AOL XXXIX No 1.
1 ARMED UPRISING
Leaders of Workmen Become
Ambitious
STRIKE WILL END MONDAY
Government Claims HoYement will be
Crushed in a Few Weeks
Defeat of tlie "Reds" is Attributed to a
Lack of Public Sympathy Regula
tions for the Elections to the Na
tional Assembly Have Been Com
pleted Hundreds Reported to Have
Perished in to Calamity at Moscow.
Impossible to Give Figures of the
Fatalities at Moscow During the Re
cent Uprising.
St. Petersburg, December 31. The
council of .workmen met secretly last
night and after an eight hour session
at 8 o'clock this morning adopted a
resolution to call off the strike Monday
"because the fight of the people against
' the government can no longer be limit
ed to the disorganization of the econ
omic life of the nation through a uni
versal strike, and is already in many
parts of the country taking the char
acter of an armed uprising."
"The council of worumen deputies,"
the resolution concludes "decides to
proceed immediately with warlike op
erations, and the organization of an
armed uprising."
The council recognized that the at
tempt of an immediate uprising could
not succeed in the capital. That while
making preparations it would be neces
sary to undertake a sort of guerilla
warfare, consisting of the disarming of
police and soldiers wherever they are
found alone in the streets, the use of
bombs fro mambush, and other acts of
terror. The council drew up a procla
mation to the Cossacks, warning them
if they continued to fight against the
people they would be treated like mad
dogs, and if they desired to be treated
as brothers, they should remain in their
barracks.
St. Petersburg, December 30.-5:30
p. m. In an encounter between work
men and Cossacks yesterday at the
Nevski shipbuilding yards, eight Cos
sacks and 27 workmen were killed and
many were injured.
St. Petersburg, December 3010:30
p. m. The government claims that the
attempt at an armed rebellion has fail
ed signally. In a semi-official commu
nication, issued tonight, it declares the
movement has been broken, and within
a few weeks will be definitely crushed.
It attributes the defeat of the "reds"
not only to the force it employed, but
to a lack of public sympathy.
Simultaneously the government an
nounces that, the regulations, f or the
elections to the national assembly have
been completed, and will be published
tomorrow, and that everything possi
ble will be done to accelerate the
meeting of the douma, when the voice
of the nation and not of a single class
can be heard. No other details hav
heen received of the horrible affair a
Moscow today when Governor General
Douba setoffs artillery brought the "wall.
of the Prokharoff cotton mill tumbling
down on the heads of several thousand
strikers and revolutionaries, except a
statement that hundreds perished." ;
The attempt of the "black hundreds'
to march into the city and wreak ven
gcnace on the revolutionaries and
strikers only tends to confirm the" fears
that the final collapse of the revolt at
Moscow will be followed by an awful
massacre. Already rowdies are taking
advantage of the situation to plundei
on a large scale.
Governor General Doubassoff has
not yet given the figures of the losses
during flie fighting at Moscow, saying
that it is impossible at present to more
than make a guess However, he
places the outside limit at three thou
sand. The troops and police did not
suffer nearly so heavily, and it is re
ported that up to Thusday night there
were less than 50 casualties among
them everywhere.
Moscow, December 30. 6 p. m.
Governor General Doubassoff today as
sumed the offensive against the revo
lutionary stronghold in the nprthwest
erh, or Presna. quarter and all day the
inhabitants of the city have been lis-.
tening.to the thunder of cannon-and!
the rattle of small arms. At this
-writing firing is still audible, but.,more
distant and the lurid . glare on the
"heavens jshows that many structures
are in flames. ' t :.
