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NO. OF TIE FIGHTs niiniinnin or ninr ur nut fftttleJ WAXTKD TO UKT CMTAIX MLS TO GOVERNOR BEFORE HE VACATED. tun nt in mo ULU SEW YORK CITY 1 CIIAMBMLAIN MACK. JAl'VTY, CALM A3D fMUMO. TEXAS.

MONDAY7 JANUARY PAGES smt ut a O'Clewk' suit AAlwm. to Tike Tsr.T a. the senate met In Us "watch nl.l.t loe" at 12:01 o'clock this morning there was no quorum present, but that fact hot disclosed no roll call was demanded. There were sixteen prohibition senators and three anils on hand, being one short of a quorum. saiMtte WES fice to race'with the, in the dispatch below.

On motion of the prohlbl- t.en senete stood at ease from time to time, while thtse senators au II Is understood tout there Is PtPPosiUpn on foot whereby the antl win withdraw hi Jtfw. introduction of the daylight" c'losTng bill provided the pru ur win agree to adjourn until TuesdojJ, at which "me the Inaugural ceremonies will take plrce. It seems, however, that some of the adjo 1 ur'n'' permlttM to Introduce their bill The prohibition senators present are- wn i Huds: of and Peeler. Absent: Messrs. Adams.

Astln Hume. Kaufman. Menchum. Murra Watson. and pr ms.

sn ume. Kaufman. Menchum. Murray Paulus Watson. and will.TM 1 OT6 or pr Slitv nar Aa to The Jan.

1:25 Senator. Hud.peth, Terrell of McLennan and reeier. for. the ahtis, and Perkins, Gofer and Mayfleld, for the pros, in a noor reached agreement: That the pro. would be permitted at once to Introduce and refe? th.i- "gatdoling bill.

The pros agreed. In turn, that.adlourn.. mem would be tafcen until 10 o'clock this (Monday) morning, but that no further 1 SS? i5" en woula until after Mr. Colqultt's Inaugurating i by Sena- tqr P.eler to by be that ro fc no Quorum at orning adjournment untu tqr P.eler i ev nt -5? Ioro 1 mor Special to The Austin, Jan. At 2:07 a.

m. the llunie uill waa uttabendea upon, moflori of.Mr. Terrell of who that he was authorised to act New Tork. Jan. S.

JfW City's chamberlain, missing Jir thirt, came back to town from Florida today and alighted from his train Jauntily, calm and smiling. Of the doting of two baaS: costsiisc 1800,000 in city funda of which he was custodian he would say nothing. Of the graft Inveatlntion now- A talked more "freely. Brlrfiy far as concerned. It was "all bosh." The Merrltt committee.

It will be recalled. tried for more than a mopth to subp.na Hyde ss ctfcsrs Saving testified that he was at an alleged meeting where it was alleged a I10MOO corruption fund was raise? In ai effort to defeat the antl-raolnr All this and more Mr. Hyde denied. WMt ReMgB. The committee had plenty af time to get him before he left New Tork he -nc r.s left ths city solsly bii health.

Spending most of hi. time on a houseboyt. he was out of touch with world 1 knew nothing of the his absence and did not n7 s'aldVhrSurriea ni. autiee, prepared to get at his desk tomorrow morning and to stick to ob ol resignation he met with emUStic negative. 1 1 stuff all bosh." declared Mr.

Hyde. "1 left this city because of 111 health and for no other reason. For three months before I left the committee in session. I was about the City Hall every, day. but I never heard any ias' iruni any member or the committee or from anybody outside of tne committee that I was waited.

"Bverybddy else was subpenaed who wniiieu. noooay approaoned me. I had no reason to assume that I wai wanted, and as to the alleged corruption fund, I don't even know the people it-is iiiS i-an with to raise "I Intend to continue in the faithful performance of my duties as city tiham- berlaln. Mr. Hyde concluded: "I have no Intention of resigning now." -3r mnn inai resign I'can irei say "what I snail do 1 "It not my Intention to resign, although I have wanted to reslirn for six months owing to the nuisucs sf.Jstsctives-«aS reporUn." i a of the validity of this ad- jntlrr.n-.cnt aiiu tta to or not It dlisolves the present legislature was not discussed in the session, but some of the amis say It Is stiii open The Absent anU senators, so says Senator Peeler, left bv automobiles 6 TM 00 bi anch beyoncV Ketleest When the of his protracted trtp was brought up Mr.

