Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1898 — Page 1

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ANAPOLIS FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7. 1898.

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All END TO DORRANT

mtrhi:r»:h of Blanche hamont JtSD MINNIE WILUAMK

The •‘Criminal of the Ontorjr” Far* the. Penalty t*»r Hie Crime* at San FrancUco. , A. .. - - - • . j -

., *: r— every possible effort .made TO SAVE HIS CIFK.

How His Last Hoars on Earth U>re Spent—Detail* of the Murder* He Committed — The Con a Ce*al Flffht Made to Save Him from the Gallo

the ohllglrtK captain st-cured a pair of a darker shade. “You never saw a cooler man." said Captain tVlgrar. “He is calmer than you or I. and not the least bit nervous. There is ro dansrer that he will weaken. He is determined to die

bravely.”

During the aot of dressiner. Durrant was much less nervous than his guards, whom he surprised, when his breakfast was brought in. by eating, heartily and with evident relish of steak, toast and fruit. After discussing his last meal, Durrant read a chapter from his Bible and then received a visit from Captain Edgar, to wdwm he expressed a desire to deliver a short address from the scaffold. Shortly afterward. Mrs. Durrant called at the prison and was admitted to the death chamber for a last interviewwith her son. Their meeting was an affecting one. although both strove to mainta'n their composure. The Re\. Edward Davis, who had publicly announced his intention to accompany Durrant upon the scaffold, was not admitted to the prison this morning by Warden Hale, and as the prisoner refused to see either Chaplain Brahma or the Rev. William Rader, the Protestant clergymen who visited him recently. It was decided both by the prisoner and his mother that the Rev. Father Hagan should be sent for. This w-as done, and the priest at once responded and made the necessary arrangements for Durrant to embrace the Catholic faith. Heard <he Death Warrant. At 51:30 a. m. Warden Hale Visited the

in his nature was hC piety. He had been a pr.-mment member of the Emanuel Baptist ohun h for several years and for a year previous to his arrest had been assistant superintendent of the Sun-day-school. In this capacity, he made tiie acquaintance of Blanche Lamont and of Minnie Williams, both of whom were destined to ho murdered by him In the church where they worshiped to-

gether.

Blanche Lamont disappeared on April 3. 1S95, and was never seen alive afterward. She left tiie home of her aunt, Mrs. O. G. Noble, on that day to go to school, and for ton days no trace of her could be found. Many members of Emanuel church assisted in the search fur the missing girl, and among others was Theodore Durrant. who had often ac ted as Miss Eamont's escort. He seemed greatly distressed on account of Miss Lamont's disappearance, and at length expressed the belief that she had joined the ranks of fallen women. The theory seemed plausible to the police, and a search was made among the places where it was believed' the missing girl might be found. Durrant" assisted in the inquiry, which came to naught. Ten days had passed since Miss Lamont disappeared, and her friends had almost given up hope of ever knowing her fate, when a discovery w-as made which led to the finding of Miss Lamont’s body.

Bkn Quentin Prison. Cal., January 7.— With their eyes turned toward Washing ton. figuratively speaking, the father and mother of Theodore Durrant epent the night in a little inn outside the prison walls, while their son made a desperate effort to bo calm his nerves that he might •pend In sleep the most of his remaining hours.* Hoping against hope, demanding miracles from the alight difference In time between Washington and California, and expecting some action on the part of , the Justices of the Supreme .Court of the United Staten when they should take their seats at noon, on the day set^for the execution of the “criminal of the century," the unhappy trio spent the night. With the consciousness that it would Indeed be the unexpected happening which would again clog the wheels of retributive Juntice, the prison officials also' anxiously awaited a click of the wire fram Washington. With every other avenufe of escape and delay finally and effectually closed, all gwaRed with nervous anticipation the flnaK appeal of attorney Boardman, of the counsel for Durrant, before the United States Justices for a writ of prohibition or of habeas

corpus.

The prisoner’s every breath wae followed by six watchful eyes, never for a moment withdrawn. The’Mgilance of the death watch has increased with the passing of every day and hour. Always fearful of an attempt at.sificide, in the case of a condemned prisoner, they have been trebly cautious in their espionage since Durrani was comfnltted to their keeping. His training In a medical college where his favorite study was anatomy has so qualified him for facility in selfdestructiveness that his prison guardians were apprehensive of his slightest move. Durrani's guard had a precise and absolute knowledgo of how he might commit suicide. The most innocent-looking pencil was not allowed tp get near bis face. Jwff with his knoyrlengs of anatomy he might Jab it through hje eye Into his brain. The guards were ready for poisoned leaves, for everything, and when yesterday the number of watchers was increased from two to three, Durrant would Indeed have had difficulty In making the slightest move which could not

have been promptly stopped. No Thought of So fold e.

But Durrant, apparently, had no thought of suicide. He passed his waking hours In prayer, and When, last night, the prison physician remarked reassuringly that he would come to him in the morning prepared to give him stimulants, his significant smile and easy,, measured tone told, if he had not said a word, that he would scorn such support or comfort. When asked if he felt at all unnerved, Durrant held his arm at length and triumphantly demonstrated that It had no' tremor. Then with an air that was impressive, even If -grandiloquent, he said: "If I have to die, I will die like a Durrant; that Is all.' 1 belong to a race which can meet even

death without flinching."

So Impressed was the penitentiary doctor with the attitude of the condemned man that he declared: “Why, that fellow la the man of the century. Any one who thinks he Is going to break down is sadly mistaken. I have never seen any one who approaches him. It is hard to believe that a man with not more than a few hours to live, except bv the most unforseen intervention, could talk of his doom and his condition with a seven-ty-four pulse. He is in as fine physical condition as a man could aak. I have not had him weighed, .but I think he would tip the scales at a mark of over ISO. He Is as partlculaf about his appearance as If he were preparing to go to his first party. I remarked that he had had a visit from the barber, to which he replied, Tea, and he left his tSade-mark on me,’ indicating a small #it on hie Up. He c<>n*>l<>d himself by shying that It would be, ‘all right in a

ffew days/ ”

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"This vanity was shogn again when I asked him about his gentn

lie had b< gmateH *

cfert. ‘The

ted him about his general health since been placed In, the .condemned

meat has been so good since l

have been here,’ he said, ‘and I have enJpyed it so much that I have probably eaten more than I should, and it has brought out thi* little rash about ray mouth/ Like the barber's slip, that, too, he said, 'would be all right In a few

days/

Ht* Religions Belief. "Will DurTant die a Rqraan Catholic?*’ Was the latest question cif a small group around the prison walls, ^waiting for the tragic end. which they eagerly expected

t« Wit*eas.

