ANNUAL .REPORT.
United States Treasurer Issues
HLs Yearly Statement.
Treasury Never Stronger TIIUII at ('lose
ol Prcaeutfixnl Vcar—Steady and
llealthlul Growth In liold
lurrrane ol $20,414,485
Over Ke% cuues ol IDOU.
Washington, Nov. 1. —Hon. Ellis IT.
Jloberts, treasurer of the United
•States, in his report of the transac
tions of his office during 1 the past fis
cal year says that the treasury was
never stronger than at the close of
that period. The operations, which
were of the first order both in vari
ety and magnitude, resulted in note
worthy changes in the paper cur
rency, as well as a steady and health
ful growth of gold in the treasury
and in the general stock.
The net ordinary revenues for the
year were $587,685,337, an increase of
."$20,444,485 over those of 190(1, which
were t'he next highest recorded. The
increase came from each of the heads
•of resources, but chiefly from inter
nal revenue. On the side of the ex
penditures, the total of $509,967,353
has been exceeded only four times, in
1863, 1864. 1865 and 1899. The sur
plus of $77,717,984 was slightly under
$2,000,000 less than in 1900. Inclusive
of the transactions affecting the pub
lic debt, the aggregate receipts were
$1,146,489,306, and the aggregate dis
bursements $1,077,063,052.
For the first quarter of 1902, al
though the act of March 2. 1901, was
operative, reducing the revenues, the
receipts were only $3,417,960 less than
"for the like period of 1901, while the
•expenditures for the same months
were reduced by almost exactly $20,-
000,000.
The reserve of $150,000,000 in gold
required by the financial law of 1900
•has been kept intact by the substitu
tion of gold coin and bullion out of
the general fund for the notes re
deemed. These redemptions, which
amounted to $24,697,258 for the year,
do not indicate any preference for
g'old over paper, but simply the desire
for large denominations, which are
most conveniently supplied in g'old
•certificates.
The monetary stock of the country
received during the year an increase
of upwards of $88,000,000 in gold, $37,-
000,000 in silver coin and nearly $16,-
000.000 in notes and certificates. The
-circulation per capita was $26.50 July
1, 1900, S2B July 1, 1901, and $28.52 Oc
tober 1. 1901.
Up tto the last date, from July 1,
1897, there was an increase of $403,-
130,458 in the stock of g'old, which was
■•then estimated at $1,160,353,790, and
of this there was $908,718,436 in circu
lation in the form of coin or certifi
-cates. By October 1 the gold in the
treasury, consisting of the reserve,
the security for certificates and the
isum in the general fund was $542,-
822,849, the highest in the history of
the country and more than was ever
held under single <»ont rol elsewhere in
the world except 'or a few months.
Arrangements are completed, sub
ject to generous action by congress,
for putting out notes and certificates,
with the beginning of the calendar
.year 1902, at the rate of 135.000,000
pieces annually. It, is hoped that
thus the currency will be well sea
soned before it is issued. The re
demptions of national bank notes
-were the heaviest in 22 years, amount
ing to $147,486,577, an increase of $50,-
.503,970 over 1900.
The shipments of standard silver
•dollars from the treasury amounted
for the year to $38,338,519, and the
•amount outstanding in December was
$70,182,326, but this was reduced near
ly $10,000,000 by July, in consequence
•of the return of the coins to Washing
ton. The shipments were 6.66 per
cent, greater in 1901 than in 1900, and
there was an increase in the first
quarter of 1902 over that of 1901.
The uncurrent coins transferred to
the mints for recoinage were less in
•stll kinds than in the preceding year,
which probably indicate an improve
ment in the condition of the metallic
•circulation. Counterfeit silver coins
iind paper currency amounting to
$11,583 were detected during the year.
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.
"Wife of Itlanasrr of a Skating IS In It
at lloboken, N. J., I'uder Arrest lor
Killing ller llunbuild.
