FLEEING TO MAIM
Under Aguinaldo Driven
OUR S0LDIEB8 HOVE SLOWLY.
Hfln'1 Entrenchment Bar the Speedy
Movement of the Army General
(tl- Ha Purchased All tho Spantnb
Uuuboata In the Philippines.
Washington, March 28. The third day
f the lighting north of Manila brought
little of a decisive character from which
the war department otuciuls could judge
what the final outcome of this movement
would be. Burly in the day tieneral
Otia cabled the war department a briei
p0t comprehensive dispatch summing up
die situation. It disclosed that severe
faliting was going on, with our forces
nlvanced as far uorth as Mariloa, whib'
the insurgents, under the command u(
Aguinaldo in person, were being driven
bock with considerable slaughter. This
lad the press dispatches satisfied the of
rials that the stragetic movement of
entrapping the insurgents between our
lines had not proved as successful as
.lesignod, and that the move had now
shifted to a retreat by Aguinuldo's forces
and a pursuit by our troops.
The insurgent retreat towards Malolos
was slow and dogged, and advantage
was taken of one after another of lines of
entrenchments, the burning of bridges
and the Interruption of communications.
The engagement has now shaped it
nclf so that it is looked upon as more
of a chase than tile execution or a
strategic movement. With the American
base advanced to Mariloa, and the in
surgent base forced back to Malolos, the
main bodies of the two opposing forces
are about ten or twelve miles apart.
This CMlld be uuirkly covered in I
forced march under fair conditions, but
it is 12 miles of innumerable difficulties
and obstacles which our troops must
cover before they reach the insurgent
stronghold. It is expected thnt the en
gineers with MacArthur are hastily re
pairing the burned bridges. This will
permit the artillery to be taken for
ward, well as the infantry colunius.
It is expected that every mile of the
distance to Malolos will be contested
by the insurgents, for General Otia re
ports that it is a stretch of country cov
ered with the entrenchment thrown up
during the last three months.
Our men. therefore, must advance
clon-lv rnmifritiir tho ronilM thov un
and at the same time they must fight
GENERAL MAC AKTIIITR.
tholr way through well made rebel en
trenchment. Malolos is the insurgent
capital, where the assembly has been
sitting and the insurgent government
has been iu operation. It represents
more to the insurgents than any other
place in the Philippines, and little doubt
is entertained that they will make a des
perate stand there.
The tactics of Aguinaldo are taking
him gradually beyond the range of Ad
miral Dewey's guns. While the insur
gents were at Malabnn, on Saturday,
they were within a mile of the water
front, and easily within range of the
fleet. But as they have moved north
ward they have gradually moved away
from the bay. Malolos is about seven
mile hack of the hay, although there
are shallow estuaries which would per
mit light draft boats to get within
mile or two.
The war department official have no
knowledge of Prince Loewensteln. who
was killed at Manila on Sunday. There
Is no record showingthat he had author
ity to go with the army a a representa
tive of a foreign government or in nny
other capacity. It was said that he had
enlisted in the regular army, but there
is nothing in the war department to
show it. Secretary Hay, of the state
department, knew Loewensteln in Eng
land, where he was married in 1897.
He was of a roving disposition and went
to the Philippines In a spirit of adven
ture. The following cablegram waa received
by the war department from General
Otis on March ID, and ha just been
made public:
"Have purchased all gunboats in Phil
ippine of Spain, 13 in number, now
at Zamboanga. Half are in serviceable
condition. Payment In cah from public
fond upon delivery at Manila. They
will be sent this week."
On Saturday and Sunday there was
sharp fighting with the rebels by the
forces under Generals Wheaton and
MacArthur. On Sunday General Whea
ton's troops captured the town of Ma
linta, and iu the fight Colonel Harry C.
Egbert, of the Twenty-second regula"
infantry, was killed, after baring served
continuously as a line officer for nearly
40 years. Prince Loewensteln, of Ger
many, was also killed. He somehow got
in front of the firing line Our total
loss in two days' fighting was three of
ficers and 2.r enlisted men killed and 212
wounded. Of the Tenth Pennsylvania
regiment Private Aliz Newell was killed
and Privates Charles O. Walker, En
gene Morgan and Vernon Kelly wounded.
On Saturday night, evidently antici
pating a bombardment of the town, a
thousand rebels evacuated Malabnn
leaving a few to bnrn the town. Owing
to the natural obstacles and to the
strong opposition onr troop were power
less to prevent the withdrawal. Little
was left of the place when the American
soldiers took possession.
