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CLIMAX IN THE
COUNTERFEIT
CONSPIRACY
Secret Service Officers
Make Many More Im
portant Arrests.
CAUGHT IN DRAG NET
Former United Statos District At
torney Inghnnr and Deputy Inter
nal RFvenue Collector Downey Aro
Arrested on Charge of Aiding
Counterfeiters Ingham Makes u
Statement Ashing the Public to
Suspend Judgment All Lancaster
Excited Over the An est of Dow-
v ney His Confession.
riillacn-lphi.i, April 21 The climax- in
the gigantic- counterfeit conspiracy,
which was biouRht to light heie Kit
week, was 1 cached todav when former
United Stairs Dlstiict Attorney Hllery
r Inghnm. of this city, and Drputy
Internal Hovenue Collector SuntuM B.
Pownev, of Lancaster, P.i., were ar
rested by United States secret service
officer on the ohaige nf aiding the
chief counterfeiter-! In their eflorts to
flmd the ootintiy with bogus treasury
jutei ami Internal revenue stamp".
The airest of Ingham reated a great
sensation on account of his promin
ence and lib- former connection with
th soernment as the United States
attorney for the Hastotn district of
I'ennsjlvanla. Those who are now un
der airest dunged with complicity in
the great plot are:
BLLBUY P. TNOHAM, ex-United States
district atturne.v ol tills clt.
HAUVBY K NFAVITT, ex-asilttant
district tittorncv of tills city.
SA.Ml BL H DOWSi:V. deputy intern il
irvenue collector of the Ninth luteiiul
t venue district of Penns lvanlu, of
Lttncastci P.i.
IL MAM M JACOBS, clsar manufac
turer of Lancaster
WILLIAM L. KBNPIC,, tig ir manurjc
tur r, ot L mcastt r.
JAMBS 11FHNS Kcndlg's fot. m in.
ARTIll H TAYLOlt, expert ensraver, of
tills eltv
BALDWIN S UHF.DHLL rp, it en
graver and mi cli.inle, of this elu.
Hver since the conspiracy was mi
eai thed lost Thuisdn the air has been
thick with lumois. hut the seciet ser
ke oiiicers absolutely refused to open
their mouths In connection with the
ease. That fmther ai rests would bo
made was evident by tho actions of
the government ofllclals during the
past few d.i j s. John IJ Wllkie, chief
of the secret -prvhe division of the
United States ti eusurj, was In frequent
confeienci with United States District
Attoine.v James M Heck, who Is Ing
ham's Immediate sue lessor. Yesletdav
these iwi officials, at companies by
Caiitaln William J Bums, of the seciet
service, went to Lancntt"r to gather
futthei evidence. That theli Jouincy
bote fruit wns shown today. With the
InformaMi u gathered at Lincaster, Mr.
Heck eaily todav appealed liefoio
1 nlted States Commissioner ndinunds
and swoie out a wun.iut for the auest
of Inehnm and Downey Chief Wllkie
ind Cnplaln Bums went to Lancaster
this nfteinoon and attested Downey,
while Deputy United States Marshal
Foster took Ingham Into his cttstodv
at the latter's law ofUce. Mi. Ingham
was not sin prised
The e.(lsti!et attorney was Immedi
ate! t tken be foi e Commissioner IM
munds ind loimally cliaiged with con
splilng with ll-uvoy K Xevvitt, his
aw paittni. "to piomlse, offer and
give the sum of $0 mm in monthly pay
ments ..f $-,0n each," to YVllIium T. JIo
Maims uf Philadelphia, a seciet ser
ioe otlleei. who was wot king up the
ease against the live men chntgod with
(uinteiieltlng revenue stamps and the
J! 10 sllvi ceitlflcate
Ingham Waives n Healing.
Ii ''lam waived a healing and was
held in 10,i)00 bail lur a fuithei hear
ing ot. Thuisdav motning. Now Ill's
hearing, wluili I. id been fixed foi 10
moriow vas oht,i" .1 mi that both 1 ti n
can he arraigned ' i e i Joseph H.
Orund ot llnstid ' S'oviti's bonds
lii.Ui, went Inaii mi ' ill.
Immediutd aft -i Ingham had given
ball, he made the following statemeiu:
' I an, absolutely Innocent ot the thai go
picfened ngalnsl me. I have never
done anything unbecoming an honor
able law or and gentleman. 1 nsk that
tin pulilic geneinlly siiJiJtiiid judgment
until I have had an oppoitunlt to be
heaid "
KIP i J P. Ingham has been pinmturut
as a Ttupublican In state politics for
tais He h a native of Sullivan
counlv ihls slut-', -ind was appointed
1 i ' Stales attorney for tho Uast
crn iil-nict of I'finivanla by Prcsl
deui liHiilson being succeeded at tho
end of hlo ten.-, by James M. Dock
(P m) who leceived his appointment
froir Piesld'nt nveaiul. Dining the
Pst fivv years Mi Ingham has Ik en
a Tiroiiilnent figure at rtate ciukp.
tiors or.d ou tin slump us an adh-vent
of c l-enutor Quay
lodging from a lenunk mopped by
Ctini!.ilssloner ndmund.s v. hllo he was
preparing Ingham's hoi! bond. It Is
not believed lhal nil- moio niresla will
b( made In connec tlon with tho cate
Chief -Wilkin and Captain llurpa ai
llvr 1 hero Into tonight ti m Lancnntcr
with deputy Inierni P.evvnue Collec.
to.- Dovvnev In lh Ii -ualii'lv. Tho p-H-ouei
wits turned 'Vir to Deputy I'nitod
States Marshal Uoi"ttr.
