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VOL. XXV.—NO. 57.
PRINCE AT SHIP LAUNCHING
President Also Attends the Ceremonies Where
His Daughter Sends Yacht of Em
peror Into the Waves.
NOTABLE SPEECHES AT A BANQUET
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—The all-important
event in the itinerary of Prince Henry
of Prussia today was the launching of
the schooner yacht Meteor, built at Shoot
er's islands for the prince's brother, the
emperor. The christening- ceremony was
performed by Miss Roosevelt, daughter of
th-e president of the United States, in the
presence of the president, the prince, Ger
man Ambassador yon Holleben and a
brilliant assemblage.
The Meteor moved down the ways at
10:39 a. m,, amid a scene of great enthusi
asm. The launching- proper was without
mishap, presenting a graceful and beauti
ful picture, although it was accomplished
In a drizzling rain and other inauspicious
atmospheric conditions.
The special train bearing President
Roosevelt from Washington to the scene
of the launching reached Jersey City at
6:40 a. m. The president remained on
board until the arrival of the prince's
train, a few moments after S o'clock. A
cylinder head on the engine of Prince
Henry's special blew out and the train
■was more than an hour late in reaching
the city.
The accident occurred shortly after
leaving Baltimore, The stalled train was
pushed into Magnolia, Md.. by a passenger
train, and there got a new engine.
Soon after 8 o'clock the president and
the prince and their suites embarked on
a boat for Shooter's island. The party
proceeded directly from the ferryboat to
the stand which had been erected at the
in-shore end of the ways on which the
■Meteor rested, the guns meanwhile boom
ing salutes and the crowd cheering en
thusiastically.
The president and prince, with Mrs. and
Miss Roosevelt, arrived on the platform
"* at 10:22. The prince conducted Mls«
Roosevelt to the small platform immedi
ately under the bow of the boat.
Biogrraph Pictures Taken.
During the preliminaries on the stand.
a photographer from the Hohenzollern
stood by with a camera and took numer
ous snap shots. The prince looked at him
occasionally and smiled. Two moving pic
ture machines were trained on the scene,
and there were scores of cameras leveled
at the party.
With the president and Mrs. and Miss
Roosevelt were the following: Secretary
Root* Mrs. Root, Miss Root, Secretary
FRYE REPENTS
HIS HASTY ACT
KAMBS OF SENATORS TILLMAN AND
M'LAIRIN ARE RESTORED
ON THE ROLI4
RESULT OF LEADERS' CAUCUS
Wore Censure of the Belligerents
Expected to Follow, However,
and They May Not Be
Allowed to Vote.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The most im
portant development today in connection
with the Tillman-McLaurin episode of last
Saturday was the act of Senator Frye,
president pro-tern, of the senate, in orde?'
ing the clerk to restore the names of the
two South Carolina senators to the sen
ate roll. If the present plan is carried
out, the act will be followed by the
adoption by the senate of a resolution
before any other action is taken, practi
cally indorsing the action of the presi
dent pro-tern. in ordering their names
erased, and suspending the two senators
for some definite time.
The order of Senator Frye for the res
toration of the names to the rolls was
issued almost immediately after the sen
ate convened today, and was the result
of a general conference among Republi
can leaders of the senate. When asked
for an explanation of this order, Senator
Frye said:
"In my rulings yesterday I believe that
I was strictly within parliamentary law:
that senators in contempt are not entitled
. to recognition either to speak or to vote,
and that logically their names should not
be called. I still adhere to that opinion,
KUBELIK'S MAGIC ART CAPTURES ST. PAUL
A modest youth fiddled his way into
the hearts of an exceedingly swag-g-er
audience last night at the Metropolitan
theater. He drew his bow across the
strings of his violin, and instantly the
rustle of attention settled down into an
intense hush that was not broken until
the violin wailed its final note. And a
veritable Tzigane dance did that bow
lead its captives. It breathed of a very
ecstacy of joy. It sobbed a wild aban
donment of grief. It crooned, it prayed.
it laughed, it babbled pretty nothings.
But always was it the joy and the grief,
the laughter and the prayers of childhood
—that childhood which, when it finds
compSete expression, we call genius.
Not always have the idols of Gotham
ibeen able to show so excellent a raison
d'etre as did Jan Kubelik last night
with his beautiful violin. Just at first,
perhaps, one wondered, wftat queer
chance could have made this rather stiff
appearing little musician the center of
scenes of hysteria, of violet throwing
mobs, of tears and kisses. For he is not
at all imposing behind the footlights, this
H«rr Kubeflik. On the contrary, rather!
