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r \y WEATHER. | 4 L ^ w In Washington about every one I _4 4 4-* -4jrA A ^ A who reads at reads The Star. Fair tonight; increasing cloudi- M HI H^H 9lr m Largest circulation?daily and ness Wednesday; moderate tem- I T I I ^ I I I I I I I I I I I ^4 I H Sunday. pcrature and easterly winds. HC-Jr M I JL> III 1 H B . B- ^ -' - . " ? ^ ' 'y ^ / ^ COXTAIBtlXGOKPAGKlSCI^Snjp ^ M^i22LJ22??^L22A22S2' No. 18,179. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1910-SIXTEEN PAGES. , ONE CENT. FIGHT CASUALTIES HEAVYJNCAPITAL Returns From Reno Fill Police Stations and Hospipital Wards. MANY HEADS BROKEN IN SMALL STREET ROWS Race Spirit Responsible for 236 Arresti for Disorderly Conduct. SOLDIER MAY DIE OF HURTS I Stabbed on Street Car in Dispute With Negro About Pugilists. Many Forfeit Collateral in Court. Ail roads led to the Police Court this morning. As a result of the race feeling engendered by the outcome of the Jeffries- j Johnson prize fight there were half a dozen Incipient riots and the police broke ah records for a similar length of time by making 238 arrests. There were individual rows and mixupa in melee. On 7th street negroes were pulled from cars and beaten by white roughs. Altogether, there was the liveliest kind of a time. The local authorities hope there will not be another championship battle for a long, long time. Most of the trouble occurred in the first, fifth and nth precincts. The patrol wagons attached to these station houses made so many hurryup trips that the horses became exhausted and the men nearly dropped from fatigue. Safe and Sane?Except. Although yesterday's safe and sane celebration was undoubtedly a success in ?vm nartii-iilar. onlv one fireworks vie ~ r ., - - . tim having been located at a local hospital. it is very evident, judging from | the results, that the prize fight newrs j had an exceedingly had effect upon hun- i rireds of persons Who had listened to the returns from the ringside at Reno. The colored enthusiasts became noisy, a hile the depressed admirers of the defeated pugilist were ready with chips on ' their shoulders. Some were knocked off. too. and that meant increased work for the police and hospital surgeons. Sixth the Banner PTecinct. The sixth precinct. Capt. Kyrnes commanding, where forty prisoners were hauled in last night, holds the record for arrests. The first precinct, in charge of t'apt. Hollinberger, comes next, with thirty-five. The fifth precinct gathered in twenty-three prisoners. The others were scattered around town. In the fifth precinct, the southeast section, bands of marines and sailors made | things hum last night for any individual, | irrespective of color or race, who dared j mention the winning prize fighter's name! In anything that sounded like complimen- j tary terms, ("apt. Mulhall's men worked i over time suppressing fights that seemed : to start anywhere from North Capitol t Street to the navy yard. About a dozen j marines, sailors and soldiers were rounded up by the officers and charged with I disorderly conduct. The majority forfeited collateral furnished bv their comrades when their cases were called for trial today. This morning the work of transporting . the prisoners from the several stations to the Police Court consumed much more i time than usual, the number of persons handled being far in excess of any one day for many years past. Started With Finish Bulletin. Up to the time that Johnson put Jeff- j ries to Bleep the police had experienced no trouble. Extra policemen and mounted officers had been stationed along Pennsylvania avenue and in front of the newspaper offices, however, and Maj. Sylvester remained at headquarters to take an active part in the handling of the force in the even? of trouble. But it wasn't long after the result of th?? fight had been megaphoned to the waiting thousands that the police had strenuous work to do. t'apt. Holllnberger In the first precinct had to call for assistance. The ruction in 7th street was particularly bothersome. Inoffensive negioes were dragged from street care and beaten. t'uts on the head, stab \\ou\*?g, blackened eyes and numerous other Injuries w?re sustained by the victims of the exciting and strenuous early part of the j inght So much work was there foiflthe i patrol wagons that the police calMS upon friends to lend a helping hand with their automobiles in order to get the prisoners to the stations. In ordinary cases of disorder the police accepted collateral for the appearance of the prisoners in court. ?ne hundred or two got out in this way. j hose who were too much under the influence of liquor to care for themselves w ere detained until they got sober. The trials of the prisoners began early this morning and despite efforts in the " two courtrooms to expedite matters, the ? 