Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1894 — Page 1

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STILL TALKS WELL

The President Disposes of tho Falsehoods Which Have Been Circulated About Kis Health And Pays His Respects to the Correspondents. "EPIDEMIC OF MENDACITY Emanating from Their Dull and Stupid Brains." Mr. Cleveland Speaks Vigorously at Any Rate, Chairman Wilson's Condition More Serious. I'onstil-tieurrul (rltlfoilm Send a Report front the City of Meilen That lie Ilatl H ell De elopeil (' of Typhoid Krirr-lhr ev I nutri III I'rloixli nt Hit Cnpitnl Mnch Ansloty IMn tu 5Ia- Utt to Mexico The Hlnci of F.-Mliiltcr Phelps. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. A representfctive of the Associated Press saw President Cleveland thi.s evening at the- pxicutive mansion rega'ding the reports that have been circ -ulatt-l in some newspapers for the past two or three days to the effect that the president was suffering from a serious malad3" and was About to have an operation performed. Concerning thee reports the j. resident paid: "I have been ensued every day in 1:13rfTice on public business and have every day seen the per.plo wh'i oalied, senators, representatives and others. Nothing would have been easier than t' ;iscci'tain th absolute falsity if those reports. I am forced to conclude t ha t there is an epidemic of mendacity. -nia-rating from the dull and stupid brain. of .ome of these eon espondents. The men must be influenced either by a desire b deceive the public or annoy those affected by their disreputable work. Those who read newspapers should understand the extent to which their credulity is a I'll la ted upon." When the representative of the Associated Press entered the president's business office at the white house this evening, he found Mr. Cleveland and Secretary Thurber engaged in clearing the desk of the accumulation of public business. Mr. Cleveland never looked letter in his life. His eye was bright, Iiis color gxxl and his voice hearty and t-trong. Today he received a large numlr of callers in his office, and at 1:1.", shook, hands with "00 people in the east room. At 4 o'clock, he drove about the city for more than an hour in an open carriage, and tonight he is hard at work Ht his desk, where he will remain until Ions? after midnight. This night is no exception to the general rule. It can be said with ixi-rfect assurance that all reports to the effect that the president is not in good health are entirely without foundation. WASHINGTON". Feb. 2.".. The pnow was falling thick and fast, the white house grounds were under a white mantle of about six inches and the wind was driving the flakes under the umbrellas and down the necks of the few persons who were compelled to tiaverse the streets this evening, when the white house carriage drove up to the executive mansion and President Cleveland and two associates started off on their secend pleasure trip down the Potomac river. The president's companions were Secretary Oresham and Capt. Robley Kvans, secretaiy tf the lighthouse board. It was a rough day to start on an outing trip on the. water, but the president was well muffled up and looked rugged end vigorous. The fact that he did not ttllow the roughest weather of the year to interrupt his projected plans for a ?w days out-dr recreation would seem to set aside any rtjw.i ts that he js jsl jhhealth. The parly was driven to the wharf, where the little lighthouse tender Violet, on which Secretaries Carlisle and' tfrcsham and Capt. Kvans made a. similar trip a f-w weeks ago. was anchored. There were no curious idlers about owing to the severe storm raging. As soon as the party and guns and other traps they carried along were aboard the little craft moved out from the wharf and started for the waters of the 'ower .Potomac The president and party expect to be iron- several days. N'o . precise date for their return has been fixed. Neither has the arty any tixed destination. The Violet will cruise about, from point to point, and its passengers will take things easy, visiting a few of the lighthouses perhaps. When an opportunity presents itself the president will try his lu' k at duck shooting. Game, it is believed, will he abundant enough In the numerous creeks and coves of the lower Potomac to afford pood sport. The trip la taken by the president and secretary of state solely for rest and recreation. fllllHMA.V 1VILSOX VKRV II. I Tieport of III Condition (nute III Friend inilfty. WASHINGTON. Ffb. 24.-The following telegram was received at the department of state this afternoon: "CITY OF MEXICO, Ffb. 21. Secretary of State, Washington: "Mr. Wilson has developed a marked f as of typhoid fever. General condition grave, though fever Is yet of a mi id fiom here to Agas Calientos to see him, . ha had him removed to Guadalajara, which he consider the location which I U1 give Una tiis lts eauitary sur-

