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If PROMS liJIi Lffli
h Czar Beiieved to Have Hastened the
Crisis in Russia.
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RETURNS TO HHS OLD METHODS
v Army Asks the People to Back -the Revolutionary
Party?Emperor in Terror
i In Tsarskce-Sel* ? Witte Again ltev
f ported to Hart Ketigned as Premier?
Troops Snpport the People.
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' St. Petersburg, Russia.?All his concessions
and promises of concessions
Laving failed to stay the wrath of bis
awakened subjects. Emperor. Nicholas
lias entered on an ag?ressive campaign
of repression. He has turned absolutely
around from bis attitude of a ruler
amenable to public opinion, and has
pitted the autocracy in open fight
*against the proletariat. By the sisrn
Ir ing of an imperial proclamation prac^
tically declaring martial law over all
i; o? Russia the Czar has made all bis
r official acts toward the enactment of
K constitutional liberty a tragic farce.
Nicholas has willed that the semblance
F. ?rf freedom which had been wrung from
l: him is to be taken away again, and his
. reign of despotism made more arrogant
jt and oppressive than evetThis
amazing return to the plan of
government whicn Drought about the
present discontent, and the news of
the spread of mutiny in the Moscow
garrison," has caused a tremendous sen
pation all over the capital. It is believed
that the crisis which will settle 1
the fate of Russia ha? been reached
andlhat any hour will bring desperate
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. of the Winter Palace. Tlie populace is
filled with rage against tlie Czar, and
3r<*wds have been parading all day and 1
defying the soldiers to fire on them.
The Emperor has estranged the small <
minority* that remained loyal to him.
The leaders of the revolutionists assert
that his latest decree will go down in
v history as his death warrant. It is ar- I
gued that he has violated all his *
pledges, and that sooner or later he
will go to'as miserable a death as
I" - Louis XVI. 1
The first intimation of the revival of 1
the "white terror" was in the arrest
late at night of many of the revolu*
r tionary leaders. Huudreds of police
were set on the hunt for men of all
p . classes who had been known to be
joining in the active agitation against
the autocracy. Only one of all the of
' fleers of the Workmen's Council es- 1
ciped arrest, but in half an hour after
fehe round-up by the police a new body
3f officers had been elected, with M. 1
Lenient, editor of New Life, as President.
Before midnight the same ascamKlw
hflil iccrod o 1 ? fnr n (TAnorfl 1
ircLuvij ?ocutu u vw?t -.v..
v strike. This was the answer to the
Czar's drastic act. and it has been re.
aponded to with the greatest enthusi- :
asm by the workmen.
It is bard to realize to what length
the Emperor has gone in his attempt
. to steady his rocking throne. He has
given over the government of the Empire
into the hands of thousands of
military officers, scattered over as
many districts. In an imperial order
Sent out from Tsarskoe-Selo Palace all ]
? governorTgenprals, governors and prefects
throughout the country are
. clothed with almost dictatorial powers,
oeing authorized without consulting St.
Petersburg, to declare a state of siege,
and even martial law.
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Panto In Witt* Ministry.
The news from Moscow has caused
) pafiic among the Witte Ministry, and
orie of the first results of the word of
t the mutiny was the report that Witte
W himself had resigned. This has been
officially denied, hut the revolutionists
J say tbat the first bloodshed in the capita!
will mean Witte's downfall. The
only loyal troons remaining in Moscow
are the Cossacks. So grave is the situ;
ition there that a Cossack regiment has
been rushed through from here on a
special train. All the men of the line
regiments in the old capital if not in
v, open mutiny are bordering on it, and
freely express their opinions.
An ultimatum formally presented to
General Plavoffski, a division commander,
not only demands service reforms,
but political freedom. The document
probably is the most important
yet drawn in the fight against the Czar,
as it means the loss of his strongest
weapon in the army. Accompanying
the demands is a threat that it an
points are not conceded the mutineers
will parade the city and arouse the
?ntire populace into active rebellion.
In preparing for this contingency the
mutineers have issued an appeal to the
citizens. The appeal is as striking in
' ' ' its way as tbe ultimatum delivered
into the hands of Plavoff^ki. It was
N distributed through the city printed on
handbills. '
"V " Tbe Rostoflf grenadier regiment to a
_ ) man held possession of the barracks, in
' ? defiance of assault, until early In the
evening. when the defection of two
V . battalions with a machine gun detach'
( \ ment led to the end of the active mu^
tiny.'-v The men later paraded under
command of their officers, but before
they were marched back again to their
_ quarters they made known through a
m deputation that they did not withdraw
IL from the demands they had presented.
;, The regiment while technically loyal
Hsb.\actually is still in a state of revolt, and
it is impossible to predict what may
come out of the positon.
|P It is certain that not a man in the
regiment will be punished, as the mutineers
had the sympathy of the three
~x*?,. roirimonts?tha T^katPT
lUUfl pinmujti
Inoslav, the Taurid and the Nesvieh.
MUTINEERS GIVE UP.
But- Several of the Demands They
Made Are Granted.
v Moscow, Russia.?The Rostoff Grenaflipv
Rpjriment. which mutined and for
titled itself in its barracks, surrendered
and ten of the ringleaders. Including
Schaharoff. the chief of them, were
arrested. The less important demands
of the soldiers were granted. Including
privacy of their letters, an increase of
rations and regular pavmeut.
