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THREE ARE
INDICTED
Result of the Slocum
Disaster.
■ Commander and Inspect
tors are Held for
Trial.
Now York. July 29—Captain Van
Sehaick and Federal Steamboat In
spector Fleming and Bailor Inspector
Liiuhnrg were Indicted today by the
federal grand jury in connection with
the disaster to the General Slocnm
op June 15, when nearly HMU) liven*
were lost.
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the Slocum.
That
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106 EAST COMMERCE STREET
R M. BEITEL.
WAS IT MURDER OR
WAS IT SUICIDE?
W. L. Lawrence Found Dead on Guen
ther Street With Gash in His Head.
The Circumstances Surrounding His Death
are Shrouded in Mystery and a Puzzler
to the Authorities—Deceased Conduct*
ed a Rug Store on Alamo Street.
W. U. 1-nwrence. a dealer in nigs,
whose place of business was located
at the corner of South Alamo and
North streets. wax found lying dead
in a pool of blood this morning aboil
2 o'clock in the middle of Guenther
street, near Meerscheidt addition An
ngly Incision mivsuring about two
Incae. in length bad been inflicted on
the right side of the head, while a
bullet wound was found directly in
the center of the wound, the missile
.laving pleiced the brain.
A Mystery.
Th.- police immediately instil tiled a
vigilant Investigation, owing to the
mysterious, condition surrounding the
finding of th,, dead man. Whether
14 was murder or suicide is not yet
fully ascertained. and the police are
of the opinion. Judging from outward
indications tuat foul play may have
been enacted
Police Notified.
The body of Lawrence was found
first by one K. Johnson, who was re
turning homo from a dance He at
once communicated with police head
quan.rs and Officers Krause. Api le
white and Parker were detailed on t.ut
cas<;. The body of laiwrence was found
: lying about the middle of the street.
, clad in a white shirt, black trousers
I and was without a collar or hat. He
was on his back at full length, while
his right band clutched a SS-esliber
bull-dog pistol, which was lying upon
hla breast-. He had probably not
1 boon dead over fifteen or twenty min
ntos when found.
The Wound.
The nature of the wound ia what
most puzzled the police. While It is
now certain that a bullet entered his
brain, the targe gash which is directly
in the same spot as that of the bullet.
I places the real cans,. or rather how
| toe man met his deaih. In a peculiar
and somewhat Inexplicible manner
; The officers declare that ft would be
i almost impossible for a man commit
ting suicide to inflict such a deadly
incision in his head and then shoot
himself.
Pistol in His Hand.
I Another | hose is the manner in
which the body was found lying on
the ground, while the pistol was still
| tn his hand, not having been released.
! Not withstanding the fact that the pis
tol contained throe bullets one of
which was discharged, the police as
’ sort thtfi in case the pistol had been
i fired by liis own hand, his face near
' the wound would have shown signs of
being powder burnt
This would have certainly resulted,
as be: would have been compelled to
bold the revolver close to his head.
As tar As could bo learned no one in
the Vicinity heard the pistol when dis
charged. if Uischarged there
inquest Proceedings.
When the fact of Lawrence's death
was learned, Justice Adams was
phoned for to hold the luquest. He
responded at once and after viewing
the remains gave instructions for the
body to lie removed to the under
takers. At 9:30 this morning Coroner
A da ins commenced taking testimony
in an effort to ascertain the cause of
the homicide. Those who flrsi found
the prostrate and lifeless body, detail
ed the circumstances and the imme
dime notification of the police
Officer Anton Krause testified that
he was on duty last night when a
message was received stating that a
man was either dead or drunk near
621 Guenther st rent. He accompatt
led by Officer A. 8 Applewhite, re
paired at once to the scene and found
Lawrence dead by the side of the
street. y a
Gash' in His Head.
