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CRIMES WiTHGUT PARALLEL
A Fiend Attempts to Murder u
futility.
HEADS HACKED TO I'lECES
Mr. und Mrs. Alvlii Stone Murdered In u
Urutul .Manner Other Members
uf the luuiily Arc
l utully Injured
Clevelulid. Ohio. March ' 29. At 1
o'clock this morning, a crime uf almost
unparalleled atrocity was perpetrated
iieur Talliuadgc, u Villa five miles
north uf Akron. Alvin IStoiie. uged t9.
und his, v. lie. uged 62. while usleep at
their liome, were bi utility iiiiirdcred by
u lii n. I. who literally bent their Iliads
to piece, ufter whicti numerous knife
thrusts were made into the bodies of
the deud. Two daughter. Ilattle, aged
2. uml Kinniu, aged 27. und the family
man servant. A. K. Stlllson, were also
attuckeil. All three of these were fa
tally Injured ulld lie ut their lliillll!
awaitliiK death. They had been beaten
about the bead with liltint Instruments
which must huve been of great ski
und weight.
Alvlii Stone was aiming the most
wealthy uml prominent of Suuiinlt
I unity farmers and bis wife was also
a member of one of the wealthiest und
most prominent families In Northcsat
ein Ohio. The object of the murder
ous assault mi the family was not rob
bery us numerous articles of value, in
1 in 1 1 1 IK two gold watches of the aged
people, which were on the bedroom
dresser, were not taken. The crime is
shrouded In mystery uml the whole
country Is agitated. The only sus
picion as yet. rests on one John Smith,
who Is employed at Kilwaril I'nrker's
blacksmith shop one-eighth tulle from
the stone homestead. Smith was dis
charged by Alvin Stone two weeks ago.
The former was a chores man about
the place. The two men had very an
gry words ami Smith departed In great
antjer. Me Is now tinder police sur
veillance. one member of the family only es
caped uninjured. Kloru. the youngest
daughter, atfeil sixteen. She Is labor
ing under intense nervous excitement,
but was uble between tears and hys
terical sobs, to tell what she knew of
the affair. The old folks, she said, oc
cupied u chamber on the lower floor,
llattie and Kloro slept upstairs. Km
in:i t-lcpt across the hull and the hired
man a' the rear end of the hallway
on the same lloor.
AN' ACOXIZl.Wi SCHKA.M.
About 1 o'clock this morning, flora
says, idle heard uu atvonlziiitf scream
from Knima. She Jumped from bed.
and npeninu the door, started to cross
the bull, llattie followed her. Flora
turning before the entered Kmniu's
room, the door of which was open, saw
a masked man strike Hattle over the
head will) what looked like a crowbar.
Hattle. with a groan, fell senseless to
the lloor. while Flora. In terror, ran
back to her room anil hid under the
lied clothes. Hattle. who Is n woman
of, remarkable vitality, despite her
frightful Injuries, arose nnd going Into
Kloia's room asked her to throw some
thing over her head. Flora was too
frightened to move. llHttle left her
room, ami enteritis that of her sister,
noticed the window was open and that
a ladder reached up to it from the
ground. She wrapped a iiuilt around
her nnd went down the ladder, running
to Charles Sackett's farm, a (piarter of
a mile away, where she told l lie story
and collapsed.
