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    fflli ADAMSPOISONINGL 1
.
JoUTld a. MOlmeUX Arrested Oil a
Charge of Murder.
THE TESTIMONY OF THE EXPERTS
ill Declare That Molineux Addressed
the rackntcc of Poison to Harry Cor
.h From Which Mr. Adams Took
tbc Hose Which t anned Her Death.
Nrw York, Feb. 88. Rolond Rurnhnin
gollneox, son of General Leslie Moli
n0x, of Brooklyn. WSJ arrested last
nij-ht chanted with murdering Mrs.
rgtherine J. Adams, in this city ou
Pec. -K, ISiW. lie was locked up in
,l. Tomba prison. Tile arrest followed
ll,0 rerdict of the coroner'K jury uc
rusing bin) of the crime. While the In
quest wus inm the dentil of Mis. Adams,
it ulso went into the circumstances of
tD(. ileath of Henry 0. Hurnet, of the
Knickerbocker Athletic club, who was
poisoned by u powder received through
tbc mails, ns was Mrs. Alia ma. The
cases are so closely connected that they
etui scarcely be considered separately.
The proceedings of the tinal day of the
miiuest were sensational ill the Inchest
etfn
Tin
case had dragged along
witnesses being cxamiued
ujvuutouously,
ROLAND a MOLINKUX.
for the sole purpose, as it seemed, of i
contradicting Ilnrry Cornish's testimony
in minor details or of eliciting sug-Kt-stions
as to A motive that might have j
led Cornish to commit the crime. Thai
newspaiicrs from the beginning had I
nturk to Molineux as the person most I
to le suspected, but the prosecuting of-1
tirinls apparently never harbored such a
thought. The examiner was kind and
pa tie when Molineux was ou the stand.,
gruff and severe when dealing with Cor-
uta,
The curtain rose on the last act of the
melodrama yesterday afternoon. A shop
keeper who rented private letter boxes
swore positively that Molineux was bti ( rorce(l French Boundary ('oannls
putron, using the name of "II. C. Bar-; Mlonn to Act In Mclf Itofense.
net. It was proved long ago that bot
tles of medicine had been sent to that
letter box. Then the handwriting ex
ports were called, and one after another
declared that the hand that wrote the ad
dress on the poison package and forged
the names of Harry Cornish and H. C. j
Barnct to letters sent to drug firms or
dering powder medicines was the hand j
of Koland B. Molineux. The experts I
wore absolutely certain in their identifi-l
ration of the penmanship, and would!
niuke uo qualification Of their state-!
tnonts. District Attorney (lardiuer then
summed tip the case, directly accusing
Molineux.
The jury brought in a verdict charging
Molineux with the murder, and ne was j
lit onct arrested and committed to the
lombs without bail.
Molineux is a member of the New
York Athletic dub, and w as, until his I
uaarrel witn Harry Cornish, a prominent ;
MKS. ADAMS. THE VICTIM.
Iraember of the Knickerbocker Athletic
club, from which he resigned because of
hat quarrel. Molineux's father is a
taint manufacturer, and Is reputed to be
millionaire. The prisoner has gone
Ito good society, being of excellent ad-
ress and manners, and prospective heir
a great fortune.
"he jury deliberated three hours and a
haf. and then returned with a verdict
hcVliiiE Molineux responsible for Mrs.
A is ins' death. The coroner Immedi
ate issued a warrant for the arrest of
Mejneux, and the latter was at once
ariaigued before him. Through his lit -torioy,
Barlow 8. Weeks, he demanded
an Immediate hearing, but Assistant Dis
trict Attorney (v'-orne objected, saying
't Ifas Uupos.dli' ' to proceed with the
Snng. The hearing was then set dow n
' r Wednesday morning, and Molineux
as committed to the Tombs without
bait.
andloate For I.oubet s Want Chair j thoUBi, there ig official toiilirmntiou I
Paris. Feb. U7.-M. Constaus, who was , of thl. nlIllori , Senor Don J. Bru-rei-ently
appointed French ambassador j m.,ti JR. ,, rcos, former Spanish 1
o Turkey, bus oOlciully announced that. Dlillist,.r to Mexico, will be designated
le is a candidate for the presidency of 1 Ulimster to the I'nited States on the re-
ne senate, lie will arrive nere louaj . ,
here
ills chances arc considered good in spite :
'if the violent opposition of Hie radicals.
