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Dewey’* present force amounts to 30.832 tons, whiie that of the German commander reaches 37,811. Rear Admiral Dewey s ships, however, are better armed than the German mer-of-war and their men have the advantage of having been under fire. The monitors Monterey and Monadnock are mainly serviceable for work in smooth water and if the German ships should start for the Pacific coast, as would be the case in the event of war, Rear Admiral Dewey would only have his protected cruisers and gunboats to depend upon. With two battle ships at his disposal, increasing the tonnage of his squadron to 52,359 tons, he would have a force with which the Germans or any other nation would not care to meet.” Dewey May Be Vice Admiral. NEW YORK. Sept. 15.—A dispatch to the Herald from Washington says: “Secretary Dong is expected to make special reference in his annual report to the operations of the Asiatic squadron and particularly to the conduct of Rear Admiral Dewey. Department officials generally believe the best is none too good for that officer and no surprise would be expressed if the secretary were to recommend that the grade of vice admiral be created in order that it might be filled by the appointment of Rear Admiral Dewey. As showing the faith put In Rear Admiral Dewey the department does not exact from him a statement concerning his doings, but Is satisfied to let him have a free hand and take such necessary action us he may deem proper. He is kept well advised of the international situation, particularly with reference to the Pacific, but the department has every confidence In his good judgment. There has been a great deal of talk In naval circles In favor of the proposition to create the grade of vice admiral and If Congress should take such action the President will confer it upon Rear Admiral Dewey.” COMING HOME. (Concluded from First Page.) ship ever came Into port with the same number of soldiers. Dr. Doty says that the Concha on this trip was the cleanest transport he had seen since the beginning of the ■war. There Is not a case of sickness on board. We had four men who were a little under the weather from the .roughness of the passage, hut the mere thought of getting back to the United States braced them up so completely that I was able to report truthfully a clean bill of health.” The Indianapolis battery brought all their equipment hack with them, except the horses, and during the afternoon the men were kept busy taking it from the transport and loading it on to a special train on the Pennsylvania Railroad. • ♦ GENERAL WILSON'S DISPATCH. War Department Notified of tbe Arrival of the Concha. WASHINGTON. Sept. 15.—The following telegram was received at the War Department to-day from Major General Wilson, dated (Quarantine, S. I.: "Off quarantine with transport Concha. The following troops are aboard, all being well: Myself and staff of First Division, First Corps and Sixth Corps, seventeen officers, seventeen headquarters clerks and orderlies; detachment United States Engineers, Company C, twer.ty-seven men;' artillery battalion, field and staff, two officers, three men; Battery A, Missouri Volunteers, three officers, 155 men; Battery A, Twentyseventh Indiana Volunteers, four officers, 164 men; Battery B. Pennsylvania Volunteers, three officers, 164 men; four officers as passengers; total, 33 officers, 530 men. Names of officers, corps and division staff: General Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel Bliss, Majors McMlchael, Craig, Carlton, Varnedoe, llolye and Woodbury; Captains Allison, Hewitt, Gardner, Breckinridge, Datrobe, Lamar and Elkins; Lieutenants Black and Tjtus. Unattached officers: Col. Eugene Griffin, First Volunteer Engineers; Lieutenant Colonel Black, of General Miles’s staff; Lieutenant Colonel Burpee, Judge advocate; Contract Surgeon West. Artillery officers: Major Rodney, Captains Rumbold, Curtis; Lieutenants EJchenlaub, Weber, Gerard, Johnson, Marks, Cross, Eno, Callan; Contract Surgeon Haskins.” Another Transport Arrive*. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-The United States transport Alamo, from Ponce, Porto Rico, arrived at quarantine this morning. The Alamo sailed from Ponce on Sept. 8 at 6:30 p. m., having on board the following volunteers: Companies F, G and H, Second Wisconsin, five officers, 300 men; Battery A, First Illinois, three officers, seventy men; Company H, First District of Columbia, two officers, llfty-nine men; Battery C, Pennsylvania Artillery, two officers, 166 men; unattached, si* officers, fifty men; civilian employes, thirty meti. The troops will be delivered at Jersey City and there take trains for home. There were no deaths on board during the voyage. All the mtn are well and in good spirits.

