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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
OLD NINE KILLS TWO HUNDRED.
Russian Vessel Sunk on Cape Manchuria
Panic After Explosion.

VICTORIA, r. C., Dec. S.-Two hundred
lives were lost in the destruction of the
Russian steamship Varyagen. which W
blown up by a floating mine recently off
Cape Manchuria, according to passengers
from the Orient who have just arrived
here. The mine is thought to have been
adrift since the Russo Japanese war.
The steamer was en- route to Gongouz
Bay, and after leaving Vladivostok was
driven north by a northwest gale. The
course lay four miles north Of the mine
field. When about fou miles of Cape
Manchuria the stern struck a submerged
mine. The forward part OF the vessel.
drawing ten feet. passed over the mine
without touching it, the mine exploding
Immediately upon contact.
The catastrophe was so sudden that no
boats could be got or steps taken 20 save
passengers. A panic resulted. From the
moment Of the explosion until the destruc-
ton Of the vessel not more than ninety
seconds elapsed. or the entire complement
of $50 passengers forty-seven were saved
and the remainder persisted. OF the crew
of twenty-three fourteen we're saved.
Several Chinese 'iunks arrived about
thirty minutes after the disaster and began
TO rescue the half frozen people who were
floating about on wrecksge over an area Of
400 yards. Many families were left entirely
destitute at Vladivostok because Of the loss
of parents in the disaster. A numbe r of
prominent Russians were among the
drounel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
COOLEY,S NOMINATION HELD Up.
May Not Be Reported From Senate Jul
dietary Committee at This session.

WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-The nomination Of
Alfred ". Cooley of W~estchester, former
Civil Service Commissioner to be Assist
n Acknowledgement may not be reported
from the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
at thiss session of Congress. There is o con-
viction in the minds of some of the Senators
on the committee that Mr.. Cooley, who is
a young man, has not had the experience
In the actual practics of law TO equip him
for the important Office to which the Presi-
dent has assigned him. II was said to-day
that the COMMITTEES would make a tlor-
ough and searching inquiry into Mr.. Cool
ey's legal experience and qualifications
before acting.
..No adverse report is contemplated. but
it is altogether probable" said a member
Of the committee, that no report will be
made on the nomination this session"
Mr.. Cooley IL one OF the coterie Of young
men in official life who has enjoyed the
Presidents friendship and confidence TO a
marked degree. He has acted for the Presi-
dent in conducting a number of important
Investigations into the conduct of certain
public officers. His latest work in this
line was the investigation of Willis Moore.
chief of the Weather Bureau, who was
reprimanded by Secretary Wilson at the
direction of the President as the result OF
Mr.. Cooley's report.
Senator Platt called on the President
this morning to inquire about the nom
nation OF Mr.. Cooley to be Assistant
Acknowledgement. Mr.. Cooley comes from
Westchester county n as he is a personal
friend Of the President Mr.. Plat was not
consulted in the appointment. When he
| came from the White House ME Senator
said:
"Mr. Cooley will be confirmed. There
was a little difficulty about the nomina-
ton, but It is all right now
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
JAIL FOR LESE CIGARETTES.
They Were the Austrian Imperial Brand
Sentence, Four Months.
\ [ able Despatch to THK sun

.Sp, efql { able Despatch 10 THK SUN,
VIENNA, Dec. s.--The correspondent OF
the Milan SecOLo vou ohes for an extraor-
binary case of lese mdjests at Lemberg,
Galicia. The accountant Of an industrial
establishment, whose brother is a well
known Polish artist, entered d tobacconist' 3
TO purchase cigarettes. Having bought
some Of the brand Emperor Franz Josef
affects the buyer found himself without
n
He told the t~obacoonist somewha t
busquely that he would pay him the next
day. The tobacconist retorted that i'm
Eerial cigarettes were not sold on credit.
An alteration ensued and II wound up by
the customer throwing the cigarettes on
the counter with the exclamation:
The imperial cigarettes may 90 to the
DEVIL"
some days afterward the accountant
was summoned to the district court, where
ne was charged with having spoken dis
resi- ectfully of the Emperor. A case OF iese
mdjeste was made out, and the accountant
was sentenced TO four months imprison-
ment.
He sent a petition to the Emperor, which
unfortunately fell into the hands OF the
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who Is a great
stickler for imperial privileges. He re-
fused to mitigate the sentence and the I'M
fortunate man ven TO jail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
HEARST'S MINERS TO STRIKE.
Soldiers Ordered 10 he Ready 10 Protect
HOmestakc Property ard NOn-u ) Men.

