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''I ALBUQIIERQIJE MORNING JOURNAL. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR. VOL CXXXIII, No. 53. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1912, By Mall. CO Cent a Month; Single Ooplea ft Cuius. lly Carrier, 00 Centa Muntli. "MY HAT IS IN THE RING YOU WILL HAVE MY REPLY t! Roosevelt Answer to Cleveland Admirer Who Insists On Im mediate Declaration as to ' Presidential Candidacy, COLONEL DEE-LIGHTED WITH OHIO RECEPTION "Big Business Shudders When I Speak of It," Epigramic Re mark Before Constitutional Convention at Capital, Br Morning Journal Special Leased Wlre.1 Cleveland, Feb. 21. '".My hat Is in the ring." That is what Thqodore lioorevelt said here' tonight when -in admiring Cleveland friend sought to learn whether he was a candidate for the republican nomination for th. presidency. During the brief stay of Colonel Roosevelt In Cleveland, W. F. Elrick, well known locally In politic, greeted the former president, whom he knew well. "I want a direct answer, colonel, said Mr. Eirick. ""All your friends want to know, and Want to know now. whether you are to be a candidate" "My hat Is In the ring," replied Col onel Itoosevelt. ' "You will have my answer Monday." REITERATES BEI I EE IV I 1-IlOC. KESSI V E DOCTU1 X ES Belief in the political docirlnea of, the "progresalvea" wan reiterated to-j uay by Theodore Roosevelt, w ho made four apeeehe in Ohio. It wa his first trip of the kind since the serieg of Journey shortly after hn return from Africa in 1910. A mixture of mow and rain re" .tendPy until nearly nightfall, but Col. onel UooBevelt: .: " welcomed if crnwdi wherever he went. On the train between Columbus and C.eveland, lat today, Colonel Roose velt conferted at length with a num ber of politicians leading the Roose velt movement in this state. Among them were A, I.. Gartord. of Klyrin. Ohio, membjr of the Roosevelt Na tional committee,: Nathaniel Wright ..f Cleveland, chairman of the Roose velt National Publicity committee, and Judge II. M. Wanamaker, of Akron. James R. GarfleiC. secretary of the ln'erior In the Roosevelt cabinet, and Fiank R. Knox, chairman of the re publican state committee of Michigan, also talked with Colonel Koosevelt, ar.d In Columbus he saw Walter Brown, chairman of the Ohio repub lican btate committee. Th train wag more than an hour and a half late in arriving here and a stop of but fifteen minutes wag made. Colonel Roosevelt then proceeded on his way to New York. Colonel Roorevelt delivered his piir.cipal uddres before the state con stitutional convention ut Columbus. He made a short address to a crowd In the rotunda of the capltol. At Gallon he spoke from the train and at Cleveland he made a brief speech of greeting from a baggage truck. Here tonight Colonel Roosevelt was asked what he thought of m recap tion in Ohio. "Hully. by Oeorge." was the reply. Addressing the convention the col on, 1 aeveral time, turned asl. la . from his proposed speech long enough for an ep gram or two. When he came to the sub ect of 'eon.ro! of corporations, he Big; business always shudders slightly when I speak of it." The colon, ! ! speeches in the rotunda of the capltol and In Gallon were de voted largely to an exposition of hi well known vlewg upon the .baby ques Hon. At Cleveland he paid bii torn pliment. to the wife of the " average Arre-ic.n," saying that though I thought highly of the man. he thought more highly of the man ! wife. Ai he boarded the train at Colum bus, Cornel Rrowvelt almost bumped into Governor Harmon, who wai com n b.ck rome from a trip , ' ' tucky. in the handshaking wh , Ich fol lowed Colonel Roosevelt', "del'ghted nd In the Jocular remarks by .he governor on the colonel ! Invasion of hi state, there was no reminder or the .ntagonlgm which developed be tween the men during the 110 cam paign in Ohio, when Colonel Roosevelt nn.de severe personal attack on Gov ernor Itirmon. Onvtrenr Wilson of New Jersey fused through Columbus today on his way o ft. Louis. He saw neither o onei Roosevelt nor Governor Har mon. TAKE ISStE WITH TAFT ON I'XII.ES 