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VOL. XL NO. 46.
CARTEIITECSOE
RAKEOFFOMi
Oklahoma Congressman Testifi,,''',
New York Attorney Wai to Ge '
Five Per Cent.
SAYS MQUIRE WAS IN DEAL
Also Namei Dr. Wright as One of
Alleged Bunch.
INDIANS FAVOR CONTRACTS
Many Were Influenced to Sign by
Interested Persom.
MHURRAY OFFERS "PRESENT"
Delraate from Men Chrd with
Ilrifcrry Mnta with "War Coun
cil" to leance Them to
Sln Contract.
M'ALESTER, Okl.. Aug. 10.-"Lo, the
poor Indian," learned a few more things
bout the proposed Bale of $30,000,000 worth
of. his land In the hearing before the con
gressional Investigating committee today.
Congressman C. D. Carter of the Fourth
Oklahoma district testified that at an In
terview at the home of Richard C. Adams,
an attorney at Washington, Adams had
said lie had an arrangement by which he
was to secure 5 per cent of the "profits" to
be derived from the McMurray contracts.
'He also told me." testified Mr. Carter,
"that Congressman B. 8. McGulre was In
oil the deal and would get his share. He
also-told me that Dr. W right, a delegate
lor the Choctaw Indians at Washington,
with a salary of W,000, was in on the deal.
Ho also said: 'We've got others.' but he
did not mention any other names."
"Did Adams say he was going to get 5 per
cixm of all the money J. F. McMurray was
tJSVeallso on the deal?'' asked Chairman
Charles 8. Burke.
' llal Been Fooled Before.
'.'He said he was going to make sure of
Jt, as McMurray had double crossed him at
other times, but this time he was going to
fix It so he wouldn't lose out and when
McMuray got his 10 per cent, or J3.000.000,
or what It amounted to, he (Adams) was
going to get 6 per cent of the. proceeds. I
also met Jake L. Hamon at Washington.
He told me to go to that old man Qore and
get him to withdraw that fool bill of his
against the McMurray contracts."-
Congressman Carter, who Is part Chero
kee Indian and who was for two years a
member of the house committee on mm..
affairs, was then asked: "Do you think a
n.ajority of the' Indian are in, favor of
these contracts, giving 10 per cent to Mo
Murray?" "There Is no doubt that they are, he
replied. "But there Is also no doubt that
. In, .signing the contracts many were In
fluenced ea-w b persons who have -an
intercst la theni" ...... T
Adams was described as a Delaware In
dian, who frequently had been mentioned as
having oalled on President Taft In matters
pertaining to Indian affairs. It was Adams
, 10 W.HOm the Indians In this state were
. asked, to address telegrams urging Presl
dent Taft to approve the sale of the lands.
'McMuray Is tne holder of the contracts,
by which, according to Senator Oore, a 10
silpor cent, -or 13,000,000 "attorneys' fee" would
Tbe allowed. Before Carter left the stand
McMurray's attorneys obtained from him
testimony tending to show mat McGuircMn
previous, Indian makers nad supported
measures In congress opposed to the Inter
ests ef McMurray.
carter's appearance . a the Btand fol
lowed another Say of lively testimony.
Latham Telle of Offer.
E. B.i Latham, an attorney of MoAIcBter,
related a meeting wltn McMurray two years
ago when McMurray, he said, offered him
a present of $10,000 if the old tribal con
tract would "go through." These contracts
were aftefwards disapproved by President
Roosevelt. What the "present" was for
Lvthara declared he never could make out,
f for lie was not asked to support the con-
()h ueots,
vV Xi another time Latham testlfed he was
Offered a share 'of the $750,000 "attorney's
fee" whloh McMurray subsequently ob
tained In an ' Indian land deal, after the
amount of the fee had caused much dis
cussion In congress. The last offer the
. witness said, was made contingent upon
Ms aiding McMurray, who was then trying
to become a delegate to the republican con
vention at Chicago. McMurray did not go
as k delegate and Latham said he never
received anything.
Incidentally the Indians, many of whom
were present In the committee room,
learned of Kobber's Boost, a town to the
South part of the state. From Robber's
Roost there emerged one day an emissary
representing McMurray, who went to a
"war council" of Indians to get them to
sign the oon tracts. About 800 of the In
dians Signed at that time, testified J. H.
