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E Of A CENTURY
Review of the Celcb'ittd l.iot
gert Murder Trial d
Chicago.
SCORES OF WITNESSES EXAMINED
tate Wearfi a Net of Circumstantial Evi
dence About the Prisoner Expert Teatl
loony uu Hone Foil ml in the Middle Vat
of the SauMtge Factory Allege! Appear
ance or the MUliitf Woman In Varloin
Place Perwoiiallty of the Prioner.
Or the rJfiht of May 1 last Louisa
Luetgert disappeared. At 8 o'clock
Mary Siemmering. the servant girl, re
tired for the night, leaving Mrs. Luet
gert Etill about the house. A little later
the boy Louis returned from a circus
vhich had been exhibiting in the neigh
borhood and found his mother sitting In
a chair. It was then about 10 o'clock
end he was sent to bed, having seen the
last of his mother, perhaps forever. Mr.
Luetgert came Into the house a little be
fore the boy went to bed, and the latter
left husband and wife together. At this
roint the story diverges and the most
erious trouble of A. L. Luetgert's life
begins. At what hour Mrs. Luetgert
left the house no one, save possibly her
husband, knows. The following day
Sunday members of the family knew
that its mistress was gone. On the 17th
day of May the climax came. The saus
age maker, who had been almost a king
among his neighbors, was dragged up
the steps of the East Chicago avenue
police station at about 2 o'clock In the
afternoon.
Luetgert's preliminary examination
began before Justice Kersten on May
22. Bickenese, Mrs. Luetgert's L. other,
told of Luetgert's indifference, old
Frank Bialk told how Luetgert had
spent the night on which his wif dis
appeared cooking something in the rrii
die vat, and the police disclosed the
rings. Mrs. Agatha Tosch, Luetgert's
warm friend and proprietor of the sa
loon which he patronized most, declared
to the police she believed him guilty
cf wife murder, and unexpectedly went
on the stand and told how Luetgert had
railed about his wife to her, and had
eald he wished she were dead.
The only person from whom the po
lice could not extract a word was Lust
gert himself. Sweatbox, persuasion,
threats and coaxing had no effect on
him.
One Week to Get a Jnry.
The trial was begun eight weeks ago,
on Aug. 23. One hundred and forty ven
Jremen had to be summoned, and one
"week consumed before twelve Jurymen
were secured. On Monday, Aug. 20,
Diedrich Bicknese, the first witness for
the prosecution, was put on the stand
Louis Luetgert, the 12-year-old son
cf the prisoner, was one of the state's
earliest witnesses. He recited the oc
currences of the night of May 1, and
told a powerful story for the prosecu
tion, on cross-examination there was a
rurprise for the state. The boy an
nounced that at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing of May 2, when, according to the j
ytate, Mrs. Luetger's body was being ,
destroyed in the vat, he heard a "rust
ling" in the house, and a voice which I
he believed was his mother's. Young i
Luetgert acknowledged he had suddenly
recollected this in the office of Luetgert's
attorneys, and the state flatly charged
that Luetgert's attorneys had manufact
ured the evidence.
Luetgert's threats, his statement that
he would like to cru?h his wife, and that
he regreted calling a doctor for her
when she was ill, that the "dead, rot
ten boast would have croaKed," were re
counted by Mrs. Agatha Tosch. Frank
Bialk told of Luetgert's unexplained
actions the night his wife vanished, and
then the state disclosed how the potash
came in the vat.
Frank Odorofsky and Jacob Lavan
dowsky, two laborers about the factory,
told starring stories of breaking potash
Into small pieces, burning their hands
and faces, and putting it In the vat un
der Luetgert's orders. They described
the sticky, slimy stuff on the basement
floor the morning after the alleged mur
der, when Luetgert had partly flushed
the vat by means of a hose.
Had Hitter Quarrel.
Neighbors and relatives of th Luet
gerts testified to the bitter quarrels be
tween them, and Luetgert's employes
related how Mary Siemmering, his serv
ant, had visited him at the factory at
unseemly hours. It was known that
when Luetgert sent old Frank Bialk to
a distant drug store for Hunyadl water
while he was busy at the vat, there were
fifty bottles of Hunyadl water in the
factory.
