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ft punishment be Imposed upon these de
fen lints does not grow out of any facta
In evidence In the esse, but rest* on con
(i J.-- ,tlon entirely outside the record.
"There Is now a disturbed condition of
the public mind in general and while
?pe<ker Cannon. In his recent article, as
sares us that the country was never so
prosperous as now. he might well have
added with (qui tr^ith that the country
never desired a change In Its tone of pros
perity so much as It does just now. For
two we- we hi\e N-en trying cases In
this honorable court, the magnitude and
Importam <? of which would have been com
mon but for the worked-up condition of
the public mind by reports of perform
ance In Washington such as the rate
bill, the meat Inspection bill and divers
and other subjects. Including grafts, trusts
rind oil combines.
"The announcement Is sent abroad by
the Department of Justice at Washington
that unless some one Is sent to the penl
tntl >ry the rebate practice will not stop.
"If the conspiracy statute applies to any
one form of rebates and concessions it like
vise applies to all forms of rebates and con
cessions. and the courts cannot be used to
punish one wrongdoer in one way and an
other in a different way for the same of
fense
"There have been three trials In this
court this term In which the defendants
have been convicted of giving and receiv
ing concessions and rebates. Are you
going to fine some and imprison others?
Protests Against Discrimination.
: "President Roosevelt and his special
counsel spilt on the question of how the
prosecution should be framed and against
whom. Can the district attorney Justify
liis demand for greater punishment In.the
Thomas and Taggart cases than he is ask
ing in the packers' case and in the Burling
ton case? If so, on what grounds? Is it
on the ground of larger sums of money?
No. Or different crimes? No; for both
were refunds on freights or concessions,
and your honor has well said, during this
trial, there Is no real distinction. The
crime Is the same In substance, but the
form of the Indictment and the name of
the crime Is different In the one Instance
than In the other.
"There is no Justice in pursuing these de
fendants while allowing the real offenders
to escape. The escape of one criminal ts
no defense for the other; but Is it not a
mockery on Justice for this great national
government to sit by and call one after
another of those rich merchants, and allow
them to clear their skirts of crime and
prosecution, by telling how their own agent
at their solicitation obtained money from
the railroad for them? All this, too. by the
consent and terms named by the govern
ment. There Is but one case In all the
books which equals It in the miscarriage of
Just: -i . and that Is the old case In Massa
chus "ts, where the negro man and white
woman were tried for cohabiting and the
negro wis convicted while the white wom
an was acquitted by the same court and
Jury."
Another Case Set for Trial.
The appearance In the federal court here
today for sentence of the representatives of
four meat-packing companies, one railway
and two Individual defendants, recently
convicted of violating the Elklns law,
marked the end of the rebate cases to be
tried at this term of court. One other case,
thut of tl>e Chicago and Alton and two or
Its officials has been reset for trial In Sep
tember.
The Indictments upon which the various
defendants were tried were returned in
i?' the ?rra"d ?>ury Decem
.i!' cases have been handled
W k ?,Vll"inent by A s Va" Valken
r 1f5l3,,rlct attorney, and his as
Flst .nt. Leslie I.yons. wlHle the defendants
coon^rr r:?res'by some of the ablest
. ' ,rl the west. Of the eleven cases
brought up at this term the government has
w"? T.rD cp"vlc,l?ns, one defendant
acquitted and three cases were dis
missed.
J1''- Thomas Of New York city, a
?' - t broker, and hla chief clerk L B
Taggart. whose case was the first to be
fmm ,"nvi"te<1 "f securing rebates
Y, .T . jy'V "" ^''pments from New
J CI! 1c to Ht Louis and Kansas Cltv dry
nmni I ',:;,"','rnsv, At thelr trial several
m!l, I merchants, who admitted having
v n? .ra?tS, wlth Thomas, testified to
re< ing at \arlous times sums of money
from mysterious Sources Many thousands
J , *? were thus recelv.d. and some of
the witnesses admitted the likelihood of It
"K come from Thomas. The neniltv
prov 1 led is a fine of not less than J1 000 nor
Mnitentl'.lv r ^ ?r ,m',rlso'"nent in the
P< '"tentlar> for not more than two vears
or both tine and imprisonment.
Crosby Discharged.
C.iorge i I i.rosby, former assistant
frelg .It traffic manager of the Chicago,
Burhngton and yulncy railroad, who was
charged with conspiring with Thomas and
Taggart to pay concessions, wis discharged
b> Judge MePherson. The court sustained
a demurrer, presented by Judge O. M.
Spencer of St. Joseph, general solicitor of
the railway, who contended that no evi
dence had lieen presented to connect Crosby
with the alleged conspiracy.
Tf.e Armour Packing Company. Swift /t
Co.. Cudahy & Co. and the Nelson
Morris Packing Company were tried
Jointly and convicted on the charge of ac
cepting concessions from the Burlington
ral.road. In connection with connecting
lines on packing house products for export
via New York.
The- Burlington Railroad Company was
convicted on four counts of granting con
ces-'iris to the packing companies ot
Ann ir Swift. Cudahv and Nelson Morris,
a he penalty provided In the case of the
packers and the Burlington Involves a fine
of from 11,000 to S20.000 on each count, but
not Imprisonment. .
Cases Dismissed.
