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    The Omaha Daily Bee
NEWS SECTION
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Nehrnkii Generally fair.
For low a -Fair
Kor weather rfpoit see page I.
PAGES 1 TO a.
VOL. XXXIX NO. 3.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MOHNIXU, JUNE ID, 1K!-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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SENATE-DOUBLES
( DUTY ON PAPER
Duty at Fixed by House i Increased
from $2 to $4 Per Ton in
Upper Body.
BROWS AMENDMENT BEATEN
Beveridge, Bristow and Burkett Stand
for Removal of Duty.
DEMOCRATS HAVE TROUBLES
Charges of Bad Faith Provoke Pro
' tests and Denials.
PARTY LAUNDRY IS WASHED
Tlryait's Maine l.dtiiril Int.t Debate,
and Peerless Leader Finals I. one)
Champion In Tirtr Senator
from Colorado.
WASHINGTON, June 1. Just before ad
journment tonight the senate adopted, by
a vote of 44 to 32, the amendment of the
senate committee on finance, fixing a duty
of $i a ton on print paper, In plHce of the
bouse rate of $2 a ton, but the other
amendment to the wood pulp and print
paper schedule had not been acted upon
when the senate adjourned at 7 o'clock.
The vote wag as follows on the $4 amend
ment: Yeas-
AHrtch. Il. OHer,
l'orh. Ililllnnhan,, Pan.
llnnriH, lmon, ranroae, i
Brlia... Flint, ramms.
Uulkeley,
Fltirnham,
tlurrnwa.
Hurt on, t
Carter,
Clapp,
Clark (Wyo ),
rrane,
CrawfoM,
Cullom,
Nays
'Baron,
Hanhad,
. Beverld;e,
llnatow.
Brown,
Burkett.
Chamberlain,
Clay,
Ciimmlna,
Curtla.
Krye.
PI lea.
nalltnnrr. -
Oimhla.
Ouiizanhsim,
Halo,
lywlM.
Lorlmar,
Nalion,
Nixon,
Knot,
Scott,
Bmnot,
Sutherland.
1 aliatarro,
Warnar,
Y'arran,
Watmora 44.
ftavta,
Potllvar, '
rial ihar,
Krailar.
flora.
Hughe.
I Folletta,
Mi Laurln,
Martin,
Monar,
Ovarman,
Owen,
Paynier,
Jlaynar,
Shlvalr,
Blmmona,
Smith (Mich 1,
Smith (8. CI,
Rtuna,
Tillman
Nawlanda,
Senator Taliaferro wan the only demo
crat voting with the republicans for the
amendment, while Senators Beveridge..
BrlHtow, Brown, Burkett, Cummins, Curtla,
Dolllvcr, la Follette and Smith (Mich.),
republicans. caHt their ivotea against It.
Sdiators Borah, Clapp, Crawford, Gamble
and Nelson voti-d with the other republicans
for the duly, an did Senator Lortmer, the
new Illinois senator
Income Tax Again.
After this vote had bi'en taken there was
a. i droit to reach an agreement upon a
time of vet lug upon the various income and
corporation tax propositions. Mr. Aldrlch
fought -to maintain a general agreement
to postpone the further consideration of
th's question until after th disposal of
the tariff schedules, but Senators Bailey
and Cummins Insisted upon coupling with
the agreement an understanding that there
should be taken a direct vote upon the
udoptHm of an Jncome tax amendment, and
no agreement was reached.
By older of the senate adjournment Is
taken each day at 7 p. m.. and that hour
arrived, while the question was under dis
cussion. The .Bailey Income tax amend
ment, therefore will be the pending amend
ment when the senate convenes tomorrow.
Jf a unanimous consent agreement, In ac
cordance with the motion made t by Mr.
Aldrlch today, Is not then obtained, he
probably will move to postpone consider
ation of these subjects to a certain day.
Democrats Air Differences.