He was In Ids shirt sleeves and
bearheaded. His hat was some dis
tance away. He was lying partly on
his side with a pistol, grasped in his
hand across his breast. An examina
tion of the body showed a gash about
twe inches long on the right side of
the head and in the center of the gash
was a bullet hole. The pistol in the
i|< ad man s band was a 38caJiber bull
dog;. Oflcor Krause testified that In
his opinion the gash on the side of the
head was inflicted by some kind of a
tuunt Inuouiuent.
Officer Applewhite who aceompab-'
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. FRIDAY, JULY 29. 1904
led Officer Krause to the scene of the
tragedy. mibncribod to Officer
Krause’s testimony in every particu
lar. *
H. T Sheppard, who had been
working for Lawrence al Ids place of
business at the corner of North and
Alamo streets, testified that day be
fore yesterday Imuience >.ai<i to him
that he wanted to borrow a pistol to
take to hix house. as yome one was
prowling around there at night. In
response to this Sheppard says he
borrowed a pistol from a friend and
lot Lawrence have It. He Identified
Ibe pistol fonnd on the laxly, and said
it had throe loaded chambers when he
gave it to Lawrence
Officer Krmi'e •!< si Hied that when
ho reached the laxly In- examined the
pistol and found that it had recently
been exploded and ihai there were
two cart ridges remaining in the cham
her.
Foul Play Suspected.
After taking the testimony of these
witnesses relative to the finding of
the body and the tacts and circum
stances surrounding the homicide.
Cc,inner Adama twist |x>n«d the Inquest
proceedings until 2 o'clock this at
ternoon.
From what is area and has been
learned so far. the officers in-line to
the belief thm ihe deceased was a
victim of ton) play
An Autopsy. *
In support of this theory the autop
sy performed thv morning by Doc-ors
Berrey, Burg and others showed that
the skull was cracked in many places
am! tli** bulb t aas found lodge I
agsin«t tjie ai m. The report of the
autopsy will he that ihe cash on the
ride of Ute head was inflicted before
the btillei wound was received. Freni
the medical testimony adduced it is
thought tha- the deeeased was as.
Miulted and struck on the head with
serie kind of a blunt instrument and
that reeling and dazed from the blew
he drew bi* pistol and flred. when .1
bullet from n>s assailant laid him
k.w The ->fll<<rs and the detective-1
arc busy at v ork on the case.
MURDER;
SUICIDE
Killed His Wile and
Himself.
The Act of & Crazy Man
at Dallas This
Morning.
Special to The Light
Daitas. Tex. July 29—Samuel H
Cordell, an in'iuance agent, about 4$
years old. shot .md iustamly killed his
wife at bis home at about 4 o'clock
this morning ait l then tinned the re
volver on bim'- lf.
Death in both cases wax evidently
inmaManeoii'
Cordell's wif- was lying 011 a cot
*
asleep when the deed- was accom
plished.
The couple leaves two children, 1
boy and a girl
Cordell lived here since last August,
coming to Dallas from Colorado
Springs.
It is believed that Cordell was tern
liorarfly demented,
TWENTY INJURED
IN THE EXPLOSION.
St. Petersbuig. July 29—Twenty
bystanders were injured by the explo
sion of the bomb, but only seven of
them were seriously hurt.
M. Von Plehv.ea funeral will-prob
ably be held tomorrow.
The newspaper* print unhsually full
and free jmcour.'S s? the crime, having
been officially notified that no restric
tion will lie placed on news or com
ment. saw as they might interfere
with the work of rhe police ia unravel
ling th<* conspiracy hack of the crime,
which work Is already under way
Nothing has yet been discovered to
throw say light ou the antecedents of
Leglo.
Borrowed a Pistol.
VETERANS
SEPARATE
The Negro Question
in Kentucky.
Whittaker Post G. A. R.
Takes a Special to
Boston.
Lzuiisville. Ky.. July 29—To
pitaslzc the refusal to be led by a
member of the race they fought to
free, the members of Walter C. Whit
taker Post No. 75 will separate from
the Kentucky department and take a
special to the Grand Army of the R«‘
l.ublic encampment at Boston in Au
gust. and. after arriving there, they
may bring up the negro question.
