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III Report of Serious Fighting in the Interior, 'Fifty Soldiers Being Killed at Aguas Bellas. Revolt of Convicts ot a Place of Punishment. PEIXOTO IN NEED OF MONEY To Carry On jthe Struggle Against the Insurgents. The Nictheroy and America Are Still Inactive, Awaiting the Arrival of the New Torpedo Boats. 'JL Relief Thnt Preniilent Prltotu Desire to Concentrate H Fleet of Sufficient Strength Uefore EnKnglnjr the Hebel in n Xfiral Rattle Demiltnry FlrliiK at Jti Without Any Srrlon Dmnavr to Klther Stile The "WorU of Mello'n Ajsent Other tw of the Warfare. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 2S. Very bad news has reached here from Rio cle Janeiro. It is announced that the unfortunate city, which has for month? jast K-en suffering from the ravages uf war, is now a victim to the ravages of the worst and most dreaded of all diseases yellow fever. Five deaths from this disease are already reported. The xiews that yellow fever has added Its burden and horrors to the sufferings idready endured by the people of Rio has caused widespread attention here and much sympathy Is expressed for th? jlague and war-stricken inhabitants. It Is added, however, that the government Is taking every precaution under the ircumsiau'-es to prevent a spread of the disease, but the work of the officials at Rio de Janeiro is greatly hampered by the condition to which the city has been reduced by the horrürs of war. It is edied that the fever is not the mild form of that fever, but is the worst form of black vomit. Following the news that the Llaok 'vomit has broken out comes the additional information that the bombardment of the city and forts continues and that the forces of both parties, the government and the insurgents, seem deterrr.in"d to bring1 matters to a termination in one way or the other. The fire of the rebel ships upon the forts is said to have been unusually revere and have resulted in killing' a number of the defenders of President Peixoto's fortifications. It is also sail that several people have been killed in the streets of Kio and that the people of that place are so panic-stricken that all the stores have been closed and that business is practically at a standstill. The forts have been replying fiercely to the h-vy fire of the ships and have ao far succeeded in holding their own. It id reported that a battle at sea between th? rebel ships and the cruisers fitted out for Peixoto at New York may poon be expveted and that upon this engagement will depend the. fate of the rebellion. ST. VINCENT. Dec. 29. (Copyrighted, by the Associated Press.) A dispatch from Pernambuco dated Dec. 22, and apparently delayed, says that there was serious fighting at Aguas Fellas, in the Interior, yesterday (probably meaning Dc 21, unless the date Dec. 22 Is on error;. According to this dispatch fifty so'Jicrs were killed and a number wounded and captured, while making an attempt to arrest Senhor Constantin Rogoberto, who had sought refuge in a house situated on a hill and which lie had fortified in a very effective manTier. From the number of soldiers killed it is believed that Senhor Rogoberto succeeded In beating off the force sent to attack his house. Senhor Jose Maria, editor of the Proincia, a newspaper which was recently suppressed at Pernambuco owins to its bold utterances upon the topics of the day, publicly charges Governor Lima with being an accomplice of the persons who instigated the attempted revolt of the national guard and troops here in September last. Editor Jose Maria also charges Governor Lima with betraying his friends In order to save himself. The charges have caused a great sensation. As the dispatch was sent from Perrambuco a report reached there of a serious revolt on the island of Fernando de Nofonha, the convict settlement and I lace of banishment to the north of Pernambuco. Later rumors, which are not confirmed, say that the convicts and exiles, assisted by the agents of Admiral de Mello, had succeeded in obtaining possession of almost the entire island and that the governor was besieged in one of the forts. Reports received from Rio de Janeiro Bay that President Peixoto is reduced to desperate financial straits and that lie is leaving no stone untured to rai:e money with which to carry' on the war against hid enemies, and it is again reported that he is willing to resign in lavor of Admiral Mello. Some surprise has been expressed at Rio and elsewhere at the inactivity of the Nictheroy and America, So far as the movements and doings of the latter are concerned, very little is known. It id presumed that she Is having an experience similar to that of the Nictheroy. Regarding the completion of her crew und the obtaining of supplies, but one thing is tiafely established and that Is that Pernambuco contains a number of people who are in sympathy with the rebels and they have done everything possible and thus far successfully to prevent the Nictheroy from sailing south. Among the Brazilians shipped on board the dynamite cruiser there. In place of the Americans, who have refused to go any further, are several men who are Ftrongly suspected of being In sympathy with he Insurgents, and who are report? i to be doing everything possible to ront'.aue the spread of dissatisfaction on lx-aro Xotilair Startlinie at Rio. RIO PIS JANEIRO, I c. 29. Inquiries were made today In government circles ft" to th f" ff th er.-mrrientS lnAmr1ca, the two cruiser fitted out at New York and which have been in P.razillan waters for sorne time past. It reported here that both vessels had Kyrrj dsia-at tie orU whara they

