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PARTY FEELING RAN HIGH.
Jflr. Ilutler, or JVll»«oiirl, l : n*euted and
mid Mr, ll asmior Taken llln I'lace 111
House of Kepre»entutlve».
Washing-ton. Feb. 27.—Amid scenes
iwhich recalled the exciting 1 days of
the Fifty-first, congress, when party
feeling' ran fiercely and the hall of
representatives rang- with denuncia
tion of ihe alleged "high handed
methods" of the majority, James ,T.
Butler, of Missouri, was yesterday
unseated by the house and C. It.
Wagoner was seated in his place.
The democrats had decided at their
caucus in 'the morning that if this
case was called up they would prose
cute a filibuster from now until
March 4, regardless of consequences
to legislation, and .they began the
fight as soon as the gavel fell at
noon. J toll call followed roll call and
It took over three hours to approve
the jurnal of Wednesday's proceed
ings. Then when the decks were
cleared the case was called.
A spirited debate of two hours fol
lowed and finally, after repeated roll
calls the case was brought to a vote.
The democrats then attempted to
block things by leaving the hall, but
enough absentees finally were
brought into make up the necessary
quorum. The closing 1 chapter was
dramatic. Mr. Dal/.ell, of Pennsylva
nia, who twas in the chair, declined
to recognize n. demand for a division
and Mr. Kichardson, the minority
leader, stood in his place and de
nounced his course in unmeasured
terms amid the jeers of the republi
can side. The handful of democrats
present were overriden roughshod
and Mr. Wagoner was seated.
ANY PASSENGERS INJURED.
street Cur on Cleveland, I'.lyrlu A
Wentern Hallivay UoeN Over u Steep
Ka ilk.
Oberlin, 0., Feb. 27. —Car ZS'o. 65 of
the C., E. &. W. It v. Co., was wrecked
between the quarry switch and Hen
rietta, five miles west of here, just
before 6 o'clock last evening. There
•were over 20 persons in the wrecked
car, and although about 11 of them
received bruises and wome were seri
ously injured, they all miraculously
escaped death.
The heavy car left Oberlin at 5
o'clock, hound for Xorwalk and well
filled with passengers, .lust, before
reaching Henrietta Center, there is a
fine stretch of well ballasted track,
and at one place there is a strip of
embankment about 21) feet high. The
car was bowling along at the rate of
40 miles an hour, when the forward
wheel on the front truck broke near
ly In two. The car bumped and lurch
ed and then, plunging down the em
bankment. the rear end whipped
•around and snapped off a heavy trol
ley wire pole at the bottom. The
front end of the car buried itself, and
the awful momentum carried the
rear end up into the air and over in
a complete somersault, the car com
ing down on its side. The rear trucks
•went spinning down the track.
Everything was done so quickly
that the passengers ha<l no time to
•think of jumping. They were
tumbled about in the car and jammed
around with the loosened seats.
DR. GATLING DIES.
Tlic Inventor of a Famous f;mi I>uh«oh
Away Suddenly.
Xew York, Feb. 27.—1t. .T. Catling,
Inventor of the Gatling gun, died
here Thursday at the home of his
son-in-law, Hugh O. Pentecost.
Dr. Catling died very suddenly in
the arms of his daughter, .Mrs. Pente
cost. At 1:15 o'clock Dr. Catling re
turned home from a trip down town
on business at the o'iices of the Sci
entific American. Being H4 years old,
accustomed to resting after any phys
ical effort, he told his daughter he
would lie down. Shortly afterwards
he commenced to Tireathe heavily and
a physician was called and adminis
tered strychnine, but to no avail, and
Dr. Gatling died In his daughter's
arms a few minutes afterwards.
Dr. Catling besides the gun which
bears his name, invented a number
of agricultural implements and a
gun metal. Although he graduated
from Ohio Medical college lie never
practiced medicine.
METHODIST JUBILEE.
I'rehltli'iii Itooscvclt Talk* to Follow*
t» "1' Wesley at a 'la** .Hcctliia In
New York « lly.
.\ew York, Feb. 27. President
Roosevelt was the chief speaker last
night at a great mass meeting in
( arnegie hall held "to do honor to
the character and labors of John
Wesley, the founder of Methodism,
scholar, missionary, philanthropist,
preacher, gentleman." The meeting
was held under the auspices of the
.\ew ■ irk thank offering commission,
which lias had charge of the local
work of the twentieth Century thank
offering fund of $20,000,000 that has
been raised by Methodists.
