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Summary of Ebents as They Happen
H. H. Roger®, Looking Wall, Hur
ries Here on Yacht.
H. H. Rogers boarded his steam
yacht Kanwha at Fair Haven and
sailed for Rew York. Instead of go
ing out of the river at a moderate
pace, as is the custom, the Kanawho
was put at top speed from her moor
ings and it looked as if she would
make a record trip.
It is said Uat Mr. Rogers has been
summoned hurriedly to Rew York on
a call from the vice-president of the
Standard Oil Compary.
Mr. Rogers looked to have regained
his health m a remarkable degree as
he burned to the lack Factory wharf
in his automobile to be transferred
to his yacht, lie was accompanied by
a man who is said to be Dr. Rice,
of Rew York, one of Mr. Roger’s
physicians.
it is believed that Mr. Rogers was
called to Rew York for a consulta
tion with the other {Standard Oil mag
nates.
Cannon and Hughes.
Cannon for president and Hughes
for vice-president is the combination
which anti-Roosevelt politicians and
financiers are now considering.
Hitherto there has been no disposi
tion umong those whom the President
calls “the reactionaries” to take any
interest in Uncle Joe. Their reason
for doing so new is the strategic value
of uniting New York and Illinois in
the convention. Pennsylvania in their
calculations, would be in line with
the second biggest delegation in the
convention, and such a combination
as that would be difficult to beat.
The Cannon-Hughes idea originated
in New York City, and has been
brought to Washington by both finan
ciers and statesmen.
German-American Not to Join a
a Party Machine.
The closing session of the conven
tion of the German-American Alliance
at New York, whose delegates repre
sent 1,500,000 voters throughout the
country was made brisk by a spirited
debate on the question of politics. A
constitutional amendment providing
for united action at the polls was lost
after a debate of an hour.
When the annual election was call
ed President Hexamer said he was
not a candidate for re-election, but
finally he consented to serve again.
Dr. Joseph Keller, of Indianapolis;
John Tjarks, of Baltimore; Col.
Stahl, of Trenton, and John P. Cap
plemann, of Charlestown, were elected
first, second, third and fourth vice
presidents, respectively. Adolph
Timms, of Philadelphia, was re-elect
ed secretary. Hans Wenish was re
elected treasurer, and John Yeany, of
Pittsburg, was chosen financial sec
retary.
At five o’clock in the afternoon two
hundred delegates boarded a steamer
at the foot of Forty-fifth street en
route for Boston, as the guests of W.
R. Hearst.
The proposal of Mr. Hearst to pay
the expenses of twelve delegatee to
Germany in 1908 to establish an in
ternational aUiaoee, and te visit the
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universities of the country, was ac
cepted.
Urges The Scarlet Letter.
Rev. Frederick E. Hopkins told a
congregation, which jammed the Pil
grim Congregational Church at Chi
cago, “wnac ought to be done to a
man who asks a woman to drink.”
The address was a continuation of
his crusade against women drinking
in restaurants-and elsewhere in pub
lic places. He declared:
4 ‘The man who insists upon a wo
man drinking after she has said she
‘thought she shouldn’t —this citizen
should ba ostracized by society. The
church and the public at large should
compel him to wear the scarlet letter
‘D’ pinned on his breast, for he is
a debauchee, a devil.”
Asheville Goes “Dry.”
Governor Glenn was deeply grati
fied Dy a telegram from J. n. fucker,
of Asnevilie, telling him the prohibi
tionists haa defeated the saloons and
made the city “dry” by iUO ma
jority. The Governor said: “It’s a
gionous victory.”
Mr. Bryan Talks on Third Term.
VYiuiam Jennings Bryan addressed
twemy-nve tnousana people at the
Elate f air grounds at liicumond, Va.,
the day having Deen set aside by tnu
P air .association ui his honor. Poli
ticians from ail ovef- the btate were
here to hear him discuss the import
ant issues of the day. Air. Bryan
took as his subject: “The Average
Man.” He contrasted the broad po
litical views of Jenerscn and the nar
row views of Hamilton, after which,
in discussing the permanency of the
democratic ideas, he said:
“No president has ever dared to
violate the two term precedent. So
strong is Uns idea m this country now
that the present President of the
United States recognizes it. He said
on the evening "of ins election that he
regarded this term as a second term,
and would not be a candidate for a
third term.”
Many were the good humored
thrusts with which Mr. Bryan com
mented on the President’s tendecy to
borrow good things from the demo
cratic platform, a process which Mr.
Bryan described as “nibbling.”
Speaking of railroads, the speaker
said:
‘ ‘ Jhe government is a pretty good
threat to hold over railroads, for if
they don’t get out of politics, they
will have to get out of business.”
“Effective railroad legislation”, he
slid, “is what the democratic party
has been contending ,I'or for years.
The question of government owner
ship, in his opinion, has never been
an immediate issue. The country
wants to know what railroads are
worth and to put a stop to the water
ing of stock, he said.
‘ • While I criticise the President for
what is bad,” he continued, “I com
mend him for that which is good. He
has done one thing that is good. He
has called attention to swollen for
tunes. Who ever got $1,000,000 hon
estly in this country, or any other!