Emma and Gottliebe Schimpke, two
girls living across the street from the
Luetgerts, went on the stand and told
cf seeing Luetgert and his wife going
In the direction of the factory at 10
o'clock on the night of May 1. Luet
gert's attorneys succeeded In frighten
ing them on cross-examination. There
was a second sensation when Nicholas
Faber testified that on the night of May
1 he had gone to Luetgert's house to ap
ply for work at the factory, and that he
also had seen Luetgert and his wife go
ing down the alley toward the factory
!oor.
The gold rings, with Mrs. Luetgert's
Initials, were regarded as the strongest
vldence the state produced. Numer
ous witnesses, some of whom had worn
the rings, positively Identified them as
Mrs, Luetgert's, and but one witness
was ever produced who doubted their
authenticity.
The state began by showing the feel
ing of Luetgert toward his wife. Then
the prosecution traced her from the
house on the night of May 1 almost to
the door of the factory with her hus
band. It was shown that the basement
door was barred, and that Bialk, thdi
only person In the factory that night,
had been sent away at about the time
It was charged the rnWder occurred.
Hone Identified a Human.
Odorofsky and Lavandowsky disclosed
Luetgert had caused the furnace to be
raked out the following day, and It was
where these ashes were dumped that
parts of the fragments of alleged hu
man bone were discovered.
. A sesamoid bone and a metacarpal,
badly mutilated by the fluid, and found
In the middle vat by the police, were
positively Identified as human by Dr.
Dorsey, a curator at the Field Colum
bian museum: Dr. George V. Bailer,
working osteologist at the museum, and
Dr. Howes, an articulator. Another
fragment of bone from the heap
where the furnace . Takings were
dumped was Identified as -part of a hu
man t.kull. A badly mutilated bone from
the engine room was Identified positive
ly by Dr. I)or.y as rart of a human
thigh bone, and from the size of these
fragments the experts expressed the be
lief they were from the same Individual,
and that individual probably a woman.
Luetgert's attorneys caused two en
tire human bodies to be cftoked In the
middle vat and rarte of several others,
to see whether V'de Pta?h would de
stroy them as the state claimed.
Corsetmakers identified the steels
found In the furnace raklngs as corset
steels, and 'rom the bony fragments the
experts lcVf'flcd the head cf a human
rib, a seconu piece of thigh bone, and
a fragment of a human toe.
A to the Hone.
When the defense was begun a fight
was made over the identity of the bones.
Br. Walter II. Allport declared the al
leged human thigh was a part of a
hog's skeleton, and that the other bones
were not human. Neither Dr. Allport
nor the experts for the defense, who
were chiefly veterinarians, were able to
assign the bones to any animal with
the exception of the thigh.
William Charles, Luetgert's closest
friend, positively stated he. had helped
Luetgert dump four barrels of tallow
and bones In the vat on the night of
May 1 to make soap with, and other
witnesses confirmed the claim of the
defense that Luetgert was making soap
on the night of May 1. .
Since Luetgert's arrest the claim has
been made that Mrs. Luetgert has ap
peared In at least 100 different cities,
from Nebraska to New York city. Some
of these were Investigated, and In ev
ery case but one the defense's assertion
was exploded. That was the defense's
claim that Mrs. Luetgert was seen at
Kenosha, and in the opinion of the state
It was never shown Mrs. Luetgert was
there. As many witnesses, and more
reputable ones, saw the strange woman
there and were sure she was not Mru.
Luetgert.
In all.over 200 witnesses testified dur
ing the eight weeks of the trial. The
total cost Is estimated at 118,000.
KEIGIIllOHS CALLED HIM KING.
Personality of the Sauaage-Maker Much
Trouble In the Family.
Luetgert, king of the sausage-making
Industry, has been the object of talk
and speculation for the last five years.
His unique personality, his queer hab
its, his half wild dogs, hjs giant stat
ure, and the millions of pounds of saus
age that were carted away from his
great factory at Dlversey and Hermi
tage avenues made the Germans and
Foies of his neighborhood call him a
king.