New York, Nov. I.—John C. Chart
rand, manager of a skating rink at
Hoboken, .\. J., is dead from the ef
'fects of a pistol wound in the head,
•and his wife is under arrest pending
investigation. Mrs. Chart-rand's story
is that her husband had been unable
to rent apartments for their accom
modation of late and for that reason
she had gone to live with her mother.
•She visited her husband at the rink
Wednesday night and remained with
him all night. She says that when
cshe was about to leave the rink
Thursday morning her husband took
>oift a revolver and offered it to her.
Chart rand had arranged, she says,
togo on a hunting trip to Toms
river to be gone ten days and Mrs.
Chartrand was to have taken care of
the rink during his absence. lie
gave her the revolver, she says, to
protect herself during her stay at
'the rink.
Mrs. Chartrand says that she put
lier arm around her husband's neck
to kiss him good by and that the re
volver in some way was discharged.
The bullet entered Chartrand's head
behind the left ear, and he died be
fore lie could be taken to a hospital.
Attempted ,13nrrter and Suicided.
Buffalo, V., Nov. 1. —Thomas J.
Harvey, formerly a programme sel
ler alt the Pan-American exposition,
on Wednesday night attempted to
shoot William J. McLaughlin, with
whom lie boarded, in front of the
Amherst hotel. The bullet went
rwide of the mark and lodged in the
hand of an Indian, Charles Brave,
who stood near by. llarvey then ran
to the rear of the hotel and shot him
■eelf in the head, inflicting a wound
which caused his dentil Thursday
morning. llarvey had been drinking
heavily. He has a sister in l.'ing'-
ham ton, N. Y.
SCHLEY FINISHES.
rhe Admiral Conclude* 111* Tefttla
■noiiy liilorc llie Court ol' Inquiry
Itebuttal Teatimony.
Washington, Oct. 20.—When the
Schley court of inquiry adjourned
Friday Admiral Schley had not com
pleted his testimony.
The chief event of the day was the
admiral's relation of the events of
.lily 3 when the American fleet sent
Cervera's squadron to the bottom of
the sea. He told his story of this
occurrence in plain words, but the
narrative was to the point. lie said
that the Brooklyn for a time had
sustained the fire of all four of the
Spanish ships, and also the fire of the
Spanish land batteries. Explaining
the turn of the Brooklyn, he said
that she had not approached to with
in less than 600 yards of the Texas
and that he never had considered that
vessel in the least danger.
He also stated that he had never
luring the battle engaged in anycollo
quy with Lieut. Hodgson and that he
h;vd not used the expression attribut
ei l to him by Hodgson. This refers
to the alleged colloquy in which the
admiral is charged with having said:
"Damn the Texas."
Schley said he warned Sampson, the
night before the battle, that lie
thought the Spaniards were coming
out. Nevertheless Sampson went
away early the next morning. He
said the New York was not in sight
when the Colon surrendered, ending
the battle.
After Schley had left the stand,
Lemley said Rayner had made a pub
lic demand that Sampson be called.
He asked when Sampson should be
brought in. Rayner answered that
Sampson was in no condition to tes
tify, and the occasion for his appear
ance had passed.
Washington, Oct. 29.—The cross-ex
amination of Admiral Schley began
Monday before the court of inquiry
and hardly more than a third of the
ground was covered when the court
adjourned.
Admiral Schley concluded his direct
examination with a statement of the
effects of the fire on the respective
fleets at Santiago, showing that 36
per cent, of the hits suffered by the
enemy were scored by the Brooklyn's
five-inch guns, while his ship received
70 per cent, of the hits from the Span
ish ships.
Washington, Oct. 30. —The cross-ex
amination of Admiral Schley was con
tinued throughout Tuesday's session
of the court of inquiry.
The admiral gave three reasons for
turning back. First., the statement
of Capt. Sigsbee, who commanded the
scout ship St. Paul, that the enemy
was not in Santiago; second, the opin
ion of Nunez, the pilot, that the en
trance was too narrow and shallow
for the Spanish ships to enter, and
third, the ambiguity of the depart
ment's telegram.