Hyde grinned. For weeks his whereabouts had been a mystery and the Idea seemefl to him. But he pntlnued reticent 'when pressed for something on the banklnr altuatlon. About all It would waa' that he did not learn until Friday of the closing of the Northern Bank of New Tork and the Carnegie Trust Company. Dan Smith, brother of his secretary, gave him the news while they were en from Palm Bsach to St.

Aufiu.iine. Therl he turned about and hurried home. He iJScJ there was no i.micatiuH ne-ieii here of any trouble in tne bank iliimiin ciiy funds. 'Reverting smilingly to his journey. Hyde explained that -part of the time he was on houseboat and- part of the time he was hunting ducks through the Carollnas.

Much of the time he was In out-of-the-way pjaces and did not read a ana did not communicate with New York. I Ar I BT1TBWID1 PHOHIBITIOH In SeHte Spectacle Both Sides Are 1 deavoH.g to Capital for Approschlag Fight. Sp'cU! Is The Ko-ff's. Austin, Jan. The Sabbath flay has very, quietly at tlio Itai, most at the senators attending church.

Notwithstanding the senate 1 -of- date iast weane.day, the senators knew as a matter of fact that today would be Sunday. so at 12 o'clock last night they recessed until the Very earliest moment of Monday, and, having recessed, they worshiped. dispatch Is written at 11:30 CI0 ton'Si'rjUst-precedinK the time nxed for the senators to resume their labors. The outlook at this hour Is that they will not be In the senate chamber vijry many minutes, oTna that those few SL'iiSiS 8 1 t'i 1 im "B.ni developments. It has been persistently rumored all day that tho antl senators would not bo present tonight In fore" and that a quorum would 'be broken During the afternoon and the early hours of the night few of them have been seen.

It may be that they are snooting -in anticipation of another vigil, but aroui.d the lobbies and hotel corridors the belief Is general that there will be no long session tonight. No Qnonun PonslMlttca. If there shall be no quorum present, gome grave complications may ensue. The constitution declares that neither house shall adjourn for more than three days without the consent of tho other It m.wMx«, i there is leas than" a quorum" "prescrft nothing can be done save to take steps to compel the attendance of absentees ur to wuju'jm trom any to The amis have borne clown upon these provisions. They lavo a as the senate has contimied to work as of dati- last Wednesday, it not until Monday or any later date, ivlthout the consent of tr-e house, for the reason that In the event of nn adjournment i consent the rer.ord of tho senate would show nn adjournment vlo- latlve of the constitution.

And In that case, they say. the regular, of the legislature would be at an end and Governor co-ild legislature in session and i its activities pucli matters as hr wished acted upon. moreover, that the opportunity for submittlnsr thr statewide prohibition amendment would be one. for con-tttttitionai amendments submitted oVily In regular session. if there shall In fact be no quorum at 12:01 o'clock tonight, the prohlbltloii- it seems, will fnre a dilemma the choice between a i the risk above Indicated or i i In session-- antil tomorrow, when the ho'ise may jcrant convert tor aajonrnmtnr.

Nearly every citizen of Austin pretty l-fcn upon but rhe" prv-srm sTniaTToir" a stumps them. Many of say that do not underM.in-J wh.lt i i i Bor do they understand how a legislative MXIDOZA'B MI58IOH io Patefc Vf a Bennett Colomblc. Representatives of the Colombian government, according to received here, are in conference with Dr. Carlos Mcndoia, the special renrea-ntattve of to Bogota several weeks ago to negotiate a treaty of President Arowercena recently issued a statement that the Panaman government had hopes that Dr. Colombia, and It is 'now reported that Dr.

