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The age-herald., 1902-01-21

At midnight no trace of the fugitives had been found They seemed to fade from the face of the earth. of course precautions were taken to apprehend Bullard, Dye and Van Horn. but the officers put their best wits together in an effort to run down Duncan.
 During the day A telephone message came to the chief of police from Bes- semer that Duncan had been captured at Talladega Springs a point in Talladega county between Anniston and calera. A report also came from Orlando a small station on the Louisville and Nashville road that a man answering Duncans description had been seen there. Neither of these reports were confirmed.
 Possibly the only information which the sheriffs office has received and which is at all authentic was from w. H. Hulsey a Birmingham traveling man who called at the sheriff's office last night at ': 30 o'clock and stated that he had been in Trussville during the day and while there he saw at Tally's store a suspicious looking stranger. He wore a soft white hat slightly soiled. double fanccy vest, dark trousers and coat, and nice shoes. That he was about twen- ty-one years old smooth shaven and had rather peculiar speech. He was familiar with Nashville and seemed to have travelled a good deal. He arrived at Trussville yesterday morning and said he was going to leave on the 4:30 Alabama Great Southern train for Bir- mingham but failed to do so. The offi- cials in the sheriffs office say that this description fits A. J. Dye. They immedi- ately dispatched Deputy Sheriff Jas. A. Gladis on horseback for Trussville the Alabama Great Southern freight train which left about that time refusing to stop for him. Trussvlle is about fifteen miles from Birmingham.
 When Sheriff Burgin was notified of the escape of the prisoners he left the bedside of his wife who is critically i'll and came to his office where he immediately of fcred a reward of $500 for the capture of Duncan and reward of $1o0 for each
The age-herald., 1902-01-21
GREAT MEETING
 OF MINE WORKERS
BEN TILLETT, THE FAMOUS LA BOR LEADER OF GREAT BRIT- AIN. IS THE GUEST OF PREsi- DENT MITCHELL.

Indianapolis, Ind. January 3o.-Nearly 1000 members of the United Mine Work CTS of America have gathered here for their thirteenth annual convention, which began at 10 o'clock this forenoon in Tom linson Hall. It is confidently expected by President Mitchell Secretary Wilson and other officials that it will be the largest convention ever held by union miners. Delegates are present from twen- ty-eight states. representing every bitu- minous and anthracite coal field in the United States.
 Ben Tillett, the famous British labor leader who is in this country studying labor conditions, arrived last night to be the guest of President Mitchell and the miners union Wednesday or Thursday. His address will be one of the features of the convention.
 The convention will continue until January 30, when the joint conference with the operators of Ohio, Pennsylvania. Illinois and Indiana will begin. This conference will probably last ten days.
 It is the understanding that delegates are to ask for an advance that will be equivalent to an all-round increase of at least 10 per cent. Along with these re- ports, however. is another to the effect that many of the operators have determ- ined to take a stand for reduction of 10 per cent on the ground that they have had an unprofitable year and the pros poets for the coming year are not bright enough to warrant even continuation of the present scale. It is not believed. though that there will be a lockout, as the miners and operators of the four States that sign the competitive scale have been able to reach an agreement during the last year without much trou- ble.
 The convention was called to order to- day by President Mitchell. and after the delegates were seated the report of the Credentials Committee was called for.
 After the call of the convention had been read, Mayor Bookhaiter welcomed the delegates to the city. Ben Illicit. as ''the leader of the wharf and dock workers of Great Britain was receiv- ed with enthusiasm. He said 90 per cent of the working people of Great Britain were trade unionists. He said labor should meet capital in the way capital approached labor.
The age-herald., 1902-01-21
DUNCAN WRITES AGE-HERALD AFTER ESCAPE.


