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HAINS BROTHERS BROTHERSHELD BROTHERSHELD
HELD WITHOUT BAil BAilCourt BAILCourt
Court Assumes Both Re Responsible Responsible Responsible
sponsible for Death Deathof DeathofAnnis of ofAnnis ofAnnis
Annis AnnisTO AnnisTO AnnisTOBASEDEFENSE
TO TOBASEDEFENSE TOBASEDEFENSEON BASE DEFENSE DEFENSEON
ON UNWRITTEN LAW LAWAlleged LAWl1eged LAWjilleged
Alleged Confession of Wife of Cap Captain Captain Captam ¬
tain tam Vho Shot Clubman to toFigure tol toFigure
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Figure in Trial TrialNEW TrialNEW TrialNEW
NEW YORK Au AUC 17 ITPale Pale to the tnelips thelipe the1ip
lips 1ip but without the th slightest other otheroutward otheroutward otheroutward
outward evidence of o excitement Capt CaptPeter CaptPeter CftptPeter
Peter a C Haias Hat U S A and Me Mebrother hi hibrother hiebrother
brother T JenkiiM this thi morning faced facedMagistrate facedMagistrate 1lcedltlagistrate
Magistrate Gilroy in the Long Island IslandCity I IIndCity land landCity
City police court charged with the themurder themurder thezntzrder
murder of William E AnnUl on the thefloat thefioat thefloat
float of the Bay Side Yacht dub Flush Flushing Flu Fluehlrig h h1ng ¬
ing Saturday afternoon afternoonContrary atternoonContrary afternoonContrary
Contrary to the expectation of sensa sensation et88tIon OflSfttlOn ¬
tion lovers who crowded the courtroom courtroomto
to Its capacity the hearing began withformal withformal with withformal
formal questioning on the part of the themagistrate themagistrate themagistrate
magistrate and was cut short after a awhispered awhispered awhispered
whispered consultation between District DistrictAttorney DistrictAttorney DetriCtAttorney
and W WPercy to toPercy 1 1Percy
Attorney Darrln of Queens
Percy the lawyer for the Halns fam family famlly fernfly ¬
fly The result of the conference conter nce was wasthen wasthen waethen
then reported to the magistrate who whoadjourned whoadj whoadjourned
from fromiody tromtoday fromtoday
until one week
adjourned adj urned the case ca
today
Held He1 Without Bail BailThe BaitTht BaiLThe
bail bailund btlllund bailtind
without
were held
The prisoners pri onMS
und sent enf back to their cells cellss ceUsAs cellsAs
back to his hiscell hi hicell hiscell
As s Cai Ca tin Hains was wa led tOl
cell hfe h said Sd I slept well never felt feltbetter feltbetter feltbetter
better in my life In spite of being in a acell acell aecU
cell And that was because my con conscience conscience conscience ¬
science is clear clearIt
It now is i known that the basis baf of the thedefense thedlfense thefense
defense fense of the two brothers Drothenbetweft Drothenbetweftwhom between betweenwhom
whom the law aw makes no distinction in IntJ1 Int1 j jthe
the tJ1 t1 degree of crime crimewUl will be an alleged allegedjrueseion aUegedmi
S jrueseion mi ssion signed by Mrs Peter C CHuiui C11m CLtin
Huiui ± 11m In which wrongdoing with AnnIe Annisis
is said to have been admitted Justincation Justin JUiiUftcatton JuetificaUon
cation under the socalled unwritten unwrittenliw
liw is the superstructure to be builded buildedby buUdedby buildedby
by the brothers on this document documentNot documentKot documentNot
Not even Lawyer Percy will w l be per permitted perIltted pernitted ¬
mitted to hold a copy of the document documentit docum nt ntIt
it being the intention of the family to tohold tolld tOLld
lld it until the trial No chance is to tobe tobe tobe
be given lven Mrs Hams to deny the alleged allegedconfession alle allecmfession allegedconfession
confession in detail she herself declar declaring declaring declaring ¬
ing that th t she does not exactly remember rememberthe
the contents of the document documentRepudiates documentRepudiatM documentRepteliatse
Repudiates Confeasien ConfeasienThe
The confession te 1 repudiated by Mrs MrsHains MrsHainll Mrs1aIns
Hains who ho declared that she he was wasforced wastorced wasforced
forced to sign It under duress dur and Dd that thatshe thatshe thatshe
she had > > p CL JjnowtedgjB of what t it qpnr qpnrtained QOJltal i itathed
tained tainedLetters tal tathedLetten led ledLetter
Letters have been Men furnished to District DitrlctAttorney DistrictAttorney i iAttorney
Attorney Ira G D Darrin of Queens Queenscounty Queenacounty Queenscounty
county by Harvey Rockwell Annis Annisfriend Annisfriend Annisfriend
friend which were found in the pockets pocketsof pocketof
of the dead man In them Annis was waswarned waswarned WUwarned
warned that his death was U impending impendingHe
He was urged ur ed to remain away from the theBayslde theBayside theBayside
Bayside Yacht Club By whom the theletters theletters theletters
letters were signed has not been madepublic madepublic made madepublic
public publicMrs publicMrs j jMrs
Mrs Peter Pet C Hams has reached this thiscity thiscity thiscity
city coming from her home in Win Winthrop Wintlirop Wlnthrop
throp Highlands Mass > > in an effort e < < ort to togain togain togain
gain possession po8i e88ion of her children They Theywere Theywere Theywcre
were placed with Ith Captain Hales mother motherwhen motherwhen i iwhen
when the officer brought a suit for di divorce divorce divorce ¬
vorce against hlt the wife and she had not notbeen notbeen notbeers
been permitted nnltted to see ee them since sinceAs sinceAB sinceAs
As she > > he was leaving her home to come cometo cometo cometo
to this city tty MM Claudia Libby Helms HalnsBald Hainssaid HelmssaId
said saidThere There is I no confession in existence existenceI
I had nothing to confess I did sign a adocument aojcument aiocurnent
document the contents of which I knew knewnothiag knewnothl1g knewnothLg
nothiag but did it because 1Meu e I was forced forcedto
to
I had been kept without food for fortwo tortwo fortwo
two days and in thIs tbl weakened condi condition conditlon condition ¬
tion whisky was forced upon me Then Thenthey Thenthey Thenthey
they brought bro sbt n me a a document and made mademe mademe mademe
me sign It This must mu t be the confes confession confession confession ¬
sion that they speak of ofBrother ofBrother ofBrother
Brother Aids Husband HusbandJenkins Husba HusbandJenkins d dJenkinlil
Jenkins aided my husband In the thescheme theschem thescheme
scheme and I do npt care what is done doneto
to either of them but I hope that the thelaw thelaw thelaw
law wll hang them both bothAll bothAll bothAll
All I want is I my children and I Iwill Iw1l1 Iwill
will take steps litt piJ to get them th I will willcarry willcarry willcarry
carry this fight to the courts The kill killing kUllog killing ¬
ing of Mr Annie is proof enough that thatmy thatmy thatmy
my husband te no fit custodian for my myloved myloved myloved
loved ones onesI
I never gave ve my husband any cause causefor causefor causefor
for jealousy I Ihave have done nothing for forwhich torwhich forwhich
which a wife might be ashamed All AllContinued AllContinued AllContinued
Continued on Ninth Page PageWEATHER paeVEATHER PageWEATHER
WEATHER REPORT REPORTThere
There have been showers from the theupper theupper theupper
upper Mississippi valley eastward and andlocally andlocally andlocally
locally in the South extreme South Southwest South Southwest outh outhwest ¬
west and the central Rocky mountain mountainregion mountainregIon mountainregion
region regionHigh regIonHilh region111gb