RetM-ls Want to Surrender.
Manila lFrb.i!b. -Two commissioners
who returned from Malolos under a flag
of truce report that 8,000 rebels are ahx
ions to surrender. They ulso express the
belief that tAcuinaldo la inclined to nc-
lacilicgarturea. Major General
pissioners.
QUAY TRIAL AGAIN POSTPONED.
This Time the Prosocut Ion Objects to
Proceed Inn With the Case.
Philadelphia, Feb. 28.-The trial of
ino uuay conspiracy case uns ot-cu ywi-
poned nntil April lO. The announcement
was mane in conn is-iore jnuse dvwot
by District Attorney Kotliertnel. No
stsmer had the change been made known
than it WM asserted that the cause for
Baiting the ease was an astounding dis
covery affecting the jury panel. Officials
In tin- district attorney's office declined
to discuss this, beyond stating that then
was only reason why the trial should
not no on, the prosecution being entirely
In readiness to proceed. Kiiinor hail it
that a ease of Impersonation; had been
detected, hilt concerning this no definite
information was obtainable,
After court adjourned Mr. Kotliermel
salil in reply to an interrogation: "While
I will raf DOthing whatever about the
cause which Induced me to continue the
case, except what I said in court. I can
state that the entire subject was submit
ted to Judge lteitler and approved by
him before I made the application for
postponement."
! Senator Quay's counsel bad this to
say: "The fact of the matter is that
there is nothing whatever in the ease.
I Our experts have examined the books
' and documents. They are mutilate !,
i false ami a fraud upon their face. We
are prepared to prove conclusively thai
the entries Implicating Senator Qua; and
his son wen- made six months aft,.'
I the alleged conspiracy had been consunv
i mated ami the fruits, if any. had been
i reaped. The commonwealth must ad
: mit this. Their own experts w ill testir
to it."
.Mr. Rot hortnol denies that the hooks
! have been mutilated.
VIOLENT FILIPINOS.
They Chersfe the American Soldiers
', witti "Repugnant Barbarism.1
Bong Kong, Feb. 2H. The Filipino
government bus issued mother virulent
i anti-American decree, in which the fol-
1 lowing passages occur:
"The American guns respect neither
honor nor property, but barbarously
I massacre women and children.
"Manila has witnessed the most hor
rible outrages. Confiscating the properties
and savings of the people at the point
; of the bayonet and shooting the defense-
! less, accompanied by odious acts of
abomination, repugnant barbarism and
racial hatred worse than the doings i it
Carolina. Unless you conjure a holy
war for independence you are only
worthy to be slaves and pariah". Pro
claim la-fore the civilised world that you
will light to the death against American
treachery and brute force. Kveu the
women should light if necessary
"American professions ami promises
are pun- hypocrisy. They eovet the
spoils of this patrimony of our race,
wishing to implant here a more irritating
and barbarous dominion than in the
past."
BRAZILIANS TO BLAME.
Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 2H. Further
advices from Cayenne, capital of French
Guiana, say thut auuitionnl French
troops have liren dispatched to Counani.
because the governor received Informs
tiou that a strong laxly of Brazilians
was proceeding up the river. It is pre
sumed that the French troops went to
meet them.
Every effort is being made to suppress
oSlciul news about the situation between
the bellicose boundary commissioners and
their forces. Hut advices received from
fugitive settlers say the present state of
affairs is due to the Brazilians, who at
tacked the Frenchmen and forced lac
latter to ad In self defense, after n hot
dfgpatg between
which th
the commissioners,
Brazilians hastily
withdrew and removed their camp, in
,), ,.ijsi(, f,.w men were killed asd
nmr were wounded on both sales,
'rn(. i ampK it appears, lubsequentlj
. sustained a watchful peace, while await
i jug instructions. 1 ne natives are sain
to be preparing to join In the fighting if
i hostilities are renewed, which is causint
the foreign settlers to flee from the is
turbi
erty.
d district, abandoning their prop
pontes the t'7.nrM Reported 111 Health
London, Feb. 28. The Standard's cor
respondent at Darmstadt, capital of the
Grand Duchy of Hesse, says: "I am
assured that the rumors that Emperor
Nil liol.is is so HI as to tie unable to at
tend to affairs are without foundation.
