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IeONESDALB, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNEAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1908.
NO. 38
65th YEAR.
S
mm CRASH.
500 Lives In Peril In Gol
lision In New York Bay.
TOT DESERT CUT DOWN.
Fifteen Men and Women Injured In
Stampede to Reach Decks of
the Admiral Dewey That
Caused the Disaster.
New York, Nov23.-Flfteen persons
were Injured and the lives of more
than r00 others were Imperiled .when
the fruit steamer Admiral Dewey, In
ward bound from Jamalcn, crashed
Into the steamer Mount Desert, out
ward hound from Bay Ridge for the
fishing banks.
The Admiral Dewey, coming sud
denly out of n fog bank, struck the
Mount Desert amidships, opening a
gash in the Mount Desert that extend
ed from the upper deck to the water's
There were 450 passengers, im hidlng
twenty women nnd six children, on the
Mount Desert, and the Admiral Dewey
carried forty-live passengers, nearly nil
of whom were postnl clerks returning
from Kingston, Jamaica.
Panic followed the collision, and pas
sengers on the fishing steamer began I
piling over the guard rails or tnat ves
sel and leaped for the deck of the Ad
miral Dewey.
Captain Davidson kept the Admiral
Dewey moving slowly ahead, and 'tills
kept the sharp prow of the fruit steam
er into 'the rent that had been made
and afforded a place for the frightened
of the Mount Desert to
land. i
Thus the two steamers moved slowly
toward the lower bay while u wild
scene! was taking place on the decks.
The jMount Desert was apparently
finking, nnd the passengers fought
frantically -to get to the deck of the
Admiral Dewey.
Many of the women on the fishing
steamer fainted. The children ran
nbout the deck crying, nnd men bat
tled with each other. 4
Fifteen persons we're Injured In the
stnnipede. Men and women crowded
over the guard rails on to the Admiral
.Dewey so rapidly that they trampled
niton each other.
Police Captain Cornelius .T. Hayes
and Lieutenant of Police Samuel O.
Helton wore passengers on the Admiral
Dewey. Lieutenant Belton rescued
one woman who had been pushed
from the deck of the Mount Desert
nnd was hanging by one hand to the
shattered guard rail of the Mount Des
ert. - Hayes and Belton stood nt the
prow of the Admiral Dewey and pulled
men nnd women to safety as they
swarmed on to the deck.
Within fifteen minutes the Admiral
Dewey had pushed the Mount Desert
close to the east bank, nnd Captain
Davidson discovered that the keel of
his steamer was striking bottom.
Wrecking tugs and steamboats took
the Mount Desert to tho Morse dry
dock for repairs.
CHINESE PRINCE ARRIVES.
Tsai
Fu, Member of Royal Family,
Comes as Special Envoy,
San Francisco, Nov. 23. Conveying
to tho Amcrlcnu government the gratl -
tudo of the Cl-lnesc people for remit
tance of a debt amounting to nearly
$14,000,000, Prince Tsai l'u, a member
of the royal family, with a largo re
tinue, arrived hero on tho steamer
Mongolia. With him Is Tang Shan Yl,
a powerful Chinese mandarin,
In their honor the dragon Hag flow
from tho mastheads of a score of ves
sels in the liny, guns mounted on the
harbor front boomed out a salute and
thousands of Chinamen, silk robed or
silk hatted, thronged the wharf where
they landed.
Not until tho Mongolia dropped an
chor In the harbor did Prince Tsai Fu
nnd Tang Sltao Yl learn that the dow
ager empress of China was dead.
In accordanco with 'the edict of
mourning the envoys will remain se
cluded for three days in this city.
HUNTER KILLS BROKER.
Physician Shoots at a Quail and Hits
His Friend.
Ellsworth, Kim., Nov. 23,-Slilney B.
Tremble, n bond broker of, Chicago,
wus shot and killed by Dr. Frank
Stuart, his Intimate friend, when tho
hitler fired nt a bunch of quail.
The two men were members of n
hunting party which gathered hero ns
guests of George T. Tremble, president
of the Central Natlonnl bank.
Student Riots In Oporto.
