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THb DISPATCH FOUNDED UIO.
WIf OLE NUMBER-17,920.
RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, MAY .0, 1908.
PRICE' TWO CENTS
T
HS1S.6U1ESS
Answers Description of Al?
leged Murderess, but Gives
Another Name.
ANOTHER BODY FOUND,
MAKING TOTAL OF TEN
Searchcrs, Uncarth Parts of Hu?
man I'ranie Which Had Bccn
ClutnsUy Chl to Pieces and
Burled?Detectives at
Work on the
Mystcryl
fJlllACUSE, N. V., Mny 0.?.\ wo
mnn believed ln be Mrs. Ilclln
Gulnne?? pnsarri thla clty rnatbound
? t l-i|" o'clock thln mnrnlnjj. Tbe
h> mruae nVtectlven Imnrdrd lltc
trnln nnd went ln I'tlcn.
A telephone mM?H((f from the
Ilocbenter police notlfled Ihe Nyrn
i'une police Ihnt t(ie wonwin win
thought tu be Mrs. Gutnneas. Thc
Ilochrslpr nutlinrltlrw ?rre told by
nnothcr pmnrnnpr ln thc Pullninn
cnr Ihnt ?he nn?urred tbe deserlp
tlnn nf tbe alleged inurderesa. She
nnd nn nldrr miimin, iiccnrdlng tn
the I'lilliiuiii couiluctnr, bonrded the
Irnln nt Asliliiliuln, Obln, Tlu- ivo
mru were ntleep when they renched
lu-rc, nud when nrouard by tbe
otflrcra offered lo pruve that thry
were from Allentowu, Pn. Tbe
nfTiriT* remalned nn the traln to
glve them llme tn dress.
GrVB S.tME OF JirtS. HEAIIO.N.
t TICA, N. v., May 0.?Detcctlvea
\el*? nnd UonoTan. of Syracuse, nr.
rll cd here 1'rrin mornlnK nt 1:10
o'clock on the Nrw Vork Tentrnl
wlth a noinan nnawcrlug the rli
m-rlptlnn of .Mr*. Ilclln Gulnness,
the Iiiriiimn murilrrrnn. She won
arrewtrd on the trnln nnd guve brr
name na Mr?. I,. A. fli-nrnn, of Chl?
cago.
LAPORTE. IND., May S.?One more
body was added to tho death
roll of the Bella Gulnness farm]
to-day, maklng a total of tem
corpses and skeletons c.xhumed
In the yard, besides the four bodies
found In the rulns of the farmhous?
that burned on Aprll 2Sth.
P.eaumption of excavatlons at the
Qulnnesa farm to-day agaln drew an ]
Immense crowd of spectatora. Thc
rush of vlsltors has becomo so great
that llveryincn have establlshed a reg?
ular 'bus line from Laporta to the
farm. Hundreds of men and women
made thc trlp by thls means, and added
to the throngs who had walked or
drlven out.
Tho scraps of humanlty unearthed
to-day were found in the barnyard,
whlch had already glven up nine ca
davers. About four feet below the sur?
face the excavators encountered blts
of bone and burlaps and a few strokes
more of the spades and hoes revealt-d
a skull. a decomposed torso and leg
and arm and bones.
noughly Cut to Pieces.
The body was by far thc least pre
served of any of the ten gruosome
re.llrs. In addition to tho usual traces
of llme, the body showed that a less
skllful hand had dismembercd it. The
legs had been. as usual, severed above
the knee Joint. but the bones were
tpllntered. The shoulderblade was
thatterod ln cleavlng the head from the
body. Thc skull was lylng near the
pelvis. Nothing but a Jumbled heap
of decayed flesh and crumbling bones
were left to Indlcato the ldentlty of thc
person. It wns thought. however, that
the body was that of a woman, as a
palr of woman's Oxford shoes and the
metal frame of a woman's purse were
found ln the grave. Durlng the after?
noon Sheriff Smutzer abandoned the
plt explored to-day and transferred
operatlons to a likely spot near the
burned buildlng. some distance removed
from the burying-ground thus far ex?
plored, but no results were obtained
Digglng wlll contlnue to-morrow.
A Message from Providence.
One of the outslde communicatlons
whlch has attracted attentlon came
from Provldenco. R. I. A message from
tho Eastern clty sald that one of tho
vlctlms of the death farm may have
been from that clty. Conflrmation of
this is not obtainable, but ln tho pros?
ont stato of development of evidence
it ls glven some conslderatlon.
What tho Inquirles of Prosecutor R.
N. Smlth Into thc alleged connectlon
of Roy Lamphere with the crlrhca wlll
develop is excltlng Interest. Deputy
Sheriff Roy Marr, who Is aldlng the
Stato attorney in thls llne of work,
claims that. ho wlll to-day produce
witnesses to strengthen thc testimony
of Louls Roulc, Bessle TVallace and
Nettle Shocmakcr, who yesterday told
tho authoritles that Lamphere had as?
sorted that he knew enough concern?
lng Mrs. Gulnness to convict her of
serious crlmes, and had threatened to
revoal this evidence In rcvengc for
her prosocutions of him.
One of theso new wltnosscs, lt ls
said, took part in the conversation be?
tween Roule and Lamphere, and, it la
further reported, Is of unqiiostionu.l
Integrity and standlng In tho com?
munity.
' Ouly Three Identlfled.
Wlth the flndlng of another body on
the Gulnness farm to-day fresh mys
torles co ri front the authoritles. Thus
far only three of tho ten bodies have
beon Identlfled. The known vlctlms
are: ; ?
Jonnle Olsen, tho sixteen-year-old
foster daughter of Mrs. Gulnncws.
Andrew Helgelein. of- Manstleld. S.
D? and Olo O. Budsberg, of lola. Wls.
Dasplte the searchtng ?ffvestigattons
of the sheriff nnd State's attorney.
there ls yet almost no olue to the lden?
tlty of nine bodies. Thelr task Is
tompllcated by the fact that the bod?
ies 'havo been in tho ground for a
long tlme.