The litu from which he has suffered have
become less frequent in recent years,
leading to the hope that they will event
ually cense. The chief reason why he
does not personally nttend to state nf
fairs is his anxiety regarding the up
nroachUs confinement of the czarina. It
lik quite possible that tbc disquieting re
; ports emanate from highly placed per
sons in nr. i eiersourg wsesa puma
would be upset by the birth of an heir.
A Hla; Railway Ileal.
Buffalo, Feb. i!.S. The Commercial
says: A stupendous business deal is
nearly completed, involving $284)00,000
of capital. It is the sale of the entire
street railroad system of Buffiilo and a
number of suburban lines. The deal in
cludes all the Niagara Falls railways,
including that running along the river
bunk on the Canadian side. This im
mense combination of interests has been
sold to a syndicate composed of New
Yorkers and l'hiludelphiaus.
Absurd stories of Krlotton.
lyomlon, Feb. -8. The Berlin corre
pondent of The 'limes, staph aaialng
what he calls the "absurdity of most of
the stories regarding friction between
the Germans and Americans at Manila,
says: "The German cruiser Irene left
the Philippines over u fortnight ago, ami
Is now on her way from Hong Kong to
Amoy. As lor Vice Admiral Von
Dietlcrichs. he hit the Philippines
months ugo."
Hornabe's I'i'obuble Successor,
Madrid, l-'elc L!S - 1 1 is reliorted here.
......:,. -f dii.lomatic relations. The
report that Benor Polo y Bernaoe, late
Spanish minister at Washington, w.u go
to Lisbon is otllcially conlirnied.
To lto Cardinal Ireland.
London, Feb. 2S. The Rome eorre
' spondeut of The Daily News says he
, learns, on reliable authority, that Arch
bishop Ireland will be created a cardinal
j ut the next consistory.
jkUlizef
to Invade a Central
w
American Republic.
EXPECT TO DO
som: fighting.
I he Invaders Arc Promised Ilemnner
atton 111 the Shape of In ml Grant
Should the Expedition succeed in
the I'lnnn of the Lenders.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 2 I, The lirsi
detachment of the lilibusle ing expedi
tion Organised here for an invasion of
Central America left Kansas City last
night. The soldiers of fortune number
ed about 160) and were provided for in
four special coaches, which were at
tached to the regular southbound passen
ger train on the Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Memphis road. Williai i (J. Thoinp
son, formerly captain of Co itpany lb !
Fifth Missouri volunteers, is in com
mand. The filibusters egpect to take ship at
Mobile or New Orleans, though ou this
point the majority of them have not
been fully advised. At the port of em
barkation they expect to be joined by
detachments from St. Louie, Chicago
and other cities.
It is now known beyond question that
the men composing this expedition expect
to do some lighting 10 Central America.
Reports as to their destination have
been conflicting, both Guatemala nnd
Honduras having been mentioned, but
men who are leaders in the adventure
have secretly Informed their friends that
their real destination is Nicaragua. The
men enlisting have been assured that the
invaders have good backing and have
been told that capitalists of notional
prominence are furnishing the money to
equip, transport and arm the expedition,
I The men are said to have been promised
J rewards in lands and concessions,
T. A. Whitten, a lawyer, who has been
I active in organizing the companies here
1 and who left with the men li t night,
i declared that the men had been hired to
1 work on a railroad.
Major Warner. United States district
: attorney, and United States Marshal
I Durham investigated the affair, but
when the band started south tin y both
; declared they had discovered nothing
to warrant the arrest of the alleged In
' vnders. They have advised the Wash
Ington authorities fully. Dr. It. K.
Heath, consul here for Honduras, has
also notified his government and the
Honduras consul at New Orleans of the
movement,
HOPE FOR MR. KIPLING,
rhe Famous Novel tat iinttiiuir Bravely
Against Dread Pneumonia.
New York. Feb. 28. The following
bulletin was posted at 2 o'clock this
morning regarding the condition of Kail
yard Kipling: "Mr. Kipling is. as at the
RCDYAHD KII'I.INC.
i Inst report holding his own. The advent
I of a crisis may be delayed, as the In
! DammatiOM has developed is the upper
I portion of the lungs, whik the part
i originally affected had Dearly resolved.
