Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 122, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1899 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1899.

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Invalid Cliairs Of all kind and accessories for' the tick room. Trusses mad and pirrly adjusted, fetor opto Ttry Saturday night. W31. II, AR3ISTROXG & CO(Stw No. 127 fl 8. Illinois St.. Indianapolis. Ind. HELD COURT IN WOODS ST. CLAIR COLWTY JUDGES DID SOT CIO TO OSCEOLA, 3IO. Conflict Dctnrfn COO Former and Federal Officers) Averted A Sensational Case Reviewed. OSCEOLA, Mo.. May 1. The expected conflict between United States deputy marshals and the three Judges of St. Clair county, predicted for to-day, did not materialize. The Judges having been warned that there would be a force of deputies here, decide not to come to town, but Instead, It Id said, held court somewhere In the woods. It has developed that the tax levy for the regular county funds has already been made. It had been the purpose of United States Marshal Dunham and his deputies, acting under orders of Federal Judge Philipps, to effect thtr arrest of the St. Clair county judges when they met here to-day in regular session to make the annual tax levy. According to the clerk of the court the judges came into town stealthily on Friday night, met In the courthouse, made the tax levy and returned to the brush. It was stated yesterday that the long fight of the people of St. Clair county against the levy of a special tax to pay Interest on bonds of a railroad that was never built, might end In bloodshed to-day when the three fugitive judges, who had been In hiding to prevent the United States officials from compelling them to levy the special tax or suffer arrest, should come here to open the regular term cf court. It was stated that the Judges would be protected by a mob of 500 farmers. HISTORY OF TUB CASK. For twenty-six years the people of St. Clair county, Missouri, have been la revolt against a Judgment of the Federal Court. During all of that time the county Judges have passed the greater portion of their terms of office in Jail for contempt. During all th!3 time judges and people have defied the court, and all the might of-the Nation's Judiciary system has been Insufficient to compel a settlement of the decree. The case Is one of the most pecullar'that has ever arisen In the history of America. Recently" Judges Gill and Thomas D. Nevill. two of the members of the County Court, returned to their homes from the county Jail in Kansas City. Judge Gill's health failed during the six months' stay in Jail, and he was not re-elected, as this meant more Jail life for him. The caso is a page from the history of railroad exploitation in the West In the early seventies. St. Clair county is a part of the Osage country, not rich in minerals or with exceptionally good lands. It is a plain backwoods district, peopled by men and women who have lived there all their lives, and who have the determination of their British and Scotch ancestors. But the country had no railroad to haul its produce to market, and the offer of one was hailed with pleasure thirty years ago. The nearest line to St. Clair was at Sedalla. sixty miles away. So when advance afcents of the Tebo & Keosho Railway went to Osceola and proposed to build a branch of the road from Kansas City to Helena, Ark., the people were anxious to accept. Some sixty counties In westem Missouri discussed the proposition for a bond issue. St. Clair accepted and agreed to take .'.0.000 of stock, to be paid Xor In county bonds. There has always been some question If the petitions for the bond i-sue had a majority of the votes, but they were so recordil. and the issue was decided upon. This was In 1ST0. They were conditioned on the running of the road through the county on the best practicable line. Fifty thousand dollars was to be delivered when Ave miles of the Toad had been constructed. floo.OUO more when the road crossed the Osage river and that stream was bridged, and the remainder when the road was graded through the whole county. This was satisfactory to the people, but It Is asserted that later the Counv ty Court stripped the county of all protecting conditions and agreed to deliver bond when contracts had been let for masonry work. On Nov. 2. 1ST0. the bonds were signed and delivered. That was the last of the railroad. It has never been built and nobody asserts It was ever to be. But the holders of the bonds sold them, and the judgment is hnsed on the Innocent third-party holder law. The people refused to pay the first tax levied to pay interest on learning of the l5sue of the bonds. Then they repudiated the whole thing and sat down, satisfied no court would hold against them. But In 1873 suit was brought for JO.OOO of the bonds and decided against the county. Then Judge Dillon Issued a mandamus on the County Court commanding the judges to levy the necessary tax. The Judges, learning of the coming of the marshal with his order, took to the woods, and It was a long time before the officer was able to serve his papers. When he did serve them the order was Ignored. The Judges were opposed to the tax, and. even If they favored it. they knew the temper of their people too well to take chances. Then an order of arrest for contempt of court was issued, and the judges were hauled to Kansas City for hearing. Judges Asabel Heath. Thomas J. Younger. John Breeden. John P. Love and Thomas Henley were the lirst men to suffer voluntary Imprisonment rather than pay what they. believed to be an unjust debt. CANNOT PAY IF THKY WOULD. When the fight began the people fought the court because of their wrath at the fraud put upon them. Now they keep It up Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. 