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DISAPPROVED BY HAY AN ACT OF THE HAWAII AH GOVERNMKNT FORMALLY ANNULLED. Concfsnlon GrnntPd to the Fnrlflp Cable Company Hepudlatetl by tlie ( nltril State*. ♦ PROCLAMATION TO FILIPINOS + FRESIDP7IT MKIM.EYH ADDRESS lABLEO TO GENERAL OTIS. * Home Rule I nder Direction of tlie tnitril State* Promised the Peolle of the Philippines. WASHINGTON, ff)ec. 31.~The secretary of tsmte to-<Jay formally disapproved the concession made In July by the Hawaiian government to the Pacific Cable Company for an exclusive right of laying cable to Hawaii. It is understood that this action was taken In no spirit of hostility to the Pacific Cable Company, but the concession was disapproved, lirst, on account of the formal protest made by the Hawaiian commission, and, *>• cond, because it ae* med best to leave to Congress a free hand in the disposition of tlie whole subject. The action was announced in the following proclamation: “To all to w r hoin these presents shall come, greeting: Knew ye, that, whereas, by an Indenture made the 2d day of July, in the year of our J.ord one thousand eight hundred and nine-ty-eight, between Sanford B. Dole, president of tin Republic of Hawaii, for and in behalf of the Hawaiian government, of the one part, and the Pacific Cable Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, of the United States of America, of the other part, there was granted, conceded and confirmed unto tlie party of the second part, and its successors and assigns, the right and privilege to construct, land, maintain and operate telegraphic and magnetic lines or cables fmm a point ir points on the Pacific coast of the United States to a suitable landing place or places, to be selected by the party* of the second part, in the Hawaiian islands, with terminus at Honolulu. Island of Oahu, and from and beyond the Hawaiian islands to Japan and any islands or places necessary' for stations for such cables between the Hawaiian Islands and Japan that lie north of the tenth degiee or parallel of north latitude in the North Pacific ocean, as an e'ad. sive right and privilege, together w*ith an exemption to duties, charges and taxes for and during the term of twenty years from the dates expressed in said indenture, to wit, the 21st day of June, A. I). 1898—said right, privilege right, exemption, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in said indenture; and, “Whereas, Among said terms and conditions it is declared and agreed by said indenture that the party of the second part, within two years from the approval (within eighteen months from the date of said contract) of an act by the Congress of the United States authorizing the party of the second part to construct and operate a suitmarine cable line between the United States and the Hawaiian islands shall construct, lay in proper working order and establish a submarine telegraph cable company irom a point or points on the Pacific coast of the United States to ) landing place or places In the Hawaiian islands, with terminus at Honolulu, Island of Oahu, according to specifications of said indenture, and. further, within three years from the approval ot such act by the Congress of the United States, shall In like manner construct, lay In proper working order and establish a submarine telegraph cable from a point or paints at or neyr said Honolulu to Japan; and. Whereas, It is provided by said indenture that the contract therein made and set forth shall n<>t "lake effect if at any* time within six months front the date thereof, to wit, the 2<l day of July. A. 1). 1898, the United States State Department shall express its disapproval thereof; and, “Whereas. Pursuant to a joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, approved July 7, IS9S, to provide for annexing the Hawaiian islands to the United States, the sovereignty of the said Hawaiian islands was yielded up to the United States on the 12th day of August, A. D. JN9\ becoming thenceforth vested in the United States of America; and, “Whereas, In view of the provisions of said joint resolution for the determination of the Congress of the United States of all matters of municipal legislation concerning the Hawaiian islands, and because the subject matter and provisions of said indenture are deemed to be proper subjects for the consideration and determination of the Congress of the United States, it is deemed expedient and necessary that the Congress of the United States consider and adopt such legislation, especially In regard to grants, contractual obligations to be controlled by and rest upon the United States of America as vested with sovereignty over said Hawaiian islands without let or hindrance by reason of any action of the government of the Republic of Hawaii In respect to such r 'rants and contractual obligations initiated >y the said government of the Republic of Hawaii prior to and incomplete at the time of the yielding up of tin sovereignty of the Hawaiian islands to the United States, “Now, therefore, I. John Hay. secretary of state of the United States, do hereby express, on the purt of the United States State Department, its disapproval of the contract stipulated in the said Indenture to the end that the same shall not take effect. “JOHN HAY, Secretary of State.” PROMISED HOME RULE. President McKinley'* Proclamation to Filipino* tabled to Manila. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: “President McKinley s proclamation setting forth the conditions under which the United States takes possession of the Philippines has been Cabled to General Otis for promulgation. (This was done several days ago, and it is assumed that General Otis has already published it nAti taken steps to give the widest possible circulation throughout the Islands. The proclamation is about two thousand words in length, and was cabled to Maniiu at an expense of $1,900. It is modeled on the one issued by General Shatter at Santiago when this government took possession lot' that city and province, but has been wuiuch amplified. \ “Home rine under the supreme direction Af the United Stat s government is. by the terms of the proclamation, to be given to tnß Filipinos in the fullest sense. It promis'V that they will be accorded a voice in local government, and that the Filipinos shah bo eligible to official positions. They will be given a fair judiciary, freedom of speech and of the press. The proclamation shows that the military occupation of tne Islands is not for the purpose or making war on the inhabitants, nor upon any party or faction among them, but to protect them In their homes, in their employments and in their personal and religious rights. The manner of the treatment of property and the collection and administration of the revenues in accordance with the open-door policy set forth in the treaty are fully and plainly stated. While the rule of conduct of ihe American officers w ill be in the line Just Indicated, the proclamation also shows that it is the purpose of the United States to adopt radical measures if. unfortunately, the course of the people should render such measures Indispensable to the maintenance of law and order. The Instructions accompanying the proclamation require General Otis to take immediate steps to secure the disarmament of the insurgents, in order that peace may be established and continued in the islands.” Puhlfcn t ion to Re Withheld. WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.—Upon full consideration the authorities here have decided to adhere to their original intention an.l withhold from publication the proclamation to be addressed to the Filipinos by General Otis, the military commander of the islands, until the document has been given publicity at Manila. The proclamation Is very long, going in great detail into conditions in the island*, and outlining, as far as possible at this time, the intentions of the administration at Washington towards the people of the .archipelago, the keynote being the strong intimation conveyed that the whole future happiness and welfare of the islanders depend* upon their conduct now. The proclamation was prepared with great care an! gone over in Cabinet and then mailed to Gen. Otta. That was about a week ago. Events of recent occurrence, however, made Secretary Alger believe that the situation in the

