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New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
BIG DOG CREATES PANIC.
Bites Four Children-KdIed By Off,
Ger after Fight.

A large Newfoundland dog. said to be suffer-
ing from rabies. bit four schoolboys at SSth
street and Avenue yesterday. and then darted
into a tenement house at No. 4S1 East S1st
street, causing several women in the house to
faint and creating a panic. IT finally shot
by Patrolman Newman.
The police had been looking for the dog for
several days. 1t had bitten more than dozen
people In the neghborhood in the last week.
The boys who suffered from the attacks of the
animal were John Flanagan. of No. 431 East
S1st street; julius Freund. of No. 426 East S1st
street: David Perris of No. 40 East S1st street,
and Peter Allen of No. 1887 Avenue A. Flan-
agan had large piece torn from his leg. and
was the most seriously injured. The boys all
had their wounds temporarily treated at a
nearby drug store. and were then ordered to go
to the Pasteur Institute
The patroman had a lively fight with the
dog before killing II. He had followed the brute
up the stairs Just he got to the top of the
landing the animal sprang on him. He put his
revolver against the dogs head and fired. The
dog was stunned for moment. but sprang up
and the officer used his club on its head. Then
he fired at IL again. The bullet took effect but
did not stay the dogs progress. The patrolman
shot the dog twice again, and the fourth shot
found a vital spot in the brute's side
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
sCHURMAN ON BUSINESS MORALITY.
Cornell President Says Capitalists Must Solve
Problem of Discomfort.

Jacob Gould Schurman, president OF Cornell Uni
varsity in an address on Conscience in Business
to business men IN Trinity Church at noon yester-
day. saidi
The uoralizatiop OF business the big scale,
whether Individual corporate, is the task which
"a set before in these opening of the twen
tieth century. But. besides practising honor and
Integrity in their affairs, must also demand
of our business men that they shall assist the less
fortunate members OF the community, The cause
Of the Door Is the one serious and insiStent prob
lam OF our modern civilization. The MASSES OF
wage earners are l believe, to-day in angry revolt
against the vast inequalities which the preaint
noInical system produces. shall the end be social
ism. reyouuon;, or Was' nor Ior' tns
the majority OF our voters. No in the nation
can do SO much TO settle this acute and dangerous
nrobleu wisely and satisfactorily multi
rnniilionaires and large capitalists.
Somehow, / know not how, but somehow. the
organizers and hnanciers and managers OF our
most modern establishments OF production and
TRANSPORTATION must devise a method whereby the
man whose labor builds them shall become share
hnIder In the enterprises
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
UPSTATE RESERVOIR GOES DRY.

Schenectady. n. Y. Nov. 19.-Ths reservoir
which supplies the hamlet OF Delanson, on the
Delaware & Hudson Railroad. IN the southern
part OF this county, has been dry for three
weeks, the first time it has failed since II was
built. seventeen years ago. The railroad haa
been unable to supply its engines at that sta
tion and the residents have had 20 depend on
cisterns and wells. most OF which have gone dry.
The heavy snowfalls last week and the thaw
yesterday sending some water into the reser-
voir. but yet not enough TO re-establish tho
flow
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
DELAY IN BUILDING pRYpock

The stoppage Of the work on Drydock 4. at
the brooklyn Navy Yard. is causing much uneast-
ness among the officials and mechanics on duty at
the ward Practically work has been dona IN
the dock since August Alarm is felt by the men
principally because Drydock 3, the only dock
that Will take the largest ships. has been out OF
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

order for time When 1t IS closed, as 1t soon
will be there will be only one dock In the yard ne
for use This will take out only the smaller ships
OF the navy which will make necessary the repair
ing cleaning OF the larger ships at the League
Island, Boston or Portsmouth yards.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
PARkHuRST EVIDENCE OLD.

II was shown in the Harlem police court yester-
day that much Of the evidence supplied to Commis-
sioner Bingham by the Society for the Prevention
Of Vice related TO houses and resorts whose charar
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

ter has been changed Magistrate Cornell refused
70 issue warrants asked Tor by Captains Buchanan
and Thompson. OF the East 126th street and FSasr
10fth street police stations explaining that Irspec
TOR sweeney and Acting Inspector Hogan had preyi-
ously Presented the same evidence.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

Of one Of his prize chickens with a visitor than
to talk about literature Great Britains foreign
policy. His house is a fine old EIzabethan
structure. and the authors particular den" is
far UP among the gables Here he writes every
morning from until 10. devoting tho rest Of
the day to his out-of-door interests and to rec
reation.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