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a. coais, caps, sains, YCs because they could not pay if they would. The amount has grown by accretion of interest compounded from $:,0X) .to over Jl.:00,UX). The assessed valuation of the entire county Is only J 1,000,000, so it will be seen that to issue the levy necessary to take up this dtbt would confiscate every acre of land In St. Clair. The people are willing to compromise and pay the face of the bonds, but H3 this offer is rejected they keep up the battle. After a few courts had been locked up In a body, candidates for the office became volunteers willing to go to Jail to prevent a tax levy. For nearly thirty years the war has continued and Is not ended yet. Every time Jud.e Phillips opens court he finds a jrroup of three patient typical southwestern Missouri farmers In court waiting for commitment to Jail. He offers them advice and admonition. They reply with the stated offer of compromise, and. of course, are turned down. Then the Judge winds it all up by wearily ordering his marshal to lock them up. This has been a Federal Court scene In Kansas City fo long that any reporter in the city cejuld give an account of almost the exact words without going to the court. Judge Itiillips has become so accustomed to the ceremonial that he makes the same old speech in the same perfunctory way, listens to the reply In the same listless manner and waves the county Judges to jail with the same weary wave of the hand. But the bonds have not been paid nor any of the interest. The federal authorities are puzzled and the people of St. Clair determined. How It will end. If it ever does get out of the court. Is a question for chancery to wrangle with. There are 2f.0 or 30,000 persons in St. Clair county. These, save 1.500 at Osceola, as many at Appleton City and half as many at Lowrey, are farmers and farmers folk. They ore the type of people who have had much to do with the settlement and development of the United States. They represent, as It is represented in Missouri and the south Alleghenian hills of Fast Tennes see and Kentucky, as in other parts of the Union, the simon pure Anglo-Saxon stock In the old world. Their ancestors came over In the Mayflower and others of the first of the emigrant craft. They are an admixture of the Briton and Scot, and all their an cestral characteristics of never-bending de termination and unyielding stubbornness are apparent In this unique fight of the people of St. Clair county. The typical farmer of St. Clair is a char acter who is fast disappearing from Ameri can citizenship. He is a fighter. In his veins Is the same blood Normans shed at Hastings and that reddened the field at Bannockburn. He Is a Mlssourlan as Missourlans of the ttrst crop were known. His parents or his grandparents came from Ken tucky or Tennessee. He loves naturethe woods and the .hills and he does not live In the city or any nearer it than he can help. He is a bard worker, has a big ram ily, is ordinarily a poor business man, never gets rich, has a .big heart, long hair, a full beard, wears boots all the year round and a long overcoat except when the woodcock Is nesting and the dog days are on: has his cellar full of cider, apples, pumpkins, po tatoes and turrips: does not see much difference between a horse thief and a mortgage 'sticker. He offers little hope of an early solution of the trouble. VISITED THE NAVY YARD PRESIDENT M'KIXLEY ENTERTAINED BY XAVAL OFFICERS. Introduced by Renr Adntlrnl Philip, nnd the Ilmnl of All Shaken ljr the Chief Executive. NEW YORK. May 1. President and Mrs. McKlnley breakfasted early this morning at the Hotel Manhattan. After breakfast the President received a number of callers, among them Gen. Grenville M. Dodge. At 9:43 o'clock the President, Abner McKlnley and Assistant Secretary Cortelyou entered a carriage and droe to the foot of East Twenty-third street, where they boarded a government tug and went to the navy yard. Mrs. McKlnley remained at the hotel. I.rfUer In the day she and Mrs. Abner McKlnley did some shopping. The presidential party, which Included General Dodge, W. W. Wheaton, Surgeon Rixey, U. S. N., and Col. W. C. Brown, were received on board the government tug Nina by Commander J. D. Kelley, IT. S. N., who was delegated to escort them to the navy yard by Rear Admiral J. W. Philip. The tug reached the yard at 10:40 o'clock and the visitors landed at the foot of Main street. As the