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COMMERCE AND
LABOR IN 1904
SECY. METCALFE’S REPORT.
TUB COUNTRY'S COMMERCE THE
GREATEST IN ITS UISTOKY.
Itn Ini|>or*n $001,000,000 and Its Ex
ports $1,400.000,00tt Its Trade
With Contlauons Territories
$88,000,000 8X2,870 linuititrants
Were Admitted—A plea tor the
Merchant Marine—'The Steamboat
luspeetlou Service Reviewed.
Washington, Dec. 11. Secretary
Metcalfe's annual report of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor,
maie public to-day, is an interesting
document. It covers the work of the
various bureaus of the department
during the second year of its organ
ization. The reports of the Bureau
of Labor, the Lighthouse Board, the
Steamboat Inspection Service, the Bu
read of the Census, the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, the Bureau of Statis
tics, and the Bureau of Navigation,
and the Bureau of Navigation are
perhaps the most interesting.
The Year's Immigration.
The report of the Commissioner of
Immigration shows that the total
number of aliens admitted to the
United States during the year was
612.570, exclusive of 27.544 admitted for
the purpose of passing through the
United States to foreign territory. Of
these arrivals 30,374 entered through
ports of Canada, 10,742 entered ports
of the insular possessions of the Unit
ed States other than those of the Phil
ippine Islands, and 771,754 were ad
mitted at seaports of the United
States. More than one-half of the
entire immigration was composed of
the Italian. Hebrew, Polish, Slovak,
and Magyar races. There were de
creases in arrivals of 37,326 from Italy,
29,885 from Austria-Hungary, and 5,-
704 from Japan. There was an increase
of 18,643 from Great Britain, and ap
proximately of 100 per cent. from
China.
Of the total arrivals 549,100 were
males and 263,770 were females. As to
age, 109,150 were 14 years old or un
der, 657,155 were between 14 and 45,
and 46,565 were 45 or over. The records
show 3,953 as able to read, but not to
write, and 168,903 as illiterate, leaving
a remainder of 640,014 who, it is as
sumed, could both read and write.
Money Brought by Immigrants.
The total amount of money shown
by the arrivals was $20,894,383, or about
$4,500,000 more than the aggre
gate amount brought by the.
larger number of alien arrivals of the
preceding year. There were denied
admission at seaports of the United
States as members of the various
classes excluded by law 7,994 aliens
and 779 previously admitted were de
ported upon the ground that they were
in the country in violation of law.
There are confined in public and pri
vate charitable, penal and reformatory
institutions in this country a total of
44,985 aliens; of these, 20,485 are in
insane asylums, 9,825 are confined for
the commission of crimes, and 14,675
are dependents—upward of 25.000 of
these aliens will be confined for life.
The cost of the immigration service
during the year was $1,296,808.85.
There was expended $75,536.10 for de
porting Chinese, an average cost of
$112.24 for each deportation. Of the
total appropriation of $500,000 for the
enforcement of the Chinese exclusion
acts, $432,220.96 was expended for sal
aries and expenses, including the cost
of deportation.
Burenn of Navigation.
The Commissioner of Navigation "re
ports that the documented merchant
shipping of the United States at the
end of the fiscal year comprised 24,-
ESB vessels of 6,291,535 gross tons, the
largest tonnage in our history. Less
than one-sixth of this tonnage is reg
istered for foreign trade. During the
past four years, however, the regis
tered steam tonnage has increased
212,314 gross tons, while the register
ed sail tonnage has decreased 140,740
gross tons. American shipping in for
eign trade has thus become more effi
cient, and in the past fiscal year Amer
ican ships carried 10.3 per cent, of our
exports and imports, compared with
9.3 per cent, in the year ended June
30, 1900. The upward tonnage move
ment of the last four years now seems
to have been checked. For the first
time since 1812 a fiscal year passed
without the completion of a single
square-rigged vessel in the United
States. The United States shares in
the general decline of sailing vessels,
and the opportunities for their em
ployment in the foreign trade grow
steadily less. The completion of the
Panama canal will greatly curtail even
present opportunities. Training on
sailing vessels, is regarded as an al
most indispensable qualification of the
deck officer of a steamer. If we are
to have a merchant marine the lack of
officers will be felt as soon as steam
tonnage in foreign trade increases.
