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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-29

and appeals sent to the Associated Press
correspondents at Odessa to telegraph what
has happened since last night have met with
no response up to noon.
Rumors are rife in this city. however.
that the officers on board the ships belong
ing to the squadron of Vice Admiral Kruger.
which left Sevastopol for Odessa Tuesday,
according to one report. and for practice
cruise, according to another story, have
shared the fate of the officers of the battle
snip Kniaz Potemkine and have been mur-
dered by the mutineers. 1t Is added that
mutineerS are in possession of the other
warships of the squadron. If SO the mutiny
has control of more than half the heavy
ships of the Black sea fleet, the other bat
tIcships said to be in the hands of the
r?utineers being the Tchesme. Sinope and
the Tria Sviatitelia Gnree apostles. The
admiralty. however. does not confirm the
report of the mutiny board Admiral
kruger's other ships.
Admiral Wirenius. chief of the naval gen.
eral staff at noon today informed the Asso-
ciated Press that he did not know whether
Eruger'S squadron had arrived at Odessa.
Wirenus seemed at a loss to account for
the mutiny, saying that the commander of
the kniaz Potemkne a fine officer
having a most kindly disposition. Besides,
under the Russian naval regulations the
captainn of warshp is obliged to daily
sample the soup of the crew to see II II is
suitable for them.
What appears certain from the reports re-
cefved at the various embassies here is that
Odessa was at least for a time practically
in the hands of the strikers, who erected
barricades, from which the police and
troops were powerless to dislodge them
Irdeed one consul at Odessa reports that
the troops refused to fire on the rioters.
N'ckolieff. a neighboring town of the Lit
toral is reported In possession of mob.
St. Petersburg in view of the develop
ments at Odessa. is filled with stories OF
dsaffection and se6ition among the troops,
even the guard regiments, it is reported, say
they will never again fire upon the people.
The Cossacks alone according to these
tales are absolutely reliable. That disaf-
lection and discontent among the soldiers
Is WIDESPREAD admits of little doubt. but
the situation is hardly as black as painted.
Up to the present time there is no reason
to believe that the vast bulk of the army
is not loyal. What the effect would be OF
several regiments going over to, the rioters
Is however. problematicaL Certainly q
crisis seems to have been reached.
Confirmed at London.
LONDON June 29.-Telegrams received
from Odessa by ship owners in London and
Liverpool confirm the reports of the state
OF anarchy prevailing in the Russian city
yesterday These advices add that the situ-
alton is quieter today. No British steamers
were damaged. and far as known no
British subjects were injured during the
rioting. All business at Odessa Is at a
star dStill.
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Weather.

Fair tonight; tomorrow
partly cloudy; variable
winds.
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Mr.. Wallace's Silence.

Mr. Wallace has not stated the reasons
underlying his resignation from the COM
mission but has maintained strict silence
on that subject when questioned The
President and Chairman Shonts are sup
posed to know them, and in the statement
that will be given out by Secretary Taft
it is expected that there will be an exact
statement of the case.
There is no doubt that the president.
Secretary Taft and Chairman Shonts are
greatly annoyed by the hasty manner in
which it is said Mr. Wallace rendered his
resignation. This is the third time his
resignation has been rendered the Presi-
dent. The frs,1ime was under the Wal
ker commission, when his dissatisfaction
with the manner in which the affairs of
the canal were beias administered caused
hiIa to resign. There was then the great
both ON the part Of the President and In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-29

each within his own circle and his own
party. maintained a sovereign sway. One
was Mr.. Macdonald, now known to history
as Sir John Macdonald, and the other was
Mr.. George Brown. Mr.. Macdonald was
supporter of separate schools. He gave to
the law of 1863 his vote and his influence.
most determined opponent OF separate
schools. He attacked the system relent-
lessly; he attacked it in his paper on the
floor of the house of commons and upon
the hustings. He attacked II with all the
vehemence of his trongiy impassioned ma
ture.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
Detectives Find $4,000 in Mrs
cunllffe's Tome.
BABY cARRisGs HIDING PLACE.
Express Agent Who Stole s1o1 900 Has
Surrendered All the Money Except
$ ,ooo-eave Written Confession
Telling Where He Hid "lt.'
tBy Associated Press.l

