Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 16 October 1897 — Page 3

WASHINGTON NOTES

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aVILL offer autonomy TO CUBA SIMILAR TO THAT jjXJOXKD BY CANADA

I tniaiter L,oftln*s Case Still a Topic of

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Offices May Ho Sus-

pcndecl—Tom Moore's Hatred of the United States.

The press dispatches from Madrid and confirmatory advices from official sources give great satisfaction to the administration. Ii. is clear from this correspondence that a very much better feeling exists at the the seat of the Spanish government towards this country and Cuba than was possible while the irre on a servatlves were in

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Sagasta has made it clear that

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l,lher:il policy will not be in approval continuation of wholesale human b-itcherv as a moanr, of pacifying Cuba, I „mi of bringing erring Cubans back into full family fellowship. The administration j,x,Ks with complacency on the latest de­

and sees in the not distant fu-

1 u:r! a reward for the patience and forbearance which has distinguished its treatment of the very delicate and danI (.(.rous ciliaii problem. The fear of a rup,ure will) Spain has been the only cloud

the horizon of the business world and the only possible obstacle in the path of I returning prosperity. With its disappearance- those who have large enterprises in hand will be free to go ahead, in the opln|0n of the experts of finance, a rush of general activities.

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there is continued reticence at

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Department concerning Span-

Cuban affairs. It is understood that the government has been Informed that Spain will offer autonomy to Cuba similar to that enjoyed by Canada, and in administration circles the prevalent opinion teems to be that if a full measure of real autonomy is offered it should be accepted bv the

Cubans. The Incoming of the Sajasta Cabinet Is welcomed by the administration, which several weeks ago was (pprehensive of a possible early disturbance of our friendly relations with Spain.

The statement attributed to the new Premier that he would favor the largest measure of autonomy has directed attention to the past efforts toward autonomy. Those offered by the Conservative Cabinet. and made known to the United States through the Sapnlsh Minister, Dupuy da Lome, contemplated a council of administration, elected In part by the Cubans, which was to have an advisory power In shaping the affairs of the Island. This plan has taken the form of a lengthy decree, which has been already gazetted, although it has never been put Into effect In Cuba, owing to the disturbed conditions. The objection found to this plan was that while it was in name autonomy. It

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not give real home rule, as the Cuban council was not to be a legislative body, with final powers of making laws, but merely an advisory council. In contrast with this, it is said that the Liberal plan of autonomy, as desired by the autonomist party of Cuba, contemplates a colonial parliament ir legislature, with final powers of lawmaking, save the usual power of veto preserved In all forms of constitutional government. This would be on the lines of the home rule operating in Australia and Canada, and the latter countries were cited as examples of complete autonomy by the Spanish statesman, Castelar, when autonomy was first suggested for the islstnd. Such a measure of autonomy, it Is safd, would command much support In Cuba among the autonomist party. In this connection It Is understood that the newly chosen President of the insurgents, Mendez Capote, Is a man of conservative tendencies, and during a visit to Washington some months ago is said to have expressed views favorable to a close of hostilities on some fair basis of compromise.

Republicans and Democrats in "Washington are exercised over the report that the administration has "gone back on" the colored brother In the South and yielded to the prejudice of the white man against the appointment Qf negroes to local offices.

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In proof of this the ru­

resignation of Loftin, the negro postmaster of Georgia, is .pointed out. The story is that Loftin has resigned to try for a

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abandonment by the administration of further recognition of negro Republicans of the South. The incident, however, has no such wide significance. If l.nftin

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resigned it is simply an indi­

instance of a panic-stricken colored man who prefers going after safe employ men in Washington to taking further risks of assassination at home. The stand he is said to have taken in the matter affects him as an Individual, but by no means establishes the general proportion that colored Republicans of the South are going''to be dcpriv«M of the support and protection which the Federal government throws about all Its citizens, regardless of race, sex or condition.

An Associated Press dispatch says: Postmaster Loftin, of Hogansville, Ga., •IM not put in an appenrance here, to-day.

