NEELY1ZED TtiE CASH.
John Sheridan, a PilaJ Official
Cuba, fnies Wrong.
in
THEFT OF $1,300 IS ADMITTED.
The Authorities Thought ol Making Him Post
matter When Tboirpron Was Removed
Confessed Ills Uuilt and Admits Hiving
Destroyed th: CheJ." Appointed Prom
Boston Postoffice.
Havana (Special). Jc'.in Sheridan,
who ha been In ehnrge f the money
urdrr department of the Havana Post
office, was arrested and formally ae-ruse-d
of the theft of $1300 sent from
Hie postmns-ier at Gunman liuo. Decem
ber 6 $1233 In cash and $t!. In clu-ek.
He has confessed his guilt and admits
having destroyed the check.
Sheridan was nppninted from the
Boston Postofllce on the organization
of the service In Cuba. He was made
postmaster at Matnnzns. About a year
ago he was placed at the head of the
money order department. In Havana
with a salary of $1700. He soctiu- 1 to
le n trustworthy man. and the authori
ties considered the expediency of ap
. pointing htm p.isiitiastrr m th time
former Postmaster Thompson was re
moved. An investment of $0u in
stocks In Bo. ion first at tracted sus
picion to Sheridan. He now offers to
refund what he has taken.
A mass-meeting of planters, mer
chants and representatives of the vari
ous political parties held In Havana
adopted resolutions asking the I'niied
States to lower Us duty on Cuban pro
ducts and advoi ruing vac suppression
of the export tax on tobacco. One
number of each of the bodies partici
pating in the meeting w is appointed
as a delegate to go io Washington to
lay before Congress arguments in
favor of tariff reduction.
Were on the Inside.
Wa.shingi.on l Special). Several
rlerks 1n the Deadletter OfBee of the
Postoffire Dcpar.ment have been dis
missed on charges of having bought
packages at the deadletter sale, know.
ing in advance their contents and
falsely representing their character In
the catalogue. The scheme was un
earthed by the Postmaster General in
nn lnv -tipatittn carried on for over a
month. In order to avert suspicl n by
the presence of local detectives in the
office during the sale of December 17
last, inspectors from New York. Bos
ton and Maryland carried on the In
vestigation and located the plot in the
property division of the Deadletter Of
fice. Killed by Fulliug Walls.
New York (Special). An old flve
etory building In East Twenty-third
Ktreet. once used as a dwelling-house,
"which was being rfon strutted and
modernized, collapsed, untl two men
were instantly killed by being burled
under falling bricks. Kdward Nelson,
foreman of a gang of Ironworkers, and
his brother. William, also an iron
wcrker, were swipt down in the ruins
and killed. Th? collapse was caused
by the hoisting of heavy Iron girders.
Jamew F. Stevenson, one of the build
rx, cand John H. Wellington, one of
the foreman, were arreted, the police
charging carelessness in not providing
proper safeguards.
Cracksmen in New Baltimore.
New Baltimore, Mich. (Special).
William F. Sandell & Co.'s bank here
was broken into by cracksmen, who
forced open the safe and secured about
$.'1000. No one was aroused by the
noise, and the thieves escaped with
their booty unseen. The sledge ham
mers, picks and other tools which were
used in forcing the safe were left on
the floor of the bank. The thieves es
caped on a hand ear, which they stole
from the Papl.l Railway ioolhouse. It
was found at Orr's Junction, five miles
south of here. The robbery was the
work of professional bank robbers,
probably tne sam gang which has
been opera tin;, in the state for several
months.
I'gly Head-on Collision.
Norway, Me. (Special). A head-on
collision between freight trains on the
Grand Trunk Railroad, near Locke's
Mills, resulted in the death of five men
and serious injury of (several others,
and four locomotives and 12 cars were
demolished. Both trains were very
heavy, each being drawn by two en
gines. The cars took fire, explosions
sewttered the embers in all directions,
and prevented effective work in put
ting out the fire.
Woman Attempts Suicide.
New York (Special). A woman who
bad registered as Mrs. Sam T. Jack
was found unconscious from gas In the
South Hotel. She was taken to Belle
vue Hospital, where the physicians
aid she had a chance of recovery.
Great mystery surrounds the woman's
identity. Shortly after her arrival at
the hotel a man who knows the widow
of Sam T. Jack very well called at the
hospital to identify the 'dying woman.
He declared positively that she was not
Mrs. Sam T. Jack.
Trolley Car on a Rampage.
Newcastle. Pa. (Special). The fail
ure of the brakes to work caused a
traction car to run wild on the PI is-
bur? street hill. It left the track and
dashed Into the City Hall, tearing on;
an entire corner. John Hoke, the
motorman. Stephen Allen. Lewis M;
Curdy and a man named Mitchell were
seriously Injured. Several of the pa.i
engers were cut and bruised, but had
tno bones broken. It is thought that
two of the seriously Injured will die.
Explosion Kills Ten Persons.
London (By Cable). Ten persons
were killed and many were injured as 1
the result of an explosion in a hat fac- j
tury at Denton, near Manchester. j
Vanderbilt-Frcncb Nuptols.
Newport, K. 1. (Special). The cere
mony that united In marriage Miss El
len French, the daughter of Mrs. Fran
ces Ormond French, and Mr. Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt. the second son of
the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, and head
of the Vanderbilt house, was celebrated
at high noon. Newport has seen many
fashionable weddings, but none has
ever taken place here that for grandeur
of arrangements or for the social
Mantling of the participants has equal
ed this one.
