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*K- IC SHIP Titanic Is Literally Disemboweled by Submerged Floe While Speeding. PLACID SEA HIDES DEATH Little Shock Is FeK Wheff Vessel Strikes--Passengers for Half an Hour Believe Damage Is 8light --Pathetic Stories of Sur­ vivors. New York, April 19.--It was the sub­ merged spur of an iceberg of ordi­ nary proportions that sent the Whit© Star liner Titanic more than two miles to the bottom of the Atlantic off the banks of Newfoundland. The vessel was steaming almost full tilt, through a gently swelling sea and under a star­ lit sky, in charge of First Officer Mur- dock, who a moment after the colli­ sion surrendered the command to Cap­ tain Smith, who went down with his boat. The lifeboats that were launched were not filled to their capacity. The general feeling aboard the ship was, even after the boats had left its sides, that the vessel would survive its wound, and the passengers who were left aboard believed almost up to the last moment that they had a chance (or their lives. The captain and officers behaved with the utmost gallantry and there was perfect order and discipline in the launching of the boats and after all hope had been abandoned for the salvation of the ship for thosf who were on board. Just before it went down the Ti­ tanic broke its back. Placid Sea Hides Death. The great liner was plunging through a comparatively placid sea on the surface of which there was much mushy ice and here and there a number of comparatively harmless looking floes. The night was clear and stars visible. Chief Officer Mur- dock was in charge of the bridge. The first intimation of the presence Of the iceberg that he reoeived was from the lookout in the crow's nest. They were so close upon the berg at this moment that it was practically impossible to avoid a collision with it. The first officer did what other un- startled and alert commanders would have done under similar circum­ stances--that is, he made an effort •by going full speed ahead on his star­ board propeller and reversing his port propeller, simultaneously throwing his helm over, to make s rapid turn and clear the berg. Rips Bottom Open. These maneuvers were not suoess- ful. He succeeded in preventing his Bow from crashing into the ioe cliff, but nearly the entire length of the great ship on the starboard side was ripped. The speed of the Titanic, estimated to be at least twenty-one knots, was so terrific that the knifelike edge of the iceberg's spur protruding under the sea cut through her like a can opener. ^ The shock was almost impercept­ ible. The first officer did not appar­ ently realize that the great ship had reoeived its death wound and none of the passengers it is believed bad the slightest suspicion that anything more than a usual minor accident bad hap­ pened. Hundreds who had gone to their berths and were asleep were not awakened by the vibration. Return to Card Game. To illustrate the placidity with which, practically all the men re- «ardOT accident it is related that four whoNftere in the smoking room playing bridge calmly got up from the table, and, after walking on deck and looking over the rail, returned to their game. One of them had left his cigar on the card table, and while the three others were gazing out on the sea he remarked that he couldn't afford to lose his smoke, returned for his cigar, and came out again. The four remained only for a few moments on deck. They resumed their game under the impression that the ship had stopped for reasons best known to the commander and not in­ volving any danger to her. The ten­ dency of the whole ship's company ex­ cept the men in the engine depart­ ment, who were made aware of the danger by the itlrushing water, was to make light of it and in some instances even to ridicule the thought of danger to so substantial a fabric. Slow to Realize Peril. Within a few minutes stewards and other members of the crew were sent round to arouse the people. Some ut­ terly refused to get up. The stewards had almost to foroe the doors of the staterooms to make the somnolent ap­ preciate their peril. Mr. and Mrs. Astor were fn their room and saw the ice vision flash by. They had not appreciably felt the gen­ tle., shock and supposed then nothing out of the ordinary had happened. They were both dressed and came on deck leisurely. It was not until the ship began to take a heavy list to starboard that a tremor of fear pervaded it. Launch Boats Safely. The crew had been called to clear away the lifeboats, of which there were twenty, four of which were col­ lapsible. The boats that were lowered on the port side of the ship touched the wtfieV without capsizing. Some of the others lowered to starboard, in­ cluding one collapsible, were capsized. All