Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1899 — Page 2

[WEEKLY republican. QBO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

SHIP CUT IN TWAIN.

/serious collision off the p WASHINGTON COAST. ; Glenogle Ruas Down the City of ‘ Kingston While Nearing Tacoma— Thi» Tear’s Crop of Cuban Sugar and Tobacco Will Be Large. ■rW- ——• The steamship Glenogle crashed into the | steamer City of Kingston off Brown’s point, near Tacoma, Wash., cutting the K City of Kingston in two just abaft the gpboilers. The twelve passengers and crew | ®f the Kingston were saved through the | prompt action of officers of the Glenogle | and Kingston and two ships lying in the | harbor. Rev. Horace H. Chapman, rector g ®f Trinity Church, occupied the stateroom g Struck by the Glenogle’s prow and was |j pinned in the wreckage for several minutes, only being released by the parting ? of the steamer. He was not seriously i hurt. The Kingston in two pieces was * towed to the harbor. '- r ‘ TRADING CHECKS NOT MONEY. K Government Loses Suit Against the Maker of Metal Tokens. Criminal action was recently begun by | the United States authorities in the Federal court at St. Paul against D. P. Rousj eopoulus, proprietor of the Northwestern i stamp works, for making metal trading I checks, the claim being that their likeness i and similitude to the gold and silver coin of the Government made their manufac- | tore illegal. The defendant demurred and ■ the court sustains the demurrer, holding " that the tokens are not made in lieu of lawful money and that these coins are not It obligations to pay money, but the obligations expressed is in terms solvable mer- |. chan disc. There are said to be millions of | these checks in use throughout the counI YIELD OP CUBAN CBOPB. j Production of Sugar and Tobacco Show Increase Over Recent Years. The sugar crop for 1899 in Cuba is officially estimated at 307,903 English tons, -against a total for 1892 of 232,032 tons. The tobacco crop is said to be of good quality and more abundant than for two years past A large stock of remedies filler was sold in the field for $23 per quintal. The planters in the province of Pinar del Rio are cheerful as to the outlook. The Cuban national party just formed makes a demand for the holding of general elections. The party is growing stronger and is forming branches in every village in the island. Dynamite on the Track. K- Two attempts were made to destroy Burlington trains with dynamite near Nodaway, a small station between St. Joseph, Mo., and the lowa line. Sticks of E dynamite were laid on the track and the Denver flyer was given a shock that broke all the windows in the coaches. The ■ Omaha express had a similar, but more I severe, shock ten minutes later. Burlington officials went to Nodaway on a special ? train three hours later. There was nothing to indicate robbery was the motive. M Ohio Recluse Passes Away. | Mina Kessinger has just died near Jackson, Ohio, after living as a recluse for thirty-seven years. She was engaged to John Trehaine, who went to the front in the Union army in 1861 and was killed. On hearing of his death she vowed to reL main true to him until her death and never to leave the farm on which she lived. She ; remained in this voluntary imprisonment until her death. Race for the Pennant. E The standing of the clubs in the National League race is as follows: W. L. W. L. St. Louis.... 6 0 Brooklyn .... 4 4 Boston ..... 6 2 Cincinnati ... 4 4 Philadelphia.. 6 3New York... 3 5 Baltimore ... 5 3Pittsburg .... 1 5 Chicago 6 4 Cleveland ... 1 5 Louisville... 4 4 Washington.. 1 8 Two Cincinnati Boys Drowned. There was a double drowning at Gins'. einnati. Joseph Bans and Henry OsterUta, both aged 12 years, who were playing on a sandboat, were the victims. One of them had tossed up a buckeye, and as it dropped both made a grab for it. Both fell into the water, and before they could be rescued were drowned. i Heirs Fight Gift to Church. At Hopkinsville, Ky., twenty-seven heirs of the late Matthew Layne, who .left nearly SIOO,OOO to Baptist institutions in the South, filed suit to break the will, alleging that his pastor, Rev. J. H. A Bennett, and his wife dominated the tes■i tator’s will power to the extent of exdud- < ing natural heirs. Through a Burning Bridge. On the Southern Pacific, east of Gila | Bend, Ariz., a west-bound freight train |L crashed through a burning bridge. All ptte cars were piled on the engine and caught fire. Conductor Dovey and Firet man Courtney were buried in the wreck | and burned to death. Engineer Adams K was badly injured. Will Fight an English Alliance. The German Central Bund of Toledo, L with representatives of Irish societies, has planned an organization to fight the .. talked-of American-British alliance. The will have at least 3,000 members. Richard J. Oglesby Expires. f jtichard J. Oglesby, former Governor of I Xtiinois, died at his home at Oglehurst, /Bear Elkhart, 111. Concussion of the fegbrain, resulting from a fall, was the direct cause of his death. Boy Loses Life at Fire. | The Bherbourne school, a boarding inpgtitutios for boys, located in San Rafael, Cal., was burned. There were a number f Of daring rescues, but Charles Armstrong, ' the 6-year-old son of an army officer now In MahUa, rushed into the burning buildTurfman Ends Hjs Life. 001. M. ' Lewis Clark 'of Louisville, I prominent in turf circles throughout the