Godfrey. They also, he said, signed tax
(.ass contracts by which McMurray was to
got $10 "a head" for! fighting the taxation
of the Indians. I
- "Was Robbers Roost the headquarters
Of McMurray's agents?" asker Congres
Inan C. B. Miller.
"1 don't know," replied Godfrey. "It was
Where 4 man naried Bates lived. Bates
arranged with me to go to the Indian's
mealing and get the contracts signed."
Carter Telle of Merlin Mnmoa.
Taking . the stand Congressman Carter
related meeting Jack Hamon on May 8th,
last. Hamon la accused by Senator Gore
of having offered him $25,000 or $00,000
tribe in connection with the McMurray con
tracts ol May 18. last.
"It was the day after Senator Gore says
the bribe was offered him," said Carter.
1 Viet Hamon at the capltol and we eat
on the capltol steps. Hamon said: "You go
to that Old man Oore and get him to with-
draw that fool bill of his against the Mc
Murray contracts."
"I replied, 'If I should mix up in those
McMurrey contracts the people would think
I (ot pari of the fee, or they would think
I did not have sense enough to get part of
it, which would be disastrous to me politi
cally In either case.' I asked Hamon why,
he didn't go to Gore himself. He replied
lie wasn't Interested In the contracts."
i Seeing Senator Gore afterwards, the wit
ness said, he told him what Hamon had
said about not having any Interest In the
contracts. "That was not what he told
me."- Senator Gore replied, according to
Carter. The senator then told Carter about
the attempted bribery.
It was last January or February that
Carter and Adams met, the witness said.
"Adams Invited me to his home In Wash-
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Vatican and
Spain Are Still
in Deadlock
ner Side Will Resume Negotia
tions UntiL Other Makes Ma
terial Concession.
ROME, Aug. 10. -Cardinal Merry Del Val,
papal secretary, remained today at hie
summer villa on Monte Mario. His absence
from Rome was construed generally as In
dicating that no Immediate developments
bearing on the strained relation between
the Vatican and the Spanish government
were expected.
It was learned that the attitude of the
holy see Is unchanged. The reopening of
the official negotiations is considered lm
possible unless the government of Spain
exhibits not only by Its words, but through
Its deeds, a sincere desire to reach an
understanding by acting, it is said, as any
correct government would act In the prenv
ises. By this is meant that Spain ahould
withdraw the executive measures that deal
solely with contended points.
MADRID. Aug. 10. The Liberal today
says that the decisions of the government
concerning religious reforms are Irrevocable
and that a resumption with Kome of the
negotiations for the revision of the condor
dat Is Impossible unless the Vatican ac
cepts the acts of the government as accom
pUshed facts.
The A. B. C. states that 18,000 telegrams
of loyalty have been sent to the pope since
Sunday, the most of them from Carllsts.
BILBAO, Aug. 10. When a man from
San Sebastian was brought here today a
prisoner, a crowd collected at the station
and shouted: "Long live tho pope and the
king! Down with the government" The
crowd was dispersed by the police.
Collar Stay
Starts Big Fire
Celluloid Device Explodes in Portland
Laundry and Blaze. Does Ninety
Thousand Damage.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10 The little
device utilised by women to hold up their
lace collars a piece of celluloid about two
Inches long and a quarter of an Inch wide,
worth 6 cents , the half dozen cost the
United States Laundry' company a fire loss
today of $00,000 and imperiled 200 laundry
workers.
The collar stay had been left unnoticed
In a woman's waist, which, with hundreds
of similar garments, had been placed in the
dry room in the basement. The waist was
hung close to the superheated pipes that
lined the room. Suddenly the celluloid ex
ploded and instantly the room was aflame.
Hearings on
- EaTfern flates
Railroads Are . Summoned to Show
Cause for Proposed Advances
in Charges,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.By formal or
der of the Interstate Commerce commls'
slon, served today, the railroad lines In
official classification territory that portion
of the country east of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers
are summoned to show cause for the re
cent advances they have made In freight
rates. The heating is to begin on August
15 at 11 o'clock 4. m. In the United States
custom house in New York City.
Poisoned Candy
Sent by Mail
Mrs. Barnhart of Shiremanstown is
Charged with Attempting to
Kill Miss Mountz.
CARLISLE. Pa., Aug. 10. Mrs. Helen
Barnhart of Shiremanstown, near here,
was arrested today charged with sending
poisoned candy through the malls. The ar
rest was made by a postal inspector and
a Harrlsburg detective. Candy poisoned
with strychnine was mailed to Miss Beulah
Mounts of Harrlsburg last week. The girl
ate some of the candy and and woe made
very ill.