'eels of justice ground slowly and the court did not adjourn until well after noon The list of offenses ranged from carrying concealed weapons to assault and disorderly conduct, with the latter predominating. About fio per cent of t the arrests were on this latter charge. "What's the cause of it?" one of the police aptalns was asked. "Johnson and Reno." he answered. ! "There were more incipient riots to the minute 'ast night than I've seen for many a day." Explained in Police Court. W i'lism Johnson colored, who uvs he won on the fight. mas given a > thirty-day workhouse sentence by Judg^> Pugh for flashing a knife in an 11th street saloon during a tight and threatening to use it on the first person who molested him. "He said he was going to slasii everybody that wouldn't agree with htm and wverybooy he didn t like that did agree with him. He was drunk, your honor," testified the policeman who arrested Johnson. The knife with a short, ugly looking blade, was shown to the court. W illiam Donohue. a soldier, who admitted he had only recently enlisted, mas allowed to go by the court on the strengtli of Ills statement that he was standing on the corner of 6th street and Penns>lvania avenue with a number of other soldiers, afraid to start for their posts, because of the possibility of trouble with the Avenue crowd. Donohue mas charged with obstructing the idem a lk *I didn't want to get into any trouble,; your honor." said the soldier. "And I j mas standing on the corner waiting to - take a car for Georgetown to go to the . post. My uniform, last night, would: * have started all sorts of difficulties if I walked up the Avenue." Josephine Jacobs admitted she voclftt'ontinued on Eighth Page.) HUGHESJQR PICK New Yorkers Believe He Will Get Chief Justiceship. WALL STREET SAYS 0. K. Regards Governor as Highly Desir- 1 able Han for Plaoe. POLITICIANS GROW ANXIOUS ! Want to Use Hughe* in Campaign < and Fear Appointment Might Interfere. ' Speriii I fom Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK. July 5.-Gov. Hughet' 1 elevation to the chief justiceship of the 1 United State* Supreme Court is regarded as practically & certainty by well In- ' formed republicans here. The statement is made that Gov. Hughes, when he 1 was offered and accepted the associate Justiceship, received an intimation that ' if a vacancy occurred in the chief Jus- 1 ti. eshin he should have it. Gov. Hughes friends in New York, ' therefore, although lacking up to this hour definite information from Beverly ' have reason to believe that the distinguished New Yorker will get the place. His elevation, T am told, would be entirely acceptable to Col. Roosevelt and other republican leaders. In financial circles Gov. Hughes' appointment would be highly commended. Classed as Conservative. He is regarded as conservative upon legal and constitutional questions, and is of the type of mind highly desirable for the Supreme bench from the viewpoint of the financial interests. Great satisfaction was expressed upon his first selection. and naturally the same reasons for gratification would apply to his promotion to the more Influential and important position. The reorganisation of the Supreme Court is one of the most important thing* of the future for the great industrial and financial interests of the country, and it will be watched with great anxiety. President Taft has in his hands the practical reorganization of the court, since he will All three vacancies. If the President should happen to know the attitude of mind of sitting members he could reframe the court, virtually, to suit ar?y ends he might have In view. However. since all men know that the only end President Taft has in view ia correct and just interpretation of the laws and Constitution of the United States, such speculation is but idle gossip. Feels Responsibility. Friends of President Taft have said re- i eently to the writer thst the President feels deeply the responsibility to the country and the people at large in making < suitable appointments to the Supreme 1 bench. The President has expressed his i appreciation of the fact that the great 1 industrial and financtal interests are not alone to be conserved by the Supreme ; Court, but the rights of the producers 1 A# aaisw**., a.. 1 oiiu t-uaouuici o vi v??c vwuuii y ai c Al stake. The financial district today is spec- , ulating on what effect the changes in the , court wilt have upon the trial of the big trust cases now up for rehearing. They were set for early in the October term, but if t(ie President waits for Con- ] gress to assemble in December before , announcing his appointments it may be ' necessary to postpone the reargunrients j until the new members go upon the j bench. One suggestion heard today was that the President might call the Senate in extraordinary session early in October to confirm the nominations. It is con- j sidered doubtful, however, whether the ( administration is in such a hurry to push the caaes to final decision as to 1 take such extraordinary steps. < Wall Street Is Patient. The financial district Is well content to 1 let things remain as they