Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1901 — Page 3

The Late Chris Magee

Aft*r a protraated Illness Christopher Lymaa Ma*e« »f Pittsburg, the wellknow* anti-Quay leader, died at his temporary home In. Harrisburg, Pa., the oth«r afternoon. He was afflicted with a cancerous disease which developed about two years ago. Mr. Magee was strong enough to take part in the recent election of United States senator, and cast his vote against M. S. Quay. He supported Congressman John Dalzell of Pittsburg for the position. While his death would doubtless ultimately have le.sulted from the malady which so long

CHRISTOPHER L. MAGEE.

made him a great sufferer, it was hurried by the passage of legislation giving his city—Pittsburg—a new charter, "ripping” Magee's friends out of office. Senator Magee was born In Pittsburg, April 14, 1848, and came from a family long prominent in western Pennsylvania. He was thrown on his own responsibility when he was about 15 years old. At the time of his death he was worth between $2,000,000 and $8,000,000. At the age of 21 he was cashier of the Pittsburg city treasury. Two years later he was elected city treasurer. He was re-elected in 1874 by a largely Increased majority. He early became interested in the development of natural gas, from which he reaped rich returns. He was largely concerned in the ownership and management of street railways in Pittsburg. In 1884 Mr. Magee purchased .the Pittsburg Times. In 1896 he founded the Daily News, an afternoon paper. Me was Interested in various banking and insurance and other companies. He represented his congressional district in the national convention of 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892 and 1896. In 1888 he was nominated by his party for state senator, and elected by an overwhelming majority, and again in 1890. Mr. Magee was married twenty-six years ago to Eleanor L. Gillespie. They had no children.

Million a ear Salary.

If the reports are correct Charles M. Schwab is to receive, a salary of sl,•00,000 a year for five years as president of the United States steel corporation. This is beyond comparison much the greatest salary ever paid except to men who have become kings or emperors. What i? still more remarkable Is the fact that the directors of the eorporation are practically unanimous In the opinion that Mr. Schwab will more than earn the million a year, which he is to be paid. J. Pierpont Morgan is quoted as declaring that Mr. Schwab will save for his employers at least 15,000,000 a year by consolidating offices and cutting down running expenses in other ways. In that view of the case it would appear that the million dollar president is rather under than over paid. If a man is able to save $5,000,000 a year, it is certainly as legitimate to pay him one-fifth of his savings as to pay SI,OOO a year to a

Girl Follows a plow

Migs Kate Thomsen, a pretty sixteen year-old girl, has been freed from farm work by an edict of court, says an Omaha telegram. Judge Vinsonhaler has appointed John F. Odefey her guardian. Last fall Miss Thomsen rebelled against hard work on her father’s farm and came to Omaha, securing the position of companion of Mrs, Odefey. The girl’s father demanded her return or the $3 she received weekly. Odefey applied to the court to be made the girl’s guardian, claiming that her father had forced her

man whose earning capacity Is five times that amount A few years age Mr. Schwab was working for $2 a day as a rodman for the Carnegie company. His rise since that time ha* been meteoric. With each step in the consolidation of the steel industries of the country his earning capacity has become greater, and his salary has correspondingly Increased. In his present position he will not only enjoy the largest salary ever paid in the business world, but he will have the largest possible field in which to show his ability as an organizer and manager.

Strange Requtrt of Porto Ricans.

In view of the congressional policy toward Porto Rico we cannot pretend astonishment at the extraordinary “protest” made to the President by a delegation of islanders representing a mass meeting held at Juan early Id February. The delegates asked the President to direct Governor Allen to call a special session of the territorial legislature for the purpose of repealing a tax law passed only a few weeks ago by that body and signed by Governor Allen. The petitioners had a long list of objections to the law. which imposes a tax on property and on incomes. They and those for whom they spoke prefer the continuation of the old system of insular and municipal taxes, coupled with the customs duties collected under the Foraker act and covered (in part, at least) into the Porto Rican treasury. The new law, they apprehend, will work great mischief. It will withdraw money from circulation by collecting semiannually, in advance, $500,000 or more. It will be neither uniform nor fair, since the only standard of valuation will be the personal opinion of the assessors, who may be appointed by political favor. The amount of the tax is wholly uncertain, since no valuation of property has ever been made in the island. And so on.

Ex-Ambassador Vhl.