Feminine Fancies.
Queen Christina of Spain is the only
\ sovereign who has ever made a balloon
ascension.
Mrs. John F. Spencer, living in Mar
rion County. South Carolina, is a liv.
ing daughter of a Revolutionary soldier.
Miss Mary Tillinghast, of New York
City, is one of the most successful designers
of stained glass window: in
America.
Mrs. Jetferson Davis, wife of the
President of the Southern Confederacy,
still keeps her residence in New
York City.
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CONVICT AIDS ANOTHER
Albert T. Patrick Acts as Counsel t?
John Johnson in Sing- Sing-.
Both Men Are Under Sentence of DeatU
in New York State PrUon ? Plea
Made to Coart of Appeals'
Sing Sing, N. Y.-Albert T. Patrick,
under sentence of death, lias prevented
the execution of a fellow condemned
man. John Johnson was to have beeu
el(?ctrocuted in the morning.
Johnson was convicted for wife murder
six weeks ago iu Westchester
County.
Johnson's lawyers concluded ^that1
there was no ground for an appeal.
"My coupsel ig not going to appeal
my case." said Prisoner Johnson, "and
I se? no use iu building up hope."
Patrick.-who had just returned from .
New York City, where he had been
sentenced by Justice Rogers to die
iu the electric chair in the week beginning
January 22, asked Johnson to
tall him nf tha 0.ise.
Patrick Gives Aid.
"Of course," said Patrick, "you must
be guided by your counsel. Tf you will
retain me as your legal representative
I -will guarantee that the seriteuce of
death will not be carried out next
week."
"3ut how can I retain you as ray
counsel?"
"Very simple, indeed." said Patrick.
"Just sign the affidavit which 1 shall
prepare for you, and I will fhen be eutitled
to act for you."
Patrick then prepared the necessary
legal documeut. Johnson signed it. and
a notary witnessed the signature in the
regular form.
"You leave the rest to me," said Patrick.
"As your counsel. I advise you
to be guided solely by what your coun- sel
directs you to do."
The other six convicted murderers
did not understand how Patrick was
going to accomplish something that
fnhnenn'a Awn iflwvpr bad beeu unable
to do.
"Please take this paper to Jolinson'3
cell," Patrick called to one of his
guards. Then he told Johnson to sign
it. He did.
"Now," announced Patrick, "I would
like to see anybody try and take you
out of your cell next week. Your execution
will surely be stayed."
The paper which Johnson had signed
was an affidavit in which he asserts
that he was not granted a fair trial.
Then.-Patrick wrote another document,
in which it was set forth that he had
been duly retained as counsel for "one
John Johnson, under sentence of death
and awaitiug execution in Sing Sing as
prescribed by law." Another paper
was in the form of a notice to the
clerk of the Court of Appeals In Albany
that one, "Albert T. Patrick, attorney
and counselor-at-law, now residing in
the State Prison, in Sing Sing, N. Y.,"
had been duly retained as counsel for
Johnson, and that said notice was to
act also as a notice that an appeal
n-ould be arsrued from the judgment of
thff lower court.
Warden Johnson was sent for and
Patrick handed all the papers to him.
Appeal Sent to Albany. '
"You will be good enough to forward
these official documents to the Clerk of
the Court of Appeals, in Albany," said
Patrick to the Warden; "they are in
the case of the People of the State of
New York vs. John Johnson. I am the
attorney<in the caseV
The papers were duly forwarded to
Albany.
Patrick says that he will insist that, ,
be be taken to the Court'of Appeals
when the day for the argument in the
case comes up.
"I am colng to argue your case in
person," Patrick said to Johnson, "and
what is more, I am certain right now
that I will secure you a new trial."
The application filed by Patrick in
behalf of Johnson acted as a stay of all
proceedings.
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FOUR KILLED IN THEATRE FIRE, j
Woman and Her Two Children Among
the Victims.
Lorain. Ohio.?Four lives were lost in
a fire whit's- destroyed the Verbeck
Theatre here early in the morning. The
dead are James Dwyer, twenty-eight
years; Mrs. William Marsh,. twentyfour.
and her two children,'Grace, three
years old, and Clifford, seven mouths.
The Marsh family had, apartments in
the front of the buiI?irj[g-on the third
floor. William Marsh was stage manager.
Dwyer, another employe, slept
in the basement, where the fire originated.
Mrs. Marsh and her children
were suffocated by the smoke which
poured up the narrow stairway.
Mrs. John Vesper wats rescued by the
firemen after she had fainted and was
leaning out of a window. The ioss on
the theatre, which was a comparatively
new one. is $35,000. The loss on the
building is $50,000. The theatre was
owned by the Verbeck Amusement
Company, Of Oil City, Pa., and leased
by H. H. Dykmau, of Elyria, Ohio.
THREE GENERATIONS KILLED.
Train Hits Carriage Containing Baby,
Mother and Grandmother.
Toledo, Ohio.?Mrs. John Lashaway,
her daughter-in-law and the infant
son or tne latier were insianuy kiucu
at Weston in the afternoon at the
crossing of the' Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton Railroad. It is thought
that the side curtains shut out the view
of the train.
Barned to Death.
John Garlong was burned to death
while making a firo in the. kitchen ot
Zimmerman's Hotel, at C'arlstadt, N. J.
