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,HBT,ME,^uxDED^ AVHOLE NUMBER 18,592. RICHMOND, VA., MONDA^^RllTiri^"
TUB WEATHER TO-DAY? Fair.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ON TRIAL FOR LIFE
FOR SORDID CRIME
Frank E. Heideman,
Confessed Murderer,
Faces Court To-Day.
A SCHOOL GIRL
WAS HIS VICTIM
Dismissed Once, His Second
Arrest Follows Clever Detec?
tive Work?A Thousand
Times at Point of Confes?
sion, It Finally Was
Forced From Him.
(Boeclal to The Tlmes-DlsDalch.]
Freohold. N. J., April 16.?This
sleepy little Jersey town will be placed
on the map to-morrow, when Kranit
Z. Heideman, the youthful German
gardener and self-confosHcd murderoi
of ten-year-old Marie Smith, of Aabury
Park, N. J., will he placed on trial tot
tils life.
The sordid nature of the cr'.me, the
impenetrable mystery that surrounded
It and the Ingenious method by wh.ch
the murderer was captured, oil havt
combined to arouse public Interest.
On November 0. 1310. Marie Srnitn,
a pretty little schoolgirl of tho ex?
clusive residential colony at Aabury
Park, N. J., disappeared while return?
ing from her studies. Every cltort
was made to discover her whereabouts,
posses were formed, the surrounding
territory was carefully searched and
the news spread broadcast through the
land, five days elapsed, and the child's
parents were almost frantic with de?
spair and grief, when William Benson
a llorlst of Hradlcy Beach, N. J.. re?
ported the Unding of her lifeless body,
horribly mutilated, and showing hlgna
of an outrageous attack In a lonely
thicket near a little lake which borders
Ahbury 1'ark.
This news fanned the Indignation of
the colonists to lever heat; an.j two
arrests were made?one an ux-negio
pugilist called "Black Olimond"' Wil?
liams, and the other Frank E. Heide?
man, the youthful Gcrtmn gardeiiot
now on trial. So cool rind collected,
however, was Heideman under exami?
nation that he was dlsmls-t-el f-jr Utk
of evidence.
Evidence l.nekliiit.
The burden of suspicion was directed
against the negro, and there was con?
siderable tall, of a lynching. Owing
to the threaten, g attitude of the pop?
ulace, the autnorltles smuggled the ne?
gro from the scene of the crime to
the J;?11 In this town, whore he was I
held for several weeks, but dually dis?
missed for lack of evidence.
The crime gradually dropped from
public print, and seemed destined to
ro down to posterity as another un?
fathomable mystery. And It no doubt
would had It not been for the untiring I
efforts of three wealthy residents of
the community?S..crlff Hetrick, Ran?
dolph H. Miller, employer of the mur?
dered child's father, and i-. J. Hand
ley. These men secretly met and j
agreed to push tho Investigation till
the last clue had been run down, paying \
the expenses out of their own pockets.
To this end the best detectives In tho
country were hired, and all suspected
of any possible knowledge of the
crime were put under strict and secret
surveillance.
The weary months dragged by, and
oil but the little vknot of anxious
friends and relatives'of the murdered
child had forgotten 'the foul deed of
early November, when on March 15.
Sheriff Hetrick electrified the coun?
try by placing his heavy hand on tho
shrinking shoulder of the cowering
little German gardener In the smoking
car of a tr. In that was passing wltnln
sight of the dreary little lake where
the body of the murdered child was
found, and exclaimed:
"In the name of the law I arrest you '?
for the murder of Marie Smith."
Tho prisoner was rushed to the
county Jail, hurriedly arraigned before
Justice William P. Voorhecs, In the
County Court at Freehold, and, after
a whispered colloquy between him?
self and his counsel, during which he
appeared greatly ogitatcd, turned to
tho Justice, and, In broken accents,
pleaded guilty. Later the story of j
the remarkable detective work that led .
to the confession and arrest of the
murderer cunie to light.