His manner is modest, deprecating. He
moves stiffly. But this, of course, be
fore he begins to play. When that cuff
less right arm of his tucks his beloved
instrument under a childishly curfed
chin, then—then one understands the
hysteria, the violets, even the hand kiss
ing. For Jan Kubelik, as soon as he
legir.s to play, suddenly develops a mes
meric personality. His great dark eyes
have 8 trick of closing for a second or
two, and then of flashing down at his
hearers as if to make sure that there
Is not one who is not following him in his
wild flights of fancy. There seems, too,
fbe £>t fml $tok
Hitchcock, Maj. Gen. Henry C. Corbin,
Miss Corbin, Rear Admiral Evans, Miss
Evans, Senator Lodge, Senator Sspooner,
Congressman Litauer, Admiral Bowles,
Commander William Cowles, Mrs.
Cowles, Assistant Secretary of State Hill,
Col. Theodore Bingham, Mrs. Bingham,
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Boyd arod Wil
liam Loeb Jr., assistant private secretary
to the president.
Prince Henry was accompanied by his
whole suite and with Ambassador yon
Holleben was the staff o fthe embassy.
In a drizzling rain, amid the roar of
cannon, great cheering and the waving
of flags the Meteor was launched. The
scene was one of animation and g-ood
humor, the cue for the latter spirit being
taken from Prince Henry and Miss Roose
velt, who, standing on the platform near
the Meteor, engaged in lively conversa
tion, laughing and joking with demo
cratic unceremony.
Christened in English Tongue.
At the hour appointed Miss Roosevelt
raised the bottle of champagne which had
been encased in beautiful silver filigree,
and which was suspended by a thirty
five-foot silver chain. Dashing the bottle
against the side of the vessel with vigor
ous and effective hand, the wine break
ing into a spray, Miss Roosevelt said in
English: "In the name of the German
emperor, I christen thee 'Meteor.' "
Her voice was loud and clear and
cou!d be distinctly heard on all the sur
rounding platforms. Then she raised a
silver ax and severed the rope holding
the weight which kept the ship in the
ways, and the vessel went gracefully into
the water.
Simultaneously cannon boomed, and the
noise of the guns was lost in that re
sulting from the roar of human voices,
aided by the Royal German band, the
naval militia band, and several bands on
board the various vessels, surrounding
th<* island where occupants were not
privileged to land. Every hat was rais
ed, and then cheer after for the
president, the prince and Miss Roosevelt
followed.
After the launching the president pre
sented several persons to the prince.
President Roosevelt, leaning over the
railing, shook hands with many of the
Continued on Seventh Page.
but, desirous of shifting the responsibility
from the chair to the senate, I have di
rected the clerk to restore to the roll
the names of the two senators from
South Carolina."
When asked if the result of this ac
tion would be the recognition of either
of the senators to either vote or speak.
Senator Frye replied that it would not,
and that this was a question which must
be decided by the senate. He declined,
however, to state how the question would
be brought to the attention of the senate
Inciuiry in other quarters developed
the fact that there had been a confer
ence of the Republican leaders in Sen
ator Aldrich's committee room dunnc
the forenoon, and that the extent of Sen
ator Frye's ruling, especially its far
reaching effect, not only in this case
but as a precedent, had been very ex
haustively discussed, the construction be
ing that the action of the president pro
tempore in striking the names of the
South Carolina senators from the roll
his refusal of a request to have their
names called was beyond precedent In
the senate, and not entirely justified.
On this account it was decided that this
particular phase of the question should be
immediately taken up by the committee
on privileges and elections. Senator Bur
rows, who Is chairman of that commit
tee, was called into the conference and
details of carrying out the plan was in
trusted to him. it was decided that a
resolution should be formulated provid
ing for the temporary suspension of the
two senators and that this resolution
should be passed upon by Mr. Burrows
committee and presented to the senate
as soon as possible after convening tomor
row.
The Democratic senators also spent the
clay in a general discussion among them
selves of the situation. They were
unanimous in their characterization of
Senator Frye's ruling as arbitrary, and
announced their purpose to resist by pro
longed debate, if necessary, any further
efforts to enforce the ruling. Senator
Turner, acting for his Democratic col
leagues, prepared a resolution declaring
it to be the "sense of the senate that
the names of Senators Tillman and Me-
Laurin should be restored to the senate
roll," and in addition asserting that
those two senators "are entitled to vote
on all questions coming (before the sen.
ate."