Mendoza has been Infaimed that ths Colombian government Is desirous of settling its- differences with tho United States resulting from the events of 1903. when Panama separated from tho mother -Country. MA a republic. It is es- pected that these latter differences will soon be arranged equitably. Among the points objected tc by Colombia in the tripartite treaty Is the boundary line fixing the limitations of the two republics.

This treaty was signed by Secretary of State Root for the United States. Minister Cortez for Colombia and Minister Arooemena for Panama. It was ratified by tho United States and Panama, -but Colombia refused to ratify it. Colombia's representatives will submit to their government Dr. Mendoza's proposals, and it is believed that an endeavor -will be made to enter Into negotiations with Panama jointly with the United States.

Ware Sncced. Cohen. Special to Nrwe. Palestine, Jan. '15.

At the last meeting of the Trades and Labor Council A. M. Cohen tendered his resignation as district organizer for the American Federation of Labor and member of the executive boiird of tho Tcxns State Fed- wmvii nno ncccptrd, ana IS. M. Ware wns nominated to fill the vacancv, Mr.

Ware IP president of the local Carmen's I'nlon. 1 uutuOFJiiinCii KKJOIKBD COLORADO CATTLE MAX Will. CABBY CASE TO I'JdTED aiiraUCM ftKRii P918 Srtri Taat Weatom Stain Have a Meat te aettleemt. a. la the East.

Washington. Jan. lfc--An attack on the conservation inaugurated by KOiwevvit administration, more probably than anjr heretofore made, will contained In an appeal next to court of the United States to declare uncon.tltutlass! ersstion of the big fonet reservations of the Weat. Failure to win nn nrnnnalHnn not to end the (h. inU-een- servatlonlits.

They have prepared to fight a itep further against the alleged independence oji the forest reservation! irom tne state: lawa on the theory that the federal government In creating- tliem hold, the land merely ai a big land proprietor and not with any prerogatives of The fight over tne conservation policies of the government haa arisen out it the attempt of the United State, to enjoin Fred tight, a Colorado cattle man. from "allowing hit cattle to tres- uaafi On thA Holv C.ramm In that itate." Cattle Deiplte -Ughf. claim that the forma-' tlod of the reserve without the content ciibe STBW iHe fed- IMMI action lur coulo.not be maintained under the Colorado laws until the land In a been fenced, the clicult court th t6d State. or Ihe-district of Colorado Iwued the Injunction. The caae i a to the supreme court of the United It has been advanced for oral argument on Monday.

Jan. 28. i. itats ot Colowwlo has Joined In the MRinst the. federal Aiturney uenerai j.

T. Barrett heads the corps of attorneys carrying on the fight TTM 1 -TM A mong the attorneys are ft Teller former Senator Js. Teuer. An outline of the argument, that they will present to the a brie?" mr 1 ln Washington In brief prbeeeos io develop the argument that 6y withdrawing from settlement and Improvement the large areas of land the Western States are not bef Ing treated on an equity with their slsteV -states, all In violation of the constitution. Pleai tan "Other states were left to develop through the settlement of public lands within their borders--the settlers HE FALLS DMTAKCC OK BIGHT STORIES TO A ST.

LOtlS FaYEMCMT. Ni. FiiTMiii miUYZED Ml IHE PLAGUE OPPOSE OF MS1C IN MANCHURIA. HEBOIIK. lan having any value 0 'the brief.

11. to of these, advaa- PLOT TO TUB 4. -HIKAIIO AND FAMILY. Jan. Chronlrlf's 4.

crtriepror.i.'pnt Rives de- -I- tails of a plan to aspaaslnatc the cmpernr of Japan, for which twcn- ty-jix Japanese anarchists were se- crctly tried and acntcnccd to capital punishmenl. Arconllns to the rtls- patch, mysterlcMis explosions were heard nn Mount Kurt. It was at 4- first wpposi-d they were volcanic. A police Investigation lerl to th-rllj- rnvrry An ir.OUS 4. tain a complete modern dyna- mite factory and the unearthlna; of 4.

a plot for thf assassination of'the royal family. others and the destruction of official dentc. jf. 4 taxation, the ColorS- In It. right secure Increase of revenue It Is declared.

