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LAWS & WINLACK,
Attorneys and Counselors
at Law.
LAWS BUILDING, 119 DESMOND SY.
Valley Phone 180-A. Sayre,
ALEX Db. STEVENS,
~~ INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE.
Loans Negotiated, Insurance Writ
fen, Houses Rented, Rents Col-
lected, Taxes Paid.
BOCKRART BY. SAYRE.
A. L. TOWNER, M.D.
Specialties.
Diseases of Women sod of the Reetum,
Hous-—Todam, i108, Tip m
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Ofes:—Rooms § snd §; Himer Blosk,
Loakhart Skreet, Sayre, Pr.
A LIAR AND COWARD
State Attorney Ward Makes
Gillette Admit It.
SAYS HE LEFT GRACE BROWX T0 DIE
In Merkimer Trial Defense Rests ts
Case—PFrisoner Cool and Calm aut
End of Ordeal-Did Not Mur-
der Grace Hrown.
HERKIMER, N. Y., Dec. 1.—Chester
Gillette calmly resumed his seat on
the witness stand prepared to stick to
his story that Grace Brown, who he is
alleged to have slain and left In Big
Moose lake. died the death of a sui
cide,
There was a blg crowd at the court:
house, wuch larger than the spacious
courtroom and its oil fashioned Kul
lery were capable of accommodating.
People flocked to Herkimer by train,
trolley amd farm wagon.
Immediately ou the resumption of
the trial Gillette took the stand, seat-
Ing Bimself carefully and comfortably
and looking intently at his counsel
District Attorney Ward cautioned Gil-
lette that he wust face the Jury when
answering yuestions
“Gillette,” asked the district attor-
Bey, “if you struck Grace Brown with
that tennis racket, would you come
here and tell this jury you did?” —
“1 cannot say.”
“Did you hate this girl?" asked the
prosecutor, reading from a number of
fetters Grace Brown bad sent the de
fendant fu which she complained of
Lis appareut neglect of her
“No, 1 did not hate her.” answered
Gillette. Here Glilette for a second
diverted his glance from the Jury, and
CHESTER GILLETTE.
Mr. Ward shouted, “Look at the jury
and not at your counsel.” Attorneys
Mills and Thomas Jumped to their
feet to interpose objection to the dis
trict atloruey’s manner toward the
witness and court sustained them
Taking up the matter of Gillette bhay-
ing received a letter from Grace
Brown (un which sbe referred to his
contemplated visit to Deruyter pre-
vious to their departure for the Adi
roudacks lo July, the witness denied
he was ashamed or feared to be seen
with the girl there
“Didn"t you waut the girl to go to
Hamiltou with you?’
“1 don’t know; I believe she wanted
to go to Hawilton
“Did you know any one fu Hawll-
font”
“I did mot.”
“She had relatives there, did she
poty”
“I Lelleve she did.”
“Then you wanted her to meet you
In Hamilton, where she was kuown,
but where you were not known, and
start from there to the Adiroudacks
lustead of from Deruyter?”
“I cannot state."
“When did you first kuow she was
to becomes a mother?”
“I do not remember,”
“Was it In April when she left Cort
land for South Otselic that you first
knew it?"
“I canngt state.”
Gillette said he did not remember
having been accused by Grace Brown
of being the father of her unborn child
and declared bis attitude toward the
girl had not changed from the tue be
accomplished ber ruia lu October until
April, when abe first discovered her
condition of pregnancy,
“Did you still love her?" asked the
district attorney.
“I did,” answered Glllette, with a
sharp nod of the head,
“When you went away with Grace
Brown you Intended remainiog away
from Cortland, did you not%’
“Yes
Gillette stated that when he departed
from Cortland be left everything in his
room undisturbed and sald nothing to
bis landlady about not coming back
The district attorney went into a long
series of questions on the subject of
witness’ financial condition at the time
be started for the Adirondacks and
asked him if he bad planned to use
the girl's own money in making away
with her, inasmuch ag his own purse
was rather depleted. ;
Gillette answered “No” In & deter
mined fone.