The resolution may not be pressed ow
ing to the action of the majority.
a subtle kinship, an eerie connection be
tween the fiddle and the fiddler. For the
instrument, when it is given a voice
apparently possesses as distinct a per
sonality as tire musician. And between
the two there is complete accord. For
Kubelik has been able to find the heart
of gold in his instrument. He touches
it softly, and at its touch it seems that
all the imprisoned sunlight of centuries
that has fou^d an unwilling lodging place
in the wcod, the songs of the birds and
the mystery of the forest nights, have
been given tongues to tell their tales.
Of the technique of the musician, of
his exquisite bowing, his fine, clear cut,
vigorous phrasing, too much in praise
cannot be said. He is a thorough master
of all the pupil work of the violin, and
obtains a rarely beautiful tone from his
instrument. Rudolf Friml was Kube
lik's accompanist last night. His work
was decidedly artistic. The violinist
was very gracious about responding to
encores, exactly doubling his programme.
The numbers on that programme were"
A Concert (D major), Paganini; aria,
Bach; romance, Beethoven; "Souvenir de
Moscow," Wieniawski.
Miss Jessie Shay, the soloist planiste
with Kubelik, is a clever technician, and
her brilliant work last night was sincerely
applauded. Besides her encores she
played 'rtigauden," Raff; Double Note
Etrude, Meszkowski, and Rh&psodie Hon
grroise No, 12, Liszt.
Two small, white-frocked girls appear
ed on the stage last night, after Kube
lik s first number, and presented him
with an immense bunch of red and white
, flowers, a gift of St. Paul's Bohciiian so
eietiea. *:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1902..-TEN PAGES.
SALARIES ARE TOO LOW
SirOMEiN TEACHERS IN JJOWDOy GO
A&V--,? ON A strikes. ■ ;
Special to The Globe.
LONDON, Feb. 25.—The school board is
suffering from the strangest kind of
"famine." It wants scores of women
teachers, but cannot get them. The
trouble has arisen over the salary ques
tion. Some time ago the board reduced
the minimum yearly salary to £80 ($400)
from £85. Most of the teachers have
turned their attention to the civil service,
while^others went to towns that offer bet
ter inducements than the London board.
They have struck. Advertisements for
teachers in outside towns in England
have not been productive of results, and
It would appear as if some schools will
have to be closed or the salaries of the
women teachers raised.
BILL FOR INJUNCTION
ATTORNEYS AGREE OX NATURE OF
SUIT AGAINST MERGER
Document Will Be Drawn by AxnUt
ant Attorney General and For
warded to St. Paul
for Filing-.
PROM THE GLOBE BUREAU,
Washington, D. C.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 25.—Dis
trict Attorney Purdy had a talk with
Attorney General Knox this afternoon.
This evening he left for New York, and
expects to arrive In Minneapolis Sunday.
He says the attorney general has not yet
decided whether to assign special counsel
for an action to be broufeht under the
Sherman law. He thinks the action will
be in equity and not under the criminal
sections of the statute. It will be a bill
for injunction similar to the one just
thrown out of the supreme court. The bin
will probably be drawn by Assistant At
torney General Hoyt, and forwarded to
Mr. Purdy for filing.
ELKINS IS HOPEFUL
THINKS HIS INTERSTATE COM
MERCE BILL WIU. GO THROUGH
President Roosevelt Is Anxious That
Something; Be Done in the
Way of New Legis
lation. ,
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FROM THE GLOBB BUREAU,
Washington, D. C. • „
. WASHINGTON, D. C.; Feb. 25.—Sena
tor Stephen B. Elkins had a talk with the
president a few days ago about the- i bill
which he has pending in the interstate
commerce committee. The conversation
was quite informal, and .no attempt was
made to consider details of the propo^d
legislation. , President Roosevelt reiter
ated his well known sentiments touching
the need for some federal law or laws
looking to the supervision an 1 control
of the railways of the country, and) Sen
ator Elkins expressed himself as heartily
in sympathy with the president's ideas.