Philippines might be relieved of strain in a considerable degree by a speedy announcement of the purposes of the government of the United Btates, and therefore the entire proclamation w.s cabled to General Otis about four days ago. This was a costly proceeding. but one believed to be fully warranted by the belief that it might result in averting a hostile clash between the American forces and the Filipinos and consequent loss of life. General Corbin said, this afternoon, that he had no expectation of hearing anything from General Otis respecting the situation l at Iloilo before to-morrow night at the earliest. He based that judgment on the last cable message received irom General Otis. TO A PEACE FOOTING. Secretary Uing Will Re<!nee Number of Men In the Navy Fast n* Possible. NEW YORK. Dec. 31.—A dispatch to the Herald from Washington says; “Orders have been issued by Secretary I-iong directing the discharge of a large number of men who enlisted for one from ships undergoing repairs at various navy yards. These orders are in line with the secretary s intention to reduce the navy to a peace footing as rapidly as possiole. There are i now 19,000 enlisted men on the rolls, every one of whom is needed to man ships which are in commission. It is evident to the authorities, however, that the treaty of peace will be ratified, and then immediate reduction to a peace footing must be made. Besides, the extraordinary appropriatlorfs made by Congress limited the use of the money until Jan. 1. 1899, and expenses must be cut down to permit the navy to run on the o.d scale of expenditures. Under orders issued by the department it is expected that I at least eight hundred men - will he discharged. The result will be to make a number of vessels short-handed. It is proposed to acquaint Congress with this condition of the service, and it is believed that authority Will be given in the forthcoming , naval appropriation bill for 2o,<KH) men and hojs, as recommended by Secretary Long.” Auxiliaries to He Sold. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Secretary Long has at length determined to begin the sale of such vessels of the auxiliary navy as are not considered fit for the naval service. By this it is not intended to convey the idea that the vessels are not seaworthy, are in bad repair or structurally weak. On the contrary, most of them are modern vessels of excellent type, high speed and splendidly appointed, but were built as pleasure craft and, therefore, are lacking in many things that go to make up a naval vessel. Few of them, for instance, have watertight bulkheads and most of their machinery is too much exposed for safety in action. The nrst of the vessels to be disposed of will be the Mayflower, formerly owned by the Ogden-Goelet estate. Before being sold her battery will be removed. She is now at Havana, and orders to-day were sent to her to come north. Assignment of Officer*. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Incident to the redistribution of the vessels of the navy j and the revival of the stations abandoned just before the outbreak of the war, Secre- I ary Long Is giving attention to the assignment of commanding officers to duty. To- : day he announced that he had decided to i make Commodore Picking commandant of ; the Boston navy yard and Commodore Philip, of the Texas, commandant at the i New York navy yard. Captain Kempff, | late commanding the Monterey, has been ] selected as naval governor of the Island of Guam. It has not yet been decided just what disposition to make of Admiral Schley and Admiral Howell, though it is certain that the latter is to be given a squadron, and Admiral Schley expects to get the European station. LARGEST SINCE IMIO. Receipt* of the Government In Last Six Months Were $-45,!)fil,SOft. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The forthcoming statement of the government receipts and expenditures will show that during the half year ending to-day the receipts aggregated $245,961,890, against $207,760,574 for the same period last yeur. According to the treasury records these receipts are the largest since 1860, when they reached $558,032,620 for the entire fiscal year, and $490,634,010 in 1867. With the exception of these two years the receipts never before in the history of the country* exceeded $400,000,000. and only* seven times have they ever reached $400,000,000. The receipts from customs during the six months amounted to *96,045,830 as compared with $62,825,021 for the same period last year. For the month of December the customs receipts aggregated $16.764,325. which was the highest point reached under the present Dingiey ! iw and the largest for December since ISBS, when it was ’ $16,900,000. The receipts from internal rev- ! enue sources amounted during December to $22,621,319, the largest snv’e the war of the rebellion. The total for December was $41,404,794. Post of luiltor in India. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—United States Consul Patterson, at Calcutta, has supplied to the Bureau of Foreign Commerce of the State Department some statistics relative to the cost and means of subsistence of laborers in India that exhibit in a striking manner the extreme economy practiced by the natives. His tables show that the highest w*ages paid for skilled labor is $4,50 per month for jutemill hands, while SI.BO is the monthly* wage of able-bodied agricultural j laborers. But the consul say*s that in ! northwestern India wages are much lower I than the tigures quoted. The laborers live ; altogether on grain, using about one and one-half pounds per day each, costing on an average from 2 1 * to 3 cents. Yet with this food they <io tlie hardest kpid of manual labor and keep their muscles* well developed. their endurance in carrying heavy loads being remarkable. A majority* of the laborers not only exist on these small wages, bat manage to keep families and save money. Coil *t met ion of Vessel*. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The total steam and sail vessels built and officially numbered in the United States during the six months ended to-day amounted to 130,000 gross tons, compared with 45,000 tons for the same six months in 1897, and 113,000 tons for the same six months in 1896. These figures do not include large barges. They indicate a total construction for the current fiscal year of upwards of 275,000 gross tons. None of the steam tonnage built has been for foreign trade except the four Admiral steamships under postal contract for .nr Jamaica service. Four toreign-built steamships of 12,000 tons in all have been registered by act of Congress, and three foreign-built steamships of 7.000 tons as Spanish prizes have been registered during the six months. Asroneillo Write* to the President. WASHINGTON. Dec. 3L—Senor Agoncillo, the Philippine agent in this country, sent a letter to the President to-day, and the inference was generally drawn that he had made a request for an interview in regard to the attitude of the United States towards the Filipinos. When seen to-night he denied that he had asked for a meeting with the President, but he declined to state the purlort of his message. He stated further that he had not so far received any reply to the letter. Senor Agoncillo said also that he would probably remain in Washington for some time. Negroe* nt the White House. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—A delegation of colored men from lowa called at the White House to-day and presented to the President a memorial signed by the colored people of that State in relation to the recant race troubles in the South. The delegation met with a cordial reception. CRIPPLE CREEK'S OUTPUT. FiKnre* Showing Steady Increase In Production of Preclou* Metal*. COLORADO SPRINGS. Col., Dec. 31. The story of Cripple Creek, as told by its output, is as follows: 1891 $200,000 1895 $8,100,000 IS-2 600,000 1896. 9 759.' 00 1893 2,600,060 1897 12,540.000 1894 4,000.000 IS9B 16.000.000 Perhaps the greatest elements contributing to Cripple Creek's prominence r re the modern methods of treating low-grtule ore. In 1860, and again in 1874. Cripple Creek was prospected over. Numerous holes dug by these pioneers have been ur.dug and extended down to bonanza ore. The reeson is ob- , vious. Then SIOO ore scarcely paid smaller and freight charges. Now SSO ore is considered bonanza. Free gold is extracted from the rock by the cyanide process for sl.aO a ton. Tnis is done at the mouth of coal mines at .anon City and possibly elsewhere in the Cripple Creek district. The Stephens nonroasting process is actually extracting gold from areas yielding to its treatment

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for 85 cents a ton. This is the latest tnd cheapest method of extraction, and may still further revolutionize the mining ndustry. Stamp and chlorination mills charge from $5 to $9 a ton. except where large plants treat $4 ore with profit. Smelter charges are from sl2 to S2O. Ultra highgrade ore ..as been found in ail parts of the twenty-five square miles composing the heart of Cripple Creek. The most vajuable was taken from a lease in the Princess Eulalia four years ago. It assayed $153,242. Electricity was introduced into the camp from a mammoth plant at Canon City the past summer. The power is sufficient to light and operate all the mines and to noist aii the ore. In this essential Cripple Creeit is thoroughly up to date. For ~.e four years ending with 1896 the stock companies paid $6,490,844 in dividends out of a gross output of $25,150,000. In the dividends exceeded 10 per cent, of the output, in 1888 the percent, exceeded 16. During 1898 every dollar realized by the Portland Gold Mining Company in their enormous ouput cost 40 cents. Considerable development expenses account for that. Usually the cost is not so great. FUNERAL OF A SENATOR IMPRESSIVE SERVICES ONER THE REMAINS OF JI'STIX S. MORRILL. Obsequies In the Senate Chamber Attended by the President and Many Other Prominent Men. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Funeral services over the late Senator Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, were held In the United States Senate chamber at noon to-day. They were conducted with impressive dignity in the presence of a distinguished assemblage, including the President and Vice President of the United States, members of the Cabinet, justices of the Supreme Court, senators and representatives in Congress, the speaker of the House, and representatives of the army, navy and of the diplomatic corps, as well as a concourse of private citizens who took this means of testifying the affectionate regard in which Mr. Morrill was universally held. Early in the day the remains were borne from the family residence on Massachusetts avenue to the Capitol. There were no services at tlie house, and the funeral cortege to the Capitol was simple and formal. Arriving there the casket was carried direct to the Senate chamber and deposited in the semi-circle area immediately in front of the presiding officer’s desk. The casket was cf rich but simple design, with black broadcloth covering and heavy oxidized silver handles. A silver plate on top bore the inscription: “Justin Smith Morrill. 1810-1898.’’ After the willing hands of Senate employes, w ho had so longed served the senator in life, had arranged the multitude of flowers which had been sent, the lid of the casket was removed, disclosing the calm and peaceful face of the dead statesman. In the repose of death the features still showed a rugged strength and firmness. The aims were folded across the breast ami tlie eyes looked upward vacantly. Banned high on the lower part of the casket, all about i. and covering the desks up to the presiding officer's desk was a profusion of plants, flowers, floral emblems, palms and garlands of galaxy leaves. From Hie White House conservatory came an exquisite wreath from President and Mrs. McKinley of pale pink and purple orchids, dark brown galaxy leaves of North Carolina and long wisps of palm. Altogether there was such an outpouring of flowers as is seldom seen even in the Senate. The chamber itself bore eloquent testimony in its crepe and floral decorations to the life-long service of the Vermont senator within its walls. By 11 o'clock the public galleries were filled to overflowing with crowds who had braved a driving rain. Exactly at noon the ceremony began. Vice President Hobart, accompanied by Speaker Reed, taking seats at the presiding officer’s desk, while the President, Cabinet, supreme justices, senators and representatives entered unannounced. The scene was one of profound solemnity as the President and distinguished officials entered the chamber, with bowed heads and eyes turned toward the pallid, upturned face of tlie dead senator. Mr. McKinley walked with Secretary Gage, proceeding up the aisle to a large leather chair facing the casket, and immediately alongside it. The large assemblage on the floor and in the galleries rose and remained standing until the presidential party was seated. Ranged back of the President and his Cabinet were the honorary committee jof senators and representatives, most of them white-haired and venerable associates of Mr. Morrill. They wore wide white mourning bands from shoulders to hip. Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Brown and McKenna were with the large representation of senators and representatives filling the body of the chamber. Former Senator John Sherman, who became a member of the House with Mr. Morrill in 1855 was present. Directly across the aisle from the President and to the left of the casket sat the family group, Mr. James Slvan Morrill, son; Dr. and Mrs. Swann, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the deceased. Aside from the officials present a number of ladies were admitted to the floor. The honorary committee of senators con--1 sisted of Messrs. Proctor, Hoar. Cullom, ■ Wolcott. Jones of Arkansas, Chandler, Gorman, Tillman Jones of Nevada. Morgan, Fairbanks, Faulkner, Mitchell and Nelson. That of the House was Representatives Dingiey, Grant, Powers, Hitt, Foss. Mcj Call, Bankhead, Lewis, Wheeler and Catchings. Messrs. Dingiey and Wheeler were not able to reach the city in time for the ceremony. A hush fell on the assemblage as the last of the officials were escorted to their seats and a choir stationed in the gallery back of the presiding officer, in subdued tones, sang, “Lead, Kindly Light.” Rev. E. Bradford Leavitt, of All Souls’ Church, began the burial service with selections from the psalms. His tribute to the memory of the deceased, to his long and notable public service and beautiful home life was heartfelt. In closing, Dr. Leavitt said: “Proud Vermont; how r idle to attempt to eulogize thy son. Here lies a grand old man: one of America’s grand old men; an example of civil virtue and integrity; a pattern for our young men. a vision of the best and noblest citizenship in the onward and upward sweep of this great Republic.” Again the voices of the choir floated in tones through the Senate chamber, singing “Nearer, my God, to Thee." Then with uplifted hands the blind chaplain of the Senate, Rev. Dr. Milburn, , delivered the closing invocation, his voice trembling w*ith emotion as he extolled this sweet, gracious and noble character. Tt was 1 o’clock when the ceremony concluded and the President and Cabinet led the way past the casket, taking a final lock at the calm, silent face, and the other officials retired. The casket remained in the Senate chamber, where it will be left until borne to the train to-morrow morning, en route to Montpelier, Vt. TRIBUTE TO ROMERO. Secretary of State Hay Etiloglies the Inte Ambassador. WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.—Speaking of the death of Matias Romero, the Mexican am- • bassador. Secretary of State Hay said: “His ! residence here for forty years, with Very ! brief intervals of absence, forms the longt est continuous length of service ever attained by a foreign diplomat in this country. and his elevation and dignity of character. his uniform courtesy to all with whom he was brought in contact, his sincerity and straightforwardness, endeared him to everybody. He leaves a place hard to till in the official life of the capital. Few* diplomats have ever accomplished so much good in strengthening the relations of friendship and good neighborhood between the country that be represented and the country in which he was so long an honored guest.” The secretary sent the following telegram to Ambassador Powell Clayton; “Express to the President and government of Mexico the deep sorrow and sincere condolences of the President and government of the United States by reason of the death of the honored representative of the sister republic. Long known to us and esteemed in the highest degree for his sterling qualities and personal endowments, Senor Romero’tf death j at this time, when higher honor and en- ; larged usefulness had been deservedly coni ferred upon him, is especially lamented. The President and Cabinet will attend the funeral.” Alleged Violation of Charter. CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—A novel suit for damages was begun in the Circuit Court to-day. The Chicago General Railway seeks to recover $25.00) from the Chicago City Railway for a car demolished in a collision with a cable train of the Chicago City Railway Company. The basis for the action is the alleged violation of the charter of the City Railway Company in using the cable as motive power, the plaintiffs asserting that the charter authorizes the use of animal power alone. It is claimed by the plaintiffs that the use of the. cable was the direct cause of the collision.

VACHER GUILLOTINED •— HEAD OF A NOTORIOUS FRENCH “JACK THE RIPPER” CUT OFF. Had a Passion for Honinn Blood, and Stealthily Slew Sheperd* and Shepl*ertie*es. NEW YORK POISONING CASE STILL A MYSTERY SO FAR AS THE POLICE ARE CONCERNED. Captain MeClnskey Positive a Man Directed tlie Wrapper on the Gift Received by Cornish. * PARTS. Dec. 31.—Joseph Vacher, the French “Jack the Ripper,” was guillotined at Bourgh-on-Bresse, capital of the Department of Ain, this morning. He protested his innocence and simulated insanity to the last. Vacher, who was* twenty-nine years of age, was condemned at the October Assizes at Ain. Early in life he Is known to have brutally murdered four boys, six women and girls and an old widow.. Most of the victims were tending herds when Vacher came behind them and cut their throats. The crimes of Joseph Vacher have surpassed in number and atrocity those of the Whitechapel murderer known as “Jack the Ripper.” His homicidal mania first broke out in 189-4. He claimed after his arrest that as every action has an object, and as his motive was neither theft nor vengeance, his irresponsibility was established. It has been shown that Vacher had been confined in an asylum for the insane, and while doing military duty a love affair caused him to attempt self-destruction by shooting. The victims of Vacher were shepherds and shepherdesses, and his rage was particularly directed against young girls. He first cut the throats of his victims with a knife and afterwards mutilated them with a razor. He was arrested last year, after the police had searched for him for a long time in vayi. In defense of Vacher it was pointed out that when a youth he was bitten by a mad dog and that the village herbalist gave him some medicine, after drinking which he became irritable and brutal, whereas he had been quiet and inoffensive. It also appears from these statements that from that time he had developed a passion for human blood. Referring to his crimes, Vacher is quoted as saying; “My victims never suffered, for, while I throttled them with cne hand, I simply took their lives with a sharp instrument in the other. I am an Anarchist and I am opposed to society, no matter what the form of government may be.” This desperate criminal was vain, and fancied himself a hero. He refused to speak about his crimes, except on tw*o conditions. One was that the full story of his murders he published in the leading French papers, and the other was that he should be tried separately for each crime in the district where it w*as committed. The exact number of Vacher's victims will never be known, but it is said that twentythree assassinations had been brought home to him in October last, and the number was added to as time wore on. In fact, it is doubtful whether the murderer himself knew the real number of his victims. He nonchalantly told the story of some fresh tragedy from time to time to the examining magistrate as the details came back to his mind, and in each ease the investigation has furnished full corroboration of Vacher’s narrative. The bodies In each case w*ere found in the places he indicated—in lonely thickets or in unused wells. He seems to have killed merely for the sake of killing. Born near Lyons, Vacher served his military term in a regiment of zouaves and showed himself to be a good soldier, so much so that he w*as made a noncommissioned officer, although there w*ere complaints against him of being brutally severe to recruits. A recruit, a member of a wellknown French family, told how* Vacher once abused him so terribly on the drill grounds