BEAT THE UELMONTS
THEY CASHED MENDOZA'9 SPURIOUI
8IGHT DRAFT.
Ob of th Mont Andaelons Swindling Op
rations That Du Occurred la Ne
Tork la Tears He tVes Employed a
aa Undersecretary.
NkwYork, April 1. A inure, mlddh
kfrod foreigner, professing complete Igno
run re of the Englidh language and desrrlb
lng himself modestly aa a tourist, nrrlvet
here from Cuba on Moroh 1. ile travel
ad alone, carried no baggage except at
eminently respectable looking satchel anc
registered at the Hotel America In Irvln,
plaoe as Manuel Gonzales Mondoza o.
Havana.
Although a stranger In a strange land
Mendoza Instantly made himself verj
much at home. On the afternoon of hb
arrival be employed Mr. Gentlnl, a profes
lonal Interpreter, as seoretary and Jpora
panlon.
That night Mendora and his seeretar)
oooupled a box In a variety theater anc
the latter noticed with surprise that Mi
employer apparently enjoyed every Jok
cracked by the Knsllsh speaking come
dians as If they spoke his mother tongue.
Observing Mr. Uentlni's wonder, Mr
Mendora smiled Inscrutably and re
marked:
"I laugh at everything. It's a harmlesi
habit of mine."
Later In the evening the light hearted
Mendoza emptied two qunrt bottles nl
champagne and sampled a great variety ol
American mixed drinks. lie wns final!
taken from under a table In the Hoto.
America oafe and carried, still lnughlng,
to his room.
Early the next morning Mendoza reap
peered as fresh as a daisy. Accompanied
by the faithful Gentlnl, he entered a wrapt
and was driven to the otllces of August
Belmont & Co., 23 Nassau street. Thert
the stranger, with true C'astilian grace,
presented a eight draft drawn on tht
bankers bearing the ostensible signature
of Hidalgo & Co. of Havana. It was for h
large amount, probably in the neighbor
hood of 135,000.
Presented at Belmont's.
Of what followed Mr. Gentlnl alone oi
the Interested parties will talk.
According to the Interpreter, the pres
entation of the drnft was met with a de
mand for Identification by Belmont & Co. 'i
chief clerk.
Mendoza was unruffled at this and ex
plained that, anticipating the difficulty.
Hidalgo & Co. had written a letter inclos
ing his (Mendoza's) signature, and asking
that the mattor of personal Identification
be waived.
"I am surprised," murmured the plaus
ible Mondoza, "that the letter Is not Hi
ready here. It should have arrived by the
teamer on which I came."
As if In providential vindication of hit
truthfulness, while this conversation was
still In progress the talked of letter ap
peared. It was precisely as represented by
Mondoza and bore the seemingly gemiim
signature of Hidalgo & Co.
Beaching for a pen, the smiling and tri
npmhant Mendoza swiftly traced his name
on a slip of paper and handed it with a
bow and aftourish to the still doubtful Bel
mont clerk.
"Observe," he remarked, through the
medium of Mr. Gentlnl, "that this writ
ing is an exact reproduction of niy signa
ture Inclosed to you by Hidalgo & Co.
Now, kindly oblige me with the money."
"It Is probably all right," responded
the hesitating clerk, "but as the amount
Is a large one I must trouble you to satis
fy me atllll further."
Blandly professing perfect willingness
to submit to any form of Investigation,
Mendoza and the Interpreter accompanied
Belmont or Co.' representative to 11:
Wall street, where the Havana bankers,
Hidalgo & Co., have an ageney. Mr. Saldo
la thoir representative, ;and to htm tht
draft bearing stranger was Introduced.
Everything Looked Regular, -
Aooordlhg to the Interpreter, the papers
and signatures were carefully examined,
and Mr. Saldo dissipated the last lingering
doubt of Mendoza i reliability by remark
ing: "Everything looks regular. I guess it Is
all right."
The draft was then cashed and Mendoza
returned to the Hotel America. For the
next two days Mendoza celebrated his
affluence and the worthy Gentlnl was kept
constantly at work drawing corks and or
dering fresh glasses.
Then the hilarious stranger departed,
ostensibly for a tour of the south, taking
the Interpreter with him. At Washington
Mendoza snuddenly dispensed with Uen
tlni's services.
" According to Chief Clerk Lewis of the
Hotel America, nothing more was heard
of the mysterious stranger until two
weeks ago, when two detectives question
ed every on In the hotel about Mendoza's
appearance and movements and finally
explained to the management that the
draft oolleoted from Belmont & Co. was a
forgery.
Nothing has been heard of the present
whereabouts of Mendoza. August Bel
mont refused to say anything about the
matter and showed lntonse annoyanoe at
being questioned in regard to Mr. Men
doza. At Hidalgo & Co.' agenoy, 113 Wall
trees, Mr. Saldo was almost equally
retioent "This is Mr. Belmont's busi
ness," ha explained. "It would be ob
viously wrong for me to speak. "
Tried to Kill a Waitress,
Kcnztowh, Pa., March 81. Daniel
Ruppert, aged 18 of Alburtla, attempted
to kill Annie Oswald, waiter girl in the
State Normal school, and then committed
suicide. He was infatuated with the girl,
but she did not return his affeollon. He
attacked her with a knife. She was se
verely out about the body. Students came
to her rescue and Kuppert ran away, and
before he ooald be captured shot himself.
Fire la Mlddletown, Conn.
Middletown, Conn., Maroh SI. The
gouthmayd block, a three story wooden
-building on Main street, was badly dam
aged by Are. Henry 8. Beers, who occu
pied the second floor as a dwelling, and
George K. Southmayd, the occupant of
the top floor, all sustained considerable
loss. Tlx adjoining building was slightly
, damaged. The total loss is about 1 0,000.
