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IHSURCENTS USE
None Chosen by Caucus on
Rules Committee.
SIX REGULARS ARE ELECTED.
Speaker Cannon Is Present as a
Silent Spectator, Making No
Effort to Dictate to House
Republicans. ,
Washington, Mnrch '21. Six regular!
Republicans were selected by the He- I
publican caucus to represent Ihe uia j
Jorlty of the house on the new rules
committee created by the Norris reso
lution passed last week after one of 1
the greatest fights ever- waged In the
lower branch of congress. They were '
Representatives Dalzell oi Pennsylva
nia. .Smith of Iowa, Boutell of Illinois,
Lawrence of Massachusetts, Kassett
of New York and Smith of California.
The six were elected by the follow
ing votes: Smith of Iowa, ItSS; Dalzell.
140; Lawrence, 11!."; Fnssott. 114;
Smith of California. 120. ami Itoutell,
JOS; necessary to a choice, '..". there
being ISO members In caucus.
On the llrst ballot .Smith of Iowa got
ICS votes, Dalzell 140, Lawrence 120,
Kassett 113, Smith of California 1)2
and Itoutell S5. Scattering votes were
cast for Longworth, (lalncs. Stevens,
Gardner of Michigan. McCall of Mas
sachusetts,, Louden of Illinois, Martin
of South Dakota and others.
On the second ballot Smith of Cali
fornia had 130 votes. Itoutell 10S,
Longworth 50. with scattering votes
for others.
The Insurgents failed to get repre
Bcutatiou on the committee, but they
left the caucus satislled with the re
sult. "I am con.ent," said Representative
Norris of Nebraska, author of the
resolution that precipitated the con
test over the house rules. The Insur
gents will abide by the decision of tho
caucus.
There were- Republicans' present "who
never before hnve attended n caucus
of tlie house majority. Among them
were Representatives Polndcxter of
Washington and Lindbergh of Minne
sota, two of the most radical of the
insurgent band.
Speaker Cannon was present, but he
took no part lu the proceedings. He
was a silent spectator, making no ef
fort to dictate and evidently realizing
to the full the changed order of'thlngs
in the house. '
While the nominees for places on
the new rules committee were select
cd at- a result of two ballots, taken
with a view of eliminating certuln
members who were not desired by ei
ther side, the slate prepared at a con
ference of regular and Insurgent lead
ers was tlnally put through Just as it
was submitted to the caucus by Rei
resentatlvc Tawney, who acted as the
mediator between the formerly hostile
factions.
Of the nineteen Republicans suggest
ed for place on the rules committee
Hix were insurgents. They were Mur
dock, Norris, Gardner, Parsons, David
son and Cooper.
A reopening of the tariff debate in
tho senate will lie the next step taken
ti tlu. Ilonulilfpnli IftKiii-trmif wfititituru
Mr. Taft's Providence siieech and
the result of tho special congress elec
tion In the Fourteenth Massachusetts
district have given the Insurgents ad
ditional Inspiration, and Senators Lu
Kollette and Cummins say that the
senate will not bo permitted to ad
journ until tho Insurgents' views on
the tariff have been thoroughly aired.
Senators La Folletto and Dolliver
have been selected to train the verbal
artillery on the Payne-Aldrieh law, and
they propose to do their best to shoot
It full of holes.
The Democratic landslide hi tho
Fourteenth Massachusetts district has
greatly encouraged the Insurgents on
both the senate and house sides. They
insist that the tariff was the re&l is-'
sue on which Eugene N, Fobs changed
some 20,000 votes in this Republican
stronghold. They make no effort to
conceal their satisfaction over the re
sult of a special election und do not
hesitate to say It foreshadows the re
Kult of the congressional elections In
November If the Republican leaders
Insist on making the tariff the Issue
of the campaign.
Representative Otto G.Foelker (Rep.)
of Brooklyn said: "There is no use In
trying to nrgue that the Massachusetts
election Is not nn Indication of tho next
congressional election. It proves very
conclusively, In my mind, that the
Democrats will carry tho next house."