During the twenty years since Luet
gert and Louise Blckenese were married
In St. John's Lutheran church, La Salle
avenue and Ohio street, where her gold
wedding ring was first worn, Mrs. Luet
gert had toiled with her husband and
had planned with him. Luetgert was
a prosperous saloon keeper when they
were wedded, and Louise Bickenese was
a pretty German domestic, who knew
scarcely a word of English.
At last Luetgert and his wife had
saved enough money to buy out a meat
route, and Luetgert gave up his saloon.
The family went to live over the mar
ket, and this prospered better than the
saloon had done.
Luetgert began by peddling meat at
the back doors of his friends' homes.
He saw possibilities in sausage-making,
and gradually he went Into the
business of making summer sausages.
At first this was carried on in a back
room of the market. After a while it
outstripped the regular meat business
and Luetgert saw business and profits
come in almost faster than he could
take care of them. The factory was lo
cated then In Sheffield avenue, near
Dlversey.
Differ on Jlulnet Plan.
Luetgert and his wife had widely dif
ferent notions as to how large a saus
age plant ought to be built. Luetgert
had visions of a six-story building,
with railroad tracks running to It and
loaded cars at the doors. Mrs. Luetgert
wished her husband to Invest $40,000 In
the new plant and the balance of their
savings In some other investment.
Luetgert had his own way.
During the year of the World's fair
Luetgert cleared $75,000 from his saus
age business. At that time he was
reputed to be worth about $300,000. Mrs.
Luetgert, it is said, never, ceased to
chide her husband for putting all his
savings In the plant, even when profits
piled up with dazzling swiftness.
Mrs. Luetgert, with the most comfort
able house for a mile around, was not
envied, however. When . she saw the
change In her husband's habits she
fretted and chlded, till Luetgert finally
went to live among his dogs in the fac
tory. He fitted up a sleeping room in
his office, and his bulky frame never
wan seen In the house except at meal
times.
Luetgert had Invested practically ev
t.ry penny he and his wife saved In his
sausage plant. He borrowed almost as
much more to complete It, and as mot
of his business was done on credit, when
the hard times came he had no capital
with which to go on. When he was
obliged to borrow right and left, Mrs.
Luetgert lost no chance to remind him
that if he had followed her advlc? he
would have been all right.
Family Jan Increased.
Last February Luetgert's factory
closed down. When profits ceased to
pile up Mrs. Luetgert's scoldings and
the family Jars Increased. Mary Siem
erlng had In the meantime come to live
with the Luetgertfj. and Luetgert's fond
ness for her, It V said, Increased the
bitterness between him and his wife.
Financial roi stared Luetgert in the
face by the middle of April. The sausage-maker
and his wife saw that the
factory was almost certain to pass Into
the hands of the sheriff, for note9 were
falling due, there was no Income to pay
them from, and butchers and market
men who were In Luetgert's debt were
unable to help him out of difficulty in
the hard times. Mrs. Luetgert, who
had seen her advice thrown to the winds,
and her dire predictions all come true,
lost no opportunity to scold her hus
band for his folly. The reports of the
Luetgert family disturbances Increased
throughout the neighborhood and were
the object of many conferences among
Mra Luetgert's relatives.
S17EABSHE ISSIHLESS
First Sworn Statement Made by
Adolph Luetgert, the Alleged
Chicago Wife-Murderer.
BRIEF DENIAL THAT HE IS GUILTY
Did Not Kill III Wife and Doe N6t Know
Where 'Site 1, lie Kay Uelleve She
Will Yet lleappear Alive-Jury Fail to
Agree, Declare Agreement Impolble
aud I DUc barged Accused Mail Will
Try to Get Out on Hail.
Chicago, Oct. 22. The Associated Press
last night obtained the one great feature
missing in the famous Luetgert trial
the sworn testimony cf the defendant
himself, Adolph L. Luetgert. Standing
last night In the gloomy Jail adjoining
the grim-looking gray-stone court build
ing in which his remarkable triaj had
at last been brought to a finish, the burly
sausage manufacturer capped the cli
max of the extraordinary series of events
which began with his bankruptcy and
alleged frightful diabolism cf boiling his
wife to death at midnight in a vat In his
factory cellar. Closely following the
final result of the trial which has at
tracted world-wide attention, Luetgert
made under oath a statement concerning
the fearful crime charged against him,
the first sworn statement of such a kind
ever known In newspaper annals.
