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The sun., 1908-07-20
THANKS FOR FAITHFUL WORK.
New Haven Ohiciai Sends Letter to N. C.
Africa, Who Kept Trains Moving.

New Haven 0fioial Sends Letter TO N. C.
Africa. VINO Kept Trains MOVING.
GREENWICH. Conn. July le.-Fol-
lowing the wreck here Of the White
Mountain Express on Thursday the New
Haven Railroad officials have seen ft to
thank its employees who worked 90 indus
triously keeping the trains In motion. The
hardest work and the most planning came
to the tower man In the East Portohester
tower, who stuck to his post without food
about 100 trains bound 10 both directions
on one track. Not a nnishsp occurred and
there was no great delay. The letter to
teen years has served the New Haven
Railroad and for twenty-six years has been
q telegraph operator, reads as follows:
HARLEM RIVER. July II. 1908.
sTo Mr.. ". C. Africa.
DEAR SIR: You certainly did splendid
work for us last night. It would be unfair
much appreciate the fact. Yours truly.
H. z. BAILEY.
Chief Train Dispatcher"
The sun., 1908-07-20
KILLED IN UNIVERSITY CLUB.
Substitute Elevator Boy Falls Six Stories
Down the Shaft.

Down the Shaft.
William Bible, a library boy at the Uni
versty Club, fell six stories down an elevator
shaft at the club yesterday afternoon and
was killed.
Bible was substituting as elevator boy
for Joseph Miles who had gone out to lunch.
After taking a psssen ger downstairs Bible
sent the elevator up again. A few seconds
later he fell screaming to the bottom OF the
shaft, lighting on his bead and shoulders
In the basement. The elevator was found
at the top Of the shaft with the door open
and the power only partly turned of On
the fourth floor the shaft door was open.
The club attendants and Coroner Har-
burger made up their minds that Bible had
run the car UP to the fourth floor, there
turning of the power. as he thought. and
getting out to return to the library. But
the elevator kept on ascending and Bible,
when be saw what was up, jumped to catch
the floor OF the car with his hands. missed
and fell.
Coroner Hamburger learned that Bible had
no license TO run an elevator. He will hold
an inquest to-day. Bible was 20 years old ,
and son OF the head gardener Of the Hunt
ington estate at Port Chester.
The sun., 1908-07-20
REARM JAPAN'S BATTLBSBIpS
10 INCH GUNS TO DISPL4CE q
INCH ONES on OLD VESSELS

| Fighting Efficiency to BE Doubled a.
Moderate Cost-Two Cruisers plannsa
Of the Indomitabie Ciass--New pl,n.
Due to Present Retrenchment poucy
VICTORIA. B. c., July l4.-News il =,
ceived In Oriental advices by the lust Ar.
rived mail that the Japanese Admirat,
has decided upon q large scheme Of "a.
armament for the navy utilizing the az
perience gained during the naval enRasA
ments Of the late war The kokum;,
Shimi un, q semi-ofioial organ Of Tokio
says that the Admiralty has decided upon
the addition Of two large and fast armored
cruisers similar to the British Indomitable
class. and has a scheme for the improve.
ment Of the existing warships whereby
instead OF building further new ones to no
place them the arrnaments of the shin.
now In commission will be altered so az 10
bring them into line with modern ideas and
requirements indicated by the war with
Russia. II 1t were not for the necessity Of
retrenchment owing to financial conditions
a strong naval expansion programme would
be decided upon. but under present oondi.
tions the Admiralty has had to content
itself with the reorganization OF the nayy
py tuo luipTONeIueub Ol dtfudinontS.
The programme arranged is that war.
ships OF the Mikasa type. battleships which
have heretofore carried four IL inch euns
and secondary armament OF fourteen
9 inch guns will hereafter instead OF the
lighter secondary armament mount -four
guns. 20 that their principal armament Win
calibre. It is estimated that the chanes
will practically double the lighting strength
OF battleships Of this class.
Similar changes will occur on vessels Of
Japan from Russia during the war. Thef
new armament will consist Of four IL inch
guns and four 10 inch guns. the La tier being
substituted For the twelve inch guns
these vessels previously carried. The plans
will Of course involve extensive changes
In the internal arrangements to Of the ships
The two new cruisers to be built will b
powerful vessels. heavily armored, prao-
dcally equal in strength 10 battleships.
Each will have displacement Of 1s.siS
TONS. with o horsepower Of 1900, and
speed Of % knots. They will be 40 feet
long over all, with beam of 90 feet and
draught Of 20 feet. Their armor will bs
seven inches trick, and their armament viii
consist Of ten IL inch guns, some OF inch
and ten A7 guns. One OF these new oruis.
ers Ia to be built at the navy yard at Kurs,
but nothing is stated regarding the placest
down.
News has also been received that many
military students from Chipa are bene
sent to Japan for training. The Pekin
Government has sent 400 and the Provincial
Governments $50 Chinese youths to Japan
officers Of the new Chinese srmy. These
students are being trained by Jspaneas
officers at Toxic under the inspection oi
Lieut. Gen. Baron Fulxushima.
The sun., 1908-07-20
CHINA oRArgFuL TO q. 5.
SPLENDID Entertainment for the Fleet
Will Send 100 Students Here Yearly.

