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EVERY DAY AT BREAKFASTTABLE VoifwHi find The Poet in the best pome of Washlnoton A Circulation amona people with well filled Docketboek i yt Wather Fair and warmer1 today arid tomtTOWJ4frMh westerly wtrtd beeemtad llohtranrf variable I Temperature yeattrday Maximum 4t minimum zc XO 11838 WASHINGTON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6 1908 FOURTEEN PAGES THREE CENTS SPLIT IN MM iSeven Bryan Electors and One for Taft Indicated TRICK BALLOTS RESULT HISS ROOSEVELT IK PERIL Vote on Highest Elector Gives Taft a Plurality of fiT6 Saved From Being Thrown While Rding After Fox Hounds Qenesee Nov 6 Ethel Roosevelt riding behind the hounds la the Oense Valley Cluba Xox hunt today when her saddle ellpped aa her mount was taking a fence The thoroughbred became fractious and ft looked for a moment aa though Miss Ethel waa In for a bad tumbler Harry Wilson of Oeneaee dashed up In time to put her hone under control BRYAN GREETS HARMON Kore Illiterate Republicans Than Democrats Appear to Have Voted for the First Man on Presidential Ticket Only the Tnck Ballot Aiding the Bryan Voters Official Canvass Needed to Decide Remit in Detail Baltimore Md Nor 5 With the orh iia vote of one third of Baltimore cltv and 21 out of 3 counties complete and tunatlng the in bsIok districts on the basis the unofficial returns Taft nad an apparent plurality tonight on the iignrt vote cast for electors of 176 The Indications Merc that seven Bryan andJ one Taft elector had ben clice cn coordmg to the figure Brvan received HC votes andTHft 115 Just as It Was in 1904 1 Is remit if borne out the ioiu plrted official count Is a precipe duphca Hon of what occurred In the presidential clc tlon of 194 and the reawin is that apparently mule Republican than Demo ats marked thtir ballots for the first ri med elector onlj This ls considered to be due ehleflj ti the ballot law whicn lubits the partv emblem Tlie Illiterate voter frequentlj marts ballot to that it counts onv for the li si 1 1 toi on tlie titket and as the Republican illiterate vote because of tlie lrg number of negroes noting with that pail is greater than the Democratic illiterate vote there Is alwajst consld erable discrepancy between tKe vote re Ived hv the first Republican elector and 1 1 others Man Ballots Spoiled I allots in the Wilson law ou lies aided the Ietnocrat It is estl rjiatcxl tliat the complicated ballot result id In the throwing out between 10 000 ind lii00 lmierfectly marked ballots The ballot was printed and folded that the 1 Herat Democrats could bj turning down one fold mark the heads of their for President and congressman hi were designated at the top while ne at Republicans principally the rem bid to open th vrhoV balt dna wpi ro mum up me arrange tnent that they could not mark it proper Four ears ago the State split on its ectoral vote Parker receiving 7 and RoosevUt 1 Charles Bonaparte being the lone Republican elector He received Xl plurality Chairman andlv er of the Democratic btale committee lte tonight still claim the State for BTjan by about lwo Taft Gainst 167 in Baltimore The Baltimore cam ass so far as it has proceeded shows a gain of 167 for Taft This added to the unofficial plurality gives him a lead of 1967 in the citj Collector Stone Republican leader who Is watching the Baltimore count said tonight When the count Is completed it will conclusive show that Taft has car tied the city bj more tiau 2000 plurality Chairman PaTron of the Republcai State committee tonlgit claims upor fgures received from eeT precinct ana dtstrlit that at least lx Taft electors fre hosen and that the highest Taft rto will have from 700 to pluralltj Montgomery 5985 for Bryan Rexkville Md Nov 5 The super Msors elections for Montgomery cunv nillUm Wade and William 31 Gnffit i Democrats and Thomas Vin Hepubllcan met here this afternoon and amassed the ote cast at uesda ele tlon The total xote for ca elector was as follows Democratic Ra 1 J31 Dennj 3 251 Rrow 23s llhams 3 240 Biedler 3 Llnthi um 3 23d Hellen 3234 and onler 24i Republican Robinson 2 806 Tow ers I9 Adklns 2 606 Kwnp 2 fio Brooke SOI Burgess 601 Thomas 2 602 and Bomberger 2 b0 Br an pluraht David Iewis Democratic candidate for Congret carried the county by a pluralltr of S7 oer his Republican op uent col Pearre the total vote of each being ievi it 3 184 Pearre 2 311 Beaten and Successful Democrats Exchange Courtesies Cincinnati No 5 Judson Harmon Democratic governor elect of Ohio today received the following message from William Bryan Please accept my congratulations 1 rejoice hi your lctory and wish your administration success BRYAX Mr Harmon telegraphed the following repl Thanks for your message Your good will and good wishes add greatly to the pleasure which cannot be complete be caust mj success lacks the company of ours JUDSON HARMON MISSOURI GHOSE TAFT Returns So Far In Give Republican 839 Plurality LEGISLATURE STILL LN DOUBT Apparent Democratic Majority of Four but Returns Are Not Decisive Stone Probably Defeats Folk for Democratic Nomination MKinley and Kerens Claim Republican Primary fet Ixjuis Mo Nov 5 Missouri appears to be safej for Taft to whom leturns practicall give a plurality of J22 with the prospects that the few tin districts 11 double or triple these ngures The vote for President in Missouri on all tickets uncomplete shows the following totals publican 231 70S Democrat 230 869 Socialist 12000 Prohibition 600 People Partv 1M0 and Independence Party 1500 I nofficial returns from 114 of the 113 oeurties in Missouri 86 counties