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No. 18,193. WASHINGTON, D. 0., TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1910-SIXTEEN PAGES. ONE CENT.
PERIL OF G. 0. P.
IN MASSACHUSETTS
Faces a Bitter Contest, With
Defeat Threatened at
the End.
DRAPER IS UNPOPULAR;
rAn I T MANUIUAr MLAV T
Serious Discontent With Tariff and
High Living Cost.
VOTERS MUST BE AROUSED
Managers Plan Systematic Four
Weeks' Campaign to Get Out the
Full Bepublican
Strength.
Special From a Staff Correspondent.
BOSTON, July 10.?Clbuds, dark and
ominous, loom upon the republican horizon
for the coming fall campaign. That
the Grand Old Party is in a bad way no
one disputes?that is to say,* it is in a
bad way at this moment. Hard work,
perfect organization and unremitting effort
along practical lines are expected to
overcome this untoward situation, and the
ju'igmciii 01 uareiui uuscrvcra in |
the republican rank* is that victory may i
be yet snatched from a situation that is
far from promising.
In Massachusetts this fall an entire
state ticket, both branches of the legislature.
representatives in Congress and
numerous county officers are to be chosen
at the polls. The legislature thus chosen
will elect a United States senator, Senator
Lodge's term expiring.
Off Tear in Politics.
It is an off year in politics. Likewise, as
it befalls now, it seems to threaten to be
an off year for the republican party and
an off year in business and industry as
well as employment. Do not gather from
this gloomy expression that all is hopeless
with the republicans. Far from it.
Read a little further and see. It Is my
li'.irnnuo t a ioil #li?
t U > pvuv IV a a i LUC nui 9L CK.C 11IC UUlO^li
from the republican viewpoint, and then
picture the silver lining to the clouds.
The first fact that confronts the republican
management at the outset of this
< ainpjtign .s that last year they elected
t eir governor by a scant majority of
;.<* ? votes. Gov.. Draper received 1W.i'-O
\ otes. and the democratic candidate,
Mi Vahey. received 182,252.
Natura'Iy the question arises. In what
way does the situation differ for the republicans
this jear from last year?
J-'rankness compels the answer that the
only way it differs is for the worse, and
the reply can be divided into four specifications,
namely:
Periis of the Republicans.
The republicans are due, in the natural j
order of things, to suffer from the discontent
of toe voters with the tariff
legislation.
They should feel the resentment of the
people over the high cost of living.
They should suffer, as the party In
power, for diminution of employment and
t laying off of workmen now threatened.
They should feel the result of the Der
sonal unpopularity of their prospective
candidate for governor. Gov. Draper, and
the hostility of labor to him.
The, next question in order is. How do
the republicans hope to overcome thes^
unfavorable conditions?
In the first place, they expect to overtome
the disproporticn between Gov. Draper
s vote last year of 190,000 and the
2titi.000 cast for Taft the preceding year
by a systematic plan of getting out the
stay-at-home vote.
In limb the number of voters in Massachusetts
who failed to go to the polls
was Itifeouo. It is needless and would be
tiresome to try to explain why they
stayed away; it is sufficient that they did.
Careful analysis by methods readily at
hand induce the republican managers to
believe that two-thirds of that stay-athome
vote was republican. They propose
this year to get it out and poll it.
Indifferent to Party.
Painstaking inquiry has convinced the
republican managers in this state that
there is no passion of opposition to the
republican party in Massachusetts, but
t ere is tremendous indifference. Overcoming
indifference is another proposition
to combating downright violent opposition.
To do tills they propose to make a fourweek
campaign, where last year they
were content with two weeks on tne firing
line.
They will organize a thorough speaking
campaign to explain the policies of
the part>. ,
They will inaugurate a new scheme of
o ganization by utilizing the legJglacive
candidates, forming an auxiliary campaign
in each of the forty senatorial dlstriete
of the state and holding the candidates
ieep??nsibl? for conditions In their
bailiwicks
Thej will fall in behind President Tail j
in hi* defense of the tariff legislation and
will ask the votei.- to give the new law
a fair trial, and will dwell especially upon
toe administration ja>llcy of investigating
the tariff through a commission and endeavoring
to piaee the tarifT upon a scientific
business basis.
The assumption is that Massachusetts
is a protective tariff state and that the
disaffectb n is directed against the method
rather than the principles.
It will be dear to the most non-political
niind that the success of the republican
campaign depends upon getting the republican
vote ul. in reclaiming the independent
an. mugwump vote and drawing
it ba k Hit > the republican fold b>'
an appeal to .artisan spirit.
