The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1905, Page 2

FIGURES ACQUIT STORSSEL " OF THE ACCUSATION THAT HE SURRENDERED PREMATURELY ; :-Japanese Give Out Data Showing| Tenacity of Defense Revealed " avho are seeking to discredit - ese bombardments. . captured Wantal Hill. At 2 o’clock on _he had done his best to break through “any concerted action. Every officer decided 2 ¢ . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1905. - ’ Conditions in Special Dispatch to The Call. PORT ARTHUR, Jan. 17.—Officlal figures given cut by the Japanese do not bear out the statements cabled fo British newspapers by correspondents General | ‘Stoessel. It is definitely annuum‘edi that the entire Russian foree in and | around Port Arthur was originally 35,000 men. There were ctually sur-| rendered 9000 soldiers and sailors, of | “whom a large proportion were unfit for service, To the remainder fell the task of garrisoning more than forty forts, large and small, against the attacks of an army of 100,000 men. In the hos- pitals of Poft Arthur the Japanese found 16,000 sick or wounded men. | During the siege 58 per cent of - the | officers were killed, and cut of the en- tire number of officers only 28 went | through the siege unscathed. | The most surprising information+ glven out by the | Japanese is that at the | battle of Nanshan Hill, the first great combat on Liaotung - Peninsula, the | Russians numbered oniy 4000 men, | and of these 2000 were killed or wound- | ed before the Japanese won the posi- | tion. The Japanese losses in the hal»; tle of Nanshan Hill were estimated at | 5000 men, and it was reported at the | time that the Russian force numbered | 000. From the figures now given out | an idea of the unpreparedness of the Rusglans at the outbreak of the war may be gained. The fortress here could have held out | for some time longer but for the fire of the Japanese eleven-inch howitzers, which destroyed the food depots, the workshops and the ammunition stores | and made the repair of the defensive | works impossible. The latest news recéived by the gar- rison from General Kuropatkin was in the middle of October, when he said the Japanese lines for the purpose of‘ suceoring Pert Arthur, but that he tot been successful. difficult to understand how the Russian infantry remained in the trenches behind, the Chinese wall, in wWhich great breaches were made. The traverses and bombproofs of the bat- tery positions on Eboshiyama, in the rear of East Rihlung Mountain fort, fort “H,” and the new Banjusan and ‘Wantai Hill positions in the rear of the Pahlung Mountain forts presented an awful scene. Not a single gun escaped being damaged by the Japan- In the crest of the ridge great holes were torn and the gun emplacements were converted into | heaps of debris. Dozens of guns were smashed and hurled from their car- riages down the obverse side of the hill by the shell fire. Between Wantai | Hill and “H” fort a battery of ten-inch | howitzers had been emplaced, and ev- | ery one of these guns was damaged, while some of them were totally de- stroyed. One gun was evidently being loaded. A shell was in the carrier ready to be put to the breach when a Japanese 500-pound shell severed the carrier chain and exploded. The entire gun squad was killed by the explosion and the gun was torn from its position, while all around were the mangled re- mains of the gunners. The effect of this last bombardment of the siege must have utterly de- moralized the garrison, for the damage dome proves to have been much great- er than any one on the Japanese side imagined at the time.. The garrison made its last attempt at resistance on Christmas day against the Japanese infantry, which by a spirited rush the following morning the Russians ex- ploded mines under the battery posi- tions on the crest of the big Bast Keekwan fort. These positions, which were well constructed of concrete, are now an awful wreck, strewn with broken guns and debris of all kinds. Not a vestige of the former works is left, and the entire crest of the hill, one of the most powerful battery positions of the fortress, is a complete wreck. sadbl Uz STOESSEL LEAVES JAPAN. Paroled Russian Officers Begin Their Homeward Journey. NAGASAKI, Jan. 17.