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VOLUME LXIII, NO. 296
AST0RIo LtiON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1908
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, OF THREAT
Woman Shoots Diner in a
Restaurant.
TURNS GUN ON HERSELF
Frank Brady, the Victim, sole
V Support of a Helpless and
Aged Mower.
HAD THREE PISTOLS IN MUFF
Kaik in th Woman's Purs Kcvetiea
Her to tHi Mm. Mry Roberta
Discontinued Attention! Said to ba
the Cum of ths Doubla Tragedy.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 21-Swceping
through the crowded restaurant
which take up the eighth floor of
Maccy'i great department itore and
into the men' cafe, a itylUhly drew
cd woman today bent for a moment
over the shoulder of one of the din
cr,' whispered (something in hi a ear,
then drawing a revolver from hjr
muff emptied the content of five
chamber into hi body. A her vic
tim, Frank Brady, an advertising o
licitor, flipped to the floor, the wom
an flung' the (till amoklng weapon to
the flour and whipping out another
revolver from her muff shot herself
first in the head and (hen in the
breast. She died half an hour later.
A note in her pure revealed her to
be Mr. Mary Roberts, the widow of
a police officer. Brady wa the sole
support of a helpless and aged
mother. Both Brady and the woman '
were about 30. The shooting wai the1
culmination of a series of violent
quarrel and according to the wom
an' intimates, the fulfillment of a
threat to murder Brady in a public
place before the world utiles be re
newed the attentions she asserted she,
received from him when he wa less
prosperous and the in a position to
befriend him.
PARKER ON BRYAN.
Says It Would ba Better to Make
Statement at Earlier Data.
ALBANY, N. Y Jan. 22.-Jn cop
mailing on Bryan's statement before
the Kentucky !cilattire yesterday,
that Parker In 1904 was "The man
above all other ! do not want,1
Judge Parker said that it was because
of Bryan's statement that he would
holt Cleveland, Hill, Gorman . and
Gray, but would support Parker that
induced Parker to change his life'i
work and take the nomination. When
the tide was too strong to be breast
cd, and Bryan found that he could
not stop Parker' nomination, Parker
say Bryan then started out on his
famous tour of denunciation. Parker
says that it would be very much bet
ter for the' party had he said in 1903
a he says now "Parker is the man
above alt others I do not want"
FLEET LEAVES RIO JANEIRO,
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 22.-To
the booming of guns and the cheers
of thousands, the battleship fleet
sailed this afternoon for Punta
Arenas In Magellan Straits. Ten days
will bring the fleet almost midway on
it 14,000-milc cruise to San Fran
cisco. The ships and men carried with
them God-speed and the good wishes
of the whole Brazilian people.
JAPANESE CAPITAL
Not Wanted to Build Railroads In
Manchuria.
VICEROY IS URGING BIG LOAN
TROUBLE IN VANCOUVER.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 22.-Some
tronii lanmiane was used by mem
bers for Vancouver in the British
Columbia parliament ' yesterday dis
cussing the proposed legislation
aimed to restrict Japanese emigra
tion. Mr. MacCowen, Vancouver,
atating that the situation was grow
ing desperate at Vancouver, and if
the aggression continued it might be
possible that a resort to arms might
occur for self-preservation." , " ;
lie said the Japanese of Vancouver
were thoroughly armed and if "steps
were not taken to disarm them, Van
couver citizens would arm themselves.
Dr. MacGuire, of Vancouver, (Sug
gested that the amount of $20,000,000
' held to be due British Columbia
should be ised to provide armored
cruisers which would assist to de
fend the Pacific seaboard of Canada
and urgent steps should be taken
whether Japan opposed or not to ex
clude the Japanese.
JAP' VICE-CONSUL RECALLED.
"I PORTLAND, Jan. 22. - Tsuncjl
Aiba ,the Japanese vice-consul sta
tioned at Portland, has been recalled,
lie i will be succeeded by Joklchi
Iwaya, a former secretary to Consul
Jpcneral C. Koike, at San Francisco.
Aiba's recall follows those of Vice
Consul T. Tanaka, at Seattle and of
Consul-General K. Uyeho, at San
Francisco which occurred about three
months ago. Aiba says he was not
Informed of the reason for his recall.
Chinese Government Determined to
Teat the Pledges Mada by Japan
in the Matter of the Restoration of
Manchuria.