The hall was crowded to the doors
mid hundreds were unable to gain ad
mittance.
11l Inlaiiiotm 'l'mllle.
St. Louis, Feb. 27.—'The Post Dis
patch sny>: Startling disclosures of
a system of traffic in young women
under police protection are to be
made by the (fraud jury as a result
of a raid on resorts which begun
Thursday under the direction of Cir
cuit Attorney Poll:. There are said
to be many agents in country towns
about St. Units who daily .send re
cruit-. tost. I.ouis, luring till-in from
home with promisei of lucrative em
ployment.
Mat Ma-1 lite Hcjflalralloii,
llarrUliurg, Pa.. Feb. '_'7 Vttoruey
(ieneral t ai'-on li.i - advised lu uraiiee
( iiihiiK inin-r Dirliuiu that he is at
liberty to refuse the Knights of Mod
em Manof Michigan the right
of resjiwl ration -.olely upon tha
ground of the clo-e Kiutilarih In
iiuuim and title to that of th* Mtclely
aire.ids rv|fi*t»r*d In I'cnn^ylvunia.
To Michigan or ,'.ini*utlon rtccntlw
applied !<■ I lie Intmance d<-|ta rtiinut
lor permi-.ton to r«tr"f<»r and do
"1 ' •'**' " 'late. I 111 on .h.jicr
Un > t:o referred tha luaiu-r In (h«
tttt-illie, iM-lleril
KNAPP CONFESSES.
Murdered Five Women, Two of
Them l»ein<? His Wives.
Sttaiijflliii; Wan a favorite method ol
Vetting Hid ol Illn Vlcllma—The
Criminal Is l<'r»m Hamil
ton, O. Has a Mania
lor .Murder.
Indianapolis, Feb. 26. —Albert A.
Knapp, formerly of Hamilton, <)., was
taken by the police yesterday from
the home of his bride on a charge of
murder.
Hamilton, ()., Feb. 2T. —-Alfred
Knapp, the self-confessed murderer,
made a long statement last night at
the jail. He adhered to his written
confession and added some points. Of
these, the most interesting relates to
the fate of his first wife, Emma
Stubbs, whose fate has been over
looked. Knapp declares that she is
still alive and is now in Louisville,
Ky. He says 'that she got a divorce
from him. Another chapter was
added to Knapp's list of confessed
crimes, when he asserted that lie was
Implicated in several holdups here
last December. Knapp was asked
why he committed his various crimes
and how he felt when he was chok
ing a woman to death.
He said: "I can't tell. I was seized
with an irresistible desire to choke
them and I can't help it. I could not
let go when I once began, even if I
wanted to. I never feel any remorse,
only a feeling of satisfaction when I
know that they are dead. I used my
hands in every case, except that of
Mary Eckert. I choked that woman
with a towel bult 1 could have done
it with my hands. I got acquainted
with Mary in Dayton, through an ad
vertisement, and when she went to
Cincinnati 1 visited her at her room
and choked her to death one night."
Every doctor who has seen Knapp
here agrees that lie is a moral per
vert, similar to "Jack the Hipper,"
except that he finds satisfaction in
choking women and children.
Five murders, the victims of* which
were all women, and two of them his
wives—such is the revolting record of
Knapp, given Thursday in a sworn
confession by the murderer before
Mayor Bosch.
After his confession Knapp admit
ted that he had repeatedly assaulted
women, lie said: "I met the Little
man child in the lumber yard and
choked her to death when she made
an outcry."
Knapp is now suspected of strang
ling three women at Kvansville, Ind.,
and to have killed women elsewhere.
He was in the Cincinnati house of
refuge when 17 years old and new
records are being discovered almost
hourly.
Indianapolis, Feb. 27. —Knapp has
served five prison sentences, three
for larceny and two for assault. He
lias served two terms at Jefferson
ville, I ml., one at Columbus. ()., one
at Jolict, 111., and one at Michigan
City, Ind., to which prison lie was
sent from Indianapolis in 1596 for as
sault on Bessie Drapfer ,a child.
G EAT CONFLAGRATION.
Fire In tile Heart of Cincinnati Cnmeii
a J.i.si 01'52,000,000.