DEADwooD, s. D., Dec. S.-Ihe State
militia in all parts of South Dakota has
been ordered to prepare for a labor war
IN the Black Hills, and the soldiers have
been ordered To I've ready TO entrain within
two hours after the call is rsued
The trouble is at the great Homestake
gold mine, owned by William Randolph
Hearst and his mother, which has been run
III
The Homestake employs $500 miners,
and the whole Black Hills region is to a great
extent governed by this mine. II a labor
war begins in the Homestake all other
mines in the BlacS Hills will be closet.
The Homestske mine has never been
unionized, despite the vaunted union SEN
timents of its owners, and the Black Hills
is the only mining district in the West
where the miners work nine hours; also.
the wages are less in the Black Hills than
in other gold camps.
Gradually the Homestake miners have
joined the union, until to-day there are
1000 union miners at work. These meh
rave demanded union pay and union hours,
and the Western Federation OF Miners Is
hacking the demands, with instructions to
strike If they are not granted.
Inc mine officials nave gwen ~ OUT tnab
they will never grant the union demands.
but will close down rather than submit to
union rules.
The Federation officials ave notified the
miners that ii they don't strike their charter
will be- suspended. For two weeks the mine
officials have been preparing the mine for
a fight. Barricades have been erected,
bulkheads constructed where there is water
in the mine. and everything put in fighting
shape.
Tue feeling has become 80 bitter that a
clash is expected hourly between the mine
guards aud the unioIs and the Sheriff has
Lot liei the Governor that he cannot main
tain order ii trouble breaks out, as the
sentiment is 70 overwhelmingly with the
miners that he cannot get n loyal Posse.
Students at the State University at Yer
million have been notified by telegraph To
he prepared to join their companies on
Sunday if called upon.
The situation is grave, although the
present trouble is the first for twenty
eight years. If the mines c.ose thousands
of rough men will be idle, and a clash with
the law will undoubtedly occur.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
Vanderbilt AUTO PINCHED.
W. NJ, Dr.. Gets to TenderIOln station After
His Chauffeur Has Been Bailed Out.

Noel F1ornay Of 2l5 West IiIth street,
employed a. a chauffeur by William X.
Vanderbilt, Dr., was arrested at Broadway
and Forty-second street yesterday after
moor charged with speeding a touring car.
Policeman Schneider Of the traffic squad
followed the car up Seventh avenue and
timed il from Fortieth to Forty-second
street. 1t was going at the rate Of twenty
miles an hour. he says. He nabbed Fornay
whenh he slowed up to turn into Forty-second
street.
When F1ornay was locked UP in the Ten
derloin police station he sent out several
notes asking for a bondsman. About 9
O'Clock William H. Morgan appeared and
furnished the necessary bond. A minute or
two after Fornay had left with Mr.. Morgan
the station house door opened slowly ami
a quiet man, accompanied by a messenger
boy, entered.
Sergt. McCaine was getting ready to turn
out the Q O'Clock platoon and didn't look
up. The newcomer stood patiently, pulling
on a new pair Of gloves, until the sergeant
noticed him.
@I'd~like to. bail Noel Flornay,' said the
visitor. -.
He has been bailed by a Mr.. Morgan
said the sergeant. May l ask your nsme''
Vanderbilt" was the reply. lis every
thing all right?'
YES" said the sergeant. william K.
Vanderbilt, Jr.?"
yes, said Mr.. Vanderbilt. Thank you, :
and calling the messenger boy he left. He
had gone to the station house in a hanson.
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automobile, said with deep sincerity and