Scene Was Unique and Dramatic.
The affidavit was put In writing In due
legal form, and Is certified to by a notary.
Ex-Judge William A. Vincent, the lead
ing counsel for the defendant in this cel
ebrated case, the man to whope brain,
skill and energy Luetgert beyond all
doubt owes his great legal victory, gave
consent to the affidavit being made. The
scene In the Jail when Luetgert took the
oath was as dramatic as the circum
stances were unique. In the dimly lighted
Jail corridor, Luetgert standing erect
grasping the Iron bars that still kepthim
from liberty, lifted his right hand sol
emnly assented as the notary adminis
tered the oath. The gruesome surround
ings were a reminder in some degree of
the midnight occurrences In the factory
cellar that have become familiar to the
hundreds of thousands who have fol
lowed the details of the great trial.
Few If any of the curious prisoners
and turnkeys who were' spectators had
any inkling of what was taking place.
Luetgert, the notary and the representa
tive of the Associated Press conferred
together for a few moments and then
Luetgert without hesitation made affi
davit and signed It In ink with the hand
that Is alleged to have committed one of
the most fiendish crime on record.
"I Did Not Kill My Wife."
The affidavit explicitly declares Luet
gerffe Innocence. The document In full
follows:
To Public: The result of my trial, end
ing today, Is a victory for me lecause of
the disagreement of the Jury, but I am
very much disappointed and very much
surprised that the Jury did not bring in
a verdict of not guilty.
"I did not kill my wife, and do not
know where she is, but I am sure that It
Is only a question of time until shecomes
home.
"I did not go upon the witness stand
because my lawyer. Judge Vincent, was
bitterly opposed my doing so, and because
he advised me that it was not necessary.
"I am grateful for the tremendous
change In public sentiment In my favor,
and time will demonstrate that I am not
only an Innocent but very grievously
wronged man. rSisnedl
"ADOLPH L. LUETGERT."
hurpcnied and sworn to before me
this 21st day of October, A. P., 1R97.
Signed M. F. SULLIVAN,
Notary Public.
WRANGLED FOR SIXTY-SIX HOLKS.
Jury Tell the Court a Verdict In ImpoMl-
hie and It In Discharged.
Chicago, Oct. 22. After sixty-six
hours of deliberation, argumentation
wrangling, and sullen settling down to
a test of endurance, the Luetgert Jury
announced a disagreement at 10:50 yes
terday morning and was discharged
The twenty-second and last ballot stood
nine to three for conviction. There was
no change In the situation for the last
thirty-eight hours the Jury was out
An open quarrel between Franzen and
llarlev Wednesday night. In which the
lie was passed, served to Increase the
bitterness between the two factions and
make chances of agreement absolutely
Impossible.
The Jurors said there were two stick
ing points which prevented their agree
ment.' One was the Kenosha alibi and
the other was the question as to the
Identity of the rings. The minority
could not see any milled edge on the
smaller ring, and believed It would not
have been worn off first, whereas the
small ring had a grove In It like it
might have been worn by the edge of
the other ring. This was despite the
fact that the small ring was ten ar.i
the large one eighteen carats fine, nr.ak
lng the small ring considerably the
hardest. It seems that those two points
were the ones the Jury hung on. The
bones were dismissed early In the lls
cushion.
The three men who stood by the de
fense were Harlev, Holabird and liar
ber. All the Jurymen agreed and told
the court that a verdict was Impossible
preparations win ie maae ror a new
trial as soon as the state's attorney and
his assistants have had a little rest
The counsel for the defense will ap
pear before Judge Tuthlll today and
apply for ball for their client. The
Jury adopted a resolution compliment
lng the court and counsel and closing
"We wish to state that while the evl
dence was such that we were unable to
agree upon a verdict, one thing we did
agree about, and that Is that the clr
cumstances were such that the polic
had ample reason to prosecute on the
showing without hearing the defense
and we commend them for having don
their duty In the case."
