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'"jz&?,-j&?m jgpe UT 5 r The Weather Today. Generally fair and varmcr. Southwesterly wiuds. 099 GEO was lbs TIMES' cfrsu- tOOjOilO lation for last weak. STAR'S circnlalioj (or last weak was , . 10 -J) WASHINGTON", D. C, SUNDAY, DECEMBER .13. 1S96 TWENTY-EOUE PAGES. YOIi. in. IsTO. 1,001. THREE CESTS. MV"Mla'-''"4gr- ' if. - imes iO& nnnnnM Brilliant for coming Christm The Bon Marche lias become radiant with, gleaming jewels and bright ornaments. One window is especially wise in its selection of beautiful new Christmas suggestions. Tomorrow at 10 o'clock, however, the whole department will yield its richest treasures to the earliest buyers, and will solve the money side of Christmas gift-getting by making a nickel do more than a dime's' duty. These Are FACTS 10 to 11. The finest $1 Dolls ever made, IS inches long-, kid j body, bisque head and j hands, woven wig-, shoes ' and stoclzing-s, closing- C3'es. The prettiest jjift at the lowest price. O11I3- 1 hour. j; iaiiMiuiiiiUM 'QDtLIL' MONDAY Suits, too, are included in this DISSOLUTION SALE at ONE-THIRD OFF of reg-ular prices, and you know what g-ood Dress-Suits we sell the equal it every particular of the best products of the best tailors. All the latest fads in cloth and cut, as well as the style, are HERE in sizes to fit everyone. Prices were origrinallj 525 to S50 NOW $1 6.66 to S33.33. The proper nats, the proper Shoes, the proper Shirts, Ties, Gloves, and all other full-dress requisites, at same reduction of ONE-THIRD from regular prices. ROBINSON, CHERY & CO. Twelfth and F Sts. N. W. MILITIA GOARD THE JAIL Mob Tried to Lynch Elmer Veath erhofz at Woodstock. Rntse of a Guard Scared the Crowd and Gave Sheriff Time to Save Ills Man. r Richmond, Va., Dec. 12. -A Woodstock EpccJul to the Dispatch hays: A mob or about a lialC hundred men visited the Jail here last night for the jmrpose ot I ynchlng Elmer A. Woathcrhotz. The mol decided to leC three or their number search the Jail, after the jailor had explained that the prisoner had Dcen removed. Hits being done., and the searchers not finding Weathorhotz, the mob left. Yesterdav evening Sheriff Wighman, fearing violence, secretly removed Weatlier liotz. to tbe county clerk's orfice. Just across the street from the Jail, and there Jleputy Sherirr Ztrkle and Special Guards Hovhour and Gillock were guarding htm until this morning, -when the case for an attempt to murder his mother-in-law was to be heard. How this became known to the mob Is unknown, but they commenced to batter down the iron shutter over the door of the office with an axe. Special Guard Hoshour, who for a number of years was a special police officer in Green's Hotel, Philadelphia, gave command to a sham military company to form, load and aim, which created an impresbion on the minds or Uie mob ot the presence of military. In the meantime Sheriff, Wightman es caped witlj the prisoner through a window In tho rear room, and hid lum for some time in a near-by barn. The mob, Teat' inp the military, dispersed, and tne prisoner was brought back to tne clerk's office. Company A, Anderson Guards, were quickly called out and under Cape. J.W. Magruder guarded tho eourt house unUl 7 o'clock thls-Tn orninp. Jewelry Ope We just purchased all the sample stoe'e ot Jewclrv from Stone Broi.. -via Broadway, New York, oncot the largest irupor:ors ami manufacturers thoro. Bought ltlor just half its wholesales value. We're going to se!I it for just half Its iclall value Ils than wnolcsa'o cost. Jt rom-pri-ci Brooches, Earrings. Stick Pins. H.ir Ornaments, Hat Pins, Br-ice c s. Rings, Baby Pins. Cuir Pins, Cutf Buttons, Links, Shirt funis Vest Chains. Single and DouKu I'oO Chains of stciling silver, plato ana rolled gold. Also the gtcatest variety of Silver Isoveltlcs to bo fouad iu Washington. Even the penny prices arc wnybjlow actual cost. This lot Joe. Consists of Sticir l'ins. Belt l'ins and Hair Oruamouts AiJCclot of conveniences Cuff Buttons, Links, Shirt Studs, Baby Tins, Cuff Pins, Stick Pins, Broochef, Charm?, Hat Pins This lot might he bought clscwliero at SCc apiece. A still finer line of Cuff Button. Links. Shirt Studs, Baby Pins, Cuff Pins, Stick Pins, llrooches Charms, Hat Pins, together with Neck Laces, Earimgs and Sida Combs. Good, reliable p'.atedware. Cau't tarnish Evciy piece here worth 59c This lot gets into the fine gold plate and ster ling si:vcr. A superb lino of all sorts of Hat Pins and Stick Pins. Cuff But tons, and Necklaces, Ring, Fob Chains, and this prico ushers in the big va-i ricty of the silver novelties, such as Files, Hooks, Paper Cutters, etc. Now conic a mo st remarkable list, every article worth SI. 00, in heavy roll plate and stei ing-i.ver. A list of other peopIoN tlnlla good. The lot cora priscsa hi : list ! jewel iy, but remember ihcy'ic roll gold plate and siciling silver. Cuff Pin-,, buttons ami links. Cuff Hat -tick and Baby Pius., Brooches, and Bracelets. Some bcautifu. sterling silver Combs and Kings Solid gold andterling silver. Some of the finest of all Stone Bros.' sam. pies. All tlic buautiful niticics that appeal iu the rf'c lot. but just as much li.icr ss tho price is larger. Lorgnette Chains in dainty designs, worth Sl.To at any cxcluahe store. Balance worth at least SI. 00. ..". Tlii lot i ncrliaps the best proof of our lima fide claim. "JEWELRY AT JUST HALF PRICK.'' The choicet saninlo lines of these big manufacturers, We just wirat vou to SEE then make us a hri-tinas call ju-t a looking aiound ' visir. Everv ait c!o that's iticntionc I abovols hcic in moit nrti-'ie rte s gns and in so id gol-l and sterling siler. SEE OUR JEWELRY WINDOW. It's a strong argument. veilings Christmas. 