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THUS THETO NO HELL
So One of Chicago's Clergymen Elopes
with a Neighbor's Wife.
REV. MR. HAXEY VERY ACTIVE
lie Advances Peculiar Ideas from the Pul-pl-Compllmcnts
the Women of the
Congregation, and Finally Disap
pears with Mrs. llrandt.
By the United Press.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 9 The unexpected
departure from the city of one of the
most prominent clergymen hua caused
a rlnnle of excitement In one of
Chicago's exclusive suburbs. The Rev.
Conrad Hanty, pastor of the Lake Ave
nue Evangelical church, situated in the
most exclusive part of Hyde Park, lied
the city Friday night, accompanied by
Mrs. George W. Iirandt, wife of the
manager of the Chlcugo branch of a
baking powder company. Haney was
one of the most prominent clergymen
in the city, and only a few weeks ago
preached in Central church as a candl
date for the vacant pulpit of Professor
David Swing. His infatuation for Mis,
Brandt, who is a beautiful woman and
a member of the best society In Hyde
Park, had been known for some tlmo.
Mr. Brandt had noticed a growing
liking on the part of his wife for the
preacher, nnd yesterday when his wife
left the house he had her followed. She
met Haney evidently by appointment
and the two went to the Sherman House
together. Mr. Brandt, being notliled,
he proceeded to the hotel, and upon
making his appearance in the room
where the clergyman and the woman
were together, found them In a decld
edly compromising position.
Wanted to Shoot ut First.
So great was his wrath that he at
first wanted to shoot the destroyer of
the happiness of his home, but he was
dissuaded, and compromised by giving
the preacher twelve hours in which to
leave the city. Haney promised to quit
Chicago at once, and kept his word, but
to the great surprise of those Interested
In the affair, he did not go alone. His
companion was Mrs, Brandt, and so far
there Is no clew whatever as to their
Whereabouts.
' Before leaving Haney wrote a letter
to George A. Otis, one of the trustees of
his church, placing his resignation in
his hands, and confessing that he had
deeply sinned against God and man. He
thought, under the circumstances, he
could do nothing else that tender his
resignation, and ask for the prayers of
his congregation. He also wrote a let
ter to his wife, who, with four children
Is left absolutely penniless, In which he
craved her forgiveness for having de-
celved her.
Haney's home is at the corner o
Forty-fifth street and Lake avenue, and
is handsomely furnished, but his family
has absolutely nothing to live upon
TfeaUrandtgUva in Forty-sixth rtre4
, near Drexel boulevard, not fa from the
Haneys, and the two families have been
on the most Intimate terms. No one
svspected 1 until recently that Mrs,
Brandt and the preacher loved each
other, as the woman's character had
been above reproach. While Mrs
Brandt Is considered a beautiful woman
by many, Haney is not by any means
a good looking man, but is quite a pul'
pit orator. Some of his views are rather
advanced, as he recently preached
sermon In which he put forward the
proposition that there was no hell.
Haney's church, at the corner of Lake
avenue and Forty-flfth street, has
grown rapidly pf late, through his ef
forts. He was formerly a Methodist
but In the fall of 1S90 he withdrew and
came to Chicago to organize a liberal
church. He found no lack of hearers,
and the outgrowth of the movement Is
the now flrmly established church, over
which he presided. The. spirit of the
congregation and Its leader Is made
plain In the following motto, which 1
to be found at the head of all their pub
lications: "No creed but God's word
No rules but man's conscience. No
mission but to help humanity." Th
modest chapel of the society was long
ago outgrown and has been repeatedly
enlarged.
Honey's Career.
Haney Is a native of Illinois. He was
born In M nt Morris 'In 1855, and, with
the exce- ,bn of two years spent In the
South, a always lived In the state.
He w bred a Methodist. Both his
father and his grandfather were Meth
odist preacher, as well as several of his
relatives, and he naturally drifted Into
the ministry of that church.
After completing a course at the pub
lic schools Haney entered Northwestern
university, where he was graduated In
the class of '78. He was Immediately
received into the ministry, and not long
after accepted a call to go to a pastor
ate In Sherman, Tex. He remained
there two years, and then returned to
Illinois and served churches In Eureka,
Normal and Kankakee.