High temperatures prevailed Sunday Sundayover Sundayover Sundayover
over the interior due to a low area areamoving areamovlnl areamoving
moving movlnl rapidly over the northern dis districts d diitrits l ltrlcts ¬
tricts and it is still tm warm this th morn morning mornIng mornIng ¬
ing over the central valleys and the theLake theLake theLake
Lake region Cooler weather with high highpressure hieh9rtnure highpressure
pressure prevails in the Northwest NorthwestThe
The weather will be generally fair fairtonight talrtoni fairtonight
tonight toni ht and Tuesday in the East aat and andSouth andSoutb andSouth
South except in the South Atlantic AtlanticStates AtlanticStates AtlanticStates
States where wh re local showers are prob probable probable probable ¬
able ableIt ableIt ableIt
It will be cooler in the upper Ohio val valley yalley 1 1ley ¬
ley and the lower Lake region and andcooler andcooler andcooler
cooler Tuesday Tue day In the northern portion portiono
o of the Middle Atlantic States StatesSteamers StatesSteamers StatesSteamers
Steamers departing today for Euro Kuropsan Jurop Europeart
psan p an ports will have fresh south to tosouthwest tosuuthwellt tosouthwest
southwest winds showers Monday Mondayclearing Alondayclearing Mondayclearing
clearing Tuesday to the Grand Banks BanksThe BanksTne BanksThe
The following heavy precipitation precl7 ltation in ininches Ininches ininches
inches has been reported during the thepast thepast thepast
past twentyfour hours Charlotte 122 122Buffalo 1 1Buffalo 1Buffalo
Buffalo 138 138During LISDurinl l lDuring
During tbe twentyfour hours ending endingS
8 a m Sunday SI 1 Paso 1J8 L Chicago
118 La Salle 114 Grand Rapids Biniis 24C 24CSioux 11 41Sioux 11Sioux
Sioux City LB Richmond lM 1 Grand GrandHaven Grand GrandHaven rand randHaven
Haven IJI 1 L Chart CbarMe chrIsCity City 144 144TTMPXRATTJRK IHTTKPBRATURB 144TTMPXRA1UR
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9 9am 9amlOam a m i t 14
10 lOam lOamllani a L m 1 < 15
11 llani a m M S S32noon
12 32noon noon It Itlpm SI
1 lpm p m at atSUN 1 1SUN
SUN TABLE TABLESun TABIdISun TJLILSun
Sun rises 11 risesSun 113 113Sun 113Sun
Sun set HU 60 60T 611rJD 60TDI
T TDI rJD DJi TABLV TABLVLow TABLWow
p Low ow water tdsl itl p m mLow mHigh mHigh
High wa4 tIfItiw iita usa m11ISp m i p M MLow mLow
Low water tm trw1 tntrw > rw73lara7iBpm 70 a m 7i ltl P m
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FIGHTING BOB QUITS QUITSTHE QUITSTHE QUITSTHE
THE NA VY TOMORRO TOMORROWOfficial W WOfficial WOfficial
Official Passing of Popular Rear Admira Removes iemoves One Oneof Oneof Oneof
of the Nations Most Picturesque t inures inuresHad tires i1resHad tiresHad
Had Varied Career
Rear Admiral Robley D Brans Jlftns vans after aftera afterIte
a life time of service under the Stars and andStripes andStrJJMIII andStripes
Stripes will m be retired tomorrow Al Although AlthouSh Although ¬
though he has been Inactive for several severalmonths Myeralmonths severalmonths
months on account of ot ill health he hehas hehas hehs
has merely been b n on leave of absence absencefrom abllen absnefrom e etrom
from the Atlantic battleship fleet which whichwag whichwa whichwas
wag wa lately under his command commandThe commandThe commandThe
The official passing of Admiral Evans Evansremoves Evansromoos Evansremoves
removes one of the most mo t picturesque picturesqueand plcture que queand
and spectacular figures of American Americanpublic Americanpublic Americanpublic
public life Hear Admiral Evans fqr forsuch fqrsuch fqrsuch
such he oan be called until he b has really reallybeen reaUybeen reallybeen
been honorably deposed practically practicallyclosed practicallyolosed practicallyclosed
closed his official career on May 1 7 last lastwhen lutwhen lastwhen
when he participated personally in an anImposing anImposing animposing
Imposing parade of soldiers and d sailors sailorsat allorsat
at San Francisco FrancleooFlghtlng FranciscoFighting 1 1Fighting
Fighting Dob Evans until recent recently recently recent13r ¬
ly the commander of the battleship fleet fleethas fteethas fleethas
has been In ill health for some time timeand timeand timeand
and found it expedient to reside re lde in the thehealthful thehealthful thebealthful
healthful solitudes surrounding Lake LakeMohonk LakeMohonk LakeMohonk
Mohonk New York State StateAdmiral Stateodmiral StateAdmiral
Admiral Evans has seen een service of al1 al1Republican a1 a1WILL elWILL
WILL TRY LANING LANINGON LANINGON
ON JUDGES ORDER ORDERRepublican ORDERRepublican
Republican Congressman CongressmanFrom
From Ohio Must Answer AnswerCharges AnswerCharges AnswerCharges
Charges of Embezzlement EmbezzlementNORWALK
NORWALK Ohio Aug 17 17CongrMs 17CongrMsman Congress Congressman ¬
man Jay F Laning of the FourteenthOhio FourteenthOhio Fourteenth lourtf8ftthOhio
Ohio district a Republican must stand standtrial ataBdtdal standtrial
trial on four charges of embezzlement embezzlementand embezz ment mentand
and one of larceny reeny according ace rdlng to the thedecision thedeoialon thedecision
decision of Judge Jud e Doyle of Akron who whotoday whotoday whotoday
today overruled ov rruld both the motion to toquash toqUttJI toquash
qUttJI quash and the plea in abatement flied nledby ftlEidby fliedby
by Lanlnss attorneys attorneysFour attorneysFour attorneysFour
Four other indictments against Lan Laning LanIng Lenbig
ing charging him with obtaining money moneytinder moneyunder moneyunder
under false pretense and the misap misapplication mieapplication misapplicetion ¬
plication of funds were quashed quashedThe quashedThe quashedThe
The Indictments against the Congress Congressman greH greHman ¬
man resulted from the th failure of the theOhio theOhio theOhio
Ohio Trust T t Company of Norwalk Norwalkleaning NorwaJkLaning 1orwaikLaning
Laning is the Republican candidate candidatefor
for reelection re61 ection and baa 1 declined cleclbtedto cleclbtedtowtthdraW declinedwithdraw to towithdraw
withdraw from the tit ticket uk making makingelection J te teelection UNelect10B
election of the t Democratic cVstdldate cVstdldateprobable CII dddateprobable IMl1date IMl1dateprobable
probable probablePLUNGED probablePLUNGED probablePLUNGED
PLUNGED TO DEATH DEATHPLAYING DEATHPLAYING DEATHPLAYING
PLAYING VIOLIN VIOLINStrange VIOLINStrange VIOLINStrange
Strange End of Polish P lish Musician MusicianWho MusicianWho MusicianWho
Who Fell Off Tene Tenement Tenement Tenement ¬
ment Roof RoofNEW RoofTJiiW RoofNEW
NEW YORK Aug 17 17Wlth WHh the thestrains tlMstrains thestrains
strains of the Polish National Hymn Hymnstill Hymnstill
still sounding from his loved violin violinHarry vioUnHarry violinHarry I
Harry Lippmann fell today from the theroof theroof j jroo
roof roo of the fourstory tenement at 315 315East 315East 315East
East Eighth street and was killed on onthe onthe onthe
the pavement below When neighbors neighborspicked neighborspicked neighborspicked
violin shatter shattered bttered ¬
picked up the body the
ed was found beneath It ItUppraann ItLippmann ItLlpprnann
Uppraann who came here from Ober Oberon Oberon Oberon
on Ohio lived with his brother at the theplace theplMe theplace
place of his hi death Returning home homeearly homeearly homeearly
early this morning he found himself himselflocked himeellocked himeeulocked
locked out and going to the roof lean leaned leaned leaned ¬