Democratic Camnaicm issues
? O -The
democrats for their part have their
campaign issues cut out for them by
conditions. They will harp upon two
strings, national and state. They will
charge the dominant party, justly or
not. with responsibility through the tariff
of the high cost of living. If the threatened
slump in industrial conditions materializes
they will taunt the republicans
with failing to maintain prosperity with
' their tarifT. If workingmen's employment
is cut down by one-third or onehalf
and the cost of living kept at top
notch, the democrats think it will need
eery little effort on their part to arouse
antagonism to the party in power.
On state issues the democrats will
charge extravagance, for which there
it. claimed to be at least surface founda(Continued
on Ninth Page.)
REAL STORY UNTOLD 1
Coroner Doubts Statements of C
Mrs. Young and Mother.
ACCOUNTS DO NOT AGREE S
Will Try to Make Others Talk. Who D
Know of Affair.
TRAGEDY IN FETZERS OFFICE L!
Woman Says Man Who Killed Him- ^
self Was Jealous?No Trace of
Family in Washington.
CHICAGO, 111., July in.?"I don't think j
the real story of the shooting of Mrs. J
Emma Young by 'Charles W. Rigdon and pt
the suicide of Rigdon last Friday has s.
been told yet," declares Coroner Peter
M. Hoffman. Pi
"There are certain persons who can tell
much that has been left unsaid. We will J(l
get to the bottom of the whole affair, if cf
possible." ge
Many conflicting statements have been a*
made by all parties in the case. Mrs.
ru
Young declared yesterday that Rigdon
er
shot her and killed himself because he j
was jealous of two men.
One of them, she said, is John C. Fet- th
zer, millionaire, in whose office the shoot- tri
ing took place. The other is S. W. Tan- 111
mi
ner, clerk at a downtown hotel. Roth men ptl
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vivhj aiui J. no
Mrs. Young's Statement.
on
In her statement to Police Inspector
Patrick Lavin, Mrs. Young said she th
feared that Rigdon's original intention m,
had been to get her and Fetzer together fri
and kill them both. She said she was gf
afraid to go to meet the man alone, and to
for that reason she took with her to Fet- Ts
zer's office her half sister, "Mary Theresa
Turner."
"Mrs. Young assured me that Rigdon's
discovery that she had written a letter I
to Mr. Fetzer was the Immediate cause s.
of the tragedy," Inspector Lavin said. tu
"She also insisted that Rigdon had
threatened to take the life of Fetzer e
a day or so before the shooting, and that Po
Fetzer had sent her word 'for God's He
sake see Rigdon and straighten this out.' rat
" 'I was afraid to meet Rigdon alone .
in Mr. Fetzer's office after I had agrteu
to go there,' the woman said. 'So I ,ei
took my sister with me. When Rigdon bu
came in I showed him a letter, and told tin
him he had been persecuting me.' j?(
"That was about all that was* said as *
far as she was able to tell," concluded 11
the police official. "She said that Rig- vei
don remarked: 'Well, I suppose that you tlo
don't want anything further to do with j
me.' dropped his head in his hands and
then suddenly reached for his aun in his
desk and began to shoot at her and her
sister. As they ran out of the room ta1
and Mrs. Young fell he turned the re- Fa
volver to his own head and tired. "v
an
Fetzer Dodged Trouble. ret
wl
"Fetzer, according to the woman, was th?
in the room and heard all the con versa- sui
tion. He left when Riadon reached for J
the revolver, according to our investigatlon
of the circumstances. pU
"The letter tlrat Mrs. Young rays s.ie
showed when she upbraiued Rigdon was cli
one which he had written yi S. \V. Tan- ap
ner. clerk at the hotel, in which Rigdon or
had cast reflections upon the character of ml
Mrs. Young. She said the letter had been a
written by Rigdon during a fit of Jeal- po
ousv, some time ago, when sne was stop- po
ping at the hcrfel. She asserted that R(
Tanner had giwn the letter to her as in
soon as he received it." th
The mother of the two women went to Mi
Evanston to live about three weeks ago. ]
She says her r.ame is Mrs. Oscor J. Troj- th
man. She said that her husband, who mi
had been in the Norwegian diplomatic po
service at Washington and Eondon, died ac
six years ago in the English capital.
"We came to Chicago at the request of
my daughter. Mrs. Young, three weeks
ago," she said. "Mr. Rigdon and she had ]
arranged for the lease of the house. be
"I know that Mrs. Young had been em- \f
pioyea oy mm as a private secretary and
stenographer for about three years, and mc
has traveled all about the west with him on
on his business missions. Si<
The mother said that Mrs. Young was co
married ten years ago to Alexander ,
Young, a New York attorney, and they
separated about three years ago. She said ^e
Young now was living in New York or J
Philadelphia. Se
"After the separation," she said, "her (h
daughter became a stenographer. It was
in a business office in New York that she CO!
met Rigdon." fr<
. Supported Mother and Family.
