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VOL. LXXXV NO. 131.
Mystery Surrounding the De
ath of Jane Adams in
His Confession.
POLICE
THE STORY
Declares He Did Not, Murder Girl, But
Admits He Was With Her on Fa
tal Night For Verdict of
Manslaughter.-
Atlantic City, N. 5. Feb. 21. Chief
of Police Woodruff announced tonight
that William Seyler had made a full
statement of his connection with the
death of Jane. Adams,, who was thrown,
or fell from the million dollar pier on
the night of February 4th. Chief
Woodruff declares that . Seyler made
his confession without pressure and
after the police had given up all at
tempts to coerce him.; V ,
According to . Woodruff, Seyler de
clares that he did not murder the girl,
but admitted that he was alone with
her on the pier as stated by Orvis Sey
ler and Alice Adams, sister of the dead
girl. Although the police officials rer
fuse to make the confession public
they stated tonight they would ask
for a verdict of manslaughter, rather
than murder in the first degree and it
is understood that they believe Sey
ler's statement that the girl either
jumped or fell from the pier. The offi
cials declare that the full details of the
coroner's inquest set for .Wednesday
night when both sayler and his broth
er are expected to tell their deversions
of the tragedy. . . .
Following Seyler's confession he
was allowed to see his wife. The offi
cials state that Seyler's admissions are
sufficient to warrant his being held on
the manslaughter -charge even if no
more serious accusation .is made. . t
SOUTHERN CLUBS ARRANGE.
V4 rngfbv tK'ifHa'ylng She'dule '
Season Open April 14th. ,
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. '21.-r-Baseball will
have its official opening in thes South
on April 14th, accordng to the man
date of the magnates of the Southern
Association of Baseball Clubs, who
held their regular Spring meeting in
this city today. . New. Orleans, how
ever, was granted the privilege of op
fining a day sooner at home with Mo
bile on account of the Shriners- Con
vention. While the meeting this afternoon
wa3 of an executive nature it was stat
ed there was novwrangling over th
playing schedule as submitted by the
schedule committee. 'The schedule fi
nally was' adopted v with a minor
change as to Sunday dates for Mem
phis and New Orleans. The new sched
ule shows a mileage reduction of.16,
9KJ miles as compared to last years.
Uniform tickets were adopted .for
the entire league and the game guar
antee was raised from $75 to 100. .
The question of. the various clubs
ftirnshing and maintaining separate
clubhouses for visiting teams was de
feated, . Atlanta, Chattanooga, and
Nashville being the only clubs to ; fa
vor the change. ;
A resolution wa3 adopted providing
mac wnen waivers are asKea on play
ers they are to be kept strictly con
fidential until the player, is either
claimed or released.
Birmingham asked waivers on Out
fielder Hogan yesterday; New Orleans
on Barrencamp and Tessero and Cnat
tanooga on Schiltzer. - .J
Tonight the visiting magnates were
entertained at a banquet by President
Heisman, of the Atlanta Club. -TAFT
WILL VISIT HUGHES.
Goes to New York for Two Days In
March to Deliver Addresses.
Washington. Feb. 21. President
Taft today accepted an Invitation to
b the. personal guest of Governor
Hughes, of New York at Albany, on
March 19th and 20th. On the 19th
the President is to deliver an address
in the same city before the Tuberculo
sis Congress. This is the first time in
iany years that a President hasvthus
visited a Governor. The President
also accented ' today invitations to at
tf'nd the trans-MissIssioDi Coneress. to
ho held in San Antonio, Texas, next
-ovemter and ne also promised to try
to attend for. a few minutes, the for
stry and stream exposition to be held
in Chicago in March. .' ' ,
Mr. Taft's visit to Albany undoub
''uiy will be made the occasion ,for
further conference of the Republi
can leaders regarding the political sit-j
'lauon in that State. , The Tjeeislature
will be at session at the time and an
excellent opportunity Will be afforded
for both the "up State" and the down
, iauers w comer .wua jfresi
pnt and Governor. . Both Mr. Taft
41,1(1 Governor Huehes. however, have
indicated that. they.,wiir not suggest
HOOKWORM INFECTED.
i
-arge Number of Families In Oone
County in Alabama.
At
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 21. Dal
-"'iiiiy iamlliea nvest crated hv Dr
II. G.'
ferry, of the State. Health De
'"rtment. who reported today, show
one-third infected by hookworm; This
"" is snown in 1,000 .families.
