3 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1902. i TURNERANDM'BRIDE Spokane Convention Shows Their Friendly Relations. PROMOTE REPUBLICAN SCHISM If Turner Cannot Be. Elected, His Supporters in Legislature 31 ay Be Manipulated In 31c Bridc'a Interests. SPOKANE. "Wash., Sept. 1. (Special.) The curious overtures held out to Gov ernor McBxIde by Senator Turner's Demo cratic convention are partly explained by the fact that McBride'a railway commis sion scheme was broached by Spokane Democrats before the Governor launched it. Senator Turner and Governor Mc Bride are warm personal friends. If their political affiliations were tho same, their views and alms could not bo more closely allied than they aro now. Senator Turner is the outspoken cham pion of Roosevelt on the trust Issue, and is backing: Governor McBrldo on every occasion In the latter's flght for a railroad commission. "UThis speech yesterday before tho con vention Senator Turner vigorously as saulted tho Republican party, accusing It of being dominated by the railroads. Tho only remedial railroad legislation ever passed, he sold, had been by tho fusion Legislature of 1897. The lower house of that body, he declared, had passed a com Jnission bill, but it had been defeated by the votes of Republican hold-over Sena tors. Senator Turner said that ono of tho proudest things in his life was tho fact that he himself had drafted tho provision in the state constitution authorizing the creation of a railroad commission. He de nounced the Republicans for falling to carry out the anti-pass provision of tho Ahe constitution by the adoption of ade quate legislation. Ho paid a high compli ment to Governor 3IcBride, saying ho was better than his party. Senator Turner and his friends have been lining up Eastern Washington Dem ocrats in support of McBrlde's policy ever since the railway concession plan 'was sprung. Their work is being done "openly and their success is remarkable. The wlso Democratic politicians consider at ftno strategy to play McBrlde Repub licans against Wilson supporters, and tho igame is being played for all It is worth. In fact, it would seem, that Turner, if he 'cannot win, Is to throw what strength he lias to McBrtde and his followers in the Legislature. What bearing this might thave in a Senatorial fight is not known. iA.ll the Democratic Legislative nominees fere sworn to stay with Turner to the last ditch, but their manipulation In ilcBrldo'a interest is not impossible. What Platform Says. The Democratic platform deplores the Jdeath of McKinley; expresses abhorrence of anarchy and demands enactment of legislation which, shall mak,e attacks' on ' rulers Impossible. It refers to John R. jRogers as a statesman who brought order ut of chaos and gave the people a wise amd economical administration. After in dorsing tho Chicago and Kansas City Democratic platforms, the resolutions say: "We favor the election of United States "Senators by the people, and to the end that popular expression may guide the (Democrats of Spokane County to favor the nomination of Senator George Turner tat the ensuing Democratic state conven tion. "We are against the merger of allied railroad interests in the United States into e trust whereby competition for the low ering of Tates is stifled and the merger of railroad interests antagonistic to the bet terment of freight and passenger rates further fasten the control of monopoly up on tho people. "We reaffirm our allegiance to the prln- idples onunclated in the Declaration of independence, and indorse the course of the Representatives of the Democratic party who have labored in the Congress of the United States to give home rule to the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands. "We condemn the Republican party for enacting the Hanna-Payno subsidy bill. whereby a merchant marine under subsidy from the United States Government must .be, by the terms of the steamship trust. turned Into armored cruisers of England against the United States in time of war. "We are opposed to monopolies and trusts controlling- the necessaries of life and the means of transportation, and we favor their suppression when inimical to the public Interests by the Government. "We favor a railroad commission within the State of Washington to control rail road charges, and to that end pledge our nominees for the Senate and Legislature to use all honorable means to secure such a commission when elected. "We favor the economical expenditure of public money, and we commend the Taxpayers' League in Its endeavor to se cure such reduction, and pledge our can- 3J dates to act with them for the better xnent of the public service and the reduc tion of taxes. "We favor tho bills indorsed by the Washington State Federation of Labor, as proposed by them for the protection of life and limb of those who toll, and favor in addition to such measures a law mak ing eight hours a day's work for mechan ics or laborers employed by or for ihe State of Washington. "We earnestly favor the establishment by law of a state railway commission, to be appointed in the first