Si THE MORNING OREGQXIAJ.', WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1906. . a'
FftGTSftBOUTWlOHOS
Attacked Only After Patience
Was Exhausted.
HOW WOMEN WERE KILLED
lit by Shells at Long Range Scott
Tells History of Trouble "With
.Mount Dujo Band and
Defends "Wood.
WASHINGTON. March 0.-Socroiary
Tuft hag rnceivod the following telegram
from Governor-General Ide, at Manila,
dated today, relative to the Mount Dajo
Jlght:
Newspaprr report from Manila announcing
TVMttea Maushtor of women and children at
Mttt Dao extremely wusatlonal afwl in all
cvwftftl dotalta faUa. Tho situation occupied
l Moro outlaws on the crater of the volcano
2100 feet high was exceedingly difficult and
r4Hlrcd rreat display of hrotam on tho part
of ike Army and Navy and Filipino and Moro
VwAaiHilao i who rendered most valued erv
ie. Same tvonien and children were killed or
vwmdod by urellmlnary fuelling at a dls
naaeo. Mores wore outlaws and fanatics and
i4wo& to rarrender to the last, ayomptln?
rwatedly to murder our forces, who wore
rwwildE wounded Mores. Moro Sultan and
3"idtnc Datum rendorefl groat assistanre and
tlx- mrroaadtnc iopuiation is iu great aym
uh with til oounse taken to remove the
mt cutthroats wlio worn praying 'Upon
lW comnHinlty. retreatlnt: as oocaslon re-
qtrr to what they Jfuptofed to lc impon
-ctmbto faMnetscn.
Thw was no Killing of anyone except euch
Jae ww lndirpeapablc to end aif intolerable
UMtuatlon. Attack not ordered until vwy
't-Mmrr looking to possible adjustment Jailed
Troops and officers dewninK of highest prai.
Mr. Taft also has made public ah ox
hauetive report from Major Hugh Scott,
.who was Governor of the Moro Provinces
tjttst preceding the engagoment, respecting
the lMtbtts of warfare of these people.
Tho text of Major Scott's report fol
lows:
Origin of tlie Trpuhio.
Tae recent trouble in Jolo had Its bccln-
nS a year ago. when a Sulu Moro
by tbe mm r l'ala ran amuck In the rtrcets
LabiN. Data, Hrltlh North Itorneo, and
imn awj- nncr Killing- una wounding- peo-
$. He rwtwrnod to hie cottage on the south
t4. of lite Sulu Islands, about 15 miles from
Jolo. It was not to be tolerated that tho
vitteem of a friendly power should thus be
MMrdered b- cava under American Juristic
. a an attempt was made to arrest
)Ih jmirrtsc. Hl ootta wa taken and
rf-Btrafr. but h escaped in the jungle. He
hmd many ermiMtttds'-rc, relatives and friends
In v&rio-e jarta of the Island, among the
tettiud about Mount Dajo. who 11 rod
vi the American troops and depredated
vpoa frteMdly Mores in the neighborhood.
I1tt Uffort at Huiwrrsoion.
Oeacral Wood came' down with trosns from
MtadaiHis (the Seventeenth Infantry was about
t lve for the United State and had become
eted i number) to surround Pala's jungle
jumI arrest him. General "Wood wa tired unon
m the way to Pala'j Junglo in the Tatnbling
i y tuo IJaJo people. One eoldior and
-rI Muru- woru killed. Many of the Dajo
I-opte uan rah up on Mount Dajo and began
iMTiitHg tnemsflves. The troops went on.
