''HE TIMFIS FOUNDKO lUiB.
TTIE DIBPATCH FOUNDMP UBO.
W'liOliK fttTMBEE 17,72(1.
EIOHMOND, VAM WEDNMDAY, XOVK.M BER 25, 1908.
PRICE TWO GENT&
NEGROES LYNGHED
HTEISENTEK
Tlircc Murderers Hanged and
Tlicir Bodies Riddled
Wilh Bullcts.
VERDICT OF JURY IS
AWAITED BY THE MOB
Governor Patterson Rushcs
Troops to Sccnc, but Thcy Are
Too Late to Prcvent Kiil
/, ing?Another < >utbreak
in Rccl Foot Lake
Region.
NION r
TRNN.
>f Ti|?
rltnoi?ed the
hreo negroea
mornlng for
Bherfff Rlch.
? i; jonn
V^/ Pooi r^ikf, whle
fr,tn" <\f many
dentfl tho past monih.
lynching late to-day of
who were arretted tM.
mtrderlng Speclal Dopul
*rd Burrlfg, and fatally <
Hall, a deputy shorifl r ? . ei are:
Marshall Stlnebcck
Edward Btlnebeck.
John Btifltbi Bk.
Theie brottK-rs created a dlaturbance
at a raiiginus meetlng near Tlptonvllle
Baturday night, .*<n<i wlien tba two of
iic'-rs attetnpted to arre?t tbem a tight
?nhued, the negroen comlng otit
rioua and m.-i<l<- thelr eac&pe.
Capttired In s??ump.
It wn? barety daj llgh' Sunday morn?
lng before a poiise of ? ;:, Tlp.
tonvllle and ih.- lurrounding >country
vrara lo purs-iit <-i the oegrocB, i>ui
they effectually eluded tbem untll *
o'? lor-k thla mornlng, whcn I ?? ?? ?? e
eaptured !n a llttle iwamp n'?r the
vlllage of Rldgeiey. t ?? vlcll
fcnown wi th?- old rlver i">i eanebrake,
u!ni it i? dlfflcult to traco man or
bCMl throogh Ita tangles.
Th.. negroes i landed in
I mililn'l Mpm Tirfr.
Taylor Uaii. a brother of the wound
ed deputy Pheriff, >nii1 In Oltcct that ;i
postponetni'nt or tba lynching would l>f
natlifactory to hlm. It. ?raa aoon seen,
however, thnt it would be impu.-?Mbi<!
lo stem the tide of feeling of the mob.
A? a lr.st restort 8. -J Caldwcll, e
townsman, and .Sheriff Haynes wcni
before Juatlce Leo Davlo and told ol
tlie menaclng attltude of the crowtl
whloh tronged tba ilreeta leadlng tc
the jall. Justiee Davis at once agreeti
to open his court, and at 5 o'cloch
mmmonod a jury of twelve men ant
allowod the negroea, after all evldenct
that could be adduced, was heard, tc
bt- duly sentenued to death.
Trt>oi>!t Too Late,
Meanwhile Governor Patterson wa?
advlsed by tolephone of tho Bttuatlon
and ordered a company of mllitia ii
thla clty to proceed wtth all haste t<
fcecura th? negroes and conduct then
to a placa of safety. The troops wer<
ftarted at once, but failod to arrlvi
ln tlme to prevent the lynching.
At the trlal only tlm evldence 01
those who had seen the killlng wa;
lieard, and In an incredibly short tlmt
the caso was glven to the Jury, who
ln a few mlnutes, returned a verdlc
of gullty, and fixlng the penalty a
death.
The sentence had barely heen pro
nounced wlien the niob, v.-ith a whooi
und a yell, awarmed into thi
courtroom, aelzed the negroes ant
rushed them to a large tree near thi
*-dgo of the town. and hanged them
firing volley after volloy Into the al:
as the bodies were raiaed.
The Governor, on being apprlsed o
tho trouble about noon to-day, sen
the follow'lng telegraph message to i
half-dozen Tlptonvllle promlnent citi
eens;
"Prevent lynching by all means; i
will brlng addltional dlfigrace and uo
totiety to our .Stato. As Governor,
implore that the la.w may lake it
courBe, Read tlil.s to the people."
HUSBAND RUNS AWAY
/
JoBcph Worton IlroiigUI W'lfe to ulcli
inond and DeNertcil IIit.
fSpecial to The Tlmes-Dlspatcli.)
BO&TON, MASS., N'oveinber 84.?Do
aerted at Riclnnoud, Va.. hy her Ima
band, Josoph F. Morton, to wliom sh
?\vas marrled in lSS'.i, and not seoln:
liini slnce ho went away, are the alla
gatlon Mt's. Naripy P. Morton, o
Lcomlnster, inado before Judge Georg
A. Sanderson in the Superlor Cour
thls afternoon. when tliere was a hear
lng on her lihel for dlvorcb. Sho wa
glven a legal separatlon from he
husband, who haa defaultod.
Tho Mortons wora marrled ln Rleb
riond three yeat'B before tlie allego
desertlon. Mra, .Morton sald all at
tempts to locate .Toaoph havo heen i
-valn. Sho eald ho rau away from thei
home and left hor, never ratmnuig o
even wrltlng.
Attorney Harry O. Rnsoom. o
Tjeoinlnster, appeared for tho llhelei
Mrs. T. B. Hazaard and Fred Hnr.zar
-testlfled as to the desertlon and th
failtna to tocate Josoph.
