PRISONERS MAKE CHARGES
Inmates of Female Workhouse Al
lege Cruel Treatment
OIUpIiiIh Imij nn ccuntlm Thai n
Uomnnn Arm Warn IlroLcn In a
bculllr A lib lluiiKrnn
for Wrltlllir lt UcT lit Complaint
A serious rcolt broke out on Monda
at tlie female workhouse as a result of
which veral women Inmates of the In
stitution have been contlncd In the dun
geon A right of considerable proportion
is alleged bj a number of the colored
women prisoners there to hao occurreJ
between Keeper Evans on one hind and
a number of women inmates on the other
The stories told by the keepers by In
tendent Charles Locke and by the -various
prisoners who claim to hives witness
ed the affair do not acree in every pir
ticulnr Both lntendent Locke and Su
perintendent Stoutenburgh however ad
mit that there was a fight at the womens
workhouse on Monday
A numotr of the colored women prison
ers sesttrda stated individual to a
Times reporter that one of the women
who was locked up in the dungeon re
ceived a broken arm in the fight This
Is denied by Superintendent Stouten
burgh lntendent locke and Dr Man
nine the phvslcian of the -Washington
Aslum The negro women are positive
on the point and declire that they know
whereof Uiey speak Superintendent
Stoutenburgh when questioned about the
matter said that he would not believe a
compWInt of this sort If made by even
inmate of the female workhouse The
Times reporter was expected to cist the
name discredit upon the story which was
told at different times by different wo
men but the fact that the same story
was told by at least six women at dif
ferent times teemed to indicate some
basis for it
The colored women at the workhouse
told a story eterdny which If true
lays bare a disgraceful state of affairs
In the management of the workhouse for
women About 105 female prisoners are
confined here a few of whom are white
Lira Gaines a colored woman said es
terday that the prisoners were frequently
1 eaten by the keepers for the slightest
offence She was a witness she ald to
the fight which occurred yesterday as a
result of which the arm of one of the
negro women Is alleged to have been
broken The name of the woman whose
arm Is alleged to have been broken ac
cording to the story told jesterday by
the other women is Lavinia Thomas
The women were scrubbing the floor
said the Gaines woman and because she
Thomas didnt get up fast enough the
keeper beat her The keepers beat us
prisoners almost every day and they
curse and swear at us
Ella Hall and Mabel Jackson prisoners
recited stories of cruelty on the part of
keepers alleging that the women Inmates
of the workhouse were often beaten by
those In authority over them and sub
stantiating the assertions made by many
others whose names could not be learn
ed
The trouble occurred on the second
story of the building and the fight con
tinued for some time before the women
were finally placed under control When
subdued they were sent to the dungeon
where the are fed only on bread and
water The women declared that they
had been confined in the dungeon on that
fare after having worked hard from 5
q clock In the morning The women who
were sent to the dungeon are said to be
Mary Contc Idel Johnson and Lavinia
Thomas
lntendent Locke denied that an j one of
them was injured in any way The wo
men had all been sent there he said for
insubordination and were not sent unless
their actions demanded such extreme
measures Later on Mr Locke said One
of the women was sent to the dungeon
for writing a letter to some part out
side complaining of the treatment receiv
ed here
The Tlmej obtained this letter dated
Monday August 12 With some correc
tions of punctuation and spelling the let
ter is as follows
Dear Sir I am asking you a favor
that jou will please do something for
the poor prisoners as they are beat and
knocked about like dogs by Charles
Locke the keeper and also the doctor
This morning about 11 JO oclock two girls
were put In the dungeon for punishment
for loud talking In the hall this morning
Mr Evans twisted her arm and struck
her in the head and choked her The
poor prisoners dow n here w ork hard from
Monday till Saturday night and dont
Bet nothing to eat The fish that we get
down here has sot caes oi the back
as they come out of the river Tea and
no sugar and the bedbugs eating us up
The rcc at has maggots In It We get
called all kinds of names and we are
all locked In our rooms as soon as our
work Is done Mr Perry Tolbtrt ind
Mr Gardner Is our only protection The
superintendent stands and sees the keep
ers beat the women Mr Evans stands
in the hall and uses bid language to the
women and comes In the building drunk
Please do something for sake
The Times also obtrlncd a second letter
elated the same day in which a prisoner
makes the same general st itement of con
ditions at the female workhouse The let
ter Is as follows
Editor of The Times- We poor prison
ers are treatc d like dogs down here Sir
Locke and Mr Evans beat two women
today and the riot vvc had was on his ac
cciurt He curses the women and calls
mem all kinds of names We work hird
and Mr Locke calls the white women
poor white slaves I hve been in the
workhouse four months and I cant find
sny luck in this building for ou wash
snd Iron scrub mvec p pick chinches
empty slop The light Is put out at 8
oclock and jou cant sec no matter wlnt
bites jou
We have fojr keejiers here one went
on a vacation but has returned Every
thing was quiet while he was tone and
went agreeable Now he is back drinking
Jils whisky and keeping the workhouse in
confusion He has mopped all baskets
and fruit from coming Mr does
this The onl respectable keepers that
we rave got Is Mr Talbert and Mr Gard
ner Lizzie Smith was taken sick about
31 oclock Sundiy night and when the
doctor was called Mr Gardner came up
witli him He did not want Mr Gard
Tier to light the gas to see what was the
matter with the woman He cursed and
talked very rough to him and he did not
want him to send for the doe tor He put
the gas out and said if she died she
dies
or writing these two letters the wom
an was confined In the tlungc en Mr
Jocke made this statement yesterday
vvhen a Times reporter called for Lizzie
BREAKFAST OS DRINK
Coffer Mllkea Mnuy I fipeptlcH
Coffee and I had quite a tussle Two
years ago I was advised by the doctor to
quit the use or coffee for I had n chronic
case of dyspepsia and serious nervous
troubles which did not yield to treat
ment I was so addicted to coffee that It