SEYLER FIHALLY
TELLS OF CRIME
l ' -''.-,'1 'f':u'- ' :V. v, ' "'
TRAGIC Flllisi
OF ELOPEMEHT
Traveling Man Taken to Jail, Young
Woman Committed .to Insane
Asylum Both Members df
Prominent Families. 1
( Special ' Star Correspondence.)
Raleigh, K. C. Feb. . 21 Much of
the talk here during the past two or
three days has been about the elope
ment of W. E.: Massenberg, of "Hender
son, and ' Mrs. Arthur Nowell, - of
Greensboro', formerof Raleigh Up
on their arrest at G. 'son, N. C., they
were taken to , HamKs and thence
brought here, where . the , woman - was
placed in the" Central - Hospital for
the Insane. Massenberg was ' taken
bythe chief of police of Greensboro
to that ' place. Nowell says Massen
berg gave his wife dope and thus
brought about the trouble.
Massenberg is a member of a prom
inent family in Henderson, N. C, and
has been traveling for the American
Tobacco Co. Mrs. Nowell, wife of
a telegraph operator formerly of this
city, is the daughter of United States
Commissioner Nichols, of Raleigh, and
she was . here visiting her parents
when the alleged elopement with an
other woman to High Point and
thence to Charlotte- was begun. Massenberg-
and Mi's. Nowell , had with
them the latter's little 7-year-old son
when they were both arrested as man
and wife' at a Gibson hotel Saturday
evening and taken to Hamlet where
they were turned over jto the outraged
husband- and the sheriff of Guilford
county Sunday morning and brought
here. Nowell learned of .the elope
ment Friday afternoon and hastened
to Charlotte just too late to catch the'
fleeing couple and the boy on the af
ternoon train going to Hamlet. They
remained Friday night at Hamlet and
went to Gibson the following morning
where they were overtaken by the
chief of police of Hamlet. Mrs. Nowell
was in a highly nervous condition and
had evidently been taken against her
will by mental duress as she hastily
scribbled a note for the telegraph of
fice as she was leaving Charlotte, ask
ing her husband to come to Hamlet
and kill "W. E. M." evidently refer
ring to Massenberg. The man was in
a highly nervous condition also when
taken Into custody at Gibson and was
evidently suffering the "after-effects of
prolonged debauch.' said to have
started at"a-"wtne ' suppler fh" Raleigh
at . which were present Mrs. ; Nowell
and her friend,-who accompanied them
to .High Point, but subsequently re
turned to Raleigh. ' Massenbergs at
torney met him at Hamlet and says
that his client will give bond for his
appearance and be taken to a sani
tarium until he recovers. " All the par
ties are prominent and Mr. Nell, while
displaying remarkable self possession
in the face of his great calamity, says
he will prosecute Massenberg to the
bitter end. - . r
Arrives In Greensboro.
Greensboro, Feb. 21. Deputy Sher
iff Weatherly returned this morning
from Hamjet having in custody W. E.
Massenberg, who eloped last week
with the wife of Arthur Nowell, of
Greensboro. Massenberg gave a Justi
fied bond of $3,000 for his appearance
before Justice Collins March 2nd, for
a preliminary hearing. The bond was
signed by J.. P. Massenberg, his father,
C. V. Massenberg, his mother, J. H.
Bridgers, his brother-in-law, anbl attor
ney, and T. T. Hicks, all or Hender
son. Massenberg shows the effects of
his week's drunken debauch and Is in
bad - condition physically. He had a
nervous chill in his room at the hotel
this morning. He will be placed in a
sanitarium - at once for treatment. A
report from Raleigh says Mrs. Nowell
has been committed to the insane asy
lunv.f ; ' .:
Nowell ' has retained Stedman &
Cook, of Greensboro, to prosecute,- and
declared today that' he was going" to
the limit in seeing that the law was
enforced against the man ; whp '.had
brought wreck and ruin on his immedi
ate family and distress and shame
upon .half dozen other- families.- The
parties are all prominently connected
in half a dozen cities fn the State. Mas
senberg has a wife and a child, while
Mrs. Nowell has three children. Both
are 35. Massenberg was major in the
State National Guardr and a memoer
of a former governor s staff. Sheriff
Weatherly says Massenberg had $1,500
cash on his person, when arrested ana
offered to. place it as cash bond for his
appearance' at ; court , to, avoid being
hand-cuffed and brought back In cus
tody. - . '.. ;,- ', . ;.'
