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The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Death Threats
Little Feared
By Tillman
viii Deliver Lecture In
Chicago Under Heavy
Guard.

CHICAGO. Nov. 27.-"You bet I'm
going to speak in Chicago. That is, If
the niggeTs don't butcher me-
Senator Ben Tillman, before starting
from Plattsville for Chicago today. is
reported TO have made this character
istic pitch fOrk'' promise In reference
10 his lecture Tor the benefit Of the Chi
cago Union Hospital at Orchestra hall
tonight. He further indicated that there
vas on likelihood Of his converting the
symbolic weapon into a tuning fork for
race harmony by adding
This talk Of violence TO me is all
bosh. Those blacks are afraid 10 touch
me. I know them too well to be scared
by their threats"
Nevertheless preparations 10 guard
Tillman carefully from the moment he
arrives IN Chicago during his appear
auce on the platform and until he leaves
the city are made.
1t was TUmorcd at police headquarters
today that six colored detectives will
be sent TO Orchestra Hall to mingle
with the colo-ed people who might at
taud the meeting.
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NEW AND POWERFUL
NAVY IS DESIGNED
FOR THIS COUNTRY
Three Vice AdmiralS Will
Be Created; Younger
Captains Command.

Three vice admiraIs OF the American
navy will be created, the number of
active rear admirals will be strictly
maintained at twenty-four. a plan Of
retirement of captains in order to put
younger captains in command of battle
ships will be adopted. and a special de-
signing corps will BE- organized for the
purpose OF planning battleships and
other war vessels 10 compete with for
eign men-Of-War, If the recommended
tions of the NeWbeTry board of navy
personnel are favorably acted upon by
Congress
The board, Of which Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy NewbeTTy is bFesi-
dent, has completed its work after
numerous sessions that have continued
several weeks Mr.. NeWbeTTy has sub
mitted the report TO Secretary Bona
parte who, IL is understood, submitted
IL 20 President Roosevelt today. This
viii be among the first and most Inn
portanu matters brought 10 the atten-
JiU1 Of the President upon his return
from Panama.
The report of the board on the accept
aUCe of plans for the new monster bat
tleship that has been authorized by Con-
gress, and on the scheme Of reducing
the cost of armoT for Warships, of which
Assistant Secretary NeWberry also is
president. was submitted to Mr.. Bona
parte today. and likewise will go to the
President the first thing tomorrow.
These plans must be submitted to Con-
8Fess, with tne approval or the Secre-
tary and President, at the opening ses-
sion. in accordance with the provisions
OF the resolution adopted last June
That Secretary Bonaparte viii readily
sign the two reports as submitted 10
him today there seems to be no doubt, as
he Is known to favor such recommenda-
tions as the reports contain. Inasmuch
as IL is expected that Secretary Bona
parte viii become Attorney General
two weeks from today, he is already
leaving the more important questions
concerning naval affairs, both in the de-
partment and as pertains to proposed
legislation, in the hands of Assistant
Secretary NewbsrTys
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AQonized Mother AwaitS
Coming of BeloUed Son
Dro1Oned In the GPOtonlQc
Although District Miitiamen Have Reported the
Fatality, Mrs. Cleveland Refuses to Credit
News of the Accident

Loath to believe that her son. Melvin
/. Cleveland. went down TO a watery
grave In the wake OF the L. S, S. Oneida
ia the lower Potomac river last night.
the agoniZed mother struggles with con-
tending emotions at her home, IS Fed
eral avenue northwest. hoping against
hope that he VIII walk IN and caress her
or that some message from him viii
soon reach her.
Young Cleveland was one Of the
chosen few selected to make the trip
down the river 70 meet President ROose-
welt, Joyfully he accepted the errand
and his hopes ran high when he left
home Sunday and boarded the Oneida
in preparation for the trip.
NY boy was one OF the best that
ever lived" sobbed the mother this
morning. He was always good to his
father and me and had never given US
the slightest bit Of trouble. 1 cannot
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
HUNT AND MRS. BASSETT
WERE BROTHER AND SISTER:
ATLANTIC CITY EVIDENCE
Witnesses Alege the Rev Hunt Took Care of the Chill
dren and Wore Yellow and Black Striped
Bathing Suit.

