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The Washington times., 1905-01-01
LAST ARREST Of 1904
AND FIRST OF 1905

Policeman Adeock, while patroIling his
beat along Seventh Street, between \
and q Streets northwest, about mid
night, heard loud and boisterous talking
and occasionally yelling on the street,
and upon investigation found that the
noise emanated from Charles Johnson.
The negro was sent to the Second pre-
cinct station, charged with disorderly
conduct. but when searched, a razor was
found in his possession, and charge
of carrying concealed weapons was reg
1stered against him. To him belongs the
distinction OF being the last prisoner
faken into custody by member of the
Metropolitan police force in 1904
Oscar Weber was arrested on the
stroke OF u o'clock by Policeman
BeaureSard. of the Sixth precinct. The
young man was clad in natty brown
suit, and was perfectly sober when
taken before Desk Sergeant Garner 10
give his name He deposited s. collat-
eral for his appearance In the Police
Court tomorrow His was the first ar
rest IN 1906.
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DEMPSEY'o GUILT
IN GRAVE DOUB T

Although Dempsey is still held IN e..s-
tody. grave doabt exists in the minds OF
those closely acquainted with the facts
in the case as 10 his guilt So firmly
is this belief fixed in the minds OF the
men in and around Arlington Junction
that other clues are being followed and
other arrests have been made
Last night about 10:$0 O'Clock two
white men arrested 4 suspicious looking
negro at Waterloo. and brought him
over TO W N Eb>tugh's home aIiss
Ebaugh locked at the man and said &c
did not resemble The one who attacked
her, and Miss Peve-iII in the least. AZ
ter questioning him closely and finding
nothing on which to hold him. M
E,baugh ordered his release.
The negro living at Jackson Hill. WHO
was being watched. has disappeared =
stated ir The Times yesterday afterN
noon. this man is known 10 have been
out all Thursday night. ard when he
was seen Friday morning mad several
scratches on his face, which he claimed
We're made by a cat A search is being
made.
II was reported at Arlington Junction
last night that a mob was forming at
Alexandria TO so 70 the Fort Myer
jail and take LongsE1eeI from the sherin
and lynch him
This report created a stir in and
around the Junction. and a number Of
men were on the watch for the mob
The report was socn disereditel, and
the crowd dispersed
There is q fixed discrimination on
the part of the m EtlS--a have been
searching for the q ..sse assaulted
Miss Peyerill 10 W. cr- Z e hight ma n
when he is caught. Trey say that as
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DR.. ADAMS SHOOTS
HIMSELF IN HIS
W|F['S PRESENCE
Dies at Midnight in
the Providence
Hospital.
WAS IN FIT OF ANGER
Seemed to Resent Remarks
Addressed 10 Him About
the New Year.
WAS IN FIT OF ANGER

Whistles and bells that usheIed in
the New Year also sounded the DEATH
kneli of DR.. Arthur c. Adams, of 313 c
Street southeast, who died at Provi-
dence Hospital, as the result OF q pis-
tol shot, self inflicted.
In celebration of the New Year, DR..
Adams is said to have imbibed over
freely in intoxicants. Going to his home.
however, about s o'clock, his wife is said
to have upbraided him. At $40 O'Clock
the physician was sitting or the edge
of the bed in their boudoic. aid his wife
was still talking to him
Lectured by Wife.
why don't you straighten up and stop
drinking? l hate to see you being an
other year like this, his wife is said
TO have remarked to him..
..Oh. FL end 1t all right here and
now said the physician, as he leaped
from the bed to a bureau drawer, from
which he drew .38-caliber revolver.
Now, Ill give no one any trouble" he
said
He pressed the n1uzzle of the revolver
to the right side of his neck just be-
meath the ear and pulled the trigger
The bullet crashed into his brain, and
his iead sank back on the pillow of the
bed On which he was lying at the time
of the shooting His wife rushed TO his
side but did not reach her husband
until the shot had been fired and the
weapon fell to the floor.
Physician Too Late
fIorrified Mrs. Adams rushed to 315 c
Street southeast. the residence of Dr.
w. j. r. Thonssen, who went TO the
home of the suicide Immediately. DIR.
Thomson realized that his brother-phy-
sician was in most critical condition.
and ordered him removed to Providence
Hospital. The doctors there entertain
ed no hope for recovery, and owing
to the dangerous nature of the wound,
they did not perform an operation. as
1t was not believed he could live half an
hour
Dr. Adams had q large practice in the
eastern section of the city. He had no
children by the wife in whose presence
he ended his life last night, but it is
understood that he had several by his
Adams said last night that he had been
addicted to strong drink for some time.
but had drank unusually heavy
throughout the holiday week His wife's
taking him to task last night is sup
rosed to have stricken him with re-
morse. and he ended his life rather than
enter the New Year under the condi-
IionS that existed.
No arrangements have YET been made
for the funeral Coroner hewitt gave q
certificate of death by suicide.
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SPEAKER CANNON WOULD
PARE THE NAVAL BILL
Believes Something Can Be Saved on
Amount Asked-Greasing the
Legislative Wheels.

