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VOL. IX. APPROPRIATELY QUIET The Funeral of the Wife of Anarchist Neebe Not Characterized by Un seemly Demonstrations. ."apt. Black, Dr. Schmidt and Mrs. Par sons Conclude Not to Appear in Person. Schilling and Grotkau Speak Briefly, But Jf all to Break Forth in Their "Usual Strain. All Red Flags and Banners Furled and Bidden ßut One Band iv ' the Procession. Chicago. March 13.— Extreme quiet marked the burial of Mrs. Neebe to-day. Fully 40.000 people shivered through hours in a bleak wind waiting for the obsequies of the noted anarchist's wife to commence, and were only rewarded by the sight of a pro cession that, except in size, differed only in a few minor details from any ordinary fun eral. Last night the master of ceremonies estimated 2.000 sympathizers would be in line. Whether tin* absence of the anarchist widower dampened the enthusiasm, or the fact that the police were taking extraor dinary precautions to quell disorder had a like effect, the demonstration fell far short of its promoter's prediction. Including persons in the 177 carriages and buggies, there were probably 5.000 souls in, the procession. The funeral ceremo nies were helel in Miller's hall, which less than twelve hours before bad been the scene of a masquerade ball. Every vestige of carnival trappings had, however, been carefully removed. Here and there were placarded printed appeals for contri butions to the anarchist defense fund. The stage and gallery railing were tastefully draped in black and white, and ranged be fore the footlights and around the coffin were floral emblems and potted plants in profusion. BOTHING -SYMBOLICAL OF RELIGION was Tibbie, nor in the simple services were there even the most distant allusions to a future life. A well-rendered chorus or two, followed by brief orations from George Schilling and Paul Grotkau, and the corpse was ready for the hearse. Schilling, the Chicago socialist, and Grotkau, the Milwau kee anarchist, failed to break forth in their usual fiery strain. Capt. Black missed a train and was not present. Mrs. Parsons was also absent, and Mr. Schmidt, the one time candidate for mayor of Chicago, sent a letter as a substitute for the address he was to deliver. In consequence the cere mony at the cemetery consisted mainly of another speech by Grotkau. None of the uncouth tatterdemalions who formed so prominent an element at the Haymarket meeting could be seen to-day, either in the procession or the multitudes that viewed it. The prohibition of red flags was scrupu lously observed. Few banners were car ried, and they were furled and totally hid den in black drapery. Not a dozen mourn eis were in uniform. A single band fur r.ished the only music in the procession, po licemen were "almost wholly kept out of sight, and the entire affair was character ized by an extraordinarily somber aspect. STRUCK BY A TRAIN. Serious Accident to Passengers of a Philadelphia Street Car. Philadelphia, March 13.— At 7:30 o'clock this evening one of the cars of the Second aud Third Street. Passenger Rail road company became fast .in the rails at the crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at Frankfort avenue. The , occu pants of the street car jumped out and one train passed by, but as the car had been re leased , and the passengers were board ing it a fast tain came along from an opposite direction and struct four of those who had not yet entered. George B. Foster had his left hand badly smashed and was otherwise injured about the head and body. Ida, his wife, was seri ously hurt internally; Ada, their three-year old daughter, had both feet cut off and is reported as having since died; I). E. Ma lone, the driver of the car. was slightly injured. Dr. Bullock, of Upland, Pa., a surgeon who was oil the train, rendered immediate and efficient aid to the injured, and upon the arrival of the ambulance they were removed to the Episcopal hospital. GOTH A MITES IN BALTIMORE. Presumably to Consult Somebody on the B. A O. Deal. Baltimore, March 13.— 1t was ru . mored to-day that an important conference of railroad men was to be held in this city ( during the day, but as no prominent names were to be found on any of the hotel regis ters the rumor did not seem to be well founded. In the afternoon, however, it was discovered that a party of three was stopping at a prominent hotel and that they had been closeted for several hours with John A. Cowen, counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The gentlemen were as certained to be Messrs. C. W. Boone, C. W. Ives and S. Trainer, of New York. They refused to see reporters. They are known to have left the city to-night, It is not known whether Mr. Garrett was seen by them. The Baltimore efc Ohio officers , have no information of any kind for the press, but say the press shall have all de sired information at the proper time. DIED AT THIRTEEN. A Philadelphia Boy Kills Himself After Brooding Over Another's | Suicide. Philadelphia, March George , Simon, a thirteen- boy, was found last night hanging from a joist in the cellar ,of his home, 1003 Gerhart street. He had made a slip-knot which, was under his left : ear, and the pressure of the rope on the jugular vein may have produced uncon- j sciousness, though not until after much ' pain had been suffered. George was fond of reading, and was recently much in terested in the newspaper account of the suicide of little Annie Niblick, lt seems likely he was led to his rash self-murder by • brooding over Annie's death and the mode thereof. He had been dead four or five ■ hours when found. ■_» **i Mrs. Cleveland at Oak View. ' Special to the Globe. Washington, March 13.— Mrs. Cleve land has been spending her time tor a week past at Oak View, the president's country place. She is now away from society on account of the recent death of her grand , mother. Mrs. Dr. Jewett, of Buffalo, is staying with her. The president usually leaves the White house for Oak View at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and returns to his j office at 9:30 a. hi. Mr. Cleveland was seen to-day wandering about his real estate in company with three or four gentlemen, who seemed to be his guests. General Passenger Agents. Washington, March 13.