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FIGHTING LIKE DEMONS
MURDERERS CAPTURED
With Woman They Turn
Weapons On Them
selves When Hope
Is Gone.
PITTSBURG. Pa.. January 30—Edward
and Joan Biddle awaiting execution tn
the county jati for the murder of grocer
Thoma* E>. Kahney. <rf. Mount Washing
ton, oaerpowerad the guards at 4 o'clock
this marking and escaped.
Both prisoners had been provided with
saws with which they cut the bars in
their cells and were ready at any mo
ment to make an opening sufficiently
large to pass through.
' Shortly before 4 o'clock one of the Bid
dles called to James McGeary. who had
charge of the outside gates, and asked
for some cramp medicine in a hurry, say
lag his brother was dangerously sick.
McGeary hastened to the cell with the
medicine, when John Biddle sprang
through the opening in the cell and. seis
ing the guard around the waist, hurled
him over the railing to the stone floor
'beneath, a distance of sixteen feet.
. Edward Biddle joined his brother im-J
mediately and both, with drawn revolvers,
hhrrled td the first floor, where they met
Guard Reynolds and shot him.
There were but three men on duty and
the third was ou one of the upper ranges.
He was ordered down at the point of the
revolvers, and the three guards were put
in the dungeon.
The keys were taken from Keeper Mc-
Geary and the two desperate prisoners
bad a clear field. The only persons who
witnessed the escape were prisoners, who
could not interfere or give an alarm.
The Biddies went to the wardrobe. Where
tife guards kept their clothing, and each
put on a new suit. They then unlocked
the outside gates and passed out into Ross
street. ■
The escape of lhe Biddies has been ex
plained Warden Peter K. Soffel has au
thorised its publication.
ft is thwwHegation that his wife to re
sponsible. for the furnishing of the igvol- i
, ver and* saws to the Bid,Bea which en
abled tliem to escape.
Tn her infatuation for the handsome
despeiMdo. Edward'Biddle. It to altered,
thpirshe has left her husband and her
fTvr children, and it to supposed to to
meet escaped convicts at a place
agreed upon.
BUTLER Pa.. Feb. L-The fugitive
Biddle brothers and Mrs. Soffel. wife of
the Pittsburg jailer, who aided the mur-
to escape, were overtaken by po-
Hee and detectives near here jrasterday
afternoon, and after a desperate battle i
the trg wet* .captured, frightfully iacer- 1
ated whh bullets.
Both men and the woman turned their
weaprtw upon themselves * bva thqy
The Ptttsb -rg officers were met at But- I
ler yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sher- (
iff* Rainey and Hoon and Officers Frank ,
Holliday and Aaron Thompson, the latter
under command of Chief of Police Robert
Ray. of Butler Ph* officers were certain
that they were on the right trail. It .was
only a question of ttme when they would
catch up with the escaping condemned
murderer* and their companion.
When the detectives got within W yards
of the fugitives they opened lire. The
Biddles promptly answered with shotguns
and revolvers. Mrs. Soffel. too. stood up
in the sleigh with a revolver in each hand
and biased away at her pursuers. When 1
Ed Biddle fell and she saw she was about '
to be captured she flr*<l a bullet Into her
breast An examination by physicians >
shows that she will recover, as the bullet I
was deflected by her corset and the
wound to comparatively slight.
Edward Biddle got a bullet in the breast
which penetrated his right lung. John
Biddle may recover, his wounds, though
numerous, failing to reach a vital spot.
The escape of the officers is miraculous.
The Biddlts have demonstrated on several
occasions that they are good marksmen
and why they should have failed today
to bring down their men is a mystery.
The story of the fight as told by one of
the detectives to as follows:
The Biddles were sitting on the right
side of the cutter. Mrs. Soffel was on the
left side. > • .
“Hold up your hands and surrender’”
cried Detective McGovern.
Ed Biddle jumped up from his seat and
raising a shot gun. fired at McGovern.
He aimed badly and shot scattered on the
road alongside McGovern.
Detectives McGovern end Roach dis
charged their Winchesters at Ed Biddle.
Both shots took effect. Jack Biddles raised
from his seat and discharged his revolver
*t the three officers.
Then the detectives opened fire on the
boys in rapid succession.
The shots knocked them out of the
sleigh.
Ed fell sprawling on the snow and Jack
fell cm top of him.
His firearms fell alongside. The Bid
dles’ horse then became frightened and
ran away across a field. It was at this
time that Mrs. Soffel was seen to collapse
tn the steigb.
The detective- approached the wounded
men and Detective Swinehart was clos
ing in upon them when Detective Mc-
Govern called to him to stay back; that
the Biddles were only feigning.
Detective Roach saw Ed Biddle reach
in bls coat pocket as If for a gun and
letectlve shot him again. Then McGov
ern ran up within five feet of the boys and
emptied Ms winchester into them. The
Biddles then yielded.
