12 IS PAGES ;ribuneJj2 ctutttott PAGES ?f r 00? ;r,rt 0 TWO CENTS. SCR ANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1B98. TWO CENTS rsi v ... MR. 1ELLERJ INTENTIONS ' He Has Declared War on the Republican Party. WILL DRAG IT FROM POWER Hot Talk Provoked by the -Gage Story, i- Tho Speaker Declares Thnt tho Country Is So I'irmly Within tlio Grasp ot cho .Honey I'owor Thnt tho Government Is Unnblo to Tako Such Action Upon Foreign Mntters ns tho People Dcslro Should II o Token. Washington, Jan. 7. The feature ot today's senate session was a speech delivered by Mr. Teller (Colo.) regard ing press reports that the recent ef fort to make It appear that Secre tnrs Gage had tendered his resigna tion as a member of the cabinet to President McKlnley were part of a con spiracy of the silver men to disrupt the cabinet and create dissension be tw en the president and his adviser. Mr Teller branded the publication as . im insult to the advocates of the free Hnago of silver. He wa3 tallsfied tyat the president nnd Secretary Gage wVre In full accord upon the financial question. He attacked the Republican party' because It was u party advocat ing the gold standard, and expressed his Intention of doing all In his power to defeat the party In 1900 and to drag the present administration from power because the policy of the party was, in his opinion, Inimical to the best and li' 'est Interests of the peoolo of the United States. Mr. Teller discussed at lergth the efforts that have been made to obtain an International agreement upon the silver question. He declared that every Intelligent person knew when the message of the president wns laid before congiess on the 24th of last July asking for a monetary committee there was no possibility of an interna tional agreement. Mr. Teller quoted trom Pecretaiw 'Gige's statement before the house, banking und currency committee. In dicating that U was ihe desire of tho secretary to commit the country thor oughly to the gold standard. Mr. Chandler (N. II.) maintained that the senator from Colorado was doing much to pi event tho successful fruition of the efforta to brin? r.bout international bimetallism. He thought that such' efforts as the Colorado sen ator was making were not only unfair but unwise, In view of his (Teller's) f heretofore expressed desire to bring about International "bimetallism. ''I should like to bilng about inter national bimetallism," said Mr. Teller, "and I think I have done as much to bring It about as nny man in this chamber, if I except the senator who sits in front of me." (Allison.) "When he returned from Europe however, without success, I felt that it was practically useless to proceed further in that direction." Incidentally, Mr. Teller drifted into a discussion of t.o foreign relations of tho United States. He maintained that tho money power held tho country so firmly within Its grasp that the gov ernment was unable to take such ac tion upon foreign questions as the people desired should be taken. He hoped that the time would soon come when we could say to a filth' rate power like Spain: "Take your bands off that bountiful island an island which you have nearly denonulatcd" i, land say it too. without ftar of tho opinion or the money power. "I do not believe, said Mr. Teller, "that war would result If we should put our hands to support Cuba. It would be n humane thing for us to do a reasonable and Just act. The French came to us at a time when we were strug gllng a are the Cubans, and It is doubtful whether we could have ac hieved our independence without their aid." ON THE CHINESE QUESTION. Mr. Teller also spoke of what he said appears to be a proposed dismember ment of China by the European pow ers. He declared that he would see to it If he were In the position of tho president that tho powers of Europe should not partition that great empire without strong protest from his coun try. Ho believed that a word from tho United States government to Russia, France and Germany that they must keep their hands off our rights und privileges in China and that the au tonomy of the empire should remain as it had boon for four hundred years, would be sulllclent to cause those great powers to stop In the course of rapac ity. Mr. Teller's remarks were called forth by a resolution offered by Mr. Allen (NebJ 'declaring that the United States should, Independently, and with out delay, begin and continue tho free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. That such coinage should bo sup plemented by a safe and sound na tional paper money to be Issued by tho government without Intervention of banks, the notes to bo full legal tender, and to bo Issued In an amount suffi cient to meet the business