instance by tho Governor of tho state, Henry McBride, and thereafter to be continued as the best interests of the people demand, .armed with full and ample power to flx and. en force just and reasonable rates and charges for the carriage of persons and property by railroads and tansportation companies, and to prevent unjust discrim ination and extortion therebS", and also arnied with power to ascertain tho fair and Just alue of the property and fran chises of railway, telegraph and express companies and other similar corporations, and to compel the listing of the same at its fair and Just value for taxation, com pelling them thereby to bear their Just proportion of tho public burden. "We favor legislation to carry out the 'imperative mandate of the constitution of the state forbidding tho giving or receiv ing by public officers of free passes on railways and transportation lines. "We demand that the maximum rate tor the carriage of passengers on railways .within the state shall not exceed 3 cents a mllo. "We instruct our nominees to the Sen ate and House of Representatives to sup port the foregoing propositions, and pledge their loyal adherence to these lnstrue Hons. "We are opposed to the present trust breeding tariff, under which the trust combines manufacture for Europe at European prices, and charge the Amerl can consumers 30 to 100 per cent more for Identically the same articles than they do their foreign customers. "And we condemn the Republican party for its obstinate refusal to co revise the tariff as to render this robbery and ex tortion from the American people impos sible. Se-rernl Bouqncts for Turner. "Resolved. That the. Democracy of Spo kane County, In convention, do hereby in dorse the record In the United States Sen ate of Senator George Turner. Tho distinguished services rendered by him to his country and party have gained for him respect In the councils of the Nation, and added luster to the City of Spokane and the State of Washington. Above par tisanship In all questions where the wel fare of the Nation lt at stake, he has been a zealous and able advocate of the people's right to control trusts and monopolies, and favors a railroad commission in the State of Washington, to be appointed by the present executive, Henry McBride, as provided by our platform. "He labored for the opening of the Co lumbia River, the great interstate high way, to give ' competition to the farmers of Eastern Washington, for the purpose of bettering grain rates and giving a wider market to the products of the Inland Em pire. He has worked earnestly to give commercial supremacy to the cities of tho State of Washington on Puget Sound, by securing appropriations for tho Improve ment of their harbors and tho advance ment of shipping. "His earnest support has been given to extend the principles of tho Declaration of Independence and the genlu3 of Ameri can institutions over tho Philippine Islands. He Is a leader In tho United States Senate, of whose career the Democracy of Spokane County may wen be proud, representing, as it does, the highest type of American citizenship. He is a faithful, earnest, dignified and able representative of the people. Be it, there fore, "Resolved, That tho nominees of this convention for tho Legislature and State Senate be, and they are, hereby, Instruct ed when elected to use all honest means to secure his re-election and to vote for him for the United States Senate." NO FAITH IN BAPTISM. Preacher Says It Is Heathenish Pure and Simple. NEW "YORK, Sept 7. Rev. Dr. S. Mac- Arthur, at the One Hundredth meeting of tho "Evangelt" today assailed the doctrine of Baptism in vigorous terms and ms utterances were applauded wildly. The sceno was striking. He said: "Baptism never saved a human soul. Tho doctrine of baptismal regeneration is bath unreasonable and unscrlpt- ural. Thie doctrine is heathenish, pure and simple. The Idea that God would forever condemn an innocent babe because some one had not put a few drops of water on its head and face, makes God a tyrant and a monster and a demon. Rather than believe in such a God I will bo an avowed Infidel. "This doctrine of baptismal regeneration makes the minister of religion a worker of malice, a fakir, a performer of mir acles. Such teaching is a violation of all sound reason and truo scripture teach ing." TO HOLD THEIR OWN. (Continued from First Page.) blnations; that is why I look for Govern ment control of them. We shall, come to an era of high socialism, and every one will sooner or later be in tho trusts." FOR CUBAN RECIPROCITY. President Making His Own Cam- palen Before the People. OREGONIA1C NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 7 According to an official who Is in close touch with; tho executive branch of the Government, the principal readon why President Roosevelt Is mak ing the New England, Southern and Northwestern tours is to aid the cause of Cuban reciprocity. The President, he asserts, hopes to get In closer touch with tho people end members of Congress, and is enough of an optimist to believe that he will so far attain this end that when Congress meets he will have a majority instead of a minority In favor of Cuban relief. "The New England trip has had Its beneficial effect along this line," the offi cial said today. "This has been gained more by personal exchange of views than by anything he has said on tho platform. During tne tour he had con fidential talks with a great many mem bers of Congress and with several Sen ators who differ with him on the Cuban relief question, and he believes that he has succeeded in changing their opinions. It does a whole lot of good to talk to a man In his own town or In his own home." SIXTH MARYLAND DISTRICT. Color Line Likely to Defeat Republi can Nominee. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 7. There are at tho present time two Republican nominees for con gress from the Sixth district of Maryland ono George A. Pearre, tho present Rep resentative and regular nominee, and the other Rev. Henry Newman, colored, who has announced his intention of running independently. Tho executive committee of tho "Colored Republican and Justice party." a3 it is called, has ratified the nomination of Newman. This race Issue arlBes almost entirely out of patronage In tho Sixth district, and threatens to result in the election of a Democrat to tho C8th Congress. Pearre was elected last time by a majority of 2671 votes, while In the dis trict are 4975 registered colored voters, While Newman is not expected to control all the colored votes. It is quite probable he can secure a sufficient number to bring about Pearre'8 defeat, unless he Is swerved from his purpose before election. Tho Colored Republican and Justice party has issued a formal call upon the clubs and councils of tho Ex-Slave Bounty and Pension Association to support tho candidacy of Newman, and have issued a like call to the colored Baptist ministers. From this association of several hundred thousand members the Newmanltes expect to secure liberal contributions with which to carry on their campaign. Newman and several other colored Republicans intend to canvass the entire district and make the fight upon the plank which demands "a pension for every ex-elave, proper treat ment of tho colored voter, division of state and Fedoral offices with colored men and women," etc It is the past 'lack of con sideratlon of the colored element in dls tributing official plums, however, that Is at the bottom of the dissension. Representative Pearre shows no signs of uneasiness over the recent uprising of tho colored voters, and believes he will be re elected. It is true this Is not the first time there has been a bolt of the colored voters In his district, but unless promises are made or Mr. Pearre displays a marked degree of diplomacy, it looks now as if his present term was to be his last in Con gross. The situation in the Sixth Mary land district is Identical with that in the other districts of that state. It merely happens that the colored voters had looked for recognition during the past few months which was not forthcoming, and are hast ening to exhibit their displeasure. Such action on their part has defeated other Re publican nominees In tho past; It may do so again. Americans Get in Early. LONDON, Sept. S. A dispatch to the Dally Mall from Malaga, Spain, says that as a result of the British Consul at that place having called attention to openings for British trade, tho agents of two Amer. lean firms aro now prospecting for the construction of two new railroads. "Help ing our rivals," is tho headline given, by tne uaiiy Mail to this dispatch. , 'TWAS BARTHOLIN'S BODY IDEXTIFICATIOJr COMPLETE-IEFT. WRITTEN CONFESSION. Said Other Men "Under Arrest Are in nocent, But Officers Decline to Drop Prosecution. RICEVTLLE, la.. Sept 7. Tho body buried hero yesterday morning, and be lieved to be that of William Bartholin, was exhumed this afternoon and positive ly identified as that of the Chicago double murderer. The identification was made by Will iam Mitchell, a brother of Minnie Mitchell, one of Bartholin's victims. Detective An drew Rohan, of Chicago, who arrived here this morning from Chicago, and Dr. J. A. Coey, a Chicago dentist, who had worked on the murderer's teeth. Dr. Coey cut out the lower jaw of the dead man which contained thi two gold crowned teeth that have figured so largely In the description of Bartholin sent broadcast by the police. The jaw was taken to Chicago tonight by the detectives. Bartholin's body was found last Fri day afternoon, about six miles from Rice- WILLIAM BARTHOLIN. MURDERED MOTHER AND SWEETHEART IX CHICAGO AND COM MITTED SUICIDE IX IOWA. vllle, as told in the Associated Press dis patches last night, by J. G. Pratt, a res ident of RIcevllle. J. B. Cook, editor of a Rlcevllle paper, discovered that the dead man bore a striking resemblance to pub lished pictures of tho Chicago murderer. Inquiry here developed that Bartholin came to Rlcevllle August 6, before the bodies' of Mrs. Bartholin and Miss Mitch ell were discovered. Thomas Phee, a con tractor, doing some work here for tho Groat Western road, Advertised for labor ers in Chicago on