The severity of the disease during the
past few itays has been due to the nd
vance of the inflammation upward, while
the parts originally affected were not
yet available for respiration.''
Mrs. Kipling went out driving at o
o'clock Inst evening -with Mr. Doubleday.
and remained out an hour. It was the
first time in two days that she had left
the bedside- of her husband. That she
Considered Mr. Kipling's condition war
ranted her leaving him even for a short
time was regarded ns a hopefnl sign.
l.evl C. Bird Aomlnst Addlcks.
Dozer, Del., Feb. 38, The regular He
publicans Of tin- Delaware legislature,
who are opposing the candidacy of John
Edward Addlcka, the Union Republican
leader, for the I'nited States senate to
succeed Hon. George Gray, yesterday
took up a new candidate in Levi C. Bird,
of Wilmington. Mr. Bird, who is a
prominent lawyer, is a brother-in-law of
the late Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, and
tin- regulars say it is their intention to
vote for him again tomorrow and per
haps longer in an endeavor to draw vote
from the Addicks lines. The general as
sembly will anally adjourn ou March l.i.
and as the situation now appears there
will be uo election of n senator miles,
a compromise candidate shall In- agreed
upon.
KlCStragfttW'S Revolution Knded.
Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 28. The
government troops, under General Rout
ing, from Creylov.n, attacked and cap
tured the bluff In front of Illuelields.
General Reyes, the insurgent leader,
led for protection to the British con
sulate St BlUefields. HS will surrender
without further resistance, thus closing
the revolution. General Rouling also
captured a schooner rfear Monkey
Point, Containing some 20 refugee Niea
raguuns, who were en route for Blue
lields.
The Twenty-foil I- Hour Cycle Knee.
San Francisco. Feb. 27. The 24 hour
bicycle race was won by Stevens, of
Buffalo, nfter uu exciting finish by about
five wheel lengths from Turville. Th -
score of the live leaders at 10.23 p. m.,
the end of the 24th hour, was as follows:
Stevens, 45!).li; Tiuvill -. 458,0; Lawson,
455.5; Pierce, 455.8; Wallc.-, 451.4,
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k WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED.
Wedne-sday, Feb. fll.
Our military ofllcials in Cuba are show
ing marked courtesy to Cuban General
Cornea.
Robert E. If cKlsson was renominated
ns Republican candidate for mayor of
Cleveland.
The Rending iPn.l Iron compnny has
voluntarily advanced wages of Its -,iK)(i
employes.
A plot to exterminate all foreigners in
and about Manila was checkmated by
General otis' vigilance,
The first message of President Lottbet
to parliament has greatly strengthened
the French republic.
Thursday. Feb. 'ill.
Lord Charles Beresfurd. of England,
predicts that China will be bankrupt in
four years.
The khalifa is advancing on the Nile
with Hil.lKMl troops against the Anglo
Egyptian forces.
Tin- Spanish-American war
without a single execution of a
passed
soldier
, for military crimes.
The French court of cassation, if
i
I said, will annul the conviction of Drey
fus without a retrial.
A young woman was found dead in a
New York hotel asphyxiated by gas. Her
1 escort had left her shortly before.
The body of C. B. Mocks, the first
American soldier killed In the Spa is!i
war. arrived at Clyde. 0 from Key
West.
Commissioners from Negros I and.
one of the Philippines, have a ured
General Otis of allegiance of that Island
to the United States.
Friday, Feb. t4.
Ex-State Treasurer Benjamin I. Hay
wood, of Pennsylvania, died at 1,1s liouio
in Sharon, aged .'ill.
Filipinos started several lire In Man
ila ami caused great destruction of prop
erty. Our troops arrested l"'1
A delegation of KickODOO Indl 111" i I
Mexico are endeavoring to arrange f
the emigration of their tribe to thai
country.
The bill reviewing the grade of ini-
miral of the navy, Intended for Hear Ad
iliiral Dewey, passed the national li
with a shout.
I Edward Yeakor, Democrat, defeated
for mayor of Reading, Pa by 58 votes,
will contest the election of his Republi
can opponent, A. H. Laucr.
