Indianapolis Journal, Volume 48, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1898 — Page 4

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MAY EMBROIL EUROPE ♦ DREYFIS AGITATION MA \ RESULT IN A DISASTROUS WAR. v * If ~ I’nrin Newspaper* Continue to Warn Frenchmen YmilnM Public I>l*ea•ion of tbe Keniuitlonnl Cnie. - * VIEWS OF M. ERNEST JUDET - ♦ THINKS AGITATORS ARE I*l. VYING INTO THE HANDS OF GERMANY, And 1 Lint the Latter Would Not Let a Good Opportunity Pas* to Attain Invade tbe Republic. LONDON. Jan. 29.—The situation in France, in the opinion of well-informed persons, is a grave meanee to peace, and in the present excitable state of the nation and shaky condition of the Ministry something is likely to occur to disturb Europe. A note of warning has even been sounded by ■some of the French newspapers which urge \ cessation of the present agitation in France, pointing out that the country should not play into the hands of Germany. The Petit Journal says: ' The government may soon be unable to prevent someone in authority from making a statement which is likely to occasion a conflict. We have certain proofs that Germany foresees the possibility of war and is making arrangements accordingly. She means to be in the right, and accuse us of creating trouble.” In discussing the situation in France, M. Judet, editor of Le Petit Journal, says: "There is no Dreyfus affair. The government is quite right, seeing that revision of the matter has never even been asked for In the way that the law provides. There is nothing simpler in the world than to have the case reopened. Remember, I quite understand the anxiety and feelings of the Dreyfus family in this matter, but suppose the friend or relative of some victim of a Judicial error discovers evidence that contradicts the verdict. All he has to do is to go to the authorities constituted by the law and empowered to investigate the matter arid he will see his most fervent desires realized, for if the fresh evidence is sufficiently well founded to justify the case being reopened he may be assured that this will be done. In any case, all the clamor and the campaign that has been made in the press would only be resorted to as a final resource in order to quicken the activity of the government. "Now, you ask me what is the danger in a public discussion of this matter. To understand its full value you must remember that it is a case of high treason and that the man accused is attached to the secretservice office of the army. This service calls upon those charged with carrying out its transactions to deal with many matters that cannot be spoken of openly. At the expense of playing with fire every nation practices a system of spying. Every army has its spies and its source of information, and if there is one service which requires to be kept secret in all its details it is this one. HOW TREASON IS DEALT WITH. "Remember, I am speaking of facts as they exist. I am neither defending nor advocating them. Now. while every nation, as I said, spies upon its neighbor by a sort of mutual convention—spying is supposed to be non-existent, a fiction due to hypocrisy, if you like, but none the less the case—it necessarily follows that when any member of this secret service department betrays his trust his trial is either kept secret, or, as in Germany, the officer is simply deult with summarily and nothing more is heard of him. "The reason is very simple. It requires two nations to make jrcasOn. This fact should be realized. The traitor only betrays his country for the benefit of another, and it is almost impossible to speak openly about such a matter without running the risk of two dangers. These are. first, the danger of secrets being divulged that are especially important to the welfare of our army. Suppose, for example, the Dreyfus matter were openly discussed and the names of the officers charged with the service of securing information given out publicly in an open courtroom. All that information, obtained at great cost and great risk, and probably of especial value to our army, would be absolutely worthless. The second danger would be that of wounding the susceptibilities of the government in whose favor the treason has been practiced, seeing that no government will openly admit that it spies upon its neighbor, though for its own security it will continue to do so. "From this—which is what I may call universal hypocrisy-trials for military treatment are invariably conducted with the most complete reserve. This has been done in the present case. The government has been admirable. One is compelled to admit it. The name of no single nation has been pronounced in tiny official manner. Consequently we have avoided every danger. Our secret intelligence bureau has been able to work and its work has retained its value, and the susceptibilities of other nations have been spared. It is with the government alone that any other nation Is called on to deal in matters of this kind. What the oress says does not have any official weight. "One tiling that perhaps does not seem to be clearly enough understood In France in a word is - that the state is the collectivity of the entire nation, represented particularly for foreign and military affairs by a certain number of officials culled the government. Now, so long as not one of those officials lias spoken on the. matter, no other state can consider itself aggrieved. "This is the case up to the present, but as I pointed out in my article yesterday there is danger in allowing this agitation to go any farther, which, for the sake of France, I hope will not happen. This danger is that someone