Speaker Cannon has returned 10 the
city and is already greasing up the
legislative wheels for the remaining two
months of this session. He has his
weather eye On the pile of gold IL the
Treasury. and has started In to see that
the several appropriation bills are pared
down to 4 common-sense basis.
The naval bin. estimated To carry
S104. .000. 600 at the least, is the one giving
Speaker Cannon the most concern. He
does not warst TO hamper the growth of
the navy. but believes thu. this amount
can be reduced.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
AMERICAN LEGATION
SENDS NOTE TO PORTE

CoNsTANTINoPLE. Dec. a.-The
American legation has sent another note
to the porte. pointing out that the
brigands who looted caravan belong
ing to the American house of MaeAn-
drews & Forbes. of Smyrna. near Alien
pc. Asiatic Turkey, recently, have not
yet been punished. and demanding that
prompt instructions be sent to the gov
ernor Of Zor, the district In which the
outrage was committed. to. arrest and
punish the followers of the notorious
kurdish chief Ibraham Pasha. who
looted the caravan.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
THEODORE THOMAS NEAR
DEATH FROM PNEUMONIA

CHICAGO, Dec. 3l.-Theodore Thomas,
conductor of the Chicago Orchestra
lies fighting with death from pneu-
monia, at his home. 43 Bellevue Place
He is now nearing the crisis, and Is
holding his own.
The serious condition of the patient
was emphasized when at noon today a
second consultation of physicians was
held and additional doctors were called
In
Mr. Thomas passed a very restless.
almost sleepless. night" said c. n. Fay,
his brother-in-law. today "Dr. Ely,
who Is With him, says he is holding his
own. What the outcome will be cam
not be predicted definitely yet
Mrs. Thomas and u trained nurse
were at the sick mans bedside all
night.
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LAKE SHORE LOCOMOTIVES
CRASH, KILLING ONE MAN

ERIE, Pa. Dec. 31.-Two Lake Shore
Engines crashed into an Erie and Pitts
burg freight car filled with workmen at
DOCK Junction in the west yards shortly
before 7:SO tongiht, killing Dennis
Leonard Instantly and injuring all OF
the men on the car
Two of the injured men. William.
BArtheimas and Edward Jones, will die.
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DOUBLE MURDER.
HUSBAND ARRESTED
Charged With Killing Wife
and a Man.
TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK FLAT
Refuses to Talk-Believed to Have
Done Terrible Deed While in
Jealous Fit.
TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK FLAT

