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."v -7 f- y TttF'3 - 1?s Tha Circulation of THE TIMES Yesterday WAS WEATHER PROBABILITIES. ime. For the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, light alio were; probably clear ing by Tuesday night; easterly winds. COPIES. WASHINGTON, TUESDAY MORNING, jJUNE 8, 1897 EIGHT PAGES. ONE GEOT. KO. 1,176. z '32r VL thc 39 214 Says It Means Independence or Death to Every Cuban. A DISGRACE TO CIVILIZATION An Interview of Vltnl Import Willi Mr. McKJnley's Special Commi fcioner Compares Spain to a Clumsy Hull Stnng to Frenzy by Swnrms of Gnats. New York, June 7. William J. Calhoun, special counsel to Conmil General Fitz hugh Lee In the Ruiz case, arrived here from Havana this morning and spoke freely of bis impressions of the state of orfa'rs 'n Cuba. Re said he believed the war -would -only be ended by tlie death of the Inst Cuban or the final desperation and disgust of Spain after weary yeais of guenllla war fare. He intimated that the evidence Gen. Lee has been able to gathei in the Ruiz case was absolutely without value, and mani fested resentment for the lack of couitey bhown to him by Captain Geneial Weyler and by Fonsdeviela, who twas supposed to be the most important witness in the Ruiz case. Other passengers on the Saratoga, the steamship on which Mr. Calhoun came from Cuba, were: G. "W. Fiehback.of tlie State Department, who acted ah Mr. Cal houn's secretary, and Ramono Williams, who wasGeu. Lee's predecessor at Havana, and is said to be a prominent candidate for minister to Spain to succeed Han-ns Taylor. Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Fallback will leave for "Washington tomorrow. Gen. Lee's report on the Ruiz case, in the piepaintlon or which Mr. Calhoun assisted, was mailed on the Saratoga and has reached the President by this time. "What is your impression of thesituation In Cuba?' Mr. Calhoun was asked. "Is there war in tlie island?'' "The whole state of the island is piti able It isa disgrace to civilization There is no war there, as we speak of war There is a compact, organized body of Spanish soldiery on the one hand On the other are thousands or individuals divided loosely Into guerrilla bands ten, thirty or fifty in a party ravaging the country and running a way. One day you hear of them fifty miles to the north "The next, ten miles south; never a de cisive battle, never an attack of force by force. The Cubans are not looking for a battle they'd be fools if they did The situation may best be described by com paring the Spaniards to a big, clumsy animal, a bull,, that is attacked by swarms of injects. They buzz around him, they sting him, they torture him into parox isms of lage; and he can do nothing but switch them or trample a few into the mud in aimless ways. The fight will never j end until the last knat is dead or until the bull has been driven out of its senses, so that it rushes to self-destruction." "Did you go into tlie Insurgents' camp or meet any cf the high officials of the Republic?" "No," said Mr. Calhoun, "I did not go into the Cuban lines. I did not meet any of their generals. I was invited to do both, not by the Cubans themselves, but by folks who sympathized with them, and were in touch with them. You sec, I wis down there as one of our representatives to Spain in the case of Dr. Ruiz. I did meet lots or Cubans in Havana, but I did not hold any coherences. It would have been Improper for me to go behind the backs of the Spaniards and to break away from the joint commission for a consulta tion with persons in open rebellion against them. I was not sent to Cuba to do that " "It was generally supposed here that you were sent to investigate the Cuban Questlon.,J "That supposition was wrong, then. I" know that folks had that idea. It 's all exaggeration. Of course, I had eyes in my head and could see things wjtu tSbern If the President asks me wh-it I law, I will tell him. That's all. Hut I went out for the Ruiz case aud nothing else.' ' i "Did the Spanish co-operate with you m the Ruiz investigation?" "Dr. Congosta, who, with .Mr. Lee, made up the commission, was most courteous and kind. I honebtly think he was as anxious to know the truth as we were He helped us in every possible way." 4 "How was it with the others?" "They did not run after ub, begging for permission to testify," was the laconic re ply. "We examined six or seven.'' "Did you reach any definite conclusion?" "Now, look here! Dr. Ruiz had been In solitary confinement. He received a hurt, resulting in concussion of the brain. He was taken out of the cell and died. If he was murdered, the only persons who know it are his Jailors. They were the wit nesses. You may make your own infer nccb about the value of such testimony." "Did Fonsdeviela come before