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The Miller County Liberal. VOL. X. OKLAHOMA HELD IP Republicans Determined Not • ' ' to Admit New State, WOULD BE INADVISABLE For Political Reasons Hold-Up Maj Be Successfully Carried Out. Plan is to Turn Down Newly Adopted Constitution. * ' says: Th-. ’ pious unction with which uie xepuoll can leaders are proceeding in the at tempt to withhold Statehood from Oklahoma and the high moral grounds on which they rest their ob jections are really impressive. In the enabling act, passed by con gress and approved by President s&fSOsevelt on June 16, 1906, it was set forth that there 'should be ' live ■congressional districts in the terri tory of Oklahoma and Indian Tetri .tbrv, when they were admitted to , the union as one state. This would give Oklahoma live representatives in congress and two senators, thus en titling her to cast seven votes in the electoral college. Os course the advocates of admis sion were reasonably sure that these were going to be good republican votes. The first election, however ail. Such an overwhelming evidence ot the democratic tendencies of the peo ple was abundant proof to republicans that Oklahoma was •'undesirable." They were trying to convince Presi dent Roosevelt also that it world not be wise to permit these seven dem ocratic electoral votes,to unfavorably complicate the situation when a re publican president is to be elected next year. The men who were groom ing themselves to be republican sen ators and representatives are sure it would not be wise; it might be dis astrous. The constitution of the new state, framed by democrats who were duly and -regularly elected by the people to draft their fundamental law, is be ing carefully and painfully scrutinized in the search SrtHiiiST b'roiitlas''’ for exclusion there will be no need to resort to the leg islative club, which is held by the republican majority in both houses. Then, too, the high moral grounds can be maintained. . 7-‘z n the act of congress making pro vision for the admission of the new state it .was provided that the fol lowing features incorporated in the new constitution: W “Perfect toleration of religious sen timent. "Prohibition of traffic in alcoholic liquors for a period of twenty-one* years in the parts of the state now known as Indian Territory, the Osage Indian reservation and in other parts of the state which existed as Indian •.-on- nn January 1. I9IU. , “Prohibition of polygamous a’ld plural marriages. “Release of the public lands within the state to the United States, “Payment of the debts of the ter ritory of Oklahoma by the state of Oklahoma. ■ "•"“Establishment of public schools, al s lowing separate schools for while and negro children. "The right of franchise unrestricted on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude." There is also a- further injunction that a republican form ot government must be secured. "'U'- 110 delegates to the conven tion adop . * a document which they believed encompassed an ihu instruc tions given them by congress and la ter by the president on the subject cf jim crow cars and the control of 1 nrvorations. 1 u donel- llle ".tmo crats made such disposition ot me | legislative districts that the republi cans claim it will be impossible for them ever to elect a United States senator. , MISSION FUND APPORTIONED Board of Methodist Church, South, Completes Its W<”*- fez-w The wcik of the mission board of ’ the M. E. Church,- South, was con cluded at Nashville, Tenn., Friday, after the adoption of a plan tor the inauguration of home missions au-l 7the apportionment of the fund to be raised for the work in the foreign field drii"'-s’'” 5 ’'”- the ensuing year. ’ The total amount appropriated to . -the - mission conferences for tk„ en . suing year was $383,483, and the total amount to be raised by the home con ference is $366,631.50. STAGE COACH BURNED. ' Together With Pile of Cash and Reg istered Mail—Sensational Story. A story has reached Los Angeles , of the accidental burning of a stage coach in Death Valley near Ash ' ' Meadows, in which $15,000 in bank bills and $13,000 in registered mail -were consumed. The stage is supposed ' to have caught fire from a cigar which the driver was smoking. The money was consigned to the Greenwater . . _ RUEF PLEADS GUILTY. Jan Francisco Political "Doss" Makes Tearful Confession in Court. Wants to Lead Beter Life. Abraham Rues, nervous and pallid, in Judge Dunne's court it San Fran cisco Wednesday pleaded guilty to the crime of extortion, the li lony charge for which he was to b been tried by the jury already selec -d. In plead ing guilty he made an Impressive ad dress to the judge, sta g thak lie had commenced his caij in politics with high ideals, for hili self, and for tho city, but that conditims had bro- < n him down ""J h” a-- . in opportunity to * P a ration and restore his character before the world. As he concluded his aedress he fell back into his chair alnost fainting ind the tears flowed dona his checks. During an interview allowing the scene in court, Rues ccafessed that be is guilty of having comived in the corruption in: municipal ; .fairs, but he denied that he is guilty of the crime, as extortion charged agiinst him. "I have made no coifession. I know much. Some thin 1 shall tell, some things I shall n-t tell. > “I will not say at the present mo ment that Mayor Sohn z is guiliy of the charges that have ecu brought against him or that li- s innocent. 1 will say this: I want 1 to break away from Schmitz befq;his re-elec tion, g year ago last Ni. .ember, and u-it/l in i.im- Uicm -mJ- ° whole filing and i want to .- et out.” , "I can't stand for $ these labor union bums you have ga .vied around you and will appoint. TI ■ y would eat the paint off a house.’ 1 answer the mayor begged me to si: y with him and put up the argumi that these fellows must be allow: . their share or we could never hold the together. "I stayed with Schmitz, and I stayed with the machine that 1 at great la bor- and pains had built up. 1 found then that I had taken i step away from the high and tleai ideals, with which I honestly assure you 1 orig inally entered the poll ical field. I found, iu short, that to old this ma chine together, I had permit- and connive at corruption, ij the state of affairs existing It was f.-cessary. But I mysfttf- MW 01 Ti'af ii'oiii the public; the tilings that 1 did were the things that hart no one." ROOSEVELT “BUT'ED IN” DeclaersAttorney for Haywood —First Wrangle of Trial. A special from Boise, Idaho, says: The unexpected uncoveri ; of i vein of prejudice against Harry Orchard and his testimony during the farther examination of talesmen iu th trial of William D. Haywood, for c uiplic ity in the murder of former G<vcrnor . Frank Steunenberg, Wednesday, led to the first sharp wrangle letween counsel and involved the nane of President Roosevelt in an ad'imoni ous discussion. The question ci \e up at the afternoon session when Sena- Bora? ~’ ,7'«man 'liain McGume,’ who had been > -n Jo „ implied bias on the testimony{u!' u. C. Lovelace, the first witness called, who swore that McGuffie told him that Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone would not have been brought he. if “they had not been mixed up in the case,” whether he (McGuffie) would give credence to Orchards testimony. Clarence S. Darrow of the dcf.-nso objected to the question and Scuitor Dorah- replied: "After the immense latitude the defense has taken in re gard to Taft and Roosevelt, I dd ;.ot think they would stick on any te< - nicality at this time.” “We did not ask as to the eff of Orchard’s testimony," said Dari v and Richardson together. "If Ro veil is to be brought here to tesii.y, we might have something more to say,” went on Richardson. - -- t 0.-,, cure of him- self, wherever he is,” retorted Buran. “Well, I don't know about that,” said Darrow. Judge Woods directed counsel to proceed with the. case, but Darrow took formal exception to the remarks of Borah. “I will eliminate Roosev- 1 *- " ■ ; will ’’ replied Borah. "He was brougnt 'into the case by the defense.” “He came in himself, ’ said Rich ardson. "He wds 2,000 miles away and he writes Tetters." "He was brought in by his own but ting in,” added Darrow. Much difficulty is being experienced in securing a jury, as no one seems anxious to serve. Counsel for the de fense and prosecution admitted Wed nesday incoming that the chances for retaining more than three or four . of the talesmen so far examinee and passed for cause was extremely small. STEPHENSON SUCCEEDS, SPOONER The Wisconsin Senatorial Deadlock is . Finally Broken. /I’he Wisconsin senatorial deadlock was biokeri at Madison Thursday night by tire nemuiation on the first •ballot of'lhe republican. caucus of for mer Congressman Isaac St -phenson of Marinette, to succeed Senator John C. Spooner, resigned. colquitt. ha. Wednesday, may 22. 