PEKIN, Jan. 22.-The intimation
that Japan is ready to permit exten
sion of the I bin Min Tun Railroad to
. . . ... . ,
tlie Hiortn witn Japanese capital nas
aroused renewed opposition on the
part of the Chinese government
which is determined to, test the
pledges made by Japan in the matter
of the restoration of Manchuria.
The governors of the three prov
inces of Manchuria have joined with
Hsu Shih Chang, viceroy of Man
churia, in again urging the throne to
sanction a loan of ten million taels
for the purpose of increasing the ef
ficacy of the new Chinese administra
tion of Manchuria. This administra
tion is trying to make itself independ'
ent of Japanese assistance.
- China has entered a protest against
the installation at Harbin of munici
pal government by Russia.
WORK TO RESUME APRIL FIRST
NEW YORK.' Jan. 22.-U is announc
ed that the work on the now theatre
will be resumed April first and will be
ptiHhed to a conclusion aa rapidly a
possible. Work was suspended in Oc
tober for the purpose of o changing the
plana as to reduce the cost of the build
ing by about (300,000. The theatre .is
being built by association of lovers of
the drama and will be the home of a
company which will aim to make artis
tin production of really worthy plays
without thought of financial returns.
EARTHQUAKES BLOCK MINES
NEW YORK, Jan.2 22. Earthquake
shook which have caused the shutting
down of the Glendon Mines, owned by
the Wfiarton Steel Company at HabeT
nin, N. J, are believed to indicate that
the mountain range on which the mine
are situated, extending through Morris
country front Northwest to Southeast,,
is undergoing a settling process. The
shock have caused the cracking of rock
formations in the mine and caused the
blocking of the tunnel leading to the
working, forcing the stoppage of opera
tions. The shocks, it is said, have been
folt at intervals for almost 20 years but
it is only recently that they have
caused damage,
Mill
STATISTICS
Collisions and Derailments
Increasing.
ACCIDENT BULLETIN
Interstate Commerce 'Commis
sion Gives Figures for Third
Quarter of 1907.
THIRTEEN HUNDRED KILLED
Property Losa Over Forty-three Mil
lion Wont Accident Where 26
People Lost Their Lives Was
Caused by Dispatcher'! Error.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. - Start
ling- figures appear in the accident
bulletin just issued by the Interstate
Commerce Commission covering the
months of July, August and Septem
ber, 1907. The report show that
the number oLcasualtie on railroads
during the quarterly penoa were u,-
063 . including 1339 killed and 21,724
injured, i ,
This is an increase of 157 in the
killed and 3056 in the number injured
as compared with ,thc corresponding
period of 1906.
Collisions and derailments in the
quarter numbered 4759, including 2245
collissions and 2034 derailments, of
which 320 collisions and 222 derail
ments affected passenger trains. The
damage to cars, engines and roadway
by these accidents amounted to 43,-
605,696. This show an increase in
the number of collisions and derail
ments of 607 over the corresponding
period of 1906.
It is stated by the commission that
the worst accident in the record
which caused the death of 26 persons
and the injury of 33 was the' result of
collision between an cast-bound
passenger train and a west-oouna
freight train and was due to an error
in sending or repeating the number
csignating one of the trains in a
dispatcher's order.
the Saratoga Association the schedule
for the summer time track meeting
was maile tip and the offering of
stakes and purses representing a total
estimated sum of more than $330,000
decided upon. The chief change was
made in the great republic stakes,
which were for two year a $30,000
race.
Last season it wai reduced to a
$20,000 event. Yesterday a further
change was decided upon and while
its general conditions and distance
remain the same, the great Republic
for 1908 will be sweepstakes, with
$10,000 added money, still leaving it
the chief event of the meeting for
matured horses. '
CAPT. HALL INDICTED.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Jan. 22.
The United States court grand jury
has indicted Captain Wm. M. Hall,
United States engineer, charted with
violation of the federal eight-hour
l.'.w. Captain Hall is laid to have al
lowed workmen to exceed eight hour
a day. '
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PLEA GUILTY
Co -Defendant In Hall-
Mays Case. ,
ZACHARY ALSO GUILTY
METHODS ARE CORRECT.
ENDORSE HUGHES.
TROY, N. Y.. Jan. 22.-The Rcpub
lican general committee of Rennsa
lacr county today adopted a resolu
tion endorsing Hughes.
