davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
CHAPTER OF
FAMOUS SMELL CASE.
Man on Death Bed in Klondike
Confesses Being Tascott, the
Murderer Of 1888.
CHICAGO TRAGEDY
Man Suffered Untold Agony
From Re1aorse and Died
in M issry.
fRv Associated Press

83i (By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO. May 31.-A special to the
News from Victoria, 3. c., says: If the
voluntary declaration OF dying man is
TO be believed. finis has been written
to the historic Smell tragedy Of fifteen
years ago. and Tascott the long sought
murderer. self-identified, has paid the
penalty of his crime with penitence, and
now fills an unmarked grave in the heart
of the Alaskan wilderness, whittier he
had fled for the effacement of his in
dividualty.
Philip Robertson, a strictly reliable
man, prospector and miner, received the
dying man's confession. and tells the
story simply and dramatically. Robertson
left the Klondyke capital, he says, late
East fall in a small boat bound for the
new plaza grounds at Fair Banks. He
reached a point near Dahl River in a
| particularly desolate and forbiddng re-
| gion when the forlorn wailing of a dog
surprised his ears. He found the dog
| a half starved shepherd, seemingly In
much distress. Following this animal
Robertson was brought to a seemingly
desolated cabin some four hundred yards
| above the river, concealed In a clump Of
1 spruce. S8e
II ventured to the door Of the shack
| and Knocked" says Robertson, "and
there was a feeble come in
"All was darkness inside and there was
! no sign Of fire. caught sight of a bit
OF candle, which I Alighted, and then adj
vanced to where a man lay With a. fee
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
CAPT. MASURIER
MAY Be CHIEF.
So Far, However, He Has De
clined to Apply for Position.
Is Councilman.

The Board Of Police Commissioners will,
on June 18th, elect a chief of police to
succeed Major b. II. Howard
Various other officers Of the present
force are mentioned as candidates or
probable appointees. Captain shinberger
being the one usually mentioned In the
gucsses as most likely to he chosen. or
the outsiders or civilians mentioned Cap
tain Robert lie Masurler. formerly COM
harding company or United STATES
volunteers, has been several times SUE
sested, His friends have urged him TO
make application for tho position but UP
TO this time he has declined TO 40, so.
There has been considerable tax OF
choosing an army officer. and captain
Masurer's friends clainr for MN mat
he combines the best qualifications OF
arm, officer and civilian,
There are seEen memlsrs OF the poafd,
and with all present, 1t viii REQUIRE tour
votes To elect. Few outside applications
nave been received by the board, among
them being one from the rhier at New-
MOTT News, and another from Roanoke
Canaan Hulce and Sergeant kerse are
unaerstood to b. In receptive attituae,
II not formal candidates No army OIL
Ger has applied,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
HE SUES TO
RECOVER
John R. Platt, Of New York,
Brings Proceedings Against
Negress.
,Ac USES HER d d ii FRAUD. i ! .. D
Procured Over Six Hundred
Thousand Dollars From Him
in Ten Years.
ACC USES HER r d Of [' FRAUD i .. D
Procured Over Six Hundred
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK. May s1.-The murder
several months ago of Andrew Green,
known as the father Of Greater New
York, and one of New York's most prom
inent public men, was recalled to-day
when suit was brought by John R. Platt
against Hannah Elias. mulattress. to
recover certain real estate and money In
banks held In her name.
MIR. GREEN'S murderer, a negro named
Williams. said his victim had interfered
to separate him (Williams) and Hannah
Elias Williams was declared insane and
sent to an asylum He had annoyed Mr..
Green for some time, and Mr.. Green had
said he never saw the woman, Williams
referred to- 1t developed after the MUIR
der that Hannah Elias had become
wealthy, and occupied a costly residence
in Central Park, West.
Charges Blackrnail.
Mr. Platt. in his suit. asks the court to
hold that Hannah Elias holds property
as trustee for him. on the ground that
the money paid for the grounds and
premises was procured from him BY
fraud duress, coercion and blackmail'
without any onsideration.'
In the papers filed, SMr. P!alt says LID =
no is upward of eighty-three years OF
age. a retired merchant, In feeble health.
and n wdower. He says that he first
met Hannah Elias prior to January, 1896 !;
that she represented herself to be a sim
gle woman Of Spanish blood, but that ne
discovered afterwards that she was the
wife OF one Matthew G. Davis
Love Played Part.
The papers 20 on to say that soon after
Mr. Piatt formed her acquaintance, she
told him that he had gained her love.
Mr. Platt says that these protestalons
of love were a scheme on her part 20
enable her to coerce and blackmail him
into giving her large sums of money.
According to the papers filed. Hannah
Elias said her husband was negro, and
that the husband threatened to 40 me
nlaintiff bodily harm, and expose nun.
Thn nlaintiff states that he paid Hannah
ELIAS ses5,ooo at different times between
,ha years 1886 and 1904. 1t Is further al
legged that Hannah Elias told the PLAIN
tiff that she could not obtain d'Vorce
nnIess her husband received $6,UO and
thnt as n result OF threats MADE py her'
ra Maid that sum of money and she OBJ
tained the divorce.
This amount. he alleges. never was pala
to1the husband, and that during the year
,so7 he was coerced into paying the hus-
hand. who In the meantime had been dl-
ynrced, the sum of $4,000 not to press
threatened suit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
STRIKERS HAVE PITCHED
BATTLE WITH NEGROES
lRy Assoclated Press.)