T. e cases of the Chicago. Milwaukee and
Bt. Paul and the Chicago and Alton rail
road companies, charged with offering con
cessions and D. H. Kresk.v. ji freight
broker of Kansas City, charged with con
spiring to secure concessions from these
ruilw >ys. were dismissed upon the sug
g<s-..,n of District Attorney Van Valken
bu:g !. Who stated that he believed the
railroad* had In this case Wen Imposed
tipor. As the case against Kresky was
pre luated upon that against the railroads
It was useless to try him.
In the case of the Chicago and Alton
Railway Company and J. N. Kalthorn
Its f. rmer vi.-e president, and F. A. Wann'
its 'ormer assistant traffic manager!
charged with having given concessions to
the s hwarzschlld and Sulxherger Packing
Company, the defendants set up a plea of
Immunity upon the ground that some of
their employes had testified before a fed
eral grand Jury at Chicago concerning the
same transactions for which they later
were indicted at Kansas City.
Judge MePherson sustained the govern
m. tit's demurrer to this plea, but contin
ued he eises over until next rail, when
the Mmllar cases at Chicago probably will
have l>e?n disposed of. This Alton case
1 ?* distinct from that In which Kresky was
concerned.
CORNELL SUBSTITUTES WON.
Prelude to the Boat Races on the
Hudson Tomorrow.
POUGHKEEP8IE, N. Y. June 22.-An
Interesting and exciting prelude to the in
tercollegiate boat races to be held here to
morrow took place on the river today In
the form of a race between the substitutes
of three of the colleges, which will have
competing teams In tomorrow's races. The
event was Initiated last year under the
name of the "gentlemen's race." All the
competitors were four-oared crews. Cornell
?varsity won with Cornell freshmen second.
Pennsylvania third and Columbia fourth.
The distance was one mile and u half up
stream.
The winning crew had the Inside course,
and the steersman made the mistake of
keeping so close to shore that he not only
had the worst of the tide, but was in Im
minent danger of running on the rocks
several times The crew was a bad fourth
at the start, but they pulled so consistently
thai, notwithstanding bad steering, they
gradually overtook and passed first Co
lumbia. which was never a factor in the
race, and then the Cornell freshmen nnd
Pennsylvania substitutes, who fought it
out most of the way aud put up a really
exciting race
In the last half mile the race was entirely
betw en the two Cornell crews Cornell
?vaisity was about one length ahead of
Its l. eshmen at the finish, and they in turn
headed Pennsylvania by about the same
dis- nee. while Columbia crossed two
1':: i.?-.d the Quakers.
IS KOW III SIGHT
Concluding Arguments of the
Green-Doremus Trial.
LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT
Standing Room in Court at a Pre'
mium All of Today.
JURORS WERE COMPLIMENTED
Mr. Worthington Closes for Defense
and Major Conrad on Behalf
of Qovernment.
The reepective Interests of the govern
ment and the defense in the trial
^"ortmfn and WIUard D Doretnus,
In Criminal Court No. 1, on charge!, of
bribery and conspiracy in connection uith
t^dav?f ? VeStl8atlon' were committed
Maf ?r aJ pr<,8enta?on to the Jury to
and Mr f?r the
Mr w ?if' AVorthlns:ton the defense.
?,7? ??.rthlnSton took ui. the line of ar
gument in toehalf of Mr. Green shortly
before noon. The afternoon session of the
word k ^ Jre" a'Jvanred be'ore the last
T,n,t had be*n aaId favor of the de
fense Maj. Conrad followed with the con
cu"tn *Ummar>' on the Pa" of the prose
Eloquence and Logic.
??,Wn thp expectation of hearing un
"rly e0q"ent "PPe?l8 and convincing
court r * audlence gathered in the
malnJtT ^ thlB mornln? re
mained throughout the day's session, mala
taining the deepest interest in the speeches
Phe twelve men in the lurv So* _.h?
f?flow<'d 1,10 Intricacies of argument
four weeka without shnw
s'?ns of fatigue and without iaDse of
as cou^l "SZnT'* the oIasef,t attention
of reasoning ** S,6P' PUr8Ued lhe,r line
The Jury was complimented bv each
oufth^ f?r lt8 Intelligent bearing through
out the long and tedious trial
wit* the mornlng session was taken up
with the argument of Attornev John n
f?r th" defpnso At the lnter
mlsilon he was surrounded bv a large gath
h's^frij?*01"8, Wh? comP"mented him on
Attorney Stanchfield's Address.
Attorney John B. Stanchfieid began his
argument to the Jury shortly before 10
oelock this morning. Taking up the evi
dence relating to the situation, duties and
powers of George W. Beavers in the Fast
06 Department, counsel argued that
m*S, no,IlInS to show that Beavers
" u ,lent authority in the department
'i W,,rth wh"e to bribe him. The
mass of documentary evidence offered in
. Mr" Stanchfieid declared.
f?nclUf,lvely that 'he first assistant
^ n general decided upon orders for
lUavtr"* ?fte* consulting with
the ?,?? ^rt P'a>' J t'y 'he latter.
in, aU?rn',y sa, ? was s'mp'y to furnlsn
information, and not to pass authoritative'/
upon the orders. Mr. Stanchfieid denied
that there wa.- anything to show that
Beavers had ever Influenced the purchase
of any machines which the government dtd
not need, or ordered payments which were
not right and fair.
Referring to "the chart which the govern
ment exhibited to illustrate to the Jury the
tracing of thi> alleged financial transactions
between Green and Beavers,-the attorney
asserted that it contained no figures dl
rectjj Involved in this case. Many of the
checks and other financial papers admitted
In evidence, he said, dated back month*
and even year* before the beginning of the
period covered by the indictments before
the court.
