The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 10, 1905, Image 1
ROOSEVELT
INAUGURATED
Thousands Cheer (he Ex
ecutive Enroute From
White House to
Capitol.
TAKES OATH US PRESIDENT
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Fairbanks Sworn In Hefore a Rorgeonii
Asseinblngo? Solemnity Mykt t lio
Curmiunlei In tho Htinitte cjhmnbei-?
All Adjourned to Hie Kast/ Front of
the Capitol, Where ltoone\rflt Took
tho Oath and Delivered II Is \lnauj;r
urol? II In Hrlcf Addrem Cheered
Vociferously? Weather Favor* tho
Auspicious Occasion? Kough Itlders
in the Personal Kurort? The Two
Trips Along Pennsylvania Avonue ?
Description of the Procession.
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Washington, I). C.? Theodore Roose
volt took tho oath of office as twenty
sixth President of the United Slates
it l-.?r> 7 o'clock in the afternoon.
'here have been better inauguration
days in Washington than this, hut they
were few and far between. The rain
which the Weather Bureau predicted
the night before with a safeguarding
"probably," to prevent explanations af
terward, materialized only In a few
light drops in the early morning. There
were clouds in the sky at times the
rest of the day, but most of the time
the sun shone brightly.
Everybody was in good humor. Only
a hidebound pessimist would not have
been. The people on the streets and
stands and up at the Capitol and on the
big covered structure in front of tin?
White House, from which the Presi
dent reviewed the parade, told one an
other that it was "Roosevelt weather."
The effect of the pleasant weather
was visible on the crowds that from
early in the morning until late at night
thronged the streets. (Jood nature pre
vailed. Those who had no tickets for
the stands went early to points along
thd route of the parade and got posi
'tions of vantage close up against the
big wire cable that was stretched along
both sides of every street over which
the inaugural procession passed.
It was a tremendous crowd, a good,
sterling American crowd. It stretched
from Washington Circle, half a mile
west of the White House, to the Capi
tol, a mile east of the President's man
sion, and up and around Capitol Hill
to the east front of the Capitol. At
many places it was a dozen deep on
both sides of the street. How many
tens of thousands composed this great
swarm of standing humanity it would
be useless even to conjecture, ^
More tens of thousands hau^etter
filaces on the dozens of big stands and
Ittle stands, all of them decorated in
red, white and bluej while thousands
more Viewed the parade from the win
dows of houses along the way.j Nearly
everybody had a flag or a Wick tied
with red, white and blue ribbons, and
these were waveiL wiienever there ap
peared to be any'cnll for enthusiasm..
Hom&tops were crowded, too, and the
many big trees with which Pennsylva
nia avenue is lined were black with
delighted small boys.
Falrbunki Taken the Oath.
Tito, inauguration proper took place
nt the Capitol. Here was the tnecca of
those fortunate enough to secure the
necessary tickets which entitled the
holders to admission to the great old
hnihling, whose massive dome is visi
ble from every section of the city. ? ..
The interest was in the Senate wing,
for it was in that part of the building,
in the famous chamber of the upper
house, that the inaugural program was
to be begun.
The Senate galleries filled rapidly
when they were opened to ticket hold
ers.
Down on (ho floor the Senators sat
around and told stories while tliey
waited for the ceremonies to begin.
The hands of the, clock under the dip
lomatic gallery and over the main
doorw'ay Indicated n quarter past 11.
There was a stir over in the executive
gallery. Its swinging doors opened
and Mrs. Roosevelt and her children
entered, followed by the relatives and
Intiuate friVnds whom the President
had asked to the ceremony.
With the exception of vthe Justices of
the Supreme Courtejinnd the members
of the House and The President him
self, all were In their seats by" 11.30
o'clock. The Justices of the Supreme
Court entered In a b'ody at 11.45 o'clock
and were announced. The members
of the House of Representatives, head
ed by their olHeers, ware announced at
11.50. /The Congressional Committee
on Arrangements then proceeded to
the President's room and notified Mr.
Roosevelt tliajt all was tn readiness.
The President, who had been escorted
to the Capitol from the White House
by a squadron of Troop A, New York
National Guard, a portion of his. ?vel
%?rati Rough ^Riders anfl -tin* Congres
at once to the
fienaTechaxubcr, and after being an
nounced by the aergeant-at-arms waa
escorted to a seat directly in front ot
LENA'S OFFICERS PUN18HEI>.
Reduced One Grade and Ordered to
Hatut-u to San Francisco.
St. Petersburg, Kutsala.? Yielding to
the demand of the United States. Rtyr
a <n baa not only ordered the officer* of
Lend who violated their pa
o retrrru to* San Franclaco. Cjl.,
reduced them one grade m
fel 'Tbo oftly excun offered
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the desk by the president of the Senate.
