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i Het A TvsH. Fair Trolgbti a light. a i Oct. IV 1882. louw AOJinm nut Quity in Mercer Gout and Are Held in J309I BiB Eaoh IRIAL SM DOWH FOR NFXi MONDAY fourteen Pages.

Trenton, N. a a a 20, 1909. Pages. COOI'KRS ON 1RIAI. TODAY rOR KILLING KX-SKNAlOK CAKMACK Jtobin Cooper Cooped ACCUSED OF SLAYING FORMER U.

8. SENATOR CARMACK. The Coopers are on trial toiny. Robin Cooper is a son of Colonal Duncan B. Codyer.

a political enemy of Senator Carmack. The two Coopers met Carinack in and killed him because he had held the ch)valrous colonel up to ridicule in a newspaper editorial. 20 with Grand Jury Short Work of pickpocket Cms -Returns Ten True Bills In Record Time Efforts At Release Have (II Bun Fruitless: The very first work of the January term of the Brand Jury was to find ten true bills of Indictment agalnsl Charles Rohrer, Roberts, and John Shevlln, alias. O'Connor, the al leged pickpockets who have been confined to the Mercer County Jail for BOine weeks pant arjd for whose release on ball a bitter flght has boon rande by counsel. The Grand Jury convened yesterday morning and the first thing this morn- Ing Judge Rellstab was summoned to the court House and the Jury made a partial report, presenting 11 true bills ten ot.

which were against Rohrer and Shevlln. The men were brought up "from the Jail and charged with the crimes alleged In the Indictments. As each charge read, both Rohrer ant Shevlln pleaded not guilty. The indictments allege two attempts at larceny from the person and' eight allegations of larceny from the person. Th victims named In the Indictments are Theodore R.

Stryker, William vV. Mof lett, Price Henderson, Charles Oakey William A. S. Carr, David C. Johnson Isaac Stackhouse, William J.

Shlnder wolf. Philip Nathaniel Brltton Prosecutor Crosslcy tho Indict ments to the men and they listened In tently. They were well dressed an( seemed little the worse for their term In jail excepting the usual pallo which comes after few days' con flnement. Just before they were charg ed their counsel walked before them and said "Apswer not guilty." "Sure, they both responded. UNDER $9,000 BAIL.

Judge ReUstab held the men unde Jl.OCO ball on each of the larceu charges and $500 on the attempted lar ceny Indictments. This makes a tola of $9.000 hull antt renders void all at tempts at ball made In the past. The trial haa been set down'by Pr'oge cutor Cmasley for Monday mofnini and will positively be the first tried. J. Lefferto John Kafes '-win appear for the defendants Albert Hughes, representing Mr.

Con ard, the tli morning. IIOUSF. IDDHY Members UnaniriiOusly JDecid that He Can't Be Governor and Representative, Too WASHINGTON. Jan. hot be Governor of a state and a Con gressmari at the same time.

This was the unanimous decision of the House of Representatives today In the case of George L. Lllley i who sought to hold down both Woddbury and many other towns in Jobs. DROWN WHENCMR IS RURNH) Many Men Are Thrown Into Lake by Fhe Three Milesfrom Shore OTHERS CAUfill I IN TUNNEL MOUTH Engine Put Out of Commission by Flames and Escape is Made Impossible for the Workmen he feeling between the attorneys and ithers Interested already so tense that ordinary civilities are eliminated, the rial of Colonel Duncan Cooper, Robin Cooper, his son and John to. Sharp. ointly indicted for the murder of ex- Senator Carmack, began today.

T.n"t night in many Tennessee communities services were held at which prayers were for the "punish- neht of brother Camiack's and today people here are wear- ng mourning and photogiaphs of the dead Senator. Nashville Is divided as never before. Usually sane and conservative. MHzanA have taken sides with such Intolerance of opinion that real trouble Imminent. When Judge William H.

Hart took seat, he faced a packed court room. The spectators represent every c'aja of dtlzens. The judge Is a typical Southern lawyer, thin and sharp- featured, and his keen eyes followed the movements of every one In th'e. room. "They will keep themselves under control'' was his terse comment.