I H am, X may say, a Catholic. I think J shall send .for Father Lagan.” remarked Durrant unconcernedly. "It ia R that I care for creedsC but for faithfaith that has sustained me in my position. I am.” he’contlnued, "exndinarily happy—eo much at peace don’t care to go ot er any of the jund, the long, long story which

told so many t mes. The case and I am satis led that every^,

Ing has been done for me that could' be done for me by my lawyers. It would be weak and childish for me to say at this time that I have not }md a fair trial. If 1 should make such a pi* a. the public would reply: That is what they all say/ My only sorrow Is for thpse I leave behiod. God has me In Hlf keeping, and

He makes no mistakes." '

With to-day’s dawning ft seemed that the end had come at last for Durrant— the shameful .end of the murderer. Yesterday hi* attorneys went.ias far as law. yera dare In the Federal' courts of the cltj, and found no relief.- Between thetr client and the gallows they could Interno more substantial- barriers than

posp no certified

jut Quentin tart and flatim refused to intervene. In the East showed the faintest? ray of a faint hope. The young lawyer who went to Washington with the fast plea for delay failed yesterday to get a hearing, but today he had the assurance of a consideration of the case. It >as a faint hope, however, and the prisoner, his parents and his lawyers were not sanguine, while the scaffold waited. » Particular A bo at Hfe Dreaa . The morning of Theodore! Durrani’s laat #sy broke with a cloudless aky. The prisoner retired at midnight^ and by 1 o’clock was sound asleeo: He rested quietly all night, not dtgtbrblng the death-watch In any way. jAt 6:15 a. m. he awoke, and. bidding the‘guards good morning, dressed himself in a new suit of black, provided for the execution. No collar and neck tie were provided, as they would have to be removed when the noose was placed around his neck. Durrant noticed the omission,h and at his request Captain Bdf&r ordered the missing articles of attire s*X up to him. ft. 5&5XK SLrSS

death chamber'for the purpose of reading the death warrant to the condemned

W. H. T. DURRANT.

man. who listened to the well-known contents of that document with respectful attention, and no outward sign of fear. When it was finally decided that Durrant should accept the Catholic faith, his parents met Father Lagan in the warden's office and accompanied him to the death chamber, where the prisoner received extreme unction and the Catholic service was performed. Durrant evinced the most lively interest in the service. He then conversed with his parents for a few minutes, and shortly after 10 o’clock ba > them farewell for the last time and prepared for his march to. the scaffold. It t* All Over. Durrant was hanged at 10:37 o’clock. He Ascended the scaffold calmly, following Father Lagan, who administered to his spiritual wants. He made a brief speech In quiet tones, asserting his innocence and forgiving those who had persecuted him. mentioning especially the press of San Francisco. His last words were: "I am innocent.” His death appeared to be painless. After the drop he did not struggle. In fifteen minutes he was cut down. His neck was broken by

the fall.

At 10:25 the gates of the prison had closed dn the last man who could witness the hanging. The crowd had gathered in the cold, bare room adjoining the place of execution, but not until 10:80 sharp did the iron Moors that separated -the scaffold from the larger apartment Awing to admit the visitors. q The ceremony was very simple. The spectators had no sooner entered the room than a silence fell upon the gathering. The door clanked, and In a fraction of a second thereafter Warden Hale entered, closely followed by Fathei' Lagan and the prisoner, led between two guards. The priest stepped aside, and Durrant, in a voice emotionless and apparently unaffected, made his short speech. There was no sincerity In the man’s words. They were cold and passionless. There was no scene at the gallows. Mrs. Durrant did not witness the execution. She remained in a room in the lower part of the prison, and showed unmistakable signs of grief, tempered with a dogged desire to create the impression that she was too proud to weep. Durrant died protesting to the last his innocence of the murder of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams. He maintained to the very end the same marvelous composure and nerve which characterised him throughout his long imprisonment and many trials, and demonstrated that he was, Indeed, the criminal of the century. His farewell words were spoken in a very subdued tone of voice, which by its calmness and freedom from passion or emotion caused many heads to turn away and many eyes to fill with tears. He forgave his enemies with no trace of concealed resentment and proclaimed his innocence with the calmness of one asserting an indubitable truth. He was the least affected of any of the many people who witnessed the death scene, and even after the fatal drop he quivered not nor gave other evidence of having suffered pain. LAST AFPEAL UNAVAILING. The United State* Supreme Coart Refueed to Interfere. Washington. D. C., January 7.—Justice Shiras, of the United States Supreme Court to-day refused the application of Attorney Bqarflman for writs staying the execution of Theodore Durrant. The application was made to .the justice by Mr. Boardman at the former’s residence before ho went to the court-room to-day, and was in the same form as the application made yesterday to Justices Brewer and Hajrlan. Justice Shiras did not go into the reasons for his decision, but simply announced that he could not entertain the application. Almost Immediately after the members of the Supreme Court took their seats at noon Mr. Boardman sought to present his petition tor a writ of habeas corpus in the Durrant case. He had not been admitted to the bar, and. to save time, he presented a personal petition. He read it at length, consuming half an hour's time, the justicedfosklng many questions to get at the exact status of the case. They then retired to the conference room to consider the case. When the Justices returned, in announcing the decision of the court, the chief justice said simply: "In.the matter of the application for a writ of habeas corpus In tjie case of Theodore Durrant. the petition to file an application for a writ is denied upon the unanimous opinion of the court.” The Justices were in consultation Just thirty-five minutes.

