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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE STOCKS TO 2:30 P.M. y2 Credit Coupon. CUT THIS OUT. DECEMBER SO. NEW YORK CITY.

MONDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1907. VOL. 08.

NO. 22 PAGES, INCLUDING PICTURE SECTION. THREE CENTS YAWL BOAT COMES ASHOBE. LOCAL WEATHER PROBABILITIES ID 1ALEY GIRL 79,000 OUT OF WORK SISTER OF THE KAISER IN HARDEN CASE mal, was severely cross-examined to-day and withdrew his previcus statements. The taking of evidence then came to an end and the case was adjourned.

The final pleadings will be heard to-morrow and Judgment probably will be rendered on Thursday. Munich, December 30 Professor Schweninger and his wife, who is a mem-, ber of the Von Moltke family, and from whom Maximilian Harden obtained his Information regarding the allseed ten-dencies of Count Kuno Von Moltke. have i. a indicia! examination Evidence of a Disaster at Sea Near Barnegat, N. J.

A vessel's yawl boat which came ashore at the Harvey Cedars' life saving station near Barnegat, N. to-day gives further evidence of a disaster st sea off that place. Steamers arriving at this port have already reported sighting near Barnegat, the mast of a submerged schooner ana a five-masted vessel abandoned, with Jibboom broken off, but with all except her headsalls set. It is believed the two vessels were in collision. The fate of the crews is in doubt but one of them may have left their vessel in the yawl which came ashore at the Harvey Cedars sta tion.

There was nothing about the yawl to indicate the name of the vessel from which she came. It was 22 feet long and contained four oars, a mast and two davit fall blocks, indicating that it was cut away from some vessel in haste. The boat was painted white, with a green bottom and the builder's name stamped on her bull is A. Morgan, Conn." "THREE WEEKS" NOT ARRIVED. Committee Will Pass on Miss Glyn's Book Before It Gets Place in Brooklyn.

Application at the Brooklyn Public Li brary, Montague street, this morning, disclosed the fact that the library was without a single copy of Mrs. Elinor Glyn's latest novel, "Three Weeks." This book, which bag been arousing a storm of protests from various sources, will not likely be put in the list of books to be circulated In this borough. When Li brarlan Walter Briggs was asked about the book and nether it would be se cured, he referred all Inquiries to Frank f. Hill, chief librarian. Mr.

Hill was seen at his office, on Bre voort place, but at first declined to say anything whatever about the book, except to confirm the fact that it was not in the library. Asked how books were secured for the library, he stated that he made the recommendations. If a request was made for a certain book which was not on the shelves of the library, it was first passed upon by the book committee. There had been no request as yet for "Three Weeks." so far as he knew. Mr.

Hill declined to discuss the book in any way, or whether there was any chance of its getting into the library. MAN ROBBED AND MURDERED. Station Agent of Baltimore and Ohio Killed at Clarington, Ohio. Clarington, December 30 Edward Hutchinson, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station agent here, was robbed and murdered at an early hour to-day and the station burned over his head While the railroad officials will not talk about tho case, it Is said that the mur derers got away with large sum of money. The burglars bound and gagged Hutch lnson.

After taking bis watch and money they then ransacked the The theory advanced to possibly explain the cold-blooded murder of the station agent li that the burglars recognized him and were recognized in turn. Hutcblneon had worked for the Baltimore and Ohio for a number of years, and came here three months ago from Newark, Ohio, where he had worked on. that division and was well known. The burglars evidently de elded to burn Hutchinson as he lay bound in order to conceal their identity. SUES VESTA VICTORIA.

Bert Cooper Claims 5 Per Cent. Com mission on Actress' Salary for Thirty-two Weeks. Justice Green, of the City Court, Manhattan, to-day set for January 6 the trial of the suit brought by Bert Cooper, theatrical manager and song composer, against Vesta Victoria to recover 5 per cent, of her salary for thirty-two weeks. Alfred Beekman, counsel for Cooper, told the court that when Miss Victoria first came to this country she received $1,500 week. Cooper got a contract for her at the rate of $2,500 a week.

This eon-tract expired on June 10 last, and Cooper received his 5 per cent. Subsequently, Cooper alleges he obtained another con tract fcr her for the term of thirty-two weeks at $2,500, for which he was to receive the same percentage. This, he alleges has never been paid. Henry J. Goldsmith, counsel for Vesta Victoria, declares that Cooper never obtained the second contract for the actress and is not entitled to any percentage.

McCALDIN CO. MAY DISSOLVE. James McCaldin Wants to Wind Up the Busines sof Big Towing Concern. Application has been made to Justice Greenbaum of the Supreme Court for the dissolution of the McCaldin Bros. Company, a New York corporation, towing, transportation, by James McCaldin, stockholder.