. Ousts U. S. Attorney.
By direction of the President, the Attorney-General.
at Washington. D. C.,
has removed from office William B.
Johnson, United States Attorney for
the Southern District of Indian Territory.
Ricts at Lodz.
Rioters in Lodz, Russia, attacked the
shops of Hebrews, and many persons
were woundeu in a tight in the streets
and by a volley fired by the Cossacks.
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The Field of Sports.
The Army-Navy football match of
1906 is likely to be played in New
York.
Columbia and Cornell played a tie
game of Association football at American
League Park.
The University of Michigan Athletic
Association netted $23,000 profit on the
1903 football season.
An American racing autcmobile of
230 horse power is nearing completion
for Alfred G. Vanderbilt.
New Zealand defeated England at
Rugby football before a crowd of S0,?
000 at Crystal Palace, London.
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THREE CHICAGO BANKS FAlj
I. R, Walsh's Houses Causht in Bi^
Financial Crash.
DEPOSITORS ARE DECLARED SAFI
Securities Pledged ?t s? Meeting: of Rep
jesentatlTeB of the Chlc?j;o Clearinj
House Lasting Klghteea Hoard? \a
tionul, Boiue Savings and Kquitabli
Trust Clone.
Chicago, III.?The failure of the Chi
cago National Bank, the Home Savings
Bauk and the Equitable Trust Com
pany, all of Chicago, was announced ai
3.30 o'clock in. the morning by represen
tatives of the Chicago Clearing House
Association, *> after U session lasting
''eighteen hours. .Tames B. Forgan
President of the First National Bank
as head of the Clearing House Commit
tee of the Chicago Associated Banks
gave out the statement.
The asssts of these institutions, il
was asserted, were involved in coal
and railway properties of* John R,
Walsh, President of the Chicago National
Bank.
The statement was issued in the
office of the First National Bank. It
is as follows:
"The citizens of Chicago will tin
tfoubtedly be surprised to learn that
the Chicago National Bank, the Home
Savings Bank and the Equitable Trust
Company, -which have been controlled,
managed and officered by John R.
Walsh and his associates, have concluded
to wind up their affairs and
quit-business in the city of Chicago;
but tbev will be gratified to learn that
after a thorough end careful examination1
of their Affairs by the Chicago
Clearing House banks, the depositors
of these institutions will be paid in full
upon demand, the Chitago Clearing
House banks -havine pledged themselves
to this result, thus putting all the
resources of the Chicago banks behind
the depositors of these three institutions.
"The difficulty with the institutions
has been that their investments have
been made in assets connected with
the railway and coal enterprises of
John R. Walsh. These assets were not
immediately available to meet deposits
in full.
"Mr. itiugejy. comptroller 01 me
Currency, and Captain Eubank, of the
Auditor's Depa'rJfthent-at Springfield,
.were seen and expressed themselves as
greatly pleased at the action of tho
Chicago,baftHs, and stated.that It reflected
great ersdit upon the Associated
Banks of Chicago, which have again
indicated their ability to meet any
emergency in a manner entirely satisfactory
to the public."
John R. Walsh, head of the institutions
which have been declared insolvent,
was not at the meeting. The
following were the members of the
committee at the meeting: ,James B.
Forgan, Chairman: John J. Mitchell',
James H. Eckels. Orson B. Smith and
Ernest A. Hamill.
At a meeting of the Chicago Clearing
House Board in the morning a
board was appointed to take formal
control of the Chicago National and
Home Savings Banks. The board was
composed of the following: Charles C.
Boswortb, President: J. J. Mitchell,
Orson Smith, James H. Eckels, E. E.
Hamill and' James B. Forgan. The
committee took charge at once, the officers'of-the
institutions resigning Immediately.'
-No formal action was taken in regard
to the affairs of the Equitable Trust
Company, although announcement was
made that this institution will be made
the subject of subsequent investigation.
The Chicago National Bank, Home
Savings Bank and Equitable Trust
Company opened their doors as usual
next mi>rning, and depositors are being
paid rapidly. A mob of several thousand
persons surged in the street in
front of the Chicago National Bank
building.
OREGON'S NEW SENATOR.
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John McD. Gearin, a Democrat, Named
to Succeed Senator Mitchell.
Portland. Ore. ? John McDermot
Gearin, of Portland, was appointed
United States Senator to succeed th?
late John H. Mitchell. Mr.. Gearin is
a Democrat, but'is in accord with the
views of President Roosevelt's railway
and trust ideas.
Gearin was' born in an emigrant
wagon shortly after it had crossed the
Oregon border, on August 15, 1851.
He is a graduate of Notre Dame University,
Indiana. In 1872 be entered
the law office of Mitchell & Dolph,
both of whom afterward served in the
United States senate, ux-senaior almoin
was also a student in the same
offices and is now a partner of Gearin,
Dunn at White House.
Colonel George W. Dmrn, of Bing
hamton, N. Y., formerly Chairman of
the New York Republican State Committee,
took luncheon with Presidenl
Roosevelt at the. White House, ic
Washington, D. C., and had a long
conference with him concerning the
conditions confronting the Republican
party in the State.
Troop Train Blown Up.
A Russian military train was re
ported to be blown up near Riga. Sev
eral hundred men were killed 01
wounded.
