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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.
WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1. I -rOT TUT VH Q07
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INDIANAPOLIS. MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1903-TEN PAGES.
PRICE 2 CENTS. I
ON RAILWAY TRAINS
TI F EVT8
TO PURIFY RIVERS
PL A 31 OF DR. SACKETT, OF RICH
MOND, IS SOT APPROVED.
Ita 1 tlllt? Knlly Dfmniiatratfd, bat It
la Said to Re Too Eipenalrf for lae
by the Straw board Mtlle.
TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT
REPRESENTATIVE OVER STREET'S
BILL. IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
Commlasloner of VnrU Klon Says the
Government Maat Aid the 8hlp
balldln Iadnatry.
MEASURING INDIANA STREAMS
SEVEN STATIONS NOW IN OPERATION
IN THE STATE.
Mr a. Fairbanks and Legislation to
Prevent Flaar Deaeeratlon Indiana
In the Honae Proceeding.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. -Another inves
tigation to determine the best means of
purifying: rivers in Indiana polluted by the
refuse from strawboard factories will
soon be ordered by the United States
Geological Survey. The recommendations
of Mr. Sackett. of Richmond. Ind.. who
recently completed an investigation in the
State, will not be followed. Authority for
this statement comes from one of the lead
ing officers of the survey. While it Is ad
mitted that the method proposed by Dr.
Sackett would puriSy the Indiana streams
on which the stra aboard concerns are lo
cated, It Is pointed out that it would be
costly and probably would not be adopted
by the manufacturers. Dr. Sackett pro
pones to precipitate the solids and dis
charge the liquids into the river, first ab
stracting the substances that are deleteri
ous to health. This would require the in
stallation of large tanks in each concern.
It has not yet been decided when the sup
plemental investigation will be made or
who will be In charge of it. Dr. M. O.
Leighton. of the hydrographlc division, has
a plan which will be considered by the sur
vey. It is understood, however, that it
would be more costly to the strawboard
concerns than that proposed by Dr. Sackett.
It would Involve an entire change In the
process of manufacture, but at the same
time, it is argued, it would Increase the
prontablere of the inatitutions about 30
per cent, and result in the utilisation of
much material that now goes to waste.
Whether the supplemental inquiry will be
conducted by an expert of the Geological
Purvey or some one outside of the govern
ment service has not yet been determined.
MM
The bill introduced by Representative
Overstreet for the protection of the Presi
dent of the United States is comprehen
sive in ita scope. On account of the larger
number of cranks who have appeared here
recently, one of whom was armed. It is be
lieved that Congress will now give serious
consideration to this subject. The Over
street bill is the work of the Indianapolis
representative, Senator Fairbanks and
other members of the Judiciary committee
of both houses. The Overstreet bill pro
vides "that any person who shall, within
the limits of the United States or any place
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, willfully
and maliciously kill or cause the death of
the President or Vice President of the
United States, or any officer thereof upon
whom the powers and duties of the Presi
dent have devolved under the Constitution
and laws, shall suffer death."
According to the forthcoming annual re
port of Eugene Chamberlain, commissioner
of navigation, the American shipping in
dustry must soon receive help from the
government if the industry of building
large vessels is to thrive here. He says
that unless unexpected orders are received
Irqin the government for warships the ship
building yards of the country will be forced
to drop the greater part of their employes
and work their plants only one-third of the
time.
"Conditions have nof improved since my
l ist annual reiort was made a year ago."
said Commissioner Chamberlain, "but, on
the contrary, have got worse. I said at
that time 'New vessels have not been or
dered to take the place on the ways of
large ocean steamers which have been
launched and have been recently completed
or are nearinj? completion. The outlook
for the next twelve months' shipbuilding in
the I'nited States is not equal to the out
look a year ago.'
" That waa the condition a year ago Five
of the large steamers that were then in
the yards remain to be completed. When
they are in commission the building of
team vessels on the seaboard, unless con
ditions change In the meantime, will again
be restricted to our coasting trade Those
are Insufficient to give full employment to
our shipyards. Unless supplemented by
large orders for warships next summer our
shipyards on the seaboard will probably
work only about one-third of the time."
XXX
At the request of the treasury officials
Secretary Wilson, of the Department of
Agriculture, has decided to recommend an
appropriation necessary to enable him to
detail a chemist for duty at Chicago to
examine shipments of food products äs re
quired by law At present shipments of all
claasea of foods are held up at Chlcaao for
lour or rive days awaiting reports on mm
pies sent to Washington Wilh a chemlsi
at Chicago there would be no delay in
transporting shipments direct to the ter
rltory tributary to that port, especially to
points in Indiana, Illinois and other middte
eatern States. U1C
Having returned to the United 8tates
from a tour of inspection of the consuls
and consulates of the United States in
England. Holland. Belgium, France and
Germany. Third Assistant Secretary of
State Peirce has submitted to the secre
tary a report on the general situation as
he found it. In no case, he says, was the
consul forewarned of his arrival. He adds
that our consulates in Europe are on the
whole 1m excellent condition, and that the
service mm j. : es favorably with that of
any other country The system of remu
neration of consuls he found to be unemial
ly distributed, but on the whole he finds
that "wrconsuls are inadequately compen
sated I he ree system of compensation he
regards as an unfortunate feature intro-
lioinsr an element . .