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arrived on account of the intrigues of the agents of Admiral de Mello. In reply it was officially stated that the gov ernment does not intend to attack the rebel war ships until after the arrival in Prazil of the torpedo boats purchased In Germany, as the government force is not considered strong enough to engage the rebel Meet until these reinforcements arrive. The representatives of the government were then asked how it was that these vessels, which sailed several weeks ago and which were due her some time ago, had not yet reached Brazil. The reply was that the torpedo boats had undoubtedly been delayed by storms and that two weeks more might elapse before they reached the coast of Brazil. The rebel admiral in command here. Da Gania, has not niade any progress worth mentioning since the last dispatches were sent and nothing new of an important nature has occurred up to the hour this dispatch is sent. The usual exchange of compliments between the rebel war ships and the government forts continues, with about the same result. In fait, the warfare here has settled down to little more than dull, routine business and nothing new can be said about it as the description of one day's exchange of shots is about the same as the story- of any other day's engagements between the opposing forces. 'ot Reeojcnlreil nn Hell leeren t n. RIO DE JAN HI HO, Doc. 2:. Admiral da (!ama, the commander of the insurgent fleet in the absence of Do Mello, made a formal demand today upon the representatives of the foreign powers at this capital asking that the representatives of the poweis should ieo arni.e tin Insurgents as belligerents. The diplomatic corps having previously come to an understanding on this subject refused to accord the request of tho insurgent admiral.

ÜMDKK C PTl It t:i. Fount! by l)eteotto IV I In on nt III DaiiKlitcrN Ilnn.ne. "Mother's shot and I think she's dead." They were uttered with heartrending anguish by Gran Cloud-, a pale sixteen-year-old lxiy, a, he rushed in his night clothes from his mother's pretty cottage h'-rnc at 27 Plne-st., and were heard by Joseph Cook, who was passing on his way to his home at C40 K. Markft-st. He ran into the house and found tie? boy's story true. Lying1 upon the flM.tr of the sitting room was Mrs. Olive A. ("loud sweltering in her life-blood and in the last throes of de.ith. As he ro.-s"d the thresh" 'Id. with the woman's only child at his side, the gave a f;iint gap and expired, it was a terrible scene and only the stranger and the son w re there to gaze upon it. A few minut -s before Joseph Cook had beeii startled so terribly on his homeward journey Mrs. Olive Cloud and Louis Snyder, a boanbr in the house, who had been forcing his attentions ujxiu the handsome owner of the property, entered the house from a trip down town. Angry words had passed between them and they tili ou. i r-'h d after they reached home. He had for weeks nr.-1 months leen endeavoring to fnv his base attention upon the lonely woman only to br- met with resistance. Angered, he had mjuiy limes threatened, her life, and envy and jealousy gleamed in his eyes as the two entered the house. "Mrs. Cloud passed into the kitchen to perform some domestic duty, but was followed. A pistol was flaslied in the gaslight, an angry threat and muttered oath were heard, one two thre four nlstol shots rang out throuph the house, a scream of pain awakened the sleeping son lying in the adjoining room, and as he raised upon his elbow in wild affright, his nvthfr staggered into the room. She tried to talk, utter, d a f-w words and stumbled into the next room, where she fell to the Moor and in three minutes was dead tb victim of lnTdinata passion and jealousy. Louis P. Snyder, the man who murdered Mrs. Olive A. Cloud at her home, 27 S. Pine-st.. Saturday night, has been captured. The arrest was mole l,v Detective Wilson shortly before 11 o'clock yesterday niornirg at the home of Snyder's daughter, Mrs. M Naught, on T-1. Ohio-st., near State. Snyder made no resistanee, and without any hesitation whatever accompanied the offier to the police station. lie was locked up for a few minutes and then transferred to the county Jail. I'HOOP AM) THi: MAY. A Pern Man Arrested for n, Murder Committed nt Toledo. TOLEDO, O., Jan. 1. An arrest was made in Peru, Ind., this morning which may clear up the mst mysterious murder ever committed in this city. On Dee, 20. 1SS4. Mrs. Gottleib Stahl, who kept a saloon at the corner of Monroe and Fourteenth-sts., was murdered and robbed of Jl.lOo. The crime was committed between the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. A reward of 12,000 was offered for the conviction of the murderer, and, although many suspects were arrested, despite strenuous efforts to the contrary, all were acquitted. Yesterday morning the chief of police received a message from Mrs. George Köhler, Peru, Ind.. asking if the reward was still offered for the murderer of Mrs. Stahl, and that she had "proof and the man." Upon her information her divorced husband was arrested and both were brought to Toledo this even Pig. Köhler war, a huckster in this ity at the time of the murder and lived here until recently. A YVOMAY IY T1IU CASK And I'onr Men 'Wounded In n Oenernl IlKht. MT. VERNON, Ky., Dec. 28.