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New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
MANY LIVES IN PERIL.
austrian Lloyd Steamer Wrecked
ON Coast of Crete.

Trieste Austria Hungary. Feb. 23.-The Aus
trian Lloyd steamer Imperatrix, bound from
Trieste to Bombay ran on a rock last evening
near Cape Elaphonis on the island of Crete,
and sank soon afterward. It is known that the
wreck was accompanied by loss of life, but the
number of drowned is unknown. The pas
sengers and crew on board numbered about one
hundred and fifty The Imperatrix sailed from
Trieste on February 10.
\ telegram has been received from the COM
pany's agent at Canea which says
The following letter has been received from
lieutenant of the ImperatriX: Twelve persons
and myself nave been saved; the others are on
board the steamer the position Of which Is ex-
treme!y dangerous"
The Austrian Lloyd steamer Imperatrix was
800 feet long. 45 feet beam, % feet in depth and
of 2,334 tons. She was built by the Lloyd
Austriaco of Trieste IN 1888.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
ALMOST A PANIC IN THEATRE.

During the performance of "Fantaua' at the
Metropolis Theatre, l42d street and Third avenue,
last night the fuse Of the spotlight machine blew
With load report, simultaneously there was
n brilliant fash of light. followed by Il splutternS
ncgO and the pungent odor OF burning rubber. The
hcure was dark at the time which added to the
Excitement.
Several youths in the gallery shouted Fire.
and c,G-t ed rush for the exits The audience
rose to their fset and a panic seemed imminent,
Anxious looks were cast at the gallery and persons
in the lower part OF the house and the boxes began
to move toward tho exits AT this 1uncture the
electrician turned on the lights and the employees
Of the theatre stationed themselves at the exits
and turned everybody back. at the Same time
shouting that therH was no danger; In the mean
time several policemen rushed to the gallery and
by energetic methods succeeded in curbing the ex-
element
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
NEU STEEL MERGER.
Independent Plants To Be Com
bined as Imperial Steel CO..
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

ISF 4elt gfoDa 20 Inc lFioQle-l
Cleveland, Feb. 23-Independent steel COM
panies throughout the country are being merged
into a syndicate 10 be known the Imperial
Steel Company Of America. Through the IN
corporation Of the American Steel Company in
Columbus to-day the plans OF tho merger be-
came known.
Through the efforts of Joseph B. Turner pres
idcnt Of the Continental Steel Company. all the
independent plants manufacturing the higher
grades OF steel will be combined. The Ameri-
can steel syndicate. of which NIr Turner IS the
local representative, Is underwriting the Imperial
company. which will have Il capital Of $4,000
600 or more The incorporation Of the American
Steel Company is only the beginning Of the
merger. The Imperial syndicate already has
obtained control of four plauts-Jhe Continental
Steel Company. the Sadiron plant, of Chagrin.
Falls: the June plant, Of Fremont. Ohio and the
Ohio and Pennsylvania Steel Company. OF
Johustowl. Penn, and has options on others.
including plants in Chicago and Pittsburg. The
owners of the companies TO be merged accord
ing TO Mr.. Turner, Will he paid in cash and
stocks and bonds of the Imperial company.
Judge Noah Biesecker, OF Pittsburg, will be
chairman of the board of directors of the syn
dicatc The entire deal VIII he closed in Pitts
burg OH Tuesday
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
L. M. STANTON NOMINATED
Candidate to Succeed the Late Is
SembEyman Stanley.

