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THE BALTIMORE, SUNDAY MORNING; JANUARY 27, 1907. 1 no reply in the Assembly, but later sent SWETTENHAM IGNORED LAST OF FAMOUS FAMILY STRIKE IN MUSIC HALLS Performers, Musicians And Employees Waging Eitter War. KAISER IS DELIGHTED Net Loss Of Socialists Is Now Placed At 16 Seats. HIS GOVERNMENT UPHELD I 0 word to Moore that he would have to fight him. In the end Mocre read a full apology and retraction.

Returning to his practice, Mr. Field soon had more than he could do. It was a rough life at the best and cases were often tried In saloons. Once when the New Englader was addressing a jury he told them he knew attempts had been made to bribe several of the n. There were several clicks heard as jurymsn drew revolvers, but no body fired and Mr.

Field finally on his case. Later on Judge Barbour challenged him to a duel and then refused to fight when Mr. Field accepted. The quarrel was finally made up at a meeting arranged by friends of the two men. Mr.

Field at this meeting raised his glass and gave this toast "Here Is oblivion, but no explanations. But though he was always known as a fighter Mr. Field was never the aggressor in any of his many affairs. When David S. Terry resigned his seat on the California bench to fight David C.

Broderick and was killed In the duel Mr. Field was appointed to fill the vacancy In 1859. He left upon California law an impress as Indelible as that left to the law of New York by his brother, David Dudley Field. Practically the whole land system of California rests on his declsionsctoday, as well as the sys tem of establishing private ownership in gold and silver mines. A Union Man.

Although a Democrat like his elder law yer brother. Justice Field was a Union man, and Abraham Lincoln made him a Justice of the Supreme Court in 1S63. a place he occupied until his retirement in 1897. two years before his death. To review his ca reer upon this bench would take volumes.

Many of his decisions were of the highest importance, but probably one of those that most Interested thecountryat large was the comparatively trlviaPcase. of Ho Ah Kow. This Chinaman had been confined for some offense in the county jail at San Francisco and, in accordance with an ordinance re quiring the heads of prisoners to be shaved. his queue had been cut off. He sued for $10,000 damages and the prevailing: de cision the Supreme Court, the opinion oeing written by Justice Field, upheld his suit.

Kid est Of The Fields. The eldest of all the nine children was David Dudley Field, who died in New York in 1S94. He was named for his father, and was born in Haddam, February 13, 1805. Like most of the male Fields, he was a man of stalwart frame, splendid constitution and commanding Intellect. Like his two brothers, Stephen Johnson and Henry Martyn, he was graduated from Williams College, taking his degree in 1825.

at the age of 20 years, and being admitted to the New York bar three years later, after studying law in Albany with Hermanus Bleecker and In this city. He at once entered the New York law firm of Henry D. Sedgwick, and from that time until 1885. nine years before his death, he followed the legal profession with a scholastic assiduity that has seldom, if ever, been surpassed. David Dudley Field made a profound personal impression upon all who came in any considerable contact with him.

"He seemed," said one who knew him intimately, "to have come down to us from some former generation." He was-eourteousbut alert, scholarly but persistent and tenacious, and a man of strong passions and feelings under admirable restraint. Some Famous Suits. In his long and eventful career he was connected with many famous lawsuits, including the Mulligan case, the litigation over the validity of the reconstruction acts and the Tweed prosecution, in which he acted as counsel for the Tammany boss. He was frequently connected with law causes that were unpopular, but, like his brothers, popularity was little to him. He always held that even the guiltiest man had certain rights still left to him which it was the duty of his counsel to protect.

In all his long career he never held political ofllce but once. That was in 1S76. when for about two months he filled out the unexpired term in Congress of Smith Ely. who had been elected Mayor of New York. In his brief ierm In the House he voted as a Democrat.

He was, in fact, like Stephen Johnson, a lifelong Democrat, but like him again was a strong Union man and ardently supported the Administration of Abraham Lincoln. Made Noted Law Reforms. But the greatest work of David Dudley Field was done along the lines of law reforms. For his work in this way a Chancellor of England once said to him: "Mr. Field, the United States of America, ought to erect a gold statue in your honor." His greatest law reform work was in the Code of Civil Procedure, which has been described as "a system of remedial procedure which makes law a blessing and not a curse." This system had been adopted before his death In 24 States and Territories, while 18 States and Territories had adopted bis Code of Criminal Procedure.

In 1857 he was made the head of a commission to prepare a complete political code, a penal code and a civil code. These were completed in 1865 and, with his two previous law-reform works, covered the entire province of American law. He was also a great authority on international law, and was constant in urging international arbitration. "In some hap pier age," he once said, "under some more benignant star, will yet, we would fain believe, be established among men a great Amphictyonlc council of the nations, with a wider sway than the Council of Greece, to which nations will submit as individuals now submit with unfaltering deference to a court of honor." Laid Atlantic Cable. man who laid the Atlantic cable.

Cyrus W. Field, was the seventh of the children of Rev. David. Dudley Field, being born next after the late Justice and before Rev. Henry Martyn.

He was born in Stock- bridge in 1819 and educated there, so far as he was educated at all. He was the only one of the quartet who was not sent to Williams College. He started business life as a clerk in A. T. Stewart's Broadway store, prospered until he became worth sey eral millions of dollars and died practically a bankrupt.

QUAKE IN WEST VIRGINIA Blnefleld Lasted A 31 in- nte No Damage Done. Bluefield. W. Jan. 26.

An earth onake shock, lasting almost a minute, was ft It here at 1 o'clock this morning. Houses were badly shaken and people jumped from their beds in fright. No serious damage re sulted, however. MUCH MONEY, BUT NO DIVORCE Case Of Henrietta Estes Settled Out Of Court. rucnntfli to the Baltimore Sun.l Newport, R.

Jan. 26. The romantic fin Af Henrietta Estes. of Washington, roa-nipi F.stes. of San Fran cisco, which involved about $250,000.

and attracted much attention, was seinea out nf crairt tndnv. Benjamin M. Estes. Fall River. a Union officer In tne civil ar.

marrieu iu 1861 Henrietta van de Vere. a Washington hPilo. nd left her a few weeks before their son was born. He returned to Fall River a n1 rmrripd thoilzh not divorced. In 1899 he obtained a decree of divorce and in 1905 he went to California, where he dii frnm inlnries sustained in the eartn quake, leaving all his property to his Vathnnipl P.

