The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, November 22, 1906, Image 1

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f h “Situation Wanted” Ads. Free In THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN The Atlanta Georgian. “Situation Wanted” Ad3. Free In THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN VOL. 1. NO. 180. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1906. PRICE: Atl.St* TWO T ro BonoM or CBEAT RIB Disaster Occurs the Columbia River. in FRIENDS OF CARUSO ESCORT HIM TO TRIAL; IS HISSED IN COURT the cascade sent RIGHT TO BOTTOM This Is Second Accident of Similar Kind in Vicinity of Portland. New York. Nov. 22.—A hundred or more of Enrico Curaao’s friends gath ered at the Hotel Savoy today ready to escort him to the Yorkvllle police court, where his hearing on a charge of annoying women In the monkey house In the Central park soo, is to be resumed at 2 o'clock today. Encouraged by his friends, Caruso expressed confidence In his vindica tion. The tenor was-the star witness at the hearing yesterday, and today former Judge Dlttenhoeffer, his counsel, will call on witnesses to contradict the police version of the Incident In the monkey house. Call it Police-Made Cass. Judies Dlttenhoeffer said that he was convinced the case was a police-made one, and that "Hannah Graham” was a myth and that the other women whom the police said Caruso annoyed could not be produced In court. Police Captain Stevenson, of the Cen tral park station, declared that a busi ness man had telephoned to him that Hannah’ Graham Is a highly respected woman and that under no’ circum stances would she run the risk of a scene In court to testify. The police, however, have not given up hope of finding her, although the captain ad mitted that as yet no trace'of her had been found. Her Name Not Graham. Counsel for Caruso declared that Portland, Ore., Nov. 22.—The steamer Cascade was rammed and sunk by the steamer Lurline in the Columbia river,, opposite’ Rainier, early today. It was reported late this after noon that the crew of the Lurline was rescued. . I New York, Nor. 22,-Harrjr K. Thaw was this is the second disaster in disappointed today when he learned that his trial for killing Stanford White would uot begin on December S before Ilecorder Goff, hut that It had been tranaferred to the supreme court, criminal branch, and that It would not lie reached before next year. ■ . Thaw had agnred on being free hy Christ mas. Thaw Angryt Counsal Elated. District Attorney Jerome appeared before Justice Oreenhaum and had the case trans ferred to the supreme court, a more which he had opposed when Lawyer Clifford W. Hart ridge wanted It done. Recorder Goff will begin his duties ns a Justice of the supreme court on January 1. and may sit n* the trial Judge In the criminal branch after that date. While Thaw la angry, the new arrange ment Will not he a disappointment to the they knew who the woman was and that her name was not Graham. Commissioner Mathnt, who Is con ducting the case for the police. Is un der bond to appear In the county court today, but he said he would get ex- fii-ed mill would certainly he on hand In the Yorkvllle court this afternoon. “You Brutal You Beaitl” Detective Call, who arrested Caruso, stated In court yesterday afternoon, when the case was called, that he had seen the tenor move up close to Mrs. Graham. The Itnlian, he said, put his hand through a silt In his overcoat and pinched the woman. She tuned on her tnautter In a fury, struck the man In the chest, crying: “You brute! You beast!” Cain then stepped up and naked the woman what had happened. She told him Caruso had Insulted her, and she wanted him arrested. He placed the tenor under arrest Italians Chttri Americans Hiss. He sold Caruso pleaded with the woman not to press the charge against him. Before this affair, Cain stated, Caruso hud followed and annoyed two girls. Caruso denied the charge against him. There was a big crowd In court, a number being Italians, who cheered the tenor. When the demonstration was made by Caruso's fellow country men, a number of Americans showed their displeasure by hissing. TS TRIAL IS TRIAL OF HARR Y THA W POSTPONED B YJER OME this vicinity within a week. THEY REACH SHORE AFTER PACING PERIL Chicago. Nov. 22.—After a wild aft ernoon and night of. peril In which many despaired of evv reaching aty>re, 19 passengers on the Graham and Morion liner Frontenac, w'hlch was tossed by the heavy seas and driven from her course, landed ^t Racine, Wli., . at l o’clock this morning. PASSENGERS IN A PANIC WHEN SHIP HITS BARGE. New York. Nov. 22.