The funeral of the late President
Faure, In Paris, was a brilliant tribute,
President Loubet and ex-President Casi
mir-Perier waived In the funeral pro
cession, Bnturday, Feb, OA.
The national senate passed the river
and harbor bill by SO to It.
Tin- entry Into Havana
Mantimn Homes, eacorted
States troops, aroused the
of Genera!
by United
wildest en
t buainetu.
Admiral Dewey telegraphed to Wash
ington that, "for political reasous," the
battleship Oregon should be sent to
Manila at once.
Congressman Johnson, Indiana Re
I publican, declared in a speech that the
i senate was coerced into ratifying the
peace treaty.
The Hamburg American line steamer
Bulgaria, supposed to have been lost at
sea Feb. S, arrived ut Poata Delgada,
AXONS Islands. Several passengers were
injured during the gales.
Monday, Feb. SJ7.
Ex-Congressmnn Levi Ifalsh, of Penn
sylvania, died in Washington, aged 02,
Premier Dupoy is acting energetically
I In suppressing monarchist activity in
France,
Secretary Alger has abandoned his
proposed trip in a government vessel to
Cuba and Porto Rico.
Since the clow of the war (he Immi
gration of Spaniards to this country has
increased 100 per cent.
The report that Admiral Dewey has
had n collision with the German naval
commander at Manila is without foun
dation. Charles Frohlein and Harry Morgan,
boys of 11! and 15 years, were killed by
an explosion in a fireworks factory at
Grnnitevllle, S. ! where they were em
ployed. THE PRODUCE MARKETS
Ah tloflooted us Dealings in riiiiudci-
pbln and HhIi Iniore.
Philadelphia, Feb. R. FkMir well main
tained; winter superfine, tt.8a82.60; Penn
sylvanla roller, elear, C10GS.30; city mills.
extra. B.1S0t. Rye (lour scarce and linn
t $3.:!0 per barrel for cbok-e Pennsylva
nia, Wheat steady; No. 2 red. February,
To'Y'iTTc Corn firm; No. 2 mixed. Feb
ruary, tsHOMtttS, OatS qulel and steady;
No. 2 white. 3tXic: No. 2 white, clipped.
MttftSfc, Hay weak; ehoitv timothy, til
for lari;e bales. Beef tlrm; beef hams,
tU.5001t. Pork dull; family. tUOU.tO.
Lard easy; western steamed, t6.S2H nut
ter tlrm: western creamery. liJ'nlc; fac
tory, UOltC. ; Elglns, 21c; imitation
creamery, UHtflac.; New York dairy. Ww
tic.; do. creamery. ir,''f2Ic. ; fancy l'enn
sylvanla prints fobbing at M017c; do.
wholesale. 23c. ChsSSS tlrm. large, white
und colored. 1U'-W4C. ; smitll do., Miff
1114c.: skims. T'uTUc; purl skims, CuTc;
full skJms. :i5tlc. lOggs tlrm; New York
and Pennsylvania. 3a,-.; western, fresh.
! sic. ; southern, 34c.
Baltimore, Feb. 27. Flour dull; western
' superfine, tt.2549S.flO; do. extra, IS.60OS; do.
family. tM0Q3.f0; winter wheat, patent.
IK.70O3.Mi spring do., $3.S5ji4.10; spring
( wbeai. straight, tS.S09t.tO, Wheat dull;
snot, month and March. "BWilbv.; May.
77Wf78e.; stcumcr No. 2 red. 74ii74Vjc. ;
I southern, by sample. WttTihc.; do. on
' vsnule. 74077c, Rye lirmer; No. 2 near
by, til'-.e.: No. 2 western, OIIVc. Lettuce
; at P.E0OS.7I per bushel box. Whisky
et tl.3Wd.31 per sallon for finished goods
In larload; 11.3161.32 per gallon for Job-
1 blng lots.
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; MM ARMY BILL
Passed by tho Senate With the
Gorman Amendment.
RUSHING APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The House Sends to the Senate the
Army and the Fortifications Bill Mr,
Doeker.v Says This UonSJNSS Will Ap
propriate l. OOO.OOO.OOO.
