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MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1909- TEN PAGES
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NUMBER 65
Aged Alabama Woman
Brutally Murdered
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Foul Crime Near Monte
vallo.
'DAUGHTER JR TAIL’
CHARGED WITH CRIME
Hew Made and Unfilled Grave Dis
covered.
-Child Rrtvntif from School Flo do the
Body of Bio Graadpareat la
Room. Where It Had
Montevallo. March S.—(Special.)—
ffiutally murdered In her own home, af
'ter a grave had been dug for her In
the rear of the houee by the murderer
or murdereea, the body of Mre. King,
.aged 70 yeare, liras found yesterday
by a school boy. Charged with the
crime, Mrs. Pope, aged *0 years, a
daughter, has been arrested and taken
to Clanton for safe keeping. The wo
man stoutly denies her guilt.
, This entire community Is shocked
toy the horrlb(e feature of the crime.
At first It was believed to have been
the work of a negro fiend, but an in
vestigation eoon showed that the crime
was the doing of some person more
elosely connected with the household.
The head of the aged woman was
beaten In with a flat Iron, a gory spec
tacle greeting those first to visit the
scene of the crime.
Mrs. King lived seven miles from
Montevallo. The family was not a
prominent one In the neighborhood,
but the aged woman was respected.
She ocaslonally had spells of Insanity,
but not of a violent nature, and had
never given the family or any of the
neighbors any trouble- In wordly
goods the family was sadly laeklhg.
Mrs. Pope, the daughter, accused of
the murder, had separated from her
husband, and upon returning to live
with her mother brought more mouths
to feed. This daughter had to seek
work outside of the family and for
some time has be^t cooking for a
neighbor family.
A second daughter of the murdered
woman Is now confined to the insane
asylum at Tuscalposa, and It was grief
for the plight of this daughter, which
It Is said was the cause of the occa
aotnally gts of Insanity on the part of
Mrs. King. The relation* between
Sir*. King and her daughter. Mrs.
pope. weTe not of the best. It being
common gossip In the neighborhood
that there had been quarrels of some
kind.
Found tor child.
' Yesterday a grandchild of the mur
dered woman went to school at nogn
Returning at 2:30 o’clock the murder
was discovered, the blood smeared body
toeing found In the middle of the room,
and blood stains on the window sill
showed that the body had been dragged
into the room through the window.
The alarm quickly spread, and many
people gathered at the scene. The
coroner quickly empanelled a Jury and
set about to discover the perpetrator
of the crime. An Investigation dis
covered evidence of a struggle In the
yard In the rear of the house, and fur
ther Investigation discovered a new
made grave In the yard, a grave which
had not yet been 'filled In. About this
grave were footsteps and upon Inves
tigation it was found that the tracks
tot the shoes were similar, In every
detail, to some shoes In the house,
which later proved to be those of the
daughter.
Word was sent to the house where
the daughter was working and upon
her arrival she showed great agita
tion and fainted at the sight of the
body. The shoes she had on, fitted
to the footprints about the grave,
and the coroner’s jury after consider
ing other details caused the arrest of
the daughter. She protested her in
nocence, but because of the circum
stantial evidence was taken to Jail.
The supposition here, according to
the coroner, is that the person who
murdered the aged woman, had a fight
with her In the yard, where the evi
dence of struggle was plainly seen.
Purlng the fight, the victim was
struck over the head by an iron and
her skull crushed In. The body evi
dently fell there. Frqpi all Indica
tions the body was then picked up and
deliberately thrown Into the window
of the room, where later the body was
discovered. In passing through the
window, the sill was covered with
blood.
It Is believed that before the com
mission of the crime the murderer
•or murderess thought of a plan to
dispose of the body and then dug the
grave. It evidently had been a work
of great haste as the grave was very
shallow. The early return of the
children from school, evidently spoiled
the plan to make the burial
Friends of the family state that
there Is a possibility that the old
woman, while Insane, attacked the
daughter and that she was killed In
self defense, and that the daughter
fearing for the consequences, hesitates
In making a confession.
MYSTERIOUS *1,0X1) BERBSFORDS.”
Army O nicer film Ont Some Interval
Ins Information.
Atlanta. March 5.—According to a
tflftan (Oa.) special to The Constitu
tion, there were two mysterious "Lords
Beresford" operating: In this country
durln gthe past several years, and Sid
ney Lascells. who recently died at
Asheville, N. C., was not even remotely
connected with the other "Lord Beres
ford." whose operations were confined
more particularly to the West and
East.
( Capt. E. James Williams of the 5th
United States Infantry, stationed at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., who Is a na
tive of Tlfton, Oa., and who knew the
(“Lord Beresford" that operated In the
South, writes that he has Just received
information from the Fort Leaven
worth penitentiary authorities to the
effect that the "Lord Beresford” now
nerving a term In that prison. Is really
an Englishman, and has gone under
the aliases of Sidney Lascells, Edmond
Burke, etc., but has no connection with
the person who operated In the South
under this royal title.