After returning to the Jail Luetgert
said: "I expected an acquittal. I
thought I would be able to sleep at horn
tonight. Hut we will try to get ball
tomorrow. At any rate, the disagree
ment only forces me to wait for my lib
erty a little while. I will be acquitted
when I am tried again." Luetgert went
Into his cell at 1 p. m., and lying down
on his cot went to sleep.
IN HONOR OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Kot the Document, but the Grand Old Ship
That Whipped the Guerriere.
Boston, Oct. 22. Exercises wre held
fci this city yesterday In honor of the an
niversary of the launching of the frlgatt
Constitution. Among the speaker was
Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary
of the navy. He said In part: "The
moment of the Constitution's launching
was the beginning of, our navy as ve
know It today. It was fifteen years
after the launching of the Constitution
and her sister ships before that prou l
flag which menaced us was humbled,
nd during that fifteen years there wue
many people who objected to the main
tenance of a navy.
'It was because we had the Consti
tution and her sJster shirs that we came
out of the war with credit and It Is due
to a policy contrary to that whlcn
prompted the Introduction of such ves
sels that In recent years brought us to
danger of the g 'est national dishon
or." At this p O i Major William 11.
Garland, of Boston, who was a powder
boy on the Constitution, In her famous
battle with the Guerriere, was presented
o the audience, and Governor Wolcott
himself led In three cheers for the vet
eran. (Juaker Want a Cloer I'nlon.
Indianapolis, Oct. 22. At the Friends'
national meeting yesterday the business
committee of the conference was or
dered to present a definite proposition on
some plan for central authority so that
the discussion thereon cculd take
definite range. The ccmmltttee
submitted a proposition that much
benefit would result from such
union of yearJy meetings .as would
tend to protect them from common dan
gers and to strengthen their. Joint par
ticipation In Christian work, and that a
committee be appointed to formulate a
plan for cloer union, to be submitted to
the yearly meetings for their approval;
also to appoint a committee to icepare
a discipline for submission to the yearly
meetings for their approval.
Time on the Yerke Telecope.
London, Oct. 22. The Times In a long
article this morning, on the opening of
the Yerkes observatory, expresses the
hope that it will be free from "a great
danger that seemg to beset so many
American Institutions an Insufficiency
of enough means to defray annual ex
penses." The Times adds: "The Univer
sity of Chicago will not be established
on a firm basis until an endowment suf
ficient to maintain It is secured: and the
Yerkesobservatory should have its share
in such an endowment If It Is to escape
the danger or becoming a tombstone
rather than a living monument to its
generous donor."
Iron Ilrlgade Reunion Clone.
LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 22.' The annual
reunion of the Iron Brigade association
closed yesterday. Everything was in
formal, the business being disposed of
Wednesday. The headquarters of the
reunion was the scene of a Jollification.
The veterans visited, told stories, sang
smoked and told experiences. The
memorial in honor of the late Captain
James D. Wood, company G, Sec
ond Wisconsin Volunteer infantry, was
adopted.
Alton Color Line Cane In Court.
Springfield, Ills., Oct. 22. John M
Falmer yesterday filed In the Illinois
sunreme court a formal petition for a
mandamus In the Alton school cases.
The petitioner Is Scott Bibb, colored
The case grows out of the action of thj
Alton city council In setting apart two
school houses the Lovejoy and Douglas
for the exclusive use of colored pupils,
and -excluding such pupils from five
other schools of the city.
Death of Dr. Newton llateinan.
Galcsburg, Ills., Oct. 22. Dr. Newton
Bateman, for seventeen years president
of Knox college, and before that super
lntendent of public Instruction for 1111
nois, died here at his home last night.
His death was very sudden, the result of
heart disease. As an educator he had a
national reputation.
Dal lino re Wins One Game.
Cedar Rapids, I., Oct. 22. Baltimore
defeated the All-America aggregation by
a score of 7 to 4 before a large crowd
here yesterday.
