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New-York tribune., 1905-08-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
CAUSES OF GULF STREAM CHANGES.
To What the Slight Acceleration OF Speed
and Shifting of the Current May Be Due.

To the Editor of Tr. Tribune.
Sir: a few days ago article appeared in The
Tribune Some Queer Things About the Gulf
Stream" 1t appears that the stream towing hcrt!i
and east is this year travelling at higher speed
than is customary. The writer says that in the
future may know about IT than we dc
now
| submit: nv reasons for the swifter cdrrent. and
would be glad to have the idea either approved or
condo mucd We all know that the Gulf Stream IS
caused to flow out through the natural process o.
water The present summer being unusually hot.
has lifted the water higher consequently us oG.-
TO only part # the article. not venturire reason
for the entire change of its course occaslo4ahn;
Black Hall Conn Aug % 1895.
Possibly this correspondent does not distin-
guish as clearly as he should between the infiu-
ences which affect the velocity of the Gulf
Stream and those which affect its course Above
Hatteras. and especially off the New-Englanu
and Nova Scotia coasts the path is controlled
almost exclusively by the winds Like a flag,
the Gulf Stream is fast at one end near Key
Vest but free at the other. very slight in
fuence can divert it when it reaches the vcin-
ity of the 10th parallel of latitude. One should
be cautious too about mstakng apparent
increase of speed for a real A northward
movement of the Gulf Stream amounting to
fifty or one hundred miles. might be enough
to make the current overlap the route of steam
ships which ordinarily avoid it. The heightened
resistance which vessels would encounter in
consequence would not necessarily mean that
the current was stronger than usual. However.
there seems to have been a slight acceleration
recently, as we'll as shifting of the stream;
and that increase of speed might be due to one
both of two causes In high latitudes the
gain in velocity might be caused merely by the
winds. In low attitudes 1t could be explained
only by assuming that the original force which
makes the water emerge from the Gulf of Mex
leo between Cuba and Florida had been tenn
porarily intensified The conjecture that the
temperature of the water in the Gulf in any
way affects the level of it has little warrant.
The outflow is merely the result of an excessive
inflow from the eastward past Yucatan and
the inflow is traceabe to the trade winds A
perceptible westward current in the Atlantic not
far north of the equator is we'll authenticated
phenomenon which Mr. Brown seems to have
overlooked.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-31
TO INVESTIGATE TROLLEY WRECK

New brunswick n j., Aug. 80 (speciaD.-Prose-
cutor George Berdine will make an investteatfon
or the trolley wreck Milltown Yesterday
afternoon. in which twenty-five people were hurt
Detectives Mulvey and Elwell are investigation the
cause and getting statements from those Injured
The grand jury viii probably get the case on Sep
tenber 3. when they meet again The v,reoL Nc
caused by regular Public Service Corporation
car. bound for New-fork. and well loaded crash
Ing into an extra car OF the Trenton Fast line
New-York tribune., 1905-08-31

WASHING. Sc.-Ey YOUNG ."ret vs., ST.
family washing or day worN sH''
BROOK. t5S East 9S,h h-s'-
" ATTRFSS BY most reSf 7c-aoie ~,
Ored sIri EIIZN BANEE. ga-e q la"F
tor. 2SS West 126th 81
New-York tribune., 1905-08-31
YELLOW FEVER IN THE NORTH

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In his exceedingly interesting letter IN tho
yellow fever in New-Orleans, published In The
Tribune, your correspondent makes the following
statement in connection with the map showing the
range of the stegomyia:
North of the northerly line there has never heen
epidemic CT yellow fever. and probably never
Will he" ''o'
yellow fever In Philadelphia. OF which Or Renianoip
Rrsh 5 lef, record. he visited many as I9o
patients in day. MARY E RI ATp
Plymouth. n H. Aug. g. 1905.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-31
ORDERS IsSUED.-The following army and
navy orders have been issued:


ARMY
First Lieutenant GEORGE r. BURNETT retired. de-
tailed professor military science Miltary Acad-
First Lieutenant CLARENCE l. GOLF ass,.,sr+ ,
:nstop, Philippines.
snos BEt to u saR FrsnasSo IS snsI ss. 9oTgs from
neving Major EUGENE o. FECHET Signal corpss
P46.sSor NM Sy j. soencs asz 3ss Ss dtsd
Ts 1sntp Pa Who VICE 3 sPa 66cie5 ESK = S r. ALBRIT 6h
First Lieutenant HENRY c. sTAFII. TO % Infantry
First Lieutenant ROY C. KIRr1ANp. to 25,h Infantry
fsnry. -
before board. Fort Mcdowell examination FOR promo
Colonel EDWARD A GOODWIN. 14th Cavalry to san
conmanasr n9aE A MARSHALL. to Second Lighthouse
Commander E. LERPER, retired 10 office Judge Ad-
vocate General. Navy Department.
RoBsoN f9a2dSE " L wR RHEgoFEF Z Esgtsnsns
7 BOWERS. detached the Atlanta. TO Naval Aoad-
LegsHfn com5ndssS der C DECKER and MAR
Ldeutsnants z. {. KALBFT-s z r FFNNFR ana =
HORNE Jr- detached the Newark. to Naval Acsd-
Lisutenant W B TARDY. detached the Newark; home
LdsItsnant I g RICHARDSON detached the Atlanta:
Ens,sn E G KNTNER. detached the Atlanta: to navy
eeon - NJ y. A'COEhICK. detached the
home wait orders.
Passed assistant Surgeon J. NJ BRIsTER detached the
Atlanta; home wait orders.
Assistant Surgeon r. 2. RIGGS detached the Newark;
home welt orders
Paymaster ). P SANFORD. detached the Newark; to
yard, New-York.
Psynaster H ROBINS detached the Atlanta. IN navy
yard, Norfolk SO
Pssseo Assistant PsyEnsster W A
Terror 10 navy yard. League Island.
Passed assistant PayInaster P T wATERoJs detached
the Hartford: 70 Naval Academy
Assistant Paynaster G. R. CAPo detached the Severn
70 Naval Academy.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS-Information n,
the movements Of naval vessels has been received
at the Navy Department as follows:
ARRIVED.
August 2e-The Wasp Norfolk the Maine the Illinois
The Iowa The Alabama, the Kesrsarge RenfprlEy
the Massachusetts, and the Missouri az Progincetog7
the Galveston at Antigua
SAILED.
August -SThe Arkansas. the Nevada Florida
washington for Annapolis; the Abarenda, from New
port News for Key West: Marbiehsad from
Erenerron Tor Esquimelt; the Perry from Torr A.
geies for Bremerton; the Wolverine. from Sheboygan
for Green Bay.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-31

REFINED reliable woman. v0ull Ike N
stairs work. WITH plain sewing and ulsia-
ing state wages. Reply by i@rre-- Al
dress NJ MORRISON. Nin-sr.1 z. y. J.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-31

TWO neat voung Irish si~'=. one COX. Nfs,
and iron. good baker. other "aarnoe-iltl'
and waitress likes shii3 i3re0 0o ~a1acti0n p
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New-York tribune., 1905-08-31
Surr0gafes Notices

IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF HON
Frank T. Fitzgerald, Surrogate OF the COUNTY
New York. notice Is hereby given all
claims against John : Martin. q he Neu
York deceased the vouchers Thereof
TO the subscribers at their place
No, l6S chambers Street in the city New York on
before the 10th day of March next " Va
Dated New York, the 18th day Of August 1eC5
MARY s. MARTIN.
MILAN Y. MARTIN
WILLIAM f DTNNINC;
NJ Executors
''''"i' ->eN 1oth
New-York tribune., 1905-08-31
IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER oR NOV