'"w i-nte, who would nut surrender, and
Killed Mm.
in3 men went on to Tando loc, 'where
nnoUver rand of t-ymputhlzora. win had been
fl-HWCtusc Mon frleadly Moras, wereifeund
erater oh a mountain about T. miles from
Jai. uy meon of an oM Moro. who was
captMtrd on the way. tlie chief of this band
vs NMMced, after many effortu and long walt-
i. wirraer without a fight to tho com
nwmtcr the force and give up his gune.
ieriH wood wlh the troops jk-iH the great
i pari of the day far from water, under t
tiical ib. watting with the atmont patience
n the dilator" tactics of the ravagm. In order
RivyoH?h the subjugation of this band
Itcfuge nt Mount Dajo.
im rctarn or General Wood to Jolo
v nan considered that the ringleader were.
a ue Mwvb had beon iKinlshed enough.
expeomon wan ojfbanded. It
n Hoverd that Dajo fugitive from the
i auiDimg light were en ton of Mount r
Th Mtt In a. crop of rico and sweet potatoes
-'ww rrnter. ana bad plenty of water
" "n ln 'ir round. They said they did
. ni u ngnt. ana only wished to cultlvat
iw reap their crops. A demand was made on
tir I tor. Joakanaln and Kalbi. for the
oi wc nngleadere. which were FUrren-
red. and tacy were told to come down and
-ute helow. bat could cultivate their crops
xiwf x not to Hire nil their food. They
)-'imled to refrain from depredating uix.n
n.vbod- and to prevent anybody from using
l" mowniain an a mrongheld for tlileey
Dauo JoMknntUn and Kalbi (from whom the
ihijo pefe had run away) oxertod their now-
r of comma i Ml ovor them and kopt them from
-predating during the Sammer and Fall. They
a v-ordlngl- caeed about 150 of the original
2"t roeorted to lc on the mountain to come
J-wn and settio la their Id lioinos below.
A day or ao before Thanksgiving I went
t.. XamlMtnga. lo mlleo tHanli, and rotunied
ttt DAeoniber 1. 1 found that durine iv
Kbkenec some Mwo had tohl the Dajo people
ir uovernor would attack them at day
Jight en November SO. Thay all ran away on
ti of the mountain, touudod their gongs all
r.gat and made ready or tlie aUack. Tlioy
viMderrd that a tutcof war was on, and
iM-tod that 0 armed Moron were going about
night t take property from friendly Moron.
ioral Imffaloett liad been taken w4ien I ar-
vxl. Prwuure wan at once put ujon Jak-n-'Mn
lo allay this excitement and stop all
V i redatfonp. A loiter was written to General
", od. detailing the clrcumstancea and warn
Suk him of the proximity of trouble if Joak
naln ritould not have tho power to control
XI Dajo people, whereupon General Wood
o-dred twn companies of the Nineteenth In
fantry to Jolo. as tho cavalry -quadron had
u-t arrived from the United States.
Kept Quiet br DitltoH.
i wkaaalH won unable to prevent any fur
tWr dcprodaUenM atid iald that If ho wan al
liwwi t he would ruosced in geuing all the
Mon off the mountain. All during the month
v Deoembor he kopt them quiet and brought in
AUVo. who was the mwt prominent man there.
Ako wanted very much to get a dog. The
ti-ntmor gave him one, and he went away
jch pleafed. and did hb utmost to make
ve others come off the mountain. Tho Sultan
a 1 his two brothers. Raja. Muda and Datto
' k. also Majarah Opuaa and f?awajaln, all
IfPurntlal Moras, went to the mountain and
wcJ their utmort endeavom.
I saw General Wood last about December
2u. and told him tho two companies of the
'".el-enth. Infantry would not lieneeded for
the present, an the Moras were being kept
Jown by Joakanaln, and tho order wending
t?m to Jelo was revoked. While the elements
T 'rouble were mill there fthe cJements of
J-ouMe are always somewhere in Jolo) it was
th -night t oould leave then an well as at
nry other time, and accordingly J started on
lrav of absence on January 1.
Wood roller of Patience.
The last advices by mall from Jolo were
Cated January 29 and, the Dajo question not
tring mentioned. I suppoaed M Moras re
wained quiet, at lea until that date. It is
presumed they got out of Joakanaln's control
entirety and 'began to depredate on other Moras
a "cordtnc to the Moro custom, and had to be
rubdaed. or ele It would be neccs,ary to aban-
on the effort to preserve law and order in
! JlOiO.