After the Biddle* yielded. Roach and
McGovern handcuffed the Biddles' hands
and feet an they were taken to Butler.
When the horse ran away Mrs. Soffel
fell from the sleigh and was picked up
and placed in the detectives' large sleigh
with her companions and taken to the
at Butler.
A\the jail tonight Ed Biddle called for
a priest and made the following state
ment:
"I have been accused jof a great many
serious erimes. 1 admit that I could have
committed many, the opitortunities for
them having presented themselves. I
want to say now that I did not kill De
tective Fitzgerald. nor did I shoot Thom
as Kahney. nor was my brother impli
cated in the latter affair. Mrs. Soffel aid
ed us-in getting out of tne county jail
and had It not been for her we would
have made dur es. ape today. She gave up
everything for us and I was bound to
back her. I teld her I was guiltless of |
the crime for which I- was about to be
executed and she was Impressed and
fielded to my suggestion. I planned it.”
Mrs. Soffel made a statement after her
capture in which she raid she became in
volved In the affair through her sympathy
for Ed Biddle. She said she now rcalixed
her mistake and wished she was dead. She
said she did not shoot herself, but was
the first one shot by the detectives.
Dr. J. E. Byers, who examined the Bld- !
dies and Mrs. Soffel as soon as the prts- !
one rs were taken into the county jai’ '
made ths folloxring statement late last j
night:
“The woui.-Js vs all lh.ee prisoners art I
1 '
exceedingly grave and may result fatal
ly before another 24 hours. The bullet
which struck Mrs. Soffel and which ap
pears to have been self-infl’cted. entered
her left breast at the nipple and passing
about six inches through her chest.
It lodged under the skin of the back al
most opposite its point of entrance
"From my examination of Mrs. Soffel's
wound I think she may live, but her ex
posure to the cold and the excitement knd
nervous shock of this affair may so com
plicate matters that her breast wound
may prove fatal.
“The bifttet .undoubtedly glanced from
her breast bone. Her chances for recov
ery are favorable, but as I said, the at
tending circumstances aflh lively to pro
duce unfavorable symptoms before morn
ing.
“As to Edward Biddle. I think his
wounds are the worst of any of the th nee.
He was shot through the breast twice and
was also shot In the mouth.
•'His arm is broken, but whether by
a shot or by his fall from the sleigh has
not been determined
“Edward Biddle's left lung to full of
blood. His breathing is greatly impaired,
nnd I doubt if he cah Hve. —■ •
"The wounds of John Biddle are numer
ous. He has six gunshot wounds in his
abdomen and five in the right arm.
'‘Stray pieces* of shot also hit him in
'Jte face, but none of John Biddle's
wounds are of themselves necessarily fa
tal . ?. : . j ■
"The chief danger in his case is from
blood poisoning, which is not unlikely."
Suicide Was Planned.
From the statement made this morn
ing by “Jack" Biddle, in his cell, it is evi
wdent that the escaped convicts and their
‘accomplice had arranged to commit sui
cide in case capture became Imminent. In
addition. “Jack", also told how they es
caped.
Their manner of getting put of Jril, ac
cording to his statement, was as has al
ready been published. McGeary, he says,
fell over the range when he jerked loose
from the hold the prisoner had on him.
He says Mrs. Soffel helped them to es
cape. but would not say she supplied the
saws. The sawing of the bars of the cells,
he said, was completed before January 14
and that several times previous to the day
on which the escape was made their plans
failed through some little detail.
“Jack" again reiterated that he never
killed anyone, and that he never put a
bullet into anyone except Keeper Rey
nolds. He said the first crime he ever
committed was assisting to fob a Hquor
-store at Carnegie, but admitted that he
had participated tn a number of robberies
after that.
After they had left the Jail they went to
a-houae near a railroad In - Pittsburg They
remained there all of Thursday. The peo
ple In the bouse. "Jack" said, when they
read of the escape from the jail, recog
nised them and would only let them re
main after the Biddles gave them a
"bunch of money. ”
They remained at the house until Thurs
' day night, leaving it as soon as it grew
I dark. “Jack" says he wanted to stay
there and that “Ed" was a too willing to
, “I wouldn't let them go alone," “Jack”
I said, "and as soon as it grew dark we
I went down the street and took a Perrys®
ville avenue car. We rode to the end of
the line and from there walked until we
reached the farm where we stole the
horse.
"If it had not been for the woman we
would not have been caught, for we could
easily have gotten another horse and by
this time been more than 100 miles away.
It’s a lead-pipe cinch that we would have
escaped, but we could not let that poor
wdlnan go by herself.
“She did all she could with us—betrayed
' her husband, deserted her family, ail to
help us out. and we would have been a
> great deal worse than we are thought to
i be if we had thrown her down.
"When we saw the officers coming to
ward us on the road yesterday qyening
we knew it was all up. We did not fire a
shot at the officers, but agreed to kill our
selves. I shot myself in the mouth. ’Ed’
shot himself over the heart, and the wo
men shot herself in the breast. We knew
we had no chance to get away, and we
knew we would swing if taken back, and
that to why we wanted tp kill ourselves."