automobile, said with deep sincerity and
JOY:
Il wish l had been run over before l
gave my heart to the Lord"
The evolution OF the automobile was one
OF the most remarkable things Of the present
time, Gen. Porter thought, and he believed
that the auto was to become a most inn
portant element in the science Of war.
Mr.. Murphy. who always starts of the
Horse Show with q breezy talk at the
breakfast in Madison Square Garden, made
a talk which highly amused the automobile
men. He said:
Automobiles start With best intentions.
there is a certain place (which shall be name
lessl that is paved with good resolutions,
and In automobile life the bitches are filled
with after thoughts"
Historic Incidents are commemorated In
bronze and stone; why not observe mora
victoriss-a stone tablet inscribed: -0n this
spot an automobilist with his 40 torpedo
destroyer. tore OF only one leg Of q horse
man. when ne. might easily have taken two"2
Human life IL full Of anXieties of one sort or
another. President Roosevelt has had an
attack OF spelling reform. In English litera-
ture he is the most famous man OF letters.
Now he has another had spell-like all literary
men. be feels IL Is a disgrace to die rich.
Automobiles and women God bless them
are the two dearest things on earth. To
knock black and blue spots out OF large for
tunes the hustling head of our nation should
Join with the president OF the Long Island
Motor Parkway, and promote automobile in
dustry. He should encourage all the expen-
sive luxuries OF women. as well as the full
cradle. 'Give a woman the Injuries OF life
she will dispense with the necessities. Give
her only the ecessities-her time l. wasted
reeorting to contrivaHces to conceal the fact
like the woman whose husband complained OF
her bills at the Turkish bath. She looked at
him with a patient air of RESIGNATION and said.
Where else can a woman so who has nothing
to wear"
In the laws of compensation there lie no
loss without q gain. The man who lost his
home and fortune by the earthquake in San
Francisco found comfort in adversely. He
said, and he said il eNultantly, IL was the
only accident that ever happened in the house
that his wife hadn't blamed on him.
The bElloonist must be the man higher
up"-for whom Jerome Is looking. IN the
near future the heavens will be filled with
ships of commerce: sky pilots sailing through
the purple UwiliShts-and no speed limit; and
at the close OF each days round Of lrritstinG
| concerns and duties. We can enter our heav,
enly broughsm and rise above oil earthly
cares.
Ten years ago an automobiles was ex-
pected to perform the gymnastic feat oi
running ahead with a red Tag In one hanC
and steering his machine with the other
Ten years from now a speaker may be stand
ing here, his toast, The airship from az
automobiiist's point Of view 6ld the seats
you occupy may be filled with naviga'ors o.
the sir-now known as "bailooDatics."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
She sues 7. ROOSEVELT PELL.
no iRDING HOUSE KEEPER SAYS
HE PROMISED MARRIAGE.


treated In =. OeEOOd Peil a. Co.'S Once.
Alma Robert, who keeps a boarding house
a. Is West Forty-sixth street, brought a
suit in the Supreme Court yesterday de-
handing SIS, 900 damages from Theodore
Roosevelt Pell. the young tennis expert. a
SON in-Iaw Of Edwin s. Cramp, the Phila-
delphia ~shipbuilder. She alleges breach Of
promise Of marriage.
Pell, who is % years old and has been
married for about three years, lives at I?7
East Sixty-frst street. He is in the real
estate business with his brother, who is
head Of the firm Of S. osgood Pell & Co.,
637 Fifth avenue. $. Osgood Pell said yes
terday on behalf Of his brother:
There is not the slightest basis for this
suit. These are the facts in the case.
About six months 8 Miss Robert came to
our firm and asked if we could not assist
her in finding a suitable house for her to
run as a boarding house. We delegated
Theodore 20 show her the houses on our list
tina might be suitable for her purposes.
Theodore ran around for some time with
her in the effort 10 find a house TO suit her.
Finally she got the house in West Forty
sixth street, but not through us.
Theodore did MOI see anything of her
after that until one day she sent him a note
asking him 10 come over and call on her.
Thinking this was in connection with
some business matter he went. She told
him that she was in a delicate condition
and asked him 10 be kind enough 10 write
down the name Of some doctor to whom
she could go. He asked her why she APP
piled TO him for this. She said, oh, because
she trusted him. Theodore remembered
that while he was going about with her
looking for a house she had asked him
if he wasn't the young man who had
married the daughter of Mr.. Cramp. He
refused to write down the name of a doctor
or anything else. A couple of weeks later
she came to the Office and raised a disturb
ance and we had to have her put out.
Theodore asked me what ought to he
lone about the matter. / told him, We'll,
the first thing we'n do is tell the whole
business to Mr.. Cramp.' We told Mr..
Cramp about it and he agreed with us that
we'd fight the thing through to the end and
! refuse TO give the woman a cent.
THAT was about FIVE months ago. Since
then her lawyer has been demanding dam
ages. The fling of the suit is the up'hot
! Of the matter. My brother is entirely in-
nocent and it seems a shame that a young
married man can't be secure against the
bringing Of u suit like this in this city"
, Miss Robert, it was said at her place,
was not at home. She is raid to be about
SIS years old. Her lawyer Is Julius J Michae
of II East IO7th street. Mr.. Pell's attorneys
are Finck, Embree h Cobb, 135 Broadway
Mr.. Embree said that he could not discuss
the suit, but would have a statement to give
out on il later.
The defendant is very distantly related
TO President Roosevelt. He was named
after the Presidents father.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
HUNT FOR MISSING LINK.
woman TO Head Subsidized Expedition 10
Java Next Year.
special Gable DsSpatch 10 The Sun.

