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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
WANT G. o. r. CONVENTION.
Chicago and Kansas City Work on
Different Lines.

CHICAGO. December 3.-Chicago will
not send a delegation to Washington to-
morrow to bid for the national republican
convention. The deputation Of twenty-five.
headed by the Hamilton Club committee.
selected to obtain the convention, has dis
banded, after q conference yesterday.
It was decided that Chicago should not
enter into any competition with other
cities to secure the convention in the
matter Of q financial consideration. but
instead. through Representative Frank o..
Lowden, should urge the national COM
mittee to fix Chicago as the place for the
next session. In the invitation Is to go
q guarantee that Chicagos hospitality will
include first-class convention hall. we'll
financed.
All arrangements had been completed
for carrying the Chicago delegation to the
capital in style. A special car had been
provided over the Pennsylvania system,
but the order nas been Cancelled.
A delegation, twenty-seven strong. from
Kansas City. passed through the city yes
terday on the way to Washini .on to land
the convention. It Is said they had in
theirpossession a certified check for
$4,000.
The Chicago city council last night
adopted a resolution inviting the national
committee to send the convention to
Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03

might as well have been tried in the the
alter or upon the street.
You are not to interpret what I am
saying to you upon this subject as fur
nishing any intimation Of my own op.n-
ion upon the question Of the fact. 1t is
fact, and I do not ask myself what
should say. I am only anxious that your
verdict, whatever it may be, shall be the
answer of your intellect. your reason; not
the answer of your prejudice, your I'M
pulse or your pity.
Commiseration for Defendant.
'It would be useless to attempt to dis
guise the fact that the evidence which
has been properly presented to you as
bearing on the question of insanity Is In
some parts of a character to baget COM
miseration for the defendant and indigna-
tion toward the deceased. 1t is to the
credit Of human nature that this shoud
be so. In passing moral judgments no
man with spark OF chiyafry in his
bosom can weigh in equal balances the
woman and the man. Ali that Is noble
In us demands that the man should
protect and rescue the woman, and when
It appears that he has not on'y seduced.
but afterward betrayed and abandoned. 1t
Is impossible for manly men to withhold
their condemnation. The more sensitive
we are to the in ustice of such conduct
the more difficult it may be to weigh the
evidence and decide the cold question of
fact with which we are confronted &C.
cordfng to- the truth. But In this case
as in all others there is only one course
to follow, and that is the course of duty.
LET each man charged with a duty
under the law perform it and the out
come will be right. The law taken in its
entirety Is not inadequate, as many seem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
SAIL AFTER PIRATES.
British Flotilla Will Purge the Chi.
nese Coast.

Special Cableeram to The Star.
HONGKoNG. December S.-Three Brit
ish torpedo boats and four destroyers.
fully equipped, have left this port for the
West river On an expedition for the sup
preston of piracy.
The resentment among the Chinese is
intense. Recently Vice Admiral Sir Ar
thur Moore. commander-in.chief OF the
British China station. visited the viceroy
and demanded indemnity for damage done
to British commerce by the pirates. The
admiral found that the viceroy was in
sympathy with the Chinese in resentins
foreign interference with matters that
were the concern Of the Chinese govern
ment, and declined to consider the matter
of British aid In suppressing marauders.
The admiral gave him until the end Of
November to reconsider his decision.
The fotilla that sailed will protect Brit
ish commerce. Irrespective Of Chinese
sensibilities. An excited mass meeting
was held in Canton the other day, at
which resolutions were passed demanding
that the Chinese government assert Its
sovereign rights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
EXPOSITION LITIGATION.
All Parties to Appear to Hear APP
plication for Receiver.


