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Wayne County Organ
I REPUBLICAN PARTY!
COV. LILLEY DEAD.
Connecticut's Chief Execu
tive Unconscious at End.
MINISTERS CALLED TOO LATE.
lieutenant Governor Frank B.
Weeks Becomes Head of Com
monwealthBody lies In
State at the Capitol.
Hartford, Conn., April 22. Governor
George Loavonsi Lilley died at the ex
ecutive mnnslon here after battling
with dlsense fprfour weeks.
The end came peacefully, ns the pa
tient did not regain consciousness from
the coma In which he had Iain for
many hours and which was the result
of acute nephritis and Its attendant
complications.
There were at the bedside Mrs.
George L. Lilley, the three sons Fred-
GEORGE L. LILLEY.
crick, John and Theodore Lilley Mrs.
John A. Lilley and Dr. Graves and Dr.
Beach, attendlug physicians.
A few minutes before the end came
Executive Secretary Goodwin tele
phoned for llev. Francis C. Todd, rec
tor of Trinity church, but he could not
be reached then, and so Rev. James
Goodwin, rector of Christ church and
brother to the secretary, was called.
Death came so quickly, however, that
neither clergyman was able to reach
the executive mansion in time to be at
the bedside.
The body of the governor will lie in
state in the rotunda at the state capl
tol until the funeral.
WEEKS SUCCEEDS LILLEY.
Latter's Death Makes Governor of Con
necticut's Lieutenant Governor.
Hartford, Conn., April 22. By the
death of Governor George L. Lilley,
governor of Connecticut, Frank B.
Weeks, heretofore lieutenant governor,
becomes 'governor of the state.
Mr. Weeks acted as governor during
Mr. Liliey's Illness. In last year's Re
publican convention ho was selected as
the candidate for lieutenant governor
without opposition and was elected by
a plurality larger than that received
by Mr. Lilley. Ho was a presidential
elector in 1004 and a candidate for
the nomination for lieutenant governor
in 1000. Mr. Weeks is a resident of
Middletown, where he has extensive
business interests. He was born In
Brooklyn in 1854 and removed to Mid
dletown with his parents in 1807. He
was educated at the Middletown high
school and at a college preparatory
school In Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Gov
ernor Weeks Is a director In the Mid
dletown Savings bank, a director of
GOVERNOR FRANK B. WEEKS,
the Middlesex Mutual Assurance com
pany and chairman of the board of
trustees and chairman of the finance
committee of the Connecticut Hospital
For the Insane.
Governor George L. Lilley, then con
gressman at large from Connecticut,
attracted national attention early last
year by declaring that manufacturers
of submarine boats had used Improper
means to Influence legislation. The
charges were declared unfounded after
congressional Investigation. Mr. Lilley
was born In Oxford, Mass., In 1859.
He was elected a member of the Con
necticut legislature In 1001 and served
Iu congress from 1003 until his In
auguration as governor in January,
no was n dealer In real estate by pro
fession and resided In Waterbury.
RUSSIA TO MOVE ON PERSIA.
Sreat Britain Agrees to Troops Going
to Tabriz.
St. Petersburg, April 22. Following
the sortie by Insurgents at Tabriz, Per
sia, in which sixty foreigners were
killed, among them H. C. llaskervllle,
an American schoolteacher, the Rus
sian government, with the assent of
Great Britain, will send troops to the
scene of hostilities to restore order
and to protcc.t Europeans.
In spite of the prompt compliance by
the shah with Russia's ultimatum that
a six day armistice be declared at Ta
briz for the purpose of providing food
for the foreigners and noncombatants
In that city it Is felt that Intervention
In Persia cannot be postponed.
This armistice will be utilized by
Russia in adequate preparation for the
military occupation of northern Persia
for a considerable period. The foreign
office has sent an urgent communica
tion to the war office asking that the
troops destined for the Invasion be
concentrated on the Immediate fron
tier without delay, ready to cross at a
moment's notice. Cavalry which Is
now In readiness at .Tulfa will make a
forced march to Tabriz.
Great Britain has given Russia a
free hand. It Is not expected by the
foreign office that- any international
complications will follow the killing of
Mr. Baskervlilc. The American consul
had warned Baskervllle that ho was
forfeiting his right to American pro
tection by joining the Nationalists.