are. They don't care, down in Wall street, if the 1 cases are never decided. Delay means 1 days of grace In which to put over a few more brace games on the unwary, j j It is the understanding that the Depart- < ment of Justice will not run amuck on 1 the trusts pending the final decision In * Standard Oil and Tobacco, and the financial district will be pleased at any delay of the day when the department may, > dread thought, find itself equipped with i a Supreme Court decision wihch will open up a wide vista of prosecution of Indus- I trial combinations. I The financial district la in position to i understand in a way how your friend Mr. i JefTries feels, the street, being a little groggy and wobbly as result of two snidniiiNK u^priruis u ictcimy rcceiveu, one in the injunction proceeding* against the western roads an<\ the other the reduction of freights in the Intermountaln region. What the financial district wants is a long spell of recuperation, and the postponement of all the Supreme Court appointments until Congress meets in December. the orderly hearing of the cases throughout the winter and a decision next spring. Speculation of Politicians. The politicians today were speculating upon what effect the possible elevation of Gov. Hughes to the chief justiceship would have upon his political activities t^is fall In aid of the Taft-Hughes-Roosevelt combination to reorganize the republican party In the state of New York. The present plan is to have the governor remain in the executive chair until after the elections. He will be asked to make speeches in the state and will be throwm Into Ohio, where he is very potential with the people, while the congressional campaign committee would be glad of his aid in a few of the close districts. It is not known whether he would regard it as In derogation of the dignity of a prospective Chief Justice to be stumping the country, and some of the politicians will urge the President not to announce his selection for the hig hofllce until after the fall campaign. N. O. M. THREE KILLED IN RACE RIOT. Georgia Negroes Resist Anrest and Are Shot by Posse. AUGUSTA. Ga.. July 5?Three negroes were killed at Uvaldia. a small town of south Georgia, during a race riot, whtch may result In further fatalities. So far no whites have been injured. Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning negroes from a tie camp of the Georgia and Florida railroad appeared at Uvaldia. drunk, and became unruly. A number of white men went to the tie <-amp to arrest one of the negroes, and were met by volley after vollev from the negroes. ' None of the whites was struck. Returning the fire, the whites killed three negroes and the others sought refuge In the neighboring forests. They f have been under cover since. m BALLINGERAVISITOR Did Not Bring Resignation to \ President, He Says. ASSERTS HE'S NO QUITTER Reorganization of Reclamation Work Is Discussed. ENGINEERS' BOARD TO REPORT Justice Holmes in Beverly on Shopping Trip?Will Attend Fuller Funeral. BEVERLY, Mass., July 5.? Secretary of the Tnterlor Baltinger arrived In Beverly this morning. lunched with President Taft at Burgess point and this afternoon was engaged In a conference with the executive on the subject of the reorganization of the I'nlted States reclamation* service. The beginning of work under the new (120.000.000 issue of the certificates of indebtedness. authorised to complete irrigation projects in the west, also was discussed. The usual crop of resignation rumors came to Beverly with the Secretary. He soon put a quietus on these. Ballinger No Quitter. "I am not a quitter and never have been." he declared. "I didn't bring along any resignation, and don't Intend to leave any." As soon as the reclamation work is under way, under the new order of things. Secretary Ballinger will leave Washington for a visit to several Indian reservations, and then will go home to Seattle for a brief stay and an opportunity to look over his private affairs, which have been neglected for a year or more. The conference with the President probably will be concluded this afternoon. Ballinger hopes to be back in Washington tomorrow. The members of the new board of enginers, appointed by President Taft to examine and report upon the various projects to be carried forward under the $20,1)00,000 fund, are under orders to report to the Secretary of the Interior at the earliest possible moment. Ballinger will Issue the nerennarv Inxtrnrtfnnii to them ? ? - ?