Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1895 — Page 1

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GOVEUXOIl CULDEItSOX, OP TEXAS, MAY FAlli IX HIS Pl'RPOSE. Less than Two-Third of the LesUla. torn Assembled at Anstln in Favor of Ills Antl-Prlae-FIght Law. BOTH HOUSES ORGANIZE AD LISTEN TO A MESSAGE DENQt.VCIXG THE PROPOSED ".MILL." Two mils Are Immediately Intro ilnceil, Iloth vrith the Emergency Clause, the Done of Contention. AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 1. In compliance with the proclamation of Governor Culberson convening the Legislature In this city Oct. 1 to take action on the prizefight question, which has been agitated by the, proposed Corbett-Fltzsimmons. "mill" at Dallas Oct. 31, a quorum of both houses responded to the roll call to-day at noon. Within thirty minutes both houses were in working shape, and at 12:30 promptly received a message from Governor Culberson. The Governor confined himself solely to the prize-fight question, and reviewed at length the situailon; which has made the calling of the Legislature necessary He said that he regretted he had to call the members together, but as the question was being wrangled over In the courts he deemed , It advisable to slop further discission by having the Legislature enact a law that would be clear and specific on this subject, and he desires it to go into immediate effect. His message concluded as follows, after a careful review of the conditions of the laws in other States: "So in this instance, if no law exists, the State does not give any assurance or como under any obligation that Its legislation on the subject will remain unchanged. But these principles need not be here invoked. By proclamation all persont have been given notice that this exhibition would not be permitted, and whatever has been done by Its projectors was with foil responsibility for the consequences. The public interests require that this exhibition especially should be suppressed. Discountenanced by Mexico and tho Territories, outlawed and driven frcm every State, it is proposed to assemble a horde of ruffians and gamblers and offer here this commanding insult to public decency. Against it the instincts and the. pride of the people revolt, and ''your prompt and resolute action will spare the ignominy and shame. It will do another thing: It will recall to the great city of the State, inhabited by a, manly, and generous and enlightened people the wholesome and assuring truth, now obscured by anger and misconception, for which it will hereafter thank you, that no part of its material prosperity, no part of its social, and intellectual and industrial progress, no part of its splendid destiny is bound up in an endeavor to hold within its limits one of the most disgraceful orgies that ever promised to discredit and dishonor Texas. Impelled by a sense of duty to exert every executive power to divert this calamity, you have been called In special session, and the responsibility for the consequences Is now divided with you. That you will meet it as becomes the representatives of the whole people, anxious and ready to protect the fair name of the State, Is not doubted." - BILLS INTRODUCED. As soon as the message was read, In compliance with its command, bills were introduced in both. Houses. The respective bills in the two Houses are Identical. Tne one Introduced in the Senate by Senator Lewis of Bexor, and the one in the House by Representative Warde, of Travis, are generally conceded to be the measures of the administration. They define that prize fighting or any pugilistic encounter ehall be deemed guilty of felony and shall be punished by an imprisonment of not less than one nur more than two years. This bill, of course, has the emergency clause. Th other bill. Introduced In the Senate by Senator Simpson, provides a. penalty of not less than five nor more than ten years, and further provides that any one who in any manner aids or abets a fight will be considered a participant and subject to the above named punishment. The emergency clause Is also in thlf- Dill. These bills were referred to the judiciary committee in either house, and they were to take action thereon this afternoon. The Dallas attorneys appeared before them, however, 1 to ask for further time, claiming that they could show that the proposed law was unconstitutional and class legislation as well as confiscatory. In compliance with their request both committees adjourned until morning at 9 o'clock, and nothing furthere was done by either House in the matter. As the matter stands it is a political row between the friends of Governor Culberson and hl9 personal opponents, of which he has quite a number In the Legislature. There are ninety-four members of the House' present and twenty-four Senators. Jn tho House it is necess-ary to get eightysix votes to make the law go into immediate effect, and twenty-one votes are necessary in the Senate. In the House, at the present writing, there are fifteen out-and-out men against putting any emergency clause in the bill, while there are four who are doubtful. This puts tho two-thirds vote out of the question in the House with its present roster. In the Senate there are three against the emergency clause and two doubtful, which places