Downey's Compensation.
Chief Vv'llklo h,t id to a reporter for
t(h Associated -Pi ens that Downey Imd
ncelved between $H00 nuil Jl.MO fmni
Jncobn us compensr.ilon to lump tip
latter Informud of the movements of
tin secret swvieo men. "On Outubct
10, laot," the chief Huld, "Dov,ny
called nt Jacobs' olllce. Tho latter
noticed that something was wrong
with the lovenue olllcer and naked him
what was the matter with him. Dow
ney lnfoimed hint that ho was In
flnnnclnl tumble and did not know how
he would got out of It. Then Jacobs
ou'eied to loan Downey $100. The lat
ter accepted the offer and volunteeied
tn keep Jacobs inlormed ot what the
government ofllclals were dotal, Dow
ney knowing that Jacobs was defraud
ing tho government Fiom that time
on Downey frequently 'touched' Jacobs
for vailous nmounts and got It. Tho
last money paid to Downey was on
Am 11 17, when Jncoha gae him $500."
In regard to the attest of Ingham,
Chief Wllkie would not say much. "All
I can say H this," he said: "That
Jacobs and tho lest of the gang wanted
to get Inside inlormatlon from the
j secret sen lee men in this city. Ingham
ana evviit weie toimciiy uniieti
States attorneys and knew much of the
Inside woi kings of tho government.
Jacobs knew this and approached them
cautiously, but he llnully got there.
"Today's aiiests die the lust that
will bo made In connection with this
case, unless there Is moio In It than
what we know of now. I am perfectly
satlslled with the lesult of our eai's
woik. In jesults It was tho greatest
capture evct made by the seciet ser
vice. Tnjlor and Tticdcll had aheady
put Into cltculatlon bogus $100 tieas
u ry notes to the amount of $10,000, and
Jacobs and ICondlg had placed counter
leit stamps on boes containing be
tween 10,000,000 and CO 000,000 i Igars.
The loss to tho government from the
cigar stamps alone will amount to
about $110,000."
Internal Itevenue Collector MtClnln,
of the 1'ltsjt Internal levenue dlstiict
of PennsyHanla, Is still busy seizing
cigars on which had boon placed the
counterfeit stamps. Over 50 000 wero
seized In this city toda, making u
total selzuie In the district since last
l'rldaj of about ".'.O.OOO cigars.
Lancaster Excited.
Lancaster, Pa., April 24. One of the
most important nriests In the great
countei felting conspiiacy was made in
this city today by Captain Hums, of
the secret reiIce. Samuel B. Dow
ney, an outside deputy ieenue collec
tor, was taken into custody and held
In $10,000 ball for tilul. The town is
gleutly exclled over the an est.
Chief Wllkie and Captain limns ar
rived in this city shortly atter 2 o'clock
this afternoon. They went to the of
tko of Collector Ileishey and held a
brief consultation with him Piom
theie thev pititeeded to the ollli e of
lltown .V: llensel, attome.vs, where
they got their man.
Dally In the da Depilt.v Collector
Downey received an Intimation that
seciet ten lee men weie after him, and
he at once repaired to lit own it lien-
sel's office, they being his counsel. As
he tame out of the olllce Captain Hums
plaiod him under auest and e-coittd
him to Collector lleishe's olllce In
the postulllce building.
The prisoner ale dinner with Chief
Wllkie and Captain Bums, after which
he was taken to the olllce of United
States Cninmissionei I!. F. Moutgom
eiy. In the absence of any lepiesenta
tlves of the law olllce. Chief Wilkle
hummed uie commissioner that in the
cases of Harvey K. Xewltt and Dlleiy
P. Ingham, auested in Philadelphia,
lull had been lled in the sum of $10 -Del'.
In view of this Commissioner
!Mnntgomeiy lcqulied the same amount
from Dovvnev. At a late hour tonight
f i lends of the prisoner had not suc
ceeded in seeming lull.
Downey Coatesses.
Downey has made a complt te . oufes.
flop Last Apiil, when Tavlor and
Bretlell. the ongiaveis of Philadelphia,
had made their arrangements with
Jacobs and Kendlg, Captain Bums
came heie and secured detailed Infor
mation regarding the habits of the
cigar manufactuieis. They intioduced
the secret service ninn to Downey
who appealed to Bums to be over
ycalous in his eltoits to assist the do.
tectlve. He was continually admon
ished. Last October Jacobs and Kendig
cleaned out their plants, which aroused
Captain Bums' suspicions He knew
the had leceived iufoimatlon from
Downey, but attributed It to his anxi
ety to assist the seciet bet vice. Jucobs
and Kendig did not trust Downey, and
made an rffoit to reach the seciet ser
vice. Thev had paid Downey, the do.
tectlves mi .-,iio to keep them lnfoim
ed, but tenied that he was not relia
ble After the alligeil atttinpted inJli
civ by New iti in Philadelphia, Bums
told Downey that the secret service
was disgusted with the to-.- and in
tended to diop it. This Iufoimatlon
w is eonvtod to Jacobs and Kendlg,
vim then becan to woik like ben vera
i i.d Hooded the country Willi cigat.s
containing bogus stamps. The secret
seivbe men say they now have all the
culpilts under auest
Downey was appointed four years
ago by li.iymond II. Sheaier. Demo
ciatlc collector, and wad so well
thought of that Collector Hershoy, !
publican, retained him In olllce.