THE BATTERY RECEPTION. Meeting; of Committee* Tliut Have Charge of the Affutr. This afternoon a special meeting of the ladies’ auxiliary of the Twenty-seventh Battery will be held at the Commercial Club at 2:30 o'clock to arrange the .final details of the reception to Battery A at Tomlinscyi Hall on the arrival of the battery. Mrs. R. O. Hawkins urges that all ladies Interested in the demonstration to the battery boys be on hand. Last night there w r as a meeting of the citizens’ committee that has been looking after the reception at Mayor Taggart’s office in the Grand Hotel. At that time it was not known definitely when the battery would arrive, although it was expected at noon to-morrow. The committee is anxious to have It arrive between 2 and 3 o’clock in the afternoon that the plans for its reception may be carried out. There Is to be another meeting to-day. It was decided last night that the German Veterans’ Battery should be asked to fire a salute from the east end of the Union Station when the train bearing the Twentyseventh Battery draws into sight. When the train reaches the Belt the German battery will fire five shots to announce the coming of the Indianapo ... boys. A special train bearing the memlws of the Indianapolis Light Artillery who could not join old Battery A and a number of other people will go to Richmond to meet the artillerymen. OBITUARY. Dr. Samuel Eltot, Former President of Trinity College. BEVERLY, Mass , Sept. 15.—Dr. Samuel Eliot, former president of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., is dead at Beverly farms, aged seventy-eight years. Dr, Eliot was a notable contributor to literature. His first published work was “Passages from the History of Liberty.” Mr. Eliot also published a “Manual of United States History” and "The Life and Times of Savanarola.” and had written articles for various periodicals. He was appointed professor of history and political science In Trinity College, Hartford, in 1856, and was president of that institution from iB6O to 1866. Later he was superintendent of the Boston public schools. He was a grandson of Samuel Eliot, who founded the Eliot professorship in Harvard University, and a cousin of President Eliot. Gen. .lame* Jeuzen Dana. KEENE, N. H., Sept. 15.-Gen. James Jensen Dana died in this city to-day after a short illness. He went through the civil war, rising to the rank of brigadier general In the quartermaster's department. After the war lie served in New Mexico, Arizona and Nebraska, and was placed on the retired list in 1884. The remains w ill be taken to Washington for interment in Arlington Cemetery with military honors. Rtrlinrd Bu*teed. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Richard Busteed, once a noted lawyer and politician. Is dead in this city. He was appointed a brigadier feneral of volunteers in 1862 by President Ancoln, and was In command of a brigade at the battle of Yorktown. Subsequently he was appointed by President Lincoln to be United States district judge of Alabama, lie resigned this office in 1874. GUmau Clieney. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Gilman Cheney, president of the Canadian Express ComImny, and a Pacific coast forty-niner, is lead In Montreal, agtd seventy-six years. Nebraska Banker Killed, OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 15.—Geo. E. Cheney, * well-known banker of Crete, Neb., walked Into the elevator shaft at the Drexel Hotel to-night and was killed by the fall. The elevator conductor had gone up, neglecting to clone the door.

OPPOSING JUDGE JUMP TERRE HAUTE LABOR UNION WILL RESENT ALLEGED OFFENSE. Illinois Man Find* Hl* Rnnavrny Daughter at Logan spurt—Dr. S. D. Ayres, of Marion, Dead. * Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 13.-The Federal Labor Union, mostly composed of employes of the brewery, Is demanding the discharge of Superintendent Burke, of the street-railway company, and the demand is accompanied with a threat to oppose Receiver Jump In his candidacy for judge of the Superior Court on the Democratic ticket. On Labor day a car was run into the procession of the workingmen, it is said, by order of Superintendent Burke. He says it caused only momentary annoyance and was wholly unintentional. The Federal Labor Union took it as an affront and has been calling on Receiver Jump to discharge Burke. The union claims to have a pledge signed by five hundred voters not to vote for Judge Jump if Burke be not discharged. INDIANA OBITUARY. Dr. Stephen D. Ayres, Aged Physician of Marion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Sept. 15.—Dr. Stephen D. Ayres, aged eighty-seven, one of the pioneers of Grant county, died this morning. He was born In Morristow’n, N. J., in 1811 and came to this county in 1838. He had lived fifty years in the house in which he died. He was one of the founders of the Grant County Medical Society, which recently celebrated its semi-centennial anniversary. He retired from active practice years ago. Edward B. Lapping. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Sept. 15.—Edward B. Lapping, for several years cashier of the Second National Bank, died to-day after an illness of several months, of paresis. He was forty-two years old, and leaves a wife and two sons. He leaves an estate of $50,000. Other Death* In the State. ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 15.—Mrs. James McGraw, aged seventy-four, born in Kerry county, Ireland, died in this city to-day. Mrs. McGraw and her husband moved to this city in 1855 and were the best known of the pioneers. Among the children is Mrs. James Cavanaugh, of indianapous. DUBLIN, Ind., Sept. 15.—Mrs. Bertha E. Champe, aged thirty-five, the wife of I.<eonard Champe, died at noon to-day of consumption. She was the daughter of Mr. S. O. Leeson, a well-known capitalist and contractor of Elwood, Ind. Funeral Saturday. BEDFORD, Ind., Sept. 15.—Mrs. William Henderson, aged eighty, one of the pioneers of this county, is dead. She leaves a husband, with whom sbe had lived sixty-three year s.

LOCAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. Seventy-Second Annual Session of Indianapolis Association. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN, Ind., Sept. 15.—The seventysecond annual session of the Indianapolis Baptist Association met in connection with the East Union Church, in Shelby county, six miles southeast of Acton, this week. In the absence of Moderator C. F. West, Rev. R. N. Cline acted as chairman. The introductory sermon was by Rev. H. B. Benninghoff, of Franklin College. About $2,300 was contributed during the year for home church expenses by the eight active churches of the association. In the reorganization, Rev. J. G. Colter was chosen moderator, and Harry B. Benninghoff was re-elected clerk and treasurer. Rev. J. R. llenry, of Southport, preached the missionary sermon. The feature of the Wednesday morning session wa3 the doctrinal sermon by Rev. R. N. Cline. At the afternoon session, a strong plea was made for temperance. Among those present from a distance were S. C. Fulmer, of the Home Mission Society; C. H. McDowell, of Indianapolis; R. N. Harvey, of Pecksburg; J. R. Henry, of Southport. The session adjourned last night to meet the second Tuesday of next September at Brookfield Church. German M. E. Conference. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 15.—The Central German M. E. Conference got down to business to-day. Four candidates were elected to elders’ order. The Rock River’ Conference was granted equal lay representation in the General Conference. Rev. J. F. Froeschle, of Quincy addressed the conference on behalf of the Old People’s Home. Bishop Warren presides. RUNAWAY DAIGH’IER CAUGHT. Mi Mi Littlejohn Eloped from Farmer City with a Harried Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Sept. 15.—Bert Woodruff and Miss Jessie Littlejohn, both of Farmer City, 111., were arrested in this city this afternoon on information from the girl’s parents. Woodruff is a married man and a blacksmith by trade. Miss Littlejohn is the seventeen-year-okl daughter of Dr. H. C. Littlejohn, a wealthy and prominent physician of Farmer City. The two left Illinois last Saturday in a buggy and drove to this place by easy stages. The girl’s father arrived here this evening and will return with his daughter, for whose arrest he had offered a reward of SIOO. Woodruff will be held until requisition papers can fie secured. CADWALLADER CORNERED. One of the Union City Bank Looter* ( aught In California. STOCKTON, Cal., Sept. 15.—Charles H. Cadwaliader, alias “E. H. Wilber,” charged with embezzling funds of the Union City Bank of Indiana, was arrested here last Sunday on instructions received from the Indiana officials. Sheriff Cunningham, of this city, has been working on the case for some time. Cadwaliader says he will go East without the formality of being extradited, but he has engaged attorneys in this city. He has been a trusted employe of the California Navigation Company lor some time past. A dispatch from Sacramento say3 the Governor has just received requisition papers from Indiana’s Governor for the return of Charles D. Cadwaliader. the absconding cashier of the Union City Bank, under arrest at Stockton, Cal. Valuable Oil Lea*e* Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TOLEDO, 0., Sept. 15.—Ludwig & McDonald, of this city, yesterday disposed of their Indiana oil interests to Mr. Robert Mooney, a well-known Eastern operator. The property consists of 1,250 acres under lease, fifteen producing w’ells, with a daily production of 225 barrels. In the sale is the famous Leonard farm of 160 acres, with nine producing wells, located in Washington township, Blackford county, several miles west from Montpelier. McDonald and Mooney both left last night for Montpelier, where the property w r iil be transferred. The consideration was $38,000. The property is among the best in the field. McDonald still retains a large interest in the field with Mack Watts, they having Just secured a two-hundred-barrel gusher on the Compton property, in Jackson tow-nship. Wells county. In the Ohio field yesterday the Ohio Oil Company secured a five-hundred-barrel producer on the Coons farm, near North Baltimore, in Wood county. Taylor \Vun a Character. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., Sept 15.—William Taylor, a veteran policeman, died here Wednesday evening of a complication of diseases. He was one of the most interesting characters in this vicinity and has had a turbulent career. He saved more lives and was engaged in more fist fights than any man in town. Taylor was a giant in strength, perfectly fearless and was kindhearted and gentle. Two years ago in selfdefense he was forced to kill John Tucker, a desperate character. This fact worried him much that It doubtless hastened his

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death. He w'as seventy-five years old and for a week before his ueath never tasted food. Democratic Scheme In the Fourth. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NORTH VERNON, Ind., Sept. 15.-A petition is being circulated In this county requesting the State Board of Election Commissioners to place on the ticket the name of a Prohibition candidate for Congress In the Fourth congressional district. The petition contains the names of several ardent Democrats, and a Democratic scheme is evidently on foot to get the name of a Prohibition candidate on the ticket, with a view of furthering the interests of Representative Francis M. Griffith. The holder of the petition stated that similar petitions were being circulated in each county of this district. Embezzled the Miner*' Fund*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CLINTON, Ind., Sept. 15.—Robert Hunter, corresponding secretary of the Clinton local of the Federation of United Mine Workers, was arrested to-night, charged with embezzling funds belonging to the order. Hunter collected the per capita tax, and it is claimed spent the money, which he was instructed to send to the national organization. Hunter admits his guilt, but claims he was drunk and did not know what he was doing. Three Men Wulk Out of Jail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Sept. 15.—There was a jail delivery here early this morning and three men are at liberty with no prospect of their recapture. The fugitives are James Fisk, Charles Pyle and Joseph Grossnlckle. Careful examination showed that the doors and windows had not been tampered with and the walls, ceiling and floor were without a crack. Someone must have let the prisoners out and then relocked the doors again. Officer* of Knights of St. John. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Sept. 15.—The general offices of the Knights of St. John of the Fourth district have been moved to Elwood for the next five years, this city having captured the three most important offices, as follows: John Finan, colonel; William Short, senior major; Father Bffigel, chaplain. The local knights are completing elaborate preparations for the district meeting to be held here the last Sunday in October. Murdered In a Saloon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Sept. 15.—The report was received here this evening that Harry Karr has died from injuries received in Mont Manley’s saloon at Geneva Saturday night. Karr got Into a fight in the saloon and was beaten up with a baseball bat. He lay unconscious for many hours, but rallied, and has since died. It is also stated that Manley has left Geneva. Karr formerly lived at Monroe, but has of late been malting his home in Mercer county, Ohio. De*|ientdo Lewi* Arre*ted. to the Indianapolis Journal. CLINTON, Ind., Sept. 15.—Tom Lewis, the desperado, who a few months ago shot Joe Hill, a colored coal miner, at the Tory camp, two miles north of this city, was arrested by Sheriff Roberts and Deputy Aikman at Geneva lake this evening. He was taken direct to New’port, where he will remain in jail until court convenes next month. Daninse Suit -Against Springer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 15.—. Joseph Phillips, father of Jennie Phillips, to-day brought a $5,000 suit for damages against George E. Springer, probably the most prominent lumber man in eastern Indiana. Sensational charges in which the girl is involved are the basis of the action. Springer denounces it as blackmail.

