VOL. XXVI XO. 14,437.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HUMMEL'S STORY
PUT IN EVIDENCE
Contradicts Mrs. Thaw
on Vital Point.
DELMAS FIGHTS EVERY STEP
She Read and Swore to Affi-
davit Clearing White.
HUMMEL EAGER TO TELL
Forced to Admit Criminal Record
and Disbarment Thirty Years
Ago Jerome's Alienists All
Say Thaw Was Sane.
NEW YORK. March 15. With D. M.
Delmas fighting him every inch of the
way. District Attorney Jerome today se
cured from A. Hummel his complete story
' 61 to the affidavit which it is alleged
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw made in the lawyer's
office In 1903, charging Harry K. Thaw
with beating her when she had told him
that the statement that Stanford White
had drugged and ruined her was not true.
Mr. Delmas first objected to all Hummel's
testimony and' offered a' specific objec
tion to each question put by the prose
cution. Justice Fitzgerald overruled every
objection and Mr. Delmas made . excep
tions. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was called , to
the stand In the effort of the defense to
keep Hummel silent.
Has Waived Her Privilege.
Justice Fitzgerald . declared that, ad-,
mining the proposition, of counsel and
client. Sirs. Thaw herself had waived the
professtona.1 privilege by taking the stand
early In the case and giving her version
of what transpired at Hummel's office.
The bond of secrecy once removed, it
rould not be re-established.
Uneuecessful in blocking Hummel's tes
timony, Delmas on cross-examination
brought from the witness the fact that
ho had been convicted in December. 1S05,
on a charge of conspiracy in the same
courtroom in which Thaw Is being tried.
He further admitted that two Indictments
for subornation of perjury are pending
against him and that one of these indict
ments charges htm with having caused
a false affidavit to be made. Mr. Jerome
protested against the witness being
""dragged through the humiliating de
tails" of his trial, but Justice. Fitzgerald
declined to Interfere.
Hummel's Story or Affidavit.
Hummel's testimony In brief was to the
effect that Evelyn Nesblt told him among
other things that -Thaw had beaten her
Tvhen she refused to sign papers he had
prepared, charging Stanford White with
her betrayal; that ho. had dictated a
statement to a stenographer in the pres
ence of Miss Nesblt and Stanford White;
that he gave the affidavit to two of his
lerks. to take to Miss Nesblt in the
Madison Square Garden tower and that
the next day the paper was returned to
. him with Evelyn Nesbit's signature at-
tauhed. He kept the affidavit until Miss
Nesblt called one day and demanded it.
He refused to give it to her and turned
It over to Stanford White, advising him to
have a photographic copy made.
Hummel first said he himself arranged
for photographing the affidavit and that
the photographer came to his office. A few
moments later, however, he completely
contradicted himself on this point, saying
he did not make the arrangements, that
the photographer did not come to his
-office, and that he had not so testified.
After Stanford White had the copy made,
he returned the original of the affidavit,
the photographic negatives and the prints
made from the negatives to Hummel,
who swore today that he subsequently
delivered the original affidavit to Miss
Nesblt and has not seen it since.
She Read and Signed Affidavit.
Abraham Sncideker, one of Hummel's
clerks, was called and said he took the
affidavit to Mr. White's rooms in the
tower and handed it to the woman
pointed out to him as Miss Nesblt. She
kept the affidavit for five minutes and
altrned. saying she had read It through,
v ' the conclusion of this testimony, Mr.
Jerome asked permission to introduce the
carbon and photographic copy of the af
fidavit In evidence. It was near the clos
ing hour and Mr. Delmas asked that ad
journment be taken before arguing as to
the admissibility of the affidavit.
Medical Evidence Is In.
Mr. Jerome completed his medical tes
timony In the morning. Mr. Delmas, for
the defense, declining to cross-examine
any of the experts. Dr. Flint, who. testi
fied yesterday, was excused and then five
other alienists were called, one after an
other. Each said he was familiar with
the hypothetical questions framed by the
defense and by the prosecution. Basing
their opinions on these questions, they all
declared that Thaw, on the night he shot
and killed Stanford White,. knew the na
ture and quality of his act and knew that
the act was wrong.
Mr. Jerome announced that, when the
matter of the admissibility of the Hum-
met affidavit ia disposed of, the prosecu
v.fif. will rest. 'The defense, however,
. wtlj not," said Mr. Delmas, and he fur
ther Intimated that more experts will be
called in rebuttal. Adajournment was
taken until Monday.
