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CT. BAKER IRIS
VIKING DAMAGED
BY CRASH N FOG
Fiancee on Board When Yacht
Is Hit by Unknown Vessel
and Captain Injured.

Word was received to-day at the Of
fees OF the First National Bank, OF
which George F. Baker jr. Is v%lce-presl-
dent, that the young mans steam yacht
Viking narrowly missed disaster early
in the day whon in collision with an UNI
known vessel near the entrance to New
London harbor.
The Viking, In which Mr.. Baker, NJ SIS
Edith Brevoort Kane, to whom he is 70
be married Oct. 10; Mrs. James EIs iS,
chaperone. and several other guests have
been cruising the greater part of the
summer. was headed out of the harhor
in a thick fog when a large huh sud
denly slid out OF the mist and crashed
against the yachts side.
cot. HASKELL shipper Of the Viking,
was ON tho bridge az the time. He had
no wara!nE of the unknown vessels
approach and before he could give an
order AZ bridge OF the yacht was par
TALLY torn away and he was thro %n
heavily to the deck, breaking a leg, As
the bridge went Gown 1t carried the fore
mast with II.
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INSURANCE DONE IN 1910.

ALBANY. spt. %. According ID
the report of state Superintendent of
Insurance Hotchkiss for 1910. the Nifty
four casualty. fidelity. surety and credi,
companies In the State did an Increase
of business during the year but mt
much less profit.
The ten real estate title and mort.
gage guarantee companies showed an
Increase OF more than ST. 900. 600 In their
surplus OF assets and liabilities, but
received and dIsbursed more than n
million less than In 1909.
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Wants to Make Heir to $751;
OOo,OO Fortune a Good
American Citizen.
PRINCE MURAT SUlTOR,
Lord Falconer and Many OH.
ers Courted Rich Widow,
but in Vain.

Declining offers OF marriage from
Prince Murst and others Of high social
rank abroad. Mrs. william H.. Leeds,
young widow of the Tin Plato King"
has decided to abandon a successful
social career In Europe to return here
and bring up her elght-year-old son.
William Bateman Leeds. as a good
estate of s25. 600. 900 from his father. who
died In Paris In 1908.
"A union without love In not my idea
/ Of a MARRIAGE sad Mrs. Leeds OF her
titled suitors. The Newport smart set
hope that In the end her choice will fall
on James DE Wolf Cutting. one OF the
most popular bachelors and cotlllon
leaders of the Four Hundred. whose
regard for her has never been ques-
TONED.
Mrs. Leeds Is the young matron whom
Helleu. the French artist. testified pos
sessed ninety-eight OF the one hundred
points that make for physical perfec-
ton.
During the past season Mrs. Leeds
leased the house OF the Hon. George
Keppel. No. IS G~rosvenor street. Lon
don. and there. guided by Lady Paget.
daughter OF the late Paran stevens OF
New York. and Lady Sarah Wilson. an
aunt OF the Duke OF Marlborough. she
entertained all the notables In English
social life and was entertained In re-
turn. She was one OF 'nly twelve
American women In the royal enclosure
Ascot week. Within n short time OF her
arrival In the English capital she was
tho guest OF the Duchess Of Marl-
borough. the Earl Of wlnterton. the
Far Of Kintore. Lady Lster-Kaye and
OF Ambassador and Mrs. Reid. In the
end all OF the exclusive London set well
coined her,
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sPARTANBURG, $. c, Sept. %. =
Three companies OF State militia at
Greenville. Spartanburg and Clifton are
under arms here by orders of Coz.
Blaase. In readiness 10 assist to-day
In the operation of the c!ty's street car
system, which has been tied up for sew
tral days by a strike of motormen and
~c0s3ecsSss. NJ stteA.pt ~ss made ID
operate cars ysst>rdAy.
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mAN.hoLE COVER RISES JUST
IN FRONT IF CAR.

