Titusville Herald

              THE TITUSVILLE HERALD.
FORTY-FIRST YEAR.
TITUSVILLE, PA, DECEMBER 18, 1903
VOLUME XL1 . WO. 86.
CLARA BARTON APPEALS
TO AMERICAN PUBLIC.
A8KS        PEOPLE        TO        A8SIST
STRICKEN BUTLER.
THI      SITUATION     SUMMARIZED.
President of the   Red   Cross   Society
Endorses Work of the Authorities.
$75,000 Needed.
KAN8AS CITY CH08EN
BY  PROHIBITIONISTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Clara
Barton, president ot the American National Red Cross, who visited Butler,
• Pa., with members of her staff in compliance with the recent appeal of the
mayor and relief committee of that
stricken town for assistance, returned
to Washington today and In confirmation of appeals made from Butler made
the following statement, addressed to
the people of the United States:
"Unable to judge of the seriousness
of the situation at Butler, Pa., because
ot conflicting rumors of the typhoid
epidemic, accompanied by members of
my staff I have made a personal visit
to the scene. We found in Butler, a
town of 18,000 Inhabitants, almost as
many hundreds of patients In all
stages of typhoid fever, a few cases
convalescing and an average of twelve
new cases per day.
"The hospitals are nearly full but
most, of the patients are being treated
at their homes. In some cases as
many as six or eight members of the
family are prostrated. The patients are
attended in most part oytralned nurses
from such large cities as Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Cleveland and Rochester-—
more than 200 in all. The relief work
ia administered by a competent committee elected at a mass meeting of
citizens about two weeks ago. This
committee includes many of the most
prominent merchants and professional
men of the town, the burgess of Butler being one of the members. Investigation shows that at least' $75,000
more than is now on hand will be required for the relief work before the
epidemic is over. This money cannot
be obtained from the town ahd must be
looked for in voluntary contributions
from the outside public.
"Donations should be sent to Thomas
J.  Shufflin, treasurer,    Butler   Relief
Committee.
(Signed) i^yj
"CLARA BARTON,
"American National Red Cross."
As the Place for the Next National
Convention on June 29.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—The next national convention ot the Prohibition
party will be held In Kansas City on
Wednesday, June 29.
Eight cities—Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Baltimore, Buffalo, Milwaukee and Columbus, O.—put in bids for the convention
when the national committee met here
today but after listening for several
hours to the arguments of the rival delegates Kansas City secured almost
twice as many votes as its nearest competitor.
The question of representation of
states was also discussed at the meeting. Many of the delegates were of
the opinion that each state should have
but one representative instead of two.
This, it was argued, would obviate
much trouble in voting and in otber
formalities, as the present number or
delegates was too large and unwieldy
for good work. Members of the committee who took the opposite view of
the question asserted that if each state
had but one representative it would
take away much of the enthusiasm of
the members as well as cause the state
to be without representation. No action
was taken.
ON TULLOCH CHARGES:
LENGTHY    DISCUSSION    PROM
LEGAL VIEWPOINT.
DEPLORABLE    ABUSE8    EXISTED.
Perry 8. Heath and Geo. W. Beavers
Named   as   Responsible—Sensational   Finding.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The report of Messrs. Conrad and Bonaparte
on the charges made by S. W. Tul-i
loch, formerly cashier of the Washington city postoffice, against the administration of this office- was made public
today. Under instructions from the
President the report views the Tulloch
charges "from a legal standpoint/'
The report begins with a brief historjl
part while in office to' appreciate the
gravity of the situation disclosed by
the warnings he received, but that he
yet falls to appreciate the situation."
WHEELING  DIVISION OF
THE B. & O. ESTABLISHED.
Pine New Depot to Be Built In Wheeling—1,000 Miles of Road.
WHEELING, W. Va., Doc. 16.—General Manager C. S. Sims, of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, accompanied
by General Superintendent Thomas J.
Foley, of tbe Chicago grand division,
arrived in this city today to inaugurate
the Wheeling grand division, composed
of the Ohio River division, that part
of he main line from Grafton to
Wh-oeling, the Newark division of the
Central Ohio lino, the Cleveland division, made up of the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling and the Cleveland
.terminal and Valley line, aggregating
all told, about 1,000 miles of railroad.
V. 3 Foley has been appointed super
RECIPROCITY PASSES
BY DECISIVE VOTE
AFTER   ANIMATED THOUGH
ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE.
NOT
DEMOCRATIC  VICTORY
IN BOSTON YE8TERDAY.
TWO REPUBLICANS IN NEGATIVE.
