The Montgomery Advertiser, 1901-06-18

MAGERS TELLS A QUEER TALE *$*« For Days He Was Under Hypnotic Influence. rHEFT OF GOLD BULLION Another Chapter of Robbery on the Wilhelm der Grosse. Police Believe That the Bed-room Steward Was the Tool of Skill Skillful - ful Skillful Thievee - Detectives Still at Work. m 4%: New York. June 17. - Since the ar arrival - rival arrival here a few days ego of Arthur Jari, Chief of Police of Bremen. Oer - on the steamship Lahn, tome Inaide information concerning the mys mysterious - terious mysterious gold Oar robbery which occur occurred - red occurred last April aboard the Kaiser Wil Willelm - lelm Willelm der Groaae. haa leaked out. Thus far but one arreet has been made in connection with the crime. Jut the prisoner, Theodore Mayers, the jed-room steward, la believed to have seen the tool of shrewd men who Planned to. .reap a large quantity of rellow bullion by the plundering of the treasure vault aboard the liner. Ma Maters. - ters. Maters. who got the reward for findiag he stolen gold, is locked up in Ger Gernany. - nany. Gernany. The North German Lloyd officials, vhen the robbery was reported, offered l reward of $2,000 for the missing gold >ars and three days after the veaeel Bremen Magera claimed that while cleaning the woodwork in one of :be second cabin passageways he found he bullion hidden on a protruding cor corllce - llce corllce back of some steam pipes. The re reward - ward reward was paid to Magefs. According .o the story now told, Magers left the ihlp, saying that he was going to have l good tlmn with his sweetheart who Ives In Bremen. He did not return to he Kaiser der Groaae before she start startid - id startid back for New York, but a week ot 10 afterwarde be put In an appearance it the Bremen pier In a deplorable con conittlon. - ittlon. conittlon. He explained that while on the way to see his sweetheart he fell In with a man who had been a second :abln passenger on the Kaiser Wll Wll-elra - -elra Wll-elra der Grosse, and that the latter lypnottzed and robbed him of the re reward - ward reward money. He wandered aooiut for lays with the stranger whoae name he professed not to know and one day broke the hypnotic spell by jumping Into the water at Amsterdam, Holland, to which city they had travelled. He eras rescued, and. betflg without ftinds bad to work his pack to Brennan is best he could. The detectives suspecting that the place where Magtrs said he had the gold bars was not Its hiding place, again questioned the bod-room iteward. and as he made conflicting itatements and damaging admissions, ic was arrested or, suspicion. Before le was arrested, the French detectives tot Information about two strange men lelieved to be Americans, who had for i couple of days chartered a small lallboat, and in the craft loitered about be entrance to Cherbourg harbor. They were suspected to be Into the conspir conspiracy - acy conspiracy to steal the gold aboard the Kals - Wilhelm dec Grosse, and asked Lbout the route of that vessel when it irrlved from America to land her Cherbourg passengers saying that they vantea to intercept the vessel and get i message from friends on board who vere bound for Germany. They ex exilalned - ilalned exilalned also that it had been arranged hat a message would be dropped at he French port from the North Ger Gernan - nan Gernan Lloyd liner. These men vanished >efore the alarm about the robbery m the steamship was raised, but they lave since been tracked back to the Jnited States via Southampton. Some of the best Berlin detective# lave been traveling on the Kaiser Wll Wlllelm - lelm Wlllelm der Grcsse as saloon and second abiri passengers, seeking Information ibout the mysterious gold robbery and hey are expected back on that vessel vhen she arrives here to-morrow. Two Negroes Killed, born, Fla., June 17. - News reaehes that Tom Thomas and Mose Max Maxtwo - two Maxtwo desperate negroes, were killed laturday afternoon on the road four east of here. Maxwell had worked V. R. Ocaln. a farmer, and had a te with his employer, and was drtv drtvom - om drtvom the plantation. Subsequently, went to Live Oak on business, and away Maxwell and Thomas return returnravlly - ravlly returnravlly armed