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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
BAY STATE TRoLLhK FIGHT
Attorney General Discusses Holding of
 Lines by Consolidated.

Boston, Jan. 16,-Attorney- General Dana Malone, in his annual report sub mitted to the legislature to-day, dis cusses at length the holding of certain Massachusetts street railway corpora tlons by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, which has been subject of inquiry during the past year He makes no recommendations, however, owing to the fact that the matter is DOW pending in the supreme judicial court.
 The repor@ says that for the first time in the history of the department suc- eessful effort was made to collect fines from corporations which failed 70 file returns as prescribed by statutes. More than s15,OO0 was thus collected, over one-half of the entire appropriation for the expenses of the attorney-g general s office,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
DISASTER 'SSCOPE Reports Received at St, Thomas, D. W. |, From Jamaica Say Thous-
 and Persons Have
 Been Killed.
MANY TH( USAND HOMELESS
PEOPLE WARMED TO KEEt
 AWAY FROM KINGSTON.

Conditions Described as Awful-NO Fodder for Animals and Famine Is Imminent--MOney UseIess-Banks Burned But Vaults Supposed to be Safe-sir Alfred Jones Sends Message Saying Almost Every House Within Radius of Ten Miles Has Been Dam- aged and Almost Every One in City Destroyed--Hc Places Killed at 100 and Injured at I,OOO-Fire Completed the Work of DestructiOn-America Consul Sends News Confirming Seri- ousness of Disaster.
 St. Thomas, D. w. l., Jan. 16.-Re- ports received here from Jamaica say it Is estimated that 1000 persons have been killed by the earthquake and fire and that 90,00O persons are homeless The damage to Kingston alone is plac- ed at fully $1OOO0,0O0.
 St. Thomas, D. w l., Jan. 16.--Lat- CT advices received here from Jamaica declare that all people have been warn ed to keep away from Kingston. The stench there is described as awful There is no fodder for animals, and famine is imminent. Money is useless The banks have been burned, but the vaults are supposed to be safe. The misery on all sides is indescribabe. Rich and poor alike are homeless. Provisions of all kinds are urgently needed. It is impossible to say where any can be found. Sir James Fergus son, vice chairman of the Royal Mai Steamship company, Is among the killed. The loss of life is very great but the exact numbers are not vel known. The dead are being buried un' der smouldering ruins. The mercan' tile community suffered most severely warehouses falling upon them. Many professional men are dead or injured The negroes are footing.
 Ghastly scenes are being witnessed All the shops have been destroyed and all the buildings in and around Kingston are in ruins. Very few Q them are safe to live in.
 The governor and his party are safe It is reported that an extinct volcano dn the parish of Portland is showing sings of activity, but this has not beer verified. No news has yet been receiv ed from other parts of the island o Jamaica, communication being very difficult.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
ADMIRAL SIG>AhL RETIRED.
Commander of the nI-Fated Maine
 Transferred for Age.

Washington, Jan. 16.-Rear Admiral Sigsbee, who commanded the battle ship Maine, when that vessel was blown up in the harbor of Havana, was to-day transferred to the retired list of the navy on account of age. His advancement of three numbers for extraordinary heroism during the war with Spain made him an extra number in the list of rear admirals and his re- tirement therefore does not made any vacancy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
U OF F BAshB4LL SCHEDULE
Two Games With Yale and Other Big
 Universities.

Philadelphia, Jan. 16.-The official baseball schedule of the University of Pennsylvania was made public to- night. Two games will be played each with Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, Columbia and Georgetown, and three with the University of Virginia. The schedule, which is the longest ever arr ranged for a Pennsylvania team, in cludes the following;
 At home-Trinity, April 1S; Yale, May Ii; Cornell, May IS; Brown, June 1.
 Away from home-Yale, New Haven, May 25; Cornell, Ithaca, May 30; Brown at Providence, June 8; Amherst at Am herst, June 10, and Princeton at Prince ton. June F,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
NO TRACE OF CRIME.
s9,00O,9OO Spent on Pennsylvania Capi-
 tol Without Trace of Fraud.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 16.-In an elab- crate report to the legislature to-day on his investigation of the charges of fraud in connection with the decora- tlons and furnishings of the new state capitol, Hampton l.. Carson, whose term as attorney. general expired yes- terday, says that upon the evidence submitted he does not hesitate to say that in his judgment there is no trace of crime in the expenditure of the $9,- 900, 900 for the decorations and furnish ings of the building The money was expended by the board of public grounds and buildings which is made up of the governor, state treasurer and auditor general.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
WYnHIAG LAND FRA ups
Important Conference at the White
 House Yesterday.