Gillette was shown the ims that he
took on his trip te Bear mountain and
fag
amine you any further on that point,
didn’t you?
“1 cannot state”
“Now, whose picture is this which I
show you and which you swore had not
been developed T°
“I's a picture of Miss flarriet Bene
dict of Cortland.”
Gillette identified a number of arti
cles which bad been found in his sult
case, and the district attorney pressed
him at length regarding the reason for
his taking bis overcoat, umbrella and
tennis racket along on his boat ride
with Grace Brown. He sald he took
the overcoat along because he thought
Grace might need it although it was
a hot July afternoon.
When questioned about his straw
hat, which was found with the lining
torn out fluating on the lake near the
overturned boat, Glilette sald the lin
Ing had Leen torn out of bis hat sey
eral months before the tragedy and
that he had pot sought to hide his iden.
tity Ly tearing it out before starting
on his walk through the woods to
Eagle Lay
“Well, you expected something to
didn’t you?"
“No: 1 did pot ™
took a soft Lat out of his suit case und
put it on bis Lead in place of the
straw hat he left (n the water. He de
nied strenuously, however, haviug pro-
vided this soft hat for just such an
emergency
Gillette was asked about Lis trip
through the woods to Eagle bay and as
to the prevalence of flies and punkies,
“There were no flies or punkies on
the lake?"
"No."
“But you stayed in the brush on
shore for an hour reading ¥
*Yes,"
“Where the flies were?
“Yes
District Attorney Ward enumerated
the value of the suit case, umbrella
and tenuis racket and other articles
Gillette sald he left ashore while he
and the girl continued their row about
the lake a short time before the girl
went to ber death and asked Gillette
If he wasa't afraid they would be
stolen. Defendant sald he considered
the articles safe enough
Gillette stated that Lis version of the
tragedy as narrated to Undersherify
Klock a few minutes after his arrest
to the effect that the affair was an ac
cident and that be had tipped the boat
picking pond lilles was a lio.
“Now, did your attorneys tell you to
one you
told Undersheriff Klock 1
“They did. They told me to tell the
Witness, describing the girl's act In
leaping into the water to her death,
*ald she jumped from the stern of the
boat, that he shouted for help, that no
one responded and that be tried to find
out how deep the water was there.
“Did you try to reach her”
“No.
“Yet you SAY you swam in the Pa.
cific ocean?”
“I dia
“And you didu't swim to this girl's
Ald
“I did not.”
“When she leaped into the water from
the boat what did you say she did”
“I reached out my hand toward her;
then the boat tipped over.
“Aod you, who had swum In the
lakes In Washington and fu the Pacific
ocean, left Grace Brown there without
swimming to her ald
“I did."
Robert Clements, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of ( ortland, said
be Lad met Gillette frequently,
“His reputation was good, and hls
character was good,” sald the witness,
“Do you know what Lis character
was? asked Mr. Ward.
“What do you mean by character?’
“1 mean what he did Ly his own de-
Sire when the eyes of the public were
on him. Did you know he was the
lover of Grace Brown?"
“No "
“Did he come to your church two
and three times a day on Sunday
"Yes"
Sheriff Klock was recalled to the
stand to tell about conversations had
with Gillette at the time of the defend.
ant's arrest
“Did Gillette tell you that Grace
Brown bung to one end of the boat
and he to the other and that Le told
Ler to hang on and he'd try to work
the boat ashore?” asked Mr. Ward.
The question wus changed some
what In form, and the witness was al
lowed to answer,
“1 asked him first if they Loth went
out one side of the boat,” Mr, Klock
began,
He was [nterrupted by an objection
by Mr. Thomas.
The objection was overruled
“He sald the boat upset, and she
weut out into the water,” sald Mr
Klock. “He sald she came up and
hung on to the other end, and ha told
her to hang on. and he'd try to get ber
to shore."
Mr. Klock sald he asked Gillette
about his umbrella and tennis racket
and the young wan replied that the
umbrella was sticking up In the
ground, and the teunis racket he sup
posed, was on the lake
Gillette went through the ordeal of
Cross examination without wavering In
the slightest degree In his testimony
As fo the actoal death scene on Rig
Moose lake. He sat with lege crowsed
and coolly responded fo Ward's ques
OPERATOR MISSING.
