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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE FOUR O'CLOCK. NEW YORK CITY. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 190S.

VOL. 69. NO. 342 26 PAGES, LNCLUDIXG PICTURE SECTION. THREE CENTS.

GEN. WORTHINGTON STRICKEN. LOCAL WEATHER Fair and moderating weather to-nftthtj Friday, eenrrally fair and narmeri llelil variable lTlnda, becoming east to onthcaat. CURES!) WILL REBUKE PRESIDENT FOR HIS SLUR LAST IRE IS STRONG FOR OUR BIGGEST BRIDGE PROTESTS FROM BROOKLYN AGAINST PASSAIC SEWER THREE ROBBERS HOLD UP GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN VEBY COLD IN ADIRONDACKS. Malone, N.

December 10 Extreme winter weather prevails throughout the Adirondack region. The mercury began to tumble yesterday and this morning new low marks for tho were reached at Beaver Lake, where thermometers stood at 28 degrees below zero: at Loon Lake, where 20 below was registered, and at Lake Titus, where 18 degrees below was reported. Extreme cold was reported from many other outlying sections. Fine sleighing is reported la some districts. Only living Pall Bearer of Lincoln Has Fit of Apoplexy.

Washington, December 10 General Henry O. Worthlngton, a former member of Congress from Nevada, the only living pallbearer at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln, was stricken with apoplexy on the floor of the House shortly after noon today. Ha was conveyed to a cloakroom in a critical condition. Because of his four score years, General Worthlngton'a friends view his illness with alarm. He fell heavily to the floor In the center aisle, and members at once went to his assistance.

Representative Burton of Delaware, who Is a physician, pronounced the case apoplexy, having given the stricken man medical attention after be was taken to his home in this city. General Worthlngton at one time also was minister to Uruguay and the Argentine Republic. GUNNING LIGENSES MAY GO Law Providing for Them Said to Be Unconstitutional. Its Eepeal by Next Legislature Looked For, With That Proriding for Oystennen's Certificates. There is a general demoralisation in the office of the counsel for the Forest, Fish and Game Commission as a result of the decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the judgment for penalties for alleged violations of the game law in selling Imported grouse in the State of New York during the open season.

It is now said that a close examination of the state law providing for gunners licenses bss found the law to be so full of holes that It will undoubtedly be declared unconstitutional If brought before the courts, as It is to be at an early date. Under this act a fee of 1.10 Is collected from gunners living In the county and over $20 from non-residents. Over J80.000 was collected from this source last year, and eighty state game protectors who had their salaries raised from $600 to (1,000 are paid largely from the proceeds of this fund. About 4,000 licenses were Issued Suffolk County alone the past year, and the state protectors are busy looking after the proposed new licensees the com ing year. About z.lou were Issued in Nassau County.

The collection of $1 from each of about 600 oystermen on Long Island for a certificate as to their oysters being In good sanitary condition is also to be attacked. And It Is the general opinion that it will go down at the first assault, as there Is declared to be no authority In the statutes for such charge. The law makes It a misdemeanor td sell oysters that are not in good condition, but requires no certificate. BROOKLYN'S FIVE DELEGATES. Will Say Something for the Improve.

ment of Jamaica Bay at Washington. Eagle Bureau, 608 'Fourthteonth Street. Washington December 10 Brooklyn has five delegates here attending the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, all of whom were sent by the Jamaica Bay Improvement Association. They Include Representatives Charles B. Law and John J.

Fitzgerald, N. B. Killmer. secretary of the Jamaica Bay Improvement Association; Addson Wheeler and E. Piatt Stratton of Flatbush.

While the congress is supposed to restrict Itself to discussion of policies and not projects, there will bo opportunity for the Brooklyn men to say a good word for the plan to improve Jamaica Bay. Calvin Tompkins, representing the New-York Board of Trade and Transportation, made a speech before the congress today. In which he dwelt at length upon the desirability of large federal appropriations for the Improvement of the port of New York. He said it is essential to provide addtonal termnal facilities at that port for Bteamshlps, and referred to the merits of the Jamaica Bay improvement projects. Mr.

Wheeler expects to say something about the latter proposition when informal discussion Is entered upon. There are ninety delegates from New-York State to ths congress, and they have decided to form a state organization In order to keep abreast of the Southern and Western stales, which" are energetically working for local waterway improvements. Through the suggestion of Mr. Killmer it was arranged that the first meeting of the state organisation shall be held in Brooklyn on the occasion of the meeting the Academy of Music on January 21 and 22. called by the Manufacturers Association.

