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$580,000 FOR THE
HARBOR IN 1905
GEN. GILLESPIE’S REPORT
ItECOMMEXDS *225,000 BESIDES
*304.000 OX HAXD.
The Amount Expended on the 2A
Feet Project Up to Lent July
*Bls,9o3—The Totnl Cot ot the
Harhor Improvement l'p to Thnt
Date *6,B63.934—Estimate* for
Georgia Rivers for Xext Year.
Several Fropoxed Improvement*
Disapproved.
By R. M. Larner.
■Washington, Nov. 10.—Gen. Gillespie,
the chief of engineers, in his annual re
port estimates that $225,000 can be ex
pended profitably in Savannah harbor
during the fiscal year ending June 30,
ISO 6, in addition to the balance unex
pended July 1, 1904, which he gives as
$364,681. .
The report states that the present
project provides for the establishment
of a channel from the old waterworks
above Savannah to the ocean, twenty
eight feet deep at mean high water,
with bottom widths of 350 to 500 feet,
to be accomplished by dredging and the
raising of all existing training -walls
between Savannah and' Tybee roads.
The estimated cost of the work is $l,-
667,791. Continuing contracts are au
thorized for the work in this harbor,
and dredging operations are being car
ried on by this method.
The amount expended under the pres
ent project up to June 30, 1904, was
$815,903. The total amount expended
for the improvement of Savannah har
bor up to that date was $6,863,934.
Estimates for Georgia rivers are as
follows:
Savannah river below Augusta.slo,o.oo
Savannah river above Augusta.. 3,000
Harbor at Darien, Toboy bar... 25,000
Altamaha river 20,000
Oconee 15,000
Ocmulgee river 8,000
Brunswick harbor 16,000
Inside route between Savannah
and Fernandina 30,000
Cumberland sound 70,000
Preliminary surveys were made of
Skidaway narrows, connecting Isle of
Hope river with Burnside river for a
channel 75 feet wide and 6 feet deep. A
plan for improvement at an estimated
cost of $55,000 is presented by Lieut.
Col. Quinn, but it is not deemed ad
visable by the chief of engineers for
the government to undertake this im
provement.
Similar adverse recommendations are
made on the preliminary examination
of Oconee river from Dublin to Skull
shoals: also Frederica river, and Club
and Plantation creeks.
The reports of these surveys have
been printed and transmitted to Con
gress, and it will be in order for them
to be considered by the Committee on
Rivers and Harbors, when the river
and harbor bill is framed.
REPORTS REPULSE OF
A JAPANESE ATTACK.
Continued from First page.
Nov. 8 on the Russian positions be
fore Sinchinpu. No fighting was re
ported to have occurred yesterday.
VICEROY ALEXIEFF^
IS IN ST. PETERSBURG.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 10.—Admiral
Alexieff, viceroy In the Far East, ar
rived in St. Petersburg this evening. In
anticipation of his arrival the Nevsky
Prospect was crowded with sight-seers,
but access to the railway platform
was restricted to officials and newspa
per correspondents.
When a man of short, stout figure
and bronzed visage emerged from one
of the cars of the special train which
had brought him from Mukden, he was
immediately surrounded by old com
rades. Amidst cheers and handshak
ing the Viceroy stepped into the Im
perial carriage and drove off to the
Winter Palace, but as Emperor Nich
olas was not in St. Petersburg. Alexieff
did not stop at the palace, going in
stead to the Hotel Europe, where he
will remain for the present.
RUSSIANS~REPULSED
WITH HEAVY LOSSES.
London, Nov. 11.—The Daily Tele
graph’s correspondent with Gen. Oku
cables under date of Nov. 9:
‘‘Last night the Russians made sev
eral determined attacks upon Lamut
lng and Slnchingpu, but were repulsed
with heavy losses. The artillery laid
the villages In ruins.”
PIT OUT THIS LIGHTS
And Snlist Itu teal Bnllols, Republi
can* Claim.
Denver, Col., Nov. 10.—Four men
were brought before the Supreme Court
to-day by special officers of the court
on citations charging violation of the
court's mandate concerning frauds at
the election Tuesday. They are Thom
•-\8 Douglas, Thomas Shepardson, Frank
Atkins and Michael Doud, who served
as election officials.
