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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1899.

no witnesses and both hi companions swore that he did the killing. The first action of the cider Fisher on reaching Montana will be to call on the Governor and ask for a stay of execution for a few days until facts can be presented In a motion for a new trial. Younsr Fisher Is but twenty years old and Is Industrious, well respected and highly connected. IXDIAXA ODITTARY.

Fred A. Rom, the "Rest Mayor Terre Hantr ETer Had' Facial to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. April 23. Former i Mayor Fred A- Ross died this morning from car ?r of the bowels. Ills death had been exjrected for some weeks. "While Mayor Roj had lived in Terre Haute for fifty-live year?, had been prominent in business and public affairs generally, his career as mayor for the six years ending last September has left for him a reputation by which he will be best remembered, that of having been "the best mayor Terre Haute ever had." Frederick A. Ross was born in Searsport, Me. Aug. 5, 1834. When he was five years old his father moved to Oxford, O. In 1S44 the family moved to Terre Haute, where the father was in charge of the mercantile business of H Chamberlin. who afterward went to California, and has since been as.-ocijud with D. O. Mills in large enterprises on the Pacific coat?. In Lvil Frederick Rosa went to Wabash College, where he remained until 1SC4, when he became a partner of his father in the mercantile business. In 1V4 he moved to Philadelphia, but soon returned to Terre Haute. He became a partner of L. A. Eurnett In the leather and r.ai aware buslne.. and in went into the real estate business. He served a short tlmo In the civil war. In ISOy he married Miss Frances Uradley, of Indianapolis, daughter or John H. Uradley, a prominent railroad lawyer at the time. There are three children living, one of whom, a daugnter, 1m a teacher in the Terre Haute High School. Mrs. Ross la a sister of Mrs. John M Kitchen and Mrs. Morris Defrees. of Indianapolis. Horace R. Strattan Remains. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., April 23. The remains of Horace B. Strattan, who died at Peru, will be brought to this city and the funeral will take place to-morrow from the home of his sister, Mrs. Esther A. Wallace. The deceased was a son of the late Benjamin Strattan. for many years one of the most prominent residents of this city, ; NORMAL FIELD DAY. Sophomore Class Carries Off the Honors In Terre IIa.ute Trials. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., April 23.-At the preliminary field day contest of the Indiana Normal School yesterday there were more contestants than ever before took part in an athletlo event at the Normal School. The best two men In each event were to represent the school In the state Intercollegiate field day contests at Indianapolis next month. The sophomores easily led. with the freshmen second, juniors third and seniors last. The results follow: One-hundred-yard dash: Hunt first, Padgett second, lime, :ll 1-5. Half-mile bicycle: Weil first, Austin second. Time, 1:20 3-3. Putting sixteen-pound shot: Pollom first, Bmith second. Dlsta nee. 33 feet ii inches. Two-hundred-and-twenty-yard hurdle race: Rlue first, Hunt second. Time, :31. Mile bicycle: Weil first, Laycock second. Time. 2:57. Quarter-mile run: Pierce first, Williams second. Time. 1:C2. Sixteen-pound hammer throw (hammer one and one-quarter pounds overweight): Morris first. McGrew second. Distance, &2 xeet 5 inches. I'ole valut: Thomerson first, Dellinger fecond. Height 9 feet 6 inches. Half-mile run: Morris first, Paynter second. Time, 2:23 2-3. One-hundrea-and-twenty-yard hurdle race: Hunt first. House second. Time. :21 3-5. Standing broad Jump: Pierce first, Thomerson second. Distance, 9 feet 9i inches. Running broad jump: Pierce first, Thomerson second. Distance, 1& feet 5 Inches. Five-mile bicycle: Austin first, Weil second. Time 17:JG. Two-hundred-and-twenty-yard dash: Hunt first. Padgett second. Tme. :2b 1-5. Running high jump: Weil first. Height, 5 feet 5 Inches. Mile run: Adams first, MorrU second. Time, 3:26 3-5. AS OLD CRI3IE EXPOSED. The Skeleton or a. Ruby Found Hidden In the Wall. Special t the Indianapolis Journal. CORYDON.Ind.. April 23.-While engaged in repairing an old house near Moberly, this county, yesterday, E. A. Stevens found FORECAST FOR MONDAY. Showers Early in the Day, Followed by Fair Weather. WASHINGTON. April 23.-The rain area wh.-;x covered the Mississippi valley rnd tho gulf States has extended over the Twiddle Onio valley and the South Atlantic States, and rain has been folio vod by fair weather in the lower Mississippi valley and the Southwest. Showers have occurred la Montana; eLswwhere fair weather has prevailed. The temperature changes have been unimportant. An area of low barometer is developing over Utah and a t1I,?Ii: depression Is centtal over eastern Missouri: The barometer la high In the extreme Northwest, over the St. Lawrence valley and off the South Atlantic coast. During Monday showers are likely to occur from the middle Mississippi valley over the middle Atlantic States. By Tuesday sowers are likely to occur over the Weste,i States and the middle Rocky mountain trstrict. Along the New England coast the winds will be variable Monday. Southerly winds will prevail on the middle Atlantic coast and fresh southeasterly winds on the South Atlantic cot. Tha lower Mississippi has fallen at Memphis, has remained Mationary at Vicksburg nd has fallen 0.4 foot to l.tiS feet at New Orleans. The Missouri has reached the danger line at Omaha and Kansas City. The display of wind signals on the preat lakes will not be resumed until the breaking up of the ice cptns navigation. This may not occur before April 2o. FORECAST FOR THREE STATES. For Ohio Showers Monday; variable winds. Tuesday fair. For Indiana Showers, followed by fair Monday; variable winds. Tuesday fair. For Illinois Showers, followed by fair and warrrcr Monday; variable winds. Tuesday fair. Sunday Local Ohwervatlon. Rar.Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre, a.m..3U'.t S3 73 South. Et. Rain. T. 7p.m..2i.W fr 63 S'east. Pt. cl'dy. .03 Maximum temperature, 72; minimum temperature 61. Tern. Pre. Normal 54 .13 Mean 6$ .03 Ieprture from normal 12 .10 Departure jsinoe April 1 25 1.97 Departure since Jan. 1 CW 2.35 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta, u.i Rismarck. N. D Euffalo. N. Y , Calgary. ' "W. T Cairo. Ill Cheyenne. Wyo

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the skeleton of an Infant between the weather-boarding and Inner wall of the building. Some eoiled towels were found near the bones and also a number of letters which threw light on the mystery. The young woman to whom the letters are addressed died at this house twenty-three years ago. It was suspected at the time that she had been betrayed, but the manner of her death was never known. The writer of the letters was a young man of that vicinity, but Is now a prominent professional man cf Corydon.

