txKagtm TWO CENTS. SCTtANTOST, PA., MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY ill, 1898. TWO CENTS 10 j PAGES . I l 1 ; h- LIVELY WEEK IN CONGRESS The Hawaiian Question Will Occupy Time in Hie Senate, CIVIL SERVICE DEBATE The Law Will Probably Be Amended. Uinielnlllst Itopublicnn Sonators Arc Still Discussing the Advisabil ity of Renewing I'iitnncinl Agita tion In tlio .Scntito by (ho Jntroduc tion of .So mo MeiiNMie of Their Owif.llr. Pettigrevv Will llonl Willi .Mr. Hole. Washington, Jan. 30. The senate pioceedlngs of the week will open with a speech by Senator Pettigrevv dealing with the Hawaiian question which will be dellviued Monday. Beyond this speech It is vety dllllcult to forecast the outlook for the week. The diver sion occasioned by taking up the Teller bond resolution has left the senate In a somewhat disorganized and unset tled condition nnd with no pie-anang-ed programme. Senator Pettlgrew's speech will be made during the morn ing hour and the probabilities now ate that at Its conclusion or at least at 2 o'clock one of the general apptopria tlon bills will be called up. The army and the legislative appio prlatlon bills are alteady on the calen dar and the consideration of the ugit- ultural bill has been completed oy the committee so that It will bo reported on Monday. The probabilities are that the army bill will In the first of these measures to loceivo consideration though there is some disposition to displace It with the legislative bill. Senator Allison, chairman of the com mittee on apptopriatlons, said today that it was his purpoi-e to have the appropriation bills considered In ud ance of other measures, and If he ad heres to this determination the week may be largely taken up with thein. So far as can now be seen there are few features In the bills already reported calculated to arouse discussion. There it a feeling In certain (juurtTS that the army bill should be amended by a provision for the Increase of the army and If such c chance should be at tempted It would give rise to a very spirited debate. CIVIL, SERVICE DEBATE. The census bill also will bo pressed for consideration during the week and Senator Carter, chairman of the cen sus committee, said today that he was very hopeful of securing its passage In the near future. The debate upon the ciil service will be resumed when this bill Is taken up and the bill will be so amended ns to glp the contiol of the ensus bureau to the secretary of the Interior. The blmetalllst Republican senators are still d'scusslng the advis ablllty of renewing the financial agi tation in the senate by the Introduc tion of some meisuie ot their own, though they do not eein quite so intent upon this couise as thev appealed to be Immediately succeeding the vote upon the Teller resolution If they piesent a resolution It probablj will be a declaration to the effect that the United States is not committed to the gold st'tndaid. The resolution reported from the sen ate committee on privileges and elec tions declaring Mr. Coihett not to bo entitled to a seat In the senate from Oregon Is also on the calendat, and there is a disposition in some quarters to dispose of this as speedily as pos sible. It Is a question of the highest privilege, nnd can he taken up at any time, displacing any other subject be tore the senate. In viesv of all the possibilities for debate and delay involved In these various measure It seema quite improb able that the Hawaiian treaty will re ceive much attention at least In exe cutive session during the week. Still Senator Davis, chairman of the com mittee on foreign relations, announces It to be his puipose to move an exe cutive session for the consideration of the treaty on Monday, but It is pos sible that he may be influenced by pressuie from senators who have other measures requiting Immediate atten tion to postpone this motion for a few days. Ho does not, however, admit such a probability. There Is a gt owing Impression that the friends of the treaty feel that their safest course la In delay and that this is the explana tion ot the tactics so far observed with reference to It. There Is excellent foundation for this surmise They have made a very thorough canvass of the senate and have not been able to dis cover wheie they can get more than 59 votes, whereas ti ratify he tieaty they will have to hae sixty. They feel that even some of those 5S are not entirely reliable. In two of these cli cumstances they realize that nothing la to be lost by an Infoimal postpone ment, especially when It comes natur ally through the pressure of other bus iness, and some of them believe that everything Is to be gained by that course, THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION. Senator Pettlgrew's detei