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CIRCULATION

NO 454 WASHINGTON D C SATURDAY JANUARY 4 1908 TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS

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SWAMP MYSTERY

EPS IK ARREST

JJew Jersey Victim Is MrsC T S Wliitmore

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rJMiee Suspect Dead WomauHusband of Crime

Take Brooklyn Motorman IntoAfter Hearing of Threats to

Kill and Ills 111 Treatment of HisWife lied Dress Gives Clew that

Detectives to tIe Solution6f the Problem Brother on Way

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the Harrison N J jail tonight afterliaif a domes persona had identined thelofty C the woman found in Limp Blacktiwam the day after Christmas as thatof Jail wife Lena Elisabeth Whitmore-

A private detective after several days

work found that the red dress whichhad been ripped otC the murdered woman

WIt Mid bjr OMMNfeeim and Collins in9 1tsMf street Brooklyn and delivered bythem to a fwjtioheoroom house at 3Adams street Brooklyn kept by MrsWtdtmere She had Vera mistm it waslearned 4 oclock on Christmas

lorStiff cr Glcarn Mystery

Then it was discovered that Mrs Itanie-Sefemttter of m Bast imh street was astaler of Mrs Whitmores The police tookMrs Schmitter to the Harrison morgue

The instant the saw the shesftti It was her sister She Identified thered ise and the furs positively Herhatband Michael was equally certainand a frkmd of the family Mrs Edith

at the anise time thereceiM s no doubt that it was Whfc-m rt

Sehnitter aM that Whitmore whowept mexormaa on the Third

Avesne Elevated running a snwtUe trainbejfeween Chatham 9a are Bfd the BroekIjra Bridge at night married her slaterLena Salter fifteen years ago in AlbanyShe said that Whitmore m treated hiswife constantly and had beaten her at

so that her body w Mack andline Mrs Schmitter declared that Whiti ere tease said to his wWe-

sna U I shooid kill you some timetokfd dry arrest me on a charge ofl pwrfty

Brother on llln WayKtW Jar fcWilHam It-

S Mer a baker of this city who Mvas at51 Behenectady street sad urn WilliamHughes who lives at SI Victory avenuepesitivety Identified pictures of thewoman whose murdered body was foundn the swamps of Harrison N J as

of a sister Mrs Theodore S Whitmore Brooklyn Mrs Wbltmorwhose maiden name was Lena Statevrac assent thfrtynve years of age

During their residence here accordingmade today by the brother

ndateter of the dead woman Whitmoreand Ms wife quarreled freQuently largelybceauae of the husbands dissipatedhabits

The Whitntores were here Jut hi thewhen they spent a week with

the Slitters Wttnam Salter loft tonightfor Harrtaos to identity the body of hisslater

SHAW AFTER PRESIDENCY

ItxSocrctary Confers wIth GovCtiinminH of Iowa

Dot Moines Iowa Jan 1 For the firstin years former Secretary of the

Treasury Leslie M Shaw and Gov A B

Cammhea met in a beartteheart cpa

funmoe today and discussed the Iowapefitfeai tMttkm and possible bearlag national polities

Aa to pst what conclusion these twoleaders of opposite factions reachedneftiler wW make a dennlte statement atthis time but the intimate friends ofeacs that war tend peace meas-

ures were both discussed SecretaryShaw wmtfd like to be a candidate forthe Premdaucy and be would like to

the race backed by a solid Towa

He knows he could not do this withoutCummins consent as the latter controlsthe north halt of the State It te claimedthat Shay sounded the governor as towhether be would agree to stick to theSenatorial fight and offer no obstacle toSfcaws securing the Iowa delegation-

It te further reported that Oovwould make no promises until after

a eettference with his political advocatesMary Iowans would be glad to supportShaw for the Presidency if it did not in-

volve Senator Allison but they declarethey will not enter into any agreementwhich might give Cummins an advantageas against Allison

