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1 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTULXD,' BEGEMBEH 10," 1905. STRONGEST IN MEN Dewey Tells How American Navy Excels AH. BEST COME FROM WEST Admiral Arouses Storm of Enthusi asm toy Praise of Men Who Could Win Victor' After AH the Officers Were Dead. fHICAGO. Dec 9. (Special.) Admiral George Dewey arrived her today, and. with General Horace Porter, recent Am bassador to France, was a guest of the Mercahrfis' Club tonight. In a general talk, this afternoon. Admiral Dewey com mented on the suggestions, that the inland lake cities le fortified. "It hardly seems necc ssary. so long as the treaty with Eng land exibts. and I do not think It will be evr broken, nor the tics of friendship imt nnw xlst. The two nations are drawing closer, and today are closer than ever bforc. Just as the North and South are closer than since th ebeginning of the Government "As to the American Navy and its rela tive strength. I will say that, aside from England, ve can successfully combat any navv of the world. I will modify that. and say that we can give a good account of ourselves I don t want to Drag. Admiral Dewey is expressing a longing for the sea. and says he will go to the -nrihifiin for the winter maneuvers. i won't direct tlu-m.' 'he said, with a smile. 'I'm going to watch them that's easier.' Best Enlisted Men In World. At the banquet tonight, after General Porter, In closing a splendid address on The Old Ns.vy and the New." referred to Admiral Dowey as "the legitimate succes snr of Paul Jones." the Admiral was for.-od hv the tremendous cheering to brewk his aowed Intention not to speak. and with every member at- the banquet .standing and Irnntlcally cheering. Admiral Uewrv lose and made a brief acknowledg ment Among other things, he said: "You can Imagine my feelings at listen ing to tin- paper read by your president. in vi)ich he compares me to Paul Jones al. in hearing the praise of in. frhi of 40 yeais. General Porter. On my side. I wish 1 had the eloquence to equal theirs ami to answer them in kind. Perhaps I know more of tne new navy than General Porter. We have ar good a Navy na is in th- world. AYe have as good ships, we have as good oftlrers, and we have the b"st enlisted men In the world. Why aro our enlisted men the best in tho world? Because we are Americans. We pay. Because America Pays. Best. Out In the Philippines the most intelli gent man I met was a Spanish archbishop. When our fleet sailed to capture his city he Issued a proclamation saying the scum of the gutters- of the American clt- j Jes were coming to pillage, to murder and to rope After we got acquainted, he changed his views. He came on my flag ship and saw our men at drill. He said. Admiral, you should be proud to com- ; jnand these men. I " 'I am,' I answered. He aid 'Admiral. ,' for 30 years I have seen the men on the ! warships of every natif the world, that put In here, but) none of, their mem w ere like these.' I said, of cource. 'Arch bishop, you should not expect lt' and I turned to a noncommissioned officer. 'How much do you got a month? I asked. " "Seventy dollars, .lr.' he replied. That tells the utory we pay. The pay o fthat chap alone would have supplied a whole Spanish battleship, salaries, wages and allowance's. Be.t .Men Come From AVcst. We ha've us good a Navy as there if In the world today. We have as good ships as lias any country. We have as good officers as- can be found In any coun try, although some of us may be getting old; but we have the best enlisted men of .my country In the world. These men come largely from the West and arc the finest specimens of manhood that Amer ica win produce. Our war vessels arc so ably manned that I believe that, if all the officers on a ship were killed In action, tho men could fight the ship to victory." This statement brought every man in the banqueting hall of the Auditorium to his feet, and the cheering continued for fully ten minutes. The Admiral contin ued: "It is the men behind the guns, after all, who are the mainstay of our Navy. In these days seamanship does not touiit so greatly. The persons who complain of the lack of material for our growing Navy do not look beyond the fishermen of the Maine coast. But he day of the New England fisherman Is passing. What the Navy wants now is men who can handle a machine; wide-awake young Americans. But es tablishment of the training station in the vicinity of Chicago is but an illus tration of whore the Government ex poets to secure the best men for tne service. Porter Wants Auxiliary Ships. wo cannot anord to rest on our laurels while rival nations are steadily Increasing their naval armament. It must be remembered that some foreign countries continue to build not only powerful naval vessels, but