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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-22
PRESIDENTS SCHEME
 TO CUT DOWN PRINTING
ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS APPEL CABLE TO ALL EXECUTIVE
 DEPARTMENTS.

Aims Also to Improve the Form of An-
 nuaI Government Reports--An Ad- visory Committee on Printing to ba Appointed by the Head of Each De-
 partment--Set of General principles
 to Govern the Form of Reporty--
 Concise Accounts of Work Done ana Expenditures Incurred.
 Washington, Jan 21--To do away with unnecessary printing originating in the departments, and to improve the form of the annual reports and other department documents, the president has issued the following instructions. applicable to all the executive depart ments:
 There shall be appointed by the head of each of the executive departments an advisory committee on the subject of printing and publication. The chair man shall be an assistant secretary or other qualified official, and at least one member of the committee shall have had practical experience in editing and printing.
 Tt shall be the duty of such commit tee, under the direction of the head Of the department, to see that unnecessary matter is excluded from reports and publications; to see that copy. is care- fully edited before and not after going to the printing office; to do away with the publication of unnecessary tablea and to require that statistical matter be published in condensed and intelli- gent form; to supervise the preparation of blank forms; to require the frequent revision of mailing lists; to prevent du- l plication of printing by different bn- reaus; to exclude unnecessary illustra- tions from department documents and to prevent the printing of the maximum edition allowed by law when smaller edition will suffice; to recommend to the head of the department for inclu- sion in the recommendation contained in his annual reports needed changes in the statutes governing department pub- lications.'
 The president also has directed that the following general principles shall hereafter govern the form of annual re- ports of the various bureaus and offices of the departments:
 "One-Annual reports shall be confin- ed to concise accounts of work done and expenditures incurred during lssa Esss4ssea lE5s:ssea covered, with recommendations relating to the future, including plans for work to be undertaken.
 Contributions to knowledge in the form of scientific treaties shall not be included in annual reports
 'Three--Illustrations in annual re- ports shall be excluded, except Gal maps and diagrams Indispensable to the understanding of the text; (b) views of monuments or important structures be- gun or erected; Co views showing con- ditions in outlying possessions of tho United States and relating to work done or recommendations made.
 Four Inserted material, written or compiled by persons not connected with the reporting office, and biographical
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1CEBERGS IN LINE OF SHIPS
Number Passed by the Philadelphia
 and the Carmania.

London, Jan. 21.-Both the American line steamer Philadelphia and the Cum ard line steamer Carmania, which left New York January 13, were delayed a day by bad weather on the voyage. On the second day out they experienced a terrible hurricane, which lasted three days. During this time both vessels were reduced to nearly half speed. On January 1T and IS a number of ice bergs were passed by the steamers. They were floating on the trans-Atlan- tic steamship route and dangerous to navigation. The Philadelphia reached Plymouth at 932 a. m. to-day, crossed to Cherbourg and passed Hurst catsle bound in to Southampton at S;O5 o'clock this evening. The Carmania reached Queenstown at $40 a. m and proceed ed for Liverpool, where she will arrive tonight.
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Shipping News.

New York. Jan. 21.--Arrived: Steanl- CTS Brooklyn, Genoa, Naples and Azores; Umbia, Liverpool and Queens- town; La Bretagne, Havre (of Man. tucket, will dock Monday morning); Caledonia, Glasgow and Neville (ofi Nantucket, will dock Monday morn ing); Zealand, Antwerp and Dover fefr Sable island, N S., will dock Tuesday afternoon; Moltke, Hamburg, Dover and Boulogne (off Cape Race, N. F., will dock Tuesday eyeningl.
 New York, Jan. 21.-Steamer Minne- tonka, London and Southampton for New York, in communication by wire less telegraph with Siasconset, Mass, D. m., 70 miles east of Nantucket lightship; will dock D. m. Monday.
 Naples, Jan. 20.-Arrived: Steamer Celtic, New York via Ponta Delgada, Gibraltar and Genoa for Alexandria
 Queenstown, Jan. 2o.-Arrived. Steamer Carmania, New York for Isiv@ erpool, (and proceeded).
 Neville Jan. 20.-Arrived. Steamer Ethiopia, New York for Glasgow (and proceeded)-
 Plymouth, Jan. 21.-9:S2 a. m.-Ar- rived: Steamer Philadelphia, New York, for Cherbourg and Southampton land proceeded. arriving at Cherbonrg, and passing Hurst Castle at S:05 P. m
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DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Branford Man Struck by Trolley and
 Terribly Injured.