At this meeting plans will be perfected for a strong organization, which will urge upon Congress the necessity for making liberal appropriations for the betterment of waterways of New York State. DAVIS IS ACQUITTED. Declared Not Guilty of Murder of Dr. Rustin of Omaha. Omaha.

December 10 After thirteen hours deliberation, the Jury In the Diaries E. Davis, charged with the murder, on the morning of September 2, of Dr. Frederick T. Rustin, at 6:15 -nin agreed upon a verdict of not guilty. Two hours later Judge Sears received the verdict ana oraereu iuo nf the nrlsoner.

It required nineteen ballots to reach an agreement. The first stood eleven to one for acquittal of the charge of murder In the first degree. The lone juror maintained his position for four ballots, and after that was joined by another in voting for convic tion on a lesser cnans. Th. had Attracted unusual atten tion not only because of the prominence of the victim of the killing, who was one of the leading physicians and surgeons of the city, and the mystery surrounding the tragedy, but because of the family connections oi toe uuicuuuiil.

ahuuuku himself holding but a minor position in the First National Bank, Davis is the brother of tho vice president and uncle of the president, cashier and other officials of that Institution, and Is related to men prominent in financial affairs In New York City. It is not believed that any further prosecutions will be undertaken In connection with the killing of Dr. Rustin, unless unexpected evidence should be discovered. It was alleged that a suicide pact existed between Dr. Rustin and a woman, and that he killed himself, but she failed to do so.

WOOD BELIEVES IN WAK. (Special to the Eagle.) Washington, December 10 At the banquet of the Order of the Caraboo In this city last night, Majer General Leonard Wood said: "Yes, I believe In war. I think it Is one of the great forces of civilisation, and do not think it ought to be abolished. It Is a safeguard for the progress of the race," 12 PERSONS INJURED In Wreck of North Coast Limited at McKenzie, N. D.

Bismarck, N. D-, December 10 Ths wreck of tho westbound North Coast limited at McKenzie, twenty miles east of here last night is considered one of the luckiest in the annals of railroading. Going fifty miles an hour, and containing more than 200 people, the train struck a broken rail, turned over, and went down a 10-foot embankment without killing anybody. Tweive persons were injured. The engine got over safely but the tendor went off the track and waB followed by the baggage car and mall car.

A coupling broke and tha three day coaches, two sleepers and the observation car whirled down an embankment Into a deep snowdrift. The hard packed snow saved the train from destruction. Eight babies on the train were not even scratched. OFFICE WAS A BEAR-GARDEN Alderman Morrison Center of Reviling Clerks. Wait to Protest to Controller Metz Against Paying for Work on Canvass.

There was an exciting time In the Controller's office In Manhattan yesterday afternoon at a hearing held for the purpose of finding out what basis there Is in the allegation made by Alderman Morrison of the Enghteeuth District that there was graft in the recently conducted canvass. Morrison was accompanied by Dr. George W. Brush of the Brooklyn League, who was prepared to back up the charges. Other Aldermen present were Bent, Gunther and Dlemer.

Dr. Brush went away somewhat abruptly when the hearing developed into a verbal war between the aldermen. In effect Alderman Morrison charges that the canvass was unduly prolonged, and that the clerks employed did not do their proper share of the work. In support of his contention, Morrison employed a couple of clerks at bis own expense, and copied a number of records the canvass, showed la the aldermen's room, in the night time. He made a protj.it to Controller Metz against paying the clerks employed by the official and yesterday was set dwon for a hearing.

When Morrison got to the controller's office he found Aldermen Bent, Gunther and Dremer there, and. it is said today, asked speciflcially that each man bo excluded from the room. The three aldermen naturally protested, and soon a group of the canvasser's clerks, who had gathered there, bejran to make hostile demonstrations against Morrison. In a short time the room was In an uproar. Epithets that would not even grace the gutter were hurled on all sides, and to prevent actual physical fighting the police were called in.

The Brooklyn aldermen practically united this morning in denouncing Morrison. Threats of slander suits were heard on all sides and ttn effective oycott. of tha Eighteenth District slates is looked forward to by hits colleagues. The trouble between Morrison and tho other aldermen arose when the committees were appointed. A place sought by him went to Alderman Gunther and the Cifllcultv began.

MOTHER'S PLEA AVAILED Judge Marean Awarded the Custody of Little Son. Was Granted a Separation From Husband on the Charge of Abandonment. (Special to the Eagle.) Minopla, December 10 One of the most dramatic scenes ever witnessed here occurred this morning, when Mrs. Clara A. Russell, a frail little woman, pleaded with Justice Marean, in the Supreme Court, for the custody of her 3-year-old son, after having had her petition for separation from her husband, William J.

