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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-20
M RS. DAVIS WILL
ESTATE, IN MAIN, LEFT TO HER
DAUGHTER.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
VICKSBURG, Miss, November 2o.-The
will of Varina Jefferson Davis was filed for
probate here yesterday afternoon Joel
Addison Hayes, her son-in-law, was pres
ent as executor The fact of the will hav-
ing been dated previous to the death of
Jefferson Davis and of a bequest having
been made to him by Mrs. Davis, is ex-
planned by the attorneys. who say that, the
Will was not executed until after the death
of Mrs. Davis husband
The principal part Of Mrs. Davis estate
Is left to r4sonly daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet Howard Davis Hayes As she IL made
the residuary legatee IL Is difficult to esti-
mate Just what is the value of the portion
OF the estate which comes to her. Mrs.
Davis had a paid-up policy in the Equitable
Life Of $4,000 which she distributed
among her relatives. Mrs. Davis also
makes provision for the distribution of
mementos to her friends. She says in the
will:
II do not desire this letter published or
filed. I do not wish my will filed or pro-
bated here CNew York; as I have no prop
erty in this state. nor do I consider 1t in
any degree my home. but only as kind
of health resort"
There are two codicils to the WILL The
first leaves Joel Addison Hayes the sum of
$3.50 for a mourning ring and the second
refers to lapsed legacies which the tes-
tatrix says shall revert to Mrs. Hayes
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TWO BROTHERS BURNED
DISASTROUS HOTEL FIRE AT SAS-
KATCHEWAN.

OTTAWA. Ont. November 2O-Two
brothers and others were burned to death
at Regina. Saskatchewan. yesterday. A
special from there says fire Quilted the
Windsor Hotel. the best known hostelry in
this city, causing the death Of at least
three persons and the probable fatal in
jury of two more. with a loss Of $50, 900
and 1885, insurance. The deaths include
w. Mussetter, manager of the Regina plan
ing mills; L. Mussetter. assistant manager
Regina planning mills.
These two brothers have not been seen
since the fire. and 1t is supposed that they
were suffocated in their sleep and buried
beneath the ruins. Robert Johnston,
well borer. escaped at first, but turned back
into the hotel, thinking he heard wom-
ans cry. and was never seen again. The
injured are: Donald Walker. porter.
jumped from a third-story window, badly
burned and may die: Henry Jones. jumped
from a third-story window, and suffered
probable fatal internal injuries. There were
sixty-fve guests in the hotel at the time,
and these lost all their belongings. while
many escaped in only their nightclothes.
The fire appears to have started in bed
room on the second floor. There was the
greatest excitement and many of the
guests received minor injuries.
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BLACK HAND AT WORK
ITALIANS STORE WRECKED ny
A DYNAMITER.
Special pIspatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
BUFFALO, N. Y, November 2O.-About a
month ago Dominica Billissimo, a well-to-do
Italian butcher of 40 Canal street, this
city, received a letter in which he was told
to take 5000 in cash to a lonely spot in
South Buffalo and leave It there for the
writer of the letter. Failure to comply with
the request, according to a statement made
in the letter, would mean the death of Bill
lissimo and his entire family. Bilissimo
consulted with the police and as a result
drove to the place designated. being ac-
companied by his son and two detectives.
The officers could find no one in the vicinity
and the entire party returned without leav-
ing the money and believing that the letter
was a hoax.
A few days later Billissimo received an
other letter in which he was warned that
he had failed to heed the instructions given
in the first letter in that he didn't go to
South Buffalo alone, and he was directed
again to take the money to the place under
penalty of death. No attention was paid to
this letter.
A week ago today Billissimo received a
third letter telling him he would be allowed
one week in which to pay the money or
suffer the penalty OF death. He was told
that all the members of his family as well
as himself would be killed. Biilissmo did
not pay any attention to this letter either,
but effort was made to carry out the
threat.
At 5 o'clock this morning Billissimo's two
story brick store was wrecked by a dyna-
mite explosion.
Billissimo. his wife. two children and his
sons family and some boarders, ten per-
sons in all, were asleep in the building
at the time and were thrown from their
beds by the explosion that wrecked the
place and damaged all the buildings in the
block more or less No one. however, was
killed. Marie Billissimo. fifteen years old,
says that when she was thrown from her
bed she saw four men running away from
the opposite side of the street.
The police have arrested Joseph Magrio,
an Italian, but he denies any knowledge of
the plot. The dynamite bomb was placed
in the doorway of the store under the bed
room where the children were sleeping, evil
IDENTIFY with the intention of killing the
children At headquarters detectives have
been detailed on the case. but as yet have
learned little OF value.
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MANY BUILDERS DEAD
LOST THEIR LIVES ON CHICAGO
sKYscRAPERs

