PROMOTER IN THE TOILS Whitaker Wright Taken in Charge on His Arrival at New York. MANY ARE THE FRAUDS CH ARGED. With Wright on th: Steamship Was a Tall Good Looking Young Woman, Who Said She Was the Niece of the Prisoner—Her Name Was on the Passenger List as Miss F. Browne. Whitaker promoter, New York Wright, the n« who (Special). - ited I ondon } being concerned 1 the 1s accused of n colossal frauds in connection with orgamzation of financial corporations, was arrested here on the La French Line H: The arrest Office Lond police headquarte Tombs i before od to the Un was then remove: jail Wrig der arrest, citement King Edward i steamer from by two Central request of the taken later to arraigned on polic ight was and urt, wh was turned authorities magistrate and Stat He ted Ht nt, understood tled in Parl: to me. I am All I want with as bittie The woman his side of gangway When expla Two i ed with r * party d * 1 marshals Wright's . ate iO Ng arrant with He was d in a $e reng LIVED LIFE OF A PRINCE How Mr. Wright Has Promoted Companies i. England. The companies K Wright groug 1897-1600, Only the | loon ha 3 4 don comparable Wright started ber, 1804, ploring a lowed by Globe 1895 such a Ol mpanie Septem Ex sols, oc Then Lak operate Briti 5 KILLED ALL OF HIS FAMILY. German Marders Wile, Six Himself. (Special) a German miles t of St. his wife hammer It is believed Krauss suddenly be came insane. He had the reputation among his neighbors of being a quie inoffensive, indus farmer, and cause but msanity has been assigned Krauss placed the seven by side on the floor in one room befo=¢ cutting his throat His body fell most in line with those of his viet The dead are: August Krauss, 3 years old, father and murderer; Mr August Krauss, 37 years old, wife ane mother; Carrie, aged 11; Amy, aged ¢ Philip, aged 7: George, aged 6; Mary aged 4, and a baby boy, aged 3 months In his more cheerful moment: Krauss frequently told his wife, neigh bors say, to keep all weapons out o his reach, as he feared in times of de spondency he might use them uper himself or on her. 21 Wes E Bellefontaine, kill and ren with a sledge He then cut his own throat trious bodies side : ! fms Honduras Town Captured. New Orleans, La. (Special).—1! steamship Duncan, which arrived he from Ceiba, Honduras, reports the d feat of the Sierra, or Governmen forces at that town by the revolution ists supporting Bonilla. The Govern ment forces suffered heavy losses. The town and fort werecaptured by the rev. olutionists. The captain of the Dun can bore a request from Mr. Windt United States Consul at Ceiba, asking the Government to send a United States man-of-war to Ceiba at once Domestic. Judge Elmer, in Waterbury, Ct granted a temporary injunction, on ap plication of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company, to restrain the trolley men’s union, individually and collectively and all the other unions in Waterbury from interfering with the business of the company and from boycott, A movement has been started to secure the pardon of Euclid Maddon, the motor man, serving a term of six manslaughter in causing the Secret Service Agent the accident in which velt was also mjured Legal action has been instituted by the striking mill men in Colorado City to define the authority of the military forces called out during the strike has been a heavy Louisiana, but the levees ing and the flood record of death of President Roose 1 ) i Phere are The Tel legraph line of Postal Railr to Pacific Omaha Union irom there to connect 1 reported in ncerted dem trainmen ot HCago ting ‘EW X ¢ mcerease per cent may plans for refo debate on ti ligious cor in the French Ayard claim as conting Deputies attempt to compel the contribute toward moths ports of Guan prociamed Venezuelan government, hae | : The King and Queen of England held 1e hrst ¢ ham Palace sented he « the of { the rupano, recently mrt of the season at Bucking . Four Americans were pr 1 of the oC k laborer L strike 3 he King Victor Emmanuel decorated th William Burt, head of the American Kew The revolutionary forces were defeated the Venezuelan government ifter a three-day fight at Cumarebo The captain of an English tughoat says WwW The London Shipping Gazette say: International Mercantile He ! : nore big vescels, like the White Star line steamers Cedric and Celtic, until mproved port facilities enable the ‘ompany to exercise greater economy n working the vessels. Great interest is manifested in the liscussion in the French Chambers of Deputies of Premiér Combes’ propo- ition refusing the request of 54 male cligious congregations to teach. : Financial. 