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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
LIGHTSHIP CREW SAVED.
GUNBO4T WASP MISSING.
-Four Score Men ON Var VesseHNO
Word from Her.


tender Azalea arrived here at 2:15 o'clock this
morning with the crew of the Nantucket South
shoal Lightship. The lightship foundered at 4
a. M, Monday. eighteen miles west of her sta
ton. while in tow of the tender
Newport r. T. Dec. II Shipping and naval
men here beIiete that there are grave reasons
to fear for the safety of the light gunboat wasp
which left here a few hours before the storm
broke Sunday morning to succor the disabled
New-Bedford Brig Harry Smith. only twenty
five miles away. The absence of news has made
the day at the naval training and torpedo sta
tions one of much anxiety
The Wasp is the converted yacht Columbia,
which purchased by the government at the
outbreak of the Spanish war. She is a trife
larger than the Hist and was comparatively
new when purchased by the government
The Wasp left harbor about dark Saturday
lai2ht 20 aid the New Bedford brig Harry Smith
from the Azores which was reported ITO be in
a bad position at the entrance of Vineyard
Sound The Wasp carried a crew of eighty men,
was commanded by Chief Boatswain Hugh
Sweeney, and was provisioned for three days.
It is run of about two hours to the entrance
of Vineyard Sound. but scarcely had the Wasp
left the harbor than the storm which had been
threatening all day broke. Within few hours
the wind had increased to a gale from the
northeast 1t was not surprising to the naval
officials that the Wasp missed the brig under
the conditions which prevailed late Saturday
night and Sunday.
The storm was far more severe off shore. and
it is believed by the naval officials that the
Wasp experienced something bordering hur-
ricane, and may have been driven far out to sea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
n,Es FROM FOOTBALL INJURIES.

fRy telegraph The Tribunel
,,,.+-,.,ry Dec 1i-Rotert ]. Wallace died to-
dav from injuries received while PLAYING football
- ,rbanl,saiving Day He was twenty years old.
The coroner instructed the jury TO recommends Hloo-
srstion and less rougkness in the game
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
ROYAL BLUE TOURS TO WASHINGTON

Only so from New-York all expenses Inclufin-
rail and hotel, for DAYS. Dec. q. Jan IL ana -
Feb 10, March l and Is. April 10 and e. Nav i0
Baltimore & Ohio Ticket Offices. E4 and 1900
3 Way.-Adyt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
..AMusoRlpT STOLEN FROM VATICAN.

Rone Dec 1.-THE Giornale di Italia prints
q f5;ns yin has been stolen from the secret
1i,as Of the Vatican library. The manuscript
ci,,ies the record OF the Popes Imprisonment at
Iyontaineblcau.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12

4z... ,~sins 10 Detroit, Chicago and st. Louis by
Wet Sho-e Railroad. ASK a west Shore ucAel
,rent for partloulars.-AoYt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
confInued on - page.
DEwEvs PURE GRAPE JUICE.

None better n the 0o:z.- - vo-lr
l. T Dewey < Sons Co.. Is 4 N4lo4 S1-' 49,
-Advt
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
BEGIN GREATEST BATTLESHIP
EngIand's Dreadnaueht to Have Fight
ing Strength Equal to Any
Three Ships
Special Gable to The Herald.

LONDON, Oct. 14.-The keel-plate of
the Dreadnaught, which is to be the
most powerful battleship in the world,
has been laid at Portsmouth. Her dis
placement will be $4,000 tons. She will
be armed with ten 12-inch guns of the
latest type, each capable of throwing a
960-pound shell a distance of twenty
miles, with a muzzle velocity of up
ward of $500 feet a second. Her strik-
ing power will be as great as any three
battleships of ordinary type at such a
range as that at which the engagement
oeened in the battle of Tsushima
straits, for no other warship hitherto
has mounted more than four 12-inch
guns, 80 there is nothing afoat that can
stanI up against her in a sea action.
ABOUT 11,000 tons of armor will be
hdilt into her hull and the Dread
faught will be driven by turbine at
twenty knots speed. For the first time
on record on a battleship the officers
quarters will be placed forward, the de-
signer's chief difficulty being to provide
accommodation for the 900 officers and
men, owing to the great demands of
her space made by ammunition, stor-
age of coal, etc. She will carry 500 tons
of projectiles for her main guns, 200
tons of cordite charges, 300 tons of
stores, $500 tons of coal and guns to
weight of 600 tons without mountings.
She is designed to be a floating fortress
of the most formidable type.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
AMERICAN INSURANCE
PARALYZED IN EUROPE
5RiTAINs PROFOUNDLY SHOCKED
BY DISCLOSURES
PoIicyhoIders Abroad Lose All Conf
dence in United States Concerns.
No New Business Being Written by
Agents for New York Companies
Special Gable to The Herald.