Y. 31. C. A. AVorkers In the Pulpits. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., April 23. This was young men's day in Vlncennes, and services were conducted by members of the Indiana Y. M. C. A. In the morning pulpits were filled as follows: Presbyterian, by James R. Duncan, Evansville; Methodist, J. G. Perkins. Evansville; Baptist, Prof. C. I Flddlar Terre Haute; Christian, Rev. D. B. Atkinson, Merom College; Cumberland Presbyterian, President W. P. Deering, Oakland City College; German Pivangellcai, Edward Probst, Terre Haute; Penlal Mission. Prof. O. Lawrence. Terre Haute. Tonight a mass meeting was held at the orera house. Earlham Students Celebrate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., April 23. The students and faculty of Earlham College, as well as the people of Richmond, the members of the team all being Richmond boys, were yesterday elated with the victory In debate over Indiana University, and last night the same was enthusiastically celebrated. Early in the evening there was a trolley ride, followed by a lecture by Prof. Thomas G. Trueblood on "Wendell Phillips," and after that a programme of Impromptu speeches. Among those who spoke were Byram Robblns. of 'Detroit. Mich.; President J. J. Mills, Prof. It- L. Sackett. J. Hennett Gordon, Earl E. Widup and Roy Dennis. Motoeycles for Fort Rico. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., April 23,-Haynes & Apperson, of the Kokomo Horseless Carriage Manufacturing Company, received an order to-day for,a number of motoeycles for use by contractors for carrying the malls in Porto Rico. The roads of that country are said to be the finest In the world for the automobiles and the star routers expect to use them exclusively in carrying the malls between inland towns. One of the horseless carriages Is already on the way to the Island and others' will follow as soon as they can be manufactured. Small Crowd tt Hear Debs. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 23.-Eugene V. Debs, who has lately been stirring up so much Interest on the question of municipal ownership, came here to-day to continue the discussion. This question was an issue In the last city election and the Democrats won by a small majority, yet the presence of Debs to-day in this srreat stronghold of organized labor attracted but little attention. About two hundred people heard him make a speech that was free from all fiery denunciation. Richmond-Dayton Debate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., April 23. The arrangements are all complete for the debate on Friday night next, at Dayton, O., between the high school of that city and of Richmond. A large delegation will go over from here and arrangements have been made for a special train on the return trip. The local team Is composed of Griffith P. Ellis, Walter Eggemeyer and Harold Knapp. The question to be debated is that of the comparative merits of the British and American forms of government. A "Wabash Industrial School. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., April 23. Mrs. Stanley Coulter, of Lafayette, last night addressed the local Federation of Clubs on the subject of the establishment of an Jndustrlal school in this city. A board of directors, including a representative from every club in the city, was formed, Mrs. Bossier Walter being made chairman. The project having the indorsement of all the clubs the directors decided to proceed immediately with the enterprise, ample funds being in the federation treasury. Easiness Tart of Xetv Lisbon Darned. fepcxial to the I n-J Una poll ? Journal. DUBLIN, Ind., April 23. Early this morning fire destroyed the business portion of New Lisbon, five miles northwest of this place. The following buildings were burned: W. A. Nation's department store, including the postofllce with contents and the Nation residence, loss, $i,0X; John S. Nation's grocery and drug store and his residence, loss, $3,000; Dr. Pickering's barn. Ions. Vj0. Lacs on postofflee is $300, partially covered by insurance. The cause of the fire Is unknown. IV o Sl&rn of Poison Yet Found. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., April 23. The cause of the death of Jonas Bennett, which occurred last Friday night at the Imperial Hotel, has not yet been ascertained. Coroner Watts, assisted by Dr. W. O'Neal Mendenhall. held a. post mortem last evening, but discovered nothing indicating poison. They will make a minute analysis of the contents of the stomach and bladder before making a verdict. The coroner thought the circumstances indicated poison. Antl-Llqnor Lookhp Work. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSBURG. April 23. The pulpits of the churches of this city were occupied today by Hon. S. E. Nicholson, of Kokomo; Dr. W. C. Ilelt, of Indianapolis, and Rev. Hilton, of Brooklyn, Ind.. representatives of the State Anti-saloon League. At a meeting this afternoon a committee of two laymen from eah church was appointed for the organization of a local league. Much interest is manifested among the Christian people here. Xcw Position for Glasscock. Siecial to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. April 23. Prof. W. H. Glasscock has been elected to the superintendency of the Bloomlngton city schools In place of W. II. Fertlch. resigned. Prof. Glasscock was at the head of the Asylum for the Blind and is now taking special work In Chicago University. Suicide of nn Idle Workman. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 23.-Jam.cs Halpin. a young pattern maker, whose home is at Columbus. O., committed suicide this evening. He was out of work and despondent. DEADLY WORK. (Conclnded from Flrnt Taee.) pany K. Third Artillery. April 23, Jacob Boyd, sergeant. Company K, Fourth Infantry, variola; April 6, Samuel J. February, private. Company I, Eighteenth Infantry; April 2L Thomas Gauble, private. Company D. Third Infantry, diarrhoea; April 13. Joseph Gompman, private. Company G, Eighteenth Infantry, malarial fever; April 13, B. C. Chandler, private. Company C, Second Oregon, erysipelas; April 20, Charles M. Parson?, private. Company M, First Washington, tuberculosis; April 2D. Jay K. Taylor, rrlvate, Company H, Second Oregon, peritonitis; April 21. Michael Ryan, sergeant. Company A. Fourteenth Infantry. OTIS." !Vo !y of Gllmore. WASHINGTON, April 23.-From a dispatch received by Secretary Long from Admiral Dewey to-day it is evident the latter is still in the dark respecting the whereabouts of Lieutenant Gilmore and party of the Yorktown. who, it Is thought, were ambushed and captured by a party of Filipinos while on a voyage to rescue Spanish prisoners near Baler. The admiral says he is endeavoring to ascertain the situation of the lieutenant and his party. The dispatch is in response to an inquiry sent by Secretary Long yesterday, not because the latter thought the admiral was not making every effort to reue the men, but to show the friends of the prisoners that the department was not indifferent to the fate or are rem!ss in thlr endeavors In assisting then In regaining their liberty. Junt Try for Your Complexion ChamplSn's Liquid Pearl. TA pinlc or white. Marvelous beauthicr. Greatrcnown. Noequai.