in an official position might muke a declaration liable to hinder the working of our military department intelligence by disclosing some of its secret details and thus damaging the defensive preparations of the country, or some nation might be accused and a protest called forth that might bring about possibly fatal international complications. "Up to the present Germany has never been officially spoken of in connection with this matter, but it must not be forgotten that from its very opening the official German press displayed great interest and a certain amount of agitation. "In December, 1890. a Berlin correspondent said that in talking with one of the principal German officers he had learned that the Emperor had realized the impossibility of winning France over to his views and was now devoting more attention than ever to the organization of the army. This was during the heat of the first Dreyfus agitation. About the same period the Koelnlsher Zeitung and ;the Allgnieine Zeltung referred to the matter in terms that left no doubt in any one’s mind that certain uneasiness reigned lest the Dreyfus case should lead to the divulgation of matter that might, if you like to put it so, lie regarded as a casus belli. The same danger exists now exactly as it did three years ago. "Although there may be no connection with the matter, it is certain that extraordinary activity reigns in the Krupp works at Essen. For several months those departments of the manufactories concerned with artillery have been working Sundays, for which a special salary is paid. In view of this it Is our duty to look to the national defense. No patriot will furnish arms to the enemy by provoking a public discussion of something that is big with the possibility of fatal consequences. The immense majority of the French nation is jiaeiHoally Inclined, and is to an even greater extent the most reasonable of people. The nation has been impressed with the detestable character of the attacks made upon the army, increased at the same time by the agitation over tbe Dreyfus affair. which is of such intensity that the ciamor itself has become a campaign against the army. The whole of France is indignant at this criminal movement which can only result In the diminution of her military power, She has still more suspicion of and horror for those who, consciously or uucoiisciouftly, arc forcing hue

by an imprudent debate into an external conflict, while at the same time trying to disorganize her national army.” Anti-Zola Demonstration. PARIS, Jan. 29.—The committee of the Chamber of Deputies has reported against the demand for the prosecution of Count De Bernis and M. Gerault-Richard for taking prominent parts in the disturbance which took place in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday last. Hundreds of students from the high schools assembled to-day at the Madeleine upon the occasion of the Charlemagne fete and engaged in an anti-Zola demonstration. They were dispersed by the police, who a: - rested thirty of those who resisted. Free Fight at Anti-Dreyfus Meeting. BORDEAUX, Jan. 29.—At a meeting held here to-night M. Millevoye made an address on the Dreyfus case, and his tirqde against the Jews resulted in an uproar among the Socialists and Anarchists, which ended in a free tight. One Anarchist was expelled from the hall in w'hich the meeting was held and badly injured. The police were finally culled in and dispersed the audience. LUETGERT TRIAL TILTS i LAWYER HARMON AGAIN AROUSES JUDGE GARY’S IRE, And the Court Lectnre* the Offender on Manners— Mother mid Daughter Murdered in lona. CHICAGO, Jan. 29.—Judge Gary to-day-told Attorney Lawrence E. Harmon in vigorous language that he would have to complete his toilet before he entered the precincts of the courtroom. The jurist decried the practice of the chief counsel for the defense in combing his locks' and removing streaks of soot from his countenance before the jury. Fred Miller, a nephew of Mrs. LUetgert, and former bookkeeper for the sausage maker, was on the stand when Mr. Harmon brought down upon himself the criticism of the court. The witness was asked to tell what figures were placed in certain books kept by the company. "Objected 'to,” said Mr. Harmon. "They are offering a book entry, and then, have somebody else tell them matter they offer in evidence from the books.” "We will have to when Mr. Harmon does not know,” retorted Mr. McEwen. "That’s right,” observed the court. Mr. Harmon had become thoroughly excited by this time over the cutting remarks of the assistant state’s attorney, and insisted he knew more than Mr. McEwen cared to give him credit for. "I hope he does,” replied Mr. McEwen. "Stop the jarring both ways," ordered the court. "This assumption of absolute wisdom ” began Mr. Harmon, but he was interrupted by the court. “Sit down on both sides oi tne table.” "That’s right,” commented the chief counsel for the defense. ”1 don’t care what you say is right or wrong,” said Judge Gary. “I have got tired of your continuous sanction at times when I do something which you think calls for your approval. I never saw a man try a case as you do; never heard such a thing; never saw a man before come into court and comb his hair before a jury and wash his face with his fingers wet from his mouth.” “We except to the language of the court as a characteristic unbecoming a court,” declared Mr. Harmon. "It is unbecoming any gentlemanly conduct of the trial.” Judge Gary told the indignant lawyer that he might save his exceptions. Mr. Harmon insisted the language used in the tilt go into the record, and the court expressed his utmost approval.

