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THREE CENTS. OF ft PLOT Enemies Embittered Mrs. Yerkes Against Husband. RECONCILED AT THE LAST Past Forgriven and Forgotten at Bedside of Dying Magnate. Widow Will Receive a Very Large Share of the Millionaire's Estate--Funeral Services at Fifth Avenue Mansion Attended Only by Family and Intimate Nephew Denied Admittance to Attend the Funeral.

Special 'n Tlif Washington Post 1 Charles T. 1 1 -r. Waldorf-Astoria, last a I i a i a a i thronga the ttfforts u. 1,0,., Ow.slev of Chic-ufO, Mr. and Clarence A Kni.g"' o' he same city, who was Mr.

Yerkes 1 ga' utl, isir i i a Iriend They cxp sed to 11: Yerkes what amounted i oon.sptrat to embitter -ler aarains- n. i a and obtain from her a larg-- ure of the estate, convinced her "that ahe- hud and ga'ned su an a she told them i a i sttips which Iiad to poison hei mind agains' nir Airs Yerkes' a i for her husband ver diot.1. i --he be-came ver t-itter i which gained 1 ot" ner a 1 t-st September Th f't---Tioon. a the body of M- YerkfS had place 1 in the marble iiiau--o nn a ri wood c. 'emetery, and rhe a grci- i I i i a Mrs Verkes.

i 1 1 I i since i i i I have, i i it" 1 could iiave rVa. we coald be the we oiu-e i i Friction Over Young Woman. to t'le i i i a and Mrs. YV'-kes i i 1 Mr in l.oa cn and was i in order to rettiTing- -o i At a time vva 1 i i anil Mrs. --h ir a i toward a wo i there been no a br'-ak i relations.

A i i rt'tnie Is a i i i readers, ottered do A i 11 to i r- up the trouble. i a e'-y sick man. .1 I "1.111. 'H aa.d been a i told L. i lo i lo )-s.

i ie was eager ro i a i i n.i i-'i-o- 'H i his 1 I i i i a good i -is to Mrs. i a had eveny i i aiitT a a i i "Verv Bitter Against Husband. A man in getting Mrs. i'. a i very i He niccesstul I-.

i i i i Vi rkes i a Yerkes i i i i i i tor in his 1 1 i i' i i i of a a i M- "nnd Mrs i Whic tn'jk place some time before Mr. Yerkes made Usi i i was d'viwn May of a hen Yerkes ni ide his ss eronc two a i i i i be made a pro- -rlslon 1 I i i i houses and i conte.it-s i and cbjects of art a i a i i tr MM of Art i Terkes rl i a a he wr.s- Tiot i of the houses OT th" a i i He had g-iven them to Mrs i a thore was a dist i i i between i t5L- i i in the end to the i a I i ML- Yerkes' i a i i i a ixc, a i i a i rnld i i hu Mr Yerkes- i a rf i Mr Yerkes a i i i t.i Ills wife, a i her LO niiike i houses and i i i i i i i unlei a i in a ast'f'e i I I I She "ii.srfn'i ,1 once, giving i dt for thi- house.s nnd a i of sale t''ie i i and the art collections. Led to Suspect Trick. The i i in i i Mr? i ulf her believe, according i i i-n-i IICM- fnieiidM event- i nlH a i trucked i i up 'ier i a her husband -'ld he said Ke t'" i the houses and the ple- i that it w.i.s j. i cm "Mi rkc K' pp rt to cut her out '1 he-nt i in hi-, estate The person i i a i Yerkes became 'n i i a -he is being defrauded I'll, i in i plot amounted a i i i called i burglary a i a i not a lawyer, i woi Certain i i rrovt rroni Mr.

us, i persuaded that i 1 i i a i i It i i a MVs. Yerkes. ot 'r married i was on good '-nis i hei husband This is FHA bi" a a slit 1 i be an of i i IK- read to-morrow tt the house I.ouis i Mr. ivnig-ht. was.

pcr- aps MI closest i is also 1 I i Well Provided For. I i-s a Mr-s. Yerkes will re- i a i i tlie estate, i wlueh muives it certain there i be n- i i i i on heu" pai't. The ht pi-in. i i jire Kdwa-rtl th." son, a Koadl- i i a ci:" I'Inlcidt 1 i a rt a i i tf sinall bequests a i a.bi'- i i i a.nd to old i an ts i h.is been in the hands A i a f.

corporation lawyer iv York l.ist May, when was i in rkj- bv Clarence A. Knight. i one "Mr. i and Mr. a itt Joline Will take to tin" i home to-morrow, and Knigrht.

i read the contents to the rui! v. a of Terkes was held at to-day at house, S4 Fifth ave- 1OO Feet of Good Opened Lumber, X2.OO. a and N. Y. nue.

were present about twenty- five persons, members of the family, friends of Mr. and old servants of the family. Simple Funeral Services. The Rev. Mr.