THE ESTERHAZY STORY

CORRESPONDENT STRONG TELLS OF FRENCHMAN'S CONFESSION, . Elections In Spain a Vlctorr for the Government CarlUt Conspiracy Mpped la the Dad. PARIS, April 23. The Figaro, continuing its publication of testimony offered before the Court of Cassation in the Dreyfus revision inquiry, gives to-day the deposition of General Billot, recently minister of war. General Billot denied absolutely any knowledge that Esterhazy had rendered services to the general staff or had had interviews with staff officers. He declared that the allocation of 8,000 francs to Esterhazy would have been impossible because of the restricted resources of the intelligence bureau. He admitted that he had recommended Colonel Picquart's prudence in the investigations aiming to Incriminate Esterhazy, and had refused to authorize General De Bolsdeffre to send Picquart to Tonquin. He told of tho latters endeavors to entrap Esterhazy by inviting him to write a letter, adding that he (Billot) opposed this plan. Finally Colonel Picquart seized one of Esterhazy's letters while in the post, and on representations by General Gonze of the danger of such seizures, he (Billot) decided to send Picquart into exile. The witness repudiated, however, any idea of sending him on a perilous mission. General Billot denied ever having said that Dreyfus ought to be assassinated. In concluding his evidence he maintained the seriousness of CoL Picquart's conduct. Mr. Strong, Paris correspondent cf the London Observer, gave an account of his transactions with Esterhazy. Whei he first interviewed him, last October, Esterhazy asserted that the general staff po.-sesscd 1-3 papers proving that Dreyfus was guilty. On Esterhazy's qulttiug pnsor. Mr. Strong visited him and found him in a high state of excitement. He exclaimed; "I will tell all. You will ruin Du Paty de Clam and all those who have abandoned me." This Esterhazy repeated many times. On another occasion, according to Mr. Strong, he said; "Undoubtedy Dreyfus is guilty, but the general staff treated him shamefully." Mr. Strong told the court he thought this might refer to orders given Esterhazy to fabricate the bordereau. After recording M. Leon Daudet's opinion that Esterhazy was perhaps neither a traitor nor a bandit, but had certainly written the bordereau, Mr. Strong described how Esetrhazy had invited him to make a sensation in a foreign newspaper by announcing that he (Esterhazy) had written the bordereau at the order of Colonel Sandherr, because the general staff, though possessing moral proofs, lacked material evidence of the guilt of Dreyfus. "I wrote it," said Esterhazy, "without disguising my hand. Mercier had instructed the court-martial to condemn Dreyfus, but, warned by Henry that matters would not go as he desired, Mercier (then minister of war) decided to show the judges the 'Canaille D-D document which determined their Judgment." Mr. Strong deposed that at this interview Esterhazy talked of suicide. The witness then related Esterhazy's attempts to sell his confession for 500 sterling. Esterhazy explained to him that the actual bordereau, which he wrote on both sides of the paper, was not shown to the court-martial, but only a trai sfer copy, Imperfectly made as regards some words, which led to the errors made by the experts. Esterhazy told Mr. Strong that it was never in the hands of any foreign nation, but was deposited In the lodge of a concierge by a French agent and taken thenco to the Ministry of War. GARIBALDI'S DAUGHTER. The Girl Appeals to Humbert for Clemency and Has Ills Promise. CAPRERA, Island of Sardinia, April 23. King Humbert and Queen Margherita, who left the bay of Aranci this afternoon on board the royal yacht Savoia, the squadron saluting, arrived here after a comfortable trip and left for Rome this evening. While in Caprera their Majesties visited the tomb and monument of Garibaldi and the room in which he died. They remained in the apartment a long time, inspecting souvenirs and conversing cordially with Menottl Garibaldi, the son of the famous patriot, and with other members of the family. It is said that Signora Canzio, Garibaldi's daughter, addressed the King before her father's tomb an appeal in his nam for clemency to political prisoners. According to the reports King Humbert replied: "My heart Is not opposed to clemency and V shall not fail to seize the first favorable opportunity of acceding to your request." Anti-Semite Riot. ALGIERS, April 23 Edouard Drumont, editor of the Libre Tarole, of Paris, paid a visit to-day to Max Regis, former mayor of Algiers, editor of the Anti-Juif and a notorious Jew-baiter, now undergoing four months imprisonment here for insulting the Governor General. His presence led to entl-Semlte disturbances, and M. Drumont, Mayor Vernol and n any others were arrested. Several policenn were injured. M. Drumont and the mayor were subsequently liberated, but others. Including members of the staff of the Libre Parole and several municipal officials, were detained in custody. Snlelde of nn American. LONDON, April 24. A dispatch from Belfast to the Daily News reports the suicide there last evening (Sunday) of a fashionably dressrd man named Osborne, supposed to be an American. He had just crossed from UverpooL lie killed himself with a revolver. ELECTIONS IN SPAIN. Government Secures Large Majority In Senate Carlint Arrest. MADRID, April 23.