VOL. XXV XO. 14,083. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Af A SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE WRECKAGE Steamers Patrol Scene of the Wreck, VALENCIA IS SUNK DEEP Only the Broken Masts Appear Above Water. NOT A WOMAN IS SAVED Twenty-Three, Male' Survivors Are on the Topcka and Nine Others Arc Hungry and Torn at -iDarlinc Creek. rouxD on turret island. A'JCTOUIA, Tt. C. Jan. 25. The simmer Shamrock arrived at Toquart, near Uclurtet. at 10:40 P. M., with three survivors of the sLcamrr . Val encia: F. Hancock, chief cook; Max Sianfllar, fireman, and George Long, fireman, who were picked up at Tur ret Island, on Barkley Sound, by Charlie Ross, an Indian policeman, of Albcrnl. Another survivor Is fix ing on the Island, but is at In the busbc. Two bodies found on Turret Island have been brought by Indians te Toquart. 4 VICTORIA. B. C, Jan. 2u. The wrecked steamer Valencia now lies submerged and broken but a portion of a mast stands above water and the fleet of utoamcrs and tugs have today been turning their attention to patrolling iho vicinity, with the hope of finding boats, rafts or wroekago still afloat with survivors, though the chances arc small. Ashore. scvral parties have been tolling over most arduous trails, some carrying succor to those who were washed ashore, dthcrs scouring the rugged rocks of the shoreline seeking for any survivors that may have i cached shore and be lying hungry and helpless, and others are ongaged In the melancholy duty of recovering bodies. Of the total company of 154. but S3 have been definitely accounted for. and three men, believed to be other sur vivors, were soon on shore from the whaling vessel Orion, near the wreck, huddled about a fire. Six survivors have been taken on the Salvor; nine, most of thom so badly cut up and bruised, without food, and fo overcome that they could not stand, much less -walk. jre still camped at Darling Creek, a telegraph hut. and IS others were picked up by the City of Topcka. No Woman or Child Saved. With the three soon from the Orion ii mile and a half from the wreck add ed, the survivors total 3C, loavlng a death list of lift persons. Not a woman or child la among the saved. Scant hope is entertained by those on board the patrolling steamers that any others will be recovered, for the yoctors on rescuing tugs say the limit of human endurance will have been passed before that time. Tne fleet of steamers engaged in pa trolling were seen this morning in the vicinity of Darling River. The steamer Salvor, which left Barofleld Creek this morning. aftcr sending part of her crew over land trails to seek survivors, and the whaling steamer Orion (a ves sel better equipped than any in this neighborhood to throw lines to wrecks, being equipped with -a harpoon gun), the steamer Queen, which stopped at the scene on the way to- San Francisco and tug Lome, sent from Victoria last night with a party of bluejackets and a lifeboat on board, were all there and as far as could be learned from cor respondents at various points, none had succeeded in finding other survivors. Surf Too nigh for Salvor. The steamer Salvor made an effort to get one &C her boats through the surf near Darling Creek this morning to land supplies for the men at Dar ling telegraph hut. The surf ran too high, though, and It seemed impossible to get a boat through it. The boat was forced to return The Salvor soon afterward located two men and--a boy, seen from the Orion ar 10:40 A. M., beside a Are evi dently built as a signal on the beach between Beegardess Point and Klane wak, where the- wreck lies. After trans ferring the survivors taken from Bam lield to the steamer-City of Topcka the Salvor went to notify the tug Lome of the finding-of the party on shore and asked if the British bluejackets on "board the Lorn -with a lifeboat would attempt n landing. Captain Butler re plied they wouhl -try,- but the under taking was most dangerous and un safe .... Bluejackets Dare Death. The British bluejackets, however, volunteered .to. try .and. made a daring attempt, but they were unsuccessful, and the sailors were obliged to return after getting within three boatlength's of the shore. Some doubt was held on the tug of whether the party on shore was made -up of sqryivors of the wreck, for, after the fee&t started bore, several others .were seen and they seomcd to make no at tempt to get off to the boat. Falling to' make a landing, the-sallors tried to send food ashore in barrols, but In this they were also unsuccessful. It Is not expected 'that the surf will be navigable for some day. With the failure of the Salvor to land supplies, the steam whaler Orion soon afterwards returned to Bamflcld to no tify those there that aid must be sent by land. The nine men