Shortly alter Hcldcnian's release he j
pleaded Illness, quit his .loh in Asbury I
Park anu traveled to New YorK, where !
the detective uatallcd to watch hlhi
made his acquaintance In tue second I
Avenue haunts, where the guilty mini
sought to drown the memories of the
past in wild debauch. Tho acquaint- ;
ance ripened Into friendship. The two 1
men took a room together, and. as i
their intimacy Increased and the sus
pected gardener's funds ran low, he j
borrowed fr? in nis newfound friend.
Clever ltutir Works,
As weeks stretched into months
\ 'h no sign of llchlemau's weak?
ening, the detective determined on n
desperate expedient. In a burst of
confidence ho told his friend Hint lie, :
too, was a fugitive from Justice. ,
charged With tli j murder of two people i
In Chicago. The scent was. growing j
hot, nnd he was in momentary fear or;
arrest. lie proposed that they leave!
tho city, and pointed significantly to j
n huge revolver, and declared that he i
would never be taken alive. The pnli ;
took train for ltochestcr, N. V.. where
the detective had completed arrange
jnents for the drama that alined to
?ImIte the taciturnity of the murderer
anil wring from him a confession.
The coup dri grace look place in
the woods where tho detective und j
h'c frlond had been accustomed to
r-mble. The detective proposed a little
'.Oftget practice, and emptied ills re
v^ver at a murk some fifty feet away.
Vaen the gardener opened lire, and
while the reverberation of his pistol
?was yet echoing through the forest n,
man stag red from a thicket n few
feel lo the right of thn mark, and.
With a s,hrtek fell apparently dead at
their feet. The tletcrltvo seized his
ootnpa. Ion. and tho men hurried from
(Continued on Sccorfd Pago.) '
Fair and Warmer
Weather Promised
Washington, I>. C.. April 1?.?
(icDcrally fair weather durlnu the
coming week throughout the Knat
eru I>?rtlon of the country, with '
hlKlicr temperature nftcr Tuesday,
wn? the prediction'to-day of Willis
I.. Moore, Chief of the Wmtht-r Itu- |
rrnu. In the West the temperature
will rise uliio. There In no prrncnt i
Imllenllon of rain, nit bo nub there In j
some lirohnhlllty of the development
of a disturbance wer the extreme '
Southwest. Hint may result In uu- \
?ettled conditions In Ihut section
willitii a few dnyn.
REVEALS INNER WORKINGS
For Fl rat Time, Machinery of Camorra
Is l.nlil liar.*
Vlterbo, Friday, April ~.?The most
interesting of tbc revelations made by
Gcnnaro Ahhatcmagglo, the Camorrlst
Informer, at tho tri" of the members
of that organization for the murder of
Cuoccolo and his wife, had to do with i
the real nature of the Camorro. the '
droaded association which Hist found
Its way from Arabia Into Spain and !
from Spain Into Southern Italy, and <
how Its adherents are chosen.
Tho Camorra lit the city of Naples, j
as Abbatemaggto explained, is di- j
vlded into fourteen bands, one for each ?
region of the city. Fach band is com- '
posed of twenty-four Cat orrlsts and
forty-eight Pleclottl (recruitBi, each
one of the former having two of the
recruits at his disposal. Fach I'lc
clottl In turn, Is served by five or ,
six (Jlovanl Onorati (honored youths).
The latter are aspli nts for member-: i
ship in the society.
Thus, In .-aples alone, there Is a
body of upwards of 5,000 men. deter- ?
mined In character, -esolute and fi;led
In astuteness and intelligence. Thlsj
army, which has ramifications In at- '
most every class of society, Is prac- j
tlcally illreeted by two men. the capo!
in testa, or head r,f ads, anil the !
contnluolo, or cathler, who takes the!
place of the head wiicn necessary. Both ;
of these olllcials are elected by a ma- j
Jority of v tes. The contaltiolo Is gen- I
erally an !d Camorrlst. clever In
exacting each day the gains from the j
members, or alile to handle them j
roughly If they refuse to pay.
