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THE DAILY PRESS la ths
only newspaper published In
Newport New? that receives the
full news report of the Asso?
ciated Press.
VOL. Xlll. NO. 55.
JAPAN HAS WAR CHIP
ON HER SHOULDER
Flowery Kingdom Evidently Anxious
to Resent the Seizure of a
Ship by China.
ISMS THREATEnlnG ULT1IBATU?
Will Not Give China an Opportunity
to Investigate the Case, and Insists
Upon an Inimcd'atc Apolcgy?Will
Not Consider Any Pl?n to A bitratc
the Care.
(Dy Associated I*ress)
PER IN. March 7?japan's ultima?
tum in the case of the Japanese
Alon.htsh.ip Tntsu Marti, was presented
to the hen.i Chinese foreign board and
the board has the matter under con?
sideration. The Tni/m Mtiru was
seised off Maro on February 7 by Chi?
nese customs cruisers on lite cha'gc
thai her cargo of arms and ammuni?
tion was intended for Chinese revo?
lutionists, although consigned to a
merchant of that place. The atosnior
is now brine hold at Whnmpo. on the
Caut/m river.
The minimum t>r the Japanese
claim is restoration of the steamer, as
well s'i her en'go and the payment ol
full indemnity. Action la demsiided
wilhtu o "reasonable tlnte.'1
In case of default or postponement
Japan, according to tho terms of her
ultimatum, will "take immediate ac?
tion."
Japan expects a reply tomorrow.
She will not tolernte ('ulna's offer to
Investigate the case, luii insists upon
an apology for the hauling down of
the Japanese Hag on the Tntsu Mam
and she will not accept mediation, sf
flrinlng thai China Is in oiVor and thai |
Ibe farts are incontrovertible.
linron Hayashi, tho Japanese min?
ister. In delivering I ho ultimatum made
reference to Japan's sympathy for
China in the matter of the contraband
traffic in nrniji and explained that Chi?
na could not expect mediation so long
as she did not admit the participation
of the Portugese In the matter.
Position of Japanese.
"Japan will not resort to force In
connection with the seizure of I lie
steamer TatBII Mam, unless compelled
to do so by the action of China."
Tills Statement was given to the
Associated Press correspondent today
by a high official, who continuing said:
"We propose to < xeioiso the utmost
patience and fully understand the dif?
ficulty the central government of Chi?
na baa in dealing with viceroys who
possess unlimited power. It is Quite
apparent that the viceroy of Canton
acted hastily in relying upon Infor?
mation which stated that Hie Tatsn
was engaged In smuggling arms. He
conceived therefore that lie had a
right to seize the vessel when the fa^ts
show that the vessel's papers includ?
ing a. manifest of arm? consigned in
regular form to a firm in Macao, were
entirely legal. A representalive of the
firm boarded the vessel, accompanied
by the Portuguese authorities before
her seizin e by a Chinese vessel.
"Slip was undoubtedly in Portuguese
territorial waters. The claim of Jap
ait that ihis is a clear ease of viola?
tion of her iialioual rights and an in?
sult to the flag was prevented by the
Chinese themselves in offering to re?
store the ship, together with aTlirth
er pront'fifi received t<vi<iy to repri?
mand of the offclals who lowered the
Jripnneeo Han. Notwithstanding ibis,
while we are Instructed not to Con?
cede ?hat wo believe is proper, hut
to Ultimately enforce mir demands,
should China refuse to listen to rea?
son. I lie world may rcsl assured that
Japan will not acl hastily. ' ill will'
weigh her future actions with Hie tit- i
most deliberation."
great normionsto
german imperimnavv
Launeing ef the First of Her Mam?
moth Bot tlojhlp'Makes New
Era There.
fflv Associated Press.>
WnLH.F.LMISlIAVKN. March 7 ?
Germany's first mammoth warship was
successfully launched here today and
christened "Nassau" by liie Grand
Duchess <>f Ma'd-'n. Emperor William,
(ho (r'and Duke of Rinden, Prince
Henry of tile Netherlands, as well as
a brilliant assemblage of prominent
officials, were present. Wilhelm von
Ucngsienborg, lord peilt enstnl of
Hesse-Nassau, mud* n, speech in
which he greeted tho uew vessel as
a welcome addition to Germany's Ben
power nnd a defender ol Urn interests
of Hie empire.
