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WZATKM rOUOAtI: TOKOUOW, FAIB, COOX.EB.
WEYMOUTH'S LAX METHOD OF RUNNING THE WATER DEPARTMENT
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSURANCE BEING CUT OFF
Another blow at the business inter
ests of Spokane has resulted from
the corrupt collusion between Fossil
Weymouth and the water meter gang.
The fears of the business men were
realized last night when It was an
. nouneed that two of the big Insurance
rompies, the Insurance Company of
North America, represented here by
Cooke A Clark, and the Phoenix As
surance company of London, England,
represented by J. E. Foster & Co.,
had withdrawn from this field and
would do no more business until such
time as the city Is given better lire
protection.
Insurance men state this morning
that all the small companies will be
forced to retire from the city. This
will leave the city without insurance
and also without credit.
When Nelson W. Durham and oth
ers of the water meter gang sprung
the plot to rob each property owner
of |28 for a water meter they had
to have a tool at the city hall to
work with. They found one such tool
in Frank P. Weymouth, superintend-
KNAPP, THE STRANGLER, DIES
WITHOUT MAKING A STATEMENT
(Scrlppe News Association.)
COLUMBUS, 0., Aug. 19.—Alfred
A. Knnpp, the Hamilton strangler,
was electrocuted at 12:09 o'clock this
afternoon In the Ohio penitentiary an
nex. The electrocution was very suc
cessful. It took but one charge und
be dead In six minutes. He re
fused to make any statement. A
short time ago the murderer Joined
the Catholic church and his last hours
were spent in company of the priest
who bus been a constant visitor to
his cell for several weeks.
In order to Bad anything like a
parallel to the case of Knapp It Is
necessary to turn back the pages of
criminal history to a decode ago when
the entire country was stirred by the
publication of the crimes of H. H.
Hdime*, the nrch-murderer who was
executed in Philadelphia. The simi
larity In the careers of the two crim
inals exists, however, only In the
number of their victims. According
to their own confessions nnd sus
tained by the evidence dug up by the
police both men were guilty of at
least half a dozen murders and both
managed to escape suspicion for n
rcmurknble length of time, nut
Holmes nt least had n motive for his
FOUR HURT IN A RIOT
IN THE STOCK YARDS TODAY
(Scrlpps News Association i
CHICAGO, Aug. I».—Four steers,
over which 4000 strikers fought with
the police last night, were discover
ed this morning In remote places In
the yards. Little beyond the hoofs
and horns remalnted to tell the story.
Five of the drove were finally round
ed up by the police and driven back
to the yards.
Among tho most seriously Injured
In the riot were Joseph Kemls,
George Shedlock and Andrew Vilkers.
SPOKANE
PATENT
W. W, Chapman of Tenlno la in
the city. He Is on his way homo
from TaoOtna, where years ago he
was a resident. He was at one time
editor of the Colfax Gazette and
gradually drifted Into the mining of
coal. He has large Interests In
Thurston county and Is building a
number of cottages for the occu
panyc of the miners, which will com
plete a new town. The name of Chop
man has i.e. n mentioned for a name
tor the now town.
-* Aside from building nt the mines
• new haulage system Is being in
stalled, the invention of a Spokane
railroad man and the first system of
the kind In this section to be given
a trial. It Is operated by a gasoline
motor and gives the best of results
thus far. The company has orders
for all the shipments of coal It can
turn out. Mr. Chapman la in Spo
kane on business.
GIVEN 30 DAYS
TO MOVE TRACKS
I The Washington Water Power com-
Hpany hss.been given SO days In which
Bo raise the strsetcar tracks on Mux
Hwell avenue and on East Mission aye-
Hnne. Commissioner Uandley of the
The Spokane Press.
ent of the water department.
No one appears to know how much
Nelson W. Durham and the others
of the water meter gang will make
personally out of the deal to force
consumers to buy meters. But It Is
no secret that for the support and
assistance given by Fossil Weymouth
Nelson W. Durham and others of the
water meter gang agreed to reward
the fossilized superintendent by forc
ing Mayor Boyd to keep him as su
perintendent regardless of all other
conditions.
Mayor Boyd has tried for a year
to get rid of Weymouth. Through
the corrupt politics of the water
meter gang, posing as reformers, the
mayor has been forced to retain Fos
sil Weymouth, notwithstanding that
he onely declares Weymouth to be
fossilized and incompetent. To this
latter charge the belief is now that
worse than Incompetency cun be
added.
Posing ns the man Friday of Mr.
