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A i Washington business men advertise in The Post because it is the paper the people of Washington read tje tttatytngfro tot Weather Fair to day with brisk northwest to north winds to morrowmorrow fair warmer NO 10854 WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28 1906 SIXTEEN PAGES THREE CENTS SON ACCUSED DIES PISE PANIC AND DEATH Murder Espied on Train Woman Spectator at Burning Factory Stricken with Heart Disease Special to The WJMncton Post Bridgeport Conn Feb 27 Five hun TTnrfpr Arrvct fnr FiitherS I dred women operatives employed In the unaer Arresi ior ramcr star Fa were thrwn tat0 a panic at 2 oclock this afternoon by a fire which subsequently destroyed the five story main plant In the excite men attending the fire women fainted and were carried out of the building by firemen A score were taken out of the building from the third and fourth stories The loss Is estimated at J100000 partially covered by Insurance It wlas the most spectacular fire that has occurred in this city In years and was the cause of the death by heart fail ure Induced by excitement of Mrs Jennie Heappr a spectator She was taken into the rectory of St Augustines Roman Catholic Church where the last orders of the Catholic Church were administer ed to her She died shortly after HE SUCCUM3S TO FRIGHT Hatchet Sold by a Roanoke Dealer Traced to Him Piece of Twine Around Bloodstained Newspaper Clew that Led to Arrest of Trayhaxn for Killing His Father at Roanoke Last Monday Son Had Become a Gambler and Was in Financial Straits Autopsy Showed Heart TE00PS MOVED tly after WIFELY ll to the Washington Pot Roanole Va Feb 27i tnder arrest arged with murdering his fathe Roo one half days and had It pot been for ft delaj of seventeen hours at Lordsburg and a stop oer at Los Angeles of seven hours the time occupied would have been but fire and a half days WARSHIPS ON GUARD Records from Atlantic to Pacific Broken by Eighth Infantry San Franclco Feb 27 All records for the mot ement of troops from the Atlantic seaboard to this city were broken to dav with the arrival of a Southern Pacific special train over the Sun Set route i carrying the Eighth Regiment of the I nited States arm The regiment left Jerev City at 6 February 20 and arrived here 7pm to day Traynham while being taken to The transfer was effected in six and I nebburg to av oid danger of lj nchng lere died on the aln as the result of tho Intense excitement upon a weaken 1 eart piece of twine tied around a blooJ stained copy of the The ashington Post of February 14 found beside the body of ex City Sergt Traynham who was murdered Sunday night a week ago at his looms here furnished the clew which the police followed up to the arrest of the murdered mans son this morning a he twine was of a peculiar kind used onlv by one merchant here and the po lice discovered from him that he had sold I 0 hatchet t6 Traynhams son a few dajs pretious to the murder It also was discovered that the son carried the hatchet oncoaled in his overcoat Salurdav and biindaj preious to the murder Chain of Evidence Last night Chief Djer decided that he 1 ii the chain of circumstancial evidence siiong enough to warrant an arrest He called In Commonwealths Attorney Perkins and others and laid the evidence before them They agreed that the chain was about as complete as it could be and that it was the hand of Robert Traynham Jiat murdered his father The chief considerately wished to spare Mrs Traynham the shock of the arrest of her husffiand and Detective Griffin was tent with others to the home No 375 CITf RULED BY MOB Violent Anti negro Outbreak at Springfield Ohio POLICE FORCE IS HELPLESS Only Six Members of Militia Cora paniesResponded to Call Shooting of Two White Men by Negroes Started the Trouble Crowd of More Than a Thousand People Attacked Ne gro Settlement Burning Houses and Middling Them with Bullets Cut Fire Hose and Knocked Down Policemen tecive Griffin went tf the door ac companied by Officer Overstreet Mr Traynham was told that Chief Djer wished to see him and lie accompanied the officers After leaving the home Traynham was Informed that he was under arrest The officers quletlj took the Sent to Meet Survivors of Chinese Massacre PALACE OUTBREAK REPORTED Viceroy Yuan Said to Be Sending Troops to Guard the Court Outbreak at Nan chang Attributed to Attempt at Suicide by Native Official Revolutionary Forces Are Gaming Strength Shanghai Feb 27 The survivors of Special Washington Tott Springfield Ohio Feb 27 An infuriated mob of 1200 people is parading the streets to night and swearirg vengeance upon Prston Ladd and Edward Dean two negroes