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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
RICH WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN
Mrs. Margaret Todd, Very Wealthy,
 FrfghtfuIIy MangIed, ".s.@

New York, Oct. 27 With st5,0O0 worth of jewelry and large sum of money in her possession, Mrs. Mar garet Todd, very wealthy woman eighty years old, left the Hoffman apartment house, No. 29 West 26th street, which she owned and where she lived, at noon to-day, saying that she was going to visit friends in East Or ange, N. J. Later, when it was learned she had not reached her destination the police were requested to look for her. '
 The mystery of her disappearance was cleared up tonight when a dis patch was received from Philadelphia stating that a woman, identified as Mrs. Todd, had been frightfully man gled beside the track of the Philadel- phia and Reading railroad near Fair mount park, and had died in the hos pftal. How Mrs. Todd met with the accident, or how she happened to be in Philadelphia is not known. 2
 When she expressed 8 desire to go to East Orange to-day, a cab was sum moned and she was accompanied by Mrs Knight, an old friend, to the Del aware, Lackawanna and Western sta- tion in Hoboken, where Mrs. Knight bought the old lady's ticket and saw her safely on the train, Nothing more was heard of her until news came of her shocking death.
 The manager of the Hoffman said tonight that Mrs. Todd had been mar ried three times. Her first husband was a man maned @Wetherford, who died many years ago; her second was named Andrews, also dead, and the third, Louis Todd, middle aged man from whom, the manager said, Mrs. Todd had been divorced some time. She leaves stepdaughter, Mrs. Howe, and a daughter, the wife of Frank Tousey. the publisher.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
PRES. HARTMAN PREDICTS
ERA OF COMPETITIVE RAIL-
 ROAD BUILDING AT HAND.

Declares Also That Japanese Shipping
 Would soon Appear on the Paciilc to
 such an Extent That This Country
 Will Have to Choose Between CO-
 operation or Competition--JaDa
 Ambitions-WiII Get Their Share of
 Trans-Pacific Trade.
 New York, Oct. 27.--E. H. Hartman, president of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific railroads, to-day pre- 5dicted that an era of competitive rail- road building was at hand similar in magnitude to the era of competitive buying already experienced. He pres dicted also that Japanese shipping would soon appear on the Pacific ocean to such an extent that the United States would have to choose between cooperating or competing with it.
 Speaking of his recent trip to Japan and China, MT. Hartman said: Japan is getting railroads and going ahead to put them in shape to bring about fur ther development. The money that has been collected from the people is being used for their benefit.
 'The Japanese are ambitious, and, besides their railroad building, they are going to develop transportation by wa ter, and we will have to cooperate with them or compete with them. think we had better cooperate. They are going to get their share of the trans Pacific business, and getting their own bottoms. r. , ,,s. 2
 ''Fhe Oriental countries can be diyid- ed into two classes. Japan being at present a class by itself on the propo- sition of being a country. which helps it's producers. The other class takes away from and flinders it's producers, and all the other countries are still in, this class. The little saw in. China, however, convinced me that that coun- try is going to open itself up as Japan has already done. Chine is already de- veloping the railroad lines it has. and will have more. The Chinese are now using their railroads instead of tearing them down. Corea will have to be re- organized, and this will be done by the Japanese. This means a future for Shat country, too" s,-
 James J. Hill, president of the North1 ern Securities company, when asked for his opinion on the approach of an era of competitive railway building, said: That view of the situation has not pre- Sauted Itself ta ma i'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
"4 NO. 4'S'' ACCIDENT.
Narrow Escape of English Submarine
 COurtmartiaI Ordered.

Portsmouth, Eng, Oct. 27-The re- cent accident to submarine boat 'Ano. 4, whose rev of sixteen had a narrow escape from drowning off Spithead Oc- tober 16, was due to a ventilator not being closed when the boat was being trimmed for diving. A large volume of water entered the vessel, flooded her forepart and extinguished her lights The submarine diver ninety feet at an angle of 40 degrees. and remained be- low three and half minutes before rising.
 A court martial has assembled here for the trial of Lieutenant N. A. Smyth, who commanded the "A No. 4 at the time of the accident on the charge of hazarding the safety of the vessel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
SMALLPOx AT ELLIS ISLAND.
We'll Developed Case Discovered Among
 Passengers of NOrd Amerika.