Two uf the Sucketts hurried to the
stone house, while another summoned
a physician. When they arrived the
house was pitch dark. The side door
was open. Filtering the room occupied
by the old folks they were confronted
by the two horribly mutilated bodies
of the farmer and his wife. Knima was
found unconscious on the lloor of her
bed room. She hud been struck a fear
ful blow over the fnivhend and still
lies ns one dead. The hired man was
funnel In his room In the same condi
tion. He had also been struck over the
forehead. Flota was found under the
bed clothes In speechless fright. In a
few minutes the whole neighborhood
for miles around was amused and hun
dreds assembled about the slone home
stead. The Akron police department was
notified and olticers hurried to the
scene. They found what appeared to
be tracks of n man leaving the side
door. The rain, which hud steadily
poured all night had. however, obliter
ated tin- trucks along the mini. Illood
hounds were put Into service, but they
could do nothing. The impress'.nh
seems to be that Smith Is not the right
num. and committees are organizing
this I'veiilng lo scour the country in J
every direction. From nil the Indica
tions of those who are starting to hunt '
down the murderer, It is Idle to attempt
a forecast of what will 'happen If he Is
caught. There is but one fate In store ;
for him if he Tails Into the hands of
the citizens who are looking for him, I
aided hy the bloodhounds. This even- i
ing a strong clue leuds towards Rn- I
venna. where a strange horse and
buggy was left by an unknown man, 1
who acted very suspiciously. j
F01R 1'KIISOXsIlILLED. j
Terrible Kesult of an I urly Morning Kire '
in New Yoiii- llruvery of the I I re- j
'men. '
New York. March 29. -Four persons
were killed and two Injured early this
morning In a fire ut No, :',T4 Hudson
street. The building Is a three story j
brick house, used for dwelling und
store purposes. The two upper Ho us
sheltered four families. The dense
smoke deterred some of the inmates
from descending the stairways. Miss
Margaret Kyan, years old. with a1
companion, .Miss Kale Higglns, ran to
a window. A llreman in uscendiug a
ladder to rescue the women, was
knocked off by a burst of Hume, shoot
ing from a second story window, and
was badly Injured. The women then
became hysterical. Miss Kyan leaping
from the window. She fell on the side
walk breaking her back and died on
the way to the hospital. Her compan
ion fell out of the window utl broke
her leg. The liremen could nut rescue
every one In the building because of
the Immense tuintlty of smoke.
After the file had been extinguished
three bodies were found of people who
had been suffiivated. They are Miss
May McMuhon. 22 years old; Thomas
Malbiry. 2:! years old. a llreman on the
steamer St. I.onls. and Archibald flrn
Ran, .1.1 years old. Their bodies were
not burned. The damaged amounted to
JPUMiil. the building being utmost en
tirely destroyed.
KtSSIA'8 COIN CI'KUKNCV.
It Is Itelk-veJ l'h t Matnlllo Currency
Win Co mo Into l'c There.
London, Marrh 29. The Times pub
lishes a despatch from St. Petersburg
which says the belief Is strong there
that metallic currency will rotne Into
ufo In Russia, though no official an-
.,..,. -,b. t if .fet, mid "
probability. The reform if the cur
rency proposed provides for the coin
ages of new gold pieces corresponding
exuetly in value to the existing puper
ruble.
The State bank will cease issuing pa
per on uci-ount of the Kxchequer, the
note Issue being but on a busts similar
to that of the banks of Kugiand and
Fiance. The existing paper will be
withdrawn ill exchange for the new
gold rubles. The sliver ruble will be re
ceived by the Kxebeu.ui r to any amount
except ill payment of customs duties,
but It will be compulsory between per
sons ot.ly up to the amount of fifty
rubles.
1' I T 1 Slit KG I'M M ARILS.
Mckinley Carries Several District by
Largo Majorities.
Flttsbuig. Pu., March 2. The' Re
publican county primaries on Saturday
I resulted as follows: McKinley carried
! I'lttsburg (Third, Fourth and Fifth
j Legislative districts) by u.W) niajor
i ily. and the Sixth und Klghth Legisla
tive districts by 1.500 each. Quay car
ried the city of Allegheny, composed
of the First und Second Legislative dis
tricts, unopposed, and the Seventh also
by suo to Don majority. Of the twenty
seven state delegates to be elected, the
Quay people got but seven, two each
In the First and Second Legislative dis
tricts, und three In the Seventh.
C. L. Mugee and William Fllnn, W.
A. Stone und Robert McAfee are the na
tional delegates. Following is a partial
list of the state delegates: First dis
trict. Joseph Muy. John Morrison; Sec
ond. J. R. Murphy, Charles Hetzel;
Third, J. O. Urov.-ti. James Richards,
Wulttr Billows; Fourth. August Sal
ine; Fifth, C. L. Magee, William Fllnn.