The Republicans Of the 18th Assembly District
at a convention held last night at No. 2255 Broad
way nominated as a candidate for the Assembly 10
I'll the vacancy caused BY tie death Of Merwin G.
Stanley Lucius NJ Stanton, who is in business at
No 1876 Broadway ana lives at No. q West list
street. The names Of Frederick Flanagan. sales
man. Of No. 200 West 18th street, and Henry J.
Crawford a lawyer, Of No 90 Nassau street, were
also before the convention. Stanton the or
eanization candidate, and after heated contest
received the nomination. getting 80 out Of 1856 votes
Flanagan had the backing Of the Quigg faction
Of the district and Stanton the support OF Harry
W Mack the organization leader. Crawford S
friends were headed by John c. Coleman.
Herbert Parsons attended the convention and
Robert @ NaZet was active in getting the stanton
delegates IN line. William II. FuleE who rat
Stantou's name before the convention said that
while he liked the company Of the members Of the
old organization. still he thought they were going
too far in opposing the choice OF the district com
plittee The special election takes Place on March T.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
DARK CHICAGO LUNGS IN GLASS JARS.
Exhibit Before City Club in Address Against
the Smoke Evil"
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Chicago Feb 23.-The menace to health in the
smoke with which the atmosphere OF Chicago is
surcharged was shown at the City Club day
when Professor Lester p. Breckenridge. of the
mechanical engineering department of the Uni
vcrsity Of Illinois, spoke on THE Commercial
Possibilities Of a Smokeless Chicago" The club
is making a crusade against the Smoke evll.'
In glass jars the lungs OF Chicagoans IN
varying stages of blacsness due to inhaled SCOT.
The lungs Of the adult Chicasoans were shown
to be almost as black as those os q coal miner.
Professor Breckenridge said that the question OF
smoke suppression III Chicago has passed be-
yond the engineering stage ana that the problem
can be solved only by intelligent study and the
active cooperation Of the citizens.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
BALLOON ASCENT AT WASHINGTON.

Washington. Feb 23.-After fight OF a little
more than two hours, the big racing balloon Amer
ica under the auspices OF the Aero Club which
made its ascension in this city to-day. success
fully descended and landed at Croom's Station
Prince George County, Md, distance Of about
twenty miles.
rbe ascension was made at 11O o'clock this
afternoon and the balloon came down at 3:44. The
passengers-AIr. Mccoy. Alan r. Hawley August
r Post of New York a member Of the Aero
Club and Leo Stevens, the professional aeronaut-
returned TO this city tonight, ana report hav
ing had a delightful trip. The balloon which was
unipiureI was packed up and returned to New
Yor and will be entered in the at St. Louis
next spring. Mr Post said that the highest alu-
+lIe attained by the balloon $500 feet and
Tho lowest temperature was "A degrees. Twelve
hundred pounds OF ballast carried in the
balloon but only one-quarter of this amount was
used.
Many scientists, government officials and army
itS flight.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
BROKER AND WIFE HURT.
Dir. and Hrs. c. 4. KittIe Seriously
Injured in Runaway.

Charles A Kittle. a member OF the firm Of :.
H. P. Peu & Co.. bankers and brokers. Of No. 43
Exchange Place. and his wife were seriously in
jured last night IN a runaway accident at the
Brooklyn end Of the Williamsburg Bridge. They
were returning to their home, at No. 1888 De
Graw street Brooklyn. from performance at
the Princess Theatre. Both OF them in the
Eastern District Hospital Mrs KiJtle is injured
internally and is not expected by the surgeons
TO live. Mt Kittle has abrasions Of the face and
head and several ribs broken.
They were in a cab driven by Hugh Savage, Of
No q Pacific street. Brooklyn. who is also in
the hospital with a possible fracture Of the
skull. When near the Brooklyn anchorage. an
automobile coming UP behind footed its horn.
frightening the horse. which bolted, in spite Of
the efforts Of the driver. The policeman on duty
at the bridge entrance tried to shut the emer-
gency gate, but was not soon enough, and tho
horse plunged through onto the plaza, narrowly
missing a crowded trolley At South Sth
street and Broadway the cab lift an elevated
pillar and was overturned. The horse ran about
fifty feet further, dragging the overturned cab.
with 1Ir. and Mrs. Kittle lying in a heap in the
bottom.
Mr.. Kittle is also a director Of s Osgood Peh
& Co, real estate dealers.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
POLICE MOVE on ALBANY.
Committee Of Three to Go to Capital
to Fight Bingham Measure.