HORRIBLE DOUBLE MURDER. Mutilated and Frozen Bodies of Mother and Daughter Found. BURLINGTON, la., Jan. 29.—The dead and frozen bodies of Mrs. Fanny Rathburn and her twelve-year-old daughter Mary were found this afternoon in pools of blood at their lonely home, west of this city. The woman had been struck in the head with an ax, which was found leaning against a near-by wall. Her head was split open. The body of the child was found in a bedroom off the kitchen with the throat cut from ear to ear. There were indications of a horrible struggle for life. Evidently the young girl had been brutally assaulted by the murderer, although her torn clothing indicated she had fought desperately for her honor. The girl's hand showed cuts where she had attempted to defend herself while the murderer was cutting her throat. Blood was scattered all over the bed and on the floor. The body of the woman was found to be badly eaten by rats. Several arrests have been made and the police are actively engaged in running down clews. It is believed the crime was committed Sunday night and that the bodies have been in the house ever since. The widow was poor and no motive but the outrage of the daughter can l>e supposed. The officers refuse to give the names of the persons under arrest. Later.—Five men are now under arrest, but the police refuse to give their names. One is known to be a man named Storms, who is said to have been at the Rathburn home Sunday night. A necktie has been found in the house which, it. is thought, the girl tore from her assailant. This mav lead to the murderer’s identification. Chris. Merry to Hang Feb. is. CHICAGO, Jan. 29.—Chris Merry, the peddler recently convicted of beating and choking to death his wife, Pauline Merry, was sentenced in Judge Horton’s court to-day to be hanged Feb. 12. This date is just three months after the murder was committed and is barely outside the time limit allowed by statute to condemned murderers. Merry had apparently fully recovered his nerve, and when Judge Horton pronounced sentence the condemned man gave no sign of emotion beyond a slight flush. Merry’s attorneys made the usual motions for anew trial and arrest of sentence, which were overruled, the court saying there were absolutely no grounds for the motions. Christian Klein Dead. CINCINNATI. Jan. 29.—Christian Klein, who was found mortally wounded on Thursday night in the street a half a square from his mill, died at 12:30 to-day. The mystery concerning the manner of his death has not yet been satisfactorily explained, although there is a strong belief that the dying man's repeated statement that he was killed by robbers is the true one. it is combated by statements of witnesses that thqy heard the shots, saw Klein fall, but saw no one near him. WILL NOT TEACH DANCING. Lombard I nlvemlty Has Merely Permitted Student* to Hire a Master. GALESBURG, 111., Jan. 29. Dr. C. E. Nash, president of Lombard University, made the following statement in regard to the published report that dancing has been added to the curriculum of the college: “In response to requests of parents permission was given the students at Lombard University to form a dancing class, to meet once a week in the new gymnasium building for ten lessons under the direction of a competent instructor hired by the class. Os course this has nothing to do with the college curriculum. The students pay their dancing teacher, who is from the city, and not a member of the faculty, and the expenses of lighting and heating the hull. Lombard University is not ‘largely designed fur the education of ministers. The Ryder Divinity School in connection with the university is devoted to the professional training of ministers. Less than one-tenth of the total attendance at Ijombard is in the Divinitv School. The Lombard government does not object to students dancing at reasonable times and under suitable conditions. At present it seems unlikely that the dancing class will be former!. The idea that the class has anything to do with the college itself is ridiculous.” Filial Fight with Tramp*. HAIGLER, Neb., Jari. 29.—Six tramps cn route to Colorado ware put off the train here to-day. They became involved in a quarrel witli Dave Benton, a citizen, who shot one of the tramps, wounding him slightly. Benton wa* in turn fatally shot, t’ho Ufemp* CMsOfcplui.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1898.