Feeme d an lmjioaillllty to quit but when
1 was put on 1ostum Cereal rood Coffee
there was no trouble In making the
change and today I am a well woman
One of the lady teachers In our public
schools was sick and nervous lrequent
ly the only thing she took for breakfast
was a cupof coffee urged her to try leav
ing off the coffee and use Postum Instead
Went so far as to send her a sample from
my box and give her directions She now
uses nothing but Iostum rood Coffee and
told me a short time ago that she was
perfectly well
It in easy to make good Pcstum once a
person becomes accustomed to it Iut
four heaping teaspoon to the pint of wa
ter and after It comes to a boll see that
from that time on It bolls fifteen or twen
ty minutes then use good cream and ou
hav a drink that would be rrllxhed b
the Queen lie sure and put a piece of
butter the size of a pea In the pot to pre
vent boiling over Mrs Lizzie Whltta
Jter Kidder Mo Postum is sold by nil
first class grocers at IS and 25 cents per
nackage
Sj
Smith at the workhouse Mr Ltcke po
litely went for her When he discovered
the errind of the reporter his demeanor
chincrd Lizzie Smith was a frail look
ing iwdored woman bhe said she hid
been siek since coming to the workhouse
She said tint whin she was klik on bun
da He said if I died 1 dld bhe
Miook her head vv hen asked w ho he
vva The Inference was that she wa3
afraid to tell All of the women were
tlmiiL about expressing themselves in re
gard to the alleged mismanagement at
the workhouse
If 1 tell said one woman tht will
bent me All of the women declared
tint the food was poor and the work
hard The woucti were ironing cUt
diy White and black worked in the
same rooms boine were occupied in the
sewing room Thev all declared that they
are being 111 treated bj the keepers
Superintendent Stoutenburgh denied that
an of tho ki epors used bid linguige to
the women ou can sa this for me
said the superintendent that it anj of
the keepers do use bad linguage they
do It without roy knowledge
Dr Manning s ceuted the Ilea that a
woman was confinetl In the dungeon with
a broken arm He was asked repeatedl
whether or not It would be possible for
a cise of this kind to be kept from the
knowledge of the physician but he avoid
ed the direct question b tint he
made a sick call to the institution In
question everj morning He admitted
that he had not seen the woman who
is alleged to be suffering with a broken
arm jesterday
The officials point out that with so
many unrul women confined In the work
house it is necessary that extreme meas
ures be used sometimes
AN AXIEGED CUSTOMS SWINDLE
Ini estimating ClinrKe 1tout Jnpun
ese M1U Importation
O I Ppauldlng Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury In tpeaklng of the loss
which the Government has sustatneel
through false Invoices as to weight and
value of Japanese silksfmported Into the
United States at the port of New York
said jeslerdaj About two wceks ago
a m in ramed Beach and another whose
mme 1 have forgotten came Into my office
and stated to me that thej had knowl
edge of the fact that bilk Examiner
Drown at New York was in the pay
of a prominent Xew York silk Importing
firm receiving 3t a jear as compensa
tion for undervaluing their silk invoices
and that Brown also recelveel pi from
another silk concern They also stated
that large invoices of Japanese silks were
then on their way to New York con
signed to these firms and that they were
expected to arrive I told them that
it was of the highest importance that
they give me the names of the firms the
had charged with fraud In connection
with these Importations and asked them
to put their statement In writing 1 as
surer them that if the would give me a
single definite fact or any information
upon which 1 might act 1 would start an
Investigation at once and that a letter to
the appraiser of the port emboding their
statement would be in the appraisers
hands the following morning They went
aw a saIng that they would write out
their statement and would shortly return
They did return in the afternoon
but Mated that It would be necessary for
them to en liirlf tn T VVirlr thoc
j had found that they did not hive suffi
cient eiaia witn tnem upon wnicn to tiase
a specific statement of facts 1 told them
that as thev were to return to New York
I Aery much wished the- would call on
Appraiser Wkeman the next morning
and lay their facts before him and that
1 had no doubt he would give the matter
consideration This they agreed to do
and left the department and while I have
heard nothing further from them 1 as
sume that they commuunlcated with the
appraiser especially as the department
has received a preliminary report from
Mr A akeman stating that he had begun
an investigation of alleged frauds In con
nection with Japanese silk Importations
Whether the Investigation will develop
anj thing cf the magnitude Indicated in
the published statement 1 havt no pres
ent means of knowing but 1 am sure the
matter will be probed to the bottom
THE CRUISEB COLUMBIA
bae Will Ilaulitlexs Dc Converted
Into a Training Milp
The Navy Department continues to
make a mjtterj of the report oifthe
cruiser Columbia and whether or not the
alterations neceFsary to make her a re
ceiving ship will be made It is declared
at the Bureau of Navigation that no mat
ter what the report of the board appoint
ed by Hear Admiral Barker sas the Co
lumbia will receive the sailors from the
Vermont and will be used as a receiving
ship temporarily On the other hand
Acting Secretary Hackett sal J jesterday
afternon that he had not acted on the
report of the board and It Is also learn
ed that the extensive alterations have not
been authorized but that another board
has been asked to inspect the essel and
reoort to the department
This Is the regular inspection lxjird
headed Hear Admiral Evans and its
report is believed to have already reach
ed the department but has not jet been
submitted to the Acting Secretary The
department has telegraphed the officials
at the New York Navy Yard directing
that the ordinary repairs on the Colum
bia be made and that the question of al
terations will be eTecided later Mean
while it is almost certain that the Ver
mont will be abandonee by the Navj IX
partment and probabl told at auction
as soon as she can be vacated
KILLED HIS LITTLE BROTHER
Murder Commit teil li an Klcieit
VrnrOlil lliij
NEW ORLEANS Aug 13 Lewis nnd
Homer Townsend brothers eleven and