PITTSBURG, PA. Oct. 2S.-The
persistent report that Mrs. Cunliffe.
the wife OF Edward G. Cunlifc. Si,e
Adams Express robber. hal in hcr
possession $4,000 of the SOL ono
stolen by her husband ON Octchtr 8,
was confirmed today when Supeyin-
tendent n. j. Bidderman, of he Pin
kerton Detective Agency, went to tho
Cunliffe home,s this city. AMI in the
lining of a baby carriage found a naci.
age containing $1,000.
On the night Cunliffe vac brought
mere from Bridgeport, Conn. where he
was captured. he made n written con
fession to the authorities that he he'd
given his wife $4,000. Mrs. Cunliffe.
who in the meantime had nov to her
fathers home at Hartford, Conn, de.
MED that she had the money notwith-
standing that she was shown the
written confession made by her hus.
band. She was repeatedly questioned.
however. and today admitted to the
detectives at Hartford, Conn, where
the money could be found.
The authorities say there now re.
mains about $4,000, which has not
been accounted for.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
Cocker Leaves a Note in Which
he Accuses His Brother
and Dead Man.
W LITTLE cHlLORfN SHUT
Mrs. coker, = Victim, is Related to
Governor Montaeue's VIE and Was
a Beautiful Woman-Wife of Man
He Killed Begged in vain for Mercy
for Husband.
tBy Associated Press,

tBy Associated PresS.)
GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE, Oct,
2S.-When II. +. Gressett came out Of
his house this morning about sunrise
he WIS shot with u rifle by w. d.
Coker, who had been concealed under
the steps.
When Gressett fell he begged Coker
not to shoot again and Mrs. Gressett
also ran out and begged him not to
shoot again. Cocker came up close O
Gressett end fired again, killing him
instantly.
Coker then sent word to j.. W. Mars
ton and Harry Dudley to come to his
home, Greenwood. with officers, as
he had shot Mr.. Gressett.
Murders ;:;s Family.
Just as the officers drove up to
w. D. Coker's house they heard a gun
go of. and they found Cocker dead.
He had already killed his wife and
two little girls, one 6 and the other 8
years old. and laid them out.
Mrs. Cocker was previous to her mar.
riage Miss Robbie Roy. She was a
daughter of Lieutenant Robert Roy,
and a cousin of Mrs. A. ]. Montague;
wife of Nirginia,s. governor. She Wis
a MOST beautiful Woman.
When the officers reached the Coker
home they found his dead body sit
ting upright in a chair. His gun was
lying across his knees. The bullet
penetrated the neck and ranged up
ward into the brain. The wife and
children had been shot and killed and
laid out and clothes placed over their
eyes.
Cocker left a note in which he said
he killed his family to save them from
disgrace. He named Gressett and his
brother as the cause of his trouble.
The murder was committed at 2
O'Clock and the bodies arranged on
the bed. After which he lay down be.
side them and slept until day, when he
went to the Gressett home.
Coker came from South Carolina
about eight years ago. Mr.. Gressett
was born and raised in King and
Queen. He keeps a store a short dis
lance from his house.
Coker was at the store until eight
O'Clock last night. No one knows of
any i'll feeling between the men.
They appeared to be good friends.
The two men lived about two miles
apart near York river. in King and
Queen county.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
Farmer Enraged Over Domestic
Affairs Kills Brother.in-Law.
TAKES POSSESSION OF BANK
After Shooting Several Men He. En-
tered the Vault and Defies the Pc.
lice-Latter Threaten to Conquer
Desperate with Electric Current.
(ny AssocIateo rress.l

- Il ii
CHENOA, ILLS, Oct. 2S.-William
L.educ, n farmer. enraged over domea-
tic affairs today, shot and killed
Mayor Charles Nickel, his Droth9r-in-
law. in the Bank of Chenoa, anil Hugh
Jones, a brick mason, slightly wound
ed two pedestrians and dragging
Jones body into the bank vault, part
ly closed the door and defed arrest
for many hours against policemen and
citizens. with whom he exchanged
scores of shots. Up to a latc honv
Leduc had not been captured.
Leduc. well armed. came IN fron,
his farm today and walked into the
ban and without warming shot Nick
ell, who is cashier of the bank as well
as mayor. dead.
Ammonia and c%hloroform wer, used
plentifully in an attempt to overcome
Leduc. but the partly open door ad-
mitted enough air to thwart the effect
of he drugs.
High voltage electric wires. have
0een strung to the bank, AMI unless
Leduc surrenders within a few hours.
1t is planned to render Leduc helpless
by connecting the wires With the
bank vault and turning OH the current
as soon as it. was determined that
Jones is dead.
Later: He finally surrendered.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
FAIR PLAY FOR THE
WEARERS OF BLUE
Roosevelt is Determined to Put an
End to Discrimination Against
Soldiers and Sailors.
fBv Associated Press,