ruination to discuss the Hawaiian question In open session will have a tendency to take the direction of the ratification resolu tion out of the hand), of the foreign relations committee, und It may prove to be the opening wedge to a discus sion of the whole subject in open .ses sion of the senate. His resolution de clares It to be contrary to the tradi tions of-thls counUy to acquire any teirltory so situated as to require a navy to pioteet It. This h a busts broad enough for the discussion of the whole subject, und It Is undei stood to bo Mr. Pettlgrew's Intention to enter very fully Into the question of the con dition of affairs In Hawaii. He will deal with Mr. Dole's visit, and will undertake to show that that gentleman was never elected president, that the constitution of the present government of Hawaii was never submitted to the people of that country, and that In fact the whole government Is Irregular. It Is possible that objection may be made to discussing such subjects In open ses sion In view of the pendency of the tieaty, and Mr. Pettlgrew not allowed to proceed, except behind closed doors, IN THE HOUSE. It Is the Intention of the house leadeis to offset as far as possible the action of the senate in passing the Teller res olution by killing that declaration of the sense of congress regarding the payment of the government's coin bonds in silver on an aye and nay vote In the house th'Is week. This will be the feutute of the proceedings. While the full Republican sttength in the house cannot le commanded ngnlnst the ics.olu.tion, no doubt Is ex pressed by those who have made It their business to canvass the situation that the majority against It will be de cisive. As soon as the resolution Is re ported back from the wajs and means committee, which may be tomorrow, the rules committee will bilng In a special order for Its consldeiatlon. The time allowed for debate Is likely to be bilef as the leaders do not believe there Is any ncesslty for protracted debate and moreover a long discussion would measuieably decrease the veiy purpose they have in view-namely, a piompt and decisive negative reply to the sen at's declaration. The lemalnder of the week will bo devoted to appropilatlon bill". The District of Columbia is itlll under discussion and the foitllicntlon bill is on the calendar. The nouse lead eis Intend to give appropriation bills the right of vvav In order to make an tally adjournment possible. The mo ment the appropriation bills are out of the way the new rules will be brought In and affr that the contested elec tion cases and thob anktuptcy bill will be brought forward. STUDY OF THE TOBACCO SOILS Tobacco Can lie (Srovvu Any Where. Increase in tlio Clop Within the I'ast Ton Varn--Tlie Plant is Par More Sensitive to Meteorological Conditions. AVashlngton, Jun. ISO. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has authorized the Issue In pamphlet form of a prelimin ary report upon the bolls of the prin cipal tobacco districts In the United States prepared by Milton Whitney, chief of the division of soils. A study of the soils has begun when the tobacco exhibit was being prepared for the Co lumbian exposition at Chicago, and since that time qulje a. number of typi cal tobacco soils have been examined at the laboratory connected with the agiicultuial department The present publication, which. Is copiously illus trated, is a preliminary report of the work that has been gotng on. The main poMnt of Inquiry which now reach the department are In regard to the kind of tobacco which should be grown in certain specified localities and the method of curing the product. Reply ing to these questions, the report says climate and soil conditions should de termine the kind of tobacco raised. "The tobacco plant readily adapts It self to a great range of climatic con ditions, will grow on neaily all kinds of soil, and has a comparatively short season of grow th. It can, therefore, as a matter of fact, be grown In nearly all parts of the country, even where wheat and corn cannot be economically piodueed. But while tobacco can be so universally grown, the flavor and qual ity of the leaf are greatly influenced by the conditions of climate and soil. A nondescript tobacco is not worth growing, and should not be grown, as It lowers the price of really good types of tobacco to the detiiment alike of the grower and the consumer. It is lmpoitant, therefore, to understand what kinds of tobacco are In demand and what the climatic and soil condi tions aie which will most easily pro duce the qualities desired. CHANGES IN TEN YEARS. A glance at a table giving changes in the production of tobacco from 1879 to 1SS9 shows that In this period of ten years the nreage and ield of the cigar tobacco