That tbe Plnkerton operatives who
wero hrought Into the affalr yesterdny
may ho nble to dtscover fresh evidence
ls the hopo of Sheriff Smutzer and
Prosecutor Smlth. The outsiders nre in
eharge of C. J. Smlth, and h? Is sald
\o have four asslstanta.
Two of these, it ts sald, have been
XConUnueu on Socond PageA
RAISED CARRIAGE AND STABLE
I'n-Iilon'n r.rnder* of Danvllle Forcril
lo I'rovlde Kor "Merry Wldow" Ilnls.
[Spee("iftoTh_ Tlme.-Dlipatcn'..
DANVILLE, VA? May 8.?Tho "Mer?
ry Wldow'* httt craze hns struck Dan?
vllle, and tht- falrer sex cf thls clty
are fully abronst wlth all of the latest
Cfeailons _f tho fiishlon-makei-s.
They nave ecllpsed in polnt of ex
traviigano.o and proportlons tbo tnopt
faslldlous of the bontons of the great
metropoliUn citles of Amerlca, and in
order to gratlfy thelr tastos and de?
slres Iihvo had the tops of thelr car
iing-.s rais?d Iti ord-r that the vehl
clos might, bo hlgh onougli to accom
modate thMlr chapeau-.
Thls elnv.iliou of tho rarrliiges has
nrcessltrit-d additional helghtening ol
Several itablos ln the city In order
that they mlght enter. It has been
learned that a number of Iho falrer
population of Danvllle of the wealthy
class hnve nndergone an expense ol
soveral litmdred dollars In order to
enjoy tho pleasure of rlding through
tho streets of the clty wlth a "Merry
Wldow" bonnet, that they might be th"
cynosure _f ndmirlng. lf at times, Jeul
oiis. eyo... The ahovo figures do noi
lnclude the milllner's blll.
A few days ago a patron of one o(
tll" leadlng buggy and harness com?
panies of thc city recelved an order
from ono of the most well-kno,wn la?
dies of tho clty to helghtcn her car?
rlage nearly two foet. Me could not
al ilrst understand why such a drantle
Change should be made, but later dis?
covered that the owner of the vclil
cle could r.ot enter lt without the
plumes of her now hat comlng In
contact with the canopy. He made the
alterations _S requcstod. and when thc
v-?hlcle wa.s returned to the stables it
vas found that lt was Imposslble for
It to enter through the doors. whlch
wero of a low pltch. L'ndaunted, how?
ever, the iady summoned a corps of
enrpenters and the buildlng was elo
vated. There aro a numbor of such
cases on rocord here.
DECIDED NOT TO MARRY
MlnUter Cnllril Wltli License, But Pro
xpectlve Bride C.'limiBi-d Hrr Mlnd.
ISDeclal to Thi Tlrnes-DI-p-tch.]
KNOXVILLE, TENN.. Mny 8.?-Rev.
Wm. J. EvaiiH returned to hls homo at
New Washington, Ind.. last nlght with?
out belng accompanied by the woman
ho had expeeted to make hls bride. On
Thursday he secured the marrlage li?
cense to we. Mlss I^ona Drucllla How?
ell. and. yesterday be returned It to thi
clerk. stailng that the marrlage had
not taken pluce.
Accompanied by hls former class
mate. Rev. Brannum, ho had called at
the young lady's horne at f, o'clock, ex
pectlng to marry her, but was met her
slster, Mrs. Coker. and her mother. and
the ladies told the young ministers
tbat Mlss Howell was not at home;
that she nad left a message for Rev.
Mr. Evans statlng that she had chang?
ed her mind about marrying. A scene
followed. .ind Rev. Mr. Evans demand
ed hls lovo letters and refused to gc
away until they were given hlm. aIon_
wlth other knlck-knacks of thelr court
ship. which began in thls clty twe
years ago. Rev. Mr. Evans stated last
night that he had made hls head?
quarters ln Indlanapolls. He ls ar
evangelist of the Chrlstian Church. but
now has a charge at New Washing?
ton
While much dlstressed over the re?
sult of his affalr of the heart, he re
nounced all of his promlses to Misf
Howell. and said if she could stand
it he couid.
BIDS HUSBAND FAREWELL
Wlfe of Dylng Man Dlvorced Rather
Ttinii Obnervc Mosaic Law.
[SpccUl to Tiie Tlmes-Dispatch.]
NEW VORK, May ?.?Because she
did not wish to marry her husband's
brother or always remaln a wldow. as
prescribed by the Mosaic law, Mrs.
Agnes Chartman was parted from her
dylng husband, aeeording to the an?
clent Hebrew rltes, to-day in Bellevue
Hospltal. Dlvorcees are cxempt from
thc law.
Her husband Is a victim of tuber?
culosls. and has but a few days to live.
Fearing tho fate his death would en
join. Mrs. Chartman arranged for n
"chelltze." or divorce. which was per?
formed to-day.
Mrs. Chartman bade hor husband a
tearful farewell. and left the hospital.
In the almost Impossible event oi
Chartman recovering the couple wlll
have to be remarried before they can
resumo their marltal relations.
GAS STOVE KILLS FOUR
Two Dle From SiilTocatlon Followlng
l-xplo-l iu. and Two Are Burned.
ST. JOHNSBURV. VT? May S.?Thi
explosion of a kitchen gas stove it
tho tonement of John Wllson to-daj
set firo to the Interlor and caused thi
doath of four persons. two by burn
ing and the others by suftocation. Th<
dead are: Mrs. John Wllson. agee
fortv; Miss Mary Lee, her sister, agei
sixteen yeais; Sarah Wllson, he:
daughter, aged three years: Johh Wll
son, her son, aged two years.
Mrs. Wilson was sick ln an adjoin
Ing room, and was cut off from es
cape. The firemen, after puttlng ou
the tire, found the bodies of Miss Lei
and the two chlldren on the kitchei
floor. Mrs. Wilson's "body was be
side the bed. but it was not burned
death being due to suffocation.
The cause of tho explosion has no
been determined.
