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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
H. C. ROWE'S YACHT BURNED
EXPLOSION ON THE OWEENEE--.
 ONE MAN IAJURED.

Crash and Big Illumination--occhr
 Near Summer Residence of MT. Rowe
 mt Pine 0rchard-Large Party Wit
 nesses Sight-A Costly and Beautiful
 BOat-Bought by Mir. Rowe Last
 Spring.
 Braalford, Aug. 19.-The large aux Hilary twomasted schooner yacht Oweene, sixty-flve feet long, belonging to Henry 0. Rowe of New Haven, was burned tonight to the waters edge while moored in the harbor at Pine Orchard in front of MT. Rowes sum- mer cottage. The burning of the ves- sel followed an explosion of gasoline aboard, carried to operate the fifty horsepower engine, with which the boat was provided. The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined. Almost immediately after the explo- sion Senator M. A. Chatfleld and Cap tain Magnus Manson, who were seat ed on the veranda of of MT. Chatfield's cottage, saw a man hanging over the side Of the vessel. Mir Ohatfield at once put out to go to the mans as- sistance, but in the meantime this man and one other, comprising the crew, made their escape in 8 small boat over the other side of the yacht One of the men is the engineer of the vessel, James Boucher, and he was severely burned. The name of the oth- CT man has not yet been ascertained, l but he was not injured.
 The yacht was newly purchased this season and was valued at $10,0O0.
 MT. Rowe and party of friends had just returned from cruise to Long Island on the yacht, and had been off the boat only half an hour, and the engineer was preparing to take the vessel to its regular mooring off Gov ernor's Island, when the explosion oc- cured. The noise of the explosion was heard all over the colony, and was fol- flowed by a sudden flare of flame, which 1 lighted up the harbor and the shore. Soon the yacht was a mass of flames the fire climbing rapidly up the two masts, and giving them the appearance of giant torches, and at the same time spreading over the hull of the boat un- til the whole was encased in a sheet of flame. The fire burned for more than two hours, lighting the harbol and the shore, the latter crowded witt the residents of Pine Orchard. ant neighboring summer colonies, watching the flames slowly eat the magnifcen' yacht, until, as the fire began to dit down, little remained of the boat be yond the part below the water. Tn, engineer, Mir Boucher, said that h. and his assistant went down into tht cabin of the yacht, and struck a matcl to light the gasoline, when suddenly the explosion occurred. How he ana his companion got out to the deck O the yacht they do not recollect. The! were too excited to take notes. The. got out somehow in a big hurry, a there were 200 gallons of gasoline ol the yacht.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
JEROME WILL RUN IF
 HE GAN RUN UNPLEDCED
READY TO ACCEPT THE NOMINA- TION FOR GOVERNOR OF
 NEW YORK.

Frankly Declares This in Public Statment--WiIling in Face of the Present Shameful Condition of POli- ticnl Life in New York--lIust be Nominated Without Any Understand ing Expressed or Implied.
 New York, Aug 19-District Attor- ney William Travers Jerome to-day is- sued the following statement:
 Tn the present shameful condition of our political life in this state, l am willing to run for the office of governor of the state if the democratic conven- tion shall nominate me without any understanding, expressed or implied other than that, if elected, shall obey my oath of office as I understand it, in letter and spirit.
 "Wm. Travers Jerome.
 August 19. 1906.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
EXTREME NERVOUSNESS.
Proof of the Condition of High Circles
 in peIxfn,

Paris, Aug. 19.-The explosion of the gasoline tank used in lantern show last Friday which gave rise to rumors of attempted assassinations, took place while Tuan Fang, governor of the province of Human, was trying mov- ing picture machine which he had brought here for the amusement of the dowager empress before taking it to the palace. The sensation this incident created in official circles indicates the extreme state of nervousness prevailing in high quarters. tAll the residences of officials have been heavily guarded by troops since the explosion,
 Yuan Fang was a member of one of the imperial Chinese missions sent abroad to study foreign political meth ods and visited the United States last winter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
SETEN KILLED IN WRECK.
Fast Freight on the Pennsylvania
 Crashes Into Work Train.