Belied by the Sheriff.
Mafcb Chukk, Pa., April 1, Sheriff
Seller levied upon the property of the Car
bon County Improvement company at
Weiss port on two write of execution ag
gregating nearly !0 000. One, in favor of
Charles Walters of Philadelphia, amount
to (41, t)87 and the other, in favor of Fred
erick Harlasherof Slatlogton,UfurH,18
Married Bis Youthful Nleoe.
Lyons, N. Y., Maroh SI. Dennis Mo
Kenny, aged 70, was married to Lotta
N export of Sod us, his nleoe, who la fe
years old, by Hev. Dr. Luther A. Ostrand
r. She had been his housekeeper. The
wedding was kept secret until the papers
were filed with the register. The groom
baa grandchildren oldor than the bride.
Coal Breaker Destroyed by Fir.
SoRANTOir, Pa., Maroh 80. Johnson
coal breaker No. 1, at Prlceburg, owned
by O. a Johnson aud others, was totally
destroyed by fir, the origin of which is
Unknown. Loss is 1100,000. Mr. Johnson,
the prlnulpal owner, 1 in California, and
the amouut oi lnauranoe cannot be learned.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thnrsriar, March tftj.
Mr. Booth-Tucker has sailed from Lon
lon for New York to take command of the
Salvation Army.
The Rev. W. H. Brown, the Congrega
tional clergyman, of Madison, Conn., who
Was tried on the ohargs of heresy, has
been pronounced Innocent.
Tho Bermuda filibusters, with the ear-
go of arms and ammunition, ar now in
the Cuban Insurgent camp, with General
Callxto Garoia at their head.
The counsel for Dr. J. C. Moore of Man
chester, N. H., appeared In the supreme
court and asked for a continuance of the
case, owing to the Illness of Dr. Moore.
The consecration of the Rev. Dr. Henry
Yates Ratterlee as the first bishop of
Washington, which took plaoe at Calvary
church, In New York, was nttcndod by a
large number of ecclesiastics from differ
ent part of the country.
Governor Griggs has sent to the New
Jersey senate the following nominations:
Clerk court of chancery, Lewis A. Thomp
son of Somerset; state prison keeper, Da
vid A. Pell of Bergen; Inspeotor of work
shops, John C. nurd of Salom.
Friday, Marrh 27.
The Old Dominion line steamship York-
town went ashora on Sewell'a point, on
the Virginia coast, during the fog.
Hon. Alonzo P. Carpenter has been ap
pointed chief justice of the New Hamp
shire supreme court, to succeed the lat
Hon. Charles Doe, decerned.
The greater New York bill passed the
New York state assembly by a vote of
yeas, 91; navs, no. It had previously
passed the senate and now goes to the gov
ernor.
Governor Atkinson of Georgia has given
Alexander Carr, the murderer, whose san
ity is questioned and who reoently con
fessed that he was shamtnlug, a respite of
80 days.
The Old Colony mills of Wilton, N. H.,
operated by Messrs. C. .T. Amlden & Son,
hove shut down indefinitely owing to dull
times, throwing a large number of men
out of employment.
A terrible explosion of fire damp has
taken place In a mine at Brunnertnn,
New Zealand. Five persons were killed
outright and HO more' are entombed with
no hope of being roscued.
Saturday, March 28.
D. Joseph Bonis, a leading spiritualist,
died at Greenfield, Mass., aged 75.
The steamer Sam Brown of Pittsburg,
valued at t'-'5,0(0, was burned on the
Ohio river at Louisville.
Governor Morton appointed Dr. T. K.
Tuthlll aooroner in New York city In plaoe
of William O' Meagher, deceased
Governor Morton has signed the bill ap
propriating 175,000 for finishing and
equipping the newly erected prison build
ings at Sing Sing.
Governor Morton sent the nomination
of Frank I). KUburn to be superintendent
of banks to the New Y'ork senate, and it
was unanimously confirmed.
Judge Lauder of Fargo, N. D., ha
granted an absolute decree of divorce to
Harry G. Woodcock from Eliza Woodoook
on the ground of dcsortlon. Woodcock 1
prominent insurance broker of Brooklyn,
Alexander Deglns, a Frenohman, who
arrived in New York from Havre a couple
of weeks ago, was unable to obtain era
ployment, and, being without friends or
money, became despondent and fired
bullet Into his temple.
Monday, March 30.
The new battleship Iowa ha been
launched, with befitting oeromonlea, from
the Cramps' shipyard in Philadelphia.
The Glenmore worsted mills at Phila
delphia, operated by 8. A. Wood, were de
stroyed by fire. The loss is about 150,ooo.
Erastus Aldrldgeof the firm of Aldrldge
& Dalley, produce dealers at Brookport,
N. Y., committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart.
A. J. Conover, a notorious bank draft
forger and ex-convlct, has been arrested
In Peru, Ind., at the instigation of the
American Bankers' association.
James Shepard, 60 years old, a tramp
weaver, 1 in jail at rail River, Mass.,
charged with manslaughter. It Is believed
he caused the death of his sister' small
daughter by an overdose of medicine three
years ago.
Hannah Woodward of Lowvllle, N. Y.
found guilty of drawing a pension a
soldier' widow when ahe was the widow
of David 8. Slmona, a second husband,
was sentenced to a year and a day In Al
bany oounty penitentiary and fined 125.
Tuesday, March 81.
Mr. Booth-Tuoker'a child died in Eng
land, and her sister's child died as it was
about to sail from India.
Senator John Sherman visited New
York and said he believe McKtnley has
256 of the 888 delegates thus far elected,
At the Demooratlo district conventions
held In Iowa up to this time ex-Uovernoi
Boies ha been unanimously Indorsed lot
the presidency.