Mrs. Trojman said that since >ier bus- ne
band's death Mrs. Young had supported
herself, her mother, her sister Theresa, i
twenty years old; another sister, Matilda, Ta
sixteen years old, and her brother Walter, 'at
thirteen years old. All four of her children
reside with her, she said. " ?,
"After my husband's death," she said, no
"we moved from London to Washinuton, to
and lived for a time in Dupcnt Circle ga
and at 1334 fttli street. Two years ago a 1
we moved to New York, and lived on I sti
IMMh street " ""
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According to the mother, her daughter mi
Theresa attended a convent in Washington
until recently. The other daughter.
Matilda, was in a Catholic school in J
Wisconsin.
- While the widow was telling he rstory
Theresa arrived at the residence. Sh"
at once dismissed all interviewers and
announced that all the information which
had been given by Mrs. Trojman was (
incorrect. , fh
"Her story is arranged just for the
newspapers to get," she said. "You had
better not believe what you have been ye
told. hn
The young woman continued that her ,
own name was Mary Theresa Turner and ia
that her half sister's maiden name was slEmma
Young, but that she had been th
married, is a widow, and refused to give i
her married name.
She declared that Rigdon was a distant ,
relative of Miss or Mrs. Young, and had c*
lived with the family when they dwelled hi
in New York and other cities. To ac- m,
count for the two names she declared he
that her mother had been married twice. re
Not a Philadelphia Lawyer. to
PHILADELPHIA, July 19.?No one by pa
the name of Alexander Young is a mem- 10
ber of the Philadelphia bar. Y?
th
No Trace in Washington.
A search for the former home, in Washington
of Mrs. Oscar J. Trojman, mother
of Mrs. Alexander Young, who was shot
In Chicago by Charles W. Rigdon, failed ^
to show where Mrs. Trojman had lived I
in this city. at
At 1334 Uth street, whore Mi*s. Trojman so
said she made her home two years ago, kt
no traceof her could be found. This was
the same case in Dupont circle, where
Mrs. Trojman said she had lived also
while here.
Inquiry was made at the convents here
to learn if Miss Mary Turner or Miss ll"
Mary Trojman. who is a second daugh- e>
ter of Mrs. Trojman. had been a student til
there, but no trace of her could be pt
found, either. 8I
0 NAME M'KINLAY
?
olored Man Will Be Collector
at Georgetown.
URPRISED AT THE NEWS
eclares He Was Not a Candidate
for the Position.
IVED IN CITY SINCE 1884
robably Will Take Up His New
Duties at Once?Friend
of Dr. Crum.
President Taft will appoint Whitefield
cKinlay of 936 F street northwest, a coled
real estate dealer, collector of the
>rt of Georgetown, to suc?ed Howard
Nyman, the present incumbent.
Mr. McKinlay, when informed of the
resident s intention, expressed great surise.
"I was positively not a candidate for
e place," said he. "I presume that some
my friends have been active in sug sting
my name, but just who proposed
id urged it 1 do not know. About three
lys ago some one came to me with a
imor' that my name was being consided.
That was the first intimation that
had.
T told the bearer of that information
at I knew nothing about the matter and
ied to find out from him where the
mor originated, but he could not tell
?. Since then several persons have talkto
me about the matter, but I knew
>thing and know nothing now except
lat The Star tells me. It is a tremenus
surprise to me.
Were Brig. Gen. Clarence Edwards in
e country I might attribute the appointpnt
to him, because he is one of my best
iends, but he is touring the world with
ci'etary Dickinson. I do not know whom
thank for this honor besides President
ift."
Native of Charleston, S. C.
dr. McKinlay was born in Charleston,
C.. in 1W7, and attended Avery Instite
in that state until he was seventeen
ars old, when he was appointed to West
int by former Representative Rantter.
: entered the Military Academy, but relined
there only a few months,
le returned to his native state and en ed
the University of South Carolina,
t left it in 1877, because in that year
b institution was closed to negroes. Mr.