Charles J. Redder, A. y. Bingham,
Ueorge W. (Josser. J. K. oolden. A. II.
Leslie; Sixth. J. A. Hell. B. V. Hamil
ton. Miles Hryan, !. W. Leadbeater;
Seenth. James I). Wilson: Klghth, Ua
vi.l Hardy. J. W. Morrison und W. J.
Dalzell.
THE K1T.SQX DAMAGE SUT.
A Doctor Who Plsjlos.'d a Professional
Secret Must Pay Huinaccs-Corurncnts
of London Press
London, March 29. In the libel suit
that was brought hv Mrs. Arthur Kit
Hon against Dr.WIIllum Rlayfalr, a ver
dict was rendered yesterday In favor of
the plaintiff and awarding her itio.uoo
damages. The verdict was greeted
with loud cheering. The plaintiff faint
ed. Oreat Interest bus been felt In the
case, as it involved the right of un at
tending physician to disclose uny se
cret revealed in professional cohtldclice
to him.
The doctor. It appears, made u state
ment to his wife about Mrs. Kltson.
and she eommuiiicu'ed It to Sir James
Kltson. the brother of Arthur Kltson.
with the resuU that Sir James, who is
a millionaire, withdrew an u I In u a nee
of S'-'.'i'lO which he wus making to Mrs.
Kltson after her separation from his
brother. Mrs. l'luyfalr is a sister of
Sir Juiiies and Arthur Kitsoir.
The press of the whole country com
ments at great length on the case to
day, und there is not u single utterance
In favor of the position taken by JJr.
l'luyfalr und the eminent physicians
who tes'llled In Ills behalf. This case
alone, with the serious public agitation
which it bus an. used, will compel the
College of J-'hyslcians to make u radical
change in its code regarding the sanc
tity of the secrets of the consulting
room. The verdict Is accepted genet
ally as establishing the fact that a doc
tor has no tight to reveal a profes
sional secret except for the purpose of
preventing the commission of a serious
crime which can be prevented In no
other way.
The St. James's r;azette says: "It
would be Intolerable that u doctor
should regard himself a moral censor
and be permitted to punish by exposure
and defumntlon sins which he has dis
covered or believes he has discovered.
A doctor who has suspicions, though
they may be strong enough In his mind
to amount to proof tliat a lady putient
has been unchaste, must keep his opin
ions and Inferences to himself."
HOSPITAL KL'KNKD.
l our Patients Hie of I-right llcforo Ihcy
t'nn He MovcJ.
Paris. March 2!. The Gothic church
of St. .Sauveur, on the Boulevard I Ml
Material Valllant. at Lille, was. de
stroyed by fire this morning. The
Humes spreud to the hospital of St. Sau
veur. adjoining the church. The
scenes among the patients were terri
ble. The cries of Hie sick were heart
rending. Four of the patients suc
cumbed to fright and died before they
could be taken out.
Ten sappers who had been ordered to
save the medicines in the liospltitl,
came across what they 1 bout; lit was
u iiuuntlty of schnapps. They each
took a drink and were almost Imme
diately seized with symptoms of poi
soning. Four of the sappers died, and
the others are still suffering agonizing
pains.
CYCLONi: AT ALTON."
I Kulii f ollows nnd llntlst ones as l.urgeus
Walnuts rail.
I Alton. III.. March 29. A rvelone
j passed to the south and west of this
! city yesterday afternoon. Twenty box
I cars near the river were picked up and
: strewn about In confusion. The storm
j crossed the Mississippi river und passed
northeast between Coper Alton and
I Fast Alton, blowing down telegraph
I poles, fences, etc.
So far as learned, no great damage
was done nor persons Injured. Rain
fell In torrents, uccninpanled by .ha 11 us
j large as Kngllsh walnuts.
! TWO HIi fihi:s.
1 Seventy Thousand Dollars' World of
I rnpertv lii'strnyjd nt Philadelphia.