Today's tariff discussion was confined
largely to the democratic side,' and whlls
technically baaed upon the tariff, had more
' pertinent reference to the democratic na
tional platform. The Important subject of
the debate was an Interview with former
Representative John E. Lamb of Indiana,
In which that gentleman was represented
as criticising some of the democratic, sena
tors who bad not cast their votes on some
of the schedules In accordance, with the.
, declaration of th Denver platform. Among
' those who were referred to were Senators
Ianlel of Virginia and Simmons of North
Carolina, and each made response to the
crtticieirr.
benato. Bailey took .occasion, also, to
reiterate his Independence of special dec
larations by the party, and Mr. Hughes,
the new senator from Colorado, was ulti
mately drawn Into the discussion. Mr.
Bailey having aald that the Denver plat
form had been the work of one man, Mr.
Hughes entered upon a defense of Mr.
Bryan and of the platform.
His remarks caused Mr. Bailey to again
take the floor, and. In defending his posi
tion, be undertook to show that by his
vote for a duty on lead ore Mr. Hughes
had himself not been entirely controlled
by the official utterances of his party.
He made reference to trusts" and mas
ters, whU'h in turn aroused Mr. Hughes.
Exchange of Compliments.
Defending his position, Mr. Hughes de
clared that "not even his bitterest enemy,"
would accuse him as had the Texas sena
tor.
Disavowing his willingness to be classed
aa "the bitterest enemy" of the Colorado
senator. Mr. Bailey was again met by a
sarcastic suggestion on the part of his
Colorado colleague.
"Then," he said, "the sweetest friend I
ever had, Who, In honeyed phrase, attempts
to praise me, will not place me In such
position."
"Nor," replied Mr. Bailey, "am I the
sweetest friend the senator ever had.
Mr. Bailey declared that the trusts could
only be regulated by putting In Jail of
fenders against the anti-trust laws
With voice Indicating emotion, Mr.
Hughes replied. He desired, he said, to
"admonish the senator from Texas that no
matter how large he la nor how high
he rises In this senate," that he was no
taller than himself when It came to a
question of conduct and of conscience.
Referring to Mr. Balloy'a remarks In re
spect to masters and trusts" as Influ
ences."' Mr. Hughes declared that he never
bad any connection Justifying such a eug
gestlou In regard to him.
He Knows "Mastera."
I know no master. I hjjve never had any
association with trusta to provoke such an
association." he said in effect.
Pacific exchange of words between the
IContliaatad on Second Page.)
Stock Growers
End Session in
Blaze of Glory
Afternoon Given Over to Western
Sports Boosters Leave for
Hot Springs, S. D.
ALLIANCE, Neb., June lS.-Speclal Tel
egramsThe third and last day of the
Nebraska Stock Growers' association ended
up in a blase of glory, beginning first by
a number of horse races, which, while not
world beaters, were certainly classy.
The afternoon was given over to the
western sports, such as roping and broncho
busting, all of which took place on the
ball grounds. These pastimes were cer
tainly Interesting, as they were hazardous,
but, outside of a wild steer running Into
the crowd and slightly injuring an on
looker, all went on well.
Few of the delegates' depsrted yester
day, and tonight the streets are thronged
with people, presenting an appearance of
activity that seldom occurs in the far
west.
Mayer Dahlman of Omaha spoke tonight
st the commencement exercises of the St.
Agnes' academy, an institution conducted
by the Sisters of St. Francis, and which
ended their flrBt school year. The opera
house was certainly crowded and the au
dience greeted him In a manner that fully
repaid him for the trouble he took to re
main over for the occasion.
The South Omaha boomers leave tomor
row morning for Hot Springs, where they
will spend Sunday, before returning home.
That all stork nyn, their wives, together
with the commission men, and their friends,
remained during the entire convention
proves that the entertainment extended by
the Alliance people was certainly of high
order, and that the convention was a grand
success.
Before an attendance of 2.000 people, Al
liance was defeated today by Sidney by
a score of 4 to 1.
Train Robbers
Kill Officer in
Pitched Battle
Three Bandits Meet Resistance When
They Try to Hold Up Crew'
' of Freight.
