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VOL. XI. NO. 308.
GREAT LOSS OF
LIFE IS FEARED
Terrific Gale Raging 0(1 Hie Holi
cut Coast, England, Early
This Morning.
JAPANESE SHIP SENT ON ROCKS
Believed That All of Her Crew and
Passengers Were Taken Off?
Steamships Flying Signals of Dis?
tress and the Life Saving Service is
Hard at Work.
fBy Associated Press.)
LONDON. Dec. 28.?A terrific gale
Is raging late tonight off Hollcut and
u number of vessels are reported in
distress. The life saving service Is
busy in the work of rescue. The Jap?
anese liner Awa Marr, from Antwerp,
for MiddleBborotigh, ran on the rocks
off Red Car.
The life boats reached here after
great difficulty and according to the
latest reports almost all of her crow
of 120 men and the two passengers
on board were landed safely after sev?
eral hours hard work.
It In believed that many lives will
be lost.
BESIEGED NEGRO
BURNED TO DEATH
Was Wanted for Attempting Murder
and Colored Men, Aided the
White Posse.
fBy Associated Press.")
SELM A, ALA.. Dec. 27.?Two white
men have been badly injured, two ne?
groes killed and a third negro wound?
ed in a shooting scrape near Nlchol
nsville, Marengo county. Alexnndcr
.Tones, a young negro shot and wound?
ed another negro during a crap game.
Jones fled and barricaded himself In
his house. Leo Pope and Zeeke Pope,
white men, arrested Jones when tho
negro opened fire, wounding both/ A
crowd Of white men gathered and ef?
forts were made to drive the young
negro from his house. Bob Jones, fath?
er of Alexander Jones, tried to carry
ammunition to his son, but wns shot
dead. Several negroes joined the be?
sieging party and one negro for a re?
ward of $5 crept up to the house and
set fire to it. Alexander Jones never
left the house and was burned to death
in tho flames. There was not the
slightest rupture between the races,
whites and blacks joining in the at?
tempt to capture the negro.
LYNCHING BEE WAS
NARROWLY AVERTED
Negro Murderer at Springfield, S. C,
Rushed Off to Jail and
Thfus Saved.
(By Associated Press.)
AUGUSTA. CA.. Dec. 27?A spec?
ial from Springfield, S. C. says:
"Following the lcilliug of Tincy
Chavls, a white man, by Stephen
Clements, a negro, a lynching wa?
averted here yesterday by the negro
being rushed to the Branwell jail.
Chaylb' went to the negroe's house
to collect a small debt when he
was pushed out of the door and
shot to death In the yard. Further
serious trouble was narrowly averted
at the preliminary trial when a
mulatto by the name Of Linlngston
from New York, forced hl3 way
into tho trial and began questioning
the witnesses. He was roughly
handled by friends of Chavls, sus?
taining a severely bruised head and
a broken arm.
Lcberg is Lynched.
(By Associated Press.)
PUEBLO, COL., Dec. 27?Lawrence
Imberg was lynched at Las Animas at
9 o'clock tonight by a mob of masked
men. Last night he murdered a
farmer.
Bystanders Were Wounded.
(By Associated Press.)
LAKE CHARLES, LA., Dec. 27.?
Sug Riley shot and killed today John
Wlnnfleld, at a turpentine camp. Throo
negroes who watched the duel were
wounded. Rlley was arrested.
SAYS HE WILL TIE-UP
' ALL HARRIMAN R0Al)S
Striking Firemen of the Southern
Pacific Claim to Have Strong
Backing.
(By Associated Press.)
?HL PASO, TEX..S. Dec. 27.?The
Southern Pi.cifie officials hore today
declared the Bremen's strike war
virtually broken. All '?.rains' are ar
riving practically ot\ time and freight
Is being accepted as usual. The fire?
men, through Joseph Bedford, grlev
ance chairman of this district, de?
clared that they cau and will tic
NEWP(
up ttao Harrlman and connecting sys?
tem completely. Ho Bald: "Wo
have, assurance of support from
the Brothernood of Railway Train?
men, the order of Railway Conduc?
tor rand the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers."