The Inspectors Association, OF which James G.
Hussey is secretary will send a committee of three
to Albany to appear before the Committee ON Cities
and state their objections The police bill Tues
day. if called upon t1 90 So
The Inspectors Association recently sent n COM
mttee to call upon Commissioner Bingham 10 ask
his permission send committee 10 Albany to
state their for opposing the measure. Com
missioner Bingham the time told the committee q
that he had no objection 10 the proposed course
but wanted to confer with Mayor Ac'' -li1H hetore
granting his permission. Mayor Nee il'H haG I,0
objections. and to-day the tomn'ss -l.. tnuourced
his uDuue5CcICe
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
GEN. GRANTS COJIJIENTS.
Nay Be asked to Erplain Alleged
Criticism of President.
From The nibune Bureau,l

Washington. Feb. 23.-The War Department
feels the embarrassment OF remarks which were
publicly made by General Frederick D. Grant
yesterday in Philadelphia The California-Jap-
anese situation is a topic which most govern
ment officials have readily appreciated should
not be publicly discussed. least Of all in man
ner which in any way reflects on the President
on account of the incident Of receiving the
Mayor of San Francisco. The explanation which
will probably be asked Of General Grant is
expected to elicit the statement that General
Grant did not say exactly what he is quoted as
saying and, in any event, that he thought no
was talking to friends. without the desire or in
tenttOn TO have his remarks published.
The embarrassment caused to the War De-
partment Is due TO the fact that General Grant
occupies a prominent position in the military
establishment, being in command OF the prlnci-
pal military department. and being. in addition.
the fourth the list Of major generals. II
some less Couspicuous officer had made the re-
marks attributed 10 General Grant there is no
question that he would have been promptly
called to account. but there is always some hesi-
tation in taking action involving the discipline
OF an officer Of General Grants rank and sta
tiOn. Those IN charge Of such matters in tho
Var Department view with amazement the ire
quency with which army officers are betrayed
into speaking their minds when something less
sensational might answer the requirements Of
the situation.
General Grant is reported as having said at
the dinner Of George G. Meade Post in Philadel-
phia Friday night: 1T shocked and positively
made me unhappy TO read that the President
had TO talk TO indicted Mayor from Call
fornia city and make terms with him for the
carrying out Of a solemn treaty with foreign
power One thing I can say to you with posi-
tiveness. and that IS, had the incident occurred
between March 4. 1869. and March f. 1877. no
such conference would ever have been held at
tie White House n Washington"
A close friend Of General Grant said last night
that the general had been msquoted and that
General Grant deplored deeply that distorted
account OF his speech should have been printed.
The friend, who heard the generals remarks,
said: General Grant IN referring 10 the re-
cent conference Between tho President and
Mayor Schmitz. of San Francisco. on the Japan
ese question. said that the conditions IN the
country between the years 1859 and 1877 vera
much different than those OF the present and
required different dealing.
General Grant is a great admirer Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. An entirely wrong construction
was put upon his words"
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
John G. CARLISLE ENGAGED.

Richmond, Va. Feb. 23-Information has been
received here confirming the reported engage
rlent Of Mrs. Gertrude Tucker Logan. Of Vir-
ginia, and John G. Carlisle. ex-Secretary Of the
Treasury. Mrs. Logan is daughter of the late
John Randolph Tucker. and sister of Harry
st. George Tucker, president Of the jamestown
Exposition Company AS Miss Gertrude Tucker
she was considered q great beauty.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
I NONE ON FLYER KILLED.
FEW ESCAPED INJURY.
Three Cars Of Pennsylvania Special
Went Into ShaJIozC Water.