Price Set on Pat Crawe's Head.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). At a secre:
ncctlng of the City Council it was d.
dided tu offer a reward of fauou for Pat
Crowe, dead or alive, Irrespective! of
the suspicion that, he may ave been
concerned 1n the Cndahy kidnapping.
The? conditions make no reference- to
any particular ciluv. This makes a
utal price of $13 OMi on Crowe's head.
Thcfe Out $5,050.
Jamestown, Tenn. (Special). The
People's Hank, of Livingston, Overton
county, was rubbed of gjuno. No traai
of the burglars has been discovered.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A ".Honor's jury In Philadelphia on
the body of Fa. her Klegcl brL-.uc.it In n
I verdict that his doalh was duo to
opnm p its lnlng. naming die person
i now under an t it in responsible with
others put yet caught.
I Mnrfsp Clr.pp. of St. Paul, was nnnii
I nated for Hie s!ior;-ieim I'nltvl States
I senator-ship on the first ballot nt the
Republican caucus In St. Paul, .Minn.
By the will of the late Marcus Daly,
(lied In New York, the widow gets a
third of the estate, an. I the balance Is
divided equally nnioiig his children.
Mrs. Mary Prltehard, of Parkersburg.
W. Va., was frightened Into fainting by
a masked man, w ho awakened her with
a demand for money nnd food.
The four-mas, ed si h.-oner William .1.
I.lpsett. of Seiners Point. N. J., went
ashore on Winter Quarter Shoal, near
Lewes. i:nd will ln a total wreck.
Tw mortgages given by the Grand
Trunk Western Ka'lway Company lor
j!H .Mio.outi were tiled for record in Mar
shall. Mich.
The remains of former (1 ivoinor
James A. Mount, of Indiana, were
burled in Oik Hill Cemetery, In Craw
fonlsvil'.e. Real Admiral Gors W. Sumner
-act -ceded Rear Admit al Silas Ciuey in
the coiur.iand t.f .he Ph.Iadclphl.i navy
yanl.
A building In New York that was
being reconstructed collapsed, and two
men were killed by the falling bricks.
Thomas Shaw, a promirn nt inventor
of Philadelphia, died from paralysis in
Hanimontoii. New Jeisey.
The two convicts who escaped from
the Virginia State farm were rcip
liircd near Richmond.
Isis Morgan, a lovesick yoit..h of 19
years, commit. cd suit'ide In Fairmont,
W. Va.
The dendloek In the Delaware sena
torial situation Is still unbroken, but
Addlcks declares that he can secure
enough Democratic votes to elect him
whenever he wishes.
The American Board, in Boston, was
advised cf the death. It Constantino
ple, of Rev. Dr. IClias Riggs, the oldest
missionary of the board.
Michael Snyder was shot and killed
In Mahanoy City. Pa., by his brother
Albert, whom he had discovered in Il
licit relations with his wife.
At the conference of foreign mission
boards, h-'d In New York, a reply
was decided upon to be made to a
Buddhist circular. , which attributed
the troubles In China to mistakes of
missionaries.
Ev-CJovernor Tanner has retired from
the race for senatorial honors in Illi
nois. Messrs. Cannon. II it t and Prince
also retired, leaving the place open to
Senator Cullom.
I'nited States Marshal Aleott, of
New Jersey, seized $17.(100 of diamond?
found concealed on Antonio Ansonia,
who came from Germany on a Ham-
P burg-American liner.
Mrs. Ella J. Roberts and Wllllnt.
Berry were arrested In Richmond. Va..
on the charge of causing the ruin of
Surah E. May, a girl of 15 years.
I.uther A. Porter, until recently
cashier of the Warren Deposit Bank of
Bowling Green. Ky., Is said to be about
JjO.OOO short ill his accounts.
Miss Alta Rockefeller, youngest
daughter of the millionaire, was mar
ried in New York to E. I'armelee Preu
the, a lawyer, of Chicago.
Eight Indictments were found il
Buffalo against Attorney David C
Fitzgerald for subornation In conduct'
ing a divorce mill.
Andrew Carnegie offered to give
Syracuse, N. Y., SiMju.ono for a library
it" the city would spend $30.0U0 for its
maintenance.
Josfijh I). Parkinson, proprietor of
the Hotel l.awience til I.tiray. Va.. di
there.
George Lewis Arganbright celebrat
ed his one hundredth birthday in
Staunton. Va.
Democratic members of the Senate
and House of the Pennsylvania legis
lature who aided In the election of Mr.
Quay as I'nited States senator have
been read out of the party by their fellow-members.
The body of the man found in a
trunk in New York harbor was iden
tified by a woman as that of Michael
Weisbeiger, of New York. He was en
gaged in selling jewelry on the instal
ment plan.
Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., the default
ing note tidier of the First National
Bank of New York, was sentenced to
13 years' Imprisonment. The amount
of his defalcation was $090,000.
Scott Wike, of Illinois, well known
as a Democrat, and assistant secretary
of the Treasury during Mr. Cleveland's
second term, is dead.
Frank Crowell lost his life in an
apartment fire in Chicago, while try
ing to save his bank book and life in
surance policy.
B. R. Tillman has been re-elected
United States senator
by the South
Carolina legislature
j Edward P. Allinsou, a Philadelphia
lawyer, Senator 1'enrose's partner, is
I dead.
j Fruitless ballots for I'nited States
senators were cast at Lincoln, Neb.,
i and Dover, Del.
The Pennsylvania State Senate
pased a resolution endorsing tne M.ip
' Subsidy Bill
Ex-Governor Mount, of Indiana,
dropped dead at the Denlson Hotel in
Indianapolis.