When Deputy Commander Bau
smith, v: Kentucky, took up the ar
:angements lor sending the Kentucky
delegation to the encampment, he ap
jointe.l W. H. Pearce, junior vice com
mander. to lead the delegation in the
parade, the senior vice commander
and Commander Bausmith himself
not desiring to attend On account of
tile fact last Pearce is a nek •> I'-"
Wbittakei ixxsi took the action re
ferred to and the members are com
sonicating -..:’b ctber Ken >tck,.' posts
in regard to the matter, expecting
that these may join the Wn."
post in the stand taken. At the recent
state encampment of the Kentucky
Grand Army of the Rep-tblic held al
Frankfort —a movement wax started,
looking to the ultimate total separa-,
tlon of white and negro members. It
was shunted aside, but the order in
Kentucky is much agitated over the
matter which will undoubtedly come
up again About one third of the
Kensucky members of the Grand Ar
my of the Republic are negroes
ASSASSIN'S
IDENTITY
His Name Is Given
as Prozef.
A Plot to Kill Ministers*
Governors and
the Czar.
St. Petersburg. July 29. —The name
of the assassin of the interior minis
ter. Von Plehwe. is given by the
Bourse Gazette as Prox«f. but this Is
not confirmed by the police, wild, if
sat lulled that they have established
the identity or even the nationality of
the murderer, have carefully guarded
the faqts. perhaps to throw his ac
complice' off the scent. T.ie general
liibllc Is disposed to regard the crime
as intimately connected with the far
reaching terrorist plot revealed last
| summer by the arrest of Gershunht
। a Russian revolutionary agitator at
I Kief, where he had gone to organize
an attempt on the emperor's life at
Saroff during the ceremonies incident
to the canonization of St Heraphim
A subsequent trial established the
fact that Gershunln was at the head
of a murder conspiracy similar to
nihilist conspiracies early In the fibs,
the object of which was to create a
reign of terror in Russia by killing
ministers, governors and the emperor
iiitnselt
Get'-hunin Is 11 Jew and a former
petty official of 81. Petersburg. Tne
IM-rpctrators of the murders of the
victims were to be selected by lot A
serfts of crimes resulting from this
conspiracy began with an attemit on
the life of Privy Councellor Pobiedo
nostaf. chief pwcurator of the holy
synod. who was fired nt by a man
named Izigowski March 22, 1901.
Deeply Laid Plot.
' latter it was learned that while the
identity and nationality of the assassin
and bls accomplices is still not defi
nitely- established the police are mak
ing progress In unraveling the skein.
They wore amazed to find how fai
reaching was the conspiracy. There
is nothing yet. however, to prove it*
connection with that of Gerschunin.
Documents found show the existence
of a wholesale plot to murder minis
ters. bnt the most remarkable feature
is that it did not include the emperor,
who is distinctly declared to be un
involved. The capture of an accom
plice of the murderer was effected un
der circumstances showing that tbe
conspirators pursued every pldn fol
lowed ar the time of the assassination
of Alexander IL
Not Sorry He Did It,
The recovery of Lego, alias Prezof.
assassin of Von Plehwe, Is practically
certain. He is entirely conscious, al
though suffering acute pain in conse
quence of an operation for extracting
a splinter from the abdomen, face end
arm. Though taciturn he no longer
refuses to talk. He declares that he
had no accomplices He carefully
avoids giving the slightest clue to
their identity. He admits It was a
carefullv planned crime and says he
was animated hy humanitarian mo
tives. He dijes not express the align.'
eat regret.
SUBSCRIPTION $5 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
MOB VIOLENCE
IN THE BIG STRIKE
Negroes Stoned and Car Windows De-
molished on (he Lake Shore.
