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HOUSTON. TEXAS. SATURDAY AUGUST 28 1909.
PRICE. 5 CENTS.
MARCELLUS THOMAS
OPERATION THOUGHTS
FATE OF HARRIMAN
But One Explanation Declared for Rushing of;
Surgeons to Arden.
ATTACKED SHERIFF
Made Desperate Endeavor to Cut the Throat of
i Anderson Who Was Preventing Suicide.
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KNIFE OF TIN PLATE
SUMMARY OF NEWS
ST;0RMS ON LAND
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Which Had Been Broken in
Twain and Sharpened.
A DESPERATE MURDERER
Threatened to Kill Self and Guard
Summoned Asslstaoce.
CASH IN FACE AND THROAT
Of Officer Who Had Disarmed Him-
telf Before Entering the Death
Cell Petition for Commu-
tation Circulated.
A desperate attempt to take the life of
Sheriff A. K. Anderson was made at 8
o'lock laBt night by Marcellus Thomas
the nogro who Is under sentence to he
hanged Friday September 3 and In
whose behalf a petition for executive
clemency has been presented to Gover-
nor T. M. Campbell.
As the result of the attempt. Sheriff
Anderson is suffering from a very pain-
ful wound In his throat measuring seven
Inches In length. The wound was In-
flicted with a piece of tin which the
negro secured by tearing apart a tin
plate in which his supper was sent Into
the death cell end which he had sharp-
ened until it made a fairly good knife.
Shortly after the negro was handed his
upper on the tin plate he tore the plate
into two parts and commenced sharpen-
ing' one piece on the steel bars of his
til. The negro's action was discovered
1') one of the death guards who reported
the matter to Night Jailor Horton. When
the negro realized that he had been dis-
covered in his effort to make a knife he
(Hlmly Informed the guard that he was
t:ing 'o cut his throat and that If the
iff kors endeavored to enter his cell he
tfou!d use the knife upon them.
NOTIFIED SHERIFF ANDERSON.
Believing that the negro intended to do
himself bodily harm. Jailor Horton noti-
fied Sheriff Anderson and Jailor Wilson
both of whom hurried around from the
sheriff's residence. After pleading with
the negro to drop the weapon and meet-
ing with p ' success. Sheriff Anderson
and Jailor Wilson disarmed themselvos
and entered the death cell. While Jailor
Wilson was endeavoring to get behind the
negro in order that he might throw him
to the floor without being himself in-
jured tho negro made a desperate lunge
rt Sheriff Anderson and pulled the sharp-
ened piece of tin across his throat.
The improvised knife struck Sheriff An-
derson In the face near the left ear and
was pulled down across the left Jaw bone
and around under his neck. Inflicting a
wound of a most painful nature.
OFFICER BLEED FREELY.
With blood flowing freely from his
wound. Sheriff Anderson with the as-
sistance of his two Jailors and the death
guard overpowered the negro and
wrenched from his grasp the weapon with
which he had intended to take his own
Ufa.
As soon as the negro was quietd down
bjr the officers and placed In Irons Dr.
Red was called to dress the wounds of
Sheriff Anderson. He stated that tine
wound was not of serious nature but
would probably cause Mr. Anderson
much trouble for several weeks. Medi-
cines to counteract the probability of
blood poisoning developing from the tin
cut were used freely by the phyaiclan.
The wound is of such a nature as to
make a very ugly scar which Sheriff
Anderson believes he will be forced to
carry for -many years as a remembrance
of the condemned negro's desperate at-
tempt to take his life.
THOMAS QUIET ALL DAY.
During yesterday Thomas appeared to
be calm. He answered all questions put
to him by the Jail attaches and showed
no signs of planning to take his own
life.
Alter having his wound dressed. Sher
iff Anderson visited the negro and talk-
ed with him for some time. The negro
did not mention the attempt to take the
sheriff's life.
In speaking of the affair last night to
The Post Sheriff Anderson stated that ha
could have brained the negro and pre-
vented him from resorting to the knife
but that he desired to do him no bodily
harm because of the fact that he is a
londemned prisoner and has only a short
time to remain in this world.
Several days ago Thomas in a fit of
anger tore loose the water piping In the
death dell permitting that section of the
Jail to be flooded with water and after
arming himself with the piece of iron
barricaded his door with his iron cot and
threatened to brain any officer who
dared enter the cell with him. On that
occasion Sheriff Anderson managed to
get the piece of pipe from the negro with-
out being Injured. At that time the negro
exhibited much friendship for Sheriff
Anderson and begged him to see that
nothing was put in his water and food
to cause him to sleep.