-
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 2S.-The
President has. determined to do all
that he q to break up the growing of
discrimination in public places of
amusement and public resorts and
hotels against the blue jackets and
soldiers.
Secretary Bonaparte's action yester-
day in Diminishing from the civil serv-
Ice with a scathing rebuke an employee
in the Norfolk navy yard, who refused
to shelter n petty officer, Of the navy
because he wore sailors clothing is
an indication of the executive purpose.
1t has been the subject of many Of
fetal reports to the navy department,
particularly that sailors OF unblemish-
ed records and perfectly correct habits
have been refused admission to thea
tres, entertainments and hotels .bes
cause they wore a uniform which the
President believes should he honored
in all parts of the land.
Soldiers have suffered in lesser de.
gree from this discrimination.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
MEN KILLED
I'M A BAD WRECK
Several Also Injured in Collision on
Norfolk G. Western This
Morning.
Especial to the Daily Press,

0pecidI 10 tne Daily PreSS.)
ROANOKE, VA, Oct. 28.-Two men
were killed and several injured, one
of them seriously. in a head-on col.
lision between the north.bound local
freight and n south-bound extra on the
Shenandoah Valley division of the Nor.
folk e Western Railroad. at Mace.
about fifteen miles north of here, this
morning about ten o'clock. The wreck
was caused by the failure of the en-
gineer of the extra to take the siding
at Npce for the north-bound local,
which had the right of way.
Engineers Matthias and Fireman
Jennings. both of this city were
killed outright, and the other members
of the rev more or less Injured.
Both engines were demolished and
about twenty a n were derailed and
splintered.
This is one of the worst wrecks the
Norfolk & Western has had for a long
time.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
ROOSEVELT ADMlREs THE SHIP
President Thoroughly Enjoying Him
self on Pride of Cruiser Squadron.
When He Arrives at Lynn Haven
Quarantine officers viii Not Bother
Him-Fleet to Join the sa~ttIeships.
fBy Associated Press,

CRUISER WEST VIRGINIA. AT
SEA, via SAVANNAH, GA, Oct. 28.-
The weather is perfect. n moderate
breeze blowing from the northeast and
the sea smooth. The President is
quartered in the admiral's cabin and
is enjoying the trip immensely.
The ships are keeping n uniform
speed of Is knots and everything Ia
running smoothly. This is the first
time in the history of the navy when
a squadron cruised in company Mt a
speed of Is knots and over.
AT Las n. IN. today we picked up
the Pennsylvania and Colorado OF
Key West are now cruising in squad
ran. AS we passed the two ships each
manned the rail and saluted the Presi-
dents flag. 1t is the customary honor
and the President returned the salute
ron the admiral's bridge.
Dimes in Ward Room.
Tonight the President will dine with
wardroom officers and according to tho
navy custom white at sea on Saturday
night, will join in the toast Sweet
hearts and Wives, S.
AT Q p. ~. Ffidaysthes crew wasanusfs
cred stt6 quarters aud Gse Psaaia NJ
accompanied by the admiral. inspected
the ship.
The West Virginia is in excellent
condition and the President was par.
ticularly pleased with the cleanliness
and neatness of her crew.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
RUNS AMUCK I'M
BLEAK ALASKA
Skeleton Found of Man Murdered by
Maniac Who Left Remark.
able Note.
fBv Asgoelated Press