eight jears old respectively went out
plajlng in their grandfathers farm In
Lincoln County Miss six miles from
Urookhiv en jesterday
Lewis returned alone to the house and
said that Homer had gone to a neighbors
for the night He told another boy that
he hid killed his brother anel threatened
the boj with eleath If he repeated the
stor The brothers had had some Flight
disagreement vvhen Lewis hit Homer
over the head with a pine knot stunning
him and fracturing his skull
Fearing dlscovVrj he took the liody to
a neighboring creek threw it in and
made burc that the wounded lad was
drowned Lew is lias confessed The body
of Homer was taken out of the creek and
it was found th it his skull was frac
tured but that he had dls d from drown
ing
NEBRASKA LAND IN QUESTION
iellciiiiit In llinl Mule- Over n
IJeiiirtiiuiit lliilinir
OMAHA Neb Aug 13 The titles to
10V acres of land In Iod and Knox
counties have been nullified by a decision
of the Secret irj of the Interior and trou
ble t brewing In northern Nebraska The
announcement Is mule tint children born
of a white man a titizen of the United
States and an Indian woman his wife
follow the status of the father In me
matter of citizenship and are therefore
not entitled to allotments made to their
iulI tilood brothers In October lKO there
were alloted to the Ponca tribe several
thou md acres In northern Nebraska
forming a portion of the Ponca and Sioux
reservations Manj of the liencfielaries
were Iwrn of a white man and an Indian
woman but no bar existed under the rule
then In foree These are now threatened
with ejectment
Within the last fort -eight hours many
home ceekers have taken udvnntugc of the
decree and twenty five notices of cun
test have so far been filed In the Go
rnment land office t ONeill All the
lands of B L Whltne i wealthy ranch
man well known throughout north Ne
braska with the holdings of others equal
ly prominent are endangered Whltne
has a large farnllj of children by an In
dian wife and all have fine allotments
from the Government Improvements h te
lieen made on the land anil Whitney de
fies an Interference with his rights lie
has been joined b others affected and
the contest will tie taken to the courts
The lands are In tho best grazing dis
trict In the State and the Inhabitants arc
highly excited over the controversy Ne
braska Congressmen have been app aled
to and the land attorneys are doing a
thriving business
WnMliliiKtfoulunN ut HulTiilo
nurrVLO Aug 13- The following visi
tors to the Pan American Exposition from
Washington are restate red at local hotel
Iroquois Mrs K K Gaines and Miss
Ethel Gaines New Tifft Mrs A A Em
ery John C Enwrj and Charles M
King Columbia J Harry Cunningham
Wulter J Wilmarth and r n Hantia
THE TIMES WASHINGTON ivnjNESIAY AUGUST 14 1JI01
ITS FURNITURE REMOVED
An Apparently Opulent Ulininj
Content in Haiti Lucl
Boston nnd Vrimln Coripnn PalN
to llnKf Gi IIm Pr Isr to Piij
Col Dick IMuiiU tts I nsnfWtleri
IiiilKrme nt V GlIltcrliiK Prospectus
Hard lucl his befallen the Boston and
Nevada Companv a much idvertised
ind apparentlv opulent eorjKiratlon which
has been In exl tetice In this clt for
the past four months and which occupied
a suite of sl elegapllj furnished olllces
in the Bond LSuildtng New York Avenui
and fourteenth Street The company was
slid to be c lpltollzcd at 11750000 and
was announceel to be cngagd in coal and
sold mining
Ycsteidaj Messrs W B Moses X Sons
who furnished the olllces on the Install
ment plan icmoved all the furniture and
carpets
The misfortunes of the company com
menced with the filing of a suite in Jus
tire ONeills court for the small sum of
lV about three weeks ago by the plct
ursque and adventurous personage
known as Col Dick Plunkett of Okl t
homa After a long hearing the Justice
gave a verdict Tor the Oklahomt mm
The defendants announced th it they
would appeal bat did not appeal and the
tine having expired juJgment was entcr
tel up Mondav
A3 i result of this unsatiseieel Judgment
being rcexmleel and alo because the com
pan failed to make gooa Its promised
pavments on the otlee furniture Moses
Sons jesterday practicailv cleared out
the sumptuousy furnished olllces
The conee rn opened offices to do busi
ness here with a flourish of trumpets
Arthur J Hartford of Boston came here
as general manager and vice president of
the company lie emplojed CoL E B
Ha with the title of general counsel and
Legal adviser of the company at the Na
tional Capital
Ex Judge M alter It Vaugnan was tak
en in as associate counsel and as one of
the local board of directors If there were
any other loeal personages in the com
pan their names do not appear In the
literature A splendid set of offices was
secured and furnished In a manner that
would make any ordlnar million dollar
corporation turn green with envy In
each room was a private telephone and
desk brass buttoned messengers were ldr
ed also expert tpewriters and stenogra
phers
How CoL Dick Plunkett happened to get
into the corporation is best told by him
self He said to a reporter of The Times
jesterda in his breezy way
I was an easy mark Hartford ver
to a friend of mine out West and atkee
where I could be reached He got the
Information and wrote me asking me to
come East as be had a lucrative position
for me I was coming East about the
time of inauguration and after seeing all
the sights here I went to New York and
met Hartford by appointment He told
me the company had 1100 acres of rich
mining land in Nevada and that they
were about to open up a branch office In
Washington and that he wanted my ser
vices as a promoter Prom what he told
me the Job seemed a good one and I
agrMilto take lt The salary was to be
2u0 a month with commissions and ex
penses
When I came here my ees were vir
tually dazzled with the splendor of the
offices and 1 began to assume that I had
got next to something gooel When the
time came around for my remuneration
I was told that I had to wait a week or
so and I did not mind that When the
next week ended I was given a eneefc for
only CO and this began to make me feel
something was wrong The next thing
that happened confirmed xnj suspicions
I was asked bj Hartford to tell persons
who had been approached to buy stock
that I had actually seen and approved
the mining propertj of the companj I
flatly refused to do this answering that
I never told a man a He In my life and
that no pay could induce me to do so
Then the break between myself and Hart
ford occurred I had brought several rep
