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VOL. XI, NO. 172
MARTIAL LAW FOLLOWS
DOUMA'S DISSOLUTION
if /
Only Hope Now Left, the Autocrats
Is In a Dictatorship for
the Empire.
REIGN OF BLOODSHED FEAREQI
Angry Mutterlngs Hoard on all
Sides?Troops Surrounding the j
Emperor Can Not be Depended,
j Upon?St. Petersburg Filled With ,
Soldiers.
4:*jv ?- 1
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Jtjly 22.
Russia's first experiment in Parlia-I
mentary government came to an lg
nomlnous end tonight with the pro-j
mutation of two Imperial ukases,
tho first dissolving the present parli?
ament and providing for 4 lie convcr
tion of It's successor on 'March 5;
1907, more than six months hence,
und . the second proclaiming the cap?
ital of Russia and the surrounding
provinces to be In a stale of extra?
ordinary security, which is only ln
finlteslmnlly different from full mar?
tial law.
This measure of safety Is to pro?
vide for the outbursts which un?
doubtedly will be provoked by this
daring measure.
The next move will be the declar?
ation of a dictator.
Reign of Blood Expected.
Evidently the government ts not
blind to the fact that the dissolution
of Parliament will be accompanied
by tremendous excitement, riots and
bloodshed. II nothing worse.
Troops are being massed at St.
Petersburg, Moscow and other com
tors, prepared to apply physical
force, ami lu addition to the guard
regiments, which were hurriedly
marched into the capital Thursday
night, the entire Twenty-third Divis?
ion of infantry arrived here this af?
ternoon from Pskov. This imposing
military array is expected to over?
awe the mn.-s'.'.f. The Socialists and
the Group nf Toll In parliament has
prepared for an emergency.
Prefer War to Inaction.
Bloodshed on a large scale with
a dictatorship in the hnck ground
is considered to he the enevltable j
sequel of the dissolution of parlia?
ment', but the supporters of a disso?
lution claim that the Emperor must
take the'risk, arguing that new elec?
tions may, give different results, and
in any event, that it Is better to
fight than to abjectly surrender to
the revolutionary parliament.
: 1M. Yermoloffi former Minister of
Agriculture and leader of the Con?
servative Centrists In Nt.he lower
house, who a few weeks agt> vainly
tried to Jfcrm a coalition ministry de?
clared that the situation was ex?
tremely critical!
MOKE TROOPS MUTINY.
Czar Can Not Depend on His Picked
Soldiers.
ST. PKTERSBURG. July 21.?
Fourteen men of the Second Batta?
lion of the Propbrajensky regiment,
including two non-commissioned offi?
cers have been arrested for advocat?
ing revolutionary tactics among the
trjops in the Fortress of St. Peter
and St. Paul. J
Prince Rutzkoilubitski, Chamber?
lain of the court and one of the de?
scents of Rttrik, the reputed founder
of the Russian monarchy, has been
stripped of all ?ourt honors on a<v'
count of his revolutionary connec?
tions.
AtSehastopol today a meeting of
25,000 sailors from the warships
drew up economic demands for pre?
sentation to Admiral Skyrdloff. Un?
less these demands are fulfilled tho
men say the whole of the Blnek Sea
fleet will revolt.
KAISER WILL NOT INTERFERE.
Emperor of Germany to Let Czar
Fight His Own Battles.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 21.?
The Associated Press was seml-offl
clally Informed today that Empsr'or
NEY
Nicholas has sent a message to Em-.'
ppror William Informing the latter
that tlie Internal situation in Russia
i.-t stich _j.hnl ho has determined to
fore-go his intention to meet the
German Emperor beyond the fron?
tiers of Russia as previously agreed
open. 1
The German government is most
anxiously watching th progress of
events In llussia. Decisions were
taken before Ktnpcror William went
on his Northern cruise to cover nil
eventualities; lite most Important of
these being to follow a policy of ab?
solute non-interfcrencc " In 'Russian
affairs'.