-The senatorial elections for the new Cortes were held to-day and passed oft tranquilly throughput the country. They have resulted in giving the government a larger majority in the Senate than it had secured In the Chamber of Deputies. It Is reasserted in different reliable quarters that the attempt of Don Carlos to raise a loan on the security of his Italian and Austrian estates has failed. One of the persons arrested yesterday by the Barcelona police on the charge of being implicated in a Carlist plot describes himself as a general of brigade. The suspect most compromised is Senor Margenat, magistrate of the village of Sardonola. The police seized a quantity of documents, which indicates the intention of the conspirators to raise bands without the authority of Don Carlos. The rifles seized were of an old pattern. The police first arrested Senor Margenat, who confessed to the existence of the conspiracy and led the police to a cave where the arms were concealed. In the meantime they arrested the Carlist general, who turns out to be Luis Gruese, an intimate friend of Marquis de Cerralbo, one of the principal agents of the prcender. He had gone to Barcelona last week from Madrid with the intention of holding a conference. The police now have the names of all connected with the affair, but it has been decided to arrest the ringleaders only. The government regards the conspiracy as an attempt to force the hand of Don Carlos. IIotv the Government Won, LONDON. April 24. According to the Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mall, the recent elections to the Spanish Chamber of Deputies would have resulted in the return of Socialists in Madrid, Bilbao and other

towns had not the government tampered with the electoral figures in a scandalous manner to hide the true results. EARL'S DAUGHTER MISSING.

Lady Scott Went Shopping Last Week and Did Not Return. LONDON, April 24. The family of Sir Samuel Edward Scott, Conservative member of Parliament for West Marylebone, is in a state of great consternation over the disappearance of Lady Scott, who was Lady Sophie Beatrix Mary Cadogan, daughter of the Earl of Cadogan, lord lieutenant of Ireland. The Dally Mail says her ladyship drove out shopping on the 17th, dismissed her coachman in Bond street and has not been seen since. LAdy Sophie Cadogan. who Is in her twenty-fifth year, married Sir Samuel Scott, now In his twenty-sixth year, in 1SU6. Their town house is at No. 7 Grosvenor square, Sir Samuel Scott's country seat being at Sunbridge Park. Bromley, Kent. He is a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards and owns about GO.OOO acres. NO WORD FROM COGHLflN CAPTAIN OP RALEIGH HAS NOT AN. SWERED SECRETARY LONG. Said to Have Deen Ordered to His Vessel to Go to Sea Comments of the London Press. WASHINGTON, April 23,-Navy Department officials say that no word has been received from Captain Coghlan, of the Raleigh, in response to a request made of him by Secretary Long for a statement as to whether he was correctly reported in his recent speech at New York respecting the relations between the Germans and thjp Americans during the blockade of Manila bay last year. It is the custom of the department when it takes notice of remarks made by naval officers which may be regarded as improper or offensive to an individual or toa nation, first to call on the offending person for a statement as to whether he has been correctly reported in preference to taking what may be printed in the newspapers as a basis of action. Captain Coghlan's answer to the department's request therefore will be awaited before any further attention is given to the matter. The officials were somewhat surprised to read in the morning papers the additional observations made by Captain Coghlan in his speech before the Army and Navy Club in New York last night, as they had hoped he had taken warning by the unfavorable comments which his former remarks had caused. NEW YORK, April 23. Captain Coghlan, of the cruiser Raleigh, was to have been one of the guests to-night at the Montauk Club, in Brooklyn. At 11 o'clock, after Mr. Depew had spoken, a telegram was received from Captain Coghlan from the Army and Navy Club sas'ing that he would be at the Montauk Club within a quarter of an hour. Half an hour later a second telegram was received from the Raleigh's captain, in which he said that he had received orders from Washington to report to bis ship at once to go to sea. The Dritlsh Opinion. LONDON, April 24. The morning papers unanimously denounce the cabled utterances of Captain Coghlan, of the United States cruiser Raleigh, regarding the relations between Admiral Dewey and the German naval commander at Manila as "indiscretions" and "violations of good manners." Most of them express the opinion that Germany will treat the Incident with "dignified silence." The Standard says: "While Agulnaldo defits the United States, it is not for an individual American to offer insult to other nationalities." The Daily News and the Dally Mail, nevertheless, accept Captain Coghlan's statement as the true version of Germany's attitude at that time. The Times says: "The promptitude and severity of the rebuke administered to Captain Coghlan, and the approval It meets from public opinion, are remarkable signs of great change wrought in America by the events of the past year. There have been times, even recently, when it Is more than doubtful If su?h zn offense would have been thus punished. War and the wide responsibilities it has entailed seem suddenly to have raised the Nation to truer conception of the dignity of the country. This example of dignified self-respect should be a lesson to the Chauvinist press of the continental monarchy which more particularly poses as a stickler for diplomatic etiquette." The Raleigh at