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SCRANTON, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 4, 1895.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
R A DRY MEMORIAL DAY
iiu to rrevent inesuie or Liquors uu
' j May 30 Is Discussed.
cnnnvn Dntmvf
yl I OUbUAIS HLiAUKlu
I Mr. Crigsby Does Not Car to Push the
I Tnlsnhnna llill A TrlhlltS to X
Speaker Faunee-.Mcdlclne Pro
vided for Train Bobbers.
Special to the Bcranton Tribune.
Harrlsburs, April 3. The Baker
"sweat shop" bill went through on sec
ond reading on a special order. It pro
vides for the appointment of eight fac
tory inspectors and the safety of per
sons employed In tenement houses
where clothing, cigarettes, cigars and
certain other articles are made. An
amendment was inserted so that the
provisions of the act shall not extend
to seamstresses to whom work Is given
for public charities, etc. The measure
was formulated by the labor organiza
tions of the stute and has already
passed the house. It will be considered
en a special order on third reading to-
Vmorrow.
The bill to provide for the incorpora
lon of institutions of learning with
' power to confer degrees In art, pure
and applied sciences, philosophy, litera
ture, law and theology and for their
supervision and regulation, excited a
long and exciting debate. The bill, In
its original form, was endorsed by the
college professors of the state and pro
vided thai before an Institution of
liarnJng could confer degrees, etc., it
must have an endowment of $300,000.
jr It was amended so as to permit colleges
f already In existence with an endow
ment of 1100,000 to issue degrees, and
then passed second reading.
Mr. Hawkins, of York, wanted to
amend the bill so as to make the
amount $100,000 at which an Institution
hall be endowed before It can confer
degrees. He said a half million dollars
was entirely too much, and made an
earnest speech in favor of the amend
ment. Mr. Burrell, of Mercer, opposed
the proposed change.
Mr. Focht, of Union, and Martin, of
Lawrence, supported Hawkins' amend
ment. Mr. Focht said the bill without
the amendment would make a monopoly
of the degree business. The merit of
an institution of learning did not de
pend so much upon the amount of free
advertising received on the sportins
page of the Sunday newspapers as it
does upon the character of the men
turned out and the place they find
later In life. Mr. Focht said that while
Harvard and Yale might be regarded as
great institutions, all threat men did not
graduate from them. From what in
stitutions did Lincoln, Simon Cameron,
Baline and Quay graduate, he asked.
"From what Institution did Dave
Martin receive a diploma," interrupted
Mr." Harrison, of Philadelphia. Mr.
Focht made no reply and concluded his
remarks with an appeal to the house
to vote for the amendment.
Much time of the house was con
sumed In discussing the bill to prohibit
the sale of intoxicating liquor dn
Memorial Day. This bill has been be
fore the legislature the past four ses
sions, and has always excited much
debate and then killed on second read
ing. It was accorded better treatment
today, however, and passed this stag?
by a comfortable majority.
The fight against the bill was led by
Mr. Fow, of Philadelphia. He contend
ed that the great majority of the Grand
Army men of the state did not want
the bill to become a law. This was de
nied by Representative McAllister and
other members of the Grand Army.
Air. Gould, of Erie, wanted to amend
the bill so as to extend its provisions to
playing base ball and horse racing on
Memorial Day. The speaker ruled that
the amendment was not germane.
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
Regular Proceedings in the House of
Representatives.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 3. The house
met at 10 o'clock. Among1 the reports
received from committee was one from
the Judiciary general committee, favor
ing the bill to make Feb. 12, Lincoln's
birthday, a legal holiday.
When the Grlgsby bill, prohibiting
dlscrlmino tion in telephone rentals,
was reached on the calendar this morn
ing, Mr. Grlgsby said he would not call
the bill up because the purpose for
which it had been Introduced had al
ready been accomplished, telephone
rentals having been reduced In many
towns. He said, however, that he had
nd objection to any other member call
ing1 up the bill if they thought there
was a necessity now for its passage.
Mr. Pennewell, of Philadelphia,
promptly called up the bill and it passed
econd reading.