Nina turned Into the wallabout basin the guns aboard the Vermont belched forth a salute of twenty-one guns in honor of the President. i Rear Admiral Philip, with Captains Miller, Ide, Farnholdt and Arnold, greeted the President and his escort when they came ashore. President McKlnley and the commandant then led the others up the yard to the Lyceum building, in front of which all the officers on duty at the yard were lined up in special full dress. One hundred marines, In command of Col. R. W. Huntington and Captains W. C. Neville and W. J. McElway, faced the building. As the President approached the Marine Band played Hail to the Chief," and while the marines presented arms the officers and spectators doffed their hats. Admiral Philip Introduced each of the officers to the President, who shook hands with every one of them. After this the party was escorted through the stores and factories and then visited the Yoscmlte and Glacier, which they inspected. After the inspection they were invited to luncheon at the commandant's residence. After luncheon the President and the other visitors returned to the city on board the Nina, and as the vessel swung into the East river another salute of twenty-one guns was fired from the Vermont, on which vestel the President's flag was Hying. During the afternoon a large number of visitors called at the Manhattan and left their cards for the President. President McKlnley spent a quiet evening at the Manhattan Hotel and left this city at 10 o'clock for a special Pennsylvania Railroad train in Jersey City, which left for Washington at midnight. The President retired as soon as he got n board the special train. The party, as it left for Washington, consisted of the President and Mrs McKinley, Assistant Secretary Cortelyou. Dr. Rixey, stenographer Forster and several servants. Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKlnley accompanied the party to the train. TO RELIEVE PEARY. Scaling? Steamer Hope Will Proceed .Northward Next Montb. ST. JOHNS, N. P., May L-The scaling steamer Hope went Into dock here to-day to be thoroughly overhauled nnd repaired preparatory to proceeding northward next month with an expedition for the relief of Lieutenant Peary, the Arctic explorer, who went toward the pole last summer with n specially selected party and who mav now need ns-Istance. as hi steamer, the Vlndward. has been froren in the ice since th ecrly part of last winter.

THREE FATALLY BURNED

MIDNIGHT BLAZE AT LOG A ! SPORT DESTROYS TENE3IEXT BLOCK Two Aerolites Fall vrlth Crash and a Splatter at Vlncennes Alexandria Strike Settled. Ereclal to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT. Ind.. May 1. Earl Stew art's livery barn, a large brick structure, across the street from the Panhandle sta tion, caught fire just before midnight and the flames gained such headway that it was soon apparent the entire block was doomed. The block was partly taken up with tene ments and, in addition to the narrow escapes, three people were probably fatally burned. The Injured: EARL STEWART, livery barn proprietor, rescued with his clothes In flames; terribly burned and will probably die. T. B. ROGERS, merchant policeman, bad ly burned about face and hands. BEN KEELUM. colored, buggy wasner, fatally burned; flesh on arms and face cooked. Mr. Stewart was caught in the flames while attempting to rescue his horses and carriages. Merchant Policeman Rogers went to his assistance and dragged him through the flames. Besides the livery barn the block contained a number of doctors offices, Fornoff's barber shop and flats occupied by families. About ten horses were turnpd. The loss cannot be estimated at this hour, the fire not yet being under control. There was a panic among these living In the block and only part of their effects were saved. TWO AEROLITES FELL. Struck Within a. Few Feet of Two Men nt Vinrennrs. Freclal to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCDNNES. Ind., May 1. Two aerolites fell at noon to-day In this city. One struck a slab of stone on a Baltimore & Ohio flatcar. Just as the train had crossed the Wabash bridge. The meteor was shattered to atoms. At the same moment another meteor fell with a whizzing sound and struck a pile of brick with a loud crash and was shattered Into a million fragments. Councilman Charles B. O'Donnell and Alexander Runyon. a contractor, were sitting within four feet of the spot and the fragments scattered all about them. They secured a few of the pieces, which Indicate that the falling object was nearly round, rough, yellow or orange color, externally and snow white and flinty inside. MRS. PIIILIPPS A TERROR. Drew a IvnlfV In Court and Almost Started a Riot. Special to the Indlanajvoli.