PUcovcr Mony Caa?;a,
DBTROIT. Mlt'll., Novi'inher 24.
rhroe li"ederul siivonaimnt officlals an
the' three memliers of the Mlchtga
Uve Stock Snnitary Commlssion sper
t>ight hours to-day vlsltlng farms 1
the vtolnlty of Kllen, lavonia lown
?hip, Wayne eounty. ahotit iwcnty mlli
ivest of Datrolt, and (liscoverod 100 un
ailstakabla oasoa 'of t'oot und inout
CANNOM NOT FRETTING
llr I'l'lnkx ftrptiMlt-nnH ( npnbtc ?t
i;l< i-iiiiu Thelr Sprnkrr.
WASIIJNGTON, D. C.i November 21.?
Declnrtng i .it there wlll bo an honest
raVlsl'o'n oi the tarlff, and tlml t ho; <?
\? im> preeeni ncod nf "frettlng" aboui
i lie ii leetion ..r :i 8pc aker for the
Hou&c in thc sixtv-fii-i Cpngreaw,
Bpealcer Capnon arrlved here from hrt
hotne in iiiinoiH late to*day for the ap
proachlng teaslon df Congrea*.
i.n. r Speaker Cannon lasued a ?ta.te
mt ii' in pai i as. followr
PIk electlon 61 Speaker for tho
81 '. Hi -i Congreii \n ? ? I b coneldcr
able ?!? i.11,? e In the rmn?<?. When that
OongreiM la aboui to asaemble, whleh
i presume wlll be eome tlmt In March,
tli< Republtcan memberi <if the Houae
of Rnpreaentativei wlll hold a caucua,
ni httH been the cunt'om from the foun
dation of the party :m<i netecl a can
dldate foi Speaker, t,, be aupported by
pai ? ? it i he orgahlsatlon of the
i:... i ' preaumc that the Representa
tlvea wiii be perfectly competent t.i ge
lecl th&tr Speaker, and i do nol iree
any presenl need of frettlng over t!n>
vuu h- iimirot iievtaloit.
"f courae, there win i,f? nri honest
I lon '?f the tarifr. aii wlll not
have the name vlewg, and each one
cannot have hle own way altogethor.
There mum be mutual conceaelon and
jcomp?.,.,,!>. oul of whleh wlll coirte
the rcault whleh. -.n the whoio. w rhoat
acceptable or leaat objecttonable to
all. Whoever la eWte.i Speaker of
the nni Houae moat tn perform hl*
functlona rm to aaatat the Houae tn ar
rlvlng it the reault whlrh wlll i>?Mt
repreaenl the tffewa of th" Reptlbll
r:in party In the Houae MriviiiK to
carrj oul the wtn "f the people who
ed hlm. Tn over thlriy yeara" ex
? "'?<? in the Houae, aome tlme under
<. na ?? control, aome tlme under
i .ther. i have never aeen the n?
publlcan part) go wllfully agalnst
v Imt ii ihoughi to be 11 e een
!!. i?nti of the people Mlatakue
? ?? noihettmee i.*>^n made. ns in the
nf the W^laon t.in ??mrt(?,i by
thd Detnocratlc Congreaa, imt r i.pil^vn
thal the represenUtlvea In th*> Bouao
estly trir-<i to <ii what they
? i ..- ? the people wanted.
"They were nMFif.i by "i" haaty
Judgment paaaed on the McKlnley law
!n lnon. nrn\ whU'h wotlld, not. In niv
loplnlon, havo Jmppenod. had tho Ro
iP'ihlloan* harl nior<? tlmf to fxplnln
' lh.it blll on th? Stump.
Wlll Mnkf Vo Ml?*nkr?..
? Tlio RiM>ub11rnni? mad? no ml'tn^p
when Ihfv fnarfd thp nlnRl^y law.
?I the !?nc llfo-an the llvrs of tarlff
. K.0 of that la-.t, ehowa, I h"
' llrvo they wlll ir?nki' nn rnl.?takf>s In
the blll whlrh they wlll cnnrt ncxt
| nummer wlth the ronrnrri>nw of tho
y-i.mo m'! the Preatdenl
? . r-ro to mio thlnir of wrhleh yoU
,,,.-., be ". "?''? repreeentattvea, and
? ? Spoakpr. wlll fail to fln
thlng wltiiin hip power to carry
? ? the well fonsjflf>rort. con?tit'it|on
r?tiy expreaaed wHI of the majorlty of
... .vhv j !,?Hpvo that va sbn'l
? the ?orl of tarirr revlaton tho p^n
I for t do not pretend to
.,. Airtxir. it Ii and ?h<->nM
}>n i,r- ..n.i ?n>- man> 6ower "> dlctate
SHOTS ARE EXCHANGED
ItrxiluttoD I? "n, an?l Oovfrnnifn
I.endrr !s ?'-?ptttrrd.
PORT Al' PHINCK. IIAYTI. Novem
., i?Tl.p rovoliitlonary movemen
ttgalnal Pretident Nerd Alaxia is bpread
Ing. Tho towna of Aquln and Jpr(-nil<
have both deolared agalnst ihe govern
ment
The gunboat Croyant, which has
fallen Into tisu handa of the rebels. tn
. ountercd the gunboat Centenatro ofi
? nile, and shots were exchangcd.
Qeneral LeComte, the mtnlater of tiu
Interlor, wlio weht out at tlie head oi
a Kovernment torce agalnst the rebels
has been taken prlaoneh The rumoi
|? ciirrent here that he has been exe
cuted.
The Croyan was_laid up on accoant
ni an accldent to Ker machlnery, and
the revolutlonlats took posse^alon of
ei wlthout any trouble. The govern
ment Ii reiultlng men here and else
where for IU campalgm agninst th?
rebela, and large qimntltiea of amtntl
nltlon are belng shlpped out of Port
An Prlnce.
I"p to the presetit llme there has
been no trouble here.
Late advlcea recelved here appa
rentlv eonfirm the execution of Gen
i-ri! Iieconte. He waa captured near
Jeremle, together wlth his escort, aftei
i, -hort struggle. The port of Afquln
Ii [a reported, has been plllaged by
revolutlonary troops.