FAMILY PRIDE LEAD
TO STARVATION
Mother "Found Dead and Husband
and Children In Fearfully
Emaciated Condition.
(By Associated Press.)
PLBASANTVILLE, N. J.. Doc. 27?
Mrs. Fredick Roehr wn.v found dead
in her home here today, a victim of
starvation. Neighbors had soon
nothlngof the family for several
days and when they Investigated
they found the husband and four
children huddled in n corner 01
the room iu an emaciated condition
while Mrs. Roehr was dead In a
chair. The 'husband had been too
111 to work und the family would
not ask for aid because of pride.
FURTHER INQUIRY INTO I
BROWNSVILLE RIOT
Special Envoys Sent by President
Roosevelt Begin Work of
Taking Testimony.
(By As sue lated Press.*
BROWNSVI1.DE, TEXAS, Dec. 27. I
?N. 'Purdy, assistant United States
Attorney Oeneral, accompunled by
Major Augustus Blocksom, of the
Inspector general's department and
Wi. Merchie, a confidetlal law clerk
to Secretary of War Taft and un
oftlclnl stenographer, arrived today
to begin investigation into the recent
riot. Only four witnesses were ex?
amined today, and it will prolmbly
require several weeks to complete
the Inquiry. The examination is
conducted privately, the witnesses j
being admitted singly and their
sworn statements taken.
Bishop Smith Dead. j
(By Associated Press.)
ASHEVTLLB, N. C. Dec. 27.?
Bishop A. Coke Smith of the Metho- ]
dist Episcopal church died tonight;
after a lingering illness. He was
57 years old.
Sails for Hampton Roads.
(By AsHOclated PrenB.)
BOSTON, MASS., Dec. 27.?The
battleship Missouri, Captain Ed?
wards C. Pendleton, sailed from the
Charleston navy yard today.
REEKING III TRAGEDIES
Two Murders, Three Deaths by
Accident, and One Suicide.
ALL WERE REPORTED TOsATLANTA
Game of Cards at Lancaster, S. C,
Leads to a Murder, and the Kind
Heartedness of a Sheriff Causes
a Jail Delivery.
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA, OA., Dec. 27.?Today's
dispatches of holidays tragedies in
and near Georgia contained the
news of two murders, three deaths
by accident, one suicide und a jail
delivery.
Doc Rogers and Charlie Webb,
young men, quarreled in Aaikcu
county, S. C., during which difficulty
Wlebb was shot. Ixnils Heath and
Jake Hagins quarreled at Lancaster,
S. C, last night over a game |?
cards. Heath was shot and killed.
Charles Jones, aged 27, is dead at
Sand Mountain, Ala., as the result,
of an accidental discharge of a
gun while out hunting. Parker
Knight, aged 14, while out hunting
with a crowd of l>oys near Harioy
ville, S. C, was accidentally shot
and killed. H. D. Smith foil down
stairs iu boarding house on As?
sembly street, Columbia, S. C, and
broke his neck. His home was in
Lexington county. S. C. Mrs. C. C.
Vincent blew out her brains with
a revolver at Vincent, Shelby county,
Ala. She left a husband and three
children. Sheriff Davis at Wrlghts
vilie, Ga., allowed the prisoners to
conio Into the corridors to keep
warm last night. They picked a
hole through the wall and escaped.
Among them was WifTlam McMillan
sentenced for ltfe for murder.
Two More Insurance Indictments?
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.?It was re?
ported tonight that the grand jury
today voted indictments against two
men as a result of the life insurnnce
Inquiry. It was rumored that forgery
in the third degree would be the
charge.
Fire Chief Drops Dead.
(By Associated Press.)
CHARLESTON. S. C. Dec. 27.?Fire
Chief 0. O. Marjenshoff. head of fire
department, dropped dead tonight at
hi.i home after a battle with a trouble
some fire. He was about sixty years
of ngc. Ho leaves a large family.
)RT NEWS, VA., FRI
SAID CHILD WAS
HEIR TO THOOSANDS
_?
Five fear Old Boy, Alleged to be
Son of George Pullman,
Found Half Starved.