Hughes, an Episcopal i i of Newark. X. conducted the service, which was of the briefest nd simplest character. Mr. Hughes read the Episcopal service.) There was no music.

Among those at the funeral wore Mrs. Terkes. Charles E. Yerlies and his wife. Mr.

and Mrs. Ronainella. of Philadelphia; Mrs. Sims, who is sister of Mrs. Yerkes; Mr.

and Mrs. I'nderwood. of Boston, cousins of Mrs. Yei-kes; Mr. Owsley, Mr.

i and Mr. "Caller, who was a secretary of Mr. Yerkes. There four of Mr Yerkes' old servants in the funeral party, among- them being Arnold Held, who was Mr. Yerkes' valet for over twen- vears.

The coffin, which was Dla-ced in the drawing--oom to the right of trance, was draped in black velvet. The ly flowers which lay upon it were or- nid.s, arranged in a wreath, the offering i YerUes. The room itself contain- numerous floral offerings, among them ing "wreaths and pieces from the nrion house of Speyer Co. and the loAul oflice of the "VVAuJe the service going on there ap- of the house--which was guarded by detectives and Mrs. Yerkes' servants--a Tnan who atked to he admitted.

He said a he was a nephew of Mr. Yerkes, and that he came from Pennsylvania. He gave the name of Charles Yerkes, and said he was a in Bucks County, Pa. He showed a billhead on Which his name was printed. A servant took this to a member of the family, who declared that Mr.

Yemes had no such nephew, and the mail was refused admittance went away quietly. Mr. Yerkes has only one nephew, Clarence Yerkes, the son of Mr. Yerkes' brother. Crowd in Fifth Avenue.

There wa-s a crowd of perhaps 100 peo- ph in i avenue wlien the funeral narty came out and entered carriages. Mrs Yerkes, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ytrkes, and Mi'. Owsley occupied one carriag-e, the others of the party lii'," the other rue.

There was no service at the tomb in Greenwood Cemetery. The coffin w-as placed In one of the sarcopnagi of the beautiful marble masoleum i Mr. Yerkes haxl built -several years ago for i i and.himself. Mr-s. Yerkes reached home about '1 o'clock in the a and had an hour's talk with Mr.

Owsley and Mr. i She assured ihem attain and again of for her husband and of her belief in his a i for her She has placed no! pelf, it is understood, in the hands of Mr nnd Mr. Owsley, accepting their advice us to her duties in i the estate BULLET ENDS HER LIFE OF M'CULLJU Hopes to Leave New York Better Than He Found It. TAMMANY'S SECOND BLOW Mayor Says He Must Be Consulted in Making Appointments. In All Human Probability, He Declares, It Is the Last Public Office He Will Ever Hold--Hurried Handshaking and Did Not Want to Talk -with Subordinates--Protest Against Seating President McGowan, of Board of Aldermen.

Emma I. Peabody, the Writer, a Suicide in New York. INVALID FEARED INSANITY i Well-known Horsewoman Kills Herself Upon Eve of Trip to Europe--Long Separated from Her Hwshand, She Had I Been Forced to Make Her Living with Her Pen--Married Life Was Unhappy. Special to The "Washington PuPt Xew York, Jan. Isabella Pea- botlj, who was a Miss of Brookline, and who, as horsewoman was known to many of the patrons of Durland's.

killed herself with olver i aifternoon in apartments at 75 "West Sixty-ninth street. Where she had" been under the care of a trained nurse. She told her i a she came from Boston, was a college girl, and -hati been divorced from her a A several years. She a about ears of age. A little while ago Mrs.

Peabody went to see her a i in Boston, and remained some time. Slie planned to go again for Christmas. When Christmas t-eune she was not well enough. Since she ha.d been despondent and irritable She 'had a a i to Kurope on a a 15. however, and had her tickets bought.

Miss Carruthers, nurse, and Miss P-arker were to go i her. The day before Miss Carruthers up the plan and 1 her. Found Her Dead. This morning Mrs Peabody called up Miss Parker ami asked her to come over. spent the i together.

Mrs. Peabody beeauie ill and her friend called in Dr. iiold.in. The p.iysiciin called twice. The second 'time the woman was found dei-td.

Boston. 'Jan. TCmma Isabella Peabody was xhe a of Mrs. E. D.

Ijovrtt. a Klotv, residing at 376 Washington street, Brookline. She had' lived in Xew York for many years. According; to a i here, she wa.s a brilliant woman, ot simple tastes, but ho, through an a marriage, had been obliged to support herself. Sue wrote considerably for diifeiremt pu-blicatious, but of late had been in poor health and conceived the idea a she a becoming insane, besides bejng afflicted i heart trou'ble.

