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New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
STEERAGE Law CHANGE.
Mr. Straus Appoints Commission to
Make Recommendations.
LFrom Tn. Tribune Bureau.I

Washington. Dec 2s.-as one of the hrst acts in
his official career. Secretary Straus. Of the De-
partment of Comm4rce and Labor. has directed
investigation of steerage accommodations on
OCEAN steamers. with view TO obtaining change
in the law which vitality affects the condition Of
the millions OF immigrants brought to this coun-
is antiquated and not adapted to modern condi-
tions of shpbuildng OF ocean travel, though It
try.
Secretary Straus declares that the Passenger act
of 1882. which regulates steerage accommodations,
amended by Congress February a. 1se, and
again February 3, 1866. In a statement issued to-
day he points out of the features Of the
statute which he regards unsatisfactory, and
announces the appointment OF a committee con-
sistng of the Assistant Secretary OF Commerce
and Labor. the Commissioner of Navigation ana
the Collector of the Port Of New York to make
an investigation The committee is directed to
begin operations at once and, in addition to per-
sonally examining steamships they are to study
the steamship passenger laws of other countries
and to make full report the whole subject
Lawrence . Murray. Assistant Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor. who will head the inYesu-
gazing committee will call his associates together
IN next few days, and plans will be formulated
for the work. AS New York is the principal port
of entry, that city will he made the headquarters
of the committee which is anxious 10 begin work
Immediately in order to study the conditions at
the present time, when the Immigration travel Is
heaviest. No serious effort 10 change the passep-
ger act Of 1882 in its principal features has been
made b. previous Secretaries of Commerce and
Labor, hut the question one in which the new
Cabinet officer is especially interested. and he in
tends 10 devote a good deal of attention to IT,
In giving his reasons why the act of 1882 should
he revised, Secretary Straus says:
Since that time the use Of steel has permitted
increase in the dimensions OF ocean steamers al
most as great as in the dimensions of buildings
on shore In consequence shipbuilding and ocean
transportation have changed in many respects.
Last year over 1Ie"ee steerage passengers came
10 this country and n year ago 100000 passen-
A Z W
York City alone Ssoo ooo immigrants arrived last
year The act Of 1852 in various particulars is not
adapted TO modern conditions Of shipbuilding or
ocean travel in my opinion, there is pressing
need that the statute be revised and adjusted to
the requirements Of our times. Some of its penal
ties are excessive and inadequate. Thus
last year penalty of s9.S1o was incurred by one
captain for technicalities in failure TO number
serially certain berths and in taking down others
before the customs Inspector had completed his
rounds, though the passengers had left the ship.
surgeon Is carried on steamer with 22o0 steerage
passengers or II there is no hospital medical
supplies board.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
KILLS HIMSELF ON WIFE's GRAVE
Melancholy Old Man Found Dead in Brook
lyn Cemetery.

The body Of John P. McClelland, sixty years
old. Of No. 254 Fulton street. Brooklyn, was
found lying across his wife's grave in Greenwood
Cemetery yesterday. There was a bullet wound
in the temple and a revolver lying beside the
body. Sorrow over his wife's death is believed
to have caused the old man 10 kill himself. Mrs.
McCleland died about two years ago and Nc
Clelland became melancholy. An old friend
with whom he spent most Of his time died a
few weeks ago. and this increased his troubles.
The body found by H f. Taylor, of No.
$50 18th street, Brooklyn. and was identified
later in the day by John H. McClelland real
estate dealer, son Of the dead man.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
H,Nooo IMMIGRANTS BARRED OUT.

Washington Dec 29.--Ar interesting. and what Is
regarded by tho immigration authorities as an i'm
portant. case. is under consideration by Secretary
Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor
II relates TO the admission into tho United States at
Vancouver, b. g.. of ten Hndoos. who desire TO 80
TO san Francisco The statement OF the ease shows
that.six OF the ten are diseased and four IN good
physical condition. They have no friends IN this
country, none of them speaks English. and they
have barely enough money to enable them TO reach
San Francisco. In the opinion of the Immigration
officials they are likely 10 become public charges
In the last few years 250o Hindoos have arrived IN
British Columbia They are according to the re-
ports of the Dominion authorities, very undesira-
BILE class of immigrants The feeling in British
Columbia is strong against them ON account or
their habits and unsanitary methods of living that
the inhabitants have resorted In some instances TO
method of destroying the squelid houses
OF the Hindoos by fire In order To compel them 10
leave the community
The immigration officers on the Canadian border
refused to admit the Hlndoos to the United states
and the case now is on appeal to Secretary Straus
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
HEARING on sroRaeE DAMS.