A man would have to be president of
the United States for one thousand
year to earn $100,000,000, and yet
that is the limit that {Senator Bever
idge has placed on fortunes before
they become swollen.”
Urges Four More Big Battleships.
Recognizing the diplomatic as well
as the tacucai arguments m favor of
the rapid upDuiiomg of the navy, the
General Board, of which Admiral
Dewey is the president, has made lib
eral recommendations for new au
thorizations by Congress at its next
session.
Four battle ships arc the backbone
of tne recommendation, and the
Board’s memorandum calls for the
most powerful of tins type yet pro
jected, which, in the American Rar
vy, is the Delaware class, with its
single calbre battery, high speed and
great steaming radius. Six tor
pedo boat destroyers, three scout crui
sers, four colliers complete the recom
mendations.
Wane keeping in mind the limits
which national policy places upon
naval- expenditures, the General
Board, as a rule, gives merely its pro
fessional opinion of the needs of tne
service, leaving details of construc
tion largely to the bureaus of the Ra
vy Department winch are responsible
for the budding of vessels under con
tract. For this reason it will not be
possible until the Raval Board on
Construction has commented on the
recommendations to state the charac
teristics of the new ships desired. The
Secretary of the Ravy and the Pres
ident will decide what Congress shall
be asked to authorize.
Mrs. Chadwick Died .Silent.
The body of Airs. Cassie Chadwick,
who died in the penitentiary at Co
lumbus, 0., will be taken to .Cleveland
by Emil Hoover, but no plans for
the funeral have been announced.
Airs. Chadwick embraced the Ro
man Catholic faith, and was bap
tized in it a tew days before her
death, receiving extreme unction yes
terday morning.
It was frequently supposed that
Airs. Chadwick had made a state
ment regarding her financial transac
tions and it was expected that if
such a statement had been made it
would be given to the public after
her death. Prison officials declared
she had never made such a state
ment to them, and T. E. Powell, her
attorney also denied the rumor.
Locomotive Rams Crowd, Kills One.
The westbound Pennsylvania fast
train No. 19 ploughed into a crowd at
Boubon Station at Warsaw, Ind., kill
ing Tom Sloan, a Warsaw saloon
keeper, and injuring several others.
At the time of the accident 1,000
persons were standing on the plat
form awaiting an eastbound passen
ger train. The mass of humanity
surged toward the track, several per
sons being thrown in front of the
locomotive.
War on Between Bryan and Bel
mont.
August Belmont has parted com
pany with Thomas F. Ryan, in the
Interborough Metropolitan Company,
which controls all the railways of
Manhattan and the Bronx, New
York City. Though they are still
bound together by the street railway
merger, hostility has taken the place
of alliance and harmonious action be
tween them.
Two years ago Ryan forced Bel
mont into the merger. Today Bel
mont has repudiated and disowned
both the Metropolitan surface sys
tetm and the gigantic, water-logged
merger, and is engaged only in hold
ing tight to his original profitable
properties—the Subway and elevat
ed fines —leaving Ryan responsible
fox: the rest. He has refused to give
up one penny of his profits to help
out the standard Metropolitan, and
the Interborough-Metropolitan Com
pany, called the merger, is facing
a crisis.
The only source of income for the
merger is what is paid in by its
subsidiary companies. The Metro
politan being bankrupt, is now una
ble to pay anything. The Interbor
ough has given notice that nothing
need be expected from it above the
regular demands to meet interest on
merger bonds that represent Sub
way stock held in trust.
No Attempt to End Attacks on Odes
sa Jews.
The roughs of the Black Hundreds
resumed their attacks on the Jews
at Odessa, Russia. Early they sur
rounded the Jewish cemetery during
a burial service. They threw stones,
then fired bullets at the mourners,
and wounded several. The Jews fled.
Separating in smaller parties the
roughs beat several Jewish shop
keepers almost to death and looted
their stores. They attacked a police
sergeant who tried to protect the
Jews and he shot a rough dead.
After more such scenes Cossacks
were sent to disperse the rioters, but
instead of pursuing them the Cos
sacks laughed at them as they scur
ried away.
Fewer police than usual are on
the streets. Gov.-Gen. Novitsky has
not tried to end the outrages, but
the mob is exhausting itself by its
own violence.
Thaw’s Trial Day Fixed.
The second trial of Henry K.
Thaw, for the murder of Stanford
White, the architect, will commence
in the criminal branch of the Su
preme Court at New York before Jus
tice Dowling on Dec. 2. This date
was agreed upon yesterday in court
after Martin W. Littleton, senior
counsel for Thaw, had asked for van
earlier date of the Thaw trial.
Mr. Jerome was opposed to trying
the case before the December term
of the Supreme Court. Thaw was
overjoyed when he heard that a date
for his trial had been fixed. Assist
ant District-Attornay Garvan, who
has just returned from his vacation,
will start at once to prepare in the
case for the case for the prosecu
tion.
Chemical Test on All Paper Now.
Chemical analysis of all paper sup
plies purchased by the Post Office
Department will be made by Dr. Har
vey W. Wiley, the Government chem
ist, faa consequence es the discovery