~ FIanE H J. titzSerad Surrogate OF the County OF
claims against William H. Hurbu late OF the Gopnfv H
20 present The
thereof the subscribers place 80
BUSINESS at tne once OF inc Metropolitan
Of the city OF New York. No. 40
ough OF Manhattan. in City New York % 1 Dor
10th q October Nev, oeiSte
day Of April 1908. -N+N' 'ne o'a
METROPOLITAN TRUST COMPANY OF THE, c.,7rv o.,
Nt3W 1oRk MARGARET II HURLBUT Execitor.O OE
PARsoNs, CioSSoN & MlLNAINE. Attorneys Tor sx
ecutors !2 William St. New York city ''' rN-
New-York tribune., 1905-08-31
City Hotels.

HOTEL MARIE ANTOINETrF
Broadway. 66th 10 9th Sis
Special Inducements for early autumn
New-York tribune., 1905-08-31
Excursions.

A DVERTIsEMENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS for Th-
~ Tribune received at their Uptown once No. 1854
broadway, between S6th and 3Ith clock d m
Advertisements received the following branch ofces Al
regular ONCE rates until O'Clock D. M 254 sth-
cor I'D st lS3 9th ave cor I2h-st. 92 East
i4th-st. 2ol West 42d-st between eth and sth aves
2dS West iZ9th-s-: l33e 3dsNe. 10Th ana nth
sts; io2n 3d-aye near 6lst Los LIST ave. near
s9th-st., lSt East i2ath AZ
ave. near hst-st s5A 3d-ave BleecAer-. a.: sss
EIeeeker-st - ~
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
NOT A SINGLE MAN ESCAPED
Terrible Scenes at the Mouth Of an
Alabama Mine.

The scene at the Virginia mine at BIZ
mingham, Ala, Tuesday, afternoon,
where a terrific a%fterdamp explosion
Monday afternoon imprisoned 1G0 men
700 feet below the surface, was the most
grewsome and sorrowful that has ever
been witnessed in Alabama. OF the mini
ers who entered the mines Monday AT
~ternoon, so far only fifty bodies have
been recovered. The recovery already
Of SO many dead bodies precludes the
idea that any living remain among the
u~nfortunates still in the mine.
The corpses are frightfully mangled
and disfgured and Identification is al
most impossible. Many of them are 50
badly bruised and twisted and discolored
that negroes cannot be told from whites.
All day long the scene at the mouth
of the mine OF waiting women and chill
dren whose father was in the mine has
been most heartrending. One hundred
families and 800 children are left desti-
tute and without means Of support by
the calamity and they are the best class
of the mining families in Alabama.
As the bodies of the victims which, i'll
many cases, have been gathered together
a piece at a time are brought to the
surface they are placed in rows on Il
rough platform.
The excavation of the debris has been
handicapped. The foul gases which had
collected in the slope had made necessary
the use Of safety lamps and it was found
that less than Il score of SAFETY lamps
were available in the district.
The union miners went to the scene
from practically every mining camp
within a radius of twenty-five miles of
Virginia City to aid in the work of res
cue.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
pENSED FORM.
Creates q Sensation-Recent DcVe'-
opments Show Ritter Was NOT
Murdered, but Suicided Because or
Remorse over Shady transact Oh