FROM CHICAGO TO THE GULF.
tXesvemeat on Foot for a Waterway Con
nected with the Drainage Canal.
Beardstown, Ills., Oct. 22. The Illinobj
River VaJlay association held a conven
tion lnthls city yesterday for the pur
pose of deciding upon a plan of action
In favor of the removal of 'the dams In
the Illinois river. The Chicago drainage
canal and the removal of the dams will
give to commerce a ship waterway
reaching from Lake Michigan to the
Gulf of Mexico. A large number of del
egates was In attendance, representing
the various cities In the Illinois rive
basin. W. H. Hlnrichsen delivered the
leading address. In which he review
the benefits to be derived from the
moval of the dams and the necessity i '
the action.
Hlnrichsen stated that the estMnft
cost of the proposed waterway w - " '
$26,000,000. By the removal of tl. 9 i
and the dredging of the channel ov
400,000 acres of land will be reclaln e.
and will be worth $100 an acre, or an ag
gregate of $40,000,000. Among others wl:.
voiced their Interest In the project were
Hon. J. V. Graff, of Pekln; EbenJ.
Ward, of Marseilles; J. M. Nlehaus. of
Peoria; Sylvester Allen, of Bluffs; May
or Lagger and the city council of Joliet.
and Chicago Drainage District Trustees
Jones, Carter, Smyth and Wenter. Aft
er passing resolutions praying congress
to move the dams the convention ad
journed. Illinois Women' Club.
Jacksonville, Ills,, Oct. 22. The prin
cipal work of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs yesterday was the nom
ination of officers for the ensuing year.
The committee reported unanimously
In favor of Mra. Alice Bradford Wlle, of
Chicago, to succeed herself as president.
Other officers were Mrs. Fred Leroy, of
Streator, recording secretary; Mrs. Vir
ginia Bach, of Teorla, corresponding sec
retary, Three Men Hurled In a Mine.
Ishpemlng, Mich., Oct. 22. Three min
ers were buried under a massive fall of
ground at the Cleveland Lake mine at 11
o'clock yesterday morning. One of
them, Gust Murtena, was killed, and
Ous Carbon was rescued alive, but bad
ly injured. The third man, whose name
is not yet known. Is still under the dirt,
but workmen are making a heroic effort
to reach him. It Is thought that he is
df ad.
ItllVOODFORD'SHAHDS
The Reply Sagasta Has Made to
the Much Discussed Note
from Sherman.
TONE OF THE WEIGHTY DOCUMENT
Will Firmly Inform l' That if We Will
Obnerve Our International IleponlblII
tie Keg-anllug Filibuster Syaiu Will
Manage the Cuban Situation London
Comment on the Cae De Lome CalU
Attention at Washlug-ton to the Silver
Heels Expedition.
Madrid. Oct 25. A government n te
protesting against filibustering will be
handed to United States Minister Wocd-
ford today. There Is no doubt that the
government's reply will represent the
deep feeling of the nation. The nots
dwells at length on filibustering and
"other material and moral assistance
which has chiefly contributed to the rle
MINISTER rB isms.
and duration of the rebellion, and which
in turn has damaged American inter
ests." It clearly intimates that Spain
cannot continue the "forbearance shown
by Senor Canovas del Castillo and the
Duke of Tetuan during the past two
years," and that she now calls upon the
American government to "fulfill more
strictly in the future the rules anddut'.es
of International law," because "the suc
cess of the new home rule policy and
the speedy pacification of Cuba chiefly
depend upon the conduct of the United
States."
Pre on the Side of Sa grant a.
London, Oct. 25. The Madrid corres
pondent of the Daily Mail says: "Ths
press unanimously supports the atti
tude of the government, which it calls
eminently sober and dignified; but the
Impression Is that the controversy with
the United States has reached a critical
stage which may be the prelude to a
rupture. I spoke with three members
of the cabinet today Sunday who In
almost identical words contended that
Spain has the right, after her tremendous
sacrifices in Cuba, to demand observ
ance of international neutrality by other
nations. One of them added 'The Gor
dian knot is the United States, without
whose help the rebellion would long ago
have been suppressed. We do not want
war, but every European nation will
approve of our defence of our interna
tlonal rights."