Cauae ?f Hcvolnllon.
VVASHINGTON, I>. C., November 2i.~
.). N. Leger, Haltlen mlnlater, to-da;
H recelved a cablegram from the Presl
I dent of naitl, indlcatlng that he Wll
attempt to atamp out the revolutlon ii
! that l.^land wlthout bloodshed. Tlv
? Presldent givea as the dlrect cause fo
the revolutlon the .fact that Genera
? jSJmon threatened the lifc" of the ad
'| mlhlitrator of the Interlor, whtcl
'i broughtt about his dlsmlssal,
It is atated ihat the gnvernmen
troopa are now at Aquln hearlng dowi
' upon Slmon, who Is now reported to b
? j isolated. Slmon has induced many o
I the country people to support his eaus
jj.by promlaing tlieni rewards to eom
') from pillaglng eltles.
I SITUATIONSERIOUS
I'iii'i'Ibii Itpalilentn of \mikiiic 'I'nk
Refuffc on Gunboata.
PEK1NG. November Z\.?The sltua
tlon at Nanking, where a mutiny o
the part of the Chinese troops hrok
out November 10th, ts serious. Ther
haa boen fighting in tne streets of th
ctty, and a portlon of the forelgn res
Idehts have taken refuge on board
Brltlsh gunboat. Others of the for
elgnera deoideQ to remaln on shore.
Thls tnformation was conveyed t
Peklng to-day in ofTAelal telegrams t
tho legntion'a presldent. The Amer
Iqart resldents aslted for a gunboa
for thetr pmteetion, but In view o
Ihe assurancea glven yesterday b
Vuan Shl Kai. one of the grand coun
Ollors, that the situatlon was qule
and the Ineident of the mutiny closei
thls roquest was not forwarded.
The new government tit Nankiug I
llrnily establlshed, and forolgncraj ther
do not entortaln fears of an Inaurrec
tlon.
i PRISONER REMANDED
JI Jlldgc lloldx Thnt There VViim Iteigii t
Terror In Dyer Couuty>
rj UNION I'lTV. TENN., November 21.
I In tho liabeas corpus sult of Fred Plr
*jlon, alleged nlBbt rlder, who sought t
'? galn lilu freedom through court prt
Ijceedlngs. .ludge ,Iones to-day deeide
a to dismUa the petltlon and to remaji
I tho prlsoner to Sheriff Dawaon. of Dy(
! county. .ludgo Joues sald he ha
fonnd that. there was a relgn of terr?
-and that tho frood name of tho counl
d was blaeliened. He would not, thert
n I fore;? presume that the act of tho Qa\
' ernor ln calllng out tho inilltla waa ut
ciuslitutlnnal. The court held also thi
nfter the prlsoner by his counsel tiu
iome to open court and askad rt>llef i
the court, th)6 prlsoner was stoppc
from ralsing the quoaUon of vulidity (
.' hu court.
President Castro Goes to
Europe for Opcration to
Savc IIis Life.
POLITICAL INTRIGUING
1IAS ALREADY BEGUiN
Believcd That Prcsidcnt's Dfe
pairture May Opcn Road for Sct
tlement of C'ountry's Dis
ptitcs?Hollahd's Plans To
wards Vcnczucla Likely
to P<e Kmbarrasscd,
CARACA8, November 23 (vla Wll
temstad, Novemiier -'4i.?PreBi
denl Castro wlll i>ail to-morrnw
from I.a Gunyra. nn the ?tc?m
er Qaudaloupe for Bordeaux,
, for the purpose of undergnlng nn oper
[ atlon at the hands of Dr. Israel. n ski'l
: e<i speclaltsl of Berlln, who could not
come to Caracna for the purpose of per
forming the operation. Aii operation
waa Imperative, and at President Cas
tro'j attendlng physlclans were unwill
j ir.g lo tak>> the respoiiKihllity, nothing
remalne,) but for the President to un
derlake an Eu'ropean voyage.
The operation wlll be performed lm
| m^dlately on President Castro'a nrrlval
i al Bordeaux, where r>r. Israol wlll be
? ln wnltlng. ShOUld the operation be
aucceasful the President wlll vi.-it Paris,
' whera he wlll rest for a few days only,
| returnlng to Caracaa at a=i enrly a date
i as poaalble
Three of the lcadlnc Venezuelnn
| phjBlnans wlll accompany the pres
i Idenl and several menibers of hls
I Imiricdlat* fnmily.
Excltement ln Carscns.
The Kreat^fit excltement preVails In
I Caracaa, and polltioal lntrlguing al
ready iias commenced. it is thotight
; that tii" departure of President Caatro
may open the road for the settlement
' of the Holland, Amerlran and Freneh
disputea Vlcente (Iohipj. the vice
pjrt sldent, wiu assume the presidancy.
Castro to-day issued the followtng
j prorlamation:
"Speclal clrcumstanoes compel me
' to teave hurope for a short time. Th*
j Venezuelan nafion already 1s on th?
I road to prosperlty anil true greatness
of the ..trir-t tulfllment ol
obUgationa and the aound eondttion ot
revenues, and becaupe of the stablf
peace which we enjoy t-ml whloh it h
duty to malntain, that?niy worl
; may endure.
"Flrst Vfee-President Gomez is pres?
ident. as charged hy the constltutlon
, Surround hlm and lend your co-opera
j tlon ln the fnlfllment of hla hlgh mls
| slon as if lt were I myself, and yot
I wlll have donc your duty."
The President of Venezuela is suf
| ferlng from an Internal abscess in th<
region of the kidneys and hls attend
: Ing phystclans long ago advised hln
! that the only posslble relief was ar
; operation by a Gerroan specialist A
, that time there dld not appc-ar to b<
j any Imminent danger and President
; Castro decided to postpone the trlp tt
Europe as loncr as possible. lle wa;
not prostrated at any time. but on thi
contrary for manv weeks was able it
I make hls regular earlv mornlng visl
I to hls office ln the Yetlow House.