demands of the country; that any Increase of tho interest bearing debt should bo pro hibited and that no government bonds should be Issued or sold except by specific act of congress, and then only In cases of pressing necessity; that the government In the discharge of its obligations should UBe its option as to tho kind of lawful money In which they should be paid; and that such option should never bo surrendered, Mr. Allen spoke briefly In favor of tho adoption of tho propositions set forth In tho resolution concluding with tho statement thnt he would at some subsequent time go more fully into tho details of his jcasons and tho rea sons of the Populist party In favor of the plan held forth in tho resolution. CIVIL SERVICE DEBATE. Arguments Continued Throughout til ii Dny hi tlin Uotine. "Washington, Jan. 7. The civil ser vice debate continued throughout tho dny In tho house. All efforts to fix n time for Its termination failed, and it is certain now to run over into next week. The Interest in the discussion does not seem to be waning. The de bate today was without marked Inci dent. The speakers were: Messrs. Gll let, of Massachusetts; Burton, of Ohio, Republicans; Fitzgerald, Democrat, Massachusetts, in Bupport of the law. Messrs. Cummings, Democrat, New York; Paris, Republican, Indiana; Ma honey, Republican, New York; Drlggs, Democrat, Now York, and Bradley, Democrat, New York, In opposition to It. Mr. Kerr, Republican, Ohio, in fa vor of the modification of the law. Mr. Cummings announced himself nn Implacable foe of the whole system of civil service reform. Roscoe Conk llng. In his opinion, the greatest sena tor New York had ever known, had once spoken, he said, of the "dreary drivel of snivel service reform." Ho had never appreciated It so much ns he had during this debate. Mr. Cum mings said tho hostility to the system had been steadily growing. "The sys tem Is doomed," said he, "and one ot the factors In Its destruction Is Tam many Hall. By sixty thousand major ity Tammany Hall has been placed In control of the second largest city In the world on an antl-clvtl service reform platform. That Is what the people think of this 'reform.' " In this con nection, Mr. Cummings replied warmly to some of the charges ot corruption made against Tammany Hall during the debate. "The gentleman from Ohio (Grosvenor)," said he, "rushes on here from Columbus, that hot bed of politi cal corruption to which he has hied himself back, nnd tells us that Tam many Hall Is corrupt. Think of it. De nounced ns corrupt by a man who comes from the state that profited by the robbery of 187C." Mr. Johnson (Rep., Ind.,) had said that Tammany Hall was the most cor rupt organization on the face of the earth, and Sir. Johnson came from the state made famous by "blocks of five" methods. And today, said he, Mr. Gil lette, of Massachusetts, reiterated the calumny. Tammany was, Mr. Cum mings said, a patriotic, liberty-loving society, which had existed for 109 years. He rehearsed some of the achieve ments of the organization during that time. i Mr. Vandlver (Dem., Mo.), In the course of nome remarks in opposition to ,th'o law, referred to ex-President Cleveland as "his fat-witted excel lency." SENSATION AT LEBANON. Jacob l'ox Is Accused by His Dnngh-ter-ln-Lnw of Shocking Crimes. Lebanon, Jan. 7. Jacob II. Fox was arrested and given a. hearing this af ternoon charged with having commit ted a criminal assault upon his daughter-in-law, Mrs. H. D. Fox. Mrs. Fox, whose maiden name was Snavely, Is but JO years eld, and resided with tho Foxes for some time. She testified that about a year ngo Jacob II. Fox committed the deed the first time, cowing her into subjection with a big bread knife, and from that tlmo on very frequently compelled her to sub mit 'o him, each time threatening her with, death if she ever revealed the fact. The young girl was soon to be come a mother, and Fo In order to hide his crime, tlvu months ago Induced his IC-ycar-old son to marry her so as to save the father from minlshment. Today tin- girl, whose baby was boin several weeks ago, testified that since her marriage she was compelled to sub mit to the elder Fox without her hus band's knowledge. Fox was committed to j.xil for trial. Ho is a man of intelligence and has heretofore borno a good reputation. When the revolting details 'became known today there were threats of Ijnchlrg. QUAY SPEAKS FOR HANNA. Uxprosscs Hopes Thnt the Ohio Sen ntor 'Uny Win. Pittsburg, Jan. 7. Senator Quay was In the city today for a short time. He denied that ho was a factor in the Ohio senatorial fight and said "I hope that the Ohio legislature will select Sena tor Hanna. The good name of tho Republican party demands this, as well as the welfare of the country at large, which Is now In the hands of the Re publican administration. "I do not believe that Senator For nkcr Is taking nny part at all in tho ilsht against Hanna, nor do I credit the report that he has secretly an nounced his preference for any candi date other than Mr. Hnnna. Last night, before I left Washington, Con gressman Grosvenor told me that while It wns nn adverse situation, the pros pects were that Senator Hanna would win." Mngownn nnd Mrs. IlimiesOlncownn. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 7. Ex-Mayor Frank A. Mugowan, who was reported to havo separated from Mrs. Barnes-Magowan. is now believed to havo returned to Iter. Ho and Mrs. Bnrncs-Mugowan were liv ing at tho Barlow hotel, and night be fore last Mugowan left tho Barlow and spent the night at another hotel. Last .night he returned to the Barlow and had a talk with Mrs. Barnes-Magowan and Is still at the hotel with her, Hnlcidc with n Clothesline. Brldgeton, N. J Jan. 7. Mrs. Hope L. Johnson, aged 39 years, committed suicide today by hanging herself with a clothes line. She was the wlfo of Lewis S. John son, a prominent merchant of this city. Her body was found In tho cellar. Bov eral years ago sho attempted to end her II fo by polion Shu 1h believed to have been Insane, Three children survive her, ItrcoivrrMilp Turin i iinlei. Columbus, O., Jan. 7, The present re ceivership ot the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron company was terminated today. Tho receiver handed over JIOO.WO In money. Violent Denttm Knrk n Family. Newark, O., Jan. 7. Morgan Jones wis killed by a train today, ho belnc tho third child of Griffith Jones, of Granville, to meet a violent death. THEODORE DURRANT HANGED AT LAST Tbc Murderer of Blanche Lnmont Dies on the Gallows. DIED "PROTESTING HIS INNOCENCE On tho Gallows Ho Gives a Most lie mnrknblc Exhibition ol Nerve. .Unites n Speech on tho Scaffold In Which Ho Professes to 1'orglvc All Thoao Who Assisted in UN Conviction. San Quentln, Cal., Jan. 7. When William Henry Theodore Durrant died on the gallows this morning for the murder of Blanche Lamont, he gave an exhibition of coolness and nerve, such ns has seldom been seen under similar circumstances. Hopeful almost to tho very last minute that something would intervene to save him, he walked to tho scaffold and made a speech protest ing his Innocence, ns calmly and with ns distinct enunciation ns If he hud been addressing an assemblage of friends upon some ordinary topic. Ills face wns pale, his eyes were red, but his voice was firm, and he stood ns solidly as a rock while ho proclaimed his Innocence and professed forgive ness to those who, he said, had hound ed him to death. There was not. a hitch or accident to mar the plans of Warden Hale in car rying out the sentence. The noose was adjusted, the trap was sprung, the stout rope held, and Durrant's dead body dangled at the end. The neck was broken by the fall of four feet and five minutes later the murderer's body was cut. down and placed in the coffin. In spite of the exciting events of last night when Durrant was besieged by newspaper reporters nnd talked to his parents until 11.30 p. m., he rested eas ily during the night, nnd shortly after 6 o'clock he awoke and bade his guards good morning. Warden Halo had pro vided a new suit of dark material, and these clothes Durrant quickly donned. He noticed the absence of collar and neck tie, however, nnd. knowing full well the reason for their omission, ho asked for them, explaining that a turn down collar would not interfere with the noose. Then he sat down to break fast, and ate heartily. During the early morning hours Durrant did not have much to say, beyond expressing a de sire that no newspaper men should be allowed to see him. This request was complied with. PROFESSED RELIGION. Consistent to the last. Dm rant died professing religion. But he died, ac cepting at the last moment, the com forta of the Catholfo church, instead ot thoso of t' Baptist faith. In whlcn he was reared. Rev. Rader, a Protestant minister, had arranged to asceno the scaffold with Durrant, but the minis ter would not say that he thought Durrant Innocent, and the condemned man declined his services, unless he professed belief In his innocence, Then It was that the once ardent Baptist turned to the Catholic church for con solation, nnd called upon Father Lag an, a prUst who had frequently visited him In prison, to attend him. Father Lagan responded and performed the last solemn rites of the church. Dur rant remained In close consultation with the priest and seemed to be deep ly Interested in tho impressive cere monies. As the hour of the execution ap proached the prisoner