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The Washington times., 1904-11-01

Addressing she court Juror Taylor SAID
that so many references had been made
10 the negro Perry, McCue's house boy,
that the jury wanted the boy to testify.
Another juror wanted TO hear James
Lewis. the negro with whom Skinner
talked an the Moran house.
Judge Norris said that both witnesses
would be called and that the jury had
q perfect right to ask for them. The re-
quest, however came rather suddenly
upon tHe lawyers IT had been evident
all along that the attorneys for both
sides were somewhat uncertain abOUt
Perry, and what ne would say Hence
neither the defense nor the prosecution
Summoned the negro as a witness
John Perry, the prisoners house boy,
appeared. IN answer 10 questions by
Judge Morris. Perry said ne had been
working at 1IcCue's on the night OF the
murder; didn't hear the couple when
they FIRST came; then heard the wife
say. sam. Sam. come and help me. he
is killing me-"
Witness said ne then tried 10 gef lD
the house and get a gun. Mrs MeCue
sald- safls sam, he IS killing me, on.
he q going 20 kiii He Thas es-it-
ness heard a gun - on. lie next heard
man 90 INTO the bathrom, and come
out again
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F1ynn's business College. sth -zd K.
business. ssyrthaHd. 'yDewri'ing-ss5 a ".
The Washington times., 1904-11-01

Singers and public speakers WIN find Piso's
Cure an e1ectuat cure for hoarseuess.-Ady.
The Washington times., 1904-11-01
Attorneys Seek to Agree
Upon the Instructions
Desired.
STORY OF MURDER TOLD
Prisoners Negro House Boy.
Perry, Requested by Jurors,
Is Put Upon the Stand.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov. L.
In order TO hold a conference this after
noon, to discuss in court the character
Of the instructions desired BY oppOsing
counsel, Judge Morris ordered an ad-
5ournment in the McCue case at 1872
o'clock this afternoon. and excused the
jury until tomorrow morning, when ar
gument VII begin.
The defense rested its case today, with
the exception OF evidence yet TO come
from Witness Decker. Announcement
20 this erect was made by Attorney Lee
at the opening OF court
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Working on Speeches.

Judge Parker denied himself 70 many
callers today in order that he might de
vote every possible moment 10 speech
building, Since Saturday he has been
working almost continually upon the
seven addresses with which he Is closing
the campaign. ln none OF them are there
Tegeuuons.
All statements 10 the contrary not
withstandiug, Judge Parker viii speak
at Carnegie Hall ON Wednesday night.
as weil as at Cooper Union The Car
negie Hall address viii bee one OF the
most important of the campaign
II has been practically decided that
the nominee viii not go 10 Baltimore 10
deliver an address. Some days ago This
project was strongly urged upon hlm.
backed by the opportunities of Several
prominent Democrats of MARYLAND IA
was decided. however. that I'M view of
the assurances OF success iu that state.
Judge Parker would spend ali his re-
naming time In New York. Letters.
however are stiu coming in maLfng
pleas for a Maryland trip
Shortly afternoon today Judge Parker
went 70 consult throat specialist he
has been speaking SO much iu the open
air OF late that a slight hOarseness has
developed, and IL is TO check this thac
he made the visit
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Plans at Newark.

At the Broad Street Station in Newark
he viii bee met by eX-State Senator Lind
aberTy, who viii be chairman OF the
Newark meeting. and VIII be driven to
the home OF ex-senator James Smith.
jr-. whore dinner viii be served. The
mass meeting at which Judge Parker
viii speak viii be held i'm the riding
academy on ROseviile Avenue. Judga
Parker's spcecu Will be comparison Of
the condition of growth and expansion
ia tho country under the cold and tbf-
new regime
Immediately after he finishes speaking
Judge Parker VIII hurry to a PeuusylVa-
MA railroad tram and start for Jersey
city, where shorter address. which he
Is now preparing, viii be delivered He
expects 10 be back at the Hotel Seville
by ] O'Clock Wednesday morning.
The Washington times., 1904-11-01
NOW IT'S PARKER
WHO'S DELIGHTED
Never SaWSuch Enthusiasm
Before, He Says.
THINKS IT MEANS SUCCESS
Plans for Newark and Jersey City
Speeches-Avoids All Callers and
Has His Throat Fixed Up.