A I.iim Resort.
tVhen it was announced a few day:
iago that the President and famlly de
j termined upon proceedlng to Europe
! Caracaa was all excltement, That ht
I would only take thJs step as a las
; resort was known to evervbody. Presl
dent Castro has ne?er before heen ou
j of Venezuela.
I Eapeclally interestinjr is Presiden
j Castro'a departure because of the em
Ibarrasaing effect lt is llkeh- to hav
I on Holland's plans to force Venezueli
tnto revoklng the trans-shipment de
rree. whloh Castro has refused to rtt
peacefully. If Holland ahould send ou
a eonfidential agent. as aujrKosted b;
Castro in his last answer to Holland'
demands, that functionary may fin
no Castro with whom to deal.
ROCKEFELLER ESCAPES
I'lerk I'nsiu'K Hlm into Elevator t
Evade Process-Server.
NKW YORK, November 24.?Ther
was a lively scene in the corridor o
the customs house aa John D. Rocke
feller was leaving the building at th
concluslon of hls testlmony late to
day. A proceaa-server trled to thru.
a subpoena into the hands of th
islandard Oll head, but a law clerk at
-|companylng Mr. Rockefeller saw hl
ij purpose, and before the subpoena coul
B|be served. he pushed Mr. Rockcfellt
into an elevator. The elevator shc
downward, carrying Mr. Rockefeller ot:
of the man's reach. The process-serve
hurried to the atreet, but Mr. Rockefel
ler had diaappeared. The man wottl
not say whether the sult in which h
Wiahed to subpoena Mr. Rockefeller wa
a clvll action. or one connected wit
o ! t!ie present case.
MORTGAGE FOR $15,00O,00C
VirKliilii-Curollun Chentlcnl Co. Ilor
"in" That Sutn From TrnM Co,
MACON, GA., November 24.?Tho VIr
gthla-Carolitta Chemlcal Co. filed
mortgnge in the Bihh county Superlo
C!ourt here to-day on Ub propertioa
glven to secure Ihe sura of $15,000,001
borrowed through the Central Trus
Co.. of Now York. The Intereat name
la B per cent.. and the tontire of th
mort.gago is fifteen years. It is under
stood that tho mortgage Is to he re
eorded In every county and State i
which the oompany lias a plant. Th
company has n plant In South Maco
for the mantifacttire of guano.
- WELLMAN WANTS $100,000
Suc? Sportlns Revlew for CnlUng n
Expeditton a Bluff.
PARTS, November 24.?Walter Wol
man has fllnd a. llbel sult for $100,0(
and roctlflcatlon agalnBt the sportln
revlew, La Vle Au Grand Alr, becaui
of the publlcatlon of an nrtlclo eha'
acterlztng Wellman's expedltlon to t.l
North Polo as an "Amerlonn bluff, d>
?signed foy porsonal proflt and carrlt
out under tho oovev of Impossihlo sclei
djtlflc conditlnns."
if Tho artlcle of which Mr. Wellrnn
d immplains was prlnted l^ist sprlng. an
)? ho states, waB' Insplrod by one of tl
J.tlia?ij.uuilca tuombers o? tlio exj^edltio
FIRE1ESTI0TS
IDPEHIC'Sn
TroiibJes Comc Thick and
Fast to Cocainc Mer
chant in [ail.
RELEASE WILL COME
THANKSGIVING DAY
Family Dance While Blaze Con
surries Furniture?Fatthful Mc
Deafmon Says Loss Will
Rcach $5,000?Ncigh
bors Flce in Scant
Attire.
OKIOINATINO on the thlrd story
of the fwildlng, flrn atarted
at 11:30 o'clock last night
and cauaed great damage to
the furniture atore of 8. J.
London. the alleged "dope klng," who
la to be ltberated from a thlrty-day aen
tence in the Clty Jall at 12 o'clock to
morrow, and dtd tfrgtne slight damage to
tho flirnlture Btijre of m. Roaenbloom
& Son, No. in|2 lOast M.-Un Street. All
tlie London family, wlth the exceptlpn
of Mr. and Mrs. lyOndon, were at a
hall In progress at Belvldere Ifall, and
dld not know of the conflagration
untll it had been extlngulahed by the
energy of the firo department.
How the fire orlglnated is a mys
tery. The atore was closed at s> o'clock
last nlght, and av$rybody l< ft.
Threo and one-half houra later a
blaze was ?"rn to burat out from the
roof of the building, and ilarry Marka,
an employo of the Postal Telegraph
("ompany, obaorving It from a distance,
turned In the alarm. The flre depart
ment iipon arrlving notlced the danger
to other huildings. and a secoiul alarm
was turned in. bringing half the forco
out to the acene. Tlie blaze waR con
centrated in the thlrd story of the
building, and was th?>re confined. Tlie
second and thlrd Btorles are used as
atore roomp. and a large amount of
fuiulture ip sto<-ker| on th<-se two
floora. Whaf the flre dld not utterly
d-ftrov was seriously damaged by
amoke and water, the water leaklng
through the two floors down to the
streot ipvel. where stlli more furniture
was kept for aale and display. Th^re
waa no flre. it Is aald. on the thlrd
rioor during the day. and there are
only a few electric wires running
throu?7i the clace.
.NelKhlxir* In l.l?h? Attire.
Kdward McDeatmon. salesman for
Mr. London, whO at the flrst cocain*
t'lal 011 the 'iT^'ne of his employei
attempted to tak^ a!l the brunt ol
hlaine on his own 3houlders, stated
that he could not tell what the dam?
age would amount to. The building
Is insurod partlally, as is the stock
but he dld not kn >?? for what amount
Tho houae is valued at JtS.OOO, and the
value of the stock would probably
rcach as high as $5,000, If not more.
