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Warrant Served on Prisoners.

Knoxville, Tenn, May 10.-Warrants
were served today on Silas Ison and
Tom Wright. prisoners in jail at Taze-
we'll. Tenn, charging them with the MUIR
der of e. L. Wentz, whose body was
found near Big Stone Gap last Sunday.
The two men were being held In jail on
the charge of being fugitives from justice.
awaiting orders from Virginia.
These men were first suspected Of be-
ing the murderers OF Wentz because a.
riding suit similar to one worn by Vents
when he went riding was found In their
quarters In the mountains. This suit
Of clothing had bloodstains on 1t. Al
probable cause for enmlty between Wentz
and tn emen, was that Wentz was strong
ly opposed TO them running a blind tiger
in Wise county, Virginia, on Wentz'sl
property
Another reason for believing them
guilty is that the men were communicate
ing with persons outside of jail and wrote
as II they were trying to cover up soma
graver crime of which they were guilty
The theory is that these men are involved
in an attempt to get the reward for the
finding of the body II having been sug-
gested that Wentz's body was probably
buried for months before IL was placed
where IL was recently found.
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NEGROES CONDEMN THE
HOTELS OF LOS ANGELES

r os ANGELES, May 1O-The sixth
days session of the general con-
- ference of the Methodist church
was mostly taken up by the addresses of
fraternal delegates. No business other
than the presentation of a few resolu-
tions and their reference to committees
was taken up. Rev. DR.. Waddy Moss
of Dlddsburg college, Manchester, Eng,
came before the conference in behalf of
the English Methodist church. He pill
loried the prevalence of mystical tenden-
cies in the church abroad and drew at
tention to the inclination of Methodist
teachers, and preachers to depart from
materlalistie tenets to idealistlc doc
trines
Rev. Charles H. Crookshank of Ire
land, spoke for the Methodist church in
ireland. In contradiction to the claim
that all denominations in Ireland have
lost steadily In membership throukn the
depicting effect of immigration, Mr..
Crookshank asserted that the Methodist
church has gained numerically.
Brief addresses were made by Rev. DR..
William Dobson of Canada and Rev. j.
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C. Kilgore of the Methodist church
South, president of Durham college.
The colored delegates, through the
Rev. Hammond of Tennessee put them
selves on record in strong protest
against the action of certain Los Angeles
hotels and restaurants in refusing to en-
tertain eolored guests. The Rev. Ham
mond presented a resolution eondemning
the attitude of the places which was
adopted by the conference.
The public school question was brought
up in a resolution by the Rev. W. P.
Haylett of Mississippi asking that the
general conference petition congress and
that all other Protestant denominations
be asked to join in the movement to Sc
cure the enactment of an amendment to
the constitution forever prohibiting the
use of the public school fund for sec
tartan purposes
Rev. Haylett In speaking to this reso-
luton declared that in many instances
political considerations deter men seek
ing public office from voicing their opin.
ions on the subject.
This great question depends for proper
settlement upon the united efforts OF Pro
testantisn.' asserted the speaker
The matter was referred to the com
mittee on state of the church.
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BRIDE AND GROOM
ARE FOUND DEAD
BELIEVED THAT THEY DIED FROM
POISONED FOOD AFTER BE-
COMING ILL AND LYING DOWN
ON BED.

Chicago May 10.-Edward Janarigan,
manager of the western business of the
Potter Wall Paper company, and his
bride of less than five months, We're found
dead this evening lying side by side on a
bed in their home at 1882 Dakin street.
They had evidently been dead for at least
eighteen hours.
1t is believed they died from poisoned
food, after becoming i'll and lying down
on the bed. Letters were found showing
that Mr.. Jarnigan and Miss Elizabeth
Frances Woodbury. were married in Bos-
ton last New Years eve
Mrs. Jarnigans parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
William p Woodbury., reside In Boston,
and the parents of Mr.. Jarnigan live in
Morristown, Tenn
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WILL STOP AT CHE FOO.
United States Vessels VIII Not Go to
New chwang.

washington May 1o.-It is said that
the two United States warships which
have been ordered to Che Foo viii act
under the instructions suggested by ths
American minister and the consul at New
Chwang. 1t is believed TO be desirable
not to advance the ships from this. tho
nearest neutral port into the theatre Of
war without very grave reasons.
The captains OF the ships, therefore.
will communicate with Minister Conger.
who In turn Is expected to communicate
with Consul Miller at New Chwang,
though how he is to do this In the event
that telegraph lines are broken is not
suggested here
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REGARDED AS VIOLATION.
Russia Claims Japs Fired on Red
Cross Train.