The policy of General Wopd in that archi
pelago ha always Iw-en to tiring about peace
and order as generally and with as little Iosa
tcf lire as rouble. In .every case when It
ha been necessary to arreat Moras charged
w.th crime and they have gone- Into their
I?ron;hc4dfl and called their friends and i-ela-tlt
about them to rcslet arreat. every possible i
carert. extending In eomc caacs over weeks.
f
J and months, han been made to bring about
tbe arrest without bloodshed.
Major Scott here cites instances
where this policy has been successful
and continues:
Mountain Hard to Capture
It is not conceivable -that tills policy of
humanity carried out in every case In tbe past
two years and a half should not have been
changed, especially a General Wood was
there In person and no one would take more
trouble to avoid unnecessary bloodshed than
he. Mount Dajo li about midway In ih
Ialand of Sulu. and Is over 2000 feet high
Upon the top is the crater of a volcano, long
extinct. Tho mountain It five or six miles
around tho base, covered with trees In most
parts, and has on Its hides many landslide.
As the core Is of rock, after the aoll has gotten
a resting place on its sides and unmsuaj rain
falls the water Is soaked up. the aoll becomes
very heavy and as tho roek 1 no steep the
earth falls, breaking down trees below like
an avalanche of now. HI 'ery sleep and
difficult to climb under most favorable drcura
stances, and to climb It successfully under Are
w undoubtedly a most gallant foal of arms
and, unless great skill had been ued, many
more llvos would have been lost among the
troops. The Moras themselves consider the
top of that mountain Impregnable, as they
have food and can ratoe more, and an aband
ant supply of water Is reported in the crater,
which made an Ideal stronghold. As that
mountain and crater cannot be destroyed, it
will aiuaya be a menace to peace and order
in Jolo unless the Moras from some supersti
tion shall avoid it hereafter.
LAISOIIEK HAD1A' WOUNDED BY
A JAPANESE.
Quarrel Said to Be Over Payment
for a 3IcaI Oriental Makes
His Escape. ,
Thomas Anker, a laborer, war
stabbed and seriously wonndd by a
Japanese at Second and Durnside
streets at midnight. Tho fight, it -Is. .
said, occurred over the payment ?
a meal in a rostnurant. The police
believe the nonpayment for a meal
was the caui.c, but admit that it is
only a surmise. Others contend that
tlio quarrel was over a pool game.
After stabbing Anker several times
In the neck the Jap made his escape
before the eyes of over a score of
people who watched the affray with
out interference. Two detectives.
Murphy and Jones, took after the
fleeing man, but the latter ccapd
by running through a lodging-house
and gettfng away through a rear
door.
Bloodshed and a serious stabbing affrav
ovor tho nonpayment of a meal In a North
End restaurant for which Thomas Anker,
a laborer, was badly cut about tho neck-
occurred at Second and Burnsldc streets
at midnight. AnkerV- assailant, a Japa
nese, made his escape before tho eyes of
a j-coro of people who saw the cuttlntr
Detectives Murphy and Jones chased the
fleeing man two blocks, but lost sight of
mm when he ran Into a lodging-house at
234 Third street.
riio quarrel, which the police boilvc
was over tho non-payment of a meal.
started in trickson s saloon. Hot words
were followed by tho Japanese inviting
Anker to the sidewalk. After moro dick
ering the Oriental drew a long sheath
knlfo and dealt Anlcer two or three blows
across the neck, Inlllctlng serious wounds.
A number of people -aw the cutting, and
the detectives, who were attracted by the
Japanese running, took after him, but
failed to make a capture.
Anker fell to the yldcwalk bleeding pro
fuseiy. - He staggered to his fcetontorod
the saloon and asked for medical aid. and
then ran to tin street again, where be
fall. He was removed to Good Samaritan
Hospital by Policeman Johnson and Pa
troldriver Gruber. whore, after tho opera
tion was performed, it was salr that the
wounded man would probably recover.
Anker is In a weakened condition from
great loss of blood.
