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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-26

IN inc case Of Daniel Puah AGAINST
,ne oregon short Line Railroad cont
plny, Drought o. recover $50 due for
Ine killing Of Cd horse near THIRTEEN
sll.st uy one of the Defendants loco
tne,i,.',, 'he court. after hearing the
Of the plaintiff for the amoppf 49,
"a for. ''""' PldF-
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
AWFUL LOSS Of LIFE AS
SOUND STEAMER SINKS
Joy Liner Larchmont Goes Down
Off Watch Hill, R. |.
DISASTER CAUSED BY COLLISION
Schooner Harry knowltOn Punched
n Hole in the Steamship-Scores
Drowned or FroZen-Only 20
Out of 40 Saved.

Out OF lIO SaVeu.
Block Island, r. I.-Crashing to-
gether in the teeth OF an icy gale,
which had dashed the sea to a fury,
the steamboat Larchmfont, of the Joy
Line, and the Harry Knowlton, a
three-masted schooner, coal laden,
sank soon after midnight off Watch
Hill, fifteen miles from this place.
The latest estimates place the num-
Der dead at 1S1.
Of an approximate total of $50
passengers on the Joy liner all but
nine plunged to their death beneath
the icy waters or died from exposure
in a desperate struggle to row ashore.
Of the crew of fifty, ten, including
Captain George McVey, reached
shore in a long boat after one of the
most thrilling battles against zero
cold and a raging sea ever told along
the Eastern coast.
Captain Frank T. Haley, of the
schooner, with his crew of six men,
left his ship at a point three miles
from here and rowed in safety to the
life-saving station at Weekapaug.
Several had frozen feet and hands
and three were unconscious when the
small boat was cast far upon the
shore by a huge roller.
Scenes and suffering of an indie
scribable character marked the COLI
sion and the attempts at rescue. Men
and women, driven frantic by the
bitter winds, which, spray laden,
swept over the frail boats, gave
up the struggle and leaped into
the sea. Men had to give up the oars
because of the cold, and dozens fell
PROSTATE in the bottom of the little
craft and lay there until swept into
the towering seas or the boats were
washed ashore.
Of the nine boats and RATS which
left the Larchmont, each laden to it's
capacity with frantic passengers and
crew members, only two had men at
the oars. The others had drifted
hopelessly in the racing waves and,
ice coated and awash, piled ND on
the beach, where men awaited them.
Some contained a dozen bodies. 9th
ers contained men, women and chill
dr5p. vi Q iCgE. IzHaS and La-ss fro
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Fortune For Bank Clerk.

The will of Alfred NJ. Livingston,
the wealthy bachelor who committed
suicide in his apartments in Trenton
recently, shows that Livingston's
wealth was between 100000 and
S350,000, the bulk of which, after
all the debts are paid, goes to Mr..
Livingston's cousins in equal shares.
One of the principal requests is $20,-
GOO to Leon Bennington, a young
man who is employed as a clerk in
n of the Trenton banks, and who,
as a boy, accompanied Mr.. Livingston
on several trips abroad. Mr.. Living
ston also left Bennington a quan-
tity of furniture, books and jewelry.
Bennington has announced that he
will continue his employment with
the bank. Charles S. Albertson, clerk
in a local haberdashery, who always
waited upon Livingston, was left
$1,000. Other requests ire: Five
thousand dollars to Union Industrial
Association; 5000 to Mercer Hos
pital and $500 to Mercer Cemetery
Trustees for the keeping of the dead
mans grave in order.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Prayer a Harmonizer.

Peter had a praying band ab0VS
him; for ten days the disciples CON-
tinued in prayer. When the preacher
stands as Peter did, surrounded by a
praying church, the result is a multi
tude of converts, s-teadfastness in
church life, self-denial and gladness.
Peters sermon was born Of prayer.
A praying people cannot Quarrel;|
strife, malice, back-biting-open
springs that feed church quarrels-
are dried up by the south wind of
prayer. A church on its knees look
ing to Christ, overlooks much. He
that studies the stars has no time to
criticise his fellows; the telescope
that walls in the planet walls out
men. A praying people do not oppose
the pastor; molten metal easily takes
the shape of the mold set for it;
hearts united in prayer conform to
the pastors plans, fill up, and give
value to his purposes.-Ram's Horn.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
WAR ON THE BRITISH LORDS
Attorney-GeneraI WaIton's Sen.
sationaI Speech.
Abolition of Hereditary Legislators
Advocated-Issue to Hold the
Liberal Factions Together.

