Morning Oregonian., November 01, 1902, Page 4, Image 4

THE MORNING OREGONXAN, SATURDAY. .NOVEMBER 1, 1902.
IN HIS OWft BEHALF
Molineux Goes ori the Wit
ness Stand. '
SAYSHEfSINNOCENTQFMURDER
Kerr Yorle Man Breaks His Loos Si
lence Categorically Denies Au
thorship of the Famous Bar
net and Cornish Letters.
NEW YORK, Oct SI. Roland B. Moll--
neux took the witness stand today to tes
tify In his own defense aglnet the charge
of murdering Mrs. Katherlne J. Adatns.
In response to the questions of his coun
sel, ex-Governor Frank S.. Black, he de
clared his absolute Innocence of any part
or knowledge of the crime, and categori
cally denied that he had written the Bar
net and Cornish letters; that he had ever
made cyanide of mercury, or that he had
ever seen the silver bottle-holder Jn -which
the poison was sent, until it was exhib
ited In court. He admitted having writ
ten and signed with his own hand the
letter asking for a 'competent remedy on
the famous blue Interlaced crescent paper,
identical with that on which the Cornish
letters were written, and said he pro
cured the paper at the Waldorf-Astoria.
His bitter differences with Cornish, which
resulted In his leaving the Knickerbocker
Athletic Club, were related by Molineux
Without any apparent reserve.
The witness sustained, unmoved, a rig
orous rrors-examlnatlon by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Borne, answering readily
all questions as to his past life, his dif
ferences with Cornish and Barnett and
efforts ho and other members of the club
had made to discover any one who had
a common enmity to the two named.
State Score?! Bigr Victory.
" The feature of the cross-examination
was Mr. Osborne'-s successful effort to
place before the Jury the essential sub
stance of the testimony given at the first
trial by Mimle Melando and Detective
Farrell, but excluded by Justice Lambert.
This .wan accomplished by framing a
series cf questions relative to statements
purporting to have been made by the
witnesres outside of their testimony, but
practically covering every essential fea
ture of It, to which frequent and vehe
ment objections were made by Mr. Black.
Throughout his examination and cross
examination, Molineux preserved an un
ruffled and confident demeanor, answering
all questions promptly and even smiling
occasionally when replying to his own
counsel.
"lollnenx'.s Course a Surprise.
The announcement that a defense would
be made, none having been undertaken at
the first trial, and that Molineux himself
would face his accusers, drew an Immense
throng, to the courtroom. In the after
noon, 0 great was the crush that the
police reserves were called out to pre
serve order, and Justice Lambert him
self had the utmost difficulty In forcing
a passage through the crowd into the
court.
In his opening address, which occupied
less than five minutes, ex-Governor Frank
S. Black declared the accused man inno
cent of any connection with the crime,
and promised to show to the satisfaction
of the Jury that Molineux never wrote any
of. the Incriminating letters or the address
on the poison package. When Tie had
finished, he called out:
"Roland B. Molineux, take the witness
stand."
Replying to the first question vof his law
yer, Molineux gave his age as 35 years,
He said he took a course In chemistry in
the Cooper Union. When 16 years old, he
went to Utah and Mexico. He was co
respondent In a divorce suit, and It was
thought better that he should leave the
city for a while. Ho returned to New York
a year later and got employment In his
father's firm, Devoe, Reynolds & Co.,
paints and colors. Subsequently he went
to Newark as superintendent of the color
factory of Morris, Herrman & Co. He
was. a member of the Knickerbocker Ath-
letlc Club, for two years, resigning in 1897,
when he went to the New York Athletic
Club. He was a member of the governing
board of the Knickerbocker Club.
The Row "With Cornish.
Molineux said lie did hot approve of
Cornish's management of the bath of the
gymnasium. He made formal complaint
against Cornlph, because he thought Cor
nlsh had spoken disrespectfully about Mr.
Weeks, the president of the New York
Athletic Club, but the authorities of the
Knickerbocker Club took no official action
on this complaint. The witness spoke to
Cornish directly about the matter once or
twice. V
"Did you speak to Cornish about your
feelings? asked Mr. Black.