A description of the Japanese Is all the
police now have to work on. As soon as
notified Captain Bailey dispatched officers
and detectives to all parts of the restricted
district, in hope of capturing the man. E.
Cummings and George Blako, who jww the
light, say that the Jap, without warning.
drew a long knife from his pocket and
commenced slashing. No effort was made
to capture the man until he had accom
plished his purpose. When It was realized
that a murder had probably been com
mitted, several men, including the two
detectives, took after the lleelng man. who
outstripped the crowd and mado his es
capo through the rear entrance to the
lodging-hous-.
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MOB ENUAGED AT L.YNC1IING OF
JOHNSON BY WHITES.
Troops and Police Prevent Hlot at
Cliattanooa, but Two. While
Men Are Shot.
CHATTANOOGA. Tonn.. March 20. A
squad of less than 100 ioliccmon backed
by four companies of militia tonight held
In check a large crowd of negroes, va
rlously estimate! at from 2000 to 40000 in
number, and pmventod a riot which might
have resulted In a great loss of life. The
negroes were bont on revenge for the
lynching last night of Ed Johnson.
With the exception of a small fusiladc
of shota on East. Ninth street npar tho
intersection of A, in which two white
men were shot and the burning of a
house on West Ninth street, there were
no further disorders.
The injured are: John Curtis, a railway
man; snot in t-nouiuer oy unxnown negro:
DJck Ught, Deputy Sheriff, ahot in hand
by unknown negro.
The officers arc satisfied with tho situ
ation here tonight and it is believed Uiftt.
if tomorrow passes without troublo, the
crisis will be over, "i no funeral of John
son will occur wlthou trouble, but It Is
feared that some outbreak may occur
after that.
During the- day all the manufacturing
plants Jn the, city were closed' because of
the refusal of the pegroes to work and
by night.' they w-erc forming into parties,
wblch the officers broke up as fast as pos
sible. ,
SUPltEME : 'OUHT MAY ACT
Judges Consider Proceedings Against
Mob Which Lynched Johnson.
WASHINGTON. March 20.-Some Qf the
members of the Supreme Court of the
United States are considering the advisa
bility of an attempt to secure tne pun
ishment of the mob which last night took
from tbe Jail at Chattanooga. Tenn E.
Johnson, the negro whose legal execution,
set for today, was stayed by an order Is
sued by the Supreme Court yesterdav.
The Departments Justice also Is consid
ering action in the matter. "
The Supreme Court is not now In ses
sion and will not be for a fortnight, but
it is possible that a conference may bo
called at a near date to consider what
course should be pursued.
Painful hurnJi. any sere
-skin hurt
quickly healed by Satin skin cream. 2C-a
DEAD IN THOUSANDS
Earthquake "Destroys Three
Towns in Formosa.
WHOLE ISLAND IS SHAKEN
Violent Shocks Continue W'hoIe.Day,
Killing 2000 Persons In One
Town Estimated Ixss Is
545,000,000.
IXDNDON. March 21. According to the
Dally Telegraph's corresponuent at Toklo.
it is now estimated that several thousand
persons were killed by the recent earth
quako in Formosa. Tho wholo Island
was shaken from early mornimr on Satur
day until late .at night, the shocks being
continuous.
On the. same day slight shocks were felt
in Japan, and from Saturday nhtht until
the following morning five distinct shocks
occurred at Kumamolo.
Telegrams from Formosa state that tho
prosperous towns of Datlyo. Raishlko and
bninko were complotely destroyed. At
Jvagi alone 20W natives and seven Japan
were killed. The government depart
ments are transacting business In the
open air. or In hastily constructed sheds.
At Datlyo GOO bodies have already been
recovered from the open fields, to which
the people had fled only to succumb to
tneir Injuries.
At a rough estimate the damage
amounts to ?5.000.0CO.
REFUSE OFFERED ADVANCE
French Miners Scorn Ten Per Cent
and Fight Gendarme..
I..ENS. France, March 20. Tho Miners
Congress today rejected the company
proffer of an increase of 10 per cent in
wages. The action of the consress. how
ever will be submitted to tho referendum
of tho S1.0W strikers.
