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THE MORNING NEWS.
J. H. BSTILL, President.
Established 1850. - - Incorporated 188S.
DETROIT’S HORROR
twenty-six men KILLED lit
boiler explosion.
FACTORY BUILDING WRECKED.
WOUNDED NUMBER TWENTY-SEV
EN AND MANY ARE MISSING.
Explosion of Boiler In l'enberthy
Injector Company's Plunt Bronchi
Sodden and Terrible Deuth.
Floors Forced Ipnird, Then
( rashed Down With Their Heavy
Loads of Machinery and Impris
oned the Helpless Occupants—Fire
Added to the Horror of Ihc Ca
tastrophe.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 26.—Twenty-six
men are dead, five of them unidentified
and so terribly burned and blackened
that identification is almost impossi
ble. and twenty-four other men are ly
ing in the various hospitals of this
city. Following are the names of
the dead:
A. E. Hoffman, Louis Henning. Pat
rick Malloy, A. E. Miller, Eugene Ber
tram, R. Mulkee, Joseph Coffey,
t 'harles Marvin, Joseph Koseck, Steph
en Chrisp, George Sehenor, Charles
Lydy, Jacob Keobel, William Mann,
Christopher Walman, Robert freer,
Edward Burch, John Schaible, ffcchard
Ryan, Douglass Dickinson, boy, Peter
8011, and eighteen men not located.
In addition to the twenty-four in
jured in hospitals, a dozen or more of
the employes who suffered compara
tively slight injuries, aside from the
shock, were taken to their homes.
Twenty-five men and boys have not
as yet been located either at their
homes or at the hospitals. The ten un
identified bodies account for ten of
these, and the officers of the company
say they feel positive that the major
portion of the remaining fifteen are
by to-night at their homes.
To-night a great force of men is
searching the ruins by electric light
and the work will not be stopped un
til every foot has been examined.
The Penberthy Injector Company’s
plant occupied half a square at the
corner of Abbott street and Brooklyn
avenue. It was composed of two brick
buildings, separated by a sixteen-foot
aliey. The rear building. in
which the toiler was located,
and which was completely destroyed,
was three stories in hight. fifty-four
feet in depth and 100 feet wide. The
boiler room was located at the north
west corner of the building on the
first floor. It was in this building th&t
most of the manufacturing was done.
The first floor was utilized as the en
gine and boiler room and a room for
testing the output of the plant.. The
finishing and brass manufacturing de
partment was located on the second
floor, and the third floor was devoted
to the foundry. It is impossible to tell
exactly how many nitn were at work
in the various departments of this rear
building when the explosion occurred,
but. the officers insist that the number
was not over 85. There were four
boilers in the plant, horizontal ones,
which furnished steam for the engine?
and two vertical boilers, which were
used solely to test injectors. It was the
hr .ontal boiler which was in use this
rriwning which let go and caused the
awful loss of life.
With the Hour of n Cannon.
The crash came -without the slightest
warning. Those in the front building
said it seemed like the concussion of
an immense cannon. The roof and floors
of the rear building bulgpd upward
and then crashed down with their
heavy loads of machinery and foun
dry apparatus. Walls, roof and all
dropped into a shapeless mass of de
bris. Window's in houses for a block
around were broken by the concussion,
nnd flying bricks filled the neighboring
yards. A dense cloud of dust arose, and
as it settled and was succeeded by
denser clouds of smoke and steam,
agonized cries began to come from the
heap of tangled wood, metal and bricks.
Those who were only partly buried
trantically dug themselves out. and
then as energetically turned to digging
for their comrades who were burled
deeper. Flames broke out almost im
mediately and the horror of fire was
added to the suffering of the imprison
'd ones.
A fire alarm was turned in and
ouickly responded to. Calls were sent
out for all the ambulances in the city,
and they were hurried to the scene.
Tending their arrival neighboring
houses were turned Into temporary
hospitals, and those physicians who
were In the vicinity eased the sufferers
much as they w'ere able. The first
ambulances on the scene w'ere totally
inadequate to carry those who had al
ready been extricated, and express
wagons and similar vehtcles were
pressed Into service.
As soon as the gravity of the acci
dent were realized calls for additional
firemen w r ere sent in and the appara
fus came flying to the* scene from all
i arts of the city. While part of the
firemen turned their efforts at the fire
’ hir-h was burning fiercely in the cen
ier of the wreck, the greater number
°f them seized axes and crowbars and
began prying out the victims who
ould be seen or whose faint cries were
audible. .
The department of public works
" as notified of the horror and imme
diately sent all Its available men and
corses to the scene.
in a comparativejy short time all the
' •borers who could work to advantage
were energetically throwing and puli
ng the debris out Into Brooklyn ave
nue. where It was loaded Into wagons
H>i<i carried off.