"He knew I had practically said that If
he did not get out of the club I wouM,"
replied Molineux. "The club thought he
was In the right, and Just before I re
slpnd I met Cornish on the salrs."
"What did he sav?"
"He called me , and said I Jiad not
succeeded in getting him out. I replied
No. you win.
"Had you any feelings of bitter anl
moslty toward him when you left the
club?"
"I was vcrj- angry."
Mr. Black questioned the defendant as
to his movements on December 31, 1S9S,
and Molineux said that he went to New
ark, as usual, that day to attend to bus!
uess and returned to New York In the
evening.
"Did you buy the bottle-holder?" asked
Mr. Black.
"No," replied Molineux.
"Did you ever see It?"
"No."
On December 23, he said he went to Col
umbla College, and he thought it prob
able that he called at the New York office
of the firm, as was his custom to do, al
most ,every day. He was not nearer to
the general postofllce that day than Cort
land street, four blocks -away. The poison
package was mailed at the General Post--tSfflcc.
"Did you mall the poison package?"
"No sir."
"When did you first see the address on
the package?"
"I think at the last trial. J never had
it In my hands."
The questions of counsel were then di
rected to the material used in color mix
ing. Molineux said that cyanide of mer
cury had never been used by him.
Mr. Black showed Molineux the Barnett
and Cornish letters and the poison pack
age, and asked:
"Did you write that address?"
"I did not."
"Did you ever see it before?"
"Not before this trial was begun."
Denies "Wrltlnpr the Letters.
The whole list of-disputed writing was
shown one at a time, and Molineux said
he had never seen the letters before or the
photographic reproductions. He had never
used bromo seltzer and had never bought
any. The poison bottle was shown and
Molineux said it was the first time he had
seen it.
Mr. Black then produced the letter writ
ten to Dr. Burns, applying for a certain
patent medicine and enclosing 25 cents in
payment. This letter was written on the
blue Interlaced crescent paper.
"Do you recognize this letter?" he was
asked. '
"1 do, I, wrote It," Molineux replied.
"It is signed with my name."
"Tell the Jury why yoa wrote that let
ter." v
"I hurt my groin exercising and saw
the advertisement o the salve and wrote
for If
Two of the disputed writings, letters al
so asking for patent medicines and signed
H. Cornish," are written on similar pa
per and are among the writings Molineux
tclrJ- Vin never nrrntu nr s"iW. Mrtllneux
could not tell where he wrote the Burns
letter, nor did he know where he obtained
the paper.
Replying to Mr. Black, Molineux said
he first Knew he was suspected of the
death of Mrs. Adams on January 21, 1S99,
when a reporter told him the police were
looking for him. He and. his father. Gen
eral Molineux, with the reporter, went to
Captain McCluskey. He gave the police
his address and telephone call and prom
ised to obey any message sent to trim.
When detectives called upon him in New
ark, he took them through the factory.
told them to make any researcnes tncy
wanted to and gave them all the personal
measurements they asked for.
"Now -Molineux, I ask you again, do you
know anything of this crime?" asked Mr.
Elack.
"Absolutely nothing."
"You are not guilty of this crime?"
"I am absolutely innocent of any part
of it."
With this question and answer before
the jury, Mr. Black announced the close of
the direct examination.
The Cross-Exnmlnation.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
conducted the cross-examination. Moli
neux said he went West when he was 1G
years of age because of the divorce suit.
He did not know how the suit resulted.
Molineux said he had full charge of Her
man & Company's color department and
told of the chemicals used. He frequently
made experiments with colors. He never
heard of cyanide of mercury until after
Mrs. Adams' death; It was an extremely
rare poison. Asked about Mamie Melando,
Molineux said she had access to his room
in the Newark factory only when she was
sent there. When the defendant gave up
his residence In Newark he went to the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club to live.
"Was H. C. Barnett among your friends
there?" asked Mr. Osborne.
"Yea. All the time I was there my room
was on the same floor with his."