roiindinKs In Mexico. To bring him to this city would be mu?t dangerous, lbshall have the best attention. J. CRITTKNURN. Tiilted Ktates Consul tUncial." "William H. Wilson, son and private Vecictftry of th" concressmaii. received a dispatch from his father early In th dav asking that tne premium on his lifo Insurance policy, du- Feb. 27. b looked after. While there was nothing unusual about the reuest it ynn taken as rather suggestive ly Mr. Wilon. jr.. and lie was rjulte uneasy. The lst heard from the family was by letter from Kansas City as the party was about to depart for Mexico, and at that time Mrs. Wilson said her husband appeared to have thrown ofT all the ill rflWts of his first at bu k. Young Mr. Wilson communicated his fears to soiiif of his father's friends, and it was thought that the son should leave for Mexico unless some reassuring word was reeehed very soon. This was before the stnte department dispatch was rec ived. The latter days of Mr. Wilson's tariff work w Me done with a fever hanging about him and this was accompanied at the tine by slight h'-m-orrhaires. Throughout these strains on his vitality lie kept up. nie-ting all demands for Ids lime, voj.-o 1iid energy. As is well known his speech closing the lelato was made whil" h" tottered and was hardly able to sustain himself and at. times his son. wie was at his sid expected him to faint. As "against his worn-out system there is the indomitable will and courag. of Mr. Wilson, and it is the hopp of his friends that this will carry him safely through the present ordeal. BRAZILIAN AFFAIRS,

I". S. Consnl-t.eiieral TiMvnri Arrives nt er York from Hio. NFAV YOIiK. lb. 22. William 11. Townes, t'nited States consvil-g-iu ral at Rio de Janeiro, arrived hre today on the steamship Capua. He said that American prestige in Rrazil was damam 1 considerably by reports in newspapers of the United States criticising and condemning the conduct of the Brazilian government. These reports were evidently based on information furnished by enemies of the government. As all the American newspapers are received at Rio the articles about lirazll are eagerly read. Those unfriendly to the government are caught up by those opposed to the growing Interests of the United States in P.razil and made use of to prejudice thf government and the Kraidlian people against us. Speaking of the candidates for tiie presidency of Rrazil at the coming election Mr. Townes said Prudent Morocs oi Sao Paulo is thought highly of by the people. lie is an abb statesman, prudent, wise and would make a. good president. The oiler candidate, Alfons-j Penna, is governor of tlv state of Minas Gerias. one of th ablest jurists ami statesmen in the country. CONVICT'S CLEVER WORK, Train TtoMirr llnrdln !-:euc from lrion in a l.ond of (lay. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20. Details have reached here of the eseape from the Cii-ster, 111., prison of Joseph S. Hardin, the Centralia. Iii., train robber, sent up for twenty years. It s. nis that Hardin, from lhn time he stepped into the pen at Chester, began to cultivate the friendship f the trusty convicts who were employed as cat t drivers. He became a fast friend of one of these ami yesterday tl.e cart driver permitted him to jump into h's vthicb ar.d. lying down on the bottom of the lied, the trusty driver loaded the cart with clay, completely covering the form cf th train robber. Wh'-n the cart was load.M the trusty drove out of the gates of tha penitentiary and. arriving at the river l ank where a dump had been established for the purpose of strengthening the levee, Hardin, with the c lay, was dumped down the bank. It is thought that by rearrangement a skiff was handy in which he escaped. BLOODY FIGHT WITH BURGLARS, l.eorji Klern Itravo Manil Attninst Sil Men Will Likely Die. ST. I.OUIS, Feb. 21 A fearful battle was fought by George Kd r with burglars here this morning. Ftb r sleeps and works in Specick & Simeon's tailor shop and was aroused by efforts to lreak in the door. IU fore he could collect his wits the door was broken open and six men crowded in. Kder rushed for a hatchet, but was driven back by a blow on the head from the bar used in opening the door. He finally reached the weapon, and blows upon blows were exchanged, until the hatchet was wrenched from Kder's hand. He still fought desperately. Finally he reached a pair of shears, which he used as daggers, ultimately driving the crowd away. He then fell unconscious and now lies probably dying from a fractured skull. Edward Gallagher and I-Mwnrd Sexton, two of the gang, are in jail. The police are searching for the others, some oi" whom must have been badly cut. WHOLE FAMILY BURNED. Furnier, Wife ntnl I'le Children (reunited In Their Home. GURDON. Ark.. Feb. 2.",. News has reached here of the burning of a farm house and Its occupants ten miles west of Murfreesboro, in Pike county, on Wednesday night. John Wert, a farmer, his wife and five children occupied the lu-use. and all perished in the flames. The building was constructed of logs, with a large fireplace built at each end. While the family was asleep lire fley upn the floor ami In that manner he dry timbers and othe- Inflammable sruff became ignited. When discovered the next day the entire building was reduced to ashes and only the charred bodies of the occupants remained. C IIrt(.KI WITIt KOIMiKHV. Some Development Impllenlinur n AtMinK C'lilcnKonn and n Crook. ST. J.OU1S, Feb. 22. A series of systematic: forgeries and Irregular finaclering, committed at the expense of business men and the Chemical national bank of this city, has resulted in the. arrest of Benainln K. Holliday. a young t'hlcagoan. and the escape of Hermer Franche, who Is said to be one of the moothest. forgers in the West. Francho and Holliday were old friends and meeting here recently renewed their acquaintance. Franche. under the name of G. H. Clark, opened an account at the Chemical bank. Then by a series of forged indorsements, in which he used the name of the S. A. Rider Jewelry company, drawing the checks payable to Holliday. Franch succeeded in securins: several sums aggregating an Amount whieh as not been made public. He then fled, but Holliday. after a trip out of town, returned today and was arrested for complicity. His story, however, is that his nam was used by FrancM unknown to him.