The arrest was based on affidavits of
special watchers appointed by the Su
preme Court, who swore that the men
..v the I1|?hl8 to extinguished
at the polling place, where they were
serving long enough to substitute fraud
ulent Democratic votes for Republi
cs" h. al,( As. properly cast and which at
tne time, were spread out upon a ta
ble preparatory to being counted.
•iTJif men we re released on bonds of
*l,OOO each and their hearing set for
Monday next.
obituary!
Routine Montnmanon, Italy.
Rome, Nov. 10.—Konalie Mon t m anno n
i dead. She was the repudiated wife
of the late Premier C'rlspl, with whom
*£ " p * nt hl " mo "’ "Drrlng days. She
participated in his exile and also In
, war of Independence, being the
only woman member of the famous
eximdltlnn of 1,100. which conquered the
two Sicilies.
~ * ■ Mnim issori was decorated by
Garibaldi on the battlefield.
'lr*. Hill t arleluM, If* York.
. N,w York. Nov. Ift.— Mra. Will Car
'J 1 ' Will fdrlelon, the poet
I'nor, died suddenly during the night
her home In Brooklyn.
4ifred Lakeland, I,* York.
land* Vork ' N, ' v ’ 19 ~*Alfred Lake
* known huiMmtii, dld to
. X s* the home of hi* brother, 'Billy '*
*"*euud, at Brighton Bead*.
MISSISSIPPI.
Continued from First Page.
of state to-day from fifteen counties
ot J and if the same
ratio holds up, the Republican vote
n this state will not go over 5.000. The
indications are that the state polled
about 65,000 votes.
OHIO.
Columbus, 0., Nov. 10.—Nearly com
plete returns from Ohio to-night show
close to 250,000 plurality for the Roose
velt and Fairbanks electors. Onlv
eighteen out of the eigthy
eight counties in the state
have been carried for Parker, and only
one Democratic Congressman has been
elected out of twenty-one. State
Chairman Harvey C. Garber, the
Democratic candidate In the Fourth
district, has 1.600 plurality In a dis
trict normally 6.000 Democratic.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, Nov. 10.—The few ad
ditional unofficial returns received to
day from various points in California
do not affect the results already an
nounced. The official count will be
required to determine the exact fig
ures, but it is evident that Roose
velt's plurality in the state will ap
proximate 115,000. The Legislature,
which elects a United States senator,
will have 103 Republican members to
17 Democrats and labor unionists.
MINNESOTA.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 10.—Returns
from all counties in Minnesota with in
complete returns from one half of the
eighty-two counties in the state, receiv
ed by the Dispatch to-day, show that
Johnson, Democrat, was elected Gov
ernor by a majority of 13,755. While
complete returns have not been receiv
ed on the vote for President, it is
known that Roosevelt received a ma
jority in every county in the state.
WISCONSIN,
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 10.— I The lat
est estimate of Republican pluralities
in Wisconsin give Roosevelt and Fair
banks between 125,000 and 140,000 and
LaFollette between 50,000 and 60,000.
It will be several days before the full
returns are In.
Babcock Re-elected.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 10.—Secretary
Frank K. Bently of the Stalwart Re
publican faction, stated to-night that
the returns received by him from ev
ery precinct in the Third Congressional
district show that Congressman Joseph
W. Biabcock is re-elected beyond the
shadow of a doubt, and that his plu
rality is 249.
WASHINGTON.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 10.—The latest
returns from all but fourteen counties
of Washington give Roosevelt 51.000
majority. The remaining counties will
increase this to between 60,000 and 70.-
000.
INDIANA.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 10.—Secre
tary Sims of the Republican State Com
mittee said to-day that from unofficial
reports from eighty of the ninety-two
counties the Republican national tick
et had received a plurality of 74,000 in
Indiana.
NEVADA.
Reno, Nev., Nov. 10.—With about
seventy precincts missing, a conserva
tive estimate places Roosevelt’s plu
rality in Nevada at between 2,500 and
3,000. Yerrington, Republican, was
elected to Congress by about 100 over
VanDuser, Democrat.
UTAH. i
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 10.—Re
turns covering every county in the
state have so increased the majority
for Roosevelt that It is probable that
it will not run short of 27,000. Par
ker had a plurality in only one county.
Republican Won.
Maysville, Ivy., Nov. 10.—John B.
Bennett. Republican for Congress In
the Ninth district, has defeated James
N. Kehoe by 86 votes. An official
count will be made.