hands on the collapsible boats that practically went to pieces were res­ cued by the other boats. Sixteen boats in all got away safely. It was even then the general impres­ sion that the ship was alright and there is no doubt that that was the belief of even some of the officers. At the lowering of the boats the offi­ cers superintending it were armed with revolvers, but there was no ne­ cessity for using them as there was nothing in the nature of a panic and no man made an effort to get into a boat while the women and children were being put aboard. Begin to Jump Into Sea. As the ship began to settle to star-, board, heeling at an angle of nearly forty-five degrees, those who had be­ lieved it was all right to stick by the ship began to have doubt and a few Jumped into the sea. These were fol­ lowed immediately by others and in a few minutes there were scores swim­ ming around. Nearly all of them wore life preservers. One man who had a Pomeranian dog leaped overboard with it and strik­ ing a piece of wreckage was badly stunned. He recovered after a few minutes and swam toward one of the lifeboats and was taken aboard. Most of the men who were aboard the Car­ pathia, barring the members of the crew who had manned the boats, had Jumped into the sea as t\e Titanic was settling. 8hip Breaks in Two. Under instructions from officers and men in charge the lifeboats were rowed a considerable distance from the ship itself in order to get away from the possible suction that would follow the foundering. The marvelous thing about the disappearance was so little suction as to be hardly appre­ ciable from the point where the boats were floating- There was ample time to launch all boats before the Titanic went down, as it was two hours and twenty min­ utes afloat. So confident were a\l hands that it had not sustained a mortal wound that it was not until 12:15 a. m.f or thirty-five minutes after the berg was encountered, that the boats were low­ ered. Hundreds of the crew and a large majority of the officers, includ­ ing Captain Smith, stuck to the ship to the last. It was evident after there were sev­ eral explosions, which doubtless were the boilers blowing up, that it had but a few minutes more of life. The ship broke in half amidship and almost simultaneously the after half and the forward half sank, the for­ ward half vanishing bow first and the other half stern first. 8inks With Little Flurry. The sinking ship made much less commotion than the horrified watch­ ers in the lifeboats had expected. They were close enough to the broken vessel to see clearly the most grew- tonie details of the foundering. All the spectators agree that the shat­ tered sections of the ship went down so quietly as to excite wonder. Some of the rescued were scantily clad and suffered exceedingly from the cold, but the majority of them were prepared for the emergency. In the darkness aboard the sbip that -same shortly after the collision it was impossible for those in the boats to distinguish the identity of any of the persons who leaped into the sea. It is believed that nearly all cabin passen­ gers who had not gone overboard im­ mediately after the boats were launched vanished with the officers and crew. Hpd Time to Dress. Some of the stewards who formed part of the lifeboat crew say that aft­ er the ship hit the berg the majority of the cabin passengers went back to their staterooms and that it was nec­ essary to rout them out and in some instances force life preservers upon them. All agree that the engines of the ship were stopped Immediately after she had made the ineffectual turn to clear the berg. The lifeboats' crew were made up of stewards, stokers, coal trimmers and ordinary seamen. It is said that the davits were equipped with a new con­ trivance for the swift launching of the boats, but that the machinery was so complicated and the men BO unfamil­ iar with it that they had trouble in managing It- Describes Death of Butt. Among the first of the passengers to leave the pier were Washington Dodge, his wife, and his seven-year- xdd'son, whose larva eyes shone with excitement from beneath the rolls of white mufflers that bound htm Cram head to foot A camera man set off a flashlight directly in front of the party, but It only seemed to please the little boy. He shouted with Joy. Mr. Dodge said he estimated that the time the ship sank was 12:15 a. m. He said the last man he saw was Archibald Butt, who was standing stiff and erect on the deck. Mr. Dodge was asked if he heard any shots. He replied "Yes." "Suicide?" asked a reporter. "I am afraid so," said Mr. Dodge. First Woman In Lifeboats. Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit said: "I was the first woman In the first boat. I was in the boat four hours be­ fore being picked up by the Carpathia. I«was in bed at the time the crash came, got up and dressed and went back to bed, being assured there was no danger. There were very few pas­ sengers on the deck when I reached there. There was little or no panic, and the discipline of the Titanlc's crew was perfect. Thank God my hus­ band was saved also." ' Story by Swedish Officer. Lieut. Hak&n Bjornstion Steffanson of the Swedish army, who was Jour neying to this country on the TTltan*c to see about the exportation of pulp to Sweden, narrowly escaped being carried down in the sinking ship when he leaped out from a lower deck to a lifeboat that was being lowered past him. Henry Woolner of London also made the leap in safety. Lieutenant Steffanson thinks he made the last boat to leave the ship and was only about a hundred yards away when it went down with a sudden lurch. The lieutenant told his story ss he lay in bed at tne Hotel Gotham, utterly worn out by the strain he had been under despite his six feel of muscle. It was also the first time be had discarded the dress suit he had worn since the shock of collision startled him from his chair in the cafe where he and Mr. Woolner were talking. "It was not a severe shock," said the lieutenant. "It did not throw any­ one from bis seat; rather it was a twisting motion that shook the boat terribly. Most of the women were in bed. We ran up to the smoking room, where most of the men were rushing about trying to find out what was the matter, but there was a singular at* sence of apprehension, probably be­ cause we believed so thoroughly in the massive hulk in which we were traveling. Bought to Calm Women. "We helped to calm some of the women and advised them to dress and then set about getting them in boats. There seemed to be really no reason for it, but it was done because it was the safest thing to do. "The men went about their task quietly. Why should they have done otherwise--the shock was so slight to' cause much ruin. Mr. Woolner and I then went to a lower outside deck. It was deserted; but as we wished to find out what had happened we went down a deck lower. Then for the first time did we realize the seriousness of that twisting which had rent the ship near­ ly asunder. We saw the water pour­ ing into the hull and where we finally stood water rose to our knees. "Woolner and I decided to get out as quickly as we could and as we turned to rush upward we saw slid­ ing down the port side of the drown­ ing ship a collapsible lifeboat. Most of those it contained were from the steerage, but two of the women were from the first cabin. It was in charge of two sailors. Jump Into 8wsying Boat. " 'Let's not take any chances,' I shouted to Woolner, and as it came nearly opposite us, swinging in and out slowly, we jumped and fortunately landed in it. The boat teetered a bit and then swiftly shot down to tbe wa­ ter. Woolner and I tfeok oars and started to pull with all our might to get from the ship before she sank, for now there was little doubt of what would happen. "We had hardly reached a point a hundred yards away--and I believe the boat I waa in was the last to get safely away--when the horrible screams came through the night and the ship plunged swiftly down. It was so terribly sudden, and then there was a vast quiet, during which, we shiv­ ered over the oars and the women cried hysterically. Some of them tried to jump overboard and we had to struggle in tbe shaky boat to hold them until they quieted down. Victims Float to 8urface. "There was little widespread suc­ tion from the sinking ship, strange to say, and shortly after it went down people came to the surface, some of them struggling and fighting to re­ main afloat, and some were very still. But they all sank before we could reach them. \ "It was bitterly co^l and most of us were partly wet. It seemed hours be­ fore the Carpathia came up and took us aboard. Why, it was so cold that on board the Titanic we had been drinking hot drinks as if it were win­ ter. The weather was absolutely clear, there was not the slightest fog or mist." SCORES ABUSE OF WIRELESS America Is Blamed for Letting Ama­ teurs Interfere in Transmission of Messages. London, April 19.