Estes. Mrs. Henrietta Estes7 learning of her husband's divorce, petitioned for its annulment on th sroiind that she had not been sum moned and had had no knowledge of the case, and also made claim lor ner aower rlffhr According to the terms of settlement reached today Mrs. Estes and her son each rppiv laryp sums in cash. The nenhew.

Nnthnnipl Estes. retains the rest of the estate, and the Estes decree of divorce stands unimpeacbed. IMMIGRANTS FOR GEORGIA State Association Will Bring Hun-dreds To Savannah. Aueusta. Jan.

26. The Georgia Im migration Association announced today that arrangements are making with representa tlves of two steamship lines to bring to this country within the next three weeks several hundred Scottish and Swedish 1mm i grants to relieve the urgent demand for nelp in tnis section. The matter has been taken up with Com missioner Hudson and the request made that the State lend all its aid, which re quest will be complied with. The immi grants are to be landed at Savannah. Want Township Divided.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.l York, Jan. 26. Walter Van Baman petitioned court yesterday for a division of Shrewsbury township. The names of 60 residents were attached to the petition They allege that some of the voters are compelled to go 11 miles to vote on account of the size of the township and the remoteness of the polling places. Kingston's Acting: Mayor Says Ko la A NAVY'S SERVICE APPRECIATED Americans Saved Jeweler's Prop erty From Thieves Clerks Are Docked A Day's Pay.

Copyright by New York Herald Company. 1907. Special to the Baltimore Sun. Kingston, Jamaica. Jan.

20. A testimo nial to the service of the American naval men is made in an affidavit of Oswalk Mllke. a prominent jeweler," which has been filed with the American Consul. Mr. Milke declares that when he reached hi3 store after the fire a number of suspiciouf-looking people were around, and the safes were being tampered with by thieves with steel bars.

Had it not been for the timely arrival of the Americans, who drove back the crowd, pulled the safes Into Ihe street. openeo and handed over several thou sand dollars and ether contents, great loss would have been certain. Mr. Lister Clark, secretary of the re lief committee, reports his associates high ly incensed at the attitude of the Gov ernor toward the American people, and ton indignation meeting was held to pro test against his actiwa. Much sympatny is felt here for the small army of Government clerks docked one day's pay by order of the Governor for being absent the day after the earthquake, when it was impossible to get to their offices, whicn lay in ruins.

Acting Mayor Meyers is very severe on the Governor. He said: "We are going on without considering him. He is an excellent man many ways, but he seems to have lost his head completely. He sjoes about like a roaring hull, shouting at officials doing tneir aury. He not only has no plan fr Iae restoration of the" cltv.

but is proving a disor- ganizer. We are compelled to ignore him. liis treatment of Admiral Davis was disgraceful iu the exTenie. and all of mir people deeply deplore tne inciueni a.m hope the Americans understand that the Governor stands alone. We feel the trou ble shou'd result in his recall, as his muu- ence for good here is gone." to Professor Pickering.

King ston was built with regard to the liability of earthquakes, beaus? the houses were inostiv wood and plaster. Eight per cent, "were brick, and all fell. Fifteen per cent, of the wooden structures stooa fairlv well. Five of a combination oi wood, brick rnd cement were nttie na Hi nged. There is little lucrease oi acmitj iu rebuilding noticeable.

An old neero prophet, Bedwara. ap peared today, followed by a throng beat- usr drums and luriutr urai.uv.- tlon from the earthquake. ADORNED FOR HER DEATH Girl Dressed All InWhlte And Then Shot Herself. Copyright by New York Herald Company, Special to the Baltimore Sun. Paris.

Jan. 26. Temporary aberration. resulting from disappointed ambition, tr-tlstic ambition in this case, has caused another romance to end tragically this week in Paris. Dressed entirely in white, as if for a wedding, a girl 21 years old.

named Fer-nande Devoyod. was found lying dead on her bed in her room, shot through the heart. She had committed suicide in a fit of despair, owing to her failure to pass. the entrance examination to the singing classes at the Conservatoire. Upon the table was a letter appealing to those who found her body to dress her hair carefully, -so that I may be pretty in death.

She was a daughter of a celebrated baritone and cousin of well-known actresses, the sisters Devoyod. of the Gvmnase ami the Odeon Theatres. She was born in Lisbon the Temps says she was a god child of the King of Portugal but her early life was passed iu St. Petersburg, where her father was a great favorite. Some four or five years ago he dropped dead on the stage while singing Rigoletto.

He left five children absolutely penniless. although he had earned immense sums. Fernande, then a girl of 16 or 17, tail, graceful, en exceedingly pretty brunette and ambitious to go on the operatic stage. -came to Paris and was cordially welcomed by relatives and friends of her father. A small income was subscribed to provide for her material wants, and lime.

Ernest Caron, wife of a municipal councilor, arranged for her musical studies. Mile. Devoyod a few days ago failed in her entrance examination to the Conservatoire. Her disappointment must have been terrible, since it impelled her to seek refuge in death. Paris has had this week a sensation in which are involved an American painter, a pretty model and the chivalrous protector of the latter.

Marie Curti is the real name of the model, but her marvelous beauty and the fact that she was born iu Tonlon had earned for her the sobriquet of "The Lovely Toulonesa." Recently an American painter in the Montparnasse quarter engaged her to pose for the figure in a picture upon which he was occupied. After three or four sittings, however, the lovely Toulonese came to his studio- no more. He was working in his studio at the beginning of this -week when the bell rang, and, opening the door, he found himself confronted by a man of herculean build, with black hair, black beard, black eyes and olive-hued complexion in fact, a magnificent type of the Calabrian brigand. Brushing past the painter, the visitor entered the studio and then remarked: "I am a model. My-name is Guglielmo Bacomelli." "I don't need a model at present." replied the painter, irritated both at the interruption and the man's manner.

