Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-02-07

              'MAIN SECTION NINETY-NINTH YEAR. CLERK IS WIFE ' Former Employe of High Street : Store Reported Recipient of : $100,000 Gift. ROMANTIC-; STORY Wooed by Lay Delegate to the Presbyterian Assembly, Acting as Proxy. Nursed back to health by the tender " solicitude of a husband, who won her under peculiar and romantic conditions', Mrs. S. N. Morrison, wife of a wealthy Texan rancher, formerly a popular clerk in a Columbus drygood store, 1b In a fair ; way to enjoy the prosperity, peace and comfort Incident to her position, after having been very near to death's 'door through a. protracted attack of nervous prostration. Word of the returning health of Mrs. Morrison has only recently reached her Columbus friends. With the news there has come also the announcement; ' that Mr. Morrison has dltlded his fortune with his wife and has made over to her property valued at $100,000. Few of Mrs. Morrison's friends have known rife Interesting story of the courtship. Quite a number who-knew her as Mrs. Sarah T. Clemens heard of her niar riage but the Interesting phases of the wooing and the fact that the saleswoman had become the bride of a man of great wealth have never been pub llshed. Intimate friends have been telling each other lately of the $100,000 gift.-. Clerked to Make Living. Mrs. Clemens ' was left a widow somi years ego, with two children de pendent upon her lor support -anu titer friends , nor relatives to give material assistance. Her first husband was a cousin of "Mark Twain" (Samuel L. 'Clemens). Mrs. Clemens was obliged to take to clerking-in order to earn a livelihood. ' During the meeting of the Presbyterian general assembly here In the spring of 1907, one of the lay delegates took his junches at tho W. C. T. IT., lunch rooms in East Spring street, where jvMrs. Clemens - enjoyed her noonday repasts., L,They became lac-r qualnted - and it. developed that the delegate,, had a- commission from a .Texan to find him a wife. The delegate hinted that Mrs,- Clemens might be a candidate, saying that , she .was too clever a wfimin : to alone; in the world. Mrs. Clemens replied that she had married once for love and It had brought her a great deal of sorrow; If she married again It would have to . be to a man of means. .---' Shortly after the delegate returned to Texas letters began to arrive. Mr. Morrison wanted her to come to Texas right off. This was wooing so fast that the widow was startled. She consulted with friends. ' In a spirit of fun, one suggested that she require the man to deposit , a sum of money sufficient to guarantee her expenses for a trip ta Texas and return. Jfet For Visit But Didn't Come Back. " Whe; wrote such a letYer, thinking that the exaction would' put an end to the proposal. But not so. As soon as ' the mails could return, a cheek for $500 was deposited In , one of the local hanks. In August of that year, the then Mrs. Clemens left her position at Dunn, Taft & Co.'s store, ostensibly to go on a vacation, ; but she . never came back. Her friends wondered at the whole thing, but thinking that each week might bring her, said nothing, and she" wrote to few people. Scarcely had she apprised them of her happiness and' the successful termination of her peculiar courtship, than she was taken with a severe attack of nervous prostration, which lasted many months. The. doctors attributed It to the reaction and change . of climate. During her illness, first one and then the other of her children was sent o her, and now both are' with their mother. , The girl, Dorothy,' Is about 14 years 'old. and the boy, Merrlt Clemens, Is about lit. .. Mrs. r Morrison Is about 45. Her friends say she was never considered handsome. She was popular, both with men and women. Her husband is reputed to be very wealthy. Report has it that hie wedding present was $10,000. Since her recovery her friends in Columbus have been ' looking for her to pay her old home a visit 'and although she has hinted at the possibility of this, noth-ing definite has been stated. The Mor- isons have a large ranch near Abilene, JTaylor county, Texae. ENDOWMENT COMPLETE Half Million Dollars Raised by Western Reserve. : f By Associated Pree to State Journal. : CLEVELAND, Feb. . 