COAL TRUST AND RAILROADS.
McReynolds Urges Prosecution In the
United States Circuit court, j,
Philadelphia. .Feb. 21. Standing in
the United States Circuit court tor
five hours today. James C McRey
nolds, special assistant to the United
States Attorney General, unfolded the
alleeed iniauities of the so-called "an
throclte coal trust" and charged that
seven of nine coal carrying railroads
entering the hard coal field of Penn
Hvivaitia are in conspiracy to stifle
On behalf of the government he ask-.
ed the court to issue an injunction to
break - up the alleged monopolistic
control of the domestic fuel and also
pleaded that the acquisitions by some
of the railroads of stock in competing
railroads and coal companies . De ae
clared a violation of the provisions of
the Sherman anti-trust law.
; Mr. McReynolds ; laid great i stress
upon the part the Temple Iron Com
nanv has. olayed in the coal fields, de
claring that its organization . clearly
showed " a , conspiracy among tne. coa
roads to control the anthracite, trade
to tidewater at New York. . .
Mr. McReynolds wil conclude his ar
gument tomorrow. '. ; .
.round:
A
if
Proceedings Under Commod
ity Clause of The Hep
. burn Act.
SIX GOAL CARRIERS NAMED
Hearing at Philadelphia probably on
Thursday Courts" Are Conflict--.'
Ing in Construction of the .
v -Law Defendants.
'. yVashington, Feb. 21 Proceedings
under ..the .'commodity clause" -of the
Hepburn, act against six coal carrying
railroads which had their inception in
the Circuit Court for ihe eastern dis
trict of Pennsylvania . more than a
year ; ago," ' are to be renewed by the
Department of Justice. r . , .
The government charged: violation
of the clause of the act making it un-
awful for- railroad companies to
transport in -interstate and- foreign
commerce; commodities manufactured
or produced by them or in which they
might hay.gjny interest, except such
as might be necessary for use in their
business. The Circuit Court held the
provision: unconstitutional and the
cases were taken to the Supreme
Court. That tribunal upheld the vali
dity of the enactment but gave- it a
more restricting . meaning" than tha;
contended for by the government. -
The issue will be presented at Phila
delphia probacly next Thursday or, as
soon as. the arguments in the govern
ment suits against the alleged anthra
cite coal combination now in progress
before Judges Gray, Buffing and Lan-
ing Is. concluded. The railroad named
n the original bill were the Delawafe
& Hudson, the Erie, the Central -of
New Jersey,- the Delaware, Lackawan
na & Western, the Pennsylvania and
the Lehigh Valley.
KEENE AN ANGRY WITNESS.
Manager idfvHocklnfl'Po'oI '"Refuserflto
. Tell Who Bought Stock.
New . York, 1 Feb. 21. James R.
Keen e, manager of the two Hocking
coal - stock pools, grew angry - today
when counsel for the receiver for J.
M,Fiske & Co., tried to tangle him
up . in bookkeeping intricacies t a
hearing In , the Fiske company bank
ruptcy proceedings. . .
The Fiske firm was one of the three
which failed following the collapse of
the second of the Hocking coal pools
last -month. Mr. Keene had testified
previously that he held 7,550 shares
of Columbus and Hocking Coal & Iron
stock, 6,100 of which he held for the
pool and the balance individually.
Attorney ' Wolfe, for the . Fiske re
ceiver, wanted him to explain . what
became of 2.700 shares which the at
torney claimed he should have held as
his share of the pool allotment, and
also asked the financier to produce a
record to show how he had acquired
the 1,650 shares which he admitted to
hold individually.
"I am ready to endorse anything the
bookkeeper, says under oath." retorted
Mr. Keene angrily. "All I know is
that (here Mr. Keene turned to his
bookkeeper and asked how many
shares he had)-that I have 7.650
shares and I have held them for a
longtime." , ,, i. v - . .-
The bookkeeping tangle grew worse
as the- questioning proceeded- and Mr.
Keene- did n&. seem., to be able to
throw much light upon it. Te insist
ed; that during all the month of Janu
ary during, which the collapse of the
pool occurred he had not sold a . single
share -., directly or indirectly. Mr.