Johnstown, Pa, Aug. 19,-Plunging through a binding rainstorm at the rate of forty-fve miles an hour early to-day a fast freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad crashed into a slowly moving work train at Sang Hol- low, killing seven and seriously injur- ing seven others of the work train crew Three of the injured probably will die. Only one of the crew on the freight was injured.
 The work train had stopped at a wa ter plug near Sang Hollow to take wa ter. A Fort Wayne freight was follow ing and because of the driving rain the engineer was unable to see the work train until just before the crash, The engineer of the freight jumped and re- ceived injuries from which he will die The fireman remained on the engine and was uninjured. When the freight engine crashed into the work train il poughed it's way through the cars. All the laborers sand others of the work crew were alseep.
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nMEPHISTO" MORRISONDEAD
NOTED ACTOR PASSES SUDDENLY Y
 AWAY AT TONER'S.

Taken I'll But Week Ago---Unnb1e to
 Survive Shock of Operation for Stom-
 ach TrOubIe-Members of the Family
 at Ills Bedside--Gained Fame for His
 Work in Goethe's Faust.
 New York, Aug. 19.-Lewis Morrison, the actor, whose work as Mephisto in Faust" gained him fame, died sudden ly of shock on Saturday afternoon in St. Johns hospital Yonkers, after un- dergoing an operation for stomach trouble.
 Taken i'll suddenly last week MT. Mor rison was informed by his physicians that an immediate operation was nec- essary. He was under engagement to start for San Francisco on Friday, but wired that he would delay few days. He cheerfully went to the operating table. He recovered from the infiu- ence of the ether administered to him, but the shock proved too much for a man of his age-sixty-one years.
 MT. Morrison resided each summer with his daughter Mabel, wife of Rich ard Bennett, MT. Bennett and MT. Mor- risons wife, Florence Roberts, were at his bedside when the end came.
 Few members of the theatrical pro- fession were more widely known in the United States than MT. Morrison. He was born of English percentage in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1845. He came to this country at an early age and en- listed on the union side in the civil war. He rose to the rank of lieutenant and on his honorable discharge at the close of the war he received the rank of cap tain for distinguished service. He won the personal friendship and praise of General Grant during the siege of Vicksburg, when he swan the Missis- sippi under fire of the batteries with dispatches for the federal army.
 After his discharge from the army MT. Morrison entered the theatrica profession as an actor in the Old Varie- ties theater, New Orleans, making his first appearance with Lawrence Barrett in 1865. He was afterwards associated with Edwin Booth, Edwin Forrest, To- maso Salvini, Adelaide Nelson, Char. lotte Cushman, Janauschek, Rose Cogh- Ian and Agnes Booth. He was also as. sociated for nine years as leading man with the old Walnut street stock com pany in Philadelphia. He played next with the old California theater stocS company in San Francisco and ther took up Faust with himself as Mephis to, and for fully twenty years starred this country and Canada with wonder ful success and popularity.
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KILLED THE WRONG MAN
Mistake of Irate Husband Whose Wife
 Dentist Had Ruined.

ocala, Fla, Aug. 19.-R, E. wishart of this city was killed at San Antonio, Paco county, to-day by man named Burton.
 Wishart operated a tie camp at Eh- ren. He accompanied his two daugh- ters to San Antonio to a dentists office. and while he was waiting there Bur ton, who had a grievance against the dentist, whose name is Nichols, came to the door and asked if Nichols was in. Wishart replied that he was, and Burton, thinking it was Nichols whose voice he heard, fired load from the shot gun into Wishart's body, killing him instantly. When Burton fired he called out: Nichols, you have ruined my wife"
 Wishart came to Florida from Lam- berton, N. C., eight years ago, and owned considerable property on the west coast of Florida.
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CITIES DESTROYED YaIparaisoand Other ChiIian Places Laid in Ruins by
 Earthquake and EIcHTY TWO cHOrVc EFT
EIGHTY-TWO SHOCKS FELT
DEATHS CONSERYATIVELY ES- TIMATED AT ABOUT 5000