— Ihe National association of general passenger agents, composed of the heads of the pas.enger de partments of all the principal railroads in theUuited States and Canada, will hold its annual meeting at the Arlington hotel on March 15. The interstate commerce bill, it is said, will be considered, and an un usually large attendance is expected. The ' president will accord them a special recep tion on the 15th. --***•-.-<. No Analysis. New Brunswick, March 13.— Supreme Court Judge Scudder has refused to grant a permit for the . analysis of "the stomach of Cornelia Deumead, on the grounds that the j circumstances would not justify the ex pense. This decision compels the giving up of the poisoning theory. Both Robert and Cornelia Denmead Jwere buried to-day, the former m this city and Cornelia at Piscataway. Thousands of persons from this city and the country surrounded the Denmead hovel to-day. The prisoners' spent the Sabbath in the county jail. Spirit. About Him. New York, March 13. — The recent an nouncement of the death of the father of Gen. George Sickles was premature. Mr. Sickles is still alive, though on his death bed. The Sun to-day says: The death bed of George Garrett Sickles, father of Gen. Sickles, is believed by the aged man to be surrounded by spirit forms. He lias for many years been a spiritualist. Mr. Sickles retains his mental faculties unim paired, and in discussing his spiritualistic phenomena he is perfectly calm and delib erate. _._ After Thirty Years. Utica, N. V., March 13.— Wright & Frost. of Delhi, hardware merchants, have made ■ an assignment, after thirty years' business career. Their liabilities are esti mated at §36.000 and assets §5,000. A REMARKABLE LETTER Written by Dr. McGlynn in Euology of Mr. Beoc-her. Ministers of Many Denominations Speak at Plymouth Church. New York, March 13. — The evening service in Plymouth church were remark able* from the fact that clergymen of almost .very denomination was present and spoke in eulogy of the deceased pastor. The building was crowded and the- vestibules were, utterly impassable, and during the service many people fainted and more than ime remained where they swooned or could not .be carried out. Rev. Mr. Halliday conducted the services, and read the follow ing letter from Dr. McGlynn, the deposed priest of St. Stephen's church, New York: I regret very much that I cannot be pres ent this evening at the meeting. in Plymouth church to honor the memory of the great pastor and to condole for the irreparable loss. I must, therefore, content myself with saying briefly in writing what I should he glad to say more fully in speech. It is a sign of the dawning of the better day for which the world has so long yearned that such a meeting should he possible and that you and yours should so earnestly desire the presence of a clergyman of that church which seems so remote, and too many would say, so antagonistic to ours. Foremost in the work of hastening tbe coming of the better day was the great man whose death wo mourn and for whose work we give thanks. None other so well as he taught the men of his time to exalt the essential of religion. PURE AND UNDEFINED, in which we all agree, and to minimize the differences that seem to separate us. To him was given to see with clearer view to re veal the unequalled genius and with tireless energy to make common among men the meaning of Him who taught of old ou the mount and by the seashore, the career of all religion, the brotherhood of man. I cheer fully confess that from Mr. Beeeher I learned from the first days of my ministry a new tenderness and fullness of meaning in the "Our Father;" and I am glad to be able here to state tbat the theology of the old church agrees with his in this, that the essence of religion is in communion with God through the love of Him for His own sake, and in loving all men with the zest with which we • love ourselves, and that while sacrifice and sacrament creed and ritual, prayer and sermon, and song may be and are powerful helps aud neces sary manifestation of the religion which is love, without it they are but a mockery and a blasphemy. I thankfullly count him among the masters from whom I have learned a fuller meaning of ? the prayer "Thy will.be clone on earth as It is In heaven." We must all agree with Mr. : Beeeher that the condi tion and duties and strifes of our temporal ' life are but signs and symbols of spiritual things, and that in the yearning of the whole world for free liberty, equality and fraternity under tbo reigu of JUSTICE AND I.OVE, If we pluck out the religious heart of it the burden is not worth the bearing nor the bat tle worth the fighting. He and the other Grants of their time have cleared the field and illuminated tho way for a higher progress and helped to give more perfect assurance of victory in the stride that is now beginning against a wider slavery than that against which he dealt the sturdy blows — the enslav ing of the masses by the classes— and cement a union not merely of American stales but of the people of the world. Stimulated and encouraged by his success, let us take the burden of the peoples' wrongs where his tired shoulders have laid it down and fight anew the battle, if need be, till right it shall come and we, as the burden falls from our shoulders and weapons from our 'hands, shall have a nearer vision than was given to the reign of the prince of peace. Affection ately and paternally. Edward M{*Glvkn. The musical portion of the service was very grand, and was rendered uinler the direction of Gen. Horatio C. King. Among the speakers were Dr. Ager. Methodist; Dr. J. R. Funk. Lutheran; Dr. Lyndsay Parker, ot Boston; Dr. Reed, Unitarian, and Rev. C. C. Hall, Reformed Church. All spoke in euology of the late pastor of Plymouth church, and they asserted their belief that he was a man whose breadth of mind entitled them to claim him as- a brother in religion of them all. NOT A SIGN OF CRAPE. A Brooklyn Tribute to the Late Henry Ward