Th? launching of the giant battle?
ship Nassau Inauguratoa a new era in
the German navy, in also, armameuf,
speed and installation she will be su?
perior to any warship hitherto built
in Germany. The Nassau displaces
1?,QC0 tons and is built entirely 01
hardened steel. Her dimensions and |
the thickness of her armor are not
exactly known and everything con?
nected with her construction has been
kept strictly secret by order of the
marine minister. It is known that she
Is to be fitted with three sets of triple
expansion reciprocating engines nn..
I:; to be ptovided with three propellers.
It is spec I Ii cd th.-tt she shall attain n
speed of at least 111 knots. Her crew
is to number Sill!, including 27 offi?
cers.
A twin ship In every respect, tho
Sashseu, is to be launched soon from
the YVescr yards at llremen. while
werk Is proceeding rapidly on the
Wnrtomberg at tno Vulkan yaul, Stet?
ten, ami on ihe Dad en at the Germania
works. Kiel. These latter two ships,
although classed with the Nassau, are
to have an even larger r eplacement, |
namely, 18,700 tons.
SINGULnR ACCIDENT IN
BALTIMORE TUNML
_
Gang of Woikmtn Overcome by Gas,
But officials do Not Knew
Cruse of Catastrophe.
(By Associated Press, i
HALTIMOUK. MIL. Mutch. 7?1
Thirteen railroad labere s were over- |
come by gas in the Pennsylvania tun- {
nel here today, l< our'died and ten'
were so badly affected that they wero I
takeu toi n hospital. The others re- 1
Vivod. Three of toe dead are ne?
groes, the other is a white man.
The men were at wo'k grading in
the tunnel which extends from Naflh
avenue, Just west of the Union sta?
tion, to Pennsylvania avenue, n forms
one of the, series of tunnels ot ihe
Pennsylvania road under this city.
Dlscusslug the accident, Joseph B.
Gllmore. assistant train master of tno
Pennsylvania Railroad. saJd that It
wns a mystery to him. The men hail
Ikcu working about three hours and
trains had been passing all morning
and none bad apparently been nfTect
ed. All were overcome at the same
moment, and all dropped at about tho
same time.
Such an accident, he added, had
never before occurred in their tun?
nels.
Kll8E[ "OFFICE
8PI for Department of Trans?
portation end Public Works.
WOULD CONTROL ALL WATERWAYS
One of the Most Sweeping Effects of
the Bill <is to Take Great Power
Away F em the War Department?
Ransdell Introduced Measure.
ft (By Associate.* Press)
WASHINGTON, D- J.. March 7 ?
A bill to create a t.?j\y executive do
pSrtmcnt of transportation ami pub?
lic works was introduced |u the House
today by Mr. Itansdcll of Louisiana.
The bill provides that the new de
par: inept sltall have entire control of
all national 'nffaPs relating tq trans?
portation and Ihe construction ami
maintenance of ail public buildings,
works and Improvements; which shall
be authorized by Congress and for
which provision is not otherwise* made
by law; also all works "'to foster, pro?
mote nnd develop (lie conservation ami
C melon I utilization of the nntu'al re?
sources of Ihe L'niled Slates."
The bill authorises the appointment
by the President of a secretary of
transportation and public works,
whose salary shall he $12.000 a year,
and sti assistant secretary at a sal?
ary of XI.??0. Among the bureaus pro?
vided for is one lo be called the bur?
eau of waterways, beaded by a com?
missioner to he appointed by Ihe
President, whoso power shall Include
authority to examine and Investigate
the physical character and geno'al
ullllly of the walcta of Hie United
States for Irrigation", power ptoduc
tion and agricultural, and- for domes- i
He purposes.
One of the most sweeping effects of
the, nvensnre. if !t becomes a law. |
would be to transfer to the iflrecllon I
of the new deparimenl practically all
of the project**, aside from army un?
dertaking!, now conirollo'y by the war
di pnrtmcut.
NEWPORT
Sim DAY TERM OF
LEGISLATURE ENDS
General Assembly'of lbs State
Will Continue in Session, How?
ever, Till Hext Thursday.