CHICAGO, November 2o-Chicago sky.
scrapers during the last year exacted the
heaviest toll Of human life recorded in the
history Of building operations In the city.
Figures compiled In the annual death roll
of the Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
Union. which was published yesterday,
show the increase in fatalities among men,
bers of that craft to be surprisingly large.
OF total membership in the union OF
1,35S men, nearly 156 either lost their lives
or were totally or partially disabled as a
result of their hazardous occupations.
During 1905 twenty-six ironworkers were
killed. about the same number were in
jured SO that they could not resume their
trade, while the number of minor injuries
tcts led less than eighty.
Secretary O'Brien attributed the added
mortality to the unusually active season In
the building industry. Speed required of
the men. he said, had caused them to be-
come less careful Most OF the deaths
were due to falls from steel structures In
the downtown district
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ASK SPECIAL INQUIRY
CLUB WANTS TO PROBE PUGET
SOUND DISASTER.

SEATTLE, WASH, November 2o.-The
Commercial Club of Seattle, leading or
ganization of business and professional
men. last night passed strong resolutions
addressed to President Roosevelt urging
that special instructions be given by the
executive to the United States marine in
sDector to conduct searching inquiry
into the disaster in which the little sound
steamer Dix was run down by the Alaskan
steamship Jeanne and in which fortytwo
persons were drowned
In addition to the names given yesterday
the following dead have been Identified:
c. T. Bennett, bartender, residence I'M
known.
Alex. Carlson, planerman, Port Blakeley
Mill
]. M. Geal, Sherlock, Wash
Frank Gordon. Port Bakeley Mill
George Lubbering. Port Blakeley.
Mrs. George Lubbering, Port Biakeley.
Mrs. H. Lubbering. Fort Blakeley.
Miss Lubbering. her daughter
Albert McDrury tallyman, Port Blakeley
William Mcknight. Seattle.
William Maher, Port Blakeey Mill.
A. c. Reynolds, Port Blakeley.
James Sloan, Port Blakeley Mill
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ROBBED STANDARD OIL
FOUR BOYS HOLD UP A MEssEN-
GER.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., November Ca
messenger of the Standard Oil Company
was held up by four boys In this city this
morning and robbed of 81 200. After beating
the messenger, who is about sixteen years
old, the young hfghwaymen escaped. The
police of Jersey City, Weehawken and Ho-
boken were notified and a large force of DO
licemen were sent in pursuit Of the thieves
The Standard Oil Company has an Office
at Hoboken avenue and Monmouth street
near the Hoboken city line, at the foot Of
the hill. This morning Floyd KILLER. the
messenger, of 1877 Union street, received
1900 to carry to a bank in Jersey City,
The boy got as far as the Lackawana
bridge in safety, but as he was passing
under the bridge he was attacked by four
boys, who knocked him down and kicked
and beat him When he had been reduced
to a state of helplessness his assailants
seized the money and fled across the mead.
ows, going in northerly direction.
Made an Arrest.
As soon as he had recovered, KILLER made
his way back to his office and reported
what had occurred. The police were at
once notified by telephone, and the reserves
OF the 1th street station, Jersey City, and
the Hoboken and Weehawken reserves were
promptly dispatched to the scene. of the
hoid-up. They followed the direction taken
by the robbers and not long afterward one
prisoner was brought to the Jersey City
headquarters.
The prisoner was about eighteen years
old. When arrested he looked flushed and
oyerheated, as IL he had been running. The
police did not seem to be sure whether
or not they had captured one of the rob-
bers, and would not give any information
about the boy in custody
The prisoner was taken into Chief Of
Police Murphy's private room, where 1t is
said he was put through the third Degree"
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and New Orleans reported 80 at 1920 this
morning Snow Is reported over the Mis-
souri, valley, Kansas and Oklahoma and
sleet and rain in Missouri. while there Is
continuation of rain over the Ohio val
ley, Arkansas and southwark to the gulf.
Temperature Below Zero.
DENVER, November 20.-Temperatures
below zero were reported today in south
gions Of the state. 1t was one degree above
zero in Denver, 8 below in Colorado
Springs and Pueblo and 10 below zero at
Corona, on the summit of the front range.
Trains Are Stalled.
TOPEKA, Kan. November 20.-As re-
suit of last nights snowstorm overland
trains, on the Rock Islands Ell Paso division
were stalled today In the cuts between
Bucklin and Liberal, Kan. They were Nos.
A. AZ. % and go No attempt was made
today to run freight trains on that divi-
sion. The Santa Fe reported their main
line across Kansas open. but several trains
on that road are snowbound on the Pan
Handle division, where the snow Is from
four to five feet deep in the cuts The
weather is moderating.
Storm Continues.
OKLAHOMA CITY Okla, November 20.
The storm of sleet and snow continues in
this section today, All trains from the
west were delayed and telephone and tele-
graph service was interrupted.
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TWO ARE NOW DEAD
STILL ANOTHER IS CRITICALLY
INJURED.