ARRESTED ON VERGE
OF FIGHTING A DUEL.
Paris, Nov. 10. —The police to-day
arrested Gabriel Syvelen, Nationalist
deputy, who struck War Minister An
dre in the face during the debate of
Nov. 4 in the Chamber, a* he was
about to take up his position for a duel
with Capt. Call, who is an intimate
friend of Gen. Andre, and who is sup
posed to represent him.
The arrangement contemplated the
use of pistols and two shots each. M.
Syvelon’s arrest begins his criminal
prosecution for assaulting Gen. Andre.
Morley at White House.
Washington, Nov. 10.—John Morley,
the English author and publicist, ar
rived in Washington to-day and Is a
guest of the President and Mrs. Roose
velt at the White House. Mr. Morley
is a member of the British Parliament,
and is in this country as a student of
economic conditions. He will be a
guest at the White House for two
days. To-night the President gave a
dinner in his honor. He will be the
guest of honor at another dinner at
the White House to-morrow night.
~BY PROXY.
What the Baby Needed.
I suffered from nervousness and
headache until one day about a year
ago it suddenly occurred to me what
a great coffee drinker I was and I
thought maybe this might have some
thing to do with my trouble, so I
shifted to tea for awhile but was not
better, if anything worse.
"At that time I had a baby four
months old that we had to feed on the
bottle, until an old lady friend told
me to try Postum Food Coffee. Throe
months ago I commenced using Pds
tum, leaving off the tea and coffee,
and not only have my headaches and
nervous troubles entirely disappeared
but since then I have been giving
plenty of nurse for my baby and have
a large, healthy child now.
"I have no desire to drink anything
but Postum and know It has benefited
my children, and I hope all who have
children will try Postum and find out
for themselves what a really wonder
ful food drink it Is." Name given by
Postum Cos., Rattle Creek, Mich,
Both tea and coffee contain quanti
ties of a poisonous drug called Caf
feine that directly affecta the heart,
kidneys, stomach and nerves. Poe
tum Is mad front cereals only, scien
tifically blended to get the coffee fla
vor. Ten 'lava' trial of Poatum In
place of tea or coffee will show a
health secret worth more than a
gold mine. There's a reason.
Gat the book, “The Rood to Well
villa,’' in each peak sera.
savannah morning news; Friday, November 11. 1004.
Fashioned Apparel
is a “New Idea” in
Men’s Ready-to-fit Clothing
that appeals to all particular men.
Suits $l5 to $ 30; Overcoats $l5 to $5O.
Ready to fit at
B. H. LEVY, BRO. &, GO.
Write for Book of Fashions; free.
THE WASHINGTON CO.
S3 Washington Place, New York.
THE COLUMBIA
RAN AGROUND
IN HARBOR OF PENSACOLA.
MAHY VESSELS ARE STRIVING TO
FLOAT HER.
The Crnteer Went to Pensneola to
Take Aboard Secretary of War
Taft and the I’nrty to Accompany
Hint to Fannma—Vessel Left the
Course Because Storm Had De
stroyed Some of the Range Lights.
Will Be Floated.
Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 10.—The big
cruiser Columbia, which is to convey
Secretary of War Taft and his party to
Panama, went ashore here to-night in
Pensacola harbor, and every available
tug of the port is now on the scene en
deavoring to pull the war vessel Into
deep water.
The cruiser was sighted oft Pensa
cola just before dark, and It was
thought would come to anchor until
daylight. Instead, a pilot was taken
on board and she crossed the bar in
safety after dark. At what is known
as Horseshoe Bend, she left the course,
owing to the fact that some of the
ranges had been destroyed by a recent
storm.
The cruiser is in a position just off
the lighthouse, eight miles from the
city, and although all towboats and
naval vessels are endeavoring to move
her, the effort so far has proved un
successful. „
It Is expected that she will be floated
without injury at high tide in the
morning.,
FLORIDA MANsVeS ON
BREACH OF PROMISE.
Bnckl Clal ink Harmnn Did Not
“Tote Fairly.”
New York, Nov. 10.—Archer Harman,
who formed the Ecuador Development
Company and who built the railroad
from Guayaquil to Quito under a con
tract with the government of Ecuador,
has been sued by Charles L. Buck! for
$50,650 for breach of contract.