at the same lmc swlfi commercial steamers con structed under government supervision and subject to service as auxiliary cruisers in time of Avar. AYe must not deceive ourselves as to our relative weakness in this respect. "The entire world is today naturally looking to peace. Tho only question is how to secure it. It has been fully demonstrated that a strong Navy is not a menace but a conservative force. It may be dangerous when wielded by an arbitrary sovereign, but never when directed by the sovereign people. We have shown that a government may be progressive without being aggressive: that a people may bo military without being warlike. AYe have verified our belief that war should be undertaken only in the interest of pence and that i natlon'ps prosperity depends upon public tranquillity DISQUALIFY ROUGH PLAYER T'ootball Conch Tells How to , prove College Game. Im MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Dec. 9.-(Spe- ciaU Dr. H. I AVIUlams. director of ath letlcs at the University of Minnesota, and coach of the famous Gopher football team, offers a solution of the problem of brutality that appears to cover the point and in no way interfer with play as It stands. "My remedy is simple," said Dr. AAilllams. "Ahcn a player is unreason ably rough the officials should disqualify him, the disqualification carrying with it the award or two points to the side of fended against If the same man is dls qualified a second time in the reason. reward of two points as before, and bar the offending player from football for a year. This penalty would not be so se vere on the team, but would serve to place vcry important player on Jils guard The technical rules of the game should fee very little tampered, with. The proposed 10-yard rule will accomplish nothing: for evenly matched teams to mane we re- ouired forwards. Weak teams. If pitted against strong teams, can make uie nrst down only once or twJce in an enure rame. and sometimes not at all. A change to ten yards would put the advan tage entirely with the large and heavy teams. The general pubHc Is entirely misin formed as to the dangers of so-called mass play. By far the greater number of injuries occur through the fast, open style of game rath'-r than in the so-called mass plays. Mass play docs not predom inate at present among the leading teams of the country" PROTESTS AGAINST BONAPARTE'S t PROPOSED SACRILEGE. Faarull Hall Rings AVltk DenHBctatlea of Man AVbo AVonld Deattroy Ship Constitution. BOSTON, Dec. "Don't give up the ship" was the sentiment nailed on the front of the platform of Faneull Hall, which gave the text to every speaker at a public meeting held in the historic building tonight to protest against the recommendation of Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte that the old frigate Constitu tion, now at Charleston Navy-yard, be de stroyed. Several hundred persons answered Act ing Mayor Daniel A. AATielton's call for the meeting, and several speakers spoko eloquently for the preservation of the old vessel. A number of letters protesting against Mr. Bonaparte's proposal wero read. Ex-Secretary of the Navy John D. Long wrote: "The suggestion shocks every instinct of National pride and glory." Ex-Attorney-General Albert E. Pills bury, of this state, presided, and In his opening remarks he read a communication which he had received from Mr. Bona parte, ih which the Secretary stated that the fate of the Constitution rested with Congress, and that he did not take un authorized liberties with the other consti tution. "And we wnl see that he does not," said Mr. Pillsbury. commenting on the telegram. The prlncilpa! speaker was ex-Congress man William Everett, of Qulncy. Mr. Everett referred to Mr. Bonaparte's re mark that the Constitution had been so chatid anOtmade over that there was very llttls loft of the original ship. Re ferring to the veneration with which the French nation regards the remains of Na poleon Bonparalc. and stating that It is well known medically that the physical structure of any person undergoes mate rial changes within a short period. Mr. Everett asked: AVhat would be the feoHriK If the Preriaenl of the Fronch republic recommended that. h the body of the groat French Emperor that wag brought back from St. Helena was not that of the victor of Marengo and of Auisterlitz the person who faced the snow of Moscow, the General who fought the battle of LolpMc, and the one who was over thrown at Waterloo It should be made target for the rifles of the soldiers of today In closing. Dr. Everett said: "If the Secretary is at a loss what to do with the Constitution we will take her. Boston and Massachusetts will buy her. Send her back to her own people, who will keep her as long as the United States ex ists or the Indian remains upon the flag XOXE OF1 OIUGINAD SHIP LEFT iionaiWte Cites' Cold Facts Atmlnst Boston".; Indignation. BALTIMORE. Dec. 9. Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, in an inter lew today touching the old frigate Con stitution. Is quoted by the American as saying that all of his correspondents on this subject do not know the true his tory of the frigate. He says hte idea in recommending the breaking up of the Constitution was purely a practical one with a view to saving the expense of keeping the aged hulk, now keel deep in the mud at the Charleston Navy-lard, near Boston. He said In 1SG2. when the cadets In tralnlnc for the Navy were transferred from Annapolis to Newport. I- I . because of the war. I. then 11 years of age, with my parents. vt Ited the frigate Constitution, thee at New port. I remember distinctly" the then com' munder of the vessel pointing out to us piece of timber which he Mdtbhad been part of the famous Constitution. That was some years ago. and you can figure about how much of the original hulk Is left. The Indignation of the New Enslanders J principally and others generally Is unuar ranted, in view of the statement f fact which I have made and which can be ul stantiated. The memories that cMng about the orlginnl frigate, as l stated in my re port, can be perpetuated In the bulldtnc of nn armored crulner. with lh nam nnH a nuch of tlx- equipment and Umbers as pos slble from the old Constitution. I simply look at the practical side of the case and suggest that we build a cruiser to memorial ize the original ship, as was done on the re construction of the present Constitution. becrctary uona parte said that he had received several letters appealing to him not to have the old hulk used as a target for the ships of the North Atlantic squad- ron. lie aw mat tne part or nis report which evoked these letter was mlsunder- mood. as he only followed out a sug gestion made in the well-known poem by Oliver Acndell Holmes. COAL GAS KILLS FOUR, Damp Went her Drives Fatal Draught Into Tar Company's Plant. ELIZABETH. N. J.. Dec S. (Special.) Asa result of inhaling coal gas. Joseph Fisco and Andrew Plass aro deal; Jere miah Flood and Robert Bowling are dy ing in the general hospital, and John Henry and Malcolm Potts are danger ously III. The mist hanging over Statcn Island Sound choked the draught in the chimney of the A. H. Rankin Tar Pa per Company, and coal gas accumulated. The place filled ralpdly with gas, and three of the men were overcome. Flood tried to go to the rescue of the power- Jess men, out ne, too, was overcome Potts, who tried to save Flood, was like wise rendered unconscious. Henry final ly succeeded In bringing out Flood and Bowling and rescued the body of Fisco. The men were hurried to a hopsltal. but Plass died shortly after reaching there To add to the horror of the ac cident, a caldron of tar boiled over, al lowing the hot liquid to reach the bodies of the unconscious men. Escaping steam from a broken pipe also made the res cue work more difficult. All the men who were rescued were taken out of the place barely in time to escape being caught in the flood' of hot tar. MANY COAL BARGES LOST Storm Smaslies Two Tows on Way ! to New Orleans. HAWESYILLE, Ky.. Dec 9. At 9 o'clock tonight thte towboats Harry Brown and Raymond Horner, with tows of coal for New Orleans, were caught In a severe wind storm opposite here. The j Brown lost 2" barges, while the Horner lost seven. Each barge contained 25.009 bushels of coal. The coal was valued at 5120.000 and the barges at WI.OWl No lives were lost. JOKES ON .610 MEN Gridiron Club HokJs Annual Fall Dinner. MANY OFFICIALS ATTEND AmaslRg Programme Is Carried Otit In Which Prominent Persons Are Impersonated for Roasts oa National Policies. WASHINGTON. Dec. Distinguished guests were entertained by the Gridiron Club tonight at the annual Fall dinner. The table at the New Wlllard was spread for more than 309 persons, among' whom were the vice-president, nearly all the members of the Cabinet, foreign Ambas sadors, and Ministers, Senators and Rep resentative and prominent people from every "part of the country. The programme was unsually attrac tive and the wit and humor, the various skits, the songs and the speeches, all tended to make the dinner a memorable occasion among the many given by this famous club of Washington correspond ents. A "Peace Conference" composed of members of the club, endeavored to settle disputes between many guests who were impersonated by members of the club, but was unavailing until finally a messenger from W. T. Jerome, of New York, with a bottle of chloroform put them to sleep. The Initiation of three new members afforded an opportunity for real roasts. It had reference to the recent letter of the President to the Cabinet officers re lating to the