't he floors and roof had fallen at an
"'*l* and formed a aort of huge cover,
under which the flrt burned fiercely,
N °t until the firemen had chopped
through this did their streams begin
have uri appreciable effect on the
■*mes. The sufferings of those who
"ere buried beneath were later
mutely testified to by their
' haired and blackened bodies
Tba bsslsitr'* tSuperleu*e
r.ngineer Ktley wea among the ft ret
n '*• taken out of the wreck Mis #a
h* "as lltHg #hoi I of miraculous
i nan the holier Ist go lie teas at**e aed
*ha floor and one of the small*!’
11 *e hollar a was blown ©v#t me
vrtrata form tn aech a way that
-* end rested an soon- debrie high
,v * him thereby foiming a ehirid
" kept the failing timber#, brick#
i*m** twnefy tiol*l crushing him
she hi aping strum however, btern
jlatemnalj IHorning
ed him frightfully. After his arrival
at Grace Hospital, Riley's first words
were:
"How did it happen? The engine a,nd
boilers were all right.”
Gradually the rescuers worked their
way downward through the pile. By
this time there were no cries or groans
to aid them, for the flames had destroy
ed those unfortunates who were not
killed by the explosion or the fall. But
the work of rescue continued with
unabated haste. When a heavy beam
or piece of shafting was encountered,
a team of horses was brought in and
the piece of wreckage hauled to tho
street. Stretcher bearers stood beside
the rescuers and took away the
burned and blackened bodies. A va
cant house adjoining the factory was
converted into a temporary morgue,
where the bodies were placed in cof
fins and taken to the nearest morgue.
Tn several cases the charred corpses
were so hot when recovered that they
could scarcely be handled by the un
dertaker and his assistants.
The front building of the plant sus
tained comparatively little damage,
considering the tremendous explosion
within sixteen feet of it. All the win
dows, of course, were broken and some
of the machinery was slightly injured
by the jar. As much damage was done
to the building by the automatic fire
extinguishers, which were set off, as by
the explosion.
There were a dozen girls among the
employes on the four floors of this
building and there was something of
a panic among them, but nobody waa
injured.
Firm’s Loss Was Heavr,
The property loss, according to Sec
retary George W. Childs, is about SIBO.-
000. The firip carried $70,000 lire and
some boiler insurance, but how much
of the latter Secretary Childs could not
state.
Subscriptions for the relief of the
sufferers have been started.
Nothing is known as yet about the
cause of the explosion. The boilers
had been recently inspected, and the
engineer is known as one of the most
careful and capable men in the city.
The firm will resume business as
soon as possible, in temporary quarters
already taken.
MINERS IN CAMP AGAIN.
will Build Them Barrack* In Which
to Spend the Winter.
Madisonville, Ky., Nov. 26.—The camp
of the striking union miners at Nor
tonville Is again a reality and the most
authentic reports from there to-day
are to the effect that, they are about
75 armed men in camp and apparent
ly they have come determined to stay.
From Thomas Rooney, a member of the
official board of the United Mine Work
ers of America, it was learned that
the new camp was established yester
day with fifty charter members and
one large, tent.
The latest report from the camp at
NortonvUle is that a contract was let
by the union men to-day to carpenters
for the building of a temporary box
house, twenty by 100 feet'. The build
ing is to be used by the campers as a
home during the winter, and they will
claim it as their place of legal resi
dence.
The dead boy of Albert Williams, a
union miner, was found near Norton
ville to-day. The coroner’ sverdict
was that he was shot by unknown per
sons.
KING EDWARD'S TACTFUL ACT.
Full Military Honors Paid to Re
mains of Late German Ambassador.
London, Nov. 26.—Fu1l military hon
ors were paid to the remains of Count
von Hatzfeld't-Wildonberg, the late
German ambassador to the Court of
St. James, when the body was removed
from the embassy here this evening
and taken to Victoria railroad station
on its way to Germany. This exception
al step was entirely due to the initia
tive of King Edward, who quite unex
pectedly notified the relatives of the
dead statesman that he desired to pay
this unusual tribute to the ambassa
dor, who had untiringly labored In the
Interests of the good relations of the
two nations.
In view of the Anglophobia in Ger
many. the King's action is considered
highly tactful and as calculated to
show that the relations between the
two governments are wholly friendly.
CREW OF THE STANDARD SAVED.
Schooner Which Left Savannah
Nov. 8 Abandoned fn Storm.
Philadelphia, Nov. 26.—Capt. Ben
nett of the British steamer Vera, which
passed in the Delaware Breakwater this
afternoon from Huelva, Spain, for this
city, reports that he has the ship
wrecked crew of the schooner Standard
aboard his vessel. The Standard was
a small schooner of 276 tons and is
owned by George Bailey of Manasquan,
N. J. She left Savannah for New York
on Nov. S. Details of the wreck of
the Standard and the number of men
rescued cannot be learned until the
Vera reaches this city to-morrow
morning, it is believed, however, that
the schooner ran into the storm of
Sunday morning, which raged along
the coast, and that the vessel was un
able to withstand the elements and
was abandoned by the crew, who were
taken off by the Vera.