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MUSKOGEE. Okl., June 18. In a battle
between officers and three train robbers
who held up St. "Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern freight train No. 1S, near Bragg,
Okl., early today. Deputy Constable John
son. Kirk was killed.
The object of the robbers was to get the
money of the train crew, who had Just
received their pay envelopes. The railroad
men resisted the robbers and the sound of
firing soon brought- Constable John Kirk
and Deputy .Constable Wicks to the scene.
Robbers and officers, armed with pistols.
engaged In a battle and Kirk was shit
through the head and instantly killed.
Paul Williams, one of the robbers, was
shot through the breast and captured. The
other two robbers escaped, and a posse Is
pursuing them.
Sheriff Ramsay with two deputies and a
pack of bloodhounds left here for Braggs
at noon to assist In the pursuit of the
robbers. The officers are using an outo
mobile. Braggs Is fifteen miles south of
here.
Dr. Cleminson
Held by Jury
Chicago ' Physician Must Answer
Charge of Murdering
Spouse.
CHICAGO, June 18. Dr. Haldane Clem
inson was today held to the grand Jury
by a ooroner'a Jury at the Inquest over
the body of his wife, Mrs. Nora Jane
Cleminson. He has been In custody on a
charge of having murdered Mrs. Clemin
son. MECHANICS ELECT OFFICERS
C. E. Fuller of Omaha Is Placed First
la List of Vice Presl
l dents.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 18. The
following officers were elected at the clos
ing session of the Railway Master
Mechanics association today: President
O. W. Wlldin, New Haven; vice presidents,
C. E. Fuller, Omaha; H. T. Bently, Chi
cago, and D. F. Crawford, Pittsburg; sec
retary, Joseph W. Taylor, Chicago; treas
urer, , Angus Sinclair, New York.
Old Case of Counting
Your Chickens Too Soon
They he and she met In the elevator at
the Rome. The car was going down and
they were Its only occupants beside the
weary boy at the break.
She was a brunette; rather tall and well
gowned. A big basket hat graced her head.
He was also tall and was attired In a blue
sera;e. a sailor straw and a pair of tans.
The combination was attractive to the
feminine eye particular to this maiden's.
She, as the elevator shot downward,
beamed a smile en him, and then he, as
though that smile was a C. Q. D. signal,
started a conversation, which she gladly
carried on.
When they reached the lower floor thty
did not separate; they both were seated
In the rotunda in two cushion chairs.
As the conversation continued, he be
came better pleased with his new acquaint
ance; he began to wonder how old she
was. She looked but one or two years be
yond 10. He suspected, though, that her
makeup hid the marks of a few more
years. He decided to find out her age.
"I believe I ran guess how old you are.
If you will not tell me?" he ventured boldly
to say.
'You will be the first one to succeed. If
you do," she shyly answered.
"If I tell you your age you will buy me
the best dinner in town, and If I fall, I
buy you the beat one?" be proposed.
"It's a go," she exclaimed.
The bargain was cllaclr
WRIGHTS GET
THEIR MEDALS
Nation, State and Home City Um.
Honor to Inventus of
, Aeroplane.
WILBUR MAKES SHORT SPEECH
He Breaks Rule of Silence and Ex
presses His Gratification.
HAD MANY OFFERS OF HELP
Even in Infancy of Their Invention
Aid Was Tendered.
THEY FIND SOME TIME TO WORK
Even on Dr of Celebration They Put
la Some Honrs In Workshop Pre
paratory to Depnrtnre for
Washington.
DAYTON. O.. Juno Kt. The nation, the
state and the city In which they live today,
paid tribute to Wilbur and Orville Wright,
the aviators. Standing oA a platform not
far from their unpretentious little aero
plane factory and almost within- sight of
a field where they first struggled With the
problem of aerial navigation, ' General
James Allen, chief signal officer of the
army, assigned by Secretary of War
Dickinson for the purpose, presented to
the Wright brothers the gold medals au
thorized by act of congress. At the same
time were given them a diamond studded
medal, bearing the official seal of the state
of Ohio, and another from Dayton, their
home city. The state medal was presented
by Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio, the
local medal by Mayor Edward E. Burk
hart of Dayton.