Interposes an Objection.
I'nited States Attorney Baker, who had
before objected to certain statements made
by Mr. Stanchfieid. rose to interpose an ob
jection to this assertion. Mr. Stanchrteld
contended that he was supported by the
record. He complained that the line of
his argument was interfered with by the
United States attorney. Mr. Stanchfieid
vf rT'L 1>e had not once Interrupted
Mr. Baker in the course of his speech of
three hours and fifteen minutes. The court
remarked that unless it became necess try
to >ITer an objection counsel should be al
lowed io proceed without Interruption
Resuming his argument. Mr. Stanchfieid
,i , e check transactions showed
ordinary business relations witho^. evi
ct's ?J c,?minallty The very openness
of the dealings, he asserted, was a badge
of Innocence If crime had been intended,
he added, the transactions would have
taken place in secret and under cover of
uJSHZ!*' t rJom the testimony of
I r^rt f 1 ruosci,'fl, Mr. Stanchfieid as
serted. the case was barren of evidence
against Green As to the statements or
rruesdell relating to three all. ged pay
ments of $.iOO to Beavers, counsel said that
there was a fatal variance between the
date, set forth in the indictments and
those given by the witness. He pointed
out that the dates alleged by the govern
ment fe" .lnKth? wlnt<?r time, whereas those
mentioned by Truesdell were In the sum
"?art Played by Truesdell.
The attorney then devoted some length
to a discussion of the part played by Trues
dell In the case. The latter was. counsel
said, ar. admitted accomplice and came to
t. e court under direct promise of immu
nity. Mr. Stanchfieid asked the Jury ir
Truesdeirs testimony could be believed In
^otilnsof./'1" ,maKny and pol"tpd contra"
from whIi - by witnesses summoned
view srpf at?l P'a< f?. and also In
^ lew of thosf* who swore that thpv wmiUi
not believe him on his oath would
Counsel said that the case was born or
ZT^Crr.-oT Th" ,he Part of Triies
. ror t*reen. 1 ho speaker recited evi
dence tending to show vlndlctlven.-ss in the
Gree ?3 ^e S'ateI"e"ts ot Truesdell toward
. . ?_ asserted that much evidence
was In the case to show that Truesdell had
a?insPt ?r^nW?Lk V>"8te* of bltkm^!
against Green. Mr. Stanchfieid asked the
Jury to disbelieve Truesdell and to discard
his testimony as a facjor In the case.
vlewei??hK '* address Mr. Stanchfieid re
places wW^nsetSaStPeSdftrC
honestj^eand?!ntegrlty!*'ht Sl ^
In Behalf of Mr. Oreen
Attorney A. S. Worthlngton opened hi.
address to the Jury in behalf of Mr. Green
y referring to the statement of the United
States attorney in his argument that the
defendants should be given no more con
sideration than the humblest citizen
;r
1%%:* tax
once for'co'mminintf fcT
,,le ^ltUen^n iuch a
instrucUon*1 ot^th* t^l'?"0W,n,5 thc
find a verdict of rantZ . K. C?u,d not
Dld Government Sustain Injury.
Furthermore, lie said, the Jury could not
render a verdict of guilty unless it should
nnd that in some way the governm>.it sus
tained injury. Counsel contended that the
evidence showed positively and beyond all
question that the government had not sus
tained the slightest loss In the matters con
cerned in the indictment.
He explained that, in his opinion, the Jur*
could uot possibly reach a conclusion that
the crime# charged bod been committed
unless the Jury found that the government
had suffered Injury.
TIM United States attorney objected to
some of Mr. Wortblngton's statements In
tfie course of his remarks on thSs point,
but the court allowed counsel for the de
fense to proceed. Mr. Worthlngton had
be?*n speaking for about half an hour when
the midday intermission was taken.
Claim as to Doremus.
Former Senafor Thurston in his address,
to the Jury In behalf of Doremus declared
that the government sad utterly failed to
produce evidence which would Justify a
reasonable doubt of the Innocence of Mr.
Doremus. The attorney asserted that it
would have been proper at the conclusion
of the testimony for the United States at
torney to move for the acquittal of Dore
mus on the ground that no case had been
made out against him. Mr. Thurston ar
gued that in the division of responsibility
in the conduct of the affairs of the Dore
mus Machine Company Mr. Doremus had
charge of the mechanical side only andrthat
Mrr-Truesdell was In control of the business
part of the enterprise. Mr. Thurston chal
lenged the government to point to any but
Insignificant and questionable oral testi
mony tending to show that Mr. Doremus
had any guilty knowledge of any wrong
doing. He asserted that the only testi
mony which might be considered of any
consequence In that connection was that of
Herbert & Truesdell. Mr. Thurston said
he would be entirely willing for the Jury to
weigh Truesdell's statements In the light of
the testimony of Mr. Doremus and of other
witnesses who Bwore that Truesdell showed
vindictive hate toward Green. Counsel re
ferred to Mr. Doremus as fair a witness as
ever went upon the stand. Mr. Thurston
closed with a strong appeal for acquittal.
Justice Gould has indicated ?hat In mak
ing the charge to the Jury tomorrow morn
ing the court will add some comments of
an explanatory nature to the formal in
structions already granted. Owing to the
fact that there are two defendants in the
case and two indictments against each de
fendant the total number of prayers pre
sented was unusually large. The range of
the subject-matter also was wide. Justice
Gould refused several prayers on the ground
that they violated the practice of the court
against segregating pieces of evidence for
Instructions to the Jury.