Made Threat of Suicide. Her relatives -say she attended Wellesley College for a year or so, and then was obliged to a because of illness. A s-hort time a a sne married a Mr. Pea- I body, a Hoston man. Tlie couple Aether but a short time, and then because of incompatibility.

Mrs. Pea-' body haa not seen or heard from her Husband for a ears, and she had felt for a long time a he was dead. 'She went to Xew i'ork years ago. and nad supported tr since by i i Mrs Pea body's a i were not greatly surprised at learning of her death, as i had informed them a something mignt happen to her at a time. I Special to The "Washington Post.

New York, beginning of Mayor McClellan's second term, o'f office was marked by practically no fuss or ceremony. The aldermen had appropriated $600 for the customary frills, but the mayor vetoed the resolution. In a speech to his heads of departments the mayor told them that they had been appointed for fitness, and a their only aim should be the good of tha city. Instructions were also given to the new commissioners to appoint Jtthout consulting with the caused a lot 'of comment in the City Hall. It has been the belief at Tammany Hall that the district leaders who have been ignored would be pacified by getting deputyships, but the order given by the ma or to-day was taken to mean that he will countenance nothing in tha way of awarding offices for merely political Probably Last Public Office.

The opennxg" phrase in the mayor's the office of mayor, the last public -office wTiicb. In all human probability I shall ever construed menu In at the i will retire to i a i at the expiration of his present term. This was also referred to in the I i sentence of his address, in which he said "In upon my last term of public office I do so i but one ambition, and a Ls to fulfill pre-election pledges, to g.ve this city a clean, efficient, and honest government. If at the end of six years' ice as mayor 1 can retire i private i conscious- 'that the city has advanced in good trovernment and in i i i righteousness, taat municipal standards "nave been raised, and that I leave Xew York better than I her, I shall feel a six years of hard work have not been in vain." The mayor reached City Hall early. All the morning- he was engaged in in- i conferences i the new commissioners.

Exactly at noon he left his. private office and walked to the big re- i room. This room was packed with men. Outside of officeholders, only two a a district leaders were seen. Hurried the Handshaking.

As rapidly as possible the mayor got i the handshaking- formality which followed his speech ow and again some individual show-ed a disposition to Imger and so say something nice to the mayor, but with a move of the arm he urged them forward along- the line. Gen. Bingham, the new police commissioner, was one of the wanted to linger, but Col. McClellan was heard to remark to the general: "Go right up to office now." Bef re the reception, the mayor swore In the new officeholders HH! announced also that he had appointed i i a A. i i ins assistant a secretary.

Mr i a newspaper a In i of the instructions they re- ceaved to-Gay from tue mayor, the new will not make their app i i a they have consulted i McClellan. The i a sent a long, pointed message to the on local topics, in which he ccivoeated the acquisition by the cltv of a sea hi ach east of Long: Island and the 'building of a pleasure park on the Con-ey Island beach also. These are to be used principally as fresh-air homes and i a i i a for children, and con- a i i patients from the city hospitals. Jeromp Also Takes Oath. District Attorney "William T.

Jerome also was sworn In for a term as district attorney today. Afterward he delivered an address to his assistants in private. At the installation of the. new board of aldermen Clarence J. Shearn presented a protest against the seating of President McOowan, the Democratic ticket.

Mr. Shearn actecj in behalf of J. G. Phelps Stokes, the Municipal Ownership candidate for that office. Mr.

Shearn also presented protests against the seating- of five aldermen They were referred by the aldermen to a i i having been read Shearn said lie hopes by the protests to get a i of from the courts to offset the ruling of the board of canvassers of elections, which seated the men, whose offices he contests Mr Shearn ih counsel for -W. ft. Hearst. FITZGERALD BOSTON'S MAYOR. into office at the same hour and at once installed all their new appointees.

The new officials spent a portion of the day in the congratulations of their friends. FOB M'CLELLAff. Pennsylvania Democrats Pick Him as Candidate for President. Special to The waBhhislon Post. 1 (Plttsburg, Pa Jan.

Pennsylvania Democratic leaders applaud the action of Mayor McCleUan, of Tew Yo'rk, in 'breaking away from Tammany Hall in making his appointments. Col. J. M. Guffey, member of the Democratic Nn- tfonal Committee, has-, it is said, advised his friends that the action of Mayor M-c- Clellan has put him in line for the Democratic candidacy for President in 1908.