It has been discovered that "Jack” has
two bullet holes through his mouth, in
stead of one. as first thought. One of hte
other wounds is through his abdomen and
it is thought into his bowels and this may
cause his death, because peritonitis usu
ally reeult* from wounds of this kind.
Bullets from two of his other wounds
about the stomach were taken out this
morning.
The Kahney murder. "Ed" alleged was
committed by Walter Dorman, assisted by
«t man who had that day come from Chi
cago. and the Zebers woman, who put on
a man's suit. This. "Ed" said, she had
often done before when she had assisted
them tn their robberies. He admitted hav
ing committed a great many robberies,
but stoutly maintained that he had never
killed any one.
Suicide Theory Confirmed.
Drs. Greer and Bicker, who have been
attending the two Biddles, made a report
this morning that apparently confirms
Jack Biddle’s story that the fugitives
had tried to kill themselves. They had
come to thia conclusion after a complete
examination and a partial probing of the
wounds of both men.
Ed Biddle, who is generally supposed
to be worst injured, has several powder
marks on his left breast, which would gn
to show that he attempted to kill him
self. In Jack’s mouth are three bullet
wounds, which would be prtma facie evi
dence that he wanted to rid the world of
himself. One of the bullets, which evi
dently came from a revolver carried
away a portion of his tonsil, which the
doctors say would only have happened
by the holding of a revolver to his mouth.
The declaration by Edward Biddle that
he did not shoot Detective Fitzgerald, and
was not implicated In the Kahney murder
is given no credence by Superintendent of
Police Demmel and Detective Kelly.
As to the Biddles' declaration that
neither of them was at the Kahney house
the night of the murder. Detective Kelly
said:
"That is absurd. Fred Ohltnger posi
tively identified them, as did several oth
ers. The Zebers woman was accounted
for that night. The Bidoles' statement In
tnis regard is absurd, as a preponderance
of evidence shows.”
Former Warden Soffel made the start
ling revelation that he had been under
the Influence of chloroform during the
night when the Biddles broke jail. Mr.
Soffel believed the anaesthtic was admin
istered by his wife.
| The Butler officers demand half the re
ward of $5,000 and in order to hold the
prisoners, warrants were sworn out for
the Biddles, charging them with felonious
shooting in attempting to ki,i Mrs. Soffel.
District Attorney Haymaker says the
position taken by tne Butler officials is
wholly untenable, and steps will be taken
at once to compel them to relinquish their
claims.
BOTH DIDOLES ARE DEAD;
SOFFEL WOMAN STILL LIVES
I BUTI.ER. Pa.. Feb. I.—At the close of
! a day of Intense excitement and many
I conflicting stories concerning the chances-
' ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1902.
SHAW TO MTU
ANO SUCCEEDS
ME
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY . WHEN
NEW GUARDIAN OF THE NA
TION’S GOLD WAS SWORN
IN AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. Feb. I.—At 10:30 o'clock
today tn the presence of the chief of
ficials of the treasury department. Sena
tor Dolliver and nearly all of lowa's del
egation in the lower house of congress,
and other-friends. Formre Governor Les
lie M. Shaw, of lowa, took the prescribed
oath of office as secretary of the treas
ury suceeding L. J. Gage. The retiring
secretary of the treasury succeeding
J. Gage. The retiring secretary was
among the first to grasp his hand and as
he did so said:
“Mr. Secretary. I congratulate you and
wish for your administration the highest
possible degree of success."
Secretary Shaw responded:
"I thank you. sir. most sincerely, and
if my success shall be anything like that
of my predecessor I shall be fully satis
fied.”
The new and the retiring secretaries
then received all of the officials and
clerks in the treasury building to the
number of over 2.000.
Secretary Gage has the love and respect
of the officials and clerks of the depart
ment to a remarkable degree as was
shown In their leave-taking. Many eyes
were wet and voices trembled as the chief
they had known and loved ao well was
grasped by the hand probably for the last
time.
Secretary Gage remained in conference
with his successor an hour or more and
then left the department. He will go to
New York tomorrow or Monday to re
main a few days and in the course of two
or three weeks will go to Florida for a
rest of two or three months.
OVER TOO KILLED
BI EXPLOSION ;
IN JUNE
EAGLE PASS. Tex., Feb. 3.—An explo
sion tp the Hondo mine in Mexico caused
a terrlble lose of life and great damage to
the mine Saturday. .
Eighty-flve dead bodies had been re
covered from the mine at last accounts.
There were one hundred and sixty miners
at work in the mine, and all of them are
.undoubrsilij- deetoteWfc ■■
The majority of the viitms are Mexi
can* and Chinamen, very few Americans
being at work in the mine.
The Hondo mine is located at the ter
minus of a branch of the Mexican inter
national road, about two miles from Eagle,
Pass.