NORFOLK, Va, December 3-A decree
signed by United States District Judge
Waddill was entered in the federal court
here today directing all parties in inter-
est to appear before him in Norfolk at
noon tomorrow to hear application for a
receiver for the Jamestown Exposition
Company by the Con T. Curran Printing
Company Of st. Louis. Mo-. a Judgment
creditor for SCI 273. which is suing in
equity on behalf Of itself and all other
creditors Of the exposition similarly sit
uated.
The plaintiff. alleging that John Monk,
one OF the exposition construction con-
not judgment creditor. and that the
court is without Jurisdiction to appoint
receiver In the Monk action, asks a dis
n1issal Of this and the consolidation Of all
litigation Of every description against the
Jamestown Exposition Company, or trusts.
created in connection Herewith, into one
cause, and that receiver be na med to
take charge OF and manage the affairs Of
the company for the preservation Of its
valuable assets az whole.
The court Is petitfoned to provide q
proper method for the raising Of funds
necessary for the conduct Of the receiver
issuance Of receivers certificates is sug-
gested in the answer filed today by expo
sition officials In connection with the
Monk case.
The suit calls for a close collection of
all delinquent exposition stock subscrip.
lions for the benefit OF the general cred
ttors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03

to think In many instances 1t intrusts
large measure of mercy to the discre-
ton of the court. Where that Is not the
case it makes another provision, and that
Is this: Our institutions recognize the
fact that cases will. arise In. which, by
reason of peculiar circumstances, the rigid
and infexible execution of the law would
be cruel and unjust. Therefore, it invests
the executive with the power of pardon.
He may commute sentences or he may
pardon absolutely or cond' tionally. But
mercy is not intrusted to the jury. It Is
no part of their province 1t is for them
to give true answers under their oath.
Let each man do his own duty, assuming
that all other officials will do theirs. Only
SO can the law be administered in its in
tegrity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
TRACKS TO UNION STATION
MR.. sYws PUTS OBLIGATION ON
TERMINAL COMPANY.

A ball was introduced in the House this
morning by Mr.. Sims OF Tennessee pro-
viding that the Washington Terminal
Company be authorized and required to
construct and maintain and operate by
overhead trolley temporary railroad tracks
for passenger service from the new Union
station to the Intersection OF North Capt.
tai and c streets northeast, the tracks to
be constructed In accordance with plans
approved by the Commissioners of the
District, to be maintained and operated
by the terminal company to the satisfac-
ton OF the Commissioners, and to be re-
moved after the construction Of perma-
nent street railway tracks to the Union
station within thirty days after notice.
The Capitol Traction Company and the
washington Railway and Electric Com
pany are authorized and directed by the
bill to construct Jointly temporary waiting
sheds for passengers in the public space
At the intersection Of North Capitol and e
streets northeast. the shed to be erected
and maintained in the same manner and
under the same supervision as specified
for the temporary street railway tracks
Provision for Temporary Tracks.
It IL probable that the bill extending
tracks to the Union station to be intro
duced tomorrow by Senator GaIlinger will
contain q provision for q temporary over
head trolley line for the accommodation
of the public before the completion Of the
permanent tracks. It IL understood that
Senator Gallinger and other friends Of the
trackage bill introduced by him last ses-
sion do not look with favor on the prop
osition Of Representative Sims Of Tennes-
SEQ to provide for a temporary trolley
loop In q separate bill. They believe the
logical place for 1t Is in the same bill
which makes provision for the permanent
tracks.
Senator Gallinger has not yet completed
the final draft OF his BILL but will prob
ably do so late today or tomorrow morn
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
LOTTERY FOR HOUSE SEATS
Laughter Greets Representative
Bede,s Drawing of %.

In the lottery for seats in the House
yesterday Representative Burleson of
Texas secured first choice after Floor
Leader Payne Of the republicans. Minor
ity Leader Williams. Representative Bing-
ham of Philadelphia. father of the House:
Representative J. Warren Keifer Of Ohio.
who was Speaker twenty-four years ago.
and Gen. Sherwood Of Ohio. who comes
back to Congress after an absence of near
ly forty years, had been granted by unan-
imous consent the right to choose their
seats before the drawing began. Repre-
sentative ]. Adam Bede Of Minnesota
drew 49," and great applause g eeted the
funny man as he took his seat The over.
flow Of republicans will sit in the Chero-
kee strip this year, the House again being
divided by a party line down the center
aisle instead OF one aisle into the demo-
cratic side, as was the case last Congress,
when the republicans had such an I'm
mense majority. Last Congress the re-
publican majority was one hundred and
thirty-odd. This year 1t is IS. Peter
Porter of New York chose q seat with the
republicans. although denied admission to
republican caucus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
BRAZIL Nor ALARMED.
Expedition Ends Disastrousiy to
Would-Be Revolutionists.