became some what restless. His father and mother were admitted to bid him a last fare well. The elder Durrant grasped his son by tho hand and the young man then turned to comfort his mother.who cried hysterically. Durrant embraced her tenderly, and saying, "The hour has come for us to part,' put her gent ly away. The gilef-stricken mother was led to a private room, where she remained until after the execution. The father, however, went to the execution room and suppoited by two friends saw his son meet death. Warden Halo allowed nil possible time for the Supreme court at Wash ington to take fcome nction. Finally, when woid was Hashed across the con tinent that the Supreme court had de clined to Interfere, the warden ordered the programmo of the day to be car ried out. At 10.34 o'clock Durrant, ac companied by Father Lagan, appeared at the door of tho execution room. He was followed by his father, a friend, Warden Hale nnd the gunrds. The father and his friend walked around the gallows to the front, while Dur rant and his keepers climbed to the gallows platform. Instantly on arriv ing at the gallows, Durrant's legs and arms were pinioned and the rope was placed about his neck. The hangman was about to adjust the blackcap when Durrant announced his desire to speak. Permission was given and tho doomed murderer, spoke ns follows: DURRANT'S SPEECH. I deslro to say that nlthough I am an innocent man, Innocent of every crlmo that has been charged against me, I bear no animosity towards those who have per secuted me, not even tho press of San Francisco, which hounded me to the grave. If .any man thinks I nm going to spring a sensation I am not except It Is a sensation that i am an Innocent man brought to tho grave by my peisecutors. But I forgive them all. They will get their Justice from tho gieat God who is master of all, and there I also expect to get Justice that is tho Justice of nn liino cent man. Whether or not tho perpetra tors of tho crlmo of which I am charged are discovered, It will make no difference now, but I say this day will bo n shamo to tho great state of California. 1 forgive everybody who has persecuted me, an in nocent man whoso hands have never boen stained with blood, and I so to meet my God with forgiveness for all men. The words were delivered slowly and distinctly and without emphasis. The eager crowd of spectators grouped clos er to the wooden framo work that they might not lose a word of what was be ing said. Not a sound could be heard, except the even tones of tho man about to die. Durrant had scarcely ceased speaking when tho blackcap was placed over his face. At tho samo Instant Hangman Lunt raised his hand, the trap was sprung, and with a rattle Durrant's body shot through the open ing. There was a sound as of a stout rope drawn taut, the foody swayed to and fro for a moment and' then Is came rootjoalci:. The crowd sm&v' forward, hut tho warden's voice wns heard to exclaim "Stand back." The doctors, however, were permitted to go forward, whore they felt tho pulse and finally decided that Durrant wns dead. BODY MAY BE CREMATED. In Just eleven minutes and twenty eight seconds all signs of life had van ished. The body was allowed to hang for fifteen minutes, when It was cut down and placed In a black coffin. It Is not yet known what disposition of tho body will be made, as Durrant's parents have been so far unablo to secure permission to Inter the body In any of the local cemeteries. It Is very probable that the body will be cre mated. As soon as the drop,' fell the specta tors hurried out and nobody remained, except physicians and newspaper men. Durrant, senior, went Immediately to his wife, who was waiting In one of the guard rooms, and together they ac companied the body of their son to San Francisco. Durrant's most urgent request of Warden Hale was that no autopsy be held on his body. The pris oner's medical training seemed to have Imbued him with a horror of the surgi cal treatment of corpses, and he vowed thnt no knife should ever touch his flesh. He also requested that the rope with which he was hanged be burned. His wishes In both these respects were observed by Warden Hale. Eight other murderers are confined In Ban Quentln, whose fate depended on the success of the efforts made by Durrant's attorneys In his behalf. They wore all prepared to follow the same tactics for delay, but now that the courts have shown that It is possible to hang a murderer In California they have given up hope. HANNA'S MANAGERS ARE WORE CHEERFUL A (Jnlct Dny Among the Political Workers nt CoIiimbus-OIr. Kurtz Will Ho Proposed us n Candidate Preparing lor a Deadlock. Columbus, O., Jan. 7. This was a quiet day among the political work ers enlisted