being complete give for governor HadI Rep 301 7o7 Cowherd Dem 283604 Hadlev pluralltj 15151 Legislature in Doubt Neither partv is sure of the legislature which is to elect a United States senator to succeed fcenaior Stone Latest returns Indicate a Democratic majority on Joint ballot of four votes the Republicans con trollng the house and the Democrats the senate The figures are as follows SenateDemocrats 22 Republicans 12 House Democrats 68 Republicans 74 With the margin of power thus narrowed the changes of anv one particu lar candidate for the senatorship cannot oe forecasted vnator Stone has seem ingh defeated Gov Polk bj a safe plu ralitv fjr tie Democratic nomination nd the han es aie that Lieut Got Mc Mnlev has earned the Republican prl marv oer his nearest opponent Richard Kerens The latter refuses to con tede tliis liowever and issued a state nie todav declaring that the reports thu far are inaccurate and that the official figures will disclose his nomination Gov folk claims that complete etii ns from the countrv districts will out tlie lead wWich Stone has gained ir St Ixuis and Kansas Cltv Bitter Fight Ahead There are already hints that the bitterness engendered in the parties by the preliminarv canvass will result In a bolt roir the priman verdict on the part of several legislators A hard fight for the place 1 ertain to ensue wjien the legislature meets and partj lines may broken down The fate of the Republican State ticket outside the governorship Is also an open question In some respects Uriah led his running mates nv good margins in almost everj county but It is believed that his big vote has pulled the other nominees Into office with him Thus far there have been no substantial return of th vote of the minor parties The latest from the citv of St Ixniis show Debs 4 S20 Chofin 176 Watson 64 and Hisgen 0 COL PRICE DEAD SHERMAN SPE1TT JUST 2800 Does Act Think He Has to but Files Campaign Account tic ST Nov Vice President lect Sherman today forwarded to Albanj for filing with the secretarj of Sute a statement of his expenses in thp campaign Jnst closed In 5ils oommuricatlon lr Sherman expresses the opinion that tie Is not as a matter of fact obliged to make euch a statement He files one however In ordr that there may be no question about It The statement snows Contribution to Oneida county Repub tican committee 3750 contribution to Republican State committee 500 contribution to Republican national committee 150 to Harry Devendorf private seere tary from time to time for postag tele grams printing stationery pictures frames traveling expenses expre sage and other Incidentals 600 traveling expenses Including railroad fare Pullman ficcommodations porters fees carriage hire hotel bills 900 total 2800 GETS PARKEAM MILLIONS City of Boston Wins Relative Withdrawing Contest of Will Boston Nov 5 The will of the lat George larkman of this cltj bequeathing 5000 000 to the city of Boston for the maintenance of public parks an 1 fSOOOOO to numerous institutions was allowed today In the probate court an appearance entered In behalf of Francis parkman of New Torkj a cousin of th testator having been withdrawn The bequest to the city Is to be used to Improve and maintain the Common and other parka U53 Baltimore amd Itetora SatT daya and 8usdays Via Pennsj lvanlv 4Rallroa Tickets good returning Tinn I Punday night All regular train except line CongretelonaJ limited Former Representative From Georgia and Noted Soldier Atlanta Ga Nov Col Price aged 71 for manv vears president of the board of trustees of the Xorth Georgia Agricultural College at Dablonega Ga died at that pljce todav He was a na tve of Georgia a Confederate veteran member of the lower loue from Georgia the For first and Fortv second Con gress and had sprved in both the Georgia and South Carolina legislatures having resiled at Geenv ille before anei after he civil wai He Is survived bv Capt Frederick Price I nited States Infantry now stationed at the North Georgia Agricultural college at ililonega one other son and a da ighter Col Price was a frequent visitor to thU eitv where he had many friends He was born Januarj 29 1835 and learned th trade of printer He attended Faxman Lnlveisltj at Greenville but left before graduating to Become editor of a paper He then studied law and began to practice at that plate He served with iistlnction in the army of Northern Virginia under Gen Lee AMERICAN FLAG IS LOWERED Red Star Liners Change Their Registry to Belgium Antwerp Nov 5 The steamers Kroon land and Finland of the Red Star Line are In the future to fly the flag of Bel glum The Kroonland was transferred from the American to the Belgian flag today and the same will be done with tlie Finland upon her arrival In New lork The companv makes the changes so that ft can emplov foreign crews the wages being lower TRAIN HITS TWO WOMEN One Victim Dead and Her Mother Probably Dying EpocUl to T1m Wihiagton Post Clarksburg Va Nov 5 While engaged in sliding an Iron stove along tlie vails of the Baltimore and Ohio track this afternoon Mrs Joseph Fetta and daughter were struck by a passenger train The daughter JBIed while being taken to the hospital and the mother is not expected to survive an operation performed this evening BANKERS IN TOMBS Iceman Morse and A Cur tisAreFound Guilty AWAIT SENTENCE TODAY Crimes Against Bank Acttany Five Year Term at Least Faces of Financiers Who Wrecked the National Bank of North America in New York Show Strain of Waiting for Verdict Recommendation of Mercy for Curtis hut None for Morse Newsboys Cheer Prisoner Who Buys Papers