special Gable DeSp1tch 10 The Sun.
LONDON, Dec. S.-The Dutch Govern
ment has granted special facilities for an
expedition to lava with the object of con-
tinuing the researches Of DR.. Dubois for
the Missing Link. The expedition will be
under the leadership of Nine. Selenka. widow
of the great scholar, DR.. Emil Selenka.
Dr.. Dubois discovered on the banks Of
the Solo River in Java the remains Of a
creature which he named PithecanthrOpos
Erectus, and which he maintained was
the true Missing Link between man and
the ape. The discovery excited much
controversy, Prof. Virchow especially OPP
posing the theory Of Or. Dubois.
The Berlin Academy 81 Science ha-,
however, voted "a special subsidy 20 Nine.
Selensa. who viii leave Europe neat yrar
and will cruduc' extensive excavations on
TIE sgut where the remains were found
Nine. Selehka has had much previous ex-
p~erience OF this kind. Some years ago
she accompanied her husband TO the in
terror Of Borneo and did conspicuous ex-
Terjmeutal work with anthropoid apes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
VERMONT WINS IN HARD TEST.
BsttIeship In a Rough Sea and Freezing
Weather FuIaIs Requirements

BosToN, Dsc. s.-The new battleship
Verm mt arrived in the harbor early this
evening encased in Ice rom stem to bridge
after completing successfully a four hour
sreed test and a t~wenty-four hour endur-
sance run in addition TO the usual steering
and backing tests.
The warship was tried under the most
severe weather conditions, the weather
being freezing cold, while a stiff gale Of
wind stirred up a rough sea.
On the speed trial the Vermont made an
average of 1888 knots an hour for four
hours, as required by contract, and aver
aged I7.43 knots an hour during the twenty
four hour endurance run, developing I4,5OO
h~orsR-DOWer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
To Reduce Atlantic Mail Time.
,spscL1i Cable Despatch 10 THE sun.

'Spset1t Cable Despatch 20 THE sun.
LoNDoN, Dec. s.--John Henniker Hea-
ton, VI. p, the author Of many I'M
provements in postal arrangements. will
ask the Postmaster General in the House
OF Commons on December II whether he
will make FiShguard Harbor on the north
Pembroke coast a place Of call for mail
boats. To do so will enable American
and other mails 10 he delivered in London
H. six hours less time than now.
F~ishguard il the Great Western Rail
ways new port for Ireland.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
TO WE'D LORD ELLENBOROUGH
Miss SchenIey Of Pittsburs TO Become =
Peerless ON December n.

PIrTsBuRS, Dec. S-A private telegram
received in this city thu afternoon an
nounces that Miss HermiOne Scheniey'
youngest daughter of Mrs. Mary schenley'
Pittsburg's benefactTess, ia engaged 10
marry Lord Peterborough. The ceremony
will he performed at the home OF MISS
Schenley's sister, Mrs. Gore, in London
on December IL
Miss Schenley is worth many millions OF
dollars in he, own name. Lord Ellenbor-
ough is also wealthy.
Edward Downes Law. the fifth Baron
Peterborough, is a retired Commodore OF
the Royal Navy. He served IN the Baltic
and in the China and Ashanti wars. He Is
o5 years old, and succeeded to the title IN
1902.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
NEW SENATOR FROM DELAWARE
Agreed That Judge Pennewin Is n Only
Man 10 Beat Alice.

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. st was an
nounced to-day authoritatively that Judge
James Pennewill Of Dover will be elected
as the successor of Senator J. Frank Alice.
The Judge does not want the honor, his
preference being to remain on the bench.
He has agreed. however, TO accept the
Senatorship. IL was not known until to-
day that he had reached this decision.
There are a number of reasons why
Judge Pennewill has been agreed upon
The one is that he is the man
to defeat Senator Alice, whom the DuPonts
oppose.
The Judg e prefers Harry A. Richardson
OF Dover, but ne is not able to place his
support a. he would nave 1t. In other
words Judge Pennewill is the only man
who can get Sussex county Republican
support. Could Mr.. Richardson do this
he would undoubtedly be elected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
SERVIA NEAR REVOLUTION.
Crown Princes CrueIties MAY Cause a
Change OF Dynasty,

oPVS"E W"VV DV'P-|" IT 80"
LONDON, Dec. S.-The unrest in Servie
is rapidly increasing and there is reason
to fear another dynastic upheaval in this
turbulent little kingdom in the near future.
The plot to place a foreign prince 90 the
throne has entirely fallen through, but 4
il being revived in a new direction.
There is no danger of another reZlcidP.
but il il quite unlikely that King Peter
will long retain the throne, The tories
about the Crown Prince and his cruelty
increase every day. Court f~unctionarle~
resign on the plea Of i'll health, but the
truth soon leaks out that the conduct Of
Crown Prince George is unendUrable.
A startling bit of news this week il that
two gendarmes who were on duty NJ the
palace mys eriously disappeared.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
DROPPED ASBESTOS CURTAIN.
Audience at New Opera House Has .
Chance to See Fire Protection system.