and asked the where wheres - s wheres of Ocaln. They left and stationed selves on the roadside to await his a. Late In the afternoon a fusltade heard and the neighbors rushed to :ene to And both negroes dead. There evidence as to who fired the shots. _ More Men Laid Off. rport News. June 17. - Twelve red men from the various depart departi - i departi were laid oft at the plant of th* >ort News Shipbuilding and Dry Company today, and as many mors ,e laid off tomorrow if the striking lnlsts do not return to work. The gement will retain only enough men ndle repair work, notably the North an Llovd liner Maine, which is be be,built. - ,built. be,built. The machinists Show no d;s d;son - on d;son to return to work, only two o» responding this morning when ths opened. The departments chiefly ed today are thoee of tjie boiler boilerrs. - rs. boilerrs. blacksmiths, carpenters and Join Joined - ed Joined ship fitters. Industrial Commission, tiington. June 17. - The Industrial lesion has decided to make a very ! Inquiry by means of circular let letto - to letto the charge that exports of Amer Amerlade - lade Amerlade goods often sell them for low lowes - es lowes than are asked for similar goods ne. and a resolution was adopted requesting from the business In Inof - of Inof the United Btates a full and statement covering the efforts made snd consumption of products to ter* larkeu. Appropriation Haa Lapsed. Washington, June 17. - A decision by he War Department probably will pre prerent - rent prerent the purchase of the plant used by he Eads Company at the mouth of the illsslsalppl River. Thia plant was used n keeping the channel between the , etties clear and maintaining the re relulred - lulred relulred depth of water. An act of the ast Congresa appropriated $200,000 to purchase this plant, but It has been de derided - rided derided that the appropriation lapsed ft'hen the contract with the Eads Com Com>any - >any Com>any expired last January. It is prob probible - ible probible that there will be an effort to re relame - lame relame the appropriation In the next Congress. ?

THE SESSION WAS BRIEF Convention Worked One Hour Yesterday. FIVE NEW ORDINANCES Mr. Long Presented Another Resolution. Hr. Beddow of Jefferson Seeks to Fledge Delegates Not to Draw Fay for More Than Fifty Days. /< i ft i The twenty-second day of the Consti Constitutional - tutional Constitutional Convention was one of the shortest In Its history. The delegates worked one hour and when the Con Convention - vention Convention at 1 o'clock adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock. It had proceeded little further with Its work than when U adjourned Saturday. Five ordinances were Introduced, a reprot from the Buies Committee was received, a res resolution - olution resolution by Mr. Long, of Walker, con condemning - demning condemning The Advertiser for its editorial utterances, was again defeated, and the Convention was proceeding to the consideration of Section 13 of the Ar Article - ticle Article on the Executive Department when the hour of adjournment ar arrived. - rived. arrived. The Convention was opened at 13 o'clock with prayer by Rev. Edward Gardner Murphy, Rector of St. John's Episcopal church. The roll call de developed - veloped developed the presence of 114 delegates. A number of , leaves of absence were granted, and Mr. Beddow, of Jefferson, sent to the Secretary's desk and had read a resolution pledging the dele delegates - gates delegates not to draw pay for a greater time than ttfty days. The resolution set out that upon Its twenty-second day the Convention had not accomplished a great deal of work, and that "at the present rate of progress it will take some months to revise the Constitu Constitution." - tion." Constitution." The author of the resolution asked for a suspension of the rules that the resolution might be considered at once. The Convention refused to sus suspend - pend suspend the rules and the resolution was referred to the Rules Committee. Ordinances and resolutions were In Introduced - troduced Introduced as follows: Bty Mr. O'Neal of Lauderdale - 'Every Wll shall be read oh three different days in each House of the General Assembly, and no bill