Beeeher. - New York. March 13. — The church on Cranberry street, Brooklyn, made famous by the late Henry Ward Beeeher, never presented a more joyous and gay appear ance than it did to-day. It was decorated more as for a May-day festival iustead of the occasion of Plymouth's late pastor's funeral eulogy. The rays of the spring morning sun shone in through the east win dows of the church and reflected with ex quisite effect the beautiful shades of color of the intermingling flowers and ferns. Not a sign of crape could be seen any where. The edifice was crowded to its fullest capacity. Rev. S. B. Halliday, Mr. Beecher's assistant, who is at present in charge of the church, assisted Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott in conducting the services. Dr. Abbott spoke for an hour, and the attention of the audience was only broken by the occasional sobbing of some of the church members. ROUGH ON CHICAGO. ; Derogatory Remarks Regarding Garden City ministers. . New York, March 13.— Rev. N. B. Thompson, pastor of the Free Baptist church, took for his subject for this even ing's sermon the life and character of Henry Ward Beeeher. Referring to the recent action of the Chicago Congregational min isters in refusing to send resolutions of con dolence to Mrs. Beeeher, he said* Tbeir disgraceful action is simply a mani festation of purely denominational meanness and jealousy. They are nothing more than midgets and dwarfs to that great man. His mantle, which has fallen, is too large for them and Is capable of covering nine-tenths of the men who occupy Chicago churches. -■e^J-' Beecher's I ill pit. , .'," New Bedford, Mass.. March 13.— 1t is said on good authority that Rev. Mathew Julien, pastor of the Trinitarian church in this city, will receive a call from Plymouth church, Brooklyn, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher. New York, March 13.— Henry Ward Beeeher was the topic of pulpit talks in many of the churches to-day and this even ■»>*■• _ Dr. McGlynn Reeovcrea. ' ■' New York, .. March 13. —Dr. McGlynn has recovered from his late illness and will probably take part in the parade on St. Patrick's day. * ST. PAUL. MONDAY MORNING, , MARCH 14* j'i ON THE GROUND FLOOR. Tips Prom One Who Knows Begarding Mining Speculation in the Black Hills. A Prospector Who Sold a Quarter Interest" In a Ledge of Rock Por $25 To Get Mone. For Grub After Having Loudly Demanded $50,000 For His Holding. The Old-Timers in the Hills Inclined to be Jealous of the New . comers. Special Correspondence of the Globe. Rapid City, Dak., Macrh 12. —1n the spring the Black Hills fancy lightly turns to thoughts of "booms;" of the inrush of those heavenly visitors whom "Dutch Fred" calls, "Eastern cobbidalists;" of rapid sales of town lots and mining claims: of all the pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious fortune. It is interesting to hear men and newspapers inflate their hopes. Lilting one's self by the boot straps was some time a chestnut paradox, but the time gives it daily proof in the ease with which men figure themselves to the top of Fort une's bicycle. Hope deferred . does not even make the heart retch in the Hills; and that faith which is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of- tilings not seen, finds its highest exemplars among the Mi cawbers and Tapleys of this raritied region. I could fill these letters with particulars, as of accomplished facts, of operations that exist only in the imaginations of the en thusiastic schemers. B___| DOUBLE RESOURCES. Yf7 All this conies of the double phenomena of physical and human nature; of the boundless resources of the country and its people reacting on each other. These Hills are filled with men who come here to make their fortunes, and who see in the country's minerals, ranches, range and timber "potentiality of wealth beyond the dreams of avarice." as Dr. Sam Johnson said of 'finale's beer business. These men** came to make their fortunes out of these "poten tialities," and they want to make it now. right away; they see the potentialities, and the dreams of avarice inflame imagination and sustain hope. The owners of claims also know that said potentiality is immov ably locked up until other acquired wealth comes in to relieve it; there are millions of fish in the sea. but what if a man has no fish-hook? Hence the constant straining of eyes Eastward for the coming of the capi talists like modern wise men from the East And when they come the prospector con sults his "dreams" for a standard of values. GREED VS. GUMPTION. The reception accorded to the capitalist when lie comes varies according to the re lations that exist between the greed and the sagacity of the individual would be seller. If the former predominate in the claim owner, he will demand a price equal to all that he imagines his mine can ever pro duce. It he have some business sagacity, he will accord co-capital the share it usually can command in a partnership with original invention, to-wit: the lion's; he will con cede enough of the potentiality to tempt cap ital to the risk of developing unproductive, untested resources. -V.'i* STANDARDS OF VALUE. I have heard a mat temand §50,000 for a ledge of rocks with a streak of tin ore iv it and resent as an insult ,- the proposition that lie would be glad to take half the 'sum "spot cash," and 1 have known him the same day to give a quarter interest in it for -2.. "grub stake," and be glad to get if. The one transaction was dictated by greed, the other by business considerations. The claim had cost him" nothing, but the trouble of driving half a dozen stakes and posting a notice, so he was §25 ahead and "still lived." A Dutchman in the district re fusal §10,000 for a claim, saying: "Ten tousand dollar! Vot is ten tousand dollar? Nolings! I stipend him in a veek!" He propably never owned ten thousand cents at one time in his life. WHO GET THE PROCEEDS. These- hills abound with men who have for years been sitting on claims waiting for purchasers, a dozen of whom have been driven away by prices based on the "dreams of avarice" rather than the possibilities of