Edwin F. Uhl, who was United States ambassador to Germany during the closing months of President Cleveland’s second administration, is seriously ill at his home in Grand Rapids, Mich., and considerable alarm is felt by his friends and his family. Mr. Uhl had only recently recovered from a severe illness, and was convalescent when the present relapse attacked him. He is one of Michigan’s most prominent lawyers. When appointed ambassador to Germany he was serving as assistant secretary of

EDWIN F. UHL.

state, and his appointment was highly satisfactory to the people of Michigan. He has been the acknowledged leader of the bar of Grand Rapids for many years, and is a very wealthy man. He has been one of the prominent men in the Don Dickinson wing of the Democracy, and served a term as mayor of Grand Rapids. It was believed that Mr. Uhl would get a cabinet position in 1893, and he was highly indorsed, but was given the Berlin mission.

from her home by cruel treatment. She performed, she says, the work of a common farm laborer, such as following the plow and making and The Judge d^l F ed that if this was the custom he would give no encouragement to making farm hands of Nebraska girls.

GUARDS COW 12 CONVICTS

Desperate Men Try to Get Freedom AT NEBRASKA PENITENTIARY. Crawl Throve h a Ventilator Flue at Lincoln and Make Their Way to the Prison Boot—Unable to Get Past Sentinels. Only the presence of the Nebraska militiamen on guard at the Nebraska state penitentiary, Lincoln, prevented the escape of twelve desperate convicts from there early this morning. Mounting from the floor of the cellhouse to the top of the roof through a ventilator flue, after first sawing through an iron grating and big iron bars at the lower end, the twelve prisere looked over the top edge of the front wall down to the road below only to see four vigilant guardsmen patrolling ceaselessly along the front of the building. Though the criminals had rope ample to lower them to the ground, they dared not risk a meeting with the Springfield rifles and steelcapped leaden pellets awaiting them, cowed from the accomplishment of their purpose, they huddled down together in the great drain trough along the edge of the roof just behind the abutting wall and lay there shivering some without shoes, others only in their underclothing, till they were discovered by Deputy Warden Bowers shortly after 6 o’clock a. m., and marched down to dark dungeons below. Cowering in the big rain gutter behind the parapet at the edge, the criminals nearly froze, and one of them weakened early this morning, wishing to be discovered and taken back to the warm cellhouse, but, fearing his companions he stealthily threw a bottle and then a stone at the nearest patrolman. The soldier surmised the missile must have come from the roof, but could see no one. He reported the matter, and orders were given the guard to shoot any the roof on sight or any convict showing himself outside the walls. A roll call was then taken In the cellhouse and twelve absentees discovered. The deputy warden and a guard mounted to the roof and found the men, half frozen. They were utterly cowed and came down without a murmur to the dark cells for punishment. Two were clothed only in the blankets from their beds. ; Another had citizens’ clothes, obtained from some source. Few had shoes. I All twelve were robbers, with sentences ranging from two to thirteen years.

Three Perish In Newspaper Fire.

Three lives were sacrificed, nearly a dozen men were injured, and many thousands of dollars’ damage was sustained as the result of a fire in the Boston Daily Advertiser and Record seven-story granite front building in Newpaper Row Friday night. The dead are: Craft, Judson, proofreader, of Cambridge. Luscombe, Walter, proofreader, of Salem. Richardson, James, Sr., proofreader, of Boston. The fire started in the pressroom, spread to the elevator well, and darted to the top of the building so rapidly that before the occupants of the two upper floors were aware that the building was on fire their rooms were filled with flames and smoke. In the editorial room on the sixth floor there were five men. All had to run for their lives. On the upper floor, occupied by the compos-ing-room, were eighteen compositors and proofreaders, whose situation was most critical. They rushed for the windows leading to the Are escapes, and all but three of them succeeded in gaining the roof of an adjoining building.

Ran on Massachusetts Bank.

A run on the Natick (Mass.) Five Cents Savings bank started Friday and a large number of depositors from Natick, Farmingham, and Saxonville appeared at the bank’s doors to draw out their money, a rumor having gained currency that the institution was insolvent. The bank has assets of $2,188,688.24 and is regarded as one of the strongest banks in New England. The rumor arose through offering for sale of some of the bank’s shares. According to an officer of the institution, the bank has been desirous of disposing of several shares which it had held for Investment. From this, it appears, a report spread that the bank was in need of cash and was offering shares to obtain it The bank is entirety solvent.