Hearings in the Bassett divorce suit
were resumed at II O'Clock this morn
ing before Justice Gould. when wit
nesses in Atlantic City were called to
testify as TO the visit there in the sum
mer Of 1905 of Mrs Bassett and Hunt
That Hunt wore yellow and black
striped bathing suit was one of the un-
important though interesting, points
made clear in the course of the day.
Several persons testified that Hunt and
Mrs. Bassett represented themselves
there as brother and sister, and that
Hunt assumed his share Of the care Of
the baby and the eldest Bassett boy,
Chester. who went there with them.
Was Her CrOssest Baby.
Mrs. Ida Nj. Griffith. OF Atlantic City.
testified that Mrs. Bassett and Hunt
came to her house in the summer Of
1905 looking for rooms. Mrs. Bassett
carried a baby in her arms and Mrs.
Griffith refused to rent them rooms on
account OF the baby. When she asked
Mrs. Bassett for whom she wanted the
rooms she said Mrs. Bassett answered
that she wanted them for herself, her
husband. and baby. although she said
Mrs. Bassett did not say that the man
with her was her husband. Later, Mrs.
Griffith said, she learned their names
when they were living at Gibsons',
few doors away and after the scandal
came uO.
Mrs. Griffith said that one day she met
Mrs Bassett with the BABY and that she
mentioned that the baby was very cross.
She said Mrs. Basseett replied: Yes, 1
told my husband it was the crossest
baby 1 ever had"
Laura J. Herr Of Atlantic City, said
that she frequently saw Mrs, Bassett,
Hunt and the boy (Chester), go by the
house on their way to the beach. The
minister and Chester would go bathing
Hunt wore a yellow and black striped
bathing suit, and once he went bathing
on Sunday. Sometimes he would wheel
the baby cart and look after both chill
dren She said she saw Hunt Mrs Bas-
sett, and the children when they left
the Gibsons' in a bus for the train.
Boy Called Hunt "Uncle."
Mrs. John G. Gibson, in whose house
Mrs Bassett and Hunt lived IN Atlantic
City. said they were there for three
weeks in June or July of 1905. They
had two rooms, which were engaged
and paid for by Mr.. Hunt She said
Mrs Bassett told her Hunt was her
brother, and that the little boy called
him Uncle" When they came, she
says, nothing was said about relation
ship. but that when she referred 10 Mrs.
Bassett as his wife, Hunt corrected her,
sayin. Sister. please Hunt did not
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
POSTAGE,
SURE PROFITS
ARE PROMISED
Big Men Behind Enter
prise. Mr.. Boyce De-
ClareS to the Postal
Commission.

To turn over the pOstOffiee
business TO a $4,000, 900 private
corporation under full Govern.
ment regulation.
To reduce by One-half all
postal rates, establish rural
postal express and apply busi-
ness methods throughout.
To pay the Government rental
for pOstOffiee quarters, and
charge it regular rates for its
postal business.
To place I'm charge a we'll
known railroad traffic expert
TO whom the place has been
offered at $4,000 annually.
To eliminate all sinecures,
politics, and the deficit.
To pay the Government all
profits above per cent on cap.
ital.-FrOpOsitiOn of W. D.
BOyce. Of Chicago.
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of the
Present
Lord
Inchiquin.
italian inventor COntemplates Another Visit
to Look After Rivals of His Wireless
Interests in This Country.

establish wireless communication with
Argentina
Signora Marconi was the Hon Miss
Beatrice O'Brien, fifth daughter of Lady
InchiquiR and half-sister Of the present
Lord InchiQuiu. She was married TO
Signor MarcoHi. March 10. 1905
4 romantic recurrence to first prin-
ciples lay behind SignoT MarCOni'B mar
riage to an Irish colleen, for his mother
was an Irish woman. being at The time
Of her marriage Miss Annie Jameson.
daughter OF John Jameson. the famous
Dublin whisky manufactures.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

believe he Is lead" and her voice was
ChOked by sobs she could not restrain.
Young Cleveland was born in Hart
ford. Conn, but was educated in Wash
ingtOn, where his father and mother
have lived since he was nine years
Old. W. @. Cleveland. the father. Is an
employe at the navy yard. The boy was
accepted into the ranks OF the naval
militia TWO years ago, when he was but
seventeen years old. He had been an
employe of the Agricultural Department
for about a year.
The ). s. Oneida arrived at her
wharf al the foot of Sixteenth street
shortly before noon. The body of the
boy was not aboard. and. according TO
General HaTries. is still ut the bottom
OF the Potomac river. A searching
party was left on the scene and is now
dragging the river in hopes of recover
ing the body.
Officials aboard the Oneida declined 10
make any statement about the AFFAIR.
and said that they were ordered by
General Harries not to talk. General
Harries could got be located at either
his office or residence.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