It Is shown that the total reserve In Colorado Is equal to the area of the states of Connecticut tto in tn ha m.K......^ us, wife-. Death H. K. Emt HI. nfTOKPEIKIIKCOIIEIS rkreiriewa HeytlceeBtee e( Diele Atttsntleei rtgkt.

Ug Spread ef CmtegWa. St Ixsuis. Jan. R. vvnit- more.

aged from a window in the eighth story of the Marquette hotel to thp pavement today, killing himself an creating a panic among pedestrians. Despondency over his continued Illness and the death of his wife, who was the daughter of George ft.n»»p. one time publisher of the St. Ixmis Republic. Is given as the cause for the act.

Whitmore waa a member of one of the wealthiest and beet-known 8t. Louis families, and for a number of years was secretary of the St. Louis Merchants' Exchange. He retired about years ago and shortly artef tr.o death of Mrs. Whitmore, four year, ago, he was stricken with partial paralysis.

Hwoed HU Cell. to Tfea News. Rio Grande City, Jan. morning in the county jail was found the body of one of the prisoners, lifeless, by hanging himself. i-ekin, Jan.

from Harbin say ths Chinese there ara vlgorously oppostng the summary disposition of the bodies of tho.e who hare died from the bubonic pleaxue. The not burn them, the people desiring that they remain Intact so their ancestor. Dear Utility ef tke Pteeeesd Waterway tnm tea Tciae, Special to The Sewa K. Jsn. prspsssi Intercostal waterway from Boston to Texaa Is objected to by the of underwriters of New York, ac- nor iua made' by Iiieu- tenant Colonel June.

C. Sanford, United State, corps of engineers, who 1. on the army board having the matter In hand. P.sssr.t!y Lisuter.sr.t Caianei Sanfvra wrote many corporations, mariners, railroads, and those engaged in the carrying business, for opinion, as to the usefulness of the canal as compared to Its cost. Mwii iviiwivvu, the project' and others dlsap- provlne ofit.

That fres: ths York board of underwriters is the strongest of all those opposed to the project. fleetlev Raiid Sket la the Back. iieeiriMTaejfewa on Brownsville Railroad, aged It years, was snot IA the iL.f.Pil* 0 ber an county, lasf njghtT" was arre.ted this evening. resources by for supply of timber, -and- pre- i i regulate th? g. serve power sites from being monopo llied.

Is. contended tfeat the federal government was not created to on Such or evenfthe "general welfare" clause of the constltut on not being broad to include this objert. if the power did exist, It is arguedlhat could not exercised without the consent jt the states directly affected. Federal Fearer Heated. "That the power to'esUbiish-these reserves may be highly desirable," continues the brief, "and that it-ran ha ually by the federal gSv- denied, thoughJhe la" ter" prSpwltlon not here admitted--yet that affords no forsassertlng the ex" I race of the nrtwrpl I8jtat ov rnni of enumer- revived by men high in authority finds no tn A I 0 16 'mportance to Kii 11 a ded ln the brle f.

"that the 60 horned of liberty umn tnat tne SUBDlv ai i nm unb rn seneratlons should be conserved or that Fhe national revenues increased by a few paltry FOTO Piasoirs KILLED Four lajared-- Gas ExplortoB at NIoKirara, Hotel Bnrnet to tke Nlobrara, Jan. Four persons were killed and Injured In an explosion which occurred here at this evening, and the resulted from the explosion to the groun The explosion was caused by a leak In The dead: KENDALL Proprietor of the the AnKijy a cook. A CROSB J' traveling salesman ne L9 omi lny Wncoln, Neb. Mrs, of Roy F. Crosbv, both legs broken and burned about tlio face and arms.

Mrs. Kendall, wife of the holt! proprietor one leg broken, ana bunted about the face, nrms and body. Pearl Kendall, daughter the proprietor. one foot blown off. badly burned Mrs.

Kurplcka, burned, but Injuries not considered serious. Th t1 1 "O'P'tal In Nlobrara and all of the Injured arc now being cared for at the homes of friends. Killed by Train. Gpeelsl to Neiri. Corpus f'hrlMI.

