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be ffiefroit VlM MINORITY DECIDED WO GREA ON ACTION 1 4 I 'r his 11 the men together since they reached blood flowed from the wouendandVhe Hiic I McKinley with that 'Mt PJnlno II hin 111 tn Hiisinn was so great'! minutes before tha trj i 1 UCDE BY HANGING uged 76 years COOL AS ACUCUMBER MM of branches hoped pretty roses and blush before Sure Soldiers Done Good Work' So He ired' Also di 4 'S i UST a which would many PRAYERS OR jfgRiftEfiflVERY In Return Southern lection Lawl InQuiry Wao Be Dropped NOT IN AHURRY TO DROP MILES on THE CABLE COMPANT GOING HIGHT AHEAD HOUSE LEADERS SOUGHT THE AID the: democrats saloon of Hawley of River and Elgh street a resort for KILLED BY HIS BROTHER AGREES TO OBEY ORDER MAURER ELL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAT ai atte This action was taken out of defer ence to the military committee' of the senate The adverse report' of the committee in the nomination 'of Gen Crozier as chief of ordnance is said to have been largely due to the com plaints of inventors having business With the board of ordnance and forti fication Now that the department has given heed to this objection it is confidently predicted that there will be a disposition in the senate to meet the department half way and confirm Gen Crozier as chief of ordnance Maj Charles Shaler ordnance de partment stationed'! at succeeds Gen Crozier as a member of the board of ordnance and fortification and Harry' Taylor of the en gineers Stationed at Boston succeeds Capt Lewis as recorder of the board who has been ordered to join his battery WILL ALSO OPPOSE ADOPTION PREVIOUS QUESTION voT INDORSED BY SPEAK jjl flVT H15 CONSIDERED Another Specialist Called toAt Young Monarch LATEST PHILIPPINE DISCLOS IRES RESPONSIBLE Ed Hawley Shot By Jim Who Gave Himself Up to Sheriff Basis of Peace Have Been Prae tically Agreed Upon it rank Maurer a salesman in Lewis Golden's clothing store on Michigan avenue was seriously Injured by fall ing down the elevator shaft in the new store on Michigan 1 avenue last night" About 8 rank Etch? man of 452 Antoine street who Was working in the building heard a man groaning at the foot of the elevator shaft He ran down and found Maurer helpless in the bottom of the shaft where he had fallen from the first floor a distance of about fifteen feet He was conscious but in great pain One arm was broken his back wrenched and he' seemed to be suf fering from internal injuries PRICE THREE CENTS Roosevelt Make Martyn With More Sensations Possible SAID HE OLLOWED ORDERS WANTED LATTER TO SIDE WITHTHEM OX CUBAN BILL ONE ARM WAS BROKEN AND HIS BACK WRENCHED WILL VOTE TO DAY TO ABOLISH SUGAR DIERENTIAL LATEST RUMOR ABOUT BOER PEACE NEGOTIATIONS Talk of Outrages is Wyndham Admits Lack of Crime make i lie or wituoat tnf spo a Iter's approval i fre to ny that statement tie ra'ismg i i A i of this house who sets I ln laying a cable to Manila the leading Boston April The Like built steamer Northwestern Northeastern Northman and Ndrthtoivn which came to the coasts from the lakes last fall to: encourage the coal carrying trade to this and other ports i have been chartered for a term of five years for the Texas oil trade and are to ba IRISH LEADER CHARGE IN COMMONS 1 5 fltjed with tanks for carrying oil in bulk 7' jl SB PEOPLE HOLLAND ANXIOUS ABOUT CONDITION Dif l'HEO THEY WERE A ppiKAUE TO THE BODY I Manila April 17 The mixed court martial which tried Maj Littleton Waller Jofthn Mirmn V7 VI VI the charge of executing natives of Sa mar without trial to day began trial of Lieut: John Av Day of TV BILL ATTACKED jtMJ UlADERN RIDICULED Gardner One of Those Who Spoke iuninst Cuban Tariff Measure bunch it was bloom i months had passed was one of the direct causes of the taking of another human life last evening The latest tragedy in the reign of crime occurred at 6:10 last evening in the Brothers corner teenth and a half stevedores and men who' eke out an existence along the chain of lakes and it was two of the brothers 'who took part in the affair A matter of $15 a sum which had been deducted from the share of the assailant in the sale of an old hoist which had been sold