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A CASHIER IS MISSING
THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
OF BANKER NOXON.
His Rank Aeeennta All Mralgat, but tt
Id to Owe Lars Kami to Individual
Thought to Be WealthyPeculiar Check
Transactions,
Smo fitno. April 15. There It but onf
tuplo of general conversation In thli plan
Just now, and that In, What has become
f lsaao B. Noxon, the former cashier ol
the First National bank He wu to havt
been home and at his post of secretary ol
the Sing 8lng Baring bank more than e
wee ago. Unload of that absolutely
nothing I known of hln whereabout! and
all trace of him haa been lost since he sent
two letters, one to hla dnughter and an
other to a creditor In Hlng Ring from thf
urnnd Union hotel In New York olty.
Those letters reached thlr destination;
within a few daya after his departure.
In addition to the mysterious disappear
ance It now transpires that Mr. Noxon
Das left behind him personal debts
amounting: tnaevernl thotisands of dollars.
President Henry C. Nelson of the First
National bank says that the aoeodnts of
both banks with which Mr. Noxon was
connected are Intact. Like the Test of the
villagers, however, Mr. Nelson is at a lost
to aooount for Mr. Noxon! strange ac
tions. The missing man's daughter, Mlm
Grace Noxon, la quite prostrated and de
nies herself to many callers.
One of the main branches of dlacusslon
Is a transaction Mr. Nnxon had with Jesse
Tyndall, a painter of Central avenue.
Kven the stnry of this transaction Is vari
ously stated, and the following Is said to
be the correct version :
A Queer Check Transaction.
Last September Mr. Noxon borrowed
1,(1(1(1 from Tyndall, giving him in ra.
turn his personal check for that amount
The check was dated and made payable
In November. When It came due, Noxon
told Tyndall he had not at that time quite
endugh money to his account to Insure
the payment of the ohenk.
Tyndall was perfectly willing to delay
negotiating the oheok and did so until
Jan. la He then went to the bank and
presented the check with his passbook.
Noxon, who was cashier, said he would
make out the entry and have the hook
ready In a day or two.
That afternoon, however, Noxon sought
Tyndall and told him again that he had
not enough money to honor the check. He
suggested as a remedy that Tyndall make
out to him a personal oheok for 11,000.
Tyndall did this and thereby became Nox
od's creditor for that sum. But Noxon
equalized matters by giving again his
own oheok for 11,000, dated .Ian. 80. On
that day Tyndall went tu the bank with
the check and passbook, and the 11,00(1
was entered on the book. This placed mat
ters in practically the same position as It
there had besn no borrowing. '
Tyndall had about 19,800 In the bank,
and as hla expenses were very heavy he
bad to make numerous drafts upon his ao
count. On March IS Mr. Noxon left Sing
Sing for a three weeks' vacation, it Is
said, and on March SI he wrote to Tyn
dall from the Grand Union hotel of New
York olty Inoloalng the oheck ha gave to
Tyndall and which the latter had deposit
ed on Jan. 10.
The letter accompanying It said, In
part, that although he had given Tyndall
credit on (tie passbook for the check, he
(Noxon) could not meet It and asked it
Tyndall would hold It until April 20,
when the writer would make It good.
So the condition of affairs now Is that
Tyndall has the check and the letter and
the 11,000 entry in hla passbook, but can
not draw against the sum. He Is patient
ly waiting until the 80th of this month,
when be will be able to see whether he it
ever to get back the 11,000.
r Nnxon1! Farther Indebtedness
Besides this Indebtedness to Tyndall,
Noxon owes John Ulbney, a lawyer, of 811
Main street, 11,000, and Thomas Leary, a
lawyer, of Croton avenue, 11,000. Kumoi
has It that be also owes the following:
John Cuatt, a carpenter, of Maurice ave
nue, 11,000; Smith Acker, a farmer, liv
ing about two miles north of Sing Sing,
ID. 000; Francis Larken, a lawyer In the
Masonlo Hall building, 15,000 (Mr. Lar-
kln Is said to have Indorsed an 18,000 note
of Noxon'a and that 1:1,000 of the letter's
stock In the First National bank has been
hypothecated); John Hoag, county treas
urer, 10,000, and Frank Brandreth, a
member of the family that makes a cer
tain pill and porua plaster, 15,000.
The last two Items are mere matters ot
Tillage gossip and receive both confirma
tion and denial. One or two villagers said
that Noxon owed Albert V. Jennlson, the
proprietor of the American hotel, 1500,
tut Mr. Jennlson denied It.
At what the village la standing aghast
Is why Mr. Noxon wanted so much money
and what he has done with It. Last June
he mortgaged to Ralph Brandreth the Ma
aonlo ball for I10.0O0. There waa already
upon It a mortgage of $5,600, whloh haa
been held fer many years by tbe Townaend
Young estate. What baa become of this
money Is not known, either, and Sing
Blng Is all In the dark.
Prominent la Loeal Affairs,
Mr. Noxon for tbe past 8Q years haa
been cashier ot the First National bank ot
this village. He baa also been the secre
tary of the Sing Sing Savings bank, lie
la about 60 years of age and la a widower,
having one grown up daughter named
U race.
Cashier Noxon has been working hard
for many years without a vacation, and
tour weeks ago he waa granted a three
weeks' leave of absence. He was to have
returned to work on Monday, April a.
His daughter la prostrated over the ab
sence of her father. She eaye ahe baa not
heard from him during the past ten daya
nd feara be haa met with foul play. She
aald that when bar father left hla bonis.
whloh la over the bank builldlng, he had
considerable money in his possession.