LOOKING FOR THE WRETCH
Angrv Cltl-enn Huntlng for AVhlte Mar
' Wlio Attnekeil Seliool Glrl.
rsneclal to Tlie Tlmes-Dispatch.1
AUGUSTA, GA., May S.?Lula Maj
Leopard, nlne-year-old daughter of Mr
DolhVcr- Leopard, of Langloy, S. C.
was criminally assaulted late to-duj
when return ing from school by an un?
known white man, and is in a criti?
cal condition. Her assailant escaped
and has not yet been caught.
Excltement ls at fevor pltch to
night at Langloy, and the woods arounc
the vlllage are swarmed wlth arniei
men. lf 'tbe assailant is caught i
lynching probably wlll follow. 'Sherif
Rabun was early on the scene. and li
doing all he can to persunde the crowt
to let tho law takes it course.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO WANTS
GOOD TKUMLNALS IN NORFOLK
| Special to The Tlmes-Plspatcli. 1
NORFOLK. VA., May S.?It ls re?
ported here that officials of the Baltl
more and Ohio Railroad are looking foi
suitablo terminnls in Norfolk on tht
wator front. oxpecttng. through con?
nections being made, to get a line intt
the harbor ln tho near future.
For a numbor of years the coiiipnn>
had passenger and frelght connectlon!
with the clty. uslno, tho Baltimore ani
Waslllngton bont^to get to tlielr re
spectlve termlnals. Later the comple
tlon of tho othor roads leading to tln
West took this business away fron
them. To meet thls competltion. il ii
sald. they now propose to extend f
line to thls port.
SbF.S RAILROAD FOR PI'TTING
A MAN IN HER BF.nTI
. iSoeelal to Tlio Tluies-Dlspatoh.l
NORFOLK. VA'.; May S.?In the Fed
eral Court to-day Jiere Maud M. Bake
filed suit against the Atlantlc Coas
Lln* Rallway aud the Pullmnn Palac
Car Company, alloging that a man wa
put In hor barth on a Pullman ca
and that she was sub.lected" to hu
mlllatlon. Tlie cuse is lo be tried i
Kiuhuuiiul.
HUffiESpiS
Declares His Supremacy as
the Commander-in-Chief
of Army and Navy.
DEFENPS HIS COURSE
IN BROWNVILLE CASE
Likens Sympathy for Ncgro
Soldiers to MatidUn Sympathy
for Murderers, and Citcs
Thaw Case?Touchcs on
His Treatment of
Col. Stewart.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May R.?
Throo members of the Unlted
States Senate have recelved
letters from Presldent
Roosevelt within the last
few days declarlng hls supremacy as
commander-ln-chlef ln all matters rc
ferrlng to the control of the army and
navy. The lettera haVe created in?
tense feeling in the Senate, and it ts
not unllkely that thoy wlll preclpltate
a conference of Republican members.
The letters in every vcaso .are In de?
fense of hla course ln discharglng
wlthout. honor the negro soldlers he
believed to be gullty of shootlng up
tlie town of Brownsvllle, Tex., and hls
actlon in banishlng Colonel William
F. Stewart to an abantoned mllltary
post ln a desert sectlon of Arlaona.
l.etter to Stewart.
The thlrd letter came to-day to Sen?
ator Stewart. of Vermont.
A few days ago durlng the debate on
the Brownsvllle case, Senator Stewart
asked a question indlcating that he
had doubt as to the wlsdom of ex
tendlng to the President the power of
passing upon the Innocence or gullt
of ex-soldlcrs applying for reinstate
ment In vlew of thc fact that lt ap?
peared the Presldent stlll belleves all
of the negroes to have been gullty of
compllclty ln the affray.
The Senator recelved from the Presi?
dent to-day a letter bearing on both
the Colonel Stewart and the Browns?
vllle cases. Attached to the communl?
cation were letters to Senators Rayner
and William Alden Smlth, the one to
Mr. Rayner assertlng chlefly the Presl?
dent's rlght as commander-ln-chlef to
deai with an officer in such manner as
he pleased. while the one to Mr. Smith
was confined to the Brownsvllle affray.
and reiterated the Presldent's belief
that he had dealt wlth the case as con?
dltlons demanded.
Maudlln Sympathy.
The Presldent went farther still ln
hls letter to Senator Stewart. He de?
clared that Senator Stewart. from -the
queetlon he aeked ln the debate, ap?
peared to be proceedlng urtder a mis
apprehenslon of the dutles of the
Presldent of the Unlted States ln con?
nectlon wlth the army and navy. He
quoted the law as he understood lt,
and denied that he was under any obll
gatioji to give to the dlschargedi negro
soldlers or to Colonel Stewart any
court of inqulry. Several paragraphs
were devoted to a dtscusslon of Colonel
Stewart's case and the faults whlch
have put hlm in disrepute in army
clrcles.
After thls dlscussion the President
wrote that in every community there
is found maudlln sympathy wlth mur?
derers, and the Thaw case ln New York
ls clted by him as an example.
Wlll Compllcate Mntter*.
None of the Senators who have re?
celved letters from the White House
have declded whether they wlll make
them publlc. All have been asked to
do so. Senator Smith. of Mlchlgan,
decllned on the ground that lt would
be lmproper, and Senator Rayner is
preparlng to use the letter In a speech
which he wlll make to the Senate de
nounclng the action of the President
in banlshing Colonel Stewart to Fort
Grant. Arizona. Senator Stewart
showed to several of hls colleagues
the letter which he recelved, but
thus far has made no dlsposltlon of lt.
Several Senators sald to-day that the
letters would have the offect of com
pllcatlng tho situatlon in regard to
legislation Jn the Interest of the inno
cent memoers of the battallon of
negroes discharged on account of the
Brownsvllle affray. There are two
hills before the Senate looklng to that
end. lt is generally believed that the
Republican Senators wlll hold a caucus
for the discusslon of the entire ques?
tion. Imcluding the Presldent's letters,
early lecxt week.