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The age-herald., 1902-01-21
NOT DISCOVERED
 TILL EARLY MORNING

The escape was not discovered until o'clock yesterday morning. John Hug gins, a trusty, walked into the yard and saw that the gates opening from the Jail yard into the alley back of the court house were open. He immediately notified Night Warden Ball. who, suspecting that some one had escaped, walked out into the yard and to the rear of the jail, where he could see the hole made in the window and where still hung the rope by which the prisoners had escaped. Duncan was immediately suspected and his cell was first searched. This was found se- curely locked by the lever, although the paddock on his cell door had been filed open. The prisoners, or whoever drew the lever. had opened Duncan's cell, al- lowed him to walk out and then refas tened 1t.
 The last seen of Duncan was at o'clock Sunday evening when the cells were inspected and the keys turned over to the night warden. The three other men were locked in the same cell and were seen later in the night engaged in the great American pass time of playing poker.
 There are at the jail day warden and a night warden. David Mims is the day warden. He goes on duty at a. m. and remains on until p. m He it is who receives and discharges prisoners dur ing the day, locks them in their cells at 6 o'clock and turns over the keys to the night warden w. H. Ball, who goes on duty at 6 p. m. and remains until a. m
The age-herald., 1902-01-21
pR. LEYps PROTESTS.

Brussels, January 20.-Dr. Leyds, the European representative of the Trans- vaal has addressed protest to the pow CTS against the execution of the Boer Commandant Schepers, whose death sen- tence was confirmed by Lord Kitchener.
 He describes it as an assassination jus tifying similar acts on the parts of Gen. eral DeWet and Botha.
The age-herald., 1902-01-21
SOME OF THE
 QUEER PHASES

Here are other inexplicable facts in the case:
 Duncan and the other conspirators must have received inside aid. Who fur nished it?
 They must have received money. files saws etc. Who furnished them?
 They must have been aided by some one within the jail walls, or else how were the cells unlocked? Who did it?
 Neither Sheriff Burgin nor any of his assistants are able to throw any light on the case. The only circumstance brought to the attention of the night warden was that Dye, who was usually incarcerated in another cell. was allowed to go in the cell with VanHorn and Bullard to play poker. This was, of course, ruse to make more certain the pl&1 of escape.
 That Duncans indomitable energy and craftiness carried the plot to success is certain. In every way he has shown him self man of perseverance and shrewd- ness He has tried every avenue that could possibly lead to liberty and has been constantly evolving some new scheme to obtain money or arouse sym pathy.
 The other men were simply tools in Duncan's hands. He furnished the brains, offered them liberty in return for his own liberty, and the details were carried out. as Duncan declares, without the sleeping prisoners in adjoining cells gaining knowledge of it.
 Dye. the young man who confessed to robbing the Birmingham Arms Company may have been a very useful member of the band of conspirators. He is an expert mechanic in several lines and possesses shrewdness as we'll Bullard may have had some influence in uncover
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The age-herald., 1902-01-21
FILED THROUGH TWO
 WALLS; TWO LOCKS

The men field through two walls of steel and broke two locks before they set foot in the alley leading from Twen- ty-first street to the jail entrance. The tier of cells in which the men were inn prisoned are protected first by an auto- matic lock worked by a lever located in the outside corridor. This lever is held in place by huge paddock and one cell cannot be unlocked without the others. Here the mysterious aspect of the case and one that points strongly to outside aid arises. The lock to this lever was not filed and some one must have been in the outside corridor to compel this instrument to perform it's usual func- tion.
 In addition to the lever arrangement each ceii is locked with separate lock The lock to Duncan's cell was filed This lock was not filed by Duncan from with in his cell. There is not space enough in the grating to admit a mans hand It is not known how the lock to the other cell was destroyed. It was not found when an investigation was made yesterday morning. It Is plausible that when the three men were liberated they filed the lock on Duncans door. but how any of them gained entrance to the cell corridor Is a mystery.
 Once all four men were in this corridor they had to saw through another steel grating to reach the main corridor. They crowded through an aperture made by filing two bars and hardly large enough to admit a mans body. Filing these bars was the work of a month according to the statement of Frank Duncan in his letter to The Herald. The work must have been done by Dye. Bulard and Van Horn. They had the liberty of the corridor and Duncan was confined constantly fo his cell
The age-herald., 1902-01-21
WORKED AT AN
 UPPER WINDOW