Molineux did not know Barnett was se
riously 111, he said, until he was told he
was dead.
'David N. Carvalho Is your expert on
handwriting. Is he not?" asked Mr. Os
borne. "I have no expert on handwriting."
"Did not you and Mr. Weeks and Mr.
Carvalho examine thousands Of pieces of
Writing and try to think of some one who
had hostile feelings alike to Barnett and
CoFnlsh?"
'I believe Mr. Weeks consulted with
several handwriting experts. I have dis
cussed this case and tho charge against
me In all its aspects with Mr. Weeks."
Recess was then taken.
When Molineux took the witness chair
at the afternoon session, Mr. osoorno
asked if he hard read the Cornish and Bar
nett letters.
Molineux said he was not sure he had
read them, or that he had seen the photo
graphs of them before last Friday. He
had consulted with Mr. Weeks about
them, and ho had discussed with Mr.
Weeks tho question as to who could have
a feellnir airalnst Cornish and Barnett.
Did you not suggest iiarpster as Deing
fiuch a man?"
"I think Hamster's name was men
tioned."
"Did you send for Mr. Helles to talk to
Mr. Weeks?"
I did. I thought he might be able to
enlighten us as to any enmities there
might be in tho club. I also wanted him
to convince Mr. Weeks that I had no
enemies In tho club."
Molineux said if he had been able to
think of any one with a common hostility
to Cornish and Barnett, he would have
notified tho District Attorney at once.
The last time he saw Mamie Melando was
In January, 1S99. He knew Robert A.
Zellar, and saw him last at the Tombs In
August, 1899.
Did you hear Mamie Melanao testily
at the last trial?" asked Mr. Osborne.
An objection to this question was sus
tained, as was a second objection when
Mr. Ceborne tried to get a question re
garding the statement made by Miss Me
lando that Molineux bad Interlaced cres
cent paper In his desk.
Mr. Osborne succeeded in getting nu 01
Mamie Melando's evidence at tho last
trial before the Jury. He asked:
"Did you ever hear Mamie Melando say,
outside of the testimony sho gave at the
last trial, that she found six sheets of
that blue crescent created paper In your
desk?"
ilollneux replied, "No."
Mr. Osborne Incorporated In all other
questions all the statements made by Miss
Melando at tho former trial. Justice Lam
bert permitted ex-3overnor Black to have
It noted In the minutes that counsel read
bis questions from the minutes of the last
trial.
Molineux denK-'l that President Guild,
of the Newark ixMice force, had ever given
money to Manila Melando oh behalf of
either Molineux ir his family.
"Do you claim that you -got that blue
paper with the Interlace 1 crescent at the
Waldorf-Astoria?" Mr. Osborne asked
"No."
Molinennx UnwlIIInp: to Tnllc.
Then Mr. Osborne showed him the
Burns letter, which Molineux has admit
ted he wrote, but the prisoner would not
admit that he wrote the letter in New-,
ark. although It was postmarked there.
Molineux did not want to admit that he
could write vertically, and when Mr. Os
borne showed him the word "oblige" writ
ten in this manner by him, he still re
fused to confess that he could write a
letter In that style.
Mr. Osborne went back to the trouble
at the Knickerbocker Club between Cor
nish and Molineux. He took the prisoner
over the same ground covered this morn
ing, eliciting nothing new, except that -the
first squabble between the two was in
1853, when Molineux said Cornish was not
properly supporting his efforts to make a
success of the club. Counsel and witness
threshed out agin the old troubles at the
club, and counsel said:
"Do you know of any one In the Knick
erbocker Athletic Club who had such
cause to dislike Cornish as you had?"
"I do not."
The examination was not concluded
when the court adjourned at 5:15 o'clock.
The adjournment was much against the
wish of Justice Lambert. An hour ear
lier, Mr. Osborne had asked for an ad
journment, and Justice Lambert said he
would sit until the cross-examination of
the defendant was completed. Mr. Jerome
said it was Impossible to continue, be
cause counsel had been taken somewhat
by surprise by the decision of the defense
to make the defendant his own first wit
ness. It was not until 11 o'clock Thurs
day night, Mr. Jerome said, that Gover
nor Black had told tho prosecution of the
plans of the defense,
WOUNDED WOMAN NEAR DEATH.
