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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
Wants Mother to Have Reward.

He is trying to- arrange with the police
and Indiana officials to have part of the
reward for his capture paid to his mother,
50 that she may be provided for when he is
gone. The bandit is holding back his de-
tailed confession until such an agreement
can be made.
Today he talked with George LathroD,
ticket agent at Cfybourne Junction, whom
he shot through the body on the night of
the robbery. The agent was laid up for
four months. Neidermeier recalled the cir
cumstances of the robbery to Lathrop just
as they occurred.
Neidermeier's descriptions convinced the
police he told the truth. Chief Special
Agent Riley had induced the robber TO
make full confession of the crime by
promising him the entire reward of the
800 offered by the railway company for
ne arrest and conviction of the robbers
Il want to know that my mother will be
cared for after l am hung" said the TWEEN
ty-one-year-old boy, who Is now the self
confessed murderer OF five men. II am
guilty of crimes of which you know nothing
and for which innocent men are now suffer-
Ing There are rewards offered for my
capture and conviction. If you will guar
antee me that these rewards will go to my
mother l will convict myself | will con-
fess crimes that will startle you"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
Police Appalled, by Confession.

The police have been so appalled, by Mel
dermeiers confessions that they hardly
give credence TO all his assertions. 1t is
thought that his anxiety over his mothers
welfare has prompted him to make him
self the author of crimes he did not COM
nit
From the assertions made by Neider meier
and Van Dein today II is said by the police
that more arrests VIII be made. Chief
O'Neil tonight asserted that there was a
strong probability that Nedermeicr and
Van Dein would tell of all their accompliccs
In other crimes In which both men have
acknowledged they had help.
Neidermeier said his first victim was a
trainman in Canada.
I'm 1895 l was beating my way west on
a freight train loaded with coal bound
from Portage. Ont" he said. When riding
on top of the train l was ordered to get
off by man whom they called Captain
but whose name l never learned / heard
afterward he was q railroad detective. lie
ordered me from the train and when l re-
fused to get on he threw coal at me. |
threw back at him and one of the jumps
struck him on the head. Then he drew a
revolver and fired twice at me. Both times
he missed me. and then L drew my re-
vOlver.
Fired Six Shots at Him.
IT fred six shots and three of them .iit
him. / shot him in the head, in the abdo-
men and In the side. He ran a few fee;
and fell dead on the top of the car.
searched him and found no money. Later
the train crew came along, and ] heard
they found $40 In his pockets. / was sore
when l learned what ! had missed.
II was only boy then. but / did not
intend to be run over by any officer, and
when he tried 10 make me get Off the
train i decided ii would be my life or his.
After shooting him 1 got off the train and
went from there to Winnipeg and heard
no more about the case"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
POLITICIANS DISCUSSIONS THE
NEW REGISTRATION LAW.
Becomes Effective With New Constitu-
tion-Funeral Of Mrs. Selec-
man-General Matters.
Evening Star Bureau.
701 King Street,
Pail TeleDhone 1D6.


Bell Telephone 1876,
AI.EXANDRAIA, Va, November 80, 19t3
The provisions of the new state constltd-
ton. with regard to the prerequisites Tor
the registration of voters after January l,
1904 are giving the local politicians some
concern. The law requires that in order to
be accepted as a voter the applicants shall
have paid his poll tax and all other similar
assessments for at least three years prior
to the time of his registration. Those who
have not previously registered must make
application in their own handwriting and
must show that they are capable of prop
erly preparing their ballots. The poll tax
must be paid by the middle of December
In order to meet the requirements Those
who served In the civil war, in either the
United States or confederate armies. are
exempt.
Funeral of Mrs Selecman.
Sarah r. Selecman, whose death occurred
Saturday, took place this afternoon from
her late home in Wolfe street. Rev. DR..
Frank j. Brooke of the Second Presbyterian
Church conducted the services, which were
attended by many friends and relatives.
The deceased was consistent member OF
the Second Presbyterian Church for many
years. Two children survive, Mrs. George
B. Kennedy and Mr.. Harvey Selecman.
The interment was made in Bethel ceme-
terry.
General and Personal.
Officer James Griffin has rendered his
resignation as a member of the local police
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
Funeral of Mrs. Selecman.