Johnstovn, Penn. Feb. 23-No one was killed
IN the wreck Of the Pennsylvania special the
famous eighteen-hour train between New York
and Chicago, at Mineral Point seven miles east
of here, about midnight last night, and it is now
believed that no one was fatally injured. Few
Of the hfty-four passengers on the train es-
capped more or less serious injury however.
The wreck occurred on a curve on a section
n track where steel cross ties are being tested
The last three cars. all Pullmans, went down
the sixty-fOot embankment into the Conemaugh
River and turned over. They broke through the
thick zee. but there was so little water in the
stream that there was no danger of drowning.
The passengers all suffered severely from the
intense cold, as we'll as from the injuries caused
BY the wreck AL were IN their berths at the
tine Of the accident, and many escaped from
the wrecked coaches IN their night clothes
IN the midst OF the confusion a number Of
foreigners were detected plundering the Pullman
cars. One was arrested and the others driven
away by a display Of firearms. Considerable
jewelry and valuable wearing apparel VIII be
lost as q result however Later two other ar
rests we're made.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24

sEARoARD FLORIDA LIMITED LEAVES
y y. daily, Y 25 Due St Aug $50 2 m. sea-
board office. 1lss w, or any P, r. r. ofice.-AYt
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
TWENTY PERSONS SWEPT INTO LAKE.
Avalanche Carries Away Norwegian Farm
house-Two Buried Alive

Trondhjem. Norway. Feb. 23.--An avalanche
OF snow down the clifrs Of the Geiranger Fjord
to-day swept farmhouse and its twenty in
alive.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
rLoRIoh, cueA & NASSAU,

Lv. y. i. 12.10 P. II. The sumptuous Southerns
Palm Limited n. Y. Offices 27l s 12to Bway.-AdVt.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
SAVANNAH LINE TO THE SOU

Low excursion rates 70 all southern resorts
Large. new ships, superior service For tickelA
reservations. Telephone s5s5 sgrlng
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24

AFTER ALL, usHER's THE SCOTCH
that made the hishbau famous.-AdYt, =
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
Continued on nth page.
oEwEYs WINES STAND FoR QUALITY

y srraSke purs Vines and Mature them naturally
-A6Et - -'' 1i'3i- S--- -fsW York
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26
STEAMSHIP NAMES.
The Way They Are Shortened In the
companies' Offices.

The Way They Are Shortened In the
Companies Offices.
No matter how long or difficult Of
pronunciation may be the name Of a
steamer. the passenger agents and
clerks Of the various steamship lines
make an effort to be correct I'm using 1t
when selling tickets to customers. oc-
casionally they make a slip Of the
tongue and call the steamer by the
nickname used in the office when pas
sengers are not around The steamers
Of the Atlantic Transport line. the Min
neapolis. the Minnetonka and the Min
nehaha, are referred to generally as
the "Minnies," Individually the Min
netouka is called the "Tonk" and the
Mesaba the "Mes." The Red line Va
derland is called Father the Finland
the Fin" and the Kroonland and the
iceland the "Kroon" and the Zee" re-
spectifely. The prefix St is dropped
when reference is made to the st.
Paul; the St Louis is called 'Looie"
and the Philadelphia is called the
"Phillie." The North German Lloyd
liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse In the
parlance of the office force is the big
Bill" and the Kaiser Wilhelm II. is
BILLY Two"-New York Tribune.
Blindness Of coneeit.
ever notice the density OF con.
celted person ?" asked business man.
ITO me that's the most striking thing
about such an Individual Maybe he
has some qualities that justify 6s
good opinion OF himself. and maybe
not. He's dense just the same. and
the proof OF II is that he doesn't realize
how he impresses his associates IN
pleasantly. II the average conceited
man had the least Idea OF the handi-
cap under which he is laboring he'd
shed It mighty quick But he hasn't,
and it's impossible to drill it into him.
He's the modern human ostrich, with
his head stuck into the sand. so far
as any recognition Of his disagreeable
trait IS concerned New York Press
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26
A MARRIAGE FICTION.
The Old Time Notion That Matches
Are Made In Heaven.