The senator told the president that he
tooped to get a bill reported from his com
mittee which would meet with enough
general support to insure its enactment
into la,w. He said he anticipated it
would be on the general lines of his
bill for the amendment or the "interstate
commerce law giving the Interstate com
mission more power.but he announced his
belief that there would have to be amend
ments and changes before it passed. The
president is more concerned at ■; present
with legislation for Cuban reciprocity and
the passage of the Philippine ; tariff and
government acts, and' is content that the
railway bills be placed lower on the cal
endar. At the same time he wants to
know that they are not being needlessly
delayed. He wants this congress to do
something in this line.
The interstateMpommerce commission is
not satisfied with the Elkins bili :as it
stands. One feature which is particu
larly objectionable is the provision that
orders of the commission making rates
shall be , inoperative pending the decis
ion of ah appeal to a circuit - court, ex
cept in cases where the court shall spe
cially rule that they are. operative dur
ing the pendency of the trial. The in
terstate q(ommierce commission would
have the orders of the.comm^sion b!nd
jnsc until a. circuit court had deter
mined that they were inequitable. . i The
change would be in the line of increased
powers for , the commission.
HURRICANE ON PACIFIC
WORST STORM 'OP YEARS REPORT
ED BY SHIPS AT HONOLULU
Thermometer Falls Below Record
Point in Hawaii, While a Vol
cano Gives SipitM of an '
Eruption.
HONOLULU, Feb. 17, via San Francis
co, Feb. 2fi.—Tbe volcano Kilauea is
showing signs of renewed activity.
The ocean steamship Sierra and the
Canadian-Australian liner Moana both
arrived today, the former from San Fran
cisco and the latter from Victoria, after
terrible experiences with a storm, ot
which Hawaii had felt the effects. The
Sierra was twenty-four hours late and
the Moana two days.
Capt. Carey, of the Moana, reports a
hurricane on tlie 10th and again on the
12th. Part of his deck cargo was wash
ed away.
Capt. Houdlette, of the Sierra, reports
the worst storm he has ever seen in over
200 trips cetween Honolulu and San Fran
cisco. The seas broke over the bridge of
the big steamer, and her port rail was
carried away.
Yesterday was the coldest day ever re
corded here, the thermometer registering
as low as 52 degrees above zero. It
rose 24 degrees during the day.
KING TO VISIT THE FAIR
MEXEX.IK OF ABYSSIMA AWAITS
INVITATION TO ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. ■ 25.—The world's
fair directors today received information
through diplomatic channels of this gov
ernment - that -.the * presence*; of * Menelik,
the ; king of Abyssinia, at i the exposition
is " quite within the j range jof possibilities.
The information :; is that: an invitation,
properly extended to the ; king,would ; meet
with acceptaac&- , < --- f • ■—- ~
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MEN WHO
SHOT MAYER
POLICE DEPARTMENT GIVES OUT
SAMKS AND DESCRIPTIONS
OF MURDERERS
HAVE NOT BEEN APPREHENDED
Department Is Sure of Captnring-
Tkein, and. Positive of Being
Able to Convict
Them.
CLOSE ON TRAIL OF FUGITIVES
The fact was made public yesterday
that the police have learned the identity
of the murderers of Officer Charles
Mayer, who was shot early on the morn
ing of Feb. 1. The names of the guilty
parties are given aa follows: Frank
Alexander, Coles, Neb.; Hugh Jackson,
North Platte, Neb., and Arthur Inman,
Minneapolis. Chief O'Connor says that
he is positive of their gilt, and has the
necessary evidence to convict.
From the time of the murder* it has been
known by those who are on the inside,
that the police knew who had committed
the crime, but the department was .not
disposed to give out any information in
regard to the matter. By many people
it was thought that the deed had been
done by some local men. but the police
never worked on that theory, although
they permitted many to think that they
did.
It was known that the three men men
tioned aibove were living in St. Paul in
company with three women. They an
swered closely to the meager description
given by Mayer after lie was wounded,
and also to the description given by the
woman who conducts a grocery store
near the Jessrang saloon. One of them
was also recognized by the bartender in
the saloon, who noticed, a stranger in the
place several times during the evening.
The next morning it was learned by the
police that the men and one of the women
had left the city. These circumstances
pointed quite clearly to the guilt of the
parties, and led the police to conclude
that the clue was a strong one. Further
investigation proved that the clue was
leading in the right direction, and many
pieces of evidence were unearthed which
will lead to the conviction of the men
when they are captured.