Bucki’s home is in Florida. To bring
about a speedy trial he assigned his
claim against Harman to a friend,
Harry M. Samson, who lives in South
Nyack, Rockland county. The suit
was brought in the Sufcreme Court of
that county to avoid the congestion
of the Nyack courts. The case will
probably be reached some time this
week.
Buck! alleges that he made an agree
ment with Harman In February, 1902,
to Induce certain manufacturers to es
tablish factories and mills along the
line of the Guayaquil and Quito Rail
road In Ecuador. He alleges that his
share of the profits was to be 12% per
cent., Harman’s 25 per cent. He says
he spent February, March, April and
May, 1902, working on Harman’s
scheme. He pledged a number of
American capitalists and manufactur
ers to investigate the possibilities of
Ecuador. When the capitalists were
ready to put money Into South Ameri
can industries, Bucki says Harman
went back on him.
Bucki claims that his share of the
profits that did not materialize would
have been $48,300. He adds to his
claim S3OO a month for his services,
and a bill for his expense in getting
an outfit for a trip to Ecuador, which
he never took. Harman, he says, told
him to get ready to sail with him to
South America, but did not meet him
in New York as agreed, and then re
pudiated the entire contract. Har
man says no such contract was ever
made.
Harman is said to be many times a
millionaire. He was born in the South
and came to New York a number of
years ago. He organized the Ecuador
Development Company. Under con
tract with the Ecuador government,
the company bought the national debt
of Ecuador, amounting to $3,500,000,
held In England. The railroad was
built in 1900. Harman had associated
with him Peter Cooper Hewitt, son of
ex-Mayor Hewitt. The president of
the companv Is Robert M. Thompson,
president of the New York Metal Ex
change.
Charged With Knilirnlrmrnt,
San Francisco, Nov. 10.—Cress Un
ger, who for twenty-five years has been
connected with the Custom House In
various rapacities, has been arrested
on a charge of embezzlement. He was
attached to the postofllee branch of the
customs service, and is accused of
appropriating numerous small sums
that passed through his hands. He
was released on $5,000 ball.
Hare Beached Snrin M my.
Canea, Island of Crete, Nov. 10.—The
battleship Siasoi Veliki, with Vice Ad
miral Voelkersnm aboard, and the bat
tleship Navartn with cruisers Icum
rud and Almaz, a number of torpedo
boats and transports and the volunteer
steamer Yaroslav of the Russian Bal
tic squadron have arrived in Huda bay.
Wallace Going to hIIININN.
New Orleans, Nov, 10.--Chief En
gineer John F Wallace of the lath
mlan Canal Oomnilsalon arrived here
to-day. Mr. Wallace will shortly sail
for tne Isthmus of Panama, to con
tinue his work In the Interact of the
MtUMMoB,
TREASURY WAS SHORT.
80 It Wa* Found Upon Investigating
the Arieona Cane.
Prescott, Aria., Nov. 10.—Immediate
ly after the announcement of last
Wednesday that County Treasurer
Storm had been bound, gagged and
robbed, his bondsmen took possession
of the office, and behind locked doors,
have been engaged until late this aft
ernoon investigating that officer's ac
counts. Upon concluding the investi
gation to-night. It was announced that
there was a shortage In the treasury
amounting to $15,836.
The bondsmen served official notice
on the board of supervisors and upon
Treasurer Storm, withdrawing from
the latter's bond. Under the law, the
treasurer Is allowed ten days to furnish
anew bond, and upon failure to do so,
the office will be declared vacant.
To-night the bondsmen offered a re
ward of $l,OOO for the arrest and con
viction of any person or persons who
robbed the county treasurer s office.
TO FIX STEEL PRICES.
Whole I,lst I* to lie Hev ineil by the
Magnate*.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Nov. 10. —All the as
sociations controlling the prices of
steel are to meet in New' York next
Tuesday and continue in session un
til the whole list of prices has been
revised to suit the conditions which
have arisen in the iron and 3teel mar
kets.
The prospects are that the scale of
prices determined upon next week will
be those that will rule until well into
the first quarter of the coming year,
and it is fairly certain that prices will
be advanced in most of the lines. The
price of billets, it is thought by the
well informed, will be increased to $2l.
The present price is $19.50, Pittsburg.
HER BODY WArFOUNir
HANGING IN BASEMENT.