The explosion occurred in mine No. 6
and was ocasioned by striking a gas
pocket.
SAILORS OF THE KAISER
ARE GUESTS OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—After some
preliminary minor business yesterday In
house the committees were called and Mr.
Moody, of Oregon, from the committee on
mining, presented a bill for the protection
of the lives of miners in the territories. It
provides that in every mine over 100 feet
in depth mine owners be required to pro
vide 5.500 cubic feet of pure air for every
50 miners.
Mr. Lacy, of lowa, the author of the
bill, urged the importance of proper ven
tilation of coal mines. He offered an
amendment providing that the manager*
of coal mines should employ shot-firers
to fire shots therein.
While the bill was being discussed some
thing of a stir was caused by the appear
ance of officers and marines of the Ger
man cruiser Moltke, who marched into
the public gallery in uniform and accou
tred with their side arms.
The confusion was so pronounced that
the speaker was obliged to call the house
to order.
The Lacy amendment was adopted and
the bill was passed,
The house then went into committee of
the whole and entered upon the consid
eration of the bill for the creation of a
permanent census bureau.
About 23 of the petty officers of the Ger
man warphip now here were among the
spectators in the galleries at the opening
of yesterday's session of the senate.
Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, at the con
clusion of routine business, called up for
consideration the joint resolution uropos-
Ing an amendment to the constitution of
the United States respecting the succes
sion to the presidency in case the presi
dent-elect should die between the time
of his election and the date of his Inau
guration. Without a word of comment the
resolution was passed, the president pro
tern, announcing, at the request of Mr.
Hoar, that' two-thlrds of the senators
had voted for It.
A bill appropriating SIOO,OOO for the es
tablishment of the Fredericksburg and
adjacent national battlefields’ memorial
park, in Virginia, was passed. The bill
was amended by striking out the state
ment that on the limited territory to be
comprised in the park more great battles
were fought, more men engaged and more
execution done than on any other spot
of similar area in the world.
The following bills were also passed:
Appropriating $150,000 for the erection
of a public building at Greenville, Tenn.:
fixing the compensation of district super
intendent in the life saving service at $2,-
000 per annum: appropriating $160,000 for
the erection of a public building at La
rede. Tex.: appropriating $75,000 for the
erection of a public building at Nachez.
Miss.
The vote by which the bill for the use
of the United States of devices invented
by its naval officers and covered by let
ters patent passed yesterday was recon
sidered at the instance of Mr. Cockrell
and the bill again placed on the calen
dar. •
for life of the wounded Biddle brothers
and Mrs. Kate Soffel. the unexpected has
happened. John Biddle, who until late
this afternoon was the more likely broth
er to escape present death, succumbed at
7:35- p. m.
His brother. Ed, who has been uncon
scious practically ail day and who was
considered a dying man last nfight, sur
vived until 11 o'clock, when he, too, went
over the great divide. The latter’s suffer
ings were horrible.
Mrs. Soffel. who developed symptoms of
pneumonia, nas a chance for life, and un
it** «'>mf unforeseen complication sets In
will recover. •
Ml MAKES
PLEA FOB HI
111 BIFF.
J
—-A
OF CUBA MAY
DECLINE UNLESS
GIVEN CONCES-
SIONS.
NEW YORK. Fetpl.—T. Estrada Pal
ma, president-elect tof the Republic of
I Cuba, whose home W at Central Valley,
I N. Y„ has been in Consultation with the
members of the UuAn commission, who
are in this country t# urge a reduction of
50 per cent of the duly on sugar imported
from Cuba, i '1
Mr. Palma decline* to discuss the situ
ation either In Washington or in Cuba for
publication until he has given it further
consideration. There|FiU be another con
ference. after which t is possible he may
decide to issue a si itement defining his
position. . .
He refused to disci i* the report that he
may’ decline to aece t the presidency of
the republic unless t iriff concessions are
made.
CIVIL GOVERNOR TAFT
TELLS OF PHILIPPINES
■'
WASHINGTON. January Bi.-The in
vestigatlon into the conditions in the
Philippine archipelago atpropos of the ef
fort to secure legislation for the govern
ment of these islands was begun by the
senats committee on! the Philippines to
day W. H. Taft, otvil governor of the
archipelago, was thaiflrst witness called.
There was a full attendance of members
of the committee, an.l Senator Lodge,
chairman of the committee, explained that
the committee desired not only the full
est information concerning the Islands,
but any advice that Governor Taft might
offer concerning the questions at issue.
Governor Taft said be had gone to the
Philippines In the Spring of WOO, and
had visited almost alf the provinces dur
ing the pa»t year, lie said that In all,
the Filipino or Chrisßan provinces there
is a form orcfvtt govtmment. There are
34 of these provinces., The Moros are all
friendly, except a few, who had never
been otherwtoe thaa hs*stile to the Span
iards. Even theM • were now being
brought over by. lhe. prospect of trade
of which they are very fond.