August 5, offering free transportation to the place of work. Among those who responded was Bar tholin, who hired under the name of George Edwards. He worked with the construction gang for but half a day. After that he worken on a threshing ma chine and in the harvest fields until last Monday morning when he was last seen leaving Rlcevllle In the direction of the place where his body was found. The text of the confession left by Bar tholin as made public by Coroner Carpen ter follows: "To Whom It May Concern I want to state I am tho Bartholin the police are looking for. Also I wish to certify I had no assistance of any klncTor rom any one. Thompson, Claffey and Counselman are all as Innocent as an unborn child j and should be freed at once. I cannot go Into details In regard to the crimes. They were not planned. It was all Minnie and I could do. My mind Is wandering. Such a drop In life In a short time! Two months ago traveling in tho best of com pany; today living the life of a hobo; a murderer. "I Intended to go Into detail and tell all but I cannot get my mind centered. Even my handwriting Is disgraceful. "But above all things I -ask to, clear everybody from suspicion. Thero is no second-party; I am the last. "W. J. BARTHOLIN." It is apparent that Bartholin and Miss Mitchell shared In some trouble to which the suicide referred. Several notes to Bartholin, signed "M. M.," and Identified by William Mitchell as the handwriting of his sister, were turned over tonight to the brother, who seemed eager to prevent their publication. One Is a specimen of tho rest. It Is addressed to "Dear Will." and informs tho recipient that the girl could pot meet him that night. Two of the missives are signed "Your Darling Sweetheart, Minnie." All are dated In Chicago during April. It developed today thatBartholln had been in correspondenco with an unknown woman in Chicago who had endeavored to aid him financially after his arrival here. One of these letters Bartholin accidentally dropped from his pocket and Charles Ho eft. a farmer for whom Bartholin was working, read a few lines of it. Bartholin, however, took tho letter from him after ho had read the first few lines. Hoeft states that tho letter was addressed to "George Edwards," the name by which Bartholin was known here, but that the leter began, "My Dearest Will," as ho remembers it, the letter read: "My Dearest Will Lay low and get along the best you can " Then camo a reference to some money matters not yet settled In Chicago for which the receiver of the letter had evi dently been looking. Continuing It read: "Keep a stiff upper Up and I'll be able to help you as soon " Hoeft had read no more, for Bartholin appeared and seized tho letter. This wa3 about August 23 and the following day Bartholin left the farm. An Impression had gained ground here that an Immense reward had been offered for the body of Bartholin, dead or alive, and when the Coroner's jury rendered a verdict that tho suicide was Bartholin, a frantic effort was made to secure tho re ward. Had Minnie Mitchell's Letters. CHICAGO, Sept. 7. Chief of Police O'Neil eays there Is no doubt as to the identification of the body found In a field In Iowa as that of William Bartholin. Dr. Coey, tho dentist who filled Bar tholin's teeth, was taken to Iowa last night "with Detective Rohan and has fully identified his work on the teeth, and several letters from Minnie Mitchell were found in the pocket of the suicide, ac cording to a dispatch received today from Rohan. The charges preferred .by the police against Claffey, Thompson and Counsel man will be heard by the next grand jury, which will convene one week frm Tuesday. Said an attache of the State Attorney's office tonight: "The confession of Bartholin 1s not a ukase guaranteed to free everybody. Tne fact that Bartho lin killed three people, including himself, will add no great -weight to this piece of written testimony left behind. There may be other strong evidence involving these three men. This evidence must be heard, wherefore the accused must remain in jail in default of ball, unless released on habeas corpus, and I hardly believe that is possible." NEGRO SLASHED TWO. Man Slain, Wife Seriously Cut No Cause Known. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept 8. Thomas Burke Is dead, at his home here with his head almost severed from his body, and his wife Is In a dangerous condition from either knife or razor wounds in flicted by Matthew Alexander, colored, who has been employed around the house for the past five years. Alexander enter ed the room In which Mrs. Burke was sleeping "with her 13-year-old daughter at midnight, while her husband lay asleep on a couch On the other side of the room. Mrs. (Burke was awakened by feeling the keen edge of a sharp Instrument drawn across her cheek and her screamB aroused her husband. Burke rushed to the rescue of his wife, but he was only partially awake when slashed ac"83 he neck ana face by the negro. When Burke fell dying upon the floor, the negro rushed out of a side door, but attempted to re enter tho room after Mrs. Burke