Chicago, Nov. 10.—The dead body of
Mrs. Henry H. Donaldson, wife of
Prof. Henry H. Donaldson, of the
University of Chicago, was found
hanging by a rope from a rafter to
day in the basement of the Donaldson
residence. It Is believed she ended her
life while deranged from melancholia.
Mrs. Donaldson was the daughter of
Calvert Vaux. the New York land
scape artist, who laid out Central
Park. A highly Intellectual woman,
she took much Interest in her hus
band’s researches in neurology. Last
spring she suffered from an attack of
nervous prostration, chiefly attributed
to exhaustion from extensive traveling
in Europe.
SENTENCED TO PAY
TEN CENTS DAILY.
New York, Nov. 10.—Judge Sweeney
in the first criminal court of Newark,
N. J.j to-night Imposed an unusual
sentence upon Mrs. Beula McCarton,
convicted before him of professional
mendicancy.
The sentence of the court was that
she must pay a fine ot 10 cents daily for
a period of two years, and that she
must appear In the court each day to
make the payment.
Mrs. McCarton is 35 years old.
Sr* Want* to Be Senator,
Chicago, Nov. 10. —Harry S. New,
national committeeman from Indiana
and member of the Republican Na
tional Executive Committee, announced
to-night, before leaving this city for
his home In Indianapolis, that he
would be a candidate for the senator
ship to be made vacant when Vice
President-elect Fairbanks resigns the
position he now holds.
Groavenor Wa* Killed.
Athens, 0., Nov. 10.—Frank Grosve
nor, nephew of Gen. Charles H. Gros
venor, was Instantly killed In a run
away accident in Rome township,
about fifteen miles from this city early
to-day. A lantern w'hich he carried in
the buggy exploded and set fire to the
wreck, almost cremating the body of
Grosvenor.
Machinist* for Ru**ta.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 10.—A special
from Newport News says fifteen expert
machinists left the shipyards there to
day for Russia via New York, indi
cating that the torpedo boats recently
shipped from Newport News were for
Russia.
Prince Left for Wnaliington.
San Francisco, Mov. 10.—Prince
Fushlmi of Japan, accompanied by bis
suite, left to-dav for Washington. He
will make no stops on his way to the
national capital.
MILLIONAIRE WHO
SEEKS SENSATIONS.
From the New York American.
When the New York newspapers the
ether day revealed to a wondering pub
lic the fact that the new St. Regis
Hotel possessed a ‘‘royal suite with a
$lO,OOO bed” nobody was surprised to
hear next morning that young Mr. Ed
ward R. Thomas had made haste to
hire the suite and try the bed. It was
simply the newest freak of New York's
youngest, most industrious sensation
seekllng multl-mllionalre. It cost Mr.
Thomas something more than $125 a
night to find out how it felt to sleep
In the most gorgeous new bed In town
—and, Incidentally, the bed turned out
to be several inches too short for him.
Mr. Thomas’ whole career since he
left college has been one uninterrupt
ed succession of surprises for the gen
eral public. He was taken into his
father's stock broker’s office, and
forthwith began to lament the time
he had wasted in college. He knew
Latin and Greek and calculus, but he
couldn't sell stocks on commission. Ev
idently he had no need to dread star
vation, for when the Seventh National
Bank got into difficulties somebody
came forward with $1,000,000 and the
presidency of the concern for young
Thomas, who until then was much less
well known in the financial district
than the favorite apple woman.
He was only 28 years old—but ho
was In the neighborhood of seven feet
tall, and butter wouldn't melt in his
mouth. When gray-headed old bank
ers called and saw him at his ease
in the president's swivel chair they
didn't need a second glance to assure
them It was all right. And It was all
right. Mr. Thomas —and the $1,000,000
—saved the Seventh National.
Postponed His Weddina.
Another "youngest bank president”
would have lost his nerve completely
over the weighty matter of another
character on which Mr. Thomas had
ot take prompt action, while he was
saving the bank. He was engaged to
be married to Miss Linda Lee, the
famous Ixmlsvllle belle, and waa due
to start for that Southern city In order
to be In time for a grand wedding.
He could not aave the hank and rush
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-■lopa Chafing, mm Narrating, Itching Swollen, Ttrad |bL
l(e at drugglat*. or prapald from BA TON t)IU}Q CO., All an La, Ue. Money
back U sot aaUaflad. Sample lor I- caul lUfflt.
off to Louisville'ait the same time. But
who would Imagine a Blue Grass belle
listening to such absurdities as bank
troubles with her wedding day' at hand,
the trousseau ready and the cake bak
ed?