--Maj. Floyd Page, referring to the Titanic disaster at the annual meeting of tbe London cham­ ber of commerce, was bitter on the subject of the wireless chaos in con­ nection with the catastrophe. "As the first representative who ever sat upon the council in connec­ tion frith wireless telegraphy," he said, "I would like to say that we are all dissatisfied with what has taken place on the otheV side of the Atlantic in reference to communications concern­ ing that greatfdlsaster. Such a thing could not happen in England. "The United States is the only country tn the world where the tele- ,graphs do not belong to the govern­ ment, and unfortunately it has be­ come -the fashion in that country to ^termif amateur wireless operators. we read that marconigrams can fee (a#ped we must remember that the United States is the only country in which that can be done." Major Page thought that if common prudence had been shown with the warnings available, the Titanic could have gone south and escaped all dan­ ger of ice. FIND 12 DEAD ON LIFE RAFT Rescuers Take Off 8urvivors--Float Ing Bodies Seen in Large Numbers. New York, April 19.--Simon Benecal, a Montreal merchant, who was a.i*as» senger on the Carpathia, said that after his vessel had rescued boat loads pf women a life raft on which were about 24 persons was seen. "One-half of these were dead," said Mr. Senecal. "One of the Carpathia's boats went to the raft and took olf the living, leaving tbe dead. The water was thick with bodies. The crew of the Carpathia in their work of rescue came across numerous bodies floating In the water. 1 know of seren Instances of per* sons who had been rescued dying on board the Carpathia and being burled at sea." CAPTAIN'S WIDOW STRICKEN Bereaved Woman 8endk Message of Sympathy to Fellow Sufferers From the Titanic Disaster. Bouthampton, April 19.--The widow of Captain Smith, who went down with tbe Titanic, Is delirious. She continually mutters, "The Olympic's all right," and seems quite oblivious of tbe Titanic. Yesterday she wrote a pathetic mes­ sage, which was posted today outside of tbe White Star offices. It reads as follows: * "To My Poor Fellow Sufferers: My heart overflows with grief for you all and Is laden with sorrow that you are weighed down with this terrible bur­ den that has been thrust upon "us. May God be with us and comfort us alL "Yours in deep sympathy, * "ELEANOR SMITH SWEEPS SOUTH SEVERAL PER8ON8 LOSE IN LOUI8IANA. LIV*» J BRUCE ISMAY, managing director of .the White Star line (at the end of the table with head on hand), being • questioned by the senate investigating committee at the Waldorf Astoria. The committee, headed by Sena­ tor William Alden Smith of Michigan, is taking testimony concerning the Titanic disaster. ITALIAN SHIP SUNK CANNON FIRING INDICATES KING VICTOR'S FLEET tS ATTACK­ ING 8TRAITS FORTS. CLASH IN TURKISH WATERS Ottoman Officials Notify Foreign Pow­ ers That Mines Have Been Placed There and That Local PHota Should Be Used by Ships. Constantinople, Turkey, April 19.-- The Italian fleet is reported at the en­ trance to the Dardanelles straits. One Italian warship is said to have been sunk. London, England, April 19.--Can­ non firing was beard at the entrance to tbe Dardanelles according to a dis­ patch received here from Lloyd's sig­ nal station In tbe Dardanelles. It is believed the Italian fleet has begun an attack on tbe fortB of the straits, but no details have come to band. It has been rumored for some weeks that Italy contemplated a renewal of naval actipn in Turkish waters and "tbe^tallan fleet was said to have ap­ proached within fifty miles of tbe Dar­ danelles a month ago, with tbe Inten­ tion of occupying some of tbe islands. > In consequence of these reports the Turkish military authorities re-en foroed the garrisons in the vicinity of the Dardanelles straits and the Tur­ kish government notified the foreign powers that the Dardanelles had been mined and thst it was necessary for vessels passing through to employ lo­ cal pilots. WOMAN HEADS CHILD BUREAU President Appointe Julia C. Lathrop of Chicago as Director of New Federal Department, Washington. April 19.--Miss Julia C. Lathrop of Chicago, now and for many years a colleague of Jane Ad- dams in the work of Hull house, Chi­ cago, has been appointed chief of the recently created children's bureau of the national government. The nomi­ nation was sent to the senate by Pres­ ident Taft. Miss Lathrop is the first woman ever selected to direct a bureau of the federal government. ROAD IS BLAMED FOR WRECK Commerce Body Says Company Does Not Enforce Rules and Employes Do Not Know Them, j Washington, April 19.--Laxity in th^ methods of operation of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad is held by the Interstate commerce commis­ sion to have caused tbe collision of the two sections of the Columbian flier at Odessa, Minn., December 18, when ten persons were killed and 2'i injured. That the employes of the road do not know most of the rules for the protection of trains and are not re­ quired to obey thfe few they are fa­ miliar with is the conclusion reached by the commission after thorough in­ vestigation. The commission recom­ mends that the company be required to enforce more strictly its rules of operation and that an understanding of them by the employes be required. Tibetans to Ask Independence. Peking, China. April 22.