William Cowles and using his posi
tion as managing editor of the morn-
! crimes, namely, to get the Insurance
money of his victims, while Knapp,
so far as has come to light, went
about killing women and girls out of
pure fiendish desire.
The five cases to which Knnpp con
fessed after his arrest are as follows:
Kmmn Llttleman, killed In lumber
yard at Cincinnati, June 21, 1894;
May ICckert, murdered In room on
Walnut street, Cincinnati, August 1,
1894; Jennie Knapp, thrown into ca
nul at Liberty street, Cincinnati, Au
gust 7, 1894; Ida debhard, strangled
at Indianapolis In July, 1896, and
Hannah Knapp, murdered nt Hamil
ton, 0., December 22, 1902.
The crime for which Knnpp was
Indicted In March, 1903, was the mur
der of his wife, Hannah Knapp. Ite
gardlng this murder Knapp said that
when he awoke on the morning of
the crime he was seized with an im
pulse to strangle his wife. After ac
complishing her death he got a box
and nailed the corpse up. He hauled
the body two miles and threw It Into
the Miami river. Some days later
the body was found lv the river at
New Albany.
Knapp'i trial lasted from June 23
to July 16, ISO 3, when a verdict of
tirst degree murder was returned. A
They were all taken to the hospital.
All Is unlet In the strike district to
day.
President Donnelly announced that
union officials will be sent tomorrow
to Kansas City, St. Paul nnd St.
Joseph to report on the local condi
tions there. Donnelly goes to St.
Louise, then to Indianapolis, whore
he will meet President Mitchell of
the miners' union, hoping to receive
financial support.
Frank Krupa suffered a broken
board of public works forwarded the
notice to the streetcar company this
morning, attaching to It the opinion
of Corporation Counsel Jiulson that
the company under the law must
raise the tracks and repair the street.
The notice Bent today Informs the
streetcur company that the tracks on
Maxwell and Allusion must be raised
and the street restored to the former
grade within one month or the city
would take such steps as might be
deemed necessary to make the ave
nues named safe for travel.
STOLE DOCUMENTS
(Scrlpps News Association.)
LONDON, Aug. 19.—A man giving
the name of Grnnz Schneider sur
rendered to the Birmingham police
today. He confessed to stealing docu
ments from some person about the
south portion. From the description
of the man from whom the documents
were taken It is thought to have been
P. Kent Loomls, who mysteriously
disappeared from the Kaiser Willi, lm
at Plymouth.
STOLE FROM
HIS MOTHER
Walter Taylor, the negro, plead
guilty today to the charge of grand lar
ceny. Taylor sto| e 170 from a trunk
hie mother had Uid away for a rainy
day. With the money he. went to
Portland ami wan having a good tune
when he wan am-stsd ami brought
back to Spokane.
Ing edition of the Chronicle to po
litically blackmail certain councilmen
and force them to work against the
desire of the mayor to clean out the
water department of crooks and in
competents, Nelson W. Durham has
been able to continue Weymouth in
office.
In return Weymouth has placed the
water department at the disposal of
the water meter gang and, as far as
he dares, has weakened the efficiency
of that department and the lire de
partment as well.
Through threats to turn loose bis
poison-tongued upas-breathed edi
torial columns on the politician! Nel
son W. Durham has compelled the
couneilmen and city hall grafters to
Ignore the mayor until such time ns
the latter shall agree to assist In
forcing water meters and reservoir
grafts upon the citizens and tax
payers.
This Is the result:
Took sanitarium % 7.000
C. A C. mill 60,000
Howard street fire 11,000
Grote-Rankln and others 125,000
defense of insanity or degeneracy had
been set up without avail. A motion
for a new trial was overruled and
Knapp's attorney took the case to the
circuit court, which reversed the
common pleas on the grounds, among
others, that the state failed to prove,
according to law, that the deceased
came to her death In the manner al
leged In the Indictment, the only evi
dence being the confession, and that
it was error to admit this written
confession and permit it to be used
In the argument. Later the supreme
court reversed this decision of the
circuit court and affirmed the decision
of the lower court.
Though Knapp confessed to five
murders It Is believed that he was
guilty of many more. Previous to
his dual arrest he had spent two
thirds of his life in prison, but for
the murders to which he confessed he
had gone unsuspected until a few
ungarded words set the law upon him.
For years he had been a strangler,
he adlmtted, pouncing upon Innocent
children and choking them to death.