by his business partners his brothers led to the al tercation terminated in a shocking death Edward Hawley aged 41 years who lived at 632 Lafayette avenue fell a victim to a bullet fired by his elder brother James Hawley 53 years of age whose home is at 69 Twenty first street The murderer raving almost like a lunatic gave himself up less than two hours later to Sheriff Dick son and at 9:15 he was locked up at the Central station charged with one of the most horrible deeds known to the the killing of his brother orthe crime of fratricide JieHawley brothers Luke James jttnd Edward had been associat ed in business for many years They were knon as the masters of the De troit wharves for years They were inseparable and they' worked along on the principle of fractions They shared the profits and losses in the propor tion of thirds A Things are said to have assumed a far different aspect since about the birth of the present year According to wife an understanding was reached by the two other brothers to freeze James out The result was that James worried over his troubles and talked incessantly of the breaking of the friendly relations which had held Washington April 17 Adjt Gen C'orbln has sent the following cable gram to Gen Chaffee at Manila: acting secretary of war directs me to inform you thatA the 'president wishes through you to express his gratification and the gratification of the American people at the results of the campaign of Brlg Gen rank lin Bell 1 and the officers and men of his command' in the Batangas and Lacuna provinces which culminated in the surrender of Insurgent forces under Mai yar and which will further extend the territory in which civil government is THEY HAD A ROW OVER $15 IN THEIR SALOON ON RIVER STREET LAST NIGHT s' 1 or 'v "as LK1RO1T MICHI AN' RIDAY APRIL 18 TEN PAGES Manila April Gonzales the in surgent leader has agreed to obey order and will surrender Gen Bell wires that no insurgents are left in Batangas or Laguna provinces The surrenderof the insurgents of the' island of Samar has been post until April 20 on account of the weather their movements dif ficult Acting Gov Wright has returned here He is enthusiastic over his re ception by the friendly natives of Lu cena province of Tayabas Capt: itcher has telegraphed toGenl Wheaton 'that the insurrection in the island of Mindoro is over CONIRNlEDStORiES THE WATER 'J i 1 Washington April iLEdvfard Davis Greenfield Mass who was a sergeant in company Twenty sixth Volunteer infantry was before the senate committee on the Philip pines to day convent at Igbaras 1900 when the was ministered to the presldente of the town of Igbaras as testified5 to by Sergeant Riley and Private Smith and related the incidents connected there with 1 The witness also said that' a neigh boring town containing about 12000 people had been burned but that he did not know who had given the order for its destruction The Insurrection in Mindoro Declared to Be Over orod ii inn i bouse delivered i i truth dawned upon the' minds of the men who gazed into the glassy eves of the man who' lay on the dirty floor with an old coat for a pillow is one of them'said i he be Why he 'was shot only a few minutes ago is Theji Dr Jarpes Davis ot 831 West ort street who had" been called stooped downand felt the i pulse He looked up at the anxious facesw and then whispered: is After a while 'Undertaker James Hayes arrived the police 'drove the crowds back and then six strong men walked out with a coffin shaped bas ket In itrWas Edward (Hawley Not until then would many of the throng believe that murder had taken place The sky which had been black about the time' of the commission of crime cleared away the stars appeared and the reflection of the moon shone on the river only a few yards from the scene of the tragedy Police Acted tlulclcly No time was lost in notifying the po lice Capts MMDonnell 'Starkweather and Baker every available man of the detective' bureau and' the and officers of two police precincts were soon on hand The patroj wagon from the Scott en: aVenue with Sergt Vermette hurried tovert by the murderer had? appat(eUy good his escape Tie of officers were sent Un all directions