um riiainiy into the
consul remuneration which is embarrass
ing and disquieting to him In th perform
ance of his duties "However r. mote mav
he the temptation to abuse the lalillasa
under which a eonaul retains for himself
certain fees." says Mr ivir. e, ' still the
existence of BU h a possibility c annot be
beneficial to the morals of the service "
Mr Peir. e adds that there is no little
Strife among neiKhlmrlna consuls for th
Iinciufi'Ti 01 irrnmry into ini'ir respective
districts In order to secure notarial fees
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tie rcin ltt-im uiai in piarc or mat har-
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wuvj on" v-iij oj. hu me "aiufary
(cnangc vi views oeiween consuls which
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should exist he found consuls not only out
of harmony, but hardly having relations
with one another. This acts prejudicially
to the interest of persons for whose benefit
the consuls have been given notarial au
thority. xxx jg-.
Fragmentary reports are being recefld
at the United States Geological Survey rel
ative to the work of stream measurement
now being conducted In Indiana. There
are seven measuring stations in operation
in the State, located as follows: Tippeca
noe, near Delphi. Springboro branch; Wa
bash, at Lafayette. Wabash, at Terre
Haute; Eel (upper), Logansport; Eel slow
er). Cataract; Wabash, Logansport; White,
east branch, Shoals; White, west branch,
Indianapolis.
The data determined at these stations
are such as will enable engineers to make
a conservative estimate as to the amount
of water flowing through the streams, which
data are valuable In designing the water
power plants, in furnishing city water sup
ply, and In protecting rights of water users
in the various vicinities. Aside from the
regular measurements carried on at the
above stations the survey has collected In
formation in regard to the possibilities of
power development on several Indiana
streams. It has also made a study of the
flood conditions with the view that improve
ments may be made to avert much of the
damage caused by floods.
XXX
Mrs. Fairbanks and other prominent mem
bers of the Daughters of the American
Revolution are interested in measures In
troduced in Congress to prevent the dese
cration of the American flag. The Daugh
ters will vigorously press this matter be
fore Congress this winter, and are hopeful
of securing legislation.
xxx
Senator Smoot is a keen observer of the
wave of protest against his remaining In
the Senate. He Is In his seat promptly
with the opening of the Senate every day.
and he listens calmly to the reading of all I
the W. C. T. U. and church petitions that
are presented by his senatorial friends.
He has not thought that he was in any
.danger of being unseated until within the
last few days, when the movement nas ho
multiplied in volume that the Utah senator
has begun to call it the prairie fire. A
prominent Western senator, who is pre
sumed to have an intimate knowledge of
Utah politics, says that the impression that
Senator Hanna and the Republican national
committee has agreed to help Smoot defend
himself, and would Intervene to prevent Dim
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 6, COL. 2.)
THE POOLROOM CASES
J1DGE WHALLON WILL GIVE HIS
DECISION TO-DAY.
It la Believed Toomey and Employea
Will Be Fonnd Gnllty Only of
Registering Beta.
VISITORS WILL BE ACQUITTED
MEN ARRESTED IN RAID CANNOT BE
HELD Cl'LPABLE.
Decision Will Announce Probably
that Proof of Gambling Honae
Was Not Eatabliahed.
Judge Whallon of the Police Court will
to-day give his decision in the Toomey
poolroom case. It is probable that Toomey
and his employes will be found guilty of
registering bets. It is not believed, how
ever, that Judge "Whallon will find the 115
onlookers, who were arrested In the pool
room and hauled to the police station at the
time of the raid, guilty of visiting a gam
bling house.
The onlookers or frequenters of the place
were supposedly innocent of any wrong
doing, as the poolroom had been so free
from police interference as to nullify any
idea of illegality. The visitors understood
that by going into the poolroom they were
in no way violating the law.
The proof, by reputation, of the Toomey
establishment being a gambling house, it
is said, could not be made, as it was not
so recognized by the general public; but
It Is claimed that the recording and regis
tering of bets was shown by the evidence
given by fToomey and his employes, and if
found guilty they will be found guilty on
that charge.
The bonds of the fifteen or twenty fre
quenters of the place will not be forfeited,
it is understood, as Harry Walker guaran
teed the payment of the lines If any were
assessed against them, and custom in the
Police Court permits such a proceeding.
When asked last night if he had reached
a decision in the case. Judge Whallon said
he had, but he would give no intimation
as to Just what his decision would be. He
said it would be made public some time to
day, but refused to discuss the matter. It
is likely, however, that Toomey and his
ten employes will be found guilty of re
cording bets, although the place could not
be made to appear as a gambling resort
in the sense that frequenters at the time
of the raid violated any law, as the busi
ness of Joomey was then considered legiti
mate, and the question as to whether it
was a gambling resort had not then been
decided.
OVERDOSE OF TRIAN0L
Cauaes Death of a Prominent Capi
talist of Denver, Col.
DENVER, Col., Nov. 22. John L. Jerome,
a prominent capitalist and former treas
urer of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany, was found dead in bed this morning
at his summer home at Buffalo Park, forty
miles from Deliver. Death was caused by
an overdose of trlanol, a drug which he
had been in the habit of taking to induce
sleep.