wore on the side of Da'rling River nearest the wreck and Messrs. Richmond, McWha and Mouslcy, cable operators, who went taking sup plies, rope ahd telegraph instruments with them to the scene of the wroek, wore unable to cross the swollen creek. ' Bunker Swims Darling Creek. ' Darling Crock is now three times its normal depth and a swift current runs toward a fall near the month. But one of 'the survivors had managed to cross. ,F. F. Buiikor,' Assistant S;hotM Superin tendent or Seattle, a passenger, who es caped from the wreck, seeing lite wife and two daughters drown alongside the steamer- by rhe swamping of the boats, swam acrofcs -the swift creek. A man of wonderful energy, he placed a rope about his waist before -hp started. He succeeded though he was almost carried down to the fall, i : Other attempts were made to crows at low water, and the. party succeeded, work-! ing Its why to. the wreck, accompaniod by the survivors who were able to go. From Bunker it-was learned how the nine men had escaped. They were in Nos. 2 and" 5 boats and were but a Jcr cottage of the crews of those boats wild were washed ashore after the boats had been capsized in the breakers outside the heavy surf rolling in on the day of the disaster. Jn No. 2 boat, when it started from the ship, there were 15. In all and eight of these were drownod. All had life preservers on. No. S boat had left the steamer with very few passengers, not more than xlx or seven )n all. and Mr. Bunker and D. Rlehley, a fireman, who arc all that made the land, after being thrown into the breakers. Perished in the JUgging. The people on board had not taken to the rigging when these boats left. It was not until the steamer swung around broadside to the shore and unk by the bow. leaving but the housos on the hur ricane deck above water, that thoy went Into the rigging. That all took refuge there perished seems now certain. When th. life-raft picked up by the City of Topcka left the wreck they were being gradually swept away by the seas which broke against the vessel and before dark ness last night the hull was submerged and all who remained were Ipst, This morning the steam whaler OrJon. a small vessel, which could approach nearer the wreck than any of the rescue steamers, found only a portion of the Va lencia's mast and derrick standing above water. There is very llttlxsKind today, but there is a swell rupnlng which is very heavy, though notji bo compared with ihnt of Wednesday." The whaler's crew picked up a few jackets and cbds and a numbor of strips of blankets which had evidently been used as lashings by those who took to the rigging. Broken Mast Above Water. The Salvor's crew also proceeded to the wreck today, after making three efforts to land at Darling Creek, but as the steamer was unable to proceed as close as the whaler, those on board saw nothing of the wreck. The butt of the mast was seen above water, and a boat went to make an examination. Tho broken mast was found to be entangled with canvas, white flannel and calico, which appeared to have been part of the cargo, in an attempt to lash some of the passenger to the mast. A good deal of the wreckage was seen adrift, but no bodies. Few bodies have been recovered. From Pachcna hut. where a correspondent cut In with an in strument to send the account of the sur vivors' predicament at Darling River. It was reported that three, all Identified, had been picked up. The Orion and Salvor, on returning to Bamfield, did not report finding any corpses, and the tugs Lome (Concluded on Page C.) BIUDE-TO-BE OF YOUNG KING OF SPAIN. Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena. of Bat- tritburg. f The fair, slender English Princess. I Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Batten- 4 berg, granddaughter of Queen Vic- 1 torla. who is to be the wife of the 2 young Kins of Spain, is a namesake 4 of ex-Empress Eugenie of France. She was born In Scotland in 1SS7. being the first royal child to be born tn Scotland since King Charles I. in 1C00. Another coincidence between the history of Charles I and his pretty girl descendant of three cen turies later may be mentioned. When Charles I was Prince of Wales be went a-woolng In Spain. A marriage with the Spanish Infanta had been projected, and Charles went to Spain. Just as, reversing the situation, the young Spanish King Alfonso went a-woolng to England last year, but Prince Charles took with him as com panion on his romantic journey the .haughty Duke of Buckingham, and Buckingham's arrogant waysao an gered and repelled the Spanish court that, the inatch was broken" oft. CONTRACT FOR L Portland Firm Will Construct First Unit of Irriga- tion Project. ' jjjVILL FINISH IT IN YEAR Hitchcock Awards Work to Mason, Davis & Co., Lowest Bidders on