The British consul gave similar warning-
to the English correspondent
Moore, who is now Satar Khan's prin
cipal lieutenant.
American Government Warns Shah.
Washington, April 22. Supplement
ing an official notification to the Per
sian government that it will be held
responsible for the safety of the lives
and property of Americans In that
country, the state department has sent
Instructions to John B. Jackson, Amer
ican minister at Teheran, to' Join his
! diplomatic colleagues In an earnest
I representation to the shah asking him
to insure adequate protection for
Americans.
The department has received dis
patches from religious organizations
setting forth their fears of harm to the
missions maintained .by them during
the existing serious conditions In Per
sia nnd imploring such assistance as
the department Is able to afford.
BREAKING UP THE ICE JAM.
New York State Engineers Use Dyna
mite at Niagara.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., April 22. With
the approval of the war department at
Washington nnd of Governor Hughes
efforts were made today by New York
state employees to dislodge the great
ice jam in the Niagara river by the use
of dynamite.
Engineers from the state department
of public works started at Youngs
town and aro working up to Lewlston
Five hundred pound charges of dyna
mite are being used.
The ice Jam is twelve miles long and
sixty feet high, and it will take the en
gineers all day and probably all to
morrow to break It up.
Residents nnd property owners all
along the banks from Queenstown to
Lake Ontario are panic stricken, fear
lng the sudden breaking of the jam.
The ice, which In its slow progress
during the past few days has uprooted
huge trees and carried away dozens of
docks nnd boathouses, would. It is
feared, In a sudden rush erase acres of
territory along the upper banks of the
river.
HIS ROGUES' GALLERY PHOTO.
T. Jenkins Hains Gets Picture
BertiJIon Measurements.
tnd
New York, April 22. Thornton Jen
kins Hains, brother of Captain Peter
C. Hnlns, who is now on trial In Flush
ing for killing William E. Annls, visit
ed Fourth Deputy Commissioner Ar
thur Wood nt police headquarters and
had fumed over to him his photograph
from the "rogues' gallery" and his
thumb print and Bcrtillon measure
ments, all of which were taken at the
time he was arrested along with his
brother. '
A week ago Thornton wrote to Mr.
Wood, saying that under the law
passed two years ago ho had a right to
tho return of the plcturo and finger
print and Bertlllon measurements.
Wsathsr Probabilities.
Fair; warmer; diminishing
winds.
west
RETAINS
TRIE
Sultan Abdul llamid Said
to Have Made Terms.
ALL HIS CABINET TO RESIGN.
He Assures the Young Turks' Com
mittee That He Was Not Cul
pable In the Recent Vio
lent Uprising.
San Stefano, Turkey, April 22. It Is
reported here oil good authority that
Sultan Abdul Hainld has made a defi
nite agreement with the committee of
union and progress by which he re
tains his throne.
The sultan agrees to all the demands
of the Young Turks party, and the
present cabinet will resign.
The sultan told tho committee thnt
there was no culpability on his part
for the recent uprising. He also said
that In the event of absolutism being
restored he would consider himself the
worst of cowards If he deigned to
reign two days.
Euver Bey and Niazl Bey, who had
charge of the transport of re-enforco-
mcnts of the Salonlki army, have
reached here, where are situated the
headquarters of the constitutional
array. Ahmed Rlza, ex-presldent of
the chamber, also arrived here and
was given a great reception. The dep
uties carried him on their shoulders to
their meeting place.
Cabinet In Special Session.
Constantinople, April 22. Tho cabi
net held a special meeting lasting four
hours, giving special attention to the
negotiations, which the ministers have
taken In hand on behnlf of the sultan
with the military members of the
Young Turks' committee, among whom
nre Husnl Pasha, tho commander of
the Third army corps, his division
comuiunders- aud Izzet Pasha, chief of
the general staff.
Tho sultnn's primary demand was to
remain ns constitutional sovereign,
with nil the spiritual powers of the
ealifate, with liberal allowances for
his household, while ho also asked
minor guarantees which It would not
be difficult to grant. The demand of
the committee of union nnd progress
was that the sultan offer no resistance
whatever and submit unconditionally.
The Salonlki committee, which is
tho backbone of the whole progressive
movement by the Young, Turks, is
largely military, and its most impor
tant civilian members are with the
army. Some of the members of the
cabinet, Including Rlfant Pasha, the
foreign minister, are active constitu
tionalists.
