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.
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