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J H. ESTILL, President. *
HAWLEY AND RAY
IN WITH SULLY
DIVIDED UP ON DEALS
HI T HAWLEY SAYS THERE WAS tiO
copartnership.
Root Said That the Examination
Had Not Then Reached That Phase
of the Question—Statements Were
Submitted, Showing the Opera
tions in Cotton in Which Sully,
Hawley and Ray Had Taken Part.
Nice Profits Shown In Some.
New York, April I.—The examina
tion in which Edwin Hawley, the pres
ident of the lowa Central Railroad and
the Minneapolis, and St. Eouis Rail
way. and Frank P. Ray, head of sev
eral large tobacco companies, the al
leged partners of Daniel J. Sully In
his cotton operations, are to be ques
tioned, began to-day before United
States Commissioner Alexander.
To ascertain fully whether or not
Hawley and Ray were practically Sul
ly’s partners is the object of the ex
amination, and Commissioner Alexan
der was appointed by Judge Holt to
act as a special examiner in the case.
Receivers Henry W. Taft and David
H. Miller procured the order from
Judge Holt of the United States Dis
trict Court, requiring Haw'ley and Ray
not only to appear to-day before the
special examiner, but to take to the
examination room all their books and
papers that would disclose exactly
what were their relations to Mr. Sully.
Former Secretary of War Elihu Root
was retained to question Mr. Hawley
and Mr. Ray.
Sully Was Present.
At the opening of the examination
Commissioner Alexander ruled 'that the
examination would not partake of a
“litigated proceeding.” Mr. Hawley
was then called and his examination
was begun by Mr. Root. Just at this
time Mr. Sully entered the room and
took a seat near the lawyers' table.
Mr. Hawley testified that his busi
ness relations with Sully began in De
cember last and ended on March 18.
Mr. Hawley's testimony did not pro
ceed very far before his counsel, Mr.
Davis, took exception to Mr. Root’s
line of examination. Mr. Davis de
clared, however, that his client had
nothing to conceal and would answer
all questions touching upon his rela
tions with Sully & Cos., or Mr. Sully
personally. Mr. Hawley said he kept
no special record of his cotton opera
tions, relying chiefly on the statement
he received from Sully & Cos., follow
ing a purchase or sale.
Deals in Cotton.
At the request of Mr. Root, Mr. Haw
a lawyers produced a batch of these
statements. They showed that on Dec.
4, 1903, 10.000 bales of cotton were
bought and sold for account of E.
Hawley and D. J. Sully, jointly; on
Doc. 23, 19,100 bales bought and sold
for same account. There were also
similar transactions on a smaller scale
for Dec. 24 and Dec. 27, and then came
a number of statements of various
dates in January, all representing heavy
transactions in cotton for Hawley’s
account. Mr. Root read from a state
ment showing that in one particular
transaction Messrs. Hawley and Sully
had divided a profit of $90,440.
Mr. Root read from other statements
bearing different dates. In these trans
actions purchases or sales ran from a
few hundred bales of cotton up to al
most 10,000 bales.
Mr. Root next read from a long slip
of paper a statement of cotton trans
actions bearing the names of Messrs.
Hawley, Sully and Ray. He wanted to
known whether or not this paper repre
sented the Joint transactions of the
parties named, but Mr. Hawley said he
did not know.
Mr. Sully, it was brought out, used
to take his own share of profits before
Bending Mr. Hawley his share.
In "Joint Three” Operations.
A number of "joint three” accounts
(Hawley, Sully and Ray), for the lat
ter part of February, nearly all repre
senting heavy sales, were next read off
by Mr. Root.
Hawley’s lawyers had in court some
half a dozen packages containing the
memoranda of the transactions be
tween Sully & Cos., and Messrs. Haw
ley and Ray. Another package was
reported to be missing.