ed over Its edge and played a few bars barsto barsto barsto
to attract atentlon atentlonThe atentlonThe atentlonThe
The air was his last for his hi foot footslipped footsUpped footslipped
slipped on the coping and he plunged plungedto
to death deathFRANK deathFRANK deathFRANK
FRANK S HAMBLETON HAMBLETONDIES HAMBLETONDIES HAMBLETONDIES
DIES IN GERMANY GERMANYPrivate
Private Telegram Announces Death Deathof Deathof Deathof
of Millionaire Banker Bankerof
of Baltimore BaltimoreBALTIMORE BaltimoreBALTIMORE BaltimoreBALTIMORE
BALTIMORE Aug 17 1 17A A private privatecablegram prtatecablegram privatecablegram
cablegram received here today an announces announces announces ¬
nounces the death at Bad Naughhelm NaughhelmGermany NaughhelmGermany NaughheimGermanY
Germany of Frank S Hambleton mil millionaire millionaire mitlionaire ¬
lionaire banker and senior member of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the firm of Hambleton Co of this thiscity thiscity thiscity
city Mr Hambleton was 1 one of the themost themOilt themost
most widely wld ly known financiers In the theSouth theSouth theSouth
South SouthPOISONS SouthPOISONS SouthPOISONS
POISONS CHILDREN CHILDRENTHEN CHILDRENTHEN CHILORENTHEN
THEN SHOOTS SELF SELFPOUGHKEEPSIE SELFPOUGHKEEPSIE SELFPOUGHKEEPSIB
POUGHKEEPSIE N Y Aug 17 17Fearinff 17Fearing 17Fearing
Fearing tortures of starvation for her herself hersel herself ¬
self sel and family Mrs Ida Spooner aged agedthirty agedthirty ged gedthirty
thirty early today gave poison Oi on to her herfour herfour herfour
four children and then shot herself in inthe Intbe Inthe
the head headOne headOne headOne
One child Gardiner aged six Is dead deadand deadand deadand
and Mrs Spooner will die Two of the theother tileother theother
other children are in a critical condi condition condition condition ¬
tion tionMrs
Mrs Spooner Immediately before her heract heract heract
act wrote a statement In which she shesaid shesaJd shesaid
said she could no longer support her herfamily berfamny herfamfly
family and that It was better they theyshould theyhould theyshould
should all go tcgether to where there therewas thereas therewas
was as no starvation starvationSAYS starvationSAYS starvationSAYS
SAYS HIGH CHAIR CHAIRHURT CHAIRHURT CHAIRHURTHER
HURT HURTHER HER BACK BACKRENO BACKRENO BACKRENO
RENO Neb Aug 17 17Mrs Mrs Catharine CatharineCollins Cath CatharineCollins rinc rincCoutns
Collins of this city Is suing a broker brokerage brokerage brokerage ¬
age company for damages amounting mounUn to tofor to6IS
6IS 131 for not providing her with the theproper theprop theproper
proper prop r kind of chair chairShe chairShe hair hairShe
She was employed as stenographer by bythe bythe bythe
the brokerage company and worked workedfrom workedtrom workedfrom
from February 32 to March SS 1 I and dur during durIng durtag ¬
ing that time used a chair much too toohigh toohigh toohigh
high On account of her h < < t feet not touch touching touchi touchlug ¬
lug i the floor she he sejjs sa > > S serious spinal spinaltrouble spinaltrouble spinaltrouble
trouble was superinduced so 0 that she shebad shehad shehad
had to have two operations performed
most every variety in the marine fight fightIng fiPtlog fighting
Ing world In times of peace he was wa a astrict aIJtrlet astrIct
strict disciplinarian of his men and andconducted andC andconduoted
conducted C > maneuvers und target cruises cruiseshe orulHIIbe cruiseshe
he worked with the lighthouse board boardhe bourthe bOCLJdbe
he represented the United States navy navyat nftyYat navyat
at stately gatherings where ships of ofother otother ofother
other nations foregathered for pageant pageantand pag8kntand pageantand
and display he drove the sea poachers poachersfrom Doacheratrom poachersfrom
from the th Bearing sea he smelted gun gunpowder pnpowder gunpowder ¬
powder in real fighting in two ware warethe warathe warsthe
the war of the rebellion reb mon where he WAS WASseverely WA WAHverelv wasseverely
severely wounded and the Spanish SpanishAmerican Spaniahmerlc SpanishAmerican I
American merlc n war ho did muoh to bund buitdup bundup buildup
up the navy and to arouse the interest interestof Inter Interor
of the people In n the fighting power of ofthis nttbla ofthis
this nation and now finally he con conducted conductfld eonducted ¬
ducted the th herculean task of guarding guardingthe guarcllrthe
the greatest navy over the greatest greatestcruise gre greatestcruise tUil tUilClUitHl
cruise in history historyFighting hlsto hlstoCht1ng historyFighting i
Fighting Cht1ng Bob was born in Virginia Virginiain VirginiaIn
in lift 3346 11 and during his boyhood lived toe toelife tMlite telife
life of any other carefree American Americanlad
lad Ho broke colts with reckless dar darina darIng r rtn
ina tn that bespoke the grit And nd fighting fightingspirit fiChtincIfPhit fighti fightisIrit
spirit which afterward distinguished distinguishedhim distinguishhim
him He H hunted and in this respect he hedisplayed 116display hedisplayed
displayed his love of firearms and pow powder po poder powder ¬
der with which he wea to interest t him himself hlmaiel flintself ¬
self aiel so seriously later laterDistrict lat latURGES latetURGES
I
URGES THE PARDON PARDONOF I I
I
OF oi SICK PRISONER PRISONERDistrict
District Attorney Baker BakerSeeks BakerSeeks BakerSeeks
Seeks Improvement of ofJail ofJ ofJail
Jail J ail Conditions ConditionsA
A favorable report recommending the thepardon t theptrdon e epJ1don
pardon of Clarence Smith the prisoner prisonerat
at the United States jail suffering BUttrin < < from fromtuberculosis fromtuberculo tmmtuberculosis
tuberculosis is was as sent by District At Attorney Attorney Attorney ¬
torney Baker to the Department Depert nt of Jon Justice Ju JutlC Jontice ¬
tice tlC this afternoon It will m be acted on onthere onthere Ottthere
there within a a day and the entire mat matter matter mattOt ¬
ter put up to the President PresidentDr Pre ldent ldentDr
Dr H L Stout acting jail physician physicianwas thysIcianwas
was asked to make a report on the tbemans t1MJJUU1S themest
mans mest i condition and his report showed showedthat JIhoedthat showedthat
that the prisoner was suffering from fromtuberculosis fromtubflrculollis fromtuberculosis
tuberculosis and that there was abso absolutely abeolute abiolutely ¬
lutely lute no provision against 5JD5t infection of ofother ofother ofother
other prisoners except by the use of ofdisinfectants ofdlatntectants ofdlatnfactnts
disinfectants Warden McKee recom recommends recommends recoinmends ¬
mends the pardon of the man as If It was washe Wd1Ie warnbe
he who instigated ln Ugated the matter matterAgitation ntattlAgitati mattesAgitation
Agitation Agitati Growing GrowingThe GrQW GrowingThe I1g I1gThe
The agitation which lies been carried carriedon
I Ion
on by many prominent trominent physicians law lawyers lawyen ¬
yen 818 and publicspirited men through throughThe throughThe throughThe
The Times is resulting r in the receipt of ofmany oCmany ofmany
many communications from these men menat menat menat
at the Department of Justice JusticeThomas Ju JusticeThomas Uee UeeThomas
Thomas Taylor a wellknown attor attorney attorney attorney ¬
ney declares that the conditions are a adisgraoe adl adisgrace
disgrace dl graoe to the community and that if ifthe Itthe ifthe