ROME, Nov. 2I.-It is understood that
Signor Marconi and his beautiful Irish
bride are TO pay another visit 70 Amer
lea. The activity displayed by those
interested IN existing wireless systems
and the more recent move OF Lord Arm
strong 10 establish still another rival
plant in America have convinced the
Italian inventor OF the necessity Of look
ina after his interests across the At
lantiC.
Signor Marccni has Of late been con-
ductiug a series of the most fascinating <
experiments on the possibility Of estab-
fishing such high power plant on the
Italian coast as win permit him 20
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Special Docu-
ment viii Be Trans
mitted About De
cember 10 or II.
CONTAIN NEW IDEAS
NOT YET MADE PUBLIC
Mr.. Roosevelt Has a Busy
Hour and Half Before
Cabinet Meet
ing.

President Roosevelt reached his office
az $40 this morning. and al once plunged
into the stack or cores spondence that
was piled upon his desk. Secretary Loeb
Joined him within a couple OF minutes
with more letters and reports. and. from
that time until II o'clock, when the
Cabinet members arrived. the head OF
the Administration and his right hand
man were about as busy as Il is possible
for hard working men TO be.
Message TO Congress on Canal.
One Of the most important matters
that is just now receiving the Presi-
dents attention IS his special message
upon the Panama Canal, which viii go
20 Congress very soon after the legisla-
tive branch Of the Government meets.
II is probable that this document will
reach Congress about December 10 or
IL The Presidents regular annual mes
sage. which is now in type and ready
for submission TO Congress. will not be
read on the floors of the two houses un.
I'll Tuesday. the 9Th.
II was formerly the custom for the
President 20 send his message To Con-
sress on the first day Of the session,
but Of late years the Executives have
preferred 10 wait uLLl the second day
in order TO allow the Members and SEN
ators 10 effect their organization, and
swearing IN new members. and a. Is
clear the decks so that they can give
their undivided attention To the i'm
portant subjects discussed by the Presi-
dent.
To Make Many Suggestions.
President Roosevelts special message
10 Congress upon the Panama canal
viii. il Is understood. be a compre-
hensive document. and will give a
graphic picture OF conditions on the
strip. as the bullder-in-chief Of the great
ditch found them on his visit. He will
make number Of suggestions for the
bettermeRt Of the working organization,
ambodyinG the plans already announced.
and giving expression 10 ideas not yet
made public. That the Presidents sug-
gestiOns viii be enacted into law very
early in the coming Congressional ses-
sion is a foregOne conclusion.
Col. Charles s. Brosnwell, supertntend-
enr Of public buildings and grounds,
was the first caller at the White House
this morning 70 shake the Presidents
hand,
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stay the entire time. but came several
times during Mrs. Bassett's visit and
stayed overnight.
John @. Gibson said that the first he
knew that there was a Mr. Bassett was
when he came to Atlantic City about
July 4, and created a scene about Mrs
Bassett and Hunt He said Mrs. Ras-
sett and Hunt remained AT his house
three or fosIr days after that and then
leIt the city together Mr.. Gibson said
Hunt told him he was protecting Mrs.
Bassett and that there was a divorce
case coming up which would be settled
IN Washington.
Major Bell on Stand.
Major James f. Bell. superintendent
of delivery of the Washington post
office, was one of the important wit
nesses Of the day. He produced two
signed applications for rental of post
Office boxes p and 81. one of which he
said had been filed by Hunt. Mr.. Bell
also presented letters from Mrs Bassett
requesting that her mail be kept separ-
ate from that OF her husband and nut
In box q. She also requested the DOsf-
master not To give out any Information
70 anyone as TO her mail or address.
= nls letter was written on November "a,
Three DAYS previous to this Mrs. Bas-
seIJ had written one of her customary
loving letters 10 her husband, which
contained no intimation Of any trouble
n olLL4i4al lctleFs Wfltten from Phila-
deIphia, and dated December IS. 1904
was received by the postmaster and
several times Mrs. BNssett cautioned
him 10 have her mali put promptly
ana carefully IN Box p. In February
the postmaster informed Mrs Bassett
by letter that she could no longer re-
celVe her mail through Box q.
Hunt Arranged for Mail.
Edwin Campbell. clerk in the post
Office testified that Hunt made all ar
rangements for Mrs Bassett's mail ad-
dress TO be changed from her old ad-
dresses to Box p. He said when that
box was ordered vacated Hunt engaged
box 81 for Mrs. Bassett and made fre-
quent complains about the manner in
which her mall was handled. He said
that box 81 was closed out on april Il,
1905. and Mrs Bassatt was notified 10
turn in her key and receive her deposit
Records of the Baltimore postoffice
were today introduced to show that on
January =. 1890. six DAYS before Mrs
Bassett went to the Morse house, in
Baltimore, preparatory TO entering Johns
Hopkins Hospital, she sent letter
marked confidential to the postmaster.
instrUcting him to forward any letters
or kilograms TO her in care of the re-
E. lawrence Hunt. 129 Lexington ave
nue., New York.
On June Il. 1S05. Mrs Bassett wrote TO
the postmaster requesting him to de
liver mail now at general delivery 10 the
bearer of this note-Rev. z. Lawrence
Hunt"
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
THIEF GETS TWO YEARS.