Sandy Hook. NEW YORK, 'April 23. The cruiser Raleigh, Captain Coghlan, bound for Philadelphia, completed coaling to-day and dropped down to Sandy Hook bay, where she anchored for the night. WANTS TO BE ANNEXED. Republic of Mrnrnua Anxious to Join the Vnlted State. Correspondence of the Associated Press. KINGSTON. Jamaica. April li-Mail advices from Greytown, received on Sunday last, report that the movement in Nicaragua in favor of annexation to the United States has grown rapidly during the last few weeks. In fact, it is described as a national tendency. Not only are the people of the republic favorable to it, in so far as the population take any interest in or comprehend politics, but the President, ministers and members of Congress fully appreciate the advantages of annexation and enthusiastically advocate it. Needless to say, the commercial and industrial community, which is largely composed of foreigners, is one with them. The only difference of opinion is in respect to the exact nature of the connection. Some advocate the admission of Nicaragua into the Union as a State, while others, recognizing that this is, for the present, impracticable, think the difficulty might be met by the admission of the republic as a Territory. A third party is of opinion that the best way would be to accept a colonial status, for the present at lea5t, under somo such arrangement as that proposed to the Filipinos. The whole trend of political opinion makes for the Americanizing of the country. Grant from President Zelaya. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, via Galveston, April 23. President Zelaya has granted an option in force until Jan. 1, 1D00, to Mr. Charles Nicoll, British consul at Managua, or to any company he may organize, to purchase the railroads and steamboats of Nicaragua, with the workshops appertaining to them, for the sum of 6,5XMM pesos (silver.) SPIRITUALIST MURDERER. Edward Aaher, Alias Robert Lang, l'ound Guilty nt Detroit. DETROIT. Mich.. April 23. Edward Archer, alias Robert Lang, late last night was found guilty of murdering Valmore C. Nichols on Aug. 10 last. Ascher was a spiritualist and had been giving Nichols, who lived in Ypsihtnti, sittings. On Aug. 10. Nichols disappeared and eight days .later hU body was found in the river. Ascher had worked his fake" medium business in Cincinnati, Louisville and other cities, and in Ixmisville was arrested, charged with murder, which, however, was not proven. fioml Cltlxenship LeaKiir. CINCINNATI. O.. April 23. An elaborate programme has been prepared by Secretary S. K. Nicholson for the third annual convention hero next week of the National Good Citizenship League. Mayer Jones, of Toledo, candidate for Governor. Rev. Sam 1 Jones, the Georgia evangelists. Rev. Dwlght L. Moody, Governor Pingree and representatives cf all th reform organizations and leading thinkers and lecturers are among those who will deliver addresses. The convention begins May 2 and continues four days.

HALF THE CREW LOST

OXE OF THD LIFE BOATS OF THE GENERAL 1V1UTSEY FOUND. Fourteen Famished Sailors Picked I'p from Wrecked Steamer City of Kingston Cat in Two. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., April 23.-Ccnsd-erable excitement was created here early this afternoon by a small boat out at sea giving signals of distress. Captair. Allen immediately went to the assistance in the yacht Baldwin. On nearing the boat he found it to be the missing lifeboat of the steamer General Whitney, which foundered north of Cape Canaveral durtn.T 1 riday night. Captain Allen transferred the tailors from their cramped quarters to his yacht and brought them into Corbet's clock, where a large crowd awaited them. Hot coffee and food were furnished them upon the boat and the poor fellows fairly banqueted. The story of the dlsister as told by Ma:e Mattson and his mea was a thrilling one. One of the bulkheads sprung a leak from the heavy seas which were prevailing; during the early part of Friday night. All hands were ordered to the pumps and worked hard, but the hold soon began to fill in spite of their efforts. The c Ulcers and men realizing that the steamer was settling fast and . sure to founder, toc-k to tho two lifeboats. Captain J. W. Hawthorn and fifteen men went in the first boat and were never again seen by the remaining men. Shortly afterward Mare Mattson and the rest of the crew, fourteen mon, tojk, to the second boat; this was about midnight. They had a compass and begun to row for shore. A strong wind was prevailing, creating a heavy sea and tha men :t tho oars could make no headway. All day Sat urday the men tried to approach shore, but could not even get a glimpse of It and almost despaired when they found they had plenty of provisions, but nu water. They spent all of Saturday night at tho meicy of the sea, which washed over theJr frail boat frequently. Early this morning they sighted land and with redoubled energy, made strong from desperation, took their turns at the oars. When near enough to land they improvised a flag with canvas tacked to an oar and it was then that Cap t. Allen went to their rescue. The men when they landed were drenched to the skin and almost famished. They will remain here until they receive instructions from New York. Besides Mate Mattson, who conducted the party througa the icugh trip, the survivors are: Charles Andy, h. Kemper, D. Jackson. Louis C)D. Gotj.e Cook. H. Louise, G. L. Olsen, Ed Seabkum, Patrick O'Neal, N. Larson, J. Nelso? , George Lingo, J. Davis and Thomas Cavanaugh. They were at tea in their open skitT forty-eight hours u.nd most