JUDGE BRACEY DROPS DEAD
Jurist Dies ir Suffolk After a Bril
? liant Career.
(Speclai tu the Dally Press.)
SUFFOLK, Y.V, July 21.?Judge
Vlrginlus llracey, t>S years old. drop?
ped dead In a hardware store here
today.
Judge llracey was prominent
throughout the county and regarded
as a wealthy man. He was a native
oi Mecklenburg and has lived in
Suffolk over twenty-live years.
Judge Rrticey was appointed agent
of the Norfolk and Western at
.Ivor after the Confederate war. He
Is surylved by four brothers.
CAPTAIN TALIAFERRO DIES.
He Was Ne.tive of Frederlcksburg
and Served in Santiago Fight.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. July 21.?Captain
W, H. Tallaferro. who served aj a
member id' the Fourth United States,
artillery hi fore v Santiago and who
was Identified with (lie Untied Span?
ish war veterans died in this city to?
day. He was 37 years old and was ?
a native of Fretlorlcksbttrg, Vn,
BOY SUPPOSED TO HAVE
- BEEN DROWNED IN HARBOR
Parents of Walter Schofeld Think
He Attempted to Reach Rhode
Island.
The police department was noti?
fied this morning about I o'clock lo
look out for Walter Sclmficld. a 13
year-ohl hoy who disappeared from
bis hpmo! last night. The boy's par
ents think thai he attempted to
reach the battleship Rhode Island in
a row boat and fear that lie was
drowned. . It is understood (hpt the.
boy wanted to enlist In the navy.
WHY THAW SHOTS
Letter Explains (he Cause 01 the
Recent Killing.
GIRL'S MOTHER MADE CHARGES
Architect Requested to Make the
YOurig Woman Quit the Millionaire
?Letters Disclose the Cause of the
Crime.
(By Associated Prcas.1
NEW YORK. July 21.?The World
tomorrow will sny:
"Motlvo for I he murder of Stanford
White* is indicated in a series of let?
ters written by Mrs. C. J. Ho!man,
mother of Mrs. Evelyn NOsblt Thaw,
to Mr. White, and. alter the Litter's
death found among his effects.
"Ahranam H. Hummell, of Itjvv.'
Hum moll, who was counsel lor Mrs.
Thaw anil alsr for ISanlon'. White,
was C* nstilted by the architect regard?
ing the letters, lit them;Mr?. Nes
bit Holman complains bltticiy of the
conduct of Harry K. Thaw towards
her daughter, now his wife, and im?
plores Mr. White to do all In his
power to bring her back to her moth?
er's control.
I "In the loiters Mrs. Holman refers
to Tha was a scoundrel, a villain and
a man with murder In his heart. She
tells of an Interview she had with
Thaw, while they were in Paris, und
declares that Thaw anted her (Mrs.
ilnlman)) to sign an affidavit to the
effect that he (Tnaw) had never in?
tended to make Evelyn his wife.
"Mrs. Holman wrote to Mr. Willie
as follows: ?
I " 'The morning papers say Florence
i is in New oYrk. If the coward won't
say she is honorably his wife, please
try to get her to see you and talk
I souse to her and have her understand
the awful light he has placed her in
I before the world.
I "Mr. White, please do try to talk
to her. She Is too young to under?
stand how she is being wronged. 1
hope to hear from you very soon,''"
PPORT NEWS, VA., i1
AMERICANS IN FLIGHT
FROM MEXICAN REBELS
Anti-Foreign Threats Most Persis?
tent and Aliens Are In Mor?
tal Terror.
WORKING CLASS SHOWS ENMITY
Agitators Have Stirred up the Igno?
rant Natives and the Revolution?
ary Party Develops Strength?It Is
Feared Thil Domestic Servants
May poison Employers.
(My Associated Press.-)
NEW ORLEANS. LA.. July 21.?