New York, Oct. 27.-A well developed case of smallpox was discovered on Ellis island to-day among 1900 steerage passengers from the steamer Nord Amerika from Naples and Geona. After all but about sixty of the immigrants had been passed out with clean bill Of health, a woman, said to be from Naples. wso found to have the disease. Word was immediately sent to Com missioner of Immigrant Watchorn, who notified the various railroad lines to hold all passengers from the Nord Amerika. All, however, with the ex- ceptiOn of fifteen, who were held at the barge office, were on their way to their final destinations and are now scatter ed throughout the city and are en route to all parts of the country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
IN NEW FORK FOR REST.
Gomez Declares That He is Not in Me-
 trOpOIis to Buy Arms.

New York, Oct. 2z-Former Governor Jose Miguel Gomez of Santa Clara province, Cuba, and who recently re- nounced the Cuban liberal party can- didacy for president of Cuba, said to- day regarding the report circulating in Havana that he had come to New York to buy arms for a revolutionary movement:
 T should like to state emphatically that my sole object in visiting the United States is to secure much needed rest The rumor that am here to buy arms for revolutionists is utter nonsense"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
CORBETT GETS DEOIsIoN
Tiplnan Sprained Ligament in Ills / A s: Thumb.

Baltimore, Oct. 27.-Just after the bell that closed the eighth round of what was to have been a 15-round bout between Young Corbett of Denver and Joe Tipman of this city, before the Eureka : A. c. tonight, Tipman seemed to have a spasm of pain and almost fell from, his chair. It was at first claimed that he had broken a bone in
 his right hand, but after his glove had been removed and he. had been almost carried to the dressing room. 1t was arl- nounced that the injury was the strain ing of ligament of the thumb. Referee o Hara gave the fight to corbett. To all appearances it would have been his had the buot gone on. Corbett was handi- capped by pounds of fat that he would have been much better without, while Tipman seemed in the best Of condition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
FIELD HOUSE DESTRoYED.
Fire Wipes Out Training Quarters oi
 Princeton Athletes.

Princeton, N. J., Oct. 27.-Fire to- night completely destroyed the large field house on the University Athletic field containing the training quarters and dressing rooms of the football base ball and track teams. A large amount of valuable athletic parapher- nalia was destroyed. The football team left for New York two hours before the fire to play Columbia tomorrow, thus saving their equipment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
1Fs
 MULVIHILL FOR MAToR!
Bridgeport Democrats EnthusiTstica1
 ReliOiminate Present Incumbent.

Bridgeport Oct. 27.-The democratic city convention tonight enthusiastic ally renominated Denis Mulvihill for mayor, E. T. Buckingham for city clerk, Frederick w. Hall for city treasurer, John H. Donnely for tax collector, William S. Schrieber for town clerk. It is the same ticket that was nominated two years ago, and there was no opposition to any of the names. The convention adopted patform on which they are pledged to acquire the city ownership of the Bridgeport Hy- draulic company. The mayor made a speech in which he said that he ap- proved of the platform. There was a good deal of read fire, brass band mu- sic and considerable oratory at the con- vention. The presiding officer was At torney Robert G. Deforest, son of ex- Congressman Deforest, who had not been in good standing with the admin istration.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
TAFT OFF FOR PANAMA.
Starts for Norfolk and Will Board
 Cruiser Columbia TO-day.

Washington, Oct 27.-secretary Taft and his party started on their Panama trip tonight, leaving here at 6;3O o'clock by boat for Norfolk He will transfer to the United States cruiser Columbia at Old Point at ' o'clock to- morrow morning. MT. Taft was over- whelrned with work up to the time of his departure. In the forenoon he went over the estimated expenditures of the canal commission. since July 1. It is expected the purchase of the necessary plant to build the canal will be com pleted by June of next year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
WRECK IN HARTFoRD.
Auto Crashes Into Team--T5oth Of Them Demolished.