Attorney William J. Brennan, chairman of the Allegheny Bounty Democratic committee, and who is very close to Col. Guffey, said: "Mayor McClellan's break from Tarn-, many Hall win haive the effect of rejuvenating the waole Democratic "party of the country. It has given us hop? such -as we did not dream of a few months It will make it possible for a Democratic candidate for President to put up a very strong fTgtit, and we believe we will win. It has also made McClellan a Presidential possibility." WARNED BY EINGHAM Police Inspectors and Captains Must Be "On the Level." AGED, SISTER'S TRAGEDY.

Hopetess Struggle with, Poverty Ends in Mtirder and Suicide. Special to The Washington Post Jan. of a murder and suicide that probably occurred late Saturday njgtit, but which was irtt discovered unjil this morning, was' bi ought to this city to-night from East Sprmgfie'd. eighteen rrtiles west here. Eliza Morsell, ag-ed seven ty-ffW, miadere.l her sister a couple of years older, -in i lonely farmhouse and tnen shot the top of her head off i a i chester rifle.

Neighbors heard shots fired, but not i this morning, i i i brother who came here from 011 a visit went to the house, where bodies were discovered. It is believed that they 'became tired of struggling from day to day against poverty. The 'body of Eliza, who is believed to have done -the murder, was found the kitchen with the new Winchester rifle lying across the body and close beside it a lath. County Detective Watson decided that she had 'braced the. gun against the kitchen ta-ble and used the lath to push the trigger.

The body of Deborah was crouched-behind some boxes, in Hit other as if she were trying to hide from her sister. PfflTEl IN KID Defeat of Blackburn for Reelection Indicated. RESULTS OF TWO CAUCUSES Paynter Rallies More Votes Than Needed to Name Senator. His Candidate Named for Chairman of Senate Caucus by Vote of 18 to 13, and for Chairman of Honse Caucus by Vote of 41 to 33 Over Combined Opposition of Blackburn and Haldeman--Senator Says He Will Fight to the End. BONANZA; MINER A SUICIDE.

PULL A OF THE PAST Doesn't Give a. '-Tinker's Dam" for and Promotion Will Be Made on Merit Alone--Wo More Spying on Force, -He i Says, and Makes Good by Abolishing the "Shoo-fly" Squad. SHOT AND KILLED BY WOMAN. She Charges that Oklahoma City Business Man Tried to Assault Her. Oklahoma, City.

Jan. Barbara Toxer to-day shot and U. C. Clayton, a business man of this city. The woman asserts a Clayton attempted to assH.ultier, and that she shot In self-defense.

The shootins occurred in the womao's room. Clayton, the woman 'asserts, forced Iris way into the room. Miss Toxer was placed under arrest. Persian and Fiatfrr Bon-Is. J.

H. Corning. 520-522 13th street nw. Urges Cordial Relations Between Government and Business Intefbsts. Bofrton.

Jan. Congressman John Fitzgerald was infuigoirared as mayor of Button to-day. In in- uugural address the mayor paid particular a i to the excise law.s and declaied himself in a of the nu ditication of the II o'clock closing I He a more coidia! bet t-u business interests of the in the interest of devc-lcpinK the commerce of lioston. REFORMEKS ASSUME OFFICE. Men Elected en Philadelphia City Party Ticket Sworn In.

Philadelphia. Jan. City Party candidate.s who were elected last November as a result of the reform movement here to-day assumed their duties. Sheriff WiKor. H.

Coroner J. M. Hush JcrwoiT. and citv commissioners Rudolph Bl.xnkenburs. Edward A.

Anderson, and UOWF. rd A. Chuso wore Inducted California Service, via Itfvr Orlennis. I Excursion sleepers without change So. Ry.

and So. Pac. Berth, Per- scrnaJlv conducted. A. J.

Poston, genj! agent," 511 Pa. ave. and -705 15th st. Fire Sweeps a Texas Fort Wayne. Jan.

midnight last fire destroyed seven stores in Jefferson, entailing loss of $75,000. Special to Tlje Washington Post. New York, Jan. Theodore A. Bingham, the new police commitoSiAier, and his secretary, Daniel G.

Siattery, walked into headquarters this afternoon at 1 o'clock to the minute. They went the commissioner's office. Sergt. "Wlard" introduced Gen. Binghavr to Commissioner McAdoo, and they held a short conversation in a low voice.

Mr, McAdoo then took the commissioner gold badge from its case and presented to the general in a brief speech. Mr. McAdoo then introduced the new commissioner to tlie reporters present. "I am not much of a said Gen. Bingham, i a smile.

"I can only Ray that I am charmed i your reception. "I wliijjj'to say lo the citizens of New York and to you, that I will do my best. As for the force, have only to say that I have been the army and I love a man. above all a manly man, and I think New York's 9,000 policemen are in the majority, manly men." Met Officers, of Force. At 1:30 o'clock the commissioner went to the trial room, where all the inspectors and captains were waiting to meet him.

