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. j AUSTIN. Tuu March W. The Thirty.
; third Legislature will aiJJourn aJne .' die
Tuaadajr. -April 1. Thla morning the
. Senate adopted ' the Home concurrent
resolution providing for adjournment on
that date by a vote of 10 to 11 reconsid-
ered and tabled thua maklnc certain the
cessation of legislation so far aa the
regular session Is concerned at that Unie.
By adjourning on this date the members
. will only serve about 15 days at the $2
pe diem salary expecting and trustiuw
that they will be reconvened at once in
special - session by the ' Governor to do
those things that they ought to have
done during the regular session at the
- rate of $1 per day.
The Real Question.
. But the question Is will they be recon-
vened? The Governor says that they
till have time to pass the appropriation
. bill aa well aa the platform measures
which-they have Ignored before the date
of adjournment. If they don't do It or
make some effort in that direction he
' may decide that It is not worth while
to call an extra session at leaat not at
thla time r He may wait until the exi-
gencies . of the . occasion demand an ex-
.traordlnary session probably some time-
. 1 July or August while the weather ta
from 'the meningitis germs to call- the-i
' eolone together and submit t them- the
- Important matter of making appropria-
tions for the support of the. State. Gov-
ernment which they neglected to do In
the regular' session ao busy were they
In passing liquor .measures that they
had no hope or expectation of ever secur-
ing executive approval.
That Appropriation Bill. '
It la atated that the appropriation bill
Is ready to be reported and Is being held
back pending the call of the extra ses-
rtfci. That Is why the Governor says
that the Legislature has ample time now
to pass the measure before adjournment.
And It may be that that la why he as-
serts that all measures reaching him be-
tween now and the date of adjournment
will quietly rest in his desk except they
be platform or administration measures
. which have been neglected before receiv-
ing attention. As It Is the Governor has
the whip handle and there Is no doubt
but what he will use it.
. By deciding to adjourn April 1 the mem-
bers have made It possible for the Gov-
ernor to hold up every measure that- has
been passed within the past two days as
well as those that may be passed during
the remainder of the session none of
which are responsive to platform demands
not are they administrative measures.
There Is nothing to hinder the executive
from holding a deadly poise over the ac-
cumulated pet measures the veto ax as
an inducement to recalcitrant members to
; give attention to measures in which the
administration la specially Interested.
And those who know the Governor will
admit that if he fails to get what he con-
siders fair and just treatment he will not
hesitate to administer the knockout drops
to the aforesaid pet measures. From all
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SUFFRAGIST "ARSON SQUADS"
. USING TORCH IN LONDON
Country Residence of Lady
- Incendiary Is On
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LONDON. March ' 10. Two "arson
squads" of militant suffragettes destroyed
. $100000 worth of property early today.
One squad burned down the eountry real-
denee of ldy Amy White at Knglelleld
Green near the Thames. The other squad
fired the building of the golf club at
vWestoa-Super-Hare a fashionable water-.
Ins place in' Somersetshire. - ' '' :i'
Lady White la the widow of Field Mar-
aha) Sir George White the hero of Lady-
smith. In the Tranavaal war. Flames in
' her manelon were dieoovered at 1 o'clock
this morning and the flames at that time
had such a start 'that the efforts of the
local .Are brigade were hopeless. ; Traces
of oils and inflammable ' materials were
found scattered about : the house 'While
around the grounds were papers Inscribed
"stop torturing our comrades In prison"
'votes for. Women" '"by kind permission
of Charles Hobhouse" the last being a
reference to the recent taunt of Chan-
cellor Hobhouse that" "women lack the
real revolutionary svtrlt of men who burn
rra mw in support 01 insir cause. 1 :
: Two women on bicycles were seen In
K i tl k.kiU w k I
fire was discovered . The house was' va-
xioupled. -
SUMMARY OF NEWS
THE WEATHER.
foncut tor Houston sod vicinity Friday con-
tinued vnsttled with rain colder.
' Temperature and precipitation at Houston for
Precipitation 0.0 incb.
' . Bunriae Friday 8:25 a. .. sunset M p. at.
34 hours ending T ft. m. Tburaday:
. UaxiBHun H minimum OS. . .