The Tennessee legislature has elect
ed E. W. Car mack I'nited States sena
tor. The widow of Henry B. Plant, who
accumulteiKi a fortune of $10,000,000 in
Southern railroads and steamship line,
is suin;; in New York to have his will
upset.
Mr. John Hunn was inaugurated gov
ernor of Delaware at Dover.
In the West Point hearing Congress
man Driggs scored Cadet Barnes, and
said that the hazing practice at the
Academy Is brutal cowardice
Hon. Thomas M. Patterson, Populist
Democrat, was elected United States
senator by the Colorado legislature.
Assemblyman Abbel has Introduced
a bill Into the New Jersey legislature
to prevent combination of rallroadn.
Elijah W. Blalsdell, who was among
t..-.c first to suggest Lincoln for the
presidency, died at Rmkford, 111.
W. A. Clark locks one vote of elec
tion to the I'nited States Senate by the
Montana lcglrlature.
Al the rational Capital.
The sum of $100,000 will be appro
priated by Congress for repair to the
American legation at Pekln, China.
The bronxe equestrian heroic statue
or Uen. Joiin a. Logan arrived on u.
schooner from New York.
Solicitor General Richards replied to
Mr. Smith's argument in the Hawaiian
insular ease before tho Supreme Court.
I The Postofflce appropriations amount
to $12-',700,000.
I The Congressional Postal Commls
' slon, which has been invest gating
1 postal matters tor two years, submitted
j its rep irt.
QUEEN BREAKING DOWN.
The Aged Victoria Ctinntit Sinn;! Strain
l War TrotiMss.
NOW IN HI K EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR.
The Officials Admit that the Ureal Strain
Upon Her Powers During the PaM Year Has
Told I'pon Her Nervous System-fly Advice
ol Her Physicians She W ill Ahrtsln From
Trammeling Business.
London (By Cable). Members of the
royal family are now gathered In n
room adjoining Queen Victoria's bed
ehanihcr at Osborne House, Isle of
Wlyht. The Queen is unconscious and
the end Is expecttd al any moment.
London (By Cable). Queen Vlctorln.
the ng.'d ruler of Great Britain, Is
breaking down. The heavy loss of life
and the great suffering entailed by the
war In South Africa, together with the
Infirmities of old age, are having e
s, 'lions off eel upon the venerable sov
ereign. Alarming rum.iis were In clrculai lo.i
In london. They spread through mt
the I'nited Kingdom and to the Euro
pt an capitals. Inquiries as to the
Queen's condition p uired into the offi
ces of the government officials. At
first denials were sent out. but the fol
lowing itliuial announcement regarding
the Quei ifs health was Issued from Os
borne, Isle of Wight:
"The Queen has not, lately been In
her usual health, nnd Is unable for the
present to take her customary drives.
"The Queen during the past year has
had a great strain upon her powers,
which has rather told upon her ner
vous system. It l.as. therefore, been
thought advisable by Her Majesty's
physicians that Her Majesty should be
kept perfectly qulit 111 the house, and
should abstain for the present from
transacting business."
Sir Francis Laking. surgeon to Her
Majesty, has been called In to consult
with Sir James Held. Her Majesty's
resident physician. The Queen has
been suffering greatly from Insomnia
of late.
The reports of her Illness caused
considerable excitement, and affected
the stock market adversely.
CO NG R ESSION IaiTTrOC EEDI NGS.
Some ol the Wotk BeinR Done By Ihe Na
tional Legislature.
After voting down a number of
amendments in the Senate the friends
of the Army Reorganization Bill suc
ceeded In getting a vote on it. and tho
bill was passed bv th.1 safe majority of
43 to 22.
In executive session of the Senate
the confirmation of Mr. James Shanklin
Harlan, son of Associate Justice Har
lan, as attorney general of Porto Rico,
provoked angry words between Sena
tors Foraker and Pettigrew.
The House Mililary Committee decid
ed not to go on with the Military Ap
propriation Bill until some conclusion
was reached on the Army Reorganiza
tion Bill now pending in the Senate.
In the Senate Messrs. Allen "nnd
Money denounced hazing In the sever
est terms.
The House passed the River and
Harbor Bill without division.
In executive session of the Senate
Mr. Pettigrew objected to the confirma
tion of Mr. James S. Harlan as attorney
general of Porto Rico because of his
relationship to Associate Justice Har
lan, of the Supreme Court, before
which important suits affecting Porto
Rico are pending.
The Senate Finance Committee
shows a disposition to reduce the tax
on tobacco and to leave the tax on beer
at the figure fixed by the House.
In the House the River and Harbor
Bill was further discussed. No Im
portant changes were made In the bill
as reported by the committee.
The Senate passed a bill granting a
pension of $.10 per mouth to the father
of th- late Senator Davis. He was a
commissary captain.
End of filibustering tactics against
Army Reorganization Bill in the Sen
ate is believed to be in sight.
Senator Morgan Introduced a resolu
tion declaratory of the noneeffect of
the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty upon the
right of the United States to construct
the Nicaragua Canal. The resolution
cites the protocol with Nicaragua and
Costa Rica as a preamble.
Neely Must Go Back.
Washington (Special). C. F. W.
Neely, charged with embezzlement of
the public funds of Cuba while acting
ns financial agent of the department
of posts of that island, will be taken
back to the scene of his depredation
for trial. The Supreme Court of the
United States has decided that Neely
Is subject to extradition. Justice Har
lan handed down the court's opinion,
which was unanimous, and Immediate
ly after the opinion was concluded an
order was issued requiring that tho
mandate In the caw be Issued at once.