E. j, Maines.. fcttO of tho par:/ cf
fifty-two American men, wotnoii and
children, who. it ft Mexico I vouuso of
anti-foreign . till cats anl pie-wo.l
through New Oi'c-ans late last night
<>u route to Ciiicimuti said:
"One of tli-: most alarming features
of the sltuatim Is the fact that Hye
Mexican servants lave Joined In Nie
nntl-forotgn movement ami the wives
of the foreigners are in mortal terror
or thojr families being poisoned.
"I. was reluctant to leave the COIItli
try. hut 1 simply could not. resist tfiq
pleadings of tho menihers of my Tai.i-J
ily. i am ubv takhfg them to our
for liter home In Ohio. ,
"The antt-tbreJgh movement Is
strong In the northern and control
porlIons oi Mexico, where the natives
have been wrnnnht up to a-high' pilch
of excitement by agitators and agents
of revolutionary societies.
"The educated class of Mexican? Is
not In sympathy with the ?iiUi-fffl-el/jm
movement, but it Is In a hopeless
minority. The lirmy Is recruited from
tlie lower classes ami cannot be relied
upon. The uprising Is schedule I to
occur in September und It probably
w..i be necessary for the Uli'tod
Stales to throw an army across the
borders in order to protect American
citizens."
MEXICO DENIES UPRISING.
Internal Peace Is Assured, Soy the
Officials.
MEXICO CITY, July 21 . ? Reports
telegraphed from various points on |
the United states bonier regarding an
alleged plot for , a demonstration
nuainst foreigners' In Mexico, mi Sep?
tember 16, Mexican Independence
Day, today were said by M'cxlcnn of
ticials to be unnecessarily alarming.
The Internal peace bt Mexico Is
said to he assured,. There has been!
no conference of Slate governors, it
is said, called at this capital to plan
a method to quell the threatened rev?
olution .
FOUR BATHERS DROWNED
ID ATLANTIC CITY SURF
Virginian Among the Dead?Father
and His Little Daughter Caught
in Under-Tow. -
(Hy Associated Press.)
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. July 21.?
The surf claimed four victims within
one hour today.
A fallier lost his life In a yiln at?
tempt to save his drowning dattgllier;
a young man drowned niter n friend
nearly lost his lifo In a heroic oirh uv.
or to rescue; him, and a middle-aged
visitors wad fatally stricket;, with a
hemorrhage, while bathing;
The dead are:
ROBERT L. THOMM AS. i'J y.-nrn
old. Cam den, N. J.
MISS HELEN D. THOMAS,'13 years
old, Camdeu, N. J.
C. \V. SHARPLESS. 28 years old
Jciiklntowit, PA.
WALTER N. WHITLOCK. 57 years
old, No. 205 East Grace street, Rich?
mond. Va.
VVhltlock was ill when lie entered
the surf, and he was not missed, by
friends until his body was washed' up
on the beach.
Virginia Dies at Asbury Park.
ASnURY PARK. N. J., Jjily 21.?
T. M. Woodey, 55 years old. of Pe?
tersburg Va.. dropped dead from
heart djsoase In the Plaza Hotel to?
night. Mr. Woodey hnd arrived in
town only a few minutes before with
a party of friends. .
Anti-Tuberculosis League Meets.
(Ry Associated I'rcss.)
ATLANTA. OA., July 21.?A meet?
ing of the executive committee of the
American Antl-Tubereulosls League
was held here today, nt which .-?r.
George Brown, of Atlanta, Ga.. was
elected president and executive offi?
cer and Atlantic City, N. J.. was *e
I lected as the meeting place of th?
I league next June.
SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1
NEGRO ADMITS M~
ABOUT MRS. HARTJE
Coachman Confessed to District
Attorney That He Received
$500 for Deposition.
BASE SFORIES ARE GROUNDLESS
More Sensations Are Promised Be?
fore the Case Is Finally Settled?
Verdict May Be Held up Until the
September Term of Court at Re?
quest of Interested Attorneys.