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WASHINGTON. March 30 Bait Texas
Generally fair snd colder Friday with a cold
wit In south snd east portions Saturday.
. Louisiana Oenerally fair ' and colder Friday
with a cold ware in south and east . portions
fbiritNlaT.
West Taken Cloudy snd colder Friday. -Sat
urday generally fair. .
THE DAT IN LEQISLAIUBE.
M'-Vi-: Senate V ?''
THE Rules Committee reported a - liberalised
set of rulrs. v
BNOROHHKD the Boe tuner 11 literary bill with
amendments! . - t
HEARD an address by Oongreeaman B. L.
. Henry of Waco.
CONCI'RRKD In the House revolution prorldiag
for sine ale sdjoumment Apru 1.
ENOROSHKD the Hooae bill providing for the.
ealalilinliment of s school for the feeble-
. minded. . .
RKFl'SKD to roncnr In the Honae smendmenta
to tne Welaert Joint resolution relatlnR to
the iftauanee -of bonds.
BBFI'HBD to mnrnr In the House amendments
to Wataon'a bill flxlna the aalarlea of tne Jus
tices or the courts or citii Appesia. .
ADOFTKD the free Conference committee re
port on the married woman a property rights
bill ran-Tlns: ameudmeota as auggeated by
tne tiorernor.
HEARD apeeches by sfcOrcaror sndSKuffent In
eiliiport or- the minority and majority reports.
rciipcctlrely. of the corSmlttee appointed to
investigate the Attorney Ucnerars lepart-
ment: deferred action until Friday afternoon.
ADJOURNED until 10 o'clock Friday morning.
House.
KXGR08SKD Highway Commission bill.
FOr It BILLS snd one Joint resolution Intro-
. dvced. v . - y
Tnlveraity and A. and L to issue bonds.
PA88ED local bills.
RERPSED to submit Initiative snd referendum
amenameat to toe people.
APPOINTED free conference committee on r
lotion to amend constitution so ss to allow
RECESSED until 8:30- s. m. Friday.
:.. - x Domestic. .
THE OUTCAST women of Kew York's under-
world would co-uperate with eommlsakm in
aolTUut the hoc In I eill qwatloc.
DR. KRIBDM ANN treated thirtT-flTe tnbnr-
cttlosls patients In Mew York twenty-nfeie of
oe suRervrv neins oerormea names.
MRS. JKN.MIt MAY EATON wan placed In lall
peadtror a hearing on a charge of murder) ug
ner nuanann. near Admiral J. u. Ifstea.
m.VUHb JLtPAin; f Mexiee cttsv ssrbsg
Francisco and charged that Madero waa ahnt
in oars sua annns strsngita ui palace ro-
nu7 ...
IVviTy -FIFTH annual- ttt".ut of Beottlak
Kite Maaoiu ooDciuded at ivumton.
TWO meo under aireat at Fort Worth rlatl?
to tu rowxry or a mdk at uaatrop Jua.
TV A. ni.EDSOE dftpwied County Jurtce of
Auuene baa eraaea ornccra apairhlnic lor blm.
RKVJ. K HEWKTT 'fjiTen 60 years In tho
pniirait.try on a cnaqc ot panxiennji dj jury
at Ds-ujatsuin. -
MEXICAN cbarxd with kidupinc irlrl ahot anrl
xiiira oy su r.. vttai-a vreii cnown ranco-
man near Herceaea.
AL MTADDIN re-ele?tM prslnt of tbe Texas
Cattla Raisers' Association and 8am Cowan
axam cnueen aa grenerai coonsei.
Sports.
AT AUSTIN. UnlTsrslty of Texas 7. Poly 4.
BITFFALOKS and AtbJtlca play at Wast I
thla afternoon.
11 K AM Y racl n jr Mil- reportM favorably by
CFTARLIK irt ltl'HY annoaneed bo had been of-
lerea vm).uw ror hocct umnaikan.
NEW YORK YACHT CLt'B aed to imoil(ler
Its refusal to accept challenge of Sir Tbooiaa
iipiun.
AT MOBILE Cleveland Americans 7. Mnblla 3.
a i .naiih i i.ir I'uuaaeipQia
Americans 11
asnTiue o
Houston.