Mr. Noxon has been a resident of Sing
Blng for about 40 year. He always took
an active part In the village affaire and
Was president and treasurer ot the oorpo-
nitlon of Sing Sing for auany terms. Ha
ws high In Free Mason cirolee, belonged
to tbe Knights Templareandwasa trustee
Of the First Baptist church.
At the last election Noxon waa elected
water oummlsslouer ot tbe village. He
was unopposed for the office, bis name be
ing on both tbe Republican and Demo
cratic tlokeU. He has held the office eves
elnoe it was established In the village.
Fatally Injured by am Explosion
WlLKEbB-iKUB, Pa., April 1. Flvs
men were probably .fatally Injured by an
explosion ot firedamp during a fire In the
Red Ash vein of the Woodward mine.
They are William Powell, fire boss; John
Evans, mine foreman; Jninee Lewis,
miner; William D. Morgan, miner, and
Arthur Golightly. laborer. There Is very
little ohanos of recovery for tbe men, all
f whom Inhaled gas. The mine la one ot
tbe largest In the W yoming valley and Is
operated by tbe Delaware, Laekawanna
and Western Railroad company.
McKinley ablegates la Hew Jersey.
TRB-STO, April 10. The Mercer ooun
tj Republican primaries for tbe election
of delegcte to the state and district con
ventions were held. In several wards and
townships the delegatte chosen were in
structed to vote for MoKlnley supporters.
Tbe district delegates to St. Louis will be
Ferdinand W. Roebling of this county and
Captain A. M. Brmiahaw ot Ocean, with
Usury L Irlok of Burlington and Israel
(i. Adams of Atlantis as alternates.
DEATH OF COL. COCKERlLL.
The Illstlngnlshed Journalist Passes Awn)
Smtflentr at Cairo, Kgrpt.
CAtno, April 11. Colonel John A.
Cockerlll was stricken with apoplexy In
the barber shop of Hhepheard's hotel.
He was nnconsolous from the beginning
of the attack and died soon after.
John A. Cockerlll was born In Dayton,
O., In 1815. When the war broke out, ht
enlisted as drummer boy, and aftr tin
war became a compositor on The Scion ol
Temperance In Dayton.
He subsequently became one of th
clerks of the Ohio senate and next becamt
a partner with the famous Clement L.
VnllandighnTn In the publication of th
Dayton Kmp!ro, at the time the organ ol
the Montgomery county Democracy.
From Dayton Colonel Cockerlll went U
Hamilton, O., where he found employ
ment as general reporter on a paper. Hi
work there attracted wide attention, im
he was offered a position on the Clnclii
cat! Knqulrer, which was then edited hf
'Washington McLean. He accepted tbe o'
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Col.OlCF.t, JOHN A. CODKEHTT.L.
fer and began hla career on a first clam
newspaper as Its humblest reporter. Hit
enterprise In getting news and his bright,
snappy way of writing It up soon gained
blm promotion to the olty editorship. H
was Inter made managing editor of Thf
Enquirer, and by his energy and enter
prise be made it one ot the foremost or
gans In tbe west.
When the Russo-Turklsh war broke out,
he went to the scene of hostilities as ape
olal correspondent for The Knqulrer and
materially added to his reputation by hit
graphic dlapntohea.
Colonel Cockerlll was also successively
editor of the Washington Post, the Haiti
more American and St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
in all of which positions he acquit
ted himself with distinction and by hlfr
efforts added to the prestige and material
prosperity of those journals.
When Mr. Joseph Pulitzer took hold or
the New York World, he Invited Colonel
Cockerlll to assume the duties of manag
ing editor of that paper. The success,
achieved by The World under the mnnnge
ment of Colonel Cockerlll la of too reoenl
date to require recapitulation.
Colonel Cockerlll's next move was tt
assume the editorship of The Morning.
Advertiser and The Commercial Adver
tiser, In which position be remained foi
three years.
MURDEROUS INDIANS.
The Wholesale Massacre or Officials In
Mexican Town,
Oitt OF Mexico, April 14. A telegram
from Oaxaca City statea that the rebel In
dians at the town of Juquela killed alt
the town councilors, sotioolteaohers, local
priest, chief of polloe and the telegraph
operator In fact, every one holding a gov
ernment place. The people are in terror,
and troops have been sent to the relief of
the town.
The military movement made against
the rebel Zlmatlnns has resulted in driv
ing the Indians into the mountains. They
began their plotting in Holy week. Insti
gated by Indian lawyers, who Informed
tnem that the new state taxes were un
constitutional, but the authorities patd nt
attention to the exoltement among them,
considering they were engaged In thell
usual drunken oelebratlon of the season
But, procuring arms and machetes, they
made a rush for the town hall, and thi
prefect hastily olosed tbe doors, whlol
they soaked with petroleum and burned,
thna effecting an entrance, aacklng th
place and penetrating the private apart
nieuts of the prefect, grossly maltreated
the women of his family, and then, turn
Ing attention to the olllolnla and armoc
servants, killed and wounded several.
The scene was a horrible one, as tbe as
sault took plnoe In the early evening, anc
the excitement ot the mob waa Indusorlb
able.