1 Philadelphia. March 29.Two flreg oo
! curred here early this morning, result
, Ing In u total loss of STO.WO. ne was In
I the factory building of the North Star
! Tannery company ut Third and WH
! low streets.
j The loss here was S'lO.Oou': partially
I Insured. The other damaged, the plan
: lug mill of the Flte-Ardello company
ut 1 wenieth street und C.lenwond ave
nue. The loss on this lire wus S12.U00,
fully Insured.
LYNCHING I'KOHAULi:.
Alfccrt Knaiiss l.iuble to Die for an
Atrocious ( rim?.
Crown Point, Tnd.. March 29. It Is
very probable that the Crown Point
Jail yard will be the scene of u lynching
party before tomorrow. Albert Knuuss,
a farm hand working for Nil holas
Healm, a prosperous farmer living live
miles south of this place, brutally and
criminally assaulted Mrs. lieahn while
her husband wan away from home.
The brute then kicked her Into an In
sensible condition, and her recovery Is
extremely doubtful. Knauss was ar
rested and placed in Jail yesterday.
- . ' ,
llertle Mct'onniil Hotter.
Contesvllle, fa.. March 211. llertle Me
('.ncll Is trenn hat better today than she
was yi'Sterduv, but her conditoln Is still
critical. She is now threatened with pleu
risy and ecxeniM. The woman noiud stand
a much belter cl inc of recovery if fhe
enly desired lo live and would exert ber
r., j-, ,vn fVe-ilon,
JOHN RECH IS CAPTURED
Surrounded at a Country Hotel by a
I'ossc of Partners.
0YEKC0AT tTKNISHES CLUE
the Man Accused of lluviiig Strangled
His Wife In New Jersey Is
in a Philadelphia Po
lice Station.
Philadelphia. Murch 29,-John Rerh.
the supposed murderer of his wife at
the hamlet of Kstelvllle. N. J was ar
rested about 1.20 this morning in a little
hotel Just ucross the city line In Mont
gomery county. It Is probable that
Iteih has made a full confession that
he killed his wife, but the police re
fuse to utllrm or deny this. Still, from
various little circumstances this re
fusal to ulllnil or deny In every likeli
hood means that Rech has confessed.
Rech was seen In his cell nt the city
hall today by a reporter. The man Is
about 3u years of age and a well set
up, rather eood looking fellow of the
ordinary type. While not overly In
telligent. Rech seems clever enough,
but while giving no evidence of bru
tality, he seems to luck moral percep
tion and to have no realization of the
honible crime of which he stands uc
cused. The muu has a pronounced
(.lerinan accent und was ready enough
to answer uny question that the police
oliliiul who accompanied the reporter
to the cell would allow him to reply to.
Rech was not allowed to answer any
questions bearing directly upon his
guilt or Innocence, nor was he permit
ted to state whether he had confessed
anything to the police here.
According to his story Ilech left Ks
telvllle on Thursday afternoon last for
Philadelphia with his brother and his
baby. His brother went on to Allen
town, where he resides, the same night,
and Rech remained at th Home of In
dustry with the child over night. On
JMiday morning early he started out
to look for a boarding place for the
Infant. He inserted an advertisement
In one of the dally papers for n buard
Ing place for the child, and then con
tinued his search. He llnally found a
hoarding place for the Infant with n
German family, and leaving It there
walked towards the suburbs of the
city and sought work from the farm
ers of the neighborhood, lie wus un
successful and spent the night at a
country hotel. On Saturday he con
tinued his search for farm work. Sat
urday he read the account in the papers
of the finding of his wife's body and the
hot search for himself. He says he be
came nervous and frightened, and
leaving the hotel where he was. went
out for a walk. He left his overcoat
behind him. and this oversight caused
his arrest. The man's evident nervous
ness had excited the suspicions of the
landlord, and when he went out with
out Ills overcoat, the landlord searched
his pockets. He found In one of them a
letter addressed to "John Rech." This
disclosed the man's identity, and the
landlord Immediately notified the
Philadelphia pulley and (.roused the
neighboring runners.
IWSF. ON THE TRAIL.