Laura Ferguson. cOlOred. indicted for
larceny. when arraigned today before
Justice Stafford. said she could not resist
the temptation or stealing the money
and 1ewelry Of her employer, and plead
ed guilty 20 the charge. She was SEN
tenced to imprisonment IN tbs peniten-
tiary for g period Of two years.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Temperatures are high for the season
in the Atlantic states. and correspond
ingly low in the Northwest and extreme
West
Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh 70 brisk west
erly winds. rain today. fair Wednesday
20 the Grand Banks.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

To turn over the postal service Of
the United States to a private corr
poration under strict public control
is the remarkable proposal made TO
the Postal Commission today.
". D. Boyce, of Chicago, publisher,
man Of big affairs and several times
a millionaire. made the propositioz.
on behalf OF himself and associates,
whom he did not name, TO take over
the postoffice business and run it on
business principles.
The proposal includes agreement
Immediately 10 cut postage rates in
half. There could be no deficit un-
der such an arrangement for the
Government TO meet, because the
corporation would have to make
ends meet.
Mr.. BOyce wants the postal cor-
pOratiOn under a postal commission
which shall be the regulating and
supervising agency Of the Govern
ment.
he proposes to pay Uncle Sam
rental for all postoffice quarters oc.
cupied in public buildings, and over
against this he designs to charge
the Government regular rates for
all services performed for It. Thess-
Government services he now esti--
mates at SIS. 100000 annually. At
half the present rates this would
be cut TO S12. 100000.
Applying business methods to-
postoffice affairs would result in im<
mense economies in transportation.
Mr.. Boyce figures that the expendi-
ture for railroad hauIage would be-
cut from S5O,O0O,OOO to about one@i
half that sum.
Cut Out All Sinecures.
He calculates likewise that ornamen-
tai or political sinecures would be eiim-
mated The political postmaster
would get short shrift, and the deputy
who does the work would be the re-
Mr.. Boyce's proposition, he insists. is
made in the utmost good faith. Ger
tain il is that il affords a most effee-,
tive talking point from which 10 point
out the weakness Of present pOstal
management Direct comparison OF the
present postOffice organization with
methO0S commonly prevailing IN private
business and in great public service
cOrpOratinns is considered by the pub
fishers the most effective method OF
demonstrating the unreasOn Of restric-
tions which the department is disposed
TO Impose upon them. Mr. B0yce's
proposition may have its hole in the
skinner" but its author doesn't think
so. He saws good management VIII
make the business pay at half Of pres
ent rates.
IAN I want IS 20 get myself and my
proposition taken seriously he de-
Ciared After that IL viii sbe easy. for
the public wants lower post rates. I
am not man % be making a bluff at
a thing Ike this; I have too many In
terests that could be seriously injured
by such course. The backing is
ready 70 form corporation and take
ever the postal service on the terms 1
have outlined.
To Have Rural Postal Express.
'Of course, we would propose TO de-
velop the business. as any private BUSH
ness management would do. For in
stance, we have plan OF rural postal
express. by which rural carriers would
receive and deliver goods on their
routes. carrying the packages outsids
the mail. This would not extend on TIA
given route. II would make every coGs~
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
COLORED INF FANTRY
NOW MUSTERED OUT
Of THE j. S. ARMY