TBS BATTLE OF MALOLOS.
Asulnaldo Has Mado Preparation For
a Desperate Resistance.
Manila, March 28. Leaving line of
buMd and shattered rilUgc behind
the, but fighting indomitably for every
yard of the way, the American troop
are pressing on with all possible speed
toward Malolos.
There the greatest battle of the WaV
will be fought. Tonight will probably
find Generals MacArthur and Whenton
at the outskirts of the city, and tomor
row morning the engagement will begin. '
Aguinaldo has fled to Malolos and there
surrounded himself with a powerful
force of the best fighting men the islnuds
nn muster and is prepared to make a i
long resistance.
So desperate has the insurgent situa
tin become thnt Aguinaldo has issued I
a proclamation that he will put to death j
any one who refuses to fight.
Hunger is playing havoc with the iu-1
aurgents. No sooner are they taken
prisoners by the Americans than they
beg for food, declaring themselve to be
starving.
For answer to their requests for food
the prisoners say that Aguinaldo makes
promises of permitting the loot of afv
nila, adding thut the Ainorionns have,
been overcome.
DEAD HEROES BROUGHT HOME
Bodies of Hrnvc Soldier Prom I'ubn
mid Porto Woo.
New York. March 28. The transport
Crook, which left Santiago March 23,
arrived at quarantine this afternoon
with the bodies of dead soldiers from
Cuba and PortO Kica. The dead that
are Identified will be given to the rela
tives or friends of the deceased. Those,
who are not Identified will be Interred In
Arlington cemetery, near Washington.
There are 1,000 dead to be brought back,
and lis soon ns the Crook is unloaded
she will return to Santiago to bring buck
the remainder.
The list of the deod on the Crook,
given out by the army officials in this
city. Include the following who were
member ol the Sixteenth Pennsylvania
volunteers: Corporal Philip Koph, It. It
Manning, John P. Bogcrstcom, Sergeant
Kdwnrd S. Bailey, Sergeant LotCO A.
Dlnsmore, Musician Clayton K. Damon.
William II. George. Herman !. Hughes,
Ervin M. Kerns. Corporal II. F. Han
som, Corporal George It. Sloan, Arthur
E. Darren, Burton A. Downey, Musician
James A. Oslen, liirani A. Reynold.
II. E. Vincent, Jacob A. Wheeling,
Harrv M. Bodine, Arthur L. Borden,
O. U. Mong, Charles B. Palmer. Will
iam P. McCourtney and Philander
loung. The Crook also brought from
Porto Rico the bodies of Charles W.
Gaugaware and John E. Hamburger,
of the Fourth Pennsylvania.
The Ixidics brought from Cuba arc
mainly those of men who liclnngcd to the
regular army, though there are a number
who belonged to volunteer regiment
from Massachusetts. Ohio. New York.
Illinois and Michigan and to the First
volunteer cavalry, known ns Boosevelt's
rough riders. There are also 110 bodies
of unknown soldiers.
CHICAGO'S FATAITfIRE
Wild Rush For Life or Working Men
and Women.
Chicago, March 28. Fire destroyed
the Armour curled hair and felt works.
Thirty-first and Benson streets, las
night, caused a property loss of nearly
$400,000, injured 11 employes, oue fa
tally, and endangered the lives of 4Hl
others who rushed to escape through the
blinding smoke.
The injured are: Jeremiah Steele,
jumped from third story window, legs
and arms broken, will die; Joseph Kiida,
badly injured about the legs ami body;
John Rhodes, jumped from second story
window, leg broken; George Mosher.
fell down elevator shaft, right shoulder
broken; August Schoniberg, ankle sprain
ed and scalp wound; Mamie Hynn, face
and arms burned; Georgia Schwartz,
bands, face and head bruised; Nellie
McNab. hands and face burned; Pain
Booomler, both hands burned and left
side of head scorched: Hurry Lee, fell
from second story window, scalp wounds.
Late last night it was found that six
people who were in the building when the
fire broke out are missing, and it is prob
able that the majority of them perished.
The missing are James Flannigau, Will
iam Gillson, Ella Hennil Wright, Thom
as Mitchell, Dennis Sheehun and Johu
White.
Employes on the floor on which the fire
started said that a nail, which caught in
a "picker," caused friction, igniting the
inflammable material with which the ma
chines were fed. Flames spread to bjlcs
of curled hair, and in three minutes the
entire floor was dense with blinding
black smoke. Men and women left their
posts iu frantic rushes to the exits.