Mr. Jerome was found by a servant whom
he had Instructed to wake him. The coroner
issued the following statement: "After a
careful examination of the premises and
the circumstances of the death of John L,
Jerome, as far as I am able to learn, he
came to his death as u result of an overdose
of drugs he hud been in the habit of using
to induce sleep. The circumstances at
tending the death are entirely natural.
There is an absolute absence of any suicidal
I intent found."
The body was brought to Denver to-night
for burial.
ILLINOIS BANK CLOSED.
Dlacrepanclea in Acconnta Affecta In
stitution at Dundee.
CHICAGO. Nov. 22. Notices were posted
on the doors of the First National Bank
of Dundee, ill., to-night notifying deposi
tors that the institution would not open for
busineaa to-morrow. The suspension was
decided on at a meeting of the directors
held to-day, when it is said discrepancies
were found in the accounts. The exact
difficulty is not known, as none of the offi
cials would talk for publication to-night.
The controller of the currency has be. n
notified of the state of affairs and a bank
examiner will take charge of the books
t i-morrow morning.
No rumors of inaolvency have been heard,
so it is believed that the Institution will
be opened for business aa soon as the ae
counta are straightened. The bank is cau-
Italized at l&u.uuu and carries depoaits of
IIjO.OUV.
SALAZAR WARLIKE
COLOMBIAN GENERAL DEXOl'XCKS
TREASON OF THE ISTHMIANS.
Tells Them Their Preaent Conrae
Leoda to Snicide, bnt that It la Not
Too Late to Retrace Their Stepa.
COLOMBIAN AEMY OF 100,000
a
HE DECLARES IT WILL MARCH TO
CHASTISE THE ISTHMIANS.
Both Liberals and Conservatives In
Command, hot Panama la I'nmoved
by the General'a Effervescence.
COLOMBIAN PRESS IS BITTER
MINISTER BEAl'PRE REPORTS COM
MENT OF THE JOURNALS.
Chile Snpporta Thla Country, Accord
ing to Report from Mlnlater Wilson
-Colombians at Washington.
PANAMA, Nov. 22. -Gen. Victor Salazar.
formerly Governor of the Department of
Panama, and who. during the last revolu
tion, was supreme commander of all the
Colombian forces on the isthmus, has been
requested to give his opinion concerning
the present trend of affairs on the isthmus,
and telegraphs as follows from Palmira,
in the Department of Cauca, under date
of Nov. 21:
"I consider the movement unworthy and
unpatriotic. I deplore it deeply, because
in each Panamaian I see a friend and
brother, and because for that land I would
wish only days of glory and welfare. The
road it follows leads to suicide, but evsn
now it is not too late to reflect and save
Panama the horrible consequences.
"The Department of Cauca and Antioquia
and the whole of Colombia, without polit
ical or social distinctions, will rise like one
man to defend the national Integrity. Gen
eral Urlbe-Urlbe, General Pajamln Herrera
and all Liberals have1 offered their services
to the government. An army of 100,000 men,
now being organized and to be commanded
by both Liberal and Conservative leaders,
will soon march on the Isthmus.
"The fact that American help was asked
for and accepted by Panama characterizes
the movement as treasonable to the father
land, misleading in sentiment and. offensive
to the national dignity."
Since 1902, when Admiral Casey refused
to permit transportation of Colombian
troops on the Panama Railroad, General
Salazar has entertained a bitter dislike for
the people of the United States. At that
time he cabled through the Associated
Press a sensational protest to the world
against the action of Admiral Casey. Gen
eral Salazar is most influential among the
younger element of the Colombians. He
is courageous and energetic, but of a quix
otic nature, and especially believes that
his statement that an army of one hundred
thousand is being organized will stun the
people of the new republic.
El Duende, in its last night's edition,
says: "The Panamaians alone do not fear
the Colombians, but they fear them less
now that they are assured of the aid of
their Yankee brothers.'
It is believed here that any organization
of a big army by Colombia will result In
the downfall of President Marroquin's gov
ernment, brought about by the IJberals or
by a combination of the Nationalists, head
ed by former President Caro.
An Imposing scene took place this morn
ing in the Plaza d' Armas, when Minister
of War Obarrio was presented to the troops
of the new republic by Senor Arias, a
member of the junta, and General Huertas.
Senor Arias made a short speech to the
soldiers, who paraded in front of the min
ister, paying him the honor due to his
rank. The Panama division of the isth
mian troops, fully uniformed and flying
the national colors, took part in the cere
mony. A prominent Panamaian. alluding to-day
to the efforts of the Bogota government to
conciliate the people of the isthmus, and
to the suggestion made that, should Pan
ama re-enter the union, it would be given
political and administrative autonomy, and
that the canal treaty should be ratified,
said:
"These are the last efforts to save Co
lombia from the complete disaster which
is imminent. We are sincerely sorry for
our brothers, but we know the Colom
bians too well to believe their promises.
We do not doubt their good faith; still,
their quixotic nature and the enthusiasm
of the moment make them deceive them
selves, not us. We would do anything for
our brothers, but our destiny now and for
ever must be separate. Civilization so de
crees it."
Plen for Panama'a Autonomy.
BOGOTA, Nov. 21 (via Buena Ventura,
Nov. 22.) The German minister to-day
gave a banquet to the Colombian ministers
for war and foreign relations, during which
he said he deplored the occurrences on the
Isthmus of Panama.