"Tho result hi the Massachusetts
district," said Representative Stevens
of Minnesota, a Republican, "provides
food for reflection. It is a warning
that should he heeded. It is our duty
now to get together and pass legisla
tion demanded by tho country to tho
end that wo may enter tho campaign
in shape to do battle with the eiiemv."
Massachusetts Democrat Whose
Election Inspires the Insurgents.
POULTRY TRUST INDICTED.
Eighty-six Dealers Plead Not Guilty to
Conspiracy Charge.
New York, March 21. - Eighty-six
members of the poultry trust appeared
before Justice Gofi' today to plead not
guilty to the indictments found against
them by the grand Jury and to give
I mil.
The indictments charge that the de
fendants Illegally and against public
policy entered Into contracts and com- j
bliiatlons and established a monopoly
In the purchase, sale and distribution
of live poultry, whereby the supply of
poultry was restrained and prevented
and competition wus annhilated by
controlling the supply, sale and price
so ns to eliminate practically all the
Independent poultry dealers. i
The crime charged Is conspiracy, 1
and on conviction each of the defend- '
ants may be sentenced to imprison-1
ment for one year or pay a tine of ,
.$5,000 nr both punishments may be
Imposed. ,
The defendants are Indicted under
thrco groups, which include the mem
bers of tho Kast Side Live Poultry
Dealers' association, the New York ,
Live Poultry Dealers' Commission ;
Merchants' .association and the nnr
lem Live Poultry Dealers' association.
DARK FOR JACK JOHNSON.
Negro Heavyweight Pugilist Spends
Some Hours In a Cell.
New York, March 124. Jack Johnson,
the pugilist, ran afoul of Judge Mul
queen hi general sessions here and as
a result spent several hours in the
Tombs." His ball of $1,500 uiidec
which he has been allowed to con
tinue his theatrical engagements was
raised to $5,000, and It took some time
to find a bondsman.
Johnson was up on a charge of as
saulting Norman Pindar, but the dis
trict attorney told the court that his
men had been unable to find Pindar
or the two negro women who were
under subpoena as state witnesses.
Judge Muhpieen said:
"The court believes that tlie com-
I plaining witness and the other wit
nesses under subpoena for tho state
In this cuse have been lured from the
Jurisdiction of the court. I doubt the
defendant's good faith In asking for n
i continuance to this date. Therefore I
i sliull hold this defendant In $5,000 bull
! until the witnesses can be found and
brought here. I shall also issue a
1 bench warrant for Pindar, and we
shall seo If ho was spirited away or
I not."
FIREMEN'S STRIKE- AVERTED.
Dr. Neill Brlngt About Peace Between
Railroads and the Union.
Chicago. March 24. Peace ou the
western railroads was assured toduy
when tho general managers and the
representatives of tho Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
reached an amicable settlement of
their differences.
Botli sides agreed that credit for
averting one of the worst strikes in
railroad history is duo to Dr. Charles
P. Nclil, commissioner of labor.
The iieace terms are substantially us
follows; Tho demands of the Dremen
for a wage Increase of approximately
12V4 per cent will bo submitted to or
bltratlon under tho Erdman law.
The railroads agree not to make nuy
more exclusive agreements with the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and on roads whero tho firemen's com
mittees are now permitted to repre
sent tho engineers they shall continue
to do so.
Colonil Hoyt to Be Brigadier,
Washington, March 24. President
Tuft sent to the senate the nomination
of Colonel Ralph W. Iloyt. Twenty
Hftli infantry, to be a brigadier general.
Buckley Admits Borrowing
$61,000 From Co.'s.
WHILE HE WAS STATE OFFICIAL
One of the loans Was Repaid by
a Check From Edward E. Mc
Call, Now a Supreme
Court Justice.
New York, March '24. Delving deep
into the records of his predecessors hi
olllce at the lire Insurance inquiry,
State Superintendent Hotchklss de
veloped the record of William H.
Buckley, once a third deputy superin
tendent, und before lie got through he
had found that three years after Mr.
Buckley quit the olllce to practice law
he had coihe Into the splendid Income
I of $30,000 from insurance companies.