The subject is mentioned now for the
consideration of Congress in the fu
ture.
Needs of the Merchant Marine.
"Contracts made several years ago
have been performed, and our princi
pal steel shipyards on the seaboard
are building very fetv sea-going steel
steamers except warships for the navy.
Indeed, were it not for government
work under appropriations by Congress
some of them would now be closed
for want of work and others soon
would be. The stoppage of these large
plants and the scattering of their
trained workmen would be more than
an ordinary Industrial misfortune.
These plants are a necessary part of
the system of national defense, and
when they shut down and their men
are dispersed the cost of warships is
accordingly enhanced.
"The government programme of
naval construction, if executed
through further appropriations by
Congress, will help to keep the yards
busy, but it will not alone suffice. The
situation reinforces ail the arguments
which of late years have been ad
vanced in support of a definite and
durable legislative policy for the pro
motion of the American merchant ma
rine,'’
The Tear’s Commerce.
The foreign commerce of the
United States as reported by the Bu
reau of Statistics shows a larger total
than In any earlier year. While the
exports were surpassed by those of a
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single year, 1901, and the imports were
also surpassed by those of a single
year, 1903, the aggregate of imports
and exports for the year is greater
than that of any preceding year in the
history of our commerce. The imports
of the year were $991,087,371 and the
exports $1,460,827,271, making the total
foreign commerce of the year $2,451,-
914,642, which exceeded by $6,053,726 the
high record established by the year
1903. The imports showed a reduction
of $34,631,866 as compared with 1903,
but exceeded those of any other year,
and the exports were $26,937,720 below
those of 1901, but exceeded those of any
other year. Of the $1,460,827,271 of ex
ports, $1,435,179,017 were of domestic
production, the exports of products of
agriculture being $853,643,073 and of
manufactures, $452,415,921.
The imports of the year were char
acterized by the maintenance of the
high record of manufacturers’ ma
terials in a crude condition brought
into the country for domestic use.
They aggregated $306,524,755 in value,
against $126,643,273 in 1894, $138,496,741
in 1884, and $85,095,889 in 1874.
The Exports.
Our commerce with all of the vari
ous parts of the world shows a steady
and satisfactory growth. To Europe
the total exports amounted to $1,057,-
930,131, exceeding by $28,673,474 those of
1903, and by $49,896,150 those of 1902
To North America the total exports
amounted to $234,909,959, exceeding by
$19,427,190 those of 1903, and being much
larger than those of any earlier year.
To South America the total exports
were $50,755,027 in value and exceeded
those of 1903 by $6,617,155, and were
also greater than those of any other
year. To Asia and Oceania the total
exports of the year were $93,202,028, a
reduction of $2,625,500 as compared with
1903, due apparently to the temporary
disturbance in trade conditions inci
dent to the hostilities in Asia. The
chief reduction occurs in the exports
to China, which amounted to but $12,-
862,432 in the year 1904. against $lB,-
898,163 in 1903 and $24,722,906 in 1902.
Trade With Contiguous Territories.
The value of the commerce of the
United States with its noncontiguous
territories —Porto Rico, the Hawaiian
Islands, the Philippine Islands, Guam,
Midway, Tutuila, and Alaska—was
$103,562,804 in the year 1904, including
in that statement $6,328,524 of gold
received in the United States from the
mines of Alaska. The value of the to
tal shipments of merchandise from the
United States to all of these non-con
tiguous territories was $38,096,528, and
of the merchandise received from them
$59,137,752.
The Steamboat Service.
There were inspected during the
year 375 foreign passenger steamers,
aggregating 1,821,880 tons; 8,196 domes
tic steamers, aggregating 3,545,526
tons; 206 gasoline and other motor
vessels, aggregating 9,391 tons; and
524 sail vessels and barges, aggregat
ing 607,926 tons. The total number of
vessels inspected was 9,301, aggre
gating 5,984,723 tons. Thirty-two ves
sels, with 12,389 gross tonnage, were
inspected in Hawaiian waters, and 10
steamers, with 3,555 gross tonnage,
were inspected in Porto Rican waters.
There was a decrease of 25
in the number of vessels inspected
during the year from that of the pre
vious fiscal year, but there was an in
crease of 447,920 in the gross tonnage.