Washington, Oct. 31.—The long or
deal to which Admiral Schley has
been subjected since Monday morn
ing ended yesterday when his cross
examination was concluded and he
was allowed to leave the witness
stand.
One of the most interesting fea
tures of the day was the development
of the fact that the report of the
battle written by Admiral Schley
July 6, ls9B, was not the original re
port. The original report never has
been published and, in accordance
with a previous decision, the court
declined to allow it togo into the
record. Admiral Schley was al
lowed to explain, however, that Ad
miral Sampson declined to receive the
first report because it did not. men
tion the presence of the New York.
"I felt that the victory at that
time," said Admiral Schley in ex
plaining the matter, "was big enough
for all and I made this change out of
generosity and because 1 knew if the
New York had been present she
would have done as good work a?
anybody else."
Washington, Nov I.—ln the Schley
court of inquiry yesterday a number
of witnesses were introduced by
Judge Advocate Lemly to testify in
rebuttal of the evidence given in Ad
miral Schley's behalf.
The witnesses called in rebuttal
were: Capt. Charles 1-). Sigsbee,
Capt. Francis E. Chad wick, Capt. Jo
seph <i. Eaton, Lieut. John 11. Roys
and Chief Quartermaster Neil Ander
sen, all of whom testified to incidents
connected with the campaign of 1898.
Capt. Chadvvick, in his statement
yesterday, said that the precaution
ary dispatches from the navy depart
ment in regard to attacking the
Spanish shore batteries had not been
communicated to Commodore Schley.
Capt. Sigsbee testified concerning
his interview on the Brooklyn with
Commodore Schley. Capt. Eator
was the commander of the dispatel
boat Resolute during the war and his
testimony related largely to events
which occurred before and just after
the battle on July 3. Lieut. Roys
served on board the Eagle and his
statement bore upon the Eagle's
meeting with the Brooklyn when the
latter was en route to Cienfuegos,
and again while that flagship lay off
that port. He stated that Command
er Southerland had asked not to be
sent, to Port Antonio for coal and
had asked to be allowed to coal from
the Merrimac.
Before these witnesses were intro
duced for the department the court
heard ( apt. T. S. Borden, of the ma
rine corps, who served on the Brook
lyn. in Admiral Schley's behalf. He
was the last of the admiral's wit
nesses, and he testified that the ad
miral had borne himself honorably
during the battle of July 3.
Strike lironktm Strike.
Scranton, Pa., Oct. 29.—Seranton
has reached an unique position in the
street railway strike. Because of
the discharge of two of their number
the non-union men brought here to
take the places of the regular em
ployes who went on strike four weeks
ago have themselves inaugurated a
strike. Eleven of them quit Monday
morning and six more in the after
noon. These say that there ars
only 28 of the imported men left and
that 20 of these will quit when they
finish out an even week an J get their
pa v.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THORSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1901.
THE PUBLIC DOMA'N.
Aliunal Iteport ol' the fommloaioncr
ol tlie General Land Olllee.
Washington, Nov. I.—The annual
report of Commissioner Ilerrman, of
the general land office, says that 15,-
562,796 acres of public land were dis
posed of during the last fiscal year,
an increase of 2,108,908 over the pre
vious year, which was the banner
year in public land sales. .The net
surplus from the entire land and
forest administration is $3,1.18,442.
The report refers to the large num
ber of prosecutions begun in Idaho
and 'Montana for perjury and subor
dination of perjury in entries of land
under the timber and stone act,
which entries, it says, apparently
were made for a speculative purpose
and have become (lie property of one
man. This person claims he pur
chased the land in good faith and
without knowledge that the entries
were invalid. The commissioner says
that if this is true cancellation pro
ceedings by the general land office
would entail much hardships. He
says, therefore, that the law should
be repealed to protect innocent per
sons who may invest money in lands
to which the persons shown by the
records to be owners have no lawful
title.