The defendants were brought In shortly before 9 o'clock. They socmed cool and the belief lhat they would be freed. The defense wanted the case postponed so that the feeling against the Coopers would have a chancj to die ugh the Initial argument It de- newspaper, at the veloped that time the, application for ball -wan printed the evidence verbatim ind. circulated thousands of trie copies Aftoruey General McCarii, for the state, contended that this done to make it hard to secure an unbiased lury. since the papers also contained editorials insisting that Carniack first and that he was killed in self defense.

Judge J. L. Anderson, senior counsel for the defense, declarer that the state railed to hold an autopsy, as Is customary after the sbootlng, and later had the boojy exhumed and held a secret autopsy. According to a high source, the doctors who perfomiad the autopsy found the first shot killed Carmack and that' it struck' him behind the ear. If the state prove this, it might mean a first deg.ee verdict at least for Robin Cooper.

The Identity of the doctors been carefully guarded. The defense today characterized this as "a tissue or Judge- Anderson declared he will show that the first shot from Ilobin nnrqppr's revolver Rtrilrik CArmaRk over the heart and that the second struck behind the ear as the stricken man wheeled in falll: "They were CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Between 60 and 75 men were thrown into tha waters of Lake Michigan early today when a temporary crib three miles out on the lake- where employed, was destroyed by fire. A number of them, buffeted about by the rough sea, were drowned.

Survivors declare that IB men sank into the lake after holding on to tho burning edges of the crib for an hour. In ad dltlon to these, it is feared that a num her. variously estimated from 6 to 21 caught In a tunnel under th lake with no means of egress, with the water rapidly filling the tunnel. At 9:30 this morning forty-seven had been taken- from the water abou the crib by tugs. Nearly all of them were badly burned and It is fearec several may die.

Tho crib was a temporary falling, afraid too permit us to Anderson their deal have a doctor present at the autopsy," declared, "because It was to convict our client. But they will never get this evidence Into co'urt." The following attorneys appeared the state: Attorney General McCarn, Captain Fltzhugh, Memphis; former Attorney General J. B. Garner, Lawrenceburg, and former Attorney General Matt whtttaker, Winchester. For the defense are: Judge Anderson, General F.

C. ashlngton, General H. M. H. weeks and Judge Edward Barter, Charles A Burch.

James A from remote parts of the country was In the court room wh" the trial was called. When this Is half exhausted It In Judge Intention to order an additional venire of. a D-urvM, Albert Jt. A venire, of 100 men tr used as a by the laborer during the oonntruotion of an in-tak tunnel from the shore to a pojnt abou five miles out Into the lake. The tun nel being built by George Jackson Company for the city wate department.

The Crib was wooden an was circular in shape with a diamete of 40. feet. The supm rftructure stood 25 fee above the lake's surface and was use for a workshop and sleeping apart ments. The crib ran down 25 feet un der the lake's surface, the part unde water being used for the storage tools und as a boiler room. Two three tons of dynamite were also store In the basemnnt ESCAPE CUT OFF.

RIVM Or "TJifiKi' Pl'VH-" HAS IMiOFLK MGIII iflKD Hoofprints in trie Snow, Whirring Noises In the Air and Other Uncanny Manifestations Reach BoMrntowa and Holly After Mafctag Sensation in Lower Counties Where Natives Remain Indoors After Sundown of Bordentown, Mount Burlington, Gloucester and Burlington and Gloucester Counties are to which flatly excited and mystmed. the Lllley's refeirad, In a resolution introduced last by. Representative Gains re ported that In Its opinion, Lllley's seat in the House was vacated from the time he became Governor. The resolution submitted by the committee was as follows: VResolved: That the seat In this House of George L. Lllley, as a representative from the state of Connecticut, was vacated on January 6, that the clerk be dlrecteA to- remove name from the roll of members." LBTTfcR T'tLbET.

