A NEGRO WOMAN. fcilie Throws Kio-lit on Murder Mystery at Beaumont, Tex. Mm Were Drugged and Thrown Into tbe lilver—A l-ani: of ISegro Wo men and White .Hen ICu sa<>ed In (.wring Stran ger* to Their Death. Beaumont, Tex., March 13.—Mattio Tiennet t confessed Wednesday to Sheriff Lindley that she was at the head of a gang of negro women and white men who had for months been luring men into her house, drugging them, beating them and robbing them. If they died the victims were -dragged to the river and thrown in. If they were only stunned they were taken out of the house to a remote part of some street and left for pe destrians or policemen to find. A fear is felt that more than 12 men, among those who have come to Beaumont and were afterwards re ported as '"missing" have been mur dered, and that their bodies arc now at the bottom of the river. In the last three months at least 50 in quiries for niissinfl - men have been re ceived and, while no one supposes that the gang has murdered so many as 50, there is a fear that some of the •disappearances are due to their work. Five bodies have been found in the river since the first of the year. The Bennett woman was arrested Sunday on suspicion of being connected with the murder of Benjamin Pearson, one of the five known victims. She de nies being guilty of this crime, but alleges that one of the gang of which she is a member, discussed llie com mission of the deed. On the strength of her confession a white man, "Punch" Prim and a negro woman "Mary Jane," have been arrested. All of them have been "sweated" and Sheriff Lindley states that lie expects a full confession, not only of the mur der of Pearson, but of others within a short while. Sheriff Lindley is looking for two more negro women and six or eight white men, some of whom are wanted as witnesses. Beaumont, Tex.. March 14.—John Welsh, a white man who has been im plicated by allegation by Mattie Ben nett, th<" negro leader of the gang of robbers and murderers which have been operating here, was brought to Beaumont yesterday, having been ar rested at Houston on the strength of the woman's confession. Welsh de nies complicity in the murders. He was an iron inolder employed in the foundry where .Benjamin Pearson, one of the murdered men. worked. In jail yesterday the Bennett wo man talked freely to a reporter. She •confessed everything except direct murder, and went fully into the de tails of the plans followed by the gang. "The business has been going on for six months," said she. "The men would go out to the saloons and street corners and find men that had money. They'd bring them to my house, and I and the other women would give them beer with knockout drops in it. Then the men would either beat them up there and rob them, or take them out into the hobo yard. I don't know how many men I've drugged; too many to remember, and all of them were robbed. LIFE IS ENDED. Bldiuv. Altgeld Die* at a Hotel In Jollet, 111. .Toliet, 111., March 13. —Ex-Gov. John P. Altgeld died in the Hotel Miiuroe Wednesday morning at 7:09 o'clock, lie had been unconscious since mid night. Mr. Altgeld was the prin cipal speaker at a pro-Boer mass niei-ting Tuesday night in the Joliet theater. Just at the close of his speech a sudden seized him, and he was assisted from the stage. The meeting proceeded, the audience not realizing what had happened. Mr. Altgeld was taken to the door of the theater where several vomiting spells seized him. Physicians were hastily summoned and Mr. Altgeld was carried to the hotel across the street. lie retained consciousness and urged the newspa permen to keep the affair quiet for fear of alarming bis wife. Shortly before midnight he became uncon scious. He remained in this condi tion until death. .John P. Altgeld was born in Prussia in IS4S, and came to this country when a child, and as soon as he was old enough, enlisted in the service for the defense of his adopted country and bore the part of a true soldier in the closing days of the civil war. Jfe was an able lawyer and a distin guished judge. PASSED AWAY. ~W. .1. t.lenii, Doorkeeper of IIOIIHC of ItcprcMciilatlten, Dead Wan Promi nent in New York State. Washington, March 13. —W. J. Glenn, the doorkeeper of the house of representatives, died here at 3:15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from pneumoniia, following an attack of grip. lie was 39 years old. At the deathbed were a number of old Al legany county friends. Mr. Glenn leaves a widow and two sons. His remains will be taken to his home in 'Cuba, N. Y., this evening. Mr. Glenn had been chairman of every delegation sent from Allegany county to New York state republican conventions during the past 17 years. Depot Hiirned. Dyersburg, Tenn., March 13.