As soon as it was learned that the
men had left the city, detectives were
started on the trail, and have been per
sistently following them ever since, but
so far without visible success. At sev
eral times it has appear* as though the
men would be captured. |at traces which
seemed quite strong havef proved mislead-
Conllnuert on 'IV-nth I'age.
BEATEN BY BURGLARS
YOUXG IOWA FARMER: A.ND SISTKIt
FOUND IPXOOXSOIOUS AFTER \
STTRUGGiD WITH THIEVES -
USE OF CHLOB.OFOBM FAILS
Special to The Globe.
CLINTON, lowa, Feb. 25.—James Far
rell and sister Gertrude, who reside on a
farm near Dewitt, were found by neigh
bors at noon today gagged, bound and
beaten into insensibility. They were the
victims of robbers, who visited the farm
Monday night. An empty chloroform
bottle and a handkerchief saturated with
chloroform indicates that Earrell and his
sitter were placed under the Influence
of the drug, but recovered before the
robbers had completed their work, and
that, resistenae being offered, the vic
tims were brutally assaulted. Overturn
ed furniture showed proof of this strug
gle. One of the Farrells' arms was brok
en in two places, and tnere were numer
ous cuts and bruises on his body. His
sister was also badly lacerated and bruis
ed. Neith<^ victim of the assault has
regained consciousness, and it is expect
ed that both will die, without being
able to give even a description of the
robbers.
The Farrells are well to do. They live
in a lonely section of the country. The
mother was away on a visit, leaving her
son, aged thirty, and daughter, aged
twenty-two, alone. A brother, George
Farrell, is superintendent of schools of
this county and resides here. The fam
ily is prominent.
Until the return of Mrs. Farrell it will
not be known how much booty the rob
bers secured.
BULLETIN OF
IMFOBTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
•:■ Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Cloudy.
I-Xew Tax Code Is Beaten. -
Emperor's j V at-lit : ( Is Launched.
Mis* Stone Return* Thanks. " .
Mayer's Murderers Are Known.
The Kubellk Recital.
I Mystery In Ion;*. Burglar). '. ~
\"-".~:' Lr.i ' -" :' '.: ~ -,- ' . S
| 2—'Xew Storage Ho««e Under W«y.
Doran After Police | Commission.
Poles Sold for RireTTOOd.
Hardware Men in Session.
Conroy is a-FrcetMan.
Kuhelik ; Greeted by r Bohemians.
Undertakers In Session.
3-^South Dakota Democrats to.Meet, j
Disastrous Fire, in .U«ho.
'Frisco Suffers ifromV Storm.
, Xews of the Vorthwent. '.■'■
- Editorial Comment. i
Grist of the Political Mill.
• 6—Wants Ten-Clnb 5 League.
McGoverii ': and : C«rbett Matched.
General Sporting: Sews.
6—The Woman's Pnjjre.
Daily. Short Story.
7—Day's Doings in Minneapolis.
B—Rates Are Agreed Upon, ' _ ,
Sews of the Railroads. .
\ o—Grain and Provision -Market's..
TO—Wharf la( l n the Way.
Elks Ticket Sale Btgins.
State Is Waiting. \'~' "
Invited «• Japu,
'FRISCO 1$ SHOCKED
WOMEN SMOKE CIGARETTES Iff
PUBLIC DINING ROOM.
Special to The Globe.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Feb. 25.-The
unusual spectacle of women smoking
cigarettes in a public dining room was
witnessed last night by diners In the
Palace hotel grill. At one table was the
handsome M!rs. Torraine, of London,
puffing away at the weed in a most un
conscious manner.
She was attired In a gorgeous Parisian
gown and_ bedecked with jewels, which
her half-sister, the Princess de Chimay,
Iftight not scorn to wear. Next to her
was her daughter, Miss Torrance, who
claims kinship with the Vanderbilts, but
who was not smoking.
At the next table^ there sat the cyno
sure of everyone in the cafe, Mrs. Ken
neth Wilson, of Tranby Croft, a famous
English beauty and member of the king's
set when he was the Prince of Wales.
She smoked away complacently, as if sho
were doing the most commonplace thing
possible.
In the open court was a distinguished
looking Belgian woman, who dallied with
a cigarette. But all these ladles seemed
novices in the dainty vice of nicotine
compared to a certain lady, who looked
like an American, and who at first had
not been smoking.