the institution were under the superin superintendence supenntendenoe superhitendence ¬
tendence of the District of Columbia Columbiathey Columbiathey Columb4sthey
they would not be allowed to exist for foranother to toaoother foranother
another day dayThe dayThe dayThe
The conditions at that jail have been beenbrought beenbrought beenbrought
brought to light before said Mr Tay Taylor Taylor Thyicr ¬
lor but nothing ever has been done doneto doneto doneto
to remedy thorn Its about time for forsomethirig roromethlng forsomathing
somethirig to be done and I am sure surethat surethat surethat
that when the report of the special specialcommission spocifticommission al alcommiHion
commission appointed by the President Presidentand Pre Presidentand Adent Adentand
and beaded by Justice Stafford of thin tHSDistrict U9District thinDistrict
District Supreme Court is made it will willpresent wiliprefint willpresent
present the matter In such a 8 fearful fearfullight t fearfullight rtul rtullight
light that Congress will be compelled compelledto
to act
Deplores Conditions ConditionsI
1 1 have been out there many times in inthe inthe inthe
the course of my practice before the thebar tbebar thebat
bar of the District tstrict and I know whereof whereofI
I speak I cannot condemn too strongly stronglya
a policy that exercises such false econ economy economy ocononiy ¬
omy omyThat omyThat oniyThat
That the imposing of several sentences sentenceson
on one man which keeps him at the theDistrict th6District theDistrict
District jail for three and four years ears is isresponsible i iresponsible isresponsible
responsible for much of the crowding crowdingthere crowdingthere crowdingthere
there is the statement of James B Mc McLaughlin McLaughlin McLaughlin
Laughlin another attorney who voices voiceshis voleehUi voiceshis
his Indignation The conditions thero theroare theroare thereare
are much better now than formerly he hegays helia hesays
gays lia but that Is due only to the ener energetic energetic ottergetic ¬
getic and ceaseless ce le8S work of the warden wardenand wardenand wardenand
and his assistants But for themiy them says saysMr saysMr
Mr 11 McLaughlin many more men would wouldfall wouldtaU wouldfall
fall victims to disease diseaseThe diseaseThe diseaseThe
The place is full of vermin and the thefeeding thefeeding thefeeding
feeding in the cells which prompts men mento mento mento
to store away food under the bunks bunkscauses bunbcauses bunkscauses
causes the presence of a great number numberof
of rats ratsIt ratsIt ratsIt
It is a wonder to me that the warden wardenget wardenget
j get along on the meager allowance allowancewhich allowancewhich allowancewhich
which he has at his disposal d Jposal Eight Eightand Eightand Eightand
and a half cents a day are supposed to toHeed toieed tofeed
Heed a strong man with a a hearty heart appe appetite appetite appetite ¬
tite Several years ago 1 visited vl lted the theinstitution theInstitution theInstitution
institution while the prisoners were be being beIn hein ¬
ing In fed it reminded me of feeding the theanimals thelnimals theanimals
animals at a circus There should be b a adining adining adining
dining room roomS where a abfltch a batch of prisoners prisonerscoum prisonerscould prisonerscouhi
could couhi be fed at a a time It would be beless bele beless
less le degrading and more economical in inthe 1ftthe inthe
the long run runWhen runWhE runWhen
When WhE > n a man goes In there no matter matterwhat matt matterwhat r rwhat
what clothing he ne has on that is all he heto helH heIs
to allowed during his stay None can canbe canb canbe
be b given him because theN is no al alIrwance 111lrowance alItwanee
Irwance to buy clothes with He goes goesoat go goOIt
oat 0 it in rags and penniless In some cases casesVarden casesVaroen casesVTarden
Varden McKee has bought clothes out outcr cutC
cr C 1 1ls Is own funds fundsThe fundsThe fundsThe
The Department of Justice has been beenin beenin beenlu
in a dilemma about the jail for a long longtime longtime longtime
time said an official connected conn ted witn witnIt witnIt withit
It this morning but we have been un unable U1able uaable ¬
able to decide whether to go ahead aid audmake aodmake aidmake
make repairs or wait and see whether whethera
a new jail was to be erected erectedIt
It would cost many thousands of ofdollars otdo1ars ofdollars
dollars to remodel tho institution We Weadmit weadmit e eadmit
admit that the conditions are bad but butnothing butnothing butnothing
nothing temporary can be done at this thistime thistime thistime
time timeAn timeAn timeAn
An appropriation of 60000 was made madelast madelt madelast
last year for the jail In addition to tothis tothis tothis
this the t e Department of Justice has 1a8 an anappropriation anapproprltlon anappropriation
appropriation of 0000 a year for re repairs repaJrs repairs ¬
pairs paJrs on the three prisons under Its Itscharge Itacharge Itzcharge
charge the penitentiaries at Fort
Leavenworth and Atlanta and the jail
In Washington Not more than a few
hundred dollars are expended expend annually annually annuallyon
on i repairs in the Washington jail jailAttorney
Attorney iAttorney General Bonaparte for the thepast theput thepast
past few years ye rs has inserted in his an annual annual annun ¬
nual nun report a paragraph calling the at ¬
tention of Congress to the conditions conditionsat
at the jail and pointing out the over overting overcrovflod overcrowded
crowded conditions which made the put puttlnr putting
ting of two prisoners in one cell neces necessary neC8IJSr necessary ¬
sary Sr In nis last annual report the At Attorney Attontey Attorney ¬
torney General said saidI
I wish to reiterate what was said saift In
last years report that the prison prisqnis Js old oldand itidand ld ldand
and Insufficient and something should
be done toward remedying remedylntthai tb t c6ixai c6ixaitlons QQiitllUons dd1 dd1tions
tlons there
r S
P NCHOT MAY AY RISE RISETO RiSEro
TO CABINET BERTH BERTHForestry BERTHForestry BERTHForestry
Forestry Chief Close Friend Friendto
to Bryan Taft T ft and andRoosevelt andRoo andRooevelt
Roosevelt RooseveltSTILLED Roo RooeveltSTILLED evelt eveltSTILLED
STILLED PREJUDICE PREJUDICEBY
BY GREAT GREATSERVICE GREATSERVICEHas SERVICE SERVICEHas
Has Done Much for Government Governmentand
and the Country During Duri g His HisTenure HisTenure
Tenure of Office OfficeThere OfficeThere
There Is s ooqsMwabte 00 evidence th that thatGilford thatOitford
Gilford Plnchot obaf eh st forester has in inmind tomind
mind that he nay s r hot ot continue in that thatIKMitlon thatposition
position under ulMl th the next Administration AdministrationSome MmlniatratloriSome AdministrationSome
Some activities at a his big bureau have havebeen ha habeen bavebeen
been construed by observers e rvers Inside and andoutaide an1outside
outside as a indicating muatta so much muchIf flinchIf
If Mr Plnehot doesnt doe nt remain In his hispresent hisJtuent hispresent
present position under a Taft Adminis Administration Administration Administration ¬
tration It wilt be because he lt will b bcom bt bicome
come com ome a Cabinet member
This la the thouniversal theunivirsal i iunlv
universal unlv l belief at t least l aat based on the thefact thefact
fact that he to only a less intimate intimatefriend intimatefriend I
friend of Mr lr Taft than of the Presi Presirent Presirent