The record of the man In the Fort
Leavenworth prison, whose real name
Is Lyn<*e BHoss, has been received
theTe from Scotland Yard. England,
and shows that he Is now serving his
fourth sentence two previous sen
tences having been served In Eng.
land.
ROOSEVELT’S LAST ORDERS.
Marine or Wavy <>Hirers Must Not Use
Influence ts Obtain Assignments.
Washington, March 5—One of the
jast acts of President Roosevelt before
(retiring from office, was to Issue an or
Otr supplementing that made by Mbr
August 1, prohibiting the use of Influ
ence to obtain assignments to duty by
officers of the navy and marine corps.
The order directs that hereafter all
requests and recommendations, writ
ten or verbal, received at the Navy
Department from or on behalf of such
officers of whatever nature—other than
those received through regular official
channels—are to be filed with or noted
on their record.
Secretary Newberry, In publishing
the order, says Its provisions will be
definitely enforced.
FRENCH PRAISE TAFT.
The Press task To Him TO Continue
Roosevelt’s Policies.
Paris. March 6—The French press
comments today on the grand and .vig
orous tone of President Taft's inaug
ural address, and thinks It shows that
the new President's policies will. In a
general way, be a continuance of those
of Mr. Roosevelt. .
The Temps characterizes the address
as pre-eminently republican, and says
It shows Mr. Taft's purposes to ryake a
great fight for Federal authority on
truly Federal ouertions, especially thn
procuring of national corporation laws
to counteract the existing legal anar
chy arising from the diversified
State regulations.
From the International standpoint,
the paper says the most important not*
In the address Is Mr. Taft's Inslateno*
upon a strong army and navy, lndlcat
lng that America will maintain and
even strengthen her position as a
world power.
KILLS HIS CAPTAIN
-TRAGEDY IN STATION HOUSE IN
WASHINGTON- •
Policeman Collier Reseated ■ Repri
mand and Without Any Warning
Sent Five Mullein Into
Chpttnln Mnthew’a
Body.
Washington, March 5.—Captain W.
H. Mathews of the Fifth police pre
cinct In this city, was shot and killed
while sitting at his desk In the sta
tion house tonight by Policeman Col
lier.
Without the slightest warning, Col
lier entered the station and went Im
mediately to the captain’s ofHce, where
he Jerked from his pocket a revolver
and began tiring bullets Into Mathew’s
body. Five shots were fired, two of
them piercing the captain's skull.
Collier, It Is alleged, had been rep
rimanded by Captain Mathews for a
breach of the rules and the police say
they know of no other reason for
Collier's action tonight.
Collier was placed In a cell. He re
fused to give a reason for his deed.
Captain Mathews was 58 years old and
for twenty years had been In the po
lice department.
EXPEDITION TO AFRICA.
PrsianrtlSas Under Way is Smlthson
lam Institute.
Washington, March 8.—Final prepar
ations are now being made at the
Stnithsonlan Institution for the scien
tific expedltoln to Africa to be headed
by Theodore Roosevelt
The work of preparing and packing
the collecting apparatus Is well ad
vanced, having been carefully superin
tended by Major Edgar .A. Mearns, the
man who Is to manage the expedition
for the Smithsonian Institution. J.
Alden Lorlng and Edmund Heller, the
two other naturalists of the expedi
tion, have been In Washington several
weeks assisting Major Mearns with the
final preparations.
Mr. Roosevelt will go over,ithe plans
thoroughly at Oyster Bay and will
confer there with the three naturalists
which are being sent by the Smithson
ian Institution.
On the voyage to Africa the details
of the different phases of the expedi
tion will be worked out by Mr. Roose
velt and the other members of the ex
pedition so that on April 21 when they
land from the steamer Admiral at
Mombassa they will Ue ready to strike
out for the work before them with a
clear Idea of what will be done.
Dalf of galling.
Oyster Bay, L. I., March B.—Ex
Prealdent Roosevelt announced today
for the first time that he would sail
from New York for Africa on March
23 at noon. He will take passage on
the steamer Hamburg.
Mr. Roosevelt said also that he had
received so many letters, telegrams
and cablegrams that It would be
physically Impossible for him to an
swer one-tenth* of them and that
while he appreciated the sentiments
expressed In the various communica
tions and would like to answer them
It would be Impossible to do so. He
added that he would have nothing to
say on any subject nor would be at
tend any public functions before de
parting on his hunting trip.
Wearing a knickerbocker suit Mr.
Roosevelt took a vigorous walk
through the woods near Sagamore
Hill today.
TOOK AWAY PICTURE.
Roosevelt Retains Painting of Mother's
Home In Georgia.
Washington. March 5—Ex-President
Roosevelt took away with him from
Washington, a painting of his mother's
old home In Georgia. It was presented
to him bv Mrs. Ella D. Longstreet,
widow QI the laite General James Long
street. fmstmlstress at Gainesville. Ga.,
as representative of the donors, thirty
eight women postmasters throughout
the country.