STORY OF A BUTCHERY HOW GEN. NESTOR ARANGUREN WAS MURDERED BY SPANIARDS. Snrprlsed While Auleep in Hi* Sweetheart's House anil Merclle*nly Shot After Being Searched. ♦ NEGRO BRIBED TO BE TRAITOR PAID #SOO TO REVEAL THE HIDING PLACE OF THE CUBAN CHIEF. 4 • Spanish Account of the Affair Sent Out to Offset the "Horror” Manufactured by Correspondent*. * HAVANA, Jan. 29, via Key West, Fla.— The following details of the death Os General Nestor Aranguren, who was killed on Thursday last, have been received: It appears that the column under Colonel Aranjare, which had been operating in the, neighborhood of Campo Florido, captured a negro nanjed Morales, whom they tortured in order to extort from him information regarding the insurgent. For a long time the prisoner bore the torture and refused to make a statement, but finally, on being promised a reward of $501), he agreed to betray Aranguren. General Aranguren, the negro said, was in the habit of visiting the house of a pacifico called Cajagal, who lived in the Tapeste heights, between the town of Tapeste and Campo Florido, with his family, which consisted of his wife, a grown .daughter, of whom General Aranguren was enamored, and several younger children. Colonel Aranjare, with three columns, led by himself and Lieutenant Colonels Arece and Benedicto, the entire force numbering about a thousand infantry and cavalry, proceeded, under the guidance of the negro Morales, to the hut, which they surrounded. It was the intention of Colonel Aranjare, after assuring himself that all of those whom he wished to secure were in the house, to fall upon the building and capture the inmates alive, but Lieutenant Colonel Benedicto, who was formerly* second in command to Major Fondseiviela, advised that the inmates be killed, and this was finally decided on. When the hut had been completely surrounded a squad of men were ordered to advance cautiously, which they did, arriving near the entrance before l>cing seen. A child about eight years of age uas playing outside the doorway of the building when she discovered the soldiers and, screaming with alarm, ran toward the hut to inform the inmates of the presence of the Spaniards. A volley from the squad stretched her lifeless on the ground, and then a general firing was ordered by the Spanish commander, which resulted in the wounding of Aranguren in the leg, the killing of his servant, Fernandez, and the mortal wounding of Ills sweetheart and another woman, the latter of whom Heel towards the woods and fell dead a short distance away. Aranguren's sweetheart died from the effects of her wounds while being taken to Campo Florido. Aranguren was in bed when the Spaniards arrived and, hearing the alarm given by the child, ran out of the hut only partially dressed, crying, "i _am Aranguren,” apparently meaning that he ought not to he killed. His captors seized him and made a close search of his clothing for documents relating to the death of Colonel Ruiz, which they secured. They also obtained a verbal declaration from their prisoner on the same subject, and then a bullet was fired through his breast and he fell, but not dying instantly, a bayonet thrust through his head, the weapon entering near the mouth, ended his life. The Spaniards captured a man believed to bfe the dynamifer of- Aranguren’s band, and two boys who said they knew the location of the grave of Colonel Ruiz. The boys, in charge of a Spanish column, have left for the place where they say the grave is located. While Aranguren’s death is considered just vengeance for the execution of Ruiz, the killing of women and children when they could have been taken alive is generally condemned. A number of prominent persons attended the funeral of General • Aranguren, who was buried in the private tomb of his family. Among those who acted as escort to the body were three generals of the insurgents in the last war. The horses and saddle of Colonel Ruiz were seized when Aranguren was killed.