The fire sprang out with a suddeti
blaze, which lllumlnated East Main
Street for several squares. It was soor
gotten under'control, but lt was fully
an hour before the llnal spark was ex
tinguished. Pollcemen Gontry, Talt
and Mltchell broke open the front doors
as soon as they arrlved. and warnec
the people llvlng In the next place. al
of whom were soundly asleep. The>
awoke, affrlghted, and ran, half
clothed, down to the street.
But the fire dld not spread, and as
soon as they found that they were noi
endangered, they returned to th?
cover of bedclotJ.es and roof.
The flre wlll mean great loss t(
London. who was ln the Clty Jall a
the time. serving a sentence upon con
viction of .seiling cocainc. He ls t<
be Hberated on Thanksgivlng Day
whleh wlll be heartlly ohserved bj
hlinself and his family. Havlng hat
to pay a heavy flne, and now facinj
oonslderable loss from flre, hlt
. j flnanoea will not be ln a good condi
i j tior. for a new start in life. It wll
t ' be rememoered that he strongly as
? 1 scrted his lnnocence to the last, am
= upon the day he was to start his tern
1 ln jail wrote a publlc letter declarlni
! hlmselt' innocent and unjustly accused
! The store has been ln charge of hl
| son and his salesman. McDearmori
sometlmes known as McDermott.
The damage to the Rosenbloom plac
wlll amount to ahout $150.
STELLWAGEN IN CHARGE
He Accepts Appolntment an Head o
Innugural Commlttee.
TVASHINGTON. D. C, November 24.
With the announoement to-dav bj
Chalrman Hitchcock. of the Republl
can Natlonal Comtnlttee, of the ap
polntment of EJdward T. Stellwagen, o
thls clty, as chalrman of the lnaugura
commlttee, the flrst stop was taken ii
the work of preparlng for. the Inaiigu
ration Of Mr. Taft and Mr. Rhermar
as Presldent and Vlce-President 01
March 4th next. Mr. Stellwagen a
cepted the ongagement, and wlll ento:
at oriC'i upon tho dutles of his offlcr
The new head of the lnaugural com
mittee has long been promtnently Iden
tlfled wlth some of the largest tlnancla
and commercial enterprlses of Wash
lngton. and Is n man of splondid execu
tive ablllty. The selectlon of a vlce
chalrman and other offlcers of t ln
commlttee wlll not be rnade untll aftc
Mr Hitchcock pays a vlslt to Ho
Sprtngs, whlther be wont to-nlght fo
a eonference wlth Mr. Taft.
Mr. Hitchcock was n ealler at tlv
Whlte Houae to-day, and spont soni'
tlme wlth Presldent Uoosevelt.
I'lnnm Grent Expoaltton.
TNDEANAPOLIS, IND.. Novernbe
04. ? That Indlanapolls ls plannlng a
exposltlon of natlonal and lnlernatiom
scope to be held between May and Nc
vemher, 1911, was deflnltely announce
to-day. Untll the goneral puhllc ho
been oonsulted and glven an oppot
tunlty to veglster lts approval, th
project wlll be loft ln the handH c
twenty buslnesa men, who wlll coni
prlse tho exposltlon committoe. Chalt
man Whltsett announced to-nlght tha
a meetlng of tho exposltlon oommltte
will be held Frlday to plan for a masf;
meetlng of Indlanapolls cltlzens ln th
near fututo.
WEATHER.
hocal Showera,
STEAMSHIP LIHES
m jjfflj OIEI
Giant Corporation Formed to
Save Morse's Company
FromComplctcWrcck.
CONSOLIDATION HAS
CAPITALOF 540,000.000
Conscnt of 97 Pcr Ccnt. of Stock
holders Is Secured?More
Than One-Third of ttold
ings in Old Company
' VVill Be Total
Loss.
BOSTON, November 24.?The In
corporatlon at Portland, Mc
to-day of a new $40,000,000 cor?
poration, to be. known as
the Atlantic, Gulf and West
/nilies Bteamahip Llnes, with Ilenry R.
iMallOry, of New York. as president,
and with aubatantlal backlng by Bos
; ton hantters, was In line with a plan
l formtllated by IntereBtnd parties to
save from complete wreck the Consoll?
dated steamship Company. promoted
by Cliarles W. Morse, of New York.
Tlie llnes to he taken over by the now
corporation are those operatlng from
: New York southward. The BoBton
men among the incorporators are
| Henry -lornblower. of the banking
] flnn of Hornblower and Weeks. and
Galen L. .Stone, of the banking tirm of
| llayden, Stone & Co.
The Morse corporation practlcally
jcontrolled the steam water transporta
j tion faeilltles of tho Atlantic coast
1 when Morse was caught In the panic
of 1907, and which, on February 4th
? last, passed into the hands of a re
| ceiver.
The new company haa a capltal of
$20,000,000, and the sania amount in
corhmon stock, as well as $15,000,000
In 5 per cent. bonda.
A Holdlng ( nmpnn>.
It wlll be a liolding company for
four of th(. slx , lines which Morse
brought under tho Consolldated Com?
pany, namely, thn Ward, Clyde, Mal
lory and New York and Porto RiCO.
The other two Morse llnes, the East
i ern. runnlng east from this clty, and
' the Metropolltan, between this clty and
; New York. wlll renialn under aeparate
j management for a time at lea*t.
The reorgantzatlon cnmrnittoe found
that there was outstanding $G2,000,000
. of 4 per cent. bonds of the Consolldated
j Sfamshlp Company, and a floatlng
j debt of $2,400,000, which had to he
i linanced.