—The French steamship Australien sailed to-night with General and Madame Stoessel and 565 Russians from Port Arthur, ircluding Admirals Gregorivitch and Lochinsky and Generals Gorbatowsky and Reiss and 245 other officers, some of whom were accompanied by their wives, The Australien was mot permitted tc leave port before darkness set in, as a precaution against the Russians obtaining knowledge of the defenses. She was piloted out by Japanese naval officers. LONDON., Jan. 17.—~The correspond- ent of the express at Nagasaki had an interesting " interview . with General Stoessel, In the course of which the general said: The capitulation occurring on New Year's day was merely a coincidence. The loss of 200-Meter Hill and the subsequent capture of forts, combined with the deadly marksmanship with: the terrible 11-inch shells, the depressing effect of the death of General Kondratenko and the fearful Increase of scurvy really fixed the time of capitulation. It s quite untrue that 1 dissented from the unanimous decision of the ftnal council of war. As. regards parole, 1 dlstinctly discouraged for himself. Generally, commanding officers stayed with their men’ and chose imprison- ment. Most of the maval officers also chose captivity, many probably being influenced by the fear of impending court-martial, The correspondent adds that conver- Peculiar to Itself In what it is and what it does—con- | taining the best ‘blood-purifying, ! alterative and tonic substances and' ‘effecting: the ‘most " radical and per- ! manent cures of all humors and all | eruptions, relieving weak, tired,! languid feelings, and building up thei whole system—is true only of : Hood’s Sarsaparilla No other medicine acts like it;-noi other medicine has done so much ' real, substantial dgood, no other medi- | cine has restored health and strength | at so little cost. % Food’s Sa a ] 3 e e S Port Arthur. sation with other Russian officers re- veals great bitterness. They denounce | Admiral Alexfeff for his faflure to properly fortify Port Arthur and his “cowardly flight” by the last train from the fortress. They say the tor- pedo boat destroyers that escaped be- fore the surrender carried all the regi- mental and naval colors to Chefu. The junior officers denounce the incapacity and folly of the Government in enter- ing upon the war. These opinions were openly expressed in the presence of General *Stoessel, Who remarked: “Let them talk; they have earned the right to think as they please by brav- ing untold deaths for our country.” - RAIDING COSSACKS ESCAPE Japanese Repulsed in an Attempt to Entrap Mistchenko’s Men, ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 17.—Gen- eral Kuropatkin, telegraphing yester- day to Emperor Nicholas, reported an attempt by a strong detachment of in- fantry, cavalry and artillery to cut off the raiding column of General Mis chenko's cavalry on January 14, as the lutter was about to retire northward. The Japanese, under cover of a mist, outflanked thie Russians. A battle en- sved, the Russian artillery inflicting heavy losses upon the Japanese at short range and then retiring. The Russian losses were five officers and forty men killed or wounded. General Kuropatkin also reported the return of a Russian patrol after blowing up the railroad and destroying a mile of telegraph two miles north of Tatchekiao. ALt A S Dutch Steamship a Prize, TOKIO, Jan. 17.—A Japanese tor- pedo boat destroyer captured the Dutch steamship Wilhelmina, which which was carrying Cardiff coal to Vladivostok, in the Tsushima Straits on Monday and brought her to Sasebo. —_— Japan Is Building a Cruiser. TOKIO, Jan. 17.—A first class arm- ored cruiser is being constructed in the naval dock at Kure. —_————— BOGUS MINING SHARES ON THE PARIS BOURSE Baron de Chappery Taken Into Cus- tody in Connection With a | $200,000 Swindle. PARIS, Jan. 17.—The police are in- vestigating an alleged great- financial swindle conected with the circulation on the Paris Bourse of $200,000jof shares of a South African mining company. The discovery was made when a woman endeavored to nego- tiate a heavy loan from a Havre bank- er, offering bogus shares as collateral. When arrested she asserted that she had received the bonds from Baron de Chappery, who was recently tried and acquitted on the charge of finan- cial irregularities. A search of the Baron’s residence | is alleged to have resulted in the dis- covery of a large quantity of the ' fraudulent shares. His arrest fol- | lowed. —————— I MAY RACE AT NEW ORLEANS | THROUGHOUT THE YEAR | Officials Are Counting on Their Being No Racing This Season on Chi- cago Tracks. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 17.—Al- though no official announcement could be made, it was learned from an authoritative source to-night that the owners of New Orleans Jockey Club track have decided to try the experi- | ment of carrying on racing here from one end of the year to the other. This decision has been reached be- cause It is considered doubtful as to whether racing will be held in Chi- cago this summer and New Orleans is considered the next best place to carry on a full year's meeting. | A definite announcement in regard | to this latter will be made as soon as | Ed Corrigan returns from Chicago. | ——— g RAILROAD MAY- DRIVE TUNNEL THROUGH SUMMIT | { | It Is Reported That Southern l-"twlfl(!l Has Let the Contract for the Gigantic Task. NEVADA, Jan. 17.—It is rumored here that a contract for a great tun. | nel through the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains had been-let and | that the work of driving would' bégin by April. It is estimated that it will | take three and a half years to com plete the task. . A rumor to the ef- | fect that ‘a tunnel would be built in | the spring has been afioat in Truckee | for ‘the last month, but'detalls have been lacking till now. Pioneer Widow Dies. SAN JOSE, Jan. 17.—Mrs. Ophia Massol of this,city died in Sacramen- to this morning, where she was visit- | ing relatives. Mrs, Massol was a na- ' tive of New York and 89 yéars of age. ! She was the widow of the late &. A. Massol, a ploneer merchant of Sacra- mento, and who in early days was as- sociated with Huntington and Stan- ford. The deceased came to Califor- niz2 in 1853, " ——— Shipping Bill Favored. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.~The House Committee on Merchant Marine | and Fisheries to-day authorized & fa- | vorable report on the shipping bill re- ported to Congress by the Merch: Marine Commission, T —————— Tobacco Growing in Missouri. ‘The farmers in the vicinity of Wes- ton and Iatan are engaged in tobacco raising. The experiment has passed the experimental stage, and a number of warehouses have lately been built. for | curing and storing tobacco. Ben Doran | ‘ware- of Weston has built two tobacco houses, each two stories high. | The warehouses are 108x45 feet. John| ©O'Dale, vice president of the Weston Bank, has built a tobacco warehouse. The McAdow brothers of Iatan have built another warehouse. Doran raised a good deal of tobacco last summer i spite of ‘unfavorable weather, and rl cently sold his entire crop at 8 a pound in the warehouse. Tobacco 1 near Iatan and Weston is said to be of unusual quality. Next year many more farmers will add- it to their crop.— Kansas City Journal. g Disease o 1iter ko LB R | SELECTIONS ELSEWHERE| | Hemenway to Succeed Fair-| NIEDRINGHALS GETS THE TOGA Elected to the Senate From Missouri and Will Take the Place of Cockrell e pdbins: BUEEAEE 1 banks; Burkett Chosen in | Nebraska; Knox Is Named | LRI JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Jan. 17.—{ Thomas K. Niedringhaus of St. Louis’ to-day received a majority of the total vote cast in both houses of the Mis- souri Legislature for United States Senator to succeed Francizs M. Cock? rell. Niedringhaus received a majority of eight on joint ballot. The voting. to-day in both houses re- sulted as follows: . House—Niedring- hous 79, Cockreil 58, Kerens 1, Bittin- ger 1. Senate—Niedringhaus 11, Cock- rell 22. Totals—Niedringhaus 90, Cock- rell 80, Kerens 1, Bittinger 1. Representative Grace, who intro- duced the resolution which resulted in the appointment of a committee to in- vestigate Thomas K. Niedringhaus campaign contribution, and who was accounted an adherent of Kerens, sec- onded the speech nominating Niedring- haus. He announced also that he spoke in behalf of Kerens and his ad- herents. TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 17.—In both the House and Senate to-day the reso- lution asking Senator J. R. Burton to resign was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. It is not probable that any action will be taken on’the matter for several days. LINCOLN, Nebr., Jan. 17.