had bolted the door. Mr. Burke died almost Instantly. There Is no cause for the deed. The negro had not been captured at an nearly hour thlp morning. Family Quarrel Over Politics. TOLEDO,. O., Sept. 7. A wife's Inter ference prevented Louis Qulnn from being shot. to death today at Whltemore by his brother-in-law, E. G. Dills! Qulnn en tered Dill's store and accused him of writing a communication against his candidacy for Auditor. A quarrel ensued and Dills shot Qulnn In the head. Mrs. Qulnn then' stepped between them and prevented further shooting. Qulnn may die. Fatal Quarrel In Preacher's Family. DURANT, I. T., Sept 7. Ten miles Oast of here a feud was settled by a bloody fight 'in the road betwen Rev. W. E. Whaley and his two sons, Ernest and Alf, on one siae ana j. a. and J. E. Richard son and their brother-in-law. John Wnlt. ensburgor, on the other. Elder Whaley was Kiuea ana Airs arms were shot to pieces, while J. A. Richardson received a severe flesh wound. Preacher Killed His Wife. DULOW, W. Va., Sept. 7. Rev. Morris Wilson, who yesterday killed his wlf and escaped to Woodlands, Is yet at large. Tho belief of many is that the aged par son committed suicide, and searching parties are out. BERTI PROBABLY DEFEATED Government Forces Unable to Hold Aguu Dulce. PANAMA, Colombia, Sept. 7. The kov- ernment General Morales Bertl. who has been besieged by tho Insurgent forces unaer ueneral Herrera at Agua Dulce, has probably been defeated. The govern ment gunboats returned here last night from an exploring expedition. Officers of the expedition report having landed at Yegula. whero the Insurgent earrison was defeated after a Blight skirmish. A few insurgent prisoners were captured and It Is from these men that the news of the government defeat at Agua Dulce has been obtained. General Bertl has been besieged since July 28. The troops of his command must have suffered terribly from lack of, sup plies during the last days of, the siege, and it is said they were compelled to eat horse flesh. Up to August 30, General Bertl had not surrendered, but olnce that date he Is believed either to have done so or to have forced his way out of Agua culce. Smallpox Riot at Bridgetown. KINGSTON. Jamaica, Sept. 7. The steamer La Plata, Just arrived from West Indian ports, brings news of a riot at Bridgetown, August 23. There has been an epidemic of smallpox at Bridgetown and on that day a crowd of GOO persona refused to permit authorities to remove a smallpox patient for isolation. The police were attacked and stoned and sev eral of them were injured. All was quiet when the La Plata left, but the smallpox continues to Increase at an alarming rate. Jamaica Wants to Join Canada. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 7. At a meeting yesterday afternoon of the representative sugarplanters of Jamaica, resolutions were passed condemning Great Britain's neglect of the West Indies, resulting almost In ruin to the sugar Industry, setting forth the total Inadequacy of the measures proposed by Great Britain for the relief -of her West Indian sugarplanters, and calling for fed eration with Canada as the only means of relieving "the fallen fortunes of Ja malca.. Death of Old Railroad Man. NEWPORT, R. I..- Sept. 7. General James A. Williamson, of New York, died at Jamestown, R. I., 'this evening. He was President of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad until it was merged Into tho Santa Fe. THE CZAR'AND THE PORTE DISAGREE OVER PASSAGE OF SHIPS THROUGH DARDANELLES. Russia Insists on Going: Through, and. Turkey Is Expected to Ap peal to the Powers. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 7. Russia has refused to accept tho declaration of the Porte to allow four unarmed Russian torpedo-boats to pass through the Dar danelles under a commercial flag and has addressed a noto to the Turkish author!-, ties insisting that the boats be allowed to go through. Tho Porte, it i3 claimed, will appeal to the powers. GERMAN ARMY MANEUVERS. 02,000 Troops in Two Armies to Be Engaged. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-ODER, Sept. 7. Preparations are making for the Autumn maneuvers, which will begin next Tuesday, and 92,000 troops are spreading over the countryside in two armies; ono is marching to the eastward from hero by way of various parallel roads, while the other is marching west from Posen. It has been raining all day. The general staff, which is the brains of tho German military organization, once a year puts armies into the field under what would be the probablo conditions of war and notes the result, especially In the higher question of strategy. Each reg iment and division Is exercised frequently in minor maneuvers In all weathers and under various topographical conditions, but tho grand maneuvers, In which sev eral entire army corps are engaged, take place one year In one part of the empire and tho next year In some other location and are for the working out of fresh combinations on a great scale. The operations now beginning will bo extended over a territory which is, rough ly speaking, 30 miles wide and 50 miles long. The hostile army, tho Blues, Is popularly supposed to be Russian. It Is believed to have passed tho frontier. It Is composed of the Fifth Cons and frac tions of ether corps. me wnoie is somo- what less than 50,000 men strong, of which 25,000 are infantry. 