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ANXIOUS TO MAKE A RECORD
Work Was Crowded Too Fast at the
Denver Mint and an Inves.
tigation Resulted.

Washington, June 29.-After a thorough
investigation into conditions in the Den
yer mint an official denial was made at
the treasury department today of any ir-.
regularity or suspicion Of dishonesty on
the part Of anyone connected with it. The
statement says the fact that such an in
veStigatiOn was being made and that a
condition outside the limit Of tolerance
was found there have been made the
basis of exaggerated reports. II is stated
that there is no foundation for the state
ment that a consignment of Denver coins
was rejected abroad and returned to this
country. The only condemned coins that
the department has knowledge of. it is
said, are those discovered by the commits
sion and by its own inquiry. THE coin
age has not been debased," the statement
adds and Of the pieces found outside the
limits as many were above as below. No
body prOfited by such errors as were
made" In conclusion ii is stated that
those connected with the mint were spur
red by ambition to make a good
showing in the output for the new institu-
ton and they crowded the work too fast
for a force somewhat inexperienced.
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APPLIED TO NELIooFF.
President of Conference Could Dc
Nothing for Koreans.

The Hague, June ga Korean depu-
tation has arrived here to make a for
NAL protest against Korea not being
invited to send delegates to the peace
conference, and against the alleged Vio-
latiOn Of Korean sovereignty by Japan.
The deputatiOn applied to President
NelidOff for an audience, which was re-
fused upon the ground that he had no
authority to interfere in such questions.
Moreover. he added, the matter did
not come within his province. the gov
eminent of The Netherlands having is
sued invitations. The deputation will
now apply to the government here. and
also will send a written protest to the
conference.
The subcommittee on the duties Of
neutral powers in time of war met this
afternoon.
The whole session was devoted to the
discussion Of a set of questions upon
the subject of procedure in the opening
of hOstilities, which the delegates must
answer at later meetings.
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"sIaok sart." Lone Bandit.

Not the least interesting part of Mr..
Pinkerton's "reminiscences was his descrlp-
ton of BLACK Bart" the famous lone
bandit of California. He says:
From 1871 to 1888 stages I'm the noun
tains of California were held up by a
lone highwaymaf1, always wearing a lute
meal bag ON the lower part of his legs
an old linen buster. his head and face
covered with "a white flour sack. through
which CLEANED bright black eyes. with a
conicaI circus clown hat He was always
polite to the passengers, and especially
to the ladies. never robbing them, put al
ways requesting the stage driver to throw
out the box and mail bags. Then the
lone robber. at the point of q rifle. would
order the stage driver to pass on Alto,
gether this lone highwayman committed
twenty-three robberies.
Black Bart was also known as
Charles T.. Benton and Charles f. Bowles
He had lived at an unpretentious boarding
house in San Francisco, where he m
formed the ldndlaGy and his acqualn-
tanees that he was a mining man. Wnlcn
accounted for his occasional absence. He
was originally from Decatur, ILL., near
which place he worked on farms He en-
listed in company b, One Hundred ana
Sixtieth Illinois regiment. serving three
years in the civil war and was known to
his regiment as Wrestling Charlie
after his capture he pleaded guilty TO
one of the robberies, but strenuously de-
MED that he was the former stage robber
and declared to the court that IL was
only an urgent necessity that drove him TO
commit this crime, as result or winch
on November II. 1855. he was sentenced
to six years in prison at San Quentin,
Cal Since his release he has been seen
more or less In honest occupations on the
Pacific coast.
Der he never took the life of or injured
a human being. He was remarkably
good story teller
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was, he said Insanity" The stress
he said had been brought on by the
story told the judge by his daughter.
Argument of Counsel.
The day was spent in argument, the
forenoon session being taken up by
counsel for the defense, and the closing
speech by the prosecution being made
this afternoon by Attorney Bouldin.
Attorneys Barksdale, Moore and Lee
for the defense, spoke practically along
the same lines. They pleaded for an
acquittal on the grounds that Judge
Loving was insane. having lost control
of himself upon hearing the story of
the ruin of his daughter. They dwelt
on the testimony of the experts and
the excessive drinking of whisky by
the defendant years ago, which, it was
claimed, had diseased his brain. The
real basis of their argument, however,
was the "unwritten law"
Commonwealth Attorney Wood
Bouldin made the closing address for
the state, contending that Judge Low
ing was sane at the time of the kill
ing.
The following statement. was given out
tonight by counsel for Judge Loving:
within half an hour after the rendi-
ton of the verdict by the jury and the
adjournment of court counsel for Judge
Loving were called on by two of the jury,
who stated that they had been appointed
a committee representing the entire jury
to convey to Judge Loving and his wife
and daughter the information that while
they believed that Miss Lovings state
ment on the witness stand of what she
had told her father was true account
of what she had communicated to him.
yet not for moment did the Jury enter
tain the opinion that an actual assault
had been committed by the deceased up
on the young lady. but on the contrary
they were fully satisfied that no actual
assault had been committed, but that
there had been an attempted assault
Counsel for Judge Loving, on being in
terviewed in this connection, said:
The conclusion of the jury to the eff
feet that no assault was committed was
absolutely correct"
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DODGING COURT PROCESS
Whereabouts of One John D. Rookie
Teller Unknown to Officers
of the Law.