rent and that the latter has lone lonebe 1ur 1urbeen
be been n credited with a desire de lre If evd evdopportunity evt evtopportunity
opportunity should present to make Mr MrPlnchot MrPlnchot MrPinchot
Plnchot one of the Cabinet family Such Sucha
a promotion would mean that he would wouldbecome wouldbecome
become b oome Secretary of Agriculture AgricultureMr
Mr Pinchct is i the real father thel of Gov Government Govemment Coyernment ¬ I
ernment forestry in this t l country and andon andon
on that subject he has bean tirelessly tirelesslyindustrious tlrel8M tirelesslyIndustrious ly lyluduatrloua
industrious and inexhaustibly jlMX UIItJbly enthusias enthusiastic enthu8itk ¬
tic For a a Ion Jo long C time be was misunder misunderstood lO inisunderstood under underood ¬
stood ood and widely widel regarded N Idd as a crank crankThought crankThought crankThought
Thought a Faddist FaddistThe FaddistThe FaddistThe
The fact that t t be is a wealthy man manwas Dlana manwas
was a even in occasion for suspicion that thathe thatIte thathe
he wa w a mere faddist and could not notpossibly notpouIbly notpossibly
possibly have an intelligent notion of ofbat ofwhat
I what bat he was trying to do doBut doBut doBut
But as time passed hi hb work made madeprogress madeprotpeU madeprogress
progress people earns to understand understandwhat undntaMlWhat understoodwhat
what he was doing do for or them and the thepressing lheprmc thepressing
pressing necessity that t at H be done Then Thenthe Thenthe Thenthe
the situation shitted and today it n may ay
be b doubted if there is any enterprise of
the Government which is more popular popularwith populawith poptzarwith
with the vast v body of people than the thework th thwor1c thework
work of the Forestry Bureau
Mr Pincnot Pin hot baa come into hi hw vindica ¬
tion Representatives and Senators who whoat whoat whoac
at one time set t about a crusade against
him and his h bureau have about given
it up in despair They heard so o much
from the th country and found the friends frieudaof frle d dof
of forestry work so active and deter deterPiochot det d ter terminted r rminted
minted that It became plain their ftcht ftchtw flgittwe
w we 4eddMI7 unpopular unpopularTns
rIM Prestdt stood squsefr 1 back ot otMr ofMr
Mr Piochot Vnd DCt between the Press Preeiifs Pr
dnti W ifs t jurengtii and the solid 1i01I popular papularbelief pifpulareI1el popularbelief
belief in the forestry work worklt it was use
toss Je to keep N J the light going The West Western Wten Westsin ¬
sin Senators who tried desperately to tohamstring tobamsu1nc tohamstring
hamstring the Bureau of Forestry and andwho andwbo andwho
who made earnest appeal to the th Eat Jfeetawoke Eatawoke t twoke
awoke at last to the fact that the gait Bastand BaJltand gaitand
and South Instead of being heln willing to tosympathise toaympaU tosympathize
sympathize aympaU ae with them were ere themselves themselvesanxious them themselvesanxious tvu tvuanxious
anxious to get in for some of the for forestry forNtry forestry ¬
estry work New England wanted a re reserve reMrVe reServe ¬
serve in the White mountains and the theSouth UteSouth thesouth
South was a unit for the great southern southernAppalachian southernAppalkch1aA southernAppalachian
Appalachian project projectWin pIOJectWhil projectWins
Win His Fight FigatAs FightAil FightAs
As a result ult of his long fight Mr MrPlnchot MrPSnchot MrPinchot
Plnchot has his work organised and andestablished aDdubllabed endestablished
established in such shape that it is con considered coaalMred conaldored ¬
sidered safe for the future It will go goahead goahead goahead
ahead safely tely enough under Its own ownmomentum ownmomentum i
momentum and the pressure pr88 ure of publicdemand public publicdemand UhUc UhUcdemand
demand for it itBy JtBy itBy
By way of making the work more morepopular morepopular morepopular
popular in the tb country where it Is car carried carried carnod ¬
ried on the theForest Forest Service is now mak making makinr malting ¬
ing plans to establish forest districts districtsthroughout dlstrletsthroughout districtsthroughout
throughout the th West each with 1th a gen general general gaseral ¬
eral executive headQuarters from which whtcftaffairs wbtcntrain whichaffairs
affairs for the tributary territory will willbe willhe willbe
be handled The plan has a dual ob object object ohject ¬
ject It will get the work and Its it super supermuch liupervision supervision
vision clo closer er to the territorl territory and save savemuch savemuch
much time and expense eXp n in n handling
business bU8tn S8 by mail It will make close closesupervision closesupervision closesupervision
supervision more readily possible poa lble and andbeyond andbeyond andbeyond
beyond this it will bring the th work close closeto closeto closeto
to the people who are concerned by it itThe 1tThe itThe
The prejudice pr judlce against agaln t this work In the themountain themountain themountain
mountain and far farVeattfn Western States Stat is not notyet nott notyet
yet > t nearly dead Those Tho e States are am ambitious ambitious ambitious ¬
bitious for immigration growth and anddevelopment anddevelopment anddevelopment
development They do not view with withsatisfaction withAUafaction withsatisfaction
satisfaction the spectacle of the Gov Government Government Coyernment ¬
ernment withdrawing oiuthird of the thearea thearea thearea
area of a great State from settlement settlementin
in order to turn It into reserves r rves This Thisis Thl ThlIs Thisis
is what Senator Heyburn declared had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen
been done in his State of Idaho IdahoWhat IdahoWhat IdahoWhat
What Was Needed NeededHewu heededMewas NeededHe
He Hewu was willing willln to admit that posterity posteritymight posteritymltht posteritymight
might rise ri e and call blessed bles e1 those men menwho menwho menwho
who had been so thoughtful as thus to toconserve toCOD toconserve
conserve COD 6lVe a supply of f timber but deal dealIng dealing dealing
Ing with his own State and dealing In Inthe Inthe Inthe
the present he found that the people peoplewanted peoplewanted peoplewanted
wanted those tho e vast t areas opened for torHt torHttlement set settlement settleinent ¬
tlement and development they wanted wantedhomesteaders wantndhomeetetders Wantedhome
homesteaders home tft denr to come in they wanted wantedto
to see lumbering plants Iants established to toturn toturn toturn
turn the forests Into movabe wealth wealthThey wealthThey wealthThey
They wanted nted the privilege of growing growingand growingand growingand
and with such vast ast territories hedged hedgedoff
off for Indefinite periods growth was in inlarge Inlarge inlarge
large measure mea ure stunted stuntedThat stuntedThat stuntedThat
That is the attitude of the objectors objectorsThus objectorsThus objectorsThus
Thus far they have been ridden down downand downand downand
and everything indicates that In future futuretheir futuretheir futuretheir
their protests will have less and leee leeeweight 1888weicht leesweight
weight The new organization is ex expected expected oxpouted ¬
pected to help further popularize the thework thework thewr
workAt work workAt
wr At each of the district offices will be balocated belocated belocated