Americans In a Riot.
Kingston. Jam. (By Cable). News
was received here of serious fighting
December 23 and December 24 between
parties of American foremen and Ja
maican laborers working on railway
construction In Ecuador at Bocay Junc
tion. The fighting there developed De
cember J4 into a riot, revolvers being
freely used on both sides and many
persons being wounded. The Ecuador
ian troops had to be called to restore
order.
Editor's Wife Badly Burned.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special). Mrs.
M. A. Millican, wife of the editor of the
New York Medical Journal, was badly
burned In a fire which partially de
stroyed the house In this city In which
she resides, and no hopes of her recov
ery are entertained. She was rescued
from the flames in an unconscious con
dition.
F0KEIU.N AFFAIRS.
Reports were received In Paris that
the conduct of several of the officers
and some of the crew of the wrecked
steamer Russle, off Marseilles, was
contemptible.
Herr Fischer, Social Democrat, In the
Reichstag, made a bitter attack upon
Count von Posadowsky-Wehner, secre
tary of the Interior in the German Cabi
net. Henry A. Delille, who married Olive
Logan many years ago and who aided
Napoleon HI. in a confidential capacity,
died In poverty in Ixmdon.
Arguments were made before the
Philippine Commission in Manila in
opposition to the giving of religious
Instruction in the public schools.
King Alexander announced In the
Servian National Assembly that his
father, the former King Milan, had left
Bervla forever.
The London newspapers continue to
make comparisons between British
shortcomings und American enterprise.
A forse of 800 Boers attacked Kaal
fontein Station, but the British garri
son, after a hot tight, drove them off.
The Boers blew up the railroad line
beyond Kaalfontein.
Samuel Lewis, the notorious money
lender of Ixiudon, is dead,
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Was Suspected of (he Murder of Pearl Forbes
Last November Near Leavenworth.
leaven worth. Kan. (Special). Fred
Alexander, the negro who. on Satur
day evening, attempted to assault Miss
Eva Iloth. and who was supposed to
have assaulted nnd killed Pearl Forbes
In this city, in November last, was
taken from tho sheriff's guard by a
mob nnd burned at the stake at the
scene of his crime, hnlf a dozen blocks
from the center of the city.
Probably eight thousand people wit
nessed the lynching.
1 he negro was taken from his cell at.
the State Penitentiary at three o'clock
In the afternoon, placed in a hack and
brought to town. Fifty deputy mar
shals surrounded him, nnd Deputy
Sheriff Stance Myers and Thomas
Brown sat in the hack on either side
of him.
There were fifty buggies and wagons
In tho procession which followed the
hack. The trip to town was made
quietly, nrtl there was no attempt to
create a disturbance on the road.
The crowd first, attempted to gain ad
mission by peaceful means, but. Sheriff
Kverhardt lefused to deliver the negro.
Then the crowd pushed Its way to the
side door, and, using one man as a
battering ram. the door was forced
from the hinges. Then the crowd
surged into tho corridor by the narrow
doorway. A huge iron bar was secured
and the Iron door of the cell room at
tacked. This was finally bent so that
it could be forced far enough back for
men to climb over it. Several gained
an entrance In this manner. In the
meantime, the crowd had pushed down
the side gate of the stockade, and In
a moment there was a yelling pack In
the Jallyard.
Then the cry went up: "He is not
here! He has escaped!"
"Search the courthouse. There is a
tunnel between there and the jail, and
he has been taken out that way."
Then a man with sharp eyes espied
the negro crouched down In one of the
corners of the dark cell. An exultant
cry went up:
"He Is here! We've got him! Bring
the keys!"
ISTHMIAN CANAL TRAFFIC.
Government Expert Estimates the Tonnage
at 11,250,003 By P2.
Washington (Special). Senator
Morgan submitted another report on
the Nicaragua Canal. It contains q
special statement, of Prof. Emory R.
Johnson, a member of the Isthmian
Commission, of the traffic, resources of
the canal nnd its effect upon the canal
industries of the United States. Pro
fessor Johnson says that for tho year
ending June 30, 1S99, 3.420.752 cargo
tons of United States comnu
l-i-o could
have used the canal, and 3,340,3" i tons
for South. Central and British Ameri
ca, and Fi.736,4i6 European tonnage.
The commission estimates that 7,500,
000 tons of traffle will be available for
the canal in 1IH4 after the canal has
been opened: the traffic will increase
to a traffle of 11.2rj0,000 tons in 1924. A
dollar ton toll is estimated as most
feasible.
LI I1LN0 SIGNS NOTE.
The Aged Statesman Suffering From Bright's
Disease ol the Kidneys.
Pekln (By Cable). The Joint liote of
the powers has finally been signed by
the Chinese peace commissioners.
It is understood that the malady
from which Li Hung Chang is suffer
ing is Blight's disease.
Prince Ching has protested to the
court against the appointment, salil to
be contemplated, of Viceroy Chang
Chlh Tung as a plenipotentiary In the
place of LI Hung Chang. He thinks
the latter's advice absolutely essential,
although he believes if might be ad
visable to appoint a third plenipoten
tiary for China, and reiterates his de
sire for the appointment of Sheng,
who woiiTd be acceptable to the for-
igners.
Southern Yarn Spinners.