Officer James Griffin has rendered his
member of the local police
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
Young Neidermeier Admits
Many More Grimes.
REWARDS FOR MOTHER
IF THIS IS GRANTED, WE'LL TELL
ALL THE DETAILS.
Officers Hope to Get Him to Reveal Ac-
complices-A Marvel to
Detectives.

A dispatch from Chicago last night says;
Details of several sensational robberies will
be brought to light soon II Peter Neider-
meier. one of the Chicago bandits captured
In Indiana, is telling the truth. Neider-
meier says, as if he glorified in his crimes,
that he was implicated in the Baltimore
and Ohio train robbery near Edgemoor, Ind.
thirty-one miles from Chicago, in August
two years ago.
The booty was only few hundred dol
lars, but it was only by unwittingly cutting
off the wrong express car that the robbers
missed getting $685. 600.
Neidermeier says he also helped in the
express robbery on the Illinois Central west
of Paducah, Ky; that he was of the party
that held up stage at Butler, New, year
ago, and that on one occasion he alone held
up sixteen men in Nevada faro bank
robbed them and the place and escaped
This crime was the joke.of the sporting fra
ternity al the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
Railroad Officials Present.

When Neidermeier went back to his cell
1t was with the assurance that his mother
would be bettered $500 financially. Special
Agent w. Riley of the Chicago and North
western Railroad. promised him that Mrs.
Neidermeier should be given the reward of
$500 for the arrest and conviction of the
Clybourne station robbers. This offer was
made after Neidermeier detailed the rob-
berry to them and eXonerated a man named
Dole of st. Louis, who is now under in
dictment.
Operator Dougherty and Ticket Agent
LathrOp, the victims of the robbers in the
Clybourne Station hold-up, were present
during Neidermeier's confession, going over
with him in detail the robbery and the
shooting of Lathrop
Neidermeier detailed the Paducah (Ky)
hold-up perfectly, refusing to tell names for
the reason that none of the Illinois Central
detectives was present. He offered 10 tell
Special Agent O'keefe the entire story of
the daring robbery and even show him the
house in Kentucky where he hid after the
robbery.
II stalled the train alone said Nc.der-
meier. Then l entered the baggage car
and threw out three sacks Barnes grabbed
one of them. l didn't get any, l was
lucky IT. getting away with my life. They
found Barnes in a swamp with his throat
cut. He had the razor in the hand that he
committed suicide with. Before last May
] spent three years In hold-upS and robber
les outside Chicago, and If the rewards are
forthcoming for my mother / Will make
clean breast of every thing"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
TUESDAY EVENING,

insisted to- the last on q complex. .un-
scientific amendment, which would be lit
tie. II any Of an improvement on existing,
conditions. The house did precisely right
to stand firm and refuse to- accept the.
senate's nakeshift. The only mistake the.
house made was In adjourningf before "a
final report on conference was received;
and while a conference committee was
still out.
A fair analysis Of the History, Is OF that
measure, however. twill place the burden
Of responsibility for no action upon the
senate which delayed conference till the
last hours Of the session. II the senate
had planned to prevent agreement with
the house upon matter with respect to
which there was such wide difference
OF opinion it could hardly have adopted
a more certain method Of accomplishing
that result. We think the public will
clearly understand this and place the
blame where it belongs. Possibly enough
members Of the senate might have re-
ceded- at the last to accept the house
amendment if the house had remained in
session, but of that the house had no as
surance; no encouragement to hope for
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
Attacking the Presid dent.