In accepting the medals Wilbur Wright
said:
"It Is naturally with a feeling of pride
that we accept these tokens from the na
tion, the state and the city to which we
owe our allegiance, and I wish to .thank
the people of the United States, of Ohio
and of Dry ton. It Is sometimes said In
ventors usually do not receive the sym
pathy and encouragement which Is their
due. ,i
"This cannot be said of vs. Even In the
Infancy of our work we received offers of
financial assistance from people who' could
have no hope of reward. While wo did
not find It necessary to aucept these of
fers, they show thatthe .world always is
ready to offer a helping hand."
Baron Kogoro Takahtra, the Japanese
ambassador, and Carlos G. Velet, the
Cuban minister,, were among those at the
ceremony.
After the presentation ceremony, the
Crowds witnessed a parade of floats depict
inn the development of ' locomotion in
America. This was headed by an Indian
runner, and, after the various stages, from
the ox cart- to the automobile, had been
shown, was concluded by an aeroplane,
with the suggestion that the next route for
speeding would be among the clouds.
Although this, the second day of Day
ton's "home coming" celebration, was
crowded with events arranged In their
hogor, the Wrights found time to labor In
their ''workshop preparing for departure to
Washington, where they are to resume
flights for the government 'next week.
Wilbur Wright said today they hoped to
leave tomorrow. As soon as the govern
ment's requirements are fulfilled. It Is ex
pected they will sail for eerr.any to take
up work for the German government.
Asks Americans
to Keep Out
Great Britain Requests No Interfer
ence with Arrangements for
Chinese Railroad Loan.
LONDON, June 18. Great Britain has
asked America not to press her claim for
paillclpation in the Hankow-Sze-Chuen
railroad loan of 127.600,000, which British,
German and French bankers stand ready
to take up. This request has been sent
to James Bryce, the British ambassador
at Washington.
Great Britain points ' out that the ar
rangements for thlB loan were concluded
after the greatest difficulty, entailing long
negotiations between the British, German
and French bankers concerned and the
Chinese government. As America did not
ask to Join therein. It is presumed that
she did not desire to take the share to
which she was entitled under the conven
tion with China.
Then It was that he was to learn that It
does not pay to believe In some advertise
ments. He had read at the news stand on
a small red sign this announcement In red
lettors:
"Whin were you born?"
Then below these words followed In
smaller Utters:
'Buy the Red Book and you can nil
your age or your friends'."
He had read this sign the day before
and thought of It before he had asked the
girl her age. He was sure he had found
a wuy to tell anybody's age.
When she agreed to his proposition for
telling her age he excused himself and hur
ried to the news stand, where he paid 10
cents for a Red Book. He immediately
hurried back to the girl, and there he
opened the little red pamphlet.
But a surprise possibly not an agreeable
one awaited him. Aa he scanned the pages
of the book such statements aa, "If you
were born In February you will wear dia
monds; If you were born on the Fourth of
July you will be a George M. Conn actor,"
were what he read. He could not tell any
body's age not even his own by using
that book.
"You're stung," gleefully shouted the
brunette.
"You're right," he lightly replied. "The
bet Is yours. The next time I make a
wager on the suength of an ad before I
have found out all about It well, J dou't."
NO, COUNT, I'M NOT ASLEEP, BUT I'M BOUND
From the New York Herald.
ACTOR FARSDM DRAGGED IN
Testimony Given that Mrs. Gould
Called Him Her "Beau."
SERIOUS
HOTEL
INCIDENT
Woman Clerk Tells of Events In Phil
adelphia Which Wear Decidedly
Suspicions A lr Evidence
of Servant.
NEW YORK, June lS.-The flow of testi
mony adduced by the defense In the sull
for separation brought by Katherlne Clem
mons Gould against her husband, Howard
Gould, kept edging snore and more toward
Dustln Farnum, the actor, whose bfoad
shoulders and mop of curly hair have be
come a familiar figure In the case.