-—The Illinois ■Central depot burned Wed nesday together with five cars loaded with merchandise on a side track. The loss is about $50,000. The fire is supposed to have been started by a spark from a passing locomotive. Another Hank Hurgiary. Titusville, l'a., .March 13. —Safe crackers blew open the vault of the Farmers' bank of Townville, this county, Tuesday night and stole be tween $7,000 and SB,OOO. Of this $5,- 000 was in bills, $1,300 in silver and the £ulcL WAGES WILL NOT BE RAISCD. Anthracite Mine Ownrrn IMIIC » ."Vo ile c to the nine Worker*. Philadelphia. (March 14. —The fol lowing notice will be posted to-day at all the collieries throughout the an thracite coal region of Pennsylvania: "Hates of wages now in effect will be continued until April 1, 1903, an<i thereafter subject to 60 days' notice. Local differences will be adjusted an heretofore." The rate of wages now paid to mine workers in the anthracite re gion is the same as that granted them as a result of the great strike in the fall of 1900. At that time the coal operators promised that the rate should remain in effect until April 1, 1901. Prior to the latter date the miners, through the ofllcers of their national organization, made several demands on the opeVators, among them the recognition of the union. This the mine owners re fused. but instead continued the rate of wages granted in 1900 to April 1, this year. At the recent national convention of the I'nited Mine Workers of Amer ica at Indianapolis, it was voted to again ask the operators to grant the men several concessions. Among these were the recognition of the union and an eight hour day. At the same time the national officers were instructed to seek a conference with the operators, and accordingly let ters were sent to the presidents of the several coal companies asking for such a meeting. As far as is pub licly known none of the presidents granted the request. Failing in this the miners have called a convention to be held at Shainokin next Tuesday, at which all the coal miners in the anthracite region will be represented and at which the vital question of whether or not to strike will either he finally decided or referred to the national officers with power to act. Altoona, Pa., March 14.—The Uni ted Mine Workers of America met the operators in joint session yester day. National Secretary William I!. Wilson, who had just arrived from Indianapolis, was called to preside. After some general discussion, a scale, committee was appointed consisting of four operators and four miners This joint committee held its first meeting last night. The operators will demand a revised scale, alleging that car shortage and other condi tions has made the coal business less profitable than last year. 112 GUDEN OR DIKE? A Conflict of Authority Between IClval < Inimailt* of n Sheriff'* Olllcc. New York, March 14.—Five deputy sheriffs and clerks, who formerly served under Sheriff Gudcn in Kings county, and who accepted office un der Norman S. Dike, whom Gov. Odell appointed to the office, left Dike's service yesterday and returned to Gud en. Jerc Wernherg, attorney for linden, on Thursday served an order on Dike signed by Supreme Court .Justice Gaynor requiring Dike to appear in court to-day to show cause why an order should not issue commanding Dike to surrender the authority lie lias assumed as sheriff by appoint ment. as well as the hooks and paper* now in his possession officially. Gov. Odell was in conference at Al bany yesterday with Kings county re publican leaders and decided to tele graph instructions to Dike to take possession of the sheriff's office, using force if necessary and to seize the books ufid records of the office wher ever found. Dike swore in 30 special deputies. Gudcn has locked up all papers in his possession in the oilier safe, preparatory to standing siege if that should lie necessary. Held to tlie (.rami Jury. Washington, March 14. Dr. Charles E. Hagner, for 30 years a physician in this city, and a member of one of the oldest families in this section, wasi yesterday held for the action of the grand jury as the result of an in quest over the body of a prematurely born baby of Airs. Peter I'.lair. found alive and doubled up in a shoe box thrown into a garbage can in the, rear of the Blair house. At the in quest a colored woman pointed to Dr. Hagner as the man whom she saw place the box in the can. The latter, admitting he was the man, said lie believed the child was dead at the time. Alleged "tluecr" Sliover* In Trouble. Norfolk, Ya.. March 14. —JO. T. Ster ling and Joseph iSherer, white men, charged with flooding Huntersville with spurious five-cent pieces were held yesterday for the United States grand jury by Commissioner Bowden. The evidence against the men was strong. At the hearing it was brought out that Sherer had served a term in the penitentiary. Sterling claims to be an attorney from Chicago and says that at one time he had a good prac tice there. Since corning to Norfolk he has done carpenter work. Agreed on A. It. Encampment Kate Washington, March 14.