shall become 4 law unless it Is read at length before its final passage. By Mr. Oates of Montgomery - Grand Juries shall consist of not less than eighteen men. but ten ot them may find an ludictmeni. By Mr. deGraffenrela of Hale - Rela Hale - Relative - tive Hale - Relative to criminal prosecution. Every defendant has right to be heard by himself or by counsel. Air. Kyle of Etowah - Requiring State banks to make annual statements which must be published for thirty days in newspapers. by Mr. Blackwell of Morgan - Mem Morgan - Memorial - orial Morgan - Memorial from citizens of Morgan County asking the Convention not to reduce the present rate of one half of one per cent, allowed for special taxes. During the day the privilege of the floor was extended to ministers of Montgomery and to Hon. J. J. Arnold, member of the Lower House of ti.e General Assembly from Calhoun Coun County. - ty. County. Mr. O'Neal of Lauderdale, how however, - ever, however, introduced a resolution which alter debate was adopted providing that hereafter the privilege of the floor shall not be extended to any one with without - out without unanimous consent. After next Thursday the Convention will begin having two sessions cstly. The Rules Committee yesterday te teported - ported teported favorably a resolution to this effect but it will lie on the taole until that time. The convention adopted a resolution reported by the Rules Com Committee - mittee Committee making the report of the Com Committee - mittee Committee on Taxation the special Older Immediately after the conclusion of consideration of the report of the Com Committee - mittee Committee on Executive Department, 'the Rules Committee also reported favora favorably - bly favorably a resolution permitting members of a committee to occupy seats in close proximity to each other when the re report - port report of that committee is under consid consideration. - eration. consideration. The Convention adopted a resolution by Mr. Graham of Talladega thanking the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company and the Western Railroad for courte courtesies - sies courtesies extended/the delegates on account of the death of Governor Samfo-d.. At 12:45 o'clock the Convention took w Section 13 of the article on Execu Executive - tive Executive Department which relates to veto messages of the Governor. There was some discussion of the matter and the Chairman of the Committee Go/emor Jones, said that further discussion was useless as the hour of adjournent was near at hand. The Convention then at 12:5S o'clock adjourned. A complete report of the proceedings Is published elsewhere. Itor of The Advertiser: In your is isof - of isof the 16th inst. you give me credit the ordinance "to regulate woman rage" introduced by me on that at the request of another. I do not re to take credit for the work of ther and will thank you to state the I ordinance is not my production that of Hon. S. W. John of Blr Blrgham - gham Blrgham who forwarded the same to with the request to introduce It the Convention. Respectfully, B. H. Craig. SHOT BY BROTHER-IN-LAW. Dickson Dangerously Wound Wounded - ed Wounded by C. B. Mann. e, June 17. - (Special.) - David ,/ of Montgomery, was shot and angerously wounded about f last night by his brother-in-law i B. Mann, of this city. The g occurred at Monroe Park three miles from the city, at a ,-hen the park was filled wttt omen andr children. -ithstandlng the larg' numbei ile preseni at the park, it hm erv difficult to find any wit who can tell a connected storj the shoo tips, H see/ns to b< >