IN AFRICA'S WILDS

Austrian's Account of a Trip with Chnnler In Their Efforts to Reach tho Bornna Country, THE DARK CONTINENT And tho Dangers Which Confront tho Adventurer. His Thrilling Encounter with a Rhinoceros. The I.ienleimnt er!on,l.v Wounded 4i ml Co in e Ileal to l.pmr I he K peril I ion Doll h t About Hie ItcMilt of lr. Chnnlcr'M latteit Venture A .imI A ord Spoken for I hi plorer. VIFNN'A. Feb. 2.". (Copyright, 1S!4. by the Associated Pres.) After an absence of nearly two years, spent in exploring Fast Africa. Lieut. Ludwig Ritter von Hohnell of the Austrian navy has returned to Vienna, and now resides within sight of the big admiralty building, in Maximilliaii platz. oii Hohnell. on. arriving last week at Flume, was met by his old comrade explorer. Count Samuel Telekl. who accompanied him to Buda Pe.t, where the still open wound, caused by the rhinoceros horn, was immediately operated upon by Prof. Lumnltzer and great relief given. Yon Hohnell is now rapidly recovering his health. He Is a Hungarian, Ixjrn at Prensburg. in 1S,"7. He was educated at the naval academy at Finnic. He joined his first ship as midshipman in 1S76. but a.s his great desire to travel found its partial reife f in cruising about the Mediterranean, he gladly accepted Count Teleki's invitation to accompany his expedition in isst',, which, after two years' exploring, resulted in the discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie, in northeast Africa. Yon lb-hncll is a ta'I. stalwart-built officer, with determination stamped on every feature. His physique is hardened down to whipe-ord toughness thixuh the excessive hardships of African travel, and his face is tanned brown. He speaks the Knglish language with remarkable fluency and a faint Ameri'Mii accent. possesses a charming frankness of manner, wishes si rangers in his company to he as much at ease as he Is himself, and does n..t seel; to conceal his pleasure with the Knglisn-speaking race. "You wish me to tell you alut the Chanler exjditionV" remarked the explorer, sitting with his charts and diaries hing heaped about him. "Well, we had dLpe.-ate ill-bick. It followed us everywhere, and during the time I was with Mr. Chanler rendered all our best efforts resultless. Rut let me start at the beginning of my narrative: 1'omiH t luinler'H Aciiunlnlniice. "I made Mr. ('hauler's acquaintance by meana - f a letter written to me from the base of Kilimanjaro in lSl. The same year I met Chanler in Vienna, when he toid me his intention to explore the Rorana country lying east of Lake Rudolf. The district he believed to be fertile and interesting. I expressed my great willingness to accompany him. We discussed the plans of the routes JMid determined to land at Lamu on the Zanzibar coast, sail up the Tana river to P.orati, once called Ha'gazo, and vhen strike northward through the Mt. Kenia district to Rudolf lake. After thoroughly exploring the Rorana country in that neighborhood we were to march directly across to Rerbcra on the Littoral of the gulf of Aden. "If ever success seemed to favor an expedition at the outset it was this one. We started from Lamu on Sept. 16, 1892, with lr men. all in good health and in the lest of spirits. George Galvin. Mr. Chanler's servant, also accompanied us. We were thoroughly organised, thanks to young Chanler's marvellous administration. We had cattle, donkeys and camels and ten canoes, laden with food were accompanying our caravan. The Tana route to P.orati is a very bad one. The banks are lined with thick jungle and our irogTess was dreadfully slow. N iv. 2 had arrived when we reached Rorati, all well. Hl I. nek Comes. "Then came our ill-luck. Our beasts of burden began to die at Rorati, as if 5tri ken with a pest. This was a serious plight for us. We formed a store camp here inside the deserted palisade erected some time previous by the Rritish Fast African company. Our caravan had come to a dead halt from loss of transport. Chanler and myself determined to proceed northward to the Guassonjiro river, whose course and outlet I had discovered in the Teleki expedition. I knew the Rendili, a nomadic tribe possessing camels und donkeys in large numbers, lived near this river on the northern side. George Galvin went to the coast on a similar mission. Now from the date of our departure on Dee. 5, 1S92. to the day the rhinoceros charged at me, Aug. 22. iSiO, we had explored without success the entire district for transport beast. -5. Four 5 ears ago a cattle plague swept over the whole of northeast Africa, and, I asFinv you. you may search for ten years where we were without obtaining cattle. "We wished n starting out to strike northward of Rorati over the plains, but they were sandy, stony, acacia-covered and absolutely devoid of water. We had not gone far ere we turned back to Rorati, and ascended the Tana river's banks to the Mackenzie river, and from thence to the Djamleni range. The long arid broad plateau of the DjambenI, 7,200 feet high, its bracing atmosphere, excellent for EurojK'ans, Is thickly nhabited by the Km be re. a very powerful tribe, numbering 20.000 In all. They raise In this plateau beans, sweet potatoes, millet, etc. They possess very