Chief Inspector Cortright met him at the door and 1 said: "Commissioner, I introduce to you the inspectors and 1 captains of the police force of New York." Commissioner Bingham stepped forward, pushefi a chair aside, and then took a long look men assembled. I "I am glad to meet you," said he. "You look like a manly lot of officers. I love a a try to be a man myself. Now I'm not g-oilig to make a speech, but I want to say a word.

I'm very glad to meet you, and lopk you all in the face. I wish you a happy New Year, fellows, and I hope that we will have four happy years 'here together. "I've been sent for to come here and to do a certain piece of work, and, by I'm going- to do it if I can and if I've the strength. I want to talk to you heart to heart. We are strangers now, and I come here with nothing against you, no suspicions, and we start on the level.

But, by the nine gods of war, you've got to deal wita ime on the level, as I shall deal with you. Pull Will Not Count. "You knowf a that means. I don't 'care a tinker's dam for pull; I shall treat you on-tfee square. Any prdmotions will yoursolves.

If you do your work you'll get along; with me, but you've pot on the square i me. A sends a man, woman, or child to mJ for him knocks himself. That settles thajt right here." Glen. Bingham brought his cane down to emphasize his remarks. "That'a a -straight tip.

You have fine," manly men among you. You look manly, and I'll treat you as you appear, count on that. "We won't start out suspecting you; there will be no spying on you. If you are manly men. damn it, sportsmen-lifie men, treat m6 the same.

"It does me good to look at j'ou. Bj; gad, men, if you only up as you look this town will' gelt what wants, and what it pays for. Sfce to it that you do your work, and don't go back on the hand I've stretched out to you. "Now I'm too busy to shake hands all around, but I'll see you all individually many times. 1 wish you a happy New- Year." The men responded i a chorus of good wishes, and the commissioner ret to his office, where he settled right down to his work.

Spy System Abolished. Late in the afternoon he sent for reporters and announced that he had alzolished the "vice squad" and the "shoofly Ttoe latter squad was of plain clothes men, detailed to watch the uniformed force. The vice squjid was the creation of retirirg comnvssioiier, and was detaile to secure evidence against questionable The, "shoo-flv squad was first put i existence by Theodore Roosevelt when he was police commissioner, but -was abolished Chief Devery and revived tay Gcn. Greene. Commissioner Kingham also a--crpted the resignation of First Deputy Commissioner McAvov, to take effect immediately, and when he found that the I nation of Second Deputy Fai-teil, in charge of the Brooklyn division of the i force, had not been filed, sent a note to I him demanding his resignation foithwith.

This leaves the commissioner free to appoint three new deputies, there having been, one vacancy not filled by llr. McAdoo after the death of Third Deputy Lindsley. Millionaire Cuts" His Throat After Nights Carousal. to Tlie Washington Pest. San Francitco.

Jan. Phiscator. a Klondyke millionaire, who joined the original gold stampede from F.agle to the mines, and who i th" iirst house in Dawsop, died last night from in the throat, which he i i while depressed, after a debauc'h. Phiscator was like "Swift Water i He had made several foi tunes, but failed to keep his monev. He was welcome in the Tendoiloin, where he spent money i a free hand.

He had been host of two women in the rear room of a saloon On i he spent fKKj. ami then he to eac'h of his When ho came out he had not a cent. A poor opium' nend begged for a a Phiscator w-ent back ana asked the barkeeper to loan him $5. The man passed out $20, but Phiscator took only This he gave to tho opium, nend, wlio at razor. Phiscator was married twice, but di- "vcrced.

His last i was a waiter at St. Joseph, whom, he wedded hours first saw her. He i owned two claims on Boiuinza Creek, i he drew a large revenue. On one of his claims he picked up a a nugget, i he ld for $10,944. Grand Rapids.

a 1--Frank Phiscator, the i i a i Alaskan miner who committed suicide yesterday in San Francisco, was very well in Berrien County, Mich. He made a a visits to Baroda, where he had provided his parents i a flue home ami the luxuries of life. His brothers and sisters also pro'fjted largrly fhrough his good fortune. His a a home comings were the occasion for prolong-ed festivities among his friends JFour years ag-o h5 fell in love at first sight with a. waitress at the Hotel Whitcomb, St.

Joseph, and married her the same day. His went back to Alaska with him. LIEUT.SGHARRER INDIGNANT He Denies that He Demands Dowry of Million from Brewer Busch. Reconciliation Talks with Miss Wilhelmina Over 'Phone. Suicide Threat Discredited.