PORTSMOUTH, OHIO May sl.-strlk-
.ers and Virginia negroes Imported to
IN their places fought pitched battle
at Roger Brown company's plant at
Hanging Rock last night, Several nun
ired shots were exchanged, but no one
MAS wounded. Fhe striker VINO llrea me
MT the negroes. fearing an attack wat
i,sine M made on them poured volley after
volley into the ranks Of the strikers.
Every man in the town is armed with a
rfle, but tbe town council tonight will
nass an ordinance imposing a heavy
fine on persons arrested Cor shooting, and
win swear In deputies to guard against
another outbreak
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
SHOOTS HIS LANDLADY
AND KILLS HIMSELF
lBY Assoclated PressD

PIrTsBURG, PA, May sl,-shortly be-
fore daylight to-day Irwin Wise, me- :
chanlcal engineer, shot katie GraiI
through the heart, instantly killing her,
and then turned his revolver on himself,
sending another bullet into his own heart
and ending his life ,alEhoss ns,amhis, aus,,s,
Tho shooting occurred a. sne poasu.ns t,'
,suuna snman y was proprletress,
The The motive for the double crime Is at
nre sent unknown, but as Wise had been
nayIng al,ention to the Graft woman
for sono time 1t Is thought to have been
Jealousy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
THE | v. P. /. CADETS
OFF FOR ST. LOUIS
They Leave Blacksburg Six Hun
dred Strong in Marching Order
for Christiansburg.
fspeclal to The Times. Dispatch )

Especial to Tue -Tffhes' 'DfsPatcn.J 49,
BLACKsBURG. VA, May 3l.-The
corps of cadets Of the Virginia Poly
technic Institute. six hundred strong, left
here this morning In marching order for
ST. Louis Leaving at A, NJ, they
marched to Christiansburg depot In two
hours
"A great many old cadets. citizens Of
town and county, members OF the insti-
tute faculty, accompanied them.
After extra drill and the good repu-
tation they bear for good behavior on
other trips similar to this, 1t is expected
they will be credit to the Old Do
minion
The V. p. +. commencement exercises
begin Sunday. June 18th, The baeealau-
reate address will be delivered by Bishop
Duncan, of the Southern Methodist
Church. Of spartansburs, 8, G.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
WILL NOTIFY
DR.. STRANGE
Committee Confidently Expect
Him to Accept Appointment
Of Coadjutor Bishop.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. )

Especial to The T1mes-Dlspatch.) -II7
WILMINGTON, May ol.-The special
committee appointed by the late Diocesan
Council to formally notify Rev, Robert
Strange. D. D.. of Richmond. Va. Of his
election as bishop-coadjutor OF East
Carolina. will leave tomorrow for Rich
mond, and will perform their duty to-
morrow night
They confidently expect to receive his
acceptance at that time. The committee
is composed of the following: Rev, James
Carmichael. d. D., of Wilmington; Rev.
II. M. N. George. OF New Rerni Mesa-H.
Wilson e. Lamb, of WILLIAMSON; George
C. Royal. of Goldsboro. and Clayton
Giles, of Wilmington,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
Editor Daniels Refuses to Pay
and Is Ordered Under Arrest.
In Hands of Marshal.
WILL GO TO JAIL All
RATHER THAN PAY
Lawyers at Luinberton Make At
fldavit That They Had Seen
Judge PEBBLES Drunk on the
Benchand They Are Held
in Contempt and Or
dered to Jail.