Aggregate Other Contracts : Will Soon Follow. w OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 25. The Secretary of the In terior today awarded contracts for the construction and completion of the first unit of the Klamath irrigation project in Southern Oregon. This is the begin ning of the big Jl.fXO.OO) project recently approved. Otlicr contract will follow, as plans are completed and the demand for land increases. The larger part of the contract awarded today goes to Mason, Davis &. Co.. of Portland, who underbid 13 competitor? from Oregon as well as other states. Their aggregate contract amounts to TS77.S30. The rest or the contract, amount ing to only JCS2S. wan awarded to the In ternational Contract Company, of Seattle. Xcarly All Tor Portland. As Indicated by these figures, practically the entire first unit of the Klamath pro ject will be constructed by Mason, Davis & Co. They will dig a canal to take water out of Upper Klamath Iake, bring it through a deep cut out onto the low land adjoining the town of Klamath Fajls, after turning it Into the Ankeny Canal, which the Government has agreed to buy. In the construction of this canal approxi mately '718,100 cubic yarde of material must be excavated, 3100 feet of tunnel must be cut and lined and substantial hoadgatcs installed to control the flow of water through the canal, the gates being set in solid concrete work. The water carried through this canal will be used In the vicinity of Klamath Falls and will for the most part Irrigate land already under cultivation. Not much new land will be opened up under this unit. Other; j&nEsxlsp Be lict. Probably before this first canal is com pleted, contracts will bp let, for another unit of the Klamath project, as there is ample money at hand, five times as much, in "fact, as Is" called for by the first con tract. But the Government does not pro pose to rush this project through. It would be bad policy to throw upon the market the 237,000 acre? in the Klamath basin at a time when transportation facil ities are limited. The Government rather proposes to proceed slowly, opening up new land only fast enough to meet the demands of settlers. Lowest Bid in the Aggregate. Mason. Davis & Co.. whose bid is ac cepted on schedules 1, 2 and 3 of the Klamath project, are a firm of good standing, and the Government Is satis fied that they will be able to carry the work to successful completion. The Re clamation Service recommended that the award be made to them, notwithstanding that their bldg on several items were higher than those of other bidders. Their aggregate bid was far below that of all the others and J150.OM below the bid of Robert Wakefield, of Portland, the only other Oregon bidder. It is expected that work on this new canal will begin as soon as Mason, Davis & Co. furnish bond and are able to get their machinery and workmen Into the Klamath country. Work should be well under way by Spring and 12 months ought to sec the first unit of the Klamath pro ject completed and in operation. WILIi GIVE SETTLERS TITLE Senate Pusses Bill in Bcgard to Overlap Iind Grant. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 23. Senator Fulton this eve ning called up and passed through the Sonate his bill for the relief of certain entrymen and settlers within the limits of the Northern Pacific Railway grant between Portland and Wallula. The bill as passed provides: That the provisions of the act or July 1. 1803. which provides for the adjustment by the Land Department of conflicting claims to lands within the limits of the grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and also the provisions of the act of March 2. 1001, entitled, "An act for the relief of settlers under the public land lawn to lands within the Indemnity limit of the grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company." be. and they hereby are. extended to Include any bona nde settlement or entry made subse quent to January 1. 1S3S, and prior to May 31, 1005. in accordance with the erroneous decision of the Land Department respecting the 'withdrawal on the general route of the Northern Pacific Railroad between Wallula, Warn., and Portland. Or., where the same has not since been abandoned. This bill in effect proposes to give title to settlers and entrymen on land within the limits of overlapping grants between Portland and Wallula, where entries were made after January 1, 19S. and prior to May 31, 1905. The whole difficulty arises from conflicting decisions of the Interior Department and the General Land Office, which made it possible for settlers o Initiate entries on this disputed land. But for the decision of the Supreme Court on May 31, 1S03, which reverses the "Department, dispossesses these settlers of their lands, there would be no neces sity for special legislation of Jhis char acter. The equities of the case-arc all on the side of the settlers, who acted in good faith, but unfortunately acted upon un sound rulings of the Interior Department. It.'Is proposed that the raJlrpad company. IT US zbku s peraiuea te eKe indemnity se lections In payment for the land which it surrenders to bonaflde settlers in case this bill becomes law. The prospects for Its ultimate passage arc bright. BUILD SA3IPLE GOOD BOADS Government Will Give Salem and ' Pendleton Each One. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 25. Two samples of good roads will be built In Oregon this Sum mer under the direction of Government experts. Through the efTprta of Sen ator Fulton and Samuel Hill, the good roads enthusiast, the Agricultural De partment has agreed to send experts and machinery to Oregon to build two specimen roads, each one mile in length. It is the understanding that the roads .shall be built near Salem and Pendleton, the respective counties to bear the expense of materials and la bor, the Government to pay Its experts and furnish machinery.- - Similar work is to be. done in other Northwestern States. an&it is planned to hereafter build two sample roads In Oregon every year, until each coun ty has had at least one such highway. The object is to demonstrate to farm ers how good roudo can be built and maintained. ARTILLERY FQR OREGOX GUARD JJInzcr Secures Promise od Four Guns From Government. OREGONIAN NEWS BL'REAUt Wash ington. Jan. 25. Adjutant-General Y. E. Finzor. of the Oregon National Guard,, who has been attending tlie convention of National Guardbfllcers in this city, left for home today, bear dng a virtual promise of the "jVar De partment that 556.000 worth of equip ment would be turned over fQjKhe use of one battery of field nrtllleijyf of the Oregon National Guard. The Equipment will include four field pieces; and 140 revol vers. I Buy St. Clair's Order Book. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,.-Washington. Jan. 25. Senator Fulton today Introduced a resolution authorizing the purchase for J5'0 from John T. Nolun, of Portland, of the "Order book of General Arthur St. Clair, covering mil itary opemtlons in the Northwest Tcd rltory under Presidents Washington and Adairw." EARLING STARTS WEST St. Paul President Will, Inspect Route Through Mountains. ST. PAUL. Jan. 25. President A. J. Karilng. of the Chicago, Milwaukee &. St. Paul Railway, arrived in St. Paul'thls aft ernoon at 3 o'clock on his special train and departed for the West -at 3:30. Mr. Earllng said ills mission Wa to look Into the matter of lenai.Is f6rthe Mll-"jvauktv- road' Pud tic Coast extension, and that he would Inspect three routes which he had in view for crossing the mountains. He declined to say where these three routes were located. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTE It DAT'S Maximum temperature. iZ dec.: minimum temperature. AS dey. Pre clpltatlen. trace. TODAY'S Probably occasional light rala; wlnca mostly southerly. Foreign. Moroccan conference dltcusses tax collection system. Page S. Castro defends action toward Talcny. Page 5. BrltUh elections draw near do. I'ag -I. Alarm in Germany at Socialist agitation. Pase S. i Revolt of Letts in Rus-sla hard te suppress. Page 4. National. Statehood bill passos. Heu?e after more pro tects. Page 5. Money speaks In Senate against Roosevelt's foreign policy. Page 3. Bonaparte proposes new bill against hazing. Tage S. Contract let for Klamath irrigation canal. Page 1. Germans aceuse moral reformer of abusing Senator's frank. Page S. Domestic. Pitiful transformation of Senator Depew. Page 1. Will of Marshall Field. Page S. "See America" conference opens at Salt Lake. Tage 7. Death of General Joseph Wheeler. Page 4. Old friend of Wheeler commits suielde en hearing of his death. Page -f. Collier and Ilapgood testify In Town Topics trial. Page 1. Earthquake In the Southwest. Page 3. Lawyers In packers case fall to agree Page -. Hadley has good criminal case a galas t Standard OH. Page 3. Mob attempts to lynch negroes at Chatta .noega. but is repulsed by cavalry. Page -I. I'acMc Ct. Willamette Valley Development League holds closing session at Albany. Page C Charge of dodging the anti-compact law Is brought against Insurance companies in Washington. Page 7. Dora Jennings Jury disagrees and Is dis charged; Jasper Jennings sentenced. Page 12. Wreck of the Valencia. Steamers patrol the scene of the wreck of the Valencia, searching for survivors. Page 1. , More men reach telegraph hut on Darling Creek In a pitiable condition. Page a. G. Wlllets." a survivor, gives a graphic pic ture of the wreck. Page C. Commercial aad Maxlae. Strong position of canned salmon market. Page 15. Rapid