New York. June Cat the office of
the Standard Oil company no informa-
ton was obtainable today regarding
the course to be pursued by John d.
Rockefeller in the matter of the sub
poena directing him to appear before
the United States circuit at Chicago.
Representatives of the law department
of the company said they were not
acting for Mr.. Rockefeller in this case,
but 1t was said that the service of the
subpoenas of the other officers includ-
ing John d. Archbold and II. II. Rog-
ers, would be accepted when presented.
John d. Rockefeiler's counsel is be-
lieved to be his son-in-aW. f.. Parma
lee Prentice of the law firm of How
land. Murray & Prentice. who is spend
ing the week at his country place at
Pittsfield. Mr.. Rockefeller is Mr. Prem
tees guest at Pittsfeld
Pittsfield, Mass, June 29.-E. Parma
lee Prentice authorized the statement
today that Mr.. Rockefeller is not in
Pittsfield, and has not been here re-
Gently.
Cleveland. June 29-At Forest Hill. the
home of John D. Rockefeller here. it was
stated tonight that Mr. Rockefeller is not
In this city and those i'm charge of the
Rockefeller estate professed absolute ig-
norance as to his whereabouts.
Chicago, June 29.-In order to forestall
any attempt that John D. Rockefeller
might make to escape being served with
subpoena in New York it was decided
today by Judge Lands to issue a second
process for the oil magnate, as the orig
mai summons may be served only in the
state of New York. Judge Landis also
requested the United States marshars Of
flee that all the subpoenas issued be
served on all the officers of the Standard
OIL company, including Mr., Rockefeller,
as soon as possible.
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INSANITY PLEA
PROVED POTENT
Verdict of Not Guilty Returned
by the Jury in the Case of
Judge Loving.
ONLY ONE BALLOT TAKEN
MINUTES is ALL
THAT WAS NECESSARY.