- Journal. RUSIIVILLE. Ind., May 1. An exciting trial occupied the mayor's court here this morning. Mrs. Rachel Philipps had her husband, Thomas Philipps, arrested for desertion. He claimed he left her because of her ungovernable temper and violence toward him. The plaintiff's actions in court strongly bore out the defendant's contention and won him the case. Mrs. Kate Moore, a witness for the husband, narrated some facts displeasing to Mrs. Philipps, and she swore at Mrs. Moore, calling her a liar. Twice she made a rush at the witness to "settle her hash." Marshal Jones seized Mrs. Philipps before she could strike Mrs. Mooro and ejected her from the courtroom. She was permitted to return in a few minutes and had no sooner taken a seat than she again began abusing witnesses. Just as the argument opened Mrs. Philipps sprang at her husband and dealt him several hard blows In the face before she was seized. An uproar ensued in which the mayor dismissed the case and threatened to fine the plaintiff for contempt of court. Marshal Jones, in struggling to disarm Mrs. Philipps, who was brandishing a large barlow pocket knife, had one finger cut. The parties were speedily ejected from the major s court to prevent a general riot. THE STRIKE SETTLED. Alexandria iIiimk Com puny nnd Employe! Come to Term. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind.. May l.The plateglass strike Is settled and some of the men win start to work to-morrow morning. The exact terms of the settlement are not made public this evening, but it is generally understood that the settlement Is agreeable to both sides. The factory will be running full force again In a few days. All suits against the union and against the men who caused a disturbance near the factory some time ago were dismissed this morning. County Poor Farm Scumlul. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CORY DON, Ind., May 1. The State Boards of Health and Charities will probably find it necessary to renew their efforts to secure the erection of a suitable asylum for the poor In Harrison county. The County Commissioners, through the pressure brought to bear upon them by these state boards, had bought a farm, adopted plans and specifications and advertised for bids for the construction of a building. Now they have undone all this by rescinding the order to contract for a building and advertising tho farm for sale. The price paid for the farm was high and the proposed building would probably have cost $2).000. The county being already in debt, many taxpayers entered a vigorous protest against tho plan. Many of the more "economical" taxpayers think by giving the old buildings another coat of whitewash they can be made to answer a few years longer. A majority of the citizens of the county favor the building of a proper asylum. The present asylum consists of a few old dilapidated buildings located in a basin four miles south of Corydor, A progressive farmer would not stable his cattle in these buildings. On account of the lack of accommodations the inmates cannot be properly separated. As a result a most deplorable state of Immorality has existed, so much so, in fact, that the White Caps at one time undertook to work a reformation by means of hickory switches, the superintendent coming in for his share of the punishment. Train Wrecked and Cara Darned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MITCHELL, Ind., May l.A costly wreck occurred last night on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern road Just west of this place. A freight train of cars containing oil, alcohol and corn was coming down a heavy grade and broke In two. The rear part came up at the foot of the hjll and collided with such force that the freight and cars were piled in a high mass. The wreck, then took fire and fifteen cars and contents were burned. All night trains were delayed until a temporary track running around the fire could be laid, which required about eight hours' work. The debris has been burning fourteen hours and it will be several days before workmen will bi able to clear it away and replace the track. Clock Maker Slpes Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND. Ind., May L-Robert H. Sipes, a well-known resident of this city, died of heart disease this morning while walking across the kitchen floor. His body was taken to Everett, Pa., his birthplace, this afternoon for burial. Slpes was flftyr.lne years old. He was a genius for making mechanical devices. His great work was a clock twelve feet high, nine feet wide and weighing almost a ton. on which he worked seven years. This clock was exhibited at New Orleans, San Francisco and has al?o been seen iu hundreds of towns and cities In all parts of the United States. It has a hundred little figures which move automatically and perform many curious feats. Both MMers Elope. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR. Ind.. May 1. There was a double elopement near here Saturday night, when Bert Davis and William Robblns placed a ladder against the second-story window of Farmer Albert Otto's home and assisted hi two ilaughtcrs. Mary and Lizzie Otto, ag(d seventeen and fifteen, to escape. They drove here and at 12:10 o'clock Sunday morning Rev. 11. 1 Veach wedded Bert Davis and Mary Otto, after which the party drove to Columbus, where they took a trip on the Big Four road. One couple was CiUSQt at Columbus and tho other at

Greensburg. The father of the girls went to Columbus this morning to have the couple at that place released.