--Lin Yu Chinese representative at Lassa, tele­ g r a p h e d l a s t F r i d a y t o P r e s i d e n t Y u a n S h i K a l t h a t t h e T l b e t a n B I n t e n d t o a s k B r i t a i n t o a s s i s t t h e m i n s e c u r i n g their independence. Governor Dix Sails for Europe. New York, April 23 .--Governor Dix of New York and Mrs. Dix sa i l* d Sa t urday on the Lapland for Paris, where they will meet Mrs. Dix s sister, Mrs Cyrtis Douglass. They plan to tour Holland and Germany ere returning American Sentenced to Death. Lethbridge. Alta. April 23.--James Carlson, who murdered a companion near Castor, Alberta, was sentenced here last Saturday to be hanged June 19. He came to Lethbridge from Mon­ tana. Rail Meeting Resumed. Kansas City, Mo., April 19 --Discus­ sion of plans for the federation of ten railway crafts whose members are em­ ployed on forty-seven lines west of the Mississippi river was resumed at a session of the railway workers' con­ ference b»re Wednesday. Water Tower Tumbles. Long Prairie, Minn.--The water tower, which stands on a high hill near the town, collapsed here Wednes day The streets of the town were flooded The IOSS will be heavy. SHIPS CRASH IN FOG FREIGHTER AND LINER IN COL­ LISION OFF GALVESTOR BAR. Two Deckhands Killed and 170 Other Persons Are Put in Peril by Accident. Galveston. Tex.. April 23.--Hidden from each other in a dense fog the steamship Denver of the Mallory line and the El Sud of the Southern Pa­ cific Steamship company were in col­ lision about fifteen miles from the Bolivar light at the entrance to Gal­ veston Harbor. For a time it was feared that the El Sud, which Is a freight steamship, would sink. Two lives were lost, those ot deck hands who were knocked overboard, and one negro deck hand of the El Sud was badly hurt. The crash occurred about fifteen miles from the Holivar light. For a time it was feared the El Sud would sink. Down at the bow, El Sud raced for the shore and was beached on Gal veston bar. She was saved from sink­ ing by her forward bill knead having withstood the inrush of the sea as the bow plates were ripped ofT. There were about 100 passengers on the Denver and a crew of 70. There was a wild rush for life preservers and the lifeboats of the Denver after the" crash, but Capt. Charles P. Staples and First Officer Lamb succeeded in quieting the excited men. MASKED MEN FORCE ROCK IS­ LAND PASSENGERS TO GIVE UP VALUABLES. SPEND HALF AN HOUR IN CAR Bold Hold-Up Committed by Pair Who Board Cars in Bureau (III.) Yards --Secure Money and Jewelry and Escape. Churches and Residents Destroysd » Big Crop Damage Reported North of New Orleans. Chicago, April IS.--Several persons' were killed and great damage to prop­ erty was done by a storm which lash­ ed the gulf coast states and grazed Chicago Most of the damage was done just north or west of New Or­ leans. Chicago was touched by tbe northwestern edge of the storm, ao- cording to Maj. H. B. Hersey. weather forecaster. , A windstorm of cyclonic intensity swept through the town of Poncha- tovila. north of New Orleans A church, a public hall, a mill and sev­ eral residences were wrecked Hail­ stones that accompanied the wind pelted out every pane of window glass in the town. Trees were blown down, and as they fell several persons were hurt. The strawberry crop is said to have suffered. When the wind passed over the town of Goodbee several houses wer® blown down Charles Giles was killed when the ruins of his home tumbled about him. In the country about Plaquemine, west of New Orleans, tbe wind was accompanied by a cloudburst. There was much damage. In the crop district north of New Orleans the loss will be the heaviest. From two to four inches of rain fell in nearly all of the gulf states. Truck crops were destroyed in many places. In western Illinois and Missouri snow fell, and even in Chicago the rain was mixed with snowfiakes. NAME 8 FOR THE COLONEL ROADS ARE RULED BY STEEL 8tsnley Body Asserts U. S. Corpora­ tion Hss Control of More Than 55 Per Cent. Washington, April 23.--Directors of the United States Steel corporation, through stock ownership and plaecs upon the directorates of the great railways systems of the United States, have a controlling voice In nearly 55 per cent, of the railroads of the coun­ try, according to a satistical study prepared for the Stanley Steel trust investigating committee of the house. The total value of the railroads Is fixed at approximately $18,000,000,000, and of that the Steel corporation affil­ iations are said to control more than $10,000,000,000. The 23 directors of the Steel cor­ poration also sit on boards of direc­ tors of banks, insurance companies, express companies and various other Industrial corporations, with an aggre­ gate capitalization of $7,388,099,416. "MY RCSARY" AUTHOR DIES Robert Cameron Rogers, Literary Genius, 8uccumbs in California After an Operation. ,6anta ^rbara, Cal., April 23.