ALL AGREE THAW WAS SAXE
State's Experts Testify Hummel
Contradicts Mrs. Thaw's Story.
NEW YORK, March 13.' At the open
ing of the Thaw trial today Mr.
Jerome consented to a request from Mr.
Delmas, of the defense, that he be allowed
to defer the cross-examination of Dr.
Austin Flint, who, In answer to two hypo
thetical questions yesterday, declared the
opinion that Thaw, at the time he shot
and killed Stanford White, was sane and
knew the nature and quality of his act.
Dr. Flint was excused, and Dr. William
Hirsch, of the Cornell Medical School,
was called as the second of the six ex
perts called to testify for the state.
After Dr. Hirsch had qualified by stat
ing what his medical education and ex
perience has been. District Attorney Je
rome asked him:
"Was the person described in the hypo
thetical question of the defense suffering
from such mental derangement that he
did not know the nature of his act or that
tile act was wrong?'
"He certainly was not,' was the reply.
"Now, doctor," said Mr. Jerome, "what
is a brain storm?"
So Such Thing as Brain Storm.
"There Is no such thing as a brain
storm known among scientific men," came
the response.
When Dr. Wagner was upon the wit
ness -stand he cited to Mr. Jerome a case
of brain storm described in a recognized
textbook on insanity. Mr. Jerome called
Dr. Hirsch's attention to this case. Mr.
Delmas objected on the ground that it
was a collateral issue. Justice Fitzgerald
overruled the objection, and Dr. Hirsch
said the case cited was no more similar
to the Thaw affair than a case of small
pox resembles a broken leg.
"That is all." said Mr. Jerome.
"No questions, doctor; you may step
aside,' said Mr. Delmas.
Dr. William Fritchard followed Dr.
Hirsch upon the stand. His responses to
the two hypothetical questions were iden
tical with those of Dr. Hirsch. -
Mr. Delmas waved Dr. Pritchard aside
when he was turned over by the District
Attorney for cross-examination.
It was then announced from the defend
ant's counsel table that there would be no
cross-examination of the experts for the
Ftate. Dr. Albert W. Ferris, the next ex
pert, was upon the stand but a few mo
ments. He answered the two questions as
the jothers had done and was dismissed
by Mr. Delmas.
Dr. A. R. Diefendorf, of the State Hos
pital at Mlddletown, Conn., was the fifth
expert to testify, and his opinion was
that the prisoner was sane when he killed
White.
Mr. Delmas Started to ask Dr. Diefen
dorf a question as to certain statements
made In one of his works.
Mr. Jerome objected and Mr. Delmas
withdrew -the question."
Dr. Mabon, the last of the six experts,
was called. Dr. Mabon was of the. same
mind as the five doctors who preceded
him upon the stand.
When Mr. Jerome had concluded his di
rect examination of Dr. Mabon, who in
Superintendent of the State Hospital foe
the Insane on Ward's Island, Mr. Hart
ridge, of Thaw's counsel, said he had a
few questions te put to him.
"Is it not true," he asked, "that physi
cians ofen differ as to the form of insan
ity from which a patient may be suffer
ing?" Mr. Jerome objected, but was over
ruled. "They do," admitted Dr. Mabon.
Mr. Hartzidge said that many things
which are in evidence were left out of the
hypothetical question framed by the Dis
trict Attorney and undertook' to supply
some of the details.
Mr. Jerome objected, . especially to -the
reference to the "Monk" Eastman gang,
and said there was not a fact correctly
stated by Mr. Hartridge which is not
contained in one or the other of the two
hypothetical questions put to the witness.
Mr. Jerome objected to Mr. Hartridge's
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 43
degrees; minimum, 33.
TODAY'S Showers-, southwesterly winds.
Railroads.
Roosevelt demands Harrlman's deposition
and his backers take away control from
him. Page 1.
Four presidents decide not to call on Roose
velt. Page 1.
Wall street recovers from panic. Page 2.
White House conference on Alton deal.
Page 1. '
Foreign.
Zelaya's ambition causes Central American
war. Page 8.
Ceiling of Russian Douma hall falls. Page 8.
National.
Foraker admits pa.ying- cost of collecting
evidence on Brownsville riot. Page 3.
Secretary Garfield orders issue of land pat
ents to be expedited. Page 3.
Austrian officer predicts American-Japanese
war and American defeat. Page 3.
Politic.