the bill in serious danger there also. If a vote was taken now with only the present number present, there Is little doubt that the emergency clause would be defeated. The administration forces do not propose to come to a vote on the matter, however, until more of their men arrive, and these absentees are expected by to-morrow afternoon at the latest. The Dallas people also want a delay to gather additional forces, so everybody is pleased to- delay the game at present. To-night lobbying- is being Indulged in right and left, and a strong effort is being made to pull the twenty-two Populists In the 'House over to the fight side. Ex-Governor Barnett Glbbs says in regard to the Governor's message: "It. like the call for an extra session. Is as weighty and strong ns the subject would permit of and this is not saying much. The extravagance and haste of the extraordinary session is Justified on two grounds only In the message: First, the brutality of a glove contest. On this question neither a Governor nor a bishop can speak authoritatively unless he has witnessed a glove contest. The chief executive may have dene so, but I never have. Legislative and executive ability may be able to cltaw the line between brutal and manly sports, but in doing so should amend In this case the Marquis of Queensberry rules and require eight-ounce gloves. How much of the an imal is to be legislated opt of man? If you take it all of course he becomes a thing not dangerous to either sex, but on the other hand he is no account to himself or to his country. What is left is fit for only soap and grease. The Orientals studied for a thousand years for some effective mode of eliminating the brute from man, and finally decided that the only mode is to unsex him. Politicians who spar with State constitutions, taxes, money or vested rights will rind no greater favor with St Peter or a fully aroused people than professional gamblers who sport with public morals. A wave of fanaticism or the political necessity of getting the minds of our religious citizens off of the financial question cannot affect the responsibility of the legislators who have not consulted with their working constituents to whom one side of this question has been presented. Morality consists in doing what our conscience tells us is right, and not forcing our views on another by means of a six-shooter or a called session. The proclamation and session raises grave' questions of morals and constitutional prerogatives." Hoke Smith Would Stop It. WASHINGTON. Oct. I. Secretary Smith was a?kel to-day if he would take any steps to prevent the Corbett-Fitzsimmons i fight taking place la Indian Territory, ns4

replied that If an attempt was made to pi event the fijrht taking place on any reservation which Is directly under the control of the Interior Department, and not set apart as a separate government, he most certainly would prevent It. He knew of nothing, ho said, that would give the department authority to prevent the fight on lands controlled by the five civilized tribei if the Indians consent. He added that it would call attention to the condition of affairs in the Indian Territory, and perhaps bring a pressure to bear which will bring about a change of affairs there. If the Indians of the live civilized tribe, or any nation of them, should call on the department to prevent the fight, saying that the Indians as a nation objected to it. then the department would prevent it. The Secretary said that he did not know there was any disposition to have the fight in the Indian Territory, but he had seen something to that effect in tho papers. Fitcnlramons In Training?. CORPUS CHRISTI, Oct. l.-Fitzsim-mons and party are now comfortably domiciled In thlr commodious tralnlng quarters on North Beach, and to-morrow the Australian will get down to hard training. Fitzsimmons's training quarters are located about two miles from the center of the city. Today he ran from his quarters down to the business portion of CorpusMUhrlstle and ran back again. He said he merely did so for a little exercise, a spurt of four miles being considered as nothing for him. A telegram was received here to-day from Cincinnati stating that Corbett and party had made the assertion that Fitzsimmons had offered to divide the purse. Martin Julian denounced the assertion in the strongest terms. He said he would give $1,000 if Corbett or any of his party would prove that any such proposition 'was made by Fitzsimmons or any man authorized to represent him. He stated that Fitzsimmons proposed to Corbett' that the winner of the fight should take all the receipts. Corbett Leaves New York. NEW YORK, Oct. l.-The Corbett party started for Texas at 10 o'clock this morning. Corbett was accompanied by his manager, William A. Brady, Steve O'Don-