Many ran to window and descended by
the fire escapes, but most of them groped
through the smoke to the first floor uud
out the corner entrance.
Jeremiah Steele was bending over his
carding machine when the blaze broke
out. Stifled by the smoke he staggered
to a window, swung over the sill and
hung by his finger tips. Meanwhile fire
men stretched n net anil shouted to
Steele to drop. He did so, but crashed
to the stone sidewalk.
Convict's Scheme lleovered In Time
Columbus, O., March 28. Convict Otis
Hurley was detected yesterday at the
penitentiary as he lay in wait for his
former victim, Miss Daisy Sprague,
whom he attempted to murder in Sep
tember last. Hurley had been in soli
tary confinement and wore a ball and
chain, but with the aid of a steel saw
he severed his fetters and cut his way
out of the cell. When discovered he was
in hiding on top of a safe in the office
where Miss Sprague is employed ua
bookkeeper. He was armed with a stil
letto made of half a pair of scissors.
Hurley is serving a 12 year sentence for
his former attempt upon the young
lady's life, with whom he is enamored.
A Klondike For the Parl Exposition.
New York, March 28. An important
corporation has just been organized un
der Canadian and New York auspice to
exploit to the world at the Paris expo
sition a perfect representation of life nnd
work in the Yukon territory, including
all phases of mining, by men direct from
the Klondike. An exnet counterpart will
be built, representing a portion of the
main street of Dawson. There will be
Indian villages, dog teams, together with
moving pictures, the latter to be the re
sult of un entirely new machine which
Thomas A. Edison is now constructing.
Arrangements have been made to have
on exhibition fO.IXKJ.OOU worth of gold
dust and nuggets.
The Fifty-ninth Ballot.
Harrisburg, March 28. The fifty
ninth ballot for United States senator
was taken yesterday with the following
result: Quay, 0; Jenks, 8; Dalxell, 1;
lrvin, 1; Widener, 1; Rice, 1.
New York's Governor Says the Tat
Lavri Are Inequitable.
CORPORATIONS GET OFF EAST.
He Urtrea the i.og-lHlntore to frame a
Finn Which Will Relieve the Over
burdened Sinull Tuximyei-H by ltcve
iiiiok From Public PrnnohtMO,
Albany. March 2S. -Governor Roose
velt last night sent to the legislature a
message recommending the appointment
of a joint legislative committee to inves
tigate the subject of taxing public fran
chises held by corporations, and to re
port to the next legislature. The gov
ernor says:
"The tax laws of this state are in on
exceedingly unsatisfactory condition, and
1 do not see how they can lie put upon
n just and wise basis save after careful
investigation by legislative action. At
present the farmers, the market garden
ers and the mechanics and tradesmen
having small holding! are paying an im
proper and excessive proportion of the
general taxes, while at the same time
many of the efforts to remedy this stat"
of affairs, notably in the direction of
taxing securities, are not only unwise,
but Inefficient, and often servo merely to
put a premium on dishonesty,
"There is evident injustice in the light
taxation of corporation. 1 have not tin
slightest sympathy with the ontcrr
against corporations ns such, or ngnint
prosperous men of business. Most of.
the great material works by whi. h the i
entire country benefits have been due
to the action of individual men or of iilt
gregato of men who made money fop
themselves by doing that which was
the interest of the people as a whole.
From an armor plant to a street railway
no work which Is really beneficial to th
public can be performed to the best ad
vantage of the public save by men of
such business capacity that they will not
do the work unless 'hey themselves re
Ceive ample reward for doing it. The
effort to deprive them Of an ample re
ward merely means Inut they will turn
their energies iu some other direction,
and the public will he by just so much
the loser. Moreover, to tax corporations
or men of means in such a way as to j
drive them out of the state works i-iv.'t
damage to the state. To drive out Of
a community the men of means and the
men who take the a nd iu business enter
prises would probably entail as one of its
first results the starvation of a con
siderable portion of the remainder of the
population.