Eight Democrats Support too Measure
The Vote In Detail—Congress Will
Adjourn Saturday.
and nature of the Tulloch charges, and^ fotendcnt in charge of "the new divis
then makes the following "preliminary
observations" concerning them:
CAUSE OF BUTLER'S
FEVER EPIDEMIC.
Sanitary Expert Soper Reports It Due
to Unfiltcred Water.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Dr. George A.
Soper, a sanitary expert, engaged by
the Engineering News to Investigate
the typhoid epidemic at Butler, Pa.,
and its causes, will report tn tomorrow's issue of the publication that the
epidemic has by no means attained its
culmination, about 50 per cent, of the
cases not having reached the critical
stage. The epidemic, which he regards as the most severe one of ty*
phold of recent record, he attributes
to the suspension of the mechanical
filtration of the city water supply. " The
report says unfiltered water from Conoquenessing Creek was supplied from
Oct. 20 to Nov. 2, tho epidemic starting
on Nov. 5. In three weeks there were
1,000 cases and up to Dec. 14 1,24?
cases and fifty-one deaths had been reported.
Investigation of the drainage areas
showed, he states, the existence of
numerous sources of pollution and particularly the occurrence of cases of
typhoid on the banks of the Conoquenessing since July.
Money Is urgently needed for the relief of the sick and destitute, he reports.
CON8UL DAVI8 WILL
RETURN TO ALEXANDRETTA.
Probably Taking With Him the Cruiser
Brooklyn.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—As a result of Minister Leishman's advices respecting tho Alexandretta affair, the
state department has requested the
navy department to place a warship at
the disposal of Consul Davis, now at
Beirut, upon which he might return
to Alexandretta at his pleasure. The
navy department accordingly cabled instructions to Admiral Cotton, on board
the flagship Brooklyn at Alexandria,
Egypt, to place a vessel at the disposal
of Mr. Davis. It is believed the Brooklyn will be selected. ' It is left to the
consul to arrange the terms of the reception.
Wants Warships In Corean Waters.
WASHINGTON,, Dec. 16.—At the request of Minister Allen at Seoul, who
reports considerable uneasiness and
rioting in Corea, the state department
has suggested to the navy department
that a warship be sent to Corean
waters. It is probable the Wilmington will be detailed for this purpose.
SECRETARY ROOT ON
I THE WITNESS STAND.
HE DEFENDS GEN. WOOD BEFORE
8ENATE COMMITTEE.
JAI ALAI MATTER EXPLAINED.
Former Governor of Cuba Acted Under
Instructions From Department in
Granting Concessions.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Secretary
Root was the first witness today before
the' senate committee on military affairs which is investigation the protests against the confirmation of General Leonard Wood to be major general. Th6 committee convened at 10
6'clock.
•Mr. Root's testimony was In defense
of General Wood. He read extracts
Iron) official,correspondence bearing- on
the charges against General Wood and
also concerning the general's administration as rgoverriotl general of Cuba.
fiivfiljBCPetaryRoot was asked especially
about the charge which Major Rathbone. had made that General Wood had
influenced the courts In the prosecution of Rathbone and had tampered
Lwith the.courts. The secretary explained at some length the court.system- in Cuba saying that the court of
first instance was in reality an officer
directed to prosecute and to obtain
evidence. He was something like a
judge finding evidence but was further
empowered to go out and obtain evidence against alleged offenders. The
secretary said he knew what General
Wood was doing in this matter and approved It. The secretary said that in
fact he directed that the prosecution of
the offenders be vigorous, and General
Wood was acting in this matter under
orders from the war department. The
secretary also took up the subject of
the Jai Alai company concessions and
said that this was not a gambling company nor was the game of pelot played
under the management of the company
a gambling game any more than was a
horse race or a game of base ball. Men
could bet on the results as upon other
games of skill. He said that the concession or right of the Jai Alai company was granted before the American occupation and that the concession for which General Wood had
been criticized was that of an addition
to the building of the company. The
only question In regard to this grant
was whether or not It would be contrary to the Foraker amendment. The
whole matter was referred to the war
department by General Wood. The
subject was first considered by Judge
Magoon, law officer of the bureau of
insular affairs, whojafter a most careful review of the case had held that the
extension did not come within the
Foraker amendment preventing the
granting of franchises In Cuba. The
secretary said he reviewed Judge Ma-
goon's opinion and came to the same
conclusion. The authority granted to
the company was then approved by the
war department so that General Wood,
In this matter, acted only under the Instruction^ and with the approval of the
war department.
General Wood found In the war secretary a warm defender. It is expected that confirmation will be recommended by a vote of 8 to 2.
Battle at Santiago.