In the senatorial contest, and while Senator Hanna's managers were apparently more cheerful, the cause for it was not clear. They have adopted quite a different policy In their canvass Irom that followed at the be ginning of the contest. They are not following the tactics of Mr. Kurtz, leader of tho opposition, whose strong suit has been to conceal everything possible from the Hanna people. AVhat ever Important developments there may be aie now kept under cover and ns a result the opposition has been forced to partially change its plans. The efforts of the steering- committee to whip the Democratic members of tho legislature into line vote for a Re publican for; Bjnati'i have no; been so successful as they expected. As a result It Is stated authoritatively to night that there will be a caucus of the Democratic members next Mon day night. The purpose of the caucus is to locate the doubtful members and pledge those who are willing to carry out the proposed fusion so that enough men can be kept in line to insure the maintenance of a deadlock should one be formed. The most reliable Information to night is that Mr. Kurtz will be pro posed as the candidate of the opposi tion both for the long and the short term. It Is believed by the Democratic leaders now that Mr. Kurtz will be more acceptable to the majority of the Democratic; members of the legislative than any other man. There was a re sumption of activity aout the antl Hanna headquarters early In the even ing when Allen O. Myers returned from a mysterious mission. Myers left the city on an early morning train and returned In the afternoon with in formation that was apparently satis factory to Mr. Kurtz. The oppoents to Senator Hanna are as confident as ever of winning. Senator Hanna spent a quiet day at the Nlel House. The act!vityof his supporters was unabated, however. Speculation on tho vote for senator has not been changed. It is generally believed now that tho vote on the first ballot will show Mr. Hanna's strength to be almost the same as In the organ ization of the legislature. Tho opposi tion will be divided. Two of the Hamilton county members are counted on to vote for a free sli ver Republican. It la claimed by the leaders of the opposition that the Democrats will stand together but this claim Is not borne out by Informa tion from other sources. It Is claimed by some that nt least 20 Democrats will refuse to attend the caucus but this Is probably exaggerated. More con servatively the number Is ploced at C to 10. Indications tonight were that the opposition wero preparing for a long deadlock. Itrqurst ot Itiiilrond Employe, Washington, Jan. 7. Congressman Hicks presented to the house of represen tatives todny n petition representing 23,WW railroad employes of tho United States, and n letter from tho officers of tho rail way unions of North America, to Speaker Reod, praying for tho enactment of a luw to pioporly equip every freight and pass enger car engaged in interstate commerce with a safo automatic coupler. Miners' Convention. Columbus, O., Jan. 7. Tho Ohio miners' convention today went on record in fa vor of a differential between Ohio and Pittsburg low coal fields. They released members who aro preachers from dues, refused to adopt an eight-hour record, and demanded an advaneo on tho present scalo of prices, three-fifths of the price of pick mining to be allowed for machine mining. m Collnr Factory Burned. Paducah, Ky., Jan. 7. Fire destroyed tho Rehkopf & Sons collar factory this morning, entailing a loss of JM.OOO wl'.h J 1,000 Insurance. Charles Dillon, a fire man, was fatally Injured. Fire Chief Woods and William Kraus, superintend ent of the factory, wero also Injured, though not seriously. It loli Kloiullker Missing. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 7. John Horn, ai returned Klondiker, who left Ban Fran cisco, Cal., In September for Seattle with a letter of credit for $25,000, has myste riously disappeared, and his friends be lieve that ho has been murdered. Editor llnrt lnul. I.cndor, Jan. 7. Ernest Hart, editor of 'ii BtltUh Medical Journal, is dead. VARIOUS EVENTS OF HANGMAN'S DAY Tbree Negroes Die on tbc Scaffold Near New Orleans. THEY MURDERED JEWISH PEDDLERS Torrlblo Confession or n Creole. Claims to Hnvo Murdered Nino MenTom Cyrus Hanged nt At-lnntn--Two Negroes Lynched br Their Own Ruco--Exccutlon ot James O'Neill. New Orleans, Jan. 7. Three negro murderers died on tho scaffold at Hahnvllle, a small town In St. Charles Imn.ih, today. They were Louis Rich ards, alias Pierre, alias Creole; George Washington and Foxll Morris, who murdered and robbed a Jewish peddler named Louis Zlgler last June on El lington plantation, near Hahnvllle. Tho murderers