Yet from hts brand new seat In the
Seventh National's president's chair
young Mr. Thomas calmly telegraphed
postponing the wedding and canceling
all the arrangements for the honey
moon. Yet there were no seismic dis
turbances In Kentucky—not even when
the new bank president suggested that,
as he was too busy to go to Kentucky
to be married, Miss Lee come to New
York and have the knot tied while you
wait. And this is Just what happened.
The whole of Kentucky and all who
knew the fame of Kentucky gasped.
After that E. R. Thomas stood high
indeed tn the confidence of his country
men.
When, presently, Mrs. Thomas put
her young millionaire husband up to
establishing a racing stable—as was na
tural, she being from Kentueky—every
body said she would easily get even
for the upsetting of her wedding plans.
All the racing hangers-on rubbed their
hands gleefully, thinking what they
would do to the easiest Mr. Easy Mark
of the turf. At first It looked as
though Mr. Thomas was badly “stung."
He bought expensive horses which al
lowed themselves to be expansively
left at the post, and was $250,000 out
of pocket on this Investment before
he ever made a winning. Then one
day his colt Pulsus won $25,000 In the
Great Trial stakes, which more than
recompensed him for the series of de
feats suffered by the costly Herniis,
who later far exceeded the triumph
of Pulsus. Since that time Mr. Thom
as has steadily advanced in his knowl
edge of turf matters, until hts stable
now is one of the best in the country
and his winnings to correspond.
Hi* “White Ghost” Career.
It sounds strange, but it is true, that
nowadays the more one goes into
horses the more he hungers for auto
mobiles. Mr. Thomas responded to
this instinct in characteristic fashion.
No half-hearted experimenting for
him. He went to W. K. Vanderbilt
and caused that gentleman nearly to
faint with joy by taking the deadly
“White Ghost” off his hands—the ma
chine known in the streets of New
York and along every main country
road within a hundred miles as devil
ish in its thirst for human blood.
The "White Ghost” had already half
a score of victims to tis credit, but Mr.
Thomas was cool and confident. In hts
hands the “White Ghost” annihilated
space at It never had done before.
Presently it scattered a group. of
school children. catching one of
them—little Edward Thles—killing
him instantly. The millionaire prompt
ly paid the amount of a civil judg
ment in favor of the lad's father, but
this did not foot up to nearly the
aggregate of $57 por mile which Mr.
Vanderbilt had paid in fines.
Not long afterward the “White
Ghost” destroyed a dog. who proved
more costly dead than ho had living.
And there followed other casualties in
the streets of New York and Brook
lyn available for travel to and from
the race track which came to make
Mr. Thomas more celebrated than any
other autoist. At the time crowds in
the streets were becoming menacing
whenever he appeared in the “White
Ghost” he went abroad, taking the
machine with him.
He had not been gone long before
cablegrams told how Mr. Thomas’
auto had run down and killed a peas
ant woman on the Naples highway
and how the Italian authorities were
pursuing him in Paris. There was
quite a diplomatic uproar about it,
but an absence of sufficient proof thnt
it was really Mr. Thomas In his ma
chine enabled him to come home un
scathed.
Mobbed In lII* Automobile.
When the "White Ghost” reappeared
on New York streets It was welcomed
with so much violence by East Side
mobs that Mrs. Thomas was severely
hurt one day by a stone which struck
her as she was sitting in the machine
beside her husband. Finally Mr.
Thomas sold the man-killer to Mr.
Drake of Chicago, purchasing In Its
stead a $17,000 Panhard. In that and
in his new Mercedes he has been keep
ing up his record as an ignorer of
speed regulations.
To buy* Stone Acre at Newport of
John W. Ellis for $225,000 and to be
come a shining social light was no
more than was expected of E. R.
Thomas: but when he was suddenly
brought Into court as a theatrical “an
gel" there wore gasps of astonishment.
This was no Joke. When "The
Mocking Bird” comic opera ceaaed to
warble and several of the actors had
to walk back to New York they sued
Mr. Thomas for back salary. Mana
ger H. B. Sire testified that he sold
the piece to Mr. Thomas for $6,000,
and that he expressly stipulated that
Miss Madeline Beasley should play the
tttle part. The court heartlessly de
clared that Mr. Thomas should pay the
footsore actors a Judgment of $4,455.17.