The Allsa won the yacht race for the
Grand Prix de Nice, whloh was failed at
Nice. The Britannia wa second and ths
Satanlta third.
The Harrison elevator, the property ol
the National Linseed Oil company at Bur
lington, la, was burned to the ground,
The loss I 850,000.
Charles O. Peokens of Rochester, con
vioted of grand larceny In the first degree,
was sentenced to state prison for eight
years at Canandalgua, N. Y.
The Manufacturers' club of Phlladel
phia repudiated the action of their mem
bers who attended the reoent silver confer
ence in Washington and declared for a sin
gle gold standard.
Justice Smyth, In the criminal branch
of the supreme court, refused to dismiss
the indictment against Mrs. Mary Alloa
Almont Livingston Fleming, who ia now
confined in the Tombs in New York ao-
ousod of the murder of her mother, Mr.
Evelyn T. Bliss.
Wednesday, April 1.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
were welcomed to Blenheim castle.
The president ha nominated William
A. Little of Georgia to be assistant attor
ney general for tlis interior department,
vice John 1. Hall, resigned.
The plan for a masting between Bal
llngton Booth and Mrs. Booth Tucker,
hi sUtor, was not carried out owing to
ber objection to certain stipulations
made by him.
A bill to provide for the payment of ths
debt of the Paclflo railroads to the govern'
ment has been agreed upon by a jolut sub
committee of the senate and house rail
road committees.
Adjutant General S. A. McAlpIn ol
Governor Morton's staff is announced a
candidate tor the Republican nomination
fur vio president on a ticket with William
McKtnley of Ohio.
The New Hampshire Republican Stat
convention met at Conoord and elected
four delegate at large to St. Louis. They
were not instructed, but are said to be lot
Reed, with MoKlnley as seoond choice.
Decapitated by a Coil of Hot Wire.
Tbkkton, March 81. Henry Schroeder,
an employee at Roebllng'a wire mill, waa
accidentally killed. A ouil of hut wire fell
upon him aud eut the top of bi head off.
U leave a widow and five little children.
Mark Twain Healthy and Prosperous.
London, March 28. New ha been re
ceived here that Mark Twain has com
pletely recovered hi houltb, and that he
has sal lad from Bombay fur Mauritius aud
Cap Town He has sudd lb copyright of
new work fur 100,000.
A DEED OP A DEMON.
AN AGED COUPLE BRUTALLY MUR
DERED IN OHIO.
They Were Frlghtfally Mntliated Aa ex-
Convlet Under Arrest Charged With the
Crime Kevenge Was the Apparent
Motive.
Akron, O., Mnroh 80. A masked man
ntered the farmhouse of Alvin M. Stone,
near Tallmadgn, a few miles from this
city, and in the brief space of half an
hour committed a horrible butchery.
When he took his departure. Stone and his
wlfo, both aged people, were lying dead
n bed, horribly mutilatod, and Ira Still-
son, the hired man, and Emma Stone, the
eldest of three tlnughters, were uncon
scious from blows doalt by the murderer.
lhe murderer entered the house by
moans of a laddor, which he raised to an
p stairs window. He first passed through
the room in which Ilnttle and Flora Stone
were sleeping without awakening them.
Going quietly down stairs to the room in
hlrh Mr. and Mrs. Stone slept, he at
tacked them with a blunt weapon of some
sort, hitting both upon the head. They
were probably rendered unconscious and
possibly killed by the blows, but the fiend.
not satisfied with this, proooedod to init
iate their bodies with a knife He cut
if one of Stone's ears, slashed him across
the face and stabbed him In tho back.
hen he laid Mrs. Stone's cheek open
Ith a knife.
An Kx-Convlct Arrested.
Annorf, o., Mnreh SI. Anson B.
Strong was arrested at Ravenna, Portage
county, and charged with the murder of
Mrs. Alvin N. Stone at Tallmudge on
Saturday night.
The evidence on whioh the charge la
bosed is largely circumstantial. Thirteen
years ago Strong was sent to the peniten-
ary for horse stealing, his conviction bo
ng secured by tho testimony of Stone.
Several years later, after his rolonse from
prison, ho wns arrested again for the same
crime and again convicted on the testimo
ny of Stone. Ho gained his liberty the
second time about three weeks ago and
wns nt once suspected of the murder of
Stone and bis wife. When taken into cus
tody, Strong snld he was at the home of
his sister in Ravenna nil of Saturday
night ond that he had gone to church
unaay morning, a soarcn oi me sister
house, however, resulted in the discovery
of a suit of clothes and an overcoat whloh
hnd been placed by a stove to dry. There
wcro no blood stains on tho olothlng, but
Strong's sister said she had washed the
garments in an outhouse. In one of
Strong's pockets was found a railroad tick
et from Ravenna to Kent, the lnttor place
being within two miles of the scone of
Saturday night's tragedy. The ticket was
purohased last Saturday.
Strong was brought here and placed In
jail. The news of the arrest soon spread
and a big crowd assembled. There was no
disorder, but Mayor Hnrpcrdecided to pre
vent an outbreak by ordering Battery A
of the light artillery to assemble at It ar
mory and await developments.
Threatened to Lynch Strong.
Akron, O., April 1. A crowd of 1,000
men and boys surrounded the city prison
and many threats were made against An
son B. Strong, the suspected murderer of
the Stones at Tallmadge. The militia 1
still under arms at the armory, whloh ad
joins the prison, and a force of police 1
ready for action. It is not believed, how
ever, that an outbreak will occur. Strong
continues to deny all knowledge of the
crime, but the police olaim that the chain
of olrcumatnntlal evidence 1 tightening
around him.