THK GHEENK-GAYNOH CASE.
Argument for Defendant* Began In
Supreme Court by David 11. Hill.
Washington, Nov. 26.—The case of
Benjamin D. Greene, John F. Gaynor,
William T. Gaynor and Edward H.
Gaynor rime up for argument In the
Supreme Court to-day.
This Is a case where the alleged part
ners of ex-Capt. O. M. Carter were In
dicted In New York, and the govern
ment seeks to compel the defendants
to go to Georgia for trial. The de
fendants were represented by ex-gen
ator David B Hill and A J Rose,
while the government was represented
by Solicitor General Richards and
Marion Krwln, special counsel. Argu
ment was begun Utr In the afternoon
by Mr. Hill and will be • ompleted to
mar i o w.
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SAVANNAH. GA., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 27.1901.
EN ROUTE TO COLON
GEN. ALBAN CROSSES THE BARRA
COA BRIDGE.
HOT FIGHT AT EMPERADOR.
LIBERALS CLAIM SHORTAGE OF
AMMUNITION.
Liberal* Have Fallen Back to 'With
in Five Miles of Colon, aml i De
cisive Battle In Expected To-day
at Monkey Hill Cemetery—Re
cruits for Our Marines Arrive
Safely—Our Hicbi to Exelmle Co
lombia From Use of the Railroad
May Be Questioned.
Colon, Colombia, Nov. 26.—The Co
lombian gunboat General Pinzon reap
peared in Colon harbor this morning.
i
Her commander said there were only
100 men out of the original 600 troops
carried on the vessel, now on board
the gunboat. The others had been
landed at Porto Bello, about ten miles
distant from Colon. The presumption
is that the 500 men are marching over
land to join the government forces
under Gen. Alban, now at Mamei. The
ground they have to cover is difficult
and the troops will doubtless occupy
a few days in reaching their destina
tion.
The Panama railroad steamer Ori
zaba from New York, Nov. 19, arrived
at Colon this morning, having on board
about 100 marines who are to relieve
the time-expired men of the United
States battleship lowa now at Pana
ma. The marines were embarked on
board a train and were taken to Pan
ama.
The Liberal forces control San Pablo
station and Barbacoa, where there is
a long iron bridge across the Chagres
river. This is a critical point, offering
the Liberals a splendid point of attack
should the government forces attempt
to cross the bridge. It is generally a
mitted that if Gen. Alban succeeds in
crossing the river at Barbacoa his
march toward Colon will be an easy
task. Gen. Lugo, the Liberal com
mander, is at Barbacoa.
The Liberals retreated from Emper
ador owing to lack of ammunition.
They admit having lost sixty men in
killed and wounded at Empsrador, and
that among 'the number was Col. Oyas,
but they claim that the government
loss was over 150 men in killed and
wounded.
The armored train which went over
the.railroad yesterday having on board
Capt. Perry, of the lowa, and machine
guns, and flying the American flag,
was sent as a demonstrative force and
will not be continued daily. Passenger
trains, however, will still carry a
guard.
Transit across the Isthmus is open.
■ Gen. Alban Crossed the Bridge.
4:30 p. m.—The overdue passenger
train, with a marine guard on board,
has just arrived here. The train brings
news to the effect that Gen. Alban,
with about 300 government troops, has
crossed Barbacoa bridge and is con
tinuing his march to Colon. He is now
at Tavernilla, where he is resting. The
Liberal forces continue to retreat be
fore him. They explain their retreat by
saying they have no ammunition. All
the fighting to-day occurred at Barba
coa bridge. Passengers by the delayed
train assert that fully 100 Conserva
tives were killed and wounded during
the fighting there, and that the Liberal
losses were Insignificant. The Liberals
are now approaching Gaton Station,
about five miles from Colon, and It Is
believed *a decisive engagement will
probably be fought to-night or to-mor
row morning at Monkey Hill Cemetery,
about one mile from the limits of Go
lon.
Reached Panama Safely.
Colon, Colombia, Nov. 26.—The trains
which left here this afternoon for Pan
ama with the lowa marines and the
passengers from the steamer Orizaba
were delayed in transit, but reached
Panama safely.
Reports current here this after
noon that the General Pinzon had bom
barded Porto Bello have been found,
upon in vestigation, to be unreliable
and not authentic.
Truffle Moving In molested.
Washington. Nov. 26.—A cablegram
received by the state department at
noon to-day from Consul Ge leral Gud
ger at Panama, reports that traffic is
moving unmolested, but gives no other
details.