.It 'was essentially a surprise attacks
During the night artillery and machine
" guns moved to the streets leading to
the Presna district, all of which ? were
heavily barricaded -and at 4 o'clock;
this morning the troops ' began an- ad
vance, clearing "the way ruthlessly. -By
10 o'clock much of the reeion had been
cleared and the main body of the in
surgents and strikers had been driven
into the Prokharoff cotton mills, an
Immense establishment which was for
tified to stand a siege. A smaller
force of the revolutionaries held the
Kornosoff, another four story factory,
in Kudrinsky place. The latter was
bombarded and reduced without much
difficulty. ,
It i3 Impossible to penetrate the
quarter as the pickets have the strict
est orders to allow no one to pass.
The artillery fire was resumed at 2
o'clock this afternoon and still contin
ues. According to officers at Governor
General Doubassoffff's headquarters
the Prokharoff mills is momentarilty
expected to fall and it is asserted that
it is the programme to finish the revolt
tonight It is admitted that the
slaughter has been immense.
The Seminovsky regiment is under
stood to have distinguished itself In
many places by storming barricades
and is the heaviest loser on the side
of "the troops.
The insurgents displayed great stub
bornness and. were mowed down on
refusing to surrender.
A terrible affair took place at a
workmen's tea house in Novaya Dere
vnya street, near the Presna district.
It was surrounded by the "black hun
dreds" who finally applied the torch
and were watching the victims inside
consumed by the flames when Cossacks
arrived on the scene.
Governor General Doubassoff has
posted an imperial ukase guaranteeing
pardon to strikers who have not used
arms.
St. Petersburg, December 30.-7:30
I. m. Governor General Doubassoff
bas telegraphed to the government
from Moscow that a large meeting of
revolutionists and strikers at the
Piokharoff cotton mill outside the city
was surrounded by troops of small
aims today. The artillery opened a
terrific bombardment and made a large
rent in the walls, which suddenly
crumbled and. the building came down
in a heap. Hundreds: if not a thou
sand persons were buried in the ruins.
Doubassoff regarded the Prokharoff
irills as the stronghold of the revolu
tionists, and he reports that Moscow
will be entirely cleared of them in
three days.
m The governor genral also reports that
he prevented several thousand "loyal
istfTwho assembled in the Sakolinki
district in the outskirts of Moscow
from marching into the city for the
purpose of attacking the strikers., rev
olutionists and Jews.
The police force of Moscow has. been
increased by a thousand men and the
night watchmen by two thousand men.
KEYIVAL OF WAR RUMORS
Conflict Between France and Germany,
According to Alarmist Reports, is
Inevitable.-
Paris, December 30. Despite the im
provement in the relations -of France
and Germany, occasioned by the sub
mission of the Moroccan controversy
to a conference, there is a distinct re
vival of war rumors, and a considera
ble" element of the people and a num
ber of journals are maintaining that
war between France and Germany is
inevitable. Some of these reports are
taking an exaggerated form,but they
all tend to stimulate the public appre
hension
The agitation has produced two dis
tinct elements, one holding that neith
er of the governments desire war, and
will make the necessary concessions
to avoid it, and the other insisting
that Germany has latent designs and
that France is surely being drawn to
ward, a conflict. The pessimistic ele
ment just now is uppermost and its
sentiment is reflected in a series of
alarmist reports.
Much of the feeling of apprehension
is attributed to the precautionary mea
sures the ministers of war and marine
are taking, which are not so much be
cause of expectations of war, as of a
desire to have these services in a suit
able state of preparedness should ihe
former strained situation again pre
vail. Members of the diplomatic corps who
made inquiries found that prepara
tions were going on systematically and
that considerable forces were being
massed toward the frontier, but that
nothing In the nature or an extraor
dinary military concentration was in
progress.
TO PROSECUTE HASTY
Actors Society of. America Will See
That Justice is Done in the Gaffney
Affair.