Following is a summary of the
recommendations for legislation. Ap
pointment of a commission to exam
ine, consider and report on the sur
vey and disposal of the public lands
in the insular possessions'of the Uni
ted States; forfeiture of lapsed right
of way grants, repeal of modification
of the act of June 10, 1898, to protect
homestead settlers who enter the
military or naval service in war
time; compulsory attendance of wit
nesses at hearings on reports of spe
cial land agents involving the valid
ity of entries of public land; the en
actment of a general law to afford a
supply of timber for settlers and
other parties in need thereof, and at
the same time preserve the forests
for the use of future generations;
extension of the Yellow Stone Na
tional park so as to embrace the Yel
low Stone timber land reserve, com
prising 1,914 square miles, all that,
portion of the Teton forest reserve
lying east of the summit of Teton
range, 1,050 square miles, and unre
served areas of 30 square miles at th«
southwest corner of the park in
Idaho and 260 square miles at the
northwest corner in Montana; es
tablishment of national parks to pre
serve prehistoric ruins, petrified for
ests, caves, and for other purposes.
Appropriation of at least $185,000 to
prevent depredations upon public
timber and for protection of public
lands from unlawful entry or appro
priation, and SIO,OOO to protect tim
ber on unreserved lands against, fire;
relief of .bona fide settlers within
forest reserves who settled prior to
the establishment thereof, but who
failed from ignorance or from un
avoidable accident to place their
claims of record within the statu
tory period.
FOUND MURDERED.
Dead Plan's Body Found at Clienun
eook, Jle.-Tlie Wife and Two .Tien
are Charged with the Crime.
Bangor, 'Me., Nov. 1. —Thomas Gib
bons, of Bangor, foreman for a lum
bering concern; Fred A. Holt, of Au
gusta, and Mrs. Gero are under arrest
for the alleged murder of Thomas
(iero, at Chesuncook, news of which
reached here Wednesday night.
J. E. Hartshorn, oi St. Johnsbury,
Vt., a hunter, brought the story. lie
said on Tuesday afternoon the people
at the Chesuncook hotel noticed a flag
moving on the shore across the lake
near the Gero house. Thinking that
assistance was desired for some rea
son, some of the men went across,
and near the Oero home they saw
the body of Thomas Oero stretched
on the ground, partially covered by a
cloth, but terribly mangled. There
were no less than 17 cuts on the
corpse, and from its appearance it
was evident that a fierce fight had
occurred before lie had given up his
life. The wounds appeared to be all
made with a knife or a razor, save
one in the side, which seemed to have
been made with an axe.
According to Mr. Hartshorn's infor
mation,' Mrs. (lero and Fred Holt were
considerably the worse for liquor.
Mr. Barnes, a justice of the peace,
who lives near by, was notified and
Holt, Thomas Gibbons, who was stay
ing at the Gero house, and Mrs. Oero
were arrested.
The events that led up to the trag
edy have not 'been disclosed. .Mrs.
Gero and Holt are said to have told
conflicting stories.
Two Killed and Two Injured.
Logansport, Ind., Nov. I.—Two men
were instantly killed last night and
two others were probably fatally in
jured in a collision on the Michigan
division of the Yandaiia, at Judson,
Ind., between an extra freight and a
runaway cut of cars from another
freight train. The dead are Richard
S'tith, fireman, Logansport; John El
labarger, brakeman, Terre Haute. In
jured: Frank E. Gross, engineer,
Logansport; John Lawler, conduc
tor, Terre Haute.
■Exploded Too Soon.
New York, Nov. 1.- —Three persons
were injured and 50 or more windows
were broken last night at Forty
fourth street and Lexington avenue
by the premature explosion of a
dynamite fireworks bomb. It was
just a moment or two before a big
Tammany Mall ratification meeting
commenced in the firaiul Central Pal
ace, and the streets were crowded.
In Trouble with the Court.
Chicago, Nov. I.—Judge llaneey, of
the circuit court, issued an order last
evening summoning before him at 10
o'clock Monday the owner of the Chi
cago American, Mr. William IJ.
Hearst and six employes oft he paper
to show cause why they should not
be punished for contempt of court.
The publications on which this action
was taken were news items, editori
als and cartoons reflecting on th«
motives of the judge in a recent de
cision in which the People's Gas Light
and Coke Co., of this city, were in
terested.