nell, John Donaldson. Joe CorbctO Jim McVey, Billy Delaney and Jim Daly. Corbett will stop at Washington and Atlanta en route. He expects to reach San Antonio, Tex., by Oct. 9. It is not known whether John L. Sullivan will act as referee. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. James Corbett andhis party arrived In this city at 3:30 to-day. and the champion went at once to National Park, where he and his brother Joe appeared in a baseball game. Corbett did not take any chances of Lting hit while at the bat. He Injured one or his fingers slightly in catching a thrown ball. The party left at 10:30 orclock fcr Atlanta. Corbett said, in regard to the calling of the Texas Legislature, that while he believed the Governor meant to do rlpht, he was misinformed as to the brutality ef prizefighting. ' Mny FlKht in Mexico. LAREDO, Tex., Oct. 1. It appears that the Florida Athletic Club has doubts as to its ability to pull off the Corbett-Fltz-slmmons fight in Dallas, and this morning secured by telegraph an option on the amphitheater and arena used for bull fighting in New Laredo, Mexico. Thl3 would seem to indicate that the fight will be pulled off there. The option is for one month, but further particulars could not be obtained.. CASE OF PROP. J3EMIS WHY HE WAS DISMISSED FROM THE IXIVERSITI' OF CHICAGO. President Harper Moke nn Explanation, but the Professor Docs Not Think It Is Clear. CHICAGO, III., Oct. 1. President Harper, at the convocation of the University of Chicago to-day, made his first explanation the case of Professor Bemis. Heretofore he had refused, ' in spite of the charges made on everr hand, to give his reasons for dismissing Prof. Bemis from the chair of political economy and sociology. In his address he said: "From the beginning the university has believed in the policy of appointing to positions in the same department men who represent different points of view. This policy has been generally adopted, and, consequently, in .many departments students have the privilege of electing the courses of that professor whose point of view is deemed preferable. It is evident, therefore, that no instructor in the university t has been cr will be asked to separate himself from the university because his views on a particular question dlfTer from those of another member of the same department, even though that member be the head. From . the beginning of the university there has never been an occasion for condemning the utterances of any professor on any subject, nor has any objection. been taken in any case to the teachings of a professor. Naturally there have been cases In which the president of the university and the head of the department have deemed it wise to consider the methods employed by a given instructor, but, in reference to the particular teachings of an Instructor, no interference has ever taken place. The university has been in a conspicuous way the recipient of large gifts of money from wealthy men. To these men it owes a debt of sincere gratitude. This debt is all the greater, moreover, because in absolutely no single case has any man who has given as much as one dollar to the university sought by word or act either directly or indirectly to control or even to Influence the policy of the university In reference to the teachings of its professors. "The statement is made. In part, because the friends of the university have expressed a wish to know the truth In respect to the charges mad?, and in part also because there has seemed to be an Inclina tion on the part of the public to forget that on every suitable occasion the policy of the university as to the freedom of its professors and of its students in matters of opinion, has been strcngly emphasized. This public statement is made because the counter statement has been published far and wide, and because it is clear that a serious injury will be .donfe the cause of higher education if the impression should prevail that in a university, as distin guished from a college, there is not the largest possible freedom of expression a freedom entirely unhampered by either theological or monetary considerations." Professor Bemls did not attend the convo cation, but was sought out at his house and shown the President's statement. Reading4t over carefully, he said: "The presi dent says exactly wnat i expected he would say. But I am unable to find any explanation of the point at Issue in what he has to say." Further than this, he had nothing to say on the subject, ana when asked whether a reply to the president's charges would be forthcoming, he said: "As to that. I would rather not say anything as yet." There was considerable excitement among -the "Greeks' over tne oeciaration of the president that the way the fraternities were run was not satisfactory to the university autnonties. President Harper also announced that Mrs. Esther Reynolds, widow of "Diamond Joe" Reynolds, the well-known Mississippi steamboat man. had given $250,(Of) to the university, "to be used for educational pur poses in such manner as shall commem orate the name of her husband." CANNOT BE AWAKENED. Peter Crawford Has Ileen Asleep for Seven or Eight "Months. C LEV E LA N D, Oct. l.-Peter Crawford, twenty-two years old, a former mall mes senger of New York, has been asleep, with the exception of a few hours, for the la3t seven or eight months. His case is the most remarkable one that has ever come under the observation of Cleveland physicians. Nearly every doctor in the city and not a few from many other cities have Viewed what bids fair to be the most re markable case of catalepsy ever known. A little over a year ago Mr. Crawford was thrown from a mail wagon In New York, sus:alalng injuries to his spine. Every de vise employed to awaken, the man has proven xuuie.