New York Nov 5 Charles Morse until a year ago a dominant figure in the world of finance and Alfred Curtis former president of the National Bank of North America were found guilty tonight in the criminal branch of tlw United States circuit court on charges of misapplication of funds and falsifying the books of the bank There was also the additional charge of conspiracy against the prisoners but the jury acquitted them on this count Within five minutes of the time the Jury had rendered its verdict Judge Hough had refused to entertain a motion for ball and had committed the two bankers to the Tombs prison Judge Hough said he wcjuld hear anj motlom the lawyers desire to make tomorrow morning when the prisoners are arraigned for sentence Highest Penalty Twelve Years The Federal statutes provides a minimum penalty of five years Imprisonment for falsify ing the books of a bank and a perraltj cf two years Imprisonment and 5 000 fine or both for misapplication of funds No alternative but imprisonment Is prov ided for conviction on the charge of falsifying the books The maximum penaltj on this charge Is ten years imprisonment The Jury recommended ciemencv tor Mr Curtis but made no recommendation in the case of Mr Morse The scene in the courtroom was a dramatic one Mrs Morse and Mrs Curtis had remained In the courtroom nearlj the entire day awaiting the verdict Mrs Curtis showed signs of giving waj to her emotion a number of times ana once wnen tne Jury re turned to the courtroom to receive Instructions on the manfier in which the coi lracy difgerrsaouldbe considered Mrs Morse broke down and sobbed It was evident by the excitement of court attendants some minutes before the Jury filed In that a decision had been reached and the news was quicklj communicated to the principals In the case This gave Mr Morse and Mr Curtis time to prepare themselves and to speak words of encouragement to their wives Mr Morse and llr Curtis stood before the jury wiUe John Elder the foreman read the verdict and their wives sat nearr them leaning forward In tense attitudes to catch every word A Moment of Relief We have agreed upon a verdict In the case of both defendants said the foreman in a subdued voice On the charga of consplracj we find them not gulltj A look of relief came to the faces of tha pr soners and their wives but It only tested a moment for Mr Elder con tinted On the charge of the misapplication of the funds of the bank we find both defendants gulltj On the charge of mJk Ing false entries in the books of the bank we find both defendants guilty In the case of Alfred Curtis the jury wishes to ake a strong recommendation to the pero of tie court A stifled sob escaped Mrs Curtis as she hecrd the recomn endation for mere Mr Curtis took the verdict like a stoic but Morse was unable to conceal the disappointment he felt His wife kept her eyes on him forgetting herself and being cencerned only on his account There was a momentary hush in the courtroom after the edict had been rtad This was broken by a buzz of excited conversation in the courtroom and a few minutes later the lawjers for the dtlendarts were making the customary motions for a new trial for ball and for permission to make an appeal to the circuit ccirt of appeals Curbs Buys the Papers Morse and Curtis left the Federal building about 6 clock and walkd under escort of marshals along the Park Row side of City Hall park The squad woull have attracted no attention If It had not been for a few reporters who walked behind At the bridge subway station news boj were yelling the report of the con victlon More paid no attention Curtis did When he heard the first cr asked the marshal If he could buy some papers The marshal did not care and Curtis gav a boy 5 cents taking fl 3 papers Tha newsboys crowded around and gave him a cheer Tlie rest of the trip to the Tombs wa just a quick walk In the brisk breeze Millionaires and poor men get the same deal In this administration the warden said The formality of registering Mr Morse and Mr Curtis was simple The attendants in the Tombs led them to the seventh floor tier Abe Hummel when he was taken to the Tombs had a cell on the second tier under the cell Morse occupied tonight Morse and his uncle Capt Jim were the principal wltncpea against Hummel who was convicted of consplracj and went to the penitentiary Wblle the jury was out a newspaper photographer attempted to take a snapshot of Charles Morse his wife and another woman who accompanied him when he was leaving the courtroom for luncheon Morse seized the camera smashed It and gave the photographer black eje Tonlgbt Curtis waa hoping for a suspended sentence because of the aid he gave to the government attorney When on the stand Curtis frankly told of all the financial operations In which he and Coaneetioaa for Lake wood Penn express leaving Washington 11 a week days now connects via Broad Street Station Philadelphia and Farm ngaaie jor iAjcewooo pe9 um0 uPle Morse had been associated This factvi told me afterward that Erbsloeh who coupled With the plea for clemencymade by the jury might be thought secure for him a suspended sentence Careers of Prisoners The financial career of Charles Morse was among the sensational developments jot modern finance Rising from successful operations In the Ice business Morse soon acquired a reputation for company promoting and trust organizing At the time of his gaming control of the Bank at North America he had already acquired control of a number of local and out of town banks which became known in the financial world as the Morse chain of banks