"I didn't come to po.se," weut on th visitor' calmly. "I tame to talk to you about Marie Curti. "She was engaged to marry me." he con-tinned, "but this morning told me she loved me no longer and begged me to release her from her engagement. She confessed her love for you. Now, what I want to know is, do you mean to marry her?" This question was so unexpected that the painter burst Into laughter.

But Guglielmo, In no bantering mood, began threatening the painter with such deadly seriousness that the latter, alarmed, began finally to edge nearer his desk, upon which was lying a revolver. The Italian, however, forestalled him and. seizing the revolver, began to blaze away, with more ardor than accuracy, fortunately for the painter, wb.i sought refuge iu a room adjoining the studio and thence escaped Into the street. There is a man in Angoulome, a former noncommissioned officer, In the French army, who is in a position to relate experiences that touch the grave even more closely than those left on record by poor Fernande Devoyod. He has just escaped for a second time from being buried alive.

A few days ago. after a short illness, he died to all appearances. The body was laid out and arrangements made for the funeral. During the night preceding the Interment the death watch was terrified to see the supposed corpse make a movement and finally begin struggling. When they had recovered from their first moments of terror they went to his assistance, and soon had the man as comfortable as possible in such ghastly circumstances.

He is still In the land of the living. It appears that nearly SO years ago he had a similar seizure. On that occasion he was put into a coflSn and was actually being lowered into a grave, when he awoke. His stifled cries reached the ears of the gravediggers and mourners, and the coffin, was broken open and he was hurried home and soon recovered. He can certainly boast of his luck, but it would be wise not to confide in it too blindly.

A third time may pay for all. CITY OF YORK SUED FOR $5,000 Man Who Breaks Leg On Sidewalk: Out Of Repair Bring Action. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. York. Jan.

26. Peter G. Allbright. through his attorney, has sued the city of York for $5,000 damages. He says that while walking on South Hartley street, in the western part of the city, his foot caught in the gutter In a private alley which had been paved by the city.

He was thrown to the ground and his leg was broken. The case will set a precedent as to whether the city is liable for damages to pedestrians while walking on bad sidewalks. Xordlca Back In Grand Opera. New Orleans, Jan. 26.

Mme. Lillian Xordica returned to the operatic stage here today, joining the San Carlo Opera Company of the French Opera House for the remainder of the season. Rev. Dr. Henry Marty Field Succumbs To Old Age.

NOTED LIKE THREE BROTHERS Author, Traveler And Journalist His Death Recalls Distinguished Careers Of Other Members. I A Distinguished Quartet. Henry Martyn Field Clergyman; historian; author of theological works ami books of travel; many years editor of the Evangelist. Cyrus West Field Dry goods clerk; paper manufacturer; founder of ocean telegraph cable; promoter of elevated railway system in New York. Died 1892.

Stephen Johnson Field Lawyer; member of California's first State Legislature; judge and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Died in 1899. David Dudley Field Lawyer of International reputation; author of reforms in civil and criminal procedures; his codes adopted'ln more than 20 States. Died In April, 1S94. I I Stockbridge, Jan.

26. Dr. Henry Martyn Field, the well-known clergyman and author, and for 44 years editor of the Evangelist of New York, and the last survivor of the noted family of that name, died at his home here early today after an illness of several weeks of general breakdown Incident to old age. "Vext To The Youngest. Rev.

Dr. Field was next to the youngest of a family of nine children, all but two of whom were boys. All of the men of this family became more or less prominent in public life, and four of them, two lawyers, a business man and a clergyman. were among the most eminent Americans of their time. The quartet of Field boys who rose high- pest 4n public notice were David Dudley Field, New York's great lawyer Stephen Johnson Field, who served 34 years and 6 months as a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the longest term on record Cyrus W.

Field, to whom the world owes the Atlantic cable, and Rev. Dr. Henry Martyn Field. Of the other boys of the family, Timothy, named for his Revolutionary ancestor, became a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was lost at sea In Matthew Dennlson became a noted engineer and built the suspension bridge over the Cumberland river at Nashville, which was destroyed in the Civil War, while Jonathan E. became prominent In the politics of Massachusetts, serving as PresKdent of the Senate of that Commonwealth.

Emilia and Mary were the two sisters. The former married a missionary named Brewer and with him spent much time In Asia Minor and Greece. The Clerical Member. The clerical member of the quartet was born at Stockbridge in 1822. He was always a keen student and was graduated from Williams, of course, at the age of 16.

He studied theology, and four years later. before he became of age, became pastor of a Presbyterian church at St. Louis. After five years of service there he resigned to travel abroad. He "spent the next year in Europe, and on his return published a historical sketch of Italian revolutions and an article on "The Good and the Bad in the Roman Catholic Church." He became pastor of a ehurch in West Springfield, Mass, in 1851, but three years later came to New York to become one of the editors of the Evangelist.

He soon became the proprietor of this publication and managed its affairs for 44 years. In his time Mr. Field was one of the most noted of American travelers. He made a tour of Palestine and wrote a vol ume descriptive of his experience there en titled "Among the Holy Hills." His Im pressions of a trip through the South were recorded in a book called "Blood Is Thicker Than Water." A second trip abroad he de scribed in "Summer Pictures from Copen hngen to Venice." Others of his books were "Our Western Archipelago," "Gibraltar and "History of the Atlantic Telegraph." Jr. leid was hiarrled twice.

Soon after beginning his Springfield pastorate he married Mile. Henriette de Partes. After her death Dr. Field, accompanied by a niece, who had been a member of his fam ily many years, went around the world, the tour lasting more than 15 months. Soon after their return, in 1876.

Miss Frances Dwight, of Stockbridge. became Mrs. F'e'd. Rev. Dr.

Field spent most of his time in later years at his country place. Windy more on-the-Hlll, at overlooking one of the most beautiful scenes in tne Berkshire Valley In later years Rev. Dr. Field devoted much of his time writing biographies of his uisnugiiisuea Drotners. Career Of Justice Field The career of Justice Field was in manv ways most picturesque.