MURDER OF BLANCHE LAMONT. The Crime tor Which Durrant was Condemned to Death. San Francisco. January L-WtUiam Henry Theodore Durrant gave his life in exchange for the liven of- two young women, who were members of the church to which he belonged. - While Durrant was convicted of but one murder under the lAw. he was held responsible by public opinion for the murder of both Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams, and it is believed that his death expiates one crime as much as the other. , Durrani’s crimes were peculiar In their atrocity, from any point of view. He was reared in a Christian home, and until the time of his arrest was regarded as a model young man of Industrious habits, who was trying to work hia way through a medical college. The only characteristic that seemed marked

Found Mis* Williams’* Body. Th.e ladies of Emanuel church were

engaged in decorating the edifice preparatory to the celebration of the Easter Sunday services, when the mangled body of Minnie Williams was found, almost naked. In the library. A number of ugly knife wounds and some rags that had been forced down the young woman's throat told of the unequal struggle she

had made to protect her honor. Miss Williams's body was, discovered

in the afternoon, and late the same night the first clew to the murderer was obtained. From some of the young woman's friends it was learned that she had been seen the evening before with Durrant, and, although there was nothing else to show that he had any connection with the crime, the police decided to arrest him. Durrani's home was visited late at night, but he was not there. His parents said that he had left at midnight with the signal corps of the National Guard, to which he belonged, to make some heliographic experiments on Mt. Diablo. The next train carried two detectives toward the mountain, and, after completing their Journey by stage, Durrant was found late in the afternoon and arrested. But the news that he was charged with the murder of Minnie Williams was not first imparted to him by the officers. A message was flashed on the rays of the sun by the heliographers in this city who were taking part in the experiments of the signal corps, and Durrant knew that he was to be ar-

rested before the officers arrived.

Guarded by Armed Men.

The post-mortem examination showed that murder was not the only crime that had been committed. The news of the discovery of the second body in the chunch had spread with incredible velocity, and at 6 o'clock, when Durrant, in custody of the officers, alighted from a ferryboat at the foot of Market street, in this city, he was met by a dense crowd that was ominous because of its silence. The police were prepared for an outbreak, however, and two companies of armed men were present. Durrant was placed in a closed carriage surrounded by fifty men armed' with Winchesters and driven to the city prison. Durrant then protested his innocence, as he did to the hour of his death, but the evidence against him accumulated rapidly and on April 21 an information was filed against him by District Attorney Barnes, charting him with the murder qf Blanche

Lamont.

While these events were taking place on Mt. Diablo, sixty miles away, a discovery had been made in this city which filled the streets with men and

women crying for vengeance. From the first the police associated the finding of Miss Williams's body with the disappearance of Miss Lamont, and a search was at once begun in the church for her body. ^ Men worked all night tearing up floors an<^ breaking down partitions, and at 10 o'clock Sunday morning the body of Miss Lamont was found. A broken door-knob and a turned bolt excited. the suspicions of the searphers, and the door leading to the belfry of the churck was broken down. Up the winding stairs the policemen groped their way, and at the third landing, lying in the corner of the darkened belfry, the naked body of the murdered girl was found. No knife had been used to commit the crime, as was the case in the murder of Miss Williams, but the imprint of five fingers burled in her throat revealed the manner in which the young woman met

her death.

The trial, which began on July 22 and lasted until November 1, was one of the most celebrated In criminal Jurisprudence. Nearly 1,200 talesmen were examined before a jury was secured, and six weeks passed before the taking cf testimony was begun. The evidence throughout was circumstantial, but when taken together formed a chain so strong as to admit cf no reasonable doubt. The prosecution produced witnesses, who traced Durrani’s movements on April 3 from the time he left Cooper Medical College until he- entered the church with Miss Lamont To all of this testimony the prisoner entered a denial, and In rebuttal produced the roll-call of the college. which showed that he was attending a lecture at the hour when Miss Lamont

was murdered.

The prosecution disputed the reliability of the roll-call, and spowed that students were accustomed to have classmates answer for them when they were not present. As the case became more hopeless Durrant went on the stand himself. an-J, although he maintained a remarkable composure throughout, bis testimony, on a numaer of important points, was palpably false The case was submitted to the jury on the afternoon of November 1. 1895. after having been on trial over three months. Twenty minutes after they left the court-room the Jurors returned and rendered a verdict of guilty in the first degree. The California law gives the iury power to fix the punishment of the criminal, but as no recommendation of mercy was made. Judge Murphy, a few davs ’ater. sentenced Durrant to be hanged oni February 21, 1896.

The Fight for Delay.

Then began a fight for delay, vigorously maintained. Durrani's case has been through the California courts, and in the Supreme Court of the United

States twice, but the decisions have been uniformly against him. Ills lawyers have exhausted every possible legal

device in trying to save his life. Every effort was made to induce Governor Budd to grant clemency, but with-

out avail. On June 3 last attorneys of the condemned man applied to the United States District Court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he had been deprived of his liberty without due process of law in violation of the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States. The application was

refused and an appeal was held to act

as a stay of execution. Accordingly, Goternor Budd granted a reprieve to July 9. On that date no attempt was made to carry out the sentence, the case still being before the court of last resort.

On November 8 the Supreme Court, in

a brief opinion, read by Chief Justice Fuller, affirmed the decision of the District Court in denying the writ of habeas corpus. Attorney-General Fitzgerald immediately telegraphed from Washington to have Durrant executed without waiting the mandate of the court. The prisoner was brought before Judge Bahrs of the Superior Court on November 10 and resentenced to be hanged on November 12. The lawyers hurried to the Circuit Court, where they tried to secure a writ which would prevent the carrying out ot the sentence. The hearing was refused, but they at once brought the matter up before the^ Supreme Court of the State and. securki a writ of probable cause, and an order to the warden at San Quentin not to exjecute the prisoner until

notified in the future.

The Supreme Cojurt then reversed Judg*. Bahr’s second order, affirmed the first and directed the Superior Court to proceed with the carrying out of the judgment by setting a day for the execution. Accordingly, on December la Judge

Bahrs resentenced Durrant. this time fixing the date of the execution for to-

day.

The Litter Proceeding*. The next step taken by Durrani’s attorneys was the filing of an affidavit charging that Horace Smyth, one of the trial jurors, had admitted basing his verdict | on information obtained out of court, i Smyth appeared before Judge Slack on ! December 2S, charged with contempt of ' court. He was promptly acquitted, but | was immediately sued by Durrani's parents for $50,000 damages for slander for ! having stated, as alleged, that the con- | demned man was a moral monster and i had sustained improper relations with his mother and sister. This case is still pend-

ing.