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Nearly *130,000,000 Is Required for
Its Operation the Next Fiscal
* Year.
Washington, Oct. -31. —The esti
mates for the entire postal service
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1903, aggregate $135,885,590. A half
million dollars is asked for "trans
portation of mail by pneumatic tube
or other similar devices, by purchase
or otherwise." The totai for rural
free delivery is $0,250,000, an increase
of $2,750,000 over the current year.
The compensation for postmasters
amount to $20,000,000; letter carriers
and substitute and temporary car
riers. $17,430,450; star route servico
$6,715,000; railroad transportation,
railway post office car service and
railway mail service. $52,403,450. The
grand total for inland mail transpor
tation is $03,019,950, and for foreign
mails $2,542,000.
The issue of ordinary stamps for
the next fiscal year is estimated at
4,870,710,731, against almost 4,500,000,-
000 during the current year. The
postal cards are expected to reach an
aggregate of 735,159,008. Ordinary
postage stamps issued during the fis
cal year closed July 1, 1901, numbered
4, 154,838,300, including 187,383,080 of
the Pan-American commemorative is
sue. Of all these 40,805,400 were of
eight and ten-cent denominations. It
is estimated that the issue of eight
and ten-cent stamps for the next two
years will increase about 30 per ce*it.
yearly, and that other denominations
and special delivery stamps will in
crease at least eight per cent, yearly.
The issue of books of stamps next
year is estimated at 6,750,000.
AN EXODUS FROM NOME.
Ilundreds of Men I.cave an Alaskan
Mining tamp, While Those Who
ICeinain arc I'cniilless.
Port Townsend, Wash., Oct. 31.
The steamers Queen and Valencia ar
rived here Wednesday from Xome.
Each brought 800 passengers. On
the Queen were 100 stowaways who
succeeded in boarding the vessel by
climbing up the anchor chains while
the vessel was at anchor in the road
way at Xome. Passengers report
that 500 men were left at Xome, all
of whom are penniless, wit h no
means of making a living during the
•winter and a reign of terror is pre
dicted. During the entiire voyage of
the Queen petty thefts were of daily
occurrence.
The Queen brought down a number
of more important Xome personages
who had waited until the last boat
sailed. Only the small steamer Arc
tic was left at Xome.
The Queen left Xome October 23 in
a blinding snow storm. Winter had
«et in in earnest and the thermom
eter had been steadily falling during
the previous week. The steamer had
a good voyage until within the last
48 hours before reaching Cape Flat
tery. At times she was overtaken
■by a wind storm directly astern. The
gale rose tf| 40 miles an hour and the
seats ran mountain high. The culmi
nation came Monday night when the
ship began rolling heavily, dangerous
ly, and just at the hour of change of
watch, four in the morning, she took
a final plunge and a turn which for
the moment threatened to sink her.
A CORNER IN CORN.
It was Followed hy a Itlot 111 Which
'iO Perions Were Shot.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 31. —Xews
was received here yesterday that at
Purandiro, Mexico, on October 28, a
bread riot occurred in which 20 per
sons were wounded, many of them fa
tally. The cause of the riot is said
to have been the action of specula
tors in cornering the supply of corn.
A corn famine has existed in that
sect/ion of Mexico for monPhs and the
government recently removed the im
port duty on corn from the United
States as a measure of relief. It is
claimed that speculators cornered
the shipments to Purandiro and
raised the price 100 per cent.
The starving people, driven to des
peration, attacked the warehouses,
the women and children leading the
assault. They were shot down by
the guards. The conditions in that
section of the republic are depicted
as terrible.
Purandiro is about 50 miles from
the railroad and the lust news from
there was that the situation was
critical and that more bloodshed was
feared. The government has started
troops to the scene.
I>ecided to Ileuialn at Work.