GOVERNOR PETITIONED.
The petitions circulated In behalf ot
fhomas by J. Vance Lewis a negro at-
torney asking the governor to commute
the sentence from death to life Imprison-
ment was presented to the board of par-
dons at Austin yesterday; but It Is stated
that the board has previously investigated
the case and la not disposed to give the
petitions favorable consideration.
The petitions bear the signatures of
(Continued on Page Two.)
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Houston and vicinity for Satur-
day Unsettled weather with showers; brisk to
high northeast winds. .
Temperature and precipitation record at
Houston for the twenty-four hours ended at 7
p. m. Friday Maximum 90; minimum 77.
Precipitation .00.
(Associated Prist Report.')
WASHINGTON Augutt 27. East Trial
Partly cloudy with showera n southwest por-
tion Sunday and probably Saturday; moderate
east winds on east coaat and strong east winds
on west coaat becoming variable.
Louisiana Generally fair Saturday and Sun-
day. West Texas Fair in north; showers in south
portion.
Oklahoma Fair; cooler Saturday and Sunday.
Domestic.
A NEW YORK suffragette urged bloodshed in
the crusade for votes for women.
THE COTTON HARVEST in the South added
impetua to the trade of the week.
OK THE $4000000 Federal appropriation for
State militia Texas gets 104000.
THE INDIANAPOLIS motor speedway was
held responsible tor the deaths during the
recent racing.
MORE DRASTIC pure food laws were urged
by the pure food convention before adjourn.
ment at Denver.
TEN WERE killed and five seriously injured
in an explosion of dynamite on the Florida
Eaat Coast railroad-
FIVE were drowned and 128 passengers res-
cued when toe Alaskan steamer Ohio sank
off the coast of Washington.
TWO NEGROES were lynched at Soperton
Ga.( following the killing of a prominent
planter and the fatal wounding of a sheriff.
Foreign.
COUNT 2EPPELIN began a 480-mile flight
to Berlin.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC in Northern Mexico was
disrupted by floods.
HENRI FARMAN the English aviator broke
all time and endurance records for hearier-
than-air machines at Rheims winning the
Grand Prix de la Champagne.
Texas.
CONE JOHNSON appealed for prohibition at
Plainview.
ELBERT GREER was killed by a freight train
at Scotland.
THE SALOONMEN of Hardia county won in
the Liberty court.
VY. F. TAt
person at
rt WortST
LATER DEVELOPMENTS ahowed that Mon-
roe Roberta killed himself at Dallas.
J. W. OWENS who shot Deputy Sheriff D.
M. 1 nomas near rotosi. surrenderes.
A 5 YEAR-OLD SON of Allison Bennett was
killed in a runaway near Panhandle City.
FIFTY-SIX of 136 fire insurance companies
have filed bonds to guarantee their Texas
risks.
A BANQUET was given at Calvert in honor of
Mayor W. S. Bailey who will move to
Houston.
DR. J. H. FLORENCE of the State health de-
partment reported there waa no yellow fever
in Mexico
DALLAS COUNTY claimed in total assessed
valuations will exceed Harris county by
$2000000.
AN APPLICATION for s new liquor license
for Austin was turned down there already
being too many.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL held that it is a
violation of the anti-trust law for brewers to
agree to not sell to Sunday law violators.
MUCH DAMAGE was sustained at Tarpon
beach near Corpus Christi by the gulf hurri-
canes that swept inward from the sea over
the Rio Grande country: there waa no loss
of life.
Railroads.
THE OAK CLIFF paper mill asked for a
lower rate on pulp.
SPFXIAL RATES on lumber to Virginia Point
were made by the commission.
PLANS for the Santa Fe passenger station at
Amarillo were approved by the railroad com-
mission. JULIUS KRUTTSCHNITT. a Harriman lieu-
tenant refused to discus the probable retire
ment of his chief.
THE RAILROAD commission held that Gal-
veston differential rates would apply to or
from Port Bolivar.
SURGEONS' activity at Arden. N. Y. Is sup-
posed te mean an operation will be per-
formed on Harriman.
CAR TRUST certificates for the purchase ol
fifty box cars by the Gulf Texas and West-
ern were authorized by the commission.
COMMISSIONER COLQUITT said the con-
clusions of the attorney general that special
rates could not be made for tea wall ma-
terial were erroneous.
Sport.
THE SOUTHWEST Texas baseball league
with eight club was formed at Beeville.