1TTXESS TO M IE Columbus. n Feb. 2t. "Pig P'1- ness." the fitness of I he American j peoplp for elf-government, the rc all of Judges, and praise fr the progressive kg'Slation in Wisconsin liMttuied l,y and furthered by Sen ator I'nl.M-t M f a KolW'tte when he governor, were topics rtisrtiseeel ; by Theodore Roosevelt In an address; te-dav h. fore the Ohio Constitutions! -ivntiin here. Colonel ltwirt"lt I Thop a his su'ijirct, -A Chnrter of' I TTo-ra -." I Of what tie termed -Tig Pusine." .!, Honvelt had this to : "Th anti-trust In w doea good Ine"- ; r,r It ran he Invoked against com-; binattons which really are monopoll. ahii-h n-strlct production or which, N MONDAY artiflcally raise prices. But, insofar as its workings are uncertain or as it threatens corporations which have not been guilty of anti-social conduct, it does harm. There should be a fixed governmental policy which shall clearly define and punish wrong-doing and give In advance full information to any man as to Just what he can and Just what he cannot legally and properly do." Aa to the fitness of the American, people for self-government. Colonel Roosevelt gaid: "Many eminent lawyers believe that the American people are not fitted for popular government, and that it is necessary to keep the Judiciary 'Inde pendent of the majority of the people.' I take absolute issue with all those who hold such u position." Of the recall of Judges, he said: "The question i one of expediency merely. Each community lias the right to try the experiment for itself In whatever shape it pleases. I do not believe ifl adopting the recall save as a last resort, when it has become clearly evident that no other course will achieve the desired result." Senator La Follette was mentioned but once, as follows: "Following Senator La Follette, a number of practical worker! and thinkers In Wisconsin have turned that state into an experimental lab oratory of wise government action In aid cf social and industrial justice. They have Initiated that kind of progressive government, which means not only the preservation of true democracy, but the extension of the principle of true democracy into In dustrialism aa well aa Into politics." Colonel Rooaevelt said. In part: "I hold it to be the duty of every public servant, and of every man wno, in public or in private life, holds n position of leadership ir. thought or action, endeavor honestly and fear lessly to g- his fellow countrymen to right decisions; but I emphatically dissent from the view that it is either wise or necessary to try to devise methods which under the constitution will automatically prevent the people from deciding for themselves what governmental action they diem Just and proper. "It Is impossible to invent constitu tional devices which will prevent the popular will from being effective for wrong without also preventing it from being effective for right.. The only safe course to follow in this great American democracy is to provide for making the popular judgment really effective. Hut it is a false constitu tionalism. A false statesmanship, to endeavor by the exercise of a per verted ingenuity to Heem to give the people full power and at the same lime to trick them out of It. "Yet this is precisely what la dona In every case where the state permits Its representatives, whether on the bench or in the legislature or in executive office, to declare that it has not the power to right grave social wrcmtJ, er thaiv any of the officers created by tho people, and rightfully the servants of the people, can aet themselves up to be the masters of the people. Constitution-makers should make It clear beyond shadow of doubt that the people. In the ir leg-1 ,'slative capacity, have the power to enact Into law any measure they deem necessary for the betterment of social and industrial conditions. "I h Id that he is the-real progres sive, that he is tho genuine champion of the people, who endeavors to shape too policy alike of toe nation tun oi the several states eo ns to tncourase legitimate nnd honest business at the same time that he wars against all crookedness and injustice