will Send 100 Students Here yearly.
.speetat cao,, Despatch TO TIE sun.
LONDON, July 2o.--A despatch to the
Times from Pekin says that exceptiona
preparations are being made for the reoep.
ton of, the American battleship feet at
Annoy In October. There has been allotted
for the entertainment Of the officers and
crews s2s5. 900.
The Chinese Government will be repre-
sented by Prince Pulan. The Board oi
Foreign Affairs will send LANG Tun Yen,
one of the most distinguished Chinese
educated In America. Every member OF the
feet viii receive o souvenir Of the visit.
This exceptional honor IL In aoknowledg-
ment Of the action Of the United States in
engaging to restore part OF the indemnify
paid by China for the Boxer troubles.
When China learned some time ago mat
the bala nee OF the indemnity would be
returned 1t was decided, with this as &C.
curity, to raiss loan In America and to
apply the proceeds to the development OF
resources In Manchuria. This scheme was
afterward alb sndoned.
China rea ises her pressing need for
education and also appreciates the ser
vices rendered the State in recent years by
Chinese educated In America. She there
fore intends TO apply the main portion OF
the amount available to the education IN
American schools and universities Of So
lected Chinese students.
II is estimated that at the beginning OF
1909 the proportion Of the general annuity
assignsble 10 the bonds restored TO China
will be $4,000, increasing TO $sSs. .7so In
1882. at which amount 1t will remain until
1910. when tho debt viii be extinguished.
China proposes. with the main portions OF
these sums. to ssnd hundred students
annually to America to receive an education.
their time extending from four to eight
years. until the number reaches 400, which
number At least will be maintained through
out the currency Of the indemnity,
The sun., 1908-07-20
LIKE SHIRT SLEEVE RELIGION.
Philadelphia Lawn Services Draw Bis Con.
gregauOns.

PHILADELPHIA, July ia congregation
Of coatless men and hatless women, meet.
ing in the open air and making themselves
as comfortable as common sense conven-
tions permit, is an innovation in religious
services which has just been introduced
here. 1t has Immediately become so popu-
lar that it 70 likely soon TO be adopted
N ore generally.
It il at st. Matthew'S Methodist Episcopal
Church, at Fifty Third and Chestnut streets
that this form Of hot weather worship has
been started.
The Rev. DR. William B. Chalfont, pastor
Of st. Matthew'S, ia responsible for the plan.
In discussing it he said to-day:
Il believe that we should make our con-
gregations comfortable. For this reason I
began on the first Sunday Of July to ask
the men to come to the lawn services In
shirt sleeves and the women to leave oum-
bersome and hot hats at home. l could
at once see that the idea was popular. for
the first lawn meeting was largely attended
and the attendance has been steadily in
creasing ever since. Tonight in spite Of
the threatening storm 25o persons were
present
The sun., 1908-07-20
ESPERANTO CONFERENCE.
Its Promoters Hope 70 Secure Government
Reeognition Of the New Language.

