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Warden Says Charges Against
Jail Management Are False.
STATEMENT IN REBUTTAL
ilti spclflcully Coin millet Al
legatleui mid IitxlK-n an lmet-ilgu-tioii
Young Leoiiui dV Mile of It.
JuMlct Hlnghain Nijh the Mutter
"Will He Thoroughly sifted.
The announcement Of a prnlsiblc Invest!
faUou or tho Distnct i l. m.ulc m 1-'
Times ill jiKieruaj .'itenicH.u. ti.iK caused
it trig stir j"n ontctHl tin. Kb. and much com
uiVHt generally
The iosiulc outcome or tlie charges was
pretty j..iientlly hIhwh-iI List evening and,
the "proposal iufstipitiuii may lead to
tome niicietitig ilH-tosiires
A prompt ami j-cncr.il tlcnial of all the
allegation-is tnmie by Waiden LeonanI
He was ImuuiI about 0 o'dock .it 'lis
1kiik'. 21tt Noith Cpil street, where tie
answered lhe Times' questions lor .111
cxidHtiation ol tilt charge He ve lunte creel
no Uitoniiatioti. Iiut -i.rtoi out by mak ng
.i -.unril e.eiual of t'tr one r the alio
j:auotis He said time was no wrongdoing
whatever at tLe Ja:l, ami he Inlawed an
m pupation would re Milt in Mich a verdict
Rcganling the allegation that Maud Lill..,
a icm.de prisoner (-tniiig a sentence Tor
Irignmy, as allowed unwarranted pnvi
leges, the icporter askeel
Warden, has -Mauu Lilly ever been al
lowed to lock any prisoners, up (ir carry
the keys." He thought a moment and
answered:
"No, bhe lias never locked up anvliod
She is -what is Known at, rioor girl and
hat; had privileges accorded only to girls
in that position, hut never the carrying
or the keys or the locking up ot prisoners '
NO WHISKY ALLOWED.
'Hafatliere ever Keii any whisk given
to lhe prisoners to your knowledge" ' was
tliei-exi querv, to -which "Warden Leonard
gave an explanation that it might he
smuggled in at timeb lrom the outside,
hut that every precaution "wab taken to
p-event pnoner rrom getting it
The bundle of visitors to tl e jail "wire
alwavs oiened and examined and more
thaw once whisky has been taken out and
not allovcd to get to the prisoners, but
aftervard returned to the "visitor on his
departure TheswornsjatcmentorThomas
Palmer that Mrs Bennett, one of the
matrons, had whisky m her room nearly
all the Hint-, ehciied the inquiry lronfHuc
reporter as to how much liuth there was
In the statement
Warden Leonard replied that whiskv
was not one or the articles in store and
was nc'er allowed to lie kept in the jail,
and as far as he knew there had never
been any Upt there He did not deu
that inioMcaiiis might hac been Miuiggled
m from the outside but did don that tl.e
were kept in the jail and allowed to he
gicn to prisoners or official1!.
J he attention or Warden Leonard was
called to a statement w liich lias been made
that on one occasion a prisoner w ho had
oecn ont to the pemtciitiare wat allowed
to go outside of the jail.
L1HEKTY OF PRISONERS.
When asked ir prisoners were eer al
lowed tliib libcrtj. he replied "Onlj the
two men who went with the guards to
lerform the chores."
Xo others, warden."' was the query.
"Xo." he replied.
"Were penitentiary prisoners ever al
lowed outsider'
"Oh. no, bj no means," responded the
jail official.
"Was James Teake not a penitentiary
prisoner, and was he not allowed outside
of the jail to work on the construction of
the new barn""' was asked.
"Yes," replied Warden Leonard, "but
his sentence had been commuted."
"Was he not employed outside on tint
barn eight weeks before that stmence
bad been commuted, during which time
he wassincib a pcnitciitiar coinici"'
"If he was. I bid authority lrom the
court," vnd Mr Leonard.
Tor about a tin rth Harry Leonard, the
warden's son, who is also implicated in
the statements ol some ol the ex mm ties,
has been ill at his home He was also
questioned about the management of the
jail, and denied that Maud Lill had ever
had charge of the 1 e js or the female ward,
or had ecr locked tip anv of the prisoners
Iti his denial he st.ited. "You know that
would be against the rules "
He was asked as to his visits to the
female wards, and admitted going up there
in the datime, but denied tr-at he had
Msitel the female ward, uuless it was
tome night just before a hanging or bciore
he was to depart the next morning fur
Albant with a batch of prisoners
JUSTICE BIXUHAM'S OPINION.
Chief Justice Bingham, with whom the
evidence was filed, read the account of
It in The Times vestcrdaj afternoon, and
taid
I am Forry jou hae published nn
thing so soon. Almost all the evidence
so Tar is unverified bj oath and comes
lrom discharged prisoners, which, in our
fxperience, we have found to be "very
unreliable lestimonj regarding matters
occurring Jn the jail. The matter will,
however, be inquired into and in so far
as there maj be found anv trutli in the
hnrgcs the proper corrective will be
nppliedsoiarastliejudgeshave the power."
Judge Bingham said that lie had filed
the evidence with the other justices after
hav lngread it himself and heiMimated that
attcr his associ ites had read It there might
hav e been someone sent to the jail to quietly
make an investigation pt the allegations.
Be said that where such ev idence had come
In the other eases, it was sometimes found
to have been inspired by some disgruntled
discharged inmate or emploje, but that the
evidence in hand would be thoroughly
simd. He had received it Mondaj night
and had read it and turned it over to his
associates carlj jesterdij morning. Be
deplored the fact that the judges had not
time to take from their regular duties and
uIfo that lie was not in the best of health
to personallj look deeplv into the matter.