"But. while I fairly admit all this, il
yet remains true that I corporation
which derives its powers from tlu state
should pay & the state a just percent
age of its earnings as a return for tie
privileges it enjoys. This should be es
pecially true for the franchises bestowed
upon gs companies, street railroads
and the like. The question of munici
pal ownership of these Trahehlses cannot
be raised with propriety until the gov
ernments of all municipalities show
greater wisdom and virtue than has I n
recently shown, for Instance, in New
York city; the question of laying and
assessing the tax for franchises of every
kind thronirhout the State should in mv
opinion le determined by the state It
self. "I need not point out to you thnt in
foreign communities a very large per
Cents ge of the taxes comes from cor
porations which use the public domain
for pipes, tracks ami the like. Whether
these franchises should be taxed as
realty, or whether it would be wiser to
provide that, after the gross earnings
equal, sny. 10 per cent of the actual!
original cost, then f per cent of all the
gross earnings over and above this shall
be paid into the treasury, or whether
some yet differed! plan should be tried,
can only be settled after careful ex
nminatlon of the whole subject. One
thing is certain, that the franchises
Should in some form yield a money re
turn to the government.
Death of Ill-hop Duurirnn.
St. Louis, March 28. Bishop James
Duggsn died yesterday at St. Vincent's
Insane asylum, where he hail been a pa
tient for 20 years. He was 7-4 years
of age. The bishop's Intellect became
clouded iu 1870, and it was found neces
sary to provide for him at the asylum.
One of his delusions was that he was
the pope. At intervals he appeared to he
entirely rutionnl. At such times he
would pore over ecclestical volumes and
recount Incident! of his life. Fifty years
ago Bishop DnggSU was the coadjutor
and friend of Archbishop Kenrick. Up
to the tune of his death he was always
permitted to retain the garb of a bishop.
Death of a 1'rlnooton Pro feasor.
Princeton, N. J., March 28. Dr. James
O. Murray, dean of the university, died
yesterday after an illness of several
weeks. Dr. Murray was born in Cam
den, S. 0 Nov. 7, 1S27. His father was
a grandson of Philip Syng, of Philadel
phia, the well known associate and friend
of Benjamin Franklin. Professor Mur
ray was graduated from Brown univer
sity in 1880 (fid from Andover Theo
logical seminary iu 18.4. He was pas
tor of tlie Prick church, in New York
city, in UM8, from which iu 1873 he
came to Princeton as professor of En
glish literature. He has been dean of
the university since 1883.
Charred Hones From Windsor Flro.
New York, March 28. Alio fragments
of three bodies found in the Windsor
hotel ruins yesterday, and taken to the
morgue, have been numbered "Roily No.
ID," "Body No. 20" and "Body No. 21.
It is impossible to give a description of
the bodies, each box containing merely
n mixture of charred bones, blackened
and shriveled flesh and dirt. The total
ef dead now is .'12, the identified dead
numbering 11 and the unknown dead 21.
The list of missing is still very Inrgo,
numbering about 40, but most of th"
Injured have recovered and have been
discharged from the hospitals.
"Coin" Harvey HoHlirns.
Chicago, March 28 -Mr. W. H.
("Coin") Harvey has resigned as general (
manager of the ways and means com- '
mittee of the Democratic national com-'
mittee and Mr. Sain B. Cook, of His I
souri, has been appointed in his place. 1
Mr. Cook has been in practical charge
f the office for some time, while Mr.
Harvey has been in the held. Mr. liar
vey gives ns the enuse of his resigna
tion that he could not get the eoaUnittee
to agree on what he thought was a prac i
tical, business like and aggressive policy,
k WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Wednesday. March a a.
Kajnncl G. King, ex -mayor of Pbiladrl-
I pi. in. men iu mil m j, neo mmt
The Deutsche Zeituug, of Vienna, de
1 critics America a "a dangerous trade
, rival."
An exploding sawmill boiler near Cum
eerlsnd. Md.. killed Philetus Wink. Dan
iel Snyder and a nam named Shuss.
Harry H. Hammond fatally shot John
T. Shnyne, a millionaire Chicago furrier,
i who was escorting Hammond's divorced
! wife.
It is announced that Congressman
Bailey will attempt to secure the sent
in ft In- national senate now held by Mr.
Chilton, of Texas.
A report that reached Washington an
j uotincing the death of Hon. John Slier
j man created great excitement. It was
subsequently corrected.
Gerald Lapiuer. II years old, stolen
' from his home iu Chicago last May, was
i found iu Palnenville, 0 mid his ai-
i ductor. Mrs. Ingersoll, arrested.
. i i7 i : 1 . I Ctt
Thursday, March it .'I.
Fe'-ctnry Alger and party left Sn
vanu..h, Qa tonight for a tour ill Culm.