Specul to Tlie Washington Past. St Louis, Jan. settlement of the Scharrer-Busch i i is probable in the very! near All the developments to-day i to the fact a a i i a i between A Busch, i i i a i brewer, and i Eduard Scharrer, i for the hand of Miss i i a is probable. The young- Liochinvar is said to "have been in i cation i Miss Busch all day, using- the long- distance 'phone to converse i her In the she is stopping i A on the old Grant farm. The ot these conversations is not knoM'n, but the fact a Miss i i a Consented to converse i him at all would i i a a i a a i i suit.

Lieut. Scharrer re-niairoed at the Southern Hotel all daj, leaving- his room only when he desired to converse i Miss over the long-distance "phone. He was very indignant over the publication in a New York paper of the report a he had demanded of Mr. Buisch the payment of before his marriage with his daughter, a i It as an unmitigated falsehood. When the attention of the Busch a i was called ten the publication laughed heartily at and then stated tliet it vrals absolutely false.

It is said that Mr. Busch is the oniv member of the family who. is withholding his cpnsent to the marriage of his daughter to Lieut. Scharren, all the other members of the family having been on the lieutenant's side from the start, according to an i i a friend of the family. The story- of the threats of Lieut.

Scharrei tha.t he would kill himself in Miss Wll- helmina's presence did she not consent to marry him is not ciedited here. Special to The Washington Poet. Frankfort, Jan. defeat of Senator Blackburn in; his contest for reelection to the United! States' Senate is indicated by the results of the Democratic legislative caucuses held here to-night. 'His forces were beaten by the adherents of Judge Pajiiter in the Senatoiial caucus after a brief struggle over the chairmanship, and did not oppose thi Paynter nominee, for president pro tern.

In the house 'C-au-cus an adherent of Judge. Payn- tei was elected chairman over a. rival put forth by Senia-tor Blackburn and W. B. Hald'eman In.

combination. Paynter's Total Vote. AiMhiig the votes polled for Paynter candidates in the two. branctes gives a a of fifty-nine, or six votes more than enough) to nominate Judge PayniLer in joint caucus to-morrow night if he receives a vote equal to a polled by the men he put forward to-night. caucuses were late iti opening he- cause of the crush of spectators.

The opposing- forces in the Senatorial gathering were the tir.st to (marshal on the lines. The Paynter, or administration, men advanced Senator George for cnairman of the meeting, and the tBlaekburn -partisans put forward Senator Laban Paelps. The vote stood 18 to 13 in favor of (Senator George. Feeling themselves hopelessly outnumbered, Blackburn's followers did not oppose the nomination of G. W.

Hictanan for 'president pro tern, of the senate. The other candidates nominated were: "William Cromwell, derli; O. 1 Jones, assistant Jennie McDonald, enrolling clerk; Green Vest, sergeant-at-artns; J. T. Embry, doorkeeper.

Real Battle in House. The real a was in the caucus. It was the Blackburn and Haldeman. forces agur.st the Paynter men. As representing- Henry Lawrence, the Pa.ynter| candidate for speaker, J.

Goocli was named for chairman. E. Barry was nominated to represent the i of R. W. the candidate of the allies.

The vote revealed the of the ppposing a i The Rayiiter men cast one votes for Gooch, and Barry received i The on the speakers i was the same. The result in the house was received as a harbing-er of the. ending of Senator Blackburn's i career. He sayfe he will fight it out to the end and go down i colors flying- if he is a The other candidates named for house appointment were: J. tE.

Stone, clerk; M. F. Pogue, assistant clerk; Amy L.ynn, enrolling- clerk; C. W. Longmire, sergeajit- at-arms.

The joint caucus on the Senatorship will be held to-morrow. The Kentucky legislature consists of 98 representatives and 38 senators. Of the total of-136 votes in the two branches, the Democrats control ,105, thus making- 53 votes necessary a. Senator In joint caucus. DISCLAIMER BY ROOSEVELT TO 10-DAY'S ISSUE.

i-- Plot Estranged Yerkes ami His Wife. Blackburn Apparently Defeated. McCIellan Tells of His Plans. Russian Girl Attempts Suicide. President's Reception.

Many Railroad Bills Prepared. Uproar Over Missing- Painting. Canal Omeiu.1 Resigns 3 Herrick for Rform in Ohio. Legislative Fight On at Albany 4 Society Stirred by Einilie Grigsby Hew Year Greeting in Russia. 5-- Maryland Speakership Contest.

Editorial Comment. Talks with Hotel Guests 7 Social and Personal. 8-- Racing and Other Sports 9 Mississippi's i Record. 11 New Road to Tidewater. 12-- Feast for the Newsbovs.

Russian Girl Tries to End Her Strenuous Career. HAS CASH AND RICH GEMS Daughter of Former Official and Accused of Inciting. Revolt. LETTS WIN A VICTORY Reverse Is Reported to Gen. Orloff's Column.