have very considerably Increased. Tlie manufactuiing and ex port dlstilcts cannot be bharply separ ated, ns both kinds of tobacco are fr quently grown in the same district and the same kind Is frequently used for both purposes On the whole there has been a considerable decrease in the act cage and yield. Since 1SS9 there has been considerable chartge In many of these dlstilcts, while other now dis tricts, notably Texas and California, are corning into considerable promi nence both as to the area under culti vation and the excellent quality raised. The acreage in Flotldn has also been very greatly increased since 18S9, but there are no reliable statistics to show the extent of the changes In the coun ties making up the tobacco districts," Some attention Is devoted to the question of meterologlcal conditions as afTectlng the industry In the great to bacco regions In this couritiy, Cuba and Sumutra. "The plant," the report continues, "Is far more sensitive to these meterologlcal conditions than are our Instruments. Even in such a famous tobacco region as Cuba, tobacco of good quality cannot be grown in the Immediate vicinity of the ocean or In certain parts of the island, even on what would otherwise bo considered good tobacco lands. This has been tho experience also In Sumatra and In our ow u country, but tVielTTiTueiees are too subtle to be dejjtfted by ouf meteorolo gical IliBtlunetUH." J Tin? remainder of tho report Is de voted malfiiy to a description "f the different ylasses of tobacco lards found In the United States, together v'lth data us to tfte yield per acre, the value of the tobucco produced and valuable sug gestloris for obtaining the best results. I'oiHoned Her Sister. lentous ot her sister, Mlnnlo Tucker, pur turn of ten und gave tho poison to her HUnor, who drunk It und died. The tor oner a Jury accused Mrs. Canavuu of minder and she has been 'arrested T. GENERAL GOMEZ SPURNS A BRIBE Insulted by Blanco, Who Imagined lie Could Buy Hint. SPANISH COMMANDER'S LAST MOVG Ho Dared to Olloi the Great Ciibnn ti VchsoI to Tnku Him Away mid All the Mouoy Ho Wanted--Withering Eloquence of the Patriot Lender in His Reply to the Spaniard, Who Thought Ho Would itatrnv Cuba lor CSolU. Havana, Jan. 1"), via Key West. The sudden departuie of Genet nl Blan co from El Jucaio to Manzanlllo was caused by the following lettei which he leeelved from General Gomez In answer to his proposals of peace on tht basis of autonomy. I um sadly convinced now ut ins mis tuke In uddiesslng a lettei to .,hii nuk ing jour co-ope tation to re-establish peace und prosperity to Cuba and to Spain. My words were clear, nnd thej were supported bj the record of my whole life. Thej showed that 1 wus Inclined to accept negotiations for tho independence of Cuhi, in the mutual interest of tho Island ami oL Spain, but never ans thing that loiiltl taint my name with dishonor or m ike me appear ns bctravlng the noble cnus" of fnidom to whieli 1 have de voted all my energies Instead of an approach from on In a fair and hunotablo sense-, t base i cr eels ed voui strnmie Intimation of jmu ileslte to meet inn- for the puipose ot ' lictsonallv notlfjlnis me of the fol lossing uflets That j oil are toady to place u ste.iui- r nt ms disposal at ans. part ot the coast of Cuba I should diem to bo best to tiansport mo to uuy port ou Klilu of Cub i to which I muv desiio to go and at the same time. jou ott.'i me till the monetary resources I inuv ask for the expenses ot mv tiip nnd maintenance of myself and Inuillj In a foreign land 1 felt so much astounded when I learned all this, I felt vo ashamed, more for sou, Cunetal Blanco, than for myself, that In the first moments I vsas benumbed, knowing not wheth er such heinous propoals could be a )eallt oi a ulghtmaic. Have I leached my present age, lighting, ns I have done for thirteen J ears In the field for the Independence of Cubi, and for thirty vears cheii-h-ing that ideal as the greatest In mv llfp, only that jou or any one should believe that ut tho end of mv Joui ney, I should cover mjself with igno mlnj b accepting the base reward of money from a Spanish captain gen eial for the cosvardly abandonment of my urmj ? Are you sane, Genual Blanco; Do jou not remember that blow of a machete which the hund of a Spanish assassin inlllcted at Punta Brava, near the spot where Muceo died, upon that soul of my soul, the young and brave I'ranelsco Gomez? Do jou think 1 can forgivu that? Have jou ever been a fattier? Besides theso considerations, which ought to have checked you In jour shameful project, there is another that is no less clear. I um not In a position. General Blanco, ,shlch re quires that I should be looking for a steamer to take mo fiom tht island. You hnd better look for a