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far as the Washington authorities are advised, Loftin has no intention of resigning. unless an inducement in the form of another good position In the government "Ben-ire is offered him. A suggestion that he be given another plac.c was made by Loftln's wife, who is also assistant postmaster. in a letter to the Postofllce DeI'artniiMit. in this letter she referred to "'•6 Imminent danger of a renowal of violence and expressed fear for both her husband and herself. She had beggod her husband to resign, but ue had declined, 'ayliig he preferred to remain and flgh- it

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Despite his attitude, she urged that some other provision be made for him,

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his own safety. Loftin hns not communicated with the department for some

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and no official proposition for a "transfer r.as been made to him. Mr. Ly-

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of Augusta, Ga., is a candidate for postofllce there, and a friend of Loftin

was here-to-day and said he was confident that the latter would decline to let the trouble force him to vacate his present office.

Postmaster General Gary has In mind the adoption of the plan that was put into ettect by General Grant during the last days of his second term to punish the whites of the South wuen they rebelled against Feueral appointments. In the days of "carpet-bag" rule it was the practice of people in the South to manifest their disapproval of offensive appointments of postmnsters In a very pointed manner, hostile demonstrations with shotguns often figuring In the performance. When things got so hot that appointees could not stand it any longer It was the practice of the department to suspend the office and not to re-establish it until the leading citizens of the community would furnish a satisfactory pledge to protect any appointees who might be named to the fullest extent. A few experiences of that kind brought the hotheads to terms and violence against postmasters became rare. A few repetitions of the Loftin incident may revive the practice which was found so efficacious along about 1S75 and 1876. It is related by Judge James N. Tyner, of Indiana, who is now Solicitor General of the Postofllce Department, but who was Postmaster General In 1876, that when he cut off a Mississippi postofllce under circumstances such as described. Senator Lamar threatened him with impeachment. "Go ahead," said Tyner, "and if I am impeached It will make me President of tne Lnlted States." Lamar did not carry out his threat.

The grand jury of the district has returned three indictments against Francis J. Kleckhofer, late disbursing officer of the State Department, charging him with embezzling over $35,000 of government funds in July and October, 1895, and \t-ith appropriating to his own use $15,000 worth of government bonds. Kleckhofer was arrested in May, 1S96, and indicted, his embezzlements being stated at $37,466 In the indictment. After an Investigation of his accounts he was discharged from office, and It was announced that there was an apparent shortage of more, than $100,000 in his accounts. His trial was to have taken place last spring, but was postponed owing to prior cases on the docket. ICieckhofer denies that he has been guilty of criminal conduct land asserts that the alleged short'age Is due to careless bookkeeping..

The recently discovered omission of Thomas Moore's name from the roll of poets Inscribed on the walls of the new Congressional Library has aroused the Ancient Order of Hibernian in this city, and they are formulating an appeal to the 500,000 other members of the order In this country to bring pressure on Congress to have the omission rectified. These complaints have developed the fact that Xvioore wrote a number of bitter pocma against America while In this country, and, unlike Dickens and some other literary critics, did not confine his strictures to America at large, but wrote a.number of pointed, unpleasant and almost unprintable things about Jefferson, who was at that time President of the United States. These "poems relating to America" have been collected in a single volume, and it was upon this showing of deliberate Insult to the then President of the United States that, the library officials say, the name of Moore was omitted from the honor roll of poets.

Secretary Long Tuesday gave the necessary orders for the sailing from Boston of the Yantic and her delivery to the State of Michigan for the use of the naval militia. The old ship will sail under her own steam some time between the 12th and ISth lnst. She will be under the command of Commander W. I. Moore, Un'ted States navy, who will have with him a crew of forty sailors. Lieutenants Newberry and Lothrop, representing the State of Michigan, will sail with the Yantic and on her arrival at Montreal will formally receive the ship from the hands of Commodore Moore in behalf of the State. All of the alterations In the ship's trim necessary to secure her safe passage through the St. Lawrence canals will be made at Montreal at the expense of the Michigan authorities. Of the sailors aboard ten will be placed aboard theUnlted States steamer Michigan at Erie, six will be retained aboard the Yantic permanently as ship keepers, and the remainder of the crew will be shipped back to Boston from Montreal by rail.