Oporto, Nov. 23. RIotH marked the
departure of a number of studnntN for
Colmbra today, and seven students
were Injured.
NO PERSIAN PARLIAMENT.
Shah lames Proclamation Refusing tq
Redeem Promise.
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J.eilCrUl) ,.MM , .,). All-! IM1IUI ui ci-
sla has definitely decided thnt DioT'eo
ple shall not have a constitution, nnd
his proclamation to that effect was
posted in the mosques today.
It has beiii evident for Rome time
I past that the shah was becoming less
nnd less disposed to summoning par
liament. In his proclamation he says:
"We were prepared to redeem our
promise nnd convoke parliament, but
we learn from tho assembled repre
sentatives of the people that they do
not want a constitution. Wo have
therefore decided to defer to their
wishes, and. the clergy nnd ecclesias
tics having recognized thnt the estab
lishment of a parliament would con
flict with the laws of Islam, we deter
mined that In the future under no pre
text shall such n parliament be estah
llshed.
"Nevertheless In the Interests of
right we hnve given the necessary In
structions for the maintenance of jus
tice. We hereby summon the ecclesi
astical body to communicate to the
whole people this our resolve to pro
tect the rights of our subjects."
CASTRO GOING TO EUROPE.
Venezuelan President Said to Be About
to Undergo Operation.
Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 2.'l. Presi
dent Castro Is about to leave Venezue
la for Europe to undergo an operation
nt the hands of skilled surgeons. This
Is tho first time the president ever has
PItESIDKNT CASTRO,
left Venezuelan territory. He has
lived nil his life without traveling be
yond the confines of the republic, bar
ring a few trips into Colombia.
Tlu? president contemplates leaving
La Guaira tomorrow on the French
mail steamer Guadeloupe.
Ills departure recalls the flight of
President Goziuan, Blanco, who was
alleged to have curried with him to
Europe many millions of Venezuelan
gold. Prior to Blanco's flight with the
funds of the government be had twice
visited Europe while serving as presi
dent. Other-instances of presidents of
Latin-American republics visiting for
eign countries during their terms of
oftlce were those of Barrios of Guate
mala and Diaz of Mexico.
NEW ENGLAND S0L0NS MEET.
Governors and Legislators Discuss
State Problems Today.
Boston, Nov. 23. This city is today
the scene of a notable gathering of
1 New England lenders in the persons of
the governors, lieutenant govomors, In
coming governors, national and state
legislators ami other officials of the
six New England states. The purpose
of their coming together is to .discuss
the preservation of the natural re
sources of the states In line with the
recent gatlterlns iu Washington of du
ctals nnd (Tilicrs representing the entire
country. Today's mooting may bo said
to be an outgrowth, of the national as
semblage. .The conference will last two days.
The sutijecls to be discussed nre for
estry and fruit raising, the protection
of the fisheries, the construction of
good roads nnd the regulation of auto
mobiles. Proposed legislation concern
ing these matters will be laid before
tho officials by some of the best known
experts of tho country.
WOMAN PAINTER DIES.
Imogens Morrell Passes Away In Poor
Lodoino House Room.
WnshlHgton, Nov. 23. Mrs. Itnogeno
Robinson Morrell, n celebrated portrait
and historical painter, died In the
small room of n lodging house alone
and friendless.
Sho established tho National Acade
my of Flno Arts In this city and re-1
celved scores of medals for notable 1
works. v
Mrs. Morrell was the only woman
whoso painting occupies n placo In the
United States cupltol, who having
painted the notable picture of General
John A. Dlx.
REVOLTJN CIA.
Troops Sent to Quell Out
break on the Yangtse.
MUTINY IN THREE GARRISONS
Five More Battalions Brought to
Pekin on Report That Revolu
tionaries Will Attack the
Celestial Capital.
Pekin, Nov. 23. Reports have reach
ed here of n serious revolt In Nan
king, where the troops In three garri
sons hnve mutinied and joined the in
surgents. Many persons have been killed and
hundreds of houses destroyed nnd loot
ed. Commander LI wns wounded, Com
mander Chen Hon Yung killed, and a
deputy in chnrge of a magazine was
murdered. """
Six battalions of troops fresh from
'the maneuvers have been hurried to
the disaffected province, but It Is fear
ed that these will be Insufficient to
cope with the emergency.