He was twice In state prison for
Banditti assaults upon women. At
the time of bis arrest for murder he
was living with his fourth wife In
Indianapolis.
Jaw and the probuble loss of an eye
as the result of an assault by the
strikers today. Krupa and two others
were attacked by R mob and terribly
beaten. They were mistaken for
strike breakers. They had formerly
worked in the packing house.
Although It is denied, by the union
leaders. It is believed a number of
union men have deserted and 'return
ed to work. The packers today began
to discharge worthless colored strike
breakers and Install whites.
SMALLPOX
RAGING
(Scripps News Association.)
ST. PBTDRIBURO, Aug. 19.—
Smallpox Is raging along the railway-
In eastern Russia, At Tscblnlskom
the Inhabitants are dying by scores.
Dead bodies remain unburied. In
other parts similar conditions prevail.
PLANS or
SIR HENRY IRVING
LONDON, Aug. 19.—Sir Henry
Irving is anxious that It should be
known that there is no foundation
whatever for the report that he In
tends to visit South Africa. He will
play only In (Irent Britain, Ireland
and the I'nlted States prior to his re
tirement two years hence.
MARRIED
John I>ilU>n, * worthy descendant of
the trinh patriot, of Wardnei, Idaho,
took unto htBMtH a wife yesterday. In
the person of lti-year-nld Mary (lark
Judge Stocker tied the nuptial knot.
It isn't kin .01 whether tlie judge took
advantage of Mb privilege of kissing
the bride, hut he BOM adniit that she
was "100 sweet for un> thing."
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1904.
Standard Furniture company. 65,000
Total losses to date $268,000
Eight thousand water meters at a
cost of $28 each would cost 1224,000.
Probably 50 per cent of this amount
would go Into the pockets of the
water meter gang. In order to secure
this sum the water meter gang,
through forcing Mayor Boyd to con
tinue Weymouth and his creatures In
control, has brought about a loss of
1265.000 to the business men of the
city.
Weymouth stands for water meters
and the water meter gang stands for
Weymouth. Because of this condi
tion of affairs the water pressure Is
kept down, pumps do not work when
needed at 4 o'clock in the morning
nnd the insurance companies are
withdrawing from Spokane, while
Nelson W. Durham and others of the
water meter gang are substituting
meaningless resolutions for those
asking help for Chief Meyers through
the purchase of new fire steamers.
Is'nt it about time for the business
men of the city to throw off the yoke
and burden of the tall tower?
DUdLAPS
AT IKK
The man with the back door key
nippers with a penchant for other
men's trousers Is again at work.
TJie burglar entered the home of
J. K. Dampsey, 01013 Mill street, last
night and took Mr. Dempsey's trous
ers, which were later found out on
the lawn. The sum of $26 left In
the trousers' pockets Is missing.
A burglar entered the room of Isa
bel Love In the Crescent blork yes
terday and stole $1.50 In money and
a gold watch. The room of a man
named McOulre in the same block
was entered and a razor and other
property taken.
Tony Jorick was arrested last night
on suspicion of being the room
worker.
W. 11. Jennings of Wlnlock, Wash.,
was robbed of his watch In the I>emp
sey house saloon yesterday after
noon.
Burglars tried to enter the home of
V. K. Stanley, 711 Augusta avenue,
last night, but were frightened away.
CRUISERS
LEAVE
(Scripps News Association.)
TANGIER, Aug. 19—The French
cruisers which have been lying In
the harbor for some days left this
morning. The departure Is due to
represent at ions of tribesmen, who
state that the presence of the ships
is likely to stimulate disorders. One
hundred and fifty French soldiers
have arrived to reinforce the munici
pal guards while maintaining urder.
COLLISION
(Scrlpps News Association 1
MEMPHIS. Term., Auk. 19 —In a
collision between a ■WltOO engine and
■ trolley car this morning the trolley
ear win thrown 40 feet Into I sa
loon, wrecking the front of the hulld
ing and killing an unknown man and
seriously injuring two others.
THREAD MILLS
SHUT DOWN
I'AWTITKET, R. t, Aug. 19.—The
mills of the J. & P. CoateS Thread
company, limited, which have been
running on short time for two
mouths, shut down today to remain
closed until September 1. The shut
down leaves nearly 2B(J0 unemployed.
WAS THE INK ON MRS. LATHAMS WILL DRY?
Another chapter was rnncted In the
Dr. Mary A. Latham will case this
morning before Judge Kennan. The
eouitriMim was well filled and there
was a certain look of expec lunoy upon
the faces of the spectators, who
thought something was going to drop
—nnd It did.