FIGHTING ALONG RAILROAD.
Panfng#r Train From Panama Sev
ern! lion r m lie li i ml.
Colon, Nov. 26, 3:30 p. m.—The
morning passenger train from Pana
ma, due to arrive here at 11 o’clock,
has not arrived up to the time of fil
ing this message. Telegraphic com
munication between here and Panama
is Interrupted. This Is conclusive
proof that fighting Is going on In the
vicinity of Barbacoa. The result Is
as yet unknown. The afternoon pas
senger trains from here for Panama
carried the hundred nlarlnes for the
lowa, and the passengers who arrived
by the steamer Orizaba.
TREADING ON COLOMBIA'S TOES.
What Right Hm* lulled State* to
A**unie Control of Railroad.
Washington, Nov. 26.—The reported
action of Capt. Perry, the naval offi
cer In command of the United gtates
force* on the Isthmu*. In refualng to
permit any of the Colombian Liberal
troop# to make us* of th* railway,
may raise an interesting question. It
is understood here thaw the Colombian
government fW that it ha* the right
to us* this railway to forward gov
ernmant troop*. This right is baaed
on th* foci that th# road Is ou land
over which Colombia lias sovereignty,
and Is operau t under a government
i cnees*ion, Cglombl* retaining Hit in
terest in th* rj't io the ot dirtw^
006 per y#i Sdor*wer ■ *h* t’oUnn~
bisu authorities **> *b trbei* have
i Ait hod their bri!.fi*h< i iyl't# **'"#-
niged by lhi* St any other #ov#mn***H
ao that they hivt >*o statu# a# worry
mg og war far*
tbs Ffaeoa Me••* * I !*•
WaSbingUM- ha* •a.sretary LuGg
' (gitdAtf looCiaa, 4 iu# guuWui mb' (
rhias. at Colon, stating that the Colom
bian gunboat General Pinzon had re
turned to Colon.
Commander McCrea also acknowledg
ed the receipt of the department's in
structions sent yesterday advising him
of the course which he is to pursue in
the present situation on the isthmus.
DEPENDS OiTROOSEVELT.
Pan-Amerionn Reciprocity Commit
tee Analtins His Message—Com
mittees Finishing l, Their Work.
City of Mexico. Nov. 26.—The com
mittees of the Pan-American Congress
are rapidly completing their work with
the exception of the Arbitration Com
mittee and the Committee on Com
merce and Reciprocity. The latter is
withholding action until learning the
stand which President Roosevelt will
take on the subject of reciprocity in
his forthcoming message to Congress.
The work of the Arbitration Commit
tee is delayed by the difficulties of the
subject, and the many conflicting in
terests which it is necessary to con
ciliate. It held its first meeting to
day after a fortnight's adjournment.
The committee on future Par. Ameri
can conferences will, it is understood,
recommend the holding of a conference
every five years. It is generally held
that the present conference should des
ignate the place where the next one is
to be held and that the same course
should he followed by each succeeding
Congress.
The committee on the inter-oceanic
canal will probably confine itself in
general terms to recommending the ex
cavation of such waterway without ex
pressing preference to any particular
route.
C. M. Pepper, United States delegate,
has submitted recommendations to the
committee on resources and statistics.
He advocates the making of every ef
fort to secure full and reliable sta
tistics of founts of production in the
various American countries by co-op
erative action. He says in part:
‘‘The chief idea should be to secure
information regarding the undeveloped
founts of production and resources, so
that in the instance of railroad build
ing projected It would be possible to
ascertain just, what riches might be
opened up for commerce and industry.
Similarly there should be Information
as to government or public lands and
the agricultural or other Industries
which they support. It would further
be advisable to have the fullest data
possible in regard to water power and
the possibilities of its utilization either
in mining or manufacturing.
At this afternoon's session of the Ar
bitration Committee, the nineteen
members of the committee appointed a
sub-committee, consisting of the fol
lowing members: Pardo of Mexico,
Bermejo of Argentine, Blest Gana of
Chili, Duarte Pereira.of Brazil, Alza
mora of Peru. Buchanan of the United.
States and La?o Arriaga of Gua.a
mala.
The committee decided to adjourn
until receiving the reports of the sub
committee.
After the committee meeting Presi
dent Riagosa and Messrs. Pardo and
Pineda of the Mexican delegation con
ferred with foreign Minister Mariscal.
MORE DEATHS FROM TETANUS.
Camden Report* Ttto More and a
Third Nearby.
Camden, N. J.. Nov. 26.—Two more
deaths from tetanus, following vacci
nation, were recorded In this city to
day, making a total of nine deaths
from that disease during the past three
weeks. To-day’s victims were Ada
Heath, aged 13 years, and Georglana
Overby, colored, aged 9 years. The
children were recently vaccinated and
two or three days ago symptoms of
lockjaw began to present themselves.