Five more battalions have been
brought to Pekin to protect tho capital,
as It is said that a large force of revo
lutionaries nre on the march hither.
A decree has been promulgated or
dering the officials of the provinces to
capture rebels for summary beheading
and promising a reward.
Tsen Chen Ilsunn, formerly viceroy
of Llangkwang, has been summoned t
rokin and will arrive today.
Detachments of troops guard tho city
gates, and gendarmes are on duty at
the approaches to the foreign lega
tions. Tlie government Is urged to take
additional precautionary measures, for
revolutionists nre spreading all kinds
of reports, which might act like fire
brands to the spirit of uneasiness un
derlying present conditions In China.
It was owing to one of these disturb
ances that the edict of Nov. 121 was
issued, in which was pointed out that
lawless conspirators had tried to In-
I vado the interior, nnd all officials were
i ordered to arrest and summarily be
head them wherever found. The gov
ernment has ordered nn investigation
of the governor of Nganhwel province
on account of a slight uprising that
took place there. Two Pekin newspa
pers have been fined and one has been
suppressed for publishing details of
the Illness and death of tho emperor
and the dowager empress.
Uefornis have already been Institut
ed in the palace. The new Dowager
Empress Yehonala hns withdrawn her
self to the background, and the late
dowager's eunuchs and others who
were closely identified with her power
ful and dominating rule, becoming
alarmed at the evidences of tho refmyn
movement nnd anticipating discharge,
have fled.
Prince Chun's recent edict, iu which
he declined to permit any Interference
from the Downger Empress Yohonaln,
has cleared the throne from nny possi
ble domination of tho clan of women,
nt least until the now emperor, Prince
Pu Yl, assumes power.
Yuan Shi Kni Is co-operating with
Chang Chi Tung, who Is noting as the
regent's chief counselor. Tho govern
ment admits that it was dissensions
among two or three princes which In
spired the edict calling upon all for
Implicit obedience.
It Is believed hero that Prince Chins
will retire from his office as head of
the forolgn board after the mourning
period.
CONSCIENCE FUND OF $20,000.
Capitalist Gavo Notes Before Death
to Woman He Injured.
Los Angeles, Cul., Nov, 23, Suit wns
filed today by Mrs. Moliasa 03. Funk of
Attica, hid., to collect $20,000 worth of
notes from tho $200,000 estate of Theo
dore P. Bunnell, founder of Grand
Junction, Colo.
Letters and promissory notes signed
by Bunnell, which were filed In court,
show that Bunnell when In Indiana
fifty years ngo Injured Mrs. Funk,
then Miss Melissa .Ink, Stricken
with remofse, he wroto many letters
to Miss Kink begging forgiveness nnd
sent her promissory notes payublg from
his estate Ho died recently.
Sons at Unveiling of Sampson Window
Annnpolls, Md., Nov. 23. With im-
! presslve ceremonies tho window
, placed In the new chapel at the Naval
i academy as a memorial to the lato
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson
was unveiled. Midshipmen R. E. and
II, B, Sampson, sons of tho dead offi
cer, took part'.
Three Killed by Gas From Dynamite,
Wstfleld, Mass!, Nov. 23. Three
workmen were killed by gas generated
by a dynamite blast In tho tunnel bo
lus; built for the Springfield Municipal
waterworks.
LEST WE-FORGET.
The Old Academy Bell Tradition or
Fact?
SEVKNT1I ARTICLE.
Ill the liftli article of this series the
writer gave some reminiscences of the
old Honesdale Academy, incidentally
mentioning Mrs. Chns. S. linor, (who
is still living within speaking distance of
the institution to which so ninny of
Honesdale's business nnd professional
men are indebted for nt least a good
share of their education,) who, as Mies
Nancy P. Drown, was one of its early in
structors under the prineipalship of 11.