(n>- 'Associated Prom.)
IMTTHIU'R?. PA.. July 21.?II W'lH
leurncd today Hint Clifford Hooe, the
negro coachman formerly In the bin
ploy of the llartje family. In tbo
Bw'ojrn, statement made to Asslstu it
DlHtrlrft Attorney .lohn S. Robb, Jr..
In tbo district attorney's office, May
22. salil (hat the deposition made by
him. in which he declared thai he had
been Intimate with Mis. Bent I llartje.
wtiH a lie.
In the statement made to Mr. Robb,
Moon ait Id he was untlerthe infill-nee
<>f liquor when he nitida Iba state-,
moll! t,y the detectives. He goes Into
details ns to how the deposition was
taken .lind says that he was paid over
$5QO at different times Tor making the
deposition.
Case Rests Upon Lies.
II was lflrgely upon I ho strength of
this statement I hat Mr. Rubli caused
charges of conspiracy to be entered
hfttlntri? '.lohn L. Welehpiis, Kd. O.
Hnrtje. brother of tint llbellunt, and
Hooe.
Hood (dings to his denials of the
original deposition, however, thus cor?
roborating lite statement made to (he
detectives nnd denying the truth of
the. statements reflecllng on the char?
acter or Mis. Hartjo. He swore pos?
itively In the statement to Mr. Robb
that be never bad been Intimate with
Mrs. Hitrlje.
New Developments Expected.
New developments in the case nrc
li'dieved to lie foreshadowed hy a long
secret conference later In the day be?
tween Assistant District Attorney
Robbjlild Attorney.I. Scott Ferguson,
of counsel for Augustus Hnrtje.
Thee (inference was hold In the pri?
vate offlco of the district attorney
and Is significant In Hint Mr. Robli
declared at Its conclusion that ho.
would order no further arrest's on the I
conspiracy charues.
A decision In the divorce case will
probably not be handed down milII
autumn.
Case to Be Continued.
It was learned today* tnat when (he
plaintiff closes his rebuttal, which Is
expected .to be 'Thursday of next week,
some of the attorneys In the case will
risk for nn adjournment until the Sep?
tember term of court, when the argu?
ments will be heard.
The conspiracy ( barges against Au?
gustus Hartjo, his friend .lohn h.
Welshons and Clifford Hooe. the negro
coachman, will be called before Alder?
man King Wednesday afternoon next.
If the divorce case Is still on. at that
time, an adjournment may he asked
for.
Mrs. llartje ox pressed herself to?
day as not at all alarmed over the
report that kidnappers were laying
plena to steal the children. It. is
thought the plot. If there Is one, Is
the work of persons who want to hold
the children for 'a ransom.
CH ARLEM AGNE'8 TOMB OPENED.
Two Cloths Taken from Sarcophagus
to be Photographed at Berlin,
(Ry ..KHoclatod Press.X
AIX LA CIIAPELLE. July 21.?The
sarcophagus of Chnrlcmagne was op?
ened today at Emperor William's
wish, in (In; presence of high dignita?
ries of the Catholic Church and prov?
incial officials, for the purpose of
examining two precious cloths. These
and other relics were found to be m
good condition. ?
Throe documents were found, dat'd
1481 1483 and 18fil. The older of the
two fabrics dates back to the second
half of the tenth century., and con?
tains figures of fopr elephants. The
other-is of the twelfth century. .
The fabrics will be taken' to Berlin,
with Cardinal KIkcIum'k permission,
by Professor Leasing, director of tho
Royal Museum of linl us! rial Al l. will
ho photographed ami thv'> rolMrnod
iiml replaced In Rio sarcophagus. Km
|i> rar William look a lively Interest
In having (he ildoUmonts remnveil for
examination. The saroophngiis wuh
first openeil in the your 1 ono hy Em?
peror Otto III.
NAILS DOCH SHUT.
Mayor Lends in Closing Church In
Tennesoee.