Spanish Account of the "Horror.” WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, to-day received the following cablegram from Secretary Congosto, at Havana: "The correspondents of certain newspapers are already starting for a series of horrors in connection with the killing of Nestor Aranguren. Not one of them has been out of Havana and all they will say has been manufactured by rebel agents. The facts are as follows: A combination of columns that had been operating several days defeated, on the 27th, the band of Aranguren of about 130 men. They captured one prisoner, who led a small force as guide, and the rest of the troops covered all the issues of a place called La Pila en el Monte, where Aranguren was in hiding with his escort. The rebels when discovered fired at the troops, which replied, advancing suddenly, dispersing the escort, killing Aranguren and four others, and capturing five prisoners, one of them wounded. The escort escaped and with it the mistress of Aranguren. In she place was found a woman wounded, who was not seen until after the engagement. She w r as carried in a litter to Campo Florido, in order to try to save her by giving proper attention. Asa proof of the falsehood of the reports about to be circulated, there is the fact that five prisoners have been captured and that none of the dead had a single saber or machete cut. The documents captured on te body of Aranguren prove that he was Ruiz's assassin. The saddle he used was Luiz’s saddle and he had two buttons of Ruiz’s uniform in his pocket, as already reported.” BLOW TO INS! HGENTS. lly the Death us Yriinguren Cuban* Have Lo*t Their Mosby. W. E. Curtis, in Chicago Record. The death of General Aianguren is the severest blow the insurgents have suffered in Cuba since Maeeo died. He was the most important man in their ranks, except Gomez and Garcia. He was the Mosby of the insurgent army, and for two years has kept the inhabitants of the province of Havana, and, indeed, that city itself, in a state of constant commotion and apprehension by his raids. He had a small troop of wellmounted. well-armed and desperate men. He was supplied with arms, ammunition and provisions by secret channels from the city of Havana and other places in that neighborhood, and was responsible for the dynamite outrages that have so frequently occurred along the railways of Havana, Matanzns and Pinar del Rio provinces. He moved with great rapidity, and his audacity gu*> amazing. Although Ruiz, the agent

of peace: Tosca, the clerk in the United States consulate, and others have easily found his headquarters whenever they wanted to see him, the Spanish soldiers have never been able to capture him, although they outnumbered him one thousand to one. He seemed to be here, there and everywhere the same minute, capturing railway trains, blowing up plantations, raiding viliiages and towns, cutting off stragglers of the Spanish army and creating a reign of terror umong the loyalists throughout the western part of the island. While I was in Cuba a year ago I wrote of one of Aranguren's exploits, which was characteristic. W 7 ith a squad of twenty or thirty negro cavalrymen he captured a railway train one morning about daylight, upon which an even dozen officers of the Spanish army were returning to their posts in the neighborhood from a ball that had been given at the club in Havana the night before. They wore their best uniforms and dancing shoes, and were chatting about the incidents of the evening when the train was stopped, the cars were invaded and they were placed under arrest by Aranguren's ragged troopers. One of these officers was a native Cuban who had accepted a commission in the Spanish army. He was hanged forthwith as soon as he was identified within a few yards of a railway station, and a piece of paper was pinned to the body bearing an announcement that such would be the fate of all Cubans who served the government of Spain.' The other eleven being natives of Spain and officers of the regular army, Aranguren entertained them at breakfast. He gave them the best he had of food and drink, treated them with the greatest courtesy and then sent them back to Havana with an impertinent message to. General Weyler, saying that if he was not more careful he might lose many of his officers and men. The captives amazed their friends in Havana by the story of their experience, but they were court-martialed for being absent from their posts of duty without leave and for submitting to capture without making an effort in self-defense and sent back to Spain in disgrace. Aranguren had been the hero of many incidents of this sort, the latest being the brutal murder of Liuet. Col. Ruiz, an intimate friend and former associate, who came to him on an errand of peace. He and Ruiz had served together in the employ of the water works at Havana until the breaking out of the revolution, and were intimate friends. Aranguren was a native of the city, belonged to an excellent family and was always notorious for reckless dissipation. He was only twenty-three or twentyfour years old, but already had a record for crime and adventure that was unequaled by any man in Havana. He killed three or four men and fought several duels before he reached his majority, and had the reputation of being the most reckless gambler in Cuba. His career had placed him almost beyond the bound of toleration when the rebellion broke out, and when he left the city to join the insurgents it was a matter of congratulation not only among the police, -but among the fathers of young men who were inclined to imitate his example. ♦- NOTES FROM CUBA. n Holguin Reported to Have Been Captured by Insurgent*. HAY ANNA, via Key West, Jan. 29.