few cattle, goats and sheep. They are warlike. using spears, slings and poisoned arrows. The poison is vegetable and weak unless when freshly made. The Fmbete refused to sell us any cattle, but they did not molest us. Seeking Transport Animals. "We then druck the Guasso-Njii o, hud days of weary wandering along Its banks seeking for transport animaln. experienced cruel hunger, and, finally, on Jan. 2. after a hopeless search again, witl eventy-five men set out for the I)Jair.enl range with the Intention of oncen.ore crossing It at the extremity lookiiiif toward the slopes of Mt. Kenia. Refore we struck the DjambenI we had to crosA the country of the Wa-Msara. a tribe with th rejaitation of having de. stroyed a caravan ten year prevlou. They numbered 1.000 warriors and soon showed us their intentions. We fought a battle nith them throughout a whole day's march. They appeared and reappeared at every nook and defile. We cut our way tliroush, however, tni cur

Mannlleheis and Werndts must have created heavy losss lu the latiks of lh Wa-MFura. "On our arrival at Rorati on Feb. 10, li93. we found all the remaining beM of burden In our laager dead. It may have been that the Tzeteh fly was the cause. Unfortunately I cannot sjeak definitely ujoii this iinpoitant point, because until my arrival. In a wounded condition, nt Mombasa, on th' sea const. I had never seen the fly identified. Mr. New man there jsavo me four spot 1meiis he had received front the ZanbeH. 1 have those with me now, but among the myrliids of P.les buzzing about our tattle at Rorati il Is impossible for dip te recall from memory any ca t resemblances of Ihese specimens. Some boldly declare that the Tetch ily has invaded these di;-triets through which Chanter and mys ;f alone have traveled, but if wt are uncertain no one else can speak definitely. Nenrch for t!e Itendill. "At Rorati. on March 0, :'. we determined, by throwing away a great part of our rroods. to set out for l)aitch, a place forty-live inile northeast of Mt. Kenia. We had obtained twelve head of cattle. We hail auain a weary strusrgl' for a passage along the densely juneled banks of the Tana river. We passed the Juncture of the Mackenzie, and, moving further up. entered the! Ura river district. On Mai vh 27 we arrive. I at Daitcho, having lost heavily in b ads, beasts and through runaways. Rut the climate was good and the people peaceful, leaving Galvin at Daitcho in our laager and sending runie-rs to Mobasa for tattle and men, Chanler and myself again started out on dune r, to find Rendili. We foon , crossed the Djamh.mi range and nfterwstrd tl.e Guasso-Njiro rivtr, and then we struck out in every direction to northwards beyond. The land was being explored for the f)rst time. R is studded over with isolated mountains, thinly populated and generally waterless. The highest ieak is the Gargues, lO.pno feet in hight. It forms the .southernmost end of the Gen. Matthews ranee. Another mountai i.r.no feet high, Lollukue by name, has a billiard-level plateau. We explored there and found twelve members of the Wor.drobo tribe and a herd of wild buffalos. which the plague had n t destroyed. The bulTal s never leave the plateau and the disease was not carried there. "At last our efforts wore rewarded on July 2 at Komi, to the far northeast. We discovered the nomadic Rendili there. They had camels, goats and sheep in their possession, but they demanded such exorbitant prices that Mr. Chanler could only afford to purchase ten donkeys. 1'iuht With Itlilnocero. "Only one hope now left. There were still the Turkans, living south of Lake Rudolf, and they, we knew, had spare supplies if transport animals. We set out for the Lornghi range, width lies in the way, and arrived at Sayaa, a place about one hundred nu'es north of Mt. Kenia. It was here my episode with the rhinoceros occurred Aug. 22, IV::. "We were out elephant shooting. Chanler, with a black tracker and nine or ten men. was alout 4' yards ahead cf me in the thick bush "forest through which we were following a "spoor." We were working along a straight, open line and I had the same number of men with rae as Mr. Cha -. -r. Signs on the tratk showed that the elephants were cmite near at hand. Just at that moment I heard Indiind me the 'hoosh-hoosh-hoosh' cd a rhinoceros coming up like an express engine at full speed. On the right side of the path and close at hand was a big tree, and as 1 have a great contempt for the 'rhino' Count Teleki ar.d myself having shot ninety-nine had during our expedition in l'tJ-S I resolved to spring sideways under cover of this tree. Resides, I did not wish to startle the elephants with a gun shot. The 'rhino' was a. full grown cow, and her six months" old calf followed her. She came rushing along with her h.ad down and her mouth wide open. "Just as 1 was to make my spring aside I found that the negroes accompanying me were all jammed up behind the tree. It was too late then. I laised my express rifle in desperation to my shoulder, but a branch of the tree jammed down my right arm, and before I could put a linger to the trigger the 'rhino had charged my legs and sent me flying ahead like a skittle-alley pin. I landed on my back