(Hy AHKOctatcil Press.)
8IIKLIJYVILLW, TICNN.. July 21.?
The controversy hot ween the Union?
ist and Loyalist factions of the Gum
hi'i'lniid Proshyiprlon church, over the
question of union wies the I'rosbyto
rlnn church is ill u fever heat In ihls
seel Ion.
litst night a putty of loyalist*
headed hy the mayor, made Iholr wny
to the Cumberland Proabytcrl-pi
church und nailed up the door.
CHURCH ROW IN COURT.
Restraining Order Issued Regarding
Cumberland Presbyterians.
(Hy Asmiulnicd Proas.)
NASHVILLE. TICNN,.*. July 21.
Judge Childless or the Circuit Court
today granted an Injunction rest min?
ing all of Ihose who claim to be still
Cumberland Presbyterians from Inter.
f ring "In any way with the services,
property or Jurisdiction of Hie Presby?
terian church, formerly known-as Ihn
Cumberland Presbyterian church.
STEAMER FINLAND ASHORE.
Red Star Liner Runs Aground While
Bound to New York.
(Hy AMkoelnte.it Press.)
* PLHSi.ING.TllE N10TH MR LA N DH
July 21.?The Red Star Line stonmor
Finland. Captain Apfeld, which stalle.li
loday from Antwerp for Dover 'ml
Now York, grounded In the Scheidt.
Assistance has been sen) to her.
NINE PERSONS MMNEO"
IN VANCOUVER HARBOR
Steamer Cut in Two and Most of the
Men on Board Are
Lost.
(fly AsHiicluted Pres?,)
VANCOUVER. H. C. July 21 .
Nine persons lost, their live? today by!
tin accident which occurred' on Hur-|
rnrd Inlet, In the harbor of Vunoou
vor.
The steamer Chepalls was run down
und cut In two hy the steel stenmer
Princess IVctorla leaving this port for
Victoria ami Seattle.
The Chepalls hud on hoard u party
of fifteen bound for the oyster hedH
at Hluiideu harbor, on the northern
coast or Mrillsh Columbia. The party
Included the owners of the beds and ,
Cupi'PsphtiillvcH of the English syhdl-j
cule which oontcmplnteH iiurc'iinslng I
the oyster beds.
TW0-PRICEEMGI6ARETTES
Indentfent Makers Appeal to the
Government.
TRUST MAKES A FUNK MOVE
Norfolk Firm Asserts That Where
Norfolk Goods Come In Contact
With the American Tobacco Co.
' Secret Rates Are Quoted.
I _
(Hy. Associated Press.)
NORFOLK. VA.? July 21. ? K. I).
Ware., president or the Waro-Kminer
Tobacco Company, of this city, man?
ufacturers of Willie Roll clgarettes.hus
filed with Commissioner Gnrfield, of
the department of commerce and la?
bor, charges that the American To
bacco Company is maintaining one
price for its products In the North
und another In the South,
It s charged thai the American To
bacco Company charges $3.00 and
$4.00 per thousand for "Piedmont,"
awoet Cnpornl" and "Carolina
Rrlghl" cigarettes In the States of
Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and other
States where the White Roll cigarette
Is unknown, while In Virginia, North
Carolina. Baltimore', Philadelphia, At?
lantic City. N. J.. ami other sect Ions
whore the Independent product Is
making Inroads the American Tobac?
co Compupy charges $3.15 and $3.25
for Its goods with from five to ten
per cent, discount In freo goods.
Commissioner Gnrfield la asked to
begin action against the American
Company for violating tho Inter-s'.ab;
commerce laws.
Tug to Be Built at Norfolk.
(Hy AneuclOlcd Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 21.?
Representative Maynard has succeed?
ed In having the navy' department
issue orders for the construction of
a tug at the Norfolk navy yard to
cost $75,000 at once.
THE WEATHER.
Showers Sunday;
Mond-sy, partly cloudy,
and warmer; light to
fresh southwest wind?.