NEW YORK, November 20.-Daniel Bar
kalow, Paterson, N. j., cotton broker, who
was one of the party of four in the auto
mobile In which Tom Cooper, the bicyclist
and automobilist, was killed in Central
Park last night, died today. Miss Helen
Lambert, another member of the party,
who also was seriously injured, Is in q
critical condition, and is not expected to live
through the day. The fourth member of the
party. young woman who gave her name
as Virginia Vernon, and said her home is
in Jersey City, has broken leg, and is suf-
fering from shock. It is believed that she
will recover.
New Story Of Accident.
A new story of the accident was told to-
day by Miss Lambert. She said that the
collision was due to Cooper suddenly turn
ing out to avoid a collision with a cab in
the roadway. He was compelled to swing
far to the left, and had safely passed the
cab when the headlights of a stalled auto
feet away. Cooper could not slack his
speed. and an instant later crashed into the
stalled car. Miss Lambert said the auto
mobile party was returning from a visit to
Harlem road house. Just before thew
entered the car for the ride through the
park. Cooper said to his friends: Nov I'll
give you the fastest ride Of your life" Five
minutes later Cooper was dead, his COM
panions were lying unconscious in the park
and the big machine in which he rode was
a wreck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-20

Ing out OF the project until further in
vestfgation was made. 1t is believed her =
mat Secretary Taft is responsible for
the abeyance order. During Secretary
Tafts recent trip of inspection of the
military posts in the south 1t is under
stood that Gen. w. S. McCaskey, the hea ]
or the department of Texas, made the
secretary thoroughly acquainted with the
history OF the entire affair at Browns
vile.
Before the order was received yester-
day from Washington twenty-four mem
oers or Company B had already been
discharged without honor The weather
was cold and disagreeable> AS the sol
diers were paid OF and dismissed they
were orderly and well behaved None
displayed any ugly feeling. The officers
were mute.
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HELD UP AND ROBBED.
Masked Robbers Secure Several Thou
sand Dollars Worth Of Goods.

WORCESTER, Mass, November 20-Al-
fred Brigham and Douglas c. Cook were
held up near Willow farm. the Winslow s..
Lincoln country home, and robbed of sew
eral thousand dollars worth of valuables,
and a horse and wagon were stolen last
night by three masked men, armed with
five revolvers.
Telephone messages were sent to police
headquarters for aid and the wagon was
sent on the trail of the highwaymen. They
were overtaken at the entrance to the Lin
coin estate and chased for half a mile be-
fore headed.
Patrolman E. ]. Mccarthy leaped to the
bride Of the horse, drawing his revolver,
only to look into the muzzles Of two guns
in the hands OF Harry Ellis OF Brockton.
The officers won and Ellis surrendered.
Ellis two companions bolted into Beaver
Brook swamp, followed by Patrolman
Thomas P. Carey and Gustaf Fyrberg, ex-
changing a rapid volley OF shots. One of
Fyrberg's shots is thought to have taken
effect. The men escaped.
Investigation at the Lincoln House
showed that several thousand dollars
worth of jewelry had been stolen on a raid
made, Ellis says. Sunday night. The booty
was sold.
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WILSON D|S|NTERRED
Signer of the Declaration Long
Buried at Edenton.
BODY WILL BE TAKEN NORTH
Governor Pennypacker and Distin-
guished Crowd Present.
BURIAL AT PHILADELPHIA
Remains Will Be Placed on a Gunboat
After the Conclusion Of the
Ceremonies Today.
The Program Of Exercises.