To Build Philippine Railroads.
Bids for the construction of railroads
in .the Philippine Islands were openec
at the War Department in Washing
ton, D. C.
Killed by Shot.
Charles B. Eames, founder and Vice
President of the St. Louis (Mo.) Credi
Clearing House, was Instantly killec
at his home in that city by a shot fron
an old rifle which he placed in a fur
nace to burn off the stock.
For Treaty With Cuba.
Efforts are being made in Havana
Cuba, to revive the movement for i
commercial treaty with, the Unitec
I States.
Newsy Gleanings.
A Chicago clergyman performed i
marriage service in nine seconds.
The Nelson statue in Trafalga
Square, London, Eng., is decaying.
Cape Town authorities are extend
iog the conveyance of mails by camels
Work has begun on the railroa<
which will carry passengers to the toj
of Mont Blanc.
Three hundred hairdressers' shops ii
Madrid, Spain, were closed owing to J
strike of the assistants.
A Long Island City lawyer who de
frauded a client has been sent to Sinj
Sing Prison for seven years..
MASKED MEN ROB.BANK I
BirH Man and Boy to Chairs and S
r Blow Open Safe.
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SuttleM. Conn., Thrown Into a Panic hy s
rxploRioutf of NUro? Glycerine
TJned by the Burglars,
Suffieid. Conn.? Four explosions in
f swift succession that aroosed half the o
- community and shook p&rt of the town y
8 failed to call any one to the protection 1
of the Suffield Savings Bank early iu 11
. the morning wben its aaf<> was blown d
open by robbers, who bound a man I'
. and a boy to chairs in the railway sta- 0
t tion. Luck saved the institution from
permanent loss, however, as the bur- ?
glars passed by a drawer in which re- i*
posed $3000 in negotiable securities
? nmi nncii t.ikinc instead registered
bonds worth 550,000, but which M. T. il
Newton, president of the bank, said 11
could not be sold save by the owner. t*
The robbers escaped with what looked
, like a snug fortune in their hands. It ?
is possible they have not yet discov- J1
L ered their loot is so much Dead Sea ii
: fruit ? that they didn't get enough T
from the crime to pay their fare to it
| this place, even if they came from the
next town. tl
Six masked men appeared in the sta- P<
' tion in the' small hours and overpow- ^
ered William Jones, the watchman.
and his son, twelve years old. When """
the prisoners were tied saPely in a m
couple of chairs in the waiting room, tr
one of the strangers mounted guard
over them with a revolver in each tn
hand and the soothing assurance that fc
he'd blow tneir heads off if they called ?'
for help. His comrades evidently 01
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. ieareu iuui luieai wuuiu jivc ixccp mc
; ' father and son quiet, for they ga'gged cl
.the captives, complaining bitterly abo^t cl
. the time they had to-lose.',
"We're going-to-.crack the savings :;AJ
crib," explained the leader of the band *'R
with refreshing frankness. "This fellow
watching you means what he said, to
Just you make a peep, and you'll get a
lead shampoo." cc
Five of the men hurried out of the v<
station, and through the windows the ol
Joneses saw them going toward the ic
bank. A few minutes passed. Then a
the first explosion sounded. Jones and fi
his son concluded the plan had miscar- ot
i rioH?Hut Hi<? rnhhers had made a eood as
: The decision of the highest court in
the State thus renders futile every step 5i
the Hearst attorneys have so far taken
with a view of gaining access to the
i -ballot boxes, and leaves the matter exl
actly where it stood before the litiga- k<
* - tion in connection with the contest be- ill
pn. p?
A Record Lease.
The southeast corner at Broadway
1 and Thirty-third street, New York City, a,
. was leased for 105 years at a total rent Cl
J of 156,250,000. fil
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For R. R. in Southwest Africa. cc
The Reichstag, in session at Berlin,
passed a bill to construct a new railway
in German Southwest Africa.
i Have Stopped Making Mail Bags. C
* The inmates of the New Jersey State E*
Prison have stopped making mail bags.
Prominent People.
1 The Sultan of Morocco plays both
tennis and cricket.
i.1
r The King of Sinm revels in fine 1
clothes, and is quite a dude.
King George of Greece i3 said to be
the most muscular king in Europe.
1 Sir Henry Irving furnished the mod?
el for the typical actor of the comic .
papers.
3 It is perhaps rot generally known
1 that King Edward holds a diploma for F
forestry.
The Mikado of Japan is a good hunt?
er and fisherman and an'excellent shot
with a rifle. ?
deal more noise, than tbey expected, g<
and that all Suffleld soon would be m
about the ear's of the thieves. But the gi
captives overestimated Suffleld's cour-' in
age. Miss 'Sophia. Bissell, wh^Jives cc
next the savings-bank and*wboBe porob di
is fifty feet from the entrance to the M
, institution, said she was awakened by b(
. an explosion, and:beard-every:,sound.
