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sparsely settled region. One big wolf In
particular had made great inroads on the he
farmers sheep ard dehed all efforts to XIII
or capture II.
backwoods dwellers that there were such
creatures a. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that bore
q charmed life and possessed the power
OF roaming about without leaving any
trail by. which they might be followed,
and to this class Of wolves this particular ar
incorTigible old wolf was believed by them
Tom Ballard was a famous hunter and
trapper In those days. He was entreated
by the settlers Al last to hunt down this
wolf II 1t were possible to do such thing;
Ballard undertook the task. and roemed
the widest parts Of the woods for days.
Not until the fifth day Of his quest did he
come upon the trail OF the wolf. Then he
came to a crevice In the rocks on the south
ern edge Of q high hill known as Mount
that II was VOLTS den. but Ballard deter
mined to enter the cave and find out whether
II was or not.
He crawled In on his hands and knees
and in small cavern into which the crevice
widened in the depth Of the hill he found q
litter q wolf ws Sssss od hsy nS Si sTS
slowed them away in his hunting clothes,
and quickly withdrew from the wolf den .
He did not meet the old wolf and hurried
home with the whelps. -Four Of them he
killed for the bounty that was on wolves.
The other two he kept.
Three nights after the capture Of the
family Of wolf whelps Ballard heard great
noise outside his cabin. Peering out he
saw a big wolf trying to get into the pen
where he had the two young wolves con-
fined. The wolf was plainly the mother
OF the whelps, and had at last trailed them
to Ballards. Ballard shot her. She was
an unusually large wolf. and as after that
there were no more raids on the sheep
pastures and folds OF that region, II ives
believed that she was the wolf that had
been 10 long the terror Of the settlements.
The two whelps that Tom ballard saved
out Of the litter grew up In captivity. They
were both she wolves. When they were
two years old Ballard sold one Of them.
The other he bred to q mongrel dog. She
gave birth to . litter Of young. each one
Of which rcsembled more the mother than
the father. After the birth Of her young
the wolf, which before that had been good
tempered and doodle, became most ferocious
and 10 one dared 20 near her.
Her young ones early developed the same
Wild and wolhsh characteristics. and Bal
lardt resolved to make away with the entire
family
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than out of town, taking them to places
. few miles from the city, where they FOUND
,hsv could work without fear OF detection.
The Secret Service men In the meantime
han, on the track Of the counterfeiters ana
60, zine To time succeeded In landing
ar,,,re bands Of them In prison. But the
socleties continued to grow as the leaders
were continually taking In new members.
snd almost as rapidly al q band was landed
a., nrison a new band was organized by the
-ho xere custodians OF the cutthroat
oath. ,,a 81,
,,,orr,er they put him out OF the way.
Tyna,lv about September. 1891. while
,ha otBcers Of the law were following up
. o.ne that hao come 20 New York's Little
I.siy from Philadelphia. their work led
49,, % a house In Bayard street. Night
A'. IT,. no,iced that members Of the gang
"a. frequent trips TO Paterson. and they
followed them there. The memoe" OF .ne
gang soon learned that they were oe'ns
watched. ..,..a ,,.
Among the persons who freQuented the
Bayard street house was . man nA,neu
salvatore d'Elia. He was euspoo'oo OF
Aatn0 in OOnlrnunCdNoh WaNs 80 P~~~Ns
"a he was invited to move 10 Paterson.
y. undoubtedly knew that It would mean
dss,h 10 him to refuse the invitation %
hs went to Paterson. to reside in tenement
III On Sent, 0 Of that year Della was found
a.sd In the cellar Of the house. He had
hesn stabbed through the heart with .
st;letto, The police arrested Paolo Fo-
100 and Ave other Italians, whom they
charged With the murder. lorenzo resided
u" WHEN the men were arraigned In court
,hsv were represented by counsel. who
declared that the police had made . mis-.
,sSs in arres,ing them. The lawyer added
,h.t a woman bad committed the orime
snd was on her way to Italy. On further
,nws.,ipa,ion they found the name OF
rrs,Ins lorenzo on the passenger list
OF an outgoing steamer.
Although the police were told that the
~omsn really sailed for Europe, they did
w, behave IL and declared that they would
.,,cceed In oonvicting the six prisoners
who we're under arrest 4 stiistto made
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A NEW HAMpsHIRE DOG STORY.
Food Carried to Q wounded Hound b TIE
Woods by TIVE Companisas.