WILLIAM A. LA R NED retained his title as
singles tennis champion by defeating Clothier
at Newport
NATIONAL LEAGUE: Boston 5 Cincinnati
4; Pittsburg 6 Brooklyn 0; Chicago 8 New
York 6; Philadelphia 13 St Louis 3.
AMERICAN LEAGUE: St. Louis 2. Phila-
delphia 1; WashingtQn'hicago rain; Cleve-
land 6 Boston S; Detroit 17 New York 6.
A MECHANICIAN was killed and a driver
fatally hurt when two racing cars crashed
together in the twenty-four-hour race at
Brighton Beach.
Houston.
THE REAL ESTATE transfers yesterday ag-
gregated. $62378.
THE BUSINESS LEAGUE will make a cam-
paign for 1000 new members within sixty
days.
PINCHOT'S fight for forest conservation will
not affect Texas' export demand say local
lumbermen.
THE GERMANS of Houston will give a pa-
rade with many decorated floats during Car-
nival week.
IOWA CAPITALISTS have purchased 10000
acre in La Salle county for a consideration
of 8146000.
THE SECOND day's program of the regatta
at La Porte wa. hindered by rough weather
and high water.
'THE COUNTY commissioners win meet in spe
cial session Monaay morning to conaider the
gravel proposition.
THE CARNIVAL directors held a meeting last
night in the Business League rooms to dis-
cuss No-Tsu-Oh plans.
THE TAX ROLLS of the city of Houston for
1909 show an increase of nearly $9000000
over the rolls for the year 1908.
MARCELLUS THOMAS mad. a desperate at-
tempt to kill Sheriff Anderson last night;
Mr. Andenon received a cut seven inches
I long on his fact and thro.
Dam H. Di xon
DEAD IN EXPLOSION
TWELVE KILLED IN BLAST OF
DYNAMITE.
Victims Hurled Into Air hy Deto-
nation When Workman Threw
Lighted Cigarette.
iAisoriatri Prtss Report.)
KEY WEST Fla. August 27. As a
result of the explosion at noon today
of seven hundred pounds of dynamite at
Bocchlco twelve miles from Key West
tn the Florida Kast Coast railroad twelve
men are dead five are probably seri-
ously wounded and at least a dosen
others are suffering from less serious
Injuries. The explosion was caused by
a member of the railroad construction
force carelessly throwing a lighted ciga-
rette Into a box of fuses.
Eleven of the workmen met instant
death and the twelfth died while being
brought to the hospital here. The men
were hurled high Into the air and the
bodies of the dead were almost beyond
recognition arms and legs being torn
from the bodies of some and the faces
of others being masses of torn flesh.
When the explosion occurred the work-
men were standing In water four feet
deep and directly beneath them was the
700 pounds of dynamite ready for the
blast when the men shouted to stop
work for dinner.
FUSES LIGHTED BY CIGARETTE.
According to one of the wounded a
workman one of the nine to meet In-
stant death threw a lighted cigarette to
one side not noticing that it fell Into
the box containing the fuses which wero
connected with the heavy charge of
explosives beneath tljem. A few sec-
onds later the men water mud an 1
tons of dirt were thrown seventy to
ninety feet In the air.
Tugs brought the dead and the more
seriously wounded to this city the lat-
ter being placed In the Louise Maloney
hospital.
Those less seriously Injured were placed
on Stock Island opposite Bocchlco and
will be brought to Key West later.
Most of the victims of the explosion
reached here from New York last Sun-
day. The dead arc
J. KELLY.
G. SURKEY.
J. BRKNNES.
T. CONVROY.
J. J. GALLAGHER.
T. J. LINNEHAN. .
J. GARRITY.
N. TRAVI8.
J. MOHOR.
T. GORKM.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
Probably fatally Injured :
James Fallaghey aged 40 years. Brook-
lyn. N. Y.
Timothy McDonald. S4 years Blacksock j
fnrlr. Trlftfii4 I
. Hanson assistant foreman aged $
Found the Finest Child in Texas Near Houston.
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CANT AGREE NOT TO SELL
Brewers' Attempt to Punish
Law Violators Violation.
(Houiton Post Sptcial.)
AUSTIN Texas August 27. The
attorney general's department has
given an opinion to the effect that
it would be a violation of the anti-
trust law for brewers or brew-
ers' agent to enter into an agree-
ment not to sell beer to violators
of the Sunday law.