17,000 cavalry, and com prises four regiments of field artillery, de tachments of horso artillery, machine guns, balloonists, pioneers, telegraphists and a commissary department. The ad vance of the Blues Is presumed to have crossed a line marked by the River Obra, a tributary to the Warth, and to be seek ing to gam the left bank of tho Oder and possession of tho railroad Junction at Frankfort-on-the-Oder. Tho defending army, known as the Reds, is made up of the Third Army Corps and the first di vision of the guardB. It is somewhat more than 40,000 strong and composed of 28,000 infantrymen, 11,000 cavalry, five regiments of artillery and the usual com plements of aeronauts. The cavalry outposts of tho two armies are to come in touch Tuesday morning be tween Meserltz, Schwlebus and Bentschen. This Is all the general staff for the pres ent permits outsiders to know. Strate gical movements and four days' fighting, with blank cartridges are to follow under the observation of Emperor William, and the most gifted military commanders of Germany and foreign officers of distinc tion from Italy, Austria, Great Britain, Russia and tho United States, he Brit ish group also Includes Earl Roberts, Lleutenant-General Kelly-Kenny, General French and General Ian Hamilton. To Celebrate Railroad Opening. GUAYAQUIL, Sept. 7. The J. P. Mc- Donad Construction Company, an Ameri can concern, constructing the railroad from here to Quito, has invited the Ecua dorean authorities to attend the inaugur ation tomorrow of the railroad station at Alausl. Tho government has decreed that tomorrow shall be ooservea a3 a least day, in honor of the opening of tho Alausl station. Play. "Was a Failure. RF.RT.IN. SfeDt. 7. "Tho Petty Towns people," a play by Max Gorki, the Rus slhn author, was uresented at the Les- slng Theater here last night and attracted n. trreat audience. The Dlay was a uis- tlnct disappointment and It was almost htnsmi- Although interesting it is utterly lacking in dramatic action, it is merely a series of scenes from Kussian town me. loosely thrown together. Police Interfere With Workmen. BARCELONA, Sept. 7. The police ln terferred today in a workmen's meeting and made several arrests. A crowd then tried to rescue the prisoners and cavalry sruards charged and fired on the people, One man was killed and several were In jured. Armenian Tried to See Shah. PARIS, Sept. 7. As the Shah of Persia was returning to his hotel this afternoon mnn who claims to be an Armenian was arrested for trying to approach His Majesty's carriage. The prisoner said his only Intention was to asK cnaruy. French Crnlser Coaling: in Cuba. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 7. The French cruiser d'Assas has arrived here from Haytt for coal. The French Min ister to Hayti, M. Desprez, Is on board The cruiser will return to Cape Haytien. Vesuvius in Action.. LONDON. Sept. 7. A special dispatch from Naples says largo volumes of flames were issuing from the crater of Mount Vesuvius Saturday morning. FAIR BODIES IN NEW YORK Their Simple Reception and Their Shipment Westward. NEW YORK( Sept. 7. In a specially constructed mortuary chapel on the upper deck of the steamer St. Louis, which leached her dock today, were the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Charle3 L. Fair, victims of an automobllo accident in France. The chanel was draped heavily In black, caught up by broad bands of whlto ribbon and rare floral offerings were banked around the bier In great profusion. Tho caskets were consigned by Henry De Berriiol to Hermann Oelrichs. They were removed to the Grand Central Depot and nlaced on the Palace Car Ben Wysls, which was attached to the Chicago Special that left this evening. It was not known to the passengers of the ship that the bodied were on board until Friday, when the ship was a little more than 2i hours from Sandy Hook. Jn some way tho news spread through the saloon dining-room, while the passengers were at luncheon on that day and created intense excitement. From that time until the ship reached her dock, great Interest prevailed among the passengers and many applications were made to- Captain Pas sow for permission to view the mortuary chapel, but all were refused. Even after the ship was docked and the caskets were removed from the pier, the American line officials refused to allow anyone ex cept tho Immediate relatives who came to claim the bodies to enter the chapel. It was after 9 o'clock this morning when two plain, black hearses, with closely drawn curtains drove on the dock, fol lowed by an ordinary public carriage. In the carriage wero Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs and Mrs. W. It Vandorbllt, Jr., sisters of Mr. Fair. They were met at the pier by agents of tho New York Central Rail road and by Colonel John Jay, who at tended to the details of having the bodies removed from the ship to the pier, where they were placed In the second cabin waiting-room. It was asserted by the quartermaster who stood guard at the gang-plank.