develodment; and in many cases the distri bution of proceeds of sales has" disclosed the fact that the most of the property has already passed into the hands of others than the discoverers for triflng considera tions, or no considerations at all. In truth it is the antecedent generosity, impecuni osity and improvidence of the prospector that often impels him to demand large prices. Of the §24,000 paid for the Tin Reef mines only about one-fourth remained to the discoverer. The proceeds of the Neil purchase were still more unequally distributed, one lavvyer in Rapid City get ting §300. another §1,100 of it. while two parties who had put up §25 apiece for the locators got over 82,000. Two young men who had refused to bond a mine near Dead wood, for §80,000 in a burst of confldence and generosity deeded a third interest in it to a "rustler" who they believed could help them to sell. ;•'■;■ f 'HOW TO "CATCH ON" IN TnE HILLS. The man who conies into the Hills with money to invest on short notice is likly to be asked prices based on those dreams of avarice. man who comes and stays long enough to learn the country aud the people; to acquire confidence in the one and gain the confidence of the other, can "get in on the ground floor." Miners like square-dealing and open -handedness, and hate in about equal proportion a sharper "and a niggard. They are square and lib eral ; themselves, you see. The moral of this, for the moneyed man, who wants some of this potentiality of wealth, is to deal with some resident agent who is interested in properties and is capable of Intelligent live-and-let-live transactions. Concede that he is to make a good thing for himself and his partners and look sharp that you make a good thing for yourself and your partners. OLD TIMERS AND NEW-COMERS. I think one reason why some old timers are so jealous of new-comers who come to stay is this very knowledge that the man who settles down here and watches his chances can often work into good things better than the old timer himself. Some times the latter has made a record that in terferes with brilliant successes in negotia tions with miners, and new men have con siderable advantage in new connections and new resources outside. Some notable suc cesses of new men in establishing them selves have not tended to lessen the leeling that they were poaching on someone's preserves. Of course, when I speak of this spirit. I attribute it to only a limited class of old residents; men of the same order of intelligence and. business sagacity as is the prospector -who refuses §10,000 cash and sells for §25 in "grub and gin." . The vast majority of old residents In the hills wel come all respectable comers and are not afraid to take their chances with them all in a country with the potentiality in sight to support 100,000 population and make 10.000 opulent. 1 must say that I do not believe that there is another community in this laud that extends as hearty and unself ish a hospitality, in society and business, as do these: Hills — notably Deadwood and Rapid City. - . Twicehop. Freight Overcharges. Special to the Globe.' Dcs Moines, la., March 13.— Gov. Lar abeo yesterday mailed to President Potter, of the Chicago, Burlington efc Quincy rail roak. a bill to recover an overcharge of §1,105.80 for freight on 200 tons of coal hauled from Cleveland, la., to' the state institute for ? feeble-minded children at Glen wood, and also to recover, §2.217 penalty accruing under the state law, with attorney's fees and costs,, reserving rights to make additional -claims. Accompaning the bill was a request for immediate con sideration and reply as to when the state would be given an answer thereto. This bill is the outgrowth 'of . previous corre spondence, wherein it was developed that a higher price was charged for hauling coal to Glenwood than to Council Bluffs, twen ty-five miles further. The road readjusted its tariff by raising .the Council Bluffs rata* BRAGG TALKED OF In Connection With a Vacancy in the District Judiciary. Special to the Globe. |f Washington, March 18.— The vacancy recently created in the District of Columbia judiciary by the resignation , of . Justice Mc Arthur from the supreme court has not yet b<»en filled, but the Indications are that ex-Representative Bragg; of ' Wisconsin, will be chosen as the new official, and an official says, who is in a good : - position ''to know, that the president has actually promised the appointment to Gen. Bragg, and, although the latter, a weeks ago. declared most emphatically that he would not accept a district judgship if it were of fered to him, there is some reason to- be lieve that he might be induced to take a different view": of the matter. Beyond question there is an understanding between the president and Gen. Bragg that the latter shall receive a federal judgeship, and there is good reason to believe that the understanding even specifies a district judgeship. At the time the understanding was reached, after it was known that Gen. Bragg would not be a member of the Fif tieth congress, the president was cog nizant that the resignation of Judge Mc- Arthur would soon be forthcoming, for the judge had told him so, and he , knew that Judge McArthur had been appointed from Wisconsin, Gen. Bragg's state. The only apparent element of doubt is Gen. Bragg's own denial, and that must bo regarded as the assertion of a candidate under promise, who is always at liberty to deny the prom ise to avoid embarrassing the patron. Charged With Murder. Special to the Globe. fV Fargo, Dak., March 13.