- By agree ment with the executive committee of the (i. A. 11. the Eastern Passenger association has agreed on a uniform rate of one fare for the round trip to Washington for the encampment to be held here in October. This action hjis been certified to the Trunk Line association, which controls the rest of the country, and almost certainly will be met by a uniform concession of one cent a mile from all points west of the Ohio river. Steel Production Stati*tlcw. ■Philadelphia, March 14.- The Amer ican Iron and Steel association lias received complete statistics, direct from the manufacturers, of the pro duction of Bessemer steel ingots in the I'nited States in 1901; also of the production of Bessemer steel rails by the producers of Bessemer steel in gots. The total production of Bes semer steel ingots in 1901 was 8.718,- 302 gross tons, against 6,(584,770 tons in 1900, showing an increase in 1901 of 2,028,532 tons. The production of 1901 was by far the largest in the his* uL the CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1902. MEN ARK WINNERS. Ci<r Strike of Boston Freight Handlers Is Ended. Railroad* Yield ••Obnoiioun ICulcf Which Caused Hen to Strike All rotated Througli the r.H'ort* of Gov. Crane and Prom inent .Tier* I IK. Boston, March 14.—Through tho united efforts of representatives of the great merrantile bodies hi tlia city, seconded by the chief exeeutive.l of (lie city and state in conference with the recognized leaders of organ, jzed labor, the great Strike of freight handlers and kindred trades repre sented in the Allied Freight Trans portation Council was broken last, night. Fully 20.000 men who liavo been idle for four days will goto work to-day. This result was attained at a con ference last evening at the office of Gov. Crane. The decision was at once reported to the Allied Freight Transportation Council at a special meeting and unanimously endorsed. All of the old men for whom places can be found will be taken back by the railroads, but owing to the sud denness with which the strike was ended and the large number of new men who have been installed it is likely that many of the old employes will find no vacancies ready for them now. Eventually, it is believed, they all will regain their old positions. Teamsters dnd longshoremen will find an unprecedented demand for their services, and traffic of all de scriptions, which has been virtually at a standstill for the past three or four days,- will be resumed with a rush. The Brine Transportation Co., the loading and unloading of whose non union teams precipitated the strike of the New York, New Haven & Hartford freight handlers, does not appear to have figured in the settle ment of the present controversy, nad as far as the company is con cerned, the sentiment against it on the part of the labor unions is as bit ter as ever. Under the new ar rangement, however, union men will not be required to load or unload that company's teams. The freight houses are blocked with goods which gangs of Italians brought from many places by the New York, New Haven & Hartford and Roston & Albany roads, and strapping young countrymen gath ered in by the Boston & Maine road, had been unable to dispose of. Boston, March 15.—The labor situ ation in Boston is extremely perplex ing. To give weight to statements of labor men who spoke without au thority that harmony is not restored, is tfi make the outlook far more criti cal than at any time since the Allied Freight Transportation Council be gan its fight against the I!. S. Brine Transportation Co. On the other hand. Gov. Crane and the state board of arbitration believe that the prob lem is being solved quite rapidly, con sidering the immensity of the strike, and only ask for time and patience from both laboring and business men to remove all obstacles for a resump tion of freight traffic under custom ary conditions. As a matter of fact, the strike was completely broken yesterday, al though trouble cropped out in many quarters, some of which was settled without delay and others dragged along in an unsettled condition, su