An order to show cause why the corporation should not be dis solved was set down for February 7. The liabilities are placed at and the assets at $117,500. The assets consist three tugs and one steam lighter, valued at due from Ross Iron Works, lumber and wood at Fourteenth street and Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, office fixtures, horses, trucks, wagons, $1000; Interest In steamship Lassell, stock ln Atlantic Steamship Company, $2,500. Charles A. Webber of Court street, Brooklyn, is the attorney for the petitioner.

VON VELTHEIM IN THE DOCK. Rain, followed by rlearlna: late tonight, Tnfidsr, fnlr and colder, ontherlr wind ahlftlnir to-night to brisk and btffh westerly. Tho Eagle Weather Bureau ha received the following advisory warning from Washington: "The storm now centered In the Lower I.akc region Is moving rapidly eastward. It will cause brisk, possibly high southwest to west winds this afternoon and to-night along the Middle Atlantic coast." FIRING AT AIRSHIPS. German Artillery Carrying Out Experiments in Gun Fire.

Berlin, December 30 The artillery branch of the German army is at present carrying: out a series of most interesting experiments in gunfire at Juterbog. The fire of held gunB Is being directed upon captive steerable airships. The results of the experiments are being kept very secret, but it Is expected that they will furnish valuable data for use in future warfare. The navy already has had considerable practice ln firing upon captive spherical balloons towed by torpedo boat destroyers. These targets were moved quickly ln every direction, giving the Impression that tbe balloons were maneuvering In the air.

INSANE FROM FEAR. Slav Uiner, Imprisoned Three Days in Mine, Becomes a Maniac. Pittsburg, December 30 After be-lug imprisoned for three days In Ells worth No. 1 Mine, at Ellsworth, thirty miles from here, John Omilltan, 26 years old, a Slav miner, was released from his underground dungeon a raving maniac to-day. He was taken to the county home at Arden.

Omilllan went to work last Thursday in a small room off tbe main entry of the mine and Ignited bis blast. The charge proved so strong that It loosened enough earth to cause a fail, which blocked effectually his exit from the room. All bis efforts to attract attene-tlon were in vain, and he might have been entombed yet but for the acciden tal discovery of his plight. A number of mine officials, while going through the diggings to see that everything was safe, came to the point where Omilllan was entombed. They at once saw that something was wrong.

When the debris was cleared the officials were astonished to find a maniac dash among them from the room, knock two of the rescuers down and put up a vigorous fight before he was overpowered. Nothing could be done for the Slav to restore his mental balance. He was insane from hunger and fear. HEAVY QUAKE RECORDED. Weather Bureau Says That the Shocks Lasted Over an Washington, December 30 A very heavy earthquake was recorded on the instruments at the Coast and Geodetic Survey Observatory at Cheltenham, this morning.

It commenced at 32 minutes 30 seconds past midnight and lasted two hours. The maximum dis placement was 64 millimeters. i The Weather Bureau to-day, issued tho following bulletin: "A distant earth quake of considerable intensity was re corded by seismographs at the Weather Bureau this morning, commenc ing at 12:33, A.M., and lasted for over one hour. The first preliminary tremors con tinued for four minutes and fifty-five seconds, and the strongest motion occurred at 12:45 A.M.. at which time the actual movement of the ground st Washing ton was about five millimeters.

"ABSURD" SAYS PETTIGREW, When Asked If He and Dubois Of fered Coler the Vice Presidency, The Coler press agency caused to be given out from the borough president's office to-day a statement to the effect that ex-Senator Pettigrew of South Da kota and ex-Senator Dubois of Idaho had called this forenoon and offered to Coler the nomination for-Vice President on the ticket with William J. Bryan. The press agent's story was that Coler had. with his characteristic shrinking modesty, de clined the offer. Ex-Senator Pettigrew is stopping at the Victoria Hotel In When an Eagle reporter told him the story that had been given out he said: It is absurd.

We made a purely pri vate visit. We are in no position to make ny such offer anyhow." The ex-senator intimated that the press agent had the yarn wrong and re iterated the absurdity of it. How the press agent ever missed mak- ng it an offer of the presidency instead of the vice presidoncy Is a Borough Hall mystery. YOUNGS NOT TO LEAD. TT.

S. District Attorney Will in Fu ture Keep Hands Off Bepublican Politics in Queens. Queens County Republicans aro Inter- sted In a report brought from Washlng- on to the effect that United States Dis trict Attorney William J. Youngs, who resides at Garden City, Is to have noth- ng further to say about Republican af fairs in Queens Borough, but that here after Congressman William W. Cocks will be recognized at the White House as Queens' representative In all matters.