4 this week $1,000,000. The price of tin will probably be ad. vanced next month. Jesse Lewishon says the demand for copper metal is greater than ever be. fore. Bank of England retains its 4 per cent. discount note, It gained $250,000 gold yesterday, Wall street heard that Gould is back. ing Keene's Southern Pacific pooi 1gainst Harriman, ON HERB DOCTOR'S TRAIL of Poisoning. | 34 GRAVES MAY SOON BE OPENED. pect to Trace a Number of Deaths to The Bottles, Drugs and Instruments In the Herb Doctor's House. Philadelphia The police ( Special) for several day: the career negro to 1 the of George Hossey, the do tor’ Mrs of causing the death of the “herb who was committed Catherine Danze on prison with WoO ishand 18 months ago by poison, it 1s said, 1s « nly one of whose object 1 legitim they ths to women actor” was not admit that a number of dea ate ritics expect Hossey' One offic "We sal cad + Idi Said beg are only f It m nning to uncover af the great ' in the history of the 1y prove ond events they ENGINEER CHOKES TO DEATH. Found Lifeless From Coal Gas After Leave ing Tunoel $12,000,000 BOGUS COINS, An Extensive Couaterfeiting]Scheme in Spais— Powerful lofluences. that HY 12.000.000 pesetas are aircady mm circ heer coimnea Or i COINS are fact concerning ontamn more silver ish legal tender. Despite thie, it said that the operators have made an verage of 30 per cent. on their scheme Paid $26,000 for a Picture. New York (Special) ~The portrait of perfectly taem Van Dyck, which was imported last au- J. Blakeslee, of this city, has been sold by him to the Boston Museum. The price paid, it is rom Edmund in the Van Dyck exhibition at Antwerp in 1809. It was also shown in the winter exhibition of the Royal Academy at Lon- Golden State Limited Wreckad. Kansas City, Mo. (Special).—~The Rock Island “Golden State Limited” collided head-on with a westbound passenger train near Dwight. Engi- neer Love was killed and three serious ly injured, Thest are O. P. Blood, express guard, both legs broken; O. V. Thomas, baggagemaster, back wrenched and bruised; Engineer Scott Four others received trivial injuries. Failure on the part of Scott to obey an order to wait at Dwight is said to have ravsed the accident The who are engaged at Shanghai in negotiat plenipotentiaries of the powers | Consul Has Been Dismissed. | { {ing trade treaties with the Chinese com- | missioners have discovered what they re gard as flaws in the credentials of the Chinese agents, which may make it im possible for them to bind their govern ment in treaty form has been brought to the attention of the State Department, and Mr. Conger is asking for advice, he, too, being engaged It appears that Chinese commissioners must memorialize the throne before the treaties ill have force, and the powers object to this lack of authority on the part of the commi sioners, Because Mr, Conger will have to refer any treaty he may draw up to hi government here for approval By the own preg isely as the Chinese commissioners must do on their side, the United States government i% Not in a position ly against the ) credentials, so that Mr. Conger will go on with his 5 best to ha: to protest very strong sufficiency of the Chinese treaty making, the while doing hi ¥ AV¢ Chinese credentials Flaws in Credentials. vestigation into charges tl United had States ( Consulship Going Begging. general in the Departments Rathbone, a Deer fe "| uniair and contrary Senators Spooner and Depew spoke executive session of the Senate, arguing in Panama Canal I'reaty rther mtended Senator oar offered fu amend Senate nd t ments to rules 1 y Pre vide fOr ciosure nia, 18 regarded az en receipt of advices that the revo- n Honduras has a ots phase and that American interests are in need of protection, the Navy De partment ordered Admiral Coghlan 1 i i with the Caribbean Squadron to n : ition assumed ser proceed Ceiba cded a gold life-saving medal to Keeper one of the remarkable the history of the service most rescues an extra session of Congress, and sena do