the police could not fnd any one who
wa injured seriously. Andrew Collins.
starter OF the crosstown line at the East
River. was bruised by being thrown
violently on his back by the shock.
vohn Jordan, motorman OF a car passing
FIRST avenue. had his eyebrows singed.
a manhole cover rose into the air a few
rect In 'front.' OF his car. sailed I'D and
over the roof and came down between
the tracks behind him. When he
stopped the car It was directly over the
following gas burst. All the paint was
burned from the front and one side OF
the car.
Two windows OF a car OF which John
dcNulty was motorman were blown out
oy the shock OF an explosion In front Of
NO. 213 a Forty-second street. AT
the Third avenue crossing John MURRAY
vas thrown to the ground into a mud
puddle; his feelings were badly dam
aged. A number of other persons on the
q were knocked over, but the
police could not get their names.
/, The biggest explosion was that which
loroke the windows OF McNulty's car.
/, The big cover wh!rled sixty feet In the
air. The shock was plainly felt In the
y East Fifty-first street station and a
iquad under Lieut.. Tooley was hurried
but to find the trouble.
The first stop of the police was at st.
AAgnTs's Church. In Forty-third street
Shear Third averu-. where early mass
had aeen interrupted by the explosions
and the worshippers had run pell-mell
INTO the street.
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Sagdcious Bride BE In
sisfs On and Gets an
hon.C Clad Agreement to
Be Good and Let Her
Haze Her DUN Way.
Also CiUe Her All His Earn
ings, Let Her Be Free to
Choose Her DUN Com.
pany and Never Sh0W
Jealous y.
BY Ethel Lloyd Patterson.

49, 1
day Of weird
m srriagss;
wsirdsr
for divorce and
wsirdsst inatr1.
m o Mai Q o a.
tracts.
An artist publicly
c a n G 8 q woman
companion and the
artists wife de-
clares he was not
quite h ! m 5 el
when he did It."
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ITO whom Il may concern, I.
.. 4. Dickson, do hereby ssrss 70
all and everything herein men.
tioned. I agree to allow my wife,
I. a. Dickson. to do Just a. she
FEELS inclined to do, and to feel
just az free to come and 20 and to
Vi1it n to GO with whom sho
aeeis inclined, without giving or
showing any jealousy to her for
such acts on her part, nor watch
or condemn her for 20 doing. I
will not interfere with her in any
way whatever. I wish her to feel
just az free to come and 60 as the
day she a born.
II will he good and kind to her
and give all my earnings to her.
She Is to keep them as she sces
fit AID best. II we should put any
OF it IN the bank 1. will 10 SO
placed as to require the signa-
lures CT both OF US to draw IL
out. II I fail to live up 10 this
agreement I will allow her to have
a legal separation IL she 30 de-
sires. I further agree to mako her
Il legal heir to all my life insur-
ance or whatever may accumulate
in the way OF property through
our associations"
Yet, even after this. It seems to the
casual observer tina; Mrs. Dickson for
got a few things. To be sure. one
mas to admit that she had an eye for
fundamentals, but is it not the little
things which count most? Would she
not stand q better chance of happ!-
ness had her husband signed a con-
tract which would read something after
this fashion,:
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SOME VITAL POINTS THAT SHE
OVERLOOKED,

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v,,o,s ar"s"aa ai,sa', t,asa ~
an. 1onttnr Nv -. sn WIN.
erc,.s - ,H. 80 's.s "y
m 7 pa@r,g cboue hor
"I sbau ro,.ar 49, h,. aha, .h ala
Win ,bo -, ,. ""' '1
ST p-om,.o reyor 60 Co.,. .u
marriage with other men before
my WIG 4 reali-e marriage 10 n
$500 ssesS y woman,
mnrried 60 800 ss'
msrrv .ono,odv .,,o
- shau 80. - ~, ,
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yacht a glancing blow just at the point
where the supe%rstructure of the bridge
projects. The yacht was turned about
and put into the mouth OF the harbor,
while a launch rushed ashore to br.ns
a doctor to the injured skipper.
Mr.. Baker women guests were great
ly alarmed by the crash and were In
such a nervous state that Mr.. Baker
chartered a special train to bring them
to New York. He remained at New
London. sending word to the First Ma
tional Bank that he could not reach his
office until Tomorrow. He stated In
his message hat the injury to the
Viking had been more alarming than
serious.
Mr.. BAKERS GUESTS ANXIOUS
TO REACH CITY.
The fog that shut In New London har.
Dor at the time Of the accident was the
thickest this summer. Mr.. Baker woulu
not have ventured out in It had not his
guests been anxious 10 reach this city
to-day.
Miss Kane. who II to marry Mr.. Baker
mex month. Is a daughter of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Grenviile Kane Of Tuxedo Park.
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She intends to cling to him n love
him just the same. Probably she feels
that after all. In the strictest sense Of
the word, he did not raise his hand to
a woman. and that he is therefore still
a gentleman at heart. SO much for
forgiveness.
Another wife. trailing her infelicit'es
through the columns OF the newspa-
iers. declares, she found II necessary
to clone with the man she loved be-
cause her husband "fshed all day."
The old-fashioned wife would have
been only too glad OF any simple
amusement for her spouse which kept
him from angling in the stream OF
metropolitan life with a little midnight
supper as bait. However. so much for
the unforgivable.
But In Kansas City II appears they
do not do things that way. II one did
not fear the accusation of nature fax
ing one might say the Kansas City
VIE feathers her nest before she hops
into 1t. Or, Is II possible Mrs. s. A.
Dickson Is a shining example Of
western foresight? Ante-nupt!ai IMAM
cial arrangements are as old as the
dot system. But a contract which
provides for the post-matrimon!al be-
havior OF a husband is as modern as an
electric Ice box In the house. But such
a contract Is exactly what Mrs. s. A.
Dickson insisted upon before. going
through the charming Formally OF
promising TO love, honor and obey"
Mr.. Dickson.
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20 EXPLOSIONS
\ N SEWER START
WIDESPREAD PANIC
Big Cover Plates Hurled in Air
as the Flames Gush Sixty
Feet High.
LCAR D BROKEN.
CAR WINDOWS BROKEN,
Short Circuit in Electric Con.
duit Causes Explosion of
Gas in East AID Street.