LONDON, Oct. 14.-European COM
ment upon the exposes of American in
surance management has been re-
markably strained, although the effect
has been almost a complete stop to
new business for American companies
in Europe.
In leader today, the Morning Post
says
"Englishmen have been profoundly
shocked by the discovery that these
international corporations have been
used in the interest of Wall street
coteries and that some of the most dis
tinguished representatives of American
commere, finance and public life have
allowed themselves and have been al
lowed to treat the premiums of mil
lions of policy holders as a means Of
private graft.
Where the proportion of cost to in
come in industrial insurance is z per
cent in German and 40 in Great Brit
ain, in the United States it is 49,.
Where the proportion of expenses to
management to income in ordinary life
insurance is slightly over 9 per cent.
in Great Britain, it is more than II
in America.
Not until the federal government
grants licenses to insurance companies
and appoints federal officials to super
wise their working, will it be possible
for policy holders either in America or
Europe to feel any approach to Sc
curity."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
WEEDS ANOTHER COUSIN
Princess Victoria MeIita of Hesse Now
the Wife of Grand Duke.
CVriI
Special Cable 10 The Herald.

Special Cable 10 The Herald.
LONDON, Oct. 14.-The Princess Vic
toria Melita of Hesse, whose marriage
the other day to Grand Duke Cyril of
Russia has just been announced has
habit of marrying her first cousins.
Her former husband is the grand duke
of Hesse, son of her fathers sister, and
her present husband is the son of her
mothers brother. Sc is the daughter
of the late Duke Alfred of Sake Coburg-
Gotta son of Queen Victoria of England,
and Grand Duchess Marie of Russia,
whose brother, Grand Duke Vladimir,
is father to Cyril.
1t was Queen Victoria who brought
about the match between her and the
Grand Duke of Hesse, and most un-
happy it proved. He was an officer
loving girl, who cared more for hunt
ing and dancing than for the quiet
life of the Darmstadt court. 1t is said
that her handsome cousin Cyril was
in love with her before she was di-
vorced, and it is certain he has been
dancing attendance on her ever since.
The obstacle to their marriage was the
czar, another first cousin, and the
cZarina, who is a sister of ViCtorias S
former husband. But Cyril distin-
guished himself when the battleship
Petropavlosk was sunk by the Japan
ese, and it is believed the czar in rec
ognition of this gave his concent to
the marriage. At any rate, it was per-
formed by a priest of the Orthodox
Russian church, and the young pair
they are both twenty-nine-are off on
their honeymoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
American Countess Only One Who Knew of That Existed
Between Young People-Earl Is Reconciled
Invites Children Home
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Oct. 14.-The runaway
marriage OF Viscount Maiden, stepson
of the American countess of Essex,
has caused a commotion in society.
Not single member of his family, be-
yond his stepmother, knew of young
Maldens infatuation for pretty Miss
Freeman, daughter of a small country
gentleman. On the advice of the
countess he felt his way with the earl.
who declared he would have none of
it, as, being only 21, and far from
wealthy for his position, the youth
could not afford to marry. Viscount
Maiden said he was very sorry, but
nothing could turn him from his in
tention.
On Monday morning announcement
of the marriage was made in the
Morning Post and the earl was frantic
with indignation. But the countess
eventually succeeded in soothing him
and persuading him that the only
thing to do was to make the best of it,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
SWISS HATE MOTOR CARS
Ira BarroWs of New York Warns Au.
tomobiists Against Danger of
Touring in Switzerland
Special Gable to The Herald.