Mr. Buckley, who admitted that he
i was nn Intimate friend of Senator
Thomas F. Grady, was once a senate
page. Then he becauie a clerk lu the
. olllce of the slate superintendent of
insurance. Then he was the private
secretary to Superintendent Pierce,
lie studied law -in Mr. Pierce's olllce.
Later It was some time in 11)01 he
was for a time the third deputy, and
while holding down that place he bor
rowed $01,000 from Insurance compa
nies and became the principal handier
of the so called "yellow pup" fund at
Albany.
But it was in 1001 Hint Mr. Buckley
became a full Hedged lawyer. Busi
ness came in so fast that in three
years he was making more money than
lawyers who had practiced for fifty
years business furnished by insur
ance companies, over whicii the olllce
lie had lately left had jurisdiction.
By 1004, he admitted, when Mr.
Hotchklss drew his attention to tho
records, he was drawing money from
the Munich company, the Rossla, Prus
sian which had been given a monop
oly, of certain lines of Insurance by
the Grady bill tho New York Life on
an annual retainer, the Travelers' and
the Provident Savings Life.
Buckley wns private secretury from
May, 1802, to May, 1800, to Superin
tendent Pierce, and for the five years
following ho wus third deputy super
intendent of insurance at Albany.
Buckley admitted that In 1000 and
1001, while he was a deputy In the
stnte Insurance department, he obtain
ed from the Phenlx Fire Insurance
company of Brooklyn loans aggregat
ing $01,000.
These loans were In three amounts
$13,000 on Feb. (., 1000; $.15,000 on
Dec. 10, 1000. and $13,000 oi. Jan. 20.
1001.
The loans were made to Buckley
while he was still a deputy Insurance
superintendent and before he had an
ollico adjoining that of Edward E. Mc
Call, then a lawyer, now n Justice in
the supreme court. Buckley described
the then Lawyer McCall as well, as the
Into John A. McCall, president of the
I New York Life Insurance company as
! two of his best friends.
j "Tho hooks show that on Dec. 31,
1000, you were credited with '$13,000
and that the chock that paid that $13,
000 was ImVirsed by Edwnrd E. Mc
Call?" asked Superintendent Hotch
klss. "Yes."
"Did the then Attorney McCall loan
you this $13,000'"
"I don't recall."
The wltness'theii said that the loans!
were for himself and not for Mr. Mc
Call and that the reason Mr. McCall's
name appeared on the check was that
he was Interested In the International
Banklug corporation, some shares of
which had been deposited as security
for tho loan.
The lawyer also admitted that dur
ing the legislative session of 1004 ho
received $15,000 from the New York
board of underwriters, $5,500 from the
Rossla Insurance company of St. Pe
tersburg und $1,750 from the Muulch
Insuranco company. In addition, ho
got his $0,000 fee from tho New York
Life.
"You wero admitted to the bar in
1001," said the superintendent of in
surance, "and hero in u Uttlo less than
three years you wero getting along at
the rato of $30,000 n year. Don't you
think that was pretty rapid advance
ment?" "You'd think It reasonable enough If
you could get it," answered uuckiey
Washington, March 24. Tho wreck
of tho battleship Malno is to be raised
from the bottom of Havana harbor.
Tho house pussed n bill appropriat
ing $100,000 for raising tho wreck and
Interring the bodies supposed to be in
tho hulk In the national cemetery at
Arlington, Va. It Is also provided that
tho two tall masts of tho ship shall be
brought to the United States and erect
ed In the Arlington cemetery near the
bodies of the hurled sailors.
New York Senate Will De
cide Case on Tuesday.
COBB INSISTS ON THE DELAY
Osborne In Closing For Prosecution I
T1 1 k i n A !
jjcuiures i.nm .accusea. senator
Is as Guilty as Success
ful Highwaymen.