Russell, on the grounds og abandonment, granted. On the witness stand she said that she had married Russell in Brooklyn on April 9, 1904, and that their troubles had started when he began to come home intoxicated, which he did once month; that the worry over this had gradually undermined her health, and when her child was born, in August. 100G. she was a complete nervous wreck. She testified that she went to Augusta.

in hope of recuperating her strength and that while site was there her husband had gone to live with his aunt at 200 Hooper street, Brooklyn. About May 25 last she returned to Brooklyn and went to her husband's aunt's home, where she was given a cool reception, being informed that "there was no room there for her." She then went to live with Mrs. Mary Powell at Wantagh. Nassau County, where she had to pay J6 a week tor her rocm and board, which was $1 more than her husband would allow her. he maintaining that $5 was sufficient.

William Russell, the husband, was put on the stand, and testified that he had failed In business, he being a real estate dealer, and that he was therefore unable to support his wife. He testified that she had a violent temper: that she used drugs, and had 'Tilled their child with drugs," and was not a fit person to have the custody of the child. Mrs. Russell turned around to the judge and with tears streaming from her eyes and arms outstretched begged for her boy. Justice Marean said that, after weighing the evidence, he did not see where he was doing the child an injury by giving It Into the hands of Its mother, as that was where it belonged, and that he had never yet found it necessary to separate a mother from her own.

He then turned the child over to Its mother, saying that the father could see it occasionally. carnegiFiVexcused. Will Not Appear Before Tariff Committee Until Next Week. Washington, December 10 At to-day'B meeting of the House Ways and Means Committee, which is devoting its efforts to a revision of the tariff, witnesses were sworn for the first time since the hearings began. Andrew Carnegie, who was served with a subpoena last night to appear at the hearing to-day.

asked that he be excused until some day next week. His request was granted, but the day on which he will testify bas not been set. Robert S. Hastings of Philadelphia, chairman of the committee representing tho gold leaf imiulry. to-day SBked the committee for a slight increase In the duty on gold leaf- E.

H. McCullough of Phliadedphia, president of a coal ccro-pany, opposed any Plan coal the free list. Atlantic Yacht Club Doesn't Want Jersey Sewage Floating Around Sea Gate. DANGERT0 HULLSAND HEALTH Jerseymen Seek Permission to Dump 360,000,000 Gallons of Filth Daily Into New York Bay. The hearing in the matter of the application of the Passaic Valley Sewer Commission for permission to empty the proposed trunk sewer of the Passaic Valley Into New York Bay at Robbins Reef was resumed In tho Army Building in Manhattan this morning.

Colonel Lockwood at the opening of the meeting read a letter from representatives of the Atlantio Yacht Club at Sea Gate, Coney Island, protesting against the emptying of sewage of the Passaic Valley Into the Bay of Now York. Another letter was read from Wallace Downey, president of a yacht building company at the foot of Twenty-third street, Brooklyn, protesting against further pollution and stating that the income for his company had decreased GO per cent, within a few years, owing to the action of the polluted water on the hulls and fittings of the vessels near his plant. The first witness was Dr. Daniel D. Jackson, consulting engineer of the Brooklyn water system.

He went into details as to the condition of the Bewoge disposal In Boston Harbor. Ho said that the tidal conditions were somewhat similar to those in New York. He found that after being screened four times there wa3 practically no diffusion with the salt water. Ho said that because o. the difference In specific gravity of the sewage and the water, the sewage came to the surface, and there spread out.

He said that he believed the proposed sewer would cause the sewage to practically cover the surface of the bay and even on the rllsng tide to flow up around Manhattan Island. The witness said that after a time the solid matter would sink to the bottom i nereby Inter fering with Its navigation. Questioned by Colonel Knight, witness said that In Boston about 500 parts out of a million became sediment and sank to the bottom of the harbor. A hundred gallons of sewage a day per capita is a fair estimate for Boston, and that would be about the same rate as in the Passalo Valley. As a practical navigator, Captain Parsons of tho Maritime Exchange testified to the evidences of the floating effluvia.

Ho told from his experience of the appearance of the lighter sewage following the currents of tho bay. The heavier offal was washed against the shores, and the results on the vessels was decidedly damaging. Ha cited Newtown Creek as an especially bad example of this fact. The wooden vessels suffered from tse sewage, an deven tha metal-kaeled boats were also damaged. The white-painted hulls it1 at were "moored In Newtowu I Creek were blackened nr.d Irreparably marred.