The fugitive preacher took every dol
lar he could lay his hands upon, but it
Is not thought he had much with him
The theory Is advanced by his friends
that he will endeavor to induce his wife
to secure a divorce that he may marry
Mrs. Brandt. Mr. Brandt will apply for
a divorce at once.
Although Haney was somewhat free
with women nothing was ever thought
of It, as he was rarely offensive In his
manners. He took dinner with a friend
Thursday, and on leaving patted the
friend's wife's cheek and said In his pas
toral way, "My dear, how sweet you
look," and now that friend Is sorry he
did not kick the Rev. Haney out of the
house.
port, to consolidate the warehouse in
terests of the Brooklyn water front,
placing the business now carried on by
twenty-one firms under the direction of
the concern with a capital of $30,000,000.
The property Included in the proposed
consolidation runs from a point several
blocks above the bridge to Gowanus
Bay. It is 2 miles long, with a bulk
head length of 4 9-10 miles. There are
now upon It 264 brick warehouses, 35
covered piers and 9 open piers, with a
joint berth length of 8 4-5 miles, stor
age yards with an area of forty acres,
and sixteen grain elevators, with a ca
pacity of 1,000,000 bushels a day, and
having storage room for 20,000,000 bush
els of grain.
This
DIED OF TOO MUCH BEEF.
Light
Ate
Half-Famished Negro
Pounds at Once,
By the United Press.
Richmond, Va., Dec. ' 9. A starving
negro, David Jones, killed himself yes
terday by eating eight pounds of beef.
He lived near Lola, In Pittsylvania
county, and for some time has suffered
for the necessities of life,
A neighbor yesterday killed a beef
and loaned 'him eight pounds of it,
Late last night he was found dead in
his cabin, with not a scrap of the bor
rowed beef on the outside of him.
THEY PEDDLED THE NOTES
H. E. Simmons Is Victimized
Financial Skin Game.
by a
York. A note of $3,000 was offered the
bank for discount, but refused, an
ther of $5,000 was discounted, but has
since been taken up by the endorser so
that at the present time the bank holds
no paper of H. E. Simmons or D. L.
Kallam."
SCHEME TO JUGGLE A LOAN
Kallam Proposed to Bny Whiskey and
Trust to the Tarlf f-Caslilcr . Hand
States That the Iloncsdalo Bank
Docs Not Carry Simmons' Paper.
TOKTIBED A WHITE MAN.
Atrocious Treatment of a Prisoner In In
dlnn Territory by Chcrokecs Who
Wanted Him to Confess a Crime.
By the United Press.
Guthrie, O. T., Dec. 9. A story of
atrocity smacking of the usages of a
barbarian country comes from David
small town In the Interior of the
Indian Territory. Colonel A. J. Black
well, well known In the west, was ar
rested some time ago for selling land
and, according to the Cherokee laws,
may be sentenced to death for his
treason. .
Blackwell, after being clean shaven
and stripped of his clothes, was brought
before Chief Oha, who was then holding
a council, on Monday, and was asked
to confess. Blackwell answered that he
hud no confession to make, that he was
the victim of a malicious conspiracy,
and asked to be released. Instead he
was carried to the "needles," a pluce
of torture adjoining the prison, where
he was subjected to treatment horrible
In the extreme.
Ten bucks, dancing around their vic
tim and each wielding a steel used for-
the purpose, jubbed the naked flesh of
Blackwell. Their cries of "KI-yl" and
the torture were kept up till Blackwell,
bleeding and faint from the dozens of
punctures in his flesh, sank to the
ground. In this condition he was taken
back to his former cell and still re
mains In Irons, hand a"hd foot, notwith
standing the fervent appeals of hlu rela
tives and friends.
What makes the case more 'compli
cated is the fact that Blackwell is a
full fledged American and has no Cher
okee blood in him. as has been stated.
His trial has not been set, and what
further indignities await hum remain to
be seen.
THE ASTOR TRAMP MYSTERY,
Hinted That He Was Looking for Evl
dence in the Divorce Suit.
By the United Press.