MOTHER HAS HAD VARIED CAREER
She Was Stenographer to Clara Bar?
ton, Late Head of the Red Cross
Society, But Was Dismissed and
Expelled from Cuba by General
Fltzhugh Lee.
fBy Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. Dee. 27.?Acting on
an anonymous letter agents of the
Chlldrons* society today found a five
year old boy named Edmund Pullman
half starved, wrapped In rags on the
top floor of a tenement house In West
Twenty-eighth street. The child's
mother, who called .herself Lillian
Pullman, was taken to" the Children's
court, where Bho declared the boy was
heir to 150,000. She said sho had
been married to George H. Pullman,
whom she declnred was a son of the
palace car man and that they had
lived In Baltimore before coming to
New York.
Before tho birth of tho boy, Pull?
man, she said, arranged a trust fund
for him of $50,000, which he wns to
have upon reaching the age of 21
years. Later she had obtained a di?
vorce from Pullman.
The mother was released, but the
boy was held in the custody*of the
aoclety for further Investigation.
It Is stated that the woman is Lil?
lian Mason, dnughter of Samuel A.
Mason, a physician, of this city. Sho
was about ten years ago a stenogra?
pher in the employ of the Nntlonal
Red Cross society and accompanied
Miss Clara Barton, head of that or?
ganization, to Armenia and to Cuba.
George H. Pullman, said to be n
nephew of the palace car man, was
secretary of the society at that time
and Lillian Mnsnn nlleged that he
married her In 1807. Subsequently,
however, he opposed this claim In
the courts. Meantime the woman WHS
dismissed from the Red Cross service
nnd was sent hack to this country
from Cuba by General Fithugh Lee.
CHRISTMAS TREE
FIRE CAUSES DEATH
Children's Efforts to Light Candles
Leads to Fatal and Also
Serious Results.
(By Associated Press.)
WOODBURY, N. J., Dec. 27 ?
Mrs. P. H. Abbott, was burned to
dead there today In a fire that dc-.
slroycd the home of her son-in-law
I^ewis P. Stair, prosecutor of the
pleas of Camden county. The fire was
started by children who were try?
ing to light candles on a Christmas
tree. In trying to rescue Mrs. Ab?
bott, her daughter, Mrs. 'Starr, sus?
tained painful burns and Alexander
L, Rogers who was- a guest ut the
house fell from a ladder and broke
his leg. - *?,.?*.
EDWARD H. THOMSON
DEAD IN BALTIMORE
One of the Leading Citizens of the
Monumental City Victim of
Indigestion.
(By Associated Press.)
BALTIMORE MD., Dec. 27.?
Edward H. Thomson, president of the
Maryland National bank and senior
member of the Arm of Edward H.
Thomson and Sons, bankers and
brokers, of this city ,died suddenly
today of acute Indigestion at his'
home here. He wns about 50 year,
of age. Mr. Thomson also was pre*
ident of the National Compress
company, a director of the Internat?
ional Trust company, the Savings
Bank of Baltimore and the American
Bonding company.
Russian Counsel Commits Suicide.
rTJy Associated Press.)
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 27.?The Rus?
sian consul here. Colonel DcOymann,
was found dead in bed this morning
having been killed by a pistol shot.
It was a case of suicide.
Coal Rates Reduced.
(By Associated Press.)
MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.. Dec. 27 ?
The stale railroad and Warehouse
commission today ordered reductions
In the rates on coal from Duluth to
various points In the state as a result
of the recent hearings on the alleged
unreasonableness of the rates. The
rate on hard coal from Duluth to St.
Paul and Minneapolis was reduced
from $1.25 to $1.10, noft coal from 90
to 88 cents per ton. Corresponding
j reductions were made to other points
I in the state.
DAY* DECEMBER 28,
YAQUI INDIANS
ON THE WAR PATH
Attacking Small Stations on the
Southern Pacific and Mas?
sacring Inhabitants,
STURDY DEFENSE OF AMERICANS
Fifteen Mexicans and Several Amer?
ican* Known to Have Been Killed
?The Attacking Party Conaiata of
One Hundred Warriors and They
are Well Armed.