1 Banished by Order of Man Who Succeed- ed Her Father as Prefect of Police in 1 Warsaw--Ran Away from School in Berlin, Where Mother Sent Her, Went. to Paris, and Finally Landed in New York--She May Be Deported. SOLLQCrTJB ARKIVES AT JliGA Advises Count Witte that Many Leaders Have Been Arrested and Arms Confis- Again Strongly Urging Emperor to Immediately Promulgate a Moderate Constitution for Russia. London Times Thinks One Is Due the British Public. Sackville Incident Recalled in Connection with President's Alleged Sympathy with Liberals.

MTTDER AHD, SUICIDE. Man Put Five Bullets Into Girl's Body Her Die. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. Sovdell, aged forty, a familiar character of the "Red 1 Light" district for several years, this afternoon shot and killed Jessie Smith, aged twenty-three, in a resort i 68 Theresa street and then committed suicide. The act wa.s prompted by jealousy.

The girl had been warned against Sov- dell. and wa.s a to a the city, When he gained admittance to her room this afternoon. He lired live bullet.s i her body ami- ran irito the where she died. From "ah upstairs window he her dentli agonies and then put into Ins own brain. liitile Is known of the girl.

She has been here but a few months. Ka'iser Sends Message to President. Berlin, Jan. Tower, the American Ambassador, and the diplomatic representatives -of other nations called at the palace to-day to extend -New Year's greetings to Emperor William. His majesty sent a personal message to Mr.

Roosevelt through Mr. Tower. PuMsell's Ice Cream In Individual Molds dinners and receptions. 1427 T. ave.

London, Jan. Par the letter of Cameron Corbett, a. Parliamentary candidate for Glasgow in the Union interest, calling the attention of ATn.bassa.Qor Reid and Premier C-ampbell-Bannermnan to alleged unconstitutional action of his op! ponent, D. N. Mason, who, Mr.

Corbett JNsaad, at a. 'meeting- of his constituents, nounced that in a friendly interview which 'he had' with President Rdosevelt at Washington, tbe President his hearty sympathy with tlie party in Great Britain, has not attracted much attention in political circles. The Times, however, says editorlallj- a it does not believe President Roosevelt said what has been imputed to him, but agrees with llr. Corbett in saying that the President i make some dJs- clalmer. and thereby render impossible any future -misrepresentation.

The Times incidentally recalls the Sackville incident. Special Cable Dispatch to The WttihlngtoTi Post London, Jan. St. correspondent of the Times say.s he learns Reval a Gen. column, dispatched against the Letts, has met i reverse.

No details are given. St. Petersburg, Jan. i has received the following- dispatch Gen. Sollogrub, the governor general of the' a i inces.

arrived at Riga yesterday morrfTnV. "Gen. Bendt's troops occupy the railroad from Kroutxbnrs to Many Arrests of Leaders. "There been many arrests of leading ag-itatnrs nnd confiscations of urnps "The Icjral a i i a i has been reestablished at Yabobstadt. "A a under Gen.

a i commence operations to-mo-row U' the district north -A Ptockmanshof. "Gen. Orloff'tf detachment is a i an expedition to the suburbs of Walk. "A strike i i was begun on the Devinsk and "Railroad under the threats of armed bauds and of Jews hap been easily stopped. The line has been repaiied aiid tra n9 partiallv re- stoved." (' Witte Favors Constitution.

St. Petersburg-, Jan. 1--It is learned from a high source that -Count i is again strongly urging- the to immediately a a moderate constitution for the double purpose of reassuring the Liberals that the present war against does not mean reaction and blocking the attempt which Mndoubtedly will be wnen the national assembly convenes to transform tnac body into a constituent assembly. Moreover, the plan has other heavy backing, and the Kmperor is showing an Inclination to arcx.pt it. The premier is understood to have Informed his majesty that such an act would be a master stroke at the present juncture 'might rally the whole body of Conservative and Liberal opinion to the side of.

tne government. TTiere was a (better outlook on the bourse to-day. Imperial fours touched 79 1-4 and closed at 79. Industrial stocks were in demand at prices two or three points higher than on Saturday. Used Blank Cartridges.

A gentleman who has just returned here from -Moscow accounts for the great exaggeration in the reports of the slaughter there by the fact a the troops and prtillery generally used 'blank cartridges for the purpose of frightening the i ers and revolutionists. He himseif witnessed a. battery of three "bombard" a house fropi which shors were fired, but not a single sWell or shot was used. The gentleman Moscow added that he understood a two students, sons of Prokharoff and Schmidt, the ers of the factory destroyed, were ringleaders In the organization of the "Dru- jlna." The papers publish ternble pictures of the conditions prevailing along- the Siberian Railway. There are no a i a officials on duty, and on the soction as i as Chellabinsk, government of Orenburg, all the stations have been pillaged.