The Old Time Notion That Matches
Are Made In Heaven.
The polite fiction obtains that mar
riages are made IN heaven. This ro-
mantle viewpoint is particularly popu-
lar In America. where it is held 70 be
highly improper for parents to make
any move toward securing good hus-
bands for their daughters and immod-
est for girls to manifest any interest
IN the subject themselves
The conventional theory is that the
matter Is on the knees OF the gods and
that in due season husbands Will be
provided Ike mama in the wilderness
for sustenance Of the faithful Unfor-
iunafely this miracle does not always
come OF Cor every woman. The supply
Of mama gives out There are not
enough husbands to 90 around, and
these are unevenly divided. Some wo-
men get three or four, while others get
none. But neither the old maids nor
their parents realize that the reason
that they did not share in the dispen-
sation was their own fault, because
they aid not put themselves. as old
fashioned Methodists used to say, in
an attitude to receive the blessing
Dorothy DIX In Ainslee's.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26
NEW ZEALAND MAGIC.
A Native story Of the Power Of the
Tohunsa

A Native story Of the Power Of the
Tohunsa.
From New Zealand comes the follow
ing weird yarn;
''The tohunga native magician) was
even credited with the power Of In
huencing the dead. The present writer
was a witness Of the following Incl.
dent; A branch OF the Arawas, the
tribe OF the district Of Rotorua. being
at war. had suffered defeat. and one
Of their braves had been brought home
dead. The vanquished sought at once
to find out by some omen connected
with the dead chief whether they
would be successful IN their next en-
counter. The tohunga was requested
to procure the desired omen the peo-
PIE sq1Gtfag M u r'ag q uii tie hler
Advancing a lew PAGES from the dead
body. the priest began TO recite
powerful lncantation intent on MAX
ing the deceased give some sign. the
eyes Of all present being Fixed on the
slain warrior. Presently the corpse
was observed to move slightly TO one
side, on which great cry of Joy rose
from the people The movement was
interpreted as sign OF future victory
This feat was often performed by the
tohunga of olden times" = Chicago
News.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26
AN ALL DAY CIGAR.
ne Kind smoIss By q Tribe Of eouth
American Indians.


ne Kind Smoked By q Tribe Of eouuh
American indiana
Cigars a foot and a half long, which
are made for one days smoking. are
shown ~ the American Museum OF
Natural History. With them Is hold
e which looks Ike a tuning fork and
is large enough to be used for pitch
ing hay.
Ear up the Rio Nlgra, a tributary OF
the Amazon. two explorers made col
lection Of articles for the museum.
The Indians there made cigars eight
cen Inches long and as big around as
q child's arm. One Of these cigars Is
too much for any ease loving man to
clasp, 50 the Indians put the fragrant
roll between the tines Of a fork two
and q half feet long, stick the sharp
end OF the handle into the ground at
convenient distance from their ham
mocks and take a pun from time to
time as they sway lazily backward
and forward
There are many other picturesque
articles in the collection, which was
made during a three months journey
from the coast The material IL Of the
highest value. and nothing like It has
been seen except a few articles In a
German museum.-New York Herald.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26
THE OLD MASTERS.
Miserable Compensation For Their
Grand Works Of Art.


Grand Works Of Art.
II make more money in a day than
Michael Angelo made In a month. -
said a popular illustrator. I've been
studying up the wages those old chaps
got. II is amazing.
michael Angelo was paid $40 a
month while doing the cartoons Of the
battle OF Pisa. and Leonardo. who
helped him. got the same rate. They
were both locked for lateness and on
days. but there was no overtime allow
ance. Corregglo got for his Christ In
the Garden S7.25 Carraccfs 'Resur.
rection' only brought the painter $3.50
Albert Durer for bis pen and ink por-
traits was not paid in cash. a bag Of
-four. a hundred oysters, pair Of
boots-Durer would gladly do your
portrait on such a system OF remunera-
tion.
"Rembrandts top notch price was
s475. He got that for his Night
Watch
"VelasQuez worked chiefly for the
Spanish government. He was paid at
the average rate Of S35 a picture.
Think Of It! Thirty-fve dollars for the
'Rokeby yenusP Minneapolis Jour
nah
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26
Han understood.