It appears that the special committee that Journeyed to Washington to Interview President Roosevelt upon the ques- on of giving fjueens County a little fed- ral patronage in exchange for making rtvate Secretary William Loeb, a elegate to the Republican National Con vention, also discussed Mr. Young's ac- vity in nueens affairs. One member of the committee is authority for tho statement that the President was quite surprised to hear that Mr. Youngs did not represent tbe wishes of the Queens Re- ublicans, and that the committee was ssured that in the future Mr. Youngs would be eliminated from all political matters pertaining to tho organization In ueena County.

SUIT AGAINST ALBANI. Boston. December 30 Following last week's arrest of Carlo Albanl, the opera enor, ln a civil suit brought by Oscar Hammersteln of New York for alleged reach of contract, a bill of complaint ame before the Federal District Court to-day filed by Hammerstein, and asking that Albani be restrained from singing 1 this country and be compelled to nay $25,000 to Hammerstein. The petition alleges that Albanl, in his ontract with Hammerstein made toe agreement that lp case of a breach of contract the one breaking the contract should pay the other $25,000 damaged. Judge Lowell ordered that Albani appear in court next Friday to show causa why the petition should sol be granted.

BODY FOUND IN COFFIN Claim That Roll of Lead Had Been Buried Instead of Corpse Is Exploded. A CALDWELL'S STORY UNTRUE. George Hollamby Druce's Claim to Great Portland Estates Vanishes Into Thin Air. London, December 30 The body of Thomas Charles Druce, in Hlghgate Cemetery, was exhumed this morning, Just forty-three years to a day after He burial. The coffin was found to contain 1 the remains of a human body, thus exploding the romantic tales told by Robert C.

Caldwell and others who swore during the recent hearing of the Druce perjury case that it contained a roll of lead. The official statement given out by representatives of the Home Office and others who were officially present at the exhumation not only definitely disposes of the lead myth, but seems effectively to confirm that the body buried In 1864 was actually that of T. C. Druce. The au thorized statement follows: "The coffin was opened and found to contain the body of an aged, bearded man; the plate on the coffin bore the name Thomas Charles Druce." The scene at Hlghgate Cemetery this morning, when the vault was opened, was remarkable.

Constables seemed to spring from everywhere; every bush and every tree apparently hid an officer of the law. All the entrances to the cem etery were surrounded by cordons of police. Only those persons who had passes from the Home Office were admitted to the grounds. George Hollamby Druce, who claims he is the rightful heir to the Portland dukedom and to its vast estate, tried twice to get into the cemetery, but was met with a stern refusal. The operations began at daybreak with the removal of the topmost coffins In the vault, containing the bodies of the wife and a son of T.

C. Druce. It was nearly half-past 11 before the coffin, the contents of which have aroused the curiosity of the whole world, was brought up ready for opening and Inspection. The top was quickly unscrewed and the inner casing of lead cut open. There was no need for the dictum of the eminent surgeon, Augustus J.

Pepper, who was appointed by the Home Office to carry out the exhumation, to assure all present that human remains lay in the coffin. The Druce vault has thus given up its see'ret after ten years of legal proceedings which have cost, all told, a considerable fortune. A large part of this money was obtained from servant girls and other workers who were Induced to buy shares in a company formed to prosecute the claims of George Hollamby Druce against the estate of the Duke of Portland. The charge of perjury against Herbert i A'iucw enecuven disposed oi. Thos persons who have sworn to iho placing of lead in tho coffin, Instead of a human body, have deposed to facts which now have been disproved, and they prob ably will have to take the consequences oi ineir acts.

So far as the general public Is cerncd, the entire long drawn out Druce-Duke of Portland controversy is at an end and the case of the claimant, George Hollamby Druce has fallen to the ground. Robert C. Caldwell, whose remarkable testimony as a witness In the so-called Druce case led to tho reopening of the grave of T. C. Druce to-day, Is now at the house of his daughter at New Brighton, S.

I. He Is under $5,000 bonds to answer to a charge of perjury, preferred by the British authorities in connection with the story ho told in the London court. Caldwell was arrested upon request of the British authorities when he arrived here from Europe one week ago last Saturday, and announcement was made at that time that determined efforts would be made to have him taken to London to answer to the charge which had been preferred against him. Only the fact that he apparently was desperately ill when he was arraigned before a United States commissioner here was responsible for his release on comparatively light bail. Counsel for the British vice-consul, through whom the warrant for Caldwell's arrest was obtained, Insisted that he be held a prisoner until extradition proceedings be completed.

Upon the appeal of Caldwell's counsel and the claim that such detention would be almost certain to result in his death, however, two physicians were appointed by the court to make an examination as to the prisoner's physical condition. It was because of their reports that he was in a precarious condition, that ball was fixed at $3,000. Sureties were furnished by friends, and Caldwell was at once taken to the home of his daughter. It is said that his health has improved slpaUily nee that time. Caldwell's story of the alleged dual personality of the Duk" of Portland was ihn real sensation of one of the most re-iwkible legal cases which ever engaged the attention of the British courts.