Every effort was made to counteract
the disease, but the children died to
day in great agony. The practice of
vaccination has been suspended in this
city.
Another death from tetanus, that of
Sarah Johnson, colored, aged 4 years,
is reported from Merchantville, near
here.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC OFFICIALS.
M. L. Robbins to Be General Passen
ger Agent at Houston. *
Houston, Tex., Nov. 26.—Passenger
Traffic, Manager S. F. B. Morse of the
Southern Pacific system to-day an
nounced the following appointments, ef
fective, Dec. 15: M. L. Robbins, to be
general passenger and ticket agent of
the Southern Pacific Atlantic system,
the Galveston, Harrisburg and San An
tonio, the Texas and New Orleans and
the Galveston, Houston and Northern
Railways, with headquarters at Hous
ton.
T. J. Anderson, to be assistant gener
al passenger agent of the Houston and
Texas Central, of the Southern Pacific
Atlantic system, and the other roads
named aoove with headquarters at
Houston.
MURDERED AND ANCHORED.
Chief of Poller’s Opinion In Nellie
Cropsey Case.
Elizabeth City. N. C., Nov. 26-
There are no new developments in the
Cropsey disappearance case. The town
and county are being thoroughly
searched by the police. Over 100 houses
have been searched within a radius
half a mile since 6 o'clock this evening.
No traoe of the missing girl was found.
In the opinion of Chief Dawson, the
girl was murdered, carried down the
river and anchored. Relatives of the
missing girl from New York, reported
to have left for this plaro yesterday,
have not arrived.
TO at ILD PORTO Bit AN LINES.
tuurr.duna Granted by Porto Hi
rst* * ouui-ll Approved.
Washington, Nov. 26. President
Roosevelt to day signed the eorKv-eslon
granted by llie executive t ouncll of
Porto Rico to the Port America Com
pany which will build two lines of rail
road In itut Island of Porto lit o, one
north and south front Iwi Juan to Port
America, which la a few mllea from the
old K'/atiiwl) fort of Guayatna and the
other east a-nd west from A*| uadi Ila to
Enteuada Honda
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lawn u f #4* coy. Test J. A Maoist A
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to-day Meerut oft#< *(t*h-pt|i.g t#
shoot three •ntidfee of the deed eneh,
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SHE HAD CONFESSED
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT IN
THE BONINE TRIAL.
TOLD A LAWYER FRIEND.
ASKED HIS ADVICE BEFORE TALK
ING AT INQUEST.
Mrs. linnine Could Not Bear to
Look Upon Photographs of Ayres'
Body Showing Bullet XVoands.
Several Witnesses Visited Saloons
With Ayres on Night of Killing,
hut All Say He Caine Home Sober.
Lawyer Gardner Relates Mrs. Bo
nine’s Confession to Him.
Washington. Nov. 26.—The fact was
brought out to-day in the trial of Mrs.
Lola I. Bonine for the killing of James
■S. Ayres, Jr„ that she had made a pri
vate confession of her part in the
tragedy on the evening after the homi
cide. several days before she took the
police officials into her confidence. This
recital was made to George B. Gardner,
an attorney employed tn the law divis
ion of the interior department, who was
a boarder at the Kenmore Hotel, and
i who usually sat at the same table at
which Mrs. Bonine took her meals. Mr.
Gardner was on the witness stand to
day and told his story for the first
time. He said that Mrs. Bonine had
sought him out and asked his advice
as to whether she should make a pub
lic statement, and that he had sug
gested to her that she should delay her
confession until the theory of suicide,
which was first entertained, should be
fully exploited. A number of other wit
nesses were heard during the day. sev
eral of them being men who had taken
Ayres out to the neighboring saloons
during the evening of May 14, and one
of whom had taken him to his room af
ter midnight, about two hours before
he met his death. These witnesses said
Ayres was perfectly sober.
William Schoenberger, keeper of the
morgue, testified to having taken
charge, of Ayres’ body. He had been
present at the autopsy and had taken
photographs showing the location of the
wounds on the body. The films were In
troduced as evidence and exhibited to
the jury. Mrs. Bonine gave one hasty
look at the pictures as they were held
by one of the attorneys, but she quick
ly turned her h*ad and gave them no
I further attention. She engaged In con
versation with Attorney Fulton most of
the time while this testimony was be
ing given.
The witness said there were powder
marks on the breast and aom wounds,
but none on the thigh wound. Under
the arm there was a burn. Describing
the condition of the corpse when he
found it. Mr. fichoenberger said the
arms were drawn up in front of the
face.
“In order that the stenographer may
describe the posture.” said Mr. Gould,
“I suppose there will be no objection
to his noting that the attitude was one
of defense.”
“We do object most decidedly,” re
sponded Mr. Douglass.