ENTOMBED A MONTH LONGER

3Hnarj jM Ely Learn It Will Takethat ItonK to Reach Them

I5tjr Jan S After weeksnearly 1CM feet under the ground

and tbd thn 0i pipe the three minersmtambed in the Gtroux shaft learned toJay that they moat remain their prison

a months longer Tko rescuersire down nearly 401 foot

The three entombed men when told itwould probably te four weeks before jtoey-

mld he released appeared satteifed thateverything possible was bains done Theintombed men are in good health andteem cheerful i

Veteran Editor fleaCarlisle Pa Jan 1CoL H Thomas

editor and manager died at Mecltftntesburg today aged seventyfour years He-w as a member of the National and StateEditorial Associations and served in the

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DECLARES FOR CANNON

Champaign County III Wants theSpeaker in White House

Champaign 111 Jan 8 At one of thelargest and most enthusiastic gatheringsever hold in Champaign the Republicans-of the twentyoight townships of thecounty unanimously passed the followingresolution amid ringing cheers

Resolved by the combined organiza-tion of the Republican party of

County and its twentyeight town-

ships lid others atteadtig this metingthat we declare our unswerving loyaltyand adherence to the Hun Joeeph G

Cannon of Illinois as the Republicancandidate for President of Ute UnitedStates and do hereby pledge ourselvesto tose all our personal efforts to fav-orably presets his candidacy to the nextnational convention of the Republicanparty

Congressman W B McIUnley of theNineteenth district ofcommittee having Uncle Joes

in charge was noisily greeted andthe mention of his name and that ofCannon was the signal for applauseEkigene B Fletcher of Chicago having-in charge the campaign of former Sena-tor William E Mason to succeed Senator Albert J Hopkins was also present

TWO IN DEATH PACT

Wife of Illinois Bank Exam-

iner Receives Shot

STORE CLERK HER COMPANION

Latter Dies UK Result of Tweedy In1uMIu Park Leaves Note SayingTheir Love Prompted the Deefl

and ARklnsr to Be Buried TogetherThe Police Find a Letter

Chicago Jan S The unconscious bod-

ies oC a man and woman found lyingon the ground in Grant Park title eveningby people attracted by two rrmtver shotsthat were Aged m rapid succession Thewoman M Mrs Ruby C Ptssak wife ofWilliam Piaaak a State husk examinerwho lives at SOC L ke avenue Site hi

shot Jut beneath the nearu and hi m acondition

Police Find IotturGilbert Broekott C fill Jnstia

street a department store employ wasthe man and he died shortly after reach

iHfSt Lukes Hospital where both werehurried by the police A letter found inthe mans met told the story It readDr Sadie De Wilt P t fty aid I kf-

We Ohr Mt fe we f nu fate BBRRThis is supposed to be for Crocketts

sister and her husband who live in Dav

WOMEN STORM SCHOOL BOARD

Indiana Slob Demands RcuJKimUoii-sIcinber Injured by Stone

KlrHn Ind Jan 8 Fifty women ofthis place iieaded a mob of indignantcitizens last night that called upon theschool board while its three memberswere in session and demanded their res-

ignation presenting a petition at thesane time front 198 property owners thatthe board step down and out

The board voted to postpone considera-tion of the petition indefinitely and MrsHarry Cost leader of women de-

nounced the members in unmeasuredterms

As the crowd reached the street MrWilliam one of board appeared atthe window and was down andbadly injured with a brackbat The people of the village wish the board toresign and turn tie school interests overto the township trustees In order to havea new schoolhouse built in the corporatelimits

NO HOPE FOR STEAMER

Mount Royal with KM Aboard InTwentynine Days Overdue

St John N Bi Jan STh steamshipMount Royal is now twentynine daysoverdue and hope is practically aban-doned She had 900 stowage passengers-on which with her crew made atotal of nearly 400