:Kinlay taught school for a time and
>n went to Iowa, entered the Iowa Unirsity
and graduated from that institun.
ie came to Washington in 1884 and
lk engaged in variona "pursuits until
17, when he established the real ese
business in which he is now enged
at rt.it> F street northwest. He
es at the Fred Douglass home, at w
d 14th streets southeast. He is senary
and trustee of the organization
lich had this permanent memorial to
1 rolored leader in charge. He has '
pervision over the home. ' 1
>Ir. McKinlay was appointed a member 1
the homes commission by former Pres- i
;nt Roosevelt. This was the only
blic place that he ever held,
rhosc "in the know" politically are in- 1
ned to give some of the credit for the
pointment to Dr. \V. D. ("rum, the col- 1
ed man who recently was appointed (
Inister to Diberia. Dr. Crum was for |
number of years the collector of the
rt of Charleston, S. C. He was apinted
to that place by former President '
josevelt, and confirmation was held up
the Senate for a long time because of
e bitter opposition of Senator Tillman,
r. McKinlay is a friend of Dr. Crum.
It is understood that he is to take
e position immediately. The appolntent
will be a recess one, and the apintee
can serve until the Senate finally
ts.
Storm Center for Months.
Phe Georgetown collectorship has
en a storm center for several months,
ter President Taft had decided to
ike a change he cast about for some
e to take the place and hit upon
Iney Beiber, republican national
mmitteeman for the District of Combia
and close friend of Postmaster
neral Hitchcock.
dr. Beiber's name was sent to the
nate, but It soon became evident that j
ere was a decided opposition to his
nflrmation. This opposition came 1
>m two sources. There were several 1
nators who seemed desirous of airing ,
1 charges against Mr. Beiber in conction
with a land deal, and there
tre others who were inclined to favor
e retention of Collector Nyman.
because of this opposition President
ft withdrew Mr. Bieber's name, but ,
er sent it in again. It was still before ,
f Senate for confirmation when Conpss
adjourned.
Shortly after adjournment it was an- '
unced that the President had decided
appoint some one else, and rumors be- '
n to fly that it was planned to appoint (
Georgia colored man to the place. This '
rred up opposition all over the District
d started much criticism of the ad- 1
inistration. 1
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LARGE ESTATE IS RELEASED. !
i
iedringhaus Fortune of $7,000,000 I
to Be Distributed. 1
UtAMTE CITY. III.. juiv in _ Rv
e death of Mrs. Mary Niedringhaus at
t summer home at Jamcstown, R. I.,
sterday the $7,000,000 estate of her
isband. the late William F. NiedringlUs
will revert to her four sons and
< daughters, to be divided among ]
em.
IVilliam F. Niedringhaus died July 13.
08. He was the founder of Granite
ty as an industrial community, and
s estate consists chiefly of stock in a
amifacturlng concern and real estate
re and in St. Louis. His will dieted
that a trust company be formed
manage the estate. The four sons
ere named as directors of the comnv
The trust company was ordered
pay Mrs. Niedringhaus $20,000 a
ar from the income of the estate.
ie death of Mrs. Niedringhaus ends !
e trust.
Lunatic Kills Asylum Attendant.
IONIA. Mich.. July 10.? Herbert Taylor,
i attendant at the State Asylum for
imlnal insane, died today following an
tack made upon him by William Burke,
j inmate of the institution. Burke,
iddenly becoming violent, struck the
seper on the head with a window weiaht
Mt. Shishaldin in Eruption.
VALDEi. Alaska. July lft. ?Officers of
le mail steamer Dora report that the
uptlon of Mount Shishaldin was connuing
*"ith unabated violence when they
issed Unimak Island, affording a grand
>ectacle.
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He A SHAKE-UP
Maj. Gen. Elliott Only One Reprimanded
Who Retains
vvcidiiiiiyiuii Hddiyiimenu
Closely following recent disclosures of
dissension at the headquarters of the Marine
Corps In this city, orders have been
issued assigning several officers involved
Lo distant stations.
Maj. Gen. George F. Elliott, commandant
of the corps, returned to this city
yesterday from Gloucester, Mass., where
he is spending his vacation. It is understood
that his return was due to specific
Instructions from the President, looking
to the immediate reorganization of the
service at Washington.
Orders of Transfer.
At any rate, orders were issued yesterday
afternoon making important changes
it headquarters as follows:
Col. Charles H. Lauchheimer, adjutant
and inspector of the Marine Corps, from
headquarters to Manila.
Col. Frank L. Denny, quartermaster,
from headquarters to San Francisco.
Lieut. Col. T. C. Prince, assistant quar
termaster, from headquarters to Manila.
Lieut. Col. H. C. Haines, assistant adiutant
and inspector, temporarily to fill
the office vacated by Col. Lauehheimer.
Lieut. Col. Charles L. McCawley, assistant
quartermaster, to fill the office
vacated by Col. Denny.
Col. Charles A. Doyen, fyom Annapolis
to Bremerton, Wash.
Col. William P. Biddle, senior line oficer,
on duty in Washington, temporarily
designated to act for the commandant in
his absence until further notice.