314-316 Seventh St. HimimimiiiiiiiiiiiUiimmiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif STRIKERS ARE WEAKENING. Talk of a Compromise Among Ilam nurt; IJockers. Hamburg, Dec. 1" There are some signs of weakening on the part of the strikers here. The defiant attitude cf the men has elianged somewhat and there is now con Mderable talk of a-rornpionnse. Thin is, perhaps, due to the fact thatsome of the ship owimts have succeeded in satlfi factonly loading and discharging vessels by means of imported labor, the foreigners having bectune more expert through prac tice. Today several meetings of strikers were held and resolut ons were adnptifl favor ing negotiations with the emiiloyers to bring about the termination of the dispute. The striker suggest that arrangements lie made for an arbitration court by a con ference between representatives of the employes and ship owners, the conference to be held in the presence of the Hamburg Senate, if the latter will agree with the proposition. LOOTED THE POSTOFFICE. JDrllled Holes and Kxploded the Safe In illlford, Del. Milford, Del.T Dec. 12. The postoffice at this place was entered by burglars early this morning and looted from top to bot tom. The burglars were professionals and their operations sho,wed cleverness. Ten thou sand two-cenirbXa'mps, 300 four-cent stamps and 200 fivc-ceht stamps, besides a email sum of money, were secured. The burglars drilleu holes in the safe, insjrted powder and blew off the door, which flew across the room. The ex plosion was heard by people in an adjoin ing hotel, but they did not suspect its cause. The burglary -was not discovered until after the rc-Dbers -were several miles away. Arrested in Arkansas City. Topeka, Kas., Dec. 12. J3. II. Koblc of New Bedford, Mass., was arrested In Arkansas City this afternoon, charged with a criminal operation upon a woman in .Massachusetts, and placed in Jail. Offi cers will start East with the prisoner tomorrow. eon marcite. Monday 10 o'clock ning 3 en is Worth 10 and m What We Do Without Charge for christmas buyers, All Sterling Silver Goods engraved free. All Leather Goods from $1 up engraved free. Fancy Boxes for Gift Handkerchiefs free. Fancy Boxes for Gift Gloves free. Fancy Boxes for Gift Scarfs free. Fancy Boxes for Gift IIosier3 free. Silver-mounted. Umbrellas engraved free. Fancy Boxes for any and all kinds of criits free. SULTAN'S BROTHER MISSING Murad Has Fled From the Place Where He Has Been Confined. lie Succeeded Abduls Aziz and in. Turn Gave AVay to" Abdul II u nil d. Berlin. Dec. 12 A imi'Cialilistiateh from Coiibtantli onle to the Taireblatt saws that. ex-Sultan Murad, brother or Sultan Ahduri Ilainid, ha escaped from his i late of con-j fineiiieiit, and Ills whereabouts is uiiknownTl .Murau v. .Meiiniet .Miirad J-.rrfinn was born in 1M0 and is a ton of Abdul-Mejidr late Sultan ot Turkey. On .May :j.O, lb7(, Uie Sultan Abdul Azrr was ueposcci riom ins throne and on the same day Murad was visited bj a liigh- uigmuiry or rue hiaie and ini.iruii'd uiat he was to become Mil tan, whereupon lic- proeeeueo 10 uie gieat nan or tne Seraskierat and was duiv inbtalled. Soon arter his access-ion he discovered" nis total incapacity to conduct the govern ment in the face or the difficulties by" which It was surrounded. lie became subject to fits of melancholia" and lethargy, rrom which it was nearly impossible to arouse him. An eminent " physician was sent for to Vienna, who, artcr an examination pronounced his pa tient unfitted by the nature or his malady i.r the conduct or the difficult and deli cate duties or his position. bpon the advice of the physician in duestion, the ministerial council, arter referring the law questions of the case to the Sheikh UMslutn, decided upon his deposition, which, accordingly was ef fected on August 31, 1870. lie was succeeded oy a younger brother Abdul Humid, who was proclaimed sultan on the same day. Since his deposition. .Murad has been kept a prisoner in one ot the palaces or the sultan, his brother... Canton .Postmaster Arrested. Boston, Dec. 12. -Fred K. Holmes, for" nineteen years postmaster at Canton, Mass., a very popular citizen aii(Tofficial, was arrested today by postorfice inspec tors as the result or n shortage Jn his accounts. He gave $1,500 bond and was held until December 24. His postal ac counts are said to be S1.100 short. a UlepliautXot to He Electrocuted. Chicago, Dec. 12. Chief of Police Bailed noch today refused to recommend to the city collector that a permit be issued to publicly electrocute the man-killing ele-. phant, Gypsy. Unless Mayor Swift, who is out of the city, takes favorable action, the beast will not be killed as a show to pay the expenses .of hi .departure from life. The monster is so dangerous that he is kept in solitary confinement and no one dares venture within reach of his trunk. Wortc of n. Jolcer, Philadelphia, Dec. 12. Begarding the bottle paper received at the HvdrographiCT Ofrice at Washington, and which is said to have been found on the coast of France, -there Is no name of Sortcl iu the Phila delphia city directory; there is no Fifty six avenue, nor in fact any numbered ave- nue in the city. The only William Eden In ' the city Ik William B. Eden, a grocer, and there is no schooner Vedette known in these waters. The note is evidently the work of a 30ker. Will Pay 30 Per Cent. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12. The receivers of the Merchants' Bank announce that they will pay 30 per cent to creditors on next Tuesday. This will be the first payment. The receivers say that the bank will pay every dollar it owes in-time. ;, . v. ' Ivy Institute Business College, StlTandK. None better. 525 a year, day oKnight. astid ELLER. MSI TARIFF Says Nothing Will 'fie Done at the Present Session. SILVER MEN ACJJED RIGHT He Commends Their Course 'in Keep IngOtit of thoBennjillenn Caucus. THiiilistlic Dinjlley 111 Was Xcver Frumed to Pass-SUver Fight to Be Kept Up. ! r Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, whom, pretty nearly everybody knows .as. the leader or the UoltlpsjUepubllcuns at the late SU Loals oonventiou, came-Into town yesterday direct f ram Colorado. The Senator was delayed in reaching Washington owing to the race thatteverai postelection meetings have been held in his SUite, and he was se heduledfor po itlcal speeches It was plainly apparent that he liiis come to the Capitol wiin "'"'in tuin to curry on the fight for ' 'r. " the Senate this session, and next session, too, ror that matter- ..,.. i,,c lie had not been in town twelve hours Iwforo Senators HuBols. Cannon, Mantle, Siiaire. Kyle, and Blackburn, and a mire or mure or silver Senators called at his committee room and held a two hours con ference. Later in the jyiS,,,.ln,UnIt,,.Jnt?.m was sent for, and he held the attention or the Colorado Senator lor the remainder or the arternoon. LONG AFTER DARK... It was long after dark when Chairman Jones and Senator Teller emerged fiom tlic I'ommlttee on Claims, ot which thcCclorado Senator is chairman. 'Hw)' ydked down Pennsylvania avenue to 1-ourteenth street, where they teparated, each taking different direction routes to their homes. Senator Teller, It is understood, has invited the sliver contingent of the Senate to meet with him Monday murniug at 10-o, clock In the marble room or the Senate, where the plan of campaign will be mappedmit and a policy to he pursued will be deter, mined. . . , Senator Teller was the most exclusive man in Washington last night. He denied himself to every person other than news paper men, and to them he was very cool and sphvnx-Hke. He was afraid to talk for fear" of giving away the secrets or "the great silver ring." "We don't propose to tip off our hand, said Senator Suuire. "Tne goldbug.s-are lhovingheuveiiandeurthtotindoutwiiatwe have decided to do, but they will never know, not from me at least." Then he turned to hi stenographer and dictated the rolluwing, which he gave to the corre spondent: . , I cannot say what will be cone in the next Congress. I think it Letter to wait until we see how many of our silver fel lows we can muster together. 1 think iiothlng'will be gained by pic laiming be fore the country what we intend to do. 'Bverv man who has the cause' lor silver at heart. 1 believe is of the same mind as mwself." O TARIFF LEGISLATION. Senator Teller was asked aLoutthe tariff and made this reply: ... I do not believe there will be any tariff legiM.ition perlfctcd at this tcss.on. 1 do not believe the Bcpublieaus want to pass the Dingley Hill, ami ir it were passed it would l o, be signed by the President, and I think uol ody knows this better than the Republicans themselves. The bill was not mtioduecd to be passed. "It was never expected to be passed by thoi-e who introduced it, but was mtui duced Tor the pun o.wof distracting the at tention or the country frpm the lm'ancnd issue, butthcpeciilc wouldn't have It that wa. It is m judgment that the llingley bill is a thing of the past in other and plainer words, it In e'ene for." 5tT.Utor u eller was asked if he thought the itepublic.ms would receive aid from the gold Democrats next svssloi. when the question or the ia&au of a protective larirr measure caibe before the Senate, lie replied: As to what the goid'Dcraocrats will do, 1 am not in a pot-iUon to say. 1 have noL neen in town 1'uig enough to know their plans, but mytudgment is that the Democrats are So wedded to Pre.-ident Cleveland's pollcv of free trade that they would not stultify their record by In-dur.-mg a po ley wmvli IB decidedly oppo site to the end they-huve alt along es poused." , ' senator 'Teller was jthen asked It he nporoved of the policy of Senators Du Uofs and his fellows of hot participating m the- liepnn i -an i.ufcus tbe other day. He replied oy saying'""' Senators DuBuU, Cannon. Snulre and Mantle did the iroper5,thing the other day when thev rorused to .'co-operate with the gold standard Republicans. 1 would have remained away had I been here. Most emphatically l say 1 will not go into the Republican caucuses or the future. We will caucus by ourselves." A&AIN TERESA DEAN. Newspaper "SVomun' Ilushand "Did - .Not Oppose ller .Divorce Suit. Chicago, Dec. 12. There was a sequel In Uie divorce court today of the recent di,-appeq ranee of Br. W. Lewis Tallman, ex-Jioiise phv.