(By Associated PrcBB.)
EL PASO. TEXAS, Doc. 27.?A
special from Nognles Mexico today
says: "Details arc arriving hero
of the butchery of a party of Mexi?
cans by Yaqnl Indians near Valen?
cia, sixty miles below Guyamas.
Eleven Mexicans and one Ameri?
can were klllod. There wore over
u hundred Indians' In the attacking
party, l?mpolyces of the Southern
Pacific railroad in thnt section arc
frightened."
Colonel H. B. Mnxom, vice ? presi?
dent of the National Irrigation Con
grcst; and secretary of the Board
of Education of Reno, Nov., who has
been spending two wocks In the
Slate of Sonoru, Mexico, arrived
here yesterday with a story of a
massacre of 'Mexicans and Ameri?
cans which occurred at the Junction
of Little Lnnco and Yaqul rlvcrB lato
Saturday afternoon. The town sof
Lnnco was burned and four Mexicans
and Americans hilled. Station Agent
Thompson and his wife defended
themselves behind the barricaded
doors of the stntlon until a worn
train approached, when the Indians
withdrew.
At another station, n few miles
distant, the scone was duplicated.
Pour more dead bodies of Americans
and Amcrlcuns klllod. Station Agcnti
the tracktt The little hand at this
station had been able, however to
.repulse the attack or the Yaquls
with the loss or four of their num?
ber.
Americans Said to be Safe.
EL PASO. TEXAS. Dec. 27.?Mea?
gre details received today of I ho Ynr
qui Indian outbreak on Saturday ami
Lnnco. Mexico, on the Ynrqui river
and Pacific railway, in which eight,
Mexicans were hilled and several
houses were burned say that no
Americans were killed.
Reports fron? the same vicinity tell
of murders and /joutragos penetrated
by the Yarquls Thursday and Friday
nights. The victims were all Mexi?
cans. The hand of outlay Indians Is
said to number about mil bucks. Ru?
mors of their depredations wero rifo
on Saturday when ninny ranchers fled
to the towns for safety.
About 25 men under foreman
Thompson are employed at Lanco en?
gaged in boring wells. No son tries
had been posted and the first intima?
tion or attack was n volley of rifle
shots fired Into the tent house. Im?
mediately afterwards the houses were
set on fire.
The Yarquls shot at the frlghtoned
Mexicans who wore trying to escape.
Reports says thut in addition to eight
men killed, a number of Mexicans
were wounded.
At the time when the residents of
the camp Including Thompson and
his American wife, seemed doomed,
the. whistle of n work train was heard
and few minutes later the train pull
ed into the station.
The crew of the train went to the
assistance of the people at the sta?
tion and the Indians took flight. Mex?
ican troops nro now in pursuit and It
l?< beMoved that tho Indians will ho
run down and captured. Soldiers are
rushing to the troubled district In
large numbers rh tho government is
determined to make short work of tho
marauders.
NEGRO SOLDIER GRABS
WOMAN ON STREET
Was a Member of the Notorious
Twenty-fifth Infantry Now
at El Reno.
(By Associated Press.)
EL RENO. OKLA., Doc. 27.?A
negro soldier assaulted Mrs. T. S.
Clifford, wile of s prominent physic
iun of this place, this afternoon near
the Rock Island station. Oreat ex?
citement prevails and there Is talk
of lynching on every hand. Hundreds
of men arc searching for the as
?^"-?nt.
Mrs. Clifford and her sister. Mrs.
S. H. Clarke, wore attempting to
pass a negro soldier of tho Twenty
1'm. Infantry wneii he viciously
grabbed Mrs. Clifford nround the
waist and threw her into the strcr-t.
exclaiming that the sidewalk bo
? "?p'l t? him. Mrs. Clarke rnream
ed and the assnilunt fled. The new*
spread fast, and tho entire police
I department reinforced by several
I hundred meu und boys scoured the
19)6.
town nitn surrounding county but
this evening the chnso war given
up. Tho negro wns In uniform and
must return to tho post or bocon- ?
a deserter. Word was sent to Fort
i Ueno and all absentees were noted.