There were 7,939 officers of all grades
licensed.
The number of lives lost from va
rious causes was 1,303, the largest per
haps in the history of the service, but
the number of accidents was fewer;
the great loss of life being due prin
cipally to six disasters, one of which
was the burning of the steamer Gen
eral Slocum in which 957 persons per
ished.
The secretary deals at length with
the investigation of the Slocum dis
aster and the investigation of the
steamboat service in New York fol
lowing the disaster and that of the
entire service which is now in prog
ress with a view to the passage of
new laws governing It.
Looking Into the Corporations.
The work of the Bureau of Corpora
tions proceeded along the lines indi
cated in the first annual report of the
department. The bureau has made
examinations of judicial decisions for
the purpose of ascertaining fully those
constitutional powers and restrictions
on which present conditions are based,
and also those which must be neces
sarily involved in any future legisla
tion for the improvement of present
legal corporate conditions.
For the purpose of ascertaining and
presenting in available form the legal
conditions under which corporate bus
iness is being carried on In the va
rious states material obtained from
thirty states has been compiled and
tabulated. In each of these states,
with regard to all the more important
corporations organized In the state
and cngHgrd in Interstate or foreign
commerce, typical either of the state’s
Industrie* or of its laws, every paper
or document filed or recorded con
cerning each corporation was exam
ined separately, and all information
relating to each corporation dlclosed
by the official record* ha* been col
lected and compiled. There ha* been
thus far examined and abstracted the
record* of over 1,500 corporations,
which Include the larger part of the
mors Important Industrial and com
mercial corporation*, joint-stock com
panies. and corporal# combination# In
the United States.
Moore mm Manager.
New York. Dee. ll.—The Gltoey
House, which dosed Isst night, owing
In g dispute between the Ulleey relate
and the Heuboard Hotel Company,
which waa running the place, will re
open to-morrow with tleorgs H*
Moore ae manager. The (Mteey <wtes
Mni hack Mr. Moore tu the enterprise.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1904
SAILORS CLUNG TO
FROZEIUIGGING
FOR OVER THIRTEEN HOURS.
ALL SAVE OXE RESCUED BY THE
LIKE SAVERS.
The Seaman Whu Lout Hla Life Wit
I roiiii to Death iu the Hlgglua
of the Schooner Montana After She
Ran Aground at Pea Island Life
Saving Station—Body Still Hang
ing on the Vessel—The Montana
Will lie a Total Los*.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 11.—The 'three
masted schooner Montana, Capt.
Boyce, from Baltimore for Charleston,
S. C., with a cargo of salt (or prob
ably coal) stranded at 11 o'clock last
night at Pea Island, N. C„ life saving
station, fifty miles north of Cape
Hatteras, during a heavy northerly
gale.
Within twenty minutes after the
vessel stranded she was full of water
and awash so that the crew, consist
ing of Capt. Boyce and six men, were
forced to take to the rigging, where
they remained until 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon, when six of the seven men
were rescued by crews of Pea Island,
New Inlet and Bodies Island life sav
ing stations. One man, Henry Ed
wards, was frozen to death and was
lashed in the rigging in such a man
ner that he could not be reached and
his body is still aboard the ship hang
ing in the rigging head downward.
One other member of the crew was
almost frozen to death by exposure
and exhaustion when he was rescued
by the members of the life saving
crews, but probably will recover, al
though his condition is very serious.
The rescued crew are now at the
Pea Island life saving station.
Great difficulty was experienced 1n
landing the crew owing to the fact
that the vessel had sunk and a heavy
sea was running at the time. The
freezing weather hampered the work
of rescue, and the seamen were so
overcome by exposure and exhaustion
that only two of the men in the rig
ging were able to assist in hauling the
whipline aboard the vessel. Again
and again the line was shot out and
one by one the men were taken off
the ship in the breeches buoy, after a
most harrowing experience of more
than thirteen hours spent in the rig
ging of the sinking vessel in a tem
perature much below freezing. Their
clothing was coated with thick layers
of ice when they W'ere landed safely
on the beach of Pea Island.
An attempt will be made later to
bring the body of Henry Edwards,
the sailor frozen to death In the rig
ging of the Montana, ashore.
