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POLICE LET HAAS KEEPJBS GUfi Coroner's Jury's Finding Is at Once a Charge and a Vindication. rnita Pt whi San Francisco. Nov. J4. Furthr ae tlon agalnut the police officers who re fused to permit 'Special Agent W. J. Burn of the graft prosecution to see Morru Haas Is being planned by Dis trict Attorney Langdon following the verdict of the coroner's Jury late yes terday In the Haas Inquest In which the police were" censured. The verdict, after finding perfunc torily that Haas shot himself, reads: We further find from the numerous witnesses examined, that gross negli gence and incompetency were shown by tho police officials harm In charge the searching of the prisoner. Morris Haas, in not properly safeguarding the best interests of the people, thus mak ing It possible for the small derringer ,to remain secreted on his person. We also find that there has been a strong feeling of anlmosty engendered between the police department and the district attorney's office, which Is to be deplored in the present crisis through which our city Is passing, as they should work In perfect harmony to the end that all crimes should be detected and punished." The verdict closes with a recommen dation that the mayor should Investi gate and right the conditions apparent The verdict, while hitting the police, Is looked upon by them as a vindication of their theory that Haas carried the derringer with him In his shoe Into his cell It has been the theory of Burns and District Attorney William H. Laogdon that the pistol was given to Haaa at the time of the visit of Mrs. Haaa to the county Jail. This wu while police officers were guarding Haas and at a time when the patrolmen refused to al low Burns to interview Haaa This re fusal subsequently resulted in charges against them by Burns, which ars yet to be threshed out 75 YEARS OF P8I UPSILOH Fraternity That Will Ban 4 quet Tonight Rejoices in 9,000 Members. (Special Dispttcn t The JoornaU J New York. Nov. 84-Dlstlngulshed appearing men wearing fraternity ping ; In their coat lapels wre numerous today about the corridors and lounging rooms of the Waldorf-Astoria. Among them were United States senators, noted au . thors, clergymen, prominent merchants, members of the judiciary and men who have risen to eminence in the profes- lumbla and other big eastern colleges. Then it swept Into the middle states. ions and mercantile pursuits. The pur .nBa nf tvlr cmtharlni; was to attend the great reunion and banquet to be riven at the Waldorf-Astoria tonight In celebration of the seventy-fifth nnl ' versary of the founding of the Psi TJpsl jon fraternity, of which they are mem- The banquet promises to be a notable ' affair. The- scheduled speakers are all fmen of national prominence. A letter , regretting his inability to bs present and 1 expressing his warm Interest in the event will be read from President-elect Taft who Is an active member of the fraternity. . The Pel Upsllon is one of ths foremost of the college Greek letter societies In America. The society was founded at Vnlon college, Schenectady, In 183$. by nine enthusiastic young men, who hard ly dreamed that they were building a great national college society for all time. The fraternity soon commenced to spread, reaching Harvard, Tale, Co- .Recently it has placed chapters In the Universities of Wisconsin, Minnesota, California and Chicago. From the nine founders it has achieved a membership roll of over 10. 000, of whom 9,000 are living members. On the roster of the society are many distinguished names. Among these, In addition" to President-elect Taft. are Senator Chauncey M. Depew, Pr. Nicho las Murray Butler, president of the Co lumbia university; Andrew D. White, former ambassador to Germany; Sena tor William P. Frye of Maine, Senator George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island, former Senator John C. Spooner of Wis consin, Herbert W. Bowen, former min ister to Venezuela, Goldwin Smith, Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, John Kendrlck Bangs Herbert, L Brldgeman of Brook lyn, Timothy I. Woodruff, Cornelius Vanderbllt Jr. and "Mayor J. Menjamin Dlmlnlek of Scranton. kECHER WILL FACE . NEWARK ACCUSERS (United Preaa teased Wire.) Seattle, Wash., Nov. 24. Information has been received by Chief of Police Ward that an officer will be sent from Newark. N J.. Immediately to take Kl- Jiott A. Archer, alias C. Archie Carter, I who was arrested In this city as a fugl- j tlve from Justice, back to Newark for , trial. Archer has been indicted by the f rand jury of Newark on 10 counts of I orgery. Archer has Informed the offl-1 cers here that he has no fear of the ' outcome of his trial, and is willing to i return without extradition papers. j 0WEX KILDARE IS ! CHARGED AS INSANE (T?ntted Preaa Leased Wire.) New York. Nov. 24. Owen Kildare. , fcuthor and playwright. Is in Bellerue, hospital, where he has been committed to be examined as to his sanity. His wife, who was Lelta Russell, the ao treas, asked for his arrest, declaring he had threatened suicide and the murder of his entire family. Kildare, on being taken Into custody, admitted he was l badly upset, overwork and lack of ready rnoney having preyed on his mind until he had been tempted to end his life. He aid he believed his troubles were only temporary. To Honor Phil Sheridan. fSnerbt rManateh la Th. Jonraal.t Washington. JX C Nov. 24. To the i list of equestrian statues for which Washington already Is famous another will be added tomorrow, when a hand some status of General "Phil" Sheridan will be unveiled and formally presented to the- city. The statue cost ISO. 000, and was modeled by Gutzon Borglum of New York. It has been placed in the center of Sheridan circle, at the Inter section of Massachusetts avenue and Twenty-third street At the dedication tomorrow President Roosevelt Is expect ed to speak and mere win be a consid The event will nd other General Sheridan's family. erable military display, be attended hy the widow members of A. KAIMI BKEAJDTK SSCA. Do you know, that every tlms you rave a cougn or cold and let It run on thinking it will Juat Cure Itself you are Inviting pneumonia, .consumption of t-ome other pulmonary trouble Don't pk It Pot your lungs back In perfect . th and stop that cough with Bal- lrct a Horhoind syrup. . . , r,; if, 'tu and-ft. per bottla E- .il ty fcKidruwe 1-nug Co. 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Nov. H. A large gather ing of fashionable folk filled the ball room at Sherry's this afternoon to wit- Hughes, daughter of George IL Hughes Of this city, and Robert Wynns-Jones of Bristol. England. The ceremony was performed , by the Hr. Wilton Merle Bmith of the Central Presbyterian church, assisted by the Rev. Charles P. Fagnsnnt of tha theological seminary. Mm. Alfred Chapman attended the bride as matron of honor. The bride had as his best man Leeds Johnson of this city. .One of tha ushers .was Robert Sherman Boutell. formerly first secre tary of the American legation to The Jit. bridal - eoupia wiu sail later In tha waak c England, where they are to maxe their future home. Wedding at Fort Myer. i ' (Special Dispatch to The JocnuLl Washington, D. C. Nov- J4- Tha pic turesque little post chapel at Tort Myer waa the scene of a notable military wed ding today, when Miss Helen Hatfield, daughter of Colonel Charles IA. P. 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