6. Charles F. Thwlng of Western Reserve university announces the completion of-the $500,-000 fund for additional endowment of Adelbert college and the .college for women, the undergraduate colleges yf the. university. Of this amount, 125,-000 was offered by the general educational board. Upon the condition that $375,000 be raised' by the Western Reserve university.; s.The conditions hav ..now been met. ;'-" .?;; The last. two. years have brought td Western Reserve university additional resources' -at 'about' $1,000,000. ' Notable among these gifts are those of $220,000 for the department, of .experimental medicine, and the building of the H. K. Cushlng laboratory of experimental medicine; $80,000 as endowment of the Uw school, $45,000 for the gymnasium of the College for Women, and $180,000 for a memorial chapel for Adelbert -v ' Encourage Budding Journalists NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 8. To develop descriptive or objective writing ahong the undergraduates, who turn their attehtlon toward Journalism, the class of 1868 ftf the Yale academic , department, of j which Dean H. P Wright is, a member, has given a fund, the income to supply a prlise of $50, to be i awarded for rtho best descriptive essay wrlten by any undergraduate of : the department No. 38. SENOR F. L DE LA BARRA, i .. , - ' "UM '' . v. t.. - w -: - ,- New ambassador from Mexico to the United States. ATTEMPT IS MADE TO OUST Faction of C, H. & D. Bondholders Wants Him Removed from Receivership." , Federal Court at Cincinnati Will Be Asked to Supersede Him. - His Attitude. ' An effort is to be made, in the federal court in Cincinnati, tomorrow by the mortgage holders of the 'C, H. & D. railroad, to oust Governor. Harmon from the receivership of the road, or at least' to obtain the'appolntment of a co-receiver. For several weeks there has been more or less talk of the dissatisfaction of the mortgage holders. Governor Harmon ha been'fully apprised of this dissatisfaction. "I do not know how long I shall remain receiver of , the road," he said recently, when' asked, about It., ""All Ivknow Is that the court has instructed me to continue to. serve until May 1 1. .' It is for the court to determine."' ;) ; , " About the time he became governor he tendered his resignation to Judge Durton,' but was instructed to 'continue, if possible, until May' 1. '. This the governor expects; to be able to do. and will unless he courts rules' otherwise. At that time he suggested the appointment , of Edward . Colston, his law partner. . ' ' . Bondholders Want Herriok. Vigorous protest has 1 Deen ' made against the appointment of Colston by the bondholders and mortgage holders, who 'advocated the appointment of Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland, former governor. To end the wrangle. Judge Lurron requested the governor to withdraw his resignation. , -, : It is known the governor feels he should take a position independent of either faction among those seeking to control the railway. This has been his attitude throughout., ( He has said, in fact, that if he continues receiver of the road, he will discriminate against no particular interest but continue to work for the best interests of all alike. . "" Governor Not Alarmed. ' The mortgage holders have talked some Of attempting to force his resignation by attacking hia right to serve as governor and. continue as receiver of the properties. Article 3, section 14, of tho Ohio constitution says that no member of congress or person hold ing office under the authority- of the' state or the United States shall execute the office of governor. They claim the governor, as receiver, is Nan offlcar of the federal government; ,'; The governor doea not Seem at all disturbed by this threat. In fact, local attorneys in several instances have agreed with him that the . contention above cited is not likely to be supported in any court. Tl PEDEST1HS FOIL Hi! ATTEMPTED' HOLDUP Unknown Man Assails Woman in Sullivant Avenue, But Fails to Get Her Purse. As Miss Anna Follmer was entering the gate tln front of her home, ;at 436 Sullivant; avenue,, shortly, before 10 o'clock Inst , evening, a large white man, whd had been hiding behind a tree, "threw fi Is arms aroilnd her and attempted to take her purse. , Her screairis attracted, 'the- attention of two men" on ,the nther side of th street and they ran 'to her assistance. The would-be highwayman, escaped. Chaplain's Sister Dead. . " DAYTON, O., Feb. ' 6. Mr. .Catherine Starr. Schaeffer died at hcr residence In this city-last night- 'She was the widow ' of the" la4e 'Captain David Winters Schaefte.i Mrs. Schaeffcr was of Colonial ancestry, being -a direct descendent of Dr. Comfort Starr, who Settled "In Boston In ' 1635 andvva one of "the 'founders of ' Harvard.,, Mrs. Schaeffer leaves , two brothers,; Rev. Dr. D. J. Starr of Columbus and George R. Starr of California,' and two sisters, Mrs. D. M. Steward of Chattanooga', and Mrs. B. B. Christie of Dayton,, . . - - '. . ' ., Policeman Arrests , Own Wife. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6. Patrolman Freltag Is a believer in the doing of one's duty, however Spartanlike It may be. . He arrested his own wife here last night, when she and a neighbor engaged in a difficulty. He marched, both women to the police station and preferred a charge against then: of disturbing , the ,ueac, 1V & HARMON PAYS SIQDD TO "BUCK HID" Italian Fruit Dealer Tells Police He Turned Over Money to Insure Safety. ' NEIGHBOR READY Terrified Man Also Will Put Up Funds When Representa-tive Calls. Rather than risk the vengeance of the Black Hand, Peter Jetka, an Italian fruit dealer of East Naghten street. paid that organization $1000, according! to information given the police yesterday. I Ignas p arson, an Italian grocer, Hying next to Jetka. who has received many' threatenlng letters, told the police he had been waiting for representatives of the blackmailing organ-' izatlon to call on him for money, which he was willing to pay to insure his safety. Yesterday afternoon an officer, who was sent to Investigate family troubles between Mr. and. Mrs. Farson, learned of the dealings of the secret society in his case and that of Jetka. The officer was informed that several months ago Jetka- receivej a letter from what purported to be the Black Hand, asking him. for a sum of money by a certain time. He would be killed, the letter said, if the money was not forthcoming. He sent $500. A : few weeks ago he received another request, the receipt of his first contribution being acknowledged. He sent a reply, again inclosing $500. He has not been bothered since. Demanded $2000 of Farson, Farson -told the officer that he has been receiving letters from the Black Hand for some time, but to date had not given up any money. He said he had been waiting for a representative to call on him for the cash, as he was willing to pay, if it would Insure him he would not be killed by members of the Black Hand. . The-first request received by Farson was for $2000. Later he received ot,her letters asking for smaller amounts. He showed the, officer one letter, received only a few days ngo. ., The reporting of the two Black Hand cases yesterday leads the police to believe that other persons , are being menaced by the .organization. 1 Usuallv victims of : these hold-ups do not , tell Die police, tninKing ir.ni me organiza tlon will seek revenge. : The police refused last evening to tell what progress naa been made In Investigating the ;Jetka and ," Fftrson basest. It was stated, however, that the perpetrators were not believed -to be residents' or joiumous.! - ,, , NIGHT SHIRT PARADE 1 FOLLOWS P!RE MM Small Blaze at Capital University Drives 125 Students Into the ; Snow Loss Small. ' - It wasn't a night shirt parade In celebration of a football or baseball victory, but , a rush In all seriousness from a burning dormitory ' that attracted the attention of East Columbus residents last night when an alarm of fire was turned In from Capital university. 'Soon after 10 o'clock the students, who had retired, were awakened by a cry of "fire," ,; Without . waiting to get their clothing, and in great excitement, they rushed down the stairways in night attire and swarmed onto the campus In front of the old Vdorm" which had served them as a home. To the number of about 125 they stood and shivered ,in the cold of a winter night while others with a chemical fire extinguished fought the flames, which had started In the room of Ernest Koetter and Carl G. Kronmiller, "presumedly from a Suspended gas lamp. Neither boy was in the room at the time. .' '. -.' , - . ' : Presence of mind of Carl Schuh, a nephew of the" president of the college, and Fred . Neumeister probablyprevented- a conflagration, a the flames had gained considerable headway be-, fore they were discovered. The dormitory is occupied by about 150 students, but when the fire broke out last night about 125 were there. The loss is estimated at $35. TOO OLD TO LIVE LONGER Aged Mansfield Man Ends His Life by Shooting. ",. MANSFIELD. , Feb. 6.-Oll'ver E. Foulke, aged 78. prominent business man, committed " suicide tonight by shooting himsolft' He wrote a letter to- his wife before the shooting,; saying 0 old a man as h'wai was a burden to his family and should not be permitted to live. , ... Foulke had been taking great interest in reports, of suicides of old men. . '' Consolidation Is Rumored: CHICAGO, Feb. 6-It was rumored in , railroad circles today that a consolidation had. been effected . between the Chicago & Alton, the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Iowa Central, Minneapolis St 'St. Louis, Chesapeake & Ohio "and possibly the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroads. ; Edwin nawley. who,! virlth his associates, disposed of the Colorado Southern prop-""v m the 3urlington a short ttmtj ago, Is said to be slated for president u. the' new combination. - , .