New York, Dec. 9. Interest iln the
"Astor tramp," Garvey, who Is accused
of attempted burglary, has taken on a
new torm oy me connection or some
peculiar stories In club circles which
hint that John Garvey is not a tramp at
all, but a detective, who had entered
the Astor house In search of some pa
pers needed in the Drayton-Astor dl
vorce case, and pretended to be asleep
In one of the rooms when his presence
was discovered. This Is alleged to be
the cause of John Jacob Astor's remark
able determination to send the alleged
tramp to Jail for a 'long term.
It Is even said that Garvey got the
papers he was after and tossed them
out of a window to a confederate. Since
he has been in Jail all of Garvey's meals
have been sent to him from a neighbor
ing restaurant, and It is said that a
well known wealthy woman has been
paying for them.
Funeral of De Lessees.
By the United Press.
Paris, Dec. 9. Ferdinand De Lessens'
body will be brought to ParlB on the 13th,
and the funeral will be held on the 15th,
MINOR WIRINGS.
MUST NOT SLEEP.
Sixteen Men Seeking to Remain Awake a
Week for a Prize.
By the United Press.
Denver,- Col., Dec. 9. Sixteen men
are engaged in this city upon a contest
of endurance, a prize of $500 being of
fered to the one who keeps awake the
whole week.
The men are In a large room under the
eye of watchers. When a contestant'
Is seen to doze a bell Is struck. If he
falls to awaken he is counted out.
BIG WAREHOUSE COMBINE.
Brooklyn' Firms May Consolidate In a
$30,000,000 Corporation,
By the United Press.
New York,' ' Dec. 9. An ambitious
plan, which ' contemplates a radical
change in the shipping business of this
Rumors that Premier Thompson, of
Canada, will resign excites the Dominion
politicians.
Pierre Gray, Bon of ex-Governor Gray,
of Indiana, Is at death s door at his In
(Uanapolls home.
The South Carolina house has killed
proposition to reduce the legal rate of in
turest to 7 per cent.
Depressed by Hi health, George H.-Rlch
anlson, a New York fruit Importer, cut
lila throat witn a razor.
Leaving behind a $35,000 defalcation,
Cashier V. Brlce, of the National bank
of Quanuh, Tex., has fled.
Having lost all his .fortune by stot
speculation, Goodman Burnet, a business
man of Chicago, shot himself.
In a collision of two freight trains at
Wheeling, W. Va.,-William Bracey was
fatally hurt and several others Injured.
In order to Insure death, Joel B. George,
a wealthy Sta,rkc( Ma.) farmer, llrat
swung oft a beam and then cut his throat.
For the second time In Ave weeks burg
lars entered Congressman-elect Harry
Miner's house, New York, but got no
booty.
Further outrages of Gautemalans on the
Mexican frontier, Including the killing of
a colonel and two soldiers, may provoke a
conflict.
The Iron Mountain railroad proposes to
discontinue all night passenger trains In
tha Indian territory on account of the
outlawry.
The Bell Telephone monopoly In Rich
mond, Va.,was ended by the common
council repealing the franchise and Invit
ing competition.
Outlaws violated Cyrus King's farm,
near Cuxhlng, O. T., shot him dead for
giving Information about them, and
burned his property.
A second attempt to fire the cotton pal
ace at Waeo, Tex., resulted In the cap
ture of L. V. Harcourt, of Houston, who
says It was accldentul.
Two German lodges, Knights of Py
thias, in Baltimore, have left the order
because of refusal of the grand lodgo to
authorize a German ritual.
For kidnaping a young girl and conceal
ing hor In a cabin, Claudo Ransbottom,
of Marshall county, Ind., was arrested,
and a lynching Is threatened. .
With a poison phtal by his Side, ex
Postmaster Robert Huston, of Braiclwooil,
HI., was found dead In a Chicago hotel,
having killed himself because of business
losses, '
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
New York, Dec. 9. An Interesting
tale of fraud has been unearthed In the
arrest of Henry Haigh, a lawyer, 55
years old, with an office at 67 Exchange
place, and David L. Kallam, of 229
Broadway.
H. E. Simmons has an office at
Broadway, and he claims to be the vic
tim of a scheme, in which Kallam
played one of the leading roles, to de
fraud him of $25,000. Haigh was an ac
tive operator in the scheme, but
whether he was a partner of Kallam,
an employe, or only an Innocent vic
tim, Is not at all clear In Mr. Simmons'
story. The $85,000 represents the face
value' of notes signed by Mr. Simmons
and indorsed by Mr. Kallam. This wus
done, according to an agreement, which
allowed Mr. Kallam to hypothecate the
notes to raise money for the mutual
benefit of Messrs. Simmons and Kallam.