An attempt to secure from the Supreme Court another writ of probable cause based on the fact that Judge Bahr had sentenced Durrant to die within sixty days of the time of sentence, was denied. On December 31 an appeal for a writ of supersedeas was made to the State Supreme Court and was refused. The Federal courts were then vainly appealed to for a writ of habeas corpus. On January 3 a petition was presented to Governor Budd praying for executive interference in the case. The petition stated that—Durrant was a vital witness in the slander suit brought by his mother against Smyth. On January 5 Durrani’s attorneys made another application to the United States Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus. This was denied; also permission to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Yesterday attorney Boardman arrived in Washington, and endeavored to persuade Justice Brewer, of the Supreme Court, to grant permission to appeal. Justice Brewer declined, and Boardman announced that he would appear before the entire court to-day and demand to be heard. i In this city yesterday attorneys Dickinson and Deuprey asked the United States Circuit Court for leave to file a bill of exceptions. This request was granted, and Deuprey. accompanied by United States Marshal Baldwin, hastened to San Quentin to serve notice *on Warden Hale, claiming that the decision of the Federal Court acted as a stay of execution. Warded Hale, however, was guided by the advice qf the AttorneyGeneral of the State, who told him to proceed with the execution. On the same afternoon Governor Budd formally announced that he would not interfere, and declined to see Durrani's parents. Murder of Ml** William*. Durrant was never tried for the murder of Miss Williams, but the evidence of his guilt was as conclusive as in the Lamont case. Miss Williams lived in Alameda^ and on the afternoon she was murdered Durrant was seen to meet her at the ferry and board a west-bound cai*. She came to this city for the purpose of attending an entertainment to be given by the church in the evening, and it is supposed that when Durrant met her he made an appointment before going to the entertainment. At any rate, Miss Williams went to the home of a friend in this city, and at 7:30 o’clock started for the entertainment. Half an hour later she was seen standing in front of Emanuel Baptist church talking to Durrant. She was never seen again alive. At 9:30 that night Durrant arrived at the residence of Mrs. Vogel, tirhere the entertainment was being given, with flushed face and in a highly nervous condition. He asked to be shown to a toilet room, in order that he might wash his hands, and later asked that the person who directed him should say nothing about the incident. When he was arrested at Mt. Diablo, Miss Williams's purse was found in his overcoat poiktet. Durrant said he found the purse on the sidewalk while going home from the entertainment. He was seen in the vicinity of the church at 12 o’clock that night, and it is supposed that he went back to the library where he had strangled Miss Williams, and, finding her breathing feebly, cut her wrists and forced part of her clothing down he'r throat. The theory of the prosecution has always been that Durrant murdered Miss Williams to conceal the murder of Miss Lamont. The two young women were acquaintances, and Durrant suspected that Miss Williams believed he knew something about the disappearance of Miss Lamont.

THREE DIE TOGETHER. A Triple Ex ecu t Ion of Murderer* at Hahnvlile, La. New Orleans, January 7.—Three murderers died on the scaffold at Hahnville, a small town in St. Charles parish today. Louis Richards, alias Pierre, alias Creole, by the latter name being notorious, was one of the trio, together with George Washington and Foxli Morris, also negroes. They were sentenced to death for murdering and robbing a Jew r - Ish peddler named Louis Zelgler, which occured last June on Ellingrton plantation, near Hahnville. The murderers were traced by the discovery of goods in possession of their female companions. Creole confessed, implicating the other two, and with the assistance of his statement the authorities obtained conclusive evidence of their guilt. Creole also confessed that since 1884 he had murdered at least nine men and one colored woman on various sugar plantations, and for not a single one was he ever arrested. His- victims were principally Italians and Jews, who made a living by peddling among plantatibn negroes. Close investigation revealed that his confession was entirely correct, and It cleared numerous murder mysteries of years ago.

JOHN O'NEILL HANGED. Th* Murderer of Mrs. McCloud at Bucklaud, Mass. Greenfield, Mass., January 7.—John O’Neill, Jr., was hanged in the Franklin county jail to-day for the murder of Mra Hattie E. McCloud, in Buckland, on January 8 of last year. O'Neill protested hia innocence to the last. Mrs. McCloud was found dead on the highway upon which she had been walking from the village to her father’s house, where she resided. There were Indications that she had been strangled to death. O’Neill, who was twenty-six years old. and of bad repute, was arrested for the crime. He had in his pockets a sum of money corresponding in amount to the sum Mrs. McCloud was known to have had when she was killed, and this proved a strong link m the chain of circumstantial evidence that led to his conviction by the Jury. A Woman Killer Hanged. Atlanta, Ga., January 7.—The crime for which Tom Cyrus, colored, was hanged to-day was the murder of Annie Johnson, a negro w’oman, who was employed at the home of Governor Atkinson as a domestic. The murder was committed on the night of June 2, In a little cottage in Bell street, in this city. Cyrus was in-* fatuated with the woman, who had been his mistress for some time. On the evening of June 2 he went to her home and found another negro in her room. Cyrus asked for an explanation, and, failing to receive a satisfactory answer, he coolly drew his pistol and shot the woman. She lingered until the next dayTwo Negroe* Lynched. Meridian. Miss., January’ 7.—James Watts and Sam Cole, colored men, of Neshoba county, were lynched in Pea Ridge. Kemper county, a few days ago. Watts and Cole went to Pea Ridge to visit relatives, and became too intimate with their kinsman’s wives. The lynchors are said to have been negroes. Another One. Bainbridge. Ga., January 7.—Simon Hopkins, colored, was hanged here at 11:30 to-day. He made a confession to the effect that he inveigled a friend named Harris into a swamp and killed him. ’

Heir* to a Great Estate. Niles. Mich.. January 7.—Mrs. Katie Ammon, of Vandalia township, Cass county, and two minor heirs, for whom she had been appointed guardian, have fallen heir to a $3,000,000 eotaYe by the death of her aged uncle, Silas A. Trabos, a Jackson tMiss.j planter.

THE CIVIL SERVICE DEBATE

INDIANA MEMBERS HAVE BEEN PROMINENT IN IT.

Johnson anil Land!* the Leader*-— The Hawaiian Annexation Treaty —Secretary Sherman'* View* —Other Washington New*.

on a bill to this end. Members of the committee say that the old defenses about the city and points occupied by the Union forces can be secured for about $50,000. Among those who helped entertain the committee was Gen. Stephen D. Lee, who, next to General Pemberton. was most conspicuous In the defense of Vicksburg. It led to some goodnatured railery during the visit as to the valor of the respective parties to the conflict, and the sufferings each had incurred from the siege. This took rather a pointed form at a banquet, although the incident passed without any loss of good-feeling between those w’ho had participated on the two sides.

push their commercial Interests as vigorously as possible. “1 suppose that If the United States were to indicate to China Us dsslrs to obtain a Chinese port the Peking government would be willing to grant It. But we want no such port. Our commercial interests are satisfactorily protected at the present time by treaties, and besides at Hong Kong—and we will probably have the same rights at Klaochau. We have the freedom of the port In the same way as are the English.” THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS. The Attorney-Genera I’m Reply to the Senate Renolatlon.