A DOUBLE FATALITY.
Two People Killed In an Elevator Aecl.
dent In Boston.
Boston, April 1. A terrible double fa
tality occurred in the elevator shaft of tht
new Morse Button Holo Machinery com
pany building, corner of Randolph street
and Harrison avenue.
Pedestrians, hearing a orash and cries
coming from the second floor, rushed in
and saw a terrible sight. Looking up the
elevator well oould be seen the head of
man completely severed from the body
and wedged between the elevator and the
level of the fourth floor. Piteous moans
came from below, and lying at the bottom
of the shaft was John Reese, the owner of
the building. Mr. Reese was carried to
the hospital, where he died.
There was no witness to the accident,
but John Wall, the night watchman, saw
Mr. Reese run to the elevator well to grasp
the wire and with a shriek dash to the
bottom. It is thought he he saw workman
caught above and was going to stop the
elevator. The workman, John McGargau,
Is thought to be the one who was sotting
the elevator.
Waterbury l-'lre nwept
WATKliBCHY, Conn., Maroh 80. The
worst tire that Waterbury has experienced
for years broke out in the mammoth yards
of the City Lumber and Coal company,
near the depot of the New England Hall
road company, practically In the heart of
the city, and burned floroely for ten hours.
Three large establishments have been
burned out and thousands of foet of lum
ber and quantities of coal have been con
sumed. The principal losses are: City
Lumber and Coal company, 870,000; in
surance, 8110,000. Lllley, Swift & Co.,
840 000; Insurance, 810,000. Valentine
Buhl, 826,000. Sundry losses, 810,000.
New Presidential Offices.
Washington, April 1. The following
postollicos have liecn raised to the presi
dential class, the action taking effect to
day: Maine Gorham, Guilford and Phil
lips; Massachusetts West Brookfleld;
Rhode Island River Point; New York
Akron and Shamrock; New Jersey South
River; Pennsylvania Berwyn and Na
trona; Virginia Ulackatone.
For McKluley and Hobart.
Cape May, April 1. The primaries in
the First New Jersey congressional dis
trict were held and delegates were elected
favoring MoKlnley fur president and Sen
ator Garrett Hobart ot New Jersey foi
vice president.
tieneral Markets.
Nxw Yoaa. March 31. FLOUR State and
western quiet at unchanged prices; city mills
patents, tl.arat.36: winter patents, f3.SSi
.; city mills clears, S4.lua4.ai; wlntel
straight, IXUI03.63,
WHEAT No. red steady, advanced on
cold wave predictions and small spring re
ceipts; sold off under local realizing, but attain
rallied oa fair clearances; March, 701lc;
April. 7iHc.
COKS No. t opened steady with wheat, but
declined under lilierol carlot receipts; April,
a.vt,c; May. 36ifci-;Vto.
OATS No. 3 quiet and steady; May, Siu
track, white, stale. iii-hic.
PCIKK-guieu luees, tU-0.1 family, $11.&J
12.il.
LARD Dull; prims western, steam, to.M,
asked.
B V 'IT E R Quiet: state dairy, U&a)c; west
ern creamery, lillc
CHbhnK-Uuict; state, large, aaiOMcl
SUIOU. 4H4C.
Kciiio bteady: state and Pennsylvania,
Uc., weatern. Halite.
bUHAB-Khw firmer; fair refining, Stic;
ceutrifusal. DO teat. 4 s-loc.: renued firmer.
crUbbtMl, b IS-lOc.; powdered, t T-lttc
MOLAl-fc-S-SuuMiy; New Orleans. &37c.
KICK-Qulet; douieallc, ilH&ac.; Japan, S't
HVc.
TALLOW Quiet: city, I U-lftc; country,
I ia-ic.
" ay QuUti sulking, T5c; good to eholc.
ve-wxfc
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Anmmary of the Proceedings of Hons and
Senate.
WASTinfnTON, March 21 In the senat
yesterday Mr. Piatt introduced a resolu
tion providing for adjournment on way
The legislative appropriation bill was
considered. In the house the naval ap
propriation bill was taken up and most ol
the Items approved. Personal explanation!
were made by Messrs. Boutollo and Bart
let t
Washington, March 27. In the senate
yesterday the Arizona statehood bill wot
favorably reported. Consideration ot tin
legislative bill was continued. In tht
house the naval appropriation bill wae
passod. The Cuhnn conference committer
decided to adopt the senate resolutions.
Washington, Mnrch 28. In the senate
yesterday the legislative appropriation
bill was passed after a lively political o
bote. In the house bills on the privnt
calendar were considered.
Washington, March 81. Inhheenat
yesterday there was a spirited colloquy be
twoon Senators Pellcr and Hill over tn
former's resolution calling for an investi
gation of the recont bond sale. Only rou
tine business was transacted. In the houst
ISpagesot tho sundry civil appropriation
bill were disposed of.
Washington, April 1. In the senat
Mr. Georgn spoke against the claim of Mr.
Dupont of Delaware to a seat. The popt
olllco appropriation bill was discussed,
but It was not completed. In the houst
oonsidoratlon of the sundry civil bill occu
pied most of the session.
TWO MEN KILLED.
The Result of an Kxplnsinn In an Extract
ing Works at Newark.
Nrwark, N. March 87. By an ex
plosion in the Nlckerson & Spenoe greas
extracting works two mon were killod
and two badly burned. The fire resulting
from the explosion did several thousand
dollars' damags. The killed are Alborl
Aerloht, Si years old. of this city, and
Froderick Gallaghor of Rockland, Mass.
Those Injured are James Hayes, superin
tendent of the works, and Charles Beglor,
a workman.