Chairman Jenkins, who made the report to the House explained that the Committee has communicated with Mr. Lllley and had received from him a letter dated Hartford, January 18, In which he Informed the committee that, on December 11, 1906, he hod tendered his resignation as Congressman to his predecessor. Governor Woodruff. "The matter," the letter continues, "was referred by Governor Woodruff to the Attorney General whose opinion It was that the statute we 1 mandatory and If the resignation aa ac- to Jl'l the must be held. It inert to "ernor and tho Attor" Gcn- tho bis expense eni't i'nl was I reason why -islgna- V.

accepter! of curious -hoof-prints, Jff It Is thought I by some strange not as "yet classified by sol- nature- be trail of the although no one Is known to I have seen the creature, leads to the belief that the I legged, with hoofs a horse, has wings and Is able to fly, possesses a remarkable form, so that it may crawl through a hole less than a foot in diameter, and is sufficiently cat-like to walk on fences and over coops that would not bear up a twenty- pound weight. ON AliU FEB. Sklllman. a little village near here, wan the first place to report having seen a strange animal. Since then, the odd tracks have followed for many miles and cover a strip of coun- Iry three miles wide.

Old residents of- South Jersey e. recalling that the winter of 1894 tracks were made by unknown beast In the vicinity of Point Leeds, and the creature became famous "the Point Leeds Devil." TJiere similar excitement near Brldgeton tn .1873. Distinct Imprints ot the animal that Is now holding public attention may be seen on the lawn of the home of Adam of Woodbury. Five trackn are in the middle of the grass plot! and there are no others In sight, Mr. Cattell Is convinced that the creature can.

fly. In Gloucester City, "Hank" white and "Tom" Hamilton, negroes, followed the trail for Twenty miles Monday. "It's an air hoss," said white, "an 1 I ain't a-gwlne out no mo' without my gun, he told me that down In Georgia there Is an air 1 boss, what flies (Continued on Page Forty feet below the surfa the tunnel connected vrfrh shaft. A steam elevator lifted th men tip and down. The engine all ueed to run buckets over a dirt to the mainland.

The survivors tell a dramatic stor with a heavy sea running, the me preferred to remain on the crib Ion aa possible rather than take chances the water. The traveling buckets run nlng to the mainland were hastr manned In an effort to Improvise breeches buoy to the threatene men to shore. It was then discovere that the engine had been put out commission by the blaze. This alsp cut off all hope of runnin the elevator down to the tunnel to re cue the men Imprisoned there. Mo of the men remained on the crib ui til tho BupBr.nruiHuie had been almu burned away, though several drive frantic by fear, leaped Into the when the timbers of th superstru tur began to fall, the men all leapet Into the lake, many of them so bad burned that they could scarcely kee afloat Survivors that they sa three' men link after struggling half an hour to keep afloat.

They not come up. The are: William Sen ly, assistant superintendent, John Co: Cent JU. O.U. A.M. AN" ni MOCHA IS Win I IP SCHOOL Strong Opposition to Governor's pittitn to Divert $900,811 Money ID State Fund a AWFUL KRUPTION IN TRKNTON FRWIFK APPROVES BROWNSVILLE Jan.

Judge Anderson today set Februaiy 23 as the I for the beginning of the re-trial tho $29,000,000 Standard Oil case In city. ''he Govr-i-nmont attorneys demanded i i i i i nnrl the Standard i i -y until Stay. 1 the case would coin to es tn 1 March or the another judge. MNGrLISTTO mi STORY i in; mm WILL HEAR 01 up nors and Timekeeper IIR. HIS TAXES IMF.RF.O The Rev.

Dr. Henry Collin Mlnto pastor of the First Presbyterian i Church, oile of the Trenton owii- ers of property, to appear this moiu- Ing before the County Board of of The board Is hold-. Ing sessions In Council's Chamber at the City Hall and this afternoon and tomorrow will probably conclude the hearing of complaints. Dr. Mlntou objects to the assessment against his house on Bellevue Avenue, and Counselor Barton B.

Hutchlnsou irincle a lengthy argument In favor ot a reduction. Later today the appeal of the Trenton Street Railway (Fom- pany will be considered, aa will also the appeal pf the Public Service Corporation In connection with the valuation put upon Its abandoned Bruns- Tennessee Senator Declares President's Action Was Legal and Just WASHINGTON, Jan. 20---That the action of the president in discharging without honor the colored soldiers of the ZBth Infantry concerned In the" Brownsville affair was both leap! and Just, was the opinion expressed to the Seriate today In an elaborate argument by Senator Frailer Tenn.) He took strong ground against the pending bills to restore these men to the army because a Bart of them have been xJeprly shown. In his to have been guilty of the grossest crimes, and It Is Impossible to ascertain which ones are guilty and which are innocent of those crimes. After exhaustively reviewing the testimony, Senator Frazier said: "Most men who have Investigated this case or have read the proof, I have no doubt, believe that perhaps ten-per cent, of "the battalion discharged" are actual murderers or alders and abet tors-of-murder.