The old italian city of Viterbo, "the city Of
handsome fountains and beautiful women" is
the scene OF Mr.. Richard Bagot's new novel.
The story, which IS to be called Temptation"
deals with tragic episode in the annals Of a
noble italian family. It was in the Cathedral
Square of viterbo, by the way. that Pope
Hadrian " compelled the Emperor Frederick
l. as his vassal to hold his stirrup.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

There is coming a new book-transated fro
the German-on "Moltke in His Home It
not exactly a biography, but collection
anecdotes and sketches of incident.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

A second edition Of @The House Of Quiet" has
just been issued by e. P. Dutton & Co. The
book, which was originally published anony-
mously in 1904, now bears upon its title page
the name Of Arthur Christopher Benson. the au-
thor of the Upton Letters" and From a Col
lege Window"
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

"Rezanov," Mrs. Gertrude Atherton's new
novel. which has Just been published here by
John Wanamaker has for its hero a Russian
diplomatist and explorer who IN the last days Of
the eighteenth century attempts to establish
Russian colonies in Spanish California The
heroine Of the story is the Californian Doha
Concha, a beautiful. noble and clever girl Of
sixteen
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

Mr.. Rudyard Kiplings farm In Sussex. where
he has been busy this summer revising the
proofs OF his latest book and looking after the
management of his estate. consists of nearly five
hundred acres OF rich cultivated land.
respondent who recently visited him there.
writes that Mr. Kipling personally supervises
tho tenants at their work. and may be seen al
most any afternoon walking or riding over the
land. and he Is more likely to discuss the virtues
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

NJ. CASTOR Bosser intends to devote his time
to a study of the Hellenization Of Rome and IN
preparation therefor has given UP his chair at
the College de France. He has lectured there
on Latin letters for over forty years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08
House Repeats Law on
Convict Made Goods.
lie G, Executive and Judicial Bill
Whacks Simp|itied Spelling.
Orders Printing Office to Use Rec.
ognized Dictionaries.

Washington. Dec. AT 3 o'clock to-
having during the legislative session,
passed several bills and received from
the committee on appropriations the
legislative, executive and judicial APP
preparation bill. That bill was made a
special order for Monday, no day hav-
ing been fixed for the vote on it.
During the three hours the House
was in session it passed a bill which
has the enthusiastic endorsement of
labor as well as manufacturers gener-
ally, repeating that portion of the Will
son Interstate commerce bill relating
to convict made goods and permitting
the several states to legislate for them
selves as to their competition with
"frec labor" made goods.
Interest conferred about the Speakers
gallery today, during the session of the
House and Numbers temporarily forget
the business Of legislation to gaze upon
the picturesque figure of Mark Twain,
who held quite Il levee in the gallery.
Mr.. Clemens is here in the interest OF
the copyright bill and spoke to many
members III its behalf. He will appear
before the joint committee on patents
in support Of the bill.
The House passed 4 bill creating
game preserve of nearly 100000 acres
within the Olympic forest reserve in
the state of Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08

When the fire department arrived on
the scene of the disaster the screams of
two men appearing in the windows over
the main entrance were heard. The
men hesitated to jump from their burn
ing prison and while the firamen
watched the scene almost paralyZed
with horror, the tower collapsed and
the men We're buried beneath the ruins.
They were supposed to be F. w. Grelle
Of Orange and H. NJ. Nichols Of Chica-
go. The fire was SO hot that the fire.
men were driven back ard any attempt
at Il rescue was impossible.
Among those who were taken from
the ruins were J. NJ. McCutchen OF
Pittsburg. the football fullback substi-
tute Those taken out were in pita-
BILE condition. They were bleeding from
cuts caused by falling bricks and tim
bers and blackened by smoke.
c. ]. Pope, a Freshman member of
the fraternity. is missing and is sup
posed to be under the ruins. Many
of the men at first supposed to be
missing are being cared for at other
fraternity houses in the vicinity. Lat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08
BURNHAM'S TRIAL,
Defendant Identifies Check
Drawn for $4,000.
After BuTnham's Cross-examin-
alton EIdridge Gives Evidence.
Check Said to Have Figured in De.
mand by Louis +. Payn.