t I OIL ABLAZE CAUSES LOBS. Chicago Railroad and Street Bridges Damaged to the Extent of $5,000. The Northwestern Railroad and the old Kinde street bridges in Chicago were damaged to the extent of $5,000 by a fire the other night which had its origin from an explosion of gas or crude oil on the docks near the Northwestern elevator on the west side of the river. The flames spread rapidly, and owing to the fact that biasing oil flowed from barrels in' two sheds which the fire attacked the surface of the river was also ablaze for several hundred feet along the dock. At one time it was feared the fire would be communicated to the east side of the river, but the quantity of oil was insufficient, and within fifteen minutes the conflagration on the river ceased. The western portion of the railroad bridge was badly damaged, and it is possible that the Kinzie street draw and the western approach will have to be entirely rebuilt NEW TREE FOR ARIZONA. Agricultural Department to Transport Date Palme from Africa. The most expert pathologist of the Agricultural Department Dr. Zwingle, is now in Morocco on a mission which the department hopes will launch a new and profitable industry in the most arid sections of the Southwest. It has been found that date palms, with some irrigation, will grow as well in Arizona as in Arabia. Dr. Zwingle is making a close stndy of the African date palm, selecting the very finest varieties and those best adapted to our arid region. These young trees will be carefully shipped to Arizona, where they will be planted and cared for under the close supervision of the department’s expert.

BIG PLANT IN OPERATION. American Woolen Company, with Capital of $65,000,000, Opens Doors. The American Woolen Company, with $65,000,000 capital, has begun operations. The main office is in Boston. The following mills are at present included in the company: Washington mills of Lawrence, National and Providence of Providence, Beoli and Fitchburg worsted mills of Fitchburg, Riverside mills of Providence, Emton worsted mills of Fulton, N. Y., Valley worsted mills of Providence, Saranac mills of Blackstone. INDIANS EMIGRATE TO MEXICO. Dissatisfied with Conditions on Reserin the Territory. Five thousand Indians, dissatisfied with conditions existing in the reservations of the Indian territory, have left in a body for Mexico to establish a union reservation on a large tract of land near Guadalajara. They belong to the Cherokee, Creek and Delaware tribes. The emigrants are said to have a capital of $425,000 and expect further additions to their colony after they have organized their settlement. Cubans Want New Laws. That public opinion in Havana does not support the Spanish and Spanish-speaking lawyers who have organized to defend the excellences of the Latin law over the Saxon and retard the legal reforms now in contemplation by the military administration is demonstrated by the appear ance in La Lucha of a vigorous editorial advocating radical changes in the existing local system. La Lucha wants both the criminal and the civil procedure revised, and condemns not only the harsher criminal practices, like incommunication and the imprisonment of witnesses, but also the delays, the elaborations and the costliness of civil justice. Reforms in legal processes, it argues, should be undertaken at once and not be postponed until that uncertain period when a stable and permanent form of government shall be declared existent in Cuba. This timely expression of opinion is highly encouraging to the American authorities, who see the need of legal revision, but hesitate to set up a new system of law while exercising purely military and interregnum powers.