Certainly, every tribunal, which has Investigated it has so found. The most searching investigation has failed to point out which are the guilty and which are the Innocent. Then shall the Government, take the chance of placing In Its ranks murderers, rather than out df Its ranks some men who may not be criminals, but upon whom certainly rests DlfillLANU IKER 10 APPil I1ERF Miss Lillian Crowe Coming From Scotland for Bums Celebration One of the leading features. If not -he feature, of the concert and ball to given by the Caledonian Club in Masonic Temple Monday evening in commemmoration of the IBOth anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, will be the appeparance of the Misses and Jane Crowe In Highland i'- I f- to himself, Nit SALE OF PLANT ilnirr-h "Hu Itihon v. -lory of This I- i a i "nly opp the ivlll hear thlR 1 tix'o ahrrtd i merits.

Last year ho traveled nine to California, preaching "BUd" Robinson Is This afternoon n'r-lnclr Teachers' Club will have Its regular meeting In the auditorium of the Trenton High School. The proKiam will consist of reports to be made by the various teachers concerning their recent visit to the schools of Europe. Tho Bpeakprs anrj their topi- aro follows: Df William A. Wi who will npoak on the "German -nom of Bchooip." Dr. Wetzel -'on by the Teachers' Club to I i i this system very thoroughly .1 ro- rt on thn same.

Minn who on "How i having been the -his duty. I npnak on "Tnin 7 i ho Geri hools," a i -hnoon for i Mlns will i I "Points of i i i i "i Durn ''Ijlt." Ml-i vv who M- on tho or Culture i id," having bror Appointed for i thn club will by n. vocnl selection by iv i ni Minor Dorcy of tho Trenton School. i will bn Uic only llmo thnt tho accounts of tlilfi Irip will bo given publicly. wick Avenue plant.

TIES IS IN NO COMBINATION PLAN It having been learned that canvassers are endeavoring to secure subscriptions in Lawrencevllle and other nearbv places to foreign publications by declaring that the Trenton Ing Times is promoting the scheme, the Times announces that It has no connection with a clrculallon scheme of any kind, the paper relying entirely upon its own merit. WiNFIELD'S CASE I The Court of Panlonn In in session Ihe StJ'tn House tills afternoon con- rlderlng a number of nses which were left over from tho last meeting, Among the cases being Is that of Louis H. WinneJd, of Mercer yttrt suspicion of crime? Do we lothlng to the honor nnd gnnfl Tiamfl the aruiy Itself? Or to the peace and security of the people among whom these men, If re-enlisted, must be quartered? Are. all our sympathies to be expended upon a body of men, a par! of whom are midnight assassins, a an! none upon helpless eople of -BrovviinVlUe, who were shot and murdered." The poraker bill to reinstate the men, he said, offered a premium upon jerjury, because It proposed to pay men for the two years since their discharge. If they would repeat the oath they have already taken.

The senator deplored that the race question had been Injected into the discussion of this subject, declaring that "greater wrong was never In- Ilcted upon, the great body of respect able and law-abiding negroes, of this country than to place them In the attl tude of upholding, crime and shielding criminals because, of their race." Making frank avowal of his own friendliness to the race and of the deb he owed to his black "Mammy" am others. Senator Frazler declared: "But I would not be entirely frank If I did not say, lhat upon certain phases of the race question, they, (th people of Tennessee), In common with the rest of the south, have stood, and believe will ever stand, flifii and alterable. First: Never again will lh negro race be allowed to politically dominate and control a. sovereign stat of this Union. To do so, would be enthrone Ignorance and give It domln Ion over Intelligence and to bring bacl the raping and utter reckles debauchery of the re-conslrucllon era Second: The social barrier which sepa rates the MCBS will never be allowec t6 lower.