Wireless stations along entire Atlantic coast have been warned to lookout for tho vessel or some trace of herbut so far it has availed nothing

The Mount Royal when she loft Antwerp board some 2300 tons ofcoal sufficient tolast her from thirty tothirtyfive days so if she is still afloatshe sufficient fuel to last at least tendays yet

BRYAN WEAK IN MICHIGAN

Intends Openly Say lie Would Xotlie Stronger Candidate There

Detroit Jan It appears rfter talkswith Democrats in various parts of theState including Grand Rapid Lansingand this city that even the sturdy sup-porters of William J Bryaa in the cam-paigns of 1806 and 1000 are not at ufl

that Bryan would be the stiongetfor the Democratic national

convention to name this yearSome of Cop Bryans friends say openly

that they are convinced that he wouldnot bo the strongest candidate to nominate

ARREST RUSSIANS AT BERLIN

Police Raid Headquarters of Workhitmens Party in Suburb of CityBerlin Jan police of this city

raided a louse in the suburb of Charlottenburg last night and arrested seven-teen members of the Central Committeeof the Russian Workingmens Party Thearrests were made under the Prussianlaw which forbids meetings of secretsocieties and presumable as a result ofinformation supplied by Russian politicalagents

Wireless Telephony SuccessfulWiutesbarre Pa Jan I After two

years work John Grohowski of Kingstc twenty years old was today abletoi talk by wireless telephone a distance-of JM feet

to Baltimore tool ReturnSaturday and Sunday via Pennsyl-

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STATE COMMITTEE

Rebels Against Manner ofCall for Primaries

MAY GO TO LEGISLATURE

Will Demand Enforcement ofthe Huffman Law

Only Other Course to Overcome O-bjectionable Decision of Ohio Ile-

puullcnnn IN to Call a Rump Con-

vention Declare Order ftu 1000retltloncm for u Ticket

Illegal and Unnecessary

Cincinnati Jan 3 Senator Fdraker to-

day issued a statement declaring that hewill not abide by the decision yesterday-of the Republican State mend committee at Columbus as voiced in the

call for State convention primariesIt appears that two courses aro now opento him through this stand

A rump convention can be called toname State delegates to the national con-

vention on the chance that the credentialscommittee of the national convention willhonor the credentials of the independentRepublicans

The other plan the most likely onewill be to carry the fight to the floor ofthe legislature in a contest on behalf of

Huffman direct primary law with anamendment making this law effective atonce If this bill IB passed it will auto-

matically rewind yesterdays action ofthe Republican central committee andgive Foraker just what he wants

FnrakerN ObjectionsWhile the RepubUcanTaft forces are

not likely to oppose so popular a measureas the direct primary they will doubtlesslight to the last against making the bUt

effective at once statement todaySenator Foraker says-

I am not sure I understand the callalthough I have read it several times ItI do it is another eC asking forbread mad getting a stone My idea In

primaries was to bava the elec-

tion of delegates brought home to the peo-

ple so that In each ward we could selectour immediate representatives

This call makes all that impossible-In addition it prescribes requirements-not authorised by the statute and notwithin the power of the State centralcommittee Some of those requirements-are in meet conflict tt statuteiSajne of then are vernbycdtpgomrin vartknilar te the rejoin ne4 that hefore there can be a Tall ticket and aPoraker ticket there must be a petitionsigned by twenty times the number ofthe candidates for delegates and alternates That would mean in this countyabout 4CGI signers or petitioners

The unreasonableness of the require-ment that there shall be 4NO petitionersto authorize a ticket is shown not only bythe fact that the law makes no re-

quirement but that in ease where thelaw authorised county bad city ocers tobe nominated by petition only IM namesare necessary to nominate any countyomcer and only ftf ty names are necessaryto nominate any municipal officer

If in the contemplation of the lax fiftysigners are enough to authorize placing amans name on the ticket for mayor ofCincinnati or Cleveland certainly it tobeyond anything contemplated by the lawthat iWO signers should be necessary tonominate a lot of delegates and alter-nates to merely attend the State