-lcian of the Great Northern Hotel, .w.itb .Jane McKinley Cannon, of Ba'nvivre. Ill , a married woman. Dr. Tallijinn'swife, who.as Teresa Dean, galhed a name for herself by rewspaper wuting iu this city., filed a bill in the circuit 'court at 12.30 o'clock today, ask ing for a decree of divorce on the ground of 'infidelity, Mr. Cannon being named as the co-respondent. At 12:3 Mrs. Tallintfn was seated in the witness chair in Judge Horton's court room, and at 12:50 slie, walked out as Teresa Dean again, taking with- her a decree of divorce, which provided for an allowance of $3,000 a year as alimony. The doctor's average annual income was stated to be $10,000. ISO defense .was get up and the de fendant, who was seen In the city yes terday for the first lime since lie eloped on October 2S, authorized his attorney to enter an appearance for him so that there' would be no delay. The family coachman testified that he heard the doctor sav he loved Mrs. Cannon and intended to marry iter. Teresa Dean and Dr. Tallman were married at Racine, Wis., exactly five years ago today. CITIZENS MDjSTSTOP IT. Virginia,. Military Authorities De nounce a Reprehensible Practice. Richmond', 'Va., Dec. 12. During the recent annual inspections it is said it oc curred in two different instances that the civilians answered to the names of mem bers of the militia Jn order to raiso the percenuige for attendance of the respective military organizations. In order to prevent any such occurrence In the future the commander-in-chief lias Just issued, through the adjutant-general, a general order stating that tho repre hensible custom of allowing ex-members ot tho Virginia -Volunteers or civilians to put on the S.tate uniform and to answer to thenamesofabsentecsat the annual muster, or to do duty when called Into the service of the State, seems to have gotten a. foot hold among the officers of the Virginia Volunteers. Such conductlsimmilltnry and del ogotary to discipline Jn the highest degree. It is in every sense a false .muster, and the cominanderdichiet invites the attention of all the 'nienibeT8 or the Virginia Volun teers to the provisions of the fourteenth article of war, whlrt pioliibits it. - j 'Assignment of a NewJ "Forte Firm. J'ew Xork, Dec. 12. Max von Keller, Herman von Keller and Charles W. Ofrer man, composing the firm of M. von Keller & Co., importers and jobbers of woolens at Nos. 134 and 136 Grarfd .street, made an assignment today. The" business was established more than forty years ago by the father of the Messrs. von Keller. In the trade the liabilities are estimated at over $8O;0O0." Truant Son Killed Far From Home. Jacksonville, Fla;, Dec 12. William R. Stone, the tramp run over by a train at Dclaud Junction, died todnw Ho was the son of Eli Stone; -51-brocr-of Third avenue., near Nineteenth ..street. New ;)rk, and ran' away from home because his- father would not allowMiim to become au actor. Bartender ICilled'Hiuiself. Atlanta. Ga.. Dee. 12. John M. Rleasan flled Jast night "from the effects of a dose of .laudanum. ,He left a note laying that ji"e killed Jilmself because he could noc get any work, iia was a narteiiuer. SM0THERIN6 THE SCMDM. Emperor William Hastens the Trial of Baron von Tausch. ACCUSED STILL IN PRISON lie Uas Powerful Friends and Has EnKugccWin Uminent Advocate to Defend rW:n Former Chief of Ger many's Political Police Hokuh Nihilist Scares Planned by Ilim. Berlin, Dec. 12. Since the emperor gave Prelherr Marschall von Ciebersteln, min ister or foreign affairs, an audience at Potsdam on Thursday, it has transpired that it is tho intention or the government to hasten the trial or .Major Baron von Tauseli, the chief of the political police, who is now in jail under charges of per jury and rorgcrv. The view Is that the longer the arrairis kept bcroru the public the worse the scauduis attached tnereto will become and the more the excitement over the revelations already made will increase. Major von Tausch has emplojed the eminent advocate. Dr. Schwmdt. to de rend him, and also made an application Tor his release- oil bail pending his trial, but tljls request has been rcfu.-ed and he will have to remain In jail until he is arraigned in court. Failing to obtain his client's III crty on ball. Dr. Schwiudt then asked the public prosecutor not to call the cuse lor a month, n, the defense would require tnat length or time at least to prepare for trial, and the postponement of the case until the end or Januurv is probable, despite the de.