Keene was requested to furnish names
and addresses of those for whom, he
bought Hocking stocks
"I decline to do so," said Mr. Keene
firmly, "There are many, women and
there ,Pare many poor among them
who never can pay a cent of losses,
but they were mighty glad to take the
profits.". . . v ' . ,
After considerable argument the
commission ruled that "Mr. Keene
must answer, but the witness replied
that he could not remember.-- The
hearing, was adjourned . until Monday
afternoon next. v , - s
METHODS OF GOVERNMENT.
Bill Providing for. Investigation Intro
; ', h ' duced in Senate. ; .
y, Washington, , Feb. ;21. Bills .- provid
ing .for a xjommissionj ,to.- investigate
the business' methods of .the govern
ment and forv the issuance of $30,000,.
000 of 'certificates of Indebtedness in
the' , interest - of irrigation , projects
were discussed by the Senate : today,
but neither measure was disposed of.
Senator Aldrich ..estimated -that the
commission ;4 to - . investigate business
methods of the government would. ef
fect ah annual saving of $100,000.. He
declared that he 'would - conduct" the
government on $300,000,000 annually
less than -it now costs. . . ;
' The House bill to reauire railroad
companies to supply - handbrakes, step
ladders, etc', i was, passed by the Sen
The 'action of the House today as
sured an appropriation of $125,000 for
completing the work of . the Immlgra
tion - Commission, this being . the ful
amount' being desired by the comtnjs
sion for the purpose. ; . The Senate ' re
mained in session four hours, while
the House adjourned after being in
session an hour longer. Both Houses
will.be n session tomorrow. v;;
TO RENEW GASES
i AGAINST ROADS
Ruling as to Church Prpperty-iLoans
to Schools-eraharn " Haywood ;
; Dead Printing Company ! for:
' . lv Rockji MounL. " 'a -
f
, (Special Star CjSfrespbhdence.)
Raleisrh: N. C. Feb. 21. Attorney
General Bickett ias passed ' upon a
question of no Jitt.e-importance, as it
inyolves the matter of taxation of
church property. 1 The case; came up
from Newbern and ? ihe. attorney gen
eral gives. hlsopiMph, that: real estate
owned, hv a church, and rented, the
rents being applied, exclusively to re
ligious and charitable uses is exempt
from taxation. ! ? i u .
The particular case came up. on ac
count of a provision of the will of the
ate E. M. Forbes of Craven county.
who devised all his property t to the
trustees of the. Protestant Episcopal
Diocese, of East Carolina. There ;was
Contention ' between the ; trustees and
the commissioners of Craven county,
and the attorney general ' was called
on to pass upon the questionand set
tle it. 'I ' - :.-
Today Corporation Commissioner
Benj. F. Ayoock who has been in fee
ble health all the Winter, left his home
at Freemont for Indian Jtiver. Fla., to
remain until warm- weather-
-.- Inquiry of Secretary Ellas Carr of
the Agricultural ' Department .regard
ing tho movement? of: commercial fer
tilizers : this season as shown by the
sale of tax tags, brings out the infor
matlon that the sajes- are -as large as
they were last season, up Jto this time.
This .wek $60,000 will be sent out
by the State superintendent. of public
instruction to 42 counties, in the shape
of loans, lo aid ;in the construction
of public school houses. , This, means
at least as much more will be expend
ed by the counties for , this purpose,
and perhaps' twice . as .- much more.
There were applications for over $75,-
000 of this State fund, but aot enough
was . available to 'supply all, so the
requests hiad to be scaled. ' - -
The Supreme Court is this week at
work on the cases from the-" Third
Judicial Dstrict. these being ' as 'fol
lows: State vs." Parker,' Henderson vs.
Lumber: Co., Morton, vs. Lumber Co.,
Buggy Corporation ;. ' vs. -v Railroad,
Deppe vs. Insurance Co., 'Willis,. vs.
Construction Co., Holton vs. Ttimber
Co- Brown vs. Mlropp. Snilm' vs,
French SsurjtoaUjvv aflftt.rvUg
vs. Lumber Co., Arnoia vs. insurance
Co.. Cox vs. . Lighting Co., two ap
peals.
Col. and Mrs. A. B. Andrews are
at Palm Beach, Fla.. for a fortnight,
Mrs. Andrews,- who was painfully In
jured in a runaway just before . the
holidays.- -has entirely recovered. '
A charter is granted the Ferrall
Printing Co., of Rocky Mount, to print
newspapers, etc., capital stock $10,-
C00.