The grand vizier and his cabinet are
quite prepared to resign at once. In
raer, tnoy nave only ueen neiu in ot
flce by tho feeling that they may be
able to avert a civil war or prevent
acts of violence, which would bring
about unwelcome intervention by the
powers.
The members of the Young Turks'
committee nre divided among them
selves. The radical faction insists
that there shall be no compromise,
that the sultan must be deposed and
that Yusuf Izzcdln be named as his
successor, that the whole administra
tion should be cleansed, that no prom
ise of Abdul Hamid's can be trusted
and that to re-establish the system
of ten days ago would bo to settle
nothing.
The conservatives urge that the
deposition of the sultan would only be
possible after severe fighting, that it is
uncertain whether the troops under
the control of the committee would
uphold such an act with their bayo
nets, that the wavering soldiers of the
First array corps, to tbe number of
25,000 or 30,000, now garrisoning the
city would be inflamed and revolt.
GYMNASTIG CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Some of the Country's Best Men In
Amateur Contests In New York.
' New York, April 22. Colleges, uni
versities, Young Men's Christian asso
ciations, turnverolns and other organ
izations of young men of agility and
muscle will be well represented to
night nt the National Amateur Ath
letic union gymnastic championships,
to bo bold In the gymnasium of the
Young Men's Hebrew association.
Among tho events which will attract
the greatest amount of attention will
be the rope climbing contest and the
all around contest. Among the entries
in the latter event is F. Steffens, tbe
present national champion gymnast
Banker George C. Thomas Dead.
Philadolhpla, April 22. George O
Thomas, the multimillionaire banker
and art collector, died here from a
blood clot on tbe heart, aged seventy
years. He was once tbe head of tbe
Drpxel banking house and was con
nected with J. P. Morgan & Co.
SEVELT L
ExPresident Has First Siaht
of Africa In Rain.
CROWDS WITNESS HIS LANDING
British Governor of the Protectorate
Entertains the Distinguished
Visitor and His Party
at Mombasa.
Mombasa. British East Africa, April
22. Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt
arrived here on board tbe steamer
Admiral in the best of health, as mre
all the members of his parly.
The Admiral entered Killndinl har
bor flying the American flag at her
fore and main masts. She dipped the
German ensign while passing the Brit
ish cruiser Pandora, whose rails and
masts were manned by cheering sail
ors. The Pandora saluted the ex
presldeut, who was on the bridge
watching with Interest the coming
into port.
The people of Mombasa were in a
great state of expectancy, and the first
word of the sighting of the ship
brought them hi crowds to vantage
points where they might catch a
glimpse of the distinguished visitor.
The Admiral, however, came slowly
up to tho harbor, and it was dark
when the ex-president, accompanied
by his son Kermlt and the captain,
mado a landing.
They were brought ashore In the
commandant's surf boat and carried
to a place of shelter In chairs on na
tives' shoulders.
There was a perfect deluge of rain,
but in reply to the expressions of re-
STREET RAILROAD IN MOMBASA,
gret at the weather Mr. Roosevelt said
he was glad to get ashore in any
weather. He added that he was in
splendid health.
The governor's aid boarded the Ad
miral and extended u welcome to Mr,
Roosevelt, who received another cor
dial greeting on shore from the provin
cial commissioner, who conducted blm
to tho government house. R. F. Cun
Inghame, the hunter and field natural
ist, who Is to have charge of the expe
dition, also was on hand at the pier.
The former president seemed highly
pleased when he observed the military
guard drawn up. He reptted to the
guard's salute by doffing his hat and
smiling broadly.. The crowds on shore
pressed eagerly forward to see the
noted American.
It had been the intention of the
party to remain In Mombasa for two
days, but the floods havo been heavy,
and It was deemed advisable to change
this plan. The special train which will
carry Mr. Roosevelt and his party to
Sir Alfred Pense's ranch on the Athl
river will leave here this afternoon.
The governor of the protectorate,
Frederick J. Jackson, entertained the
ex-president at dinner, and later they
proceeded to one of the clubs. Then
the Roosevelt party were taken in car
riages about the town, and as far as
it Is possible the governor and his as
sociates will meet the special instruc
tions from King Edward to show ev
ery consideration to the distinguished
traveler.
