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AND REGISTER
NO. 242.
IN THREE PARTS.
VOL. XII.
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IT WILL BI A HARMONIOUS OONVENTION.
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will ever oome here after tonight."
She treated the children to. candy
of the leaders ot the Republican party
of Iowa are on the ground, and they
Mr. Maree succeeded in getting from
beneath the burning car and extricated
Gallons
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in some respects to-
similar to that con-
ILLNESS SERIOUS -
FEAR FOR BAILEY
Many Delegates to Republican Con-
vention Awaiting Some Word
From the White House.
West
Monday.
East
Texas Senator’s Condition Is
Such as to Cause Soma
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Former Governor Declares 1
Righteous Art.
Indianapolis, Ind,, June 11.
Hughes Men Also Continue to Shout,
Refuwing to Mee the Handwriting
on the Wall.
Johnson had expresned the fear of such i
a tragedy as that of today
Mrs. Cooper evidently had premedi-
f health
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bottles.
RIVALRY BETWEEN CORTEYOU
AND DOLIIVER CREATES
A SrTUATION.
KILIS HUSBAND AND FIVE CHII-
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In Statement Accompanying Pardon
Governor Willson Undertakes to
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GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY ALSO
GIVES JIM HOWARD HIS
LIBERTY.
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do so, but that it must not be conid-
> rod as a precedent.
“You will never need to again," re
Maros sustained a broken arm and the
others were slightly injured. The car
was burned shortly after Marse pulled
the last person from beneath it.
Both Long and Cocidge found them tated the wholesale killing. Last night
selves confronted by compllcations and she made a festal occasion. C... .—-
obstructions. Mr. Dolliver is regarded ! all her children to the Alamo theater,
ay a candidate, but bo occupied the where a special vaud eville bill was
anomalous position of being opponed , given. Bhe bargained with the Etrl
by his best friends, who naturally come ticket seller to admit the entire family
from his own state. At least a dozen tor 50 cents. The neller ald "he would
THE FORT WORTH RECORD
become Vice Prestdent the Cummin,
faction, of which they have a werlous
drend, would immediately atep in te
front and precipitate a menatorlal night
which they fear would have no better
prospect of winnine than they had’in
their recent contest for Senator Al-
York chairman of the way* and means
committee of the houne of rpresenta-
Wie look | tives, who beara on hla ample »houl-
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Aegult Capital Grafters.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 13.— After be-
ing out twenty-two hours the jury in
the case of the five men charged with
conspiracy to defraud the state by ren-
dering a false bill for metallic furni-
ture for the new capitol, today brought
in a verdict of not guilty.
geeeeeeereeevepeeeee.
Port Angeles, Wash. June 15.—The
eruiser Colorado is ashore on Dungen-
news spit in the Strait of Fucan. The
Colorado passed here about 3p.m. and
when the fog lifted about 6 p. m. she
could be seen on the Dungenness spit.
It was high tide when she struck.
Launches sent out from Port Angeies
have not yet returned.
rs of
r Ma-
are exercising their greatest inx enutty ---
In devising means to prevent Mr Dol- pllea Mr. Cooper, "becaune none .o ua
Texas—Fair Sunday ande
test was
tian tigures to arrive were Don Cam-
four-ounce chloroform bottjeron, former United States senator
Governor Taylor of Kentucky said;
“The pardon of Powers and Howard is
a most righteons act. Never before in
the history of this country have two
men suffered so much so unjustly.”
er oppo-
ed after.
*****8*229*08*2608**012 FOR VICE PRESIDENT
from Pennsyivania, who has not at-
tended a national convention aince the
convention of 1380, when he stood with
Rondoe Conkling and John A. Logan as
the leaders of the third term move-
ment in the interest of General Grant,
and Charles P Taft, brother of the
ne eretary of War; Senator Depew who, ,
eight years ago. electrified the Phila-
delphia convention with his speech sec-
onding the nomination of Roosevelt;
Representative Sereno Payne of New
riously injured,
shoulder and
wrenched hip.
have their advance guards here. New
York's delegation arrived by special
train at noon; a considerable part of
the Pennaylvanla delegation was added
to that already here and other stats
contingents straggled in during the
afternoon and evening-
The Americus club of Pittsburg, a
Knox campaign club with handsome
uniforms and gay colored umbrellas,
marched through the streets and gave
a foretaste of the scenes to come.