located a district chief and assistant assistantwith assistantwith assistantwith
with such scientific and office force as asmay asmay asmay
may be necessary For the th present pre ont It is isexpected i iexpected isexpected
expected that a force of about fifty fiftypeople firtypeople fiftypeople
people will be established at each dis district district diitrict ¬
trict office ofll and moat of these will be bemoved bemoved bemoved
moved directly from the big Washing Washington Vas ing ington ¬
ton bureau bureauSuch bureauSuch bureauSuch
Such work as planting experiments experimentation ¬
tion in selection of taes ta use of the ro reserve rorye roserve ¬
serve rye aroas where it i IB I possible p ible for forgrazing forgrazln forgrazing
grazing etc will be give care careful caroful carefut ¬
ful attention each headquarters will willhave willhve wilthave
have its own complete accounting accountingservice accountingMro accountingservice
service Mro
In Ideal Form FormI FormWhen FormWhen
I When these tbe headquarters are ostab established ostabU ostablihed ¬
lished U hed the bureau will have been at last lastplaced lastplaced lastplaced
placed In the ideal permanent form Mr MrPinohot 31rPluchot r rPlnobot
Pinohot has long desired The locations locationsof
of the district offices are ar not yet finally finallydetermined finallydet finallydetermined
determined det rmlned Portland and aj Spokane both bothwant bothwant bothwant
want the north Pacific establishment establishmentwhich e establIshmentwhich tabUshmentwJleh
which wll probably go to Portland PortlandsI PortlandSen
I San In Franaisco Fran sco or Sacramento will g gthe gaR gaRth gel gelthe
the th one for California but the decl declsi declsiIs decision decisionis lO lOis
is yet et to be made Albuquerque W wZll wZllprobably vftl vftlprobably Jl JlpnJJebl
probably get the Southwestern Southwe tern office officeplover omcp onicpnvor
plover p pnvor ver and Mlseoula M 60Ula Mont stand I3t nd to toContInued toContinued be beContinued
Continued on Second Page ge
Pagei J i t1 t1J
I7WAIJING I AWAITING NOTIFICATION I 1
JAMES AJlES SCHOOLCRAFX SHERMAK SHERMAKVice SHERJfANVi SHEI4MAKVice
Vice Vi Presidential Nominee NOJB ale of the Republican Party Who Will Be the Principal PrincipalIn
In the Celebration Tomorrow At His Home in Utica N Y
CERVERA FOR TAFT TAFTIK TAFTTHINKS TAFTTHINKSHELL
IK THINKSHELL HELL 1 1Spanish WIN WINSpanish IN INSpanish
Spanish Admiral SaysOhio SaysOhioan SlYs Ohio Ohioan
an Is Distinguished Man Manand Manand Mknand
and Should Be Elected ElectedBy
By JAMES HAY Jr JrHOT JrHOT JrHOT
HOT SPRINOS V Va Aug All < < 17 17W1U 17W1Ulam 17W1fllain Will Willlam
lam Howard Taft is pttttlns te a stren strenuous atreBUOU stratious ¬
uous ous day working on the speech he will willdeliver willdeliver wiltdeliver
deliver Friday to the mass m meeting of ofVirginia orVJrxtnla ofVirginia
Virginia Republicans at this place placeIn pJaceIn placeIn
In his mail be is receiving many as assurances assurances assurances ¬
surances of his 11 growing strength in the thevarious tilevarloua thevaylous
various sections of the country He has hasalso basallIO hasalso
also been assured u ored that his popularity popularityhas JIOPu1arithu
has spread pr ad across acro the Atlantic ocean oceanand oceannd oceanand
and nd into the cities of Spain SpainHe SpInHe SpainHe
He received today the following let letter letter lettar ¬
ter from Charles Chul D MoGuffey of Chat Chattanooga Chattanooga Chattanooga ¬
tanooga Tens TennYou TenaYou TensYou
You have of course been receiving receivingall
all sorts of good wishes wish from your OUr coun countrymen countrymen countrymen ¬
trymen Perhaps you will be interested interestedin
in some from beyond the water Ad Admiral Admiral Adtnirai ¬
miral Cervera so dear to all of us u from fromhis fromhi fromhis
his hi treatment of Hobson Hob on and his hi men menwrites men menwrites menwrites
writes me frtfm r Puerto Real as follows followsI
I pray for the election of Senor SenorTaft SDorTaft SenorTaft
Taft for President I should have writ written written written ¬
ten you Ou a letter but have not had time timeI
I know very ery little personally about the theUnited theUnited theUnited
United States and can not for that rea reason reason ratson ¬
son give an opinion of my own con concerning concerning eoncerning ¬
cerning the election But there is no nodoubt nodoubt nodoubt
doubt from what I hear about his biselection hiselection hiselection
election because he is a very distin distinguished dlaUngulshEld distInguished ¬
guished man manThe manThe manThe
The admiral Is I a man I wish you youcould youcould youcould
could meet You would like him himU
11 PERSONS KILLED KILLEDSTEAMER KILLEDSTEAMER KILLEDSTEAMER
STEAMER BLOWS UP UPFifty UPFifty UPFifty
Fifty on Board Boat That Ex Explodes Explodes Explodes ¬
plodes in Michigan MichiganLake MichiganLake MichiganLake
Lake LakeTRAVBRS LakeTRAVERS LakeTRAVERS
TRAVERS CITY Mich Aug tK 17 l7The l7Thesteam 17Thesteamer The Thesteamer
steamer steam or Lelanau Captain Mosher O er on onCarp onCarp onCarp
Carp lake exploded this morning morningEleven morningEleven morningEleven
Eleven persons are reported report either kill killed ktlled killoct ¬
ed or drowned Among the dead is J the thewife thewife j jwife
wife of Captain Mealier MosherOnly Mo MealierOnly her herOnly
Only one of the dead is identified so gofar sofar sofar
far Mrs Isabel Labonta LabontaMrs LabontaMrs I IMrs
Mrs Ralph Hastings and A B Cook Cookboth Cookboth j
both of Travers City are Ie fatally In injured injurod i ijured
jured There were at least IM t fifty persons personson
on board the steamer steamerCarp steamerCarp steamerCarp
Carp lake is a small lake situated situatedseven situatedseven situatedseven
seven and a half miles south of Mack MaekIna Mackmaw Mackinaw ¬
maw Ina w City near the town of Carp Lake Lakewith Lakewith Lakewith
with a population of 150 which is swell swelled swelled swellod ¬
ed to several hundred by reenrters r rter dur during durIng during ¬
ing the sumner sumnerDISCUSS sumllerDISCUSS sumuerDISCUSS
DISCUSS POLITICS POLITICSAT
AT SAGAMORE HILL HILLCortelyou HILLCortelyou HILLCortelyou
Cortelyou Charles Sheldon and andFassett andFass andFassett
Fassett Fass tt Were Among Roose Roosevelts Roosevelts Roosewelts ¬
velts Callers Today TodayOyaTER TodayOYSTER j jOYgTER
OYSTER BAY Aug 17 17George George B BCortelyou BCortelyou BCortelyou
Cortelyou Secretary of the Treasury Treasuryand Treesuryand Treasuryand
and Congressman Con essman J J Sloat Fassett of ofElmlra otElmira ofElmIra
Elmira were two of the th visitors at Sag Sagamore Sagamore Sagamore ¬
amore Hill today They are believed to tobe tobe tobe
be talking politics with the President Presidentas Pre tdent tdentaa i
as Charles > Sheldon Republican national nationaltreasurer nationaltreasurer nationaltreasurer I
treasurer 111 a also a member of the party partyFormer part partFormer nartyFormer
Former Chief of Police John McCul McCullagh McCullagh McCullagh
lagh of New York Lindsay Denison a amagazine amagazine amagazine
magazine writer Stephen K O O1n Jn of otNeW ofNew
NeW Y Yrc rk Assistant Secretary ot the theNeNY theNavy
Navy Newbol1ry and Senator luton Qutna lutona
a promJp8nt FIliPinO were ra Oth otharz swho swhocaIted who whocalled
called at thePrest the Presidents en s home homeI
I
< >
SHERMAN JUBILEE JUBILEESTIRS JUBILEE JUBILEESTIRSALL