The community received a shock
Sunday afternoon by reason of tno
sudden death of Graham Haywood,. .a
well known hardware man here, who
had been in that business 35 years
and was extremely popular. He had,
been ill with pneumonia many weeks
and had been at work only a few days
He' paid a Sunday afternoon call, on
a little boy friend who was sick, ana
as he stepped into the room tea aeaa.
His age was 5GJ and ne was a son
of the late Dr. Richard B. . Haywood,
of this city, the family being very
laree and prominent.
The remains of Mrs. Moore Parker,
formerly Miss Elise Stamps,; of Ral
eieh.- were brought here -from "Kicn-
mond todaj she having died there in
the hospital. Her husband Is in charge
of the ' textile department . or tne a.
& M. College here. Mrs. Parke, was
a aaugnter or, tne iaie uapi.. nuwun
R. Stamps, of Raleigh, and a grand
daughter of Mrs. John (i w imams.
who was seyeral vears the president
of the State National Banik. .';
CONFESSED
BRUTAL
MURDER.
'
Insane Farm Hand Literally Ha6ked
, Woman to Pieces.
Marathon, la:, Feb. 21. Mrs. Guy
Roberts, wife of a prosperous xarmer
livine near here, was literally hacked
to pieces by an axe in the hands or
Henry Johnson, an insane farm nana
this morning. Johnson confessed his
guilt f ollowing his arrest, saying ne
killed Mrs. Roberts , to prevent her
killing her children. He probably will
be sent to a. hospital tor the insane
tomorrow. . T . -
OUTLINES.
Senator Tillman is improving rapid
ly and hope of ultimate recovery from
his present illness is renewed:,-he was
able to speak yesterday and is gradual
ly regainine his strength As a re
sult of rioting among street car strik
ers in Philadelphia, C. O. Pratt, chair
man of the Amalgamated. Association
was arrested yesterday charged with
"inciting to rioting" Bills providing
for a commission to investigate the
business methods of the r government
and for the issuance ot $30,000,000 cerr
tificate? for : irrigation, projects, were
discussed In the Senate yesterday
iuxamination of witnesses: win begin to
day at Kansas City; Mo;,.-to determine
the cause of the typhoid epidemic that
killed' the, Swopes-7 -X legislative in
vestigation will be made In JJew York
on the charges of W J. . Conners that
Supreme Court positions were "auc
tioned offT -New York markets:
Money on call easy 2 1-2 to 3 per. cent,
ruling rate 2 3-4 per cent.,' closing, bid
2 3-4,- offered at -3 ; flour steady. . but
quiet; wheat spot steady,', No,; 2 red
fl.30 nominal elevator, domestic No. , 1
northern DuJuth and No. 2 hard Win
ter.18 nominal ' f - o. b. "afloat;, corn
spot easy, steamer 1-2 nominal and
No,- 4,;-68 ; oats spot barely steady,
mixed ' nominal; rosin steady, turpen-
Itine quiet." . - '-... . .
TO FACE
Government Without Allies
Necessary to Carry .
Legislation. '
RISH CAUSE A SENSATION
Refuse to Support the Prime Minister.
Dissention Between Various Po
litical Factions Expressed '..
in Parliament. : ; v -
'' London, Feb. 21. The t players in
the game of politics threw their cards
upon the tables in the House of Com
mons today. The government is with
out the allies necessary to carry legis-
ation and the present prospect is that
the country will be stirred 'up by . an-
other general election withla a
:few
months. " '1 j
Premier, Asquith announced " that
the financial legislation will be put
ahead . of ' the proposals to. curb ' the
power of the House of Lords. John
E. Redmond, the Irish .leader, declar
ed flatly that the Nationalists would
not support that programme. The
Laborites are holding a meeting to de-
cide their course. They probably will
follow in the footsteps of ', the Irish
members. N .
The- government . may , be . able to
adopt the budget by the grace of the
Conservative, who . possibly will vote
for it in order to avert financial chaos
and keep the wheels of the empire
turning. - But-. the enactment of the
budget will, as Mr." Redmond pointed
out . leave the winning cards In the
hands ofthe Lords, who then will be
ree to reject the bill for the Teform
ng of their House and force, another
election. --: ' . .
The meeting - ot Parliament today
was. a momentous one for the cabi
net's policy was not revealed to the
country ' until the moment Premier
Asquith took the-floor- Seldom-In the
historyiof Jthe-JJotjaaCor Xammori feftve.
its provisions tbeen,-.watched.-.-'with.'liii
tense ' interest by the small, but dis
tinguished - assembly of spectators
who were able to gain admission and
the millions ' who depend upon . thex
newspapers- for their information.