The vessel will be a total loss.
New York, Dec. 11—The Montana
was a vessel of 366 tons net, was built
at Bath, Me., in 1889, and was owned
by J. T. Booye of Somers Point, N. J.
Ornin Elevator Burned.
Columbia, Tenn., Dec. 11.—The feed
mill and elevator of the City Grain
and Feed Company were destroyed by
fire to-day, together with thirty cars
of ear corn and between 40,000 and 50,-
000 bushels of shelled corn and oats.
The loss on the mill Is J 25.000; on the
elevator $16,000 and on grain $32,000,
a total of $73,000, with insurance of
but $42,000. The origin of the fire is
unknown. The elevator was one of the
best south of the Ohio river.
Dark llnntera Missing.
Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 11.—S. A.
Brewer of Wake Forest, N. C„ and
John H. Gore, a prominent attor
ney of Wilmington are missing and
it is feared they are drowned. They
started out Saturday duck hunting.
To-day their boat was found capsized
in Mallory’s creek. Searching parties
are looking for them.
Snow In Northwest.
Chicago, Dec. 11.—The heaviest
snowstorm in Chicago this winter
reached here this morning and by
night four inches of snow covered the
ground. Street car traffic was badly
Interfered with, a heavy snowfall al
so prevailed throughout the states of
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, lowa,
Michigan, Minnesota and the north
western part of Indiana.
OBITUARY.
Ben H. Hudson. Colnmbns.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 11.—Capt. Ben
H. Hudson, one of Columbus’ oldest
citizens, died this afternoon at his
residence after having been in ill
health some time. He was a Confed
erate veteran, having been a captain
in the First Georgia Regiment. He
was among the best known civil en
gineers in this section of the country
and for years was superintendent of
public works of the city of Columbus.
The funeral takes place to-morrow aft
ernoon from the First Presbyterian
Church and will be attended by the
members of Camp Benning, United
Confederate Veterans, In a body.
Anthony Wnlah. Charleston,
Beaufort, S. C.. Dec. 11.—Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh returned from
Charleston yesterday evening, where
they attended the funeral of Mr. An
thony Walsh, the venerable father of
Mr. Walsh. He was the grandfather
of Thomas F. Walsh. Esq., Leo D.
Walsh and Miss Bertha Walsh of Sa
vannah. The funeral services were
held at Rt. Patrick's Church. Mr. Walsh
was 78 years old. He was a soldier
of the Confederacy, having enlisted In
the Irish Volunteers, under Capt. Mc-
Grath, at the beginning of hostilities,
and served through the war.
Ruth Marlon Clements.
Ruth Marlon, the Infant daughter of
Mr and Mrs. C. R. Clements, died
yesterday morning at 11:30 o’clock, at
the home of her parents. No. 419
Charlton street, east. She was only
8 months old. The funeral will take
place this afternoon at 8:30 o'clock
from the home. The services will be
conducted by Rev. Robb White, and
the Interment will be In Laurel Grove
Cemetery.
Mrs. Henry T. Unnu, llrnnsrrlek.
Brunswick. Oa., Dec. 11.—Mrs. Hen
ry T. Dunn, died this morning after
e long Illness.
Mrs. Dunn was the wife of Col. Hen
ry T. Dunn, collector of customs of
Brunswick She had been residing In
Brunswick for the past fifteen or twen
ty years and waa popular in an un
usually large circle. Besides her hua
band ahe leaves one eon, Capt, Frank
A. Dunn•
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Ever Offered to Men.
t r That just about explains the situation.
||U $25,000™
If ii \ Worth of Men's Clothing
j I Representing the largest purchase of its kind ever brought to Savannah.
fjjiylgftft J I has been obtained by us from a big Northern manufacturer at from 25
Ij-v m to ** per cent, below their real value, and is being sacrificed by us in
raws L? Si [ the same proportion to the public of Savannah.
WgMjrf\P /±y Not forgetting that our usual io per cent, discount will be allowed
on P r ' ces q uote d.
We Invite You to Read and Investigate
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Men's Suits
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B. H. LEVY, BRO. & CO.
WILL GET NO BAIL
FOR MRS. CHADWICK.