In Behalf of Green.
The list of instructions granted in behalf
of the defendant Green begins with the
ninth prayer, which deals with the presump
tion of innocence of the defendants. In this
the Jury la instructed that the indictments
are not to be considered as evidence against
the defendants, and also that the law pre
sumes them to be Innocent.
The tenth recites that In order to convict
George E. Green the Jury must be satisfied
of his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The
proof contemDlated is defined to be such
as would produce an abiding conviction in
the mind to a moral certainty, so that the
Jury feels positively assured that It does ex
ist. The Jury Is instructed that a balance o?
1 proof is not sufficient.
In the eleventh Instruction the Jury is In
formed that if it finds from the evidence
that prior to the time the charges against
Green became public in UHX? he had an ex
cellent reputation for honesty and Integrity
In the community In which he had spent his
life, the Jury should consider that fact as
one of the substantive pieces of evidence in
his favor. The twelfth instruction states
that the only thing which the Jury is to de
termine Is whether the defendant Green has
been proven guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt in this case. The jury Is Instructed
that it is not to determine whether the evi
dence tends to show his guilt of any other
offense or offenses, and in determining
whether the evidence does establish his
guilt beyond a reasonable doubt of any of
the offenses charged in either of the indict
ments before the court the Jury is to be I
governed bv the instruction of the court as
to what are the charges in the indictments
under which the case is being tried.
Thirteenth Instruction.
In the thirteenth instruction the Jury is
directed that it cannot find a verdict of
guilty against Green under the bribery in
dictment, unless the promises therein al
leged were found from the evidence to have
been made on behalf of the Durt-mus Ma
| chine Company. The fifteenth instruction
states that the jury cannot find a verdict
I of guilty unless it is satisfied that the al
leged payments of money were made with
intent to influence Beavers in the perform
ance of his official duties. The sixteenth In- |
structlon relates to the necessity, in order
to find the defendant guilty, of the Jury's
finding that Green promised Beavers that
the Doremus company would pay him the
alleged commission.
The seventeenth Instruction relates to the
law of venue, and the eighteenth states
that the Jury cannot And a verdiPt ot
guilty against Gre^n unless It is satisfied
I that fifce alleged conspiracy was entered
into with intent to influence Beavers in his
i official duties.
in the twentieth Instruction the Jury is
directed that a verdict of guilty should not
be returned unless the Jury Is satisfied that
I payments, if made, followed as a fruition
of the agreement. |
The twenty-third Instruction covered the
Weight to be given by the Jury to the evi
dence tending to show that Green gave
Beavers money in connection with the af
fairs of the Bundy and the International
1 Time Recording companies. In this the
jury Is instructed that the evidence is not
to be considered except as showing prior
relations between Green and Beavers, and
as bearing on the question of Intent in the
matters charged in the Indictments before
the court.
WAGE WAR ON TYPHOID
COMMISSIONER MACFARLAND
ASKS AID OF GENERAL WYMAN.
Commissioner Macfarland today asked the
co-operation of the United States bureau
of public health and marine hospital serv
ice with the District health department In
t the Investigation of the typhoid fever situ
ation. Surgeon General Wyman Is consider
ing the request, expressing the desire to
grant It if the other work of his office will
permit. He promptly granted a second re
quest made by Commissioner Macfarland
that the public health bureau make at once
and simultaneously a bacteriological analy
sis of the water In the public pumps, with
a view to such action respecting them as
may be necessary.
The local health department had not the
facilities for making a bacteriological analy
sis such as was desired in connection with
the proposition the Commissioners have
been considering of closing all the public
P The"health department has gone as far
as its facilities permit in the general In
vestigation of the typhoid fever situation
without being able to determine the cause
or tlie general prevalence of the disease,
and Commissioner Macfarland foM- that
possible a further invest gal"on eh<>ul1 be
miuie by the experts of the Tjnitea States
bur^u of public health, with a view to the
adoption of any additional measures wh ch
m'ght be Indicated as a means of fighting
U,e disease, either by closing the public
pumps or otherwise.
ROOSEVELT'S TRAVEL MONEY.
Hour Fixed for a Vote on the
Measure.
The Senate lias agreed to vote on the
House bill appropriating $25,000 for the
President's traveling expenses as a separ
ate measure at S o'clock, and Senator Hale
withdrew the amendment to the sundry
civil bill for the same purpose.
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THINGS
WANTED
TODAY
Transit and Level
Libraries
Old Carpets
Feathers
Clothing
Feather Beds
Furniture
Old Gold and 8ilver
Second-hand Pianos
The above are advertised for
In today" b Sfar. Watch the
want columns for a purchaser.
Considering the Prosecution of
the Standard Oil.
JOURNEY TO OYSTER BAY
Pleasure Over the Panama Canal
Decision.
DIET TO FLY VERT SOON
President Not at All Certain That
He Will Be Able to Take a Trip
to the West.
The entire cabinet today discussed the
subject of Judicial proceedings that are
to begin In a few days by the Department i
of Justice against the Standard Oil trust. |
After a session of three hours, beginning
at 11 o'clock and ending at 'i. Attorney
General Moody said that he would pre
pare a statement that he would give to the
public In the course of the afternoon.