Washington. Feb. 28. After a con
test that will be memorable in the his
tory of the senate the compromise army
reorganization bill was passed last even
lag at T.10, When the senate convened
Mr. Gorman, Of Maryland, insisted that
Lis rmendment providing that the army
should not be increased permanently or
beyond July 1, 1001, be Incorporated In
the measure. For several hours it up
pcsrisl probable that his insistence at
least would throw the bill over until
today, and perhaps defeat it. An agree
ment was reached finally, however, and
Mr. Gorman's amendment in a slightly
modified form was accepted. 'The notable
1 speech of the day against the measure
i was I'.ellvered by Mr, Vest, of Missouri.
Inn I is brilliant eloipience availed noth
ing i gninsi the measure.
T'ie house was in session seven hours
yes erday and sent to the senate two
more appropriation bills the nrtny,
wl o h has been under consideration for
several days, mid the fortifications, The
' former carried about $70.IK10,u00 and ili
I 'Iter approximately $4,700,000, The
hnal conference report ou the Indian Bp
: propriation bill was also adopted, The
only amendment of Importance attached
to the army bill was one giving two
months extra pay to enlisted men in tin
regular army who serves I beyond the
limbs of the United Stales during the
war with Spain, and one month s extra
pay to those who served
i seivi
ussion
eljtivi
I n .
in Ihe t'nitod
States. The dis
(ration's policy
pines, w hit it has
of the admlnis-
to the Philip
-copying the ut-
teut on of the members to the
of almost everything else dtirin
exclusion
: the con
sideration of appropriation bills for Ibv
1 last two weeks, was continued, seven
slice- lies being made on the subject. Mr.
DtK-kery, of Missouri, the leading Demo
- crat on the appropriations committee,
, asserted thai the appropriations for this
congress would reach $1,( 100,000,000,
.
FAl.!. RIVER MILL WORKERS
' Have Waarsi Restored to the I'r lo For
merly I "aid.
Fall River. Mass.. Feb. 28. As the
1 result of a three hours' conference lie
' tween the executive board of Ihe Main
' facturers' association and the Fall River
, Textile Council representatives, held
yesterday, the linn I proposition to the
operatives was a complete restoration of
1 the wage scale prior to the cut down of
i Jan. 3, 1S!. The cut at that time was
1 one-ninth in all departments, which
I mesnt a decrease of over (20,600 in the
' weekly payroll of the mill workers of the
city. The restoration will date from
: April 3 next. The offer of the manu
facturers Included a clause requiring tin
endeavors of the local labor leaders to
bring about the adoption of a sliding
' scab- at the convenience of the manu
I facturers ami operatives alike. The
' restoration, however, was not made con
ditional upon ihe adoption of tin- sliding
scale.
It was again railed to the attention of
i th nnell that the wages paid at pres-
! ent in Fall River were higher than those
paid in New Bedford or Rhode 1 .land
j cotton towns and much higher than in
the smaller New England towns and in
; the south.
It is generally Ullllerst I. however.
that New Bedford and Rlltsle Island
1 cotton manufacturers will follow tbi
lend of Fall River in graining a restorn
I lion of wages at nin e. I
berl Klligllt,
of Providence, the largest cotton man
nfacturer of the state, if not in New
England, declares thai the example set
will probably he followed throughout
New England,
A Transatlantic Rate War,
I ondon, Feb. 28. i he Da..y Mail this
morning announces Ihe break up of the
transatlantic line "combine," lu rouse
quence of which ihe American line man
agers have reduced first class fares to
.fun and second class to $85, II la ru
mored, according to the same nuthority,
that the White star Steamship compnnj
will reduce rates to even lower figures,
and in that event a keen rate w ar v. ill
ensue.
mind Woman Murdered,
Chicago, Feb. 28. Com S. Henderson, I
a blind housekeeper employed by J. W.
Holtslander, was found dead in lloltz
landers' house, No, 1885 Madison street.
A blood stained hammer, with which
Miss Henderson's head had been crush
ed, was found on a window sill, while in
another room was a bundle of valuables
hastily put together, lloltzlander has
been arrested pending further investigtt-
tiou.
inipiident Bobberies lu Cube
Santiago de Cuba, Feb. 28. Several
Impudent robberies have been commit
: ted recently near San Luis, and on Sun
day another store was completely sack-
i od by 12 armed Cubans. Many minor
depredations are report eu, Apparently
neither the Ninth immune regiment nor
the gendarmerie can afford the neces
sary protection to property.