Fall River, Mass.. Oct. 31.—The mill
operatives of this city last niglut de
cided not to strike, the matter being
decided by a majority of four votes
dn the Loom Fixers' union. Only 1,-
702 of the 20,000 operatives of the
dit.y. exclusive of those employed in
the Iron Works and Bourne mills and
the mills of the Xew England Yarn
Co. attended the general mass meet
ing of the unions, called for the pur
pose of voting on the proposition to
strike Monday for an increase of 10
per cent, in wages.
Decision In a Famous Lsiwsnit.
Xew York, Oct. 31.—A decision was
handed down yesterday by the Uni
ted States circuit court of appeals in
the famous case of Brickiil vs. the
City of Xew York, reversing the de
cree of the Umted States circuit
court and thereby relieving the city
from payment of a judgment of sl,-
030,000, obtained against it for in
fringement of the Brickiil patent,
which was for apparatus for heating
the water in the boilers of steam fire
engines.
Found Indian Wounds on Fair Site.
St. Louis, Oct. 31.—David Ives Bush
nell, jr., who is in charge of the arch
aeological department of the Pea/body
institute at 'Boston, while on a visit
to the site of the world's fair in For
est park, discovered six Indian
mounds on the high ridge of ground
where the art building and the state
and foreign buildings are to be locat
ed. Steps have been taken to save
from injury at least one of the
mounds for exhibition at the Louisi
ana Purchase exposition. "The
jn'ouudw are in the precise condition
in which the Indians left them,'' sayn
Mr Bushneil.
| AN ALLEGED POISONER.
tile Is Arrenled oil Suspicion of Hav
ing Caused the Deaths of I'uur I'eo
|»l<- Living in u Massachusetts Town.
Nashua, X. IH., Oct. 31.—Miss .bine
Toppan, suspected of having inur
dered Airs. Mary Gibbs at Bourne,
Mass., last. August, litis been arrested
and taken to Massachusetts. Mrs.
Gibbs died under suspicious circum
stances.
Bourne, Mass., Oct. 31.—-'Mrs. Mary
Gibbs, for whose alleged murder Miss
Jane Toppan is under arrest, was a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Davis,
of this place, and a sister of Mrs.
Harry Gordon, of Chicago. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Davis died last July and
within a few weeks Mrs. Gordon, who
had come from Chicago to see her
mother in her last hours, and Mrs.
Gibbs died. Miss Toppan, a profes
sional nurse and a friend of the Davis
■ family, attended each person.
Barnstable, Mass., Oct. 31.—Miss
Jane Toppan, who was arrested on
suspicion of l>eing connected with the
alleged murder of Mrs. Mary Gibbs,
was brought here Wednesday after
noon. She was taken to the local
jail and will be arraigned to-day.
Mrs. Gibbs' husband, Capt. Irving
F. Gibbs, who is captain of the coast
ing schooner Golden Ball, was away
on that vessel at the time of his
wife's death. On learning of it, at a
coast port, he immediately returned
home, and although there had been
up to that time no suspicion of foul
play, Capt. (iibbs believed that there
should be an investigation and placed
the matter in the hands of District
Attorney Holmes.
The bodies of Mrs. Gordon and Mrs.
Gibbs were exhumed and the stom
achs were sent to I'rof. Wood, of
Harvard university, and as a result of
his examination Miss Toppan was ar
rested on suspicion of having
poisoned, the four members of the
Gibbs family.
The police assert that they have
sufficient evidence to convict Miss
Toppan.
MADE HUNDREDS HOMELESS.
Seventy-flvc Famllfe* arc Driven Into
the Street by a Fire at Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 31.—Seventy-five fam
ilies lost their homes and $250,000
worth of property was destroyed in a
tire last night that started in Peter
son & Co.'s picture frame factory at
Union Street and Austin avenue.
Fanned by a strong wind the flames
got beyond control and spread to the
small packing establishment of Fein
berg & Stopp and a long row of resi
dences adjoining. Two blocks of
dwellings skirting Milwaukee avenue
were wiped out before the fire was
subdued. The Peterson factory,
which with contents was valued at
$17.5,000, fully insured, was destroyed.
The bulk of the remainder of the loss
was on residences, fairly well covered
by insurance.