that he lost his temper and sprang at Vacher. Happily for the recruit, he was seized by his companions before ho succeeded in striking Vacher, otherwise the young man w*ould most likely have been sentenced to death by a court-minrtial. It was shortly after Vacher left tm service that he became ill. owing to disappointment in a love affair, and attempted to blow* out his brains w*ith a revolver. The bullet w*as never extracted from his skull, a.nd. according to one report, the wound produced recurrent fits of insanity, and caused him to be confined for a time in an asylum for the insane at Dole. Since that time and until his arrest Vacher appeared to have wandered through the country districts of Fr anoe> committing murders. He was undetected and unsuspected until, by mere accident, he was caught almost red-handed near Lvons at the beginning of October. In every case Vacher seems to have been seized with a frenzy after attacking his victims, as he cut and slashed them horribly and often dismembered them. One day Vacher told the magistrate that he considered himself to be a scourge sent by Providence to afflict humanity. Vacher killed one of his victims, he claimed, because he wore a clean shirt which the murderer coveted, and he admitted that he sometimes murdered people because he needed money and food. One of the remarkable features of this extraordinary case was the clever manner in w'hich Vacher succeeded in shifting suspicion from himself. About two years ago he murdered a shepherd boy on a countryTroad a few* miles from Lyons, hacked the body almost into pieces, and then continued on his way. The murder w*as discovered within a few minutes after, and search for the murderer was promptly instituted. A gendarme, mounted on a bicycle, overtook Vacher and called upon him to produce his Identification papers, whereupon Vacher quietly handed over to the police officer his discharge as a noncommissioned officer of a regiment of zouaves. “Why that is my old regiment,” said the officer. ’I am hunting for a man who has just cut a boy’s throat. Have you seen any suspicious character?” “Oh. yes,” answered the murderer, serenely. “I saw a man running across the fields to the north about a mile back from here. "Thank you,” cried the gendarme. “I’ll be after him.” The gendarme then hurried off affer the imaginary murderer, and the real culprit quietly stole away from the scene of his crime. The most prominent victim of Vacher w*as the Marquis de Ville Plaine. who was killed while walking’ in his park in the southwestern part of France, not far from the Spanish frontier Vacher crept up behind him, felled mm with a heavy stick and then cut his throat. Tlie murderer carried off the coat of the marquis and his poeketbook containing some bank notes. He then sought refuge In Spain. The boasting of the murderer led to the detection of a number of his crimes after his arrest. For instance, he killed a boy sixteen years of ace, named Bulls*, near Lyons, in June. P 97. The crime would never have been discovered but for the boastings of vacher, as the lad was a notorious poacher and chicken thief, and his disappearance created no stir at all. In January of the present year Vacher made a furious assault on a warden of the prison at Lyons, where ne \ytis confined, and almost beat him to death before the prison guards could overpower him. Oct. 30 of the present year v acher was sentenced to death, since which time he has continued feigning insanity. * NO ARRESTS YET MADE. New York Police Still Vizoromly Working on the Poisoning Case. NEW YORK, Dec. 51.—The police are still vigorously working to find out who sent the poison to Harry Cornish and so caused the death of Mrs. Kate J. Adams on Wednesday last. Although three days have elapsed since Mrs. Adams died, no arrests have been made, and Chief of Detectives McClusky said to-day that he had nothing to divulge. There is an impression, however, that before long the police will have secured either a solution of the mystery or will have made an arrest that will siw in what direction their suspicions lie. mo tar as the actions pr statements of the' police are concerned.

no one at present has been connected with the crime, nor has any motive been adduced that would justify an attempt on Mr. Cornish’s life. Regarding statements published in a morning paper that a former member of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club was under suspicion and would be arrested today, Captain MeClusky said Mr. Cornish had implicated no member, past or present, of the Knickerbocker Club. There were new developments in the case. Captain MeClusky admitted, but he could not discuss them at present. The arrest of any past or present member of the Knickerbocker Atheltic Cluu was not contemplated. In answer to the question whether he had come to any conclusion whether a man or a woman wrote the address on the wrapped bottle Captain MeClusky said positively he thought it was a man. Captain MeClusky, chief of the detective bureau, made the statement to-night that he still had a score of detectives investigating the murder of Mrs. Adams, but that absolutely nothing new had developed, and that, therefore, there was nothing to be given out on the case to-night. One Sold nt San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 31.—The jewelry firm of Phelps & Adams, of this city, have a record of the purchase from Frank A. Lebknueckner & Cos., of Newark, N. J., of an ash receiver or toothpick holder such as was received by Harry Cornish, of New York, and used as the receptacle for a bottle of bromo-seltz< r, w hich had been charged with poison. Phelps & Adams have a record of its sale to the firm of Shreve & Cos., of this city, Dec. 31, 1897. Mr. Shreve has no knowledge of its sale, as his firm keeps no record of the sale of silver novelties. Jewelers Refuse to Give Guinea. CHICAGO. Dec. 31.—Several silver match holders, similar to that sent to Harry Cornish, came to Chicago. Three were sold during the holidays. The jew’elry firms refuse to divulge the names of the purchasers. It is learned that two were sold to women and one to a man. The one sold to the man is still in his possession. According to the firm selling the match holders to the women the purchasers are well known and could not possibly have had any connection with the poisoning of Mrs. Adams. . MRS. BOTKIN STILL HAS HOPE. Her Attorneys Will Endeavor to Secure a New Trial. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.—Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, convicted of the murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning and her sister, Mrs. Dean, of Dover. Del., is an inmate of the branch County Jail. She became hysterical shortly after her arrival there lasi night and was calmed with difficulty, but she recovered her usual sangfroid to-day and has taken hope from the promises of her attorneys. w r ho have stated that they will stand by their client to the end. The next move in the case will probably be an appeal to the Supreme Court, gis it is certain that Judge Carroll Cook will deny their petition for anew trial, thus casting the case into the Higher court for settlement. The attorneys for the defense took a number of exceptions during the trial and hope to make capital out of these when they make an attempt to secure a reversal of the decision. The real fight for Mrs. Botkin's liberty, however, will be made upon the question of jurisdiction. The prosecution was conducted under the provisions of Section 27 of the penal code, providing for the punishment of crimes committed in whole or in part In this State. The defense contends that as the outcome of the crime really took place in Delaware, that Mrs. Botkin was only liable to the law of that State. It is believed this question has never been presented to the Appellate Court in this country. Judge Cook has fixed next Saturday as the day for imposing sentence. The witnesses in the case who came here from Eastern poi..