JOHN OEOROR LIEB died Thursday at his kome
in WCDBHOO.
PERMITS for eUthteen dwelling were leaned by
me Duiiaiug uupecior xnuranay.
THREE cottages In ilmmtnn Heights were I
etroyed by Ore Thursday morning.
THE real estate trsnafcrs filed for record Thurs
day rescaen an arai-egace 01 sion.a&
MAYOR H. BAI.UWIN RICE dlacimsea pnrchsse
' or wwera ana water maina in Montrose addi
tion. . v
JONATHAN HARRIS pioneer realdent of Har
ris County passed swsy st his home In
JUDGMENTS were obtained In Federal Oonrt
ngaioai two rsiironus iot violating aarety ap-
... pltancs act. s
RETAIL merchants of Hour ton adopted resolu-
tion asking for passage of law to regulate fake
auction as lea.
THOMAS O'FARRKIX wss found is sn uncoe-
jclous condition at the pumping station of
the Quit rips Line Company.
Amy White Burned Woman
Trial In London. s
The Ineendiarles of the golf pavUions
also escaped.: There are many suffra
gettes now In that neighborhood owing
to tne meeting of the National Teacher'
Conference at which Viscount HaMane
lora High Chancellor la scheduled to
deliver an address. ......
Miss Olive Heeken the. mUftant 'suf
fragette who Is charged with firing the'
pa vlllon or the Roe; Hampton Golf Club
was pat on trial today. Miss Hocken ap-
peared to glory in the notoriety she has
achieved. A large ' assortment of auf-
fragette "weapons" was Introduced as
exhibits against her. ' Some of them were
found In the militant suffragette arsenal
In London. Others - were from a krln-
sack alleged ; to -have been dropped' by
.Miss Hocken m her flight from the golf
links. The list of exhibits Included tele-
grapa wire cutting apparatus bottles of
acids and corrosive fluid hammers flinta
tools for forcing windows. fates rdsatia-
catlon plates -for automobiles' repee cot-
ton' wool fire lighters candles paraf-
fins a suit of workman's overalls and - a
aet of pole climber j Among Miss Hook-
en's oorrespondenoe the Government found
a letter from Mrs. Pankhuret "openly In-
citing her follower to acts of laTrlissliiai
and outrage." . . . '
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THERE ARE OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES
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DECLARES WILSON
BETRAYED HIM
MerJcaa Ecf ugte' BlnfrJiTT.-S ADii
bassadoir Declares Madero
Slain in Palace.
iAsteitti Prtti Ksyert.)
BAN FRANCISCO March Manuel
Blanche Alcade publisher; or the New
Era a Mexico City newspaper generally
regarded as the mouthpiece of the late
President .Maderq's administration ar-
rived here today with the assertion that
he "Is In a position to prove" that
Madero waa shot to death-and that Vic a
President Suarea was strangled In the
National palace on the night of February
Z2 'and their bodies taken to the prison
In an automobile.
"The reported assault by the guard"
said Alcade ."waa merely a farcical ruse
and a part of the plot. When the auto
mobile was fired on the guards were only
pouring lead into the dead bodies of the
President and Vice President who were
murdered In the palace hours before."
Colonel Alcade described himself aa an
Ultimate friend of Madero. His mission
In this country he said would be to ex-
pose theplot which brought about the
Diss uprlaing and the dealns of Madero
and Suares.
Dlegulsed at Peons.
Accompanied by his wife tWo small
children and hla brother Joaquin an
army captain Alcade fled from Mexico
City February 33 taking an obscure
route to Salina Cms. The party ais--guised
themselves as peons. On reach-
ing the west coast port they remained In
seclusion 12 days believing they would
be killed If discovered by . agents of the
new Government. xney cnanurea a
barge to reach Acapulco whence they
took passage with other refugees. .
Colonel Alcade asserted the news or
Madero's fate was known in Washington
before the hour named In the ofnclal
version as the time of the alleged at-
tempt to rescue him.
- Madero thet From Behind.