iulcW A . at Mncty-Four. Special to theindlanaroHs journal. SALEM, Ind., May 1. Norval Peugh, aged ninety-four, living at Kossuth, seven miles north of here, committed suicide by taking morphine Sunday evening, dying during the night. His mind was partially unbalanced by recent frequent deaths In tho family and from the fact that he was a sufferer with cancer of the face. His wife died about one year ago. and there has be?n five deaths In tho house of his son. B. F. Peugh. where he lived since. As he had been taking light doses of morphine, it is supposed he did not know just how much he was taking. Want Snloons Cloned on Sunday. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE- HAUTE, Ind., May l.-At the monthly meeting of the Terre Haute Ministers' Association yesterday resolutions were adoped to organize a movement to secure the enforcement of laws for Sunday observance. Several Sundays ago the Rev. Mr. Mountain, of the Trinity Methodist Church, In the outlying district of the city, called at the saloon of Councilman Morelock and insisted that he clo.e his doors, which he did. Irvln Love Shoot Himself. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., May 1. Irvln Love, one of the most prosperous farmers of Grant county, shot himself In his barn this morning. For over a month he had been brooding over financial affairs. He was supposed to be one of the wealthiest men in the county and one of his sons said that his father only owed $3,DuO. He is still alive, but the physicians say he cannot live. Indiana Boy Brought Home Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., May 1. An Associated Press dispatch states that among the soldiers brought back to the United States from Manila on the transport Sherman was Private Ritchie, of the Third Artillery, who died of consumption on the voyage home. It is believed that this Is Edgar Ritchie, of this city, who was a member of the Third Artillery. Ward Dnnkln Disappears. Sieclal to the Indianapolis Journal. FLORA, Ind., May 1. Ward Dunkin, an undertaker of this place, is mysteriously missing. Yesterday his son went fishing and his father, thinking he did not return when he should, started out to hunt for him. That was the last seen of Mr. Dunkin and much apprehension is felt for his safety. The boy returned home last evening. Reform nt Seymour. Social to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., May 1. The movement to enforce the Nicholson law resulted in making this a very dry town yesterday. An attempt will be made next Sunday to close up all news stands, drug stores, butcher shops and livery stables and prevent dairymen and ice wagons from doing buslnes-s on Sunday. Farmer Killed by Lightning;. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLFAX, Ind., May 1. This morning at 8 o'clock, during the severe rain and thunderstorm, David. 6tr set. a farmer, living three and a half mile. northwest of town, was struck by lightning and Instantly killed, the same bolt killing his two horses, with which he was plowing in the field. Senator Xewbr Acts an Judge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . RUSIIVILLE, Ind., May LA special term of court began here to-day with Senator L. P. Newby, of Knlghtstown. on the bench. Some Important cases have been set for trial. Conductor Mason Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., May l.-George A, Mason, conductor of -the Pennsylvania coistruction train, fell from his train while leaving this city to-day and was instantly killed. Indiana-Obituary. ' KOKOMO. ind!. May 1. Mrs. Malachl Cooper, of Groomsville, mother of Attorneys Freeman and Stanley J. Cooper, of this city, died Sunday, aged seventy-two. Another son, H. J. Cooper, is postmaster at Santiago, Cuba. Drs. W. E. Cooper, of Sheridan, and W. T. Cooper, of Sclrcleville, attended in her last Illness, and Rev. M. C. Cooper, of Fort Wayne, all relatives, will conduct the funeral Tuesday. COVINGTON. Ind., May 1. Miss Lulu Katherlne Keefer, aged twenty-two. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Keefer, died at the home of her parents yesterday. Miss Keefer was a graduate of the Covington High School and attended Indiana University for one year, where she was a member of the Kappa Kami. Gamma fraternity. She contracted a cold last winter, which developed Into consumption. " SALEM, Ind.. May 1. Warrick Hattabough, aged eighty-two, the oldest native resident of Salem, died Sunday morning. He was born Dec. 3, three weeks before Indiana became a State. He was well acquainted with Dr. Hay and family and recollected well the child John Hay, now President McKinley's secretary of state, when the family lived In Salem, in the forties. PRINCETON. Ind., May 1. Rev.' Richard M. Parrett. a superannuated Methodist minister, died this morning at Patoka, north of here. He was eighty years old and preached Methodism In