PARIS, Oct. 14.--Ira Barrows of New
York has been touring Scotland in Il
4O-horse-power car. After Scotland he
crossed to Ostend and thence to Switz-
erland, which, he said was a horri-
ble country for auto tourists, the rural
population doing all it could to make
the motor car impossible, throwing
heavy stones at the mere sight of an
automobile and the police generally
were ineffective.
"As a matter of fact" he said, they
do not want autos in the country;
neither the government nor the people;
if they did, they would devise some
measures to make them possible. Un-
der present circumstances it is as
much as your life is worth to go into
the country in an auto. The Swiss
peasants are especially fond of mall
treating women; when they can throw
brick at a defenseless woman they
are perfectly happy. 1t is a dreadful
country"
After covering about 1000 miles, Mr.
and Mrs. Barrows left for New York
this week.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
GROUND RENTS INCREASE
Leases on Property Belonging to the
British Crown Put Up at an
Enormous Figure
Special Cable to The Herald.


LONDON, Oct. 14.-Several leases Of
houses on ground belonging to the
crown have recently fallen in and been
relet on terms showing the increasing
value of property in London. The
termination of the lease means, more
over, that the house built by the lessee
or his predecessors becomes the prop
erty of the crown, and in order to Sc
cure continued enjoyment of this prop
erty the lessee is obliged to pay an
immensely increased rent and under
take rebuilding or alterations on a
scale decided by the crown agents, the
woods and forest commission, which
never at any time has spent a cent on
the property. The lease of the Union
club in Trafalgar square is about to
lapse, so the club asked for a renewal
before spending a large sum on recon-
struction. The former ground rent was
S151S; the new rent is $4,000, and a
bonus of $25, 900 must also be paid for
q renewed lease of sixty years So
with Coutts' bank premises, in the
Strand, where the rent is increased
from $6375 to $4,000.
In st. James street the ground rent
of some old houses is advanced from
$2115 to S11,550, and the lessees must
spend more than $50,O0O in rebuilding
the houses, which at the end of sixty
years will again revert to the crown.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
PFIZER WEDDING Is
SCENE OF SPLEND0R
LONDON SOCIETY WEARS FURS
AND FLOWERS
Guests Eager for Solid Silver Bells
on Wedding Cake-Beautiful Bride
Seen as in Mist Through Volum-
inous TulIe Veil Falling to Feet
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Oct. 14.-The wedding of
Miss Lulu Pfzer and Capt. Spencer
Holland on Thursday created quite a
stir in the American world which had
assembled in London for the occasion,
Owing to the time of year many friends
were absent, among them Princess
Hatzfeldt, who sent a telegram on the
wedding morning wishing her all luck
and happiness.
The house in Upper Grosvenor street
had all been freshly done up with flow
ers and palms the evening before, and
the principal note of color was cluster
of white and palest pink roses inter-
spersed with lilies of the valley, while
down in the dining room, where the
wedding feast was held. the doorway
was an arch of palms. and the table
was loaded with roses, silver and a
magnificent wedding cake of white,
beautifully nodded sugar with real
silver bells, and archways festooned
with orange blossoms.
The church was eXquisitely arranged
with chrysanthemums and palms and
the doorway was an arch of roses and
lilies. Each guest received a beautiful
knot of lilies and other white flowers.
Mrs. Pfizer's gown was of soft mirror
velvet of the palest salmon pink and
fell in trails, cutting away into grace
full train at the back, and was draped
and looped with old Brussels lace.
Mrs. George Corvallis West, who
arrived at the same time, fell on her
with congratulations, and in spite Of
their meeting place being the church.
went into raptures over her appearance.
Mrs. Nicholette, magnificent in gray
satin with ermine furs and beautiful
diamonds, helped her sister-in-law at
the reception and afterward.
Lady Cunard was eXquisitely pretty
in pale blue crepe de chine edged with
dark sables and sable and pale blue
tocue.
The group of bridesmaids made
lovely picture with their white froCks
and pink Partisan hats.
Miss Pfizer herself looked like a fairy
bride in her princess robe of white and
silver. She was only seen through a
mist. as her voluminous tulle veil fell
right down to her feet. outside of this
she only wore a beautiful diamond
brooch, a wedding present from her
mother, as she said she did not approve
of brides decking themselves out in
jewels; but under the lace on her frock
q close observer could detect sparkling
a beautiful little diamond and sapphire
locket, a surprise gift from Capt. Hol.
land.
When they arrived at the house after
the ceremony there was much amuse-
ment over the wedding cake and a
great demand for the little silver bells.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15

