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BJfci5T?.,3S!^K,?T.?*a- " ""* .No. 17.352. 'WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1908?TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. TWO CENTS.
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STILL KEEPS TALKING
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Peerless One Works With His
Larynx.
THAT JEFFERSON DINNER
Press Agents Secure Invitation for
the Boss.
HIS INVASION OF PITTSBURG
Has Made an Engagement to Speak
at Frederick, Md., on May
20, Next.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. March 28-William J
Brj an has been invited and has accepted
the invitation to attend the Jefferson day
i dinner of the National Democracy Club
April 13. The dinner will be held in the
Knickerbocker Hotel.
When the first invitations were sent out
Mr. Bryan was not included in the list
of guests. Gov. Johnson of Minnesota
was invited as the guest of honor and
principal speaker.
Then the press agents of the peerless
one got busy. They finally induced the
governors of the club to send an invitation
to Mr. Bryan and his acceptance was
received this morning. He will arrive in
the city on the morning of April 13. and
will remain several days. He will he here
April 14. when the democratic state convention
to elect the four delegates-at-large
to the national convention will be held in
Carnegie Hall. If Invited to do so, Mr.
Bryan will address the convention, and
his press agents are busy trying to arrange
that such an invitation will be extended.
Bryan campaign headquarters will be
ftpened in the Victoria Hotel Monday
Morning and kept open until after the
flection of delegates to the democratic national
convention.
Bryan to Speak at Frederick.
FREDERICK. Md.. "March 28 ?H. Dor>ey
Etchison, a member of the Frederick
bar. Thursday went to Washington, D. C.,
and had an interview with William Jenhings
Bryan, in which he arranged for
Mr. Bryan to come to Frederick and deliver
an address here the afternoon of
May 20 next. Mr. Bryan has an engagement
to speak at Hagerstown, Md., the
evening of that day.
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PITTSBURG. March 28. - William J.
Bryan visited Pittsburg yesterday, and
last night made two addresses, one inside
Exposition Hall, the other outside to
fcbout 4,000 people who had been unable
lo gain admittance to the hall.
Whether the invasion of Col. J. M. Guffey's
territory by the Bryan League was
a success or not is open to dispute. The
Guffey interests, which are lined up
against Bryan and all pertaining to him,
declare that Bryan made a fizzle, but the
Bryan people say not.
Bryan and GufTey did not meet. Col.
Guffey remaining in his office all day, and
at his home in the evening.
Asked if it was not something unusual
for a candidate for nomination to thus invade
the camp of the enemy, Mr. Bryan
Said:
"My coming is not an invasion, nor am 1
In the camp of an enemy. One can recall
that Pennsylvania gave me 42.1.00O
Votes once for President of the United
States, and I cannot think that any state
with such a record can be called the
^ncitij O \.uuilli Jf UJ llir.
Mr. Bryan refused absolutely to discuss
the pronounced antagonism of National
Committeeman Guffey to him. his nearest
approach to the subject being a reply to
questions as to what he thought of Pennsylvania
politics as a whole now.
"We are through with the bosses in
Pennsylvania." he said. "They have had
their day. Hereafter it will be the people
who will talk and the people will instruct
their delegates to the national conventions"
NAVAL MAIL VIOLATED.
Venezuela Says It Was a Trivial
Accident.
CARACAS. Venezuela. "March 25, via
Willemstad. Curocao. March US.?W. W.
Russell, the American minister to Venezuela.
in a note dated March 21 advised
i Dr. Jose de Jesus Paul, the Venezulean
foreign minister, that three pouches of
tifflclal mall that were brought into l.a
Oualra March 15 by the steam Zulia for
the American crusier Tacoma had been
opened in ?he La Guaira post office. The
Tacoma arrived at La Guaira March 18
and is still there. Mr. Russell said it was
a very serious thing to break the seal of
navy correspondence and he asked for an
Investigation.
Dr. Paul answered Mr. Russell's note
yesterday inclosing a report from the La
Guaira postmaster. He said the opening
of the pouches In question was accidental
and was due to the that the seals
on them were similar to others in use
In the La Guaira post office that it was
customary to open. In addition Dr. Paul
6aid that only a prejudiced mind could
call this occurrence "very serious,'" as
I he. contents of the pouches had not been
disturbed.