The Indians were possessed with fury,
and It waa absolutely Impossible for re
apectahle inhabitants to control them, at
all were drunk and maddeuod. The mob.
after sacking the town hall, went to thi
federal stump oltloe and aaaaulted It, born
Ing down the outside door with petroleum,
whloh also communicated Are to the en
tire house, placing Collector Graoiada
who was on the roof with his clerks, In s
condition ot the utmost peril, but the)
managed to escape by the reitr, jumping
for their lives. Many shops were burned
after being sacked, and the Indians deco
rated themselves with atolun finery. They
all fled on the approach of the soldiers,
and are now In the hills. The revolt la lo
oal and will be suppressed, and the Insti
gators ot the Indians will be severely pun
hthed, as they took advantage ot thell
gross Ignorance.
LAURELS FOR AMERICANS.
They Capture More Event at the Olymplt
Games,
Athens, April 11 In the final beats oi
the unfinished events ot the first and aeo
ond days of the Olympie games the Amer
ican athletes were again successful.
The 100 meter race was won by Thomai
K. Burke ot Boston In 18 seconds.
Hoffman, the Gorman, champion, woe
second.
The high jump waa won by Kllury H.
Clark of Harvard, a member of tbe Bostot
team. He cleared 181 centimeters.
The hurdle race ot 110 meters was wot
by Thomas P. Curtis ot Boston In 17 8 t
seconds.
Gouidlng, the English champion, wai
second.
The stadium was packed. It Is est! mat
ed that 1 60,000 persons were present.
The contests at tbe parallel bars wen
T. . BCRIK. . B. CLARK.
won by Flatow, German, and Zutier, Swiss.
The contests at climbing the pole wen
won by tbe Greok athletes, Andrl, Kopour
loa sua Aennkls.
Tbe race of 4d kilometers was won b)
Louis, a Greek, In 8 hours and 48 mln
utua. Vassllacos (Greek) was second. In I
hours. The enthusiasm ot the crowd at
the conclusion of this raoe waa very great.
ho w,
Jot yv L
VICTORY FOR MA CEO.
DEFEAT OF WEYLER'S FORCES IN
PINAR DEL RIO.
The Intrepid Leader of the Patriots Out
genernla the Spanish Officers and Root
Their Soldiers Consul Williams Com
pllments Ills Successor.
Havasa, April IB. News has been re
ceived here of a battle near LechU7.a be
tween the Alfonso XIII battalion, undol
command of Colonel Debos, and the Insur
gent under Maceo.
Colonel Debos reports that his battal
ion, In combination with other bodies ot
Spanish troops, left Marie!, In the prov
ince of Pinar dul Rln, for the purpose ol
giving the enemy battle. -
They met the advance guard of the In
surgents, consisting ot a force of 800 cav
alry, who opened fire upon the govern
ment oolntnn.
The Spaniards continued their maroh
toward I-iechur.a, although opposed at ev
ery step and every elevation being occu
pied by them at the cost of a fight.
Vpon arriving in the vicinity of I.echu
za they found the insurgents gathered In
strong forces, and tbe potrlots made an
attempt to surround the Spanish column.
Tbe Spanish troops fought with great
desperation against heavy odds, says De
bos, but were defeated with losses of many
killed and wounded.
Divining the Intention of the enemy tt
encircle his column, Colonel Debos order
ed a retreat.
The Spanish column retired to the San
Clnudlo estate on the north coast, where
the troops lortlflod themselves, a waiting
the arrival of other government columns.
Kept the Enemy at Bar.
General Inclnn arrived with his ooltimti
very opportunely, and the troops undet
Colonel Debos were also protected by the
gunboat Alerta, which kept the enemy al
bay.
Colonel Debos estimates that the force
of. the insurgents who charged upon hit
command numbered A, 000 men. The offi
cial report says that the losses of the ene
my must have been very great, as many
men were seen to fall before tbe fire ol
the Spanish troops.
The government column, according tt
tfie official report, lost 4 men killed and 1
otllcer and 18 soldiers wounded, but the
fact Is that the government losses were
very heavy, the details being withheld by
the authorities.
A civilian who volunteered to carry the
news of the predicament of the govern
ment column to tbe nearest fort ran the
gantlet of the rebel fire and was compel
led to jump into the water twice to save
himself.
Genernl Inolnn reported that upon hit
arrival at Colonel Debos' onmp he com
pelled Maceo to retreat from San Clalidlo,
Trying to Force a Battle.
The object of the Spanish general foi
some time past has been to compel the Cu
ban leaders "to fight a battle. General
Weyler drew up a plan some time ago to
prevent the reunion of the two separate
armies of the Insurgent army and to de
stray at a single blow that one of them
which for some weeks has been the most
aggressive and suocessful.
The foroe tinder General Maceo, num
bering between 10,000 and 15,000 men,
has been under the province of Pinar, west
of Havana, more than 100 miles away from
the force under General Gomes. The ob
jeot of the Spanish general whb to confine
Maceo's force within the district whloh II
occupied, so that the main body of the
Spanish army might be dlreoted against
It with overwhelming foroe.
The maneuvering on both sides began
about a fortnight ago and went on day
and night. The Spanlnrds thought thai
Maceo was shut up in narrow quarters,
from which escape was impossible.
Two troohas, or walls, of soldiers haa
been established across the Island near Ha
vana, and upon these there were at least
SO, 000 Spanish troops, supported by othei
bodies stationed In Maceo's rear and on
both sides.
It looked as though Spain bad at last
caught the second best Cuban leader on
the inside of that quadrangle whloh Wey
ler had repeatedly tried to draw blm Intt
alnce he discovered that a triangle could
nut hold him.
The object of the Spanish maneuvering
was to close upon Maceo, and the object
of Maceo was to prevent the enemy fron,
closing in upon him.