Mr. Hawley said there were other
transactions for "Joint three” accounts,
dated Feb. 24 and Feb. 27, something
over 10,000 bales, which netted a profit
of $149,000. Mr. Hawley said that he
did not take his profit in these trans
actions. They were "credited to his
account.”
Next came another “joint three” ac
count, showing these purchases of cot
ton—March 3, 25,000 bales; March 4, 10,-
400; March 7, 14,600, and March 9, 700
bales.
it developed during the examination
that the first transaction Mr. Hawley
bad with Mr. Sully was in September,
1903, when he loaned Sully individually
SOIO,OOO on securities.
A letter from Hawley to Sully, dated
March 18, was read by Mjr. Root. It
read in part;
I enclose herewith statement of ac
count, showing, so far as my individ
ual interest is concerned, a balance due
you of $82,420, for which I enclose my
check.
• Signed.) “E. Hawley.”
Mr. Hawley said that his check for
•he amount named was sent to D. J.
Sully & Cos.
Sully Had the l.ona I6nd.
It developed that in one of the
"joint three” accounts, known as No.
Sully had a 50 per cent, interest,
while that of Hawley and Ray was
- 1 per cent. each.
Mr. Hawley here made a brief stnte
hU'Ut. denying any co-partnership
with Mr. Sully. That phase of the
examination, Mr. Root replied, had
not yet been reached.
. Mr. Hawley said that much corre-
Dondencg had passed between him
nd Sully from September, 1903, to
larch 20, last. He had also seen
r. Sully frequently between Decem
r and March.
Mr. Root read from the seventh and
lf l batch of statements and other
'■moranda. all of which referred to
11 ’l, operations. Hawley’s check book
>'i asked for, but was not produced.
J counsel promised to submit it at
,h next examination.
-fore the adjournment, Mr. Dos
-1 kos, Sully’s counsel, said: “We are
'■'Uly interested in this inquiry. We
"at the subject opened very fully.”
f, Plying to this, Mr. Root said:
‘"e will be glad to receive any
*"estk>ns or advice looking to a
v *Rthorough examination.”
Commissioner Alexan-
Jsabannab jHoftiiiwj
der. Lawyer Davies said for Hawley
and Ray:
‘•You will find our side ready at
any time. We are prepared to pro
ceed at any time. We desire to facili
tate the examination in every way.”
It was then decided to adjourn un
til next Thursday at 11 o’clock.
Hawley Made $250,000.
Roughly estimated, Mr. Hawley’s
profits in the numerous “joint two” and
“joint three” accounts as brought out
by Mr. Root, approximated $250,000. Ap
parently his first serious loss was just
before the suspension of Sully & Cos.,
as shown by his letter of March 18,
enclosing a check for $82,420 to that
firm.
Just before the close of the exami
nation Mr. Root submitted, but failed
to make public, a letter supposed to
contain the names of three persons not
heretofore mentioned as participants in
one or more Hawley-Sully pools. The
identity of these persons, one of whom
was said to be a woman, could not be
ascertained.
A meeting of the receivers and the
Creditors’ Committee was held at the
Sully offices late in the afternoon. It
was reported that the receivers had
made anew and more favorable prop
osition to the creditors, but it was
afterwards denied that anything was
said or done in the matter. No state
ment as to what transpired at the
meeting was obtainable.
fourllownto atoms.
Two Others Injured by Premature
Explosion of ii Blast.
Charlottesville! Va„ April I.—By the
premature explosion of a blast at the
Southern Quarry Company at Fabers,
twenty-three miles south of this city,
to-day, four men were blown to atoms
and two were injured. The dead are:
F. F. Jones of Alexandria, super
intendent of the auarry.
Otis Brent of Tye River, Va., as
sistant superintendent.
George Mawyer of Fabers, Va.
Ben Hart, colored, of Fabers, Va.,
helper.
The injured are:
Solomon Hart, colored, face torn, and
Silas Jordon, colored, scalp wounds.
Friction in loading an eighteen-foot
breast hole in concrete rock caused the
accident.