MAJOR BURKE REGRETS IT.
Ex-Warden Jerome B Burke was also
Been regarding the expected investigation.
He said;
"I am sorry to hear thatanj complaint
has been made or that the management of
the jail has been attacked in anv way.
Had the complaint been made bj a prisoner
I would not have given so much credit to
It, but I understand Mr. Cook has in no
"vva been connected with the Jail, and is
honest in his efforts for good discipline
only. The only reason to which I attribute
'the cause of any mismanagement, if it
rcallj does exist, is in the discharge of
old and experienced cmploves, and the
selection of persons to fill the places who
have not first learned how to deal with
prisoners."
He referred to the smuggling of In
toxicants and said it -was one of the worst
evils he had to deal with in the jail.
Persons outside would make many at
tempts to get intoxicants to their friends in
confinement, and in spite of all precau
tion, would sometimes succeed. Looking
over the list of persons who have made
Etatesments in the case, he said there was
one, at least, upon w horn he could posl
tlvel rely. That was Peacock, the dis
charged emploje. The others, he said, he
did not know.
In liis statement, accompanying the
evidence, Mr. Cook, the complainant, sajs-
"In filing these charges against the
warden of the jail I would like to make
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IIUNDHEDS OF l.IVIVs LOST.
Steamer and Coasting VukhoI Collides
lu Chinese "VVatcth.
San Francisco. Ma 20 The steamer
Belgic which arrived todav from Hong
Kong and-Yokohama, with advices up to
May D, brought letters from the crews
or t lie American w .ir ships at Woosung. con
cerning the collision between the Indo
Chlua line Mtamer On wo and the coasting
vessel New Chwaug
The boats or the American navj were in
strumental in saving the lire or about fittj
Chinese and two Europeans
Seventy-seven lives in all were saved
and 252 were lost Only seven or these
were white men
CHURCHlNi)" AMUSEMENTS
Methodist Conf3renc3 Refuses
Change the Discipline.
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Michigan. Delegate Thought It "Wits
a -Mattel That Miould He Left to
Judgnieiitof Individuals.
Cleveland, Ohio, Ma j20 Bishop Tostcr
presided at the session of the general con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Cnunh
this morning. The leature of the session
was the discussion ol the amusement qtics
tion.
Neariv half an hour was consumed iu
changing the method of nomii.ating candi
dates During the debate on the subject.
Dr. Biickiev said that the Cleveland pipers
were right in saving that the excitement
and confusion luesdav during the nomina
tions w.is uiisui passed in the historj of
Cleveland conventions.
A resolution was unaniniouslv adopted
reciting the stle ol liquors in tl e National
Capitol was a national disgrace, and ask
ing m the name of ten million people that
Congress abolish the practice.
The committee on the state of the church
drew the conference into an exciting dis
cussion by recommending that that part of
the disciplining relating to specific amuse
mentslie not changed
Under the present law, perrons Indulging
In intoxicating liquors as a beverage, Kill
ing property to or becoming bondsmen for
liquor dealers, dancing, plajing at games of
chance, attending theaters, horse races,
circuses, and indulging in manj other pop
ular amusements, shall be expelled from
the church unless the offender exhibit
real humihatioi
Levi Mastt r. or M.clugaii, sud that he
thought the speciiving or alleged sinrul
amusements was a great nmtakt for the
church.
"All Christendom is divldid on the ques
tion." said he "I do not btli e that it is
alvvnjs w rong to go to a theater or to plav
card If jou forbid a horse race, whv not
forbid a football game'
The question should be left cutirelj totlie
individual judgment of the members of the
church. It is better to allow individual
judgment tliau to prohibit amusement that
Christendom is decided on We cannot af
ford to follow tlie lead of the Church o
Rome bj crushing individual judgment
Tins amusement law is a dead letter. You
can't euforce it 'Iherefore, I move to
striKe out all that part or the section that
relates to amusements."
Bj an almost unanimous vote the con
rcrence refused to change the discipline
on the subject of amusements
SENTENCE IS A MEHE i'OIlM.
Gov. Itoolnson Say Huimnond's May
He Commuted.
London, Maj 20 A dispatch from Sir
Hercules Robinson, governor of the Cape
Colonj, has been received bj the govern
ment, in which it is announced that the
Transvaal authorities have reached a
decision in the cases of fiftv nine of the
members of the Reform Union, who wre
reccntlj convicted in connection with the
consplracv against the South African re
public, and were sentenced to imprison
ment, fine and banishment.
A number of these prisoners will be re
leased immediately and others will be given
their freedom at the expiration of three
months, while a part of those still remain
ing iu custodj will be allowed to renew
their requests for a cancellation of their
sentences after five months shall have
elapsed and four of the condemned men
will be given the same privilege at the end
of a vcar from the date of their sentences.
1 hat portion r t the judgment of the court
imposing a fine upon the convicted men
will stand, but the banishment clause will
be suspended, provided the prisoners give
their word of honor not to interfere in
future iu tlie politics of the republic.
Tlie names of the prisoners whose sen
tences have thus been reduced are at
present kept secret.
As regards Col Frank W Rtiodes, Lionel
Phillips, George Carrar and John Hajs
Hammond, the leaders of the Johannes
burg rerorm committee who were cou
demnedto death Tor high treason against
the Transvaal, Gov. Robinson's dispatch
6ajs their sentences have been commuted
to "Iifteen jears imprisonment, with a
provision for their luture commutation.
