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Th A JACKSOK MEWS JL JLJLA VOL. 17 NO 324. JACKSOX, SATURDAY, DEC. 4, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS.

for a session of five days. Arrange- 1.. SOUS GATHER 11 iT CLOSE GUNS TIDED velopment of a naval militia are also promised. 370,065 U. S.

EMPLOYES. in SOUTHERN together with Senator Burkett, and former senator and now Secretary of State Knox, drafted the measure, which has met general approval in official circles here. Efforts will also be made to create additional bureaus in the government. There Is unite un agitation on for the creation of two more cabinet places, those on labor and public health. The many friends of the proposed bureau of mines in the interior department will also work for the creation of such a bureau.

Senator Dixon has introduced a bill to this end and will press it-Legislation affecting the territories will also come up. The friends of statehood for the territories of New Mexico and Arizona ire encouraged over President Taft's utterances in it3 favor and will push the desired legislation, legislation for the development of government in Alaska and the Philippines will also come up. Judicial matters are also likely to come up. In his speeches of late the president has lamented the delay of cmrt proceedings, and touched on the mooted injunction law so as to exempt labor organizations from its operations and over this there will be a merry row. Corporation legislation is also likely to come to the fore.

The president favors legislation to keep track of the corporations and the attorney general Is framing a scheme to this end. Along tills line will come also trust legislation and interstate commerce Secretary of Navy AVill Oppose Any Such Proposition. EiST DF HIS IIIIII Ship Construction at Navy Yards Opposed as Principle Because Work Can Be Done More Economically by Private Concerns. Washington, Dec. 4.

Congress is asked to provide two battleships in the report of Secretary of the Navy Meyer, made public today. The new vessels are to form a division of four, with the two battleships ot this type authorized last winter. Mr. Meyer also hopes that Santa Claus congress will leave a new kind of scout cruiser and several torpedo boat destroyers and submarines in the navy stocking. The general board of the navy had recommended that four of the Dreadnoughts be asked for, or that if only two ships be requested, that they be of displacement.

The secretary knows congress better than the general board, however, and has confined his demands to what he hopes to be able to get. Despite the agitation to close some of the navy yards along the southern coast. Secretary of the Navy Meyer will oppose any such step for the present. Sicretary Meyer says that he is not entirely convinced that the government can advantageously give up sites, in which large expenditures have been made until after the opening of the 2,323 Work in New York, and Draw a Year Salary. Washington, Dec.

4. The personnel of Uncle Sam's establishment is increasing rapidly, the grand total of all Federal employes at present being 20,005, as against 30C.141 in 19o7. These and other interesting facts are brought out in the official register, or government "Blue Bock." for 1909. There were 28,947 persons in the Federal employ in Washington on July 1 last, the annual payroll for them being $31,541,223, an average of nearly $1,100 each. This total will be temporarily swollen next year by the addition of about 3,000 persons to the clerical force of the census bureau, adding nearly $3,000,000 in salaries during the year or more of their employment.

In New York there are government employes, whose yearly compensation aggregates $3,071,512. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. New York Bible Society Rounds Out a Century of Usefulness. New York, Dec. 4.

The New York Bible Society today rounded out a century of existence. The original society was organized on Dec. 4, 1SG9, the present society being formed as an auxiliary in 1S23, under the name of the Young Men's Bible Society, In 1840 the latter adopted the name of the original organization, which had ceased to exist, and was incorporated in 1S0G. The work therefore begun in 109 has continued without interruption. The New York Bible Society is the only organization having for its sole work Bible distribution in the city and harbor of New York.

The society dis- tributes Bibles through the ministers and church missionaries and employs special agents among the immigrants on Ellis Island and the sailors of the harbor. During the past year Dibles were distributed, the largest number in the history of the society. NEW CANADIAN LINE. Ottawa. Dec.

4. Arrangements tion tomorrow of the new direct day and night train service between Ottawa and Quebec. The service will be operated by the Canadian Northern Quebec railway, although the new section from Ottawa to Hawkesburv, fifty-eight miles, has been built under the Canadian Northern Ontario charter. BK SWiTCH EIGNE HUGH HAYES MET HORRIBLE DEATH IN M'COMB YARDS. Had Boarded His Caboo and Was Standing on the Steos When the Car Was Sideswiped by a Passing Switch Engine.