and unfair ness and tyranny In the business world. This la the reason why I have for so niuny years Insisted as regard, our national government, that It is both futile and mischevlcug to en deavor to cornet the evils of big business by an attempt to restore busi ness condition! as they wire In the middle of the last century, before rail ways and telegraphs had rendered larger business organisations both in evitable and desirable. "The effort to restore such condi tions, and to trust for Justice solely to such propeised restoiatlon. Is as foolish as if we should attempt to arm our troops with the flintlocks of Washington's continentals Instead of with modern weapons of precision. Flintlock legislation, of the kind that seeks to prohibit all combinations, good or bad. Is bound to fail, and the effcrt, insofar aa it accomplishes any thing at all. merely means that sum" of the worst combinations Bre not checked, and that honest business N checked. "What is needed la, first, the reooe nition that modern business condi tions have come to stay, insofar, at least, as these conditions mean that business must be dene in larger units, and then tho cool-headed and resolute determination to Introduce an effect ive method of regulating; big corpora tions so as to help legitimate busines as an inclelent to thoroughly and com- (Continiied on rage Six. Murderer Winds Up Bloody Work By Suicide; Woman Be lieved Responsible For Double Tragedy in Banking House. (Br Mwnslag Iwm. pe-tal tat4 Wlta Rrayion, N. D- Feb. 21. An aft tir or the heart was l-ack of the double tragedy enacted h-re Monday night, when Rex B. Wallace, son of a banker, killed his father and then committed suicide in the bank, presumably be cause his pere-nta had refused to ad vsnce him further sums of money. A telegram leads to this bill f. When put together the name of the pt rson to whom it had been sent could not be read, but the sense of the mes sage was that young Wallace was to meet some woman in Fort Worth, Texas. REFUSED MONEY BY HIS FATHER SOfJ SLAYS RIM TRAIN .. STALLED BY STORM NEAR ST. LOUIS PASSENGERS WITHOUT FOOD FOR MANY HOURS Forty Mile Gale Piles Up Fleecy Decision Holds That Trial Judge Drifts Hampering Traffic On Was Without Power to Im Transportati'on Lines; Street pose Savage Sentence On Cars Tied Up. (Br Morning Journal Kiwiul LaawO Wlre.I 1 1 By Morning Journal kim-lnl I rd Wire. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 21. Sixteen ( New York, Feb. 21. Except tor Inches of snow, driven by a forty-mile I service of five years in prison, Folka wind, with a minimum temperature of I j.. itt-u ndt i! tonight the same man in 24 degrees, were feature! of a storm j,ho eve, of tne jp,,,. us )le waB before which swept eastern Missouri, south-, hj w;ig S(,nt awaJ. on Al,ril t m7 ern Illinois and western Kentucky to- h , fl)r burKlory , day. The wind drifted the snow (o ai'. , . m,.-,,.,,,. , u .i,,eY depth of several feet. hampering , ,h h"mu ot Mortlini-r U M l II . traffic on all transposition line. where ho once worked us a servant. Street car and railroad traffic Pt!rriio long priaon term wag broken Taylorvllle, Illinois. are ut a Mund- today when Justice (lerurd 0f the gtllU (supreme court, sustained a writ of Baltimore & Ohio passenger train j hnbeus corpus obtained in Brandt s No. 125, which left there at ::i0 p. m., behalf. has been stalled since 10 a. m. fivej ple young; Swede remained In the mile's west of the city. ! Tombs tonight but with assurance The passengers nave no food, but'jthut he will be 4 released on ball are making themselves as comfortable jatwr to await ft new trial or any ag possible and nre keeping warm, aslother development in his case, the train carries plenty of coal. what othpr deV(.,opment. 0(her Passenger train No 1 on the Chl-than a neW tra, ,h,.re might be, wcre cago & l l.nms Midland has heen , . , , ,y snowbound all day at Klne-ald, seven : ! , . ' ...,. ,.., u. miles weHl of Taylorvllle. A relief it waa aasumed widely that train sent out from Taylorvllle failed: the hearing before the commlseloner to reach the passenger train and It, 1 appointed hy Uovemor Ulx to hear too, lg snowbound. 