"Aa a matter of fact" said iie. 'Treat-
dent Madero and Vice Preslds.it Suares
were killed between g and :W o'clock
Mexico City time on the night of Febru-
ary W. Tbe President was shot from
behind and -the powder burned bis neck.
Suares was choked to death. His secre-
tary Femandes de la Reguere saw the
body two days later and there were fin
der marks on the throat. One eye had
been forced from (ta socket and - the
tongue protruded" .
Colonel Alcade was positive in his as
sertion that Madame Madero had told
him there was no hope for bar husband
basing this fear on an interview she bad
with American Ambassador Wilson jn the
afternoon of February . .- . "
'Madame Madero and Suares went to
gether to the ambassador to Imploro him
to intercede for their husbands' lives"
.he said. "I saw them when they left tbe
embassy and they told me there waa no
hope. They said Ambassador Wilson had
expressed to them his belief - that tbe
President eind Vice President would be
executed aa the Huertlstas reaarded their
deaths as for the good of the country..
"General Aacarade waa In command of
the guard that night. -1 wae -veld by an-
other officer of the guard that it was ha
who slew Madero end suarea" ;
Wile) Bitterly Criticised
Bitter In his criticism of Ambaeeador
Wllson. Colonel Assad declared tho
American diplomat had declined to tn-
tareeda to aav him - from - arrest and
death.:. - V 1 y - - .
'1 had protected II American families
in my geheoM the Interned NacIoosJ"
said be "weer I commanded the eol-
- Continued en Page Klae.) .- -s -.
1 mmm osos ooooosw
POSSE SEARCHES
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
ADflmrSherfrf Clalmt He Placed Tr
A. Bledtoe Under Amtnd Ac "
cooed Man Escaped.
. . iHotutonJ'iut Sptcial.J . .
ABILENE Texas. March 10. To most
of the cltlaens of this community tne
suspension of County Judge T. A. Bled
so by order of the Plstiict Court came
as a surprise. Since Monday It had been
whispered that the grand jury was In-
vestigating certain expenditures of coun-
ty funds. A warrant was sworn out be-
fore a Justice of the' Peace charging
Judge Bledsoe with forgery and Sheriff
T. C. Weir Immediately began a searctt
for him for the purpose of serving the
warrant.
. In the meantime a Wit Ion was filed
In the District Court by W. K. Whaley
charging him with official misconduct.
It being alleged he forged the names ot
M. A. Shores and H. C. Billings to re-
ceipts for county warrants and. the Dis-
trict Judge ordered citation to the de-
fendant and at the same time entered
an order temporarily suspending Rim
from of f loe.
In his search for Judge Bledsoe fhe
Sheriff waa unsuccessful here and board-'
ed tbe eastbound Texas and l'aciflc
train- which left here at midnight. Tne'
train slowed down at - Elmdale ' and
shortly after this he dlscoyered a man
he says who was Judge' Bledsoe appar-
ently asleep on the train. The Sheriff
did not awaken him but watched him
until they got to Gordon- where this
train met westbound No. t when he
awakened him and placed him under ar-
rest. As Sheriff and prisoner were board--ing
No. I In. the narrow vestibule two'
slrunlt men managed to get between
them and the prisoner Jumped from the
train and bounded off Into the darkness.
with the Sheriff In pursuit 1
The- night was cloudy and very dark
and the prisoner was soon lost sight of.
Boms railroad men directed the bhemt
to a man running' down the track and
ho pursued him.- soon overtaking him.'
but tbe man proved to be a tramp.
A posse of Palo 'Pinto County cltlsens
was organised and the search for the
missing man was continued all night and
during the next day. They heard of him
In a number .of . places but were un-
able to overtake him. The Sheriff re-
turned this mornlng'to 'Abilene but left
again and Is still .searching. 1
AWARD OF PRIZES
FOR FLIES
Mi. Casey the Flyman will
be on duty today between 1
.and 6:S0 to receive contes-
tants tor Swatted Flies priies. :
. This contest lg fat the inter- .
eat ot the health of the city
. of Houston "and that ia . the
ole motive. !
It la being given support In' .
a practical way and while the f
prlsee are not large they are .
well worth the -while of the :
bora and tlrla. '
' Even If no prise are se i
.cured the contestants are do- y i
log a good work tor Houston j-
eTery.Ume they gwat. a iy.C.