The congress has issued a manifesto
calling on the miners to remain calm and
not to listen to rcvolutlonanr agitators.
urging mat uius tney win best serve
their own interests and render more like
ly an Improvement in their condition.
The strikers are still exci'ed. Tumultu
ous demonstrations occured this evening.
but there was no intervention of the
troops.
"WILL. AVOID CHURCH HIOTING
CIcnicnccau Indicates Change of Pol-
Icy on Separation.
PARIS, March 20. Milnstcr of the In
terior Clemenceau. replying to a question
in tho Senate today, tersely expressed the
government's view relative to tho employ
ment of force to carry out tho inventories
of church properties.
'U c intend to enforce the law," he said.
"but the numbering of candlesticks in
churches Is not worth the risk of sacri
ficing a single human life."
This Is construed as indicating that.
whore resistance is offered, other means
will be adopted of obtaining tho end.
WALDOKF ASTOIFS WEDDING
Anglicized American Will Marry
Mrs. Shaw in April.
LONDON. March 21. It Is stated that
Waldorf Astor will marry Mrs. Nannie
Laughorne Shaw at the end of April in
Virginia, and that they will reside at
Cliveden, tho Thames resldonco of Will
iam Waldorf Astor. which will be the
wedding gift from Mr. Astor, who will
also bc.tow upon his son an income of
$100,000 yearly.
PRETENDER ENTERS PROTEST
Object.? to Powers Disposing of Mo
rocco and Will Ignore Them.
PARIS. March 20. The Moorish pretend
er and M chiefs have forwarded protests
to Algeciras against the representatives
of tho powers disposing of Morocco with
out consulting them. Thoprctonder, ac
cording to the text of the protest pub
lished this morning, states that, when he
enters Fez victorious, he will refuse to
recognize tho conference's docistoit.
Austria Proposes New Scheme.
VIENNA. March 20. Austria has In
structed Count Wolsershlemb. delegate to
the Algeciras conference on Moroccan re
forms, to endeavor to arrange for a sit
ting of the conference on Thursday or
Friday, when he is to put forward an
amendment to article 4 of the Austrian
police proposals, providing for the appoint
ment of a superior officer belonging to a
neutral power who shall be attached to
tho diplomatic corps at Tangier and will
exercise supervision over all eight Moroc
can ports and the police force.
Prince nenry's Auto Scares Tcnm.
RERUN. March 20. Prince Henry of
Prussia, while personally driving an au
tomobile, ran into a team near the til
lage of Tarp. not far from Schwcrin. and
badly frightened the horses. The Prince
compensated the owner liberally, but
after ho left the latter telephoned to the
police at Schwcrin. who stopped His
Royal Hlg'hncs. He explained the situa
tion, and as they seemed to be iu doubt
as to what to do. Prince Henry proceeded.
with the remark: "lou know where I
live."
INSERT Refuse Offered Advance
Fire continues in the lateral galleries of
the Courricres mine, where hundreds of
bodies remain.
Striking- miners and gendarmes had a
severe encounter today in front of the
Town Hail, where the miners' congress
was In session. The gendarmes charged
several times and a number of people
were trampled unaor foot, and many ar
rests wore made.
BUI to Aid British Shipping.
LONDON. March 20. The long-promised
bill amending the merchant shipping pets
so as to place British and foreign ships
on the same- rooting was introduced in
the House of Connnons today by David
Lloyd-George, president of the Board of
Trade. The bill undoubtedly will pass.
Shot Dead by a Priest.
NANCY. France. March 20. A manl-
festant at the Inventorying of- church
property here is dead, its the result of a
bullet 'wound inflicted by the vicar of the
church during the disturbance.
HE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
John R. Gubbins, Derby-Winner.
LONDON. March 23.-John R. Gubbins.
the well-known horsa-owner, is dead.
John R. Gubbins was born. In 1K3 in Ire
land, and- In JSCS was High Sheriff of
i i i . . -
County Limerick. Ife won the Devonshire
plate on J. W. Whytc's Fairy Landing in
1SS won the Wiler cup at the Down
Royal meeting in 1SS3. and 1S37 he won
the 2K0 guineas, the Derby and the St.