—The Fall River liner Priscilla, while rudderless, ram med a sand barge as she was proceed ing doom the East river today, the accident causing the greatest excite ment among the 200 passengers, who were Just leaving their state rooms, to go to breakfast. .'.N STEAMER IS WRECKED ON LAKE. Grand Rapids, Mldh, Nov. 22.—An unknown barge, and schooner have been wrecked six miles south of Grand Haven.. ... . defenoe, art firing In Enrols., and can not Is- brought here hy subpen*. Thaw’s lawyers believe tbs litersn of their client wonhl be Jeopardised without their deposition. Certain Evidence Is Needed. They ere said to have conelaalve evidence to sustain the defense of Insanity, whlcb will certainly be Interpoaed to aave the life of Thaw. Lawyer Ilartrldge appeared before Judge 0’8alllTan and opposed the motion to have a special panel of ISO Ju rors drawn from which the twelve Jurors to try Thaw would he selected. It was after the court proceedings sod i.t Is-fore the adjournment that Mr. Js- juot Is-fore the adjournment that .... . rome had the cafe tranaferred to the su preme court, which, In Ittelf. wni the aban donment of the motion to draw a special panel. B HOT HI Mill Atlanta, be’without meat at. the drat „f the yearT This now seems possible, and It la With fear ofs this possibility that n hurry call has been sent in to the board "f health and the board heeding, haa railed a special seaalon for Friday aft ernoon at S o'clock. It all came about because of the slaughtering house ordinance passed by council several weeks after an exposure of con ditions by The Georgian. This ordU wire goes into effdet January 1, and unless there Is un abattoir In opera tion about that time, there* will be a denith of meat on the market here. The board of health waa to have tssi.,1 uiion the applications of those desiring in establish slaughter houses ner,- several,weeks ago, but Illness and other cause# have prevented a quorum icing present. The matter Is now so urgent that V. F. Henson, president of * IO!< “ meeting for There are about six applications un- ,. r consideration. Aiming these are, one Sl°m White * Co', one from T. R. »»wtc I and one from Hchoen Bros. A l*t lul abattoir committee will bo np- Pmniecl at the meeting Friday. J™ w * 11 ''“V® to •» quick, or It Sill he Impossible for an abattoir to W erected by the time the law goes into effect—and then, the meat famine! MEN AND WOMEN ARE HELD FOR POISONINGUFE PARTNERS Paris, Novi 22.—Five men and two women are under arrest at Kuex, Hungary, charged with killing their wives and husbands. Their arrests followed analytical examination* of portlonioftwenty- llve. human bodies found at Kues. by the Central Institute of Medl,clne, showing traces of arsenical poisoning. . . , It Is charged that the peasant women who w-ere arrested had MW a practice of selling arsenic to persons desiring to get rid of their spouses.. Says Fulton County Prejudiced by Papers of Atlanta. CAPTAIN LICKS ENTIRE CREW AND PUTS DOWN MUNITY Astoria. Ore., Nov. 22.—The big British ship, Iverlns, which was given up for lost. Is in port today, after being out ll« days from Acapulco, Mex ico. Captain Colllngswood had to deal with two mutlnlea, but he soon broke them up by whipping the entire crew. LAD Y CURZON'S CHILDREN GEI FOR 7 UNE OF MILLION When called to trial for the shooting and maiming of his wife, J. H. Crutch field, It Is understood, will ask for a change of venue, on the ground that his case has been prejudiced by cer tain publications In the Atlanta news papers. Crutchfield has Informed friends, It Is stated, that a certain editorial ap pearing In one of the papers a few days ago has rendered It Impossible for him to get a fair trial In Fulton county and he. will ask that the trial be transferred to the court of some other county. Thinking of Wife. When seen at the Tower Thursday morning, Crutchfield said he had noth ing to say for publication, although he denied he contemplated aaklng for a change of venue. I have no time to talk about any. thing or to think about anything now except that tittle white cot In the Grady Hosgltal,” said the prisoner. "I am thinking only of my wife and her con dition. Until she gets well I will de vote my attention to nothing elae but thoughts of her and efforts to render her comfortable.” It Is stated at the jail that Crutch- Held spends a great deal of hit time In the hospital ward on the fifth floor, gazing out of the wlndows