who last night wounded Martin Davis a brakeman on the Big Four and Earl Sulkins a oaseball plajer The mob formed or the public square ard when threats to lynch were made Major Todd called upon Companies and of the Third Regiment Ohio National Guard stationed here but so far neithe company has responded The mob started to night Just as It did two ers ago when Richard Dlckerson a negro murderer was lynched The crowd marched to night to the Jungles the notorious negro settlement and Wrecked a saloon kept by a man named Kemptner Later themob set It on fire Another dive across tho street was fired and as the flames set upward the crowd jelled Bum all of them Tearing Down Negro Houses The old buildings are being razed and the negroes are fleeing The police are at the mercy of the mob No attempt was made to enter the Jail as Dean one of the negroes was spirited away to Daj ton early to night The hospital where Ladd is lying In jured Is under a heaj guard 5 MRS COREY AT SIOUX FALLS SENATOR TILLMANS UNIQUE ROLE JORDAN ADMITS LYINC Patrick Witness Quickly Indicted for Perjury OTHER TEXANS UNDER CLOUD A general alarm of fire was sent in the massacre of missionaries at Nan 1 and all the engines in the city are at wiin Collected Affidavits chang including the fourteen Americans I ti tj flre thoueh i Judge Bailey Who Collected Ainoaviw have arrived at Kiuklangl spreading as the mob cuts and hose Testifies He Caught Witness Quimby tllLr as fast as a stream of water is turned at HIs Woodpile Fayette Lee Locked irteenth avenue southwest Other i nr Kjukfang It is understood that the on th blae The mob is continuing Its Up on a Burglary Charge and Cannot fleers were posed about the house and British sloop Clio and gentooat TeaL are work of demolishing buildings With trenii on Stand clubs and stones tne crowa is gnasingi nw already there Manila Feb 27 The battle ship Ohio flagship of the American fleet on the Asiatic station has sailed for Hongkong where she will dock and rush repairs all negroes out and wJt poes as battering rams it Is wrecking the buildings Police Are Powerless his affidavit All that he says there Is untrue said Judge Rallev Concerning Qulmbvs reputation Judge Ralley said he TXi not think it was of the best He said Quimby came to his office on one occasion and stole wood from his woodpile He added JL Erft him at it Jirh6jilghL Another Witness Locked Up Before leaving the witness stand nichts Judge Ralley said he had heard that so as to be prepared for possible exlg i rouce Are rweiies homtprs Jo Fayette Lee one of the witnesses whom encies The entire police force has been called Jordan one of the Texas witnesses he had expected to bring here from Pekin Feb 27 The gunboat El Cano out but tho mob growing hourlj cannot lv tii Patricks motion Texas had been locked un on a charge prisoner to the depot and boarded the ls Procpcing irojn Nanmng to tne scene be checked Policemen Offering resistance for a new triaif decided to day to confess of burglarj He was excused and train for Lynchburg of the trouble I to the destruction are knocked down that he committed perjury when he swoie Fayette Lee name was called but he While he was en route to Lynchburg Origin of Outbreak I when the TOOb learned that Ladd had that he had never been in Jail for horse did not respond no ni otcolinir when he was brought to the Mayor Baldwin Rice of Houston ne EcarcfclJ spoKe except io oe ior iwnuwi rcu icregrai hub iium Deen secreuy removra 10 uayiun uic i vi TVKfn the corremondent of the Tribune mw i i district attornejs office this morning he Tex will be here to morrow to tes nnil octcrju uiauguis ui niiiwi tic news pecmeu uiftRw fcw ravenouslj drank during the flf ty mfle GaJL i furiated rid onthearnval of the train at taJ The atreets in the Jungles are packed Lnchburg when ordered by the officers tinctt the Boxer trouble inlted the mlb with people all bent upon destruction rhe to et up he exclaimed Oh mj knees rfonarles to a banquet After tie ban crackling of the flames licking up tho and besran foaming at the mouth and be quet the subprefect withdrew and at dives and the shouts of the crowd rend fore he cculd be remoei on a stretcher tempted to commit suicide This act in tne ar to the baggage room he expired Chinese eyes necessitated vengeance and ChlIdren ln House led to the massacre of missionaries cxt lc uua Son Was Suspected The feeling in Pekin ls apprchensle Where the mob entered Kemptner sa From the first suspicion pointed to the owing to the fact that a Chinese shoe loon Ketnptner and his wife fled leav son For the past two jcars his life has was thrown at the Iownger rmpress ing their three little children