as it could not be undone, and the girl
was quite charming.
The story of the elopement shows
it was carried out on up-to-date lines.
The young woman was very much in
love, but strongly resisted such a
drastic step as an elopement The
viscount was persistent in his wooing,
and got her at last to consent to his
plans. Therefore, early one morning,
before the small household was astir,
he arrived at the garden gate in his
motor and carried her off there and then
to CirenCester where they We're mar
ried by special license. He had been
living in the neighborhood of her
home for some time, as a student in
an agricultural college.
The earl has written to the young
people, saying they are welcome to
come to Cassiobury when they feel so
disposed. The young viscountess is
tall very fair and a couple of years
older than her husband. They met
out hunting with Leopold de Roths-
child's hounds, and their honeymoon
Is being spent in a cottage at Leighton
Buzzard, from which they go out cub
hunting three days a week before
dawn,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
CROKER WINS $4,000
Successful Season on Irish Turf Nets
Former New Yorker This
Small Sum
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
DUBLIN, Oct. 13-Though Richard
Croker heads the list of winning own
ers on the Irish turf this season, it only
means that he has won some $2O,OOO In
stakes he has run fifteen horses and
purchased costly yearlings, so his win
nings are only a fraction of what his
stud cost him.
Owing to illness in his trainers stable
last winter, Croker's horses suffered
seriously, otherwise he would have
made a far better showing. There are
still a few weeks of the Irish season to
run, but by a stroke of ill-luck Vain
glory, the best two-year-old in Ireland
and probably in England, has gone
amiss and cannot run again this year.
Croker is popular and respected on
the Irish turf because he is regarded
as a good sportsman, taking success
and failure with equal calmness. Since
the English Jockey club refused him
permission to train on Newmarket
heath, for no known reason, sympathy
has been more attracted to him here,
especially as it is seen he conducts all
his turf transactions on the straightest
lines. He has recently been appointed
steward at several meetings. though
he has never acted. He fully expects
to sweep the board in Ireland next sea-
son and he should do so with ordinary
luck.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
SULTAN GETS AUTOMOBILE
Turkeys Ruler overcomes Prejudice
Against Devil Wagons and Ac-
cepts One as Present
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
PARIS, Oct. 14.-The latest royal con-
vert to the automobile is the sultan of
turkey, who has hitherto expressed the
greatest horror of the devil wagons"
of any and all kinds. When the khe-
dive of Egypt was here a few weeks
ago he bought two superb high horse
power vehicles, the manufacturers hav-
ing promised to give him one of them
free if he induced the sultan to buy the
other. The khedive was unable to in
duce the sultan to buy, but he wired
the manufacturer that Abdul Hamid
was willing to accept it as a present.
The manufacturer wired his consent,
considering the incident would furnish
first rate advertising. So both rulers
are now provided, but the sultan re-
fused to get into the car until every
piece of machinery had been taken
apart and explained to him, with the
view of proving it's solidity.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
BABY HEIR TO LARGE FORTUNE
Granddaughter of William Waldorf
Astor Born to Mrs. Herbert Henry
Spender-Clay
Special cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Oct. 14.-"The richest baby
in the world" whispered nurses and at
tendants last Wednesday when a
daughter was born to Mrs. Herbert
Henry Spender-Clay.
It's the truth, for this mite of hu-
manity is the granddaughter of Will
liam Waldorf Astor. who will burden
her one of these days with a fortune Of
at least $1OO,0OO0OO, while perhaps one
tenth that much more will descend
upon her from the fathers side.
Baby Clay will grow up with ira
ditional recollection that she has Amer
lean blood in her veins. Her mother
who was Miss Pauline Astor, was born
at East Thirty-third street, New
York, but she was only a miss in short
skirts when her father decided he liked
England better than his native country
Since her tenth year Mrs. Spender-
Clay has paid only two brief visits to
America. Nevertheless, up to the time
she married an Englishman she used to
say, in spite of her fathers renuncia-
ton of his American citizenship, that
she preferred to be known as an Ameri-
can.
The marriage of Miss Astor to Capt.
H. H. Spender- Clay took place October
% Of last year.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
AMERICAN GIRL
HAS RICH F|ANCE
MISS EL0ISE BREESE TO WED
SON OF EARL
Lord Ancaster d'Eresby, Who Was
Once Engaged to Miss MureI
Wilson, Is Heir to Vast
Estate
Special Cable to The Herald.