at the Grady Hospital, a short distance away. He keeps his eyes on the hospital, with an expectant expression on nls face, as though expecting to see his wounded wife emerge from the building almost any minute. When asked when he intended to make bond,' the prisoner replied that he would remain In Jail until his wife fully recovered. When pressed for his mvtlve In flo- Ing this, he said the bond was a little too heavy Jus; nt present. The l-.t.ii has been fixed at 4:,300. It la understood ’that. Cruichlleld goca Into the Jnil office several times every day mid telephones to the hos pital regarding the condition of his wife. Grand Jury Charges Him With Attack on Mrs. Hembree. Will Johnson, the negro who has been in Jail for 'several days undergoing a close Investigation by the police au< thorltles, was Indicted Thursday morn. Ing by the grand Jury on the charge of criminally assaulting Mr*. G. L. Hem bree near Battle Hill. Johnson also Indicted on one charge of burglary and one of attempted burglary. The assault which Johnson Is alleged to have made on Mrs. Hembree took place August IE. He was arrested on suspicion by County Officers Buntyn and D. 8.- A. Dalrs. After a close in. vestlgatlon, the officers fastened the charge of criminal aesault against him. They also fixed the burglary of the house of Will Jefferson, a negro, and the attempted burglary of the home of Mrs. Jessie Woodlee upon the negro. Mrs. Hembree positively Identified Johnson before the grand jury Thurs day morning as her assailant. Johnson is also suspected of the murder of Amos Moody last August on Battle Hill road. The charge of attempted criminal as sault on Mrs. Elisabeth Huggins on November 12, which was registered against Pete Gilbert, another negro, waa changed to simple assault, on which charge the grand Jury Indicted him. The evidence was not enough to sustain the previous charge. 00000000000000000000000000 O o O TIDE BRINGS PUMPKINS 0 O FOR THANKSGIVING PIE. BIG LINERS COLLIDE; 4 KILLED, MANY HER! I. Y. CENTRAL 2BDIFEBSE Motion For New Trial in Rebate Case Denied. The Kaiser Wilhelm Is Badly Darli ng ed. REPORT OF DEATHS DENIED BY OFFICERS New York, Nor. 22.—A fine of 218,000 waa aaseated against the New York Central .railroad by Judge Holt In the federal court following the Ending of the road guilty on another count of the Indictment charging violation of the re bate laws In granting rebates to the sugar trust. Motion for a new trial and suspen sion of sentence was overruled. The fine In the case of the sugar trust, which has been found guilty of accepting rebate*, will be fixed next Tuesday. Passengers on Both Vessels Thrown Into a Panic by Crash. O Special to The Georgian. O Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 22.— 0 The stage In the Tennessee river O retched the danger line—22 feet— O last night. It It believed that thla 0 will be the limit of the high water 0 at this time. 0 . A peculiar Incident In connec ts tlon with the high water Is that 0 the river for a lew. hours was full Cf of floating pumpkins, which tho 0 people picked up along the river 0 for use tn making Thanksgiving O pie.. 0 OO0O0 0O00000000O0000000000 MAJOR BOWEN HAD “HUNCH;” RETURNED TO HIS STORE AND DISCOVERED ROBBERY Chicago. Nut. 22.—A forluiie of D.788.000, left In tho perauhnl estate uf the late l-mly Cnrson, waa the aaliject of a long and secret .conference In Chicago Onlay. At the cnil of the meeting, three little girl., daughters of Lord CnriAn. were In direct noueilon of more than a million dollars. These little children, way off lu England. In the-earn of tbflr governesses, will have thla fortune lu eutlrety their majority. .... , ItolOTt T. Lincoln. Joseph Letter, -Hra L. X. Loiter, I-on I Cnrson and Lady Huf folk attended the conference, where the ante-nuptial agreement lirtweea tbs Cue sens was made knows, sad the terms of Dm will studied^,- DICK CROKER PLANNED TO SEIZE TAMMANY IN A VAT Jereej city, N. J„ Nov. 22.—The body t Michael Wharton was fished from ', at °f the sugar refinery here thla m’ rnln ?’ It was discovered by a work- ''■t' 0 saw Ills hat Moating on the rarraee and effort* were at once made the body, but the men were r*»Uy hindered In their work by the «ea", and hot water. They finally ufV'ceded In getting to the body after - i,,"', 1 : 1 *" 1 bad been turned off. It la p 6t, °0O000000OCO0 0000000000 O Fa MOU8 PI8TOL SHOT J ENDS HIS OWN LIFE. 0 X York. Nov. 22.