>1) tiring these entrances t ho Senate
continued in session, and at 12 o'clock
noon Senator Frye, as president pro
tempore of 1 lit* Senate, rapped with Ida
gavel ami announced that the Senate
of the Fifty-eighth Congress had ad
journed sine die. Mr, Frye then ftd
ministered the oath to the S'lce-PresU.
dent and stepped down from the plat
I form, handing the gavel to Mr. Fair*
hanks, who in turn called the assem
blage to order, and after prayer hy the
ehapluiu, delivered a brief address,
which referred only to the Senate. Mr.
Fairbanks then administered the oath
of oltleo to the iWw Senators, after
which the entire body proeceded to
the rotunda of the Capitol, to the tem
porary amphitheatre constructed at the
east entrance.
Upon coming out Into the open the
party were welcomed with song by a
chorus of between 300 and <UH) voices?
a new departure in ln?uguratlon pro
grains. Two songs had been composed
by two eminent musicians especially
for this occasion. t.
'l'lie I'reiiiteill1* Hour.
A scene of singular beauty presented
itself when the President and Ids es
cort issued from the great bronze doors
of the Capitol and strode down the car
peted aisle to the *tand on \Vhlch he
was to take the oath of office.
\ With guidous l.lying, sabres uiM)' hay
*>netf? Hashing and horses^tajMnplng
their bits, the dower of the mitytary
establishment of the nation so placed
as to constitute -three shies or a hollow
square of which the Presidential stand
made the fourth, presetted arms, and
a cheef went up from tlft' 15.000 spec
tators who surrounded the military or
ganizations. ?
? When the entire assemblage had is
sued from the Capitol. Chief Justice
Fuller stepped forward, and, the Pres
ident having divested himself of hat
ami overcoat, stood ,n ml placed his
hand on the Bible. In a voice not only
audible, but marked with distinct em
phasis,' he repeated after the Chief Jus
tice the words of the oath, while all
aboht him stood with bared heads. It
was then precisely 1 o'clock.
For fifteen minutes the President ad
dressed the assembled multitude in a
voice which carried well considering
the intensity of the wind, and his per
iods were punctuated with enthusias
tic applause. Ilis address laid stress
upon our many bounties and our duties
as citizens to maintain our high stand
ard of morals, courage ami ideals.
Long before the cheering had died
away the President, entered his car
riage, drawn by four handsome bays,
accompanied by Senators Spooner and
Lodge and Representative Dal/.cll, to
return to the White House. Next came
the carriage of the Vice-President,
which was occupied by Mr. Fairbanks.
Senator Bacon and Representatives
Crumpacker and Williams. '1 he long
line of military and civic organizations
constituting the inaugural procession
then started down the steep hill and
along the avenue toward the White
House.
On his return the President met with
a continuous ovation, which he repeat
edly acknowledged by rising in his car
riage and lifting his hat to the cheer
ing thousands along the line of march.
At the White House the President
and his party found luncheon awaiting
thein.
Keviewlns: tlio Para<te.
The climax of the Inauguration day
ceremonies as far as the great mass of
spectators .is concerned Is always the
review of the great parade by the in
coming President.
The President's reviewing stann.-In
which seats were provided for about
000 persons, was directly north of the
White House on the south side of Ex
ecutive avenue. In the middle of this
stand was the President's box.
The column began* to move by the
reviewing stand at 2.-15 o'clock and
the rear guard did not pass until O.lo.
The procession was made up of rep
resentative regiments, battalions, bat
teries. squadrons of cavalry, ctc., of
the regular army, nary and State mili
tia. leading Republican marching clubs
of the country and a number of schools
including some .men from President
Roosevelt's own college. Harvard. A
detachment of genuine Western cow
boys. under Captain Seth BullocWt
created much enthusiasm all along the
line. The President remained in the
reviewing stand until the last organi
zation had passed by ami then hurried
over to the White House to"* receive the
cowboys and the Rough Riders.
mu LLI A NT P 1 1{ E WO It K S.
Greatest Display Ever Made at tlia
Rational Capital.
Washington, I). C. ? Soon after sun
set the masses of people began to wonrt
their "way to (be ellip.se behind the
White Ilonse, where they gathered un
*?1 they reached beyond the HMMMX)
mark. There they waited patiently for
ti?e promised display of fireworks in
which Pain had made it known that he
would excel himself. Nor was the
crowd disappointed, for almost on the
stroke of 7.30 there began the crash
of aerial maroons, and the sky wan
scintillating from <ivery part of tfie
compass with dazzling light.
TI1K INAUGURAL HALL.
It Brought to a Close Exercises of the
Day? Ended at Midnight.