steamer joursclf for of tho tsso ou need It the most. Up to the present di I am on the winner's side. I represent a revolution that is stronger than ever after three jeais of war. You repie sent Spain, weaker than ever, hu miliated by tho American govern ment, with only a limited time beforo jou in which to end this war. There is no pressure weighing upon me from abroad. Tho dajs to come are not full of threatening for me, but they aro full of hope, and, fuithermore, while j-our cause has prejudice nnd tradition ns Its only suppoits, tho cause of Cuba has the full sympath.s, tho world over, of every lover of Jus tice and llbertj'. After reading this letter Blanco took the steamer to Mananlllo. It Is learned that he has still great hope-s thnt the lnsuigent Genet al Jesus Raul, In Santiago de Cuba province, will nc cept the offers which Gomez has re jected In so dignified a manner. Upon what ground thnt hope Is based can pot be known now, but the fact Is that tho Spaniards in Havana are eagerly expecting the sui render of Rubl. POSTAL CUTS POSTPONED. Dolavod in tho Hope that Congress ill Grnnt nu Appinprintioii. Washington, Jan 30 The proposed cut in mall deliveries In the laige cities of tlie East, which was to become op erative on Feb. 1, in order to avert a deficiency In the postal appiopriatlon, will not become operative at that time. It has been decided that the best In terests of the service require that the pioposed reduction be held In abeyance for a time at least. This delay will give an opportunity for the house to take up the question of a deficiency ap propriation asked for by Postmaster General Gary The hope of the olllclals Is that the money rmy be granted In order that there may be no necessity to make any teductlon In the number of deliveries. The department has suspended the order Issued to postmasteis some time ago to reduce their force to th'e extent that extra allowance had been made since the first of the fiscal year. There were loud protests against this order, and, congressional asslstnnce being le gal ded ns probable, ofllclals jlelded to the populai demand against any re duction In mall facilities. Orders tor the .Uniindnock, San Diego, Cal Jan. 'JO. The monitor Monadnock left here for Maedaleim bay for target prnctlco i.nd forty minutes later Captain Clark, of the Monterey, re ceived a telegram from the department at Washington to intercept tho Monud nock and bring her back to poit. It was then too late to do this and Captuln dark reluctantly decided to send the order to Ensei ndu, where tho Monadnock will bo notified If Bhe put? In thero. No cnuse is glv en for tho orders from Wash ington. Summer Hotel Binned. Kennebunkport. Me Jan M, riio Oeoan Bluff house was completely de stroyed by flro tonight. It was ono of tho largest summer hotels hero and was owned by tho Kennebunkport Seashore compunj. Loss, $73,000, Hcrr Von Itlclietuui Promoted. Beilln, 'Jan SO.- llorr von Rleheiiau, Hi Bt secietaij of the Ueimn li.untlun Nat Washington, lias oeen promoted to tho iniiK oi uerman consul genet al at Sofia,, s SHAW'S COUNSEL INDICTED. Hnrry & Scovel Gives 82,000 Unit. Six Other IIIIIn round. Cntmlon, X. J., Jnn. 30. Tho Brand Jut .v, which has for more than u week been Investigating the charges In con nection with the mistrial of Ell Shaw, chatged with the minder ot his moth er nnd grandmother, yesterday pie sentcd to Judge Gntilsuii seven tiuo bills of indictment One of the indictments Is ngalnst Harty S Siivel, the senior counsel for Ell Shan. Scovel at once entered $2,500 bail for a healing, the security being furnished by ex-Judge Carrow, who, with ex-Judge Wostcott, has been retained as his counsel In the case. It may be lememb'Meil that on Janu niy 4, the second dnj' of the trial of Ell Shaw, Judge Garrison, In conse quence of rumors that effotts had been made to influence the Jurj. peremptor ily stopped the trial und dismissed the Jurymen. Judge Garrison subsequent ly laid the affair before the grand Jurj and oidered an Investigation. Bv inquest of Judge Gatrlson, At torney Geneial Grev took chat go of the case, nnd was nttomev for the grand Jury In the Investigation. Chief of Police Johnson and ex-Re-emder Miles, both of Stockton, were in tested on bench wariants, indict ments having been found against them lor embraeoiv- In connection with the Shnvs case. They each furnished $2,r00 ball und were i cleaned John Mershass", who was Plso unested, was unable to secuie ball, and Is Uc-kcd np. MOSES ROSENSTOCK A BAD SON-IN-LAW According to Mr. W llfson Moses litis Been nu Expensive I.uviiry in His I'n in i I y. Nevs Yoik, Jan CO Moses Rosen stock was nnaigned In the Centei stieet police court today on the complaint of his lathcr-ln-law David Wllfson, of Baltimore, as