Place | the | dive | i- einity. power. | the | and | OW being communicated with. The refcrm committee will have its | at Dayton and detec- employed to ferret out The brewers headquarters tives will be undesirable places. they will: work in harmony with Anti-Saloon league to place the upon higher plane. the sa- a LAND FOR MINERS Each Relict of Victims Monongah Disaster. The Rt. Rev. P. J. ed a letter from. J. 'B. New York, formerly of Va. in which latter to Mon the Prepos widow. ' WIDOWS lot for Donahue receiv- Finsler Weston, -W. offered aid widows and orphans in recorgia, Ie pilot: to. each the nzah ye of Jand in to give a shay ROBBERS SHOT TO DEATH. Posse Surrcunds Fleeing Criminals Take No Chances. Two men who he the postefiice at were by n in the and shot known. rounded. one: of the wounded T constable, attempted to rob Winlock, Wash.. ge, surrounded to death. Their seriously a Kiiled In Battle. Advices received at L.alla Moagna- lia, are to the effect that the officer the Morocco commander, Roghi, have the troops of the sultan ncar Marchica. One hun- dred persons on both sides were ed. among thém being several ers. of rebel defeated lead- CAPITAL NOTES. Representative Gonlden of York introduced a bill making ber 12 a naticnal holiday, in celebra- tion of the discovery Christopher Columbus, October 12, 1152. The new: holiday is to be: call- ed “Discovery Day.” Representative Ashbrook: today in- troguced a bill appropriating $50,000 for a public building at Ohio, and Representative Mouser in one appropriating $30,000 for Marion, Ohio. It is probable another. priinary Clearfield will for there will secon be at which citizens indicate their The candidates and holder of wants is the Martin Sherwood of ti Chase and John Representative introduced an elastic currency i for the snance and States currency bill ing legal tender. Representative York re-introduced tax bill, so half the tax to the state and half to the federal government. The senate committee on affairs authorized a favorable on the appointment of Brigadier eral J. Perkins of his Gen- B. Aleshire ter general. RATS SLAUGHTERED 115,000 Against Frisco Brings Results. three verified cases of plague at Only have occurred San | far this month and the sanitary cam- paign waged by the Maritime Hos- 8. i 3 pital Service corps, under Dr. Rupert Blue, is proving effective. Approximately 115,000 rats i falls i and say | away ones, some of the country be visited by noon tomorrow. It is now conservatively estimated that over 200 women have been left widows. The number of orphans remaining situated in will will aggregate between 800 and 1,000. | re- | a great majority and immediate vi- the Old Country upon money sent husbands. These Of this number side in Monongah Some in dependent by their were them encounter- still in heavy is being the bodies Great difficulty in recovering mines. There have been of slate in many of the the ghastly sights that will be revealed when these have been dug wil] be even more horrifying than any yet encountered. Before dusk the work of emptying Mine No. 6 was almost completed and the great ed the number of workmen employed in .this | pit of of | | terrible by the decaying bodies and carcasses i of | | streets kill- | gue [ W. New | Octo- | of America by | were immediately transferred to No.. S mine. The bedies brought to the surface today were in: fearful condition, swollen gnd mangled beyond all ree- ognition. Identifications were few. It is figured that over one half of the victims will fil. unknown graves. Scenes at the morgue and at cometeries are even more heartrend- ing and pathetie than. they. were a few days ). The horror the cal- amity i rowing in intensity instead any. An attempt is being tor hefore Monday all of recovered, but the exhar 1: ‘bat- frightful co ous yseible for it tol the ~ Ol rar are £0 SO ac- cor ulished. an . iaere opidenne of is imminent. danger of an breaking out in th. Scores of men working recovering the. dead are Their illness in undoubtedly due the foul air and in the mines Se Mono in ed. to their exposure to stench created thei neces the- strictest of that all of were heavily this from are animals. So is sity for observing sanitary . measures in Monongah sprinkled with lime The odors emanating and its vicinity urgent the President states: of through He census coal company Watson tonight. «After : a. careful community, we can that