When Mrs. Torrance, Mrs. Wilson and
the Belgian lady had been puffing a
while at their cigarettes, the American
wtman, emboldened apparently by the
example of others, produced a cig
arette case of her own. lighted a weed
which she had taken from the case and
immediately, with the prettiest of man
ners, began to blow smoke from her
lips.
THANKS GABLED
BY MISS STONE
MISSIONARY SENDS MESSAGE OF
DELIVERANCE FROM BRIGANDS
TO HER RELATIVES
RELEASED IN LONE SPOT
Captors, She Says, Brought Her Near
a Town and Left Her Alone
With Mme. Tsilka, Her
Companion,
PRAISE FOR HER DELIVERANCE
BOSTON, Feb. 25.—The first message
from Miss Ellen M. Stone, the mission
ary, to .her family and friends was^_re
cerved tonighit by her brother, Charles
A. Ston-e, of Chelsea. The cablegram
told of her release by the brigands and
her warm welcome by Bulgarian friends
in the village of Strumitza. Prior to
the receipt of this message Mr. Stone
received a dispatch from Salonica from
M. Gargiulo. the first dragoman of the
American legation, as follows:
"Liberated Saturday night, village
Gradishar, near Strumitza, where vil
lage mayor led them 9 o clock Sunday
Coming Salonica tonight with House."
Then came the long looked for mes
sage from the absent daughter and sis
ter. It read as follows:
"Ristovatz, Feb. 25, ISo2.—Charles A.
Stone, Chelsea, Mass.: Freed, thank
God, and well after our captivity of near
ly six months. Yesterday, Sabbath morn
ing, Mrs. Tslika and her seven-weeks-old
daughter Emma and I found ourselves
left by our abductors near a village an
hour distant from Strumitza. For three
hours we waited for dawn, when we se
cured horses and came to this city.
Kind-hearted pulganan friends rushed
from their houses as soon as they caught
a glimpse of the strange-appearing trav
elers, took us in their arms from our
horses, with tears and smiles and words
of welcome, and led us into their house.
m "Word was quickly sent to theufriends.
engaged in their morning service at
church, and they came, old and young,
to greet us. What thanksgiving to God
for this proof of His faithiulness to an
swer their prayers, for all—even the lit
tle children —had never ceased to pray
for us, their lost friends.
"Since that hour our waking time has
been crowded with friends from the city
and surrounding villages, who have
brought us their heartfelt congratula
tions for our deliverance. The Turkish
government did not fail to question us
as to our experiences.
"Trie governor of the city, with his
suite, called this morning and again
this afternoon, after the arrival of Dr
House and his son from Salonica, ac
companied by M. Garguilo, the first dra
goman of the American embassy at Con
stantinople.
"The last three have come to accom
pany us to Salonica tomorrow, where
I Mr. Tsilka awaits his long lost wife
and their, baby. They nave brought me
a bundle of letters from mother and my
brothers and dearest friends. Thus, with
unspeakable gratitude to God and to all
friends who by prayers and gifts have
helped to free us, we begin our life of
fretdom. Tour sister,
—"Ellen M. Stone."
CATCH WIFE SLAYER
POLICE AT LAST FI\D MAX WHO
DECAPITATED SPOF.SE
He Calls to Seek Engineer's License
in Giffice Where a Reward
for His Capture Is
Posted.
- NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Joseph Wilfrid
, Blondin, charged with the murder of • his
wife Sby cutting off her (head at Chelms
ford, ; near Boston, Mass., last June, " was
arrested here today. He was identified
,by a detective from Boston while he was
making- application to be 'examined for an
> engineer's license. The prisoner admitted,
his identity,:- but professed to know - noth
ing of the killing his wife. „ -^^-;
"- .Yesterday Blondin called at the bureau
of boiler inspection at : headquarters to
apply for an 'engineer's license. He evi
dently did not notice his own picture post
led on • the wall with the ~; usual: announce
ment: of a reward for;his apprehension.
Capt.. Titus, :of the detective bureau, ; told .
the man .to call again this morning, and
wired to Boston for a detective who could
identify BloiwJin. When : Blondin returned
this . morning he : was instantly identified
and arrested.,;•,;" -:.:,._ ;':.....—., ~.- -c-..--'-*: .-■■
In court the prisoner..was remanded un-:
til tomorrow : to; await • extradition ; papers
At headquarters ■he " declared ' that he h#d !