William J. Scheme of Branford was struck by a trolley car near Branford Point yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. He was terribly injured, his right thigh and right arm being crushed, his jaw broken, and received many small cuts about his head. He was brought to the corner of Chapel and Church streets on the Branford car, and from there he was brought to the New Ha- ven hospital in the police ambulance. He died at the hospital at 4:55 Sunday morning.
 Scheme was thirty-tWo years old and lived with his mother on Harper street, Branford. He worked for the Bran ford Malleable Iron company.
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Shot sweetheart nt Telephone

Littleton, N. H., Jan. 21.-Benjamin Dodge, seventeen years old, apparently jealous of his sixteen-year-old sweet heart, Myrtle Silver, as she was talking over the telephone, supposedly to a young man. shot the girl with a revolv- CT tonight. Dodge shortly after joked of his deed and then walked to police headquarters and gave himself up to the authorities. The girl was not seri- ously injured.
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Asleep on the Tracks

Hartford Jan. William Foley, a farm laborer of Poquonoek, was run over and so severely injured by trol- ley car on the Windsor division of the Hartford lines, early last night, that he died few hours later, at the Hart ford hospital to which he had been taken. He was thirty years old. It is said that he was asleep on the tracks.
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COLD WAVE TONIGHT.
One Rapidly Coming from West to At-
 Iantic Coast.

ohe nuptuiy OoHthS trOm west 10 AL
 lantic Coast.
 Washington. Jan. 21.-The weather bureau officials report tonight charac- terizes to-day's warm weather as 'the greatest n1imdwinter warm, spell since 1890 and says the maximum tempera- lures in the Ohio valley have been ex- eeeded by. a degree or so only once or twice in the last thirty-three years. Tn few localities" it adds, the rec ord has not been exceeded"
 A warm wave, which scores the high. est record in temperature since 1890 prevailed to-day throughout the region between the Mississippi valley and the Atlantic coast. Its crest was in Ohio where the temperatures this afternoon as reported to the weather bureau ranged from 70 to "A degrees. South of the Ohio river it was less warm be- cause of heavy rains and thunder show. CTS. Thunder storms also prevailed ir Tennessee, Missippi, Alabama and northwest Georgia.
 A cold wave, which developed in the west, is rapidly following the warn wave and the forecasts say it will reacl the Atlantic coast Monday night, bui it's force will be diminished as it pro. gresses east. The weather officials an, nounee the fall of temperatures vii approximate forty degrees in the re zion just west of the Mississippi rivel and north of the Missouri, while it vii go below zero in the Dakotas, Mime sota, Nebraska and the middle Rock! mountain region. In the Ohio vale. the temperatures to-day about equalleC all previous records and in a few place exceeded them.
 In Washington to-day the weathe was springlike with a maximum tenn perature of 63 degrees, which, however is much lower than the January record In Parkersburg, w Va, the tempera ture, "A degrees, was the highest eve recorded by the weather bureau.
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FOREIGN CROP REPORT.
UnseasonabIy Warm Weather and Ex-
 cessive Humidity.

Washington, Jan. 2l.-The foreign crop report of the department of agri- culture for December shows that over large areas of Europe the prevailing characteristics were unseasonably warm weather and an excessive hu- midity. Crops timely sown have ger minated finely and entered on the win ter in strong, healthy condition. Late sowings of crops in Europe, however were unusually active and some anxiety is felt concerning them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-22
Another Bridge Strike.

Cleveland, Jan. 21-Wtthin thirty days members of the International Associa- ton of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, will vote on the matter of de- claring a strike against the Fabricated Material of the American Bridge Co.,, was the statement made to-day by President F. M. Ryan of the Interna: tional union.
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Safe After Record Voyage.

Gloucester, Mass, Jan 21.-After a voyage of 116 days, during which time she had been given up by her owners as lost, the British bark Ednyfed arrived here to-day from Trapani, Italy. The time of passage Is the longest, with one exception, recorded by any vessel from Trapani to Gloucester.
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Record Contribution.

Boston, Jan. 21.-The announcement was made this evening at the Old South church that the annual collection this year for the American Board of Foreign Missions amounted to $11 LOGO. This amount is the largest ever made for congregational missions by any one parish in the country.
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Japan Expresses satlsfaction.