MISS TAFT BHTKHTAISEU.
Prolilnt'ii Daughter Cilvn n Dance
and Theatre Party.
Washington. M’arch G.—Ml*s Helen
Taft and her brother Robert were the
guests of honor tonight at a dlnnef
given at the home of Mrs. Charles A.
Munn. after which they were enter
tained at a theatre party to see DeWolf
Hopper In "The Pled Piper." ’
The party then returned to the Munn
residence, where a muoh larger num
ber of gueste, all young people, had
been Invited to meet Miss Taft at a
dance.
CBRVERA I# DVING.
Spanish Admiral Who Was Defeated at
Santiago.
Cadiz. March S—Vice Admiral Pas
cull Cervera. who. commanded the
Spanish fleet that -was destroyed by
the American fleet off Santiago. Cuba,
In 1898, is dying at Puerto Real. The
last sacraments were administered to
him today.
WOHAK STII.L MISSING.
Police Fall to I.oonte Wife of New
Orleans Merchant.
New Orleans. La . March 5.—In spite
of the vigorous search by police and
members of her family for Mrs, E. W.
Baker, wife of a wealthy broker, who
disappeared from her home here
Wednesday morning, no trace of the
missing .woman has yet been found.
A WITNESS
ARRESTED
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State's Cour e. Charges
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SENSA"^. AT COOPER TRIAL
Bombardment of the Case of the
Defense.
Tke TntlMix of Governor Fatten.!
aid Other* Is Inpawlel by
tbe Attorneys for tbe
State.
Nashville, Tenn., March 5.—Tills wu
the State's day In the trial of Colonel
D. li. and Robin Cooper and John D.
Sharp for the killing of former United
States Senator E. W. Carmack.
Not only did It tear to pieces what
was left of the testimony of S. J.
Binning, the defense's mysterious red
bearded man, who claimed to have
seen the shooting, but It challenged the
right of the Coopers to be on Seventh
Avenue at all, the day of the killing
It did this by Impeaching the testi
mony at the Oovemor and others who
claimed the Cooper's were Invited to
the mansion and that while on their
way there they met Carmack and a
street duel followed.
The bombardment of the case of the
defense began early today when two
witnesses swore that Binning, the
night of the tragedy, said to them:
“If X had been five or ten minutes
earlier, 1 would have seen the killing."
Later In the day, the State Intro
duced wltnaeses attacking the reason
the defense gave for being on the
street Senator Carmack must traverse
to get to his apartments This reason
was that Oovemor Patterson had sent
for the Colonel and Robin accompanied
his father. Adjutant Oeneral Brown,
Judge Bradford, Colonel Cooper and
Robin Cooper, testified that after Col
onel Cooper left Bradford's office, Just
before the shooting, Oeneral Brown
recalled him to talk to the Governor
over the 'phone, and that It was In
t obedience to the Governor's command
that the men were on Seventh Avenue,
upon which Is the executive mansion,
when they snet Carmack.
Two witnesses swore that after Colo
nel Cooper left Bradford's office, he
neither returned voluntarily nor was
recalled to the telephone by any one.
And one, Miss Daisy La>e, declares that
Instead of the Governor calling the
Colonel, the Colonel, at Judge Brad
ford's suggestion, called up the Gover
nor at the Capitol. The latter testi
mony, however, was not permitted to
reach the Jury.
In rebuttal, too, the State attacked
Judge Bradford. Miss Dee swore that
ha told her he could, have shot Car
mack himself wtth as little remorse as
he would haive shot a rattlesnake. She
also swore that Paul Davis, another of
the defense's witnesses, declared to her
he would perjure himself to get on the
Jury.
When the sun hod set and the battle
was over, the State announced that it
would have but two or three more wit
nesses to complete Its case In rebut
tal and that they would be put on to
morrow.
The defense has not announced Its
purpose yet. but It Is safe to say that
the arguments will begin next week.
No time limit will be put on either side.
There are a score of lawyers In the
case and the speeches doubtless will
last several days
Soon after court adjourned, the
State's attorneys went Into conference.
At 8 p m. they emerged and Attorney
Oeneral McCarn held a warrant for the
arrest of S. J. Binning, on a charge of
perjury. The specific allegation is
that when he testified that he saw
Senator Carmack twirling the cylinder
of his revolver, he swore to a lie. The
warrant was served at once.
The protests of the Jury against the
delays In the Cooper-Sharp trial for the
murder of former Senator E. W. Car
mack. had an appreciable effect upon
counsel on both sides today.
Neither side cares to antagonise the
Jurors, hence they avoid wrangles and
used every endeavor to rush the trial
The same small crowd marked the
opening of court today. Judge Hart
rapped for court on the minute, but
there was a few moments delay await
ing the arrival of General McCarn.