Death of Major Uenornl Reynolds.
Washington, Fpb, 'J7. Major General
Joseph J. Reynolds, U, S. A., retired,
is dead, aged 77 years. A month ago
General Reynolds had an attack of par
alysis, which culminated in a cerebral
hemorrhage, causing death lute Satur
day afternoon. The remains will he in
terred at Arlington tomorrow or Wednes
day. Geronlmo For Asrulnaldo.
Perry, 0. T., Feb. 28. William T.
Walker, Imlian agent of the Kiowa, Co
manche and Apache Indians, has re
ceived u letter from Geroolmo, the noted
Indian chief, now a prisoner at Fort
Sill. Geronlmo says the Americana
should let AgUinaldo alone and let him
ami his people live free.
Hermann Assaulted In t hinn.
Ileiiin, Ft b. 28, According to un of-
ficial dispatch from Pekiu several Ger
mans were grossly in uilted and after
ward assaulted last Saturdey at 'lieu
l'sin, the port of Pekin. They had great
Jiilk-slly iu escaping from tneir assailants,
j goon over io
i for rAlrfnl
i uv&l
ACCIDENT ON TnE PENNSYLVANIA.
Head-on Collision Kills One and In
jures Thirteen.
Philadelphia, Feb. 28. Ona person
was killed and 13 others injured last
night ta a head-on collision between two
Pennsylvania railroad trains near the
Forty-fOUrth street bridge. West Phils
dolphin. Wesley Walton, firomn. Of
Wert Chester, Pa., was killed. The in
Jlired are W. 1!. Matthew-., a -Mil
station ma ler at Broad street station;
i
llnce. Alexander I It D,
i; Ahl'-r Tandy, sgwl 'S':
renson, aged Th -i u;
I Berrill, agtl "S:
-'2, at! of tiis d( . am!
:. conductor, azi d 42 ears.
stred 1 y
UK hard l.i
Cleg-r. St,-
Kraft, age
fh 0 -e I'm
and l3llsworth Ford, hrnkeuian. - : M
years, of I'nrkcsburg, Pa., and Mrs C.
M. G nibb. of Atlantic City, and H iry
Watters, engineer of the West Cb" ter
express, and T. C. Myers, engineer t f thai
Paoll train. None is seriously Injnri ex
cept Mrs. Grubb and Mrs, Wallace,
each of whom has n broken Teg . ' in
ternal injuries.
The accident was due to an open
switch. The colliding truins were tin-
Paoli accommodation, bound f u
city, and the outward bound West
Chester express. The trains arc sehi'd
nled to pass each other shortly nfter
o'clock. The engineer of the Paoli train
either did not notice the open s I h or
it w as too late to stop. Nearly all tl e In
jured pasengers were in the forward rnr
of the West Cheater train and th -lr in
juries consist chiefly Of bruises.
PENNSYLVANIA StiNAT0R?rfM'.
Lesrlalators ; Through the Form of
Balloting Daily,
Hurrlsburg, Feb us. Sixteen or Hie III
votes polled for United States senator in
yesterday's joint ballot were cm i for
Senator Quay, Fourteen went to flenrgo
A, lenks and one to Colonel E. A Irvill,
of Clearfield. Mr. Jenks' vote was 1".
but before the result was annouueed Mr
Crensey, of Columbia, voted for the
Democratic candidate, Senator Samuel
C Weiss, of Lebanon, qualified as n
member of the senate and attended the
joint meeting, bill declined to vote.