NO CHANGE IN PENROSE.
t)octors Say He Is Still a Desperately
Sick Man.
PHILADELPHIA. March 1!K .-Pnitesi
Btates Senator Penrose, who is ill at his
Lome here, suffering from erysipelas and
other complications, passed a good night
and today Is resting easily. The physicians
announce that if the senator maintains
his present strength he will recover.
One of the attending physicians, after
paying the patient a visit t"day. said:
"Senator Penrose's condition is what we
might call stationary. He had a good
and natural sleep last mg.it. but he
still is a desperately sick man, and we
cannot, as yet. tall his condition good."
The noon bulletin, signed by four physicians.
is as follows:
"Senator Penrose passed a reasonably
good night. No particular change in the
gravity of the situation."
Gov. Guild's Condition Unchanged.
BOSTON. March 118.?An official bulletin
Issued at 0 a.m. by Dr. Winslow showed
no discouraging features in Gov. Guild's
case .Jt was as follows:
"There has been jio marked change in
the governor's connltion during the past
twenty-four hours except for the better."
? Died at Age of 104 Years.
PEORIA. 111.. March 28 ?Robert Kane,
aged 104 years eight months and three
days, died yesterday at Bushnell. Ill
Jlr. Kane was born In Ireland in 1804.
QUEER MURDER CASE
Statement Given Out by a
Negro Ex-Convict.
!|S WRONG MAN IN JAIL?
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Young Collins Serving Life Sentence
for Father's Death
MAY BE VICTIM OF PERJURY
!
i Informer Says He Was Urged to
Take Part in the Plot?Case
May Be Reopened.
EMPORIA. Kan., March US.?In a signed
statement given out here today I.?ouis
T. \Y. A roller, a negro, a former convict,
reiterated his recent charge that two
j other negroes planned the murder, in
ISSIS. Of J. S. Collins, the wealthy Topeka
real estate man. for whose killing his
son. John Collins, a university student, is
i now serving a life sentence in the Kanj
sas penitentiary. Archer says he had not
I previously made known his connection
j with the ease because of the threats made
i by the alleged murderers.
Why He Kept Quiet.
I Archer recently was released from the
; same penitentiary where young Collins
is confined. Becoming educated while in
i the penitentiary Archer has with much
j iahor produced a book dealing with his
connection with this famous case. This
. is supplemented today by his statement.
in which he says:
; "1 was afraid to communicate with
. young Collins while I was in tlie penitentiary
from the mere fact that he had
forced the world to believe he was guilty,
and I was afraid that if I told anything
to the warden that ne would think 1
had gone'crazy about the case. Therefore
the warden and some of the guards
might have caused it to go pretty hard
with me.
Son May Be Innocent.
"My own people told me before I went
to the penitentiary that after they got
John Collins in the penitentiary if I attempted
to reveal the scheme the public
would ignore me and put me in the insane
asylum. So I kept mum. No one
knows how old man Collins left this
world except my colored people and myself.
Mv colored people told me before
Collins' death of the evidence on which
tney woum send uip wrong man to prison,
ar.d I intend to do my part in haying
him released on the same evidence."
By "my colored" peopde Archer means
the two negroes whom. Tie asserts, asked
him to enter the plot to murder and rob
the elder Collins.
Young Collins was convicted on the testimony
of two negroes.
WOMAN GAGGED AND BOBBED.
Latest of a Series of Outrages in
Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS. March 2S.-Polioe and
detectives are busy today working on one
of the latest of a series of outrages of a
simllgr nature which have oeen perpetrated
here during the last few weeks,
j When Otto Beigelsack of 4420 Canal
street returned home from his work last
night he found his bride of a few weeks
stretched unconscious on the floor, a pair
of ? >*> diamond earrings belonging to
her missing and the house ransacked.
When she regained consciousness Mrs.
Beigelsack said she had returned home
late in the afternoon and heard some one
in the house. Upon starting out she was
attacked. A handkerchief saturated with
a red liquid was stuffed in her mouth
when she was found by her husband.