New York, Dec. At the trial today
in the supreme court of George Burn
ham, Jr.. IL vice president of and coun-
sci To the Mutual Reserve Life IN
surance 90, on a charge of larceny of
$500 Of the company's funds, q photo
graph of a check for $4,000 was pro-
duccti by the prosecution in connection
with The examination of the defendant.
who was being questioned concerning
u demand for $100,G00 alleged To- have.
been made upon the Mutual Reserve
for The suppression of an unfayOrablc
report when Louis F. Payn was New
York states superintendent of insur-
ance.
The check was signed by Timothy
Donovan and made payable to james
\. Watkins as trustee and by him made
payable To Charles and w. W. Bulk
ley, attorneys, for legal services by
them endorsed by Mr.. Ryan or order
The check was later endorsed by Pawn
to the credit Of the United States Ex-
press co.
Burnham said he recognized the pho
tOerarh lis Il reproduction of one of the
two cancelled checks which the late
George d. Patterson had given him for
safe keeping and which he said he lat
er returned to Patterson.
Early III today'S session Trial Jus
tice Grenbaum said that it was cOmpe-
tent for prosecution to attempt to in
troduce evidence bearing on the allie
cation that Payn. while superintcn-
dent of insurance. demanded 100000
from the Union Mutual Reserve. The
prosecution IN the present case alleges
that Pres. Frederick A. Burnham of
the company satisfied the demand made
by Payn by the payment of $4,000
The Defendants croSs-eXaminati cn
was completed today and George D.
Eldridge. vice president. actuary and
chairman of the executive committee of
the Mutual Reserve, who is also under
Indictment. took the stand. The re-
mainder of the day was devoted ia
taking the testimony Of Eldridge, cour,
adjourning until tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08

e. Schmuck Succumbed to his injuries.
Tho fire started at $50 A. NJ, in the
kitchen, in the basement, and had
gained considerable Roadway before
the students in the chapter house We're
awakened. The fire spread into the
lower hall. where the stairs leading
t" tn, floor above We're soon burning.
The halls We're Immediately filled with
dense smoke. In the rooms on the
upper floor We're - students who, I'M
able to get out by way Of the halls,
went to the windows. AS the flames
mounted the students We're forced to
Jump and several were severely injured
in this way. A high wind created a
draft through the building that soon
made the interior a mass of flames.
No alarm was turned in until half
an hour after the fire had been dis
covered. and it was half an hour later
before the volunteer fire department
could get to work. When the tiremen
arrived the interior of the building
was almost burned out.
Rumsey, Landon and Robinson, the
Ithaca volunteer firemen, had managed
to train hose on the north side of
the house when the wall tottered.
There was a cry of alarm. and several
men standing near managed to get out
Of the way. but the three named were
caught under the mass Of debris and
killed.
The following statement in regard
to the fire was made today by Presi-
dent Schurman of Cornell University:
o. a
o'clock in the morning and in a few
minutes the Chi Psi fraternity house,
widely known as the FiSka- McGraw
mansion, situated near the campus of
Cornell University, was found to be a
mass OF flames. The members of the
fraternity slept in the third story of
the building and all but two managed.
III ore way or another, to get out of
III" iuilding alive. The two who are
missing and who it is assumed. have
pei isEcd in the flames, are w. H. Mich
o;s Senior of Chicago. and +. w.
T!'t!ls, Il Freshman of South Orange
y j. Although O. l.. Schmuck of
Hanover. Pa, got out Of the building,
ne went back for his roommate Mich
"lS ard this attempt at rescue of his
comrade caused him serious injuries.
so that he died in the Cornell In
Urinary this morning.
Tive other students are seriously in
cured. namely. ]. NJ. McCutcheon. 4
Sophomore. Of Pittsburg Pa. (who later
died). a3d c. j. Pope. a Freshman. of
East Orange, N. J. Three other students
We're slightly injured. They are r. r.
Powers, Senior. of Atlanta. Ga: w. w.
toetZ. Sophomore. Of Milwaukee. and
u. N. Curry, Jr, Sophomore, OF Pitts
burg.
Resides the death and injury of tho
above mentioned students. three members
OF the fire department of TIRE CITY of Ith-
AGA, namely, A. S. Robinson. John Rum
Sey ard A. ]. Landon, were INSTANTLY
Killed by the falling OF the north wall Of
the burning building. OF these Mr.. Rob-
inson was former student of Cornell
University
The origin of the fire is absolutely un
Known"
The money loss is nearly 100000 AS
th"rr Is apparently no doubt that the
bodies OF the students. r. w. Grclle ana
Continued on Page Twelve)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08
BANGED ON THE NOSE.
Bill Orders Printer to Use Webster or
Other Good Dictionaries.