Mic-. rw i I i Panama canal, when it definitely canjhave compieted for the inaugura-j iiit-tiLs uac upeii luuue iu ixiruioic tomorrow as "Temperance Sunday" and stir up public sentiment by agitating the object of the league in 100 pulpits in Chicago churches. The national organization of the American Anti-Saloon Le ague has been in existence for thirteen years. Its one and only object is to create public; sentiment against the existing evil in saloons. Delegates will be present at the coming convention from practically every state and territory and from several of the Canadian provinces.

Among the scheduled speakers are many of the leading crators and temperance workers of the country. Included in the list are Bishop Luther B. Wilson, who is president of the league; John G. Woolley, the noted vrohibition party leader; Bishop William F. McDowell, Congressman Miller of Kansas, Congressman Hobson of Alabama, and Dr.

George R. Stuart of Tennessee. DENIES KILLING ERBEK. St. Louis, Dec.

4. Mrs. Dora Doxey, In defending the charge that she killed William Erber with arsenic, will deny she received Erber's life insurance or that she knew his life wi3 insured. She will deny also that she married Erber, and will attempt to prove that he has another wife from whom he is separated. Mrs.

Doxey, stupefied by morphine which her husband injected into h- arms, arrived in St. Louis from Columbus, today. The police sav the wo.nan is snamming. BOYS' "JOKE" KILLS A MAN. Stumbles Over Rope Stretched Across Sidewalk and Breaks His SkuM.

Trenton, Dec. 4 Pranks of boys who tied a rope across the sidewalk today cost the life 0f William Stein-mentz, a blacksmith. He tripped across the obstruction en route to his hoem, fell heavily to the pavement and fractured his skull. The boys are not known, but are being sought by the police. PASSENGERS AND CREW LOST.

London, Dec. 4. All hope of the survival of passengers and crew ot the island steamer Elian Vannin was abandoned today when portions of a steamer's upper works and small boats were picked up on the banks of the Mersey, were definitely identified as belonging to the missing vessel-The Elian Vannin carried twelve passengers and a crew of twenty-one. TRANSPORT PRAIRIE IS STILL AGROUND WILL ATTEMPT TO FLOAT HER THIS EVENING. Meantime Vessel's Coal, Stores and Ammunition Are Being Unloaded and Probably All Marines Will Be Put Ashore or Transferred.

Philadelphia, Dc-c. 4. The transport Prairie is still aground in the Delaware river. No attempt was made to pull the big ship out of the mud on the floodtide at 5 a. m.

today, but an effort will be made at 5 p. m. Lightering the vessel's coal and stores continues without interruption. The ammunition is also being unloaded and because cf the dangerous character of the contents of the ammunition bcxrs this work is proceeding slowly. The marines have not yet been taken oft, but they will probably have to be sent to shore.

The transport Dixie, now at the navy yard, which may be calLd upon to take the place of the Prairie, Is far from prepared for a sea voyage. NOT INDIGNANT AT TAFT. Representatives Unconcerned Ovei Restriction of Privileges. Washington, Dec. 4.

But little open indignation is manifested by senators and representatives over President Taft's executive order forbidding minor officials to furnish information and papers, but requiring that all requests for such data be made direct to the head of a department. It was predicted that a great howl would arise, but all seem disposed to waiv and ascertain how the order will work in practical application. The purpose of the new order is to relieve subordinates from great responsibility and pmbarrassment. It frequently happened that a member of congress would enter a bureau in the absence of its chief looking for Very likely he would announce his name and position, requesting the subordinate who was there to give him the material wanted. This placed the minor offiical in an awkward position and sometimes the request was refused, which would anger the congressman.

It was to make the practice uniform that the order was issued. PELLAGRA KILLS 55 IN ALABAMA. Twenty of Thirty-Eight Living Victims Used Corn Meal Habitually. Montgomery, Dec. 4.