Jan. Early this morning as the Son Antonio Aransas Pass train making up for San Antonio WM backing out to turn around It over and kllleuTrof. Robert Mll- ner a teacher In Draughon's Business tojleKa at Han Antonio. Tie conducted a business school here last stirn- -inr HIT ttrmiirnnn management and was quite well known hnri. Jtc Is posed if have fallen asieep on the track.

nn was across sHmA dls- covcrwl by ornkcroer, too "late to slop the there being a heavv fog the. time. so one serms to have sny Idea why iie c'hi'Uiri hiiVfc ii, pine- he k'iled. It was ejulte a alstance from towa. THE WBA' Waealagtea Ferecast.

Jan. FollowAg Is the weather ceeler. East Texlw-- Fair Monday; cooler in north p'brtlon. Tue.ilKy light to moderate variable West Texas-- Fair Monday; colder. In north portion.

unsettled. Louisiana Fair and cooler Monday. Tuesday fair; cooler on the coast; light to moderate variable winds. Oklahoma-- Fair Monday and day; rising temperature Tuesday. McKINSTREY a home at last, a doctor, from college, a He" settiea; his nailed io the mast his new a profes- fiioiial shingle.

The drug store below was a a best part of town was adjacent, But Dr. McKlnstrey still yearned for a face the face of his first pay- Ing'patient. His aunts and his cousins had grip and the chills; he cured tncm for congratulations, For every young doctor must settle their Ills, expecting no pay from relations, The boys would como In with their eyes bruised and blue, and tales that wore outre and He fixed them up nicely, the be.t way he know but no one maae noises like money. But Dr. McKinstrey had learned a few things; he trained his eye- He shaved off his hair, so his ears were like wings, ancj made a beard grow from his stubble; He wore double glasses as thick as your hand; adopted a growl in his speaking; He stored over hondu In a manner most grand, Instead of his old wny of sneaking.

And people came to him and begged for iiic skill-- crippled, the halt and the ailing. And when the collector presented his bill, they paid on the dot vrlihout falling! Which that doctors, to make a success, must cease to be fel- lovs thai know you; Must change In their looks In tlielr hsbits-- their dress, and stand not bt-low you; For flCOplfl have a i In a who scowls, ami looks like he wanted to slay 'cm. And doctors of this sort are wiser than owU, and people who owe them 'must pay 'em. (By Tbe News Staff Fuel.) Thiv i some of tire fmmllles. Some ot the corpse, have remained In the city for but they are now being taken to the open country, where trenche.

for their Interment have been provided. It 1. reported that the Russian. la Harbin not concerning ithemieives Hb the Chinese ii? --n ihcr are tn the Ruxlan city. The Chinese newspaper, are raising an outcry and bringing forward serious charge, of persecution and burial alive.

Members of the legations, who constantly recommend tv thy Kuvernmeni, are ge.tlng a c.en.or.hlp of the Prearhaiaa'e Hereto plague Is of a very virulent type. hOUM; A not mnru than 1 the cases ha. en'ded In recovery. Dr. O.

Mvnsy, a French physician, who gave himself up to the work of combating the dlseasa, died heroically. When he real- Ixed he wa, attacked by the plague he Isolated himself In a room In a hotel, drafted hi. will and wrote farewell letters. He begged hi. friend, not to notify hi.

wife of his and died alone. Already the doctor, recognise the hope- and they fighting the of the contagion. It I. feared that lome of Manchurlan YiUss-iS have tsss sst. The lnten.lty of the cold weather ha.

caused the people to remain thus fostering Infection. of-ths Setting a foothold in Pekln Is considered slight, train service to and from the infected districts ha. been (topped. An American Inoculated woman doctor has gone from Harbin, as well a. eeveral fated and'afe equipped with lipecla'l cos- tumea and The gnveriuaejst ii Insuring foreign volunteers for $20,000.

SUI8MARYJF NEWS MONDAT MORNINGS SESSION of the reauims an agreement and adjourns at 2:07 until 10 o'clock Monday morning. QUARTERLY STATEMENT of'earning, and expenditures compiled by railroad commission. PAT OF LEGISLATORS held up by sen- wrangle. RUMORS that pros, will" not confirm PROPOSAL MADE to change house rules so the majority will rule. DAYLIGHT CLOSING BILL will be put up to the new governor.