decline in grain options at San Fran cisco. Page 15. Slight gain In May wheat at Chicago. ' Page 15. Stock-market recovers from early weakness and closes strong. Page 15. Members of Port of Portland and river pilots Inspect site for proposed railroad bridge across the Willamette. Page 14. Tug Pioneer sights schooner floating bottom up off the coast. Page 14. rortlasd aad Vic laity. Backers of Willamette Valley Traction Com pany are New Tork capitalists. Page. 10. Travelers' Aid Association is disbanded. Pase It. Man accused of passing bad check excuses hlmselr as possessed of dual personality. Page 12. Advocate of high bridge gives his reasons. Page 10. Efforts of Haniman to keep North-Bank road out of Portland may be resented by merchants. Page 11. Rankin wins his suit. Page 10. .Effort will be made, to indict Martin Ready for. pooIsHrag. Page 11. Ladd secured, of , maintaining a slaughter house in 'Portland. Page 10. Xer. Q.. L. Tafts held tip by highwayman, but aa he had only 58, cents- robber declined to take, money. Page 9. Dr. Brovgher aad Dr. Wilson declare that eertakt: saloeakoooers cosKlred for thi swjtHe -of ',M&okesias; xpt&tie& , ei mm ALL MEN NOW 1 Transformed From Apostle of Happiness to Broken- ' Down Old Man. SHUNNED BY OLD FRIENDS Pathetic Contrast With Former Self. Driven Out of Business, 'Put in Coventry. JIc Would. ' Welcome Death. NEW TORK. Jan. 25.-(SpccIal.) Bright-eyed. . smiling, always happy. Honored at clubs, welcomed at banquets. Thoroughly enjoying life and calling upon everybody to see the bright side of things. Ar broken-down old man, as much alone In New York City as if he were, on a desert island. Out of business, out of so ciety. Shunned by his friends, assailed by the public His fortune- - impaired, his health broken, and rumors afloat that his mind is giving way. These are two "thumbnail sketches of Chauncey M. Depew. as he wns a year ago. and as he is today, and they are true to life. He is the most pathetic fig ure in the United States. If not In the world, today, and the loss oC the public's love and applause is killing him. as sure ly as If he had been slowly poisoned. He Is a second "man without a country." and the punishment inflicted upon him is the most severe that could possibly have been Inflicted. Day after day he sits brooding in his lonely house at No. 27 West Fifty-fourth street. His wife has gone abroad and the time of her return is problematical. Nobody calls to see him nobody Invites him out. Occasionally he Is seen in his carriage driving In the park. In the old days his progress was marked by eheory words and waving of hands from his friends on tho sidewalk, and he always had a smile and a Joke to throw back at them. But" It is different now. He lies back on the cushions like an Invalid. There is no light In his eyes, no smile on hi3 face When he notices anybody- looking at him he shrinks as if he expected a blow. There are no smiles, no jests. It Is only a weary old man out for an air ing, and nobody -knows him and no one cares whether he lives or dies. His Sin Was Only Smallt And yet what Depew did was a very tiny sin. judged .by the standards of Wall strceL He accepted a retainer of $20,000 a year from the Equitable Life Assur ance Society and induced his associates to advance a loan on worthless Depew Investment Society securities. It wasn't much. Other men have been far more wicked. But the fact that It was Depew was the fact that hurt, and which brought such swift punishment. Everybody knew there were thieves in Wall street. Everybody knew that finan cial institutions were crowded with graft ers, great and small, but sunny Chauncey Depew was regarded as honest, and everybody trusted him. When the Armstrong committee dragged him into the limelight and showed him in his true colors, the public indignation was great, and It has been growing stead ily and quietly every day. A few weeks ago Depew announced his retirement from the board of directors in 79 corporations, railroad and Industrial. It is known that he didn't want to do It, but he wa3 told that in a number of cases he would be summarily removed, and that In not a single instance could he hope to be re-elected. His latest statement has just been Is sued. He declares through his son that, on account of his health, he has decided to cancel all hlsr social engagements, and to accept none for the future. "And the pathos of it is," said a mem ber of the Union League Club tonight, "that poor old Depew cancels his engage ments because he hasn't any. and is too proud to say so. Xo Longer Seen in Tils Clubs. "Depew has been one of the greatest club men in New York. Here Is a par tial list of the organizations to which he belonged up to the time of the Investi gation. "Metropolitan. Union