There were fifty-five deaths from pellagra in Alabama from January to Oct. 1, 1909. according to figures of the state health department, with thirty-eight cases yet tinder observation. Of the dead twen-ty-on? were whites and thirty-four negroes. About the same ratio as a race maintains with the cases under treatment.

Many of the negro sufferers and some of the whites are in asylums for the insane. Twenty of the thirty-eight living victim? of the ma'ady were habitual users of corn meal. Most of the patients were poor. WASHINGTON Perpetual Speaker Cannon and Perpetual Buss Aldrieh on Hand. Sugar and Water, With Numerous Cher Ingredients Are Among Most Important Subjects for Consideration Now.

Washjjgton, Dec. 4. With Cannon, of Illinois. ierpotual speaker of the house, and Aldrieh, of Rhode Island, perpetual boss of the senate, Johnnies on the spot, nothing is lacking to begin th long congressional grind On Monday. Viei-Prosident Sherridan or is it Sherman? i also believed to be in town, ready to take up his Job as I remler over the.

austm upper house of the national congress, and a niesg of senators and representatives are hanging around, trying to impress people with their lm jmrtanoe. Sugar and water are among th i.w.t important subjects fur discussion among- the solons. There is a movement gj foot fur a congressional in-o-tisarion of the alleged rottenness the custom service in New York, especially in relation to the frauds Prpetrated in the we iiihing of sugar. Vatw 1 a topic of Interest among the members of the rivers End harbors fur Urge appropriations for waterways improvements. The con-rn-ss will meet next week, and many ik legates are already here, seeking to impress me testators witn uie importance of their projects.

The tragic death of Representative David De Armond. of Missouri, has a gbtoni over the democratic De Arinond was admittedly among the most brilliant and imeful of the minority party member of the r-cusc, and bis loss will be severely felt. The youth will seek to impress its l-da and iit upon confess tl.roush the Southern Commercial t-onsresa whii opens Monday, ljter in week the national council of commerce will meet with Secretary Nagel Theiw will be no lark of liv topics for discussion in emigre during the coming term. While Is unlikely that President Taft will keep the scions as busy reading messages did his predecessor, ho has many important projects to bring to the attention of the scion. Among our old friend will be' Mr.

Ship Subsidy Hill, one of the hardiest of the whole Hill family. During the pifft decade statesmen in and out of session have rung the charges on this Kiibj 'ct until it Is almost a household expression. The crux of the contention of the friends of this measure, hich ha during its lifetime received nuiuy a blow, ia that the dignity of tVis great nation requires a system of sttift American-built and Ameriean-pianned merchant steamers to carry the commerce of America on the seas Such a fleet would increase and be a nucleus to the war traft in the event of war. They declare that the only way to get this merchant marine is to give a bonus or subsidy to shipbuilders. The opponents of the measure have belabored the proposition with charges that it would be diverting public money to ship combines and that it is an ugly f'Tm of paternalism.

President Taft bus strongly urged, la bis recent speeches, the upbuilding of the merchant marine, and it will be interesting to watch the renewal of the fight lor this emasure. Conservation of national resources find island waterway and river and 1. arbor improvements are also subjects which will be considered. All have the backing of the president, and it 13 expected that steps will be taken on an extensive scale in these directions. Bond Issues have been suggested and the whole subject will be threshed over.

Senator Dixon, of Montana, Is lh chairman of the conservation committee in the and being a westerner familiar with the great resources there, will be the leader in legislation following out the suggestions for their conservation. In this connection also, the question of irrigation of arid lands wll come up. It seems as though a little too much was first undertaken without the necessary funds and the Interior department having tabooed the "scrip," congress ill be called upon to provide for the carrying on of this great work, which has been of such a.n uplifting influence to the western country in agricultural development. N6 one wants to see irrigation dropped. During the past few months the 'senate irrigation committee, headed by Senator Carter, of Montana, ban been looking over the irrigation projects in the west and will no doubt have some interesting recommendations to make thereon.

With these subjects will also no doubt come up the row between Ballinger and Pin-chot. Next in importance is the postal savings liank bill For many years this plan has been urged upon con gress but the opposition of the private savings banks has so far prevented its establishment. The president has also come out strongly for this measure. Its friends claim for It that will afford a safer deposit of their funds, hut the opponents declare it will ruin the savings bank business. Senator Carter of Montana has been in charge of the measure in the sen ate and will vigorously press it He, ONTHECAPITAL Under Tlieir Frowning 31 tizzies Are Americans Protected.