NO AMALGAMATION.
The Daughters of the Revolution
Agiee to Disagiee.
Philadelphia. April 21. The Daugh
ters of the Devolution and the Daugh
ters of the American Devolution will
not unite nnd tho differences betiw.n
these ptomlnent revolutionary societies
will not be healed by amalgamation.
Th" annual meeting of the general so
clty of tho Daughters of the Devolu
tion began todu nt tho Hotel Strat
fold, and one of the most Important
muttus transacted this nfteinoon was
the ratification b thc major organiza
tion of a "no loalltlon" resolution that
wns adopted by the board of managcus
In New York last Monday.
The convention opened at 10 o'clock
Mr. N. R. Keay, state regent of the
Punns.vlvunlu soelety.made the addiess
of welcome. Delegates weia present
from nineteen Mnt s. Tho annual re
ports of the c.fflcer.1 were road and
showed a llouilshlng condition of nf.
fali.
' .I.
An Extensive Trade.
IMillKdilplila, April 21 -Catcher Farroll
uml iiibtl Base man Casey, of WnRhlnsr
in liavo bi eu tiittli.i fui Pitcher Me
KhiImihI, f'atchf lle dnu and Third Base.
iTitin CHimldy, of tliu BiooklMi. Wush.
MHtoii, In addition to the tinea jilajei.s,
I'tcwlvth u mouy cuiutdeiatlon.
THE BEEP INQUIRY
DRAWINGJO A CLOSE
THE COMMITTED PREPARES TO
MAKE ITS REPORT.
Major Lee, Representative of Gen
eral Miles, Sums Up His Side of
the Case He Disclaims That Ho
Has Been Acting for General Miles
as Counsel in a Technical Sense.
Recorder Davis Submits His Case
Without Argument.
Washington, April 24. The Wndo
court of Inquiry, appointed to Investi
gate the allegations made by Major
General Miles In his testimony before
the war Investigating committee con
cerning the meat furnished the ainiy
dining the late war with Spain, held Its
last open session today and Is now en
gaged upon the prepatatlon of Its le
poit The court has been In session
almost twenty weeks and In addition
to dully healings given In this city for
seveinl weeks, sessions have been held
In Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City
to affoitl the members, of the court an
opportunity of peisonally Inspecting
the canning and refrigerating process
es of tho packing houses, "eveinl bun
dled witnesses have been examined,
most of whom have beep oiiicers and
enlisted men in the regular or volun
teer servlic and over I, ."00 pages of tes
timony have been submitted. This
motning the court decided not to ac
cept a report mudo b Lieutenant Col
onel 'Jaiilngton. ot the Inspector gen
eral's olllce. This report had been
tiaiismltled to General -Miles through
Inspector General Bieckenridgc. The
report of Colonel Ginllngton covers
about SO typewritten luges and gtus
exhaustively Into the repot ts made by
olllteis and men without di.iwmg any
geliei'il conclusion. The bo.ud In ex
planation of Its refusal to uccept this
lepott in evidence, gave out the lol
lovvlng .statement
The report of the Investigation con
ducted hv Lleiitt mint Colonel Carlington
inspector gtiiLi.il, miller the oideis of
the major general commanding, contains
the ltsult of the Inquiry cjtiled on, for
the most p irt at the same time and in
the sumo places us that entrusted to this
mint by the piesidenl. During iho piog
lcss of the invesilc-atlon Colonel Calling
ton bus submitted the names of wltnt s s
and from time to lime bus suggested
sublectsof Impili.v Ml of which have beta
1 nil - consider! d bv the coiut. The 10
pmts which vveio furnished him by
olliecis of the nrmy have bi en til
itadv read and submitted in evi
dence in view of thtst lucts, and as It
does not apin.tr that Colontl Cailiugtun
had an other or belli i iih.iiis of nifor
iii it ion than Wile iicctj-slble to tho cou.'t
at ever stage of Its inipllrv it is oideud
Mill the lepoil be not nttived in evt
tlt nee
Afternoon Session.
At the ntteinoon session Malor Lee,
who has been Malor Ueneuil Miles'
lepiesentatlve belore the boarel,
summed up for his side of the case.