Washington. I). C.? The beautiful in
augural ball brought to a fitting close
the splendid ceremonies and consti
tuted a fitting climax to the historical
features of the eventful day. - ,-o
Every nation In the civilized world,
every State in the Union, every branch
of the military establishment of the
Uuito^^aes. was represented among
the Quests who gathered to do
honor to >tfe Inauguration of President
Roosevelt's seetf?ia?rui, and once more
Washlngton'sfL vrttest social function
will go down In history as a^Dermanent
success.
NewKCVLg Ocean Liner.
The Ca&/*?f%he first of the new
qua?tm of giant Cunarders. arrived in
N ffsv York City on her maiden trip.
China Makes Complaint.
China complained that Japan vlo*
la led Iier neutrality by raiding Sla?
mlntln.
Garfield to Go to Kansas,
"t^ranirtfiTooer OArtitw -*rfanged to
go to Kaoctiv to prooe the Oil Trust in
person. fefTiSfc
THE PHESIDENl'S ADDRESS
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Preildent Roosevelt's Rcitjarks Were
Brief, Timely and Appropriate.
The inaugural address 1b as follows: |
My Keljow-Citizens:
' No peopje on earth have more cause j
to be thankful thun ours, ami this la {
said reverently, in no spirit of boast
fulness in our own atr^'J!^, but with !
gratitude to the (iiver of Good who has I
blessed us with the conditions which j
. have enabled uh to achieve so large a j
measure of well-being and of happiness, j
J To us as a people it has been granted to I
1 lay the foundations of our national life I
j in a new continent. We are the helm of
1 the ages, and yet we have bad to pay
few of the penaltlca which in old coun
i tries are exacted by the dead hand of a 1
I bygone civilization. We have not been
j obliged to fight for our existence
I against any alien race; and yet our life
| has called for the vigor and effort with
j oift which the manlier and hardier vir
tues wither uway, .Under such condi
tions it would befoul* own fault if we
failed; ami the success which we have
bad in the past, the success which we
confidently belitVVe the future will
bring, should cau^e in us no feeling of
vain-glory, but rather a deep and bid
ing realization of all which life has
offered us; a full acknowledgement of
the responsibility which is ourS; and a
fixed determination to show that under
a free government a mighty people can
I thrive best, alike as regards the things
I of the body and the things of the soul.
MUST B7 FRIENDLY.
Much has been given to us, and much
will rightfully be expected from us. We
have duties to others and duties to our
selves; and we can shirk neither. Wo
have become a great nation, forced by
the fact of its greatness into relations
with the other nations of the earth;
and we must behave as beseems a peo
ple with such responsibilities/ Toward
all other nations, larR? and small, our
attitude must be one of cordial and sin
cere friendship. We must show not only
in our words, but in our deeds that we
are earnestly desirous of securing their
good will by acting toward them In a
spirit of just and generous recognition
of all their rights. But justice and gen
erosity it? a nation, as in an individual,
count most when shown not by tho
weak, but by the strong. When ever
careful to refrain from wrongdoing
others, we must be no less insistent
that we are not. wronged ourselv.es. Wo
wish peace; but. we wish the peace of
justice, the peace of righteousness. We
wish it because \\? think it Is right and
not because we are afraid. No weak na
tion that acts manfully and justly
should ever have cause to fear us, and
no strong power should ever be able
to single us out as a subject for inso
lent aggression.
OUR RELATIONS AMONG OUR
SELVES,
Our relations with the other powers
of the world are important; but still
more important are our relations
among ourselves. Such growth in
wealtlih, in population and in power
as this nation has seen during the cen
tury and a quarter of its national life
is inevitably accompanied by a like
growth in the problems which are ever
before every nation that rises to great
ness. Power invariably means both re- k
sponslbillty and danger. Our forefath
ers faced certain perils which we have
outgrown. We now face other perils
the very existence of which it was in
possible that they should foresee.
Modern Iffe is both complex arid in
tense, and the tremendous changes
wrought hy the extiaordlnary . ianUis
trial development of the last half':^en
tury are felt in every fiber of our social
and political being. Never before have
men tried' so vast and formidable au
experiment as that of administering
the affairs of a continent under the
forms of a democratic republic. The
conditions which have told for our
marvelous material well-being, which
have dovedoped to a very high degree
our energy, self-reliance and individual
initiative, have also bright the care
and anxiety inseparable from the ac
cumulation of great wealth in indus
trial centers. Upon the success of our
experiment much dcpcuds, not only as
regards our own welfare, but as je
gards the welJare of mankind, if we
fail, the cause of free self-government
throughout the world will rock to its
foundations; and, therefore, our re
sponsibility is he^vy, to . ourselves, to
the world as it is today, and to the
generations yet unborn. There is no
good reason why we should fear the fu
ture, but there is every reason why we
should face it seriously, neither hiding
from ourselves the gravity of the prob
lems before us nor fearing to approach
these problems with the unbending, un
flinching purpose to solve them aright.