THE HUM! IS II CiHTO Commander of Vessel Served Notice Trouble Would Follow in Event Of Any Misbehavior and His Threats Were Effective. New Orleans, Dec. 4. A special cable from Panama says: "Cleared for action and guns trained on the palace of the provincial governor, the gunboat Vicksburg is in comamnd of the situation at Corinto, Nicaraugua, according to advices received here last night. Following the severance of diplomatic relations between the United States and Nicaraugua, the commander of the Vicksburg took prompt and energetic steps to protect Americans and American interests at Corinto.

Notice was served on the provincial governor and the local representatives of President Ze-laya that the Vicksburg would hold him personally responsible for any harm that should befall Americans in Corinto. Added emphasis was given to this notice by the further statement that the Vicksburg would train her guns on the governor's palace and snoot it full of holes the moment the commander received news of an attack on an American. "The emphatic stand of the Vicks-burg's commander has a most salutary effect on the Nicaraugua authorities. Not the slightest sign of a hostile outbreak has occurred. Anieri- cans in Klcarancua are leaving bv everv available steamer and few of them now remain.

EXCHANGE SEAT AT $98,000. Highest Price on Record Paid Yesterday for a Msmbership. New York, Dec. 4. A seat on the New York Stock Exchange sold yesterday for the highest price on record.

With the Initiation fee of $1,000, the cost of the seat to the purchaser w-as $97,000. In 1906 a seat sold for $95,000. This was the highest record until yesterday. During the panic the price of seats dropped to They slowly advanced until the last ten days, since when the rise has been rapid. Two weeks ago a seat sold for The advance is attributed by members of the exchange to the general expectation that the new year will usher In a period of great market activity.

"PARIS IDEA" IN PITTSBURG. Officials of Smoky City Propose to Transform Their Street Plan. Pittsburg, Dec. 4. Pittsburg Is moving aiong.

i lie major, ins oniciai room is needed, and when former Mayor George W. Guthrie returned from Paris and what he saw, the city officials concluded they had the proper solution. They now propose to abolish sidewalks, extend the streets to the edges of buildings and cut room for a sidewalk into the buildings. This offset will be about ten feet in width and the buildings supported by ircn poles. REAR ADMIRAL INGERSOLL.

One of Noted Ordnance and Gunnery Experts Goe- on Retired List. Washington. D. Dec. 4.

Rear Admiral Royal R. Ingersoll, one of the noted ordnance and gunnery experts of the navy and who served for a time as chief of staff, was retired today on account of age. Rear Admiral Ingersoll comes rom Michigan and graduated from the Annapolis academy in 1SCS. He served on the Yan- tic, Kearsarge, Pensacola, Constella tion and other famous ships of the old navj-, and during the war with Spain he commanded the U. S.

S. Supply. In recent veras he commanded the gunboat Helena and the cruiser Mary land. SUIT AGAINST BURLEY COMPANY. Winchester, Dec.

4. The suit for back taxes against the Burlev To- i bacco and Insurance Company, other- wise named and formerly the Burley Tobacco Secretary, has been filed here, seeking to levy on more than $1,000,000 valuation. Lucien Beck-enr acting auditor's agent. Is complainant for the state. DIES FROM TWO-FOOT FALL.

Fatal Injury to Steeplejack who Had C'imbed St. Patrick's Spire. Adams, Dec. 4 "Steeplejack" Alfred Sanguinette, who recently climbed the spire of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and has mounted to other perilous heights during twenty-five years without a mishap, died today of injuries resulting from a fall from the second rung of a ladder, a distance of less than two feet.

FOES OF SALOON TO RALLY. Annual Convention of Anti-Saloon League Meets in Chicago Monday. v.uieisu, uee. euieofu aroused into a lively campaign agflinst Chicago, Dec. 4.