ANTI-MORMON RIOTS
Campaign --unlimt Missionaries Lend*'
to Serious Disorder),.
Blrkcnhend, England, April 16.?The
anti-Mormon campaign led to serious
disorders here to-day. An organized
demonstration against Monnonlsm was:
carried out, and an ultimatum was is- '
sued requiring the Mormon mission- '
arles to quit the town within cigli, ,
days. Later a great crowd attacked
tlie Mormon meeting house and stoned
siid smashed the windows. The police
had great difficulty in restoring order.)
Two persona were injured and live]
were arrested.
In January W. P, Monson. chief of!
the Mormon missionaries In England,
addressed a letter to the homo sccre- j
tary, Wlnst n Spencer Churchill, sec-j
onuing tho request of certain Kngllsli
clergy that the home office Investigate
Morinonk n in England. Monson de- ;
Cl?ren that the Mormons were being
persecuted. An anti-Mormon campaign
?was organized at Liverpool by tho j
Bishop of Liverpool and other pruml- ,
nent churchmen. The object was the
expulsion from England of the Mor- i
mon missionaries, who were charged '
with sending many recruits:, chiefly
girls, to the United States. The move
ment was taken up by the clergy ot :
other cities.
UNVEILING AT ANNAPOLIS \
Monument Has lien: Erected to .
French Soldier* noil Sailors. j
Annapolis, Md.. April 16.?An event 1
of International interest will take place .
hcr.i next Tuesday afternoon, when a j
monument to the memory of the
French soldiers and sailors who lost
their l'vcs In the Revolutionary War !
will be unveiled. President Taft and ?
the French ambassador. Mr. Jusserand.
will attend and deliver addresses. Sev- !
oral members of the President's Cab]- j
net and 'other high government ofli- j
cials will accompany tho President.
The monument, which was erected
by the General Society of the Sons of |
the Revolution, is a plain, pink gran- j
ite shaft fifteen feet high, with a i
bronze tablet, symbolically decorated, ;
set In, and stands on an elevation at
the tear of St. John's College, campus,
overlooking College Creek. It will
he lihv tiled by Miss Amelia Do Pall
Fouler, of Baltimore, who is a direct
descendant of Admiral De Grasse. the ?
commander of the French fleet at the
siege of Vdrktown.
After the unveiling exercises Prcsl- ,
dent Taft will inspect the Naval Acad- I
omy. It will he his first visit here I
since he became President.
COLONEL IS RETICENT
_ j
Refuses <<? Discuss Any of Subjects!
II l Hilf Ii ill to 11 Im.
New York, April 1 G.? Ex-President |
Roosevelt returned home to-night from i
a seven-weeks' tour of the West and j
Middle West. As he stepped off a train i
from Chicago he came into contact j
with a crowd of outgoing Eastern visi- I
tors, many of whom greeted him with
cheers. Nearly 200 persons followed;
the colonel to the carriage door and
many grasped Ins hand just as he
jumped Into an automobile to he 1
whisked away to Oyster Bay. \
Colonel Roosevelt's face was tanned j
by the Western suns, and ho said he I
felt "bully." lie. refused to discuss j
the reciprocity proposition, prosperity '
in the West or his own plans.
Deniunn Thompson Hurled.
West Swnnzoy. N. II., April 16.?Den
man Thompson, the venerable actor,
creator and port rayer of that homely
New England character, "Uncle Joshua
\Vhltcomb," which ho had endeared
to theatregoers all over the country, I
was hurled to-day with simple cere- I
menial in the little cemetery across the
road from his home. |
NflTIt'R.?We beg to notify tho geifernl !
public I Hat IMnkerton A Cn.'s I idled States i
Helrrfire Agency, having a Cninniorrllll De- I
pnrtmcnl. Is tint con nee led In any way wlih
the original plnker'tdn Natlonni Dctectlvn I
Agency, nor, with Plnkartnn's nnnk nnd
Hnnkers' Protection operated by uh. Plnker
tnn'm National Detective Agency. By Win. A.