190; FARMERS OPPOSED To the Immigration Move ment in State of Georgia. UNION GOES ON RECORD Strong Resolutions Adopted at Meet ing in Atlanta—Cotto* School is Established and Warehouse Plans Are Projected. Tho Farmers' Educational and Co- Operative I nion of Georgia met in the legislative hall at the state Capitol in Atlanta Wednesday. It was a call meeting, but practically every county in the state was represented. It was definitely decided to have a cotton school, the purpose of which will be to teach interested parties how to judge and price cotton. The officers of the association —President it. F. Duckworth, Secretary J. L. Bairoil, Oiganizer J. L.- Lee,. Business Agent J. G. Eubanks and Lecturer G. M. Davis —were appointed as a board of managers to take charge of the school. AH ot these are from Barnesville, where the school will be in session. A committee on the school, repre senting the various congressional dis tricts Wlf 5 ‘ l<,! 71 " alll !ou.~e com as also chosen. Ik. , _ , of the warehouse committee is to re port to the convention the result ot the effort to establish a uniform sys tem of warehouses over the state to be owned and controlled by the Farm ers’ Union. The convention went on record as opposing the immigration movement by passing unanimously the following set of resolutions: "Whereas, steamship companies of r most all nationalities, for the sole purpose of making money, have their | paid agents soliciting immigration to this country regardless of morals, po litical consideration or -religious faith, and, “Whereas, said immigrants are now landing on Ellis Island, New York, at the rate of nearly half million a year “and are only now limited and, "Whereas, the register shu's that immigrants landing iu this country since 1880, as a rule, are on-Chris tian and differ with the American in government, religious bi lief and mo rality, and, "Whereas, as we find a disposition on the part of some of our fellow citizens to increase, invite and induce said immigrants to this state, and, "Whereas, history- shows that through the ages men have often set in motion events which once started they could not control, therefore be it Resolved, That we, the Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union of Georgia, assembled in convention at Atlanta, Ga., May 15, 1907, do oppose the further introduction of immigrants ' to this good heritage of ours in any form or by any means by the state Georgia, (believing it will be dc-tri -p ti~ 7 'al w< of the people oL oar state. “Resolred, second. That we most re spectfully ask pur legislature that is to meet in June not to appropriate one cent of the state’s money to en courage immigration to this state without referring same to the people. "Resolved, third, That we most re spectfully ask oilr members of the general 'assembly ot Georgia and our senators and members in congress from this great state of Georgia to do all in their power to restrain the tide of immigration to these Uni ted States as a primary step to the perpetuation of a pure government. “Resolved, fourth, That we havq an abiding faith in the great intelli gent white people of Georgia and the south to so direct our domestic affairs Willi on. - - - -» -'5- natural increase to manage our agri cultural and industrial affairs to meet the legitimate demands of our coun try without the aid of immigration. SCHMITZ DOWN AND OUT. ’FrisV« mayor Relinquisher, Reins of Government to Special Committee. - Charged by Abe Rues before the grand jury with receiving a bribe of $50,000 from the United Railways company and facing the penitentiary. Mayor Schmitz has relinquished the reins of San Francisco government to a committee of seven, representing the five •great commercial organiza toins of the city. The capitulation of the mayor is complete. He has trap«f«rr»A i.. ing his authority, tantamount to a power of at'--*“ey. FIRST COLONISTS HONORED. Virginians Celebrate 30Oth Anniver sary of Landing at Jamestown. The celebration Monday on James town island, forty miles up the river, of the three hundredth anniversary of i the landing there of