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The United states Floatcd.

NEW YORK. April 17.-With the
aid Of three wrccking tugs ana Il lift
Ing tide the Scandanayian-Amcr
line steamer United states was float
ed tonight from the mud banl, in low
or New York hay where she ground
cd YESTERDAY after a collision with thr
steamer Monterey while departing for
sea.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-18

Ii not unlikely that Representative
burton would be another.
Mr., Nrccand and many House lead
ers favor an amendment to his bill
providing for II currency commission
TO report upon II general revision of
the banking laws.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-18
legation

residences" for American legation
with fair salary.
And then" he said. make up in
character and qualifications for any
lack of individual wealth"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-18

THE DAILY PRESS is the
only newspaper published in
Newport News that receives the
tull news report of the Asso.
clated Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-18

Showers Saturday in west and
by night In cast portion warm.
CT; Sunday showers, probably
followed by clearing; light TO
fresh south to southwest winds.
The sun., 1908-11-24
CHARGE AGAINST JEROME.
". n. Amory Presents II to Gov. Hughes
at Albany.

ALBANY. Nov. 2s.-U n Amory has
filed with Gov. Hughes the minutes oi
the Grand Jury. which. it is asserted, show
that the Grand Jury had indicted Richard
A. McCurdy in connection with the insur-
anoe investigation findings and that
District Attorney Jerome had appeared
before the Grand Jury and stated that
he could not convict upon the evidence,
whereupon the Grand Jury withdrew the
indictment
In his letter 70 the Governor MIR. Amory
says Il present this charge in accordance
with Article X of section l of the Con-
stitution OF this State, without intend
ing to prosecute the said charge any
further than the presentation OF il to
your xcellency.'
In replying to MIR. Amory Gov Hughes g
secretary wrote: THE Governor has now
under advisement certain charges against
said District Attorney and the report of
the commissioner appointed to take evil
dence thereon. and he will give the state
ment OF charge that you submit proper
consideration in due course
The sun., 1908-11-24
GERMAN IMPERIAL COLLtpsE.
Scathlns Denunciation OF Personal Policy
Men, Not Measures. Needed.

! 't'''' 'u"f Ntsp"tN " mn
BERLIN, Nov. 23.-Speaking at O
meeting of the Pan-German Leagu,
at Leirsc DR.. Heinrich Glagg. the pres
ident, took for his theme The Collapse
of the German Imperial Policy" He
said that pubic opinion was inclined to
make the Emperor responsible for what
had happened. but the whole German
people ought to cry. "Mea culpa'
The German press had failed to call
attention TO the abuse OF q personal
regime. The peoples representatives
bore large share OF the blame. as well
as the municipalities, whose Mayors
had been too extravagant in their demon
strations Of loyalty TO the Emperor,
not only in foreign affairs but also in
home affairs.
The personal regime had done i'm
mense damage. The rich were favored.
sycophants advanced and weaklings
and towards petted. Under the iniu-
ence Of the new course the back bone
Of large part OF the German bureau
cracy had snapped and regime Of fav-
orites had come into being.
The reported empire weariness" OF
south Germany was not without grounds.
The proposed constitutional measures
were not eXpedient. They wanted men.
not measures. II the members OF the
Reichstag would take unanimous action
they would never fail to make an i'm
preston in high circles. II at the time
Of the first mistake in the new course,
namely. the dismissal Of Prince Bismarck
the Reichstag had said. Your Maj ajesty. we
cannot approve OF this" Germany would
never had experienced recent events
The sun., 1908-11-24
MERRY WIDOWS or THE ANDES.
The Women There Have Worn Huge Hats
for Centuries.