that they came in for consideration by the various labor bodies last night. During these meetings, judging from what was argued by the men, independent strikes of bodies seemed impending, but the leaders in the strike just ended are sanguine that they still hold control of the entire organized labor body and will not. again order a strike ol the freight handlers. The special side of the strike breaking Friday presented an army of workinginen rushing to get their old positions back. There had been more than 20.000 places vacated, but fully ten per cent, of the union men found their places filled. This was the reason for friction all day, for concerns were too busy raising the embargo of goods in their keeping to talk of unfairness. With the breaking of the strike, employers of freight handlers, team drivers or lumpers rushed into print with calls for more help. Even concerns which heretofore have been bound to unionism seem to hav grasped the opportunity of hiring whom they liked. The real battle yesterday was be tween the men who controlled the strike and the representatives of great interests who had been pre vailed upon to consider certain propo sitions as a way to a settlement of the trouble. A Darin:; Itoblirry. Chicago, March 14. —-One of the most daring of recent Chicago post office thefts is engaging the attention of postal officials. Some one, by means of a duplicate key, opened a mail wagon last night and extracted a registered mail sack. The con tents of the pouch are estimated to be of the value of $1,700. The rob bery was committed in front, of the Masonic Temple in State street, as hundreds were passing. Driver Hannum went into the temple sub station to take up r. registered mail sack there. He was absent only five minutes, (iencrouii Carnegie. New York, March 14.—Andrew Car negie was the principal speaker last evening at the annual dinner of the New York Library club. Among ■he other guests were 300 librarians if New York City and vicinity. Mr. 'arnegie said: "I have been much gratified by the many applications of small communities in the west for libraries. And in this connection I will say that I have dealt with about forty of these applications to-day, and am glad to say that in all except perhaps two cases 1 have seen iny way to grant them." PRINCE HENRY. We Sal:* for tiermnnr Very Itlnoli f'lca*cd nidi Eli» Visit to Thia Country. iNew York, Mnrch 12.—Prince Henry of Prussia sailed for (iei'inany on board the steamer Deutschland y es tertla \ . The prince breakfasted early and about id o'clock began to recehe ofii eial farewell visits, including repre sentatives of (ierniaiiy in this coun try and those of the United Stales government. Mayor Low, of New York, was also a caller. The Deiitschlnnd sailed at 3:45. As she moved away from the pier, the cheering was continuous. The prince appeared on the bridge and bowed. All down North river the passing tugs and craft of every description gave the great liner and her distinguished |>assenger a noisy sendofF. At the I'.littery a great crowd cheered as the vessel steamed on down the bay. Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton fired salutes which were answered by the Deutschland's whistle, and the garri son at Fort Wadsworth lined up on the bluff until the steamer had passed out into the lower bay. Washington, March I.'!.—The fol lowing cablegrams were made public yesterday: Wilhclinsha veil, March 12, 1902: — President of the United States of America, Washington: Now that, my brother has left the hospitable shore of the United Sjtates, home ward bound, I feel it a pleasing duty to express to you how deeply grate ful I, and the whole of the German people feel, for the splendid hos pitality and the cordiality of the re ception which was accorded to Prince Henry by all classes of the American people. My outstretched hand has been met by you with a firm, manly and solid grip. May heaven bless our re lations with peace and good will be tween the two great nations. My best compliments and wishes to Miss Alice. WILLIAM. 1. 11. Washington, March 12, 1902. — Em peror William. Wilhelinshaven: Your brother's visit to this country has ac complished much in showing the depth of the kindly feeling which exists between the two nations. It has been most fortunate in every way, and I trust you will permit me to congratulate you on the admirable manner in which he has borne him self. He has won the genuine and hearty sympathy and regard of-all with whom he has been brought in contact. We have welcomed him for his qwii sake, and we have wel comed him still more heartily as tin* representative of yourself and of the mighty Herman people. I thank you in the name of the American people for what you have done, and I thank you personally in addition for the gracious form which your courtesy took. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. FOURTH CAUCUS FRUITLESS. Another Conference of House llcpuh llruiiM on the IC<<i proel t\ Question IN Called lor Next TucNday. Washington, March 12. The fourth conference of the house republicans on the reciprocity quest ion was fruit less, like those that preceded it, the conference adjourning at midnight until next Tuesday. The victory was with the advocates of reciprocity, as the motion to adjourn was carried— -72 to after a motion to amend the motion to make it a sine die adjourn ment. offered by Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, one of the leaders of the op position, hail been voted down —61 to 7lt. Earlier in the evening the oppon ents of reciprocity had insisted on a vote upon the main proposition. The session was a stormy one. Mr. .Sib ley, of Pennsylvania, offered a com promise proposition for a reciprocity arrangement to last until December 1. I'.id.:, which he claimed had the ap proval and endorsement of President Roosevelt. Representative Long, of Kansas, a member of the ways and means com mittee. opened with an exhaustive argument in favor of the 20 per cent, concession advocated by the ways and means committee. When Mr. Long finished speaking Mr. Tayler, of Ohio, presented a pro test against the plan of the ways and means committee. The protest was drafted at the conjf-rence which the republicans opposed to reciprocity held Monday night. It was in the nature of a manifesto setting out the grounds on which their opposition was based, being largely an amplifi cation of the contention that a reduc tion of the duty on Cuban sugar in volved a relaxation of the protective principle. In lieu of the Tawney proposition for rebate Mr. Tayler offered the following resolution: "first—That we reaffirm our ad herence to the republican national platform of 181)0, insuring adequate protection to the cane and beet sugar industries in the United States, and to the policy of veiprocity as de clared in our platform of 1900. "Second—That we have maintained, r.nd will continue to faithfully dis charge the obligations to Cuba as sumed by virtue of the treaty of Paris and the Piatt amendments, and that we favor such commercial agreements with her as her govern ment when established may be will ing to make and which will In- in har mony with our national policy of pro tection and reciprocity, and "Third—That no further action be taken respecting the proposition to reduce the tariff on Cuban products coming into this country." itlaj. 4><*ii. Star.ley IHc*. Washington, March It. —Maj. Gen. David S. Stanley, U. S. A„ retired, a notable figure in many campaigns and one of the few remaining corps commanders of the western army, died at his residence here Thursday, aged 7:j years. SpaniMli Cabinet Hckluiim. "Madrid, March 14. —The premier, Senor Sagasta, on Thursday notified the queen regent that the cabinet had resigned. !Hier majesty asked Sa gasta to form a new cabinet to in clude all sections of the liberal party, but he declined to do so. HUNDREDS KILLED. Rebels Lose Heavily During a it Hot Riittle in Colombia. Tlie <io verilllicilt Troop* Managed to lincaiir from a Largely Superior force and Alter a 17 Hay'* .March Iti-ailicd a I*o*i •ltion of Safety. Panama, March M. —The govern ment generals Castro and Ortiz ar rived here Friday and received one of the most enthusiastic welcomes ever witnessed in Panama. Referring to the engagement at Agua Dulee, February 20, (ien. Castro said that the government troops, numbering soo men, were attacked by 3,000 revolutionists. On the third day of the figiiting both drinking water and ammunition in Agua Dulee became scarce and Castro ordered his troops to retreat. To do this the government forces had to break through the rebel lines. (Jen. Castro says he knows positive ly that of the forces under the revo lutionary (ien. Herrera over 700 were killed or wounded. lie character ized the bravery of the revolutionists as something extraordinary and said that many of them were killed within three feet of the entrenchments. Colon, Colombia, March 15. —The following report was obtained from the government troops which arrived here from Rocas Del Toro: Upon finding the revolutionary at tack upon Agua Dulee to be irresis tible. owing to the enemy's superior numbers, their artillery and their supplies of ammunition, (ien. Castro decided to retreat to David and Chiri qui, which