Rech. in the meanwhile, had crossed
the city line into Montgomery county,
und, as it was now dark, he stopped at
a small country hotel. A posse of
furiners were, hot unon his trull und
luter in the evening they came up with
him ut the hotel. At Hist the funnel's
hesitated to arrest the man, but llnally
set upon him. A short rough-and-tumble
Hght ensued. In which no greut
damage was done to any of the contest
ants, and Rech being overcome, was
.led towards i'hiladelphlu. His captors
meeting u mounted policeman, they
turnejl their prisoner over to the officer,
who took the man to the district station
house, where he was locked up over
night. This morning he was brought to
the central police station. Rech denied
that he had any quarrel with his wife
that could have led him to kill her. He
said the woman Hist came to his saloon
ut (tloiicester, N. J., about two years
ago and that they had lived together.
In May last they were married In Jer
sey City by a Justice of the peuce.
Rech says that when he read the ac
counts tn the papers of the case It was
his intention to Klve himself tip but
that he was gi.lnff to wait until Mon
day." He wrote a letter to his lawyer.
Carroll Williams, yesterday. Mr. Wil
liams has not yet received the letter.
As the reporter was leaving the cell
room Rech called ufter htm: "Come
around tomorrow and perliups I may
have something to tell you."
Rech wus put through n Uig eross
exuminatlon by Chief of lieiectives
Miller today and It Is supposed that he
has made u confession to his Inquisitor.
Rech will be given a hearing tomorrow
and will be committed to await the ac
tion of the New Jersey authorities.
Chief of Detectives Miller tonight ad
mitted that Rech has made n full con
fession, but the chief refused to give
any of the details. Miller vouchsafed
the further Information that Rech con
fessed that the child which passed for
his wife's and his is not t heir's, but was
an Infant she secured for udoptlon by
advertlstment. It is supposed that
Rech and his wife obtained the. child
and passed it off us tluirs for the pur
pose of securing the money left by
Dr. Weaver, of this city. Mrs. Recti's
father, t'nder Or. Weaver's will the
money left to his daughter Bessie (Mrs.
Rech), was to revert to relatives In the
event of her death without Issue.
Lan(;don..m'(;katii cask.
The Ancient Adonli to Kacapc for Lack
of I liJence.
Philadelphia. March 29. There was
nothing new In the Langdon case to
day, and until the chemist who Is mak
ing an analysis of the blood and viscera
of Annie M. i'.iuth reports, the result of
his work, It Is unlikely that anything
will crop out. It Is expected that the
chemist will be ready to report tomor
row, but, as stated In these dispatches.
It Is likely that he will report that he
has been unable to discover any traces
of tiolsoning.
The police still seem to ml lien? to the
belief that Langdon was In some way
responsible for the girl's death, anil
they will probably try fo hold him
and have an indictment returned
against him.
CAMPAIGN' LIE NAILED.
Turkish Xcws Telegraphed to the London
Times Declared l iilso.
Washington, March 29. The Turkish
legation today received the following
telegram from the Turkish minister for
foreign affairs. "The news telegraphed
to the London Times about the Turkish
legation of Washington being false, you
may contradict it."
The above undoubtedly refers to the
dispatch from Constantinople to the
effect that the Turkish minister to this
country and his secretary were to be
reculled.
Li Mimic Chang '"nils.
K'.innMhai, March 20. LI Hung Chang
nulled from here yesterday on his Journey
to Kiitaia, whither he goes to attend the
,v,."e- i c2;'.r
THE NEWS THIS MORNING'.
Weather Indication Today :
Cloudy; Showers; Clearing by Evening.
1 . Fiend Tries to Murder a Family.
latest News from Cuba.
Wlfe-titrungler Is Arrested.
Civil War in Corea.
Kltson Damage Suit.
Mit-tlug uf Mutiurchs.
2 Forecast of the Week In Congress.
Boers Are Kt-jdy fur Fight.
Market und Stuck Ki.jurts.
3 (IajcuD Two Fart well Sermons,
Wyoming Conference.
4 Kditorlal.
I Frank Willing Leuch.
! G (Local) Juhnsun Coal Co.'s No. 1 Rreak-
er Burned.
Tried to Murder the Doctor.
Mayor-Kli-cl Bailey's Appointments.