The court agreed that the descrip
tion would be improper, and it mas
decided that he should say that the
arms were placed as if shielding the
face.
On cross-examination the witness
said that when he entered the room
where the killing occurred, he saw sev
eral empty cartridge shells in the slop
Jar. and had also seen some shells
and cartridges on the trunk and on
the washstand.
Her First Confession.
The next witness was George B.
Gardner, to whom Mrs. Bonine made
her first confession on the night after
the tragedy.
“She stated to me,” he said, “that
she knew more about the death of
Ayres than had been given to the pub
lic. I think she hesitated a moment,
and either my manner or something
I said induced her to go on, and she
said she was present when It hap
pened and told me that she had come
to me because she wanted my udvice.
She told me that the morning of
Ayres' death he came to her room and
knocked on her door and complained
of being ill, and asked if she could
not do something for him; that when
she got into Ayres’ room he had as
saulted her. and had a pistol in his
hand, and in the scuffle which ensued,
he was killed.”
“Did she describe the struggle that
took place'.'” asked the district attor
ney.
The witness said that she said noth
ing more than that when the struggle
followed the assault the pistol was
fired. The witness stated that she did
not tell him In whose hands the pistol
was. but later corrected himself by say
ing that he believed she said the wea
pon was in Ayres' hand.
“She also told me that Ayres was un
der the Influence of liquor at the time
of the shooting,” said Air. Gardner.
The witness also said that Mrs. Bo
nine had spoken to him again on the
next day or the second day after the
tragedy. She sat at the same table with
hint in the dining room and she again
sought to talk with him concerning the
tragedy.
“She said,” Mr. Gardner testified,
“that she was feeling badly and that
nothing was sustaining her except the
consciousness of her innocence. Üb*
added that she could not get 'IF out and
asked rne If ,#h had better destroy it.
by ‘IF 1 understood her to mean that
she referred to one of her garments,
but I didn't know wht. I told her to
destroy nothing a# she had not decided
upon a public confession .”
On cross-examination Mr. Gardner
testified that h* could not exactly say
Mrs. Bonine was excited Mb* was hur
ried and her manner was tense, Hh*
had asked his a4v4re as to the advis
ability of ttuking a. public statement,
and he had advised her to remain quiet
until R was determined whether the
sul< ide theory would hold good
aald Avers Wo* Saber-
James Burns, who was Ayres’ Inti- |
mate friend sod Who t*ad o< <onip
nied trim to hi# room M** night of the
t*i*-dr next celled. H* aetd that
on the night of the tragedy Ayxr had
a her*, he ##t4- Ayres had dru#*k ** -
li.gly Me 6#4 It,etr #1 about u 10
*le*a a" ompeoied Arise to i*u room
leaving him is e perieotip gub*>r md >
Hot- Ytrr trithae# said *b#4 wtnie ortg
tGsiir Aprs* end Idll fttoolue hod leett
tab ft Mttdiy ieriMS these ratoAiotg he-
came strained. He did not know of
Ayres having a pistol.
On cross-examination . Burns said
that he had not spent more than two
minutes in Ayres’ room w'hen he ac
companied him up, and that he had
had no confidential conversation with
him.
”1 do not know that I could have had
a confidential talk.” he said, "there
might have been someone under the
bed, but I do not know that there was.”
Burns said that on the night suc
ceeding the tragedy he had not re
mained in his room in the hotel. Asked
why he kept away he said:
Was A Ira hi of Mrs. Bonine.
“As Mrs. Bonine knew that Jimmy
Ayres and myself were friends, I did
not know but that she might think
Ayres had told me enough to convict
her. I did not propose to take any
chances.”
"Afraid?” asked counsel for the de
fense. *
"Yes, and the next night, too.”
In reply to further questions by Mr.
Douglass, Burns said that Mrs. Bonine
had nursed him through serious ill
ness. coming to his room night and
day, both alone and with others, and
also that he had told persons since
the tragedy that he never had heard
Ayres talk as though he had been in
timate with Mrs. Bonine.
After recess Mr. Douglass sought
to show that Burns knew that Ayres
owned a pistol. He asked the witness
if he had not advanced the theory in
a letter to a friend in Michigan that
Ayres had taken the weapon found in
his room from his old trunk. The
witness said that he had written a
letter expressing the opinion that if
Ayres had a pistol at all that he had
taken it from his trunk and put it
on the bureau. He also had expressed
the opinion in that letter that there
had been ‘a struggle in the room.
Were OiililliiK Ayres Goodby.
Michael Hogan, 50 years old, who
said he had been a police judge in
New York, and who was one of the
party out with young Ayres the night
of his death, was called when Mr.
Burns was excused. He said that he
lived at the Kenmore. The boys had,
he said, asked him to “pronounce the
valedictory.” as Ayres was to leave the
hotel the next day. He had spoken
"quite a little piece, just to Jolly
Ayres,” and then the party left for the
saloons around the corner, returning
about 12 o’clock. He said that when
Ayres returned he was perfectly sober.