New Government for Cuba.
The Madrid correspondent of The
Standard says: "A member of the cab
inet assures me that the government
intends to give Cuba complete local gov
ernment with universal suffrage to elect
municipal and provincial councils and
an insular parliament. The latter will
be composed of upper and lower cham
bers, having entire control of taxation
and tariff. The responsible government
will be composed of five ministers, whose
councils will be presided over by th
governor general. Senators and depu
ties for Cuba will continue to sit In the
Spanish cortes, and the Imperial gov
ernment will still control the army.
navy, police, tribunals and foreign af
fairs of the colony, exactly as the pro
gramme of the autonomists demanded.
The government has received promises
of the support of both the autonomists
In Cuba and of those residing In France
and the United States, and expects no
opposition from the other colonial par
ties."
Thinks the Situation Grave.
The Daily Chronicle, commenting edl
torlally upon "The Gravity of the Sit
uatlon," says: "Neither Spain nor the
United States Is likely to yield, and an
accident may precipitate events."
The Dally Telegraph says: "It will
be a serious business for the United
States if It stretches its hand to Cuba
and Hawaii. The occupation of Cuba
would threaten the Interests of the Eu
ropean powers and Involve the republic
in continental policies and relationships
To execute the Monroe doctrine, thus
summarily rendered amphibious, the
United States would need to double its
standing army and treble it3 navy."
ESCAPE OF THE SILVER HEELS.
Latent Filibustering Expedition the Sub
ject of a l'rotett from Spain.
Washington, Oct. 25. Serious inter
national complications may result from
the failureof the United States marshals
on board the cutter Chandler to stop
the alleged filibustering schooner Silver
Heels when she left New York harbor
early Sunday Oct. 17. This case on its
face looks very much as if the United
States officials had taken every means
to avoid stopping the schooner while
pretending to be very diligent In their
efforts to capture her. Yet it is asserted
that the government of the United
States has done, as to the prevention of
filibustering, even more than is required
of it by the rules of International law
as Interpreted by the Geneva tribunal
There the principle was laid down
that a nation is required to use "due
diligence" to prevent Its territory being
made the base of hostile operations
against a power with which It is at
peace. It Is in the words "due diligence
that the difficulty will develop. What Is
"due diligence?" In the case of the Ala
bama the British government was
watching the vessels, but she slipped
away one night before she was ready
for sea and thus got off and John Bu
had to pay. The Silver Heels loaded
right at New York, was watcheU by a
v,n v.nt rnt nine hours tht start of
the United States in rpite of the watch.
Minister de Lome, acting unaer in
structions from his government, has
.oii th nttpntlnn of the state depart
ment to the case and has politely itskel
for an explanation, me treasury uc
partment had already started an in
.fitratinn and the report shows that
the man watching the Silver Hels had
orders to telephone to the aoc wnere
the revenue cutter with the uepuiy
rr.rhi'M wa in waiting. It sets forth
that th t'.?phone was out of order and
the man rould not teiepnone. dui waiu
to the dock, thus giving the scnoon?r
a long start, and that the subsequent
Varch was fruitless.
In his note to Sherman De Lome caws
attention to .the organization and de
nnrturp of SUC h expeditions from the
United States and to the open sympathy
with the indirect encouragement of such
expeditions by large numbers of the citi
zens of the United States, ana even cy
persons who are members of th- na
tional legislature, and then suggesu
rnthpr than demands that the adminis
tration be more vigorous in the enforce
ment of the law of nations am tne
neutrality laws of the country.
CASE OF PRIVATE HAMMOND.
Inquiry Cloen with the Declaration of Col.
Hall That Loverlng Wa Illglit.
Chicago, Oct. 25. The military court
of inquiry which has been investigating
the alleged brutal treatment of Private
Hammond at Fort Sheridan on Oct. 9
concluded taking testimony Saturday
evening. Saturday's testimony coro-
borated the reports of the methods used
in enforcing the presence of the ob
streperous prisoner before the summary
court on Oct. 9. Hammond's Injuries,
however, were belittled by the officers
who testified. Major Lipplncott, post
surgeon, swore that the wounds were
of no Importance mere abrasions. He
had been unable to find a sign of Injury
on the man's body except a slight cut
on the shoulder and similar wound on
each leg.
