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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
CLIPPERS CREW PICKED Up.
Leaving q Dlsmanued Hulk Drifting In the
steamship Lane.

Capt. Young D Grifiths and five men Of
the three masted American schooner William
H. Skinner. abandoned in the Gulf Stream
OF the North Carolina coast on February
%, got here yesterday aboard the Cunsrd
liner Etruria with the complete yarn ofthe
wreck.
The Skinner vas one Of the finest clippers
in the coastwise trade, and her skipper.
who was one OF her owners, had a habit Of
making records 20 increase the profits.
She sailed from Georgetown. S. C., on
February II, and got entangled in a series
Of head gales that finally sent her into the
trough Of the sea after her seams forward
had been opened by the persistent pound
ing She was forced on her beam ends
by the hammering Of the combers and the
shifting Of her deck cargo Of lumber to port.
As the deck Carerned Capt Grifiths and
his men climbed up to starboard and lashed
themselves 10 the rail, where they waited
for the masts 10 go by the board and the
tern 10 right herself. II was three hours
before this happened Meanwhile the seas.
which were Of Gulf Stream temperature,
were making a clear breach over the wreck,
often sending the men TO leeward dangling
from their lashing4. The deck cargo finally
vanished in the riot Of waters, carrying
with II the main and mizzen masts, which
the crew had weakened by hacking at the
weather shrouds.
Then the schooner came up on a level keel
and all hands began to hunt for things to eat.
They got enough canned goods to last
them several days, but all the fresh water
had been spoiled. They had been three
days without water, except what was in the
canned goods, when the British steamship
Bray Head took them or She landed them
at Belfast. The Skinner is still drifting In
the steamship lane
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
BANQUETS FOR THE FLEET.
TWO Great Events Planned IN san Francisco
Peruvian Vessel Expected.

SAN Francisco, March PA state
banquet will be given at the Paramount
Hotel 10 the officers Of the battleship feel
on the evening Of May &. Secretary Of the
Navy Metcalf will he the guest Of honor.
1t promises to be the greatest function Of
the kind ever held on this coast. There
will be over 900 TO sit down at table and the
dinner vii. cost $40 per plate.
Arrangements have been perfected for
the Governors banquet, 1t will not only
be the most notable affair in welcome Of
the feet but one Of the most brilliant oc-
casions Of the kind given here or in this
country. At the head table in the great
Norman cafe will be the Secretary Of the
Navy, Admirals Of the feet in full uniform,
the Governor and his military staff and
distinguished guests Of the city and State,
The original plans we're for 800 covers, but
already it is apparent this number will be
exceeded, as many persons from the in
terror of the State and other cities are
signifying their desire to be present,
The Puruvian cruiser Almirante Grau
is on her way TO San Francisco and will
be here during the naval celebration in
the bay when the battleship feet arrives.
incidentally the cruiser will be put upon
drydock, as she needs repairs,
According TO a cablegram received by
Enrique Grau, Consul for Peru. the Al
mirante Grau left Callao on Friday and will
reach here during the SECOND week in April.
On the way up she will stop at Acapulco
IN coal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
BOY or IS WRECKS AN AUTO.
Hts Father. Mother. Brother and sister
Injured on . Bridge IN New jersey.

Hts Father. Mother. Brother and sister
Injured on . Bridge In New jersey.
Felix Hahn Of II Poplar street, Jersey
City, was perhaps fatally injured in an
automobile accident o. the turnpike road
in kearny, n. j., last night, His wife, two
O n and a daughter were thrown out Of
the car at the same time and badly shaken
up. The White steamer which they occu-
pied took fire and was completely de-
stroyed.
The accident occurred at the bridge over
Franks Creek. The Hahn automobile was
driven by Felix Hahn, Jr., IS years old, and
was on Its way 10 Jersey City. Another car
going in the same direction was a short
distance ahead. Young Hahn turned to
the right TO pass the other automobile,
which turned directly in his path. This
ratified young Hahn and In order TO escape
hitting the other car he turned his into the
bridge railing, throwing the FIVE occupants
out.
The occupants Of the first car went TO
the assistance Of the Halms, and II was seen
that the father was badly hurt. The in
jured we're picked up and taken 10 st.
Michael's Hospital, Newark. Mr. Hahn
was operated on last night and the doctors
G9ld he probably would die. All the mem
bes Of HE family are with him at the hos
pital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
DENVER HAS MADE GOOD.
Sends SIS 900 To Democratic Committee
Completing 500 900 Pledged.