Commissary General Sullivan has made his annual report to the Secretary of War. The expenditures during the year amounted to $2,165,209, of which $1,972,702 were for the subsistence of the army and the balance to settle claims and other purposes. There was expended for the relief of floor sufferers on the Mississippi and the Red river of the North $71,170. General Sullivan reports favorably upon the emergency ration, a test of which was made during the year, but he says the practical efficiency of the ration must be made where men are situated In a more critical environment than a practice march. On the test march the men were given full rations for'two day3, and then for ten days subsisted on the half allowance emergency ration. They marched an average of twenty-one miles per day and retained their muscular power and activity during the time.

Vi KEI'OKM IN KENTUCKY.

No Wlue at the Banquet of the Banker'* Association.

Frankfort, Ky., special: The Kentucky Bankers' Association, before adjourning its annual session Thursday, unanimously adopted a resolution complimenting and Indorsing the local bankers for keeping wine off the table at the annual banquet Wednesday night, saying that It was recognized as a pleasing advancement, and resolved that at aU the annual banquets hereafter ladles should be among the guests "as the only stimulants there." It 13 the first aotlon of the kind ever taken by a Kentucky association of a similar charaoter, and Is ejcolting comment, coming from an organization at whose previous annual banquets wine has been as free as water and more freely consumed. The association's closing business was the election of offlcesrs. Hon. J. D. Powers, of Owensboro, succeeded, as president, Capt. J. H. Leathers.

A SHOCKING OUTRAGE

ELEVEN BRUTES CRIMINALLY ASSAULT MRS. GLEASON NEAR NEWPORT, KV.

All Are Arrested and Identified—Lynching

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Threatened—Prlttonertj Itcmoved to Muysvillfl,,

Newport, ICy., special: Not since Pearl Bryan's murderers, Walling and Jackson, were prisoners here has there been so much excitement as now. For a time it was feared eleven men would be lynched for one of the most shocking crimes ever committed in the State. Wednesday night Thomas Gleason, a railway switchman, and his bride, started out the Alexandria pike to visit a friend. They had not walked far before two m&n with revolvers and representing themselves to be officers jumped from the side of the road, separated the yotiing married couplc and dragged the shrieking woman Into a field, where they and nine more fiends criminally assaulted her. The husband of the unfortunate woman came to the city for aid, but when the officers arrived at the scene of the crime the men had fled. The woman was unconscious, but revived this morning.

Early In the day the officers arrested six well-known toughs, who were identified by Mrs. Gleason as part of the gang that assaulted her. Later five more were arrested, four of whom were also Identified. When the news of the crime and the arrests spread crowds gathered at the jail and courthouse and threats of vengeance were made. The sheriff was finally compelled to use. force to disperse the mob. The prisoners were given a preliminary hearing before Judge Bennett, who, on the testimony, held them all to answer to the grand jury without bail, the offense being a capital one. The regulur jury meets Oct. 19. Meantime, owing to the excited state of feeling and the Insecurity of the jail, the men were ordered to be taken to Maysville for safe keeping.

When the time came for the removal of the ten prisoners (one being still held for further Identification) to the Chesapeake & Ohio depot to take the train for Maysville, there was such a menacing crowd about the jail that the sheriff called out the entire police force— (fay and night—to preserve order. It was with difficulty that the men were taken to the two wagons which carried them to the depot and the crowd followed closely after. At the depot and before the train arrived, the situation grew more threatening. The crowd jeered the prisoners and shouts of "Don't let them get out of town!" were heard. The police force finally had to charge the yelling crowd to prevent a rush at the prisoners. Fortunately the train soon came and the men were safely embarked.