Its Promoters Hope 70 Secure Government
Recosnition Of the New Language.
CHAurAutuA. N. Y, July 1o.-Esperanto
the aLingvo Internscia,' which has re-
osived the official recognition Of all the
world Powers except the United States
holds It's hrst American national confer.
ence here this week. Religious services
were held to-day In Esperanto and thou
sand persons crowded the hall 1t is the
hope Of the promoters to secure not only
the official support Of tho United States
Government In appointing delegate to
the next international conference In Dres-
den. but TO enlist the interests Al many
educators who are taking work hero In the
institution.
Medmond Priyat. president OF the Inter
national Institute, who has made q tour OF
America In the interests Of the Esperantists
and who will attsnd the international con-
fsrencs at Dresden in August. has been In
Chautauqua for some time organizing the
forces Of tho conference. when interviewed
to-day on the purpose Of the first American
convention NJ. Privat said:
THE object Of the assembly is to or
gapize o movement In America 70 enlist
the support Of the Government and the
people In the case Of an International lan-
guage America, the land Of the free. cannot
remain behind Europe In developing n Ian
guage that will advance the cause OF liberty
BY giving men Of many different tongues
the frsternal bond Of q universal speech.
The flag Of hope which had done much In
European countries TO arouse patriotism
for the new nation 10 s1 viii BE, be Officially g raised
The Rev. Horace M. Dutton, organizer
of the Christian Endeavor movement in
continental Europe. who will deliver the
benedction after the hag raising. said when
interviewed that the idealistio aspects OF
would @ not receive any less smphssis at sSe
present conference than the commercial
aspects. 1t 10 freely predicted that in
twenty five years every catalogue sent out
by American mail order houses will be In
EsRsrsnto: ~ u,.
years there viii be q new nation founded
on Gods viii and living in psaoe and unit
yersal harmony. The world is just awaken
ing to the OBLIGATIONS imposed upon It 1, 300
years ago, and Esperanto will lead the way.
An attempt will be made. according 70
leaders in the movement. to bring the fifth
international conference to America In 1909
THE language, which is only twenty-one
years old. has held three international
conventions. and II the United STATES ofn-
cially recognizes the next conference at
the infiusncs d N. Privat viii bring the the
NEXT meeting to America. The entire week
will be devoted to lectures In Esperan to
and to organising. various clubs and asso-
Citations. The educational side Of the
has already received some
encouragement.
Boston Institute OF Technology has
placed Esperanto on the same basis as
French and German, and Ohio has recently
passed . Law putting Esperanto on the
OF the high schools 1t 10 the
hope Of the present conference to effectively
Kill all opposition to the language and
place II ON the List OF accredited studies In
IN educational institutions
The sun., 1908-07-20
KIDNAPPED CHILD RETURNED.

Francesca AliGno Pound Within . Block
OF Her Home.
Francesca Ahgno. 8 years old. who was
carried Of by . man who offered her candy
on July 4.was found wandering within block
Of her home at 200 First avenue early yester-
day morning by Policeman Huetts. She
had other clothes than those she wore when
she disappeared She had been well taken
care Of.
The father Of the child had denied that he
had received Black Hand letters. but the
Italian detectives were inclined to doubt
this. A passerby told Policeman Huette
that he had seen tho girl with man before
she was found yesterday.
The sun., 1908-07-20
SUICIDE UNDER r. r. TRAIN.
Victims wife Prevented by Force From
Following Example.

GREENWICH, Conn. July ls.-John Fcltz
OF East Port Chester. aged 90. committed
suicide last night at a.so by jumping in
front Of train 6s as it was bound eastward.
It 10 believed the extreme heat drove
his body to pieces.
Coroner Clarke arrived at the scene Just
In time to prevent Mrs. feltz from follow
ing her husbands e1 ample. She has five
children and thGe she kissed good-by and
started for the track q, tho Boston flyer
came along.
DR., Clarke and Constable John J. Nedly
ran across the tracks at the risk of their
Lives and held the ve,man until she could
be taken by friends.S' -.
The sun., 1908-07-20
SAILORS TRY SURF RIDING.
Find II Anything But Dry sport--Fleet
DOlngs at Honolulu.
Special cabrf Dfspoich 10 THE

Special Cable Drspdtea 10 TIE SUN.
HONOLULU. July io.--The men OF tho
battleship feet are enjoying themselves
hugely hero. A majo ity Of those who
received shore Leave to-day went to Waikiki.
a watering place a short distance from
Honolulu, where water carnival was held.
Hundreds Of the sailors sought to initiate
the natives In the sport Of surf riding.
but the truth is they made funny failures Of
their attempts. and nearly all Of them
found themselves foundering in the ocean
instead Of coming. ss did the natives,
through the surf at great speed on piece
Of plank.
However, the sailors had lots Of fun them
selves and furnished much ampssment for
the hundreds ashore watching them.
The third division Of the feet 10 expected
to arrive here from Maui this evening.
The sun., 1908-07-20
FOREST FIRE NEAR STAMFORD.
Home OF Louis Davis Hopkins Saved by
Great Efforts.

STAMFORD, Conn, July ia forest fire
which devastated twenty acres Of the
country estate Of Louis Davis Hopkins this
afternoon was kept from the residence
only by hard work and by fortunate shift
ing of the wind. Mr.. Hopkins is real
estate dealer with offices at al2 Madison
avenue. Manhattan. The Stamford estate
was built by Capt. B. D. Greene before the
Savannah harbor frauds became public
It 10 one Of the largest in the Saltwater
section Of Stamford.
The estate Is outside the city fire district
When the Are satarting a quarter Of mile
north OF the house, swept toward the build
ings, Mr.. Hopkins and his employees got out
water system. Mrs. Hopkins, her sister
in-law, Miss Hopkins, and several New York
friends helped fight the FIRE.
The sun., 1908-07-20
Or. simpson Leaves Hospital May sue.