MILITARY AEROPLANES
( FAIL' TO MAKE GOOD
French Bicycle Corps FlarnratlTelr
Kill Flyers Who Attempt to
Reeoanolter.
' NANCY, France, Aug. 10. Interesting
tests of military aeroplanes piloted against
bicycles and automobiles filled today's in
terim before the resumption of the cross
country aerial race. The aeroplanes had
the worst of the match. The soldier cy
clists end automobillsts figuratively shot
at a range of about $00 feet all of the aero
pianists who attempted to reconnoiter In
a given direction.
Railroad Station ltobbed.
CARTHAGE, Mo., A.ig. 10.-A lone robber
at 1 o'clock this morning help up Operator
R. P. Roper, and Kan Kdwaivrs of Kansas
City In the St. Louis & San Francisco sta
tion, robbed the money drawer of $158 and
escaped.
i
Advent of Squirrels Puts
Bulge in Peanut Market
Good morning, have you fed the squirrels?
Omaha is getting a population of chlrky,
brown bush tails that are making the
streets In some parts of the city look like
parks and the peanut market la on the
bulge. If the squirrels are to stay they
must be fed, for the trees around the town
are not particularly fruitful in nuts and
the squirrels would have a hard time of it
to subsist upon their own efforts.
Everyone is beginning to take an Interest
and already the peanut stands have felt
the lncreaed trade.
It takes some aaaurance to buy peanuts
on the public street for fear someone might
think you were going to eat them yourself
and aside from "floe cut" nothing ia con
ROADS ORDERED
TO LOWER RATES
Interstate Commerce Commission
Makes Finding Against Southern
Lines in Lumber Case.
ARKANSAS CYPRESS CHEAPER
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
Affected,
CARLOAD LOTS ARE v MENTIONED
Reduction Mads on Shipments from
Gleason,
DAWSON SOON TO GO SOUTH
Thomas C. DaWaon, Newlr Appointed
Minister to Panama, Will Leave
Earl j- In' September for New
Duties on Iethmns.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. (Special Tele
gram.) The Interstate Commerce commis
sion in a dcoislon rendered today in the
complaint of the Freeman Lumber company
against the St. Louis,. Iron Mountain &
Southern and Missouri Paclfia Railway
companies charging exoeswwe rates on cyp
ress lumber snipped in carloads irom Ulea
son, Ark., to points in Kansas, Missouri,
Iowa and Nebraska, held In favor of the
complainant and ordered that the above
named defendants establish on or before the
first day of October, , 1910, and maintain, in
force thereafter during a period of 'not
less than two years, rates for the transpor
tation of cypress lumber in carloads, min
imum weight not to exceed '30,000 pounds,
from Gleason, Ark., to tho points named,
as follows, that shall not exceed the rates I
specified therein:
From Gleason, Ark., to Kansas City, Mo., I
IS cents per 100 pounds.
All points between and including Coffey-
vllle and Joplin, Mo., 18 cents per 100
pounds.
All points between and Including Fort
Scott and Kansas City, Mo., 18 cents per I
100 pounds. ,
Leavenworth and Atchison, Kan., and St.
Louis, Mo., 19 cents per 100 pounds.
Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., and Council
Bluffs. Ia., 21V cents per 100 pounds. .
Thomas C. Dawson of Council Bluffs,
the newly appointed united States minister
to Panama, returned to Washington today
from New York, where he took part in
the reception and entertainment of Presl
dent Montt of the Chilean republic. Mifr
Ister Dawson, with his family, will leave
here the first. week in September to. take
up his new duties on the isthmus.
The postmaster at Syracuse. Neb., today
made application for authority to open a
postal savings bank at his office.
v T ' 'rrr-- T'
isew l annery to
Rllllrl in f") m r h '1 I
Local Capital with Some Experts to
Incorporate to Handle
Hides.
A new Industry Is about to be established
In Omaha by a company which was formed
this week. The company will be known a
the National Fur and Tannery company
and it was Incorporated yesterday. The
name Indicates the nature ef the business.
The articles of incorporation will be filed
In a day or two. Tho place of business has
not been selected, but it will be either
Omaha or South Omaha, preferably a spot
between the two cities.
The directors of the company are N. H.