Kecoider Davis tead biief lepotta
from (leni ral Bieikeniidge's, the In
spector geneial, and also named two
of his suboiillu.Ues, Major Philip
Ueade and Lieutenant Colonel G.u ling
ton, as to the lesult ot their Individ
ual woik and observations Uenetal
Bieckentlilge condemned the canned
beef lation and, speaking generallv,
said that while the aimy ration ful
lilled all the scientific leciulieineut of
lood allies, its component p.nts
should be changed to meet ihe new
conditions of service. As the ration
was tlxed by law, there was a matter
foi congiess to remedy. He also sug
gested that m tides leepiued by sick
and convalescent soldleis should be
added. Major Beatle's lepoit was
iiuinlv tlevoted to the lack of ceitaln
camp eeiulpment among leitaln regi
ments and that of Colonel G.n Huston
to the tesult of his personal Inspec
tion of the vailous tamps of the coun
tiy The eoint then dt e ided that If any
of the depositions for whlrh General
Allies had called should be received
pi Ini to the completion of the lepoit
of the boaitl they should he .id in I tied
as evidence, subject to tho board's
limitations
.Major Lee then summed up the iase,
disclaiming at the outset that he was
acting as counsel for Major Genei.il
Miles In a technical sense, nnd add
ing that he had been there simply to
present and elicit evidence. He read
his nigument fiom careful prepared
manuscript and was given careful at
tention by the thiee members of the
coutt and the recorder, no one dsa be
ing present, except the representatives
of the press. Ills statement consumed
about an hour, and when he com hided
ivlth the statement that the meinb s
of the boatd must decide whether th"
great fraud and great ciime which he
believed had been committed, sho.i1 1
be carried before the courts, Becoider
Davis niose and said slmplv. " sub
mit the case to the board without aigu
menl "
THE JURY DISAGREES.
No Verdict In Case of Mis. Clemen
tino M. Reckard.
Baltlmoie, Apt 11 21. The Jury In the
ense ot Mis. Clemcntlno M. Deckaid
on trial at Towson for tho murder of
her husband, were unable to ogteo
upon a voitlict and were today dis
charged by Judge Betke. Tho murder
occurred In this city several mnptln
ago, but the tllal was removed to Bal
tlmoie county at tho reeiuest of de
fendant. Tho jinors stood eight for conviction
of murder In the ilmt degree nnd four
for murder In tho second degree. A
now trial will be jurnni,.d for.
An lion Company Absorbed.
Alltntown, Pa.. April 21. Umplic Stoi
and Iron company, incoiporatcd under
the laws of New Jersey, with a capital
of Auoo.ooo, todav nlihoibpd the crane
lion company of Cntnsautpi.i, vvllh ltn
live furnaces, oio hinds, quart leu and
other properties. Leonard Preekltt, of
Catiis4iHiiu Is president of tliu company.
Windsor Hotel Inquest.
New York, Anill 21. The jury in tho
Wimlxoi hotel lire Innucet bi ought In a
verdict that tho lire was cauited by nccl.
dent. Tho police still liavo $10,000 worth
of um 1. limed Jevvtlry ami other valuable
rtcov nnd from tho Iho tulus.
CREMATED IN HER HOME.
Mis. Meyer Burned to Death Trying
to Rescue Property.
Dellefontc, Pa., Apt II 24 Mis. Will
iam Mover, an aged widow, living near
Boalsburg. In this county, was burned
to death last night while a largo ciovvd
of men stood helpless to rescue her
from her burning home. The wnmin
was alone nnd stalled to save as much
of her propuity as possible. She had
can led out everything of value except
a ttunk In which theies was consider
able money. She expressed her deter
mination to save th" ti ensure, and in
sisted on rushing into the house.
She was caught nnd (bagged back
twice, but tho third time she broke
away and dashed for the burning build
ing. A moment later she wns seen at
the upstairs window with her clothes
and hair nlire, trying to raise the trunk
to the sill to pitch It out. After sev
eral nln cffoits she sank back. Her
charred remains veie lecovered.
IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Supreme Court Decision on Direct
Inheritance Tax Law.
Philadelphia, April 2i. By a decision
handed down today In the Supteme
couit. the 1'tect Inheritance tax law
of isn? was dpdaied unconstitutional,
and the Oiphans' court of this county,
whole this question was raised, will be
enabled to push to a settlement a great
ma3 of business which has been
shelved, pending the litigation on this
Impoitnnt subject. Since the law flint
became operative, a gieat number of
estates came under Its provisions, in
all of which the Orphans' court de
dal ed against the constitutionality of
the act, and has since been awaiting
th" luling of the higher tribunal.
Several cases came to the Supteme
com t on an appeal from the common
wealth, and these ate all terminated
toda by the decision given in the es
tate of Mai maduke C Cope. The opin
ion was written bv Chief Justice Ster-n-lt.
THE FIRE FIEND
AT TUNKHANNOCK
General Merchandise Store of C, E.
Space Is Destroyed The Contents
a Total Loss Partially Insured.
Special to the Scianlon Tilbune
Tunkhnnnoik, April 24. Still anoth
er liie. This time In the geneial mer
chandise stole' of C. D. Space This Is
In the same block as the Gray fire on
tho 11th or March, and the 11 io of the
14th of April was tn the rooms over
this stole ot.iiplcd as a dwelling by
Dr. B. H. Blddleman Mr. Space sus
tained a hiss li.v water by this latter
Hi and the jirsurnn.e adjusters wer
heie during the last week to si-ttle the
ltis. The store was npured on Satur
tl i lor the tlist time since the me.