CURE CROWD WENT SLOW.
No Great Bush to Buy on Lawson's
Tip.
special inspan ii in I ne Mar.
NEW YORK. March 28.?Curb brokers
looked for a lot of excitement today and
they found it at the opening of the market.
when there was a good-sized scramble
to buy shares of the Guggenheim's
Yukon Gold Company stock. 700,000 shares
of which had been advertised for sale by
Thomas "\V. Lawson. The usual curb
crowd was augmented by about 400 when
10 o'clock came and the windows of the
buildings overlooking the open-air market
on Broad street w?-re packed with
spectators.
Before the opening it became known
that the shares ihad been distributed
among various groups of brokers who,
apparently, had been selected as much for
I their physical fitness as anything else.
! Evidently it had been the idea of those
who distributed the shares that a man
I who was to sell tihem must he sufficiently
! powerful to withstand the avalanclie of
! buyers that was expected
! When 10 o'clock came there was a rush
| for these centers of interest and other
I brokers not interested in the venture
t looked on and fop a while did practically
j no business at all. The stock opened at
j from 5?2 to ? and in the first ten minutes
went to The prospect^ then were
that it would advance still further, but
' toward the close of the first hour the oxcttcment
died out and interest began to
flag. The price was then and it was
i remarked that considerable difficulty was
experienced in getting it over ft1-*. One
I report had it that between IttO.OoO and
2.VU'/K) shares had been dealt in during
the first hour. A well-informed observer
said that 40.OOO shares would be nearer
the mark.
Smoothing Over the Berlin Affair.
BERLIN. March 2*.?The forelg t, office
is nracticallv silent todav reeLardintr Em
peror William's messages to President
Roosevelt in the matter of the appointment
of Dr. David Jayne Hill to succeed
Charlemagne Tower as American ambas9
sador to Germany. It has. however, given
an intimation to the Berlin newspapers
that Mr. Tower Is not to be attacked, and
it explains that its denials of the past
few days have only been intended -to
make clear that no official expressions
adverse to Dr. Hill have gone through the
usual channels of the German government
to Washington.
Motor Cars Lag.
OMAHA. Neb.. March 2-S.?I'nion Pacific
I railroad bulletins announce that the German
car. which is at Rock Springs. Wyo.,
I will be sent to Ogden by rail instead of
i under its own power.
OGDEN. I'tah, March 28. - The first
1 French car left Ogden this morning at
7:40. ...
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JOHNSON IS WILLING
MINNESOTAN READY TO BE
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY.
ST. PAUL* Minn., March 28 ?Gov. John
A. Johnson of Minnesota yesterday afternoon
made a specific declaration that,
while he has done nothing and will do
nothing toward procuring for himself the
democratic nomination for President, he
will not refuse the honor if it is tendered
him. The governor made this statement
in a letter to Swan J. Turnblad. publisher
of the Minneapolis Swedish-American
j Post, who had asked for a declaration on
tne sunject. rne governors tetter ionows;
ST. PAUL. Minn., March 27. ll?)8.
Mr. Swan J. Turnblad. Minneapolis. Minn
My Dear Mr. Turnblad?Your letter ol
March 23, in which you state that you
have been subjected to many inqutrles as
to my plans in connection with the democratic
nomination for President, I have
for acknowledgment. In reply thereto lei
me say:
I do not believe that any American
citizen should be an active, open candidate
for the nomination to the presidency
Any American would appreciate the higl
honor which could come to htm in beina
I selected as standard-bearer of his party
I While I recognize that the press has had
much to say about me in connection wit!
this high office. I have hitherto avoided
any public or private expression regarding
my position.
Would Make Him Happy.
Matters have progressed so far, however.
that it seems to me that I should
i at least say In answer to your interrogation
that if the democratic party of th<
nation believed me to be more avallabU
than any other man and felt that by mj
! nomination i could contribute any servlc<
to the party and to the nation I shoulc
be happy to be the recipient of the honoi
which it would thus confer.