Mrs. I..'tham was requested to pre
sent the will or any papers pertaining
thereto to the court as per order
Issued Wednesday After searching
two duys .--in found another will parte
COUNCIL IMS LOST
FAITH IN WEYMOUTH
The board of public works will appoint the additional water In
spectors by Monday. These Inspectors are being put on by order
of the city council with restriction* which plainly show that the
council has wholly lost confidence in Fossil P. Weymouth.
Under a resolution offered by Councilman Fred Baldwin the 10
inspectors are ordered to report to the city council Instead of to
Commissioner Weymouth. This action is taken in order to make
certain that no reports will be suppressed in favor of the water
meter gang.
"We want to know what is doing In the way of plumbing leak
age," said Councilman Baldwin. "We are not satisfied with the
way things have been going. Yes, it may be the council has lost
faith in Weymouth. At least we ore going to have the inspectors
report to the council instead of entrusting the matter to the water
department."
ROTTEN
POLITICS
As tins been predicted, the propo
sition to burden the taxpayers with
new reservoirs In order to correct the
rotten condition of affairs in the
water department now controlled by
Nelson W. Durham and others of the
water meter gang has resulted In a
big political fight.
The struggle for supremacy began
last night at a special meeting of
the council and the first skirmish
resultsd In a victory for City Engta
near A. F. Gill. This through the
fight against X T. Tannant being ap
pointed supervising engineer at $350
per month.
City Knglneer Gill and his friends,
Frr i Baldwin, Councilman Pratt and
the democratic machine, care nothing
for the $350 which the taxpayers are
to pay Mr. Tannant. » If that
would nppease the other crowd it
would be satisfactory to the Gill ma
chine.
But it is a different proposition
when the joint committee proposes
to have the handrfh'g of the reservoir
and the big political machine which
it will create among the men employ
ed turned over to n newcomer and a
man controlled or at least recom
mended by an opposite faction.
The patronage resulting from the
building of the reservoir will be Im
mei.se. It will mean a machine far
more powerful, for a time, than the
present patronage through the city
engineer's office and the street de
partment. In addition will be the
great sums of money which will be
spent under the direction of the su
pervising engineer.
Allan K. 01111 In too good a poli
tician to permit thiß patronage and
money to pass Into other hands. On
the ground that the city engineer is
the proper man to supervise the work,
th* (1111 faction In the city council
declared against Tannant aa super
visor, offering a compromise to the I
effect that Tannant can pass on the I
city engineer's plans or make .new
ones which may not he accepted.
It looks as If the politicians would
gain contnd of the reservoir in order
to use it for political purposes and
to get a takeoff.
SONTAG SAYS HE
WILL BE GOOD
(Scrlpps News Association.)
■ACRAMBKTO, Can, Aug. 19 —
George Bontag, the noted bandit, ap
plied today for a commutation of sen
tsnce and says lie will go to Minne
sota and lead an honest life. He
claims the Southern Pacific and
WMls-Pnrgo officials will sign the
recommendation.
HOAR IS HOLDING
HIS OWN
(Scrlpps News Association.)
WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. 19.—
Senator Hoar passed a comfortable
night and Is apparently no weaker
this morning. The physicians still
feel the patient is too weak to re
cover, but say his condition Is more
favorable today.
of two others, which were examined
by the counsels.
Attorney Hyde was put on the wit
ness stand to testify as to the simi
larity of the papers offered him by
Mrs. Latham two years ago and the
one of today. He stated that he
could not recognize It as the same
paper The body of the documents
Were alike, but he was quite positive
that the attestation clause was dif
ferent. He bad made a thorough ex
amination of the first will at the time
Mrs 1-atlmni brought It to him iuid
when she admitted It was the will of
her son. He testified that had the
nun DOT IS
MID
(Scripps News Association >
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Antonio
Mannino, the kidnaped boy, was to
day taken to the police station and
Identified Anglo Cuoozza as his kid
napper. Cuoozxa attempted to hurt
the boy, but was prevented. The boy
says Cucozza asked him to go to New
York to buy Ice cream. On the way
they met the goy's grandmother, who
sent the boy home. Yesterday the
two started and again reached Man
hattan. They then took a long walk
at night and went to a tenement
house, where they were greeted by a
woman and given a room. The boy
was kept there two days. Two men
then came and took him to a house
In the country and kept him. The
woman looked after him and* he was
well taken care of. He asked to go
home and, after a long ride, came to
the ferry, where a man put him
aboard and left him. While walking
home his uncle. Salvatore, picked him
up and carried him home. The police
are following the clues given by the
boy.