Attempts on the Part of Packers to Smuggle
Out Non-Union Men Frustrated and Meat
Wagon Is Turned Back—President
of Teamsters’ Union Is Arrested.
Chicago. 111.. July 29.—Eight colorcj
met* while tbeinc trtfrsported from
the stock yards jate 4n two cars on
the Shorn road were thrown Into
a panic by a furious attack by a mob
of 200 throwing storn-s which d.’Wtd
Uhed nearly every window of Is ah
cars. At Fortieth street and Wright
avenue ihe explosion of half a dozen
torpedoes warned the engineer to
stop. Instantly the mob rushed out
from plac-'s of concealment and the
throwing began. Three policemen
t-iabding upon the platform beat back
list rioters while the negroes, thor
' Highly frighteneiL hid under the cir
seats while the train pulled awey
I 1 turn the scene.
. An attempt tn smuggle out non
union men from the stock varda
through subterfuge today resulted in
I.!■ exciting chase and a complete fail
jure of the phin. M<*at had lieen load
ed hy Armour A- Co. into a wagon
owned by the Great Western company
und eluding the vigilance of the piex
le‘s the driver reached' tbe Exchang"
atenue gate and passed out. r
the pickets (earned the facta and sent
v rd to President F Golden, of the!
I'reamster*' 1 ' r eamster*' union, who f ordered the
wagon turned back. Tbe man driving
the wagon finding he had been dix-ov- 1
til'd lashed his horses into a run. the'
pickets pursuing him.
Hie pickets were losing ground but ,
•v, rc determined not to be defeated.
They leaped upon a street car and or- ,
tit led the motorman put on full pow
er In a few seconds ihe wagon was,
overtaken anil a dozen pickets soon (
brought It to u stop. The driver »*x'-1
It.g Hie street filling up with strike
avmpathirers turned back and es
cortrd le.- pickets re-enteietTlhe yards
waere the meet was tinloadt'd at Ar
I mt nr'a. ,
PRESIDENT OF TEAMSTERS'
UNION IS ARRESTED TODAY.
Chicago. 111., July 29. —Police Inspec
tor Nicholas Hunt today personally ar
। rested President George F. Golden, of
i the .Teamsters' Vnion on a charge of
stopping a teamster at the stock
yards.
Golden Gives Bond.
Chicago. 111. July. '29. —President
Gohlen after a slot rej talk with Pidi-e*
in-pector Hunt In unich International
President Shou, of the teamsterv
organlzntlon took part, vas liberated
<m bail.
PRICE OF MEAT GOES UP:
“ACKERS APE SHORT.,
Chicago. 111.. July 29.—Although the
manager., of the packing companies
claim to have enough men working
so that their prcxluciion is almost
normal in several of Ihe plants, the
price of meat continues to rise in
the local markets. Tala Is largely
due to the fact that the products v'
the big plants have been almost who!
I) sent to outside points'
The meat served to Chicago cns-|
footers nearly all comes from tne in-|
dependeM plants.
Figures obtained at the five largest
independent recking bouses in the
where there is no strike in pro
cess show that these plants have
more than doubled tin lr force »t men 1
and their output of meat The men I
are working in three sultfs of eight!
hours each.
Ati<| th? killing and preparing of
meat is eon 1 ued dm nad sight.
Previous l<> the » tike these live |
plants were employing 410. This
force has been increased to 960. Th«
weekly ontp'it of the- plants has in
creased from 330 it cattle. Hoo hogs and
4700 sheep slaughtered before the
strike to 8500 cattle. 16<>0 hogs and
10.700 sheep for the week ending yes
•ere: y All of this meat a >*'s to siq
ply tile retail markets in Chicago
J. J. Redden, of the Rtteel Metal
Workers' union has instructed mem
bers of the union outside of Chicago
to make no cans for the packing com
panles involved in the strike.