were traced by tho dis covery of goods in possession of their female companions, which had be longed to Zlgler. Creole confessed, im plicating tho other two, nnd with the assistance of his statement the au thorities obtained conclusive evidence of their guilt. Creole also confessed that since 1S84 he had murdered at least nine men and one colored woman on various planta tions, and thnt not for a single one was he arrested. His victims were principally Italians and Jews, who made a living by peddling among plan tation negroes. Close Investigation re vealed that his confession was entirely correct and It cleared numerous mur der mysteries of years ago. Atlanta, Ga,, Jan. 7. Tom Cyrus, colored, was hanged here at 11.40. The nooso slipped from behind his cars and dwith resulted from strangulation. He made no statement. He murdered Annie Johnson, a col ored servant of Governor Atkinson, on the night of June 2. The woman had been his mistress and that night he found her with another negro man In his room. Balnbrldge, Ga., Jan. 7. Simon Hop kins, colored, was hanged here at 11.30 todny. He made a confession to the effect that he lured a friend named Harris Into a swamp nnd killed him. Meridian, Miss., Jan. 7. Jim Watts and Sam Cole, negroes, wero lynched by men of their own race in Pea Ridge, Kemper county. Watts and Cole be longed In Neshoba county and it Is said went to Pea Ridge to visit relatives and became unduly Intimate with tho wives of their kinsmen. Greenfield, Mass, Jan. 7. James O'Neill, Jr., was hanged today for tho murder of Mrs. Hattte A. McCloud, on January 8 of last year. She had "been strangled to death? and robbed. O'Neill protested his Innocence to the last. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 7. Ellis Rose, colored, was hanged at Jonesboro, Ark., today. Rose was conilcted of the murder of Henry Sutton, an aged ne gro, In Crittenden county on June 7 last. NAKED MAN IN COURT. Practical Method of Determining In tent ot Injuries. New York, Jan. 7. A naked man be fore a Jury like a corpse on an anato mical table was the novel spectacle in the Supreme court In Brooklyn today. The "subject" was Fred. Hetteshei mer, a tailor, living at No. 247 Bush wick avenue. Ho Is plaintiff In a suit for $10,000 damages against the Nassau Electric Railway. He says that In 1806 he was thrown from one of the com pany's cars by a Jolt, occasioned by the. car running over and killing a man. Hetteshelmer received a double frac ture of tho left leg above the knee. To settle the point as to the serious ness of the Injury tho plaintiff was stripped and laid out upon the counsel table, directly In front of tho Jury. Dr. Brenner went to work over him, bend ing and unbending the Injured limb. Hetteshelmer winced as If In extreme pain, and the Jury took due notice of It. Next Doctors Anton and Edelmann took their turn Hetteshelmer in an en deavor to prove that their client's leg, because of the Injury, Is now percept ibly shorter than the other. The trial was proceeded as an ordinary damnge case. SUED A WEALTHY BARKEEPER. Judgo Decides That Common Law Miirrlngi8 Are Void. Chlcaco. III.. Jan. 7. Tim Annpllatn court today handed down an opinion In the celebrated suit of Julia MeKen- na against Jame3 McKenna, for 2f years uariieepor of the Grand Pacific hotel, who, she claimed, was her hus band by common law marriage, hold ing that the complainant la not the wire of AicKenn.i,, nor entitled to sep arate maintenance by him. He is wealthy. THE NEWS THIS M0UN1NU. a. Weather Indications Today) Warmer; Southwesterly Winds. 1 General Is the Cuban War Ended? Mr. Teller Enlivens the Senate. Theodoro Durrant Hanged. A Veritable Hangman's Day. Hanna's Managers Moro Cheerful. 2 State Henry K. Boycr's Political Plum. 3 Local Arthur L. Collins' Paper on American Art. 4 Editorial. News of tho Day In Dialogue. Court Proceedings. 5 Local Social and Personal. Religious News of tho Week, 6 Local Poor Board Organization. Latter from tho Auditor General. 7 Local Jealous Negro's Desperato Deed. Sho Seeks the Release ot Her Hus band. 8 Local West Sldo. and Suburban. 9 Luckawanna County News. 10 Stories of Explorer Nansen. 11 Sunday-School Lesson 'for Tomortow. Perquisites of Each Congressman, Now York Fashions. 