NEW YORK, Nov Judge Parker is
exceedingly graUhed over the ovation
he received al Madison Square Garden
last night In his career OF over thirty
years he has never before Witnessed SO
much enthusiasm as that which his ap-
pearance evoked last nieht. In cOuse-
queuce he is highly eIated and more con-
ddent than ever this morning that the
national ticket viii carry New York
State.
Accompanied by his secretary, Charles
McCausland. by Judge Parker's brother,
ana BY George f. Parker OF the Dem
Ocratic Literary Bureau. the nominee
VIII leave New York at 8 o'clock this
afternoon for Newark. N J.. over rbe
Delaware LackaWauua and Western
Railroad
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Living at the McCues.

Answering Captain Wood ;. the witness
stated he had been living at McCue's
ever since the murder. and took meals
% tne prisoner, sometimes In 10 his cell.
Dia you see Detective Baldwin Tues
day before the fuueraIg" Here the wit
ness was confronted BY the detective
Didn't W. G. Baldwin tax vim Won
about the murder2''
Yes be asked me some questions. as
Did you explain IL 10 himY"
II told him the same thing as az the
inquest"
DID you say Mrs. AcCue gargIed and
gurgledg'
mo, sir"
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Made Examination.

Father O'Connen became rector on
April ], 1893, and Immediately began an
examina tiOn of the affairs OF ihe uni-
versity. Among other things he found
taat the condition OF the treasury was
not TO his liking.
prominent Catholic. familiar with
the university, says that Father O'Con-
nell called on Waggaman for an i'm
mediate accounting. Waggaman was
unurepared for this and appealed to
Cardinal Gibbons for an extension Of
time.
The cardinal gave him two years. IN
ore year and four months Waggaman
went under.
When he found he could not get an
immediate accounting from Waggdman,
Father O'ConaeH insisted that more Sc
ruTitV be given DV the treasurer In
August. 1903, the deed 70 the Woodiey
property was recorded ana Ia NoFemDeF
gf tha sarle year the transfer Or the arr
u. LLa.- alnaIIrau
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No Official Report.

Just what all this naval and military
activity ard official conferences meant,
and what the cause of all the warli6e
actions ives, is left to conjecture. inas-
much as up 10 a late hour this afternoon
no Official statement iu the matter could
be obtained.
This conjecture, however has an con-
verged on the one cause. the breach
of faith on the part of Russia in per-
mittiug the second Pacific feet to- leave
Viro Mature consideration of the
statements that England had sranted
permission for such action showed that
such permission would nor be COM
uatible with the circumstance I'm the
case.
From the time the first news OF the
DogEer Bank outrage became known
great stress has been laid on the as-
sertion that foreign shipping was not
safe with the Baltic fleet sailing the
high seas. This statement was some
what weakened by Admiral Eogestven-
sky's excuse for the nring on the fisher
mems fleet. but was not denied
Hence. IL is highly improbable that
England, without "a thorough investiga-
tiOu into the Circumstance attendant
upon the DOgger Bank incident. would
permit the feet hailed as d menace TO
shipping To leave Nig0 until compiets
safety was assured.
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University Confident.

OfciaIs of the university are sanguine
over the prospects OF realization from
these securities They admit that they
30 not know quite how they stand any
more than the other creditors, but they
90 feel confident that they have fun
right 70 the WoOdley property and the
art gallery.
The deed TO Woodley was drawn by
Attorneys Charles j. BonaparJe and
Hugh Hamilton, and is good docu-
rneur This will not prevent an attack
upon 1t. however, and nothing but a de-
cisiou of the Supreme Court OF the
United States viii, in the opinion or a
ma iorftv Of the attorneys interested,
finally settle the matter
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Activity a 60.