C. D. Mattoax Is Blamed For
Southern Railway Disaster.
PRESIDENT SPESCER'S OBSEQUIES.
Investigation of Accident at Lawyers
Depot, Va. Shows that Block Sys.
tem, by Which Trains Were
Run, Is Not Intallible.
LYNCHBURG, Va, Dec, 1.—The ter
rible accldeut near Lawyers depot on
the Southern Pacific. in which Presi
dent Ramune! Spencer. General Philip
Schuyler and five others Jost their
lives, is declared by un Southern rail
way official to be due to the block tele
graph rules being disregarded by Op-
erator C. I. Mattoax, wha was In
charge of the night trick at the block
SAMUEL SPENCER.
Station at Rangoon, four miles north
of the scene of the wreek and the first
station north of Lawyers depat
Assistant General Superintendent E
A. Coapman of the company gave out
the following statement
“Investigation so far wade of the ac.
cldeut develops the fact that Operator
Mattoax at Rangoon Jet train No. 33
inte the block and, disregarding the
rules, falled to notify the operator at
Lawyers depot of this fact When the
first section of train No 37, the Wash
Ington and Southwestern vestibuled
limited, approached Rangoon Operator
Mattoax asked the operator at Law
yers for the block on No 37. This
was given by the operator at Lawyers
who did not know that Na 33 had
gone in upon the hilock
"No. 33 broke down at the south end
of an curve aud as soon ns the train
stopped the flagman ran back to pro
tect his train, As far as we can learn
the flagmau had proceeded about S00
yards when No. 37 was fn view on the
curve. Eoglueer McKinney saw the
signal and applied the emergency
brake, but he did not have tie to
leave his seat before the collision took
place.
“Au luspection of the telegraph
sheets [nu each of the block stations
substantiates this belief. The sheet at
Rangoon shows that No. 23 was given
the block by Operator Mattoax, and
the sheet at Lawyers shows that Mat.
toax bad not uotifled the operator
there that No. 33 was on the block and
entitled to It
“A fuller luvestigation will be wade
as speedily as possible, but we do not
expect to develop additional facts
The company has a number of tuen
seouring the cuuutry in the hope of
locating Operator Mattoax, Lut up to a
late hour we have been unable to as
certala absolutely anything ns to his
whereabouts”
The death of Willlaw Walter Pollard,
the negro porter In President Spencer's
private car, and J. W. Shaw, the negro
fireman, both of whom died In the city
hospital here, has swelled the death list
to seven (on all. The latest word from
the hospital regarding the Injured In:
dicated that all of them are doing nice
ly and probably will recover
The scene of the wreck is ten wiles
south of Lyuchburg The wark of
And some of the wreckage already has
been removed
Tbe escape of E. A, Merrill of New
York, private secretary to Mr. Spencer,
private car save for a porter, was
miraculous. The Injuries he sustained
are not serious, aud Lhe will be able to
leave the city hospital hore probably
by the first of the week
The funeral of President Spencer
will take place at St John's church
Washington, at 2 o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon, Rev. Roland CO. Rmith, the
rector, officiating. ‘The Lady will be in
terred at Washington, and the burial
service will be private
For five minutes during the funeral
hour, beginning prowoptly at 2 o'clock,
overy train aud all machinery of the
entire Southern railway System will
be at a standstill as a mark of respect
to the late president,
The active pallbearers will consist
of ten of the oldest negro porters In
the service of the Southern. This list
will not be made public until towor
row The honorary pallbearers will
Incinde the vige presidents ond offi.
clals of the road, J Plerpoat Morgan
and other prominent Ananclers of New
York
A ————————————————
Prominent Woman Hid Rebels,
EBL PASO, Tex, Dec. 1 Mrs Maria
Ponce de Gonzales, n prominent wom
an of Juarce, has been arrested In
Juarez charged with harboring revo
lutionists. Her husband recently was
‘arrested an a revolutionist, and she is
accused
TEN CROOKS BREAK JAIL.