The company’s president, L. G. John
son, of Washington, dropped dead yes
terday.
JUMPED TO PAVEMENT
21 STORIES BENEATH.
Spectacular Suicide of S. J. Hnydon
in Sew York.
New York, April I.—Sidney John
stone Haydon, of the Hotel Holly, oF
this city, to-day jumped to the streets
from the top floor of the twenty-one
story skyscraper at Broadway and New
street. Nearly every bone in his body
was broken.
Haydon went into one of the un
occupied offices on the top floor of the
New street side, raised a window, laid
an umbrella he carried on the ledge
and at once crawled out and jumped.
His body made one full turn backward
and struck the pavement with fearful
force.
Most of the persons who were pass
ing in the street ran away in hor
ror.
Hnydon was 55 years old. Nothing
is known about the suicide's family or
his business affairs. In his pocket was a
letter from General Auditor Young
of the Union Pacific Railroad, indicat
ing that Haydon had recently applied
to him for a position.
It was said by a friend of the sui
cide that Haydon came from Louis
ville, Ky., where his mother is said
to reside.
Well Known Railroad Man.
Louisville, Ky., April 1. —Sidney John
stone Haydon, who committed suicide
in New York by jumping from the top
floor of a skyscraper, was prominent
as a railroad man and related to many
prominent Kentuckians. During his
residence in Louisville some years ago,
he was one of the chief clerks in the
auditor’s office of the Louisville ani
Nashville Railroad. After leaving
Louisville he became auditor of the
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf road.
Later he opened an office as expert
accountant in New York. He was a
bachelor. His mother, Mrs. Annie G.
Haydon, of Louisville, is the only sur
viving member of his immediate family.
VERDICT OF $25,000
FOR MRS. FRANKLIN.
j
Indeeent Remarks Were Addressed
to Her Aboard a Train.
Greenville, S. C., April I.—ln the
State Circuit Court to-day, Mrs.
Susan L. Franklin of Newberry, S.
C., obtained a vierdiet for $25,000
damages in a suit against the South
ern Railway, half of the amount sued
for.
The suit was based on allegations
that while a messenger on a train be
•tween Greenville and Atlanta, she
was in&ulted and tmnoyed by a man
who made indecent proposals, and that
the railway conductor did not inter
fere to prevent it until she appealed
to him, though he was in the car.
She claims to have become seriously ill
in Atlanta on her arrival there in con
sequence of her treatment.
CLEWELL WAS SHORT.
Cleveland, 0., April 1. —The Bankers
Surety Company, which is on the bond
of George F. Clewell, the missing sec
retary and treasurer of the assigned
Federal Trust Company, was to-day
given a warrant for his arrest. Mr.
Clewell has been missing from his
home in this city since last Saturday.
His alleged shortage is SIB,IOO.
TWO MORTviCriMS OF
SQUIB FACTORY FIRE.
Scranton, Pa., April I.—Two more
deaths have been added to the llat of
victims of yesterday's explosion in the
“squib" factory at Prlceburg, making
the total number of fatalities nine.
To Meet at Winchester.
Alexandria, Va., April I.—The Balti
more conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, to-day de
cided to hold its next annual meeting
at Winchester. Va.
I ■ 'v/,,u• "■ ' • ’J ''4 I
miinivos on the outskirts OF* nio\;-.nr.
NO NEW ATTACK
ON PORT ARTHUR
REPORT IS NOT CONFIRMED.
IT WAS SAID ONE WAS MADE
MARCH 30-31.
Neither London Nor St. IVterMlmrfc
Received Confirmation of tile Re
port—lt Wa* Said the Japanene
Wi.Mliod to Discover the Effects of
Their Latest Attempt to Hottle I p
the Russian Fleet in Port Arthur
Hurbor.
EVENTS IN THE EAST.
The United States have acquiesced
in the proclamation of martial law
at New Chwang.