Houston, Va, June 29-After being
out thirty-five minutes, the jury this
evening returned a verdict of not
guilty" in the case of former Judge
William @. Loving of Nelson, man
ager of the Virginia estate of Thomas
F. Ryan, who was placed on trial here
Monday for the murder of Theodore
Estes, son of Sheriff NJ. K. Estes of
Nelson county Judge Loving shot and
killed young Estes April % at Oak
Ridge, following a buggy ride Estes
had taken with the judges daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Loving. who told her
father that her escort had dTugged and
assaulted her.
The jury returned at 4:45. and from
that time until the verdict was re-
turned the defendant remained in the
same seat he had occupied since the
trial began, surrounded by members of
his family with the exception of his
daughter.
Thanked Each Juror.
At $50 O'Clock a knock was heard on
the door of the jury room, and Judge
Bdrksdale cautioned the crowd not to
display their emotions when the decis-
ion of the jury was announced. The
verdict was read by Foreman 3. s. Nc
Graw. Judge Barksdale thanked the
jurors, and declared that he believed
the verdict was in accordance with
their conscience. After the jury had
been excused. Judge Loving. his wife
and other relatives shook hands and
thanked each juror for the verdict
Tears streamed from the eyes of both
the defendant and his wife. Judge Low
ing was surrounded by many of his
friends, though there was no demon
stratiOn.
Foreman McGTaw, a merchant and
farmer, said that when the jurors re-
tired one of them did not understand
all of the instructions of the court
which were read to him. McGraw said
ne then called for the vote instructing
all who favored the acquittal of the
defendant TO hold up their right hand.
Every hand promptly went up. When
asked what the basis of the verdict
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house proposition was being discussed,
began firing their reviewers and rifles in
the air, informing the committee that the
COrydOn bank had just been robbed and
that they had better get back in town
and start a new bank quick"
XIII Chicago Detectives.
The first train robbery By the James
and Younger brothers was on July 70,
1878, when they robbed a Rock Island
train fifteen miles out of Council Bluffs,
and murdered the engineer. In January,
1874 they robbed an Iron Mountain train
of slO.OOG 1t was after this robbery that
the James brothers captured Detective
Joseph Witcher of Chicago and murdered
him while he was bound hand and foot.
A few DAYS later Detective Louis Iuil.
former police captain of Chicago. killed
John Younger while attempting to arrest
him. Lull himself died of his wounds
Mr. PinkertOn gives in detail the az
tempt to rob the bank at Northfield.
Mimi which resulted in the killing OF
three members of the James gang, the
capture of Cole, Bob and Jim Younger
and their subsequent Imprisonment IN the
Minnesota state penitentiary.
The running to earth of the harrington
gang was next told in detail. Mr.. Pink
erton gave details of the operations OF
the train bandits in the southwest. IN
which practically every train robber OF
note was killed or sent to prison.
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PRINCE VISITS REID.

London, June 9.-Prince Arthur of
was among the weekend
guests of Ambassador Whitelaw Reid
and Mrs. Reid at wrest Park. Included
in the party to meet him are Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew. Justice Holmes,
Lord and Lady Wil1oughby De Eresby,
Miss Breese, Henry Spurgis, Mrs. Spur
gis, Mr.. and Mrs. CORTLAND ID. Barnes,
Misses Brice, Charles Wetmore and Mrs.
Ogden Mills
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eEoReIA,s NEW GOVERNOR.

Atlanta. Ga. June 29.-Hole Smith was
inaugurated governor of Georgia today.
Governor Smith delivered his inaugural
address from a platform erected in the
open air Troops and hundreds Of citi-
zens escorted the gOverBoF-eleCt from
his home to the capitol.
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MORGAN ALSO A GUEST.

London, June 2g-King Edward is
spending the weekend at Nuneham
Park. Oxford as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs.-Lewis Harcourt. the latter former
ly Miss Mary Burns of New York
Among the other guests are j. Pierpont
Morgan, Premier Campbell Bannerman
Lord and Lady Londonderry, Lord and
LADY Crews, Lady Herbert and Mr.. and
Mrs. Leopold De Rothschild.
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COMMISSION ENJOiNED.

Asheville, N c., June % :
. Judge Pritchard i'm the United ::
, States court here today enjoined I:
the railroad commissioners of this =
state from enforcing the new re- =
. duced rate law pending a further ::
hearing upon the petitions of the :
Southern Railway and the stock I:
; holders of the Atlantic Coast line :
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DIED ON BOARD TRAIN.

New Haven. Conn. June 2s.-Louis M.
Buford a mining engineer of Mexico, and
father of Charles Buford. director of
the Mexican Central railroad. died in
parlor car Upon the Bay state Limited
express from Boston today. Mr.. Buford
landed in New York from the steamer
Galveston last night accompanied by
bis sister Mrs EbsOn.
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Results In Double Tragedy.

ION May 49, same year, he was sem
fenced to forty-nine years and three
months in the Auburn, n. Y, state prison,
from which he escaped October %, and
was recaptured in less than twenty-four
hours. He soon began showing signs of
insanity and was transferred to the asy-
Ium for the criminal insane at Matteawan,
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THAW is IMPATIENT.

New York, June 29.-Counsel for
Harry X. Thaw today procured an or
der directing District Attorney Jerome
to appear in the supreme court next
Monday and show cause why he should
not move the secord trial of Thaw at
the October term of court.
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hoNORS FOB Jap.