Recent developments in connection
with the mysterious death a few days
ago of Frank Ritter, a prominent farm,
err of Bon Homme County, have created
a genuine sensation, says u dispatch from
Tyndall.
Among other things it has been dem,
onstrated that Ritter committed SUI
eide, instead of being the victim OF Il
murder, as was at first supposed, ms
suicide being due to the alleged persecu-
tions of two men who were travelling
through the country selling feed cookers.
Ritter was found lead in bed by his
wife upon her return from the bedside
of her sick mother in Nebraska.
On a table near the bed was a note
bearing these words: "A man with bug
gy and team forced me to drink-therc
is $700 in the German bank for my dear
wife"
Later developments indicate that when
the two feed cooker men,, named Casey
and ThOrnbury, reached Ritter's home
they preferred Il serious charge against
him, Offering. it is alleged, to withdraw
it if he would purchase a certain amount
of patent right territory and Il number
of the machines.
He refused, when Casey and Thorn
bury went to the little town of Avon,
and going before III. A. Marks. Il justice
of the peace, swOre out a warrant for
Ritter's arrest. Ritter was arrested and
taken to town. where it is alleged the
matter was compromised by his agreeing
to purchase the territory rights for the
sale of feed cookers, in addition to pur-
chasing a number of the machines.
The county commissioners of Bon
Homme County held a meeting after the
finding of Ritter's body for the purpose
of investigating the matter, and as a re-
suit of the investigation the states attor-
new was directed to IN proceed
ings for Marks removal from the office
of justice of the peace for his cOnnec-
ton with the affair. 1t is understood
that Marks has decided to tender his res
ignation.
Casey is now under arrest on the
charge Of extortion. His companion in
the alleged persecution of Ritter, Thorn
bury, left for Iowa soon after the discov-
cry of Ritter's body, but the authorities
of Bon Homme County have decided to
prosecute him also, and he will be ar
rested and brought back to South Da-
kota.
Remorse over being forced into the
transaction with Casey and Thornbury
is supposed TO have been Ritter's reason
for taking his owl life.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
ACTUAL REVOLUTION
RUSSiA'S TROUBLES ARE CON-
STANTLY INCREASING.
Terror in the Caucasus rmenians
Act in Batoum and Elsewhere
strike Situation il Worse-Tra fiji ,
Entirely Suspended on Some Lines

The military authorities at Baku, eau
casus, on Wednesday authorized energet-
ic measures to suppress disturbances.
This was not accomplished without
bloodshed. All the official and private
offices are closed. Many LEAD bodies are
lying in the streets,
The labor situation in st. Petersburg
has assumed a phase most irritating TO
employers, the men working one day and
quitting the next and showing no perna-
nent disposition to either work or strike.
AT present most OF the factories are
working, but there is no telling when or
TO what extent the strike may next break
out.
According to mail reports received
from Batoum disorders in the Caucasus
have developed into actual revolution in
the cities OF Batoum, Patti and Kutais,
at the eastern end Of the Black Sea, un-
der the lead Of Armenians, who have set
up n form of provisional government.
Photographic communication has been cut
off for several days, and it is impossible
to secure direct confirmation of these re-
ports. But, according TO one letter, the
Armenian faction a few days ago sue
ceeded in making prisoners of most of
the officials and shutting up the offices
and some of the troops in the barracks,
and aided to some extent by reversists,
in taking the reins of government into
their own hands. 1t is known that the
semi-weekly steamer service between Ba-
toum and Odessa has been interrupted,
and until Geographic communication is
restored information is only obtainable
by way OF Constnntinople.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
OVER 100 MINERS ehroMsEp
Fatal Explosion in Coal Mines Near
Birmingham, Ala.

BY an explosion in the Virginia mines,
about eighteen miles southwest of Bir-
mingham, Ala. at 4 o'clock Monday af-
ternoon, between 10 and 13o union
miners are entombed, and it is believed
the entire number suffered an awful
death. Scores Of vigorous rescuers are
at work digging into the mine to relieve
their friends and comrades on the inside.
The explosion is believed to have been
caused by an accumulation Of gas, al
though the mine has heretofore been not
ed for being entirely free from gas. 1t is
also believed that as the entire quota has
probably been killed the details of the
cause of the disaster will never be
known.
The news spread like wildfre through
the whole district. The camp is almost
isolated from the rest of the world, as
there is no telephone station at Virginia
and the only wire running to the place is
a dispatcher's wire of the Birmingham
Mineral Railway. on which Virginia is
located. Details are slow to come in,
hut each man who arrived in the city
from the scene told a more grewsome
story of the horror. The class of miners
employed was the best in the district,
and all belonged to the United Mine
Workers of America.
Since the strike has been OF in the Eir.
mingham district many of the most in
dustrious and thrifty miners of Pratt
City and other important mining points
have removed to the Virginia mines, so
that the mines were worked to their full
capacity by the most skilled miners in
the district.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON.
Million Dollars Damage is Done by
Fire on the Docks.