The commission's tour of the island,
Governor Taft said, had only been under
taken after ths re-etection of President
McKinley , when the / time seemed ripe
for the establishment ot local govern
ment In the Islands. They presented to
the dlgnltariesr of the various places
visited an explanation of the provincial
and municipal acts. t .
"WerWad sotae-o*U>»y,” he said, "not
from the rear platform of the train, but
generally from the windows of the car."
He then gave in detail th* proceedings
of the meeting at the various places vis
ited. saying that some seventeen capitals
of the provinces were vlaltea on the first
tour. At each place the delegates of the
people were met, the prescribed special
act was passed and the governor appoint
ed, who was authorized to organise mu
nicipalities. These provincial govern
ments consisted, he explained, of a gov
ernor, secretary, superintendent, treasur
er and a fiscal or prosecuting attorney.
In all cases where the selection could be
made without arousing jealousies, natives
had been chosen. All these appointments
are temporary and next month their suc
cessors will be elected. When the fac
tions were too strong Americans were
placed at the head of each provincial gov
ernment. In all cases the treasurer and
superintendent were Americans.
The commission had first given its at
tention to the northern provinces, and in
April started south on a trip of fifty-four
days. They had been received most cor
dially everywhere. This latter remark
led the witness into a few discursive re
marks upon the subject of Filipino hos
pitality.
“The Spaniards," he said, “will always
tell you that his house is yours, but he
does not always mean that you should
take him at his word, but the Filipino
will tell you the same thing and he al
ways means what he says. He will turn
his family out and install you in his hab
itation.”
SPANISH WAR TAXES
WILL BE GIVEN KNIFE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—The house
committee on ways and means has unan
imously authorized Chairman Payne to
report a bill repealing all the Spanish
war revenue taxes except the tax on
mixed flour.
The repeal is to take effect July 1,
1902. except the duty on tea. which is to
take effect January 1, 1903. Chairman
Payne made a statement showing that
the total reduction would be $77,000,000
annually. The delay In the repeal of the
tax on tea is for the purpose of enabling
those who have stocks on hand to dis
pose of them before the repeal takes
effect. Mr. Payne says the country will
start upon the next fiscal year with
$174,000,000 available cash.
An amendment was offered by Mr. New
land/ to except from the repeal the tax
on petroleum and sugar refineries, and
by Mr. Richardson to repeal the custom
duties on trust made goods. Brfth were
defeated by party votes. Mr. Newlands’
amendment also provided for a tax of
one-tenth of one per cent on the gross
receipts of all corporations whose annual
receipts exceed $10,000,000.
wwomi
MW, CONN,
WATERBURY, Conn.. Feb. 3.—ln the
hardest gale of the winter Waterbury
struggled tonight with a fire that de
stroyed a large area of the business sec
tion of the city and threatened to wipe it
out entirely. The blaze started in the up
holstery department on the third floor of
the store of Reed & Hughes, dry goods
company, Nos. 108 to 120 Bank street, and
that*store and many adjoining buildings
were reduced in a few hours to smolder
ing embers.
An estimate of $2,000,000 as the amount
of the property loss on buildings and con
tents was -considered conservative by in
surance men.
The origin of the fire is unknown and It
was- not discovered until it had gained
tremendous headway.
An Edinburg doctor has discovered that
colds are contagious. At any rate, every
one you come in contact with seems to j
Miuvc one. I
SLIDE ROOSEVELT
WILL SEE THE
CDRDNSTIDN
PRESIDENT CONSENTS TO LET
HIS DAUGHTER VISIT ENGLAND
TO ATTEND CORONATION
OF KING EDWARD.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—Miss Alice
Roosevelt told several of her girl friends
today that she would go to the corona
tion of King Edward as the guest of
Whitelaw Reid, special ambassador from
the United States, says the Wataington
correspondent of the New York World.
Nobody at the white house, would make
the announcement, but Intimate friends
of the Roosevelts confirmed the statement.
The party will sail June sth from New
York.
The diplomats here are greatly inter
ested In the proposed visit. It is the
opinion at the ambassies that Court eti
quette would be’ binding on Miss Roose
velt. Ambassador Choate has been consult
ed about the matter.
Those familiar with the court proced
ure say that Miss Roosevelt, as the
daughter of the president of the United
States, should be received with the most
distinguished honor. It is held by these
experts that Miss Roosevelt would be out
of place merely as a young lady in the
suite of the special ambassador. The
hard-and-fast rules of a monarchy, it is
declared, make It necessary that she
should be rec*fcnized completely or not at
all.
In such event Miss Roosevelt would
rank with the princesses of the blood,
next to those in immediate succession to
a throne. She would therefore wear a robe
of crimson, or, as It Is called, royal pur
ple. She would be distinguished from the
peeresses by additional bands of ermine
and miniver. The princesses will wear
golden coronets. Miss Roosevelt would be
conspicuous in this group because she
would not wear a coronet.