CALLED LIAR IN COURT
Clnsh Between 'Attorneys In Trlnl of
ftiicf, nud sitiint Ino F.vcillnp;.
SAN FRANC1SCO. CAL. May S.?En
deavorlng to come to the defense of the
prosecutlon's star witness, James I.
Gallagher, who was under severe
cross-exainlnatlon and accused of hav?
ing put words into the witness' inoutli,
Asslstant DIstrict Attorney .1. Fran?
cls Henry, caused excitoment ln the
court-room of Judge Doollng thls af?
ternoon durlng the trlal of Abraham
Ituef for bribery by retortlng. "Vlar"
to" the accusatlon of Henry Ach. counsel
for Ruef. Henry invited the attorney
for the defendant to "come outslde lt
he wanted anythlng."
Henry admitted the charge of Frank
J. Murphy, Ruef's asslstant counsel,
that hc was ln court armed. nnd start?
ed; toward tho table of counsel for the
defense. movlng hls hand towards hls
hlp pocket. He was stopped by Wll?
liam J. Burns, the prosecutlon's speclnl
agent.
Judge Doollng, after rnstorlng order,
stated lhat only his deslre to coneludo
Ruef's trlal as qulckly as posslbly
detorrod hlm froni sondlng attorneys
for both side sto jail for a week.
Brynn Meet* Commlttee.
LINCiiLi. NEB.. Mav S.?v.. .1. Bryan
thls afternoon met tb" nic'ibers of Ihe
llf.nioo-.ntle Vpf<o"-J Kly?x"!tJ.V? C.-nVlHr
tee. who are on thelr way to Denver.
Mr. Bryan. who wns waltlng nt tlm
station. flrst greeted Norman 10. Mack,
of Buffalo, and Roger Sulllvan. of Illi?
nols, then shook hands wlth each mem?
ber of the pnrty.
Kllled by on Ofnecr.
MACON, GA.. May 8.?Speclal Officer
Jack Wilson to-nlght shot. and kllled
Lonnle Williams, drlver of a dalry
wagon. -it Crump's Park. Williniiis had
heen maklng trouble at Iho park, nnl
when Offloor Wllson put hlm out he
flred three times at the latter. Wllson
then stiol Wllllams, lillllne- hlm lm
StJllt.lv.
PRESIDENT ENJOYS OUTING
Sleepa Lntr, Tokea'I.ong Rlde nnd En?
joys Drlve to "II ou ml Top."
[.Iperlnl to The Tlrnes-ni-pnC-.li.'
CHARLOTTEHVTLLE. VA.. Mny S.~
Tf the program carrled out by Presl?
dent. Roos-velt to-day ls followed up
durlng the renialndor of hls stay at.
Plne Knot, he wlll return to iho Whito
Hoime Sunday nlght greatly rofreshod
from hls sojourn In tho plnos of south?
ern Albom-irle.
The simple llfe wns observed strict
ly to-day Ly both Ibe Presidont and
Mrs. Roosevelt. as well as by tholr
guest, John Biirroughs. thn naturall-t.
Elther tlio twelve-mlle drlvo In tho
cool alr yesterday afternoon or the
pltter-patter of raln on the shlngle
roof aftor sunrlse had a tendency to
mako tho trlo drrtwsy. for hronkfnst
w.-ih not *orvei. untll 10 o'clock. Fan?
nie Oopel.ind. the colored cook from
'"Plain Deillng," was on hand early. and
prepared a temptlng meal, whlch was
heartllv enjoyed. Tho sun appeared
soon after brcakfast and tho Presldent
and Mr. Burroughs wont for a long
stroil through the woods.
At 1 o'clock preparatlons wero made
for tho deoarture to "Round Top," the
homo of Joseph Wllmer, up In Groon
Mountain. flve mlles dlstant. from Pino
Knot. Tho Presldent and Mr. Bur?
roughs made the trip in a turnout from
the "Plain Deallng" stables, tho rib?
bons belng handled by "Unclo Dlck"
Daniel. the falthfui gutdft to the Presl?
dent on hls former vlslts to tho hannts
of tlie wlld turkey. across Hardware
K/lver. Mrs. Roosevelt followed on
hor.-ebaek, accompanied by Joseph Wll?
mer. Sho rode the splendid saddlo
mare Foxana. her favorlte mount, and
seemed to greatly enjoy the exerclse.
The course lay over a splendid ma?
cadam road. Several hours wero spent
at "Round Top." tho party returnlng
to Plne Knot in time for dinner. whlch
was serv'ed shortly aftor 5 o'clock.
Asslstant Secretary Mayhew and Se?
cret Service Guard Sloan led a quiet
existence at North Garden. Tho mall
that camo from the, Whlte Houso con
talned nothing that required tho Pres?
ldent's attentlon.
MRS. PEEBLES'FOUND GUILTY
On Second Trlnl for Murder of Husband,
_be I" Glven Two Ycnrn.
[Special to The TlineH-DlApiiich.J
BEDFORD CITV, VA.' May 8.?Mrs.
Edmonia Peebles, tried tlie .iecond time
for the murder of hor husband, D. C.
Peebles, was tiiis afternoon convictcd
of voluntary manslaughtet, and sen?
tenced to two years in the penlten
When court convencd this mornlng at
9 o'clock, the Jury retlred to consult.
and reiurnlng about 11 o'clock the foi-e
man stated that they had failed to
agree. When this announcement was
made Mrs. Peeb**es, the prlsoner, who
had stood the long lmprlsonment and
two trials with wonderful fortltude
and self-control, vbecame vlolently
hysterical, and was carrled Into an
ante-room and physlclans were sum?
moned to minlster to ber. The eourt
dld not dlsmlss the jury, but cxhort
ed them to again retlre and see If it
were not posslble to agree ofi a ver?
dlct. and adjourned court for the din?
ner hour. This afternoon the jury were
again summoned to the court-room and
rendered a verdict of voluntary man
sraughter. fixing the penalty ?at two
years* Incarceration In thc penlten?
tlary. This she recelved with compara
tive composure.