About the Hendquarters.
The Taft headquarters is divided be-
tween three of the large hotels, but
the storm center of Taft activity is at
the Auditorium Annex. Here a series
of parlors have been made gorgeous
with banners and bunting and electrio
lights while the genial face of the sec-
retary of war smiles down from every
(Conttnued on Page 6.)
Terrific Windstorm Sweeps Throush
Glean Pool District.
Tulsa, Okla., June It.—(Special.)—
Hundreds of derricks and buildings
were blown down or destroyed by a
windstorm amounting almost to a tor-
nado which, traveling a path of half
a mile wide, swept through the Glenn
on fields south of hero early this
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A FILES PETITION TOO LATE ♦
: , CAN’T SUN FOR GOVERNOR 2
4 Dallas, June 11.— (Special.)--A. ♦
a » R. Hopkina a Dallas lawyer, SO •
a > years old, today filed an applica- $
a i tion with State Chairman George •
« • A. Carden for a place on the offi- •
a » clal Democratic primary ballot as •
4 > a candidate for governor. Chair* 4
a ► man Cardsn had to refuse to rec- •
4 > ognize the application, as it was 4
A • presented too late, the election law 4
fixing the limit of time for such •
* application at Jane 1. 4
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fiver's. nomination. They are actuated
would Md accept if the office were
tendered.
Mr. Coolidge was not slow to take
advantage of the situation and to avail
himself of the asaistance of Iowa men
and he and his co- workers were busy
in pointing out the injustice of play-
ing the Iowan's supporters in a dls-
agreeable predicament Mr. Coolidge
fully appreciates the Importance of
procuring the support of the New York
delegation for Secretary Cortelyou for
the reason that the secretary is a resi-
dent of that state and becnuse of the
conceded importance of the New York
delegation. ••
The New York delegation, however,
has so far found itself unable to agree
upon any candidate for the second
place Gh the ticket and the general
opinion is that no such agreement can
be reached for days if at all.
Much Interest is felt in the attitude
of the Presient toward the vice pres-
idential nomination, and many dele
gates are awaiting some word from
poses to make itself a good ।
in which to live, and today,
vote of 83 to 25. authorise!
Carlton, Texan, June 11.— (Spe- •
cial.)—Carlton Is young, but Carl- d
ton proposes to grow intelleetu- ♦
ually as well as in avolrdupois.•
While it is spreading out and tak- d
Ing in new territory, creating new ‛
industries and establishing itself $
as a bsy commercial center. it is •
Frankfort, Ky., June 11.—Caleb Pow-
ers and Jim Howard, who were con-
victed of complicity in the assassina-
tion of Senator William Goebel, were
pardoned by Governor Willson today.
Powers was tried four times, his last
trial resulting in a disagreement.
Governor Makes Statement.
Governor Willson said in regard to
the pardoning of Caleb Powers and
James B. Howard;
“Applications have been made to the
governor for the pardon of Caleb Pow-
ers. who stands charged by indictment
found in the Franklin circuit court
and afterward transferred on a change
of venue to the Scott circuit court,
with the crime of being accessory be-
fore the fact to the wilful murder of
William Goebel. The application was
supported by petitions recommending
the pardon of the accused, signed by
nearly 500,000 persons, some 240,000
Kentuckians, and a large proportion of
them Democrats.
“It is not likely at any time during
my term of office I will be called upon
to decide matters of graver importance
than those presented by the applica-
tions for the pardon of Caleb Powers
and James B. Howard. I have given
to their consideration the most careful
conscientious and thorough investiga-
tion and though in my power. I real
ize whhtever my decision may be it
will be harshly criticised. For more
than eight years this group of cases has
held the attention of the whole state
and, indeed, the whole country, as no
cases of this state ever did before.
“I have done all that strength had
been given me to do to consider the
cases regardless of my personal wishes,
sympathies or first impressions, and
wholly in the light of truth and right
and while no one could be glad to have
such responsibility placed upon him, I
neither seek to .avoid criticism nor win
praise. In making my decision I carry
no burden of regret that the duty has
fallen to my lot, but I am thankful it
has come to pass that I should be the
instrument of justice and mercy, as
God has given me to see my duty and
know the right, and my faith is unfail-
ing that He in whom I trusted to lead
me to the right and just decision will
also reveal the truth to all that good
may come out of it, peace from strife
and contention, good will and neigh-
borly feeling, and end to these trou-
bles.”