of the lima without water. Steamer Cut In Two. TACOMA, Wash., April 23. The steamship Glenogle crashed into the steamer City of Kingston about 4:30 o'clock this morning off Brown's Point, cutting the City of Kingston in two Just abaft the boilers. The twelve passengers and crew of the Kingston were saved through the prompt action of officers of the Glenogle and Kingston and two ships lying in th harbor. So faras known no lives were lost. The Rev. Horace II. Clapham, rector of Trinity Church, occupied the stateroom struck by the Glenogle's prow, and was pinned in the wreckage for several minutes, only being release! by the parting of the steamers. Ills forehead was cut slightly, but he was not seriously hurt. The Kingston was cut in two pieces, which have been towed to the harbor here. v The Kingston is a total loss and the Glenogle is damaged. The hull of the Kingston sunk immediately, but her upper works, cut in two. floated. They were beached and at low tide to-night, an examination will bo made to learn whether any passengers were left in their staterooms. A bank of tog hung about Brown's Point this morning. In the harbor it was clear. The Kingston undoubtedly lost her bearings and was in the course of outgoing vessels at the time of the collision. The Kingston was evidently proceeding toward Tacoma under the impression that the Glenogle was lying at the dock. When thp Victoria liner rounded the point and the Glenogle loomed, up Just ahead, the officers were at least momentarily confused. It is said the Glenogle signaled the Kingston to pass outside and had this been done, the accident would not have occurred. The Kingston's officers were probably unable to distinguish the whistles and in the attempt to pass inside ran directly across the bows of the Glenogle. The City of Kingston was built in Wilmington. Del., for the bead of the river trade. She was bought in 1ST9 by Capt. D. B. Jackson and is now registered as owned by W. G. Pearce. She was valued at the time of the accident at $150,000 and is well Insured by English companies. Movements of Steamers. QUEENSTOWN, April 23. Sailed: Steamer Lucanla, from Liverpool for New York. PHILADELPHIA, April 23. Arrived: Steamer Waesland, from Liverpool. NEW YORK. April -Arrived: Steamer La Gascogne, from Havre. HAVRE, April 23. Arrived: Steamer La Bretagne, from New York. ABOVE DANGER LINE. A Few Inches More nnd the Missouri Will Cause Great Damage. OMAHA, Neb.. April 23.-The Missouri river continued to rise steadily during the past twenty-four hours at this point and is now above the danger Una. At the foot of Farnam street, where the big Omaha and Grant smelter is located the water is within about two inches of the top of the bank and any additional rise will inflict great damage on the smelter property. The Union Taclnc tracks along the river, a block or two above, are partially under water and the ground is so soft that it Is dangerous to run trains through the yards. The river is a roaring torrent and filled with all kinds of debris. Below the Union Pacific bride it is three miles wide and the Burlington tracks are lapped by the waves. Trains run very carefully here. Cut-off lake is now brim full and the water Is on a level with the planking of the bridge to Court land Beach. The current that has set in from Florence lake southward is very strong and an additional rise means a probable shifting of the river channel. During the night some twenty families were driven out and the bottoms are now completely covered. The tracks and bridge of the terminal company are yet intact. Swift's big Icehouse is above the water level, but men are kept, employed strengthening the embankments nearby. Reports from up river show that the water is falling, but the rise here is likely to continue another twenty-four hours. Dancer ut Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 23. The Missouri river at 7 o'clock this evening had reached three Inches above the danger line, the government gauge at that hour registering 21.3 feet. This is a rise of eight inches since Saturday morning. The river was still coming up to-night and as the current Is exceedingly strong serious damage to property in the lowlands may result. Men were kept busy to-day driving the squatters to higher ground and farmers and others spent the day moving their property and belongings to higher ground. The only real damage that has resulted so far has been the flooding of several cellars of business houses skirting the river. Gangs of men worked steadily all day pumping out water and removing goods. Harlem, across the river, has not yet experienced any serious damage, although a considerable portion of low land there has been submerged. It is believed that the river will reach its height to-morrow and begin to fall to-morrow night. Will Attack Anti-Trust Illll. AUSTIN. Tex., April 23. It was learned to-day from one of the leading tire Insurance agents in the State that the fire insurance men intend enjoining the antl-tru?t bill now pending in the Texas Legislature within forty hours after it becomes a lav. It is stated that the papers necessary to the injunction proceedings are now being prepared In order that they may be in readiness. It is the Intention to apply for th injunction at the hands of the Federal Courts, and the bill will then be attacked on constitutional grounds. It is believed that the lower courts at Little Rock will pass

on the constitutionality of the law very shortly, and In case they do the Texas Legislature may be saved the trouble of passing an unconstitutional bill. CAUSE OF CLARK'S SUICIDE.