The loss on the Blddlrnian goods had
not yet been adjusted end the looms
were ilosvd. Mi. Blddleman was In
tending to move out .ix soon as the
loss was paid
Cliiistopher Callahan, a member of
Tiltcm Hose company, wns standing in
f l unt i t the store it about .' o'clock
when be heard a sound resembling an
explosion and Immediately t thlcit
cloud of smoke came rolling up out of
the cellar. .1 llim.uil llungeifoid an
other inembi i of the Tritons, stood
in ross the stieet. and on seeing the
sinok-, hurrit d to tuin in th' alarm
The company responded milikly, but
bv the lime they Intel their hose 1 ltd,
and It could not have lien over live
minutes, ther- was a cloud of him k
smok" pouring trom iveiy window and
dooi In the building. The firemen went
ax the the from both ends, having thiee
lines of hose in front of the bunding
and two itr the rear. Owing to the
smoky It wns Impossible for a long time
to locate the (lie. as It was Impossible
to get mine than half u do7cn stps
Inside the door. In fact the smoke was
sc thick that spectatois on the oppo
site Ide of the strict weie unable to
stand in it, and for half a block up and
elovwr the strtet thev weie forct el In
doors At this time it iookeel ns if the
whole steue building aire possibly tins
whole block would go and people In
adjoining houses bjgpri to rai k up
their belongings and get teady to novo
out. The ilieiuen sunk at It, however,
and by keeping th" Hist floor Hooded
continuouslv, succeeded In confining
the fire to the cellar. About this time
the streams In the lent began to tea;h
the Hie and soon the smoke b'gatt to
glow less. As soon as they wero able,
the iiemen gt into the tlrst tloor. nnd
bv tcaiing up the flooring, soon located
the lhe It was short work then to put
a itrcam on it, and In a few minutes
it was ail over It lasted .ibe.ut thiee
bonis Hum live to eight.
Everything In the building will be a
teual loss, and whatever Is not burned
will be ruined b smoke and water.
Mr. Space, before the tlrt Hie, ear
lied an Insurance of $4,500 on hl stod:
lib- lasi Inventory showed over $7,000
worth of goods The companies pule!
him mi account of the first lire. 1,1(10,
leavlr.g in foice $'!,:!40. Di Blddle
man' i lots on household goods will also
be total and Is covered by insurancs.
The piopertles on either side, the office
of the Wyoming Democrat and resi
dence of Ddltor Alvln Day on the EaRt
side and the general store of F. G.
Buig'ss on the west, were damaged by
smoke, anil in the cellar of the Burgess
store by water. Th-y are fully In
sured. This vi as the most giubbniii
fire nnd tho hardest to get at. that tho
ill emeu have hud to deal with, nnd
they tleserve oieclit for the way they
handled It, In confining to th. place
when tt oiltjlnateii The bo.vs worked
haie! and a good in?ri suits of clothes
were ruined. The were handicapped
tomewhat In their effoits by a ladt
of sir llcient apparatus and It Is to be
Imped that the council will nee Jit to
supply their needs before tho next fire.
Including the lire at Hatonvllle, Just
across the river from town, this Is the
elNth lire In six wcekv. This Is the
most dlsnsttous seiles of fuei in the
hlbtoiy of the town, the damage aggro
gating from S.M.OOO to J2VO0O.
Pennsylvania Pensions,
Washington. April 21 -Pension trrtlfl
cuti: Original-Uav Id Williams. Mllnes
vllle, Luzmnii, $'!. Itestorutloii and sup.
plttmuutnl .Mono C. Smith, .Marshall's
Cuek, Monroe, $S, Iiieieiiset William S,
Hi tin'. Sprlngvlllo, Susquehanna, JS to
$tt, John C. Uln.cT, Ciirboiielale, $5 to ft.
MORE LYNCHINGS
DOWN JN GEORGIA
L1GE STRICKLAND, A NEGRO
PREACHER, THE VICTIM.
In Spite of Desperate Efforts on.
tho Part of His Employer, Major
W. W. Thomas, to Save His Life,
Tho Helpless Old Mnn Is Taken
from His Little Cabin by tho
Bloodthirsty Mob and Tortured to
Death.
Palmetto, Ga., April 24. The body of
Llge Strickland, a negro preacher who
was Implicated In the Cranfotd murder
by Sam Hose, was found swinging to
the limb of a persimmon tree within
a mile and a quarter of this place
eaily toduy. Before death was allowed
to end the sufferings of the negro, his
ears were cut oft and the small finger
of his left hand was severed at the
second Joint. These tiophles were in
Palmetto today
On the chest of the negio was a piece
of bloodstained paper attached by an
ordinary pin. On one side of this pa
per was written "New York Journal.
We must protect our ladies 2J-39."
The other side of the paper contained
a warning to the ncgros of the nclgh
boihood. It rend as follows:
Hew are all darkles You will bo
treated the same."
Before being lynched Strickland was
given u chance to confess to the mis
deeds of which the mob supposed hlrn
to bo guilty, but he piotested his in
nocence to the last.