you?'' " "Where was he?" ----- T j--:st:" "I assure you,"sir, that I wculd very 'touch like to know." "Did you see Capt Gen. Weyler?'' "No,'' said Mr. Calhoun, "I did not." It hasbeon said that Mr. Calhoun tcok as an affront Gen Weyler's absence from the city during his thiee weeks' stay thcic Gen. Weyler was within fifty or one hun dred miles of Havana all the time He j All kinds of typewriter work taken in and executed; lowest prices. Typewriter Headquarters and Manufacturers' Agency, 1307 F st. nw. Burket & Hewett. A gents. je5-6t,em Doors, any size, IJ4 inches thick, $1 Shrank Llbbey & Co., 6th at aud N. Y. ave. I returned on Saturday, after Mr. Calhoun lert "One thing I learned down there," Mr. Calhoun said in conclusion, "is that folks up here do not know what life In Cuba is Xou and I, for instance, could not btnnd out here on the -street corner and talc this way if we were in Havana. Folks do not do that sort of thing there. Every thing Is done underground, In the dark, in whispers. When you mean one thing you must say just the opposite. They are not acquainted with tlie truth down there. Neither side Is. Doubt if there is such a word in the language." Mr. Fishbaek did not leel under the dip lomatic restraint that kept Mr. Calhoun frou Investigating th'ngs that the Spanish did not care to show him. He went out to look at the tioeha. He found it, he said, a very formidable fortificat'on and btrongly gariisoncd It did not look much like a foit In a pacified country. But Mr. Fish back did not go into the insurgent Hues. "Does that mean," he was asked, "that you formed all your opinions of the lebclllon from Spanish statements?" "Not at all," he said. "We saw plenty of Cubans, i'ou must remember that thure are Cubans in plenty outsldethelnsurgents' lines. We snw everybody, talked with everybody." Former Consul General Williams said that the present Cuban situation was ex actly that which hi' had predicted twen'y five years ago in Tia reports. The trouble between Spain nudOuba.hesald.lsuot no of politics, but of organization. In ex planation or this, he said tha. Spain needed to learn the lesson of ruling colonies as England had learned it. If Spain would give Cuba self-government there would not be any trouble. He had no ideas on the war for publication. Asked about the report that he was to be made minister to Spain, he said: "I have received no communication about it, but I would be glad to accept the place There is nobody who knows the Spaniards better than I do. I was consul at Havana for twenty-two years, and all my life, you might say, I have been mixed up wltn tnc Spaniards. While In Cuba I met nearly all the Spaniards of note', and men like Cauipob are my personal friends. I never had trouble with them. I can get along with Weyler or any of them." MONEY CRISIS AT HAVANA A New Debt of $20,000,000 to Be Saddled on Cuba. Increasing Ravages of the Famine. A Spaiils.ii Battalion Defeated by Cubans "Under DucnsHe. Havana, June 7. The financial crisis caused by tlie depreciated paper currency will result in the creation of a new debt I on the island of Cuba, of $20,000,000, with G per cent interest per annum. Tlie minister of the colonies, Senor.Castellanos, has al ready given his approval to the scheme. The G per cent extra duties in the cubtoni houses, established for the i'ay mentln stiver of the paper money, will be the guarantee of the new debt. If a loan for $20,000,000 cannot be secured on that guarantee the paper currency now In circulation will be exchanged for shares of the new debt. The general distress Is eo great that famine is already spreading in the suburbs of the capital. The prices In the markets are beyond the reach of the poorer classes. The insurgent are now very active in Pinar del" Rio province. They have re ceived several small expeditious from the United States and Mexico and ammunition enough to keep their army constantly fight ing. Gen. del Gadolsln command of theforces operating in the north of the province and Gen. Bermudez is in commandln the south. VIdal Ducasse is tlie general-fn-chlef. The Spanish battalion, La Reina, was severely defeated at Laguna Colorada by the Cubans under Ducabse. The Spaniards Intended to take by a bayonet charge four Intrench meats behind which Ducasse had fortified his men, and, though the Spanish soldiers fought like demons, attacking ttio pohitlons three times, and in their last charge approaching within ten feet of the Intrenchmcnts, they were repulsed with heavy loss, and had to leave their dead on the field More than 150 wounded Span lards werecarriedaway by the column. At Alonzo Rojas, in Pinar del Rio, a large Cuban hospital was attacked by the Spaniards, and, as usual, the sick and wounded were slain The nurses lived In small huts near the hospital with their families They fell also Into the hands of the Spaniards and neither women nor chil dren were spared Fifty persons of botit sexes were victims to this new Spanish barbarity. ..