Albsnv Ter. 2a-The State Water Commission
isd a larsely attended hearing fo-da. of repre-
sentatives 0f Troy. Albany. Hoosck Falls aad
othe- cities s1d -illsEes "ithn the food ~
tho Curer Hudson River and ifs tributaries in
relation 10 tle proposition made originally before
the Mater Storage Commission for the building
of storage dams to hold back the waters which
cause tho disastrous foods. Of which these rom.
rnuuities have complained cor many Years This
problem vas passed 20 the jurisdiction Of the
Mater Commission n, the legislation of last --ear
and tre commission will probably recommend an
srnendment Of the law the hasi~ ~ their recent
invest tions
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
BLACKBURN TO CONTEST ELECTION.
Congressman Charges Gross Fraud in 9Th
North Carolina District.

washington Dec. 2s.-Representatve r. Spencer
,,,a.,,r,r,,. Of North Carolina, announced to-day
- ia would contest the election of Richard N
r4ocLat+ as member Of the s0th Congress from
the 9Th Congress District OF that STATE congress
49,, ralaclhur1, has written letter 70 his opponent
a, wiIksboro. N G.. advising him of the action ne
has taken. - 49,. o1.Lo,,er
In this letter Mr. Blackbur says tiat sitno1sI
the election returns show that has opponent hdu n
ms ioriry of Os6 votes he was not lawfully eieCtTg
NJ Riec,ou-7, charges that gross irregularities, u
ie9sIities and fraud and bribery We're committed p
psrtisans Of Mr.. Hackett and that the CpnaucI & m
unjust wrongful and unlawful
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
YOUNG MAN RESCUEs WOMAN.
Jumps in OF Battery. and Holds Her Up
Until Aid Comes-Crowd Rewards Him.

A young woman about twenty years old,
jumped OF the Liberty Island steamboat pier
at the Battery shortly after o'clock yesterday
afternoon. As she struck the water she
screamed. and her cries attracted John Cuneen,
OF No. 116 Cedar street. Brooklyn. a clerk. He
jumped in. without stopping to remove his coat
hat, and swan 20 he-. Cuneen held the
young woman until a ladder was lowered and
she drawn out. A collection was taken up
among the crowd for the young hero. who was
hurried TO the Hudson Street Hospital IN an
ambulance with the woman.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
PANAMA LEGISLATORS REST,
President Amador May Visit Washington
Visitors on Isthmus.

Panama Dec 2e-The present session ~ the
National Assembly came 10 end 20 day. Among
the last bills passed was one permitting Preslden'
Ams5or 10 leave the territory OF the republic This
win enable him 10 return President Rooserelts :
visit.
Senator Frank Y Flint. Of California. Congress
man Duncan z. McKinay. of the same state; Con-
rressYnsn Joseph Howell. of Utah, and the other
T5ambers of the party who here 10 study the
canal problem attended a reception ar the palace
last night. To- morrow they viii give dinner IN
hnrnr of President An1ador.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
WOULD KILL THE MIKAD0.
japanese Anarchists Also Advocate Mr..
Roosevelt's Removal.

San Francisco Der 2a-Secret SerTice agents
here had their attention called this morning to
an infamn,atory paper published in Berkeley by
Japanese entitled The Revolution in which
the assassination OF the Mikado. President
Roosevelt and others in authority is advocated
in plain language
Marked copies Of the paper were sent through
the mail 10 the Board OF Education in this city
The paper is printed in both japanese and Eng
lish The articles advocating assassination are
in English.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
HEAVY STORMS IN ITALY.

Rome. Dec. e9.-itaiy is experiencing heavy wind
and snow storms. ON the ST. Bernard and Sim
plon passes the thermometer registers several de-
grees below zero. AZ Palermo the wind demol-
ished the bell tower OF the Church OF Ruon Riposo
The tower crashed through the roof OF a building
adjoining the church and seven nuns were buried
in the wreckage They were more or less severely
injured. but not one killed The people OF
Palermo consider the incident miracle.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
DIVIDENDS