- . ' Roumanians Organize. ALLIANCE, Feb. 6. Several "Hundred delegates representing 42 Roumanian societies In the'Iinlted States, met here tonight In convention to form one general organization. ' The sessions will last three day and be ad- lrHd bv a numoer at prominent eo clitioe and orators. ' The organ 1- ; satloa will teach-American ultlzenitUttf. WEATHER Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday. w to $1 COLUMBUS. OHIO. SUNDAY HELD BY POLICE Believe Murdered Girl Was . Poisoned or Drugged and Thrown Into Cistern. . Police Seek Woman Who, They Believe, Can Throw Light on the Mystery. By Asuootawd Pri to State Journal. 1 DAYTON, Feb. 6. There are nn new developments in the Fulhart murder case. The police are holding an unknown, woman who was in the com- m .i. i faw timir. 1 pany of the dead girl for a fewhours ' previous to ner ueu.ui, unu nc '""" sweetheart Albert Wllkle, Is also in the station house. The evidence on which' these two prisoners are being held is of the most flimsy character and it is probable both will be released. -; . , . .. .. . t Mrs. J. H. Long, who . lives across the alley from the scene of the tragedy, said tonight she remembers hearing screams last Tuesday night, but thought nothing of it, as such occurrence were noted almost nightly. Several places at which the, dead girl had applied for work have been found. At some of these places she was noticed to have been accompanied by a young man, who waited on the street while she made her application., ' On account of the absence of wounds on the body, the p oe are now proceeding on the theory that the girl was poisoned or drugged. Scrapings from her finger nails have been sent to a chemist Sor a microscopic examination in the expectation that the test, will develop something to Indicate whether her slayer wasrblack or' white. - Search for Woman's Companion. . Apparently the key that is to unlock the door to the mystery surrounding the death of Miss Fulhart ia in the hands of one person, and that person Is a woman. ' The police are looking for a tall, slender young wc-man-who was seen In the company of the dead girl about 3 o'clock on the afternoon of Jan. 25, in front of a moving picture show, and they believe once this woman Is located she will be able to give some Information that will be, of high value to them in their efforts to unravel the mystery, i - .'.,..., '.i Toward locating this woman every man on the police force Is bending his efforts. While Mrs. Ella Fulhart. of Tippecanoe City, a sister-in-law of the dead girl, and a Mrs. Cushaw of the same place, were walking along Third street at the time mentioned they met Elizabeth Fulhart and her companion coming out of the picture show. After a brief 'conversation, , In. which Mrs. Fulhart insisted that the girl go- to her horn? in Vandalla, the four: separated without the elder woman learning the identity of the tall girl. "I am convinced," said the chief, "that this woman knows something of the dead girl we are 'anxious to learn. Otherwise, I cannot see why she would hesitate to come forward and tell what she knows." There ; Is evidence that Elizabeth Fulhart had an elderly male friend whom she sometimes met In Dayton. Henry Oaylor, a conductor on, the Troy and Dnyton Traction line, saw this -man meet the girl one night several weeks ago. QaVlor .did not remember "ever having seen him before. 8AY8 ONE 13 GUILTY OF ALL. Physician Believes Pervert Committed Each of Dayton Murders. " (By AuocUtid Pr to BtaU Journal. , .' CLEVELAND, Feb.' 0. That the murders of six women In Dayton was committed by a single "individual is DRUG THEORY IS e jamnmL sections MORNING. FEBRUARY 7, THE EASIEST MAY TO Take ti-c twiiis for a ride the theory of Dr. Charles H. Clark, former clinical director of the Government Hospital for the Insane, Washington and now superintendent of the Cleveland State Hospital for the insane. . "Circumstances Identical In each case point to a single murderer," said Dr. Clark today. "The facts In the Dayton series have been published broiftlcast) Yet no similar crimes have occurred elsewhere. ' This !g an argument for a single murderer. "This monster is selective. His victims have been nearly of an age. Their eirciiriratflnces in life have been similar. Ail , rere girls attractive in fdce.; and rorrn. 7 .'" '...'.-'. .v-' ..'.;. . 