THREATENED A JUROR

SEHIOVS CIIAIIGE AGAIXST A CALIFORNIA OFFICER OF THE Y. M. C. A. II. J. McCoy Alleged to Have Snld to Jnror Trumnn, If Yon' Don't Hnntr Durraut We Will luting You." EFFORTS TO PItOVE AN ALIBI EVIDEXCE IXTROntCED YESTERDAY IX BEHALF OF DLURAXT. Rev. George J. Gibson Interviewed on Attorney Duprey'a Insinuation The Lawyer Severely Criticised. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. l.-After gathering up a few ragged ends of the testimony left over from last week the defense in the Durrant case this morning began the building of an, alibi for the young medical student from April 4 up to April 12, Inclusive. The purpose of the alibi Is to Impeach the testimony of pawnbroker Oppenhelm and W. J. Phillips, fwho testified that on April 12 Durrant tried to pawn Blanche Lamont's ring at Oppenheim's store. Dur ing the course of the testimony which covered Durrant's movements on April 4 and 5 a struggle was precipitated by District Attorney Barnes, who again challenged the reliability of a roll call book at Cooper College. The argument resulted In a victory for the defense, so far as the question before the court was concerned, as Judse Murphy sustained an objection to a question propounded by himself to the witness and cut off the discussion. The trial began this morning with a sensation which was quite as unexpected to the prosecution' as to the defence. Juror I. ,J. Truman informed the court lasti Thursday during the noon recess of the court he was approached by II. J. McCoy, general secretary of the Y. M. C. .A., whp endeavored to engage him In conversation cn th subject of the trial. "If you don't hang Durrant." said McCoy to him, "we will hang you." The court said the offense bordered strongly on a crime, and cited McCoy to appeal in court Oct. Z and show' cause, why he should not be punished for contempt. R. W. Maitland, theelectrlcian who testified last week with regard to the construction of the sun-burners in Emanuel Church, was the first witness called. The testimony was of the same nature as that given lct week, and was Intended to show the liability of gas to escape under certain conditions. The assault on pawnbroker Oppenheim's testimony then began. The'defense called to the stand four witnesses by whom It was proposed to test the accuracy of the pawnbroker's memory. Marvin Curtis, William Calvert, P. J. 'Numann and Leonard Everett, members of the National Guard and the corps to which Durrant belonged, testified that they had taken various articles of Jewelry to Oppenheim's store and attempted to pawn them. They described the manner in which they were dressed at the time. The descriptions in many instances did not correspond with the descriptions given by Oppenhelm when he was asked to tell how the men who tried to pawn the articles were dressed. Each of the four witnesses said he had subscribed money to assist in the defense of Durrant. The testimony was made to impeach the testimony of David Clark, who assisted attorney Quinlan to fix the date oniwhich he saw Durrant and Blanche Lamont walking toward Emanuel Church. John Patton, Patrick Mulvany and M. J. Murphy said that Clark's reputation for truth and integrity was bad. On cross-examination Mulvany and Murphy paid tneyj were prejudiced against Clark from, the fact that they had busines troubles with his father. The district" attorney asked that the testimony be stricken out, but the motion was denied by the court. DURRANT AT COLLEGE APRIL 4. The building of Durrant's alibi in" contradiction of the charge made by pawnbroker Oppenhelm was begun with the testimony of Dr. A. W. Haihalt, a lecturer at Cooper College. Asked if Durrant was present at the lecture given on the morning of April 4, the Doctor referred to the call book and said that the defendant wasrecorded as present. On cross-examination, he said that he had no personal knowledge of Durrant's absence or presence. The defense tried to offset this by asking if h could give the name of anv one of the fiftyone students In the class rwho attended thz lecture on the morning in question. Ihe Doctor recalled the name of a dozen students and said he believed he could remember more if he were given time to think the matter oyer. The prosecution next attacked the reliability of the roll call. Before tha district attorney had hardly, reached th point of the suDject, however. Judge Murphy took a hand in the examination. He asked the witness whether, in his experience as an instructor at the college, he had known of instances where students