>, A succession OF twenty sewer explo-
isions at 7.9o o'clock A. NJ. to-day. thun-
I dering like Sandy Hook guns giving a
presidential salute. rolled across Forty
second street from the East River to
Third venue and up to Forty-second
('stree,.
The big cover plates, which weigh 200
y pounds each, flew into the air and sailed
dow to ground again with a mighty
SUCCESSION Of crashes. Nobody was hit
q oy them. After each cover a burst OF
nam gushed up fifty to sixty feet and
. burning cloud of gas hoated GU, over
onthe housetops. Motormen and conduc-
-istors abandoned their street cars and
ran for tire sidewalks and open door
ways. yelling over their shoulders for
tneir passengers to follow ~them-which
advfce the passengers took.
Thousands of frightened persons
poured out OF the tenements, the New
Amsterdam Gas works. the Edison stor-
age plants and other establishments
along the line of the bursting BE wer.
For a time the explosions were at.
Iibuted to a general attack of the Black
q Hand on the neighborhood on a greater
scale than had ever before been at
tempted.
AAA LNt N@,- - -
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STRANGE ANTE-NUPTIAL CON.
TRACT OF THE DECISIONS.

rms Is h statement. sworn to be
fore a notary. that the fond Westsr
husband signed:
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mob now increased TO a thousand persons
or more. followed
Half mile to tho south the men with
the rope stopped They we're now just
opposite the place where Edgar Rce
was shot the night before. As though
their crime had all been planned the
men began tn scatter in all directions
and bring fence rails to where the negro
lay bound
Brawnv arms pitched the negro and
his cor over n fence into field on the
farm, of John Newlin. Others brought
armloads pf hay and straw from the
fields
They pilod tho hay about and over the
cot and Walker Some one touched a
match to tho mattress Of the cot. soon
the cot and hay about il were ablaze.
Then the others piled fence rails on the
negro Walker wrthsi md struggled
against the shackles that bound him
TO the bed Suddenly he gave n leap
out of the blazing hay Before the men
about the fro realized what the negro
was doing Walker had leapcd over the
ferce with the bed rop, d 10 his back.
The crowd gave yell, Men with fence
rails showed tho bed and the negro back
into the blazing hay
Three times did tho negro try to escape
in this manner Each time the men with
the fence rails showed him back into the
fire.
! no ropes were sinking into his scorched
flesh The bed, showed 10y the half dozen
fence rails. rolled over into the fire and
didn't move again.
Satisfied hv the horrible scene the
leaders of the mob poked their fence rails
about the emher,' of the smoking pile for
a while and then started down the road
toward the town
Before the leaders had made their rush
on the doors and windows of the hospi-
tai attendants and nurses went about
the wards striving to quiet terrified
patients but when the yell and the bat
tering announced -s>t the door had given
way the panic stricken patients could not
be restrained The crack of Policeman
Howe's pistol when he fired over the
crowd terrified the persons in the hospi-
tai the more Those who were strong
enough left their beds. Others who were
weaker tried to leave but fell fainting.
In the ward where the negro lay the
patients who had watched the policeman
bring the injured man and strap him 10
the bed understo TODD or guessed the cause
of the mob and what il wanted. In the
other wards the meaning Of the cries was
kept from the sick
The mob gathered as though an Or
ganization had been completely effected
The leaders stood on the front Of the throng
and held consultations. When one of
the lynchers spoke to another no called
him brother" The leaders they ad-
dressed Marshal" There were no names
epoken and the identity of no one was
revealed
Attendants at the hospital made an
effort to stop the lynchers who stormed
the door. The door was barred. and
Policeman Howe and physicians gathered
behind it. When it was discovered that
the telephone wires had been cut, hospital
attendants tried to escape through the
mob to summon help. But barred
door would not stop the mob. They
broke windows The door gave way
under their rush aud fell inside with
crash. Window frames were showed out
with the windows. When the door gave
way part of the wall went with it.
Through the breach the mob surged.
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MON MILLS AND BtRNS NEGRO.
Man suspected Of several Grimes Pays
Penalty in Oklahoma.