'The best eVijenee:thnt all six murderers were committed by a single individual is the fact that in each case the victim was strangled. "This the use of one method In several cases is typical of the pervert. - "The Dayton monster has a. prototype in Jack the Ripper, the London murderer. . . "Once the pervert has" taken life In a certain manner, thereafter he cannot be satisfied except in that Identical manner. ' " "Perversion usually Masts through life, ' As long as the pervert is free he is boun'd to commit more crime. "In my opinion this pervert Is not omy suae, out i-r-eijuuniuio. vviih uuu- ,d of' a crlm,he should be pun- i8hed as any otner criminal. SLAIN ON EVE OF HER WEDDING. Choir Girl . Is Murdered and Jilted ., Lover Is Sought. ' .By Associated Press to Stat Journal. DES MOINES, Feb. ' 6. Governor Carroll Is looking Into the murder of Clara Rosen, 28 years old, choir singer at Ottumwa; last night with a view to offering a large reward for the capture of the slayer The mayor of Ottumwa has offered $600 and the citizens $400 more. . '". ., ..; The crime was committed last night and the body of the girl was found in an excavation on a building iot. Her face was battered, evidently with a jagged stone, the skull being crushed. The body was badly mutilated. A diamond brooch and a purse are missing. Search Is being made for a jilted lover. The murder was committed on the eve of Miss Rosen's wedding to San-ford Carlson of lronton, Wyo., a mine owner. . .-' -,,!. . ' ,, ... y would Make streets safe. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Declaring that "the streets of Washington must be. safe for white women after nightfall," ,' Justice .Gould today sentenced Charles Catlett, a , negro, '. who on the evening of Nov.' S3 last attacked and robbed Miss Edith Wilkerson, to six anj pne-half years In the penitentiary. There has been an epidemic of pocket-book snatching by negroes from white Women here during the last year. TWO WOMEN ARE ATTACKED. TOLEDO, Feb.' 6. Two men entered he home of Henry Kruser, near Syl-vahla, late this afternoon, and after brutally assaulting Mrs. Kruser and her 18-year-old daughter, ransacked the' premises and escaped with a small amount of money and jewelry. PREFERS LODGE AT HOME Taft Will Take Masonic Degree at Cincinnati, if at All. fTJv Associate.) Pro to state Journal. ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. . Anent the announcement that a Masonic lodge In Cincinnati is to make President-elect Taft a Mason, it was announced here today that during his visit to Atlanta Mr. Taft was asked whether he would like to become a Mason and that he said: "If I am ever elected to. take the Masonic degrees, I shall take them in the home lodge of my father in Cincinnati." . - HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 6 The Masonic lodges at Sherman and Conroe have- adopted resolution condemning On0 for inviting William H. Taft to become a Mason .on sight.- -, 1909. GET THAT $880,000 through almost any county. COLD WAVE HERE E Today Likely to Be a Little Warmer, But Will Be Suc-"'. ceeded by Much Colder., Snow Also to Be Expected When the . Brief Warm Spell . Passes Over. - Iaet night's Washington forecast calls for. only, partly cloudy today and tomorrow, but the chances are it will be somewhat warmer today than yesterday, notwithstanding a special forecast is out for a cold wave, due to strike Columbus tomorrow night or Tuesday, probably bringing snow either as an advence guard or in its train. The high pressure area which made the 7 o'clock temperature last night 18 degrees colder than Friday night and yesterday's maximum 15 degrees lower- than Friday's passed, oft over southeastern Ohio, last evening. The line of demarkation .was as distinct as If marked by a wall. The barometer, which had risen .75 In 20 hours, turned downward at 8:25, and at that instant the mercury in the thermometer, which had been receding slowly from the top, turned upward, though of course, the natural coolness of the night will cause a downward movement by morning. . . Cold Wave Warning Out. Yesterday , showed slightly - higher temperatures all through the Mississippi valley, hut the . warmth 'will be of short duration. Yesterday: the Washington bureau sent, cut .a. .special forecast as follows: i ' "The storm that now . occupies the: north Pacific coast will ''move southeastward over ' the Rocky mountains Sunday and thence eastward over th) plains states Monday and Tuesday, and reach the Atlantic coast about Wednesday, attended by snow In middle and northern districts, and followed by a cold wave that, will appear over the Northwestern states Sunday or Monday, advance over the central valleys and lake region Monday and Tuesday and reach the Atlantic state about the middle of next week." Invite Taft,. Harmon and Reid. HAMILTON, Feb. 0. The committee having in charge arrangements for the celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Miami university at Oxford, on June 16-17 of this year, met at the university thin afternoon. It was decided to invite, as greats of honor,, Judge Taft, Ambassador Whltelaw Reid arid Gov. Harmon.' Judge Taft is the son-in-law of John W. Herron of Cincir.ruitl, who has been for 50 