The lynching of Strickland was not
accomplished without a dcspeinte ef
fort on tln part of his employers o
save his life The man who pleaded
for him Is .Major W. W. Thomas, an
ex-state senator nnd one of the mort
distinguished citizens of Coweta coun
ty. He tllel all In his power to pievent
the lynching of the negro, and did not
iiiscontlnue his effoits until he had
been assured b tho leaders of the nub
that the negto would be taken to Jail
a. Fahburn
The negro was a tenant on the plan
tation of Major Thomns. when .am
Hose, the murderer of Alfred Crahford
mid the assailant of his wife, made his
confession Immediately prior to his
binning he Implicated Strickland Hose
contending that hu had been offend
money bv Strickland to kill Ctanford.
It was known positively, however, that
nose naei made false .statements in
Ids last confession and many of those
who aided In his burning weie dl
pos.d to dlsiegard his statement in re
gal el to Stilrkiand
Efforts at Rescue.
Lite hist night aboul IS men went
to the plantation of Major Thomas arid
took Milcklnml from his little cabin
in the woods, left his wife and live
ehlldien to wait and weep over the
fate they knew was in store for the
negro. Their ciies aroused Major
Thomas and that gentleman followed
the lncheis hi his birggv. accompanied
I ny ins son. William Thomas, tleier
I mined to save, If possible-, the life oP
his plantation daikiy. He overtook
the liicheis with their victim at Pil
meUo and beei hed them to turn
Sliiekland over to lite authorities.
This the mob piomlsed to do, but after
Malor Thomas left they took the rregro
away some distance and hAiigeil him
to a tiee. A coroner's Jury held an
intiiiest over the hotly this afternoon
and rendered the usual erdle t detth
at the hinds of parties unknown
0LYPHANT EXCITED.
Indignation Meeting- Held to Pro
test Against a Corporation Sew
er A Battle on the Street
May Occur Today.
A monster indignation meeting was
held in Olypharrt hist night In the
Opera house, to protest against the
constiuction of a sewer by ptlvate cor
poration. Burgess McNulty called the
meeting to order and g.ie a brief hls
toiy nf the swer controversy, nnd
urged the suppmt of the people In op
posing 11. M. W. Cutnmlngs, W. IL
PnvK P. II. McfVirrn and others made
some timely lemniks against tho intru
sion of a corporation sewer company In
the borough. The following resolution
was passed unanimously.
Moved that we, In convention assem
bled, give our entile and united suppoit
to tho bulges and council In opposing
tin eonstriieti'Jii of a sower by an cm.
poration. Unit wo urge them In every
way to piohlblt uu person from dis
tmbhig our stieetp without fuither con
sent. The sewer company claim that they
will begin operations today, and In
case they do th" burgess will call out a
special foice of deputized police to
slop the work
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PUBLISHERS MULCTED.
Must Pay for Having Made Sport
of Van Vnlkeuburg.
Lebanon. Pa. April 21. J mice J.
Slmonton. uf the Dauphin county
coiut, today sentenced Charles M
Bowman, publisher and ptoprletor of ,
tho Morning Times nnd Joseph A, Sovv-
ertt and ndvvln U. Sowers, publishers
nnd proprietors of the Kventag Be
port to pay a line of JSO each and
costs of prosecution la tho cases li
which K. A. Van Valkenburg was the
prosecutor.
The piosecutlon resulted fiom the
publication ol statements to the effect
that Van Valkenburg left this city,
hiding behind trunks In a baggage car
during the political fight In Ibruat.
. M
Tlueatened Strike Averted.
Toledo, O,. April 2i -Tire ttiieaiciud
Millie of the 1.000 carpenteis of tills city
lor an eight-hour day was today com.
promised by the men ugiceing to a nine,
hour day at l u nts an hour.
Vice President Improving.
Washington. April .'t.Vlco Pi evident
Hobart sat up lor several hoius today
anil his condlton continues encouraging.
It is cemfldentl hoped that In a week bo
will be able to take sliuit ciininso tides
about tho city.
THIS NEWS THIS MOKNINU
Weather Indications Todtyi
shoivcjs
fOlVCJS.
1 General Moro Arrests In tho Counter
feiting Case.
MacArthut After Agiilnolelo
Beef Inquiry Committee I'ormulntlng
Its Beport.
Old Paul! Landmark Burneil.
2 General-Sporting News nnd Comment,
l'lnauelal ami Comtncicl.il.
5 Local Lively Session ot the School
Bm id.
J mors for .Mai 20.
4 Bdttnilal.
Iickawauua Cases Afllimeei by the Su
preme Coutt.
G Local Coal Circular for M iv
Councils Again Pall to Blecl a City
Solicitor
6 Local West Scrnnton and Siibiiibin,
7 News Hound About Scianton
8 Local Doings of a Da In the Loial
Courts
PAULI SHANTY BURNED
Destroyed Completely by nil Uarly
riorninp; Fire.
That famous landmnik on Spiueo
street, known as the Paull building, at
Xos. 424-410, binned down this morn
ing. The eiilgln of the Iho Is unknown,
but It Is supposed that It stalled In the
dye rooms of II. Landau, a tailor, who
occupied thiee rooms In the set nnd
stoiy.
The llie was dicooied bv Pntiol
niejt Neuls and Thompson and the'
turned Irr urr ahum at 1.10 o'clock fiom
Box 2J, coiner of Spiuce stieet and
Wyoming avenue.