had answered at roll call for other students who were not present. The defease at once interposed an objection and the court was placed in the predicament of having to rule on its own question. The Judge said that while he might permit the question to be answered, if "it should come from a proper source, he would sustain the objection for the. present Then District Attorney Barnes asked the same question and the defense interposed another objection. Attorney Dickinson argjed that while it was possible to call into court every student who attended the lecture and ask each cne if he had answered at roll call for Durrant it would be unfair to cast suspicion on the particular roll call in question cy any practice cr custom that might have occurred at another time. The court said that it believed the question proper and the evidence sought competent, but for the sake o? safety he sustained the objection, . With Durrant's whereabouts on the morning of April 4 accounted for, the defense attempted to show where the defendant was the next day. George A. Merrill, an instructor at the Lick School of Mechanical Arts, said that Durrant called on him at 11 o'clock on the forenoon of April 5. When asked if Durrant made known the object of his call, he repjied in the affirmative, but was not permitted to tell what Durrant said. Before the court adjourned attorney Dickinson called the attention of the court to the large number of threatening letters that were being received by himself and attorney Duprey, and asked that the Jurors be instructed to turn such letters over to the court should they receive any. The Judge' received a great many letters nt the same kind. ' . What the prosecutiou'-belleves to be testimony of the most vital importance has been obtained from a student in Cooper College. For months the prosecution and defense have labored to find some one among the accused student's classmates who could give some definite information regarding the lecture which Dr. Chenev delivered on the afternoon of April 3. It was Impossible to find such a student. No one knew definitely that Durratit was there. No one could tell anything which might Indicate that Durrant was not there. At last there has been fojnd a student who can shed definite light on the subject. Charles A. Dukes, the young man who sat next to Durrant in the lecture room, will take the witness stand and swear- that, after being unable to tell whether or not Durrant was present at the lecture, the accused student asked him as a favor to him to say that he was there, and that he remembered the fact. Dukes tells this now only with the greatest reluctance. He says he drew the only inference that could reasonably be drawn from the request, which he could not grant. For the sake of his classmate. Dukes decided that he would not speak. He says Durrant wanted him to remember the fatal day and his presence at the lecture without any reference to the truth or tha facts. "I ccull net grant th fever,"

said Dukes, "but I wished to remain silent, as I did not want to hurt the case if I could help it." REY. G. J. GIIISOX TALKS.

He Speaks In a Surcaatlr Wny About Duprey nnd ilia Chnrf?e. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. l.-Now that Rev. George J. Gibson, pastor of Emanuel Church, has been virtually accused by attorney Duprey of committing the murders that have made his church notorious, he has seen fit to break the silence which he has maintained ever .-nce the discovery of the crimes." Rev. Gibson has allowed hlmelf to be interviewed for publication and the first question asked was: "What do you think of .Mr. Duprey's speech as an argument In ( defense '6f Durrant T' "Well, it Is a mystery to me how any man of Mr. Duprey's age and experience could deliver such a reckless talk when he held in. his hand the life or death of a fellow-being. Reading between the lines, it is easy to see that the speech Is not the one he intended to deliver. It resembles the sermon prepared on Sunday morning after the preacher, discovered that for various reasons he could not use the ono he had worked on for weeks." "Why did you remain silent so Ions'' "Because as a witness Ihad no right to talk and I was willing to take my share of newspaper criticism." . "Do you think the situation is changed?: "Yes, I am virtually accused of the munder. My name is singled out from' among all the witnesses and uttered In loud tones to the Jury. Mr. Duprey has declared the fight on The issue now. according t5 him, is between Durrant and myself. This