and saw the two black masses go bounding over my body. My ritle was snapped across In the 'small' of the back. I half raised myself on my side, shaken, but not hurt, and glad at my escape, when again in the rear I heard the 'hoosh-hoosh-hoosh' of the 'rhino' still bent or, mischief. She came to a halt behind me and commenced to goad me with her horn. Lying on my left side, I raised my right leg to escape the blows, but at length she struck the lleshy part of my hip, driving the horn upward. Thi.s seemed to satisfy her, as she and her young one went off snorting into the forest again. Very Serious Won ml. "Chanler came cm the scene a moment later. I was not aware in the excitement that I was so badly wounded. The wound was five inches deep. Mr. Chanler gave me a drink of brandy and supplied surgical dressings. I was placed in an improvised hammock, and the march back to Daitcho was commenced. I lft my friends at Daitcho and. under care of George Galvin, set out down country to Mombasa. It was useless to go in a Wounded condition to Lamu. at the mouth t-r the Tana river, as there were no medical men there. At the Scotch presbyterian mission at Klbwizi I was fortunate enough to meet Dr. Charters, a young Scotchman, stationed there. He performed an operation, and after lying under his care from Oct. 15 until Nov. 1. I arrived on the ISth of the same month at Mombasa. He was kind enough to accompany me the whole way. On Dec. 1 1 reached Zanzibar and entered the hospital there. "As regards the ultimate result of the expedition. I am afraid that through lac k of transport Mr.Chanler has not been able to advance to the Rorana country, the goal he desired to reach. I know that on Oct. IS, 1S93, a caravan from Turkana to Mombasa Hold to one of Mr. Chanler's agent fifty donkeys. The;e. I understand, arrived safely at Daitcho. Personally, when leaving Daitcho. in August, I advised him to protved to Turkana for Ivory. What have been his adventures since we parted he will tell on his arrival shortly at Mombasa. "Now I have told you a deal, and in return I wish you to tell through the American press what a clever, welleducated, strnlcht-niinded gentleman Mr. Astor Chanler Is. His sense of honor Is great, his faithfulness as a comrade unswerving and hid generosity no less remarkable."

LYNCHED A BOY, Who Had Killed a Deputy Sheriff for J.evjiiiK on a loir, SHERMAN. Ala.. Feb. 2.. Deputy Sheriff John Cowlett was shot and killed today by Tom McDouglass. Cowlett had gocie to the boy's home to levy on a cow owned by his mother. he refused to let it go and told the boy to sheet th officer if he attempted to drive the animal away. The officer started and the boy fired with the resulted noted. The shootingr brought to the scene a crowd which lynched the youthful murderer, filling him also tvUIi l-ullets. .

DIED Ofl THE TRAIN

Stcelo TMockaye, the Actor and Playwright. His Life Ends Near La Junta, Col, WHILE EN ROUTE WEST. Autopsy Proved Thnt He Had Cancer of the Stomach, Although Physicians Failed to Discover the Fact. The Idfe Work nt the Dpce.nril of (reu) I n, ir n lice to the Thentrieiil AXorlil i:-Conureshinntt MrnlC Death on llotirtt n. leieiiu ('cntrnl Traiii enr El l'no Other Deaths. LA. JUNTA. Col.. Feb. 2:,.-The actor and playwright, Steele Maekaye, arrived at La Junta over the Santa Fe road yesterday morning at i:2.'i in the special car of George R. Peck, general j counsel for the Santa Fe company. Mr. Mat kayo was accompanied by his wife, a nurse and Dr. II. N. Parker. They came west from Chicago. Mr. Maekaye was supposed to be suffering from nervous exhaustion caused by overwork, and was 0:1 his way to San Diego, Ca I. lie was feeling epuilo badly when he arrived here and the car was detached and left here until 7:20 this morning, when his party started south, as Mr. Maekaye seemed to be resting easier. He rapidly grew worse and died before the train reached the next station. He was con scious to th2 last, bade all those around him good-bye and said they had done fill they could for him. The special car was pent back to La Junta on the next train. The remains were taken to Undertaker Mauley's and embalmed, and will be sent to Chicago tonight. Dr. Parker and Dr. Finney, the Santa Fe surgeon at this point, held an autopsy and found the cause of death to be a cancer in the stomach. Some of the best physicians in Chicago had examined him and all decided his ailment was nervous exhaustion except one, who declared it to be a cancer The deceased weighed about 220 pounds and was fifty-one years old. lie leaves a widow and six children, five boys and one girl, all grown. Sketch of Hio Life. Steele Maekaye was born at Ft. Porter, how a portion f the city of Buffalo, about forty-seven years ago. His father was the projector and organizer of several of the express companies of America. At the age of sisteen the overexertion to which Steele's intellectual precocity had urged him resulted in a general physical collapse, and a trip abroad followed. While slowly convalescing in France he occupied himself with painting and modeling. At the breaking out d the war of the rebellion he returned to his native country and enlisted as a common soldier, ami