The promoters of the new plan suc
! ceeded In obtalnlng the approval of
I 07 per cent. of tho oid bondholders,
j repreaentlng S59.9Sn.fiO0 worth of bonds,
| and the project was aecure. The re
, organizatlon plan provldes that the
J old bondholders shall recelve for thelr
| holding 20 per cent. ln the 5 per cent.
I bonds of the new company; 25 per cent.
in the preferred stock, and 12 1-2 per
j cent, ln common stock; the balanee,
j :i? 1-2 per cent., belng a total loss. The
'? bondholders. however, put thelr orig
jlnal holdings of stock in the subsi.
j dlary conipanies on a basis of 25 ccnta
. on the dollar, ao that thelr loss wlll
not he large.
The non-assenting bondholders wlll
l he paid off in cash at a prlce to be
fixed by the court.
Xo Flontlng Debt.
The new company has no floating
debt, and no Intereat charges untll
1910. The old floating debt of $2,
400,000 is taken care of by the is
.suance of short-time notes, which be
come due seml-annually, and of the
total amount $600,000 have been taken
by the bondholders, and the balanee
by Boston banks and bankers. The
r j flrst of these notes become due Jan
1 uary 1. 1909, and the last a year from
- that time.
1 It is expected that the new company
?Wlll he in active worklng operation
ijby December 15th, with headquartors
ln New York. It has control of the
Metropolitan linos and nwna 20 per
cent. of the stock of the Eaatern
Steamship Company,
It Is expected that the receivershipa
wlll be wound up withln a short time.
The assets of the Consolldated
Steamship Llnes wlll he sold at auc
tlon ln this clty to-morrow afternoon
pursuant to the decree of thc Unlted
States Circuit Court. They include
shares of the Mallory, Eastern. Metro?
politan, Clyde. New York and Cuha
Mail and New York and Porto RIco
Steamship Conipanies.
These shares were mortgaged on
.lanuary 1, 1907, hy tho Consolldated
Steamship Llnes to the Amerhan Trust
Company, of Boston.
ENDED ABRUPTLY
HiiHKiiiu Government Refnsea to i?ro
?..-.-..,? c,"ed l" Pouren Case.
NEW YORK. November "( ? The
cross-examlnatlon of Jan Poureu. the
?vUH.t^i1. exU-S Wh0 ,ls flffhtlng ngainst
oxtnulltion from tliis country came
lo an abrupt terminatlon to-day before
unlted states Commlasioner Hitchcook
After the commlssionur had suatained
objection to many queatlons, counsel
for the Ruaslan governmoht oftered to
prove that Pouren entered this coun?
try by means of perjury and fraud.
and. therefore, lia.l no right to lts
usyluni. The ritltng once more waa
against the Russian governmeufs slde.
and tliey decllned to proceed further
with the cross-examlnation.
The case was then adjourned, pend
Ing tho recelpt of a document from
Ruasla, which the defense WiSh to
Introduee as their last polnt In evl
dence, clalmlng It wlll show that the
Czar'a govornmeni had proelalmed
Pouren a rovolutlonlst, and luid offored
n roward for hls capture as Buoh. and
p.ot as a crtmlnal.
TAKES TERRIT C0TTAGE
I'renldent-l.loH Tnft Wlll Go <?i
Atigiixta lu December,
HOT SPR1NGS, VA., November 2 1.
Pretddent-oleot Tnft announeed to-day
that he had taken the Terrett Coltagt
at Auguata, Gti., for oeeupaney Ihe
ISth of December. Tho cottage Is iul
.laeent to 'the Bonair llotel, where the
Tnft famtlv wlll takd thelr meala.
Mrs, Tnft |efl horo to-niglit for New
York, wliere aho wlll be met by her
three eblldren. Sho expepta to rotuin
here Saturday.
FOR TARIFF REVISION
Cummlna, limn'? >>? ?ei.ntor, PtiedffCN
llltnaelf to Tliat Rml,
t>KH MOINBS, fA . November 34.?
By n Btrlcl party votfl or in;i to 38,
Governoi Albori B Cummlrifl to-day
1.ledted Unlted Stntes Senator to
nil the vncaney i tuned by tiie don'h
'if Senator Wlillam rt. Alllson, whose
term would h?va explred on March i.
1900.
The JOlnl gesslon nf the Log|?latur<
quletly fuinii<-,i the mandate of ihe re
eenl prltriary vote, Th" Democratlo
mlnority "oted ?oitdiv for claude Por
ter.
Pollowlng the electton of Oovernnr
Cummlna to the genate, he reslgncd the
JfOVernorshlp, and Lleiitonnnt-Onvernor
Oarsl waa Inatalled aa n?vcrnor for
ihe remnant of rjovnrnor Onnimlns's
term, whleh wiii <mi on Januari' lr..
1909.
A rrcnptlon. whleh thmi'sniids attend
Od, was held In the rotundn of tho
Capltol to-nlght. Qovernor Garat and
Senator Cummlna etood ln nne for
more than two houra recelvlng the
congratulatlona of Towans.
Senator Cummlna wlll go to Waah
ington early next month to he gwprn
In as Senator.
I"1en for Hnrmony.
Senator Cummlns's spe.-ch of ncrept
ance was n plea for harmonv and for
an eradlcatlon of faotlonal dlfference
ln lowa. He plcdged hlmself for Im
ni"dlate tarlff revlslon. St-nator CUm
mlna declared hlmself nnalterably oj>
poaed to dlBcrlmtnatlon ln freight
rates and rondemned stock watertng
and other alleged abuaea of corpora
tlons.
Relatlve to n revlslon of the tarlff,
b? sald: "T nm deeply convlnced of the
lustice nrd wladom of the economlc
ayatem whleh imposes protecttv.- duttns
upon Imports, and wlth mv VOice and
VOte in Ihe Senate of the T'nlted State-i
I shali do everytnlng in my pe//er to
preserve it.