THEY WANT
TO KILL ME
William Walters, the mol.ler from
Kverett, Wash., who got off the train
here while on bis way to meet his
family in Syracuse, Kan., and de
manded protection by the police
against men who were following him
to kill him. refused to board the train
for Kverett last night.
Walters shied away the Instant be
saw the train and declared the men
were there to kill him. He was taken
to the Sacred Heaert hospital for
treatment.
DAWSON MAY
BE INSANE
"Peso spuds be de ting," gurgled
O. G. Dawson in the city Jail this
morning as lie shoveled several
pounds of potatoes down bis throat.
"If youse git de spuds dey be de hap
piness of life."
Dawson was arrested by officer
Lister because of ophidian hallucina
tions Which caused him to beltsvs
snakes were worn a charm connec
tions about the necks of a couple of
tenderloin belles passing by the city
hall. He will be tried for Insanity.
MAY HAVE
A REFORMATORY
Already there Is considerable talk
cum nt as to what will be expected
of the next legislature. It Is said
an appropriation will be asked for
from the legislature with which to
build a reformatory. Spokane would
be able to offer admlruble sites for
such an institution. The problem Is
not new and many of the other states
find it pays. There Is a crying need
Of a place between the county Jail and
the penitentiary.
will not been nil that It should have
been he would have railed her at
tention to It then. Court asked coun
sel to confine questions to the sub-
Ject of the production of the Willi by
Mrs. Latham.
Mrs. I.albam claimed she had made
a thorough search. Hading the papers
presented to the court today in a box
upstairs over her store at Mead. At-
torney 1 .atinier tried to pin the wit
ness down to admit that the Ink on
the document was not 24 hours old.
but the court held It was Improper .
testimony nt this time Kxpert Ole I
F. Jentad of the county treasurer's I
SECOND YEAR. NO. 246. PHICE: ONE CENT.
ORDERS SHIPS TO
LEAVE SHANGHAI
(Scripps News Association.)
CHEEFOO, Auk. 10—Two Japan
ese destroyers entered the harbor at
5:30 o'clock this morning, remained
half an hour and then sailed away.
More destroyers are reported steam
ing around the outside of the harbor.
The object of the visit Is unknown.
BATTLE IHHIHEMT.
. (Scrlpps News Association.)
MUKDEN, Aug. 19.—A battle In
the neighborhood of Llao Yang is
imminent. The Japanese have ad
vanced to within 20 miles of Llao
Yang. Skirmishes between the out
posts are constant.
OUNBOAT SUNK.
(Scrlpps News Association.)
CHEKFOO, Aug. 19.—The Russian
gunboat Otvazney struck a mine off
Llao Tlshan yesterday evening and
sank. The Otvazny was built in lf>94,
had a dlplacement of 1500 tons,
length 225 feet, speed 15 knots. Her
armament consisted of one nine-inch,
one six-inch and 10 quick firing guns.
The Japanese are said to have cap
tured Inner forts Nos. 3 snd 4.
Forty of the most prominent lead
ers of the local labor field meet to
night to consider the butchers' strike
and to form an advisory board to
deal with the situation. The meeting
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION
EFFECTS ONLY NEWSPAPERS
The attorney general of the state
has handed down ati opinion in which
he states that the subscription lists
of newspapers are assessable.
The morning edition of the Chron
icle says that the attorney general
is establishing a precedent and that,
according to the opinion, the entire
assessment rolls will be in need of
reconstruction. That by taxing the
good will of a business it will effect
doctors, attorneys and business men,
claiming the patients, clients and
patrons are good will. This Is not
so. A subscription list is saleable
property and is always assessable.
The stress laid upon the fact of
the effect It will have upon business
of the city and county Is a boomer
ang. The business men expect and
have always paid for good will. The
DR. LATHAM'S
LATEST BOAST
Dr. Mary A. Latham boasted this
morning that she had turned in more
certificates of Illegitimate births to
the board of health as legitimate than
any other physician In the city.
To support this statement Dr. La
tham cited the fact that S child was
born to the much talked of Jennie
H. Johnston In ISM, which was ille
gitimate, but which she. Dr. Latham,
returned as a legitimate birth.
The hoard of health records show
that a child was born to Jennie 11.