—The clearing of the river Cauto, so as to make it navigable, which was ordered by General Pando, will, it is feared, produce an epidemic: of malarial fever among the soldiers. Two hundred state prisoners (presidiarios) have been sent to .the Cauto river to assist the soldiers in clearing the stream. Reports from Sancti Spiritus say that two young insurgents W'ho have surrendered have made an offer to the Spanish General Salcedo to murder General Maximo Gomez for a certain sum of money. Scnor Antonio Gavin, the minister of the interior in the Cuban Cabinet, is said to have brought the authorization of the New York Cuban Junta to negotiate with the insurgents and the Spanish government for the establishment of peace. Circulars signed by certain Cubans have recently been circulated clandestinely attacking Governor Brauzon for advising General Blanco to deport certain persons. The circular algo charges that Senor Brauzon had been for the past two years the principal enlister of recruits for the insurgent forces. Yesterday morning posters appeared placarded on the principal buildings in Havana, announcing that General Calixto Garcia, and the insurgent leader Rabi had captured Holguin on Jan. 21. It is reported that Senor Braulio Accosta, one of General Pando’s emmissarles at Manzanillo, has been hanged for offering money to the insurgents to induce them to surrender. El Comercio to-days published a decree ordering the pay by the government of the expenses of the trip to Cuba from Madrid of the Cuban Deputy Glberga and his wife and family. Senor Giberga’s arrival is awaited for the formation of an autonomist party, into which Senor Amblard, The Cuban minister of justice, and other jeformists may be admitted. It is believed that they have agreed with the Madrid government to turn autonomy over to the Spanish elements. It Is also believed that General Blanco will ignore them. General Arolas has said that Spain cannot carry on the war in Cuba beyond July, and that if by that time the island is not pacified*.Spain will be obliged to abandon it for lack, of resources. He also expresses the belief that Premier Sagasta and Senor Moret, the minister for the colonies, intend to abandon the island by July next. Senor Radillo and another reporter for El Concentrado have been appointed lieutenants of guerrillas by General Parraco.

SPAIN GROWING CAREFUL. U'apt. Pnlnn Will Not Be Sent Here Because of an Offensive Speech. CARTHAGENA, Spain. Jan. 29.—The first-class armored cruiser Vizcaya is starting for America. The rest of the Spanish squadron is preparing to sail for Havana. The ironclad Cristobal Colon (formerly Giusseppe Garibaldi II) will accompany the torpedo flotilla. The Vizcaya will not be commanded by Captain Concas y Pulan, but by Captain Eubate. This change is believed to be due to the feeling produced by an address delivered in 1596 before the Madrid Geographical Society by Captain Concas y Pulan, who commanded the caravel Santa Maria, sent over by Spain to the Columbian exposition, giving his expressions of tWe United States in such a manner as to call forth from Hannis Taylor, then the United States minister to Spain, a curt note to the Spanish government demanding an explanation. WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-No official advices have been received here as yet to confirm the reported intention of the Spanish government to send a fleet of war ships to Havana. The Spanish legation was informed some time ago that the small gunboats now engaged in patrolling the Cuban coast would be strengthened soon by the addition of a number of torpedo boats, and it is this flotilla that is expected to sail for Havana as soon as conditions permit. The boats are said to be wanted particularly for service on the Cauto river and in Havana harbor. The coming of the fine cruiser Cristobal Colon, one of the best ships in the Spanish navy, with the torpedo boats is said to be necessary to their safety, as these little craft must have a convoy to come to their relief in case of severe weather and to help out their coal supply. Even with this assistance it is said the bo; ts will have a risky voyage. Spanish Navy in Bail Shape. LONDON, Jan. 29.