' made thereafter by We robbers. 1 She ' Ji
knew burglars were at work in the to
bank, she added, but when she tried fo
to give an alarm she found herself too to
terrified even to scream. And Miss bf
Bissell wasn't the only person so nf cc
fected. Dozens in the course of the
day admitted shamefacedly how fright- m
ened they were when they heard the ta
explosions. bf
The bandits jacked the big front doot ca
off its hinges with crowbars, aftei bj
smashing a window or two to show
their independence. They made no
attempt to work silently. On the contrary,
they seemed to- take pride in
calling attention to their workmanlike
burglary. They used nitro-glycerine in
blowing the safe open. It was in that'
stage of the crime that they bungled V(
first, for they miscalculated the resist- fr
ing power of the steel door three times. jjC
Not until the fourth explosion.did they th
burst the big lid off its' hinges. Then f0
they bungled the second time by mis*. ar
judging the worth of the securities to ;
" "them. There were two kinds of plun- at
der in the vault. If their eyes hadn't
been dazzled by the figures on the oj>
bonds they couldn't negotiate tbey Ja
might have made a fair night's wage. cj(
for-they probably would have noticed ^
the marketable securities and real ^
money totaling $3000. Knowledge of
banking customs w?uld have been val- |n
uable to those burglars. ' ^
Charles L. Spencer, President of the to
First National Bank, of Suffleld, heard
the explosions in his home, two blocks
from the savings institution, and tried ;
many times to get his brother bankers
on the telephone, so he might tell them? n?
they were being robbed. But he j!"
wouldn't "raise" anybody. Young .Tones
was more persistent In his determination
to prevent the escape of the men. J-?
He and liis father were left ungtfardod
, after the fourth explosion, the robber
j who watched them hurrying to join hi? ?
^ T?V u- u* w
leiiuw criiiiium&. mm uy iucu ujc ml*
tie lad wormed himself out of hte- 411
I bonds, and at length, loosening one 31
hand, freed himself and his father.
Shouts from the Joneses told other Suffield
folk citizens of the place were '
abroad and it again was safe to ven- re
I ture in the rtreets, but by the time a (jl
discreet posse was ready for the pur- cn
, suit the burglars were on their way.
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, elEARST IS DEFEATED. ^
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! rivalling Opinion Is Against a Re pr
count by Mandamus.
Albany, N. Y.?In a sweeping decis,
Ion theCourtof Appeals completely sus- ^
[ tained the contention of couusel fot R
Mayor McClellan and the Corporation
Counsel of New York in the William
R. Hear3t ballot-box case which was
argued here, that the courts have no
right under the election law to order
the opening of ballot boxes and a re'
count of the vote by mandamus. te
-AWYER HUMMEL GUILTY
Jantenoed (o a Year in Prison and
I ive Hundred Dollars Fine.
enfctllonnl Trij?l For Collision in DodgeMorne
Divorce Suit Cn?e
Xndt.
New York City?The jury in the case
f Abraham Hummel, the noted law
or accused of conspiracy in connecion
with the Dodge-Morse divorce and
'.arriage annulment, returned a verict
of guilty. The jury retired at 12.40
. in., and brought in its Terdict at i>
. lock.
i Vmcnifrt^T ig r? mlcHomoinAr rmniclt.
blp by $500 fine or one year in the peneutiary.
or both. .. He was-sentenced
nmediately to one year in the penitenary
and a fine of $500. Hummel is
!so under-two indictments for suboratiou
of perjury in the Dodge-Morse"'
ingle.
Justice Roger.*, in the Criminal
ranch of thi Supreme Court, began
is charge to the jury at 10.55 o'clock
i the morning and finished at 12.35.
he Justice's charge was taken as beig
decidedly favorable to the defense.
He said that the jury should believe
ie testimony of Dodge, the accomlice
and confessed perjurer, if there
as any testimony that tended to corporate,
it. He declared that there
as such testimony, and that it retained
for the jury to decide as to its
uthfulness.
The Justice also asserted that Capiin
.Tim Morse had no right to interne
with the marriage-of his nephew,
hick upon the face of the court rec ds
appeared to be legal. Counsel for
ie defense asked'that this charge be
langed so as to 0 dmir I he.right of the
llldren and blood relations to iuter;re.
Tlrey*- declared that Captain? .
:orse was acting for them. Justice,
ogers first refused and then accepte<l
ie amendment. Assistant District At rney
Rand offering no objection.
The prosecution accused Hummel of
mspiring to invalidate the legal di>rce
of the present Mrs. Morse, wife
! C.W. Morse, the banker and former
e magnate, from Charles F. Dodge,
ne'er do well, who jumped rapidly
om one part of the country to anjier,
being employed at various times
i brokers' clerk, waiter, hotel mana?r
and restaurant proprietor.' Humel
had the divorce set aside on the
ound that Dodge had not been served
i ttie divorce suit. Dodge lias since
mfessed that he was served and the
vorce and Mrs. Dodge's to
orse which had been annulled have
;en reinstated.
Hummel was employed,by Captain,
m Morse, as uncle of C."'W. Mofc$e,>
i break the marriage. The retainer
ir the lawyer, $15,000, and the fight
keep Dodge from being brought
ick here on an indictment for perjury
>st Captain Jim more than $75,000.
The case is, in many respects, a re-?
arkable one. Aside from the speccnlar
fight in Texas to bring Dodge
ick here, District Attorney Jerome
iiised additional interest in the trial
r asking that the jury be locked up.
NO ENGAGEMENT RING.
iss Alice Roosevelt Says She Will
Dispense With It.