There was also Iteration by servants and
personul attendants that Mrs. Gould was
repeatedly feeen under the Influence of
liquor by them, and that when she had
been drinking, as they alleged on the
stane' she changed from a chRrmlng, af
fable woman to a woman of whims and
caprices. Ill tempered, not nice In her
choice of language, overbearing and quar
relsome, i
Mrs. Gould's one time personal valet
swore that one time he served his mistress
with two quarts of Manhattan cocktails
In as many days, besides the wines and
liquors, which, he said, she drank at table.
On cross-examining these witnesses, Clar
ence J. Shearn, for Mrs. Gould, strove to
prove, either that they had a personal
grudge against her or that they were under
obligation to Mr. Gould.
Called Fnrnnm Her "Bean."
Endearing epithets twice marked the tes
timony. John R. K'.mball, an oil and paint
dealer, who said he had known Mr. Gould
for eighteen years, testified that he went
to a performance of "The Virginian," In
August, 190S, with Mr. and Mrs. Elijah
Sells and the Goulds, at the Academy of
Music In this city and that Dustln Farnum,
the star In the play, Joined the party out
side of the play house after the perform
ance, and spoke to Mrs. Gould. She smiled,
the witness testified, and said to the wit
ness, "That Is my new beau."
John Flynti, who said he. was employed
by Mrs. Gould as a chauffeur, and that he
often drove her to meet Farnum after tho
play, testified that once when Mrs. Gould
was waiting in the automobile for Farnum
at the Hotel Somerset two men turned to
the actor as he came out of the hotel door
and asked him whose automobile was wait
ing. "Oh," said .""arnum, laughing, Flynn les
tlfled, "that is my new one." '
Another time, Flynn swore, when he
rapped on Mrs. Gould's chamber door at
the St. Regis, she called out: "All right,
dearie," and then, when she 'saw who it
was, excused herself with: "I thought It
was Mr. Farnum."
Woman Wrote to Gonld.
Mary Elizabeth Harrison, who said she
was a floor clerk in the Belleville Stratford
hotel In Philadelphia, said she had been
Impelled by her conscience to tell what she
saw at the hotel. Finally she wrote a let
ter to Mr. Gould.
"I said In the letter," she testified, "'In
obedience to the golden rule I write to you
to help you if you are in trouble,' or some
thing like that."
Mrs. Gould occupied apartments on the
floor where she was stationed In September,
1906, the witness went on, and one morn
ing about 7:30 o'clock, she said, she raw
a man come out of Mrs. Gould's rooms and
take the elevator. She noticed that he vas
the only passenger In the car and that the
dial registered fourteenth floor when the
car stopped. She described the man as tall,
with dark, bushy hair, and wearing a soft
hat and a long coat.
The defense contends that Dustin Far
num was staying on the fourteenth floor
of the hotel at that time, as they attempted
to show by the next witness, Florence
Garnor, who also was employed as a floor
clerk In the hotel. She testified that Mrs.
Gould then had rooms on a lower floor.
She remembered that one morning Farnum
came up in the elevator rather early, and
appeared to her "less well groomed" than
usual.
"Did you take any means' to find out if
Mr. Farnum's room had been occupied that
night?" asked Delancey Nlcoll, Mr. Gould's
lawyer.
"No, but the maid reported that it had
r.ot been," the witness answered
Court adjourned at ( o'clock until Mon
day morning and the prospect Is that the
trial will occupy more than a week more.
The appellate division of the supreme
court today confirmed the conviction of
Ura. Margaret Teal, wife of Ben Teal, the
theatrical manager, tf uttempted suborna
tion of perjury In the divorce case of Helen
Kelly Gould against Frank J. Gould.
Mrs. Kaufmann
Found Guilty of
Simple Battery
Murder Case Against Wife of Sioux
Falls Brewer Ends with Hundred-Dollar
Fine.
FLANDREAU, S. D.. June 18,-The Jury
In the Kaufmann murder case this morn
ing, after being out all night, returned a
verdict finding Mrs. Emma Kaufmann, ac
cused of the murder of Agnes Polreis, a
domestic, guilty of simple battery. She was
under this verdict, sentenced to pay a fine
of $100 or serve fifty days In Jail. The fine
was Immediately paid, thus ending a case
which for the past three years has been
the sensation of this part of the state.