STIRS STIRSALL ALL UTICA
ns Campleteibc Notifi Notification Notification NoIification ¬
cation Tomorrow of Tafts TaftsRunning TaftsRunning TaftsRunning
Running Mate MateUTICA MateUTICA MateUTICA
UTICA Aug 17 17No Ne event t in the hIs iistory Jllstory hIstory
tory of Utlea has brought out decora decoratfc de decratton ra rattoa
ttoa tfc B8 as elaborate or plans as extensive extensivefor
for or a single occasion as those for to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow ¬
morrow when Congressman CoDgre man Sherman Shermanwill Sherman11Jl Shermanwill
will be officially notified neU 6d that he has
been nominated by the Republicans for forthe forthe forthe
the office of Vice President PresidentThe PreeidentThe PresidentThe
The festivities will begin at 7 l a m mwith mwith inwith
with a salute followed at 3 a m by bya
a parade At U oclock the notification notificationcommittee notificationcommittee notificationooinmittee
committee escorted by the Conkling
Unconditional will proceed behind a
band to the home ef Mr Ir Sherman on
Genesee street streetPlau streetPlan streetPlan
Plan of Exercises ExercisesThe xerses xersesThe
The notification neti eatlon exercises will be held heldabeut helaa1Nut heldabeut
abeut noon A platform has been erect erected erected erected ¬
ed at the Sherman home whore the thedecorations thedecorations thedecorations
decorations are elaborate Senator Bur Burrows Burrows Burrows ¬
rows of Michigan chairman of the no notinoation notUleatton notification
tinoation committee will address Mr MrSherman MrSherman MrSherman
Sherman and the latter will respond respondSecretary TosvondSecretary rosponcSecretary
Secretary of State Bllhu Root a friend friendof rlendot
of Mr Sherman will also speak as will willMayor wJllMayorlhOmas wIllMayor
Mayor MayorlhOmas Thomas Wheeler of Utica UticaCharles UticaCharles UticaCharles
Charles S Symondg chairman of the thecitizens theeIUZimS thecitizens
citizens reception committee and Presi President Pre8ldent Pteeldent ¬
dent M tl W Stryker of Hamilton Col College College Col1ee ¬
lege These T eso and invited guests will be beentertained beeutortn1ned beentertained
entertained at luncheon following the theceremonies theCOremonles theceremonies
ceremonies Chairman Hitchcock cf cfthe ctthe cfthe
the Republican national committee will willarrivo willarrho willarrivo
arrivo In Utica today and P J Daly Dalyvlth Dalywith Dalywith
with a delegation of the antiTammany antiTammanyIndependent antlTammanyIndependent anUTainmanyIndependent
Independent Club will be here hereDuring hereDuring hereDuring
During the afternoon at Utica Park Parka Parkprogram
a program of sports will be given givenChoral givenChoral givenChoral
Choral selections will be rendered by bythe by bythe bythe
the Hadyn male chorus the Philhar Philharmonics PbllharmonicR Philharmonies ¬
monies and the Utica Maennerchor MaennerchorThe
The guests will w1l1go go there tl > ere In fiftyfive fiftyfiveautomobiles fiftYfiveautomobiles fiftyfiveautomobiles
automobiles automobilesWill
Will Give Dinner DinnerAt
At 6 oclock Mr
Sherman will give a adinner adlnn adinner
dinner dlnn r to the notification committee and andInvited andinvited andInvited
Invited guests at the Yahnundasis Golf GolfClub Gait GaitClub GolfClub
Club house At 730 7
band concerts an anelectrical anelectrical n nelectrical
electrical display fancy drill by the theConkliiiET theConklin theConkling
ConkliiiET Unconditional and fireworks fireworkswill fireworkswill fIreworkswill
will add to the scenes of gayety gayetyThe gayetyThe gayetyThe
The citys decorations are unusually unusuallyhandsome unusuallyhandsome unusuallyhandsome
handsome Every trolley pole on each eachside enchside eachido
side ido of tho stroot from Basss aggs square squareto
to Mr Shermans home nearly two twomiles twomUes twomiles
miles away bears a large American Americanflag AmericanfSae Americanflag
flag Japanese lanterns with Incan Incandescent incandescent meandescent ¬
descent lights in them are suspended suspendedIn
In double doule rows all along Genesee street streetA streetA
A large triumphal arch has beon ereoted ereotedover ereotedoy erectedovbr
over oy r the bridge which spans the Erie Eriecanal Erienal Eriecanal
canal nal and the fronts of the buildings buildingsand
and buhlness blooks are a mass of color colorThe 00101The colorThe
The electric display is brilliant strings stringscf
cf lights U lts being used on the buildings buildingsand
and across the street Many of the themills themills themills
mills and business places are to close closeduring oloseduring closedurina
during the afternoon and the affair affairMr attalrwUl affairwill
will be u g9nd nd holiday In honor ot otMr ofMr
Mr Sherman In case of inclement inclementweather inclementweAther Inclementweather
weather the notification exercises will willtake w1l1take wintake
take place in tho Majestic Theater Theaterwhioh Theaterwhloh Theaterwhich
which has already been reserved reset for forsuqh torsu forsub
sub su h a contingency contingencySNAKE contingencySNAKE contingencySNAKE
SNAKE VENOM WORTH 1500 1500CHAMBEJRSBURG 1500CliAMBERSBURQ 1500CHAMBlRSBURG
CHAMBEJRSBURG Pa Aug 17 17J 17Ji J JL
L Englo df Philadelphia and W C CAtkinson CAtkinson
Atkinson students of MedlcoChi Col College College College ¬
lege Philadelphia left Graeffanburff In Inthe inthe Inthe
the South mountains today after a two twomonths twomontbs twomonths
months snake 8nak hunt there In that time timeabout timeabout timeabout
about 51600 1 1500wOrth OO worth of vonom was gotten gottenfrom gottenbOm gottenfrom
from rattle snakes and am copperheads oQPp rheads theonly the theonly theonly
only two poisonous varieties of snakes snakesin
in this section
NEGROES BROESTroops IN FLIGHT FLIGHTFEARING FLIGHTFEARINGFOR
FEARING FEARINGFOR FOR LIVES LIVESTroops LIVESTroops
Troops Check Springfield SpringfieldRace SpringfieldRace SpringfieldRace
Race Riots at Point Pointof Pointof PointofBayonet
of ofBayonet ofBayonetFIVE Bayonet BayonetFIVE BayonetFIVE
FIVE MEN KILLED KILLEDDURING KILLEDDURING KILLEDDURINGSTRUGGLE
DURINGSTRUGGLE DURINGSTRUGGLESpecial DURING STRUGGLE STRUGGLESpecialGrand STRUGGLESpecialGrand
SpecialGrand Special Grand Jury Will VnlA Act on onCharges onCharge6 onCharges
Charges Against 200 Pacwns PacwnsHeld PemonsHeld PecnsHeld
Held by Police PoliceEFFECT PolioeI
I i iEFFECT I IEFFECT
EFFECT OF RIOT RIOTZHOWW RIOTKNOWK RIOTowIr
ZHOWW owIr DEAL DEALBarton DEALBurton DEALBurthn
Barton Scott barber at t Ninth and andJailorem awlJefferson lid lidJoffOrOn
Jefferson str stlMti ts hanged by a mob b to toColwell totreo totree
tree at TweJtth and xdiIon streets streetsCoIwell treet 1 1Colwell
Colwell John 1617 Matbenr ave avenue ayenue ve venue ¬
nue shot in stomach sto stomti by negro bul bullet bullt bullet ¬
let striking spinal cord died Satur Saturday 8aturmo tur turday ¬
day morniag mo at t Si Joins Hospital HospitalDelmore Bo HospitalDolmoro pitaL pitaLDo1more
Delmore Frank Wiadaor If Hotel Hotelemploye Hotelemployc
employe struck injttag by stray atraybul atraybullet but bullet butlet ¬
let at Sfevmik and Washington Washingtonstreets WaahingWnstreets Washingtonstreets
streets and died led yaeterJay ye Ret y morning morningDonegan morningDonepn morningDonon
Donegan William 118 Edwards Edwardsstreet 4wardsstreet 1tards 1tardsstreet