A list prepared on March 28,
shows that there were then 170,000
Russian infantry, 17,000 cavalry and
256 pieces of ordnance in Manchuria.
Capt. Reitzenstein, commanding
the Russian squadron at Vladivos
tok, declares that he went out to
meet the Japanese squadron when
it attacked that port, but that the
Japanese turned and fled.
Viceroy Alexieff appears at Fort
makes inspections and con
fers decorations upon officers who
have distinguished themselves for
gallantry during the defense of the
city.
Russians have reversed their first
announcement that the engagement
at Chong Ju was a defeat for them.
They are now claiming that they
won the victory, inflicting heavy
loss upon the Japanese.
No confirmation of the report
of a fresh attack upon Port Ar
thur.
London, April 2.—There is no con
firmation of any kind of the report
cabled from Tokio to a news agency
that a fresh attack had been made
by the Japanese on Port Arthur.
Some surprise is expressed here over
the rapid development of the Japanese
advance in Korea as Indicated by the
seizure of Yong Chun, and although
little is known of this movement, it
is supposed the right flank of the
Japanese army is making a simul
taneous advance, and permission be
ing granted to the newspaper corre
spondents at Tokio to start for the
front, is regarded as foreshadowing se
rious operations.
The Dally Telegraph’s Wei Hal Wei
correspondent says the Japanese
steamer Hanien Maru (previously re
ported captured and sunk by the Rus
sians) was sunk by a Russian torpedo
boat, and that twenty-five persons on
board of her were lost.
WAS NOT CONFIRMED
AT ST. PETERSBURG.
St. Petersburg, April I.—The Asso
ciated Press is officially informed that
up to the present the government has
received no news to confirm the state
ment sent by a news agency from To
kio that the Japanese made another
attack on Port Arthur during the night
of March 30-31.
REPORT OF ATTACK
UPON PORT ARTHUR.
London, April 1, 6:34, p. m.—A dis
patch to the Central News from Tokio
says Vice Admiral Togo, made another
attack on Port Arthur during the
night of March 30-31.
The dispatch adds that It is under
stood that the attack was for the pur
pose of taking soundings and ascer
taining the effects of the last attempt
to bottle up ttoe Russian fleet.
No details of the attack are obtain
able.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. APRIL 2, 1004.
j RUSSIANS TELL HOW
STEAMER WAS SUNK.
St. Petersburg, April 1. —A semi-offi
cial dispatch from Port Arthur, bear
ing to-day’s date, says:
“Our entire squadron left the harbor
March 28, making for the Miactas Is
lands. At 11 o’clock the cruiser Novik
■ sighted a steamer toxving a Chinese
| junk. She would not stop until the
j torpedo boat Vrimanlny fired two
j shots. It was the Japanese steamer
| Hanien Maru, on board .which were
| found ten Japanese and eleven China
| men, various papers, telegrams and
i maps, and two whitehead torpedoes.
1 The crew was taken on board our
i ships, after which the vessel was taken
]in tow and subsequently sunk. The
Novik and accompanying torpedo boats
! rejoined the squadron, which returned
j to Port Arthur.
“On March 29 the anniversary of the
j Russian occupation of Port Arthur was
celebrated with a religious service, and
a military review.
! “On March 30 occurred the funeral
of the tnen killed on the torpedo boat
destroyer Silni during the Japanese at
tempt to block the port March 27. A
large concourse attended the funeral.
“The Grand Duke Boris arrived on
the same day and was given a public
welcome.
"Viceroy Alexieff, accompanied by
Gen. Zhitiriski, arrived on March 31.
“Alt is quiet.’’
STRENGTH OF RUSS IA N S
IN MANCHURIA.
Paris, April 2.—The Figaro's St.
Petersburg correspondent telegraphs
as follows:
"A detailed list of the Russian
troops in the Far East was semi-of
ficially communicated to me to-day,
and though I am forbidden to betray
the secrets of mobilization, I am al
lowed to give the general figures.