— Conductor Lowry, of the freight which caused the col lision with the passenger on the Northern Pacific, near Wheatland, yesterday, and resulting in the death of Engineer Ryan ' and Fireman Suyder, was arrested in this city this morning on a warrant sworn out by Assistant Supt Green, charging him with murder. Many friends have visited him iv jail to-day, and efforts will be made to-morrow to secure his release on bail, as, while the charge is technically murder, it is believed no more than " manslaughter can be made of it. ;. He claims to have not been asleep, but to. have done his -best to signal the engineer to stop and run back upon the switch at Magnolia, where he had orders to pass the passenger. It is said that before Ryan, the engineer, died," lie said it was his fault that the train did not stop. Not Well Brought Up. ~7. Special to the Globe. Red Wing, March 13. —A revolting case of human depravity has just been unearthed in the town of Florence. About three miles southeast of Frontenac there has re sided a negro about 85 years of age, named Lew Foster, who was running" a . small , farm. A young white lady about 25 years of age, named Jennie Busline!', has been residing with him keeping house, and it has come to light that full marital relations have been sustained by the two. The re sult has been an offspring. The parties have been indicted by | the grand jury and are now confined in the county "ail. ' The woman is said to have relatives residing at or near Plum City, in Pierce county. Wis. She is a rather ".active ****o_iau, whiter he is a most repulsive-looking man. 7. 'y',-"'*'-\-<v Bridges Washed Away. Special to the Globe. B-W Canton, Dak.,, March 13,— The river has been falling all day, and no further damage is anticipated from the high water. Two bridges on the Milwaukee across the Sioux between Canton and Sioux City are out, and the lowa & Dakota division trains have been running no further than Canton, the bridge across the Vermilion, near Parker, being out. This will: be re built by morning and through trains will run west to-morrow. Trains are running all right from Sioux City to Mitchell, but nearly all other lines are suffering from the high water. Water is running over the James river bridges west of Marion Junc tion, - and no trains are running on the Running Water branch. Going Back to Chicago. Special to the Globe, j 'v.. .. Winnipeg, Man., March 13. Detective Walloran. of the Chicago police force, ar rived in the city last( evening to take pos session of Francisco Trimarco, the alleged Italian murderer arrested here. The de-, tective is certain Trimarco is the man wanted. The Italian at first objected, but finally agreed to < return to Chicago and signed the necessary documents, • Walloran lett for St. Paul this morning with his pris oner. Fractured His Skull. :_.'•/ ''•*,- Special -to the Globe. •'-.- ; Red Wing, March Andrew Gustat son, an emploje in G. A. Carlson's stone quarry, sustained a fracture of the skull Friday afternoon by being forced on to a sharp *rock. He rallied somewhat from the shock yesterday, but now lies in a very critical condition. Warehouse Commissioners' Junket Special to the Globe. " :Y~.7:-'Z:\- -p; Red Wing, March 12.— state rail road and warehouse commissioners will meet at Red Wing on Thursday, April 7, after 3:30 p. m. of that day. All persons having business with- the commission, or desire to consult with them upon railroad or grain matters, are invited to be present. Conductor Farrell Killed. Special to the Globe. Winnipeg, Man., March 18.---Conductor Farrell, while shunting at Indian Head yes terday, got caught in a frog and was run over. His legs were terribly mangled. He lived about seven hours after the accident. He was one of the most popular conductors on the Canadian Pacific. r * "•; '"rs Wagon Bridge Washed Away* Special to the Globe. V- '*" Lewiston, Minn., March 13.— At an early hour this morning . the new wagon bridge across Rush creek at Enterprise was carried away, causing a loss of several hun dred dollars. ' * ■•'.•' ,Sj 7'7r:~: '?£/£ 7 Means Much or Little. /, New York, March 13. The police at One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street to day report that Saturday night G. Baudais, aged 45 years, of Fort Lee; William : Kil rien, a^ed 28 years, and Pat Smith;, aged 30 years, of New York, started from the foot of West One Hundred and Twenty- i fifth street to row to Fort Lee. .Nothing has been seen of them since. To-day further up the river a boat with "Minnie"' upon it was found in the river. It is !. not known whether it was leased by the three men referred to. <i '■". ( . .-■' - •"*■ ' Too 111 to Live. ■•* . Philadelphia, March . 13.— Obediah Wheelock, a wealthy, and eccentric man, who lived at 112 Filbert street, hung; him self yesterday afternoon in the attic;, of his house. A note left on a table was marked "4 o'clock p. m.." and said that his only reason for taking his life was 'ill ■ health; concluding- with a farewell to all bis I friends, y Wheelock was a bachelor 75 years j of age, and was worth §60,000. : THREE TEXAS TOUGHS Enter a Railway Office With Six Shoot . ers and Get Away With Over $3,000 • Without Serious Hindrance. They Do Not Forget to Gather In the Pocketbooks . and Gold Watches of 77. 7 "; the Employes Present. A Suggestive Sequel to a Letter to a Michigan Merchant From Al leged Saloonkeepers. Deadly Work By a Louisiana Politi cian- -Terrible Charge Against. <*"**** a Michigan Doctor. — : Cole_-A_T; Tex., March About 3:so o'clock this morning the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe ; railroad office here was the scene of a "hold up," resulting in the loss to the express company, the railroad company and ' employes of over §3,000. James Muse, the express messenger, Henry Brien, the night operator, and two men were in the depot. Muse had occasion to go out about 3:40 o'clock and came running back and said:. "Some one is robbing the cars.' The party started to the cars, when Brien told Muse to run back towards the depot to .; get his six-shooter when three men jumped out from the south door of the de pot, threw six-shooters in his face and told him with oaths to open the depot. With a revolver under his ear Muse opened the safe, and the robbers got two express packages, one of §2,500 and the. other of §360. and another of §60 of railroad money, and a pocketbook of Muse with §175 in it and his gold watch worth §125. While this was going on Brien and the yardmen were the road a few hundred yards at the car, which Muse saw the men get out of, and which they found had been broken open and the load "of bran set on fire. After Some trouble they succeeded in putting the fire out. lt is believed the robbers do not live far from this place. All the men wore long black masks that concealed their entire 'faces; -YY : Y-'-" ' ' ;:r;;Vv-v''. A THREAT AND A FIRE. A Strange Letter Followed by a Conflagration in Michigan. Howell, Mich., March 13.