GRHENvILLE, N. H.. April lathe In.
telligence OF dogs was never bettsr dis
played than In q case which came to light
A little more than six weeks ago Louis
Cameron lost a valuable hound. When
last seen the animal was In company with
Charles Rodier's dog Sport and 2 little
fox terrier, and all three were making Tor
~ And some traces Of his hound but finally
decided that he had been shot or poisoned
and gave up hopes OF recovering him. -.
; Immediately after the disappearance OF
the hound srort began to Leave 81; r %.s,s
each evening. Mr.. Rodier tried to follow
tie dog, being curious to know what took
him into the woods 10 muoh with the fox
terrier. He supposed the two dogs went
hunting toset HER but Ssvss done 20
Last Sunday. a. Charles Newton was
WALKING down the Wilton road. he Jaw
Sport and the fox terrier sitting beside
the road looking into the bushes. To his
great surprise both dogs zrowled savasely
Walking past the pair slowly, Dir. Newton
fpied the lost hound crouchine In the busheeI
The hound was . pitiable sight. One OF
were missing from one fore foot The tell
had been cut on short and q long, freshly
healed scar showed where HE head had BEEN
torn open. One eye was also gone. HE
wounds were fairly well healed, and Mr..
Eewton concluded that the Cameron hound
was bound for home. being assisted by
Sport and the fox terrier.
Appearances indicated that the hound
had been run over by train. and the re9o-
lar disappearance Of Sport and the terrier
proyae beyond doubt that they carried hia.
food and cared for him during the ei1
veeks that be lay wounded In the woooA
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effect, however, the wolf and her half-grown
hybrids took to the woods one night, They
were followed, and the mother and two Of
the young ones were killed. The Other.
escaped and have lived among the isolated
rocky places ever since. Their bowling
AT night Is Q common sound for campero
in the woods or backwoods jewellers 70 bear.
and occasionally determined and per.
sistent hunt for the dog-wolves Win result
I'm the bagginR OF one. This ono killed BY
Farmer Piott the other day II the hrst one
known to venture 90 oloss to civilization
In many years
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TOM BALLARDS DOG-WOLVES.
The Killing Of One In Bradford County
Pa. Recalls Their ODD Origin.

ROULETTE. Pa. April i7.-George Piott
a Bradford county farmer. surprised and
shot in his sheep pasture the other day
What he at first thought was . sheep steal
Ing dog, but which on closer inspection
id.nt if,e,d by old woodmen a. one Of what
Are known a. Tom Ballard's wolves.
For many Year, hunters and fishermen
IN the woods ard alorg the streams OF
Bradford and adjoining counties have
h Ioos,n sna cr , In Isolated mountain
resione. but the beasts generally managed
TO disappear 90 quickly among the rocks
tSas The kiiIins OF one has been infrequent.
These animak are believed, with good
reason. to he deecendants OF q Won and q
In BRADFORD county m any years ago while
vet 4 few wolves etill fingered In the woods.
They were q great nuisance TO the farmers
and Q dread 70 travellers through that then
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n
were arrested at the time. but they werc
released
ON the came night Alfonso slvestro OF
,.s Sullivan street, came out OF Nicolo
Gerardo's Gao at LIS Thompson street. A
man who was apparently a stranger to him,
s,so a sicilan, stopped and said something
30 him about count rfeit hve-dollar bills.
The next moment the stranger drew a
revolver and shot him through the left eye.
The bullet entered hi, brain. The stranger
va. arrested and sent to prison, claim
inc that he did the shooting In self
deferce.
On Nav - Of the same year shortly before
O'CLOCK in the morning Francesca Michael
~ "A oliver street was followed out Of q
cigar store at South and Roosevelt streets,
where a band OF counterfeiters were in the
,a,,i, Of meeting. When he reached the
s,dewalk the Italian following him attacked
him with a knife, stabbing him FIVE times.
We d,ed a few hours later in the hospital.
hut refused to say anything relating to
the stabbng,
The murderer, who was arrested, described
,,mself IA Pasouaie Maniscalo OF ~ Orchard
.,raa, He refused to ray anything about
the s,abbinc excepting that he did II In self-
Jofe- "a. Al his trial In court dozen mem.
berr of the New York Malta appeared and
ts.,ifed in his behalf. saving him from the
death penalty.
Byrnes. who was CHEF OF Police about
hi. time. Logan . crusade against the
yar;ous Italian secret societies and tie
msmbers found II necessary to refrain from
,sorlxinr In this city. They did not stop
numbering delinquents, though Instead
- Lillins them 10 New York they lured
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MIN ORGANIZED FOR MURDER.
URPRISING STORIES OF THE
MAFIA'S CRIMES HERE.