the first perma i nent English settlers under Sir Chris : tophet Newport, John Smith and oth -1 ers, were held under fair skies and I condition in every way auspicious. DEADLY VORK OF BLAST. Premature Eclosion Kills Several Men, Hurls Train Into Creek and Wrecks Nearby Buildings. A Chattaniga special says: Three men killedf'ouright, three others, so seriously injuid that they will die, and two other badly injured in ad dition to the “"shing of a Southern railway freight-•*- a ei>—- through a bri^ 1 ' ‘ llto CLatiuuooga creek and th -d'Mi uction ot three residences and 11 P*' e driver nearby, was the result' 1 ' a Premature explo sion m 3(49 0 :lock Thursday after noon of |at-the foot of Look out mountain efcthe Stevenson exten sin which is b«|ig constructed by W. J. Oliver &. Cl The bridge 'L crushed in by sev eral tons of rol< hurled by the blast just as the Sou >ern railway freight train No. 11 wa going on the bridge. Other pieces ofirock hurled for four hundred yards Lashed through tho pilot of the pile drivei;, of the Nash -Ville, ChatiauSJ. g t rail road, which wan tf&k driving piles in Chattanooga ?ek for a new via duct, killing I- neer Shaefer and Fireman Hyder Tantly. O*ther pieces ’ rock hurled five and six hundred rds struck the res idences on the Sts of Lookout moun tain! crashingit ough the roof and floors of the V Ungs. Several niefi'v 6 -were working on I -a. jm-" ..on- distance from the blast, were stK.... )V flyj ng pj eces o f rock. Two of the; are at the hospital in a serious The blast waOf * nfT Tiy J. F.ord. a powder man so the Yarnell Divin ers, contractors fy fo.ver, against the instructions of tk contractors. He had only been ey oyed by the com pany for a short «ie. At a late hour he could not be locked. The blast was qne of the heaviest iver used on work in this section of the country. No warning was give: to the residents in the vicinity Into the Nashville, Chattanooga amj. U- Louis railroad, whose property destroyed. OFFICIALS |e INDICTED As Result of C of ' “Boss” Ciuef . * A San FranciscoVeclal says: Abra ; ham Rues Thu -sd( made good his declaration of WUnesday that he would, following > change of plea of guilty in the ex: lion case against him, turn state's ■ lence and assist the bribery graft rosecution iu Its campaign against unicipal corrup tion. i Rues, obeying a ibpena from the grand jury, served ;;>on him at the Fillmore street’pri m house shortly ..before 3 o'clock, w it in the charge ot Special Agept B ns, Elisor Blggy and another guard t the grand jury chamber, where ht wok the witness stand and submitted ■•’ ap examina tion that lasted from 3; - |J un til after 5 p. m ' When the or'4 1 over he I me nvnSpapcr me iround him and •said that he hadu luiged the grand jury to divulge rL'|ng. District At .‘.-“ye-v Langdon and assistant District : 'X.7-ileney refus-d to make any statement wiiat"vcr. From Special Agent Burns H.;-. .-r—- me only matter in whic tuef was ques tioned was the a” d bribing of Mayor Schmitz an i ightecii super visors by the Uu-'. d railroads to grant to that corpot ion a change in its franchise allowi’ the electrifying of its 250 miles street railway system. If Burns' tmd-srsl ling of Ruef’s testimony is correct he fallen boss told the grand jut Lthat President Patrick Calhoun, A. I (tint President Mullaly, Chief Couml Ford and As sistant 'Counsel Abb J of tin United Railroads, paid or <• “d to b paid the sum of $200,000 I’L the provision , ~ . „ , 'f this amoun.- named; that st>l,oW ■ $50,00(J went into the pocket ..-Of May r Schmitz and that the remaining s6(qoo was hand ed to the eighteen Sptrvisors, six teen of them txcei- A s|,ulltl each, another . demanding an getting $lO,- 000 ripd Chairman Giagher ot the -' committee, in i ? paid $15,000 for acting as go-betwqn. . BOTH SIDES ST ND FIRM. Longshoremen's Striki at New York Being Bitterly//aged. Both the represen ves o! the trans-Atlantic stean. :p companies and the striking le: shoremen at New York ipaintain a m position in their respective standi The steamship men declare that they are moving sh'i ami freight as may be sp handled with the aid of non-ur k’nien. CHILDREN BEING G 'EN AWAY. Fifty-Eight Charity Waif Are Distrib uted in Lcuisina. Fifty-eight babies and children un der seven years of an from New York charitable institu ons, are be ing distributed in