The prisoners are aged from nineteen to thirty and have been mostly without employment. Two or three are street peddlers and all are known to the police as a gang going together and often found drunk and disorderly. Their names are "Dad" Melner, George Greer, Huber Miller, Edward Hendlng, Frank Buskmlller, Harry Buskmiller, John Shannon, Matt Melner, John Durfoss and William Scorle. The one last arrested and who is still in jail awaiting identification is William Croxton. The other ten were promptly recognized by Mrs. Gleason in the crowded courtroom. The men exhibited the most reckless bravado, one or two being drunk while in the courtroom. They used vile language and displayed Indifference and unconcern. The penalty for their crime In this State Is death.

Official advices received by wire from Maysville late Thursday night are that the ten identified assailants of Mrs. Gleason arrived there safely and are secure in jail. The sheriff of Campbell county, with deputies and several Newport policemen, are at Maysville. There are no visible symptoms of dangerous excitement in Maysville. William Croxton, who was detained at Newport, was Identified by Mrs. Gleason Thursday night as one of her assailants. He Is In Newport jail, but will be taken to Maysville Friday. Dangerous excitement has subsided in Newport for the present, at least.

PREACHER KE1.LOG IS DEFIANT.

He Keep* at Work With a Shotgun Protect Himself "STOPS

St. Louis special: The Rev. R. J. Kellogg, pastor of a little Congregational church In Denverside, not far from East St. Louis, on the Illinois side of the river, is building a parsonage under the protection of a double-barreled shotgun. Mr. Kellogg was formerly pastor of the Sum-mit-avenue M. E. church, of East St. Louis. He put $000 of his money Into the Denversldo building and 'was ordered to turn it over and go elsewhere. The Congregationallsts bought the church and he became Its permanent pastor.

He wanted a parsonage. The congregation was too poor to build him one. He said he would build it himself with what help he could get from the congregation and others. Last Monday, a week ago, A. C. Palmer, an officer of the Carpenters' Union, demanded that non-union men be discharged and union men taken in their places. "I have no objection to employing union men," said Mr. Kellogg, "but I will not discharge my neighbors to make places for others."

Friday night while at work alone on the parsonage, Mr. Kellogg was assaulted by a gang of seven men, who compelled him to discontinue work for the time being. He secured a shotgun and hereafter he will take It to the building and keep it handy for Instant use, should another attack be made on him. These facts be came public to-day when Mr. Kellogg went to Bast St. Louis and applied for warrants. •.

Mr, Langtry In»ane.

Edward Langtry, ex-husband of the "Jersey Lily," Is suffering from concussion of the brain at London. He is insane and incoherent, and it is not certainly known how he was Injured. It 1s hinted that he may have been sandbagged at the Instigation of Mrs. Langtry, who desires to marry Prince Louis of Esterhazy. Mrs. Langtry procured a divorce at San Francisco, but it is invalid in England.

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RA1LWA*. FOB ALASKA.

Overhead Trolley Line to Be Constructed Karly Next Spfclng.

New York special: Captain John Irving, of the Victoria and Sitka Steamship Company, commander^ of the Islander, is at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. Said Captain Irving in an interview to-day: "There will be a railroad over the passes and down the Yukon to the foot of the White Horse Rapids before midsummer next. Thlg enterprise is partly responsible for my visit to New York. It will be an overhead trolley, chiefly for freight, and will simplify the trip to Dawson City to such an axtent that we shall carry goods down the Yukon instead of up the river from St. Michael's. On my first trip to that port, early in June, I shall carry lumber for barges which will be taken to the upper Yukon. After the railroad is built our boats will rarely descend below Fort Yukon. The barges will be floated or pushed down stream from the end of the carrying trolley and towed back. We shall be able to make several of these short trips per month. There will be no fear of provisions running short then." "Will the building of that freight trolley be an expensive undertaking? was asked. "On the contrary, it will be very Inexpensive," replied Captain Irving. "However, it will not carry passengers. The system employed so successfully for transporting ore and coal will be used. The packages will not exceed 100 or 200 pounds, and will be carried on an overhead wire, propelled by a series of endless cables. Elevations and steep grade* are not factors in this method of transportation. The trees along the route will serve to support the carriers. A large storehouse can be erccted at the terminus, and the goods shipped through all ordinary winter weather. This will do away with the hardships of he trip. Any man can walk over the Chilcat pass If ho is unincumbered. Twenty'miles of climbing from Dyea takes him over that obstacle. Then the lakes and river do the rest. We will undertake to deliver his supplies ahead of his arrival."