There were many rumors of lives
lost in the fire, but it is believed that
all people living in the burned build
ings escaped.
Several people were rescued in an
unconscious condition. One of the
incidents of the fire wrfs the crema
tion of the body of Frank J. Ruck at
"his home, 14S Milwaukee avenue. He
died in the afternoon of blood
poisoning. So quickly did the flames
invade the building that there was
no chance to remove the body and it
was incinerated.
A SPECK Or WAR.
A French Squadron Sails lor Turkish
Waters to Obtiin Satisfaction from
the Ottomnn Government.
Paris, Oct. 31. —"The entire French
Mediterranean .squadron left yester
day afternoon," says the Toulon cor
respondent of the Figaro. "While
one division putin at Salins-D'Hye
res, another composed of three bat
tleships and two cruisers, under com
mand of Admiral Caillard, pro
ceeded to the Levant. Two
thousand troops will be add
ed to this force. Admiral Cail
lard's orders are that, if complete
satisfaction is not immediately given
by the Ottoman government to all
the claims of France, lie shall seize
the custom house of the Porte near
est his squadron. It is believed his
destination is the island of Mitylene,
or Salonika. The island commands
the entrance to the Dardanelles and
the (iulf of Smyrna."
Several morning papers confirm
the Figaro's Toulon advices.
Rumors to the same effect were
current in Paris late last evening, but
the foreign office professed to know
nothing about the matter.
Nejro Shoots a Deputy Sheriff".
Raleigh, X. ('., Oct. 31. —Late Wed
nesday afternoon near the show
grounds at Rutherfordton, X. C„ Dep
uty Sheriff Butler was probably fa
tally shot in the head by Bud Logan,
a drunken negro, who with a negro
companion had been abusing white
men and had knocked down four of
them. The negroes* had out pistols
and the deputy attempted to take
them when Logan tired. The whites
opened tire and both negroes ran un
der a shower of bullets. They were
soon captured and are in jail. Should
Deputy Butler die a lynching is like
ly unless the negroes are shipped
from the jail here.
The lind of a Strike.
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 31. —The strike
of the Seattle and Tacoma iron mold
ers, which has been on since June 8,
has finally been settled and the men
have returned 'to work. The Metal
•Trades association conceded a 55-hour
week, whiiieh means a Saturday half
holiday.
The I.ettcrs are Genuine.
Omaha, Xeb., Oct. 31.—Chief of Po
lice Donahue has received assurance
from Chicago handwriting experts
that the letters received by the chief,
signed Pat Crowe, are genuine. The
letters were compared with speci
mens of Crowe's writing in the ar
chives of a Chicago detective agency.
The letters were received October ID
and 21, and named' the conditions on
which the writer offered to surren
der to the chief of police. T.»e chief
has about abandoned the idea that
Crowe will give himself up, as he of
fered to do iu the letters above r»-
ferred to.
PAID THE PENALTY
Presidont McKinloy'o Assassin Is
Electrocuted.
When IMaood In tlie Itratli Chair ll*
Btflarfil that He ivnn Not S»>rrjr
HP Had II u r<lererf the l = r< ultlcnt
A«-ltl I'ouiid Ovtr llio
Crave of (lie A»(a»»lu.
Auburn, X. Y., Oct. 30. —Leon F.
Czolgosz, the murderer of President
McKinley, was electrocuted at 7:12:30
o'clock Tuesday morning.
lie was shacked to death by 1,700
volts of electricity. ! He went to the
chair in the same manner as have the
majority of murderers in this state,
showing- no particular sign of fear,
but, in fact, doing what few of them
have done—talking to tlie witnesses
while he was being strapped to the
chair.
"I killed the president because he
was an enemy of tlie good people, of
the good working people. lam not
sorry for my crime."
These were his words as the guards
hurried him into the chair.
A moment later, mumbling through
the lialf-adjusted face straps, he said:
"I am awfully sorry I could not see
my father."
Rev. Herrick, chaplain of the
prison, was in the death chamber
ready for any call that might be made
for his services. He was not wanted
by the prisoner, however, and sat
quietly in the rear of the chamber
throughout the execution.