Washington, May 10.-Russia's protest
to the United States against the Japanese
in firing on the Red Cross train from
Port Arthur, May 6, and striking two of
the two hundred wounded aboard, was
sent to the state department late this
evening by Count cassini, the Russian
ambassador in a note to the secretary of
state.
Similar protests have been addressed
to all the powers signatory to The Hague
and Geneva conventions. In his note
Count Cassini merely states that by direc-
ton of his government he respectfully
calls to the attention of the Washington
government this action of the Japanese
which the Russian government is COM
PEELED to regard as an open violation of
the Geneva and The Hague conventions.
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Landing Of Japs at PtstWo
Interrupted b. Gale
CHINA IS CLOSELY WATCHED
Believed That She Is Showing Much
More Military Activity Than
10 Necessary Under Cir.
cumstances.

London, May 11.-Thus far no confrma-
ton has reached London of the reported
battle near Lao Yang. One of the expla-
nations of the restoration of the Port
Arthur railway suggested here is that
the landing of the Japanese at Pitsewo
was interrupted by a gale and compelled
their temporary retirement to the coast
or that the Japanese are allowing the
line to remain open for the removal OF
noncombatants from Port Arthur prior
to bombardment.
According to kilograms from Shanghai,
General Kuropatkin is making a general
concentration of troops at Mao Iien
Ling Pass where the next great battle is
expected to take place.
The Standards correspondent at Tien
Tsin considers that the procedure OF the
Chinese government requires careful OBJ
servation. He says he does not desire to
appear as an alarmist, but China's mill
tary activity and the accumulation OF
funds at Pekin are not entirely uncon-
nected with the Russian scare, and that
the powers would be wise to strengthen
their positions unobstrusively and to
watch every movement closely.
Threaten Russian Population.
The Chronicles correspondent at Shan
Hal Kwan under date of May 10 says
that the Japanese first army from the
Yalu river is already threatening the
Russian population at Hal Cheng.
The second army marching in three
divisions In order to cooperate with Gen
eraI Kuroki has defeated the Russians
near Wa Fung Tien with great loss, the
correspondent says. He adds that the
Japanese artillery was splendidy ham
died The Chronicle notes that there are
two Wa Fung ITEMS, one on the railway
north Of Port Arthur, twenty miles from
Pitse, 70, and the other forty miles from
Pal Ping on the road to Feng Wang
Cheng.
The Chronicles Tokoi correspondent de-
clares that Port Arthur will be lombard
ed with heavy guns and that concen-
trated assault will be on a well-known
vulnerable point in the defences The
correspondent adds that the Russians
have captured forty-six junks on the
Lao river laden with Chinese govern
ment rice, which was destined for Tien
Tsin and that Viceroy Yuan Shat Kai has
strongly protested this action.
The Telegraphs Shanghai correspond
ent says that according to private re-
ports from Kwang Su the rebellion there
Is more threatening than ever.
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ANYTHING TO BEAT
HEARST FACTION
NOW BELIEVED THAT INDIANA
WILL INSTRUCT FOR PARKER
TO SPITE NEW WORKERS. EN-
THuslAsTIc COHORTS

Washington. May o.-(Special.)-The
information from Indiana today is to the
effect that the state convention VIII send
its thirty votes to the st. Louis Instructed
for Parker. This tendency is due entire
ly to the Hearst boomers, who In the
past few days have become very active
declaring that they would make hsht
to instruct the delegation for Hearst.
The result is that all the candidates
pooled their interests In order TO head off
the Hearst movement and prevent it from
having single representative from lndi-
ana at the national convention.
Information from Ohio Is stili to the
effect that the states forty-six votes wlii
90 10 the national convention unin-
structed.
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USED IMPROPER LANGUAGE.
Marshal Barnes Was Removed For
Proper Cause.