The first wtlness called was Charlie
Carroll, who with his brother runs a
shooting gallery near the square. On
the day of the murder witness went
on duty about 5 p. m. A little later
S. J. Benning, a defense witness, came
In.
"Did he tell you that If he had been
five minutes earlier "he would have seen
the murder of Senator Carmack7” said
Attorney Oeneral McCarn.
'He did."
"What happened?”
“Well, we were discussing the kill
ing and he said he had been near there
and Just missed seeing the killing five
or ten minutes."
"Was he talking to you?"
“He was."
"Was your brother present?"
"He was."
At first the defense refused to cross
examine, but reconsidered and called
the witness back.
"Who first asked you about this?"
asked Oeneral Washington.
"About what?"
“About your testimony."
"Some officer phoned me to come over
yesterday morning and told me to come
over here."
WitorM Confused.
General Washington confused the
witness somewhat as to the exact time
of the conversation. On re-dlrect ex
amination. Carroll said he forgot the
Incident until he read Bennlngs’ tes
timony In the papers. When he learn
ed that Bennlng swore he saw the
shooting the witness at once recalled
the conversation. Asked how the pros
ecution learned of the conversation he
said:
“I wish I knew.’
George Carroll, a brother of the pre
vious witness, was next called.
The defense made a desperate effort
to prevent Carroll from corroborating j
his brother. They objected because
tlie State did not put the same question
to Bennlng. The court ruled with the
State, however, and permitted Carroll
to repeat practically what his brother
had told. He was cross examined very
briefly.
The next witness was George Wool
en, called by the State to testify as to
the location of the two tel
ephone poles at the scene of
the tragedy. The object was to pave
the way for the Introduction of the ,
photograph taken yesterday by the
Sate of the pole still standing together
with the dummy erected to represent
the pole that has been removed. The
defense objected bitterly to this tes- ,
tlmony ,
Attorney General Garner said:
“The defense, your honor, has tried <
to prove that Senator Carmack was ,
KMsth .of the poles and fired between ,
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THE WEATHER.
Wathlnctuu, March (i—Weather fore
cast i Alabama—lialn and warmer Sal
ardan (iusday rain, moderate avuth
Triads.
them. We want to rebut this testlmo
1 ny by proving that he could not hare
done so."
The wltnees swore that he paaaed
the poles dally before the shooting
and knew the location of each.
The argument was resumed and fi
nally the State admitted that the wit
ness had experimented with a dummy
pole. The defonse then objected
strongty. The court asked If the wit
ness had placed the dummy pole from
actual measurements made when the
original pole was In position.
"No, sir.” sal<f Captain Fltzhugh.
"The witness placed the dummy pole
In position from actual knowledge of
where the old pole stood, obtained by
the use of his eyes."
"If we start that gentlemen,” replied
Judge Hart, "we will be here sis
weeks on this line alone. I will not
admit It unless the record shows In
detail that the position of the poles
has not been proven.”
"It will take three hours to exam
ine the record," said General McCarn.
"We will take three hours some other
time then," was the court’s rejoinder.
"Just now we are going to proceed
with the trial.”
The State then called A. B. Mcl-ane.
chief deputy United States marshal,
who was asked as to the condition of
the atmosphere the day af the killing
The defense objected on the ground
that the same thing had been proven
before. Several witnesses swore that
November t was one of the cloudiest
days In the history of Nashville and
that a pall of smoke from forest fires
was hanging over the city.
The court sustained the defense and
the witness was excused.
Mlaa I amb Teatlgra.
"Call Miss Ella Lamb."
The witness, a trimly gowned, self
possessed young woman, at first Iden
tified the different bulldlngp on the
map of the scene of the tragedy.
She lived on Seventh avenue and at
the time of the tragedy, near where it
happened.
"Do you remember the day Senator
Carmack was killed?” asked General
oamer.
"I do. I was at home In the base
ment near the south window, sewing
and facing the window."
"Did you see Senator Carmack the
afternoon before the killing?”
"I did. He passed. I knew him by
sight. He passed often.”
"How often?"
"The defense objected and was sus
tained.
"Were you near enough to that
gate near your window to hear a
match struck?”
•T think so."
(Witness Uennlng swore he struck a
match on that g»te Just as Carmack
passed to his d'eath.)
"Did you see anyone pass except
Senator Carmack?"
•T did not."
"You had a good view up the
street?"
"Very good, unobstructed.”
"Did you hear shots fired?"
"I heard them."
"What did you do?"
"I dumped up. looked out, saw noth
ing on the east side but saw a group
of people over at the telephone poles."
"Did you see any person on the east
side of Seventh Avenue, on the street.
(Continued on Page Five.)
SOLONS COME BACK
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS RETURN
TO NASHVILLE.
They Have Entered Into nn Agreement
With Coalitionist* to Let Courts
Decide Election
Mutter.