"The constitution makes It the duty
of the governor when granting a par-
don to file with the application a state-
ment of the reasons for his decision.
After due notice to the representatives
of the commonwealth and of the ac-
cused and after full argument before
me in public by both sides, and after a
most patient, laborious and careful ex-
amination of all of the evidence in the
trials, I grant Caleb Powers a full and
unconditional pardon for the offense
with which he stands charged and a
restoration of all his rights of citi-
sens hip, und order that he be forth-
TEXAS RAR ASSOCIATION TO o
MEET IN FORT WORTH W
son’s seat. It is even represented by
them that the renewal of the political
contests in that stat* at this time might
result in a Democratic triumph
Among the Iowan* who entertain ap-
prehension and are exerting influence
both upon Senator Dolliver and upon
those who are booming him are Lafe
Young. Jude Hart, National Committee-
man George Roberts formerly director
of the mint, and audge O’Connell. They
have been very active during the day
• nd in addition to making strong rep-
resentalons to Senator Dolliver have
devoted much time to consolidating the
New York delegation on some available
man for the vice presidency from that
state. They go upon the theory that
New York is a pivotal state and argue
that for this reason and because it is
an eastern state, it should supply Sec-
retary Taft’s running mate.
Doiliver Not a Candldate.
Mr. Hart was in receipt of a letter
from Senator Dolliver in which the
latter stated that he was not a candi-
date for the office, but in which the
Dolliver boomers were careful to point
out Ibero is no indication that he
Fortress Monroe, Va, June 11.—Early
today in Hampton Roads the monitor
Florida, fortified with a watertight
bulkhead especially constructed and
designed to represent actual war eondi-
tions, was fired into with an American
Whitehead torpedo. The object sought
was to determine whether this form of
bulkhead with which. if formidable, all
the modern American ships of war
probably will be provided, oan success-
fully withstand the force of the ex-
plosive contained in the torpedo or
in default of that, whether the effect
of the charge will be to scatter de-
struction far and wide and possibly
him before announcing their preter-
• nee. There is no doubt that up to
the present time he has adheted to his
determination to keep hands off. aa i :
many think that he will refrain to tho I
last from any expression of opinion |
All conoee that if he should declare j
himself his choice would be ratified
by the convention.
Other Posnibilities.
During the day there was frequent
mention of former Postmaster William
B. Wilcox of Naw York city as a pos-
sible candidate for second place Mr.
Wilcox I* at present a member of the
public service commission of New York,
to which position he was appointed oy
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Intermittent Fever Follow*
Operation on Throat.
THE FLORIDA’S WATERTIGHT
BULKHEAD PREVENTS SHIP
SINKIG.
Chicago, June 13.—The rivalry be-
tween Senator Dolliver and Secretary
Cortelyou over the vice presidential
nomination has attracted much atten-
tion today and has come nearer con-
stituting a "situation" than any condi-
tion which has yet developed in con-
nection with the approaching Repub-
lican national convention. The compe-
tition took definite shape early in the
day, upon the arrival from Senator
Dolliver’s home at Fort Dodge, Iowa,
of Senator Loong of Kansas, who from
the moment that he set foot in the
Auditorium hotel was recognised as
the special champion of the Iowa sena-
tor.
From that time until late tonight Mr
Long has actively engaged in doing all
that was possible to sprad the Dolliver
propaganda and he met with much en-
couragement. .
Mr. Cortelyou was quite as actively
represented by Assistant Secretary
Coolidge, who also spent a busy day.
Some Compllentions.
by the situation in Iowa, which, they T
say, is such that if Mr. Dolliver should and peanuts and they marched up and
- — - down the streets after th- show, all in
a happy mood and with Mrs. Cooper
appearing especjalzcheertul
With Banner* Flying and
Band* Playing Convention
Hosts March In.