RUPTURE BETWEEN
FRANCE AND VATICAN
Paris, July 29. —Tbe French note
demanding the recall of letters sum
mooing tbe bishops of Dijon and Level
to Rome was received at the foreign
office this morning and t« being trans
lated for the council of ministers. It
constats of two notes dealing sepa
rately With tbe cases of rhe two bish
ops The Impression prevails that a
rupture at present is Inevitable.
Decision Kept a Secret.
Parts. July 29 —The council of min- 1
REPORT OF CAPTURE
OF PORT ARTHUR
Shanghai, July 2^—A night tele- gram received here from Wei Hai We,
confirms ether telegram, receded here today from Che F,o t« tq,
teat p or» AIUIUI »ao been captured. A We, W* telegram ”ny< alio that
the British fleet, which iiaa been erws- mg. will return tomorrow.
R. H. WESTER, Rrea.
JAS. Q. BLAINE, Ist V. Prea.
ROY M. BEITEL. 2nd V. Pr«a.
J. D. COCKRELL, Secretary.
WESTER SAVINGS A TRUST CO.
237 East Houston St.
Four per cent interest paid on
savings.
isters after sitting until 5 o'clock dis
cussing toe Vatican situation decided
to keep its decision secret. Premier
Combes, when questioned after ad
joummenr declared that diplomatic
etiquette forbade him to speak. This
statement Is Interpret!*-! to indicate
a complete rupture of diplomatic re
lations with the holy see. It ta be
lieved the embassy staff will leave for
Rome tomorrow and that the papal
and nuncio will quit Paris.
SEIZED
CARGO
Arabia Had Contra
band Aboard.
Final Decision as to Dis
| position Rests With
Prize Court.
Vladivostok, July 29.—That part of
: the cargo of the steamer Arabia which
- arrived here today in charge of the
1 prize crew, which is alleged to be eon
itrsband, comes from Portland, Ore
gon The Arabia with two other ships
o' the Hamburg-American company
was under charter for three years to
the American Trailing company which
It i-> asserted, were engaged in carry
ing contraband. She was command
ed by Captain Raab- and has a crew
of ten German and 27 Chinese Ac
cording to the statements of the Chin
ese on board many American steamers
tie ravaged in carrying contraband,
including Are arms. The Arabia left
Portland on July 2 with a cargo of
flour and railroad material. Thf
greater portion of the flour. 2706 tons
was addresser! tn Hong Kong and waw
| not liable to seizure, but 466 tons
flour and 542 tons 01 railway material
were addressed to Yokohoma. Kobe
and Nagasaki and were consequently
contraband. Tbe iron cargo consist, of
platforms, wheels, axles, boilers and
parts of bridges. As the contraband
' ef war aboard the Arabia forms less
1 han half her cargo tbe vessel herself
I was noi liable lo seizure. After the
contraband has been discharged thn
ship will probably be released. Final
decision as* to her disposition rests
with the prize court The prize crew
on board consisted of Lieutenant Via
dlstab- and 4'2 men from the cruiser
(romboi.
(Continued on Page Six.)
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JAPANESE
LOST 5000
Severe Setback in
Recent Battle.
Russian Loss was 700 in
Fight at La Tche Kiao
on July 23.
Liao Yang. July 29 —Further details
ol fighting below Ta Tche Kiao ou
the 23d and 24th indicate that the
Japanese lossr-s may resch 5000 men.
The Russian losses are officially stated
to be about 700 The Russian front
was extended and the Japanese con
centrated their attack against the
Russian left, but were repeatedly re
pulsed. T.ie Russians -node several
lirilliant bayonet charges and for the
tirsi time the Russian artillery was
used in the hig.i angle fire from be
hind a hill, the fir.- being directed by
telephone trom an eminence and at
taining gr< ai precision. The' Russians
did not retire usttl it was <*.raMl«be<t
that the Japanese bad severed their
division. The Russian fereee are cou
centrated at HtQ Cheng and will prob
ably not retire furtAer. I' is expect
ed the Jajianese are uow advancing
against the left flank of tbe Russian
soathern army.