Tokio, Jan, 21.-The news of the ap- pointment of Luke E. Wright, gover- nor-general of the Philippines, to be the first American ambassador to Ja- pan has been received here with gen eral satisfaction.
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Heat ProstratIon in plttsburg

Pittsburg, Jan. 21.--one prostration resulted from the unreasonable heat. stephen Hyness, aged sixty-three, of Mingo Junction, O., collapsed while walking in Fifth avenue, near Smith field street and the hofpital physicians say his condition tonight is serious.
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Founding of Panama Celebrated.

Panama, Jan. 21.-The municipality having declared to-day the two hundred and thirty-third anniversary of the founding of Panama city by De Cordo- va. holiday the event was celebrated by civic and religious demonstrations.
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Takes Refuge in Brazilian Legation.

Guayaquil, Jan. 21.--It is rumored that Senor Lizardo Garcia, president of Ecuador, has taken refuge in the Bra- gillian legation at Quito, the capital. It is impossible, however, to ascertain the truth of this rumor, a,s communication with Quito is interrupted,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-22
COL. LEATENwoRTH,s FUNERAL

Two Thousand View Remains of Sec-
 ond Regiments Former Commanders.
 Wallingford, Jan. 21.-The funeral of Colonel Walter L. Leavenworth, former commander of the Second regiment, c. N. G., who died last Friday morning after an illness of ten days, was held here this afternoon, at the Congrega- tional church. About 200 persons view ed the remains, The services were con- ducted by Rev. J. Owen Jones, assist ed by Rev. John I. Blair of Springfield, Mass.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-22
WARM HEREAND ELSEWHERE
PHENOMENAL ATMOSPHERIC ! CONDITIONS IN MANY PLACES.

Streets of Albany Filled With Easter
 like Crowds - Midsummer Days
 Throng of Pleasure Seekers Fill the
 Streets of Poughkeepsie---Sarato
 Has the Warmest January 21 for a
 Generation--CaterpiIlara Appear In
 Burlington, Vt.
 Saratoga, N. Y, Jan. M.-To-day was the warrnest January Fl experienced here for generation. At 8 a. m. the thermometer was at S4 and at noon 56 degrees was registered. A thermometer placed in the sun at midday ran up to S6 degrees.
 Albany, Jan. 21.-The weather in AL bany to-day has been that of late April. The streets were filled with Easter like crowds of people who had aban- doned overcoats and furs. The temper ature during the day reached 5s, the highest here in January since 1s9N. It continues warm tonight Binghamton, N. Ys Jan. 2l.-Today was the warmest January day in this city since the weather bureau was es- tablished In this city ten years ago, Of for thirty years. At o'clock the tenn perature was 67 degrees, the next high est official record being 5S degrees in 1S98
 Schenectady, N. T., Jan. 21.--Atmos- pheric conditions in this city to-day were phenomenal for this season The thermometer registered 56 degrees above zero and the humidity was high The streets were crowded all day. | Poughkeepsie, N. T., Jan. FLA mid summer days crowd of pleasure seek. 1 CTS thronged the streets here to-day be, cause of the weather conditions. The day was bright and clear and the max. imum temperature registered 65 de grees. Mercury in thermometers ex posed to the suns rays bobbed around the 75 mark.
 Oswego, N. T., Jan. M.--All high tenn perature records for January were broken here to-day when the thermom eter registered SO degrees at noon ant stood at that point for two hours. Tht previous high record for January wal 56 degrees in 1874.
 Chicago, Jan. 21. The maximum temperature in Chicago to-day was 6 degrees. The minimum up to p, m was 40 degrees and the temperature a that hour was rapidly falling, A coll rail prevailed and the weather bureal predicts zero weather for to-morroV morning
 Burlington, Vt, Jan. 22-At time o the year when Vermont Is usually GOV cred with snow and ice, the govern ment thermometer in Burlington touch ed 52 this afternoon. The streets ar muddy and caterpillarsl were found ol the sidewalks.
 Lake Champlain at its widest plac opposite this city froze, over last winte on January %. The late is to-day ire of ice as far as the eye can see. TVpo4iry,od nY, Efobth poo,o |
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DERBY MAN SUICIDES.