before the war was over was gazetted major. Returning to France at the close of the war. he resumed his artistic studies, resolving to apply himself to dramatic art. He was a pupil of Gamier, and later of Francois Delsarte. Returning to America by way of Fngland, he was persuaded by Tom Taylor, in London, to assume the title rede of "Hamlet" in a grand revival of that play, which was to be given at the Crystal Palace under the direction of that distinguished dramatist. The success of Mr. Mackaye's Interpretation of "Hamlet" was so great that the engagement was prolonged far beyond the originally decided time. Probably nothing but another serious illness, which have marked crisis in Mr. Mackaye's career, diverted him from a lifetime of ShakspeareHii interpretations. Recovering, he produced in collaboration with Tom Taylor, two plays In London with marked success "Arkwrlght's Wife" and "Claneart v." With Charles Reade. he collaborated a play entitled "Jealousy." In IS?:!, while at work with George Flliot upon a dramatization of "Silas Manier," he was recalltxl to America upon Important business, where he lias liv"d ever since, working incessantly ; for the stage, as the teacher, lecturer, inv ntor, manager, playwright and actor. Following Is a list of his productions in America : 1S72. "Marriage;" 1S75. "Rose Michel;" IPTc. "Queen and Woman;" 1n77. "Won at Last;" 1S7.X. "Through the Dark;" S79, "An Iron Will;" PsSO. "Hazel Kirk;" lvSl. "A Fool's Krrand:" 1SS4. "Dakolar;" lss.-. "In Sp'd f All:" isst',, "The Drama of Civilization;" isst, "Rienza" (reconstructed and rewritten for Lawrence Rarrett): lT. "Anarchy" (produced again the same year as "Paul Kanvair"); isss. "A Noble Rogue;" SKK "An Arrant Knave;' 1SW, "C,d. Tom;" 1M, "Money Mad." The successful operation of the double stage, with which the Madison Square theater was equipped, was .Mackaye's first recommendation as an Invention. He also invented the orchestra curtain and the folding chair. His experiments in electricity eventually put Maekaye on a. new system of scenic representation. This system is that now exhibited at the neenltorium. in Chicago, and that which the ill-fated speetatorium was designed to accomodate. ET-COXCnnsSMAX JCTHAIT. He Die on n. Mexican Onlrnl Tncnicrr Train fnr Kl 1'hmo. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 25. Just as the Mexican Central train arrived here this morning at 8 o'clock a passenger, exCongrcssman MaJ. If. 15. Strait, who for twelve ;ears represented Minnesota in the lower house at Washington, breathed his last. He was a pioneer of Minnesota state, having represented the Second district when there were only three congressmen from the state, and afterward the Third district when the number was Increased to five. lie was a prominent banker, Interested in four national banks in his Ptat. He waa at Washington on the first day of this month, where, after concluding his business, he mt two old Minnesota friends who had recently moved to North Dakota. One was Judge W. J. Mooney of Langdon, N. D.; th other ws Capt, M. L. McCormack. president of the Grant) Forks national bank at Grand Forks. N. D.. with uhom he agreed to take a trip through Mexico and go thence to the midwinter fair at San Francisco before returning home. They went to ew Orlema ajid eajcyel

mardl gras festivltlep. them-" to San Antonio and laredo. Tex., and ia the narrow gunge t Monterey, San Luis Posit I anil the city of Mexico. Returning north they took the Mexican Central railroad ta III Paso, but stop"'d off at Qqeertaro and at Aguas Callientes lar Friday, where MaJ. Strait tailed upon Congressman Wilson and Tarsney. Here a hot spring bath had a bad effect on Mal. Strait, for his train pulled north, and after he had seen Congn-ssman Wilson carried on a stretcher to th" south-bound special le became nauseated and his stomach would retain nothing. I In grew worse on the train, suffering from threatened heart disease, cold fct and bowel congestion. A doctor was t--hgia:hed for and tirt the train at Chihuahua Saturday. The major there was revived by stimulants and the external application of warm water cushions. His companions of the trip attended and nursed him. with the asistnnen of one female passenger and General Passenger Agent White of the Mexican Central, during the whole nicht, but the doctor said the distinguished patient would not reach Kl Paso, which was nearly verified. Tlv major was wholly himself up to the last moment, when he grasped the hand f Capt. McCormack. his old-time friend, ami pressing it sai.l. "Captain, this i" pdting very serious." The train had hardly stopped at the first station on American soil when tie Minnesota statesman was dead. Ma.i. Strait leaves a widow and daughter at Shakopee. Minn., and son, Rurton. in New York, who is connected with the Standard railroad equipment company. His brother. W. AV. Strait of Los Angeles, Cal.. will arrive here in the morning. The body is leing embalmed today and will be shlpted to St. Paul Monday or Tuesday. The sad occurrence has east a gloom upon the friends who a--eompanied the dead man during the extended trip and they are undecided a to continuing' their contemplated journe west.