It now looks as if the Cuban taotiolat
had once more succeeded in frustrating
the carefully laid plans of the Spaniards.
Consul Williams Talks.
Havana, April IS. Consul General
Williams, who bus anxiously awaited the
appointment of his successor since he sen!
in his resignation In March, expreaseo
gratlflcatlon when he learned that formei
Governor Lee bad been named. He said :
"I feel honored to have such a man sue
eeed me. I know him well. He was li
Havana with Mr. Cleveland right aftei
the letter's former Usvva as president. )
liked him very much. I am glad to be re
lieved. I will retain office until he comes.
The work here Is partloulalry hard and
different from that of any other consulate
Many duties whloh usually devolve upoi
minister on aooount of tbe dlstanoe
frasn Madrid , must be done here. The
office communicatee directly with the aeo
notary of state. Tbe enormous claims aria
Ins; from the war give the American con
sul more work than others. Great Britain,
for example, does not reoognlre natural
Ized citizens who return to their native
country. We da Most complications arise
through native Cubans who have become
citizens of the united States."
Women as Lay Delegates.
Ptttshuho, April 14. The question ol
the admission of women delegates to the
general conference of tbo Methodist Kpl
oopnl church has been practically aettled
In tholr favor.
A letter received by Rev. C. W. Smith,
D. D., editor of the Pittsburg Christian
Advocate, from Rev. D. o. Monroe, D-D.
ot Altoona, secretary of tbe general con
ference, stated that the constitutional
amendment whloh carries with It the fate
of the proposed women delegates bad re-
oelvcd more Uian the requisite three
fourths vote of those present and votlns
In the annual conferences. Ten of the
annual conferences have not yet voted,
but when they do It cannot effect a ohangt
In the present state ot the movement.
The vote to date Is 6,6117 in favor of the
amendment and 8,187 against It Thii
gives the required majority, with 375 votet
to spare.
Mayor Daly Dead.
Rahwat, N. J., April 15. Mayor Jobe
J. Daly ot this elty died of Brlght's dis
ease after an illness of eight weeks. May
or Daly was a practitioner of medicine.
having been graduated from the Universi
ty of New York In 1873. He served ai
mayor of Rabway five terms, first as 1
Democrat, then as an Independent anc
three tlmos as a Republican.
Two Hundred Killed by Dynamite.
Londox, April 14. The manager oi
the British South Africa company's wines
al bwelo telegraphs that upon tbe with
drawal of tbe Chartered oompany'a men
from that place they left their stores of dy
namite behind. The Matabelea oocuplel
the place after It was abandoned by tbe
British, and while they were tampering
with the dynamite It exploded, killing 8v0
natives auu Injuring many more.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ThnrtflaT. April ft.
In New York .Tudire. Hto :er awarded a
decree of divorce to Irfitiisa P. Sneeket
from Wllllnin Snecker, who la n.s years old.
Iondon sympathizers . with Armenia
urged the IlritUh government to step In
to prevent the expulsion of Christians
from Turkey.
Fort Guiana would hlow the Tirltlsh
warship Cordelia out of water, Venexuela
newspapers thrcaton, if she tries to sail
up the Orinoco.
Children of F. C. Havemeyer of Now
York have given a iriO.ooo chemical lab
oratory to ColmnhlA university as a mem
orial of their father.
The Broadway taliornaole, one of the
mot wealthy and fashionable churches In
Now York, decided by a vote of 140 to
100 to accept the resignation of Dr. Hen
ry A. Stimsen as pastor of tlint church.
Tbe opinion Is expressed by many per
sons In Washington qualified to judge
that the Cuban belligerency resolutions
passed by congress will have the force of
law if the president does not veto tbem
within ten daya.
Frl.litr, April 10.
Dr. McLean's Herolnlr won the Tennes
see Derby at the Memphis races.
Senator Quay announced that he would
not withdraw from the contest for the Re
publican presidential nomination.
Captain General Weyler haa commuted
the sentence of Jose Roque, who waa to
have been shot Wednesday, to imprison
ment for life.
Gardner Williams, an American charged
with having supplied arms to the ultland
ers of tbe Rand, was committed for trial
In the Transvaal.
Father Strezelskl of St. Stanislaus', a
Polish Catholic church, In New York, wms
accused of assault by a parishioner, but
the complaint was dismissed.
Comptroller Kckels addressed the Mary
land bankers' convention In Baltimore.
A resolution deolnrlng for the gold stand
ard was unanimously adopted.
William F. Daley, a barber, was looked
up In the Fast Thirty-fifth street station.
In New York, chnrged with attempting to
kill bis wire. He shot at her four times,
and three bullets took effect.
Batnrdar, April 11.
It la reported In Ottawa that Sir Charles
Tupper, before entering the next oam
patgn, will join the Roman Cathnllo
church. Mr. Bolley, the Conservative
member for Chlcontiml, has sent a letter
to his constituents to this effect.
In a quarrol between negroes In Wash
Ington Bryant Maokall was stabbed and
died Instantly. Thornton Derrell Is under
arrest.
C. A. Combs, colored, who was born In
1781, (lied nt his home In St Paul at tbe
unusual ago of 1 13 yenrs.
John Jaffrey, the dean of the customs
service, died suddenly In New York of
heart failure. Mr. .Taffrny was appointed
to the customs scrvloe .by Colleotor Odell
In 1HSG.
A dynnmlle bomb was exploded under
a botol at Llthnnla, Ga., where nonunion
laborers were stopping. The building was
badly wrecked, but no one waa fatally In
jured.