Special to The Indianapolis News. Washington, D. C., January 7.—Indiana has “held the center of the stage” In the civil service discussion in the House this week. Representative Charles Landis, of Delphi, in his maiden speech, gave great satisfaction to the opponents of civil service, as witness the following editorial compliment in the Washington Post today: “Mr. Landis is a new member, but he has sprung into distinction at a single bound by the sensible and courageous manner in which he attacks the shams and humbugs generated under the shadow of civil service reform, and he promises to be a potent champion of reason and wholesomeness in legislation.” It is understood that Mr. Landis will not be content with 4 what has already been said, but will take the floor again to reply to some of the remarks of Representative Johnson yesterday. It is the general verdict that the leading speech on each side of the civil service question has been made by an Indiana man. If Representative Landis’s speech gave comfort to the enemies of civil service, Mr. Johnson's masterly effort In behalf of the principle was a delight to civil service reformers. John R. Proctor, president cf the commission, sat in the gallery yesterday during the debate. He was accompanied by Albert Baker, a clerk in the commission, who was the special object of Representative Landis's satire the day before. Mr. Johnson's speech did not appear in the Record of to-day. That matutinal litarary visitor gave no evidence of the stirring sense of yesterday’s debate, the speeches of Grosvenor and Johnson both being withheld for revision. Indiana men are watching the colloquies between Landis and Johnson. Considerable feeling was displayed by both yesterday, and the future holds more entertainment, it Is said. Meanwhile, Mr. Johnson stands alone among the Indiana Republican Representatives in defense of the civil service. Representative Crumpacker is the most liberally disposed towanj the law, but he insists upon "modifleations.” The Indiana Republicans who are outspoken in opposition are Landis, Paris and Steele, all of whom are likely to be heard in

speeches.

Mr. Johnson’s Speech. Mr. Johnson made a notable speech In defense of the civil service in the House yeeterday afternoon. He took occasion to review the history of the civil service, pointing out that previous to the time of Jackson the spoils system did not exist. Men were appointed to Otfii e for fitness, yot never was party feeling"stronger than then. In England, where the merit system prevailed, party spirit was- most vigorous. It was aosurd. he contended, to say that party spirit must be fed vpon the bribe of office. He repudiated the statements of the adversaries of the law that Lincoln and Grant believed in the spoils system. In enumerating the evils of the spoils system Mr. Johnson said it made cowards of legislators, storme«l the White House, interfered with the departments; it reached into the Capitol and shaped legislation; it exalted th€* office broker and attacked, vilified and calumniated the conscientious man. Words, he declared, could not do justice to the infamy of this prolific evil which had debauched the civil sendee. It seemed incredible to him that men could dare advocate a return of this saturnalia. He took up the criticisms of the opponents of the law, one by one, and answered them, frequently evoking applajise from the friends of the law on the ioor. The talk of a civil pension, he said, was a bugaboo designed to frighten the defenders of the merit system. A proposition for a civil pension could not command half a dozen votes in either house or secure the executive approval. Speaking to the Republican side of the House, he told his colleagues that the merit system w f as a Republican child. Wnile George H. Pendleton was its author in inception, it was a Republican measure. Every Republican Senator and all except seven Republican members of the House voted for it. It has been indorsed by State and national conventions. Cities and States were adopting it. The American people were behind it. Mr. Joimson attributed the present "discordant and disgraceful scene” now being enacted in Ohio with its “visions of senatorships gone glimmering” to the scramble for spoils, State and national, and said that the surest way to put Bryan and his black banner in the White House in 1900 would be for the Republican party to be recreant to its trusts and to slap in the face those who believed in an honestly conducted service. Without desiring in any way to reflect upon the present occupant of the White House, Mr. Johnson said he was convinced that there would be no genuine civil service reform until, by constitutional amendment, the President was made ineligible for re-election. As long as he was eligible for re-election he must necessarily be inore or less under the domination of machine politics. After expressing his confidence in President McKinley, Mr. Johnson concluded with an eloquent appeal to him to stand by the principle upon the perpetuity of which the permanence of our institutions depend. Mr. Johnson was given an enthusiastic demonstration of approval when 1 e concluded. Farts at It. Special to The Indianapolis News. Washington, D. C., January 7.—In the House this afternoon Representative Faris, of Terre Haute, made an extended speech in opposition to civil service. The interest in the House haa already begun to lag on the subject, and only a few members of the House listened to Mr. Faria' speech, mostly his Indiana friends. "In his speech yesterday,” sa;d Mr. Faris, “my colleague from Indiana— Mr. Johnson—soared far above us. He says he will appeal to live people of Indiana on the issue. I was glad to hear him say it. ’I will be more glad to see him do it. If he goes into the campaign next year he will have to come out of the air and walk on the ground with men whose suffrages he is seeking. Thera will be nothing in the air about next year's campaign. unless some of us find ourselves there after the votes are counted.” Mr. Land I*’* “Rattling" Speech. Washington special Chicago Record. It was a rattling speech that Charles Landis, of Delphi. Ind.. delivered in the House of Representatives yesterday. It contained more fun and fervor than any that has been heard in the bouse since the Hon. Robert G. Cousins, of Iowa, burst his bonds two years ago and made a reputation In fifteen minutes. Nobody suspected Landis of being a great orator, although his ability as an editor was always recognized. It is not often that men who are in the habit of writing can think on their feet. Henry Watterson, Charles Emory Smith and Alexander K. McClure, of Philadelphia, are exceptions to this rule. It is a question with them whether the pen Is mightier than the tongue, ajjid the speech which Mr. Landis made yesterday adds his name to the list.