The clothing and personal effects of
the prisoner were burned shortly
after the execution.
The body was placed in a pine cof
fin and was taken to the prison cem
etery, and an extraordinary precau
tion taken to destroy it.
A carboy of acid was poured upon
the body in the coffin after it had
been lowered into the grave. It is
the belief of the physicians that the
body will be entirely disintegrated
within 12 hours.
Waldeck C/.olgosz and Thomas Ban
dowski, brother and brother-in-laiw
of the assassin, called at the prison at
2p. m. Tuesday. They sent word to
Warden Mead that they wished to see
the body of Leon Czolgosz. The war
den told them that the body had been
buried for more than an hour and
that if they wished he would send a
guard to guide them to the grave.
They said they did not care
togo to the cemetery, but
t'hat they were anxious to ar
range for the collection of the insur
ance on the life of the murderer and
asked that a certificate of death be
given them. The warden promised
them a certificate and they departed.
The report prepared by the
autopsy .surgeons related entirely
to the brain and was of a highly tech
nical character. After describing to
the minutest detail the brain of the
dead murderer, the report concludes
as follows:
"Xo anomalies found. Tlie brain
in general is wen developed, suffi
ciently marked with fissures, and the
lobes are in normal proportion."
"MITCHELL DAY."
iTHners In llio Anthracite llejjlon Cel
ebrate the Victory Won L>a*t Fall.
Hazelton, Pa., Oct. 30. —Mitchell
day, named in honor of the president
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, and which marks the first anni
versary of the ending of the great
coal strike last fall, in which the mine
workers of the anthracite field won a
10 per cent, increase in wages and
other concessions was celebrated here
Tuesday. A parade in which 15,000
mine workers participated was held.
A big meeting followed the parade
at which speeches were made by
Thomas Duffy, president of the Hazel
ton district of the United Mine Work
ers, Anthony Sclilosser, an organizer,
and "Mother" Jones.
The day was celebrated in Seranton
with a parade of 10,000 miners from
the collieries of Seranton and the ad
jacent towns. The 400 street car
strikers marched at tlie head of the
line and were given a big ovation. Xo
attempt was made to run street cars
with the imported men, as it was
feared trouble would be provoked.
All the mines were idle in the Sha
mokin region. Five thousand of the
15,000 mine workers between Shamo
kin and Centralia paraded at Mount
Carmel, after which a large mass
meeting was held.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 30. —Mitchell
day was observed here by the United
Mine Workers by a parade in which
15,000 miners marched and which was
headed by John Mitchell, the presi
dent of the union. It was tlie great
est outpouring of miners ever seea
here. After the parade there was a
mass meeting at which President
Mitchell was the principal speaker,
lie said he was opposed to compulsory
arbitration, but was in favor of volun
tary arbitration in the settlement of
disputes between employers and em
ployes.
Woman Kill* a Hoy.
Pittsburg, Oct. 30. —While indulging
in preliminary Hallowe'en pranks
Fred Bradley, aged 15 years, was shot
and almost instantly killed last night
by Mrs. Margaret Cameron. A crowd
of iboys gathered around the grocery
store of Mrs. Cameron and frightened
her 10-year-old son by playing ghost.
Mrs. Cameron secured a revolver
after having warned the boys away,
and fired four »hots into tlie crowd,
one of the bullets entering ]>.'"idley'3
abdomen
lloiirkc Cock run In lia<lly Hurt.
New York, Oct. 30.—Bourke Cock
ran was severely injured yesterday
by being thrown from his horse while
riding about his place at Sands Point,
L.l. There was no witness to the,
accident. Mr. Cochran was riding a
spirited horse and he was either
thrown or the horse stumbled. When
he was found lie was unconscious on
the ground and was suffering from
bruises and a eu't on the head froin
which there was a considerable flow
of blood. The attending physicians
say Mr. Cockran suffered a sever -
concussion of the brain, but. thev
hare it und no fracture of the skull.
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