Speaker Walton Introduced the fol
low resolution:
"That the house of representatives has
learned with regret of the wounding of
John E. Fnunce, late speaker of the house,
while returning to his family at Atlantic
City and extends to him its heartfelt sym
pathy and sincere wishes for his speedy
restoration to health."
Speaker Walton said he offered the
resolution as a tribute of respect and
regard for one of the ablest speakers
that ever adorned the chair, and hoped
it would pass unanimously.
It was adopted by a rising vote and
the clerk was directed to forward a
.-'"copy to Mr. Faunce.
' The bill for the protection of railroad
travelers, defining the crime of train
I robbery, and punishing the same by
I not less than fifteen years, passed
' finally.
Memorial Day Liquor Dill.
When the bill to prevent the sale of
intoxicating liquors on Memorial Day
came up on second reading an amend
ment ' was ' suggested to Include ball
- playing and horse racing, but Speaker
.' Walton ruled It out. The roll calKon
the first section resulted yeas 90,
. nays 63. -,
On the discussion of the measure, Mr.
Fow, of Philadelphia, strongly opposed
to it He argued that the old soldiers
were against the bill, and It would re-
suit in np advantage to anybody ex
cept the wholesale liquor dealer and
bottler, In his opinion If this bill be-
came a law, the cemeteries would have
: more empty bottles than tombstones
on Memorial Day.
. The bill was favored In speeches by
Messrs. Raymond, Millard, Martin, Mo
Gaughney, Parcells, Seaver and Comp
ton. Speeches against It were made by
Messrs. Gould, Orlener and Fow. It
paused second reading yeas, 104; naya,
84.
Kunkel Dill Defeated.
The Kunkel bill, supplementary to the
act of 1374, providing for the incorpora
tion of wholesale mercantile companies,
was discussed at length. An amend
ment offered by Air. Nickel), of Phila
delphia, to Include retail mercantile
companies In the aot of Incorporation,
was voted down. The bill was defeated
yeas, 67; nays, 65.
The bill requiring the retention by
employers of aliens of sums sufficient to
pay the taxes of suoh alien employes
upon notice in writing from tax collec
tors and directing the payment thereof
to said collectors within sixty days,
passed second reading, as did also the
bill Increasing the number of commis
sioners to mark county lines from three
to five.
The governor notified the house of his
approval of the bill abolishing the kiss
ing of the Bible in the administration
of oaths.
COLLEGE POLITICIANS.
There Will De a Great Assemblage of
Them at Urand Rapids. April 5-Dis
tingulshed Visitors Who Will De in
Attendance.
Grand Rapids, Mich.. April 3. The
fourth annual convention of the Ameri
can Republican College league will be
held
in tnis city on Friday. ADrll 6.
The first of these conventions was held
at Ann Arbor on May 17, 1S2, and was
attended by delegates from Reoublioan
clubs in thirty colleges and universities.
J. he subsequent conventions have been
LEAGUE PRESIDENT COX.
held at Buffalo in 1893 and at Syracuse
in 1S94. The attendance has steadJIv
grown and the interest increased until
now there are about 100 colleges and
universities In the league. Responses
have been received from sixty or seven
ty to the efTect that they will be repre
sented at the coming convention.
The National College league was or
ganized through the efforts of the stu
dents of the Michigan university, in
the hope of counteracting the influence
of professors whose theories conflict
with those of the Republican party.
The officers of the league are: Presi
dent, Theodore Cox, University of the
City of New York; vice-president,
J. J. Sheridan, University of Michigan;
treasurer, D. Wendell Hubburd, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; National Re
publican vice-president, B. B. McAIpIn,
New York Law School; National Re
publican league committeeman, W. H.
Cox, Yale university.
Governor McKlnley, ex-Speaker Reed,
Senators Thurston and Aldrlch are ex
peoted to attend. Among the speakers
who have promised to attend the ban
quet are Senators Pa.tton, Wolcott and
Burrows, General James S. Clarkson,
of Iowa, and W. W. Tracy, of New
York, president of the National Repub
lican league.
