Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-06

; tie five million dollars upon his wifi
and permit her TO get divorce. /
is declared today by those nearest t,
Americas richest young man." an,
Mrs. Vanderbilt. formerly Elsi,
. French. that he is solicitous abou
preserving his constantly growing
fortune of S36,o0O.000 and lookin,
more to his financial future than t,
his marital happiness. Relatives o
the young wife consider S5.G00.000 sat
isfactory in every respect and NJ
mention of allowance will be mad,
by her lawyers in court. Papers IL
the divorce action were filed today
in the county clerks Office.
PORTSMOUTH, England, April 3
-Thirty-six men, including Lieut.
Middleton. commander OF the torpedo
boat destroyer Tiger, lost their lives
in collision of the Isle OF Wight last
night between that vessel and the
British cruiser Berwick. The vessels
belong to the Portsmouth division of
the British home fleet and were en-
| gagged in night maneuvers in the
channel on their way to Portland
The night was very dark. and the
Berwick was steaming slowly When
the destroyer attempted to cross the
big cruisers bow she was caught
amidship and cut in half with a knife
| like precision, sinking almost immed-
lately. The deck crew, who were
dressed in heavy oilslSins and boots.
went down with the vessel, not hay
ing time to free themselves from the
heavy encumbrances. OF the twenty
two men who rescued, the most of
them were engineers and stokers who
having ON light clothing were able to
keep themselves afoat until boats
which were Immediately launched
from other ships were able to pick
them up.
The collision occurred at $40 last
night The ships were maneuvering
without lights. 1t is believed that
several men we're killed by the i'm
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scene at daylight today and divers
made attempts to recover the bodies
Of the men who were drowned. The
smaller naval vessels were in the
midst of an attack or their bigger
consorts when the disaster occurred.
The entire fleet was under masked
lights, In absolute darkness and the
Tiger was suddenly struck squarely
smidship by the Berwick. The sharp
stem OF this vessel cut the destroyer
in two as if she had been made of pa.
per. The forward half sank immedl-
ately. Most Of the men sank before
help could reach them. The war
ships in the immediate vicinity quick
ly had their boats overheard and the
scene OF the tragedy was brilliantly
Illuminated by the concentration of
searchlights
A portion OF the Tiger fioated for a
minute or two, Just long enough to en-
able those on board to seize life belts
when they threw themselves into the
water and were able to keep afloat
until picked up. Lieut.. William H.
Middleton was on the bridge at the
time Of the disaster and went down
with the fore part of the ship. The
Tiger had a complement OF 80 men
and was Of 400 tons.
BAY CITY, Mich. April 3.-Mich-
igan holds second place in the pro-
duction of beet sugar in the United
States, according to statistics col
lected by the National Farmer, a pub
lication of this city. Sixteen factories
were operated in Michigan in 1907,
producing $4,000 tons, falling short of
the product Of the preceding year 22,-
600 pounds. due TO the unfavorable eli
matte conditions early last year. In
all $4,000 acres were planted to sugar
beets last year, and the farmers re-
ceived nearly $5,O00,000 for their crop.
Colorado led the country with more
that 100000 pounds of sugar, with
California third.
NEW YORK, April 3.-Miss Helen
Gould has given out through her sec
retary that the necessity of retrench-
ment in her charities has forced her
TO close part of her estate at Tarry-
town, a portion of which is to be
rented, to rent the Girls Industrial
school at Lyndhurst, recently built at
cost of $4,000, and to discontinue
plans for outings of children of the
poor at Woody Crest this summer.
1T is probable that the school will
not be reopened,' the statement read,
and continued with the explanation
that present financial conditions are
responsible for this curtailment of
Miss Gould's beneyolence.
ST. LOUIS, April 3.-The platform
to be submitted to the Populist con
yention was completed after daylight
after an all night session of the com
mittee on resolutions. Much consid-
GRAFTON was given to the money plank
and when this was finally accepted by
a majority of the committee It was
not satisfactory to the minority,
which makes certain a fight over its
phraseology on the floor OF conven-