Lawyer Haigh loomed In view when
Mr. Simmons discovered that his notes
were being peddled about New York
city, and that Haigh had some of them
and was offering them for sale at 25 per
cent, of their face value. The terms of
the contract were not being lived up at
all, Mr. Simmons found. He had not
realized a cent on the notes himself,
and the prospect of having to meet
$85,000 worth of his own paper was not
pleasant. Mr. Simmons sought Inspec
tor McLaughlin and told his tale of woe
and the arrest of Lawyer Haigh and
Mr. Kallam on Friday afternoon re
suited.
Simmons Is president of the Prosit?
Falls and Priest Falls Canal company,
at Tacoma, ash.
Mr. Simmons' Story,
Mr. Simmons' story is that his com
pany had Issued bonds early last sum
mer for $G00,000. These bonds were sold
under contract abroad, but before the
money was received Mr. Simmons
found the need of ready money to con
tinue the work on the canal. He tried
to negotiate a loan, but failed to do so.
and finally consulted his brother,
Charles Low, on the subject. Low said
he knew that David Kallam also want
ed'a loan, and Low expressed the opin
ion that Kallam was in a position to
handle paper for the mutual benefit of
himself (Kallam) and President Sim
mons. .
Low was requested to look up Mr,
Kallam's record, and as It was appar-
tently satisfactory, Simmons Bald he
accompanied Mr. Low to Kallam's of
fice on July 13 last. There, besides
Kallam, Mr. Simmons was Introduced
to a Mr. Western, who was said to be
a prtsldent of the Honesdale Savings
Bank and Trust company, of Hones-
dale, Pa. Here it may be said that Mr.
Western is regarded by the police as
"stool pigeon." Mr. Kallam said he
was president of a company which was
buiding a railroad in West Virginia;
that he wanted money for the tem
porary use of his company pending the
sale of Its bonds. He also said that he
owned forty acres of timber and coal
lands in Lincoln county, W, Va.
After a general discussion of the beat
methods to raise money, Mr. Kallam
asked that Mr. Simmons sign four
notes for $6,000 each, which were drawn
up and dated. Mr. Kalllam proposed
that these notes be used to buy whisky
at the lowest price, the same to be put
In the warehouse. Kallam said that a
man named Dean would advance 75
per cent, of the value of the warehouse
certificate, and he proposed that the
money raised in 'this way be equally
divided between himself and Mr. Sim
mons. When the tariff bill passed he
proposed that the whteky be sold and
the profits divided between them and
used. Mr. ' Kallam agreed that the
notes, when they matured, would be
renewed for four months more, If
necessary. He also agreed that the
notes should not be used except
through banks, and .that they should
not be peddled out. Mr. Simmons ad
mits that he signed these notes - on
Kallam's verbal pledge that they would
be used as described.
A Mythical .Mortgage.
Mr. Kallam agreed to secure Mr. Sim
mons for the portion of the proceeds
used by the former, to give a mortgage
to Simmons for the sum of $150,000 on
Kalllam's wonderful timber and coal
lands In Lincoln county, W. Va. In
the contract, however, was Inserted the
agreement that whenever any money
should be received by Simmons from
his share of the proceeds of the notes
it should be indorsed upon the mort
gage, and that when the Indorsement
amounted to the share of the notes re
ceived by Kallam, and In the case of all
the notes discounted being paid and
taken up, the mortgage was to be can
celed and discharged. Kallam also
agreed to Indorse the notes before they
went out of his hands.
Under this contract Mr. Simmons
signed twenty notes under a blank date
ranging In value from $1,000 to, $10,000
each, and aggregating $01,000.
Mr. Simmons went to California on
Aug. 3 lust, nineteen days after signing
the contracts mentioned. While there
he learned that these notes were being
hypothecated ana Lawyer Henry M
Haigh had some of them and. was of
fering them for sale for 25 per cent, of
their face value. This finally brought
Mr. Simmons back to New York early
in December. After consultation with
his brother the latter went to see Mr.