The reopening of the Druce grave, which was reported to-day, was undertaken as a final effort of the government to prove I heir charge that Caldwell's testlmon was "wilful and corrupt perjury." In substance story, upon which tho claim of tho Druce heirs for the grst fortune and tho titlo of the Duke Portland was based, was to the effectthat the Duko of Portland and T. C. iJruce, a London storekeeper, were on and the same. He had known the puke of Portland under both names, he Baia, ana at the request of the Duke, had arranged a pretended death and mock funeral of Druce so that his dual personality could be burled He swore that a coffin burled in Hlghgate Cemetery, and which was supposed to hold tho body of T. C.

Druce, ln reality contained only M0 pounds of lead. It was this coffin which was exhumed to-day. Efforts to reach Caldwell at his home Slaten Island to-day were unavailing. H's daughter declared that the was so 111 that his physician would permit no one h- see him. His daughter was informed tnat the grave of T.

C. Druce was to contain the bones of a human being, but she declined to ask her father jay-th ng about tho ense. DEWMV'S VIES FOR XKW THAU'S. SK-clal Aborted Cusi. It.oo, and 6.7.-..

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a a of 60 in in In In of ON LOWER EAST IE Chairman Frank of Tenants' Strike Committee Tells of Hard Times Among the Poor. BREAD AND WATER FOR MANY. Bent Concessions Won From Two Landlords and More Expected Before January X. The news from the Socialist headquar ters, 313 Grand street, Manhattan, from which the so-called strike of the tenants of the lower East Side against landlords and high rents is being conducted, was of a cheery nature for the tenants to day. The leaders asserted that there were signs of a weakening ln a number of cases on the part of the landlords, and they were able to point to two agree ments made during the day.

Both of these agreements were for houses which have figured prominently In the present agitation, one being the double-decker ana manton street, where are housed forty-eight families, who have been paying from $18 to $23 a month for their apartments. Here, finally, the landlord offered the tenants a reduction of $1 a month, with an agreement not to raise rents for six months. The leaders of the strike tried hard to prevent an acceptance of this offer, and to Induce the tenants to hold out for a 20 per cent, reduction, but the unanimous sentiment of the tenants was in favor of the compromise and the leaders finally assented, though reluctantly. The ten ants then paid their January rent, and received receipts, and In turn agreed not to move for the six months term. The other place where an agreeman was reached was 131 Monroe street, where tho rent has been from $16 to $19 a month, and where the compromise pro vldcd for a reduction of $1.50 a month for each tenant.

Both of these tene ments are known as "cold water" apartments, as tbey do not furnish bot water to tenants. 75,000 People Out of Work on the East Side on Account of Hard Times. Jacob Frank, chairman of the Committee of Ten, said this afternoon that as a result of the investigation of condi tions on the East Side below Fourteenth street, they had found fully 75,000 people out of work on of tho hard times. Of this number 40.000 are cloak makers and tailors, and 35,000 comprise capmakers, shirtmakers, paperhangers, painters, carpenters and bricklayers. It is expected that on January 1 about more wage-earners will bo out of work, a little more than the usual nuin ber who have an enforced holiday on account of stock-taking, repairs and the usual first of the year business quietude This will mean that by the end of the week the ariny of the unemployed In Uie lower East Side will number hot less than 135,000, sufficient to make the situ ation grave.

Mr. Frank said that 'the conditions found suggested that if the enforced Idleness did not extend over a long per lod, but readjusted Itself say by the end of January, not much severe hardship would ensue, and the people would get along all right, but if it kept up until March or April it would mean much suf ferlng on (he par of these people, and hard times for others, whose Incomes would be lessened by tbe decreased, ex penditures of the section. Living on Bread and Water and Us ing Candles Instead of Gas. Mr. Frank said that there were many people in all parts of the lower East Side living on bread and water and trying to make their slender store eke out.

cited a number of instances where sev eral families would gather together in one apartment and sit around by the light of a candle, saving the quarters which would go to the gas meters, aud even making one light do for many. At tho four-story double-decker tene ments at 7, 9, 11 and 13 Essex street, each occuDicd bv from 16 to 18 families, it was found that the tnree room apart ments were occupied by families of six or seven, while many had two or three boarders to help out the family needs. In 13. especially. It was found that out of the eighteen families there were only six now at work, and In the other nouses tne number was gtill smaller.