- ^ ? ? ?? ? ? ? and is anxious that they shall begin right away. Newell's Hands Tied. I The Secretary would not discuss today whatever reference his call upon the President might have upon the status of Director Newell of the reclamation service or the part he Is to play in the reorganization of that service. There is no secret that BalHnger is anxious that the reclamation work shall be taken out of Newell's hands. As a matter of fact, this purpose sterns already to have been accomplished by act of Congress. It was remarked today that Newell has practically become a civilian island, entirely surrounded by army engineers. No project can be carried forward without a report from the new board of engineers with authority that is well nigh unlimited. Above the army engineers stands Secretary Ballinger, while President Taft Is to act as final arbitrator. Reports that a complete reorganization of the Interior Department might follow the Secretary's visit to Beverly are ?aid to be entirely without foundation. Mr. Ballinger declared that nearly ail divisions of the department are in excellent shape. Bureaus in Shape. The patent office is practically automatic in its operation and the same Is true of the pension office. The Indian ottcte and the land office, the Secretary declared, are moving along smoothly and are in good hands. The land office always is deluged with work and Just now Is under the greatest pressure. As a matter of fact Ballinger praclioolltr sll m 4 rt o t e/1 fill Kra nrtUna AS 4l>> utt i/i aiivilCO til II1C deportment from consideration save the reclamation service. Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme [Jourt, whose summer home is only a few miles away, was in Beverly today un a shopping trip. He did not see the President. His visit had absolutely nothing to do with the vacancy on the Supreme Court bench. Justlc* Holmes will attend the Fuller funeral services it Sorrento tomorrow. It had not been determined this morning whether President Taft would be able to make the trip. The President played golf today with Capt. Butt at Myopia. THE FOURTH AT QUITO. President of Ecuador Attends Reception at U. S. Legation. QUITO, Ecuador, July 5.?The celebration of the American Independence day was specially memorable in Ecuador. The Stars and Stripes were raised over the American legation at Quito with military honors. The usual Fourth of July reception at the legation, which has become a social feature in recent years, was attended by the president, his cabinet and society generally. In the absence of Mrs. Fox, who is now abraad, the Ameripan minister, Mr. Fox, was assisted In receiving by Mrs. Lockwood and Miss Harman of New York and Mr. Stabler, secretary of the legation. CRASH ON NORFOLK TROLLEY. Twenty-Five Passengers Hurt, But None Seriously. NORFOLK, Va., July 5.?Twenty-five oersons were hurt in a trolley collision on the Atlantic terminal division of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company, about midnight. Twenty are In a hospital here today. No one la believed to be dangerously Injured. The accident was caused by a falling trolley wire, which stalled and darkened a car so that It was not seen in time to prevent a crash. Alt but three of the injured were negro Fourth of July excursionists, returning home from Pine Beach. urnmg Fourth Observed at San Juan. RAN JUAN, P. R., July B.?The Fourth of July was celebrated elaborately here with a military and civilian parade, fireworks and a ball at the theater. The authorities restricted the use of explosives. Mrs. ?. F. Whitehead Dead. VIENNA, July 5.-Mrs. Elita Florence Whitehead, mother-in-law of Maj. William H. Allaire, military attache of the American embassy, died suddenly of apoplexy last night. t s RESULT /vm Jm,Y?>vM /A Tfffl? Pi m ( \* ^ SIGHTS BLAZING VESSEL I UNIDENTIFIED SHIP SEEN BUBNING AT SEA. f Thought to Be the Bark Crown, Which Was Wrecked Last January. NEW YORK, July 5.?An unidentified vessel, seemingly a six-hundred-ton brig, si which apparently had caught fire and ]< been abandoned hv her crew. was tl sighted about 230 miles southwest of Ber- d muda June 23 by the steamer Suriname, t! bound from New Tork to Demerara. The T vessel was still burning when the Surl- t< name encountered her. As there were no boats about the wreck it was assumed n that her crew had boarded them and es- n caped. p The report was brought here today by h the steamer Saramacca. which came in from Barbados. The Saramacca spoke to h the Suriname and took her message. Ac- s cording to the Suriname's officers, the ? vessel was burned down to within four ? feet of the water. There was no name h visible, the bows and stern being car- a boniaed. The wreck was reported by the y Suriname as a dangerous obstruction to navigation. n From the location and description of fl the derelict there is a possibility that a it was the bark Crown, which was wrecked last January and the crew rescued. Shipping men assume that some passing vessel may have set fire to the derelict in hopes of destroying her. . ? tl WINE FROM PALESTINE. Served to Zionists at Banquet in ti Pittsburg. v PTTT8BURG. July 5.?Conclusion of h business at the thirteenth annual convention of the American Fedemtinn ?r t v* : j Zionists was expected at today's session.j n The nomination of officers was reported j P by a committee ap follows: S. Abel, New York, president: the Rev. Dr. J. L. Mag- t, nes. New York, vice president; Miss Hen- h rletta Ssold of