Chicago is to be saloons. The agitation is to be given! shape at the annual convention of thei 'American Anti-Saloon League, which, is to assemble in this city Monday SE J. H. llorgan Victim of Accidental Discharge of Officer's Pistol. TUT AT KAZELHURSF TODAY One of the Jurors Was Walking Across Lobby When Pistol Fell from Pocket of Deputy and Bullet Struck Him in Back.

Dv 4. J. H. Morgan, aged 35, a fanner from tha Crystal Springs neighborhood, was accidentally killed in the Copiah county courthouse this morning. Mr.

Morgan was one of the jurors on duty for the wek. He was walking across the lobby of the Mrst floor when a pistol fell frora the pecktt of Deputv Slieri.T H. J. Anderson, and was discharged in striking the stone floor, the bullet striking Mr. Morgan between the shoulder blades.

The victim was seemingly unaware oi the fact that he had been shot, and centinuid walking until ho went out cf the front door inj fell dead at tho eupe of the pavein-mt. Deputy Sheriff Anderson is a hunchback, and it is stated th.it. he was carrying the weapon in a very shallow pocket. He was about to enter the sheriff's office when in some manner the weapon caught nn his c-oat sleeve and jerked it from lis pocket. Morgan as prosperous and leaves a wife and several children.

The killing was accidental, and Anderson was frantic with grief when learned that a tragedy had followed the dropping of his weapon. Circuit court, adjourned this afternoon until Monday and judge Potter left for Jackson. The hearing of the civil docket will be resume Monday, and the most important case slated is that of G. W. Covington and Mrs.

G. W. Covington vs. Illinois Central for damages in the sum of $55,000. Mr.

and Mrs. Covington were seriously injured several months ago when a fast pissenger train struck the automobile in which they were riding. RUSSIAN HERO DEAD AT 100. Eshmayer Surkin Was Pensioned by Ciar Nicholas for Brsvery. Philadelphia, Dec.

4. Eshmayer Surkin, ho, during the reign of Nicholas in Russia, was given a life pension lor bravery on a battlefied, died here at the home of relatives last night aged 100 years. Surkin came to America six years ago. When he was twelve yea old he enlisted in the Russian army, and for twenty five years served in the ranks. During the Russian-Turkish war he was taken prisoner by the Turks and held for some time.

Surkin had sixteen children and nineteen grandchildren. vt ins (Mate family onlv two ar now living-Abraham Surkin. of New York, and Mrs. Dora Feidman, of this city. SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE.

Both Sides Standing Firm and Both Ciaim Ultimate Victory. St. Paul. Dec. 4.

With both sides standing and professing confidence as to the final outcome, the fourth day of the switchmen's strike began with no apparent progress towards a settlement. Although the switchmen still assert they have the situation well in hand, the railroads have been making headway by steady importation of new men to take the places of strikers, and today promise to handle more freight than nt any time sir.ee the strike began. Railroad officials declare th.it as soon as all the new men now on the way arrive and become familinr with the yards, normal conditions will again be established. OIL AS FUEL FOR WARSHIPS. Washington, D.

Dec. 4 The opening of bids today at the navy bureau of yards and docks for the construction at the Boston navy yard of a concrete oil tank storage house is taken to mean that the navy contemplates the early introduction of the use of oil as fuel for the warships. The tank at the Boston navy yard is to he fifty feet by seventy-five feet and twenty-four feet deep. Similar tanks are to be constructed at other yards on the Atlantic coast, and the supply ship Arethusa, now at the Mare Island yard, is to be brought around to the Atlantic and go into service as an oil tank ship. HER BURDEN A DEAD BABY.

Mother Carries Lifeless Form a Mi'e to Hospital and Back. New York, Dec. 4. Mrs. Elizabeth O'Dell, a young mother, of No.

52 N. Canal street, Newark, carried the body of her 1 l-weeks-t)ld-child, Lillian, mere than half a mil9 through thb streets to the babies' hospital yester-daj. On being told that the baby was dead she collapsed, but after being I revived, insisted on carrying the little body back to her home, notwithstand-1 ing the plea of the hospital people that she leave it with them until she could summon an undertaker. KARGER WAS LEADING PITCHER. MMwaukee, Dec.