D. .Smith. Tho article particularly
specifies the fall term of 1847 as tho be
ginning of Miss Drown s engagement,
and mentions, as not the least exacting
of the duties which devolved upon her,
the ringing eight times a day of the
Academy bell, the very same bell which
has assembled the succeeding genera
tions oL Honesdale school boys and
girls from that day to4his. Later in
the story appears this paragraph in ref
erence to the bell. "It has done duty
here for three score and ten years, hav
ing been brought to Honesdale in 1848,
oeiore winch date it was in use as a
steamboat bell on the Hudson river."
In last Friday's issue of the Wayne
County Herald, R. M. Stocker, histori
an of the Honejsdalc Presbyterian church,'
and regarded as an authority on local
matters of early date generally, supple
nients the "Lest we Forget" article witl
a very entertaining account of the bell's
relation to the churches of the borough's
babyhood ; and, while treating The
Citizen reminiscences very courteously,
takes occasion to question the accuracy
of our dates as connected witli the ball,
and pronounces our statement that it
had been in use on a steamboat as "so
improbable as not to ne.d discus: ion
Why so .improbable? Mr. Stocker's
appeal to his own book n authority does
not justify his conclusion as to the ab
surdity of what lie is pleased to term
"the tradition" regarding the bell. Mrs.
Minor, came to Honesdale in 1847, only
fourteen yitpp. after it was cast, and
while the first trustees of the Academy
who bought 1t, and brought it here, were
in the prime of life. It gave voice from
her hands many times a day for a year,
and it is altogether likely that she soon
became reliably posted by her employers
! as to its historv. Is it presumable that
the account given her was traditional?
Docs Mr. Stocker imagine that Col.
Seely, or John Torrey, or any other of
the trustees, or the principal, 15. 15.
Smith, would have told her an apocry
phal story about it?
It is safe to say that there is not an
other person living so likely to know the
real history of the old Academy bell as
Mrs. Minor, and it is to thnt estimable
lady's own lips thnt the writer of these
articles was indebted for the information
which has elicited tho Herald's hyper
critical comments.
Rut Mr. Stocker insists that the bell
was too fresh from the foundry when it
came here to have done duty elsewhere,
and again invokes his Church History aB
proof that he is right. But the book
asserts thatt'ie bell was cast in 185 and
brought here in 18114. Surely a year or
two afforded ample time for the steam
boat people to find out that a part of
their outfit was too large or too small,
or otherwise unsuited to their purpose,
and to discard it, or transfer it to other
blinds.
It is of course a delicate matter to
question the accuracy of an author who
appeals to his own statement as proofs
ofthe reliability of his- assertions, but ! m,o by taxation. Some different plan
on one point the "History of the Hones- fr0m the present should be followed. In
dale Presbyterian Church" is not cited ! stead of a mile or two here and there in
us nn authority, nnd we may with pro-1 different sections of tho State, a system
pricty turn to other sources of iiiformn- hhould ho planned and followed. Cities
tion for facts. Mr. Stocker, toshow the I .,,,,1 large towns should be connected,
absurdity of the idea Dint the Academy Land the main nrtericsof traffic should be
bell could ever have been used on a
steamboat (-ays : "As applying steam
to boats was in its infancy iu 18'JI,.i roads should be made under State sup
something of thnt kind (tho alleged tin- civision, by competent supervisors. The
ditiou) might hnve impressed itself upon , COst of construction, inspection, repair,
tho pioneers of Honesdale." 'etc., should bo kept nt tho minimum
If Mr. Stocker will do us the favor to i dgure, and the Stato should get value
call at Tin: Citizen" sanctum, wo will
bo pleased to show him a copy of Poul
son's American and Daily Advertiser,
printed in Philadelphia on Friday morn
ing, July -.1, 1813, containing n picture 0f the past few years expeiicnce. Com
of a fine sidowheel steamboat, with missioner Hunter is nn interested nnd
dense smoke issuing from its funnel,
, and .underneath it, the following adver
I tiscnient :
. "The Accommodating bteamnoat.
Twins will commence running June 27,
1813, from William Poole's wharf, upper
Market, street Kerry across the Delaware
to James Springer's Kerry. The boat
being conveniently constructed add at
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Carriages' of any ' hitherto constructed
for crossing the Delaware, Gentlemen
nnd Ladles can be accommodated in
Die most agreeable manner, without be
ing exposed to the inconveniences hith
erto so disagreeable.