Washington, Dec. with an APP
preparation of over s31 ,oo0, 600 and pro-
vision barring "Simplified spelling" in
documents authorized by law or order
ed by Congress, the legislative. execu-
tive and judiciary appropriation bill
for 1908 was reported to the House to-
day by the appropriations committee
and was made a special order for Mon
day. The amount carried by the bill
is 1865, S42 less than the estimates. The
appropriation for the current fiscal year
aggregated $50, 1866. 4S5. The entire num-
Der of salaries carried in the bill is
S14.727, or 202 less than included in the
estimates therefor and 90 more than
provided for the current year. An in
cease from 5000 to $14O0 is made in the
allowance to membes of the House for
clerk hire and the requirement that
members certify they have spent this
amount is omitted. The appropriation
for miscellaneous expenses for the Sen
ate is cut from 800, 900 to $4,000. The
salary of the secretary of the Speaker
is increased from $4,000 to $1,000.
Simplified spelling received a hard
blow today in the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill FOR
1903. reported to the House by the
committee on appropriations today,
which says:
thereafter. in printing documents
authorized by law or ordered by Con-
Sress or either branch thereof, the
COVE rnment printing Office shall follow
the rules of photography established by
Wei Ster's or other generally accepted
dictionaries Of the English language.
The bill carried an appropriation OF
S31.215,525.
Public Printer Stilings' salary is In
creased from $500 to $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08
Indictments Against Vio-
Iato[s Of S-Hour Law.
Thirty More Are For Smuggling
and Liquor Gases.
Scme OF Them Settle With Cash
...Cthers Go To Jail.

Portland, Me, Dec. Three firms
Va" indicted by the grand Jury of the
United states district court today I'M
G": tie act passed Aug. /, 1902 and
EEo" u as the S-hcur law which irohib-
its any contractor or public works to
require amy e:nployc to work more than
eight hours in u single day. They were
the Eastern Dredging Co, three indict-
Incnts, CGastWiSe Dredging 60. and
Hamilton * Sawyer.
Thirty-three Indictments were found,
mainly for smuggling liquor on the
ArooStoOk border for violation OF the
Internal revenue law on liquor selling.
y number We're not made public. John
thiSm Of Calais paid $50 and costs for
contempt of court. Henry Stickney of
Augusta paid a fine Of $50 ana costs
tor r. failing liquor without IL license.
.ilvah ID. Wight of Pressure Isle was
sentenced to 10 days in Jail for SNUG
Cling.
The following We're among those On
the charge of smuggling: Solomon Is
a@cson ANA Reuben Shuer Presque
Isle; Henry Jones. Caribou; Maxine
pcttetier ana clifford Burebee, Fore
Kent: John Stuart, Fort Fairfield
james GinniSan and Percy l.. Bartlett
IIoulton: David Campbell. Littleton
Timothy Callahan, Houlton; Albert +.
Wright. Van Burcn.
Jones, Burebee, Finnigan, aErtlett
james Landry Of Perth, y. g.. enry
Parent of Fort Fairfield Raymond Plu-
art If caribou and John Burgess were
sentenced to % days in Jail. Isaacson
for 20 days in Jail and Shuer TO pay Il
lin. ~ SO and costs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08
PENO2SCOT CLOSED.
Last Vessels at Bangor Taken Out
Friday BY the Tugs.


Bangor, Nc. Dec. THE last vessels
in the port of bangor We're taken out
today by tugs. and with the river fun
OF 3-inch ice and the temperature well
brIpw zero. navigation may be consid-
cred closed for the season.
I'll" fleet sailing today consisted Of
the Standard Oi! GO. tug Standard
with $. q. CO. barge No. $: tugs Bis
rl;,lrk. Ralph Ross and Delta. with
srEuunrrs sarah l.. Davis. Harold J.
Nc; "uthy and Ella NJ. Storer.
The ice so far formed is clear Of dirt
ana grit. but the surface is 50 much
broken up bv movements Of the tugs
that much planning must be done By
tn Ice harveStrrS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08
z BLOCKS BURNED AT H0LYOKE,
Fatal Boiler at Lynn Inspected---
The Anthony House at Adams,
Mass, Is Destroyed.