Johnston, April 10. IS!>X, at 1024 Gor
don avenue The report declares the
child to have tieen legitimate and
givss the father's name as James
Johnston, a miner born In lowa and
30 years of awe. The mother's age
was given as 10 years.
The death record shows the babe
died five days later at 1034 Cordon
avenue of valvular heart disease.
Dr. Latham later explained that she
mads the birth legitimate because her
son happened to fall In love with the
girl-mother while she was at the
doctor's house.
ONO PUZZIEO
Fire Commissioner Omo bumped
Into his first case of puzzles this
morning when he stopped work on
the veranda being built in front of
i Joseph Michel's hardware store at
,USIT Monroe street.
| The veranda Is of wood construe-
office and other experts on handwrit
ing substantiated -Ml Latimer's claim
that the ink on the document was
not yet dry.
When Mrs. I.ath.im was asked why
she chose that one out from the other
two she found she and the attorney
got Into n sparring match, Mrs. I.a
tham refusing to answer. Mr. I.atl-
mer arose in bis dignity and de-
mantled a reply. •"Well, I don't know
why 1 did It." she said In rising volte
I und bringing her hand down on the
. counter with v thud. "I don't re
! member anything these days."
I Mrs. Latham claimed the papers
one cent
was called by Donnelly and others
directly interested in the strike. It
is rumored an appeal to President
Roosevelt is to be made. This story
is denied. Secretary Shanahan of the
packing house teamsters said today
it will be necessary to call out all
the teamsters connected with the de
livery to or from all markets.
BALTIC SQUAD BOW LEAVES.
(Scripps News Association.)
LONDON, Aug. 19.—Reuters has
received a report that 11 ships of the
Russian Baltic squadron left Libau
for the far east.
JAPS ESTEI UXBOB.
(Scrlpps News Association.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Consul
General Fowler at Cheefoo cables the
state department that two Japanese
torpedo boat destroyers entered the
harbor yesterday, while several Jap
anese cruisers remained outside. On
their return they ran across a steam
er, the nationality of which Is un
known, and seized her.
orrxciAX ewfokicatioh.
(Scripns News Association.)
LONDON, Aug. 19.—A St. Peters
burs dispatch states the Russian ad
miralty has received official infor
mation that five battleships and tha
protected cruiser Pallada are at Port
Arthur.
proposition Is not a new one. Tho
Chronicle-Review is the only firm In
the city refusing to pay Its Just tax
ation. The Press last year paid mora
taxes than the Chronicle, while the
Chronicle professed to have five
times as large a plant and could be
sold for twice an much. Yet Tho
Press paid on its good will and tha
Chronicle did not.
The board of equalization will now
have to increase the assessment of
the Chronicle-Review from $41,183 to
$231,000, according to Its own testi
mony, which is about 50 per cent of
Its real value.
A member of the Cowles Review
compagy did not believe the paper
could be assessed for the good will
of Its subscribers as he didn't think
that they had their good will.
tion, which Is forbidden within tho
fire limits. Yet when the ordinance
was searched nothing could he found
which referred to verandas; It Is
about the only thing of wood which
is not covered In the ordinance, but
the matter was compromised through
the Insurance board consenting to tho
top and bottom of the veranda being;
covered with corrugated Iron.
CHRONICLE
PIPE DREAM
The report In the morning Chron
icle that the union men are fighting
the confirmation of Fred M. Dudley
aa corporation counsel Is nothing?
more or less than a bare faced false
hood. The grounds for such a fight
are based upon the Idea that Dudley
is attorney for Contractor J. C.
Broad, who Is contesting the validity
of the city eight-hour law. The
charge Is laid to the door of the mem
bers of the Federal union, from
whose numbers a number are em
ployed on city contracts.
A member of the Federal union snld
to The Press today: "You can nail
that as a lie pure and simple. It ta
gotten up for political reasons and
never came from this union Noth
ing has been said against th« con
firmation of Mr. Dudley and no action
In lodge has ever been mentioned. I
don't believe a paper or politician
should try to shoulder off their dirty
work on an honest body like tins
Federal union."
In the possession of the court were
all she had with the exception of
possibly some that had found their
way Into a vault she has had for
years in the Exchange National bunk.
Again the court called upon Mrs.
Latham to make another saorcli
through the papers at the bank and
report at 1:30 o'clock.
If It should tie proved at the trial
that the last will waa signed sine*
tho. order of search Issued by Judge
Kennan wan made, as claimed, It la
likely Mr*. Latham will he tried fhr
contempt of court, she has twice otf>
fended that aungust body.