Plnkcrlon, t:hltaco. Allan Pinkorton. N. V.
DAUGHTERS FACE
STORMY SESSION
Bitter War Between
Camp3of Mrs. Scott
and Mrs. Story.
EOTH FACTIONS
CLAIM VICTORY
Campaign for President-General
, ship ?f D. A. R. Makes Fights
of Mere Male Politicians
Pale Into Insignificance.
Opening Session of Con?
gress Held To-Day.
(.Special to The Tlmci-Dlspatch.]
Washington, April 16.?With both
houses' of Congress In full action, and
the lower branch knocking President
Tuft's tariff law into a. cocked hat;
with a''Wild West show" performing In
inimitable style, and last. but not
least, the annual meeting ot the
Daughters of the American Involu?
tion In fill! swing, there will he little
tol be wished for l>y man or woman .u
the national capital during the pres?
ent week.
The national lawmakers in the
House opened lip on the Payne-Aldrleh
tariff law yesterday in such a manner
as to leave no doubt as to the neces?
sity of calling in a political under?
taker before the smoke of battle in
the extra session clears away. Be?
ginning by i?uiu'turing the cuticle ot
the administration with hot shot from
the battery of Congressman Kltcbin,
of North Carolina, the Democrats pro?
pose to keep up the fight with
speeches from Representatives Clay?
ton, of Alabama; Henry, of Texas; L'u
derwood, of Alabama; Fitzgerald, of New
York, and many of the other old men
In the House, together with a few re?
marks from some of the new mem?
bers?Martin Littleton and others?as
to ihelr opinions of the present tariff
law and Its makers, l.lltlo else prob?
ably will be considered In the House
this week, and In the Senate Senator
Martin will get his minority members
together for a united effort from the
Democratic batteries.
Ilcol Flighting Here.
Hut what does the work of the na?
tional Congress amount to with the
Daughters of the American Revolution
session on? Whatever lighting may be
done on Cap'tol 11111 will pale Into
nothing beside the onslaught that Is
calculated to llgure down in the marble
ball of the Daughters of the Amer:
lean Revolution.' There all Interest
will centre until the close of the week,
and there many of the nation's law?
makers?the first women of the coun?
try?will |>e found.
Each portion of the assembled
Daughters claims victory for Itself
and defeat for Its opponent. The fol?
lowers of Mrs. Matthew Scott express?
ed themselves to-day In an official
announcement, in which they claim the
election of president-general already
won by an overwhelming majority.
The friends of Mrs. Story ridicule such
a statement, saying that Mrs. Scott
has been claiming everything In sight,
and that her plans to capture the pres?
idency are due Tor a rude jolt when
the election cornea off. ,
"Nothing In the Scott story," is the
way the Story people put it, while
from the camp of the former the word
goes out that Mrs. Story and her
boosters simply don't know what they
are talking about.
The Washington Times handles the
situation nicely this evening, when It
says:
"The deliberations of the little co?
terie of lawsmlths on Capitol Hill have j
faded Into the minor Importance of a
moot court. A greater congress is
gathering in our midst, in which
neither reciprocity nor arbitration '
have any part?more's the pity! The 1
grave;- affairs of state will have to j
worry along as best they may until |
the Scott-Storv feud has seethed and 1
surged and spent Its annual force.
Into the choosing of a President or
the United States there must go some
degree of vigilance and anxiety] Into
the endurance test which results in
the election of a president-general of
the Daughters of Eve and the Ameri?
can Revolution thcro will go cajolery
and heartache, pride of birth and
cloudbursts of latter tears. If tho
Scott faction appears first on the scene
dressed In the dainty dimities of
spring. It may be taken for granted
that the Story partisans will hear down
mottled In furs and rar-tlpplts.