I am not unmindful, either, of the higl
honor which has been paid me by the peo
i pie of Minnesota: and if the democrat 1<
j party of the state desires to present mj
; nume to the next national convention 1
! am sure I would have no objection. Bui
even if Minnesota were the only state tc
I declare for me at that time, I shoulc
' still feel that the distinction was one ol
; the greatest which could come to me.
I I have done nothing and will do nothing
I in the way of organization to bring aboui
! *i-:- 1 J ?W?I1 n ir
[ l ills tfliU, ami aim 11 nui uc n i anumai.c u
I the sense of seeking the nomination.
If. however, those who have the welfar
of the country and the democratic part>
at heart should feel that I am necessarj
In this year of grace. T certainly shal
respond to any call which may be madt
upon me.
Not to Be Used.
In this connection I desire it under1
stood that in no sense am I to be a candidate
for the purpose of defeating Mr
Bryan nor any other man; that the onl>
consideration which would induce me t<
allow the use of my name would be th<
feeling that I might be necessary to th<
I cause. If the democratic party shoulr
1 see tit to nominate Mr. Bryan or any on?
j else the action would meet with my ap
i proval. and the nominee certainly woulr
have my unqualified support, as I shouh
expect his support if conditions were re
versed.
I have written you fully that you mai
thoroughly understand the situation. Ir
order that there may be no doubt,
would say. in answer to your question
that if a nomination came to me I cer
tainly would not refuse it.
i Verv trulv vours.
JOHN A. JOHNSON.
No Change in British Premier.
LONDON. March 28.?The bulletins is
sued each day regarding the condition o
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Brit
ish premier, show little variance. Non<
of them Indicates any improvement, ant
as each day passes without signs of i
rally the public anxiety grows deeper
The bulletin issued this morning said:
"There is little change to report in the
condition of the prime minister. The pa
tlent had a good night, and there, ha:
i been no further marked loss of strength.'
Murder Mystery in Massachusetts
ARLINGTON. Mass.. March 28-Th
body of an unknown woman with hei
throat cut and showing many indication
of murder was found in a pit in St. Paul'
; cemetery b> two boys today. The oondi
; tion of the body seemed to indicate tha
j the. woman had been dead for sever a
] hours- _
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A HELPING HAND.
VISIT NEW ZEALAND J
: EVANS' FLEET TO GO THERE S
FROM SAMOA.
It has IWn virtually decided by the
Navy Department that the Atlantic bat- <"
tleshlp fleet shall make a short visit to
Auckland, New Zealand, on its way from ^
! f J
. Samoa to Sidney, Australia. There is an g
ample supply of good coal at the New i
Zealand port, and a stop there will afford d
an excellent opportunity to fill the bunkers P
1 of all the ships for the long trip to the 8
Philippines and Japan, and also to show ^
the appreciation of the United States gov- v
eminent for the prompt and cordial invl'
tat inn received from the New Zealand J
1 authorities.
Suggestion for Pennant.
j All sorts of curious suggestions have I
I reached the Navy Department with re,
; spect to the coming cruise to Asia and
; Europe, not the least of which is one re1
ceived this morning?that each of the vesi
. u_ ,i . .ii?_i , <
aeis ui i iitf ui?pici> a (HriiiicLiiL ucanim c
the greeting, "Peace on Earth. Good Will a
to Men," as an indication of the friendly a
! purpose of the voyage. t
3 FIRE VICTIMS DEAD jj
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SEQUEL TO TENEMENT DISAS- ?
TEB AT MILFOBD, MASS.
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MJLFORD, Mass.. March 28.?Three per- g
sons are dead as a result of last night's e
tenement house fire and two others are s
lying at the Milford Hospital in a serious
condition. The dead are: Miss Lida '
Bates, twenty-two years old; Mrs. James ^
Forrest of Wrentharo and the three- 0
year-old son of Mrs. Forrest.
'The two women died last night and the
child succumbed to his injuries early today.
Mrs. Susan Bates and a young p
daughter of Mrs. Forrest were danger- 8
ously burned and otherwise injured and '
are at the hospital. Mrs. Forrest, with 0
her two children, was making a visit to a
Mrs. Bates, who occupied one of the tenements.