wards. the murderer of John Q. Foster, le still at liberty. The posae had not abandoned Ita efforts to locate him. and the aearch In Northeast Texae le still In progress, but there does not seem to be any hope of Immediate results. The ru rumor - mor rumor that the negro Was captured between Joneavllle and Bcottsvllle Is an error as well as the statement circulated this af afternoon - ternoon afternoon that Edwards was caught at Monroe. No further attempt hao been made to lynch the negroes at Benton. LOOMIS GOES TO PORTUGAL. Former Diplomatic Representative to Venesnela Transferred. Washington June 17. - The following changes In diplomatic posts were an announced - nounced announced today: Frank B. Loomis, to Vencxuela, has been transferred to be Minister to Por Portugal. - tugal. Portugal. vice John N. Irgln, of Iowa, re re* - * re* * Herbert W. Bowen, of New York, present Minister to Paris, has been transferred to Caracas, succeeding Mr. Loomis aa Minister to Venesuela. Lloyd Grlacomb. First Secretary of the Legation at Constantinople, has been mads Minister to Paris. Spencer F. Eddy. Illinois, present Secretary at Paris, has been made First Secretary at Constantinople, to succeed MV. Grlscomb. Arthur Bailey Blanchard, of Louis Louisiana, - iana, Louisiana, has been promoted from Third te Second Secretary at Parts. By his transfer from Venesuela to Portugal, Minister Loomis loses 12.MW a year. He Is now on leave in Eng England. - land. England. His actual rank will be the same, namely, .Minister Extraordinary and Envoy Plenipotentiary. Herbert W. Bowen, the new Minister to Venesuela, became United States Consul at Barcelona in 1890, and was raised to the rattk of Consul General five years afterwards, Mr. Bowel stuck to his post through the "exciting days preceding the Spanlsh-Amerlcan war aa long as any Americans could have found safety on Spanish soil. At the conclusion of the war he wai about to return to hie old post, but Instead waa appointed Minister Resident and Consul General to Persia. Lloyd Grlscomb bas had a short bul brilliant career as First Secretary ol the Legation at Constantinople. He hai discharged his full duties of a Minis Minister - ter Minister at an Important capital for several years and If the American Mission claim's have been successfully adjusted at last, a large part of the credit be belongs - longs belongs to Mr. Griscom. He receives In his new capacity a salary of $5,000 a year. He Is a son of the President ol the American Steamship Line Company Spencer H. Eddy has had a great dea of experience In diplomatic life. When Secretary Hay was Ambassador tc London. Mr. 'Eddy, who was a resident of Chicago, became an honorary and personal attache to the Ambassador, When Mr. Eddy returned with Mr. Hay to Washington he was appointed Third Secretary of the Embassy al London In February, 1899. Four month! later he was promoted to be Second Secretary of the Embassy at Paris where he has achieved great popular popularity - ity popularity and discharged a multitude of del delicate - icate delicate and difficult tasks during the Ex Exposition. - position. Exposition. Mr. Blanchard, who becomes the Sec Second - ond Second Secretary to the Embassy at Faria -hag been In Paris teas than one year He Is related to ex-8enator IJlanchsrd of Louisiana. BLOW TG MAD MULLAH. English Hava Him Cut Off from Hit Suppliss. London. June 17. - A dispatch tn th< Foreign Office from the Consul-Genera of Salailland. says that the Mad Mulla) expedition had heavy fighting. May. 28. The flying column of mounted Infantry under Captain Merewlth. struck the Mul lah's supply ramp during a night march and captured o.OnO head of cattle, killer one Important chief and captured an other, covered 100 miles, fought a shari action and returned to Its base all lr twenty-four hours. The main force of the Brltlah. undei Colonel Swayne departed for Eldah, Junt 2, leaving MacNelll, with 300 men. tr guard Zariba. Swayne's column advanc ed againet the Mullah's base. In th< meantime, the Mullah, with 3.000 follow era, attacked Zariba three times. He was Anally driven off by Captain MacNelll with a loes of 600 men. The British ir Zariba had ten men killed and nine wounded. The Mullah Is now cut off from his base and a decisive action la Imminent. Galloway Goes to Brazil. Jackson. Miss . June 17. - Bishop Charlei R. Galloway left today for Rio de Janeiro to preside over the Brasil mission con conference, - ference, conference, one of the most flourishing mis mission - sion mission field® In the Methodist Church. The conference will meet July 12. and the Bishop will sail from New York Thurs Thursday. - day. Thursday. From Brla7.ll he will take ship fot London, to deliver the opening addresi at the great ecumenical conference. Sep September - tember September 4. He will return to this country in October.