These cases will be considered bv the
executive council of the Transvaal next
week Gov. Robinson further states th it
he learns that tlie commutation of the
sentences of tlie four leaders in the re
form movement to imprisonment for fif
teen jears was merelv a matter of form,
as it was necessarj to impose some sen
fences upon tlie prisoners immediate! and
that the sentences will probablj not be
put into effect.
The government has received the names
of the prisoners whose sentences have been
commuted. The men who are to be re
leased at once are nine in number. Among
them are the American U . J. King, Capt.
Mem and Butters. These who are to be
released aftcrthrceinonth' number twentj
rour, and include F. R. Lingham, an Ameri
can. Among eighteen who are to serve
five months before being allow d to renew
their requests for their release, are the
Americans V B Clement, and J. W.
Leonard.
The four who arc to serve a jear in
clude Hamilton and S. Jameson, brother
of Dr. Jameson. Titc cases of four others
have not been considered bj the executive
council owing to the fact that tlie prisoner
have not as jet presented anj petition for
a reversal or commutation of their
sentences These include the Americau
Sampson.
The name of J. S. Curtis of New York
does not appear on the list.
Bohluson Leaves for England.
Capetown, May 20.-Sir Hercules Rob
inson. Governor of the Cape Colony, and
Sir Graham John Bower, imperial secretary
here, sailed Tor England todaj .
High Gules iu tho Clyde.
London, May 20. A dispatch from
Greenock to Llojds, savs that a heavy
gale prevailed in the Cljde this morning
during which the jachts Evadne and Iris,
which were Ijing at anchor, were thrown
into collision and badly damaged. Other
xachts at anchor in the Cljde dragged their
anchors or broke their niooringsand drifted
awaj'. The small steam j acht Madge was
carried aground but she will float at the
next high tide.
Americans Flouorcd in Franco.
Pans, May 20 The Champ de Mars
salon has elected as associate members
Cecilia Beaux and Charles rromutb, of
Philadelphia; Kate Carl, of Louisiana, and
Edwin A. Abbey 'and Eugene Vail, of
New York.
Congress Heights lots, $10 cash; $5 per
month. Money advanced to build "when
lots are paid. Office 631 Pa. ave. nw. .
inv21-tlll Jul
Illim FORPRESfDEHT
South Carolina Democrats Name
Him on a Silver Platform.
1RBY BITTERLY ATTACKS HIM
Tillman Given tlie Lie In tho Con--vi'iitlon
and He ltcsponded in south
ing Personal Titiiih Cleveland De
nounced Gov. Evans Saj h There
Ate No Heitioui aln in the Not th.
Columbus, S C, Maj 20 -The State
Deiunciatic convention met at noun m
the State capitol lhe attendance was
verj large
Senators Tillman and Irbj and Gov
Evans, besides all the leading politicians
of the State were in attendance
Senaloi Irbj, as Mate (hairinan, called
the convention to order, but made no
spceih 1. 11 McC.ill.i was made temporarv
chairman The permanent oiganiatioii
was eireded bv the election of A II
Patterson of Barnwell, who spoke of the
great advance the cause of free silver has
made and hoped the convention would send
onlv suchdelegatestoniicaoasrepresented
the people on this subject
J lie t invention. atthuuistanceofSenator
Tillm in appointed a committee ol one
lrom each countj to report a platform
Another committee on consUtiition.il
changes wan appointed.
PLATFORM AM I CLE ELAND
The platform was bucf, folio ring the
lines above indicated in regard to free
silver, and is anti Cleveland
A resolution calling on the Democrats
of South Carolina to vote for Tillm. in
for President was received with cheers
The convention at 1 50 took a recess to
8 p in
Delegates to the Chicago convention were
elected as follows
Tirst district-M. R Cooper, or Colleton,
Thomas Martin, or Beaufort. Alternates,
J. D. Hivens, olleton. 'I nomas Talbird,
Beaufort. .seventh district -Dr O R
Low man, of Orangeburg. Dr. H T.Abbott,
or Sumter. Alternates, C . Gaivis, or
Colleton. J . W Dreher, or Lexington
Fourth district-Not jet elected. Alter
nates at large, CM Etird, U . U Mauhlin,
W.O 'latum. J. C Will'oru
Cuba resolutions c-alling on the President
to carrv out the adieu or Congress were
adopted unaiumoiislj. A Tillman Presi
dency resolution was adopted bj a rising
vote.
Senator lrb speaking In the capacitj
of chairman of the Dcmocracv of the State,
warned the reform taction against boll,
and prcilictcd ruin to the partj iu the
State and not onlv to white supreniucv , but
white civilisation, as the breech would be
made a permanent one.
GAVE TILL MA V THE LIE
He said that the whole trouble w.is that
the paitj was good enough to elect 1 ill
man governor twice, and to tlie Senate,
but was not good enough to elect him
President
.senator Tiilman was bitter in ins replj,
ai'il ascribed Iibv's ..ttack on him to his
(Irbv'si fear tor Ins re election To this
Irbv, who vvasfct-aicfl at a short distance',
gave the lie direct Tillman's answ er was
lost in the confute u ol cheers and counter
cheers that followed.
Tillman then denounced President Cleve
land and the monev power ol the East and
announced his readiness to join hands
with the West He was bitter iu his com
ments on the Democrats or the North and
favored the bolt if the convention did
not declare for silver
Gov Evans announced his aelvocacj of
Tillman's candidacj for the Presidency,
and stated that there was not a Demo
crat north of Mason and Dixon's line
J. D'M Shaw, or Laurens countj, and
J. J Walling, ot I airrield countj, were
electcel delegates to the convention from the
Fourth Congressional district. At 2 a m.
the com ent'on took a recess until Septem
ber l.