Charlotte. N. C. (Special). At a
meeting of the Southern Hosiery Yarn
Spinners' Association held here, at
which 150,(100 spindles were repre
sented in person or by proxy, an order
lor a curtailment or production war,
passed. Charles Adamson, president
of ihe association, says this means an
entire stoppage of night work. It this
does not bring about the desired
amount of curtailment, an order may
be issued for the mills to run on short
time during the week, but this Is un
likely. In vlow of the order for the
curtailment of production all present
list prices of the Southern Hosiery
Yarn Spinners' Association are aban
doned, as prices are expected to In
crease as production Is decreased.
Not a Dollar Led.
New York (Sp-clal). While Corne
llus L. Alvord, Jr., the bank defaulter,
was on the railway train that carried
him to Slug Sing Penitentiary, to serve
a sentence of thirteen years, Mr. Al
vord spoke of his downfall, attribut
ing it to speculation In Wull strefc'.
After telling how from a small oegln
nlng he became involved to the amount
of $if)0,00(), Alvord said: "I haven t a
dollar hidden away. It. Is gone. I
made restitution to the bank. They got
all that was left I didn't expect my
sentence would be so hard. 1 thought
I would got elgtit or ten years on the
first Indictment, but I didn't look for
the live years on the second count."
Councilmcu Too Religious.
Hiawatha, Kan. (Special). IW-ause a
majority of tho City Councllmea refus
ed to leave a revival meeting and at
tend the regular weekly Council meet?
Ing, Mayor S. Hunter has tendered hia
resignation. Unable to secure a
quorum to transact business, Mayor
Hunter sent a sheriff to the revival to
compel the Councllniep. to' present
themselves at the City Hall. A major
ity sent word that they "had to attAnd
the revival and couldn't come."
Watchman Perished In Fire.
Benton Harbor, (Special). Tho Gra
ham & Morton propeller City of Louis
ville (steamboat) was burned at thf
dock, wheie she was tied np for the
winter. Charles SouLhwoiuh, of Sau
catuek, the watchman, was burned to
a crisp. When the lire was discovered
by persons on the dock, the pumps In
the vessel were working, showing that
Watchman Somhworth had been fight
ing the lire whe'n he met his death. It
Is supposed that Southworth was first
overcome by smoke and then burned
to death.
Durkia Inaugurated.
Indianapolis (Special). Vm. T.
Durbln was inaugurated Governor of
Indiana. In the presence of the Gen
eral Assembly and mauy spectators,
the oath was administered by Judge
Howling of the Supremo Court. Civic
and military display marked the occa
sion. At the capllol Colonel IJurbln
was Introduced by retiring Governor
Mount. In hia Inaugural address Gov
ernor Durbln favored tho non-partisan
management of State Institutions and
warned the Legislature against the
danger of too much legislation. He
strongly recommended arbitration of
all labor difficulties.
SECOND DEGREE MURDER.1
Verdict1 in the1 Jennie Hosschicfcr Case
In New Jersey.
JUDGE SAYS VERDICT IS A JUST ONE
The Three Cruel. Cowardly Assailants C
the Prelty Mill (ilrl May Re Given -i.
Thlrry-Year Sentence Under the Nci
Jersey Law-A Fourth Defendant Is Yet
to Be Tried.
New York (Special). Walter C. Me
Allster. Andrew J. Campbell and Wil
liam A. Death, thnv of the four per
sons Indicted for tho dtath of Jonnii
Bosschletcr, n mill girl, of Pnterson
N. J.. who was murdered on the nigh!
of October 18 last, were adjudged guilty
of murder In the second degree.
According to the New Jersey law
the maximum penalty for the prisoner
Is 30 years' lmprlsonn" nt. The jury
took 14 ballots nnd after summoning
Judge Dixon, filed into the courtroom
The prisoners appeared very nervous
MeAlister seemed more excited than
any of the others. He sat biting his
Hps while waiting. Campb'll thnisl
his hands In his trousers pockets and
Winched his fists In Hum. Death
looked anxiously nbrmt tho courtroom
for a moment and then assumed the
same attitude ns Campbell.
When the verdict was announced the
prisoners exhibited neither elation noi
relief.
Judge Dixon thanked the Jury one
said he believed the verdict a Just one.
He then dismissed the jurors. The
court then rose, and the prisoners were
taken back to the jail.
SHOT THE PEACE ENVOY.
General Dc Wet's Summary Treatment of lh
Burgher's Agent.
London (By Cable). The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Kitchener:
"Pretoria. About 1400 Boers crossed
the line, attacking both Zuurfonteln
nnd Kaalfontein stations, but were
driven off. They are being pursued by
a cavalry brigade."
Lord Kitchener reports also several
skirmishes at different points, with tri
fling British losses, and adds:
"Three agents of the peace commit
tee were taken as prisoners to De Wet's
laager, near Llndley, January 10. One,
who was a British subject, was flogged
and then shot. The other two, burgh
ers, were flogged by De Wet's orders."
London. The brief report of the fate
of the three members of the peace com
mittee, who were sent to see Gen. De
Wet excites the deepest Indignation on
all sides. One or two papers express n
hope that Lord Kitchener has been
misled by fulse Kal!lr reports, but it is
generally felt that he would not have
reported the mntter to the War Oil'"'
without undoubted evidence.
CRIME IN FARMHOUSE.
Son Beaten lo Death and His Aged Mother
Brutally Assaulted.
Portland, Me. (Special). Thomas C.