- A FIGHT OVER CUBA. Two Tesnfis Attacked by a Squad of Spanish 3Inrlnes. Mexico City, June 7. Last night two Texans. Joe Long and Charles Holbrook, were sitting in a saloon in Vera Cruz, when there entered twenty marines of the Spanish gunboat Nuevo Espana. One shouted "Viva Cuba Espanola." The Texans replied: "Viva Cuba Libre," and were attacked by the Spanish with knives. The Texans made a brave defense With their fists until rescued by 100 Mexican soldiers. The twenty Spaniards and two Texans were attested but aftci ward liberated. Sorg to Run Again McLean. Columbus, Ohio, June 7. Ex-Congi ess man Paul J. Sorg, of Middlelown, an nounces that he will be a candidate for United States Senator, in opposition to John R. McLean. Nice White Pine, dressed, 2 cents a foot. Llbbey 4Co., 6th and N. Y. ave. Inquiry Into the Strange Sect Who Practice Self-immolation. THE PROPHETESS YITALIA Feodoro Kovaleff, on Whose Prem ises tins Bodies of Fifteen Victims "Were Found, Including His "Wife nnd Children, to Ho Confined Ju nn Insane Asylum. London, June 7. A special correspond ent of the Dally News, who went to Tircspol, Russia, to inquire Into the cause of the helMmmolation of a number of persons belonging to the religious sect known as the Raskolnlkl, says he learnt that Feolore Kovaleff, on wnose premises the bodies of fifteen victims were found, includlug those of Kovalefr's wife aud Uo children, will probably not be Indicted for the part he took In bnuglug about the deaths of these victims. Arter a formal inquiry is made Into his mental condi tion he will In all likelihood be confined in a monastery. J he mugibiiaies who are examining into tlie mattei are convinced that Kovaleff is wholly sincere in oil that he does, and that he is absolutely unconscious of tuning committed a ciimein having buried six per sons alive and wnlllng up nine others In the cellar of his house. The prisoner belongs to an ultra-fanatical branch of the Raskolnlkl, called the Be gunl. So rigorously exclusive nre the members or this branch that they will not cat or drink from the bnme utensils lined by relatives who have married ordinary members of the Raskolnlkl. They will not worship in churches or buildings used by others, but only in caves aud cellar, which are usually filthy beyond description Their servlc-es ure conducted in clcsely guarded secrecy. One of the chief personalities of the sect was a woman called Vltalia, who was a prophetess, priestess, and preacher. She was the daughter of respectable, well-to-do parents, and was fairly educated She entered an orthodox convent in her youth, but later joined the Rnbkolnlki. Some time ago she suddenly vanished and was not heard or until her corpse was exhumed at Tcrnorka. At the time of her self-immolation she was forty y euro old. 8 he hud great power among the peasantry, who formed htr chief audiences. An instance of the influence of YItallu was the walling up of Kovalerfs wife and children. During the taking of the ctnsus Kovalef arrived Tfome one evening and found his young wife strangely depressed. His inquiries as to what was troubling her elicited the information that his wie was arraid that the enumerators would en ter the names or their two children on the accursed record, with the result that they would ultimately be forced to join the or thodox church and thereby be Irrevocably doomed to eternal perdition. She declared thr.t she was therefore resolved to sacri fice tlie children with lic-rsalf Kovaleff, who had hitherto been the least fanatical of the Begun!, was hor rified by his wife's avowal. Fa'bng to dissuade her. he went to seek the counsel and enlist the help -of Vltalia. The prophetess hastened to the mother, and, instead or trying to prevent her self-sacrifice, commended her for her holy and laudable resolve. She finally convinced Kovaleff that, by self-maityrdomThe nnd his family could alone hope for salvation. It wa in obedience to l.ei behests that Kovaleff performed the dreadful tragedy, hirnseir meanwhile gileving continuously that he was not allowed to die with 1.1s wife and children The Czar has been profoundly Impressed by the story, and is receiving minute re port's of the progress of the inquiry. THE SILVI5K REPUBLICANS. The National Assembly to Be Held in Chicago Today. Chicago, June 7. The national assembly of silver Republicans will be held at the Leland Hotel tomorrow. Congressman Charles S. Hartman of Montana is the leader of the movement, which will result in the extension of the organization and the reaffirmation or free silver prin ciples at the 16 to 1 mtlo. Charles A. Townc, of Minnesota, will be the chairman of the convention, or conference, and his address will contain the formal enunciation or the position or the silver Republicans on the currency issue. BRYAN AT OTTAWA. He Speaks to an Immense Audience at Canada'.