Nashville. Tenn., March 5.—After
spending Just one week at Hopkins
ville, Ky., eight of the thirteen Sena
tors who ran away from here to break
a quorum and thus prevent the pass
age of objectionable election bills, re
turned to, Nashville from Kentucky at
10 o’clock this morning.
The runaways were accorded a rous
ing reception when they stepped from
the train at the Union Station and were
escorted to the capitol by their friends
where they took their usual scats in
the Senate chamber.
The returning Senators say that an
agreement has been made whereby the
coalitionists promise not to attempt to
force a ratification of Wednesday’s
election, but will lfave the matter as
it now stands to be tried out in the
courts.
Assaulted a Legislator.
Nashville. Tenn.. March 5;—Robert
Poston, representative from Overton
county. In the general assembly, was
assaulted on the street here yesterday
afternoon by John Yeaman, assistant
sergeant at arms of the Senate and
his face slapped.
Poston, It appears, in a speech be
fore the House yesterday, referred to
teaman as a murderer and the two
men meeting on the street, the assault
followed.
Yeaman several years ago shot and
killed a man here and was tried and
acquitted.
The constitution of Tennessee re
serves to the members of the legisla
ture Immunity from arrest and also
stipulates that no member of either
House shall be questioned for any
Bpeech or debate in any other place.
A committee appointed to Investi
gate, reported this afternoon, holding
Yeaman in contempt of the House,
rhe sergeant-at-arms was ordered to
arrest Yeaman and bring him to the
jar of the House tomorrow morning.
MR. CANNON WANTS DATE
OF INAUGURATION CHANGED
Washington. March 5—Speaker Can
non. of the House of Representatives,
today declared himself in favor of
changing the date of the Presidential
nauguration from March 4 to Mav 1,
ind added that as one Representative
n Congress, he would lend his aid in
iny effort to bring this about.
"I witnessed the dreadful weather
conditions that prevailed in 1872, when
four or five hundred people caught
:heir deaths,'’ ho said. “I recall the
Garrison inauguration, with the so&k
ng chilling rain storm and the snow
ind icy gale thut made life miserable
it Cleveland’s second inauguration. If
he change of date is made, it might
veil be fixed later than April, for even
in April rain would cause great dis- !
romfort and much sickness. and I
ihould think that May 1 would promise
noro certainty for fair weather.”
► ♦
►armed tramps +
► attack a train. ♦
► San Bernadlno, Cai., March f».— +
► Southern Pacific westbound freight +
► No. 2 was attacked by thirty +
► armed tramps three miles west of ♦
► Ontario yesterday. Conductor +
► Sutherland of L«»s Angeles was +
► , lubbed Into insensibility A pas- *
► senger train from Los Angeles +
► arrived during the encounter and <►
► the passengers and crew' put the +
► vagrants to flight. Posses were +
► hurried to the scene and fourteen +
► vagrants were captured. +
► __♦
AFTERMATH OF
INAUGURATION
President Taft Spends
Busy Day.
A HAND-SHAKING MATINEE
Thousands Throng the White House
Grounds.
The New President Named Hla Cabi
net and the Senate CoaSnned
Hla Selection*—Kierotl.e
StaST Beglan Work.
Wauhlnffton. D. C.. Marh S—The Taft
administration took Its tlrst stride to
day.
Th© new President named his cabi
net. The Senate confirmed his selec
tions and its members will take the
oath of office tomorrow morning* with
the exception of George W. Wicker
sham, who was sworn in as Attorney
General today and of Messrs. Dickinson
and McVeagh, whose personal affairs
will not permit of their reaching
Washington for a week or more.
An important conference took place
between President Taft and the Re
publican members of the Ways and
Means Committee. The committee
framed a tariff bill which it is un
derstood contains a provision for the
collection of an inheritance tax—one
of the suggestions for raising revenue
contained in the inaugural address of
President Taft. Mr. Taft told the
committee there would be no delay in
the official proclamation calling the
extra session of Congress for March 15.^
His message to this session, he said
would recommend that it confine its
work exclusively to tariff revision that
there might be no unnecessary dslay
in enacting this most important law.
He would, he said, not discuss in his
message any details of tariff revision,
leaving all such matters entirely to the
Judgment of Congress. The members
of the committee left y»e White House
expressing the utmotft'good feeling and
the belief that the work of the extra
session would be completed before
June 1.
Aside from these Important accomp
lishments, President Taft gave himself
up heartily to the demand of his
friends and thousands of Inaugural vis
itors who wished to shake his hand,
see his smile and get a word to carry
home with him.
Philander C. Knox had the honor of
being the first caller on President Taft,
who took his seat at the desk aban
doned! yesterday by President Rouse*
veil In the White House office building,
ki precisely 9:80 o’clock this morning.
A fifteen minute Interview, Mr. Knox
said had its Irn
publication. He
since noon yesterday, when hl*~ resig
nation as Senator became effective, he
was simply a private cltlxen. His re
joicing. however, was brief for before
the day was much older, he had been
nominated and confirmed as Secretary
of State.