Indiana for fifty-five years. ELWOOD. Ind.. May 1. Yesterday morning at 30 o'clock J. H. De Horlty, president of the First National Bank of this city, died at his home of pneumonia. He had been sick only abut one week. He leaves a large estate. Indluna Note. The school enumeration for Terre Haute shows a total of not counting 303 transfers from the out townships. Last year the total, not Including transfers, was 9,324. Miss Mary A. Logan, who has been a missionary in India for eight years under the auspices of the United Presbyterian Foreign Missions Society, has returned home. Miss Logan was two months on the road home. Five deaths at Connersville have resulted from cerebro-spinal meningitis In four days. One baby died in three hours. Advice from the State Board of Health that the funerals should be private was received to-day and was partially observed. . The reception to be given Company K, One-hundred-and-sixty-first Indiana Regiment, by Columbus Wednesday promises to be a gala day in that town. Business houses and public schools will close. Brownstown and Franklin companies will be present. The Jefferson County Board of Education yesterday unanimously passed a resolution condemnatory of the bill passed by the last Legislature regulating the transfer of school children and fixing the price of tuition as unjust and detrimental to the school interests. Loyd Henley, of Carthage, has purchased a half interest In the Rushville Graphic and has entered on his duties as editor. Mr. Henleywas formerly connected with the Carthage Record. Samuel J. Finney, business manager of the Graphic, owns the other half. Rev. W. A. Foster, former rastor of an Indianapolis Christian Church, has resigned the pastorate of the Kokomo Main-street Christian Church to accept the pulpit at Walnut Hills Christian Church, Cincinnati. Rev. Foster came here last October. This is his third call from Cincinnati. Mrs. Martha Clark, of Carthage, a cousin of George C. Clark, president of the Rushville National Bank, was found Sunday in her hous with her thigh broken. She lives alone and fell while attending to household duties. Her advanced age and enfeebled condition make her recovery doubtful. Under the $700 mortgage exemption law passed by the last Legislature there have been filed in Hamilton county about one thousand affidavits for mortgage Indebtedness, aggregating over $700.0u0. The appraisement in the county lart year was 517.VU).mio. The full amount of these claims will not be deducted from the appraisement, for the reason that many of the mortgages amount to over $70o, and for the further reason that many of the mortgages amount to more than one-half the appraised valuation of the mortgaged properties. These two provisions of the law will probably reduce the atnount one-fourth. 3Iay Ve the Three-Wire Syntem. ST. LOUIS. Mo., May 1. Judge Adams, In the United States District Court, to-day refused an application of the Iidison.:Electric Light Company for; an Injunction against the Imperial Electric Light, Heat and Power Comjany to compel it to desist from using the three-wire system of the Edison company. In his decision Judge Adams said there had been no adjudication by the court of concurrent Jurisdiction of complainants patent after hearing on the merits and that there had been no public and general acquiescence in complainants right to an exclusive monopoly in the three-wire system of electrical distribution as to raise a fair or reasonable presumption of the validity of their patent,

HAVANAED1T0R WARNED

3ICST !OT FOMENT TROUBLE BETWEEN SOLDIERS AND TOLICE. Notified by General Ludlovr that tbe Offenne Must Not Be Repeated Tbe Cuban Army Rolls. HAVANA. May 1. During the last few days some of the local papers that are printed in English have published sensational stories regarding the disputes between the soldiers and the Cuban police, evidently with the Intention of preventing an understanding between them, and. If possible, of stirring up more trouble. Without doubt there have occasionally been Instances when both the Americans and Cubans have been blameworthy. Still, there has really been nothing to warrant such comments as have appeared and consequently General Ludlow, military governor of the Havana department, summoned an offending editor before him and warned him that he must desist trying to embroil the soldiers and the police. "If you refuse, I know of two ways to compel you. One would be to put into force the military regulations and send you to the guardhouse; the other would be to send you before the local judges for the application of the Spanish law. Personally, you may abuse me as much as you like, but for the future you must abstain from your present methods In the other matter." Genexal Ludlow complains that one of the principal difficulties Havana is now suffering from is tho presence of many "worthless