-ire of the prosecution to expedite mat ters. TAUSCH'S LIFE. Besides frequently alluding to instances of Tausch's alleged crimes or forgery and perjury or his Incitement thereto tne new s napcrs are filled with incidents or his lire. His rather, now dead, was for a long time minister to the Prussian court for Mecklenburg-Scliwerln. His mother, who is still living, resides iu Schwerin with a married daughter and another of her daughters, who in a ladv in waiting to the grand duchess of Mecklenburg-Schweriu, was married to the late Russian general, Von Peters. Baron on Taircch has numerous aristo cratic connections and still has powerful friends. It is recalled that it Is r.ly six weeks hiiice he received the decoration of the red eagle, with the order of the crown, which isalwavs- bestowed asa special iiark of imperial favor. In the teareh for the men wl o were be hind Tausch, the lnspirer of his attacks upon PX-ChauceHor Cnpnvi, Gen Bronsart von Schillendorf, Baron M.irschall von Bleberstein and others, the question arises who recommended to the emperor the coii rerimg (f such distinct on upen the chief of the secret police. Count lhilip ou Lulenl erg.'the German ambassador to Austria, frankly ndmit shav ing procured him the Austrian decora tion which was conferred upon him by Emperor Francis ..oseph for the icle rea son of the valuable services on the oc casion of the kaiser's virit to Abazzia, but surmises based upon jod grounds tracts the recommendat on to the kaiser that Tausch be decorated with the red eagle ami the c rown to tomebody comprised in the Immediate entourage of the emperor. BISMARCK'S MACHINATIONS. Naturally the antl-HlMiiarckinn prc-s sug gests the" probability that Prince Bi mnrck's machinations influenced 'launch's attack" upon Count Caprivi, Itaron Mar schall von Bieberatein, and (Jen. lironsart vou Schellendorf, but the best informed opinion wholly absolves both the old chancellor and ills son, Count Herbert J ui-marcK, trom any connection witti the matter. Major von Tausch had numerous agents throughout Germany who wereemplovedin reporting to their chief what thev could learn and often what thev did not learn about the private life of eminent pern nge and the newspapem now recall Prince Bismarck's saying then: "These scoundrels have to lie In order to live." Although Tausch is supposed to have destroyed a large number ot his- document's before he was arrested, a great number 1 1 others are still in existence and these have been seized. From the character of these papers, ft is safe to assume that several nigh official- may be required to clear themselves of .serious accusations. Among tin obnoxious iiitlueiues of the pohtic.il police has been the concoction of plots of an alarmist character. An in stance or this is recalled in the kaiser's going to Thorn some tb;ne ago, where his majesty used menacing language to the Poles-. Major Von Tausch had preceded the kaiser to Thorn bv several davs and upon his arrival there guarded tin; emperor's train with his suite or escort police. DISCOVERED A CONSPIRACY. When the train was on its wnv back to IWIin, Tausch caucd it to take unex pected detours rroui the main line, declar ing that lie iiad discovered a conspiracy against the emperor, thougn nobodv now believes that any such plot ever existed or that Tausch thought it, did. Regarding Baron Marschall von Biebor stem.it now seems as j hough he had se cured a lasting vindication, jet the Berlin Post in its issuer today criticizes the con duct or the trial ot Bnron von Luetzow and hjs rellow-derendants, and ns-erts that tho question will be raised in the landtag why the minister or Justice al lowed Marschall to plnv the triple role or witness, counsel and virtual conductor or the prosecution. At ajneeting or the Berlin municipal council yesterday Ilerr Stadthagen, So cialist, protested against a portion or the taxes imposed upon the tnxpavcrs of Ber lin going to the support uf persons like Tausch and Luetzow. The emperor and the imperial family will leave Potsdam an December 28, and reside in the Schloss in Berlin for two months. After the close of the Berlin season the emperor and empress will go on a six weeks' yachllig cruise in the Mediterranean and other waters, visiting Aihcns.and Constantinople in March. 'Hie Krupp syndicate are arranging to purchase the Brazilian system of railways and will pay therefor 300,000,000 murks The American Ladies' Club of Berlin wilt hold a fair oif December 17 in the Palace Hotel. GAVE THE FIGHT TO LEON. Scientific Sparring Bout "With Jack Lynch at Toronto. Toronto, Ont., Dec. 12. Casper Leon of New i'ork and Jack Lynch of Philadelphia sparred twenty rounds before an audience of about 1,000 people at the Toronto Ath letic Club tonight. Both men appeared in gcol condition when stripped. The agreement called lor catch-weights and Lvnch healed at 117 1-4 and Leon at 111. The contest was one of the best ex hibition's of clean scientific boxing ever seen here. Leon showed himself to be quicker and cleverer, and did all the lead ing. Lynch was on the defensive throughout the contest and did not land near the num ber of blows that his opponent did. The first three rounds were somewhat tame, but arter that Leon worked more actively and for the rest of the light kept his man busy. In tho tenth round Lynch put in a gi oJ one over Leon's eye, this being the only blow that seemed to bother Leon any. In the fifteenth round Lynch commenced to let out somewhat, but soon stopped these tactics" as Leon put in two heavy blows on the face. Leon's many blows told considerably on Lynch, and when Casper started in on the sixteenth round he had hi opponent al most gone, and though he kept him busy guessing the rest ot the fight. Lynch was fairly rreMi and on his feet at the end of the twentieth. Referee Bo.sworth gave the fight to Leon, the decision being received with ap plause. . . Train Wreckers Jn Connecticut. Middeltown, Conn., Dec. 12. An attempt was made last nightto wreck a train south o f this city near