1 Brandt's application for clemency, HHltimore Ohio train No. 125. ! was now of no Importance as it waa which was snowbound all elay near Taylorvllle, was releaseel tonight ami traffic hag been resumed. Wabash train No, 23, a local run ning between Edwardsvllle, Illinois, and Alton, is marooned in the snow , March 2g j07, withdrew a plea of two miles front Edwardsvllle with aJnot KUltv to the Indictment charging single paasenger aboard. It has bel , that ne elonlouily broke lllto the there since 7:20 a. m. i ,.,,. Hua ,.. ,... an. The train left EdwardBvllle w"'i two passongerg. One 0f them bl'ieJ for a relief train ' An engine was gent to the retcu-' but became snowbound before reach in the train. Onlv the roofs o -.he train can be seen because of thoipentenced tended to refute the ploa drifts. The lone passenger w'u e-jto a charge of first dcr.i'ce burglary, mained. on the train is a iu 'o:' ut he denleel that Vyf-ri'd enframe Alton.- He declared he had puld 'ijiu. the Schiff bouee. ' fare and refused to have in train. tht Traffic was resumed on tho Illinois' ,.., ..,., ,,,. , ..,... a Traction system at fi p. ni. after hv-l Ing been at a standstill all day. In 1 many places the. drifts are t. n to'P"'" U,B r uo fourteen feet deep. ' that he committed and to which lie Railroads at Edwardsvllle nought the sei vice of all the men In the town I lo e'lear inear property una six I, if-. oners hud to be taken from the county jiil to clear the e ity's property. Tho snow and sleet fell throughout the day in the vicinity of Cairo, Illi nois, crippling all means of transpor tation In southern Illinois and the western portion of Kentucky. TIlAflTC PARALYZED IX n ron for the application for a KANSAS AM) OKLAHOMA, broader hourlng "to the end thai Kansaa City, Mo., Feb. 21. Wo'd , scandalous rumors should be ells has been received that a Kansas i pelleel and the truth made known." Southwestern passenger ttaln has, The letter le, lares that through been stalled in a drift all day near, these rumors, "the probity nf u bus! Gueda Springs. Kansas, a Frisco pas-1 ness man and the reputation of a senger train at Atlanta, Kansas, and 1 lawyer has been assailed and, beyond four engines utul a southbound pas-1 and above all, the reputation of u senger train on the Midland Valley j woman had been besmirched by ln hetween Arkansas City and Pawhuska, 1 sinuationa and Inctiendoeg. Oklahoma. PA I tM Ell I'BOZFX IX) HEATH Illtl; TUESDAY'S STORM S very, Kan., Feb. 21. J. A. Barge, a farmer living; near here, was frozen to death during the storm of Tueselay. His body was found today by Miss Mabel Olson, a achdol teacher. HOWMVO HI KRICAXE SVEEI"S MIDDLE WEST. Chicago, Feb. 21. A blinding snow, storm backed by a fifty-mile gale swooped eleiwn on the middle we-st te day. Mocked traffic, played pranks with thi routine of human affairs and tonight -swept eastward in the direction of northern Ohio, Pennsyl vania and New York. A temperature ranging hetween ! and 24 degrees made the wind and mow lx-aralil. and ne, suffering was reported. Several de-aths In wricks are attributed Indirectly to the storm. The storm reached Its greatest In tensity In Chicago and to the noitii est, although southern Wisconsin. Michigan and Indiana felt its effec ts. Snow drifts several feet high ac cumulated In Chicago's streets until traffic wus seriously cripple. I. A force of SOU men and 250 teams whs put to work e-leanirr the streets at mid day and tonight this force waa large ly Increased. Suburban trains were from thirty minute-s to an hour late on nearly all lines. The large glass elome of the V "xter Bark pavilion at the Chicago stock yards, fell in this afternenin while sev eral hundred persems were attending a horse aue-tien. Th? falling of tne dome causeel a panic, but no e,ne was seriously Injured. II ll ltOl M IIEDI I Es AIIAXHOXH) IX ILLINOIS. Springfield. 111., Feb. SL All ache-dubs have be en lwn.lnnl on the rail ro.iels ent'-ring this Ht. Iw-aue of the heavy fall ot snow. A lisseniser train on the Chi.