speech gives me the right to conclude that Durrant concurred in the accusation. He, through his attorneys, accuses me cf. having, some connection with. the murder cl Blanche Lamont. The public mugfhave noticed that I never accused him of -such a crime." j . ' Rev. Gibson talked in a sarcastic manner about Duprey, and when apked what he Would do if he were arrested, he Bald ironically that ho would send for Duprey to defend him. 1 "Were you surprised at, his charge against you?" "Not at all. His accusation is in harmony with all the actions cf the defense from the beginning. You surely think I am .very simple if you suppose I have been in ignorance of the work going on In the underground railway." "Do you think the defense will spring some surprises?" "That is a good question but I do not care to answer it in public. I think I can smell a rat as well as any other ierson. I hope the rat, for his own sake, will choose the right moment to come out of the hole. When he appears ,the cat will not have a bell on Its neck." "Your handwriting is going to figure In this case." . "Yes, so Mr. Duprey says. He knows what he is talking about. He is just as sure of my handwriting as he was of Dr. Cheney's testimony." "What is your opinion about the handling of the case?" "In these days, when analogy does duty for logic, U is positively refreshing to know of at least two 'lawyers who are intelligent enousrh to think the people do not see any difference between a bluff and a fact.' "Don't you think they are faithful?" "Yes, they are piling up exceptions that are crushing the righteousness out of their case. Every technicality is a curse thrown Into the face of the friends they profess to defend. No 'witness has done so much against Durrant as the actions of his attorneys. I would rather be hanged than saved by such means as Mr. Duprey and Mr. Dickinson are employing." 'What do you think of Durrant?" "Whatever people's opinions are, there are few but think he deserves a wealth of sympathy, but he is unfortunate enough In the hour of trouble to have as his best friends two men whose fame outshines their wisdom." POLLUTION OF WATER SUPPLIES. Paper nend nt the Meeting of "the Pnhllc Health Association. DENVER, Col., Oct. L The twenty-second annual meeting of the American Public Health Association began in this city today, with an attendance of about one hundred delegates. Dr. Josiah Ilartzell, o Canton, O.,, read a paper on the "Mississippi River as a Sewer," in which he took strong grounds against the pollution t of that stream with sewage. He scored Chicago severely for emptying its sewage into the Chicago river. Dr. Hartzell said ' 2fl,(R0 tons of garbage and 4,000 dead animals, suffering from glanlers, tuberculosis, etc.. had been thrown in the Mississippi river in one year by four cities. The Mississippi drained 8u000,009 acres, the pollution of all gradually drifting into the noble stream. "The government should put a stop to the pollution of , its streams;" said Dr. Hartzell. "but the average politician Is not a ranitarian. Every other nation has its national beard of health, and It is high time that our government followed this example." Dr. Peter H. Bryce, of Toronto, Canada, read a paper on "Pollution of Water Supplies." He spoke more particularly of the" waters dividing the United1 States from Canada, and told how during the past cummer he had assisted, with government cutterr, in capturing a number of garbage boats sent down from Detroit with hundreds of tons of garbage, and narrowly averted an International dispute. He scored the various cities on the American side of the streams for paying no attention to the cities belojv, and suggested that the cities be fined 30 a day. until they build sewage works. COURSING IN SOUTH DAKOTA. Several IndlunnpoIIs Hounds Tnke Purt in the Hare-Chawing: Contest. ABERDEEN. S. D., Oct. 1. Hie Aberdeen Coursing Club's meeting began to-day. Lat night the Palace stakes tor sixteen greyhounds of all ages filled, and. after the draw, it was announced that the' car would run through twice to-day The weather was fine, but too hot. Hares were fairly plentiful and ran very strongly. The proceedings dragged dreadfully, there being long and unnecessary' delays between the courses. In the first round the results were: Pearl, St Louis, beat Ardgay. Indianapolis; Chartlste, Minneapolis, beat Van Troump, Indianapolis; Valkyrie, Indianapolis, beat Major, South Dakota;" Van Ollie, Indianapolis, beat Charming May, Foxlake, Wis.; Longfellow, San Francisco, beat