The Vicksburg Battlefield. Washington, D. C. January 7.—The military committee of the House has returned from the recent trip to the Vicksburg battlefield favorably- impressed with the value of this locality for a national military park and it Is practically agreed that a favorably report will be made

HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION TREATY. Recent Event* in the East Have Strengthened It. Special to The Indianapolis News. Washington, D. C., January 7.—When the Hawaiian treaty is called up In executive session of the Senate next Monday, the friends of the measure expect it will develop more strength than It has been credited with heretofore. They assert that Senators Morrill, Perkins‘and Hoar will vote for the treaty, making the Republican side practically unanimous for Its ratification. Senator Pettigrew is said to be the only silver Republican who stands out against it, but the Populists and nearly all of the Democrats are opposed to it. If the treaty has gained any strength during the holidays it ha8 been because of the events in the Orient and a feeling In the Senate* that the European powers are attempting to seize naval stations and absolutely con« trol China. The Senators who are opposing the treaty admit that the Oriental situation has produced a new argument in favor of annexation, but they expect to* see the situation in the East more clearly defined within the next few weeks and the real purpose of the European powers shown to be less menacing than the treatj' advocates would have the country believe. Senator White declares that the opponents of the treaty will not permit a vote to be taken upon it under the influence of a false impression concerning the situation in China. They will delay the vote until that question has been clearly settled. Senator Davfe has been making a quiet canvass of the sentiment on the treaty, arid is not ready to announce the neces. safy two-thirds majority. But if that should be lacking he will introduce a jofnt resolution, which will undoubtedly go through the Senate by the necessary majority in the present condition of sentiment there. In the House a different situation will be found, and its chances are more precarious. I NUMEROUS NOMINATIONS, Many Treasury Officials, Consul* and Postmasters Named. Washington, D. C., January 7.—The President to-day sent these nominations to the Senate: Treasury—Henry K. Boyer, of Pennsylvania, to be superitendent of the mint of the United States at Philadelphia.; Robert C. Pierce, surveyor of customs, port of Rock Island, III.; Charles Wright, collector of internal revenue, for the district of Michigan; J. H. Stone, to be appraiser <Jr merchandise in the district of Detroit, Mich. State—Kavanaugh K. Kennedy, of Mississippi, to be consul of the United States at Para, Brazil; William H. H. Graham, of Indiana, to be consul at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Postmasters: Kentucky—Thomas H. Edwards, Lawrencebu^k; Jamea C..Florence, Stanford; J. F. Taylor, Glasgow; Thomas F. Beadles, Fultcn; Thomas Sympson, Franklin; B. F. Ginn, Augusta; James W. Thomason, Unlontown; James M. Cole, Murray; George M. Crider, Marion. Louisiana^—Bessie G. Wqlls, Alexandria- Byrns M. Young, Morgan City. . Mic41gan—Melvin A. Bates, Grayling; William G. Hudson, Ludington; Frank T. Irwin, Albion; Calvin A. Palmer, Manistee; William H. Hatton, Northvllle; G. W. Raff, Traverse City; Charles F. Brown, Alma: A. Mills, Cold Water; A. W. Wheeler, St. Louts; F. E. Moffatt, Stanton; Henry Clark, Soutn Grand Rapplds. Alabama—Charles C. Crowe, Marion. Arkansas—William T. Jeffries, Clarendon; Francis M. Reeves, Mena. California—William N. Anderson. San Rafael; RiChard M. Ryan, GUroy; G. B. Baer, Cloverdale; A. A. Withrow, Santa Clara; 8. W. Metcalf, Sisson; F. J. Payne, Sutter Creek; Lafayette Van Dusen, Uklah. Colorado — Anna G. Derry, Ouray; Samuel H. Young, Rocky Ford. Georgia — Walter A. Kerman, Cartesville; Henry P. Farrow, * Gainesville. Idaho—W. W. Pritchett, Wosier. Illinois—H. D. Grigsby. Pittsfield; Andrew E. Sheldon. Paxton; H. P. Nichols. Maywood: John C. Baker, Golden; R. W. McKnlght. Girard; Harry D. Hemmens. Elgin; Emory Gregg, Fairbury; L. D. Hartwell, Marion; Harry A. Marsh, Upper Alton; Ansel B. Case. Prophetstown. Indiana— George E. Burbank, Oakland City; Albert C. Bearss, Peru; Perry J. Freeman, Richmond; Walter S. Montgomery, Greenfield; J. B. Woods, Hammond; Vinson Y- Williams, Bedford; Charles Sullivan, Garrett; C. J. Stryke, Albany; Duncan McA. Williams, Fowler; William C.Vance, Noblesvilte: Andrew Morrissey, Notre Dame; James N. Hundley, Summitville. Iowa—John Ledgerwood, Leon; D. E. Pond, Monticello; Frank H. McCabe, Logan; C. M. Marshall, Moulton; W. A. Delasmut. Mt. Ayer; F. H. Robbins, Waukeon; R. C. White, Glen wood; F. W. Browne, Belleplaines; G. B. Russell, Audubon; E. R. Ellison, Grundy Center; James B. Morrison, Seymour; Edward P. Heiser, Sioux City; Henry J. Muss, Akron; E. G. Swift. State Center; Henry A. Perrin, Monroe; H. T*. Newton, Keota. Kansas—J. Collins, Horton; J. E. Humphrey, Nickerson; F. Harlow, King, man; J. Guthrie. Topeka; R. W. Branson, Cherokee; H. K. Bechtel, Augusta; A. Reynolds, Sedan; F, H. Roberts, Oskaloosa. , . # The Indiana Nominations. Special to The Indianapolis News. Washington, D. C., January 7.—The President named an even dozen postmasters for Indiana to-day. The list included, Greenfield, Hammond, Richmond, Noblesvihe and other cities distributed throughout the State. At Richmond, Perry J. Freeman, law partner of Representative Johnson, was named, on the latter's recommendation. The other selections were as follows: George E. Burbank, Oakland City; Albert C. Bearss , Peru: Walter S. Montgomery, Greenfield; J. B. Woods, Hammond; Winson V. Williams, Bedford; Charles Sullivan, Garrett; Coursen J. Stright, Albany; Duncan McA. Williams. Fowler; Wm. C. Vance, NoblesviHe; Andrew Morrisey, Notre Dame; James M. Hundley, Summltville.