utable ladles nnd gentlemen to the offices
to see about bujlng stock but of course
I knew nothing as to the actual property
the company was supposed to hold
Belt a Lockwood the woman Iawcr was
one of those whom I lnduced to come to
the offices to talk the matter over about
Investing In the stock Hartford told me
I was useless to him because I would
not sta4e that I had sevti the property
Judge Vaugnan also then began to have
eloubts abeiut the concern and be got out
I went around to Colonel Haj and to
Hartford to get the due to me
but could get no satisfaction Then it
was that 1 decided to bring suit I
brought suit before Judge O Neal Colonel
Hay appeared for the companj ihe
company made tho plea that It as not
Indebted to me unit asked for a post
ponement to show an alleged agreement
which would demonstrate that 1 was not
hired bv the company but b Hay and
Hartford personally and that the were
to remunerate me An alleged agreement
of some kind was produced but the Jus
tice gave judgment notwithstanding
I have been praetie illy ruined by this
vholc affair continued Colonel Plunkett
s adi These men brought me East on
a fools errand and I am now without
lunds owing to their deception
Colonel Haj was sen je strday after
noon at the offices just as the furniture
was being moved out We hive t Ie
graphed to Boston in referenee to this
matter said twe colonel in a
stfln Everjthlng will be all
right Wev will move Into more modest
und economical qu irters
Mr Smith the financl il in in In charge
of the business of Moses A Sons was
seen and asKed about the Boston and
Nevada Companj
The furniture was put In there under
an agre ment that it be pild for in a
s tlpulitrd manner and time he Hid
All 1 will saj is tint we were disappoint
ed In the company and that the lurnlture
Is being taken aw toda
Mr Hay ami Mr Hartford stated be
fore Judge O Nenl that the president of
the companj was the Hon Joslah fjnirn v
of Boston but his n ime does not appear
In an of the papers of the compm as
far as eeuld b ascertained The pros
jxctua of the companj Is interesting read
ing especial to the local stockholders if
there are- anj
It is stated In the prospectus that the
company h is secun d options on 2 u
aLres of coal and gold mining lands In
Esmeralda County Nov that It is in
corporated as the Boston and Nevada
Compaii with a e ipltal stock of JII730
tff divldeel into 470 shares of JJ3 eath
full paid and non assessable o5ri of
said sloek to be placed in the trvasurj
of said eompan to be sold from time to
time and the entire proceeds to lie used
in completing paments on the said prop
erty and equipping the same with a 500
stamp mill for mining eoul nnel also for
installing electrical appliances for
light iMiwer anil other purpose and for
lighting and suppllng water to a mining
town or city to be built within three
miles of the property This town is to
be owned by the company The gold
mining plant Is to have a capacity of
HMi tons of ejre iter day with a product
valued at S per ton or a dally produrt of
51t0u0 Ihe coal lands to jleld 3X per
dav
At no place In the prospectus in It
stated when or In consld ration of what
sum of money the company secures the
alleged options Mr II irtford the Vice
President and General Manager of the
company could not be found list night
but It was stated that he had gone to
Boston In reference to the matter
It was stated last night by Col Dick
Plunkett th it his attorney would toduy
ask for a receiver for the concern
A TcnnentiiC Piislolllce for AVternnx
Tne Postofllee Department yesterdaj
ellrecled the establishment of a postotlle
at National Soldiers Home Washington
County Tenn and appointed Joseph A
IVbuarj postmaster The homo Id locate d
llwcen Johnson Citj and Jonesnoro The
last Congress made nn appropriation foi
the erection of n National Soldiers Home
at the place mentioned Lands have been
pur based and work will begin at an early
date
le
TWO CHINAMEN ACCUSED
Lee Arre Mtefl mjd Wanff Mnje
SnnKht n Clinru es if VNntiIt
One hinaman under arrest and another
wanted by the police Ts the result of a
stor told last nlgllt at No 1 station by
Sophia Stearns fifteen years of age who
iccuses Lee Lee aged thirty ears of
criminal assault upon her Lee occupies
a cell at the station while the girl spent
last night at the House of Detention
She is held as a United States witness
Wang Song a Chinaman has disappeared
but the police are searching for him on
suspicion that he also attempted to as
sault the joung girl
Policeman Samson has watcheel the
liundry of Lee Lee who is also known
as Lee Jung so the police say for sev
eral weeks because of complaints that
oung girls had been seen loitering in ami
about th place Saturda last Pollce
m in Mui phy while patrolling his beat
was sumcnonesl to the laundry and In
making rtn arrest of a Chinaman exper
ienced a fierce struggle with his prisoner
This arrest proved to be a forerunner of
further t oublp anel resulteel it is siifi
from eon plaints similar to those which
ciused the arrest of Iae yesterday after
noon Mils Stearns has admltteel that she
went to the laundry on two occasions the
Iolice say and claims that she was at
tacked bj both Lee Lee and Wang Song
on Situi a last Lee Iee empIoed a
lawjer li night and made no statement
at all
Accordlns to Mlos Stearns who was
t iken into custody late In the afternoon
by Samson and who made a statement
to Lieutenant Amiss and others Iee Ijee
and Wang Song were In the laundrj of
the former nt 727 Ninth Street northwest
Siturdav as she passed bj on her wajr
down town Wang Song saw her and
called to her She stopped and finall en
tered hisplaceto sec what was the matter
Wang Song said he had some beads to
show her In the rear room of the laundr
and Miss Stearns appe ars to have gone
hick with him leaving Lee Iee In the
front of the place In the rear room Miss
Stearns sas Wang Song attempteel to
assault her She reslstesl and Song final
ly gave up the attempt as Lee entereel
the room from the front of the laundr
Sonjf sweame confuse el nnd offered the
girl 45 cents which she claims to have re
fused
Miss Stearns states that Lee then at
tacked her before she could escape from
the place and assaulted her She called
for assistance and Iee became fright
ened and finally permitted her to quit the
laundrj after giving her a small amount
of monej This Miss Stearns sajs she
left in tho laundrj On leaving the place
the girl sajs she did not know just what