William Room;,
James SritiNQiat.
So it would appear that if steamboal-
mg was "in its infancy" m uie in
fant must have been a pretty lusty one
to have attained its majority in fact,
as it was sufficiently developed just
twentyone years before that date, to
make the abovedemnnd for recognition.
But our critic doubtless can find in
his own library abundant information
as to the application of steam to the
propulsion of boats. If he will take
down the third volume of the. "Imperial
Reference Library," lie will find under
the head of "Iiobcrt Fulton," the fol
lowing :
"Fulton had the satisfaction of prov
ing, in 1807 (twenty-seven years before
1834) that steam could be applied to
the propulsion of vessels with entire
success. His achievement excited uni
versal admiration, nnd from thnt time
steamboats were rapidly multiplied on
the waters of the united states, his
first steamboat, called the Clermont,
(of 1,440 feet keel nnd 1X feet beam)
made a progress on the Hudson of 5
miles nn hour. His second large boat
on the Hudson was built in 1807."
There still remains the fact that the
types made the writer say that the bell
had done duty in Honesdale since. 1848.
That this date was written and should
have been printed 1838, is innde evident
from the fact that the time elapsed from
that vear to this is Btnted in the same
sentence to have been "Three score
years and ten."
HARRISBURG LETTER.'
Nov. Sid." Notwithstanding tfie vig
orous efforts and watchful care exercis
ed bv Dr. Leonard Pearson, the State
Veterinarian, and Secretary Wilson of
the Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington, the toot and mouth disease has
made considerable' progress the past
week, and cases are known to exist m
thirteen counties. While it is believed
that the spread has b:sn checked, the
situation requires every person connect
ed with the quarantine to be constantly
on the alert. Secretary Wilson is in the
State studying the case, and will visit
Buffalo to ascertain why and how any
suspects were allowed t come' into this
countrv, the outbreak apparently being
due to a hrcitv on the part of the U. S
Inspectors.
Several hundred cattle andswine have
been put to death, and a thorough fu
migation of barns, stables and premises
generally has been made. Some ap
prehension has been felt lest the price
of beef and milk should be advanced on
account of the plague; but so far none
has been made. The western beef seems
to be entirely free from any difficulty,
and the larger portion of the eastern
supply is from that source. England
has stopped all shipments to that coun
try from here for the present, though
the embargoniaylast only a few months.
Governor Stuart has urged the utmost
vigilance and caro, promising every aid
the State can fnrnish to stamp out the
disease, and in an emergency of this
kind, it is likely that an unusual demand
may be made upon the State for money
to reimburse tho farmers for the loss of
their cattle.
The discussion on the niater of good
roads is a healthy sign, and means that
more roads will be built. It does not
necessarily mean that the State will go
into the business of building roads in
one particular locality or any one class.
'An automobile road from Philadelphia
would be ideal, but its benefit to the
farmers of Wayne county or Bradford
would be trilling. The State can afford
to and should appropriate at least $2,
."iOO.OOO annually 'or twenty years, for
good roads, and secure the needed revo-
improved. The State should not
construct the roads, but rennirs to such
received for every dollar expended. To
bring about this condition tho p'resent
law should bo amended, and a proper
- , olu) passed, giving tho State tho benefit
intelligent official, but is hedged by lim
itations. Recent developments indicate tlio
probability of a treaty of peace ovor
what promised to bo an interesting fight
on tho Speakership of the next House
of Representatives. Mr. McClain hns
made some progress in his candidacy,
1 - farthe opposition to him has not
crystallized on any candidate, It looks
as though tho real fuss is mostly a spar
ting for good places on tho various coin-
! inittees to be nnincd by tho Speaker,
and that can bo easily adjusted, once an
understanding is arrived nt.
N. E. Havbk. I
A Welcome Visitor.