BESIDE OUR OWN.
sseesesesesssseei
tOSrOOOS
TWO ARE HELD
RELATIVE ROBBERY
Twa Mrin Acoompariiefl tiomah
Fkice Charg-ei Relative to Loot-
ing of Louisiana Bank.
(Houston Pert SptcM.)
FORT. WORTH. Texas. March 20. Two
1 men held In connection with the robbery
of the Bastrop 6tate Bank at Bastrop
La. March 8 when more than HJ.'iOO waa
taken were Thursday afternoon detained
at the City Hall for a couple of lioura
wHlle they were being identified by a
negro porter.
They were accompanied by a woman
who claimed to be the wife of one of
them and were In charge of Detective
Captain' Tanner of Dallas and W. S. Gor-
don representing a detective agency. De-
tective.. Captain John Connelley of Fort
Worth also assisted In making the arrest.
They were arrested In Dallas Wednes-
day night In a boarding house. Imme-
diately afterward tbe - woman was
searched at the police headquarters and
about $3000 in greenbacks was taken out
of her corset. Detectives -Tanner and
Dewitt searched the men and approxi-
mately $7500 was taken from the three.
The trio was brought here shortly after -
2 o'clock to be shown to one of tbe wit-
nesses In the case. They were positively
Identified according to Detective Tanner
who left bore with hla prisoners lor Dal-
las at 6 o'clock.
Tanner refused to give the name of the
Fort Worth witness In the case. - f urther
than the fact that he was a negro porter
the detective would give out no Informa-
tion. Besldea the money the Dallas officers
recovered more than $3000 worth of dia-
monda which are said to have been iden-
tified as property taken from ..he Bastrop
bank.
Gordon and Connellev were numndhia
for the capture. Gordon vu dtri m
the case immediately after the bank was
robbed two weeks ago. He traced the
pair to Fort Worth and while hor
listed the aid of Detective Captain Con-
nelley. Then they continued n the case
together. The actual arrest was made by
Chief Tanner and Detective Dewitt of
Dallas. '
ATTEMPT FOE ALLEN'S LIFE.
' ' H-SSSSB
Member of Notorious v Virginia
- Family Fighting in Courts.
iAucit4 Prut Rtforl.)
RICHMOND Vs.. March 10. On the
ground that no Federal question is in-
volved. Judge James J. Keith president
of the Bute Supreme Court today re-
fused to grant an appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States to Claude
Swanson Allen who Is awaiting execu-
tion with his father Floyd Allen for
their part In the Hillsvtlle Court murder
March 14 1(11. -
Counsel for Claude Allen announced
tonight that they will anDly tomorrow
Kerooon . (o imer justice White
In
Wash In gt i
on for a writ of appeal
and
supersedeas.
TO PEOCLATtt KING TODAY.
Xing George of Greece to Be Buried
v '- Karon 30. '
- MMs' Prttt Rtptrt.)
ATHENS. March SO. The body of the
late King George will be placed aboard
warship at Salonlkl March 10 and trans-
ported to Athens arriving her the next
King Con stan tine after he (s proclaimed
tomorrow will proceed -to Salonlkl ac-
companied by Premier Venlseki - and
with th Dowager Queen Olga and other
members of the royal family return her
With the King's body.
Th fun
oral
probably will ' tak
place
II on.
Haroh ss. as tne lying in state will oo-
cupy three days. Military honors will he
renaeren not enty oy tne Athens garri-
son hot by sa entire military division.
which baa beats rdrd her for that
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T. AV. CAMPBELL
CALLED ON WILSON
Understood Patronage Question .Wat
Discussed but President Seems v
' Still Undecided
; ' BY W; 8. CARD.
Houston Post Staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON . March 20. "I was
most delightfully received." That waa
the extent of the comment by Former
Governor Campbell this afternoon fol-J
owing a lengmy conference accoraea mm
by ' President Wilson at 1 o'clock today.
Nothing more would the sage of Pales-
tine say to Ths Poet correspondent.