12 Neighboring County Happenings. Dun's Encouraging Record ot 1S97. The Markets. MEMPHIS MURDER MYSTERY. After Killing Dr. Itngnrs Mrs. Snn brlnU Commits Suicide. Memphis, Tcnn., Jan. 7. Dr. Shop A. Rogers, professor of anatomy at tho Memphis Medical college, ex-prosldent of tho board of health, and ono of the m .st prominent physicians of tho city, was Bhot this afternoon by Mrs. Mary Sanbrlnk, a widow, and tonight lies dying at Sf. Joseph's hospital. After shootln" r. Rogers, the woman Bent a bullet through her own heart. Tho cause of the tragedy Is veiled In the deepest mystery. The shooting occurred seven miles from Memphis on the banks of the Nonconnah creek. Nobody saw the tragedy. A farmer and his hired hands went to the assistance of the wounded man when his cries for help reached their ears and ho was lifted Into a buggy and carried to Memphis. Dr. Rogers was shot In tho back, the bul let striking the spinal column. Tho body of the unfortunate woman was removed to the home of relatives. The weapon belonged to the woman, being Identified by her relatives. Before lapsing into unconsciousness, Dr. Rogers blamed the woman for the deed. Her clothes were unruffled, and there were no footprints or other evidences that any struggle at alt had occurred prior to the tragedy. The right hand of the dead woman was ungloved, showing that she took ample precau tion that the shooting contemplated should nq miscarry. SLEEPERS' IN PERIL. Five ol Tbern Had a Narrow Escape from Den lbFire Was of Incen diary Origin. I A' fire that Imperilled the lives of five persons broke out at 2.40 o'clock this morning In the westerly end of the double brick building at 615, C17 and C19 Mulberry street. It was undoubtedly tho work of a dastardly Incendiary. Tho portion In which the fire occur red was occupied as a boarding house by Mrs. Cella Allerton. The boarders who wero In the house at tho time, and who narrowly escaped the dread death nf suffocation were: Mlsa Maigaret Kelly, dressmaker; Miss Frances, Egan, clerk In Black's Emporium; I. F. Barber, contractor and buftfer, and F. J. Johns, clerk In Claris phar macy, Adams avenue. Miss Kelly was rescued from the roof by the aid of ladders; Miss 'Egan was carried down from the second floor front by a couple of firemen; Johns was rescued from nn alcove window of the third floor; Mrs. Allerton was got ten out of a rear second fttory win dow. The flames were discovered "by Pa trolman George Jones. He gave an alarm from box 24, city ball corner, and then summoning Desk Sergeant Delter hurried across to the smoke vomiting building. When Desk Sergeant Robert Delter and Patrolman Jones reached the rear of the house, Mrs. Cella Allerton, the boarding mistress, could be seen In a secorid-story window. The smoke was pouring forth In dense volume, half hiding the body ot the woman. She was crying out for "help! help!" The distance from the ground to the window, fifteen feet, was too great to Jump In safety. Hastily looking about, Sergeant Delter saw a step-ladder lean ing against the rear fence. This he placed against the building, ascended and carried Mrs. Allerton to the ground. Next, Miss Margaret Kelly appeared upon the edge oF the roof. Bending over so that sho could Iks seen, she cried out to the men below. The smoke was pouring from every opening In the building. Rising, It choked Miss Kelly.. She lay down on the roof and waited. The Miioke in creased every minute, but the firemen wero at work. A ladder was taken from the hook and ladder truck and was erected. It barely reached the roof. This was being done when Chief Hlckey reached th'o scene. Miss Kelly was fainting on the roof. At a glance taking in the situation, Chief Hlckey went up the ladder and lifting the half lifeless woman carried her down In safety. As Mrs. Allerton and Miss Kelly, chair by chair sat in tho neighbor's house they managed to tell a Tribune reporter of their espc. Both had been awakened by th'o choking sensa tion. MUs Kelly at first tried to es cape by way of the stairs. Hero she met tho volume of smoking. Going back fho gained the roof by way of a trap window. Mrs. Allerton suffered so from tho fright that she was pi ost rated with heart trouble, and at 3.15 was under the cnto of a physician. Miss Egan says that she wns arous ed by the cry of "fire" and tbo next moment fho heard Ihe fire alarm r ptater in the nation house sounding. About tho same Instant she smelled smoke and Jumping out of bed rushed Into the hallway. She was met by a smudgy cloud of suffocating smoke and was compelled to retreat to her room. The atmosphero there soon "became stifling and sho had to project her body through the window and lean far out ovr the porch In order to breath. When taken down on a ladder sho had on (inly her bath robe and shoes. Chief Hlckey does not hesitate to say the fire was of Incendiary origin. He says he found five dl3tlnct fires. Ono In the basement, another In back pit lor on first floor, In the bath room on second floor, and In two unoccupied bedrooms' on second floor. A towel saturated with kerosene wag found in tho bath room and a pair ot ladles' worsted slippers with kerc-eeno satu rated soles was also found