Mrs. Cooper's Letters Express Love
for the Mnn Who Shot Her.
PUEBLO. Colo., Oct. 3L Mrs. Minnie
E. Cdoper, who was shot yesterday by
Fred Reynolds, of Salt Lake. Is In a
precarious condition. The doctors have
not located the bullet In her head, and
have but slight hopes for her recovery.
The body of Reynolds, who killed himself
after -shooting the woman, Is held at the
morgue awaiting Instructions from rela
tives as to its disposal. Coroner" Frl-
gard decided It was unnecessary to hold
an Inquest.
Although Mrs. Cooper declared after the
3hootlng that she had not reciprocated
the advances of Reynolds, and had re
fused to marry him, a letter from her to
him. dated October 22, which was found
In his pocket, contains references to her
high regard for him, and a statement
that she awaits every mall In the hope
of hearing from him. The letter closes
with love and best wishes and this sen
tence: "From your Minnie, If you want
It to be so."
Biliousness, dizziness, nausea, headache.
are relieved by small doses of Carter's
Little Liver Pill.
BANK CREDITS TOO GREAT
EX-TREASURY OFFICIAL SOUNDS
NOTE OF WARNING.
V
Vanderlip Urges a More Conservative
Course in Order to Avert -Disaster
nnd Humiliation.
WTLMINGTON. N. C. Oct. 31. Frank A.
Vanderlip, vice-president of the National
City Bank of New York, and Assistant
Secretary .of the Treasury during President
McKlnley's first Administration, was tho
guest of "honor and principal speaker at
an elaborate banquet here tonight under
the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce.
He said in part:
"It we . are honest with ourselves, we
must admit that the edge is off our in
vasion of foreign markets. Our exports of
manufactures for the fiscal year Just closed
are $30,000,000 less than the point they
reached two years ago. Our total exports
of domestic merchandise fell off morehan
$100,000,000 In the year. Instead of decreas
ing Imports, we have made some large In
creases In our purchases of foreign goods,
and the total for this fiscal year stands at
more than $300,000,000 above 1899.
"We have had an expansion of $1,300,000
In National deposits since the beginning of
1899, -while the basis, of gold and legal ten
ders upon which that Inverted pyramid
stands is- actually slightly smaller than it
was at the beginning of the period. Now,
In that time the deposits- of other banks,
state banks, trust companies, savings
banks and private banks, probably in
creased not far from $3,000,000,000. and there
Is no likelihood that their gold or legal
tender rcoerve Is materially larger than,
If It is as large as, at the beginning of 1SS9.
We have In less than four years an in
crease in the total bank deposits of the
country of over $1,000,000,000, accompanied
by no increase In the specie and legal-tender
holdings of those banks.
"The principal reason for the expansion
of deposits nnd the accompanying expan
sion of loans Is to be found In the great
movement which has been the significant
feature in financial affairs for the last six
years, the movement to segregate Indus
trial establishments Into single great cor
porate units, and to convert the evidence
of ownership Into corporate securities,
which have entored actively into the
stream of financial operations. Another
Important contributing Influence has been
the vast expenditure of corporations, rail
roads particularly, for the Improvement,
betterment and extension of, their prop
erty. .
"It must be admitted, I believe, that we
have been converting too greatan amount
of liquid capital into fixed forms of In
vestment. The cure Is, of course, to re
duce the expenditures of that character so
that they will come within the line of
safety. What is the line of safety? It is,
It seems to me, something well within the
total income from such Investments. If
wo go beyond It, If -wo convert Into fixed
forms of propertyjmore than the total In
come from that property, wo have gone
beyond tho line of safety, and are borrow
ing from the future to bury temporarily
the capital. We have the choice of one of
two things either to practice wise discre
tion or go on borrowing out of the future
until we are brought up against a wall.