Albany, N. Y., March 21. In his cios-
lug speech to the senate denouncing wanted to try the other out. The sec
Senator .lotham P. Alids as a bribe J ond round . w them come together
taker .Innies W. Osborne, counsel for -with a crash, and tlie third was tlovot
Benn Conger, declared that If the sen- ' cd to inllghtlng.
ate today failed to convict Alids of The fourth saw Ketcliel go down,
bribery It ought to apologize publicly und while some of the crowd thought
to Jesse James, Cherokee Bill, BUI 1 he had been knocked down, such was
Cook, Oliver Curtis Perry and every j not tlie case, as he slipped on getting
other successful highwayman and sec- i
ond story worker in the history or
modern civilization.
Ho Insisted that the senate of tho
state of New York, an august body of
patriots, proud of their virtue, ought
to raise up In holy horror at the reve
lations made In the Alids case mid
throw the man from Norwich out of
tho window.
Mr. Osborne was dramatic. He
threw his arms about his head and
rushed up and down tlie senate floor,
appealing' to this and that senator to
convict Alids. He went over to the
seat occupied by Senator Bonn Con
ger and, standing before the accuser
of Alids, cried aloud that here sat u
patriot and a hero doomed to finan
cial ruin and social ostracism and
who had committed political suicide to
check the stampede of the black horse
cavalry and to overthrow its pompous
general, Alids,
Osborne Insisted that there was but
ope thing to do, and that was to vote
when the senate got to It oil Tuesday
next to sustain the Conger charges.
Old nnd young women packed their
-sy -into the senate chamber nnd on
tho floor of the senate until the sena
tors themselves were nearly lost to
view behind peach basket hats and
other millinery creations that looked
decidedly out of place among the
JUrOIN. .
Although Mr. Osborne flayed Alids
severely and claimed that he had not
oveu followed the ethics of n profes
sional highwayman In that he deceiv
ed and lied to his old friend, the late
Senator Thomas C. Piatt, and misled
him in regard to the highway legisla
tion of 1001. Mr. Osborne did not spare
Bonn Conger from his part In the dis
tribution of the boodle fund.
Mr. Osborne declared that the de
fense of Alids that he killed tho Mul-by-Stevens
bill at the Instance of Sena
tor Piatt was farfetched and wholly
without foundation. In addition to ly
ing to Senator Piatt, said Mr. Osborne,
Senator Alids had double crossed Sen
ator Piatt In that he pretended to kill
the bridge bill for him nnd courting
his favor for It while at the same time
talcing Prank Conger's money to do
the trick. He Insisted that there was
not a member of the state senate with
nerve nnd heroism enough to do what
Benn Conger had done and that he
would uot have done It himself if he
were a state senator under similar cir
cumstances. Senators Burliugame and KIssell
asked Senator Cobb to take a vote ut
once. They Insisted that tho senate
ought to veto on the question of sus
taining the Conger charges immediate
ly tho summing up was over. Senator
Cobb reminded them thnt several sen
ators were away on business and that
thev had been assured the senate
would not get to a vote on the Alids
case until Tuesday next
GAYLEY DIVORCE HELD UP.
Steel Trust Magnate Cannot Get Quick
Decree In Reno,
Reno, New, March 21. James Gay-
ley, the steel trust magnate, has met
with n sovere setback In his suit for
divorce. Judge Orr declines to sign n
decree until ho is satisfied that Mr.
Guyley Iuih established bono fide resi
dence here.
Mr. Guyley canio here ten months
ago to establish a residence, but he
has slnco lived iu New York nnd is
now in Arizona.
Mrs. Gayley, who has brought a
cross suit for divorce, took the wit
ness stand In court hero and testified
that hor husband deBerted her in July,
1008, and went to Europe, He told her
ho did not love her any more and
asked her to get n divorce. 8ho said
ner husband was worth $0,000,000 and
isked $50,000 a year alimony,
Law Takes Some Birds lAf Vints.
Trenton, N. J., March 21. The as
lumbly has passed the bill making any
Nomnn fouud wearing a "closed sea
son" bird ou her hat guilty of a crlml
uaL offense.
Lively Six Round Fight at
Pittsburg Ends In a Draw.
Pittsburg, March 24. Before the lar
gest hor.se that ever saw a light In
western Pennsylvania Stanley Kctchel
and Frank Klaus fought a six round
drnw at Dmpiesne garden here.