DR.. James W. Simpson. the dentist, who
was shot 10 Northport. L. l.. On July IS
by his mother-in-law. Mrs. Ella Homer,
Of the murder Of whose husband DR.. Simp-
welt Hospital yesterday afternoon. He
was In high splrits, although the bullet
has not been removed. Attendants cav
the dentist intlmatsd hs would sue Mrs.
The sun., 1908-07-20
Girl Bookkeeper Charged with 81 100
Shortage,

Mary Rosenberg, 10 years old, was ar
rested at Rockaway Beach yesterday
afternoon because the books of her en-
ployers. Baff Il Lechinsky, dealers in live
poultry at so7 johnson avenue. Brooklyn,
show a shortage Of 81, 100, Miss Rosenberg
said that she had found an irregularity
in the books and tried 70 cover It up because
sho was afraid OF losing her job but that
she had taken no money. She nves at 6s
Norfolk street, Manhattan.
The sun., 1908-07-20
Shocked to Death by NJ 900 volts.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. July le.-Chsrles
Gray, said to be the most experienced
switchboard operator in the Niagara Falls
power zone. was shocked to death this after
noon when he came In contact With cable
bearing q. 900 volts Of electricity. He dropped
70 the f1oor Of the power house dead Gray
was a remarkable man when IL came 10
coaxing large loads Of water from one
point Of resistance to another and there
was q constant war on among the power
companies for his services. He received
a very large salary.
The sun., 1908-07-20
SLEEPWALKER KILLED.
Thought to Have Fallen From . window
In His Boarding House.

After many strange feats and narrow
escapes Patrick MoDermott, who OCCASION
ally went roaming around his house and
through the streets In his sleep. was found
dead early yesterday morning in front
OF his boarding house, kept by Mrs.
Catherine McQuade at l22 Seventh avenue,
Long Island City.
McDermott was 80 years old. Mrs.
MoQnsds knew SnS;. q his sieepwailsing g
this morning and the window open she
Immediately aroused the house. As the
searchers started out they stumbled on
McDermotts body on the stoop. He was
only partly clad and there were several
bruises on his body. 1t 10 though that he
walked out of the open window.
The sun., 1908-07-20
Brooklyn Wants Capt. Young for Depart
ment Commander.

Capt. Henry A. F. Young, commander oil
W. II Huhbell Camp No. 4, United Spanish
War Veterans, in Brook lyn. Ia an aspirant
fer election as department. commander at
the enoampment 70 be held at Troy next
month. Capt. Young is one Of the most
popular Spanish war veterans In the State
and hia friends are working vigorously FOR
his slAotiou.
The sun., 1908-07-20
HORSES KILLED UNDER RIDERS.
Three Animals Die When They etep Abreast
on Culvert charged with Electricity.

on Cuivert ChArGeo Win Electricity.
CLEvYLANp. July 1o.-With their horses
killed under them by electricity from q
steel oulvert they were crossing, DR.. and
Mrs. George W. Grille and Dr. Frank K,
Bunts narrowly escaped death In Gordon
Park to-day.
Contact was established through tho
hoofs Of the horses with . high tension
ting Company. Nose by nose the three
horses fell. killed instantly. Their ridem
vaulted over their heads outside the danger
zone. They were badly bruised.
An electrician on Investigation found
underneath the Boulevard In q conduit.
had escaped through water percolating
through the ground. The current had
electrified the steel oulvert.
The sun., 1908-07-20

morrow.
NORFOLK, Va, July le-The armored
cruiser Montana OF 1850 tons will be oom-
missioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on
Tuesday The crew Of forty officers and
82l men have not yet been assembled and
ment Of fifteen marines win be rushed
aboard to keep the ship until the crew Is
installed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-16

NIGHT GOWNS-C hildrens embroidery
trimmed Gowns, with tucks and hemstitch
ing, in many different styles at HALF
PRICE.
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NIGHT GOWNS Misses lace and EN-
broidery trimmed Gowns, high and Vshaped
yokes, great variety of styles at HALF
PRICE.
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half Price Tables
CONTAINING

CORSET COVERS lace trimmed
corset covers, yokes in. back and front,
trimmed with ribbon and beading, HALF
PRICE.
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Extraordinary UndermuSIin Values