Special Cabiegram to The Star.
LONDON. December S.-T.e Brazilian
legation states that no importance is to
be attached to the filibustering exped ition
reported in the papers here.
Practically speaking. 1t il said, there
has been no expedition. The fact Is that
a mad man had gathered some followers
in the slums Of New York and elsewhere
OF these. nine had come to conquer Brazil
OF course the idea was ridiculous. Now
they have been captured. Fortunately
for them there was no capital punish
nent in Brazil. The would-be revoIu-
tionists probably would receive long terms
Of imprisonment, or they might De con-
fined in a lunati casylum.
The dlibusters referred to are a band Of
British. Canadians and Americans, who,
under the leadership OF one Sebastian
Magali. landed in Brasil last month with
the avowed purpose OF upsetting the gov
eminent of the state Of Minas Gereas
They encountered the government forces
at Bahia November Is. and were defeated
and the survivors were pursued and cap
tured. Among the prisoners are three
Americans named W. Wilson, Herbert
Farnecker and Jay Price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
OIL WORKS EXPLOSION.
Two Men May Die, Several Badly
Injured.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. December 3-Durins a
fire. which followed an explosion in the
Kings County Oil Works. at Meserole and
Kingsland avenues, Williamsburg, yester-
day. several men were hurt, Of whom two
may die. What caused the explosion could
not be ascertained. The works are part
Of the Standard Oil Company.
The explosion was Of sufficient force to
awaken tho neighborhood. No alarm of
fire was turned in, but the employees
formed fire brigade and fought the
flames. There were smaller explosions,
but the fire which followed these did not
spread.
The first fire spread to shed and while
the men were trying to extinguish the
blaze there part Of the roof gave way,
and as the beams went down half dozen
Of the men were caught under them. The
shower Of sparks from the fire scattered
over the men, several Of whom were Sc
verely burned. Two Of the men were un-
conscious and apparently dying. They
were removed at once to a hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
THE GOVERNMENT LOSES.
Laborers Leave Isthmus Before
Working Out Passage Expenses.

One difficulty the isthmian canal COM
mission has had to contend with IL that
Of preventing laborers brought from
Spain at the expense Of the commission
from emigrating to the West Indies and
to the various South American countries.
where as a rule they are a welcome addi-
ton to the rural population. In payment
OF their transportation expenses a certain
percentage is taken monthly from the pay
OF the laborers until the whole amount
has been satisfied. The laborers soma
times get away from the isthmus before
all OF their transportation expensesshave
been satisfied, and the government is so
much the loser.
Peru and Chile seem to possess attrao-
tons for some Of the laborers. partieu-
larly those from Spain. The matter was
taken up with the proper authorities Of
Chile and Peru, with the result that moth
ing will be done by them to encourage
emigration from the isthmus. The recent
diversion of the Chilean transport Casma
from Panama to Valparaiso is a mani
festation Of the Chilean governments at
titude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
MEETS SENATE FRIENDS.
Mr.. Ryan Spends an Hour in the
Marble Room.

William j. Bryan spent an hour or more
in the marble room of the Senate today,
the time being principally devoted to an
exchange OF courtesies with senator's
Most Of the democratic members Of the
Senate called during the time to pay their
respects. as did also a number of repub-
leans, including Senator Burkett of Mr..
Bryan's own state. Gov. Vardaman of
Mississippi also was among the Ne
oraskans callers, and he remained for
some time in consultation with that gen.
tleman.
Mr.. Bryan declared that his visit was
without significance, and was only for the
purpose of meeting his friends of the
Senate. He leaves tonight for New York,
whence his wife and daughter will sail
soon for Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Was Too Patriotic Abroad.

DES MONIES. December S.-Fr.ends Of
Frank Polakovi of Iowa Falls will ap-
peal to the State Department at WASH
ington for his release from prison in
Hungary where he was placed last June
for display of American enthusiasm.
Polakovic was sent by the united
Gymnasium Association to compete at a
tournament at Sokal. For displaying lie
Stars and Stripes the American party
was ordered by gendarmes to dispense.
All complied but Polakovic. who is said
to have uttered contempt for the treat
ment accorded him. For this and his
Aanericap enthusiasm he was taken into
custody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
THREE HURT IN EXPLOSION.
Huge Vat Of Chemicals Blew Up
at Dynamite Works.