A Boston special says: The large dou-
Die pier of the Hoosac tunnel docks IN
Charlestown, together with considerable
valuable freight, was destroyed by fire
early Tuesday.
The steamer Philadelphian, of the
Furness-Leyland line, from which the
crew fed so hastily that three were in
iured, was badly damaged.
The loss is nearly 100000.
Chief Steward Fellows, of the Phila-
ielphian, jumped overheard and vas res
cued in an exhausted condition, while
one fireman of the steamer jumped to
the deck of a nearby lighter and had n
leg broken. Capt. Dickinson and wife
were taken off by a freboat when they
were about to jump into the harbor. The
IRE started presumably from spontane-
ous combustion.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
ANOTHER LAND RUSH.
Mile Square Law viii Bring Many
PeopIe Into South Dakota.

Owing to the opening of new lands in
Butte County under the Martin home
stead law allowing GAO acres OF land to
each settler, railroads running into South
Dakota are getting ready for what they
anticipate will be a great rush this com
ing summer. Already their head Offices
are being flooded with inquiries asking
information about the new country, and
there is no doubt but that a repetition Of
the Rosebud experience will occur.
The Martin bill providing for the OPEN
ing of land in Butte County for home
stead has been reported favorably by
committees in both houses of congress
and stands a good chance of passing this
session
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
NEW HEAD CHOSEN.
Prof Chalmers to be President Of
Dakota University.

James Chalmers, head of the South
Dakota Agricultural College, has been
chosen president Of the South Dakota
University at Vermillion to succeed
Prof. Garrett Droppers, who recently re.
signed.
The state board of regents at a meet
ing at Pierre Monday, accepted the resig-
nation of Prof. Droppers as president Of
the state university, and appointed to
the place James Chalmers.
Prof. Robert l.. Stable, at present at
the head of the school of mines, has been
transferred to the agricultural college.
Prof. Cahrles Il. Fulton, professor of
metallurgy at the school of mines, has
been advanced to the head of that insti.
tuition.
All of these appointments will go into
effect Jan. /, 1906.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
PREFER TO LIVE IN TENTS,
Indians Say They Are More Com
Portable Than Houses.

During the recent excessively cold
weather in South Dakota, when the tenn
perature frequently reached from % to
30 degrees below zero, a number of Sioux
Indians and their families who reside on
the northern portion of the Rosebud res
ervation, abandoned the comfortable
frame and log houses which the govern
ment had provided for them and moved
to the hills on Little White River, where
they took up their residence in tents.
They declare the tents are more COM
Portable than the houses, and will occu-
by them until spring.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
DONOhUE is ARRESTED.
New York Editor is Accused of
Criminal Libel.

a New York special says: Dennis
Donohue, financial editor of the New
York Commercial, who has been run
ming in ii magazine u series of articles,
THE Truth About Frenzied Finance"
which are in reply to the statements of
Thomas A. Lawson about financial con-
ditiors, was arrested on a warrant is
sued upon complaint of Herbert Gray, of
Haverhill, Mass. The complainant al
leges that Donohue made statements re-
hecting upon him amounting to criminal
libel in his replies to Lawson's charges.
Donohue was paroled when arraigned in
police court.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
eABY BURNED IN A FURNACE
Horrible Crime Alleged to Have
Reen Committed i'm Rnchester.