CAPE HAYTIEN, Dec. 16.—Heavy
fighting in which the revolutionists
were repulsed has been going on at
Santiago for the last two days, according to a special dispatch received here.
The government has advised all families to leave the country.
"No improper official act on the part
of any public official or employe is al
leged which did not occur more than
three years before July 17, 1903, and
as possible prosecutions are barred,
we are led, therefore, to interpret our
instructions to report on tbese matters
'from a legal standpoint' In a broader
sense than we might otherwise venture to ascribe to them."
Continuing, the report says the re
vision of Postmaster Willet's accounts
is sufficient of itself to show that Mr.
Heath's official record is not so clear
as to defy suspicion'.
The improper disbursement of public funds received considerable spaca
in the report, and in this connection
Messrs. Conrad and Bonaparte go
somewhat outside of the Tulloch
charges and comment on a special report under date of May 28 last by
Inspector Crowell, which relates how
George W. Beavers received $1,148
"for expenses in assisting special attorneys in the court of claims." It ie
stated through a review of a statement on the subject by Auditor Castle
that Mr. Beavers had been promised
a raise in salary as head of the salary
and allowance division, and that Mi*.
Van Cott at New York was instructed
by a letter signed by Acting First Assistant Postmaster General George M.Allen, the letter being countersigned
"A. W. M.," to pay Mr. Beavers an allowance of $4 a day from July 1, 1898.
When tbe auditor... reported on ■ this
matter after the._suin stated had been
paid, the explanation referred to by
Mr. Castle was made and the payment
immediately stopped.
The summary and conclusions of the
report are as follows:
"As a result of our Inquiry In the
"Tulloch charges' and of the consideration hereinafter set forth, we have
the honor to report that, in our judgment:
"First—The discussion of the 'Tulloch charges' has revealed the existence of deplorable and gravely discreditable abuses during the years
1898, 1899 and 1900 in the Washington
postoffice and the office of the first,
assistant postmaster general.
"Second—The persons primarily responsible for the above mentioned
abuses and the resulting scandals appear to have been Perry S. Heath, then
first assistant postmaster general, and
George W. Beavers, then chief of the
salaries and allowance division, neither of whom is now in the service of
the United States.
"Third—Charles Emory Smith, late
postmaster general; James P. Willett,
late postmaster at Washington, now
deceased; John A. Merritt, bis successor in the said office, and its present incumbent; Robert J. Trace well,
controller, and Henry A. Castle, audi
tor for the postoffice department, all
appear to have shared, in some measure, their responsibilities.
"We very respectfully recommend:
"1—That a thorough investigation
bo ordered, if it has not been already
ordered, (A) of the administration of
the Washington postoffice, (B) of the
administration of the New York post-
office, and (C) of the administration of
the office of the first assistant postmaster general within the past three
years.
"2—That a carefully chosen, small
commission be appointed by the President to report a plan whereby the
work of the offices of the controller
and of the several auditors may be re
moved from all political, personal or
other extraneous influences."
A supplementary report is appended
to the original, embodying considerations of a letter from Postmaster Merritt, "making grave accusations
against Mr. Tulloch." These accusations are considered in detail and the
conclusion reached that they do- not
require modification of any of the conclusions of recommendations heretofore made.
The report adds: "Mr. Smith's let
ter shows to our minds, not only that
there was, as we said, a failure on his!
Ion. Headquarters have been opened
to this city. A mammoth depot will
be erected in the heart of the city for
which the land has been quietly secured and announcement made only today.
TWO DEATH8 REPORTED
AT BUTLER YESTERDAY.
Contributions Received to the Amount
of $2,000—Aid Coming  Rapidly.
BUTLER, Dec. 16.—Two deaths and
five new cases make up the record of
the typhoid fever scourge for the day.
Responses* to the relief committee's
call for fli which was issued to the
public last night are coming in rapidly.
Treasurer Thomas Shufflin is kept
busy making a record of the contributions received. The total for the day
exceeds $2,000.
Announcement was made today that
Andrr Carnegie had donated $5,000
to tl7     'ttsburg typhoid fever aid fund.
IT1. IS
FORATHlFLIIGCAUSE.
QUARREL OVER SIX CENTS IMPELLED NICHOLAS  MIYO
TO SHOOT DEFENSELESS WOMAN,
Beth Victims Died Almost Immediately—Murderer Arrested and Locked
Up>—The  Particulars.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16.—A quarrel over the sum of 6 cents, the charge
for a pool and billiard game, resulted
In tho murder of two persons in the
Italian quarter today.   The dead are:
MARY MATZA, aged 40 years.