F. C. Selous, tbe noted English hunt
er, was also a guest at the dinner. He
will accompany Mr. Roosevelt on his
first shooting expeditions at the Pease
ranch.
The area of the earth is 109,712,000
square miles, of which only 65,000,000
are land. The average altitude of all
the land above sea level Is 2,411 feet
hence, if all the land above sea level
25,000,000 cubic miles was spread uni
formly over the globe, it would form a
shell 000 feet thick. ,
"Mlggs is running ,for office this
year, isn't he?"
"Running? He's absolutely grovel
lng for it." Chicago Tribune.
mil!
ANDS
DEADLY TORNADO IN OHIO.
Five Persons Killed and More Than
$1,000,000 Damage Done.
Cleveland, O., April 22. Five per-
lons'werc killed, six fatally hurt and
st least fifty injured and property val
ued at more than ?1,000,000 was de
stroyed by a tornado which swept
through Cleveland and northern Ohio.
The largest single dnmngc was done
to St. Stanislaus church, which was al
most demolished. The loss is estimat
ed at $125,000.
The Wellmnn-Scavcr-Morgan engi
neering plant was crushed when the
roof of the Standard Tool company
factory was blown over It. Fifteen
workmen were Injured by flying de
bris. Tho molders' department of the
Co-operative Stove company was
crushed by tho wind.
The roof of the City Tuberculosis
sanitarium and the framework of the
new exposition building were carried
awny.
Another Killed at Ashtabula.
Ashtabulu, O., April 22.-R. T. Wood-
worth of Plymouth, O., was killed, n
dozen persons were Injured nnd heavy
property damage was caused by the
tornado when it struck Ashtabula.
St. Matthew's Episcopal church,
Plymouth, was destroyed, the plant of
the Ashtabula Foundry company was
wrecked nnd the roof was blown from
the Lyceum theater.
AUTO MOUNTAIN CLIMB.
Drivers to Guide Machines Up Steep
Slope of Historic Lookout Mountain.
Chattanooga, Tonn., April 22. Up
the steep slope of Lookout mountain,
where Union and Confederate soldiers
struggled for mastery back In the six
ties, automobile drivers will contest
for prizes today, tomorrow and the
next day. The conditions of the con
tests call for drives to tho top of the
mountain, 2,000 feet above sea level,
along a path five miles in length nnd
abounding in sharp turns. It Is not
at all a hill climb, but n genuine moun
tain climb calculated to test the nerve
and skill of the most experienced driv
ers. The road is a stone pike in fine
condition.
While the climb Is difficult, arrange-
mouts have been made to have govern
ment troops guard the course, and It
Is certain that both contestants and
spectators will bo protected. The
events have been sanctioned by the
American Automobile association.
They aro held under the auspices of
the Lookout Mountain Automobile club
of this city.
Tliprp will ho rt&M pvpnts. sis for
automobiles nnd two for motor cycles. I
The first will be a free for all contest I
for automobiles, without restriction as
to make, weight or construction. i
Y. W. C. A.'S CONVENTION.
Hundreds of Young Women Delegates
at Gathering In St. Paul.
St. Paul, Minn., April 22. Several
hundred young women from all parts
of the United States, delegates to the
second biennial convention of tho
Young Women's Christian Associations
of the United States, assembled today
In the Central Presbyterian church of
this city for the opening of the con
vention. The convention will lost un
til next Tuesday morning.
The program of the convention pro
vides for n general address on the
association movement by Miss Mary E.
Woolcy, president of Mount Holyoke
college; Professor Rauschenbusch of
tho Baptist Theological seminary,
Rochester, N. Y., will speak on the
social teachings' of Jesus, and the Rev.
Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer of the student
volunteer movement will deliver an
address on missions. The speaker on
the church will be the Rev. Dr. Fran
cis J. McConnell, president of De Pauw
university, Indiana. The Rev. John
Douglas Adam, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church at East Orange,
N. J., will deliver three addresses.
CONVENTION OF WISE MEN.
America's Oldest and Most Famous
Learned Society Holds Meeting.