Yet, after all. though the problems
are new, though tho tasks set before
us differ from tho tasks set before our
fathers who founded and preserved this
republic, tho spirit in which these tasks
mpst be undertaken and these problems
faced if our duty is U> be well done, re
mains essentially unchanged. We know
that self-government is dlfficuj^ We
know that no people need sucnt high
traits of character as that people which
seeks to govern Its affairs aright
through the freely expressed will of the
freemen who compose It. But we have
faith that, we shall not prove false to
the memories of the mcn'of the mighty
past. They did their work, they left us
the splendid heritage we. now enjoy.,
We, in our turn, havo au assured con
fidence that we shall be able to leave
this heritage unwasted and enlarged to
'our children and our children's chil
dren. To do so we must show, not
merely In great crises, but In the every
day affairs of life, the qualities of prac
tical Intelligence, of courage, of hard
ihood and endurance, and, above all,
the power of devotion to a lofty ideal,
which made great the men who founded
this republic in the days of Washing
ton, which made great the men why
preserved this republic in the days of
Abraham Lincoln.
News by Wire and Cable.
Mf. Robert L. Campbell was stricken
with smallpox in the Westmorclan.l
Club, Richmond.
Four persons were injured in the
wreck of a limited passenger train at
Rockflsh, Va.
A movement la cn foot to have 'ail
hangings In Virginia take place in, the
penitentiary.
Two Richmond nefyoes. ? who are
condemned to be h&agfed, were bap
| t'.xed in a bath tub In the JnlL
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LIFf OF THE PRESIDENT
Sketch of the Life of the Man Inaugu
rated Saturday.
The UonKrosnJoui^ Directory
Theodore President, was
born in Now York olty on October 27,
1 858 ; on to rod Harvard College in 1 K .* ??
and graduated In 1880; took up t ho
Htudy of law, hut in 1881 was elected
to Hit? Now York Legislature, and wan
twice re-elected ; in his stvond term
in I he Legislature was tho candidate
of his party for speaker, the majority
of assembly, however, being Ileum
era tic; during his third term served
as chairman of the committee on > i
ties and of the special com mitt co
which investigated 'lie abuses in tho
government, of New York <*i < y ; was a
delegate to tlio State convention in
1884 to choose delegates to tin* Itepuh
Mean national convention, and was se
lected as one of the fojir delegates at
large from New York to the national
convention; later in the same viar lit*
went to North Dakota and spent most
of his time there for several years on
a ranch, engaged in raising cattle;
In 1880 was the Republican nominee
for mayor of New York oitv; was ap
pointed a member of the linited States
civil service commission in May. iss:?.
by President Harrison; resigned this
position iti 1895 in order to accept the
presidency of the police commission ol
New York city, under Mayor Strong;
in April, 181)7, was appointed i>y Prosi
dent McKinley as Assistant Secretary
of the Navy. Upon the outbreak <>i
the war with Spain in lS'.lS, resigned
this post and became lieuf^iaut <oi
oncl of the First United States V?dtiu
teor Cavalry, was promoted to tin*
colonelcy of the regiment; was in the
lights at l.as (Jttaslmas and S>tn .luan;
was mustered out with his regiment
at Montauk, Long Island, in Sepiorh
her, 18'J8; was nominated shortly af
terwards sis tho Republican candidate
for Governor of New York, tuid eloct
i<! in November, 18U8; was unani
mously nominated for Vice-President
o,' the United Stales by the Hepubl|cau
national convention of 1900, and elect
ed; succeeded to the Presidency upon
the death of President McKinley. Sep
tember 14, 1901.
Vice-President Fairbanks.
The Congressional Directory. I
Charles Warren Fairbanks, of In
dianapolis, was born on a farm near
Unionvillc Center, Union county, Ohio,
May 11, 1852; was Educated in the com
mon schools the neighborhood and
at the Ohio Wesley University, Dela
ware. Ohio, graduating'frum that insti
tution in 1X72 in the classical course;
was admitted to the bar by the Supreme
Court of Ohio in 187-1; removed to In
dianapolis in the same year, where lie
has since , practiced his profession;
never held public offlcd prior to big
election to the Senate; was elected a
trustee of the Ohio Wesley University
in 1885; was unanimously choseii as the
nominee of the Republican caucus for
United States Senator in the Indiana
Legislature in January, 1893, and sub
sequently received his entire party vota
in the Legislature, but was defeated by
David Turpie, Democrat; was a dele
gate at large to the Republican na
tional convention at St. Louis in l?9fr
aud was temporary chairman ? of/ the
convention; was a delegatchat-large to
the Republican national convention at
Philadelphia in 11)00. and as chairman
of the committee on resolutions re
ported the platform; was appointed a
member of the United States and Brit
ish joint high commission which met
in Quebec in 1 SOS. for the adjustment
of Canadian Questions, and was chair
man of the United States high com
missioners; was elected to the United
States Senate January 20, 1897. to suc
ceed Daniel W. Voorhees, Democrat,
and took his seat March i. 1 SUT ; v.aa
re-elected in I'JOii.