Continued from First Page.
wick. As It would have been Impos
sible In so short a time to negotiate
such a large loan on the strength of
that? note It Is highly probable that,
if she did give her husband that mon
ey. she had bona- fids securities.
“I believe it most unlikely that any
attempt will ever be made to bring
Dr. Chadwick back on any such hypo
thesis. Those who know him best be
lieve that whatever wealth he has, he
acquired honestly.”
The prison physician found Mrs.
Chadwick In excellent health to-day
and said that probably he would not
need to call on her again.
Would Increase the Bond.
United States District Attorney Bur
nett is quoted to-night as saying that
should bondsmen now appear to give
ball for Mrs. Chadwick he would use
his Influence with United States Com
missioner Shields to have the ball In
creased from $16,000, the amount now
fixed.
The Incident which may have some
significance occurred to-day when a
number of reporters at the Tombs ad
dressed a note to Mrs. Chadwick, ask
ing her if she would make a statement
and also when she expected to be re
leased. To this she returned the word,
“To-morrow." The newspaper men
were puzzled as to this answer. Be
lieving that she had finally decided
to waive examination and go to Cleve
land, they attempted to clear up this
point through the medium of another
note, but the officers at the Tombs
would not permit it to be taken to
Mrs. Chadwick.
Andrew Carnegie declined to talk to
day regarding his possible appearance
as a witness In the case or as to other
developments in Which his name had
been mentioned.
AN
MRS. CHADWICK’S HUSBAND.
Correspondent Found Him In n Hotel
lu Paris.
New York, Dec, 11.—The World to
morrow will saw that Dr. Leroy S.
Chadwick, husband of Mrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick, was interviewed by its cor
respondent in a Paris hotel to-day
(Sunday). The interview, according to
the World, includes the following:
"Did you leave America because you
knew the transactions charged
against your wife were about to be
ventilated?’’
"No, I had not the slightest intima
tion that my wife had any such bus
iness connections," replied Dr. Chad
wick. "All these accusations came as
a horrible shock. But after all, I
know only what I read In the news
papers.”
"Have you any Idea why your wife
used Andrew Carnegie’s name instead
of that of other immensely wealthy
men, such as Rockefeller or Morgan?
Does she know Mr. Curnegle?”
"As far as I know *he does not know
the famous Carnegie and has never
met him. But I believe she simply
negotiated paper which she believed
to be good. I notice that the Paris
newspapers are trying to draw an
analogy between Mrs. Chadwick and
Mme. Humbert. That is Impossible.
The Humbert womun deliberately de
frauded people."
Dr. Chadwick said he aaw his wife
Just prior to Nov. 15, and she gave
no sign of being engaged in any un
usual or large burin*** transactions.
He said he was absolutely without an
Inkling of such doings as his wife la
accused of.
“Did your daughter laat month cable
lrt Reynolds, the Cleveland banker,
asking him for money?" he waa asked.
"That la something I will not deny
or affirm," answered Dr Chadwick.
"If Reynolds wishes to talk about the
incident, he can,"
Dr. Chadwick and bis daughter are
Men's Suits
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Overcoats
MANUFACTURED TO SELL
FROM $lO.OO to $12.50
ARE MARKED
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now going to the Riviera, as has been
reported. The World will say;
“The correspondent describes Dr.
Chadwick as a young-looking man
whom he saw by appointment. The
doctor, according to the story, asked
the correspondent not to give the
name of the hotel at which he was
stopping.”
Won't Be Interviewed.
Pittsburg. Dec. ll.—The man sus
pected of being the Pittsburg million
aire who accommodated Mrs. Chad
wick with money has succeeded in
foiling every attempt to interview him
on the subject. It is thought a state
ment will be made by him to-mor
row.
FIGURES ON THE VOTE
IN NATIONAL ELECTION.
Roosevelt Got the Ilinßeat Vote Ever
Uiven n Candidate.
New York, Dec. U.—The New York
Times to-morrow will say:
A canvass by the Times of the popu
lar vote at the presidential election,
complete, except as to one county In
Tennessee and four counties in Michi
gan, for which estimates are given,
shows that President Roosevelt defeat
ed Judge Parker by 2,546,169. He polled
the largest vote ever given for a Pres
ident of the United States, 7,640,560.