William .1. Bryan will address t!:
Chicago platform Jefferson day banquet
iu New York.
Germans in Samoa have petitioned
their government to demand the recall
of Chief Justice Chamber.
Ambassador Choatc has leased the
Loudon residence of the viceroy a. id
vlcerine of India.
A committee of cttUens of Wash I igtou
are endeavoring to have Admiral Do we
brought home to participate in a peace
jubilee ill May.
James Billings, a negro ex-convict,
is under arrest in New York charged
will killing 11-year-old Susie Mirtill in
181U. William Johnson, another e.v
couvlct, lays Billings confessed tu him.
Friday. March ! .
A reunion of Boosevelt's rough riden
will le held ill Guthrie. (I. T., next June
Muukncsy, the noted Hungarian artist
is dying in a madhouse at Bonn, Get
many.
In il letter to Admiral Bamps in the
president recognizes him as the destroyer
of the Spanish fleet off Santiago.
Race wars in Ai Kansas uud Mississippi
have resulted ill the lynching of ten ne
groes in the pant three days.
Dr. W. H. LlpSOP'nb, 7." years old,
has just entered Mississippi's state prison
to serve a life sentence for murder.
(bin Bnnsilln, a popular Austrian
nctfess. exclaiming " lis love that
kills," shot herself in view of a Vienna
audience,
Saturday, March vn.
lion. F. II. Pierpont, the first gov
ernor of West Virginia, died in Pitts
burg. -
Commercial agencies declare that, de
spite trusts and stock speculations, busi
ness steadily improves.
Consul Fowler, at dice Foo, China, is
sues au appeal for American aid for
China's starving millions.
3. V. Leitner, the noted German lin
guist, died at Bonn. Germany, aged bv.
He wrote and spoke fi languages.
Miss Marion Cockrcll, daughter of the
Missouri senator, will christen the lmtth -ship
Missouri at Newport News, Ya., in
October.
The New Jersey legislature adjourned
sine die at 0:10 last night, the clocks
having been stopped just before 8 o'clock,
the legal hour of adjournment.
Monday, March
Ex-Governor Fletcher, of Missouri,
died iu Washington Saturday.
George Bidwcll, the noted Bank of
Fn.land forger, dieil iu Butte. Mont.
Secretary of War Alger and party ar
rived at Havana yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Knupp, special agent of our gov
ernment to Japan, declares thut country
needs our farm products.
John and Paul Zeltner killed Lawyer
Westenhnven in court at Hoytsville, 0
then escaped to their home, where they
held rtnlHtla company at buy all night
before surrendering. Iu the liring at tln
house Clarence Weldenmeycr, of tin
posse, was killed.
Volunteers Book Prom Cuba,
Savannah, tin., March 28. The First
North Carolina regiment arrived at
1'iilnski, 14 miles below this city, yes
terday on the Ward line steamer Viir
ilancia, from Culm. Five companies of
the fourth Virginia regiment also ar
rived at tlie fort on the steamer Sun
Antonio. The troops will go on at once
into ramp, and Ik- mustered out herj
next week.
THE PRODUCE MARKETS
Ah Demoted by Dealings in Pbtladel
pliln and Ilultlmore.
Philadelphia, March 27.-Flour firm:
winter superfine, I2.imx2.40; Pennsylvania
roller, clear, $3.0G' 3.20 ; city mills, extra
t2.filrii2.75. Hye Hour quiet and Steady at
HJnOSjt for choice Pennsylvania. Wheat
firm; No. 2 red. March. 7GWi77c. Corn
jrfSadri No. 2 mixed. Mnrch, 3!t'ya39-V. ;
No. 2 yellow, for local trade, 40c. Oat
Arm; Wo. 2 white, 3.r.'c: No. 2 white, clip
ped, BJMQMe, Hay rtrm; choice tim
othy, 113 for large baleB. Beet steady;
beef bams, 118.60419. Pork dull; family,
H2'u 12.50. Lard steady; western steamed,
J5.60. Butter steady; western creamery,
175i22c; do. factory. UpMH-! Blglne, 22c;
Imitation creamery, 13ValfcVic. : New York
dairy, 14Mi4i20c; do. creamery. I"i'u22c..
fnnry Pennsylvania prints Jobbing at KQ
27c; do. wholesale, 23c. Cheese steady;
largo, white and colored, 12c; small do.,
12Vs'u 12"kc. : light skims, RV10c; part do.,
7Vu9c; full do., 45c. Eggs steady; New
York and Pennsylvania, 1314c; western,
fresh. 13(fil3'4c; southern. UVkOUttC.