At the height of his fame he waa director In 21 corporations and banks Two of his most famous exploits were the formation of the American Ice Company and the consolidation of several coastwise lines bf steamships Up to the time of the suspension or the National Bank of North America possibly no man In the banking world was held In higher regard by his associates in1 the field of finance than Alfred Curtis His career in the field of banking began 16 when he entered the office of a Wall street broker leaving soon afterward to accept a clerkship in the Bank of the State of New York How the Two Men Met It waa In this institution that he formed the acquaintance of Morse Curtis had risen through every grade until he occupied the position of cashier At theitime President Edwards of the Bank of the State of New York had taken issue with Morse on certain matters connected with the conduct of the bank and had taken advantage of his absence In Europe to depose him as director Upon his return from abroad Morse acquired control of the stock of the bank and ousted Edwards It was In looking around for some one to fill his place that he chanced on Curtis Curtis was made president and later when the Bank of North America was merged with the Bank of the State of New York his title and office were continued over the consolidated Institutions FORBESTELLS OF FALL Aeronaut Describes His 3000 Foot Drop From Skies COOL IN THE FACE OF DEATH Praises Bearing of Augustus Post Who Accompanied Him in the Conqueror saw us hit the roof megaphoned to him from his balloon Faure megaphoned back that he had seen us alive on the roof and Erbsloeh wrote a note of con gratulation while In his balloon weighted with a toy sand bag which we sometime use in sending messages and dropped It asking that it be sent to me I got tt the next evening Just before going to the opera No Fear of Risk I am enthusiastic about Post Eight men arranged with me at different tunes to make the trip but when I pointed that we were to continue whether we were swept out over the North Sea or not they all backed down one by one Post merely said All right If we race we race I am sorry we could not win for Amer lcar thats alu rhe balloon and the trip cost me about 8000 I traveled 8 miles and I war in the air Jnst 8 minutes But It was good sport and I got my moneys wcith Ill try It again some time Mr Forbes concluded by saying that if the Baldwin dirigible Inflated before It is receesary for him to return to New York early next week he may make a flight In her Mr Forbes Is president of Forbes Co Limited of New York and vice president of the Aero Club of America of which Augustus Post Is secretarjsecretarj Gen Allen paid yesterday that he expects Mr Post to arrive in Washington before the aeronautical work of the signal corps is finished for the season and that he will be Invited to make a trip in the dirigible Mr and Mrs Fo bes last night enter txlned at dinner at the Wlllard their guefcts being Lieut Lahm of the gnal corps and Commander Crank and Lieut Sywcet of the navy TAFT TO SHOOT IN TEXAS Will Be Brothers Guest at Ranch Near Town Named for Charles Special to Tha VWshlHfton Foit Tuft Tex Nov 5 It is reported at the headquarters of the Taft ranch situated near here that Taft and his brother Charles Taft of Cincinnati owner of the rancli will arrive here the early part of December on a ten day hunting expedition The ranch embraces 160 000 acres and deer and other wild animals abound In the pastures The most magnificent country home and hunting lodge In Texas Is situated upon the Taft ranch New York Nov 5 William Taft has accepted an invitation to deliver an address at the unveiling of the martyrs monument on November 14 In Brooklyn ROME TALKS OF ENVOY TO POPE Quotes Leo XIII as Telling Taft He Hoped Amenca Would Send One Rome Nov 5 The Tribuna In an article on William Taft recalls hi i i mj a tv visir to ivo ne in isui ana vne excellent Which Burst in Mid Air at the Berlin pres8on madft on Pope Leo XIIL Balloon Races May Ascend in JJahT to Mr Taft Pope Leo expressed the hops that he would one day realize his dream win Dirigible in Washington of having an American diplomatic repre tentative aciredited to the Holy See The Tribuna cone udes by saying Now i tliat Mr Tat Is President can Leos su a uniiani Forhes has brought to cessor entertain the same hope Which is Washington the first direct account ot f14 srrIt of th American con the bursting of his balloon Conqueror and his thrilling fall of 3000 feet during paeaeTTC VV fPTTTTC TJfiCT the International balloon races at Berlin LHSAU UH LKhlb PUbl Mr Forbes Is at the New Wlllard Hotel and win make an fon 2 Mexican Envoy on Secret Errand May southeastern gas works this morning tt JZ ue Mao AmDassaaor 11 oclock Wind and weather permitting with Lieut Lahm and either Lieut Fou lols or Lieut Winter of the army signal corps Wone of the Baldwin free balloons The flight today is to be one of the series of tests being given the balloon bought from Capt Baldwin at the time the government bought the dirigible anl the usual observations will be made If wind and weather are not favorable the ascension will be made Saturday It Is likely that Lieut Winter will make the trip for the purpose of instructing himself In the work rather than Lieut Fou lols as the latter is an experienced aeronaut and Lieut Winter is new to signal corps work He has made but cne flight I look forward with much Interest to making a flight In this part of the country Mr Forbes said to a reporter Jor The Post esterday and I am glad tn have the opportunitj