to do and she went home rather than
undergo the embarrassment of revealing
the treatment accorded her by the China
man Yesterday how ev er Policeman Sam
son learned of the attack on MIs Stearns
and arrested her pending Investigation of
the matter Afterward She told all she
knew and Lee was subsequently arrested
He was Identified bj Miss Stearns at the
station and will be arraigned this morning
In the Police Court for a preliminary
hearing-
At the House of Detention last night
Miss Stearns who lives with her mother
at 231 First Street northwest told of her
treatment at the hands of tho Chinamen
She was introduced to the Chinamen she
said bv Ada Qulntnn who lives at lun
Massachusetts AVeituc northwest She
could not remember the occasion of her
first visit On one occasion said Miss
Stearns the Quinton fjiri who was on
good terms with the Chinamen borrowed
some monej from Lee Jun r one of the
Chinami n With -this money the girls
went down the rivr The was com
posed of herself 4da Quinton and Katie
Stearns the eighteen j ear old sister of
Sophia Katie had never been in the
Chinese liundrjv a
HIT WITH COFFEE CUP
n inggcrntcjl Jtrpnrt Startle
Eighth Precinct Police
A freelj -bleed flesh wound received
in a discussion where earthenware table
utensils were used as arguments with
telling effect was magnified some one
who attended the victim Into a presump
tive fatality last and the Eighth
precinct police station was thrown Into a
spell of excitement by the false alarm
of mureler sent In At about 8 oclock
Lieut John Kcnney was called from the
prospect of a good dinner which he him
self was at that moment cooking the re
serv es were called out and In the patrol
wagon wended their long wajto the sub
urb of Terra Cotta where the fell crime
was supposed to have been committed
Sergeant Doyle who was then on duty
at 1V p m received the fl st account of
the supposed tragedy by telephone from
Policeman Strohman Conscious of the re
sponsibility which the opportunity had
thrust upon him Sergeant Doyle kept a
cool heail and notified Headquarters
within two minutes Sergeant Doles
next duty was to notify Lieutenant
Kennej and this he did himself Lieu
tenant Kennej In the absence of his farn
llj Is keeping bachelors hall Sergeant
Dojle striding Into tho house without
waiting for a response to his summons
found his superior officer preparing his
repast for himself Lieutenant Kenney
held a frying pan In one hand and was In
the act of lighting the gas range Everj
thlng was dropped at the moment on
hearing the news Duty summoned Lieu
tenant Kenney from the frjing pan as In
ages past Cinclnnatus was called from
the plow
Lieutenant Kennej took command and
despatches the reserves to the scene of
the difficult On the irrival of later re
ports announcing the Inconsequence of
the affrav Lieutenant Kennej went home
lighted the gas stove and cooked the de
lajeel dinner
It appears that David Campbell and
William White both colored twentj fotir
and twentj three jears old respectively
who live together In a house In Terra
Cotta began to dispute concerning the
ownership of certain furniture in the
house Words waxed wroth and were
finally found Insufficient to express the
anger of the disputants It was at this
moment tliat Campbell picked up a con
venient coffee cup and with wonderful
lulelitj to aim smaFhed the piece of
thinawarc on the brow- of his antagonist
White received a cut not a srrlous
wound but one tint bled funouslj Druej
II immond who arrived on the scene at
that moment feared the worst and tele
I honel to Brookland stating th it the
man was ding ICajmond HufTe of
Brookland who received the message
communicated it to Policeman Strohmin
who In turn notified th Eighth precinct
Of so little conse quence is the wound
considered tint the police did not fe el
authorized to arrest the assailant without
a warrant and he is still ut llbert
OBITUARY
Arthur SIdman jvho ailed on Mondaj at
Hlgglns Beach Me Was one of the best
known actors In the vaudeville and con
tinuous theatres He Was especially suc
cessful In his delineations of rural charac
ter and to this line of work he confined
his efforts He wSis born at Homer N
Y on August 3 1S63 He wrote a play
called Inele Iltub In which with a
eonipinj of joung people of Tullj N Y
tralmd bj him lie traveled through the
towns of central New York as a stir
He wrote several other drumas of coun
try life and plajed In them with success
until ISO when he bt iame a vaudeville
actor Hi was to have acted this jear
as a stir In the regulir theatres In a
play wnttn bj him and called York
State Polks
I
Capt Emellus D Terrebonne the
joungest captain In the Confederate ser
vice died in New Orleans jesterdaj aged
lift j -nine jears He enlisted In Gibsons
Bitterj his father being In the same
companj He wis appointed Ileuten int
and promoted to i captaincy when only
ighten jears of age for gillantry at
tl battle of Sldloh when he and one
companion held a gun against the Fed
eral gunboits amid a heav fire Of lite
e us ho h is been a member of the police
force
Dexter S Gister Chief of Police of New
Orleans and one of the best detectives In
the countrj died there suddenly 1 ist
night He wis born In Ilnjsville Ash
land Count Ohio in 1M0 He entered an
Ohio regiment and came to New Orleans
after the capture He joined the police
in PC7 nnd has been connected with the
force ever since except for one jear He
became fnmous throughout the countrj
for his ability In running down criminals
On the ass isslnatlon of in isal
he was m ide chief of police
The man it rradr tor any emergent wlio
Vvnrt hi IWVOU srktrm lieultliy by frequently
drinking- dchcluiu Moxlc
PHILBIN SEEKING DEVERY
The
Xew York Polite Stantlal
Takes a Xew Turn
Commissioner Murph Cnlleil I pun
i Ills Depntjr mid Ward
linn ftlennon Captain Dlnmoml
Indleleil W Iiltnrj x Stor
NEW YOrtlC Aug 13 District Attor
ne Philbin called on Police Commissioner
Murph toda to produce Deputy Com
missioner and his former ward
man Gennon before the district attor
ne at once Devery has not communi
cated with Colonel Murphy since the po
lice scandal was dlsclo3eet Notody at
police headquarters seems to doubt that
he will be here for tho poHce trials on
Thursdnv
There are no warrants out for either
Dever of Glennon Deverj with all his
family left Saratoga for New York to
night It is said that the recall rather
puzzled Mr Deverj at first He could
not quite understand what It meant
Until the despatch was delivered he had