AT last all three companies Of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry. colored, have
been dishonorably discharged and paid
of. The last squad was mustered out
late yesterday afternoon at Fort Reno.
Okla, only few hours before the re-
turn TO aWshington Of the President.
thus shutting out the last chance OF
their being saved TO the service.
An official dispatch from General
McCaskey, commanding the Depart
ment of the Missouri, was received by
Major General AinswOrth, Military
Secretary, today, announcing that the
important and tediors task OF muster
ing out the 167 men had been accom-
plished-
Hoped for a Hearing.
As the President agreed, upon his
arrival at Porto Rico. to give an ear
to any new evidence that might be in
troduced to exonerate any certain IN
dividuals from completely in the
Brownsville riots. Il had been expected
by many petitioners most interested IN
haVil g the order rescinded, that there
would be. at least, some not yet mus
tered out when the President returned.
According 10 the opinion OF some War
Department officials. the President can
vet rescind the order, even though the
troops have been discharged, and re-
instate them in the service, fl hhe
should see nj. The general impression
has been that by Congressional action
only could the soldiers be restored 20
the service after once out,
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FIARPERS FERRY. W. Va. Nov. q.
Both rivers eleer.
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TEMPERATURES.

DOWNTOWN TEMPERATURE.
eistered Anleckls STANDARD ,rherrnnr,a.s
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Judge May Not Consent.

Gillette's mysterious admirer. who
signs herself Marguerite" still pours
out her devotion to the prisoner in daily
letters breathing OF love and encourage
ment. Sheriff Richard said today that
Gillette's admirer lived In Utica. but
was other than that he thought much
Of her
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

TIDE TABLE.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25
northern. Beyond Mason street ran

northern. Beyond Mason street ran
the trail to the Preside, past scattered
cottages, cabins and sheds, amid dali
ries and gardens, with branch path
to the Marine hospital, on Filbert
street, and another to the North Beach
anchorage, where spectators were
planning a wharf to attract settlement.
After the vigilance committee dis
banded the criminal element became
holder, and in 1856 the crime and cor
ruption in the city had become lntol-
cradle to those who wished to live a
decent and orderly life. When Editor
King of the Bulletin, who had de-
nounced the thugs, was murdered by
James p. Casey, new vigilance Or
ganization was created, and in a few
days Casey and another murderer
named Cora were executed in front of
the committees headquarters. Many
lawbreakers were later put to death,
and the regime of the California dad
man" came to an end.
1t has been asserted that San Fran
cisco is the most cosmopolitan city in
the world, and by cosmopolitan Is
meant a population from all parts of
the world. Not long ago the records
indicated that 43 per cent Of the peo-
pie of the city were born in foreign
lands, not in two or three different
countries, but In practically every land
under the sun. According to the ma
tional census reports for 1890, San
Francisco had a total population of
29S,997 Of these 172, 1856 were native
born and 1851 were born outside of
the United States. Fully half the
grown persons in the community re-
moved to California from alien lands,
while large percentage Of the other
half and of the general body of chill
dren were of foreign parentage. In
1900 San Francisco had a population
of 342,7s2, of which 34.1 per cent was
foreign born.
San Francisco has long been famed
as one of the wide open" cities of the
United States. AS in the days Of
1849, the gambler devotes himself to
his vocation with little interference
from the authorities. Prior to the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25

happened: "Its houses were left unoc-
cupied and unprotected, its former
trade ceased, its lots fell to small
part of their value, its two weekly
newspapers were suspended, and the
town, deserted by the bulk of its In
habitants, was at one time without
single officer clothed with civil author
ity.'
After the first rush to the gold dig
gings the town began to regain its lost
ground, and ere long the influx Of gold
seekers gave quite an impetus to its
growth. The town was Incorporated
in April, 1850, and the first common
council elected proceeded with diligence
to plumber the city treasury. The
same year the state was admitted to
the Union, and when the steamer Ore
gon brought the news-there was no
Geographic communication in those
days-business was entirely suspended
and the entire population rushed to the
wharfs to welcome the harbinger. The
town had about 10000 inhabitants at
that time, and when the people were
Informed that the signal flags Of the
Oregon indicated that California was a
sovereign state of the United States of
America "a universal shout arose from
10000 voices on the wharfs, in the
streets, upon the hills, housetops and
the world of shipping in the bay
In its early history the city suffered
from several disastrous fires. Between
December, 1S49, and June, 1851, six
CONGREGATIONS played havoc with the
growing young town. Better buildings
were planned and several fire compa-
MES were organized. These were steps
in the right direction. 1t was also dis
covered that the fires were started by
criminals who profited by the confu-
sion.
This fact and the inefficiency and
corruption of the city government led
a large number of citizens to organ
ize the famous vigilance committee
which ruled the place In 1851. Quite
number of crooks were lynched by
the committee, others were driven out,
like John Oakhurst, the leading figure
In Bret Hartes "Outcasts of Poker