Loss Will Probably Reach Quarter of a
 Billion Dollar Fire Starts Immedi-
 ately After the First Shock--Whole
 Population Now Sleeping i'm the Hills,
 Parks and Streets-Situation Said to
 be Worse Than in San Francisco
 After the Disaster in That City,
 Food Very Scarce.
 Valparaiso, Chile, Aug. 19,-At 7:52 o'clock last Thursday evening Valpa- raiso experienced an earthquake of great severity, and during that night eighty-two shocks were felt.
 Most of the buildings of the city were either ruined or damaged.
 The loss will be enormous, probably reaching $250,OO00O0.
 Two thousand persons killed is con sidered to be a fair estimate of the casualties.
 Vina Del Mar (three miles from Val paraiso, and having a population of over 1C,0O0); Quirihue (225 miles to the southward, with population of 2.50W; Saltc, Limache (fifteen miles to the northwest, with population of 6,5OC; Quillota (twenty-five miles to the northwest, with population of 10,- OOW, and villages all around were de- stroyed.
 Most of the damage was due to fire, which started immediately after the first shock
 The whole population is sleeping in the hills, parks ar streets. Food is very scarce. Milk costs two Chilean dollars liter, and it Is almost impos- sible to obtain meat, even at high prices.
 The railroads are all destroyed.
 Rain, which began to fall immediate Ny after the first shock, stopped an hour afterwards.
 The nights are very cold and windy, and the people sleeping in the open are suffering greatly.
 The captain of steamship which has arrived from San Francisco says that the situation here is worse than that following the disaster at San Francis co.
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DAMAGE IN SA NTTAGO.
Many Public Buildings, Particularly
 Churches, Are Dismantled.

Santiago de Chile, Aug. 19.-It is Known that at least eight lives were lost ill this city by the earthquake, but it Is believed that others were killed by the falling buildings and that their bodies l,ill be discovered later. Sev- erai persons became so panic-stricken during the tremblings of the earth that they threw themselves from the bal comics of their homes and were killed. The fires which followed the earthquake in this city were promptly extinguished, but while they lasted they greatly aug- mented the terror of the people.
 As all telegraph and telephone lines were more or less damaged the exact situation throughout the country Is not vet known but advices have been re- ceived to the effect that the towns of Nirlage and Casablanca were entirely destroyed, and that Felipa, Rancagua Malipilla and Llaillai were severely damaged
 At Conception the shock was severe and a number of persons were killed or injured. The towns of Rengo, San Fer nando, Ouillotta and San Antonio and many villages are in ruins. All railway service in the central zone is either in- terrupted entirely or greatly delayed, and commerce is practically at stand still.
 In the city of Santiago much damage was done. Many public buildings, par ticularly churches, were dlsmantled' The buildings of congress, the munich pal buildings, the normal school the courts, the Peruvian legation, the resi- dence of President Riesco, the Central market, the prefecture of police and the national telegraph office all were seri- ously damaged. The lines Of the cleo trio tramway system and the electric light wires were short-circuited, inter- rupting street car travel and plunging the city into darkness.
 The scenes at the hospitals and pris- ons during the excitement were dis dressing in the extreme. The prisoners tried to escape from the jails in the hope that they might reach place o1 safety and prison guards wer6 obliged to fire into the air in order to intimi. date and quiet their panic-stricker charges.
 There have been several return shocks of slight intensity. These shocks have served to continue the public alarm and state of panic still prevails. Tht astronomical observatory, however, hal given out a statement to the effect tha it does not appear to be possible tha there will be a repetition of the sever' shocks. Last night many persons slep in the tramway cars, in carriages anc in the open air in the public square and streets. The government has takel steps to restore order An inspection of all houses left standing has been or dered, and directions have been issue,
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
DIED FOR ANOTHER.
Man Loses His Life Trying to Save
 Young Woman.