3b
PRICE TWO CENTS
AMERICANS ABR?T ,
FOR RIO CONGRESS
Third Conference of Its Kind Soon
to be Called to Order In the
Brazilian City.
TO CREATE INTERNATIONAL LAWS
Many Matters of World-Wide Inter
est to Be Discussed and Settled by
the Delegates From the States on
the Western Hemisphere?Much
Work Mapped Out.
-
(My AsHiiidiitcd Press.)
UIO JANEIRO, July 21.? The Am?
erican delegates to the International
conference,- with the exception of Van
Lcorpolk. have arrived bore.
Secretary R(?u| Is ?I Pernnmbuoo.
aboard the United States cruiser
Charleston and will reach Rio Janeiro
July 2li.
The third International American
Conference, which will he called to or
dor In the Hrnxlllun capital at Rio Ja?
neiro Monday, Is onu of a (great trilogy
of American family gatherings during
the clone of the post Mid the begin?
ning of the present century, destined,;
In the opinion of publicists to hive u ,
most important bearing oil thy-future'
of the nations of tho Western ll'Jui
I sphere.
Plan Conceived by Blntnc.
Conceived In the mind of the u<te
Secretary Dlaine, the Men of hrliging
Into closer relations .the different
governments of North, Central n'nd
South America, had not mil.- a sen lb,
mental and political, but. also a bust
noss-llke side that at once attracted
the attention of Europe.
For up to the early n'uutloit, owing
In large part to difficulties of 'tommu
nlcutlon; to lack of cables; to the
mhtual absonce of. knowledge of the
resources of the two ci.nllneuls il the
Wvatorh Hemisphere tl.n cpmincctj
betwieti North ami South Amorlca
had been Insignificant In volume and
tho commercial nations of L'urnp'j
were monopolising tho tu do of Latin
America.
First Pan-American Confer-incn.'
So to ni-jjt this condition und to ef?
fect, an exchange of nutit a I and mnnu-\
fitcttircd cmnmodltles to the mututir
benefit of tho countries of North.
Central and South Aniorloi afitr
many mouths of negotiation necessatv
i to allay the Jealousies of the le?ior
States. In October. I8H0, repreaontft
tlves of ajl the repuhllcs of the ItbVtMf
Americas' gathered In Washington,
and .after a brief tour of the piinclpnl
Industrial cities of the country, were
called to order by Secretary R'alrie
to consider measures fur the common
weal.
Many Important subjects wert! dis?
cussed during the conference; In fact,
It has been thought that the present
was too pretentious; hut substanl'Rl
results were achieved. Tho KUrvev .
for the Intermitfonnl railway, now
making rapid strides toward comple?
tion, was Inaugurated.
Provision was made for securing
linlfbrnilt yof customs regulations Ho
far as the different business methods
of the various countries would admit.
Advance Toward Reciprocity.
The Bureau of American Republics
was created and Is now dolug useful
work. An advance was made toward
general reciprocity, though the pro
Jest has even yet failed to reach frui?
tion.
A monetary commission was had
with sensible benefit to the currency
relations of the American Republics.
The metric system moved nhoad an?
other step; being authorized in the
customs service of the Uultod States
and oilier countries. These were ail
valuable achievements, but there was
more to be done and the conference
recommended that the work be car?
ried forward by another congress.
Second Session in Mexico.
This second conference wns held
In I he City df Mexico. In 1901*02,
while many of Its recommendations
have not yet been generally carried
Into effect, this second gathering also
was productive of good.
What was accomplished was this:
The approval of Guatemala, Salvador'
and Honduras of all twenty-three in?
struments signed at The Hague, the
approval of the United. States of the
convention for the exchange of pub'.!
cations, the treaty on pecuniary
claims and the scheme for the reor
ganlzHMon of the Bureau of Ameri?
can Republics the approval by sav
eral of the Central and South Ameri?
can nations of some of the most im
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