Complete anarchy prevails at I military trains are running without or proper engineers. Women in City Council. Mitau, Courland. Russia, Jan 1 --Four columns of troops, principally avail and artillery, ara converging toward Mitau and The insurgents in the towns hMd hy them. are instituting a social democratic administratlcn, as if thev were in per- n-anent possession.

At PY.tnkenberg a of seventy and two gM sit in now city council. Tukum. Courland, Russia, Jan. 1 --The local authorities have talci.ii photographs of the mutilated bodies of the dragoons, who were killed he-re and at Talsen and have distributed them among the troops. X-ew York.

Jan. A daughter of a. tbr- m-i- prefect 01 in Warsaw 1 Russian Poland, i she a J.shed by order lath, i i i in i i school she being a a a a the school at Benin i 115 she w.i.s sent by mother n. nj a n-ould-be suicide Xt a Cecilia i i a to-ta 3 to a A I The woman i story Polite court a a tlie i i i i i i a roU of i cunt.unir.tr i a $400, the rem.Und.-r a rcniitlam- to her by her be lore i and a a a i ot a a i of piv.it value. Tned Poison and Gas.

She lud boen ai rested i i a i i ami i on hei a i She a police n-iagnstrate i le-ire 10 i i was vl irresistible She -nt 01,1 4 vial of a a for Jxn I i a a poison a mi A a i i i oao esr-apins- gvus in the a and i 0 broke i d'W til." room is nr a Police to-d i IK for a police a i i ago learns- a money and e', caihlieji. Accused by Father's SuiUssor. i a din's Ktoi-v. she B.I.^ a i a 0 i u-6 iw i hcc a i I th. th" S-.

.1 rewilutionrfry ideas and l6r the agitation on Cec.h... i mother took her nm si i and seller to one i Bed i This school tliil a i lie. Lnrl uli she away to A a stay i P.ms she decided i a Hiie i proposed i I i try and received $700 her expenses. She i ed $4(K) and a lot of i i a Most of she i wer, i One of i 10 10 court and said it had be-on I a i almost iw edj-s. She will proba.

bly be MOB ATTACKED MOTOSKAJf. Brooklyn Car Had Run Down and Killed a Little Girl. Xew York, Jan reserves -sver called out i to disperse a mn. i was threatening Charles Kr-pp, a. motorman, whose car had killed seven yfar-old A i Owens-, in Brooklyn.

The i was crossing the street i her Christmas doll, whi she dropped plaything. In i to pick it up she steppea in of the car. In a few i several score of people gathered, and they learned the g-ir) was dead a to drap; i from the front of his rev. He took refuge inside, locking and hack doors. Stones anil sticks were liurleu the i at him.

Finally the polic'e reserves were colhd out, but it was only a using their clubs that they succi-eUed in dispersing- tlie angry crowd. WILL MINERS. Operators Believed to Have Returned Favorable Answer to Request. Wilkesbarre-, Jan. answer from the flnthracito coal of rators to thf- of the officers of i I nited i Wotkers of America for a conference stated to have been to-d Ly bi Secretary John P.

Gallagher, of minera' committee. Mr. Gallagher placed i ano "her enve-hvpe a.rd a it President John i who is at i home I i i i the contents o-f the letter are i is heved a it is a and a a -olif-rr-n-e ill be in um for i to ma.k' a report to i a i a eon volition at lu- riianjiolis on a a LI. REBELS ATTACK TEOOPS. WRECK ON THE BIG FOUR.

Three Persons Reported Killed and Many Injured Wear'Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. persoii3 are reported killed and a number injured in a wreck on the Biff Four Railway near Columbus. a Good Start for the N-w Year By opening a bank account now. Banking dent, of Union Trust 1414 street, -will you interest on your savings. Four-hour Battle at Bakhmut, in Which 300 Workmen Are Slain.

Bakhmut, Russia. Jan. large ber of revolutionaries from the factories in the made an o'i the barracks yesterday morning. companies of infantry and squadron of cavalry replied i a a'ld a i a ble battle followed, lasting- from o'clock in the morning: until 4 o'elork in the afternoon. About noon a company of Cossacks arrived and insurgents were placed between two fires, with the result that they suffered heavily.

It is stat-ed that 303 of the workmen were killed. The troops had three killed and seven wounded. Saratoff, Russia, Jan. today dispersed a. meeting of workmen, killing four and induring thirty persons.

"BO" Grippe, All CHAUFFEUR LOST HIS LIFE. Han Machine Into Curb to Keep from Hitting a. Bicyclist. N'ew i Jan 1--In a i to a i a 1m i a i i-j at i a In-' i i i i a I I rison. X.

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