Cincinnati, Feb. 27. —'More than half
of the best square in Cincinnati was
destroyed by tire yesterday. The
square bounded by Vine, Fourth,
Walnut and Third streets was con
ceded to be the most solidly con
structed portion of the city. That
half north of Baker alley, with the
exception of the Carlisle building at
the southwestern corner of Fourth
and Walnut streets is in ruins, while
the American Book Co.'s publication
house, the Wood row printing works,
the Zumbfiet box factory and other
concerns on the south side of Baker
alley are also burned out.
The fire, was discovered in Pike's
opera house at 1:30 a. m., and it was
1:30 p. m. before it was fully under
control, although all the departments
of this city and the fire departments
of surrounding towns were constant
ly pouring streams on the conflagra
tion.
While the property loss is the larg
est in the history of the city, it is
believed there was no loss of life, al
though two men who lodged in the
Pike opera house building are still
missing.
Manager Hunt of the Pike opera
house, has secured Itobinson's opera
house and will finish his bookings for
tne season. One of the heaviest
losers is the Henrietta Crossman
company, which was ait the I'ike this
week and lost everything, even the
safe with the receipts from a crowd
ed house Wednesday night.
In some of the 33 law offices that
were burned were documents that
cannot be replaced for pending liti
gation and property rights. The fire
was such that few office safes with
stood it. The total loss is estimated
at from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000, which
Is distributed among the occupants of
three large office buildings and otliei
st ruetures.
,\ frolrßt Smoot.
Washington, Feb. 27. Senator Bur
rows, chairman of the senate com
mittee on privileges and elections, on
Thursday presented to the senate a
protest signed by Rev. .1.1.. I.elllch,
representing the Ministers' assocla
tloti of Salt l.ake, against the seating
of Heed Smoot. The statement,
which is sworn to, declares that
Sinoot in a polyfaniint and now ha-> a
plural wife,
tlli-Keit lllllii-//ler Ik l.oi uti d.
K ntsuo City, Feb. 27. V warrant
wa, sworn out venterda.r for the ar
rest of Charlcw 1.. Conine, of this city,
national seeriMarv and Irea-urer of
the I nited Brotherhood of I.either
Wai • i .fi i Hi M ikc to
nine is charge! with eiiilii//.lilig
r*i i"- <11.11.f 111 Ihf Hit till. I'miilik*
li i been nut tonal trea-.nr r of the
urn m lir I to* In) t i ,i. .• \. . II«,
left Kin as City Vtiifu-t |t,, I' \n
lave-1 'tti .n of hi- hook*, it i- a'
Ifttfed. d I #d • h o t.i ■, In |,i , (l .
con||' , " I-oe of I ,i, in- couhl fci
f nind ait ■ M W lna«<t»v.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
PrcMldeol Itoosevelt Telln l.r<ilaliit<>r)
(hat Philippine Taritl' Kill Should
he I'liMMctl at Once.
Washington, Feb. 28. —The presi
dent, late Friday afternoon, sent tin
following 1 message to the senate:
"I have just received a cable from
Gov. Taft which runs as follows:
"'.Necessity for passage of house
tariff bill most urgent. The condi
tions of productive industry and busi
ness considerably worse than in No
vember, the- date of last report, and
growing worse each month. Some re
vival in sugar and tobacco prices due
to expectation of tariff law. The in
terests of Filipinos in sugar and to
bacco are extensive and failure of the
bill will 'be a blow in the face of
those interests. Number of tobacco
factories will have to close, and
many sugar haciendas will be put up
for sale at a sacrifice if the bill will
not pass. Customs receips have fall
en off this month one-third, showing
decrease of purchasing power of isl
ands. General business stagnant. All
political parties, including labor un
ions, most strenuous in petition for
tariff bill. Effect of its failure very
discouraging.'
"Vice Gov. Luke Wright endorses
in the strongest manner all that Gov.
Taft has said, and states that he has
the gravest apprehension as to the
damage that may come to the islands
if there is not a substantial reduction
in the tariff levied against Philip
pine goods coming into the United
States. I very earnestly ask that
this matter receive the immediate at
tention of congress and that the re
lief prayed for be granted.
"As congress knows, a series of
calamities have befallen the Philip
pine people. .lust as they were emerg
ing from nearly six years of devasta
ting warfare, with the accompanying
destruction of property and the
breaking up of habits of peaceful in
dustry, there occurred an epidemic
of rinderpest which destroyed 90 per
cent, of the caraboos, the Filipino
cattle, leaving the people without
draft animals to till the lands or to
aid in the ordinary 'work of farm and
village life. The extent (>f the disas
ter can be seen from the fact that
the surviving caraboos have increased
over ten-fold in value. At the same
time a peculiar oriental horse dis
ease became epidemic, further crip
pling transportation. The rice crop,
already reduced by various causes to
hut a fourth of its ordinary size, has
been damaged by locusts, so that the
price of rice has nearly doubled.