The list was drawn up on the evening
of March 28, by the general staff at
Harbin. There were then in Man
churia 170,000 infantry, 17,000 cavalry
and 256 cannon. Of this number 20,-
000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry and thirty
two cannon have been told off to
guard the railway.
“Although the bulk of the troops is
concentrated opposite Korea, the
strategical front extends 1,600 kilo
metres, from Vladivostok to New
Chwang on the left bank of the Liao
river, the tight bank being considered
neutral territory.
“By June 28,. 130,000 more infantry,
30.000 cavalry and 250 cannon will
have been sent out.
“It is estimated that the Japanese
troops landed do not exceed 80,000
and that 100,000 are waiting until the
commissariat is assured before being
'transported, as it is impossible to
feed them in Korea.”
NO FRICTION NOW
AT NEW CHWANG.
New Chwang, April 1. —United States
Consul Miller to-day informed the cit
izens of his nationality of the United
States' acquiescence in the proclama
tion of martial law by the Russian
authorities here.
The United States gunboat Helena
leaves New Chwang to-morrow.
The British gunboat hlspiegle is
awaiting additional instructions.
Russian authority has been estab
lished here without friction. There is
no apparent alarm, although movable
property is being partly removed.
It Is understood that immediately
after the eleven ships now here are
loaded the port and river will be closed,
as the work of providing for a sys
tematic defense of New Chwang is
progressing.
REITZENSTEIN SAYS
THE JAPANESE FLED.
St. Petersburg. April I.—The Novi
Krai of Port Arthur, dated March 8,
has Just arrived here. It contains a
telegram from Capt. Reitzenstein,
commanding the Russian squadron at
Vladivostok, referring to the Japanese
attack on Vladivostok, from which it
appears that his squadron was not
only in port when the enemy was
sighted, but that it got up steam, went
and engaged the Japanese, who turned
tail, Capt. Reitzenstein, according to
his telegram to the commander-in
chief. pursuing the Japanese tilt 5
o’clock, when he returned to Vladi
vostok.
He gives the composition of the Japa
nese squadron as follows: The battle-
Contmued on Fifth Page.
MASKED MEN
HELD UP A TRAIN
EXPRESS MESSENGER KILLED.
THE SAFES WERE HI.OWN OPEN
AND RIFLED.
It In Nct Known llow Much (lip llnn
<litn Secured—Mimli 'Mint They Did
Not Get Warn Dentroyed—Ritn of
Hunk Note* and Twinted t’olnn
Were Found Scattered About the
t ar—How the llold-l p Wnn Work
ed—Little llenintunee Offered.
Sacramento, Cal., April I.—Three
masked men hold up the Oregon ex
press, southbound, on the Southern
Pacific Railroad at Copley, near Kes
wick, killed W. J. O'Neill, the express
messenger, and carried off the contents
of the express car.
When the train pulled into Copley
the highwaymen emerged from the
brush. One of the robbers knocked on
ihe door of the express car. W. J.
O’Neill, the Wells-Fargo messenger,
asked him some question. The reply
was evidently satisfactory, because
O’Neill slid the door back about
eighteen inches, when a rifle bullet was
sent through his body. It passed near
his heart and the messenger fell back
dead. O'Neill was not armed.
Dill Xl Molest Passengers.
Then, while one robber remained on
the lookout, the other two marched the
engine crew to the express car. The
robbers all the time used vile lan
guage and discharged occasional shots
from their rides. This apprised the
passengers of what was going on, but
they remained in the cars and were
not molested.
Colford, helper to Messenger O’Neill,
was armed with a shotgun and tried
to shoot one of the robbers, but the
cartridge failed to explode. Colford
pluckily stood his ground, and started
to put another shell into the gun, but
the robbers leveled their rifles at him
and commanded him to lay down his
gun or be killed. The robbers now
compelled the two firemen and the
brakemen to climb into the smoker.