Cols. Lauehheimer, Denny and Doyen
and Lieut. Col. Prince were recently
reprimanded by the department.
Col. Haines, who also was reprimanded,
may be sent to some point away from
Washington.
Lane to Succeed Lauehheimer.
Lieut. Col. R. H. lane of the adjutant
and inspector's department, now stationed
at San Francisco, may eventually
take permanent charge of Col. Lauchneimer's
office.
Maj. David D. Porter and Maj. L. J.
Matvill. assistant* adjutants and inspectors.
stationed at headquarters, also may
he transferred.
Thus, every officer except Gen. Elliott,
the commandant himself, who was reprimanded
for violations of various regulations.
is being punished by exile
from Washington. It is held at the de
partment that Gen. Klllott cannot be
transferred to another station, the law
providing that headquarters shall be
maintained at Washington, and also
that the commandant shall hold office
continuously until retirement. Gen.
Elliott will retire for age in October
next.
As a further result of the shake-up it
has been found necessary to transfer
Maj. Ben H. Fuller of the marine barracks
at Annapolis, Md., to the barracks
at Charleston, S. C., and Lieut. Col.
Franklin J. Moses from the headquarters
in Washington to Annapolis.
Maj. William B. Lemly, now at headquarters,
has been chosen to succeed
Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Prince as assistant
quartermaster, while Prince is ordered to
Manila to relieve Capt. Percy F. Archer.
ON TOUR OF ALASKA.
Attorney General Wickersham and
Secretary Nagel Leave Saturday.
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 19.?United
States Attorney General George W.
Wickersham and Secretary of the Department
of Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel will start on their Alas1
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Kail luur iicai oaiutuaj i* uui ? oiiv,uu>
ver, Britisn Columbia, on the government
fisheries steamer Albatross.
Secretary of the Interior Richard A.
Balllnger received a telegram from Attorney
General Wickersham yesterday
notifying him that he and Mr. Nagel
would not come to Seattle on their way
to Alaska, but would defer their visit
to this city and be his guests here after
they completed their Alaska journey.
This will enable Secretary Balllnger
to leave Wednesday on his trip of Inspection
of Mount Rainier, as previously
planned, but which he would have
been obliged to postpone if the two
cabinet officers had decided to come to
Seattle before starting for Alaska.
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THE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
M IN BRUSH FIRE I
FIVE DEATHS IN KOOTENAY
DISTRICT OF ROCKIES.
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Hundreds of Others Homeless and
Prouertv Damasre Is Enormous.
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Trains Stalled.
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WINNIPEG,' Manitoba, July 19.?Bush
fires are again blazing fiercely in the ig
Kootenay district of the Rockies, and
have caused five deaths and enormous pj
damage to property. The most serious
loss is in the Kaslo district.
The town of "White Water has been p,
destroyed. All buildings at McGuigan a(
were burned, and the "Lucky Jim,"
Rambler arid other mines lost their
buildings. Three hundred miners, with
their families, lost all.their possessions. ai
The Powers lumber camp is completely t0
destroyed, with its timber and cord
wood. Teams were roasted alive.
The Great Northern railway has suf- h<
fered, bridges and freight cars being dc
burned and $100,000 worth of timber belonging
to the company consumed. . The m
tr
Washington, Utica and Rico mines are ^
safe.
Rescue trains dispatched from Kaslo ar
were unable to pass Bear Lake and re- Z<
turned crowded with panic-stricken men,
wnmpn nnri children, who are heinor na
for by citizens of Kaslo.
Bush fires near Kaslo are still blazing ni
fiercely and other fires are burning at
Merrior Lake and in the vicinity of
Nelson.
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DESTROYED BY FIRE. ' fj
Loss of Half Million Feet of Tim- of
ber in Northwest. Wl
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SEATTLE, Wash., July 18.?Five hundred
thousand feet of logs that had been
cut and were ready for delivery have
been destroyed by a forst fire now raging
near Tolt, In thi? county. The fire D
is the worst that has broken out this
side of the Cascade mountains this season.
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The fire is eating its way into valuable j loi
green timber. Another big fire is burn- an
lng on the east side or Lake Washing- T
ton. . .
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UP IN BALLOON ALL NIGHT. ??
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Aeronauts Make Long Trip in tei
Illinois Without Mishap. ws
ANNA, III., July 10.--George Howard
and Walter Collins, aeronauts of Cincln- wj
natl, piloting the balloon Drifter, which th
ascended at Hamilton, Ohio, at 7:4<>
o'clock last nleht. landed at Mount Pleasant,
eleven mlies south of here, at 6:1j
o'clock this morning. _
Their descent was made without mis- **
hap.
The pilots had planned to remain in the
air more than two days to break the for- J
ty-four-hour record. The weather was on
with a sliorht east wind.