That there is nothing new under the
sun was proved again last night when
Harriet Chalmers Adams, in her lecture
at Carnegie Lyceum on Andean wonders.
showed photographs of the hats that
Andean women have worn for centuries
unmistakable Merry Widows.
Mrs. Adams showed also beautiful color
photographs Of wonderful South American
flowers. butterflies and birds. Many OF
her pictures were more beautiful than
their SUBJECTS. There was a group Of
three Andean men who for ugliness and
ferocity OF countenauce could hardly
be equalled. They were servants in the
household OF an American mining en-
gineer. When the latters wife proposed
that they send for her mother to make
them visit the engineer said De
lighted! Suppose we send your mother
some pictures of our home soenes?" His
wife agreed. The picture he sent was the
photograph OF the three family servants.
They are still waiting for mother to visit
them,
The sun., 1908-11-24
THE REBELLION IN HAYTI.
Aux Cages IilOckaded -Touchard. Who
Isn't There. Hopes 10 lie President.
Special Cable DesDdtch 10 THE suN,

Special Gable DesDdtch 10 THE SUN.
/ KINGSTON. Jamaica, Nov. 23.-Gen
Celestine Fouchard. at one time Haytian
Minister Of Finance. when interviewe d
to-day admitted receiving cable me ssa ges
from Aux Cages, Hayti, telling OF the
start Of revolution under Gen. Antoine
Simon. deposed Governor Of the sout h
Of Hayti. to overthrow President Nord
Alexis.
He tacitly admitted that the success
Of the revolution will place him (Fouchard)
in the Presidential chair. realizing his
former ambitions to that Office for which
he was exiled.
Many cables are being exchan ged be-
tween leading Haytian exiles here and
their supporters in Hayti OF the progress
Of the revolution. but little is really known
OF the strength of the outbreak at Aux
Cages.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-Mr. Furniss.
American Minister to Hayti, informed
the State Department to-day that the
town of Aux Cayes. in southern Hayti,
was blockaded Aux Cages is the head
quarters OF the revolutionists headed by
Antoine Simon. Governor of the Depart
ment Of the South. who started revolu-
tion several days ago when his commission
was vacated by President Nord Alexis
after difficulty over customs affairs
Mr. leger. Haytian Minister 20 the
United States. also received telegram
saying that the revolution had not spread
beyond Aux Cages and there was no pres
ent indication that it would There was
no disorder, he added, in anv other part
OF Hayti
The sun., 1908-11-24

lie uTtt bYTnDI0m
was redness, and thenfollowed thjckeii-
ing and hlisters, which would break and
nun matter. l took her to a doctor,
and he pronounced it to be eczema OF 4
very bad form. He treated her, but
instead OF being checked, the disaassss
spread. 1t showed itself on her. back.
and then quickly spread upwards. Until
all her hair had to be cut of. The paiffs
she suffered was excrucating. and
what with that and the heat and hn-
Cling her life was almost unbearabIe,
She became run down in health, and a.
times was very foverish, languid, and
drowsy, and occasionally she was de-
urious., Her nerves were in such ioW
alone. In. spite Of tho cold weather
she would insist on having her bedroom
window open, and would lean out on 4
the window-sill. She did not have a.
proper hours sleep for many nieht3. 4
The second doctor We tried afforded
her just as little relief as the first, and
l really do not know what We should
have done IL wo had not read how 7
Cuticqra cured similar case. 7 pure
chased Cuticura Soap, Cuticura 0int-
nent, and Cuticura Pills, and before
the Ointment was threc-quarteeee 4
finished every trace CT the disease WA 4
gone. 1t really seemed like magic. \
Her hair Is coming on nicely, and ! s'
still apply the Cuticura Ointment cal I
fully. Mrs. T. W. Hyde, 4, onEaf i
Place, Brentwood. Essex; England. Mari
8, 1907" a -
ss:. SIs.%:ss Z : Asa i'a:. sSs seia es sa "a
SSsIfd SSS S;
shsied Faoa oaiisai. Ii soof on skin Ds.as,a. =
The sun., 1908-11-24
Loves, temperature, 90. AtsA. N.