Mushier, a farmer, was murdered and
his mother, Mrs. Rufus Mushier, aged
seventy-two, was brutally assaulted at
their home In Gorham. by two men,
who forced an entrance Into the
Moshicr residence with the evident In
tention of robbery. After completing
their ghastly work, the men ransacked
the house, taking what valuables they
could find. One of the men was a
negro. About noon William Hands, a
negro, was arrested nt Scarboro. In
, his possession were found a bloodstain-
en razor, marked witn Mosnier s. name,
$40 in money, consisting chiefly of bills,
which were also stained with blood,
and a watch. His hands ami clothing
were soiled and bloody. The man. ad
mits having been ut the Moshicr farm
house, and says he left his companion
in Portland.
Praise lor Our Bluejackets
Washington (Special). Secretary
Long has received a letter written by
a number of missionaries to Com
mander Winslow. of the hospiLal ship
Solace, expressing not only their
thanks for the courtesies of the voyaga
from San Francisco to Yokohama, but
adding a tribute to the splendid man
agement of the ship and the admirable
qualities displayed by tho American
bluejackets. Mr. Long highly appro
elated the sentiments of the letter, and
says that if more of the people would
go aboard our naval vessels there
would be many testimonials of the
same sort for our sailors and our ships.
Engineer Killed.
Richmond, Va. (Special). By the de
railment of a train on the James River
division of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, near Alberene, Engineer Wil
liam H. McCartney was killed and
Fireman Charles H. Clay was badly In
jured. The accident was caused by the
breaking of the flange of one of the
wheels of the locomotive us It was
rounding a curve-. Several cars were
wrecked.
Retired Army Officer Dead.
Washington (Special). Gen. Beek
man Du Barry, a retired United States
Army officer, is dead. General Du
Barry was of New Jersey. He was re
tired by operation of the law December
4, 1802. For meritorious service dur
ing the war he was made lieutenant
colonel and brevet colonel in 1805. He
became brigadier general In 1S90 and
was retired two years luter.
Alleged Plot Against Ciar.
Nice (By Cable). The police have
arrested Prince Victor Nakadchidze, a
Russian, on the charge of plotting to
take the life of the Czar on the latter's
approaching visit here. Prince Nakad-
chidze. who Is a Mhlllst. was condemn
ed to death In Russia as an accomplice
In the conspiracy or 1S8U against the
life of Alexander III., grandfather of
the present Czar. He was also con
vlcted In Paris of being Illegally in the
possession of explosive machines.
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR.
The Building Trades Council repre
sents 250,000 men.
Marble Is said to exist In twenty-four
of our States.
Coral, both white and red. Is found
on the Florida coast.
Seven dollars a month, with room
and board, seems to be the highest
ever paid to a waiter girl in German
hotels and restaurants.
Chicago Typographical Union, No. 10,
has sent out circulars to all labor or
ganizations, asking their members to
purchase only union-made books.
The referendum vote which Is being
taken by the carpenters shows that the
proposal to abolish the half-holiday
during the winter will bo defeated by
a two-thirds vote.
Conductors In the employ of tho Chi
cago Transportation Company, which
conducts a bus line in opposition to thti
caretti's that run from the North to
the South Side, have been displaced by
boys.
The average pay of tho working
classei In England Is less than a pound
l $5) per week. Only one man In elevea
Is in receipt of an Income of more thas
150 ($750) a year. At the present
time the London docker receive an
rverao of 12s. per week.
(ilJNS AND DYNAMITE. '
A Racket at Corhin. Ky., In Which Tro Per
nor! Were Killed.
Corbln. Ky. (Sp-clal). As a rer.tlf
of a riot here 'wo persons were killed
one mortally wounded, threo or four
others wounded, anil a building wreck
ed by dynamite. At. noon James Shot
well was shot nnd mortally wounded
by R'dln White, who had be?om.
angered with Shut well on being re
fused to lunger keep company wltl:
ShotwcU'a daughter.
White nt once went to tho store of
his brother, where he surrendered to i
deputy sheriff.
i Telegrams were sent lo Judge Mor
row, end a posse was ordered to the
sene from tin county sent. In the
nioatiMine White was barricaded with
his friends and the deputy sheriff in
the store. When night fell the store
was wrecked by dynamite.
The sheriff's posse arrived nt mid
night, and Rolla White is now In cus
tody of the sheriff.
Friends of the Shotwells searched
every trnin for certain friends of the
Whip's here nnd tit. Williamsburg. It
w-ns (luring thesa proceedings that
Judge Morrow asked Governor Beck
ham lor troops. Fifty of the Chad
wells, fmm Clay county, eaine to
Crays Sutton, there Joining the Shot
weil faction. Sherilf Sutton 1ms sworn
a large force of deputies. The Shot
wells o.-cupy the hills near the town,
while the White forces are mostly in
Corbln. All residences are barricaded.
Then' has been some relief since Rm.it
While and RalWgii White were acres',
ed and taken to Williamsburg, ill"
county scat. Roch White is crippled,
nnd will lose both eyes as the result of
tho explosion.
BRITIAN CHASTENS ITSELF.
Decadence ol Its Power a Favorite Then:
In London Now.
London (By Cable). Great Br'ta'n's
decadence Is becoming a popular theme
here. Self-debasement and self-flagel
lation seem to be congenial to tho chas
tened spirit of the nation, forced to
realize, through the accumulation of
reverses, military, diplomatic and in
dustrial, that Great. Britain's predorrl-
nnnce dream Is past. It is almost a
dally occurrence for some leading
London newspaper to parade the short
comings of the country, instituting
comparisons with the United States
and little complimentary to Great
Britain. "Lost opportunities," says the
Morning Post, "form the keynote. The
Britain which could dictate its will to
the ends of the earth Is to-day a myth."
ADULTERATED FOOD IN AMERICA.