-age, Alton Kldrenl hraneh arrived a've-n hours late after s hard light with drifted snow. Or-e;. drifts nesr Madi son held up .as-naer trains from the iUth on lh Illinois Central for al most a.-Ven hours hile south-bound trains are running four hours bite. Almene-e of trainmen from the ca boose on a stalled Wabnsh freight train revent-d loew of life hen an (tin enaln- of the snow-bound train dashed Into It. wrecking the cabevwie (Coulinse-d on I'sxe Two, Cui Vom. BRANDT ILLEGALLY CONDEMNED TO PRISON NEW YORK SUPREME COURT OVERRULES SENTENCE Schiff's Former Valet, held that a pardon could uot be W en to man who, as Brandt, now stands uncondemned. According; to record Justice Ger ard read into hi opinion Brandt on ja snon horn- ftd pleaded guilty. In , BentencK him a week later to thirty MJ Illlfc.WlJ VUMH.I.V. cording to Justice Gerard. The court held tfc-t Ihu examina tion of Brandt at tho tlmo ho wag . J,. ,.,, ,,i..u ia 1- - - - " . noc8 mu "ea" BU,,l- Alton H. Parker and ,ieianceyj .i eu. e-iui i i'inmn mi mi. i,,n, day telegraphed Governor I'ix, asking him that they bo allowe-d to uppciir before him next Friday to move for a broadening of the inquiry started by Commissioner Hand, in order that Mr. Kohiff and Howard 8. Gang, his coun- gel, be allowed to testify. I A lotiir letter also wus mailed stat- SENATE WASTES DAY DEBATE 'Discussion of Lorimer and I Stephenson Election Contests Leads to Nothing in Particu lar and End is Far Distant, Br Moralu Journal kerlal 1 Wlrs l Washington, Feb. 21. The Lorimer rnd Stephenson election caaes oc i pi d the entire time of th senate lo elay. j Senator Heyl.urn. who wrote the 'majority report of the invei tlga.i.m committee which exonerated Serial t Stephenson, dre-w a hot reply f.-oit Senator Bristow, of Kansas, when ne . aiinuune eel thut he Intended to pre-s ' the Stephenson case for continuing consideration until disposed of. j 'The senator may think he can drive this thln along." retorted Xej .ateir Bristow with some feeling. "b-,t .he will find lie 's mistaken. Th.ie may be re-aaems why he doe not want the details e.f tills case exposed, bat they will be pre s"nte-d." j Senstor Iioilmer's case rame ,p during the discussion ""d Sen it or , Crnwford want.d to know when the 're-nate might eX"- t a rep. rL Senator lilllnphnni. e li. irman of the xe. i .1 rommtttee that has heard the seconl investigation acnlrst the Illinois scn- 'ator, snld thst h" could pronilfe tin arly reie rt. I "We must g't at this soon. If we empect t rmib it In the ordinary life time of a senator," remarked Mr. , Crawford. t "The !ct wish I can egpress for senators." rep'i'-d Mr. Dillingham. "i .that they may live until we get through." Knox te sill trn Kt Wrst. I Wgshlnglon. K'b. 21. Because of the severe storm ale.ng the sMithen-n cnaet. Secret a rr Knm will board the cruiser Waah-nrton at Ky Wf 4. stead of Balm ivech. He will embark on FVhruarT 2J- Tills will not neces sitate any e binge In his Itinerary. AIMLESS SECRETARY OF WAR FINDS MISSING DOCUMENT PAPERS CONCERNING RAY CHARGES GO TO HOUSE Series of Cablegrams Throw Light On Unusual Circum stances Surrounding Charges Against Army Paymaster, flly Morning Journal gperlal I.iMid tVIra Washington, Feb. 21. Some of the documents In the case of Mujor Bei'chen B. Bay, which were said to be missing from the war depart ment files, were turned up today and sent, to the Helm committee by Sec retary StlmHon, sho said the papers had been found In some personal effects of J. Franklin Bell, formerly chief of staff. The committee' already has sub- pocnaed General Tusker H. Dllss, ! wno was sm a to nave copies ui nu elocuments. Major Hay, who Is an army pay muster, has been under fire before tho committee, un e'hurges of political activity, particularly about the time the Chicago convention of IHOH nomi nated Pre-slelent Tal't. The records show thut M.ijur Bay, when under Inve-stlgutlon In the Philippines on charges of signing a false certllicalu used a character recommendation from Mr. Taft, then president-elect; thut on another oc eaaion Kay was ordered to tha Phil ippines at his uwn expense by Presi dent Itoosevelt and later was order ed buck to the United States at his own expense by Generul . Bull who cabled that the order wag "by direc tion," but whose direction wug not disclosed In the record. Soon after Buy returned to the Philippines, after -the Chicago con vention, churges against him result ed! in no court martial. Tho follow ing lnterchangii of nieasuge-s , Is shown in tho papers turned over to tho committee: "Washington. I). C. Dec. 19. 