He died in 1899 at tne age or 83, for he came of a lone- lived stock. He was the son of the Rev. David Dudley Field, the son of Capt. Timothy Field, who was a Revolutionary fighter of note. The original David Dudley Field married Miss Submit Dickinson.

daughter of another Revolutionary can- I 1.1 The Justice was born in Haddam, in 1816. At the age of 13 he went to Asia Minor and Greece with his missionary brother-in-law and spent two years and a half learning modern Greek, Italian and French. He was once wrecked on th coast of Greece and narrowly escaped with his life. Returning to this country, he entered Williams College, which graduated him In 1837 with the highest honors. Coming to this city he studied law In the office of his brother, David Dudley, and was admitted to the bar in 1841, becoming his brother's partner.

Sought Gold In California. The discovery of gold in California took him to the West, where he remained until he was appointed to the bench of the United States Supreme Court by Abraham Lincoln. At San(' Francisco he hired an office if or $300 a month, and hung out his shingle but business was slow in coming and he started up the Sacramento river for a place called Vernon. A flood swept the countryside, and. as all mat could be seen of Vernon when the steamer there was the roof of one house, Mr.

Field thought It. wise to keep on to a paper town called Yubaville. Here an agent was soliciting persons to buy "lots." "What'll happen if a man puts down his name and then doesn't want the lots?" inquired Mr. Field. "That'll be all right," replied the agent, "He needn't take 'em." "Fine," said Mr.

Field, and he bought 65 lots for $16,250 on paper. He had about $20 at the time, but within a short time he had sold a part of his holdings for $25,000. Elected Mayor Of Yubaville. Within three days after he got to Yubaville Mr. Field was elected Mayor.

His rival on the other ticket had been there only six days. They named the place Marysvllle, after the only woman in it, and the new Mayor proceeded to clean It up. For those parts, it soon became a model town. IV was a turbulent life, though, for a man of Mr. Field's temperament.

The most strenuous incident in his earjy life in Marysville was an affair he had with Judge Turner, who was known as "the barroom Judge." Turner took a dislike to Field and ordered him arrested, fined, disbarred and all but hanged, drawn and quartered. Not satisfied with this, the Judge made threats against his life. Field bought a couple of revolvers and sent word to Judge Turner that if he ever so much as approached him In a threatening manner he would fill him full of lead. Turner let him alone after that, and after Mr. Field had been elected a member of the California Assembly he framed a law to reo'rganizf the ldlciary aud had Turner transferred to another district.

A Legislative Incident. In the California Assembly his life was no less turbulent. Once a member named F. Moore rose In his place, drew two revolvers, cocked laid them on hia desk and proceeded to make a speech in which he called Field everything he could think of that was not polite. Field made AMATEURS STRIKEBREAKERS They Do Not, However, Find Favor With The Audiences London Cabbies Threaten A Strike Too.

Copyright by New York Herald Company. 1907. Special to the Baltimore Sun. London, Jan. 28.

Only now. when the great music-hall strike has become the aereest and mcst bitter that has been experienced in thfs country, so far as one can remember, and more determined even than the big engineers strike, which convulsed the whole kingdom some years ago, are people asking what it is all about. The dispute now is a demand by the National Alliance of Music Hall Artists, members of the orchestras, stage employes, that its "charter" must be recognized as containing the only conditions upon which the artists, musicians and stage hands are to be employed. This charter contains nine clauses, relating to variety artists, one of which provides for the payment of one-twelfth cf the salary for each matinee, where performances at night are given. This is certainly one of the most Important clauses to the artists, as they say that in the provinces and suburbs of Loudon they are constantly compelled to appear at several matinees a week without remuneration.

The charter stipulates for a minimum wage of 38 shillings ($8.64) a week, with payment for matinees for members of the orchestras. Mixed ud with the grievances sought to be remedied by the charter is an evident desire on the part of the alliance to com pel everv one engaged at tne variety nans to join their new organization, and undoubtedly the opposition of some of the managers to any coercion of this sort has engendered friction. Has An Amusing Side. But there is an amusing side to the story aS Well. -Liie 1 rU 11 v.

daily with applicants for engagements. Thev are mainly needy performers, ama- teurs-aud stage-struck boys ana gins, anx ious to get on the boards. These are the rersons who are mainly used by the halls affected by tne sine 1111 v- grains. 1. Mr.

Mountford, secretary or me national Alliance, was askeil wny tne pickets urn not try to win the amateurs over. "There is no need, said Mr. Mountiora, laughing. "The audience will soon mane them get out when they get m. And this is exartly what is nappening.

Take, for Instance, a typical scene tne ether night at the Tivoll, one of London's premier halls, which usually turns away money at the doors at every performance. An orchestra of four violinists, a pianist and a clarionet played an opening selection which could not by any means be described as "classy," and was greeted with ironical cheers and much laughter from the gallery. The first turn was announced by the under manager, no program having been printed, and a small table, with, an umbrella ana a few other oddments, was placed on the stage. The orchestra struck up a prelude, but the "first turn" did not materialize. Again the audience laughed heartily.

Here was a pause for about 10 minutes. Then the gallery boys became satirical. They beseeched the band to "buck up or go home and whistled the popular tune "We Won't Go Home Till Morning." Song With Unhappy Title. After a 20 minutes' delay there appeared the familiar face of a girl, whose name was announced as Miss Walker. When she shyly stood in front of the footlights and gave the title of her song as "Are We Downhearted?" there was one loud yell of "Yes; rather!" and "We want our money back!" from above, and the people In the stalls were convulsed with laughter.

Poor Miss Walker looked very ill at ease. She had not shown diplomacy in the choice of her song. Other artists were hooted and hissed, and one young comedian looked, as no doubt he felt, very unhappy when, after his first verse, he heard a voice from the gallery remark: "For Gawd's sake, go heme, guv'nor!" in the broadest cockney. He did not take the advice, but. persevered in the face of much hooting.

As time went on the audience became rowdy and several lersons had to be turned out. Cabbies Are Growling Too. There Is good ground for fear that another strike, of much serious import to London than the Music Hall strike, is in store for the near future. That is a cab strike. Even with the underground tubes and the rapid increase in the number of automobiles, London would be In a sorry plight without the cabs.