That the decision has been reached to be
gin proceedings against the oil *rust is gen
erally understood, but the form the proceed
ings will take is known only to the Presi
dent and the cabinet, t is an unusual thing
i that the cabinet generally Is called into ]
consultation on any question. Ordinarily
each cabinet officer transacts with the Pres- I
ident the business of his own department
and goes back to his department. It Is not
once a year that the entire cabinet is
called into consultation, and the matter
must be an Important one when this la done.
The department has been securing evi- I
dence against the Standard combine for
some time, and Is supposed to be well pre
pared for the hot fight that is sure to fol
low. It Is believed the first proceedings will
be under the Elktns act, which inhibits re
bates, and that the Sherman law will be
used later.
There was the greatest reticence around
the White House during the day about the
prospective action against giant combine.
President and Oyster Bay.
President Roosevelt and staff hope to
get away from Washington for Oyster
Bay within a day or two after Congress
adjourns. Practically all preparations have
been made to that end. It is not known
at the White House, of course, when Con
gress will wind up Its business. If it should
do so by next Thursday, as some hope, the
President" will probably leave for hW Oys
ter Bay home the Saturday following. If
Congress does not get away until the end
of the week the President may not be able
to leave before Tuesday or Wednesday of
the following week.
Besides the usual staff of stenographers
there will be nine secret service officers at
Oyster Bay. They will be in charge of
James Sloan and Stephen Oonnell. the I
White House men who are detailed regular
ly to look after the President. Chief Wilkle '
has already selected the men who will go
there, and they ^now personally nearly all
people likely to call at Sagamore Hill. Or
dinarily nobody is permitted to approach
the President's nome unless he may have
an engagement with the President, mads
through Secretary Loeb.
Such a regulation is necessary ti\?t the
President may not be overrun with callers
whose business is not of sufficient impor
tance to demand 11,18 personal attention. It
occasionally happens that friends of the
President, whom he may desire to see. call
at Sagamore Hill without previously hav
ing made a definite engagement. 'In such
instances Sloan and Connell exercise their
discretion about admittlpg them. They
make no mistakes. They are not there to
make mistakes.
It is practically impossible for a visitor
to reach the President at night during
his sojourn at Sagamore Hill unless he
shall have made an engagement. No dis
cretionary authority is lodged with the
officers on duty at night.
The duties performed by the secret serv
ice at Oyster Bay are exacting, but not
onerous on the individual officers. T
men are on duty in tricks and have ample
time for rest and recreation. ?
The President always has been Just a
little restless under the constant guard by
which he is surrounded, but his friends and
advisers will not consent to its removal
and he submits as gracefully as possible.
Many times, however, in the course of the
summer he goes far away from Sagamore
Hill entirely unguarded. He takes long
walks thccugh the woods, or goes for boat
rides on the sound, or rides on horseback
many miles from his home. On these ex
cursions he is unaccompanied by secret
service officers. The thought of personal
danger never occurs to him.
To Hustle Work on the Canal.
Dirt will fly on the canal zone as soon as
the Panama canal legislation is completed
by Congress. Orders will be issued oy Presi
dent Roosevelt within forty-eight hours
after the legislation Is accomplished to
press the work of canal construction to the
utmost limit.
The President was greatly pleased with
the vote by which the Senate yesterday
approved of the lock type of canal. He
was confident, even prior to the taking of
the vote, that the Senate would follow the
lead of the House In support of the lock
type of canal, notwithstanding the report i
of the majority of the Inter-oceanlc
canals committee in favor of a sea-level
waterway. Through his friends in the
Senate he had made a canvass of the body
and was certain of the result of the vote, j
alwayB provided that the senators would
"stay put."
He was treated to only one surprise, and
that was the vote of Senator Burrows of
Michigan. The President had expected the
Michigan senator to vote for a lock canal,
but he finally cast his lot with the advo
cates of the sea-level waterway.
Already, in anticipation of the completion
of the legislation. Secretary Taft and Chair
man Shonts of the Isthmian canal commis
sion, have taken steps to press the work of
construction. The canal commission, It has
been determined, will start, as a body, for
the Isthmus of Panama, next Thursday on
the steamer Panama, the first vessel that
will sail for the isthmus after the action
taken by the Congress.
The commission will make a thorough in
vestigation of the work so far accomplished
and go over the plans of Chief Engineer
Stevens for the continuance of the work.
Meantime, orders will have been Issued
by the President that the work shall be
carried on with the utmost possible speed.
He has the Congress and the people at
his back, and he proposes now to "get re
sults" and get them at the earliest possi
ble time. ?
No Extensive Trip West.
Representative Curtis of Kansas asked
the President today to stop at Washburn
College, Topeka, Kan., when he goes west
next summer to attend the commencement
exercises of several colleges. The President
said that he was not yet certain that he
would make the trip, but if he did so he
would not be able to accept the Invitation,
as he would confine his trip to the invita
tions already accepted. There have been
suggestions that the President would prob
ably make an extensive and important Jour
ney at that time, but his statement to Mr.
Curtis does not Indicate that this Is his in
tention.
Presidential Nominations.
The President today seftt to the Senate
the following nominations:
Pension agent at Augusta, Maine?Seidin
Connor.
Registers of land offlcesr-George W. Wil
son. at Willlston, N. D.; Clarence C. Schuy
ler, at Fargo, N. D.
Receivers of pu^bllc moneys?Victor thai
fee. at Willlston. N. D.; Judson J. Jordan,
at Pargo, N. D.
To be placed on the retired list of the
army, with rank of brigadier general?Coi.
Oswal'd H. Ernst. Corps of Engineers.