DR. GILMAN MAY IlEslGN
Johns Hopkins' 1M evident -Mar Be
come' a sohnol Mipci liiteiulent.
Baltimore, Maj 20 The trustees and
facultj of the Johns nopkins Universitj,
and Baltlmoreaiis generalh , were greatlv
surprised bv the publication todaj of a
report that President Oilman's name was
being useo in connection with the position
of superintendent of schools of New York
Dr. Gilman was in Washington when
the storj reached here, attending a meet
ing of the Venezuelan commission, of
which he is a member In his absence the
trustees of Johns Hopkins. Universitj
pronounced the report without founda
tion. Thev asserted that the New York school
superlntendenc j is a small matter as
compared with the prcsidencj of Johns
Hopkins Universitv, and that a New York
offer, bv whatever pccunlarj inducements
it might be accompanied, would have no
attraction for Or Gilman
Later m the daj Dr Gilman returned to
Baltimoie and threw the trustees into deep
commotion bv admitting that he had some
correspondence with certain membersof the
New York board of education.
He added that in his opinion the oppor
tunity now open in New York "was one
of the most extiaordlnarj that has oc
curred in the hlstorj of tlie countrj. The
use of Dr. Gilman's name appears to have
been due solelj to the circumstances that
at this particular juncture, with the edu
cation law pist passed, the headship of the
schools of Greater New York would afford
anopportunitv ofalmostincalcu'ablescrvice
to the svstcm of public school education
throughout the United States.
But even so, Mr Gilman's friends will
make eveiy effort to keep him at the
head of the univeisitj he has built up and
which is the object of his pride and de
votion. COOPEK nnEVT A KNIFE.
He Use'd It on Samuel Cook and
Tlnciitened tho Officers,.
Edward Cooper, colored, went to the
house of Samuel Cook, No 218 B and naif
street southwest, last night with a colored
girl and asked for a night's lodging. When
he was refused he assaulted Cook and
seriously cut him with a clasp kmre.
Tlie wounded man was brought to Emer
gency Hospital and the police started out
on a hunt for Cooper. Sergts. Daly and
Smith, with Officer Curry, found the man
in Clark's alley near the railroad tracks.
He resisted arrest and drew the bloody
knife on the officeis, but was finallj landed
at the station house anel a charge of as
sault with intent to kill entered against
his name.
Steamer SlnKs a Barge.
London, May 20 The British steamer
Minnesota, Capt Griffith, which sailed
jesterdaj from London to Baltimore, when
off Barking collided with and sank a
barge. No lives wero lost The extent of
the damage to the Minnesota is notknown,
but is probably slight, as she proceeded on
her vojage, passing the Isle of Wight
today.
Iaalte Steamers Collide.
Bault Ste. Marie, Mich., Maj 20. The
steamer L. C. Waldo, bound down, Telta
ore, and the steamer Choctaw, up bound,
light, collideel off Sprj'a lumber dock, here
at daj break this morning. The Choctaw
was struck amidships and a hole ten feet
long cut in her side. She was run into
shoal water to save her from sinking. Tho
bow of the Waldo wasbadly damaged.
Ivy Institute Business College, 8th and
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BE It MUD A IK SAFE.
Member of the Expedition So "Write h
to IIIh Father.
Camden, N J., Maj 21 Surrogate West,
Tvlioseson Hajdcn A. West, is u passenger
on tho alleged filibustering steamer Ber
muda, which left the United States several
weeks ago, receiveel a letter from his foii
todaj, which was dated Puerto Cortez,
Honduras, May 11.
In his letter to his parents he stated
that ho had Just arrivee! at the above
named port artcr a fine vovuge.
He stated that he would be home in
about two weeks, and asked his parents
not to be alarmed about newspaper re
portsabout tho Bermuda, as the vessel was
oil right and the stein'cr would load fiuit
for the Hart Companj.
BOIES AWf FREE" SILVER
Iowa Democrats Instruct Delegates
After a Stormy Convention.
lti'Milut Ion Commending Cleveland
Voted lmvvn .1 te 1 Boles,
He'iids the Deli'gtitloll.
Dubuque, Iowa, Maj 20 Carrvlng out
the program lormuluud je&terd.ij bj tl.V
leaders of the ni.ijontv eleme ut, the De-in
ociatic State convention toelaj declarcel
lor Iree silver iu the most r.itlk.U terms,
presented ex-Gov Horace Boies to the
Democrat of the natun as a candidate
lor the Presidential uomii ation, and in
structed the delegates al large and the
district delegates, three ot the latter being
ndhen uts ol the sound niciicj doctrine, to
vote as a unit
It was the most turbulent convention in
the hlstorj of the partv in this Mate.