Such a condition is unnecessary aswell as burdensome It should be enoughfor each party to select his own ticketand to let the people vote their preferenceThe counties are not bound to followthe order of the State central committeebut whether they will do so or not I amnot advised So far as I am personallyconcerned I shall make no effort to com-ply withsuch uncalled for illegal and arbitrary conditions

DICK LOYAL TO FORAKER

Says Fight Is Hard lint FriendsWill Not Give Up

Akron Ohio Jan 3 With his formerstrongest supporters out for Taft SenatorDick tonight declared that SummitCountys delegation will not go by de-

fault Senator Forakers friends willmake the best light they although-it must be admitted that It is a lIt under dlfflculttwC ho said I am forForaker first last and all tho time andreports to the contrary that I want toclimb into someone elses bond wagonare false

Of the State central committees callhe said It makes a boss In every

if it Is followedHe stated he would announce In a few

days whether he would be a candidatefor delegateatlarge or not

Tonight the Taft Club the first organized in the county was rpergantzadwith speeches by prominent Republicans

LIEUT HAZZARD ACCUSED

Charged with Forging Name of ColDaniel Gormnn

Detroit Jan 8 A warrant was issuedtoday in the police court here chargingLieut R F Hazzard of the Seventh

United States army stationed atFort Wayne with forging the game ofCol Daniel Gorman to a check for 4 0

Hazzard Is in the guardhouse and acourtmartial may convene to try himHazzard served with distinction In thePhilippines under Gen Funston and took-a leading part in the capture of Agulnaldo

Flotilla Reaqlica ParaThe torpedoboat flotilla preceding the

battle fleet on the way to tlfb Pacific leftPara yesterday for Pernambuco Brazilaccording to a dispatch received at theNavy Department yesterday afternoon

Baltimore and ReturnBaltimore and Ohio RSaturday and Sunday All trains

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Completely Demolish Streetin liuncie

ONE MAN FATALLY INJURED

One kindred tinder Arrest in Iniliana Town AVklle Sixteen Havepeen Hurt it llowi A Call forTroops to Quo the Disturbance Jn

Munch Ind Jan tThree caseto the Indiana Union Traction

Company destroyed todayby a mob fat sympathy with the strikingconductors and motormen aril two fthe strikebreakers were so badly bettedthat they had to be removed to a hospital

One of them it ft thought will die Thepolice and deputy sheriffs made nearlyttO arrests The trouble occurred in thefactory district

Troops Were Not SentAt noon the traction company formally

aakoa the governor for troops to protectits property but when Ute governorcalled up the city authorities they saidthey had the situation in heist and troopswere not needed

Five persons in addition to the strike-

breakers were injured in the riots todaymaking sixteen injured since the riotingbegan

POWERS JURY STILL OUT

Deadlock May Be Broken by Verdictof Not Guilty

Georgetown Ky Jan 8 All day Ar-

thur Goebel wise for eight years hasdevoted his whole energy toward theprosecution of the men accused with hav-

ing conspired to murder his tfrother

Goebel has sat almost alone in thecourtroom looking longingly toward thedoor to the jury room while Caleb Powers

has been resting ia his prison cell Goe

bel has abandoned hope for convictionand fears now that the verdict If one Is

rendered will not guilty

When tonight Juror Ronaikerthe court to dismiss the jury declaring

that they were hopelessly at oddsGoebels face brightened Had JudgeMorris dismissed tho jury tonight Goebelwould have been better plonsed for hefears that if forced to yield tubmen voting for conviction will ba theones who will come over