Coal King Dying.
Polisvillo, Pa.. Special. ? 1?. C. Luth
er, second vice-president of the Phila- j
delphia & Reading Coal and Iron Com- i
pany. Is dylf^g at bis home here. Mr. I
Luther is the executive head of all the
Philadelphia & Reading Company's
coal interests and is a motnlwr of the
anthracite board of conciliation create l
by the coal stride commission c:f 11)02. j
China Protests.
Toklo, Special. ? It is understood
that China has lodgiftl a protest
against Japan, alleging infringement
of Chinese neutrality by the occupa
tion' of Sinmintin. The government
has not indicated its attitude, but it
Is expected that the reply^ will derive
that Japan is bound to respect tho
neutrality of North. China so long as
Russia docs so, be( .that the pre*?*nee
cf the Russians in occupying Sinmin
tin created a conditlou of belligerency
there, and that the operation was
strictly in the nature of a military
necessity foe the projection of the
rights and interests of Japan.
News of the Day. *
Mrs. Cassle 1,. Chadwiek wants a
<hange c.f Venue, hut her coun*r! op
poses the idea. The motion to quash
the indictment^ was overruled and
the defendant gave out a statement
denying that any Jewelg w6re smug
gled or that she attempted to seek a
refuge In Belgium.
William T. Ilorsnell. a 8t. Paul real
estate agent, was arrested on a charge
of twttrinf by eonspiraey hometttead
titles to lfi.COO acres ?fc public land
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Noted Western Philanthropist Drank
Soda Containing" Strychnine.
MOTIVE IS A DEEP MYSTERY |
< on. I.uloii follow* ('Hr<lnl rtclf hi lilt' In- J
V Iga t to n l>y Mr. II. Hi A iHliorl 1 1 1' r ? '
!'<;?? Min. I < Inir lit f li ?? 1.11M- ll?-r ||,?|y ,
to |{?- Itrilll i; III 1 1 .III) .> 1-roill lloil lllliu
I'lrvloim A 1 1 cm pi * ||Hlj Mn.1,-. \
Jl'HIOllllll, II. |.- Seicliee |(|||, -Oil th.' j
?!?': tli <il Mrs. .1 at m? l.athrop Stanford.
Sena tor J. eland Stanford's iniilti-mlt
lionaire widow, indubitably in fji<? list
?>f mysterious murders when the chem
ists tu w 'mm was intrusted tin. t?naly*
fis 1 1 u? bicarbonate of tudn or which
f-li ? (Miriook mik| lit., contents of the
<1 : woman's slonuu li found both held
;ui ,? .isily mortal proportion of stryeh |
iiir . ' I
k'.rirous investigation l?y tlu> p dieo
f l.i '?!liiiii tuisl> developed t It;, t tin' niui
?!? " v. :.s mi act oi' vengeance or insano
luiiv- i. not :i crime committed for gain,
XVlls ?'? :i I ||h> jewels. vii I
hi ST.i.ililo, n ii 1 1 other personal prop
erty Mrs. siiiiiiord brought here in her
Highl from San Francisco, Cal., to es
cape ilit' st'.-i'i't poisoner wore mulls
tin I ?:?il . Suspicion therefore apparently
narrows to tln> persons who may liavo
landed tin nisei vos aggrieved hy r.n
act or omission of the famous pbilau
Ilir-'plVt, ii 1 1 1 >ss (lie I v\ o attempts to
kill her with strychnine tho first in
li'i Noli 1 1 ill home, the second ami
fui.-i'ssliil mm in the .Monami Hotel
lie:'.'- Were made hy one aiiimaled hy
undlscrlmlnntlng murderous onmltv to !
the rich.
ii wns known unofficially that the
l\ii|oj?>y ner|oi-,ij;'d showed Mrs. fctai:
I .it'ii died ol teianus ol't the rospira lory
organs, and ttr> fact that tetanic
spasms such a* the victim h|id shortly
before her death are recognized by
medical men the world over us consti
tuting one of tln? fctrougc.rt symptoms
of strychnine poisoning was niough for
those who believed from the first the |
rich American was mnrdered. Dr. II.
\. MurVay, the physician wlio per
formed the autopsy . said Officially
strychnine poisoning was the direct
causa of ijvalh.
A sieji s;i!l more important than an
topsy or analysis. I a use of the for
mality wllli W |d.h the law Is invested
here, remains to he taken, if an arrest
is to he made in any part of the world,
it is hi'licved j| will not he ordered or
eveji sinrgosted hy High SherifT Henry
until alter the impicst. Once the jury
returns a verdict declaring MrR.;St:sn
ford the victim of an assassin tin* po
lice may act.