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RIOTOUS STUDENTS HELD. I
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J Sequel to Ann Arbor Hearing?Bail a
$1,000 Each. [
Special Dispatch to The Star. r
ANN ARBOR, Mich.. March 2S.-A1I flf- f
teen of the students of tiie University of j
. Michigan arrested in connection with the f
riot at the Star Theater were today bound r
> I over to the circuit court to appear at the J
41 May term for trial. Notwithstanding the
; communication of the mayor, the prose1
cutor said that he would not dismiss any
case unless the mayor would take the re- r
1 sponslbility. e
1 A short defense was put in for Samuel C
" Meister to show that he was not throw- e
ing anything. "I don't care," said the J
prosecutor; "every man in that crowd ^
? who did not move away when the crowd e
was ordered to disperse was liable to ar- t
' rest." Justice Doty bound Meister over. I
Attorney Kearney claims that he has <i
proof that Justice Doty's son was in the
crowd. "Would you entertain a warrant \
for the arrest of your son on this 1
charge?" f
"Your relatives and my relatives are not t
. before tlie court." said his honor
f Bail was fixed at $1,000 each.
~ Censured Finnish Senate. ]
j HEM^SINCrPORS. March 28.?At the close
j of a heated debate In the Finnish diet,
which lasted until 5 o'clock this morning,
the socialist members carried a vote of
6 lack of confidence in the senate by 71 to
s 47.
The debate arose over certain anti-Finnish
interpellations in the Russian duma.
>. The socialists formally censured the Fine
nlsh administration for thp delivering of
Russian terrorists and political agitators
r \ to the Russian authorities and for lack
s of firmness in resisting Russian encroachs
j inents upon the rights of Finland, and
- ; they demanded the retirement of the sentjate
as incapable of defending the auton.liomy
and liberties of Finland against the t
'present reactionary campaign In Russia. <
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1ENTENCE CONFIRMED ON TO- JJ
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TOLEDO. Ohio. March 28?The circuit es
ourt today affirmed the decision of the
swer court in the cases of the twenty C(
irominent lumbermen of Toledo who last tl
uly were sentenced to the workhouse for tf
ix months under the Valentine anti- p
rust law. The supreme court having cl
lecided in the ice trust cases that im- CI
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uisonment must be in the county jail in- ^
tead of the workhouse, the lumbermen p.
yere sent to the lower court for resenence.
The lumbermen comprise the
wealthy and leading citizens of Toledo.
MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE ?
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IARD TO GET ACCURATE NEWS K<
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MEXICO CITY. March 28.?El Impar- ^
ial. the government organ, has received pi
dispatch from its correspondent in Chil- P'
perclngo saying that the town of Chilapa,
hirty miles from that place, was totally
estroyed by the earthquake, and that 01
Ire In the ruins completed the work of ni
iestructlon. The people of the town are (
errorized, and many are praying in the
pen plazas and 1n the fleids adjoining
he town, the report said. *
Several hours later the same corresondent
sent the following dispatch: Si
"Later returns confirm my first tele;ram.
Chilapa has been shaken to the ti
arth and reduced to ashes. I avoid the f
ending of details." C
This correspondent is the sole one work- ?
rig near the scene. The Associated Press n
inavailingly tried throughout the day to C
onflrm the news of the total destruction N
f the town by earthquake and fire. C(
Officials Are Mute. w
Chilapa has a population of some 15,000
ersons and is the largest town in the C1
tate of Guerrero. To reach the place ai
rom Mexico City It is necesary to travel P1
me day by train and then four days over P'
l rough mountain trail on horseback.
Telegraphic communication has not been ei
nterrupted with Chilapa, but officers of ol
hat place have not as yet answered tele- .
:rams of inquiry sent to them. The vaious
government departments and officers 31
t the national observatory said that no j "
eport of the destruction of the city had
>een receivea oy mem. ,o?eiiner nau re>orts
of any other nature been received
rom there. _
Reports coming in from various points **
n the republic show that the quake was
elt over a wide area, but that in no
dace, witih the possible exception of Chiapa.
was there any considerable loss of
Ife or property. ^
Many Were Hurt.