GES. HARRISON'S VIEWS.

The Ex-Presldcnt Comes Out In Favor a Municipal Ownership.

New York special: General Benjamin Harrison is quoted in an interview on municipal politics in the World as saying: "Of special importance are the safeguards to be thrown about the granting of franchises to the promoters of great schemes for the public service. In this respect there are valuable. lessons to b« learned from late foreign experiments. Some of the principal cities of Scotland have assumed each the control of Its street-railway systems and its lighting plants, as well as its water works. The results of this public ownership of great public enterprises have been exceedingly satisfactory and instructive. I am inclined to consider municipal ownership as thfe best means to secure to the people the cheapest and best service. Of course, the effects of competition between privata enterprises are not to be lost sight of so far as they Increase quality and lower prices. But the usual methods of selling franchises outright or In receiving for them a royalty seldom give to the people more than a tithe of what the people themselves later return. The -bigger the price, the larger the royalty—the greater the cost of a ride or of a gas jet. It Is a species of tax."

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MB. LANDOR'S EXPERIENCE.

Tortured Altaost to Death By Savagej of Thlbit.

Bombay cable: Henry Savage Landor, a well-known artist, traveler and writer, and grandson of the celebrated Walter Savage Landor, has just reurned to India after a terrible experience. He had undertaken an exploring tour in Thibet, but he was abandoned by all the members ol his company except two coolies. Finally the Thibetans arrested him by an act ol troachery, sentenced him to death, and, after torturing him with hot Irons, actually carried him to the execution ground. At almost the last moment the execv '"1 was stopped by the Grand Llama, who commuted the sentence to torture by the "stretching log," a species of rack, which 'greatly injured Mr. Landor's spine and limbs. After being chained for eight days he was released. Mr. Landor has no fewer than twenty-two wounds as the result of his torture.

MR. CLEVELAND'S AMBITION ,:

The Ex-President Said to Be a Candidate for U. S. Senator.

The New York Journal

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out the,length and breadth of New Jersey the rmor has flown that Grover Cleveland is anxious to become United States Senator from New Jersey. Senator Smith goes out in 1S99 and Senator Sewell in 1901. If Mr. Cleveland succeeds In being sent to the Senate he will have followed the example set by John Qulncy Adams, who became a Representative in Congress after having been the nation's chief magistrate. Mr. Cleveland returned to hid stone house In Princeton but a short time ago. He was born In New Jersey, and It Is said that for that very reason he wishes to serve the State before his career closes. There are rumors afloat that Mr. Cleveland began the consideration of the senatorial matter many years ago—In fact before his last election. The purchase ol the Princeton house was the first move.

A Micltigim Tragedy.

Boyne Falls, Mich.~ special: William Shain shot and killed Mrs. Freeman Lee Wednesday evening, and when cornered by officers of the law he ended .jmtters by shooting himself tod eath. The murder took place at Chtrlon, a village eight miles from here. Mrs. Lee had parted from her husband and Was on Intimate terms with Shaln, who asserted that the woman had squandered money which b« had given her with which to procure a divorce.

15,000 LIVES LOST.

SIXTY VILLAGES DESTROYED BY FLOODS IX CHINA,

And a Large Number of Tlielr Inhabitant Browned—Appeals to the Uoda Not Heeded.

