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LARGEST MOSCOW BANK ROBBED
ROBBER
AN IMMENSE SUM
Credit Mutual, Wealthy
Broad Daylight By 20
of Nearly
GUARD BOUND AND GAGGED PREVENTING OUTCRY
JUST AS BANK IS CLOSING FOR THE DAY TWENTY MASKED MEN
ENTER SURPRISE GUARD AND SECURE 1431,500 ROBBERS
WERE THOROUGHLY FAMI LIAR WITH BANK ALARM
GIVEN TWENTY M INUTES LATER.
KiM 11W. March 20. The Credit Mu
tual, one of the target bank. In Mo
i'n, 4 rn)teriouly roblw-d by iiik
rd mi'ii at duk tonight, roblier. it
eming H.WHI. It was an iiiuimmlly
(Uring move. The fact, already devel,
oped iai" the question w h-t br tin- rob
bery wa committed by or under the
direction of .orrie 0110 at or pre
preciminly connected wit Ii the inititu
tion. The. bank i local-d In t he lirnrt
nf the i-ity. The lnt of the clerks hud
jiff depnrted. leaving in.hlc a guard
nf thrre men, while under the I'urte
Coehere outside wcie Miliremeii and the
house porter. The treet wn crowded
with people hurrying homeward. Ac
cording to the story of the guard, in a
twinkling of an rye they "ere confront
ill with revolver- in the hand- of twenty
masked men, who cnlcicd silently by
the main door, which had been locked
when the ofiVe force It-f t Kxeept the
enmtnnnd to the guard In bold up their
hnndi not n word win pok-n. The
MOORS HAVE SAY.
PARIS. Mareh 20. The Moorish pie
tender and ninety six chief- have pro
tested at the Algeeiras convention and
declared that when the pretender i
victorious he will not be bound by the
decision of (he conference.
"LITTLE THINGS"
House Spends Much Time on
Points of Order.
Economy in Little Things Was All Ab
sorbing Topic For Debate in House
Yesterday Move to Eliminate
Packing Boxes Fails.
WASHINGTON. March 2(1 The house
today did business with n uiieroHeopo
in one hand nnd tho lejjiHlalive appro
priation bill in the other. The result
wa that iiltlioufjh over live hours won
upenl in reading tlie iuciimuio tes than
twenty-live paPt was completed.
Keononiy in little thingx was all ab
sorbing, The points of older made and
many of them weiv fatal to the pro
posed increases in the salaries of olli
cers, janitors, doorkeepers, messengers
ami laborers, A point of order made in
the appropriation for an engine room at
$270 per year instead nf .$2S() caused a
const it ut ionnl debate for mniv than an
hour. The final round nf the day was
a delmle lis lo whether the house could
get as good packing boxes as the Senate
did for it's members. A move was made
to eliminate packing boxes entirely from
the periiuisites of tlie members bill it
failed,
S S
Moscow Bank Entered in
Masked Men and Robbed
Half Million.
guard were quickly bound and gaggod
nnd thrown into a dark corner. Th rob
l'r then took position at all the, en
trance and th window etirtainn. were
lowered. The chief of the robber who
directed bin aMoclnte by gesture and
without .peaking nhowed a thorough fa
milbrily with the location of the vault.
When all w. ready he went to the
heavy burglar proof nafe and with a few
twirl of the knob threw the combina
tion of the lock, the heavy door, cwung
open and the troaure of the bank wa
revealed. The plunder confuting of
gidd, silver nnd nolo, wa speedily
thiusl into sacks. Thin done, the rob
ber departed a "ilently a. they ranie,
making their rn'l through the main
entrance and leaving no trace behind
them. They bud lsen In the bank lcs
than half an hour Twenty minute"
later one of the guards succeeded in re
leasing him-elf and gave the alarm. It
is the general impression (he key to the
nnslerv is within the bank itself.
THREATENED TIE-UP.
Booth-Kelly Company Cannot Secure
Woiknven.