-last seen his^wife while he was seeing ncr
off from * the station -at Boston. Hearing
later ;of the c discovery of her body ihe
: feared,* he said, that he would -be " accused
s of the murder and fled to New York. VH«r
said he had ■ made several trips as ■ a coal
passex- on a North German Lloyd steamer.;
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;;■-Noted Catholic Dlgtiitary Dead. >. '
l': CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 25.-Father
* John-. C. Albrinck, vicar ; general '•- of the '
■ Catholic t church : for - the Cincinnati • dio
ceso and :~ pastor - r of the Holy Trinity
t church, died? here - today, - aged seventy;
two yeansK , ,- ;-;;v.:- ;^-.^^;.;
PRICE TWO CBNTS-ISM-S;^ !
NEW TAX CODE IS BEATEN
Friends of the Proposed Measure Unable to
Muster Enough Votes to Secure Its
Passage in the House.
WILL BE RECONSIDERED TODAY
The tax code was beaten in the house
yesterday noon by a vote of 60 to »*. The
final test was made under circumstances
most auspicious to the "friends" of the
bill, who, despite some unexpected re
cruits, were six votes short of the ma
jority necessary to pass their measure.
They have not entirely given up hope,
however, and will make an euort to
resuscitate the slaughtered measure to
day by reconsideration and the elimina
tion of the Wallace amendments.
The "friends" fell down in a manner
entirely unexpected, as, so long as they
did not submit to -a test, the opposition
was perfectly willing to let them enjoy
a control of the situation which protect- I
ed the opposition from showing its hand.
The opposition generally was expecting
the test to be forced and for the first
time since the special order was taken up
the membership was anything like pres
ent or accounted for at roll call. All
were present except Messrs. Benolken,
Daggett, Potter and Gunerius Peterson,
all of whom are sick. The vocal pyro
technics were put In play as soon as the
special order was reached, and the fact
that the members did not at once re
peat the stampede of the preceding days
and the full house emboldened the
"friends"' to stand for the final test.
The showxiown was pre<cdpitated by
Representative George Umland, of Ram-
rC tVi JTI ißvlfv^k.
JAY PHILLIPS AND HIS SMOKELESS
CIGAR.
sey, Democrat. The fireworks had been
in lurid play for nearly two hours when
Mr. Umland began his attempt to secure
recognition from the speaker. He re
peatedly moved the previous question and
the speaker as frequently managed to
elude the gentleman from itamsey by
giving the floor to some one of the gen
tlemen primed for talk. Umland/s atti
tude tipped to the friends the fact that
the fight was coming and they, believ
ing themselves secure in the large atr
tendance, welcomed the test and de
manded a caJl of the house. Within ten
minutes every member aside from the
quartette excused for sickness was in
bis seat and the roll call was under way.
The roll was half finished with honors
even, but the vjote indicated that sev
eral of those relied upon by the friends
to stick to the death were not sticking
and the radiant "faces of Jacobson and
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REPRESENTATIVE THOS. H. BLR*.
; Peterson : grew long. ."When the roll was |
finished the silence was " oppressive.
: Every eye was on the clerks correcting j
the roll. There were no changes of vote !
and the i opposition brightened visibly,, as I
[ the : friends | grew" downcast. -But it was j
" evident ; that the vote was too 1: close : for
demonstration until the official announce
ment of the speaker _ put the ! result be
: yond cavil. ; Dowling's : face fell when the
I clerk i handed up "•> the roll with the anno-
T tations; of the result and his rather glum |
: announcement—"so the bill is lost" let j I
loese among the memberS of the J
opposition. They . cheered," shrieked and' -
sprang .to_ embrace each ;. other, while
> Jaeobson was too "^angry, to make even
} the xiash for : the water ' cooler, ■ customary
with him afteri defeat..
. '■ FriendLs Are ; Crestfallen. '-'-,
The "friends" were especially crest
fallen because '», of \ the: fact i that they ; liad
- overestimated '-. tUeir;. strength;: and could.
by pursuing their former tactics, hay©
held off the final test. That they did not
at any time have a correct line on their
strength was plainly evidenced by the
surprises expressed over the position of
some of the members as tae vote
progressed. Men whom the '•friends";
banked on as staunch and true voted'
against them with avidtity and others
slated to stay out against the bill in anuj
form were as energetic in their vote for
the amended bill. \,
The "friends" lay their defeat to the
Wallace amendments, which they ac
cepted first and later fought for under
the impression that they would prove a
saving portion and bring the vote of!
the city delegations into line. Some of
the members of the minority, who were
expected to vine for the bill, frankly'
stated before the vote was taken thai
they would under no circumstances vote'
for the bill with the Wallace amend
ments and one or two of them said they;
would vote for it as originally introduced.