Colonel Robert Hall, commandant of
the post, almost the last witness called,
said: "If It was necessary to prod Ham
mond with a sword or to kick him In
order compel him obey the order I
regard it as perfectly Justifiable. There-
might come an occasion when it would
be necessary to run him through with
a bayonet. No man who has the slight
est idea of military discipline, or what
military discipline means, could for a
moment unfavorably criticise Captain
Loverlng's actions. I approved his ac
tions then and I shall approve them
now."
In a signed statement to the court
Captain Lovering says that the only
way to have gotten Hammond to the
court room other than the way he was
taken would have been to carry him,
and as that was Just what Hammond
said would have to be done, to have
done f o would have been a clear victory
over lawful authority tjy a man wno
was defying that authority, and utterly
destructive of discipline.
PRESIDENT CARSON FOUND GUILTY.
Arc lined of Delng Urlbrd by the Coal Mine
Operator of Itllnoi.
Mascoutah, Ills., Oct. 25. The coal
miners' district convention in the Belle
ville district has adjourned. The most
Important feature of the convention
were the sensationalchargesfiledagalnst
State President James Carson, of the
Miners' union, He was accused of tak
ing money from the operators, for which
he was expected to have certain mines
resume work 'regardless of the scale
paid. .
The following resolution was adopted
by the district convention before its ad
journment: "Resolved, That the state
secretary notify President James Car
son that he has been found guilty of the.
charges of bribery prefrred against him
and that he be requested to hand In his
resignation at once." A request was also
made on the state secretary to call a
meeting of the executive board to take
action on the charges against the state
president.
y Sugar I tee t a In Illinois.
Lebanon, Ills., Oct. 25. A careful, sys
tematic experiment with sugar beetshas
been conducted by a number of farmers
near O'Fallon, in this county, under the
direction of the station of the United
States department of agriculture, located
at Urbana, Ills. It has been determined
that an acre under ordinary cultivation
will yield from eighteen to twenty tons
of the beets, whereas the average yield,
according to reports from other locali
ties, average from twelve to fourteen
tons. If there Is over 14 per cent, sac
charine matter in the beets it will pay to
grow them.
Conference of Friend Adjourn.
Indianapolis, Oct. 25. The confer
ence of Friends in America spent most
of Saturday in a discussion on the
"Position of the Pastor." Thomas C.
Brown was the principal speaker. At
the last conference five years ago the
subject was made the topic of consid
erable . debate. Mr. Brown said that
pastoral authority Is a divine gift, which
has not been sufficiently developed by
Friends. The conference has adjourned
sine die.
Murderou Chicago Alderman.
Chicago, Oct. 25. John I. Maloney,
saloonkeeper and politician in the
Eighth ward, resented an alleged re
flection on his character by shooting
and probably fatally wounding John P.
Harding, Democratic committeeman
from the Nineteenth ward. The affray
occurred in Harding's saloon in the
presence of half a dozen men, and was
the sequel to a long altercation.
Ill Good Luck Killed II Im.
Philadelphia, Oct. 25. At the Iron Hill
race track Saturday Michael McCor
mlck. aged 45, one of the spectators. In
vested a considerable amount on the
horse Reform to win. The horse won the
race, and as he sped under the wiie
McCormlck shouted "Reform wins." As
he uttered the words. he fell to the
ground dead. Heart disease.
More Civil Service He form.
Washington, Oct. 25. Secretary Long
has issued an order requiring that re
movals shall be made from the navy de
partment and all navy yards and sta
tions in the classified service only for
Just cause and upon written charges
which the accused shall be allowed to
answer.
Italtluiore Take Another Game.
Kansas City, Oct. 25. Seven thousand
people witneed a most exciting and
closely contested game between the Bal
timore and All-America cluba yester
day. The score was 6 to 4 In favor of the
Oriole experts.