They may Individually refuse to
sell to such violators the depart-
ment holds but cannot collectively
take action in that respect. This
opinion was given with reference
to the Galveston situation
tSSf S.t.4.tSttS..ttSlt.S.l.li
years. No. 740 Grand street Brooklyn.
James McMahan aged 45 years 54
F"ulton street. New York.
James Sand New York City.
Late this afternoon six of the most
seriously Injured were brought to the
hospital here. Their Injuries are con-
sidered serious. About fifty men were
at work all close together when the
box of fuses was discovered ablaxe and
had It not been for the sounding of the
alarm by the dredge Maneto It Is doubt-
ful If a third of the men would have
escaped wlh their lives.
There Is some contention as to the cause
of the explosion. An Inquest will be
held tomorrow.
TAFT IS FOR CONSERVATION.
pledged His Support to National
Congress at Seattle.
(Associated Press Report.)
SEATTLE Wash. August 27. When
the second day's sessions of the Na-
tional conservation congress met today
there was a general feeling of relief that
the Hallinger-Plnchot controversy ha
been solved. It was stated seml-oftlclaliy
that the report of the committee on reso-
lutions will mske no note of the dis-
agreement between Mr. Balllnger and
Mr. PlnchnV
The following telegram from President
Taft was received with cheers:
"I sincerely hope that your delibera-
tions will result In useful conclusions.
You can count upon the earnest support
of this administration by which the pol-
icy of conservation of natural resources
by every reasonable means properly with-
in the Federal executive Jurisdiction and
such recommendations to congress as
best adapted to secure useful legislation
toward the same end."
FIRE THREATENED BIG TREES.
Forest Blaze at Entrance to
Yosemite.
(.Associated Press Report.)
YOSEMITE. Cal.. August 27. A forest
fire at the entrance to the Yosemite val-
ley threatens destruction of the big tree
grove known as the Merced Group one
of the world-famed collection of Se-
quoias. The flames momentarily menaced the
Hotel Elportal a $100000 frame structure
which is filled with summer visitors.
f Sparks from a freight engine started Ule
VOTES IN BLOODSHED
SINISTER THREAT OF A NEW
TORE! SUFFRAGETTE.
Women Urged to Shoot Down Leg-
islators Who Refused Their
Demands.
(Houston Post Special.)
NEW YORK August 27 Votes for
women are to be demanded at the point
of the bayonet and muirle of guns if
Mrs. Julia Goldzler of Bayonne has her
way.
"No great cause was ever won without
bloodshed" said Mrs. Goldzler today. "If
the Legislature will not grant us the
right to vote the women should arm
themselves and march to the capltol and
surround the building when the legisla-
tors are In session and give them the
alternative of granting women the right
of suffrage or being shot down. I guess
they would choose the easier course then.
If not then let them suffer the con-
sequences and the world would then see
that we really meant business."
Mrs. Goldsier added that the plan of
campaign could not be divulged but that
the Capitol at Trenton would be sur-
rounded and stornvd when least expect-
ed by the legislators.
"Being a Christian Scientist" she said
"I do not as a general rule believe tn
the force of arms but this Is an extraor-
dinary case and demands extraordinary
action. We are going to vote no matter
how. There are several hundred of wo-
men whom I am ready to lead and we
will get what we are after or there will
be trouble.
"No we haven't got our uniforms yet
and I can't tell you anything about theaj
for that would be giving you a part of
our plan of campaign."
FIVE WENT DOWN WITH SHIP
128 Passengers on Alaskan Steamer
Ohio Escaped.
(Associated Press Report.)
SEATTLE. Wash.. August 27. Five
lives were lost In the sinking of the
Alaska steamer Ohio early today. There
were 128 passengers on board but all
escaped the victims being from among
the crew. The loss of the steamer and
cargo Is final.
The drowned:
PURSER F. J. STEPHEN Seattle.
GEORGE E. ECCLES wireless opera-
tor Winnipeg.
TWO SEAMEN names not given.
QUARTERMASTER name not given.
A wireless dispatch says the Ohio
sank In three minutes. .
Early reports say that fifty or more
lives had been lost but the company
fixes the list at five on the Strength
of wireless dispatches from M. J. Heney.
a railroad builder who was taken off
by the Humboldt. Purser Stephens and
Wireless Operator Ecclee stuck to .their
posts and gave their Uvea to sayb the
WEST INDIAN HURRICANES
STRUCK RIO GRANDE.
Center of Disturbance Felt at Tar-
pon Beach While Rains Ac-
companied the High Seas.
(Houston Post Special.)