It la not known what caused the explo
sion, which occurred in tho extension ol
the main factory, but it Is supposed thai
it was from naphtha, which Is usod exten
sively In that department. Those In tht
main building beard a roar and saw tht
flumes shooting up. Every one rushed
from the buildings just In time to set
Hayes and Beglcr stagger out of tht
burning building. After the flames had
eaten through tho front of the extension
the bodlos of Aerlcht and Gallagher,
charred beyond recognition, could be ecn
for some time bnforo the firemen could
take them from the ruins.
llayos and Beglcr were badly burned
about the face and tipper part of the body.
They were sent to St. Michael' hospital,
but ware unable to tell how the accident
happened.
PERISHED IN FLAMES.
Four People Burned to Ueath In a Fir I
New Vork.
Nkw York, March 80. Four peoplt
were killed ond two were Injured in a Art
which started on the second floor of the
three story brick building 874 Hudson
street, oacupied for business and dwelling
purposes. The dead are:
Thomas Malloy, S3 years old, a fireman
on the steamship St. Louis; suffocated.
Archibald Grogan, 35 year old, a wait
er; suffocated.
Mary McMahon, single, S3 year old;
luff oou ted.
Margaret Ryan, 00 years old, single;
died on the way to the hospital from In
juries received by jumping from a window.
The injured are:
Kate Hlggins, 85 year old, leg fraotur
ed by falling.
Edward Walsh, 29 year old, fireman ol
hook and ladder company B, residing at
08 Prince street, internally hurt by fall
ing from a ladder.
Killed by an Avalanche,
Hinton, W. Va., Maroh 80. Jim and
Frank Tllman and Luoy Law Were in
stantly killed by a rock crashing through
the house where they were sleeping at
Eoho, a station 40 miles west of here. Two
other members of the family were serious
ly Injured. The bouse was situated at the
foot of the mountain on the bank of tht
New river. An enormous ledge of rocks
broke loose on the mountain's side, pass
ing over coke ovens and tearing up tht
truok of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
and breaking through the house with the
above results. Henry Law, one of the oc
cupants who escaped, bad the presenoe ot
mind to rush out and Hag an east bound
express train which was just due and
would have otherwise been wrecked on the
rocks.
Ex-Mayor Cleveland Dead.
Jehsry City, April 1. Word has been
reoeived from Manchester, Vt., of the
death of Hon. Orostes Cleveland, former
ly mayor of this city. Oreste Cloveland
wo born In Sohenectady March !M, 182V,
He went to Jersey City In 1845 and be
came Identified with the interests of thl
Dixon Crucible works iu that city. Dur
ing 1801 and 18(13 Mr. Cleveland served
the oity as an alderman, and at one time
he held the position of president of , the
board. He was elected to the mayoralty
in 18114 and hold this position for the three
succeeding years. In 1808 he was sent to
oongress and secured the passage OI tne
act providing for the centennial exhibi
tion at Philadelphia. Mr. Cleveland was
first vice president of the centennial com
mission. Fatal Fire In France.
PARTS. March 80. A dangerous flr oc
curred In St. Saveuer church and hospital
at Lille. All of the patients were rescued
from the burning building, but three ot
thein died subsequently from fright. Fif
teen Boldiers who were employed in
quenching the fire went to a druggist'
hop and there drank some poison whiob
thoy mistook for gin. Six of them died a
a result of the draught.
Mnrdered From Ambush.
WiLCor, A. T., April 1. A oourler re
port that Alfred Hand, a goat harder,
waa ambushed and killed by Indian at
the head of Cave creek. Word was imme
diately sent to Fort Grant, and Lieutenant
Rice, with a detachment of Indian sooots,
left for the scene of the murder. The trail
leads toward Mexico. A troop of the Sev
enth cavalry station at Fort Grant 1 nov
in the field.
Colonel 1-yiuan Appointed.
Albany, March 81. Governor Morton
has sent to the senate the nomination of
Henry H. Lyman of Oswego to be the new
commissioner of excise under tha Ralne
liquor tax law. Colonel Lyman ball from
Oswego and ia at present one of the fish,
game and forest commissioner. He wa
collector of the port of Oawego undor tha
Harrison administration and 1 a man ot
considerable influence in central New
York. He i between 50 and 60 year of
age and ha held several otlioea in Oswe
go county, where he is regarded a a man
of character and ability.
Big Dlaiuond Kobbery In Boston.
Boston, March 80. One of the most
daring and euocesHful diamond burglaries
ver recordod In this oity was made at th
house of William Harris, the theatrical
nianuiier. on St. Botoltih street The bur
glar secured 15 pieces of jewelry, many of
them diamond and oombtnatlon settings,
valued at more than $1100.
STRANGLED HIS WIFE
THE
MAY3 LANDING
TERY IS NOW
MURDER
SOLVED.
MY8-
John Recti Wanted the Money His Wife
Inherited Bessie Weaver's "trange I.lf
Illstory She Had Been Twice Divorced,
They Borrowed a Baby.
Mays Lasdtno, N. J., Maroh 28.
What appears to have been a brutal mur
er waa brouprht to light by the finding of
the body of Mrs. John Rooh In a strip ot
woods near Ketelville, a small town two
miles from this place. A man familiarly
known as Spiky Jones, while on his way
to work, found that a tree had been felled
across the path which he usually follows.
Beneath the tree the earth had been heap
ed In a peculiar manner. Jones' curiosity
was aroused, and he commenced digging
in the pile of dirt. After removing a few
Inches of the soil hecamoaorossthe naked
font of a woman. Without waiting to in
vestigate further, Jones hurried to tills
place and informed Sheriff Johnson of
what he had found.