THE SITUATION IN CHINA The Views of Secretary of State Sherman Regarding It. Washington, D. C., January 7.—Speaking of the situation in China to a New Y r ork Herald Washington correspondent last night. Secretary of State Sherman said: , "I think it will now be In line for Russia and France to take possession of China’s ports. Their interests will require such action. Great Britain has Hong Kong, which is the seat for English interests, and now Germany has Klaochau. Russia is desirous of obtaining a southern port, where her ships will not be. frozen in during the winter. Besides her commercial interests are such that she ought to have a Chinese port such as Germany has obtained. So far as American commerce is concerned, I expect It will have the same rights in Kiaochau as that of Germany. This depenus, however, upon the commercial relations which Germany will place in forte. From my understanding of the matter. Germany has no title to the territory, but she has the right to sut>stitute her laws for those which the Chinese have hitherto had in force. Her merchants will consequently not be subject to the laws of China at Kiaochau, but will be required to observe German laws. I presume the Germans will now establish a large city at Kiaochau and

Washington, D. C., January 7.—At the opening of the Senate to-day the reply of the Attorney-General to the Senate resolution, calling upon members of the Cabinet .to Inform the Senate what, If any, changes should be made In the administration of the civil service law, was read. The Attorney-General recommended that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice and deputy United States marshals • ought to be excepted from the operation of the law. Mr. Cofckrell (Missouri) said that these recommendations ought to be made to the President of the United States, as he had full power to act regarding them. He gave notice that he would move to refer all the replies of Cabinet officers to the Senate resolution to the President himself. Mr. Hoar (Massachusetts) said that the trouble with all thgso^communlcatlons arose from the ill-advised action of the Senate itself. "It seems to me," said he. "a moet extraordinary proceeding for the Senate to direct the 4 e *d s of departments to give their opinions as to the wisdom of the President’s order. That is what we have done, inadvertently, no doubt. Had my attention been drawn to It, I should have moved to rescind the order.” « Men Who Draw Big Pensioas. Special to The Indianapolis News. Washington. D. C., January 7.-The New York Sun to-day pifftlishes a list of all pensioners in the United States who draw more than $45 from the Government. Those residing in Indianapolis are as follows: Those drawing $72 are M. P. Armstrong, James G. Baker, William B. Bogardus, EH Coombs, Moses Crawford, Robert K. Collins, John M. Haugtit>.Wm. H, Hoover, Wm. Runkle, John Matheney, Killion K. Mann, Elisur C. Newton, Theodore W. Pease, Wm. H. Riddall, Lawrence C. Shuler, John Williams; those drawing $50 a month are William Boone, Robert H. Gue, Michael Long, Henry McCammack.

Anxious About the Senate. ( Special to The Indianapolis News. Washington, D. C., January 7,-The Republicans in the Senate and House contemplate with grays concern the prospect that the control of the Senate will pass out of their hands. There is considerable interest now in the case of Henry W. Corbett, of Oregon, who is here with a mass of credentials to secure a seat in the Senate. But it Is a foregone conclusion that he will be turned down and will go back to Oregon to enter a contest that will result In all probability In the choice of a Populist.

Special to The Indianapolis News. Washington, D. C„ January 7.—Pensions have been granted to the following Indianlans: Original—Teyrence McDonald, Washington, $12; Andrew T. Glenn, Indianapolis, $8; Scott T. Crow, Worthington, $10; Samuel W. Dougherty, Ft. Wayne, $8; Aebury E. Anderson; Lebanon, $8. Increase—John Rowe. Fairfield, $10 tc $12; El eater Giheon, Terre Haute, $12 tc ’ M. Pierce, Brazil, $10 to $11; »ver, Aurora, $10 to $12. - „ Widows, Etc.—Clarmont Seeks, EliettJ'vllle, $8. . , ,

$14; Henry ft Henry Claavr Original Wl

Editor Jone*’* Claim. Special to The Indianapolis News. Washington, D. C., January 7.—Calvin Jones, the veteran editor of*the Rockport (Ind.) Democrat, has retained ex-Oon-gressman Brookshire as counsel, and will go before the Court of Claims to establish his claim of $5,Q00 against the Government for a printing office destroyed by Federal soldiers during the war. Mr. Jones has sought relief from Congress in vain.

Senator Fairbanks'* Bills. \ Special to The Indianapolis Ntws. Washington. D. C.. January 7.—Senator Fairbanks introduced two private bills to-day—to remove the charge of desertion from Thomas J. Nelson, of Lebanon, and to pension Matilda Dickson, of Shelbyville, at $50 a month.

DIED IN ALASKA.

A Laporte (Ind.) Mad, Who Started for the Klondike. Special to Th% Indianapolis News. Laporte, Ind., January 7—Advices received here state that W. L. Dohrman, who accompanied an expedition to the Klondike regions, died before reaching the gold fields, and that his body is buried in an unmarked grave. Further particulars are not obtainable. The statement is made that three members of the party, which was composed of several residents of DeKalb county and Whitley counties, succumbed to the cold in Alaska. High Prices for Provisions. Vancouver, B. C„ January 7.—J. A. McRae, of this city, has received a letter from his brother, Archie McRae, at Datvson City, In which he stated that he refused $1,500 for 200 pounds of supplies. Flour will probably be scarce before spring, but fresh meat Is plentiful at $1 a pound. He reports that claims worth working are selling tor $6,000 for twenty square feet. In one day three men shoveled into sluice-boxes of a claim on Bonanza creek gold worth $20,000. Supplies for the Klondlkers. Portland, Ore., January 7.—The United State? Government’has made a contract with the Snow and Ice Transportation Company of Chicago to transport 160 tons of supplies from Dyea to Dawson City by means of steam locomotive snowsleds. such as are in use in the woods of Michigan. i ■ ■ o — Corn Is King In Kansas. Topeka. Kas., January 7.—SecretaoCoburn, of the State Board of Agriculture, has completed a tabulation of the values of farm products and live stock marketed in Kansas during the past ten years. The figures show that Kansas farmers realised over $1,380,000,000 for these products. Contrary to the general impression, wheat Is not king in Kansas, as corn outranks It. In the ten years the total value of corn has exceeded that of wheat by $177,000,000. ... 1 «»'■— - TBE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Columbia Theater, at San Francisco. was damaged $12,000 by fire. Efforts are being made to secure the pardon of Eugene Burt, sentenced to be hanged January 21. at Austin, Tex., fo? the murder of his wife and two children. One petition Is signed by thirteen physicians. Burt’s sanity is questioned. Joseph J. Williams, independent Democrat, was yesterday elected mayor of Memphis. Tenn., over Lucas Clapp, the present incumbent, by a majority of about 500 votes. The entire independent ticket was also carried by reduced majorities. A jury In the United States Court at New York awarded Anthony Comstock a verdict of 6 cents In his suit for $50 000 damages, brought agalpst Dr. Montague R. Leverson. Mr. Comstock claimed that his character bad been damaged to the extent of his claim by the following assertion publicly made by Dr. Leverson at Albany. N. Y.: "Ladies and gentlemen, this man is Anthony Comstock, a notorious blackmailer, who never earned an honest dollar in hie life.”