down to the river and scour theentire Capt (Ml5dnneli said Detectives Cotter and? Wilkinson were stationed at the of Jaipes Detectives Stenton and Buhr at thebereaved residence of the murdered man Others wje statioped at the saloon and in fact the entire 'western part of the city was soon under theeyes of attaches of the police depart ment It was believed that Hawley would possibly return to his own homeyiaHe had disappeared and it was not known what step to take but' the usual procedures of the police 'were followed Men' were instructed to visit every place' where Hawley waS known to go But he could not be located or even traced very far from the scene of the murder a Smith of 801 West ort street noticed Continued onPago Two 'A MN London April The Daily Mail claims to have authority to announce that bases of peace have been practi cally agreed uppn at Pretoria but says that some little time will elapse before the details of the plan can be perfected The adds that upon finding thatthe British refused on Wednesday to1 modify its terms with regard to amnesty banishment and responsible government the Boer delegates met again on Thurs The British 'decision practically leaving them with the? alternative of accepting the British terms or break ing up the conference was then com municated to them and the delegates proved much more reasonable When Lord Milner the British high commissioner in South Africa prom ised the delegates one or two seats on the executive council subject to the approval of the government and pend ing the restoration of a responsible government they practically agreed to accept the British terms CH ALK contains lime corn starch spoils is sticky and spoils use only Satin Skin owder sits harmless in visible extra adhesiveness best made London April In the house of commons to day John Redmond the Irish Nationalist leader speaking ofl the crimes act proclamation issued to night by the lord lieutenant of Ire land Earl Cadogan said an infamous conspiracy was on foot In England to foment crime in Ireland where none existed The stories pf outrage and violence in Ireland were calumnies A hundred men stood ready to replace every man sent to prison in this struggle They entreat ed Mr Wyndham the chief secretary for Ireland to change his policy but if he continued it they would meet him face to face and give him blow for blow Their answer to his co ercion of Ireland would be to harden their hearts strengthen ther organi zation and compel redress Mr Wyndham replied that while it jyas true that there was a compara tive absence in Ireland of crime against the person the lives of neo pie were made miserable by intimlda tion and boycotting Tne government was not acting from political motives but as the result of a mass of in formation laboriously collected and carefully examined A motion for adjournment to dis cuss coercion made by Mr Redmond by VOte of 253 to 148 John Redmond and John Dillon have sent a joint cablegram to for mer congressman John inertv of Chicago appealing for American sym pathy and support in the against coercion NATIONALISTS HALL RETURN COERCION He was present injhe Anvpmhoi 97 ad This is the ifth Death At Mes Hands in Detroit in the Last Eight Days Of tariff re I sis Pierce (Tenn) al'rl Lacey (Iowa) Jenkins ill Wrner hL Jones (Wash i against it ADMINISTRATION" EARS TO GARRY OUT ITS THREAT the age of manhood 'and from then until almost thd present time when the trio of energetic men had reached mature afire 5 'Wife' Thought Him' Crazy of she said hisiwlfe own brothers are trying to do me It ds awful and I stand He went i so far as to talk about immaterial matters his wife savs and only within a week' he accused a woman who 'visiting at the family home of wearing i his night shirt "That was the' first Indication that 1 had that he was actually Mrs Hawley said: Hawley ate supper at home between 5 clock and 6 He was fectly sober his wife He told her that he was going over on West ort street to get Mrs Hawtey a wheel and without showing any nerv ous strain at all he jumped on his own wheel and rode away James Hawley apparently rode direct to the saloon which is only a compara tively short distance from