Washington. Jan 16.-An important confidence regarding the land frauds in Wyoming was held at the White house to-day between the president, Commissioner Garfield of the bureau of corporations, who is soon to take up his duties as secretary of the interior; Milton D. Purdy, an assistant to the attorney general and Assistant Attor- ney General Cooley. Senator Warren of Wyoming was present.
 No statement was made of the re- suits of the conference.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
TRUE BILL AGAINST MRS. NEIL.
Woman Accused of the Murder of Her
 Husband.

Bridgeport, Jan. 16.-The grand jury selected to hear the evidence of the state against Mrs. Catherine Neil, who is accused of the murder of her hus- band in a Greenwich hotel by forcing a hatpln through his eye into the brain, returned a true bill of murder in the first degree against the woman to-day,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
A RADICAL MEASURE.
Life Insurance Bill Introduced In Mass
 achusetts Legislature.

Boston, Jan 16.-A radical life insur- ance bill was filed in the legislature to- day by Representative Nichols, of Bos- ton, providing for the appointment by the governor of twelve citizens to serve without pay and to act, in connection with the commissioner of insurance, as a board of trustees or managers of a state system of life insurance and an- nuities.
 This board is to have the use of funds of the commonwealth to the amount of $9OO,0 ,0OO for working expenses and sur plus during the time required to accu- mulate this amount beyond the reserve required by the laws of the common- wealth, the money then to be returned to the commonwealth with interest at per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
NICHOLAS ToLSTOI PERISHES
Burned to Death With Others at Resi-
 dence Near Moscow.

St. Petersburg, Jan. 16,-Count Nich- olas Tolstoi, administrator of the i'm perial estates in Moscow province, has lost his life in a fire which destroyed
 his residence near Moscow. A woman and two provincial officials who were his guests. as well as two servants of the household, also perished The count rescued his wife from the burn ing building. He then returned in an endeavor to save the imperial funds in his care and was burned to death.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
ESPOSITo MUST HANG.
Verdict of Murder in First Degree Re-
 turned Against Him.

Bridgeport, Jan. 16.-After being out two hours the jury in the superior court returned this afternoon verdict of guilty in the first degree against Pasouale Esposito on trial for the murder of his boarding mistress, Mrs. Victoria Marsico, in Greenwich, on September 15, by shooting, The sen tence, which necessarily will be death by hanging, was deferred by the court.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
VOLCANOES, Aor1VITE.
Increased Coincident With the Earth
 quake at Kingston.

Catania, Sicily, Jan. 16.-The earth quake at Kingston, Jamaica, was coin- cident with increased activity of Mount Aetna, and slight earthquakes in the Medonian mountains. Prof. .Rivko. the director at Mt Aetna ob- servatory, says that either the fire openings inside the crater which were discovered in 1893 have increased in size or that eruptions are occurring inside the volcano, as from the outside nothing but smoke and a reflection of fire can be seen. The volcano is throw ing out a considerable quantity of ashes, and subterranean detonations are heard. The present phenomena are similar to those of 1898 when one of the most severe eruptions occurred.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
Dead at Age of 1os.

Burlington, Vt, Jan. 16.-Mrs. Toby Rosenberg of this city, said to have been the oldest woman in Vermont. died to-day at the age of 10s years. She left POS descendants in five gen. eratlons, the oldest being a son eighty one years of age.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
Withdrawal Criticized as Illegal.

Washington, Jan. 16.-The report of the select committee on Indian terri tory was made to the senate to-day. It critieises Secretary Hitchcock's with drawal of land for the forest reserve as sllegal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
CHEAP CoLoNTST RATES TO CALI-
 FORNTA.

Via Washington Sunset Route. Per- sonally conducted excursion. Sleeping cars without change from Washington. Berth, $8.50. Southern Railway, No. 22S; Southern Pacific. No. TO Wash ington street. Boston.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
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OLD AGE PEN>IoA BILL.
Bay State Representative Would Allow
 S3 a Week.