Washington, May 10.-An official Of
the department of justice fully con-
versant with the facts in the case said
tonight that Marshal Barnes was re-
moved because he had used improper
language to and of the court over
which Judge Speer presides, and dis
respectful language to witnesses and
other persons having business about
the court.
The conduct OF the marshal was
brought to the attention Of the de
partment of justice and after con
sultation between the President and
the. attorney general Marshal Barnes
was removed
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MRS. WEINSERT INDICTED.
Charged With Importing German
Girls For Improper Purposes.

st. Louis, May 10.-The grand jury
returned eight indictments against
Mrs. Sophia Weinseirt, charging her
with enticing young women from Ger
many to this country for improper
purposes.
The woman, who has been twice ar
rested on the same charge, said when
first taken into custody Saturday that
the girls were brought to this country
by her to serve as mattresses In a
garden for a worlds fair concession
aire. She now asserts that she had
nothing to do with bringing them to
this country.
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PITCH KING DIES.
Conrad z. stoIImeyer Had Unusually
EventfuI Career.

New York, May 10.-Conrad f. Stoll-
meyer, known as the pitch Lake King"
and the wealthiest man In the Carribeans,
is dead at Port of Spain, Trinidad, ac-
cording to private advices received here.
He was 81 years old.
From a penniless German immigrant
to the United States, he became the ed
itor of a German paper in Philadelphia,
which pro-slavery partisans tried to
wreck in 1s45 Again penniless he became
an adventurer in Trinidad and finally the
owner of an asphalt lake worth millions,
which he discovered. Stollmeyer, although
born in Germany, where he received a
university education. was a British sub
ject, having been naturaIized by special
act Of parliament in 1913. In his latter
years he became an ardent supporter of
the movement for universal peace,
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Vessels Are Sold to Russia.

Berlin. May 1O.--A special dispatch from
Hamburg says the Hamburg-American
Steamship company has sold to the Rus
sian government the Transatlantic liner
Augusta Victoria and that negotiations
are proceeding for the purchase of the
Pretoria. The correspondent says the
Augusta Victoria has already started for
Libau.
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E. HooLEY UNDER ARREST.
At One Time Startled World BY His
Meteoric Career.

London, May 10.-Ernest Terah Hooley,
whose meteoric career and company pro-
noting few years ago astonshed the
financial world was arrested in London
today on the charge OF conspiracy to de-
fraud. Hooley's colossal bankruptcy AMI
the proceedings arising therefrom were
the sensations of 1885, Since then he has
been connected with various promotions,
some Of which led to court proceedings.
Henry j. Lawson, another company
promoter, was also arrested today in con-
nection with the Hooley charge.
Hooley reached the pinnacle of his
prominence in 1896. when he promoted a
tire company as the result Of which he
was supposed to have cleared $12 800. 900.
At that time he was living a sort of
count of Monte Christie existence, buying
yachts and race horeses and a number
of historic county seats.
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SERVANTS ARE sUTcHERED.
Thibetans Are Preparing to Over.
whelm British Mission.

London, May 1.-THE Times this morn
ing publishes a dispatch from Cyan Use,
Thibet, which reports the butchery of
eight servants of the British mission by
Thibetans
The dispatch says the Thibetans are
constantly getting better arms and am
munition which are manufactured at
LHassa, and that it is clear the Thibet-
ans contemplate a combined effort to
overwhelm the mission.
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VIII Select DELEGATES.

New Haven, Conn. May 10.-For the
purpose of choosing delegates to the ma
tional convention at Chicago, the republic
can state convention was called to order
as temporary organization at the Hy-
perion theatre tonight. Congressman
Frank P. Brandege. as temporary chair
man, delivered an address dealing almost
entirely with national affairs
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WILL ENGINEER
PANAMA CANAL
John Find|ay Wallace Accepts
Commissions Offer
LEAVES ILLINOIS CENTRAL
MIR. Wallace is One of the Foremost
Engineers In the United States
And VIII Receive $25,ooo
Salary.