Some persons, impressed by President
Roosevelt's great popularity, refuse to be-
lieve that there can be any opposition to
him worth mentioning, even in New York.
It Is only necessary to read the editorial
columns Of Harper's Weekly to become
convinced that. the attack of special Inter-
ests on the president has already begun.
Harper's was very moderates at first, al
lowing only a word Of mild reflection on
the president TO appear here and there,
and even@now witaoccaslonallY gives him a
complimentary notice that serves admira=
bly, to add to the force Of the blows. it
deals him. After long and antagonistic
review OF the presidents Minneapolis
tariff speech, Harper's says:
It would be idle to follow the president
for the purpose Of making further expo
sures of his blunders.- Moreover, we
should thereby lay ourselves open to the
charge of taking his oratoricaI economics
seriously. Consciously or unconsciously,
he is but repeating. the lessons which have
been taught the republican party and the
country by the leading apostles Of the pro-
tective principle. The difference between
the: apostles and the president is, very
likely, that while they sknoW.%th their
talk IS for the deception Of the people and
for the benefit Of the beneiciaries Of the
present tariff, he may think that he is
uttering economic truths Whether he
does think SO or not, he knows that he is
talking for personal and political effect,
for hissaown denomination and for his par
ty' s&tfiurnph i'll 1904. If he, is as ignorant
as he seems he Is to be pitied and his
youth is to be deplored. If he is not, If
he knows the truth, and says what is
false, or what is only half true, for the
welfare Of his party, it's leaders, its bene-
ficiaries, and himself, he ought to be
heartily ashamed of his task and OF his
performance. - s.r,'S -. 20
We may expect to see more and more OF
this sort Of criticism Of the president, with
Harper's Weekly and many other organs
like it and many Of the great financial in
terests of the country prepared to support
the democratic candidate for president in
1904, provided he be 'safe'' man, and
there be some hope Of democratic vic
r-.s~ -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21

q her colleagues, which Is marked by
that artistic reticerce SO necessary in de-
noting strong emotions.
Frederick Lewis is the son and presents
an ideal impersonation OF the youth whose
neurottc temperament makes the awful
battle against fate so much more tragic
His pure diction, his fine carriage and his
power OF expression are all elements IN his
success.
Maurice Wilkinson declaressa nice ap-
probation of character. In the role OF
Pastor Manders; that strange compound
Of goodness and %smallness,. Of generosity.
and narroWness, of gent1eness and Sc
verify. It is a very human, il not g. very
admirable priest that Mr.. Wilkinson por-
trays, and he contrives to let it be seen
thru all the mans pettiness that he is
striving to do right as he sees it. :
= Charles A. Gay, as the carpenter who
takes the sins Of others upon his own
already well laden, Shoulders, is admirable
and is seen at his best In the scene where
in the. excess of his humility he tWistsSthe
pastor, about his fingers. The fifth mem
ber OF the cast IS Miss Virginia Kline,
whose picture Of hts pttatiVe daughter
IS strikinglYsa Il slEhe tran sformation in
her actionss that Fakes place when the
secret of her birth is reveal ed shows that
Miss Kline is an actress Of abb iHty. @S ,.
In short, ifHone doesn't mind the ehor-
rors one can lsee Elm. this pro oduction of
Ghosts 'sas strong play and sas fine
acting as ever came together. . I, Is I. ~
#Gss I EsRs s--VyttF>i.CS CShamber1aff1: ="
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
The Nonpareil Man.
Casually Observed.
strong vision enables to see Charles neckti

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got which
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
The Senate Kills Tax Reform.

The gravest fault Of the late legislature
was its failure at the last moment to give
#thst people of the state tax reform
4e ehlendment. One of the first and most
important matters to come before the leg
islature, it was put off and put of by the
senate till the last hours Of the session
and it was too late to reach an agree
ment. Thus we have nothing to show for
two regular sessions Of the legislature
with an extra session between. In ,the
session of 1901 it was keenly felt that tax
reform was imperative, 50 imperative
that the work of the tax commission au-
thorized at that session was brought be-
fore q special session in 1902. This ses-
sion drafted and submitted to the people
tax reform amendment, which was not
50 liberal as 1t should have been. The
people failed to adopt the amendment,
and the legislature that has just adj
journed has failed to give the an oppor-
tunity to pass on another proposition.
The main responsibility for the blocking
of tax reform lies with the senate. It
held the measure up for SIX weeks and
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
A Financier's View.