Mrs. Stanford's hody was embalmed.
It will he taken lo Han Francisco in the
steamship China. 11. A. Ilncktlold was
faceted to represent (lie Stanford l? tm
esis here. Former Judge Stanley, who
lirst lock charge of the ? murdered
woman's effects, will advise bin/
legally. Mr. Ilackllehl tool; the Avid
ow's jewels into his personal custody.
No objection w as mnde to Hint Dy Miss
lici'tha Horner, Mrs. Stanford's private
secretary. Miss Horner remained in thy
Monami, attended hy May Hunt, Mrs.
Stanford's last maid.
JMiss Hoyner said Mrs. Stanford, in
San Francisco, drank n glass Of min
eral water with tho bicarbonate of
sotla taken there. May Hunt, said
Miss Werner, agreed with her that the
soda hot tie was packed In one of Mrs.
Stanford's trunks in San Fram;i?\y? llv<r>
weeks ago and not opened until tho
night, of the widow's death. It also
?was learned that Mrs. Stanford, when
she eaino here oh the steamship Korea,
*said she had left San Francisco "in a
/treat hurry." No spccille theory has
Jicon expressed hy tho police.
San Francisco, Cal. -All doubt that
Mrs. Leland Stanford was murdered
apparently was removed when Acting
Folico Ciller Splllane received from
High Sheriff William Henry, of Hono
lulu a dlsnatcli saying the bottle or
bicarbonate (.f soda, from which tho
philanthropist took the dose that killed
her. contained a quantity of strychnine
medical experts said was sufficient to
kill hundreds or persons. The message
said there were grains of" the poison
in the bottle. A physician 4of high
standing, commenting on tho news,
said that was enough to cause 0(12
deaths. Oiic-llftoonth of a grain, he
said, was the largest dose that could bo
given with safety, the average .fuantlty
taken at one time for medicinal pur
poses being one-fortieth of a grain.
All Mr". Stanford's relatives and
friends were amazed when they
learned how much strychnine was
mixed with the soda. Charles <?.
Lathi'np, Mrs. Stanford's brother, and
Mouutford S. Wilson, her lawyer, who
were so ready to assert their belief
tho octogenarian hud not died from
poison, were unwilling to talk after
they read the dispatch.
They im mediately hel.l a eonfer^neo
with !>. <). Mills and plainly were
eager for further information from
Hawaii. Louis Falkonau, the chemist
.who analyzed tho mineral water Mrs.
Stanford drank on January H last, the
lirst time hIio was poisoned, said It
was impossible for any save an expert
to detect tho prosoneo of strychnine in
bicarbonate of soda, the harmless crys
tals looking so much, like Hie poison.
rj'o.ciiioi' David Starr Joi'dau, Presi
dent of Stanford University, asserted
emphatically Mrs. Stanford's mind was
perfectly clear to the day AfUior death,
and f-nid ho had letters from her to
show* that.
Japanese Lawmakers Adjourn.
Tlic Diet closed Its *esi?ioij in ToLio.
England Cuts Naval Demands.
According to m wpeclnl rable dispatch
from London, Great Britain' has low
ered her naval estimates hy $17,500,000,
abandoned several vessels and reduced
tho number of men In the service by
2100.
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Czar Entertains General 8toes?eL
The Oxnr gnre a reception to General
Btorsgel, who arrived !u 8t* Petersburg
(ram Muscuiv...tl?e jilay before.^ After
1hr? reception the Csar entertained the
General at luncheon, 1 ' ^ .
INAUGURAL TRAIN WRECK
Many Killed and Injure 1 Near
Piitsbur/v, l';v
M iMi'li 1 114 CliiUt itml Mllltl.i Men ('might
In IIim ('4lii?lrii|ilic ? l' lro A1I1I4
lo tin* Itorror**
Pittsburg, l'a. ? Oil ( licit* way to
Washington to join in (In- inauguration
of President Koosevcll many persons
wt'i'o killed and over a score injured in
a rcnr-cml collision I ??> l ween 1 \\ < ? sec -
lions of a special passenger train front
Cleveland on tlif Pittsburg Fort
Wayne and Chicago division of the
Peniwy Ivanta Itultrnad at Clifton Sta
tion, eight miles west of this city.
The accident occurred at (i. Io at
night, ^
Fire which fidlowitl tin* smash up
added horror to tin' wreck and de
stroyed three of the cars of tiie lirst
section of the train Tin' llames also
retarded t he work of removing (lie in
jnred. and several of the dead wore
Inirned almost beyond recognition.
The I wo sections of I lie train which
erashed Into cadi otln r left Cleveland
ahoul 1 o'clock. The llrst section hore
the Itoyal Hattalion ICngineevs, Na
tional tiuard of Ohio, and was made
up of six coaches and a baggage car.