Hardly. however, mad this belief gained
ground than a dispatch from Gibraltar
put serious aspect on the case and In-
dloated that ROgestvensky had broken
faith in leaving Vig0.
This dispatch stated that the gaIris0u
at the British fortress had been mobfIs
fzed at f0 o'clock thiz morning and thaf
the artillerJ-men had been ordered 10
theiF batteries.
The feet of the British war dogs which
had been lying about Gibraltar for sew
eraI days past, it was announced. had
been ordered 10 weigh anchor. Then
came the more astonishing information
that the ships Rad been cleared for ac-
tiou ana that Admiral BeTesfOri' $ flag
ship had fred a signal calling all the or
ncers OF the feet 10 their posts.
Diplomatic Circles FIurried.
In the meanwhile London diplomatic
quarters had been as busy Il not buster
than on the two DAYS when the situa-
tiOn first took on a serious aspect and
matters had reached q crisis. Several
conferences had been held.
King Edward. who has shown the
closest interest iu the entire affair has
granted an audience 20 Count BeDckeu-
Russian emissarE has been clOz6Led with
his ajesLy FOR some time
Premier Baltour mad had cont5rences.
too, with BenckendOrn ana with Foreign
Secretary LansdOWne, Prince Luis or
BatteubeTg. head or the naval IuLelli-
genCe bureau, and Lord Selborne, nrst
lord OF the admiralty
on leaving the premier. the foreign
secretary hastened 10 the once Of Ii. ~.
Arnold-t orsrer, the secretary or war
Late this afternoon came the inrurIna-
tion that the Royal Engineers at Alder
shot had been ordered 80 geL I'm Feadl-
ness for immediate dispatch 10 Gibraltar
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Wanted the Youth.

Did Baldwin say All 7 want is the
tFuth| Did you tell him you heard Mrs.
8IcCue say, sam, why do you treat me
500 I'll never do so any more"
NO. sir!' doggedIy said the witness.
Didn't you tell Judge Lyons two
servants on Tuesday afternoon that you
were in the room during the killing.
that you heard q considerable fuss. and
that you heard Mrs. McCue say %,
Sam don't Kill mei / am going 10 die
auyhow?'
mo. sir! Not q word of IL"
James Lewis, "a negro, was sitting
under Jhe back porch OF the Moran resi-
dence. when ne heard the screams and
shot but didn't know from whence the
sounds came
AT lZ.z0 o'clock court adjourned,
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Viii Fight Validity as
Security to Catholic
University.
DETERMINED TO CONTEST
Wae egaman Requiredto Make
Accounting for Tu-
nelly Estate

That creditors of Thomas +. -Wagga-
man viii fight the claims of the Roman
Catholic University to the possession Of
sole security on the Waggaman art col
lection and the Woodley tract is now an
assured fact.
AT first il was thought that attorneys
representing other creditors were Of the
opinion that the claim IF the university
TO the picture gallery was absolute, but
doubted the validity OF its claim. TO the
W0Odiey tract. OF late the art gallery
has been placed in the doubtful column
along with the WOodley tract. and VIII
be the subject Of a vigorous attack when
the time comes.
Taat the university has any claim on
these two securities is due entirely 10
Father o COuneI. rector Of the uni-
versity. Had he not come into ontce
when ne did 1t Is extremely probable
the university would have stood with
the other creditors on List No. I.
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Resnlt Il Coniecture.

In the light of this belief the inch
dents of the day appeared clearly ex-
planned. This explanation is that the
British fleet is preparing 10 meet ana
stop the Russian Baltic squadron should
such q grave step ha considered ncceH-
sary by the British government.
The evening papers commenting un
the uIy happenings, express the belief
that Russia has assuredly broken faith.
The Globe I'm an editorial Says
THE Baltic fleet leaving kIgo Is. Ou
the face of tt. a direct C0uJrlVeHriou of
the pledge given Premier Balfour.'
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Must Acc0unt % Estate

A Tumelty against Waggaman. as ex-
ecutor of the estate Of Hugh Tumelty,
for an accounting. Chief Justice Cla-
baugh today signed an order directing
Waggaman 10 fle his account on or be-
fore November s.
The court also gave Waggaman leave
TO file an answer 10 the petition OF Tu-
nelly.
Waggaman was appointed executor of
the estate OF Hugh Tumelty In 1898. and
since then has not, as required by law,
made any accounting
Charles +. Diggs is named as counsel
for the petitioner.
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60 ID Chureh Pew.

II was learned this morning that
Thomas r. Waggaman gave up his pew
al St. Stephens Catholic Church when
announcement was made Of his hnan-
CiaI difficulties.
Mr. Waggaman also gave up his du-
ties as superintendent of the Sunday
school at St stephens 5. This action
was entirely voluntary on Ar. WagEa-
mans part as no tntimation OF "a desire
for such action was made tC him by
the cIergv Of ST Stephens The Sunday
school is now in the permau2nt charge
OF the Rev. Thomas Smyth, assistant
uaar.r of 81 Efaunaufs
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Woman Gives Details.