—With the O 0 “>n:-barreled pl-ml he had used 0 a , “ > ' r rimes in shooting matches, 0 h ,' ,nn Howlcy, famous throughout O 0 c ?H n * r y 113 a crack phrtol shfjt. O a **ia life- In his room nt the O a r* ver ®ti > house. He had been dead O ft hours whan the door of the Q ft f*.*}* 1 * or c«d and he was round O 0 i?i d *“***®d on a couch, a bullet D ft ULP * and the platol beside O ft gj^| e waa 62 years old and O #Oo °OOOO00OOOO0DOOO0QDOOCK> New York, Nov. 22.—Facts of a high ly Interesting, not to say sensations!, character, relative to Richard Croker and certain friends and allies of the ex iled "boss” In this city, came to light today. They uncover the motive be hind Croker’s cable'message’to Senator ••Pat” McCarren on the eve of the re cent election and his subsequent criti cism of Charles F. Murphy's leadership of Tammany Hall, and add an enter taining chapter to the history of the re cent campaign. . . So long aa secrecy was deemed Im portant for the development of the plana of Croker and his New York correspondents the scheme was guard ed with Jealous care, but with the abandonment of the plans the need for secrecy passed also, and the facts were given fre«ly. The P«r«on*4 landing of the Democrat who fumlehed the facte would be a eufliclent guarantee of their authenticity, but. In addition, he ehow- ed a letter written by t.roker that rs- moved the last reason for doubt. Urged to the course by Senator lie- CarrenT Mayor McClellan, and br men In Tammany like James J. Martin and Maurice Featheraon. Richard Cro* ker hail planned to come back to New York and resume the leadership of Tammany. He had been told and believed that H*»r*t would be defeated by an orerwhefmlng vote and that Mr Mttrphy would not be able to '„4 anything for Tammany out of the wreck of the ticket. . To shove Murphy off the seat of power In Tammany and take the or ganization In his own hands once more ?^med to Croker an easy thing to do. had assured hint that everything was ripe for Murphy's overthrow, and that If he did not rome back to grasp the reins of Tammany government the re volt against Murphy would take place Just the same. FAIRBANKS PARTY III TAMPA, FLORIDA Special In The Georgian. Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 22.—Charles W. Fairbanks, vice president of the United States, arrived here last even Ing from Washington, Joined hla wifi at the home of United States Senate, James B. Taliaferro, bad lunch and with Senator and Mrs. Taliaferro, left last night for Tampa to attend tha state fair. On their return to West' ton Senator and Mrs. Taliaferro give a public reception Saturday In honor of tha vice president and hla wife, who leave for Washington Sat urday night. The visitors will also be entertained by the board of trade. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0OOOOOOOO 0 FARMER8 PLANNING 0 O A PEANUT TRUST. O 0 Petersburg. Va.. Nov. 22.—A O O farmer*' peanut trust ts being or- 0 O ganlxed In Dinwiddle county as a 0 0 protection to the peanut grower*. 0 0 The member* of tha trust pro- O O posed to sell the peanuts direct to 0 O the sellers nnd to hold the nuts 0 0 for n fair price, Worried nml restless from a well- grounded intuition that something was wrong at his cigar stand and pool room at 24 West Alabama street, T. B. Bowen, the proprietor, better known a* “Major," arose from hi* sleepless bed after 1 o'clock Thursday morning and returned to his place of business'to find that burglars had broken In and appropriated 21 In change. They left everything else except a clew. Shortly before Major Bowen closed his pool room Wednesday night, three sinister looking Individuals came in out of the dark and took seats In the comer to watch a game of pool that waa Just being wound up. One of the men was more exclusive than the other two and took a seat by himself In the comer. He appeared to be Intoxicated, but watched the proprietor count up hla day's receipts and place some money In a box In ths cigar case for change for the morning clerk. After the place was closed up two followed the Major toward Broad atreet, while the other went toward Forsyth. Major Bowen noticed their actions and thought them suspicious charac ters, but dismissed the matter from his mind when he boarded the mid night car for hla home at 202 Forrest avtnue. After going to bed Major Bowen be gan to think of last Halloween, when robber* broke Into hla stand and an nexed a fountain pen, some chewing gum, tobacco, two SO-cent shin-plasters and about 210 worth of cigars. The more he thought of It the more certain he became that things were not right, as he had left them Wednesday night. ”1 Just couldn't stand It any longer,' said Major Bowen Thursday. J ouldn’t sleep, because I had a hunch— ust a feeling that things were not right. I u ‘ ’ up and di t hoc , I found, sure enough, that the rear window had been broken open. I made an Inspection and found that the change I always leave for the clerk who cornea early every morning had been taken. They bothered nothing "Tho hunch wrji a good one, but tho burglar* had gono when I got back. I am having a set of Iron bars made for that window, but maybe they won't bother me any more." ARE GHOSTS IN CAPITOL.