Both 'Mrs. Clifford and her sister
are positive they can Identify the
man and will g? to Fort Ueno to?
morrow and attempt to find him
among the soldiers' who were out
of poai "today when tho assault oc?
curred.
RACE WAR AT SCOOBA
SEEMS TO HAVE ENDED
Governor Vardaman Leaves the
Town But Stations Twenty Sol?
diers to Maintain Peace.
(By Associated Press.)
MICRIDAN. MISS., Deo. 27.~The
Cltlxons or Scooba, represented by a
committee, headed by Mayor Quails,
called on Governor Vardaman who
Is la personal ehargo of the situa?
tion and an uuderstandlng was
reached with tho committee roBUltlng
In 2U soldiers from Jackson under
command of Adjutant Arthur Frlodge
being loft at Scooba In charge o(
the situation. All of the other
soldiers Including the governor and
his party, roturnod to Merldau late
this evening. The body of a negro
was found today In tho woods near
this place, but la believed ho had
been dead several days. There Is
a fooling of suppressed excitement
but further trouble Is not expected.
Vardamnn Wants Men Captured.
MFlit 1 DAN, MISS.. Dee. 27.?Gover?
nor Vardnman tonight announced that
he will exhaust every menus to cap?
ture and punish the alleged murderers
of the Nlohnlas nogro. Ho offers a
reward for the arrest of Brnost Bryan,
Hal Byrd and Dan Korr, who nre bub
pected of hnvlng something to do with
the Nicholas' murder. Jim Hunter.
Clevelnnd Marshall and Tom Mar?
shall, negroes, all heavily armed were
arrested at the Union passenger sta?
tion here tonight.
Fatally Burned on Parole.
I.ANVILLK, VA.. Dec. 27.?.Ilm
Moss, a negro, who was serving six
months aontonco In Jail for steal?
ing a cow, lies at the hospital here
at the point of death from burns
rocclved White Intoxicated on parole.
Hit' body wag found burning In a
Held where he had fallen nsloop.
BRYAN IS A CANDIDATE
The Great Nebraska Commoner
Says he Wouldn't Decline,
WANTS SENATOR STONE CHAIRMAN
Favors the Missouri Man for the
Leadership of the Democratic
National Committee If He is the
Nominee for President.
(By Associated Press.)
TOPMKA. KA..? Dee. 27.?In an
Interview today William J. Bryan
virtually admitted that, he would bo
a condldnto for the presidential
nomination before the next Democra?
tic notional convention. "Wh
have not yet announced that I would
be a. candidate." said Mr. Bryan,
"I have not stated that I would
not be a candidate. Such a high
honor as the presidential nomina?
tion Is something that no American
should decline." He said there was
foundation for tho story that If
nominated he favored the selection
or Senator William J. Btono of Mis?
souri, as chairman of tho Democratic
National Committee.
GOING TO FIND OUT
WHAT WHISKEY IS
Secretary Wilton to Take Trip to Bal?
timore to Talk It Over With
Booze Producers.
(By Associated PresB.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 27.?
Secretary Wilson of the Department
of Agriculture and George F. McCabe,
of tlie legal department, will go tn
Baltimore tomorrow to visit some of
the distilleries there with a view of
ascertaining at first hand, the methods
of distillers in the muniifacturo of
whiskey. "I want to know," said i.tr.
Wilson today." Just how these various
articles are made, what they contain
and how the manufacturers think they
ought to be labelled. We are simply
in quest of information that will ena?
ble us to frame proper regulations and
determine upon labols that will meet
the requirements of tho law,"
It is likely that ihe regulations of
the department respecting whiskey
will not ho Issued for some time, al?
though the pure food law will become
effective on January 1st. next. The
secretary says he is determined to
know all about ...e subject before pro?
mulgating the regulations and Hying
the lubols.
THE WEATHER.
Rain Friday and
probably Saturday;
fresh southwest winds
PRICE TWO CENTS
THIEF, SAYS JUDGE
|New fork Police Treat a Good
Woman In a Most In?
famous Manner.