George F. Williams booms Bryan and
Bryan booms Roosevelt indirectly. Page
Tillman says third term will be lssu In
1808. Page I.
Oklahoma completes constitution with many
radical features. Page S.
Domestic.
Hummers evidence In Thaw trial discredits
Mrs. Thaw on vital point. ' Page 1.
Haskin on possibilities of the phonograph.
Page 1.
Flood subsides In Pittsburg; causes loss of
many lives down Ohio River. Page 4.
Armed truce in Goldfleld. where citizens'
committee rules. Page 3.
raclfta Coat.
Government agents unearthing land frauds
Jn Harney County. Psge 5.
Ashland confident people of state will stand
by Southern Oregon Normal. Page 5.
Secretary of State Benson -Is a very sick
man. Page 3.
Spokane Democrats dismayed at -workings
of new primary law. Page S.
Commercial and Marine.
Ooarse grains firmer in local market. -Page
IT.
Wheat drops 1 cent at Chicago. Page IT.
Stock market recovers from panic. Page 17.
Portland & Asiatic liner Numantia clears
with larjre cargo for the Orient. Page la
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor Lane not present at Democratic
Clubs' smoker, and is criticised for
speakers. Page 10.
Dr. H. W. Coe says President Roosevelt
should b elected for third terra so he
could complete Panama canal. Page 10.
Breach between rival labor organizations
widened by sawmill m'Orkers attack on
C. H. Oram. Page 12.
Schedule for Pacific Coast League satisfac
tory to Portland. Page 7.
Eight divorces granted by Circuit Court.
Page 12.
Portland bankera call Wall-street panic a
mere flurry caused by manipulation.
Page 14.
POKES THE TIES
INTO ROOSEVELT
Tillman Says Third
Term Will Be Issue.
POLICY ALL SOUND AND FURY
Opposes Government Owner
Ship of Railroads.
NOT ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN
Senator Prefers Energetic Applica
tion of Law and More Law Be-.
Ileves Wreckers Like Harrlman
Try to Bear Stock Market.
' RICHMOND, Va., March 15. (Special.)
Senator Benjamin K. Tillman, of South
Carolina.- who delivered a lecture at the
Young Men's Christian Association to
night on the question, "Trusts and Mono
polies," granted an Interview prior' to
the lecture. When asked:
"What do you think will be the leading
issue In the presidential . campaign .next
year?" the Senator replied:
"I believe Roosevelt's third term will
cut as much figure in that issue as any
other question. Alt signs now point that
way. Roosevelt's recent policy apparent
ly has been to adopt Democratic methods.
"This has been evident In his attacks
and investigations over all parts of the
country. He has, however, invariably
fallen down just at the moment when the
people expected results. His policy has
been one of fuss and feathers full of
sound and fury, but signifying nothing."
As to Government ownership of rail
roads, IMr. Tillman said:
'I myself am opposed to Government
ownership. I would attempt a reforma
tion of conditions threatening Govern
mental ownership by an energetic appli
cation of the law and toy the; adoption of
such further statutes as would appear
necessary to control or to rectify condi
tions. I r3oni'tsi"Bplieve any consider ible
portion of the Democratic party at Wash
ington favors Governmental ownership.
I do not believe it will be a live issue in
the next Democratic platform."
Being asked the question, "What, to
your mind, is the cause of the down
ward tendency of railroad and other
stocks?" Mr. Tillman replied:
"It appears that wreckers of the Harri
man type Save been getting in their work
and that, after inflating the prices for
a few years, they are now trying to bear
the market and buy back at enormous
profits utterly regardless of consequences.
I also believe the present situation to be
due In some degree to fear of the people,
whose temper - Is shown in- the general
agitation for a flat 2-cent passenger rate."
Plan Farming Experiments. .
ITHACA. 1ST. Y.. March IS. Dean
Liberty H. Baker, of Cornell College
oi Agriculture, today appointed.-in his
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capacity as president of the Association
of American Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment Stations, a commission to
inquire into the organization and
policy which should prevail - as to the
expenaiture or public moneys provid
ed for agricultural experiments. The
commission is as follows: - Chairman,
David Starr Jordan, president of Stan,
ford University: Carroll D. Wright,
president of Clark College; H. P. Arms
by, director of the Pennsylvania State
College, and Gifford D. Pinchot, ohief
forester of the Department of Agri
culture. RELEASE ROM BIGGY.
Kuef's Appeal to Supreme Court Is
Taken Under Advisement.