KlUKNi:. Hie., March 211. The
llooth Kcllcy sawmills in bine county
are threatened wilh a tie-Up by short
age of labor. 1'or several inoulhs the
big mills at Springfield and Coburg
have been running night nnd day, but
unless more men can be obtained soon,
Manager It. A. Hooth thinks the com
pany will be compelled to abandon the
night shifts.
To relieve the situation, the company
has within the past few days put to
work over 100 Scandinavians brought
out fiVim the Middle West.
The ollicinls of the company say the
labor shortage is beginning to become a
serious matter with them. They say
there is no immediate relief in sight.
Willi the great amount of railroad work
to begin in the Northwest as soon as
Spring opens, requiring thousands of
men, I he Itool h-Kelly people consider
that the situation appears exceedingly
blue for them. The company pays good
wages, but none- but transient laborers,
who are never satisfied to work at one
place more than 11 few weeks, are se
cured, and the company is kept eon
slanlly busy filing the places of (hose
who leave.
NO CONFIRMATION OF
WITTE'S RETIREMENT
ST. PKTKIiSliriil!, March 20. Ko
confirmation of Hie reported intention
of Witle to retire immediately, is ob
tainable at, the premier's chancellory.
On the contrary the possibility of his
relinquishing the task at the pending
meeting of the national assembly is
ECURE
MARTYR TO SCIENCE.
Professor Kill Fraternity Dog and is
Sued.
M:TTI. I!, M.nvli 20. Charles W.
Prentiss. i(jf. or 1 f Zoology in the
University f Washington, wan made
defendant in 1111 odd uit. On Monday
In- killed a dog bi-uiiginjr to the Phi
(omul Ui'llii fraternity. The fraternity
iov evidently mourn the lo of the
dog nx 1 Itt-ti' ll t r hang nt liulf nmt in
Imiior of tin- martyr to science. Prcnti
lie thought In- was killed u stray
dog" and at tin- hii lime securing ma
terial tor hi Zoology classes. He fur
ther ay I In- cminc wan n community
iiui-ance.
JURY ADJOURNS.
Cannot Conclude Investigation Until
Operator. Are Found.
VVKflW, March 20. A special to the
Chieftain from Canon City atatea the
coroner', jury which i inveatigating
the Adolie disaster reported it cannot
fix the reponiblity until it hear'a the
testimony of operator Lively and Van
Duaen of Swallow. As neither could be
prtvlueed the inquest adjourned until
Monday. The officers continue to search
for the missing men.
DOCTOR IS WINDED
Has Fight With Robber Who
Shoots Him in Groin.
Highwayman Enters Drug Store on Pre
tense of Having Toothache and
Tries to Rob Proprietor Fight
Ensues Robber Escapes.
roini.ANI), March 20. Dr. J. J.
fisher, who conducts a drug store at
ti,"i(t Clisan street, was shot ami ser
iously injured tonight by a highway
man, who secured admittance to the
store just after it laid been closed for
the night on the pretense of a severe
toothache.
Fisher who is (i." years old went to get
the medicine and holding in one band
tho sack of money. While the druggist
was in the act id' reaching for a bottle
the robber said:
" Say, old man, I don't want the medi
cine, I want that money," and attempt
ed to grab the sack. Fisher and the
robber grappled, and wrestled about the
Moor, the doctor having the Isdler of hi
M-nilanl though the hitler was a young
man.
(If a sudden, the robber put his hand
(o his coal pocket and a mull'led explos
ion occurred. The aged doctor fell to
the Hour with a wound in his groin and
the robber left without trying further
lo secure a sack.
llr. Fisher's clerk, who was in the
store when the robber entered, disap
peared out the back door nt the first
sign of trouble, calling "Police."
not admit led. In fact, there is n dis
position to treat Witte's r-eferenee to
Kokovsoff, which created a stir nt yes
terday's meeting of the council of the
empire, as an ironical thrust at the
overwhelming ambition of the former
minister of limine?.