Discussing the situation, the Bogota press
asks that, in case an amicable agreement
should lie reached between the government
and Panama, the canal treaty be ratified,
and that political and administrative au
tonomy be granted to Panama, the former
department remaining in the United States
of Colombia only for the purpose of dealing
with international questions.
Malcontent Invited to Leave.
COLON, Nov. 22. A proclamation pub
lished on the street corners of Colon to-day
invites all malcontents to leave the coun
try at the expense of the republic. Generals
Herera and Bustamente returned to Colou
to-day on board the Canada. They will
continue their journey to Savinilla. The
I'nited States cruiser Atlanta and the
United States gunboat Nashville have re
turned to Colon.
a
MICH BITTER COMMENT.
Colombian Press Critlclaea American
Government and Actiona.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.-The press of
Colombia continues to severely criticise and
denounce the American government for its
action in isthmian matters and the recog
nition of the Republic of Panama. This is
shown in a dispatch received at the State
Department late last night from Minister
Beaupre at Bogota. President Roosevelt,
the I'nittd States Congress and the Ameri
can people are the targets of violent de
nunciations. The minister's dispatch makes
no reference as to the time when he in
tends to leave Bogota on the leave of ab
sence pr inted him by the State Depart
ment. No uneasiness Is felt by the depart
ment for the minister's personal safety.
Henry L. Wilson, the I'nited States "min
ister to Chile, in a dispatch to the State
Department, reports that the action of the
i'nited States in isthir.larr affairs is receiv
ing the support and sympathy of the press
and leading politicians and people of that
country. They look with favor on the acts
ot Mie i'nited States and expresa the opin
ion that it has acted rightly in isthmian
affairs. The people in Chile are in favor of
the conatruction of the canal, Mr. Wilaon
says.
The Panama commissioners, Dr. Apador
and Mr. Hoyd. left the city this morning,
presumably for Near York, whither M.
Hunau-Varlila. the minister from Panama,
has preceded them.
The Colombian commissioners from the
state of Bolivar, who came to the United
States by vay of Galveston, Tex., arrived
at Washington to-day. They are Donleco
Jimlnez and Antonio R. Blanco. They are
accompanied by their sec ret erf , Julio C.
Zuniga The party went at once to call on
Dr. Herran. the charge of the Colombian
legation, wi'.h whom they spent the greater
portion of tne evening. When the commis
sioners left their native country all was
obscurity and confusion there regarding
the condition of affairs on the isthmus,
except that it was known that a revolution
had taken place. They came to Washing
ton to get a clear understanding of the sit
uation. Events on the isthmus, however,
followed each other with such rapidity that
the commissioners were fully Informed of
the state of affairs before they reached
Washington. The commissioners have no
diplomatic functions whatsoever, said Dr.
Herran to-pight, and whatever report they
take back to their own country will be
made to the Governor of Bolivar only.
Should the latter desire to do so he will
transmit the Information obtained to Bo
gota. The duration of the stay of the com
missioners 'n Washington is not known.
Admiral Coghlan has telegraphed to the
Navy Department the departure of General
Reves. the Colombian peace commissioner,
from Colon, by steamer to one of the gulf
ports.
MARROQl'IN WANTS HELP.
Calla on Prealdent Zelaya, of Nicara
gua for Support.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 22. Presi
dent Marroquin, of the republic of Colom
bia, haa sent a circular to President Zelaya.
of Nicaragua, asking for his moral support
in dealing with the present situation on the
isthmus. President Zelaya has telegraphed
to the Presidents of all the Central Amer
Ican countries proposing to them that they
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COL. 6.)
WOODWHIPS THE MOROS
THREE HINDRED JOLO REBELS
KILLED IN FIVE DAYS.
Major Scott and Five American Prl
vates Wounded Bebela Driven
from Cover to Cover.
MANILA, Nov. 23. Three hundred Moros
are known to have been killed and many
others were carried off dead or wounded
as a result of five days' severe lighting in
Jolo between the American troops under
Gen. Leonard Wood and the insurgents.
MaJ. H. L. Scott, of the Fourteenth Cav
alry, and five American privates were
wounded.
General Wood landed near Sict lake, in
Jolo, on Nov. 12. The Moros were soon
located and fighting began immediately and
continued until Nov. 17.
Major Scott was taking Panglima Hassen,
the Moro leader, who had been taken pris
oner, to Jolo. While en route Hassen asked
to be allowed to see his family. His appeal
was gran'.d and he thereon led Majpr
Scott into an ambuscade, where the Amer
ican detachment was fired on. Major
Scott was mot in both hands. Hassen es
caped during this unexpected attack, but
is supposed to have been killed the follow
ing day.
The fighting took place in a country cov
ered with swamps and rocks. The Moros
were driven, across the country from Siet
lake to the town which Hassen made his
headquarters and where it was supposed
the Moros were 2,000 strong.
The rebel position was attacked in the
flank by the American troops, who occu
pied the town and inflicted a loss of fifty
killed on the Moros. The rest of the Moros
went into the swamps, out of which they
were driven on Nov. 16, leaving seventy-six
dead behind them. On Nov. 1 the AmerU J
can forces renewed the attack on the re
maining Moros, of whom forty more were
killed.
The rebe: forces have been literally de
stroyed by these operations by General
Wood, who says the Indications are that
there will be no extension of the uprising,
which was handled without difficulty.