"Tn ni<- thls oatabllahed poiicv of tha
Republ'.can party meana dutlea upon1
OOmpetltlve produrta hlgh enough to
proteci the Amerlcan produoor ln his
home fnarkel ngalnst the unfalr rivni
ry ot other countrles, but, upon tha
Other hand. low enough to lnsure to the
Amerloan consumer a falr Amerlcan
prlCe."
SHAH REPENTS
Orilern All Toplen nt Illal Prnrlnmntlon
Deatroyed,
TEUEi'.AN. November 24.?The Shah
already haa repented of hla proolama
tlon posted ln tho pioaquea yesterday,
In whleh It was set forth that the peo?
ple, |n aplte of his promises, shall not
have a cOnstitutlon, and durlng tho
ntght, he sent out urgent orders to
withdraw this proilaui.it lon from cir
culatlon and to destroy all coples of It.
KoIIowing these Instructlons the proc
tamatlon posted on tho atreets and
in the mosquos^ were luirrledly torn
down. |
Thls audden ohange of front on the
part of the Shah is attrlbuted here to
tln- vlgoroua repreaentatlons that un
doubtedly have been made by the
Brltish and Ruaaian legatlons. Theae
powers, it is reported, have notlfied
the Shah that he wlll be held per
sonally responalble If his refusal to
glve the people a COnstitutlon rosulta
in anarchy.
A number of Perslana who critlctzed
the Shah for tha brnach of his promlse
to_ "stablish a Perslan parllament were
arrested ln Teheran yesterday.
BALKANS OVERSHADOWED
Oevelopmeata ln Peraln Now In Centre
<>i Polltlenl Stngc.
ST. PBTE3RSBURG, November 24.?
The developments ln Pcrsta over
shadow the Balkan sltuation, wiilch l?
ln a statlonary phase. At a rocen<
Intervlew, whleh Hrince Alexander, the
second son of Klng Peter of Servla,
had wlth Emperor Nloholaa, the Ein
peror relterated his promlse not to
recognlze the annexatlon of Bosnla
and llerzegovina, and expressed liif
displeasure at tho belllcoso attiludo o|
Montenegro, oiAphaslzlng tho deslr
ablllty of preservlng peaca.
The prlnce assured His Majesty thal
Servla would not provoke a war sc
long us llussia adhered to hcr promises
and tliat Servla also would urge tlu
Montenegrins to dlseontlnuo thelr ac
tivlty. Prince Alexander has request
cd permlsslon from his father to makc
a trlp to the Unlted States to obtair
Amerlcan financial support.
CREW IS RESCUED
Hronglit to N>w York After Stormj
Exuerlenee at Scn.
NEW YORK. November 24.?Captalr
.lohn A. Stevens, of the Amerlcan
schooner John M. Brown. whleh was
lost at sea Ootober 30th whlle on hei
way from Brunswlck, Ga.. to St. John
N. B., arrlved to-day from Porto Rloo
wlth the six members of his crew. H?
said he and lils men had been flvc
days In the open sea In a stnall gaso
lene launjjh when thev were rescuei
by the schooner Brookllne, Captalr
Sears, from Philadelphia, for Arroya
t" whleh port they were taken. Thoj
were nearly exhiiused when rescued
Capt. Stevens belleves tho Brown strucl
a floatlng or suhmerged wreck or wreck
age, for she lmmedlately sprung ;:
leak, and desplte efforts to pump oul
the water ln twelve houra the hok
was fllled completely.
BOYS ARE GUILTY
That la Verdlct ?>f Jury In ICHltug o
WUllnm ItenU.
VINELAND, N. J? November 24.?;
coroner's jury to-day returned a ver
dlct flndlng that Willlam Head, th
aged contractor, who was sliot ani
kllled on the nlght of November I3tl
last. came to his death at the handa o
Walter Zeller, his grandson; Clln
Wlieelor and Herbert Grlgg, each o
whom ls nlneteen yeara old. All thre>
youths are under arrest. and they liavi
made confessions. Rcad was kllled a
the Zclter home on the outsklrta 0
thls place, and the youths confessoi
thal tho motlve for the crlme was rob
bery,
Proseoutor Flthlan announoea that ln
will demand ve'rdtots* of murder ln thi
flrst degree when the accused an
brought to trial.
LOS ANGELES ASKS IT
Ctty ConiicU Aaka Tl">< I'L-et Rc Kepi
in paolflc.
LOS ANGI3LES, November 21.?A'
tho requesl of Mayor Harper, tho Lo;
Angoles Clty Counoll to-da>- unahl
mously adopted Rnd telegraphed ii
Prqaldonl Roosevelt roaolutlons re
uuestlng htm to retaln tha Amorlctvi
neel ln Paolflo watera. Slmllar rasp
lulions were adopted by tho Ran ntog.
Clty CouncU and telegraphed to th.
Presldent.
BalloOQ l.nniU Sntvl.v.
LOS ANCiEl.l'S. C.-VL. Novomher 24.
The baiiooii Unlted States, whleh a^
ceuded from r.us Apgeles y?st erda
mornliig for H taal of the coast uir out
rents, laudnd safeh yestcrduy aftet
noon al Ehropsberg, Arl/... nearly 25
nilles from L.0g Angales. The l.all.io
he air six houra.
was
tJe?t Servten |o C'ullfornlii
\'la Waahlngton-Suiisnt Uautrt. Tourlt
HE TELLS1EHE
i MOIY COE5
Under Protcst, Rockefeller
Reveals Channels of His
Tremendous lnvestments
MOST OF EARNINGS
PUT IN RA1LROADS
Oil King's Long Ordcal Is Oveo.
and John D. Archbold Takes
Stand?Lattcr Beams With
Satisfaction as Hc Tclls
of Standard's Early
History.