NFARLY 2,000 BILLS PUT IN 80X
Work of Sifting Olit These Measures
Hoc Been Scve * Task for the Leg?
islators?Some of the Most Import?
ant Bills Which Have Become Laws
?Insurance Bill Saved.
RICHMOND, "A.. March T?Tin- CO
day term prescribed by lite cdnBlllu
lioli fur tho regular session of the
general assembly expired at iL' o'clock
tonight'. While the im min rs will eon
tlnuc active legislative work until
Mi ch 12 th, pursuant to the Joint res?
olution extending the session, it has
been agreed that n<> original hills are
to he considered in either house, und
only Ihooc thai have been favorably
acti d on In one branch and referred
to tile other for concurrence -will he
taken up. Tie- culCnoai'S of both
bouses are still crowded, but the hill"
now remaining to be he cutiBidered
nr? largely of local interest.
The session has been an extremely
busy one, The legislature lost no
lime when it assembled on January
Sth. in gettjug down to work, and has
kept tu it, hammer and longs, for
every moment since. Possibly ns
many as seventeen huivl'ed bills have
been introduced In the two houses,
have been referred to committees and
given consideration, The work of leg?
islators In sifting out these measures
?ff r they were reported and put <>n
the calendars has been terrific, but
effective. It can be fnl;ly Stated ? Imt
few h?ls of general interest havo
lacked discussion, and few of general
welfare have failed of passage.
Investigations.
Tile investigation of the Illness or
Judge Rhoa 16 be a member of the
corporation commission, and the time
consumed in discussing the reports of
the Investigating committee, as also
the entanglement developed by the
presentation of charges against Judge
Blackslone, seriously interrupted the
p;ogra;n of legislative work, but were
disposed of in due course. Such leg?
islative Investigation's can hardly be
said to have becnln contemplation by-'
the framers of the constItiuion when
the sessions of the general assem?
bly were limited to fid days. There
may be many legislatures before a
similar condition may arise, at least
It Is nol reasonable to presume that
each assenihlv will bo called upon to
Inquire into the cha'acter and fitness
of the Virginia Judiciary, or of any
other stale officials.
lit has -been persistently suggested,
ever since the constitution was adopt?
ed, tha.t tne sessions should he ex?
tended to !?0 days. A Joint resolu?
tion ha.s been adopted to submit the
question to the voters of the state. A
glance over the calendars at this time
would hardly justify the conclusion
that the general assembly needed nn
additional 30 days to complete Its lu?
be's. In fact. Its work, except for a
few flln telling I ouches and the dis?
position of the nincRstone case, may
now be said to he ail in.
Here are some of the principal
measures of general intorost that liuve
been passed by both houses and sent
to the governor for signature:
To conform the state militia to pro?
visions of the Fod< ral law known us
i he Dick bill.
Appropriating 1125,000 annually to
Hie sinking fund to pay the slate debt.
I.nsslster-Witheis hill lo senlince
I wo year convicts lo labor on public
roads.
(Repeal restriction as to paralleling
the Richmond, 1-rcdcricksbiirg & Po?
tomac Railroad.
Regulating admission of evidence in
coses arising under the unwritten laf#,
Appropriating $2f>0,000 of s<nte funds
to aid public roads.
Increase of pensions to old soldiers
by S7...000.
For normal Instruction in high
'schools of state.
Provide for working jail birds on
pub'ic roads of the state.
Relieving coastwise vessels from
payment of pilot charges and P ovld
Ing Increase of fees w foreign ves?
sels.
Byrd liquor hill, frtcrcaslng license
iand restriction and enforcing prohibi?
tion In rural diali lets.
Making it a felony lo sell or dis?
pense cocaine, except for licensed
NEWS. VA.* 8 UND AI
physicians, iiharmi?chHS. dentists or
manufacturing chemists.
Congressional ro?lstrlctlug bill, rcr
moving Floyd county from Ute Fifth
to Sixth, and Crnlg county from tho
Mm it to Tenth.
Child labor bill, prohibiting ctuploy
morit in Barctory or city mercantile os
tuibllBhmcnts of children under it
vents of age, except U|iOn certificate
of (dependency.
tSat?bllshiug oyster seed llhojn Po
lomno, ns agreoj to by Joint commls
bIoii. j
To provide an oyster cull law for
Ihe Pototnno.