An interesting article will be found on
page II, from the New York Financier,
in regard to the Northern Securities de-
cision. The Financier is one Of the ablest
of the financial papers, and it is signifi-
cant Of business sentiment outside the
Immediate Northern Securities circle that
this decision is not regarded with disfavor
or trepidation by the Financier, but, on
the contrary, is spoken Of as a wholesome
The Financier points out the fact that
this decision does mot destroy. a, dollars S
worth of property, that there will not be
one less blade of wheat or one less ton of
traffic; that there will be no less mer-
camille and productive business done
throughout the region traversed by these
lines, although there may be less specula-
tive activity in Wall street, less reckless
exploitation Of securities which have
ceased to be securities. -"
The Financier, viewing the matter from,
the standpoint of the investor alone, min
imizes the Importance of the consolidation
Of parallel and competing lines. but it
emphasi with sound financial instinct
the danger threatened from disregard Of
sound business and public sentiment
which has characterized the era of con-
solidation. On tho whole, it regards the
merger decision as an exceedingly valu-
able check on the =unrestrained tide. o1
financial imitation, which would undoubt-
edly have risen still higher if the decision
in the merger case had been in favor o1
the other side. 81
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
:Lyceum-'"'My Friend Fron, India" !"

The Ferris company has turned It's at
tent1on to- farce; this week, - and with
gratifying success. The bill is Du Sou
chet's my Friend From india, :" i'm which,
Dick Ferris, plays the the osophicals bar
ber; Ben Johnson, the Kansas City pork
packer; and w. b. Corbett. 7iiis bibulot,s-
ly inclined son, with a mania for window
smashing. The farce is uproariously fun
ny and 1t kept last nights Eaudience lin
laughter most Of the. time 81 ::
: The fun Of faree3sarises almost holly
from the ludicrous situations into which
a playwright plunges his characters. In
pure comedy the dialogue is usually Of
primal Importance. In farce it is unirn-
portant. Character studies are useless in
farce; they have. frequently turned a
lame comedy into aSgaily ambling success
The appeal of farce is to the risibilities
thru the eye. The deaf can enjoy It's
humor; the blind find it only tedious. 1t
is a light form Of entertainment, entailing
no involved process of mental digestion
and hence popular. ! - IL .
Du Souchet was a telegraph Operator
when he turned out my Friend From In
dia,p and on the night ofsits first yproduc-
ton he had the pleasure Of receiving the
news of it's success over his own wires
and from his own instruments. And it
was a success. No farce e|"Charlie' s
Aunt" had created such furore. An oc-
caS1Onal cT1llC SWOre at 1t, put the pubic
swore by it, which was more to the point,
and the new playwright became a ce-
lebrity in a night. = = $685. - : =
The funl Of My Friend From India" is
fastsand furious. 1t begins with the rise
of the curtain upon the first act and fol-
lows the audience out into the foyer on
their way home. However, the farce is
no. longer new, nor issitiA needsof fspuffery.
Dick Ferris, out Of the cast for sew
era1 weeks, has returned to the Lyceum
stage as "A. Keen Shaver" an adept in
theosophy and in tonsorialism. The
actor manager of our stock company is at
his best in roles of this kind, and his
barber iss a laugh prossaking fellow, well
worth knogWing; The company, = as a
amusing as the choleric pork packer and
w. D. Corbett is good as his' son. w. H.
Murdock, however, is not happily be-
slowed as the 4Rev. JAmessTWeedle Miss
Grace Hayward as Marian Hayste. and
Miss Maude' Gilbert as The pork packers
daughter, are excellentsin their respective
roles, and Miss Laurette Allen is very
funny as Mrs. yBeek1nnn Street. I / The
mirror scene, played by Miss Allen and
Mr.. Ferris. was -ohe Of the@ distinct hits
of the evening: ,fas '.~ ~~ s,a :. - =.
.,rs,st w4zJsts} Lawrence.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
JUSTUS MILES FORMAN.