asleep in a been anything but exemplary Before i wne waiaing me ia room over the saloon The ouiwing was riddled with bulletq and stpnes and it was onlj by the hardest efforts of police and firemen that a waj was forced through and the Judge replied that he did and that Quimby had talked to him about the Patrick case He said continued Judge Ralley he would make an affidavit If he was paid 300 I told him that I did not want tljat kind of an affidavit I said his expenses would be paid If he traveled to New York but that was alL He said he could get 500 from the other side if he wrote up to you meaning Mr Jerome Mr Jerome showed the witness an affidavit that had been made by Quimby concerning what was said ln Judge Ralleys office and which stated tnat WUimoy naa Deen oaereu vu ior i Tifp saver TTnflM to PmM Veel uv HER GREW IS DOOMED Udknown Schooner Ashore Off Cape Henry STRANDED LN THE BLIZZARD Determined to Push Divorce Proceedings Against Steel Magnate Sioux Farts Dale Feb 27 Mw William FJlis Corey wife of President Corey of the United States Steel Cot tlon arrived ln Sioux Falls to day from the Wst She has taken apart enta here for an Indefinite period She refused to be interviewed Demer Feb 57 Determined to obtain a divorce from her husband Mrs William 17 Corey wife of the head of the steel trust left this city jesterday for South Dakota where she will take up a legal residence The departure of Mrs Corey it was said ends the last hope of Mi Coreys family that a reconciliation of th couple might be effected and it garded as certain dqw that tha divorce proceedings which the wife has contemplated for more than a ear will be pushed to a termination It was thought at first that Mrs Corey would begin proceedings against her husband in Nevada for she had purchased a handsome residence In Reno but apparently she has changed her mind and will begin the action In South Dak ta The ground on which the action will be brought it was said will be desertion and friends of the wife asserted that In her bill of complaint she will not mention the names of any of the women to whom she believes her husband had been at tenth PEOPLE BENT ON LYNCHING Two Negro Robbers Killed Man and Mortally Wounded His Two Sons New Orleans Feb 27 Two daring negro highwaymen walked Into the Isolated store of Frank Botto an old Italian at Gross Point a small town on the Texas and Pacific Railroad shot him down and fatally wounded his two sons fourteen anu thuteen years of age Mrs Botto was shot at but escaped and gave the alarm While she was gone they robbed the place and escaped Two armed negroes were arrested at Port Allen to night and a committee was sent to secure them If they prove to be the right parties they will be lynched by morning as the country ls aroused and up in arms The negroes were big burly fellows and came to the settlement with the avowed Intention of robbing the railroad depot IGNORED COLORED LAWYER New England Wrong in Opposing Rate Control MEASURE NOT SOCIALISTIC Governmental Check on Commercial Highways Wise Interstate Commerce Commissioner In Address Before Massachusetts Board of Trade Declares that New England Suffers from the Operation of Railroads Lying Without Its Borders Standard Oil and Rebates I Special to Th Washington Post New York Feb 27 After asked to be allowed to see Mr Jerome at tlfy about the statements made by Miss once Minnie Galllard the Texas school i Ay Judge he said 1 going to tell ma am who said she heard Jones speak the truth I have been in Jail and that tk nim about getting pay in the Pat riglit Mj dead cousin who looked so rIck case Jonn Milllktn brother much like me wasnt a horse thief Now iaaw 0f Patrick was summoned by there you are Mr Olcott this afternoon He Is In St Jordan was escorted to Recorder uofrs Louis and it is expected that he will De nere on rnursaay Mr Jerome wants to examine him in connection with all affidavits he has made Waves Running Mountain High Stiff Gale Makes It Impossible to Shoot Lines Over the Ship Which Is Being Pounded by the Merciless Seas TT Hofpr counsel fnr thp defens I endeavored to get Mrs Leonard to tell operation of lta own railroads tut from how she identified the articles She re those which lie entirely without lta bor tlwt he held a portion of importance in the railroad shops but for forsook It for the more alluring card table For eighteen months his wife had belleed him to be connected with the shop and he accounted for his absence bj stating that lie ld to go out of the city for the Norfolk and Western It also was known that lie was in financial trouble Trajnham plajed cards Sundaj nght up to 8 clock but nothing In regard to his movements