Philadelphia, April 22. America's
oldest and most famous learned asso
ciation, the American Philosophical so
ciety, founded by Benjamin Franklin
in this city in 1743 for the purpose of
promoting useful knowledge, began
today its regular annual meeting in
the ball of tbe society on Independ
ence square. The meeting, which will
last three days, Is attended by men
eminent In scholarship and scientific
ability in all parts of the United
States. '
The papers to be read boforo the so
ciety cover the widest possible range
of scientific research, Including, among
other matters, subjects so widely di
verse as geology, Biblical investiga
tion, physics and anthropology. Fri
day evening's session will be devoted
to a commemoration of tbe centenary
of tbe birth of Charles Darwin.
Tho president of the society Is Dr.
William W. Keen, the famous surgeon
of this city. Candidates for member
ship are balloted for at the annual
meeting, and the proceedings close
with the annual dinner of tbe society.
SEIZED jnMDA
Alleged Yankee Poacher
Taken by Cruiser.
GASHED BY MACHINE GUN FIRE
Canadian Warship Kestrel Swoops
Down on American Schooner
Charles Levi Woodbury
Near Vancouver Island".
Vancouver, B. C, April 22. The Do
minion government cruiser Kestrel ar
rived In port here, having In charge
the American halibut fishing schooner
Charles Levi Woodbury, which she
captured after firing five rounds from
her machine guns and threatening to
sink the alleged poaching vessel unless
she surrendered.
The action took place In northern
waters alleged to be contiguous to
Canada.
Bullets tore through the air In the
direction of the Woodbury each time
the machine gun wns fired as the ves
sel headed at full speed from the west
coast of Vancouver island and pointed
toward tho middle of the Pacific.
The last scries of shots caused the
American to lose his nerve. Tho gun
was pointed at the flsh boat, which
was then at a distance of about 200
yards and still making for the open
sea as rapidly us possible.
The bullets ripped tbe mainsail of
the schooner, and one or two knocked
splinters off the mainmast. Captain
Sinclair feared that he would be sunk
right there If he did not stop. At the
same moment the second gun of the
Kestrel was swung across her deck to
get; into range of the fishing boat. Tho
Woodbury's engines were then stopped
and her sails, gashed by the British
bullets, hauled, down.
But even then the American captain
would not willingly surrender. He de
clined to fasten d hawser about Ills
vessel, but a few minutes (ater1 an ujjj
oor and three men front Itlie Kestrel
boarded the .Woodbury and took
charge.
Captain Newcombe of the Kestrel
declares he has u clear case against
the American vessel. He says that
whon he first sighted her she was
within n mile of Seal island.
Captain Sinclair of the Woodbury
apparently did not notice the arrival
of the Kestrel on the scene until the
government vessel was within nbout
three miles. Then the American ran
along picking up his five dories, the
fishermen cutting their gear without
wasting time to pull a fathom of It in.
The cruiser gradually overhauled the
American schooner, and by the time
they were four and a quarter miles off
shore the Kestrel was alongside and
the captains of the two vessels were
conversing.
The first round of tho machine gun
wns fired when the race had been well
begun. When Captain Newcombe got
abreast of the American he opened
communication through a speaking
trumpet.
"Stop or I will put a hole through
you," called Newcombe.
"I don't think so," said, Sinclair in a
reply that came plainly over the wa
ter. Then the gun went off, and a little
section of the Woodbury's sail was In
shreds. When the second gun of the
Kestrel had been unswiveled and
trained on the Woodbury, Captain Sin
clair realized that further flight was
useless and surrendered.
PANIC REIGNS IN SYRIA.
Turkish Fanatics Threaten Marash.
Further Massacres Feared.
Beirut, Syria, April 22. The situa
tion ut Alexandretta Is critical. Panic
everywhere prevails. Thousands of
refugees aro crowding into the city,
which Is being patrolled by marines
from the British cruiser Diana. The
British battleship Triumph has gone
up the coast to Ayas to relieve that
place, If possible.
At Bellan Pass, above Alexandretta,
conditions are desperate. Had j in is
threatened, but Is holding out Turk
ish fanatics are also threatening Ma
rash, where there are many Christians.
Conditions at Merslna, Tarsus and
Adana aro still critical, and further
massacres are feared. Northern Syria
and Asia Minor are on the brink of a.
volcano.
The report of tho sailing of two
American cruisers for Turkish waters
has been recolved here. They can
come none too quickly.
A little boy was asked by his teach
er to define the fluid known to chem
ists as H20.
Almost without hesitation the bright
little chap answorod, "Water is a col
orless liquid which becomes black
when you wash your bands in It"
Lipnlncott's.