-, Capital. Ottawa, June 7. William J. Bryan ar rived here this morning and had a hearty reception. He was driven about the city under escort or the mayor, and occupied a seat upon the floor ot the House of Commons during the afternoon sitting. He spoke to an Immense audience In the even lug. When asked if he would again be a candidate for the Presidency, he laughed and replied "Well, that's a question. If I had been elected in that contest, I said that I should not be again a candidate " He will go to Quebec tomorrow. RESURRECTIONISTS AT WORK. An ludiftiiapoli Cemetery Almost Depopulated by Ghouls. Indianapolis, June 7. The discovery was made today that Lick Creek Ctmeleiy, five miles southeast of this city, has been almost depopulated of recently buried bodies, and it is estimated that at least fifty bodies have been stolen by ghouls in the past year. Today a number of graves were openr d aud in eight out of ten cases the bot'is had been stolen. In three coffin, clothing, and all were missing. Every one who has a friend buried In the cemetery is pre paring to open the grave aud the greatest excitement prevails. McCIellaii Stricken With Blindness. Lexington, Ky ,Juno"7. Byron McClcli.in, the well-known turfman, who was brought home from Latonia on Satuiday suffering with malarial fever, took a relapse today and was stricken with blindness, but to night his physician thinks he may yet see. There was a consultation ot the leading pbysiclaupki Lexington over his case, and they agTeou that the chances of his re covery are doubtful. Flooring, O, 8, IO Inches wide, $1.25 I perlOOft. Llbbey&Co.,6thandN.Y.ave. JJEHEADED HEH CHILD. Mrs. Uolcomh Said She Did It at the Lord?.- Command. Indianapolis, June 7.-7M0.. Jerry Hoi comb, the young "wife of a Posey county faimcr, sacrificed her four-year-old daugh ter yesterday, while laboring under the hallucination that the Lord had appeared to her in a dream and commanded her to do so. Mrs. tlolcomb has been" regarded as par partially insane for a "year past, but at no time did she manifest a homicidal tendency. Yesterday while her' JjuLhnnrt was ab sent rrom the house he tquk her oaugh tcr into the bedroom iih'd" altera few mo ments walked Into the "kite-hen with the child's head In her hands nlid exhibited it to the cook The latter jan from the house In terror, aud when Mr. Holcomb arrived his wife was bound and a butcher knife was found concealed In her dress She was apparently as-e-aliu as though nothing out of the oidiniiry had happened. When questioned she saFdthattheLoulhad appeareil to her in a dicom and had com manded hertomake a sacrifice of the child, and she had done so and did not lt'grctit. The knife with which the deed was done was one used in the kitchen. Tlie child's head was tevoied from the body Just above the shoulders, audits blood covered the bed and ran "over the floor of the room. PRINCE YTURB1DE LOSES The Court of Appeals Sustains the Lower Court's Action. He Was Expelled From tho Metro politnn aud Sought to Be Reinstated. The court of appeals yesterday haude-d down an opinion In the case of Prince Augustin de Yturblde against the Metro politan Club, In which the judgment of the lower court 1b affirmed. Prince Yturblde, a cltlcu of Mexico, w as elected a member of the Metropolitan Club In May, 1887, nnd 'remained such until May 2, 1896, when he was expelled by tlie board ol governors. He was notiHed by the secretary, I'.r. Arnold Hague, on April 23, 1S96, Uijit serious charges had been made against him. by certain membeis, or conduct un becoming a gentleman, and that the board or governors would hear him In his own j dcrense. When the hearing was held be fore the board he was Informed tint the charge against him was that he had ac cused a young lady, the daughter of a member or the club, of having written certain anonymous letters. He was ex pelled fiom the club. In his optniou, the chief justice says that tne accused member admitted having said the youuc ludy .had written such letter., aud in doing so admitted the main fact In the charge, against him, and It seemed to have been so- regarded and acted upon by the board- , Mr Yturblde claimed that the lioard declined to permit him to go further than a mere statement of fact. Theoourt buy3 the main question at Issue was whether such a right of de fense was denied him by the board. The court said that It was somewhat uuueual that Mr. Yturblde did not In his petition for a writ of mandamus or in his testimony at the trial of the case state what the ir oumstanoei were that would, justify