his house How It Started He reached there in the neighbor hood of 5:30 Ed the victim was there too Witnesses tell how James was standing at the end of River street while' Edward stood against the bar in front and not very far from his brother They began to talk loudly bartender and others thought that it was to be only ft war of words and remained silent yet fearful lest tne pair would come together a bluff Jim was heard to say by Herman Sidlck who managed the saloon for the proprie tors not trying to bluff you God Edward replied The men talked in a low tone for axre or wo and Edward are trying to bluff no Im James answered Rose Bushes Brushed His ace Edward is then said io have started towards the end xf the bar and at the same time he brushed facewith A bunch of roseLbushes? which Were lying on the bar 4 nSr ft Sidleys version of the story James said: hit me you or snoot The words were scarcely out of his mouth when the report of the revolver startled the listeners scattered about the building Although pierced in the right side three quarters of an inch to the right of and above the right nip ple Edward Hawley ran for the door His assailant followed Edward ran into the small yard adjacent to thewest wall of the saloon and with tin cans and broken bottles for a bed he fell never to arise again A portion of the terrified hangers on hurried to his side and carried him in and laid him on the barroom floor not far from where he stood the fatal shot was flrpd nV mv cl i the the Marine Corps on the same charge Lieut Day testified iir'his own defense i He said the man shot January 19 was a spy Who was shot by Maj orders and Aadded: i "I ordered Private Kresge to fire his head: and ordered Megee to fire at the center of his ba ck After the shooting I sa a convulsive snudder of the man's my own revolver to his forehead shot him dead I ordered the police ta ieave the body on the groundas an example to the Maj Waller testified that he ordered the shooting of eleven men January 20 but denied 'ordering the execution of a man January 19 He admitted he was verj? ill at that time Surgeon? Love testified that Mai temperature January 19 was 105 His illness then was such he was not fitted to Command it was likely he might "have given the order and forgotten all about it He thought an officer would have been justified in disobeying the order Washington April Secretary Root has gone to Cuba for a stay of several weeks and Gen Miles is still in command of the army It is acknowledged that the statements given out relative to his early retirement were in the nature of to see how the country at large would accept such a condi tion of affairs No official announce ment has yet been 'made as to wheth er the results of the have been satisfactory or not but the fact remains that Gen Miles has not been summarily deposed as it was inti mated he would be and from the dis closures that have been made re garding the cruelties practiced in the Philippines it is taken as an indica tion that the administration fears that to retire him while the conduct of the war in the Philippines is under fire would act as a boomerang As a matter of fact the administra tion leaders have been groping in the dark as to the conduct of the war in the islands and are now forced to feel 'their way with great care as they do not' know how far the dis closures may reach They realize that there is now small dark cloud hov ering 'over the Philippines which can very easily assume more dangerous dimensions The result would be dis astrous In the light of what Is al ready known it would "not be surpris ing if the Philippinesiishouid furnish food for a bitter issue To depose Gen Miles at this critical stage would only strengthen that position the administration ds trying Its best to stop the business of making martyrs 1 SAID TO HAVE AGREED TO BRITISH TERMS CONGRATULATIONS SENT TO CHAEE BILES CONDEMNED jjV HE CUSHMAN Amsterdam April IPrayers for the are being offered in the churches vl It is rumored that another specialist Prof Nolan has been summoned to attend ner majesty All the population are deeply grieved nt the illness of Wilhelmina 'Prince Henry of th Netherlands the prince