Dr. Thompson Indicted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 15.—'The grand jury has returned an indictment against Dr. W. L. Thompson, a prominent young physician of Mooresville, for performing a criminal operation on Miss Laura Brooks, causing her death last Friday. Dr. Thompson was placed under $2,500 bond. VVnise Committee Called to PittHburg. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Sept. 15.—W. B. Rosenbaum, of this city, a member of the wage committee of the Window-glass Cutters’ League of America, was notified this evening that there would be a wage conference with the manufacturers' committee at Pittsburg next Tuesday. Lawyer* Defeat Preacher*. Social to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTEi, Ind., Sept. 15.—The lawyers defeated the preachers by a score of 10 to 5 in the ball game to-day for the benefit of Union Hospital. The attendance w-as small, as few persons thought the game would be played on account of the stormy weather. Indiana Note*. David Hill, of Frankfort, has been appointed a deputy collector of internal revenue by Collector Henry. Samuel Swarner, of Jay county, died Wednesday night from being kicked by a horse at Gettysburg, O. His body was brought to Portland last night. The old settlers of Wayne, Fayette and Henry counties held a reunion in the grove of Elias Simmons, near Dublin, yesterday. Dinner was served to all over seventy years. The Eastern Star Chapter, of Elwood, Wednesday night gave a tri-county social affair, the chapters of Alexandria, Tipton, Kokomo, Frankton and Anderson being present. Mary Lease, the Kansas orator, has been engaged by the Indiana Spiritualist Association as one of their speakers for the coming year. It is claimed that she has recently been converted. The annual reunion of the survivors of Company D. Twenty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, will meet on the farm of Captain J. J. Johnson, near Bedford, where a grand dinner is prepared for them each year. CRY OF CUBANS. (f’oncliuled from Firxt Page.) request that an armed force be sent to Manzanillo. This request will not be compiled with, as Manzanillo is outside the territory embraced by the terms of capitulation. Capt. D. J. E. Farnhamfleld, quartermaster, learned several days ago from Cubans that two rapid-fire guns formerly used by tbe Spaniards were concealed near the city. He succeeded in discovering their whereabouts. His informants fear Cuban resentment, as it is believed that the guns were hidden by members of the Cuban army. One gun was found in a dilapidated house in the outskirts of the city. The other was where the Spaniards had evidently left it when they were routed from Purzon, in the vicinity of San Juan hill. It had been placed amid thick bushes and had been painted green as a further protection against discovery. Probably this is the hitherto unlocated gun that did such havoc among the Second Massachusetts Volunteers. Both guns apparently had been taken from the Spanish war ships, as a portion of deck tackle was lying near each. They were delivered to the ordnance department this morning. Colonel Sargent’s Fifth regular infantry has reported to General Wood Its readiness to enter at once upon its garrison duty. Colonel Hood’s regiment broke camp to-day at Alameda, where it has been stationed since It arrived a month ago, and removed to anew station on the San Luis Railroad at the town of Alta Sango, eighteen miles north of Santiago. The condition of the regiment in the matter of health is much improved, a little over one hundred only remaining on the sick roll. The site of the new camp is at an elevation of a thousand feet above the sea—a beautiful plateau among the mountains, where the water is excellent. A large force of Cubans now In the vicinity of the new < amp Is impatient to be dismissed from service. With the exception of the Massachusetts, which will sail in a few days, all the government boats have left Santiago harbor. The Segurancia and Mateo departed yesterday. To-day the tug Triton left, towing the transport Cumberland, the tug Underwriter towing the Laura and the Tarpon towing the Suwanee. NOT AS BLACK AS PAINTED. General Wheeler Speak* Well of the Cnlmn Soldier*. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—1n an interview' in this city Gen. Joseph Wheeler said: "The character of the Cubans has been somewhat misrepresented. They are by no means a* black as they are painted. As far as I havs come to know, they are tractable and

permit themselves to be reasoned with. It is merely a question of knowing how to handle them. You have got to make everything plain to them and appeal to their common sense. It must be borne In mind that their ways of thinking are entirely different from ours and they look on things in an entirely different light, but once they understand that what we intend to do is for their good, they will hardly cause us any trouble. Take, for instance, the way the Cubans behaved before the battle of La Luisama. We had Intended to have them co-operate with us and Informed the Cuban officers of our intentions. In consequence of some misunderstanding the forces we expected they would place at our disposal did not arrive in time, but instead two hundred men under General Castillo put in an appearance and the latter announced that he was ready to go into the fight with us, but he wanted to place his men in the front. I pointed out to him that this would be impracticable and asked the men, for instance, if they should receive orders from their general to go to Sihoney, and General Chaffee, who commanded the brigade, should order otherwise, whom thev would obey, and they replied they would follow their general. I showed them that this would result in a conflict of authority, which w r ould do us more harm than good, and finally I succeeded in making them as docile and tractable as they could be. All they need is fair treatment and good diplomatic argument and we shall have no trouble. “The administration has been seriously considering the question of enlisting Cubans for the United States army, and I am quite in favor of the idea. I think they would make good soldiers with a little training under American officers and once they become like American soldiers they can be relied on to take care of Cuba themselves. Os course, at present, they are not fit to govern and they will have no opportunity of doing so.” STEAMER AURANIA DISABLED. Reported Off the South Coast of Ireland Yesterday in Tow, QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 15.—The Cunard line steamer Aurania, from New York on Sept. 6, for Liverpool, has been reported off the south coast of Ireland disabled and in tow. The White Star line steamer Teutonic, which left here this afternoon on her way to New York from Liverpool, sighted the Aurania southwest of Browhead. It was with difficulty that her signals could be distinguished on account of the fog. The Teutonic then altered her course in order to report at the Audian signal station. It is believed the Aurania will in all probability head for this port. It is surmissed the International line steamer Russia, which was due here this morning, is towing the Aurania. There has been some anxiety regarding the Aurania. as she was forty hours overdue. She should arrive here to-morrow morning. Movement* of Steamer*. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Arrived: Germanic, from Liverpool; Fuerst Bismarck and Palatia, from Hamburg; Amsterdam, from Amsterdam; Koeningen Luiz, from Bremen; Peninsular, from Lisbon. ROTTERDAM, Sept. 15.—Arrived: Werkendam, from New York. Sailed: Rotterdam, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 15,-Arrived: Auguste Victoria, from New York. QUEENSTOWN. Sept. 15.-Sailed: Teutonic, for New York. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Sept. 15.-Sailed: Switzerland, for Antwerp. GENOA. Sent ’S.—Sailed: Kaiser 'Wilhelm 11, for New York. BREMEN, Sept. 15.—Arrived. Lahn, from New York. A WOMAN’S TRIPLE CRIME. Kills Her I.over and Hi* Child and Commit* Suicide. T.OTTISVILLE, Ky„ Sept. 15 —Joseph E. Villier, a street-car motorman, his two-year-old child and a woman named Nellie McGuffin, were found dead in a room in the Enterprise Hotel at 8 o’clock this morning. From notes left by the woman It was learned that she had first given her paramour and his child morphine in sherry wine, but, fearing that this would not be effective, had shot Villier, through the right temple and then turned the revolver upon herself, death being instantaneous in each case. The child was already dead from the effects of the drug. Villier was a motorman for the Louisville City Railway Company and was twenty-six years old. He was a widower, the child being that of his lawfully wedded wife. The woman was a domestic, who had once been employed by Villier.