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Adnaitting Tbat Hl. Condition Is Seri-
ous, Senator’s Friends Bopetui
of Eariy Recovery,
was found in one of the roms. It also
has developed that the woman- had
been mentally unsound ever since the
birth of her youngest child. Florence,
eighteen months ago. She was sane at
Intervals and during her lucd moments
brooded over her mental condition Bhe •
frequently cursed the baby, even in' the ’
presence of her pastor. Dr. Johnson or J
the Presbyterian church hese. Dr !
Then fallowed ominous and alarming
rprt8. the loungers in the lobbies
■ ders a good deal of the burden of fu-
, ture tariff revision; United States Sen-
I ator Long of Kansas, who is reputed to
I have the Dolliver vice presidential
! boom in cold storage: James M. Sher-
man and Timothy D Woodruff of New
! york, both respective vice presidential
pouaibilities.
The rank and file of the state dele-
gations are rather late in arriving and
organising as compared with previous
conventions. But most of the states
having no advices, and romors
circulated. None, however, were found
who could vouch for the truth of these
reports. The hotel authorities were
impregnable, refusing all information
to aay and everyone who asked.
The senator, too, refused to see any
callers. Notes were retained, but no
replies came. The report has now
been given ou"by the proprietors of
the hotel that an operation has been
performed on the senator’s throat, but
they decline to say what Kind of, opera-
tion it was or what it was for. Today,
however, the report is given out that
intermittent, fever has et in, and it >•
considered a turn for the worse.
While giving out this statement, the
physicians state, through the hotel
managementthat there is no cause for
alarm, although at times the fever has
been exceedingly high.
While the friends of th* senator are
hopeful that the senator will pull
through, they. point to the fact that
the senator has been confined to his
room and has denied himself to all
corners for the past* week, and assume
that the operation was of a more se-
rious nature than the mere clipping of
an elongated plate, the ailment which
he stated , was troubling him when he
reached New York. This argument,
taken in connection with the statement
that intermiten fver has . set in,
causes gloom to permeate the corri-
dors and lobbies of the hotel, and the
friends of Mr. Bailey shake their heads
in a knowing and fearing way. It
became necessary to move the senator
to a larger and cooler room today on
the same floor of the hotel. This was
accomplished, it is stated, without any
ill offsets.
OUTRAGE IN HONOLULU
Cadillac, Mich, June 13.—8even per-
sons of the family of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Cooper were murdered some time
last night. It is believed that Mrs.
Cooper committed the murders and then
killed herself. Bhe was once confined
in an insane asylum and for some
time has been brooding over the fact
that Cooper was out of work. A few
days ago she is repprted to have said
who would end it alL in every instance
ths victim* were killed with a bullet
, through the head The dead are;
Daniel « ooper, 45 years old.
Mra. Cooper, aged 45.
Hurry, aged 14.
lows, aged 11.
Samuel, aged 10.
Georgianna, aged 6.
Fiorenee, aged 1 Mi years.
When Mrs. Cooper's mother and
other neighbors entered the home on
Chspin street this morning about which
there were no signs of Ilf*, the bodies
of the victims were found scattered
all about. Rome were in their beds
and others on the floor. Mrs. Cooper
lay across the body of her baby on
a bed with an empty revolver beside
her.
Developments indicate that the
erased mother first chloroforme.1 the
New York Grand Jury Reeognines It in
cane of Woman.
New York, June 12.—The Kings coun-
ty grand jury* declined to indict Mrs.
Teresa Fellipe, an Italian woman, for
murder, although she shot and killed
John Marro, an Italian, on Memorial
day.
Several months ago a young Italian
attacked the daughter of the woman
who is the wife of a well to do con-
tractor. On Memorial day Mrs. Fe-
lippe heard that Marro had lured an-
other of her daughters, a 6-year-old
girl, into a secluded place near her
home. Going to the spot the mother,
who was half erased, found Marro and
shot him to death as she confronted
him. When arraigned in tho county
court Mrs. Felippe had a baby in her
arms. Told that the grand jury had
failed to indict her and that she coul/
go, she walked out of court in a dazed
condition and was taken home by he
friens.