Gen Allen has given me Gen Allen was with us in Berlin and snared out patriotic but ur fulfilled hope In balloon the Conqueror which burst 3000 feet in the air above Berlin a few minutes after Augustus Post and I went up A Thrilling Drop We got out of that fall without a scratch as was cabled to America at the time but it was a thrilling time for us and a miraculous escape and I shall never forget the experience Neither will Post We didn think much of the accident while It was happening there was no time for that I had Just remarked to Post how well the balloon was working when the noise of the explosion came Post coollj looked aloft And said Forbes shes gone I looked overhead and Instantlv comprehended our danger Post says I said Oh hell We were up exactlj 2 900 feet as the instruments showed We came down that 2 900 feet in two minutes were poming down all right I grabbed the ropes and tried to parachute down We fell 1 500 feet like a piece of lead We threw out sand 38 bags I had a ton of it in the balloon a bag at a time We were going down so fast that it appeared that the sand was going up in the air past us as we fell Post and I were worried about hitting the people below I remember we warned each other about that But In those crowded two minutes we aldnt have time to worrv about ourselves After some mightly speedy work I got the ropes so we could parachute and right underneath us I saw an apartment house It seemed to be coming right up from the earth to meet us and It was coming fast Both Said God by I never shall forget Post as he was then the coolest man I ever saw WhenJ he got sight of that mansard roof coming up to us he reached over and said Good by Forbesey old man I shook hands and ld Gbod bv Gus And that all there was to It Then we struck The car of the balloon went crashing through the roof of that apartment house tiles lathing plastering and all and we found ourselves uncerlmonlously entering a ladys bedroom Fortunatelj she was not at home She was at the balloon race grounds among the other 80000 or so people who gathered to see us start That crowd was a mile square The kaiser sent a motorcar to us with one of his adjutants and the mill tarj and police helped tp untangle us from the rigging They expected to find us dead of course but we were not hurt a hit and tha kaiser sent us a box for the opera the following night At the opera we met a lady who was present in the crowd when we fell with her two little girls and when she saldthe gas bag burst the big crowd sighed and then In absolute silence watched us come down The twp little girlf knelt and prayed aloud for us and I afterward heard that when they learned of our safety they prayed again In gratitude for our Uvea having been spared Jacques Faure In his balloon was near us and saw the Conqueror burst and he Special to The Wishtsfton Post Mexico City Mexico Nov It i reported Joaquin Casasus who is now on his way to Washington Is slated as appointment as ambassador from Mexico to the United States to succeed Enrique Creel It is understood here that Mr Casasus goes to Washington at this time on a government mission the nature of which is not divulged KIDNAPPERS IN AUTO Father and Two Men Snatch Child From Her Mother WOMENS CRIES CALL CROWD Mother and Grandmother Vainly Try to Prevent Abductors Departure and Police of MIddletown Who Take Up Pursuit Are Distanced by Motor Car Mother Says Husband Is Mad Baltimore and Return IL25 Baltimore A Ohio It Every Saturday and Sunday All trains both ways both days except Royal Limited City office J417 ft and 619 Pennsylvania ave Special to The aihington Post MIddletown Nov 5 An automobile containing three men and two women drove up In front of the home of Frederick Klock in this city at 430 oclock this afternoon and the three men entered tne house After assaulting Mrs Frederick Klock and her daughter Mrs Ferdinand Dessaur the tore Mrs Des saurs 3 year old daughter Dorothy LKjuise from her arms and fled The three men ran to the automobile and handing the screaming child to the two women Jumped into the car and started away down the street at high speed The screams of the mother and grandmother of the kidnapped child aroused the neighborhood before the men could get to the machine with the little girl and a dozen women gathered around and tried to prevent the abduction Falling In this the women ran after the automobile screaming at the top of their lungs Fled to New Jersey Inside of 30 minutes a posse of policemen headed by Chief of Police 1 McCoach and augmented bj a number of citizens had taken up the pursuit of the kidnappers The automobile jvlilch was a powerful touring car with a gray canvas top soon left the pursuers behind and went In the direction of the New Jersey line The only clew to the kidnappers is tne fact that one of the men although bundled up In a great coat was recognized by Mrs Dessaur as her husband Mr and Mrs Dessaur have not lived together for eighteen months Mrs Dessaur alleging as th cause that her husband is insane Husband Is Wealthy Ferdinand Dessaur Is a son of Ferdinand Dessaur a wealthy retired photographer of New York Four years ago young Dte saur then 18 years old went to Troy To visit his cousn Frederick Klock Delia May Klock waa then J7 and a pretty girl and Dessau became Infatuated with her Despite the protests of hs own and the girls parents he continued to visit Troy and meet the girl and tn December 1904 he and Delia May went to New York and were married at St Thomas Church by Rev Father Lennon WENT MAD ON STEAMSHIP NewYork Nov Showing symptoms of Insanity John