VANCOUVER, b. c.. Oct. 2S.-A dis
patch from Shagway today says: 1t is
believed James Murray, otherwise
known as Moreira, murdered his part
ner, James Fish, last March, at Hall.
but Bay, near Seldovia, while insane.
The skeleton of the Fisk was found
recently by natives, with a rifle ball
in the back. 1t was identified by
clothing and by letters found on the
body.
In the cabin twenty steps away were
found a blood-stained razor and a knife
and there were blood stains on the
furniture. Murray is supposed to have
committed suicide as he has no been
seen since last February.
In a letter left in a cabin, Murray
says he he'd but p few hours to live.
Then follows incoherent religious and
Socialistic utterances,
Another. to an unnamed brother,
says: ~ have agreed that Fisk should
XIII me today at FIVE O'clock and he is
to be killed after me by my agency.
All this Is for wrongs in our past
lives and for the sake OF humanity.
We have agreed to wipe out old scores
SO that in doing this we forgive one
another as well as forgive our enc
mics"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
Gets Message From wife.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Oct. 2S.-As
soon as the West Virginia got in
touch with the wireless station at Key
West today the first message to be
transmitted from the shore to the big
cruiser was Q personal one from Mrs.
Roosevelt to the President. congratli-
lating him on the anniversary of his
f~orty-seventh birthday.
The feat of communication from
Washington to a vessel in the Gulf or
Mexico, about l 100 miles distant. ana
mostly overland, is regarded as re-
markable..
Admiral Sends Message.
The latest news from the West Vir-
ginia comes in the following telegram.
just received at the navy department.
from the commandant of the naval
station at Key West:
Admiral Brownson acknowledges
receipt OF YOU telegram about coaling
from the caller Arethusa at Lynn
Haven Bay. Weather smooth"
This morning the navy department.
telegraphed Admiral Brownson that
arrangements would be made to coal
the West Virginia from GOLFERS in
Lynn Haven bay as soon as he arrives
there Monday in order that he may
so Mt once to Annapolis to participate
In the welcome to the Prince Louis
squadron.
Mrs. Roosevelt on syIph.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 2S.-Ac..
companied by several Of her children
Mrs. Roosevelt left Washington today
on board the Sylph. Lieutenant f. It.
Evans, commanding, on a cruise down
the Potomac. If the weather is good
she may continue as far as Hampton
Roads to await the Presidents arrival
there on Monday. II is believed at tho
White House. however, that she will
return to Washington tomorrow or
next day.
No Quarantine for Roosevelt.
According to orders received by the
quarantine officers at Fort Monroe
yesterday the cruisers West Virginia.
Colorado and PENNSYLVANIA will not be
detained when they reach Hampton
Roads.
The President will leave the West.
Virginia at Lyan Haven Bay and will
&c directly to Washington.
The West Virginia, Pennsylvania
and Colorado will come into Hampton
Reads for coal.
according 10 those who claim 10
"now. the ships will probably reach
hampton Roads tomorrow afternoon
or early Tuesday morning.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29

through left tackle. but lost tho bail
on Il tumble. Missouri getting il on
Alabama's 25-yard line. McGrath.
Berrian and IIalsey were then used
to steadily advance the ball until Ala
bama's 6-yald line was reached, where
Berrian fumbled after n good gain and
Alabama secured the ball. Pinkerton
advanced three yards, Murphy made
two II a half through right tackle,
Burwinkle was called back and sent
through right tackle for w and a
half, Murphy again made three yards
through left tackle. Pinkerton was
showed through center for three more.
kueller took TWO and n half through
right tackle. and Murphy then con
uibuted the feature of Alabama's
game by skirting right end for fifteen
yards. Here Missouri took n brace
and try as they might, the combined
efforts of Murphy. Kueller and Bar
man could only gain four yards, and
the ball went TO Missouri on Alaba.
mas i0-yard line. Here time was
taken out for Pearson. Alabama's
quarter.
Play Resumed.
AS soon as play vas resumed Mis-.
souri, begun her march towards the
goal. McGrath beginning with twenty
yards around left end. Halsey male
n yard through right tackle, Berran
made four through left tackle, and on
the next down got twelve yards
around right end. Berrian was again
called on II made three and n half
through right tackle and Kempcr was
then called back to make three more
through the same place. Time was
taken out for C%rofton, of Missouri. and
then McGrath gained eight yards
through left tackle; time was again
taken mi for Cfofton. Helsay then
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
ers believe that Witte comes too late.
ST. Petersburg eesieaed.


Life in st. Petersburg is that of a
city under siege. with an uprising
threatening from within, almost com
lsletel yisolaed and its scanty store
of provisions being rapidly exhausted.
The garrison, however, is overwhelm-
ingly large.
General Trepoff has 10000 troops
under his command, which are dis
tribnted in every section of the city.
There is scarcely a block without it's
military patrol.
Infantry and cavalry are quartered
in court-yards all over the town, the
barracks are guarded and the watch
fires of the soldiers, who are bivouack.
ing in the streets. light up the thor
oughfares where electricity has been
extinguished.
City in Darkness.
The Nevsky Prospect, the city'3
main avenue. which last night was in
darkness, tonight presents a weird
appearance. A powerful s%earchlight,
mounted at the admiralty, Eliminates
the center of the avenue with n blind
ing light, leaving the sidewalks in
darkness. Drivers in the roadway,
dazzled by the glare, were unable 10
see where they were going, and the
throngs in o%bscurity on the sidewalks
were in but a little better plight.
There vas constant confusion, which
was augmented during the evening by
an attempt of the Cossacks and gen-
darmes to clear the sidewalks.
100000 Men Idle.
Two hundred thousand men are
idle. Workmen's meetings held
throughout the city tonight and today,
unanimously favoring continuing the
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Continued on page eight.) I
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-21