Trade Outlook Is Bright.

R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “Improving wheat crop reports, a pigiron production seldom exceeded, strong cash prices for all iron and steel products that can be delivered, heavy grain exports at good prices, activity in minor industries and a money market that imposes no hardship upon business, comprise the bright side of the picture of the week. Threatening labor troubles seem more remote.”

Burn Negro at Stake.

Revolting savagery characterized the burning at the stake at Corsicana, Texas, of John Henderson, a negro who murdered Mrs. Conway Younger a few days ago. It could hardly be called the work of a mob. It was a county event in which every resident who could do so took part It was not the result of a passing fit of fury, done by men whose passions were aroused before they had an opportunity to torm a better judgment. A' day was given over to the torture.

Say He Poisoned Flanese.

At Rutland, Vt, Alda** ▼<»- dette, who arrived from Canon City, Col., last week to wed Mi** Ida Fosburgh, 1* In jail, charged with her murder. Mia* Foeburg died Tuesday night after taking a powder received by mail. From the evidence thus far discovered It appears to be a case similar to the murder of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, as Ida Fosburgh undoubtedly had no Idea of the character and effect of the drug which she took. He protested his innocence and declared that he came 2,900 miles to marry his fiancee and he did not see how any one could Imagine that he would wish to kill her. He Is 55 years old and a widower with six children, and since the death of his wife has paid Miss Fosburgh much attention. The authorities will not disclose the evidence upon which they felt justified In arresting him.

Blot Among British Troops.

A rather serious clash between imperial and Canadian soldiers occurred In the garrison at Halifax, N. S. Eighteen royal artillerymen took possession of one of the principal streets, creating trouble. A detachment of Canadians was sent out to arrest the gunners, who showed fight. The infantry were ordered to charge with fixed bayonets. One of the mutinous artillerymen was stabbed through the left hand. The artillerymen were taken prisoners. The offenders claim to have been celebrating the festival of St. Patrick. The usual procession of Irishmen was dispensed with this year.

Six Burned to Death.

Six persons were burned to death at Little Cascapade, Quebec, as the result of the explosion of a coal-oil stove in the house of John Gauthier of Gauthier & Arsena, merchants. The stove exploded on the landing of the stairs. Gauthier tried to remove the stove, but finding it impossible to do so on account of the oil being in flames, he jumped from an upper story window to get help and broke his leg. He then crawled to the next house, but everything was in flames before help could be had. His wife, who was sick in bed, and five children burned to deathSH and five children were burned to death.

Flood on St. Joseph River.

The ice went out of the St. Joseph river at St. Joseph, Mich., and the result is a flood that has inundated the lowlands between this city and Benton Harbor, where many manufacturing concerns are, to a depth of several feet. The water rose rapidly and approached the tracks of the electric roads connecting the two cities. Many small buildings on the flats have been washed away and are floating down toward the lake. The summer resort, Somerleyton, seven miles up the river, where there are a score of fine cottages and a hotel, is in danger of being washed away.

Bookkeeper and Baker Are Hein.

E. C. Edmonson, a Belleville, 111., bookkeeper, has received information of the death at Paris of a relative, who left him an estate valued at $500,000. He will go to Paris. Max L. Goldrose, who went to Lebanon, Ind., from Chicago six months ago- and secured employment as a baker, received word this week that his father in Bromberger, Germany, had died, leaving him a fortune of $127,000 and the title of baron.

Perishes in Bursting Dam.

Two dams at Wanskuck, just north of Providence, R. 1., burst, carrying away two wooden buildings, containing nine persons. Miss Emily Whimpey and a man were carried down the stream on a raft. They caught In a wire fence. The firemen shouted to Miss Whimpey to hold to the wire. A heavy timber struck her in the back of the neck and she was carried under and was not seen afterward. The man was saved.

Piracy in Viacayans Ends.

Manila reports say the rebel trading operations in the Viscayan islands have been effectually broken up. Lieutenant Fred R.. Payne, commanding the United States gunboat Pampanga, pursuant to instructions, has seized and destroyed over 300 vessels of various sizes, mostly native craft, constructed to assist the insurgents. But among those which have come to grief are a number of coasting vessels belonging to leading Manila firms. (

Mrs. Nation Arrested Again.