$3 Week.
 Boston, Jan. 16.-A bill providing for an old-age pension of $3 a week for persons of good character in the state of Massachusetts was filed in the house to-day by Representative Brigham, of Marlboro. It provides that any person who has reached the age of sixty-tive years or over and is not already receiv- ing a pension, has paid a poll tax for twenty-five years, has not within five years been convicted of a felony, and is not addicted to the use of intoxicat- ing liquors, shall be emitted No the state pension. It is provided that all poll taxes assessed under the provisions of the act shall be paid into the treas- ury of the commonwealth, except that a city or town may retain $1 of each poll tax for it's own use.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
BLUE AND GRAY MEETINGS.
RE- UNITED COUNTRY IN SPIRIT
 AS WILL AS FACT.
Sentiment Inspiring the Various Meet ings of the Veterans From the North and South at Fort Fisher, N. C. Resolution Adopted Favoring the Fort Grounds as National Park.

Wilmington, IN. C., Jan 16.--A re- united country in spirit as well as in fact was the sentiment which inspired the various meetings of the veterans from the north and south in the first annual reunion of the Survivors of the lBlue and Gray at Fort Fisher, IN. C., which was concluded here to-day, on the fortylsecond anniversary of the bombardment and equalization of the last gateway of the south at the mouth of the Cape Fear river in 1865 The reunion was attended by more than 300 survivors on both sides, nearly half of whom came from Oneida county, New York, members of the 17th and 112th New York volunteers. A visit to the historic ruins of the fort, a public reception at the opera house at which "reminiscences were given by the old soldiers and at which high school stu dents sang conferedate airs, and the formation Of a survivors association, composed of veterans on botk sides during the civil war, were the leading features of the reunion, Colonel Will liam Lamb, of Norfolk, heading the confederate forces and General N. M. Curtis of New York the veterans from the north at the reunion.
 A resolution was unanimously pass ed memorializing congress to have the government adopt the grounds of Fort Fisher as a national park with suit able monuments to the regiments of the Blue and Gray. The northern vet erans returned to their homes to-right
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
so,oOO for a Violin.

Paris, Jan. 16.-Julius Falk, of Phila- delphia, has purchased for 5000 an .Antonius Stradivarius violin dated 1722.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
CANNOT AtIR HER.
Renewed Attempts to Float Stranded
 Clyde Liner.

Clyde Liner.
 Chaeham, Mass, Jan. 16.-Three big tugs and the revenue cutter Gresham to-day renewed attempts to float the stranded steamer Oncndaga, but could not stir the vessel. It is planned now to remove the cargo of the Onondaga to the shore over a runway which wil' be constructed before further efforts are made to float the vessel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17
CONFIRMED BY U. s. CONSUL

Hundreds of Lives Lost and Food Badly
 Needed.
 Washington, Jan. 16.-The following cablegram was received at the state department this afternoon:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-17

Naples, Jan. 1S,-Prof Matteucci, di- rector of the observatory at Mt. Vesu- vius reports increased agitation of this volcano coincident with the Kingston earthquake.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-07

but IL short space OF time, vet w,,nn
that period Baltimore has been rebuilt,
its trade has been recovered and H.
creased, and tho city is stronger,
wealtllier and more prosperous thah
ever 1t is q wondrous record, aha
shows tho wondrous recuperative
power OF the American people,.
The history OF Baltimore finds II
lilullel In tile history of Galveston.
Several years ago Galveston was wiped
from the map, ns the saying COOS, by
wind and flood But a new Galveston
las sprung UP mightier and richer than
tho old. and It's Importance as port
and It's trade have enormously In
Increased.
Charleston was in great part Destroy
ed by earthquake, and for years out
sders looked upon 1t us a place to be
avoided. Many shook their heads, and
said that Charleston had seen It's best
day; but Charleston long since re-
covered from her Shock, and is
greater and richer than ever
These scraps OF history are illus.
trative OF the enterprise, courage,
chivalry and herosm Of the Southern
people Southerners always fight
hardest and best when the odds are
against them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,