Despite tlie linpartiaiitv and rairntss or
the presiding otficer, selected bj the
silventes, the representatives of that
c It ment on the floor Were disposed to
give little ejuartcr to their opponents, and
there v. ere limes when it lookedas though
the convention would break up in dis
order. The majontj report of the committee
on resolutions was barren oi anj refcrcnie
to President Cleveland or his administra
tion w hlle the commeiidat on of the chief
executive attached to the mhmntv report
was vot'd down bv nearlj .1 to 1
In a measure however, this miv be
taken as due to the ract that it was ap
pencil d to a sound mouej resolution lor
it was noticeable that the caustic com
ments upon the administration made bv
permanent Chairmin larr evoked but a
scant applause from ti.i silver men, while
his deelaritions that the riuantial policv
or the administration was not that or the
Democratic partv. and that the partv had
been bitraved bj its ehiwen leaders were
received with chilling Silence
Ex Gov Boles heads the delegation to
Chle-ngo, and his associates are sain D
Evans, Ottumwa, Will A Wells, Elkader,
and LewisT deniing, of Hastings
The first real lest or strength between
the silver and gold elements arose on the
billot for second delegate at large, S B
F.v ins of Otiuinwa. the free silver nominee,
defeating Judge W.'llter r Babb of Mount
Pleasant The vole Evans, G41t 1 2, Babb,
280 1 2 Bibb was the nominee for
Governor last jear.
The business projwr or the convention
having been disponed of, ex Gov Boies
was presented and accorded a tumultuous
reception His remarks were brief and
elicited little enthusiasm
There was an exodus or delegates simul
taneous with the govertie r's dosing words,
anil the report or the committee on reso
lutions, presenteel b W L Read or Des
Moines, was listened to witii scant at
tention A n ic rence to President Cleveland evoked
ipplause. mingled with ononis of "No,"and
hisses, and the uproar was intensified ten
fold when Judge French went on to flay
the silventes
The excitement of the a'ternoon reached
llsclim tv when th vouthrul MavorVollmer
of Davenport attempted to close the
elebate with a sound monev speech. Yells,
shouts, hisse, cat calls, words starcelj
ritled for ears peibte, and personal al
luslons continued to make a din that was
deafening, until Vollmer took his seat
CONDEMN THEE JsILVER.
Hut South Dakota Doinocints Indorse
the Administi ation.
Aberdeen, S D , Mav 20 On the con
vening ot the Democratic State convention
this altcrnoon an attempt was made to.
defeat u.imsaj, the nominee of the central
committee, for temporarj chairman, Lvuch
being nominate el bj the silver men.
The gold standard people stood bv Ram
saj and elected lum over Ljnch bj a vote
or 210 to lo2 After the appointment of
committees the convention adjourned until
7 30 p m
This evening the temporarj org nidation
was maele permaucnt without opposition
Resolutions were adopted indorsing the
administration anddtclaring for the present
standard
A free silver substitute was offered, but
voted down bj a majontv of 57
SHOT HY HIS WIFE.
Chlcagei I'hvslclan the Victim of a
Family Quanel.
Chicago, Maj 20 -Dr. Thomas Reun,
a prominent physician, whose home is at
No 227 Townsend street, was shot and
elangerouslj wounded tielaj bj his wife
at Elm and Townsend streets
She lay m wait for him to come from his
office, aud after a lew words had passed,
she drew a revolver lrom her dress She
Bred two bullets, both enfrmg the dec
tor's head When he fell the enragi'd
woman fired three more she ts, one of
winch pierced tlie prostrate husband's leg.
Then she ran and escaped
The couple separated a jear ago and a
divorce suit is pending Mrs. Renn is
accused of being Jealous and suspicious,
vvlnle she charges his lannlv with bring
ing about the separation arter the doctor
hael fallen heir to $o5,000 aud graduated a
jear ago
Geoigla Politics Lively.
Atlanta, Maj 20 The Democratic cam
paign is being pushed with great vigor
in Atlanta at present. Both tactions are
verj active.
Mondaj night Senator Ucn Tillman spoke
here to 4,000 people Tonight Joseph
Weldon Uailej of Texas made a great
speech to an audience which packed the
Columbia Opera House. Tomorrow night
Josiah Patterson of, Memphis will speak
and Fleming C. Dubignon, who is oppos
ing ex-Speaker Crisp for the Senate, will
deliver ah addiess here next week.
Asked tolntercepttho Bermuda.
Colon, Colombia, May 20 It is re
ported here that the Spanish government
has requested the Colombian authorities
to overhaul the filibustering steamer Ber
muda, should that vessel be found in Co
lombian waters. The British authorities
here threaten to make a strong protest
against such action and tho gunboat
Cordova is detained here awaiting develop
ments. Struck by an Elevator.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 20. Ambrose
Morgan, aged cnty jears, a clerk in
Finberg & Cosclothing house, was in
stantly killed .airnoon today. He was
looking into the elevator shaft, there be
ing rfn opening in the door, and was struck
by the carriage as it was rapidly descend
ing. His head was crushed in a horrible
manner.
Capt. Lenion CNo Worse.
At an early hour this morning the
condition of Capt. George E. Lemon was
reported as unchanged.
SHELLED THEJ0SPII41S
Spanish Atrocities Described to
the Senate by Dr. D.'az.
WOUNDED CUBANS KILLED
MeiiWhoSurrenderod Undei "Weyler's
I'roelaiiiatlou Put toDcatli-Womcn
and Yemng Chlldt en Imprisoned an
itehel s nipathlets Horrible Hai
hatltler Without Number.
Dr Alberto Diaz anil xlr. Tourencr, a
New York newspaier correspondent, who
were e-cj died rroi.i Cuba, appeared before
the Senate Committee on rore'ign Re
lations jesterelaj afternoon relative to the
nieT, 1 , , Mr- T;',rTC,'S ta,"
meat has alreaelj been published. I
Dr Diaz was pri'sent tor almost two
hours, during which titni he told much
about the atroeuj of the Spaniards, their
method of conducting the war, tleir treat
ment of prisoners, and the hoirorsor Moro
Castle Among the n uiv incidents that
occurred while Mr Di.i' was on tlie Maud
he rei itcei the following
Wiie n the militarj courts inflicted a
sentence of perpetuil imprisonment on
.vicssrs btibounu. Garcia and others, the
capt lin general pieite-ted and urged a
sentence or death.