Baltimore, March 27. Flour ilrm; west
ern SUperflne, I2.25fi2.40; do. extra, $2.4.Va
J; do. family, l3.30Tu3.60; winter wheat,
patent, 13.653.90; spring do.. !3.!i'.i4.11;
spring wheat, straight, t3.G5tfi3.85. Wheat
easy; spot, month and April, 76ttd76c;
May, 7W4fi77c; steamer No. 2 red, TflifJJ
72c. ; southern, by sample, 70i77c. ; do.
on grade, 73''u77c. Corn Ilrm; soot and
mgiith. 3Hii3Hc; April. 39m394c; Ma.
3aiit40c. ; steamer mixed, 37H&3714c;
southern, white, 40c; do. yellow, 39c
Oat firmer; No. 2 white, 35fi35Hc; No. 2
mixed, fjVttjOc. Rye ateady; No. 2 riPiir
by, BaSBSVsc; No. 2 western, 60c. Hny
firm; No. 1 timothy, 111.50012. Grain
freights quiet and easy; steam to Liver
pool, per bushel, 2d. March; Cork, for
orders, per quarter, 2s. lOttd. March. Su
gar strong; granulated, G.20Mi. Butttcr
stendy; fancy creamery. 22iiOc; do. Imi
tation. IKiilUc; do. ladle, 15tftl6c; good
do., 1314c; store packed. WtWc; rolls,
12314c. Eggs Arm at 12Vstfl3c. ChSSSI
firm and nctlve; fancy New York, large,
12'Afil2V4c. ; do. medium, 12HS12c; do.
small. 12frl3c Whisky at $1.30f1.32 per
Ballon for finished goods In carloads
ij. 314(1.32 per gallon for Jobbing lots. Lot
tuce at psr buihel box.
They Had Robbed the Carbondale
Traction Company's Office.
ONE OF THE ROEBEES SHOT DEAD
Two Othcm In tlie l.nckawnnna Iton
pltal nnd Two Iu .lull Tin- Capture
KfTrcted by Cltlaens, I.cd by a Noted
Hunter nnd Trapper,
Scranton. Pa., March 28. Five of the
gnng of six crooks tha robbed the Cur
hondale Traction company's station at
Mayticld yesterday morning have been
brought to earth. One of tljein is dead.
two are in the Lackawanna hospital In
this city, and two are in the Ciirbondaie
jail.
After sandbagging Fireman Patrick
Detupsey and Engineer Frank Coggin
and shooting Night Clerk V. 1. Breek
enridge In the foot they made oft with
the cash box, containing over
and headed towards Carbotidale
$1,0(10,
with a
posse in pursuit.
The n 'Xt heard of them was at Forest
City, on the line of the Jefferson branch
of the Erie road. They were aboard
a boi ear on Conductor "Sig" Bobbin'-'
northbound train and when ordered to
get oir drew revolvers nnd referred to
them as "first class tickets." At Union-
dale the conductor learned from th!
operator of the Mnyfield uiTair, and sizing
il I his passengers as the perpetrators of
the daillig deed telegraphed ahead to
Mount Ararat for assistance to capture
them. "Big Bill'' Leach, a noted hunte
and Irnpper, who keeps a summer hotel
not far from the station, was aroused,
and summoning as many of the ncli !i-
bors us the time would allow formed a
posse to eTeet the capture.
When the train stopped the robber
saw the crowd at the station and jump
ed out on the opposite side nnd started
down the tracks, Leach, who had a
Winchester repeating rifle, and Miller
Jesse Vail, who had a revolver, run
around the engine and rolled upon the
robbers to surf. 'ider. The answer was
a volley of bullets. Leach and Ynil
returned the lire. '1 he robbers stood and
sent lank another volley. Leach rifle
cracked three times and three roblirrs
bit ihe dust. The reninining three lied,
one going down the railroad and two
making for the woods, A fourth shot
from Leach's rifle winged the man on tin
tracks, hut he picked himself up flM'"
continued his flight. A t'fih shot v
sent at random in th.' v, Is in th
rectlon iu which the other two f
disc ppeii red.
When the crowd came 'nun belli,
train they found Leach and Vail n
and three of the robbers lying on .
ground a hundred feel away. One
them was pierced through Ihe Plrniii II
a rifle ball. The second, a boy no.
over 18 years of age, had a bullet hoi
clear through his body, extending ft"1
just above the heart to the middle of the
back and passing through the left lulls'.