Peat fodder for cattle Is made in Ger
many OF tho top layer OF peat, mixed with
1915 por cent. Of molasses.
How do Americans pronounce the name OF
their country. The head master OF u school
IN England says 1t Is: "Ummurruchuh."
Itaiy's state lottery took In ST, 00o, 900 In
year ana gave hack In prizes $4,000 900.
Much OF tho money came from tho poorest
people
Copra oil used to go into the soap indus
try exclusively, whereas to-day several of
the most important mills IN Marsellles are
converting thls oil Into hlgh-priced domes-
tic grease sold commonly as substitute
for butter
In Italy time IL reckoned OH the twenty
four hour system. Thus, 3 o'clock In tho
afternoon iB there designated MS 10 O'clock
NJ dnight is "a o'clock. The good sense
OF HIS plan should commend It's use by
all enlightened nat!ons.--The Travel Maya
zine.
In honor OF Or. Edward Everett Hale
Whose cighty-hftii birth anniversary VIII
fail on April sd. q movement has been
started IN Boston, having as its az ecl me
establishment Of u permanent fund which
shall place tho Lend-a- Hand society, FOUND
cd by DR. Hale, on a sound basls
Mrs. Mary Iaraby, 10a years old. " snokeu !,
OF as the jollIest woman IN Rrocktoll,
She Is fond OF fun, loves young people, ans,
likes to recall old corn-husknE bees ana
| other good tines OF her youth, She mas
had twenty children, forty-tWo granaGnll
oren. and nine great ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ''s
held Republican.
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A M u S j. M e IN t S.

passing priest of India, Rhadamantes,
hears his wish and by charm trans
ports the Father of Democracy to earth
for twenty-four hours. This Is where
the fun begins. for Jefferson Immediately
gets wound up in College Life"
He hits college at Easter-time, when tha
lawn buds with the fair young visiting
girls who annually make life sweet at
Virginia. 'Debby" Henshaw has worked
out splendid light opera, and all through
1t there are catchy songs and sweeter
strains Of more serious nature. The
Arcudans have spared no expense TO
make this seasons, show a winner, for
they feel that 1t represents their Univer-
sity too Intimately to- not make OF 1t
thorough success.
To-night's performance OF the Visiting
Girl is tho second ono only. On January
25th the show had its initial performance
The SUCCESS was "a bsoiute. The house was
filled to the doors and the audience en-
thusiastic from the first chorus to the end
{ of the last and cighthteenth musical num-
Der.
'"rhc Visiting Girl will also be some
thing of a social occasion In Richmond.
as the Arcadians will be given a german
in the Belvldere Hall Immediately after
the performance The society Of Rich
mond acts as patronesses The curtain
will rise promptly at $50 o'clock.
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Anarchists and Socialists.

a newspaper correspondent recently
said that he could not find much differ
ence between Socialist and an Anar-
ch!st. 1t Is a strange thing that so
many persons have tho same confused
idea. There may be little difference be-
tween some protested Socialists and some
protested Anarchists, but In principle the
two are as far removed as the East Is
from the West. The Anarchist believes
in no set form OF government; tho
Socialist. universal corporation. The
Anarchist believes in absolute liberty; the
sociss.st believes In absolute patNnallsm
II Is between these two extremists that
the true Democrat stands, TIe believes
both Ia personal liberty and good gov.
ernment, He believes In individuaI right.
with this Qualification. that no man mus
irespass upon the rights of another. II,
believes IN tho greatest possible liEert,
Of the Individual consistent with III,
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Acadcniy--"1'he Visiting Girl"
Bijou-"Across tho Pacific
Bostock' s-Wild Animal Show.
MISUNDERSTANDING Rink.

Tho Arcadians. the big dramatic club
from the University of Virginia, will ar
rive this afternoon and present their
new and original show, The Visiting
Girl" at the Academy Of Music tonight.
The Arcadians carry a cast and chorus
OF fifty, and their own orchestra The
boys have a new comic opera this WIN
ter of which they are very proud The
words and music were written for them
by two alumni. Messrs. Henshaw and
Hull, and both are well up to tho best
professional standard.
The scene OF the play is laid at the
University. and 1t has for its theme the
surprise and chagrin conveyed to the
mind of Thomas Jefferson BY the many
changes In the University as 1t now ap-
pears. The folbles of college life part!cu-
larry rritate the spirit of old Jefferson ms
he wanders about the lawn and ranges.
One might wonder how Jefferson gets to
the UnIverslty-tn the prologue lie is
scented ut his annual spirit-feast In the
dining-hnll Of Monticello. and he wishes
he lh.snt return to5the University, whose
lights twinkle silently far below him. A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-07
GOVERNOR NAMES
]. NJ. BAUsERMAN
------- ----------.-
Succeeds Colonel L. w. Lane, J1,S
as Commissioner OF State
Hospitals.
4
is "a PROMINENT ATTORNEY
Partner OF Senator Tavenncr and.
former Member Of the
Legislature.
is A PROMINENT ATTORNEY