the death list does 8987. Nearly all -of these recovered. All working the exceed been in not have places hsth Na. 6 and No. S mine have been Wooster, | | under fall.” of i choice | | women oi t who it} Ohio | circu- notes | | made New | inheritance | amended as to give one-| one- | | Carolina, Military | report | explored. Some additional bodies nav. be found under wreckage or falls. Of the unaccounted for list ao fow vel be found. A large force ae now looking for bodies of men More the than 20 loss of men tneir hushands a month. Heroic work young women mourn who were to become in a week, two weeks being done by the of Monongah and Fairmont, administering to, the wanfs of homes, which means al- most all’ homes in the mining com- munity. Food and clothing has been distributed- to the needy and kindhe.:ted women x with new- widows and orphans feffering consolation possible. is are desolate such as is Favors Pension for Life Savers. Representative Thomas of North after an interview with President Roosevelt, said the Presi dent indicated he was heartily in fa- vor of pensioning life savers, a propo- to be quartermas- | sition which will be advanced during the present session of congress. Plague | Francisco so | have | been kiiled, 7,189 premises inspected, | houses disinfected and three in the number of the sanitary forces. Only 3,000 were killed last week, against 12000, the maximum num- ber, cne week in October. 1 el gecrease marked rats caught by FOUR KILLED AND CREMATED Stick of Dynamite Proves Dangerous Plaything. persons were killed and cre- mated near Bristol, Tenn., on the farm of John .Duff, whose son, Wil- liam, was playing with a stick of dynamite. The dynamite exploded, killing the boy and Mrs. Nathaniel Barnes and Mrs. Elijah Moody and her child. The house caught fire and cremated the bodies. Four There has been a | 'PHONE MERGER EFFECTED Five Big Companies Operating in the Ohio Valley Consolidate. Official anhouncement - was made of the merger of five big independent telephone companies operating in the Ohio Pittsburg and Alle- gheny cf Pittsburg; National, of Wheeling: Belmont, of Martins Fer- ry, Bridgeport and Bellaire, QL; Clarington. of Clarington, O., West Virginia, of Parkersburg. The 1aerged companies valley: tween Pittsburg and Parkersburg. The consolidation ed out. Sending Money to Europe. While the banks are bringing mill- ions in money into the United States, the foreign-born population of the country “is sending millions out. The foreign postal order business of the New York postoffice for the last month was $6,631,837, while the fig- ures for November, 1906, were $5,- 490,125. Directors of the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy Railroad declared a regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, payable January 2. Va., { subterranean | offi- | ac- | can- | which | districts, | | were are | offings | prostrat- |; | felt | tennis the | | afternoon. mor- | unbearable. | Two Statements were issued by the | Ci say positively | Greatest of Bulgarian and will give | long distance service to all points be- | will become effec- | tive as soon as the details are work- | Men Bridge Tligh a new Thrown from Broken Into Swollen Stream. caused SEVEN KILLED. | Forty water bridae wer the west hanna = river the collapse of! in course of erection branch of the Susque- at Mifflinville, eight | miles north of Bloomsburg, Pa. and resulted in the death of seven men and the injury of nearly a score of others, two perhaps fatally. Forty men were at work traveler on the middle .span structure when it collapsed. were all thrown into the river. The Dead—A.. W. Fahs, Selins Grove; Charles Creitzer, Selins Grove: Adam: Nuss, .'Selins = Grove; | Adam Tritt; Beaver Valley: Irvin Up- degraft, Georgetown; Millard 30W- man, Mifflinville; George 'B. Faux, address unknown. Debris carried down the stream by the flood, it is said, struck the false- work of the bridge and caused it collapse. The accident occurred at nightfall when the men were preparing to quit work. As a result, the work of res- cuing those who were thrown into the water and caught in the mass of twisted iron and steel, was greatly retarded. The second span of the bridze was being erected and it was this section that fell with the big traveler. The bodies of four found floating on the the water entangled in the twisted girders and iron the others have