NTOCK dividends paid the day of the year The
PianoLa declares div4end of pleasure and roft eUery day
49, the year.
Many of New YorI's important business have
purchased the Pianola purely the basis Not
merely investment pleasure, but investment that
will give them the necessary relaxation from business
they Join golf club
Business being conducted higher pressure day than
before The who immersed in business dur
the day needs absolutely them during the
few hours that he call his The mind
oEknde Of busf1ess hours
At the BadNauhem in Germany where thousands go to
rc-uperate from the results of overork the Panoa be-
ing used in the Cure First tried expermenay
was found TO have very beneficial effect and
tai troubles and established this celebrated
Sanitarium
The very of playing the Panoa takes the mind com
pletey from the beaten path thought The Panoa
does not play eyoa the who does the PLAYING and
compelled give attention the playing Therein lies
its fascination and IFS benefk
Music is tonic. The medical world is giving and
more attention therapeutic But the best
effects from music haze hand the production of
,0nreE
Let business who their customary dividend
checks the of the consider whether
sensible than put the money in Panoa
Pano Piano, through which they immunity from
the harassng of the day be day
duties.
The Ae9llap Company A::':; :s: as A.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
JAPANESE DIET OPENED.

Toxic. Dec. 9s-The Diet opened yesterday
n, oruing by the Emperor. III the speech from tho
T. his majesty dwelt upon tho increasingly
COZ relations between Japan and the powers
and tho great development of national defence.
The Diet will meet again January 2l when the
hndget In its final shape Will be presented.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
CAMDEN MAN ENDS HIS LIFE.

Camden. " J.. Dec. 2e.-Buildings Inspector Will
lam Steinmetz committed suicide here to-day by
cutting his throat with razor. Since the death
of his wife a few months ago. he had been down
hearted and refused TO be cheered by his friends
Fr,ploves OF the 5th Ward Republican Club this
morning found him dead in his room 1t Is also
thought he worried considerably over the posslbil-
ity that he would be resppointed buildings in
spector.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
GOING TO SEE GOVERNOR INSTALLED

Under the leadership ~ Bella Tokaj. Deputy
County Clerk ~ Kings aud representative Of the
old Municipal ONnership League. a delegation will
iesye the CITY morrow night attend tire in-
Hneurstion IF Governor Hughes. The delegation
viii meet 40 - Court street. Brooklyn ani
viii take the midnight train ~ the Grand Cen
ira Sfafior.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
LEAVES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Washington. Dec ss-Assistans Attorney .sarns-
MeRevnoids to-day formally presented 70 As.Sahe, :,
General Bonaparte his resignation 70 ,aas
january l. Mr. McReynolds had aI IoAa5 associars
himself With q law hrn in New "a. rsti lar. .
FORMAL announcement waa oeaASe1
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
a BELGIAN STEAMER LOST.

Cadiz, Dee. "a storm prevails in the Strait Of
Gibraltar. Many ships have sought shelter I'm
various ports along the coast The Belgian steamer
Heidelberg. bound for Havana. has bean lost Sew
sral Of her crew were drowned
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
A. J. CAssATT's INSURANCE.

II was learned yesterday that 4. j. Cassatt was
insured in the Equitable for 100000 He had a Is
year ordinary life policy. which was taken out In
0sa ana hac paid $oS.084 In pSemlunA --------~
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

BROAD ST. ~ y.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

CTOCK dividends paid on the first day of the y
Pfanoia declares dicfdends of pleasure and proft
- in the year.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-28
SAYS EVA BOOTH
HAS MANY DOGS
CHAPPAQUA, N. ", CITIZENS
RAISE A PROTEST
Celebrated Salvation Army Woman
Reported Owning From Twenty
to Sixty Beautiful
CANNES


Special to the Herald.
CHAPPAQUA, N. Y, Feb. 26.-This
quaint hamlet, famous for having been
the home of Horace Greeley, is hoping
that Miss Eva Booth, the Salvation
Army woman, will move to some other
town and take her dogs with her.
No one has been able to count Miss
Booths highly bred vivacious pups ac-
curately, but estimates by her SORROW
full neighbors place the number any
where from twenty to sixty.
Miss Booth lives in Chappaqua and
goes daily to New York. While she Is
busy in the great wicked city saving
souls her immense pack of dogs scat
ters around the town, attack teams and
cause runaways and other annoyances.
Chappaqua people regard the dogs
as a nuisance Just what part these
numerous canine pets, most of them
handsome collies, have in Miss Booth S
unselfish campaign for salvation Of sim
full folks is not apparent.
Among other evidences of an abun-
dant means about Miss Booths estate
of a big handsome three-story country
house with siXty-five acres of lawns
are her man secretary, her woman
amanuensis, a housekeeper and other
servants.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-28
ANGRY OH|OANS
USE THE TORCH
ENRAGED OVER SHo0TINGS
THEY ATTACK NEGROES
six Houses In Springfield Set AfIre
and the Police peHed-MiIItIa
Drives Back the Mob With
6ayonets
BY Associated Press.