Louisville, Ky., secretary, o At a banquet of the Zionists last night * nearly 300 prominent Hebrews from all ? parts of the country were present. A feature was the service of wine sent especially from Palestine, from vineyards In the very lands which the Jews hope to reclaim. ? The finance committee has reported that p subscriptions to aid the movement con- ^ tinue steady but small, and an especial t appeal is made for more substantial flnanclal backing. * 9 a RAILROAD CONDUCTORS CONFER d Wages and Working Conditions on J Pennsylvania Considered. * PITTSBURG. July 5.?Oliver Irvln, n chairman of the Order of Railway Con- ,, ductors. admitted today that committees a of the organisation were continuing meetings here today to consider working tl conditions and wages on Pennsylvania * a. lines WMl ui rmouuij. While he declined to be quoted, he a Intimated that any action which the ? western division men might take was ? being delayed until It was seen what the eastern employes decide upon. 11 p Arguments in Bleach Floor Case. J> KANSAS CITT. July 5.?Arguments oc- a cup led the attention of the jury In the a bleached flour trial in the federal court here today. Pierce Butler of St. Paul and United States District Attorney Leslie Lyons of I this city argued for the government. s Bruce Elliott of St. Louis and Judge E. L. _ Scarrttt of this city spoke for the millers. ^ ? h Eighteen Hart in Trolley Wreck. {] ZANESVILLE, Ohio. July 5.?In a c wreok on the Southeastern Ohio Inter* urban railroad here last night eighteen j, persons, returning from a park, were in- b jured. William Reed of this city may die as a result of his injuries. The others t sustained only minor hurts, p ' OF THE SAFE AND SANE '<?>? |Jl J TODAY. iii IT PRIZE FIGHT PtCTOBES 'olice Chief Says He Will Prohibit Exhibition?Mr. Rudolph May Acquiesce. Impressed with the scenes on the treets of the District last night fol>wing the receipt of the returns from tie flght at Reno, District officials toay seriously consider barring exhibiions of pictures taken at the ringside, heir decision will probably be known raiorrow. Police Chief Sylvester is most proounced in opposition. He has an ounced that he will do his utmost to revent the showing of the pictures ere. None of the Commissioners will give is opinion for publication. Commisloner Rudolph, who studied the effects f the flght announcement on the rowds last night, said this morning hat many appeals have been made to Im to prevent stirring up feeling such s prevailed in the crowded streets esterday afternoon. Several ministers have asked the Commissioners to bar moving pictures of the ght, on the ground that such pictures re demoralizing. Sylvester Has Not Seen Rudolph. When Maj. Sylvester said last night hat he would do all in his power to have he moving pictures of the fight kept out f the District, he had not communicated r\th the Commissioners. Commissioner tudolph had not seen the chief of police his morning when he spoke of the picures and discussed privately the adisabiilty of prohibiting theaters to exibit them. The matter would, in the routine of vents, be brought up by Commissioner ohnston. Commissioner Rudolph, up to ow, has said that if there are any peole who do not care to see pictures of ghts they need not attend the shows. However, he said this morning that the < emper of the excited crowd last'night . ad made him think a little more deeply n the subject. He had begun to listen to hose who believe that stirring up the 1 ace question as the flght has done will : e far from beneficial to the community. Prohibition by Police Chief. "I am going to inform the proprietors f theaters here that they will not be ermltted to show the pictures," said . Jaj. Sylvester this morning, "and let i hem fight it out. The order wijl also pply to train holdups and sensational 1 urglaries." , Maj. Sylvester says he thinks the con- j uct of people in all sections of the counry last night give a clear indication of he ugly feeling caused by the result of he fight. The showing of the pictures, he 1 ays, would mean an awakening of that eeling and the probable renewal of last ight's troubles. "In this city," added the chief of police, where children under sixteen years of . ge, unaccompanied, are permitted to at- , jnd theaters, the conditions are such tat incalculable injury would undoubt- 1 Sly result. The showing of the pictures ' rouId affect the minds of the children 1 nd would also renew the hostile feeling I n the part of maijy white men. "No good and much harm," he added, can only result from exhibiting the pictres." Maj. Sylvester explained that his pro- . osed action is to be taken because he ' elieves the elimination of such pictures 1 om the theaters will prevent the demor- i lizatlon of the youth of the city, as well s of older persons. View of Assessor's Office. B. F. Adams, acting assessor for the Mstrict, said that he knew of no provilon of law whioh would give the Com- ' lissloners authority to revoke a