This suit revealed also that Mr.
Thomas went into “The Mocking Bird”
with his eyes open, as he was one of
the original "angels" of "Princess
Chic,” sinking $40,000 therein. In this
case. Miss Minnie Methot was the
tuneful lady who had to be starred.
ROAD LEVELS CLASS.
Millionaire anil Seelion Hand Rub
Elbow*.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, inventor and
at least ten times a millionaire, and
“Bill” Hooker, section boss and owner
of five shares of Illinois Central Rail
road stock, both voted that Charles
Peabody, W. M. Grlnnell and .1. C.
Welling continue as directors of the
road at the annual stockholders’ meet
ing, which was held at noon on Wed
nesday.
Col. John Jacob Astor, who, accord
ing to rumor, is so wealthy that he
can only estimate his riches, and a
South Chicago grocer sat side by side,
and heard with alarm that 3,119 shares
of Illinois Central stock had gone
abroad during the past year.
Btuyvesant Fish, who had the power
of voting 659,166 shares of stock, and a
man whom nobody knew, but who had
the power of voting one share, sat side
by side, and clapped their hands at the
report of the secretary.
The first to arrive at the general of
fices In the Illinois Central building, at
Twelfth street and Park row, was Mr.
Fish. He didn't look the railroad pres
ident as he entered the room. Mr.
Fish is a powerful man. He Is tall
and straight, and rajher heavy. His
build Is that, of the athlete.
“How do you feel?” asked one of
the minority stockholders as he came
In.
“Kit as a fiddle,” responded Mr. Fish.
“Just feel of that.” and he held hlfi
arm at full length. The man felt of
the muscular arm. The muscles were
hard.
"What do you think of the election?”
asked the small stockholder.
"Don't talk politics. But It looks
all right," xald Mr. Fish.
Mr. Vanderbilt ha* changed much
since his last visit to Fhlcago. He now
wears a heard, and It Is a most pecu
liar beard. It Isn't a Van Dyke and It
Isn't exactly any other kind of a beard
that ha* ever been named. It ts crop
ped closely. The New York Inventor
had been touring the city In an auto
mobile.
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An unusual attractive line on side to-day, our regular $5.00 value,
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at $3.19
INFANTS’ SILK GAPS
New, nice, clean, fresh goods, worth up to sl, go on special sale to-day
at 69c
MEN'S COTTON FLEECED UNDERWEAR
Ladles’ Cotton Fleeced Vests, our usual 50c value on sale to-day
at 39c
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & GO.
13 and 15 Broughton Street, West.
“Great city, eh?" said Mr, Fish.
“Certainly Is," answered Mr. Van
derbilt.
A stranger never would have taken
him for a millionaire. He wore a
blue serge suit. He was without an
overcoat of any kind. He also is mus
cular.
Then came Col. Astor. There were
many persons about the station by
this time. Most of them were waiting
for the departure of their trains, and
had been attracted to the entrance
of the building by the news that
many millionaires were gathering.
Cbl. Astor arrived In a cab. The
coats of the horses didn’t glisten, and
the panels of the vehicle threw oft
no reflections, for It was Just an or
dinary) hawker” that brought Mr.
Astor.
“That’s him!" was the word that
ran through the throng.
"That’s who?”
"John Jacob Astor.”
"Oh, get out," was the general com
ment. “He don’t have to ride tn no
such hack as that. Why, say, I can
ride In that for half a. dollar.”
“A millionaire and dressed like
that?”
The people couldn’t be convinced.
Mr. Fish stated that one of the Im
portant features of the meeting would
be the election of three directors,
Charles Peabody, W. M. Orlnnell and
J. C. Welling were nominated. Their
terms had Just expired. "Bill” Hooker
was gettfhg nervous. Years ago, when
he was working as an ordinary sec
tion hand at $1.75 a day, he was think
ing of the day when he would sit at
a stockholders’ meeting. “Bill” Hook
er arose.
“I vote five shares for the gentle
men,” said “Bill” Hooker, and If he
stammered and halted he couldn’t be
blamed. If he was blushing with
pleasure he might be excused.
“I vote 659,165 shares for the gen
tlemen,” said Mr. Fish. And between
them they had elected the three di
rectors.