London.-The Government has
given the country to understand that
1t will make a serious attempt to
abolish the House of Lords as a legis-
lative body. This revolutionary
measure, which was first limited at
by the late Mr.. Gladstone in the crisis
over the Home Rule bill, will now be-
come the first article of the Liberal
party policy.
Acknowledgement Sir John Lawson
Walton, whose speech regarding the
House of Lords has created a sensa-
ton, declared that the Liberals were
entering upon a work of grim and
serious character. which would mean
revolution, and which would involve
two or three d~issolutions Of Parlia-
ment. The House of Lords, he de-
clared, was entirely out of harmony
with modern democratic institutions
n must go down. Whether any
thing of 1t would be left and, if so, in
what form, they could not yet deter
mine. If the House of Lords set it.
self against the national will it would
be like a heap of sand setting itself
against the rising water.
The Government would endeavor
to give effect to the will of the peo-
pie, he said, by a. of bills which
the Peers would promptly throw out,
and that would lead to a combination
between the Crown and the people to
defeat the ar~istocracy. 1t would
mean a Encouragement ofs constitu-
tional and political forces and a
struggle Of no slight difficulty. In
the meantime there would be press
ing and urgent legislation that would
not brook delay, and the Government
would undertake such legislation
with a determination to carry it
through in spite of ell opposition.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
A JUSTICE BLOWN Up
BY INTERNAL MACHINE
Robert Cortez, of Paterson, Killed
by Package Sent by Express.
HIS SON ROBERT is INJURED
He Was Active Against Italian Grim
inals-Almost Torn to Pieces
When He Openedthe Deadly Box
Sent From Newark.

Paterson, N. j. Robert Cortez.
Justice of the Peace and one of the
best known Italians in this city, was
literally blown to pieces in his Office
at 20 Passaic street by an Internal
machine. He was carried to st.
Joseph's Hospital with broken and
badly lacerated arms and legs and
with long gashes in his back. His
face and head were orr in many
places. His ante-mortem statement
was taken before he died. He leaves
a wife and eight children.
CorteZ left a friend in Ellison
street and went directly to his office,
where his twelve-year-old son, Rob-
ert, gave him an express package
hat had arrived from Newark by the
American Express Company.
The package was about ten inches
square and about four inches thick.
1t was simply addressed Robert
Cortes, Justice of the Peace, Passaic
street, Paterson, N. j."
The second wrapper was fastened
by a buckled strap. Cortex had
9oAuO |ulllCulIy III lOOS6nlnR the
ouckle. The package exploded just
when the buckle pin became unfast-
ened. The action of the explosion
was downward. A large hole six feet
square was blown through the floor,
and the Office desk tumbled into the
cellar.
Cortez was blown about four feet
toward the door. He was covered
by plaster and the debris of the
office furniture.
Cortez's sol was only slightly in
iured from the explosion, mostly
powder burns over his face and
hands. He was near the office door.
When the explosion occurred, and
was blown into a corner. He was
unconscious when found, but US
tained no serious injury.
The front of the place was blown
out, and the ceiling and sides of the
office were shcrn of their plaster.
The only thing that withstood the
force of the explosion was the safe.
Cortez had been active against the
thieves of late, and it is supposed
:hat Of them sent IN internal ma
.Lf1N Ia hin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
KILLS DOCTOR AND HERSELF.
Kansas City Physician and q Woman
Found Dead in His Office.

Kansas City, Mo.-Dr. Everett H.
Merwin, ~thirty-eight years old, who
had spent several years on British
steamships as a surgeon, and Miss
Maud Slater, twenty-three years old,
were found dead in Merwin's Office in
the Hall Building, and all evidence
points to the theory that the girl shot
the physician and then committed
suicide as the result of insane jeal-
ousv Each had been shot through
the head. and a pistol was found
ne5r The extended right hand OF the
girl.
The doors Of the ofaco were locked
and neighboring tenants Of tue build
ing who heard the sound of shots in
DR. MerWin's Office we're obliged to
force an entrance. The aged parents
of the girl said that she was a patient
Of Dr.. Merwjn's, and ,Aat sLa hai an
nounced before she left home that
she intended to go to the doctors
Office for treatment.
It IL stated that DR.. Merwiu had
Expressed annoyance because Miss
Slater frequently wrote letters to
him, telephoned to him and In other
ways thrust her attentions on him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
EX-GOVERNOR HIGGINS DEAD.
He Had Been Iii Since Retiring From
Office.