theater cense. When the owners of the theaters ave complied with the legal requtrelents and have obtained the necessary, censes, so far as he knew, the licenses ould not be revoked. The corporation counsel, he stated, has eld that signatures obtained are good or succeeding years and do not have to e obtained each year. "The police," he added, "may be able o proceed against the proprietors of such laces under another law." I era . ] DIPLOMAT IS EXECUTED CHANCELLOR OF GERMAN LEGATION IN CHILE SHOT. Murdered Employe and Then Set Fire to Building to Hide His Thefts. SANTIAGO. Chile, July 5?Wilhelm Beckert, former chancellor of the German legation here, was shot here today for the murder of a Chilean messenger of the legation on February 5, 1909. The chancellery of the German legation at Santiago was burned to the ground February 5, 1900. The following day a body was found in the ruins, and it was believed to be that of Beckert. An examination showed that the man had been stabbed to death, and a further investigation disclosed the fact that the safe had been robbed of a large sum of money. Later it was discovered that an employe of the legation was missing, and a closer inspection of the charred body proved that it was not that of tne Herman chancellor. February 12 Beckert was arrested at Chilian. He was charged with the murder and with setting tire to the legation, and the evidence at the trial laid bare the motive for the crime. Beckert had embezzled a large sum, covering his thefts by means of forgeries. With the object of concealing this he had set fire to the chancellery after having killed the employe. The German emperor waixed the diplomatic immunity and permitted the Chilean courts to settle the case under the laws of the country. JOY SIDE PROVES FATAL. Three Men in a Stolen Automobile , Meet With Disaster. PITTSBURG. July 5.?While Col. H. P. Bope, vice president of the Carnegie Steel Company, was attending the ball game yesterday afternoon, three men lumped into his automobile, which was parked across trom Forbes Field, and started for a joy ride. They crossed the river to the North Side, where two motor cycle policemen raced after them. The high-speed car was fast leaving the police behind when it crashed into a. pile of smokestacks lying in the Btreet. The car turned turtle, and the three men were dragged from beneath the car and hurried to a hospital. John Miller, twenty-four years old, has a fractured skull and A. G. Lucas has an injured spine. Both will die. Charles Hays, aged twenty-eight, is seriously cut and bruised, but will re- 1 :over. The machine was wrecked. \ i >. i Women Hurt in Auto Accident. ' CHALON-SUR-SAONE, France. July 5. ?An automobile in which Ave Americans were driving to Vienna was overturned in i. ditch yesterday in an attempt to avoid i bull. Two of the woman passengers 1 were seriously injured. The members of I "o?tir have not vot hecn idontltloH ? I Diet During Father's Funeral. ? WASHINGTON, Pa., July 5.?As the Rev. T. M. Hartman of the Presbyterian Church began the funeral services over the body of James H. Watson yesterday, Walter, the dead man's four-month-old son, died. Both deaths were caused by tuberculosis. The funeral of the elder Watson was delayed and the body of the child prepared for burial and placed In the casket with that of the father. A double funeral was conducted. White Man Kills Two Negroes. LAKE PROVIDENCE, La., July 5.? Two negroes were killed and a third wounded by Henry Evans, a white man, 1 at Enoka yesterday. Evans' brother was 1 undergoing a beating by a negro bar tender when Evans opened Are, killing ; the negro. A second negro interfered and ' met a like fate. A negress was struck ' by a stray bullet. . < " "-** ""*** *9 0 LIFE TERMFOR HYDE Committed to Jaii Pending Appeal to Higher Court. HAS SIX MONTHS TO WAIT Wife of Convicted Poisoner With Him in Conrt. BAIL REFUSED FOR PRISONER Sentenced to Penitentiary at Jefferson City, Mo., by Judge Latsbaw. Removed to County Prison. KANSAS CITT, July 5-Dr. B C. Hyde, convicted of having poisoned Col. Thomas H. Swope, the millionaire philanthropist, was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor by Judge Ralph S. I.atshaw in the criminal court here this morning. An appeal to the state supreme court was filed by Hyde's attorney. Until it is taken up by the higher court the prisoner will remain in the county jail here. Wife at Prisoner's Side. The case was called by Judge Latshaw as soon as court was opened this morning. The doctor and his wife, who had stood by him so faithfully, sat side by nlJ. n J 1 1 J erne tutu ueiu eacii uiuer ? iikuu^. Judge I.atshaw promptly overruled the motion for arrest of Judgment, and commanded Dr. Hyde to stand up. Before passing sentence he asked the prisoner if he had anything to say. Dr. Hyde, smiling and calm, replied: "I did not understand you. Judge."' "Have you anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon you?" repeated the judge. "My