Lcgcr with Galtee More. In 1SC Mr. Gub
bins won the Derby with Ard Patrick.
Galtee More was bought by the Impe
rial Russian stud In 1S02 for JlW.ttO. and
In 1504 was sold to the Imperial German
stud for $55,009. i
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Senator Bailey's Father.
NEW ORLEANS. March 20.-J. TV.
Bailey, father of Senator Bailey, died ear
ly this morning. Senator Bailey Is onhis
way here Mr. Bailey was born In New
York In 1SS4. but was educated in tho
South, and has long been a prominent
resident of Crystal Springs. Miss., whence
he was brought here for an operation,
from which he never rallied.
Dr. T. F. Richardson, New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. March 20. Dr. T. Far
row Richardson, of the Marino Hospital
Service, who was selected by Surgeon
General TVyraan to conduct the sanitary
campaign in Spanish Honduras, died last
night of typhoid-pneumonia.
STATEHOOD BATTLE TDDAY
WILL BE WAGED OVER ADOP
TION OI'" SPECIAL. RULE.
Insurgents Will Fight Rule Sending
Bill to Conference Predict
Split Among Regulars.
WASHINGTON. March 20,-Thc state
hood bill will be taken up n the House
tomorrow under the protection of a spe
cial rule, the adoption of which will be
tho necessary step on the part of the
House to get the bill Into the hands of a
conference committee of tho Senate and
House. Forty minutes' debate will be di
vided between the friends and opponents
of the rule, when a vole will bo taken.
The special rule Is declared V bo the
only way the bill can be taken from tho
Speaker's table, as otherwise it would
have to go to the committee on territo
ries because of the Senate amendment
making a different disposition of certain
Government property from what wan con
templated In the Houso bill. If this
amendment should not be made, a motion
to concur In the Senate amendments
would have been In order as taking prece
dence over a motion to disagree. How
ever, the advocates of the House bill see
a tactical advantage In the special rule,
as some members who were Inclined to
support a motion to concur with the Sen
ate will not be inclined to oppose a rule
direct from the Speaker's room.
A meeting of the Republican insurgents
Is contemplated. Their leaders say the
rule probably will be adopted, but that,
while they have no real objection to send
ing the bill to conference, thoy will vote
against the rule as- they consider it con
structive Instructions to tho House con
ferees that they are not to report unless
they can reach an agreement In accord
ance with the House bill. They predict
that the vote tomorrow will be the last
one In which the "regulars" can hold their
strength, and that. If a report comes In,
Arizona and New Mexico will be elimi
nated from the bllL
INSURGENTS STAND UNITED
Thirty of Them Pledged to Rcslt
Rule on Statehood.
WASHINGTON. March 2X Thirty "In
surgent" Republicans mot In Representa
tive Hancock s commit tee-room today and
agreed to stand together In opposition
to Speaker Cannon's plan to send th
statehood bill to conference. The "Insur
gents" say they favor sending the bill as
amended by the Senate to a conference
but will not support any rule designed to
shut off debate and prevent the House
from Instructing Its members of the con-
icrence now to vote.
Summons Served on Til ford.
NEW YORK. March 20. Henry Woll-
man. Now lork counsel for Atlornev-
General Hadley, of Missouri, announced
tonight that the task of serving Henry
M. Tilfonl with n subpena In the mattor
of the Standard Oil hearing In this city
had been accomplished today.
May Inspect Amalgamated Hooks.
ALBANY. N. Y.. March 2a The Court
of Appeals today decided In favor of Jo
seph Fannelly. who sued the Amalga
mated Copper Company and the National
City Bank, of New York. In order to se
cure the right to inspect the copper com
pany's stock books and papers.
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TDD ILL TO TESTIFY
Pierce Sends Doctor With Ex
cuses to Hadley.
STANDARD PRESSED HARD
Threatened Attack of Pneumonia
Enables Officer of Dummy Com- .
pany to Escape Testifying.