Olean, N. Y.-Frank Wayland Hig-
gins died after his long fight against
a complication of organic troubles
which all but Frustrated him in the
closing months of his term as Gov
ernor
Frank Wayland Higgins was the
thirty-eighth Governor under the New
York State Constitution. He was
born in Rushford, Allegany County,
August IS, 1856. His father was Or
rim T. Higgins, and his grandfather
was DR.. Timothy Higgins, a pioneer
of Allegany County. He al edu-
Gated in the Rushford Academy and
in the Riverview Academy, Pough-
keepsie, from which he was gradu-
ated in 1873. Then he took a COM
mercial course in a business college.
He travelled over the country for sew
eral months and when nineteen years
old began his business career in Stan
ton, Mich.
In 1897 the former Governor re-
turned to New York State and made
his home in Olean, taking over the
management of a wholesale and re-
tail grocery business under the firm
name of Higgins, Blodgett & Co. He
was elected Governor in 1904.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Huge Sums For Schools.

Inc State Board of Education at
has completed the apportion-
ment OF school moneys for 1907. The
mount to be raised by taxation for
state school purposes is $~3,238,55S.
m n amount apportioned from
the State fund to lessen the amount
70 pc raised by taxation is $1,079,519.
Ihls, with the $4,000 apportioned
from n State school fund, makes a
total Of $4,518,077, as against a to.
tai last year of $3,372,628. This in.
crease is due to the increase in rata.
Dies last year. The school tax i2
raised each year on a basis Of two
and three-fourths mills on each dol.
lar or assessed valuation of property
OF the preceding year. The State
Board of Education in the appor-
tlonment includes also the money ap.
portioned by the State Controller un.
der the tax to be derived through the
Perkins main stem tax law, which the
railroads have carried to the Courts.
This adds $~2,539,867 to the S4,51S,.
O17 and makes a grand total of ST..
046,S43 available for school purposes
for 1907 in addition to what may be
raised through local taxes. This
means an increase of about ITO per
cent. over what was available last
year, and will materially reduce the
mount of money to- be raised by
local taxation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Subject: A Separated People.

at you you may read therein the
deepest motives of his soul. There is
no mud there. But how different are
the motives of the men of The world.
Lacking principle, it is well to be
wary of their motives. The man who
is continually looking out for himself
may, not unjustly, be suspected Of
having an axe to grind. His chief
aim is to throw dust in your eyes
that you may not see through him.
His ways are devious and his motives
double and dangerous. /
But the greatest thing that differ
entiates the Christian from the world
is the soul life. The man who puts
his trust in temporalities has little of
that and generally wants more of it.
Being chiefly Jealous to get a full
store of this worlds goods he hasn't
time to waste over the inner nan
and intangible realities Of life. His
time is preoccupied by the present.
The Christian, however, is not so.
Living a full, rich, free, helpful life
in the world, he yet realizes that af-
ter all the soul life is the thing. His
chief interest in the material things
of life lies in the fact that through
them his soul may find expression.
To live lei to God is his first desire
and %endeavor, for he knows that then
the basis of life is sur
All, yes, there is a difference be-
tween Gods men and Belial's. There
is a sharp line of demarkation be-
tween the life of ~selfshness and the
life of selfilessness. On the one hand
we have an army of pure minded,
clean hearted, noble acting men and
women; and opposed to them a host
of unprincipled s~elf-seekers. The
man who is clothed upon by Christ
cannot be happy and and do wrong;
the servant of Satan thinks it happi-
ness if SO be he only gets on top.
The Christian views his actions in the
light of eternity and considers their
everlasting consequences.
l am not anxious that Christians
should be labelled by the clothes they
wear. 1 am solicitous that their de-
pertinent should mark them as
Christ's; that when they open their
mouths men shall know without any
guesswork upon whose side they
stand; that when the rub comes be-
tween wrong and righteousness they
shall stand up and be counted With
the hosts of heaveR- Y
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
90 Common penominator.

It seems 10 be taken Tor granted BY
a number Of writer's that the only
way Of ra1 srinE the Gospel OF Christ
acceptable 20 men is to show its ike
ness to other religions, and to try 70
find The common denominator bss
tween them all. This is a line u ds-
tense with which we are becoming
familiar, but It does not require
much foresight to see that it is
doomed to fail. It is GRE tang 10
show what IS very necessary 70 be
shown that the Gospel is the perfec-
ton Of all light and truth IN the
vUIi5; It !s quite another to ATTEMPT
to make all the light and truth equal.
There is no need to ~disparage th
broken rays Of light and the partial
morsels Of truth which are found
outside Christ. but the fact remains
that they are broken and partial az
the very best. The Gospel has htrh-
erto achieved It's victories by Insist
snce upoa what is unique IL 4, and
this special E1tC mss h insisted
ayg-, . lie victories are To -0-.1de
London Christian. e,
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
No strenpth Held I'M Reserre.