Because Brakeman Stone was not
quick enough one of the robbers hit
him over the head with a rifle, in
flicting a severe scalp wound.
Blew Open the Suit*.
When the bandits found that Col
ford could not open the safe they used
dynamite, first removing the body of
O'Neill, which lay near the safe.
There were two safes in the car, a
heavy through safe and a smaller lo
cal safe. The local safe was blown to
atoms and the top of the through
safe was blown off. Tiny pieces of
bank notes and twisted coins covered
the floor.
It is certain that the robbers did not
get a great amount of plunder, al
though their blundering work may
have destroyed thousands of dollars.
DIS CCvTrylv AsTo UN D.
Important Karts in tin- Antarctic
Were Established.
Lyttleton, New Zealand, April I.
The British Antarctic steamer Dis
covery. and the relief steamers Morn
ing and Terra Nova arrived here to
day. The relief ships, which left Ho
bart Dec. 5, reached the Discovery,
Feb. 14, and found all the members of
the expedition iij excellent health and
spirits. There was great excitement
among the crews of all the ships when
they sighted each other, and the res
cuers found that all was well on
board the long absent Discovery.
Scientific work was continued by the
Explorers throughout the winter of
1903. They established the fact that
the interior of Victoria Land continues
at a hight of 9,000 feet, and is evident
ly a vast continental plateau. Anew
route to the west was found and a
depot was established 2,000 feet up She
glacier.
Hassell anil Pollock,
Baltimore, April I,—The physicians
at the Johns’ Hopkins Hospital, in at
tendance upon ex-Gov. Russell of
North Carolina, and Dr. G. R. Pol
lock, president of the Mercer College,
Macon, Ga., state at midnight that
they are steadily improving, and they
are resting comfortably.
FLOODS ARE SERIOUS.
Will** Territory Is IlMiungfd by Tur
bulent Streams,
Indianapolis, Ind., April I.—While the
flood situation throughout Southwest
ern Indiana is considerably improved,
the heavy rains of yesterday and last
night have almost duplicated the flood
stages of last week throughout Central
Indiana.
White river, near this city, has risen
thirteen feet above the low water mark
and is still rising. Manufacturing in
terests and many homes in the river
district are menaced. At Portland
only three or four business houses are
above water, and at Delphi the Wa
bash Railroad is washed away in two
places. The suburbs of Alexandria are
threatened by the high water, and the
inhabitants have abandoned their
homes.
The crest of the Hood in the south
western part of the state has moved
almost to the Ohio, and it is believed
that the rivers will now carry off the
waters, which cover several hundred
thousand acres of valuable farm land,
without further damage.
Hundreds of refugees from the Inun
dated districts were brought to Evans
ville to-day on a special train sent
out by the Southern Railway Company.
Alarm for Reservoir,
Celina, 0., April I.—The apprehen
sion that has been felt to-day regard
ing the banks of the Grand Reservoir
has increased to-night. The water
continues rising, but the greatest dan
ger is believed to exist on account of
the high wind that has been blowing
since sundown and is continually get
ting stronger. The gale is from the
west and is driving the water against
the east bank around St. Marys’ where
the bank has already been weaken
ed.
Avery large force Is at work to
night trying to save the locks at the
bulkhead. St. Marys is at the east
end of the reservoir and Celina at
the west end. Flood signals have
been given not only around the reser
voir, but also to people along the
canal, to be ready to vacate.
The St. Marys river has broken its
record, doing much damage to the rail
roads and other property.
Cuttle Swept Away.
Findlay, 0., April I.—The most de
structive flood in the history of Han
cock county is sweeping down the
Blanchard river and overrunning Its
banks for over a mile. Main street
for nearly a mile is a running stream.
Nearly half the city is covered with
water and hundreds of families are
homeless. The rural districts are suf
fering great loss. A large number of
cattle are being swept away and the
farmers are compelled to leave their
homes.