The second section, with the same
nuiithcr of ears, carried the Tippecanoe
('Inli. of Cleveland considered the most
prominent Republican club or the
Muck* ye State.
The lirst section had stopped at Clif
ton Station, because of a hot box, when
the second section smashed into it.
The engine plowed Its way through
the rear I'ullnian of the llrst section,
crushing the passengers under its ter
rific weight of trou. The shock was
felt in every car of thv? train, and a
panic among the passengers followed.
Men cliiulMd through windows, and
ahove the noise of falling timber couhL
be beard the shrieks of the dying. >i
The passengers leni prompt assist
nnee. As rapidly as they- could they
extricated the wounded from the
wreckage und tended to them as liest
they could. Word was hurried to Pit'i*
burg for aid, and special trains were
rushed to the assistance of the injured.
.Most of the dead, it is saUl, were in
the n ar ear of the lirst section. Many
persons also were injured in the second
car. but not mortally. As fast as pos
sible the more severely hurt were
taken to Hof-hester, Pui, ami at It)
o'clock a special hearing twelve of the
hurt reached Alleghany. They were
taken to the Alleghany Ccneral Hospi
tal, and then followed a mix-up be
tween the authorities id' the city ami
railroad people.
The ollicials of the Pennsylvania
road demanded that the injured he
taken to the West Pennsylvania Hos
pital. while the city authorities wanted
them placed in the nearest institution
that could he reached. The railrdad
people arranged to run a special train
through to the' West Pennsylvania
Hospital, and most of the injured were
taken there.
The llrst report from the wreck said
Hint sixty persons had been killed, and
a train wit!' twenty physicians was
sent from lids city at once. This was
followed by a special train bearing
eight deputy coroners,- in charge of
Coroner Armstrong.
Thegjjiews of the wreck spread rap-,
idly in this city, and at night it looked
as if all Pittsburg were in the streets
about the newspaper ofllce?. Thous
ands stood In front of thc'bulletlns anx
iously watching for the latest rPporls
from the place of the disaster, and the
police lind a hard time maintaining or
der.
A report also was received here that
ghouls, under the guise of helping the
Injured, were robbing the dead, and
twenly-llve policemen were sent to
Clifton.
IXVSNTOR PLUNGES' TO DEATH*
r
Heartbroken at Loss, I\ XV. O'Connor
.lumps From a Window.
Oinnhn, Neb.? In n lit of grief over
tlie loss of u model which after yeafs
of effort lie lind practically completed,
1?\ W. O'Connor, inventor of a sun
stencil, threw himself from the third
lloor window of a hotel and was dashed
to death on the pavement beneath.
The invention was intended to do away
with the laying out of a sign, the full
outline being cast upon a dead wall or
signboard by glass slides ??u the prin
ciple of a stereoptieon. Every detail
would be correctly portrayed, so that
painters could begin Immediately with
their brush work.
New slides were Just received which
the inventor thought would make, the
apparatus perfect, and be bad sat up
expectantly through the night in order
to give the machine the filial test as
soon ns day dammed. The machine
stood on the wimriw-sill, after he bad
adjusted the ncw\ lenses, and in some
way It slipped and was smashed into
a thousand plecovA Heartbroken, he
threap himself afteyvjt.:.
ENTIRE COLLEGE CLASS QUITS.
Seniors Rrsign liecauso Suspended
Men Are Not K?instated.
Northampton, Mass.? The entire sen- i
lor class of. the Massachusetts Agricul
tural College, af Anthem, resigned,
and thp merfiberA said ihey would not
return /Aides* tlur request to rclnstet# '
three JsiispL-ndcd members was coiit-.
plied with by the faculty. The trouble
began two weeks ago, when the class*
created n disturbance In the recitation
100:11 of the professor of constitutional
history.
Emperor Favors Economy*
Upon Euiperor William's request the
so-called equestrian festival planned
by aristocratic society gf Berlin has
been piveu up. The costumes were to
be of ho rl<?b a character that tho Em
peror ttlflXtglit.it would be too expensive
for the otflc<?? to participate. The
Kaiser It endeavoring to lessen luxury
in the army. ~ * s
Raid by Jap Army.
The Japaueab raided' SQnn
terminus of tho Shantaikwan
COMMANDER SINS II
Kuropafkiii ^ huws Good Staying Qua!*
ilies Hut Poor Judgment
STRUGGLtS HARD AGAINST FATE
According to toe New Chwang Report,
the Scouts of and Kui'cki Have
Met Behind thffl#u6Sian Right Wing,
in Which Caoe There Would be Vir
tually no Hope of Rcarcat.
? ? ? * ?