Washington, D. C.?Miss Alice Roose?lt,
in answer to the request of her
lends to see her engagement ring,
is surprised every one by replying
at $he has dispensed with thwt'uaual ..
l'Llitl IIIJ | llUUj UUC? livit pULpuoc uaviug
ly engagement-ring;
She is, however, wearing a beautifcul
itlque ring pressed l>y Mr.*Long-?
orth, some people say/at the outset
the Philippine trip. The jewel is a
pphire ia dull gold; very deep and
ear in color, and of unusual brilmcy,
and was an heirlo5ui in the
>ngworth family.
Mr. Longworth will spend Christmas
Washington, leaving the following
ty for Cincinnati. Ohio, but returns
town for New Year's Day^
Good American Business.
The march of good American busiiss
goes, on; no delay, except from
lortage of cars. Electric railway
om Camden, N. J., to Atlantic City,
J., seventy-five miles, to be built by
e Pennsylvania system, and $2,000,iQ
.wty'th of electric,apparatus ordered
r manufacture m scuenectauy; iue
rie Railroad to build an electric railay
from Binghainton,-N. Y., to Corng.'
ISf. Y.. seventy-six miles, at an
itlay of $1,500,000.
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* Iron and Steel.
Two gratifying features are noted in
ports regarding the iron and steel inlstry.
New business continues to
>me forward, raising the rate of prolction
above all previous records,
hiie conservatism prevails as to quotions,
and there is still no evidence
1 be reckless inflation that has
ought a sudden setback in so many
evious periods of similar activity.
Bad Fire in New York.
The new ferryhouses of the Delaare
and Lackawanna and the Central
ailroad of New Jersey, at WesL
wenty-third street. New York City,
ere destroyed by fire.
To Rescue 'German Subjects.
The German Government has charred
a number of steamers to rescue
ibjects in the Bai.tic provinces of Rusa.
Textile Markets Sound.
Basic conditions or rne rtixiiie mui>ts
are still most sound, because proiction
shows 110 indication of surissing
requirements.
Denies Patrick'* Mot'oii.
Governor HIggins, at Albany. X. Y.,
;nied an application for stay of exeltion
and release from solitary conlement
in order that he in person
ight prepare a new appeal to the
>urts.
Rioting in China.
A riot in Shanghai in which thirty
hinamen were killed and several forguers
were- wounded, is regarded at
Washington. D. C., as a forerunner of j
lother Boxer rising throughout Chiua.
Labor World.
Another general strike in Russia is
ircateneil, beginning January 1.
The growth of trade unions in France
wing recent years has been very noceable.
During the nine completed months
f 1905. 333.507 seamen were shipped
i Great Britain.
The strike of arsenal employes in ,
ranee lias been broken up by the
[inister of Marine.
The American Federation has reused
to girant a charter to the Nacnal
Slogie Makers' League.
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WASHINGTON.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of r
the President, has been the recipient of
a constant stream of callers, telegrams
and other messengers of congratulation
upon the announcement of her
engagement to Representative Longworth.
There are 25,481 persons in the Gov- b
ernment service in Washington, their v
salaries aggregating $27,145,709 annually.
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The Bureau of Insular Affairs is arranging
to ask for \ bids on steel
wharves for Manila, to cost about
$500,000. t
A resolution has been introduced in t
the House calling upon Secretary Shaw i
for his opinion as to how the money ]j
market may'best be-relieved.
The President has. nominated Will- a
iam F. Wiiloughby., of,the District of tl
Columbia,u- to be treasurer of' Porto :.tl
Rico. ti
Conferences on hazing were held be- ?
tween Secretary Bonapnrte and RearAdmiral
Sands, and Attorney-General
Moody was, asked to define the Navy *'
Department's powers of dismissal.
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U Ult ILUKJtr X ?jLJ
Since the recent outbreak of Cholera t]
m the Philippine Islands the American
doctors have been investigating its
source. Dr. Victor G. Heiser, in a report
just made public, says in this con- j
nection: "The belief is rapidly gaining t(
ground among medical men that the
disease is indigenous to the islands." R,
Owing to the extensive coral reefs ii
which encircle the Island of Zambo- u
ango, in the Philippine Islands, which tl
have repeatedly cut the telegraph ca- jj
bles-connecting the island with Jolo,. %
the Government lias'Qecided to'iistala,' '9,
space telegraph^system, which is prom- a
ised for operation early next year,
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DOMESTIC. ^
,f-? D*ant?a?? ttt 1 fa r\f Fir WpftTlk W
iyiM. JJIVUITU, Hil-C v#*. .
i5rouwer, of Toms River, N. J., died in lf
convulsions, and her brother applied to
hav? her body exhumed and the con- si
tents of the stomach analyzed. The
statements of two trained nurses
aroused his suspicions.
Enraged because hit father objected/ j!
to his drinking, George Glisson killed '
his parent at Hillls, Ga. Jj
Several persons were hurt at Waterloo.
Iowa, on the Rock Island road, v
when a south-bound mail took a siding n
and plunged through a string of load- ^
ed box cars. ' , j,(
General'Herman Haupt, oldest grad-' si
uate of the United States Military
Academy, dropped dead on a train fi
whil~ journeying-'to Washington/ D. C. n;
Jealous of his wife, William Clark, a ai
nromlnent farmer at Paris. Mich., oi
killed her as she lay in bed and then tc
shot himself tQ death. tt
Ex-Governor Yates, of Illinois, an- Sl
nounced that he was a candidate for
th2 United States Senate, and that he ''
would begin an active campaign later 01
in. the month. '
The new Almaden quicksilver mines
near San Jose. Cal., are to be closed,
it being claimed that they have been J*
sufficiently developed.