Haigh about it. .Haigh, acoordlng to
Simmons, offered Mr. Low $33,000 worth
of the paper for 60 per cent, of its value,
When Inspector McLaughlin heard
Simmons' story he detailed detectives
on the case, and they arrested Haigh
and Kallam today. Of the notes Blgned
by Simmons the police have thus far
recovered $35,000 worth.
Honesdule, Dec. 9. II. C. Hand, cash
ler of 'the Wayne County bank, made
the following statement In reference
to Kallam's transactions to a Tribune
representative today:
"The Wayne County Savings bank of
Honesdale, Pa has none of the H..E
Simmons' paper, said to have been ne
gotiated by D. L. Kallam, for which
he Is under arrest In the city of New
THE WAR ON RAILROADS.
An Avalanche of Hills in all States Ex-
pected This Winter.
By the United Press.
Chicago, Dec. 9. If all the reports re
ceived are correct there will be a per
fect avalanche of anti-railroad bills
poured into the state legislatures this
winter. Of late years the west has en-
Joyed nearly a monopoly of such legisla
tion, but it looks now as if every state
legislature which has a session will be
n line with a budget of such bills.
Those of the east will lean toward the
establishment of maximum passenger
rates of 2 cents a mile, while those of
the west will be mainly toward max
imum freight jates, which will lower
freight rates dangerously near to the
non-paying point.
If the proposed law Is on constitu
tional lines and stands a good chance
of passing the roads are often com
pelled to yield to the terms dictated by
rapacious legislators. So customary
hus this become that many roads figure
on legislative expenses as much as they
do for the maintenance of the roadbeds.
This In turn has compelled the roads
themselves to enter the political flfld,
until now there ere few legislatures in
which there are not some members
pledged to protect the Interests of the
railroads. The cause of the unusual
number of hostile bills which will be
Introduced this winter Is found In the
fact that, especially where Populists
have ruled, It will be the last chance of
the present members.
CONFESSION OF ft CUE
blixt Recites tbc Shocking, Details of
the Gimj Murder.
K0DE WITH THE DYING GIRL
At the Request of Hayward the Engineer
Took the Murderer's Place in the Uuggy
and Dumped the HoJy of the Vic
tim Into the Street.
same securities have been placed In'
London the past seven years.
A large amount of these securities are
believed to have been forged. The
work of placing these alleged forged
securities Is said to have been done by
a member of an American banking
house. One of the partners of this con
cern Is reported. to have absconded, In
many cases the bonds have been held
for years and Interest has been paid
regulurly, the coupons being domiciled
In the office of the firm In America.
One of the brokers interested in the
securities claims to be Ignorant of fraud,
and has gone to America to Investigate,
THE RESULTS OF HAZING.
Six Seniors Give Herbert Druiraham a Cold
Buth and the l.cudcr of the Party Ke
tches u Drubbing.
By the United Press.
Kingston, Dec. 9. The faculty and
students of Wyoming seminary are
greatly excited over a case of hazing
which occurred late Friday night and
which had a dramatic sequel Saturday
morning. About midnight six seniors,
disguised in sheets with eye-holes cut In
them, entered the room of Herbert
Braimham, of Rochester, N. Y., and
without a word awakened him, stuffed
a towel In his mouth, bound his hands
and feet with ropes, and carried him
outside. There, although he trembled
with the cold It was freezing hard and
he had only his night dress on they
carried him some distance across the
campus and there held him under the
nozzle of the big pump and pumped the
icy well water over him for several
minutes.
Although he was half frozen and al
most unconscious from cold, the plucky
lad would not give in. At lust, tired of
their sport, the six released their vie
tim, after first cutting the ropes that
bound him, and ran.. As 'his hands
were loosed,' however, 'Braimham
grasped the Bheet on one of them and
tore It partly off. - As he did so, he saw
beneath a blue and white striped sweat
er. There was but one such sweater in
the school. It belonged to Louis Rock
well, of Scranton, the left-end of the
foot ball team, and Braimham felt sure
he had recognized one of the men. He
got back- 'to his room as well as he
could, and said nothing to any one.