not been found. Many of the men were caught in the rapid water and carried a mile down the river before they were rescued. on the of the They of those killed and but bent work, SUCCESSFUL OPERATION President's Daughter Rallies Well and Rests Comfortably. .Sufier- ed With Appendicitis. Mrs. Alice Longworth, wife of Representative Nicholas Longworth and daughter of President Roosevelt, | was operated upon for appendicitis at the White House by Dr. Finney of Johns = Hopkins Hospital, Balti- more, assisted by Dr. Sophie Nord- hoff-Jung and Surgeon General Rixey of the Navy. Tho operajon. was declared by Dr. Rixey to have been successful in every particular and to | have left the patient. in excellent condition. | Dr. Rixey emphasized the timeli- ness of the operation, saying the con- |! dition of the patient had been found exactly as predicted. Specialists said an operation was necessary. resident Roosevelt left his offices crowded with ca.ers to remain near daughter during the - ordeal. ative ‘T.ongworth also was v eall= as were the members Roosevelt family. . (Lhe conclusion of the operation, cmerged from the anesthetics. in a very Electricity. After experimenting since the Civils War John C. Bedient of tudson, O., announces that through the projee- tion of an electric: current of tre- mendous voltage frcm a special sys- tem of coherers and relays he can control weather conditions. His in- vention is in the hands of patent at- tornevs, and Cleveland capitalists, it is said, will incorporate the American Veather Snydicate at $500,000 to deal in weather as a commodity. Bedient's laboratory looks like wireless telegraph station. By di- rocting. currents of high voltage into the air he claims to be able to attract or drive away clouds charged with electricity within a radius of ten miles. He asserts he can control wind currents. It is his design ultimately to place the avparatus in the hands of the United States Weather Bureau. a Killed Her Grandchiidren. Mrs. Emery Huntley walked into a police station at Somerville, Mass. and announced that she had killed her two grandchildren. The bodies of the children, Raymond Shomo, six vears old, and Caroline Huntley, four vears old, were found shortly after- ward at Mrs. Huntley's home. They had been stupefied by illuminating gas and then drowned in a bath-tub The children were on a visit to their grandmother. BORIS SARAFOFF SLAIN. Revolutionists Assassinated by a Comrade. Boris Sarafoif, the most famous of all the leaders of the Bulgarian hands in Macedonia, was shot dead at the threshold of his house by a Macedonian, who at the same time shot and killed another revolutionary chief named Garvauoff while the lat- ter was bidding Sarafoff farewell The murderer is believed to be one Panita, a nephew of the notorious Major Panita, who was executed in 1890 for conspiring to assassinate | Prince Ferdinand and- certain mem- | bers of the Bulgarian Cabinet. The crime is attributed to dissensions re- | garding the disposal of money sub- scribed to the Macedonian cause. Will Dignify Naval Militia. Senator Dick today introduced al bill establishing a naval militia and | placing it upon practically the same | footing with the government as the | national guard. The directors of the Western Union Telegraph Company declared a quar- terly dividend of 114 per cent, but instead of making it payable in cash | as usual, it will be naid in stock of} the company. of which $2,630,000 is| held unissued in the treasury. surface of |} DECLINES TO BE CANDIDATE President Makes Formal State- ment to This Effect. INTENDED TO WAIT A WHILE Recent Clayton Resolution Is Believ- ed to Have Been Determin- ing Factor. a his the in President Roosevelt announced unaltered purpose not to. accept nomination for the presidency 1908. The annouil the briefest that he in almost except statement and the POSS ed his own election night in 1904 laration. was prefaced by the ing sentence, which appeared at the head of the statement given out from the White House: vIn view of the issuance of the call of the Republican ional commit- tee for the. convention, the President makes the following statement:” The President's announcements then follow: Gn. the night af made tiie following announcement: Loam sensible © of 1 ‘the mor done me by the Ameriean.peo- i expressing their confi: in what I have done and tried do... ‘I: appreciate to ‘the full the solemn responsibility ti confidence imposes unon me and I 1all do all that in my power lies not to. forfeit it. =f0On shall years, years quot Oi Nat ter election deeply thus to of March next 1 three and a half three and. a half my first term. The which limits the Presi- dent to two terms regards the sub- stance and not the form, and under no circumstances. will I be a candi date for or accept another nomina- tion.’ “I have not changed and shall not change the decision thus announced.” What caused President to give out the letter, when its substance was already known and had been widely published, and just why “the President issued his third-term state- ment tonight ara matters for conjec- ture. One theory is thot this had the same direct cause. A few days ago Maxton, of © Alabama, introduced a resolution in the house. declaring it bh 1 of the American peo- President should accept That resolution was the resolution intro- 1876 by Repre 10 fourth have served and this constitutes wise custom the the Representative Sense i hat nes a: cthivrd: term. identical with duced in th 1 » in llineis, sentat of head comnijitee Indian affairs, 1: ing of Senators Teller, Curtis and La Folle{te, which in i leged fraudulent purel poo Indian lands, in Oklahoma, today practically agreed uvpon-a t will disclose and recount at length a rather startling series of more less alleged shady transactions that went on near the. Mexican border. The . report will show that facts were developed which proved conclu- sively certain men had formed nerships and raised capital with on Lid Ir'e pol the express view of cheating the Indians | out of their lands. In this connection the mention certain names and that there were through fraudulent practices, obtained at an expenditure of not over $20.000, lands aggregating in value $250,060. The committee also found of corrupt Mexican officials and bank- ers in that region: it alzo found that names of Indians had been forged to a large number of deeds and checks. One Indian, the report will state, was arrested on a charge of murder and released after he had agreed to sell a certain strip of his land worth 315,000 for $3,000. The deed in the transaction showed that seven pieces of land had been included in the description, and the Indian was made to sign it without knewing its true contents. report will To Stop Contributions. Senator Culberson introduced a bill to prohibit corporations making con- tributions in connection = with tions and to provide for the publica- tion of lawful contributions. The bill is in the nature of an amendment | to the law of January 26, 1997, pro- hibiting national banks and other corporations making contributions in connection with elections. TO HELP BANK EXAMINERS Salary of $4,000 Per Year and Trav- | eling Expenses Proposed. Villiam Alden Smith introduced a bill amending banking act by provid- national bank examiners a salary. of not Senator Michigan the national ing that all shall be paid less than $4.00 a year, and traveling ex: | | penses, which amount shall be sessed acainst the hanks examined in proportion to the amount of their capital. This will be ciency Senator Smith in promoting effi- examinations, as it bill, beneficial in bank will not make the examiner directly | dependent upon the banks he ex- | amines for his pay. Donation from Henry Phipps. Henry Phipps, the Pittsburg iron manufacturer, has given Johns Hop: kins hospital of Baltimore an addi- tional donation to enable further re- searom work in the tuberculosis dis- pensary which he endowed two years ago. ‘The amount of the gift was not disclosed. Mr. Phipps already had given the hospital $20,000. The Swiss State Council has ap- proved a plan for the immediate con- struction of a second Simplon tunnel through the Alps. dec- | follow- part-! charge | evidence elec- | of | as- | believes, | Asks Inquiry If Certificates and Pan- Issue Were Lawful. Tillman the investigate of the in © connection financial erisis and also iairy concerning clearing iffcates. Resolutions direct Committe Finance to investigate. and report tao the Senate whether issue of of indebtedness were for the purpose of borrowing money ‘to meet public expenditure,” as provid- ed by the act of 1893. and if : not whether there is any warrant of law for ‘the issue; whether the issue of 229,060,000 Panama Canal bonds was required to ‘defray the expenditures on ithe canal, there