Mrs. Carrie Nation was arrested, near the Union depot for obstructing the sidewalk. She was taken to the police station, but immediately released upon her promise to take a train for Topeka. Mrs. Nation had stopped to harangue a crowd, which became so large traffic was stopped.

Megaphone Used to Wed a Couple.

Dr. Joseph Lutz and Miss Belle Reed, society leaders of Smith Center, Kan., were married by megaphone. Both are sick with smallpox and are under quarantine. The minister stood on the opposite side of the street from the home of the bride and shouted the ceremony through the megaphone.

Stolen Child Is Recovered.

Sheriff Boone of El Paso, Tex., went to Danville. Ind., and secured May Charlotte Stevens, an 11-year-old girl, who was Kidnaped at her home in El Paso by an actress six years ago. The child was in the Hadley industrial school near Danville, Ind.

Miss Morrison Free Again.

At Eldorado, Kan., Miss Jessie Morrison’s bond of $5,000 was approved and she was given her freedom again. The bond is one of the strongest ever given in the county.

ABOUT MANCHOORIA.

MAP SHOWING THE RICH ASIATIC PRIZE ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SEIZED BY RUSSIA.

Nearly one-fourth of our exports to China go to the province of Manchooria. In 1899, the latest year for which complete figures are obtainable, we sent to China products valued at $28,013,013, of which 22 per cent went to Manchooria. American goods, especially cottons, are in growing demand there. To that province in 1899 went fully 30 per cent of our exports of cotton goods to China. These facts show why the United States would necessarily oppose any such closing of the Manchoorian market. There is, however, no reason to believe that Russia has any such intention. As a matter of fact Russia had begun negotiations for the cession of Manchooria a year before the Pekin riots begun. The transfer of the territory is therefore a matter that concerns only Russia and China. The Czar’s government has given positive assurances that the occupation of Manchooria, made necessary to protect railway and other Russian interests during the Boxer outbreak, is temporary and solely for the purpose of restoring order. The folly of the London reports that Russia has bribed the Chinese court to consent to the permanent alienation of Manchooria is evident upon the slightest consideration of the facts. Russia’s interests in Eastern Asia demand that commerce with and through Manchooria be stimulated by every possible means. Supplies of every kind are needed for the development of Siberia. Traffic from the east a* well as from the west is needed to make the Siberian railway pay expenses. For these reasons Russia was the first to agree to our request that, no matter what the future political control of any part of China, our treaty rights should remain unimpaired. It was evidently to Russia’s interest that commerce across the Pacific be facilitated. Unable herself to supply the growing needs of Eastern Siberia and North China, Russia had to rely on foreign supplies. For these reasons Russia guaranteed our access to the Manchoorian market, and also, gave many of our products free entry to Siberia. The sugar complication evidently inspired Russia’s traditional foe with the

Although England-, has refused our proposals for a Nicaragua canal, the problem in hand is visibly nearing a solution. For this progress in a great cause the American people are indebted to the United States Senate, which, by its action on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, has made clear to the world the following vital points: 1. That the American people will never consent to the abrogation of the Monroe doctrine by admitting the European concert to partnership In a purely American enterprise. 2. That the American people understand the canal will be in fact—whatever the territorial sovereignty of its shores—a part of their coast line and must be treated as such. 3. That the American people, while perfectly willing to guarantee to all nations equal commercial privileges with their own in peace, will never consent to a neutralization of the canal that will open it to their enemy in war. 4. That the American people will not accept England as a partner in the control of the canal. The first and third of these four points the Senate made clear by striking out Mr. Hay’s invitation to the European concert to join in the guaranties of neutrality. The second and third it emphasised by the Davis amendment. The fourth it declared in