NEW YORK, Dec. 3l-New York,s
East Side had another tragedy late this
evening. AS d result. George Frisk and
Mrs. Clara KlapInan lie dead ar the
home of the woman, at IA East Fif-
teenth Street
Ernest, the woman's husband, is in
the custody OF the police. Il is asserted
that Iklapman committed the double
murder in fiji of jealousy
A rigid investigation is being con-
Quoted by Coroner Scholer. The case
presents certain features which are still
a mystery TO the police.
Five Shots Heard.
Shortly before o'clock tonight the
other tenants of the house were dis
turbed in their holiday preparations By
five shots, following each other in rapid
succession. In nonce the building, and
a few minutes later the entire neigh
borhood. were in an uproar.
Several small boys scurried off to in
form the policeman on the beat When
the bluecoat arrived at the scene he
had 10 fight his way through an excited
mob to get into the building.
Everybody seemed certain that the
shots had been fired in the apartments
OF the Klapmans. When the policeman
entered the rooms, located on the top
floor OF the house, a CHASTITY sight pre-
sented itself.
Tragedy Discovered.
Near one of the windows lay the life
less bodies of Mrs Klapman and Frisk
AT the door, as though ready to leave
the room, stood <lapman.
There was blood all around the room
Every condition pointed to the IA RI tb1t
a struggle for life and death had pre-
ceded the double killing
The bodies lay near each other Neigh
bors who had crowded into the room
after the policeman say the expression
on their faces was that of deadly ter
TOR.
Bellevue Hospital sent an ambulance
and one of its surgeons. The latter
could do no more than state that death
had claimed the two before his ar
rival.
Made No Statement.
KIaprnan had been taken into custody
Immediately after the room had been
entered by the police. He offered no re-
sistance and made no statement
He was taken to the nearest police
station, where the captain subjected
him TO a searching examination. So
far the police have given out no state
ment bearing on whatever the man
might have said.
Mrs. Klapman was pretty woman of
hardly thirty years of age
Frisk seems TO have been q friend OF
the family and certainly was fire.
quent caller al the fiat according to
the statements made by neighbors after
the shooting. He was thirty-four and
a handsome, tall fellow.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Dispatch Is Withheld.

Then you find some serious trouble
in your own army. or some lack of
facilities, and you prepare to report this
also. The censor is just as oDhging as
he was in the other case and tells you
that the effect of the dispatch will be
by all means salutary. You send your
dispatch but two days later you are in
formed that the censor, in his wisdom
has after all found it advisable to with
hold it
Since the publication of this letter the
Russ has been compelled TO publish in
ITS editorial columns an expert opinion
stating that as civilians the war cor
respondents would do well TO confine
their reports to general descriptions. as
Their training does rot fit them TO pass
judgment Upon military institutions
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NEWS RECEIVED
IN WASHINGTON

Secretary Hitchcock received the news
OF the Indictment Of Senator Mitchell
ard Representative Finger Hermann
late yesterday afternoon in a private
message from Inspector Greene. VINO has
been IL charge of the land frauds in
yestigatfen IL Oregon, and who is now
assisting the Department of Justice in
gathering evidence for the pending pros
eeutieas
The Indictment Of Senator Mitchell
and 8r. Hermann in no way changes the
situation with respect to land frauds in
Oregon or the at itude of the Depart
ment cf the Interior on that subject. =
said Mr. Hitchcock last evening The
cases are now in the hands of the De-
partnent OF Justice We will simply
render every assistance possible il pros
ecuting those whom we believe guilty
Everyone against whom we can OBJ
tain evidence VIII be prosecuted whether
of high or low degree Public prorni-
%nce and position win not stand in
the way OF public justice. and the high
est Will have TO stand with the humbiest
if investigation connects them with
these frauds"
When asked if he felt qualification at
the finding Of the Federal grand jury in
Oregon. Mr. Hitchcock said he had
nothing further tc say than that his only
interest was the successful prosecution
of those who have been guilty of crifni-
nal operations in public land transac-
tionS
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Hitchcock Pleased.

Secretary Hitchcock and his wife We're
entertaining large party with a
musical last evening. but Mr.. Hitchcock
found time TO express his attitude on
the Mitchell and Hermann indictments
Although one of the most taciturn and
Irnpassive members of the Cabinet Mr.
Hitchcock was plainly elated over the
new turn developed in the Oregon situ-
alton.
In a statement issued rs he was leav-
ing for Portland to face the grand jury,
REPRESENTATIVE Hermans intimated
that the connection of his name with
the investigation was the result OF a
studied effort on the part of the high
est officials of the Department of the
Interior 10 undo him He, as well as
Senator Mitchell, declared his innocence
OF ali charges. which up TO that time
lad. been of an indefinite character
They declared they were going 10 Port
land TO take advantage of the grand
jury precedent there permitting men to
appear in their own behalf, and said
they were going to clear themselves
quickly in time TO be vindicated and re-
turn TO Washington for the reconven-
ing/of Congress.
After serving six terms in Congress-
Representative Hermann was appoint
ed Commissioner of the General Land
ONCE by President Mckinley in 1897
and served until February !. 1903 At
the time OF his resignation il was said
there was little sympathy between him
and Secretary Hitchcock He was i'm
mediately re-eIected To Congress from
his old district.
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Hard Row to Hoe.