With such an assemblage of college
men in her midst, Grand Rapids need
seek no other excitement while the con
vention lasts.
MYSTERY UNRAVELED.
William Caesar Arrested for the Murder
of Mrs. Mary Martin.
New York, April 3. As a result of
Identification today of the woman
found murdered at Sixth avenue and
Waverly place on Sunday as that of
Mrs. Mary Martin, who had been the
mistress of William Caesar, a porter
In a hat store under the Hoffman
House, William Caesar went to police
headquarters shortly after noon today
In company with a policeman. Caesar
took his arrest unconcernedly. He said
nothing.
At 7.30 o'clock tonight Superintendent
Byrnes told the story of the murder.
The woman was murdered, he said, on
Friday night by her paramour, William
Caesar, who was taken Into custody
today, In their rooms, No. 148 West
Twenty-seventh street. On Saturday
night Caesar cut up the body and .at 9
o'clock took It on a Sixth avenue car,
which runs to Waverly place. When
the car stopped, finding it did not go to
the river, he left the body where It
was found.
Mrs. Paran Stevens Dcsd.
New York, April 8. Mrs. Paran Stev
ens, the well known society leader, died
this afternoon from pneumonia brought on
by grip.
STATE SNAP SHOTS.
Reading's ministers have taken to debat
ing against flashy theatrical posters.
Loaders and breakboys, then quarry
men, struck and tied up the Excelsior
Slate quarry, at Bangor.
Grace Bell, an actress, had a revolver
taken away from her at Lancaster, as a
suicidal purpose was suspected.
James E. Barnett, of Washington,' has
been appointed deputy secretary of the,
commonwealth, to take effect in June.
Valentine Btoli fell down an entire flight
of stairs with a bureau on his back in
Reading, yet was comparatively unin
jured. A young woman living at Overbrook
calls her : addle-mare "Trilby" because
she has a pretty foot and a rather fast
record.
The East Harrisburg and alliens Pas
senger Railway companies, Harrisburg,
have met with bitter opposition In their
project to merge.
A skiff containing five men was over
turned in the Monongahela river, at Pitts
burg, and John Brotla and Thomas Gro
gon were drowned.
While out duck hunting in Lyooming
county, John Wilson, of Larry's Creek,
was shot in the abdomen by a premature
discharge of his brother's gun,
INSURGENTS ARE ACTIVE
A Band of Twenty-two Murder tbe
Captain of a Fishing Boat.
BRITISH SHIP IS FIRED IT0X
Spanish Gunboat Bears Down I'pen the
Ethelred and Gives a Playful
Greeting-Rebels Flee to
the Mountains.
Havana, April 3. The governor of
Santiago province reports that the gun
boat Yndla, while cruising along the
coast, came upon a foreign fishing
smack stranded on the beach at Duaba,
a short distance west of Baracoa. The
captain of the smack wub dead. Two
sailors who were captured and taken
aboard the Yndla reported that they
had landed twenty-two Insurgents.
There had been trouble, they said, be
tween the insurgents and the captain
because he had refused to land them at
the point designated by them. When
the captain refused to yield to their
threats they killed him and threw his
body overboard.
After landing, the Insurgents met A
small column of Spanish troops. The
skirmish was almost bloodless. The
Insurgents were put to flight without
having having lost a mun, killed or
wounded. One of them was captured
In hiding an hour after the skirmish,
but the rest are in the mountains. The
prisoner would give little information,
He Is said to have admitted, however,
that Maceo and Combret, the Insurgent
leaders, are with the fugitive band.
Several companies of troops are pursu
ing the twenty-one men but had not got
within shooting distance of them at the
time of the governor's despatch. Apart
from these events the district around
Baracoa Is quiet.
Colonel Salcedo, who is In charge of
the military operations around Hoi
guln, reports that he attacked and dis
persed a party of insurgents at Mar
tlllo, near San Andres. The arrival of
reinforcements for the regular troops
In Santiago has restored confidence
throughout the province.
British Ship Fired 1'pon.