To pension auperauuated public
school teachers.
Penult Richmond, Fredoricksburg ft
Potomac ltflJ|road to secure new char?
ter, nnd provide for disposition of
sinte*s holdings in the road.
Crc3tlng dairy and fond commission
nnd establishing pure food Inw to
conform to Federal regulations.
Abolish hangings nud requite exe?
cution of death pennJiy at peniten?
tiary by electrocution.
Fixing salaries or division school su?
perintendents at $900. and providing
for enlargement of districts.
Creating state commission of fish?
eries.
For appointment of n slate hoard
of health, and nipproprlatlng $?10,000
for IIa expenses.
For compulsory education in public
schools by vote of idcalfttod.
Amend Constitution.
joint resolution to afttond sections
!H>. 110, 120 of constitution, so as to
permit treasurers and commissioners
of Ihe revenue, when elected by the
people, to succeed themselves.
To RIUCDd BCCtioh H? Of the cotistl
tul Ion so as to extend regular bcs
hIoiis ol legislature to days.
To amend section 160 of the const I
liUlon, lo ellmiiinle successive es
tende l readings on bllla.
Bills Defeated.
Without prying Into ihe secrets of
committee loom pigeon holes, but con?
sidering as worthy of remembrance
i hose bills only that have been lost
In bat Iii-cm lloor or before commit?
tee, the following may he menioriiil
[ Ized among: the dead of t he legisla?
tive graveyard:
To request the Ruptcnto Court
[Judges to wetti- gowu'i:.
I To oleel mcmlx ra of the state co"
porntlon counnlssi?n by popular vote.
1 To create office of stale hunk ex?
aminers.
Relieving doctors of paymt nt of
stale license tax.
To abolish ollice of slate school ex
i miners.
To furnish free school books lo pu
plls In public schools.
S'irolus Distributed.
The surplus has been wiped out by
the Increase of npproptintJons pro?
vided for, but In the main the expen?
diture has been in answer to demands
j made by the voters themselves, and
j for the material advancement an t ben
l cht of the state
' Public highways bads off with tho?
largest Individual amount: $250,000
for distribution among the counties
and $75,000 a yoar more for expenses
of the convict load force.
Free schools are given an additional
$10p,000, bringing the slate treasury
appropriations to hilf n million, and
high schools get $100.000.
The old soldier is given $7."..000 In?
crease to the pension fund; $65.000 is
appropriated to erect an additional
space for the mineral and agricul?
tural exhibits. There have been some
Increases in salaries, and they were
deserved, but In the main the legis?
lature htajs not been disposed to show
much liberality in salary matters.
Safety Match B'll Meets With Defeat.
The Senate today put ,>, quietus on
Senator Itohb's 1>HI to prevent the
use of all other matches than safety
matches fii the Stale of Virginia, and
providing penalties for violation of
the law.
Senator Hobbs made his llrst
speetdt of the session In support of
this bill. He o/qireled to the'senators
lo advance the bill to Its third rend?
ing, and saT? he would ask for the
passage of the measure.
The Senate ri fused to advance tho
bill.
Cat.in Saves Insurance Bill.
The House, at the Instance of Col?
onel Cnlim. today decided to recon?
sider Senate bill 354, amending the
statute creating the departmenl of In?
surance, as It defeated yesterday
!under a misapprehension by n vole ol
Colonel Cn/on explained that many
montbora had voted against ihe meas?
ure under the belief that II was In
some way dangerous. He assured his
colleagues Ilia! the bill was a per?
fectly Innocent one, which merely
aimed to increase the usefulness <>i
the tJcMarlmrnt.
The hill was passed by a vote ol
fit to :>.
Bill Gives Jurors an F^tra Quarter.
The House today, by n unanimous
1 vole, passed Senate bill No. .'Ml!, to
amen ) section 1025 of Ihe cede, with
reference to the boa'ra of Juror.-:, when
they ;ne kitit togothpf, etc. I'ha
measure allows them $1.2,1 Instead of
$1 a day. as nl present Thl* ?>!
course. |s in addition.'tp Urn attend?
ance money allowed jurors.
r\ MAUCH 8, 1908.