4. Karger, of St. Paul, was the leading pitcher of the American Association for the season of 1809, according to the official pitching and fielding averages Issued hera today. Haves, aged 25. a freight conductor 1 family and the exports engaged to for-emphived by the Iillinois Central, was! muhte a new plan of arrangement of killed "in the local yards last night, i the downtown streets, have the "Paris Mr Haves had boarded the caboose I wea." They want to convert Pitts-of his train for an outbound trip, and burg's downtown district into an was standinp' nn th Ktens when the American Paris.

RAINS CAUSE OF FUEL FAMINE. Canadian Pacific Tied Up by Washouts Bridges Are Damaged. Victoria, 11. Dec. 4 A phenomenal rainfall has produced a suspension of railwry traffic on the Esquimau and Nanaimo division of the Canadian Pa-j clfic railroad.

mines will be closed until the railway service can. be restored, causing a fuel (amine here. Damage by water will amount tO Freight for inland points will be! tied up for two weeks unless moved by bout. On the railway li-ie there are no fewer than sixty washouts. The! famous trestle bridge, 85 feet over Arbutus canyon is so damaged i that it may have to be replaced.

Fifty thousand dollars' damage has, been done on the Mill Bay automo-j bile speedway and scenic drive, while; government bride-s have been ear-j ried out at both the source iyid mouth of Sooke river, on Lower Sna inlgan lake, on Kaksilah river and at Deer creek. CONSTABULARY ANO NATIVES HAVE FIGHT THIRTY-ONE DEAD 13 TOTAL OF FATALITIES, Band of Fanatical Moros and Sananos Severely Punished for Forcing En-( I gagemcnt With Authorities on Min danao island, Philippines, Manila. Nov. 4. -Fanatical Moros and Sananos forced a fight upon a detachment of constabulary under! Lieut Alarts nar Mount Malindang.j Mindanao island, last Sunday.

Six i members of the constabulary, four- porters and one policeman were killed and cn' of the onstabulary wounded. The aggressors Ufi twenty of their number dead when they finally scattered. Some 4,000 fanatics gathered in the vicinity of the mountains two weeks aco and Governor Peihing anticipated- disorder. Contabulary reinforcements have hem sent to the scene of the fight, but no further trouble is expected, as the tribesmen are reported to have returned to their homes. ASSERTS CANNON WILL QUIT.

Representative Murdock Says Speaker Sees Handwriting on Wall. Washington. Dec. 4. Cannon will retire from the speakership.

Before the congressional primaries are held next summer he will announce i his plans," Is the prediction of Repre-I sentative Murdock of Kansas, one of the leaders of the insurgent republicans. "Just about June look for Cannon to come out with an announcement that he will not serve as speaker after his present term is finished. "Cannon has seen the handwriting on the wall and he will gracefully retire. He knows that unless he quits the republican party may suffer defeat of congressional candidates. His days as speaker are numbered without regard to whether the next house is republican or democratic, and he knows it." $100,000 AWAITS GERM FOE.

Prize for Discovery of Tuberculosis Cure is Formally Announced. New Haven, Dec. 4. The fact, as reported a few days ago, that a Yale alumnus, whosevname is withheld, has offered a prize of $100,000 for the person who first discovers an adequate remedy for tuberculosis w-aa officially announced today. The prize fund has been placed in the custody of Yaie University and the members of the Yale Medical School faculty are to act as trustees.

Condition of the award of the prize is that the cure under consideration shall have been in use for at least five I yean5 hat have efficiency as a cure for tuberculosis. NEW REAR ADMIRAL. Washington, Dec. 4. Capt.

Albert C. Dillingham was today promoted to the rank of rear admiral. He is now in Washington on duty as a member 1 of the naval examining and retiring 'boards. be demonstrated which are likely to be of the greatest value. "it is not unknown in the history of The government," gays the secretary, "that rational reservations have been given up and later were bought back at increased cost." Again in discussing the same subject, he says that the "completion of the Panama canal, the development of trade in the Quit of Mexico and the whole Caribbean region, and the probable increase ot the naval establishment to meet our RitionnI in thatwa will probably call for supply stations, in part far the heavy fleet, but principally for the torpedo craft and submarines and the smaller vessels needed there." na urges we esufiiie of developing the naval station partly established at Guamanamo, Cuba.