This is more than 400.000 in excess of
the vote cast for McKinley in 1900.
A comparison with the popular vote
table of 1900 shows a marked change
in the Socialist vote. Debs, the can
didate of the party that year, was also
the candidate this year and his vote
shows an Increase of more than 300,000.
Watson, the Populist candidate, ran
strongest in his own state, Georgia,
where he received 22,635 votes. He
received most of his votes In the South
and West, but only one was cast for
him in South Carolina.
The total vote Is given as 13,534.119
and that for each of the presidential
candidates is given as follows:
Roosevelt (Rep.), 7,640,560; Parker
(Dem.), 5,094,391; Debs (Roc.), 392.857;
Swallow (Pro.), 248,411; Watson (Pop.),
124,381; and Corrigan (Soc. Labor),
33,519. The electoral vote will be 336
for Roosevelt and 140 for Parker.
Brunswick News Notes.
Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 11. —The hos
pital fair, which has been going on in
the old Naval Reserves Armory for
the past week, will come to a close
Tuesday night with a grand ball. A
little farce, "A Dress Rehearsal," will
be presented at the Grand Opera
House under the auspices of the fair
management, and after the show the
ball will occur. The fair has been a
success in every particular, about $3,-
000 being realized for the completion
of the third story of the hospital
building, now In course of construc
tion.
The Glynn Superior Court will con
vene to-morrow morning with Judge
Parker presiding.
The regular city ejection will take
place Tuesday, but it promises to be a
quiet affair, as the candidates nomi
nated by the white primary laat
month will be elected without opposi
tion. They are: For Mayor, R. R.
Hopkins; for aldermen, T. Newman,
1,. A. Robinson, J. W. Watkins and
John P. Golden.
I'apem Approve Navy Scheme.
London. Dec. 12.—Unstinted appro
bation of the naval reorganization
scheme is accorded In the editorial ar
ticles of this morning’s newspapers,
the several journals recognizing there
in the muster hand of Admiral Fisher,
recently appointed senior naval lord of
the admiralty. The Dully Telegraph
says: "Never before ha* the admiral
ty board been mo awake to Its re
sponsibilities." Gratification 1* gener
ally expressed that the Improved rela
tion* with France have enabled a re
duction of strength of the Mediterran
ean squadron,
Marian Over In Franc*.
pari*. Dee. ll.—The raring season
In France has ended William K.
Vanderbilt to sixth In the Hat of win
ning owners with 187,1611. Edmond
ttlarx- |e first with lltt.Pi l-rign, the
I American trainer tig* Hw tog record
•motif train***, berk fee fiat race* and
tm race# over obstacle*.
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But Buiinu-Varllln Says a Lock
Nl'nlrm First.
Paris, Dec. 11.—Philippe Bunau-
Varllla, who, before being minister of
Panama to Washington, was the prin
cipal engineer of the Panama canal,
gives an authorized Interview relative
to the building of the canul at sea
level. According to M. Bunau-Va
rilla, the construction of the canal at
*ea level is not only possible, but it
must ultimately be so constructed, as
are other connections betwen oceans,
like the straits of Bosphorus between
the Black sea and the Aegean sea.
He, howeevr, thinks it would be a
great error to begin with the sea level
plan at once.
"It would cost $100,000,000 more and
require twice as much time,” he said.
"The lock plan will be amply suffi
cient until the traffic reaches 40,000,000
tons—that Is to say, seven times the
probable traffic in the first year’s op
eration—and will lead by experimental
and secure ways to an ideal solution
of a sea level passage."
WHY DODGE DOESN’T"
WANT TO GO BACK.
Galveston, Tex., Dec. 11.—Nathaniel
Cohen of New York, attorney for
Charles Dodge, to-night gave the rea
sons why his client attempts to resist
returning to New York.
"In the first place," he said, "Mr.
Dodge will not return until his name
has been relieved of the stigma that
has been placed upon It in Texas by
his being charged with being a fugitive
from Justice.
"In the second place he feel* that
he has been so harassed and persecuted
by Jerome and his agents that he will
fight to the last ditch the efforts to
extradite him.”
JERRY GEORGE’S
New Restaurant.
TO-DAY
LUNCH 12 TO 8—35 CENTS. ,
SOUPS.
Ture Lima Beans.