From the boat Indications the jurystands live to seven for acquittal

MnelilaH to Be HelmutMobile Ate Jan 3 The United States

Machhw now lying at Pensacola Fin wilt leave In a few days forthe New York navy yard to be rebuiltThe collier Hannibal will make the towA crow of eighteen men arrived here to-

day en route to Pensacola to take thevessel

nincmont Branch SchedulesSouthern Railway announces

will be withdrawn 134 will dallyand 13S weekdays and iW will leave Bluemont 250 p m Instead pf 450 p m as

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My feelings are toodeep for expression-

All I can say at thistime is that the city ofWashington has suffered a great loss by thedeath of the ReverendFather Stafford

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Charles Sunder of York StepsInto BlcvaiorShnft

New York Jan 3 Charles Sandereditor of tie Hungarian Daily News waskilled by falling down the elevator shaftin Ute Presbyterian Building IK Fifthavenue this afternoon Mr Sander withAndrew Sebnoy were in the car andwhen Mr Sebncy got out at the sixthfloor Sender startod to follow

Lewis Russell the elevator boy hadthe gate partly closed by this time Theolavfctpr shot up and Sander intothe open shaft dropping down sdx storiesHe died almost Immediately

Russell was arrested but later paroled-

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GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD

Will Pay 5OO Informa-tion of Contemplated Haiti on To-

Iiucqu IiiterentK State Aroused OverDeprejmtioiis at IlnsftcHvHIc tendOther Places In County

Jan lCbasrmed anddisappointed at his failure In effortsto satisfy the growers Gov Wilsonagain eBl Adjt Gen P V Johnstonto his ski and placed the National StateGuards m bra bands to restore order inthe country of the revolution

He prepared a statement concerning theaffair in which ta offers a reward of lOt

any information given in advance ofa contemplated raid s y night ridersor the socalled peaceful armies ThisIs a new feature in the ease and the

vernor expects that it will preventmore troubles like the attacks on Prince-

ton Hopkinsvllle and RnsseUvllle

Governor Makes Statementills statement part is as followsThe RMHeilviiie raid was dearly a

of the promises made by the manager of the association in that part of theState and was made to hinder the prosecation at Hopkinsville by mtimidating tli-

ofHqhiis and witneeses but the only resultwill b to add new crimes and new crim-inals guilty of open felonies similar tothose at Hopklnsrtlle and Princeton andto make it harder for the tobacco growersin that region even to get living prices fortheir tobacco to further disgrace theState inflict further immense destructionof values of farms and alt property mthat district to destroy the tobaccoket there to and grievepeople and take away their liberties andto shelve their faith in the protection ofthe laws and to force capital and valu-able Immigration to slum Kentucky andalt this without the least hope of chance-to help tho men who formed these

or any of their tobaccoPrison for Some

At the end it the penitentiaryfor the infamous men who formed thisconspiracy and for many of their dupesfor though their associations numberthousands the lawabiding fcn k v1npeople number hundreds of thousandsand there can be no possible hope that the

govern Kentucky and a pos-

sible escape from punishment when as Itsurely must come to pass in a short timethe full extent of the crime and hurt isunderstood and conscience duty andfaith of the people resume control and

the full and possible power of thepeoples law v

Gov Wilson was early to-

day to receive the following telegramfrom Rus ellville

NigHt riders burned two tobacco facttories at this place last night and otherproperty caught from these and wasburned

We stand reddy to do our full duty inthis matter suggest that you sendthe fire marshHl to summon witnessesand make full investigation immediately

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Universal Sorrow Occasioned byHis Passing Away

Soul of Divine Renowned for lugBrilliancy and Intellectual Attain-ments Spiritual Character andGood Deeds Departs andParishioners and Associates andHFriends Weep Over Their Loss

Surrounded and inspired with Q xthaspiritual comfort and eonsolatio xWulcathe Mother Church BO lovingly otters herfaithful children at and

in their on earthDr Stafford passed away yesterday aft-ernoon at 1JS oclock In the ProvidenceHospital where tho eminent divine only-

a few days before had been taken tundergo an operation which was to havobrought him relief from his sufferIng