a fugitive from Justice. He wns lield pending the an lval ot requisition papers from Balttmoie. Rosenstoek was atre'sted Inst night. He is 34 j'ears of age, but looks much oldei. Mr. Wllfson, the complainant, Is the snnlor member of the mllllonalie furniture mnnufnctuilng firm of David Wllfson & Son, Baltimore. Thliteen j'euis ago, according to the storj- told by Mr. AVIlfson In court to dny, Ro-enatoek wns compelled through his gambling debts and entanglements to leave Germany He came to this country nnd after a Hhort residence In Baltimore, mar iled Mr Wllfson's eldest daughter, de spite her fathers opposition. Soon after that Rosenstoek vsas given an Import ant position with his father-in-law's firm, but after paying attention to busi ness for a few months Rosenstoek again plunged deeper than ever into dissipation. Then one daj- came the refusal of one of the firm's largest customers to pay a bill of over $20,000, which, It claimed, according to Mr. Wllfson, had been paid to Rosenstoek months before. When confronted with the evidence, Rosienstock denied that he had received the money, but the matter was settled for a time by Rosenstock's accepting a few hundred dollars and leaving town. He left his wife and five children be hind. An expert wns put at work on his books and, Mr Wolfsor states dis covered that Rosenstoek wns $JO,000 shoit in his accounts. This was In 1890. "His dissipation in Baltlmoie," said Mr. Wllfson In court today, "had al lendy cost me over $7i,000, and when I found he had been lobbing me be side, I determined to punish him se vetely If he could be found." For a year and moie detectives scoured the countrj for Rosenstoek. He went, they learned, to Philadelphia, and after being In the employ of a firm theie for a few months, disappeared, having defaulted In a small sum. Later he went to Pittsburg and accoidlng to the story, practically did the same thing over again. Rosenstoek had nothing to saj- when airalgned today and greeted his father-in-law with downcast eyes. He showed little emotion svhen told by Mr. Wllf son that dining the two j'ears he had been absent two of his children had died. After he was remanded to the Toombs, Rosenstoek said he would pre pare a statement showing the nmount of money he had taken from Mr. Wllf son. Tiro on the I'liio JacKm. Ipswich, Jan. 30. File broke out totfiy In the nfter part of the British steamer Blue Jacket, Captuln Thomas, which ur rlved lure on the 24th liotn Newport News. Tho fire inged for two hours be fore It was gotten under control. The warship Mersej and tsvo tugs nsslstcd In extinguishing the flames. The fourth hold Is full ot water, ahd tho mals-o burned The veessl lins been placed In the mud. The commander of the Mersej was badlj hurt. Podtinnstcr Killed. Juliette, Ida., Jan. 30. J, Morangue, couutj surveyor of Nez Perce count-, shot and instantly killed 1). A. Klppen, posttmstor at Klppcn, Idaho. Morangue llred tliruo shots, all of which took ef fect. Th trouble originated over some land tho parties had leased together, M rangue gave himself up. .Murphy Rushed tho Tight. Grass Vallej, Cul., Jan, 30 In thieo rounds beforo the Grnss Valley Athletic club, Dan Murplij', of Salt cake, knocked out Jack McCauslnnd, of Biowns Valley, Murphy rushed the fluiit from tho start and In the third round knocked htm dossn lour times. Cold nt NnrntOKii. Saratoga, N. Y, Jan. ?u. The cold in creased during tho night. Tho mercury dropped to 29 below ero heret nnd in a number of surrounding towns averaged trom 32 to 34 below. 'I ho meieury did not feet above Kero during tho day, und is falling rapidly tonight. ( rn.i .SniiNiign Sinker. Denver, Cal , Jun. 30. The crazy man who demanded Jj,000,000 at the Colorado Nntloii'il bank bus been identified as Chuilin Heyne, u snlif.iBe mnker, foi merly eniploj-ed by the Denver Packing compunj. ' Nfcnnifclilp Arrivals, Now York, Jan. 30. Arrived! La Bret ngnn. I In vie, I.lzurd Passed: La Nor mnndle, Ness York fur Havre. Quel up town Aulsed; Set tin. New Yoik for Lls'eiponl and proceeded. Balled: Lu canlu, fromtLlverpool for Now Yorlr BULL DOG BECAME SUDDENLY MAD Dcllcvue Family llnj no Exciting and Serious Encounter. MOTHER WAS SEVERELY BITTEN Crn.ed Animal Suddenly Attacks Sirs. Thomas l'orUun nt 11 o'clock Lnst Night While She, Her Hus band nnd Three Children Were in the Sitting Room -- Crushed n Wooden Chair Into Splinters in Its Race. . The home of Thomas Forkan, of 442 Railroad avenue, was the scene of an exciting and serious encounter with a mad bull dog last night at 11 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs, Forkan and three ot the children were In the sitting room, and about to go to bed when their dog, a large one of the bull variety, sud denly Jumped up from