Mr. Adee Sails for Home.
DOVER, England, June 22.?Alvey A.
Adee, United States second assistant sec
retary of Btate. sailed for New York today
on the steamship Amerika of the Hamburg
American line;
FINAL ADJOURNMENT
ACTION TAXEW BY THE EXECU
TIVE coxorcn., a r. o? l
The executive council of the American
Federation or Labor, which has been In
session for four days, finally adjourned
this morning after considering questions
left over from yesterday.
V Ice President Morris was authorised to
proceed at once to Minneapolis, Minn., to
report upon the expenses and other mat
ters incidental to the Industrial exposition
to be held there in November. As soon as
Mr. Morris' report Is received the executive
council will consider it.
Since the atUtude of the American Fed
eraUon of Labor toward the Immigration
bill before the Senate has changed, Sec
retanr Morrison was authorised to commu
*lth the Parties In interest, setting
P.r?^8al8 of the American Fed?
eration of Labor as agreed to at the gen
eral convention held at Pittsburg. Pa.
?Pl? appeal of the Amalgamated Wood
Sr? I?! York a?aln3t the Carpen
Vnl???***? after a report from Wll
!~m..J- OBrien was received, dismissed
between e*ecut,ve council. A controversy
^he same parties at St. Louis was
1 .and 9r*anI*?r Grant Hamilton
ordered to Investigate it.
"ubject of a universal latoel for the
Pr?SdSntnr 'rnat,onai "Hons was taken up.
the was auth?ri*ed to sound
relult to th?? * Vnlons and to r?P?rt tha
the n?i? executive council for action at
the next general convention.
Advance in w ages.
A telegram from John Golden of Fall
Mass" Pre?ldent of the United Tex
t le Y, orkers. was received, stating that the
* W?rke" were noting of an advance
of lO-per cent In their wages beginning July
omper8 ?ent a message of con
gratulation in behalf of the council.
pi??rt0*kluaio"; ,the executive council dis
cussed the political programs already In
PrfUMate,dVand Pr??ldent Gompers, vice
Piesldent Duncan and Treasurer Lennon
^!rJ?afPP?Lnted 8 commlttee to report their
views to the executive council and to keen
workmen of the country dnd their
ment acqualnted wlth the political move
At the session held late yesterday after
noon a committee was appointed to drart
a statement to organized labor and Us
friends of the country relative to the po
| litical campaign "for the defeat of labors
opponents, the election of friends, and par
ticularly the election of representative
workmen to Congress." Before adjourn
! ment the committee reported In part, out
asked further time, which was agreed to,
| the final report to receive the sanction ot
the executive oouncll before submission to
tho labor organizations. An extended dls
l cusslon upon the subject ensued, particu
' larly as to the scope which the movement
should take and the plan for Its successful
; consummation. It was decided that the ex
ecutive council members residing In Wash
| ington. including President Gompers, Vice
President O'Connell and Secretary Morn
son, should be constituted a labor repre
sentative committee, with power to engage
such assistance in carrying on the cam
paign as the members deem necessary, it
was decided to Issue a charter to the In
ternational Association of Steam Fitters
and Steam Fitters' helpers.
WAS AFTEE THE COIN
SLICK-TONGTTED STRANGER SO
LICITS SMALL CHANGE.
Capt. Boardman's detectives are looking
for a clever confidence man who. It is said,
has been visiting professional people in
this city and getting money from them. It
is believed he Is one of the cleverest con
fidence men ever known to operate here,
and had it not been that notes were com
pared by Dr. Glazebrook and others of his
alleged victims, the police would probably
never have known that he was In the city.
Several days ago he called at1 the residence
of Acting Coroner Glazebrook and was ush
ered into the office of the physician the
same as if he had been a patient The man
was shabbily dressed, but there Wits some
thing about his appearance to attract the
attention of the physician
Extending his hand as he approached the
physician he gave the latter a hearty hand
shake, as if he had known the physician all
his life.
X was attracted here by seeing your
name?Glazebrook?on the sign," said the
caller. "Before I left Leamington, England.
I was employed in a sanitarium conducted
by a Dr. Glazebrook. and I thought you
might possibly be one of his relatives."
Notes a Resemblance.
The caller then told of the resemblance
the acting coroner bears to the Leamington
physician. Incidentally he said he would
gladly take a message to the Leamington
physician, being certain that there was a
relationship existing between them. Having
told what he could of the good qualities
possessed by the English Glazebrook, and
dwelling upon the resemblance between the
two, the stranger explained that he had met
with reverses since he reached the United
States, stating that he had seen the British
anrbassador and that the latter was going
to furnish him transportation to England
He apologized for his shabby appearance
a"(f said ha wanted some change with
which to get his linen from the laundry.
Dr. Glazebrook recalled the operations of
confidence men, and would have rejected
the appeal of his caller had he not known
that there was a Dr. Gjazebrook In Leam
ington. The story he had heard was a
plausible one, bea,ring apparently conclu
sive evidence of truthfulness, and the phy
sician opened his purse and poured into the
hand of the stranger all the small change
he had. He dismissed the incident from his
mind, but that evening while engaged in
conversation with a member of the family
of Mr. W. Riley Deeble, a neighbor, he re
lated the incident.
Had Scored Another Success.
It turned out Chat the confidence man
had been at Mr. Deeble's house, where he
had also told a Leamington, England, story,
and Dr. Glazebrook came to the conclusion
that he had been an easy victim.