I'p-to-Dntc Method*.
"The contest was opened long aco
with a campaign of clrcttlarl^atlon.
The volume of mall has already done !
much toward placing the Post-Office ]
Iiepartment on a self-sustaining basis.
But now that the delegates have begun
to arrive from far and near, the lint- !
terlng around the dovecote has be- j
come as the sound of rushing waters.
Devices unknown to the political go- '
round are being brought Into ploy. The I
spellbinder, the cartoon nnd (he trans- ;
parency arc hut childish things. Th? |
Scott faction has captured a member 1
of the Supreme Court. In bodily pres?
ence, at least. A Kentucky belle ;
brought up the light artillery with a
recltiil of negro dialect stories. The
Hubenstein choir was connnandered
for some patriotic selections.
"All this.the Story faction witnessed
with a smile?a smile not so deep as n
well, nor so wide an a church door,
but which served to mask the resources
lo he brought Into action later. Specu?
lation Is already keen as to what the
opposing faction will bring forth from
Its little bag-of tricks. Ft nas been
whispered that, the Hill of nights has
been set lo music and will be sung as j
nn oratorio. The younger members ?
constituting the great body ot the
order, of course?have spoken tenta?
tively of a barn danco on Ihe East
Plazi of the Capitol. The official lau?
reate Is rapt In an ecstney to produce
n counterblast to the war cry, 'Scotts
who have with Wallace jiled.' It will
bo perfectly srnnd.
' Tlie stage is set for this most mov?
ing drama. On with tho play."
The Daughters have oomo from all
quarters of the United States, and,
~ (Continued ' 11 Third Page.)
LEADERS OF D. A. R. FACTIONS
Mr*. Mnihcvr T. Scott, ?f Illinois, nre.l.lrnt-pcnernl of the TJnuBbters of the Amerlcnn Revolution (on the left),
_nu'l Mrs. W llllnni CnmnilngH Stor.v. of New York, who Is o|ip.islnK llr?. Sen It's re-election.
EASTER WEATHER
Cold. Westerly Winds Send
Many a New Hat'
Acre-planing.
SNOW IN NEW YORK
Parade on Atlantic City Board?
walk Is Veritable Riot
oi Color.
New York. April IS.? Flurries of
snow early tins morning and about
church-going linie. a bright afternoon
sun. smothered now and then beneath
great white puffs of cloud, and cold
westerly winds, which sent many an I
Kaster hat aeroplanlng. were the va?
garies of the weather In New York
to-day. Altogether it was pleasant, but
far too cold and windy for the Easter
festival.
The throngs that joined in the an?
nual Easter parade up Fifth Avenue
were, perhaps, as big as ever, but the
usual brilliancy of silks and satins
was hidden by winter coats and furs.
The color of the long lino of paraders
was lent mainly by the women's hats.
In straw of every brilliant hue, with
rlbhons and flowers, tlio headgear
bobbed about in a thousand shapes, on
thousands of heads beside the glossy
black silk hats their escorts wore. Tito
churches were crowded.
The Uonnlvtnlk Parade.
Atlantic City, N. .1.; April 10.?Eas?
tertide In all its glory was celebrated
here by thousands of visitors who
promenaded the boardwalk throughout
the day and evening. It was a gor?
geous day. just a touch of ginger in
the air and a little breeze front the
northwest. Trains brought the F.as
ter crowds here at short intervals, and
every steam and electric train was
made up t>> tlie full capacity.
The boardwalk parade began early,
and by 1 o'clock the big Easter prom?
enade was In full swing, lacking only
late arrivals and the church-going!
portion of the crowd. Every roller- j
chair of the 10.000 or so owned by j
boardwalk barons was In use or en- :
gaged by wily folk.