Counsel for tbe defense moved for
an arrest of judgment. which was
granted. fo be argued before the court
June 4th. but later the motlon waa
wlthdrawn and' sentence passed thls
evening. ?_i_*
Thus for the present ends a triai
for murder the circumstances of wnicli
were brutal and revoltlng ln the ex
?treme. but ln this trlal more extenuat
ing testlmony was introduced as to tne
provocatlon. The consensus of opin?
lon is that the verdlct ls a Just and
light one, though sympathy is felt ror
the woman.
WANT ANTI-LIQUOR BILL
Commlttee From Genernl Coufereuce
Prenents Reaolutlonn to Congre-i.
WASHINGTON. May S.?-A commls?
slon appolnted bv the board of bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
whose general conferenee is now belng
held in Baltimore, to-day called on
Speaker Cannon and presented to hlm
resolutlons that had been adopted by
the conferenee asklng that the Llttlo
fleld interstate llquor shlpment blll b?
reported with favorable rccommenn.i
tion: that the House pass the bill and
send lt to the Senate for consideratlon,
and that actlon be had there before tho
adjournment ot the present session.
Among the members of the commis.
slon were Governor' Hanly, of Mlchl
gan; Governor Hoch, of Kansas; Chas,
A. Pollock. of Fargo. N. D.: Dr. A. B.
Leonard, of New York City, and L. C.
Murdock, of Ktngston, Pa.
Speaker Cannon alluded to tho con?
sideratlon that has been glven to this
question by the Senato Commlttee on
the Judiciary, and called attention to
the report of Senator Knox. declarlng
tho Llttlefleld and other bllls to be
unconstltutlonal. He said that if Con?
gress attempts to ovcrreach and In
fringe upon the prerogatlves of the
States the State would "soon thunder."
Continulng. Mr. Cannon said that lf thc
States should attempt to Infringe upon
the judiciary, the judiciary "would
thnnder."
The Speaker sald the resolutlon
would bo glven proper reference to tlie
proper commlttee undor the rules ol
the House, and' he could speak foi
Congress In promislng that the mattoi
would have all due oonsideration. Thr
Speaker was rather Inclined to thlnk
tliat better results could bo obtalneil
if the conforence pursued tho llnes ol
a blll drafterl by Mr. Knox after re
jectlng tbe Llttlefleld measure, whlch
he said. was pronounced by a commit?
tee of able lawyers in the Senate tc
be constitutional.
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STTUOKKN WITH I**ARAIVSIS.
BUT IS EXPECTED TO R.ECOVT5B
NORFOLK. VA., May S,-?Judge Wil?
llam N. Portlock, of tho Clrcult Court
of Norfolk county, was to-day suil
denly atta.ked with p.aralysls of the
brain while tn tlie Virginia Club.
At tho Protestant llospital lo-niglil
lt ia announced that tho patient It
doing well, and wlll recover. Tho pa
ralysis has affected hls mouth and
tongue. and he is uiiahlo to speak ot
movo ono slde of hls mouth or thc
opposlte arm.
Diiiiicii l.leot Ollleera.
WASHINGTON. D. C, May $.? Th<
biennial council of tho Society of Co
lonial Danies to-day ro-olectod tlu
preyent offlcers, except Miss Wharton
the hlstoi'lan, wbo declined lo con,
tinue. '"'> ,?
Mlss French. ol Iowa. was oleetei
hlstorlan ln Mlss Wharton*.*- placo.
Mrs. Wllliam Ruffln Cox, of Vlrglnla,
was ra-electod president.
VU'torln Hotel Sold.
NORFOLK. VA.. May R. ?Under Un
i hammer this afternoon tlie Vlctorlc
Hotel wis sold to R. G. Gamble, foi
$51000. The stock of liquors , won
purchased by L- Shefsky for $10fi, Tlu
llxturos woro bought hy Mr. Ganibb
for $ti;6-Q. Tho salo was by dlrectloi
of TruHtnas Tazowoll Taylor and w
11. Taylor.
WEATHER.
Partly Cloudy and Cooler.
S1.2a.HI FIRE
Two Entire Blocks of Busi?
ness Houses Eaten
by the Flames.
PROPERTY INSURED
FOR BUT $750,000
Crossed Wires in Elevator Shaft
Supposed to Have Caused the
Conflagration, Which Spread
Rapidly Before High
Winds?Firemen
Escape Injury.
ATLANTA, GA? May 8.?Thlrty
one buildings destroyed, forty
two business concerns burned
out, 1,000 persons thrown out
of employment nnd a flnanclal
loss conscrvatlvely estlmated to-nlght
at $1,250,000, ls the result of a flre whlcli
started about half-past 3 o'clock thls
morning and raged for four hours In
the buslness^dlstrlct of this clty. To
night the flre ls under complete con?
trol.
To-night the flre Is under control.
wlth rulncd buildings in the dlstrlet
| bounded by Forsyth, Nelson, Madlson
and Hunter Streets. Lato to-day the
j police and vfire departments dynamlted
what was left of thc walls. The orlgln
lof the flre ls a mystery. It was dlscov?
ered ln the butlding occupied by thc
[Schlesslnger-Meyer Co. Bakery. The
) flames spread in all dlrectlons, guttlng
the Termlnal Hotel, one of the largest
l*i the clty. All of thc guests escaped
| wlthout Injury.
Thc Insurance on the proporty de
I stroyed ls estlmated at $750,000. One
|of the heavlest losers is S. M. Inman.
of Atlanta. who owned the entlre block
! bounded by Forsyth, Mltchell and Nel
| son Streets and Madlson Avenue. and In
| which were located the Schlesslnger
I Meyer Company. branch B pf the clty
I post-offlce, tlie Liquid Carfeonic Com
i pany, a branch of the Central Trust
! and Banking Company and many
| smaller concerns.
From Crossed Wires.
j The fire was dlscovered in the ele?
vator shaft of the Schlesslnger Build?
lng.- and ls supposed to have orlgl
' nated from crossed wires runnlng to
j tlie motor which operated the elevator.
