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j Subscriber’s Paper-Not for Sale THE MACON TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA! FAIR AND SOMEWHAT COLDER TUESDAY! WEDNESDAY FAIR IN EAST, RAIN IN WEST PORTIO Ni VARIABLE WIND8, MOSTLY W ESTERLY. ESTABLISHED IN 1828. MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1904. DAILY—»7.00 A YEAR JAPANESE TAKE ANOTHER PORT GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. Shaw Says Architectural and Drafting Forces Are Not Busy. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Secretary Shaw today transmitted to the house a statement relative to the work on publio buildings now under construe DISCUSSING THE INAUGURAL BALL Under It Was Exploded an non. ho states that unless more I buildings are authorized the archltec Immense lline I tural and drafting force In his depart- 1 ment will have to toe reorganized and | decreased in size. He adds: “Sites for public buildings and add!- I tlon to public buildings in quite a large number of cities and towns have Heavy Force Occupied the I ^% P 0 ™nt un ?n r .‘o" y S Most Important Business Be fore House * CHARGE OF INFANTRY ACTION NOW DELAYED Captured Site places the demand for buildings is ur- I gent. therefore recommend apprnprla- 1 tlons covering buildings on all the OPERATIONS OP NAWjsttes heretofore purchased and in ad dition an amount sufficient to make } Improvements in such cities and towns Report of Admiral Togo Shows Casu- j where like conditions well nigh Imper- alties in the Attacks of Wednesday ative. exist. The aggregate amount I of appropriations need not exceed 910,- Consideration Both Serious and Humorous BODY IN AN UPROAR and Thursday—Russian Ships In ] 000,000.” Inner Harbor Are Said to Be No I Longer Fit for Action. The list of sites purchased Includes Atlanta, Go.; Bessemer, Ala.; Florence, Ala.; Gainesville, Ga.: New Orleans; Ocala, Fla.; Portsmouth, Va.; Tusca- Refused to Stand for Capitol Building as Place *for Entertainment—Mr. Maddox Opposes Temporary Use of Washington Monument Grounds for Exhibition Purposes. TOKIO, Dec. 19.—Evening.—The loosa, Ala.; Valdosta, Ga. Japanese fired an Immense mine under North Atlantic Squadrom portions of the north fort of East | NEWPORT NEWS. Va., Dec. 19.— Keekwan mountain at 2 o'clock yes- The United States battleship Missouri, . . „ o/f . rn „ n rp*-_ . Capt. W. S. Cowles commanding, ar- terday (Sunday) afternoon. The in- rived ln Hampton Roads today from fantry Immediately afterward charged I Boston, preparatory to the assem- and occupied the fort with a heavy I *he North Atlantic battleship I squadron, which will rendezvous In the * orce * I roads for a few days before sailing It Is reported that the Japanese have I for a cruise ln the Caribbean sea and seized a strong position about a thous- 1 olh * r *? ,e ™ abou „ t , lh * flrs ' I h * I year. The Missouri is the second ship and yards southeast of 203-Metre Hill, I of the squadron to arrive, the Topeka preparatory to assaulting the new | having passed in the capes^Saturdny town and pushing between Llaotl morning from Charleston, 8. C. Dur ing the rendezvous in the roads the mountain and the Russian headqusr- I squadron will be Joined by the Iowa, ters at Port Arthur. The fighting against Shungshu mountain continues. Tho following report of the capture was telegraphed from Gen. Nogi’a headquarters today; "At 2:15 o’clock on the afternoon of December 18 part of our army blew now undergoing extensive repairs at j this yard. The battleship squadron is in command of Rear Admiral A. 8. Barker. IN ADVANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT REPORT up the parapets of the north fort of National Cotton Ginners’ Association East Keekwan mountain and then Hopes to Improve Conditions as to charged. A fierce battle with hand | Getting Statistics, grenades ensued. “Owing to tho stubborn resistance | DALLAS, Texas, Dee. 19.