could be found after that hcur and when interviewed by Chief den The miscreant has not been discovered The Times correspondent at Shang hai sajs that It ls impossible to denj The pquad of police was hit on the head with for William Rice was true th fi nr TriinnariM the mob and the children rescued After ln Chinese local politics andWlr pro he P1a5 the Bn wnkenneai tection of natHe converts ls one of the an teai leiIot chief causes of the ant foreign senti 1 Ser Creager who had charge of the ment among Chinese officials Nanchang affair he says will inevitably increase the hostility Palace Outbreak Reported A news agency dispatch from Shanghai says it is reported there that a Dal ace outbreak has occurred In Pekin court room and took tb4 stand Oh I lied about my prison record paid Jordan I was in Jail and Murray was right when he said he Was ray keeper Whj dldn you tell the truth before asked Olcott counsel for Patrick I hated to tell about it said Jordan I did not want to disgrace myself Jordan then declired that everythtlng else ho had told about his con ersatlons with Charles Jones who was a valet Djer he could not account for the time and it rumored that Viceroy TuanVbers of the local militia responded to after that It was noticed that he had a ferratch on his face and slight cuts on his hands Thoe with whom he played ards on Saturday say he had no scratch on hi face and there were no cuts on bis hands Made No Confession So far as known he made no confession of guilt but the post mortem showed that his body was covered with brulse of a severe nature and about one week old Ljnchburg Va Feb 27 An autop was1 performed upon the body of Robert I Traynllna by Dr George Tompkins assisted by the coroner PrRll Taliaferro At noon a coroners inquest was held and Dr Tompkins testified that the heart showed conditions of weakness which might cause death under great excitement but that he had not examined the contents of the stomach for poison as he was not authorized to go to the expense of analysis The Jury then rendered a verdict that he came to his death from unknown causes The remains will bo shipped to Roanoke to morrow MOBILES GREAT CAENIVAL Commemorates Escape from Yellow Eever During Past Summer Mobile Ala Fb 27 Mobile has made the carnival of 106 commemorath of her escape from ellow ei er during last sum mer with the result that it has been the grandest carnival ln her history In the afternoon the celebration consisted of the Felix parade and that of the Knights of Revelry who chose for their subject Themeland shown on eight floats At night the Order of Myths and the Infant Mystics rave a grand parade The subject of tho Order of Myths was Universal Wonders shown on seven floats The subjects of the Infant Mj sties was Cleopatra shown on seven floats the subjects being The vision of Harmachis Del llus with message Cleopatra ln her char lot on the way to Antony and Isis revealed Chesapeake and Ohio Service Through Pullman Cars to Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis Chicago and St Louis connecting for all points West and Southwest IMning car service a la carte Trains leave 2 30 pm and 11 10 Diamonds and Jewelry at auction Unreserved sale of Karr Sons stock today at 11 a and 2 30 1225 Shi kal ls sending troops to guard the court Manila Feb yrK leading American firm in this clfy has received the following cable from Canton Tne boycott has greatly encouraged the antl forefgn feeling Teachers reformers agitators and tne natHe newspapers now have the power of that association behind them causing a remarkable growth In the reform party and se cret societies while the anti foreign antl djiiastlc viceroy of Canton by his auto brick and seriously wounded A re quest was sent out at 10 oclock for the Xenla military company At midnight six houses which had been fired bv the mob were burning fiercely and the police had apparently lost con trol of the situation Orily six men the majors call and the Exenla Eom panj which ls expected had not arrived CUBAN OUTLAWS SCATTER Return Fire of Rural Guards but Soon Take to Flight Havana Feb 27 Secretary of the Interior Fre re Andrade thlss afternoon surprised a dozen armed men supposed to cratic jailing and his antagonistic attitudo belonS t0 the band wnch at an earU to the foreign consuls encourages the masses of the people In their anti foreign feeling In the prefecture of Chang Chow near Amoy recent outrages against foreign church procedure approved by Pekin has strengthened the revolutionary forces who are now eager to try conclusions with the government AnU foreign Feeling In a portion of China between the ian rtsze Valley and the Hongkcng district a