ter able to co-operate with the United State* in governing insular affair*. It is understood this question has also been brought to the attention of the Vatican during the visit of Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Chappelle to Rome. Curing one of the audiences, when the elevation of Archbishop Chappelle was urged upon the Pope. the latter expressed his regard for the . work of the Archbishop. It is the intention to bring the mat- ' ter of the title of the Friars in the Philippines to a determination by a trial In the Supreme Court of the Phil Philippines. - ippines. Philippines. Under present conditions there can be no appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States but such an appeal could be allowed if provided for in legislation at the next Congress. ATTACKED BY WOMAN. Mrs. Benjamin Xmkens and Her Son Assault W. J. Woolley. Indianapolis, Ind., June 17. - A special to The News from Anderson. Ind., says: "William J. Woolley, a member of the City Council and a steel manufac manufacturer, - turer, manufacturer, was assaulted In the street in front of his home this afternoon by Mrs. Benjamin Lukens and her son. Benjamin. Jr. There are conflicting stories, but most witnesses say that Mr. and Mrs. Lukens and their son were waiting In front of the Woolley home and when Woolley appeared Mrs. Lukens rushed upon him with a buggy whip, striking him several times In the face, iHe grabbed her hands and then Mr. Lukens advanced with a club and knocked Woolley down. Mrs. Lukens again laid on the whip. Woolley then dashed Into their yard and the.Lukens family drove away. Ry that time the street was full of people. A physician bad to be called to sew up cuts In Mr. Woolley's face and head. The police are now proceeding with arrests. Wool Woolley, - ley, Woolley, It is alleged, refused to pay a note for ll.uOO which the husband of Mrs. Lukens holds, and on which he has brought suit to enforce payment." FIRES IN BALTIMORE. Old Man Suffocated and a Boy Burn Burned - ed Burned to Death. Baltimore, June 17. - Henry L. Line Lineweaver. - weaver. Lineweaver. aged 73 years, was suffocated to death today while attempting to es escape - cape escape from a burning building at 739 West Mulberry Street, and Robert Birchett, another old man, lies In the hospital so badly burned that his death Is momentarily expected. The Are was caused by the explosion of gasoline, which an occupant of the first floor of the house was pouring from one re receptacle - ceptacle receptacle Into another. A cat knocked a lighted lamp from a bureau in the second story of a double wooden house, near the Balti Baltimore - more Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station at St. Dennis. <Md., today and 4-year-old Her Herman - man Herman Kierchner. who was asleep in one of the rooms, was burned to death. Beardon's Case Called. Kansas City, Mo., June 17. - Judge Fisher. In Kansas City, Kgs., today called for trial the case of M. D. Bear Beardon. - don. Beardon. who was Postmaster of Bonner Springs, Kgs., during the last admin administration - istration administration of President Cleveland, and who is charged with attempting to extort 31.900 from Frank Warner, a banker of that place. The prosecution prosecutionrests - rests prosecutionrests on a threatening anonymous let letter - ter letter which Warner received through the mails February' 3®. The writer threat threatened - ened threatened to blow up Warner's house with dynamite unless he placed 31,900 in gold at a point on the outskirts of Bonner Springs. A bag containing slugs was deposited by the banker as directed. It was taken by Bsardon and he was ar arrested. - rested. arrested. Many witnesses will testify In Beardon's behalf. Urges Pauncefote's Retention. London, June 18 - The Dsily Mall In an editorial, urges the British Government to retain Lord Paunoefote st Washington, as several thorny ques.lons are still awaiting settlement. The editorial fur further - ther further "hdvocates giving the United States every facility for building the Nlcaraura Canal, provided Its neutrality and an open door be guaranteed. The Dally Mall says It Is quite Immaterial whether the canal be fortified or not. because an/ enemy desiring to use the canal against the wishes of the United States would find himself engaged In a disastrous ven venture. - ture. venture. A ton of dynamite Judiciously applied, 1 would bottle him up In Lake Nicaragua 1 till the war was over. "Who Imagines." 1 asks The Dally Mall, "that the Suez 1 Caral would be opened to British men-of- | war If Great Britain is ever engaged In warfare with a first-class naval power?"