LITTLE CHANCE FOR HANNA

SO EXPERIENCED POLITICIAN* AT WASHINGTON BELIEVE.

They Would he Glad to See Him Be fern ted-. ■Senator Foraker’* .Attitude—No Change la the Sit*« •tio* at Columbus, Ohio.

Special to The Indianapolis New*. W&shlngton. D. C., January 7.—The experienced politicians In the United States Senate have been watching the contest in Ohio with considerable interest. They do not believe that Senator Hanna has any show of election, and underneath the surface there is a feeling of satisfaction over his prospective defeat. The Senator has been aptly described as "ih# drover in politics.” He cracks the whip and his instruments come and go to execute his purpose. He is now face to loo* with a new situation and where ho might, by conceding a few things, havs had clear sailing; he preferred to ask no quarter and give none. The old Republican leaders, like Platt, Quay, Cullom. Lodge, Reed and Clarkson, will shed few tears over the defeat of Hanna, tf It should occur. They have not entirely recovered from the effects of his campaigning for McKinley. He went Into politics with the avowed purpose of “teaching old masters new tricks.” a fiasco like that which seems Imminent In the Ohio situation would point a political moral that would be -very gratifying to the Republican leaders named. Back of the prospective defeat of Hanna Is a covert purpose to unhorse McKinley In 1900. Hanna’s defeaUwould be the first step in*the direction of undermining McKinley's chances for renomination. The President has made Mr. Hanna’s cause his own. and to have the latter turned down in the President's own State. In spite of the Influence of all the administration’s patronage, would be a serious blow. There has been a good deal ofsquiet talk ever sjnee this Congress assembled that Senator Foraker was quietly consulting with the President'a old political enemies in the Senate with a view of defeating his renomin&tion In 1900. He has found a great deal of encouragement. Senator Foraker has never displayed any great admrlratkm for the President at any time in their political relations. The part he performed at the St. Louis convention was automatic. Foraker has an ambition to be President himself, but he is likely tc make a combination fpr some outside man to divest the^ movement of the appearance of selfishness. No matter how the fignt in Ohio results. It will leave the party In that State In a hopeless tangle. It Is a foregone conclusion that If Senator Hanna is not re-elected the President will confer a Cabinet office on him. He wtll not be entirely shorn of his power, and la not likely to spare his enemies In the future.

NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION. A Majority of Five Against Haana la the Legislature. Columbus, O., January 7.—There havebeen no striking developments tp th* senatorial contest during the past twen-ty-four hours? Th* "combine” against Senator Hanna is endeavoring to canter upon some candidate, and Jeptha Garrard. one of Cinctnnati’s richest men, a radical free sllverlte. Is spoken of. Nearly all the Democrats would vote for him. and some of ths fuslonlsts as well. The vote in the Legislature, as It now stands, is 70 for Hanna and J$ against him, the latter including ten Republicans. A call was Issued to-night by the Republican State executive committee for a mass convention of- Republicans to be held In this city next Monday afternoon to protest against the attempt to defeat Senator Hanha. The situation, so far as votes are concerned, remains unchanged. The air of .the Kurti-Demoeratic managers In their headquarters at the Great Southern give* color to the story that a sensational move of some kind may be expected to offset the Republican State mass meeting here next Monday. The Kurts party hope to agree by to-morrow night, as reported, upon a man for Senator, but the indications are for a deadlock, for a short time at least. The latest phase of the case is that two fusion silver Republicans of Cincinnati will, as claimed, vote for Hanna, provided they can not get their silver Republican choice elected Senator. In that event Mr. Hanna would still need some votes. Durbin to Help Hanna. Special to The Indianapolis News. . Anderson, Ind., January 7.—Winfield T. Durbin, Indiana representative on the national Republican committee, to-day went to Columbus, O., to Join the forces of Mark Hanna. Mr. Durbin is of ths opinion that ths Republican future In Ohio and the nation depends upon the result at Columbus, and that Hanna’s defeat would be a disgrace to the State ot Ohio. Durbin Indicated that hs was warmed up to the point of a hot flgfft with the anti-Hanna men a* soon as he could reach' them. He sold: "Mark Hanna will win, and then what will become of Foraker?"

Mr. Grosveuor'* Denial. , Columbus, January 7. — Congressman Grosvenor returned from Washington, to-day and Immediately denied the published story that he had gems to Washington to see Judge Day or anybody else with reference to becoming a candidate for Senator in place of Mr. Hanna. — O—- ■ ■■■ THE WEATHER BULLETIN.

United States Weather Bureau,

Indianapolis, January 7.

Theriaameter.

- January 7. 1897.

7 a m. 12 m. tp. m.

23 28 33

January 7, 1896.

7a.m. Urn. 2pm.

26 33 36

* ' Barometer. 7" am.-a0.22 \ 12 m.-30.09 ) 2 p.m.-aO.«

Local Conditions.

Forecast for Indianapolis aiu| vicinity for the thirty-six hoars ending 8 p. m.. January S, 1898: Warmer, cloudy weather to-night; colder, cloudy weather and poeelbly occasional rain on Saturday.

General Coal

The low barqn»* trlc area in the northwest is moving eastward; central north trom Minnesota. It covers the country between the Rocky mountains and the Mississippi; east of the Mississippi the pressure is high except over New England. where the western portion of a low barometric area is still visible. The temoeriituYe rose west end fell east of the Mississippi, except near the northern Atlantic coast. Snow fell from Utah and Montana northward and rain feH from the lower lakes and New England

southward to the gulf eoast.

Weather 1* Other Cltlee. Observations taken by tbs United Suites Weather Bureau, at 8 a. a., sev-enty-fifth meridian time:

tations. march, N. D. . non, Maes- ... cago. 111. ctnnatl. O. ... veland. O. ksonvllle. Fla. nsas City. Mo. tisville, Ky. ... orhead, Minn. * Orleans, La. w York, N. Yaha. Neb. tsburg. Pa. c. r r.

Ther. Weth. 30 Cloudy 3* Rain