Saturday morning he met Rockwell
in the breakfast hall, and at once ac-
used him of being "one of the cowards
who played such a mean trick last
night." Rockwell laughed, but made
no answer, and Braimham at once at
tacked him. Braimham, who is much
smaller than Rockwell, Is, however,
fine boxer, and he soon had ithe big fel
low at his mercy, knocked him down
and kept on striking htm until some of
the other students, fearing he would be
killed, dragged Braimham off. Rock
well's face presented a pitiable sight
His eyes were blackened, his nose bat
tered out of shape and pis Hps split. He
confessed to being the leader of the
gang of hazers, but refuses to make
known the names of the others. An In
vestigation will be made, and the entire
six may be expelled.
i
By the United Press.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 9. Still an
other confession has been made In the
Catherine Glng murder case. It has
been the thory of the police that C. A.
Bllxt, the engineer of the Ozark flats
where both Miss Glng and Harry Hay
ward resided, committed the murder at
the instigation of Hayward. Today
Blixt broke down and made a complete
confession In which he charges Harry
Hayward with committing the murder.
According to his story ho was sent by
Hayward to the scene of the murder.
Hardly had he arrived there than Hay
ward drove up with Miss Glng. When
within fifty feet of him the shots were
fired- and Hayward alighted from the
buggy.
"The deed Is done," he said, "get in
and drive it around until It is dead and
then dump it out."
Bllxt took Iluyward's place In the
buggy and drove along the road for
about a mile until he becume satisfied
that Miss Glng was deud. Then he
drove back and when near the pluce
where the murder was committed he
rolled the body In the robe and pushed
It out of the buggy and into the road.
He then drove the horse about a mile
until he reached the Lyndle avenue car
line. Then he turned the animal loose
and rode In a car down town. The
horse went direct to the stable and tills
was the first Intimation that any one
received that anything was wrong.
Iluyward's KMruordlnury Xcrve.
The murder", according to Bllxt, was
committed shortly after 7 o'clock and
as soon as he got Into the buggy, Hay
ward walked to the Hennepin avenue
car line and then took the daughter of
a prominent lawyer to the theater.
Bllxt claims that the murder was
originally fixed for. the preceding Sun
day night, but circumstances were such
that It had to be abondoned. Hayward
was to "slug" Miss Glng with a piocaof
railroad Iron which Blixt had provided,
the body was to have been thrown out
near the curb at a street corner, the
horse turned loose and the buirrv
wrecked for the purpose of giving color
to the theory that the woman had been
killed In a runaway. This plan, so
Bllxt says, could not be carried out suc
cessfully and it was decided to shoot
her.
Bllxt tells of several other Jobs which
had been proposed by Hayward, but
which fell through and says that after
this Job, for-which he was to receive
$2,000, he was 'to receive $400 for "doing
a Chicago man. Ole Erlckson, who took
the bundle of clothes to Iowa Falls is
believed to have been a dupe and It Is
expected that he will be released from
custody tomorrow.
Bllxt tonight told a story to the effeot
that Harry Hayward wanted his as
Blstance in disposing of the father and
mother of a young woman In Minne
apolis whom he wanted to marry and
secure hor property.
CROSSING ACCIDENT.
Two People Fatally Injured by a I'asscn
gcr Locomotive.
By the United Press.
Binghamton, N. Y., Dee. 9. John Bur
rows, aged 32, and a young woman
named Campbell were fatally Injured
at a grade crossing In this city tonight
They had been out driving In the af
ternoon and while crossing the railway
tracks were Btruck by a passenger
train. The horse was killed Instantly,
while the buggy was tossed a distance
of fully fifty feet.
INLETS
SPECIAL SALE OF
BUCK
D
For the next ten days tho
lowest prices on record will
prevail in this department.
FIXE LINE OP
EXCLUSIVE
NOVELTIES
PROGRAMME OF CONGRESS.
No Croat tffort Will B0 Mudo to Get
Down io v ork t'ntll After the Holiday
Hcccss.
By the United Press.
W ashington, Dec. 9. There will be no
well defined business policy in the sen
ate until the Democratic steering com
mittee has carried out the Instructions
of the recent caucus. This will prob
ably be done early this week, but no
real effort will be made to get down V
persistent work until after the holiday
recess. Without waiting for the steer
ing committee, Mr. Morgan will begin
the consideration of the Nicaragua
canal bill and will address the senate
upon that measure tomorrow. His re
marks will doubtless call out others, us
he proposes to keep the subject actively
before the senate until some action is
taken. On Wednesday Mr. Morrill will
submit some remarks on the several
bills Introduced by Mr. Ptffcr and oth
ers relating to proposed financial legis
lation and Mr. Hunton has give notice
that the next day he will call up the bill
to establish a national university.