Hadley Closes Gates.
ST. LOUIS. March 29. The second day's
session of the oil hearing in the ouster
caso of Missouri against the Standard,
Republic and Waters-Pierce oil companies
was marked by the failure of II. Clay
Pierce to appear as a witness and the
sworn testimony of Dr. Bond, his physi
cian, that Mr. Pierce was threatened
with pneumonia and unable to leave hl3
room, and the severe cross-examination
of Charles M. Adams, secretary-treasurer
of tho Waters-Pierce Company, who oc
cupied most of the day with his testi
mony. Stock certificates wore produced
and road to show that tho Standard Com
pany held stock in tho Waters-Pierce
Company in 1SC0. when that company was
reorganized.
Closes "Way of Escape.
Attorney-General Hadley today tele
graphed to Secretary of State Swanger
at Jefferson City, asking him not to per
mit the Republic Oil Company to with
draw from continuing business in Mis
souri, as such a course. If permitted.
would dofent the purposes of the investi
gation. Mr. Hadley explained that dur
ing the taking of testimony. In Cleveland
recently, he received an intimation that
there might be a shifting of oil interests
in Missouri, and that he had immediately
written Mr. Swanger along that line, re
questing that particular care be taken
that this should not be allowed.
Pierce's Doctor Testifies.
When Mr. Piorco was called this morn
ing, counsel for the Waters-Pierce Com
pany presented a physician's certificate,
which stated that he was suffering from
tonsllltis and bronchitis, and was unable
to attend. Mr. Hadley refused to accept
the certificate, and on. his Insistence Dr.
Bond came into court and testified under
oath that Mr. Pierce was threatened
with pneumonia, and that it would not
be safe for him .to attend the hearing.
Mr. Pierce then was excused until to
morrow.
At the Pierce home, a reporter inquired
as to the condition of Mr. Pierce. The
statement that he Is 111 was received with
surprise by a member of the household.
who said:
"Mr. Piorco Is not at home. He may be
at hte office."
At Mr. Pierre's office It was stated
that Mr. Pierce was not there, and had
not been there for a year.
TAKING WAS NOT STEALING
JEROME'S OPINION ON INSUR
ANCE CONTRIBUTIONS.
Advises Court That Officials Who
Gave Companies Money to Pol
itics, Committed No Crime.
NEW YORK. March 20. The giving of
political contributions from the funds of
a life Insurance company by the officers
of such a company does not constitute
larceny or any other crime, is the opinion
of District Attorney Jerome. This opinion
was submitted to Justice O'Sulllvan, in
tho Court of Goneral Sessions today.
Tho opinion was given In connection
with the presentment on the insurance
investigation, in which Justice O'Sulllvan
was asked to advise the . grand Jury
whether he considered the giving of such
political contributions as constituting
grand larceny. The District Attorney in
his opinion says that, after a careful ex
amination of authorities he Is led to the
conclusion that the actions embodied in
the four statements of fact found in the
presentment do not show the commission
of the crime of larceny, or of any other
crime.
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TRAIN DUG OUT OF SNOWDRIFT
Passengers Imprisoned All Day An
other Train Stalled In Illinois.
DECATUR. 111., March 30. A Cincin
nati. Hamilton Sc. Dayton passenger train
from Indlanopolls. held fast In a snow
drift six miles cast of Decatur all day
Monday and last night, was dug out of
the snow today-. The 15 passengers did
not suffer.
An Illinois Central passenger train that
left Decatur Monday night for Cham
paign Is stalled In a snowdrift 12 miles
from Decatur. Four engines tried unavailing-
all night to move It. Twelve
passengers on board are comfortable, a
farmhouse near by supplying food.
A, Vandalla passenger train, due In De
catur Monday morning, arrived this morn
ing, drawn by seven engines.
The Continental Limited, on the Wa
bash, from New York to St. Louis, passed
Decatur this morning, after being seven
hours In a drift near Philo, III.