CONTINUED On Ninth Page }
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13

Derrick. 4ss Vernon street, Oakland;
Zena Taylor Fruitvale; Margaret Mar
tin. Guerrero street. San Francisco.
EIhert Pfonteaux, 1915 Twenty-third
avenue Oakland. HiIda Gebhardt, III
TWENTY ninth street. San Francisco.
Maud Jacobs. IA Allen street, San
Francisco: Irene Jacobs, IA Allen street,
San Francisco; Lillian Jacobs, IA Allen
street. San Francisco: Margaret Rich
ardson, 1912 Union street, San Fran
cisco; Katie Ryan, Alabama and Twen-
ty-eighth streets, San Francisco; Pat
rice O'Hair. s13 Howard street, San
Francisco: ]. Ryan, Alabama and
Twenty-eighth streets, San Francisco;
George Stieglitz, lilo Treat avenue. San
Francisco; Lucy Kelly, AS Fillmore
street. San Francisco; Isabel Flanagan,
45a2 Twentieth street, San Francisco;
r N Andrews, ass Noe street, San
Francisco; Kitty Castillo, 1o11 Webster
street, Oakland; Charlie Levinson. So
Cumberland street, San Francisco;
Henry Heritage. West Oakland: Leo
Dillon, IS Cumberland street. San Fran
cisco; Francis Pertheff. Los Banos:
Louis Murray, Ross; Stanley FuIlalove,
2so6 Pine street, San Francisco; Jessie
Mangold, Vallejo: M. B. Kirner, SIT
Willow avenue. San Francisco; Katie
Crowley, Port Costa; Alfred KoIb, PaIo
Alto; Florence Hutchison, 1910 West
street, Oakland: Charles Varien, Pa
cific Grove: G.. A. Gregerson, Pacific
Grove; Vera Banks, lib Franklin
street. San Francisco; Edna Barthold,
1860 Scott street. San. Francisco; Alice
Maxwell 191SB Taylor street, San Fran
cisco; Grace Fauth. 2sS Fourteenth
street. San Francisco; Camille Pollock.
1895 Golden Gate avenue. San Fran
cisco; Leslie Koexel, 96 Cumberland
street, San Francisco: Eva Wagner,
2011 Green street, San Francisco; Reta
Sherrett. 50 Chenery street. San Fran
cisco: Eunice Clayton. 22s Thirteenth
street. San Francisco: Max Rhode, 474
Edward street, Oakland; Lillian Mason.
773 Haight street, San Francisco.
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swindler that ever travelled IN shoe
leather. More than that. he had made
up his mind TO bamboozte the very
dayIIshts out OF every city upstart that
came his way. just on general princf-
pies.
One night while Hszekiah was lean
ing against the counter and exuding a
steady stream OF wisdom. a dapper
party from Connecticut dropped into
the store and asked the boss II he
knew a party OF the name OF Hezekiah
Sigsbee. That be my name" said
Hezehah, as he walked over TO the
man from way down East They step
ped 70 the front OF the store and after
a lengthy whispered CONVERSATION
Hezekiah dashed cut OF the door and
made a bee-line for his home. The
newcomer bought cigars for the
crowd. spoke highly OF the enterpris-
ING appearances or Hedgeville and the
excellence OF the surrounding crops
He said that he had never met more
refined and hospitable people than
those who lived In SeasongOOd County.
He hemoaned the fact that his busi-
ness was OF such a character that he
could not spend a. month or two in
HedgevfIle Just to get the benefit OF
its refining fnduence.
While the stranger was delivering
the bull-c0n to the rustics. Hezekiah
came back to the store on a dead run
He called his new acquaintance into a
dark corner and couutad OUT three
hundred doIi-rs in full payment for
exclusive right TO sell the patent churn
IN the whole OF SeasOngOod County.
The churns were 20 be furnished 20
Hezekiah at the factory price OF Sc 25
per. and were warranted to sell like
hot cakes ar 81 CO.
An hour after the s-rana boarded
the West Bound Midnight Flyer for
virgin soil. Hezekiah tumbled TO the
fact that he had been bumfuzzled-
MoraE-It IS the wise guy who gets
Stung the worst
Copyright, 1908. by Steve Floyd, ". z.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13