—Ginners of the enemy with his machine guns I from all of the cotton growing states our operations were temporarily sus pended. “Subsequently, at 7 o’clock in the evening, Gen. Scmcamiam, command- west of the Mississippi river'met in | Dallas today and organized the Na I tlonal Cotton Ginners’ Association ot the United States with J. A. Kyler of Wynnwood. Indian Territory, as presl ing the supports, advanced into the dent( an( j j. H . Connell, of Dallas, se casements and, encouraging his men, cretary and treapur.tr. threw hill support* into the flghtln* The purpose of this organization Is threw ms bupp e t0 gather accurate and reliable lnfor line in a last brave charge. I mat | 0n concerning the amount of cot “At 11160'at night we completely oc- I ton produced and the condition of tho curled the fort and Immediately on- k°P,S gaged In the construction of defensive I government report. While the organ- works. Ouroccupatlon became firmly izatlon at present Includes only those . ginners from the states west of the assured today. Mississippi, organization of the other "Before retiring the enemy exploded states, it Is said, will follow nnd they four mines in the neighborhood of the will be incorporated in the national ' association, neck of the fort. There are about 30,000 cotton gin “We captured five nine-centimeter ners in the United States and it li Hold guns and two machine guns, os ^clared that by means of organise • I tlon the ginners would form a mos well as plenty of ammunition. reliable and accurate crops of cotton “The enemy left forty or fifty dead. | crop reporters. Our casualties have not been inves tigated, but they are not heavy.’ DEADLY WOOD ALCOHOL. Togo’s Report. WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—The Jap- I Ten Dead and Two Dying From Its Poisonous Effects. ASHLAND. Ky.. Dec. 19.—Four nneso legation today received tele- I more men have been added to tho ll«t ”„ T„vio of six dead and two others nre report grama from the foreign office at tokio | lk „ Wiremri on naval dying from the effects of wood al giving Admi * P° , rh . h w cohol poisoning at the mouth of Bea reventeen* wounded In the attack. of tST Wednesday and Thursday, report, one I boats with a crew of 17 Itueilan destroyer aground and that ot *At th^mouth of least six Russian destroyers remain. " l,h i r lgh I; At the mouth of Admiral Togo, reporting on the 18th. Beaver five mile, above Prestons- “the Russian ships In the Inner two of the boats sank and the harbor are no longer fit for oction. Re- swam and waded ashore with gardlng the Sevastopol, Admiral Togo much of the freight. A Jug of wood says although there I. reason to be- alcohol was one of the article, saved. Hove .he was Incapacitated for navlga- I It was dark and the men were chilled AUTOMATIC COUPLERS Supreme Co Ion. yet positive evidence is atlll uu- ""d wet. Fires were built and .un obtainable > prr ,t,lrte ‘ 1 ' A man came along nnd Saw Grand Opera. sold the mfour bottles of "moonshine' whisky. They drank the whlaky and tVA8HlNGTON. - Dec^l9r—President | Another said: "It will kill us; eee tho poison label.” One of the crew began mixing the end Mrs. Roosevelt and Vice Presi dent-Elect and Mrs. Fairbanks were occupants of boxes at the opening pro duction of Grand Opera at the Colum- I drinks and said: bla theatre tonight by the Havng* "Come on, let's have our Christmas i nmpany. Othera in the presidential j now , jf [i> poison, we will all die to- box were Miss Alice RooseVel. Senator Ket hi>r." They drank the stuff nnd nnd Mrs. Lodge and Benor Ojeda, the I while at supper they became violently Spanish minister. The opera put .on 1 m Two doctors were called but could va. Puccinis la Boheme, which was 1rclleev them* given Its first English production lo Washington nnd was warmly received. After a week's engagement In this city MANUFACTURERS DON’T the company will make lt» first tcur j through the Atlantic coast states to j LIKE THE PROPOSITION Texas and thence to California. COMMITTED SUICIDE. FALL RIVER. Maas., Dee. 19.—The In- ! dications hare today were that the man* V.’emin CcSid Not Prevent Savannah ufacturer* would not agree to submit the Peliccirtln* From Killing Hlms.ll. [«HS» ‘“"f,*" •*«»**"• »s proposed. SAVANNAH, fin, Deo. 19-Petrol- I {«“» »-> statement was made by man A. J. Clark conmil.tcd suicide 1 -*Tv I The textile unions received a check to- !t'■moon In n room at t‘.;e Marshall j day for $6 000 from ti»e American Fe«l«»r- liu.T »' ti-thirds of- a I at ion of Labor, making a Intel of $20,000 bo'tV f.r land mum. Ho [ so far received aa n result of the as**** ’ 4 o , |o h. Tie v.vnt into tho I meat levied by the San Franciaco coqven- * Mr». \V. P. G!oe.