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T.TBT.T.-R-n SHIP RELEASED. lot
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British Steamer Broomfield Gives ^
Bond and Leaves Norfolk. m
NORFOLK, Va., July 19.?The Brit- nJ
ish steamship Broomfleld, Capt. Harris. Se<
which was libeled for $15,000 recently by at
the Coastwise Dredging: Company of m<
Delaware, owner of a sunken scow with pu
which the British ship collided, today
gave bond in the federal court and was
released. The Broomfleld, coal laden,
sails late today on a continuance of her 1
voyage to Jamaica. , H.
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Prize Fight Piotnres Excluded.
ATLANTA, Ga., July 10.?The Georgia
senate has passed a bill prohibiting the J
exhibition anywhere within the state of
moving pictures of prise lights between .
members of different races. Violation is
made a misdemeanor, punishable by line rei
or imprisonment. A similar bill has foi
been introduced in the house and is ex- lai
pected to pass. a <
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EPPELIN GAS WORKS
HAS TWO EXPLOSIONS
line Workmen Hurt, Plant
and Nearby Buildings
Demolished.
FRIEDRICKSHAFBN, Germany, July
The gas works of the Zeppelin Airlip
Company were demolished by an exosion
today.
Nine persons were injured.
The managers of the plant were not
esent at the time and the cause of the
icident has not been ascertained.
Nearby Cottages Wrecked.
Shortly before noon the gasometer burst
id the surrounding walls were blown
i a great distance. Several cottages in
le vicinity fell in heaps of ruins at the
iock, while other nearby buildings which
?ld to their foundations lost their win>ws
and doors.
The detonation was heard for many
iles around, causing a panic in the disict
and even among those residing on
e opposite side of Lake Constance.
The neighborhood is sparsely populated
id chiefly by those employed in the
ppelin factory.
Nine Employes Injured.
A round-up of employes showed that
ne persona had been injured, several
ingerously. It also was discovered that
ere were two explosions.
A boiler burst, causing a Are, which
ached the cylinders containing the hyogen
gas with which the Zeppelin airips
were inflated.
A second explosion ensued and the roof
the gas works was lifted from the
alls and torn to bits that were scattered
er a wide area.
BOYS CAUSE WRECK.
rove Spikes in Ties "to See What
Would Happen.''
FORT WORTH, Texas. July 19.?Folding
Sunday's wreck on the St. L<ouls
d San Francisco railroad near Tolar,
sxas, in which Engineer De Camp was
lied, two small boys confessed yesrday
that they drove spikes in the
is next to the rail "to see what would
ppen." The boys, Harvey Davis, thirm,
and Daniel Gage, fourteen, were
rested. Fireman Percy Hamilton, who
is injured in the wreck, is not expected
live. Passengers on the train signed
f/t tho mamArv Ha ?
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to saved their lives by remaining with
e engine.
"TRUSTIES" PUT OUT FIRE.
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risoners Do Good Work at Illinois
State Prison Blaze.
FOLIBT, 111., July 10.?A fire that at
e time threatened serious damage to
b Illinois state prison here destroyed ,
s shirt factory last evening, causing a
is of $25,000. i
"he fire, which was caused by crossed '
>ctric wires, was not discovered until *
ter the prisoners had been locked up 1
their cells for the night. ,
!^ed by Tucker Ballard, a gigantic
gro, who had already served twentyven
years and who has shown bravery
every Are, the volunteer fire departing
composed of guards and "trusties,"
,t out the Are.
Former Chief of Police Dead. .
3OKTLiAND, Ore., July 19.?Charles |
Hunt, former chief of police of I
ovidence, H. I., and former chief of
lice of this city, died here yesterday
the age of sixty-nine years.
Kr. Snapp Declines Denomination.
CHICAGO, 111., July 10.?-Representa- I
re Howard Malcolm Snapp, who has I
presented the eleventh Illinois district
r four terms, formally announced
it night that he would not again be
candidate for the office.
GUARD OFF TO CAMP i
Soldier Boys Leave Washing- (
ton on Four Trains.
PERFECT ORDER PREVAILS I
Departure Accomplished Without (
the Slightest Confusion.
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FEW RELATIVES AT STATIONS ^
"Heartbroken" Mothers and "Weep- J
ing" Sweethearts Noticeably
Absent.
A descriptive writer would have found a
paucity of local color at the Baltimore 8
and Ohio freight station this morning 1
when the District National Guard en- 11
trained for the camp of Instruction at c
Gettysburg. There were only a few
"weeping and clinging sweethearts" to t
disturb the proceedings, no "heartbroken a
mothers folded their sons to their c
breasts," and there were absolutely no t
"salvos of cheers as the long train pulled n
slowly out of the station and disappeared t
In the distance."