The first course is consistent with contin
ued prosperity. The second course, If per
sisted in. will bring consternation, disorder
and paralysis of the whole constructive In
vestment. "Another phaso of this situation, and
one which has aggravated the causes lead
ing to an expansion of loans, and which
has cut off from us the relief which we
hoped for in the way of a foreign trade
balance made tangible by gold Imports,
has been the rapidity and extent of tho
advance in tho prices. The whole general
level of prices has advanced, and some of
these advances, from tho extreme low
level of 1897 or 189S to the high level which
has been reached within the last two years,
are the sharpest In our commercial his
tory. "The evidence of advancing prices that
check exportation are Increased importa
tion, tho absorption of our favorable trade
balance In foreign investments and in re
purchase of securities. All taken In con
nection with the fact that any reduction of
the specie reserve held by banks must be
followed by liquidation, which will again
establish the proper relation between re
serve and deposit liabilities, would seem
at least to point to the conclusion that
this is not a favorable time for the expan
sion of bank credits.
"I wish by no means to present an
alarming view of the outlook. What I do
wish to do Is merely to sound a conserva
tive note of warning. I believe there are
In the situation tendencies In which afe
elements of possible danger. On 'the other
hand, let us by no means forget the long
list of. favorable conditions upon the oppo
site side of the account. A juoicious rec
ognition of the restricting conditions now
visible in our financial situation may save
us from disaster and bumlliatlon later on
humiliation from which recovery will be
slow and painful. '
MOODY ON COAL TARIFF.
Defends Statement That Anthrnclte
Duty vrns Act of Inadvertence.
LAWRENCE, Masa, Oct. 31. Secretary
of the Navy Moody spoke here tonight,
the rally being preceded by a parade of
the Italian and Syrian Republican clubs.
He said:
"In a epe'ech at Madison I stated that
under the Dlngley law there was prac
tically a duty on anthracite, and that
that duty was Inadvertently placed In tho
act. Both statements have been chal
lenged, and I desire to take the occasion
to affirm my statements and give the rea
sons upon, which they were baeedv An
thracite coal, for some time prior to the
nassaee of the Dlngley law. was free of
duty. As that bill left the Housd an--
thraclte coal was still upon tne tree list,
but certain changes were made In the
Senate which altered the situation mate
rially, and the Senate amendments finally
became law.
"Paragraph 538 places upon the free list
'coal, anthracite not specially provided for
In this act.' The qualification contained In
the latter words was Inserted for the first
time, and its meaning becomes clear
when we look at paragraph 417, In which
a C7-cent duty per ton Is Imposed upon
'coal, bituminous ttnd all coals containing
less than 92 per cent of fixed carbon.'
"It Is sufficiently clear that fnese two
paragraphs are to be construed together,
and that the only anthracite which Is free
of duty is that which contains 92 per cent
or more fixed carbon. If this were not
clear, it would be made clear by two dec
clslon bj the Board of General Apprals
ers, affirmed In one case by the decision'
of a court of the United States. We are
thus brought to the inquiry, What part- of
anthracite does contain as much as 92 per
cent of fixed carbon? To my mind that
inquiry admits of but one answer, and
that Is that there Is substantially no an
thracite which contains so , great a per
centage of fixed carbon.
"It is my understanding that the Penn
sylvania anthracite contains as much fixed
carbon as any anthracite deposit In tho
world, yet It appears from a report of the
United States Geological Survey, recent
ly published, that none of that coal taken
In lots contains as great .a proportion of
fixed carbon as 0 per cent. Much of It
Is considerably below that figure, and
some of It runs as low as 70 -per cent.
The result of the application of the law
to the facts concerned shows abundantly
that while anthracite Is nominally on the
free list, it Is really for all practical pur
poses, upon the dutiable list.
"It Is but Justice to say. the anthra
cite miners did not ask for this duty,
and, as I view the situation. It was in
ssrted at the request of the owners of
mines of bituminous- coal of an Inferior
quality on the Pacific slope.
"I have no hesitation In saying that the
imposition of the anthracite duty Is. a
mistake, and that at the first opportunity
I it should be repealed. The Republican
; party has a record so full of useful
achievements that It should have no re
luctance whatever In acknowledging a
mistake now and then."