Editor Josephus Daniels, Of
Raleigh, fined $1,000 by Judge
Purnell, Of the United States
Court, for contempt. He re-
fuses to pay and is placed in
custody Of ~ deputy marshal.
Move to secure habeas corpus
proceedings before Chief JUS.
tice Fuller.
Messrs. Kerr and Souther-
land, lawyers, and G. +. Car.
roll, a mail agent, make affi-.
davit that they saw Judge.
PEBBLES drunk on the bench
and he sends them to jail for.
contempt; If court 3. Habeas,
corpus proceed edings are COM. 4 =.
1nenced. A
Chief Justice Fuller issues
an order staying the order Of
Judge Purnell appointing re-
ceivers for the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad.
Judge Aycock, in the absence
of this action, would have
called special session Of the
Legislature.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
BIDS AGAIN REJECTED,
Those Who Want Contract for
Engine House All Too High.

A special meeting of the Board OF Fire
Commissioners was held in the City Hall
last nigh. lat $3.50 o'clock to receive pro-
posals for erecting the new department.
a,ouse on West Broad Street. upon the
modified plans and specifications, but
all were again found to be too high when
tho appropriation for the building is CON
sidered, and they We're again rejected.
The committee from the board having
this building in charge was directed again.
to so over the plans and to arrange SO
as this building could be proceeded With
as soon as possible.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
JAPs NARROWLY ESCAPE.
Fighting North OF Feng Wang
Cheng Has Occurred and jap
anese Lose Heavily,
(RY Assoelated Press.) }

LAO YANG. May 3t--5:9o r. M--con-.
tinuous fighting has taken place nortt,-
eSsst OF Feng- Wang cheng. and the rails.
way above Kintchou since May 21th y
sharp action has taken place eastward
OF Simatsi, thirty-five miles north oe
I,eng-W Wang -Cheng, which lasted from
the morning OF May 2lth until daylight
aia,y saa4A Rely s4ses suffered seysrslys
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
Champion Woman Gunner Here

AMONG the arrivals at the Jeffefson
yss,arday was Miss Annie Oakley, OF
Nutley, N. T.. who Is widely known a. as
ona of the finest shots with gun or RYE
in the country. Miss Oakley was ios
Years connected With Buffalo Bills WIZ
Nest Show, and ia known all over the
country for her brilliant marksmanshiR.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch.)

Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch.)
RALEIGH, n. c., May SL--Editor Jo-
sephus Daniels, of the RaleiGh News and
Observer, who was adjuesed guilty of con-
tempt by Judge Purnell. Of the United
States Court, here to-day, is tonight In
the custody OF United States deputy
marshal. instead Of being committed to
jail for refusal to pay the 5000 fine
assessed against him. Mr.. Daniels de-
clares he will spend ahS. amount of time
in Jail before he will pay any part Of
tie file.
OFFERED TO GO TO JAIL.
Mr. Daniels offered to go to Jail or
wherever the officers wished him to. but
1t was decided not to put him in Jail,
as they expressed it, Eat least for the
present.
r. T. Gray, OF counsel for Daniels. left
tonight for Washington. to apply to
Chief Justice Fuller for writ of habeas
corpus, and In the meantime the editor
In contempt is not to be put in jail for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01

Continued on Seventh Page3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01

CONTINUED on Seventh Page3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01

Common cents while unconi-
nicn scnso forfeits sense and
cents. The' use Of Tse-Dae
Want Ads. Is common senso.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-29
Bishop Potter Attacks Divorce.