.March U. neai the town or Calwono,
a joung man while peaceful! pursuing
his business as a milk elenler and driving
into town, was fired on bj two sold.ers
rrom ambush and had his riidit leg broken
Dr Dia' made an examination and found
that the bullet used was an exp'osive one
of le.sd. w it'i an outside cov e ring of coppe r
MURDERED HY SPANIARDS.
March l.l. at the corner of Re ni and
Aguild streets m Havana, Dr Diaz round
a man dead. He counted and examined
his wounds, finding seveiitj one bajonet
wounds, seven or which were through
the heart and several through the ejes
He had lour cuts on the head and the
skull was rracturcd into small pieces. The
murdered man tiad been in a drv eooels
store purchasing cloth when the soldiers
entered Arter insulting the proprietor
tliej took this man oet and killed him
He was mi irnied
As vice president of the White Cros.s
Pocii-tv, Dr Diaz received a report from
the town or Artemisu, telling him that
Spanish troops under oen L'nclan ls.nl
bombarded an insurgent hospital, killing
op wounding men v. ho were being treate el
The surgeon was compelled to riv secrr tlj
to Havana, and there confirmed the report
to Dr Dia
The insurgent foices lad entered Arte
misu several times but had never elis
turled the Spanish hospital, although thej
cou'el easilj have clone so
BOMBARDED THE HOSPITAL
Ano'herinsiirge'it hospital in PozoReal,
in the pi evince or Pinar del Rio, was
destrojed bv the Spaniards, killing all
the w ounded inmates, 'ikew i-e in Siguanea,
in Santa Clira.
Notwithstanding the proclamation that
all who surrendered would be pardoned,
Mr. Aleman, v ho surrendered and had a
-veiuud in his head, wa shot, a few eiays
later on the plea that his wounds showed
he hud been fighting
In the Jail in Havana there is a lady
imprisoned for tlie last six months solely
because she is suspected of leing Jn svm
pbathv with the insu-gent cause, and be
cause she ii ls two brothers in the in
surgent ariiiv Several children, one as
jouug as eleven vcars, are imprisoned as
rebel svmpatlnzers
Upon tlie approach or an armed force
there is great consternation until it is
ascertained whether the men are Spanish
or insurgent forces it insurgents, there
Is immediate trauquihtv, as thej destroj
nothing unless then- are Spanish forces
there the Spaniards sack the town and
steal. The destroj everthiug that
comes in their wav. take complete i.y
session of the houses, -violate women in
main cases ami commit i.uisances in tlie
middle of the streets.
DUG THEIR OWN GRAVES.
Dr. DI.u relates the case of a clu'd
eighteen months old that suffered a
fracture of the right arm, caut-ed bj a
bullet wound, of another, three months
old. thai had a fractured lower jaw from
a similar cause These children were shot
at while in then mothers' amis, with the
mother standing in her own doorwav The
troops w ere under command of Commander
Rlll7
A storj was also to'd of the assasslna
tion, on April S, of several men near the
town of Cainpo Florida, bj troops, the
Spunards forcing their victims to dig their
own graves before murdering them. Dr
Dia had a hstof thenamesand thenumber
of non eomtntantsassasslnatedeachdaj for
Eeveral da s.
lhe case against Julio Sanguillj, the
imprisoned American, is, he sas, pur
poselv delaed so as to keep lilin incar
cerated Dr. Diu and his brother were
persecuted, he sajs, because they were
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American church institutions in Havana.
TOOK THE MONEY DRAWER.
Albeit Johnson Was Caught In the
Act and Is Behind Barn.
Albert Johnson, a colored hanger on about
police court, evidently failed to take warn
ing from the object lesson he saw there
each daj, and last night was taken m bj
Officer Hutchison for till tapping The
man walked into an eating house kept bj
Arthui Ridgelcj in South Washington, and
asked for a meal
While lie was being served he reached
ncioss the counter and deftlj transferred
the monej diavver from its place to his
coat Mr. Rcelgcley saw the drawer was
gone and accused Johnson. He was held
in the store until the pohce came, and will
appear this morning in the dock instead of
among the spectators atpolice court
BEER BOTTLE VS. TEETfl.
Jealousy Diovo Two Coloted Gltls to
Do Each Other Up.
Stella Scott and Violet Cole, both color
ed, went on an excursion to Gljmont jesterelaj-.
Thej were the best of friends when
they started, but now Stella is locked up
at the rourth precinct station house and
Violet is at Emergency Hospital with a
broken head
A good looking young colored man was
the cause of all the trouble and because he
paid too much attention to Stella Violet
got angrj and bit a piece out of her thumb
Stella retaliated with a beer bottle, and
both will have an opportunity to settle their
differences in court this morning.
Drovv ned Man Was Actor Jones.
New York, May 20. The body of a
drowned man found atthefootof Twentj
third street, South Brooklii. last night,
was identified this morning as Owen D.
Joues, thirty years old. who is known
all over the country as Edmund Drury, an
actor of tragic and strong melodramatic
parts. He fell in the water near Twentj
third street about a week ago, and his
cries for help were heard bj the captain
and crow of the tug boat Comanche. A
rope was thrown to the man, but he dis
appeared before it reached him. The
body was identified today by David Hut
ton of No 734 Third avenue.
Using Explosive Bullets.
Madrid, May 20. Tlie examination made
by the medical inspector general in Cuba
for the purpose of determining the trutli
or falsity of the report that the insurgents
are using explosive bullets shows the state-
I ment to be true.