Loomls. mineral snllnitor nf th TTnin. r
fi'.iflP! Oaitrea Vt Tlrr W V s-t
H. Scott, A. B. Reed, B. C. Brookfield.
Duane Arnold, . eGorge F. French, J W.
jmcers or the company are N. H.
uoomts, president; Duane Arnold, .vice
president and general manager; George B.
Darr, treasurer; C. B. Matthal, secretary.
NATIONAL CATHOLIC TOTAL
ABSTINENCE UNION MEETS
duiciu man juim ia Leiesrsted Fre
ceding; Opening; Session la
Fanuell Hall.
BOblO.N, Aug. 10. A solemn military
high mass at the Cathedral of the Holy
Cross preceded the formal opening today
of the convention of the National Catholic
Total Abstinence union in Faneull hall
The cathedral was crowded cy the delegates
and cltlxens. The celebrant of .the mass
was Most Rev. Diomede Falcon!, arch
bishop of Larrlssa and apostolic delegate
At the close of, the service the delegates,
escorted by tne uatnollc Total Abatlnenca
union regiment of Wllkesbarre, - Pa.,
marched to Faneull hall, where addresses
of welcome were given by state and city
officials.
ACTOR FUES FIFTY MILES
Robert I.ornlne Qualifies aa an Aria
tor with Flight Across the
Irish Saa.
LONDON, Aug. lO.-Robert Loralne. the
actor, qualified as a star aviator today by
making a splendid flight across the Irish
sea. a distance of mora than fifty miles
from Blackpool, England, to Llandudno,
on the coast of the North Wales.
sidered more vulgar by the elite than eating
toothsome goobers.
But for the sake ot the squirrels fashion
has suspended the rule. One young lady
who lives in the west Farnam end of town
has three packagea left at her home every
morning by the delivery man. A prominent
railroad man Is paying out si a week or so
to keep the visitors satisfied with the trees
In his front yard.
They seem to have enormous appetites
from the number of nuts they wMl accept,
but moat of them are going into under
ground storehouses at this season of the
year, and if next spring Is to have proper
companions for Its robins and butterflies
their insatiate desires will have to be satisfied.
From the Washington Evening Star.
HALL COUNTY CLERK HELD
George H. Poell Arrested in Omaha
and Returned to Grand Island.
TS TTTTJ) ON FORGERY CHARGE
Was Servian-, His Third Term
Coantr Clerk When. Asked to Re
elarn He Compiled with
the Request.
George H, Poell of Grand Island, the
former county clerk ot Hall county,' who
resigned, at: ther request of ;.the. Board of
County; commlsslojl?. ,: was - arrested in
Omaha Tuesday: eenlhg by Deputy Sheriff
Flanaff&n niwi wnr - frnm f-Tall
county that he wits wanted ' there on a
Island Tuesday night by Sheriff Dunkel of
Hall county. ' '
Serving In his third term as county clerk
after being iwlce re-elected, the Board of
County commissioners found a'shortage of
several hundred dollars in ' his accounts.
An investigation followed, with the result
that he was asked for his resignation. He
stated here that he had made up - the
shortage.
About four years ego Poell was working
on the Union Pacific as a fireman. While
rifcklng his life to save a small child stand
ing between the tracks In front of his en
gine, which was moving at a high rate of
speed, he lost his hold and slipped beneath
the wheels, losing his left leg. Being com
pelled to leave the railroad his friends se
cured him the nomination for county clerk
and he was elected.
He had been working In Omaha for sev-
i eral weeks. He Is about 30 years of age
and has a wife and family at Grand
Island.
Charges Aaralnst Mr. Poell.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Aug. 10. (Spe
cial.) By unanimous vote yesterday the
members of the county board instructed
County Attorney Cleary to bring suit
against George Poell, ex-county clerk, un
der the criminal statutes for the alleged
embeszlement of public funds. Officers left
last night for Omaha, where Poell Is now
working, to arrest him .and bring him' to
this county for trial.
Poell was elected as clerk out of sym
pathy in 1905 after he had become crippled
for life by saving the life of a child on the
railway track. He was a fireman of the
St Joseph & Grand Island at the time.