Governor Hughes, of New York;
Governor Prouty, of Vermont, and the
Senators and many of the Representa
tives from those States next had the
ear of President Taft and gained his
consent to attend the celebration July
7 and 8 next, of the discovery of Lake
Champion at Plattsburgh and Burl
ington. Senator Root Is to be the
principal speaker at the former place.
Cuba Extrodi Congratulations.
The congratulations and wishes of
Cuba were extended to President Taft
from President Gomea, Vice President
Zelayas, and a number of prominent
Cuban official* and politicians, in ,the
form of a memorial presented by Gen
eral Demetrio C&stello Duany, who
came to the United States for that pur
pose.
The reviewing stand for the Inaugu
ral parade was again occupied by
President Taft this morning when he
took his place there to do honor to the
“crack" 7th Regiment, New York In
fantry. From the stand, which is di
rectly In front of the White House, he
returned to the East room, where he
received with their staffs, the Govern
ors of New York, Rhode Island, Ver
mont, New Jersey, Illinois and Missou
ri. The Ballne Club of Cincinnati,
with their white silk hats followed and
got a pleasant word; the Columbus Glee
Club sang the “Star Spangled Ban
ner" with effectiveness as to elicit the
exclamation from the President that
this was the first time he had heard
that difficult song rendered entirely to
ills liking. Troop A, of the Black
Horse Cavalry of Cleveland, which act
ed as guest of honor yesterday, clank
ed through the big East room. An im
mense delegation from North Carolina
followed and the citizens' Taft club
of Cincinnati received many warm
words of welcome. And then, too, the
public availed itself of the handshak
ing matinee, which kept the big man
sion in a State of throng and anima
tion throughout the day.
The office building was not without
its demands on Mr. Taft, and he found
time to step over there frequently and
meet the members of both houses of
Congress and their families, which
they brought with them
Fred W. Carpenter took the oath of
office as Secretary to the President at
2 o’clock along with Colonel W. M.
Crooks, of the White House executive
force, who is a notary. President Taft
signed Mr. Carpenter’s commission to
day. Wendell W. MIschler, who has
been Mr. Taft's assistant secretary and
stenographer, was made one of Mr.
Carpenter’s assistants, taking the place
made vacant by the transfer of Assist
ant Secretary Uatta to he position of
executive clerk. T. M. Hendrix, of
Mr. Taft’s clerical force, was given a
clerkship and W. M. Pannell. who for
years has been Mr. Taft's messenger
In the War Department, was assigned
to duty on Mr. Carpenter's desk.
Date in the afternoon Mr. Taft found
time to go out for a brisk walk with
his brother, Henry W. Taft, of New
York The several elements of the
Taft family now’ in Washington, were
dinner guests tonight at the White
House.
(rontla Visit White House.
Crowds of visitors swarmed through
th# While House grounds ail day, a
constant stream pouring In and out of
the gates and straining eyes to catch
glimpses of the new President and see
aside of the building. The nsw negro
footmen at the north door came in for
inreatrained o*>eervation but bore the
jcrutlny w'lth butler-Hke dignity. No
Dbjectlon was made by police officers to
peering In window a They appreciated
> hat the strangers had come long dis
tances to see the capital and the
’move on’’ orders were seldom brought
nto play
Creeping along at a snail’s pace,
leavtly ladsn trains today slowly bore
;he inaugural crowds away from the
-apttel. The crippled telegraphic fa
vinttes wtiksh made M impossible to
operate trains last night, within leu
than from «dx to •twelve hours ol
schedule time were somewhat Improved
but still far from normal.
The thousands who flocked to the
ceremonies seemingly attempted tc
leave the city at one time. Immense
crowds flocked to the union station and
military and civic organisations vied
with one another In their display as
they departed or waited to depart. Ali
through the day, the crowd at the sta
tlon was amused now and then by somt
enthusiastic ^organizalon marching
round and round through the vast con
course in the station, with a band In
the lead. One organization had thre«
bands leading It, alternating with each
other In furnishing music
The Conkllng Unconditional and
Sherman Scouts, two political organi
zations from Utica, S. Y., which par
ticipated In the inauguration yesterday
paid their respects to Vice-President
Sherrnan today before returning home.
They marched through the oapltal lead
ing a goat, which was their mascot.
Crowds Visit Capitol.
Washington, March 6.—The Capitol
was taken by storm by the thousands
of Inaugural visitors who crowded Its
historic corridors and halls from the
opening until the closing hour.
They overran the Houee chamber,
crowded Into the Senate galleries while
the Senate was in session and took a
glimpse at the Supreme Court while It
was meeting.
As the House was not in session the
visitors were given free access to the
floor and a continuous line filed up to
the Speaker's chair In order to expe
rience the sensation for a half minute
of sitting in his seat on the raised
platform.