Counterfeiting Gang Broken Up. Chief Wilkie and United States secret service officers have finally run down the makers of the famous SIOO counterfeit note and at the same time have broken up one of the most dangerous counterfeiting gangs in the country. Among those arrested are Arthur Taylor and B. S. Bredell, prominent engravers of Philadelphia, and W. M. Jacobs and W. L. Kendig, wholesale tobacco manufacturers of Lancaster, Pa. Shot in His Cell. At Henderson, Tenn., a mob of masked men overpowered Sheriff Smith and compelled him at the point of a pistol to go with three of them to the cell where A. M. La Rue was confined, who in March killed John Young, a neighbor. The masked men placed a rope around the neck of La Rue and tried to drag him out, but could not. They then shot him through the head and body and left him. Two Fires in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, fire destroyed William J. McCausland’s paper tube factory. The flames spread to Fleming & Chapin’s yarn and thread storehouse, damaging the place to the extent of $4,000. McCausland’s loss is $35,000. Whitaker & Delaney’s glue works, at Tacony, a suburb of the city, were also destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO.

«. Turned the Bears on Him. At Toledo, Deputy Revenue Collector Hogue narrowly escaped being killed by two tame bears, from the owners of which he was attempting to collect $lO war revenue tax. The Italians refused to pay, and the bears were turned loose on the officer. A large part of his clothing was torn off, and he barely escaped with his life. Sale of the Monon System. Negotiations for the purchase of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, popularly knowfi as the Monon line, have been brought to an end, and the property will in a few days change ownership. The system has been bought by a New York syndicate, of which the Vanderbilts are prominent members. Dies from Bating Badishes. Charles Frankel, aged 44, of St. Louis, was found dead in bed at the Park Hotel at Hot Springs, Ark. Death is supposed to have resulted from eating a large number of radishes. Minneapolis Planing MiU Destroyed. Hans S. Johnson’s planing mill at Minneapolis was destroyed, causing a loss of SIO,OOO to the plant and surrounding lumber yards. Bishop Watterson Dead. Rt. Rev. John Ambrose Watterson, D. OMo died suddenly the other dsy.

SLAVERY AT AN END.

COURT DECLARES AN OLD KENTUCKY LAW VOID. Negroes Cannot Be Sold on the Block for Vagrancy— Grounds on Which Decision Is Based - Cuban Exiles Want to Return Home. The Kentucky law under which so many negroes in the last twenty years have been sold on the block for a term of years in punishment for vagrancy has been at last declared unconstitutional. The attack on its constitutionality was made on a demurrer in the case of Ben Burton, colored, charged with vagrancy at Richmond, Ky. John H. Chandler, his attorney, made the point that the law was unconstitutional because it conflicted with the Constitution of the United States, which prohibits slavery or involuntary servitude except in punishment of crime, and because vagrancy was not a crime but a misdemeanor. He also claimed that it was in violation of the clause of the constitution against the infliction of cruel and unnatural punishment. Judge Scott upheld both clauses, decided the law unconstitutional and dismissed the prisoner.

WILL REPATRIATE THE CUBANS T. Estrada Palma Says There Are Many Exiles Who Wish to Return. Estrada Palma, who until the recent dissolution of the Cuban Assembly was its representative in this country, said the other day that he was now engaged in facilitating the repatriation of the Cubans who had left the island in consequence of the war. Fully 40,000 Cubans, he declared, had emigrated from Cuba and virtually all were anxious to return, while few were able to do so. Most of them had come to this country—to Tampa, Key West and New York; many had gone to Mexico and Santo Domingo. Through the efforts of himself and his associates hundreds had been returned. The bulk of them, however, were still exiled by poverty from Cuba. Trestle and Bridge Broken. Freight train 38 on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad met with a serious accident at Bridge 61, between Greenwood and Sloane’s Valley, Tenn. A car broke down on the trestle and 350 feet of the trestle and bridge were broken down. An unknown tramp was killed and Conductor J. E. Pepper and Brakeman Jennings of Somerset, Ky., were injured. Passengers Shaken Up. A train on the Burlington Railroad was wrecked between Sugar Grove and Big Rock, 111. Several of the cars left the track. The fireman, C. Flock, was killed and two of the trainmen injured, but none of the passengers was seriously hurt All the cars in the train were damaged, but the loss will not exceed $2,000. Shame for the Seventy-first. Gov.' Roosevelt has received and considered the report of the court that investigated charges laid against officers of the Seventy-first regiment of New York City. The court found that Maj. Smith, Capt. Whittle and Maj. Austin were guilty of lack of bravery and courage and of incompetency. Miss Della Clevenger Is Dead. At Missouri City, Mo., Miss Della Clevenger, who was shot by her cousin, Ernest Clevenger, on the night of Dec. 8 last, is dead of her wounds. Ernest Clevenger is in jail at Liberty, having been returned there from Vibbard, Mo., where he was recaptured after having escaped a week before. Lincoln’s Birthplace Fold. The farm on which Abraham Lincoln was born, which lies two miles south of Hodgenville, Ky., and which was owned by A. W. Dennett of New York City, has been sold to David Great, also of New York City. It is now very probable that the farm will be converted into a park.