The sheriff summoned Justice Izard and
the oounty clerk, and, with Jones acting
as their guide, they made their way to ths
spot where the body had been unearthed.
After removing a few inches of earth they
oatne upon the corpse of a woman. The
body was clad only in a nightdress and
wrapped in two old sacks. A handker
chlof was wrapped tightly around the
neck, and she had (very appearance of
having been strangled to death.
An investigation was made, and It was
found that the dead woman was Mrs.
John Roch, the wife of a man who had
formerly lived in a little cottage about 800
feet from where the body was buried.
Suspicion pointed to her husband a the
probable murderer, and a search was made
for him, but It was ascertained that he
had left for Philadelphia in company with
his little girl.
Rech Under Arrest,
Philadelphia, Maroh 80. John Rech,
the Fstolville (N. J.) farmer who was ar
rested In Bustleton, Pa., on suspicion of
having murdered his wife Elizabeth at
their home near Mays Landing, N. J., was
brought to police headquarter In this city
and is held there pending Investigation
It has been learned that Mrs. Keoh was
none other than Bossle Weaver, whose
troubles with her father and his house
keeper, afterward hor stepmother, gained
wide publicity a dozen years ago. She
was the daughter of Dr. Martin Weaver, a
wealthy but eocentrlo resident of German-
town, a suburb of this city. He died.
leaving an estate of over 150,000 entirely
to hia second wife. Soon after his death
Bessie married William Hoft of Gorman-
town. She had previously instituted pro
ceedlngs to break her father's will, but
subsequently compromised on an arrange
ment by which the inoome from the
tate was divided between Bessie and her
stepmother during the remainder of their
lives. In 1887 Heft procured a divorce,
and ahe soon afterward married Henry W.
Baohman ot thl city. Baohman also ob
tained a divorce.
Attorney O. W. Williams of the Phila
delphia bar was trustee for the estate. He
has thrown some Interesting side light on
the tragedy. About two weeks ago, he
laid, Mrs. Rech came to hia office. To hi
surprise, she carried on her arm a boy baby
which ahe said was her own and that it
was 7 months old. Mr. Williams did not
question her statement at the time, but it
sot him thinking. He had seen Mra. Rech
on an average ot once a month for the past
year, and he failed to see how the baby
oould be hers. Upon tha occasion of her
last visit she told Mr. Williams that she
had made np her mind to leave her hus
band because he treated her badly, and ha
noticed that two of her front teeth wera
missing.
Conspiracy to Get the Money.
It seems that the couple were not law
fully married, athough a ceremony waa
gone through before a justice of the peace)
in Jersey City in May, 1895. He I said
to have confessed that he ha a wife and
daughter In Catasaqua, Pa., but whether
she ever obtained divorce paper Is not
known. It 1 olalmed that he and Eliza
beth Weaver conspired to let him beooma
the beneficiary under the will of her fa
ther in oase of her death. Under the term
of the doctor' will Elizabeth had between
130,000 and 150,000 left ber In trust.
Should she die without issue, the money
was to go to charity.
As the first step in the conspiracy, th
woman made a will leaving her inherit
ance to Keoh in trust for their child.
They had yet to obtain a ohild. When
they appeared In Estelvllle, ah began to
make It appear they had a child in tht
olty. About six weeks ago they ar said
to have come her and advertised for an
Infant about 10 months old. One was ob
tained, which ia said to be th illegiti
mate offspring of a prominent society
woman and a New York business man.
With the ohild they returned to Estel
vllle. The resolve to murder th woman,
it is said, entered Rech' mind suddenly,
but the manner in which it was don 1
not known. It oocurred last Saturday
week. It seems, however, that he stran
gled ber while she alept and then carried
her to the grave he had hastily prepared.
With an ax he chopped the branohea of a
tree to hide the apot. He cam her
Thursday night and Friday went to Fox
chase and on Saturday to Somerton, where
be stopped at a hotel. He had previously
left the ohild In Philadelphia in a "baby
farm." On Saturday night he read of th
discovery ot the body and began trem
bling so that the hotel proprietor spoke to
blm. lie admitted he was John Keoh.
Ha wa then turned over to the pollc.
Says He Strangled Her.
Hays Landing, N. J., April 1. Th
ooroner'i jury ha rendered a verdict find
ing John Rech responsible for the death of
hia wife Elizabeth. Thl waa the dlreot
result of the production by Prosecuting
Attorney Perry of the letter written by
Ke?h In German to hi attorney, Carroll
R. William. After a number of witnesses
had been examined the letter wa offered
and translated. (The Inside bore no date,
but the envelope was stamped "Philadel
phia, March 28, Station V," and had,been
delivered March 2U. The content read
a follow:
"Mr. Williams On Sunday morning
I heard something in the lower part of my
house, and there wa Bessie ready to go
away. That made me o mad that I stran
gled her, and after that I did not know
what I should do. Then I buried her In
the field. Th little one 1 in 614 Callow
hill street. In board. I am miserable. Hii
board is paid fur two weeks. You attend
to him. John Rech."
Destructive Floods In Pennsylvania.
WiLKESBARRB, Pa. April 1. The high
water in th Lehigh river buret a big dam
at White Haven and property to the extent
of 105,000 wa destroyed. Th dam sup
piled th town with it water. Th Sus
quehanna river overflowed it west bank
snd all th lowlands between Pitta ton and
Nantlook ar overflowed. Thus far, how
ever, very little damage ha been don.
Child Barmed In an Ovesu
Rochester, April 1. The police war
called to the residence ot Mrs. E. Will on
North Clinton street, where an infant had
been found burning in an oven in the oel
lur. They arrested a girl named Mary Ann
MuDonald, who waa found in ber room
111. The girl say that tha ohild wa born
dead. Th coroner will investigate.