PARENTS 10DK WRONG
BLACKENED REMAINS
;north CoiMwoot Officials Bclievo
That Many Incorrect Monti!*.
cations Were fiHade.
;CAN'(RECTIFY GRUESOME MISTAKE
jAffVctcd Town In Ohio Had Many
I More Funerals Yesterday and There
I VAU be Several TocMy?Funeral of
the Unidentified Dead Will be Held
On Monday.
fltv Associated Kress.)
! CLICMICLAND. OHIO, March V ? j
The total number of dead, as a re?
sult ol the hunting of Ute Ulke View
school In t'ollinwood, Ihm Wednesday, I
Is now thought to be 174. Of this
number the bodies of 167 have been
found. The bodies of nix other chil?
dren are believed to have been burn
>,0i| to ashes. This is the opinion of the
I village officials who have ec?iplleT
I wltnl Is supposed to bo a complete
j list of lite missing,
I The dentil list was Increased early I
[today by ihn death <>r Glen Harbor,
j t?3tl years old, who niiceumbcd lb lu
I juries sustained when he leaped fiom I
' the second story of the domed build
t lug while his schoolmates ruBhe,d
i headlong Into the vtenth dealing
flames in the lower hallawy. Out of
I the total number of bodies recovered,
i 147 have been Identified. The last
[identification was established lato lo
I day when tlu> body or lliehard Kelly,
the tori years old son of Waller Kelly,
marine editor of the Cleveland Lead?
er, was picked from among iho char?
red" remains. His mother was able
to complete the Identification by
moans of stitches she had workrd
I about n bultOnhple round In a small
j piece of the boy's underclothing, which
1 clung lo the body.
Many Funerals Yesterday,
j This was another day id funerals.
The first services were held slmul
taneousiy at St, Mbuy's and St. Jo
Isepli's Hornau Cailiollc churches. In
? the former services were held for 10
I bodies, and In the latter for 12, In
I addition Individual funerals weie
i held in nearly two score of homes,
j Through oil i the day about 7ft were
I burled. Over -1ft bodies were interred
i.vostorday. There will be several more
I funerals tomorrow.
lit Is believed by the officials in
(charge that mistakes have been ni5de
!by parents who claimed the little
I blackened remains during the ox
icltoment of the first day or two ami
i hat luoy look possession of bodies
j Hint were not those of their dend
; children.
Deputy formier McNeil was con?
vinced of this early today and mado
an effort lo rectify some of the blun?
ders. ?
I In this he ?-as handicapped, as in
j sum,, cases tho funci'nls had been
held and In other Instances the be?
reaved parents could not be convince.I
of their supposed error.
Funeral of the UrJdentified.
j Arrangements were completed to?
day fur the public funerall for the un?
identified, which will he held next
. Monday morning,
! Tho village council of follinwoo.l
. has purchased n smalf tract of land
In the village cemetery where all of
' these hodh s will be Interred,
I Al the same hour of the public fit-j
ncral Ihcro win be held memorial i
i servil es in all of the city schools in j
' Cleveland, .' |
At tint hour also all of the church
bel'.s in Colllnwootl will hi- tolled sim?
ultaneously.
The body of Miss Grace Fiske, one;
of the two tpachers who gave up tin |r
lives In trying to snve their pupils,
?fifrnn burled Ibis afternoon near 1ne
spot where I'no unldenlllled will Tie
hurled next Monday.
The body of Miss Katlierlue Wei
let-, ilie other teacher who met death
with her school children, has not yet
been recovered. Twice ii was thought
I her body had been found, but t'no
I identifications were enoneous.
I In the iisl instance llie body claim?
ed by her father was found to be that
j of a man. This body Is supposed to
i be that of .loiin Krnjlilak. a Greek,
who was one of the first to reach liie
limmlng school building and who was
I see,, to rush Into the building in nn
'effort to save some of the title boys
I and girls. He iris been missing since
'the fire, but It was not thought until
today lie had sacrificed his 'ife.
,J Monum?nt for Vict'm':.
j A movenn nt has been started among
the school officials of Cleveland to
[have the school children of this city
I erect n monument lo the uieuiory of
Dia lieu* one* who lout llteir live? Inj
tho lire. I
Already iln> nchool children ol i
Cleveland have donated seven! hua- I
dred dollars toward iho general to?
llet fund tor tho BUltorors from the
II iv. t
A complete onnvnsii of Colllhwood
has boon made by tho village bfllclnla
to ascertain where assistance Is need?
ed.