DENVER, March "A draft for SOS 700
was mailed to-day by the Denver Conven-
ton League to the Democratic national
committee, completing the 1 900 fund
subscribed 10 bring the national convention
to Denver.
II is believed that II economy is practised
Chairman Taggart will have at least SIS 900
70 turn over TO the new national committee
for campaign purposes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
TO DOUBLE HOTEL ASTOR.
New Addition TO He Begun At Once Will
Contain a Large Hall.


Ground will be broken on April I for an
extension Of the Hotel Aston which will
double the car acity Of that house. The
hotel now covers 200 feet by 1872 feet and
the proposed addition will add 200 feet by
1902 feet more. This tearing down
fourteen houses. This addition will in
crease the number Of bed chambers to
more than 1000 and the bathrooms 20 more
than 100.
On the ground floor practically all the
srace will be given for an auditorium or
concert hall. An entrance for this audi
torium is provided for on the Forty-hfth
street side Of the hotel
A broad corridor will connect the two
present entrances on Forty-fourth and
Forty-hfth streets, and on Broadway there
will be three entrances in the centre in
stead Of one as at present.
The roof garden will be doubled In size,
with a continuous promenade more than
1000 feet In length.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
OPERATE on SENATOR FRANCHOT.
Paralysis May BE Cured by Relief Of Pres
sure on Brain.

MONTREAL, March Ex-senator +. P,
Franchot Of Niagara Falls, N. Y, who re-
Gently was stricken with paralysis, arrived
here on Saturday, accompanied by his wife
two sons and daughter, and was taken 10
the Western Hospital, one Of the leading
institutions in the city. where an operation
was performed upon him this morning.
The operation was a complete success,
the pressure on the cord being removed
and while the patient is not yet out OF dan
ger a favorable outcome is expected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
CHINESE BITTERLY EyRAGED.
Demonstration by so. 900 Men In Hong.
Kong Against Surrender OF the TatSu,

Special Cable Despatch 10 TEE sun.
HoSoKoNo, March 22.-The intensity Of
the public hostility excited by the release
of the steamer Tatsu Maru, at Japan's
demand, was remarkably shown at an in
dignation meeting held here, which was
attended by 10000 persons. A score Of
speakers appealed successfully and vio-
lently against Japan,
One speaker, a boy Of ~ years, 40 elo-
quently and periodically urged a boycott
Of Japanese goods that his hearers wept,
and those wearing Japanese made gar
ments tore them on and made a bonfire
Of them. Cinnamon trading in Japanese
goods offered to make a bonfire Of their
whole stock.
The meeting favored the impeachment
Of Yuan Shin Kai, head Of the Board Of
Foreign Affairs, for yielding 10 japan,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.
Dr. MIcivert Unearths Buildings Erected
Soon After ChnStS Time.

PHILADELPHIA, March 22.-Dr. David
Randall Macivers, head Of an archR illogical
expedition to Egypt, 10 a letter received
Yesterday at the University Of Pennsyl-
'ania reported that he had discovered
several Christian churches built within two
"r three centuries after Christie time,
These ancient s%anctuaries we're carefully
cleared Of the heaps of desert sand which
nave covered them for centuries and the
''o"tjtlon made photographs Of them,
As a rival of the famous Cleopatra vase,
Uncovered At An iheh, which Ia now In
alro awaiting shipment 10 the University
N'se1m, Or. Maciyers has discovered near
>" Second Cataract OF the Nile a number
" Ca'yed capitals Of columns and a comice
EilPtlred with the emblem Of the ancient
Egyptian monarchy.
W. Nacivers believes these newly discoy-
.I@d pieces Of architecture represent the
,,nsst works Of their class In existence. and
,er beauty Of design and execution, be says,
,,hey nVal the work on some Of the most
famous Of the GreciAn temples.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
TONGUE BRYAN'S GREAT WEAPON.
Only Thing q Poor Boy Has 20 right Win
AGAINST Corporations.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 72.-W, j, Bryan
took time from engagements 10 day TO
answer this question by Cabell P. Bailey. a
high school youth;
"what chance has the poor boy and how
can brains win in a contest with money!
Bryan said: The poor boy has no
chance unless he can arouse the people
by using his tongue. The corporate powers
are busy misleading the people and are
responsible for shutting out the poor boy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
STRIKE SILENCES Won BUELOW,
Chancellor Won't Address Reichstag TIL
Reporters Are At Work.
SPECIAL Cdbe Dtipdieh 10 THE Sun