UNDER BLAZING AUTO
Five Prominent Tayler People erioum-
ly injured
Taylor, Texas, June 13.— (Speclal)--
Five prominent Tayior people were
thrown down a twenty-foot embanw
ment in a blazing automobile, the car
falling on top ofathem, eariy today
AH were pinioned under the machine
The party consisted of T W. Marso
ana wife Mrs. M. E. Henderson and
Chicago, June 11 —The tramp of con-
vention hostm is now fairly under way
and tonight Chicago is beginning to
throb with the confusion and excite-
ment of arriving throngs, some with
banners and bunds and gaily uniformed
marchers. Others made up of state del-
egntions with their conspleuous leaders
and their cohorta of strong-lunged fol-
lowers and shouters: others with the
friends and admirers of the various
presidential candidates, and still others
of the various throngs of onlookers
from every section of the country. in-
cluding many representatives of foreign
countries, who have gathered to wit-
ness this national spectacle.
All day special and regular trains
have emptied thousands of strangers
into Chicago and the Influx is seen to-
night in the surging crowds on ths
streets, the growing animation of tbs
choked and smoky hotel lobbies, ths
■trains of music and the swell of ora-
tory from the headquarters of candi-
dates and the bounteous hospitality
which these headquarters are begin-
ning to disvense. And yet thin fore-
gathering or the Chicago convention of
1 908 has already established a record
for unusual calm and tranquillity, for
measured by the din and turmoil,
the scenes of delirious excitement and
the spirit of dte-ln-the-last-ditch which
have marked some llstoric gatherings
of the past. this invading army of
delegates and spectators is a most staid
and unemotional body. But it is none
the less an army with new columns
coming to the front hourly and with
the prospect of plenty of hurrah and
fireworks ahead to animate the leaders
and stir the blood of the onleokers. A
drizaling rain tonight after a hot, mud-
dy day tended to restrain the out-
bursts of enthusiasm, but there is
promise of good convention weather
ahead
he Centers of Interent.
The centers of interest today have
been the arriving delegations with
msny of ths leaders of conspicuous
national prominence and the headquar-
ters of the varlous presidential can-
didates Among the notable con ven-
Attempt Is Made to Blow Up Chief st
Deteetives.
Honolulu, June 13.—An attempt to as-
sassinate Chief of Detectives Taylor and
his wife was made today. A dynamite
bomb was exploded outside the window
of their bedroom. There is no clew to
the perpetrators of tne outrage, though
Taylor's life has been often threatened
by Chinese gamblers. The force of the
explosion shattered a large tank, throw-
ing the heavy timbers a distance of
fifty feet and destroying the back
porch under the stairs of the house.
The main building, however, was nc
damaged and neither of its occupant,
was injured.
WRECKS OIL FIELD
New York, June IS.— (Special.)—
Since the arriva: here of Senator Jo-
seph W. Beller for the ostensible pur-
pose of consuiting with peraons of
this state in political matter. ana the
operation of bavins an elongated palate
removed, those-of his friends hers and
the public in general have been, kept
very much in the dark as to what has
heen done. Senator Bailey, upon rqach-
Inc New York, accorded the represen:
tative of The Record an interview, and
to all appearances hs had no trouble
that was at all apparent Hs hlma.lt
laughed at the reported aerlpuaaeaa of
hla ailment. thougn admitting that he
had been treating bla throat for acme
time. He stated that his trouble was
brought about by his vocal exertions
in his recent campaign. He smiled at
your correspondent and passed the
matter off lightly.
Then came his disappearance from
the lobbies of the Waldorf-Astoria, at
which place he and wife are comfort-
ably looated.
the others Mrs. Henderson
FORT WORTH. TEXAS. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1908.-PART ONE.
morning. The storm coma from the
west, and after leaving the oil fields
spent its fury in timber lands to the
east, uprooting large trees and doing
, other damage. Many of the largest oil
companies operating in the Glonn pbol
wre losers by the storm. On some
leases every rig and building were
overturned. »
A little while before tho storm the
oil fields north of this city were hit
by a severe electrical storm. The
Barnsdall Interests had several tanks of
vil op property in the Osage district
struck by lightning.
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( issue of lit,000 in bonds to be 4
d used in construeting a hfgh-class e>
• college. The Carlton Independent Q
4 school district organised and car- 4
• rted the election. A
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with released from the jall tn which
he is Incarcerated, and in uischarge of
my duty under the constitutional pro-
vision. I now state at the reason for
granting a pardon, that I am firmly
convinced that he is, beyond all rea-
sonable doubt, innocent of the crime
charged against him in the indictment,
and that any further prosecution
against him for the crime so charged
would be a great wrong and agamnst
the peace and well being of the com-
monwealth.