Most of these who aro out of work arc garment work ers. I am a bookbinder by trade myself, said Mr. Frank, "and there are two thou sand meo engaged in that business on he East Side during prosperous times. Usually we are busy until after the holidays and then comes a let-up for a month or two that wo have prepared for. This year I have been out of work.

already Tor four weeks, and my friends are in the same condition. If the present situation continues In a couple of months tho peo ple, or many of them, will not have money to pay any rent. This refers to many thousands of families." Labor Organizations to Devote 25 Per Cent, of Income to Ameliorating Conditions. It was decided at the meeting which was held last night at 209 East Broadway, bv the representatives of 125 labor and other East Side organizations from below Fourteenth street, to aevote 25 per cent, of their respective incomes to the work of ameliorating conditions this winter and forwarding the work of the rent reducers. With the first of the month but two days off, the rent strikers now have a corps of live volunteer lawyers to Berve them.

These men are Jacob Pankem. Mever London, Louis Rosenswlcg, Jacob Hillqult, cousin of the former Socialist candidate for governor, and Michael Cohen. The four tenants from 216 and 218 Cherry street, who were served with dispossess papers by Landlord Rablnowltz on Saturday, were in the Madison street Municipal Court this morning to contest the proceedings. After the court had disposed of the cases they hurried to Socialist headquarters, where one of the women staled that when she had appeared court, with her associates, tho Inter preter had said to them, professing to Interpret the Judge remarks: "If you are Socialists, we'll throw you out anyhow. We don't care for you." The court then confirmed the dispossess order, after ascertaining that the rents of the tenants In question had been due on Christmas Day.

BURGLARS LOOT BANK. Syracuse, December 30 A dispatch to the Herald from Truxton says: Cracksmen blew tho safe of Miller Sons' bank at 3 A.M. to-day and secured $3,000 in cash. The safe was completely wrecked and the interior of bank badly damaged. The burglars made their escape with a stolen horse and wagon.

The rig was found later at Cortland. ARE LOCATED IN 'FRISCO Went Under the Names of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Balcom. BABYHAS BEEN BORN TO THEM Nassau District Attorney Will Ask for His Arrest Extradition Papers Then Applied For.

San Francisco, December 30 The Call to-day publishes an Interview with the Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, formerly rector of St. George's Church at HempBtead, L. who, It Is alleged, left bis wife some eight months ago, eloping with a 17-year-old heiress. Floretta Whaley.

The couple have been located, it is said, at a fiat at 1199 Green street. In this city, while a search has been going on for them all over the country. A child has been born to tbem during the Interval. The rector has been working partly as a painter and decorator and partly at hard manual labor for tbe support of himself, his companion and tho child. He had.

It is said, lived quietly in Los Angeles before coming here, after he left the East. (Special to the Eagle.) Hempstead, L. December 30 Living under the names of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Balcom, in a small apartment in San Francisco, Jere Knode Cooke, the unfrocked rector of historic St.

George's P. E. Church, and Floretta Whaley. tho Hempstead schoolgirl, have been discovered. With them Is a tipy baby born to the couple since they fled from Hempstead on April 29 last.

Nothing that has occurred since tbe elopement of Cooke and the girl has given Hempstead such a Bensation as the news of their discovery, wired from San Francisco this morning. Aged Mrs. Keziah Whaley, the grandmother of Floretta, had beard of the couple being located when an Eagle reporter called upon her, but sho had not heard that a child bad been born. 8he was much affected by the news. She had been convinced that her granddaughter was dead, but when assured that she was alive, expressed herself as pleased and said that she hoped to get in touch with the unfortunate girl and Induce her to return.

Asked If she would have her bring ber child with her. Mrs. Whaley said that that was a matter to be considered. She wants her granddaughter to come home, but will havo nothing to do with Cooko. She has all along said that the girl was too young to be really at fault for eloping with Cooke, who was not only her rector, but her guardian as well.

The unfrocked clergyman, Mrs. Whaley said, exercised a great Influence, over bis young ward, and waj alone at fault for her leaving home. Mrs. whaley Is too feeble to make the trans-continental Journey to bring tho girl home, but may, when she recovers from the shock following the news of her granddaughter's discovery, decide to send some friend to San Francisco to try and Induce Floretta to quit Cooke and return here. It Is not known that Cooke and Miss Whaley have been married, and if they, were, the marriage' is bigamous, for Cooke ban not been divorced.

His wife la still at the home of her parents in Hartford, Conn. At the time of tho elopement Mrs. Whaley swore out a warrant for the arrest of Cooke on the of abduction. This Is still In the hands of Justice Gittens, but Is worthless now, as Cooke Is out of the Jurisdiction of the Justice. District Attorney Coles was asked this afternoon If ho would apply to the governor for extradition papers.