This is particularly hard when one
considers how much good could be done
by telling of all the little odds and ends
upon which may depend the success of
the entire undertaking IN regretting
my inability 10 inform you of these de-
tails, l do not mean to complain of the
censorship 1t is. indeed . necessary
institution. for our enemies are quick to
take advantage of every scrap of in
formation they can obtain. But no
harm could be done by telling more of
what is lacking in our administration
and equipment than III finding fault
with this or that slip-shod method en-
ployed by the enemy.
Instead of leaving the Japanese to
work out their own salvation, but tend
TO our own. We are engaged in doing
the opposite. We are ever telling our en-
emy that there are rents in his coat
which he must mend lest he will catch
a cold The censor is ever pleased when
a telegram OF this character is sent out
and usually comments upon it by saying
that the dispatch will certainly have Il
good effect.
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Alleged Persecution.

Senator Mitchell was first elected 10
the Senate in 1872. and is now serving
his fourth .erm. having beene defeated
for one term. and az another period the
seat having been vacant on account OF
4 deadlock He was designated az this
session as chairman OF the Committee
on Interoceanic Canals, To fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Senator
Hanna. His long service in the upper
body of Congress and the trust imposed
in him by his colleagues has made
Senator Mitchell one of the prominent
members of the Senate. He is Il men,
Der OF the Committee on Coast De-
fenses. and several other important
committees.
Friends OF the indicted men in Wash
ington had asserted that Secretary
Hitchcock hates both Mitchell and Her
mann and had exhausted every effort
To connect them unjustly with the
frauds. The indictment is a vindication
of the Cabinet officer Dispatched have
beer sent out of the city abusing the
Continued on Second Page)
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REPORTS ON WAR
NEARLY ALL LIES
Russian Censorship Severe
in Mukden.
LETTER OF CORRESPONDENT
s.. Petersburg Paper Publishes It, and
Is Compelled to Qualify Effect
by Editorial.

LONDON. Dec. 31--According to a re-
port from St. Petersburg. Nfkoiaf PiriI-
off, the Manchurian correspondent of
the Liberal paper Russ. has sent a
letter 10 his editor in which he declares
it to be next TO impossible 10 send
truthful reports of the operations and
conditions Of the Russian army south
of Mukden out of Manchuria. Among
other things Mr.. Piriloff says:
When undertook to become your
correspondent with the Russian army
| did not think of the lies which the
war correspondents are compelled to
send TO Russia for. after all is said and
dore, we lie when We send teIegrans and
letters about the war OF course I do
not lie in words while corresponding
for you, but if L am permitted 10 report
only one side and say nothing, not one
word, about the other, then l have lied
in the spirit
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-15
MONTANA ITEMS.

The Swift Current Oil, Land & Pow
er company has struck oil in great
quantities in its we'll in the Swift Cur
rent field near Browning, 125 miles
northwest of Great Falls. Several
hundred gallons of oil of high grade
have been moved from the well and
there is now in the well oil to the
depth of over $50 feet. The strike has
been made at depth of about 1850
feet.
The house of e. B. Carter, who re-
sides in the Musselshell country, was
struck by lightning during a severe
thunder storm recently. Mrs. CHINA
sleeves of her dress ripped open and
both arms were slightly burned. The
current passed down her body and
tore off both her shoes. How she es-
capped instant death is a mystery. The
chimney was torn from the roof and
the building was otherwise badly dam
aged.
After an illness of a year or more,
resulting from a cancerous growth in
his nose and the general weakness OF
old age, Colonel Wilbur F. Sanders, a
pioneer lawyer of Montana, attorney
for the vigilantes in the early days
of the territory when the community
was overrun with desperadoes, one of
the foremost citizens of the state and
one of its first United States senator's
diod at bic homo in Hp1apa Iact Fri,
day. Colonel Sanders was born in
Leon, N. Y, May 2, 1884, educated at
Phelps New York; academy and ad-
mitted to the bar at Akron. Ohio. He
enlisted in the Gath Ohio volunteers,
participated in the campaign about
Nashville and resigned in 1862 on &C
count of i'll health.
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OREGON NEWS ITEMS.