i Mr. Frntice Cnhill. j LANSING. Mich.. Feb. 2'.. Mrs. Fran- J res Maria Cahill. mother or ex-tMipreme Court Justice Cahill. died last night at her son's heme in this city aged seventyfive years. Mrs. Cahill tame to Michigan from Vermont in 1S32. MANY FARMERS POISONED nv i:Tii coi.D imii.r.D mkt at A TI.F. Two Already Dentl nnd Ten or Twelve Other Kipeetett to Die The Stuft" Cooked In n Copper Ivel He and Stood vor Muht. SOMERSET. Pa.. Feb. 2'-.. From th" best information obtainable here tonight two farmers are dead, ten or twelve are seriously sick and fifty more are suffering from the effects of eating poisoned meat at a sale held on the 22d ! inst. in Queemahoning township. Jeremiah Ringler, a prominent citizen of the township, died this morning from the effects of poisoning, and Alexander Rhodes, a leading citizen and farmer of Jenner township, is reported to have died during the day from the same cause. Those suffering from poison are scattered all over the north of th county. Ist Thursday som? 2.".0 fanners attended a sale of proierty in Jenner township, and, according to custom, a cold lunch was served. Among the articles of food prepared wad a lot of beef that had leen boiled the previous evening ia a copper kettle and had leen permitted to remain in the vessel oßr night. Shortly after eating the meat many persons took sick, and the sale had to be adjourned. A rumor here tonight that at least ten other residents tf Jenner and Queemahoning townships cannot possibly recover. DECIDES AGAINST M'KANE. Judge Cnllen Sees Itenxonnlile Doubt In Ilia Case. BROOKLYN, Feb. 26. The decision of Judge Gullen, denying John Y. MeKane a certificate of reasonable doubt, removes apparently his last chance of remaining outside of Sing Sing prison. It is understood that he will be sent there promptly to begin his six years sentence. His only recourse Is an application to the other judges of the supreme court for a stay, but It is not known that any of thc-m will set lit to Interfere. His proposed appeal to the court of appeals will not keep him out of jail. In the absence of a stay a decision in the case may be delayed for . long time. ALBANY, N. Y.. Feb. '. Fp to a late hour tonight none of the supreme court judges in this vicinity liave been applied to lor a st;iy in the MeKane case, it i rumored, however, that the application is to be made early in the morning to Judge Mayham at Schoharie, as both Judges Fursman and Sheehan have announced that their views are similar to the Brooklyn justices. Another on Trial. BROOKLYN. Feb. M. Justice of the Peace Kinneth F. Sutherland of i Ira vest nd was placed on trial in the court of oyer and terminer before Justice Cullfii today. He is charged with arresting the copyists and watchers on Saturday niht previous to the election, when the men went down to Gravesend to watch the house of the election Inspectors of thnt town. The punishment for the crime is h year in prison and a tine, or both. At noon two jurors were obtained. GUNS FOR THE A, P. A, The Toledo Chapter Arming for I( Imanluary StruKKle. TOLEDO, O., Feb. 22.-The case of A. J. Rummel I against CJeorge W. Ostrander as treasurer of Council No. 2 American protective association, was heard before Justice Seajtrave this afternoon. The testimony developed the fact that the members of No. 2 received what they considered a reliable warning that the catholics wer. preparing for an uprising on last la)or day. No time was lost, and to the end that A. P. A. lives would not he sacrificed without resistance, it committee was appointed to purchase arms. Sample guns were ordered frcm Rummel. Four of these were returned and fifty-live repeating Winchesters were purchased. A dispute arose over the nuniUr of arms furnished and the A. P. A. refused 10 pay for more than fifty. Falling to effect a .settlement suit whs instttutetl, and at the trial members of the A. P. A. testified that they had bought suns of the eouncil t a 1'me which proved lhat the disputed order had been filled hy Rummel, th Jury accordingly rendered a verdict of S1S2 In his4 favor.

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THE GIANT FIGURES FELL.