a.,el,,,ons Made by secret Service Men
IN Connection With the Barrel Murder
Long List OF Assassinations Com.
United by Italian Count erfeiters With
Inpunity In This City and Its Vicinity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-11
BLOWN OUT INTO
BAY in OPEN j E. BOAT A I
Little Boy Loses His Li1fe-4AA Li1fe- a
Man and Nephew. Drowned pr e q.
IN NassaWadox Creek,

t,NANCocK, VA, April 1o,-charles
Crosley boatman, OF Casville, upon go
ing to his FISH traps early yesterday
morning. found near the mouth OF Onan-
cock Creek q stray boat. IN which was
a dead body Of u little elght-year-old BOY
IT was afterwards discovered that the
little fellow was the son OF Mr. Lew
Cooper, prominent citizen OF Tangler
Island. He was playing In his boat about
dusk the night before on the bay shore,
when the wind suddenly changed 20 the
northwest and commenced to blow q hur-
rlcane. The boy had no power ever the
boat. and was blown out into the bay,
The boys sufferlngs in the bay all night
IN an open boat with no paddles Will
never be known, as he was chilled ana
frightened to DEATH
on hearing Of the accident many bold
fishermen OF Tnnger rushed to the shore,
but found that no boat could float in the
waves. The wind nearly blowing the
people In the water la
The sad news of the drowning of Mr..
Edmund Wescott and his little nephew.
Robert Wescott, ten years old. reached
Onanoock to-day, MI. Wescott, accom-
panied by the little boy, went In a boat
across Nassawadox Creek to- get a load
OF bricks. On returninr and having too
large a load, the boat gswamped In tho
terrific wind. The two bodies were washed
ashor next morning. MIR, Westcott was a
prominent citizen In tn esouthern part OF
lAccomae county, "A n
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GENERAL .335
KILLEDSDUR FIGHT
8INE77 10 - TllIl77 7'i.7g rs 8G71 u 81
IDr Assncintel Press. J


u SAN DOMINGO CITY, Tuesday, April
THE negotiations for a peaceful settle
ment Of the question IN dispute. Initiated
by the consuls, have failed and the sus-
pension Of hostilities ended at 10 so' clock
yesterday morning when President Vas
!quez opened fire on the reyolut tlonary
positions. The rebels in this city replied
with cannon and the fighting lasted DUR
Ing the whole OF yesterday and through
last mi ght, only ceaalrg this morning. by
which time General % Y asquez' g troops
had been finally repulsed ina their assault
on Il the city. The number OF killed and
wounded Is unknown .SiSs 5i s5 jS ii
u The government troops made q second
attempt this morning to force their way
Into the city, but5after q heavy fight on
the banks Of the river they were again
thrown back. Tho insurgent, General Pep
In was kill d II 35si L.
President Vasquez's forces are o5at the
suburb San Carlos and their prospects
OF a successful assault on the city are
remote, as it lis we'll barrlcnded and de-,
Tended by heavy guns. a suspension Of;
arms has now taken place in order tha T
the Red Cross corps may attend to the
wounded. 81 4s 3i ifS g35 5 Ss8, S, S6
Italian, and German warsfips have arr
rived here and have landed marines to
protect their respective consulates. s3
Many families have gone on board the
foreign warsnips for safety, It is re-
ported i that the foreign wars hips 4 will
disembark parties of marines In case
of pillage. II sI5 sss
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Troops viii Be B, Kept IN Rome ,-l'I y
During Hisvlslt.
STRIKE PRACTICALLY OVER.
No Necessity for Keeping Guards Ex-
cept to Protect King Edward and.
Authorities are Worried Lest At 81
tempt on His Life Be Made.