Jehu has always set his face against the proposal to institute a sixpenny fare and being forced to wear a taximeter in his car, but the Government is determined and has announced in the London Gazette that on and after July 1 next autocars will be compelled to carry taximeters and "that the fares will be for horsed hansoms sixpence jfor the first mile and threepence for every other half mile, while autocars will be required to ply for eightpence fot first mile and twopence for every other quarter mile, or two and one-half minutes. For the last few days cabbies might have been seen, while waiting for fares at their banks, gathered in groups and animately discussing the new order. And there Is no denying the fact that they mean to oppose it strenuously. With tubes and auto mobiles, they say, that business has been bad enough lately with a shilling minimum and they are determined not to tolerate sixpenny fares. Anglo-American Club Planned.

The Idea of a first class and up-to-date Anglo-American club In London has been mooted before, but never came to anything. Now, however, the matter is belne taken up in dead earnest, with every prospect of oemg carriea tnrougn. in the near future A woman's social committee Is now being formed under high patronage, and a number of well known names In society and finance are already on the list. The site of the club is to be in Piccadilly, and within easy radius of all the American centers or interest in London. In addition to the club premises there will be a country house annex in the shires for the purpose of affording American members who are in England for a year or less an oppor tunity or enjoying Kngnsn snort.

For this purpose an offer has been obtained of the lease of a historic family seat dating from the Tudor period. The present residential portion or this will be left n. disturbed, with all Its furniture and treas ures or JMizaDetnan and Jacobean tlmoo and modern accommodation will be applied to the new wing. The seat referred to is in the heart of the Pytcheley country, with good fishing and shooting, and golf links will be laid out on the estate. The woman's committee of the American Rendezvous Club in London intends to organize iniormation or every kind which may ue or vaiue to American women visit 1nn In CTrifrlanrl anA TlnnfH.

-i short time. Shopping and sightseeing will be arranged for club members-under bureaus and organized lectures and tours to centers or interest will be promoted. On occasion tne services of a well-known sports man. a former, army man, can be obtained To Save The Gunners' Ears. At the present moment, when the United states jsavy is on tne lookout for an effi dent ear plug as a preventive of gun deaf ness, a lecture by Arthur II.

Cheatle, aural surgeon at King college Hospital, dellv ered at the Royal United Service Institu tion before the naval and military officers on the subject of gun deafness, makes in teresting reading. Dr. Cheatle said that nearly every gun crew in the navy suffered from deafness He cited the case of the Variag, captured by the Japanese from the Russians during the war. wnen tasen on: the Russian crew were not only deaf, but absolutely dazed and helpless. Surgeon-General Suzuki, of the Japanese navy, stated that cottonwool plugs, which were served out to every man in the Japanese fleet before- going into ac tion, were found to be ineffective.

Dr. Cheatle believes that he has come across the material which will accomplish the dual purpose of preventing deafness and enabling a man to hear orders given It is a mixture of animal wool and mod ellng clay, is easily worked into the ear and easily removed. Being plastic, it fits all the aural passages, for no two ears are exactly the same sliape or size, and while it saves the shock of the blast it allows the wearers to hear the words of a high-pitched human voice. So, at least, Dr. Cheatte claims for it, and he produced a subject.

filled his ears with the material and then showed that the man could hear the high- pitched human voice. VON BUELOW IS STRENGTHENED TCmperor "William Highly Gratified Over Result Of lleichntag; Election Stay-At-IIome Vote Did It. Results Officially Declared. The results of the Reichstag election have been officially declared In S61 districts out of a total of 397, as follows The Socialists lost 17 seats and gained 1. The Center party lost 2 and gained 1.

The two Conservative parties lost 3 and gained 4. The Moderate Radicals lost 1 and gained 3. The National Liberals lost 6 and gained 10. The Agarlans lost 4 and gained 3. Iu the 361 districts only 200 members were elected, second ballots being necessary in 152 districts.

The Socialists, who had 21 but of the 23 Saxon seats in the Reichstag," up to now have only been victorious In seven districts. I Berlin, Jan. 26. According to the latest returns of the Reichstag election held yesterday, by the Wolff Bureau, the Socialists have gained 1 and lost 20 seats the two Conservative parties have gained 9 and lost seats; the Clericals have gained 2 and lost 4 the National Liberals gained 9 and lost 9 the Radical groups have gained 5 and lost the Poles have gained the (iuelphs have lost 3, and the Agrarian and Antl-Setultlc groups have gained 2 and lost 5 seats each. The Socialists have eutered demands for 75 reballots.

From these they are not likely to elect 19 members, hence their strength in the new Reichstag probably will be below 50. The Clericals have demanded about 30 reballots, and have chances of winning enough seats to retain their full strength in the new House. The two Conservative parties have demanded 41 reballots, the National Liberals more than CO, the Radical groups 45, and the Anti-Semites, the Agrarians, the Poles, the Alsatians and others a total of 23. The Socialists probably have Increased their total vote by from 10 to 15 per cent Kaiser Congratulates Von Buelow. Emperor William called on Chancellor von Buelow early today and congratulated him on the soundness of his Judgment In dissolving the Reichstag and appealing to the country on an important question of national policy.

The Emperor maintained throughout the electoral campaign a position of constitutional reserve. He did not attempt by word or net to influence the result. Yet he was intensely interested in the Issue, espe cially regarding the manner In which the country would treat the colonial question and how the Socialists would emerge from the conflict. After his visit to Von Buelow his Maj esty took his usual morning walk in the Thlergarten and then returned to the Chan cllor's palace In order to discuss the lat est returns. The Emperor came out of the palace smiling and seemingly in the best of humor, almost gayly acknowledging the salutations of the crowd wailing to see him.

Emperor William will be 48 years old tomorrow, and someone remarked that the country had given him a fine birthday present "In checking the growth of Red Republican Socialism." Chancellor' Position Strengthened. Von Buelow's personal position with the Emperor and the country is regarded as hrvlng been greatly fortified. The Chan cellor probably will be able to go before Parliament with a degree of power which he had not previously possessed. Although i he Clerical Center party has. according to the results so far ascertained, gained as many seats as it lost, It will return to the Reichstag "tamed." as one of the Chancellor's friends said, and willing to co-oper ate with the Government.