nis conduct aud "acquit him with honor," aa he asserts would have b?en the case. Chief Justice Alvey says that these ox tenuatlug circumstances i-hould have ben submitted In the lower court, so that tho jury could have determined what effect his defense might have had upon the board of governors, nnd adds: "It is not shown In any manner whether the facts or cir cumstances that he was prevented from stating to the board of governors were at oil pertinent or material to the defense To assume that they were to could only be founded on mere conjecture " SIX KILLED IN A WRECK A Collision on the Omaha Road East of Hudson. Three of the Bodies Burned The Disaster Caused by Disobedi "enee of TJrders. Hudson, Wis., June 7. A collision oc curred this attcrnoon"on the Omaha road, two' miles east of this city, and at least six persons were killed, three of the bodies being burned. The names of the dead are: E. S. Hurd, foreman ot piledrlvcr. Herman Riby, fireman. Thoma&Riley. ' - Milton Swain. " Jos-eph Liglithelser. Frank Thayer. t A. Zltlman, engineer of Che pilcdrlver, ot Menominee, Wis., will probably die. All belonged to the bridge crew, who had been to Hudson, for dinner and were returning to work They were residents of Eau Claire and Ajton. A freight train was running at the rate or eighteen miles an hour and was round ing a curve when It met the work train coming from the opposite direction at a rale ot thirty-five miles an hour. The woik train was backing down the track, and before the engineer of the Treight could reverse the train, the crash oocuried.killlngthetuen. They werenever aware ot their danger and were undoubtedly luptantly killed. The car immediately took fire and three bodlqs were burned In the wreck berore they could be rescued. The wreck was caused by the disobedi ence of orders by Engineer James Owens, of tho work train, nnd the conductor, -who were given the right of way to the west lound track. They forgot their orders, and took the eastbound truck , and did not discover their error until too late. Troupe Given Two Yearn. Pittsburg, June 7. N. H. House, ex-assistant city attorney, convicted of tlie conver sion of city money for private use. was sentenced in the criminal court today to pay n fine of $1,0U0 and to undergo two years' imprisonment lathe Western peni tentiary. Ivy InstitutcBusiness'College, 8th and K. Unexcelled summer courseJ$5: day or night- Alabama -Flooriiisr, one color, 2o a foot. Llbbey A Co., 45tli and N- Y. ave. ft CURRENCY CDMMlSSiON The President May Ask of Con gress PoWer to Appoint One. FEARS DEMOCRATS' ACTION He Mny Bo Deterred From Doing It by the Apprehension That the Financial Discussion Might Get Beyond Control of Republican Leaders A .Stumbling Block. Senator Aldrlch, chairman ot the Finance Committee or the Senate, has notiriod the President that the tarirr bill will pass that liody and be ready Tor the conference com mittee' on or about the 21 kt of this month. Speaker Re2d has informed the President that the conference committee will not take more than a week for the consideration of the bill. n the strength ot this Information the Piesiaent will probably send a special message to Congress on or about June :22 uj-klng for the power to appoint a currency comniix-lon of not less than eleven and not more than firteen members. U13 Idea is to bring the matter before Congress aud enable that body to discuss the meuoure and ote upon it, while tne tarirr bill is in conference, so thatCongrtss w U be able to pass the tarirr bill and the currency commission resolution at about the same time and adjourn early In July. The only thiug that may deter the President from bringing trie currency question to the attention of Congress at thirf session is the fear that It a financial discussion Is once started it is apt to get b.jord the control ot Republican leaders in the Senate and House and continue during the remainder of the summer. Little or no difficulty would be encoun tered in passing a bill in the House, because the Speaker would cheerfully lend his aid In getting an order from the Committee on Rules limiting debate, and there Is no doubt that a bill could be paf-sed by a large majority if brought to a vote In the Senate, however the friends of the Administration measure would be met i by the Democrats and PopulUts, who, of course, would not permit a vote to be taken until they had thoroughly dissected the opposition's agruments. If the Republicans of both houses see their way clear to follow up the tariff bill with a cuireney CummisMon measure, the President will recommend such action; otherwise, he may think it best to let Congress adjourn ai soon as the tariff bill becomes a law. M'LEAN BACK IN URBANA The Sheriff Thinks the Anger Ajraiust Him Has Cooled. Jlayor Gannon Charged WIt-a