not the sll jhtest Intention of leaving
Saratoga for a couple of weeks at least
Justice Jerome assisted by Frank Moss
and Asrstaiit District Schur
man continued his investigation toelay to
find out how much of Edgar A Whitnejs
confession that poolroom had
been warned of raids by the police could
be corroborated After a seven hours
secret session In the Special Sessions
Chambers in the course of which nine
witnesses were examlred Justice Jerome
was asked what the result was He said
Some of the testimony already taken
corroborates hltnejs statement Other
testimony along different lines and drawn
out bj questions asked without special
reference to Whltnej s statements has
furnished new nnd valuable evidence
This enquirj which Is merely to deter
mine whether or not there Is sufficient
cause to make arrests will continue all
daj tomorrow way and may last
through the week
A transcript of Whitneys confession
and all of this is to be sent to
the Attorney General of the State in ac
cordance with a request from Governor
Odell
Whitnej was examined for a while and
thereafter was recalled occasionally to
repeal parts of his statement for com
parison with the testimony of some of the
other witnesses The principal witnesses
ten ij were Captain Vredenburgh of the
Oak Street station Captain Gannon of
the East Twentj second Street station
Peter De Iacej whose poolroom on Park
Itovv was closed on Friday just after the
Parkhurst Socletj s bogus tip had been
sent out over the police headquarters
telephone wires and M It Brennan
superintendent of the telegraph bureau at
police headquarter through which de
partment according to Whitnejs confes
sion warnings of raids were customariij
sent by the police to poolroom men
Capt Thomas J Diamond of the East
blfth Street police station was indicted
the grand today on a charge of
willful neglect of dutj The charge is one
of misdemeanor in that he willfullj failed
to suppress a dlsorderlj house at 37
Stuwesant Street run bj Lena Schmidt
who paid Diamond s ward man BIsaert
iZZO protection last Januarj for
taking of which Bissert Is now under sen
tence of five and one half jears Imprison
ment and l0w fine
W hen Commissioner Murpnj up at po
lice headquarters heard of Captain Dia
monds Indlctmtnt he promptly Issued an
order suspending him penning the dis
position 01 hly case In the courts
STABBED IN A STREET FIGHT
ItenrcKvntutive EIect Ceutrj of IIos
tou nnd n Friend Hurt
NEW YOKK Aug 13 In a fight in
which perhars a dozen men were en
gaged in front of the Twentj ninth
Street entrance of the Gllsty House at
2 o clock this morning Kepresentatlve
elect Joseph A Conrj of Boston and
W illiam F Francis a wallpaper man
from Pittsburg were cut with a pen
knife Trancis being Injured rather seri
ously The arrival of a policeman ended
the tight but no arrests were made be
cause no one was willing to mako a com
plaint
The police saj Conrj while about to
enter the Twentj -ninth Street door of
the Gllsy House with his friends Patrick
Bowen of 44 Maiden Street Boston and
Joseph J Norton of Ui Fifth Street
South Boston was attacked by seven or
eight men unknown to them One of
these drew a penknife atti stabbed Mr
Conrj on both arms on his right leg and
In the back between the shoulders Dr
Chittenden of New York Hospital dress
ed Conrj s wounds in the CiUey House
w here he is staying
Mr Conrj descrllied his assailant ac
cording to the police report as about live
teet eight inches tall thirty years old
1SJ pounds in weight clean shaven and
of fair complexion Notion and Bowen
are Boston aldermen Mr Conrj is the
Democratic Beprcsentatlve elect from
the Ninth Massachusetts district He is
tvventj elglit jears old and Is said to be
the joungest man ever sent to Congress
from his State He has served as ptesl
elent of the Boston city council and as
chairman of the board of aldermen
W illiam 1 Francis Is stopping at the
Sturtevant House His wounds are more
serious and he cannot be seen A repre
sentative of the Gilse House telling of
how the affair happened said
A great many wallpaper men come to
town on business about this time of jear
nnd the Gilsej Is a favorite stopping
place for them It Is In that wa that
I know Mr Trancis A little group of
them were standing outside of the hotel
earl this morning discussing busires
The three Boston men and a foutth man
whom 1 onl know as Jim came along
singing with their coats over their arms
ind jostled Into the group Thinking
evidently that the wallpaper men did
not get out of their way fast enough
the stopped and became abusive Ube
wullpaper men resented this and a row
followed Francis was in a restaurant
near by and s ivv this and ran out to
help his frbrds He had no sooner join
ed them than the man called Jim drew
a pocket knife and stabbeel him over the
left breast Francis fell on his face Jim
jumpesl on him and stabbed him again
In the back Mr Conrj received his
wounds in trjlng to haul Jim from Mr
Francis
The noise brought Detective Majo of
the GUsey House anil a policeman and
the fight quickly subsided
STRICKEN AT A CLAM COUNTER
Vllii klce Died Miorilj Aftl rvviird at
CiiMiinltj IliiMiiltal
While sitting In a chair at a clam coun
ter neir North Capitol Stieet and Massa
chusetts Avenue late jesterday afternoon
5eorge W Mackbec colored was strick
en with heart failure and died shortlj
afterward at the Casualtj Hospital
whence he was taken the Slvth pre
cinct police Ills remains were removed
to the morgue and are held for friends
A certificate of death from natural causes
was given last night Coroner Nevitt
vi ho was notified of the death by the po
lice
Mackbee wis about fifty jears of age
and lived at 111 Madison Allej northvvejt
11- had been 111 for several junrths and
for a time was confineel at Frecdmins
Hospital He left that institution about
l month ago A son of tlu de id man was
notified of his fathers death liti list
night ns w ik nIo the wife of th tie
ceased MacJcliee llv ed but a few minutes
after reaching the hospital
Rojal lluulielie TablrU a Rpvesl Mfe and
urc cure Four dutks 10 cents
PANAMA RAILWAY ATTACKED
Itanilf or
Insurgents Active Dall
Ionj the Line
COLON Colombia Aug 1 Bands of
Insurgents or guerrillas or whatever
name may be applleel to them almost
daily attack the sections along the lino of
the Panama Railroad
It Is reported here that on Saturda
last General Allan governor of this de
li irtment called to his official residence
ten of the richest and most prominent