DURANT. Okla. Aug. l3-The body
Of a negro who is thought to have been
the one who attacked and shot Mrs. l..
r. Campbell north of Durant at noon
yesterday was taken AT $3.50 this morn
ing from the posse who had slain him
and at o o'clock was publicly burned on
vacant lot near the business centre
of this city
Little excitement attended the burn
ing and the mob was orderly. The Off
GERS were powerle-s to prevent the burn
ing. but finally persuaded the mob to
wait until the body could he viewed by
the stricken woman and others who
saw the negro.
Tn" negro was stranger Before
the assault upon Mrs. Campbell he held
up a negro aagman of an NJ. Il o. G. R. R
track crew north of Durant, knocked him
down. robbed him of his dinner bucket,
marched him nearly a mile through the
woods and announced that he proposed
to kill him. The fagman made break
for liberty and though he was shot three
times escaped.
After assaulting Mrs, Campbell the
negro held NJ the two clerks at Barwick y
store and after learning that the pro-
prletor had Just departed with the day =
receipts started after him. One Of the
clerks, armed with shotgun, Intercepted
him.
Later while robhiug a farm residence
the negro was overtaken by the posse.
A fight through the timber ensued and
the negro was surrounded and killed
The negro had been seen about Caddo
for about ten days. He was well supplied
with money. He is thought to he the
negro who killed Secretary Freeman Of
the Denison. Tex, Y. NJ. {. A. at Arm
strong on August /. Freeman went to
Armstrong TO select a camp site for an
outing party. On the following Satur-
day his body was found and in it were
two pistol wounds.
Mobs last night notified all negroes, Of
whom there were twenty. to leave Du-
rant Most of them left this morning
and mobs later warned those remaining
that they must go,
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MRS. GERAGHT,, not sEkEEpER
Shes Helping Husbands Aunt with the
Dishes and the Bctis.

SPRfNGF1ELD, Mass, Aug. 13.-Nothing
interfered with the plans Of Jack Geraghty
and his bride to-day. The report that an
effort will be made by Mrs. Geraghty's s
relatives to bring about an annument
Of the marriage does not worry Geraghty
or his bride. II hardly think they will
60 to the extent of arresting Julia" said
Geraghty this afternoon. They may dig
up laws enough to get technical charge
OF incorrigibility against her. but they
will hardly 60 to that extent.
Although Mrs. Geraghty has written to
Newport asking that clothes be sent to
her the wearing apparel has not arrived.
in fact It is not expected until tomorrow.
The scanty wardrobe which she had
when she arrived In Springfield has been
added to by purchases in the local stores.
Yesterdays most important item in
Mrs. Geraghtys mind was an automobile
veil. This she considers Indispensable, as
much of the time is being spent in taking
automobile trips.
Michael's Cathedral to-day. The bride.
who is an Episcopalian, found it all very
interesting, although she said afterward
that the difference in the two services
was not marked. She liked the service
and the sermon, which was preached by
the Rev. r. A. McKeown. Following
dinner at one Of the local hotels the
couple went for a spin toward Hartford.
Conn
Although it has been said that the
husband will seek to have his wife en-
brace the Catholic faith. he vigorously
denies this. Nor will there toe any effort
made to have a second marriage service
performed. we agree perfectly on these
points" he said to-day. "and ! am quite
content that matters should remain
as they are"
For the first time in her life Mrs. Ger
agility is getting a taste of housekeeping
She insists on helping Mrs. Joseph Harris.
Mr.. Geraghty's aunt. with the house
work and has rolled m her sleeves each
day and helped with the dishes and made
beds.
Il did not know what good house
keeper I could be-" she said when telling
of this new experience. ITS new of
course. but decidedly interesting. | like
II and expect to have "A share in my own
housework from now on"
&Among the young people of the city
counted in the list OF the Geraghtys'
acouantanccs plans are afoot for n gay
week.
Tomorrow noon the pair will be enter
tained at luncheon and at night box
party has been formed to attend Poll +
Theatre. Tuesdays programme includes
another automobile trip and dinner at
night az one of the local hotels. Beyond
that the plans are not definite.
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ENCI'RSIONISTS FIGHT.
Small Attendance POstpOnes COunt! {!
Mona ghan OUTING and Shindy Starts.