—Without a party caucus or other formality save the pledges of the State and District conventions the Republicans in the Ne- braska Legislature to-day voted for Elmer J, Burkett for United States Senator. 'Burkett has represented the First Nebraska Distriét in Congress for three terms. | INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 17.—The two branches of the Indiana Legislature to- day voted separately for United States Senator. Senator Albert J. Beveridge, to succeed himself, and. Representative James A.'Hemenway of Boonville, to succeed Vice President-elect Charles W. Fairbanks, received the unanimous vote of the Republican members, who are in a large majority. Hemenway is Representative in Congress of the First Indiana District, and is chairman of the Appropriations Committee. | HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 17.—The two branches of the Pennsylvania Leg- | islature balloted separately to-day for United States Senator. Philander C. Knox, who was appointed by Governor Pennypacker to succeed the late M. S, Quay, recefved the unanimous vote of the Republicans, ST. PAUL, Minn, Jan. 17.—Both houses of the Legislature voted sepa- rately to-day for Moses Clapp for United States Senator to succeed him- | self. | LANSING, Mich., Jan. 17.—The two] houses of the Legislature in joint ses- sion cast their unanimous ballots for Julius Caesar Burrows for a third term in_the United States Senate. BISMARCK, N. D. Jan. ¢17.—Both | houses of the North Dakota Legisl: ture voted in separate session to-day for United States Senator. The entire Republican vote in each house was cast for Senator P. J. McCumber, | SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 17.—| Former Congressman George Suther-| land was glected United States Senator | to succeed Thomas Kearns to-day. | AUGUSTA, Me., Jan. 17.—Eugene Halé was re-elected to the United | States Senate for a fifth term by the | Maine Legislature to-day. | BOSTON, Jan. 17.—Senator' Lodge was re-elected for a full term by the| Massachusetts Legislature to-day and | W. Murray Crane was chosen to com- | plete the remainder of Senator Hoar's| term. HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 17.—For United States Senator to succeed Joseph R. Hawley, former Governor! Morgan G. Bulkley of thig city to:day | received a_majority of the votes cast.| ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 17.—In the bal- loting to-day for United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew received. 36 votes in the Senate. In the Assembly he re- cefved 100. PROVIDENCE, ‘R. 1, Jan. 17.—Sen- | ator Nelson W. Aldrich was chosen by both houses of the General Assembly | for a fifth term to-aay. | Greene was named by the Democrats. | —_——————— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE, OF THE PACIFIC COAST | New Postmasters Named for Califor- nia—Patents for Residents of, . the State. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Postmas- ters were appointed to-day as follows: California—George A. Francis, at| ‘Wheatville, Fresno County; Katherine ‘Wheelock, at Pike; Frederick' B. Nichols, at McCloud; Gegrge A. Grif- fin, at Tuolumne. Patents were issued to Californians as follows: Samuel J. Bens, San Francisco, two-thirds o J. . Kimball, Oakland, Cal., endless chain; Guiseppe Cadenasso, assignor to National Block ®erectory Company, San Francisco, street block directory; Archile G. Hubbard, assignor one-half to B. 8, Hubbard, San _Francisco, fiywheel brake; Emory G. Huntington, Santa Ana, pipe grip; Thoma Joseph, San Francisco, metal leaching proce: Augustus C. Massey, Los Angeles, raflway or other vehicle; Thom: ald, Elk Grove, water elevator; Franklin B. McNamara, assignor one-half to C. Leon San Francisco, music leaf turner: Jesse | Rees, assignor one-half to W. S. Lewis, Loy alton, serial cableway; Earl H. Richardson, assignor to Pacific Electric Heading Company, Ontarlo, electric_stove; M. P. Schell,” assignor to Folkers Saw Filing Machine Company, saw fillng machine; Louls K. Vaughan, Oroville, Delt conveyor ———————— WASHINGTON, Jan. 17,—By order of the War Department Post Sergeant | Ernest H. Klieforth will be relieved of | further duty in the Philippines divi- | sion and sent to San Francisco, Te- porting to the commanding .Bner.l" and by letter to the military secretary of the army. g Grip Colds. Laxative Bromo Quinine, world-wide Cold and remedy, cause, Call 1l name and look for signature of B. W. . . assignor i i FREE . i George W.