conservatives stating that he desired to
have a conference with them On their
assembling he disclosed to them thes pres
ent conditions of aftaits and stated that
lie required JIO000 which he obtained
from them before they left the room
This sum it Is said has been used for
the payment of the Government troops
An American gunboat is shortly expect
rd to arrive here for the protection of
American Interests and to fulfill treaty
obligations for keeping open the transit
traffic Her presence wamld tend much
to allay the present anxletj
The Department of State continued to
be without cable despatches from either
enezuela or Colombia yesterday regard
ing the news of the Colombian Ministers
withdrawal from Caracas No informa
tion that war has lieen declared has yet
been heard of from anj of the American
representatives in either of the countries
This leads to the belief that cable com
munications may for some reason be In
tercepted Mall advices continue to come
In each one about two weeks old and
all Indicating trouble of such a nature as
would seem to justifj the use of the ca
ble But notwithstanding this nothing
has been received here by wire
A mall report was received jesterdaj
from the United States Consul at Colon
under date of July 2 in which he states
that according to reports which ha had
received there guerrilla fighting has been
going on at different points between Co
lon and Panama
Mr Hart discusses the view of the In
surrection held by the Colombian authori
ties and transmits a copy of General Tri
bes proclamation This paper shows ac
cording to Minister Hart that General
Urlbe hopes to establish a Greater Colom
bia similar to the former combine of Ven
ezuela Colombia and Ecuador A
will probably be made by the State
Department of the contents of Minister
Harts communication
The gunboat Machlas was at Norfolk
jesterdiy putting on board supplies and
ammunition and yesterdaj afternoon was
reported to be coaling It Is expected
that she will leave for Colon this morn
ing She has orders to proceed with all
possible haste The Iowa is now on her
way from Bremerton to San Francisco
She will stop thre and continue on to
San Diego
The following statement was made at
the State Department jesterday after
noon
Mail advices dated July g from the
legation of the United States at Bogota
announce the arrest and Imprisonment of
prominent friends of Dr Sanclamentc
the former constitutional President of
Colombia The Dresent Government of
Scnor J M Marroquin who was Vice
President at the time of the coup detat
by which Dr Sanclamente was deposed
In July of last jear has taken these
measures upon Information that the Na
tionalists Dr Sanclamentes supporters
had joined with the Liberals who are
said to be showing Increased strength and
activity in the revolutionary propaganda
have been conducting In Colombia
since June 1900 for the overthrow of the
Marroquin Government
MONTGOMERY COUNTY NETSJS
The School Honrd Confirm the Ap
pointment of Tencliem
ROCICVILLE Md Aug 11 The Mont
gomery Countj School Board met here
today and transacted business looking to
ward the opening of the public schools
of the county on September D next A
number of teachers appointed before were
confirmed as follows Flora M IHnkley
at Chevy Chase vice F C Elgin re
signed C M Burdette at Spencerv Hie
vice J Conway Coles resigned Amanda
Griffith appointed at SlIgor vice Susie
Bailey resigned Belle C McAtee ap
pointed at Potomac vice Eva Mont
gomerj F H Aud appointed at
Quince Orchard Viola GHHss afGrifton
Ethel Price at Buck Lodge Eva Mont
gomery at Darnestown Fannie L Amiss
at Cloppers and Fidelia S Walker at
Brownlngsvllle
The following colored teachers appoint
ments were confirmed George C Baam
at Bojds Elizabeth W Johnson at Lay
tonsville Adelia V Hill at Sandy Spring
Charles P Jenkins at Norbeck and Sa
rah E Conada at Grifton The secretarj
presented the annual report for the State
Board of Education and the annual re
port of receipts and disbursements for
the school year ending Jul II 1WL The
total receipts from all sources were 54
4CL17 The cost of an additional school at
Glen Echo the manual training plant and
a falling oft from the State In all 1375 94
will account for the small balance on
hand In comparison with former jears
The disbursements for the jear were J3
131 15 nnd the balance on hand is 1281 irj
Mrs Emma Sevllla Moxley daughter of
Mr J W Magaha who died at Brook
mont near Glen Echo this county of
consumption aged twenty one ears was
buried on at Beallsville this
countj
The remains of Mrs Blanche W Keerch
who died at White Oak near Burnt Mills
this countj were placed in a vault at
llock Creek Cemetery at noon
Mrs Keerch wis the wife of Mr James
Keerch and aged fortj one years
The Board of Commissioners
accompanied by Contractor Blunt rode
over the Rockville turnpike between this
place and Georgetown todij Their ride
was for an inspection of the road before
It was accepted There Is jet some
pitching to be done before the board Is
readj to take the road as completed ac
cording to the terms of the contract
THE TEGELER DECISION TODAY
Justice ClnhniiKlts ItuIIni Avvnlteti
Willi
Justice Clibaush will announce this
morning his decision in the matter of the
petition of Robert O Tegeler an enllsteJ
man in the United States Navy for a
writ of habeas corpus to gain his release
from a miitary prison to which he was
sentenced bj a naval court martial Teg
eler was found Eulltv of refusing to oliej
the orders of Lleufnant Commander
Sherburne G Hopkins of the Naval Bat
tnllnn District Columbia National Guard
In command of the United
States steamer Oneida
The question Involved In whether or
not a militia olllcvr has an authoritj
over a man enlisted In the regular ser
vice The miter wis argued exhaustive
lv on Morday before Justice Clalaugh
Assistant District Attomej s Taggart and
Semmes representing the Government
and II H Glassie the petitioner Great
interest was taken in the procec dlngs
nnd the decision is being await
ed
Mr ltodenbcrK Iowt nlnmond
The tlu ft of a diamond stud worth 70
was rei orteel to the police last niglifby
Charles J Brock manager of the Con
gressional Hotel for
A Rodenberg a member of the CTvil
Service Commission a guest at the
The stud Is said to hav e been taken
from a trunk In a bedroom of the hotel
during the past month There Is no clue
to the thief
DIED
CVIIUIVN On Tue slj Vusut 13 1301 at
5 ij p in C1I rK till VII VN Ulotcsl wife of