Joseph Banlgan, a rubber merchant ot
Providence, has mn'lo a gift of -'5,000 to
the new St. i1 rancis Xavlor convent, a
Cnthullo Institution of that city.
Chnrloa Decamp and his 10 year-old aon,
also named Charles, of Ilellevue, Ky.,
were drowned hy their skiff atrlking a
barge In the Ohio river.
Monday, April 13.
The discovery of a valtinhle mineral In
New Jersey was announced.
A banquet was given In Venice In hon
or of the German emperor and empress.
McKlnley's managers claim to have 815
of the 4IIB delegates so far elected to tbe
St. Louis convention.
Experiments with X rays In New York
agreed with Edison's theory that the rays
are Identical with sound waves.
King Georgo of Greece entertained the
men who took part In tho Olympic gamea
In Athens at a banquet In the palace and
made a most appropriate address,
The committee appointed by the New
York State Bar Association to formulate
a plan for a permanent tribunal fur the
settlement of International disputes com
pleted its task.
Insurgent Leader Antonio Maceo ssnt
word to General Weyler, It Is reported,
that be la 18 miles from Havana waiting
for him. Jose Maceo and Perez, Cuban
generals, are aald to have been wounded
In a skirmish.
l aesday, April 14.
The objections of Mnyor Strong and
Mayor Wurster to the greater New York
bill were road in the senate at Albany.
Field Marshal Yamagata of the Japan
ese army arrived In New York after hav
Ing been . rocelved by the governor at Al
bany.
Ex-Governor William E. Russell of Mas
sachusetts was orator of the day at the
Jefferson anniversary celebration at Monti
cello, Va. He spoke strongly In favor of
a gold standard.
A bomb addressed to President Roose
velt of tbe New York board of police com
missioners, primed with powder and fixed
up with matches and sandpaper, was in
tercepted In tbe postoffloo.
Secretary Carlisle was ordered by the
District of Columbia supreme court to
show cause why he shonld not deliver 14
600,000 of the new bonds to William
Graves and associates In New York.
General Fltz Hugh Lee was appointed by
the president consul general at Havana to
suoceed Ramon O. Williams, resigned.
General I-ee goes ohlefly as a military ex
pert to report to the president on the war.
Wednesday, April 15.
The Dublin press commented favorably
on the Tories' Irish land bill.
Emperor William arrived in Vienna and
was dined by kmperor Franz Joser.
Two large Ice companies In New York
combined and raised the price of Ice to
large consumers.
A wreck occurred on the New York
Central railroad near Looney villa, N. Y. ,
killing two men.
A fire In the dry goods district, on Grand
street, New York city, in a building occu
pied by A. C. Auffmondt & Co., Import
ers of silks and gloves, caused nearly
1,000,000 damage.
President Cleveland Is reported to have
prepared a letter declaring be will not be
a candidate for reuominatlon and urging
Democrats to make the campaign on a
sound money plutform.
The court of anneals declared constitu
tional the law relating to the closing of
barber shops on Sunday In the state of
New York. Strong dissenting opinions,
however, were filed by two ol the judges.
Ruv. William N. Cleveland, elder broth
er of tbe nreaidont of the United Statea,
has been ou.ud from bis charge at Cbau-
mont N. Y.. bv the orenbvtaryof St- Law
rence couuty. Politics is said to have been
the cause of the trouble.
r ailver la at. Louis.
St. Louis, April 10. Free silver Demo
crats curried i.'6 out of the tu wards at the
primaries here and elected 68 out ot 68
delegates to the state convention to be
held at Sed al la April 15. Ex-Governor
t ram-is, President Cleveland a protege,
was beateD in bis own district
A Ulrl's Body Found.
Amstkhuam, N. Y., April 15. The re
mains of Katie Fahey, who disappeared
from her home In this city soma time ago.
have been found on the river bank in
Scheneotiidy. She waa S3 years of age. A
alster Identified the remains.
BOOTHS' SECRETS OUT
THE TRUE REASON OF THE SALVA
TION ARMY CONFtlCT.
Balllngtnn Rays Ills rather Spoke Slight
ingly of America and Exhibited Preju
dice Against the United States That
Led to the Commander's Withdrawal,
New York, April 1R. When Boiling
ton Booth returned from Inaugurating the
Volunteer movement In the west, he found
that efforts were being made by English
Salvation Army officials to undermine his
new organisation. Personal attacks, he
aald, were being made upon him and his
wife In London. Garbled extracts from
his letters were being shown, be said, and
false constructions wore put upon his ao
tlons. The situation so aroused blm and his
wife that they determined to break the
silence which they have maintained as to
the family disagreements that caused
them to leave the Salvation Army. They
Issued a statement giving the Inside his
tory of the revolt. They alleged:
That on Jan. 10 they protested against
their removal on the ground ot tho feeling
toward Fjngland tben existing In this
oountry, the heavy finanolal responsibility
of their new building and their unfortu
nate relations with General Booth, from
whom they hed received no communica
tion for six months.
That they were convinced that the sys
tem of governing the Army here from e
foreign country was unwise.
That rules and regulations fur the Army
hero, even as to minute details, were mode
In London without consulting them.
Th'ii they were not oonsulted as to lm
portant appointments, promotions and
changes of policy affecting the Army In
tho Lnited States.
That the resignation of William Evans
as chief secretary was forced and the ap
pointment of an Englishman In his place
was Insisted upon In London.