Sunken vossels, he further said, in the harbor took on a coatod sediment that rendered the work of raising them much more difficult than it would be under ordinary circumstances. Professor Olln H. Landreth, dean of the Engineering Department of the Union University, and for ten years consulting engineer of the State Sewerage Commission, was called to give his opinion. In Bpeaking of the constant flow of the offal in the harbor he estimated that half of tho water that passed through tha narrows returned to the bay through the same channel on tho turning side. Bor-lngB in the harbor proved that the matter accumulated on the bottom for a foot or two was composed of the sewage that flowed into- the bay.

The Blopes of tho bay, too, held deposits that varied between two and twelve feet close to the shore. Comparing New York Harbor and Boston Harbor he showed that Boston had six outlets to the sea while New York Bay fouud its way practically through but one outlet. The sanitary aspect of the sewage disposal was keenly appreciated by Governor Hughes, said Maurice B. Dean, counsel for tho Metropolitan Sewerage Commisssion. i who told of an Interview he had with the governor.

The matter, declared Mr. Dean, should be taken up by the State Board of Health, as the local boards had no opportunities to cope with the situation. In telling of tho extent of the sewage flowing into the harbor, ho said that 600.000.000 gallons of sewage was disposed of dally in New York Harbor. The permission to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission would carry with It the addition of 120.000,000, to a maximum of 360.000.000 gallons per day. As an alternative.

Mr. Dean proposed that the I'assaica commissioners should lnstal a sprinkler filter which would cost less than the construction of the tunnels of the disposal plant. The cost of yearly maintenance, he admits would be more expensive, but the eventual results would justify the outlay. MRS. PETERS GOES FREE.

Had Been Arrested in Connection With Black Hand Case Evidence Was Lacking. Holding that the examination before Magistrate Iligginbotham did not produce facts enough to warrant the holding of the woman. Supreme Court Justice Maddox has discharged from custody Mary Peters, 27 years old, and a very handsome young woman, who was arrested on November 24 last, under circumstances that were quite peculiar, the detective making tho arrest claiming that Mr3. Peters was somehow mixed up In a "Black Har.d" extortion case. Her attorneys, the firm of Winder Datore, sued out a writ of habeas corpus, and after a hearing before Justice Maddox, in which Assistant District Attorney Peter P.

Smith represented the prosecution, tho woman was set free from Jail. The circumstances under which the yoting woman was arrested were fully told at the time. A wealthy butcher, George Botjer. of 673 Hicks street, turned over to the police letters demanding that he pay $500 to the alleged "Black Handera." Four detectives were assigned to the case and a trap was laid for tho person who would show up at tho appointed place to get the money. Mrs.

Peters was arrested after, according to the detectives, she had secured the fake package of money. When Mrs. Peters told her story in tho prisoners pen in the Adams street station, however, a new phase was given to the curious case. She had been separated from her husband, she then said, and he had been ordered to pay her alimony, but hadn't, so she had him up on contempt proceedings, but he had left the jurisdiction of the court, she said, and she hadn't seen him for two years. Recently she received a letter from her husband, she said, and in it she was told to go to a certain address and meet him, but if he wasn't thero she was to loook in a certain place, where she would find something for herself and children.

That Is the wny she came to be arrested. She Is now back with her mother, at 671 Hicks tsrect, and says that she Is looking for her husband to charge him with abandonment. Mayor Mans the Engine Which Draws the Slender Strand Across the River. A NEW CONSTRUCTION RECORD In Exactly Four Months 24,000 Miles of Wire Have Been Strung Between Anchorages. I The last lap of the 24,000 miles of acid steel wire over the 350 foot towers ot the new Manhattan Bridge waa strung at 2 o'clock this afternoon by Mayor Me-Clellan, who manned the engine at the.

Brooklyn anchorage which hauled the string over the span. Thus the stringing of the wires forming the four big 2Wi Inch cables was completed and a new world record was established In the construction of these great cables, which are to suspend the main superstructure of the greatest bridge of Its type in tha world. Bridge Commissioner Stevenson, the engineers of the Bridge Department and other city officials were present, the event being glorified with an impromptu celebration and the serving of a luncheon In one of the bridge offices near the scene of this afternoon's work. Frank B. Robinson, the president of the Carbon Steel Company, which has the contract for the construction of the cables and which furnishes the finely tempered steel used In the vital portions of the big structure, was the host.

There was a large crowd on hand to wltaness the completion of the cable stringing work by Mayor McClellan, and as the engine which he manned drew the long wire over the tower tho spectators let forth a cheer and the floating craft within sighting distance of the bridge tooted out salutes to the men who had accomplished what Bridge Commissioner Stevenson characterized as the world's record in cable stringing. At the same moment flags were unfurled from the towers of all the bridges and the piers. Besides President Robinson and other officers of the Carbon Steel Company, there were present officers of the Glyndon Contracting Company, which does the erecting for the Carbon All the workmen were on hand and they were given a prominent part in tho celebration, being personally congratulated for the efforts thoy put forth on the work. They were treated by their employers toi good things to eat and drink. At the informal luncheon which was Berved to the guests Bridge Commissioner Stevenson, elated over the progress made in the work, which has received hf special attention, made a little epeeoa.