John Cassidy Takes Carboiie Acid i'm
 Rear of saloon.
 Derby, Jan. 21.-John Cassidy, aged thirty years, unmarried, committed sui eide in the rear of T. J. Hendricks sa- loon this afternoon by drinking two ounces of carbolic acid. Death was all most instantaneous. No reason is as- signed for the act. He leaves a mother, brother and three sisters.
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ROOSEVELT AND WOODRUFF

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Chicago, Jan 21. -The maximum temperature in Chicago to-day was 62 degrees. The minimum up to s p. m. was 40 degrees and the temperature at that hour was rapidly falling, A cold rail prevailed and the weather bureau predicts zero weather for tomorrow morning.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-22

Saratoga, N. Y, Jan. 2l.-To-day was the warrnest January Fl experienced here for a generation. At a. m. the thermometer was at S4 and at noon 5t degrees was registered. A thermometer placed in the sun at midday ran uT to S6 degrees.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-22

Albany. Jan. 21,-The weather in AL bany to-day has been that of late April. The streets were filled with Easter like crowds of people who had aban- doned overcoats and furs. The temper ature during the day reached 5S, the highest here in January since 1884, It continues warm tonight.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-22

six. Master Lamar Mountcastle, the little
son of Mr. and Mrs. q. Burton Mountcas-
tie, No 1920 West Grace Street, entertain
ed in honor OF his little friends at n
charming birthday party, the occasion
being his eighth birthday.
The web OF vari-colored cords was sue
cessfully untangled by the little folks.
who were rewarded by finding at the END
of each cord n tiny Japanese lantern niled
with dainty candies. -
After merry games were played, tney
repaired to the dining-room. where a
bountiful repast awaited them. The ta-
bic was beautifully and ;Lrtistically ar
ranged in pink and whitehall being
the color scheme-with eight candelaora,
pink candles and shades.
Each child was the recipient of a pref
ty souvenir In tiny wheelbarrows, vases
and opera glasses. a large cake contain
ing prizes was greatly enjoyed. Many
nice presents We're received by the little
host. and the children departed. express
ing themselves as delighted with the af-
ternoon.
Those present were: M sses Elsie Hun
ter, Blanche Green, Virginia Minor, En-
Benella Maytield. Catherine HILL. Martha
Penn France, Jessie Long, Josephine Har-
rison, Elizabeth Butler, Elizabeth Phil
lips, Lucy Tompk,ns, Lillian Phillips and
Frances Melton, and Masters Fill Monta-
que, Albert Pollard Speaker Pollard. Cliff
ford Mayfleld, Marbury Addison, Spruell
Blenner, Edward Baker, Benjamin Dick
erson, Harvey Goddn, Willie Green,
Hampton Ellington, James D. Brady,
Wilton Thomas, Edward Smith and La
mar Mountcastle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-22
Statistics of Cremation.

The United States has more cremato-
rles than any other country, there being
twenty-six, twenty-four of which are in
operation. larger number of persons
are cremated here every yenr than any
where else. In Canada, In spite of the
objections made by the Roman Catholic
clergy. there has been crematory built
at Montreal by order of the government
There are seven cremntories In Ger
many, A petition was recently signed Try
three thousand medical men and present.
ed to the Reichstag, with view to maxi
ing cremation compulsory for those who
have died of infectious diseases. England
has the same number of crematories.
Ita,y possesses twenty-five, but statistics
as to the number of people cremated are
lacking. Switzerland has three. Sweden,
Two, and Denmark. one. In Austria, So
cletles for the promotion of cremation
have heen formed and branches exist in
many OF the towns. but the practice OF
cremation has not yet been legalized. In
Madrid the right OF cremation has been
conferred by royal decree, while even
In Russia, in spite of the protestation
OF the Holy Synod, the government pros
poses to issue "a decree In favor of maxi
ing cremation optional. In France large
crematory has, been built In tho far
famed cemetery OF Pere Ia Chaise, in
which since Its opening 1890 bodies have
been reduced to ashes, Il 5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-22
: APHAS|A? AL|BI!!'
CRIES DR.. DEPEVV
My Kind Friend Will Have to
Discover Another Disease"
Says New YorI's Senator.
FORMER GENlALITY RETURNS
His Supporters Insist, and He
Agrees That Certain Reports
Are Inspired.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch.)