HOISTED BY ITS OWN PETARD. Schooner Accidcntn lly Blown l'p Daring; n Test of Torpedoes. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 15.—During a test of Cunningham torpedoes in Priest’s cove, near here, to-day‘the experiment schooner Freeman was blown up by an explosion of a projectile and sunk. A dozen men were on board of her at the time, but all escaped serious injury. The men were rescued by a boat. The cause of the explosion is a mystery. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES William James Hammond was hanged at Brace Bridge, Ont., yesterday for the murder of his wife. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will hold next year’s convention at Detroit, Mich. The Russian minister of finance, M. De Witte, has arrived at Berlin for the purpose of effecting anew Russian loan with German bankers. The Argentine minister at Paris says the boundary dispute between Chile and Argentina will be submitted to the arbitration of Queen Victoria. Arthur Hoffman, a Pine Hill (N. Y.) blacksmith, murdered his wife and killed himself yesterday. Jealousy is believed to have led to the double tragedy. The flfty-llrst annual session of the Independent Order of Good Samaritans of America is in session at Cleveland. The objects of the society are mutual benefit and the promotion of temperance. The National. Colored Baptist Association has decided to enter the missionary lield in Cuba immediately. It has been decided to appoint two members of the church to go to Cuba before the year is out and make the necessary preliminary arrangements. The George Washington Memorial Association, the .object of which is to found a national university in Washington, held its first meeting under its new charter at the Raleigh Hotel, Washington, yesterday. John Clark Ridpath, HE. D., is historian, and David Starr Jordan, Boland Stanford University, is a member of the advisory council. The Spaulding Machine Screw Company, of Buffalo. went into the hands of a receiver yesterday, preparatory to voluntary dissolution. The company was incorporated five years ago, with a capital stock of $300,OtW, to manufacture bicycle parts. The attorney for the company stated that the assets were about $150,000 and the liabilities, outside of the capital stock, $300,000. Possible Double Murder. PITTSBURG, Pa.. Sept. 15.—What may prove a double murder took place on Mount Oliver late to-night. John Stein, who lives with his sister, Mrs. Nicholas Denmarsh, went into her saloon and asked for a drink. His sister refused the drink because Stein was drunk. This enraged the man and he fired his revolver at his sister but missed her. Policeman Conrad Sill was passing at the moment and tried to arrest Stein, who turned his gun on the officer. A fusillade followed, Stein getting four bullets in the abdomen. Sill was shot once in the abdomen. once in the neck and a third time in the shoulder. Both men are in the hospital and will probably die. Senator Kyle Improving;. CLEVELAND, 0., Sept. 15.—The condition of Senator James H. Kyle, of South Dakota, who was stricken with paralysis at the Forest City Hotel here yesterday, was much improved to-day and Dr. Herrick, his physician. stated the senator would probably be up and able to travel w T ithin two weeks. He is fully conscious and is resting comfortably. The par.oysis was caused by the bursting of a blood vessel at the base of the brain. Mrs. Kyle is expected to arrive here soon. Japan Buying American Cara. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 15.—An order has been received by the St. Louis Car Company for 250 street cars for the Japanese Company. The order which was filed calls for the completion and shipment of the cars within the next ninety days. The amount to be paid for the cars is $300,000. The Yellow Mill Pond Myatery. BRIDGEPORT. Conn., Sept. 15.—There has been no solution as yet of the Yellowr mill pond mystery. There have been numer-

ous alleged identifications, none of which has been accepted as conclusive. 'The latest is by a young woman who refuses to give the police her name, but who professed to be sure that the dismembered corpse was that of a young married woman, named Nellie Smith, daughter of an artist named Lauckerey, of this city, and who is said to have disappeared two weeks ago. DIARY OF A SUICIDE. A Splritunlist’* Determined and SuecenMful Effort to End His Life. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 15.—The dead body of Fred Langsdorff, aged forty-four years, a bookbinder and SpirituaJist, has been found on the bank of the Kaw at a point near Armourdale, Kan. He had committed suicide after taking a drachm of morphine, a drachm of prussic acid, in small quantities, covering a period of four days, then opening the veins of his arm. During the four days he ate and drank only a pint of river water. Langsdorff’s suicide was a most w r onderful show of nerve and determination. An ante-mortem statement of the suicide, found in a little notebook beside the dead body, toll how he had on Wednesday, Sept. 7, between 2 and 3 o’clock in the afternoon, taken several grains of morphine and sat down under a tree to await death. In the notebook is given a minute account of his feelings after swallowing the drug, and his happiness at being so near the “other side,” which he calmly dilates upon. Thursday a notation tells of the suicide's regret and wonder at the poison not having taken effect, and of the increased doses which he has taken. A line or two on Friday repeats his regret at his inability to kill himself and of more poison taken. On Saturday he has, he says, taken thirty grains of morphine and sixty grains of prussic acid, and, this amount of poison having failed to do its work, he will open the veins of his arm with a bookbinders’ cutting tool which he had. There the writing ended. When Langsdorff’s body was finally found, where it had lain for hours, everything indicated that he had gone through what his ghastly diarv related. No cause for the act is known. DYNAMITE GUN EXPLODES. Caban Inventor Receives Injuries Which May Prove Fatal. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—While trying a new dynamite gun invented by himself Alfred La Rosa, a Cuban, living at Arrochar, Staten island, was probably fatally injured this afternoon. Some time ago Mr. La Rosa, who was closely identified with Cuban revolutionary affairs, had been experimenting with a dynamite gun designed for field work. He had attained considerable success, and at the close of the war he offered his invention, which he had intended to present to the Cuban army, to the United States government. It was to have been tested officially at Sandy Hook this afternoon. It was while giving it a preliminary trial that the gun exploded on the second shot. Mr. La Rosa received a compound fracture of the jaw, and is believed to be internally injured. TOD SLOANE SAILS. Gets n Mneli Attention as a Big Statesman Going- Abroad. New York Journal. Tod Sloane, the jockey prince, sailed yesterday to begin his second season in England. where his riding last year won him a loading position on the English turf. ‘He went or the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, which will leave him at Southampton early next week. “Charlie” Quinn accompanies him on the voyage. Sloane, faultlessly attired and looking as fresh as paint after a farewell dinner of the night before, drove with a party of friends from the Hotel Imperial to the ferry. He was in good spirits, and talked with his customary positiveness and that quiet dignity which his rivals call his "sassiety" manner. “I shall put up at the Hotel Cecil, as I did last year.” he said. “I am engaged to ride for Lord William Beresford. I expect to get outside mounts, too. of course. I had a good many, if you remember, when I was over there before. “After the English season is finished I do not know- exactly what I shall do. W r hether I shall stay there or come hack depends upon circumstances. I shall take what offers the best money returns. I have been treated most satisfactorily by Mr. I’aget. and it would not be surprising if I should return and sign with him.” So W. C. Whitney's stable, it is possible, will have the first call upon Sloane’s services.. Sloane had spent Monday in a series of P. P. C. calls upon a host of friends. In the evening he gave a dinner In his suite at the Imperial, to which this group of his friends was hidden: Arthur Lewis. “Ed” Gaines, who was with him in Europe in 1897, Sidney Paget. .George E. Smith. “Billy” Hayes. Frank Brow-n. W. Fliescnmann, Riley Grannan. S. Miller Kent. James and Charles Quinn, and Thomas Shannon. With his numerous bags and boxes on board, Sloane found also several boxes of flowers. The lamented Archer was no greater a public hero than this hundredweight of science. nerves and good manners. When Tod Sloane went to England last year, the premier rider of the American turf, he had his name to make on the other side. Not many believed that his peculiar style of riding could win against that which experience and tradition had proved to be the best for English jockeys, bred to the game. Moreover, training is almost a religion there, and the Hoosier played all sorts of tricks with himself. He ate and drank what he liked, and nobody could tell him when to go to bed.

But when the American, riding with his midget form “hunched” away over the withers and neck of his mount, his slight, nervous figure seeming to be a part of the horse’s energy, began to win three and four races a day, the British turf critics experienced a change of heart. Some of the jockeys even began to imitate his style, which also attained the dignity of cartoons in Punch. So Tod got the pick of the mounts and the pick of company, too. For the noble lords and fine men whom the turf brings to a common level saw and recognized in this American youngster a man of their own sort and took to him. A Yankee to the marrow of his backbone, no one attempted a patronizing position toward him. With the rich fees that he earned he lived sumptuously and in the best of “form” at the Hotel Cecil, in a suite of luxurious apartments. He smoked cigars made for a spendthrift Russian prince. He had a valet and dressed like a “toss.” He talked world politics, history, men and manners with peers and statesmen. ‘He was, in a word, a man of the world, whose profession happened to be that of winning races. Ho went to Deepdene, Lord William Beresford’s place, as the latter's guest for the shooting. A gunbarrel burst in his hands, and came within an ace of stopping his career right there. Lord William Beresford called out, when it was seen that no harm had been done, “Can't you be satisfied with forty brace without trying to bag yourself?” Which shows that riding true is not the only thing Sloane can do well. He paid Paris and Monte Carlo a visit. A California system at roulette enabled him to pay expenses at Monaco and take $6,000 away. His season in England finished at Manchester, where he rode Manxman to victory in the Saturday Welter handicap amid throaty Lancashire cheers for the “little Yank.” He got such a hearty farewell from the typical British turf crowd as proved the popularity he had won by pluck and skill and “head work,” which, in his opinion, wins the battle. All this did not turn bis head. He came back the same serious student of his art as he went away. There was a lot of talk last -winter of his canceling his American contracts and going back to ride for the Prince of Wales. This story was denied positively as often as it was renewed. In the season just finished Tod Bloane has held his own, although Jockey Maher, who has been in more races, can count more wans. Maher has come in first 120 times to Sloan’s 113, but he had 371 mounts to Tod’s 2*lo. Maher was “one-" wo-three” in 231 races to Sloar.e’s 201, but Sloane was unplaced only fifty-nine times to Maher’s 140. The percentages are in favor of Sloane. His winnings include the Brooklyn Handicap, in which he rode Ornament home in the van. He rode four more winners that day. Two affairs stand out In the chronicles of Tod Sloane's spring and summer at home. The little jockey was elected by the gossips to the position of husband-to-be to Edna Wallace Hopper upon her divorce from the comic opera star. Mrs. Hopper spoiled that romance by announcing her betrothal to—her art. The other matter was an attack of appendicitis. which sent apprehension of Sloane’s demise through stable and betting ring. The little jockey was indeed in evil case, for he had a temperature of 1031s. and a feeling as if a horseshoe, red hot. had squeezed itself into his vermiform appendix. The surgeon talked of the knife, but Tod gave him the slip, leaving his Sheepshead Bay quarters by night and hastening to Lake Champlain in order to be where the air is pure. The outcome of this trifling affair proved not to be serious or Tod Sloane might not be on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to-day. Democratic Keglcct. St. Louts Globe-Democrat. What is called neglect in the army is chiefly the result of Democratic neglect of the army.