"Was Greatly Worried Over the Affairs nt Harlem Track. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 23. The remains of Col. M. Lewis Clark, the widely known turfman who committed suicide yesterday In his room at Gaston Hotel, were taken to Louisville to-night by sorrowing friends. The party will arrive at their destination at an early hour to-morrow morning, and it is understood a public funeral will be held in hat city shortly before noon. J. II. C. Clark, of Chicago, son of the dead sportsman, C. T. Ballard, of Louisville, a cousin, and Charles F. Price, secretary of the Louisville Jockey Club, an Intimate friend and associate, arrived, in Memphis this morning and took charge of the remains. All of the party returned to Louisville tonight accompanied by a delegation of Memphians. representing the Memphis Jockey Club, and other friends. The announcement of Colonel Clark's sensational suicide spread rapidly on the streets and only ejaculations of surprise could te heard. Only intimate friends were acquainted with the dead turfman's melancholy condition and many devotees ot the turf at first refu.-ed to believe the startling news. Ill health and consequent despondency, coupiea with other probable troubles, are assigned as the cause. It is a generally accepted fact that Colonel Clark was the lessee of the Harlem race track in Chicago, despite the assertion of closo friends, who say that he was not intersted In a financial way in that association. It is thought that Colonel Clark had been worried over the outlook for races at Harlem this season. Secretary Nathanson was in Memphis a few days ago and conferred with Colonel Clark about the affairs of Harlem, but the result of this conference is not known. It Is believed that Nathanson held out very little promise for a successful season at the Chicago track, there being some circumstances tending to prevent that result. To this cause a great deal of Colonel Clark's mental worry and unrest is attributed. James H. Rees has been elected presiding judge at Montgomery Park in succession to Colonel Clark. ?4,S00 for Lady Contrary. LEXINGTON. Ky., April 23. Gene Leigh, who is in the city to-night, to-day closed a deal, acting for W. P. Norton, for the good filly Lady Contrary, 2, by Russell-Lady McNairy. The filly was bought from Tom Nepper. The price is understood to have been $1,500. Kid Lnvelle Blay Recover. PITTSBURG, April 23. Kid Lavelle. tho colored pugilist, who was put to sleep by John Cavanaugh In the twelfth round of a fight at Homestead Friday night, regained consciousness at noon to-day, and is thought to have a chance for recovery. Jeffries Looking for Quarters. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. April 23.-James Jeffries, who is to meet Bob Fitzslmmons next month for the heavy-weight championship, arrived here to-night with his trainer. He will remain here several weeks if suitable training quarters can be secured. Linton Wins In Paris. PARIS, April 23. In the fifty kilometers bicycle race here to-day Tom Linton, the Englishman, won in 55 minutes 30 3-5 seconds. Edward Taylore was second and A. 11 Walters third. SALESMEN TO ORGANIZE Object Is to Restore Prices to the Ante-Punic Schedule. CHICAGO, April 23. Traveling and resident salemen of the United States will be called on to join an organization to prevent salaries being reduced in the future and to secure, so far as possible, a reinstatement of the salaries paid before the business depression of 1ST3. Twenty representatives of the salesmen of Chicago held a meeting at the Palmer House to-day to discuss the purposes of the proposed organization. A resolution was adopted reciting that "it has become necessary for organized opposition to trusts by wage earners as a protective measure." An appeal was issued to salesmen to organize clubs all over the country, "with a view to demanding such legislation by the government and by each State as will destroy the illegal concentration of capital and the curtailment of vast industries, which eliminate competition and destroy our usefulness." C. M. Moore, the chairman of the temporary organization, suggested that In each State a bill be drafted to prevent the dealing in stocks as collateral and the Investment in the bonds of any trust or monopolistic combination by national, state and private banks, and the holding of such stocks as securities, and that in each city an organization of salesmen enter into politics to support any nominee who will be a candidate on an anti-trust platform. VOLUNTEER MURDERED. Victim of n. AVeak-Mtnded Boy's Jealousy in Missouri. FULTON, Mo., April 23. Edward Palmer to-day shot and killed Thomas Ganaway, a companion, in a trivial quarrel over a giil. Both men are young. Palmer, whose mind Is unbalanced, made no attempt to escape, but seemed to enjoy the sensation he had created. The case is a pitiable one. Palmer's brother and mother are both mentally unbalanced and the father, who was the support of the family, fell dead at his workbench only last Monday. Ganaway and several companions called to-day at the Palmer cottage. He and young Palmer quarreled over some triile. Palmer procured a revolver and shot Ganaway twice, one shot entering the throat and the other the left shoulder blade. Ganaway ran out of the house, crossed the street and fell dead. The dead man was a member of Company M, Fourth Missouri Volunteers, and had borne a good reputation. AMBUSCADES FOnETOIJJ. A Spanish Colonel's Experience and Predictions. A recent copy of the Munich AUgemelne Zeitung contains an interview with Cpionel Cordez, of the Spanish army, a man wno n s seen much service in the Philippines. By a singular coincidence he foretold the ambuscades of which our troops have recently suffered at the hands of savages. "A disciplined army fighting against savages must expect to be ambushed and see thousands of its brave soldiers massacred in cold blood," said the colonel. This is especially true with respect to the Filipinos. Ft'teen years of service in those islands have convinced me that victories, such as the Americans are achieving now, day after day, are really of little consequence. We did the same, in a measure, yet were never masters of the situation. In the Philippines Kuropeans will never be able to protect themselves against the basest treachery by day or n!ght. "We Spaniards had a numerous, brave army there. We outnumbered the enemy tenfold, perhaps. My own men, in particular, were entirely acclimatized; they knew the country, the customs and the peop!e. Kvery trick the Filipinos had ever played on the invaders of their country was known and appreciated both by officers and men. We were constantly on our guard, but that did not prevent us from being ambushed time and again. No one marching in the bush is safe. My own experience shows that when we felt most figure we were usually nearest to partial annihilation. Marching ahead with the utmost care, and with the enemy apparently miles away, we often encountered the most deadly fire all of a sudden. "The Filipinos are dangerously agile. "Without disturbing a leaf, or cracking a bush they creep upon the body of a troop, never minding the outposts. They appear, discharge their ammunition with incredible velocity and vanish in the thicket no one knows where to. Once or twice I tried to pursue these dastards, but save it up, feelnj? that I would lose only more men by so doing without gaining the slightest advantage. "All the ambuscades through which I lived happened in this way: "We were marching over the usually miserable forest roads or along the shore. Our 'swarmers' at the head, sides and rear reported everything quiet.' And it was quiet, deadly quiet. We couldn't see through the bushes. I tut all the same there were dozens of sprightly sprinters behind these gr cn walls, who now had their ears upon the ground p.nd again climbed big trees in order to follow our lines with their eyes. "And suddenly, at a point where we were confronted by unusual difficulties of the road, or when we were tired to death by a long march in the sun there was the low whistling of the scouts. "Next we heard sounds of "bang 'bans,