Today at Norfolk the remains will
be received by the United States gov
eminent On board the u. S. S. Du-
buque, Commander A f. Fechteler,
U. S. N. The Dubuque Will sail at
once for Philadelphia.
Wednesday. November q. the Du-
buQue will arrive at Philadelphia at
3 pm. when, with the highest civic
honors and guarded by United States
marines, the remains will be escorted
to Independence Hall. the scene of
Wilson's greatest triumphs, where
they will lie in state.
Thursday, November %. at 100
Pm, the chief justice and the as
sociate justices of the Supreme Court
of the United States. as honorary
palfbearers, the Attorney General Of
the United States and others will
meet at Independence Hall and in
procession follow the remains. under
escort of the LIST Troop of Philadel-
phia City Cavalry, to Christ Church,
Philadelphia. where the memorial
services will be held and the inter-
ment made, the Protestant Episco-
pal bishop for the eastern diocese
Of Pennsylvania officiating.
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DECISIONS IN LIFE CASES.
New York Appellate Division Rem
ders Opinions in Young Case.

ALBANY. N. Y. November 2O.-The ap-
pellate division. third department, this
morning handed down two decisions in the
cases of Mary 8. Young Of Saratoga against
the Equitable Life Assurance Society Of the
United States, and its directors individ-
ually. The effect of the decision Is to al
low the appeal Of the defendants to go to
the court of appeals on questions of law.
The court affirms the introductory judg-
ment Of the court below granted to Mrs.
Young. and certifies three questions to be
submitted to the highest court for decision.
namely: Does the complaint In each case
state facts sufficient to constitute q cause
of action? Are the causes Of action i'm
properly Joined in the complaint? Is there
a misjoinder Of parties plaintiff?
The last question refers to Mrs. Young
having made herself plaintiff in her own
behalf and in behalf Of all others similarly
situated.
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EDENTON, N. c.. November 20.-The
body of James Wilson Of Pennsylvania,
who, with fifty-ive other American pa
triots, signed the Declaratio of Independ-
ence, was today disinterred from its long
resting place here, preparatory to being
sent to Philadelphia, where, On Thursday
next. 1t will be deposited in Christ Church
burial ground, alongside that of his wife,
almost in the shadow of Independence Hail.
The disinterment today was conducted
with elaborate ceremonial, in the presence
of Gov Pennypacker and a number of dis
tinguished citizens of Pennsylvania and
North Carolina. Following the exercises
the body was placed on a train for Norfolk,
where the gunboat Dubuque Is in waiting
to convey 1t to Philadelphia Upon reach
Ing the latter city the body will be taken to
Independence Hall. where. tributes will be
paid by members of the Supreme Court of
the United States Of which James Wilson
was at one time a Justice; Attorney General
Moody. Andrew Carnegie, Senator Knox.
DR.. 8. Weir Mitchell, Alton B. Parker and
others
The ceremonies opened with the reading,
by Burton Alvah Konkle Of Philadel-
phia. representing the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania and the James Wilson Me-
mortal Association, of the original parch-
ment request for the disinterment and re-
moval Of the Wilson body to Pennsylvania
for final burial.
Chief Justice Walter Clark Of the supreme
court OF North Carolina, ofivially represent
ing the governor of North Carolina, and J.
G. Wood. present owner Of the Hays plan
tation. from which the body was disinter-
red made an address delivering the body to
the care Of Mai. Gen. Goblin. ex-commander
Grand vyhO
appeared as the personal representative of
the governor of Pennsylvania: L. H. Alex
ander, representing the st. Andrews So
ciety OF Pennsylvania, and Burton Alvah
Konkle.
The address Of Chief Justice Clark was
followed by brief remarks by Gen. Goblin
on behalf Of Gov. Pennypacker of Pennsyl-
yania, and the unwilling and dedication by
the body had been delivered for reburial in
Philadelphia.
Lieut.. Gov. Winston Of North Carolina
was present as the personal representative
of Gov. Glenn of that state, Capt. Feichtler
of the United States gunboat Dubuque rep
resented the federal government, and North
Carolina representatives of the Society of
the Cincinnati and Sons and Daughters of
the American Revolution were present.
Immediately upon the conclusion Of the
ceremonies the new coffin brought from
Philadelphia and into which the body had
been placed was carried aboard of the spe-
cial Norfolk and Southern train provided
by Vice President and General Manager M.
K. King, In personal charge. and the start
for Norfolk began. From the piers Of the
Norfolk and Southern railroad on the Berk-
ley side Of the river the body will be trans
ferred directly to the United States gunboat
Dubuque at o'clock this afternoon, and
the ship will sail at once with the entire
Pennsylvania party for Philadelphia.
Capt. Feichtler. commanding the Du-
buQue, announces that she will arrive at the
Chestnut street wharf, Philadelphia, with
the Wilson body not later than pm. We'd
nesday.
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STATUE TO HAMPTON.
Vast Throng at the dwelling at
Columbia, s. c., Today.