A MIDNIGHT MURDER CHRISTIAN WILHARM SHOT WHILE ENTERING HIS HOME. Burglary the Only Theory for the Murder—Had Been Calling: on His Sweetheart. Christian Wilharm, twenty-three years old, employed at the I„ D. & W. shops, met death last night while entering his home at 1450 Spruce street, living only fifteen minutes after receiving a bullet in his body, presumably from a revolver in the hands of a burglar whom he had surprised at his work. Wilharm had spent the evening at the home of Miss Maggie Overfield on Virginia avenue, leaving there to return home about 11:30 o’clock. It has been customary for his father to leave the rear door of the house optn for the convenience of the son, and last night it is supposed he walked around to the rear of the house on his way to his room, as he had done many times before. He opened the outside door only to be met by two shots fired in quick succession by someone secreted in the house. The reports of the pistol awakened his father, who rushed to the rear of the house to ascertain the l -ason for the tumult. The first sight to rr.- ?t his eyes was the figure of his son staggering through the door with blood dripping from his wounds. Wilharm had barely enough strength left to enable him to stagger Into the arms of his father before he fell exhausted, and before a physician could arrive he was dead. The police were at once notified of the murder, and in the meantime an investigation of the premises was made to ascertain if possible who had fired the fatal shots. One of the side windows of the house was found to be open, and beneath it stood a chair, indicating that this was the point of ingress chosen by the murderous intruder. Only three weeks ago the house w T as burglarized in a similar manner, without, however, profiting the robbers much, and it is supposed that the burglar of last night, after effecting an entrance, began to systematically ransack the house, thinking everyone in bed, and when surprised by Wilharm fired the shots in the desperate hope of making good his escape. THE BURGLAR THEORY.

The Wilharm home is far removed from the thickly populated part of the city, with the broad grounds of the German General Protestant Orphans’ Home in front and across the street, and large commons cn either side. Young Wilharm, when he returned from his call last night, returned as usual through a gate in the rear of the yard. It was thought once last night that his footprints could be made out in the search for the tracks made by the fleeing intruder, but so many had passed through the yard in the meantime that no clew in this direction could be obtained. That the shots were fired by a burglar is evident be--3 ond much doubt. In the afternoon the women folks of the house had been washing, and had left the tubs full of water setting on old chairs in the rear of the house. One of these tubs had been removed and the water turned cut on the well-worn dirt path. The chair was then taken to the side window which led into the living room of the house. This room is the farthest removed from the bed chambers and the burglar was less apt to disturb any of the sleeping family. The window here had been raised and by means of the chair he was able to crawl in. It is supposed that he had not been at his work long when he was unexpectedly Interrupted by young Wilharm as nothing was missed and the table in the dining room was the only object disturbed. The intruder was evidently unable to make a retreat through his means of entering and to save detection shot the approaching man. Young Wilharm had only entered the door and it was still open when the shots were tired. The murderer then evidently pushed passed the wounded victim and made his escape through the open door. The family were roused by the two shots in quick succession and wasted no time in calling the police. Detectives Asch and Power, with the patrolmen of that district were soon on the scene and efforts were being made to get a clew as to the perpetrator of the deed. The young man had remained conscious only long enough to say: "O papa: I’m shot.” and his folks were prostrated at his death. The chair was found at the window and a search was made of the premises and different paths lcadinc to the house for signs of the murderer’s hasty retreat but without avail. On the south a large commons, muddy from the recent rains, was filled with tracks which people had made through the day. The garden patch to the north revealed no signs of travel, and no one could be found who had seen any person go either in or out of the yard. Within the house there was as poor a field for detective work. Nothing could be found by which the supposed burglar might be Identified. and the young man was reported to have no enemies who might be led to commit the crime for revenge. He was apparently the only suitor for the hand of the girl he had been calling on and there could he no motive there for anybody attacking him. It is also suggested that a man looking for revenge or wishing to get him out of the way would not incur the danger of entering the house when he might have the same opportunity on the deserted highway. DISTRESS OF THE FAMILY. The scene within the house after the man had been laid carefully upon his mother’s bed was pathetic in the extreme. The mother, almost in hysterics, was moaning and crying by his side, and the father walked the floor in the adjoining room, shedding bitter tears. In one corner a little sister was seated, quietly crying, and a smaller brother vainly tried to comfort the grief-stricken parents. An older sister was so affected that she was unable to shed tears, but walked the floor, and would now and then drop into a chair, where she would gaze, dry-eyed, into space. ' When the news of the murder was conveyed to Miss Overfield she came at once to the house and sank weeping beside the bed on which her lover lay, dead and cold. She cried out and then rose to leave the room, but fainted at the door. She remained unconscious for a quarter of