Kingston, Jamaica, April 3. The
British steamship Ethelred, from Bos
ton, has arrived at Port Antonio,
Jamaica. Captain Hopkins, who com
mands her, says that when she was off
Cape Maysi, a Spanish gunboat bore
down upon her. He hoisted the Brit
ish flag and the gunboat fired a shot
across the Ethelred's bows. He hove
to and the gunboat steamed around
without exchanging signals. She then
steamed away and the Ethelred pro
ceeded on her voyage. Maceo's bands
of Insurgents had landed in Cuba.
Washington, April 3. Commissioner
Chamberlain, of the treasury bureau of
navigation, says that the Ethelred, re
ported as having been fired upon, halt
ed, and searched by a Spanish cruiser
off Cape Maysi, Cuba, is practically an
American vessel, though she flies the
British ensign. She la engaged In the
fruit trade and piles between Boston
and Cuban ports.
The vessel was built in England, but
is owned In Boston. As the vessel was
built abroad, by our laws, she could
not sail under the American flag,
though owned here. No report of the
incident has been received at the state
department or by the Spanish legation.
RIOT AT IRON WORKS.
Strikers and Non-l'nion Men Meet with
Knives and Cluhs.
Muncle, Ind., April 3. This morning
af the Indiana Iron works a riot started
and for half an hour heads were
cracked right and left In a big crowd
until the police arrived and stopped the
trouble. There was a lively fracas last
evening Just as the mill closed down.
In the nut and bolt department a dozen
men quit work on a strike Monday.
They were helpers, working with the
bolt cutters, and demanded that the
makers be given more money, so that
their wages could be raised. The com
pany Ignored the men and filled their
places. The strikers congregated at a
saloon near the mill last night, attack
ing the men who had filled their places
and others who refused to quit as they
left the mill.
The fighting was renewed this morn
ing. Clubs, rocks and knives were
used. Charles W. Parker, foreman of
the department is believed to be fatal
ly Injured. Several others were quite
badly injured. The men nearly all came
from Toledo to (Muncle with the works.
BOYS ARE POISONED.
Est a Mysterious Root Supposed to Hove
Been an Artichoke.
Warren, Pa.,. April 8. Yesterday
afternoon four boys, Harry Johnson,
Ludwlg Wlckstraln, Ernest Lund and
Charles Estegren, between the ages of
9 and 12 years, were excused from
school and went fishing. In digging
for bait they found what they thought
was an artchoke and all of them ate of
It.
They became violently sick, and with
in an hour the Johnson and Wlckstraln
boys died. The other two boys reached
home and securing medical attendance
will recover. What the vegetable was
that they ate of has not been deter
mined. BIG ORDER FOR RAILS.
Twelve Thousand Tons for a California
Railroad.
Lebanon, Pa., April 3. The Lacka
wanna Iron and Steel company, part
owners of the Cornwall ore banks, and
owners of the Colebrook furnaces, in
West Lebanon, have received a con
tract from a California Railroad com
pany to furnish 12,000 tons of steel rails
at $22,76 per ton delivered alongside of
ship In Jersey City.
This will require a steady supply of
Iron from the Colebrook furnaces and
other plants In this vicinity. '
POWDERLY CASE POSTPONED.
Salt Against the Knights of Labor to Be
Tried in Future.
Philadelphia, April. 3. The case of
ex-Grand Master Workman Powderly
against the Knights of Labor and A. W.
Wright, an ex-member of the general
executive board of the organization.
against the present grand master work
man, John Sovereign, which were to
have been begun today, were postponed
until the next term of court because of
the absence of General Secretary-
Treasurer John W, Hayes, who Is an
Important witness for the defense. It
Is stated that Mr. Hayes Is seriously ill,
Mr. Powderly's suit Is to recover
$4,601) which ha claims is due him for
salary, and Wright's action is brought
against Sovereign as the head of the
order to recover moneys which he says
he expended in behalf of the Knights,
while acting as a member of the ex
ecutive board.
VERDICT FOR MRS. RIMMER.
Awarded) $18,000 for the Loss of Ucr
Husband.