There was no cessation of tho light
ing between I ho Russian and Japan
ese armies in Manchuria Monday
Kusian reports state that at a distance
the tide of battle In the immediate >
Vicinity of Mukden seemed to lie ebb
ing. Tlu> most that the war critics
at St I '< *t ersburg seem to hopo for
at present is that General Kuroputkin
lias succeeded in reestablishing his
lino of retreat in the direction of Har
bin. Word has reached Now Chwang,
however, without confirmation from
other sources, that the Japanese \nro
already north of Mukdea with a laVgifc
force and that the Russians are fac
ing a disastrous defeat. There appears
to h#' a possibility that Koneral Ku
rokl has drawn off a portion of his
army from the center and sent it to
reinforce the divisions engaged in
Hanking movements. General kaul
hars, tin* most Iruslcd of General Ku
lopatkin's officers, Is personally in
command of tho Russian forces in
i!iv triangle between the railway and
the Hun River, which vital position
the Japanese have been assailing for
fe\eral days. Russia reports that IU,
000 ijfien have been wounde 1. but mako
no i^ention of the number killeri aynj at
'no/ same time assert that the Jap
anese have lost r>0,(V in killed and
wounded.
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Russian View c>k Situation.
St. Petersburg, lly (!uhle ? 1*he re
sult of the greatest battle of modc:#i
times is expected to be determined
soon. Although General Kuropatjjtn
has evidently made every preparation
to cover bis retreat by moving his
accumulated stores and fmiulllonu
northward, it is now the opinion of
military men here that one side or
t he other cannot escape an overwhelm
ing disaster.
Field Marshal Oyama's strategy in
this battle is now clear. Ho stalled
and amazed the \Vtfr Office by thO
marvelous daring of General Kuroki's
advance against, the extreme Russian
left and the series of blows delivered
at the center, where no less than 13
separato attacks havo b^cn launched
by the Imperial Guards ten miles east
of Poutlloff Hill. Hut it is now reab
Ized that the heavy blows at. tho left
were Intended to mask the real turn
ing movement, which came like a bolt
from a clear sky out of the weati---Ku?
ropatkln fell Into tho trap: The situ
ation soemeel an exact duplicate of
that at J4?o Yang, and tho Russian
commandc^f-in-chief hastened to mass ...
fofces to meet Ktirokl. Friday the
?\vnolo situation was suddenly reversed
when, with lightning rapidity, the Jap
anese turning operation began on the
plain between tho Hun and the Llao"'
rivers. In order to sttccced, O yarn a
threw the neutrality of China to the
wlnj^s. Goneral Npgi with his Port
Artnur veterans moved upon the right
bank of the Hun, and fell like an
avalanche upon the weakened Russian
right, doubling it back in confusioit,'
the Japanese advance being co-ofrdipat
ed with the advance straight from tho ,
west of a Japanese column of 40,000
men, which circled around or through
Chineso neutral territory. But the lat
ent ad vices are to the effect
Japanese, exhausted by that tremern
dons efforts, have everywhere stop
ped; and now', If over, Kurnpatkln's
hour has eofpo. Military critics de
clare Oyama has not great enough su
periority to take risks. According to
tho War Office, Oyama has not over
70,000 men in excess of Kuropatkin,
whose forces total about 340,000. Ku- .
ropat kin's chance, the War Office says
Is an opportune offensive, as passive'
resistance would be fatal. '
Main Russian Army Doomed.
Since Friday ninlit tho Japanese
left, which is now extending north
And south, has advanced several miles. '
The Russians are retreating In great
disorder. The Japanese" eitromo. iQJtt.
is now lf> miles northeast of IVlukden
and is advancing rapidly.
i*he CRcnpo nf the main? -Russian
forces seems 4mpoasible. . It Is nl
reauy estimated that the Russians
l;?*ve lost over 10,000 men.
Kuropatkin Launches
St. Petersburg, Hy Cable. ? It | has
just been learned that General Kuro
patkin has launched a blow at /Field
Marshal Oyama's left center Just west
of the railroad. The lighting is des
perate along the entiro line.
Kurcpatkln'g louses In killed aud
wounded up to last night ?jre placed
SiTSjJ3,000. Oyama Is bellevod to have
"already lost fully 40,000 men.
. The Japanese army, accokdfcm ,0
prisoners, is greatly exhausted. They,
repeat the statement that some of
General Noel's men have not had any
food for two days.
Legal Battle Promised.
Ottawa, Special. ? Honore Oervals,
a member of Palfament, has been en*
gaged to assist Mr. Taschereeu, of
Quebec. In the defense of* Messrs.
Gaynor and Greene, and a bl$ TSiir"
balUe ts promised beforer tt 1i dell it" T
nltely known whether they w4H ?
forced to return to the VftlW? 3t?tts.
- ? 'jg?
Free* From the WWee.
? The' revolt
*%A Tnrfctsh
are >?>!? fn a tttfj ftC