being at the time when “both of these loans were made vpward of £700,000,000 in the Treasury current expenditures; whether legislation is necessary to pro- the business interests of the country from the issue of unlawful money. Senator imous ama Senator | TILLMAN QUESTIONS BONDS. | | { | introduced 1'eso0- lutions Committee the Seeretary of ‘the the in- cer- directing on I'inance to recent proceedings Treasury with make house to the a the certificates any tect Tillman consent be given dress the Senate on his but Mr. Lodge suggested ahsernice of Mr. Aldrich, the Committee on Finance, littion should go over. LONG LEASE CANCELED. that: unan- him to ad- resolution, that in the Chairman of the asked LeS0~ tockholders of Pere cide on Marquette De- Reorganization Plans. Stockliolders = of Pere Mar: quette Railroad adopted the plan for the a reorganization, which involves the cancellation of the lease tothe Cin- cinnati, Hamilton & for 999 years consolidation of the Pere Marquette: Railroad of Indiana, and the settlement of accounts and claims by Judscn Harmon and W. W. Crapo arbitrators. There will be five-year 6 per pay the receivers’ certificates for taxes and other obligations. total capital stock, $22.500,000, is not increase The first directors’ meet- inz, at which officers will be clected, will be held ‘early next week. he first Tuesday in April next a general stockholders’ meeting = for the elec- tion of rew directors will be held. Dayton the as of to issued The a $5.000.000 issue cent debentures PLAGUE STILL GENERAL. San Francisco Not Out of Danger of Bubonic Plague. report marine the 10spital ofiticial st infeeti in San Francis very mich reported, num- total cent. India, there and The next of alth and contain bubonic is +1 111 fir than frrst at to. December F reached 1 ath rate; 39.8 statistics that April last was the total 19 per in Cast de ther George of Greece Weds. Greek church uniting in second son the King of Greece, and Princess Marie Bonaparte was performed at the Cathedral at Athens in the pres- of the King and Queen of and a gathering of dignita- The civil marriage ceremoney place in France November 21. Athens is celebrating the event. rice of the religious = ceremony Prince oe George, elice arecece ries. took 1 | ax) CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Dinilulu, the Zulu King, who has been held responsible for the threat- ening situation in Natal, has surren- dered. The Delaware Democratic State Committee . passed a resolution en- dorsing Judge Gray of Delaware, for the Presidency. Secretary of Straus in annual . ment should change forcing Chinese exclusion not kill friendship of euipire. Senator Platt of New wouid make way Roosevelt. should become a member States senate after | White Ilouse expires. The daily reports of the receipts and expenditures of the United States treasury continue to show a falling off of receipts during December, and a large increase in expenditures as compared with last year. . Warrants were issued by Municipal Judge Sabler of Chicago, for the keepers of 29 large hotels, charging | them with violation of the Sunday closing law. Among those named are most of the prominent hostelries of | Chicago. An extradition {reaty, of which is essentially the | that existing between the States and the countries of Latin America, has been agreed upon by ihe delegates to the Central Ameri- can Peace Conference. Big Gains for Prohibition. All but one of the 354 cities and towns of the State of Massachusetts have gone on record on the question | of permitting the sale of intoxicating liquors, and tabulations show a no- | license majority in Massachusetts of over 13.000. License by this year’s elections is now favored in 1% cities and 72 towns, while prohibition pre- vails in 18 cities and 249 towns. Commerce and Labor report said govern- method of en- if it would at Oriental York said he for President the President of the United his term in the the essence same as United | Vessel Is Abandoned. i. The Norwegian bark Alert, of | dal, Norway, which sailed New York November was aban- { doned at sea December Her crew | were rescued by the Friesland, from | Philadelphia, November 30, and ar- | rived at Queenstown, December 11. | The Alert was dismasted in a storm. Man- from 27, 2, | The Philadelphia, Baltimore & | Washington Railroad Company has declared the regular semi-annual dividend ef 2 ver cent.