The Hie by this time had made much
headway and the building, being a
frame, a, sloiy and a half, and p.utly
a shell on account of the open at
langement of one-half of the giouud
floor, burned like tinder,
Xos. 121-420, formeil occupied by
David Kline as a dining loom, was
vacant and was being lemodelled Xo.
42S was occupied bi George M. Tole-
nile us a dgar stole His stock was
r unloved and placed in empt store
looins neat by. The stock of W. II.
Davis, lloilst, in No 4.W, was also tar
ried out. Their damage will amount to
only a few dollars.
Aaron Powell, shoemaker, and II.
Landau, talloi, occupied the rooms
above Xos. 4JS and 4!0. Onlv pait of
their stock was saved It Is said that
they held no Insurance and their loss
will amount to several bundled dol
lars each
The building Itself was Hilly toveii'd
by insurant e. and Is owned bv the
Paull estate. It was eiectttl over
thlit eais ago by . S Paull, who
was bulled esteula alteiiioon
The llames might have been ehei bed
and the- building saved hud It not been
for the many obstacles the tiiemeii
encounteied First of all each of tho
two police otticeis who tllscoveiecl th
file and i.in to mouse tiny occupants
the building might have, tlioiuiht the
other Intended to nun In the alarm
In consequence a d la In the st ohd
plat i' the tiieiuen upon their arrival
were unable to locate the llames tor
nearly ten minutes although they
hunti-d evei.vwheie for them When
thy did fluallv discover them hi caking
through the roof something whs found
to be the mutter with the liie hv .Ii .int.
and then when the lire hdr.ini was
IKoil It was developed that the t nglne
should be i minted on and the nolo
changed and all this took ilme Be-
fore th- department had ov iiom all
this succession of obstui les the ,1 une.
weie beyond their lontiol They
foiihiit A haul up-hill lislu a-rnlnst big
odds, but it was In vain.
UNrORTUNATE PATRONS.
Revenue Ofliceis Continue to Seize
Cigars with Bogus Stamps.
Xew Haven, Conn., Apill 21- liepu
tlus of the Intel mil revenue olllce heie
today seized S.ooo clg.us which had
been manufiictuied by William M.
Jacobs, of Lancaster, Pa , who was u
cenlly attested bv seciet service men
for tlie) use of counterfeit s'tamps. The
i Igars seUed todav were found In the
stole of one retail ele alei and were
pait of u lot of 10,000 ilg.il? The
boxes all bote the bogus stump"
r.nston. Pa , Apt II " Blghteen hun
dred boxes of clg.us on which were
counterfeit levenue stninps weie found
in the wholesale house ot J. Drakes,
Sons & Co., this ell, toda They
came fiom the Lancaster luctoiv of
W. M Jacobs, who Is imdei arrtst In
Philadelphia. A search is being inado
for other t ounterfeits. ,
Syracuse. X V, Apt II 21 I'ourteeu
thousand i igais bear ins the ,iat ohs ami
Kendlg alleged countoileited levenuo
stamps on the boxes have been sel.ed
in this illy by revenue oiiicers
Chaileston, S. C. Apt II 24 Deputy
Collectoi of Intei mil Itevenue J. II,
Fotdham seized iofi.000 cigars from
wholesale and retail tnerclrunts of ihls
city today. Tho boxes which tarried
illegal stamps weie nil sent out by tho
Jacobs factoty at Lancaster, Pa. Xo
dial go Is brought against the nier
chantH who had the goods In stock.
The dgais vveio can led off to the t us.
torn house and stored theie, pending
oitleis from Washington.
Altoona, Pn . April 21 Deputy Itev
enue Collector Dunphv has seiieel 20
Oud i ignis that wen- stamped vvllh tho
bogus stamps He expects to find more
ihioughout his dlstiict. The brands
of tigatsaie' "Bon Tun," "Hogei Wil
liams" "High Or.lde'," "Queen Hess,"
Dm Victory." "Prima Puutniuis" and
"Klondike." A blanch olllce of the
Lancaster turn was limited heie
Mis. George's Trial.
Clinton O., April 21 Atinriiev J ,)
(Jraiit occupied the whole dav In open
hu the uigiinitnlH on behalf ol the slate
111 tie tilal of Mis Oeoige ihe couit
loiini was crowded Mi. Oeorre sut with
dovvnuuHt eos, dm (ng most ol the pro
ceedli gs She seemed mole nffttted bi
Mi (ituitl's Humming up of the case
lhal) bv aii.v other lire idi nt of the lil.il.
"Paddy" Puitell Knocked Out.
Memphis, Tinn.. April 21-' I'acldv ' I'm
trli, of Kansas Cit,v. was knocked out nt
tho Audltoilum tonight b Jumt h Scan
Ian. nf Pittsbuig, who ilellveA-il n tei
(Hlo right swing mi Purtell's .law In the
third loui.d of what was to hive been a
twonly.iouud roulost.
MacARTHUR
MOVES TO
CALUMPIT
It Is the Headquarters of
Aguinaldo and His
Staff.
BIG FORCE OF FILIPINOS
Insurgents Attempt to Destroy tliw
Railroad Bridge Outside of Cal
umplt and Succeed In Warping
the Iron rramework Americana
Compelled to Abandon Small
Towns in Their Onward March to
tho Interior The Army Trains
Feed Refugees Who Tear the
Filipino Rebels.