Mrs. Emma Jeannette Dorville, an
American, dropped dead of heart disase
in the Tiburico Theater in Yrera e<
'ruz, during a panic which followed the r(
arthquake. News of the panic reached ^
ilexico City tonight. When the quake
vas felt the audience rushed for the sl
xlts, and many persons were severaly h
>rulsed, but none was seriously Injured, tl
During the Crush Mrs. Dorville dropped j*
lead.
A gendarme was killed, fifteen pt i sons
vere slightly hurt and one was fatally
njured in Mexico City last night by tr
ailing beams and walls. All of these a
vere workmen. h
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COLOMBIA CUTS EXPBWS'ES
ler Diplomatic Bepresentation *
Abroad Is Beduced.
BOGOTA, Colombia. March 28. ? Coombla
has reduced her diplomatic rep- G
esentatton abroad until she has only
our actual ministers accredited to for>ign
powers. These are the minister to 8
he Holy See; to France. Belgium and -t,
Spain; to Washington, and to the coun- a
rles of South America. Most of the t
Colombian consulates are honorary posiions.
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The gnvomment has issued recently ^
liree decrees that apply to the commerce
)f the country. They.provide for the free 11
xports of hides, the reduction of the j t
luties on tobacco, and the suppression 1 F
)f the fluvial duties on exports. ^ I r
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VORK FOR GILLETTE!!
amily Trying to Save Him
From Execution.
A
LAYER OF GRACE BROWN
ue to Be Electrocuted on Monday p
Next.
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PPEALING TO GOV. HUGHES
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ew Witnesses Say That the Girl
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Had Epilepsy and Drowned
While in a Fit. D
oHal Dispatch to The Star.
ALBANY, N. Y.. March 28.?Mr. and
rs. Frank S. Gillette, the parents of
hester Gillette, who is to he electrocuted
: Auburn Monday for the drowning of
s sweetheart. Grace "Billy" Brown, at ]j
ig Moose lake, In the Adirondaeks. In
jly, 1900, were on hand promptly In the
?aring room of the executive chamber
. 10 o'clock this morning for the purpose ti
making a final appeal to Gov. Hughes ;
i stay the carrying out of their boy's , ^
ntence. They were accompanied by their j '
Ibany counsel, John H. Pugan, and these P
itnesses. A. U. Gross, Miss Etolle Gil- C
tie, Chester Gillette's third cousin: Mrs. ^
"ilcox, Mrs. Hoag and Mrs. Olds, all of
ortland, where Gillette met "Billy"
rown. ai
Held Private Audience. I
It had been expected the hearing on the tl
^plication for a respite In order to per- fo
it an opportunity to present new evi?nce
before a judge with a request for a .
ew trial for Gillette, would be had in
Liblie. but Gov. Hughes had not com- F
isnced a public hearing up to 11 o'clock, a
e remained in his private room, meanhlle
summoning Gillette's counsel and
ic stenographer and one of the witnesses, p
ie indications being that in order to
iold sceneB and permit unemotional deberation
the governor had decided to
ok into the case in private. 11
It was suggested that the new evidence w
nded to showr "Billy" Brown had been
ibjected to epileptic fits and that her pl
?ath while on the waters of the lake was tl
i accident occurring while such an atick
was upon her.
Many Sensation Seeker?. u
It developed Gov. Hughes had decided to
uestion the attorney and to examine the 11
rst witness in private in order to ac- d!
jalnt himself with the new contentions fi
i favor of Gillette, so as to be in a posi- n
on to fully question subsequent witness. ^
i.