WASHINGTON FoREcAsr FOR TO-DAY AND TO
MORROW. .
For eastern Nfic York. rain 10 day or 10 might
and mariner IN eastern portion; colder io.morrop,
uih rain IN southern and rain or snov IN norfhsT1
porfion. Increasing south 10 southwest rfnds
For New England. Increasing cloudiness to
day: rain at night and warmer In western poT tion
rain TO morrow and colder In western portion;
fresh southeriy winds
For eastern Pennsylvania. rain to-day or To-
night and warmer: rain and colder tomorrow
Increasing south TO southwest winds.
For New Jersey and Delaware. rain to day
or 10 night and warmer In western portion
rain and colder to morrow: fresh southeast 10
southwest winds.
For Mary aud, rain to-day or tonight and
warmer In northeast portion: rain TO- morrow
and colder In northern portion; south TO south.
west winds, becoming fresh.
For the District OF Columbia, rain to-day or
TO night: rain and colder TO to-mouow south 10
southwest winds becoming fresh,
For western New York, rain 70 day and colder
In western portion; rain or snow and colder
10 morrow; strong southwesterly winds, becoming
northwesterly BY wednesday.
The sun., 1908-11-24
GET ONE BODY FROM TRENCH.
boy Buried in Gold street Excavation
Caye.in Recovered.

The first Of the fifteen or twenty bodies
buried in the Gold street excavation
in Brooklyn on Friday was found last
night Ii was that of John Brady. 0 years
| old. Of lo7 Gold street who AT the time
of the cavern was playing in ihe street
with William Dougherty Of 100 Gold
street. whose body has not been found.
The boys body lay between a heavy
crossbeam and a section of sidewalk
I curbing sixty feet from whore he was
playing and thrty-eight feet below the
street level. 1t was taken up in a sling
attached to The traveller and then removed
to the temporary morgue,
As the digging for the victims of
the disaster continued many things
suggestive Of the force of the explosion
were brought up by the steam shovel.
Twisted and broken beams. crunpled
iron work and battered mail box on
it's bent iron upright were among the
things dragged from the shifting sandS
thirty feet below the street The trench
is forty-ssven feet deep.
Much criticism he's been made on the
slowness OF the work Of recovery and
this may account for the fact that news
paper men were barred Yesterday from
the immediate scene of the work. DR.
Bensel, Sanitary Superintendent. who has
charge of the work. said that he put the
five or six men out 80 that his lnborefs
several hundred in number-would have
more room in which to work
DR.. Bensel and the engineers under
him denied that they intended or wanted
to keep anything from the public, and
said that work had gone on as rapidly as
.l.,.e- l. Il Ia Ia hxNf9 lNa.
sure of the work than to risk lives in Il .
premature effort. The snoring that was
put up soon after the cave-n has been
reinforced by Cross beams.
The sun., 1908-11-24

yacht owned by A. G.. Burrage He was
willing to pay 81, SOC. 900 for the yacht and
! even talked with Cox 4 Stevens. naval
architects OF IS William street. about the
many changes he wanted made.
Foster. has engaged the captains quar-
.es on all the large ocean liners that
touch New Iork, but always managed not
70 occupy or pay for them He made one
Trip abroad and then went second cabin.
mat visit was made to Andrew Carnegie
at Skibo because Mr. Carnegie had dodgad
him here. He didn't have any better luck
at Skibo. .,'.. ,
Several years ago Foster engag ged a
special train Of PulImans from the New
York Central to take party Of friends to
nv ms supposed miping properties out West.
Inc train waited two days in the Grand
Central Station, and although Fosters
guests showed up he didn't.
One day last fail there was gathering
OF FOSTERS dupes in the corridor of the
Equitable Building to meet James Bert
ram, Andrew Carnegie's secretary. Foster
had told them that Carnegie was backing
him and they insisted on proof In the
party were Theodore Fitch, who was to
get Sl500O0 counsel fee some day; a Mr.
Judd. who was to sell certain mining
property for $500, 900: c. A. Parsons, who
was to get $500, 900 for mining property
in Quebec and James Fitch. who had a
promise of about 5000, 600.
After the four men had waited for some
time Foster appeared and asked anxiously
II Mr.. Bertram hadn't arrived He hadn't,
80 Foster went TO telephone booth, and
on coming out announced that Mr.. Bert
ram said he would be there in half an hour.
The party broke up about four hours later
without MIR Bertram. 1
Foster will have a hearing in the Tombs
court this morning and the Charity
Organization Society will prosecute him
to the utmost. His family is still at the
Clarendon
The sun., 1908-11-24
The Weather.