"Under these circumstances there
Is imminent danger of famine in the
islands. Congress is in course of gen
erously appropriating $3,000,000 to
meet the immediate needs; but the
indispensable need is the resurrection
of productive industry from the pros
tration into which it has been thrown
■by the causes above enumerated. I
ask action in the tariff matter, not
merely from the standpoint of wise
governmental policy, but as a meas
ure of humanity in response to an ap
peal to which this great people
should not close its ears. We have
assumed responsibilities towards the
Philippine islands which we are in
honor bound to fulfill. We have the
specific duty of taking every measure
in our power to see to their prosper
ity.
"The first and most important step
in this direction has been accom
plished by the joint action of the
military and civil authorities in se
curing peace and civil government.
The wisdom of congress at the pres
ent session has provided for them a
stable currency and its spirit of lib
erality and justice toward them will
be shown in the appropriation now
substantially agreed upon of $3,000,-
000 to meet the pressing, immediate
necessities; but there remains a vital
need that one thing further shall be
done. The calamities which have be
fallen them cannot be completely re
paired, but the suffering can be great
ly alleviated and a permanent basis
of future prosperity assured if the
economic relations of the islands with
the United States are put upon a sat
isfactory basis."
REVIEW OF TRADE.
lucreaaod Interest 1* DNpluyril by
Purchasers of Iron and Steel Prod
uct*.
New York, Feb. 2S.— IJ. G Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Milder weather not only accelera
ted 'the demand for many lines of
merchandise, but relieved the pres
sure for fuel which threatened to be
come a serious matter, and inciden
tally facilitated efforts to reduce the
freight congestion. With no other
retarding feature business fully
maintains a gratifying position.
Increased interest has been dis
played by purchasers of all products
of iron and steel, giving a decidedly
firmer tone to the market and, in
many instances, quotations have ad
vanced. One of thi' definite changes
was a rise of $2 a ton in wire pro
ducts, and a new ore schedule aver
aging over 25 cents a ton higher.
This makes every step of the pro
cess more expensive to the independ
ent producer, ore, pig iron, coke,
wages and freights having reached
a higher position. To the leading
producer, however, the situation is
less disturbing, as most nf these fac
tors are under one control, and it will
be possible tn hold prices of finished
steel at a fairly conservative position.
Failures l his week numbered 211 In
the I nited States, against 213 last
year, and 2* in Canada, compared
with 35 a year ago.
Jailed lor 4 oiilciiipt ol Court.
Indianapolis, Feb, r.'s. During the
hearing of the case of < hlirle* Kelso,
of New Vlbaiiy, charged with Cell*
tempt of I lit* federal court in ignor
lug the receher appointed for M. Zicr
A Co., illldge V lit let' -on impot .| II
M> it fence of liO days In Juil against
1 hurl" kel the it . ,i r appoint <|
b\ the Flowl circuit courl; ten day*
in jail for Thotna- tfmiihwiek. ||.«
rn loili.iu appointed by K'l»o f.r the
proper! \<|« \ •if >it. 11l o omul
.1. \torrl*. -I.erlff ,112 Fl .*,l . Mtniy, ,nt|
ten «1., v , lit t glide Silt., thl
CLUBBED TO D EATH.
Edwin linrdirk, of IJufialo, N.
Y.. is the Victim.
Indication* Point to tlx- Fact Unit tlia
AnnuKMln Wim Well Acquainted
Willi Mr. Hurdlck and that
the Victim SlriiKKlid
with .Tlurderer.
Buffalo, X. Y., Feb. 2S. —Edwin L.
Burdick, president of E. L. Burdick
& 'Co., and of thp Buffalo Envelope
Co., was murdered early Friday at
liis home on Ashland avenue, in one
of the finest residence sections of 'the
city. The theory at first advanced,
that the crime was the work of a
burglar, was abandoned as the police
probed deeper into the case, and,
while they claim to hare several iit»-
portant clews, no arrest has been
made.