The first two years of his term seem, from
papers submitted by expert accountant Har
rison yesterday, to have been marked by
faithful service. He was reelected, and, it
appears, became careless In several re-
speeta. Receipts dated January, 1903, were
suomittea irom assistants in nts omce,
which show plain evidences of having been
"raised." These are new instances and
have nothing to do with ' those already
settled up,
Early this year the accountant brought In
his first report, and that report showed the
ex-clerk not to have paid in excess fees for
the year 1907. It was stated that, at that
time he asked the finance com
mittee to hold over the excess fees for the
working capital and it appears that the
committee granted the request and thought
no more about it, trusting that Poell would
turn them over as soon as the month for
which he asked the retention, would be
up. When the report of the expert showed
this Poell quickly paid in the alleged short
age, and upon the advice of his friends.
some of them the members of' the board,
resigned. It being clearly intimated that
his resignation would be otherwise asked
for.
About a month ago another shortage
made In a similar way to those now
brought to light the raising of employee..
receipts was discovered and Poell sent up
a check ot $145 to cover these. Yesterday's
report shows three or four Instances In
which It appears that receipts were raised,
the receipts themselves being submitted to
gether with letters from the parties to
whom money was paid, said parties declar
ing that they were not paid such sums.
In another instance, that ot a receipt for
S400, the name of the party supposed to
bave been paid was signed, it Is alleged,
by Poell himself.
A total shortage of $142 is said to
be plain, by the accountant, and civil
procedure may likewise be Instituted for
the collection of this. The fact that the
reports have come by piece-meal 'Is said to
be due to the fact that It has been dlt-
tContlnued on Second Page ).
y. -stwSJy J VE BEEt Wf AKIN
Hundreds of East
Indians on Way
1 to United States
Members of Fighting Castes Believe
They Can Get Jobs as Policemen
. N or Watchmen.
CALCUTTA, Aug. 10. A remarkable emi
gration ot Punjabs, Mohammedans and
Sikhs, who are leaving tor Hongkong w7th
the avowed intention of proceeding to Cal
ifornia, is engaging the official attention
ot William H. Michael, the American 'Con
sul general-here. . . - : ,
Some J of;' r tlroee-wtio ' afg-t wn trig- th eif
faces . toward-, the"" new world are taking
their families with them, but te greater
number belong to the. fighting castes and
are under the impression that they can
get on the American police force. They
are confident that they can at least get
posts as watchmen.'
The emigrants explain . that they have
relatives In California, who have written
them saying they have found a good land
and urging those addressed to join them,
Fifteen hundred - natives sailed for the
east on five ships last month and tnany
more are preparing to follow. Mr. Muhael
said today that none of the emigrants had
visited "the American consulate and that
probably they would not e permitted to
land in the United States. He. expects
Washington would mako representations on
tho subject. '
Iowa Officials
Inspect Highways
Governor Carroll and Treasurer Mor
row Will Spend Three Days on
Trip Across the State.
DE3 MOINES, la., Aug. 10. Governor
Carroll, State Treasurer Morrow and , the
members of the Iowa Highway commission
left today for Council Bluffs. Tomorrow
morning they start from that place in auto
mobiles, for an Inspection of the rlver-to-
rlver road, a dragged highway . 380 miles
long, extending from Council Bluffs through
Des Moines to Davenport. The inspection
will consume three days.
IOWA CITY, la., Aug. 10. (Special.)
The Commercial club of Iowa City will
give a dinner Saturday of '.he current week
to Governor Carroll or lows and his fel
low members of the Iowa Highway com
mission, who will arrive here In the course
of their trip over the rlver-to-river road
beteen Des Moines and Council Bluffs.
Sixteen Members
of Mob Indicted
Men Who Aided in Lynching of De
tective at Newark, 0., Charged
with Murder. '
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 10. Sixteen mem
bers of the mob at Newark, O., who
participated In the . riot which resulted In
the lynching of Carl Etherington on July
2. were Indicted today by the grand Jury
for murder in the first degree.
Knights Templar Drill for
Prizes and See the Sights
CHICAGO. Aug. 10. Drilling by the best
trained commanderles of the Knights
Templars and a business session, at which
It was expected It would be decided where
the next conclave would be held, were
today's chief events of interest in the
thirty-first triennial meeting. The drilling
was in the National league base ball park
and the business session at which the con.
clave city would be named Is scheduled for
Muslo hall, the business headquarters. This
was to have been decided yesterday, but
the delayed parade prevented.
Last night's revelry at the open houses
of the state commanderles, following the
fatigue parade march, left the knights worn
out and willing that events today begin at
WADE LEAVES THE Y.M.C. A.
Secretary Resigns After Six Years of
Continuous Service.