They took every loose book, psjnph
let, pencil or other article within
reach as souvenirs of their visit to the
national legislature.
SEVER ARE HARGED
BUST DAT OP EXECUTIONERS II*
LOUISIANA.
A Rrprlrrr Wes Denied at I.aat Hour
to a Negro, who Insisted on
Winn With Pinal
Meal.
Baton Rouge, La., March I—The ex
ecution of seven negroes In Louisiana
today follows the conviction of six of
them for murder and. one for criminal
assault upon a member of his own
race.
A pettlton for a reprieve for Willie
Williams, convicted of the murder of
another negro In Jegerson Parish, was
presented to Acting Oovernor Lambre
mont at the eleventh hour and was de
nied. One petition of Williams, was,
however, granted. That was his re
quest that he might have a bottle of
wine with his last meal on earth.
Williams' executioner. Prank John
son, claims that he has sprung the
death trap more than forty times.
It was In a fight over IB cents, the
stake In a crap game, that Williams
killed Willie Brooks two years ago at
Harvey’s Canal. La.
The hanging of two brothers, Wal
lace and Ben Jones, at Port Allen
marks a swift carrying out of law.
They killed Conductor Hall of the
Texas and Pacific Railroad on the
night of January 21, 1908. Within a
few hours aftar they had been rushed
to the walls of the State penitentiary
te escape an Infuriated mob, a special
term of court was convened in West
Baton Rouge parish for their trial, and
they were promptly convicted of mur
der.
Charles Davis, the third negro to
swing from the gallows at Port Allen
today, in an attempt to escape from
the State penitentiary on May 26, 1908,
killed W. H. Boatner, a guard.
The execution of Jack Rltler at
Franklin, carries out hla sentence for
the murder of Mary McCoy, a negresa.
In that town on October 17. 1808.
At Tallulah, the murder of hla wife
Is expatiated by the hanging of An
drew Washington.
The hanging of Charles Madison at
Lake Charles folios his criminal as
sault upon Sldonla Kelly last Septem
ber.
CHAHGE!) WITH ASSAULT.
Suit Grows Oat of Notionalist Conven
tion at I>ublin.
Dublin, March 5.—A* a result of the
free light at Mfe Nationalist Conven
tion, held in Dublin last month, when
William O'Brien was refused a hear
ing. charges of assault and attempting
to break up a public meeting have
been brought by Eugene Crean, mem
ber of Parliament for the Southeast
division of Cork, against Joseph Dev
lin, member of the House for West
Belfast, and Dennis Johnston. Secre
tary of the United Irish League.
He absolved John E. Redmond from
all responsibility for the ruffianism,
but declared that Mr. Devlin had
staged and managed the whole affair,
bringing in “paid bludgeon men" from
Belfast to shout down the O’Brienites.
Mr. Healy characterized Mr. Devlin as
the past master of the great and re
spectable secret society of the Ancient
Order of Hibernian* in America. He
said this society had no connection in
Ireland, but there were men here who
pretended to have its sanction.
Mr. Devlin, the speaker continued,
for tome purposes of his own, had gal
vanized into life a remnant of the an
cient "Molly Maguire" faction and
dubbed them the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians.
Instructions had been given the
"bludgeon men" not to allow any men
with a "Cork accent" near the plat
form and Mr. Crean, who came from
Cork, was their first victim. The case
was adjourned for further hearing.
TRAIN SERVICE CRIPPLED.
Forty Miles In Ten Hours Is Record
of One Train.
New York. March 5—Train service
between this city and Washington was
still badly tied up today.
Trains were few and fax between,
running generally from five to six
hours behind their schedule. Little
parties of those who went from this
city to attend the inauguration cere
monies straggled in with all sorts of
stories of hardships. Traffic out of
Washington, they report, was seriously
muddled and there was lttths hope of
relief for twenty-four hours or more.
Passengers on one particularly be
lated train, told of making forty miles
in ten house. During the first three
hours, only seven miles were covered,
each run of 100 yards or »o being fol
lowed by a prolonged stop. There was
no dining car on the train and sand
wiches commanded fabulous prices.
DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL.
Paiiea the Second IL-adlng in House
of Coramoua.
London, March 5—The daylight sav
ing bill passed its second reading in
the House of Commons today by 13u
votes to S4.
The bill was drafted to promote the
earlier use of daylight in certain
months yearly by putting forward the
clock twenty minutes on four succes
sive Sundays In AJrll and b.v reversing
the process on the four Sundays in
September.
The bill, it hfus been argued, would
be of great benefit to all classes bv
giving the people just so much mors
sunlight in which lo have recreation,
while the wage earner would retire
earlier and thereby save the expense
of
CHAOS LEFT
BY THE STORM
P
Baltimore is Almost
Isolate!
WIRE SERVICE IMPAIRED
Poles on Ground in All Direc
tions.