years president of the board of trustees.: : Plays Wild West; Shot in Heart. POUGHKEEPSIE, N, Y Feb. 6. While playing "Wild West" today. Hugh. Maher, aged 9, was shot through the heart by a 14-year-old colored boy, Richard Deyo. Deyo was not held, an the coroner believed the shooting to be accidental. - Spider's Bite Causes Death. XENIA, Feb, Blood poisoning caused by the bitS of a spider resulted In the death last -night of Solomon Swlgart, aged 77, a well-known farmer. :...,. , . , ':.'''j, ;.,( .';: 'v... . ' ' ''v:f .'''':.''': Was a Cousin of Lincolri.';; "PAIXESVILLE, FeV Mrs. Mary F. -Crosbv, who died here Wednesday. It develops, was a second' cousin of Abraham' Lincoln. Mrs. Crosbys mother was MIhs Phoebe. Lincoln., -an own cousin of the martyred president. She came to PuluectvlUe from Vermont. MY Tl IE OHIO.1 OIL KING AT BARBECUE "But What Is the Real Fruitage," He Asks Georgia Farmers. (By Associated Press to Stat Journal AUGUSTA, Ga Feb. 6.John D. Rockefeller was the guest of honor at a barbecue dinner given by the Beech Island ffarmers today. He made a short speech in which he said he was not a farmer, hut his peoole as far back as he could remember were farm ers. j-ie saw tne farmers during his forefathers' time were not farmers like those of today,, as they went at the business in a haphazard way. Mr. Rockefeller cnmnHmpntt-r! tha roads of this country and said: , "I believe the thing the farmers most need Is good roads. It will save them much. You will save in hauling and also In the length of the life of your stock." In conclusion Mr. Rockefeller said: 'Bllt After ft-ft rrtt thrniicrli -It'n farming or railroading or whatever our task In life may be, we will be asked tne, pertinent question what was the fruit of our work miiRt was th mil fruitage?" , W.J, BM IS INJURED Machine Throws a Tire and Plunges Into Network of the Bridge Suffers Much Pain. By Associated Press to State Journal j TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 6. While returning from Sutherland college, where he delivered a lecture, this evening, William J. Bryan 'came' near losing his life: A big automobile in which he was . riding threw a- tire on a bridge near Tarpon Springs and 'plunged into the trestlework. " throwing the ocuu-pants out.: ''! .'.,' ',,.,:' , Mr. Bryan - was on the side next to that wh'ich-struck the woodwork and was jammed against a rail and suffered considerable injury. At first it was thought his leg had been broken, but when" he arrived at Tampa an examination revealed .the fact that the leg was), only badly bruised. . - Mr. Bryan Is scheduled to speak at St. Louis soon and at Springfield, III.. on Feb. 12, Lincoln's' birthday, and it may be he will have to cancel these dates. He Is ;conflhed to his rooms at the Tampa Bay hotel and suffers considerable pain. AT LINCOLN'S BEDSIDE Retired Army Officer Saw Great President Die. I Special Telegram to State Journal. ' BELLEFONTAINE. Feb. While much has been printed concerning those who knew Abraham Lincoln, nothing has been said of Colonel- A. F. Vance, living a retired life In Champaign county, who was at the bedside of , the martyred . president . when he was breathing his last, and who lived at the time of the assassination in a house across the street from the room where Lincoln was ' carried after he was shot Ir. Ford's theater. Vance says that there is not now another person living who was in' Washington at the bedside on that fatal night. At the time Major Vance was an Officer in the federal army and did tiot retire from service until the following September.: He says he' well remembers the occurrences of that night and the expression on the dying president's face as he lay bmithbur his life awav. It was a wild night, Jliys Vance, and the cavalry which was rushed Into the city from -all corners soon had the streets cleared and everybody was kept Indoors. Major Vance marched In the funeral procession which followed the Lincoln casket from the White House to the railway station,: , .; , PRICE, FIVE CENTS. JFLMTIC FLEET 01 If HOME Sixteen Battleships Leave Gibral tar on Last Lap of Remarkable Cruise.' . SAIUORS ARE HAPPY Will Be Met by Admiral Arnold's Squadron 1000 Miles Off American Coast. ' By Associated Press to State Journal. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 6. With the bands on board playing "Home, Sweet Home," the fleet of 16 battleships, under Rear, Admiral Sperry, left Gibraltar at 11 this morning for Hampton Roads, on the last lap of Its famous around-the-world cruise of 42,000 miles. One hour later the vessels were well clear of the land and, steaming . westward, in double column formation, . at a speed of 10 knots an hour. They will follow the southern route to Hampton Roads, a distance of 1600-miles and about 1000 miles off the American coast thy will be met and escorted home by the third squadron-of the Atlantic fleet, under . Rear Ad- , mlral Arnold. , The sailors are happy that their next stop will be home. j', ; The weather conditions at the tim of departure were glorious. The sky was without a cloud and there was just enough breeze to curl the crests of the sun-flooded waves. " The difficult operation of getting the 16 huge battleships out of the narrow war basin of the port and under way was accomplished with a, skill and per fection of maneuvering and detail which won the admiration of all the foreign naval men who witness the proceedings critically from land and sc-a. Admiral Sperry directed the whole operation from the af ter-bridga of the Connecticut. Great Chains Are Loosened. At 8:30 the signal to unmoor was given and the great chains, holding the ships to the buoys,, were loosened one by one, until -the, vessels were held to their anchorage by only a single strand. At 8:65 a stream of multicolored flags on the flagships cum; municated the order t get under way to the George, the Nebraska, the New Jersey, the Rhode Island and the VIr- ' ginia, lying at the rear -ot the basin. As the Hags came fluttering down five minutes later, the designated battleships cast off their last lines and, like freed laviathans seeking escape, they slowly swung their noses in the direction of the 'breaches In the breakwater. Twisting and turning to the clanging of engine gongs they crept out. the Georgia leading the way. with Lieutenant Commander George W. Kline on the bridge. Parting Salutes Fired. Once outside, Rear Admiral Waln-wright's division fell into formation and waited for the second and third groups. The second group consisted of the Vermont, proudly living the "battle efficiency" trophy at her fore; the Minnesota, Kentucky, Ohio and Kearsarjfe, and the third was composed of the Wisconsin, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Illinois. The three groups waited -outside and at 10:30 the Vonnecticut brought up the rear. , , ,,y, ; . v Although it Is not customary to fire parting salutes, -the' Devonshire, the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir James Goodrich, R. N., admiral superintendent at Gibraltar, which had taken up a position at the entrance of the harbor, hoisted and saluted the American flag as the Connecticut passed out. The band on the quarterdeck of the Connecticut played ; the Engllsli anthem, while the musicians on the foreign warships played the "Star Spangled Banner," as the respective ensigns were dipped. Admiral Goodrich, and Admiral Litvinoff of the Russian navy then signalled: -"Gondbve, pleasant voyage." Admiral Sperry replied laconically, ''Thanks." . Procession Three Miles Long. Then the Connecticut' steamed majestically along the line of the waiting American vessels, took her place at-the head of the column and set the guide flag, "Five of clubs." . The 15 other vessels wheeled gracefully in behind the Connecticut ani with the black speed cones run up to the yardarms, the imposing profession, which was over three miles Ions moved to the south. Rear Admiral Sperry, , prior to the departure of the batteships, expressed the greatest degree of satisfaction with the results of the around-the-world ; cruise. He then made the following statement: : ' . .. .: -;.. , ' . "This cruise marks an epoch In our naval annals, for the fleet has found, itself been welded into a unity. An aggregation .of battleships. Irrespective of the power and efficiency of the units. Is not a fleet in the highest sen&e of the term until by long, faithful and harmonious work on the , part of the personnel, tho spirit of the fleet has oecn developed. That how has been accomplished. ' The Amrelcan people have come to appreciate the independ nice of sea power as one of the most potent factors in the preservation of a Just peace, and" they should appreciate wnat it means to nave a, fleet hks this Reynolds Won't Enter Cabinet. CHICAGO, , Feb. S. George M Rey nolds, president -of the Continental National 'bank of thin city, who has been mentioned as a possible secretary of the treasury in the Taft cabinet, will not go to Washington, Mr. Reynolds Intimated to his friends today that ha would continue his work in Chlca't'r and that all future talk connecting him with the treasuiy department would be unfounded. : Large Freighter Launched. . LORAIN, Feb. 6. A 600-foot freight steamer, the "A. C. Ilnky," waa launched at the local yards of he American Shipbuilding company today. The vessel was constructed for the Pittsburg Steamship company and I named after President Alva C JJlnky of the Oarnfgle Kleel company. ih boat will enter the iron ore and coal carrying trude.