Horrible Crime Alleged to Have
Been COMMITTED in Rochester.
G.. w. McCaffery, engineer in charge
of a boiler used to heat several business
places at Rochester, n. Y, has informed
the police that about 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning two men and n woman entered
the boiler roomi While one of the men
covered him with a brace Of revolvers
the other threw a package into the fire.
box. The woman uttered a shrek as he
did so, and one of the men threatened her
life.
McCaffery says he heard the scream
of a baby as the package struck the fire.
The men waited several minutes, then
oepned the furnace door again and raked
the bundle about on the Goals.
Before leaving the men threatened to
kill McCaffery if he ever revealed a
word of the matter. All three members
OF the party were so disguised he could
not give a description of them.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
CHARGED WITH ARSON.
Postmaster Farnham Charged with
Setting Fire to Postoffice.

+. i. Farnham, postmaster at Central
City, has been indicted by the grand
jury for arson and was arrested Satur,
day evening. About a week ago the
Central City pOstoftice was partially de.
stroyed by fire, which at the time had ev,
cry appearance of being of incendiary
origin. Farnham was ut once suspected,
but before he could be arrested left for
Nebraska. He returned to DeadwOOd
Saturday morning and in the evening
was placed under arrest. +
Farnham has been having trouble with
his wife and his friends say that this
has affected his mind. He is ut liberty
under bonds, his wife, who is the owner
of the building burned, being his prin.
cinnl surety
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
FIRE IN A DAKOTA TOWN.
Blaze in Business Section of Bryant
Causes a Loss of 100000.

A fire Friday morning destroyed all but
two buildings in the principal business
block at Bryant. 1t started in the rear
end of the Villas drug store on one corner
of the block and swept the block to Sew
erson's general store, the second building
from the opposite end, leaving only this
building and a bank building on the cor
ner intact.
The buildings destroyed were: The
general stores of Hestad Bros, and Beck
um Bros; the hardware store of Bork
q Hanson; a restaurant, hotel, meat
market and jewelry store.
The town is entirely without fire pro-
lection and little could be done to stay
the progress of the flames.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. with
insurance of about $4,000.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
w SCORE HURT.
Bad Wreck on the Erie Railroad in
New Jersey.

An eastbound train on the Erie Rail-
road jumped the track three miles east
of Paterson, n. j., Monday. One girl
was killed and many persons injured.
1t is supposed the wreck was caused
by the breaking of a fiange on a ear
wheel. The train carried $50 passengers,
most Of them commuters bound to New
York.
Physicians were rushed to the scene
from all directions.
Five cars were ditched and some of
them are said to have rolled down an en-
bankment. The train was known as tue
"Middletown Flyer"
1t was announced at the offices of the
Erie railroad in New York that the in
jured in the wreck in New Jersey num-
bered forty-four.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
No smoot case pecision.

No report will be made in the Senator
Smoot case during the present congress,
says a Washington special. This has
been agreed upon by several members of
the senate committee on privileges and
elections for the reason that time does
not remain for consideration by the SEN
ate of such report as the committee
might make.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
Predicts Bumper Crop.

j. A. Crosse, of Sioux Falls, has put
himself on record as predicting that
South Dakota will have the coming sea-
son the greatest crop in twenty years.
He says that it has been called to his
attention that following a hard winter
and plenty of snow there is always a
good crop. The cold freezes out the
germs, bugs and worms that destroy the
grain. He thinks wheat will be a good
crop TO stick to this year.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
TWO KILLED IN IOWA WRECK

Thirteen More are Injured in Ac-
cident on the Rock Island.
A Des Moines, Ia, special says: The
Rock Island flyer, westbound, was wreck
ed a mile and a half west of Wiota at
noon Monday by the spreading of rails.
Two were killed and thirteen persons
injured according to the latest reports.
The dead are: Henry Mehler, resi-
dence unknown, and Rev. j. r. Johnson,
supposed to be from Harlan, La.
Seriously injured: l.. Il. Kent, of Nor
ris Ill