That a rule made by them forbidding
the nse of tobacco by enrolled offioers of
the Army In America was vetoed by the
London authorities, and they the Bal-
llngton Booths were ordered to abrogate
it. They refused.
The Trlmary Cause,
Here are other parts of their statement:
"The general's visit to this oountry waa
the primary cause of the disagreement be
tween us. From first to last be Impressed
us with his displeasure and his dissatis
faction with us personally and with our
method of administering affairs. We loved
and understood this country. He exhibit
ed prejudice and mlsconoeptlon of It and
Its people. He objected to the display of
the national Rag upon our badges and In
our halls and In our homes. He aald that
the time had arrived to cense carrying the
stnrs and stripes at the head of our pa
rades. He objected to the use of the eagle
upon our crests and Inslgnlas and con
stantly spoke deprecntlngly of the ooun
try. its people and its institutions.
"During his last Interview with ns In
America the general stated that he wished
us to assist tbe struggling work In Cana
da hy giving up a certain portion of the
United States to be annexed to the domin
ion. We expressed our willingness to fur
ther assist our comrades in Canada with
money (having already helped them flnnn
chilly), but that the annexation of Amerl
can territory to Canada waa quite im
practicable and would damage the work.
Their Protests Unheeded.
"Our arguments carried no weight,
and the general considered them unrea
sonable. When he spoke of the national
feeling, be closed tbe controversy by draw
ing hla finger down the map of North
America in three seotlons, deolarlng that
ultimately he Intended to cut tbe oountry
!n three, joining each to a section of Can
ada to break down any national feeling
existing. We said suoh division would
ruin the work In this oountry, where the
broken union of tbe states means so muoh.
"After the general's return to England
a lengthy correspondence followed, in
whloh we gave a number of reasons
against this annexation. Though they
could not carry our judgment, they forced
us to make the annexation, and at the
present time the Army woTk in Dakota-
north Montana and north Washington Is
governed from Toronto, and we have been
told that the offioers hardly dare to let the
citizens of these oltles know that their
money goes to the Canadian headquarters.
It was Intended upon our removal from
oommand to divide tnis oountry.
"The unjnst manifestos and unohrlstlan
assertions made by the leaders of the
Army and their representatives In this
country, particularly the unrebuked and
exoused assertion by one of their trusted
stuff offioers, that I (Ballington Booth) am
Insane, and the most abominable reflec
tions upon the private character of Mrs.
Booth which have proceeded from another
staff officer give us sufficient reason for
refusing to entertain any suggestion of
returning to the ranks of the old move
ment"
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS,
Summary of the Proceedings In the Senate
and House-,
Washington, April . In the aenate
yesterday Mr. Turple of Indiana spoke In
favor of the joint resolution for Interven
tion In Cuba. The Indian appropriation
bill was considered. In the house a bill
for establishment of the metrlo syrtero
was sent back to the committee. The bill
abolishing compulsory pilotage waa dis
cussed.
Wahhinoton, April 10. In the aenate
yeaterduy Mr. Mantle spoke In defense ol
his vote against the Dingley tariff bill.
The Indian appropriation bill was consid
ered. In the house the bill abolishing
compulsory pilotage was defeated, and the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
was passed.
Wahhington, April 11. The house
yesterday passed the Grosvennr filled
cheese bill by a vote of 1W to 58. The
bill requires the manufacturers of filled
cheese to pay a tax ot 1400 annually, the
wholesale dealers $250 and the retail deal
ers 112, and for failure to pay such tax
Imposes npon manufacturers a fine of from
llou to I J, uoo, upon wbolesalde dealers
from 1250 to t l.Ooo and upon retail deal
era from io to xaoo.
Washington, April 14. In the aenate
the Du Pont election contest was continued
and routine business was considered. In
the house only business relative to the
District of Columbia was transacted.
Washi.voion, April 15. In the senate
yesterday Mr. Squire spoke in support ot
his coast defense bill. Mr. Chandler made
an argument in favor of Mr. Du Pont't
olaim to a aeat In the house the fortifl
cations appropriation bill was passed. It
carries appropriations and authorization
Involving an expenditure of $11,884,613
xur coast defenses.
Three Fires la as Many Months.
LAMi(gRTvn.LE, N. J., April 10. The
large barn attached to the summer borne
of Charles H. Reed ot Philadelphia just
Deiow tnis place was entirely destroyed by
fire. Valuable carriages and farming Im
plements were burned. Twenty-one sheep.
It) iambs. 4 cows and a calf were burned
alive. Edward H. Janney. who auuerln.
tends tbe farm, was away when the fire
broke out when seen at the form, he said
the fire was undoubtedly of Incendiary
origin, and that the loss, about (5,000,
was partially Insured. This makes the
third fire in as uiany months In the vtolul-
tv liiia to InceudlurUra.
STORIES OF THE DAY.
Anecdotae About the Late Journalist John
A. Cockerlll.
Mr. J. D. MiiCnllngh of The Glnbo-
Domocrnt and (Jolonol Charles; IL Jonos
of The Fost-Dispntoh, now the "(front
editors" of Missouri, were not botbnr
known thnn Colonpl John A. CockorilL
Oolonol (.'ockorill went to St Louig
in tho parly eighties to take charge of
JoBrph Pulitzer's Post-Dispatch, and aa
an enoTKotic malinger and brilliant par
agrnpher hnd no Bnperior In that part
of the country. Under liia guidance. The
Post-Dispatch became the most influen
tial afternoon newspaper In the west.
and litorally coined money forPnlitwr.