| - FIRM DENTAL BY MITCHELL On Floor of the Senate He Answers Charges Brought Against Him in Oregon SCORES HIS ACCUSERS o B Makes Deep Impression on Colleagues as He States That He Is Without Guilt WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The unus- ual spectacle of a United States Senator explainiug on the floor of the chamber charges made against himself by a court of law’in his own State was wit- nessed in the Senate to-day when Mitchell of Oregon spoke of the in- dictment recently returned against him by an Oregon Grand Jury. The Senator had not previously appeared in the Senate since the indictment was returned and he was received by his fellow Senators with many_ evidences of good will. He was much affected, his emotion” at times being such that he read his statement with great diffi- culty. In part, it was as follows: I assert in the most positive and unqualified manner that each and every one of these charges, IN 6o far as they relate to or in. volve me, are absolutely, unqualifiedly and atrociously false, and I here and now Indig- nantly and_deflantly denounce theyr authors and each and every ome of them, and brand them publicly as malicious and atrocious liars. But T desire to be more specific, and therei fore I further deny, in terms the most abso- ute and unquallfied of which 1 am capable of using, that I ever, elther in the month of Jan- uary, 1902, in the State of Oregon or at any other time' or piace, uniawfully or felonlously, or otherwise, conspired with Binger Herr. mann, then Commissioner of the Land Office, | and 8, A D. Puter. Horace H. G. McKinley, D. W. Tarpley, Emma L. Watson, Salmon B. Ormsby. Clark E. Loomis and Willlam H. Da- vis, or With either or any of them, or with any other person or persoms, to defraud the United States out of any part of its public lands lo- cated either in township 11 south, range 7 east, in the State of Oregon, or any other public lands either In the State of Oregon or elsewhere. 1 further deny in the most absolute and un- qualified terms that 8. A. in the city of Waehington in March, 1902, or at any other time or place, offer me, or pay to or give me—nor did I on March 9, 1902, in Washington, D. C., or at any other time or place, accept or receive from said B. A. D. Puter the sum of $2000 or any other amount whatever as an inducement to use my influ- ence with Binger Herrmann, thén Commis- sioner of the General Land Office, Senator Mitchell then told in detail how he had assisted Puter and Mrs. ‘Watson in Washington to secure the early consideration of claims in which they were interested. He con- tinued: . I had not the slightest idea in doing what 1 did that there was anything wrong about the entries or any of them. 1 did understand that eome one had made some objecons to some Of the entrics at one time, months be- fore. but the same had been thoroughly ex- amined and reported on_favorably by register and recelver at Oregon City and by two special agents in the fleld. Lang, Ornce iy For what I did before the connection with these twelve entries, as heretofore stated, 1 was not offered, nelther id I receive at'any time, either two thous- and dollars, or any other amount of mone; or any other thing of value, from §. A. D. Puter or any other person. 1 further state that not until more than two years afier the consideration of these cases in the Land Office, as above mentloned, had 1 any knowledge or Information to the effect that there was any claim upon the part of any agent of the Government or any one else that any of these twelve homesteads had been acquired wrongtully and fraudulently. Then the Senator attacked Frankeig J. Heney, the United States Attorney in the prosecution of the land fraud caseg, accusing him of unprofessional conduct in the jury-room and assert- ing that subsequent to the convictions in the land fraud cases early in De- cember and before sentence had been imposed, Heney, ‘“engaged with United States District Attorney John H. Hall in representing the Govern- ment in prosecution of said case, en- tered into an agreement with the said S. A. D. Puter, Emma L. Watson and others included in said conspiracy, by which they were offered clemency or Jeniency of some kind or character, provided they would, by their