Stevenson Speaks In Nevr "Yorlc.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3L Ex-Vlce-Presl-dent
Adlal E. Stevenson spoke to two
crowded meetings in the 11th Congres
sional District tonight He said:
"Our party Is united, and every Demo
crat hopeful of victory. New York will
on Tuesday next elect Mr. Coler and all
of his associates upon the Democratic
state ticket The Empire State will re
turn to the Democratic fold.
"It Is all Important that the next House
of Representatives be Democratic. In
accpmplinhing xthls I know New York will
do her full share."
Ex-Governor James H. Budd, of Cali
fornia, Mayor Schmltz, of San Francisco,
ex-Represontatlve William Springer, of
Illinois, and others also spoke.
EXPLORERS AT VOLCANO.
Souffricxc Is Likely to Be In Violent
Eruption Attain Soon.
KINGSTOWN, St.- Vincent, B. W. I.,
Oct. 3L Henry Powell, curator of the gov
ernment botanical station here; J. P.
Quinton, of the British botanical station
In Slerre Leone, West Africa, and W. E.
Foster, or the British botanical station at
Lagos, West Africa, accompanied by
guides, visited the Souffrlcre volcano Oc
tober 28 and spent an hour and a half on
tho summit. The party found the crater
In activity. It was emitting volumes of
steam and throwing up numerous c-es
of ashes from the fissure close under the
southern wall to a height of 40 feet.
During the last half hour of the ex
plorers' stay, the crater became violent.
Mr. Powell, who from his frequent visits
Is well acquainted with the features of
the mountain, is satisfied that thenew
crater shows no signs of having been In
eruption. The old crater has become
more funnel-shaped than formerly and
Is now deepest In Its center. "Volcanic
ojecta almost red hot and smoking pro
fusely have Deen heaped, up arouna tne in
terior walls of the crater to a height of
several hundred feet. The rim of. the cra
ter is considerably wider than it was and
tho depression on the western rim, over
looking Morno Rouge, has been much low
ered. In the center of the crater Is a
caldron of boiling water and close In un
der the southern wall Is located a fissure
from which largo volumes of steam and
ashes are seen to emerge. The steam and
ashes follow the trend of the depression
under the southeastern wall and gaining
the summit of the volcano are blown to
the westward, thus giving the appearance
of having: come from the new crater.
The party found no lava.- The configura
tion of the mountain has been much al
tered. Tho sea Is still encroaching upon
the land at Wallabou Estate. The Walla
bou River Is dry at Its mouth, but far
inland It Is running with fair volume In
small channels. There was a slight erup
tion of Souffrlere on October 28, when at a
quarter past 8 loud groaning sounds were
heard and a cloud of dark vapor was
thrown out These disturbances .have
continued and "are causing much excite
ment at Georgetown, where earth tremors
are continually felt.
From the general appearance of tho vol
cano another eruption of a serious nature
can be expected. The administrator of
St Vincent visited the Georgetown dis
trict October 25. He has advised tho
Governor of tho Windward Islands, Sir
Robert Llewellyn, that It Is advisable
permanently to locate the people of the
disturbed part of tho Island at North
Union, which is at a considerable dis
tance from the volcano.
HILL ENTERS IRON TRADE
Development Bcjsrnn- of an Industry
Which Will Be World Rival.
. GREAT FALLS, Mont. Oct 31. James J.
Hill has begun the development of a steel
and Iron industry In the West which will
rival anything of the, sort In the world.
He arrived here yesterday to arrange tho
first definite project la his great enter
prlne, the transformation of the old silver
smelter of the American Smelting & Re
fining Company, -which has not been In.
operation for three years, into an iron and
steel mill.
TWO BIG COMBINES.
Packers Will Join Interests and
Then' Stockyards Will Be Merged.