— A little be fore midnight last night tire was discovered in F. N. Monroe's hardware store by a couple of young men who were passing. An explosion occurred at the time, the store being badly torn and the young men knocked down. In a short time the entire row of business blocks on Grand River street, between Winans avenue and East street, three blocks on Winans avenue and a row of frame buildings on East street, were in flames. The caving inward in stead of outward of the Greenaway block was all that saved the remainder of the business part of town. Mr. Monroe, who is an active prohibitionist received the foP lowing letter two weeks ago: Detroit, March I.— Dear Sir; . I wish to in form you that you must stop your work in prohibition or we will burn you out root and branch. You may prepare for the worst, as we are on your track. Many Saloonkeepers. Prohibitionists consider this an explana tion of the cause of the fire. As the fire engine made its appearance a voice in the courtyard opposite Monroe's said "Tom Clarke" and added some remarks. A pistol shot then grazed the" night watch man's (Clarke) clothes, glanced on the en gine and buried itself against Al Fish's collarbone. A revolver with one empty chamber was afterward picked up in the courtyard. The fire coming so soon ,. after an incendiary fire of two weeks', ago has thrown the city Into a fever of excitement. 'So/f ar. as known the losses aggregate §07, 100, on which there is about §200,000 insurance. STABBEO TO DEATH. A Louisiana Politican Kills a Negro in ihe Night. New Orleans, March 13. Fry Smith (colored), aged 40 years, was stabbed to death last night by Thomas Roche, son of ex-Coroner Roche, who figured prominently in politics here during Gov. Kellogg's ad ministration. Smith was stabbed six times, . the last time fatally. Eddy Grinnell was with Roche when the crime was committed. About an hour after the murder Roche and Grinnell were arrested. . They were found hidden in* some rubbish in a loft. Roche denied having had anything to do with the killing of Smith. He said he had concealed himself because he understood that he had been accused of the crime aud did not want to go to jail. Smith's wife, who witnessed the murder of her husband, has fully identi fied Roche as the murderer and Grinnell as the man -who accompanied him. WANTED ANOTHER WIFE. The Doings of a Telegraph Operator at Scranton* Pa. BCRANTON, Pa., March 13. W. H. Swan, a telegraph operator, left town yes terday morning. Since his disappearance it transpired that he is a bad character, and warrants have been issued for his arrest. He purported to be a single man, but he has a' wife living. It is said that he was clandestinely married in January last to the daughter of one of the wealth iest men in this city. An investigation shows that the clandestine marriage did not really take place and that the report to that effect was started by Swan himself. He was engaged to the young lady, however, and only the timely intervention of her father, assisted by the police, prevented the consummation of his plan. The girl is attending school in an Eastern city. The police here have received letters from Swan's wife, who lives in. Elkhart, Ind., giving a history of the man. She signs herself Mrs. M. A. Swan and states she was married to Swan in 1882. KILLED HIS FATHER. The Terrible Charge Brought Against a Young Kcntucliian. Louisville, Ky., March 18. Wallace Carpenter, aged only 18 years, and a son of Adam Carpenter, who was assassinated near Hustonville, Ky., late Friday night, has been arrested charged with the murder of his father. Adam Carpenter was a wealthy and prominent farmer of high character and much beloved in the com munity in which he lived. About 11:30 Friday night some one rapped sharply upon the front door of the mur dered man's house. The knock was re peated a third and fourth time. Carpenter arose and went out by a back door to dis cover the * cause of the noise. * He had barely passed out of the house when the murderer, who was concealed and protected by a small coal house, tired upon him with ■V/ shotgun charged with oblong pistol or rifle slugs. The shot was imme diately fatal. N Carpenter was struck 'by- three balls in the . light "side,: and with an exclamation of pain and 'surprise lie fell and died on the spot. The son had quarreled with his father and had threatened to kill him. Tracks leading from the house were identified as his and other, suspicious circumstances make the belief general that he committed the mur der. His character is not good, and his intellect is not of the best. A Terrible Charge. Toronto, March 13. — Judgment was given in the high court yesterday ordering the extradition of Dr. Weir on the ground . that there . was some evidence of felony. Weir will be handed over to the Michigan "authorities. .He is charged with criminally assaulting a young girl while she was lying ill with typhoid fever in a hospital at Oscoda, Mich., thereby causing her death. They. 'Died Together. New York, March 13.— Benjamin Low enthal, a baker, aged 20 years, shot his father to-night while the latter was abus ing the boy's young sister. He then blew out his own brains'. The boy, when he had shot his father, put his arm about his father, kissed his face, and said. "Dear father, we will die together," and then put a ball through his brain. The father groped weakly to the boy and patted his dead face until he himself sank dead across his body. Will Gain a Day. St. Louis, March 13.