—The Madrid Corrego, organ of the Carlisle, discussing the visit of the United States battle ship Maine to Havana, expresses the belief that the Spanish public is justifiably alarmed, adding: “Asa fact, it is the government itself which is seriously alarmed, though every effort is made to disguise it. In spite of the official statement of Admiral Cervaras, the admiral of the fleet, on Tuesday last (at a conference with the minister of marine, when he asserted that the recent evolutions had demonstrated the perfect condition of the Spanish fleet) Admiral Cervaras in reality reported that there was not a ship ready for service, that the vessels not actually In dry dock ought to be there, that many of the boilers were defective, that some ships were not yet armed and that most of the vessels require cleaning. In view of the perfidy of the United States, it is not surprising that such neglect and helplessness create alarm.” According to the same paper great importance is attached to the conference between M. Paten >tre, the French minister to Spain, and Senor Gullon, the Spanish minister for foreign affairs, who, it is said, discussed the action of the United States, "as it is well known that there is great alarm in France at the course of events. The fact that M. Patenotre is intimately conversant with United States affairs lends additional importance to the mattetv” Weyler to Be Dligraceii. MADRID, Jan." 29.—1 tis understood that the Supreme War Council will sentence Lieutenant General Weyler to two months' imprisonment, but that the government will grant him a pardon. Kiotou* Spanish Students. MADRID, Jan. 28.—The students made a dtgnonstrutlou to-day before the office* of

the Progresso. They stoned the windows, but were eventually driven away by the police. The demonstration which the students are organizing tor Monday will probably be suppressed. WILL KEEP THE AGREEMENT. The Hurlinicton Will \ot Kun Paster Trains than the Northwestern. CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Ever since the Northwestern road announced that it intended to place between Chicago and Denver, in connection with the Union Paciiic, anew train there have been all sorts of stories going the rounds as to what the Burlington intended to do in the' way of meeting the new competition. It was said that it w;is about to place a train between Chicago and Denver which would make the run in four hours less than the time now used by all the roads, and in other ways start a tighl against the Northwestern and the Union Pacific. General Passenger Agent Eustis, of the Burlington, to-day said that his road had no Intention of doing anything of the kind. The Burlington will, he said, make the same time as its competitors, and run just as fine trains, but any attempt to break in on the time agreement now existing between the roads between Chicago and Denver has not been thought of by the officials of the Burlington. Unless an agreement is reached by the Western roads next Tuesday in their meeting with the Canadian Pacific it is likely that the bottom will drop out of North Pacific coast rates entirely. As matters nowstand the rates to the Klondike are down to the basis of 1 cent per mile and a failure to come to some terms with the Canadian Pacific on the terms of its differentials will be almost sure to knock the.last prop from under the Alaska rates, and it is not at all likely that the regular tariffs of the roads will long stand out against the fight over the Alaska business that will ensue. The rates are now in a very bad condition and the chances seem to be that they will be worse before they are better. KaJtt-lloanit Shipment*. CHICAGO, Jan. 29. East-bound freight shipments for the week ending Jan. 27 amounted to t9,78d tons, against 83,369 tons last Week and 69,539 a year ago, divided among the different roads, as follows: Michigan Central, 7,800; Wabash, 8,497; I*ake Shore & Michigan Southern, 9,885; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne <& Chicago, 10,250; Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chicago <fc St. Louis, 9,174; Baltimore & Ohio, 2,594; Chicago & Grand Trunk, 8.831; New York. Chicago (fc St. Uouis. 6,900; Chicago & Erie, 8,876; Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland & St. Louis, 7,979. Cars for South Africa. BLOOMSBURG, Pa., Jan. 29. The Bloomsburg Car Manufacturing Company, of this city, has been awarded the contract to build one hundred gondola cars by the Orange Free State Railway Company, of South Africa. The works will also build for the same company fifteen passenger ears similar to an American passenger coach, except a little smaller. These will he the first cars of this description built in America for use in "Africa. Chief Engineer Pegrarn Resigns. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 29. George N. Pegram, chief engineer of the Union Pacific, has resigned, to take effect at once. He will become consulting engineer of the Manhattan elevated road of New York. Mr. Pegrarn left to-night for New York to assume his new duties. The Clover Leaf Cn*e. CINCINNATI, 0., Jan. 29.—A continuation of the arguments in the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad case (the Clover Leaf) was heard before Judge Taft, of the United States Circuit Court, to-day, but they were not finished, and no action was taken.