Special Cdbe DtSpdieh 10 The sun.
BERLIN, March 22.-Negotiations TO settle
the strike Of the reporters Of the R~eichstag,
which was caused oy one on tho memDens
calling them -piggish louts,' vent on to-
day without success.
Chancellor Won Buelow was to make a
speech in the House tomorrow, but 1t is
reported that he will postpone its delivery
IL the trouble Is not settled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
AMAZING DEBT OF RUSSIA.
More Must he Piled On for Ordinary and
Extraordinary PURPOSES.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE Sun.

Special Cdbie DeSpaeh 70 TIE sun
ST. PETERSBURG. March Pm, Kokovt-
sof, Minister Of Finance. addressing the
Duma. announced that Notwithstanding
the fact that Russia's debt is already 81
milliards OF rubles. about $780, 900, 900,
loans we're inevitable. Double tracking
the Siberian Railway. building the Amur
Railway. the extraordinary expenditure
for national defence and the perennial
famine claims would, he said, involve an
annual outlay Of at least 15O,OOO,OOO rubles
075. OOO.O OO) for the next five years.
There would also be increased ordinary
expenditure, as was always the case with
countries passing from an absolute regime
TO a representative one. This must be
met with new taxes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
BURGLING WITH ICEPICKS.
Elevator Boy Caught Packlng Up John
n. HeEeman, Jr.'S, silver.

EiCNutOT nOy NouAUN HNchHh W JWuu
n. HeGeman, Jr.S, Silver.
Manager Henry Stillman OF the Madison
Square apartments, 81 Madison avenue,
saw a man last night in the suite Of John R,
Hegeman, Jr., son Of the president Of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, on
the eighth floor Of the building, Mr., Hege-
man and his family are in Florida. stillman
got Policeman WeisenTeider Of the new
West Twentieth street station, who had
passed by a few minutes before.
The DER went back TO Mr.. Hegeman's
apartment and found Henry Carsey, one
Of the elevator boys Of IN building, bending
over an open travelling bag packing some
silverware into IL. Beside him we're two
icepicks 10 which marks on the rear door
Of the apartment from which the glass had
bean removed corresponded.
Carsey was locked up charged with bur-
glary. He will be arraigned to-day in the
Jederpon Market police court.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
DIXON TO SURRENDER, MAYBE,
senator McCsrrsn's Lawyers Hear Of Wife's
Charge OF Blgamy.

-
Lawyers for Senator Patrick H. McCar-
rem, who was recently defendant ip a breach
Of promise suit brought by Mrs. Mary H,
Dixon, said yesterday that they had heard
through Mrs. Dixon's lawyer that DR.. Will
lam Arthur Dixon Of Buffalo, Mrs. Dixon's
husband, Is to surrender himself TO District
Attorney Jerome to-day ia answe his wife's
charge Of bigamy Or Dixon testified for
McCarren In the breach Of promise suit,
swearing that he had married the woman
in Hamilton, Ont, on December %, 1893,
and had supposed that she was dead.
Since testiiying in the McCarren suit
DR.. Dixon has filed papers in Erie county
asking for a divorce. His wife alleges that
DR.. Dixon has married a second tSme.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
MANUEL MAY LOSE his Arm,
Wound inflicted by AssAssina On YOunS
King Of Portugal Doesn't Heal,

Special Cdbs Ds,poieh 10 4 sun.
MADRID, March 22.-Arrivals from Lisbon
say that the wound in King Manuel's arm
which he received at the time his father
and brother were assaSsinated not only
does not heal but is so serious that the
physicians declare the arm must be am
putated.
Hitherto the King and his mother, e1-
Queen Amelia, have refused to consent to
an operation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
senator Tinman Much Better.

COLUMBIA, s. c., March Ex-senator
TillmGn, who was stricken at his home
Thursday night, il very much better TO-
night
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
AMERICAN KILLED BY YAQUIS.
wife and children Captured and Carried
on by the SavageS.

Ell PAso, Tex, March NV. R. Banker
Of this city has been killed by Yaqui Indians
al his ranch in the State Of Sonora, Mexico,
His wife and children were captured and
carried of by the savages.
This is the substance Of several dispatches
received by relatives to-day.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-10
ThAW'S SECOND TRIAL OPENS
NINE TENTATIVE JURORS Sc
lECTED DURING THREE SEES
SlONS or COURT.