Until noon Gov. Hughes continued the b
mslderation of the case in private and
len the governor's secretary announced a
ie hearing had been adjourned until 4:30 q
m. The reception room of the executive
tamber suite had been crowded by a
owd of curiosity seekeds for two hours B
nd when this announcement was made c,
11 of them left the room. The Gillette
arty also retired. w
Mysterious Intimations. n
Meanwhile Judge Mills, who represented n
illette at the trial, will reach Albany and
ov. Hughes will have a talk with him.
he public hearing at 4;30 o'clock will be 8]
rief, the governor said, and at 3 o'clock h
ie private hearing will be resumed by the e
svemor upon a new phase of the case, e<
hlch the governor divulged to the news- fr
iper men, but which he wanted with- al
eld from publication in justice to the t\
'putation of those involved. The case is H
lade up fully upon affidavits, and the ei
Jblic hearing is to be had only for the c?
impose of permitting the governor to
udy the affidavits and put a few ques- it1
ons suggested by their affidavits. ei
So far the governor has examined but c<
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le witness, a man wnose name ne would "
at give for the present. ^
TELLS OF ROAD'S EARNINGS, ?
ly
urther Hearing in Freight Rate
Case at Raleigh. k
fecial Dispatch to The Star. *
RALEIGH, N. C., March 'JR.?Hearing in
le freight rate discrimination case before n
nited States Corporation Commissioner ti
lements was resumed t<his morning. The P
rst witness examined was Joseph W. n
oxe of Roanoke. Va., controller of the ?
orfolk and Western. His examination s<
snsumed most of the morning session and f'
as principally taken up with elaborate s
nancial statements showing the net derease
in earnings of that road last year o
ad the increase in expenses for the same rr
eriod and in replying to the questions w
ut to him in the cross-examination con- p'
ucted on the part of the state by Speak
Justice of counsel for the North Car- tl
lina corporation commission. I.
The witnesses following Controller Coxe t(
lis afternoon are L. Green, traffic man- f
ger of the Southern; R. A. Brand, traffic M
lanager Atlantic Coast Line, and C. O. tl
apps. traffic manager Seaboard Air Line.
It is the intention to complete the ex- 6'
mination of these witnesses late this ti
fternoon and when the interstate com- A
lissioner adjourns his court it will be to E
teet in Washington, probably Monday. n
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SHOT FOR FIRST THEFT.
'oung Man Stole Because Out of
Work. *
PHILADELPHIA, March 2S.?Discover- ,
i escaping with the booty of his first
jbbery, to commit which he said he wras
rompted by lack of employment. John S(
;obinson, aged twenty-four years, was Ji
lot and probably fatally Injured today
y a policeman in tiie soutnern section or
ie city. In a statement to his widowed ,
(other in the presence of a police magis ate
the young man said:
"Mother, this is what 1 got for trying ^
> help you. I knew we had no money
nd that we would be put out of our
ouse If we did not get any. I got des- 1
erate and decided to steal." t<
The police agree with the mother that
le robbery in which he was detected t<
as his first offense. w
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MR. RIDGELY DEPARTS. *
_ g
roes to Begin His Hew Duties as a
Bank President.
William B. Ridgely. who has Just re- tl
igned as controller of the currency, left b
his afternoon for Kansas City, Mo., to w
ssume his new duties as president of *
he reorganized. National Bank of Com- f
lerce. Lawrence O. Murray, who will h
ucceed Mr. Ridgely, is ill at Atlantic n
'ity, N. J., and will not be able to take ^
p the new work for a few days. In
he interim Deputy Controller Thomas j t'
'. Kane is acting controller of the cur- h
ency. ... 1 b
*
IEFLIN HEARING
IS POSTPONED
?
labaman Charged With Unlawful
Shooting.
ECLARES HE DID RIGHT
cted Only as a Gentleman Should
Under the Circnmstances.
ONDITION OF THE WOUNDED
efendant Ejects Negro From Street
Car After Striking Him?Bystander
Shot.
Representative Thomas J. Hefn
of Alabama, who last nipht
lot two men on Pennsylvania
vLiiut, as i i usuii in dii dUCUdon
growing out of his objection
) negroes drinking liquor in a
treet car in the presence of a ladv
assengcr, appeared in the Police
ourt this morning to answer to
,vo charges of "assault with
dangerous weapon." It was
E^reed between his counsel and
nited States Attorney Given
lat the hearing of the case should
e postponed to a later date,
either being ready to proceed at
le time the case was called. Mr.
leflin was again released under
bond of $5,000, and today reLimed
his scat in the House of
Representatives.