The third had his right arm shuttered
below the elbow.
The dead man
locnl undertaker,
were brought to
pitnl in this city.
was turned over to a
The wounded men
the Lackawanna ho
The boy gave his name
as .lames Kelly and his Inane a
I'n. lie says he has no relnth
Ashley,
The
other gives the name of .lan es Cnm-
mings, and claim to ctune from ,ogaiir
I port, Ind. Both claim they do not I low
I Ihe name of t tu dead man.
I A posse headed by Constable Michael
I alorau came in at noon with two robbers
who escaped Into the woods. They were
I captured after a long chase a few miles
i this side of Susquehanna. They refuse
I to talk. It is supposed they hid ih"
I stolen money In the woods.
I All of them wire well dressed, each
I having on a white collar. They are evi
dently professional crooks, and not or
dinary tramp thieves.
Two More Itoltbors Captured,
Corry, Pa., March 'JN. .lames Burns,
telegraph operator at Spring Crei k. saw
two men breaking into tlie Philadelphia
I and Erie station early in the morning.
Burns gave the alarm and a number of
people surrounded the station. The rob
bers made I break for liberty, when
William McKilrick fired upon them with
a shotgun. One of the men fell, his bod
Idled with shot. The other was wound
ed. The wounded mat! refuses to give
his aame or that of his companion,
Kind iii- wire iii a Dream,
Tacoma, Wash., starch 27. Ir.
Chnrles Corey shot and killed his wife
yesterday morning while she lay asleep.
Corey was ill, and his story of the nf
fair is that he was laboring under a
nightmare, believing Ids wife was being
pursued by a stranger who was intent
on killing her. In his dream Corey says
he followed the two from Tacoma to
Washington, nnd just ns he fancied the
man was about to slab her tired twice
with his revolver, lie awoke with a
start to find himself sitting in bed with
a smoking revolver in his hand. Corey
had drawn his revolver from its place
under his pillow and killed his wife.
The relations between Corey and his
wife have been very affectionate, and
the authorities believe his story. lie is
nearly crazed with grief.
Yacht nnd Nine Persons Lost.
Vancouver, B. C. March 27.-The lit
tle sloop Thistle! used us a pleasure
yacht by the Ford family, of Hornby
island and yunlicuin, on the east coast
of Vancouver Island, has been wreck
ed, apparently near Alert bay. A party
including William I'ord, his mother and
two sisters, Mrs. Harry Thames, her lit
tie daughter and three little children left
on the boat a month ago, hut nothing
has been heard of them since, and wreck
age and debris along the coast points to
the all too certain probability of a wreck.
A Han h Imminent In Bolivia.
Lima, Pent, March 2H. Advices from
Bolivia say that an encounter Is im
minent between the government troops
Under President Alonzo nnd the Federal
ists, or insurgents. The fighting will
probably take place between Oruro,
where the government reserves are sta
tioned, nnd t'onicolla, about IK) mile
northwest of Oruro.
Tho President Homeward Hound.
Thomnsvillo, (la., March 2S. Presi
dent and Mrs. McKinley, Vice President
and Mrs. Hobart. Postmaster General
Kniory Smith, Dr. Kixcy, Secretary,
Cortelyou and Stenographer Barnes left
late yesterday afternoon for Washing
ton, which place they will reach a little
Before 5 o'clock this evening.
LED BY THE BLIND.
A Ttaila Woman Ooa4aets Across
Crawaea turret br a !
Isss Mmm.
"I saw a most remarkable occurrence
cn the street tlie other day," said a pro
fcssdonal man, report the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, "and it mude a. deep im
pression on me. A lady cams down Eu
clid avenue and stopped at the cornev
of Bond street. 6he evidently wanted
to cross to the other aide of the avenue
She was not a young woman and she did
not look strong. There wa quite a
jem of vehicles in the treet, motor rnr.
wagons and bicycles, and she seemed s
mtle timid nliout risking the passage.
As she hesitated a man com up Bond
street and paused beside her. He waa
a well-lresscl mun and carried a heavj
cane, which I noticed he used constant
ly as if ho might be u little lame,
"'Sir,' said the lady to him, 'cau 1 asl
vou to offer me the protection of VOUI
erm in crossing the street?'
"She said this in u very sw' I
ladylike way and the man will
rune touched his h;it.