the late V Warren CalUlun ascd furlj tno
jtara
luneral Tlwrsdj 10 a m from the resiJencv
of her mother-in-law Vlrs Vndrivr IbrUon In
Fourth street southea it rneml ot the familjr
invitctL
IllWINO On Tuwdar August 13 UOl at
J 15 p in at 2 MntU Mrett nortlieait h Vlb
lclivid uifc ot Ire lieniiing and daughter ut
John anil kite KirKuson
Notice of funeral liert aftrr
BLTIHc On MonJjv Aujait li UOl at lli
residenee of her ilanshtiT Mh Itntart Itrown
11 Mtvcnth strret Multlirsist Sirs Ut VNCr S It
HITIHt reliet of the Ute K T ilutler
formerly of Mont Uotniorelaisl county Va
iencral t nvate Interment at Coiigrcwnn i
limtirv
101111 V Ou TucUy Vusrut 13 1001 at I
clock a in MK 01111 N at her pariutj
residence M semtherst ajred 0 mnth
and 3 iXlji
Mineral cJneiiv Vmrj t II at 2 eelo k
m from arcnU residence Interment Jl un
Olivet
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DIAMONDS AND CASH GONE
A Thief Makes a Kick Haul anil
Eludes tho Police
Mniost Tito Tlioiiimil Dollars
Worth of Jrvrclw nmt ainncy
cored I1lay In lie port I nt the
Hubber In Arrest In IlalUuiore
One of the most daring and successful
robberies that has been committed in this
city for some months occurred about mid
day at the house of Kate An
derson H30 C Street northwest About
J17C0 worth of diamond Jewelry was se
cured in addition to JS7 in cash After an
exciting chase the man who Is described
as an elderly man distanced his pursuer
and disappeared In the direction of tho
Potomac flats at the corner of Seven
teenth and B Streets northwest
For some reason Police Headquarters
was not notified ot the robbery for over
two hours after it took place and to this
fact Is ascribed the escape of the culprit
Whether the police of the First precinct
are at fault or whether the inmates of the
house failed to notify the policeman on
duty has not been ascertained and will
probably be the basis for an official in
vestigation
The owner of the missing property Is
Iazci Saunders She together with the
other Inmates of the house w called
down to br akezst 2t II S oclock They
had just sat down to their meal when the
house maid had occaston to go Into the
hall She saw an elderly man coming
down stairs Several words were ex
changed as he walked rapidly toward the
front door and as he passed through to
the street the people In the dining room
attracted by the unusual language came
into tne hall and saw him as he started
on a run toward the White Lot They ran
to the dtior and called to a colored mes
senger boy to follow the man as the
Saunders woman went upstairs to see If
anj thing was missing She had but a
few moments before opened her bureau
drawer where she kept her valuables to
pay her washwoman and had failed to
close or lock It
A glance showed that everything of
value had been taken After losing sight
of the fugitive the colored boy returned
to the house and on his way Is said to
have notified a park watchman and ha
claims to have Immediately notified a
policeman whom he found on the beat
However this may be there seems to have
been an unwarranted somewhere
for while It is said that It was about 1130
when the robbery was committed it was
110 before Lieutenant Amiss called up
Captain Board man on the telephone and
notified him of the robbery
Detective Sergeants Helan and Boyd
were at once despatched to the place
where found such an aggregation of
policemen that they deemed It wise to
take the women to Police Headquarters
to get the storj of the crime They also
secured a heavy chisel and a double skele
ton kcj that had been abandoned in the
room by the intruder It was 215 in the
afternoon nearlj three hours after the
crime before a general lookout was sent
out for the apprehension of the man and
similar warnings were sent to the police
of the nearbj cities
In addition to the 37 in cash which was
taken Miss Saunders gave the following
as a list of the missing articles with their
values attached
Round stick pin ruby in centre of seven
diamonds JVjuhorseshoepin seven stones
75 pin green enameled four leaf clover
diamond in centre surrounded with dia
monds 1S5 diamond sunburst eighteen
stones KS0 wishbone pin clover leaf dia
mond In centre green enameled J45 soli
taire diamond ring three and three-quarter
carats 250 ring opal In centre of fif
teen diamonds 1 small solitaire dia
mond ring 35 ring three diamonds set
oblong w gold hair pins set with pearls
1S silver chatelaine bag marked il S
17 three gold collar buttons pair of gold
cutT buttons and lot of gold baby pins
The detectives believe that they have
secured a clue that will ciuickly result
in the apprehension of the parties want
ed Detective Sergeant Helan left last
last night lor New York where he ex
pects to recover the missing Jewels if
not to capture the thief Before he left
a woman giving the name of Sadies Stew
art was iakn to Police Headquarters
closelj questioned and lpter sent to the
House of Detention It appears that she
has been In the but a short time
and that she has on several occasions
stopped at the house where the robbery
was committed
About 2 oclock this morning the po
lice received a despatch from Detectives
Home and Browne In Baltimore to the
effect that Ward Steward alias Steward
Snjder aged thlrtj one jears was un
der arrest In that city charged with rob
bing Hazel Saunders The news was alsj
contained In the telegram that much of
the missing jewelrr including diamonds
had been recovered at the lodging house
of Steward SOG West Fayette Street
Baltimore
At Headquarters after midnight It was
said that Steward and Sadie Stewart the
nan e iven by the woman arrested latu
jesterday afternoon on suspicion came
here from Pittsburg Pa two days ago
ARRESTED IN POLICE STATION
A Dcntlxt Who Went io Enter n Com
plaint Leaves Collnternl
Wibur Evan3 aged twentj -nine jears
a dentist war arrested while in the First
precinct station last night on a charge
of disorderly conduct Evans went to the
station to make a complaint against an
unknown man ho he sas assaulted
his friend Roll call was In progress and
Evans left the station bat soon return
ed Policeman Frascr believed Evans
was too persistent entirely In his efforts
to enter complaint and placed him under
arrest
Evans protested but it was of no avail
and he finally left to ensure his ap
pearance this morning in the Police
Court Ev ins sivs he will have th mat
ter of his arrest fully Investigated bj the
proper officials
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