* IOM BRA 1 SEES DEAD LADY WALKING IN HER SHROUD Do spectral shade* of those who hsvo shuffled tho mortal cqll hold high revel In the historic halls of Georgia's cspl- tol? When busy offices are emptied of their daylight occupants do astral forms assemble therein, when night's shadows enfold the great building, to flit about In ghostly promenades? They do. At least Tom Bray says so, and Tom Bray say# he's "seen emuff hants tell'm when I sees’m.” Tom Is th* factotum to Comptroller Wright, tie tells a story that straight ens out the curl In the hair of Peter and Dock and all the other capttol por ter*. He told It to a group of new*' paper men Thursday and as he did his 3 es grew bigger and ahowed more and ohe of white as he reached the tbilli ng climax. Tom stays behind to clean up the of. .Ice used by the comptroller’s depart ment every evening after the other oc cupants have completed the day’s work He was so engaged one evening about ( o'clock not long ago. when "It” ap peared. Let Tom tell about It: “The Dead Lady.” “I was erbout finished up In de GenTs room sn’ stepepd Into de nex" room. Lordyf De sight I did tee! Den waa er 'oman standln’ der, yas tub: er white oman! Den ah* kinder danced eround Crokert correspondents in this city 00000000000000000000000000 wld er eyes rollin' and a turrlble look. I done recernlsed her as er lady 1 knowed was dead.” . 'Why didn't you ipeak to her. Tom?" asked one of his audience. ”1 Jes' couldn't open my mouf I was so frrerllsed wld fright. An’ de wors' of hit was aha had me cut off fom my coat an' hat, an' jes' stood an' looked wld my eyes falhly poppln’ outrn my hald, an’ my wool tryln’ to stan' up.” "What became of her?" "Why, all ter onct she Jes’ disappear ed an' ao did dla nigger ihlghty quick after dal.” "Seen her any more?" "No, auh: t ain’t stayed dere late er- nuff since fer hants to start ter walkin’. An' I ain't er goln' to be foun' 'round dls bulldln' atter hit 'gins ter git dark.” Since Tom was scared so by the “bant" the porters about the capitol have developed remarkable Industry In cleaning up the offices before night set tles over the world. O00000O0000O00O00OOOOOOOOO O LEAVES HIS ARMY PALS 0 O 25,000 EACH IN WILL. O 0 0 o Washington. Nov. 22.—The 22 O 0 surviving members of the compa- 0 O ny In the One Hundred and Twen- o O ty-ffrat Pennsylvania regiment, O 0 commanded by the late Captain O 0 John 81. Clapp, a millionaire, will 0 0 receive bequest* of cash from his 0 0 estate. The amount Is said to be 0 O 28.000 for each man. O O O QO0OOO00OOOOO0OOO000OOOO00 OF $300,000 FOR MERCER COLLEGE \ Convention Gives Aid to School in Securing Big Fund. tty SAM P. JONES. Carterevllle, Ga., Nov. 22.—Today being educational day at the state con vention of th* Georgia Baptists, both the afternoon and morning seoslone taken up In heating reports from Mercer University, Shorter nnd other colleges. The report of Mercer was read by Chairman John H. McCal(, of Macon, chairman of the board of trustees, and ahowed the school to be In a prosper ous condition. He asked the conven tion for help to raise the 278.000 nece*. sary to secure the endowment fund of 2200,000, tho general board of educa tlon having offered to give 2222,000 If the convention would raise the re mainder. Convention Takas Acticn. At the close of the report Dr. II. J. W. Grayham, Junor editor of The Index, offered the following resolution: "Resolved, That we heartily Indorse the plan of securing a 2300,000 endow ment fund for Mercer University and give It our hearty support." The resolution was adopted by a rls Ing vote, Refore the resolution wa* put talk were made by membets of tho college faculty. Pretident Jamston Speaks. Dr. S. “Jameson, president of the schorl, was Introduced by a member of the senior class In an eloquent speech. This student Introduced President Roosevelt when he spoke at Roswell. President Jameson spoke for an hour nnd a half and at the conclusion of hla nddrea* made an