When the prisoners gained the main corridor they made for an upper win dow reaching it by stepping from the balcony to the upper tier of cells. Here two bars were filed leaving another small aperture. This work was evidently only begun Sunday night. In the yard they had the alternative of scaling the high wall or destroying the lock to the gate which leads into the alley. They proba- bly first intended climbing the wall for they brought blankets with which to make rope. The lock was fled how ever. and the blankets left at the gate
 This is as far as the men can be trac- ed. Whether they quietly made their way to a rendezvous previously agreed upon or whether they separated Is not known The latter theory IS more like ly. It was said that the police had found
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The age-herald., 1902-01-21
With Aid of Three Prisoners Noted Crook Escapes and
 Is Sill Free
LOCK ID HIS CELL WAS
 SAWED FROM OUTSIDE
All Trace Lost of the Four Men When They Filled the Lock On the Gate and Set Foot
 In Alley.
E,zvza FRANK DUNCAN, sentenced to

NWa FRANK DUNCAN, sentenced to
 to hang for the murder of Po- liceman Kirkley, under life sentence for complicity in the killing of Policeman Adams, and professional safe blower, escaped from the Jeffer- son County jail some time between the hours of midnight and daylight Monday morning. The discovery was made at o'clock. Telegrams were sent in every direction, and officers were hurried to every point where It was thought probable he might pass. reward of $500 was offered for his cap- ture by Sheriff Burgin. But notwith- standing these efforts, Duncan is still at large.
 Three other criminals gained their lib- erty with Duncan. They are:
 GEORGE BULLARD. charged with having murdered and robbed an old man named Newell at Bessemer.
 A J. DYE, who is charged with having robbed the Birmingham Arms Company and the May & Thomas Hardware Com pany.
 JEFF VAN HORN, who Is accused of highway robbery, it being said that he robbed William Funk at Ensley.
The age-herald., 1902-01-21
Priests and Converts Murdered.

Pelxin, January 2O.-M. A. French, priest named Julien and two Chinese converts have been murdered at a village in the North of Kwang Si Province. Chinese officials assert the murders were committed by robbers and were not a re- suit of an anti Christian demonstration
The age-herald., 1902-01-21

a cabman who met Duncan near the jail, and drove away with him, but this with many other wild rumors lacked confirma- ton.
 strange feature of the escape Is that none of the prisoners at the jail knew anything about it. The trusties, as well az the ordinary prisoners, all claim en-
 ignorance on the subject. The only thing that can be learned from them IS that Dye was seen several times sitting in the window which was afterwards sawed through and that when ques- toned as to what he was doing replied that he needed fresh air" He was prob ably filing on the bars at the time hop- ing that he would soon get an ample snnnlv of fresh air.
The age-herald., 1902-01-21
THE WEATHER.

RAIN TUESDAY, COLD AND FAIR AT NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY; FRESH NORTHWEsTERLYW WINDS.
The age-herald., 1902-01-21
Discussed Irrigation HIII.

Washington, January 20.--A meeting of the Senators and Representatives from the arid and semi-arid states was held tonight to consider the irrigation bill rasted by a subcommittee on irrlEa- tion. It was agreed unanimously to present the bill 10 Congress for action. Mir Newlands being sponsor in inc House and MT. Hansbrough in the Sem ate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-17
UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTIONS.
MIR. Bethel Of Telephone Company
Confers With Commissioners.

Mr.. U. N. Bethel. president Of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Company
called upon Commissioner Mcfarland at
the District building this morning and talk
ed with him on the subject Of the under
ground constructions now under way in &C
cordance with the telephone act Of the last
Congress. Mr.. Bethel stated to the Com
missioners that while the conduits were
progressing in a satisfactory manner, the
company has not made the progress it had
hoped to, owing to delay in securing con-
duit materials and further delays in the
handling of the materials by the railroads.
The work Is progressing to the entire sat
lsfaction OF the Commissioners, and Mr..
Macfarland so informed Mr.. Bethel. The
time Tor the completion of the underground
work Is left discretionary with the Com
mlssioners according to the terms of the
act.
The Commissioners requested the COM
pany to push the work as rapidly as posi-
BILE, and this they are assured is the case.
Mr.. Bethel said work an the conduit sys-
tenn in the northwest section would con-
tinue until stopped by cold weather. With
the opening of outdoor work next spring
he declared the work would go forward
with energy and many miles Of conduit
constructed during the summer. The sys-
tenn Is an elaborate one and will require
several years for completion, but when
done 1t means the end of all overhead tele-
phone. police and fireaarm wires in the
city limits and the various subdivisions in
Guided within the terms Of the telephone
act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-17
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
General and Personal News Gathered
West of Rock Creek.