In variety and power of color the
boardwalk to-day presented the most
vivid appearance In its history. Hats
of straw, shapes that defy descriptive
powers even of experts, ran riot as |
to shade, with wild blues and red lire- j
dominating. ' Pretty girls In robin- j
blue gowns wore yellow straw hats, I
while others topped green coatsults.
with scarlet "lids." trimmed, with pink
or yellow straw bows.
OUTWARDLY CALM
Hut Discontent Still Smolders In Cham?
pagne District.
Eper.nsy, Department of Marne, j
France. April IS.?The champagne dls- j
trie! Is outwardly calm, although dis?
content still Is apparently smoldering.
There was a slight outbreak to-day
near Ay, the rnanlfestants setting lire
to. the wood and doing considerable,
damage. Several villages i In the I
Ithelms district have not yet been oc?
cupied by the troops and arc In a.
Slate of effervescence. Detachments
are now on the way to those places.
GOES UP FOR LIFE
Dr. John 13. l'enrcc Found Guilty of
Murder.
Annlston. Ala'..' April : 16.?Dr. John
.E...F,carce. who haB been on trial here
several days on the charge ot killing
.Schell Kennedy, In this county on Jan?
uary 14. was convicted and sentenced
to life imprisonment to-day. Tho Jury
retired Saturday afternoon, and diu I
not reach a verdict until this morning.
Pearce's plea was one of seit-defense. '
The State alleged that the killing was
the result of a conspiracy. I
Cross Penrce, who is alleged to have!
killed Sarge Kennedy, a son of Schell1
Kennedy, and William and Ada Kenne?
dy, father and sister, respectively, of
Scholl Kennedy, and also Is alleged tu
have participated In the conspiracy,
will be tried at a special term of court
In .May.
DENIES CONFESSION
Former Clerk of A Red Broker 1? Held
for Theft of Securities.
Now York, April 16.?Hurry II. Bar
tott. who was arrested yesterday
charged with complicity in the theft
of securities valued at $S5,0(i? from
Aaron Bancroft, an aged broker, was
held In $15,000 ball to-day for exami?
nation Tuesday. His counsel denied
to the court that Barrett had made a
confession to ' the police of plotting
with alleged professional criminals to
rob Bancroft. A detective reiterated j
In court that such a confession had
been made.
Barrett pleaded not guilty, and lit
default of the J15.000 bail he was com?
mitted to the Tombs.
BANDIT IDENTIFIED
McCoy the Man Who Held Up nig Four
Train.
Bellefonlalne, O., April 16.?Timothy
McCoy was Identified to-day as the
lone bandit who recently held up and
robbed passengers on a Big Four train
at Munrie, Ind. McCoy was arrested
here. The Identification was made by
.1. K. Porter and William Glassgow,
Cleveland traveling men, who were
among those robbed. McCoy was
taken to Muhde to-night.
DR. Z. T. COD.Y RESIGNS
(lultn I'nstorntr to Become Editor of
cliurrh Paper.
Greenville. S. C, April 16.?After a
pastorale "Of nearly ten years at the
First Baptist Church, of this city, Dr.
'/,. T. Cody tendered his resignation to
the congregation this morning to take
effect June la. He has purchased the
interests of the late Dr. A. J. &'. Thomas
in the Baptist Courier, published here,
and will succeed to Iho eoltorshlp of
the paper. Dr Cody's successor has
not been named.
An Advance Glance
at the Coronation
In The I'iinrn-DlMpnlrh of nest
Sunday .lehn Elfroth Wntklns Mill
Sslvc mi nilvnnee glance nt the roru
ii n I Ion of King tiearge Vi of Eng?
land, lie i? III tell of the royal
tumors In store for t'ncle .Snni'x
Hpcrlnl embassy nnd of Hie nbunil
nnt thrill* .lohn Hayn Ilniniuond ?III
irel for lib* mono? t . liotv lie will be
Irented like n prince, received as n
courtier, waited on by lordn In tvalt- 1
Ingi how he will ruh elbows with
royalty nml mingle bin knees with \
their* under the mnliognny of Lon?
don'? jinliiccn. Whether or not you
expert to be present nt Ihr corona?
tion, > on slum IM rend thin clever hit
of denrrlptlon.