From opium taken several days ago, ^
J. D. Flennek, of Shinetown, W. Va, c]
is dead at Corming, Iowa. ja
Ore shipments for the season on the ei
great lakes ended one day later than
last year. m
The Supreme Court of Illinois at
Springfield ajjjrmed the verdict against f
Johaun ftochr the bigamist and wife in
murderer. *
The Federal Grand Jury at Kansas er
City,'' Mp.,* returned'indibtments-'in the"'
rebate prosecutions against the packing
firms of Armour, Swift and Cudahy,
and accused a local broker of re- ^
ceiving heavy rebates from the Bur- "J
lington Railroad. , ^
George W. Perkins resigned as vicepresident
and chairman of the Finance
Committee of the New York Life,
Alexander E. Orr and John Claflin be- to
ing elected to the offices. ^
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... FOREIGN.
The Moscow Postofflce, says a special tl)
cable dispatch, has resumed work. n<
After An exciting debate in the Ital- ^
ian Chamber of Deputies, at Rome,
the Fortis Ministry tendered its reslg- T,
nation. . '
A great celebraton was held in Tokio, ?
Japan, n honor of the armies returning
from Manchuria.
Prince Bulow,-5the' imperial. Chancellor,
has ordered ship* to Reval and -g
Libau to deport any German subjects
who may wish to leave Russia.
The Cabinet of M. Ralli, at Athens,
Greece, resigned as the result of tlie **
defeat of the Government in the e)ectlon
of a President of the Chamber of ci
Deputies. King George has sum- moned
the former Premier, M. Theo- I1
okia, to form a new Cabinet. JI]
The correspondent of the London *
(England) Standard at Kobe, Japan, \
says that the Marquis Ito has accepted 17
an appointment as Resident General in
Korea.
Advices from Batoum, in the Trans- pi
caucasus, tell of fierce fighting, in c,
which many persons were killed. ^
There were also encounters at Potl and
Kutais.
The Council of Spanish Ministers,
sitting at Madrid, has decided to order Sc
an investigation of the allegations
made in the Chamber of Deputies accusing
Senator, the Marquis Mayo Rey, a
of implication in gigantic treasury m
frauds, involving a sum of $7,200,000, it;
by means of falsely stamped securities. 0f
According to a special cable dispatch $1
the Berlin authorities have received a co
report from the Captain of the Pan- ai
ther, and consider the incident closed, of
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The Duke and Duchess of Aosta,
cousins of King Victor Emmanuel of
Italy, while on an automobile trip ran
over a woman. The car was immedi- w
ately stopped and the Duchess took the
woman with her to the home of a doc- rj>(
tor, who said that she was in a dan- jn
gerous condition. Qi
The death of William Sharp, the author.
was announced in London. England.
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After a month -without any sessions w,
the Cuban House met in Havana to si,'
discuss the killing of Congressman
Villuendas.
Prince vc?i Buelow replied to a Socialistic
attack on the Emperor at
Berlin, Germany, denying that he was r
a "disturber of the peace." C(
According to a special cable dispatch po
from Caracas, President Castro has 00
withdrawn his counter protest to the
French Government in regard to the
Taigny incident. ,
The agent of the Asphalt Trust left mi
Caracas after failing to induce Presi- tu
dent Castro to interfere in the damage Ci
suit.
Reports from Tsarskoe-Selo, Russia,
were that the Czar would support Count
Wltte, the cabal under Geueral j<(
Ignatieff having been defeated. Qj
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IMPRISONED IN A TUNNEL . - 7
."wo Italians Caught in L I. P. R.
Excavations. .
r y' _ .
la Dsn):. Fonl-Sincltlnff Hal# Ej#
Over .Fifty Hone, Mnny .Feet v
J* ' ~K' .
tender tlio Ground*
Now Toil; City.?Professional divera
rouglit to .1 place of safety two Italian
ratclimen who had beeu imprisoned; J*
n the tunnel which'the Pennsylvania v _
tailroad is escavattng at Long Island . y
!ity for over fifty hours. '
Two trips -were made through th? j 1
annel by the divers. On the flr9t trip
he men were located and spoken to.
'hey were safe aud sound on a bulkpad.
uine feet above the water... v
Foul air, tho uncertainty of deliver-.
uce, lack of food aud fear nad told on
tie- Italians. They were cowering.it*
lie fartfces^eomer on .top oftbft strocure
that had saved'tliem fronv a srib- ..
erranean grave as the waters broke"- ' J u:' <
lirough a sewer and into the tunnel. A
The glpam of four torches first at'
racted the imprisoned men. It wa*
Lie exclamations lhat they, involun*
??:i? xt.ai. if,A IT '
al ! J UiUUtr lliat UldL lUdCU IU IJUC . .
uers their hiding place. Whether it..
ras fear that the strange figures la
lie rubber suits were apDaritjons that,
etokened approarhinjg death or that
lie entombment had deranged tbemi';,
lie imprisoned men crouched; farther
ito their shelter and resisted the at-' . ;
!rants of th^ divers to get at tbem. ^
Little English was spoken or underlood
by the Italian*, and the rescuers
ad difficulty in making the imprisoned .
len understand that they would,take .* j
lem back to the surface. A'fterahalf A
our's colloquy, the Italians agreed to
o if the divers woutyl get them rubber .'
nits. The water, they'isaid. was deep - 1
nd.dart. . ~
It would be better that they should > ';?m
ike chances or rescue- where, they,
rere, tbey said, than to go through a. .
ratery bore in the earth. The dtv^ra
ft them and struggled back through
ie 160 feet of stagnant water.'fromx
to eight feet deep in places, and
>ul air.