attorneys will talk for me," said Dr. Hyde, quietly. At this point Attorney Lucas, for the defense, arose and told the court he had nothing to say. Condemned for Life. Then as Dr. Hyde remained standing, Judge Latshaw continued: "The judgment of the court, Dr. Hyde, is that you be confined in the state penitentiary at Jefferson City, at hard labor, for and during the period of your natural life." A moment later Dr. Hyde had resumed his seat by his wife at the attorney's table. His attorneys asked the court to grant bail. This Judge Latshaw said be could not do. Then Mr. Lucas presented an affidavit for an appeal to the state supreme court. This was accepted by Judge Latshaw. Hyde was remanded to the county jail. The court said the prisoner would be kept there until the supreme court had passed finally on his case. As the court does not meet until the first week in September and as It ha: a heavy docket, it is the belief of the attorneys that the appeal will not be decided for at least six months. DAY CELEBRATED IN LONDON. Ambassador and Mrs. Beid Receive at Dorchester House. LONDON, July 5.?Between 2.000 and 3,000 people attended the Fourth of July celebration given by Ambassador and Mrs. Reid at Dorchester House yesterday afternoon. The house was elaborately decorated with florals and a number ol diplomats were among the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Reid held a small reception oorlipr in hnnnr of thlrtv or fortv visiting American surgeons and a numbei of English medical celebrities were invited to meet them. SHOT HEBSELF IN HOTEL. Well Gowned Young Woman Denies That She Attempted Suicide. NEW YORK, July 5.?A handsome, well gowned young woman who registered at the Grand T'nion Hotel yesterday as Miss Dora Ehrich of St. Louis is a prisoner in Bellevue Hospital, charged with attempted suicide. She was found lying on the floor of her room with a bullet wound in the left breast and a 32-caliber revolver besides her, Her condition is not regarded as serious. Miss Ehrlich told the police she came here to spend the Fourth and had shot herself accidentally while handling the revolver. She said she is twenty-twc years old, a stenographer, and that her home is at 15 State street, St. Louis. Lost Her Deckload in Gale. SYDNEY. N. S. W., July 5.?The American sailing ship W. F. Babcock, which left Port Ludlow January 16, has put into Sydney for repairs. Her deckload was lost in a gale and she has had a stormy passage throughout, having stopped at Honolulu on the 9th of March to replace her rudder, which was lost. Portuguese Warship at Port of Spain PORT OF SPAIN, July 5?The Portuguese warship De*i Carlos arrived this morning from the Buenos Aires centenary festival. This being the first visit of a Portuguese warship to this port, the large Portuguese colony has made elaborate arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the officers and creU\ Would Bar Beligioua Orders. MADRID, July 5.?Premier Canalajes will submit to the king on Thursday a bill forbidding further religious orders to enter Spain until the pending negotiations with the Vatican for the revision of the concordat are ended. Lumber Burns Dp in Canada., MONTREAL, July 5.?A special from \rnprior, Ontario, says Are last night md today destroyed lumber worth from B,000,000 to 15.000,000 in the Gillies lumber yards. The burned ,area covers half a square mile. The mills were saved after i hard fight. Thayer After Bulkeley's Toga. NORWICH. Conn.. July 5.-Mayor Charles F. Thayer of this city, a democrat, formally announces that he Is a candidate for United States senator to succeed Morgan G. Bulkeley. This announcement is contained in a letter to the democratic state central committee, made public today. Mr. Thayer has just begun his fifth term as mayor. Suicide Prevents Brother's Be union. CHICAGO. July 5.?Henry Michaels, a Chicago furniture dealer, shot and killed himself last night while his two brothers, Alfred Michaels of this city and Nathar Michaels of New York, awaited him at Ei hotel that they might celebrate a reunion after a number of years. The suicide is attributed to melancholia. ? It DOUBT THEIR GUILT ? ? Officers Not Convinced Soldiers Assaulted Stewart. CHARGE IS BEING PROBED Lack of Motive for Vicious Attack Is Pointed Out. REVENGE THEORY ADVANCED Belief Expressed That Negro Wm the Victim of Members of His Own Race. ^ Gen. Oliver, actinic secretary of war. said today that the chance that two mem bers of the engineer battalion at Washington barracks had assaulted and mutilated a negro named Stewart rear Gaithersburg several nights ago, while the troops were on their way from this city ; to the camp of instruction at Gettysburg. i Is being thoroughly investigated hy ths military authorities. Although the investigation is not yet completed, evidence has been submitted which tends to throw serious doubt on the charge that tba outrage was perpetrated by soldiers. Capt. C. W. Otwell. commanding the engineer company which