Mr. - Redmond and his Irish col
leagues controlled the course of
events. His pronouncement that the
Irish members would not support the
Prime Minister was the sensation of
the day and it appears to have settled
the administration's fate. It is report
ed that 25radicals have declared their
intention of supporting Mr. Redmond
against the government's course and
that great pressure js being brought
to bear from the radicals to induce
Mr. Asquith to resign forthwith. ;
Austen Chamberlain will propose
an amendment to the King's speech
in favor of tariff reform and imperial
preference, at the same time 'deplor
ing the failure of the ministers to rec
ognize in the speech the nature and
gravity of the state of, trade and em
ployment. .'
The King s speeches usually are
prosaic, but one clause in ' his speech
today is regarded as most significant.
Referring to the proposed i reform of
the House of Lords, the speech contin
ued . the qualifying clause: f . .
"In the opinion of my advisers"
which is interpreted as meaning that
the King wants to dissociate himself
from such proposals. ' . ' v
Prince Henry, ; -'of Russia, rode in
the royal procession and .attended
Parliament. He appeared in the uni
form of a British admiral' and the
crowds gave - him a reception less
warm than visiting members of the
royal family usually receive.
, '. ;.
INDICTED IN COTTON SCANDAL.'
Haas,-Price and Peckham Must. Stand
Trial in Washington.
Washington, Feb. 21. Indicted, fn
connection with the "cotton league
scandal" of the, Department of Agri
culture, which occurred in 1905, Moses
Haas, Theodore H. Price and Freder
ick A. Peckham, who have been fight
ing against their "extradition from
New York,, must come to Washing
ton for trial, according to-a decision
rendered today by the Supreme Court
pf the United States; where indict
ments were made In two jursdiction3.
as in this case the court held that the
government may elect where the ac
cused shall ' be tried. The appeal to
the Supreme Court was from the re
fusal of the Circuit Court' Of the Unit
ed States for the Southern jurisdiction
of New York to release the men from
the custody of the. United States mar
shal. ; -". C..r'-- . Y"
20,000 MEN ON STRiKEJ ; V
Cane Cutters Bring About Serious Sit
i." - t uation In Gautaloupe. v '
Point-A-Pitre Gauteloupe, Feb.' 2L
Twenty thousand sugar cane r cutters
wept on strike today and all 'agricul
tural work has been-stopped. The sit
uation is serious as the troops and po
lice are insufficient to preserve .. or
der among the strikers. r',K. r -y ' ? ::,
-t The trouble began yesterday,, when
1,000 men went on strike and set flro
to ; five of the estates on which they
had been employed. Troops were sent
to the zone and restored the1 peace,
but the danger was . renewed when
the strike became general today.. The
strikers have, Tef used to accept ah of;
f er of an Increase of , o per cent. : m
0
ELECTION
their wages. ;: , 'JSL y
SENATOR TILLMAT1 IMPR0VUI6
Gradually Regaining His Strength and
Hope Is Renewed for Ultimate-,
Recovery Chances In His , .
" Favor. ! -: , ."'
Washington, , Feb. 21. The contin
ued Improvement in the condition of
Senator Benjamin , R. Tillman, of
South Carolina, has Inspired renewed
hope of ultimate . recovery from, his
present serious illness. In' the opin
ion of his physicians, the chances are
now much in his favor,
There has been some abatement of
the' paralysis and today he regained
the use of" his right arm and leg to a
limited extent The asohasia has
markedly Improved, and "he' Is now
able to speak. .The change for the
better was said tbbe most remarkable
and : was attributed to the Senator's
temperate life, strong physique and
his' generally good condition. The fa
vorable developments in his illness
were considered very exceptional? In
fact,-his case was looked upon as one
in ten thousand. He is responding ad
mirably.to the medical treatment, and
it is said the power of speech may
practically be re-established. . -
Dr. J. W. Babcock was so encourag
ed by the present condition of Mr.
Tillman - that he left Washington to
night for Columbia, S. C. Before
boarding his train he gave the follow
ing statement to the Associated Press:
"Mr. Tillman has not lost . any
ground in the last 24. hours. On tha
contrary, he has gained somewhat In
the use of the rierht arm and Ipc which
have been completely paralyzed here
tofore. His power of speech also is
Improving. He is taking nourishment
well and his bodily functions are nor
mal. The Senator is sleeping well
and the outlook Is very much more
encouraging in every way."