Kearny of Monterej Cal was taken today from the steamer Majestic on its arrival here and removed to Bellevue Hosptal Kearny became violent during the voy age and was rocked up by the snips surgeon CHI III Peking Feels Snubbed by Visit of oily a Squadron SNEERS OF BRITISH ORGAN American Officers and Men Treated Royally at Amoy Cheers at Parting Banquet for Pnnce Yu Lang Official Host for the Chinese Government and Admiral Sab Magnificent Gifts Lavished Upon the Naval Guests Including Such Fruit as Enfperor Eats Million Is Spent Peking Nov 5 Though the American squadron has left Amoy the matter of Its presence there has not been more than mentioned In Peking Officials are silent and the Impression of general humiliation at the fact that only a squadron came instead of the whole fleet cannot be con cealed The meagerness of the reply of the foreign board to Admiral Sperrys message of congratulation on the birthday of the dowager empress also attracted attention and It is clear that the throne has been Indifferent to the whoie affair It is generally declared In Peking that the coming of the squadron and not the main fleet will have an unfortunate effect upon present relations The principal British newspaper Irrl China In an unfriendly editorial article today approves the sending of a squadron instead of the whole fleet and refers to America gambit In opening a com icrcial lottery after returning an Indemnity to which she was not entitled The paper gives various reasons why tre fleet should not have come saying among other things that China would have mis Interpreted a visit from all the vessels and that the presence of the entire fleet would have shown lack of consideration of British nslblllty British Fleet May Girdle Globe London Nov 5 It has been said that lie wing the successful maneuvers of the American navj the British government Is planning to send a fleet of warships around the world Officials of the ad miralty were questioned this evening but all they would pay was There Is no ln foitnatlon we can give you on this matter This negative statement however would seem Jp support the Intimation that such a tour ha baen soggestedbut urderHhe IrNiehtoIltlcaii cpSdlUons XA Europe it is not tnougnt at all probable that the admiralty would dispatch a fleet In any way comparable to the American battleship fleet There is a possibility that the squadron under Sir Percy Scott Hch Is at present In South Africa and which has ben ordered to South America may be brought horre by way of the Far Efrst and the Suex Canal Amoj China Nov 6 The second squadron of the American battleship fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Emorj which has been here since October 3D steamed out of the harbor this morning bound for Olongapo join the first squadron under Admiral Sperrj The vessels should arrive November 8 The departing warships were given a demonstration In marked contrast to the apathy which was noticeable on their arrival The hills behind the beach were black with people and they fired off crackers for an hour All Americans Delighted As the American vessels passed the Chinese cruiser Fel Ylng their crews greeted It with running cheers and at the same time the Chinese fort hoisted the American flag beside the standard oT China and saluted The salute was returned by the American flagship The admirals of the fleet and their staffs the commanding officers and the midshipmen were entertained last night at a dinner on shore for the last time The toasts were proposed by Prince Yu Iang official representative from Peking Admiral Emory replied Our fleet everywhere has had a most friendly reception but none has been more friendly than that accorded us here by China Our enlisted men are very appreciative of the attenUons shown them in Amoy They have had more attention nere than anywhere else on the entire cruise excepting Australia where the people are of the same race AH tl officers and men greatly appreciate th kindliness of Prince Yu Lang his personal Interest In all the details of their entertainment and his presence at alt the functions Admiral Emory and the other guests surrounded the prince and cheered him Admiral Sah of the Chinese navy was then greeted by bias on a steam siren and more cheering The admirals and the captains then personally expressed their appreciation to the prince of the gift presented them by the provincial viceroy Each admiral has received a set of Inlaid blackwood furni lure iour cases or grape frurt eight cnes4S of tea and a box of curios Each captain received a set of inlaid black furniture and each flag officer some silk embroideries and furniture Some very handsome silk embroideries are being sent to Admiral Sperry the commander in chief of the flesCand la addition Admiral Sah sends him a porcelain Image of Buddha Each wardroom mess has been presented with 40 cases of grapfruir The fruit presented to the officers Is all from the village that supplies the emperors table This community pays all Its taxes la the fruit The government spent a million In entertainment Tars Praise Their Hosts Dr George Mark the Chinese commis sioner who has done so much to make the visit a success accompanied LI Hung Chang as interpreter on his tour of the world sixteen years ago The reception surpassed anyuung ever before under taken Dy tne cntnese sovemment No ennstea man misseo any opportunity to come ashore here a thkig that cannot be said of the other ports of call The medical men of the fleet say it would not have been possible to let the men land had not all tha entertainment buildings been new