was In the vicinity of Gaithersburg at the time of the assault on Stewart, made an investigation as soon as he heard of the occurrence. He visited the injured man the heat day and got his version of the affair, and then interrogated the men of his company, including the non-commissioned officers. He has made a preliminary report. from which it appears that all the horses and soldiers of his command were In their proper places on the night of the assault. , Investigation Is Thorough. Owing to the fact that the troops were under marching orders the officers did not have much time to devote to the investigation while In the Immediate vicinity. Since then, however, the entire matter has been thoroughly investigated under the supervision of Gen. Wother; spoon, commanding the camp of instruction at Gettysburg. State's Attorney Waters, who is investigating the case for the civil authorities, has been invited to go to Gettysburg and confer with Gen. , Wotherspoon and the officers of the enI gineer company with a view of unraveling . the mystery, if possible. An army sur, geon has visited Stewart at his home ' and made an examination of his injuries. . He is still in a serious condition. When . able to move he will be taken to Gettys| burg for the purpose of identifying, if possible, the two soldiers said to nave assaulted him without provocation. , One of the points which the authorities : are endeavoring to establish is what poe: sible motive any soldier or citisen could : have for attacking Stewart in such a savage manner. To that end his movements and actions for several days prior to the assault are being looked upt in order to ascertain it tie had quarreled or had any serious trouble with any soldier or with any civilian, white or colored. > living anywhere near his home who might have had some cause, imaginary or otherwise, to justify the infliction of vengeance on Stewart. Figment of Excited Brain. The impression prevails in some quar' ters that Stewart was the victim of P some members of his own race, and that his story about soldiers was the flgment of an excited brain. But the putsle ' is why should he want to shield hia assailants if he knows them. The authorities of the War Department naturally desire to protect the reputation of the army, but at the sama . time they are determined that any soldier who misconducts tyimself shall ba ! punished. 0 A a one officer said today, this policy applies as well to the white soldiers as to the black soldiers. He added that it also was the polky of the department to pun ish individual culprits where they can , be found and to avoid visiting their sins upon the organization of which they may happen to be a part. It was stated that 5 If it should develop that soldiers madi 1 the attack on Stewart they will be turned over to the civil authorities of Montgomery county for triah SOLDIERS LASHED TO BOAT. Coast Artillerymen Have Perilous Trip on the Bay. NORFOLK. Vs., July ft.?Two com parties of Norfolk Coast Artillery, wnicn . acted as a personal escort for Gov. Mann i at the unveiling of a Confederate monui rnent at Saluda, in Middlesex county, Va . i yesterday had an exciting return vovag* during a bad storm in I>ower Chesape.. e bay last ntght. 1 The trip was made on the Virginia state oyster gunboat Commodore Maury. Tba men had to lash themselves to the deck, which was at times awash, to prevent being swept overboard. WOBKS WITH BROKEN SKULL. Express Messenger Sticks to Pott After Train Accident. BUFFALO, N. V.. July 6.? His skull fractured in two places and only able to retain consciousness by force of will power, George S. Whitney, an express messenger on a Lake oaore train, stuck to his post for nearly two hours until hi* train arrived here yesterday. He then lapsed Into unconsciousness and was taken to a hospital. He probably will die. When Whitney left Cleveland at t o'clock in the morning an unusually large sum of money was placed in i.is charge. At Dunkirk he looked out of the door a A. ? - I* clammAil chut r-a tr>hlri o lilg JUM 415 IV rioimii^u v wwxtoq ? head. He refused to go to the Dunkirk hospital. Insisting that he must deliver the money packages at Buffalo. Jilted, Slays Girl, Shoots Self. DETROIT. Mich.. July 5.?Edward Weiss, aged twenty-six years, today fchot and killed his sweetheart, Gertrude Labowitz. aged seventeen, and then turned the gun on himself. He is in a dying condition. The dead girl's blind sister was with her at the time of the shooting, and is said to have told the police the victim met her death on refusal to marry Weiss. Hitchcock's Cleric Promoted. Walter L. Barnum, who has been acting as the confidential clerk to Postmaster General Hitchcock for some time, has been promoted from a clerkship at fl.O*> per annum to the post of confidential clerk at $1,800 per annum. John H. Anderson of Indiana, who hss been acting In a similar capacity for Chief Clerk Weed, also has been promoted from $1,600 to $1,800 on the clerical rolls. * b