dissemination of news by them. Three Cabinet officers were per sonated and they formed a grand In quisitorial commission, putting on the rack the baby members for daring to in quire what bad taken place in Cabinet meetings. The whole blame was finally placed on a "head devil." who had blun dered in sending a letter dictated by the grand Inquisitor. Several dispatches were recclyed In a "fake wireless telegraph apparatus. These were read, greatly to the amusement of the gusts. A "thought transference" act afforded an opportunity to piss quips upon the prominent guests. The musical .numbers included several topical songs touching different promi nent men about the table. One of tbem. a parody on a popular air. was: 'Even body works But Fairbanks, re ferring to the- fact that the duties of the A'ice-President are not onerous. The menu was a large blanket ballot upon which the guests were grouped un der different emblems and devices. There were tickets entitled "Temple of Fame." 'Finance CIncheurance." "Real Railroad Rate Reform." "Waiting List -of the Roosovelt Club" "Dcm-Pop. Formerly Republican Party," "Auntie Rcbaters." "Also Running" and "Auto Reformers." During the evening a brief memorial service was held for members of the club who have died during the past year, and appropriate remarks were made regard ing the late General H. V. Boynton. Jo- slah Wllklns. E. C. Dunnell and Henry G. Kemp. Among the guests were the following: A'ice-President Fairbanks. Speaker Can non. Secretaries Shaw. Taft. Hitchcock. AYIlson. Attorney-General Moody. Sen ators Allison. Lodge, scott. Jieyourn. Crane. Beverldge. Dick. Flint. Ivlttredgc and Warren; Representatives Dalzell. Tawney. Burleigh. Towne. Mann, uv- ingston and Swanson; the Russian Am bassador. Baron de Rosen: Minister Que sada. of Cuba; Baron de Bussch-Haden-hausen. German Embassy; secretary to the President Loeb; J. P. Morgan, ew York: Paul Morton. New. York: Chair man Shonts. of the Isthmian Canal Com mission: Charles Emory Smith. Philadel phia Press: Melville E. Stone, general manager of the Associated Press: Cy AYarman, London. OnL; H. R. Charlton. Grand Trunk Railway. GUARDSMEN WOULD FIGHT General Ainsworlh's Report Shows Improvement In State Militia. AYASHINGTON. Dec 9. General F. C Alnsworth. military secretary. In " re port on the rollltia of the United States says it is estimated that about 76 per the organized militia would re- spond to the call for troops to repel in vasion or suppress insunituuu the authority of the United States the percentage being the same as that cstL mated for the precccing year, wnuna ing the secretary says: Increase of Interest en the part of younger men In the militia has been marked and the morale of the organizations has been appreciably advanced. AVlth but few ex ceptions, where organizations have been re ported vn adversely by Inspection facers. the state military autocrines nave premiwo to adopt remedial measures. ReslKacllens of officers have frequently been called for ana many companies have been completely reorganized. All this evinces a disposition rt nr the state authorities to bring their militia to a state or circipune ana nn clency that shall conform as nearly as pos slble to that or the regular jvrmy. The aggregate strength of the organized militia of all the states and territories as shown by the inspections during the Snrlnr of this year is J1L31. witn tne ovoentlon of one state all of the organ- id militia are equipped with the rnltrd i c . m.n.ino rifln and Its eaulnments. Reviewing. the special Inspection ot tne militia bv officers of the United States Armv the report says that there were absent from inspection a total of 3 off! cers and 1S.C5 men. Twenty-nine officers of the organized rnlllta were admitted to Kcrvice schools of the Army during the Irk fUcal year The reports of Army officers detailed as instructors at state encampments in most cases Indicate that great Improve ment has been made In the method of imparting Instruction to the troops par ticipating in the encampments and that the rank and file of the militia, coming to realize the Importance of field service, are making efforts to derive the greatest amount of benefit from It, Because of the limited appropriation for transportation the War Department Is constrained to deny many applications for the attend ance of regular Army organizations at state encampments where additional ex pense on the United States was entailed. AA bile the reports ot smau arms nrtng received for the season of 1SM bow an Improvement over the work done In nays the report, when the assistance ren dered by the Government Is taken Into consideration better results should have been obtained. Concerning the target ranges General Aiasworth says: There seems to be a dlslndlsxtten en the I rP-tPrft