Convicts Saw a Way to Liberty at
Long Island Clty,
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Ten of the
Inost desperate prisoners in the Queens
county jail at Long Island City escap
ed from that iustitution aud are still
at large .
The first four Prisoners to get out
sawed the bars of thelr cells and of
the wiadow opening into the corridor
of the Jail at 230 a. m Once in the
yard they bad only to climb a fence
und they were free. 1 he four leaders
Were August Schram charged with
highway robbery; John Leonard and
Thomas Simmette, charged with bur
glary. and Alexander Templeton, charg-
ed with larceny
The absence of the men and sawing
of the Lars of the doors and windows
Were unnoticed when the keepers
opened the cell doors and allowed the
other prisoners ln the corridor at @
o'clock. Six other prisoners Immed!-
ately crawled through the hole la the
window They were Moses Nebel,
Martin Toffey, Fred Keller, James
Singleton, Thomas Messell aud Charles
Smith
The delivery was not discovered un
tl 7 o'clock, when an alana was
spread and a reward was offered for
the recapture of the prisoners
Queens county Jail officials say that
the saws Ly which the prisaners sey
ered the bars to their cells were snug
gled into the Jall in the clothing worn
by Alexander Templeton's baby. The
child was taken to the all ta visit its
father an Sunday. The officers neg-
lected to search its clothing, though
that of other visitors was Inspected
Templeton was held for extradition to
New Jorsey
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NEW YORK WON HANDILY.
Four Favorites and Two Strong
Cholces Took Money at Bennings.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 Beautiful
weather and an excellent card attract.
od Unusually large attendance at
the Rennlugs races The Southern
steeplechase having falled to fill, the
feature of the cand w as the Amateur
cup, a rice for
three year-olds aud upwanl, the horses
to be ridden by officers of the Army,
navy, marine corps or by members of
recognized clubs New York, the fa
vorite, wou handily He was admira
bly ridden by Mr. Wright
Quadrille, which had many support
ers, went out in front as the barrier
rose, but he had shot his halt
time the stretch; wos read hee)
ai
high weight selling
He last
being beaten out of the place by Nib
lick, plloted by Mr, Dion Kerr
Four favorites and two strong cholces
wou. Jockey Miller had five mounts
and rode three winners, one second
and one third, Summaries
nap, second; Belle Strome, thin)
Secoud Race first; York
Ist, second: Od Colony, thind
Third Race —New York first;
lick, second: Quadrille, third
Fourth Race Cloisteress, first:
terbearer, How About
third
Fifth Race ~Avaunteer, first: Luret
ta, second; Reldmoore, thin
Sixth Race ~Cederstrame. first; Lord
of the Vale, secoud Pater, thin]
Cahaochon
Nib
Wa
second; You,
English Bont (lube Decline.
LONDON, Dec. 1 The Standard
this morning declares that the Oxford
and Cambridge boat clubs have decid
ed to decline the Invitation to row at
the Jamestown exposition in 1007T—
first, on account of expense, aud, sec
odd, because there |s a strong feeling
Lere that the Americans should estab
lish a Lig regatta of their own, similar
to Henley, where forelgu crews might
compete
Toronto Universality Beat New Jersey.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—In the series
of socker football,
tional tnterest, only oue game of ln
portance was played at Livingston, N.
Y., and that was the meeling of the
University of Toronto men with a plek-
ed team fro New Jersey. The Cana-
diane simply played all around their
opponents, scoring 7 goals to 0.
Rebo, Heavily Backed, Was Fourth.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1 — At the
Fafr grounds here Rebo, a 2 to 5 ta
vorite lu the third race aud heavily
backed at that price, was defeated by
Beecher nud finished fourth
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(omblue Agalnst Standard 011.