NO SIGN OF TROUBLE.
Returned Missionary Says China is
Quiet So Far.
SAN I :AN( S( I, March 20. Miss j
I Ajnui H. I'ol''. a young I'.apHst. mission-!
j ary, who has been in the far interior of j
j China for I'm- pa-t two years, a rived I
I yc-l enlay on the liner' Coptic on her1
I way to lcK-,iud, Ohio. With Miss
j Cole wen- lin-teliiii ;iiid Kathhen Well-;
I wood, i,iiijjhter of I'.cv. Ilols-rt Well
wood, a ini-"ionaiy in S.cchen, not far '
I from the holder of Thibet, 2IMHI miles
j up Yan'tekiiing from Shanghai. ,
j The trip made by Mi-s Cob- and her j
two youiij.' charges was one of most un
usual char -icier. Leaving Snifti on .Inn
nary 15 in a native boat, accompanied
hv a guard in charge of soldiers,
Miss Cole and tin- two little trirls started
down the river, traveling only by j
(In the way down their Imat was wreck- 1
ed on a rock and the party bad a nar
row en-ape for their lives, finally reach
1
ing Shanghai in safety.
Miss Cole says there were no signs of I
trouble at Suifu when she left and j
when the missionaries there received a I
cable from the State Department advis- j
ing them to lie ready for flight they I
cahled back for an explanation. I
CARRYING DYNAMITE.
WINNIPKO, Mareh 20. The mounted
police are held in readiness at Cal
gary, MacLeod and Lethridge to prevent
an attack on the Lethbridge Coal mines
where the miners are said to be going
armrndwith dynamite in. their pockets
and writing threatening letters to the
managers of the mines.
PIERCE IS SICK
Missouri Standard Oil Inquiry Does
Not Hear Pierce.
Stock Certificates Produced Showing!
That Standard Held Stock in the j
Waters-Pierce Company in
1900 Other Evidence. i
ST. LOUIS, March 20. The second
day's session of the hearing in the ouster '
case of Missouri against the Standard,1
i
Republic and Waters-Fierce Oil Com-'
panics, was marked by the failure of'
H. C. Tierce to appear as a witness. I
The testimony of his physician to the '
effect that Pierce was threatened with:
pneumonia was given. C. M. Adams,';
secretary and treasurer of the Waters-!
Pierce Company was severely cross ex- .
amined. Stock certificates which were
produced showed' that the Standard held,
stock iu the Waters-Pierce Company in
llHIO, when that company was reorga- j
ui.ed. Attorney-General lbnlley today j
telegraphed Missouri's Secretary of !
State not to permit the .Republic to!
withdraw from business Missouri nsj
Unit- would defeat the purpose of the!
investigation.
HITS UNCHARTERED ROCK.
VICTORIA. March 20. The steamer
Otter arrived from l.adysinith in a
leaking condition, having struck an un
chartered rock near Thetic Island.'
She is to be huul.'d out for repairs.
DEVELOPMENTS PROMISED
IN THE"SCOTTY" CASE
SAX PiKRNARDINO, March 20. De
velopments in the Scott case today in
cluded a statement made by A. W. St.
Claire to the district attorney nnd the
promise from "Shorty" Smith who is
in jail here closely guarded, that he will
make a statement. Smith denies he was
I0ODY SPEAKS
IN THE PACKERS' TRIAL
Attorney General Concludes
the Packers Were not Compelled to Testify
and Are not Free From Prosecution.