hope that the United States could be deceived into regarding Russia’s necessary measures in Manchooria as .hostile to its interests. Our State Department promptly denied “secret negotiations” with any power regarding China. By the Chinese Manchooria is called the country of the Manchows, or Manopus, an epithet meaning “Pure,” chosen by the founder of the dynasty which now rules over Manchooria and China as an appropriate designation _for his family. Manchooria as it has existed for upward of two centuries — that is to say, since it has had an historical existence —is a tract of country wedged in between China and Mongolia on the west and northwest, and Corea and the Russian territory on. the Amur on the east and north. Speaking more definitely, it is bounded on the north by the Amur, on the east by the Usuri, on the south by the Gulf of Leaou-tung, the Yellow Sea, and Corea, and on the west by the river Nonnl and a line of palisades which stretch from Kwan-chung-tsze to the Great Wall of China. The territory thus defined is about 800 miles in length and 500 miles in width, and contains about 390,000 square miles. It is divided into three provinces, viz., Tsitsihar or Northern Manchooria, Kirin or Central Manchooria, and Leaou-tung or Southern Manchooria. Physically the country is divided into two regions, the one a series of mountain ranges occupying the northern and eastern portions of the kingdom, and the other a plain which stretches southward from Moukden, the capital, to the Gulf of Leaoutung. Speaking generally, the mountains run tn a direction parallel with the lay of the country, and are interpersed with numerous and fertile valleys, more especially on the southern and eastern slopes, where the summer sun brings to rich perfection the fruits of the soil fertilized by the showers of the south monsoon. Moukden, or as it is called by the Chinese Shing-yang, the capital city of Manchooria, is situated in the province of Leaou-tung. It occupies a fine position on the river Shin, an affluent of the Leaou, and is a city with considerable pretensions to grandeur. The city wall presents a hand-

THE CANAL TREATY

the proposal that this compact supersede the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. England, so far as can be learned, rejects our proposals on the following grounds: 1. That as "trustee for all maritime nations” she cannot consent to a canal in whose neutralization all nations do not join. This is, to speak plainly, simply a pretense and may be dismissed as such. 2. That the Davis amendment is objectionable because it gives us the right to control the canal completely. As the canal will be essentially a part of our coast line we must so control it. 3. That in the Clayton-Bulwer treaty England surrendered for a certain consideration “vested rights” in Central America, and that our proposals destroy the consideration without restoring the rights surrendered in exchange therefor. In this last is plainly'the gist of the whole matter. England most likely hopes that the United States will offer concessions of American soil in Alaska or elsewhere in exchange for her "rights” in Central America. In a word, England falls back upon the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, sits down on the canal route, and demands to be bought off. As the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is still in force the United States is thus confronted with the alternative of forc-

some appearance, and is pierced by «lght gates. Like Peking, the town possesses a drum tower and a huge bell. The streets are broad and well laid out, and the shops are well supplied with both native and foreign goods. The population Is estimated at about 400,000, including that of the suburbs, the richest and most extensive of which are on the western and southern faces of the city. Leaouyang, which was once the capital of the country, also stands In the province of Leaou-tung, but it is not now a place of much Importance. The population of the whole province of Leaoutung is estimated to be about 15,000,000. The province of Kirin, or Central Manchooria, is bounded on the north and northwest by the Sungari, on the, south by Leaou-tung and Corea, on the west by the line of palisades already spoken of, and on the east by the Usurl and the maritime Russian provinces. It contains an area of about 135,000 square miles, and Is entirely mountainous with the exception of a stretch of plain country in its northwestern corner. This plain produces large quantities of indigo and opium. The local trade is considerable, and is benefited by the presence of large junkbuilding yards, which, owing to the abundance and cheapness of wood, have been established there, and from which the place has derived its Chinese name of Chuen-chang or “shipyard.” The town has a well-to-do appearance, and in summer time the houses and shops are gayly decorated with flowers brought from the sunny south. Ashehoh, on the Ashe, with its population of 75,000; Petuna Sinice Sing-chung, on the Sungari population 50,000; San-sing, near the junction of the Sungari and Hurka; La-lin, 120 miles to the north of Kirin, population 40,000; and Ninguta, are the other principal cities in the province. Tsi-tsl-har, or Northern Manchooria, which contains about 195,000 square miles, is bounded on the north and northeast by the Amur, on the south by the Sungari, and on the west by the Nonni and Mongolia. This province is thinly populated, and is cultivated only along the lines of its rivers. The only towns of any Importance are Tsitsihar and Mergen.

ing England off or buying her off. As we are not ready to risk a war with England, our obvious policy is, while steadily preparing for the other alternative, to try to buy England off. No surrender of the Monroe doctrine, no territorial concessions in Alaska, however, can wisely be included in our offer. The Senate has greatly assisted Mr. Hay’s future negotiations by making it plain to all the world that the American people will have an American canal or none. The belief that the American people would ever abdicate their supremacy in this hemisphere must now have been dispelled from the European mind. To have that belief dispelled is an advantage which Mr. Hay should exploit promptly. In the meantime an impression is given out from Sandow to the effect that Britain’s chief objection to the canal comes from the fact that vast financial resources in our transcontinental railways (chiefly held in England) would be greatly depressed by the assurance of a canal. Or to be brief England is not aiming at the American canal but Is merely carrying out the time-honored Britain policy of protecting British Investors by seeking to delay a program which when assured will injure the market value of their holding.—lnterOcean.