League. Lotos. University. University Glee. Yale. Cen tury Association. Lawyers. Republican, Players. Sons of the American Revolu tion. Riding and Driving. Society of the Colonial Wars. New York Historical So ciety. St. Nicholas, Tuxedo. New York Yacht. Historical Society. Phi Beta Kappa. St. Nicholas Society. Authors. Ardsiey. Transportation. West Side Re publican. New England Society, Chamber of Commerce. Press, Lafayette Post G. A. R-. and the swell Oxford and Montauk Clubs in Brooklyn. "There are others In other cities, but in everyone of the list I have given Depew was regarded -as a- star member. He visited about, was always treated with great . consideration, and where he sat was the head of the table. In many of the organizations he has served as President. In practically every one. he has at one time or another been a di rector. Depew was an Ideal clubman. He swore by his clubs, and they swore by him. ' "He has not been In- any one of them in months. He made a few visits here and there, slinking and furtive, not at all the Depew we have loved for years, but everywhere he met with cold glances and even open affronts. - "When he came among 413, Jve. found itis old friends did not know him. He found himself to be a mo.re. sorrowful., rejected 'Man Who Was than could -ever be por trayed by KlpUBg. :ever a ,au& ias been sent to Cov entry, it is Chauncey Depew and I pity him from the bottom of my heart." Chauncey Depew has for years been the recipient of honors, trifling in themselves, but which delighted him to the heart. Ever since he was elected to the Assembly, over 40 years ago, he has annually attended his old district convention ana made a speech to the delegates. He was not invited this year. The aristocratic Montauk Club, of Brooklyn, has annually given a "birth day dinner" in his honor. There will not be any dinner this year. The olfl cers or the club do not say why. They simply say there win be no dinner. Depew has for many years addressed the new officers of. Lafayette Post, of which he is a member, and has been enthusiastically cheered by his old comrades. He did not, attend the an nual meeting- No explanation was given. Nono was asked. Kane Lodge, aristocratic among Ma sonic bodies in New York City, has Depow- as a member. For many years he was a teller at the annual election, .explaining laughingly that it was the only office he wanted, lie didn't get it tnis year. Of course he couldn't be appointed, for he failed to appear. Tile Players' Club was fond of De pew. Every prominent actor who was a member, and that .Includes practically everyone in the profession, was accus tomed to sending him tickets for first nights in New York, with a cordial wish for a personal opinion of the play nd the star's work. And Depew al ways attended if ne could, and would afterwards deliver himself of a bright, snappy criticism in the presence of an audience of admiring players. They don't send him tickets any more. "An invalid docs not care to go to the the ater, you know." And besides Cares Xo More for Office. For years Depew has been a member of the Yale corporation, and was al ways re-elected unanimously. His term expires thi3 Spring, and he will not stand for re-election. It "was unneces sary for various members to organize a movement against him. "Of course he does not care for the otfice any longer." Depew was always one of the star speakers at the Press Club ban quet. Hf likd newspaper men, and would get up in the middle of the night to chat with re porters. They liked him and. when reporters were discussing the big men of the city, somebody would always be bound to say that Depew was the easi est man - to interview and the nicest mair to meet in the whole city. And everybody would promptly agree with the speaker. It is different now. The life of Senator Chauncey M De pew used to be filled with business', joy and happiness. He was engaged all day in attending to the various en terprises in which he was engaged. At night oaatajrurjrurnd of club, .visits and banquets kept him out until late. In polite society he was known as "the famous after-dinner speaker." On the Bowers", where his fame was also, wide spread, they called him 'The Peach.' The "Depew smile" was unique in its. class, a benevolent beam, that was al ways on his countenance. He preached happiness, practiced happiness, and ra diated happiness. Men looked up to him as one immune from the s6rr6ws or life. Would Welcome Death. t A lonely old man. with lack 'Itlstrfe' eyes, sits in a mansion in a fashion able prt of New York City. He has plenty to eat, plenty to wear and more servants than he really needs. But he has lost all that life holds dear to him, and it Is whispered that the "apostle of happiness" would wearily welcome death. Twenty thousand