"'Certainly, madam,' he replii
ofTarwl his arm. Aa Ihcj' crtissi
street I followed close behind I
tint
th.-
it 111
;ht
m
The ninn with the cane was ver) '
ful. He halted several times, bu
reached the other side without u slatp
As the lady let go of his arm sh -aid.
" Thank vou. bir, for your oourtesj
and protection."
" 'You are quite welcome, mndll
'In
in;
he
tin.
replied. 'But 1 fear you overvalue
protection because I am blind!'
"And touching his hat again
turned and nicked his way iu
crowded .sidewalk."
LOUIS PHILIPPE IN EXILE.
When a POO lluWe lie IVaBtted
Msrrr an American Girl, Hut
Her rather Objected.
A tncrchnnt prince was u grout man fl
rid Philadelphia -a far greater man
than the master "f a little school, even
though it were the most select in th
city even though the teacher were nrr
exiled French gentleman of royal blood,
duke of Orleans, then. King lxmii-..
Philippe in after year.
The story of how- the princely schoOr
master courted the charming Abigail,
daughter of Thomas Willing, is re
luted with new detail In u recent nurn-
'ber of the Ladles' Home Journal
Incased In his leit, and probably, not
withstanding thnt he was a modest nnc
rnstbl young man, little In fear of at
Uliln Vorablt response, the exiled riiie
ui icil on the American merchant am!
naked hitn for hi duughter. There m
ierhn.s, more pride man nunniity ti
the nnSA.er he received:
"Sir, s. mild you ever be restored
your bereditury position, you will as
too great u mutch for mj daughter; lis
not, she Is too great mutch for you."
So the poor schoolmnBter went, uwn; "
disappointed, and, ulthough only Dei
"position'' and the lad; ' -1 nKtir to hnvt
been considered by the liurd-h arte
parent. It is probable that if Mistress
Aligil had not ; 'lewl with Id opinion
tho would have made her influence felt.
As it was, Louis Philippe married-.
Princess Mario Amelii . daughter of the
klntrof Soplea, while Abigail Willing, of
Philadelphia, who migHt have been
queen of Prance, became plain Mr..
Uichard Petera.
POLITENESS FOR NOTHING.
The liallnnt Action of a Mun llrlngt
Only Humiliation at the Ilnntls
of a Proof Woman.
A stylishly nt tired woman wus seet
walking down Washington street the
nthcr day, attracting considerable at
tention by her fine figure and graceful
carriage. Men turned to glance nftcr
her and women managed to see the
pweep t,l her skirt nnd the cut of her
Cout behind out of tie corners of their
ryes without turning around at nil, a
hubit most women have, At all events
he woman wna f tunning and a young
.il t isrt , turning to obtain a third look n"
brr, saw to his delight that aba dropped
ht-r puree. Hurriedly be run to wher
the object lny and stooped down to ge
it. At the aame Instant a ragged Italiai
woman made a grab ut it. says the Chi
cugo Chronicle,
The young artist got it and the worn
a.i got It, ami both were determined a
rttnin his hold, After tome words oi.
tlie subject, during which theartlat felt
like a fool, he conquered und i ushi
frantically down the street, where tin
stunning woman could still le aeen. lit
was breathless when he overtook hev
but, lifting his hat politely, he said
"I sow you drop your purse, madam,
end take pleasure In returning it to
vou." Haughtily tho woman looked nt
him. "Ilenlly, sir, you arc very kind,
but I have my purse," and she extendc:
towurd liim a brand new artials tlriC
had certainly just been taken from it
paper wrapping. "I changed my BMMMJ
In this one," she continued, "nnd threw
the old one a way. You may have it i!
; ou like."
Feathers for I'asblnn.
Manufacturers of artificial birds bu.
directly from the farmers nnd niaka rrp
their stock with no particular regam
for the accurate representation ui n
species. Just nt present the birds J:
fashion for mourning hats ore smalt
black parrots, and there arc no such
birds In Datura, A fashion is in vogue
to match thecostumc in the plumage of
the bird trimmings, and ninnufacturcrv
naa their best art to supply the demand.
Sooner or later this fashion will be Uit
means of establishing regular farms for
the production of feathers for millinery
purposes.
Carina for Hlniloo Head.
The Hindoos consider their dead' ne--sacred
and do not allow them to be hat
died by alien hands, the nearest male
.'elotive son, father or brother pre
paring the body for burial, and if thers
be none of these relatives a son a
pdeprd Vv the family for the purpose-