The high pressure continued yesterday In the
Atlantic and Gulf States westward TO the lower
Mississippi Valley and TO the middle Lake regions
In the Southwest there was storm formation
with centre over Oklahoma and northern TEXAS.
Rain was falling In Arkansas and al several
points In the Mississippi Valley and generally
throughout the Lake regions.
In the middle Atlantic s,Stes II was cloudy. A
low area coming In from the extreme Northwest
was causing rain in Washington.
II was warmer at practically all points east
Of the Mississippi, In the Gulf States, the South
west. kansas. Colorado, eastern Montana and
North Dakota
The only freezing weather east OF the Mlssls'
slppl and the coldest In the country was In north
crn New England. The lowest reported WAS IL
degrees above zero at Greenvle. Me.
In this city there was heavy fog In the morn
ing: cloudy and lighter fog later In the day
warmer wind .irht southerIy: average humidity,
80 per cent: barometer. corrected 10 read 10 sea
level. at A. NJ. Sos7: SP. NJ. 500
The temperature yesterday. as recorded by the
ofnclal thermometer is shown In the annexed
The sun., 1908-11-24
DRIVER JUMPED FROM AUTO
Without Turning on Power and Machine
Hills Young Girl.

Lizzie Curey, 8 years old, Of 35s East
Seventy-second street died in the Pres
byterian Hospital last night after being
struck by an automobile driven by John
Connolly, chauffeur for the Rickert-
Finlay Realty Company. Thee machine
had oollided with horse and wagon.
Connolly jumped but failed to stop it
and it dashed down the street against
a confectionery store owned by +. G.
Taylor at 1927 First avenue.
Connolly was running south on First
avenue between Seventy-first and Sew
enty second streets about IL o'clock yes
terday morning when he encountered
the horse and wagon 1t belonged TO
A. II. Som. butcher of 322 East Fourty-
fourth street. The chauffeur said that
the horse cut directly across his path
and he did not have a chance to shut
of his power.
After striking the horse and wagon
the automobile swerved toward the side
walk. Many pedestrians we're out and
there followed scramble to get out of
the way. The little girl was not spry
enough to do SO. The automobile ran
her down and then kept on the sidewalk
for nearly block to the candy store
Connolly was placed under arrest but
later was paroled by Magistrate Cornell
in the Yorkville police court.
The sun., 1908-11-24
BRY.4N'S LEiD4, I5y.
Nebraska Gave Him $4,000 More vexe6
Than II Gave Parker. Sq1f1 Ssss

LINCOLN, Neb. Nov. 2S.-The ofiiciai
canvass of the popular vote OF Nebf6siiz.
gives Bryan 1so ISL; Taft, l2e. COS: Chafir.
5i79; Debs. s,524 Bryan's plurality ,i3
Alb ~. TkavAAs
Bryan received $1,000 more votes than
did Parker in 1904 and $4,000 more :thais
Bryan received in 1o98 or 1900 Taft
polled 5000 more votes than did oKinl1T
in 1900. The Prohibition vote decreased
200 and the Socialist vote was more than
cut in half. Debs having received Ts12T
four years ago. e. .'.. \ - i
The Republicans lost two State officers.
Shallenberger. Democrat, defeated Shel-
don, Republican. 49,, ,o6. to 126,0i0, and
Williams. Republican, was defeated for
Railroad Commissioner by Cowgirl Demo-
crat, by 55l votes. All other Republics.
state candidates arc elected by majorifies
ranging from 800 to 5000
The sun., 1908-11-24
p. n. n. SUED FOR S33S .6n6.
Coal Mining Companies Say Rivals We're
Favored In the Matter OF Cars.