funds for the proper carrrlr-c on oi msui us jirscucc a o orci mis condition appeal might be made to Con' gress for the purpose of sec&rlsg legislation whereby part of the anneal allotment pro vided ty section 16C1. of the revised stat utes, as amended, could be used for tho construction and repair of ranges. LY TURN DOWN FRANK LANE BcpaWIcaH Senators Doa't Want Democratic Majority en Board. WASHINGTON. Dec S. OpeciaL) Tho Senate committee on Interstate commerce tofay Jafonaally 4tecHw4 tka a-essiaatfea e Franklin X Laae to fee Interstate Com merce Commissioner. A RepaWtcaa mem ber of Um committee bit! mated that the committee would Insist upon the reference or the Bomicatlon to a special subcommit tee for the purpose of Inquiring Into Lane's qualifications. Several Democratic Senators, led by Mr. Newlaads, supported Laae and requested their Republican colleagues to witfidraw their opposition to his confirmation, but without making any impression. The Re Dablicans have practically decided that .Lane's nomination shall be held up until after the legislation on the railroad rate question has been disposed of. There Is a question whether even then he could be confirmed, as the Republicans are laying stress upon the argument that, as the Republican party and Administra tion are held responsible for the enforce ment of the laws, there should not be a Democratic majority on the Interstate Commerce Commission. CONTRIBUTIONS WELD HIDDEN Rldgcly Can't Tell What Banks Gave to Campaigns. WASHINGTON, Dec ?. 3peciaI.)-The Senate resolution calling on the Controller of the Currency to report what contribu tions were made by the National banks to recent political campaigns will be an swered soon by Mr. Ridgely. The reply will probably contain little Information upon the vital question, as in the nature of things such expenditures would be con cealed from the National Bank Examiners. Should the managers of a National benk wish to engage in Illegal transactions, they could find a way to accomplish their ends without leaving any telltale evidence. Campaign contributions would probably be burled under the head of "legal ex penses." "mlsceUancous expenses." or some equally Im.. jvnt account, and ar. k examiner from Mr. Rldgeljrs office would be unable to dig them out. Have Conference on Statehood. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. Senator Bcv eridge. of Indiana, chairman of the com mittee on territories, had a conference with the President today In part regarding the status of statehood legislation. The Senator Is confident that Congress at the present session will erect two new states and that the opposition will not be serious. One state will be erected from Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and the other from New Mexico and Arizona. Considerable opposition to single statehood for Arizona and New Mexico exists, but Mr. Bever Idge believes it will not be successful. Few Americans In Poland. WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-In answer to an inquiry from the State Department in tended to develop the number of Ameri cans sojourning In his consular district, tho American Consul at Warsaw has re plied that the number Is small but varia ble. He adds that a peaceful settlement of the present troubles In AVarsaw seems to be probable, as negotiations are pro gressing between the government and the workmen's unions. Confer With President on Rates. AYASHINGTON. Dec. 9. A commit tee of the Interstate law convention, recently held in Chicago to consider the subject of railroad rate legislation, called on the President today to pre sent to him the resolution adopted by the convention regarding- his attitude on the rate question, and to discuss with him informally the general sub ject of railroad rates. ENGINEERS CHANGE PLACES Darling, of Pacific, and Pearson, of Northern, 3Iakc Sudden tTradc, CHICAGO. Dec, 9. (Special. W. L. Darling, chief engineer of the Pacific Railroad Company, and E. J. Pearson, chief engineer of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, have changed places. Pearson has become chief engineer for the company which is building .the St. Paul's extension to th Pacific Coast, while Darling has become chief engineer for the Northern Pacific Pearson's res ignation from the Northern Pacific came first. It was sudden and is still unex plained. Then his position was offered to Darling, who was formerly chief engineer of the Northern Pacific and he accepted. AYhen be notified the management of his desire to resign they asked him what Pearson was going to do. Learning that he was cut out of the Northern Pacific they secured him for the Pacific Com pany. Darling left the position with the Northern Pacific some years ago to go with the Rock Island. He left the Rock Island, where ho was chief engineer, two months ago, to go with the Pacific Rail way Company. BIG GAME FOR ROOSEVELT President Is Invited to New 3IcxIco to Hunt Leopards. AYASHINGTON. Dec ?.