Governor Swanson yesterday appointed
Hon JOS. Nj. Bauscrman, OF Shenandoah,
to succeed Colonel Il w. Lane, Jr. Of
Williamsburg, as Commissioner OF State
Hospitals, for q term OF four years, be-
ginning March ], 1907
Tho appointment came as no surprise,
as It has been frequently foreshadowed
In this paper.
The position is an attractive and re-
sponsible one. and pays $1,000 per yea:
and travelling expenses.
Tho place was created by the new Con-
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Rhymes for To-Day
I'hawtful Verses.

l.
contemplate the paper Der my morn
Ing cllpper-tea,
=. And niumur to my nelgiboress: 20
Law!
Pcrusal OF the daily press has grown q
bore TO n,e.
There's really nothing in 1t now but
Thaw
20, It's Larry Thaw and Harry Thaw
and Can Attorneys Garry Thaw7'
And ,nany,hundred columns fun of SINH
lar details.
o It's Garry Thnw VIII larry Thaw nitl
Why DO Ladies' Marry Thnw?'
And much related gossip from tho
court.roonls and the jails."
MY neighboress is taciturn ind doesn't
like to talk:
I think I heard her mutter, "stow your
jaw!"
But soon she added coldly: Pass tho
PAPER from New York
I'd like to read pagc or so O. Thnw.
AYE OF Garry Thaw the Wary Thnw'
and Why He Seems a Scary Thaw,
And 'Wns 1t Glengnrry ,rhnw That
First, Hit Old New York?'
And Larry Thaw is Nary Thaw' ana
HOW Jerome VIII Parry Thaw'---
Aye, all the stuff of Harry Thaw tho
yellow press can talk
n. S. IT.
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Instructive Visiting Nurses.

socation held their annual meeting
Tuesday at noon. In spite OF the bad
walking the cozy parlor of the Nurses
Settlement was well filed with the
younger element of Richmond women.
Miss Sallie Davis, the president, was
In the chair.
All listened with interest while Miss
CAbans told of the difference between
the Nurses settlement and the visiting
nurses work.
DR.. Darlington, OF New York. lomes
to Richmond February 18th, to speak on
the great work OF the visiting nurses at
S r. M. at tho Y. M. G. A.
tue treasurer reported that all Of THE
years obligations could be met, leaving
a few dollars in bank. 1t was deter
mined to form an advisory board OF
gentlemen.
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ROYAL Arcanum Notes.

HcnrIco Council. Of Fulton, on the
last meeting night Initiated five can
will initiate eight or ten. .@
Union, No. 81, of Church Hill, is also
hustling and initiating candidates
right along. while Mccarthy and others
are by no means asleep.
Myrtle Council, Of Hampton, evident
~ is "squinting" ut that banner. This
council IS quite wide awake.
otyet been appointed by the supreme
regent but there IS likely to be some-
thing doing In this line worry shortly.
rhe next session Of the Grand Coun-
Gil will DO held in Danville, about tho
middle OF April.
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stitution, and Colonel Lane is It's first
incumbent, and was named by former
Governor Montague.
The commissioner is not only the gen
scral supervisor Of all the hospitals in
the State, but Is ex-oaico chairman Of
tile general board of directors.
Mr.. Bauserman Is q native of Shennn-
donh county, and Is forty-one years old.
AT the age Of nineteen he became deputy
to the clerk of the County:CourtSof. Shen-
andoah county and for eleven years gave
constant and efficient service
At the end Of that period he formed
a partnership for the practice OF law
with Judge Frank s. Tayenner, nov Sena-
tor for the counties OF Frederick and
Shenandoah and the city of Winchester.
y Held Prominent Places.
He was elected and neglected Mayor
OF the town Of Woodstock which Office
he held for six years. Hc resigned to run
forsthe Legislature in 1857, and was elect.
cd over strong Republican, blythe ;in-
preccdented majority of $50, thus attesting
his great popularity In the county.
In 1901 he was appointed commissioner
OF accounts by Judge II. w. HARRISON
In religion Mr.. I3auserman Is q Metl,o-
dist. and enjoys to q very large degree
the respect, confidence and affection of
his people.
His partnership with Judge Tavenncr
has proved very successful and he has
had wide experience in the courts.
Mr.. Bauserman possesses all the quali-
ties of integrity. ability and energy, which
SO to make man successful III his
undertakings. and the public interests VIII
be carefully guarded and intelliscntly
looked after by him.