S (Story) "Susanne"
7 (IajcuI) Death of Father MoMurray
Suburban Happenings.
S News I'p and Down the Valley.
THE BEKMl'DA EXPEDITION.
Maceo and (iarclu Move South After tho
l.unding-Wcvler's Army in Pursuit.
The (iovernmcnt Silent in Kegard
lo Maceo' Whereabouts.
Havana. March 29, via Key West,
Flu.. March 29. Immediately ufter the
landing of the Bermuda expedition,
Maceo, ciutiiu und other leuders with
a long string of pack mules moved
southwest in the direction of the capitul
of 1'inar Dtil Rio province. Rumors
have been current here two duys that
the city has been attacked and cap
tured. It Is Impossible to obtain defi
nite news as all the wires are down.
General Weyler has sent nine columns
of troops, about 40,000 men. In pursuit
of Maceo. The hitter has 12,000 men
ami arms and ammunition and rapid
tire guns landed by the Bermuda. The
government Is still silent In regard to
Maceo's whereubouts. Other sources
locate him near the capitul of Santa
Clara, province, which was entered by
the rebels .Monday. No official report
of tlie result of the attack hus yet
been made.
During the' week half a dozen Im
portant towns and titles were attacked.
The Insurgents' have taken the offen
sive since the Garcia nnd Collazo ex
peditions arrived. Weyler's recent or
der declaring small bands of Insurgents
in Havana and Plnar Del Rio provinces
bandits is denounced by the Cubans,
who say It opens the way to wholesale
slaughter. The three brothers, Ferran,
American citizens, and owners of
Estrella coffee plantation near Al
quizur, have Hied a protest with the
consul general stating their residence
was bom bunted with grape and can
ister, shattering the doors and windows
on March 21, while occupied by their
families only. No Insurgents were pres
ent. The troops looted the wardrobes
and Jewelry and money were tuken from
the houses. Workmen were searched
und twelve laborets tuken were treated
the same as prisoners of war and sum
mary court martial ordered. Ferran
claims damages. Genera! Hernnl. comJ
inandiug the troops, made an official
report next day describing a brilliant
victory and dislodging the enemy with
artillery and capturing twelve prison
ers on the Kstmlla plantation. A mob
of 200 persons followed twenty prison
rs through the streets of Havana
Wednesday. The pinioned men were
struck, kicked and stoned. Yester
day 10B prisoners arrived from Sagua.
Rappleye, correspondent of the New
York Mall and Kxpress was expelled by
order of Weyler Thursday on the ground
that his presence here wus prejudicial
to the Vovernment. his articles criticis
ing the . troops and volunteers, und
army operations creating a wrong Im
pression abroad. Ranpleye observed
all the rules and regulations while here,
apparently Incurring displeasure en
tirely by treating the war from an
American rather than a Spanish stand
point. SOMERSET PRIMARIES.
Anti-Scull Candidate Are Nominated pv
Handsome .Majorities.
Somerset, Pa., Murch 29. The Repub
lican primary election held In this coun
ty yesterday was the most exciting po
litical contest In the history of the
county. With but two exceptions the
anti-Scull candidates for county offices
huve been nominated by handsome mu
Joiitles und the people are greatly elat
ed over their victory.
The nominations ure as follow;
For congress. F. J. Koosef. by about
1,500 majority over F. W. Becker; us
esmbly. close between Jeremiah Mum
urer. W. H. Miller und W. H. Tanner,
the contest between the latter two be
ing close; associate Judge, George J.
Black: prothonotary, H. F. Barron:
register und recorder, John S. Shaffer,
of James Cover, their vote bslng dose:
commissioners, George F. Klmmel and
a close Vote between Gabriel Good, l".
D. Bi-ochr and W. N. Moser for sec
ond, POLITICS IN PARIS.
No Change in the Situatlon-Uerthclot's
Keslgnntlon.
Paris, March 29. Thr has been no
change In the political situation here
since yesterday. The Temps, com
menting upon the resignation of the
foreign office portfolio of M. Hert helot
says that if the recent foreign policy
wus nota success the change hus been
Inspired by Prime Minister Bourgeois,
who Is an able parliamentarian, but an
Inexperienced diplomat.