«up nnd klaa- | - fcld :icr fche nou’d not *e< WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—The house of representatives today emphatically disapproved the proposition to hold the inaugural ball in the capltol building. The committee having the matter In charge had substituted for the pension building, as provided for by sennte res olution. the congressional library, but Mr. Morrell of Pennsylvania, who called the matter up, announced that the opposition to the- latter building was so groat the committee had con cluded to substitute the capltol build ing. A storm of protests came from both sides of the chamber. The reso lution offered by Mr. Morrell was voted down, the result being to delay action until the next District of Columbia day in January. The house also voted down a resolu tion offered by Mr. Larey of Iowa making a special order on January the hill to restore to the Naval Acad emy three cadets who were dismissed for hazing. Mr. Lacey's action criticised by Mr. Williams of Missis sippi and others, Mr. Williams con tending that the case of those midship men could not be given preference when there were so many matters of vast public importance which could not get time for consideration. Hazing Condemned. The practice of hazing was severely condemned by Messrs. Payne of New York. Shepperd of Texas, Mann of Illinois and Adams of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rrlck of Maryland defended the cadets. The resolution wns defeated— 35 to 77. In the discussion over thd use of the capltol for the inaugurnl ball Mfc Williams of Mississippi scored the in augural committee for having In the past refused to restore to their orig inal condition Reservations or public ■paces occupied by stands or other structures. An amendment by him wan adopted requiring the Inatfgrnl commit tee to give bond guaranteeing to re pair all dnmage done. Mr. Raker of New York objected to a few individuals getting together “for their <pwn social prestige." “Having got rid of a saloon ln tho capltol," Interjected Mr. 81ms of Ten nessee, “we don’t want to turn It Into a ball room." Mr. Thayer of Massachusetts said the only place where the tnl! could bo held with regal splendor was In tho pension building. Mr. Pou (N. C.) believed the cere mony should not bo conducted In a niggardly manner and favored the plan to use the capltol building. Mr. Gaines (Tenn.) spoke In oppo sition to the capltol proposition, say ing that if tho ball was to held at nil “it should be held decently and In proper order." ,Ho favored the pension building. M, Baker Facetious, Mr. Bnkermonvulsed the house by re ferring to Mr. Thayer’s use of the word "regal." The word regal, he said, meant kingly, which had no applica tion to a republic. “I am opposed." ho said, amid shrieks of laughter, "to anything being done In this country in a regal, kin^y man ner." He wanted It done a democratic and simple manner. Mr. Raker put the house In nn uproar when ho declared that the object of the ball was to give opportunity to the wealthy " to parade their Jewels, their gowns and their finery so that It can go all over the United States that Mrs. Tom Jones attended the president’s ball and that she wns arrayed in such nnd such finery, which Is believed to have cost $5,000. By an emphatic “No" the house voted down tho resolution. Mr. Morrell (Pa.) called up the bill to grant the temporary occupancy of the Washington monument grounds for the American railway appliance exhi bition, which met with opposition from Messrs. Maddox (Qa.) and Gaines (Tenn.). the course of the discussion Messrs. Gaines and Morrell had clash In which compliment* partly humorous and otherwise, were ex changed. A motion to pass the bill under suspension of the rules was vot ed down, after which the house ad journed until Wednesday. rt Makes Important Do- in Johnson Case, WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—l n a de cision handed down by Chief Justice Fuller In the case, of Johnson vs. the Southern Railway company, the su preme court of the United States today practically held that all cars, Includ ing locomotives, should be equipped with uniform automatic couplers. The court also held that dining cars can not be exempt from the requirements of the safety appliance law when In use, even though empty. The decision is considered by the in terstate commerce