consort is overwhelmed with ajixiety and hardly leaves the bedside The mother 1 is also In constant attendance upon tJie royal patient Telegrams are constantly ar riving from Europ'ean sovereigns and courts i ii 1 4 Dr Roessings of the attend ing phjsiclans is staying permanently at the palace Her temper ature yesterday reached the alarming hight of 104 degrees but the departure from the palace of Prof Roesensteih the pathologist of Leyden university who had been summoned in consulta tion Js considered a hopeful sign that the crisis is past The condition of a the royal patient ws unchanged at 8:30 this evening TO CURE GRIP IN TWO DAY Laxative Brom'o Qumlne removes the causeB VV Grove's signature on every box The Toboggan is open for? the sea son One block above Bells Isle bridge 6 Vi 1 tt fc EW' GROVE This name must appear on every box nt the genuine Laxative Bromo Qutnine Tab amca vua ana unp Cure zic' DO YOU WANT $15000 BEB OUS AD ON ANOTHER AOK 67 NO 206 WASHINGTON April a caucus of the Democrats "of the house held to night ta decide on what course to pur sue to morrow when the Cuban recip rocity bill will be voted on the follow ing resolution Introduced by Mr Swanson of Virginia was adopted by a large majority That we favor tha re moval of the differential on refined sugar from Cuba and believe that such amendments are properly in order and we iusist that it is the duty of all Democrats to vote whenever oppor tunity is given to have these amend ments added to the pending bill pro viding for Cuban reciprocity We are opposed to the adoption of the pre vious question when the bill is re ported to the house unless it ahail have been properly amended in com mittee of the whole as this will pre vent an opportunity for just and pro per amendment with recorded votes on the same further that the action of! this caucus is The caucus was rather turbulent dur ing the early part of the evening but toward the close the differences disap peared and it broke up amid evidences of harmony and good feeling Mr Underwood of Alabama who got the floor immediately after the meeting was called to order threw a bombshell into the caucus by anncunieing that overtures had come to him from the Republican side by which it was to be agreed that the Republican leaders would abandon the Crumpacker reso lution to investigate the southern elec tions law if the delegations from tha states concerned (North Carolina South Carolina Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Virginia) would aid tha majority to close debate and would vote against the appeals which will be taken from the decisions of tha chair when the motions to open up the bill to general amendment are offered Mr Underwood declined to give name of the Republican from 1 whom these assurances regarding the aban donment of the Crumpacker reso lution came and although arguing that it was to the interests of tha states involved to accept the offer made he stated that the agreement had not been positively accepted and for himself agreed to abide by the de cision of the caucus The Democratic vote on Wednesday to close debate came principally from the states men tioned above woodshed of his avenue Hn VOIP for Some Hme be ri ClOCKi hem ni 1 klpes in the ani seven'OnhJ1 hold 0 BE BRIGADIER "aslii JAMES HAWLEY WHO GAVE HIMSEL UP AT THE COUNTY JAIL LAST NIGHT AND ISHELD ON THE KILLING HIS BROTHER 3 CONSPIRACY IS ON TO OMENT CRIME pO YOU WANT A PRIZE $15000 gEE OVR AD ON ANOTHER PAGE INSURGENT GONZALES WILL SURRENDER aged 76 years hanging yester tne iiHains 4 A Dublin' April' IL The Nationalist papers hail the return of the coercion regime as a boon are glad Let" the Irish in Great Britain note IL The Castle people have declared war on our rights Iet there be says one leading nationalist organ Proclamations will act like a breeze on burning deciares the I' Journal 'TTie most moderate comment con slders that the government has (blun dered 'badly in returning to ''the meth ods 'of eighteenth century WILL REMAIN ON THE OCEAN LIEUT 'DAY TOLD 'O KILLING! ILIPINO" PRISONER President" aarics Auman to 5' th regular Ciure3 head Shrte6t and be'1 Kai KOAD i to New York SOo ta WILLIAM JONES WAS SMILING