Coal Mining Companies Say Rivals We're
Favored in the Matter of Cars.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2s.-Suits for
damages aggregating s3ss,eO have been
instituted in the United States Circuit
Court against the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company for alleged discrimina-
tion in coal cars by the Puritan Coal
Mining Company and the Stineman Goa!
Mining Company.
The plaintiffs were the owners Of btu
minous coal mines in Cambria county
They aver that from April /, 1902, until
January /, 1905. they had demand for
coal greatly in excess OF the tonnage
Of the cars furnished by the PennsyI-
vania. The railroad. il is alleged, ar
bitrarily assumed the right to determine
the capacity of the plaintiffs TO produce
coal and the number of cars and dis
oriminated in favor of the Berwind-
White Coal Mining Company
1t is also alleged that the defendant
to the disadvantage of the plaintiffs
transferred to the control Of the Berwind-
White company 1000 steel cars of large
capacity, thus decreasing the percentage
of the plaintiffs allotment The Slime
man company brings additional charges
that the Altoona Coal and Coke Company
and the Glen White Coal and Lumber
Company were secretly favored.
The sun., 1908-11-24
'BUBBLES From POOL or EILTH.,
Francis Iiene,'s Label for Individuals
In San Frnncisc0s Graft Ftght,

SAN Francisco. Nov. 2s-Francis j.
Heney said to-day in the first interview
he has been able TO give since he was shot
by Morris Haas at the trial Of Abe Ruef:
in this grent human battle against
vice and corruption let no one believe that
he true source is to be found in the in
dividual dynamiters. jury bribers, kid
nappers and assassins. and that their
determination means ultimate victory
Such beings are but the bubbles rising
from the pool Of filth that has been years
in making The seed has been sown and
we must reap the harvest; but in gathering
the tares let us be satisfied with nothing
but the root
1t has been a terrible sacrifice but IL
my blood has not been shed In vain. il the
assassin's bullet has suddenly disclosed
TO the public eye the hideousness Of the
gigantic conspiracy to defeat the law.
then | shall feel that have not lived In
vain. that my poor efforts have meant
immeasurable benefit to my beloved city
and State
Heney is we'll on the road to recovery,
and able TO walk about his room at the
hospital. He said he was eager 20 get
back to the prosecution OF the graft cases.
The sun., 1908-11-24
DIR. HALE AND THE KAISER.
Latest New York Version OF Talk Orficiaily
Called "Buseless INVENTION
.Srsclai CdNe DrspntrA 10 TIN suy

Spseid. Cable DeSpatrh 10 THE sun
BERLIN. Nov. 23.-The Reichsonseiper
the official organ of the Government.
prints the following this afternoon;
According to reports from New York
the New York World published state
ment as to the utterances made by the
German Emperor to an American writer.
DR.. William Bayard Hale. in the course
Of an audience. We are authorized to
characterize these statements, from be-
ginning to end. as baseless inventions"
The sun., 1908-11-24
DR. ASHMEADs LIFE SAVED.
GroMths That Proved Not Cancerous Re-
! moved In Philadelphia Hospital.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23.-An operation
performed at the jefferson Hospital here
will restore To health DR. Albert Sydney
Ashmead OF New York. leprosy specialist.
In the presence of twenty Philadelphia
surgeons DR.. j. c. De Costa and Dr. J..
Coles Brick, with DR.. w W. Keen as con-
sultiOg surgeon. removed more than a
dozen growths from the intestines of Dr.
Ashmead by methods devised for this
case.
DR.. Ashmead had been told that he had
cancer. He would not believe il unless
his old Philadelphia friends said so. 30
he came TO this city early in October and
consulted DR.. Keen. BY superficial
operation some OF the foreign growth
was removed for analysis.
This analysis determined that the
growths we're benign and not cancerous.
The sun., 1908-11-24
Thanksgiving

The last to feel the gradual return OF
prosperity will be those who need it
most, whose savings are exhausted.
and who, because of illness, age or
bereavement, are making a brave
but unequal struggle,
In behalf OF over 5000 worthy
families in serious distress, we ask
that generous contributions be
sent to Robert Shaw Minturn, Treas,
Room 21I, No lo5 East 22d Street,
New York.
r. FULTON CUTTING, President
M " ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVING
THE CONDITION Or THE POOR,
The sun., 1908-11-24
THE DEATH RATE LOWER.
Decrease In Pneumonia and Tuberculosis
increase in Heart Disease.