10. "BIIbs, Manila: Will send Mon day confidential message. Plee de-jr-e-T personally, HBLU" "Washington. D. C. Dec. SI. 190N. "Bliss. Manila: Personal and e-onfldentlal. If possible please meet requirements of discipline In Bee cher B. Bay case without reference to court or war department,' Will sup port your action. "BBILL." The following evidently wus a re ply: "Manila, Jan. 2. 1909. "Staff War, Washington: nefer-rln- to your personal and confiden tial telegram of December 21, 1 have no doubt matter will bo adjusted satisfactorily aa suggested by you. To prevent further embarrassment 1 shall In time transfer to the division the officer concerned, "BLISS." On January 13, 2 DOS, General Bliss cabled to General Bell further, stat ing that Mujor Kay wag under ord ers and about to sail to Honolulu. "Paymaster General charges Bee cher II. Kay knowingly signed falsa vouchers," the cablegram read In part: "Kecommends appropriate action. Judge Advocate General recommends disciplinary measures ss may be deomiMl best. Beecher B. Buy under orders to proceeid to Honolulu. About to sa.ll commercial liner January 16 at his own expense. Orders war de partment referred to necessitate an other Investigation, probable triul, general court martial. Will retain Beecher B. Bay according." Generul Bell answered the cable, griiiu the same day, stating, "Send to me personally papers all relating to three cases mentioned In your tele gram. Further Investigation un necessary at pri'sciit. Beecher B. Bay lo pre,ceed to Honolulu pursuant to orders." This e-onimiiiilcatlon, It appears from the disclosed correspondence, did not re-uch General Bliss for some days and on January 29. General Bell se-nt the cablegram in which he re ferred to "direction" In the case from sumn source. The eahlegratn follows: Washington, Jan. 2, l0. Colonel Stephen C. Mills, Manila: If Tai k.-r H. Bllas absent, commun icate Immediately with him and say my cablegram to him January 13, rel ative to investigation and papers In the case of Beecher B. Bay was not personal but was sent by direction and If It has not I en e omplled w ith tt should be at once. "BELL." On February 1. Colonel Mills ca bled thut General Bliss had not re ceived the cablrKram dated January' 12. and asked that It be repeated. Th.-n followed this lntrehange of tuiasaiK's: "Washington. Feb. I. 1. Colonel Stephen Mills. M.wiila: Ttie following Is message of 13th re ferred to In message to you (quotes' message to Bliss of January 12.1 Tak n, ceseary action to get above mea aase complied with, sending all evi dence Hh papers to me for further s'tion h.-re. Bay should proceed II. n olnlu without further de-lav. BELL." Manila. Feb. , I90. "Staff War. Warhlnglon: Instrnc tiop In your telegram of Februsry 1 have been esrried out. Beecher B. Kay sails February 7 e.n commercial llne-e st his own expense reaching Honolulu al-.ul March I "MIMA" Major KaV did return to Honolulu and later to the I'mteel States, where lis bas been transferred frequently ami is now paymaster ut Chicago. The committee members think there la still some correspondence niLHsin- unel huii to Mi-curo some Utiles from General Uliss who U to appear un Monday. SECURING JURY TO TRY CHICAGO MURDER CASE Chicago, Fell. 21. Eight Jurors wen In the box in the trial of three young men who, are accused of the murder e.f Mrs. Edmund Kaulninn when the panel of veniremen was exhausted to day, and Judge Kerstcn conliiiucel the cose, to Friday and ordereel a special venire. Edmund Kaufman, who stood be side his wife when she was shot down the night of December 2, 1S11, us they were entering their home, de nounced the men when their attorn, referred to the shooting as an "acci