or rage rom the middle Of the line
and screams Of Say, Mr.. Pollcemani
Hey there, tcopp5J put her OUT
:.ssshe,s a biittin, in"
fAs big iatawoman who had arrived
late had hoye:ea around the crowd
until she ssW email space up near
the front and quietly stepped into it
unnoticed, as she hoped. But a score
of hawkeyed women who had been
In line for hours spotted her and a
perfect babble arose. a policeman
approached and after lengthy argu.
ment, she induced the intruder tc
step out.
Late In the afternoon, woman
came out Of the store and conided
TO an anxious group that there was
nothing in the shop.
They are just cleaned right out
she said. There's nothing in there
but great big things like furniture
and statuary, which you have 10 have
Just hundreds of books for. | think
its dreadful"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-21
7l17-77
TRADING STAMP
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
EAT8ExcITEMENT YESTERDAY
WHEN Nv o MEN & AND chill
DREHVlslTED2 THE2PLAcE.
(By Publishers Press.)

NEW YORK, April 21.-Judge Holt,
Of the United States District Court,
has confirmed the fears of collectors
Of certain trading stamps by appoint.
Ing a receiver for the Benedict &
MacFarlane Trading Stamp Company.
Tie petition in bankruptcy, which
was filed by creditors representing
claims amounting 10 5000 alleged that
the company is lnsoIyent and has adj.
mitted its willingness in writing to
be adjndged bankrupt. Frederick
A. Burlingame was appointed receiv-
err with a bond Of $4,000.
From the Battery to the Bronx AMI
from Richmond Hill TO Paterson, N.
j., there focked 10 the Twenty.third
street headquarters OF the company
yesterday the Blue Trading Stamp
army. The terrible tidings had in
some mysterious way, gone forth
that the trading stamps concern was
about to close It's / 900 odd stores.
and blue ruin stared in the face Of
every book" holder.
Pale faced and anxious eyed, the
army began TO arrive soon after day.
light. 1t was made up entirely OF
women and children. Practically ev.
cry other woman had n baby carriage,
and the. others either had children
clinging to their skirts or in their
arms. And every one held in wise.
like clutch. bunch of blue trading
stamp books.
No bank run even was ever like
this. Desperation marked every
colntenance, and when the stamp
concern opened its doors there was a
rush that almost drove In the from,
OF the building. The glass OF one OF
the doors was shattered In the scram
Bile, and had 10 be boarded up. Pc
licemen, after half and hours work
succeeded in getting the mob into
line two abreast, keeping open a mar
row passage for pedestrians. There
after the people were only admitted
Two at time.
AS the morning drew, the crowds
increased in size. until at one time
over six hundred growing, snarlins
children and women camored fol
admission 10 the store.
a common grievance made III,
whole crowd akin, and they poure,
forth their tales OF woe in shril
voices that sometimes reached TO TIN
end of the line,
Suddenly there came wild burs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-21

The editor of the State Journal
need not worry; Judge Goff will be
United States Senator long before
that editor gets 10 Congress, unless
he should happen to get in next year.
There is some Significance in this
that the State Journal editor ought
10 grasp CIarksburg Telegram.
II the Telegram would come ont ana
say It speaks for Judge Goff-knows
that he will be a candidate for Uni.
ted States Senator-it would likely
see something in TIE nature OF a
stampede in the direction of Clarks.
burg. but as the organ named speaks
for itself only, and seemingly knows
nothing about Judge COTS intentions,
Its talk about him from day to day In
connection with the Senatorship will
not get up much of boom for the
distinguished j,rist. The people are
after substance these times not sllad.
ows. And as we look at II there is a
much greater probability that the ed.
itor OF the State Journal will 80 to
Congress next year than there is that
Judge Goff will leave the federal
bench 10 re.entcr politics.