In which he said: "The completion to-day of the work of stringing the wires composing the cable of the Manhattan Bridge establishes a new record In this kind of work, and one. which will draw the attention of the en- tire engineering world. The operation of; stringing the 24,000 miles of wires In. these great cables, which are Inches in diameter, has consumed Just four' months to a day, and since the construction of the foot bridge which the men-use as a -working platform only- sir months have elapsed. I think that the Carbon Steel Company and the Glyndon Contracting Company should be highly commended, not only because of their most expert staff of engineers and workmen, but also because they have brought Into use, with a view to economy, safety and speed, the most up-to-date machinery and processes.

Never before has a similar work proceeded with such clockwork precision, and such scientific exactness, and the new world record established, both as to quality and quantity of the work, is a source of much gratification to myself and those associated wit me in the Department of Bridges." Although the mayor did not make a stated speech at the celebration, he sari that he, too, was gratified at the rapid progress. Commissioner Stevenson said that the prospects were good for beginning the work of attaching stringers to the cables on February 1. The entire steel superstructure may be completed, he said, by the beginning of next winter. The Manhattan Bridge, when complete, will be the greatest suspension span in the world. Its cables are 239 feet longer and 2H inches larger in diameter than those of the- Williamsburg Bridge, which hold the world's record until to-day.

The new bridge will be provided with eight railroad tracks, four on the lower deck and four on the supper, having a traffic capacity of 200.000 passengers an hour one way, or 400,000 passengers an hour east and west. In addition, there will be a center roadway, 33 feet wide, and two cantilever foot paths, 12 feet wide, one on each side. Including the approaches, the bridge will be feet long; the main span, from pier to pier, 1.470 feet long. The four big cables weigh 6.300 tons, and are composed ot 37.SS8 galvanized acid steel wires, 9,472 in. each cable, with an aggregate end-to-end length almost sufficient to reach around the worid.

Each wire in the cables has. an ultimate strength of 215,000 pounds toj the square inch, while the cables them-', selves are subjected to a working load, distributed upon the bridge of 60.00J pounds to the square Inch, or a congested load of 73,000 pounds to the squars inch. The strel suspenders that are to sus- pend the superstructure of the bridge 1 from the cables will have an aggregate weight of 8.000 tone. The steel towers over which the cables are swung are S4i! feet high, or 90 feet higher than the towers of the Williamsburg Bridge. They are constructed on masonry piers which extend 92 feet below and 32 feet above moan water level.

The largest steel platos In these towers are 262 inches long, SS'-j inches wide and 2U inches thick, weighing each 16,460 pounds. They were rolied in the Carbon Stopl Mills in Pittsburg from ingots weighing eleven tons each. In the main superstructure of the bridge will be S.5fl tons of nickel steel, representing a blending of pounds of pure money-inetal nickel. The Manhattan and Brooklyn anchorages of tho br'dge are each 2:17 feet long by 1S2 feet wide, ami contain 113,000 cubic feet of masonry. The Manhattan Bridgp, including real estnto.

will cost something over EGGS DR0PPED-IN PRICE. Five Cents a Dozen Knocked Off by Farmers, Who Heard of High Prices. News of the high prices that eggs were fetching iu Wallabout Market and tho markets In Manhattan has reached the farmers in all parts of the country, and they have sent in thousands of crates of eggs by express to the relief ot the suffering millions. As a result of the first shipments, which arrived yesterday, eggs dropped from 4i cents per dozen, wholesale, to 43 cents, and with the very heavy receipts to-day they dropped 3 cents more, and are now selling at 40 cents. The express companies are rejoicing, and so are the dealers, for what threatened to become a famine in tile egg markets has been averted.

A corresponding drop in the prices of refrigerator eggs, which also sharply advanced early In the week, will naturally follow. Will Present Resolution in the House Condemning the Ex ecutive's Language. ARE AFRAID OF A "COME BACK" Wo One Anxious to Take the Lead Owing to Fear of Big Stick. Eagle Bureau, 608 Fourteenth Street. Washington, December 10 The hysteria whclh yesterday attacked members of the House as a result of the President's strictures on congressmen In connection with the Secret Service paragraph In the message, to-day gave way to calm determination to take some action In the way of a rebuke of the man In the White House.