Ithaca. n. Y, Dec. ALL day smoke
has drifted across Cornell campus from
the ruins of the Chi Psi fraternity
house. the burning of which at an early
hour this morning was attended with
loss Of life that has thrown not only
the university but the whole city i'll
mourning.
Tonight the dead numbered seven. OF
these four We're students and the others
prominent townsmen who had respond
ed to the alarm in the capacity of vol
unteer firemen.
Among the students who escaped
death in the flames seven were injured
and Of these c. j. Pope OF East Orange.
n. J., it is feared, will not long sur
vive. He was badly burned.
The bodies Of the dead. with the ex-
| ception Of those Of w. H. Nichols of
| Chicago and f. w. Grellc of East Or
ange, n. j.. were recovered. Tonight
| it was decided to dynamite the ruins
to facilitate the search for the missing
| bodies.
The dead:
Attorney Alfred S. Robinson. fireman
John c. Runscy. hardware merchant
| fireman.
| f. J. LanGOn, salesman. fireman.
| +. w. Grclle of East Orange, y. J.
class 1910.
Q. L. Schmuck Of Hanover Penn
class 1907
w. II. Nichols Of Chicago. class 1907
! James McCutchCn. Jr.. of Pittsburg
! Pa, class 1909.
The injured:
| Of
| Henry NJ. Curry of Pittsburg. 'O9.
II. T. Powers of Atlanta. Ga. 10.
w. W. tioetZ of Milwaukee. Wis. %
G. Il. Sailcr Of Pittsburg. o.
| c. j. Pope Of East Orange, n. j.. 10
| The heroism of the volunteer fire.
men who died attacking the FIRE. wa:
| matched by that Of Schinuck. who re
entered the flames in q futile effort t
| save Nichols. his roommate. and WHO
| died later from his injuries. and by the
courage of McCutchen. who remained
| in the flames until fatally burned. to
assist his comrades to escape. Pope
| the fireman. received his injuries while
| seeking to rescue other members Of the
| fraternity and the record of the in
Jure1 corresponds nearly with that ot
| the men who tried to help their fel.
| lows.
Among those earliest on the scene
and who contributed most to the work
| of rescue were several Cornell football
men. All did effective work. Sam Hal
| l;day. former fullback. was uromi.
| nent in the effort to release the fratcr-
nifty men cut off by the flames in tn.
| lower part of the house.
The cause of the fire will probably
| never he discovered. The building is
| an unsightly wreck with no particle
of its inner furniture remaining. Cor
nell is deprived of one of its land
marks. for the lodge was built in 1881
by Jennie McGraW Fiskc. at n cost Of
| $3.50 900. The daughter of lumber king
John McGraW. who was one Of Cor
rellS early great benefactorS. never
| enjoyed her palace and entered it only
after death. Around the house have
clust cred the memory of the great fight
for the Fiske millions waged between
Prof. Willard Fiske. the husband. and
Judge Boardman as the representa-
| tive of Cornell, to which Mrs. Fiske
had left the bulk of her estate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08
AGED WOMAN MISSING.
Mrs. Mary Bacon Left Portland TOR
Ivan and Trace of Her Is Lost.

"stnn. Dec. The police have
lion requested to search for Mrs. Mary
I:.,""rr. 80 years of age, who came t"
j., .itol from Portland, Ne, last
Wednesday mornings
81" hnd recently been visiting Mrs.
William Ross at 43FAlder street, Port
l1!. hui left that city, Tuesday night
/" 30 to her nephew. George p. Brekett
of Lynn. where il was intended she
srould pass the winter. She arrived
in Ecston about O'Clock "Wednesday
morning on the steamer Calvin Austin
IN. nothing has been seen of her sine"
hv - relatives.
MUSCLE-ACHES, BONE-ACHES,
N'rVr-a"hcs caused by colds. cramps
ana chlls. cured by SanfordS Ginger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08
PROPOSED COPYRIGHT LAW.
Mark Twain Says It Is Just Meas
ure and Should Be Passed.

Washington, Dew. T. Samuel L..
Clemens mark Twain). brought to a
close with laughter a day Of argumen-
tative strife over the terms OF the
copyright bill. now the subject OF
hearings before the Senate and House
COMMITTEES on patents. Mr.. Clemens
was attired in a suit Of white flannel.
He followed n brief statement by
Rev. Edward Everett Hale. chaplain
Of the Senate. Mr.. Clemens commented
on the impossibility Of understanding
the legal phraseology Of the copyright
bill and said he allowed all credit to
"the trained legislators who were
wrestling with it.
II am particularly interested in the
portion Of the measure which concerns
my trade" he continued. Il like that
CONTINUED on Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08
FAIR AND COLD.

Washington, Dec. Forecast for
Saturday and Sunday for New Eng
land: Fair and continued cold Satur-
day; Sunday fair with slowly rising
temperature; northerly to westerly
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-08
Gsorue 3, Weatherbee of ee.

Lee. Me, Dec 1.-George b. Wealth
erbce of Lee died early Wednesday
many months. at the age of g. years
The deceased had been in business in
Lee over 40 years. In lifetime of
kindness and square business methods
he won many friends who deeply
mourn his death. Besides the widow,
Augusta. two daughters. Inez A.. and
Mrs. Bernice Dwelley. two sons, Lee
and Guy, the latter being engaged in
business in Milo, survive