Torpedo Boat Is The United States torpedo boat Somers, purchased just before the war with Spain, which twice tried to cross the ocean under its own steam and each time returned disabled, has been shipped from London on the steamer Manhattan for New York. John Louie Lay Dead John Louis Lay, formerly a first assistant engineer in the United States navy, and inventor of the Lay torpedo, which was used by Lieut. William B. Gushing to destroy the Confederate gunboat Albemarle in 1864, is dead in New York, hged 68 years. Earthquake Wrecks a Town. The Department of State has been informed by the consul at San Salvador that the city of San Vicente had recently suffered from severe earthquakes. No lives were lost, slight shocks having given ample warning before the severe ones came. Sad Deception for a Lover. Miss Nina Hall of Haven, Kan., on the eve of her marriage to Assistant Engineer Ebby of the battleship Brooklyn, was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun. Her lover did not learn of her death until he arrived for the marriage ceremony. Both Arms Broken. Dr. James G. Field, retired army surgeon, who volunteered to resume his duties when the Spanish war broke out, and served through the war in Cuba, broke both arms below the elbow by a fall while exercising in a gymnasium in Denver. Find a New Land. Members of the Belgian Antarctic expedition are reticent regarding the result of the expedition, bnt it is known that it advanced to 71 degrees 36 minutes latitude south and discovered land previously unknown, which it called Danco. Quay Declared Not Guilty. Matthew Stanley Quay has been declared by a jury to be not guilty of the charge of conspiring to nse for his own unlawful gain and profit the funds of the State of Pennsylvania deposited ip the People’s Bank of Philadelphia. Raise Window Glass Prices The American Glass Company has advanced prices of window glass 10 per cent, to take effect at once. The production will be considerably curtailed, owing to a strike in three Eastern factories. Corpse Found in a WelL Miss Anna Brunot, a wealthy old maid, was foully murdered. Her body has been found in a well on the farm of her late brother, Charles Brunot, five miles north of Pana, 111.

RESISTS THE BANK ROBBER. Cashier in Council Bluffs Scares a Desperado Away. A daring attempt to rob the State Savings Bank on Broadway, Council Bluffs, was made the other afternoon. A. J. Brown, the assistant cashier, was shot in the right arm while resisting the demand of the bandit to hold np his hands. Four shots were fired by the desperado at the cashier, but the fusillade soon attracted a large crowd to the scene. The wouldbe robber, whose only disguise was a white handkerchief tied around the lower part of his face, escaped through the back door. The attempt to rob the bank occurred about 2:30 o’clock, when Mr. Brown was alone in the bank, the cashier having stepped out for a few minutes. Instead of complying with a demand to hold up his hands Mr. Brown seized a stool, raised it to protect himself, and commenced to call for help. The bandit then began to shoot. WINDSTORM WORKS DAMAGE. One Person Killed and Several Injured Near San Antonio, Tex. Several Texas towns were visited by a terrific wind and hail storm that followed a heavy rain. At Lytle the building on the “XL” ranch was demolished and a Mexican cowboy killed. At Weimer the home of City Marshal Insall was blown down and Mrs. Insall and her two children injured. The school house at Medina was overturned and the teacher, Miss Minnie Halstead, received internal injuries. Two pupils, Tom Maston and Henry Willard, were seriously injured.