Mr. Burdick was Inst, seen alive
Thursday night at 10:.'i0, when he
bade the other members of the house
hold good night and started for his
room, apparently with the intention
of retiring for the night. Friday
morning his body, clad in an under
shirt, was found lying on a couch in
a small room off the lower hall, used
by Mr. Burdick as a smoking room.
The body was covered with a rug and
a number of sofa pillows. The couch
was saturated with blood and the
walls iand floor of the little den were
bespattered with brains and blood.
The head had been crushed with
some blunt instrument.
Chief of Detectives Cusack took
charge of the case. A thorough ex
amination of the house and its occu
pants were made. Xotliing of value
was missing. The outside door was
locked and the spring lock was in its
place when the servants got up in the
morning. The inner door was ajar.
A kitchen window was partly raised,
but there were no marks on the snow
outside or upon the window sill to in
dicate that anyone had entered there.
All the other windows and doors of
the house were securely fastened.
That shattered the theory of an un
known intruder.
Some interesting discoveries were
made in other parts of the house. To
begin with, no weapon could be
found anywhere. The body was clad
only in an undershirt. At the foot
of the couch were found the drawers
and stockings. The trousers and
other articles of clothing which .Mr.
Burdick had worn were in his bed
room on the floor above. The bed
had not been occupied. On the table
in the smoking room the detectives
found a bottle partly filled with whis
ky and the remains of a light lunch.
Members of the family declare that
Mr. Burdick never partook of the
food of which the lunch was composed
and never drank liquor while eating.
In this connection Chief Clisaek gave
out the following statement:
"From what investigations I have
made 1 would conclude that Mr. I'ur
dick was called down stairs by a ring
or a knock at the door after he was
ready for bed. for he was clad only
in his underclothing. lie evidently
admitted some one he knew well and
took the visitor into the den for a
talk, and to partake of the luncheon
found there.
"There are signs of a struggle..
The fact that the fingers of Mr. Bur
dick's left hand were broken indi
cates that he put up his hand to
ward off a blow which he saw com
ing.
"The body was covered with a rug
and several pillows, so that .nothing
could be seen but the blood which
flowed from under the pile."
The force which the blows that
killed Mr. Burdick were delivered
seems to preclude the possibility
that a woman delivered them.
Mrs. Burdick, the murdered man's
wife, left home two months ago, with
the intention, it Is said, of not re
turning. On December o proceedings
for divorce were filed in the county
clerk's office by Mr. Burdick. it is
understood that Mrs. Burdick went
to Atlantic City.
REPUBLICAN EDITORS.
•Ilndr No Dcela ration n« to tin* Preil
dent'M Southern Policy—©Ulcer* are
Klccted.
Washington, Feb. 2S. -Strong oppo
sition to the endorsement of the
president's so-called "southern pol
icy" was developed at yesterday's ses
sion of the executive committee of
the Republican Editorial association,
where the real interest of the con
vention centered. Robert Mitchell,
of North Carolina, the only outspok
en opponent of President Roosevelt
at the convention, who was not a
member of the cummittce on resolu
tions. stated plainly to the members,
that he would oppose in open session
any endorsement of the president's
policy in regard to the negro ques
tion. When the resolutions were pre
sented to the convention, no mention
of disfranchisement, or other south
ern questions was made.
It was decided that the name of
the association shall be "The Nation
al Republican Editorial Association
of the I'liitetl States."
The election of officers resulted ft*
follows: President, .John \. Sleicher,
Xew York; vice presidents, Charle*
Emory Smith, Pennsylvania; W. S.
Capelier, Ohio; Oeorgc Rankin,
Illinois; .1. M. Chappelle, Massachus
etts; Smart K. Reed, West Virginia;
secretary-treasurer, A. O. Bunnell,
New York.
I'rcucli Protocol h MtMicd.
Washington, Feb. 'J* M. .Itinerant!,
the French ambassador, and Mr.
Rouen, the Venezuelan plenipoten
tiary, _Mieil a protocol yesterday
for the ettlement of the French
elaim- '.'Miii-i \ «rne/ue!a, l«» a join!
coin hi i >!oii to meet at Caracas anil
for the reference lo Tile HUW Irl l»-
utial of the ,• nit' ir in i■ *' the allied
■uwcra for preferential irtlWHl i»
Oiii -atUfactinn of their demand*.
The IY.*.-h |irol I. which la th*
ftiMll e lit ii 101 l Mi Itoncll tin a
With til of tir I'ntteil ilea.
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