Ne« Orleans and Louisiana. The chlldri . are one of. several consignments t: the state. A train load, carrying abuu one Hundred children, arrived In Nev Orleans two weeks ago. CLIMAXTO SCANDAL Steel Magnate Corey Weds “Butterfly” Actress, PUBLIC MORALS SHOCKED raivnfin Helped Him in His Rise to For tune, Was Discarded Through Handy Divorce Court. A New York special says:- In or der to escape the unlucky thirteenth of the month, William Ellis Corey, president of the United States Steel Corporation, and Mabelle Gilman, the former actress, were not married un til after midnight Tuesday morning. The ceremony took place in the royal suite at the Hotel Gotham, Fifth ave nue and Fifty-fifth street, in the pres ence of a small party of friends of the contracting couple. There was no music during the even ing, and there were no bridesmaids, Miss Gilman being attended only by Miss Frances Erskine Shaw of Lon don. Mr. Corey was unattended. After the nuptials the pair took an automobile and were whirled awiiy to jy.here they boarded the steamer KafsiCr jj which sailed at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday morn ing. Mr. and Mrs. Corey will proceed to Paris and will then go to tbe teau G'en'w miles from ttartS,where me hoijeymoon win ve passed. They expect to remain there until they re turn to America, about the middle of July. The wedding of W. E. Corey and Mabelle Gilman is the culmination of a scandal that has filled the news papers for many months. In order to prepare to marry the actress Corey deserted his wife and forced her to get divorce from him. Corey married his first wife when he was a struggling day laborer in the steel mills at Pittsburg. She bore him children and they lived happily during Corey’s rise to wealth and] power until Jie saw Mabelle Gilman oni '“Then"Corey discovered that the vf’lfe of his youth was not suited to him and began that ardent pursuit of the shapely actress which resulted in the divorce of his wife and hi:* wedding Miss Gilman. Corey’s conduct was bitterly de nounced by his mother, father, sis ters and uncles. Two days ago the uncle for whom Corey is named said that the wedding of Corey and Ma belle Gilman would bring its own pun ishment. It is estimated that Corey has spent $4,000,000 in acquiring Mabelle Gil man. About $3,000,000 of this sum went to his wife and children. has recently settled a fine estate on his aged parents in the hope that it would lessen 'heir opposition to his ■ . the n? trcss ' ’ Although Mabelle Gilman has dg. Glared that C. B. Gilrnau, Hvlng “Tn San Francisco, is not her father, he sent the following telegram to her: “Accept a father's blessing for hap piness and a long nm.-.ied life. Live m Christian Science.” Tho message was addressed to W. E. Corey and Mabelle Gilman, Hotel Gotham, New York. YOUNG GIRL IS DEAD As Result of Assault by Negro Ed Johnson of Chattanooga. Miss Navada Taylor, .the Chatta nooga, girl who was criminally as saulted by Ed Johnson, a negro, on January 28, 1906, and for which crime the negro was lynched by a mob, died Sunday night at her childhood home iu Findlay Ohio, of nervous trouble, superinduced by the awful crime. ’• case, has - become celebrated since the ‘ed States now has Sheriff Shipl’. feeT ’ - ral deputies ami alleged-i...-inbers ot the mob under the charge of contempt as a result of the lynching. HIS MAYBF 1 <= c -.ist... fingry Corey Threatened to Totally An nihilate Camera Men. In an angry scene ait the steamship pier in Hoboken, N. J., Tuesday morn ing before he sailed with his bride, William Ellis Corey raised his big stick and threatened to attack camera men who essayed to take snapshots of him and his bride, Mabelle Gilman Corey. Mrs. Corey, v\’ith soothing words, prevented her husband from carrying violence. ASHEVILLE IS As Place of Meeting of Next General Conference of Methodists. The next general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will be held al Asheville, N. C., in 1910. Such was the decision reached at Nashville Wednesday by the spe cial committee to decide the matter appointed at the last general confer ence in Birmingham, Ala. GEORGIA WINS VICTORY. Big Copper Plants at Ducktown, Tenn, Declared to Be Nuisances in De cision by U. S. Supreme Court. Georgia has won fts case against the Tennessee Copper company ami the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron company In the United States ; Supreme court. ■■mi Washington Mon day morning an , 7 , , , nounccd a decision in I the famous litis . , , , o ion, -whieh has been Mi the courts rim The opinion w as handed by Justice Feckham, who declar.