--At Pine Hill, this county, yesterday. In a general fight, four men were wounded. Pen Pike received a hundred bird shot In his breast and arms and a pistol ball through the upper portion of his lift leg. Isaac Misal was shot through the right breast, the ball passing oat at the back. He died this morning. John Mullins, a peacemaker, was shot below the knee and in walking around both bones gave way. Another of the Misal boys was- wounded. All the participants are wounded and unable to attend court. There is a woman in the case. II n in o red Cabinet Change. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1. A Republic Washington special says: "It is stated in administration circles tonight that the president will withdraw the nomination of Mr. Hornblower of New York for an associate Justiceship of the supreme court. A man high In the councils of the dennxratlc party and very close to the president says: "The president has concluded that Hornblower cannot be confirmed. In consequence he has decided to withdraw his nomination Rnd substitute Olhey, the present attorney-general, for the vacant judgeship; put Rissen, the present postmaster-general. In Olney's place and put Josiah Qulncy, late assistant-secretary of state In Bidaell's place as poätmaster-

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M II Shot and Killed While Out for a Promenade. Her Life Ended by Her Crazed Husband WHO WAS ILL WITH GRIP. Prof. Shortlidge Tragic Act at Media, Pa., Where He Is Principal of the Media Academy. After I'lrinnr lx Shot He Threw II I nine If on the I'rontrnte liody of Hin AYlfe Cnlliiijg for Her to Come Hack to Ilim The YieMm PrepoMNeaftln;' ami Her Ilush.'tiMl n Mnn of Culture und Itefliienient Something of Her I'm reer. MKDIA. Pa.. Dev. 31. Swlthin C. Shortlidge, principal of the famous Media academy for Ixiys, while out promenading today with his wife, who was a bride of only a month, shot and instantly killed her. For three weeks Prof. Shortlidge has been confined to his home with the grip. His wife was a faithful, untiring nurse, but he did not seem to improve rapidly. On Saturday he ventured out for a walk, his wife accompanying him. but he did nd go any farther than the spacious porches of the academy. This morning he took another walk with his wife on his arm in the direction of K.st Media, passing people without his usual signs of recognition. A few minutes later, while passing through some woodland on Jefft-rson-st., those who were in that neighborhood were startled at hearing six shots, ami looking saw what seemed to be a scuffle on the Siieet. Among those who heard and saw this was Chief of Police McKnift. who r..n to the spot where he found Mrs. Shortlidge dead and the frenzied man clinging to her and calling for her to cor.ie bac k to him. A six shooting 2-ealibre revolver was lying empty by the side of the dying woman. When the l -Standers approached Prof. Shortlidge attempted to drive them ofi' and threw himself on the body of his wife, now rapidly being chilled in death. The chief of police put him und, r an est and he was taken to the lockup. Here it was found that h? was not fully dressed, being still in his i.ijcht shit t. He was so weak that a carriage had to be procured in order to convey hJm the few squares necessary to go in. order to reach the jail. Prof. Shortlidge is a member of an old quaker family. He graduated from Harvard university with honors and was the leading member of his class in physical exercises. After graduating he went Into the newspaper business and subsequently started a boarding sclv. d for hoys at Kennett's square. He lemoved his school to Media in 174 and h;us since conducted one of the nutst successful Institutions in the country and one which has gained for itself an enviable reputation as. a preparatory sehoi for young men. Prof. Shortlidge was a man of culture and refinement and was one of th representative citizens of the town, lie took particular delight in athletics and v:us to be seen almost daily engaged in out-door sports with his pupils. He has four children by his hist wife, who died about four years ago. The victim, whose maiden name was Marie Dixon Jones, was about twentysix years old and of prepossessing appearance. Her mother Is Mrs. Marie Dixon Jones of l'rooklyn. N. Y., who came into prominence in that city a few years ago by her suit against the Brooklyn Kagle for alleged libelous publications about a hospital conducted by her. The suit was recently decided against her. Her brother, the Rev. Henry Dixon Jones, was pastor of Christ Protestant episcopal church in this city up to Dec. 1, when he resigned by request. The news or her daughter's death Is a great shock to the mother and It Is feared she will lose her reason. The unfortunate man docs not yet realize what he has done, and is continually asking for his wife. The general opinion here Is that he is insane. A few years ago his school was in a flourishing condition, but unlucky investments in real estate caused him to lose his money and his affairs were placed in the hands of a receiver. The school has since been conducted as a stock concern with Mr. Shortlidge as principal and there was every prospect that he would