"I may say In addition that in my
judgment after the fullest inquiry the
release of the accused from liability
to further prosecution on the charge
preferred against thim is desired by
the vast majority of the people of Ken-
tucky without distinction as to party.”
The pardon granted to Howard was
also full and unconditional, the gov-
ernor stating that in his opinion How-
ard had nothing to do with the death
of Senator Goebel.
Governor Willson also grants a par-
don to Powers on the indictment pend-
ing against him in the Franklin cir-
cuit court, charging subornation ot
perjury.
Howard left on a morning train for
Louisville, a great crowd being at the
depot .to see him off. Before leaving
Howard said;
"I have no statement to make, ex-
cept that* I am so deeply grateful that
after all thess years of imprisonment
without just cause, I am now liberated.
I am under the deepest obligation to
the governor for his action and to
thousands of friends who have stood
by me. I shall join my little family
and undertake once more their case
and support. I hope that I shall cause
the governor or any friend of mine no
regret for my liberation.”
Friends of Powers say that he will
be taken in honor to the Republican
national convention at Chicago.
with the target vessel Belleisle, but
today’s test with the Florida was the
first experiment of the kind in the
American navy. In the case of the
Belleisle the bottom of the ship was
damaged extensively by the force of
the explosion and it was found impos-
sible to tow the battered hulk back
again .into the harbor in time to pre-
vent her sinking.. She was finally
pushed aground by1 tugs and beached.
The torpedo was fired a the Flor-
ida’s watertight bulkhead compartment
from a distance approximately of 400
feet in an almost horizontal line. it
being, strted from a float especially
prepared for the occasion. To prevent
any danger of deflection of the line of
flight of the torpedo which sometimes
happens owing to a disarrangement of
the automatic mechanism by which it
Wks operated, it was sent along a
trolley wir which’connected the float
with the monitor. By the successful
working of this device the torpedo hit
the exact spot which it was intended
to strike and thus averted failure of
the experiment. Today’s test was
made at Pine Beach, off the Jamestown
exposition grounds In about fifteen feet
of water, the Florida drawing about
thirteen and one-half feet.
Two hundred and twenty uonuds of
guncotton composed the explosive
charge carried by the torpedo. Gun-
cotton is a powerful explosive, but the
hope of the officials was that the dam-
age it might do may be absorbed lo-
cally, thus insuring the practical sta-
bility of the remainder of the vessel's
watertight compartments. Shoud the
harm done by the exnlosfve prove more
extensive the results will prove a great
disappointment The torpedo was aim*
ed to strike below the waterline armor
belt on the ship.
The results obtained from today's ex -
perlment will be a guide for the con-
struction of watertight Qompartment
bnikheads on the new Dreadnoughts
North Dakota and Delaware, now par-
tially completed and of the Florida and
Utah, authorised at the last session
of congress. The compartment pierced
by the torpedo is nearly amidships of
the monitor and is of considerable size.
Secretary Metcalf left Washington
last night aboard the President’s yaent
Mayflower to observe the test, and had
as his guests Secretary Taft, Postmas-
tor General Meyer and several other
officials
Ee*3
for tomorrow. It
Dallas. Jun, 1A— (Spectal.)—The *
Texa Bar assoctation will hold it. •
annual meeting 1“ Fort Worth «
4 July 1, • and >. •
X REL Saner, chairman of the 4
• board of direotors, tonight an- 4
. nounoed hla intention to co to 4
. Fort Worth next wook to meet tho ♦
• local committae and arrange for •
a the state meetine 4
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Damage to Monitor’s Hall Net of Se-
rious Nature.
Norfolk, Va., June 13.— THe trial of
the monitor Florida was satisfactory.
She ship was seriously but not vitally
damaged and the injury done is said
to be largely localized. Further tests
are unnecessary.
From the navy yard it was reported
late this afternoon that tne’ Florida
as she went into dry dock for exami-
nation and repairs had a list of seven-
teen inches to the starboard with one
compartment blown open and two
others partially flooded.
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