New York, December . 30. The re
tainer of a special attorney and oth
er necessary expenses incident to the
prosecution of George Hasty, of Gaff
ney, S. C, accused of the murder of
Milan Bennett and : Abbot Davidson,
actors, will be defrayed by the. Actors
Society of America. ; The Actors Soci
ety alleges that Hasty, who Is & hotel
proprietor, on December 15 killed Ben
nett and Davidson, because., they re
sented insult to , two women ' members
of the- dram tic company stopping at
Hastys . hotel. In deciding upon this
action the society "adopted V resolu
tion 1 giving X as a reason ' therefor .that
peculiar- circumstances' attended th&
tragedy; and that" Hasty is a resident
and ; property ; owner of the tdwja., fn
which, the shooting occurred.
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'"4tVar'speeal' meeting of the board
of aldermen held yesterday- afternoon
at 2 o'clock Ex-Judge Robert C. Strud
wick was elected '. city . attorney - of
fSreensboro to succeed Mr: A. Mi Scales
whose, resignation becomes effective
'January lst.-'Greensboro .Telegram. '
Ei OF IfiSUHCE IPIY
Adjonrnoent Taken After Four Clooibs
of Ante Labor
HILL DESIRED TO BE HEARD
Protested Against the Investigation Be
ing Closed Until He Had Been Ex
amine! Interest ins: Evidence Given
by a Former Employe of the Equita
bleProvident Life and Trust Com
pany Contributed to Campaign
Fund.
New York, December 30. After four
months of most arduous work, the leg
islative committee on insurance inves
tigation appointed at an extra session
of the last legislature, adjourned to
night. Today was mostly given over to the
presentation of documentary evidence,
whicli was not in readiness for the
committee until the present time.
Late ill the day, somewhat of a stir
was caused by the announcement of
Mr. Hughes that a letter bad-been re
ceived from David B. Hill who pro
tested against the hearing being closed
until he had been heard as a witness
in regard to his $5,OO0retainer from the
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
Chairman Armstrong announced that
notwithstanding Mr.- Hill's attitude,
the committee would have to complete
its work without Mr. Hill's testimony.
Not the least interesting testimony
of the day was that of George H.
Sickles, a real estate agent, of Buffalo,
who had formerly been employed by
the Equitable Life. According to Mr.
Sickles, Gage E. Tarbell, vice presi
dent of the Equitable suggested a plan
to get around the rebating method.
Mr. Tarbell on the witness stand said
he opposed rebating. Mr. Sickles tes
tified that Mr. Tarbell suggested that
letters be written to policy holders,
and eventually these letters were to be
bought back at a price. Mr. Sickle3
was asked if he had given rebates and
he said he had.
Evidence was brought out that the
Provident Life and Trust Company, of
Philadelphia had expended 25,000 for
the "sound money" campaign in 1890,
of which sum $10,000 was given to the
Republican national committee.
VICTIMS OF VILE PLOT
Former Governor of Idaho Killed by a
Dynamite Bomb No Known Reason
for the Outrage Search for the
Criminals.
Boise. Idaho. December 30. Frank
Steunenberg, formerly governor of
Idaho, was killed tonight by a bomb
at his home in Caldwell. A dynamite
bomb had beenplaced at his front
gate with a .contrivance that exploded
the bomb as he entered. Both legs
were blown off, and Steunenberg lived
but twenty minutes.
There is no known reason for the
outrage, but it is charged to some
members of the famous inner circle of
the Cour d'Alene dynamiters, whom
be persecuted relentlessly in 18 99 while
he was governor. Governor Gooding is
in communication with the police, and
is prepared to lend the full support of
the state in running down the perpe
trators of the crime. The state will
offer a large reward. Seunenberg was
governor of Idaho from 1897 to 1901,
having been twice elected. He was
born in Iowa forty-five years ago, and
had been in Idaho since I8$7. He
leaves a widow and three children.
A special train left for Caldwell to
night carrying the governor and oth
ers who go to assist in organizing the
work of running down the criminal.
The latest information is that the bomb
was placed by the gate post. andthat
the moving of the gate exploded it.
When persons rushed to the gate the
prostrate man said "Who shot me?"
He also asked to be turned over, then
lapsed into unconsciousness and died
without giving any information.