-(5pecial.)-Major M. H. W. Llewellyn. United States Attorney for New Mexico, took luncheon at the AYhite House today and urged the President to visit him next Spring for the purpose of hunting Jaguar. or leop ards, which arc found along the Mexican border. He Is hopeful of persuading the President to go. The Major snapped his fingers in derision at the very Idea of hunting of bobcats and coyotes. The Major is confident that the Joint state hood bill, merging New Mexico and Ari zona, will become a law this session. FAITHLESS BY RICHES. (Continued Prom PaR-a fctrect. of New lork. until a year ago. He lived with a devoted wife In Englc wood. N. J. Then he began to grow prosperous. He was chosen president of a steamship company. AAlth his first money there came into his life Edna Mil ler. a pretty stenographer. He descrtef ms long-iaitniui wnc ana aevotea him self to the young woman. The wife was left penniless; business was neglected; ex posure came. The company's dlccctors deposed him. Street passed into obscurity. Out of Pittsburg, the home of AY. Ellis Corey, the newly-made iron and steel mil lionaire, there have come to New York many rich men to take up relations various degrees with fascinating young women of the metropolis. Goldic 3fohr Wins Old Man. Alan A. Wood, an aged widower, was one of them. In Weber St Field's music hall he saw Goldie Mohr dancing In bril Hant costume. The old man married her In secret a year ago. A few months ago he died, leaving his widow a large for tune, over which there has been much debate. Henry W. Oliver, another Pittsburg Croesus, died before the secret of his life was made known by the demands of Mrs. Margaret Kinsley upon his estate for a large sum of money to support a child. The madness of new money extends even Into the second generation. Harry ThaWs recent marriage to Evelyn Nesblt, once an actress and Aaccer, is an example of this. New TorJc The 5Sd taeettsg of the Amer ican Society ot Mechanical Eaglaeers ended Friday. It was ky far the larxest and most saiccescful ia society has had. nearly sooe members sad jrsta hvix be la attrzs- JChMaara, Tea., axt Srrlar. sace. Te sxt wuw win ae aehl in Ask Your Druggist rnim chipc en Kunnr r I L I j II V I j SOOTH ATUVXT1C COAST TEMPESTUOUS TI3IE- Knte of Ctctts on Stranded .Vessels Unknown, hut Many Supposed to Have Drowned. NORFOLK. A'a.. Dec 0. (Speeial.) Up to a late hour tonight four vessels are reported ashore or in distress be tween Cape Henry and Cape Hatteras as a result qf the fiorce northeast gale and thick weather that set in early this morning and Is still sweeping over the Southern coast- No furthei tidings have been received here con cerning the steamor Aragon. reporte-J ashore 17 miles oft Bicde's Island, with a crew of IS aboard, other than that the vessel has been sent higher on tne beach. The crew Is thought to be sale and the vessel still holds together, al though much of her cargo of lumoer has been lost. The barge Goddnrd, which the Ara- gon had in tow and was compelled tf drop previous to going; ashore, has been washed up on tho beuch flvo miles further south and will probably go to pieces. Owing; to the lack of facilities for getting- news along the coast, the fate of the crew of the barge is un known. A schooner was reported anchored southwest of Cape Henry flyins dis tress signals. Her name is unknown, nor is It known what has happened to her. but she" appears, as well as can be determined, to have been badly bat tered by the storm. Nothing further 1ms been heara from the schooner ashore at Guli Shoal, no'rth of Hatteras. since late this afternoon, but as- the wind hai re mained high, it Is feared the vessei and probably the crew are lost. Thin has been one of the most tempestuous days experienced on the A'lrginla and North Carolina coast for several years. The weather has been continuously thick, the, rain has fallen in torrents and all this has been driven by wind that swept down the coast. sometimes at a velocity of 50 miles an hour. The wrecking' steamer Rescue, ot the Mcrriam Chapman Company, will leave here for the assistance ot the distressed vessels. Three months ago the Rescue pulled the Aragon off the same beach on which she . now lies, but a few miles farther north- CATTLE BARONS INDICTED Colonel Greene Hounds Up Land Thieves In Topcfca, Kan. TOPEKA. Kan., Dec. 9. After submit ting a partial report, containing 21 In dictments against cattlemen, the United Spates grand jury, which has been in ses sion here for the past week investigating Kansas land-fraud cases, adjourned this evening at 6 o'clock until Thursday of next week. Three of the