To do so would destroy th purity and Intcnlty of 'the white rac and shock tile senaibiilties. and mA rage the moral sense of the Caucas Ian race tho world over." CONFIRM UOWEUL'8 ELECTION BOSTON, Jan. 20 The Har yard -totoy confirmed th (Jersey City Kveninjr Journal.) (iNICIHEL RECEIVER FOR IVF.NS FIRM Required to Give $5,000 Bond and Settle Company's Affairs Chancellor Pitney has made a decree in the Court of Chancery appointing former Mayor Frederick W. Gnichtel, receiver of the machine manufacturing business of William H. iven's Suns Company, of Beakes Street, this city.

and the various duties assigned to Mr. Gnichtel in settling up the affairs of the firm will keep him busy. The receiver Is to give a bond of So.OOl). Following the death "of William H. wjio concern.

the children got into a dispute as to the share of each In the business. and Martin Ivens brought a suit In Chancery to establish his claim. The Chancellor orders that the share of Martin Ivens and of the defendants, William H. Ivens. Albert B.

Ivens, Mary Ivens. Margaret Ivens, Lucy E. Ivens, Edith L. Grlebllng and Herbert L. Ivens shall be one-eighth of the capital with which the partnership was established, or S1G3.36.

The order also adjudges that Martin Ivens. William H. Ivens. and Herert L. Ivens are each entitled to one- 'ourth share, and Albert B.

Ivens. Mary L. Ivens. Margaret Ivena, Lucy E. Ivens and Edith M.

Grlebllng are collectively entitled to a one-fourth share of the net assets and undivided profits, after first deducting the amount of capital, and subject also to such sums may found, upon an accounting between partners, to be due from one to the other. The receiver Is directed to sell the property, the Tmstness to be continued meanwhile. It is ordered also that Mr, Gnichtel, as a special master In chancery, take a mutual account of all the dealings between the complainant and the defendants. LOLW MANAGERS TO MEET TOMORROW Order Has More Than 50,009 VQters Who Are Pledged to Resist Any Plan that i Reduce Amount Paid Over to the Schools Democratic Legislators cuss the Situation, With more a voters In lt ranks in this stain Junior of United Amerii-in is paring to flght th- 1 proposition of Governor Fort in message- to the Legislature to i some $900,000 olate ra-ilrnad taxea from thtt, public schools t- uses. The Beard of Managers of the Council of the order will meet In its officeo in a i Tmiplo afternoon to lormul.it') a campaign of opposition to th" pliin.

The board 18 of. Dr. a TM E. Day, State Councillor, c.illinKsu-ood; Everett Gray, Councillor, Jersey City; Willlarn H. Miers.

this city, Stats Council Secretary: the Rev. Dr. Read, CamnVn; and Joseph M. Thompson, New Kgypt. Secretary Micrs declared today that' the whole force of the order would ba thrown against the proposition.

Will undoubtedly oppose any- bill for the repeal of the law giving all the -roll, road taxes except one-half of one per cent, to the support of the schools of this state," he said. Continuing, he stated, with emphasis, that the Me- ehanlc.s__w.o«Ul the sitlon to increase the. proportion of the railroad" taxes to be taken expenses. "We are solidly against any proposition of this sort," was his dec- laratlon. "The Board of Managers Is the executive body of the order between sessions of th" State Council.

It has been called to mnet tomorrow expressly to take iip i question. Whatever action is takwi will be Immediately to pvery subordinate "council In the and they will be requested to up the fight. FORf'B POSITION. The the of tlie ant of 1906 one JW. cent of, the IKS the Legislature then vide annually as to what proportion of these taxes should be usdS for i for the new statute giving the state thrte- quarters of one per cent, of the faies.

The latter proposition, he declared, would give the stale about $500,009 more than it now receives from the MISS LILLIAN CROWE. Champion Highland dancer of Ren- frewshire, Scotland, who, with her sister, Jane, will dance at the Caledonian Club's concert and ball. dances. These young ladles will come to this 'cITy directly 1 from Paisley, Scotland. Miss Lillian, who Is not yet eighteen years of age, In a competition ot more than thirty competitors, won the championship of Renfrewshire, Scotland, for bagulpe playing and Juvenile Highland dancing.