Democrats and Republicans conferred amicably on the subject, and shortly after noon had agreed to the following programme, which will be carried ut unless the fear of the big stick aiould get the better of the desire for indication. A resolution will be drafted, asking for fie appointment of a committee of the fiembcrs of the House to take such action as may be necessary on that section of the President's message which jays that Congress placed a limitation on ike activity of Secret Service men because of the fear of Congressmen that Secret Service agents would be used to ucovcr their own misdoings. This solution is to be presented by a Republican, and will be unanimously adopted, then the committee will recommend to the House that the objectionable section of the message be permitted to lie on tho table, and not referred to a along with the other sections of the document. Then will follow a statement to the effect that the uso of the fffen-slvo language constitutes gross breach of privilege In Impugning the motive of Congress in enacting legislation. i It is also the Intention to follow this With a statement setting forth the constitutional rights of the two houses In passing such laws as may be deemed necessary, and of their right of exemption from criticisms of the kind employed by the President.

There will be nothing undignified or unseemly in the language of the resolution. The idea is to act with coolness and deliberation and inflict A thoroughly considered rebuke on the president, which will not give rise to a disastrous "come back" from the White House. Speaker Cannon is understood to have OK'd the foregoing plan, although Jie Is not to appear as an active figure tn the Incident. Champ Clark, the leader of the minority, has detailed Representative Wager Shirley of Kentucky to kct with the Republicans as a representative of the minority in tho matter. It has not yet been determined when the House will carry out this programme.

Nearly all tho Congressmen Beem to' believe that the Incident should be taken notice of and the resentmeut of tha House formally expressed. At the Bame time there Is a noticeable desire on the part of everybody to have the other fellow take the lead. Members of the House have profound respect for the hitting power of the big stick. The senators have talked of the matter, too. Senators Hale and Culberson, representing the Republicans and Democrats, conferred about tho affair to-day and agreed to let tho House take tho Initiative In the rebuking business, because tho legislation to which the President objects originated In that body.

The two leadci'3 have said, however, that if the House neglects its duty, tho Senate will take action. This statement was definitely made to-day by one of the Senate leaders. In the meantime the White House does not seem to bo at all disturbed by the storm aroused over the President's little paragraph in his message. There were no signs of apprehension at the President's headquarters to-day. Representative James B.

Perkins of New York has been chosen to present the preliminary resolution. Perkins is a Republican and a friend of the President. He is a stickler for propriety, however, and is one of the most aggrieved members of the House over the slur contained in the message. Perkins was conferring with senators at tho north end of the Capitol late this afternoon regarding the phraseology to be used in drafting the two resolutions. Some of the senators favor a motion in the Senate to expunge from the record the offensive section.

LUNCHEON TO MCCARREN. Brooklyn leader Meets Prominent Democrats in the House Bestaurant. Eagle Bureau, 608 Fourteenth strct. Washington, December 10 Representative Fitzgerald of Brooklyn gave his luncheon in honor of Senator Patrick H. McCarren at the House restaurant today.

Around a large table the Brooklyn Itepresentative gathered his guests as follows: Champ Clark, the leader of the House minority; Representative Clayton of Alabama, the temporary chairman of the Democratic convention at Denver; Representative Hitchcock of Nebraska, friend and adviser of William J. Bryan; Representative Ollie James of Kentucky, another staunch Bryan supporter; Representative Ryan of Buffalo, John Sharp Williams, formerly the minority leadei who is soon to become a senator, and Fred B. Lynch of Minnesota, the political manager of Governor John A. Johnson. The party attracted some little attention from other diners In the restaurant.

Of course there was no occasion at the luncheon for the laying of plans to sidetrack Bryan, and nothing more Important happened than the exchange of good fellowship that was an Incident to the enjoyment of a good luncheon. WAGES AT NAVY YARD. The Board of Wages of tlje Brooklyn Navy Yard will conclude Its series of dally sessions to-morrow afternoon. It has been sitting daily for the past two weeks and has listened to the petitions of every trade employed in the yard for Increases In wages during the coming year. It has been authoritatively stated that the recommendation of this board will be that the wages of the mechanical forces of the yard be increased about 10 per or.

an amount commensurate with the increase granted recently to the clerical forco. Loot the Mail Car, But Overlook $20,000 in the Ex. press Car. FIREMAN'S PRESENCE OF MIND He Uncouples the Treasure Coach and Robbers Bun Off Best of the Train. December 10 Three men held up eastbound Great Northern train No, 4, a mile and a half east of Hlllyard, this state, at an early hour this morning, robbed the mall car and made their escape.