dent." "An accident!" mutinied Kauf man. "Why It wus celd-bloodcel mur der." Tile defendants ur,. John Stacey, William Channel! and George Kale neau. Fred Honebiim. the other otic of the four implicated, pleaded gililt and will be sentenced after trial ol his companions. PRIVATE SECRETARY TO GONZALES SEIZED General Orozco Causes Arrest of Confidential Employe of Governor of Chihuahua; Ac tion Puzzles Juarez, H M. .ruing Journal Nire-ll I.red Hire. I El Paso, Tt'X., Feb. 2 1. upiaui Luis L. Kllxondo, private secretary to Ooverncr Gonzales, of Chihuahua, was forcibly removed from a northbound truln at Villa Ahumudu, south f Juai.z, tlila morning. It was first thought the arrest was made by Vas nulatits, but later developments proved the men w. re aetltur under the order of General Ptiscuul Oioiico. Kllxondo was en roule to this city ostensibly Tor medical attention. The men mak ing the arrest were Captain Fenian eles Samanlego and Captain lU-ycs, u staff eiffle-er of Oroxc. -The rcit'oi' for the nrrest Is mystery. Lute tonight seml-ol filial advice state that Kllxondo was taken Into custody by Captains Keitmndil Samanlego and lleycs, stalT officers of tJelieral Pascuiil Oronco.lnsleuil , f by rubbers, as at Hint reported. The reason for the arrest Is not known. BATTLE IDHillf I1HITY MM. EM I'BOM DOHil AS I),.uglus. A rig., Feb. 2 1 . Federal, and rebel troops clashed on 1-a Gloria hill, eight miles e'tist of Ysabcl Hiid foity mile south of Douglas, yester day. Five federals and one rebel were killed and eight federals wounded. The federals charged the hill, bill were repulsed and retired In haste to Yxabel. Today, tlntlln there had been no pursuit, tiie federals, after being relnfe.rced, again stinted for the rebel stronghold. The rebels, however, had retraced their steps toward Agua Prlctu In the night and the federals found the hill abandoned, Mexican customs officials at Agua Piietu and most of the merchants there moved all of their valuables to Douglas today and locked them up. They said they expected Agua Prlets to he attacked by the rebel bund. Many American refugees from Nuc nsarl have arrived here and report tine-aslness, but business has not yet been molested seriously. SMll.TI It KMPIOYFS BEAT OI F IIAXIHTM El Paso, Tex.. Feb. 21. Advices re ceived here tonight fremi Sierra Mo jada. a mining town In the state of loahiiila, are to the effect that min ers In the employ of the Ain.-iican Smelling & Iteflnliig Company, and the townspeople defeated a small band of bandits that attacked the- town Monday. No loss of life Is reported. IMlI N IXSI 114. i:rs SUIX IX BATTLE WITH IFDEItU.S CullcMh. Siiiuob.a, Mex., Feb. 21. Bt luted advices from the town of Paloi i rile tell of the eleleat of a band of 2011 rebels by 1 'ill federal troops In that vicinity Sunday night- Twelve Insurreiii.s and seven federals were killed. IE WE xiMllKSIOXEH ABAXDOX TICir SOI TIL El Phso, Tex., F b. 21. A Mexico Noitbw-sti rn passenger Ii-mIii made up for the south was he ld In the Jia res yards several hours today with passengers and peine commissioner aboard, l.e.a,,;. the 1.1. graph wires fudiletiiy ceased working. At ., p. in., the train was aban doned. At ! o'clock tonight th- wire were worWInir to Chihuahua again and rail road officials r, ported no In.lloillon eif trouble along the line. WEALTHY WIFE CLAIMS HUSBAND IS BIGAMIST Ne Y.'ik, K b. 21. Mrs. f.lan. he De-sn W, Isl.. said to a daughter of the bite Jr.hn Dean, loillie-nnire, of Chicago. to.L.y made application to the supreitip ort for the snnullineiit of her iiMrri.ige to Oliver J. W -Ish whom she- married in New Jersey a i-..r . Iat Oe-tolM-r. Sb" h .rg.-s thi.t We Ish has another wll. Mall i ...... u: w.li h ironi whom h- n r ! a hu.1 lM-en elivoreoel. Mrs. M iKina ' Welsh ' In e-ourt and ,-onl irmcl hi statement. She shi.I she nu.rro d Welnh three yours see,, but the c.