Uockerill waa a RTentmixer. Ho went
evpiywhera and knpw everylKidy. He
was absolutely fearless, and the bitter
ness of his invective led to many a
fierce hatred against him. The old Post-
Dispateh building; in Market street, op
posite the Ornnd Opera House, was the
seene of the killing of Colonel Monro
Slnybnek, as the result of a Cockerill
editorial. Colonel Cockerill was acquit
ted on the ground of self defense. Slay
bnck entered the office with the ex
pressed purpose of assaulting Cockerill.
Tho latter was sitting at his desk when
the infuriotert Slay bock entered. As
Slaybaek ruHhed in Cockerill drew a re
volver from his desk and fired.
While the acquittal of Cockerill waa
justified, publio opinion oensnred him
for the provocation offered. His merci
less style of personal journalism was not
so popular after this. He seemed to feel
this, although he bad many warm
friends In St. Louis, and when Pulitzer
nuule triumphant entry Into New York
journalism Cockerill accepted the call
to tnko charge of The World. In St.
Louis the tremendous success of The
World is believed to be largely due to
the tireless energy and newspaper genius
of John A. Cockerill. Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.
Representative Mercer of Nebraska
met Colonel John A. Cockerill during
his trip through Japan about a year ago.
Cockerill was then acting as war corre
spondent for the New York Herald.
Representatives of all nations gathered
at Yokohama, many of them tourists,
and others on business. It was at this
time that Cockerill ran across a cockney
Briton who was boosting about the
great prowess of his country and making
rut her slighting (illusions to the United
States. His remarks aroused Cockerill's
war spirit, and he told the Englishman
that inasmuch as the United States had
twice whipped England it could prob
ably do so aguin.
' Oh nh my dean sah, " said the
doughty Briton, "you ah mistaken sure
ly! If 1 remembah the history of my
oountry, we took yah capital and burned
it, dou't you know?"
' Yes," said Cockerill, "you did take
the cnpitol. And if I remember the his
tory of my country you also took Bunker
hill. But you didn't take it very far.
You let go of both of them like a redhot
brick, and at last accounts they were
still in our possession. But let me tell
you what we'll do next time we have a
war with you. We'll go over there, tow
your snug little island across the Atlan
tic and hanl it up the bay to New York
for a wharf."
The Englishman did not continue the
argument. Washington Post,
"But a few months over a year ago,"
said John B. (Macon) McCormick, "I
was one of about two dozen friends -who
were asked by Edward Stokes of the
Hoffman Hotise to attend a little dinner
In Colonel Cockerill's honor the night
before he sailed for Japan as the corre
spondent of the Now York Herald. It
turned ont that I was the one present
who had known the colonel longest.
and in response to the toast, 'God Speed
Our Departing Guest, ' I told the above
story. The colonel laughed over it heart
ily. After the dinner he and I walked
together to the elevated railway station.
Said he, 'I recognize, Mac, that this en
gagement with Mr. Bennett is a big
thing for me, and yet I feel very sad
over leaving New York. Tonight I was
in the Waldorf before I went to the din
ner, and as I passed through the ladies'
cafe and saw it filled with beautiful
women and fine men ; saw its beautiful
palms, its richness, its luxury and Its
splendor, I sighed, and as I left the
house I wondered will I ever see this
again?' Poor John, it passed from his
gaze forever. " Megargee in Philadel
phia Times.
ARSON IS CHARGED.
A Woman and Two Men Arrested at Toa
kers For Betting Flro to Buildings.
Yonkers, N. Y., April 15. As the re
ult of Investigations at the Instance
several New York elty and White Plaint
Insurance companies Mrs, Margaret C
Logue, Louis Myers, ber eon, and Thomai
McLaughlin have been arrested and am
oharged with having started the Art
which destroyed 14 buildings In this elt)
on April o, entailing a los ot about 100,
000.
Among the buildings destroyed was th
dwelling bouse of Mrs. Logue and the
loon of MoLaugblln adjoining. Tbe ohlei
Information on which the arrests wen
made waa furnished by John Peterson,
candy dealer, who oooupled the lower pari
of Mrs. Logue's house, and by a young
woman who worked for Peterson. They
both made statements to the effect that
the three arrested bad just before tbe Art
started been together In the oellar of Mo
Laughlln'a establishment. The woraai.
and ber son are held In 110,000 ball each
and McLaughlin In 15,000. It Is alsc
stated that McLaughlin had his stock and
fixtures Insured a week or two before tbt
fire occurred.
Tioga County, Pa., For Quay,
Wsluiiiobo, Pa., April 14. The Tioga
county Republican convention at Tioga
canvassed about the largest Republican
vote ever polled at the primaries In this
county. Tbe tabulated returns show that
nearly 0,800 Republicans voted. The vote
on presidential preferences was: Quay,
8,742; McKlnley, 3,701; Reed, 208; Alli
son, 60(1. Resolutions were passed Indors
ing the policy of protection and M. a.
(juay for president.
Election Riots In Spain,
Madrid, April 13 Elections for tht
new ohamber occurred throughout Spain
and were aooompanled by serious disor
ders at Barcelona, where a fac tory Is report
ed to bave been burned. Thus fur then
have been returned 2 so Conservatives, tit
Liberals, S Republicans and i Carlista.
There are in all 4U1 deputies.
Two Men Fatally Buraori.
JouNbTOWN, Pa., April 14. By an ex
plosion al tbe Cambria blast furnaces Gus
lar krueger and Isaiah Steele were fatal
ly burned. Krueger died soon after, and
Steele Is expected to live but a short time.