It Is hard to say whether a decision
coulu v lK;e11 m!lllc llt tlie uml of t,le
Oirlit un ..i-.itili ivfil-n llw (mill fun tf-llrwl
" - - .....
While Ketcliel did more leading in the
light, Klaus landed very often and
very hard. In fact, there was a time
when Ketcliel was holding on and
grimly.
The tlrst round wns rather cautious
on both sides. Each man evidently
nwny from Klaus,
from Klaus, who helped him
up, .'mil at it tliey went again Ham
mer and tongs.
The lifth round belonged very much
to the Pittsburg lighter. Klaus put in
a succession of rights to the Jaw of
Ketcliel. who looked very tired and
was forced to clinch repeatedly to save
himself.
The sixth round tlie Mienigun won-i
dor himself again, and lie came back i
with a dash to try and put the Pitts-
burg man .out. His heavy left wnw
tried again and again, but he was not I
able to land It effectively. The round j
ended witli both lighting viciously for
a knockout.
BATTERY DAN FINN DEAD.
Picturesque New York Magistrate Vic
tim of Goncral Breakdown.
New York, March 24. Police Magis
trate Daniel E. Eiun, better known as
Battery Dan, the Tainmauy leader of
the First assembly district, died at
Ills home here of n general break
down, which began with an attack of
neurasthenia. "t , .
Battery Dan wns a fisherman und
a baseball fan, a booster of New York
and Its government and an enemy of
the police. He enjoyed the reputation
of being the most lenient of magis-
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ties brought him In contact with ex
cept the New York police. Where the
police were concerned he went the
limit In the other direction.
In February last Maynard U. Clem
ent, the state excise commissioner.
asKcu me uppeiiuie uivisiou iu reniuii; i
Magistrate Finn on the charge that !
he had "willfully, unlawfully and
fraudulently" discharged 132 prisoners
in cases of excise violations. Tho
charges are still pending.
MAJOR'S WIFE KILLED.
Mrs.
Slocum In an Automobile Acci- '
dent With General Bell.
Washington, March 24.-Mrs. Her-
bert .1. Slocum, wife of Major Slocuni,
now stationed at Governors Island,
was killed mid Major General J.
. 111.. 11.11 ..l.f n An4V 0 41.,.
rraiiK. .. e ... c "
Uriliy. HUH l liu uumtii n ut mimni"
bile accident there.
General Bell's chauffeur started to
cross the car tracks when Ills machine j
was hit by a trolley which hud been j
running up from behind. Tho trolley J
car hit the touueau of the automobile,
anil Mrs. Slocuni and General Bell got
tho full force of the collision. The
automobile was Jammed against the
big Iron telephone pole and crushed
to pieces, Mrs. Slocuni was thrown
fifteen or twenty feet, striking on the
stone curbing. General Bell was hurl
ed about the same distance.
U. S. AMBASSADOR HOMELESS.
Dr. David J. Hill Is Compelled to Go
House Hunting In Berlin.
Berlin, March 24. Dr. David Jayno
nil), American ambassador to Ger
many, must find now quarters. His
present house on Bismarck strasse has
been sold under his feet, and the new
landlord has notified him that ho must
get out
This Involves a weary search for a
new residence for the ambassador. If
Dr. Hill gets suitable premises It Is
his Intention to have tho ambassa
dor's homo and tho embassy offices
under the samo roof.
GOVERNOR TO GET $20,000.
New York Senate Passes Proposed
Constitutional Amendment.
Albany, N. Y., March 24. The sen
ato passed Assemblyman Charles A.
Dana's proposed constitutional amend
mont providing for nn increase in the
salary of the governor from $10,000 to
$20,000 n year.
Tho proposed amendment, having
thus passed this legislature, will have
to bo passed again next winter and
then submitted to the people for their
vote.
Passenger Kills Conductor
and Pullman Porter.
THEN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE.
South Carolinian, Angered Becausa
Drinks Are Not Served to Hiui
Quickly, Opens Deadly
Fusillade.