dispatch from New York last night
says: Bishop Henry c. Potter attacked
divorce in vigorous terms in his report to-
day in the annual convention of the Protes-
tant Episcopal diocese of New York. He
declared that unless the church set itself
against the spread of the evil. society would
relapse into a state of practical barbarism.
and he urged the clergy to set themselves
against divorce, which he characterized as
Goddess license which filings aside the
most sacred vows because of vexatious un-
congeniality." The archbishop of Canter-
bury was the central figure at the conven-
ton, which was held in the crypt of the
Cathedral of st. John the Divine The arch
bishop occupied the throne and conducted
the services. Other leading men of tie
church present were Bishops Worthington
of Nebraska, Johnson of Texas and Beck
wick of Alabama. In the afternoon the
archbishop of Canterbury attended the
formal exercises of the 151st academic year
of Columbia University. and received the
honorary degree Of LID. The archbishop.
assisted by Bishop Henry Potter. conss-
Grated the site for the new Columbia chapel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-29

Waists, Wrappers,
w
We shall place on sale a large lot Of
Fine Black Saline Understands, that sell
regularly at 81 and $50. for SOC. They
are made of heavy quality mercerized
Saline; also some in black and white:
made with full-pleated fiounces and
extra dust ruff1e; qualities are O.
A No. 1. There will be a SWC.
rush for them at.................
The new FIanneIette Waists for fall.
They are of well-known and high-grade
make, and are to go on sale at opening
time at half their actual value. They
are made of excellent grade fiannelette-
navy with white figures, black with
white figures fancy dark mixed effects
A number of new and up-to- dN
date styles. Come tomorrow NtVA.
for these fine Waists at.........
We shall place on sale for Friday a
special lot of several hundred dozens of
Fall-weight Wrappers, mostly in the
darker colors-various shades and fancy
mixtures. These are the wrappers
bought to sell at 81, and are splendid
value at that price. For Friday, as
big money-saving special d~
we shall SELF these Inequality AZ VIC
wrappers at. Observation-Disclosures.
We shall offer for tomorrow a new
and high-grade Corset that sells every
where at Toe for 39c.! They are made
of fine quality Saline, in medium length,
long hip. perfect fitting; all .
sizes. It's a great bargain at o0VC
the little price of. ............-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-29
SPEECH BY BEVERIDGE
OPENS THE REPUBLICAN CAM
PAIGN IN INDIANA.
Foresees Danger in Any Change of Ad-
Observation-Disclosures Financial
and Tariff Questions.

A dispatch from Indianapolis last night
says: The first republican meeting of the
campaign In indianapolis was held In Tom
iinson Hall tonight. An Illuminated pro-
cession escorted Senator Albert j. Bever-
loge and Congressman Oyerstreet to the
nall, which was well filled. Congressman
overstreet presided, and in brief address
introduced Senator Beveridge, who spoke in
part as follows:
What is this campaign about? What
business man but wishes that no election
were necessary this year? The administra-
tons policies are successful at home and
abroad. The best that the opposition's
ablest man. Grover Cleveland, can say for
1t Is that 1t shows signs of returning san
ity.' Yet this political conyalescent de-
mands control of the government, declaring
that 1t could not now undo much that the
republican party has done If it would, and
would not now undo much that the repub-
Hcan party has done If it could.
The first result of Parker's election
would be tariff agitation without result,
since Mr.. Parker himself tells us that a
republican Senate would prevent legisla-
ton. Such agitation spells business uncer-
tainty. and uncertainty spells business dis
aster Even If the opposition controlled
House, Senate and President. they them
selves could not tell what kind of tariff law
they would pass for some of them like
Mr.. Bryan, are free traders; some. like Mr.
German. are protectionists. Think of an
engineer trying to run his engine backward
and forward at the same time; what would
happen to that engine is what would hap
pen to the country with the opposition in
power.
Men talk of tariff revision as though 1t
were simple thing-an easy task. No
problem is more intricate What is the
tariff? II Is not an artificial structure to
be taken apart and put together like the
trick box of a juggier. 1t Is the develop
| a theory StateSmHnSliD-
a growth and not creation. Those who
prepared the soil of this nation planted in
that soil the seeds of the American indus
trial independence which men call protec-
ton. If here and there a branch now
needs pruning, those who planted the tree
and have guarded its growth should do it;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-29