behind the stove and made a Jump at Mrs. Forkan's throat. She saw the animal preparing lo spilng and leaped uslde In time to avoid him. In doing so she fell to the floor with one nun ncioss the seat of a wooden bottom chair. Before she could recov er her feet the dog made a second spilng at her, and clutching both the bottom of the chair and her foie aim In his capacious Jasss he sank one of his upper fangs tully half an Inch Into the intct lor side of the arm. The bot tom of the chair was crunched Irrto spllnteis bj' the under fangs of the maddened brute. The husband hud seized a ehalr at the first spring of the dog and mnde a blow at him but missed him It was not until he had broken the chair over the dog's back that he succeeded In mnklng It let go Its hold on his wife's at in. When It did finally telease Its hold on Mis Forkan's arm It ran about tho loom snapping at everything that came In Its path. One of the children, a 13-year-old girl, got In the way of the dog and leeelved a slight scratch on the leg from one of Its fangs. After running ubout the loom for a time, Mr. Foikan following, with an upialsed chair, the dog took another grip on the blood-stained seat of the chair, on which Mrs Forkan's arm had been caught, and In Its made rage, spllnteted the legs, rungs and seat with Its teeth A door leading outside was opened and Mr. Forkan. after a time, succeed ed in causing the mad brute to loose his hold on the chair and take flight. Dr J. P. Walker was called and caut erized the wounds and aftei wards hunted up and shot the dog. BLANCO RECEIVED WITH ENTHUSIASM According to His Own Version the People Admire IIim--(cnornl Leo Gives n Ilnnquct to Officers oi the Maine. Havana, Jan. 20. General Blanco, according to the version of his trip, re ceived from (Spanish sources, has been welcomed enthusiastically at Santiago de Cuba. The provincial deputies have tendered him a banquet, at which In the course of a reply to a toast to his health, General Blanco urged that all elements of the population should en deavor to contribute to the establish ment of peace. The Spanish General Luque, with 800 infantry and 1C0 cavalrj. In two col umns, while leconnoiteilng near Maca gua and Cayumo, In the direction of the Mejla district, beyond Holguln, discovered that the Insurgents had de concentrated the forces. He attacked them nt Mejla and a sharp engagement ensued. The Spanish accounts saj- that General Luque took the Insurgent trenches by a bayonet charge. The In surgents fled, leaving five killed. Of the Spanish, Major Segundo Camarara and Lieutenant Agustln Luque, son of General Luque, were seriously wound ed: two soldiers were killed and twentj wounded On Jan. 27 Genei.il Luque anlved at Holguln This morning Consul General Le gave n banquet at tho Havana Yacht club house, at Mailano Beach, to the officers of the United States war ship Maine. The guests of the occasion weie Cap tain Slgsbee, Lieutenants Cattlln, Hol mnn, Hood and Jungen, Chaplain Chldwlck, Paymaster LIttlefleld, Dr Henneberger, Chief Engineer Howell and Cadets Holden and Boyd, of Wash ington. The company Included also several well-known American residents and representatives of the English and American press, residing in Havana, Messrs. Atkins, Caldwell, Halstead, Hllgest, Lalne, Pepper and Scovel, Consul General Lee presided, assist ed by Vice Consul General Springer. The former proposed "Captain Slgs bee's splendid officers of the Maine." Captain Slgsbee responded, and then proposed "the United States and Con sul General Fltzhugh Lee, Its repre sentative In Cuba." There were no other toasts. Consul General Lee, Vlco Consul Geneial Springer and another member of the party distributed alms among a number of poor people, whom curios ity had attracted to tho club house. After the banquet several officers of the Maine witnessed a bull fight, a box having been provided for them by act ing Captain General Part ado. The at traction was Mazzantlnl, Spain's most celebrated bull fighter. Woman l'rozeu to Donlh. Tiny, N. Y., Jan. "0. The bodj of Mrs. Georgle Connell, 37 jears old, was found early this morning on the road leading over Mount Olympus, Sho hud been frozen to death It Is thought that the vomin. who had been drinking last night, becumo dimd and fell Into tin old llmo pit. She must base crawled out of this, and, being too weak to go farther, lay down In the rnlddlu ol tho load, where her body was found Vroomnn Dead, Canajoharle, N. y Jan. 30 -Norman Vroomair, who shot himself in tlio broa-,t ut his father's homo near Shuron Springs Saturdaj-, after having killed his wife. died today. THE NEWS THIS M0KNINU. Weather Indications ToJayi Light Snoss: Warmer. I 1 General Charles O. Kaiser Confesses to Murder Genernl Gonez Reply to Blanco, Programme of Work for tho Week Heroin Corgi ess. Agricultural Department's Intel estlng Report on Tobacco Soils. Mad Bulldog In Belles lie. 2 Stntc-SherllT Mai tin's Trial to Com mence rob. l, S Local Eastern League Base Ball Averages. 