wn1te-hafred abolition leader. Joshua
R Giddings Of Ohio. sat by the side OF
his colleague. the trumpst-voiced David
4. Carter.
The Seward forces were represented
by the suave and masterful William NJ
Evarts OF New York. who in turn was
counseIed by that veteran OF caucus
and onvention-ThurIow Weed, the
head Of the Albany regency. PennsyI-
vania presented an apparent candidate
in the person Of Simon Cameron. but
his delegates never seriously expected
his nomination. and his followers were
marshaled and kept together really for
the purpose Of obtaining promises, the
fulfllment Of which would inure TO the
advantage of the clan
Before the Chicago Convention Of 1850
assembled slavery had been routed in
its efforts TO capture Kansas and Ne
braska. Nevertheless the peculiar in
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
GUY WHO GOT STUNG

get himfammsd by them pesxy Wall
street sharpers. He would explain
what an easy thing it would be for
him to beat the brokers at their own
game if he cared to- live in the city
and take a hand in the market He
would also warn his hearers against
getting tangled up in any business del
with folks from the city that amt got
time 70 stay in HedgeviIIe TIL their
habits and family connections are
found out.
While he was conhdent that he was
more than able TO take ere Of himself
with any city man that might come 10
HedgevilIe to make q deal. II was
pinders to pianos that there wasn't an
other resident Of the whole Season.
good County vino could strike a bar
gain with a stranger without having
the very life skinned out OF him quick
er than Jack Robinson and as easy as
falling on a log.
1t always made the sly and uncheat-
able Hezekiah laugh ut to XIII to hear
tell of one Of the HedgeviIIians getting
trimmed by smooth man from one Of
the big towns. He had it figured out
that if his friends didn't have gump-
ton enough to keep their eye peeled
after listening to his admonishment
day after day, they could just take
their medicine and not look to him for
any sympathy. even II they got
cleaned out plum up to their sus-
pender buckles
In all his life Hezekiah had never
but once been took in by a stranger
that was when he miss-cued in
spotting the right shell when he had
a dollar bet down with the eritter who
followed the Three-Ring Circus From
that time on, Hezekiah lowed that he
was too cunning for even the best
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13

He never lost sight of this purpose
He was conservative when the prema-
ture adoption Of radical measures
might have alienated the wavering ard
weakened the Union cause. He was
radical when the power Of time and
circumstance crunbIed the barriers OF
prejudice which for years had obstruct-
ed the path 10 justice. His individual
ism was never absorbed or sUbverted
even BY the genius and power OF the
great men who counseIed him With
out being egotistic, or dogmatfc, or
stubborn, he was firm. He took each
mans counsel" but preserved his own
Judgment" Without previous training
in the conduct OF public affairs, he was
called upon TO grasp the reIns OF gov
ernment when the chariot Of state was
rocking amid the cOnvulsions OF war.
But he kept a steady hand, and neither
the terrified cOunsels OF overcautfous
conservatism nor the demands OF un-
thinking and improvident zeal could
drive him from the path along which
he believed the safety OF the nation
demanded that he should guide his
countrymen- 1t was his privilege TO
select the best policy for the time, and
his gift Of discrimination was little
short of marvellous He stands ap-
proved by the popular Judgment both
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$50 PUZZLE WINNERS

street. San Francisco; Charles Eaton,
$50 McAllister street. San Francisco;
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Francisco; Lille currau, Guer-
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San Francisco; Lucy Hopkins. 24eo
Fillmore street. San Francisco;
Iooole Hume, 1860 Pine street, San
Franciscoi Addie Trautner, 54S Stock
ton street, San Francisco; Laura Ma
hun, IA Fourteenth street. San Fran
cisco; Hazel OkeI, 1915 Union street.
san Francisco; John Mckenzie. 1898
Pine street, San Francisco; Donald
Young, 442 Fourteenth street, San Fran
cisco; Helen Wallis. s16 Eighth street,
San Francisco: Laurence Taylor. 17o5
Geary street, San Francisco: George
Wolf. 1872 Washington street, San
Francisco; AiIeen Kramer, rs BeIcher
street, San Francisco; Ada Myers, San
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CO; Ruth Meryon. 1863 Market street.
San Francisco: Bonnylin Luckhardt,
TIA Hearst avenue, Berkeley; Vida
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San Francisco: Laura Peterson. 1413
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San Francisco. Genevieve Mccormick,
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Rafala Mooney, I525 Ninth avenue, San
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