SAN FRANCISCO, March, IS. The
State Supreme Court today heard argu
ments by the attorneys for Abraham
Ruef, who pleaded for an order removing
him from the custody of Elisor Biggy and
placing hlra in charge of the Sheriff.
This request was opposed by Assistant
District Attorney Heney. The court took
the matter under advisement, - leaving
Ruef in the custody of Elisor Biggy.
The four guards detailed to assist Elisor
Biggy in guarding Abraham Ruef have
been given quarters ' in the room adjoin
ing . that which the prisoner occupies.
Heretofore the management of the hotel
has found it impossible to concentrate
Biggy's forces. This morning the -room
was vacated and Blggy'a men at once
took it. This will permit all four being
within calling distance. Two are on watch
all the time, besides the elisor, who
sleeps in the spmernom with bu charge.
TROOPS CLASH IN HAVANA
American Soldiers Get Into Row
With Members of Rural Guard.
HAVANA, March 15. A dispatch to th
Havana Post, from Santa Clara, says a
fight occurred there today between some
members of the rural guards and Ameri
can soldiers. Five sustained serious In
juries. The altercation began In a circus
and grew into a riot.
Shoot Into Watson Home.
AUGUSTA. Ga.. March 15. Several
shots were fired into the bedroom of J.
D. Watson, son of Thomas B. Watson,
the ex-Presidential candidate on the Popu
list ticket, at their Jiome at Thomson, Ga.,
early today. It was' claimed later that
the Investigation Indicated a plot against
Thomas Watson or his family, but no
definite clew was obtained. - .
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Roosevelt's Demand.
ULTIMATUM GIVEN MORGAN
'Harriman Is Lawless; He
Must Go," Said President.
WILL SHOW NO QUARTER
Morgan Assured Him the Railroads
Would Obey Law, but He De
manded Harrlman's Scalp
and Wall Street Gave It.
NEW YORK, March IS. (Special.) The
Press this morning says:
"In the - innermost sanctuaries of the
great bankers, the private rooms of the
trusted operators who act for them In
the stock market, there were whispered
rumors today after noon that EX H.
Harriman had lost, or would lose, control
of the Union Pacific, the Central Pacific,
the Southern Pacific the whole Union
Pacific system, together with Reading
and all his other seizures of high finance.
Here is the extraordinary story:
"Some weeks 'ago Mr. Morgan, repre
senting the alarm of the railroad heads
and their banking affiliations, sent an
emissary to the White House to find
out if the President were Implacably
hostile to the railroads of the country
as such, or If he were disposed to differ
entiate, between the good management
and the- bad. Mr. Roosevelt's return
message was that he was not making war
on railroads as industrial Institutions;
that .he was fighting railroads which per
sistently and brazenly broke the - law. -
Railroads Willing to Obey.
On the understanding that the President
was not unappeasedly in conflict with all
the rallr&ada, but only with tnose which
defied tub authority of the Government,'
Mr. Morgan then requested a personal
interview. At this meeting, he assured
the President that the wiser presidents
of the roads were sensible of the fact
that- they were the creatures, not the
masters, of the Government. He declared
that they were willing to show that they
were amenable to reason and would be
glad to come to an understanding by
which they could seek to satisfy the Pres
ident and the country of their purpose
to obey the law and fulfill other condi
tions of good citizens. Mr. Roosevelt
answered that this was not enough.
"What Is the matter, then?" asked Mr.
Morgan.
Harrlman's Lawless Nature.
"Harriman," answered Mr. Roosevelt,
grimly. "He has no conception of what
is lawful and what is unlawful. . He has
a lawless nature. He has no moral sense.
He Is a menace to this country. He is a
disgrace to the Institution of railways.
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He is a stigma upon those railway men
and bankers who tolerate and condone
and help him.
"Harriman does not know how to come
within the law; he has got to go. The
Government proposes to follow him up
and expose his dealings and practices
against public ' morality and business
decency until it will be impossible for him
to stand up longer against the storm of
public opinion that will overwhelm him."
His Power Taken Away.
Thereupon Mr. Morgan asked for time
in which to consult with Stlllman, or
the Rockefeller Interests in the First Na
tional Bank and other financial leaders.
Out of this conferring grew a plan for
the appeasing of the President, to get
rid of Harriman as the dominant railway
factor In the United States, taking away
his vast Union Pacific system, or, at least,
to weaken his control so largely that he
would be at the mercy of other railway
interests rather than they at his.