dangerous anti foreign feeling exists which Is likely to break out at any moment The Federal troops here are preparing against the pending outbreak New York Feb 27 Ir Carroll of the tlethodist Missionary Society announced to day that he had received from Bishop Bashford at Shanghai a cablegram in response to one sent yesterday asking the bishop to give the names of the missionaries at Nancharg It is as follows James Charlea and families Lewis Howe Ogborn Kahn NewbV Huges all reached Kiu KingsMe Property unburn rd Trouble due French Catholics fatal quarrel with magistrate The Lew9 referred to Dr Carroll said Is the Rev Spencer Lewis superintendent of the mission who was evident on a vit to Nanchang Will Make Example of Him Jordan was subsequently indicted by the grand Jury for perjury He was arraigned 1r General Sessions and pleaded guilty He was remanded for sentence on next Monday It is understood that Mr Jerome intends to hae an example made of him After Jordan left the stand Thomas McNerney another witness from Texas was called by Mr Jerome McNerney said that a jear ago he heard Jones tell Jordan that he got out of the Patrick case and was going to staj out of it Jones said on that occasion thai PatncR had nothing to do with Rice death but that he Jones was ho n3ed harassed and bullragged threatened with imprisonment and the electric chair by the officers in New York and had put the blame on Patrick to save himself Do you remember any exact words VILLAGE BURNING Threatened with Total Destruction and Inhabitants in a Panic Pottsville Feb 27 A flre that threatens to destroy the village ls burning at Cumbola near here The vfflage has 2M houses and 2500 Inhabitants Aid has been summoned from surrounding towns The Inhabitants of the village are panic stricken and many have fled to the hills surrounding the place Extreme cold weather prevails Diamonds and Jewelry at auction Unreserved sale of Karrs Sons stock today at 11 a and 2 30 1225 hour Friday morning last attacked the nnalrfl rtf tha tniTiil crnarri 9t rS iinna ji that Jones used asked Mr Jerome bacoa near Taelpas The rural guards ln said pjtrick did km 0id i fired at the men at long range and the supposed outlaws returned the fire at random The band then separated an I scattered The secretarj is in receipt of numerous telegrams from other places announcing SIX DIE IN MINE EXPLOSION Twelve Senously Injured Most of Whom Cannot Live Disastenn Workings Owned by the Little Cahaba Company at Piper Ala Reports Meager He said Patrick did ntt kill Old man xice ne uu a imiuim ucciiji McNerneys Evidence Machine Mr Jerome asked MoNerney whether Judge Wilson of Texas had ever brought accusations against him McNernej an swered that Judge Wilson had accused Birmingham Ala Feb 27 Six men were killed and twelve so badly injured that most of them are expected to die fore morning by an explosion in Little Cahaba mine No 2 at Mper Ala at 4 oclock this afternoon Tne dead PETER COSTELLO BTETVE MOMETH MATTHrW ELTZ JOHN STONE LOLIS TANKO RICH SMITH colored The mine Is owned by the Little Cahaba Coal Company of which Smith of thi3 city ls president Piper is in Bibb Count in tire htiocKton new aoout siiay miles south of Birmingham The kittle Cahaba settlement is on spur track of the Blrmingnam Mineral Railway and is difficult of access by wire communication that the situation is quiet A few extra hm and then Jn reply to a qestion Wm pouccmen iio Patricks counsel said Judge Wilson said to a Jury that If any lawyer wanted to complete his case he would advise him to go to Tom McNerney and his evidence machiae jTnriro A Railed of reiaa tne lawt Members of Chicago Union Charged with Contempt of Court Chicago Feb 27 Mlttlml for the incarceration of President Wright and Edward Doalt rt tViA Ttmntyra nil tta 1 TTntnn GOES BLIND IN THEATER 1 er ho prepared the affidavits of the 1 were to day given to Sheriff Barrett for the palace Newspapers which supoort the government allege that the disturbance was the result of inflammatorj utterances by the Liberal leaders Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Va Feb 2 The fate of tEe urknown four master schooner ashore off Cape Henry and her imperilled crew is unknown to night but according to re ports the schooner will piobablv be a total loss and chancps of saving the crew are few althoug thoy are almost within hailing distance of shore The first intimation of the wreck was contained in a message received from Cape Henry stating that a four masted schooner painted black and apparently heavily loaded was ashore It was snowing heavily and only the outlines of the vessel could be distinguished from shore Futile Efforts at