New YORK. Jan 81 In better health Z !,
ne ms been q LATE Ha ~ ns
which has required him to he under q
PHYSICIANS care, Senator Chauncey M:
Depew returns to washington tomorrow
TO resume his duties there, says the f1eT-
aid. In his own words, he intends to
pursue the even tenor Of bis Way res Irnn
Certain cert a the eHsn Is OF
which his friends are questioning In
large part, they declare, the attacks are e,
reluctant to talk of this phase of the mat
ter, holds much the same belief
!. There was much of the old.tine GENIAL email,
laughed at the report that Ills health was
en,tiireiy broken down ana that he was 'i,e
.Aphasia, eh?n said Mr.. Depew, We'll,
hardy that. You'll observe that my
choice Of words. while pe,rhaps not clas ISL
I'm afraid that my kind friends will have
to discover another disease for me. for
tank eo fan prove Moa ap be- on an ,hi handeap
wouldn't it. il 1 were to lose my wordsY
ii plead guilty he continued, TO hay,
we have moi, control. and as 1t might hap p.
be held against me. While have not been
that 1t caused some worry TO my fainl ~
but that period is passed, and don. IN "a
tend to let # occur Ssabp1 II On cn heiP "
to lake M my work in the Senate.
The pertinacity and bitterness OF some
of the reports. I will admit. have been
source of annoyance. but am not
permitting them to affect me. ] THINK
understand their origin, at least In part.
and this understanding gives me no small
comfort"
With the passing of his illness the
cloud of depression which seemed to
weigh upon the Senator passed, too. and
his laugh Is as ready as of old. He had
luncheon with some old friends at the
Union League Club, and he showed keen
enjoyment over the return of his old life
of activity after his enforced, temporary
retirement During Mrs. Depcw's brief
absence abroad the Senator's home In
Washington will be presided over by his
niece, Miss Paulding. AS is his custom,
he will divide his time between the capital
and New York
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-22
NEWS GATHERED
FROM sOUTHS|DE
Special Session Of the City
Assembly for To-
night.
A GREAT MEMS MEETING EEL
Rev. ]. x. Joliffc Preached i'll
Leader Hall-Pesonals and
Briefs.
GREAT MEMS MEETING
Manchester Bureau. Times Dispatch,
~ Mo. HOP Hull Street.

No. 1902 Hull Street.
The meeting tonight Of tho City AS
sembly, which has been called In special
session, will be attended by many of the
prominent citizens of the city and the
result of the lnbors of thc city fathers
will be watched with a great deal OF
interest. According to Mr. G. l.. Petit,
of the Second Ward. to-night's meeting
will mean thes death of the annexation
proposition. But this is not the opinion
held by the majority of tile councilmen
and the citizens who are looking at the
question from every possible standpoint.
The Assembly Is called to meet to con-
slider the resolution from tho Board OF
Aldermen to compel the annexation COM
mittee to submit detailed report before
any instructions are given to the city
attorney with regard to the assistance in
the drafting OF o general annexation act
for the present General Assembly.
~ expect great things from the meet
ing tomorrow night" said councilman
last evening. when discussing the propo-
sition. He declared that In his opinion
the session would be full of exciting hap-
penings. and that some of the speeches
made would be gems of their kind.
Y. M C. A. Meeting.
Rev. j. X. Joliffe, pastor of Central
Methodist Church. conducted the services
in the Leader Hall yesterday afternoon
The meeting FOR men only was under the
auspices of the Railroad Young Mems
Christian Association. and the large hall
was filed with young and old men. who
listened attentivey to the able and force
full sermon delivered by Rev. Mr.. Joliffe.
Mr.. Crabtree. of Richmond had charge
of the musical programme, which was an
excellent one.
This was the fourth OF n series of ser
mons to men only delivered In Leader
Hall. The audience was. If anything,
larger than any before
Personals and Briefs.
The condition OF Mr.. Joseph Lanier.
who has been suffering with nervous
prostraton for some time, is somewhat
improved
Mr. Ben Baber. who has been i'll for
several weeks. Is improving rapidly.
Henderson Lodge OF Odd-Fellows will
give an entertainment in Leader Hall
tonight. Professor Mum. of Richmond,
with an excellent comedy company, Will
put on the play.
Liberty Council. No. 10, Jr. o. u. "A
NJ. viii meet tomorrow night in regular
session. and every member is urged to be
preseI-.
Mrs. ID. E. Baber. who has been Ill
Will. umonia at her home on Semmes
Street, Is much improved.