Washington. May 1O.--Admiral Walker,
president of the Panama canal commits
sion, received telegram today from
John Findlay Wallace of Chicago, gen.
eral manager of the Illinois Central rail-
road, accepting the appointment of chief
engineer in charge of the construction OF
the canal Mr.. Wallace will receive sal
airy of s25,O00 a year.
''Mr. Wallace has been considered for
some time by members Of the canal COM
mission for the position of chief en-
gineer." said Admiral Walker. mo one
stands higher In his profession or Is bet
ter equipped to take up the work mapped
out than he and the commission is to be
congratulated on securing the services of
such a man."
Mr.. Wallace will take up his work with
the commission on June l. He will ar
rive in Washington on or before that
date, and for the present will have his
office at the headquarters of the COM
mission in this city 1t has not been deter
mined when he will visit the isthmus, all
matters of detail being left for future
conference with the commission.
In regard to the salary to be paid Mr..
Wallace, Admiral Walker said that When
man undertakes to direct the construc-
tion of the Panama canal project, 1t is
necessary for him to burn his ships be-
hind him, and that $4,000 is not too high
for so important a trust. Whoever un-
dertakes that task, gives up his business
in this country for 1t will require that
a.. his time be spent on the isthmus for
an indefinite period" said the admiral.
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VIII Take Naval Examination.

Annapolis, Md, May 10.--The naval ex-
aminng board has ordered to the naval
academy for the physical examination the
candidates who recently passed their
mental tests, the following: Minor Merri-
wether, Jr., Louisiana; Marshall Collins,
Kentucky; Grover Cleveland McCauley,
Texas; Harry Asher Badt. Texas; Fen
elon Cannon, Texas; Edward K Foy
Arkansas: Schn.ay Cochran, Texas; Hugh
Henry, Texas.
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Deposltors Agree to the Plan.

Mexico City, May 10.-The projectors
of the Pan American Banking company.
which proposes to take over the assets
and obligations of the International Bank
and Trust company. says that 70 per cent
of the deposltors and other creditors of
the defunct institution agree to their plan
whereby they will receive at least so per
cent of their claims in cash and the re-
rlainder in shares of the new bank.
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WRECK NEAR RockMART.

Atlanta, May 11.-A head-on col :
Iision between north and south :
bound passenger trains on the :
southern occurred near Rockmart, :
Ca. last night. Several were in I
iured, none seriously. Engineer Hare :
n the north bound train had his :
arm broken The trains were not :
moving rapidly. :
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civil engineers of Great Britain, Amer
lean Railway association, American
Railway Guide, Engineers club of New
York, the Chicago club and Union League
club Of Chicago, and Pickwck club OF
New Orleans.
The successor OF Mr.. Wallace as gem
eral manager of the Illinois Central prob
ably will be either A. w. Sullivan. L q.
Rawn or w. J. Harrahan.
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Richmond Forms Improvement LEAGUE

Richmond. Va, May 1O.-A civic i'm
movement league with the object n view
of beautifying the city and in all other
ways rendering 1t desirable as place of
residence was organized here tonight.
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Will Elect Additional Risbons

st. Louis, May 1O.-It was decided at
todays session of the African Methodist
Episcopal conference to elect two addi-
tional bishops, one for Africa and one
for the western part of the United States
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Palmer House Changes Hands.

Chicago, May 1o.-After nearly forty
years the Palmer house. for long time
the best known hotel in Chicago. has
passed from the hands of the Palmer
family into the control of the Chicago
Hotel company, recently Incorporated.
Mrs. Potter Palmer and the others inter-
ested In the estate will have an interest
in the corporation.
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Morgan at Warm Springs.