FORMER A. GRADUATE prefers Indian service, to superintendent of a Texas experiment station. SISTER THERESA CLARK, one of the foundresses of the Incarnate Word Academy of Houston is dead. HOUSTON TURN VEREIN celebrated fifty-seventh anniversary. DICK DOWLING CAMP, U.

C. met In i-eKumr session. Honorary members presented with badges. RAILROAD CHARTERS to receive consideration from attorney general In due course. PLAYING POLITICS is the diagnosis of the wrangle In the senate.

in San Antonio; Mr. W. Walter Stowe and Miss S. Marie Shelton. MRS.

J. B. well-known Baptist worker, dies in Dallas. ESTABLISHED 1842 FLl'NO WITH FIUX19IOX AXD KIT. FKCT LIEUT.

M. S. CSU9SEY. V. ffl.

TRIPLE LYNCHING BY HE BIUS ALL ARE JTECROES--TWO ASSAVLTKO WHITE Ml'R. DERED MIS WJFE. Meat C. Wauker Ike Ceemtrr 8an FraneiKo, Jan. fat tbs flr.t time in the history of aviation In this country, according to array official.

here, a loaded bomb wa. dropped from an es fi.id tvday The experiment wa. made by IJeuten- the shot cl ot the ar th low the field. the mls.lle struck iMrfSl 11 1 Jonl Walker of the Inf ntr lfo wai carried aloft photographs and make ob- Walter Brooklns took him up In a Wright biplane, and at a Av.ft]"" 11 thousand feet Lieutenant ilx snapshot, of Camp th surrounding country. eather conditions were excellent and w.re made.

THREE NEGROES lynched at Shelbyville, Ky. H. B. WHITMORE, St. Louis, commits suicide by leaping from eight story SERIOUS ATTACK on the federal government's conservation policy will be made in the United States supreme court.

BOMB THROWN successfully from an aeroplane at San Francisco. NEW TORK CITY'S missing chamberlain comes back to town. STATE DEPARTMENT warns Guatemala against assisting the Honduran rebels. FOREIGN. BUBONIC PLAGUE Is ravaging Manchuria.

Chinese oppose sanitary measures. GUATEMALA DENIES having aided i a HONDURAN REBELS took Truxlllo last Tuesday PORTUGUESE GAS workers are an a strike. EGYPTIAN' GOVBKNMBKT announces results of a new cotton cultivation. PIACIMAKBR'S FATZ Interfered In Wlfc-Ilvntlng Affair lad Killed--Wife Held us City, Chrlstcnsen Is dead. T.

D. Anderson Is seriously wounded. Mrs. Nora tpdlke Is held by the police as an accessory and B. D.

I pdlke her husband, a detective and nephew of ex-Oovernor Charles N. Has- Hell of Dklalmmn, Is being sought with murder and the woundlna- of Anderson. Anderson Is a brother-in-law of rn- dlke and lieforn he became unconscious from loss of ho mads a statement i i tonight" fa'tter TnterYe'red'To prevent I pdlke from hi-atlng his wife. i ilsfef. a a MVWU 111 ni.

Bienot "monoplane. Brooklns fulfilled his promlee to give a thrill with spiral dips I 1 for an nour SI. Jh. J.S/J* 11 held the crowd enthralled. In iltscendlnr jrom his trip with Lieutenant Hrooklns brought a of delight from the by a spiral swSop a he ht of the curtisi camp rave a popular exhibition of fast flying ng banking his bfpllSie perilous angles In rounding the course.

Air MM at witktta r.ii..- Wiahits Falls, Jan. proposition to hold an aviation meet In Wlch- Ita Fall. Is being considered by J. A. Clty who a tele- JS? of.