Therefore M. Bourgeois in the foreign
office will possibly be more dangerous
thun was M. Berthelot. France must
know who leads and where she is led.
LEI T WEALTH TO A CHURCH.
Patrick Hughes W ills $40,000 to the
llolv Cross Catholio Church.
Pittsburg. Pa.. March 29. Patrick
Hughes, of this city, who died last
Thursday, left his entire fortune, esti
mated at S-10.000. to the Holy Cross Ro
Mun Catholic church, lie started life
as a pack peddler und amassed the
money by steady accumulations. He
came to Pittsburg In 18.10.
Hughes hud a stepson whom he re
fused to recognize. His wife died u
yeur ago and since thnt time he had
lived the life of a hermit.
News of Mntahelcs.
Cape Town, Murch 29. According to ad
vices received here the rising unions the
Matabeles is not so serious us the llrst
dispatches portended, but there Is never
theless nuirh anxiety as to what the llnul
outcome will he. A dispatch received to
day from Biiluwayo, the principal town or
Malubelelaiid. says that thus tar twenty
whites have been killiil by the natives.
Shipping News.
New York. March 29. Arrived: Vmhrla
from Llvernool. Arrived out. La Tou
ralne at Havre. Sailed for New York,
l.iicunla from (Jueenstown. Sighted, Kai
ser Wilhelm II, Uenou, for New York,
passeu jVmrauur.
THE CIVIL WAR IN COREA
Insurgents Demund That All rorcjgn
ers Be Expelled.
THE SITUATION IS SEKI01S
liovornment lias No Troops to Cope with
the Insurgents Who Are Advancing
I pun Seoul Influence of Am
erican Kepreseotative,
Toklo, March IX via San Franctsco,
Murch 29. The stute of affairs, in Corea
goes from bud tc worse. The Insur
gents in the province have adopted a
new tone, dictated, of course, by adher
ents of the purty of the king's father.
They suy the men by whom the king
wus persuuded to Heck usylum In the
Russian Legation are traitors to the
country ami must be exterminated.
But they also proclaim that all for
eigners must be expelled from the
kingdom. They have pushed to a point
not more than ten miles from Seoul,
and the government has no troops to
cope with them. The raising of several
new buttallons of royal guards has been
ordered by edict, but money to pay
them Is not forthcoming, even If they
could be organized quickly enough to
meet the emergency.
The whole situation Is rapidly grow
ing Insupportable, and a general Idea
gains ground that the departure of the
king from the Russian legation will be
the signal for the downfall of the pres
ent cabinet. It hus been the pretext
by the pro-Russian party that the
king's residence tn the palace is out of
the question so long as Japanese troops
have their barracks in the immediate
vicinity. The troops were placed there
originally by desire of the Corean gov
ernment, but In the Japanese author
ities have neither need nor occasion
to keep them there they are about to
be removed.
The United States representative In
Seoul Is winning golden opinions
among the Japanese at the crisis. His
Influence, they report, Is steadily ex
erted in the cause of light und Justice.
Strong und In great part successful
efforts are said to have been made by j
him to mitigate the cruelties practiced
by tlie cabinet against its political op
ponents and to lessen the brutalities
resorted to by the legal tribunals in
their examination of prisoners.
NKW WAR LOAN.
The Japanese government has an
nounced another issue of the war loan
amounting to H.I.OUU.OOO yen. (inly 10.
000.000. however, are offered for public
subscription, the remaining 25.0(10.0(10
worth of bonds having been taken by
the Bank of Japan. The minimum sell
ing price uf the bonds ts to be their
face value, and the rate of Interest 5
per cent., as before.
Detailed accounts from Kiangyln,
which lies midway between the mouth
of the Yangstee and Chlng Klang. 1.500
miles up the river, show that a mutiny
on a large scale anlong the soldiers
there was only prevented by the explo
sion of a magazine. The insurrection
was planned, the programme being to
kill the general In command, get pos
session of the magazines and ritles, and
then master the city, the foreign In
structors being sent uway by boat to
Shanghai.