Young Woman.
 Hartford, Aug. 19.-Frederick P. Ed wards, aged twenty-eight, was drown ed in Wethersheld cove last night, while attempting to rescue Miss Minnie E Hunt of Hartford, Edwards, with his brother Charles, were out on the river in a launch, when R. D. Faxon, his wife and Miss Hunt, all of Hart ford, appeared in sailboat. Mrs. Fax on and Miss Hunt accepted an invita- ton to ride in the launch. Later Mrs. Faxon returned to the sailboat but Miss Hunt, together with the Edwards brothers, got into dory, which was meant to hold but two persons, and which capsized. Charles Edwards saved himself by grasping the boat, but Fred erick Edwards made an attempt to res cue Miss Hunt. It is supposed he be- came exhausted for he sank suddenly. Miss Hunt and Edwards Ihrother were picked up by Faxon,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
DEATH OF JAPANESE CADET.
Midshipman Dies at the Annapolis
 Naval Academy.

Annapolis, Md. Aug. 19.-Midship- man Kingiro Matsukato of Tokio, Japan, died at the naval academy hos pital this afternoon, after nearly two weeks illness with typhoid fever, com- plicated with peritonitis, His condition had been alarming for several days and in the hote of saving his life an opera ton was performed by Prof: James c. Bloodgood of the Johns Hopkins hospi- tai, Baltimore, at o'clock this morn ing. The young man was nineteen years of age and entered the academy in June of this year by special arrange ment with the Japanese government The remains will probably be buried in Arlington cemtery, Washington.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
Death of Boston Broker.

New York, Aug. 19,-Albert L. Roun- tree. of the Boston brokerage firm of R. H. Rountree & Co.,, and for thirty years a member of the New York Cotton ex- change, died to-day at his home in Brooklyn. MT. Rountree was a native of North Carolina and his body will be taken to Kingston, in that state, for in. terment. MT, Rountree was fifty-four years old
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
Opened with solemn Ceremonv.

St, Petersburg, Aug. 19--A dispatch received here from Teheran, Persia, says the building intended for the new parliament was opened to-day with sol enn ceremony. The function took place in the presence of the priests who have returned from exile and who are being entertained for three days by the shah.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
DISCHARGED FIREARMS.

Lewis Shrader Arrested Because Agree
 men Was Not Kept To.
 Lewis Shrader was arrested last even- ing and charged with discharging fire arms within the city limits. Two weeks ago Shrader, while shooting his gun, accidentally hit boy. named Cohn, of 41B Columbus avenue, and the affair was fixed up so that Shraders parents should pay Cobn's expenses in the hos pital. They kept up with the rule for a week, but then broke off, and Shrader was arrested.
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Inpnn to Raise Auother Lonn.

London, Aug. 2O-Cabling from Tokio, the correspondent there of the Daily Telegraph says that Takahshi, vice governor of the Bank of Japan, is go- ing to England and America to negoti- ate a government loan for the Manchu- rian enterprise of $4O,OOO,OOO. If circum- stances are favorable he will attempt the conversion of old loans to a lower interest basis,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
Breach of Peace,

Loretto Mongello was arrested last evening by Sergeant Doherty and OfnI cer Hyde, charged with breach of th.z peace. It seems that Mongello was mixed up in the fight at Romanio's sa- loon on Silver street Saturday night and had got away. He was located last night and arrested.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
.Rlnck Hnndn Men Recognized.

Baltimore, Aug. 19.-Ignazio Castalano and Romeo Rosario, two Italians under arrest here charged with attempting to eXtort S5,000 from Michael Lanasas by Black Hand threats of disaster to his family, have been identified by the chief of police of Paterson, N. J., as men un- der indictment there on charges of rob ping John Cortes, of that city, of $l'6OO in June, 19O5 Cortes having been given knockout drops.
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wei known southingtOn Man Dead.

southington, Aug. 19.-Amos Bradley one of the oldest and best known cit izens of this place, died early to-day al his home here at the age of ninety-four Death was due to a general breakdown incident to old age, He leaves a son and daughter. MT. Bradley was one of the old settlers of this place, once held the office of postmaster, and at one tune represented the town in the legis- lature
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
Single Cnse of Yellow Fever.

New Orleans, Aug. 19.-The following notice was sent out by President c. H. Irion, of the state board of health. this afternoon: One case of yellow fever at New Iberia, 125 miles from New Or leans. Am leaving tonight to take per- sonal charge of the situation"
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COssaclxs Loot American Homes

London, Aug. 2O,--In dispatch from Warsaw the correspondent of the Tri-
 bune says that one British and one American resident of Lodz had their houses footed by Cossacks after the bomb outrage of Wednesday. Both sufferers have filed demands for heavy indemnity with their respective consuls.
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STRiK E DECLARED OFF
New Bedford Trolleymen Lose Their
 Short Hard Fight.