On Nov. 18 General Wood started on an
expedition against a body of 2,000 Moros
who are In the mountains back of Tablibl.
No news has yet been received as to the
result of this movement. General Wood
has under him two battalions of the
Twenty-eighth Regiment, one of the
Twenty-third Regiment, a platoon of Capt.
George S. Sutler's battery, two troops of
the Fourteenth Cavalry and a detachment
of engineers.
SON DEAD ON THE FLOOR
WHILE THE MOTHER IS PROBABLY
FATALLY Bi ll NED.
Clrcumatancea of Col am bus Gai Ex
plosion Point Strongly to Snicide
of One of the Vlctlma.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMFUS, Ind., Nov. 22. At 6 o'clock
this morning an explosion of artificial gas
in the horns of Mrs. Marie Doeller, aged
seventy-nine, wrecked the house and Mrs.
Doeller received Injuries and burns which
Dr. W. H. Butler, the attending physician,
thinks will prove fatal.
When the fire department arrived on the
scene the kitchen door was forced and
August Doeller aged forty, who lived with
his mother, was found dead on the floor.
The head and upper part of his body was
covered with a feather bed.
Circumstances surrounding the death
point strorgly to suicide and that theory is
held by most of those who have investigat
ed the affair. Alongside the gas stove were
found several tools such as are used by
plumbers fnd pipe fitters and the gas sup
ply pipe had been disconnected from the
stove, allowing the gas to escape full force.
It Is known that Doeller had been freely
dissipating all day Saturday and last night
and the thoory is that he came home some
time during the night or early morning
under the Influence of lhjuor aud despond
ent and determined to end his existence. It
is supposed: that he procured a feather bed
from an adjoining room, locked himself In
the kitchen and disconnecting the gas pipe
lay down Aith his face as near the escap
ing gas as possible and was soon asphyxiat
ed. The force of the first explosion threw
the feather bed over his head and shoulders
and he wra but slightly burned. The ex
plosion was caused by the mother striking
a match. After being taken from the house
by the firemen and before losing conscious
ness she made the statement that she had
lust arisen and before dressing sought to
sturt a fir In the kitchen and finding the
kitchen door locked struck a match to In
vestigate. A double explosion followed in
stantly, the first wrecking the kitchen and
adjoining room and causing the frightful
injuries suffered by her. The second x
ploalon wrecked the upper part of the resi
dence. Mrs. Doeller, who came here with the
son August from Hamilton. .. about a
year ago. is also the mother of Fred C.
Doeller. a member of the firm of Reeves &
Co.. and also treaaurer of the Incorporation.
August Doeller whs a machinist by trade
aud was employed by Reeves & Co.
INTENT TO MURDER
EVIDENT IN CONDITIONS IN WRECK.
ED VINDICATOR SHAFT.
Cripple Creek Mine Operatora Iaane
Statement Charging Minera' Offi
cials with Committing the Crime.
SHERIFF INDORSES THIS VIEW
SAYS THE EXPLOSION COl'LD NOT
HAVE BEEN BY ACCIDENT.
Minera' Organisation Resist- the Im
putation of Criminal Plot and
Declare It Waa Accident.
UTAH SHERIFF WANTS MILITIA
FEARS SPREAD OF LAWLESSNESS
TO THE CARBON DISTRICT.
Telia Governor Wella that the Local
Authoritiea Are l nable to Cope
with a Critical Situation.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Col., Nov. .-Sheriff
Robertson, after investigating changes
in the sixth level of the Vindicator mine,
where Superintendent Charles McCormack
and Shift Boss Beck were killed yesterday
by an explosion, coincides with the state
ment of the officials of the company that
a deliberate attempt had been made to
wreck the shaft with dynamite. The execu
tive committee of the Mine Owners' and
Operators' Association has offered a re
ward of 15,000 for evidence leading to the
arrest and conviction of the perpetrators.
In a published statement the committee
says:
"The killing of Superintendent McCor
mack and Mclvin Beck was one of the
most diabolical crime ever darkening the
annals of Colorado, and is another step in
the trail of blood which has been made by
the association of federation miners in
this State. The time has passed for se
lecting fine terms In which to speak of
these matters, and we do not hesitate to
say that this crime was devised and exe
cuted by the inner circle of this organiza
tion. This statement is made only after an
investigation which shows conclusively
that these men met their deaths through
a scheme so cunningly devised and care
fully executed as to tax the ingenuity of
the most experienced criminal. Of late the
district has been filling up with the class
of men who openly boast of what they pro
pose to do. Not a single circumstance sur
rounding this crime is compatible with the
theory of accident, or with any other the
ory than that of premeditated murder."
The district executive committee of the
W. stern Federation of Miners characterize
the explosion as a "lamentable accident re
gretted by all," and adds:
"But prejudiced individuals who rarely
consider anything they talk about have al
ready passed judgment and denounce It as
a cold-blooded murder. Experience teaches,
however, that these people are not above
making capital out of any public misfor
tune." In consequence of these outrages Gover
nor Peabody has reinstated Adjutant Gen
eral Sherman E. Bell In command of the
ma m tbifl camp 8Ueceeding CoK E(1.
ward Verdecksburg, who has been In com
mand since Bell's retirement at the close
of the court-martial trial of General John
Chase.
The military authorities at various hours
to-day, by order of General Bell, made
fourteen arrests in connection with the plot
to disable the Vindicator mine on Bull Hill.