I When the firemen arrived the flames
| had broken through the roof of the
buildlng, and with but a llght water
pressure it was imposslbie to check
the flre's progress. In a short time
thls structure was completely gutted,
and the fire ate lte way to Station.B
of the Atlanta post-offlce. The em?
ployes of the post-offlce, however, by
quick work managed to save all the
mall and most of the equipment.
Jumplng to the north side of Mltchell
Street, the flames made short work of
the Terminal Hotel, the Termlnal An?
nex, Chlld's Cafe and Hotel and Chlld's
Annex.
No Cnsualttes Ilecorded.
The firemen succeeded In checking
the flames on the north side of Mltch?
ell Street. On the south side, however.
the flames continued to sweep every?
thing In thelr path to Forsyth Street,
Kuttlng the buildings occupied by Mc
Clure's 10-Cent Store, the Branch Bank
of the Central Banking and Trust
Companv, the Paragon Suspender Com?
pany. Moore shoe store and the Liquid
Carbonlc Company.
The Schlesslnger buildlng extended
half a block on Nelson Street. and from
H the flames spread to numenous small
storehouses on Forsyth Street. des'.roy
Ing the places occupied by Alverson
Brothers' Grocery Company, the Blnd
ers' Frame Manufacturlng Company
and the Walker-Cooley Furniture Com?
pany. A strong west wind fanned the
flames and scattered burning embers
over the whole business sectlon ot the
clty.
The firemen had many narrow es
capes from falling walls. but no se?
rious Injuries are reported.
The guests from the hotels and room
lng hoiises ln the burned dlstrlet suc?
ceeded ln saving most of their effects,
havlng been warned in tlme to remove
their trunks.
WHISKEY AND CONFERENCE
Stlr Created by Delegate DenouncInK
AdvertlMlnc Mutter Dlatrlbtited.
BALTIMORE, MD., May 9.?An at?
tack upon polygamy by a woman dele
iratc the report of the mlsslonary
work of the church in Southern Asla,
nnd tha request of Mlsslonary Blshop
j M. Thoburn for retlremont from ac?
tive service were the chlef features of
to-day's nieetlng of tho Methodist
Eniscopai General Conferonco here.
Bishop .lames W. Bashford. of Shan
gliai, Chlna, delivered an eloquent ad?
dress on China.
\ delegate from the Far West cro
nted a stlr just before adjournmont
hy deiiouncitig somo lltoraturo whlch
liad been dlstributed among the dele?
gates Tho ofrendlng matter proved
to ho advcrtlse-ments of certaln whls
kevs contalned ln a pamphlet Issued
as'a souvenlr of tho Jamestown V3.\
poslllon, and settlng forth the. life and
resources of Murylaud nnd tho trade
and lndustrles of Baltlmore. Tho
books were stamped wlth the compli
ments of a leading business man of
thls clty, who waa formerly n Meth?
odist preacher. Blshop Goodsell, in
thc chalr. cut off discusslon by saylng
that the hour of adjouriiinent had nr
Aniong the resolutlons introduced
to-day and referred lo commlttees was
ono by Rev. W. M. Balch, of the Ne?
braska conference; asking tho blshops
lo appoint a commisslon of nine tneni
bers to conslder the relation qf tlie
cliurcli tu the social problem.
Another resolutlon provlded for tho
contliiuance of the joint commission
on federatlon for another quarrannl
utn. The number was nuthorlr.ed to
signify to all of tlio rluii-cb.es of like
creed pollty, splrlt and purpose, tho
Methodlst Church's deslre that somo
Initial step be taken looklng toward
the organle union uf those churches.
Tt was also authorlzcd to meet llke
commissions of other churches and
conslder wlth them the hnsls on whlch
union cnn he affeeted.
Three fraternal delegates were pre?
sented'"to the eonferoneo. They were
Blshop 0, B. Galloway; of the Melh
odlHl Kpiscopal I'luircli, South: Itov.
F. T. Tagg, of the Methodlst I'rotost
nnt Churcii, and Rev. .1. II. Lamb, of
the Kvangolio.nl Church. Each waa
(jlven a oordlul greeting.
. METCALF REVIEWS FLEET
Grenle-il AflMemhly nf Armnrolnd* In
Our lll-tory?iictireinriit of F.vnns.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. May 3,?The
comblned Atlantlo nnd Paclllc fleots of
hiittleslilps, nrmnred erulaers, torpedo
hoat dostroyers nml auxlllartes, aggre
gatlng. ln weight. of rllsplacomont the
enormous trtal of, more. than 100,OOn
tons?tlio urrateRt nssemblagn of nr
morolnds lhu_ fnr to mark tho pro?
gress of Ihe Amorlcnn navy to second
rank ainon-*; the flnatlng forces of tho
world?wr-rri rovloWed in plcturosqur*
San Franclsco harbor to-day bv Hecrn
t_ry of the Navy Metcalf. *Tho fortv
four vessels lay at anchor ln four long
column- nnd. proceedlng from tho Oak
land shore, tlie serrelnry on board the
littlo gilnboat Vorktown. proc.eeded
south ward through tno llnes formed bv
the armorftd crulsers nf tho Paclllc
fleet ne.aro.it the Oakland shoro aiul tho
socond squadron nf tho Atlantlc lloet,
headed by the Minnesota. Tiirnlng
back to the north at tho. end of the.ue
two llnos, the Yorktown travorsed the
lano form-d on tho starboard hy tlio
battleshlps of the flrst Atlantlc squad?
ron nnd on tho port by tbo grim littlo
destroy ers, The day was brllllant wlth
sunshlne.
Rear-Admlral Evans, who had hoped
to end hts actlve naval career by pui
tlclpating In to-day's official corcmo
nlos, was not permltted by hls at
tondlng ohysician to go aboard the
Connoctlcut. Rear-Admlral Charles M.
Thomas was again tbo senlor ofllcer.
Admiral Evans has nmdo his hoino on
shoro at the St. Francis Hotel slnco
the afternoon of tho arrlval. Ho rodo
ln tho long paradn on yesterdav and
was fatlgued b.v tlio trlp.