Trenton, N. jr., April 3. The second
of the'damage suits against the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western Rail
road company, growing out of the
Hackensack Meadow disaster of Jan
uary 15, 1894, was finished in, Federal
court today.
The plaintiff was Mrs. Jeanne Adele
Rimmer, of Summit, N. J., whose hus
band, John Klmmer, was killed in the
accident. The latter was a Brooklyn
bank cashier. Mrs. Rimmer sued for
$50,000 und got a verdict for $18,000.
ANNIE WAS UNMOVED.
Incidents of the Funeral of the Wllllaaw
Children.
Columbus, O., April 3.--The bodies of
the two Williams children, found mur
dered at the Park hotel Monday, were
taken from the morgue this morning
and burled In Clreenlawn cemetery.
Williams, the father, and Annie, the
surviving daughter, were present. The
father was deeply affected, but Annie
seemed entirely unmoved.
Mrs. Williams asked to be permitted
to attend the funeral, but was refused.
She was placed In the county Jail this
morning.
0RIFF1X CONFESSES.
Cashier of the Northwestern National
Bank Arrested at the Instanee of Bank
Examiner AlcKeen.
Chicago, April 3. Frederick W. Grif
fin, assistant cashier of the Northwest
ern National bank of thb city, was yes
terday afternoon taken into custody at
the Instance of Bank Examiner John C.
McKeen. A shortage of $50,000 was dis
covered in his accounts during an ex
amination of the bank books made by
McKeon last week. Cashier Griffin had
been taking the money from time to
time In . small sums for many years
from the aocount of an Omaha bank,
which had about 180,000 to its credit
as correspondent of the Northwestern.
Saturday it became necessary to make
an accounting for this bank. To cover
his shortage Griffin, it is said, took $50,-
000 in cash from the drawer and with it
got a draft from another Chicago bank
which he placed to the credit of the
Omaha correspondent, hoping in this
way to cover his peculations, as he
himself usually counted the cash. The
bank officers suspected something and
called lh the examiner, who found the
cash short. It is said the money was
spent In speculations on the board of
trade.
Griffin confessed when arrested. He
has been in the employ of the bank for
twenty years.
Aside from his speculation the life
of GrllQn was an exemplary one. He
had the entire confidence of the officials
and did not even give a bond when he
took the position. He Is 3G years old,
has a wife and two children and had
been In the employ of the bank ever
Blncehe was 16 years of age. At 3 o'clock
this afternoon he was brought before
United 'States Commissioner Hum
phreys, who continued the case in $15,
000 bonds until tomorrow. Griffin was
prominent In North Side society circles
and declares that he will live down his
disgrace. The bank officials will be as
lenient with him as possible.
Favorable for Settlement.
New York, April 3. A meeting of the
presidents of the anthracite coal carrying
and producing railroads has been called
for Friday next. President Sloan, of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, said
today that he thought the chances were
very favorable for a, settlement at this
meeting of existing differences in tho
coal trade.
No Douglass Will Contest.
Washington, April 3. It Is understood
that there will be no contest of the will
erf the late Frederick Douglass. John
Ridout, attorney for the widow and two
sons of Mr. Douglass, who are the con
testees, said today that a settlement would
reached in a few days.
BURGLAR WAS INSANE.
A Supposed Uouse Breaker Proves to Be
Harmless.
Wllllamsport, Pa., April 3. A sup
posed burglar discovered In the cellar
at the Central hotel early this morning
proved to be a guest, named James J.
Mead, agent for the Philadelphia book
Arm of Rees, Welch & Co.
When approached by a policeman it
was found that he was violently In
sane, and was crouched in a corner en
gaged In prayer for deliverance from
fancied enemies. The man was locked
up and tonight he was sent to Philadel
phia in charge of an officer.
Earthquake in Tuscany.
Rome, April J. Tuscany has been shaken
by earthquake several times this week.
A doxen or more people were killed and a
number Injured by falling buildings.
TELEGRAPHIC. TICKS.
An edition of the Telegram at 10 p. m. Is
the latest venture In New York Journal
ism.