What the So ciallsts have lost has been largely gained lv the National Liberals and the Radical Liberals, thus giving the manufacturing and commercial interests increased repre sentation in Parliament. Retirement Rumor Revived. Chancellor von Buelow may select this period of his career, when his position as Chancellor is secure and his reputation in the Empire has been enhanced, to volun tarily retire. His health appears to be ex (client, but he works with such ardor in the affairs of state that it is understood that Princess von Buelow, his wife, wishes him to give up his office and not Invite an other illness. One of the most interesting figures in the House, President von Ballestrem, disappears from Parliamentary life, haviug declined to be a candidate for re-electlou to the Reichstag.

The Emperor, who probably desires to distinguish Von Ballestrem, has summoned the latter to an audience on Monday. Both the newspaper analysists and the party managers agree that the result of the elections was brought about by the arousing of the stay-at-home voters. Three million electors did not vote in 1903, and it was to this class that the Government made special appeal. National "feeling was also stirred up by the knowledge that the foreign press and peoples would welcome a Socialist victory, because It would weaken the Government with the people and embarass the Emperor in carrying out his national plans. Dispersal Of Crowd Res retted.

A seml-offlclal expression of regret at the threatening and dispersing of the peaceful crowds which gathered last night In front of the Crown Prince's palace singing national hymns In honor of the victory the Imperialists at the polls was published this afternoon. It was also announced that the Chancellor had conferred on the subject with the Minister of the Interior, who had ordered an investigation of this misapplied zeal on the part of the lolice holding the approaches to the Imperial Palace In treating the singing jubl-lators as mobs threatening the safety of the Imperial family, which has caused popular indignation, wherein the Emperor, It is said, joins. It Is recalled that some years ago, when genuine mob of half-starving people gathered In front of the palace, the Emperor weut out on the terrace and made a fcpeeeh, in which he promised the adoption of measures of relief, which were subsequently carried out. PEASANTS CONSERVATIVE Hot Left Tarty Likely To Predominate In llounin. St.

Petersburg, Jan. 26. The results of the elections for members of the lower house of Parliament among the1 peasantry In 18 provinces show a strong conservative tendency, but this Is not proof that the final results will not give predominence to the Left party. In fact, this is the opinion held in political circles here, and It Is confirmed by the results of the elections already concluded among the working elements, who almost universally have voted the Extreme Left ticket. SPANISH CORTES DISSOLVED Conservative Cabinet Could ot Command Majority.

Madrid. Jan. 26. King Alfonso today Issued a decree suspending the sessions of Parliament, as It had become evident that Senor Maura, the Conservative leader, who formed a Cabinet yesterday with himself as premier, could not command a majority in the chambers. An early submission to the people of the Issue between church and state through a dissolution of Parliament and new elections Is the only means of clearing up the situation.

The clericals and the reactionaries are Jubilant, as the mere fact of the Conservatives being In power will give them a very great advantage at the polls. It Is believed that the elections to Parliament will take place In April and that the new Cortes will assemble In May. Spanish. Trains Snowbound. Madrid, Jan.

26. Railroad traffic In Spain has been seriously interrupted at various places owing to an unprecedented-lr heavy fall of snow. CHANCELLOR UA' BUELOW FRENCH RESENT INCOME TAX Pnblic Uneasy Over Finance Minister's Reported Intention. Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1907. Special to the Baltimore Sun.

Paris, Jan. 26. One of the absorbing topics of the moment is the Income-tax project which the Minister of Finance, it is announced, Is about to submit to Parliament. The mere suspicion that French 3 per cents are to be included among the sources of revenue taxes has been a sufficient cause for the steady decline in those national bonds. Scarcely a year ago they were quoted at par.

They are now fluctuating between 94 and 05, with a persistent downward tendency. At the same time foreign bonds are rising, which is taken as an indication that French holders are selling rentes and investing abroad. The income tax is regarded in France as a particularly -wild experiment. As all sources of revenue are already taxed separately In one form or another, a special tax on net incomes is bound to be oppressive, and the manner In which it will be applied is likely to make it intolerable. French administrative methods in every respect are preventive in essence, so It is fairly certain that the procedure adopted to ascertain the amount of a man's income will be devised more to prevent any fraudulent declaration than to provide for its punishment.

French business men dread, perhaps with reason, that Inquisitorial investigation Into their affairs which is certain to follow the application of a tax on their income will place them even more at the mercy of the administrative powers than is the case now. Uneasiness has been created by M. Cail-laux's frank declaration that "a bigger contribution must be exacted from the possessors of big fortunes." This is interpreted as meaning that socialist doctrines and the penalization of wealth are to be applied. As this idea has sufficed to bring down French rentes, people are asking anxiously what will be the effect of any attempt to realize the project. An absurd report has been bruited about by the opposition press to the effect that the Minister of Finance had appealed to big banking houses to purchase French rentes in order to stiffen the quotation.

This rumor, however, is too foolish to deserve an instrnfs attention. Nevertheless, the general uneasiness Is so great that the Government has thought It advisable to issue an official denial, and Gil Bias publishes an article exposing Its utter idiocy. NOTABLE CEREMONIES FIXED Will Add Brilliancy To The Next London Season. London, Jan. 26.

King Edward will return here from Windsor Castle during the coming week to Inaugurate a series of notable ceremonies connected with the London season. The most important of these will be the opening of Parliament February 12, when the King has announced his intention of being present with the Queen for a full state ceremonial. A few days later his Majesty will hold the first levee of the season In the throne-room of St. James Palace. The first court will follow February 22 In the ballroom at Buckingham Palace for the members of the diplomatic corps, and there will be a second levee and another court a week later.

A number of Americans, it is expected, will be presented during these functions. The return of Ambassador Reld, who landed from the Carmania today, will re open the festivities at Dorchester House and give the Ambassador time for partici pation in the reassembling of Parliament and on the questions coming before the Ministry, Including the conference with Professor de Martens, of St. Petersburg, over the date and program of the second peace conference at The Hague. The departure of James Bryce, the new Ambassador to the United States, in the middle of February also will be preceded by a number of functions and farewell cere monies. King Edward Is planning to spend the winter at Biarritz and to visit King Al fonso at Madrid the first week of April.