Rev. nnd Mrs. John R. Atkinson,
of Elizabeth, N. J., who have been pay-
ng the parents of the latter, Mr. and
Mrs. Christian Dorflinger, of White
Mills, a visit of several days, a' portion
of the time having been spent with
Honesdale relatives and friends, --t""-n- (
ed to their home on Monday last. On
Thursday evening Mr. Atkinson was a
guest of the Exchange club, participat
ing in the nineteenth annual banquet of
that organization, and making one of
the most acceptable addresses of the
occasion. His theme was "The Game
of Life," and his argument the necessity
of playing the game wisely and well,
through a careful attention to all of its
controlling details and n wise adoption
of every proper nidto worthy achievement.
He drew from the marvelous success of
Christy Mathewson on the ball field an
npt illustration of this theory, relating a
conversation with our old-time and now
world-famous pitcher, in which the lat
ter attributed the victories he had
achieved to careful study of the methods
of his opponents, through which he was
enabled to vary his tactics so as to suit
eacli particular emergency which con
fronted him in the progressof the game.
As an after-dinner speaker, notwith
standing the presumable limitations of
his calling, Rev. Mr. Atkinson takes
rank among the most witty and enter
taining, as well as instructive and help
ful. His well-known gifts as a pulpit.
orator attracted large congregations to
the "services conducted by him at Grace
Episcopal Church, on Sunday last,
morning and evening, lie speaks en
tirely without notes, and it may be said
practically without texts. At the morn
ing service his discourse was based on
the.parables of the Savior, and lie drew
from them such lessons of forbearance
and love and forgiveness as most-dcep-ly
impressed his hearers. His evening
sermon dealt with the miracles perform-
ed bythoCllrist, which he contended were
no more gracious, uplifting and con
vincing as to Divine power than tho
.wonderful ninnifestationsobscrved of all
iifour everyday life. He conveyed the
idea that the, magestic sweep' of the sun,
Tile 'magnificent spectacle of the star-'
studded heavens, the grand flow of rivers,
the swelling of the mighty ocean, Die
mysterious working of the human mind
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and the ureiess puisauons oi me Human
heait, are all miracles, farther indeed
beyond the comprehension of man than
the turning of water into wine or the
raising of the daughter of Jairus. On
Sunday afternoon Mr. Atkinson filled
an appointment at Indian Orchard.
The Man of the Hour.
'The coming next Tuesday night, Dec.
1st, to the Lyric, of William A. Brady
and Joseph R. Grismer's production of
George Broadburst's .political satire,
"The Man of the Hour," makes inter
esting the story as to how a theatre was
found for if in New York city.
When Messrs. Brady and Grismer
made their production of the play last
Nov., it was the belief that a ew ioik
city playhouse was in readiness for it.
When the owner of the playhouse travel
ed from New York to Albany to see the
original performance, he drew out, ex
pressing the fear that the play might be
regarded as an affront to Mr. Charles F.
Murphy, the Tammany leader, and ho
feared that, in such a case, there might
be political reprisals. In vain did
Mos.rs. lirady and Grismer seek to
change the owner's mind ; the latter
obstinately refused to house a play
which he said wns aimed directly at
heads of the Tammany Hall leader- nnd
the "big'uns."
There was nothing to do but to take
the play on a tour. No extensive ar
rangements wero made regarding n route,
for Messrs. Bradv and Uribiuer wished
to be prepared to dash into New York
. I io
.' Icitv as soon as an opening should offer.
One did offer, soon thereafter and the
theatre was the Savoy, owned outright
by T. D. Sullivan, most conspicuous of
ail Tammany politicians, lie was a visi
tor the second night of the play, when
he stood up nnd cheered the actors nt
tho end of Acts II nnd III.
After niuo years' coaching Clilna is
to have a constitution in 1017, Tho
first steps wlH bo fusion of existing
local governments, 'financial nnd army
reforms, with v elections tho second
year, school and tax problems tho third
year, and bo on. About 10-3 tho "up
lift in rural districts" will bo duo to
arrive, and by that tlmo tho United
Statc3 will bo nblo to give Chlneso
statesmen sotuo pointers.
Shells All Around.
Kind Lady And you say at Ohlckn
mauga you were where tho shells wero
thickest?
Sandy Pikes Yes, mum. I passed
through dat town stowed away Iu n
car full of egg crates. Chicago News.