ARRAIGNS PACKERS FOR ATTACKING TEDDY
i MOODY SCORES THE PACKERS' AT
DENT'S LETTER IN EVIDENCE
NOT ENTITLED TO IMMU
THEIR TESTIMON
CHICAGO, March 20. Attorney-Gen-
eral Moody spoke nearly all day iu the
' packers' case, concluding his argument
just in time to catch the train for Wash-
ington. He declared the packers were
not entitled to immunity because they
had given evidence of their own free
will, and were not placed under Oath
nor subjected to compulsion. At times
be was very sarcastic in references to
the statements of the attorneys for the
defendants. Referring to the President's
letter to himself which was placed in
record in the case by the packers' at
torneys, Moody said he was the last
j man in t In world to say that these gent
; leinen should not give their best efforts
i to their clients, but if they felt it their
I duty to place that letter in evidence
I when " It touches upon another subject,
j against the man in the White House,
i who is unable to come here to protect
QUASHES WRITS.
ItOISF., March 20. Judge Keatty in
the United States district court today
quashed the writs in the habeas corpus
cases of Mover and his associates. He
fiiM granted the motion of the prosecu
tion to strike out material parts of the
answers. Attorney Richardson gave no
tice of an appeal to the United States
Supreme Court. Judge Heatty decided
he had no power to inquire into the
methods whereby the prisoners had been
brought into this state in the proceed
ings at bar. He said be was unable to
find any provision in the law whereby
he had power to remand the prisoners
to the sister state after they had been
brought into the demanding state, as
iu the present instance, and now that
the prisoners are in Idaho, ho cannot
make any order to prevent their deten
tion and trial heiv.
SAVES CREW.
XKW YORK. March 20. -The tug.
Margaret arrived today with the barge j
IVmpsey in tow after a thrilling exper- ;
ience at sea, in which the Margaret was'
compelled to abandon the barge Martha
MoCnbe. on which were the captaiu and
two sailors, and the, barge Virginia Hud-,
son. The crew of the latter was taken j
off a desperate struggle with the ele-;
merits, but it is feared the others per-1
ished.
with the party when the wounding of i )ES MOINES, March 20. Congress
Wtirner Scott occurred, but says he will man Hull will sue his opporrent, former
explain all of Scott's actions as far as Secretary of State Dobson for damage
he knows them. St. Clair's statement ' for slander, because of statements last
was not made public. The arrest of night in opening his campaign to de
Walter Scott at Portland has not been feat null for Congressman. The speech
asked of the Oregon authorities. j madu aarinux owiiKnUon ngning Hull.
ALL DAY
His Argument-Declare
T0RNEYS FOR PLACING THE PRESI
DECLARES PACKERS ARE
NITY AS THEY GAVE
Y VOLUNTARILY.
himself if they feel it their duty to
make their attack on him I have littlt
more to say."
General Moody declared that only,
those who committed acts without tht
law and who feared the law, ought to ba
protected by it.
Asked if he forgot that Garfield had
told the defendants he was here to in
vestigate the violation of the injunction
issued against them restraining them
' from violating the law against the re
straint of trade. Moody said be had not
forgotten and did not care. It went to
show, he declared, that these men had
been warned that criminal action might
follow. If they sought the protection
of the law, thp responsibility is their's.
Moody concluded by saying if the de
fending escape trial, it will be a calam
ity to the government and for the de
fendants, whom he holds are innocent
until proved guilty.
u INSURGENTS - MEET.
WASHINGTON, March 20. Thirty
' insurgents " met today and decided to
oppose Speaker Cannon's attempt to
send the Stntelnjvd bill to conference.
The insurgents favor the bill as amend
ed in the Senate. .
Senate Votes Away $140,000,000
in Twenty Minutes.
Senate Does Not Consider Pension Ap
propriation Measure, But Rushes
Headlong Through it Fortifi
cations Bill is Considered.
WASHINGTON, March 20. -In less
than twenty minutes the Senate voted
away .$1-10,000,000 in public fund3. The
sum carried by the pension appropria
tions bill which brief document was
made the subject of very little discus
sion. The railroad rate bill was laid aside
for a day and the major portion of the
time was devoted to a consideration of
the fortifications bill. In that connec
tion a provision for seacoast fortifica
tions iu the Philippine Islands was
eliminated from the bill.
WILL SUE FOR DAMAGES.
APPROPRIATION