Head Chemist of the Department of Agricul
ture Saya Things Were Never Worse.
New York (Special). Adulteration
of food with chemicals has never been
more largely practiced and was never
more dangerous to the American pub
lie than at the present time according
to Prof. H. W. Wiley, chief chemist of
the Department of Agriculture, whose
paper on "The Legal and Medical As
pect of Food Adulteration," opened a
discussion on that subject at a meet
ing of Ihe Society of Medical Jurispru
dence held here. As an Instance of the
scandalous way in which manufactur
ers of the present time "doctor" food
products, he said, he had found suffl
clentusults of copper In a ean labelled
"Green Peas" to coat a pocket lia.ife
with the metal.
Clark Elected Senator.
Helena. Mont. (Special). W. A.
Clark was elected United States sena
tor on the first ballot. He required 47
votes to elect and received 57 of the
93 cast. When Speaker Corbett cast the
last vote for Clark he did so with u
whoop, and the audience and lawmak
ers cheered to the crho. Among the
first to congratulate Clark was F. A.
Hintz. Mr. Clark thanked the legis
lators and Incidentally referred to the
defeat of Senator Chandler, of New
Hampshire, who was his foeman In the
senatorial Investigation. rThe ballot
for short-term senator resulted !n no
choice.
$100,000 Fire In Washington.
Washington, (Special). Fire in th '
three-story nnd basement structure,
Nos. 817-819 Fourteenth street, North
west, caused damage estimated at
1120.000. The building was owned nnd
occupied by the Pope Bicycle Manufac
turing Company, whleh used the first
floor, and Mllo B. Stevens & Co., claims
and patents attorneys, who had their
offices on the second and third floors,
Mr. Stevens' bus Is about $40,000. The
fire, which is believed to have started
in the basement, spread rapidly to the
main floors and through the elevator
shaft to .he third story. The losa of
both concerns Involved i covered by
insurance.
Pennilcsa Boy Weds an Heiress.
Paris, Tex. (Special). '-A romantic
wedding took place at Clarksville,
when Miss Mamie Smith, daughter of
a millionaire from Honolulu, aged 19,
was married to Emmet Burke, aged 20,
son of a Texas Pacific section foreman
betwee-n Paris and Clarksville, Mjjis
Smith was engaged to marry a promi
nent San Francisco lawyer, who had
the management of her estate, Three
wee-ks ago, however, while on a visit to
Clarksville uhe met young Burke, who
is penniless. A romantic attachment
sprung up, which has now culminated
in marrluge.
Town Bank Robbed.
.South Lyons. Mich. (Special). Six
men broke Into Carpenter and Jacobus'
Hank here, and after blowing off the
outside door of the safe, blew open the
steel money ohest Inside. The explo
sions awakened G. D. Hamilton, who
lived near the bank, and he beg an
Investigation. Ho was discovered by
the burglars, who opened nre on him
Hamilton, after shooting at tho thieves
several times, went for assistance1, and
the burglars ran to tho railroad track,
where they found a hand-car on which
they escaped. About $300 was Ntoloa
from the bank,
Former Millionaire Dies Poor.
Phlliaelphhi (Special). Samuel H
Warwick, aged 70 years, who gave t.f
the world root beer, and whose wealth
13 years ago was emimaten at over
$1,000,000, died penniless in the hospl
tul attached to the almshouse In this
city und was burled in Camden, N. J
by a relative Who elaimod the- body.
During his prosperity it Is said ho gave
thousands to friends In ni'e-d and enter
tained In a princely fashion. Men
prominent in polities and In social uf
fairs of the city, State and nation were
his guests. All but two forsook him
when his fortune dwindled away.
"Qtiiiy WIna Easily.
Harrlsburg, Pa. (Special). Matthew
Stanley Quay was electe-d to the
United State Senate after having lived
in enrorcea retirement rjr two years
But one ballot was taken, Quay re
ceiving 130 votca out of a total of 248,
that numoer being thro moro than a
constitutional majority, and a majority
of 12 over all of the opposition candi
dates.
Fifty Drowned at Madagascar.
Marseilles (By Cable). Mall advlfea
from Madagascar, dated December 11 0,
report the drowning of 60 natives from
the capuizlng of barge. B
THE KEYgONE STATE.
News Happenings ol Interest Gathered
From All Sources.
BLINDED WHILE MILKIM0 A COW.
Tlu Animal Kicked a Lnnlern Info a Powder
i'.tf and was Killed by an Exftlopint Which
Blew. Mrs. Hoskcy Through a Barn-Father
Warned by Kldnappers-Thc Burglar Wjre
Outwitted"0lhcr Live News.
Mrs. Mary Hoskcy, living on the
.lames Walker farm, while milking her
unv, was blown through the side of the
l.arn by the exp!oslon of six kegs of
blasting powder which were In tho
p'.a.-e. The barn and v'ae cow were
blow n tti pieces, but Mrs. H.;3key will
probably survive her terrible Injuries.
She will remain blind. Before daylight
Mrs. Hcskey R.arted to milk hvr cow.
She h.id a ccal miner' lamp and put
it on a 2ii-pound kng of powder, six of
which were standing In a row. The
cow kicked cac, tho lighi tipped over
and the first keg exploded. Mrs. Hot
key was blown through the bain door,
nnd lo this she owes h?r life. Bef.m
she struck th - ground outside Lie re
maining live kegs let go. An oil der
i Irk near 'the barn w js blown down,
and farm 'houses half a ml!-3 off w?re
sh-iken and their windows broken.