-i_ .i. ~ if Georgia pr.ssvd the case against the copper manufacturers an injunc tion would be Issued against the de fendant. For over three years Attor ney General John C. Hart, assisted by Attorney Ligon Johnson, who has been with him Jn all the Intricate litlgajk i, has fought the ! case for the slat of Gejorgia. Tlie big copier roasting plants are at. Isabella am| Ducktown, Tenn., just across thp line from Georgia. Thev i began smeitlr : in 1901 and by 1902 local evidenci -of destruction to v“g etation from the sulphur fumes ap pea red. In 1903 the area of damage had spread across he Tennessee line and had appeared in the upper tier of Georgia cotin ies. Complaints began coming to th- state authorities, and . f v ’V> IrtWr. y'Wt—, the leglslatn'. , . titioned to --‘"rd relief. A legislative committee, was ap pointed to inv stlgate, and if dam ages were fm> 1 as set forth the gov ernor was authorized to institute pro ceedings to abate a nuisance. The re port of tlfe co nmittee more than sus tained the alligations in the petition, and an appeal was made to the Ten nessee governor to estop the nuisance On refusal, legal proceedings wen instituted. At that time the ore wa. roasted in th" open and on the promise to ab.indan this method, legal action was di missed. The abatement' of the trduble was not permanent however, and further complaints cany- from a wider area of 1 destruction. Since then the case has , been fought In the courts until now ( p,“ n rff i %'Wifl»7v('Pally, being sance. ( Nearly 100 of ncn tiiem Omr gia has been Vdmost completely <k nuded of vegetation, and many farm- ' ers have had t< practically abandon ; farming. This f- elsion is expected to i have far-reach|t;g effect, as a prece dent, as other bases have awaited the 1 outcome of the Georgia litigation. Coming to proof in the case, j Justice Holmes said: “Without any attempt to go into details, iramatc ial to the- suit, it is proper to add that we are satisfied by a preponderance of evidence that , the sulphurous fumes caused and i threatened dam :e on so considers- ; ble a scale to the forest and vege table life, if B“t Jo human health, within the .plaintiff's state as to make a case within (lie requirement of the case of M’-souti vs. Illinois. If the state adi. res* ♦ ■ 'Wrminitfinn jernative to issuing an iiijunctf<Vhl? allowing a reasona ble time to tS> defendant to complete the structurestthnt they are now build- , ing, and the efh is that they are mak ing to stop th« fumes. The plaintiff may submit a term of decree on the , convening of tbi court’ in October. next.” t— PAT CALHJUN RADICAL. President of Fiisco Trolley Roads Draws Line at Union Labor. One hundred e. l manned and guarded by 3.7 uon-union strike breakers, were 'operated iu San Fr in- : cisco Monday. President Calloun ot the United Railways made the following state ment: "I shall not take back any striking motorman or cos luctor, unless he first surrenders his union card, and signs ' ’ "■haln a non-union inan so long as he - pany’s employment. If any non-union . men are attacked and police protec tloo is not aforded, I shall exercise oo»aUC»UonaU right and arm them. | I shall not stand by and see my crews i beaten up.” UNION PACIFIC “WATER" TAKEN. Full Amount of Bond Issue of $75,000,- 000 is Subscribed. It was announ-ed by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. at New Yo k Monday that the : full amount of file issue of $75,000 • I 000 of bonds proposed to be made by ; the Union Paciac railway company ■ has been subscribed by the members of a syndicate 'ormed for the pur pose of underwiiting the issue. The syndicate will jeceive such portion > as Is not taken by the stockholders, i BOUr Tn yjQGs Gruesome Double Murder Perpetrated Near Fosealie, Neb. 