Only tho presence of mind of W. Perrln, the fireman, prevented the looting of the express car. which carried a large amount of money; including 120,000 consigned from a Spokane bank to a Montana town. The train had slowed down in the yard at Hlllyard, when three men, all armed with revolvers, crawled over the tender, and covering the engineer and fireman, ordered the train to be brought to a stop a little over a mile from the station. The enginemen obeyed, and when the train had come to a standstill the bandits forced the engineer and fireman to leave tho cab.

Wbile two of the robbers stood guard over the. engineer the other took Fireman Perrln back to uncouple the mall and express cars from tho rest of the train. In tho darkness the bandit failed to note. that the first car was the mail, while t.he baggag6, and the express car, which contained the de sired booty, was third. In the train.

Per rln saw this mistake, and quickly taking advantage of it, In spite of the menacing revolver held close to his head, cut off the mail and baggage cars, leaving the express car attached to the dead train. The robbers then left the engineer and fireman with the train and boarded the locomotive, and themselves ran it several miles', east, where they brought it to a stop, rifled he mall car, then again boarded tho engine, uncoupling It from the cars, which they left on the track, and proceeded three miles to Mead. There a rig was awaiting them and they made their escape. Mead Is only ten miles from Spokane, and It Is supposed that the bandits were on their way to Spokane. The amount of their booty la unknown.

CASTRO IN FRANCE. He Arriyes at Bordeaux and No Objection Is Bordeaux, Fptnco, Docomber i'i--President Castro of Venesuela, arrived here to-day from La Guayra. The French steamer Guadeloupe, on which ho left Venezuela November 23, docked at Paull-lac. A representative of Foreign Minister Plchon boarded the steamer and had an Interview with after which the president and the members of his party came up to Bordeaux on a private car. The president was greeted at the railroad station by the Venezuelan colony.

Tin party then got Into automobiles and wer-j driven to a hotel. The president of Venozuela camo down the gangplank of the Guadeloupe escorting his sister. The weather was cold and it was raining. The party proceeded to the private car, where the president received a number of French merchants doing business with Venezuela. Both at Paulllac and Bordeaux President Castro was presented with flowers.

The police are watching a third class passenger on the Guadeloupe, whose attitude toward the Venezuelan president Is considered suspicious. This man Is a Syrian, and is one of a group of traders coming from Venezuela. Paris Decemher 1n Tim Prcn.h r.n,.. ernment apparently is reconsidering its nuuuue lowara rrestaent castro. Foreign Minister Plchon was occupied with tile OUCStlon.

of ills, landing In Franix. tho entire morning. definite statement probably will be Issued later In tho day. BURGLAR CHASE IN WOODS. Thieves Caught at Work in Bungalow Near Patchogue Dropped Loot and Got Away.

Special to the Eagle.) Patchogue, L. December 10 The upper end of the Forest Lakes section, to the north of Patchogue, was the scene of an exciting burglar chaso last night, in which the burglars escaped. Charles and Samuel Perry, who live not far away from the bungalow of John V. Van Pelt, a New York architect, noticed a light in the bungalow, which Is located on a slight bluff overlooking Patchogue Lake, and knowing that Che Van Pelts had loft for the winter, started to investigate. They found that the front door had been smashed in and there saw three men at work inside packing up stuff.

The burglars heard the Perrys, and started to run and a lively chase through the woods ensued. The burglars held on to their loot until one of the Perrys shot his gun in the air to frighten the men ahead, who then dropped what they bad and finally disappeared. This stuff was recovered, although It is not known how much had been stolen before. It Is believed the burglars had a wagon ready to cart off their stealings. From a description given by the Perrys, It Is believed the three burglars can be apprehended.

OFFICIAL CANVASS FILED. (Special-to the Eagle.) Albany, December 10 Secretary of State Whalen to-day received from the Kings County Clerk the official canvass of Kings County, the last of sixty-one of the slate to file Its returns. The county adhered to Its usual custom of being the last to forward Its returns. The state board of canvassers has been called to meet at the office of the secretary of state December 15, at 11 A.M.. to canvass the vote cast at the recent election.

The official canvass figures of Kings County have already been published In the Eagle. MME. NAZIMOVA INJURED. Lincoln, December 10 Mme. Ntz-Imova, the actress, who appeared here last night, was severely Injured by fall ing while entering the stage.

It is feared that her arm was fractured, but by carrying It in a sling she was able to perform her parrt TEA FOR THE FLEET. Colombo, Ceylon, December 18 The American fleet Is expected to arrive here on December 14 and to depart on the 20th. Because no official information respecting Its Intended visit was received until very recently, the arrangements for the reception have been rather meager. A committee of thirty has been put In charge of the matter, and among the arrangements made ta one to present five pounds of tea to each officer and one pound to each man In the fleet. TAFT HAS BUSY DAYS Reunion of His Philippine Party to Be Held To-night.