Aviators aau pruoa- rth Texa ana Southwest Oklahoma will have an opportunity to wltnes. the bird men at Wchlta Falls nfTIlipOATlOIfl Ceil Manatee Celeael Tkeewere Hewvelt. Bo.ton, Jan. Congres.man ButlerXAmes' Issued a reply tonight to former President Roosevelt, who last night vigorously denied certain attributed to Mr. Ames regarding 3 -of -ssenator Heary Ll rl 1 to sell some tti.o ntivy denarunAnt.

Ames says 'in his statemept- I do 'not question your denial of the" conversation betwen yourself and Senator Lodge and the assistant secre'tarv of ioTM I lc I you t6 do ni cabinet officer can not be expected to verify the accuracy or inaccuracy of a. conversation i. wa au thorltatlvily informedrihaf "you the words I have credited you 1 but whether you did or not Is of minor importance and this particular part of tha controversy may be safely left to some future time. "Has It occurred to you that the dental hol i5 a or an explanation of Id made bv -Senator Lfldge himself and'on" the floor Of the senate, and for the fair name of Massachusetts if not his own. to you that the time and the place for you to have come to Senator Lodge's rescue was even before you speak in his behalf in Bos- renew I.

Kant Affair, Se HaMIr Waa It ea Boston. just before election? "Has it occurred to. you or to Senator that, to thus rtah to Ms press- on -the day before the sen- to the charge ur, Charitable people at least, of fryingMo suppress full Information In the matter, and your choice of time makes the dell- -sats sesipHsusr.ts-jrss-pay n.fe-in your telegram, to Speaker Wallace on a Political rather than a personal complexion? CLAIM! 8ELP-DEFW81 Er P. Davis, Cane Belt Agcmt, 8kat mad Killed Fnak Itea Nesw Eagle Lake. Bpeolai to The i Columbus.

Jan. Pi agent for the Cnne Belt Railroad at Matthews, shot and killed Frank Ites last night and was brought to Columbus ifluay and turned over to Sheriff Maves. When asked for a statement. Davis said that his in as Ites was attempting to kill him with a knife at ii.e time. The parties are both comparative strangers in Columbus.

Eagle Lake. a. difficulty at Matthewsf about six miles from here, last night at about 10 o'clock. Frank Ites was shot twlcp in ti, nrenst and once In the stomach, from the effects of which he died this morning at clock. a station for the Cano Belt Railroad at Matthews, was arrested.

Ho has bt-en agent here about a month coming from f-ane City. He Is about 21 years old and Is orlglnnllv from Alexandria, Mr. Ites. tile 'dead man. Is about 36 years of age and loaves a wife and four or five children.

His home waa near Oarwood. this county. Shelbyvllle. Jan. thei Shelby County Jail here early thla raora- ing a mob composed of le.s than hundred Mtr.

iiisei ij.j lynched ihrea two of whom were charged with 'te girl, and the third sen- iSSS i th murder of hi. wife and held In Jail here until the day for hi. 01 be were ni uuivrviii piBCMt And wiiftt fct to a lynching waa tr 'P on on'T with the finding of the three body of. Eugene Mar.nall. aen- 1 5 the "Urter of hla kn a(1 beheaded, wa.

found naiiging to bridge over the Eminence only a snort dutance from the JaiL Sam We.t. employed a. a chauffeur here for and who. It thro I kf en on everal charged with a.uultlug the Jaugh- ter 01 a anaihv nnnntv of trio against whom" the" wratlTot the mob wa. directed.

He. too, waa hanged to the bridge by the mobT wae also "crfr 1 'd" th r(l "TM 1 nch escape from the mob 'and wajT'aKoT nis oody thrown Into a creek Both We.t and Patter.on were to nte1 to the grand Jury to be moned at the January term of court, which open. Jan. 28. It common trlaf.