Military Riot at tan Francisco. What came near to being a dangerous riot occurred near the Presidio reservation, San Francisco, Cal., when a large body of white troops from the Presidio burned to the ground a saloon known as the Presidio Club case and resisted arrest by colored troops of the Twentyfourth infantry and the local police. The police fired upon the rioters to intimidate them and several hundred afrests were made. The trouble grew out of injuries inflicted on C. L. King, a soldier in the Twenty-third infantry, the previous night in the saloon. The soldier was so badly beaten that his life was despaired of. Several hundred of his comrades marched on the saloon. The keeper saw them coming and fled. They bombarded the place with stones and then set it on fire. The provost guard, which happened to be drawn from the colored regiment, and a large detachment of local police had much trouble in quelling the rioters. All the offenders were raw recruits. To Increase Coal Prices. Representatives of the anthracite coal trade have established a schedule of prices involving an increase of from 10 to 50 cents a ton on anthracite coal. It is estimated that on the annual production of 40,000,000 tons this will take from the people and place in the pocket of the trust at least $10,000,000. Three Die at a Fire. Three persons were smothered at a fire at the rear of 642 Milwaukee avenue, Chicago. One of them, a woman, was found lying fully clothed across the bed in her room, while the other two, both men, were in their room, one of them in a chair and the other lying upon the floor. Five were rescued. Kills His Wife and Himself. At Pueblo, Colo., Frank Smith, driver of a soda water wagon, shot and killed his wife and himself as an outcome of a divorce suit recently brought by the woman.

Avenged a Sister’s Wrong. Samuel Abbott, a soldier in the First Artillery, summarily avenged a sister’s wrong by killing Thomas Craig at Wise’s Landing. Ky. Abbott gave himself up. Big Tannery Burned. The large tannery and yards of the United States Leather Company at Lincoln, Me., were destroyed by fire, causing a loss estimated at $150,000. Reed a New-Yorker. Thomas B. Reed has become the head of the New York law firm of Simpson, Thacher’& Barnum. He will drop politics entirely. Qnay Again Senator. Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania has appointed Matthew Stanley Quay as Senator to serve until the next session of the Legislature. Extradition Treaty with Mexico. The Mexican Senate has unanimously adopted the new extradition treaty with the United States. Damaged by a Waterspout. A waterspout at Forbes, Mo., washed out a mile of Burlington Railroad track and did other damage.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2,34 cto 35c; oats, No. 2,26 c to 28c; rye, No. 2,56 cto 58c; butter, choice creamery, 16c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes, choice, 50c to 6Uc per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 72c to 73c; corn, No. 2 white, 36c to 37c; oats. No. 2 white, 31c to 32c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2,78 cto 79c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2,28 cto 30c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 57c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep. $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,74 cto 76c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 36c to 38c; oats, No. 2 mixed. 30c to 31c; rye, No. 2,61 cto 63c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,75 cto 77c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 36c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; rye, 60c to 62c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 74c to 76c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c; rye. No. 2,57 c to 59c; clover seed, new, $3.70 to $3.75. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 3,33 cto 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 31c; rye. No. 1,58 cto 59c; barley, No. 2,46 cto 48c; pork, mess, $9.00 to $9.50. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.50. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.75; bogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 82c to 83c; corn. No. 2,42 cto 44c; oats. No. 2 white, 35c to 87c; butter, creamery, 15c to 19c; eggs, I Western, 13c to 15c.

TROOPS SUFFER LOSS

EIGHT AMERICANS KILLED BY FILIPINO REBELS. Col. Stotzenberg and Lieut. Sisson of the 1st Nebraska Volunteers Among the Slain—Rebels Drive Back Our Troops Until Re-Enforced. The most furious battle that has yet taken place between the Americans and Filipinos was fought Sunday. For the first time the insurgents forced our troops to retreat. Col. J. M. Stotzenberg and Lieut. Sisson, two brave officers of the First Nebraska volunteers, were pierced through the heart by rebel bullets in the terrific engagement. Six other American soldiers were killed, while forty-three were wounded before the insurgents were driven back. The scene of the battle was Quingna, five miles northeast of Malolos. Maj. Bell left Malolos with sixty-one mounted men early Sunday morning to reconnoiter north of the city, with the idea of determining the enemy’s strength. There tyere no signs of Filipinos till the party arrived near Quingua at daybreak, when the enemy opened with a volley from the breastworks hidden in the brush. The Americans had been on the lookout for trouble, but the attack was more severe than expected. They were not confused, however. They dismounted, and, deploying as infantry, poured a telling fire into the brush, where it was known that the greater part of the attacking force was concealed.