4 Editorial. Comment of the Press, 5 Slot j "Tim Tight-Hope Wnlker's Uf- malice," 0 Local Rev. Dr. McLeod's Sermon on the Beatitudes. A Murder Trial First on the List tor This Morning's Couit. 7 Local Nunow Escape Horn a Death bv Klre nt Dlrkson City. Exciting Illdo of Crvstnl i'lr-'incn. S Local Wfst Side, South Side nnd Su burban. !' Lncknssnnna Count v News. 10 Neighboring County Happenings, The Mnikets. DISASTER ON THE MAINE CENTRAL Tour Persons Dead and Thirty Are Siiflering from Wounds Re ceived, Bangor, Mt , Jan 30 Foui persons arc dead and thlity aie sulferlng from wounds leeelved yesterday In the dis aster on the Maine Cenlial tallioad, near Otono, Me. The dead are: DANIEL Cl'NNINGHAVl AND WIPE, of Trov, Me MRS. JENNIE S MURHAY. supposed to be ot Calais, .Me. REV. FATHER MA1THEW It Mc- GRATH of South Huston Father McGr.ith and E.inii 1 Cunning ham died today. The seriously Injuied nier STANLEY BEAN, ttactuie ot skull; ci It-lcal. HOWARD L. MADDOX, tiaeluie of skull. D. M. ATHERTON, cuts on hend and se vere shock. MRS. JOHN TREAT, ribs bioken, IhiRers crushed. A. B. M'LEAIm, ribs bioken, spine In jured. FRANK U. JENKINS, nnkle broken, back Injured. J. R. LEAV1TT, jaw bioken W. K. THOMPSON, Pittsburg, calp wounds, face cut. The tailroad officials say that so far ns thev know the track was in good condition. The weather has been very cold and it is thought that the action of the frost may have caused the tails to sorend. TO PROSECUTE LYNCHERS. Governor Considers tho Lynching n Blot on Ills Administration. Indianapolis, Jun. 30. Governor Mount nnd Attorney General Ketcham have the names of fifty of the mob which lynched five thieves at Versailles last September. The evidence collected Is sufficient to hails' the fifty men, and conviction could be secured were It not for the provision which forbids the state to take a change of venue. Tho people of Versailles and Rlplej county have Indorsed the work of the mob, and It would be next to Impossible to secure a Jury which would convict the members of the mob The attorney geneial may, however, alter these con ditions by going befoie the Jury per sonally and Instructing that It do Its duty. Detectives have been at vsoik on the case, and the officials have kept the matter quiet. It wast thought that all attempts to punish the mob had been given up, but Governor Mount regards the lynching as a blot on his admin istration and will not let the matter rest. Sensational deveopements In the wav- of whoesale airests aie expected In u short time. CALLED TO THE DOOR AND SHOT. Tragic Ending of mi Unhappy Mar riage In Mniroii Springs, .'. V. Canajohuiie, N. Y, Jan. 30, Noiman Voorman, forty years old, shot and killed his vslfe jesterduj- at the home of Henry P. Bellinger, a tanner, ut Sharon Springs. Viooman and his wife hnd not lived happily together, and had separated three times, the last time about two sseeks ago Mrs, Vioo mnn had decided to go to her old home, In Canada, and was staying at Mr. Bel linger's house temporal Uy. Vroomnn had tiled many times to persuade her to return to him. He drove to the house, called hei to the door, and, after a few minutes' con versation, drew a revolver and shot her twice In the breast. She died soon af tens aid. Viooman also shot at Mr. Bellinger, but the bullet lodged in a panel of the door Then Vrooman got into his cutter and escaped, He was found later at the house of his father, Nelson Viooman, In a djlng condition. He hnd shot himself in the breast. He Is uncon scious and cunnot recover. Colored Man Cieinnted. Indiana, Pa., Jnn JO.-Robeit Gllheit. a colored seivant of Judjc White wns burned to death iibout 2 o'clock thU morning. He sshs In the habit of sleep ing lu a small outhouse neni the Whlto residence, which lu some unknown man ia r caught tire svhllo Gilbert was In bed asleep. The ilimes had uulned sueh headway when discovered til u It w.is Impossible to cheek them Mr. GluditoneN lllnosK. Cannes Jan. 30 Mr. Gladstone Ins kept his bed tho entire day. He passd a restless night, and theio vsnn a return of his neuralgia Ills phj'sictan a.led during tho night und ugaln this morn ing. When this dlspatih Is sent tonight Sir. Gladstone Is repoited uh feeling much relieved. Killed by ii Trniu. Newton, Mass, Jan. JO. Miss Maiy W ten Walsh and Miss Budget Muiphs. both domestics, were killed by u tiiiln here last night while walking on the truck. Surgeon Ponii Dead. Paris, Jan. 20. Jules Emile Pean, tho eminent curgeor la dead, KAISER HAS CONFESSED Admits That He Con