dollars a year! It really Isn't much for a wealthy man, and the amount is far too small, when one considers the price that Dapew has paid for It. Do you wonder ne is a sorrowful, broken old man. and that those once his friends, when they mention his name, speak in hushed whispers, as one mentions the dead? Poor old Depew! Crosses Spain in Balloon. MADRID, Jan. 23. A Spanish aeronaut named Duro has crossed the Pyrenees In a gas iSiIIoon. He ascended at Pau and descended at Guadic. in Granada, cover ing about 550 miles in 14 hours. SUED BECAUSE HER SKIPPER- SET YACHT ON ITKE. HoBSi Sirs. Sasaa DeForest Day Parker. Mrs. Susan DeForest Day Parker Is being sued in New York by an in surance company for a portion of the 921,000 paid to her for damage done by fire to her yacht. Scythian. Cap tain James Cardiff, who commanded the yacht, testified In court that he had set fire to the boat by order of Dr. Charles Thomdyke Parker, hus band of the famous yachtswoman. Mrs. Parker was the first woman to whom a yachtmaters certificate was . granted in this country. She Is wealthy and prominent"" socially. Her yacht was originally, a tramp steam ship in the South American fruit trade. t f I COLLIER STANDS B HIS CHARGE! He Told Hapgood to Denounce Deuel. HAS GOOD JOKE ON JEROME Prosecutor Given as Authority for Article. WHAT PROVOKED "LIBEL" Attack on Miss Roosevelt Aroused Collier to Wrath Shepavd Ad dresses Jury' With Cutting Words on Blackmailers. NEW YORK. Jan. 25. The last stage of the trial of Norman Hapgood. editor of Collier's Weekly, charged with criminal PRESIDENT OF BALTIMORE TRUST COMPANY BLED BY TOWN TOPICS. Bernard N. Baker. Bernard N. Baker, president of the Baltimore Trust Company and presi dent of the American Trust Company, is one of the men bled by Town Top ics. Certain objectionable" articles ap peared in' Town Topics' regarding his family. He protested. Colonel Mann told him other steamship companies advertised. He advertised. The at tacks ceased. He refused to subscribe to "Fads and Fancies." Items again commenced to appear In Town Topics. libel In the publication of a paragraph commenting upon City Magistrate Deuel's connection with Town Topics, was reached today when the taking of testi mony was ended and Edward M. Shepard, of counsel for the accused editor, made the opening argument for the defense. At the conclusion of Mr. Shepard's address. In which he declared that everything stated in the paragraph in Collier's was true and In which he denounced Town Topics as a blackmailing publication, an adjournment was taken until tomorrow, when District Attorney Jerome will sum up for the prosecution. The striking feature of the testimony was given by Mr. Hapgood himself, when he took the stand In his own behalf and declared that what he had written about Town Topics was based upon information furnished to him by Mr. Jerome himself. Mr. Jerome here caused some merriment by his statement that it showed that, after all, he was the writer of the article Involved in the trial. "That Is true In a measure." assented Mr. Hapgood. Robert Collier, of Collier's Weekly, tes tified that Mr. Hapgood had written the article concerning Justice Deuel and Town Topics under instructions from him. Mr. Jerome recalled Colonel W. D. Mann, editor of Town Topics, to give his ver sion of his dealings with Bernard N. Ba ker, of Baltimore, and also to deny the statement that Harry Lehr and several other society people had furnished para graphs to Town Topics. The last act of Mr. Jerome for the pros ecution was to place In evidence a letter from ex-President Grover Cleveland, who had been given an honorary subscription to "Fads and Fancies," stating that he had examined the publication and thought It an "admirable book." Mr. Collier was the first witness. He said: "What Provoked the "Iiibcl." "In Town Topics, in October, ISOi, I saw an article referring to Miss Alice Roose velt only by her first name. When I went down to the office, I called Hap good's attention to that article and told him J. .thought It was the vilest article ever printed in any newspaper and sug gested that he write something about it. He did so in an editorial headed 'The Most Degraded Paper In the United States. Hapgood. in hl3 article, how ever, did not name the paper, but, when I read the proof of it, I wrote in the name 'Town Topics, telling Hapgood at, the same time that my action would doubtless Involve us in personal abuse." After the arrest of Charles Ahle, the solicitor, Mr. Collier said, Mr. Hapgood wrote another editorial, and, while he was doing so. Mr. Collier told him to say In it that it was a disgrace for any Judge to be connected with Town Topics. Under cross-examination by Mr. Jerome, t Bernard N. Baker. m jeiatzr Concluded on Pago 4.)