MINERS FLEE FROM CAMPS
Thousands Fill SUvcrton, "Where
Famine Threatens Them.
DENVER. March 20.-Owing to the fear
of snowslldcs. all mines in the neighbor
hood of Sllverton. Colo., have been closed,
and 2000 miners have fled to Sllverton for
safety. Sixteen men have been crushed
or suffocated to death by the avalanches
In that district In the last three days, and
tho property loss, is estimated at SiOO.OCO. -
As the railroad between Sllverton and
Durango is blockaded. Sllverton Is now
facing a famine.
A train which had been four days on
the road reached Crested Butte, tho ter
minus of the branch of the Denver & Rio
Grande running north from Gunnison,
late last night. AH the snow-bound pas
sengers. Jt Is said, have been rescued
without undergoing special hardships.
WRECKS ON EAST COAST
SIX VESSELS LOST IN STORM
OFF NEW ENGLAND.
Schooner Smnshcd to Bits and Five
Lives Lost Woman Drowned
on. Sunken Barge.
BOSTON. March 20. In the storm of
March 19 and SO at least a dozen vessels
were wrecked or damaged and six lives
lost. That the list will grow in the next
few days Is probable. In view of the size
of the fleet which was .off the coast when
the storm was at Its height last nlsht.
The list of disasters and less serious ac
cidents includes the following:
Schoonera
Lady Antrim, of Booth Bay. Me., total
wreck at Marblehead: five lost.
Rosa MucIIa. of. Booth Bay. ashore at
Cape Podue. Mass.; crow escaped.
Marlon Draper, of Booth Bay. ashore,
but floated at Hyannls.
Wlnney Lawrcy. of Boston, sunk off
South Yarmouth, Mass.; crew rescued.
Sarah A. Reed, of Calais. Me., ashore at
Joiicsport, Me.: crew escaped.
Barge No. 17, N. E. Transportation Com
pany, sunk at Newtondon; woman lost-
BARGE .LOST "WITH THREE MEN
Breaks Away From Tug In Galo
and Goes Down.
NEW YORK. March 20. The tug Mar
garet arrived in port today with the barge
J. R. Dempsey In tow. after a thrilling
experience at sea, in which Captain Hick
man, of the tug. was compelled to aban
don the barge Martha McCabe. on which
were Captain WHIard Massey and two
sailors, and the bargo Virginia Hudson.
The crew of the latter were taken off in
a small boat, but it is feared that Captain
Massey and tho two sailors perished with
their vessel.
The tug left Norfolk Friday with tho
threo barges. loaded with rails and rall
roadties. The barges broke away Monday
during a gale, and tho crew of the Hudson
was rescued onl yafter a desperate, strug
gle. SMASHED TO BITS ON ROCKS
At Least Five Lives Lost, Two Bod
ies Coming Ashore.
MARBLEHEAD. Mass.. March 20.
Wreckage of the Booth Bay (Me.) schoon
er Lady Antrim was washed up at Mar
blehead Neck today. Later two bodies of
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seamen came ashore. The Lady Antrim
carried a crew of five men, and. as she
whs literally smashed to pieces, it is
feared all were lost.
Th evessel was so completely smashed
up that it was some hours after ' the
wreckage had been discovered that her
identity was learned. The first body was
found high up on the beach' about noon,
and several hours later the other was
hauled out of the surf. The searchers
also found a quantity" of clothing, and
among It was a woman's glove.
The Lady Antrim was a two-masted
center-board schooner of S3 tons net bur
den. She was built at Edenton. N. C.. In
1S57. She was owned and commanded by
J. H. McCHntock, of Booth Bay Harbor.
Me., and It la thought he was one of the
victims of the wreck.
Snowplow Kills Three Men. '
DAYTON. Or., March 20. While operat
ing a snow plow on the Dayton & Troy
traction road at Chambersburg. six miles
north of here, today. William Humphreys.
Bert Hoover and Gustavus Nicol were
killed in an accident. The plow wa3 up
turned and the men were crushed under
neath 12 tons of steel that had been placed
on the car to weight it down.
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