AN" AMAZING STORY.
HOW THE GREAT AND RICH B. AND O.
RAILROAD WAS WRECKED.
Champagne That Cost Millions Robert
Garrett, Flashed With Wine, Told His
fleeret Thomas Scott Anticipated Him,
Mary Garrett's Fine Loyalty.
Tha Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
arrived to the hands of receivers.
Its descent in that direction begun
when Robert Oarrott opened a certain
bottle of champagne. Thut was the
dearest bottle of champagne on record.
It cost millions of dollars.
The Baltimore aud Ohio is the oldest
steam railroad in this country. The
first stone of its roadbed was laid in
Baltimore on the Fourth of July, 1838,
with elaborate ceremony. Over its'oriR
inal length of nine miles mules dragged
its cars. Then Peter Cooper, a manu
facturer of New York, took to Balti
more a stenm engine a curious concern,
something like a boiler with a stovepipe
in it. And Cooper's engine broke down,
end the horse express beat it. Then
came the grasshopper engines that were
exhibited at the World's fair, the em
bryonic germs of the tremendous loco
motives of today. So, historically, the
Baltimore and Ohio is extremely inter
esting.
Tho road grew. It was the first to
cross the Alleghany mountains and tap
the great west. It grew, and, thanks to
the energy, the executive capacity, the
untiring labor of John W. Garrett, it
thrived in time.
Garrett was of the type of Commo
dore Vanderbilt, who created the New
York Central, and of Thomas A. Scott,
the father of the Pennsylvania. Qarrott
knew everything about a railroad from
the ties to the president's desk. Under
bis management the road rose to a pros-
PRESIDENT J. K. COWEJf.
perity that even he had not dreamed of.
The Baltimore and Ohio became the oity
of Baltimore and the state of Ohio and
controlled both.
John W. Garrett died in 1884, and
his son, Robert Garrett, succeeded him
as president of the B. and O. Robert
Garrett suffered the disadvantage of
having a great father. Robert Garrett
was a luxurious millionaire. The Gar
rett holding of B. and O. stock was
then 57,000 shares of the 160,000.
Robert Garrott was the center of the
social system of Baltimore. He wished
besides to rival his great father as
railroad man.
There was one railroad between Phil
adelphia and Baltimore. Robert Gar
rett wanted it for the Baltimore and
Ohio. Thomas A. Scott wanted it for
the Pennsylvania railroad.
That railroad was the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore. Just at that
time it was naturally the most desira
ble thing in the world to the Baltimore
and Ohio and to the Pennsylvania.
Robert Garrett generally got anything
he wanted. Wanting the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore, he looked
around to see how he conld get it. He
learned that several of the largest own
era of the stock lived in Boston. They
owned almost half the stock, and with
that in his possession Robert Garrett
oould easily get control of the majority.
So he went to Boston. His negotia
tions were eminently successful. His
offer for the stock was accepted. Robert
Garrett went to New York. Already in
his mind's eye he saw the Baltimore
and Ohio trains rolling into, the Phila
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore de
pot at Broad and Prime streets, Phila
delphia, for all that remained wag to
sign some papers.
Now, be it remembered, Robert Gar
rett was never a self contained man. He
drank deep. Arrived in New York, he
went to a dinner party with some of his
old friends. Some corporation lawyers
were among them.
At that dinner the bottle of cham
pagne that cost millions was opened,
Robert Garrett drauk it. Flashed, he
oould not keep his triumphant secret
"Congratulate me," he cried. "Drink
to the It. aud O. and her outlet to Phil
adelphia. In two days I will control tha
P., W. and B.
More corks popped. Bat one man,
whose legs were nnder the mahogany.
did not drink, He excused himself about
10 p. m. , pleaded a pressing engagement
and left the table. He took the first
train he could catch to Philadelphia.
There he was driven to the bouse of
Thomas A. Scott, Rittenhonse square
and Eighteenth street. It was long aft
er midnight. He aroused Mr. Soott, a
plain man. Mr. Scott went down stairs
with his nightgown tucked in his trou
sers and bi stockinglesa feet in slipper.
The man who bad dined with Robert
Garrett told Scott of Garrett'a boast
"In two days?" mused Scott aloud.
"We'll see."
Instantly Soott sent for his assistant,
Captain John P. Green, now vice presi
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad, aud
for some of the directors. The confer
nee lasted until daylight. That morn
ing Captain Green took the first train to
Boston. Other niw cluse to Scott want
flying in the directions where they knew
V., W. aud B. stock was held.
By 3 o'clock the next day the papers
were signed that gave the Pennsylvania
control of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore. The stuck was to be de
livered in New York thut night Cap
tain Green went to Philadelphia, and in
stantly returned to New York oarryinp
a big satchel. The satchel looked as if
be was goiug on a long journey. It was
fat and heavy. R. D. Bark ley, assistant
to the president of the Pennsylvania,
helped Captain Green curry it
That satchel oou tamed more than $3,
000, QUO. Cuptaiu Greenpaid.'i.dowu
f,'. 'a
....... I ',..::-:;!r
wHp wit
on the nail spot cash, and the P., W."
nnd B. shares were handed over to him.
When Robert Garrett awoke on what he
firmly believed wa to be the morning'
of his triumph, the newspapers were
full of the deal between the Pennsylva
nia and the P., W. and B.
Inexpressibly mortified, chagrined be
yond measure, Robert Garrett deter
mined in June, 1885, to bnild line of
his own to Philadelphia. First it was
necessary to Ret legislative permission
to enter Philadelphia. That seemed dif
ficult. The Pennsylvania had the pnll
of all its locomotives with the legisla
ture of Pennsylvania and with the Phil
adelphia city councils. The Pennsylva
nia fouRht Garrett with all its strength.