evi- dence, involve myself, -Mr. Hermann and others in these frauds.” . The Senator referred to his long ca- reer in the Senate and said that not until this time had any charge ever been made against his integrity, either as a man, member of the bar or mem- ber of the Senate. It may be thought, he said, by some that he had violated precedent in coming to the Senate at this time, but he declared, “I am an innocent man and I have at this stage of the, proceedings the same right as any other Senator to come here in de- fense of my character.” He trusted and belleved, he said, the time would come when he could with propriety demand of the Senate a thorough investigation of every one of the charges against him. The Sen- ator said in conclusion: I kave been declared by v 10 ba. unworthy o remain' Jonger. as - your assoclate, and being conscious of the absolute rectitude of my actions and of my innocence | of all wrong. I have deemed it not only m: right. but my duty to myself and 1o the members of this Senate, that I should come here and, thus publicly deny all charges which 1 know to be absolutely false, and also to ex- plain publicly the acts upon my part which I admit and which are nuw mvoked by the prosecuting officer of the Government and by a portion of the public press as badges of crime. e o IMPEACHING WITNESSES. nents of Prevarication. _ WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Attorneys for Senator Smoot to-day put on the stand witnesses to discredit the gesti- | mony'of the three witnesses for the %, “epior | protestants who gave what they al-| leged to be the oaths taken by Mor- mons who go through the temples and take the endowment ceremony of the Mormon_church. \ S. Fernstrom of Salt Lake, who has ‘been a Mormon for more. than thirty years, swore that August Lund- strom, a witness for the protestants, ‘Who gave what he alleged to be the Endowment House ceremony, could not be believed under oath. He said 1 Lundstrom turned against the church because he was asked to pay mone, lie borrowed from his Bishop. i C. P. Anderson, an assistant editor of a Swedfsh paper at Salt Lake, cor- roberated Fernstrom's testimony. H. J. Hayward of Salt Lake, a con- tractor and builder, also testified that ZLundstrom could not be believed un- der oath. Jens Christian Neilsen, a Danish he was thé hus- Mormon, testified that band of Mrs. Annie Elliott, why a witness for the protestants cam ing the Endowment House ceremony. | She hmenmed that Nielsen died six |7 *Winiam Lanston o Salt Lake, o and Mrs. Conwey streiched across the Mormon, testifieq that J. H.. Wallis Sr., another witness who revealed what he said was the Endowment House ceremony, bore a bad general utation and could not be believed. tness admitted he had been a po-~ Tygamist. —_— Grand Duchess Caroline Dies. WEIMAR, GRAND DUCHY OF SAXE-WEIMAR. Jan, 11.—'Th‘vi rand nu Caroline . Saxe- | died to-day -of inflammation+ of the lungs, resulti 3 DL M, D. Puter did, either | AFTER LAP FIND BODIES OF VICTIMS Sk OF A WEEK | | | Two Elderly Women Accidentally 'Asphyxi;ited | | | | | —_— For néarly a week two aged women l1ay dedd from gas asphyxiation in a {little cottage at 30 Lynch stréet. One was. Mrs, Mary Conway, mother of | Frederick B. Conway, formerly clerk |in Judge Mogan’s court, but now a fugitive from justice. The other was iMrs. J. D. McMurray, mother of | Policeman H. McMurray. The bodies were discovered yesterday. From all indications death was ac- | cidental. Mrs. McMurray visited Mrs. { Conway, who owns the house, intend- | ing to stay during the absence of the !latter, who was to leave soon on a trip to Arizona. | The two old ladies were seen by some neighbors as they entered the | house on Wednesday night. Mrs. Con- way retired to her own room in front, and her companion occupied a room in the rear of the cottagg. ~In extinguish- !ing the gas the visit®r evidently did | not tarn the cock far enough. The gas fixtures were rather stiffly. | Mrs. McMurray fell asleep, and the room filled with gas. i fumes rapidly permeated the ‘entire hcuse, Mrs. Conway was awakened {and evidently thought that the - leak | Was from the gas fixture in her own Iraom. She attempted to close the stop cock but instead turned it on. | Then she staggered through the oth- er rooms, fumbling in the dark with | the gas jets in each. She realized that ! one of the stop cocks was open and | was filling the place with gas. But be- | wildered and unable to see she could not discover which one. OVERCOME BY THE FUMES. |~ As she reached about in thé dark !the poisonous fumes gradually dead- | ened her senses. She made one effort ! to retrace her steps to her own room | where she must have heard the omin- ous hiss of escaping gas. Just as she | reached the door of her room she fell | and after a futile effort to rise lay still, Jtah | Every door and window in the house | { Utah Citizens Accuse Smoot’s Oppo- | was lotked. The gas flled every nook | and corner of the rooms. The gasps of | the two old women grew fainter and ! fainter, and soon the stillness of death | reigned in the little cottage. Neighbors soon began to miss the fa- | miliar figure of Mrs. Conway, but it was whispered around that she had left for Arizona to visit her sick daugh- ter. of the ho it was reported. But peo- ple began .notice that mail left at the doorway of 30 Lynch street was not being taken in. People in the neigh- borhood thought that there was some- thing wrong in the little cottage. Mrs, J. Johnson, who lives in the house adjoining, notified Mrs, Dwelle | a sister of Mrs. Conway, of the pecu- llar circumstances. George Dwelle, a nephew of the old lady, immediately went to the house. He knocked at the door, but recelved no response. He climbed to a window, and, peer- ing into his aunt’s room, saw her lying in the doorway. Dwelle notified the North End Police Station, and Police- man O'Sullivan hurried to the place. | He broke open a rear Joor, but was driven back by the rusH of gas. Five | jets were turned on. l MAKE GHASTLY DISCOVERY. gome time before the pair ‘eoullln 'e.l.ur. They found Mrs. McMur- { on a bed in the rear room, of her room. Both had been dead for nmearly a week. The bodies were nmvvoduto the Morgue. AT "ml;dmufldoummhmuthn of his mother. Mrs, J. D. McMurray was 67 old. She had been living |lt 227 0:6 .vmg.“- & 'old."Bu | Mrs. Wwoy was 68 years e H. Conway, jumped a has not been heard from since. He was forging of - receipts. mdnhoc Conway —_— new and worked | The poisonous | Mru‘! McMurray was taking care| TWO' AGED WOMEN .WHO WERE ASPHYXIATED BY GAS, AND HOUSE WHERE THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED. | WILL PROCEED WITH CONTEST Once .in Peabody Case in=‘ Legislature of Colorado DENVER, Jan. 17.—At a joint ses- sion of the two houses of the Gen- eral Assembly this afternoon to take | action on the contest filed by James H. Peabody for the office of Gov- ernor, the request of the attorneys for Governor Adams for an extension un- til 2:30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon of the time in which to submit an answex made in the contest papers was granted by a vote of 61 to 34. By the same vote the Legislature decided to proceed at once with the | taking of testimony in the contest. | On motion of Senator Parks a com- mittee of five was appointed by Lieu- tenant Governor McDonald, who pre- sided over the joint session, to draft a set of rules and regulations which shall govern the order of the contest. The committee is composed of thre Republicans and two Democrats. Attorney Waldron, appearing for Governor Peabody, said he wished to be understood as not opposing any reasonable request by Governor Adams. He' argued, however, that the | fircumstances required no written | pleadings, anll he was clearly of the | opinion that any extension of time gained would result in delay and | prove fatal to the cause for which | the joint session had been called. | torneys protested vigorously against immediate action by the Legislature, | asserting that the proceedings would | necessitate his presence and that of | his counsel and probably preclude a | | proper and thorough investigation of | the charges filed against him and a | satisfactory answer thereto. ] R g | | OLYMPIC CLUB ATHLETES ! IN SERIES OF TABLEAUX | Interesting Programme Is Arranged by | Leader J. J. Gleason for the Ladies’ » Night Entertainment. | Leader J. J. Gleagon, of the Olympic Club, has arranged an attractive pro- | gramme for the ladles' night to be | held in the club gymnasium tp-mor- | raw night, A Series of athletic tab- leaux consisting of: The Gregting, the Discus Thrower, the Boxers, the Tired Boxer, the Wrestler, the Fen- | cers, the