PLANTING POTATOES).
Modern Machinery TJsed by KspArte Fop
Cutting and Planting th Tubers,
In planting potatoes, either for home
nse or for market, the first essential is
well drained, rich plat of land. A field
which has been two years In olover la
usually the best To this apply a heavy
dressing of well rotted barnyard ma
nure. Break the sod in the fall or tbe
winter 8 or 4 inches deep ; then in spring
turn it over to a depth of 8 or 8 inches
and cut np thoroughly with a disk har
row, continuing the operation until the
seed bed is well fined and in the best
condition. Use a smoothing harrow to
compact it sufficiently, so that it will
not be dried out undnly.
Tbe old method of band planting will
probably continue as the standard proc
ess for the general farmer who culti
vates but a small patch for his own use.
The potatoes are out by band to two
eyes, dropped in rows 8 feet apart, with
the bills is inches apart in the row if
they are to be plowed one way and t
to a leet apart r they are to be cultivat
ed crosswise. Checking, however, la
hardly ever necessary except where the
land Is very foul, says American Agri
culturist, authority for the foregoing.
inn authority also has the following to
say concerning commercial planting :
For commercial planting hand proc
esses are entirely too slow ; consequent
ly inventors have constructed maohinea
both for ontting the potatoes into suita
ble sized pieces and for planting them.
There is also on the market a machine
which outs the seed and at the same
time does the planting. This is a hand
potato outter that does the work of eight
persons. The number of knives can be
decreased so as to make larger pieces of
it, or can be increased and smaller
pieces obtained. This machine can also
be used for ontting beets, turnips, car
rots and other roots for stock feed.
Maohinea for planting potatoes at the
rate of four to eight aorea per day are
no longer an experiment, and the best
are familiar to readers through adver
tisements. One man only ia needed to
operate the machine that plants out
seed, while the automatio outter and
planter requires a man and boy. These
implements open the furrow, drop the
seed and any desired amount and kind
of fertilizer, and cover evenly with soil
to a uniform depth, bringing an even
stand. A marker indicates the next row
and keeps the rows straight One oi
these machines soon aaves its cost on a
farm where potatoes are grown to any
extent, while one oan do muoh custom
planting, and make money while sav
ing expense for his onstomers. In these
days of olose marginB on the potato crop
it is necessary to study every possible
detail to produce the least expense.
Close Boot Pruning,
The new method of close root pruning
is exactly the reverse of tbe old idea of
transplanting namely, taking np a tree
with its roots entire. H. M. Stringfel
low, near Galveston, is the pioneer in
heralding tis new method, which
number of equally successful horticul
turists in the south approve and prac
tice. Briefly stated, the new method ia
as follows: Hold tree, top down, and
snt back to about one inoh. This cut
will faoe down when tree is set Leave
only from one to three feet of top. Let
all shoots grow. When one foot in
length, rub off all that are not needed
for a symmetrical top.
The Pacific. Rural Press, commenting
on this new method, says: "We are
aware that the system haa been follow
ed to some extent by some planters npon
the moist soil in the neighborhood of
Visalia, It is our judgment that under
favorable conditions for rooting, such aa
retention of moisture near tbe surface,
tbe results described by Mr. Btringfel
low wonld be attainable, so far as suo
oessful striking of roots from the fresh
ly ont stubs goes. We are also quite as
sured that under the conditions sur
rounding many of our newly planted
treea in California a large proportion of
them would die. Our observation ia
that too much importance haa been at
tached to the retention of fibrous roots,
but we should want to out onr root
longer than hedge for the same reason
that in the drier parts of this state we
nse longer cutting and plant aeeds deep
er than is desirable in moist summer
olimates."
When to TJs Hen Manure,
There ia little objection to putting
the hen manure direotly on the garden
to be plowed or spaded under in the
spring. One advantage in keeping thia
manure over winter ia that when thor
oughly dried out it may be crushed or
ground and used with muriate of potash
and ground bone to make a good ferti
lizer. Thia dried manure makes an ex
cellent "filler" for a home mixed fer
tilizer. The carbonate of lime should
not be used on fresh hen manure if yon
wish to retain its value, Thia form of
lime liberates the ammonia by permit
ting it to pass into a volatile form.
Land plaster, or sulphate of lime, will
"sweeten" the house and preserve the
manure much better than the "lime."
Rural New Yorker.
Fighting Cutworms.
In a bulletin from the New Jersey
station it ia stated that olover or sod
land ia most frequently infested by out
worms, which are less frequently found
on late cultivated land. The worms are
especially abundant in crimson olover.
Among the remedies suggested clean
culture is placed first, prominently asso
ciated with early fall plowing. Apply
ing a top dressing of kainit and nitrate
of soda in the early spring If corn ia to
be planted ia advised, the seeding to be
delayed until the rain has carried the
fertilizers into the soil. Distributing
clover or bran that haa been moistened
with par is green about the fields ia also
recommended.
renojiy'e Uoldon JflMliS,
Philadelphia, April 14. The fiftieth
anniversary of the Incorporation of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company was cele
brated In an elaborate manner in this
elty. Many prominent railroad men were
present President Roberta reviewed the
history ot the road slnoa tta incorporation
In 1840. Be paid a tribute to the fidelity
and devotion to duty of the 117,000 em
ployees of the company and prophesied a
glorious future fur the road should their
harmonious relations continue. Addressee
were made by Governor Bastings, Mayo
Warwlok and Joseph H. Choau of Hw
York.