<.s to present their testimony. received their transportation and mileage to-day, and with the exception of Mr. Dunning all left for home to-night. Mr. Dunning w r ill start for the East in a few days, after settling up his affairs. A Three-Cornered Fight. LULA, Miss., Dec. 31.—As the result of a three-cornered fight here to-day J. E. Kennedy and Richard Harman are dead and T. Grady mortally wounded. It is not known how r the trouble started, no person being in the vicinity when the shooting began. Harman and Kennedy were each hit twice and died in a few' minutes. Grady was struck in the lung and Is not expected to survive. All were fairly prominent. Karl Kirrtelherger’* Crime. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Karl Kirdelberger, of Jersey City, tried to murder his wife Christina and his stepdaughter, Mary Brodel, to-day. After he had shot them both and believed them to be fatally wounded he put a bullet in his right temple and died almost instantly. His wife may recover. The stepdaughter was not seriously hurt. WOOLEN MILLS ASSIGN. Failure of tlie Assabet Manufacturing Company, of Boston. BOSTON, Dec. 31.—The Assabet Manufacturing Company, of this city, with w’oolen mills at Maynard, has made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors to Edward Fenno, of Fenno Bros. & Childs; Arthur Silsby, treasurer of the Chocheko Manufacturing Company, of Dover, Del., and Jeremiah Williams, of Jeremiah Mills & Cos. The concern is one of the largest woolen manufacturing companies in the country. Liabilities, according to the July statement, amounted to $3,018,161, including $1,000,000 capital stock. This statement also showed debts aggregating $1,801,829. It is said the company found itself hampered by the consolidation of eight or nine of tne Boston banks with which it had done business. The indebtedness of the company to the Boston wool trade for merchandise it is estimated will not exceed $150,000. The statement was made at the office of the treasurer, Mr. Buckminister. to-day, that the embarrassment w’as due to heavy loans, which the company found itself unable to meet at maturity. Owes Banks About $200,000. COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 31.—Lee B. Darstine, local manager of the New York Life Insurance Company, formerly of lowa, to-day filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Court here. His total debts are placed at about $200,000. nearly all the creditors, fifty-two in number, being lowa banks. One or tw'o Eastern banks are included. The debts range in amount from SSOO to $20,000 each. Darstine shows assets aggregating about SI,OOO. He says that prior to Sept. 1, 1893, the Equitable Life Assurance Society, of Des Moines, la., seized his assets, and that he has been unable to secure an accounting. He claims that with that affair properly arranged his assets would cover his present liabilities. Levied on the Stock. CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 31.—The Glasgow Woolen Mills Company, W. C. Loftus, manager, was closed to-day on attachments for rent, damages and electric lighting. They occupied a store on Superior street, and for the short time they were in the city did a merchant tailoring business, advertising cheap suits. They made an attempt to get out of the city with their goods last night, but the constable found the stock and levied upon it. Savings Bank Closed. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 31.— The Central Savings Bank of St. Joseph has suspended business. It has gone into voluntary liquidation. This action is due primarily to the failure of G. G. Gillett, the Kansas cattle king. The directors say that dollar for dollar will be paid depositors. The capital stock of the Central Savings Bank is $50.000 and the deposits aggregated $600,000, largely owned by poor people and wageearoers. A Bnnkrnpt Druggist. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—George B. Wray, a druggist of Yonkers, N. Y., has filed a petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $78,375; assets, $165. HIS NOSE RESTORED. Mayor of North Carolina City Undergoes a Successful Operation. BALTIMORE, Dec. 31. —Dr. David Genese, a dental surgeon, has performed the operation of restoring the nose of Mayor Thomas Whltcombe, of Elizabeth City, N. C., which had been eaten away by lupus, a cancer of very rapid growth. Mayor Whitcombe had been suffering from the disease for two years. The bone and all the soft tissues of the nose had been destroyed when he came to Baltimore for treatment. He con-

sulted Dr. Genese upon the recommendation of Dr. Joseph C. Bloodgood, of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The mayor remained in Baltimore three w'eeks whUe usdergoing treatment, visiting Dr. Genese three times a day The operation was performed by means of plastic surgery, and the configuration was restored by a composition that is impervious to moisture and indelible throughout to the natural color of the nose. At a distance of three feet the restored J™ 9 ® ?P‘ pears to be perfectly natural, no lines being visible. The most difficult part of the operation was to so construct the nose that no fastenings would be visible. In order to accomplish this delicate springs of irklized gold with bulbs of gold at the end. In order to avoid friction, were used. The springs were placed in the cavities behind the nose, which was thus held in place without a visible break. Dr. Genese's most successful operation was the restoration of a boy whose nose, palate and teeth bad been eaten away by disease. After the affected parts had been cut away Dr Genese made the patient a good-looking lad. RECEIVER FOR B. &O.S.W. JUDSON HARMON APPOINTED BY THE UNITED STATES COURT. * William Greene Not Named, a Expected—Tle Rond to Be Consolidated with the B. & O. ♦— CINCINNATI, Dec. 31—The Circuit Court of the United States at Cincinnati to-day. on the application of the Mercantile Trust Company, of New York, appointed Hon. Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati, former attorney general of the United States, receiver of tire Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Company. C. C. Demin*. of New York, and J. W. Warrington, of Cincinnati, appeared for the Mercantile Trust Company, of New York, and Herbert E. Turner for the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, of New York, and Edward Colston, general counsel for the railway company, consented to the appointment. Juoge Harmon has been general counsel of the company for years and was a member of Cleveland’s Cabinet. IDs appointment has given great satisfaction, as he is very conservative with the property and has been for years associated as counsel lor leading railroads and corporations. It is expected that the receivership will be of short duration, as the plan which was promulgated for the reorganization of the property will be speedily consummated. Under this plan ample provision is made for moneys necessary to make substantial improvements of the property, which, it is expected, will put it in a position to be profitably and advantageously operated. The plan protects every inteiest, even to the payment of coupons due Jan. 1, as the syndicate will pay face value of such coupons In cash on all bonds deposited under the plan. Mr. Edward R. Bacon, president, and Mr. Wm. M. Greene, vice president of the company, will continue in their respective offices, and Mr. Greene has been put in charge of operation under the receiver, the same as he occupied as vice president of the company. After the railway had confessed judgment for over $800,600 before Judge Rufus Smith, of the Superior Court, the attorneys of the trust companies this afternoon appeared in the Federal Court and filed the usual application for a receivership, based on the action just taken in the state court. After a hearing in chambers, Judge Thompson appointed Judson Harmon as receiver, to take effect at once. It was not until 5 p. m. that Judge Harmon qualified as receiver by giving a bond for SIOO,OOO, with the United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company, of Baltimore, as his surety. There was a lively scqjie around .Judge A. C. Thompson’s Court from the time that Harmon was appointed, at 3 p. rn., until he qualified and took possession two hours later. It was currently reported that President Bacon and Vice President Greene would be appointed as the eoreceiveis. It is understood that the court was averse to appointing any one who had been connected with the management of the property as receiver, and then the parties interested agreed on Judson Harmon, general counsel for the company. When this appointment was first announced it was still considered among the probabilities that Vice President Green might be associated with Judge Harmon, as Mr. Greene has been in charge of the operations of the property for only a few weeks, having come here from Baltimore, where he was general manager of the Baltimore & Ohio. The delay from 3 p. rn. to 5 p. m. in Judge Harmon qualifying was not due so much to conferences over an associate receiver as to the fact that Judge Harmon was not at first disposed to accept the appointment, and when he was sent for at 3 p. m. he did not qualify. After conferences with the attorneys of the trust companies and others Judge Harmon appeared before Judge Thompson again about 5 p. m. and qualified by giving bond, after which he proceeded to the genera; offices of the railroad company and formally took possession after being in conference with President Bacon and Vice President Greene. Judge Harmon is the senior member of the law firm of Harmon, Colston, Goldsmith & Hoadly, and remains In the practice of law, as he does not expect this receivership to continue longer than to next •March, and probably not half that long. Harmon was on the Superior bench for years. Authority Extended. BALTIMORE, Dec. 31.—Judge Morris in the United States Circuit Court signed an order to-day extending indefinitely the authority of Receivers Cowen and Murray of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and its many branches. The object of the order is to facilitate the reorganization of the company. Within a week or ten days the decree of foreclosure probably will be signed, and this will be the beginning of the end. Owing to the vast interests involved and the enormous amount of detail that has to be attended to at least two months will elapse before the control of Receivers Cowen and Murray will end. Though the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway and the Central Ohio Railroad will practically be merged into the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad under the reorganization plans, it was learned to-day that the offices of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern will not be removed from Cincinnati to Baltimore. There are some difficulties in the way of this which cannot be removed. The offices of the three companies will be identical, though the organizations will be maintained to comply with the laws. Freely Ordering New Equipment*. NEW YORK. Dec. 31.—The Northern Pacific Railroad Company has placed orders for ten postal cars and 500 flat cars. The company is also asking for bids for twenty first-class coaches. The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf will receive bids for fifty furniture cars. It is understood that the company will order more freight equipment. The Rio Grande Western will. It is reported, order during the coming year 1,000 stock cars. It is reported that the Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking has let 900 freight cars. The Brainerd & Northern Minnesota is reported to be in the market for fifty to sev-enty-five cars for carrying stone and lumber. The Wabash is reported to be preparing an order for several hundred freight cars. New Manager for the B. A O. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Dec. 31.—The Globe says: “The negotiations between the receivers of the Baltimore & Ohio, acting in behalf of the reorganization syndicate and Frederick B. Underwood, general manager of the Soo road, whereby the latter is to become general manager of the Baltimore & Ohio system, were ended to-day, when Mr. Underwood formally accepted the appointment. The vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Underwood from the Soo, It is understood, will be filled by the appointment of W. F. Fitch, general manager of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic road. It is understood that the management of the Duluth. South Shore & Atlantic and the Soo roads will be consolidated, Mr. Fitch having charge of the traffic and operation of both lines.” Answer to Ancillary Petition. COLUMBUS. 0., Dec. 31.—The answer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company to the ancillary petition of the Mercantile Trust Company of Baltimore In the foreclosure and receivership proceedings, was filed In the United States Court here to-d*y. It is a confession of judgment of the $18.65.000 debt represented by the consolidated mortgage bonds, and states that there

held in the sinking fund established for former issues $4,147,221 of the bonds of 1872. and 36,489,988 of the bonds of 18.4, a tctal or M 0 637 212 The assets and affairs of the company are submitted to the court’s hands, according to the complainants, to be disMsed of according to its judgment. The answer is in line with the company’s policy throughout these proceedings, the ultimate result of which will doubtless be a fornul sale and reorganization of the property. The r ' M. & St. P. Bny* u Bond. DES INKS. la., Dec. 31.—Word was recetv< •? to-day of the sale by F. M. Hubbr Son of the Des Moines Northern & Railroad to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. 'The sale was consummated in New York city by F. M. Hubbell, the president. The capital stock of the company was something over $3,000,000. The property consists of the line from, Des Moil es to Fonda. 114 miles in length, the line from Des Moines to Boone, fortytwo miles long, and the usual railroad equipment. The road will be operated as a part of "he Council Bluffs division of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul road, and practicaliy gives Des Moines another trunk line. The change in management will take place to-morrow, Jan. 1. A New RuKMlnn Railway. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Russia has just completed another great railroad undertaking. according to a report to the State Department from Consular Agent Harris, at Eibenstock. He says that an important branch of the South Siberian Railroad leading to tlie borders of Afghanistan is now ready for bus.ness, the first trip having been made over it on Nov. 20. this ro id runs from Usun Ada, on the C aspian s* a, through Merv and to Samarcand, and through it Russia will -be able to develop an enormous trade, as it is the key to Atghanistan, the borders of Persia and tue great valley of Heri Rud. Hocking Valley Reorganization. TOLEDO, 0., Dec. 31.—The reorganization plans of the Hocking Valley will be out by Jan. 10. The road Is to oe placed ir. rotation to meet any kind of a rate war. Mr. Morgan, who is directing the reorganization, has bought up some securities and hopes Vo make the road a dividend payer. BOSTON EDITOR RELEASED. Mr. NYnrilner Ha* Promised Not to Offend the Court Again. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 31. Torrey E. Wardner, editor of the Boston Traveler, who a week ago was committed to Dedham jail for thirty days for contempt of court by Judge Sherman, w r as ordered released late this afternoon. Mr. Wardner has purged himself of the contempt. A petition praying for the release was presented to Judge Sherman by G. P. Wardner, brother of Mr. Wardner, and his counsel, in which the petitioner set forth his conviction that the law had been violated by the publication of tho editorial which appeared in the Traveler respecting the Getehell manslaughter trial and upon which the contempt proceedings were taken, together with his assurance that he would not again offend in this respect. The petition also stated that the peti'ioner had found that close confinement in prison had affected his health and that If he was required to serve the remainder of the sentence he might be seriously ill. On receiving the petition Judge Sherman promptly ordered Mr. Wardner’s release. The primary reason for the petition presented by Mr. Wardner and the conditions attending the action were set forth in an article which appeared in the Traveler this afternoon, which said: “There is considerable anxiety on tlie part of the friends and family of Editor YVardner concerning the precarious state of his health. The confinement in Dedham jail and the utter change in diet and mode of life have bti n steadily undermining Mr. Wardner's robust physique, and, though he succeeded in concealing this from his friends and family at first, they have finally become convinced that Mr. Wardner is on the verge of prostration. They have urged him, now that his counsel have advised him that the Supreme Bench will without a doubt confirm the decision of Judge Sherman, that he can with perfect propriety purge himself of contempt and secure his freedom, llis announced ir* tention of resisting the law. they say, is virtually accomplished, and the state of his health demands that he shall no longer risk, after having determined that the law, however unjust and needful of modification, is sustained by the highest judicial authority.” SPACE AT THE PARIS SHOW. United Staten, England. Russia and Germany Will Be Treated Alike. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—“ At the Paris exposition of 1900 the United States will be : second In size and completeness among the countries outside of France,” said Major Brackett, secretary of the United States commission of the Paris exposition, at the New York office to-day. “Russia,” he said, “will have a little more space, but the United States has a larger allotment than either England or Germany. However, the French .commissioners will try to give equal favors to the four great countries—tlie United States. England, Russia and Germany. So far as these nations are concerned the French will show no favoritism. Germany is making great efforts to excel all other nations at the exposition and tho United States will find Germany Its keenest competitor. The German government has maae liberal and generous prepaiations for their exhibits, the amount appropriated being twice the sum which has been provided for our commission. The Germans are going to make a great fight at Paris in 1900 for tlie trade of the world. Japan will also make a fine display Commissioner General Peck has secured additional space amounting to about 50 per cent, over the original allotment. The space now given this country is about 215,000 square feet. As the applications from intending exhibitors, even now ask for over 700,000 square feet, of course somebody will be disappointed.” STRANGE STORY FROM GEORGIA. Lonw Succession of Childicm Widow* end \\ iriower* W ho Remarry. Cordele (Ga.) Special. s . trar }s, .eventful story has culminated har ® ia tlle death of Col. Joseph E. Bivins, rl, \%°,Y ernor ’?> sls ? and President of the First Nattionai Bank, ffen years ago there appeared in Atlanta a doctor named Marvin trom Nebraska. He found there a widow with s4u,oou, inherited from her husband. Tne new wife dying, this property became vested in Dr. Marvin. He married ?v, se< £ n<l came to this city, established the .First National Bank, of which he was president, and became mayor of the citv Dying shortly afterward, childless, as ha'd the husbands and wives who had preceded him. the estate went again to the widow, she sent to New Orleans for an expert ernbalrner and electrician, and had her husband s body arrayed in fine clothes and placed in the parlor so arranged that it arose and bowed upon her entrance During this time of grief Col. Joseph E Bivins, who was cashier of the bank, consoled the wiuow and finally induced her to “ er tlead husbana s bouy to Hosemu Cemetery in Macon, after which he succeeded to the place of husband in the house aaid as president of the bank. Once more the fates intervened and the still childless succession of widows was Increased by the death of Mrs. Bivins, thus constituting the colonel the heir of ail that was in i iht For the fifth time the handsome block of real estate in Atlanta changed hands and c ° llaieral relatives of Colonel yesterday h ° died ** a private sanitarium The curious chain of titles by which nroDerty has descended through five links m families none of which knew each othe? shows one of the possibilities of the law constituting husoands and wives as mutual hei , r a T he r , aplli changes in title complicated by going to names so far removed from the usual chains has kept the county buay making records. An Incld-nt of the transaction was the appearance here four years ago of a young man from Nebraska claiming to be the son of an original marriage of Dr. Marvin Some Kind of Lit tlement was reached by which he to his home satisfied. Colonel Bivins was one of the prominent citizens and of the State and was worth lijo 1 1 of his matrimonial ac^ulaitiofc"' 01 ” ° aU!d# They Let Him Stand. Kansas City Journal. Speaking of women and heroes .ri nn i soldier of the regular srmv u-,k ® r *PP i?d car in Topeka yesTerlaT and the" ,t. Btrcet filled with husky youpg Kansas wa * T ho n , !h Wed h, V to fa d on hil ftS leg all the way from the depot. BanUa *° Detroit Tribune* I***" 1 ***" , waits for* the' sal lh 1 °, ne wh# In* hi* Christmas shoeing, befoi do-