If the Senator's condition continues
to Improve, he may be able to leave
for his home in South Carolina in a
month or six weeks, but hardly before.
In all likelihood he will not be permit
ted by his physicians to occupy his
seat in Congress during the present
session.
Dr. Pickford visited Senator " Till
man at 9 o'clock tonight after which
he, issue- the . following bulletin: - ,
"The - progress of Senator Tillman
toward recovery v continnenaif
rstingbmTortabiyr"": ,w. '
CON J EM PT.
s'entences stand
Supreme Court Refuse to Interfere.
Junior Organizations Disagree.
Washington. Feb. 21. Holding that
it was without authority to review the
cases, the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States today refused to interfere
with the sentences of contempt, $20
fines In each case, imposed by. the
Chancery court of Richmond, Va., up
on J. W. Forbes, Thomas-Tatum Os
borne, John T. Cox and "others, grow
ing out of a fraternal organization
fight in the State of Virginia.
The court refused to go into the
merits of the cases on the ground that
the appeal from the Supreme Court
of Appeals of Virginia had been
brought too place.
For more than ten years a bitter
strife has existed in Virginia over the
rights in that State of the National
Council Junior Order of United Ameri
can Mechanics of the United States of
America. In 1900, dissenting members
of the Association in Virginia obtained
from the State a charter under the
style of the "State Council of Vir
ginia Junior Order United American
Mechanics of the State of Virginia."
When the "Rational council organiza
tion, subsequently the State Council of
Virgina" a. decree forbidding its con
tinuation was issued by the Virginia
Courts and left undisturbed .by the Su
preme Court of the United States.
Later a charter was obtained for a
corporation , known as the . "Virginia
branch of the National Council of the
Junior Order United American Mer
chanics' upon complaint, the- judge in
the Chancery court of Richmond, Va.,
held those -who had procured this char
ter to be in contempt and fined them
$20. The Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia held it was without jurisdic
tion to review contempt". cases
TO HOLD PRISON CONGRESS.
First Convention of the Kind fn the
United States in . October.
- Buffalo, .N. Y.t Feb. 21. Frederick
H, Mills, Joseph Byers and O. F. Lew
is, of New York1; Amos Butler, of In
dianapolis, an Prof. Charles H. Hen
derson, of Chicago, met here today to
make arrangements ', for the Interna
tional Prison Congress, r which meets.
for; the first time in the United States
from October 2nd to 8th. Representa
tives- from 30 governments will -be
present.' The American Prison Asso
ciation will meet in Washington three
days before ; the international body
convenes. V , :; v.-.:'
. The , foreign delegates will take a
1,000 mile trip as guests of the United
States.. They; will visit Elmira, Au
burn, .Buffalo, Mansfield, Ohio;; Chi
cago, Indianapolis, .. Louisville and
Richmond, Va. ... . .v '
GERMAN DOCTOR BANISHED,.
Empress of Abyssinia Charged He At
tempted to Poison Her.
Cologne, 21. A' semi-official dispatch
to the Cologne Gazette from ! Berlin
says that it is true that the Empress
of Abyssinia has made charges against
the German physician to King Mene-
lik. Dr. Stelnkuehler, affirming that
the latter has made attempts to poison
the Emperor. ' '
; 5Dr Stelnkuehler was ordered to
leave Addis Abeba "and the German
minister obtained permission' to escort
him - to the frontier1 with 'guards from
the German legation. - . C ' - i
Everlastingly at;it is the poll-'
cy which pays big dividends to
the advertiser. ' This paper is.
the medium,' Time:. The pres
ent', :v.,:-"v---
WHOLE KTJMBEB 13,224.
SERIOUS RIOTIIIG
OF CAR STRIKERS
Violent Outbreaks Marked
. ... . . i . , ...
the Day. in Philadelphia
Yesterday. Y,
STRIKE LEADER ARRESTED
Disturbances Reported In All Sections
of the City Police Now Able to
Cope
With Situation One
Fatally Hurt .
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Philadelphia, Feb. 21. Following a
day of rioting and bloodshed and the
sensational arrest of C. 0." Pratt, organizer-
of the street car men an at .
tack was made late tonight on the ele-"
vated railroad. It was the first' time
that this line of travel, has' been Inter
fered with and when police authorities
earned that three bullets had been fir
ed into one of the cars there was a
eeling of apprehension as to 'what to
morrow will bring forth, -
As the train approached the 46th
treet ' station in West Philadelphia,
three bullets were fired through the ,
windows 'of the foremost car. Fortu
nately there were few travelers riding
on the train and no one was injured.".