The Jury In the first trial disagreed. The
second trial resulted in conviction of Mrs.
Kaufmann of manslaughter In the second
degree. Mrs. Kaufmann la the wife of a
Sioux Falls brewer.
One More Victim
Dies of Wound
Another Man Shot in Fend Between
Actors and Townspeople Goes
to His Reward.
FAIRFIELD, III.. June 18.-Frank Mo-
Cullough, the second victim of Wednes
day's shooting, died early today. Dr.
Charles Letnlnger was killed and Dick
Sloan was wounded in the same fracas,
which resulted from a feud between town
men and several actors, who had been per
forming here.
Herbert O. Plnnlck, who did the shooting,
Is still In Jail, the coroner's Jury not having
reached a verdict. He will plead self-defense
If brought to trial.
Dogs and Gasoline
to Aid France
Many New Taxes Proposed to Help
Wipe Out Deficit of
,, $21,000,000.
PARIS. June 18. The budget of 1910 In
troduced in the Chamber of Deputies today
shows a deficit of $21,000,000. Nine million
dollars of this Is charged to the budget of
1911. Finance Minister Calllaux recommends
that the remaining $12,000,003 be raised by a
new tax of a cent a litre on the petroleum
used In automobiles; a tax on dogs; admin
istrative rearrangement and a stricter en
forcement of the taxes on colonial obliga
tions and mines and a new tax In connec
tion with the inheritance of property.
Neighbors Go to Court
Over Ownership of Cat
The cat has not come back, but Oliver W.
Hazelton, 1002 South Twenty-fifth street,
may have It when It does.
Such was the verdict of Judge Cockrell
In the "kitty" case tried In his Justice court
yesterday afternoon and in which Oliver
Hazelton brought action against William
Murray et a!., Fifty-alxih and Morse
streets, to secure the title to a gray and
white cat with Its litter of four or five
kittens, the same having been taken to the
home of Mr. Murray.
Judge Cockrell was much disgusted with
the case and was forced to utter a tirade
against all cats In the city. In the testi
mony of Hazelton it was shown that the
cat owned by him had been In the habit
of wandering around to the neighboring
houses. When this fact was brought out
Judge Cockrell stopped the proceedings
long enough to say that nobody had a
right to allow a cat to run around after
dark, or any other time.
"You ought to kept your cat at home."
the Judge warned, as he directed his words
toward Hazelton. "I have been bothered
by cats In my neighborhood a great deal
during the last week and I have no patience
with any cats, kitties, kittens, or any
felines that go prowling around at night
disturbing peoples' slumbers."
The small court room of Justice Cockrell
was crowded with a large number of men
and women, most of whom were witnesses
In the case,
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U.S.
CONGRESS
FFERtNCE
HAND AND FOOT.
BISHOP FORGED TO LEAVE
Church Trouble at Ulysses Nearly
Culminates in Violence,
REV. MURPHY COUNSELS PEACE
Bishop Bonnrnm and Two I'rlrsti
Who Came to Take Possession of
Properly Fare an Angry
Mob.
ULYSSES, Neb., June 18.-Rlght Rev.
Bishop Bonacum of the Catholic diocese
of Lincoln and Father O'Brien of Seward
and Father Kline of Bralnatd and Dwlght
were driven from this village today by
an angry mob of between 200 and 260
people. The bishop and his priests had
come to Ulysses to formally take posses
sion of the church here, over which Father
Murphy has held charge. t
Sympathizers of Father Murphy, both
Catholics and non-Catholics, Joined In the
mob, and would have done injury to the
bishop and party had It not been for the
strenuous ef foils ot Father Murphy, who
counselled the mob to do no violence, and
who requested that the visitors be left
alone. So threatening, however, was the
aspect that Father O'Brien secured a liv
ery rig and, taking Bishop Bonacum and
Father Kline, left In the direction of David
City. This rig was followed with an auto
mobile with church enemies of the bishop.