regain his lost ground. The coroner will hold an inquest tomorrow. ROMAMi: AM) 1I1STORV. Something About tlie Mother of Mm. Miortiidge. NEW YORK. Dec. 31. There is a romance in the life of Mrs. Shortlidge, who was killed by her husband at Media today. There is a history in the life of her mother, Dr. Mary Amanda Dixon Jones. A page of th; t history was made public about three years ago. Brooklyn people remember well the daughter, a pretty, trim young woman, retiring In disposition and faithful to her mother when that mother's record was brought to light. There is now a modest, brown stone-front at 163 DeKalbave., Brooklyn, with a shining brass plate bearing the words "Dr. Jones." Dr. Mary Amanda Dixon Jones is a physician of the allopathic school, a graduate of the Woman's medical college of New York, and practices as a specialist In diseases of women. She had as a partner years ago her son. Franklin Dixon Jones, also a physician of the same school and the same kind of a specialist. The two for some years conducted dispensaries and hospitals in Brooklyn, which received as like institutions did, public moneys on the basis of the number of patients which they treated at the public expense. Previous to this, Mrs. Jones had conducted dispensaries on her own account, wdthout gaining quite as much fame as she desired. Soon after her partnership with her son she began to get into difficulties with the various boards of trustees of her dispensaries, but would start another Institution with a new board of trustees immediately after the collapse of any preceding one. About lfcUO she brought a suit for libel against the Brooklyn Dally Eagle for $200,000 damages, and her son brought a suit at the game time for the same amount. The suits were based upon investigations of her method which the Eagle

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i results of the investigations were published in the Eagle from day to day for two months. The legislature passed a law restraining her Institutions from receiving public aid and the loard of estimates in Brooklyn took like action before the euits were tried. The attorney-general cf the state, Edward F. Tabor, also brought suit to annul the charter of the institution which Mrs. Jones was then conducting, which suit was successfully prosecuted. Her own case against the Eagle was tried first. It occupied thirty-five consecutive days. The Eagle pleaded justification, and the jury after two days' and two nights' deliberation returned a verdict of no cause for action, thus sustaining the defense of justification. No appeal was taken and the son dropped his suit, as it would have turned on the same evidence. This was the largest amount that an American paper was ever sue! for in a medical case. Dr. Franklin Dixon Jones shortly after the trial visited the office of Dr. Joseph H. Raymond, one of the witnesses for the Eagle In the suit, at 10 o'clock at night. Dr. Raymond had retired, but came down supposing that the caller was a patient. Dr. Jones immediately assaulted him with a cane and inflicted painful but not serious injuries. He also dealt severely with the wife of Dr. Raymond, who had come to his aid. He was arrested for criminal assault, and was given the alternative of an abject public apology in ,e't or a sentence for a term of imprlsonni-'-nt and a heavy fine. He apologized through his counsel. Judge Troy, and the case was not pushed further. Roth mother 8nd son have resided in Brooklyn since, and if they have practiced medicine they have practiced it very quietly. UlADRirLE TRAGEDY AT OMAHA. Father. Mother, IIa by nml (irnncb mother Victim of the Heed. OMOHA, Dee, 31. On marble slabs at the city morgue lie the charred remain of the family of John Cummings. Father, mother, baby and grandmother are there awaiting the outcome of the inquiry which Coroner Maul has begun Into the causes of the tragedy which startled the city this morning. Nothing in Nebraska's annals approaches the deed for horror. Cummings had beer, in ill health for some time, and, according to twelve-year-old Tommy Fox. who was present, he dilllerately set tire to his own house andAaused the death of his mother-in-law, his wife and his one-year-old baby In the flames. The little hoy tHls a straightforward story, and .when asked how the fire originated, he said: "Onnunings was sitting on the edge of the bed in :r. rear room where Mrd. Cummings aho was with the baby. Another person in the room was Mrs. Fox. the mother of Mrs. Cummings, my aunt. There was a :'uss about something and Cumnlng upset the lamp and closed the door, compelling all th. Inmates to stay ther-:-. They cried, but he refusi d to '-.'