"Well," said the physician, in an effort
to get some consolation, "I didn't give him
very much."
At the house of Mr. Deeble the stranger
had pointed to a photograph on the mantel
and remarked that it bore a strong resem
blance to a man named Deeble in Leam
ington. His story proved an interesting
one, and he left, after a successful visit.
Shortly afterward Dr. Glazebrook was
called over the telephone by some of his
professional friends who had also met the
stranger, and they compared notes. The
acting coroner had the satisfaction of
knowing that several of his friends were
not in a position to laugh at him. Among
these was a minister in Northeast Wash
ington.
"It's not a question of giving the man a
few cents," said Dr. Glazebrook to Capt.
Boardman, when he called upon the police
official yesterday afternoon and related his
experience, "but the man is a smooth talker
and such a clever man in his business that
I think others should be warned against
hisi."
<Japt. Boardman sent a description of the
man to the several pohce stations last
night.
NEW TRIAL FOR DREYFUS.
Report Current in Paris That It
Been Granted.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS, June XL?It Is reported tha'.
Judge Moras has concluded a report an
nulling the verdict of the court and grant
ing Capt. Dreyfus a new trial.
Mrs. Myers Respited.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 22.?Gov.
Folk today respited Mrs. Agnes Myers and
Frank Hottman until September 3. They
were to have been hanged June 29 for the
murder of Mrs. Myers' husband.
Firw at Golconda, 111.
PADUOAH. Ky.. June 22.?Fire is re
ported to have destroyed the entire business
section of Golconda. 111.. and to be now bo
yond control. Golconda is forty miles from
| Paduuah.
Discovery Made in the Stenton
House.
HELD BY THE POLICE
Might Have Been Used in the Kin
nan Murder.
RESUMPTION OF THE INQUEST
Little Light Furnished by Witnesses
?Contradictory Story of the
Shippo Woman.
NEW TORK. June 22.?The preliminary
inquiry Into the murder of Mrs. Alice Kin
nan, who was killed at the doorway of her
home In the Bronx two weeks ago, was con
tinued today before Coroner McDonuld. It
was the belief early that Mrs. Louis* Sten
ton, Mrs. Klnnan's mother, would be the
star witness of the day. but she was not
present at the morning session, and ll waa
thought likely that she would not be called
until tomorrow.
The witnesses threw little light on the
murder, and their stories were, In the main,
of what they saw about tha house after
they had learned that Mrs. Klnnan had
been killed.
Pointed Hammer Found.
The most Important fact that developed
In the case today referred to a hammer
which has been In the possession of the
police since last Sunday, when It was
found In the Stenton house. This hammer
Is heavy and like thoso ordinarily used by
roofers. One end of It narrows down to a
fine point.
The hammer was found behind the bu
reau in Mrs. Stenton's room, and. accord
ing to the police, could not have fallen
there accidentally. Coroner McDonald says
that marks oil It are blood stains and that
they were left there recently. It was said
that the hammer fits Into the Indentations
that were made in Mrs. Klnnan's head,
and that the sharp point of It could have
caused the peculiar wounds that were
found In the neck.
Dr. Curtin, Coroner McDonald's physi
cian. who performed the autopsy, gave it
as his opinion that the wounds were made
by some such weapon as that to which the
police attach so much importance. He
gald, too, that the blows must have been
delivered with great force, because the
skull Was unusually thick.
Mrs. Shippo's Stories^
The statement of the Shippo woman, who
occupies the basement of the old dwelling,
and who was the first person, outside of
Mrs. Stenton, to reach the veranda after
Mrs. Klnnan's screams were heard, was
the subject today of a most rigid analysis.
What mystified the coroner, the police and
all others whose business called them to
make an Investigation of the case was
that she should at such a late day change
a story that she had told at least fifty
times. Up to yesterday the last words of
the dying woman had been recited as
"?Hit me, ?hit me." Now she has a vari
ation of the story.
When pressed for an explanation as to
why she had not told t'ais story before,
the Italian woman said that she had gone
to a priest in the Bronx, had recited the
taie to him, and that he Instructed her not
to repeat It unless she was "before a
Judge." m
The priest whom the Shippo woman saw
was found this morning. He denied ab
solutely that the woman l.ad told any such
story to him. On the contrary, she said she
had no knowledge of the murderer.
Capt. Price, in charge of the investigation
of the mystery, today absolutely discredi
ted the story of Mrs. Shippo. He said that
the woman had undoubtedly perjured her
self for money.
"Her statement that a lawyer committed
the crime," said Capt. Price, "is without
foundation. There was no motive for any
lawyer to have killed Mrs. Kinnan. The
woman is anxious to go back to Italy, and
she has been persuaded by promises or
money to tell a sensational story. I am
still convinced that Mrs. Stenton knows
who killed her daughter, and I think she
will tell us if we keep at her long enough."
PRESIDENT'S EXPENSES
ARGUMENT OVER ITEM IN" THE
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Senator McLaurin Says It Would
Tend to Build Up Class Distinc
tions?Senator Hale Disagrees.
The Senate was prompt today in resuming
consideration of the amendment to the sun
dry civil bill appropriating $23,000 for the
payment of the travelling expenses of the
President. Senator MeCumber was the first
speaker, but he contented himself with a
brief reference to the record of President
Roosevelt In advocacy otequal privileges to
all. He reached the conclusion that the
President could not be held responsible for
the pendkur proposition.