LONDON. Oct. 14.-Miss Eloise
Breese, elder daughter of the late w.
l.. Breese of New York, and the lady
who is now Mrs. Harry Higgins, is re-
ceiving shoals of congratulations on her
engagement with Lord Willoughby
d'Eresby, son and heir to the Earl of
Ancaster. D'Eresby, who is 3S, was en-
gagged for one week to Miss Muriel Will
son eleven years ago. but the engage
ment was broken off because the An
casters are strict Protestants and dis
approved of Miss Wilson's liberal views
about Sabbath observance.
Lord Willoughby's father claims to
be Duke of Ancaster and is joint heredi-
tary great chamberlain of England,
which gives him high precedence at
court. He and the Marquis of Chal-
mondeley both claim the office but the
house of lords is unable to decide be-
tween them, so each holds it in alter
nate years.
Lord Willoughby d'Eresby is very
quiet and serious. 1t was expected last
year that he would propose to Miss
Muriel White, daughter of the present
Ambassador White.
Lord Ancaster is one of the wealth.
lest peers in England. he owns i'm
mense landed estates, is a. great bull
wark of Toryism, and when Sir Will
liam Harcourt passed his death duties
bill Ancaster transferred all his estates
to d. 'Eresby in order to evade eventual
payment of the new duties. This ar
rangement, under which d Eresby could
at any moment evict his father from
his house and property, was considered
remarkable testimony of confidence in
him.
Miss Eloise Breese, who closely re-
sembles her mother, is handsome, of
classic type, and also very witty, clever
and cultivated.
Mr.. Higgins, her stepfather has gone
to Italy for the benefit of throat af-
fection from which he has been suffer-
ing for some time. Much sympathy has
been excited by a report that in the
course of an operation rendered neces-
sary this summer the surgeon severed
the vocal chords. either inadvertently
or as the only means of dealing effectu-
ally with the disease. Mr.. Higgins is
one of the most influential and popular
men in London society. He was for
merly an officer in the guards, but
afterward became a partner in a firm
of lawyers and is extremely clever in
his profession. With the Countess de
Grey, he runs the Italian opera syndi-
cate, being the first to make it a finan-
cial as we'll as an artistic success.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
Still Discuss Sex of Angels
Special Cable to The Herald.

LONDON, Oct. 14.-Archdeacon Sin
clair has interested himself in the con-
troversy i'll New York about the sex
of angels. "All opinions about them,"
he said, "are founded on what is said
III the Bible, where they are always
represented with the appearance of
youths The idea, no doubt, would be
that they have no sex. See, for eX-
ample, Christ's words: In the King
dom of Heaven they neither marry nor
are given in marriage, but are as the
angels At the period of both the old
and the new testaments women were
considered greatly inferior to men, and
the idea of females in the character
of angels would have been quite impos-
sible. The idea of female angels has
come in through the influence of the
Renaissance, reviving conceptions, of
heather goddesses."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-15
BUY AUTOS IN FRANCE
New Workers Go Abroad to Purchase
Heavy Machines for Touring
PURPOSES
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
PARIS, Oct. Id. Townsend Burden
of New York has returned to Paris
from a long auto tour in a S5-horse
power touring car. He covered Swift
zerland and most of central Europe. A
20-horse power car has just been
shipped to Gen. Stokes in New York.
George f. Baker, jr., has bought his
second 24-horse power for use in New
York, where the coach work is being
done. w. " S. Thorne of New York
has been touring Germany in a 32-horse
power car. Charles M. Schwab has
lust received a 25-horse power car for
use on American roads. 1t is the sew
enth automobile he has purchased