(By Gable to The Times Die patch
d ROME. April 1o.-F'ears for the safety
of King Edward VII. OF Great Britain,
during his visit to Rome the latter part
or this month. has determined the s au-
thoritles to keep the troops now In .tl the
city on duty, notwithstanding the pra''cti-- p''c'tl-
cal ending Of the strike, for which they
were called out. N SsSi Il
That these fears are not groundles'!s
Is indicated by tho warning received by
the Car OF Russia when he 3conten-.
plated a trip to Rome There were un-
mistakable Indications that conspiracies
had been formed to assasslnate the Gear
on the occasion OF his visit, but It was
decided relief that the government learn-
ed that he had abandoned plans for the
trip, I # 5ia
4 The authorities are greatly worried over
the approaching visit Of King E;dw ward.
and, +, although every precnution Is being
taken to Insure his security during his.
visit, there Is Still fear that some mis-.
hap may befall him.. -l55 il i 81. a
L So far as the general strike is con-
cerned there Is no longer any n need for
troops The strike is practically set
tied and order has been completed ely re-.
stored. };}5s44ss "a
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.lSN|lI|'O'|N,lIi'''..'U||.|P| to-.
THE: SENATE,
Campbell Case Fixed for Next
.:'; Tuesday.
1T WILL CAUSE a FIGHT. i
Different Views Held as to Proper Mode
of Procedure-Judge Campbell
still Here Friends Say. Case
May Get Into Court. S4

The setting OF the Campbell removal
resolutions BY the Senate for next Tues t'''.
day as special order on yesterday did Id
not mean anything beyond the fact that
on that day the body will determine upon
what lines It will proceed with the /, n mat nat
ter. m III Z. ~ u 4. #
Z There was no decision on the subject
Mr.. 4Keezell, OF Rockingham having made
the motion by a agreement. i,
That there will be a fight when the
matter comes up next Tuesday, there
Is no doubt, and the lines on which twill
be conducted are being gradually defined.
Yesterday. one OF the strong lawyers
OF the body came into the chamber with
ian Sarmful Of books, which he had been
reading the night before They were the
records in other removal cases in Vir-i
ginia. and he is one OF those who will
contend that the precedents in the
Stevens case should be followed out.
5j5 SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
\, In that case the Senate appointed q
special committee to ascertain what was
the evidence. and later they reported that
that taken by the House Committee was
the evidence, and upon that the Senate
acted few days later. There Is an
other view held by Senators, which is in
line with the fight made In the House.
by Mr.. Ieake the other day, which is for
ion. and this will doubt
less be pressed d ss b s
n Judge Campbell Is still here, but de-
clines to discuss the case in any manner,
w'hat tsoeyer. is5 IL
H From a close friend OF Judge Camp
bell, however, 1t was learned last night,
that In the event the Senate shall adopt
the resolutions Of removal. the case may
be taken to the Supreme Court to ascer-l
tain whether or not the action OF the
Legislature has been constitutional. Those
who favor removal are contending that
the precedents have been followed strict
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.MOfFETT'S DEATH
PARTLY AVENGED
How a Minister Regards the
Temperance Victory L! in in
Danville.

'Danvlle votes liquor out. Moffett's
blood partially avenged.
Such are the words Of a rather startling
telegram received yesterday morning by
a prominent Baptist minister Of this city
from fellow Clergyman Of Danville. It
refers to the local option victory Just won
In the last-named city. and It would seem
to indicate the sentiment with which this
victory ls viewed by those who were in
strumental in securing 1t.
About ten years ago In Danville n we'll
known minister of the gospel was assas-
mated. His name was the Rev, John r..
Moffett and he was q brother OF Judge
w, "A W. Moffett, of Salem, Va, SO well-
known In the State, The Rev. Mr., Moffett
was an ardent prohlbltionist, and he
preached this doctrine in Danville, BY
doing SO ne inspired the hatred of q cer-
tain element. His activity In the tenn
perance cause at last led to his death,
The year was one In which the Baptist
General Association met In aDanville. Mr.,
Moffett had been into a newspaper office.
AS he came out of the door he was
killed. His slayer was arrested and sent
to the State penltentiary, Not very long
ago he was released, having served out
his term.
Two DAYS ago Danyille. where Mr., Mof-
Sfett lived, held n local option election,
The temperance forces won, and the sa-
,loon was voted out by a good majority.
In announcing the victory to his friend,
DR. r. II, Pitt Of this city, the Rev, r.
q, Elsom, of Danyllle, sends the telegram
above noted. "a 4S
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DEFECTIVE /: FUSE
CAUSED ACCIDENT
Shell Exploded Fully Sixty
Seconds Beforelt Was
Timed to Go OFF.
INV Asssociated press.