Maromas. The heavy cross arm of a telephone pole had been wedged across the rails so that IT the train hud hit it it would have been thrown down a steep embankment into the Connecticut river. The act is laid to tramps in search of plunder. . The Famous ex-Priest, Bishop McNamara," lectures In' Mnsonlc Temple tomorrow night on Cardinal Uib bons, and the Catnouc University Admis sion, l"B and 25o It RADICALS GILL HIV JUDAS Chamberlain Bitterly Attacked for His Transvaal Policy. THEY CHARGE BAD FAITH Claim That the Colonial Secretary Pledged the British Government to Jameson's Policy China's Treaty "With Russia Chances for International lloclcmen's Strike. London, Dec. 12. The whole force of the radical party is to be directed, at the earliest moment or the resumed par liamentary proceedings, against Mr. Cham berlain and the government's policy toward the Transvaal. Behind the attack on the government's action generally, there is the bitter per sonal hatred toward the colonial secretary. Time has not soitened the reelings which elicited, at every mention of Ins name in tne meetings or the isaticnal Liberal Club, the crv or Judus." So eery possiole advantage is taken to show him up as a prevaricating and unscrupulous politi cian. "me Labouchere clique think they have now got him on the hip in connection with the Jameson raid revelations. The Eng lish papers call tnem revelations althuugii much tnat is new can be gleaned trom the most recent developments or the ontro sy. Put in brier the newest, form of the cnarges against Mr. Chamberlain is that Sir John Willougnby and other olficers leading the raid on the Transvaal, had -Mr. Chamberlain's assurances that he ap proved of the movement and would support it. AIMED AT HARCOURT. There are hints from the rat leal side that another eminent po.lacJan who saw Mr. Rhodes while he was in England, pledgee hmi-eir to support the eM.eci tion Here Sir William Vernon Harcourt is aimed at. There certainly exists cor rejiiKjiiilence, which Sir John vVillcughby's solicitors hold, showing that Jameson, Wriloughby and other leaders ot the n.i-1 had been led to believe that Mr. Chamber lain, ror the govtrninent. una eir Wiiiiaia ernoii Harcourt, for the opposition, had given Hit ir sanction to the attack on the Transvaal. But it can be stated with ao.'olute certainty tlmt thvr i.it.s no documentary proof implicating cither Mr. Chamberlain or Sir William Vernon Har court. the London Oeureau ot the United Asso ciated Presses has the highest authority for the statement that the Kusso-Chlnese con vention is by no means a surprise to Lord Sansbury nor are the mum clauses of the agreement opposed to England's Interest. The substance or the convention was discusseu ufTon the occasion or the vimc or LI Hung Chan gtoLon don andwas known to Sir .Nicholas O'Connor, the then re uring British minister to China before he lett I'ekin to assume the duties of British ambassador at St. Petersburg. The con vention does not contain any enntewons or territory but only secures to Rus-ia the right to construct a railway through Manchuria to Vladivostock. Ihe branch railway to Port Artnurls purely a Chinoie enterprise. COLO.VIAL SUGAR IXDl'STRT. The question o! the destruction ot the English colonial sugar industry is. supposed by the tree trade English pres to be solved by the argument that the growth t the English confection and preserved fruit industry more than covers any loss arising rrom. the cessation of colonial trade. This Is true in an immediate practical sense and points the morals of the Interviews on the subject contained In dispatches, to the J ruled Associated i'rese where the an nexation or the British Antilles to the United States was shown to be the natural issue or the situation. But the gravitation or the West Indian colonies toward the United States is no part or the program of the imperial federatlonists. ..Mr. Dillon win raise a debate on the address in reply to the queen s speech opening" the Session or parliament, calling attention to the rcp.irt or the lommHsum on the financial relations between Great Uritain and Ireland. The Ir.sh larty con templates no division on the debate. But wlieri the- budget comc-s berori the hoitse tne combined Irish section will insist Umii an liuireclate adjustment or Irish rmnce us reported upon i thecomaust-un. The systematic spoliation or Ireland, of about :j,nuo.O(io sterling annually, is too mueh even ror Irish unionists. Mr. balfaar mav probably claim that the adjs?uvnt lorms part or the coming "insn roca! governm-nt reform bill." The foreign on ice has sent a demand ror compensation to 'the Spanish govern ment ror the imprisonment ot .Ie-srs. Thomas and K. . licatty, tobacco and sugar merchants in Cuba. Mr. Thomas li catty has lurge plantations In Cubu. has been long a resident there, and In point or fact, is inclined towards Cuban independence rrom the regime or the imported Spuui-ird. There may be substantial basis for the charge against him, that he has used strong language against the method- of Gen. Wevler, but the rorelgn office and Messrs. Uentty's friends scout the notion that Wen. Weyler lias any proor or-the Heattys acting as secret agents Tor the insurgents. AN INTERNATIONAL STRIKE. A representative or the United Associated Presses has had another interview with Mr. Thomas Cattery, secretary or the Na tional Sailors and Piremens' Union. He Jound him rull or hope over the prospits or an international strike. Ballot papers rrom every quarter, he said, approved a strike. Asked should It bo tentnti.