.my cf them out." Philip NattM'i. a next door neighbor, says that when he first saw the flames he noticed Mrs. Cummings tying to open the shutters to the bed-room. 1!J heard her cry' out and say: "My baby is aleady on lire." Soon thereafter he s;;iv the woman enveloped in flam. s. Mis Nellie Fox, who is a relative of Mrs. Cummings, said she vs a frequent visitor to the house; that Cummings had been sick for quite a long time. She disputed her brother's statement about Cummings having purposely knocked down the lamp to burn the entire family, but the loy answered that he saw him do it. He also added that when he first tiok notice he raw Cummings sitting on the bed crying. The basement of the house was occupied by John Stuart, who has a contract for feeding the city jail prisoners. Stuart and his assistant, Denny Sexton, were in that part of the basement directly teneath the roAn In which the be hJ i es were found up to the time the fire broke out. Sexton gave a vivid description of the scuflie in the rooms above immediately before the flames were detected, and confirms in many res-pect s the story of the boy who witnessed the dreadful tragedy. "For several nights," remarked Sexton, as he stood in the wreck of his ciuarters. a few minutes after the lire was extinguished, "the folks in the room above have been carousing. About midnight they would begin to quarrel and sometimes would fight among themselves for an hour and then quiet would be re-stored gradually as if they were all exhausted. I knew they had a great deal of whisky up there several nights. Sometimes both of the men. Fox and Cummings, would b- quarreling and fighting between themselves and then they would turn on the women. "The trouble that resulted in the fire up there began early Saturday night. I heard them swearing up there all the evening. The disturbance Increased toward midnight and frequently oaths were heard. I distinguished the voice of a boy, a woman and two men. Finally some time about 2 o'clock a terrible scuffle commenced. From the noise made by the heavy shoes of the men as they pushed each other across the floor, and from the manner in which they cursed, I knew they were having a desperate fight. Suddenly there was a thud over in the little rcom to the north in which the bodies were found, as If one of the men had fallen. He did not attempt to rise and I heard the other man take several steps and then heard a woman scream. She yelled. "My God," and then gurgled as if being choked. A moment later another body fell on the floor. This was followed almost instantly by the crash of the heavy glass, and 1 saw the flames breaking out through the small window in the room where the bodies were found. For a few minutes a confusion of oaths, screams and blows oouli be heard in the little room, and then all was still." The police are working on the case, but have developed nothing to dispute the evidence that Cummings committed the crime while in a fit of insane rage. FIRE AT FORTVILLE. Several IlalldtnR Destroyed Lose Insurance, Etc. FORTVILLE, Dec. 31. Special. Fire broke out In the three-story frame building of Joseph Bims & Son at 9:30 tonight, completely destroying it and also an adjacent two-etory brick. A one-story frame building belonging to Miss Lona Hudson was also burned. Joseph Blms's loss on the building: 13 52.000; on stock, $3,000. . The F. & A. M. lodge loses $600. Haskell & Cork Bros., $100; fully Insured. Dr. Hervey loses $r00. Charles Shaffer's naloon, $450. Squire O. P. Hasting, $600; on building, $200. O. A. R. loss, $100. Shultz Bros.. $100; fully Insured. The fire originated from an overheated slave.

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Col. C. A. Zollinger Answers the LastRoll Call. Ft. Wayne Must Prepare for Sad Funeral Rites, NEURALGIA OF THE HEART. He Had Been 111 But a Few Days and Was Improving. A Change Brought Death at 11:30 Wednesday Night. Onilinc of h. I. oust and Honorable Career Mnny Time the Mayor of Ft. AVnjne Hi Creditable Career Willie Defending the Fla; of Hi Adopted Country Penxion Acent for the State I nder Clevelaud III Reappointment Assured. FT. WAVNK. Dec. 27. Special Col. Charles A. Zollinger, the mayor of this city, died tonight at 11:30 o'clock. As announced in this morning's Indianapolis Sentinel, he was critically ill last night, and the physicians thought then that he was threatened with the disease that ended hi career tonight neuralgia of the heart Last Saturday he was stricken down in his office with an attack of neuralgia of the stomach, and he was but little better Sunday and Monday. Tuesday night he suffered terrible agonies, but was somewhat better this morning. Tonight he grew worse, and about 10:30 he told his family that he could not live and that his end was near. He had been many terms mayor of this city, and during the first Cleveland administration was pension agent for the state ot Indiana, with headquarters at Indianapolis. He was a candidate for the same position and was the only one named for the place. He reappointment has been daily expected, lie served throughout the war and at its close bore the title of colonel. He was formerly a republican, but for the last twenty years had been very active in democratic politics, and at the time of his death was the chairman of the democratic county committee. The following is an outline of Col. Zollinger's life: Charles A. Zollinger was born in Wiesbaden. Nassau, Germany, in December, 1 SC. He was the second of seven sons, and attended school in Germany until he was ten years eld, at which time he removed with his parents to this country and settled at Sandusky, O., where he attended school a short time, when the cholera broke out and the family removed to Ft. Wayne and settled in the woods abtut eight miles from that place. He remained at home working on the farm until he was seventeen years of age, and then wishing to do something for himself went to Wisconsin, where he worked as a laborer for two years. He then pushed farther west to Missouri and worked in the lead mines for nearly two years, at the expiration of which time, on