Senator MoL<aurin also explained that he
did not desire to be understood as criticising
the President's use of horses, carriages and
yachts which are the property of the gov
ernment. He wanted It understood that he
had no obiection to that practice If in
dulged in. nor did he believe the public ob
jects to the use of these conveniences by
either the President or his family. His op
position was. he added, due entirely to the
fact that such legislation tends to build up
class distinctions, which he maintained
should be reorobated by all.
Mr. McLaurin took Issue with those who
contend that provision should be made to
permit the President to take newspaper
men with him in his travels, saying that
the people generally are not concerned
about the private affairs of the President.
He would admit that there might be some
toadies who would have curiosity as to
what the President may eat or drink, so
that he doesn't drink intoxicating liquors,
but the rank and file do not care for such
information. There Is, he declared, no In
terest in the President simply because of
his office, and the senator did not believe
that more people would turn out to see him
than would have gone out to see Mr.
Gladstone or who would go to see Agul
naldo. In short, he was sure that the vast
majority of the people regard him as a hu
man being and care no more for tne Pres
ident than for any other man of distinc
tion.
He announced his confidence that the
present chief executive has not sought this
legislation, and knowing him well, he bad
confidence that If the proposition should be
presented to him independently he was
satisfied that he would veto it. He also
dissented from the view that the President
should undertake to mold public sentiment,
for if allowed to do that the country could
never have but one view on any subject
There was to his mind no reason why Mr.
Roosevelt should have his expenses paid
while traveling about the country, nor
would there be any reason for such a course
when Mr. Bryan, who he announced In con
fidence would be the next President, takes
the office.
Senator Hale again urged expedition tn
the disposition of the appropriation and In
doing so charged Mr. MeCumber with an
evident disposition to delay action. The
North Dakota senator denied that this was
true.
The
Saturday
Star
^ Twelve Great Novels Com
| plete in Twelve Months in
the Saturday and Sunday
Star.
Other Notable Features in J
Tomorrow's Big Paper.
THE SEATTLE
OF TODAY.
Frank Carpenter writes ?
most entertainingly about
the metropolis of Puget
sound, a town of young men. ?
Illustrated.
WHAT THEY CAN T DO. ?
The natives of the Anda
man Islands are a mighty a
poor lot, helpless as children
and ignorant of the simplest
comforts of life. Illustrated.
HUNTING BUFFALOES.
tn the old days there was
X rare sport in running them
^ on horseback. Methods of ;
the still hunt.
i GUESTS OF ROYALTY.
Americans are in high
favor at European courts.
Emperor William is a lavish
entertainer and the Czafflas
a number of Yankee friendsv
BRIDGE TALKS.
More valuable hints tor
players of this fascinating
game. Illustrated. ?
IT WAS HIS BUSY DAY.
Trials and tribulations of
the man in a railway bureau
of information.
WAR ON
THE ANARCHISTS.
The three methods of elim
ination proposed by experts.
How the work of exclusion ?
is carried on.
MUSIC HALLS TO
GRAND OPERA.
Remarkable carcer of Cav
alieri, who has been called
the handsomest woman in
Europe. Illustrated.
In Woman's Realm
SUMMER ELEGANCES.
The finest shops are now
offering splendid bargains.
Vogue of empire modes
nearing an end. Illustrated.
SUMMER EVENING
FLOWER EFFECTS.
They gain in popularity as
the season advances.
Fiction
AN ANSWER
TO PRAYER.
A capital short story by
that popular writer, Martha
McCulloch-Williams. Illus
trated.
THE MAN BETWEEN.
Amelia E. Barr's great
novel, which is being pub- j?
lished in The Saturday and "
Sunday Star, reaches a con
clusion next Sunday.
TWELVE NOVELS
COMPLETE IN
TWELVE MONTHS.
ALL WASHINGTON
READS
a THE SATURDAY STAR. |
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS.
Conference Report on the Bill is No*
Prepared.
The conferees on the District appropria
tion bill have come to a practical agree
ment on that measure, and the conference
report Is now being prepared. There are
still some slight differences to be agreed
upon. The report may be made to the
Senate late this afternoon, but it may go
over until tomorrow morning.
TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF.
Washington Ironworker Attempted
Suicide In Baltimore.
Special Dlapatcb to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md., June 22.?A man. who
gave the name of C. T. Graff, aged thirty
eight years, 217 E street southeast, Wash
ington, D. C., is held here by the police.
The man rushed into the central police sta
tion last night with blood flowing down
his shirt front from a wound In his throat.
Not content with having made one attempt
In front of the station he again made a
determined effort to end his life. After on*
knife had been taken away from him, he
produced another from somewhere about
his person and made a Jab at his throat.
Ths man was taken to the hospital, where
his wound were dressed.
Graff said he was an Ironworker, and
had been in the city about six hours. Ho
said he had been employed by the Poto
mac Bridge Company of New Jersey.
Live Stock Statistics Asked.
Senator Warren today introduced a reso
lution requiring the census bureau to
prepare for the Information of the Senate
a statement showing the number of cat
tle, sheep, swine and other live stock la
the United States, the number and value
exported and imported* the number of
persons employed in the slaughtering of
live stock, the wages paid them, etc., and
also covering the leather industry*
Small Plre at Bapua la Grande.
HAVANA. June 22.?An Investigation of
the report from New Orleans last night to
the effect that Ssgua la Grande, Santa Clara
province, has been burned shows that the
town recently had two Area. In one case
the railroad staUoa was destroyed, and U
the other four stores were burned.