The order In which the measures of
proposed legislation endorsed by the
Democratic caucus may be presented to
the senate will be agreed to at as early
date as the steering committee can
get together, but a prominent member
of that committee is authority for the
statement that It is practically agreed
that the bankruptcy bill shall have pre
cedence over all others. The policy of
the Republicans is causing the majority
sume concern and the fear has been ex
pressed that a system of filibustering
may be Inaugurated. This, however, rs
denied by Republican leaders. It is
understood they will not make any ob
jection to the appropriation for the en
forcement of the Income tax for tho rea
son that they believe Its enforcement
will only result In mnklng the law tho
more unpopular. The Republicans have
assumed the position of favoring the
passage of the various appropriation
bills and adjourning; beyond this they
will lend their opponents no assistance.
Also' Priestley's Standard
Silk Warp Henriettas and
Eudoras; Cravenettes, etc., a
specialty.
FACTORY CONDITIONS.
SAM EVANS SQUEALS.
The Man with Prominent Relatives Claims
to He a Train Kobber.
By the United Press.
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 9. Sam
Evans, related ito some of the most
prominent people of this city, was ar
rested at Corsicana this morning by
Sheriff Weaver, of Navarro county,
brought here tonight and Is In Jail.
Weaver says that Evans came to him
this morning and acknowledged being
one of the men who robbed the Texas
and Pacific train at Mary's creek,
Thursday night.
Evans made the confession under
promiso that he would not be prose
cuted. The other two men whom Evans
Implicated were arrested tonight at
their home near the scene of the rob
bery. '
MACHINES FOR MINING.
Recommendations in Inspector Watch
urn's Annual Report.
By the United Press.
Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 9. The annual
report of Factory Inspector Watchorn
has been submitted to Governor Paul
son. He speaks of the upward tendency
of present factory conditions and shows
that there has been a marked Improve
ment In many respects.
Reference is made to the special In
spection of the sweat shops In Philadel
phla and Pittsburg, which disclosed
conditions which ought to be remedied
by legislation. During the year there
were 4,234 regular inspections, 490 ac
cidents were Investigated and of these
forty-nine were fatal. There were
compliances with 1,180 miscellaneous
orders, Including orders for lavatories,
guards for elevators and outside fire es
capes. The report shows a falling oft
in the number of persons employed In
factories during the year of nearly
16,000, . During the last two months
there have been unmistakable evidence
of a return to normal conditions.
It Is the opinion of the fuctory In
spector that the sweating system should
be reached by more stringent laws and
that the semi-monthly pay law should
be amended. He says there is a consti
tutional Impediment to further legisla
tion on the company store question.
Attention Is called to the Indiscrimi
nate practice of notaries public Issuing
certificates to children under fuctory
ago.
Another Scheme to Throw Miners Out of
Work.
By the United Press.
Columbus, O., Dec. 9. It Is Intimated
that mining machines are to displace
pick miners In all the Hocking Valley
mines.
A secret convention of operators has
been In session here the past week ar
ranging, It Is said, a pool, the result of
which will be that only machine mines
will be operated during the dull sea
son. This will throw a great many
miners out of employment.
STATE NOTES.
The Miller Organ company, of Leb
anon, 'will soon increase Us output to the
rate of 200 organs a month.
Not having heard from her husband,
Moses, since he enlisted In the army thirty
years ago, Mrs. Julia M. Rvber, of Read
lng, has brought action to secure a dl
vorce. -
The child of Louis Hartless, of New
Hope, fell Into a well. Mrs. HurtleHs
her efforts to rescue the little one fell In
after It. The neighbors heard the wo
man's cries for help, and with the aid of
ropes and buckets rescued mother and
child from drowning.
r. Bills providing for a school census, the
establishment or township high schools,
making provision for school libraries ami
providing for the transportation of pupils
to neighboring dlHtrlcts when the di
rectors deem it necessary, have been pro
pared by the legislative committee of the
State .Teachers' association, to . be pre
sented to the next legislature.