Trivial incidents get so engrosslng
that life becomes ~unprepared for the
great issues. A man gets all absorbed
in his business and intends some day
to enjoy his home; a woman gets
shared in the burdensome details OF
life and loses her peace of mind; and
one day some great overwhelming ex-
perience of trial or sorrow suddenly
attacks such a life, and the life SIM
ply surrenders to the unforeseen as
sault, stricken and unprepared. be-
cause the strength which ought to
have been nurtured for the crisis has
been exhausted in the Insignificant
skirmishes of daily afairs.-F. G.
Peabody, D. D. ,
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Noted Pictures Condemned.

Omaha (Neb.) courts have decided
that works of art by famous painters,
including Van Dyke, Reubens and
Wander VERT are improper and that
reproductions of them cannot be
sold in Omaha stores. For persisting
in their sale John Green5erg was
fined and warned that fo2 the next
oTense he would be sens to Jail.
Greenberg had on sale copies OF Ru-
bens' Judgment of Paris" the orig
inal OF which is IN the Dresden Art
Gallery; Van Dykes Diana and the
Golden Reign OF jupiter" Wander
Werffis "MagdalenR" and others Of
that class.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Halls of Congress.

The Senate General Service Pen
sion bill war passed.
Senate passes bill to give New Or
leans an immigration station.
MI. Hale warned the Senate that
talking was delaying business.
Exercises in memory of Senator
German, Of Maryland, were held.
Congress has been urged to act to
save the east front of the TREASURY
Building.
Senator Perkins secured an In
crease of 800, 600 for the fortifica-
ton of the Hawaiian Islands, making
the total for Hawaii $500. AGO.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
GriD.CraZed Man q Suicide.

His mind unhinged by the grip,
Louis Franken, t~hirty-eight a
old, one OF the proprietors of the
Plainfield Cab Company. at Plainfeld,
committed suicide by hanging in his
room at the boarding house of Mrs.
Elizabeth McAndrews, No. 100 North
avenue. The body was discovered
hanging by q short piece of rope from
the hinge of his door. Frahken's
illness is the only apparent cause for
his act. He complained of pains in
his head and had told Mrs. Mean
drews earlier that his head seemed
to be full of wheels.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15

There is no power in the world SO
i-rrepressible as the power of person
al holiness. A mans gifts may lack
opportunity, his efforts be misunder-
stood and resisted; but the spiritual
power of a consecrated will needs no
opportunity, and can enter where,
the doors are shut. $50 Yes, in TIM
strange and tangled business Of huS
man life, there is no energy that so
steadily does its work, as the myster-
ious, unconscious, silent, unobtrusive,
imperturbable influence which comes
from a man who has done with all
self seeking.-The Bishop Of Oxford.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15

the men at the Larchmont S Vines
The pounding sea soon separated
the interlocked vessels, and as they
backed away, the water rushed into
the gaping hole in the steamers side
with a velocity that could only mean
her doom.
There were no water-tight COM
partments to be closed, and therefore
the inrushing flood could not be con-
fined to the damaged section. 1t
poured in over the cargo and down
into the hole. AS the water struck
the boiler room, great clouds OF
steam arose, and the panic-stricken
passengers, many Of whom had been
thrown from their hunks and bertks
when the collision occurred, thought
at first that the vessel was on fire.
Unfortunately, the point of coll
lision was in that part of the steamer
where was located the signalling ap-
paratus connecting the engine room
with the pilot house. Captain Nc
Vey. standing in the pilot house,
could not communicate with his
subordinate officers below decks, and
therefore was unable to determine
the extent of the damage. The quar-
termaster was hurried below 70 make
an investigation.
The passengers meanwhile thronged
onto the decks. Few of them had
waited to clothe themselves. Their
fear was so great that the first pene-
trating blast of the zero tempera-
ture was disregarded, but their suf-
fering soon became intense. Those
who had not stopped to dress now
found it impossible to return below
and do SO. Their rooms were flooded
soon after they had been deserted,
and the wounded steamer, founder
ing around in the gale and strong
ebb tide, was fast sinking. The hearts
of the officers and crew were filled
with terror, but they were prompt
in answer to Captain McVey's call to
quarters.
While some of the seamen forced
back the frantic, freezing passengers,
others were preparing to lower the
~lifeboats and RATS.
Men and women cried in terror,
while the children, of whom there
were a few, were the calmest. Many
of the elders fell on their knees in
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Must Pay For Stolen Clothes.