. With the execution of the programme
came the sudden break In the stock mar
ket, with Harrlman's Union Pacific sys
tem and Reading leading all the others
In the downward plunge. Everybody was
selling those stocks and Harrlman's peo
ple could not take them, because the great
lenders, playing their part, had no money
to lend on Harriman securities as col
lateral. The call money rates were
brought way up. All this threw floods of
old Harriman holdings Into the market.
They carried down the list still further
until the bottom literally was knocked
out of Harriman stocks.
WILL NOT VISIT ROOSEVELT
Kour Railroad Presidents Conclude
They Have No Mandate.
NEW YORK, March 15. Messrs. Mc
Crea, Mellen, Hughitt and Newman, the
four railroad presidents for whose visit
to the White House, J. P. Morgan ar
ranged before his departure for Europe,
held a conference here today. The whole
situation was canvassed with great care
and it was finally decided not to go to
Washington.
It is understood the reason for this de
cision Is that the railroad men had no
proper mandate from the railroad cor
porations to ' represent them. They felt
they could not assume the position of a
self-constituted commission to formulate
or present the views of the hundreds of
railroad' companies, which in turn are
owned by thousands of shareholders. They
recognized that the railroad managers of
the United States are not themselves . In
perfect accord and that until some meth
od could be adopted for securing a con
sensus of opinion a visit to the President
would be idle. At the conclusion of the
conference the four presidents left for
their homes. .
Thomas F. Ryan, when asked his opin-'l
Ion about the proposed meeting of the
President and the heads of the great rail
roads, said: ' .
"I think the sooner the business inter
ests of the country conclude to go to work
to aid the President In solving the dif
ferent problems that confront him every
day, the sooner confidence will be re
stored and the business of the country
move on without Interruption."
XOT IXVITE, GLAD TO SEE THEM
President's Attitude to Railroad
Men Will Discuss Alton Deal.
WASHINGTON, March 15. At a late
hour tonight President Roosevelt had re
ceived no word from the four railroad
presidents who were suggested by J. P.
Morgan on the eve of his departure for
Europe as conferees to discuss with the
President the railroad situation and to
urge Mr. Roosevelt to take some action
to "allay the public anxiety" as to the
Administration's attitude. The President
will not invite Messrs. McCrea, Hughitt,
Newman and Mellen to the White House,
but If they ask for an appointment the
President will be glad to receive them.
Governor Deneen and Attorney-General
Stead of Illinois, who were invited to
Washington by the President, arrived
tonight and will' call at the White House
tomorrow. While Mr. Deneen refuses to
discuss the object of his conference with
the , President, it can be stated on good
authority that the Chicago & Alton deal
and other disclosures brought out at the
recent Harriman Investigation will be dis
cussed and the situation in general will
be gone over.
WILL PROSECUTE COAL ROADS
Interstate Board on Trail of Indiana
and Illinois Lines.
WASHINGTON." March 13. An im
portant conference which is likely to have
far-reaching results was held late this
afternoon between members of the In
terstate Commerce Commission and rep
resentatives of the coal operators' and
coal miners'- organization in Southern
Illinois and Southern- Indiana.
. In addition to a complaint which, as
a result of the conference, is to be filed
formally with the Commission it Is prob
able that the Attorney-General will be
urged to institute prosecutions against
officials of the coal-carrying railroads In
Indiana and Illinois for alleged violation
of the Sherm,an antitrust law. -
MAY REDUCE SPEED OF TRAIXS
Railroad Officials Agree on Plan for
Safety and Economy.
CHICAGO. March 15. Passenger traffic
managers of ail the Western lines met in
the committee rooms of the Western Pas
senger Association yesterday to discuss
plans to reduce the speed of passenger
trains. Their conclusions will be present
ed to the officers of the operating depart
ments, ajid a definite plan for concerted
action will be taken up at a future meet
ing. It Is probable that some of the ac
commodation trains which have been op
erated at a loss will be discontinued.
The operating officials are a unit In
the contention that the move is not so
much an economic measure as one of
safety. Lengthening of the time of pas
senger trains, they believe, will decrease
the number of accidents, and also give
the dispatchers increased facility for
movement of trains on time.
A fine of 20 per cent of the mall train
earnings Is imposed . by the Government
for a delay of 30 minutes or more. Under
this rule, which went into eifect on July
1, 1906, some of the roads operating fast
mail trains are short about (3000 for fines
Imposed, some of which will be contested.
It is believed a lengthening of the sched
ules will enable the roads to escape fines.
Another reason given for lengthening
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THREE DAUGHTERS
ARE STILL ALIVE
Only One Generation
From Washington.