Overwhelmed Wi1' Callers in Wash- ington, and Also Visits the President. Washington, December 10 A reunion of the now famous Taft Philippine party will be held to-night in this city, when those who crossed the Pacific with the then secretary of war will sit down to dinner with the President-elect as the guests of Miss Mabel Boardman. Mr. Taft at Drcscnt Is a house guest at Miss Boardman's homo on Dupont Circle. Following the dinner a reception will be tendered to the party at the home of Mrs.

Mary Scott Townsend, where Mr. and Mrs. Taft dined last night; Mr. Taft will be a luncheon guest today at the home of Mrs. General Clarence Edwards, and later in the afternoon he will be a guest at the Long-worth residence, where he will confer with the members of the House Ways and Means Committee on the tariff.

To-morlMW and Saturday, Mr, Taft will be kept a large part of both days lit conference with members of the committee. On Friday he will be a luncheon guest at the home of Mrs. Gaff, and later will attend a reception to be tendered him by the Congressional Club, an organization of the wives of senators and representatives. Ho will be the guest also on Friday, of Mrs. Beekman Wln-throp.

Mr. Taft will round out a busy week on Saturday night by attending the dinner of the Gridiron Club, at the New Wlllard Hotel, departing on the midnight train for New York City. President-elect Taft was overwhelmed with callers who came to see him at the Boardman residence throughout this Dtvrnlug. The list Included conferences Ith Clarence Dodge of Denver, John M. Vrker of Louisiana, Willard Straight, United States consul at Hukden; Senator Long of Kansas, Senator Curtis of Kansas, Kepre6entatlva Currier of New Hampshire, Representative Gardner of Massachusetts, Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese; minister; Mr.

Rogers, the law officer of the Panama Canal Commission; Francis B. Loomis, E. J. Stellwogen, chairman of the inaugural committee; Senator Taliaferro of Florida. Senator Brlggs of New Jersey, Newell Sanders of Tennessee and others.

Mr. Taft called on President Roosevelt at the Whfta House shortly after noon. At 3 o'clock this afternoon he will meet a committee of the Trans-Mississippi Congress at' the residence of Thomas F. Walsh of Colorado. 'THREE OVERCOME BY GAS Mrs.

Bertinger's Children Had Narrow Escape. Little Tot Turned On Gas for Stove, but Did Not Light It Found Unconscious. When Mrs. Sarah Bertinger, who lives in three rooms on the third floor of a five-story tenement at 636 Metropolitan avenue, returned from her marketing about noon to-day, she found her three children nearly asphyxiated by illuminating gas. Mrs.

Bertingcr went out to get food for dinner and in order to insure the safety of her children, put them in bed, locking the door after her. Her children are Tlllie. 4 years old; Rose, 3 years old, and Sadie, a year and a hair. When sho returned half an hour later she detected the odor of gas and screamed. People in the house ran to the room, turned off the gas and called an ambulance.

When Dr. MacMabon and Dr. Gibson came from St. Catherine's Hospital they found the three children unconscious. Tillie was in a worse condition than the others and the doctors worked over her nearly an hour before they could revive her.

Dr. MacMahon said that if they bad been fifLeen minutes later the child would have been dead. The other children were more easily restored to consciousness. After Tillie bad been revived sho told her mother that she got out of bed to light a gas with which the rooms aro heated. She she turned on the gas, but for some reason could not light the stove.

Then she thought she heard her mother coming and she jumped into bed, without having turned off the gas. Mrs. Bertinger did not arrive until fifteen minutes later. Dr. MacMahon wanted to remove the children to the hospital, but the mother would not allow it.

The father Is employed as a driver. BECKWITH TO GET $39,300. Jury Awards a Big Verdict to Contractor in a Suit Against New York City. The case of Clinton Beckwith against the City of New York, which has been on trial before Justice Brady in Manhattan, for the last three weeks and a half, ended this morning in a verdict by the jury for tho plaintiff in tho sum of $3iV 300.63. The case arose out of a contract which Beckwith had with the City of New York for improving the spillway and the channel of the East Branch Reservoir in Putnam County, N.

in 1H3. Beckwith claimed that he was required to perform the work in a manner not called for by tho contract, which largely increased his expenses. The case was hotly contested, and Issue was sharply joined on questions of fact and authority, the Jury deciding in each case for tho plaintiff upon the facts. The firm of Edward M. Grout and Paul Grout of 111 Broadway, represented the plaintiff, and the corporation counsel was represented by Assistant Corporation Counsel R.

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