EUROPEAN
Who Are Said to be on Their Way
Here.
ATTENDED THAW-ABROAD
Suggested That Hall Could Use
His Knowledge of Alleged Il
legal Acts of Steiwer.
HAD INTERVIEW WITH HALL
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Mrs. Wm. Thaw Must Finish Her
Testimony Alienists to Follow
Witnesses Who Will be Depended
Upon to Show Thaw's Actions.
NEW Y
or)c
Jan. 22 Evelyn
MAY HAVE GONE TO PIECES,
VANCOUVER, B. G, Jan. E.
Vancouver shipping men do not be-
cve that there is a chance that the
steamer Vadso, which went' ashore at
Cape Lazo Friday morning, will have
survived the gale that swept the
Gulf of Georgia late last night and
this morning. One of the. Vadso s
passengers who left the steamer Sat-
r'day afternoon arrived here today,
nd docs not believe that there is any
chance but that the new Northern
steamer practically pounded the bot
tom out of herself last night. She
struck at full speed in clear weather.
Mate Smith was on the bridge and
was running thrift-quarters of a mile
from shore when he should, have been
nule away.
The boat struck an hour after high
tide. She hit a boulder bottom and
rested her entire length on the rocks.
Her after hold filled with water and
her engine room was flooded out.
SARATOGA RACE MEETING.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. - Although
10 days of the Saratoga race meeting
the coming summer are over-lapped
by the dates of the Empire City Rac
ing Association's meeting at Yonkers
track, practically the' entire schedule
of stakes offered last summer and in
the most prosperous days of the
Saratoga course will be renewed.
Yesterday at the annual meetings of
Nesbit Thaw, having been excused
from the witness stand in the trial of
her husband, Harry K. Thaw for the
kililnir of Stanford White, little of
sensational interest remains in the
trial. Doctors and nurses who at
tended Thaw at various times when
he was ill in Europe, are said to be
on the way to America and may ar
rive any moment. Mrs. William Thaw,
the accused's mother, who must fin
ish her testimony, and Miss Belle
Moorehouse Lawrence of California
who was Thaw's teacher at the time
he was six years old and who is said
to have kept a diary in which she
recorded the boy's peculiarities, prob
ably will be among todas witnesses.
The testimony of the alienists who
will follow these-witnesses on the
stand, will be depended upon to show
that Thaw's actions " at the timeof
the shooting were irrational. It is
said that the defense hopes to com
plete its case by Friday night or the
witnesses from London and Paris
may testify briefly on attending Thaw
in those cities. Another doctor is ex
pected to testify regarding an out
break of Thaw on a train and that
will end it all save the expert testi
mony. Today the codicil of Thaw's
will was placed in evidence but the
will itself was temporarily ruled out
because of an insufficiency of evidence
showing its custody since 1905. Lit
tleton said he would supply this tes
timony tomorrow or Friday.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The end of
the Thaw trial is approaching. This
was indicated today when Dr. Charles
G. Wagner, Virst of the alienists to
be called for the defense, took the
stand for his preliminary examina
tion. Anthony Comstock, vice-president
of the Society for the Suppres
sion of Vice, had been heard earlier
in the day and Mrs. William Thaw
had completed her testimony. The
kindergarten teacher who had charge
of Harry as a lad of 6 years also test
ified and the day narked long stride
(Continued oa Pag 8.)
Hendricks Went on Stand and Testi
fied That be Visited ez-U. S. Dis
trict Attorney Hall and Conversed
on Operations of Butte Company.
PORTLAND, Jan. 22.-Hamilton
II. Hendricks, co-defendant with
John II. Hall, Edwin P. Mays, W. W.
Steiwer, A. C Zachary and others of
less prominence in the land fencing
case for which Hall and E. P. Mays
are now on trial in the federal court,
pleaded guilty to the charge against
him this morning when Judge Hunt
took his place upon the bench.
G B. Zachary, another of the de
fendants, wis in the corridor of the
courthouse at the same time awaiting
an opportunity to enter his plea of
guilty, but was not natified and there
fore did not make his appearance.