Joseph C. McCabe and Arthur E.
McCubbin testified that Ayres was so
ber when he returned to the hotel.
James Ford, a friend of Ayres, saw
Mrs. Bonine on the morning after the
tragedy. He asked her if she had
danced with Ayres the evening before
the killing, and she replied that they
had danced together. The next day
she had expressed her regret over
Ayres’ death and her astonishment
that, in view of the fact that he had
no enemies, he should have been killed.
Her manner was not different, from
that of other lady guests of the hotel.
A MASTERY OF THE SEA.
Lars* Square Rigged Vessel Sup
posed to Hare Sunk OX the Capes.
New York, Nv. 26.—A large square
rigged veasel possibly went down in
the recent gale off the Delaware capes.
Whether her crew went down with her
or have been saved may not be known
for some time, for if jffeked up they
might be taken across the Atlantic.
Upon the survival of the crew probably
will depend whether the name of the
ship ever will be known. The Red D
line steamer Philadelphia, which ar
rived to-day from Venezuela and Por
to Rico, reports:
“On Nov. 25, in la-ttitude 38:25, long
itude 72:20, passed a large spar stand
ing on end with yards- and sails at
tached.”
This location is about 140 miles east
of Delaware Capes The Philadelphia
also reported having on Nov. 22, In
latitude 29:29, longitude 69:43, off the
Florida coast, passed by the side of a
vessel about 80 feet long and 20 feet
wide.
TO TRY ALL FOR MURDER.
Bad Outlook for Convict* Who Were
In Leavenworth Mutiny.
Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 26.—United
States Attorneys Dean was here to-day
In consultation with Warden Me-
Claughry of the federal prison. After
the consultation with Warden Me-
Claughry Mr. Dean said that every
convict that was tn the mutiny would
be tried for murder at the April term
of the United States District Court.
Dean says each one of the fifteen
prisoners recaptured is guilty of mur
der.
Warden MeClaughry has received
word of the capture at Tuscumbla.
Ala., of James Seymour, one of the
convicts who escaped during the mu
tiny. Capt. Telford will leave to-night
to bring him hack.
Word has also ben received that a
posse of United States deputy mar
shals has surrounded Rating and Mur
ray In the Shawnee hills In the west
ern portion of the Indian Territory.
HEI’UULICANS TO CAUCUS.
sharp Discussion Expected on
Remloption of Heed Rules.
Washington. Nov. 26.—The Repub
lican members of the House of Repre
sentatives will meet tn caucus Sat
urday at 2 o'clock for the purpose of
nominating House officers. There t
no contest and Speaker Henderson and
all officers will be re-elected. Tt Is
expected that there will be a sharp
contest over readopting the Reed rules,
and all the afternoon and evening, If
necessary, will be given to discussing
the subject.
The Democratic caucus will be held
at J 1 o'clock on Haturday to nominate
candidates for Kpeaker and House offi
cers to b voted for on Monday, and
also to name the officers conceded to
th* minority of the House,
TO NT AMT THE KII'OIITIOX.
Arritae*aMl* Made far President
to Press tbs> Mutton.
Washington. Nov. 36 —Arrangements
have been made far U*r opening of tb* i
tt>uih Carolina interstate and West !
Indian Exposition by the President i
nest Monday At the roto melon of
the address of Meats for Iteftew la
r.harift'soui, messages -4 greeting and
fell- iiatrcf* will pan* bttstis the p <*,
id* tt and 1 1** m i.agcr# of the eo-buoi
qpu, and at t St e clo- s the Pi sstdent
will press a butitta which will set the
mm in issi y a 1 tie eapoelilop la s*stlss
The Moat I- <’* villi# dr legs t iva 111 to* ,
grass end aetatai pr oralgggM govsta
tneM off" i*i# will to pi • tmii at ties
vMuvny at tgs h law Mentoe
DAILY. $8 A YEAR,
c x rfiFY
WEEKLY 2-TDMUS-A-WE EK, $1 A YEAR
RURALFREE DELIVERY
OUTLOOK IS THAT IT WILL HE
SELF-SUSTAINING.
RESULTS ARE SATISFACTORY.
POSTAL REVENUES LARGELY IN.
CREASED BY' IT.
•
First Assistant Postmaster General
Takes Roseate View ot Its Pros
pects—lnstances History ot Free
Delivery Cities in This Respect
Where Receipts Have Always In
creased—By December 4.000,000
of the Rural Population Will Bn
Enjoying This Service.
Washington, Nov. 26. —A self-sus
taing service, brought about by the
yearly increase of the postal revenues
resulting from general extension of
rural free delivery, is the conclusion
reached by First Assistant Postmas
ter General W. M. Johnson In his an.
nual report. . -
Of the gross postal revenues of tho
United States for the past fiscal year,
$74,295,394 came from 866 delivery cities.