GALVESTON. Texas August 27. The
tropical hurricane which yesterday passeu
through the gulf south of the Central
Texas coast has now moved into the land
south of the Rio Grande. This fact Is
borne out by reports received tonight by
the local weather bureau from Willis
Moore chief of the weather bureau at
Washington and confirmed by reports re-
ceded In Balveston from private sources.
That the storm was of severe Intensity
apd of a wider scope than any that has
passed through the gulf In many years
Is evidenced by the high tide created at
Galveston and along the Texas coast and
by reports which reached the weather
office from the weather bureau of Mexi-
co. It la estimated by Observer Stewart
that the center of the storm was at no
time nearer than 300 miles to Galveston
snd this fact coupled with the roughnesA
of the 'gulf Indicates its severity.
TARPON BEACH UNDER WATER.
This afternoon Captain William A.
Hutching received a telegram from
Keeper Reed of the life saving station at
Point Isabell stating that the station was
destroyed and that Tarpon beach was
under water and that the life saving
crew after being forced to abandon their
station on Braxos Point rescued all per-
sons on Tarpon Beach. The message 1
vague and the keeper's only word of
the violence of the storm was that the
weather waa rough.
It Is reported tonight In Galveston that
ons of the cables of the Mexican Cable
company either being the one to Vera
Crux or to Coatsacoalcos was damaged
as a result of the storm.
That the storm Is receding from this
section Is clearly Indicated by the rising
barometer and falling tide and rapidly
clearing weather.
District Forecaster Dr. Joseph Cllne at
New Orleans this afternoon sent the Gal-
"reSton station a message at 3:80 order-
ing up the hurricane warnings along the
Texas coast stating the tropical hurri-
cane was near the mouth of the Rio
Grande and predicting northeast hurri-
cane winds and high tides along the
Texas coast and advising shipping and
persons In exposed localities to take prop-
er precautions.
LATER MADE ADVISORY.
The ordering up of hurricane warnings
at this station twenty-four hours after
the storm had passed seemed very much
out of place local conditions not sub-
stantiating It as barometer had been
steadily rising and previous high tide run-
ning out rapidly. At 8:30 this Judgment
was confirmed by the chief of the weath-
er bureau Willis Moore wiring as fol-
lows: "Storm will pass Inland near
mouth Rio Grande; regard hurricane
warnings only as advisory."
Damage on Tarpon Beach.
(Associated Press Report.)
BROWNSVILLE Texas August 27.
After spending the night at the quaran-
tine station at Tarpon Beach refugees
brought to the mainland today by the
life-saving crew from Brazos Santiago
tell of damage to the Pedro and Brazos
Islands as a result of the gulf storm
which swept Inland late last night. At
Tarpon Beach every building except the
lighthouse and quarantine station were
either damaged or destroyed but so far
as ascertained no lives were lost. The
greater damage. It Is stated was the re-
sult of the high waves the wind not at-
taining a violent velocity. Supports be
neath club houses bathing pavilions and
cottages were washed away and the
buildings were lying on the ground the
water washing through and about them.
Furniture and wreckage of buildings
washed ashore at Point Isabel .three
miles across the bay. today. Throughout
the day a wind and rain storm continued
through the valley about Point Isabel
'but no serious damage was reported from
that point tonight. The water however
lias covered the pier and la still rising
the wind blowing a gale of fifty miles
an hour and freshening.
Two Islands Inundated.
(.Houston Post Special.)
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas August 27.
This has been a day of anxiety In Corpus
Christi as a result of the nearness to the
Writ Indian hurricane which has been
In the southeast gulf the past few days.
Heavy rains have fallen here throughout
today and last night and this morning
the wind reached a velocity of fifty-
eight miles for several minutes while
for three minutes this afternoon It
reached sixty-six miles. Reports that the
sform had struck the Rio Grande valley
were later denied.
For the first time In over twenty years
hurricane warnings were hoisted In Cor-
pus Chrlstl at S o'clook this afternoon and
Observer Cllne fears that a heavy wind
will strike here tonight. The weather ob-
server who Is the same official who
hoisted the hurricane warnings at Gal-
veston when that city was destroyed by
a hurricane In 1900 has been at his post
continuously since 6 o'clock this morn-
ing and will remain there during the
night prepared to send out special warn-
ings to the citizens If necessary. At this
hour 8 o'clock everything Is quiet and
many believe the storm will not material-
ize. Captain Cheaton Heath who with an
excursion party was compelled to desert
u jij-j-u.rrw-M-i-' -i-i-i- - -i- - - -tiVTf fl
(Continued on Page Two.