But Robert Garrett, on his mettle,
got permission for his road to enter
Philadelphia in 40 days. It cost hiia
150(1,001). He paid his secret agent
well; lio advertised liberally; be ex-
pended large sums in fees to connsel.
There were those who insisted that
it should bo spelled o-o-n-n-o-i-1.
The Pennsylvania road, finding that
Robert Garrett conld get into Philadel
phia, determined to patch np a truce
with him. They agreed to pay him all
the liabilities he had incurred looking
to tho construction of the road to Phil
adelphia. They made other agreements
hat would have profitod the B. and O.,
and Robert Garrett decided not to bnild
the road. He estiiited that the project
had already cost 7, 000,000. The Penn
sylvania was ready to pay that.
it had renllv cost 18,000,000. The
Pennsylvania withdrew from the agree
ment. The game wae not worth the
candle to them. Robert Garrett bnilt his
road. It proved a fearful drain on the
and O. The road floated 1 17,000,000
of securities on the strength of that road
between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
But a largo part of that money was di
verted to other parts of the B. and O.
systom and was dissipated by peculiar
financiering.
The B. mm O. found itself on the
rink of insolvency in October, 1887.
Brexel, Morgan fc Co which is to say,
J. Pierpoct Morgan advanoed the mon
ey that delayed the day of reckoning.
But, beforo lending n cent, Mr. Morgan
demanded that Robert Garrett resign
the presidency.
Perhaps he had heard that Robert
Garrett, at that time, owned 140 pairs
of trousers. It is extremely improbable
that old John W. Garrett ever owned
two pairs of trousers at one time.
Whether or not he knew about the
troupers, Mr. Morgan snrely knew of
Robert Garrett's eccentricities. In a
word, Robert Garrett's mind was un
balanced. Ho was a paretic
Samuel Spencer, who was vice presi
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio, became
president iu Mr. Garrett'a stead. Mr.
Spencer is of the firm of Drexel, Mor
gan & Co., and he is a fine railroad man.
Ho began to economize rapidly. He up
set all tho traditions of the Garrett
management. He smashed Baltimore's
gods. All the Garrett family, all Mary
land, rose in protest.
Miss Mary Garrett, who, of course,
inherited a great fortune from ber fa
ther, old John W., put her hand in her
pocket. She loyally paid off a large part
of t lie road e obligations to Drexel, Mor
gan & Co. Then Samuel Spencer had to
go. Then came Charles F. Mayer as
president. His was an extravagant ad
ministration. During it the onoe pros
perous rai lrad steadily snnk deeper and
deeper in the mire of floating debt, bad
bookkeeping and the payment of un
earned dividends.
Aud it is said Stephen Little, the ex
pert acconntaut who went to Baltimore
to examine the Baltimore and Ohio's
books, found the books doctored. There
are hints of journal entries that bear the
initials of the officer requiring them to
be made, thus to relieve the accountant
of the responsibility.
Enhancement of the market prices of
securities is made on the books to appear
as income, aud no change waa made
when the value of the securities again
declined. It is nnderstood, too, that Mr.
Little found 150 engines laid up, use
loss for want of repairB. .
John K. Cowen, who resigned his
seat in congress to become the Balti
more and Ohio's president, is now made
a receiver of the property for the United
States courts. He will continue to oper
ate the railroad much as though nothing
hud happened, but the creditors of the
company will be told when they press
their claims: " You oan do nothing. This
company is iu the hands of the oourts. "
New York World.
Cloudburst Ia Kentueky.
Boonevii.i.k, Ky., April 1 Walker, a
log merchant, from Clay county, baa juat
arrived horo and reporta that a oloudburst
Uld waste a strip of country about fiv
miles wide along Little Sexton creek and
the south fork of the Kentuoky river in
Owsley and Clay counties. The resi
dence of Wade Marders, on Little Sexton
crook, was washed down and bis wife and
little girl drowned. Marders and several
log hands escaped, taking shelter under a
large rock on the hills. Three other houses
were swept away, but it la not knows
what became of the occupant. Fence and
barn were destroyed for mile np and
down the creek and the people rendered
destitute by the loss of their property aa
provisions.
The Bay Stat For Reed.
Boston, March 28. At the Republican
state convention resolution were unani
mously adopted strongly indorsing Thom
as B. Reed for president The following
delegate at large were elected by accla
mation: Henry Cabot Lodge, W. Murray
Crane, Eben S. Draper and Curtl Guild,
Jr. The platform declared in favor of th
gold standard, protective tariff and reci
procity, and also expressed sympathy for
tha Cuban patriot.
Conaa Doyle to Traelt Dervishes,
London, April 1. Dr. Conan Doyl
Roe to the Sudan a correspondent ot Th
Westminster Gazette.
A New Kellaious Movement.
New Yoke, Maroh2S. William Phillip
Bull, president of the Hall Signal oom
puny and a director in several large cor
porations, ha organized a new evangelist
ic movement It will b known a tha
A meriuau League of the brand Army of
til Cross, and ita leader will boor mili
tary titles. It is modeled on th lines of
the Salvation Army. No uniform will be
adupted. It object is "aggressive evan
gelism among the people."
Mr. Ball' design 1 to use hi foroe a
auxiliary to regular church work. Th
movement waa formally inaugurated at
Greenwich, Conn., last Wednesday, where
Mr. Bull resides. There is sum talk of
a combination with Balllugton Booth'
Volunteer, but the leaders of th new
movement discourage the proposltlou.
The emblem of the league i a small sil
ver Grots enameled in red, whit aud biu
and bearing the letter A. L. Qt. A. C.