Nearly all of the men arrested are members
of the miners' union, and are charged
either directly or indirectly, with beiug ac
cessories in the blowing up of the miue.
Gen. Batea to Inveatlgnte.
DENVER, Col., Nov. 22. Gen. John C.
Bates arrived here to-day to investigate the
strike conditions in Colorado. On his re
port depends whether the War Department
will comply with Governor H. Penbody's
request to send troops to Telluride. He left
for Telluride to-night. After a visit to
General Baldwin, commander of this de
partment, General Bates said in an inter
view that his being here was no reflection
on General Baldwin. "I am entirely ig
norant of the situation and will look into
matters thoroughly." he continued. "The
way Governor Peabody's request was word
ed caused the War Department to reply
that troops would not be furnished, but if
conditions are such that there is real need
of federal troops I have no doub' they will
be sent. I shall go from here to Telluride
and will probably stop at Cripple Creek a
few days as 1 return."
President Mitchell's Views.
BOSTON, Nov. 22. "In times of popular
excitement incident to a bitter strike, ac
cidents pure and simple are often alleged
to be the work of strikers," said John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers, when shown the dispatch from
Cripple Creek, Col., relative to the explo
sion at the Vindicator mine. He added:
"I do not care to comment further on the
charges of the operators until I know more
of the details of the case. The Western
Federation of Miners is affiliated neither
with the American Federation of Iihor
nor with the i'nited Mine Workers, but is
a rival of the latter organization."
NO SIGN OF A BREAK.
Roth Sldea Determined and Efforts to
Settle the Strike Nullified.
TRINIDAD, Col., Nov. 22. -The beginning
of the third week of the coal strike in the
Southern fields finds both sides determined
to fisht to the end. It is the intention of
the United Mine Workers to put up a
strong light against the application for
temporary injunction sought by the Victor
Fuel Company and set for hearing on the
25th.
Trouble has broken out In the ranks of
the strik. trs, It leased out to-day that If.
Grant Hamilton, of the American Federa
tion of Labor, was here last Wednesday
and aot the consent of the strike manacrers
! for a settlement of the strike in the Colo
rado coal fields. He telegraphed this In
formation, together with the statement
that he would leave for Denver that noon,
a-ompanied by Chris Evans and J. F.
Ream, who represent John Mitchell In the
conduct of the strike.
"Mother" Jones and President Howells.
of district No. 15. i'nited Mine Workers,
followed on the next train, and went to
LouisYllle, where they undid all that Mr.
Hamilton had accomplished.
A telegram had been received by one of
the officials of district No. 15. I'nited Mine
Workers, from John Mitchell, demanding
by what right they have been interfering
with the settlement of the strike in the
Northern fields ard ordering them to at
tend strictly to the strike In southern Colo
rado. a
SHERIFF CALLS FOR TROOPS.
Local l tab AuthorltleH I uable to Cope
with LawleaMUcaa.
SALT LAKE. I'tah. Nov. S. Sheriff Wil
cox, of Carbon county, has appealed to Gov.
the State troops to pro
e districts of this county
which are inch
led in the recent strike
order issued by f he I'nited Mine Workers
of America. In hia tel. gram to the tov-
ernor Sheriff
cox sas
"The local police authorities and deputy
sherlns are not s
to cope with th
life and propert
orv'er
tficient. and are powerless
lawlessness and protect
and maintain law and
"My resources ir
exhausted, and th'-re-
fore I beli. rt it
as Governor of
sistance at Scott
Side.
ny duty to call upon u
he State for aid and as
d, Castle Gate and Sunuy-
Sheriff Wilcox
savs he has already ar-
rest' d several nl-n who were
diacharglng
firearms for th purpose of Intimidating
meu who wisiuil to work, and reports
that at Scofield men have been assaulted
and threatened vtth death if they perstsCi I
against the strilr agitators.
Brigadier Ge.i.f.U John tj. Cannon, com
manding the Stltte National Guard,
to-day to investigate eonSitions in the dis
turbed district. Governor Wells has re
ceived a report Brösa State Coal Mine In
spector Thomas Indicating that many more
miners are on -rike than has previously
been reported. Mr. Thomas says that at
Sunnysid V as tlan H men out of SM are
at werk. At Ca Hie Gate only twenty-four
men are at WOrM
The main petal of difference between the
miners and thei'- employers is recognition
of the union, ar1 this the coal companhs
positively refuse to consider. The State
Board of Arbitration has offered its serv
ices in settling te diffcren
MARINE SERGEANT KILLED.
Bullet Canaed Veatli. but Doctor Diag
nosed it aa 1'olsoiiing.
ST. LOUIS, Mow 22. James Ferguson,
sergeant of I'rited States marines, was
mysteriously sh'f' and killed late to-night.
At the City Dispensary Dr. Ernest pro
nounced Fergus'Vs condition due to car
bolic acid poisoning, and advised his re
moval to the Cily Hospital. On the way
to that institutiofi Ferguson died.
The discovery that Ferguson had died
from a bullet v"-und. and not of poison,
was not made i itil midnight. The bullet
entered the barg and ranged diagonally
through the body..
A colored wonSan, in whose house Fer
guson had been parlier in the evening, and
two inmates, ' re arrested on suspicion
of being implicated in the killing.