Before Judge Horner, in the Coun>
ty Court, at Mount Holly, John Hen
Erickson and Louisa Seeds, of Bor-
dentown, pleaded guilty to the theft
of clothing worth s65 from Mrs.
Pittman, at whose boarding house
in Burlington they tarried for q time
without paying any board. Judge
Horner decided that the landlady
should be reimbursed, and in placing
the defendants in charge of Proba-
ton officer Slaughter ordered that
the man pay $50 and the girl $40 and
the costs of the prosecution jointly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
onr Best Onnortunities.

There are no times in life when
opportunity, the chance to be and to
do, gathers so richly about the soul
as when it has 10 suffer. Then every
thing depends on whether the man
turns to the lower or the higher
helps. If he resorts to mere expe-
dents and tricks the opportunity is
lost. He comes out no richer or
greater-nay, he comes OFT harder,
poorer, smaller for his pain. But IL
he turns to God, the hour of suffering
is the turning point of his life.-Phil-
lips Brooks.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Janitor Stricken in School.

When James L. Wright, the aged
janttor of the Culver Public School,
at Millville, failed to reach home at
the usual hour, mis- wife went 10 The
school. and in the darkness G0und
him unconscious "a a room on ths
third floor. She summoned aid, anu
The old man was carried home. D..
Neal pronounced the case one ~
paralysis, and gives little hope Of Ie.
coTery. MI. Wright is saventy-dva
years old, has been j~sritor Of r
school for a quarter % e century AM
custodian OF Christ P. o. Church 4cr
mang EearE.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Sporting Notes.

The growth of American League
sentiment in New York City has been
remarkable.
1t will be many years before New
England is again invaded by race
track promoters.
European yachtsmen are to arrange
a conference now in order to have
universal sailing rules.
The third annual tourney Of the
Indoor .~22-calibre Rifle League closed
in Rochester, N. Y, at the Columbia
Rife Club. L. P. lttel, of Pittsburg,
won the championship with a score of
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The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
In All Parts of the State.

Game Warden Davis, of Salem, has
received several dozen quail, which
he will liberate as soon as the wealth
er will permit.
Terribly burned by the explosion
of an oil stove, Mrs. Martha Shorts,
an aged resident of Atlantic City,
died in the City Hospital.
Word has been received in Bur-
iington of the death at Peru, Neb.,
of Stacy H. Scott, a former resident
and prominent politician of the for
mer city. He was eighty years old.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Killed and Hurt in Collision.

Frederick Holland, a railroad en-
ploye, was killed and twelve persons
were hurt, none seriously when
train No. 5 on the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul Railroad was in col
lision in Chicago with a switch en-
CINE drawing a train Of empty pas
senger cars.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Little Girl a HEROINE.

While playing on the ice of a cram
berry bog, at Toms River, Edwin,
the ~1ve-year-old son of Leslie Penn,
broke in and went owe his head.
His eight-year-old Sister, Phoebe,
sprang to his rescue, managed to get
hold of him, and with no one to help
her, pulled the little fellow out Of
the water and upon solid ice. Then
she hurried him home, little the
worse for his cold plunge.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
MISSING BANKER $500, 900 SHY.
Walker Looted New Britain Bank
and Church Funds.

Hartford, Conn.-It was discov-
cred that William F. Walker, treasu-
rer of the Savings Bank OF New Brit
ain, who disappeared, is a heavy de-
faulter.
The shortage in the savings bank
is at least 100000. and perhaps
more. Besides, the permanent fund
of the Connecticut Baptist Conven-
ton, of which Mr.. Walker is treasu-
rer, has at least in part disappeared.
The trustees of the bank include
some of the wealthiest men in New
Britain, and they have given public
assurance that no depositor shall lose
a cent, no matter what may be the
amount of Treasurer Walkers defal-
cation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Terrorist Kills Governor.

M. Alexandrovsky, Governor of
Penza, Russia, was shot and killed
by a young man, who, in trying to
escape, killed two policemen and
wounded the manager of the theatre
where the tragedy occurred, after
ward killing himself.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-02-15
Murderer Cool on GaIIows.

Frank Banusik was hanged in the
county jail, Newark, for the murder
of Thomas Hoi, in Bloomfield, jan
uary Z, 1906. His nerve never de-
serted him, and ne marched to the
gallows without the least hesitation.
His neck was not broken, and death
resulted from strangulation.