After that he will board the royal yacht for a cruise In the Mediterranean, which will extend to Naples, Corfu, Athens and en Ice. The first Cabinet council prior to the meeting of Parliament has been called for February 1, when. It is believed, a grant from the Imperial Exchequer to Jamaica will be proposed and the Swettenham af fair also will be disposed of. Premier Campbell-Bannerman and Foreign Secretary Grey are arranging meetings with Professor de Martens, who will arrive here February 5 as the guest of the Russian Ambassador. SPLIT ON THE HAGUE PROGRAM Powers Divided Over Discussion Of Diaarmament Question.

Rome, Jan. 26. It became known today that the exchange of communication be tween the European Cabinets on the sub ject of the program for the next peace con ference at The Hague shows they are di vided Into two parties. One, led by the United States and Great Britain, desires a discussion of the question of the reduction of armaments without allowing any single power to oppose the dis cussion, while the other, led by Germany, takes the opposite stand. To Limit Size Of Warships.

Brussels, Jan. 26. According to a spe clal dispatch received here from Rome, the Italian Cabinet has decided to Introduce at the next peace conference at The Hague a proposal to fix a maximum limit on the tonnage of warships at 16,000, this being the tonnage of the new battleships which Italy is about to lay down. The proposal, according to this special dispatch, is to be supported by Great Brit ain and the United States, the matter bay Ing been arranged between Foreign Minister TittonI and the Ambassadors at Rome of the two powers In question. CASTRO ISSUES MANIFESTO Still Regarded As The Strongest Man In Venezuela.

Caracas. Venezuela. Jan. 26. -The first public utterance of President Castro since the beginning, last August, of his present illness, was printed yesterday In El tuclonal.

In it the President declares he has returned from death's door solemnly to proclaim that he neither Is nor ever will be a dictator. He says the happiness of Venezuela depends upon adherence to the constitution, which does not permit either himself or General Gomez, the first Vice-President, to resign. This communication has created a deep impression in Caracas, where it is taken to mean that the President feels assured of his own recovery in spite of the fact that in It he admits that his weakness compels him to be brief. Castro sick is still the strongest man in Venezuela, and his word will do much, to render remote the possibility of a revolution. Today the members of the Cabinet, in a singed letter published in El Constltu-clonal, proclaimed their adherence to President Castro and the Venezuela Constitution.

Gen. Atonio Velutinl, the second Vice-President of Venezuela, whose recent trip to the British Island of Trinidad laid him open to the suspicion of plotting against Castro, has returned to the capital. OF GERMANY PLAGE BAN ON "SALOME" Metropolitan Directors Ask Con-ried To Stop Productions. OPERA DIRECTORS THINK NOT Send Reply Expressing Hope That Objections Will Be Withdrawn Great Achievement, 'They Say. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

New York, Jan. 26. Formally charged with improprieties, "Salome" must be banished from New York, unless the verdict rendered today shall be reversed. The directors of the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company composed the jury that found Rictiard Strauss' opera guilty aud bf id th.it it should not be repeated here. The company mentioned owns the Met ropolitan Opera House, while the management tt the place is In the hands of a dis tinct corporation, the Conried Metropoli tan Opera Company, of which Heinrich Conried Is the head.

Upon the receipt of the decree from the real estate company the directors of the opera company met in Mr. Conrled's home this afternoon and after a long discussion decided to request a reconsideration of the subject. They wished to meet the other set of directors at once, if possible, and to hold a joint meeting, with the Idea that a proper explanation would result in a withdrawal of the demand that "Salome" should be retired from the Metropolitan Opera House stage. There were consultations by telephone, and as a result it was found Impossible to get the directors of both companies to gether tonight, but an arrangement was made for a meeting Monday, when a final decision must be reached, an a morninir nrn- ductfon of "Salome' is advertised for next Thursday. Conried Adherents Indignant.

Mr. Conried and his followers are Indig nant over the episode and show no inclina tion to surrender. They take the stand that It was practically essential "to produce the reigning musical sensation In this city and that the objections are in a line of stralght-Iaced Puritanism, which New York should have outgrown. They are willing to arbitrate under what they deem proper te.rms. They will sacrifice, If necessary, some features that have been characterized as especially obnoxious, providing that they do not have to sacrifice as a whole.

One of Mr. Con-ried'3 advisers put the situation in this way "Mr. Conried will not play John the Baptist to suit the whims of the real estate folk. He objects to having his head served on a charger just because foolish persons wish it. He will fight, if necessary, and he will win.

He will not make any burlesque warfare in grand opera. Unless the situation changes he will "stand pat" upon his announcement, and the outlook is that there will be 10 more performances." Following a storm of newspaper comment, this letter reached Mr. Conried today "Heinrich Conried, Dear Sh The directors of the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company consider that the performance of "Salome" is objectionable and detrimental to the best interests of the Metropolitan Opera House. They, therefore, protest against any repetition of this opera. By order.

Feaxk N. Dodd, Secretary. A Conried Statement. A statement formulated at the meeting of the Conried directors was issued after the meeting. After setting forth that the subject of the protest was being further discussed between the directors of the opera company and the owners of the opera house, the statement continues in part "Mr.

Conried holds that the. production of 'Salome' is a great artistic achievement. Inasmuch as this music drama has been acknowledged by the musical world as one of the most Important, if not the most important, musical production since Wagner, and has been produced in many of the most important opera houses in Europe, Mr. Conried said that it was his duty to the musical public of New York to produce this work. Mr.

Conried hopes that the directors of the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company, upon full consideration of the subject, will withdraw their objections and will share his view that the musical public is entitled to an opportunity to hear this master work adequately produced." Based On Wilde's Play. "Salome" is based on Oscar Wilde's dramatic variant of the biblical story of the beheading of John the Baptist by Herod's order to satisfy the caprice of Salome. The presentation last Tuesday night at a benefit performance for Director Conreid was the sensation of the opera season in New York and excited a great amount of comment and criticism, mostly directed at the character of the text of the opera, the "Dance of the Seven Veils," performed by Salome before Herod, and the kissing of the lips of the severed head of John the Baptist by Salome. Not Consulted About Opera. Although disinclined to give out any in formation for publication, Mr.

Dodd inti mated that the directors of the Real Estate Company wrere offended because they had not been consulted about the production. "In the event of a clash between the two companies, what would be their legal position?" Mr. Dodd was asked. "We do not expect any legal conflict," was the reply. "We are the landlords and lessees and have with us many of the box holders.