--Rob­ ert Cameron^ Rogers, a literary genius, author of "My Rosary" and the dedicatory ode to the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo, died Sunday fol­ lowing an operation for appendicitis. Rogers is survived by a widow, three sons and two stepsons. He was born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1862, being a son of 8. S. Rogers, a law partner of Grover Cleveland. ROOSEVELT LEA0ING, 3 TO 1 Colonel Has More Votes In Nebraska Than Both Taft and La Follette. f Linco ln . Neb., April 22.--Corrected tabulations of the Nebraska preslden tial preference vote, including returns from 880 precincts, give Roosevelt 31.242; Taft, 10,692; La Follette, 10,- 279; Clark, 14,031; Harmon, 11,241; Wilson , 9 ,860 . I t i s bel ieved that th i s Inc ludes 80 per cent , of the vote of i l i e s t a te . City Gets $5,000 Damages. Bedford, Ind.. April 23.--A jury here last Saturday awarded the city of Bloomington $5,000 in its suit against Harry Axtell, former city treasurer Axtell was sued on his bond for an al­ leged shortage in his accounts. To Decide on Railroad Bonds. Norfolk, Va„ April 23.--Stockhold ers of the Virginian railway have been called to meet at Norfolk May 4 to authorize the Issuance of a coupon bond mortgage not to exceed $76 000 000. Supplies Funds In Bank Loss. Cincinnati, April 1?.--To protect de­ positors and prevent a panic, the clearing house associates of Cincin nati came to the aid of tbe Second National bank on Tuesday and. by supplying sufficient funds, obviated the necessity of closing the bank Moline, 111., April 23.--Boarding the G o l d e n S t a t e L i m i t e d o n t h e R o c k I s - j land road at Bureau, 111., last Sunday, i t w o m a s k e d b a n d i t s r o b b e d e v e r y p a s - j senger on the sleeper "Nottingham" ! and then pulled the air rope to signal ] the engineer to stop. | The engineer disregarded the sig­ nal , a n d o n e r o b b e r t h e n s h o t a h o l e j through the air brake hose at tbe end ! o f t h e c a r , t h e r e b y - s e t t i n g t h e e m e r - j gency brakes, and "they left the train. | Headed by the sheriff of Bureau coun- - ty, a posse is In pursuit, and every I farmer in that section of the state is on the lookout. ! One of the most daring robberies , in the history of train holdups, the af­ fair is especially striking in that the ' highwaymen robbed occupants of onfy | one car, though there were several ; othet Pullman sleepers on the crfiltv ! One robber reached Into evjbry | berth, snapped on the electric tfght i and personally examined the /eftejets of the passengers lest the latter, In handing out his or her valuable^, might suddenly produce a gun. Q Less than half an hour sufllce&td complete the roundup of that car, and . then, forcing passengers and porter into a Bmoking compartment at one | end of the car, the robbers ordered ( the porter to stop the train. He explained that the only way he could do so would be to pull the slg- j nal rope, and when ordered to do It [ he grabbed the rope and gave it three j lusty pulls. | The train was speeding along five i mlle6 from Sheffield on its way to Mo- j line, and the engineer either failed j to understand the signal or refused j to obey it, for on went the train. j Then the robbers displayed the one ; clue which may lead to their identity and capture. While one mounted J guard over the victims the other , opened the door, leaned down at the coupling with the next car, took care- I ful aim. and with one shot cut the air j brake hosq. I This instantly threw the emergency j brakes and the train began to Jolt along at the sudden stoppage. Quickly as it had Blowed down to almost a stop, the robbers leaped ofT j the train and disappeared in the dark­ ness. This, together with the fact that they knew the location of the air­ brake hose and what would happen if a hole were shot in it, led railroad of* ficials to believe that the robbers are either railroad employes or have been Illinois Republican State Convention Instructs National Convention Delegates for Roosevelt. Springfield, 111.,, April 22.