ANTONIO LESTA. 23 yearB of age
The man who did the killing is Nicholas Miyo, aged 40 years. He is under
arrest. /
The pool room was owned by Mary
Matza, wbo hired Miyo to manage it
for her. This afternoon Antonio Lesta,
with his two cousins, Louis and An-
gelo Lesta, played several games of
pool in the place and when it came to
settle for the use of the table, a dispute arose between Antonio Lesta and
Miyo over the payment of one game.
Miyo asserted he was being cheated,
which so angered Lesta that he seized
the old man's cap and tore it in halt
This act angered Miyo, who drew a
revolver from bis pocket and shot
Lesta through the head. He died almost instantly. The noise of the
shooting brought tha proprietress to
tho room. She upbraided Miyo for
what he had done and his only reply
was two shot's from his revolver. She
died on tho way to the hospital. When
tbe police arrived Miyo was not in the
room. A moment later he stepped Into the place, having hidden his revolver in the cellar of the building.
He was seized by two officers and
locked up.
PER8I8TENT TROUBLES
OF BENNETT-MOULTON CO.
William Murray Died at Bradford Last
Night of Typhoid.
BRADFORD, Pa., Dec. 16.—(Special.)
—William Murray, a member of the
Bennett-Moulton Dramatic company,
died at the hospital here this evening.
He was 22 years old. Some weeks ago
tbe company played at Butler and
there several of the members contracted typhoid fever. Three became ill
here and were cared for at the hospital.
William Mackey died two weeks ago,
Charles Wood is convalescent and Murray, as stated, died tonight The other
members of the troupe are held under
quarantine at Milton, Pa., as smallpox suspects.
Big Real Estate Deal.
, MANILA, Dec. 16.—An agreement
has been reached between General Taft
and the friars by which the United
States will acquire the friar lands for
the sum of $7,210,000 gold.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—By the decisive vote of 57 to 18 the senate today
passed the bill carrying Into effect the
reciprocity treaty With Cuba. The final
vote came at the close of a day which
was marked by a debate which while
at all times animated was never acrimonious. The principal speeches were
made by Mr. Spooner for the bill and
by Mr. Bailey against it. Both senators
were subjected to frequent interruptions. In his remarks Mr. Bailey referred to the recent agreement of the
Democratic caucus to stand solidly on
party questions and warned the Republicans that in the future they could
not depend on straggling Democratic
votes in support of Republican party
measures regardless of whether they
were or were not In accord with Democratic doctrine.      I
The bill passed carries into execution
tbe treaty between the United States
and Cuba which was ratified last
March. The treaty provides for a reduction of 20 per cent from the rates
of duty under the Dingley law on all
Cuban articles imported into the I
United States and a varying reduction
of from 20 to 40 per cent from the established Cuban duty on articles imported into Cuba from the United
States.
After the passage of the Cuban bill
the senate agreed to the house resolution providing for a holiday recess from
Dec. 19 to Jan. 4.
At 4:46 the vote on the final passage
of the bill was taken.
President Pro Tern Fry announced
the passage of the bill by a vote of 57
to IS.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas—Aldrich, Alger, A"ee, Allison,
Ankey, Bacon, Ball, Beveridge, Blackburn, Burnham, Burrows, Burton,
Clapp, Clark; (Wyo.), Clay, Cockrell.
CuJJpjtn. Depew, Dillingham, DolHver,
Dreydon, Elkins, Fairbanks,, Foraker,
Poster, (Wash.), Frye; Fulton, Gall-
inger, Gorman, Hale, Hanna,- Hans-
brougb, Hey burn, Hoaiv Hopkins,
Kean, Lodge, Long, McComas; Mc-
Creary, McCumber, Mitchell; Nelson,
Overman, Penrose, Perkins, Piatt,
(Conn.), Piatt, (N. Y.), Proctor,
Quarles, Scott, Simmons, Smoot, Spooner, Stewart Stone, Wetmore—57. '
Nays—Bailey, Baird", Bate, Berry,
Carmack, Culbertson, Daniel, Du Bois,
Foster (La.), McEnery, McLaurin, Mallory, Martin, Newlands, Pettus, Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman—18.
Pairs were announced as follows:
Hawley with Clark, of Montana; Millard with Clark, of Montana; Kearns
and Gibson, Warren with Money, Quay
with Morgan and Kittredge with Patterson.
Mr. Allison called up and the senate
agreed to the house resolution providing for an adjournment from Dec. 19
to Jan. 4 for the holidays.
The senate at 4:58 went into executive session and at 5:15 p. m. adjourned.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Central
American affairs were discussed In the
bouse today and also pensions, Industrial and agricultural conditions and
labor. The session lasted more than
four.hours, the**house being In committee of the whole almost the entire
time on the pension appropriation bill
on which no conclusion was reached.'