Gymnast and the Start will ! be presented. | Those taking part will be Miss Nel- lia F. Connor, Miss Sophie de Lam- | bertiny, Bert Cadwalader, John Wal- [ ter. Albert Kaufman, R. B. Corneil, E. | Leichsenrig, Professor George S. Miehling, Gene Phllavl. M. F. Rapp, W. Gindorf, John Simpson, Herbert Dtincan and Master Cornell. + In addition there will be a song by Oscar Frank, wrestling by Ed Baraty and H. Miller, specialties by Bob | Mitchell, boxing by Jimmy Britt -and i Joe Lundie, Johnny Roche and James | Carroll, monologue by Jimmy Britt end a song by Signor Domentico Rus- so, — 4 before the preliminary hearing in Judge Cabaniss’ court, and has since | been a fugitive from justice. How far he was implicated in- the plot never came to light. He was arrested on complaint of Jack Evans, a saloon man. | . George Dwelle says that his aunt had the gas fixtures put in the house only recently. 'both of the old ladies were cheerful implicated with Daniel Sullivan in the and well provided for. e Sullivan is 2 ———— Alu‘n.nnldtl-!utm Ppleas- o b | Both Governor Adams and his at- | 2$3C SENALE FAVORS © -+ Tl§ PRESIDIO Passes Bill| Appropriating Twenty Tlousand Dolars to Beautify}he Army Post BRANDY TAX OPPOSED —_— Perkins Has the Protest ‘of California’s'Legislature Read at Session’s Opening _—— Epectal Disvatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The bill ap- propriating $20,000 for th: beautifica- tion of the Presidio-at San Francisco passed the Senate to-day. Fifty thou- sand dollars was originally named in the bill, but Senator Perkins amended it to conform to General MacArthur's recommendation, which named $15,000 as the sum that could be employed in the work this year. The appropriation is a continuing one until $50,000 is reached, This appropriation i ex- pressly for the extension of. walks, drives and the adornment of the Pre- sidio, and not for military equipment. Senator Bard to-day favorably re- ported the bill for the transfer of por- tions of Yosemite Park to the Sierra forest reserve. He had been requested to delay ‘the Peport® by citizens of Fresno, and promiged to do so if they wished to come to Washington and be heard, but no wordgghaving becen re- ceived by them, the bill was forwarded at once. Senator Kittridge will report the House bill to-morrow. Immediately after the Senate con- vened to-day, Perkins presented and had read a protest from the California Legislature against Commissioner Yerkes’ recommendation of a tax of 25 cents a gallon on grape brandy. The protest. was referred to the Committee on Finance. Lodge of Massachusetts presented the conference report on the Philippine railroad and bomd bill and explained the House amendments. Of these, he said, ‘there were only two of impor- tance, one of which, he said, regulates the distribution of the earnings and profits of rallroad companies and the other, provides for an appeal to the In- sular Supreme Court of suits at law in which the Governmefit may be inter-/ ested. The report was ordered printed. it e NE'S FATE IN DOUBT. SWAY! House Will Vote To-Day on Question of Impeachment. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—With an agreement to vote on the Swayne im- peachment articles to-morrow at 3:30 l-o’clock, the debate to-day was carried on at high pressure for more than five hours. Grosvenor furnished the text for a very vigorpus speech by Bourke Cockran by the reading of a letter from Judge Pardee of New Orleans, declaring that politics was at the bot- tom of the impeachment proceedings. The fact of a Judge transmitting such a_letter, Cockran declared dramatic- ally, was “a monstrous spectacle.” Grosvenor asserted that.there was no ground presented for impeachment in the report of the committee. The other defenders of the Florida Judge during the day were Lacey of Towa, Nevin of Ohio, Moon of Pennsylvania and Crumpacker of Indiana. Lamar of Florida closed the debate for the day, reviewing the sentiment his State and the record of Judge Swayne, He declared there was am- ple ground for impeachment. —— Immigration Agent at Gotham. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 17—~The President has nominated Robert ‘Watchorn to be Commissioner of Im- migration at the port of New York. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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