"I am glad to say I have not yet reached
le point where I wll see a negro, or a
hite man either, take a drink In the
-esenoe of a lady without saying someling
to him. I did only what any other
entleman placed in similar circumstances
ould have done."
With only this comment Representave
Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama today
ismissed discussion of the shooting af ay
in which he figured as principal last
ight. and which resulted In the woundlg
of one colored and one white man by
ulleta from his revolver.
In the Police Court this morning It was
greed between RepresentaUve Henry
layton. who appeared for Mr. Heflin.
nd Assistant United States Attorney
lalph Given, that the case should not be
ailed until a future date. Neither side
as ready to proceed. Mr. Heflin was
^leased under the bond he gave last
ight.
Details of the Shooting.
Although there have been several verons
of the affair, it appears that Mr.
eflin, in company with Representative
dwin J. Ellerbe of South Carolina, boardi
an east-bound 14th street car while In
ont of the post office building shortly
fter 7:30 o'clock liist evening. It was a
vo-car trolley train and when Messrs.
eflin and Ellerbe took seats In the trail
there were four other passengers, two
llored men, a lady and another white
lan. The colored men appeared to be
itoxicated, and as the car proceeded they
igaged In a discussion apparently con'rnlng
the division of a quantity of
hisky or gin which one of them had In
bottle. Mr. Heflin remonstrated with
lem as to drinking on the car and in
le presence of a lady, and the men, after
little loud conversation, were apparentr
satisfied to let the matter drop.
At 6th street Representative Ellert>e,
ho resides at the Metropolitan Hotel.
;ft the car. Scarcely had the car started
hen the two men. evidently satisfied that
ley could overcome any objection, physlal
or otherwise, which one wlilte man
light interpose, again produced the bote
of liquor and started to drink it. They
aid no attention to Mr. Heflln's relonstrance
and then the real trouble be
an.
Grabbing the man nearest him. Repreentative
Heflln, who Is large and powertil.
ejected him from the car and followed
ult with Jhe second individual. The
ar was stopped and both men returned
a the attack. Representative Heflln says
ne of them, and he thinks It was Lundy.
lade a motion as though to draw a
eapon, and to repel the attack he
olnted his revolver out of the car
indow and fired twice. Both bulls.
he says. were directed toward
le ground, but at the second shot
.undy screamed, turned to run and fell
3 the street. The first bullet glanced
rom the sidewalk and struck Thomas
IcCreery, who was standing in front of
iie St. James Hotel.
Policeman Scrlven. who was standing at
th street and Pennsylvania avenue, ran
3 the car and placed Mr. Heflln in arrest,
t the same moment Representative
illerbe. who had not reached the hotel,
an to the car and jumped aboard, and it
-as at his order that the car was started
sward the Capitol.
Objects to Drinking.
The affray grew out of Mr. Heflm's obretion
to two colored men drinking
quor from a bottle while in a street
ar on Pennsylvania avenue. At flth
:reet he ejected both colored men from
is car, drawing his revolver as he did
3. and pounding one of them on the
ead with it. As soon as they reached
le street the men returned to the stick,
and Mr. Heflln, having boarded the
ir again, pointed his revolver out of
le window and shot twice. One of the
ullets struck Thomas McCreery of New
orK, a noise irainer un uuiy at iwiitr.g.
stopping at .">17 fith street, in the leg.
he other struck Louis Lundy, one of the
ro men referred to. in the head.
Both MrCreery and Lundy were taken
> the Emergency Hospital. The former
ras discharged as soon as the wound
1 the calf of his leg was dressed. Lundy
as handled at the hospital with the
reatest difficulty, because he strenuousf
objected to the administration of the
nesthetic.
There were several minor cuts on his
ead, evidently caused by blows from
he butt of Mr. Heflin's revolver, and a
ullet wound behind his right ear. It
,'as not discovered until this morning
hat the leaden missile had partially
ircled Lundy's skull and made an exit
rom the scalp about the center of his
ead. The wound is not of a serious
ature, and Lundy. it is thought, will
e able to leave the hospital In a day
r two.
Mr Heflin was arrested and taken to
he sixth precinct police station, where
e was subsequently released on $5,000
ail, which vai furnished by George W.
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