Reaching the surface- they, reported .
) E. W. Moir, the Vice-President of .
ie Parsons Company, which is driving / ->'"i
ie tunnel, that the men were alive:
lat they had talked with them, ?n<J '
lat the men wot?{d only risk a trip^ ; ,
irougli the tunuel if they were pro^ '
ided with rubber suits. Thes4 suits ere
quickly, suppliedj and. the four;.
ivers, after a rest of. about an hour,.;
egan once.more the. journey into the
:yx-I1ke tiinrtel:
Again the ?rleami?g of the pine knots]
iey carried caused "the "imprisoned'
ten to chatter.and gesticulate, and;
jaiu to crawl further into the corner! ( ,-.v
: the bulkhead. Instead of rushing; 1
ward their rescuer*, esoeoially after i. J
le divers had exhibited' the rubber* A
lits. the men fought th^moff.Jfl
Battling and struggling With the ttt-j 9j
e strength thfey had left, the dlvors' Hi
the Italians had one, of the most ' .
aique combats on recocd. Over 100
iet underground, tbf? air dank and
>ul. on a shaky buiknead. that wtia "
adually being undermined <by- tbe
urky water, the rescuers and the Im isoned
men struggled back and, forth*
lie pine torches lent, an unearthjy .
low to the scen?, and the poor. Ital-. .
us. their strength spent, were finally.
icased in th^ rubber suits.
Then began the struggle to get the-V. , ;
en through the water. ;r;
The Italians were heloless. ; The dlvs.
too. had exhausted their* strength .
the struggle to?subdutf thfc ifcep.*-Bnfc ' .
ie Italians were now in the water; in- /
t and scarcely able to stand. it
The divers each took a man, and; by
ow Stages, cam^th^rb' throVigh'f.tlifr
mnei ro rue wortmeD s caum ui uie . '
ast avenue entrance. The cry went.
) to the top of the shaft that the men "
id been rescued1 and the 300 . or
K) people who had gathered -about
ie shaft sent up a misrhty cheer.
A physician had been sent for by*.ie
company, and at on:e descended
the mguth of the tunnel,' He found T
ie men. in a remarkably good condi- . v>
r?n, considering their .experience. A '
The long imprisonment had told upon
em meutally. however, and they were
>t able clearly to realize their posiin.
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Tjje imprisoned men were Francisc6 ]
uvelle. thirty-two years old, and An?'T
nio Biagga. thirty-three years old.'
oth.are married and live in Long
i^and City. \
CUBA AIDS U. S; STRIKERS..
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ouse Passes $10,000 ' Appropriation m
For Key West Cigarmakers. J|
Havana, Cuba.?The House of Repre'litatives
passed au appropriation of
10,000 to assist the striking Cuban
garmakers at Key West..
Since the introduction of the latter bill . ;-j
ip Cuban newspapers nave oeen urg-.: ... f
H its immadiate passage, and there '
as not tbe least opposition to it in
ly quarter, witb tbe exception of tbo
merican newspapers bere. which ven- A
ired to oppose the {?rautiag ?f Gov-''
anient aid to tbe strikers. , V
Tbe Havana Provincial Council ap- ' ^
opriated $5000 and tbe Havana City *' > <
nincil $1000 (or tbe aid of tbe Key- "
rest strikers.
BRICK TRUST IS GUILTY. J
>me of Its Officers aud Labor Leaders
Fined For Conspiracy.
Chicago. HI.?Tbe Brick Trust made
complete surrender to State's Attor- _ HH
>y Healy in court, and a number of
i officials and several labor union . fl Hj
Beers were fined iii an agsrregute of .
8,000. They had been indicted for
nspiracy in preventing competition
id restricting the production and said*
bricks in the Chicago market.
Hughes Still 'At It. ' .
Mr. Hughes uncovered the financial
Drkings of the Life Association
roerica, the President. Henry
iwnsley, being on the stand, in
vestigaaon being held in New
N?w D.vector of Metropolitan.
The Board of Trustees elected
irH T-fnhinsrm nf Rnstrin Af.nss
stant Director of the MetropoIi^ai^^^HD|
u sen in of Art. in New York City, at a
Iary of $5000 a year.
Lost $20,000.in Notes. '
riie Prssident ofihe Wachusett Shirt
>inpany, of Leominster, Mass., re- 1
rted the loss of four notes for $-0,-' --4
0.
Now President For Mutual.
Charles A. Peabody, Standard OiL '
in. was elected President of the Mual
Life Insurauce Co., in New York
ty.
Train Robbers Get $40.
Two highwaymen who held up the
irth Coast Limited near Portland,'
e., got $40 from the express car.
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