A dispatch to the Chicago Record from Tacoma, Wash., says: The steamer Victoria brings news of the most disastrous floods that have visited China for many years. Sixty villages near Tung-Chou, containing over eighty thousand inhabitants, have been destroyed by floods and Vbe people drowned or forced to flee. 1'liero is no means of finding out how many thousands have been drowned, but the number is estimated by Chinese authorities at fifteen thousand to twenty thousand. ij^The flooded district is within twelve miles of Peking, the capital of China. As a rule Chinese officials make very little stir when a calamity like this happens, but the proximity of the disaster has resulted in its being brought to the attention of the Emperor, who has ordered that all possible relief be given. Survivors from the villages nearest Peking have been allowed such shelter as they can find in the city walfe, but thousands are without protection against tha rain, which continues to fall.

The distress of these people is most pitiable. Public spirited and wealthy men of Peking and Tung-Chou are actively assisting the authorities in providing them with food. The floods have greatly damaged a largo number of estates belonging to Peking nobles. The unusual rains began July 23 and continued until August 15.

The crops in the flooded district were destroyed. The prefects, local magistrates and people of the flooded district prayed for the cessation of the rain seven days before they were finally driven out of their homes.

Early in September high officials of Peking and Tien-Tsin suddenly forbade the slaughter of catttle, their object being to appease the wrath of the gods and stop the rain. Proclamations to this effect were posted. The result was to cut oft the entire meat supply, which led foreign consuls to protest against the prohibition and to report the situation to the foreign ministers at Peking. It is claimed that the action of the officials constitutes a violation of treaty rights.

BRITAIN BACKS OUT.

Positively Refuses to Join the Sealing Conference.

London cable: The officials of the British Foreign Office have communicated to the United States embassador. Col. John Hay, the final decision that the government of Great Britain must refuse to take part any sealing conferences with representatives of Russia and Japan. Tha British government, however, asserts Its willingness to confer with the United" States alone, but It Insists that Russia and Japan are not Interested la the Bering seals to a degree entitling them to representation in the conference. The British government does not suggest any data for a conference with the United States and it is thought probable In London' that Great Britain's withdrawal will result in two meetings, one between the United States, Russia and Japan and the other between 'the United States, Great Britain and Canada. It cannot be too strongly reiterated that the withdrawal of Great Britain from the Washington conference Is due to Canada's Insistence, and that until the Canadian officials Informed the ForSign Office he of Canada's objections to meeting Russia and Japan, out of fear of being outvoted, Great Britain fully Intended to enter the conference with the three other governments. But for Colonel Hay's representations the first announcement of Great Britain's unwillingness to take part in the conference would have been final, but the United States ambassador so plainly pointed out the unusual character of Great Britain's change of mind at so late a day that some of the Foreign Office officials decided to reopen the question and have been endeavoring, but unsuccessfully, to secure Canada's acquiescence. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador to the United States, also used his influence in a spirit of friendliness to the United States in efforts to secure the adherence of Great Britain to the original program. The diplomats here consider that Great Britain's course was not courteous to Russia and Japan.

Experts who have been Investigating the sales of seal skins in London in order to obtain evidence for the use of tha United States at the conference, have proof that 80 per cent, of the skins sold by the Canadian companies are those female seals and that most of the animals were shot.

WILL GRANT AUTONOMY.

Spnnlsh Cabinet Decides to Offer Termt -V" to Cuba and Will Continue War.

Madrid cable: At a cabinet council Wednesday night the government, decided to grant autonomy to Cuba under the suzerainty of Spain and to continue the campaign as long as may be necessary. Senor Callon, minister of foreign affairs, explained to the cabinet the position of the diplomatic negotiations with tha United States.

Senor Sagasta, the premier, has received a cable message from CaptainGeneral Wcylor, who offers his services to the government and says: "I shall not resign."

A SHERIFF'S METHODS.

Alleged to Have "Dosed" Martin Thorn'a End Mrs. Nack's Food.