AND COURTEOTTS TT'rnra ai? i The accompanying picture gives a View of William iM Jones being to the Wayne County all from the Police Court immediately after yesterday morn 1 1 Jones was neatiy dressed and bore himself vith the same happy and cool demeanorthat: has character ized his conduct since hia arrest He was handcuffed to Deputy Sheriff ox and Court Officer 'Park Donahue acted as rear guard The accused seemed to enjoy the attentioi he attracted "Ba sure and take a good pi he? said to The req Press photographer As the shutter of the camera snapped he observed ASIIIXGTON April Gen I ciii debate on the Cuban I ici ipiocitv Wil closes to I tn arrow at 3 and it I ntmtion of the house leaders jf force a final vote on the I before adjourn 1 St to ni'rrow night All day long thP lead TH were counting noses and preparing for tne nnai struggle 10 jm raw Th Democrats are badly on the bi" The opponents of the bill occupiednt of time of the debate to feature being a vigorousneech by Mr Cushman (Republican against the measure Mr Cushman arraigned the committee on ruh's and the house leaders in' a freeze and at times sensational fash Ion Mr riichman declared that a ma jority of the Republicans of the house I SEEKS AID ROM GOVERNMENT VCrr to day opposed to it although a TO EXPEDITE WORK uere uuuuuuieuiy lu uay that it would be better them io he in favor of dt He rn tne position i Ji I 1)0 1 1 it 'TZ uespondent M' HEALTH day opposed to it although al con fer inti Mkely to Get It When Agitation was for Government Cable 1 for th" change of attitude I tlio members and followed) with a very outspoken Washimrtnn Anrii nsational criticism of the April ed by the speaker He Perkins of California and that he was prepared to Charles Hamlin of Boston ex as secretary of the treasury who Lilts uuHunerciai cah A any one here who de Go paid a visit to the navy denart wutt nrent to day for the purpose of obtain lv (a uni utjx 10 oear vai I uabii i stimony for his benefit' Who I nff aata which will assist the company 11 All Of this house who sets ln laying a cable to Manila In a tel uj Ls uni ulate judgment against egram received to day Senator Per was informed Jhaf "he uppl iiisi ot the Oemocrats and many I WOU11 be laid to Honolulu by Novem the RppuMcans how a bill after ber 1 and his co operation was asked" its introduction was finally worked in seonrin through committee to the calendar IJ securlne from the navy department Bules a BisgraeeJ by Nero so is called the calendar said lid clbltfVom1 be called thecem I Jf Midway Islands QuamJne fttrv it strewn with the I hasrbeen over this route 7 and rd Jt? kJ fUae'l divulge on the sroond that that cmnTrolua thfl Bovernment' to censorize its contiolled the cable whenever deemed necessary sp Tje resalt of the confernce was not he made public but the nrnhaHlli ic 7 Sre uu rS8 hate aftGr the Ration for govern tu and un Amerleon owaership in whiph Congressman ten It both ends ThZt has been "very active peters 1 SC R00T HAS GIVEN IN VtSffi SENATE COMMITTEE UiaC woulKve 'Washington' April 17 Secretary istbestos I Boot before leaving for Cuba yester ih 1 ienders I day made an order relieving Gen Wm tin sponsors for the Croxierand Capt Lewis coast Ills respects to Air artillery fromzfurther duty with' the Mr Grosvenor board' 'of' ordnance and fortification i mm by contrasting I son with thati hl a 111 Blaine with io He was par neral Grosvenor a successful I Of a copy of speeches from cornered he was i or disprove any his speech Peroration which mliiuse from his Re 'n" after he had ti 'in both sides of Bound to congratu EDWARD HAWLEY WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST NIGHT IN HAWLEY SA LOON AT THE CORNER RIVKR AND IS 1 2 STREETS I dir flfl Ml a MB 1 KJRV XVAV i Kur iwa a i A 4 nl I dl fire nre jbT ju ii ji i 1 1 iff I 1 1 111 1 1 1 SPLAKLH power is hReBH IHHnS A j' A TTr 37 'i v'" XSz J'Xfe' iz vL a sBrWT i "'Z I Mil A ArA BE i tf A 'J 4 A 4 i A5 I r1 I 5 whltenM ixinps i 'hi the eah ntii until the sri'a kn it ronsilerfi of reiin prt'ouallv or fcr him th high th fi tlt of tlm It that lo t'M th machine ii" adopted a i ai i are 'ft.

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