Hartford, Oct. 27.--An automobile driven by H. c. Lewis of Springfield crashed into the team owned by Henry Labringer in Windsor avenue tonight, and both were wrecked.
 Before the wrecked vehicles could be cleared away the. team driven by Po- liceman Daniel Ahearn came along and struck the pile. The horse took fright and dashing down the street threw Policeman Ahearn and his wife to the pavement. Mrs. Afearn received scalp wound and her right arm was broken. She was taken to her home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
President in Collision.

United States Flagship West vir- ginia, via New Orleans, Oct. T.-By wireless).- lighthouse tender Mag nolia, which was conveying the presi- dent, Secretary Loeb, and Dr. Rixey to the cruiser West Virginia, through a confusion of signals, was in collision at Il o'clock last night with the fruit steamer Esparta. The rail and port bow of the Magnolia was damaged, and two or three holes mde in the hull be- low the water line. No one was hurt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
Hunting Fatality.

Princeton, Mass, Oct. 27.-Harry Hayton, twelve years old, son of James Hayton,N was instantly killed by the dis charge of shotgun in the hands of his brother William, aged fourteen years, here to-day. William rose early to go hunting, returning at 7 a. m. He met his brother and they sat down side by side in a woodshed. In some way the gun was discharged, the shot striking Harry in the face, blowing away the left side of his head.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
MISS ROOSETELp NOTENGAGED.
Denies That She is to be Bride of Con-
 gressInan LongwOrth.

New York, Oct. 27-Miss Alice Roose- welt left this city for Washington to- day. Previous to going she emphatic ally denied that she was engaged to be married to Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Ohio.
 Miss Roosevelt was unaccompanied on her journey to Washington save by her maid. The trip was made in an ordinary Pullman coach, no special car having been ordered for her. She look ed exceedingly well after her long trip across the continent, and Theodore Douglas Robinson, for her, denied that she had been ill on the Hartman spe- ciaI train yesterday. She will reach the White House this evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
DAWES SUMMONED.
Former Comptroller of the Currency to
 Testify in Packers Case.

Chicago, Oct. 27.-A subpoena to ap- pear as witness in the beef trust trial November 20 was to-day served on Charles G. Dawes. former comptroller of the currency. MT Dawes has op- posed in speeches the course of the government in prosecuting the packers. His public expressions are said to have led to the issuance of subpoena so that what he knows concerning the packers may be stated under oath. Re- ferring to the subpoena MT. Dawes said: T do not understand it, and have not the slightest idea what is required of me-"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
ROOSEVELT ON HIGH SEAS
FIRST PRESIDENT TO GoBEYOND
 TERRITORIAL LIMITS

Legal Authorities or the OplnlOn Ahat He Has in No Sense Vacated His Office by Going Beyond the Three Mile Limit-Deck of the Cruiser West VirSinian Held to be "Anierican Soil" Washington, Oct. 7.-so far as the official records show, President Roose- welt on leaving the south on the cruiser West Virginia is the first of the chief executives of this country to go beyond it's territorial limits. The attention of some of the legal authorities here hav- ing been called to the fact, they were
 unanimously of the opinion that in go- ing beyond the three-nile limit the president has in no sense vacated his office, even temporarily. They point
 out that there is really nothing in the constitution prohibiting the president from leaving American territory, and, in the present case, being on a national ship, the deck of which is as much part of American territory as the Dis- trict of Columbia, he has not legally departed from the country. In fact, some able lawyers here express the opinion that even if the president
 should go to foreign country the doc-' Urine of extra territoriality would ex- tend to that country with him. They say there is no question. of a vacancy
 in the office of president in which case the vice-president should act The con- stitutional provision is that the vice. president shall act in case, of the re-
 moval from office, death, resignation or inability of the president to act as pres ident. But it does not say who shall
 say when the inability" shall exist or who shall determine when it exists. Chester A. Arthur was very much per- turbed during the illness of President
 Garfield when the question was raised as to whether the dying president was unable to perform the duties of his office. .A.
 Of course during the few days Presi- dent Roosevelt is on the high seas and beyond the jurisdiction of the United States no question of his inability to act would be raised by any official alee. consequently will not have to be set tled The interesting point is that the present case is novel in the history of the executives of the United States.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
Former Lesislator Dies Suddenly.