He said he would take no action until sure Cooke bad been located. Then, he said, he would proceed in the case. The first step to be taken will be to ask the authorities In San Francisco to arrest and hold Cooke on a charge of abduction. Then the extradition papers will be applied for. Miss Edua Whaley.

the younger sister of Cooke's companion, was greatly pleased to know her sister is located. She, too. hopes Floretta will return here. Edna dreamed a few mouths ago that Floretta had been found in Vormont. Tbe dream was extremely vivid, and Edna was for a time sure It would be followed by the discovery of her absent sister, but as time passed and no word came from the missing girl, Edna was forced to believe, as did her grandmother, that Floretta was dead.

Cooke, it is said, when confronted in San Francisco by an officer, admitted he was the former Hempstead rector. He will not, it is stated, make any effort to fight extradition papers If they are la-sued, but will return quietly to the East and face tho abduction charge. He is quoted as saying that his married life was unhappy, and that his wife, whom oA hnM nHmltterl tn him. flnnn after their marriage, that she had never really loved him. If the relations between Cooke and his) wife were unhappy the fact was not known to his parishioners here.

The couple seemed ordinarily happy, aitnougti Intferlv Cooke's attentions to the girl had been so marked as to attract much attention. BROOKLYNITE REMANDED. Tioirnil December 30 Lieutenant of Detectives W. J. Clark of New York City and Samuel Plant of 415 East Fifty-second street.

New York, arrived here to-day to Inspect the Jewelry and money seize from Samuel Austin Collins of Brooklyn, with stealing J8.000 cash and J5.00O worth of Jewelry from tho home Plont In New York October 31. Judge Mandell of the Wayne County Cir cuit Court to-day dismissed tne writ oi habeas corpus secured by Collins and remanded tho prisoner to the custody of the police under 14,000 bail. PRESIDENT RETURNS TO-DAY, rharlnttesville. Va December 30 President Roosevelt end party will leave North Garden at 5:30 this afternoon for Washington, on a special train. The private car Twilight reached North Garden on at 11:30 A.M.

the con veyances left for Pine Knot to convey ho party to the railway siauou. mo heavy rains of last night nave made ma roads Impassable. AOKI SAYS FAREWELL. Washington, December 30 Ambassador okl, called at the State Department to day, to say farewell to Secretary Root and the assistant secretaries of stare, prior to his departure for Japan. The am bassador, with Viscountess Aoki and hi personal entourage, will leave Washington at 5:15 o'clock this afternoon for San Francisco, from which port they will sail for.

Japan on the steamship Manchuria. January 7. FACTORIES REOPENED. Manchester, N. December 30 The factories of the F.

M. Hoyt Company, manufacturers of boots and shoes, in East Manchester, which have been closed down for several weeks, resumed operations to-day. Almost 750 hands, tho largest force employed in the factories since they began, were at work aHer tbji shops oi'vncd to-day. Princess Charlotte Declared to Have Furnished Editor With His Information. DR.

SCHWENINGER TESTIFIES. Former Physician of Bismarck Tells What Chancellor Thought of the Camarilla. Berlin, December 30 The name of Princess Charlotte von Saxe-Melnlngen, the eldest sister of Emperor William, waB brought into the Harden-Von Moltke libel case to-day as the person who had supplied Maximilian Harden with the information concerning the Zu Eulenburg "group" near the person of the emperor upon which Harden based his campaign against tho so-called camarilla. Harden had two meetings with the princess, seemingly at her request. Professor Schweninger, who was present at these interviews, gave a brief account of them in a deposition.

General Count Wllhelm von Hohenau was mentioned, but no reference was made to Count Kuno von Moltke. Princess Charlotte and the emperor have been on cool terms for several years past. The late Prince Bernhard, husband of the princess, was for long opposed to the Influence of Prince Philip zu Eulenburg at Court. It is apparent that the princess did not forget this feud, and that she has been instrumental In ruining Zu Eulenburg's reputation and his consequent loss of favor with the emperor. The reassembling in this city to-day of the court which is hearing the libel suit attracted but a small audience.

Harden appeared to be very weak, while Count Kuno von Moltke was exceedingly cheerful and keenly Interested In the proceedings. The evidence of Professor Schweninger, who was physician to tho late Prince von Bismarck, was read to the court. The professor declared that he had no ill feeling against Von Moltke, ln spite of the coolness existing between the count and Mrs. Schweninger. Harden, the professor set forth, had met the hereditary Princess of Saxe-Melnlngen twice ln his presence in the course of visits at Schwaneck.

On one of these occasions the! princess talked about General Count Wllhelm von Hohenau and expressed her sorrow that "such degeneracy should occur in high circles." Professor Schweninger deposed that he was very much astonished when, following the appearance of the articles in Die Zukunft. the excitement against Har den broke out. He could not understand the reason, as the articles were not Intended to have a personal, but only a political significance. Professor Schweninger, who is now 67 years old, was for twenty-five years a notable figure in Germany because of his intimacy with Prince von Bismarck. This began when Schweninger was about 20 years old.