conceded however, that the shooting is the result of family trouble, and the alleged mistreatment of his wife by Mann, she being Dickson's sister. Shortly after the carnival. Charles B. Mann, of this city, who Is Chief Clerk to the Local Inspectors of Hulls and Steam Boilers In this city, married Miss Berenice Dickson, of Montgomery. The young lady was on a visit at the time to her aunt, iMrs. T. C. Byrne, in this city, and met .Mann while here. They had known each other but ten days when the wedding took place, and the young couple made a bridal tour to Montgomery, to visit the bride's rel relatives. - atives. relatives. It is stated that, though the bride's mother gave a rather reluctant consent to the wedding, her brother, David Dickson, opposed It. It Is fur further - ther further stated that some ten days age Mann shot at hi* wife three times at their boarding house one night, and that while drunk he maltreated her. and that finally she left him and went to the home of her mother in Montgom Montgomery. - ery. Montgomery. On account of these matters there has been bad blood between Dickson and Mann, so It is said. They met at Monroe Park Sunday night, and the current story Is that Mann a\lfi some friends were seated at one table and Dickson and some of his friends at another table. Suddenly Mann arose from the table with an oath, putting his hand to his hip pocket. Dickson, It Is said, saw iMann's move, and at once drew his weapon. Pointing It at Mann, he advanced towards him. and Mann receded, calling upon Dickson to put up his weapon and fight it out like a man. Informing Dickson that he was unarmed. Dickson Is said to have handed his pistol to a friend, and advanced upon Mann, who Is said to have then drawn a pistol and shot Dickson twice, one bullet taking effect in the abdomen and the other In the right side, one penetrating the intes intestines - tines intestines and the other the kidneys. Witnesses disagree as to the number of shots fired, some saying three, oth others - ers others five. Both men were immediately arrested by deputy sheriffs. Mann was taken to the county Jail while Dickson was removed to a sanitarium where an operation was performed. He is reported resting easy. Mann was seen at the Jail, but refused to make any statement relative to the shooting. To Chief Deputy SherlfT Holt, one of the arresting officers, he stated that he had to shoot Dickson, as Dickson was advancing on him. David Dickson is well known in Montgomery, where ne is regarded a* a young man of good character. He Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Dickson, who conduct the Clifton House on Bibb Street. BAN INTO A POND. About Twenty Passengers on Train and None Escaped Injury. Hamlet, N. C., June 17. - Date last night the northbound Seaboard Air Line Atlanta special turned broadside off a trestle into a pond, about a mile north of Rockingham. There were o* board about twenty-five or thirty pas passengers, - sengers, passengers, all of whom were more or less injured, several very seriously, and two, a white man and a negro, prob probably - ably probably fatally. There were three ladies and some children aboard, nonet of whom were seriously hurt. The engine and mail cars passed over In safety but the combination baggage and sec second. - ond. second. first class and two Pullmans turned Over. On account of the rains the piers of the trestle gave way on the left stde. At the first crash all lights went out and water rushed in waist deep through the windows. Baggage Mas Master - ter Master Smith, "though seriously hurt him himself. - self. himself. at once thought of the freight following close behind. He crawled out and seizing a lantern, hobbled down the track and flagged the freight, thereby preventing a second catastro catastrophe. - phe. catastrophe. When the freight stopped he was lying on the ground unable to rise, but still waving his lantern. 'He fell time and again before he succeeded In get getting - ting getting far enough back to flag the train. He had to be carried back on a stretch stretcher. - er. stretcher. The news boy also did heroic work, crawling through the cars helping the almost drowned passengers to escape through the transom over a door. A relief train came from Hamlet with doctors, and another from Rockingham. The hotel here is being used as a tem temporary - porary temporary hospital. ,