Americans" men who come here virtually to change their usual sphere of idleness. In the opinion of General Ludlow, It Is advisable to wait until autumn before endeavoring to raise the 510,000,000 or 512,000.000 necessary for the contemplated system of sewerage and other public improvements in Havana. He believes it quite probable that money can be obtained here in Cuba. Governor General Brooke and General Gomez both of whom are annoyed at the slow progress made in arranging for the distribution of the $3,000,000 to the Cuban troops held another conference to-day at the Salon Trocha, GeneraJ Brooke's headquarters. The latter emphasized the necessity of disposing of the question at once, and Gen. Gomez quite agreed with the Governor General. At their previous conferences, the Cuban commander had freely admitted that the rolls, as drafted by the Cuban Military Assembly, were too large and Gen. Gomez undertook to get the facts from the Individual commanders and to make the corrections accordingly. In the meantime Gen. Brooke was to make Independent Inquiries, the results of the two Investigations are nowhere near an agreement. For Instance, the agent of General Gomez In the province of Santiago reports that there are 17,000 Cubans there entitled to share in the distribution. Major General Wood, the Military Governor of Santiago Department, does not figure out half that number. General Gomez roughly estimates the entire army at about J2.000 men. The Governor General thinks it would be an unbuslness-like proceeding to begin the distribution until something more definite is known and he has been urging General Gomez to collect more facts upon which they could proceed. The conference to-day consisted of an exchange of oral propositions, several of which were rejected, but ultimately General Brooke wrote one out which General Gomez took home with him for consideration. Jose Maria Gomez, Civil Governor of Santa Clara, has sent a dispatch to Gen. Maximo Gomez, urging him to use his influence with the Americans to secure the construction of the protected Sanctl Spiritus Railway, that would give work to the starving population of the district. According to dispatches from Puerto Principe province, the village of San Andreas was recently raided by a band of forty outlaws lei by Antonio Barcelo, formeriy of Holguin. The place was completely sacked, the bandits carrying off twenty horses, a large quantity of clothing and groceries and 51,200 in money. Five mounted armed men, the dispatches say, attacked a store in the village of TIena Azul, abducted the proprietor and his wife and carried away 5200 In money. The people of the locality are frantically begging for protection, and a force of rural guards Is greatly needed. The country folks are moving Into the larger towns for safety, while the planters, many of whom have bought quantities of sugar cane in isolated localities, fear that the marauders will destroy it before it can be gathered. La Veridad, the leading newspaper in the city of Puerto Principe, commenting on these conditions, bitterly denounces the American administration, charging the United States with being '"slow to relieve need" and with being "more occupied with trifles than with the serious work of construction." Mr. Seattle, a wealthy sugar planter, who arrived here from Manzanillo, in the western part of Santiago province, says there is no trouble in his district at present, but owing to the expected early removal of the Fourth Immune Regiment, property holders there feel a good deal of anxiety. He points out that many laborers, who were formerly soldiers In the Cuban army, are greatly disgusted at what they know of the way many of the Cuban officers made money while the w-ar was in progress. According to Mr. Beattle, any Cuban general might give orders for the purchase of cattle to be killed and distributed for food among the starving, but, as the transactions worked out. the officers who secured the orders' sold the cattle to friendly planters like himself and would then proceed to divide the purchase money, according to rank. General Beattle was very anxious to get rid of the Spanish regime and he gave the Cubans all the help in his power, but he declares he would much rather have Spanish than Cuban rule, as the latter is now expressing Itself. In his opinion the United States should remain In military occupation of Cuba at least ten years, and he would have Washington make an announcement to the world at once to that effect. This would make practicable the immediate Investment of capital, a large amount of which is now lying Idle In Cuba only waiting for a definite expression of policy by President McKinley. Collector T. H. Bliss has heretofore exercised his discretion in allowing the Importation of arms into the island when both the consignee and consignor were known to him to be responsible