Cracksmen robbed the safe In the South
ern Express company's office, at Punta
Gorda, Fla., of IWO.
The Illinois supreme court has unani
mously decided that the Dcmocratlo ap
portionment of 1893 was constitutional.
Five years In prison will pay Julius
Suhwabacker, son of a Peoria millionaire,
who was caught robbing a neighbor's
house. . .
After being given up for lost, L. N.
Bailey and J. B. Brackett, of San Diego,
Cal got safely out of the desert near
Yuma. '
Charging that her faithless husband died
In Auburn prlBon from poison, Wllhel
mlna Bnllauff, of Brooklyn, asks an In
vestigation. The arrest of ex-Governor E. S. Solo
mon, of Wisconsin, Is asked by Mrs. Lydla
Virgil, of 'Frisco, who charges embezsle-
ment of $1,210.
Sentence of Stonewall De Franc6 to
fourteen years In prison 'for defrauding a
Kalamasoo bank out of $5,000 was con
firmed by the Michigan supreme court
Four months after the flight of E. Rood
from Cathlamet, Ore., leaving a large
shortage, his body has been found In the
wlnlds near Waterford. where he died of
exhaustion. . - .
FRYE WOULD SEIZE CUBA
He Would Not Submit to Any Viola-
' tlon of the Monroe Doctrine.
HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO CANADA
The Maine Senator Has Ambitions Sug
gestlve of the Conquests of Alcxan.
der the Qreat-Cuba Would Be a
Paradise as Our Territory.
Lewlston, Me., April 3. The Lewiston
Journal prints tonight an Interview
wun senator t'rye on foreign relations.
The senator closes as follows:
"I would not submit to any insult, to
any aggressions on our rights, to any
Violation of the Mnnrna llnntrlno in nnv
Interference with Hawaii or Samoa so
lar as our interests are concerned, or
with our project of constructing the
Nicaragua canal."
What would be your policy as to the
ruture 7 '
"I would annex the Hawaiian Islands
at once, improve and furtlfv Pearl Har
bor, lay a cable from there to the Pa-
cmc coast. I would maintain our coal
ing station In Pagoa-Pagoa against the
world. I would reach out to take what
ever In our opinion was, or might be,
necessary to our future commercial su
premacy, being careful not to violate
the laws of nations and able ta lusttfv
our conduct. If Spain, by her actions
at any time, Justified us in so doing: I
would seize and hold Cuba against the
world. This Island has been nothing
but a sponge, to be squeezed by Spain,
utterly regardless of the Interests of
the people living there. Annexed to
our county, it would soon become a
paradise. As the residents are-entlrely
fit for American citizens, I regard the
acquisition of Cuba as Imperatively de
manded, commercially and nnlltlrnllv
I would accept Canada as soon as she
was ready to come to us, and I would
not offer her inducements to stay away
as this last Democratic ennprww i)IH
They made her a present of a million
oi dollars annually as a bonus to re
main under the protection of Great
Britain, to nair. insult and nhnas na.
Even If England forced us into another
declaration or war l would promptly
seize Canada and make her forever a
part of this republic."
GUATEMALA ALL RIGHT.
Wild-Cat Despatches Not Believed by Mr.
Lazo-Arriaga.
Washington, April 3. "I don't be
lieve." saJd the Guatemalan minister,
Mr. Lazo-Arriaga, this morning, "that
any of these alleged telegrams was
written in Central America." The min
ister referred to several despatches
printed in the New York World today
which stated In substance that as a re.
suit of the Mexican troubles Guatemala
had lost prestige in Central America
that she now had a strong temptation
to declare war against Salvador to re
cover her lost prominence, and that the
Barrios administration in Guatemala
would have difllculty in sustaining-
itself on account of Guatemala's set
tlement with Mexico.
It is well known here that Guatemala
had a strong sympathy of all the
Central American states in her dispute
with Mexico, that so far from losing
prestige as the result of her new treaty
with Mexico, she has come out of the
affair with credit to herself, and
throughout the continuation of the dls
pute, she has had the strong moral sup
port of all the other republics in Central
America.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Judge Seott Declares the Borough Or
dinance Void.