The victim's clothing and shoes wer
torn to tatters, and his back was terri
bly injured. Both legs were shattered
frightfully. The shock of the explosion
was felt all over Caldwell, and broke
all the glass in one side of the former
governor's home. Every road out of
town is guarded to intercept every
suspect.
Two men are under suspicion. They
had been about Namapa several days
and left for Caldwell today. They lived
in the cour d'Alene district at the timo
of the riots there in 1899.
OF INTEREST TO PLANTERS
Special Papers Read Before Associa
tion for Advancement of Science.
New Orleans, December 30. A large
number of sectional meetings were
held by the delegates to the annual
meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science in the
forenoon today. v "
jvThe main attention of the delegates
teas given to the session of the chem
istry section. Professor C W. Brown,
Jr., delivered a lengthy treatise on re
cent developments in industrial; chem
istry in the south.. The practicaKpart
ef these developments had to do with I
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jtte sugar; lnausrry; snowing ; tnat :p.
Very much larger, percentage of sugar
iiTtakenout of cane' now thai ever be
fore, owing, to' the advances jmad in
chemistry Other iinportanb papers
were byi Dt W. T. Biglow arid Dr, II.
(i Gore, bA '"The Ripening of Oranges,
and by. these "gnUenien and B.J. How
an? onY"Thet Ripening of Perfkn
n-pris," These ; questions, were of
special interest. to, pointers of - the,
south. ' Professor David Schwartz ead
a nawer ori the cotton . oil i industry in
the south. ' V -V I
FOB ID OUTLET IT SOUTHPORT
Sosth and Western to Tap theS. A. L
i . at Ratberfordtoa
FOUR THOUSAND 3IKN AT WORK
The South and Western is a Coal RoaiL
and It Desires to Build Southward
From Marion - Interesting Fact
Brought Out in Case involving Con
demnation of Right of Way Alon?
the Toe River.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh. N. C, December 30. To
day depositions were taken before an
associate commissioner here vin the
case involving the condemnation of
four miles of the right of way along
Toe river, Yancey county, the South
Western Railway, " controlled by ihe
Seaboard Air Line, claiming it has
acquired this territory.it being through
a gorge in the- mountains near the Ten
nessee line.
The7 South and Western resist the
proposed condemnation, saying It
needs the right of way. for its road
which it is pushing with great rapidity,
having four thousand men at work on
Its lines and spending, its attorneys
say, $100,000 to $150,000 monthly. J.
Crawford Biggs, of Durham, J. Nor
ment Powell, general counsel of the
South and Western Railway, and E. P.
Watson, of Yancey county, came here
to be present at the proceedings,
which are an effort by the Johnson
City Southern Railway, a corporation,
under which the Southern Railway is
operating, to condemn or acquire the
right or way referred to. The Soutn
and Western ' sets out it is trying to
make a road of not over one per cent,
grade; that it has seventy miles of
line in operation from Johnston City
to Spruce Pine, and is building to
wards the crossing of the Southern
Railway at some pointnear Marion.
The South and Western is primarily
a coal road, the company owning 300,
000 acres of coal fields in Virginia and
Kentucky. The Southern Railway
wants the haul of this coal eastward
and southward; propositions have
been made looking to a stoppage of
construction of the South and Western
when the point at Marion or near it,
is reached.
The South and Western desires to
build southward from Marion so as to
tap the Seaboard Air Line at Ruther
fordton, and the Atlantic Coast Line
at Spartanburg. Its purpose is, after
it has made these connections, to go
on to Southport, where it owns most
of the water front. Of the force the
South and Western has at work, two
thousand are on the extension, south
ward from Johnston City towards Mar
Ion, two thousand others working on
the section north of Johnston City into
Virginia and Kentucky, of which about
three-fourths has been graded.