Thousands of dollars worth of mer
chandise in the flooded basements on
Main and adjoining streets has been
destroyed.
Ottawa In liltuinu.
Lima, 0., April I.—Ottawa river,
which runs through the center of this
city, is higher to-day than has ever
been known as a result of a heavy
|)iinfall, which began shortly after
midnight overflowing a large portion
of Ihe town. There are 2,000 people
either homeless or confined to the sec
ond stories or roofs of their homes
to escape the raging waters. Fully
500 houses are submerged and they
have been washed from their founda
tions.
DENIALS OF MRS. BOTKIN
toieiTil Ahonl All tlie Allegations
Against Her.
San FranclsCo, April 1. —Mrs. Cordelia
Botkin was called to-day as the first
witness for the defense in her trial for
the murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning,
by means of poisoned randy. She de
nied all incriminating evidence given
against her by witnesses for the state.
Mrs. Botkin told at length of her
relations with John P. Dunning, whom
she said she first met in Golden Gate
Park and had assisted financially. She
said he also received SBOO from Mrs.
Corbaly.
She said she was In Humboldt county
on June 17, 1897, the date of the post
mark of an anonymous letter mailed
to Mrs. Dunning from San Francisco.
She denied that she wrote the letter
and also denied the statements con
cerning her movements fn the testi
mony of Miss Lizzie Llvernash. She
had never inquired regarding the ef
fects of poisons and had never con
templated suicide. She denied pur
chasing the handkerchief found in the
box of poisoned candy.
She said she never in her life had
been in the store of Haas & Sons,
where the candy is alleged to have
been bought.
DIAZ ADDRESSES COXGKESS.
Mexican President Comments I’pon
Ills Country's Affairs.
Mexico City, April I.—President Diaz
opened Congress shis evening, being
escorted to the hall by the presidential
guards. His message covered a period
embracing the past half year. Among
other things he referred to the cir
cumspection of the government in Its
international relations and to the good
accomplished by the sanitation works
at the federal capital.
The President devotes much atten
tion to sanitary matters and shows
that at Vera Cruz, Ihe authorities ex
pect to Rtamp out the yellow fever
The message'says that the mining
Industry shows a steady progress,
that a large amount of work has been
done on the port works at Manzanilla,
Salina Cruz, Coatzaeoalcos and at
other points; that the railways in
Mexjco have in the past half year
been augmented by 303 kilometres and
that the postal and federal telegraph
services show a continual increase.
The financial condition of the nation
is satisfactory, both stamp taxes and
customs collections showing a,n in
crease.
The army has many improvements
to show and additions are to be made
to the navy.
The President thanks Congress for
its “efficacious aid in the great work
of national transformation now for
tunately very far advanced and which
in the end will elevate Mexico to the
enviable place reserved by destiny for
her among the nations.”
Report on Statehood.
Washington, April I.—A favorable re
port was authorized to-day on the bill
granting statehood to Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory, under the name
Oklahoma and Arizona and New Mex
ico. under the name of Arizona by the
House Committee on Territories. The
Democratic members have reserved the
right to present a minority report.
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NAVAL OFFICER
COMMITS SUICIDE
CHIEF ENGINEER WARBURTON
BLOWS OUT HIS BRAINS ABOARD
THE MAINE.
Executive Officer of tlie Battleship
Whs Passing Wn rbu rt on’s Door
W hen the Shot Wan Fired—After
Fussing Through Warhnrton’s
llchil tlie Bullet Narrowly Missed
Ihe Executive Officer—No Cause
for the Act Known.
Pensacola, Fla., April I.—Lieutenant
Commander Edgar Townsend Warbur
ton, chief engineer of the bdttleship
Maine, now in this harbor, commit
ted suicide in his cabin on board that
vessel to-day. A bullet from a 38-
>caHbre revolver was sent crashing
through the brain and death resulted
within forty minutes afterwards.