The result of the joint ballots, from the
thirtieth to the thirty-fifth, was as fol
low s:
jo. n, . xi. ii. "r-
i
M. B. Quay ' 1- M so r: II
Ueorg A. Jenks 6 B TTI 65 It H
.Inlin Daliell I 1 1 1- 11
John Stewart 0 1 1 0
C. W. Stone a i
' George V, Huff.... 0 I -r t " 11
! B. A. Irvln 0 ti 7 ti I 1
: P. A. B. Wldener 0 0 t '-' 0 n
Alvln htarkle o o i o
Charles Tubbs '-' 3 0 0
, Frank M. niter . ool i o
1 t'liarles K. Itlce... 0 0 I I "
G. A. Grow 10 1 ion
Total II O 'M ISO 2S M
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
Philadelphia, Feb. 28. The R liiiK
Pennsylvania nnd i.eiugh Valley Coal
companies have announced their inieu
tiou of making an advance of 28 cents a
ton on coal on their line and city trade
within a day sr two. This advance will
make the price per ton at the mines:
Broken, 12.25; egg, $'.'.40; stove mid
( best nut, $2.50.
Harrlsburg, Feb. 28. Speaker Fan
last evening appointed Messrs. Kreps Of
Franklin, KoontS of Somerset ami oor
hees of Philadelphia, Republicans, and
Tighe of Luzerne and .skinner of Fulton,
Democrats, a committee to investigate
the KoontS bribery charges in connection
with tin- passage of the MeCarrell jury
bill in the house and Ihe contest for
I'nited States senator.
Philadelphia, Feb. 25. Eviction stal
ing her in the face Miss Maude C Leigh.
u voung ilressma sei .
turned on the gas
ll her room at her
nnd w ns found dead i
house, I53I) Montgnmr
iluv morning. Miss I.,-
rv avenue, yester
Igh had fallen be
himl In her rent, and was to have been
sold out for mm payment. Sue threaieneif
J (hut if (Ills occurred she would kill her
self, and when the blow fell sin- carried
out her threat.
Wllkesborre, Pa., Feb. 28. Nicholas
and Neil Mat, brothers, of Hnxleton,
were given .1 balicUS corpus bearing in
court yesterday ou the charge nl huviug
murdered Francisco Mutchulln, nl
Buiileton, in ISt2. The prosecutor in thu
case swore that the Mats brothers of
fered him sum to kill Mutehnll t, ami
that on the day Matclllllltl dis,ipiear
the MntJs were s-i n with gUIM III then
possession. The court did no! c-ousidei
the evidence sufficient to hold Hp- pris
oners on the charge of murder, ami they
wen- niscbargeu.
Pittsburg. Feb, 27, The rnnsumua
lion of the big 825,(KI0,tMX) combine to be
kuown us tin- New yorl; Gasiigbt, Ilea'
und Power rompllU has been n de Ihis-
sible by the decision of the directors ol
the Standard Underground Cable com
pany to surrender to the combine $1 bi.
OlMf worth of bonds of the United Blec
trie Light ami Power company, of New
York, held by it as colluleral. It Bp
pears that the combine, which is In
tended to absorb the Illuminating and
lower interests of the country, could
not be completed without these bonds.
vml George Westingbouae, who is largcl)
interested, has secured the authority t
turn the paper over to the combine at
actual cost.
Philadelphia, Feb. 27.-William Fpp
alias Turner, and Samuel Dobson, col
ored, who are churned with the murdei
Of aged Mrs. I.awler in this city several
weeks ago, were brought bBCK to tuts
city from Richmond, Va., iute Saturday,
since when Dobson lias made a confes
sion to the detectives, placing the en
tire blame on Bpps. Mrs. Uawler, who
Conducted a small grocery, lived alone,
ami was found i linked to death. A small
amount of money was missing. Sus
picion was directed against the negroes
and their arrest in Richmond followed.
Dobson says their purpose wu to rob
only, gnu he waited outside while I t
entered tin- house, lie declares I kn li
nothing of the murder until the nesi
morning, when Bpps told him he I lb
kill the woman.
Ileal 'i Of Kl.t 'OIlCfl-CHISinHIt Mill
-11.
W ashington. Feb. 27. Ex-Representative
Levi Maiah, of Pennsylvania, died
here yesterday from an gtts I. of
apoplexy, which first manifested Itself
earlier iu the day, Mr. Muish Was iu
his t.d yeur, was a Democrat In ioli-
ties and had served in the Pennsylvania
legislature nnd as a member of the
Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Fiftieth and
Fifty-first congresses. He nhio h id u
creditable war record nnd was . lUJSded
several times. Siuc-e his service In con
gress he has lived in Washington, en
gaged iu Ihe practice of law.
wrm of tno court reacning an agroemonl
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