Do Xot Expect to Permit
Easy Sailing for
1 Democrats.
PREPARED FOR BATTLE
.Vigorous Assault Will Be -Made
on the Free List
Bill, i
Washington. P. C., April 16.?So far
In the extraordinary session of Con?
gress It has been plain sailing for the
well-organized Democratic! majority In
the House of Representatives, but In
the view of a strong anil healthy mi?
nority, them afS breakers ahead. By
the free list hill, approved by the Dem?
ocratic-, caucus and favorably reported
by the new Commit toe. on Ways and
Means, the rapid pace of legislative
progress Is expected to receive a sud?
den checlt.
The majority leaders realize that the
bill cannot be rushed through, and they
are preparing to meet the vigorous as?
sault upon it by the minority leaders
in a prolonged debate.
Chairman Underwood, of tlie Ways
and Means committee. Intends to sub?
mit to the House the committee report
on the free list bill on the concluding
?lay of the reciprocity debate, so thai
it may lie over and bo called up the
following dr...'.
The. In riff debate. It is expected, will
begin at once, and It is the hope of
the Democrats that the bill can be.
[iut upon its passage within two weeks.
Ilun.v 'lime Ahead.
The Democrats are preparing revised
wool and cotton schedules to be pre?
sented us soon as possible, and later
on the agricultural schedule will be
tackled, and then will come again the
controversy over the high cost of liv?
ing. With all this and the proposed
Arizona ami New Mexico statehood
bill, anti-Injunction legislation, reap
portlonment and appropriation bills, the
present outlook Is that Hie House will
be kept busy until well Into the sum
h'er.
The Senate committees are not. yet
named, ami when It meets to-morrow.
It Is probable that another adjourn?
ment will be taken until Thursday.
"We arc on the defensive In regard
to the tariff." said a Senator leader,
"and I guesu we are in no hurry to
appoint committees. The Senate will
take Its time."
The prospects, however, are good for
the passage by the .Senate of the pop?
ular election ami campaign publicity
bills.
NO CHANGE IN SITUATION
Itnimivny I.eiflMntorn Still In Self.
Imposed Exile.
Nashville, Tenn.. April \,\..There is
absolutely no change In the Legisla?
ture situation to-night, so far as
known. Tho fuslonlKts. who ran away
to Dcoutur, Ala., wen- In Birmingham
to-day. and fc*/ of the regulars re?
mained over Sunday In Nashville. Both
houses are scheduled to meet again
tu-morrow
NOT CROSS LINE;
ORDERFROMWOOD
United States Troops
Commanded to Stay
in Own Territory.
CIVILIANS TAKE
WARNING ACROSS
Flying American Flag, They !
Meet Federal Army and Ask
Precaution for Town of
Douglas?Rebels Are De?
feated in Second Battle
of Bauche.
Washington Anxious
Over Developments
WonhlDKlnn, D. C, April 111.?
Auxlcty over developments In Mex?
ico cndtiugcrliig the lives nnd prop?
erty ot AinerlenuH ucnr the boun
dnry Hoc nnn plainly evident fu of
Uclnl circles here to-night. Prcsl
Jcnt Tnft until nearly midnight to?
night received Imllcttun at the White
House from the Wnr Department
rrgurdlugr the ndvnucc of the Fed?
erals upon the insurgent forces nt
A mi Prtctn, hut retired confident
Hint tin attack would not he made
licfore to-morrow.
j Agua Prlcta. April 16.?Insurgent
leaders here report that a battlo was
begun this morning east of Cabullona,
fifteen miles south of city, Tho
Federal troops engaged are said to
have been caught between two bodies
of rebels, who far outnumbered tho
Federals.