It was overtaken three miles from town,
and the bishop and priests were forced
to get but and walk, and the liveryman
was made to drive back to Ulysses with
out his passengers. When last seen, the
bishop and his party were walking north,
along the road toward David City. They
were not harmed, but threats were made
to "egg them," "mob them" and to treat
them to various indignities. .
Church Closely Guarded.
The trouble of tonight had its origin In
the long church feud between Bishop Bon
acum and Rev. William Murphy, for sev
eral years priest In control of the parishes
of Ulysses and Seward. Bishop Bonacum
excommunicated Father Murphy, and n'as
sustained at Rome, and recently secured a
ruling in the civil courts ousting Father
Murphy from the parish property, 'The ma
jority of the parishioners, throughout the
long controversy, have stood with the
priest, the trustees at Seward at different
times refusing to permit priests sent by
the bishop to occupy the church. The
storm broke tonight when Bishop Bonacum,
accompanied by Fathers O'Brien and Kline,
came to Install them, respectively, at Ulys
ses and Seward. Father O'Brien was sent
out from the hotel to reconnolter. He found
the church strongly guarded ar.d the as
pect threatening. It was then decided to
hold the formal ceremonies of taking pos
session of the church at the hotel, and this
formality was begun.
The mob on the outside of the hotel grew
threatening. Threats were made to "egg"
the bishop, and at the most critical mo
ment, when It seemed that violence would
be done, Father Murphy : arrived and
(Continued on Second Page.)
Hazelton, who claimed to be the owner ot
he cat In question, was the first witness
called up by the attorney for the plulntlff.
Hazelton explained that the cat over which
the trouble arose had been staying at his
house since Christmas.
The cat was valued at S25.
He testified that Mis. German, who lives
next door to him, had over four weeks ago
got the cat to leave its happy home and
take up quarters at her place. He said
she had done It by calling over the feme
from her backyard and saying, "Come
kitty, kitty, kitty."
Mis. Allen, who was the original owner
of the cat, was next called on to testify.
Her testimony brought the case to a close,
for she said that she had given the mother
rat to Mrs, Oliver Hazelton, but that she
had not dune so until after the present
trouble arose.
Attorney Haller, when Mrs. Allen had
concluded, informed Judge Cockrell that
his clients did not claim the cats and that
they did not want them.
"Hazelton may have all the rats ha
wants," Haller explained. We don't want
them. They have the kittens now, and If
they ran find the cat they may have it,
too."
Judge Cockrell then ruled that the plain
tiff was entitled to the cat and all Its
kittens, but that hs would have to pay the
costs of the case. The defense had been
fighting only o keep from paying the
costs.
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GIRL'S K0DY
FOUND IN TRUNK
Granddaughter of General Franz
Siegel Victim of Bloody Murder
in New York.
IS BUTCHERED BY A CHINAMAN
Endearing Letters Left in Room
Where Body is Discovered.
RESULT OF A LOVE AFFAIR
Outer Garments Removed and Body
Wrapped in Blanket
VICTIM WAS A MISSIONARY
Bibles anal Pra erltonk Left Behind
by Murderer In Ills Kliaht
(ihastly Trnaedy 1 nrartkrd
by Police.
NEW YORK, June 18-Ellzabeth Selgel.
daughter of Paul Selgel of this city and
grand daughter of the Illustrious General
Franz Selgel, tho German warrior who
served with tho union army during the
civil war. Is, according to all Indication,
tonight, the victim of one of the most
bloody murders In the history of New'York.
If she Is not the victim, the police are con
fronted with a remarkable series of co
incidental fact. Taken from a trunk In a
room of a Chinaman In a chop suey restau
rant. In the tenderloin, tho body Is In a ,
state of decomposition, which makes Identi
fication difficult. Detectives are collecting
tho threads of a tangled story Involving
the girl and her associations with Chinese.
An envelope addressed to the girl, found
In the room where the body lay, a locket
beating her Initials, her disappearance on
June 10 and a note found In the room,
signed Elsie, all seem to Indicate that
Seigel's daughter was murdered,
Itody Tied with Ropes.