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such as the Mr snakes make when shutting their jaws, then beating of mullled drums, some sharp whistling, and quick as a flasa the forest was alive with brown devils. "A perfect hailstorm of bullets struck u?. ccmlnjr from the right and left, from the tops of trees and out of ravines. Heaven and earth seemed to have combined to destroy us. Fifteen, twenty, a hundred of my men were often killed before we could wheel about in line to open fire. We usually succeeded in drivincr off the enemy by a quick, sharp mass tire, but looking at tt in the riKht way that wasn't a great advantage after all. These savages had never intended to make a decided ftand against our Mausers. They merely wanted to harass us, to kill and wound as many of us as rouble and in that they succeeded. And having done this, they ran away to sock elsewhere for an opportunity to ambush us. "You will say," continued Colonel Cordez. "that this sort of warfare is only possible n the bush. 1 grant that, but in the opn field the Filipinos are no less dangerous. "They are quick in throwing up intrenchments as they go alng and every smallest elevation of the landscape they know how to utilize. With the quick-firtng and far-reaching rifles of the day they can turn trenches into equally good cover as the bush. They also have a tantalizing habit of impeding the progress of the enemy by a long succession of trenches and pitfalls. "Drawn battles are not their forte, while, at the same time, the enemy's superior strength does not frighten them. As a general thing they risk only short assaults and withdraw before the Kuropeans can bring their superior tactics into play. If re pu I sod they quickly gather again into new formations. You can't beat them in the long run. "The Filipinos will tight as long a they please or as long as they have ammunition. American victories notwithstanding. The Americans may take and destroy h dozen of Aguinaldo's capitals or residences, that will make absolutely no difference. To him one village is as good as another for issuing proclamations and keeping his government going. SEWALL FOR GOVERNOR. The Yoang Sinn Will Probably Preside Over Hawaii. BATH, Me., April 23,-Harold M. Sewall, former minister to Hawaii and present United States government agent on those islands, arrived home to-day on a visit ib his father, Arthur Sewall. Mr. Sewall paid that he was a candidate for Governor of Hawaii, but, being in the government service, he felt somewhat restricted in discussing the matter. He was away from his post on leave and had tpent e:x daj-s in Washinston in conference with the authorities. He would not deny that his visit to Washington was relative to the governorship of the islands, neither would he affirm the rumor that the position had been tendered him by President McKInley. He said he would return to Honolulu within a week, and it is Inferred from this that he reached a satisfactory undemanding with the President. TWO WOMEN'S BODIES. Both Murdered and Hidden In a Houe Near Slount Carbon, 111. MURPHY'SBORO, III., April 23. In a house near Mount Carbon mine No. 6, in a lonely strip of woods, the bodies of two murdered women were found to-day. They were Mrs. Mary E. Daire, wife of a miner, and Miss May Millstead, a friend who had been staying with Mrs. Daire during her husband's absence. Both had evidently b en shot and then struck with a club. The house was plundered. It Is, believed the murder was committed Friday. HnrrlMon as a Jury Lawyer. Saturday Evening Post. Former President Benjamin Harrison will be in New York early in May, and will leave on the 17th of that month for Paris, to deliver his argument upon the Venezuelan boundary question. This argument is certain to attract world-wide attention, not only bause of its ability, but by reason of its delivery. In his fame as a statesman General Harrison's reputation as an advocate has been lost fight of by most persons. Long before his election to the preiidency General Harrison was the leader of the Indiana bar, and he excelled in his rare skill as a "Jury lawyer." His style of speaking was wonderfully effective. His pose was natural and his tone conversational. Ho talked lo the jury alon. and oftentIm what he was saying could not be heard hy the spectators In the rear of the courtroom. He generally spoke Impromptu. In one famous case in Indianapolis, in 176, he spoke for ten hours from notes made upon a single sheet of paper, reviewing technical testimony which took ten days to adduce, and his condensation was at the time regarded as one of the most marvelous efforts ever made in that part of the country. The Revolutionary Daughter. PHILADELPHIA, April 23. The annual national conference of the Daughters of the Revolution will convene in this city to-morrow and will last several days. One hundred and seventy-live delegates, representing every State In the Union except two, are now here. Tris afternoon they attended services at the historic old Swedish Church. Archdeacon Brady, of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania, ofnclated at the services. Among the new business which will come before the conference will be the final arrangement for the uniting of the society with the Daughters of the American Revolution. - Curlonlty atland. Chicago Tribune. "You eay you and the defendant stopped at a restaurant after the performance at tlm theater was over and had a 'Lite oup; Now, will you be good enough to tell me, asked the attorney, "how you would go to work to make a late soup?" "I should think." stiffly answered the witness, "it might be made out of the shank of the evening." Triple Tragedy In Texas. HOUSTON. Tex.. April 23.-In a shooting affray near Treval. in Trinity county, Edward Harding and Jam-?" C. Trebathan killed and L, C. Harding fatally wounded. The original difficulty was between E. C Harding and Trebatharu reward Hardin interfered and was killed by Trehathan, who wounded the remaining Harding before hnnr kllkd him?elf. The cause of the trouble U not known. Shot by Hl Divorced "Wife. SMITH CENTER. Kan.. April 23. Charles Stockman, of Knsins;:on. was this evening hot and probably fatally wounded by his former wife. Mrs. Stockman secured a divorce recently. To-night Stockman came to her house intoxicated and became disagreeable. The woman secured a revolver and after warning him to keep away, delicately shot him, lh ball entering the right sida of the face. Mrs. Stockman surrendered. Mayr Jnnm'i empcr Deal Off. TOLEDO. O.. April 23. Mayor Jons and his friends have decided not to go into ths newspaper busine?a. Soon after the election the mayor became intended in a project to start a morning newspaper in this city to further the municipal-ownership idea, but the deal has fallen through. IQBROIiClilAL o TROCHES Relieve Coughs and Colds. Contain no oplura, or anything injuri oui." Da. A. A. 11 a yes, CheuiUt, Ikiston. Ia boxes only Avoid ImltJUlona. !

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