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FITZSIMMONS HAS $5,000 UP.
Second Deposit In His Stake for the Cop
bett Fight Is Mode.
By the United Press.
New York, Dec. 9. The second de
posits in Fitzsimmons' stakes of $10,000
ror nis coming light with Corbett has
been posted with the stakeholder. The
amount was $2,500. This makes $5,000
Fitzsimmons has now posted. The en
tire amount of Corbett's stake was
posted when the champion signed the
articles of agreement. Fitzsimmons'
next deposit is due In February.
Thus far the arrangements for the
match have gone along very smoothly,
none of the pnrtles Interested antici
pate any hitch. "Joe" Vej-idig, the
match maker of the Florida Athletic
club, who Is now In Jacksonville, says
that the repeal of the boxing ordinance
In that city means nothing. He Inti
mates that the ordinance was rescind
ed to satisfy the church element and
that another ordlnace permitting glove
contests can be passed at the proper
time. He says that all business men In
Jacksonville wan, the battle, to coma
off and will do everything in their
power to nssist tha officials of the
Florida Athletic club to bring
match to a successful conclusion.
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TAYLOR WAS FRIGHTENED.
Was Afraid of Arrest and Therefore Shot
Squlro Doty.
By the United Press.
Richmond, Ky., Doc. 9. William
Taylor, one of the four negroes arrest
ed on suspicion of having killed David
Doty, a relative of Governor Eagle, of
Arkansas, made a confession today.
He said that he had been riding 'Squire
Doty's horses at nights. Friday night
he went to the stable to get a horse
to ride, but before he could get away,
'Squire Doty came up and calling him
by name asked what he was doing
there.
Taylor continued: "I was badly
frightened and, thinking I would be
arrested and sent to the penitentiary,
I shot at the 'Squire four times and
then ran. I am sorry I killed him, bat
he nearly scared me to death and I shot
him before I thought of the conse
quences. This Is the truth and If they
hang me -tonight I cannot help It. The
others are innocent."
Richmond Is full of people from tho
country, and It Is generally believed
that Taylor, it not the other suspects,
will be lynched.
FORGERIES EXCEED A MILLION
I'nwory Britishers Caught on Fraudulent
American Securities,
By the United Press.
London, Dec. 9. Extensive forgeries
of school bonds have been discovered.
A telegram from Belfast says that $30,
000 of American school bonds hava been
placed In Ireland and that $150,000 of the
TRAMPS SHOW FIGHT.
Two Deputies Seriously Wounded In an
F.ncountcr with Wearies."
By the United Press.
Vassar, Mich., Dec. 9. As the' result
of an uttompt to evict a gang of seven
tramps from the Michigan Central
yards here lust night Marshal Arthur
Mclntyre was shot and perhaps fatally
wounded und his deputy, M. Cryster,
was badly cut und otherwise Injured.
When the marshal and his deputy tried
to evict the tramps the latter showed
flirht and Mclntyre opened fire. Ho
emptied his revolver and started to re
load It when he was knocked down and
held by two tramps while a third held
a pistol close to his head and fired. The
ball entered the skull over the left
temple.
In the meantime Deputy Cryster hhd
been overcome and one of tho gang
used a razor on Iris face, cutting It
badly. He was also brutally beaten.
Cryster's Injuries are not likely to prove
fatal. Citizens arrested three of the
gang. t
Will Appcul to Nicholas.
By the United Press.
Vienna, Dec. 9. It Is reported here that
the Armenian Catholics will go to St.
Petersburg to do homage to Nicholas II
and to confer with M. De Olers as to tho
massacre In Armenia. A. W. Terrell, tho
United States minister In Constantinople,
has been Instructed to protect the Prot
estant missionaries In Armenia. He has
anked them to pacify the Armenian Chris
tians as much as possible.
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Glass Works Destroyed.
By the United Press.
New Castle, Pa., Dee. .-The Shen
ango Glass works were entirely destroyed
by lire this morning. Tle origin of the llro
Is a mystery. Three' frumlreif men nro
thrown out of employment. The works
will be Immediately .rebuilt. , -
WEATHER REPORT. t
For eastern Pennsylvania; fajr; north
winds; becoming variable , , ,
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