The Southern Railway claims it i3
going to build a line through Yancey
county, and needs the right of way
and along the Toe river. The South
and Western claims the Southern is
doing no grading in the gorge except
with wheelbarrows, that no blasting
or extensive excavation Is in progress
there, and but few men are at work.
The Southern assures the Yancey
county people it means business, and
will build.
Today's proceedings are to get mat
ters into shape for a hearing before
the clerk of Yancey county court.
January 4 th, in condemnation proced
ings which the Southern will press for
its Johnston City Southern line. Of
course the case will go to the supreme
court.
Depositions were made today by
President Andrews and Secretary Mil
ler of the Southern Railway, who are
also officials of the Johnston City
Southern.
MAY SOON RESUME BUSINESS
Steps Taken Toward Rehabilitation of
the Suspended 3Ierchant Trust Com
pany in 3Icmphis.
Memphis, Tenn., December 30. At a
conference of stockholders of the sus
pended Merchants Trust Company,
held late tonight, steps were taken
looking to a rehabilitation of that in
stitution. A committee of disinterest
ed parties were appointed to investi
gate the affa r of i.'ie company, secure
an audit of the books, and to report at
a meeting to be l:-d rx.l week when
it is probable definite action will be
taken. John P. Edmundson, named
as temporary receiver, was endorsed
as permanent receiver. Mr. Edmund
son stated that within a few day & he
believed he could raise $500,000 for the
relief of the company. At the meeting
stockholders agreed to pay $44,500 the
anwunt of stock of the American Sav
ings and . Trust company which sus
pended on the same day as the Mer
chants Trust Company, owned by the
latter institution. The whole amount
practically was siibscribed before ad
journment of the "meetingsr This pro
position will be referred to Chancel
lor He4skell, and if accepted It ? is an
nounced that, the InstituUon will re
sume business on Taesday. . TMx. .A Y;
Allen was endorsed as permanent re
ceiver or tho American . Savings' Bank
"end Trust Company. At the. meeting
S.032 shares of 5,000 were represented.
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v Mrs. Nannie Williams, ; of ; Crcczs
horo, was & cnestcf Tto Ortca j-cer-
BY Am SHIP TO NORTH POLE
Important Expedition to be Under
taken by Walter Well man. Washing,
ton Correspomlcnt of The Chicago
Reconl-Hcraltl Dumont Will Assist
in the I'reparatons for the Journey.
Chicago. December 30. "Build an
air ship. go. and the north pole and
xeport by wireless telegraphy and sub
marine cables the projcres3 of your
efforts."
This was tho assignment given a
few days ago to Walter Wellman,
Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Record-Herald by Frank B.
Xojes. rditor-in-chlef of the paper,
and the commission has been accept
ed by Mr. Wellman, it was announced.
As an assistant In this expedition, Mr.
Wellman will have the services of Al
berto Santos Duinont. of Paris, who
will have charge of the construction
of air ship and will act as areonautic
director and pilot of the ship on its
voyage toward the north pole.
The air ship, the order which ha
been Riven, will be built by Louis God
ard of Paris under the supervision of
M. Santos-Dumont and will be com
pleted by the end of next April. No
definite date has been set for the start
on the journey, but it is expected that
eyerythinjr will be La readiness to get
away next July or early in Ausrust.
After completion, the airship will
have several trials at Paris, and in
June all the paraphernalia for tha
Journey will be assembled in Norway.
Early in July, headquarters will be es
tablished in Spitzbergen, where the ex
plorers will await a favorable oppor
tunity for the trip toward the pole,
which, according to Mr. Wellmat:,
should the expedition, meet with ;i
good run of luck, should be reached in
less than a week.
In announcing his acceptance to
night of the proposed expedition, Mr.
Wellman said:
"The airship in which the propose
to attain the North Pole will be largest
practicable airship ever bult. It will
be 198 feet long and its greatest diam
eter will bo forty-five feet. Its sur
face will measure 23,000 square feet,
and its volume will be 226.000 cubic
eet. Inflated with hydrogen, it will
have a total ascensional force of 15,300
pounds. Seven thousand pounds will
be the weight of the ship and its
equipment complete, leaving 8,000
pounds for cargo. The ship will be I
provided with three motors, with a
combined energy of 70 horse power.