Y PENSACOLA, FLA, April 1o,-An In
yestigation Of the explosion on the battle
ship Iowa yesterday, resulting in the death
Of three and serious injury Of FIVE others,
shows that the accident was caused en-
tirely by defective shell fuse. which. 1t
is stated, burned faster than was calcu-
lated. It, is understood that tho shell
exploded fully sixty seconds before 1t was
timed to so off.
An examination Of the ship this morning
shows that the burst gun Is beyond re-
pair and that the tWelye-inch sun tur-
ret will have to be repaired, "A number
OF supporters arc sprung, and i is stated
that portions of the deck will have to be
replaced, whore pieces Of the heavy gun
tore through.
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PRESIDENT is HAVING;
GOOD TIME. BY HIMSELF
AssocInted prces,.

tASSoCla teQ frcSsl
CINNIBAR, MONT April q 1o.-secre-
8tary Loeb received no word from Presl-
dent Roosevelt to-day. The President Is
in the mountains at a camp forty miles
from his headquarters. When he started
for this place yesterday morning It was
his Intention to remain there for several
days, and possibly a week. 5,5 5
Snow fell to-day in the vicinity to
which the President has gone. but the
fall apparently was not i heavy.
~ ohm Burroughs. the naturalist, did not
accompany the President yesterday, as
he was suffering from a slight cold
This has about disappeared and 1t is
Mr.. Burroughs intention to join the
President tomorrow. While Mr.. Bur
&roughs Will be with the President Oft
and on during his stay in the Park, he
will not accompany him on all his trips.
The President is studying animal and
plant life in tho Park, and is enjoying
himself there. III I, I'll .3i. y ~ y 81 y s
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Interesting Concession ;,[l at at a a
Hearing UP North.
SETTLlNG5WAGE QUESTION
Burden Of Proof onthe Manufacturers,
Says the State Board Of Arbltra-
ton and Conclatlon--How
Prices are Fixed, 81
nv Associated prcas.l

LOWELL, MASS, April 1o.-The cotton
,nnnuf cturing corporations OF Lowell
were on the defensive almost the entire,
sessi on day In the investigation Of the ne
textile situation here, which is being
conducted by the State Board OF Con-
ciliation and Arbitration at the behest
Of the Legislature.
At the opening OF the proceedings q.
D. Mcvey, counsel for the Textile Coun-
ell, announced that the burden OF proof
lay with Il the manufacturers regarding
their claim that they could not pay
higher wages. .s The manufacturers had
admitted that Fall 81 r iver and New Bed Bed;
ford paid the operatives more thun was
received In Lowell. The board called
William S. southworth, agent of tho
Massa achusetts mills. and secretary Of
the Lowell Agents Association, to the
stand. IS isE 81 HI 5l935Si sttf
When an n advance was given in Fall
River, Mr.. Southworth asserted, the price
ofVprlnt cloths was raised SO that the
cost OF the advance came out of the pock-
cts OF the consumers The mills with
which he is connected, he declared. arc
old, and the machinery not adapted to
finer goods Therefore the impossibility
or raising wages. tx III. * ~ ~
81 Mr.. Southworth denied that there was
any combination of mill owners to con
trolSth prices OF goods, or to keep down
wages. IN 5 % i5, 5 s38 5}4
Attorney Mcyey questioned Mr.. South
worth at length concerning the selling
agency for the Massachusetts company
and Its methods. Prices of goods sold
to the jobbers were fixed at consulta-
,tlons between the selling agents and the
mill treasurers. Although several corpor-
ations might employ the same selling
agents, Mr.. southworth was not repaired
to admit that#it would entirely prevent t
competition among these particular Ills.
He dded that IN his opinion the presi-{{
dents Of the corporations had nothing,
to do with the wage question, The treas
furers had charge Of this matter Tho
question Of pooling, issues other than
against u operatives came ~ up,5 and Mr.
Southworth said he knew OF sno pooling
arrang cement among. the mills In their
management II 3gi g
He pointed out that a mod dern mill in
the South /. even were It to pay the same
wages as are paid here and run the
same length OF time weekly. could under
sell the Lowell$mills, but the Lowell mills
paid as much as any mill In Massa chu-
sets on the same class of goods. g$
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