N.KW YOltK, November 2
< loeing hfa tostltnony to-dt
the Federal suit to dissoix
Standard 011 Company,
i >. Rockefeller threw aome
, ? ip. (?(?.d ligltt on tlie popular questl
of into what channels of investment h.
I turna hls tremendous earnings from
the oii combtnatton. Mr. Rockefeller.
| waa loath to atato tho namea of th?
] railroada In which lils lnvestments
I were made, but clld so after enterlnsj
hia ohjection. declaring that his hold
Inga ln railroada consiated chlefly In
bonds, and. with the exception of a
i few roada ln which he held only small
I amoiints of stooka, ho preferred the
j bonds as a form of Investment. Mr.
j Rockefeller appeared greatly dolighted
that his long ordcal was ovor, and hur
| rit dly loft the rooin.
Mr Rockefeller sald he held atock in
I the Delaware, Lackawanna and Weat
! arn. tho New York Central, the Penn
aylvanta, the Western Maryland. tbo?
Missourl Paclflc, tho Texaa Pacific and,
I the Coiorado Southern. Mr. Rocke?
feller sald ho oppoaed the keeplng of
milllona of iiollars of surplus by tho
Standard.
Archbold oa Stand.
John D. Archbold. vlce-presldent of
j tlie Standard. proved a mlne of fle
tailcd lnfortnatlon, under the dlroctlon
of the company'a counsel, regarding
'hr early production of crude oil and
' the devolopment of tho pipe-llno
' system. .\lr. Archbold llkely will ba
on tho wltness stand for several days.
Mr. Archbold beamed with satiafac,- ?
, tion in t-jlllng of the Standard's early
: history. He said that he kept car.eful
: watch of hls competltor and theu
j "trled to beat hlm."
Upon resumiug cross-examlnatlon ot
Mr. Rockefeller to-day, Secret^- -
kelioug road what ho said *. &% k,' "
: of stpqfta ohtalned by the Std WiJL*,
I Company In 1*93, for which i .
changed Its own shares. He .minal
?14 2.797 ottt of a total of 98,1.3
firat issucd were In the narno
D. Rockefeller.
Mr. Rockefeller sald he 0T,?ii'1
256.Sot shares of stock of the ier "
Oil Company, of New Jarsey. . " :
time. hut ho accepted tho other ;Ionn*
for others. ilnmen
Mr. ICellojte asked the wltness i!K,/
made It known to any one at that tei!
that he had an interest in the co*
panles included In the trust agrefe
ment of 1S79. and if lt waa not a facf
thnt this agreement waa kept secret
whlle he waa combining the coni?
panies.
Thluks Ii Waa Known.
"I cannot say, but 1 think lt must
? havo been known to a numbor of peo
ple outsids of those who slgned lt."
replied Mr. Rockefeller.
Mr. Rockeftller dld not recall if he
had not made an affidavlt that ute
j Standard had made contracts with rail
roads wherebv the Standard has re
ceived rebates for guaranteelng a cer
taln volume of oil.
"An you largely interested in rail
roads ovor which the Standard Oil
Company is dolnir hnsinnss?" he waa
asked.
"I arn an Investor. I may have stock
In a rallroad company ovor which oil
shipments raav be made."
"Are you intereated ln the stocks
and bonds of the Fennsvlvania Rall?
road?"
"No, excepting at difforent tlmes a
smail interest ln th" honds. I pre
sume I may have stocks In six or eiglit
rallroad corporatlons. Mv holdlngs are
prlnrlpally ln tiie bonds."
"Can you namo the railroads?"
Would Itather Xot Tell.
"I would pref?r<enot to me'ntion tha
railroads. These goodly gentlomen at
the Stock Exchange over there would
not think it very wise. I peraonally
shoutd not care to parade ? my inter
ests unleas lt is neoessary to further
causo of justice."
Mr.? Rockefeller was asked about the
large ainounts of monoy which the
Standard had loaned in Wall Street, and
he replied that the company loaned
out about $.12,000,000, but no supis
largor than that,
Mr. Kellosre Inslsted that tho wltness
name tho railroads ln which the wlt?
ness was interested.
'I "T dld not buy stocks and permanent
t ly hold them as C do tho bonds." sald
f Mr. Rockefeller, "1 have no large hold
lllug.s In rallroad shares to-day except
. j ln two or three railroads. They are
held for Investment Somo of the shares
> are the Delaware. r.arkawnnna and
' I AVestern, the New York Central, tho
\ 1'. ntisylvania. Western Maryland. MIs
sourl Pacific, and a rallroad in Mexico.
I have a few -shares ln the Texaa Pa?
cific, Coiorado Southern. and about 500
shares iu Erle fir.-t preferred.
On rodtrcct exarainatton Mr. Mll
burn asked: "ilave you f-ver at any
time aoughl to Influenco any railroad
with respect to its rates or snppltos
with referenca to the Standard OU
Cornpany?"
l/aed Sa Inrlucnce,
"I have not: as far as 1 know nona
of mv assoolatea has ever dono so"
John D. Archbold then wa* ealleG
to the stand. He flrst described hU
early experlcneeB, Speeulatlon ln oil
stocks from 1S70 to 1875, Mr. Arch?
bold sald, was rampant, and even tha
prtre of oil was SDeculated In, whleh
demoralhied' the buslnesa and made lt
hasardoua for the manufacturar.'
The wltness aald the Standard <*>ll \
(HO hot tlx the pv!.'.-. arbltrartly for
the crude oil. Mr, Archbold gave st*J
tlstlral lnfortnatlon ->f the total mllA-j
age of tho Standard'a ararherlnar andf
Uuiifc. linea. which was ln 1S|S3 3,">3t|