indictments charge conspiracy to defraud the United States Government out of a portion of its public domain and subornation of perjury in the securing of fraudulent homestead entries. The other 21 Indictments charge the unlawful Inclosure of public lands. The grand jury adjourned until next Thursday to give the officers time to se cure additional witnesses for the most im portant land-fraud cases yet to be consid ered In the state. The Jury will make Its eAeaplete report and adjourn sine die one week from tonight. All of the men indicted are waalthy for Free Peruna JSTSt??? came oarons. J. ne -a inuicimenis are ine result of loss than two months' work by of the Greene stated tonight that he had barely com menced his work, and would not stop until everv case of land fraud in Kansas had been thoroughly Investigated. The total amount of land held under fence by the indicted cattlemen is -Ka.-RW acres, oi which 1S.C60 acres is Government land. Of all the cases Investigated so far it Is found that the total actual inclosure of land amounts to 4Q3.4G0 acres, and that of this amount. 125.C00 acres or almost six Including those Indicted jury has now found Indictments against the following, for fraudulent land trans actions: J. AY. Kelly. R. AY. Crawford. Cott i Cott. Lynch & Meeston. Bolce Ca'- tle Company, all of Stevens County. Kan.; T. B. Porter. W. E. Moore. J. M. McLean X . ii. gorier. . c. jiourr, j. -u .iicxeuii. M. C. Combs. M. J. Allen. Dean & Dean. all of Morton County; and Bllby & Co., of AYallace and Logan Counties. TRAIN HITS DUMB WOMAN Railwuy Magnates Care Tor A'ictim and Will Pay Bills. RICHMOND, A'a.. Dec 9. (Specia!.)- CJarence Mackay and William K. Arander bllt. while standing near their private car on a siding at Greensboro. N. C, this afternoon. saw a woman run uown and tossed 20 feet into a ditch by a fast through freight on the Southern Railway. Mrs. Susan Caverness. a deaf mute, and two little children, were crossing the track. The children warned their mother of the approaching train and she pushed them, out of danger, but wa3 herself caught by the engine pilot. Mackay and A'anderbUt hastened to pick her from the ditch and took her In their private car to the hospital at High Point. She is still alive but cruelly mangled. Directions were given to give her the best medical attention and to send all the bills to Van derbllt. The magnates also ordered that the children should be properly cared for at their expense. NEW. SYNDICATE FORMED J. P. Morgan and Associates Plan Combine to Control Hall Shares NEW YORK. Dec 9. The World to morrow will say: J. P. Morgan &z co. nave lormea a syn- dlcate consisting of Mr. Morgan, Norman B. Ream, re presenting the Pennsylvania. Erie and other allied railroad Interests; II. McK. Tworably. representing- the Van derbilt Interests, and George F. Baker, representing the First National Bank, asd Reading and allied railroad Interests, to take control over the 75.000 shares of HS?J?"I?l! iJSrS'-n rcdTuned back T Mora's hands by the Erie Railroad. The shares cost Mr. Morgan more than 510.000.000. It is generally believed that the per sonnel or the syndicate confirms the an nouncement made several days ago that the property is to be apportioned be tween the Pennsylvania and the Nlckel plate, which are owned -by the Var.der bllts. Famous Horseman Near Death. PITTSBURG. Dec 9. (SpeeiaL) Not withstanding the many and oft-repeated denials, the condlUon ot Captain Samuel S. Brown, the rautll-Bailllonalre coal oper ator and prominent horseman. Is hopeless. Death Is sure. Several days during the past week physicians have found: it neces sary to administer oxygen to revive him from unconsciousness. Mr. Brown was in formed that he would never leave his bed, asd ia reply sola: Wtli,. I am ready to got bat 1 do not AJmanac for 1906 want to suffer much when the end comes1." Tonight Captain Brown's condntion took a decided turn for the Vorse. His strength began to leave him rapidly and the phy saclans immediately called the relatives Into the room- Dr. Foster stated that Capta'ln Brown would hardly live throush the night. Bad Lands Bring Death. GFTHRIE. O. T.. Dec. 9. (Special.) Seven fatalities and three critically in jured from accidents are reported today Emma Croskey. of Yale, head crushed by a wagon: Charles Gyer, 83 years old, of ; Covington, committed suicide by shoot 1 Ing; Mont Daly, of Pawhuska, poisoned j by drinking wood alcohol; Henry Mad I dox. ot Svre. died of shotgun wounds, re- , , , . ..., .tu h-.iia. ciuati.n, dU2 2Je5El tine poisoning, smoklnjr cigarettes; John ' 1To. i-.r T-ralonn 1lvl frnm alcohol TlOls- oning. GIVE YOUR STOMACH A NICE VACATION Don't Do It br Starving It. Either Xt a Substitute Do the AYork. The olH adaire. 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