Nancy, Cable. III.; Caliph, Oakes, beat Armstrong, Indianapolis; Raven, Aberdeen, beat Recollection, Aberdeen; Lady Mistcrton, Oakes, N. D.,' beat Just Eclipsed. Indianapolis. . . In tho second round Pearl beat Chartist, Valkyrie beat Longfellow, Caliph beat Van Ollie; Haven ran a bye, Lady Misterton being withdrawn, lame. W. Stephenson, Dinidale, la., is Judge and ,W. Angell, Oakes, N. D slipper. LIQUOR FIGHT IN IOWA. Liquor Leniroe Indumra It and Will Rentier Flnnn4al Aaalstnnce. There was. a meeting night before last at the Grand Hotel, of prominent Liquor League officials. The purpose, it is said, of the conference was to arrange for an Indorsement by the National Liquor League of the campaign of the Liberal League in Iowa, which is seenlng to gain control of the Legislature of that State to the restrictive liquor legislation may be removed frcm the siatute books. There were present A. P McQuirk, of Davenport. Ia., attorney for , the leugue; R. J. Halle, of Chicago, the secretary' of the national league; William Beatty, the president of the national league, and C. C. Turner, editor cf Wine and Spirits, published at Louisville. The indorsement wag granted in the desired form. The object cf the indorsement is to solicit contributiens fcr political purposes under an attractive authority. The campaign for tho personnel of the next Iowa Legislature, it is said, is already on. College for Glrla liurned. WOODVILLE, Miss.. Oct. 1. The Edward McGhse college for girls, one of the finest inslltutlcns In the South. wa3 destroyed by lire last evening. There were seventy-five young lady pupll3 living in the college buildings besides the teachers and their frr.lii?s. all of whom, It Is believed, es-cr-tl lrjury. Lcrs net circa.

LOST ANOTHER SHIP

SPANIARDS fXFORTl XATE WITH THEIR FLEET IS Cl'HAX WATERS. Second-Clams Cruiser Crlntohal Colon .Driven on n Reef Dnrlnir n Severe Storm nnd Wrecked. OFFICERS AND CREW SAVED REPORT TH AT SHE WAS STIU CK I1V, A TORPEDO NOT CONFIRMED. Innurgent Army Defeated, irlth Small l.umm to the Government Trtrnpn Cnhnns Collecting; Winchesters. HAVANA. Oct. l.-Following c!oe on the loss of the Hpanish cruiser IiarcaFtcgui, which was sunk In collision with the Spanish merchant steamer Mortera, off Moro Castle, at the entrance of this harbor, at midnight on Sept. 18, resulting In the drowning of Admiral Delgado Parejo, commander In chief of the Spanish naval forces in Cuban waters, and forty-six men, comes the news of the wreck and probable total loss of the Sranlsh w;ar ship Cristobal Colon a second-class crulstV of about twelve hundred tons displacement and sixteen hundred horse-power. The Cristobal Colon formed part of the fleet of Spanish warships detailed to watch the coast of Cuba in order to prevent the landing of filibustering expeditions from the United States and elsewhere. The cruiser carried four twelvecentlmter Jlontorla guns, two seven-centimeter guns and two rapid fire guns. Her crew is estimated to have numbered about two hundred officers and men, but the exact figures are not known here at present, as she had on board men Intended for the smaller patrol vessels of the Spanish Reh and may have detailed men ashore. The station of the Cristobal Colon vas the waters about Cape Antonio, off the western extremity of the island of Cuba, her commander having particular instructions to watch the gulf of Correntes and Guadlana, .south and north . of Cape Antonio. The disaster occurred off Colorado Point. In the Gulf of Guadlana. south of the town cf Mantua, ( in the province of PJnar del Rio, near which territory Havana is situated. The exact details of the disaster have not yet been made known, but fo far as can be gathered, the facts are as follows: For some days past a cyclonic disturbance has prevailed over these latitudes and ' is understood to have recurred In the central part of the Gulf of Mexico, and was looked upon as likely to enter the United States through New Orleans and Apalachlcola, The Cristobal Colon appears to have encountered the severe weather off Cape Antonio, and to have put into the Gulf of Guidiana for shelter. There she tried to ride out the fierce gale and heavy seas, but was slowly driven towards " Colorado Pohnt, off which Jutting there is a dangerous reef known as the Colorado reef. When the commander of the cruiser caw that he could not make ary headway against tn"e storm, he attempted to anchor, according to the stories toll here; but the anchors would not hold and the cruiser was driven ashore. Another report has it that the