and located at a good distance from the city Tha men them selves declare that Amoy was the only place wher they have beenas well looked out for as their officers and they were deligr with the program of sports arranged The men behaved themselves weU on shore There was no carousing but on the contrary they spent moat of their spar time In buying presents wandering about tha entertainment grounds and writing letters MIIIIONAIRES FIGHT FLAMES Blaring Woodland Menaces Clarence Hackays Country Mansion Roslyn Nov Four acres ot woodland on Harbor HIu the magnificent estate of Clarenca Mackay head of tha Postal Telegraph Company were wept by fire hero early today Heroic efforts were made by Mr Mackay and a volunUer corps to check the flames At one time the blaz threatened the mansion All the neighbors responded Ur Mr Mackays hurry call for help and succeeded In getting the blaz under control Millionaire neighbors of Mr Mackay dressed quickly and in spite of the chill wind and biting air hurried over to his place Meanwhile Mr Mackay himself organised his employe into a fire fight Ing band TAFT CIVES KEYNOTE Every Business Man Obeying the Law May Go Ahead RIGID ENFORCEMENT HIS TASK Bryan Sends Congratulations and Best Wishes for Success of Rivals Administration Mr Taft Thanks Him for Cordial and Couteous Telegram No Hunting With Presidentfor Taft Cincinnati Ohio Nov 5 Speaking to the Cincinnati Commercial Club of which he has been a member for fifteen years William Howard Taft tonight brought every member of the club to his feet In his address sounding the keyWle of prosperity for the country for the next four years Every business roan who Is obeying the law may go ahead with all the energy In his possession every enterprise which Is within the statutes may proceed without fear of Interference from the administration when acting legally but all interests within the Jurisdiction of the Federal government may expect a rigid enforcement of the law against dishonest methods was the keynote ot what Mr Taft said Exchange of Courtesies With Bryan Please accept congratulations and best wishes for the success of your administration i BR5TANJ I hank you sincerely for your cordial and courtesous telegram ot congratulation and good wishes WruajkXlH TAFT1 Tbes messages wer exchanged today between Lincoln Nebr and Cincinnati The message from Mr Bryan came while Judge Taft was addressing the general conference of the Wometis Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Eplsco cay Church eH received the message on his return to his rMence ana answered It at once In his address to the women having zeen Introduced by Bishop IllrtsetL Judge Taft gave an enthusiastic commendation of foreign mission work His experience In the far East he said had taught him the value of this work in uplifting those people and he commented upon the elevating effect of Christianity upon the heathen worrjen In the Philippines Judge Taft asserted the present degree of success In civilization and government was made possible through the influence of Christianity Enthusiasm and Congratulations The speaker was enthusastlcally received by the members of the conference Each had provided herself with a small American flag and the presence ot Judge Taff was tlie signal for a pretty little demonstration At the end of his speech he was overwhelmed with personal congratulations on hts success at the polls Judge Taft gave up his executive offices at the Hotel Slnton today He will leave here for Hot Springs tomorrow night The cottage which he has secured there is back on the mountain slda to the woods He wil shun the social life of the place and devote himself chiefly to golf and his correspondence No Hunting With President He was asked It there was anything in the report that President Roosevelt might go hunting with htm on Thanksgiving day at Aahevtlle Now look here said Mr Taft Im a mighty good friend of the President but I dont hunt or walk with him Mr Taft was apparently of the opinion that his general architectural plan was not suited to the pace set by the President either In the woods or the field BOOM BRYAN FOR SENATOR Nebraska Democrats Likely to Make Leader Thsir Candidate mvIiI to Th Washtnttoo Poet Lincoln Nebr Nov 5 The suggestion to make Bryan a senator from Nebraska is spreading here among the Democrats and if the leaders nave tneir way aooui It Bryan will be put forward to oppose Senator Burkett when he comes up for reelection two years hence They say they propose to clear the track of any opposition candidates within the party and so put it up to Mr Bryan that be cannot refuse to become the party can didate In 1910 The only discordant note expected from Representative Hitchcock who a three time member of the lower house Is ambitious to go higher In Nebraska the plan in vjjgue la for each party to nominate a candidate for senator but this Is merely intended as a guide to the legislature upon which th result at the polls is not binding The Democratic plan now Is to adoptthe Oregon Idea at the coming session sothst In 1910 Nebraska voters Can choose their senator Just as tney do tneir governor ana tne legisla ture must ratify their choice KLNCALD CLAIMS ELECTION Nebraskas Jtepubhcan Congressman Says He Has Majority of Votes Omaha Nebr Nov 5 A special from ONeill Nebr quotes Congressman Kln kaid as saying he has sufficient returns from every precinct Id his district to show that he has been reelected by a plurality otfromlJOO to 200 Other reports have glvexi the district to the Democrats The district la In thb cat tle country and election