After a conference With Colonel
Shunk. commanding the United States
troops here. Colonel Media, tho In
surrecto jefe of Agna Prieta. per?
mitted an automobile carrying two
Americans to pass through tho rebel
lines toward tho l-'ederal camp.
Tho Americans In the automobile,
wh'ch files the United States Hag.
were James T. Williams, of T use on,
formerly United States Civil Service
Commissioner, and Charles McKean.
formerly of the United States Navy.
McKean. It was learned, bail been
officially commissioned by Colonel
Sbunk to carry a vvrlttc.t message to
r.eynaldo DMiz, In command of the
Federal force. McKean and Williams
proceeded directly to tho cm .p of tho
Federals and delivered the message to
Diaz. Diaz assured McJ mi that every
precaution would he observed to pre?
vent, firing Into Jouglas. Diaz was at?
tended by the r ura lea chief. Uarron.
Col. Chipla an<l other .staff oflicers.
The Americans rctiirired safely to
Douglas.
Must Not Cross Line.
Washington, April Hi.?"Don't cross
j the American-Mexican border line titi
I tier any circumstances; .!' nccesary to
I communicate across the. bonier tho
j line do It by civl!lnt..i," was the pur?
port of lust ructions telegraphed to-day
by Major-General Wood, commander of
the army, to the army command In
Texas. This explains the use of two
civilians in carrying a message the
Mexican Federal commander front
Colonel Shunk, commanding tho United
Slates troops at Agua Prleta.
General Wood has telegraphed In?
structions that If either the Federal
or Insurgent troops of Mexico enter
American territory they are to bo dis?
armed and held and ...til everything
possible must be done to preserve
neutrality, lie has sent, through the
army oflicers. warning to l..d people
of Douglas to keep away from where
the tiring la .going on. Advices re?
ceived here say that it is reported that
the Insurgents have built trenches
close to the American be'der.
liehet? Hctlre.
j Iii 1'aso. Tex., April 16.?The second
battle of Utiucho has resulted as the
i first, fought on February t. Tho In
! surrecios left the Held and the Fed?
erals have ronie hack to Juarez.
! Whether the Insurrcctos retired he
t cause of lack of water as on the
! former occasion or as ? result of n.
j message front Dr. Goii. In Washing
ton relative to . eace is not known.
A message was received hero last
j night by the i.l I'aso .junta, ..owever.
in be delivered to Francisco I. Madero,
I .and this was sent south in duplicate
' by two couriers .luring the night.
? Whether Madero was near Juarez, the
\ j tin tn was uniformed.
What the message contained, junta
I officials wir tol stale, but they admit
[ that it had lb do \ ith peace and will
I not deny thill Dr. Gomez counselled
Inactivity pending negotiations now on
I with Mexico City. Soon after the ine?
' sage went south the insurrcctos re
j tired.
I The Federals . ;.\ dead, including
i lieutenants Mlgtic Haturonl and Abra
| ham Jliiiincz, and vi - wounded, includ
I Ing Captain Poftiro Hernandez. The
wounded were brought lo tiaroz dur
i ing tlie' night. The dead were brought
j in to-day.
! The 1??dentis had fired ? bridge on
? the railroad otwei .. fiauchc, where
: the right occurred, til, Juarez. There
1 was no necessity for this In order to
t block the raiironu, however, as the
Insurrecto train hau been wrecked In
Hauche as .t came from the south. Fed?
erals on Thursday placed dynamite
under tho tracks and the charge blew
up the train. Tho Insurrcctos had two
cars loaded with rnllroa ' ties ahead
of the locomotive and these cars re
ccived the runt of the damage.
.Voile Left on Field.
When tin- insurrcctos ret'red they.-;
look their loco live ami Home of 1
their cars with thorn, but left two cars
besides those .ecked. Ih sldo the. '