New Bedford, Mass, Aug. 19.-The strike of the carmen of the Union Street railway, which began five weeks ago, lacking one day was officially de- clared off this afternoon by vote of the Garments union. This action follow ed the decision of the Central Labor union to refuse to recognize the strike after 3 o'clock this afternoon The Gen. tral Labor union regarded the strike as practically dead, many of the men having gone back to work for the company, and others having left town to work in other cities, so that the number of men actually remaining on strike was small.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
suItan Drives Out.

Constantinople. Aug 19.-The sultan drove to the Selamlik on Friday in an open carriage. He looked tired, but on arriving at the foot of the hill he mounted the steps of the mosque with out difficulty. His majesty drove him. self to the palace. He postponed, how ever, his customary reception to the ambassadors
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
serious aspud, Bnght in Ireland.

London, Aug. 20-A serious potato blight has appeared in the west of Ire land and threatens the failure of the crop. Spraying with sulphate of copper may save 1t, otherwise potato famine is feared,
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Excursionist Drowned in the. Connecti-

Hartford, Aug. 19.-John O'Connor, aged forty years and unmarried. was drowned in the Connecticut river to- night by falling from the steamer Mad cline which was returning to this city from Saybrook Point with party of eXcursioniSts,
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Woman by Name of Brewster Jumps
 Into Water at Rock.

A woman, whose name is thought to be Brewster, and who comes from Derby, attempted suicide at savin Rock about midnight by jumping off the peristyle which is situated next to the theater. She was saved from be- ing drowned by George Tyner, who grabbed her as she jumped. As her condition appeared serious Sergeant Scranton had her taken to the New Ha- ven hospital. She corresponded di- reotly to woman who has been hang ing around the seaview hotel and who gave her name as Brewster, and said she came from Derby
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LOST MONET, SUICIDED.
Meriden Man Kius Himself With Car
 bOIic Acid.

Meriden, Aug. 19.-Ernest stelnbach, single, aged forty years, was found dead in his boarding house early this morning. Near his body was a vial con- taining small quantity of carbolic acid The medical examiner said it was suicide. Steinbach worked in the woolen mill until three weeks ago when he went to New York and 1t is said lost $40O but just how nobody seems to know. Since his return to this city he has acted strangely.
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pnnl Morton Sails for Hon, Q

Queenstown, Aug. 19. The Cunard line steamship Lucania, which sailed for New York to-day took among her passengers Paul Morton and Mir, and Mrs. James K. Hackett,
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STOLE FROM EMPLOYER.
James Frye Arrested in West Haven for
 Alleged Theft of $50.

James Frye of Cambridge, Mass, was arrested last night by Sergeant Scranton in West Haven, charged with stealing $3O from his employer James Powers of Stevens heights, West Ha- ven. While being taken to the lock- up in buggy by Scranton, Frye drop- ped out package containing SPA Aft erwards he gave in and said that he stole the money. Frye is twenty-one years old.
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SUNDAY BASEBALL GAMES.
New York Nationals Give Chicago
 Bad Drubbing,

Chicago, Aug. 10 (NationaD "A crowd larger than Saturdays attendance by 4,OOO witnessed the New Workers give the locals a severe drubbing to-day, shutting them out to 0. The score by innings:
 R.H.E. New York ......2Oo00 00o5-7 10 0 Chicago ...,.....0 0 % % 0000--0 8 2 Batteries-Wfltse and Bresnahan; Taylor and Kling.
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WH1rES PRAVENT LYN0HING.
Stop Negroes From Swinging Up One
 of Their Own Race.

Augusta, Ca, Aug, 19--A disptach from Mccormack says that to prevent a lynching threatened by the negro population white citizens had to take Jack samuels,. a negro who had as- saulted negro girl, to Greenwood, where he was met by the sheriff of Abbeville county, and put in jail for safe keeping.