not like the prospect The President sent to the Senate the of steam vessels The government has closed a number | of posts on the Chinese border which have heretofore been open to the admis- ston of Chinese, a United States Consul John L. Bitting- er, at Montreal, who talked too freely, has been asked to resign. The Naval Board of Construction has decided that the Missouri type of battleships is the best, and will be generally followed in the new ones to be constructed. The Crum nomination was again held Spin the Senate Committee on Creden- tials, The Department of Agriculture is- sted a code of rules for the suppres- sion and extirpation of infectious dis. eases among domestic animals in the United States. The Navy Department has been in- formed that Commissioner Sewell has relieved Commander Schroeder as governor of Guam, The President designated the sons of army and navy officers as midship- men-at-large and alternates at the Na- val Academy. Gen. James A. Dumont, chief of the steamboat inspection service, resign. ed. George Uhler will succeed him. RIVERS STEADILY RISING. | Flood Situation Very Threatening In (te South Patrolling Levees. Memphis, Tenn, | Mis | this point, the gauge i, { SISSIPPI river is steadily rising 5.2 feet marking 2 15 a rise of five-tenths of the past believed that a in twenty-four hours, the 38 feet at Memphis Missis th } river will rea mark of Reports from ippi and kansas indicate Situation Sentries are streams overflowing In h ready begun points, and it wil more Nort sible in that 1 IAW and Overcome By Morphine N. J i { Sects Specs later Wait Disobeyed. Tenn Orders to AnNooga, (Special) the Louis Rails Moun of the i near Shell Tenn. Crews that the have 4] northbound switch at that place. Mark engineer of the northbous the 5st seriously mjure gers were hurt were sav 3 uid waited t Shell Mound for the o take the .. Pond, Was Tain, mi No passen Mad Muliah's Career. Aden, Arabia {By Cable) «Advices received here from Obbia, S say that during the recent fight between the followers of the Mad Mullah and the with the British the former lost a thousand men The Mullah, it is added, i« maintaining ‘4 naliland, ting the throats of male malcontents mutilating women and children Mexico Swindied of $370,000” Mexico City (Special). The invest gation being made of the charge pre ferred against Antonio Vidal oi de frauding the national treasury has pro gressed to the point where it is al eged to be known that the accused appropriated $370,000 of the ————— Tried to Kill the Whole Family. Huntsville, Ala. family near that place. ago. opened fire upon the family through a window, cludin en. Five people were shot, in | Winkle, a baby and two wom- inkle's son was shot in the eye, for Texas — ‘ALL SLAIN BY BANDITS Murder Attends Hold-Up of American Stag:. WEALTHY RANCH-OWNER IS KILLED. | Just How the Stage Was Attacked Will Prob | ably Never Be Known, As ail the Passen. gers and Driver Were Killed —The Bodies Had Been Rified of Everything of Value Horses Allowed to Rua Wild. TRIED FOR TREASON Jose Javier Faces Heavy Charges at Manils “Minister of Foreign Affairs.” ¢ A MISCHIEVOUS WOMAN, Convinced Husband and Wile That Each Was a Deceiver. ating with Was ving Car of Powder Explodes. N (Special). A {Mean wa hs ii cm e freight coll in a dense the ca mcommng 1: tc. Five Passengers Injured. Fort Dodge, 1a The Chi- cago Limited, westbound, on the Illinois Central Railway was wrecked at Pome. were mjured, ({ Special ) roy and hve passengers The chair car and one sleeper left the track, the former being overturned. The train was running at nigh speed when the accident occurred The cause of the wreck i= unknown. Whole Family Drowned. Gadsden, Ala. (Special) —Will Fer. guson, wife and baby were drowned in the back waters of Hytop Creek, IRKalb county. A heavy fall of rain during the night had caused the creck to overflow, and Ferguson's house was flooded. In trying to make their escape the family SPARKS FROM THE WIRES Miners and operators met in joint the scale. wo thousand miners of the Massil- lon (0.) district decided to strike April 1. Snowslides along the Great Northern life The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pennell was held in Buffalo and the bodies taken to Brancwick, Me, for ine
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