"With the opening of the Panama canal, the Caribbean sea will become the scene of the greatest commercial activity, and our responsibility as to the police p.nd maintenance call for an adequate naval repair base in that locality." The secretary reviews in detail his proposed plan for the reorganization of the navy, and in addition makes many recommendations for the con-duet of affairs in his department. Two more battleships of the all-big-gun type are recommended to be constructed, but, on account of the desire to keep down expenditures, he asks only for a repair ship in addition to these two proposed giants ot the spa. The completion of the big drydock at the Brooklyn navy yard is urged, and furthermore the secretary says that "it is clear that one dock on the Atlantic coast, for docking our largest battleships, is not sufficient since that one might be injured." In this connection, he points out that provisions for (locking of heavy vessels injured or damaged in action or by stranding are almost entirely lacking, and that but few navy yards exist on either coast which have sufficient water to dock an injured battleship drawing four or five feet moro than its ordi nary draft. Ship construction at the navy yards of the United States is opposed as a principle by the secretary. Only occasionally, as a check on costs of particular types, does he believe that the United States should build a ship-Shipbuilding concerns should be encouraged, in his opinion, so that tne government can profit by their experience and resources, and also because ordinarily the work is done more economically by them than at navy yards.

Furthermore, Secretary Meyer is opposed to congress restricting the construction by one shipbuilding company to one battleship, or to requiring one battleship to be constructed at a navy yard, or on one coast or the other. Estimates for the coming fiscal year were incuded in the report. They are $10,011,000 less than the total amount appropriated for the present fiscal year. The senior officers of the navy are too old, according to the He announces in his report that lie i soon will send to the president some recommendation as to new legislation for remedying this defect. "The senior officers of our navy are too old for the responsibilities and arduous duty i required in the modern battleship, i.aj uio older than similar officers in the other, jpr uclpa navies of the world Not only is this the case, but officers Jmri En, late than even those of longest pes sible service do not get adequate train- I IIL, a Eiibordinate fliir office rt before 1 M.u1i....b l.c 1 Recommendations for the legal es- tablishment of a naval reserve of offi cers and men and in regard to the de- I car wa3 sideswiped by a passing switch engine.

The unfortunate man was badly bruised and mangled and died shortly after being carried to a doctor's office. He leaves a wife, and several children. TO WED A FRENCH NOBLEMAN. Paris, Dec. 4.

An international romance in which money does not figure will have its culmination tomorrow with the marriage of Viseomte de Boughem de Houthem to Miss Irene Hare, daughter of Mrs. F. P. Mitchell of Washington and New York. The Vicomte is grand master of the household of the countess of Flanders, and is comparatievly poor, as is his prospective bride.

Miss Hare, who is famed both here and in America as a great beauty, made her debut about six years ago. She is the youngest of Mrs. Mitchell's three daughters by a prior marriage, her father being Colonel Luther R. Hare, U. S.

retired, and her sisters Mrs. Jay Lipnincott. of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Charles F. Mason, wife of Major Mason, U.

S. A. Miss Hare accompanied her mother and Mr. Mitchell to Europe early in the spring after a gay season in Washington, where the Mitchells occupied the former home of Admiral and Mrs. Dewey.

Mrs. Mitchell, who was a Miss Han- cock, of Washington, Is a sister of Mrs. Eugene Griffith and Mrs. James C. Bishop, ofw York.

ONCE RICH; HUNGRY; ISSUICIDE. "Nothing to Eat; Forsaken," Death Note of Leather Salesman. St. Louis, Dec. 4.

Separated from his wife and family, penniless, hungry, William B. Adams, a traveling salesman, G2 years Old. committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid in his room in the Newstead apartments today. When W. M.

Tanner, his roommate, left him about 7 o'clock this hIm nnH.hv cWn Adams his bed, apparently asleep, quietly Adam-s formerly was the senior pro prietor of a leather establishment in 1 1 vl "uuiiiuciii Rton. but the business failed and Adams sought employment as a sales- man. Domestic troubles separated him ifrom his fimily and four years ago he came west..