— new fast mail between New York and Kansas City, via the Pennsylvania and Missouri Pacific railroads, which left New York at 8 o'clock Saturday night, was on time when last heard from, and the train is expected to pull up at the union depot here promptly at 2:45 to-morrow morning. It will leave here again at 3 a. m. for the West, and reach Kansas City at 11 a. m. to-morrow. This time will be a gain of a full business day to Kansas City and Southwestern Missouri. : ;_______Wl MME. MLSSON'S MARRIAGE. She Is Congratulated by Various Au gust Personages. Another Attempt Made to Assassin ate the Czar. Paris,' March 13. — The marriage of Mme. Nilsson and Count Cassa Miranda was private. Numerous presents were re ceived from friends in London. A flatter ing and kind telegram came from the king of Sweden, and congratulatory telegrams i from a host of august personages, including the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Count and Countess of Paris. Just before starting for Madrid news was received of the death of a brother of the bride. This intelligence cast a gloom over the party. On their arrival at Madrid they will pay their regards to the queen. . ...:•"*. After the Czar Again. London, March 13.— The Standard has received a cipher dispatch from what it con sidered a trusty worthy source, saying that an unsuccessful attempt has been made to assassinate the czar. No details are given. Must Sleep Below stairs. London, March 13. — The earthquake in the Riviera on Friday was most severe at Alassio. The commander pronounced the town unsafe, aud ordered that eight extra barracks be erected for the accommodation of the inhabitants. At another village fif teen houses were demolished and two per sons were killed. Temporary barracks are being made at Mentone. The authorities have advised the people to not sleep for the present on the upper floors of their houses. Spanish Tobacco Monopoly. Madrid, Marcli 13.— 1t is believed that Senores Sagasta and Martos will succeed in overcoming the senate's objection to the tobacco monopoly, which objection threat ened to cause a cabinet crisis. The budget will be presented to the cortes to-morrow. The revenue is estimated at $170,000,000, and the expenditures at 5180,000,000. The deficit is to be met by monopoly and other makeshifts. The floating debt, amounting to 5300,000, will not be consolidated yet. Cardinal's Hats. Rome. March 13. — The American squad ron is expected to arrive at Leghorn in a few days. At a secret consistory to-mor row, the pope will confer "cardinal's hats on the nuncios at Paris, Vienna and Mad rid ex nuncio Maseli, of Lisbon, and the archbishop of Ferrate A Busy Day for William. Berlin, March 13.— The emperor and empress gave a farewell audience to MDc Lesseps to-day. The emperor afterward received the mayor of Berlin, Prof. Braum and Count Herbert Bismarck and drove out later. It is reported that on his birthday the emperor will give a personal reception only to the members of royal families. A Sword for Boulanger. Paris, March 13.— Russian admirers have sent to Gen. Boulanger a valuable sword inscribed, "Vive La France et Bou langer." Ordered to Zanzibar. Lisbon, March 13. The Portuguese government has instructed the governor of of Mozambique to go to Zanzibar and renew official relations with the Sultan.' ' V-- The Stories Untrue. Sofia, March 13.— The medical commis sion appointed at the instance of the porte to investigate the stories about cruelties be ing perpetrated in the rebel prison," re ports that there is no truth in the stories. Reported Fresh Attack. Cairo, March 13.— 1t is reported that the Absynians have made a fresh attack upon Massowah and been repulsed. THE RAGING MISSISSIPPI Expected to Repeat the Old Chestnut of Overflowing* Vicksburg, Miss., March 13. — Advices from Richland and portions of Madison parish report the outlook in that section bad. The Epps plantation is partially sub merged, and the water is rising in its bayo Macon at the rate of an inch in twenty- four hours. The Pugh place on Jones ' bayou is abour half covered with water. The Cun ningham place on the Tensas river "is sub merged. : The Gasquet place at Section Five is also covered with water. The pri vate levee built by the late Edward Richardson, which is six miles long and four feet high, is giving way. Although a general overflow is not anticipated, there will be much damage done by water coming through the openings in the Arkansas front. News was received from the Reid crevasse to the effect that United States Engineer Coppi had succeeded in protecting the ends of the levee, thus arresting the further cutting away of the embankment. Cotton Burned. Memphis, Term., March 13. — A fire this morning at 1:30 o'clock burned about 1,300 bales of cotton stored in Jacob Vorhecs' cotton shed on Washington street. The losses are: M. Gavin & Co., 200 bales, in sured for 89.500; McDavitt. James & Co.. about 375 bales, insurance 812,000; George Arnold & Co.. 100 bales, insurance 85,000; G. C. Howard & Co., 200 bales, insurance 50,000; E. W. Sherill & Co.. 150 bales, in surance 85,000; Haynes. Ellis eft Co., about 180 i bates, insurance 80.000; Barksdale, Denton & Co., about 500 bales, insurance 52,000. ■ Many Printers Discharged. Washington, March Public Printer Benedict last night discharged forty-eight employes of the government printing office, including thirty-three compositors, proof readers , and copy-holders, and five book binders and five girl assistants. The reason assigned for the dismissal was that a reduc tion of expenses was necessary. . — , _» i Furniture Establishment Burned. Williamsport, Pa., March 13.