BY ASSOCIATED Press
SPRINGFIELD, o., Feb. 27.--Mob
violence resulted tonight from a shoot
ing in the railroad yards early this
morning, in which M. M. Davis, a
brakeman, was perhaps fatally shot by
two negroes, Preston Ladd Of Bellefon-
taine and Edward Dean of this city.
Ladd was taken to the hospital this
morning as a result of injuries re-
ceived presumably in connection with
the shooting of Davis and lies in
ward adjacent to his victim.
Dean was taken to Jail today after
hurried conference of officials.
A mob of 1000 men and boys formed
and marched to the 'tJunsies," local
ity inhabited by negroes, with the an
nounced intention Of burning that
section. The mob soon reached the
"Junges' and battered one house to
pieces with stones and posts used as
battering rams.
At 10 D. m. the mob entered Kempler's
saloon on East Columbia street and
quickly looted it. Kempler and his
wife fled, leaving their three little chill
dren asleep in room over the saloon.
The building was riddled with bullets
and stones, and It was only by the
hardest efforts on the part of the police
n
through the mob and the children
rescued.
After the pillaging of the saloon
drunkenness was an added feature OF
the riot.
At IL o'clock member of the mob
broke through a Gordon of police and
set fire to a house in the "Jungles"
which was quickly burnt down.
Sergeant Creager, who had charge
of the squad of police, was hit on the
head with a brick and seriously
wounded.
A request was sent out for the Xenia
military company.
At midnight six houses which had
been fired by the mob were burning
fiercely and the police had apparently
lost control of the situation.
Only six members of the local militia
responded to the mayors call.
Troops Check Mob
1890 a. n.-The city authorities suc-
ceeded at l2:15 o'clock in assembling
parts of Companies B and y of the
Third regiment which are stationed
here The total force numbers about
rs men. b.
They are now on the scene of the fire,
and have pushed the mob back both,
ways in Columbia street east from Wa
ter street and west from Foster street..
just as tne lTOopS dIIiNeu oic NUTS
building was fired and no efforts were
made to save it. The efforts of the
police and the firemen and the guards
men are now directed solely to forcing
the rioters back and saving the prop
erty outside of the doomed square.
12:45 a. m.-Sheriff Almoney has just
wired Governor Pattison the following:
"Send all possible troops tonight and
hold others in readiness for tomorrow.
C,raaQpr the nOliCanpan hit
In the face with brick, is in a serious
condition. The mob Is stoning and
jeering the militiamen but a show of
bayonets has sufficed so far to keep
the rioters on the move. The rumor
Continued on Page Two)
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-28
RENO PRISONER TELLS
OF A PLOT TO KILL
SENSATIONAL CONFESSION OF A
DESPERATE
Inmates Of Jail Supplied With Knives
and Powder by Trusty Were
Preparing to Murder the Jailer
and Escape
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
RENO, New, Feb. 27.-Wesley Cor
don, colored, one of the desperadoes
who have been trying to freak from
the county Jail at Elko, has made
sensational confession following a third
attempt to escape.
The third attempt at delivery was
discovered after the prisoners had filed
off their handouts and broken their
"Oregon boots to bits. They had torn
up an iron bed, and with pieces of iron
several feet long were preparing to kill
the jailer when he entered to feed them.
They were found lying in wait for him
and were rushed by four men, who
overpowered them and chained them to
the cells.
Gordon says that he and his two com
panions, Sterling and Watson, were
furnished with files, knives and gun
powder by a "trusty"; that guns were
''planted" outside the jail and that
after killing the jailer they intended to
break for the hills and kill anybody
who might pursue them. With the
powder they had blown their heavy
steel Oregon boots" to pieces and with
the saws had removed their handouts.
Gordon said that several lives would
have been lost had the plot been sue
cessful.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-28
BOSTON LAWYER
SHOOTS HIMSELF
GRlEvES OVER SEPARATION
FROM HIS WIFE
Friends Push Him Into His Room
In Hotel and Moment Later
Shot Rings
Out