officials as well as those of the department of Justice to be a decided step forward In the.pro tection of railroad employes. Secre tary Mosaly of the commission sum marizes the points In the Judgment follows: “First. That couplers on railroad cars must be of such a character that they will couple automatically nnd so employes from going between cars, though absolute uniformity is not required. Second. A car though empty and on a sidetrack may be engaged in In terstate commerce. ‘Third. That for the purposes of tho safety appliance law locomotives are cars nnd they are required to be equipped with automatic couplers.' EXPLOSION CAUSED DEATH OF FOUR MEN Disastrous Accident on Barge of the Standard Oil Company While at Soa. NAS PATTERSON Famous Defendant Heard in Her Own Behalf TELLS DRAMATIC TALE Story of Ride in Cab and Its Results SHE DID NOT SHOOT Actress 8ays She Would Give Her Life to Bring Back Bookmaker Caesar Young if it Were Possible—Yester day’s Proceedings in the Celebrated Murder Case. ■on took the stand. Tho court room wat crowded, and tho police reserves had been summoned to keep out the A AT S reat throngs which crowded about U1M OAiVlYi/ the court room. Justice Vernon M. Davis, who presided, had beside him on the bench the Eurl of Suffolk, who is soon to marry Miss Daisy Letter of Chicago. Miss Patter«on, her eyes red with weeping, took the chair on the stand composedly. She waa evidently nerv ous, but the self-control which has ever characterized her movements did not desert her at this trying hour. She was attired in a plain black gown, which strikingly set off the pallor of her countenance. She gave her name as Nnn Randolph ratterson, aged 23, nnd snl<l she wns married in 1898 to Leon James Martin, from whom she hnd since been divorced. She said she first met Young in the summer of 1903, while she was on the way to Califor nia, ns a member of a theatrical com pany, and that their friendship soon ripened Into love. She told in detail of her many meetings with Young lit various parts of the country, and of trips she took with him. Coming down to June 3, she was aeked about what she had heard that abroad. She replied: Wanted to See Young. “He called me up on the telephone and asked mo why I did not come over to the races. I asked him why he could not come to see me nnd he said he could not; he was straightening out his business affnlrs. “I went to the Gravesend track and remained there until after the sixth race." Continued on page eight. TESTIMONY IN SMOOT’S CASE Au Interesting Session of Senate Committee REVELATIONS DENIED NEW YORK. Dec. 19.—By an explo sion nnd the burning of 1,000,000 gal lons of petroleum on a Standard Oil Company's barge nt sea off Long Branch, New Jersey, Sunday after noon, four men were burned to death. The dead: Captain G. P. Stokes. A. Hale, engineer. AI Brandt, fireman. Thomas Johnson, sailor. One man is missing, IT. Hansen, a sailor, had shipped for the trip but it Is not known whether he was on board. If he was ho must have per ished. * Four survivors of the crew of tho burned barge' were brought lo this port nnd nre in a hospital suffering NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—"Did you or did you not shoot Caesar Young. Nnn?" said Lawyer Levy to Miss Nan Patterson today. “I did not." replied the witness In a firm voice. "I would give my own life to bring hlin bnck if It were In my power. I never saw the revolver with which he was shot." "There was a flash—and then the end." In a voice quavering with emotion, hut filled with dramatic Intensity, Miss Patterson, who Is on trial charged with the murder of Caesar Young the bookmaker, recited to the Jury the scenes In her life which had to do with her denllnga with Young. Not only did Miss Patterson swear thnt she did not kill Young, but she denied every circumstance in tho case whieh the state hns brought up against her. She denied that she wns dismayed becauso Young wns about to leave her nnd go to Europe, after having been told by him. an it hnn been alleged, that all wns over between them. Wat to Join Young. On the other Imnd, she tentlfied that an n renult of her conference wit It Young it was ngreed that she should loin hint In England and lake npart- j mentn in the Hotel Cecil, London, tnk- I Ing rare that, she keep her whoren houtn a complete secret from Mrs. from burns. L h . e ZiSSPiZ !"ounT^'YnunT. relatlVM/ AnTm". Had to Lot Her Go, RORTON. Dec. 19.