The end of the beloved pastor did notcome unexpectedly since the crisis whichfollowed the operation left him in an

weak condition Although strongof frame and constitution the esteemeclergyman who had been patient for anumber of months did not rally sufficientstrength to overcome the shock

Watched at time BedsideDr Stafford died surrounded by his

three devoted assistants at St PatricksRev Thomas E McGuigan Rev JamesS Smyth and Rev Wilifcun A CarrollMr and Mrs Alfred C Whitton andMiss Margaret Stafford Ms sisters aridbrotherinlaw-

Dr Hosier Bayly who with Dr J BBriscoe had kept faithful watch by the

of the distinguished churchmanever since he was piaceiriK the hospitalwere also present when death occurredas were two sisters each from St Patricks Academy St Josephs Male OrphanAsylum and Si Vincents Asylum whf iinstitutions are in charge of St Pat

and in whose welfare Dr Staffordbeing a great friend of the little onealways took the deepest interest

There were also a number of Sisters ofCharity from the hospital present whowith the other religieusee knelt In silentprayer by tix bedside of the dying pastorAlias ttaJnesrrtiMi nurse WBO attend

JIG wlfuffntiil the sorrowful sceneAH dtirijig aar l g boors telephone

message received it hospitalinquiring after the condition of Dr Staf-ford who was extremely popular with thepeople irrespective of their religioussuasion Standing in particular high esteem with Cardinal Gibbons his eminonrkept himself posted by making use othe long distance telephone

Message to time Cardinalge yesterday morning informed

the Cardinal that prospects were mostunfavorable and that little hopes wesentertained of Dr Stafford surviving thecrisis

The cardinal gave instructions to advisehim immediately It any change for thworse should occur He was at once notiJted of the of St Patricks rector

remains were taken to the rectoryyesterday evening Funeral arrange-ment will be completed today

Realising that his condition was growlag worse and that death might ensue atany Rev Father McGulgan of StPatricks Church administered extremeunction to the patient Thursday nighthad prayers for the dying were recitedby the priests present

The health of the popular clergymanbad been failing for a number of yearsand fearing a complete breakdown fromoverwork directly following the erectionof the new rectory and school buildingsDr Staffords congregation insisted hetake a long vacation and rest

Father Stafford was deeply bythe JtetteUude and love shown by hits

and following their advicehe went to Europe where he spent anumber Of months recuperating

Pits return to Washington was signa i

ised by a series of receptions given in hishonor by the various societies connectedwith the church A monster reception ativnfch prominent citizens irrcsptt live of

belief made addresses of welcome was tendered to the rector at thenew Carroll Halt

Receive Many GiftsThe celebrant was the recipient on this

occasion f a large number of valuablepresents Being of an active mind DrStafford could not reconcile himself to alife of quiet and rest which his phy-

sicians advised him to pursue HeInterested in the complete

schemes of St Patricks Church build-ing which Shad always ben the aim ofhis life It was his wish to s e

his church the most beautiful IIOUPO

of worship in the city of Washingtonand he consulted with prominent archi-

tects here and in other cities in the mat-

ter with the result that plans andspecifications were completed which show

his church completed with two spirrsand an unusually artistic exterior antienvironments-

In connection with the other extensilework of the church its various organisatons the schools the asylums and ho

poor Dr Stafford before long foundhimself again the busiest man in hisperish His health again b gan to fail

and early last June he b amely ill

Dr W Sinclair Bowen was dto attend him The rectors sister Mrs

tsc peators favorite attended hr broth rfaithfUlly from the brat day of his ill

until the but moment After treat-

ment of K short duration at Providen aHospital his physicians ordered him toAtlantic City where it wasbracing salt air would bring back to hsshattered system much needed strong

Stay at the SeasideThe stay at the seasick proved bets

Peal to Dr Stafford but Ms health wasgone too far to bring about a Iompleie

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