If the wind hinders no more than they
help and there are no delays, this ship
can motor from North Spitsbergen to
the Pole in 45 hours.
"The airship will have an endurance
capacity in buoyancy sufficient to en
able it to remain 25 to 30 days in the
air. It will carry 5,500 pounds of gas
oline, and its distance capacity during
calm weather will be 1,800 miles mora
than the distance from Spitzelbergen
straight across the Pole and the whole
Arctic ocean to Alaska.
"The ship will be equipped for safe
anchorage in the highest winds ever
known in the Arctic .region. In fact
the ship will be subject to the will and
hand of the navigator just like a
steamship upon the ocean. Besides
the 5.500 pounds of fuel mentioned,
the ship will carry five men. a com
fortable car to live in (which is also a
boat in case of need) food, and sup
plies for 75 days, and a complete
sledging outfit ready for use should it
be necessary to abandon the airship
and take to the ice.
"At no time will our airship be out
of touch with the surface of the' earth.
Our guide rope, so-called but in our
case a smooth, tapering line of steel
Is to drag its lower end over the ice,
to keen the fhip at a fairly stable
height (150 to 200 feet), the altitude
most favorable to wireless telegraphy
and to maintain under ordinary condi
tions the vertical stability of the craft.
"Wireless telgeraph stations will be
established at Spitsbergen and Ham
merfest, Norway. 600 miles distant.
Further than this a wireless equipment
will be carried in our airship, and it
.vill be our effort to send freauent, if
possible daily, dispatches to the out
side world throughout all the time the
expedition is in the Arctic regions, even
from the Pole itself, should we reach
It"
UNION COTTON MILLS CASE
Petition Filed by Maine Company Ask
ing to be Allowed to Intervene In the
Proceedings.
Charleston, S. C, December 30. -In
the United States district court today
the Union Cotton Mills of Maine filed
a petition asking to be allowed to in
tervene in the bankruptcy proceedings,
and to join in the proceedings against
the Union Cotton Mills of South Car
olina. It is alleged in the petition that
the Maine company Is a creditor of
the South Carolina corporation, having
probable claims aggregating a sum ex
ceeding $2,000,000, the nature and
amount of the claims are enumerated,
the first mentioned being a note for
$5,000. - dated June 23, 1005, and due
threo months from date, "executed for
value received" then following a list of
ether notes. The petitioners allege
that on October 3, 1905, the Chesapeake
Shoe Company, the Snellenberg Cloth
ing Company, the Aiwa Furniture com
pany, the Spool Cotton company filed
a ietition alleging the insolvency of
the Union Cotton Mills of South Car
olina and praying that the mills be ad
judged bankrupt that this petition
was amended November 4th, 1905, and
the petitioners today ask to intervene
and join In with them asking for a de
cree in bankruptcy against the Union
Cotton mills of South Carolina.
Tiiiceton' Wins Hockey Game. .
Kdrfol,! Va.,: December 30. -Princeton
- took: the third 'and deciding game
of .the series from "the Quaker City
Hockey team at the Norfolk .ice palace
tonight, the" score being 5 to 0. The
pla was very rough and Eddie Dillon
of ve. Princeton team was put out of
thgame by Referee Lemat for at
te?aptlns to strike. Captain Ortoa of
Pennsylvania with a hockey stick; dur
Irif. tha , play. s The series Trent to
Mneetca,2 to ;. v-
DECATUR 00 TIL
Arralficj to Iter (tag
of Cdiinz '
MAKESPLEAOF NILTY
Oe will Deny, Uciir 0:l&, StJtci:U
of Two llcisrctos D:n v
McCrcary and Church, the Alleged
Victim, Testified Positively, Before
the Court Martial, That Decatur
Hazed Them on Different Occasion.