Complaint May Be Abdoral
Dal Think Some.
" ' r.
INSTRUMENTS ARRIVED
Cots Taoks and Physicians' Bags
Lead to One Solution. '
MOUNTAIN HOME SURROUNDED
Coi respondents Doing Picket Duty
Around Estate and Night and '"
Day Watchers Interview
All Arrivals. . '. .
(Associated Press Report.) ' i
ARDEN N. Y. August 27. Whatever
E. H. Harrlman's ailment may be what .
ever his true condition the public is not
to know until he and his family decide
that such an announcement Is opportune.
He Is an isolated Invalid with the nature
of his affliction a mystery to thoee out-
side his mountain retreat. At the top of
Tower Hill where the funicular railway
stops with roads picketed by guards and
all but one telephone wire and that a
private one severed he spends hla days
and nights In a seclusion- that la almost
absolute. .
Scraps of news dropped from the lips of
a relative an associate and an employ
Indicate that he spent a quiet day part
of It out of doors but there were other
Incidents which led those who are drain us;
the meager channels for Information to
believe that all was not so well. There
was the arrival at the station at Turney
of two tanks something which may have
had no bearing on Mr. Harrlman's illness
but which appeared significant In that
they were recorded on the bill of lading '
as "oxygen." Shortly after there came
a small collapsible cot auch as la used
In hospitals to move patients between .
wards. Both were sent up the incline
raUway to the estate.
OPERATION MAY WB PERFORMED.
Coincident with the arrival of these ar-
ticles came a number of men from Mew .
"York one of them carrying with htm
what -appeared to be a black bag of a
surgeon. They were taken up the incline)
to the house and rumors that Mr. Har-
riman was to be operated upon spread -broadcast.
. (
One of the men according to popular
rumor. Is Dr. George W. Cryle of Cleve-.
land. Ohio an eminent specialist tn ab- '
domlnal surgery. According to report he '
was summoned from Bretonwoods N. H- .
to aid Dr. W. G. Lyle of New York who
has been Mr. Harrlman's physician
throughout his Illness. t
This gave strong color to the report
that there was to be an operation on
Tower Hill but of this no confirmation .'
Is to be had tonight: ;
On the other hand those who spoke
of Mr. Harriman today were Inclined '
toward optimism. Dr. Lyle declined to
make any comment whatever as did.
former Judge R. S. Lovett Keimtal coun-
eel for the Harriman lines who has beea
with his chief dally but when Robert 1
T. Gerry of New York Mr. Harriman'
son-in-law descended the Incline railway
on a flat car this afternoon he talked at
some length.
"I have Just left Mr. Harriman Bit- i
ting on the porch" he said "talking
to some of his workmen. He has spent
a good part of the day out there in a .
chair."
Mr Gerry denied that en operation
was to be performed and said that Dr.
Lyle was the only physician in at-'
tendance.
SPENT SOME TIME ON PORCH.
C. T. Ford superintendent of the ea
tate confirmed Dr. Gerry's statement"
about Mr. Hariman sitting on the por.h.
At Intervals throughout the day he had
appeared on the porch he said ami
talked with the head mason and oth- f
era at work on an unfinlsned part of
the bouse.
"The stories that Mr. Harriman la In
a critical condition are not founded on
fact In my opinion" said Mr. Jtord.
"He has a firm grip when he shakes
hands with Dr. Lyle and while it la
not my place to ask questions I believe
he Is suffering from a natural break-
down from overwork and will rally up
here with plenty of rest and good food
and be out again as usual after a
while."
Judge Lovett was urged to say some-
thing concerning Mr. Harrlman's condi-
tion but he replied:
"I have decided to say nothing no
matter what la published. I don't wish '
to appear discourteous but l deem It
best to keep silent."
Ford the superintendent deprecated
the significance of the arrival of the . .
tanks supposed to contain oxygen. There
was an Ice plant on the place he ex-'. -plained
and there was a possibility that .
the contents of the tanks were car- s
bonlc acid gas used In making Ice. He
was not sure of this. The cot might
have been taken to a camp near the
house. This he was not sure of how ;
ever. . '7 -
PICKETED BY CORRESPONDENTS.
The correspondents on the scene are .
divided Into three groups standing guard
day and night. A camp has been eetab- '
llshed here at Arden. another at Turney. .
the railroad station and another at the
base of the Inclined railway. No en en-'
ters or leaves the estate without being
subjected to Inquiry.
glimpse of the ground today tailed '
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