officers usually take wees to maae iuu returns Large Chryeaathesssima 1SO Desesw Washington Florists Ox ornen Bth and streets and HUT 14th street 1 An edition of the first thirty nletures has been published In The Posts Oreat Proverb Hunt and Is now on sale at the office ot The Post at lie a copy By Bran wc BUSINESS EIQOM I Erie Road Finds Jobs at Once for 200 Hungry Men BIG STEEL YEAR COMING Corporation Prepares to Break World Recordin Output Orders Given Contingent Upon the Suc cess of Taft Ticket Make Rush Work in Other Industries and Suddtn Jump in Industrial Activity Is Reportrd From Many Quarters Jobbing Trade Feelr the Sam Impulses BpecUl tofM WrshlBton Put New Tort Nov i The sun rose tody for the unemployed Two hundred gauut men waited shivering on tho sidewalk before the offioe at the committee at 2 Duane street to be sent away to Port Jervls on tho Erie Railro to the first Job they have tad In eight months and tne new reign of the full dinner pall had begun two days after election The 200 homeless foodless men bezarr gathering at daybreak for tu Erie Rail road had Sent a representative to the committee of tho unemployed last night asking fpr laborers When they were as sembled about 8 oclock there was Just one overcoat among them Some of them had socks A few had underclothing Many were costless A dozen wore pieces of rough cloth wound about their feet in place of shoes Manj had not slept a bed for weeks More had been without food for days They chattered and laughed despite the chfU mat cut tnrough their thin appareL Caihoum of the committee uii after the first batch had left today that he was confident the election would re sult employment for all the 93 men whose names are still on the register Big Supplies of Ore Pittsburg Nov 5 The United States Steel Corporation today showed that with Independent concerns It has be plan nlng for several months to make the year 1909 the biggest In the history of Iron and steeL All records for carrying Iron ores Into the Pittsburg dUtriet are being shattered and there Is already piled up about lfl0000CO tons of ore enough to run most of the blast furnaces at full capacity 4or a year In addition about 3jaQ0AQQ tons of ore will ret IbroughtlrC ws lrwUJ give theCmin more materia uiaa ttnrhavs ever used Irf any year Arrangements have been made for using it all In 1909 From the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Vie United States Steel Corporations ore carrying line It was learned that up to November 1 this line had brought from the lakes tfS000 tons since the opening of the season In mid summer Last year tt carried but 5843000 tons of ore Nearly two months of the present yeai remain and local steel men declare they will more than equal the ore record of last year Rushing More Ore In The Bessemer and Lake Erie carries about half the ore brought Into the district Other lines are carrying heavily ao ore shipments this year will likely be 12000000 tons which added to the sur plus left from the shipments of last year gives an Immense tonnage on which to start the new year So anxious Is the steel corporation to have enough ore on hand to make a record breaking run In 1909 It has decided toTun Its own heavy lake vessels with ore so long as they can break through the tee The lake season so far as the Insurance companies under stand closed with October 31 From that day Insurance on lake vessels is impossible or hard to get The Pressed Steel Car Company tt Pittsburg has been awarded the contrac for Z2CO steel gondola cars for railroads In the South and West The order means work for a large number of men at the Mckees Rocks plant The company also bidding on 300 cars for a stern railroad system and on 1300 steel gon cola cars for a Virginia railroad Another important contract that will furnish wort for the Pittsburg mills Is the 19000 tons of plate for lock bar pipe for Brooklyn Lively in Coks District There were many reports today ftem towns outside or Pittsburg In trie great Industrial belt of plants starting up Preelection promises are being made good tn the coke region Superintendent Keigh ley who has charge of the Oliver A 6By der coke plant near Connetlsville has received Instructions to begin Immediate work on the ovens so that on December 1 every oven of three plants at Oliver coujd be fired The Orient Coke Com pany at Orient also Issued Instructions this morning to have all of the 480 ovens burning by next Monday morning It was reported that similar orders had been Issued to ether managers In this district Of the 20000 ovens of the Frlck Coke Company per cent are burning while of the L27S ovens of the Independent operators S3 per cent are in operation It Is expected that the dead ovens cf these companies will soon be operating tn full again At Newcastle Pa orders were given today to resume operations at the At Untie furnace operated by the Republic Iron and Steel Company It has been Idle a year The American Bridge Company has taken about 5000 tons of bridge and girder work for the ktchison Topeka and Ssnta Fe road all of which wilt be turned out at the Ambrtdge plant The American Sheet and Tlnplate Company today started fire hot mills at Sa braton Va and expect to start the other five mills In about ten days Birmingham Ala Nov 5 Alabama Iron manufacturers sold 50000 tons of pig Iron In the first 24 hours after the election and Inquiry tor a large tonnage Is In bandTne iron sold Is toe delivered daring the first quarter of the coming year Utka Txvvl As result of the outcome of eke national election It lyres announced today that th Hob 6 vi.