If court etiquette should be strictly ob
served Miss Roosevelt would lodge at one
of the royal palaces. Diplomats here say
It would be Impossible for her to travel
incognito because her presence In London
would be recognized by the royal family
and every mark of attention and honor
would be extended to her.
The visit of Prince Henry to the Uni
ted States is not a parallel case. While
a blood relative of the Kaiser, he is not
directly descended from the reigning sov
ereign. Therefore, the experts say, the
honor paid Miss Roosevelt would equal
that to be given the eldest daughter of
Emperor William, or of the czar him
self.
In its possibilities for the exchange of
International compliments, the visit of
Miss Roosevelt would exceed in import
ance that of Prince Henry. The oppor
tunities for* display of international amity
and cordiality would be greater, because
she is a young girl, and the felicitations
would be o< a much more subtle character.
Mias Roosevelt has asked this favor of
her father as a birthday gift. Her pre
sentation at court. It is held, would ex
cel In importance that of any other
American woman. She would be treated
with a cordiality only extended to house
hold guests, and would appear at the first
drawing-room after the coronation, her
actual presentation having been made pri
vately. • .
CRUMPACKER WANTS ,
TO AIM BLOW AT SOUTH
WASHINGTON, D. C.. January 31.
Representative Crumpacker of the house
of Indiana, has asked Representative
Cannon, chairman of the republican cau
cus committee to call a caucus for next
Monday night for the purpose of consid
ering the Crumpacker bill, to reduce rep
resentation in the southern states which
have passed laws disfranchisting the ne
gro.
Southern republicans are opposed to the
Crumpacker bill and will urge thp Gibson
bill iu the caucus.
The Gibson bill provides a severe pen
alty for frauds in elections.
SENnP~fOT LIFE
■ ffllll WEEK OF
CRIME
ONE OF THE QUICKEST ACTIONS
OF JUSTICE EVER RECORDED
IN A MURDER CASE
IN GRIFFIN.
GRIFFIN. Ga., Feb. I.—Wiley Redding
entered a plea of guilty to the charge of
murder yesterday afternoon and within
less than a week after committing the
crime was under a life sentence to the
state penitentiary.
Redding became involved in an alterca
tion w*ith another negro named Hardy
Lindsey last Friday on the plantation of
Mr. W. P. Walker, in this county. The
difficulty arose over a debt of 10 cents, and
it Is said Redding, with but little provoca
tion, emptied the contents of a shotgun in
the breast of his adversary, killing him
Instantly.
The slayer fled and was captured last
Monday in Butts county by Sheriff Craw
ford, who brought him to Griffin and de
livered him to Sheriff Freeman.
When the case was called in the superior
court yesterday afternoon Redding’s at
torneys agreed upon his entering a plea
of guilty upon the prosecution agreeing to
recommend life imprisonment, thereby
saving the negro’s life.
ARRANGINGMEETING
OF LABOR LEADERS
CHATTANOOGA, Feb. 1.-M. J. Noon
an. of Nashville, has been in the city for
several days making preparations for the
meeting ff the state executive commit
tee of the American Federation of Labor,
which meets here the first Monday in
April. Mr. Noonan is making a trip to
all the cities to strengthen the union or
ganizations.
italian’celebratio’n"
STOPPED BY DYNAMITE
NEW YORK. Feb. I.—A dynamite bomb
exploded in the midst of a crowd of Ital
ians celebrating a feast day in Elizabeth
street, severely injuring two persons and
threw the others into a uanic. Two Ital
ians. who caused the explosion, were ar
rested. They claimed the usual fireworks
had been omitted from the celebration,
and for that reason they-set off the bomb..
HON. J. POPE BROWN
RETIRES FROM RACE
KNOXVILLE, TENN.,
HRS WELCOME
FDDJCHLEI
OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE EN-
TERTAINMENT PLAN HAS BEEN
ANNOUNCED IN TENN-
ESSEE CITY.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. I.—The offi
cial program for the entertainment of Ad
miral and Mrs. Schley during their stay
in Knoxville from Tuesday night to Fri
day morning next week was given out
this morning. They will be met at Chat
tanooga Tuesday afternoon by a commit
tee who will escort them to Knoxville in
a private car arriving here at 8 p. m. A
reception will be held immediately at the
Southern railway passenger station by the
general reception committee. Admiral
and Mrs. Schley will then be driven to
the Imperial hotel, where they will be
guests while here. Wednesday morning a
grand parade will be led and reviewed by
Admiral and Mrs. Schley. At noon the ad
dress of welcome will be delivered by W.
B. Lockett, president of the chamber of
commerce, after which a formal public
reception will be held.
At 8:30 p. m. the admiral will be given
a banquet, at the conclusion of which the
Knoxville loving cup will be presented
him.
Thursday Admiral and Mrs. Schley and
, citizens will visit the birthplace of Ad
miral David Farragut, at Lowe’s ferry.