New York. Jan. Sat the close OF
three court sessions, which marked
the first day Of the second trial OF
Harry X. Thaw for the alleged muir
der of Stanford White. nine tentative
jurors had been selected out of fifty.
seven talesmen examined by District
Attorney jerome for the prosecution
and Martin w. Littleton for the de.
Tense. All of the men in the jury box
are subject to peremptory challenge.
of which each side has thirty. In
view of the difficulty experienced last
year in discharging five jurors after
they had taken the oath of service, it
was agreed this time not to admins
ter any oath until both sides finally
are satisfied with the full panel.
Insanity Sole Defense.
Legal insanity at the time Of the
tragedy is to be the sole defense.
This was clear at the very outset OF
the proceedings yesterday, when Mr..
Littleton formally served notice that
the former plea of not guilty was
amended by the specification that the
defendant was insane when the homi-
eide was committed.
Three court sessions, including an
evening session from s to 10 O'Clock.
are to be held daily until the jury is
completed.
The trial opened with little or no
ceremony and there was distinct eyi~
~, IS =, -:>- 81 ..f1s- :-t--
est. Admittance to the court
was vigorously restricted. and all day
long there We're vacant benches in the
curtailed quarters given v to spec
tatnrS. The only women allowed to
be present are the members Of the de
PENDANTS family and newspaper writ
ers. Artists, who were barred after
the first few days of the first trial.
were allowed to sketch to their
hearts content.
Evelyn Is Center Of Interest.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was again the
center of interest, ever to the exclu-
sion of the defendant himself. She
was followed by throngs of curious
persons as she entered and left the
our house for tie morning and aft
ernoon sessions. She did not attend
the night sitting.
Every possible convenience is to be
provided for the jurors. They are to
be quartered in one of the fashionable
hotels on upper Broadway and lunch
con is to be served at an expensive
downtown restaurant. The Jury ex-
animation did not develop such a
strong vein of unalterable opinion as
was anticipated. and many of the
talesmen were excused on other
grounds than bias based upon the
reading of extensive reports Of the
first trial.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-10

Frank Vina, treasurer Of a Bohe
milan lodge of the Foresters Of Ameri'
ca at Clevelend, has been arrested on
a charge of ENLIGHTENMENT. He Is said
to be short about $4,000 in his &C
counts.
Mrs. Bertha Peikert, t~hirty-four
years Of age, killed herself and her
two-months-old baby girl by drowning
herself and the baby in a cistern at
Bevier, Nc. Her husband knows OF
no cause for the act.
Charles Hopkins is under arrest at
Boyne City, Mich, and his wife is
thought to be dying from a fractured
skull at the result Of a religious argu'
ment the couple had on the street.
Hopkins is charged with striking his
wife on the head with a rock. He alb
jected to her being identified with the
Salvation Army.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-10
POLICE GET SOME LIGHT ON THE
MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY NEAR
NEWARK.
W0MAN'S HUSBAND IS HELD
TELLS POLICE STORY WHICH
DECIDE THEM TO KEEP HIM
IN CUSTODY.

Newark. N. J., Jan. 5.-After a half
dozen supposed id~entifications had
been disproved, the police were salts.
fed last night that he woman muir
dered on the fats near Harrison was
Helena Salter Whitmore, who, with
her husband, Theodore S. Whitmore,
conducted a furnished o house in
Brooklyn. The Identification was
made by the woman's sister, Mrs. Su.
san Schmitter of the Bronx, and cor
r%oborated by Mrs. Schmitter's hus-
band Martin, Frank Englert, a friend,
and finally by the murdered woman's
husband.
Husband Is Suspected.
Following a searching examination.
during which many incidents of his
life were laid bare. Theodore S. Whit
more, the husband, was held by the
police as a suspect. Whitmore, hav.
ing definitely identified his wife, was
vigorously questioned by the authori.
ties. The nature of his testimony de-
termined the police to keep him with
in the jurisdiction of the courts.
With a touch of emotion that added
to the puzzling features of n of the
strangest crimes with which the pc.
lice have had to deal, Whitmore told
the police of his struggle to live down
an unpleasant past and how a faith
less wife had held over his head a
threat of exposure, to make known to
new acquaintance here what he now
admits, that he was serving a sen.
tence in Dannemora prison when par.
doned by Gov. Black.
infatuated With . Sailor.
Bitter quarrels and as many recon.
citations marked their married life OF
fifteen years.
His wife, he said, had become infat.
uated with a sailor known to him only
as Harry" but when she returned
home at Christmas, following a five
days absence he greeted her with a
merry Christmas"
She failed to respond and they quar-.
relied on the street. Later they eff.
fected a truce and had dinner TO.
gether. Then he went out on an err
rand and when he returned to the
house she had left never to return.
He said that on the day his wife
disappeared he had given her SIS. He
knew absolutely nothing, he said, OF
how she came to be in New Jersey or
of the manner of her death.
Mrs. Schmitter furnished the police
with what is believed to be most i'm.
portant information. She told of a
series Of letters and kilograms, pur,
porting to come from Mrs. Whitmore,
but some of which must have been
written after her death. A trunk be-
longing to Mrs. Whitmore had also
been sent mysteriously to her home,
Mrs. Schmitter said.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-10