TO BE SECRETARY FOR COLORADO
Mr. Wade Will Take tip His New
Work October 1 Committee la
Appointed to Seek a Suc
cessor. B. C. Wade has resigned as general secre
tary of the Omaha Young Men's Christian
association to accept the position of state
secretary for Colorado. He will take up tils
new , Work -U4( -JiaAprs! ted - his
reeignatloiv to the board Tuesday night
after long deliberation. A committee will
be appointed to look for a successor.
Mr. Wade makes the ".aange because he
feels the need for a less strenuous position
As the executive head of this large lnstltU'
Hon for six years he has concluded that it
Is wise to seek a field office, though he
has had to decline the offer of other larger
local general ' Secretaryships in larger
cities. He came to the Omaha association
from Ottumwa, ' Ia., July 1, 1904, and took
hold of the work of constructing the new
building at Seventeenth and Harney streets,
so that he was stationed for some time In
the old structure at Sixteenth and Douglas,
These six years have been the most event
ful and strenuous in the building and com
mercial life of Omaha as well as the i
soclation and Mr. Wade, therefore, has had
large and exacting burden to shouldei
and the results show he has shouldered It
well. Under his administration the Omaha
Toung Men's Christian association has been
brought up to the very top standard of
American associations, conspicuously sue
cessful in every department of ifa work
He is today rated as one of the ablest
general secretaries in the United States
and his leaving will be a matter of deep
regret to people In and out of the asaocla
tion .
While Mr. Wade takes up his Colorado
work .October t he will not remove his
family to Denver where his headquarters
will be until the close of another school
year.. He has four children Elbert,
senior, Elolse, a Junior, and Louis and
Florence, freshmen in the high school and
he believes this is the record for one
family. ,' Ko Is anxious to have his eldest
son graduate next spring and so will not
disturb the children in their school work
for a year. '
The Colorado state work Is said to be
very aggressive, though younger than the
Nebraska work. As Mr. Wade begun hi
Young Men's Christian association work In
the mountains at Helena, Mont, he look
forward to Ms new field with much pleas
ure. .
FIRST CASE OF INFANTILE
PARALYSIS AT FORT DODGE
Tbree.Yrar-Old Child of Joseph
Spoarek la Victim of tho
Dl
FORT PODGE, Ia., Aug. . (Speclal.)
The first case of Infantile paralysis In Fort
Dodge was discovered today when Viola,
the 3-year-old daughter of Joe Spourek, de
veloped the disease. The attending physi
cians say her case is unusual, as both legs
are paralysed. Tho family was camping
and Viola waded In the water and caught
cold.
an hour later than scheduled. Mlzpah
commandery of Chicago opened headquar
ters in the International stock show amphi
theater at the Union Stock yards and the
afternoon was spent showing visitors
through "Packlngtown."
Nearly as much Interest was shown In
the drilling today by the visiting knights
and their hosts ss In the big parade. Com
petition was keen in the striving for
trophies.. Several of the commanderles
represented have had teams In every com.
petltv drill for more than forty years.
Tomorrow's events Include competitive
rilling, yacht races, automobile rides. flr.
works on the lake front and sacred con
certs. Friday will be rest and Chicago in
spection day, with no set program.
MAYOR 0AYN0R IS
IN BETTER SHAPE
Doctors Say Condition Satisfactory
and Wounded Man is Able to
Raise Himself in Bed.
TRANSFERRED TO BETTER ROOM
Chats with Wife as He is Wheeled
Into New Quarters.
GALLAGHER ISSUES STATEMENT
Is Not Sorry, but Hopes Victim Will1
Get Well.
PATIENT NOT OUT OF DANGER
Consultation of Physicians at Eleven
O'clock Derides that Operation
to Remove Bullet la Hot
Necessary Now.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10. Mayor Gaynor wee
this afternoon transferred to a larger and
l'ghter room In SL Mary'i Hospital. The
wounded executive was strong enough to
raise himself In bod with one hand. He
chatted with his' wife as he was wheeled
to his new room. The physicians will hold
nother consultation at 8 o'clock tonight.
The mayor continued In about the same
condition this afternoon and while physl-
ans have not pronounced him out of dah-
er the yhope an operation to remove the
no fragsmenta of bullets may be un
necessary.
A consultation of physicians over Mayor
William J. Gaynor, who was shot by a
Ischarged city employe yesterday, was
held this morning, after which the followi
ng bulletin was issued:
"11 a. m. The mayor continues to do well.
t In the unanimous opinion of the sur
geons that no operation is necessary at
this time.