The death rate was lower last week
than in the corresponding week of 1907
and also lower than in the previous week.
The rate last week was 145s with a total
OF ,238 deaths. as compared with 1909
and a total OF 1922 deaths for the same.
week a year ago. The report shows
decrease in deaths from pneumonia
and tuberculosis. while there was an
The sun., 1908-11-24
DEMOLISHED T4XIC4B FOUND.
Occupants Who Took II From Chauffeur
| Abandon II at East IrYinx1nn.

OssISINo, n, Y, Nov. pa taxioab
bearing the license number 60ess n. Y,
which was taken away from the chauffeur
William Cunning in The Bronx early
Saturday morning after the four pas
sengers had severely beaten him, is at
East Irvinston. where it was abandoned
in a badly damaged condition yesterday
morning.
The radiator evidently had been broken
by a stone, the glass front was broken and
the taximeter demolished. An attempt
was made to burn the interior
1t was reported to Sheriff Lane that the
auto had been run to the place where 1t
was found by man named Dorfey, who
formerly worked for the taxioab company.
The sun., 1908-11-24
e. ". VANDERBILT TURNS UP.
Lumber Merchant VINO Married Medium
TO be Guizzsd by Com mission To-day.

The commission which is holding a
second inquiry into the mental condition
Of Edward W. Vanderbilt, the elderly
humber merchant who married Mrs.
Pepper. the spiritualist medium, resu med
the hearing yesterday in Brooklyn, but
the entire session was occupied with the
reading of the testimony already taken.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was on hand and ready
to be examined but was told that the COM
mission would not be ready to hear him
until this afternoon.
The sun., 1908-11-24

done for my daueh-
ter. Adelaide. She
is fifteen years oe
age, and had neEerb
had anything The
matter with hAf
skin until . fouf
months egc, =l.e. /.
an eruption broke )
out on her chest.
ILL., e.
The sun., 1908-11-24
SUGGESTS BRI ANS NAME.
Dr. Nrumbaush Declines Nebraska nj
persity ChnnceIlorshIp Himself.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23--Dr. Martin
g. BHimbaugh, Superintendent OF Schools
OF Philadelphia. has declined an offer OF
the chance!lorship OF the University of
Nebraska, which DR.. +, Benjamin An
drews recently resigned. DR.. Brumbaugh
suggested William j. Bryan as the man
for the place.
His political experience. facility in
public speaking. scholarly attainments
and popularity in his own State will
insure his success as chancellor" DR..
Brumhaugh said Of Mr. Bryan to-day.
The sun., 1908-11-24
rhys,clsn Took overdose OF Morphln,

pr. S. Irving Roome. a promInenl
physician of Staten Island, whose home
.s on Van Duzer street, Stapleton. staten
island. 10 in the s. r. Smith Infirmarv
in Il critical condition from the efTecls
of an overdose of morphine taken at sili9
home cary yesterday morning. Dr,
Roone is about - years old. He swaS
graduated from the New York Univefrifr y
in 1889. He has wife ard a daugkt9f
II years old. ~. -, Lln1l
The sun., 1908-11-24
WAS DEL|R|OUS
WITH ECZEMA
On Chest. Back, and Head Pau, !
Heat, and Iingling Were. Excfiis'
clatlng Nerves In Exhausted Z
Condition - Sleep Badly Broken;
CURE BY CUTICURA sssa
SEEMED LIKE MAGIC

Words cannot express the gratitudo Z
! feel for what Cuticura Remediee have