CARNIVAL OF THIEVING
CRACKSMEN ND Bl'RGLARS ARE
WORDING NIGHTLY.
Numcroua Rohiierlea and Holdupa Re
ported to Pdlee, W ho Fall to Ap
prehend Criminals.
OHLUMS jROCEBY LOOTED
mh
YOt'NG MAN : THREATENED WITH
DEATH GI'fES IP VALVABLES.
Newton Hnlhe?t's Hardware Store En
tered by Sifre Cracker Burglar
ait RohJrt Hlnea'a Home.
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Indianapolis ir Infested by a gang of ex
perienced safe 'jrackers and hold-up men.
and the police ire In a quandary how to
stop the robbei -s which are daily occur
ring all over tr-" city. On Saturday night
two masked mdi entered the grocery store
run by Granvi1." N. Gil Him at 35 Denny
street by a sid -door, opening It by means
of a pass key. : They secured $40 in cash,
a gold watch thfA chain, a gold ring and
an overcoat, b sides a quantity of mer
chandise, for ttvlr trouble.
Clarence Gillttfa, son of the proprietor of
the store, sleep: at night in a room in the
rear of the grocery. He was awakened
early Sunday rrvrning by hearing the cash
drawer in the salesroom opened. He at
once made an investigation, which resulted
in his being; confronted by a masked man
holding a load'.l revolver, and wlun or
dered to "thro up his hands" he did so
without resisting.
ROBBEU STOOD GUARD.
The masked I obber stood guard over
young Gillum, while his companion, who
wore a handket hlef over his face, looted
the cash draw-i-, securing about $2 in
change. The tvt robbers then forced young
Gillum to tell t'Jem where he had secreted
a sack containlig about 38 in his room.
After taking possession of the money they
relieved him of ?his watch ;.nd chain, took
a gold ring fpfn his finger, appropriated
his overcoat an. walked out into the night
with their arm;i bulging with merchandise,
leaving him da' d and bewildered.
As soon as h, recovered his self-possession
Gillum not . ied the police and they at
once instituted search for the robbi rs,
No trace ot th- men could be found, and
Gillum was too frightened to give any de
scription of the,, intruders.
TRIED !i'0 CRACK SAFE.
Early last ni ht three men entered the
hardware store J run by Newton Hurlbert,
at Thirtieth a'ld Rader streets, and at
tempted to bllw the safe. They had
knocked the combination knob off the front
r
door and were ?.gettlng ready to put a
charge of nltr glycerin into the opening
when Adolf Schmidt, a clerk In the store,
happened alonfthe street and, seeing the
door open, he Altered. He asked the men
what they wert doing and by reply they
drew revolvers ?rnm their pockets and shot
at him, after vftlch thy ran out the rear
door and disap fated in an alley.
BIlJ l la man Srnon and Morgan w. re De
tailed to the en; ', but they failed to locat
the men.' Descriptions of the safe crackers
were given to "l the poHoe in the city last
night and a fi jit less effort was made to
catch them. I is believed l the poMce
thut the nu n : e the same who l.l-w the
safe In the .tfi of th- Buddanbavsi Lum
ber Company several nights ago.
FRIG 'TEN ED AWAY.
Burglars atte&pted to enter the apart
ments of Thon "is Allen, In the Belvldere
fiats, on Nort street, last evening, by
forcing open a (otr. They were fright
away by Mr. illen. who app a red unex
pectedly In th-l hallway, but were hUJap
-aught by fMlFClStBOB Hull and Griffin.
They were bot! colore , men. SIM) gave
their names as frank Johnson ar.d Robert
Smith, and at tie police station last night
Mr. Allen posit -ely identified them as the
guilt v parties. '
A burglar atf mpted to enter the resi
dence of Rot ( Hinan, MN m'ii street,
last night, by Jurying open a side window,
but he was frhitened away by a member
of the househ4l who beard him and in
vestigated. A dumber of other robberies
and thefts, a well a:' attempted ones,
were yesterday reported to the police, who
have been stifrtd Into unusual activity by
the boldness of ;he criminals.
THIETEN MEN MISSING.
Five Sorvlvi-a of a French Shlp'a
Wreck - Taken Into Port.
POINT ARI AS. CaL, WOT. 22.-The
(wt.-.if r S -tia :.a is arrived her with live
of the crew of the French bark Francois
Coppe. which as wrecked Friday night
ne w l'oint Reyf. Thirteen of the crew are
unaccounted ft f.
The Fran coi Coppe waa bound from
New Castle, Australia, to San
and waa severe! days overdue. She waa
loaded with corO. She was a ateel bark of
IJM tons, and . iulP t Nantes. Fraiiu,
ln900.
Wells to call ou
tect the coal mi
CUBAN BILL ACTION
SEN ATE SOME WH AT IT SE A AS TO
METHOD OF PKOt EDI it E.
Anxiety for a Speedy Adjournment
May Reault in an Agreement to
Take a Vote on Dee. Hi.
REASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEES
PROBABLY WILL BE ONE OF THE
IMPORTANT ACTIONS OF TO-DAY.
Deposition of Senator Morgan froi
Committee on iMthmlaii Canala
Likely to Provoke a Speech.
HOUSE HAS LITTLE TO DO
WILL SIT TO-MORROW. BIT WILL
ADJOtRN t'NTIL FRIDAY.