In the bath room, showing that whoever woro worsted slippers with ccrnspnrt cnin. Under the carpet of tho hallwW on ! tho second floor several large" poo'ts of kerosene oil were found after the lire was extinguished The flames werfc ex- tlncriilaliAfl liv tile i.n.i , ... , ,u v.,.riuiLui coiripany unassisted. I The property w-as owned by J W.I Garney and the loss was about 1,(KK. I END. OF WAR IN OIBA? Rumor That Consul-Gen. Fitzliugh Lee Will Assist Blanco. CONFERENCE WITH GOMEZ It Is Expected That This Will Soon Take Place. Upon tho Arrivnl of Honor Estrada I'nlmn, tlio Delegate to tho United Slntos oi tlio Cuban Insurgents, rt Conlcrcnco Will Ue Hold, at Which General Lee, Goncrnl Blnnco nnd Gomez Will Discuss the fSituntiou. A Rumor That Tells of tho Begin ning ot tho End oi IIostllltlo8--No Confirmation nt Washington. Havana, Jan. 7. It has been rum ored since yesterday that General Fltz hugh Lee, tho United States con sul general, will accompany Captain General Blanco when tho latter takes the field. It Is further reported that Senator Estrada Palma, the delegate to the United States of the Cuban In surgents, will arrive hero shortly and accompany the captain general and General Lee to tho field and that a con ference with General Maximo Gomez wilt follow. Tho reports have caused a sensation In this city. New York, Jan. 7. The rumor Is looked upon by the members of the Cuban Junta here Is highly Improb able. The further rumor that Senor Estrada Palma would accompany the captain-general nnd General FItzhugh Leo to tho field nnd that a conference with General Maximo Gomez would follow la considered absurd. Senor Palma Is In Philadelphia. Washington, Jan. 7. No confirma tion of the story Is obtainable in Wash ington. At the state department It was said 'that General "Lee had given no intimation of contemplating such a move and that no arrangement look ing to such Intervention had been sug gested for Washington. Further than this no official would discuss tho mat ter. At the Spanish legation it was positively asserted that no advices on the subject had been received from any quarter. JAPAN OFFERS SERVICES. The Entire Fleet Pin cod nt tho Dis posal of Sir Alex liullnr. London, Jan. S, The cabinet will meet today, presumably to decide about the Chinese loan. A dispatch from Shanghai s-ays that a Japanese fleet of three battleships, ten fir3t class emitters and numerous snialWr vessels, has lei'olved orders practically placing It at tho disposal of Sir Alexander Duller, commander-in-chief on the China station, .this btep being taken "In case Russia uerFlsts In ignoring the Joint interests of Eng land and Japan." The Berlin col respondent of tho Dally News says lie understands that the pccuilar form of tho ktise of Klao Chau wus the outcome of the prolonged negotiations between Germany and Russia, ending In an agreement nnd the msJiatlGii of Rusda between China and Germany. The Standard says it Is now rumored that Gmit Britain will lend China C16. 000,000 direct without the issue of a guaranteed loan. - - m DIED AT THE THROTTLE. An Engineer on tho Clicunpcako and Ohio Expires While on Duty. Wilmington, Del., Jan. 7. While tho third section of the Chesapeake and Ohio noithbound express was running between Newark and Pi Ices this morn ing Jeremiah O'Brien, the eng.ncer, was seen to suddenly lurch forward and In n short time was dead. He was about C2 years of agj and was one of tho oldest and most trusted engi neers In the service of Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad. O'Brien was resting one hand on tho throttle, when William Brady, tho fireman, saw him fall. Brady ran to his side. O'Brien was alive out unconscious, anu me luciuun, making him as comfortablo ns possible, speeded the train to -Prices, but tho ' engineer had died before the station wob reached. Death was due to par alysis ot the heart. Wants $30,000 for Love, Hagerstown. Md.. Jan. 7.-MIs puslo Edith Snyder has brought suit Bn,n" Robert Z. Spickler. u young lawyer, tor J2O.00O damages, J10.000 In a breach of promise suit and J1O.O0O In the suit for false love. Dnrto' Nomination Confirmed. Washington, Jan. 7.-Amonf the nomi nations confirmed by the nate today wns that of George L Do"C or l enn sjivnnla, to be United States consul at Martinique. Wt-st indies I. m Tho IIornltIN Won"cr Torr-cnst. vnw TwJnn. 8.-n 'ho middle states nnd Nvflfeland, toJll'. partly cloudy to ","1, Krr win J'revull, with fresh mt hnH to u'lsU "out'icrly winds hMondn? mneit off tho coasts Si, .r followed by rising temperature ay '""fcs"' norinorn ulitrlctK by t aftcpon nnd in tha jfoutnSrn dltrta by ?oUt. , ' Z . mW. -4"-4( A. . ..I l&J&bl
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