''What are You reading MarlanT
asked mamma Of a little girl with her
head bent down under a heavy volume
IN her lap
"'The Wide Awake World. nam
ma"
'Gracious.s-chil interrupted a big
sister ''You can't understand more
than half or that book
Marian looked at the speaker with
dignity. u rad h'-for the half ] do
understand she said.-St Louis Re.
public.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26

~By the way" said the old shoe
maker do you know what makes a
bunionf NOT Well. It Is simply get
ting shoes too short In a short shoe
TIE foot cannot follow the dictates Of
growth imposed BY nature But It sim
ply cannot keep from growing
so the tissue and bone and 6esh
that should 20 into the toes ls simply
ridelracked into a bunch wherever Il
can rat the easiest and forms a bun
son. philadelphia North American.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26

"Ilefe you went and told me you
would trust Beasley with your life.
and on the strength OF that loaned
him $40 that now you tell me III new
err get"
"Well. what of III ] said I'D trust
him with my life, aud would. Beas-
ley may be a beat. but he is no assas-
sin. Cincinnati EnquIrer.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26

While little Gertrude was looking out
Of a window during a thunderstorm
ahs saw a Hash Of lightning play
along a telegraph wire.
~Oh. mamma" she exclaimed. Il
Just saw a piece OF the sun fall down
from the siyF-New York Press
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26

IN olden times It took a broken six
pence to plight the roth Of two fond
hearts 10 proper style. These days its
The lover who IS broke. But be Is
much the same old sixpence.-Puck
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26

Enthusiastic Amateur eailor-Let 70
hat 5ib shett enlhuslnshe Land
lohfer (rho 1a1 been tocoyed into ttI.
ms crew I'm noi iolehlng &c bs1sl.
y thingl- Puneh
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26

Mrs. Gossip-Mrs. Richleigh nas 50
much embonpolnt. hasn't shei Mrs.
Someup 0udicrouslyl-We now. she
might have II she wasn't 20 fat Bal
timoro American.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26

The aFe1Ee eistaion ot North
Anerica b i.95o fogt ana o. Bouth
hnelica 400 loot
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-26

N, b.rf norlfaiig ate lho9e IN which
flsrs 3 siiglit nl1iiss 81 seiicatufe
--lfatiuiHy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

The social Wednesday evening in the
parlors Of the Universalist church by the
members of the parish was largely at
tended and proved n great success. 1hos"
acting as hosts and hostcsses were: DIR.
ard Mrs. T. NJ. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. G.
T.. Vickery, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mayo, Mir.
and Mrs. L. l.. Libby, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
T.. Frost, Mr.. and Mrs. c. VI. Barbour
and Mr.. ana Mrs. A. F. Tibbetts. a pro-
gran: much enjoyed consisted of the 1ol-
lowing numbers: March. Salina Patten;
violin solo. II. c. Hunter, with piano ac-
compartment by his daughter Alice; Vo-
cal duet. Misses Marjorie Manock and
IIilda Lilly: solo. Iva Fiarnham; reading,
Marion Griffin, piano duet, Mrs. Florice
Mardcn and Miss Grace Rogers; vocal
SOLO. Mamie Spaulding: violin solo, Doro-
thy Drake; reading. Clair Turner; vocal
solo. Mrs. w. NJ. Bigelow; miscellaneous
marches. Miss Rogers. Refreshments of
sandwiches, cake, coffee and pickles were
served