Willimantic, Oct. 27.-William H. Yeomans, prominent business man, died suddenly of heart disease to-day at his residence in Columbia. MT. Yeo- mans was a director of the Holland County Mutual Fire insurance compa- ny, the Willimantic Savings Institute and several other Holland county banks. He had been judge of probate and represented his town in the legis- lature in 1863.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
Next intercollegiate Meet in Harvard .< or New York.

9E2@$l8& 0E lNtssV II 1UEaAs
 New York, Oct 27 Intercollegiate track and field championships will be held-naxt year ai ther in this citv.ar@att. Harvard. This decision was reached tonight at a meeting of the executive committee of the I. c. A. A Ohio field, New York university's grounds; Columbia Oval at Williams Bridge, and the Stadium at Cambridge, Mass, are the three places still under considera. tfon. It was definitely decided that Franklin field, in Philadelphia, would not again be used, at least not for some years to come.
 The records made by E. B. Parsons and ". Dray, both of Yale, at the last championship meet, vi, the SSO-yard run in minutes 56 seconds and the pole vault with Il feet 101s inches, were attested
 At the recent championship meeting of the association the profits were $1,s S94.34, as shown by Frank B. Ellis re. port.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
Madame Du Cast Injured.

Toledo, Spain, Oct. 27.-Madame dll. Cast, the well known automobile racer, and two journalists who accompanied her in an automobile race here to-day, were severely injured by Uncover turn ing of the car, owing to an effort to avond killing a child who was crossing the course.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
In House Where President Was Born.

New York, Oct. 27.-In the house in which President Roosevelt was born, at 2S East Twentieth street, the forty-sev- enth anniversary of the presidents birth was celebrated tonight at ban quet attended by hundred members of the Roosevelt Home club, with in Yited guests, " -LN --.H--
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
Jerome Endorsed.

New York, Oct. 27.-William Travers Jerome, who is making an indtpend- ent canvas for reelection as district attorney, tonight was unanimously named as the republican nominee for the same office at a re-convened sitting of the republican county convention.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
Roosevelt Forty-seven Yeaterday.

Washington, Oct. 27.--To-day was the forty-seventh anniversary of tie birth of Theodore Roosevelt. Owing to his absence from Washington there Wae no observation of the event here.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
NEW FORK WINS.
Philadelphia Defeated in Both Singles
 and FOursOmes.


 Garden City, L. l., Oct. 27.-By de- feating the Philadelphia team to-day in the singles and foursome matches the ten New York golfers, comprising the Metropolitan team explained by Wal ter J. Travis, earned the right to play similar matches against the picked team from Massachusetts in the de- ciding series of the tri-city struggle for the cup presented Joy Herbert W. Les- ley.
 The matches were decided over the Garden City Golf clubs links, and the feature of the day was the excellent work done by Walter J. Travis, ex- worlds champion, and ex-American champion in the amateur class.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
ANXIETY CAUSED HIS DEATH.
Travelling Salesman Wanted ,fO Reach
 Chicago to Prosecute Piekpoeket.

Chicago to Prosecute PiekpOcket.
 Chicago, Oct. 27.-Fhe death to-day of Edward Heron, a travelling salesman of Boston, Mass, is said by the police to be the direct result of anxiety on his part to reach Chicago to prosecute Elmer Anderson. an alleged pickpocket, on the charge Of larceny. Heron died in railroad station soon after reach ing Chicago.
 Anderson was arraigned to-day on two charges of larceny. one of the com plainants being A. Gregory of Cres- ton, Ia. On the other complaint the name of Heron appeared. According to the police, Heron had almost reach ed the city when he became i'll.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
Killed Himself on Park Bench.

Hartford, Oct. 27.-A1bert Scherman shot and killed himself in Bushnell park tonight while sitting on a bench. Scherman, it is stated, had been drink ing heavily during the past three days. He leaves a widow and four children.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
FALLS TO DEATH.
Lyman Hays, Painter, Falls from Build-
 ing on Franklin Street.