- that William K. Vanderbllt, Jr., was also on the pier and was on the ship at the time that the bodies were taken off, but if so, he did not Join the 4 other members of the family in the wait ing-room, nor did ho go with them from tho pier when the bodies were taken away. An undertaker from Trinity Chapel took. charge, and in the presence of the two sisters, tho plain pino boxes that formed an outer covering for the caskets in ship ment wero opened. Inside this was a wrapping of heavy "lead, hermetically sealed. This was opened and. the caskets removed. Each body rested In a plain casket of maple, unpolished andr un adorned with trimmings of any kind save four broad bands of silver, which were bound around each shell and riveted in place: Tho caskets were borne in tho hands of dock laborers, called from tho gang who were already at work breaking out tho cargo from the ship to the waiting hearses. Six to each casket, dressed in mue jumpers and overalls, the picture of these sturdy workmen acting as pall bearers, was only another striking com mentary of the utter lack of display which marked the entire reception of the bodies. Neither airs, vanderbllt nor Mrs. Oel richs would glvo any information as to the final disposition that would be made of tho bodies. The hearses, however, left the pier about 3 o'clock, followed by the singlo carriage containing Mrs. Vander bllt and Mrs. Oelrichs. They were driven direct to tho Grand Central Depot, where tho caskets were placed In the Palace car Ben Wysls. Later they were removed from the car and taken to an undertak ing establishment, but shortly before tho departure of the special they were return ed to tho car Ben Wysls. The caskets wero placed side by side in the rear sec tion of tho car. On that containing tho body of Mrs. Fair was a large cross of whlto roses, on the other an Ivy wreath. END NOT YET IN SIGHT. ConI Now Goinpr to Market Not Union Labor Product. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 7. There were many predictions that the anthracite coal strike would be over by the first week In September, but if the officials of the Mlneworkers' Union are to be believed, the struggle will continue for months unless the coal companies grant concessions. The operators admit they are surprised at the way the strikers aro holding out. Ru mors, are current, and, in fact, statements have been made by prominent men both in and out of the coal trade that tho strike will be ended this month. Presi dent John Mitchell says he knows noth ing of a possible early ending of tho trouble. The only move now In contem plation is the suggestion that Governor Stone will call an extra session of the Legislature to deal with tho situation. Last week more coal left the mining region than In "any previous week since the strike began, but tho strike officials maintain that mcst of the coal now going to market is "washed" from the great culm plies, and the remainder Is coal that had been blasted before the strike began, which fell through tho breaking of rotten timbering during the Idleness. Coal Is cut in some of the mines, but as far as can be learned, much of it Is being done by bosses- The number of men at work Is compar atively small. The coal officials say they have long lists of names of men ready to return to work, but who fear violence. With the coming of cooler weather the companies look for a break, believing that the relief now coming to the mlnework ers will not hold out long. Company officials do not look for a rapid decline in the price of coal after the strike Is over, because the demand will be greater than the supply. Officials Censured at Church Meeting CHICAGO, Sept. 7 Sentiments of a rad ical nature, in censure of President Baer, Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania; Presi dent Roosevelt, and mlneowners gener ally, and blaming them for the condition now existing In Pennsylvania, were ap plauded at a meeting at the First Metho dist Church tonight. Immediate arbitra tion of the difficulties between the miners and the .corporations was the keynote of the meeting, and resolutions appealing to Governor Stone to act were adopted. The meeting was the result of the appeal by the committee of 1900, organized by tho local Carpenters' Union a week ago. Bishop Fallows presided, and among the speakers were Judge Dunne and Dr. Thomas, of the People's Church. Denies That StriUe Is Settled. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Sept. 7. Secretary-Treasurer Wilson, of the United Mlneworkers, secured several hundred dol lars In contributions from labor unions hero today for the striking miners. He denies the reports that the strike is settled In the mines along the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Pleading With the Miners. KEYSTONE. W. Va.. Sept. 7. Several organizations for the New River and the Kanawha River coal fields were in tho Norfolk & Western districts today ad dressing crowds of miners, pleading with them not to return to work tomorrow through sympathy or otherwise. They met with little encouragement. MAJOR GARDENER ARRIVES Man Who First Reparted "Water Cure'' of FIlipinoM. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 7-Major Cor nelius Gardener, who reported that the "water cure" and other forms of torture were used by American soldiers against rebellious natives In the Philippines, has arrived here on the transport Buford. The report was made In December last while tho Major was Civil Governor of the Prov ince of Tayabaa "I do not know that I am to bo called to Washington," said Major Gardener. "I will report to the military hedaquarters here at once. In February last I went to Manila to Join my old regiment, the Thirteenth Infantry, as senior Major." "Your friends say." suggestively re marked a reporter, "that every effort is being made to prevent you from proving the truth of your report." "I made my report as I saw things and as I saw them to be true, as a matter of duty and conscience and for the infor mation of Governor Taft and the Secre tary of War. I considered the report to be In the nature of a confidential com munication and not for publication." "Had you any idea, Major, that the document might be used for political pur poses?" "Politics?" he queried. "Why. I have never mixed in politics- of any sort. My politics consists of the Declaration of In dependence and the Golden Rule. "The civil government in the Philippines has had many difficulties to contend with, but they are now gradually disappearing. I believe civil government to be a suc cess In the Islands and I believe the work done by the Philippine Commission in making laws suitable to the conditions and In organizing provincial governments will stand as a monument to an honest and able administration. The better classes of tho natives the educated classes appre ciate the difficulties and approve of the efforts made by the commission." Moro Chiefs Won't Be Friendly. MANILA, Sept. 7. Captain Perishing, in command of the American force at Camp Vickars, Mindanao, reports that several of the Moro chiefs, whose followers have attacked American soldiers, hevc rejected all friendly overtures and that he has been unable to reach any understanding with them. This action probably will bring on Headache, biliousness, heartburn. Indi gestion, and all liver Ills are cured by Sold by all druggists. 25 cents. a crisis In the Moro situation. It Is be lieved in Manila that a renewal of Moro attacks will result In retaliation by the American forces. Guldi to Be Consecrated. ROME. Sent. 7. Mntrr. Guidi who to. recentlv annolnted aDOstolic rtelpimto In the Philinnlne Islands, will be con?fintvl September 29, Cardinal Rampolla officiat ing. GROWTH OF VIENNA. Boundaries of 'Austria's Capital to Be. Again Enlarged. London Standard. The boundaries of Vienna are to be again widened, and this time to such an extent that the area of, the Austrian capital will oe aimost aouoied, ana will be second to that of London alone In Europe. Vienna. though It is called the Imperial city on the Blue Danube, lies, as a matter of fact. only on the right bank of that river. which forms Its boundary on the north west. A largo semi-circle on the left bank, embracing the manufacturing town or i?loriasdorf and 11 other places, with a total area of 154 square kilometers, is now to be added to Vienna, and will ralso its area from 178 to 332 square kilometers. The new districts, however, are so thinly populated that they will add only 5S.000 persons to the population of Vienna, rais ing it to about 1.S0O.C0O. The object of including so large a tract, chiefly rural in character, and much of It liable to periodical floods, is connected with tho Impending construction of the Danube-Oder Canal, which will enter tho Danube opposite the town and within tho new district. It Is expected that It will creato a large Industrial quarter there. The old bed of the Danube, through which tho river used to flow before Its canaliza tion, will bo converted Into docks and harbors. As all the towns and villages concerned have signified their readiness to fall in with the scheme, and a majority In the town Is In favor of It, there Is lit tle doubt that tho project will shortly be carried Into effect, possibly In the course of this Summer. Not to Come to United States. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Baron Von Mumm Schwarzenstein, German Minister at Peklu and formerly Minister and Charge d'Affairs at Washington, denies that ho is about to be appointed Ambas sador to the United States. Baron Von Mumm sails for home on Tuesday after a six months' leaVe of absence. It Is Georgia's Own Funeral. Boston Transcript. Had Professor Slcdd Indulged in violent or abusive criticism the antagonism aroused would not have been so surpris ing. But he stated conditions and sug gested remedies most moderately, calmly, and soberly. He felt that he had a mes sage and he delivered It. 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