1 WOUld lvtn Th mob wh 'ch attacked trVjall went about Its work quietly nna f.w found, scvsrai later. i.i tn m(1D wer Tha Jail lock waa with a sledce a which ther. difficulty. In getting to the Bruwn.r.. Trmp.on ili h'i 4KO th Ya 1 key.

when the mob appeared, and later when the uiob became more In.l.tent Hornbaek nien into tne Jail office. "They aald There are three here we're going to get or el.e blow uS the sail Hornback said. "They kept yelling for dynamite, while iSme. of "tirtea to oeat on tne locta with a sledge hammer. About twelve fAA pointed at.

me demanding the keys, but I Insisted I did not know where they were. Finally, it 1:25, they broke open the cell door and took out WM. Marshall and KS. SCHWI M1HT1D Glad That laaaay Care a Little Ifetanaete TrlaL day'a re.t came welcomingly to all concerned n.k trial, especially to the Mrs. Laura Farnswortb.

court all teatlnftny brought out by fife tf'ct AMorney J. Handlan In orisecu- to her hu.banil. the accused theordeal without being noticeably affected cept on one or two occasions, she n. Pfessea relief after the Sunday's j-est and maintained confidence that her case will appear In a different light as It progresses. Di.trlot Attorney Handlan today he was satisfied with the progress "We' ertablishedS he said, "that the" mineral water which Mr.

Schenk drank i nls Illne8s ani1 rredlclne.that was administered to him contained 8X large quantity of lead and strychnine. We Have shown that Mrs. SchenK uetective-hurse arid others a wish, that she might get rid of her husband, arsenic and lead acetate," Attorney J. J. O'Brien, chief counsel 4 "We succeeded in breaking down ths testimony of Dr.

Frank L. Hupp, a prin- slp.al witness iisned the-fact that he wis'at'no'tlme sure of His diagnosis. We also secured the admission that 'Schenk was s- 111 as had been claimed. We to prove that the wife and not the husband was the victim--the victim of a conspiracy or, of 5ilEtivc5.oi-5c'nenk-- -An effort will be made during the week to discredit the testimony given yesterday by Miss Zoeckler. a detective- nurse, who said Mrs.

Schenk had offered' her a bribe of U.OOO to give Schenk a poisonous pill while hs lay at ths hospital ill. Mrs. Schenk spent the day In her cell in the Ohio County Jail. Several hours were occupied In conference with her attorneys planning- for combating the expected moves of the state 'during the coming while scores of-ietter! ftlsft" recelved the attention of the millionaire packer wife. These missives came from every section of the country, and on every conceivable subject.

All sorts of suggestions are made as to lines ot defense to be followed, most of the writers being persons who have become interested In the woman's welfare, FIVE CONVICTS TCXAN8 ABROAD Af York. Sprelal News. New York, Texan? regtrtereS at New Tork hotels: Anglcton-- Pnrk Avenue. A. E.

Master- PaMlaken nMcuirn, ion. swept the plant the Currier Inf Company and a damage. Antonio Grand. Carr A i Albert. H.

H. Rutherford. Houston-- M. Matthews. In SwlAl to Chicago.

Jan. Tenant trM at ChlcJlso r. B. tngrmm. Kl Mrs.

Thnr- Aim Mai r.na i Hnujton-- Northern, C. W. Kshl Bmlto-- Ornnil pcclflp, 1. c. Miller Austin-- Oroad PaciKr.

C. Ollmere. Take French of the Lake Charlen (La.) Jnll--TTTO Hecaptured Lake ChnrlcF. Jsn. prisoners mnde their escape from jail earlv lodr.y.

They through tiio wall from tile corridor on the second story, dropped to the ground Ono of the prisoners loft tlie nlarm I'ui by the time xln- officers npucafed the 5 Ed Morrison, charged i Frank A nnd two V' 1ar i'cn 'th misdemeanors, got away. Miller and Alford -aera this afternoon. on Trlnl. Marshfieid. Jnn.

trial of Walter A. Dlpley and Smith, charged jointly with the murder of Stanley Ketchel, who at the tlmo or his Ori. IS. held the middleweight championship, will begin here Ketchcl was killed on llu. ranch of K.

P. Dlcker- about fifteen miles from here. Ulpley, i i the shot that ended the life of the said it caused by the fighter's HOUMOB. Jatv Johnson, colored, the, ef Friday nlghfi shooting on Dowllne- ttrmt. Alnl nn Run.

day mornrag at beiocK. The charge against John the negro accused Johneon. was changed Barter to Barter..

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