Lyman Hays, a painter, fell from a ladder about o'clock yesterday after noon while working on a building be- longing to Thomas J. Coffey at 21S Franklin street. He was taken to Grace hospital, where it was discovered that his skull was fractured. He died shortly after his arrival.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28

SS% a fr1gnIIul #QlSedSe2| IFOIu WHICH x is suffering, and sad and pain 7 it is, the government must act
 force"
 X minister said that the law cre- a responsible cabinet will prob
 be promulgated and Count Witte's
 nation as premier announced to- ow. Under the statute the pre-
 may or may not hold a special
 olio Count Witte spent almost
 entire day with the emperor at
 rhof, and he has not confided to
 colleagues whether he intends to 's the ministry of the interior or the
 istry Of finance or no portfolio at 5$s he whole of the ministerial body is
 q in ignorance as to whether they < retain their places under the new
 CT. .@.
 salizing that any attempt to inter- with. the monster meeting at the < Eersity would inevitably lead to a
 dy outbreak, General Trepoff, who
 ounced during the afternoon that
 intended to prevent the assembly,
 ructed the policeto close their < @ to the fact, and the meeting, |gshich was attended by between 15,00O htnl 2Q,000 persons, passed off without eonfict. The troops stationed around !Ahe h1ilding were withdrawn, but in < he court, the city bourse and other \ earby buildings half a dozen compa- kies of Cossacks and strong forces of nfantry and dragons were in readi- hess to sally forth if necessary. Big meetings were also held in the kechnological and art institutes, and in two engineering schools. The students at neither of these meetings took a prominent part in the deliberations, yielding the hospitality of the college buildings without attempting to cloak the meetings with the guiseof student assemblies. With the hope of avoid ing further meetings at the university, General Trepoff later placed halls in three different parts of the city at the disposition of the people for meetings, thereby practically cenceding the de- n1ands of the agitators of the right of assembly,.
 The scene inside the university beg gars description. In the great open-air court, with no light except few flick ering candles on a hastily constructed tribune, from which 4,00O to 5000 work men, students and professional men stood wedged together in the cold and wet snowfall, listening to revolution ary harangues. Another great meeting was held in the central hall of the uni Nersity, and scores of smaller meetings of the separate trades and professions were held in the other rooms of the building. Halls were set aside for teachers. physicians, bank clerks, jour- nalists, printers, chinovinks, pharma-. |cists, women, engineers, lawyers, tail- |ors and persons of other colleges and trades, and a room was even set aside for non-commissioned officers of the army but only 8 half dozen of these lwere present.
 In all the sections a strong minority urged conservatism, but these were farried from their feet by the general enthusiasm and resolutions for gen Rral strike in every branch of social 2fctiv ity was adopted with a hurrah. Even the chinovinks in the government #ervice, whose service was largely ~'- (Continued on Fifth Page,I
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
BOSTOCK ATTACKED BY LION,
Badly Lacerated During a Performance
 Still Unconscious.

Paris, Oct. 25-5 a. m.-Frank c. Bos- tock, the lion tanner, was attacked and badly lacerated by lion during his performance here last night. MT. Bos- tock is still unconscious.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
LAWSoN'S REPUTATION

Thinks 1t Has Been Dnmaged--Brings
 Suit for $2O,OOO.
 St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 27.-A special to the Dispatch from Hancock, Mich, says: Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, al leging that his reputation has been damaged to the extent of $20,000 brought suit for libel to-day for that amount against Horace J. Stevens, a well known copper mine specialist of Houghton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
FIRE THREATENED FORTS
SPECTACULAR BLAZE IN CENTER
 OF HALIFAX HARBoR.
Numerous Masked Batteries and Nigga zines, Constituting One of the Most Important Groups of FortfficatiOns at the Port, Narrowly Escape ObIitera- tlOn-ROw of Wooden Buildings Wiped 0ut.

Halifax, N. S., Oct 27.-A spectacu- lar fire which tonight destroyed Brit ish government property valued at $1OO,0OO on Georges island, in the cen- ter of Halifax harbor, threatened to obliterate numerous masked batteries and magazines which constitute one of the most Important groups of forti- fications at this port. A row of wood en buildings 300 feet in length, which were used as storehouses and machine shops, was burned. Tn the magazines are stored several hundred thousand pounds of gun cotton and other .. ex- plosives, but the absence of wind as- sured the military authorities and the men who assisted them to combat the flames that there was practically no danger from the magazines, as the ex- plosives were stored under ground on the opposite side of the island from where the fire was.