-ely deiuyed to permit or rurther orgnniz ttion, Mr. Cnibery said the general feeling seeated about evenly balanced. But an""iiitema tloual strike would certainly- come ir the employers refused to do justice tnsihe men. If a wholesale strike was rorced upon them they would get the New lork men to join, for their condition was wretchedly bad. perhaps een worse than British dock laborers. Mr. Mciiugn has reported that the Ameri can men were well-organized, that the American labor leaders knew the men and w-ere quite ready for organized action, llesides ;'ew lork. Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore. .New Orleans, and all the other poits, were ready to act in concert. There have been two ratal cases or the bubonic plaguein London. The disease was imported Trom Bombay, whereithascatised many deaths and a general panic among the native residents. Gen. Prince Edward, or Snxe-Welmur, colonel of the First Lire Guard, is about to be promoted to the rankorricldmar.sh.il. The promotion is a court job, and causes irritation in the army. CUTTER GRESHAM'S TRIAL. moss Ruth liauna Christened the Xew Revenue Craft. Cleveland, O.. Dec. 12. The revenue cutter Gresham returned to port early this evening arter a trial cruise around the lake ot nearly twelve hours. The day was a delightful oue, almot spring-like in beauty, the lake smooth and the trip a complete success. After the christening of Uncle Sam's new craft by Miss Ruth Hanna she steamed in the direc tion of Black River, at Lorain, then re turning east a short distance, took a sudden dash out into the lake for a dis tance or some twenty miles. The trip more than fulfilled all expecta tions, as the boat is required to make only sixteen knots an hour, and at one time she made as high as eighteen knots. The average was seventeen knots and that was accomplished without any ex traordinary effort. Experts aboard the cutter, boatmen and gQvernmeut officials, pronounce the boat perfect in every de tail. At one time in the course of the cruise she made21.01 miles nn hour, which was the highest speed attained. Reported Lynching of Cattle Thieves. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 12. A sensational report is current here today that two ne groes, Horace Daniels and Gene Wilson, residents or Jackson's suburbs, were taken rrom their home last night by armed white men and lynched. The negroes were cattle thieves. Georgia "Wants Bryan. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12. The general as sembly today by a rising vote extendi a cordial welcome to Hon. William J. Bryan on the occasion or his approaching visit to Georgia. To-Kalon Sherry. Port and sweet Muta te! m mil hair-gallon bottes, Tor suventy nve cents: delivered, or course. TO-ETALON WINE CO., Gl-1 14th st. CEO LEO INTO AMBUSH Cuban Leader Basely Relrajed I7 Dr. Zertuclia. TRUE ACCOUNT OF HIS DEATH Thev Insurgent Chief AVa.s Invited to a Conference -With the Marqnl.s of Alinuiadu and Accepted "Wlth outSuHpIcIon Atrocity- May Causa Immediate Action by Congress. Jacksonville, Kla.. Dec. 12--Tt:ere can now- be hardly any doubt or Maeeos death. J. A. Huau, agent ror the Cuban junta at Jacksonville, todaj received a letter rrom a friend in Cuba confirming the report and giving particulars. Muceo died bj treachery or the Span- ia.?.3 .i,ncl nis own btarr surgeon. Dr. ertucha, who betrayed him. t,oVie, It"Ucr lo 1,u:lu Sils that on Decein ii . Maceo received a request Trom Marquis Aiiuinaua, acting caixain general or Cuba, ror a conference with a view to ending tin; war. Suspecting nothing, Maceo wan his stafr or tlnrty-rour, repaired to tin- appointed place, where they were surrounued by olio Spanish solders. wtn murm-nd every tucha d' Sare tht"" traltor- Zer- The Spaniards claim to know nothing: or the whereabouts or Maceo s tody, but are believed to have honed it in the woods. Sadness prevails in Cuban circles here Mr. ituau is cot piepurcd to say who will be appointed as jlan-o s successor, but thinks it will le liios Kuvera.a brave and intelligent soldier. DISLODGED THE CUBANS. Havana, Dec. 12. Uen. Bernal.with the forces or the Northern division ortheSpan lsh army on December 10 left the Penco i.ope camp, near Cabanas, in the Pinar del nio province, marching in the direc tion or Rosario. At 10 a. m. of that day the enemy. In an extensive Hue. opened rire on the Span ish troops immediately upon the arrival or the vanguard or Gen. lernaPn brigade, tien. Beruul ordered an attack "Upon tho rrout and right or the enemv and nunselC Initiated the attack under the protection or artillery. The enemy occupied a string position upon a hill, but thev were di-hxlged and the hill was captured by the troops Tho enemy took new positions, but wcrcagain dislodged arter a vigorous assault, and re treated into the mountains. The Spanish losses were one lieutenant colonel badly bruUed. a captain and five privates killed and two lieutenants and eighteen privates wounded. The envrnv carried orr a large number of dead and wounded. LOSSES WERE HEAV5T. The Spanish column continued their