News of the engagement was hurried back to Malolos, and while the Americans held their ground gallantly against a far stronger numerical force, Gen. Hale hastened forward re-enforcements for the cavalrymen. The cavalry detachment held its ground until the enemy threw flanking parties right and left and almost surrounded the American force. Then the cavalry drew back until re-enforced, a battalion of the lowa volunteers, under Maj. Morford, being the first to arrive. This force being insufficient to drive the insurgents back, the remainder of the Nebraska regiment, with the lowa volunteer regiment, was hurried forward. Then four guns of the Utah battery were advanced to the fighting position. Col. Stotzenberg, commander of the Nebraska regiment, arrived on the battlefield at 11 o’clock and was greeted with cheers. He immediately led an advance on the enemy’s position, and fell with his sword aloft, calling to his men to follow him. Shouting with rage, the Nebraskans broke forward into the brush and drove the insurgents out of their works and sent them flying into the jungle. Lieut. Sisson fell in action, shot through the heart. The ball just grazed the picture of a girl hung about his neck on a ribbon. The heat was terrific, and the sun shining through a fog made conditions for fighting almost intolerable. Seven men of the first battalion of the Nebraskans were sunstruck, and one died while lying in the trenches awaiting the arrival of the Second battalion when the charge was made. The Americans were under fire two hours.

The cavalry lost three men killed and five wounded. The loss of the Nebraska regiment was five killed and more than thirty wounded. The lowa regiment losses were slight. The Nebraska regiment’s losses during the present campaign have been larger than any other regiment. The loss on the side of the Filipinos was comparatively small. They were fighting with all the advantages of dense brush and the fog also shielded them in their flank movements. Thirteen dead Filipinos were found in the trench.

NEGROES BURNED AND HANGED.

Terrible Penalties Visited by Georgiana on Black Criminals. Sam Hose, the Georgia mulatto who ten days ago murdered Alfred Cranford and subsequently criminally assaulted the dead man’s wife, paid an awful penalty for his crime. Lashed to a large tree, with his ears and fingers cut off, Hose was roasted to death. Over twenty-five hundred white people of both sexes stood around the tree and watched the horrifying spectacle. Hose was captured by the Jones brothers of Houston County at his mother’s cabin. They expect to receive the reward of $1,750 offered for his arrest. When first taken from the train the doomed man was marched at the head of 500 people to the jail and delivered to Sheriff Brown. This, however, was simply to secure the reward to the Jones brothers. The victim was at once taken from the sheriff’s custody and marched toward an open field. He was taken to the place where Mrs. Cranford was stopping and identified by her.' En route ex-Gov. Atkinson and Judge Freeman pleaded with the crowd, but the only answers to their exhortations were: “On to Palmetto!’’ “To the stake.” “Burn him!” “Think of his crime!” When the great pine tree selected for the place of execution was reached the negro was placed with his back to the tree, and be was allowed to talk. He confessed killing Cranford and claimed he was hired by Lige Strickland, the negro preacher at Palmetto, to commit the crime. Before he finished talking the crowd tore his clothes off of him and wound a heavy chain about his body and the torch <was applied. His body had been drenched with kerosene, and a pile of inflammable material was piled at his feet. The negro gave an awful shriek when the flames began to shoot up over his body, and succeeded in partly breaking away. He was pushed back to the tree and bound securely. The body was cut to pieces when life was extinct. Lige Strickland, the negro preacher who was accused by Sam Hose of paying him to kill Farmer Cranford, was tried by a mob at Palmetto, Ga., and found guilty. He was promptly hanged. The body was found swinging to the limb of a tree about a mile from town. The ears and fingers were cut off, and on the body was pinned a placard with the following words: “We must protect our Southern women.” The New York fire department is equipped with chaplains, just the same as a regiment of soldiers. The officials consider that it is as necessary to have chaplains at fires as it is to have them accompany troops at the firing line in time of Loss of life at fires is sometimes very heavy, and there should always be some one present to administer spiritual consolation. The United States Industrial Commis* sioD has decided to devote the 1 sitter o&rt

REED TO RETIRE.