From entirely reliable sources it was
learned that Governor Campbell renewed
his discussion of the distribution of Fed-
eral patronage in Texas basing his argu-
ment on the memorial presented by him
last week which seeks to take from the
hands of at least II of "the Texas Repre-
sentatives their right to recommend sp-
polntees to offices not considered within
the range of Senatorial appointments. It
is understood the situation in Texas from
the viewpoint of Mr. Campbell was gone
over In detail. What assurance he re-
ceived from President ' Wilson that a
censorship of sppointlng In Texas would
be established with self-appointed cen-
sors In control can not be Indicated. Gov-
ernor Campbell leaves for Texas tomorrow
night. ...
Vsry Little le Certain.
Only this much Is certain as regards
Texas patronage: Senators Culberson
and Sheppard who must be regarded aa
among the original Wilson forces . have
not been Informed with any certainty as
to the policy the administration Is going
to adopt regarding offices listed as Sen-
atorial appointments especially concern-
ing the diplomatic service and offices
where Republicans will hold over for some
time unless -removed. If the two Sena-
tors can secure no Inside Information it
is regarded as moat doubtful if the Camp-
bell cohorts have learned 'anything more
than that the administration could not
be expected to recognise bitter anti-Wilson
men which is apparent to every one
at all familter with r clitics. There Is
nothing to Indicate that the Wilson ad-
ministration - Is going- to do anything
othesthan strive to build up a united
Democ ratio rnrrty and decry all factions
and factionalism
' Wilson's Sens View.
President Wilson ' recognises that the
record of the last CqtigresS was largely
Instrumental In bringing about the sue-:
cess of the National ticket last November
snd he also knows that all of the Texas
Congressmen to a man stood by the
policies of the party. . He knows too
that' these same men will stand behind
him In making hla record as the Nation's
chief executive. If ne relies upon them
to help him enact progressive legislation
will he look 'to them in dispensing pa-
tronage or to Messrs. Campbell ' Crane
Thomas at alT That ia the question
President Wilson will have to answer.
Ho ran not escape the knowledge that
the 12 men whom the Campbell memorial
savs are not to be trusted were elected
last November after the Baltimore plat
form was adopted to carry It into effect
and any act that would tend 'to Indicate
hla distrust would reflect not only upon
these representatives but upon the good
Texas Democrats who elected them to of-
fice. Would Accept Indorsements '
Representative Henry Is thd only mem-
ber of the Texas congressional delega-
tion who has said his colleagues are not
to be trusted although he is not the only
original Wilson man In that body.
He nominated Congressman Garner
who was not originally a Wilson man
for a place on the most Important com-
mittee In the House Ways and Means
and he accepted the Indorsement of all
of the so-called antl-Wilson men whom
the memorial styles reactionaries when
he was an active candidate for the office
of Attorney General in President Wil-
son's Cabinet. There is not an original
Wilson candidate from Texas seeking an
appointment who Is now In Washington
who would spurn the Indorsement of any
of the Representativee and yet the men
who aspire to the place of patronage ref-
eree say the indorsements of these Rep-
resentatives should be carefully scruti-
nised. . .
At the time Governor Campbell was
(Continued on Page Two.)
MONTROSE PURCHASE WAS GOOD :
INVESTMENT MAYOR RICE SAYS
Mayor Pointed Out Precedents for Sewer and Water Main
Purchase Cheap Politics Charged.
"It has always been the policy of my
administration to buy sewers and water
mains whenever the City Council consid-
that thev would be beneficial to
the city." said Mayor H. Baldwin Rice
Thursday In discussing the purchase by
the city of the sewers and water mains
In Montrose Addition.
. "It was understood months ago by
myself and the City Commissioners that
when the water mains snd sewer sys-
tem In Montrose Addition were completed
the city would take them over at their
actual cost. '"
"This purchase as well as many Others
that have been made during my admin-
istration were consummated under an or-
dinance that has been In fore for sev-
eral years and when th Montrose deal
cam- up before the City Council Monday
afternoon the entire board including
Commissioner Pastor Ixa thought that this
was a good deal. " ;
' "I consider and ' 1 believe that - the
members of tbe City Commission reached
the same conclusion that J. W. Link hale
given Che 'city much more in the way of
streets and street pavements In Mont-
roe Addition than th city has paid him
for th sewer system and water mains.