Following plea of guilty, ex-United
States Commissioner H. H. Hend
ricks and Clarence B. Zachery, a
member of the Butte Creek Land
Livestock & Lumber Company, co-,
defendants in the so-called Hall-Mays
conspiracy case now .being tried in
the United States court here, Hend
ricks went on the stand and testified
that in May, 1900, he visited ex-United
States District . Attorney Hall at
Hall's office in this city and after a
preliminary conversation in Hall's
main office regarding the operations
of the Butte Creek Company he went
into the attorney's private office,
where Hendricks suggested that Hall
could use his knowledge of the al
leged illegal acts of W. W. Steiwer,
then a candidate for and afterwards
elected a state senator, who was also
a member of the Butte Creek Com
pany to influence Stejwer's vote "for
United States Senator. The govern
ment also introduced in evidence for
the purpose of showing Hall's alleged
friendliness for the Butted Creek
Company a letter to the attorney;
general in which Hall asked for i
"live" special agent to investigate the
alleged fencing of government land
in Eastern Oregon. i
In this' letter, Hall specifically men
tions five counties in which he de
clared that illegal fencing was going
on, but omits, the government con
tending , that such omission was de
signedly done, counties of Wheeler
and Gilliam in which the alleged
wrongful acts of the Butte Creek
Company are declared to have taken
place. -,'.'.'". y
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Rear-Admiral
Cappi, chief of the bureau of
construction,' United State naw.
yesterday spent some time with the
House committee on naval affairs in
defending, denying and controverting
some of the various charges brought
by newspaper and magazine writers
against navy methods of battleships
construction. The gist of Admiral
Capp's statements, was that the meth
ods of construction employed to the
navy are correct in principle and
highly successful in results.
,'Tbe two main subjects considered
were armor belt and free board.
Charges that the six to sixand one-
half foot armor belt width in use in
its placement insufficient to protect
the vital parts of a battleship from
high explosives were taken up in de
tail and denied in all points by Ad
miral Capp, who said the bureau of
construction contemplates no changes
in this regard, either as a result of
published criticism or professional
experience. 'Coincldentally he remark
ed that the perfection of armor hard
ening processes in the last 12 years
has enabled the reduction of armor
belts from the 19 inches used on the
Indiana to the 10 inches of present
day construction.
BIG FIRE IN BOSTON
Tenement District in Chelsea is
in Flames.
MANY. PEOPLE HOMELESS
Tenement District Surrounding Large -Rendering
Plant Being Devastated
-Eart Boston Fire Department
Appealed to.
LOWER HOUSE BUSY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. -Rapid
progress was made in the House to
day in the consideration of the bill to
codify and revise the penal laws of
the United States. The only amend
ment of any importance which got
through was one by James Kentucky,
making it a criminal offense under a
heavy penalty to falsify government
crop statistics, the object of the
amendment being to protect cotton
and tobacco growers from specula
BOSTON, Jan. 22.-What threat
ens to be the most destructive fire in
the history of Chelsca-is raging this
afternoon in the tenement district
surrounding the rendering plant of
John Lawlor at Auburn and Maple
streets. Hundreds of families are
homeless and it is feared that more
than one body may be in the ruins.
The East Boston fire -department
lyis been appealed to to send appara
tus. A number of tenement-dwellers
were overcome by smoke but were
rescued by firemen and neighbors.
The fire started in one of the tene
ments and before it could be gotten
under control had spread to nearly
the whole district Many of those
overcome by the, smoke were at
tempting to save their effects. No
bodies have been recovered and at
this time it is impossible to estimate
the number of fatalities. The fire has
not reached the rendering plant yet,
and it is hoped that it can be saved.
NORTHWESTERN COMING.
Surveys Have Been Completed to
' ,.. Miles City, Mont.
BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 22.-The Chi
cago & Northwestern Railroad pro
poses the extension of its system
from. Belle Fourche, S. D., to Miles
City, Mont., and west on to . the
Pacific Coast
While none of the officials now in
the city would state that their visit
had anything to do with the contem
plated extension, the trip through the
Northwest is very closely connected
with it.
Those in the party are Ed Brigham,
general freight agent; CA.C Cairns,
general passenger agent, both of the
Northwestern; E. B. Obern, general ,
freight agent, St. Paul and Omaha.
G. R. McRee, local passenger agent
of the same road which is a part of
the Northwestern system. The North
western completed its line to Belle
Fourche the past year. "Surveys have
been completed to past Miles City,
and ties and steel sufficient to build
to Miles City have ben collected at
Belle Fourche. A
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drugs, and we recommend It a sarfe
romedr for children and adults. T. F.
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even thought of ' resigning. Admiral
Brownson will have to flock by him-
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