CONWELL'S DIVERSE ACTIVITY
Philadelphia Pastor Has, Done
Many Things Well. .
IS A GENIUS IN MANY WAYS
Preacher, Lecturer, Lawyer, Foun
der of Hospital and University. ;
Commander Young's Pets Sur
vive Bennington Explosion
BY FREDERIC J. RASKIN.
WASHINGTON," March 10. (Special Cor
respondence.) More than 50,000 women in
the United States trace their ancestry
back to some brave officer or soldier or
sailor who rendered valiant service for
the colonies In the time of the Revolu
tion. Although it is 124 years since
Washington disbanded the last of his
army,- there are a few real daughters
of the Revolution still living daughters
of men who saw actual service.
Of these there are three on the pension
list, being pensioned by special act of
Congress. Mrs. Sarah C. Hurlbutt, of
Little Marsh, Penn., now S3, is the
daughter of Elijah Weeks who served
two and a half years in a Massachu
setts regiment. Miss Rhoda Augusta
Thompson, of Woodbury, Conn., aged 86,
Is the daughter of Thaddeua Thompson,
who served six years in a New York
reK'.ment. Mrs. Phoebe M. Palmeter, of
Tallette, N. Y.. aged 86, is the daughter
of; Jonathan Wooley who served two
years In a New Hampshire regiment.
It has not been long, since the last
pensioned Revolutionary widow died. This
was Esther 8. Damon, of Plymouth.
Union. Vt;, who died. lat Fail at the,
age of 92. She was the widow of Noah
Damon, private In a troop of Massachu
setts volunteers.
Philadelphia's Pastor a Genius.
Russell H. Conwell. the pastor of the
Temple Baptist Church in Philadelphia,
the largest church ' in the world, has
turned his diversified genius to many ac
counts. . Besides preaching to a record
breaking crowd every Sunday, he is the
most popular lecturer on the platform,
and Is acknowledged to have spoken to
more people than any other living man.
He has filled 6000 different lecture engage
ments, one of his subjects having been
given on 3000 different occasions. Be
tween times he has served through the
Civil War, built up a flourishing law
practice, studied theology, built a uni
versity and a hospital, and laid to his
credit more individual charities than any
other preacher in America. He is a
genuine apostle of strenuosity.
It hag been said of him that he can
lecture a year without disclosing the
fact that he is a preacher, and can
preach six months without letting one dis
cover that he is a sectarian. He once
heard of a man in his congregation who
had failed at the trade of bookbinding.
Instead of offering spiritual 'consolation,
he studied the art of binding books, and
preached a sermon on It. which has been
preserved as an authority on the sub
ject. This also served to put the unfor
tunate bookbinder on his feet again. Ho
is now a man of comparative wealth, and
he accredits It to that sermon. It was
a fair example of Mr. Conwell's methods.
His university was originated as a free
night school for working men, until its
growth necessitated its present I com
modious buildings. His Samaritan Hos
pital was built entirely from subscriptions
he solicited and portions of his Sunday
collections. His congregation at Temple
Baptist Church each Sunday outnumbers
any other congregation In America.
Three Bennington Survivors.
There are three survivors of the Ben
nington disaster at San Diego who are
not recorded in the official report sent
to the Navy Department, though news
of their safety was the first received
from the scene of the wreck. They were
the pets of Commander Luclen Young a
little white deer, an Angora cat and a
sleek little fox terrier puppy, now grown
to manhood with the weight of his trying
experience. These three little companions
were with Commander Young on every
voyage and each had developed a fine
pair of sea-legs, equal to any emergency
short of an actual explosion under the
decks. Needless to say the animals were
petted and spoiled by everyone aboard,
from the Commander to the middies.
When they were found unharmed after
the explosion Commander Young tele
graphed his wife: "John and I and the
three babies are safe." "John" is Com
mander Young's old servant, who goes
with him on all his voyages.
When Henry St. George Tucker, Presi
dent of the Jamestown Exposition, went
before the Vermont Legislature to con
vince them of the wisdom of contributing
to the success of his enterprise he was
at first a. little puzzled as to the most
potent appeal he could make to the
"Wooden Nutmeg" lawmakers. He cast
his eye hopefully about the committee
room, adorned with a lithograph of
Washington crossing the Delaware and
saw in the rear a one-armed man. In
stantly Mr. Tucker caught his cue. He
spoke eloquently of the gallant service
of Vermont In the late war that had
welded the interests of the North and
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