account of poor health, he went t Minnesota and there learned the blacksmith trade. A year later, after an absence of nearly fiv years, he returned to his home, and at the village of New Haven. Allen county, finished learning the trade and worked at it until the war broke out. When the call was made for 7.",,0('0 troops he was the first to enlist from that place. He informed his employer that he would not strike another blow until the war was over, and in April, 1SG1. enlisted for three months and was assigned to company F, Ninth Indiana. In August he was mustered out and, returning home, was elected first-lieutenant of company D, Thirtieth Indiana, which was the first regiment raised in that district. He served two years, reigned his position on accemnt of disability, spent a few months at home and in answer to another call raised a company and was in March, again mustered Into the service as captain of company Ii, One-hundred-and-Twenty-Ninth Indiana, In the same month he received a commission as lieutenant-colonel of the same regiment, which was in active duty from the time It left heme. In July following he received his commission as colonel of the same regiment, which. In fact, he had commanded from the first on account of the colonel's illness. Col. Zollinger led his regiment, being twice in command of the brigade, until August, lSCr, when at the chse of the war he was mustered out of the service. He returned home and followed the blacksmith trade until 1S70. when he was elected sheriff of Allen county, being an Independent candidate. In 1872. at the: close of his term, he devoted himself to his hat and cap business, which he had engaged in during: his term of office and which he carried on in Ft. Wayne until 1S73. In the spring of that year he was elected by the democrats mayor of Ft. Wayne, was twice re-elected to successive terms and was holding the same position when he died. In 1883 he wras appointed pension agent of the state by Mr. Cleveland and served four years. Col. Zollinger was a mason of high rank and had also held the highest offices In odd fellowship. In 1871 he was married at Plymouth. Mich., to Miss Mary Kellogg and had a large family of daughters. He was a member of the English Lutheran church and one of Its trustees. When In the army he was In the battles of Murfreesboro and Shiloh, was with Sherman during1 the Atlanta campaign, and took part in the battles of Franklin, Nashville and the last battle of the war at Kingston, N. C. He was a good soldier, a gallant officer and was held, in the highest esteem by all who knew him. While he filled the duties of office with dignity, he also always conducted his own affairs in a highly satisfactory manner and was ever the same even-tempered gentleman, whether engaged in business or pleasure. FT. WATNK, Dec 31. Special. At high noon today the central streets of the city were alive with marching bodies. After a week of rain and gloom, a diadem of snow covered Lindenwood cemetery this afternoon. The winter weather was as calm, as peaceful and as silent as snowflakes falling on the sod. In quiet winter repose nature seemed to mourn. The city is dressed in mourning black and earth wears a mantle of white. This municipality Is bedecked with sorrowful tints because her people mourn the departure of a citizen, who lived as they desired for the people. The remains of the late Col. Charles A. Zollinger rested In the drawingroom of the residence on a bank of flowers and foliage. Floral offerings were visible on the caket around tha I bier aoid a, bank pi figures apropriately

emblematic formed a background. The remains slept in a rich casket of black broadcloth which was trimmed In silver. Silver extension handles and a silver inscription plate: "Charles A. Zollinger, born Dec. 9, 1S3S: died Dec. 27, 1m3," were the only dec orations. A isill of white hyacinths, smilax and feather asparagus covered the casket. This wis a gift from the bereaved children. The remains were dressed In a black Prince Albert suit, with the button of the Loyal Legion in the lapel, a badge which he so honorably attained the right to wear in the field of battle. This suit was the conventional attire of the deceased mayor, and the remains were lifelike indeed. The casket was then borne to the hearse by the pall-bearers, all members of the knights templar, and also members of some of the other orders of which the deceased was a member. The pall-bearers were: Sir Knights Irvln D. Webber of Warsaw. Samuel R. Sweet of Indianaiolis( William F. Glenn and Ferd. F. Roltz of Huntington, John Hayden. W. H. Shambaugh. Alfred Hatterslay and George W. Plxley of Ft. Wayne. Lindenwood cemetery was crowded with citizens before the long procession reached the silent city of th dead. After the procession halted at the grave the knights templar formed a triangle about the flower-laden casket. The imposing and affecting ritual was read and the services caused a tear to creep into the eye of many a friend of the departed brother, comrade, friend and noble citizen. As the remains were being lowered to their last resting place the Zollenger battery. Fort Wayne rifles and G. A. R. Vetera is corps fired the parting military salute. The odd fellows, of which the deceased whs for so long an honored brother, and the grand army, which honored him as a hero, also conducted short funeral services over the grave.

IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. Font pcnsos Fonu dead at ix. dkpkxhkxck, has. Varlons Theorie to Kxolnin the Tragedy (Jooriff XV. Read, Ills AVife and Child And the Domestic Relieved to Have Perished from Asphyxiation. KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. 1. A special to th Times from Independence, Kas., says: One of the most horrifying discoveries was made this morning when Al Brown, son-in-law of George W. Read, manager of the L?r.g-Bell lumber company, broke into the home of the latter and found Mr. Read, clad only in his night clothes, sitting dead in a chair before a hot stove fed by natural gas, his body in an advanced stage or decomposition; Fdith Scott, a domestic of the family, lying dead on the floor of her room, and Mrs. Rid and her fiva-year-old son in bed, the boy dying and the mother unconscious. The horrible tragedy is shrouded In mystery. Many theories aro current as to the cause, one being asphyxiation, another accidental poisoning, and another foul play- The fact that tAO gas stoves in the house were lurning at full force practically explodes the theory of asphyxiation, and the fact that no bruises were found on either person renders the murder theory almost incredi ible. leaving accidental poisoning as the most probable cause. None of the fam- ! ily were seen later than Saturday evenj ing, leaving no doubt whatever that Mr. i Read and the domestic: had been dead thirty-six hours before being discovered. Every room of the house was intensely hot, and there b-ing no ventilation the fumes from the badly decomposed body of Mr. Read were stifling. Mr. Read came hre twelve years ago from Shelbyvllle, Ky. An autopsy was held today, but nothing definite can be ascertained until the analysis of the stomachs can be completed. The coroner will hold an Inquest tomorrow morning. Later The doctors after a careful examination decided that the family had been poisoned by strychnine, which had j probably gotten into their food. Mrs. Rad is still unconscious, but the doctors still have some hope of her recovery, but the boy will probably not live through the night. I : . Fl X AT A DAXCn. rree-for-Ml Ficht Down in Texas in Which Several Are Killed. COLUMBIA, Tex., Jan. 1. Full accounts of a wholesale killing at Cedar, about eight miles from here, are just in. K. N. Williams was dancing on the floor and aroused the animosity of Lemon Gayle, who demanded that Williams surrender his place on the floor. Williams at first refused, but Gayle became boisterous and Williams started from i the room when Gayle, his brother London Gayle and Bob Faly began firing at Williams and others. London Gayhi shot through the window and killed a boy named Elibeli Waddy, when another boy, Isaac Scott, remarked. "London Gayie has killend Ily Waddy," whereupon London turned and saying, "What is that you?" shot the boy through and through, billing him Instantly. Then a general tasilade followed from guns and pistols. A woman was shot through the breast and is now dead. Lemon Gayle is shot through the body and will die. A girl is shot in the face near the eve, another square in the middle of the head, the ball glancing and lodging next to the skin back of the head; one boy is shot through the arm and another through the right hand, and others have received various .slighter wounds. After Lemon Gayle was shot it is' said his brother London-also ran In and stood over his prostrate body, Winchester in hand and pumped cold lead into the panic-stricken dancers, who were unable to get out of the house in time to avoid his awful vengeance. Three are dead and a fourth fatally wounded, two seriously, and about half a dozen have minor injuries. London Gayle is reported safely in jail and it is reported that Ealy has been capturea. A Til RICK MARRIED MAX. X". II. Grimm Taken from Ft. XVayne Char Bed rlth Digamy. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. William II. Grimm, who was quite popular with the members of the Young People's society of Plymouth church, has arrived in Brooklyn. He was brought from Ft. Wayne, Ind., to stand trial on an indictment for bigamy. He has been three times marriedT and can show but one divorce. No later than last Sunday Grimm addressed the Sunday-school teachers at Ft. Wayne, saying that he had passed a very hard life but the Lord had saved him and he could not be tempted to do wrong.