Rescue Life saving crews from Cape Henry and Fashionable St Louis Woman Fined for Refusing to Answer Questions Special to The Washington Ftoat St Louis Mo Feb 27 Mrs Dora Leonard fashionably clad was fined 10 In the Court of Criminal Correction today for refusing to answer the questions of a negro attorney She engaged in a colloquy with Judge Hiram Moore and was severely spoken to Mrs Leonard was prosecuting Phoebe McElroy formerly employed her as a servant whom she accused of stealing a table cloth some napkins a pillow slip towels and a pair of shears Boston Feb 27 Government rate regu laton as applied to railroads waa treated by Charles A Prouty of tho Interstato Commerce Commission ln an address delivered before a meeting ot the Massachusetts State Board of Trade hers to da Mt Prouty attended tho bill now pending In Congress end Edgar Rich gentra solicitor for the Boston and Maine Railroad spoke from the railroad viewpoint Fifty constitu nt bodies were representee at the meeting Tho executive council of tha board adopted a resolution favoring tho removal of the duty on hides and referred to a conmittee another resolution favoring the repeal of the Chinese exclusion act Effect Upon New England Ip his address Mr Prouty said there was no doubt In the minds of those familiar with the actual conditions ln Congress that a measure substantially like the Hepburn bill would become a law at this session but a prominent Senator had told him recently that they could not rely upon i single vote from New England en the passage of the bill lid pointed out the effect the measure would hae upon New England and entered into an exhaustive analysts of existing rates as fixed by the corporations Har said the carriers which would be affected ty a reduction of coal rates for the most part are railroads without a mile of track In New England naming the Delaware Lackawanna and Western the Reading and the Pennsylvania 1 Standard Oil and Rebates He continued What I wish to emphasize is that New England sufcrs meet not from tha fused tqr reply to his question saying I don have to answer a nigger Judge Moore Imposed a line 10 and ordered her ln custody of the sheriff till It was paid She paid still insisting that she would not answer the nigger PERJURY DECLARES JUDGE Testimony in Breach of Promise Case Goes to Grand Jury Special to The Washington Post Toledo Ohio Feb 27 It is time to put an end to the perjury which is being com mitted on the witness stand and the matter will be brought before the grand Virginia Beach were promptly on tte iur wMch is now in session said Judge do tc day our commercial highways arr Rich expressed the opinion that in diet of 6 50 for th plaintiff in the sen ve few Tea the country will flnd ders Tha foundation of the Standard Od Company was the railroad rebate Rockefeller could dominate nearly every ralroad of consequence in Northern New England He is Investing his Income in railroads of more strategic importance and is thus perpetuating these unjust advantages lhe repT le who demand thia action are not Socialists the President of the United States who is the head and front of this movt ment is not a Socialist Ha stards for a decent thing and It is not a dvcent thing nor a wise thing to permit the monopo lsts of this country to con trol without governmental check as they scene but were powerless to render av slstance because of the heavy sea run nlng Repeated efforts to shoot a line oer the decks of the schooner werp futile as the wind continually diverted the shot and It fU Into the sea some distance from the schooner During a lull ln the storm shortlj before dark Weather Observer Frank Nedsom in charge of the Cape Henry station with the aid of a powerful telescope was able to discern the men on the schooner all facing shore and apparently praying for i escie Following the briefer Interval the snow began to fall again heaiily shutting off all view of the schooner and the men The sea was running mountain high causing the hull of the doomed vessel to pound with tremendous force on the shore and according to Capts Holmes and Partridge ln charge of the life saving crews there ls little probability of her weathering the gale through the night Lines Fell Short The last report of the schooner is contained in the following telegram sent by Weather Observer Uewsom tonight from Cape Henry Tne life savers have been unable to get a line to the stranded schooner as sallonal breach of promise suit of Ella Hudson against Michael Lechner ln which she sued for 15 000 This has been the most remarkable case ln the history of the court and I have been amazed at the wrecklessness of testimony which has been