an hour and it was feared for a time that she was in a serious condition. She was finally restored. however, by the doctor who was called, but was unable to throw any light on the tragedy. Wilharm had left her a little after 11 o’clock and was in the best of spirits. The coroner was notified, but at an eariy hour had not arrived. The physician who was called, however, made an examination of the bo'dy and was able to detect but ene wound. A small hole was found in the center of his chest, and it is supposed that the shot touched his heart. An examination was also made of his clothing in the hope of finding a letter or other paper to throw some light on the affair. A thorough search could not be made in the absence of the coroner, but nothing further than an invitation to a dance was found in the pockets, as far as the doctors and detectives w’ent. The affair remains a mystery as far as the identity of the guilty man is concerned, though Detective Asch found a clew later in the morning which he thinks may develop something. This is on the revenge theory and may warrant an arrest. Tlie Fact* In Snyder’* t'nse. Secretary Butler, of the State Board of Charities and Correction, yesterday received a letter from the officials of the Jeffersonville Reformatory in answer to his recent communication asking for the facts in the case of Herman Snyder, who appeared in this city some time ago and said he had been turned out of the prison in a destitute condition and covered with rags. The officials said they had all the necessary receipts to show that Snyder received the regulation outfit of both clothes and money on his discharge, besides $15.50 earned by overwork while in confinement. In addition to this Snyder was given a ticket to his him© in Elkhart. He, however, refused to accept the shoes offered him, claiming they were too heavy, and also left behind the shirt which was given him. Mauser Bullet Wound*. New York Tribune. The Mauser bullet, if it does not strike a vital part and does not twist In its course in the body, leaves a wound that heals with remarkable rapidity. For instance, u bullet went clear through the tip of the nose of Captain Jackson, of Company G, Seventh Infantry. One would think that he would be disfigured for life, but the wound healed so quickly that it is difficult now to seZ any scar. A bullet passed through the chest

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English lit Enough. Baltimore American. The fad for teaching Spanish in the public schools has not spread with any remarkable degree of rapidity. Nor has it been followed by the proposition, as might have been reasonably expected, to add Hawaiian to the ordinary curriculum. Asa strict matter of fact, to the earnest educator a thorough teaching of plain English is a problem not yet wholly solved in many of our systems. New C'nses of Yellow Fever. JACKSON. Miss.. Sept. 15.-Four r.ew cases of yellow fever were reported to-day to the Board of Health from Orwood and five from Taylor’s Station. Miss Lulu Taylor. at the latter-riamed place, is not expected to live. Inspector Gant reports two suspicious cases at Hunt. They are now being investigated. The freight quarantine against Jackson has been raised so as to permit the shipment of articles not likely, to carry infection. Fatal Railway Wreck. GUNNISON, Col., Sept. 15.-In a wreck this afternoon on the Rio Grande Railway, near Black Canyon, three and perhaps more lives were lost. An extra train of empty coaches rant into a rock slide and it is reported the whole train was thrown down an embankment into the Gunnison river. The crew, consisting of Conductor D. M. Riley, Engineer John Pittinger and Fireman Fred Proctor, are said to have been killed. SnliNbnry Yields to Russia. LONDON, Sept. 16—The Peking correspondent of the Times says: “Despite Lori Salisbury’s declaration that he would brook no interference from any other power in the Niu-Chwang Rai'i-way loan contract, he has now yielded to all the conditions Russia imposed. Asa result, the negotiations with the English syndicate have been broken off, and those with the Itusso-Chine.se bank have been resumed. Serous Rioting in Chinn. LONDON. Sept. 16.—The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily News says reports have been received there of serious rioting at Ho-C'hau, fifty miles from Chung-Ktang. The Amerlean and French missions have been attacked and the latter burned. Losses by Fire. WHEELING. W. Va.. Sept. 15.—Fire this morning destroyed the large factory building of John Arbenz. occupied by the Acme Box Company and the tomato catsup works of Ely, \y at kins & Cos. Loss, $50,000. Richard Mnlruiu Johnston Dying. BALTIMORE. Md., Sept. 15— Col. Richard Malcom Johnston, the novelist and magazine writer, is dying at the City Hospital. A SECOND DISH. Proved Too Much for Aetna! Need Had Showed the Value of Cod. densed Food. “When the new food was first placed in my store I took a package home to try. The name, ‘Grape Nuts,’ had attracted my attention, and the statement that it was partly composed of grape-sugar excited my Interest, as we all know that grape-sugar, made by certain methods of treating the cereal*, is one of the most nourishing and digestible articles that can be eaten. “I rather expected to like the food, hut was not expecting that the children would take so kindly to it. Each one of the little folks, however, passed up the saucer for a second supply, and so did I. “It is a delicious novelty and very grateful to the palate. I found, about midway in my second dish, that I had sufficient for a meal and realized for the first time that I was eating a condensed food that supplies one’s wants with a tew spoonfuls and does not require anything like the volume to furnish the amount of food required as when any of the ordinary forms of cereals are served. Grape Nuts are an elegant food, and the Postum Cereal Cos., Lim., is to b* cangrutuiated upon the discovery.” said M. C. Ooossen. the well-known fancy grocer of Grand Rapids.