Mr. Lind, (Dem., Minn.), referring
to an editorial published in a home paper, which he said reflected on his relations with Mr. Williams, the minority leader, were of the most cordial
character.
Patrick A. Collins Re-Elected—Democrats Took About Everything.
BOSTON, Dec. 16.—The city election
returns completed today show that
Mayor Patrick A. Collins, the Democratic nominee, was re-elected by a
plurality of 26,495 over George N.
Swallow, Republican.
The Democrats also elected their candidate for street commissioner, twelve
of the thirteen aldermen and all of
their nine candidates for the school
commission. The common council will
stand: Democrats, 53*; Republicans,
22.
As usual the city voted In favor of
license.
Five of the aldermen elected Including four Democrats and the one
Republican chosen have been endorsed
by the Good Government association.
The triumph of the Democratic
school committee candidates over the
combined opposition of the Republicans, the Non-partisan Public School
association and the Independent
Women voters Is viewed as one of the
most important features of the election.
A COLLEGE PROFESSOR
DEFAULTER FOR $20,000.
w.
A. McKOWEN CONFESSED
■ENJ. IDE WHEELER OF
TO
LELAND  STANFORD   UNIVERSITY.
He Had Used the Money In Speculation on  Horse  Races—Suspended
and Arrested.
Carnegie Steel Works Closed.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 16.—The entire
plant of the Edgar Thomson Steel
works of the Carnegie Steel company
at Braddock, with the exception of
tbe furnace and foundry departments,
shut down today for an indefinite
period.
All of the skilled men of the plant,
over 8,000 In number, will be rendered
idle. This is tbe first suspension for
several years and will be utilized for
the making of repairs and improve*
ments.
Punxsutawney Miners Strike.
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Dec. 16—A
strike was declared at Rosslter today,
500 miners in the employ of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal corporation quit
work. The trouble was caused by the
discharge of James Callahan, one of the
motormen, who was ordered to go to
work at 6 o'clock this morning, but
failed to report for duty, claiming that
he would not work extra time in the
morning.
BERKLEY, Cal., Dec. 16.—W. A.
McKowen, secretary of the board qf
regents of the State university, confessed today to President Benjamin Ida
Wneeler that he was a defaulter to
the amount of $20,000, and possibly
more.. Most of the money was lost at
the face track. Mr. McKowen has
been suspended by President Wheeler
and placed under arrest by local authorities. Secretary McKowen-s arrest
followed- the discovery that he had attempted to pay a racing debt with a
check made out to him personally by
Mrs,- Phoebe Hearst. This check was
for $1,160- and was handed over by McKowen to Bookmaker, John Davis in
payment of markers on the races for
$1,120? Savfs'gave McKowen $40 in
change and deposited the check iu the
Western National, bank, from which It
turned up to expose the affair.
President Wheeler said today:
"I have suspended McKowen from
office pending the action of Governor
Pardee. From what we have thus far
learned it appears that McKowen ar
lifferent times since 1898 has used
sums of money that came into his
hinds and ins'ead of depositing them
vith the treasurer, whether as fees
it donations to the university, has appropriated them to his own use."
President Wheeler spoke highly of
McKowen's personality and was visibly affected in telling how his trust
had been betrayed. McKowen has
been in the university about twenty
years, is unmarried and about 40 years
of age.   His salary was- $2,400 a year.
COLORADO FUEL AND
IRON COMPANY'S  MEETING
Postponed That the Whole Body of
Stock  Could  Be  Represented.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Vice President Prentice, of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company, in speaking today -of
the cause of the postponement for
thirty days of the stockholders' meeting which was to have been held, in
Denver yesterday, stated that the main
object of the meeting was to ratify the
sale of properties of the company to
a syndicate of the principal stockholders for the purpose of temporarily assisting in financing to the company'.
He said that more than 85 per cent, of
the stockholders had sent proxies favoring the plan and that there was no
opposition so far as known.
When asked about the alleged defalcation or deficit asserted in some of
the newspapers, Mr. Prentice stated
that he knew nothing of any such defalcation or deficit
Our Mineral Wealth.
The mineral wealth of the United
States has reached such enormous-proportions that we now lead the world
In the production of iron, coal and
copper. We also lead In medicine, because since the introduction of Hostet*
ter's Stomach Bitters over fifty years
ago It has been impossible for any.one
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sound sleep and prevent malaria, fever
and ague. Don't fail to try it. The
genuine is for sale by all druggists,
to whom apply for a copy of our 1904
malanac. It is fuee and well worth
having.