concerns. For this he had received General Brooke's authorization. For the future, however, under the terms of the new order published to-day, the prohibition extends to all arms except those to be used in hunting or for personal defense. La Lucha, commenting upon the order editorially, says: "Thl3 does not Involve what some might imagine. The government does not expect trouble. The prohibition is merely precautionary. There Is no necessity for instruments' of that class. What we need are plans for the pacification and reconstruction of Cuba, to complete which calls for the establishment of a strong, equitable government and a Judicious expenditure on the part of all classes." Two cases of smallpox were officially reported to-day. The temperature in Havana at 3 p. m. was 79 degrees. Polygamy In Santiago. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, May 1. It Is pointed out that a curler result of Major General Wood's announcement that the marriage ceremonies of all religious sects are legal may be the temporary legalization of polygamy. In any event, there were some 3.0U0 "irregular" marriage? in this province during the war and as there are no marriage laws except those of the Roman Catholic Church, the new order Insures the legitimation of the offspring of such unions. Juan Caballero, a noted bandit, was executed at Mayarl yesterday. The rural guards at Holguin shot two outlaws who were attempting to escape. The new copper mines In El Cobre district were formally pre-empted to-day. Socialist Celebrate Slay Day. NEW YORK. May l.-Slx thousand Socialists assembled in Union Square to-night to celebrate May day. They came with flags, banners, transparencies and bands of music and after a lengthy parade passed In review before the balcony of the cottage at Union Square. 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WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS. Reports of Varloua Committee Read Defore the National Association. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May l.-At today's session of the National American Wcraan's Suffrage Association Sarah Clay Bennett, of Kentucky, submitted the report of the committee on federal suffrage. Mrs. Bennett said: "The association, after the cessation of efforts for some years, has resumed the attempt to have women protected against State denial of suffrage by federal law under the fourteenth amendment. It has done this because the Supreme Cvurt indirectly affirmed the fourteenth amendment and thus substantially conferred upon women the right to vote by holding that the right of suffrage was a necessary privilege of clUzens of the United States." For the committee on legislation Llllie Devereux Blake said: "The report this year is far more encouraging than any previous. In many States bills providing school suffrage for women, and that women are eligible for school officers, have been introduced. In Maine women have been made registrars of probate and attorneys at law; in Minnesota library and school officers; in New Mexico the law gives widows and widowers equal rights in the property of deceased husbands and wives: in Kentucky women have been made ineligible as physicians in the asylums for Insane; in Oregon an amendment giving suffrage to women Kassed both houses; in Louisiana women ave secured the right to vote on questions of taxation." Speaking for the committee on credentials, Harriet Taylor Upton said the attendance here is not what wa. hoped for. She ascribed It to the meeting being held at the E resent time instead of In February, as eretofore. WILL SUPPORT HOPKINS. Attitude of Illinois Republican Congressmen on the Speakership. CinCAGO, May l.Ten of the fourteen Republican members of Congress from Illinois, met In caucus here to-day and unanimously decided to support Congressman Albert J. Hopkins, of Aurora, for speaker of the national House of Representatives. Congressman Walter Reeves, who presided over the caucus, gave out the following: "After consultation, a majority of the delegation appearing to be for Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Cannon suggested that the will of the majority be made the action of the delegation, and that the action be made unanimous, which, accordingly, was done." Before the caucus met It was definitely known that seven of the ten favcred Mr. Hopkins and three were for Mr. Cannon. The four Republican members who were unable to be present at the caucus. Messrs. Hltt. Foss. Boutell and Smith, sent telegrams pledging themselves to abide by the decision of the majority. After the adjournment of the caucus Mr. Cannon declared he would do nil in his power to elect Mr. Hopkins sneaker of the House. Some time next week the Republican congressmen will meet a rain to make plan for the furtherance of lit, Ucliir-a'a c Willacy.

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