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connr.TT An mitchcli mill .MLKT JAX. - AT 11 A. 31. The Decision of the Criminal Court the Cnnse of Mach peeuIatlon Numerous Rumors Flitting; About Jackson illc Training Ciuarters Frt'sentw. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 3. The big fight, according to the tiewly formulated plans, w ill occur on the morning of Jan. 2T. Manager Rowdea of the Dural athlctii club is preparing for emergencies. He is satisfied that the decision of the court in which the legality of the Corbett and Mitchell arrests will be tried will be ia their favor, and. In the language of the day, the club Intends to give Governor Mitchell a run for his money. That is the course the officials h&v decided to take and the pugilist! thn. reives are extremely anxious to give assistance in th-i matter of developing every freshly hatched scheme. At a meeting held this afternoon th club decided upon this popular mote. The contest will take place at 11 o'clock on the morning of Jan. 25. This, it i3 thought, will be of advantage to spectators both in the matter of light and ia the means of transportation to the arena. At th same meeting the club decided if the decision handed down by the criminal court on Monday next declares the arrests of Corbett and Mitchell to hav been Illegal t? go ahead and pull off th fight, no matter what the consequence may be. Tha governor has declared that he will not abide by the decision of the criminal court, but it is thought he will be obliged to do so. Governor Mitchell Is Raid to have sent a message to County Solicitor Judge Christie of this city, expressing groat displeasure at the latter's action ia allowing the warrants for Corbett and Mitchell to be sworn out. Judge Christie this morning, however, refused to deny or verify the rumor. Both pugilists hav left the cltv, Mitchell gojng to St. Augustine and Corbett to Mayport. No heavy work will bo dure Ly cither until tomorrow when the American champion will resume his training and the Englishman will practically be srin hi first hard work in tliis state. White Corbett was la Jacksonville he was a constant center of attraction for open-mouthed crowds, lie received much mere attention than Mitchell from th fact that the latter was not as generally known, no pictures of him having yet been displayed, wb.il Corbett's grace nearly every show window In town. As Corbett was about to leave for Mayport this evening he was handed a package containing a proftlon of silk mufilers, embroidered suspenders and other trifies of varied hues and natures. No name was attached to the box and Champion Jim has no idea who sent it. This Ls but on cf the manycases in which friends of the big boxer have fndavored to show their admiration for him in a secret way. Mis. Corbett and Miss Howard, whr have been at the training quarters with the party, were in the city today, but they, too, have departed. It Is now fctatd- that the governor is exceedingly wroth at the course of the Duval judicial authorities ia arresting Corbett and Mitchell. It Is said that the governor has been keeping the wires hot all day criticising' Solicitor Christie of tho county court f r his action in the matter charging that Christie and all the other judicial officials ol thU country are in collusion with the Duval athletic club and ans abettlnjj the club's efforts to pull off the match and arrest and proposed tests of the law are not la good faith. The governor goes further, it Is raid, and reiterates that the proposed f.ght is In violation of the laws of that state and asserts that it shall not come off unless the suprem court decide that su'h contests are legal. It is considered t?iriiincant that Governor Mitchell says no decision eave that of the supreme court will deter hira from his efforts to stop the fight Those close to the governor believe that this declaration means that the governor knows that the decision of tha cuprema court will be against tha legality cf tha contefct. A dispatch just received from Tamra rays that the governor stated this evening in the most positive terms that "the light will not come off ia Florida." He says that he has his plans for preventing the fight being consummated and that at the prcptr moment he will act. THE II AREAS CORXTS WRIT. Lawyers Say That Governor Mitchell Cannot Declare Martial Law. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 1. Tha application. for a writ of habeas corpus for the release of Mitchell and Corbett w ill be argued Wednesday Instead of tomorrow. The postponement is to giva the governor more time to file Instructions, if he has any. The athletic clut is very sanguine today of rullln? of the fight. Lawyers say that it vül 6s impossible for tho governor to declare martial law after the courts have decided that no law is to be violated unless he assumed the arbitrary powers of a dictator. It is their opinion that he would hardly do that. Lawyers add that requisition for Mitchell from Mississippi on account of his part In the Richburg affair will not Issue; that it cannot because the statute of limitation prevents any proceeding at this late day. Steve O'Donnell and Jim Hall, wtin will assist in training Mitchell, passed through Jacksonville today en route to St. Ausrustine, where the Englishman I quartered. Fred. Taral. the well known jockey, also arrived. Governor Mitchell passed through Jacksonvilla this morning cn route to Tallahassee, the state capital, but whila here he let drop no hint as to how ha proposes to stop the fight if Judge ATall decides that glove eoutests are not Illegal In this state. There was a story currrent in sporting circles today that the managers of the athletic club had inside information that the governor would look to Sheriff Broward of this county to stop the fight, and if he failed would suspend him, from office. The story is of a piece with others floating around. The truth is everything is uncertain, for nolvxly knows what Governor Mitchell will do save the governor himself, and he is not divulging his plins.' for nnvoi s ur.nn.iTT lue Hereford's Acid Phosphate. Dr. A. E. Bell, Zanesvllle, O.. says: "I have used it in my practice, and hava found it very cfiiclous in the treatment of all nervous affections, especially nervous debility of business men; also ia cerebral exhaustion it will act promptly and satisfactorily."