NEW YORK, Dec 1 Wiliam H
Libliy of the foreign department of the
Rtaundand OI out wu
statement here the great
combinations enlnst the
Mr. Libby poluts out that
the Noval Imteh company of The
Hugue the Fransport al
Trading company of London have re
cently announced thelr
one of thelr principal objects being to
control the petroleum Industry of the
Dutch Indies
holding company has recon
nted far the purpose of dominnting the
sale of Russing and Rouwmanian petro
leu
vlipany gave
concerning
foreign
Standard
a | Shell
amalgamation
aml that in Germany a
ty been ore
Plitabury Garage Destroyed
PITTSBURG, Dee 1 Fire in an ag
tomoblle garage in the end last
night loss of $25 000)
before It was under The fire
Was started by the dropping of an In
Hght bulb, whivh when it
fell from the socket caused the spark
that ignited the fumes from gasoline
being used iu cleaning several cars
stored in the garage.
vast
causal a about
Cotrol
candescent
Social Education Congress Opens.
BOSTON, Der. 1. — A to
Oiscuss “Sociai Rducation,” a forward
Wtep declared to be demanded by
NEGROES TO AIDTHEM
New York, Philadelphia and
Chicago to Keep Soldiers.
COLORED MEN OF THREE CITIES 1 IT
Fastor of New York Church Tells of
Flans to Appeal Preatdent Hoase.
velt's Dismissal of Twenty.
Ath Infantry Men.
NEW YORK. hes 1.~Negroes in
New York, Philadelphia and « hidago
working together plan &
of the three cities OnRe company of the
discharged soldiers of the Twents fifth
Infantry
The New York contingent will be
cared for by the colored People of thls
city under the direction of the Cs
tutional league
asi
The other two commipanies are to he
provided for by members of thelr race
In Philadelphia and Chicago
tively,
Rev. Dr. W. H Brooks, pastor of
St. Mark's church, New York, Ia ad
witting the truth of this Arrangement
sald that the purpose was to keep the
discharged soldiers together and care
for thew pending their appeal to Wash.
ingtoy
In each of the cities a fuud of $1,000)
Is being ratsed by contributions of ne
Eloas
Word has been received from Gil.
christ Stowart, the
Fort Reno, that he making good
Progress ln secaring depositions to sup
port the appeal of the soldiers for re-
hustatemeut
Speaking of the plan to keep the ne-
Ero companies together, Dr. Brooks
sald
We negroes want to carry out this
plan alone. We do not crave w hite as
sistance, and we are not diciting from
white pocketbooks, We feel Intensely
that an injustice has been done and
While wo hold with all decent people
that If any member of those compan es
Was gullty of crime Lhe should be pun-
shed, many whites agree with us,
have reason to know
We are not g NR to get together to
denounce President Hoosevelt. We are
| Boing to attack his action, though, in
| dismissing these troops, as we feel he
| Acted without a bearing and without
basis of proof of wrongdoing
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Four Unlon Labor Men Confess.
CHICAGO, Dee. 1 —Servts of the
{ International Brotherhoo! of Team
[Sters of the United States are to be
| given to the public In a Chicago court
[as a result of the coufessions of gullt
{by four codefendents of Cornelius P
{| Shea, president of the organization
who, together with sixteen other mem
of the placed on
{trial for conspiracy 1 perpetrate riot
{ous acts during a teawmsters strike In
[Chicago a year ago. In cuurt four of
| the defeudents by Albert Young
| formerly president of the it ternational
brotherhood aud now the head of a
rival arganization of teaiusters, plead
ed guilty and declared they would turn
slites evidence
Se ———————
Not For Forty “Trina, Says MeCarren
NEW YORK, Dec 1 Senator Pat
rick H. McCarren, leader of the Kings
county Democracy, who, with others
Is 10 be given a hearing sb rtly by a
sulomumittee of the state Democratic
committee vn charges of having failed
to properly support the head of the
state ticket in the recent election, has
returned from a western tour Asked
Whether he had shartened his trip Le
cause of the approa hing hearing, Sen
atar McCarren sald ‘Nu, not a bit of
it I would wot have shortened wy
trip fur forty such trials. This was
the date originally set by me to return
to Brooklyn, and 1 am here ”
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Otto Young, Millionaire, Dead.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1- Otto Young, one
of the leading finauclers of this city, is
dead at Lake Geneva Wis, after an
Hlness of about one month. Mr. Young
was born In Germany in 1844 and
came to this country in 1839. After
residing for a time In New York and
later In New Orleans he came to this
city In INT2 and established a whole
sale Jewelry He was a ai
rector lu several large banks, one of
the largest holders of real estate In
the city, aud bis wealth Is estimated
at several millions
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Hoosevelt Saye Pettingill Mast Go.