We assume that the managing company will heed the protest. In former aays, wnen tne opera, uuuse was uuutr iuk Grau management, we were really con suited about new productions, which-are matters of moment, as their average cost was about $20,000. We have not been con suited about In this connection it is said that the production of was comparatively inexpensive from an operatlce standpoint, and that the costumes and scenery did not cost the management more than $10,000. Mr. Conried has been confined to his home bv illness for several weeks.

He has been afflicted with sciatica and other ex tremely painful nerve troubles that have resulted in execruclating tortures. Even while In the greatest physical agony he has retained his fullest mental energy, and though keeping away from the scene of his activity he has been in constant touch with his office by telephone and every move has been made under his direct Instructions. THE EMPEROR TAKES LEAYE OP CZAR Ambassador Meyer Gets The Alexander Nevski Order. IS RECEIVED LN GREAT STATE Russian Emperor Also Requests Mini To Convey Greetings To President Roosevelt. St.

Petersburg, Jan. Ambassador Meyer was received by Emperor Nicholas in special audience this afternoon and pre sented his letters of recall. Secretary Bliss assumed the direction of the American Embassy as charge d'affaire3 ad interim. At the conclusion of the audience, which lasted half an hour and was marked by great cordiality, the Emperor, Mr. Meyer's services as Ambassador having terminated with the presentation of his letters of re call, personally conferred on him the grand cordon of the Alexander Nevski Order, expressed regret at his departure and cordial wishes for his welfare, and asked him to transmit greetings to President Roosevelt.

The Order of Alexander Nevski is one of the highest in Russia and wTas founded by Empress Catherine II. The insignia consists of a broad scarlet ribbon worn across the breast and fastened at the hip with a jeweled cross and a large silver enameled star, worn on the left breast. Mr. Meyer's audience was attended by all the state ceremony of the Russian court. As a special mark of favor he was met in the Imperial pavilion of the railroad station at St.

Petersburg by Prince Dolgorouki, grand marshal of the court Count Hendrikoff and Baron Korlf, respectively first and second grand masters of the ceremonies, and Baron Ramsay, first gentleman of the bedchamber, who escorted him to and back to St. Pe tersburg. His Majesty's private train was provided for the trip. At the Tsarskoe-Selo Station Mr. Meyer entered a gilded state coach drawn by four white horses, with liveried outriders and an escort of the Emperor's -own Cossacks, and was driven to the palace In solitary gran deur, the court dignitaries following in other state coaches.

He was met at the palace by the Princess Galitzin. grand mistress of the court, and Count Bejikendorff, marshal of the court, and was conducted Immediately, Into the presence of the Emperor. After the pres entation of letters of recall the Emperor and the Empress engaged Mr. Meyer in informal conversation, expressing their regret at his departure. Mr.

Meyer will leave St. Petersburg January 29 and will attend the. fancy dress ball to be given by Ambassador and Mrs. Tower in Berlin next month. NATIONAL IRISH UNIVERSITY Purpose Of English Government To Establish One Announeed.

Dublin, Jan. 26. Replying at Dublin Castle to deputations representing Presbyterian and Catholic Interests, James Bryce, the newly appointed Ambassador of Great Britain to the United States, outlined the intention of the Government to create a national university for Ireland. He said the Government had decided to create a new eollege in Dublin entirely free from any theological This college is to be furnished with adequate buildings and apparatus, its governors at first to be appointed by the Crown, but subsequently partly by the Crown and partly by the teaching staff, and an annual sum sufficient to place the college on a proper footing will be granted. When this new college is established the Royal University of Dublin Is to be dissolved and converted Into a national university for Ireland, comprising Trinity College, Dublin, the new college and the existing colleges at Belfast and Cork.

Mr. Bryce said he hoped these proposals would receive fair consideration and would be the means of overcoming the difficulties that for too long have stood in the way of a settlement of this question. DAMAGE TO CONNECTICUT Battleship Reported To Have 50-Foot Indenture. San Juan, P. Jan.

26. According to (nfM-mollnn nljtninpfl hrf which, howpvpr cannot be verified, the damage sustained by the United States oattiesnip Connecticut when ehe ran on a reef while entering the harbor of Culebra Island, consisted of an indenture forward 50 feet long. It is also said that 7,000 feet of lumber and 30 bar rels of cement were used to stop tne battleship's leaks. of inouirv Is investisatini: the accident, the responsibility for which is not known. SAYS HE CAN CURE LEPROSY Commission Reports Dr.

Dnn.ue, Of Havana, Found Remedy. Havana. Jan. 26. A commission appint- e.d by the Government has turned in a re port to the effect Tnac nr.

mauas nuque, whn Is in charee of the Hospital for Con tagious Diseases, probably has discovered a cure for leprosy' Two lepers were turned over to the doc tor several years ago for experimental pur poses; and today these persons have no ex torior traces of the disease and are gain ing notably in weight. Seve.ral other cases treated by Dr. Duque are in various stages nf imnrovement. rr Dunne's experiments have been along the line of what he terms the "red man- prnvp tree" treatment, tie ciaims to nave discovered this treatment as a result of his study to find a cure for his sister, who suffered from leprosy and whom he has suc ceeded in curing. NAVAL SUPPLY SHIP DISABLED Arethusa's Cylinder Head Blows Out At Start Of Voyage.

New York, Jan. 26. As the United States supply boat Arethusa.was proceed-ni nt fho. hnrbor today, bound for the wo TnrHoa with suonly of coal, merchan dise and fresh water for the North Atlantic emmflpnn th head of one ot Her nign-nres onr viriinrWa hiw out and the vessel was towed back to the navy yard for repairs. It is expected that tne Aretnusa cargo win be transferred to the Brutus.

Latest News Of The Shipping. Delaware Breakwater, Jan. 2S. Passed out. stmr New York, from Philadelphia for Norfolk, etc.

Fensacola, Jan. 26. Cleared, stmr Buck-minster (Br), for. Palermo; barkentine Beatrice (Ital), Montevideo Bailed 26th, stmrs StrathneYis (Br), for Hamburg; Sheppy Allison (Br), Oran..