MISSOURI LIBEL LAW. —,... Xewmiaper Sustained in Its Criticism of un Alleged Lobby. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29.—T0-day the jury in* the libel suit of Charles B. Stark against the Republic rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant. Stark w-as the attorney of the old School Board, which was legislated out of existence last winter. The Republic Charged that the board’s attorney was at the head of a corrupt lobby at Jefferson City, opposing the reform measure. Stark brought suit for damages. In his instructions to the jury Judge Spencer clearly laid down the doctrine that when a public corporation or public body employs an agent to influence legislation it transcends its powers and commits an unlawful aot, which justifies the criticism that it and its agents are engaged in corrupt lobbying. The Republic had refused to compromise or take advantage of technical raetics, but maintained that it had told the truth and was justified in so doing. Judge Spencer, in his instructions, said: “While any individual is permitted and often is moved by his duty to present by way of nublication or public argument his views and opinions and reason for or against any measure pending before the Legislature of the State, this right belongs to him as a constituent part of the sovereignty, and cannot be employed by an individual action officially or by public officials while serving the people and intrusted only with certain duties, responsibilities and trusts. It is their duty to carry out the law within the limits of the powers conferred upon them and not otherwise to either persuade, direct or force legislation, or attempt to do so in regard to matters affecting their tenure of office, or duties relating thereto.” ARKANSAS RACE WAR. Reign of Terror In Lonoke County, and Negroes Fleeing from the l’luce. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 29.—'The situation as regards the race war in Lonoke county continues critical. According to trustworthy reports received he.*e to-day negroes are leaving there in droves and business is almost at a standstill. It is hard to get reliable information or anything like facts concerning the situation from the usual news sources at Lonoke, but people arriving here this afternoon assert that a reign of terror prevails, and affairs are in worse condition than told in these dispatches last night. A traveling salesman, well known in this State, came from Lonoke this afternoon. He says that old and peaceable negroes who have lived at Lonoke for years are taking their families and leaving town as fast as they can get away. The younger negroes are sulien and defiant. He said that there is a wellorganized movement among an element of whites to run all the negroes out. and that a meeting of white men was to have been held this afternoon at Lonoke to devise plans for carrying out this purpose. He left Lonoke just before this meeting assembled. Ki-Treuurer IlnuKnn'* Sentence. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 29.—A. C. Haugan, formerly city treasurer, was to-day sentenced to four months’ imprisonment in the county jail and to pay a SI,OOO fine. In ease the fine is not paid the sentence is to extend over another four months. Mr. Haugan will go directly to jail without appeal. His attorney pleaded in his behalf that the loss of the city’s money was due to its wretched financial system and to Mr. Haugan’s lack of rigid business qualities, but not to any intention of dishonesty. The court evidently took these mutters under consideration in imposing such a light sentence. New Way! Lame Made Happy! If you have a short limb, why use such unsightly, clumsy, high lifts or extensions as shown in above cuts marked “old style?’’ Gall at George J. Marott’s shoe store and see Mr. E. L. O’Connor, who is wearing his latest extension, patented January. 1896 (not old extension.) THIS NEW EXTENSION hides all deformity. Your limbs look the same ltngth: your feet, insteps and ankles look alike; you can wear ready-made shoes, no changing uppers as in old extension. You stand firm, walk easy. Those ordering at once will have the extension made and fitted by Mr. O’Connor before leaving the city. For price and Information inquire at Geo. J. Marott’s Shoe Store, tits iiutl 28 H. W ttfthiUKtoii St.

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