New York special: The Evening World publishes the following regarding the alleged murderers of William Guldensuppe, who were confined in the Queens county jail: "Sheriff Doht made this sensational statement Wednesday: 'Wa have been putting Thorn and Nock through the thirty-third degree. We dosed the food so as to make them feelwell, not sick, but bad. I expeot a breakdown and a confession at any time.' Mrs. Nack was very ill with nausea Wednesday."

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TWEME LIVES LOST.

Death and Destruction by Forest Flrw Along the Manitoba Line.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, special: The forest fires that have been raging in Manitoba close to the boundary line for tha past ten days have broken out more furiously than ever. Ten or twelve persons are reported to have been burned to death and the fire is rapidly spreading over the boundary line Into Dakota. Firemen have been fighting the flames night and day trying to keep them from getting into the more thickly populated districts. Hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of timber has been destroyed and considerable grain, as well as somo farm buildings. Up to this time the lira has been confined tp the Canadian side, but'it is now Invading the United States. The flames are driving hunureds of wolves and coyotes out into the open country and large flocks of geese and ducks have been seen flying over tho burning forests. Near Whitemouth, H. Laundry, a trapper, was burned t® death. A German woman living near where the fire was the most furious is reported to have been burned to death and her children are missing. On both sides of Broken Head river enormous damage is being done. The smoke is so thick that it is impossible to ue twenty yards In any direction. Mr. and Mrs. Young, living south of Broken Head, about eight miles, lost everything and only saved their lives by staying in tha river for twelve hours. At Beazjour. Manitoba, seven persons have been burned to death. Mrs. O. W. Thomas, her young son and a daughter had a race with the flames for several miles. They had a team of horses, which they kept on tho run. Sparks from the burning timber were blown into the dry grass oC a prairie which they were compelled to

Postmaster Murdered,

Saginaw, Mich., special: At*hoon Tuesday, school children on going to the stor* and postofllce at Appin, a small placa near Ubley, Huron county, found th® dead body of Duncan Paul, the postmaster, who had been shot live times In tha head and body by Charles Vise of Ubley. After killing tho old man Visa walked to Bad Axe and started west on the 3:20 train lor Saginaw, but was arrested at Pigeon and taken back to Bad Axe by Sheriff McLean. He made a full confession to the sheriff, giving robbery as the motive.

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cross and soon they were surrounded by the flames. The frantic horses started to run straight ahcadJjjA® the burning Urn-' ber. Before they*nad gone far the carriage overturned and its occupants wera thrown down an embankment Into a small creek. This probably saved their lives. They were badly burned.

GUITEAU'S REVOLVER.

Weapon With Which Garfield Was Shot Said to Have Been Found.

Washington special: The police hav» recovered what they believe to be the pistol with frhlch Gulteau shot President Garfield, and have put It In the cabinet at heatquarters for safekeeping. It is an ordinary British bulldog revolver ot forty-four caliber, and of cheap make, the handle being set with pieces of wood instead of bone or ivory. Property Clerk Sylvester said that It had been obtained from a citizen who had it In his possession for a number of years. The pistol was taken from police headquarters July 2, 1881, the day President Garfield was shot, by Colonel George B. Corkhlll, th»r district attorney. Subsequently It disappeared mysteriously, and trace of it was obtained only recently.

HAUL BY BANK ROBBERS.

Thelves Secure $3,00 In Cash at Morganfield, Ky., Leaving No Clew,

Morganfleld, Ky., special: Thieves entered the office of the Union County Bank Thursday during the lunch hour and secured over $3,000 in currency which was left In the cash drawer. When the bank officials returned they found the drawer had Been rifled. The vault was closed and locked so the thieves had no chanco to get the money in It without detection. The robbers mad9good their escapo leaving no clew behind them.

Stopped by Bandits.

Bandits Wednesday night held up a Chicago & Alten express train at a point less than six miles from Kansas City. The robbery is the third occurring on that railroad within a year, all within fifteen miles of that city. The bandits secured considerable cash from trainmen but failed to open the express safes because their dynamite would not explode. The passengers were badly scared but were not molested.

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