CHICAGO, Oct 31. The Record-Herald
this morning says:
Two big combinations are planned by
big Interests. The packers will combine
first, and then effect a merger of all the
stockyards in the country. With the
exception of the Chicago stockyards,
which are controlled In Boston, all the
properties Involved are owned and con
trolled by the owners of the principal
beef-packtng plants. The different yards
that will probably be Included in the deal,
aside from Chicago yards, are those at
Kansas City, East St. Louis, St. Joseph,
Mo., Fort Worth, Tex., and South Omaha
and Sioux City. The Armour interest Is
probably the largest In the concern In the
city yards. The Armour, Swift and
Morris Interests In this city control the
St. Louis yards, the Swifts own the St
Joseph yards, the Armours and Swifts
own the Fort Worth yard3, the Awnours,
Swifts and Cajnahys control the Omaha
yards and the Swifts control at Sioux
City.
Conrt Decides for John W. Gates.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 31.-Judge Sanborn, In
the United StatesCircuit Court of Ap
peals today, refused to grant an appeal
from the decision of Judge Caldwell, of
the United States Circuit Court of Colo
rado, which ordered that a meeting of the
stockholders of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company, under the supervision of a
special master appointed by the court, be
held December 10, for the annual election
of directors and officers. This Is a vic
tory for John W. Gatca over the Osgood
faction.
New York Broker Bankrupt.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. Henry Koper,
formerly of the firm of Charles Halght &
Company, brokers, filed a petition In
bankruptcy today. The liabilities arc
placed at $202,885 unsecured, and due
chiefly to banks on accommodation paper.
ARMOR PLATE STANDS TEST
Material Tried for Nehrnska
Novr
Building: nt Seattle.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. During the
present week there have been two tests of
armor plate at Indian Head. The linn
was made with six-inch projectiles on tri
angular six-Inch Krupp plate to be used
on the cruisers Colorado, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and West, yirginla. Three shots
were fired.. The greatest striking velocity
was 1919 feet per second. The armcr was
penetrated only about two inches. Tho
other test was with 11-lnch Krupp plate
to be Uficd as side armor for the battle
ship Nebraska, now under construction
by the Moran Bros., of Seattle. In 'this
Instance a 10-lnch gun was xised, and the
penetration was' three Inches. Both tests
are said to have been successful.
The Navy Department Is receiving con
signments of armor in rapid 1'uccesslon,
tho delivery being considerably in ad
vance of the demand. In the case of
the Nebraska, for example, the keel wa.T
laid only recently and It Is not known
when the vessel will be ready to take
armor.
Chnrgred With Polsoninpr Wife.
BOULDER. Colo.. Oct. 31. The Coroner's
Jury, in the case of Mr3. Nannie G. Baird,
who lled suddsnly October 15, tonight re
turned a verdict charging that her death
was due to poison administered by her
husband, Dr. Rudolph Baird, or by one
with his knowledge. Dr; Baird Is one of
the most prominent physicians of Boulder.
Cliuynskl to Meet O'Brien.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31. Articles of
IFfTOU WANT TO
WILL W&AR THIS
agreement were elgned today for a six
round boxing contest between Joe Choyn
skl and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, In this
City, on November 20. The match ar
ranged yesterday between Terry ilcGov
ern and Sammy Smith, of this city, was
today declared off, the conclusion having
been reached that McGovern's superiority
would render the bout uninteresting.
ALARM OVER VOLCANO.
Mexican "City of Tnpachntn. Fifty
tliree Honrs in Darkness.
TAPACHUTA, State of Chlpas, Mexico.
Oct. 31. There Is considerable alarm here
over the eruption of Santa Maria Moun
tain in Guatemala. For 53 hours the city
was almost totally dark. Surrounding cof
fee planters have experienced great loss,
and acrces the line In Guatemala many
valuable properties have been destroyed.
Tacana Volcano, near at hand, shows no
signs of breaking out. There has been
no loss of life. Thieves havo taken ad
vantage of the terror to steal cattle from
ranches. On the coast the falling ashes
covered the decks of ships in San Benito.