GOV. HASTINGS IS CONTENT.
Says Ther In Nothing In the story of
IIIh Candidacy.
Harrlsburg. Pa . May 20 Gov. Hast
ings when askeel about the story that
Senator Quay proposed to make him Vice
I resilient, as told In dispatches rrom Wash
ington, sahl this morning thut it Is the
first he had heard of it.
He reail the story with some Interest
and at the end remarked: "There is noth
ing In it." The governor sajs he is not a
candidate for anything, that he Is a dele
gate to the national convention and ex
pects to go and pi ice Quay's name before
the convention Tor President.
Furthermore he is verj well contented
with his present official position anel docs
not care to change it.
FIREBUGS' WORK AT BOWIE
Inc3udiary Blaza Threatened to
Destroy the Whole Town.
he.r 'I lmght . Have Been the
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Object Oilgluated In Dinek-
son'is Hotel.
(Special to The Times )
Bowie, Mil , Maj 20. The total de
struction of the business portion of this
town was narrov 1 averted at an early
hour this morning 0 a fire of incendiar
origin.
Robber was probably the motive. The
lois is acout S2.U00; covered b insurance.
The fire originated in Dmckson's Hotel,
imniediatel opposite the raHjoad station.
Entrance to the saloon was effected by
t tilling awaj several slats of the shutter
in the rear. Fire was started at two places
In the saloon, one in a closet behind the
bar, the other iu a partition behind the
wall ot the saloon
After the fire in the closet was started
It is evident Hie door was closed, thus
smothering the fire, without damage, save
the woodwork being charred Charred
piper was found here and tlie odor was
plain! perceptible
The fire in the partition was started
b tearing the plaster off the salocn wall,
and a quantity or paper was placed in the
opening and ignited William Lewis, who
occupied a rot m on tlie second fleor or
the house, was the first to iliscover the
fire, iKinjr awakened by the smoke filling
his room He aroused the other inrnateu.
and the alarm was given outside It
was onlv due to the prempt action on the
part of citizens that the fire did not do
more damage than it did
Supervisor C A Weakley of the Balti
more and Potemac Railroad, onlered cut
the wrecking force, and under his elirec
tiou? a bucket brigade was formed Bv
hard weirk the flames, which had begun
to spread ntpiillv. were subdued, but not
before the hotel was damaged to the ex
tent of $1,000 and the furnishings several
hundred eloilars more The less is cov
ered ty insurance
The Dinckson Hotel is owned by Mrs
E Seitz It is surrounded by several
large frame structures. ,iud if the flames
had been allowed to communicate with
these the whole town would have been
doomed
The present fire recalls one or a little
more than a year ago here, when S20,u00
e'amage was done It is a myster who
the incendiary is who started today's nre,
but every efrort will be made to ferret
out the guiltv partv or parties.
HE-ELECTED OLD OFFICERS.
Civ UServ leeRefarm Association nobis
Its Annual Meeting.
The seconel annual meeting r the Civil
Service Reform Association of Washing
ton, was held lost evening at Willard's
Hotel There was a small attendance,
but those present took an active anil
deep interest in the proceedings The meet
ing was conduct cd by President J- J
Edson.
The treasurer Mr Ruildph Wolfe, sub
mitted his report which showed a small
balance on the ngiit si ie of the ledger.
Secretar F. L Siddons' report wasvery
liiterestmg and contained a brief review
or tlie work of the association for the
past year The report called special at
tention te the death of Mr. William B
Webb, the hrst presielent of the associa
tion, and of Mr Marshall McDouald, a
ver prominen and active member.
In reference to matters immediately
coacerumg the Di-tnct, the report sn3
that b rar the most important work th it
the association nas undertaken during the
year, has been the attempt to secure the
enactment into law of a bill extenoing the
provisions of the federal civil service law
to the various local offices.
Mr. Siddons then gives a brief history
or how the bill was buffetted from Sen
ate to House and from one committee to
another until final! lost sight of by Con
gress. The crow ningevcntof the yearof especial
interest the report sas is the recent
revision of the civil service rules by which
about thirty thousand places have become
classified and hence protected by the civil
service law.
The ubove paragraph Ia'-er in the even-
referred to as a death bed repent
rSTnce on the part of PresidentClevela.nl.
t part i
A resolution ou the death of President
Webb, offered by Mr. Rudolph Wolfe, v as
adopted and a cop ordered sent the
ramil of the deceased.
An excellent paper on "The Relation or
Civil Service Reform to Reform in Civil
Se-vice," was real bv Mr II II Glpssey-.
The choice of officers for the coming
yexir resulted in the election of the entire
old board, us rdlows President, John
Joy Edsnti; vice presidents. Rev Alex
ander Mackay -Snath, Theodore W. Noyes,
H. B F McFarland; secretarv . F. L. Sid
dons; assistant secretary, C. W Stetsem
treasurer, A. C Wolfe
The executive committee is composed
of the officers of the association and the
following addition il members. Hon. Charles
Lman, S. W Hill, J G. Gurley. II. II.
Glasse,F. T Howe an 1 A L.Sturtcvant.
Steamer Deluvvaro Burned.
Wilmington Del . May 20. The steam
boat Delaware, built in IS 13. was de
stroed by fire here early this morning.
LossaboutSl 5,000. The vessel was owned
bj the Wilmington and Northern Railroad
Company. She wasformcrlynamed Perry.
nenrv ot Illinois Nominated.