Wilmington, Del.. March 21. .T. n.
Bcthea, a six foot South Carolina con
tractor, who boarded the Roynl Blue
limited of the Baltimore and Ohio at
Ha'ltiliiore, murdered the conductor and
the negro porter of the Pullman car
Czarina while the flier was running
through Newark, Del.
The Royal Blue, with Bethea nlono
lu the Czarina with the dead men,
"raced Into Wilmington nt sixty miles
an hour. Tlie police and a posse of
citizens shot the South Carolinian to
deatli after an hour's fight In the sta
tion. Bethea attracted attention as soon
as he took his seat lu the Czarina at
Baltimore. He was tall and raw-
iMnV, uc w,,re a broad brimmed felt
,mt tllriu,,i ,own collar and n llowlng
tk, Mpo,.0 1)oIslIv to the porter and
ouneti for .n .It-Ink of PtiiilRlit wlitsky a
ln!imte or tw after the trnlll 8tnrtcd.
Thert, W)l.u tl!lrte(.n I)!lsscnf;ers in
tIm Cziirhl., besUU.s iu-thea. half a
dozen of them women and children.
They glanced up uneasily from tlmo
to time. The man in the wide brim
med hat was calling for whisky every
few minutes.
Sam Wilson, the porter, had other
things to do besides carrying drinks
to Bethea. When he was slow in an
swering the bell Bethea damned hlra
for n black hound.
The negro, tried to explain, that he
.jvns doing -the best ho could when
Bethea drew an automatic ten shot
revolver and fired twice, killing Wil
son. O. E. Wellnian, the conductor of the
train, remonstrated with the passen
ger, who still held the weapon In his
hand Although the negro was dead,
tlie slayer tired a second shot, the bul
let entering the victim's stomach.
Then without u word Bethea turned
and shot Wellnian, who fell dead in
his tracks.
Tlie double murderer barricaded him-
sef ,( n ro()m ()U tuu i.uu,u.ui car and
threatened to kill the first person whe
approached. The passengers fled.
Meantime the train reached Wil
mington, nnd Police Captains Kant
and Evans and a squad, re-enforced
by park guards and a posse of train
men and citizens, rushed to the scene.
Bethea was called upou to surrender,
but he only opened the door of his
room far enough to point an automatic
iu.inii-n(- nt tli.. iilli'.i nnil tlm crowd
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( Sou(U CnroUim lmul ,lmi at
i. Inu, ntll1o nf imntnn
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He held the big posse of several nun-
UM1 nt lmy ,, nlw, heM Up the
train for an hour and a half. Every
now and then the police opened lire at
the car In which he wns barricaded
until tlnally all of the wludows were
riddled. Travel over the Baltimore and
Ohio road was all tho while tied up.
After au hour's battling the police
saw they would be utiuble to drive the
man from cover, so they sent for a
fire engine, und u stream was played
upon the window of tlie room. Bethea
tired a fusillade of shots nt the fire
men, the police all the time calling
upon him to surrender. Bethea.
drenched with water, staggered to the
car platform, leveled his revolver at
the police aud continued to lire.
Just as he fired his last snot I'once
captain Evans. Sergeant Kllleher and
Policeman Boughman, uniting In a vol-
ley. shot tho murderer dead.
TRIPLE HOLIDAY VOTED.
Stock and Other Exchanges to Close
on Good Friday and Saturday.
xow York. March 21. Tho governors
()f tho New York stock Exchange have-
decided to close on Good Friday and
on the following Saturday, which
means a three day holiday for Wall
street.
The Boston and Chicago Stock Ex
changes and the Now York Consoli
dated Exchange, which "were awaiting
tho decision of tho New York Stock
Exclmngo authorities, have also de
cided to close down Friday and Satur
day. The Cotton, Coffee, Metal and
Produce exchanges In this city as well
as tho New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
the Chicago board of trade and the
Philadelphia Stock Exchange will be
closed on both days.
All tho foreign exchanges observe
Good Friday mid the following Satur
day as regular holidays. Tho London
Exchange observes Easter Monday
ilso.