While walking along the top Of the stone
wall at the Virginia end of the Chain bridge
yesterday morning about II 30 o'clock John
Veazie, thirty-two years of age whose
home is at 1920 H street lost his balance
and fell to the rocks below a distance of
about twenty feet, sustaining serious
fracture of the left leg near the knee. The
patrol wagon of the seventh precinct sta
ton was summoned and the injured man
was conveyed to the Georgetown UnIver-
sity Hospital for treatment.
Robert Carter, colored, seven years Old
and several comrades, attempted to dis
cover the secret of the workings OF re-
volver this morning. about 1890 at his home
near 26th and streets, and as a result
right foot. The pistol was discharged by
one Of the largest of the boys companions,
who thought he could handle the weapon
with perfect safety. The wounded boy was
conveyed to the Georgetown University
Hospital for treatment.
A Gospel temperance meeting was held
last evening at Good Templars' Hall, on
the Brookville road, Tenleytown. under the
auspices Of Silver Star Lodge No. 90 /. 0:
G. T. The large assemblage present was
addressed by Mr.. r. A. Dinsmore of Min
nehaha Lodge, and by Messrs. F. ]. Parks,
]. S. Blackford and Forrest D. Vowel of
Silver Star Lodge.
The song service was conducted by MIS-.
Seeley, the blind singer, assisted by Mrs.
Jordan, and the devotional exercises were
in charge of Mr.. J. S. Blackford. At the
close of the service several persons sigIed
the pledge.
Rev. c. C. Coleman, Mrs. G. E. Truett,
Mrs. w. H. Oliver, Mrs. Jane WEIGH, Mrs.
Carrie Miller and Mrs. l.. G. Jordan, and
Messrs. A. T. King. C. e. Lghtfoot and
w. Hunter Haycock have been appointed a
delegation to represent the West Washing
ton Baptist Church at the annual meeting
of the Columbia Baptist Association, which
will be held this evening at the Fifth Bap-
fist Church, at 63a and E streets southwest.
The lamp posts of Georgetown are being
refitted with new lanterns. The District
Commissioners, 1t is said, ordered this i'm
provement, with view of obtaining better
light from the lanterns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-17
Washington Stock Exchange.

t,sa FL s call T. O'clock
draPsosaess fEs IS Ies $ 10 d aRsEs
5 So at Sgpfs gh 10 at
Ct assa Mo do 1 1855 rs At T. s. 3 - at
BAH Railroad Bonds-Capital Traction As, 1o7h bid,
hGs s. bid
s asked C. Cert ss Jos S
S. 1853. bid. 1861 asked The Washington Rail.
way and ELECTRIC c: e; s2h bid. s. asked;
res a. iii s as Gas Co. IS
III bid u Eee 1Ist Light Deb Imp s. lei
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone IS, io4R bd
11o5h asked. Washington Market Co list 6s. 1Osllss
cam erapSopsone Deb IS, sa bid. '0s DID, Amer'-
Safe Deposit and Trust Stocks-National Safe De-
Rssa a AND aGs 3D. zig .ps
ssfy snS Trust Ss BID SSo asked
los bid ie asked washington savings sq Bane io
j sailroad ssoeksrcapital Traction Co.. l2s bid.
Co. Pref, so asked. The Washington Railway and
Rational e. BsHR o, washington
ea a 60 3D. Sa s
Columbia s1 bid Capital $50 ba We West ai EsS
81 Inc a 10 bid is asked hss i rs I'D
IasaTsaes q ss s,s g
corcoran, q bid. Potomac, 65 bid. Arlington, &c
asked; National Union, n bid, 9 asked. Column
bia. II bid, II asked. Riggs. 81 bid, Q asked.
Title Insurance Stocks-Real Estate Title, 94N
bid, e5 asked. Columbia Title. ~ bid, asked.
Telephone and Graphophone Stocks-Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone. IS bid, IS asked. Ameri-
can Graphophene Pref. % bid. Of asked
Gas Stocks- Washington 6as. rs bid, 76h asked
GEORGETOWN Gas, 20 bid.
Type Machine Stocks Mersenthalsr Linotype.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-17
The Patent Office Elevator Accident.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:

In a brief communication from Mr.. Harri-
son to your paper on Thursday evening the
sad accident which occurred recently in the
patent office was, according to him, the re-
suit Of criminal negligence" 1 give Mr.
Harrison credit for having only deep SYM
pathy for the bereaved family but he
Should be informed of the facts in the case
This dangerous place to which he alludes
had been securely walled up since work on
the elevator first began. and the planks
were taken away only few minutes before
Mr.. Faunce was killed. The removal of
these planks was necessary for the paint
ers to proceed with some work near the
fatal opening, which, however. was not
large enough to admit mans body, nor
was 1t necessary for any one to go very
near II, far less to insert his head as this
unfortunate man did. more ornamental
covering was to be substituted at once and
1t seems a strange fatality that within the
short time that this small opening was ex-
posed one Of the most cautious Of the work
men should have by this means met his sad
death. Some say he attempted to recover
tool which had dropped through the hole
when the weights suddenly descended upon
his head. All OF the employees are terribly
shocked, but none more so than those CON
nected with the contract for the elevator
work. Being absolutely an accident, no
blame can be attached to any one. N. 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-17
COST PER REPLY
THE TRUE BASIS OF THE VALUE
OF A PUBLICATION.
Result of a Three-Line "Agents Want
ed' Ad. Inserted in the
Leading Dailies.

The Western Monthly, journal for mail
order dealers. advertisers and agents pub
lished at Kansas City, Mo-, In its November
issue gives Importance to the following ar
ticle, printed on it's first page:
ITO the close student of advertising the
table given below will be especially inter-
estng. 1t shows the result Of three-line
ad. inserted in the agents wanted" col
umns of all the leading daiies. The ad.
was placed in the Sunday edition of all
papers having a Sunday issue, and in the
Saturday edition of the balance. The cost
per reply Is not for one issue only, which
is never a fair test of any medium. but
covers a period of from five to twelve
weeks, the ad. not appearing in all the
publications the same number of times.
The figures given below were obtained by
dividing the total cost of the ad. by the
total number of replies received. We are
not liberty TO give the name Of the ad-
yertiSer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-17
DEATH OF JUDGE STAKE.
he Expires of Heart Disease in Ha.
gerstown, Md.

A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
from Hagerstown Md, last night says: Ed
ward Stake, associate judge of the fourth
judicial circuit of Maryland. died in his
apartments on South Potomac street. Ha-
gerstown, suddenly at S:45 o'clock tonight
of heart disease. He was hfty-six years
old. His death was great shock to the
community, although his condition the last
few days had been very serious. He spent
a fairly good night last night, and this
afternoon felt so much better that he was
able 70 take little drive In a cab around
town. When he returned, however he was
very weak and had to be carried upst airs
When he reached his apartments he had
regatned his strength and lay upon his bed.
Toward evening he became nervous. DR..
J. Mcpherson Scott, hts attending ply
stefan, called during the evening and found
him resting easily.
About half hour after the physician left
Judge Stake grew rapidly worse. He called
to Mrs. " M. Middlekauf, In another part
of the house. She ran to his room In time
to see him fall face forward upon the bed.
He remained motionless and when She
turned him over he was dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-17
MRS. GRANT IMPROVING.
Was Indisposed From the Effects of
Acute Indigestion.

Mrs. Julia Grant, widow Of Gen
eral U. 8. Grant, who has been seriously
i'll, is reported to be much improved today
and though obliged to keep. to her room
she is able to sit UP most of the time
While in Canada, several weeks ago, Mrs
Grant suffered an attack of acute indi-
gestion. and since her return to Washing
ton, about a month ago, she has been
indisposed from the effects of the first at
tack.
1t is stated that until within the last
few days she has not been under the care
of a physician. DR.. F. A. Gardner, who is
now attending Mrs. Grant, states that her
condition is considerably better today and
that no serious results are anticipated.