--Deliber­ ately repudiating tbe initiative »•"* referendum, heretofore a favored por­ tion -of the platform, the Republican state convention gathered here to name eight delegates to the national convention threw surprise and con­ sternation into1 those members of the party who had worked earnestly for the plank and confidently^ < believed that it would be sccepted. The convention met and elected del­ egates at large to the Chicago Ncon^ vention, who will go Instructed lor Theodore Roosevelt The delegates at large who go to the Republican convention In Chicago are: Gov. Charles S. Deneen, Chicago; Roy O. West, Chicago; B. A. Eckhart, Cblcago; Col. Chauncey Dewey, CM* cago; L. Y. Sherman, Springfield; R_ D. Clark, Peoria; L. L> Emmeraoa. Mount Vernon; Waiter A. Rock Island. The alternates at large are: W. 1* ^Spckett, Morris; Henry H. Dunlop, Champaign; C. H. Williamson, Quinsy; John R. Robertson, Jacksonville; Jut- ton Vanek, Chicago; Walter & Schrojda, Chicago; G. EL Schmidt. Chicago; CoL J. R. Marshall, Chicago. MRS. au WILSON HONORED America's \ Only Womsn Mayor Cele­ brates FirstTAnnlversary of Her Election fn Hunnewell, Kan. Hunnewell, Kan., April 19.--Great banks of roses and carnations, a re­ ception by her enthusiastic townspeo­ ple and hundreds of cangratulatory telegrams from suffragists throughout the United States greeted Mrs. Ella Wilson, the only woman mayor in America, when she entered her office upon the first anniversary of ber elec­ tion as chief executive of Hunnewell. Mrs. Wilson's tenure in office has proved a success and it is confidently Btated that if she cares to place/her name on hte ballot again, at the com­ ing municipal election, she will V re­ ceive a large majority over any rival who might be put up. Mrs. Wilson, who la the daughter of a pioner Presbyterian minister and tbe wife of a succesfui business man of Hunnewell. has two sons, one grown and the other Just reaching manhood. CALL ROADS MEN TO CAPITAL RIVER STEAMER GOES DOWN Twenty Passengers Are Rescued But Much Live Stock Drowned in the Mississippi. Natchez, Miss . , Apr i l ' J ' ! . - - The 3teamer Concord ia s t ruck a snag in a f looded co t ton f i e ld th i r ty one mi les south of he re Sunday and sank In t en fee t o f wa te r . Three hundred head of l ive s tock were los t , bu t the twen ty passengers , a l l f lood re fugees , e scaped The water d id no t r each the cab in Of the l ive s tock the re were two hundred ca t t l e , s ix ty mules and fo r ty horses . & to ta l va lue of J IO.uno ; Logan W. Page Wants Commission ers to Meet M. Mahieu of Frsnce. * | Washington. April 18.--Logan W. Page, director of tbe United q+Tt~ bureau of good roads, has invited to Washington the various state highway commissioners and tbe board of direc­ tors of the American Association for Highway Improvement to meet ML Mahieu. in charge of French bridges and highways, who will be there next month. Mr. Page expressed himself as anxious to have some of the American road builders discuss with M. Mahieu what some of the foreign countries are doing in bettering roada. Six in A i r c n One Biplane. Hemps tead . I - I . Apr i l 23 . - -George W. lWat :y . an \ : a '««r . ec l ipsed a l l o f his previous pertoi malices here last Saturday by f l> inu " id : l ive pe r sons add i t ion to h im. -e l f c rowded in to b t6 b ip lane . Marconi Company Increases Stock. Tren ton . N J • Apr i l 23 --Tte Mar^ coni Wireless Telegraph company filed with the secretary of state here last Saturday a certificate increasing its capital stock from $1,622,500 to $10,- OUU.UOil. Fire in Auto Shop Hurts Three. Dulu th . Minn . . April 22.--Fine Btart- iim in the basement workshop of the Cadillac Automobile company here l a s t F r iday has caused a loss of be­ tween. $;i0 000 and $40,000 and injured th ree peop le Knox Reaches Norfolk. Norfolk. Va.. April 18.--The cruiser ^ ssh'wgton. bearing tfca secretary of s ta te . Mr Knox, and par ty home f rom the South American trip, passed Cape Henry Tuesday | Would investigate Lead Trust. j Washing ton . April 22.--A congres- s-unul investigation of a so-called pig I |, ad and zinc trust Is proposed by a j Ye^Slution introduced by Represents tive Patr'ck of Ohio in tbe ho'.-se 'ast , F r iday . Liquor Dealers Sontest Election. Kewanee, III., April 22.--Liquor dealers of Wyoming filed notice Fri­ day of a contest of the election of April 2, when tbe town was voted dry" by four votes. They claim a re­ count will show 35 license majority. Wife Testifies Against Husband. Albany, N. Y., April 22.--Mrs. Mc- Stea was a witness last Friday against her husband. John V. McSte* of New Orleans, at his trial on a charge of first degree murder for shoot­ ing Arthur Brown of Wiikesbarre. Leaps From Mauritania's Deck. New York. April 2 3 -- The steamer Mauritania brought news here Friday of the suicide at sea Sunday of Hough­ ton Walker, who leaped overboard. He is said to have been a wealthy merchant of St. Joseph. Mo. Pick 948 Pslntings for Exhibit. Pittsburg. Pa., April 22--Announce* ment is made by John Reatty. director of the fine arts at the Carnegie insti­ tute. that 349 paintings compose tbe forthcoming International exhibition to be beld here April tk &