offered on both siSes There stems to be no question but that some of the witnesses have committed wiilf nl premeditated perjury PREACHER SENT TO JAIL Rev George Wade Convicted of Land Fraud Conspiracy Omaha Nebr Feb 27 Judge Munger in the United States District Court to day overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of Rev George Viade of Lead a Dak president of the I Cattle Companj recently convlctel of conspiracy to defraud the government by itself in a condition of industrial degression the like of which it baa never known unless Its statesmanship Is broadened and far seeing especially in finding an outlet through foreign markets for the increase in the industrial product High Rates Can Kill Trade He pointed out that tha United States is so far from tne worlds market that the cost of carrvun its oods form no Inconsiderable portion of the total cost and that high rates from the East to tha Pacific coast can shut It out of the Orient Just as effectively as lflts labor were Inefficient or its capital unenterprising Taking up pending rate legislation Mr Rich said Let U3 disabuse our minds of the Impression which the President and the com mission are trying to give that the power of governmental regulation sought for ls not a general rate making power but merely the right to substitute for a rata means of illegal homestead entries The Judge then sentenced the prisoner condemned a new and reasonable rate to imprisonment for one jear in tho If this power could be used cy to Mmed i i sporadic cases of Injustice no one could yet They fired two shots with Llslf 1 An appeal taken Wade complain but It is admitted that the corn guns and two shots with Hunt gun but all fell short The surf ls running so high that it is Impossible to launch a surf boat so they are now waiting for the schooner to drift ln a little nearer so tney can get a line to her The tyo crews from Cape Henry and VirglnJ Beaf live saving stations are standiifg by and keeping watch on toe schooner PRINTERS UNDER ARREST Al McPhail Well known Circus Man Stricken with Apoplexy Pittsburg Pa Feb 27 While attending a local theater esterday Al McPhail of New Tork one the best known circus men in the country suddenly became blind Thinking it was but a freak of his imagination he light a match and hed the flame before his Leyes His act attracted the attention of the several Texan witnesses and accompani them North to testlfj was next called Judge A Ralley a six foot Texan with heavy black side beards cropped close was the most Inteiesting wness examined by Mr Jereroe to day The Judge is a ready and fluent talker ard quite suave He said that he had known 1 when Wrlght an BeSSette surrendered Jordan for twenty fivo years and had never heard until he had come to New Tork that Jordan was an ex convict He spoke in the highest praise of mantioned by witnesses saj ing that she runs the sort of a place where yoo can audience and the players on the stag get a good drink for small money Wlt ress thought Miss Galllard was a little eccentric on the subject of her age Assails Quimbs Reputation It was Judge Ralley who got the affl Annies saloon at Houston frequently finished Wheu court adjourned and will and when an usheXf went to his aid iz was found that he had collapsed A physician was summoned wha announced that McPhail had been stricken TOn apgpien I fnr Tatrlpk Mr Jrrn aslrtfl He was removed to the Allegheny Gen it ita oi hr i Mriitimi 4 Judge Ttallev whether he knew eral Hospital where his condition to day was reported still serious The Tataumlya Sale To Day The sale of elegant Japanese home decorations that have been on view at Sloan 1407 st opens to day at 11 a and So regardless of the weather Rooms comfortably heated and seats provided Watches and art goods at auction today at 11 a and 2 JO 1225 at Quimby one of the witnesses Irotn Texas Throngh tlaatle City Car Via Pennsylvania Railroad on week days Commencing February 28 through par lor car to Atlantic city wiu leave wasn ingtcn 1235 arriving Atlantic City 35 TJ Returning leave Atlantic City commencing March 1 10 00 ast arriving Washington 3 45 Watches and art goods at auction today at a and 2 30 1225 sr sersrice Both men were sentenced by Judge Holdom of the Superior Court to thirty days in Jail for violation of an Injunction restraining them from interfering with nonunion men employed ln the shops of the members of the Chicago Typothetae to the sheriff this afternoon their attorney went before Judge Walker of the Circuit Court and petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus The argument was not 6e continued before Judge Walker to morrow morning ew Piano ISew Furniture 9 at