march, carrying their wounded with them,, and came upon another party .r the ene my, with ivuun they naa a new engage ment, resulting in the loss or one maa killed and eleven wounded, 'lhe rebel losses were heavy. lhe "lalaveru column had a corneas of two hours duration w. h a large party or insurgents, who wero- entrenched in a pas sage along the Maya rter 'lhe troops rorced the passage and drove the enuruy rrom their po-iimiis. r,(,m which tHev retreat -d wuh heavy losses. the troops lat three killed and thirteen wounded. m an attacc made by the rebels at Mayajigua. near Remedies, a dynaiaite bomb exploded while tne rt-rnHs were purg ing it into a cannon, destroying the gunr Killing two artillerymen, both t wtKwti were Americans, and woumhug maaj others. HIS BODY. WAS HATRED. Atlanta. Ga . Bee. 12 -The- CohsMSt tion Kev Wt-t special gv tbe ffcKew ing or Maceo death, inditaUng his Su trayai. and implicating Dr. Zertncbsc lour cocres-poneent i Bow ertaWedt to state, upon ll.e ir.t it ngdouttFd aatfcomy; that' the death "of Gen. ilatfw was -nr-meditated assassination, and that the fail ure to pnxhice his body i- i vcum ite ntl lated condition would shock ew SpusSh official sensibihUe5- It see t os that Cieti. Maceo had planned a. successful eroding .r xtv tricha, .al that; taking the H'a route with a btdy gnard.be was to recm his rcrces east or Mhth'1. This was accomplished iwatvty. al wtttte stamltng alone, withtn sight or i !u;e Af skirmishers., the general was shot ttowa bv rt.cn in hiding, who were awamns taeir victim. . . His tody, so rar as Spanish reports go, at once disappeared, but the trutn is tfeas :t was hacked up by the assassin., wlu iiausted every indignity or whiu brutal mmcls are capable. it has been well known ror a year past that there wa a. price et upon Maeeia head, and that Capt. Gen. Weyler toeked toward asassinotKin. and not mHttacy triumph, ror victory His first offh i-it acs upon reaching the l-land was to give -ecog-nition to the Piatacdo-. bands, or fret ers whom his predecessor punished 33 severely as did the Cuban. These men. following in the wake of both armies, would murder and-plunder. .'na when chased down by theindignantCntKHt?. would find protection within spanKh lines, whilst the latter would ofiR-t.My deny all knowiegde of the murder. Buc u. few weeks ao a band of the'- menatt.ivked a convent in the province of Puerto Prin cipe, which was filled with young girls who were rm-st shamefully abused. Some of these men were caught by Gen. Lac-ret. the insurgent leader, and pxeeuonl while the greater part of them found pro tection within Spanish hnes Although the enormity oftheircrini'ws kn-wn a mil heir victims were convent school girN. the criminals were protected from molesta tion and are today free. THE ASSASSIN'S REWARD. These are ihe men whom Gen. Weyler has suent hundreds or thousands of lobars to attach to his cause, and through them, he has ordered the killing of foreigners whom he dared not call up in court. To them he has made offers of reward fr the assassination of innocent leaders. Kor three weeks; it has been known in Havana that a clever bribe was Sut for the surrender of Gen. Maceo. It was to the effect that he held the ticket which called for the grand prize of 530,000 in the Havana lottery. He did not care to call for the cashing of this cleverly arranged bribe: and then it was, upon the departure or Gen. "Weyler for th& hills several days ago. that it was bruited nboutrhat the man wLo killed Maceo could have the prize. The story of Maceo'S death, as told from ofricial fOiirces, sustains fully the th-ory of assassination. Gen. Maceo. Instead oi crossing the tiocha dltctly with his men, was. through some covert influence, in duced to pass Muriel on tone. and to reach his forces on the east side of the death line. There everything was In readiness by the conspirators, and'- the brave tender rell a victim to the trap into which he had walked. How singular it is, that Spaniards, who usually kill everyone in sight, should have been considerate enough to have allowed Macco.s physician. Maximo ' Zertueha. to surrender Instead of putting: linn m chains and rushing him orr lo a dungeon he is treated with distinction. Is paraded bcrorc newspaper correspondents and has that rrcedom ot speech which is a novelty in Cuba. The depression Into which the Cubans were thrown upon the first annoum-em-nt or Macco's death, now that the fact of his cowardly assassination is confirmed, has changed to that or desperate determina tion, and will make even more persistent their right ror rrcedom. Mnccv's assassina tion Is pointed out as conclusive evidence that Spain is still a stranger to . Ivilized methods, and the lesson drawn therefrom by Cubans is that they might as well die with their races to the roe as become the victims or assassination. PATRIOTS ADMIT IT. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 12. The Seripps Mcicae League correspondent at Jackson ville, i'la., wired the Post today as fol lows: This ctty was tnrown Into great excite ment by the news tnis arternoon that the patriots had admitted the correctness or the report tnat the brave lender. Antonio Maceo, had been butchered. C M. Be "Continued on Fourth Page. Christmas cneer Made Certuln. 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