"W. L. ARLITZ, M. D.
"GEORGE S. BREWER, M. D.
GEORGE D. STEWART, M. D.
"CHARlJte3 N. DOWD, M. D." V
Interest of course centers on the mayor'i .
condition, but Gallagher now professing a
trace of pentlnence for his deed, com
manded further notoriety from his cell
In Jersey City this morning. An anoy-
rnous letter, vulgarly couched and threat
ening the life of Street Cleaning Commis
sioner William H. Edwards, whose power- '
ful blows felled Gallagher to the deck oi
the Kaiser Wllheim Der Grosse yesterday,
tarted a perfunctory police Investigation
but generally the communication is at
tributed to a crank.. Although It predicted
for "Big Bill" a fate similar to the mayors,
the former football player seemed to re-
gard his chances of life and death ae good
as ever. -' ' . '
Investigate Girl's Statement ., 5.,
Two young glWi who tdeclaredt that the
overheard an Trrtdxloateol iceman '.remark
on Monday nilghr that the mayor would be
shot either on hie departure or on his re
turn from . Europe, furnished the founds.
Hon for another police Inquiry, but noth
tanglble had developed tonight. The maloi
has never, been rastlc In his police better
ment crusade, and he has many enemies
on the force. ' ,
Gallagher's statement made this evening
was his first frank talk concerning the
crime. "While I will hot. say that I aai
sorry," he snid, "I now hope that the
mayor gets well. But I wanted to teaoh
high offlulals to regard tho rights of sub
ordinates. I consider that I hud to shoot
the mayor as a lessen to the country. I
did what 1 did tor personal principles and
was not prompted by any anarchistic.
belief. '
"I am sorry that Commissioner Edward
was wounded for I was aiming only at tne
mayor. But even the thought of killing
him had nut been long In my mlde. Ia
fact, I reached no decision until I got MM
yesterday morning.. - ,, .,
"Had I , heard of President McKlnley'a
asslnatlcn, Of course and I believe easing
tfbn os sometimes right. '
I had carried a gun for nine years. I
feared the enemies I had made by wrttfng
letters when I was trying to reform the
dock department."
There Is a marked dettermlnatlon among
the New Jersey authorities to make Galla
gher an example of "quick Jersey justice,"
but It was definitely determined tonight
not to lay Ti'S case btfore the grand Jury
pending the outcome of the mayor's In
juries. If the mayor recovers, Gallagher
will be quickly tried, charged with assault
with Intent to kill, for which he may re
ceive a maximum sentence of twenty years.
If his victim should die the charge will
be in the first degree, the penalty for
which is death.
Spends Cbeertnl Day.
For a man who so narrowly escaped In
stant death by an aeeassln'a bullet. Mayor
Gaynor spent a cheerful day. With the
ever present possibility of blood poisoning,
the anxiety of those near his bedside re
mains tense, but every bulletin of the day
concerning his condition Was optlmlstlo In
tone. He conversed cheerfully with those
who saw him and pleaded with his wife
and his physicians to allow him a slice
or two of bacon, for which he has great
fondness.
His brother, Thomas A. Gaynor, who
rushed here from Ohio oft receipts of news
of the shooting, was allowed to spend only
twenty minutes In tho sick room. The
mayor's only other visitors during the day
aside from his physicians, were Mrs. Guy-
nor, who was with him almost constantly;
John Purroy Mltchel, president of the board
of aldernmen, and now acting mayor; Com
missioner Edwards, Robert Adamson, the
mayor's private secretary, and Mrs. Harry
K. Vlngut, formerly' Miss Edith Gaynor.
. Condition Still Serious. ,
While tho mayor's condition Is admittedly
still serious and the physicians would not
commit themselves any statement as
to the outcome. Secretary Adamson, who
was one of those Who remained with the
mayor all night, said he considered the out
look very hopeful.
Mr. Adamson, however, was careful . to
impresB the possibilities Of danger from In
fection of the wound, which will remain
until the bullet Is removed. There is also
the danger, It was Indicated by those who
had watched the case closely, that the shot
from Gallagher's revolver had passed so
close, to an artery that hemorrhages might
bt brought on from an attenuated artery
wall. The paaage of time lessens the prob
ability of this, however..
Mayor Goynor has not been afflicted with
an attack ot hemorrhage since yesterday,
shortly after he was first brought to th
hospital.
The X-ray examination last night showed
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