Ann y at Uaeua I* at Walk IT a pair
Baltimore. Maroh B.—Practically lee -
lated from the outaMe world, save by
flickering wlreleea communication
and belated train*, Baltimore to-day
made every effort to bring order out
of chaoe
The etorm that brought havoc in
It* wake gave place to clear dklea and
cool, bracing air. A multitude of tel
egraph and telephone wire* not only
In this city, but for a long distance
In many directions, lay on the ground,
tralna ran In and out of the city
without order* and city traffic wag
generally impeded. Sengs of work
men throughout the etorm worked
all day In an effort to eeoure tempo
rary servlca
For from thirty to forty miles In
all directions poles and wire* lay la
a mass of tangled wreckage, lilies of
poles and wtrea however, will have
to be rebuilt entirely. On the West
ern Union route between Baltimore
and Havre de Srace, Md-, over one
thousand poles with about 140 wire*
went down and approximately the
same conditions existed between Bal
timore and Washington.
The Postal Telegraph and Cable
Company Is In muoh the same condi
tion. It brought a large gang of
linemen gathered from eg far north
as Albany. N. Y., to work at various
points In the affected territory. The
long distance telephone service
brought linemen, some even from as
far away as Vermont end the company
expressed hope of having tons limit
ed service by tomorrow. Toward
Washington the telsphone company
oompany was In the worst shape.
Many through trains west forward
without welting for connecting trains
some of the latter being sent on as
specials from the regular connecting
points.
The full effects of the storm's fury
were felt on the Baltimore A Ohio
Railroad line between the Susque
hanna river and MartlnSburg, W. Va.
The oompany bent every effort to es
tablish temporary telegraph sendee te
expedite the trains.
No confirmation was received of ths
report that five men were frosen to
death while traveling afoot from Pa
tuxent river to Annapolis.
It Is estimated that at least 100 milei
of electric wires lie prostrate within
the limits of the city as a result of the
storm and move than BOO poles are
down. The monetary loss Is eel.meted
at )2B0,000. not Including the loss of
receipts to the telephone, telegraph,
electric power companies and railroads,
the latter being placed at figures fully
as high as those of the former. The
bulk of the loss falls on the rr.ilroada.
Thousands of men have been work
ing all day In desperate endeavor to re
pair damages. Railroad tracks et Bal
timore from the north are In better
condition than those between this city
and Washington. The block system
wlree are down, although block orders
to a certain extent are still in effect
The long distance telephone people
report 800 poles down between here
and Washington, while between here
and Haivre de Oras, about S00 sections
of wire are down. Between this city
and Harrisburg, scattered wires ere
broken, but not many poles are down.
All the trouble In this direction Is
south of the Susquehanna river. The
town of Annapolis Is a mass of tan
gled electric, telegraph and telephone
wires Communication by rail from
this point to Annapolis Is almost nor
mal.
• rvrre la Peuuylvaata.
Philadelphia, March B.—The moat se
vere rain and aleet atorm of the win
ter prevailed In Eastern Pennsylvania,
Delaware and New Jeraay yesterday,
and as a result all wire communica
tion with the South was broken off.
The telegraph, telephone and rail
road companies announced that they
had lost all their wires between Wil
mington, Del., and Baltimore. The
telephone companies say they encoun
tered the worst trouble about forty
miles from Baltimore.
Between Wilmington and Baltimore
It la reported that poles and wires
were carried to the ground by either
the wind or the heavy -coating of lee
and snow with which they were en
cumbered.
Train service between this city and
Washington haa been greatly hamp
ered on account of the slow movement
of trains made necessary by the lack
of wires.
Property Damage Heavy.
Baltimore. Md. .March B—By United
Wireless via Washington—Latest and
careful estimates, based on information
obtained today and tonight, place the
damage bjr the atorm to public service
corporations at from 1700.000 to 41,
000.000.
Harry Granger, a brother-tn-law of
George G. Gaither, who at the last
election was the Republican candidate
for Governor, wna found dead todav. a
victim of the storm, beside the tracks
of the United Railways.
Train Service Hampered.
Philadelphia. Pa.. March 6—The
Pennsylvtnia and Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad officials stated tonight that
the train service between this city and
Washington is still considerably ham
pered. i
Conditions grew worse at nightfall,
owing to the Inability of the engineers
to gauge the distance thov are from
the trains preceding them.
The continued delay In the opera
tions of the trains, is due In a great
measure to the unusual congestion of
traffic between Baltimore and Wash
ington.
A SPECTACULAR ITU I Cl DR.
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Cleveland, Tenn.. March B.—David
Coffman, aged 40 years, today commit
ted suicide In a most spectacular man
ner .
Purchasing a stick of dynamite, he
attached a fuse, lighted It and lay
down on the dynamite. The explo
sion tore Coffman's head to atoms and
the body almost to the waist was lit
erally torn to shreds. Coffman had
become despondent as a result of con
stant trouble with hta family. We
leaves A widow and saxrarai grown chU
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