Several thousand dollars were dis?
tributed today fo- the purchase of
coal, groceries nml clothing.
Tho Village also will bear tho 0X
penao Incident to the pnblle funeral.
The Investigation being conducted hy
the county coroner was omitted to?
day, but Will be resumed early next
week.
FACED ALMOsl CERTAIN
DEATH TO SAVE CHILDREN
New York Driver of Fire Engine
Guides Hin Horses Into Iron
Fence.
(Uy Association Prosa)
Nia\V YOTCK. March 7 -In order to
save a number of children from what
appeared lo ho certain death, Patrick
Mullln, driver of a lire engine, killed
With his horaos. Mullln was answer
j lug a lire alarm In Brooklyn und his
hnrrcs were <m the run when hp ap?
proached a public school building. In
the street were a number of children
Just out of school. The horses were
ben ring down on them on (he full run
nnd It was imposdhlc for the drive"
to check Ihe nhlmnla suddenly. Mul?
lln saw a little girl in a red cap and
coat whom he believed to be his- own
I daughter who ntte'uda the school. The
driver threw bin weight on one rein
land swerved the horses onto the lldo
I walk nnd '"to an Iron fonco. Mullln
j was thrown off the engine nnd picked
> up unconscious, but wn not serloualy
Injured and will recover, llolh the
horses wore killed. The little girl
In UlO red coat was not MuUtu's dau?
ghter after all. bul his action doubt?
less, saved several liven.
Burned 6,000,000 Feet of Lumber.
(My Associated Press.)
MONItOK. LA., March 7.?A fire nt
the plant of tho I/OUisnim Central
Lumber Company, nt Clerks, La., yes?
terday burned six million foot of lum?
ber and Kovoral buildings, The da?
mage Is said to be ?100.000 covered
by Insurance. >
Receivership for Dispensary.
(By AsBoclHled Prosa.)
ahhvillk. N. c, March 7.?F?d?
eral Judge Prltchard today decided to
appoint permanent receivers for the
I South Carolina Dispensary fund nml
\ named Judge Joseph a. McCnllough,
I C. Henderson and II. F. Arthur na re- j
cotvers.
BOflfGuiroWDl
Chree Lives Lost lo Unusual He
cldent on the (Vlonnyaiiela River.
?SWePT OVER BY SWIFF CUBRENT
As the Tug Stella Morcn Was About
to Enter Lcck She Wnjg. Drawn
Out in the Stream by High
Water.
(Hy Associated Press)
IMTTSHCUO. PA.. Ma'ch 7?Three
lives were lost tonight when the low
boat Stella Moron with two lints of
coal went, over dam No. 2 on the M?
nbngahela nt Port Perry, Pa., and
stink in -il feet of water.
The dead: John Cox. engineer;
Charles Loraln. deck band, ami John
Utiss. fireman. The Moron was about
to enter the lock when the strong
cm rent due to the high water, swung |
It around and before it could be con- |
trolled, the vessel' and flats wore
swept ov. r the dam and completely !
wrecked.
Cox was naught between tho lock |
wall and the bout and crushed to
death.
Tin- rest of ih,e crew, numbering
(en men. were thrown Into the river,
lint all were icscucd except Loraln
ami Htiss. who were not seen nftor tho
bo'nt went down. The Stella Moron
was owned by Ilm '., ?noiigahela River
Consolidated Coal & Coko Company.
The loss is estimated at $30,000.
Chief Boush Going to New Orleans,
(By Associate!* Press)
NORFOLK. YA.. March 7.?Chief
Rowdi, of this city leR tonight for
New Orleans for a personal Investi?
gation before formal action Is taken
In the mailer of the extradition of
(leorge Hamilton under arrest there
'as T. Clayton Felked. suspected of the
'murder ami robbery of Alston It. Mer?
ry, of Rome. Ca., In a local hotel, Oc
jlohor 20, 1907.
THE WEATHER.
Fair and colder Sunday; Mon?
day partly cloudy, probably :oln,
light north winds.