spired with Clemmer to Kill His Wife. EXONERATES LIZZIE D'KALB States That She Knew Noth ing: of Their Purpose. linlser Sup that He Learned thnt His Wita Wns Untriio and Lost All Love tor Hci--lt Was Then thnt Clemmer Appeared and Tempted Him to Mnko Arruiiu'cmonts to Kill Hir--Aflrr Throo Unsuccessful Attempts the Crime Was Accom plished. PhilatU lphla Jun. ;,0. A special to the Imiulier tonight from Noirlstossn, Pa., states that Chatles O. Kaiser, convicted of the minder ol his vvlte. Eiiitup. Kaiser, has made a confession In which he admits having consulted with Jumet A Clemmer to commit tho clime, but places the blame for having Hied tlie fatal shot on Clemmer, who Is now In the countj lull Awaiting tilal for his allegeel shaio In the crime Lizzie DeKalb, vs ho Is also undei ni lest chatged with being Implicated In the minder. Is, according to Kaiser's confession, innocent ot nny knowledge of their puipose to 1:111 Mis. Kalsei Kaiser in his confession says that he never had any Intention of doing awaj with his vslfe until after he had heaid that his wife ss'is untiue to him. Pie vlous to that time lie said he had al vvaj's loved her As soon ns he was told tint she was untrue he lost all love for hei, nrd when afteiwaid he met Clemmer in Philadelphia ho it was who tempted him to enter Into a scheme to get rid of Mrs. Kaiser. Clemmer, the convicted man tays, told him that they were both in need of monej', and inasmuch as his wife vsas untiue to him ho should have no compunctions about ending her life-. The contesslon then states that Clem mer told him he vsas an agent foi the Covenant Life Insurance company, of Galesburg, 111., anci Induced him to tnke out an Insurance pollcj for $1,001). This was In the summer of 1SSC. Clemmer then told them how easy it ss-as to dis pose of Mrs. Kniser, and persuaded him to induce hln sslfe to make a will in his. Kaiser's favor Kaiser says that Clemmer and he ar ranged to kill Mrs. Kalspr by means of poison, hut that this plan fell through and It was aftei ward decided to make It nppeir that the crime was committed by highwaymen. THREE ATTEMPTS. Plans to this end were ai ranged, and on threa sepaiato occasions Mrs Kai ser wnt dilvlng, accompanied bv 1 Iz 7ie DeKalb, but the plans of the con spliators fulled of accomplishment un til h. October, 1S')G. On tin- 29th of that month the plan finally succoeled Kaiser had met Clemmer and nil the details W3ie artanged Clemmer vsas to meet him and Mrs Kaiser at a giv en point near the Trenton cut ofi in tho guise of a highwayman. Kaiser ihen gi es on to say that when he reached the given point Clemmer made his appearance and rrmmanded the carriage containing Kaiser and his wife to be halted, at th" same time demanding money ind valuables. These vseie handed out and th n'stol was placed against Mis, Kelser'. hcnil by Clemmei, vs ho llieel The second shot was put thiough Kaiser's arm. The lemalnder ot Kalsei s confession dtfleis In no paitlculnr fiom the fact bicught cut at the ttlal as to his sub soiiuent movements He insists that the DeK'ilb woman knew nothing of the murdci, until attei It had been ac complished. This latter fejtuie if the confession coitoliotates the stit'inent made by Lizzie DeKalb just attei her airest. C0RBETT TURNED DOWN. Ho Must Whip illnhor lloloro He run right rilzsimmoiu. Detiolt, Mich, Jan. SO Fitzslinmons and Julian declined lo consider Coi bett's final challenge todaj. Consldlne, of this cltj, ssho had undei taken to have the light pulled off for a purse of $25,000 held an Interview with Julian and Fltzslmnions with representatives of the pieus us witmss. The latter leclaied that Corbett svtin no longer Iri Fltzsltnmou's cluss, and would not be until he had whipped Muher. TROUBLE IN GREECE. Pcnsuiits .fleet Tax Collecting Troops it It a Siifcliiiuod Pile. Athens, Jan. JO Sej fullah Pasha, with 2,000 soldleis and tsso guns, le cently went to the village of Lazarlna, near Tilkhnla, to enfoue the payment of taxes. The peasants met the tioops with a sustained (lie, and a tegulni engage ment ensued. The next duv the at tack was renewed, with results not jet known heie. Tho lluiu'd's Wentlinr forecast. Ness Yoik Jnn II In the middle states nnd Ness England toduj partly cloudy to clouds sseather will pies ail, with fresh to bilsk noitheasterlj to easterly winds, shitting slowlj toward southeast, uiul nearly statlonuiy, follosved bj' slowly ris ing temperuturu nnd snow or ruin, thg winds becoming high, with fog on ilia coasts. On Tuesday, cloudy and clear ing weather will prevail, probably pre ceded by biiow or rain on the coasts, with hlglur tollowed by slowing falling tern, peruturo and brisk southerly, to, westerly winds, . I. -. t
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