Manila, April 21. 7.10 p. m.-tienoiai
McAt Unit's division left Mnlolos to
day, upp.uently Intending to beslegu
Cnliunplt.
Ceneial Halo at 4 o'clock this after
noon had 1 1 os-ed the Dagb.ig and had
teached a pisltiou a quarter of a mllo
trom Calumplt, thus commanding tliu
ford
Piisoneis captured by Oeneral Hale's
troops vnv Agulnalilo. Ceiieial Luna
and the rillplno stall rue at Calumplt
with a great force of Filipino troops
Before dav light the Fourth cavaby,
with lime guns belonging to the Utah
batter, the Xebinska icglment and
tlie Iowa regiment, under (.itiieiul Hale,
weiL. proceeding in the direction ot
Ktilne bun, when- the Biigbag (TIbbag)
is foi dnble. but commanded in
trenches. During the after noon thu
Hoops (Hissed the Uvei.
(ieneials McAithur and AVheaton,
with the Montuna regiment, advanced
to the lett of the railioatl and the Kan
sas regiment moved rorvvard to tliu
light, north of Malolos They had with
them n long supply tialn, with two
aimed tais irr fiont, canning two gat
linns and Colts iapld-!lte guns and the
sx-pountleis which did such execution
at the capture of Malolos
'liie insurgents attempted to destroy
the railroad bridge outside of Calumplt
and succeeded In badly wniplng tho
Iron framework As soon ns the so'
tlleis b-ft the Filipino capital, the na
tives bigan Hoc king in, as they did at
Santa t'tiu before the last boat of Clen
eial Law ton's expedition had sailed.
Out ai in is compelled to abandon
all towns when an onwuid movement
is toiiimeiii etl, because of Insufficient
men to guirlson them. This gives the
Filipino leadeis a fiamevvoik upon
which to spin stories of Ameiican de
ft at.
The Ann ilc an coniinandeis have left
gieat stores of i Ice at Malolos which
the have bi't n tllsti Uniting to the na
tives and Chinamen tlnll, ol whom
some 20f to ;'n0 neai ly all of whom
itMiialntil dining the occupation, but
who followed th Ameikaii aimy nut
of the plan, in who look tialus goln.;
In th" iiiieitloii of Manila, fearing ti
rebels would kill them. Thse refliats s
I included some of tin Wealthiest cll.-
. lis M the ilitc e
Mnjoi Multifold, of ;,. iu-1, ,1 Law ton-
staff. If in Lomniam! of tin- Nebraska,
H BllUellt
GENERAL OGLESBY DEAD.
Wns Foi met Governor of Illinois
nnd the Heio of Two Wars.
Llmolii. III. Apill 21. runner CSov -ei
nor P.lihaicl 1. uglesbv fell th ad mar
this tlty at I u dm Iv tills atleinoon
vif'iiei.il lllehaiil .1 Oglesby was hour
In Ol lb. mi loimtv, Kentucky, Inly .'",
IV1. Ills p it cuts were nf Scottish ex
tinction lu iS'il he was taken by his
unde Willis igt-,iiy, to Decatur, 111.
and In that dty gievv to manhood
Fiist he was r farmer three ears, and
then he retimed to Kentucky and
Inn IK d the arpontoi s tiade. At the
age of 13 he letuineel to a faun In
Illinois. In he campaign of 1S40 ho
shied vvllh Limoln In ISH Mr. Ogb s
by began the stud of law- at Sprlng
Peid and upon his admission to tho
b.u located In Moiiltiie county, whom
he pun tlietl until the Mexican war
bmke out In 1SIC, when he enlisted us .i
volunteei. At the close of the war he
lettuned to Decatur and In lb 17 drove
oicihuul to ( allfornla In seiuch of
gold. IMuiuliig he was ptomlnent In
i lie campaign of 1S".'. He was nomin
ated state senator and eleett d He? was
plated In itnnmnnd of federal tioops1
at Calio and Blitls Point in liGl und
served thioughout the war. In ISO t In
w.is elected Roveinor of Illinois and
sen ed two terms. In 1ST2 ho was
again . lected governoi and made Uni
ted States senator ut the following
meeting ot the legislatuie. Ills fourth
electlun as gov ti not wns In ISil. After
this til m he retired to private life.
Steamship Ai rivals.
Xew Voik April .'l Airlved: tier
manic, limn Liveipool Cbnicd. Kuler
Frledi'ilch. Ui . tin.li. vi i Southampton
and Cherbourg. fllbr-altar Arrived
Banle. New Yolk toi Naples nnd Genoa
Hcllj Pasid Weikendiiiii, Now Yoik
foi Amsterdam Chcibmiis, Sailed! St.
Louis, New Voik Liverpool Arrived.
Liiutla, New Voik.
"The Delaware nnd Hudson Co."
Alli.ui. N. Y April .i -The assembly
tonight passed tho senate bill to allow tho
Delaw.uo nnd Hudson Canal company
to dispcnsi or H c in.il running from
Kingston tho t In Pennsylvania i oal
fields and i h uiglug its e "morale name to
"Tho Belawuii und Ihitl-na compan.'
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f Washlutnii Am II 21 -Forecast -
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eastotly wlndsi Wodnestlay, partly --
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