The young man became Bismarck's physician for bis gout, and frla led to confidential and personal re lutlons which made Schweninger a po lltlcul personage until the old chancellor died. Since this time tho prolessor has quietly followed his professional duties In the University of Berlin. The, re appearance of Schweninger recalls to the German public the days when he was reputed to be one of Bismarck's most able advisers. Continuing. Professor Schweninger said he considered Mrs.

von Elbe, the divorced wlfo of Count von Moltke, to be mentally sound and not likely to suffer illusions. He consequently believed her original assertions. She had related many Incidents of the Count's violence In which he alone appeared to be blamable. Tbe professor had heard rumors of the perversity of Prince Philip zu Eulenburg, even during the life of Bismarck, but the name of Von Moltke was never mentioned In connection with these matters. Mrs.

von Elbe told him that her former husband, the count, loved Zu Eulenburg more than he did herself. Continuing, the professor said he had himself related to Harden, Bismarck's opinion of Zu Eulenburg, whose tendencies, the prince considered, unfitted him to act as confidential adviser to the Emperor. He could not say whence Bismarck had acquired this knowledge. The chancellor expressed the opinion also that a certain imperial adjutant, whose name was not mentioned, had more Influence upon the decisions of the Emperor than did the chancellor himself. Bismarck declared in this connection, according to Professor Schweninger, that if the members of the camarilla were so foolish as to permit their influence to be suspected, the camarilla would immediately cease to exist.

Professor Schweninger declared that he would not have Introduced Harden to Mrs. von Elbe had he considered the latter to be untrustworthy. Harden's desire, he said, was to make the affair public In the Interests of the fatherland, not as a personal matter. The state then introduced a number of witnesses whose testimony tended to discredit Mrs. Von Elbe.

Her former paid ccmpanlon. Miss Mai, said Mrs. Von Elbe was an unreliable woman and that she had suffered much at her hands. She misjudged everybody, was often excited and quarrelsome without reason, and It was hor custom to talk to respectable young girls concerning the most depraved acts. The count suffered greatly from his wife's disposition, but he was patient with and kind to the countess, no matter what she did.

Mrs. Von Dem Marwitz testified that Mrs. Von Elbe's mother, Mrs. Von Vey- den, once confided to her that her daughter was Ill-advised and untrust worthy. "Mrs.

Von Veyden poured out hnr heart to me and complained bitterly about her daughter," tho witness said. Baroness Swnsson then took the stand ami gave testimony to the effect that Mrs. Von Elbe, during her first marriage with Von Kruse, acted dissolutely; she mentioned various dutailB. Countess Dani'kelmann swore to circumstances detrimental to Mrs. Von Elbe and to Count Von Moltke's enthusiastic admiration of his' fiancee during their engagement.

When he was first engaged to be married he wrote of his "brilliant good fortune In winning such a remarkable woman." After a considerable amount of evidence from servants and others regarding the hysterical nature of Mrs. Von Elbe, a physician attached to the law courts gave tho expert opinion, gathered during the entire course of the proceed ings, that ho had not observed the least foundation for the accusation of abnormality against Von Moltke. After this statement, Count Kuno Von Moltke himself took the stand. He declared that he had hardly slept at all for two months. He rejected the statement that he habitually used cosmetics to beautify his appearance; but said he whs In the habit of using smelling salts.

He explained the notorious handkerchief Incident by declaring that owing to the Jealousy of his wife, he refrained for several weeks from visiting Zu Eulenburg's house, although his office was In the building. After a scene with his wife one day he picked up a handkerchief belonging to Zu Eulenburg and kissed It In an afteetlonate manner to see whether or not this would provoke an outbreak of Jealousy from the lountrss. Magnus Htrschfuld, who at the last trial swore that Von Moltke was abnor here and made depositions before a privy councilor which win oe reu In the course of their examination, both the professor and his wife swore that Mrs. Von Elbe desired particularly that Harden be introduced to her. When this mail, certain state- naa ueeii ouo ments, which were duly reproduced In good faith in the articles naiueu tm f7i.Mnft with the ourely political object of dissolving the objec tionable camarilla surrounoins ihu acnortinntt wore repeated uerui.

by Mrs. Von Elbe during tne nrst trim. The professor connrmea tne rcijuii. m.i Prince Von Bismarck was aware of the an.Brll1n and had exisieucu ui spoken of the abnormal inclinations of the imperial advisors. SPARKS WILL CALL SESSION.

Washington, December 30 Governor Sparks of Nevada to-day wired President Roosevelt that he is now preparing a proclamation calling tho Legislature of Nevada into extra session. According to the President's last communication to the governor, the troops will now be ordered to remain at Goldfleld for a period of three weeks. SECRETARY TAFT IN BOSTON. Addresses 400 Ministers on Philippine Question Will Speak Again To-night. Boston, December 30 Progress in the Philippines politically, educationally and sanitary, oil tending toward ultimate self-government, was the basis of the address of Secretary of War William H.