Speaker Cannon May Announce the
Peraonnel of the Hnnar t oinmlt
teea Some Time Thla Week.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22-The Senate will
begin the we k in a state of uncertainty
as to whether a final adjournment of the
extra session will be secured during the
week or the regular dally sessions con
tinued. Most of the senators are anxious to
bring the session to a close and to this
end an agreement has been practically en
tered into for a vote on Dec. 16 on the
Cuban reciprocity bill. The acquiescence
of the Hous( of Representatives in the
programme, however, has not been eecured
and until the two houses reach an agree
ment no definite announcement can be
made. Leading senators, on the whole, are
rather confident that an adjournment will
be brought about and say it will be im
possible to hold a quorum of either body
after Thanksgiving.
The present understanding is that a propo
sition to fix a day for adjournment will be
made by the Senate on Monday or Tues
day, whereupon it will be formally con
veyed to the House. This will form a
basis for negotiation, as thus far there
has been conference between members of
the two Houses on the adjournment ques
tion. It is understood in the Senate that
the day for taking a vote on the Cuban bill
will be fixed without regard to the adjourn
ment of the extra session. The bill will be
reported by Senator Cullom, chairman of
the committee on foreign relations, and he
will ask that a day be fixed for a vote,
whereupon Dec. 16 will be named if the
present plan is carried out. When the Re
publican senators secure ihis agreement
they will be comparatively indifferent as
to whether the Senate remains in session
or not. They think it preferable that the
extra session should come to a close, aa
many Senators desire to visit their homes
before the regular session begins, but if
an adjournment is not had there will be a
general agreement among s nators which
will render it unnecessary for a majority
to remain in Washington. If any consider
able number of senators desire to meet for
the purpose of making and listening to
speeches on the Cuban bill they will be
allowed that privtleaa, with the understand
ing thut no other business shall be taken
up. If there are no speeches to be made
the Senate will take frequent adjournmenta
for three days at a time, a.- p i -milted by
the Constitution, without n fen ad to what
the House may do. There are a number of
senators who desire to discuss the Cuban
bill, but it is probabel most of thm will
postpone their speechea until after the be
ginning of the regular session on Dea I
After being reported to-morrow the Cabas
bill will lie on ihe table for a day unless
there, is unanimous consent that its con
sideration shall begin immediately Wh. I
it is taken up Senator Cullom will make
a brief speech in explanation of its merits,
and if he concludes theie probably will be
no more addresses by friends of the bill
until towards t.ae close of the discussion.
In the meantime the Colorado, Doulaian.i .
Texas and Florida senators and probabiy
some others will make speeches intended to
show that the enactment of the bill Into
law will be injurious to the sugar interests
of the I'nited States and contrary to the
best public policy.
In addition to receiving the report u
the Cuban bill the Senate probably will
make a reaasignmeut of senators to com
mittees to-morrow. The committee an
nouncements is likely to be m. d the oc
casion for a siee h by Senator Morgan,
which is anticipated with considerable in
terest. In the make-up of the committees
the Alabama senator will be displaced as
chairman of the committee uti lathmiau
canals. He has been made chairman si
that committee since its Organization, and
has been identified with canal legialatioa
ever since he entered the Senate. It is
understood that he will review to some
extent his connection with this important
work, and that in doing ao he will sharply
criticise those who fail to agree with hia
in advoca y of the Nicaragua route.
HOUSE HAS SOTHFSG TO DO.
Will Meet on Tneaday. bnt Probably
Will Adjonrn Till Friday.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22 The House
will meet Tuesday. Having disposed of
the Cuban bill it has no bualnesa before
it, and unless an agreement la effected
by which the called session is to be brought
to an early close an adjournment will
be taken until Friday and then an adjourn
ment until Monday or Tueaday. It la auej
peated that It is extremely doubtful If there
will Le a quorum Tuesday and. that if
the DSSat of no quorum should b- raised.
It would be impossible to act ou a con
current resolution providing for an ad
journment, even should one Ih brought over
from the Senate. Some of the House lead
ers have expressed t hems Ives In oppoei
Hon to an adjournment Ih fore the t'uhaa
bill shall have been dlsp .s. ,j of but w hat
might be the result ot a coufereace be
tween the leadera of the Senate aud the
House on this proposition remains to be
seen.
It is possible that the speaker may be
ready to announce the committee assign
ments by the end of the week. If this
is done the House will Ih- fully organised
uud prepared at the opening -f the regular
session next month to proceed to bualnesa.
Managers of both aadea of the House are
mindful of the con . ,,ti.i.- which are LS
he heid ncxi year and the desire will be
general to rush the work aa fast as poa
tnie in order that the regular session may
be brought to a close as early aa poealbie.
BLOODY FIGHT EXPECTED.
Oatlan'i Friend Trj to Hearae Hlaa
from a Sheriff.
CHEYENNE. Wyo . Nov. 22 -Tom O'Day.
an outlaw, formerly a member of the no
torious Curry band, was captured to-day
U'-ar Summit, in the Rig Horn mountains,
by a posse. The sheriff covered O'Day with
his piatol before he could make an utiempt
to realst.
He is being taken to Casper, and his
frienda are gat her . ng In the Lester moun
tains to intercept and raeue him. A
bloody fight la expected. When captured
D Day had tWCBtJ -three home.
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