vrtTruiv di ritot en 11 v t. oniKit run; vr juo imiik. I lie A u Hen 1 1 11 rtt I HulliliiiK' lltr Scene of Ant, (her DIHM(ron in e 'I' ho Hilt Slmeliire Itulitril liefere the Firemen Could Control (lie Flame. CHICAGO, Feb. 21 Fire was discovered in the dm.; of the agricultural building at 'he world's fair ground thi morning. The fiamos soor. spread to all parts t.f the riM-f. A spet ial alarm called engines from Hyde park and Woodlawn. Another alarm tailed other engines and a determined light against th' progress of de-striK ti n was ht-uun. Running up tie outside of the pillars, the flames gained headway in the roof and spread rapidly toward the dome in the center, once having a. start in th? lufty arch its tlestructi .11 was a mutter of short order. Driven by a Frisk wind, sparks from th burning dome w"-re carried toward adjoining ln.il lines, and for a time the firemen had before them the prospect oi an extended confiagi at ion. The firemen, were distribute d. however, and while severalwon.pani -s w ;. working vigorously in an attempt to stay the fre in the agricultural 1-uildii.g. others xvcre detailed to adjoiidng struetures, hiiJ volumes of water wrc directe-d toward exposed aie! endangered parts. An hour later the general alirm was sounded, the nremn had aeeomplished all that was posi-ible and the blaze was practieally extinguished. 1 '.ef' -re the fire men had suj'.e e-Jed in th-if work th building had bee ruined. As the fire spu-ad through lh dry timbers of th loof, burning mters s-on I-gin dropping to the il.ior and the supports, gradually weakening, at last gave away, carrying with them conneitel parts of tho !' of of the dome in ruins to the floor. This practically put an end to the liiem n's work. The destruction of the deme left th already partially ruined building even more unsightly, and it now b-ats little resemblance to tie ori ate stru ture, surrounded by the statue of Diana, which f'-rmed a. feature of the court of honor. Rut one theory was advanced on th piounds regarding the orpin cf the fire. Every one agreed that an inc endiary was again responsible fer the destruc tb,i. The lej-eated attempts to burn the fair buildings have been ascribed to tills caust, ar.d the conclusion was promptly reached that b-iy's ruin could be safely attributed to the same cause. The gilded statin of Diana was removed about fix v,eks ano and so escaped destruction in today's Maze. Crowds of people flocked to the scene and watched the lire for le'urs. With the exception of the pf iistvle fire, that of today va the worst the fair ha- had sine it closed, and sp"catoi-s found a great deal to interest them. Near the dome of the building were numerous groups of statuary looking into the grand basin. As the flames burned away their Fiipports the gigantic figures tottered and fell uvvey from the i;re and were dashd to pieces on the frozen ground. Arms, legs and heads of the fallen sculpture litered the promenade neaily to the edge of the lagoon. The Agricultural budding which, architecturally, was one of the g-ems of the White City group, tost in construction Jiils.iHM. Its exterior with i's massive Corinthian clu ans was most artistic. It covered an area t.f S .it feet long and f.'fi feet wide, lis fioor siaoe was neaily nineteen acres. A great deal of mone y was lavished in decorati vi and the walls ;-f the building were spread ith allegorical pictures by some of the leading artists of the country. The ruin of the building is almost complete and nothing but blae k -ned wails and the shattered roof remains of the once beautiful structure1. DISASTER IN AFRICA. Del ft its of the Bloody Fight "itli the Slave Denier. LONDON, Feb. 2r,. Further details of the disaster to the Rritish force In its encounter with the slave dealers on the west coast of Afriea have been ltceived here from Rathurst, the capital of the Rritish colony, e'.ambia. The British troops numbered 2-0 men. They had destioyed the strongholds. Kembujeh ami Mandina. and were returning to Kembujeh creek for the purpose of reembarking when they wt re ambushed near the muuth of the creek. There had been s ign of any enemy and the attack was most sudden and unexpected. Tin Rritish had entered into a perfect trat and were surrounded on every iJe. A fusillade was directed upon them from all directions. In spite of the suddenness of the onslaught and tb.e terrible lire to which they were subjected, the sailors, encouraged by the heroic efforts of their officers, tried to make a stand. The attempt was useless, as the enemy maintained their well-directed volleys. Tie ;,eiil of the British was extreme. To remain there meant total destruction, of the f tree. Amidst a hailstorm of bullet and with their officers and comrades falling dead, dying or wounded about them, they were compelled to letreat. So great was their danger and so ferocious the attack t.f the enemy that the Rritish were unable to rescue the bodies of Lieutenant of Marines Francis1 W. Hervey and of eight others who had been killed. It was only with t?ie greatest difficulty that thevv were able to save the wounded. In th.-ii retreat they were forced to abandon their field piece and .f"K) artridges, all of which fell into the h.Mids of the enemy. llnng: by Hi Hands. j CHICAGO. Feb. 24. James Bishop, a j student in the Northwestern university, today attempted to jump on a northI western train which was moving and j lost his footing. He caught hold of the I guard rails, but was not able to drag I Ids feet to the platform. Bishop raised himself so that his feet were clear of the wheels and in this ioMtion rode for I a mile Iveforo the train was stopped. His ankles were badly bruised and the fingers on lolh hands were frozen f?tiff, but cthei-vir? he was uninjured. rat Ilooney Dead. CINCINNATI. O.. Feb. 2A The roelnsriral garden of this city has suffered a heavy loss in the death today of Its male chimpanzee, known as "Pit Rooney." Pat haa been six years at the wurden with a femle mate, and was probably (be niet highly educated monkey in the world. Hi mate survives.