Charles Ward, a prominent young
lawyer Of Boston, shot himself above
the heart with a 3s-caliber revolver at
1870 o'clock this morning in his room.
2OS, at the Trenton hotel, near Fifth
street and Olive street.
Driven desperate over the separation
from his wife, Ward killed himself
after a night of carousal, say his
friends.
The suicide is son Of prominent
Boston society people and came to Los
Angeles to forget his domestic troubles.
His roommates say that Ward has
been melancholy and continually dis
cussed the divorce proceedings pend
ing in the eastern courts.
r. NJ Gype one of Wards room
mates, was the only witness to the
affair. He said that Ward left the
house early in the evening with a
young man named Jones. Where Ward
spent his time and what he did is not
known by the young man.
Ward was pushed into his room by
two unidentified men," said Gype after
the accident. "I was asleep and when
he entered only awakened to see two
figures shove the young man into the
room. l should judge that it was about
three minutes before the firing Of the
fatal shot that 1 again awakened.
Ward was staggering around the
room. He said nothing, but suddenly
turned on the lights. I saw that he was
nude and apparently under the in
fuence Of liquor. With rush he
pulled open the bottom drat er to the
bureau and took out his army re-
volver.
Before had an opportunity to
realize his motive Ward placed the gun
to his breast ana nred one shot. ne
cried My Cod as he fell. called the
police and he was removed to the re-
ceiving hospital"
From what could be learned last
evening the desperation with which
Ward was filled induced him to drink
heavily. He had been in Los Angeles
for some time and was expecting his
parents from the east soon. The men
associated with Ward say that his
parents have used every effort to have
him return to the east.
Ward expired about 8 o'clock with
out regainng Consciousness.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-28
CLOSE CALL FOR
YOUNG FIELD
THROWN FROM HORSE AT LAKE
WOOD, N. j.
Accident Similar to the One Which
Nearly Caused His Death
Three Years Ago-Injurles
Are Slight
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Marshall Field
III, heir to vast estate, yesterday was
thrown from his horse at Lakewood,
N. j., in an accident similar to that
which nearly caused his death three
years ago. The surgeons say he is not
badly injured. He has never fully re-
covered from his former accident.
In the probate court today Mrs. Field,
jr., was appointed guardian of her
children, and the trustees of the estate
decided to allow her $4,000 annually
for their education. 1t is understood
their education is to be completed en-
tirely in the United States, the trus-
tees opposing the mothers desire to
send them to foreign university. After
they graduate from st. Marks school
at Pennington, Mass, they will be
permitted to select the university or
college in which they prefer to matric-
ulate. Mrs. Field is Fastening to Lake
wood, where her three children are
passing the winter months.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-28
TO IDENTIFY BATES SLAYER
Two Chicago Men Coming to Coast
In Hope of Clearing Up
Murder Mystery


CHICAGO, Feb. q. - Detective Ed
ward Burns of the local police force
and Edward Slavin, telephone operator
at the Auditorium hotel, left for Cali
fornia today to identify, if possible, a
man who is now on the Pacific coast
and is suspected of being the murderer
of William Bate, the chauffeur whose
body was found in his automobile near
Lemont, ILL.,. November 10, 1904
Chief Collins at first denied that the
two men had left for California, but
later made some admissions that gave
color to the story. He refused to say
to what part of the coast Detective
Burns had gone.
Bate was called to the Auditorium
hotel to receive. 4 passenger who tele-
phoned for him and who called himself
Mr. Dove. They rode away and in
the morning the body Of Bate was
found in the machine. twenty-five miles
away, and Mr.. Dove has never since
been seen.
Slavin did the telephoning for Dove
and is the only person who saw him
and Bate ride away together.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-28
MADEIRA RESERVOIR BREAKS
Mighty Rush of Water Down the
Dry Bed of Fresno
RfNar
av AssocIated Presn.

FRESNO, Feb 27-The lower reser-
voir Of the MADEIRA Canal and Irriga-
tion company, known as the Archibald
reservoir. three miles east of MADEIRA,
broke this evening at7 o'clock and pent
up water went with n mighty rush
down the dry bed of the Fresno river,
filling the stream to it's banks, wash :
ing away lead gates and bridges and
stopping traffic on the railroads by
making their bridges unsafe.
About 200 feet of the east end of the
Ievee gave way and as the water rushed
through the gap 1t made roar like the
breakers on rock-bound coast.
The dam gave way on account Of
the seepage through the lower part
OF dam which was built without digging
into the earth for foundation.
The water piled high on the Southern
Pacific bridge at MADEIRA.
SIX piles We're knocked out and the
bridge, weighted with the gravel deck.
sagged and became useless. All day
today through trains went by the west
side.
The damage to the irrigation company
Is great
1T has heen reported that the Miller
and Lux dam below MADEIRA also broke.