PRICE TWO CENTS
BGHT CHINAMEN TO
GO IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
?
Notorious ' Hatchet Men" In 60s.
ton Found Guilty of (tarier
lug Ttielr Countrymen.
INFLUENTIAL CHINK COHVICTEQ
Warry Charles, One of the Wealthiest
Chinamen in Boston Convicted for
Causing the Murders?Trial Lasted
33 Days and Cost $20,000?Commit?
ted Murders to Boom Society.
(Ry Associated Press.)
BOSTON, WASH., March 7.--War
ry Charles*, one of tho wealthiest and
mn.it Influential Chinamen of Huston,
and eight of IiIh countrymen claimed
to ho notorious "hatchet nun" wero
found guilty by a Jury in tho Superior
Criminal Court Ittte today of murder
In the llrst degree on four counts, al?
leging tho killing of four Chinamen
In Boston, AugiiHt 2, of last year.
. A lentil defendant. Yee Wall, who
had also been on trial on the same
charges, died suddenly In his cell last
Tuesday while the trial was in prog?
ress.
The men today found guilty are:
Mln Sing. Honi Woon. I.ootig Cong.
Woiiff .nick, Wong How. Joe (Juev,
Dong Bolt, Ling Yee .lung ami Warry
Charles.
Tho men were accused of tin- mur
jtler of Chin Mong Quin, Wong Shtio
j hung, Chin Loot and Leo Kal Nona,
In each case Warry Charles was
accused of being an accessory before
! the fuel.
The cusos had been on trial Tor it:!
days, tho Brat four days being tiirowu
out on account of n mistrial owing lo
the sickness of a Juror. Tho cost ot
the trial Is estimated at,$20,000.
Tho murders for which the nine
I chinamen wore found guilty grew out
pr a long standing food between Urn
jllip Sing Tong and "the On Leung
Tong, rival Chinese societies. :
Killed to Boom Society.
Early Friday, August 1. 19(17. a
number of str?ngt? Chinamen suddenly
nppoared in Oxford Place in the heart
of the Chinese quarter of Boston and
began firing rrom revolvers of heavy
calibre upon scores of Chinese mer
chants and Inundrymeu who wore
j lazily lolling about.
Over 40 shots were fired and when
I the police appeared they found three
I Chinamen dead and a dozen others
seriously wounded, one of whom died.
Slioy Tong, one of the principal
[government witnesses testified Mint
Warry Charles, president of the Hip
Sing Toug. had instituted Ihe killing,
Luring his- testimony he said: "Char?
ley saW Hint ho would have lo do
some Mulling and made tho Chlnejo
business men so afraid that all of
them would Join our society." Charles
la also alleged to have said: "We
are getting to lie dead ones and must
kill sonio one."
J0KENS OF ESTEEM FOR
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
Members of the House Present to Mr.
Qyrd a Handsome Silver Loving
Cup.
[RICHMOND, VA., March 7?In ap
|proefalion of their esteem for Speaker
Ryrd and .lohn W. Williams, of the
House of Delegates, the members of
Hint body today presented the former
with a loving cup and the latier with
a sterling silver punch bowl. Tho.
speeches Incidental to the occasion
were aglow with sentiment o;id patr?
iotic expressions.
Dr. It. S. Powell of Brunswick? made
llto speech in presenting Ihe cup to;
the speaker, and the gift to Clerk"
Williams wns presented by ,1. N.
Stubb of Gloucester. Each of ttie re?
cipients accepted the gift in brief;
speeches.
fTho House had scarcely ceased ap?
plauding when It. W. Withers of Nan
scmoud. presented Ihe minutes of the
House for February 2&. Throughout
t;ho 15 minutes of tho leading the
House wa)ti kept in a continuous howl
of laughter, as one after another of tho
I delegates wi re referred to humorous-,
ly. either in poetry or prose. The coin.
I piling of the minutes was done by
Delegates Withers, Fcalhorston and
Houston.
Floods Delay Trains.
(Bv Associated Prcssj
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. March 7 ?
Floods in Northern Indiana have
canned heavy loss and delayed traffic;
Trains on the Cleveland. Cincinnati
Chicago & St. l.oni.- Railroad wero
d*lnyed today by the washing out ot
a bridge near Elkhart.