South Bethlehem, Pa., April 3. Every
town in Pennsylvania is indirectly
eneated by a decision rendered today by
Judge Scott. The case was brought by
tnis borough against a New York firm
for the recovery of a penalty for the
violation of a borough ordinance. This
ordinance requires persons not engaged
in permanent retail business here, be
fore beginning the sale of any goods
whatever, to pay a license fee of $50
a month. A penalty of a fine not less
than $100 Is provided for the violation
of the ordinance. The defendants con
tended the ordinance was in violation
of the Interstate commerce law.
Judge Scott declared the ordinance
void, because the act of 1893 does not
limit the amount of the fine to be lm
posed. The ordinance was also declured
to be unlawful because it is in con
traventlon of the rights of interstate
commerce.
RAWLE'S BODY FOUND.
Swinging to a Tree and Riddled with
Bullets.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 3. The body
of the negro, William Rawle, who was
taken from the guards at Newmans
vllle, last night, was found this morn
ing swinging from a limb and riddled
with bullets.
Rawle was lynched for the murder,
on March 27, of H. 13. Kaul, a prominent
merchant of Newmansviile. Tho ne
groe's father was legally hanged four
years ago for a similar crime.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Mrs. Kchros, F.dwin Moslcr and Gilbort
Urown Are Bagged.
Laporte, Ind., April 3. Gilbert
Brown, Mrs. Wilson Kehres and her al
leged paramour, Edwin Mosler, were
arrested at Elkhart today charged with
the murder of William Kehres, whose
partially charred body was found last
Sunday.
Mrs. Kehres desired to possess her
husband's wealth, and her infatuation
for Mosler are ascribed as the motive
for the crime. Brown Is believed to
have knowledge of the plot.
IRON QUEEN BURNED.
Boat Valued at $00,000 Goes Up in
Smoke.
.Pomeroy, O., April 3. At 8 o'clock
this morning, while putting off freight
at Antiquity, twelve miles from Pome
roy, the passenger steamer Iron Queen
took fire and was totally destroyed. -
The Iron Queen was one of the finest
boats plying between here and Cincin
nati. James A. Henderson, of the
Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet com
pany, said today tint the Iron Queen
left Cincinnati for Pittsburg on Mon
day night at 10 -o'clock. The boat at
that time had on board twenty-five
passengers and a crew of seventy peo
ple. Mr. Henderson received a tele
gram from Captain Calhoun today
stating that the Iron Queen had been
burned to the water's edge.
This telegram stated that a chamber
maid was missing, but that every one
else on board got off the boat without
injury. The boat was valued at $60,
000 and Insured for $30,000.
BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
Prisoners F.soape from Kentucky Jail,
but Are Kccaptured.
Kuttawa, Ky., April 8. The most
daring but unsuccessful attempt to es
cape from the Eddyvllle Jail ever made,
was attempted yesterday afternoon by
Tom Mitchell, Riley McCoy and Hiram
Bonner. The men had in some way
procured two pistols, and when the
gate was opened to let a car enter, they
opened fire on tbe guard and made a
break for liberty. The guard returned
the lire, wounding two of them, but
they continued their flight. They were
not captured until a mile from the
prison. iMoCoy and Mitchell were dan
gerously, if not fatally, shot.
None of the guards or citizens was
wounded. McCoy and Bonner belong
to the notorious MoCoy-Hatfleld gang
of eastern Kentucky, and Mitchell Is a
desperado and murderer, sent up from
Bardstown. McCoy was serving twenty-one
years' sentence, and the others,
Mitchell and Bonner, are life men,
ST. JOHN SHOOTS HIS WIFE.
Son of ex-Governor of Kansas Fires with
Deadly Effect.
Oklahoma, April 3. Harry St. John,
son of ex-Governor St. John, of Kansas,
and a member of the last Oklahoma
legislature, shot and killed his wife
this afternoon at his home two miles
from this city. He became possessed of
a letter addressed to her. Getting his
gun he confronted his wife with - the
letter, threatening to kill her if she did
not disclose its author.