MOLINEAUX CASE AGAIN Appeal for New Trial for ' Prisoner. HILL REPRESENTS STATE The Ex-Senator Will Make the Argument Today. John Q. Milburn Occupied All the Seasion Yesterday for Kolineaux. The Story of the Crime la Retold. Buffalo. N. T.. June 17. - The Court of Appeals to-day heard the first argu argument - ment argument (or a new trial (or Roland B. Mollneaux, the young New York club clubman - man clubman and chemist, under sentence of death (or poisoning Mrs. Catherine J. Adams in December, 1898, who wna the unintended victim ot a plot veiled hy the use of the mails to take the ll(e of Harry Cornish, manager of athletic sports. Judges Barker, Vann, Bartlett, Gray, O'Brien, Haight and Werner, in their gowns of black sat upon the bench to hear the famous case and down at the counsel's table were Former United States Senator David Bennett Hill, who holds the brief (or the people; and John O. Milburn, President ofrtha Pan PanAmerican - American PanAmerican Exposition, who espouses the cause of the young prisoner at Sing Sing. With Mr. Hill sat Assist Assistant - ant Assistant District Attorney Lebarbler, ot New York, and grouped about Milburn were Oeorge Gordon Battle and Bar Bartow - tow Bartow S. Weeks, who defended Molineux at his trial. General Molineux, father of the prisoner, and David N, Carvalhe, handwriting expert, who advised the defense. Many more than the court room would hold crowdel into the corridors to hear the almost fascinating crime link linked - ed linked with the double mystery of the death of Henry C. Barnett and the officers of the co irt barred the outer doors and admitted the favored ones by a rear entrance. Mr. Milburn, for the appellant, talk talked - ed talked during the entire aession ot the court, 'gaining a hearing at 19:30 o'elock and speaking until 2 o'clock, when the court arose for the day. He hae another hour to speak, it being agreed that each side should have four hours. Senator Hill eat through the entire speeen. smiled at times and 1 made notes for his address of to-mor to-morrow. - row. to-morrow. Mr. Mlllburn's address of three and one-half hours was devoted largely to the alleged error of the lower court in admitting evidence as to the death of Henry C. Barnett and he spared neither Recorder Goff, the trial judge, for his ruling on evidence, nor the District Attorney's staff for its methods in se securing - curing securing the admission of evidence. f!TT A PhRT.TiE TO BE ELEVATED. The Archbishop Will Be Made a Cardinal. Washington, June 17. - Archbishop Chappelle of New Orleans, has been rec recommended - ommended recommended to the Vatican and to the Pope in person for elevation to the rank of Cardinal because of his. ser services - vices services as panal legate for the Philip Philippines - pines Philippines and West Indies. Archbishop Chappelle is of French descent and It Is believed that his elevation would be looked upon with favor by the French authorities. In some ecclesiastical quarters It has been felt that the Church authority over the Philippines, Cuba and Portq Rico should come under the American heirarchy rather than under a papal legate, as the American Church is bet -

BLOODY DEED OF TEACHER Commits Murder and Then Suicide. SADI I GEDY AT DOTHAN w o Profess? McNeill Slain by F | essor Rankin. Ths Latter Then Turned the Flatol to Hi* Own Head and Fulled the Trigger - Deed Care Carefully - fully Carefully Planned. Dothan, June 17. - (Special.) - Prof. G. iR. McNeill. Superintendent of the Dothan High School, was this morning shot to death by Prof. W. A. Rankin, a teacher last year in the same school. After shooting Professor Mc McNeill - Neill McNeill five times and killing him, Ran Rankin, - kin, Rankin, putting the pistol to his own tem temple - ple temple sent two bullets through his own head. He died instantly. The Bhootlng took place In the room of the beautiful school building, and the room In which Professor Rankin taught. McNeill had recovered enough strength to crawl outset the door Into the hall when the first witness got to the scene. The trouble grew out of the election of a teacher In Rankin's place, which was done by the .Board of Trustees Sat Saturday - urday Saturday night. Rankin claimed that Pro Professor - fessor Professor McNeill was supporting him for the position 'and that be did not put Rankin's name before