-The tug Mer cury broke down during the storm, while passing the Boston lightship with *.he schooner Henry Llppett In low from Vineyard Haven, and wns obliged to let go of tho schooner which subsequently anchored, and the tug Storm King wns detailed to bring her Into the port. The injury to tho Mer cury was small. Mormon Methods in Case of Corn Birdsali ENFORCING A DECREE Polygamy Increasing In Idaho, Where Attorney General it Alleged to Have Recently Taken Plural Wife—Inves tigation* by State Superintendent of Publio Instruction. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MRS. CHADWICK barge were In tow of a tug bound for Philadelphia and were off Long Branch at 3 p. m.. Sunday. Some thing Interfered with the (law of wa ter from the fresh water tank and En gineer Sale and Fireman Brandt went below to investigate. An explosion followed, whether of gn* or a boiler Ih unknown. It lifted the after deck of the barge and set fire to the after hold. aR , n . The tank holding the petroleum was ' . .. '. fnrtv fo,.«rnrA \.f th- lire proceeded her UnoB became more tense In her account of the fatal cab ride, portant feature brought out was tho fact lhat Young gave tho woman a postal card on which he wrote her name nnd address, saying it was some thing she might need. Tho crowded court room became suddenly still when tho former show girl took tho stand. Tho first of her testimony, relating to herself, was glv- low, even voice, but as she forty feet forward of .where fly? lire started hut it Jumped thla npneo in a. twinkling nnd within a few mlnutea thfc lmrgo was ablaze from stem to stern. The tug Standard which had the barges in tow went alongside tho burning barge nnd took off four sea men but the hlnze had spread so fast that the others could not he rescued. Those who were saved ware painfully burned nnd the tug hnstened to New York where they were given 1 medical attention. The fire on the barge was left to burn Itself out. The tug re turned to the scene of the disaster to recover the bodies and hulk of tha barge, the belief being that the latter was not entirely destroyed. filled with trngle'ex- her voir press Ion. Early in her story Miss Patterson told of her engagement with Young, of their life together nnd of their CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 19.—Four witnesses were heard today In the bankruptcy proceedings against Mrs. Cnsslo L. Chadwick, after which tho hearing wns continued until tomor row, when Receiver Nathan Loener hopes to have the woman present. Mrn. Chadwick's appearance will depend on a report to Referee In Bankruptcy Remington ns to her physical condi tion. her counsel stating In court sho was III, nnd it being agreed thnt sev eral physicians should make an ex amination tomorrowmorning. But. little inforib&tltln was secured today as to Mrs. Chad wick's Jewelry thut creditors think nhe has, or of a missing trunk and valise the receiver desires to find. Tho examination to day of two of, the wl I nesses, Emil Hoover, Mrs. Clmdwick'* son, and Fre da Swans tor n i.‘ her maid, centered t.mptat.d Klirnponn trip. Hh. told <>t | ndinls.lmi. mad. Bwslvtr Losstr. SCHOOLS GET TEN HOLIDAYS Working, System in Gram* mer Schools Changed ONE TEACHER RESIGNED ef bin went to b-d she be »o% i--at kao*..ihing had v.*n» to !d-< ream. Sbs ''•dln-j* the bottle of I tr.^i to tik# it away •:e d’d n*-t tsucreed and *•' l'e ft'-oi CM gone - drt. k Ir. all he drank : t e tottle. Phyticinn* •••I TtT rceU! not nv« r. w!f* In iUvunnab The strike has now been on twenty-two week*. For four weeks the mills have been open. Today no large gain* were re ported by any corporation, nnd at several plunt.a fewer operatives than during last week were at work. Thirty weaver* who d gone In at the Tecumseh mill went t in a body tod.iy because a new grfov- Ai Chrictmas Present. TALLAHASSEE. Fla., Dec. 1 Wm. Sylvester waa granted a full par don this afternoon by the state board of pardcr.s. Sylvester killed Edward Burton, m ;r:cr mechanic of the Seaboard Air X/jm at Fernandin.t three years lie war sentenced to be hanged. Hie wntew i w.ts ••ommn’ed to life Impr *>njr«nt February I" last. Hie pardon sought by hie friend* to be given ** a Christmas present. Senate'* Brief 8ea*Son. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—The Ren nie held a session of three minutes to. day and adjourned until Wednesday. Only rountine business wa* transacted. A Tennessee Tragedy. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. Dec. 19.— Justice of the Peace John Ford of James county was shot and killed by his cousin, Samuel Ethridge, on the main street here today. The killing was the outcome of an old family feud extending over a number of year*. Ethridge was captured by a Salvation Army officer and turned over to the police. Important Order Revoked. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Judge Ba ker of the supreme court of New Mex ico, who recently was removed from office by the prealdent. ha* re. elved by the president end the department of Justice a full hearing, the result being 9 ^evocation of the order of removal. Judge Baker subeeauentiy tendered bis resignation. Mies Griffith of the Columbus Schools Wes Chosen at Board Meeting to Fill Vaoaney Caused by Resignation of Mies Cordelia Dessau at Alexan der No. 1. An adjourned meeting of the board of education of Bibb county was held yesterday evening at G o’clock at tho office on Mulberry street, nt which time the buxines* of the regular monthly meeting wns transacted. Messrs. Tinsley, Felton, Miller, Hertz, Cabanlsa, Dessau, Wiley, Willingham. McCaw, Horne and Gugcl were pres ent. Upon motion of Mr. Willingham tho schools were ordered closed Thursday at noon to reopen on Jan. 2hd. This will give teachers and children ten days for the Christmas holidays. At thia meeting a change In the marking system of the grammnr schools was recommended by Superin tendent Chapman. This recommenda tion provided that pupils continue nn at present to receive marks In deport ment and attendance every week but the report* in studies are to he made only once a month. The report was adopted by the board. Judge A. L Miller, chairman of the committee on teachers, reported the resignation of Mice pordelfa Dessau from second grade at Alexander school No. 1. Miss Griffith of tho Columbus school* wkS'Chosen to fill the vacancy. She is a graduate of the state normal school and her former home was in Macon. Iter talk with Young the night befor his proposed ^departure for Southamp ton. of her being awakened by a tele phone message from him to go to tho pier to see him off, of the ride down town, of the momenta in a saloon and of the ride In the cab beforo the shoot ing. She was asked to describe what hap pened after leaving the saloon, while driving down West Broadwny. In the Cab. "We tnlked about his going away and he kept questioning m* about my coming to meet him," she wild. "I did not say anything, and finally he onld •hut I don't feel* positive that you ire going lo come over.' Ha said 'I be lieve that you arc fooling, ora you?’ then he said: ’Are you going?' I said, ‘Well, Caesar, there’s no une saying I will, because I’ve mnde up my mind not to, but you go over there and get things quieted down, until the folks have forgotten about things. By Hint time I will meet you ut the Snratogi meeting.' "He loked nt me a while and said: '"Do you mean that?’ nnd then ho grabbed me by my* hand nearest to him. nnd pulled me over toward him. He hurt me so thnt I tried to pull away, hut I could not get away from him. I put my other hand up and he grabbed at me—somehow or other I got nwny from him. I told him that he hurt me. Ho said: • ’If you don't come over there and I have to wait until the Saratoga meeting I may never pee you ngnin. My horses have gone hack on I’ve lost nil that money. Nov* I’m losing my little girl; do you mean that?’ t "He grabbed me and hurt me so badly that the tears came to my eyes. I tried to struggle away from h’m again, and hnd to bend away over. The Shooting. 'There was a flnsh—tho end." "You heard the report?" her lawyer asked, "Yes." "Was the pistol In Young’* binds?** "I hnd not seen the pistol.. Mr. Young fell over my lap; got half way uiv fell again, and I thought he was having a spasm. He kept twitching and twitching. I called to him and tried to make hinuinswer.hut he would not. I believe I put my hand tip and told the cabman to drive to the drug gist. I don’t know whether I did, That was my ideas.and It seemed Oh? sges before I could get anyone to p%y any Shipping to China. COLUMBUS, Go,. Dec, ,19.