Washington, June 29.-By direction of
the president. who is DESTROYS of show
ing special consideration to the distin-
guished japanese admiral. the state de-
paftment is making preparations for the
reception in this country of Admiral va
mamoto and his party, including in the
program a special reception to them at
oyster Bay by the president about
1tItv
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MAIL cLEHKs INJURED.

waterville, Me-. June 29.--The Bar Har-
bor exuress from Portland was partially
derailed between Oakland and this city
this afternoon. Three mall clerks were
slightly hurt None of the passengers
Sustained injuries.
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CONTRACTS FOR
BIG WARSH|PS
Newport News Company win
Build One "Dreadnaught,"
Fore River Co. the Other.
CHANCE FOR COMPARISON
AMERICAN AND BRITISH TUR-
BINES WILL BE USED.

Washington, June 29.-Before leaving
for the west today, Secretary Metcalf
announced his decision in respect to
important matters. In the first place
he allotted contracts for the construc-
ton of the two American Dreadnaught
battleships, the interesting point of his
decision being the rejection of the navy
departments plans and the acceptance
of the more progressive ideas of the
private shipbuilding firms involving the
use of steam turbines. SO as to afford
fair opportunity for comparison of the
relatives merits of the British and
American turbine systems, the secre-
tary awarded one ceutract-that to the
Newport News Shipbuilding company
with the purpose of trying the Brit
ish device known as the Parsons tur-
bine.'
Departments Condition.
This is conditioned upon certain mod
ifications by the contractors to meet
the ideas, of the department; otherwise
they must build the ship with recipro-
eating engines under the departments
plans. In the first case they will re-
ceiVe $4,000 900, and in the latter case
only So, 9S7, 900. The contract for the
other battleship was awarded to the
Fore River Shipbuilding company of
Quincy. Mass. at $4,377 coo, under their
class three bid providing for the ma
chine of the American Curtis turbine
type. The Newport News company I'M
dertakes to build their ship in thirty
six months and the Fore River COM
pany in thirty-four and one-half
months.
The secretary was unable to award
the contracts for building the sub
sariT1 re ne
of submitting to the attorney general
a minor point of law, but he has de-
cided to accept the report OF the board
of construction and the special sub
marine board in favor of the Octopus
type" of boat and the $4,000, 900 appro-
priation will be used to build as many
as possible of these boats averaging
about 100000 apiece.
In awarding the contracts for supply
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TOUR OF INSPECTION.

Washington, June 29.-Secretary
Straus of the department. of commerce
and labor. on Monday next will leave
New York for Montreal, which is to
be the first step on his two months
trip of inspection of the outside sta
lions of his department
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from which he escaped, April 10, 1895, but
four weeks later was arrested by a rail-
road detective at Weehawken, N. J. The
detective had a dispute with the superin-
tendent of the railroad about Perry s
capture. killed him, and was hanged in
New Jersey for this crime.
after his return to Matteawan asylum
Perry punched his eyes out with a sad
dIer's needle, and is now a blind raving
maniac"
Mr. Pinkerton believes that train robbery
as a criminal profession has practically
been wiped out
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THEATRICAL WEDDING.

Freehold. n. J.. June 29.-GeoTge NJ.
Conan. the comedian and playwright, and
Miss Agnes Nolan, a former chorus girl,
were married in this place today. Mrs.
Conan is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
J. Nolan of BrOOkline. Mass, and was q
member of Mr.. Cohan's companies for a
few years prior to the season just ended
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KOREANS ASK
FOR JUSTICE
Delegation From the Hermit
Kingdom Arrives at The
Hague Without Invitation.
ACCUSE JAPS OF sAvAGERY
APPEAL WILL BE MADE TO UNIT
ED STATES.