At. the Cambria Rail Mill a Josiah
Andrews, a bo.-s roller, was m iking an
Mupression, his ci'.it was caught- In th-
coupling b ixes nnd he wos pulled back
ward, doubled up and drawn through a
t pace six Incln j wide five or six times
before 'tho machinery could be stopp 'd.
Fellow workmen grasp.'d him as he
was whirled around the revolving rolls,
but were compelled to release lilm In
order to avert a similar fate. Andrews'
head and body were crushed and both
legs were broken. He died an h mr
after the accident. Some time afro
Aloyslus Hlllfbrand was pulled be
tween the coupling boxes In a similar
manner, but he was not doubled up
like Andrews. In spite of mi.iy broken
bones Hillebrand recovered.
A farmers' institute was held at
Itlchloro, which was well attended.
Rev. S. O. Lawsing, pastor of the Rlr.h
boro Dutch Reformed Church, op.-ned
the session with prayer, after which
J. D. Nevins discussed the "Care and
management of Poultry on the Farm"
and Seth T. Walton read a paper on
"The' Condition of Farming In Penn
sylvania as Compared with Other Oc
cupations." R. S. Seeds spoke- on
"What Constitutes a Country Home,"
nnd Rev. John Watchom delivered a
very Interesting lecture on "Our Indi
vidual Duty to Our Country and Our
Country's Duty io the World."
A bold attempt was mude to kidnap
Catharine, the pretty little daughter of
ex-Police Officer John Ward, near her
home, In Chester. While Catharine and
her bjby brother were returning from
a neighbor's two men made a dash for
the girl, but she dodged and fled
screaming to t'iio house. She ian up
on the porca, followed by ono of tne
men, but they were foiled by Mrs.
Ward, who heard the screams, and
suddenly opened the dii-or. The men
fled and 'all effort to find them proved
futile.
Michael Snyder was mortally wound
ed by his brc.Iher, Albert, In a quarrel
which occurred nt. their home. Al
bert, v.'l'.o la 40 jtars old and
married, had been bearding at his
brother's home for several years.
When Mlcnael went homo he was
tracked at finding hia wife and
brother together. He became entaged
and seizing a knife was about to a lack
Albert, wheel the latter drew a tovol-
ver and fired three shots. J lie erring
wife and brother were arrested and
Justice May committed them lo the
county jail at Pottsvll'.o without bail.
Some time before the death of Mrs.
J. Holmes Wright, who committed siil-
cldh two weeks ago at Allcntown, she
lold her won, Aithur Wright, that In
case of her death ho should have th1
mattre-sses in the house examined as
they contained a secret which would
bo of value to him. The boy is lu the
Allentown Hospital, but ho Informed
his nunt, Mrs. Wllhelm. of South Ea
t , who cut open a mattre-ss and found
$1010 packed away.
The Jury in tne case ut itooert w .
Taylor, the Mahanoy City druggUt.
who was chnrged with attempting to
murder his wife by jilacing poison In
her drinking water, brought In a ver
dict of guilty, being out Icsm than an
hour. Taylor's counsel filed reasons
for a new trial and moved for an arrest
of judgment. Taylor will shortly bo
tried for the murder of Elsio Myers,
aged 14 years, his step-daughter, who
drank the poisoned water and died.
The general store of John M. Wilson.
at Glenslde. was en:vreii by robbe'rs.
but only a small sum of m-jiicy and a
few valuable paper were secured. The
store was thoroughly ransackedand ther
cash register, which contained twenty-
five cents, was carried into the road
and broken open. The register was
found In rile yard adjoining tho store,
and the cash diawer of the safe was
discovered along the lallrinud.
Wind-blown coal tin si settling on
the toofs and sifting through the win
dows of a block of houses owned by
Colonel W. J. and H. II. Harvey, of
Wllkes-Barre, has resulted In a suit
for damages, tho Lehigh nud Wllkes
Barre Coal Company being the di'Iend-
ant. The Harvey a d-K'.are t."at tne
coal dust has di tiaoted from tho value
of the houses and t'hey ore unable to
rent them.
Treasuring a ring placed on Ills An
ger by his sweetheart In Europe, G.
Uusken of Chester, locked It in his
trunk for safekeeping. During his ab
sence the trunk was looted and tire
ilng nfole-n. Suspicion fell upon D.
Perune, and ho was anested In Phila
delphia by Detective Perry and Con
stable Shinkle and commluted to Jail,
hv Alderman Snilthin ik'fault of ball.
The ring was not recovered.
The report which emanated from
Pittsburg to tho effect that tho Ameri
can Tlnplote Company had purchased
the Sharon Tlnplate Mill now building
nt Sharon, was denle'd by F. II. Buhl,
president of tho company, as being
false In every particular. The Sharon
plant Is the only Independent concern
outuidu the trust.
Captain T. F. McCloer'y, of Esplen,
has received a letter In which his boy
s threatened with kidnapring unless
ihe father gives up $5000. The money
was to have been fcft In a hollow tree
which is a landmark In the neighbor
hood. Th Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
Coal Company, which has recently
been making so many large purchases
of Indiana county coal land, is about to
add another large tr act 'to its holdings.
This tiact consists of soma thlrty-thiva
farms In -Center, BlackllcU und Whlto
Townships and contains about 31 US
acres.
William H. Moser, of Fast Maueh
Chunk, a brakeman on t'ho Central
Railroad of New Jersey, was struck by
an overhead bridge ut. Asbury, N. J.,
and fell under the wheels of the cars.
His right leg was cut off near the kue
and his left leg at the ankle, He waa
Ukep to the t hk too iloepiul.