-- The large furniture establishment formerly the property of the Luppert & Kline Furniture company, lately operated by George Lup* pert on a lease, was burned to-day. Loss about $75,000; insurance 811.000. Loss on stock 315,000; insurance 810,000. NO. 7 3 BAT, GLOVE AND SAIL. The New Northwestern League Schedule Believed to be Pretty Satisfactorily Arranged. St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and Eau Claire to Open the Season Away From Home. Billy Wilson and the Black Diamond Arrange for a Fifteen- Round Contest. Open Question Whether the Daunt*' less or Coronet Is Ahead in the Ocean Race. As a whole the Northwestern league schedule adopted on Saturday is a good piece of work. Some tilings in it will doubtless be criticised— instance, tha playing of games in Duluth amid the ice tipped zephyrs of Lake Superior in October and increasing the number of games from 80 to 120 — but there is nothing so seri ously out of place as to call for condemna tion. To make up the circuits so that trav eling expenses would be equalized and re duced to a minimum it was necessary that the season should begin in the south and end in the north, or vice versa, and tho breezes of the grandfather of the great chain of lakes are quite as UNCOMFORTABLY CHILLY the last of April as the 10th of October. The number of games was increased from 80 to 120, the National league schedule, on the ground that the teams might as well be playing ball as lying idle. The objec tions to the new arrangement are that it; is liable*, in a general way, to give tiie public a surfeit of the sport and, through the widening of the gap between the teams, to cause many to stay away from the games because of the certainty that their favorites cannot win the pennant. The arguments for and against the change are of about equal weight, so the test of experience will be awaited with interest. OPENING THE SEASON. On Saturday, April 30, the teams wil! meet for the first time, St. Paul going to Dcs Moines, Minneapolis to La Crosse, Eau Claire to Milwaukee and Duluth to Oshkosh. St. Paul will go next to La Crosse, Milwaukee and Oshkosh, in the order named, and open its home grounds on . Wednesday, May IS, in a game with Duluth. The first Minneapolis-St. Paul game will be played in St. Paul Thursday. " May 20. On Decoration day these clubs will play in the morning in Minneapolis and in the aft ernoon In St Paul. On the Fourth of July each club will play two games, Du luth in Minneapolis. Eau Claire in St. Paul, La Crosse in Dcs Moines and Osh kosh in Milwaukee. Wilson and Woodson. Articles have been signed for a match with gloves between Billy Wilson, of St. Paul, and Harry Woodson, of Chicago, and 8150 forfeit posted. The light is to be fifteen rounds, Queensberry rules, for 5500, the balance of the money to be posted the day before the fight, which is to take place on March 28, in the Exposition rink. Woodson is the man who recently fought eight rounds to a draw in the same place. He is now in Chicago. Billy Wilson said yesterday that lie would begin training to day under Tom Manning and that he pro* posed to do some hard , fighting when the match comes off. The Big Yacht Race. • New YOKE, March 13.— 0n March 12, at sp. in., when off Fire Island, the pilot boat David Carl I saw the yachts Coronet and Dauntless going east wooer reefed sails, with the Dauntless about one and one-half miles ahead. The German steamer . Nar salia. from Hamburg, which ' arrived here this forenoon, reports: March 12, 11 p. m., longitude 72 degrees 10 west, passed small schooner showing white, red and green night signals, bound eastward; passed an other small schooner about an hour before, but did not show any signals; wind, light northerly. The New York Yacht club night signals are red, green and white. Sporting Spray. J. E. Browcr. of St. Paul, has challenged P. Ryan or uny other man in Minneapolis for a horseshoe turning match, 100 shoes to bo made of X— inch iron, to be hind feet shoes and not over five helpers to be hired by each man, the match to occur in St. Paul und to be for any sum from -.'- to $100 and tho -fate. Dr. Feller, of :"*:. Paul, has posted $200 with M. J . Roche as a forfeit for a fight for -.500 a side between Dannie Xeedham, in whom Dr. Feller has great confidence, and Jerry* Murphy, of Minneapolis. The Northwestern league, at its meeting on Saturday, adopted the old reserve rule. ■ - . GET*] ER ALLY FAVORABLE. ——————— Ihe Reports From Winter Wheat Sections \«t Discouraging. Chicago, March 13. — The Farmers' Re« view will print the following crop summary in this week's issue: The weather for the past ten days has been very favorable for the growing wheat, and the reports from the entire wheat belt continue to be of au encouraging tenor. The rains and light snows iii Kansas are reported to have caused an improvement for the gro .ving grain in certain portions of that state and improved the general outlook, which was be coming " discouraging. In sections of Michigan and Wisconsin the fields are still protected with snow, and nearly all of the reports from these two states continue to bo favorable, In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri the reports indicate that the crop is in a very promising condition, and, un less subjected to freezing weather within the next three weeks, promises to emerge from the winter siege with unusually good prospects. Some reports of injury are re ported from White county in Illinois, in Clermont and Delaware counties, Ohio, and Butter, Jewell and Rice counties, of Kansas, but these are exceptions to tho good reports from fully one-third of tho winter whttat states west of Ohio, ending with March 12. _>i THE PEOPLE ■eiTf. *) Government Employes on Rivet. Work Want an Extra Session. Alexandria, La.. March 13.— The United States snag-boat Wagner, Capt E. F. White, came up Saturday Boning from Ouachita and Block river, where she had been clearing these streams of obstructions. Owing to the river and harbor bill not hav ing been signed, and the want of funds to continue the work,. she was ordered to take all the government property em these rivers and at this point and Tones Bayou and proceed with the same to Shrcveport, and there to wait further developments. All OB board hope for an extra se**siou of con gress, or thing else to make a change in the plans. She took four Ilatboats. and all other government property, and left last night for Shreveport Lieut. "*ltMt Dead. Los Angeles, Cal., March 13.— Gen* Miles yesterday received a telegram an« nouncing the death of Lieut Seward Mott* of the Tenth cavalry, at San Carlos reser vation. Arizona. Mott graduated from West Point last year and got his commis sion in July. He* was a native of New York. Mysterious Disappearance. New York, March 13.— Thomas W. Turner, store-keeper for a Panama dredg ing company, arrived herefrom the isthmus Feb. 2. He was again seen Feb. ,12, but not since. He had about £1,400 with him* His home is Toronto, Ont.