The executive officer of the ship was
passu.e the dear of Lieutenant Com
ma nt. or Warburton’s cabin when he
was startled by the icpcrt of a re
volver within. The bullet, aft ur pass
ing through the brain, came through
the door and struck the rail of the
ship, barely missing the executive of
ficer. The latter notified the other
officers and the door of the lieutenant
commander's cabin was forced open.
He was lying on the floor in a pool
of blood and the revolver, dyed red.
was grasped In his right hand.
The surgeon of the ship was hastily
summoned and endeavored to stop the
flow of blood, without result. The
flagship was signalled, and the fleet
surgeon responded, but the lieutenant
commander expired shortly after his
arrival.
The bullet entered Just above the
right temple and passed out over the
left ear. No cause is known for the
officer committing the rash act. He
appeared to be in the best of health
and spirits and within a few weeks
would have been assigned to shore
liberty.
Many of the officers expressed the
belief that death was the result of
an accident and that the lieutenant
commander did not commit suicide.
Lieutenant? Commander Wanburton
had been chief engineer of the Maine
since that vessel was placed in com
mission. He was formerly on the
Indiana.
The body will be shipped to Phila
delphia, where his wife resides, to
morrow.
ANTI-TRUST LAW
Alleged to Have Hern Violated by
Railroads.
Chicago, April I.—Eight specific
charges, each one pointed out as a
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law, are brought against the twenty
sftx leading ljailroads running Into
Chicago in a bill prepared for the
Chicago Coal Shippers’ Association to
be filed in the United States Circuit
Court. The action is an attempt by
the coal men to put the Chicago Car
Service Association out of business
on the ground that it is an illegal
combination of railroads. Its acts are
said to be the enforcement of a uni
form system of demurrage and per
djem charges on cans, which adds
to the freight rates.
The bill to be filed Is a petition for
injunction against each of the rail
roads restraining them from contin
uing their membership in the associa
tion and from combining to form a
similar organization.
The petition was presented to Unit
ed States Attorney Bethea six weeks
ago and forwarded to Attorney Gen
eral Knox. The latter instructed Mr.
Bethea to hear both sides and t*
prosecute if the association appears
unlawful.
SWAYXE REPORT THURSDAY.
Brantley Says It Will Then Be Call
ed In tli< lfloime.
By R. M. Larner.
Washington, April I.—Representative
Brantley of the House Judiciary Com
mittee says the report on the resolu
tion of impeachment in the Judge
Swayne case will be called In the
House next Thursday.
At the instance of Representative
Livingston, the Senate Committee on
Appropriations has agreed to a $4,000
increase in the allowance for guards
at the federal prison at Atlanta. Aft
er the bill left the house it was found
that an additional allowance was nec
essary for guards. The increase Was
recommended by the department of
justice.
K ITT HE DDE 1111.1, REPORTED.
Morgan Will Present a Minority Hr.
port for Ills Bill.
Washington. April I.—Senator Kitt
redge to-day reported from the Senate
Committee on Interoeeanic Canals the
bill which he introduced from the same
committee yesterday. The bill places
the government of the canal zone in
the hands of the canal commission un
der certain restrictions.
Senator Morgan, who recently intro
duced a bill to have the canal zone
declared a military reservation to be
governed by the laws of the United
States for the government of such
reservations, has announced that he
will present to Congress a minority
report advocating the passage of the
bill. _
POOR APRIL FOOL JOKE
SPRUNG ON THE POPE.
Rome, April I.—The apocryphal plot
against the life of the Pope, which
was reported in a London newspaper
a few days ago and promptly ridiculed
by the Vatican authorities, had a se
quel to-day In an ill-timed “April fool”
atory published by an insignificant
newspaper here. This story was to
the effect that two anarchists, who
intended to make an attempt on the
Pope's life, had been arrested at a door
of the Vatican with bombs in their
possession.
The Osservatore Romano, the Vati
can organ, most indignantly contra
dicts the story, and points out the bad
taste of such a joke,