The Accused Midshipman Will Deny
Speciflcally Every Statement Made.
Evidence Will bo Offered Tendlrwr to
" Establish an Alibi. v
Annapolis, Md., Ieeeuiber 30 Mid-v
sbipman Stephen Decatur, Jr., of
Portsmouth, N. II., charged with haz
ing Midshipman Isaac McCreary of
Calvert, Texas, and Gay lord Church, of
Meadville, Pa., was arraigned before
the narfll fVmi trtftvtlfil this o fornwMi
- 1 - '4 waawm 140 ft feV. 44 VW k $
and pleaded not guilty on all specifica
tions. McCreary and Church,, testified pos
itively this afternoon that Decatur had
hazed them on different occasions.
Decatur will, according to his counsel,
go on the"6tand on Tuesday when th
court will again meet, and deny un
der oath the statement which the two
underclass men made, ihcriinluatlng
him. As the evidence of each of the
prosecuting witnesses was to seperate
incidents, and entirely uncorroberated,
there is a possibility that the evidence
will be considered insufficient to con
vict Decatur, but tho apparent fact
will remain should tho latter make the
flfnial rrimlsnrl that n norlitror io
wearing the uniform of a midshipman
of tliA TTnitnrl Stntoo n o -t
Midshipman McCreary testified that
Decatur had sent for him to come to
Decatur's room. There he had ordered
him to stand on his head In the closet
and he had done so until he was ex
hausted, about 150 times. DecaCur
then compelled him to do "Number 16"
and then he was ordered by some one,
possibly not Decatur, he said, to per
form "Tho leaning rest." All of these
were continued until the witness could
do them no more.
The witness showed the court the
manner of performing the two exer
cises. In "Number 1C" the hands
were placed on the hips and the body
lowered and raised by bending the legs
outward and straightening them again.
In "the leaning rest," the hands and
feet. were placed on the floor with the
body rigid, and the body raised and
lowered by bending and straightening
the arms. McCreary was rigidly cross
exnmlnod hiit his urnrv triCi not. shale.
en. Finally he said In answer to a
question that he would not believe De
catur if he swore that he bad not told
him to stand on his head, and perform
"Number 10."
Midshipman Church testified that ;
Decatur had ordered him to stand on
his head, but he was not so positive as
McCreary and admitted that he might
be mistaken.
These were the only witnesses for
the prosecution. .
The remainder of the session was"
taken up by witneses who testified to
the good reputation for truthfulness
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Fullam, Lieutenant Commander Ed-
warn x. lyapenan, i ruieswr narry xr.
Ilnse and Midshipmen. Lawrence 8.
Stewart and Charles E. Hovey.
Mr. Theall, Decatur's counsel, stated ;
that the accused midshipman will iro '
on the stand on Tuesday, and deny .
specifically every statement made to
th effori- ihnt hf had hnzed father Ifrv
Cre.irv or Chnrch. find that there would
tablish 'an alibi. He would prove,
Mr. Theall said, that the. case was one
of mistaken Identity.
Trenmor Coffin, Jr., whose trial for,
the alleged hazing of Midshipman Kim- f
trough was concluded yesterday, was .
before the court for a, brief period, and
heard the record of yesterday read and
that Coffin has been convicted ana wui
be dismissed, though, of course, noth
Inir Is known officially. 5
-Charge have been filed against Mid- .
shipmen "Worth Wright Foster, of New
Albany. Ind. ? It is specified fn his case :
that he hazed Midshipman Chester S.
Koberts. of Joliet, I1L, by compelling
him to get under the table "while eat
ing D1S supper. XUl i wwmcr iwuai
one wnien has not yex oeen speciueu
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if it took place, must have been under
that he cannot see all that goes on be- :
cause of the' large number of midship- ,
men and the distance bctTTxrcn tl;? dlf-
fcredt porta of tha 'resa-
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