Washington, May 10.-(Special.)-
Senator Morgan Is at Warm Springs,
Va, for the summer.
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Paris. May 10.-The Mathis ST. Peters,
burg correspondent says it is persistently
rumored that there has been big fight
near Mao Tien Ting Pass between the
Russians and General Kuroh's army. The
Russians, he says, lost heavily. Lieuten-
ant General Zassalitch being among the
killed.
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London. May 1.-THE Toxic correspond
date of May 10, says that a high angle
bombardment of Port Arthur Is pro-
ceeding
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For clean and quick service. go to Geld
ers, 10 North Twentieth street.
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Paris. May 1.-THE st. Petersburg cor
respondent of the Eclair says:
1T is now certain that the Japanese
have not landed more than 5000 men at
Pitsewo. Only a few detachments of the
advance guard reached the railroad which
they cut in several places. They then re-
ceived orders to fall back and join the
main force, leaving the line Free
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
COMING EVENTS
Entertainments. Fairs and Soclables of
 Local Interest

IuLSF CdlnmeuSS v dlES aud SoEadOASS oA Local Interest
 March 19.-Promenade by the Wa terbury Military band at City hall
 March 24-Monthly gathering for Friendly league members in school of housekeeping.
 March 24-Second annual supper given by the United Workers Of Christ at Grace Baptist church. cor ner of Kingsbury street and Park avenue. March 2e-Promenade by the Waterbury Military band at City nall. March 31-Dance by Court Fruitfu. Vine, No 5,991, A. o. F., at Foresters hall "-.
 April 4-soeiable and dance by
 Magnolia lodge, No 50, K. of F., al Speedwell hall.
 Apr 4-9-Fair given by the united councils of the Knights Of Columbus at City ball. April 6-Promenade and dance giV' en by French Canadian institute al Jacques Auditorium. April 6, 7, 8 9-Bazaar under the auspices of the St Elizabeth society of St Cecilia's parish, at Concordia haH. April 7--Leap year dance and socia- ble at Leavenworth hall. April S--Sacred Heart drum corps annual concert and ball at the audi tOriun1.
 April Entertainment given by B. I. L.. local 254, at Pythian hall. April 13-Fourth annual promenade and dance given by the Star Social club at Speedwel1 hall. April 14-15-16-1 -1S-First grand fair
 by Division No 1. A. o. H., at Colum- bus hall. Naugatuck. April 14-Fourth annual concert i and promenade by the South End So cidl club at SDeedwell hall. | April 15-Whist Party Social and Dance by Rubber City Lodge. N. E. O F., at Pythian hall, Naugatuck. April -Thirty-seventh concert and reception given by Young Mems Caln' ollie Literary association at Leaven' ] worth hall.
 April 15-Lectv1re and literary con- cert at A.M.E Zion church. Lecture by
 Hon J. c. Dancy; subject, "The Best Thing for the Negro to Do"
 April 16-Goodwill's first annual masquerade at Weber's hall, Union City
 April 16-Twe1fth annual ball and sociable by the Odin Benefit associa- tion at Concordia hall April 19-23-Sons of Lithuania soci, ety's fair for benefit of New E1thuania band at Concordia hail. April 21--Charity whist and prom enade by the Queens Daughters at City l hall
 April 25-ItaIian entertainment un der direction of G. Gaudiosi in Turn hall, Jefferson street.
 April 25-3O-At City hall, A. 0. H.
 union fair, to raise funds to erect monument in St Joseph's cemetery.
 April 2e-Private leap year party al Knights of Columbus hall.
 May 6-Whist and reception bS
 Young Ladies' sodadty of St Thomas 1 church, at City hall. June 1S-C. T. A. U. state parade
 and field day. Athletic events anc pamee at Driving park.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
Police brutality. politics and wo-

Police brutality, politics and wo- men, Sunday Telegram tomorrow.
 Mrs J. J. Humphrey, wife of J. T. Humphrey, who conducted the saloon at 247 Bank street, died yesterday morning at 645, at the home of her sister Mrs M. J. Dunn, Torrington. The funeral will be held Sunday after noon. Interment in the Catholic ceme- tery.
 On Sunday. April 3, there will be a meeting in this city of delegates from the different unions of iron moulders in the state. The purpose Of the gathering is to decide upon the hold ing of a field day and the city i'll which to hold it. The Waterbury del- egates will try to get it for this city. After the meeting the visiting dele gates will be entertained at a smoker, which will be given by the local un- ion.