~ -E&
! Speaking recently of the fallacy that
a new and unknown writer has no chance
to get into print, the editor Of The Smart
Set observed: II :: remember distinctly
how, just about two years ago, when, the
late Arthur Grissom was, editor of The
Smart Set, a; short story Of Mr.. Forman's
came insswith the usual leamount Of daily
mail Fls manuscript was read III its
turn and was eonsidefgd excellent by
every reader on the staff. When it was
passed up to Mr.. Grissom for a final de-
cision it was Immediately: accepted. Two
more tales came in--ard very good they
were-and then we were all SO interested
that we asked the author to CALL not
knowing whether he would be young, old,
little. or big We. found his Personality
as charming as his Stories, and he told
us that he had never before written any
thing. A novelette, was suggested to him,
and everybody knows that since then
Mr.. Fornans work has been appearing
constantly in all the leading magazines -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
A Strong Argument

=, While it is too early to conclude that a
satisfactory settlement of the difficulty
between the railways and the northwest
erh -four mills has been arranged, it is
pleasant to find that all the: indications
that are permitted to reach the public
point to an understanding. If the out
come Of the difficulty shall BE as good as
now appears, the millers will be tforo-5
'ly justified in making the desperate move
of closing their mills. -
The dispute was such an old zone that
;the railway officials had become callous.
complaints, the mills had
continued to run and the roads had con-
tinued to haul an immense volume Of flour
out of Minneapolis and the northwest. It
took a good hard: blow to convince the
railway men that the mi]lers. really had
by. unjust rates, been reduced to despera-
ton. It turned out that no verbal argu-
ment the millers had ever made was so
powerful as the sudden collapse of the
flour shipments from Minneapolis upon
the closing Of the mills. From average
shipments Of $4,000 OF 10000 barrels a day.
and occasionally mere than 100000, the
shipments dropped to $4,000, and in an
other day would have been practically
nothing At 10000 pounds of flour to the
car, $4,000 barrels means 25o cars Of
freight a day, and a large number Of
trains. The loss Of such traffic was
enough to stir up the most blase railway
man. One such demonstration ought to
be enough for long time. * :.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
That Hating Ukase.

Recent information as to the progress
Of administrative reform and the estab-
lishment of religious freedom in Russia,
based OH the cars ukase, shows that
even the czar may be set at naught by
this bureaucracy and The various 3official
tentacles of, the. central government III
the provinces, and that there is only "a,
limited prospect Of the actualization of
religious liberty and local administrative
reform. off,. ~ & -
Local committees recommending gov
ernmental reforms have had little aid
from the provincial authorities, many Of
whom have prevented the local commit
tees from discussingoreform and holding
communications with the czar. In some
Of the provinces the committees have
been packed with officials representing
the central government The provincial
committee Of the province of Mini Nov
gorod adpted resolutions which are said
to express the sentiment of the arural
population Of the empire, and among
them there are demands for free and
accessible popular education, such as
primary popular schools free from the
obtrusion Of the ecclesiastical power and
under the jurisdiction Of the ministry Of
education, and literally supported by the
central government Secular education is
insisted upon, as is the extension Of the
public library system. The resolutions
recommend reform in the taxation of the
peasantry, abolition Of corporal punish
ment, reform of the local; police system,
abolition Of all forced labor affecting un-
justly the peasantry; ligher customs and
excise duties; progressive income tax,
and reduction of cost Of exporting agri-
cultural products.
One provincial committee dared to- de-
mand a constitutional government and
the author of the resolution was banisl1ed
to Archangel. Some Of the demands
are embodied in the czar's ukase. AS to
the decree of religious liberation It is in
terpreted in Russia as giving small relief
to the Jews whose freedom Is restricted
chiefly by the civil laws.
With the provincia1s representatives of
the central government generally against
reforms, the czar can only. carry out his
limited reform program by asserting his
autocracy. sas against the bureaucratic
trammels. which are the curse of Russia.
and prove himself, q car, indeed, even If
reform shall limit his own powers and a
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
AND HE WAS A GENTLEMAN.

The absurdity Of race prejudice is illus
.trated by a story that is told OF an Incl
dent that occurred on the Pittsfield, Mass.
street railway. Near Lanesboro a China
man boarded the car. which was pretty
we'll filed, and took a very small portion
of the end of a seat by the side Of well
dressed woman. The Chinalnan wore the
costume of his people, which was made OF
the richest materials and he was neat and
thoroly gentlenaanly in appearance and
demeanor. He had not ridden far when
the woman called the conductor and re-
uuested him to have the man change his
seat, as she was mot in the habit Of riding
with Chinamen.'' Without waiting for the
conductor to act the Chinaman rose, and
in the most polished English said:
Madame, am a Chinarnan. but have
been in this country fourteen years, am an