PATERSON. N. j., December S.-Three
men were injured in an explosion which
destroyed small building of the vesu-
vtus Dynamite Works, at Pompton Lake,
last night. The victims, DR.. Romano, a
chemist Of Brooklyn; his son Emile. and
William Cook. were the only occupants
OF the building. The huge vat of chemi-
Gals In the mixing room of the demolished
structure blew up. tearing the clothing
from their bodies and throwing them
against a wall. The extent of their in
juries is not known. The building in which
the explosion occurred was burned, but
the property loss was not heavy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03

Hoover read from the testimony to show
that Mrs. Bradley on the eventfui trip she
made from Salt Lake City en- route to
Los Angeles to show that she stopped off
at Ogden, telephoned her sister at Salt
Lake she had changed her mind and was
going to Washington. Mr.. Hoover said
the evidence showed that when she left
Salt Lake she had no intention of coming
to Washington.
Charge by Justice Stafford.
Justice Stafford, at 3:25 o'clock, began
his charge to the jury. He pointed out
the circumstances governing the different
verdicts which might be rendered. He
asked the jury to first look at the case
outside OF the question of sanity. He said
the jury should determine whether the de-
PENDANT said intelligently and understand
ingiy that she shot Brown. and whether
she actually said she was justified in SO
doing as far as any one could be justified.
The jury was to consider the evidence as
to whether she made threats as bearing
on whether she fired the shots, and
whether she. in fact, shot Brown, and
death resulted therefrom; how she came
to do the shooting. and how 1t was done
There had been no argument. the court
remarked, that the defendant fred in self
defense; that, Of course, when one takes
life in self-defense il is justifable. II the
Jury had any reasonable doubt whether
the shooting was in self-defense the de-
LAS there Is no direct evidence as to
how the shooting did occur the Judge
said. 81 simply call attention to this as
a possibility that might be considered"
The court also suggested the considera-
ton of possibility of accidental shooting.
If she was not trying to use the pistol
to do any harm to Brown or herself, and
the pistol discharged accidentally she
would not be guilty. If she was making
unlawful use of the weapon and the pistol
discharged as a consequence. and death
resulted therefrom, 1t would be man
slaughter. II Mrs Bradley went to
Browns room to shoot herself. and Brown
rushed to prevent her from shooting her
self. and the pistol killed him, she would
be guilty of manslaughter and nothing
more.
Some Of the Possibilities.
The court also suggested the posi-
bility that Mrs. Bradley may have been
menacing Brown to awe him into marry
ing her, but without intending to shoot
him. but that in trying to prevent what
he thought was her purpose to shoot
him. he was shot and killed, and said
that would be manslaughter. The court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
FOR THREE DEPARTMENTS.
Senator Scott to Introduce q Bill!
Providing for Buildings.

Senator Scott will introduce this week a
bill to provide a site and building for the
Of State, Justice and Com
merce and Labor. 1t will be practically
the same measure introduced last session
by Senator Wetmore, who has not yet re-
turned. owing to q deadlock in the Rhode
Island state legislature. The bill provides
for the purchase Of squares 226. 2l7. 22S.
90 and go. bounded by Pennsylvania
avenue, 14th B, and 18th streets north
west. and for the assignment to the pur-
poses Of this sight Of the portions of c
street, Ohio avenue. D, and E streets. ly-
ing between the squares mentioned.
It further provides that commission
be composed OF the Secretary of State.
Secretary Of the Treasury, Attorney Gen.
eral, the Secretary of Commerce and La
Dor and the superintendent Of the Capitol
building and grounds to draft report for
Congress containing preliminary plans.
and an estimate Of the cost of one or two
buildings to be erected on the site men,
toned. Senator Scott says he intends to
push this bill to the best OF his ability at
this session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03