INFANTS long muslin and nainsook
skirts and slips daintily trimmed in lace and
embroidery, insertion and edging, also with
hemstitching and tucks at HALF PRICE.
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LONG SKIRTS-Ladies' long white
skirts, embroidery and lace trimmed, tucked,
hemstitched and plain, with deep double ruff
he, at HALF PRICE.
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includes in hg@ vii De Coats W Kmonow Wrappers F Evening
dmny SCI al less than mHreNO
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-24

for political organization and Yponti. cal action dawned upon. them, and the socialist party received many re, cruits from the ranks of organized labor.
 We shall not split hairs as to the meaning of freedom. If the man who has freedom denies 1t to cn- other he is not the one to give the definition. An industrially freo manhood and womanhood will give us better citizenship than country
 of slaves, free press will give ua an intelligent public, a people with power to think for themselves.
 In Everybodys Magazine for Octo-
 Der the editor prefaces an article on Eugene V.i Debs,' on What the Matte. Is in America" and What
 Is Bad About It" by Lincoln Stef- fens,e by these words: T am the
 voice of one crying in the wilder
 ness," said John the Baptist, when
 they questioned his mission. Ara his was the voice of promise of
 new order of things. This voice Of
 promise has come down the ages,
 sometimes almost stilled, again riss ing into tones of thunder. But al.
 ways it has been call to the poor
 and the unhappy. And further on the editor calls Debs voice the
 voice of the promise of new order of things, and here IS one of the notes sounded by that voice of Debn in the same article: Socialism h
 the most patient of reforms but also | it Is the surest. and the truest. EIr we believe in man and in the posst- bility of the love of man for man. We know that economic conditions determine mans conduct toward
 man. and that so long as he must l fight him for a job or fortune he
 cannot love his neighbor."
 Love is implanted deep In our
 hearts, and when things are re4r.
 ranged so that can help my felMw
 man best by helping myself, by 4e- veloping all my skill and strength
 and character to the full, why then, shall love him more than ever;
 and if we compete 1t will be as art- ists do, and all good men, in skill. productiveness, and good works.
 1 This free speech" of Debs does not sound so dangerous after all anu ue io CApi iCooiuS All IhAo AhtSA~ view very freely his personal opins
 ions. And right here, In passing, wa will mention our opponents feal ! that in the disagreeing of promi-
 nent socialists as to political tactics
 as they often do in the Gemran
 Reichstag and elsewhere, would be a hindrance in the adjustment ce publishing affairs after socialism. We wish to say that while the l freest discussion of ways and means often brings out distinct differences
 of opinions in their councils. today they are united in the one great 1 fact that they want socialism, and
 when 1t comes there is no doubt that they will, as they do to-day cheerfully submit to the will of the
 majority, for the same good reason
 that prompted the men who formu-
 lated the constitution of the United
 States, viz, ''To promote the general I welfare, and secure the blessings of i liberty to themselves and their pos. l terity,"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-24
e. O. p. Quarrel. Over.

Charleston. W. Va, Sept. 24.-Ths bitter feud in the Republican party In West Virginia following the dual con- ,yentions and rival state tickets placed in the field last July headed respective ly by Secretary of State Charles w. Swisher and State Auditor Arnold c. scberr was ended when, following the withdrawal of Swisher on Monday night, Mfr. Scherr and his fellow candI- dates on the Lincoln Republican tick ct agreed to retire in favor of the new candidate of the regular Republicans William E. Glasscock.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-24

critical and in- quiring. What have you been doing the last year?' he asked
 "A little of ev- cry thing. " re- piled Hugh. "I ran a bucket shop with Mo- reau in Sacra- m e n t o for awhile. Then I went over in the mining country. l took up a claim at Smoky NJ o u n t a 1 n. That's W ort h so ct him. g or may be some time"
 "Why did you
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-24
Train Collision In Fog.

Utica, N. l., Sept. 24.-A passenger train and a mail train came together near Herkimer. A mail clerk was killed and several passengers injured. The accident occurred at tower No. 9 A. two and half miles west of Little Falls. Both trains were west bound None was injured on train No. 21. The dense fog was responsible for the collision.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-24
CHOLERA IN CARS PALACE
Disease Drives Diplomats From
 Russia.

St. Petersburg, Sept. 24.-Not only has the number of cases of Asiatic cholera in this city increased, but the disease has invaded the aristocratic precincts of St. Petersburg. It has even reached the Winter palace, ono case having been discovered in. the servants quarters of the palace, in which extensive preparations are going on in the expectation that the emperor and empress will spend part of the coming season in the capital.
 A number of diplomats and promi- nent society people have hurried their departure abroad.