cruiser ran on the reef at night time, when her commander believed her to be far enough, off shore to continue steaming against the force of the cyclone. In any case she ran ashore late last night or early this . morning in a most, dangerous position and with a heavy sea running. Everything possible seems to have been done to save the cruiser, but all efforts in ihat direction were useless, and she was finally abandoned this morning, a helpless wreck, pounding hcr.Tlf slowly to pieces on the Colorado reef. Some of the crew . gwam ashore, others reached land by means of pieces of wreckaee and in Lhe boats; but all of the crew, officers and men, were saved by one means or another. The commander of the Cristobal Colon reached Mantua during the nay with the malority of the crew, and nearly all the remainder are expected there before night. When questioned regarding the disaster, the Spanish captain would only sav tliut the Cristobal Colon was driven a,hor on the Colorado reef owing to the violence of the cyclone, and that it is probable that she w;ill prove a total loss. Eforts, however, will be made to save her guns, etc. The friends of the insurgents are circulating the usual sensational stories regarding the disaster, claiming that the cruiser was sunk by a torpedo exploded by insurgents. In official circles, however, this report is classed as being "nothing more than an Invention ct the rebels." and the dlftlnet statement is made that there is absolutely no reason for aoubting the official announcement maie that the Cristobal Colon was driven on th Colorado reef by the violrnce cf the cyclonA and net as a result , of the exnloslon of an insurgent torpedo. In spite of this official assertion ther Is no doubt that the government has not thought it proper to make public all the facts, in the case, and this may not be done until lhe official report cf the commander of the wrecked cruiser has been received and passed upon. . IXStlttiENTS nOLTEIJ. Army of S,MM) Defeated lir Colonel RnlInH Force of Spanlnrdn. LONDON. Oct. 1. A dispatch to the Globe, published this afternoon, from Madrid, confirms the dispatch from Havana yewterdjy telling of the defeat of the Insurgents at Portero Las Vargas, near Santl Splr'tus, province of Santa Clira. The Globe dispatch Fays that a Spanish column, commanded by Colonel Rubin, met 2.000 Insurgents, under the command of Sanchez, Scran no and Castillo, and that the government troops dislodged the enemy, killed forty cf the Insurgents and wounded many others. The government troops, it is added, only sustained the loss of eleven men wounded. Including Colonel Rubin. It 1 further stated that thirteen of the followers of Sanchez afterward surrendered. In the course of a long letter from Havana, published in the Times, the correspondent says that the longer he tays l;i Cuba, and the more he sees of the Cubans the stronger has become lhe conviction that a large measure of autonomy 1 necessary if Saln wishe to preserve Cuba, in a peaceful state. 'The whole feeling of the ix'cple," "he proceeds, "is against the continuance of the existing system. Spain must therefore look the situation- In the face and grant radical reforms. It teems impossible to me. however, that Cuba, a an independent republic, could ever hope to be happy and united." The correspondent Is. convinced that the point at whlci the authorities oan. strike the insurgents is in the suppllea of war material. The inpurgents cannot even maintain their numbers inthe field unless munitions are forthcoming. If Spain can prevent the landing" of expeditions, the letter concludes, a severe blow will be dealt to the prospects of the revolution. Culnn to He Sent to Africa. MADRID, Oct. 1. According to a dispatch received here from Havana the members of the committer of the autonomist party asked Captain General Martinez De Campos to release a number of prominent persons who were detained in custody at Santiago de Cuba by order of the military authorities. The Spanish commander, it is added, not only refused to release the prisoners, but connrrm-d th sentence hleh. were imposed on them, and it is understood that they are to be escorted prisoners on board a Spanish ship in order to be taken to the military prison at Ceula, the Spanish convict establishment situated in Africa, opposite and alout seventeen mi!e from Gibraltar. The prisoner are Hud-alda Tamayo. president of the autonomist party at Santiago de Cuba; Antonio Dravo, Alfred DeUncourt, Itican'. 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