In the afternoon a reception will be ten
dered Mrs. Schley by the Daughters of
the American Revolution. In the evening
the Cumberland club will receive in honor
of Admiral Schley. Friday morning at
8:30 o’clock Admiral and Mrs. Schley will
leave for Washington, over the Southern,
byway of Asheville and Salisbury, N. C.
NASHVILLE ACCORDS
BIG RECEPTION TO HERO
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Feb. I.—The in
clement weather necessitated an abandon
ment of the parade this morning in honor
of Admiral Schley, but the exercises at
the statehouse were begun shortly before
noon.
In his response Admiral Schley said:
“I have all my life long* tied to my
country, my people and my family. I have
had no other view and no other ambition.
If I have served you acceptably in the
nearly one-half a century in your service,
I am satisfied. The memory of yo*lr wel
come today will sweeten every hour ot life
I have yet to Hve, I have' no other hope
but to live always in your love and es
teem. and will know no place in which
that might be placed in jeopardy.”
jddgTWfobd
BREATHES LAST
IN GDLUMBUS
WAS PROMINENT LAWYER AND
FORMERLY A JUDGE OF THE SU-
PREME COURT OF STATE
OF GEORGIA.
COLUMBUS. Ga., Feb. I.—Judge Mark
H. Blandford, a prominent lawyer and ior
years a judge on the supreme bench of
Georgia, died at his home here today at
12:30 o’clock.
TROOPS IN SAMAR SUFFER
INTENSE HARDSHIPS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Secretary
Long Thursday received following cable
gram* from Rear Admiral Rodgers, at
Cavite, concerning the march of the ma
rines across Samar:
"Details Waller's expedition across Sa
mar not yet received. Much credit due
Shoemaker for services rendered in con
nection with rescue. Detachment at Lan
ang. Marines in Samar will be relieved in
about ten days."
The other dispatch reads:
“Following casualties, Captain Porter’s
command, attempting march Lanang to
Basey, Samar: Lieut. A. S. Williams,
slightly wounded In chest and weeping
eczema; Corporal W. Slattery, Privates J.
Mcßay, E. Witzell, J. W. Hackler, W. D.
Smith, R. Desmond. J. E. Egan, T. J.
Carey, condition serious from weeping
eczema. Privates P. J. Connell, T.
Sanjule, G. N. Foster, T. Bredtt, J.
Woods, F. F. Brown. T. Murray. M. Bas
sett. L. A. Bailey and J. Baronie. miss
ing, hope abandoned.”
privatFsubscriptions
TO PAY PRINCE’S EXPENSES
NEW YORK, Feb. I.—The expenses of
the reception and entertainment of Prince
Henry of Prussia are to be met by pri
vate subscription, and the committee on
finance, named by the executive commit
tee in charge of the arrangements, is now
at work discussing methods and means of
rajsing the money needed. No decision
has been arrived at thus far. but at a
meeting of the committee on finance,
which will be held In the rooms fit the
chamber of commerce next Tuesday, it is
likely that a definite plan will be ap
proved.
TWO HUNDRED PASSENGERS
ARE PRISONERS OF THE ICE
CHICAGO. Jan. 31.—The steamers At
lanta and lowa, with nearly 200 people
aboard were still fast in the ice at 8 a.
m. today. The passengers whose impris
onment began Wednesday night, were
physically comfortable, but eager for the
west wind which it is expected will
break up the ice.
HON. DUPONT GUERRY
OPENS HEADQUARTERS
MACON. Feb. I.—Hon. Dupont Guerry
has established headquarters in the Wash
ington block, and the details of the office
will be in charge of Mr. William F. Blue.
Mr. Guerry’s campaign is now on in ear
nest. He is absent from the city, and
knows nothing about the opening of
campaign headquarters here.
NO. 41.
Railroad Commissioner
Says He Is Going To
Stick to Farm-
ing.
Hon. J. Pope Brown has spoken regard- j
ing hte candidacy for governor, and says
he will not make the race.
The announcement of Mr. Brown, which
w»s in a letter to C. R. Pendleton, editor
of The Telegraph, and which letter ap
peared in Saturday’s issue of that paper,
recalls his former announcement that he
would probably be in the race. For sever
al months there have been reports that
Mr. Brown would not run. But when these
reports were circulated they were strong
ly denied by the friends of the Pulaski
county farmer and railroad commissioner.
Private business affairs says Mr. Brown
caused him to reach the conclusion that
it was best to leave the race alone. His
letter of withdrawal Is a very strong
document, though it lacks the usual char
acteristic of declining in favor of some
other candidate as most withdrawals do.
The fact that Mr. Brown Is no longer
a candidate for governor will be of great
Interest to hundreds of Georgians, who
were his friends and whp would have vot
ed for him, and to hundreds of others
who liked Mr. Brown, but on account of
the candidacy of others could not have
voted for him. The following is what Mr.