The Hague, June 29.-While the work
of the peace conference amounted to
almost nothing today, considerable in
terest was aroused by a protest which
Korean delegation sent TO all the del
egates. 1t was signed by vi Sang Sui.
ex-premier; vi Tyeune, ex-judge of
the supreme court of Seoul, and vi
Tjongou, ex-secretary of the Korean
legation at st. Petersburg.
The protest says that the Koreans
regret that they we're not invited TO
the conference, because the Japanese
were violating their rights and tram
ping on international law which de-
pTived them of their national indepen-
dence, even resorting to violence. 1t
adds that the Korean emperor gave
them full powers, which they would put
at the disposal of the delegates to the
conference, asking their Intervention
for admission to the conference. They
wished, the protest says, to defend
their rights and expose the japanese
methods.
Savage Behavior Of Japs.
A Korean delegate. speaking to the
Associated Press today, said:
THE Japanese are behaving in Korea
like savages. They are committing all
kinds of barbarisn against people, and
especially the women. M. Nelidoff
refusal to receive us was astonishing
and painful. as our relations with Rus
STA, as we'll as with America, are SO
good that we thought they could not
refuse to assist us. We intend to go
to America to appeal to the generosity
of that noble country for help.
In the summer of 1905. before the
treaty of Portsmouth, Korea received
the first Russian communications about
the present conference called at the
instigatiCn of President Roosevelt, and
entrusted her minister to st. Peters,
burg, Prince vi Tehene Pomm, to rep
resent her at The Hague"
Keiroku Tsuzuki head of the japan
csc delegation, speaking to the Asso-
ciated Press in regard to the matter
said: THE Dutch government official
ly stated that Korea was not and could
not be invited TO the conference"
Therefore, the Korean delegation, it is
asserted, cannot receive any recogni-
ton.
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OFF FOR MANILA.

Fort Crook. Neb., June 29.-Eight hun
dred men and officers of the Thirteenth
regiment, United States infantry, left
Fort Crook this morning in special trains
for San Francisco, where they will en-
bark for the Philippines.
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Jamestown. Va, June Especial. )
More than two-thirds of the famous train
robbers who have figured in the criminal
history of the United States since the
Civil war have either been killed outright.
lynched, or died with their boots on
OF the remaining third, many died of
wounds, or were captured imprisoned, or
driven into exile in lands beyond the sea
So declared William "A. Pinkerton of
Chicago today in an address TO the an
nuel convention of the International As
sOciation OF Chiefs of police
Mr. Pinkerton's address was q complete
epitone of the history of train robbng
in the United States from the close OF the
Civil war down to the present time. In
this history the Pinkertons. father and
son. were personally associated. Taken
together. their work covered period Of
half century of almost constant battle
with the most desperate bands of rob
bers known to this or any other country.
Many Brothers in Gangs.
In his address. AIR. Pinkerton said by
way Of introduction
ait is somewhat rcmarka BILE and pc
culiar that many of these criminals were
brothers, or members of one family. OF
these | recall the Reno brothers. John
Frank. Sim and Bill. the RietenhOuse
brothers, the Miles brothers, James K.
and Joe. All of Indiana; the harrington
brothers. Levy and Hillary. of west Ten
ncsSee; the james brothers, Frank and
Jesse; the Younger brothers, Cole, Jim,
John and Bob; the Logan brothers, Har
Vey and LOnnN: the Collins brothers, part
of the Sam Bass gang. Joel William and
Albert; the Mechanics brothers, part of the
Jesse James gang. Bud and William Of
Missouri The state of Missouri, strangely
enough. produced more train robbers than
any other state in the union. These
bands for many years retarded progress
in western Missouri. The Dalton brothers.
Bill, Bob Emmett and Grafton Of Kan
sas; the Burrows brothers. RUDE and
Jim of Alabama; the SOntag brothers.
John and George of Minnesota. the Gates
brothers of California. the Jones brothers,
the Mccarthy brot hers. Tom and Bill Of
Colorado: the Cook brothers. Bill and Jim
of Arkansas, who were part of the Dai-
ton gang. and the Carver and Fitzpatrick
brothers of Texas
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Table d'hote dinner at the Louvre
every Sunday, II.
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PlNKERTON TELLS OF FORTY YEARS WAR
WITH TRAIN ROBBERS IN THE UNITED STATES

Chicago the determination
oil Terrorized Western States
Decades Following the Rebellion
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Ask for that NEW BREAD at your
grocery, Vienna Walnut Bread.