The remaining 3,600 presidential post
offices yielded $16,063,252, while the 72.-
479 fourth-class postoffices produced
$18,913,519.
Mr. Johnson says the fact that tho
postal service In the largest cities is
practically perfect is the explanation
of why the annual percentage of In
crease in the revenues of the free de
livery postoffices should be three times
greater than in the smaller cities and
five times as large as that of the fourth
class offices. As rural free delivery
reaches out into the country, giving
equal facilities without regard to lo
cality. he says it increases the reve
nues at a rate at least equal to that
maintained in the free delivery cities,
where, during the past five years, it
has averaged 8 per cent. At the end
of the present fiscal year 8,600 rural
routes will be in successful operation,
6,000 being In effect by Dec. 2. Tho
latter figure represents just 50 per
cent, of the applications for such ser
vice filed since its inauguration five
years ago. The inflexible policy is an
nounced of avoiding hereafter main
tenance of unnecessary, postoffices and
superfluous star routes contempora
neously with rural free delivery routes.
On July 1 last, the force of 4.301 rural
carriers was serving 2.840,644 people at
a fraction over 76 cents pep
capita, and on Dec. 2, next, 4,000.000
of the rural population will be enjoy
ing free delivery. Every establishment
of a route, the report says, is followed
promptly by a steady increase- in the
volume of mall, both delivered and col
lected.
The city free delivery service now
embraces 866 cities and towns. Includ
ing four In the new insular possessions,
all these employing an army of 16,389
uniformed carriers, who collect and
carry the mails two or more times
each working day to 32,000.000 patrons.
The total cost per annum to the de
partment for this service is 50 cents
per capita.
M’GOVERN~|TfINE shape.
I* All Ready for the Fight With
Young Corhett nt Hartford Thnr*.
day Night.
New York. Nov. 26.—After eight
days hard training for his battle with
“Young Corbett” of Denver. Col.,
Terry McGovern took a ten-mile run
In the vicinity of Jerome Park this
afternoon, and despite the fact that
It was freezing cold with a strong wind
blowing, he covered the distance In
ninety minutes. When he reached hts
training quarters he was examined by
a physician, who stated that the lit
tle champion was In perfect trim for
the coming contest.
McGovern tipped the scale at 123
pounds to-day. and he said that with
a road run to-morrow he would finish
up his training and break up camp,
prior to hts leaving for Hartford to
morrow afternoon. He expects to
reach the ringside weighing not moi*
than 124 pounds.
Among the sporting men here there
is very little betting. McGovern back
ers are offering odds of 2 to 1 on their
man, with few takers. Among the
sporting resorts on Upper Broadway
some of the sports are making what
they call gambling bets on the Denver
lad, taking odds of 5 to 2, but the pre
vailing price is 2 to 1 on the cham
pion.
A big delegation from this vicinity
will leave for the scene of the contest
on early forenoon trains Thursday, so
that they will reach Hartford In plen
ty of time to be at the ringside when
the men are brought together at i
o'clock in the afternoon.
“Yoang Corbett'* Working Hard.
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 26.—“ Young
Corbett,” who has been working faith
fully for four weeks to prepare for Ills
bout with Terry McGovern, put the
finishing touches to his training this
afternoon behind closed doors. Largo
crowds have watched his practice and
somewhat handicapped him, and to
day he requested that all be excluded
except trainers. He boxed several hard
rounds with Charley Sieger and went
through his usual practice, which wan
preceded by an eight-mile run on the
road. A physician again examined
Corbett to-night and pronounced him
to be in fine condition. To-morrow ho
will take light’ exercise.
FAVOR TO GKHMA* CRUISER.
First Warship of Any Nation to B
Docked la a Private Yard
Newport News, Va., Nov, 26 —Tbs
German cruiser Vlneta has arrived
her* from West Indian water# with
her sea valve* corroded to #u<ii an ex
tent that *be will have to be doek-1
nd overhauled. Tb* vessel will be
th* first wsrstoln of any nation pet -
mitted to dis k In other that* govern,
maiit yards h will go In on Tbnts
day of this week
Durin* the Mt'*ieb-Atiwrti on We*
even I uited Mtats* vessels wsro got
lirinltia4 to Us up to the filer# #i (he
*hipyai4 l*#r Tbi# prfvtUg# o-teaed
>6 the German n*ti t< ►*< .tod pm
i metal.
ReetMl t* itk* lost us M it) Svoe Re tet
Tbs Hague Mvv ltd. A* oßklAl bul
letin Issued le deg see# <#• wu
hetM*M t,oe * o*r*4 tt . w itet hmsia
■Mane and atu u* able le gv uM le g
1 dee days,