Brown said in his letter to Colonel Pen
dleton: . , _
“To the Editor of The Telegraph: Sev
eral weeks ago you were kind enough to
allow me to say through your columns
to my friends that I was a candidate for
governor, and at the proper tkne would
go before the people and submit my
upon the public questions I considered,
properly at issue. Since then my time
has been entirely occupied in the effort
to so arrange my private affairs that they
might be conducted during my absence in
the canvass without sacrifice or material
injury. The time consumed in this has,,
already resulted in injury to myself, po
litically. and further delay would be dis
tinct injustice to my friends. The time
has. therefore, arrived for a positive de
cision. ,
"After the maturest consideration I have
concluded that I cannot abandon and sac
rifice a business, the foundation* of
which are the result of twenty-five year*
of constant labor, and the successful con
tinuance of which will yet require un
ceasing vigilance. While my ambition and
inclination incline me to enter this race,
my sober judgment tells me to let It
alone. I am called upon to decide between
business and politics, and as I ride over
the fields that have been the best friend*
to me and my fathers before me. I feel
that I will make a mistake in turning my
back upon them to seek even the high
est position in the gift of the people.
“So. I ask the privilege of again ad
dressing my friends through your eplumn*
to *ay that I withdraw from the race for
the goremshlp.. To my friends in my
own and adjoining counties, and to my
friends throughout the state who have so
generously offered me their loyal and
zealous support. I return my sincere and
heartfelt thanks. I feel that they have
greatly honored me beyond my deserts. I
can only hope that the future may hold
an opportunity of proving my grateful
appreciation of their partial kindneps. For
your own courteous and considerate treat
ment upon all occasions, you will please
accept my sincere thanks.
“J. P. BROWN.
"Hawkinsville, Ga. Jan. 31. 190 B.”
What Will Smith Do?
Now that Mr. Brown has formally an
nounced to the people of Georgia that he
will not be a candidate for governor, the ’
friends of the Hon. James M. Smith, of
Oglethorpe, and the friends of the other
candidates, and the people of the state ;
who never vote but keep an eye on the ■
political field, will begin to ask: “What
will Jim Smith do?”
Mr. Smith has been mentioned as a pos
sible candidate of late almost as often as
has tar. Brown. His decision just now
would be as interesting as Mr. Brown’s,
and will be awaited with a great deal of
interest. «
Campaign is Now On. k
With the resignation of Mr. Terrell tak
ing effect Saturday, with Guerry and
Estill announced candidates and already j
in the field, the gubernatorial campaign
is taking shape. It is up to Mr. Snnth ,
now to say what he is going to do. Mr.
Brown has put his friends on notice as to
his intentions. Mr. Guerry says he is a
candidate. Mr. Estill states that he would
like to be governor, and Mr. Terrell has
given up a state position in hopes ot filling
Governor Candler’s place next year.
There will be speeches in different coun
ties, there will be mass meetings and ral
lies and clubs formed and all that sort of
thing. There will be Terrell organizations.
Guerry organizations, Estill organizations
and, maybe, Smith organizations, if Mr.
Smith will say whether he is going to
farm in Oglethorpe county or get into the
gubernatorial race.
Former Attorney General J. M. Terrell,
who is now a candidate for governor,
when shown tfle announcement of Mr.
Brown, saying he would not be in the
race, said:
"I read with pleasure Mr. Brown’s con
clusion to retire from the race for govern
or and Interpose no objection to the other
gentlemen retiring.”
e Mr. Terrell seemed very much pleased
when he learned that Mr. Brown would be
out of the struggle. He declined to say
how It would affect his chances.
The Journal wired Col. J. H. Estill, of
Savannah, who Is also a candidate and
asked his views on the subpect of Mr.
Brown’s retirement. Colonel Esjill replied
as follows:
“Hon. Pope Brown had never formally
announced his candidacy but there is no
doubt that he had many admirers
throughout the state and the news that
he will not be a candidate will be quite
generally ’ regretted as he is a gentle
man of high character and has rendered
the people and the state conspicous ser
vice.”
Hon. Dupont Guerry wired:
“Have not seen Mr. Brown's withdraw
al: if 1 see it in time wil igive opinion.”
Governor Candler said he thought that
the withdrawal of Mr. Brown would di
vide his support. "I don’t think." said the
governor, ‘that Mr. Brown’s withdrawal
will have any effect on the race as those
people who had intended to support him
will now support all three candidates. .Mr.
Brown js a splendid man. and if he had
been elected he would have made a splen
did official.”
Mr*. Mary A. Van, Aged 107, I* Dead.
MACON, Jan. 30—Mrs. Mary A. Van,
who was born in 1795, died at Griswoldville
yesterday. Her funeral will occur this
morning. She was in her 107th year, and
had been familiar with much of the histo
ry of middle Georgia in away that is not
permitted to many people. She was one
of the most interesting character* by rea
son of the fact that her memory’ was so
well preserved and she was so very intel
ligent and observant. She leaves several
children and grandchildren. Her children
are all well along in year*.
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