towns were known to be hard pressed by the revolutionists. This is a long and tiresome march of over 200 miles. Shortly after leaving Horconcitos a small body of government troops was met. These men reported that Col. Luque had been killed in battle and that the revolutionists were in possession of David. (ien. ( astro, therefore, decided to try and effect the difficult march across the moun tains to Bocas Del Toro. Consider ing the hardships of the march (ien. Castro's troops arrived there in fair ly healthy condition, and are enthusi astic to continue the struggle. The march from Agua Dulee to Rocas Del Toro occupied 17 days, during the last five of which bananas were the only obtainable food. Castro's soldiers report that SOO men were killed during the fighting at Agua Dulee. The revolutionists lost 550 and the government forces 250 men. It is also said that the Indian chief Lorenzo and his half caste Indians participated in the at tack and killed many of the govern ment soldiers with machetes. Their rifle fire during the Agua Dulee bat tle was deadly and persistent. The din of the rifles was so great that the cannon fire could not be heard. The slaughter and massacre at this battle are described as something awful. TRADE REVIEW. It.(i. Ituu A Co.'* Weekly Summary of ItiiNlneKM Conditions. New York, (March 15. R. (I. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Business in Boston was completely paralyzed by the strike of freight handlers and teamsters which direct ly affected 30,000 men and indirectly rendered other thousands idle by holding back supplies of raw mate rial. Fortunately this struggle was brief, but another will begin on Mon day at Fall River mills and other textile plants in that vicinity. Out side of Massachusetts, however, the labor situation is exceptionally free from controversy. Distribution of spring merchandise is making rapid progress. Consumers of iron and steel pro ducts are still anxious regarding con ditions during the next three months. After July 1 it is believed that deliv eries will be ample. The resumption of many idle plants this month prac tically assures new high water marks in the near future. Labor disturbances have tended to strengthen the tone of textile pro ducts by reducing available supplies. All divisions of cotton goods market are affected. Failures for the week were 233 in the United States against 209 last year, and 34 in Canada, against 33 in 1001. AN OPEN SWITCH. A Nickel I*late Paurnjer Han Into It and Wrecked Some Vrelglit Car*— Four Person* Injured. Knox, Ind., March 15.—The west bound Nickel Plate passenger train, due here at 2:50 ]). in., ran into an open switch yesterday, resulting in a disastrous wreck. The following persons were severely injured: A. A. Schwind, engineer, Fort Wayne. Jim Dalton, fireman. Fort Wayne. C. L. Alexander, baggage master, Cleveland. William Rrowe, mail clerk, Cleve land. The train was running at a high speed when it collided with a number of freight ears that were standing on a side-track. The baggage coach was torn to pieces and the engine and six freight cars were piled in a heap, which was completely de stroyed by fire. The fire raged for several hours, blockading all traffic for more than four hours. No one was killed. 4»en. (iarrard IHc*. London, Ivy., March 15.—News was received here Friday of the death of Gen. T. T. Garrard at his home near Manchester. Gen. Garrard served as an officer in the Mexican war and as brigadier general in the federal army during the civil war. Among his children is Maj. .Joseph Garrard, of the regular army. Gen. Garrard lived on a farm given his ancestors by Virginia patent and conducted a famous salt works. He was the patriarch of the Garrard tribe of feudists, but the hope of his life was to see permanent peace established. RULES OF WARFARE. Tli<" Senate In Kxeeiitlvc Seftnlon ItutW lied I lie lUeiic Agrei<meul> Washington, iMarch 15.—The senate spent an liour in executive session yesterday on the convention growing! out of the Hague peace conferences relating to conciiict of war un land and sea, a\ul finally ratified tlioi agreement. Ti>e discussion turned' entirely on the conduct of llie war in! the Philippines and related especially to Gen. Funston's capture of Aguin-i aldo. Senator Teller inquired wheth er if this treaty had been in force at" the time the method of Aguinaldo"Si capture could have been justified. Senator Burton replied to the in-i quiry, speaking especially for Ocn.! Funston, and said that he was sure, the proceeding on the general's part* had been not only humane, but that; it had been in accordance with the) rules of civilized warfare. lie said' that Gen. Funston and his force had acted somewhat in the capacity of spies, but what they had done had been in the line of honorable war fare. The countries party to the treaty are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Den mark, Spain, the United States, Mexico, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Montenegro, . Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Spain, Sweden and Norway, Turkey and Bi'i<'uria. The provisions of the trea v binding only on the con tracting powers in case of war be tween two or more of them and cease to be binding when a non-contract ing power is one of the belligerents. The most notable feature of the treaty is that prohibiting the use of "dum-dum" bullets. Among other things specially prohibited are: To employ poison or poisoned arms. To kill or wound treacherously in dividuals belonging to the hostile na tion or army. To kill or wound an enemy who, having laid down arms, or having no longer means of defence, has surren dered. To declare that no quarter will be given. To employ arms, projectiles, or material of a nature to cause super fluous injury. To make improper use of a flag of truce, the national flag or military ensigns and the enemy's uniform, as well as the distinctive badges of the Geneva convention. To destroy or seize the enemy's" property, unless such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war. Buses of war and the employment of methods necessary to obtain in formation about the enemy and the country, are considered allowable. The treaty provides as follows re garding spies: "An individual can only be consid ered a spy if, acting clandestinely, or 011 false pretenses, lie obtains, or seeks to obtain information in the zone of operations of a belligerent, with the intention of communicating it to the hostile party. "Thus, soldiers not in disguise who have penetrated into the zone of op, erations of a hostile army to obtain information are not considered spies. Similarly, the following are not con sidered spies: Soldiers or civilians, carrying out their mission openly, charged with the delivery of dis patches destined either for tlieir own army or for that of the enemy. To this class belong individuals sent in balloons to deliver dispatches, and generally to maintain communication between the various parts of an army or a territory." TO BE SOLD FOR TAXES. Tlip Old Lincoln Farm In Indiana h to <»o 1 nder tlie Hammer. Kvansville, Ind., March 15. — I The old Lincoln farm in the heart of Lincoln City, Spencer county, will be sold for delinquent taxes. For years the taxi's on the farm have not been paid and the county officials decided to offer the farm for sale. Attempts heretofore have been made to turn the farm into a park and to secure from congress an appropriation for tfiis purpose, and this may be done after the farm shall pass into other hands. The old cottage that stood on the farm and in which Abraham Lincoln lived, was removed to New York many years ago and was sold for sev eral thousand dollars. The commis sioners of Spencer county have re reived many letters from people over the country wanting to buy the farm, and bidders will doubtless lie numer ous when the tax sale shall be held. The mother of Lincoln is buried on the farm. The burial lot is kept in good condition by the commissioners. The county received a deed for the lot several years ago. Killed Two .lion, Wounded a Third. Nashville, Term., March 15.—A spe cial from Lexington says Sam Pratt shot and killed two men and wound ed a third. John Linsey, Tom Han cock and his son-ill-law, Sam Han cock, and Ncal -Murray were taking a drink when Pratt rode up and was invited to join. He refused, saying the liquor had been stolen from his home. Tom Hancock resented the imputation, whereupon Pratt put a. ball through Hancock's heart. Lin sey was then shot through the head. Pratt fired at Sam Hancock, but the ball missed and lodged in tlie hand of Murray. Pratt came to Lexington and surrendered. Two Street tar* are Dynamited, Leavenworth, Kan., March 15. Two cars of the Kansas City-Leaven worth electric line were dynamited here last night. One woman was injured. The first explosion occurred early in the evening on the line to Fort Leav enworth. The car was damaged be yond repair. A 60-pound rail ivaa split in two. A second explosion, occurred later in the evening on the Fifth avenue line. No damage was done beyond breaking windows. The company has offered a reward of $250 for information leading t ( » Uie arrcstt of the dynamiters. 3
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