which they believed would determine the
future Of the republic. Yet at this hour.
when men were destroying their political
future for principles sake, when brother
turned against brother rather than forsake
convictions, and even families were d.
vided-at this supreme moral hour in the
history of the American people, equaled in
its fervor and purity only by that other
moral awakening that ranged brother
against brother on battlefelds forty years
ago, in this hour made heroic by devotion
was silent, but he voted for free silver. Is
that the kind of a man in whom gold dem
ocrats can now find the leader of a cause?
Is that the kind of man in whom silver
democrats can now find the leader Of
cause?
The Philippine Question.
On the Philippines. Senator Beveridge
said:
1.-THE opposition candidate admits that we
cannot leave the Philippines now even If
1t We're desirable: admits that we cannot
leave them until they are able to stand
alone. Former Gov. Taft. a republican,;
pi esent Gov. Wright democrat, and every
man who has examined the situation on the
ground, says that this will not be for de-
cades. Mr.. Parker admits that we cannot
leave them now. but II we cannot leave
them now. why promise what we will do
after awhile? 1t Is as bad for nation to
mortgage its future as it is for man to
mortgage his farm.
Our children will be as wise and right
eous as we are-and they will know more.
Why not trust the future to them?
"Evading all issues except those which
they declare are settled. the opposition are
making Theodore Roosevelt the issue. We
will save them the troub1e-we ourselves
will make Theodore Roosevelt an issue.
And on that issue we do not defend-we
attack The election of Theodore Roose-
welt means certainty in every policy, for
eign and domestic; and stability is neces-
Sary to sound business, But. above all
else, Roosevelt's election means that no
power In this republic however strong or
rich; no organization. however numerous
and determined. is too great for the sover-
eighty of the law--no citizen, however
poor or humble; no interest, however small
or weak, is too insignificant for the laws
protection. And this is the largest issue
OF this campaign"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-29

not those who resisted it's planting in the
first place, and who for a hundred years
have sought to lay the ak to its roots.
Even the changing of a single schedule Is
no work for the prejudiced or ignorant,
for other schedules are related to it, and to
all these is adjusted the vast business of
the greatest of business nations. Republic
can revision of any schedule means the
thoughtful consideration of every other
schedule
The Trust Question.
AS to the trust question. Senator Bever-
idge said: ",rhe organizations Of industry
should neither be prosecuted nor favored.
They should have simple justice. like every
body else. All men, all interests protected
or punished by law according as they do
right or wrong--this is republicanism In
sentence. Americanism in phrase. How
would the oppositions remedy OF free trade
in trust-made articles hurt the Standard
Oil Company? There Is no tariff on oil.
Or the anthracite coal combination. If there
is one? There lis3n no tariff on anthracite
coal. If trusts necessarily raise prices,
why has the price of sugar steadily fallen
for more than thirty years? 1t Is said
there is sugar trust. And why has the
trust. Or the price Of wheat? There is no
wheat trust So fre tfade win not prevent
trusts, and prices fss and fall with and and
remedy the evils of trusts republican legis-
ha ehe r snd Ia s
law, the only legislation ever enacted on
the
those laws and All .1iaTs.
Discussing at .1spgW the financial ques-
ton, Senator Beyerfdge said The way to
keep the gold standard out of danger is to
keep it in the hands Of those who put it
out of danger.
No Tine for Silence.
Eighteen ninety-six was no more time
for silence and hiding than 1851 was time
for cowardice and evasion. It was not only
a political struggle but on both sides 1t
was a moral struggle. On both sides men
who had for years trimmed and compro-
missed threw aside expediency and spoke
and acted on principles. Was Grover
Cleveland silent then? Did he by his vote
condone what he declared With his voice
would be a crime? Was Senator Teller and
the band of lifelong republicans who
marched out of the st. Louis convention
silent then? Did they condone, by their
votes, what their tongue proclaimed would
be crime? We're John M Palmer and
General Buckner and the host of gold DEM
ocrats silent then? Thousands Of lifelong
republicans left their party; thousands Of
lifelong democrats left their party. Among
eighty millions of people there was a new
alignment hundreds OF thousands chang
ing sides; and all because OF a principle