—The Co - lumbux Manufacturing Company now shipping to Shanghai, Chlrn. New York, the last of order*/or brown goods aggregating 4.000 bale*. This i* said to be one of the Urgent order* (•'_ goods of this character ever by a Southern mill from the Orient. attention to me and help me. "A policeman got In the cab. and I felt so relieved. I knew he would take care of Mr. Young. I seemed to be dazed In my memory after that," "Nan. look at me. Did you shoot Caesar Young?'* naked Mr. I>V£ "Mr. I.«vy, I did not have any pistol to* r.hoot Mr. Young with, and If I had—" said the witness In trembling tone*. AsslNtant District Attorney Rand objected to further answers and was sustained. jp ■■■ "Did you or did you not shoot 'Cae sar* Young Nan?" Denied Her Guilt "T did not, I would glvo my own life however, will continue ills inquiry with the hope of locating the property* Valuable Furs and Rugs. At the afternoon session of court Benjamin G. Alalsltner. manager of a Cleveland fur company, tola of furs and rugs valued at $2,000 which were held for Mrs. Chodwlck. The pro prietor of lh« same concern denied, in answer to n question, that Mrs. Chadwick had purchased a $1,600 fur lined coat. When Attorney L. J. Grossmnn. counsel for the creditors, wns through qucHtloning the witnesses he nnd At torney Dawley hnd an informal confer ence concerning Mrs. Chadwick’s up- pearance before the referee. Attorney Grossman Insisted thut Mrs. Chadwick Nhould be brought Into court as soon us possible, Maying lhat he understood she wns able to be pre Attorney Pawley then, addresnlng the court, questioned the right in sub- poenu Mrs. Chadwick and huve her testify, Would be Inhumane, "To bring her Into court In hor pren- ent condition would he nothing ullort of inhumnnlty," he declared. "Furthermore, Mrs. Chadwick Is un der no obligation to testify anywhrre. , Nothing can unseal her lips and If Mrs. Chudwlrk were to come here and make u statement she would have lo dis charge vne as her ultornoy before I would consent.' Mr. Grossmnn said he did not want to cause Mrs. Chadwick any ininecea ssry embarrassment but he had been advised by physicians she wns ia ren dition to testify. Dr. Well, the jail physician, sold today thnt Mrs. Chad wick was In better condition than she hud been for several days. She wan somewhat weak this morning but felt better during the afternoon. During the examination Mis* Swan- storm said she never looked after Mrs. Chadwick's jewels. Mra. ChadwicK took care of them herself. She hn seen the jewels several times but did not now know where they were. Warned by Manager. Mrs. Chadwick's son, Emil, could not tell the present whereabouts of the trunk or satchel which were removed from the Holland hou*e. The man ager of the hotel, the witness wild, had told hi* mother that it would ho Imtter that the baggage be remoed, as It was understood a levy was to he mads on It. Young Hoover told of a visit he made to Cleveland before his mother’s ar rest. She hod sent him here to obtain a package deposited with a local tru*; company and which she said waa v.*iy Important. He thought tbeio were valuable papers In the parcel. Two Banks Go Under. HOUSTON, Tex.. Dec. 19.—Two banks at Angletnn and Velasco, both of them owned by W. M. Hoskins, cloacd their doors today. A run which started Saturday at Angleton was continue today until Mr. lloajdna went there from Velasco and posted a notice thnt be would suspend payments until he could make arrangement* for payment of all claims in fulL No statement of assets or liabilities was made. Both to bring him hack If U were in my I banks paid all claims until they power." she answered. | It Is H»f»«*rted that about $30.90.) has It was 2 o’clock when Miss Fatter- been withdrawn during tho runs. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—The sen ate committee on privileges and elec tions was In session all day taking testimony In tho Senator Smoot Inves tigation. Nothing of a sensational character whs brought out Interest wns evinced by members of the committee In state ments by A. C. Nelson, superintendent of public Instruction for Utah, con cerning the use of school buildings for the teaching of the Mormon religion. Apostle John Henry Smith was on thn stand for two hours. Other witnesses were Isaac Hlrdsull. a Mormon, who said ihut his daughter waa excommu nicated because she would not obey a decision ot a bishop’s court, which hnd deprived hor of a piece of property to which she held the lawful title; and William Luld^son, editor of the Boiso (Idaho) Stniesnton, who testified in regard Jo political affairs In his state, Those Revelations Doniod. mM Apostle Smith said he hnd never heard of any president of the church authorizing plural marriages since tho manifesto. He denied emphatically- that hft had said there had been reve lations that n certain political ticket should be supported. Apostle Smith, however, admitted an active part In bringing about the re peal of the territorial test oaths which practically excluded Idaho Mormon» from voting. He said he had made political speeches but appealed to tho voters as a citizen nnd not as a mem ber of the Mormon church. Senator Dubois naked Apostle Smith if an upostle could take a plural wife now and retain' IiIh standing. "Unless perchancs he were, handled by tho Inws of the country," was tho response. "You mean that somo gentile would havo to mako complaint?" "No. sir; If submitted to tiIm council thluk It wouKJ.deal with him." ; jfj The Resson Why. Apostle Smith said that the sun- pension of the practice of polygamy as the result of a revelation and thnt would take another revelation to pul It in force. 'Then the prealdent of the churc.i might put polygamy In pructice by re viving a revelation?" "Not unless the peorlo should re ceive it. Nothing In forced on tho Mormon people." hS replied. Isaac Uirdanll wna examined con cerning a civil trial In u land case In which hn and his daughter wore de fendants. The case was heard ln tno bishop's court of Monroe word In Utah, / where Blrdnnll and hlx daughter worn •barged with unchrlstUn-like conduct. James E. Leavitt brought the action t-» obtain |,osses*lon of lunrt which Vic to alleged to have purchased from tho Blrdsslls, but to which he did not have title. Mr. Birdsali lost the case. Before an appeal to the first presi dency wns attempted bin daughter waa given notice to carry' out the vordict of the church courts or the first presi dency would take action by cutting her off from the church. 8ome Mormon Methods. Records In the case were introduced showing that Cora Birdsali. the daugh ter. excommunicated in June, 1903. Mr. Birdsali wild thnt the decision so woro on IiIh daughter that she neither ate, nor slept, or drank, and appeared to lose her mind. Her condition wt< < brought to the attention of the presi dent of the stake and her parents wero told their daughter would be torment ed and led by evil spirits until she had complied with the decision of tho hurch in regard to the land, ln whl< ii event re-haptlain was promised her. Later she waa re-baptlsed In tho church and then made the deed, con veying the land to IscgYlft. Wm. Burdge of Paris, Idaho, was re-elected by counsel for Mr. Smoot. He said that as a bishop of the Mor mon church ho had never entertained a case involving the title of land, for the reason thut presidents of tho church have given instructions that bishops and presidents of stakes should not hear such cases. Polygarrwtts Increasing. Editor Bulderson said that polygam- iht* living in Idaho have lncreaa.nl de spite the fact that there have been few plurul marriages within the state, li > iwild that up to the last campaign bot'.t political partleg in Idaho were <i i to go to Salt Lake to "get a straight tip" as to which would get the Mormon support. Mr. Taylor asked if they got this tip and received the response: "Yes, but they never knew whether it was atroight." It waa brought out by Mr. Taylor that the Idaho attorney general la re puted to have taken a plural wifi within the last two or three years, A. C. Nelson ot Salt Lake, state mi- perlntendent of public instruction:*, and a mormon who l* now making »n investigation of the extent In whl**h religion classes are maintain i In th.» schools, testified that classes i In about 300 buildings. The •• . < are assembled after the odJournmenC ot th»* regular school day. Mr. Nelson ■aid that the school teachers usually taught the religious clanxes. Mr. Nel son s .id ho believed l. n * of tho school t'utldlrig* for r lu is purport » was. contrary to law. The hearing waa adjourned until to morrow.