Already the work has commenced.
Ritles had begun to crack, and the mu
tineers were removing the contents of
the magazines when the principal of
the three, containing about seven
tons of gunpowder blew up. The cuuse
of the explosion is not known, since ull
in or neflr the muguzlne to the num
ber of about 300 were shuttered to
pieces. The catastrophe wus so terri
ble that it completely cowed the sol
diers, and they desisted from further
nets of violence.
MEETING OF MOXAKHIS.
Kmpcror and Kmpress of Uormuny Will
Visit King Humbert of Italy and Other
Princes.
Berlin, March 29. The Imperial party
In their visit to Italy are accompanied
by a large and distinguished suite.
Leaving Naples on March HI on board
the imperial yacht, Hohenzollern, the
emperor and empress, with their suites,
will sail for Palermo. They will so
journ Ave days In Sicily and sail thence
for Venice, where a meeting will take
Place between the kaiser and King
Humbert, the communications between
Prince Hohenlohe. the German chancel
lor, and the Marquis Dl Rudlnl, Italian
prime minister, in regard to the pres
ence of the German emperor In Italy
having resulted In the two monarchs
deciding upon having a conference
alone. Queen Murgherlta will accom
pany King Humbert and will receive
the empress. During the three dnys of
the stay of the Imperial party In Venice,
the king and queen of Roumanla will
Join the Imperial and royal family. Af
ter the Interview between the kaiser
and King Humbert, the emperor will
start for Vienna, where he will be
Joined by Prince Hohenlohe. The offic
ial press have received Instructions to
minimize the Importance of these con
ferences and to state that Prince Ho
henlohe ts going to Austria for the pur
pose of attending the marriage of his
niece and that his meeting the emperor
there Is a mere coincidence, the Imperial
visit to Austria and the marriage of the
chancellor's niece being synchronous
events. It Is Impossible, however, to
divest the kaiser's trip of the Inijmrtant
fact that his majesty will meet succes
sively three monarch who are his allies,
meetings which certainly have some
significance. It Is believed here that
the conferences do not relate to a re
newal of the Drelbund. that being al
ready secured, but rather to the kais
er's pulley toward Russia, whose suc
cessful diplomacy in Bulgaria and
dominance of Turkey has created feel
ings of great anxiety at the Austtiun
and Roumanian courts, to the king of
Roumanla especially, that monarch be
ing somewhat Uneasy as to the pru
dence of his entente with the Drelbund
in view of Russia's attitude,
OLD FRIEND RETURNS.
Principle of Perpetual Motion Again Said
to Have Hcen Discovered.
Ottumwa. la., March 29. It Is assert
ed here that Count Otto Von Holt
schuerr, of this city, has discovered the
principle of perpetual motion.
The machine, as seen by the reporter,
Is a decidedly simple affair. It Is In
the shape of un inverted bicycle, a com
mon safety, the wheels standing high
In the air. The front wheel of the cycle
Is the one to which the principle Is up
plied. .
Blank Poisoned Tea.
Hanistoiirg, March 29. A post mortcn
exaniimi lion was held yesterday on the
remains of John W. H. Hill, the Steelimi
inun, who) died from drinking poisoned
teu. The stomach and tea will lie anal
yzed. The physicians -think death was
due to in.iallli' poimniliiir.
I itwsvlllo Postmaster.
Washington, March 28. The following
fourt h-class post musters were appointed
today: I'emieytvaula, A. J, Cosgrlff,
Lwille, gupquehunns
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CHINESE KILLED.
blown to Atoms hy the Kxploston of
Powder .Mncalne In klnng.
San Francisco, March 2!'. Three hun
dred Chinese were blown to utonis by
the explosion of a magazine attached
to the fort at Klang, In Chlnu, on Feb.
Sit.
The disaster, according to the mail
advices rece.ved by steamer, was the
work of mutinous soldiers, who were
preparing to Join secret society rebels
In the attack on the udjucent town,
but whether through carelessness or by
Intention li not known.
Spring of '960
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