As a matter of fact, there were four s
trains instead of one, and as a further 1
matter of verityv the proceedings were t
Just as strictly businesslike and devoid of ?
emotional and sentimental interest as if
the soldiers were leaving some city a ^
thousand miles or more from their re- t
spectlve homes. t
rour trains, ot twelve cars eacn, were E
ready for ooeupancy in the freight yard j.
at 6 o'clock. The first to be filled left at t
8 o'clock. This carried the field artillery, j
the Signal Corps and the horses for the
battery and for the officers. Neatness
and dispatch characterized the departure
of the first section and only a hand- t
ful of civilians saw it leave.
Shortly after 8 o'clock the members of 1
the staff of Brig. Gen. Harries arrived, p
followed almost immediately by the 1st j:
Separate Battalion of colored troops. E
They occupied the section which left at ?
8:30 o'clock. ~
Two Regiments Arrive. i
In the meantime the 1st and 3d regi- C
ments had gathered at the Center Market c
Armory and marched to the point of departure.
The ist Regiment arrived a ^
little ahead of the 2d and occupied the t
cars of the train comprising the third r
section. This train got away at it o cIock.
The fourth and last section, occupied by i
the 2d Reo-lment left at omo n r? Inolr I t
Perfect order characterized the arrange- '
ments from beginning to end. There was r
an absolute lacic of the confusion which or- d
dinarily attends such events and it cannot t
even be said that there was any "bustle." *
Every one seemed to move with the per- 1
feet precision of a cog in some important s
piece of machinery. No one was excited.
In .fact, all conerned seemed to be going s
about things in a leisurely manner, but t
that was an optical delusion, due to the c
utter absence of even a single case of t
tbe. "rattles" and to a system which en- 1
forced the rule of "a place for every man a
and every man in his place.' a
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Men All Examined. l:
All of the guardsmen were subjected to 0
a physical examination by the military l<
surgeons before they were permitted to
leave their armories and not more than
three or four were ordered to remain at
home, which speaks well to the general t
health of an organization comprising l,oo<> j
men, not all of whom are accustomed to
roughing it." 11
Thougn the railroad officials have prom- o
ised to get the first section into Gettysburg
at 12 o'clock and the other sections .
at half-hour intervals thereafter, most
of the officers were inclined to the belief 1
this morning that at least six hours s
would be required to make the trip, p
which is a roundabout one. =
xr .aui in u- s? a?? a 1
ruining win ue in renuuiet-s lur me
guardsmen when they arrive. There was
no advance guard, as in the good old 1
days of yesteryear, to put up the tents 11
and have everything waiting for the ar- 8
rival of their companions. Tne tents 11
were carried on the trains which left
this morning and fhe men will be obliged 11
to erect them themselves, so that con- ~
ditions of actual warfare can be approx- d
imated as closely as possible. j'
No Luxuries This Tear. P
e
"No more wooden floors, porcelainlined
refrigerators and other such luxuries
for us," said one old officer, sadly,
this morning. "I guess it's better, but G
those were the happy days, however." c
Friends desiring to write to any of the
guardsmen during the next two weeks
are urged by the military authorities to
use the following form of address to in- P
sure prompt delivery of mail:
PRIVATE JOHN SMITH, n
Co. L, 1st Infantry, N. G. D. C., t]
Camp of Instruction, Gettysburg, Pa.
SCORE PERFECT RECORDS. Jj
Coast Artillery Companies Shoot u
With 10 and 12 Inch Guns. *
PORT TOWNS END, Wash., July 19.The
Everett and Bellingham companies
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serve Corps yesterday scored perfect rec- r<
ords at Fort Worden in target practice
with the ten and twelve incli guns of sl
the Puget sound defense works. The jj
target work was accomplished over a ti
range of three miles, and six-hundredpound
projectiles with 150-pound charges p
of explosives were used. The militiamen rr
have but one week's training at the fort. u
where they are undergoing their annual n
service drill. sj
Regular army officers assert that the
achievement is phenomenal and say that a]
never before has it been equaled by
companies similarly trained.
Montana Democrats Meet Sept. 8. a
HELENA, Mont. July 19.?The demo- ti
cratic state committee last night se- ti
lected Livingston as the place of the n<
next democratic state convention and
September 8 as the date. By a vote of al
13 to 11 the state committee turned down bl
all propositions looking to the Indorse- a!
ment by the state cohvention of any pi
iemocratic candidate for United States
senator. T
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Battery?Gray and Beckendorf.
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Battery?-Harknew and Easterly.