Timothy j. Ryan, pumpman at the
e. & E. mine, near Sumpter, was lit
orally blown to pieces Saturday eve
ming at o'clock by a blast. He was
stationed at the bottom of the main
shaft when the explosion occurred. II
is supposed he left his post to go to
another portion of the mine and walk
ed directly into the zone of the blast.
Only portions Of the mans body were
recovered the lower limbs being all
that could be picked up intact.
September IA has finally been de-
cided upon as the date for Missouri
day at the Lewis and Clark exposition.
Governor Folk states that he will be
present on that day.
The buildings of the Eastern Oregon
State Normal school are undergoing
thorough repairs and preparations are
being made for the accommodation of
the increased number of students
which every indication at the present
time seems to predict
The Trail concessionaires did not at
tempt to open their attractions Sun
day, as they stated was their intention
The Lewis and Clark exposition au-
thorities absolutely refused TO recede
from their position.
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IDAHO NEWS,

Miss Lucy Aiken, a telephone opera
tor at Moscow, received a severe shock
Sunday afternoon while working at
the long distance board, and will not
be able to work for several days.
Fred Sweetman was killed Sunday
morning by a train, mile west of
Weiser. When seen by the engineer
he was lying doubled up in the center
of the track. The engineer could not
tell wehther it was man or bundle
of clothes, but applied the air and be-
gan whistling as soon as he observed
he obstruction.
Two daughters of John Blemeuist,
drowned while bathing in the Idaho
canal. 1t is believed that one of the
girls stepped into hole and the other
tried to rescue her. Both attended
school at Weiser, and were at home
for the vacation period,
Tom Henry MoXmox, a Nez Perez
Indian, has been arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Schattner, on
a charge of introducing liquor on the
reservation and also with committing
an assault upon a United States Of
ficer.
Philip H. Craven. inventor of the
Craven shines table, has arranged for
the installation of a test table at the
Federal Mining & Smelling company's
concentration near Wallace. The ap-
paratus is now being manufactured
and will be shipped to the Occur d.
Alenes July Is.
The lone highwayman who held up
the Meadows-Warren stage recently
secured between $1,000 and $500. In
the registered mail was about $1,000
in gOlddust being sent out by the
Golden Rule Placer Mining company
operating near Warran. No clew has
been obtained as to the identity of the
robber
For the first time in the history of
Boise the saloons were closed on Sun
day, the doors having been closed at
II O'Clock Saturday night to remain
closed until 6 o'clock Monday morn.
ing.
W. Clayton Miller, assistant genera
manager of the Federal Mining &
Smelling company in the Occur d.
Alenes, has been made general mana
ger, to succeed Fred W. Bradley, re
| signed
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$40 PER MINUTE WAGER.
Guarantees to Carry Cowboy 1856
MILES in 43 Hours.

NMlleS IN 40 Hours.
Los Angeles, Cal. 10.-The special
train of Walter Scott, the Cowboy
Croesus," left Los Angeles for Chicago
over the Santa Fe at l o'clock Sunday
afternoon on what is expected to be a
record breaking trip between the two
cities. The Santa Fe has guaranteed
to get Scott into Chicago, distance of
1855 miles, in As hours, which is four
hours quicker than the run has ever
been made.
In addition there is an agreement be-
tween Scott and the passenger depart
ment of the railroad by which the com
pany is to forfeit $40 per minute for
every minute they run over the spe-
Gifted AZ hours up to a total of $1,000.
On the other hand Scott is to pay the
company $40 per minute for every min
ute that the company beats the guaran-
teed time up to $500. 1t is SCOTS in
tention, if he succeeds in lowering the
record between Los Angeles and Chi
cago, to charter a train when he
reaches the latter city and make a try
for the record between Chicago and
New York.