-rp-nionv In New Jersev had united Welsh si .l Mr. We lh. Wcli-h did not e-..n-te-rt the action. FURIOUS BLAZE UT HOUSTON; LOSS ESTIMATED AT 7,000,000 ! Dozen of Texas City's Most Im portant Industrial Enterprises Laid Waste By Flames; No One Injured Seriously, THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE RENDERED HOMELESS Flames Cut Swath Through Residence District and Some Two Hundred Dwellings Are Destroyed, lly Morning Jmirniel Nueiiul I ':if.l Wire. I Houston, Tex., Feb. 21. In the wake of the most destructive fire in the history of Houston, smouldering wreckage tonight covers un urcil about one and a half miles 111 lenglll and varying in width from 2011 jur is to half u mile, In the northeastern section of Ihe city. More than a doxen of the rlty's most Important Industrial enterprises are In ruins; 200 or more dwelling; and store buildings an, in ashes unit up- proxlmtitely 1.U00 persons ars home less. In i....ui-;il.. utiitcment of tha me'll- etary loss Is not yet possilile, but Hie most conservative is that It will reaen $7,000,000. Tho insurance carried will nut rs""?' fortw uer cent. Except f..r a ru- who suffered minor burn! and bruises, no caaualtlea attended the fire'. Iireaklbg forth suddenly In an un tenanted rooming house known lo cally us the "Mad House," shortly after 1 o'clock this morning and at a time when a fierce gale was sweeping from the northwest, the flames mad., rapid headway. The flames pounced upon adjolnlns structure! and from Iheui swept leiwij! d . tile, southeast, genoially making. .clean nnd desolate lis route, but occasionally sparing structure, sometimes a mere shanty, and again a place of pretension. Four hours later the area of de struction bud been tie fined but' tho work of the fire fighters wus not tho'i nor l Is ended yet, for all over the bheckeiieil elislilel ul'e piles of d.-bri still burning. Huffalo bayou. dividing the city, wesL che'eked the an occasional dip the line of deslruc- runnlng east and flro except for across the stream, lion ended there. In (he early morning Ihe gale con tinued fiercely ami at times hurled clouds of burning shlngle,s great dis tances. Two of the plants thus tbrestened were those of the Texas Oil Cnmpuny and the Houston Pack ing Company. The latter wus dam aged to a considerable extent. Several times the roof of the oil plant was IgnltnJ by flying brands, but the Incipient b'axes wer extinguished Immediately. . The Industrial plants destroyed In clude three cotton e-e.mpresses, o gather with 63,000 bales of cotton; a syrup factory, a pencil factory, two rice mills, a cotton pickery, and three lumber yards. The compresses and cotton alone were vnlue.l in excess bf $5,000,000. St. Patrick! Catholic church and academy also were destroyed. Quick action wus taken for the re lief or those rendered homeless and nightfall found the victims with tlvlr immediate needs eared for. Outside aid will not be needed In curing for those made homeless. I' Cuban Nia'ukcr Ite-lgiiH. Havana, Feb. 2l. Col. Orestes Per rern, who bus b' en speaker of tho house, of l-epl esclllatUeS since the re eslalilishment of the republic, tonight lender.-d bis resignation. The house, bv a large majority, ordered that the resignation he laid on the table. In a b-tter to the house, e'olonel Feilera says he Is dlssatlslled with tin- pre,.nt trend of public affairs snd f.-els that b ' eun better serve the re public in seine capacity other than li glslalU e. THE DAY IN CONGRESS. Senate. Favorable report e the wireless telegraph tri-at euthnnxed by foreign retatitins committee-. Si nator Hitchcoe-k introduced a res olution to iiive,tlgul Colombia' claim against the litl Stales, growing out of the formation of tho Panama re public nnd canal none. Ho,,-'. Ch.-mlcsl bill pesrd by a vol,, of s to 12 7. Military affairs committee favorably repeirt-,1 re-olution requiring secre tary of war to submit all papers bear in n Alnsworlh case. Agricultural elepsrtment expendi ture rwmniltee on Florid Everglad li.olrv halted to decide upon scopi e.f Inx estteatlon. I! i pres.-ntalive Ilobsm precipitated lively debate by demanding an in- ve-stirsiion eif Itenreaentatlve lla eh.erj .-s that he had sttae-Ked in mil itary affair committee in "' stilly msnner," but apolegie endeel the trouble. A.ljonrned at :) p. nt.. until nei Thur!ii'y. ii Jl Jf r.iiiw wtm rwri nrfjt'frr