Subterranean rumblings have been almcst
constant here. Telegraphic communica
tion has been re-cetablished, with the fed
eral capital, and relief Is being felt Busi
ness Is distressed. Ashes fell abundantly
ai jraienque. ,
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CAUGHT BY RUSH OF GAS
Fonr Men Killed antl Three Affcetcd
While Workliiff Wear Tunnel.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Oct. 31. By
a sudden rush of gas, supposed to have
been sulphuretted hydrogen, four men
were killed, and three seriously affected,
near the Twenty-fourth street heading of
tho big tunnel trunk sewer tonight. The
dead:
Lawrence Fisher, of Niagara Falls.
George Rhodes, colored, of Niagara
Falls.
Hugo Swanson, of Niagara Falls.
William Bridash, of Tonawanda.
The seriously affected: Romano Kovich,
Niagara Falls; Sam Finch, colored, Niag
ara Falls; Michael Mulroy, foreman,
Niagara Falls. Kovich -i not expected to
live.
APPROVE BOND'S TREATY
Xeivfo mull and Cabinet Sanctions
Agreement Vith America.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Oct. 31. Premier
Bond has returned hero from Washington.
In an Interview today, the Premier said
he had succeeded In negotiating a conven
tion with the Washington authorities;
that on October IS the British Foreign
Otilcc Instructed Ambassador Herbert to
sign this convention, and that he then
started for home, his work In Washington
being completed.
The Premier said that he submitted the
terms of this treaty to his colleagues in
the Cabinet here yesterday, and that they
regarded it as eminently satisfactory. Pre
mier Bond added that the terms of the
treaty would be published soon.
HIS RELIGION COSTS JOB
Atlvcntlst Dljcml.snod liy Government
for Return;? to Worlc on Saturday.
WASHINGTON. Oct 31. William L.
Quackenbush, a clerk in the Appraiser's
oflic-s In New York, has been discharged
because he refused to work on Saturday.
Mr. Quackenbush is a Seventh-Day Ad
ventlet. For some time his wish not to
work on Saturday has been compllo'd
with, but when the increase of work In
the Appraiser's office necessitated hla at
tendance on that day, he declined to work
-and was accordingly dismissed.
Bootllcr Convicted.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 31. Edmund Bersch,
ex-member of the House of Delegates,
today was found guilty cf perjury In his 1
testimony before the grand jury as to the
575,000 boodle fund raised to secure the
passage of the suburban franchise bill.
KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSER) MEN
SEASON ASH BEN SELLING ABOUT IT
LEADING CLOTHIER
LEADING HATTER
and given five years In the penitentiary.
The Jury debated but a few minutes. Ed
'Butler, tondsman for Bersch. failed to
appear after the conviction of the defend
ant to sign a new bond, and Bersch was
committed totjall.
Roosevelt Receives Mechanic.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. After break
fasting at the White House today. Presi
dent Roosevelt Informally received 191 of
the mechanics and laborers who havo
been engaged upon the repairs of the
mansion. The President greeted the work
men as they pas.ed, having a pleasant
word and smile for each. 'He thanked
OMAHA,
NEBRASKA,
President of tKe
SHaKesperian Club.
I JKPONICA
SEVERE,
605 North Eighteenth Street,
Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 17, 1902.
I have used three bottles of "Wine of Cardui and have derived so much
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ine last August so that I was unfit to keep up iny duties. My head ached
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them as a body for having facilj'nted by
their work the completion of thLrepairs
to the mansion thereby cnaby: .hjm
oncft more to -occupy it.
MlneoTvners Oppose I'caC' ; Plan.
PARIS, Oct. 31.. At a meeting of the
Council of Ministers today. President
Combes announcql that the reports re
ceived from the mlneowners showed a dis
position to openj negotiations! with the
strikers. This is taken to lmaicate that
the companies have advised tpe govern
ment that they prefer to dtlal directly
with their men rather than accept gen
eral arbitration.
tbhealth and strength it gives them.
What woman would not do any
tijSng in her power to avoid the ter
nVJo bearing down pains, nervous
n6y, backache and other symptoms
of female weakness that make life
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Do not let any drucgist sell you
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It was Wine of Cardui that cured
Miss Keverc and made her a healthy
young lady.
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