'Walter F. Copple and his wife were ; murdered Sundiy night near Rosealie, Neb. The bod? of Mrs. Coppie was j thrown in a ho, - pen after the murder, where her heal was devoured by the * animals. CoppT was a well-to-do far- i mer. Bert Phillips, iho has been in ( Coppie's employ, is - missing. Coppl-j I Is said to have had sl\ DO in the house, j NO. TO 'FIXING THE GUILT Government Witnesses Tell of Brownsville Affair. THEIR EVIDENCE DIRECT Negro Soldiers Were Seen With Guns I and Were Seen in Act of Shoot ing—Foraker Fails to Shake Testimony. halt of the government began Wednes ' day in the Brownsville investigation i before the senate committee on mlll l tary affairs at Washington, I George W. Rendall of Brownsville, , Texas, the first witness, testified that j on the night of August 13, when the affray, occurred in Brownsville, lie saw > men whom he declared to be negro soldiers, climb over the brick wall from Fort Brown and enter the ‘own. He said that he also s.'iw a group of | from three to five men inside the garrison gate and .aw the fia. li of [ two or three shots fired by men in i this group, At Thursday's session two other i witnesses testified that they saw ne i gro soldiers shoot up the Texas town ( on the night of August 13. OllM. -W ' ,vl ’ ll' .’- tenant Dominguez, of the Binwnsville | police, who received a bullet through the arm, and had his horse ;hot from i under him while trying to warn citi i zens of the approach ot the armed I men, whom he declared positively to j be «egro soldiers from the garrison, I and another was Policeman Padron, who described a busy quarter of an itfve that-the men doing the shooting ' hour dodging bullets. He also was pos were negro soldiers. Dr. Charles 11. Thorn, a dentist, tes tified that he heard a group of men t firing at the rear ot his house and shouting commands to each other. He gave as his judgment that the voices i were those of negroes F. A. H. San born, manager qf the Western Union ; Telegraph cumpauj , wju occupied a i room i opposite ’♦*-• t«Mtiled I PJsst ::c ■ J-. flrfm- ( Cease" Policeman Senaro Padron lewiy e i that he was at the corner of Wauning i ton and Fourteenth streets shortly be fore midnight and that he saw sol diers in the alley half a block away, and that they were'shooiius.. He said he could distinguish their uniforms. when the guns flashed. He told of the ■ meeting with the lieutenant of police, j but contradicted the statement ot Dominguez that he had said the men had just finished "shooting up" the i Cowan house. According to Padron e story he ac companied Dominguez back to '1 hir teenth.stret and part of the way to an alley, near the Miller hotel. He said he went no further because Dom inguez would not heed his warning not to cross the alley. He told of I seeing negro soldiers rush out and -•- Doin'” ■”’■■■- ■•" 1 follow hipi some distatieo down ri t . n ij <tr . He did not see Domini . His horse was shot from u ’'ter him, as ’ the men saw him (Padron) and started firing at him. Padron told of the run ning from place to place to c cape - danger and finally of taking refuge i in an obscure doorway. The witness was cross examined by j Senator Foraker at some length with- ■ out affecting his story. Dominguez also was cross-examined by Senator Foraker, but his story was not chang ed in the least. ■ MAY OUST MAYOR SCHMITZ. Rumor in San Francisco of Impending Municipal Change. It is rumored in San Fr.inci/.co that a movement is on foot to bring about a change in the municipal adininisliu ' tion by forcing th'; resignation of Mavor Schmitz pvd cnocsing in his ■ ■ .ID. JJUi. - T0..,-: . • ’ . l.’r .dfri- ’• < ' prominent wholi .sale merchant, as i mayor. The report lacks official con* firniation. MIDDIES REBUKE OFFICER And Are, in Return for Insult, Vir tually Made Prisoners. I The whole membership of the First battalion of the brigade of midship ' men at Annapolis has been restricted for an indefinite period to the con- I fines of the insTitution, as a result l of its members having "given the : silence" to Lieutenant Commander i McVay, Jr., one of the discipline offl- ■ cers. The members had taken excep tion to McVay’s mode of investigating i their actions and determined to ad ( minister this form of rebuke to him. j INCREASE FOR OPERATIVES. New England Mills W... Ad- vance of Ten Per Cent. According to advices from the lead ing cotton mill centers ot southern , New England fully $5,000 operatives will have their wages advanced abput 1 10 per cent. The latest upward movement in mill 1 wages originated In Fall River, where. I a new agreement recently announced j provides for a higher schedule May 27.