Hugo Kelly of Chicago and Billy
Papke Of Spring Valley, ILL.,, fought
ten fierce rounds to a draw before the
Badger Athletic club at Milwaukee.
The reclamation service levee to
Laguna dam in Arizona is approaching
completion, and steel rails will be laid
in January on the railroad between
Yuma and the dam.
May Irwin has sent a telegram to
Eddie Foy. who threatens to play
Hamlet as follows: IF you have
not engaged your Ophelia. don't do
anything until you hear from me-"
Maj. William Mayer. who for six
Carlisle Industrial school, has resign.
ed. His resignation is to take place
on the appointment of his successor.
kansas for Christ" is to be the
slogan in a statewide evangelistic cam
paign that is to be pushed simultane.
ously in every county of the state
this year. Hundreds of ministers
from various denominations, together
with numerous evangelists, are to hold
REVEALS. An entire year will be spent
in the movement.
Two cases of spinal meningitis or
spotted fever" were discovered at
the naval training station at Newport,
r. /. The victims were removed to
the naval hospital. These are the first
two cases at the naval training station
since two years ago, when much con-
Germ was manifested e the
prevalence Of the malady among the
apprentices.
Deere & Co. OF Moline, ILL.,, the larg.
est manufacturers Of steel plows In
the world and employing 1900 men,
have announced the Inauguration with
the new year OF a system Of pension
ing and insuring employees. Men who
have been in the service of the COM
pany twenty years may retire at the
age of sixty-iive on a pension ranging
from SIS q month up.
The news is made public in New
York on what appears to be reliable
medical authority that a curative anti.
toxin for the terrible disease Of menin.
gifts has been discovered and put in
successful operation. Oficial an.
nouncement Of many cures as the re.
suits Of the treatment is expected
during the week. The disease has
heretofore been considered well nigh
i%ncurable, defying the best efforts OF
the most skillful physicians.
The failure of the potato crop in
Aroostock county, Maine, has been re-
sponsible for the filing of twelve peti.
tons in bankruptcy during the past
week by farmers and others interested
in the crop. 1t is estimated that the
loss represents about $780, 900 in
money.
Trainmen and conductors on all the
railroads running east Of Chicago have
decided to defer action on their de
mands for a general revision OF wages
and working conditions. This was
the decision Of the executive commit.
tee, which has just completed in Chi
cage it, anvass Of the vote.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPITOMf
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
DRIEFLY TOLD.
WAShinoton,

Gen. Elliott, commandant OF ma
E1nes, reported to Secretary Metcali
that for the first time in many months
the marine corps is nov up to its full
complement OF $500 men.
The bureau Of navigation reports
that during 1907 there were built in
the United States 1856 vessels of 562,.
sos gross tons, compared with 1.045
vessels of 1929 tons in 1906.
The war department has ordered
the establishment at Manila of a board
of Notifications whose duty 1t shall be
20 consider the question Of the loca-
ton Of defensive works and the posts
pertaining thereto for the Philippine
islands and to submit reports thereon
70 the war department.
Maj. Joseph r. Crabbs has been
placed on the retired list Of the army
on account Of disabilities incurred in
the line Of duty. While stationed at
West Point several years ago, Maj.
Crabbs was thrown from his horse and
fractured his leg. The accident made
him q partial cripple and he was dis
qualified at the recent riding test. He
has the distinction of being the first
eflcer to be retired as a result of
President RoOsevelt's Craftsmanship
requirements.