Seven hundred and fifty men, women
and children who went to the wharf at
Ninety-second street and East River
with tickets for the moonlight excursion
Of the County Monaghan Association
that was supposed to leave at 3 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon did not go to Or
chard Grove. the advertised destination
OF the excursion. Instead they were
regaled with "a full blown row which
kept them ashore for the day.
IL appears that the association guar
anteed the bar committee that 1000
persons would lend their presence and
their thirst to the affair. and as less than
800 heads were counted by the committee
at the time for sailing a riot was sub
stituted for the outing
The trouble broke out among the club
members and the pleasure seekers when
Il became known that the affair would
crowd demanded an explanation and the
harbor police were called to settle matters
The Patrol from Harbor A. in charge
OF acting Capt Dwyer and Lieut. Hallock
along with the reserves hastened to
the pier. The police suggested that
association agreed The police, however.
had oodles of trouble in soothing the
angry and disappointed crowd, many
of whom yearned to clucidate for the
benefit of the Monaghanites the possi-
bilities OF certain phases of violence.
During the excitement Joseph Burns. a
deckhand Of the police boat Patrol, made
spectacular rescue of fireman OF the
tug William McAllster which was char
tered to tow the excursion barges. The
rescued man. who later gave his name as
William Scott and said he could not swim.
fell of the tug and was rapidly being
carried down by the strong He'll Gate
tide when Burns leaped overheard and
managed to keep the mans head above
the water until the police on the Patrol
threw him line and pulled both men
on board. Scott was revived and re-
mained on the tupboat
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SIR SAMUEL WALKER DEAD.
Lord Chancellor Of Ireland Dies In Dublin
at the Age OF 30.

Special Gable Desp1tch 10 THR SrN
DUBLIN, Aug. lS.-The Right Hon.
Sir Samuel Walker. Lord Chancellor OF
Ireland since 1905. died here to-day.
Sir Samuel Walker was twice Lord
Chancellor OF Ireland. the first time from
1892 to 1895. He was 70 years old, having
been horn in 1892 at Goreport, County
Westmeath He became an Irish bar
rister in 1855 He was Solicitor General
for Ireland from 1883 to 1885, Attorney
General in 1885. Lord Justice of Appeal
from ls85 to 1905. and then again Lord
Chancellor. which office ha filled when
he died. He served az member Of Par
lament from Londonderry in 1884 and
1885 He was twice marriSd His sur
viving heir. n son. Alexander Arthur, il
the husband OF the daughter of the Hon.
W. L. Crowther. NJ. ID.
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CROWNED KING or FIrDLERS,
W. NJ. Day OF Cass>illc, Mo-. Champion
or the Ozarks.

MoNr Ne. Ark, Aug. ls.--W. NJ, Day Of
Cassville. Mo. was with great ceremony
crowned king fiddler of tho Ozark Noun
tain region in the fiddlers contest. which
did not close until this morning
Day WAS declared winner of the first
prize. The second prize was won bv
Norman Ingersoll of Mont Ne. Jim
Mains OF Hickory Creek. II years old, was
declared prince regent of fiddlers, he being
the winner Of the boys contest
Fiddlers were present from over on
Turkey Trot up in Dutch Glory and from
down in the Spring Valley and Prairie
Creek country
1t was with the utmost difficulty the
judges picked the winners from among
the twenty five competitors Fiddlers
who play by ear only were permitted To
enter the contest.
During the contest an extremely tall
woman demanded that somebody dance
She WAS prevailed upon to mount the
platform and dance Turkey in the
Straw" while the twenty-five contes,jng
fiddlers played the old time tune,