Hartrorel City, Intl., May 20.-The Re
publicans of the Eighth Congressional dis
trict todav renominated Hen. Charles L.
Henry for Congress by acclamation. It
also declared for McKmley aud protection.
jlilllM w aSswW' " ' 5-P? Cx
JFord and.
ELSIE'S Sm TO US
Ford Will Pay the Full Penalty
of His Awful Grime.
JURY DID NOT HESITATE
Case Was Suddenly Closed Wlthoutr
Ai gunient and tlie Verdict Wuk lie
turued Within Ten Minuted Ford
seems. Dazed unil Dues Not Com
piehend His Impending Fute.
After a trial that took up less time than'
was cuusiiiiied m the selection of the Jury,
Irvin L- Foril was found "gutity as in
dicted" of the murder or Els.i Mary Ellen
Kreglo at half past three o'clock yester
day afternoon. The Jury tht returned,
the vcrelict occupied less than five minutes
m deliberation, and there was not one
dissent.
After the Evening Times report closed
yestcrelay Detective Weedon continued his
direct examination. leading up to the coh
fes,ion of Ford, which liaei already been
referred to bv Mayor Burleigh and Mr.
Cross. He gave a detailed narrative or
iorets statements to him on the day he
made the confession, and uHd or the feMer
confession he u.aeie- su frequently whea ae
admitted that his crime was the result of
an attempt on his part to outrage the girl.
Dr. Glaebroo,.., the deputy coroner, was
then recalled for his direct examination.
He was asked as to the piece of cloth
cut from tne clothing or the prisoner, and
said that a microscopic examination en
closed the presence or blood stains.
"What did the prisoner say to voa con
cerning the stains?' asked Mr. Blruey.
"He saiel they were from iron rust."
"Were ou certain those were blood
stains when you first saw them?" asked
Mr. Teter.
"As certain as I could be without a raters
scope. '
"Are you arepiainted with a certain drag
called -Mailder?' "
"No, I can't say that I ever heard oflS."
FORD'S CONFESSION.
Mr- Harvey Given, or the District attor
ney 's office, was then called. The defense
objee ted to his ev idence on the ground that
he had been present in the courtroom
during the proceedings, when the witnesses
were, by the court's order, excluded, but
their objection was overruled, and he was
allowed to proceed.
He gave testimony as to the confsHjn
of the murderer, very similar to that already
given.
"I asked him." added Mr-Given, "IT he
knew that what he bad told wo to be useel
against him and if he wnswilhngto repeat
it to me knowing that. He replied thac
he h.new it."
Lieutenant Kelly, of the Sixth poHee
precinct, was next calleel and testified
as to the confession of the prisoner, how
long he was detained at the Sixth precinct;
statioi houe. how often he was fed -wbMe
thre and other details of slighter import
ance. Mr. George C MeCeney, of Burnt MHls,
was the next witness. He aise told some
thing or the c onfessKn and of his acquaint
ance with Ford.
"Did you ever tell him to crnfess?'asked
Mr. Peter on c ros3 examination.
"Not in those words- I saiel that the
best Milling he could do was to tell all
about it."
"You a!o saiel the cffieers would prej
tect him." .
"No. he seemed verv much afraid of being
burned, and I told him that the police
would never allow that "
"That's all," said Mr Peter, aad as the
witness retired Mr Birney said: -
"That's the government's case, your
honor"
JUDGE COLE SAID NO.
Mr Donaldson signifleel his desire t
recall Mayor Burleigh to ascertain if the
confession made to him was taken down,
but decided to wait Mr. Peter read
some extracts from the reei rd of the evi
dence given at the coroner's inquest,
winch Mr Biruev admitted as evidence,
anel Mr Donaldson made a motion to ad
journ This was elenied. Judge Cole
saving that he thought the elerense oughr.
at least, to get through with their wit
nesses today
The young attornevs cinsalted for sev
eral minutes Sine?e the beginning of the
trial they had contested tlie governraeRt's
case at every point with sueh persistency
that everyone fullvexpecteil that they had
some defease to fall back on. Instead,
however. Mr Peter arose and s.tkI stowly-
"Mav it please, vernr hone r, the defense,
too rests its case here"
"We are prepared, vour honer, to sub
mit the case to the Jurv without argu
ment." s.md Mr Birney promptly.
"We prefer to argue the case, your,
honor," objected Mr Donaldson.
The ilistnct attornev again stated tltfifr
they did not care to make an opening,
but at the protest of Mr Peter, Judge
Cole said he thought thev had better d o
"We are entitled to hear their argument
and answer it." declared Mr. Peter.
"I should think you would be pretty
well able to guess it." replied Mr. Birneyr
smiling.
"Perhaps they are not Yankees enough
for that." suggested Judge Cole.
"No."s.aiel Mr. Peter, "we only Creckon."
NO SPEECHES MADE.
Mr. Birney finally stated, however, that
it was mt the intention of the government;
to say a single word to the jury, either
opening or closing, and at this the attorneys
for the defense again consulted. The
consultation resulted m Mr. Peter getting
up and saying:
"The defense will rest its case without
argument."
Judge Cole proceeded at osce to charge
the jury, making the confession the princi
palsubject. He said a voluntary confession
was one made without being forced by
fear: without any improper usage by the
officers, and without any 1 ope or Ienieney
reinjr extended to the prisoner. Otherwise
it would not be voluntary.
"If you should flnel from the evidence,"
he said, "that he was in fear ot beiag
burned or lynched, and that the officers
knowing this fear, took advantage of
It to force a confession, you should totally
disregard it. Or if any language used
by the officers led him to believe that ir
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