case so far as the government Is con-
cerned"
Mrs. Bradley will leave here soon for
GoldieId, New, there to join her sister.
Locked Up for the Night.
After celebrating for five hours and
forty-three minutes the jurors an
nounced from their room at 10 o'clock
last night that they would not need
the judge before morning." and. pur-
suant to orders from Justice Stafford.
they were accordingly locked up for
the night. Interest. which aad been
manifested in both morning and after
noon sessions of the trial by surging
crowds, not half of whom could find
accommodations in the courtroom, CON-
ttnued throughout the tedious hours
of waiting for possible verdict. More
than a hundred persons, most of them
women, were in the courtroom at 10
o'clock last night, and still more chung
TO vantage points on the steps outside
In the cold. where view could be had
of the interior of the room. Mrs. Brad
ley spent the anxious hours in the base
ment. Her son Arthur was with her.
Those who saw her said she bUre up
under the ordeal with remarkable for
titude and appeared to be cheerful.
Mrs. Bradley was taken back to Jail
for the night
In anticipation Of Mrs. Bradley-s ac-
quittal., "A. B. Hayes, solicitor Of the
n,
and a friend of Mrs. Bradley, and Sam
uel ]. Masters arrived at the court
house about O'Clock in an automobile,
accompanied by their wives, prepared
to take Mrs. Bradley to the Hayes
home.
When it was seen Mrs. Bradley would
have to return to Jail they brought to
Deputy Marshal Springman a fur robe
to wrap around the prisoner IN her
cold ride to the dreary Jail. where she
has been incarcerated for nearly a year.
United States Attorneys Argument.
Soon after The Stars report closed yes
terday. United States Attorney Baker en-
tered upon the final address to the jury
for the government. Mr.. Baker, after de-
claring that the case was the old story
Of hone-breaking and destroyed hope
made the point that the crime was con-
ceived at Salt lake City. Mrs. Brad
this city for her mail, which showed she
had left directions to have her mail for
warded from Salt Lake, and therefore,
she purposed coming here when she made
the trip from Salt Lake to Ogden. He
said the revolver she carried into Brown 8
hotel room here just before the tragedy
was meant for Brown. He referred to the
pathetic features Of the case, and hoped
the jury would cast aside all sympathies.
and in its verdict SHOW that immortality
is not at a premium in the District Of
Columbia
Mr. Baker closed at 3:14 o'clock pm.
There was an intermission of five min
utes. Then by permission of the court
Attorney Hoover, for the defense, replied
to the new point regarding the forwarding
Of Mrs. Bradley's mail to this city. Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
BODIES FROM NAOMI.
Thirty Recovered From the Pennsyl-
vania Mine.

Vdu10 11uSs
PTTTSBURG. Pa, December 3.-Up to 10
o'clock this morning twenty-seven bodies
had been recovered In the Naomi coal
mine at Fayette City.
The mine ofacials now believe the dead
will not exceed thirty. but miners Of the
vicinity stih place the number Of killed At
between forty and fifty. Nothing definite
will be known until every entry Of the
mine is searched.
Shortly before noon the rescue parties
began to bring the bodies to the surface.
Squads Of special police held the crowd
in check. and as the bodies were taken
from the air-shaft they were carried to
nearby building erected for that pur-
pose. Coroner A. c. Hagan was stationed
in the building to receive the victims.
The scenes about the mine as the bodies
were brought forth we're pitiful. Three
more bodies were found in the Naomi mine
this afternoon. making the total thirty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
TRAGEDY AT PROVIDENCE.
Husband and Wife Dead After
Series Of Quarrels.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., December 9-Mrs.
James c. Fillmore died at the Rhode
Island Hospital today and her hus-
band is dead, having committed sui
cide yesterday after having made an at
tempt to kill his wife and murderously
assaulting George w. Robblee. a grocer.
The tragedy was enacted at the Fillmore
home on Burnett street In the Elmwood
district Of the city.
Domestic troubles are said to have been
the cause for the suicide and attempted
murder, Mrs. Fillmore having brought
suit for divorce against her husband after
an estrangement lasting several months.
Robblee. who was fired upon but not in
jured, had called at the Fillmore house
for orders.
Fillmore was q native Of Nova Scotia.
and was ffty-two years old. His wife
Is forty-two years old.