the Board, and further, that iMoNeiii then preferred charges against him, thereby causing his defeat. Professor MoNelll had Just been elected Superintendent of th« school here for three years, and Sat Saturday - urday Saturday night the whole faculty was elected. Professor Rankin seemed very much Wrought up over the matter all day yesterday and talked freely to many of his friends. He planned the tragedy yesterday. He wrote a letter to The Home Journal and The Siftings, eight or ten pages in length, the con contents - tents contents of which will not be known till tomorrow. It is said he hag given all his reasons in the letter. This morning he was down town as usual, and he wrote Professor McNeill a note and asked .him to meet him at the school building at 7 o'clock this morning, which McNeill did, got think thinking - ing thinking of trouble. He went without any weapon of any kind. When McNeill entered the building, Rankin began fir firing - ing firing at him, seemingly without any no notice. - tice. notice. After Rankin emptied his pistol into MoNelll, he coolly and deliberately re reloaded - loaded reloaded it and shot himself. He had taken the letter he had writ written - ten written out of his pocket and placed It on his old desk, putting his knife on top of It. Professor Rankin's body wgs shipped to his mother in Bell Buckle, Tenn., to today. - day. today. Dr. McNeill will be burled here tomorrow. This great tragedy will ne necessitate - cessitate necessitate another election for a super superintendent - intendent superintendent of the school. Professor Rankin was engaged to marry a popular young woman of Do Dothan. - than. Dothan. _ Edwards Still at Large. Shreveport, La.) June 17. Prince Ed -

! Mother of Railroad Men. Sprlngfletd, III., June 17. - Mrs. Mary Hudson, of Springfield, died today at St. John's Hospital, this city, aged 85 1 years. She leaves the following chll- 1 dren: Thomas J. Hudson. Chicago. ' Traffic Manager of Illinois Central Rail- \ road; Charles R. Hudson, Mexico City, General Freight and Passenger Agent Mexican Central Railroad; Joseph B. Hudson, Freight Agent at Springfield, Illinois Central Railroad; Mrs. E. A. Rowan, San Francisco: Mrs. Thomas CahlU Chicago, and Mrs. Patrick Con- 1 nor, Cincinnati. Ol, wife of the Travel Traveling - ing Traveling Freight Agent of the Illinois Cen Central. - tral. Central. z Dr. Shearer Speaks. Richfield Springs, N. Y., June 17. - Dr. Thomas L. Shearer of Baltimore, Presi President - dent President of the American Homeopathic, Eye, Ear and Throat Society, a subsidiary or- , sanitation In the American Institute of Homeopathy, made the annual address to those specialists today. At the second 1 annual meeting of the Surgical and Gy- 1 necological Association of the Ajnerlcan Homeopathy. Dr. Louis Hartman of Sy Syracuse - racuse Syracuse was elected President. To Drive Out Law Breakers. Guthrie. O. June 17. - Captain Far- J rank Sayres, commanding officer at ] Fort Sill. Oklahoma, acting under or- ; ders from the War Department, started , today with forty cavalrymen to clear i the Wichita Mountain land of unlaw unlawful - ful unlawful Intruders preparatory to the open- 1 Ing of the Kiowa and Comanche reser- j vatlon. William Haa Plans. London. June 18. - The correspondent of The Dallv Express at Cherbourg learne that Emperor William intends to meet the returning German troops from China with a naval squadron, which will be Joined »t cherbour- hi- President Loubet and a French squadron. Convention of Zionists. Philadelphia, June 17. - At today's ses session - sion session of the convention of American Zion Zionists. - ists. Zionists. Professor Richard Gotthelm of New York was re-elected President and J. D. Morrison of New York wan re-elected honorary secretary. The next convention goes to Boston. Settlements With Machinists. Chicago, June *17 - Settlements with machinists were effected today at five plants of local manufacturers, mak making - ing making a total of over seventy Chicago plants in which the strikers have won. Out of the original 2.300 Involved In the local machinists' strike, only 1,600 are now out of work. i 1 I Decoration Day in Tientsin. < Tientsin. June 17. - This being the an- j nlversary of the beginning of the siege ] of Tientsin, the ladies today decorated , the graves of the soldiers of all na- I UojwUiUes, ' / /J'