English Calf Liver Roup.
FISH.
Trout. Marionet i
ENTREES.
English Duck in Ralrn.
Irish Stew.
ROASTS.
Roast Loin of Beef.
vegetables.
Spinach. String Beans.
PASTRIES.
Bice Pudding, or Peaches and Cream.
Coffee. Tea.
TABLE D'HOTE DINNER. # TO 8.
50 CENTS.
KOI’PM.
Pure Lima Bean*.
English Calf Liver Soup.
FISH.
Baked Rlack Pish. American style.
ENTREES.
Boiled Letnh. fhope on Toast.
Little Roll Veal ala Nice Lady,
ROASTS,
prime Rib.
VEGETABLES.
Little Rice Timbal.
M**h*(l
PASTRIES.
Chocolate Pudding.
Fruit or Ice Cream.
Game, I4vc end alt dell
reel#*.
Beat service Moderate charge*.
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Men's Suits
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FROM $lB.OO to $20.00
ARE MARKED
$15.00
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REORGANIZATION PLAN
Of the Geriunn-Americau Bank mt
Buffalo. N. V.
Buffalo, N. Y.. Dec. ll.—The fol
lowing statement was issued by S. M.
Clement, chairman of the Buffalo
Banks’ Clearing House Committee on
the affairs of the German-American
Bank:
"At a meeting thia evening of the
directors of the German-Amerlcan
Bank, Edward A. Weppner waa elect
ed cashier, to resume his duties in the
capacity at once and Michael Nel
lariy was elected a director In place
of Hon. John G. Wlckser, resigned.
"This action on the part of the board
has been taken at the suggestion of
the Buffalo Clearing House Committee
and has Its unanimous approval as
a part of the committee’s plan for
the reorganization of the bank."
There has been some opposition to
the return of Cashier Weppner. but
the men behind it acquiesced finally
in his election.
HISTORY OF THE EARL
MISS LEITER WILL WED.
New York, Dec. 11.—Henry Moly
neux Paget Howard, nineteenth Earl
of Suffolk and twelfth Earl of Berk
shire, who i to marry Miss Daisy
Letter of Chicago, was born Sept. 13.
1877, and succeeded to the title in 1898.
He Is a captain of the Fourth Bat
talion of the Gloucestershire Regiment
and is an extra aide de camp to the
viceroy of India. Baron Curzon of
Kedleston. Miss Letter’s brother-in
law. He is a Liberal-Unionist in poli
tics. He owns about 10,000 acres and
a celebrated picture gallery and a
collection of old masters. The Earl la
an enthusiastic sportsman.
It was reported In 1899 that Mies
Lelter, who was a guest of the Vice
roy’s palace in India, was engaged to
marry the Earl of Suffolk and Berk
shire, but Mrs. Lelter denied the re
port.
geymour mm Fleet Admiral.
London. Dec. 11.—Kind Edward he*
approved the appointment of Admiral
Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, G. C.
8., to be admiral of the fleet on the
retirement of Admiral Salmon in Feb
ruary. Vice Admiral Sir Lewis An
thony Beaumont will succeed Admiral
Hevmour In the Devonport command.
Prince Loula of Battenberg will be
come commander of the eecond cruiser
squadron.
Wanted Order Maintained,
London, Dec. 12.—A dispatch from
Constantinople to the Standard says
the Russian and Auatrian ambassa
dors have presented a note to the
Porte recounting recent Macedonian
outrages and adjuring him to main
tain order with a firm and Importlai
hand. ■■
Bank Hobber# Caaaht.
Peoria. 111.. Dec. 11.—With 11.810 In
currency In their pocket* tha two men
accuned of robbing the Peoria National
Bank. Saturday noon were captured
at Toulon to-day. One of them haa
been Identified aa Edward O'Regan,
alias James Williams, who it Is said,
ha* done time in a Chicago jail for rob
bery The Identity of hi* partner ha*
not been determined,
laid *1 I'lttabarg.
Pittsburg D<. u,~ Pittsburg was
the .(.Ideal atail on to-day'* govern
ment weather mag, hut to-night at
l o'clock the thermometer had rt*en
to 21. For the flrwt Him* thl* *a*aon.
i.e closed the local rivare at many
pain is.
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