The event was witnessed by the Marquis and Marchioness of Bute, Scotland. Miss Crowe has been awarded many gold and silver cups for skill and also re- (Contlnued on Page Three.) CLARA MORRIS VERY ILL. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. At tho homo of Clara Morris In Yonkers it waa said last evening that she was very seriously 111.

The illness was deooribed a complication of nervous prostration and spinal trouble. Miss Morris been unable to leave her bed for the last six weeks and at her homo she Is regarded as being in a serious condition. BURNS COMMITTEE TO MEET. The final meeting of tho Burns committee of tho Caledonian C'lul) will be held In the club rooms tonight, when a nl1 Arrorrilng to an advertisement which appears In today's Times, Delevan J. Rpgers, who' for some time resided In this city, will receive 120,000 If he makes his whereabouts known.

The money Is said to have been left him by his Mrs Mnrfirarpt Jarvls. of 328 Mon- tlcello Avenue. Jersey City, who died recently. Rogers formerly worked for John Welch, of 852- South, Broad Street. Welch knows nothing of the fortune being left to the man, and says that he Is now in California following a serieu horse racing meets.

There Is some doubt as to whether the money is really meant for the father or son, both of whom have the same name. The whereabouts of, the son are not known at all. STANTON-APPLEBY WEDDING Miss Emily 0. Appleby, of Poplar Street, and John A. Stanton.

of. 327 ACR Street, will be married in St. Joseph's Church tomorrow morning at o'clock. The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Father Henry Ward.

Tho btklesmald will be Miss Maiio Lanson, of New York and William Haney, of TI- tusvllle, will bo the best man. railroad money. He also sttr.iiested Ijj that the expenses for the State Schools and other state educational items now paid -from the state fund be fatten from the railroad tax-s In addition the Increased per cent, refened to. This would give the state for Its own aboat $400,000 more, course, would reduce the amount now going to tho school HIitHoti through- out.the state by that sum. DEMOCRATS OPPOSJSU.

The -Governor's plan will also be nit. by determined opposition from Democrats In the Legislature. Fed-lowing the statement of opposition from Assemblyman John J. Matthew of Hunterdon Connty, ly given In the Times yesterday, otw Democrat law makers have announced; themselves as against the plan. Assemblyman Mark Sullivan oft, Hudson, leader of the Dempcrattox House minority, declared just before! going home last night that ha was un- alterably opposed to the whole scheme, and would flght It 89 vigorously as he did last year, when, '1 he made one of the notuWe speeches of the session Just before a roll call House that showed a measure to divert a half million of school money a to have but one supporter, the malulty leader, who felt that he boimrl to stick by the Governor's bUL "It'a ail wrong ail wrong," said Sena tor William Gebhardt of Hunter- In the "tfhe suwestlon should not be regarded seriously, and I will do everything In my to protect the school Senator George S.

Silzer of Middlesex County also came out In opposition to the Governor's recommendations. The Democrats will take the that there will be no need to touch the public school funds to meet the present tightness in state finances. They will dalm that the assessment. igulnst the railroads should be Increased and that there should ba gi eater economy in state expenditures. In that way.

they hold, the state's Income can be made to meet its expenditures. 1UEE MM IN DirilltRIA IKl) According to a report rerfiveil by Dr. Wight. Slut" I missionrr of Charities and 1 the authorities at tho State VlllaK: for Eplleptir-; at SWllroan seem to EUCHRE FOR D. OF.

I. Thr weekly euehro of tho Daughters of Isabella will be held tomorrow oven- tllr haml Stat" I i thr" al; of -diphtheria the co-operation of of Health. that there ur- patient been-exposed IP -HI In which tho this number, nurses. TWO THEATRE report of the number of tickets sold In the organization's rooms. Ill Knot will be made to the secretary.

It is Hanover Street. The committee important all on ral wmea ts Ti il.BDi), OFIIO. Jan. -'''if joo.iwi lors nrtti'-- of this city, wus 1'iouch o'clock 'his rm-rnii The broke in :1 "'Vrr Th..