Umpire Pei
Mi FREjGHTTIED UP
Canada Offers to Arbitrate
Grand Trunk Strike.
-UUAL bLKVlUt SUSKtNUtU
Company is Recruiting Banks From
Workers in Shops.
WOMAN PROTECTS BRA NEMAN
Prevents Mob From Pulling Him Off
Train?Strikers Claim Success
for Efforts.
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MONTREAL. July lit.?A new turn was
;iven to the situation In the strike of
he Grand Trunk conductors and tralnnen
here shortly after noon by the reelpt
of a dispatch from the minister of
ibor at Ottawa offering on behalf of
he government to appoint a board of
.rbitration on the trouble between the
ompany and its employes, the finding
0 be binding on both and the government
to bear all expenses In connection
herewith.
The offer was submitted in the form of
1 letter to President Hayes of the Grand
Trunk and to the head officials of the
inions involved, and is now under consideration
by them.
While there is no intimation of how
hey will act upon the offer. It is known
hat strong pressure is being brought to
tear upon both sides .to accept. It is
hought that from the fact that President
layes had already made an offer to arbirate
the difficulty that the company, at
east, will accede to the proposal.
Service in Bad Shape.
Advices from al! divisional points of
he Grand Trunk in Canada and from
>ort Huron and Detroit Indicate the com>any
is having greater difficulty in keepng
its trains moving than was first ap arent.
At some points no tickets are
?elng sold because of the inability of
lie company to guarantee a complete
ournev.
Thus the train which left Stratford,
)nt.. for Buffalo at 10:45 this morning
arried no passengers.
At Hamilton, a center of trade union
nterest, trouble Is feared as soon as
trikebreakers begin to appear, and
he police precautions have been
edoubled.
Freight Jams are reported at Torono,
Hamilton and other points, while
he yards at Montreal are lined with
reight which the company is unable t?
nove. An official of the company presets
that the entire train service will
>e resumed within forty-eight hours>asing
his prediction, he said, upon the
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l11 the new men It wants.
Many of the men shut out of the
ihops have taken train service, and the
inion officials bitterly denounce t|ie
iompan.v for closing the shops at t^ja
ime and thereby forcing 10,000 men
nto idleness. They declare that such
. move will be ample justification for
. sympathetic strike of the engineers
.nd telegraphers, although there is no
ndication of any such move.
The latest calculation of the number
if men rendered idle by the strike aod
ockout runs to 16.000.
Freight Not Moving.
Grand Trunk officials claimed shortly
>efore noon today that the strike of conductors
and trainmen inaugurated over
ts lines last night had not had the effect
if tying up its service.
The company officials admit that some
ocal trains have been canceled and
hat freight traffic is practically at a
tandstill, but insist that all important
assenger and mail trains are moving
s usual.
The International Limited, from Monreal
to Chicago, the company's most
mportant day train, left Bonaventure
tation here as usual at 9 o'clock this
lorning in charge of a non-union crew.
The strike embraces all the company's
Ines from Portland, Me., to Chicago. It
avolves nearly 5,000 traiamen and conuctors.
In addition, the action of the
ompany, in closing its various shops
hroughout Canada ani Michigan, throws
robably 10,000 additional workers out of
mployment.
Strikers Claim Success.
The strikers are less concerned in the
topping of passenger traffic, they delare,
than in tying up the freight traffic,
nportant in crop carrying. This, they
ay, they have succeeded in doing comletely.
Both sides appear to be out for a deterlined
struggle. The union officials say
hey will accept nothing less than the
-ages and conditions prescribed in. the
tandardixation rules. The company say
hey cannot meet any such conditions.
The company is congratulating itself
pon the eleventh-hour settlement made
-ith the telegraph operators yesterday,
rhich removed that branch of the servioe
rom participation in the trouble.
The principal points involved in the
trike. In addition to Montreal, are I>onon
and Straford, Ontario and Port Huan
and Battle Creek, Mich., in all of
rhieh places the company has workhops.
Dispatches received at the comany's
headquarters from all these places
lis morning report that no violence or
oubles has developed at any point.
Appeal has been made by the men emloyed
in the shops at Montreal to the
layor and city council for arbitration
nder the Mulock law. These city ofcials
will tender their offices to l?oth
des today.
It is not anticipated that it will have
ny result.
Local Trains Suspended.
The Grand Trunk early posted notices
t Bonaventure Station that all local
ains had been canceled. Another noce
-warned all persons not having busless
on the premises to leave.
Strong details of police were posted
bout the station in expectation of troule.
These kept the station clear of
II but bona flde passengers and emoyes.
All suburban trains on the Grand
runk railway running into Montreal
E TODAY.
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