To-morrow foronoon is the tlmo set
for Admlr.il Evans finally to rolln
quish command. Although he wlll not
he aboard shlp, hls flag will offlclally
be lowered from tho truck of the Con
nectlcut as the sharp-speaking rlflos
on tho after bridge boom out and
thelr partlng saluto of thlrteen guns
wh. mark the assumptlon of coniniand
by a now chlef, Admiral Thomas trans
forrlng lils hradquartors from tho Min?
nesota to the Connectlcut. and chang
Ing tho subordlnato flajr of red for the
commanillng pennant of blue.
Admiral Kvans's leave-taklng of tho
fleet thus will dato from the iournoy
through iho Golden Gate. whon ho
stood upon the bridgo of the llagshlp
for the last tlmo.
Accompanied hy mombers of his fam?
lly and b.v offlcers of hls personal stalf.
Admiral Evans will leave to-morrow
mornlng lor his home In "Washlngton.
where he wlll remaln, awalting orders
untll tlie nute of retirement on hls
slxty-second blrthday, August 18th.
KILLED INRUNAWAY
Mrn. Ilcnry M. Tyler, of Hnnorer Coun?
ty, Hurled From HuKijy.
Mrs. Honry M. Tyler, daughter of the
late Kelth Taylor, for many years
clerk of the Supreme Court of Virginia,
was kllled in a runaway accident noar
her home at Gwathmey's, Hanover
county, about a mile from Ashland, at
9 o'clock yesterday mornlng.
Mrs. Tyler was driving with her
small daughter when the accident oc?
curred. tt Is thought that some part
of the harness broke and frlghtened
the horse, causing tt to run away. The
buggy was dashed Into a tree, und
Mrs. Tyler was hurled out. Her skull
was crushed. and she llngerod but a
few mlnutes.
Mrs. Tyler leaves a wide family con?
nectlon throughout the State. Her
husband, private secretary to Congress?
man Lamb. is a half brother of ox
Governor J. Hoge Tyler. and of Mr.
John Tvler. of the National Bank of
Virginia, thls city. She leaves four
chlldren. two glrls and iwo boys.
The funeral wlll tako place to-day ln
Ashland. The body wlll reach Elba
Statlon at 2:35 o'clock "thls afternoon.
The Interment wlll be made ln Oak?
wood Cemetery.
GET MORE PAY
Offlcers nnd Men of the Army to Re?
celve nn Additional $7,000,000 a Vour.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May S.?-The
offlcers and enllsted men of the army
to-day won their fight for increased
pay when the House of Representa?
tlves, after a debate of two hours,
agreed to the conferenee report on the
army approprlatlon bill. An appro?
prlatlon of 57,000,000 was made for the
purpose. J5.000.000 of whlch wlll go to
the enllsted mon.
Nlne hundred and forty-two offlcers
on the retlred llst wlll also beneflt by
the increase. Under suspension of the
rules bllls were passed placlng the
Porto Rican reglment of Infantry on
a permanent basls. and ordering addi?
tional alds to navlgatlon in the light
house estlmate.
The House to-day passed the sundry
clvil approprlatlon bill, carrying a to?
tal of $106,956,369. _
CREW REFUSES T0 COME
Men ou tlie Colller Aliarcnda Decline
to Slilp to rvorfolk.
SAN JUAfr. PORTO RICO, May 9.?
The orew of the Unlted States colller
Abarenda refuse to go to Norfolk and
aro again in the custody of the Fed?
eral authorities pending the receipt of
lnstructlons from Washlngton.
Alexander Oickson, a carpenter on
the colller, kllled Chlef Offlcer Woi
cbart at San Juan February 20th. He
was Indlcted for manslaughter, tried
here and accititttcd. At tht- same tlmo
the grand jury indlcted Captain Wor?
ley, of the collier, for cruelty. and
he Is now being tried by a naval
court at Norfolk. Tlie crew of Aba?
renda, whlch has boen held here slnce
April, aro wnntod as wltnesses against
the captain, and tlio Department of
Justice ordered them to sail on tlie
colller, nssuming tbat they were still
enllsted men. Thoy base tholr refusai
to go on the allegatlon that they wore
dlscharger! when tho trial occurred,
OIL STEAMER AGR0UND
Tlie Wnnlitennw Fast on tlie Keys Oll
Moniuoulli Ilrn.-li.
NEW YORIC. May 8.?-Tlie flare of
a Coston llgbt burnlng red in Uie
fog lhat onshrouds tho Atlantlc late
to-day was the signnl to tho beach
patron ot tho Chadwlck Life Saving
Statlon that a vessel, tbo tank steam?
er Washtonaw. ladon wlth oll, from
Sablne Pass. Tex., was fast on the
sand koys tbat skirt. tho shores off
Monmoutli Beach. N. J., twenty-Ilvi
miles south of Sandy Ifook.
Tho Wisbtenaw lies wlthln 300 fooi
of tho beach in tho pltch and pound
of tut-huloiit soas.
Tho oll carrler ls in no Immediate
danger to-night. and her crow of thlr
ty-slx hnvo not beon takon off hy tbc
llfo savors; who succeeded in shooting
a llno to tho stranded shlp.
RECEIVER FOR INMAN ESTATE
Step Tnken lo Itencli Inlerr-nl of Meill
lier nf Knibnrrnssed Klrni.
ATLANTA; GA.. May S.--Forest Adalr
of thls olty. was to-day appolnted
reoelver for tlio eslate of the lnt<
Walker P. lnman. valued in tho nelgh?
borhood of $1,000,000. Tho appolntmoni
wus iiiailo by .ludgo Pendloton, ot tlu
P'ltlton County Superlor Court. on ap
pllcatlon of .lohn l? Hopkins & Soni
and King, SpaldlnS ?**? Llttle.
Thl.-t action follows tho appolntmoni
of recolvorn for tbo cotton llrm ol
lnman & Co., of Augusta. in whlcl
James R. Gray. ono of tho helrs fti
law to tbo Walker P. lnman estate
was a partner.