There was nothing in the vote to indi
cate combination or partisan position.(
The Democrats and f unionists did not
vote solidly, as it was rumored they,
would a few minutes before the vote was
ta«i.en, and the men who have in former
times been together in various combina- .
tions were split squarely in two. Neither
side had any the 'better of it in the
quality of its support. Five Democrats
an-d fusionists voted for the code, i- irteen
against it. The vote was as follows:
Ayes^Messrs. Aanenson, All^y, Arm
strong G. W., Babcock, Bean. B-atbaker,
Burns, Bush, Cooke, Dealy, Deming Dor
sey Gait, Gandrud, Grass, Harden, Hau
gen, Haugland. Henricks, Herbert, Hil
lary, Hillraond. Hinton, Hogan, Holm, j
Hunt, Jackson, Jacobson, Johnsrud, Lar- ■
son Lee, Lommen, Nelson, W. Neubauer, '
Nichols, Nolan, Nyqulst, O'Neil, Ofsthun
Peterson, J. A., Rapp, Roberts, Sander,
Schwarg, S'Jark, Stevenson, Stites, Swan
son, Sweet, Torson, Wallace, Ward, Wild- ,
er, Mr. Speaker—s4.
Nays—Messrs. Alford, Allen, Anderson,
Armstrong J. A., Barteau, Benson, Berg,
Bosworth, Bury, Butler, Curaraing, Dob
bin, Dunn, Feeney, Ferris, Fust, Gainer.'
Hemstead, Hickey, Hurd, Hyrces, John
son, Kelly, Lane Laybourn, Lemke, Ma
hood, Mallory, Mark, Martin, Miller, Mor
ley, Morris, Nelson H. X., Norman,
Noyes, Ocobock. Oppegaard, Pennington t
Peterson, S. D.; Phillips, Plowman,
Pope, Pugh. Rich, Rider, Riley, Ryan,
Sageng, Schorf, Schurman, Schutz, -Si«
korski, Smith, Umland, Yon Wald, Wash
burn, Wells, Whitford, Wilcox-60.
Leaders Were Dazed.
The defeat was as crushing as unex
pected, and the house had adjourned with
a whoop before Jacobson, Peterson an<l'
Roberts were able to pull themselves to
gether and attempt to figure out how seri
ous was their disaster. But they got
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REPRESENTATIVE J. O. HALGLAM>..
their feet under them early in the after
noon, and with the exception of Roberts*
the immediate leaders claimed last nitfht
to be sanguine of ultimate success. Rep- <
resentative Sageng, Populist, and it ia
claimed several other members of the
minority, including Mr. Pennington, told
Jacobscn that they would vote for the
code freed of the Wallace amendments.
Jacobson, Robertson, Peterson, Sweet
and George Armstrong, held a council ot
war in the hall of the house shortly after
2 o'clock, and a programme was mapped
out for this morning. The success of
the scheme is extremely doubtful.
One of the proselytes who voted against
Hie code will ask for a reconsideration,
of the vote by which the bill was de
feated, for the purpose of changing his
vote. If the friends can muster the ma
jority necessary to secure the reconsider
ation they will then attempt to strike oufc
the Wallace amendments and place the
personal property clauses of the original
bill The scheme, should it be successful
so far as the reconsideration and the
elimination of the Watllace amendments
are concerned, which is extremely doubt!
fill, will by no means insure the success
of the code. The votes gained for the
bill by the adoption of the Wallace
amendments may be reasonably expected
to resist the attempt to take them ou*
and to change against the bill, should
their resistance prove ineffectual. The
"friends" are banking on gaining their
support from the Democratic side of the
house. They expect to lack about ten.
votes by the defeat of the Wallace
amendments; but hope to gain fifteen by
the same process. They claim two of
the four absent votes, and if they cart
effect a change of four from the vote of
yesterday, will be able to gain the re
consideration.
More Trouble In Sinhr.
Their troubles will not be over then by
any means. They have the speaker with
them, and may be able to get around the
rule for unanimous consent to permit
amendment of a bill on its third reading,
but they must have a clean majority of
the whole body, sixty, to pass the bill
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