COLUMBIA. s. c., November 20.-The
Wade Hampton statue was today unveiled
In the presence Of vast throng. Thou
sands of persons lined the sidewalks along
the route Of the parade and later moved
to the state house grounds. where the for
NAL exercises were held. These were opened
by prayer by Bishop Ellison Capers. Gov
Hayward, on behalf of the state accepted
the statue and introduced Gen. NJ. c. But
Ter, the orator of the day.
The procession was composed of military
and civic organizations. confederate veter-
ans. sons of veterans, company of cadets
each from the South Carolina Military
Academy and Clemson College, representa-
tives from other colleges. school children
and others.
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AMUNpsEN M NORWAY.
He is Enthusiastically Greeted on His
Arrival There.

CHRISTIANIA. Norway. November 20
Capt Road Amundsen and his companions
who recently navigated the Northwest pas
sage in the sloop Gjoa, arrived here this
afternoon on the coast defense ironclad
Norge from Christiansand, Norway, where
they arrived November 1S from New York
on the steamer Helig Olaf, from which
they were transferred to the warship. They
were accorded an enthusiastic public recep-
ton and were met landing by govern
ment officials. members of parliament, the
municipal officers and representatives Of
scores of societies The streets were deco
rated with flags and thronged with enthu-
siasts, who heartily cheered the Norwegian
mariners The school children were given a
holiday and a public banquet will be given
tonight in honor OF Amundsen and his fell
low-voyagers.
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GUARD FOR ROOSEVELT
EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS
BEING TAKEN TO PROTECT HIM.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. November TO-
Gov. Beekman Winthrop and several other
prominent officials and citizens will leave
San Juan today for Ponce. where they will
receive President Roosevelt when he lands
there Wednesday morning from Colon.
Extraordinary precautions are being taken
TO assure the safety Of the President dur
ing his automobile trip across the island
to this city, whence he will sail for Hamp-
ton Roads Wednesday evening.
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REPUBLICAN MARGIN, SO.
Official Report on the Next House Of
Representatives.


The first official report Of the clerks Of
the House of Representatives on the mem
bership of the next House, resume Of
which has been published in The Star, has
been issued. 1t shows republican ma
jority of fifty-eight. The republican mem
bership Is 222. and the democratic mem
bership Is 1914. The change Of Increased
membership within the past few days is
caused by the Official count in the eighth
Illinois district. which sends to Congress
Charles McGavin. republican, instead Of
Stanley Kunz, democrat
Next year five members of Congress will
be elected from Oklahoma, and they will
take their seats in the House when the
new Congress conyenes. The democrats
are expected to elect four, and possibly
five. of them, hence the new Congress. as
officially reported, will stand either fifty-fiye
or f1fty-six republican.
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INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
Settlement Of Claims for Life Losses at
San Francisco.

Secretary Metcalf of the Department Of
Commerce and Labor has directed the COM
missioner of corporations to make an In
vestigation OF the action of fire insurance
companies In the settlement of claims for
losses resulting from the earthquake and
fire In San Francisco and other places IN
California. George E. Butler Of Ross, CAL.
has been appointed special agent to con-
duct this investigation in California
Mr.. Butler. 1t was stated, has had an ex-
pe-ience of thirty-eight years In the fire In
surance business on the Pacific coast.