Jtimos It. Gray, exouutor, and Mrs
Morrls Bmiulon, exeeutrlx of tho es?
tato, aro ou.ioinoil by tho court fron
in any way Interferliig with tho man
Hgonioitt of tbo estato by tln? rocelv
er. Tlio locelvcr's bond was tixed al
500,000.
NOTJPASS11
Law Proposed by "Laboi
Union Agitators" Condemn
ed in Conference Report.
NEXT MEETING WILL
BE HELD IN BUFFALO
Address by Woman .Lawyer On$
of Features of Night Meeting.
Note of Appeal to Federal
Government to Im
prove Certain
Conditions.
THROUGHOUT the sesslons of tha
National Conference of Chari?
ties and Correctlon yesterday
there was a note of appeal ta
the Federal government for th<
rellef ot condltlons that are seriously
rotardlng those- earnest workers strlv.
ing for the upllft of humanlty, thf
echo last. nlght belng an urgent re<
quest to Congress not to pass the law,
whlch. prepared. lt was charged, by !a<
bor union agitators, provldes that pro?
ducts maniifantured In penal and re*
form instltutions shall not be allow*
ed to compete wlth goods made by men
and women upon whom there ls na
staln or criminal gullt,
Members of the conference warn
urged to use such Influence as they
had upon thelr representatlves ln Con?
gress to oppose the measure, on tli*
ground that it would bring about ln
the penltentlarles a state of idleness,
whlch would prove harmful to society;
Glve Convlcts Square Deal.
The report of the commlttee on crlml?
nals, thelr punlshment and reforma?
tlon, the general toplc of the eventns
sesslon. malritalned that one-half ot
the reformatory and prison Inmates ar?
abnormal and should be lmprlsoned for
life. Speaklng for the commlttee
Chalrman XV. K. Whittaker. superln?
tendent of the Indlana reformatory, de?
clared that friendshlp. love and the
splrlt of the "square deal," if appllod
to these unfortunates, would mean the
salvatlon of OO per cent. of their num?
ber. The brutal handllng of convlcts
was condemned. the denlal of llberty
being clted as the sole punlshment that
should rlghtfully be administered to
fclons and youthful offenders.
Although not a part of the regular
program, an attractlve feature was thc
address by Mrs. Ellen J. Foster, of the
DepartmesJ: of Justice, an authorlty
on prlson conditions. She dealt esp?
clally wlth the Idea that tho guard.
who, after all. shapes thc destlny of
the convict. should be selected wlth
regard to hls moral fitness.
Mr. Frank H. Nlbecker. of Glenn
Mllls. Pa... mnde a brief address.
lluffalo Gets Convention.
Offlclal announcement was made hy
Secretary Alexander Johnson that the
commlttee on tlmo and place had se?
lected Buffalo as the conference clty
for 1909. The choice was between Buf?
falo. Denver, Oklahoma City and Los
Angeles.
Ur. .1. H. Stolper. of Oklahoma. ask?
ed unanlnious consent to offer a rcso?
lution, by which he hoped to make
a further effort to have Oklahoma City
I named, but there was Instant objec?
tlon. The conference voted unaui
! mously to contlrm the rommlttce's act.
An Incldent out of the ordlnary oo
I curred while Mrs. Foster was speak
! ing. Arousod by her eloquence. an un
| known man wlth a long whlto beard
; shouted something by way of approval,
! but lt was unlntelllglble. Wlth the
swiftness of a tralned orator, Mrsi
Foster mlldly replled that she dld not
understand. When sho concluded '.he
stranger who caused tha interruption
arose and apologlzed.
The work of tho conference wlll be
concluded on Wednesday nlght. On
Thursday the members will go to
"WashIngton, to be recelved by Presl?
dent Roosevelt at the Whlte House at
noon. A large number have an?
nounced that they wlll mako tho trip.
Tlu- Dny McctiiiK*.
The establlshment by the Unlted
i States government of a Publlo Health'
Department and the appolntment of a
board of control for the management
of Unlted States prlsons were, ndvo>'
cated vesterday at section meetlngs.
rjr. Waltor Llndley, of Callfornla,
speaklng at the publlo health sesslon.
said that tlio conference should urge
Congress to provldo a proper health
liepartment, even lf lt was necessary
to amend the Constitution. Tn dls
cusstng tlie disclpllne and employment
of Unlted States prlsoners, Mr. Whit?
taker mulntalned that a congressionai
commlttee was not quallftod to look
aftor tho conduct of penal Instltutlons.
members of whlch had llttle personal
knowledge of the work.
Miss Ilarrlet Fulmer, superintendent
of tho Vlsitlng Nurses' Association, of
Chicago. In an address before the publlc.
honlth section on "Tho Relatlon of Bad
Houslng Conditions to the Charity
Worker," sald that inferlor ltving quar-.
ters came next to Intoxlcatton as ono
of the causes of poverty.
Pension ?i n I.lvc Toplc.
Tho speclal meetlng o( the day, de?
voted to statlstlcs, was perhaps tha
most Interesting. the features being a
paper prepared by Mr. Frederick L.
Hoft'nian, statlstlcian of tho Prudenttal
Llfe Insurance Company, in whlch ho
attacked the system of old age pen
sions, nnd the reply o( Mayor George
A- lllbbard, of Boston, defending th*
plan. Mayor Hlbbard sald that hn
would not dlscharge the old employes
of his clty who have worn away theif
health and enersy In Its servlce.
At thls meetlng Miss Kate Holladay
("laghorn. of the tenement house de
partment of N>w York, read a papci
on "Use nnd Misuse- of Htntlstles In
Social Work.''
Oeallng wlth the subject of needy
famllies, Mr, Porter R. I.ee. secretarv
of the Charity Organlzntlon Society
of Buffalo, dlscussed "Tlio Limltatlniu
of Charity ln Deallng With Hnoniploy
ed." Ho compared tlie recent wlnter,
witb lts army ot Idle peoplo. wlth fnr.
mar years when COlldltlona wero mire
fContliiued on Fourth Page.)