The audience at Oscar Hammerstein's
Manhattan Opera House had a chance
in the second scene of the first act OF
Faust" last night to see that the opera
house staff will take no risk Of a scare in
the audience.
One Of the electric lights which hang
over the stage short ~cirouited and began
% sputter. The chorus was on the stage
and had barely begun to sing when the
fireman on duty ordered the asbestos cur
tain lowered
Signor Campanini. the conductor, con-
tinued the music for a few minutes, anu
seeing that the audience was paying no
attention to the dropping Of the curtain
he tapped his men to silence.
The fuse was quickly repaired and cur
tain raised after only a few seconds delay.
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LABOR NAN ASSAULTS MAYOR.
Columbus Executive Won Unions III viii ny
HepressIAg Riots.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Dec. s.-Presumably
because of the measures taken by him to
repress riots growing out of the strike
Of iron moulders here several months ago,
Mayor Dewitt c. Badger Of this city to-day
war tho victim of an assault on the part of
Charles Miller, chairman Of the strike OLA
Inittee.
Mayor Bndger was painfully injured ia
the ARRAY, which took place in the corridors
Of the cour house. Miller was arrested on
afidayits of citizens who witnessed the
attack.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
MR.. CLEVELAND KEPT INDOORS
Has Had a Bad Cold. but Is Now Able to
Dine With Ills Family.

PRINCETON, n. j.. Dec. Sit was an
nounced at the Cleveland home In Bayard
lane tonight that Grover Cleveland was
in a very much improved condition of
health. A member Of the family said that,
while it was true that Mr.. Cleveland had
been III for several days, no serious compli-
cations had arisen. He simply had a bad
cold.
For the first time in quite a long while
Mr.. Cleveland was downstairs to-day. He
lunched and dined with his family. The
severe cold snap, however, will keep him
housed, and not until "A marked rise in the
temperature comes will he venture out
doors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
DIVORCE FOR ALFRED T.. DUPONT.
Delaware Powder Manufactures Freed IN
Dakota From Woman lie Called Cruel.

SIOUX FALLS, 5. D., Dec. SIN the State
Circuit Court to-day Alfred l. DUPONT,
yice-president Of the DUPONT Powder Com
PAW, formerlv Of Wilmington, Del, but
who has lived in Sioux Falls since taking w
his residence in South Dakota early this
year, got a divorce from BESSIE G. DUPONT.
Mrs. Dupont was reT resented by counsel.
The decree was granted M on the grounds
of extreme cruelty and inhuman treatment.
The COUPLE nave our children and the
matter of their custody and the question
of alimony were amicably adjusted out OF
court.
Mr.. DUPONT is a cousin Of Senator DUPONT
of Delaware. Mr.. d. Pon has become very
popular in Sioux Falls.
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NEW CURE FOR PNEUMONIA.
subcutaneous Metallic Injections Credited
With Wonderful Results.
Specie! Cable Despatch 10 The svs.

PARIS, Dec. s.-Dr. Robin has COM
inundated to the Academy OF Medicine a
new treatment for pneumonia, which has
been so successful that there rave been
only six fatalities in ifty-one cases, Of which
twenty-six were very serious.
The treatment consists OF simultaneous
injections of a metallic element. DIR. Robin
says the kind of metal used seemed to make
little difference, although heavier metals
and gold and silver appear to have stronger
action.
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,na,ncld "a BE Federal judge In BrooxI,n

W~AsHINGroN. Dec. st may be said
on aItnnrity that Thomas T.. Chotield.
NV assistant United S'1'as Attorney.
has brCu selected 10 bc Federal Judge in
the eastern 'NrN York district - succeed
Judge lhoras, who il sOlnS 10 the State
Supreme bench. 4 senI-cflCiai announce
ment 10 this effect Al made this evening,
following a conference between The presI-
lent and Timothy Woodruff, chairman of
the State Republican committee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
Gasnar de Craeyer was born in Antwe

Gaspar de Craeyer was born in Antwerp
in 1882. He was a pupil of Raphael Coke
al Brussels. He painted chiefly in Brussels
and Client. He died in 1869. He was a con-
temporary Of Rubens. He displayed great
charm Of thought in his compositions, to-
gether with vigor and boldness of design.
There are twenty altar pieces by hi n in
Brussels and Client. The injured picture is
not listed IA one of his best examples.