She refused, and as he claims, the
gun was discharged accidentally, shoot
ing her through the breast She died
without uttering a word. Mrs. St. John
leaves two small children. She was 28
years of age, and her husband Is S5 and
a lawyer.
HE WROTE "AMERICA."
Testimonial to Rov. Dr. S. F. Smith at
Boston.
Boston, April 3. A great public tes
timonial in honor of Rev. Dr. S. F.
Smith, author of the- hymn "America,"
was held today in Music Hall. In the
afternoon an entertainment was given
by school children, to whom the ven
erable clergyman spoke.
The meeting tonight was presided
over by Gobernor Greenhalge, end ex
Governor Long, Mayor Curtis and sev
eral other notables made speeches. Mu
sic was furnished by the Harvard Glee
club, the Handel and Haydn society
and various soloists.
HAWAII STILL UNSETTLED.
Another Revolt Looked For, and the Jap
May Be a Big Factor.
Indianapolis. April 3. A letter has
been received in this city from O. C.
Wharton, an Indianapolis man, who Is
a member of the National Guards In
charge of ex-Queen LUluokalanl at
Honolulu. Wharton, among other
things, says the opinion is general that
another rebellion may break out at any
time. In this event the Japanese Will
take a hand.
The Japanese are by far tho most
numerous here and are getting very
bold over theirvictory over the Chinese.
TO PLAY FOR THE CUP.
1'nlvcrslty of Pennsylvania Will Meetthe
Giants.
Philadelphia, April 3. The Universi
ty of Pennsylvania Base Ball team will
play the New York league team tomor
row afternoon at the Polo grounds.
It Is hoped by their friends, and with
reason, that the 'Varsity, in this game
and in one to be played next Tuesday,
will win the cup offered by the New
York league team for the college team
making the best showing against them
in the preliminary games this spring.
Puln Combination.
Boston, April 3.-There is a rumor here
that un Immense combination has been
fn!-in.il nmnnir tha leadlmr duId manufac
turers of New Knitland. The financial
concern back of this organization is said
to be the is rent banking house of Drexel,
Morgun & Co. The capital Involved Is
said to be something like $X,000,0U0.
Wolcott Declared Winner.
Coney Island, N. Y., April 3.-The flht
between Joe Waleott, of Boston, und Mick
Dunn, of Australia, was won by Walcott.
He had Dunn all but out at the end of the
eighth round when the police stopped the
tight. The referee declared Walcott the
winner.
I.eliieh Places Loan.
Harrlsbur(r. April 3. It Is stated here to
night that the Lehigh Valley Rnllroad
company has negotiated a loan of $3,000,009
in London at a rate of Interest 2 per cent,
lower than it could have secured In New
York. The Guinnesses, brewers, are sold
to have taken a million of the loan.
Ike Tenny Fell in the Seventeenth.
Toledo. O.. April S. A fight to a finish
took place early this morning outside
North Baltimore, O., between Fred Mailer,
or Corry, Pa., and Ike Tenny, of Youngs
town, O., for a $250 purse and a side bet. ,
Tenny was knocked out In the seventeenth
round.
WASHINGTON WAIFS.
The president's family moved out to
Woodley yesterday.
The cruiser Montgomery will carry the
Nicaragua canal board of engineers to
Greytown.
Ex-Confederate soldiers nro offering
their services to Spain through the Wash
ington legation to tight the Cubans.
Three fresh Indictments for forgery and
embezzlement have been found agulnst
Howgato, former signal service officer.
M. H. Twltchell, of Louisiana, who has
filled the position of United States consul
at Kingston, Canada, since 1878, Is an arm
less soldier.
Immigration Commissioner Strump has
decided that Frans von Reeth came to this
country from Holland as a prospector for
business (and not as a diamond cutter),
and has ordered his discharge.
Postmaster General Wilson will be
sworn Into office today by the aged Will
iam Lawrenson, who has officiated at the
induction of every postmaster general for
half a oentury, and who will use the Bible
once owned by Benjamin Franklin, the
first postmaster general.
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