street hanged by mob at Spring and andEdwards andEdwards andEdwards
Edwards street Saturday night nightdied nightdied nightdied
died y yesterday terday jaorniag jaorniagJohn mornhllJohn inornigJohn
John Louis 1206 East Reynolds Reynoldsstreet lte7Dolchtr06t Reynoldsstreet
street killed by falling S gk glass at Lop Lepers Lopors Lopors ¬
ers ors restaurant restaurantTROOPS re restaurantTROOPS taUnLDt taUnLDtTROOPS
TROOPS ON THE SCENE SCElfEFirst ScmaFirst SCENEFirst
First Infantry Chicago CI hieso eap full regij regijment regie regimoat i imanti
moat manti 700 men Col J B Sanborn SanbornSecond SanbornSecond SanboruSecond
Second Infantry li JItry Chicago CI eaco full fullregiment fullregimWlt fullregiment
regiment 000 men JDeIli Gol tIJJ J J Purity PuritySeventh darritySeventh erritySeventh
Seventh Infaatry Chicago ell ileso full fullregiment fullregiment fullregiment
regiment 740 men DI ft Oel o1 Daniel Mo Moriarity Koriarity Moriarity
riarity riarityFirst riarityP1rst riarityFirst
First Cavalry Ca valr1 Chicago < MO to men menCol BMmCo1
Col MIlton J l J Formal FormalFourth 1 1F ForinFourth
Fourth F Infantry nine JI Ie eamyaaies seuspaniesi6O
150 men moo cot BdwHrd JLang JLangFifth J JFiftk JL JLFifth
Fifth fctfantry Tif tf jrwerveeamssniteg irwtIlft b vseues 1
680 m mast n CW 7 S Wood WoodTflkd Woodt Woodnfrd
t Tflkd nfrd Infeatry two companies ooaapuriesJ
100 men Col it It J Shaad ShaadCatling SUadGatling ShMldGatling
J Gatling sections First sod Fifth FifthInfantry FiithIufall FifthInfantry
Infantry Iufall 1 40 men ia command Rd of ofMai ofMa ofJaj
Ma Mai i Gen Edwin a C Young YoungSPRINGBTBLD y yt ySPRL Y0un
t
4 4SPRINGFLLD
SPRINGBTBLD SPRL GFIKLD HL An Aug IT ItWith 11Withnegroes ItWithnegro8 Wita Witanegroes
negroes fleeing for ± or their Urea lIT by 1 r train trainand trainand trainand
and trolley as the result of the recent recentfatal recentfatal reeentfatal
fatal rioting following toll attacks on white whitewomen whitewomen whitewomen
women MM I trooper today have the thesituation thesituation thesituation
situation well in band and a as evidence evidenceof
of their authority are making maid arrests arrestsby arrt8tsby arrestsby
by wholesale wholesaleA
A careful estimate places the number numberof
of negroes n gT08 who have U left Springfield Springfieldsince Sprtncfieldsince Springfieldsince
since the beginning of the race war at atZOtXh
2000 000 Of this number nearly three threefourths threefourths threefontthe
fourths have gone out of the county on ontrains 011traJas ontrains
trains and interurbax cars The he rest resthave resthave resthave
have gone by wagon and lid ou CY4 o foot and andore andare andare
are located in tile rural districts districtsThe dl districtsThe trIctL trIctLThe
The great mass m s of scurrying blacks blacksstill blacksstm blacksstill
still is within the t e State Some e have havegone bavegone havegone
gone to Missouri Ml ouri Kentucky K Indiana and anda
a few to the South Some are known to tohave tohave tohave
have gone as 8 far past pa t the Mason and andDlxon an anDixon amiDixon
Dixon line as Louisiana LouisianaAll LouisianaAll LouisianaAll
All Plan To G GThere Ge GeThore GeThere
There are still UIl many mny negroes left in inSpringfield InSpringfteld inSpringfield
Springfield but they are planning to go goat goat goat
at the first rst opportunity Since Friday Fridaythe Fridaytho Fridaythe
the Wabash railroad has ha carried fully
300 negro passengers out of Springfield SpringfieldMost SpringfieldMost SpringfieldMost
Most of them bought tickets for Jack Jacksonville Jacksonvrne Jacksonvme ¬
sonville but others went South and andcrossed andcrossed andcrossed
crossed the river to MISSOUrI MissooriThe KtourlTpe MISSOUrIThe
The Illinois Central and Chicago Fe Feoria Peoria Pccnn
oria cnn and St Louis railways rall have sent sentbetween Jlentbetween ientbetween
between 809 and 500 OO passengers of the theblack theblack theblack
black race out of Springfield since nce the therioting therioting therioting
rioting started Most Mo t of them th went wentSouth wentSouth wentSouth
South toward last St Louis Lou Litch Litchfleld Litchfield lAtchfield
field and ld other places Chicago Chlca o got xotnumber a anumber anumber
number of the departing dep rtlag ones Stilly StillyRX rullYroo
RX negroes used the Chicago and Alton Altonas
as means mct D of leaving leavingThe 1e leavingThe v1ng v1ngThe
The State militia mlltt fe in absolute atJ ohlte con control control control ¬
trol of the city following a night of ofcomparative otcomparative ofcomparative
comparative quiet Soldiers are patrol patrolling patrolling patrolling ¬
ling every street After a conference conferencewith conferencewith conferencewith
with Governor Deneen States Attorney AttorneyHatch AttorneyHatch AttorneyHatch
Hatch today will 111 ask the courts to toorder toorder toorder
order a special Seeatat grand Jury to investigate investigatethe
the rioting riot ng and return indictments indictmentsagainst indictmentagainst Indictmentsagainst
against more than 2W dtisens who are areunder areunder areunder
under arrest arrestOnly arrestOnly arrestOnly
Only once during durin the night was there theraa
a serious attempt to cause ea further trou trouble rou rouble rouble ¬
ble That was when three men trial to tocut tocut tocut
cut the electric light wires The at attempt attempt attempt ¬
tempt was frustrated by soldiers BOld who whofired whofired whofired
fired on the men One was W8 injured IJljur be before betore before ¬
fore they made th their ir escape escapeArson e escapeArson cape capeArson
Arson Is Checked CheckedIn
In addition to this an attempt was wasmade wasmade wasmade
made to burn more negro quarters on onthe onthe onthe
the northwest t side of the city Prompt Promptnotion Promptaction Promptaetion
notion by the fire department and an n4 a bat battalion battaUon battalion ¬
talion of the First Infantry bala > > try prevented preventedany
any serious damage d Today TOOa it is Islievod be believed believed ¬
lieved the saner spirits will prevail and andany andDny andany
any further outbreaks will be prevented preventedThe preventedThe preventeLThe
The presence pro eoee of more than 6000 troop troopers troopOlS troo trooerr ¬
ers in addition to the prompt action actionbelngr actionbeing actionbeing
being taken by States Attorney Hatch Hatchon
on the advice and with the backing backingof
of Governor Deneen is expected to tobreak tobreak tobreak
break the backbone of tbe mob rio spirit spiritInsults spiritInsults pintInsults
Insults to soldiers are causing arrests arrestsand arrestliand arrestsand
and every step is being taken to show showtbe showthe showthe
the citizens that the guardsmen men are on onhand onhand onband
hand to enforce the law lawMr lawMr lawMr
Mr Hatch has opened temporary temporaryheadquarters temporaryhoadQuartent temporaryheadquarters
headquarters In a tent across the street streetfrom streetfrom reet reetfrom
from the military headquarters In the thelail thejaIl thejail
jaIl yard yardChief lard
Chief of Police MorrIS Iorrl has ordered aU aUdrug aUdrug altdrug
drug stores closed until the city has hasbeen harbeen baEbeen
been quieted This was done because becausemany btcau btcaumany becaueamany
many of them th were wet selling liquor and andwas andwaa andwas
was followed by the closing oIoetft ot fruit fruitI
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