Taft, before four hundred Boston ministers this forenoon. It was Secretary Taft's first public utterance since the completion of his tour around the world, as well as the first of three addresses he was to make in Boston to-day. Secretary Taft spent considerable time In refuting the arguments of the so-called anti-imperialists, the majority of whose advocates, he seemed to think, belonged to Boston. He said that with only 7 per cent, of the inhabitants of the Philippines sufficiently educated to understand self-government. It would be dangerous to give the islands over at this time.

He placed ultlmato self-government not earlier than a generation or perhaps two of them. He said that great progress had been made In the last five years, but that the movement of was held back by lack of funds. He hoped that the Islands would not be given up entirely to sugar or tobacco Industry, because both werj controlled more or less by policies of tho business world. Ho considered that the hemp Industry was the most lucrative, while he strongly advocated the removal of the tariff ln this country on sugar and tobacco from the Philippines. Mr.

Taft was warmly greeted by the audience and several leading divines who spoke brlofly referred to bis political future and ex pressed hope that he might become Prcsi' dent. The principal object of Mr. Taft's visit to Boston was the fulfillment of his promise to speak to-night before tho Bos ton Merchants Association, but reaching the city several hours before that event, ho consented to address the ministers and to attend a reception at the Elysium uiuo, a Jewish organization. Between times he was the personal guest oi nis nrotner-ln-law, Samuel Carr, a prominent business man. FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING.

Boses and Dandelions Growing Out doors in Delaware and Pennsylvania Long Island Ahead. Dover, December 30 Roses are In bloom outdoors at tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company's flower garden in this place. The succession of mild day3 and the springlike Christmas week hurried the buds and two rose bushes opened out beautiful and well colored blooms yester day. York, December 30 The spring-like weather here the past week has caused numerous dandelions to crop up and bloom ln the fields and yards. These flowers can be plainly seen in a field ad jacent to tho city.

Arbutus Blossoms at Huntington. (Special to the Eagle.) Huntington, L. December 30 The mild weather of the past two weeks is causing early spring shrubs to bud freely and it is feared tbat much damage will result when the cold weather again sets in. Chauncey Drohan picked on Saturday arbutus blossoms almost as perfect as those of April. Tho fregrance was there but the buds were not so perfectly opened.

This is a very unusual occurrence. GOOD WILL TO GERMANY. Bremen, December 30 The Chamber of Commerce of Bremen, ln its anual report Just issued, declares that the commercial arrangement between the United States and Germany which went into operation July 1, and in which the United States displayed the greatest goon win toward the idea of closer trade relations with the fatherland, has paved the way for a definite commercial treaty between the two countries. STEEL PLANT RESUMES WORK. Pottsville, December 30 More than 1,000 men were made happy to-day when work was resumed at the plant of the Eastern Steel Company here.

The man agers of tho company say the plant will run five days a week. The orders received for structural steel during the last few days Indicate brisk building operations in the Eastern cities early In the spring. DEPARTMENT VACCINATION. The entire working force of the Depart ment of Health, numbering over two thousand versons, was vaccinated to-day by health department physicians. The vaccinating needle started with Health Commissioner Darlington, head of the department, who bared his arm with a grin, and then went on down the line, skipping none.

ADJUDGED A LUNATIC. Carmllla Reale, who until last Tuesday was on trial for the attempted murder of his brother and brother-in-law, was to-day adjudged a lunatic by a Jury before Judge Craln In the Court of General Sessions, Manhattan. Judge Craln committed him to Matteawau Insane Asylum. Ucvtrj' Old Port for Ihr firlppr. It prevents any bal afli-r rrerts.

H. T. Vtwey Svlm MS Fill tun N. -Adv. Noted Adventurer Accused of Trying to Blackmail in London.

London, December 30 Carl Ludwlg von Veltheim, known also as Frank Kurtze, who was arrested In Paris throe months ago and extradited day before yesterday on the charge of attempting to blackmail Solly Joel, a South African mining magnate, out of $80,000, was arraigned in the Guildhall to-day and remanded. Von Veltheim, who has had an adventurous career, claims to be a naturalized American citizen. He has served the German army and navy, was once the Bulgarian army, and has had many adventures in Australia, America and Japan. He returned to Cape Town 1897, and the following year shot Wolff Joel, a brother of Solly Joel, dead his office in Cape Town. He Has arrested and tried, but pleaded self-defense and was acquitted of the charge murder.

Some years after this a body recovered from the Thames was Identified as Von Veltheim by wife, but later the adventurer was discovered serving on the Bechuanaland police. i.