This act of violence has led the po-'
lice officials to redouble their vigilance .
on this line of travel. . '
Philadelphia, Feb. 21. Police ' offi
cials took the initiative tonlgnt in the
war being waged between the striking
carmen and the officials of the Phila
delphia uapid Transit Company, when
they arrested Clarence O. Pratt, the
National Organizer of the Amalgamat
ed Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employes, on a warrant
charging him with "conspiring to in
cite riot," v ' r ' ' ' - - ,v . ;
- The warrant was issued on an amda-.
vit' sworn to by Detective .Frank O'
Connor. It was served on Pratt lollow-:
ing today's mass meeting of the Union
Car -Men.- He was locked up to await
a;hearlngtomaiiliiiornih Tfefe po
lice .force was augmented by swearing .
in, for riot duty; of the State fencibles, - '
an independent; military-'organization .
of about 200 members. . ' s
The regular force of 3,500 and 3,000 .
specials was also enlarged today by
the swearing in of 66 park guards and ,
500 city employes of . other depart- t
ments. These men will begin duty to
morrow and assist the wornout police- .
men, who have been on constant duty
on every street car. i' - .
Five car loads of Btrike breakers '
reached here late tonight' and were '
oaded on trolley cars at the Pennsyl
vania railroad station in West Phila
delphia and taken to car barns in that
section. : ' '. ' '
A large squad ot mounted police es
corted the cars and prevented a threat- '
ened demonstration by a mob of sev- -eral
thousand which had assembled.
Trouble is expected following the use
of these on the cars tomorrow, The
company claimed that 700 . cars were
in operation today, but the pickets re- .
ported that only 124, cars were In oper- -ation
on all lines. ,
All cars were' withdrawn from the '
surface lines at 6 o'clock tonight, the-
company stating they did not desire to t j
endanger the lives of their loyal em---''
ployes. .. '-.J.' - -' '.
Rioting in the very heart of the bus- 1
iness section of the city, the almost
burning of another car, and many pet- '
ty attacks by strike sympathizers led
the police officials to enlarge their
force by every expedient and to con- -,
sider the calling out of the State mill-- v
tia. The arrest of leader. Pratt also , ,
caused a sensation and resulted. in re-.
newed i rumors of a general sympa
thetic strike of all the 100,000 union
men in this city. " . '
The day opened, favorable for the
Rapid Transit Company. The heavy
downpour which began shortly after
midnight deterred those who were the . '
ring-leaders in yesterday's lawlessness, ;
from beginning their depredations ear
ly today, and at the same time damp-tt
ened the ardor of . those; whose inten-
tions were to boycott the cars.- v; .
But as the day wore on and the sun , -appeared
the spark : which' had been -smouldering
again broke into a flame
The first serious disturbance Occurred
in the center of the city in front of the ;
Reading terminal station at ,12th and '
Market streets. As a car" was proceed- ,',
ing out Market street,1, a' small ,boy ' '
Jerked the trolley' pole from the wire -V
and caused a block of "cars. , A pile of v
building. material on the Btreet provid-
ed. ammunition' for the lawless element-,
and soon the standing cars were show- ,
ered ' with bricks and other missiles.
An ' attempt vras made to arrest the ;
ring leader of the boys "an.d' this 'was
the signal for' a violent outbreak by: ,'
many of the thousands of idlers who -had
gathered in' the ' vicinity. 1 The'; t.
street was-filled wlth 4 surging crowd
when three electric patrols filled with
police from the city hall reached the -scene.
In the meantime a wagon of ",
the- Philadelphia Electric , Company
had been raided and many incandes-;
cent lamp globes taken and used as '
missiles which exploded with pistol
like reports. Workmen.' on the roofs m
of nearby buildings-joined In the gen
eral bombardment. After, a battle of
nearly ah hour, the ' police finally , suc
ceeded in driving the' riotersyack and
the cars proceeded Jon their 'way with' ' J
scarcely a whole light of glass in the "
long line. ? - --V -'''. ' , ;
. One of the most, serious outbreaks
occurred at Kensington and Somerset 1
streets,: in the northern mill district ?
where all traffic was suspended eatly4 '
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