auction to day commencing 1030 a Wilson Mayers 1227 and 1229 St i i French Mantels in Wood and Marble Corning 520 522 13th st nw Jewelry at your own valuation Unreserved sale of Karrs Sons stock at 1225 st to day at 11 a and 2 JO Extraordinary opportunity to buy diamonds and other precious stones at the harrsale 1225 st nw Ho rererva Jo Matter What lour Karnin May be make It a point to save something Banking tiept of Union Trust Co 1414 st pays 2 per cent oa savings JEROME TO ANSWER ATTACK District Attorney Is Scored by Counsel for CoL Mann New Tork Feb 27 Moses Ellis Woos ter the solicitor for Fads and Fancies took tha witness etand agairi to day ln the hearing of the perjury charge against CoL William Mann editor of Town Topics After a few questions had been asked of Wooster Martin Littleton CoL Mamas counsel moved to dismiss the perjury charge and in the course of his address vigorously attacked the district attorneys office At the request of Assistant District Attorney Hart the hearing was adjourned until MaVch 12 when Mr Jerome probably will reply to Mr Littletons charges and oppose the motion to dismiss Meyer to See Finnish Sports St Petersburg Feb 27 Ambassador Meyer has gone to Helslngfors Fin land to witness the annual winter sports There will be a great gathering of Scandinavians tnnmsn ana Russian skaters and skiers Extraordinary opportunity to buy diamonds and other precious stones at the Karr sale 1225 nw No reserve When you advertise In the evenlna papers you are talking to the people at time when you cannot supply them When you advertise In the morning papers you are talking to the people at a time when your store Is open for business has been for many years pastor of the Episcopal Church at Lead and Deadwood Dak DEAD fN BENZINE VAT Youth Supposed to Have Fallen Into Reservoir While Asleep Plttshurg Pa Feb 27 Albert Sonick er nineteen years old was found dead ln a benzine vat at the plant of the Canfteld Oil Company at Coraopolis to day Son lcker was ln charge of the benzine filter at tbe plant and ls supposed to hava gone to sleep and to have fallen Into tne vat which contained about six inches of benzine He was asphyxiated by the fumes STEEL CORPORATION CONTROL Has Not Passed to Germans and Will Not Officials Declare Special to Tn Washington Poat Pittsburg Feb 27 The story from New Tork in effect that German interests had secured enough stocks in the United States Steel Corporation to give it the controllng Interest was most vigorously denied ln the Frick and the Carnegie buildings here to day A leading financier said of this FHck Rogers and the Standard Oft Company own the controllng interests in the United States Steel Corporation and they are not giving It up to anyone for any money The 95000 000 of the outstanding and common stocks of the company which the Germans are alleged to have bought is not a drop ln the bucket even Untrue Chamberlln HoteL Old Point Handsomest hotel on South Atlantic coast Unique In situation cuisine and appointments Reached after March 5 by through Pullman parlor cars 1 2 hours vU Richmond and Ry i i Jewelry at your own valuation Unreserved sale of 3 Karrs Sons stock at 2225 St to day at 11 a and 220 merclal bodies of New Tork and Chicago could institute proceedings which would challenge the rate of practically tha whola country rihe provision of the Hepburn bill that no change of rates shall be made except upon thirty days notice unless by permission of the Interstate Commerce Commission Mr Rich characterized as a menace to legitimate trade whose significance ls now hardry appreciated STOLEN TRUNKS RECOVERED Thief Had Pawned Valuables Belonging to Senator Elkws Daughter New Tork Feb 27 Two trunks owned by Mrs William Caner Welderselm of 2025 Delancey street Philadelphia daughter of Senator Elklns of West Virginia which contained clothing and Jewelry valued at 6500 when they were stolen from a truck of the New Tork Transfer Company In this city January 11 last were recovered by tha police to day Some of the valuables which the trunk had contained had been pawned but tho most of them were recovered Tha police arrested Leslie Sadel a negro in whosa home the trunks were found DANCED THEN OPENED TLRE Ohio Negro Shoots and Kills His Two Tormentors Columbus Ohio Feb 27 Robert Butts and George Brldgewater young white men of New Pittsburg Ohio died ln a hospital here to day from wounds inflicted Monday night by George Donovan colored Butts ana Brldgewater had forced Donovan to dance a clog and after emptying their revolvers at him they began Jeer him Thereupon Donovan shot Buttl ln the left lung and Brldgewater In the stomach Donovan ls la Jail at Logan a.