SAN JI AN, Porto Rico, Dee 1 A
cablegram has been received here from
President Roosevelt directing the re
moval from office of Noah B. K Pet
tnghll, United States district attoruey
for Porto Rico. During the president's
absence on his Panama trip Attorney
General Moody received an ADNSWer to
the charges of gross misconduct in of
ice from Mr Pettingill, but this was
not satisfactory to Mr. Moody or the
president, and the Intter directed that
tisinissal follow
respec
wolored lawyer at
is
| bers union, were
iw]
business
Plan Flying Destroyers.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 ~The Unit
ed States Is not to be behind France
in the matter of a sky navy, The gow
crument has opened negotiations with
the Wright Brothers of Dayton, O
the exclusive right to their fying ma
chine. Uncle Sam's sky navy will be
armed with an explosive more deadly
than Iyddite, jovite or dynamite
for
New Britlah Attache.
LONDON, Dec 1. — Major B. R.
dames of the royal Warwickshire regi
ment has been appointed military at-
tache to the British embassy at Wash
in succession to Lieutenant
Colonel A, B. Gleichen,
Extra heavy hos made by the
“mils 10d whole”
saled at $2 12} per doz. or about 18e
Aa early purchase mada direct
from the mills makes this
possible. Usual
and 22¢, according
day and Monday 15¢.
Corset Covers 3 for 50¢
A 25¢ white Jersey ribbed corset
cover 17c each or 3 for 50c.
Sc quality, extra heavy, 30¢.
Regular 25¢ fleece
somewhat broken but
ment to chooses from.
last Saturday, 15¢ each.
Ladies’ Best Wool for 70¢
The famous $1.00 garm
of Lackawanna,” equal to any $1.00
wool garment mad Special 790.
Fleeced Underwear
underwear for
ual Largs to last a
equal in every way s
offerings Te wor 25% higher.
Extra, heavy white or cream 50c.
oo liens flexible rib for men at
Permanent fleece,
will not
up when washed. Tough
Men's Underwear for 33¢
ie
, Ww
Boy Khem Saturday
a
Wil they
One case men's
tary fleece in dark
everywhere
for 33¢
$1.00 Lambsdown wool 76¢
Ladies’ 50c union suits at 30¢.
Ladies’ $1.00 union suits at 00c.
Teazledown
This is the heaviest and best
outing
made,
They hare all others put low in the
shade,
Look for the ticket or look for the
band,
And buy below 10 whensver yom
can
Saturday and Monday 7 7-8c.
70 pieces many new @ and
every piece an Amoskeag snd
dark. Special 7 7
Blanket Talk
10-4 grey or white 48¢.
10-4 grey or white, fall
10-4 grey or white, extrs
11-4 grey or white, extra
1.
11-4 heavy, extra size $1.25. '
12-4 heavy, extra size $1.50.
12-4 largest and heaviest $1.75.
Full line of wools in grey and
white at last season's prices,
Black Dress Goods
Specials
58 in. Black Sicilian, very special
43¢.
52 in. Black Panama, worth 78¢,
69¢.
worth $1.86
58 in. Black Panama,
$1.12}
: ris. Chiffon finish, worth $1.75,
1.35,
New Arrivals
‘ 30 in, soft finish new Red Taffeta,
1.00.
5¢ in. Broadcloth $1.00,
40 in. Panams, 50¢,
40 in. Panama, 75¢.
40 in. Poplin, 75¢c.
38 in. Armure, 75¢c.
44 in. Prunills, 85¢.
54 in. Venetian, 85¢.
See window, no two alike in price
or weave, a city selection at less
than city prices.
Neck Ruffs
An ideal Christmas gift and the
newest novelty out. come in
usually §LTS,
Special $1 30 '
Globe Warehouse,