earnest appeal for the endowment for the school. After the speech the audience stood and prayer was offered. Night 8*«ion. While the night session was In prog ress Wednesday night. Dr. J. W. Mil lard. of the Ponce DeLeon Avenue Baptist church of Atlanta, delivered an Interesting sermon to a large congrega tlon gathered In the Bartow county court house, just across the street front the Baptist church. Rev. O. J. Copeland, of Gainesville, delivered the report on the work of the Baptist Young People’s Union, follow ing It with an earnest appeal for th* furtherance of this work. J. R. Jester a practical and earnest talk spoke of the progress of thq. denomination In South Georgia. 11. C. Buchols spoke of evangelism In Georgia, and Professor Robinson, of Morganton, reviewed the educational activity In hla section. Report on Mission*. The last feature of the evening and one of the most. Interesting was tho report and address on home missions by Dr. B. D. Gray, of Atlanta. He spoke for an hour and a half and th* con gregation was not dismissed until It o’clock, but he held the closest atten tion of his auditors throughout his dis course. When the report of the condition of the treasury was submitted by J. J. Bennett, showing a most gratifying state of affairs, the congregation rose and sang with fervor the hymn "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow.” 00OO0OOOO00O00O00000000000 0 O 0 SCHOONER PUTS HOLE O 0 IN OCEAN LINER. O 0 o 0 New York, Nov; 22.—The North O 0 German Lloyd steamship Main. 0 0 bound outward, was run Into and O 0 a large hole stove In her bow by O 0 the schooner Mary E. Neville In O 0 the lower bsy shortly after noon. O 0 No lives were lost. The Main is O 0 now at anchor. O 0 ' O 00000000O000OOOOOOOO0000OO Cherbourg, France, Nov. 22.—The big North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Welhelm der Grosse, which left here late last night for New York, lino been In collision with the royal mall steamer Orinoco. It Is said that, four, members of the crew of the Kaiser Wilhelm were killed and twelve were Injured, acordlng to a telegram. Five members of the crew of the Orinoco arrf missing, and sup- twsed to have been drowned. A panic among the passengers, many of whom were In the state rooms, followed the crash. Officers of the Kaiser Wilhelm suc ceeded In restoring order. Both vessels are seriously damaged and It Is believed are returning tn port Dead Horribly Mangled. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse left here Inst night at * o'clock with 289 first-class, 38o second-class and 687 steerage passengers. She carried 1,475 bags of mall. There was a terrible panic among tho steerage passengers on the Kaiser when the Orinoco poked her bow- through tho Kaiser’s side. Those killed were silting ».r lying In their bunks and their bodies were horribly muti lated. All the wounded havo been taken to the various hospitals. The collision occurred at 8:10 o'clock In Die evening, during a dense fog. The Knlser was leaving nnd tho Orinoco entering the Roadstead. Iloth vessels were going nt slow speed. Chebourg. Nov. 22.—The sleumer Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosses has re turned to port. She has been badly damaged and extensive repairs will hnve to be made before she Is ready for sea. Officials of the North-German line deny that any lives were lost In the collision. Passengers on the Knlser Wilhelm Der Grosse will sail on other ship*. JOE CHAMBERLAIN SIGHTLESS PARALYTIC fsondon. Nov. 22.—Joarph Chamber lain la a wreck, ami his condition la 1io|i»*Ii*hs. ,n iHilling t.» the weekly re view, John Hull. The paper hns this to ■ay: "Mr. Chamberlain la a nervelce^, voiceless am! almost sightle** paralytic. Hla original seizure occurred four months ago. He Is now wheeled twice a week with the utmost difficulty to.hi* orchid house.” Thla statement haa created « *rcHt sensation, aa Mr. Chambcrlaln’M rela tives have endeavored to keep his con dltlon a secret. FRIENDS OF FISH New York, Nov. 22.—It is said that nearly all of the sixty members of the official staff of the late president of the Illinois Central, 8tuyvesant Fish, have been set adrift by H H. Harrlman. The new president, Mr. Harrahan, is to have his office In Chicago, and 10 at tend strictly to operation. Mr. Harrl man, as chairman of the executive com mittee. Is to look after the financial end here. LYER IS WRECKED; TWO PERSONS DEAD . Grand Forks, N. D, Oriental Limited, know i Northern Flyer," was early tGday. Two porsoi killed and several Inju