DIAZ REPORTED INSANE.

Soldier and Statesman Kept In Seclusion. HE FEARS ASSASSINATION. Meatal Malady Partly Daa to Arrayef* Attempt on Hta Ufa and Sebeeqoent Dtoaorai-y of a PoUUcl Plot —Nature <rf Malady. "President Dias will never rule Mexico again,” said a prominent army officer and a close friend of the president, the other day, “for he la insane and the doctors have no hope of his recovery.” Rumors of a like nature have been rife in the city ever since the president hurriedly left the capital two months ago without giving any official notice of his departure. It is now pretty generally believed he was hurried out of the city by those close to him to keep from the public the fact that his mind was badly affected. The president’s malady takes the form of a great dread that some one is going to kill him, and he believes that assassins are hidden in his winter residence here, the castle of Chapul tepee. One of the doctors attendant upon General Diaz said a few days ago that the old man appears quite childish, and that the strong will that made a nation out of a disorganized conglomeration of states peopled by robbers, cut-throats and political intriguers, baa completely broken down and left the old man as helpless as a child. All there is left of his former strong self is his obstinate refusal to come back to Chapultepec castle. A member of the legislature and a man who has been in close touch with the president for years, said this week: "The present malady of General Diaz commenced to show itself in slight eccentricities some three or four years ago when an attempt was made upon his life by a drunken tailor named Arroyo. At the time the general public attached no great importance to this incident, nor did they think the president did. But the event had a significance which the public did not see, for Arroyo was but the tool in the hands of others who wished to get Dias out of the way so that another prominent official might become president”

Englishman Praises American Soldiers.

At London during the debate on the army estimates in the House of Commons Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Hamilton Lee, Conservative, who was British military attache with the United States army during the Spanish-American war, and subsequently was military attache at the British embassy in Washington, said the American recruits, in physique and intelligence, were superior to any other troops in the world. He pointed out that the American term of service was only three year-i. with an option of re-enlistment, of which advantage is usually taken. He also emphasized the high pay of the American soldier and the fact that the rate was increased 20 per cent in time of war or when on service abroad. Lieutenant Colonel Lee supported the proposals of Mr. Brodrick, the war secretary.

Threatens Son of Senator.

The police officials have made public the details of an attempt to swindle Charles W. Clark, son of United States Senator A. W. Clark, of Butte, Mont., out of |5,000. Mr. Clark a few days ago received a letter directing him to send the money in small bills to “Wyoz,” Butte postoffice. The writer added significantly that he was a dead shot The letter was turned over to the postoffice authorities. The general delivery window was watched for several days, and finally a small boy called for a package addressed to “Wyoz.” He was arrested and questioned. He said a masked man had given him 25 cents to call for the package. He proved his innocence.

Posh the Impeachment Case.

The Court of Impeachment has begun its session at Raleigh, N. C. Both judges, Furches and Douglas, were present. William A. Guthrie, chief counsel for the impeachment managers, introduced as the first evidence the official oaths of the impeached judges and a certified copy of the records in the White case, also a copy -of the judgment and in the case. He then presented a letter from White’s counsel making demand on the state treasurer for money. J. C. L. Harris, White’s attorney, testified he had failed to get the money from the treasurer and had applied to the Supreme Court for a mandamus.

Married Fourteen Women.

With a record at Phoenix, Artz., of fourteen marriages with no Incidental deaths of divorce proceeding on the part of his numerous wives, Julio Castellanos is hurrying to get out of the United States and escape into Mexico. Castellanos was arrested in the Ajo mine district, and while en route to jail at Tucson made his escape and fled southward.

Father Marders Child.

Charles Friedman of Brooklyn, 23 years old, was arrested, charged with the murder of his daughter Jessie, 16 months old, and the probably fatal wounding of his daughter Helen, 3 years old. It is alleged that while in a temporary fit of insanity Friedman seized a clock and struck*his daughter Jessie on the head; then, picking the clock up he hurled it at the other child. The latter was taken to a hospital and, it is stated, has a slight nhance for recovery.