Speaker Quits Politics to Take Up the Profession of Law. Thomas Brackett Reed has become the head of the New York law firm of Simpson, Thacher & Barnum, and it is understood that he will soon resign his seat in Congress and remove to that city. The contract has been signed whereby he is to take up the practice of hie profession immediately upon his return from a brief trip abroad. Speaker Reed has known the members of- the firm for many years and has had frequent business dealings with them. Though he had received offers to go to the head of several perhaps better known firms, he early expressed his preference for the one with which he is to be asso-

SPEAKER REED.

ciated. The Speaker is said to have been assured of an income of at least $50,000 a year, an emolument equal to that of the President of the United States, from insurance companies alone. He will continue to act as referee for the several insurance corporations for which he has been recently acting, and friends say that his income may yet amount to SIOO,OOO annually. , Washington politicians say Speaker Reed’s retirement from Congress just now is the best possible play he could make for the presidency. It is taken for granted that he will not be a candidate against McKinley next year, but it is also believed he is looking ahead to 1904. Of the candidates for the Speakership the youngest is Sherman, who is 44 years old. Hopkins is 52, Dalzell 54, Payne 56, Henderson 59, Cannon 63, and Grosvenor and Hepburn 66.

ARREST OF COUNTERFEITERS.

Capture of Engravers of Famous SIOO Bank Note. The most important arrest by secret service men for years has been made, in the capture of the makers of the famous SIOO counterfeit bank note, which has puzzled the authorities for more than a year. Officers under the direction of Chief John Wilkie procured the arrest of the counterfeiter. He was a. well-known newspaper man in Washington city. When the “Monroe notes,” as they are called, made their appearance about fifteen months ago, the work was so perfect as to be accepted at the subtreasuries, and Secretary Gage decided to cal) in the issue which had been counterfeited. Twenty-three million was then in circulation, and $6,000,000 is still out. The men arrested are: William M. Jacobs and W. L. Kendig, wholesale cigar manufacturers of Lancaster, Pa.; Arthur Taylor and Baldwin S. Bredell, engravers of Philadelphia, and James- Burns, an employe of Jacobs. A clew was found and since that time officers of the secret service have been eating, drinking and sleeping with the men who were suspected. Not until they were sure of their ground did these men place the counterfeiters under arrest. Mr. Wilkie and a number of his men went over to Philadelphia to be present when the arrest was made. The Philadelphians were taken into custody, but the greatest secrecy was maintained for fear of frightening away the culprits at Lancaster. After placing the men at Philadelphia under lock and key, Mr. Wilkie left for Lancaster and paid a visit to the men whq were in league with those in the City of Brotherly Love. About one year ago the first clew was obtained that has led up to the capture of the gang. How that clew was secured, how it was followed up, and the details of the secret service operations during the last twelve months will likely remain hidden in the secret archives of the bureau. The success of the bureau’s operations lies in the fact that its method of work is never made public. As the Secretary of the Treasury said, results are what count, and the arrest of these men, with the telltale plates in their possession, is all that the public need know of the twelve months’ hard and secret work of Chief Wilkie and his assistants.

TROOPS TO GO TO MANILA.

Fourteen Thousand Regulars for Otis Volunteers to Come Home. Fourteen thousand regulars are to be sent to re-enforce Gen. Otis at Manila as soon as the necessary marine transportation can be provided. It is not expected that the bulk of the large body of re-en-forcements can reach Manila until the end of the rainy season, which has just begun, but they will closely follow the departure of the volunteers from the Philippines. With the regular troops already ordered and on the way to Manila, Otis will have an effective force of 21,729 men, in addition to the recruits being sent every few days for the regiments already in the Philippines. This force is to be raised to 85,000 men by the time aggressive operations can be pressed in the early autumn. The volunteers to be returned to this country from Manila humber 12,000, so the determination to send 14,000 ablebodied regulars to take their places is calculated to show the rebel leaders that the United States is terribly in earnest about meeting its responsibilities for preserving order and commanding respect through the archipelago. It is stated that the army in the Philippines will be increased to 35,000 men, whether the rebels abandon the field or not If Aguinaldo gives up his hopeless fight as, a result of the negotiations now in progress between his followers and the President’s commissioners, 35,000 men are deemed the right number to garrison the forts in the outlying islands and establish lawful government in them.

Queer Things that Happen.

William Whist of Denver died of apoplexy while saying his prayers. A Detroit burglar stole the piano and a