The body was partly stripped of Its
clothing, tied with ropes, wrapped In a
faded blanket and placed into a dilapidated
old trunk where It lay for a week, at
least, before the odor crept through the
building, arousing the suspicion of the
proprietor who summoned the police and
started an Investigation.
. Mr. Siegel had not Identified the body
at a late hour tonight, nor had Mrs.
Siegel. The mother, when told that her
daughter had evidently been murdered by
a Chinaman, became hysterical. The father
In the meantime, was In conference with
the police. Mrs. Siegel' s condition was such,
that It was Impossible to Interview her
and when the story was told to her with
as much tenderness as possible, she tried.
"My God," and fainted.
Clilnaman Has Disappeared.
Sun Leung, proprietor of the restaurant,
who also conducted the rooming house
above, disappeared shortly after the dis
covery of the murder, adding further to
the mystery. The case has many unusual
features, notably among which Is the face
that a Chinaman has been known to call
at the Siegel home, presumably with the
sanction of the parents.
Elisabeth was 20 years old and was
greatly Interested in work among Chinese.
It Is understood that she became acquainted
with one Chinaman who may be able to
throw some light on the case, several
years ago, when he conducted a cane rack
at an amusement park at Fort George.
The Siegel home In Wadsworth avenue,
the Bronx, Is not far away from that
resort. Neighbors said tonight that the
calls of the Chinaman at the house ceased
more than a year ago.
The house in whldh the body was dis
covered Is at 782 Eighth avenue, in the
Tenderloin district. Sun Leung, the pro
prietor, brought about the revelation of the
crime. He noted a peculiar odor and fear
ing that some one had committed suicide,
notified the police. They ascended to the
top floor, entered a room and pried open
a steamer trunk. There laid the body,
clamped and partly decomposed, with s
rope wound tightly about the throat and
also tied about the knees, and arms.
The body was covered with blood and th.
clothing was torn. Indicating there was
struggle. The man who had occupied tht
room evidently had left hastily, for there
hud been no effort to remove anything. H
had evidently been converted to Chris
tianlty, for there were about the rooa
Bibles and prayer books, containing namef
written In both English and In Chinese
which gave the Information that he wai
known In English as William II. Lion and
In Chinese as Leong Loo Llin.
Love Note Is Found,
Scrawled on a card In fairly good English
was an unsigned note which read: "I hope
you do not get mad at me, because all the
trouble come from me. Hope some day
the happiness come to us both."
There was great excitement among the
Chinese In the vicinity when the murder
was discovered, but with the exception
of the proprietor, they could not be in
duced to view the body.
Examination showed that It was first
wrapped in a blife blanket, although the
outer clothing was removed. The feet
were bare.
Dragging the trunk out into a hall, de
tectives bcnan a more minute inspection.
Decomposition had progressed so far, how
ever, that except for the whiteness of the
feet It would have been difficult to ascer
tain whether it was the body of a white
woman. Soon after Mr. Slgel had been
notified, It was removed to the morgue.
' Botcher's Cleaver Foand.
Turning thelt attention again to the
room, officers found a butcher's clever,
which gave further color to the theory
offered as borne out by the bloody corpse.
The house where the trunk was found" Is
a three-story structure, used mainly as
a chop suey restaurant. The upper floor
are rented to Chinamen.
Paul Slgel went to the Eighth avenue
house late tonight and examined the cloth
ing the woman wore. He was unable,
however, to identify any of the things as
having belonged to hir missing daughter,
Elsie.
A locket with the inlMals "F. C. B." or
"P. C. S." (the letters were warn and
hard to distinguish) was shown to Mr.
Sigel. tut he fcald he could not Identify
it, though he knew his daughter Wore a
locket tien ho last saw her.
Illsapiiraraure of Girl. j
According to Mr. Slg'i. his daughter dis
appeared from home June 10. Two Aays
later the family got word from her In
Washington saying she was safe and would
be home the following Monday, June 1.
Nothing, her father said, bad been beard
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