It required Just twenty-two minutes
to transact nil of the business of the
meeting, and then the stockholders
gathered In the restaurant at the sta
tion and were guests at a luncheon.
Cornelius Vanderbilt and “BUI"
Hooker and the South Chicago grocer
and John Jacob Astor were all pres
ent. Of course the restaurant was
crowded. The women were In the ma
jority. They were very anxious to see
Mr. Vanderbilt. They .thought that
any man that would surrender $50,000,-
000 to marry the girl that he loved
was worth seeing.
"And I’m not disappointed, either,"
was one comment.
BIS Alt AMI LEOPARD FIGHT.
Indian glory of Straggle Between
the Beasts for a Buffalo.
From the Amarita Bazar Patrikh.
A Oujar was grazing his buffaloes
in the Kangra Valley about sunset,
when suddenly a couple of bears put
In an appearance, one a monster the
other about half grown. They started
stalking one of the buffaloes that was
somewhat separated from the others.
He never thought they would be able
to kill It, so lay low and watched their
operations.
They upproaehed from different di
rections. At first the buffalo seem
ed to think It great sport, and chased
them when they came too near him.
All this time the bfg bear used now and
then to run up to the little one and
appeared to be giving him directions
how to proceed. The little one gradu
ally drew the buffalo toward a drop
of about fifty feet. When the buf
falo again made a rush at it the big
bear, seeing his opportunity mads a
rush from behind, and over went the
buffalo, breaking Its neck at the bot
tom.
The little beer was first on tft car
cass. and thought he was going to
Wave his share, but the htg beer com
ing up gave him a couple ef cuffs on
the bead and drove him away. The
Gujar was horrorstruck, but wishing
for revenge, drove the other animals
home and set. out In quest, of the local
"shikari.” By this time the moon was
shining brightly, and when they came
within some distance of the scene of
the encounter they hftard great grow
ling and roaring going on, and thought
that the young bear had returned for
his share. Instead of which they saw
a large leopard and the bear at it
tooth and nail.
The sight was such an uncommon one
that they waited within striking dis
tance, the “shikari” knowing that he
could take his shot whenever he liked
as one or other tonlmal was sure to
return to the kill. After a time the
leopard, feeling he was getting the
worst of It, gave a huge growl and fox
like seemed to subside as If dead. The
bear sniffed at his enemy long and
lovingly, and after giving him a few
more blows with his paws proceeded to
enjoy the repast from which he had
been disturbed. Before the men could
recover from their astonishment the
leopard was up and on the bear’s back,
when, taking him at a disadvantage ha
soon turned him over and got him by
the throat. Then there was a regu
lar rough and tumble for some minutes,
but the bear could not free himself
from the leopard, who clung like a
leech to his throat, sucking away his
life blood.
At last the bear fell dead, and as
ithe leopard rose the "shikari" gave
him a bullet behind the shoulder, roll
ing him over dead. Then arose a dis
pute, as the "shikari,” claimed both
skins with a view to the government
reward of 8 rupees for each, 16 rupees
In all. So It was Anally 'agreed that
they should return In the morning, but
the Gujar set a friend at work In the
night, so when they returned at day
break the bodies were there but the
bear had been carefully skinned. The
Gujar and "shikari” at once went away
and filed civil suits against each other,
and this weighty case Is now In court.
—Gen. Carl Stoessel. Russian com
mander in Port Arthur, is of German
birth and ancestry, born In Saxony
some fifty-four years ago. He served
old Kmperor William In the Engineer
Corps, but In the early ’7o’s obtained
his discharge and Joined the Russian
army, rising rapidly to his present
rank. Gen. Stoessel la a bluff, soldierly
man, peppery and perfervld of speech,
with a fondness for oratorical effect,
which at times gives him the appear
ance of being a braggart. He Is a
strict disciplinarian, as was shown soon
after he took comamnd at Port Ar
thur. The war cloud was gathering
when he found a party of offtosrs ca
rousing In a cafe one evening. He put
them under arrest, and later had them
sent to prison for several weeks.
—Emperor William has delegated
Lieut Gen. Von Lowenfeldt of his
majesty's military staff and Imperial
Adjutant General Von Schmettow to
represent him at the unveiling of the
statute of Frederick the Great at
Washington, Nov. 19. Both delegates
named are descendants of officers of
Frederick the Great. They will arrive
In New York on the steamer Hamburg
about Nov. 13.
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