_
IS WIFE OF PROMINENT DOCTOR!
Was Accused by a Man of Stealing
? ' .71
$1,300, But the Testimony Against
Her Was of 80 Flimsy Charactor
That She Was Discharged?Case At?
tracts Widespread Attention.
(By Associated Pross.)
NIDW YORK, Deo. 27.?Ono or Hut
most romnrkablo und distressing cases
of mistaken Identity over brought be?
fore tho courts In this city, reached
Us climax today when the victim, Mrs.
Alexander Trnutmuu, the wife of a
prominent physician, was honorably
discharged after a hearing In pollco
court. A moment after Mrs. Tnintmuu
had boon given her liberty, ltor no
cuBor, Peter J. Hogan, a clork, wi\H
placed under arrest on a chnrgo of as?
sault preferred by Mrs. Trautman.
Mrs. Trautman told of meeting Ho
Kim In the Btroct on Monday when ho
seized lu r. nccusBcd her of thnft and
threatened to Btrlke hor In the faro
If site tried to get uwnv from him.
At the police station she wan badly
treated. Tho police sergeant ocemod
to think the matter a Joke, although
she declared she was Innocent. Him
Bnld she was kopt In a cell for four
hours.
The evidence against Mrs. Traut
I man wuh of so flimsy a nature that
Magistrate Pinn dismissed the com?
plaint without the formalltv of bring?
ing the most Important witness Into
the court room.
The case has attracted wide atten?
tion because of tho social prominence
of Mrs. Trnntman nnd ns showing tho
Indignities to which an Innocent wom?
an may be subjected on th
tlon of pcrHons who nflTy"
he responsible.
Hogan, who Is n clerk, seized Mrs.
Trautman roughly by the arm while
I she was looking at n show window,
nskod If shn know him. threatened
her with physical violence nnd ended
by calling on a policeman to arrest
her. Ills story was that on Saturday
evening he was met on the Btroet by
two women, otic of whom led him into
the hallway nnd put her nrms around
his neck. When he,inimnged to free
himself from the woman, who, ho de?
clared, to ho Mrs. Trautman, HoganI
said he found $1,300 taken from Iiis
pocket hook. Mrs. Trautman wbb
taken to a pollco station and aflor be?
ing questioned as her name, resi?
dence, etc., was commuted to n cell
In which were several dlssolulo wom?
en, A considerable time elapsed before
she wns permitted to communicate
With her friends who procured hor re?
lease on hall.
CALL FOR CONFERENCE
OF COTTON HANDLERS
Growers and Manufacturers Asked to
Meet in Some Southern City
Next Year.
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, MASS., Dec. 27.?A call
for n second conforenco of tho grow?
ers of cotton of this country ami the
cotton manufacturers has been soul out
by James R. McColl, tho president of
tltc National AsHoclatlon of Cotton
Manufacturers.* ihe conforenco will
ho hold for tho general discussion of
tho cotton situation for the purpose of
bringing about closer union and un?
derstanding between the growers und
users. Among tho organizations in?
vited to toko part in tho conforenco,
which Pr?sident McColl suggestH no
hold In some Southern city in October
1007, are the Southern Cotton Associa?
tion, Farmers Mutual Co-operative
Union, National dinners' Association,
American Cotton Manufacturers, Na?
tional Association of Manufacturers
and National Federation of Master
Cotton Spinners, and Manufacturers'
Association,
\PEDDLER BEATEN TO
DEATH BY NE6R0ES
Committeed the Crime at Dendron
While Drunk and One Makes
His Escape.
(Special to The Dally Press.)
RICHMOND. VA.. Dec. 27.?A
I Syrian peddler, namo unknown
I whoso homo is In Petersburg, wa
beaten to dentil last night at Demi
ron by two negroes, both of whom
were drunk. When found the ped
ler had $1.50 In ca:d. on his person
Arthur Davis, one of tho negroes
responsible for tho denth, was cap
rured. The other succeeded in muk
|lng his escape. A $50 regard for
his apprehension has been offered
by u brother of the dead man.