O'
ARSENIC FOUND IN i
STOMACH BY TEST
Following Inquest Former Di-
vorcee Jailed.
EXAMINATION AS TO
SANITY MAY BE HELD
Retired Naval Commander in State-
ment Declared He Wed Senate .
Clerk's Wife Believing Her '
j ' Husband Dead. '
Associattd Prttt Riport.) . ' (.
'PLYMOUTH. Mass. March Z0.Mrs.
Jennie May Eaton was locked up in the
county Jail here late today pending a
hearing on the charge that she mur-
dered her husband Rear Admiral Josepn
Giles Eaton by poisoning him. She was
brought here from Hingham where she
had been arraigned earlier In the day
loiiowing ner arrest ....
Through counsel she pleaded not guil-
ty waived the reading of the complaint
and was held without ball for examina-
tion March "28. It has not been deter-
mined whether the Inquest Into the bud-
den death of the - admiral will bo re-
sumed. It was Intimated tonight that
Mrs Eaton might not ' be . brought to
trial. The ' possible appointment ."of s
commission to pass upon her sanity was
suggested.. .-'if'3-'-''i-'''!
District Attorney Barker went to Bos-
ton this afternoon and had a conferenoe
with Chief Justice Akin of the Supreme
Court. It was thought his errand might
be In connection with the oonvenlng or
a special grand Jury to Investigate the
When Mrs. Eaton who Is a : stout
woman 45 years old entered the Jail
here she was dressed In ths black suit
she wore at her husband's funeral v X
mourning veil partially hid her . face.
She had been weeping but 1 generally
maintained ha composure that baa char
eoterrspd her bearing from the first.
ii usaui wae wirvxpvviem.
Norwell. where he lured with his wire-
her mother Mrs. Tieorge Harrison and
his stepdaughter Dorothy t Aina worth.
The death was unexpected and due the
other members of the family said to an
attack of indigestion which followed a
too hearty meal of roast pork.
Circumstances led to an Investigation
and according to a statement by Dis-
trict Attorney Barker today evidence ot
arsenical poisoning was discovered by
contents of the stomach. The formal
statement of Prof. Whitney has not been .
made- and the arrest was ordered upon
a verbal communication to. the District.
Attorney. ' ' : -r-X
ror jv aaya me auuionues nave Known
that the admiral died of arsenical poison-
ing and their efforts have been directed
to finding where and by whom the pof-
aon was obtained and to laying bare the
hnmn life rf the Raton fnmilv. Tit th -
first quest they have not been successful;
the District Attorney said. Along ; the ;
second line of Inquiry a wfcalth of evl-
i. dence has been furnished by friends of :
the family and neighbors. The picture
was not an altogether pleasant one. The
admiral and his wife who was 20 years
his junior did not always agree It. was
said regarding those who should reside
at their home. .
Both Married Before. -
Both had been married before. The
admiral's first wife was Annie Vamum
whom he married at Dracut In 1ST1
when he was a lieutenant in the navy ;
l-TIa hswtv wna hurled healfi thaT nt hiA . X
ei wlf. liVnm Ytlm aranat Inn . An. .
na polls until his retirement with . the
rank of rear admiral in 1905 the life of
. -
It- was a magnificent trade from the I
standpoint of ths city. ' -
."Why didn't those politicians whs are .
so anxious to help build up Houston .
howl when the city took over the water
mains and sewers in several of the other
beautiful suburban additions during my
administration? No they preferred to j
wait untU this administration is about;
to go out of office and then commence at
game of cheap politics in order to die- f
credit me and the City Commissioners. ?
"I consider that the city got value re-
celved for Its money on each of these
deals. Including the one for the Montrose '
sewers and water mains. .
Precedents Reviewed. -
The sewers and water mains In Edge1- .
Wood Addition were taken over and not
a protest was made. Besides the sewers
and mains we received the block of
ground upon which the Alien School now
stands and in return we paved some of
the streets of the addition. . :
"BeshVa taking ever the water ma!n
of Woodland Heights we received- tr
ground upon which the Travis School i
now situated and in return we paved son
of the streets of that addition.
"In Bute. ' Addition we took over t
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