Having Been the Man "Who Inspired the Fatal Charge. Springfield, Ohio, June 7 Sheriff Mc Lean passed through here at noon today on his way home- He said he thought he would not be molested now. Arriving at IJrbaua, ne was met by Deputy Sheriff Ktrby and driven to the Weaver House He afterward walked to his homt There is some talk here tonight that Adjt. fleu. Axlme will ordei two companies of the National Guard to escort the Urbana militiamen back to that place and protect them from the angry public. The latest information is that the feel ing against them Is abating, and that no violence will he attempted. It is re ported that Adjt. Gen Axline will arrest the ringleaders of the Urbana mob and also the fifty deputy sheriffs who refused to aid Sheriff McLean. A number of prominent citizens will ask Gov. Bushnell to call off the investi gation, and piomise that no harm shall come to Capt. Leonard or Sheriff McLean. The women held a meeting this arter noou at Urbana and decided to petition the legislature to pass a law making crim inal assaults subject to the death penalty Adjt Charles F. Startzman.ot the Third Regiment, O X G was seen at 10 o'clcck tonight, at the regimental headquarters, and stated that Mayor Ganon and Pros ecuting Attorney Deaton, of Urbana, were in a bad position, and that it would only be ashort time before they will have to answer to serious charges. Adt- Startz man said: "I would not be Mayor Gnnson tonight for $10,000. He is charged with being the leader of the mob last Friday morn ing. Ganson not only was In the crowd, but he said to the people: 'The boys won't shoot you They are your friends and will not dare to fire bullets." " It Is charged that Mayor Ganson sided with the mob from the start. From Prosecuting Attorney Deatou's position, when he was shot, it Is claimed by Adjt. Startzman that he was mingling with the mob and was really one of them. FOUR PERSONS HURT. A Flat Car Struck by an Express Train. Chicago, June 7. Four persons were hurt this morning when a rail which was being loaded on a flat-car was struck by an express train on the Illinois Central Railroad. The injured are: Mrs. O. L Olmstead, passenger on the express train; knee badly bruised. Thomas Murphy, foreman section gang; bad scalp wound and Internal injuries Louis1 Guza, Italian laborer, leg broken and head badly cut. Italian laliorer, name nob known; head bruised. The train was coining from the South at the rate of thirty miles an hour aud struek the rail, which protruded cross wise or the flat car standing on an ad joining track. The rail struck the front door of the third coach, crashing into the car, and striking Mrs. Olmstead. Draper Arrives at Home. Rome, June 7. non. William F. Drnper, the newly appointed ambassador of the United States to Italy, arrived -here with his family this evening. They were met at the railway Btation by the Btaff of the embassy. Lacy's pure food ice cream, none better, 80e. per gallon. 601-603 N. T. ave. nw. 12-Inch Boards, 1. Cent a Foot. Frank Libbey & Co., 6th st. and N. Y. ave. NON-PA U'lTS AN- TICKET WINS. Result of the Jndlcial Election in Chicago. Chicago, June 7. With a few scattering precincts from outlying districts to be heard from, It is definitely known tliat the non-parti,-an ticket! was completely vic torious in today's judicial election, by majoritlea which wlllaverage about 10,000. 1 lie successful ticket is: For judge of the supreme court, Benjamin 11. Magruder, Republican For judge or the i superior court Theodore Urontano, Repub lican For judces of the circuit court. Mur rayF Tuley. Democrat; Thomas G Windes, Democrat; E. W. Burke, Republican; R. S. Tuthill, Republican; R W. Clifford, Demo crat; O H.Horton, Republican; A.N Water man, Republican; E. F. Dunne, Democrat, Francis Adams, Democrat; Frank Baker, Democrat; Elbridge Hanecy, Republican, John Glblxin, Republican; Abner Smith, Rt publican; C f. Neely, Republican For county commlNdoner, Michael Petrle. There was very little Interest manifested in the election, and less than hair the reg Istered votes was polled. CRIME OF C. B. DOUGLAS A Well-Known Politicau Kills an Ai'dmore Editor. The 3iurderer nn Aspirant for a Place on the Dawes Com mission. Arduiorc, I. T., June 7. Clarence B Douglas, a politician, well known from here to Washington as an aspirant for theposillon of commissioner on the Dawes ! Commission, today shot down in cold blood James Williams, editor of the Chronicle. Two shots were rired, both taking effect in the leart Williams expired instantly, saying: "Douglas, don't kill me" Witnesses say Williams had nothing in his possesMon to defend blm&eir with. The killing was the result of a humorous article in yesterday's Chronicle. Williams leaves a wife and eight chil dren. He was formerly or Denton. Texas, 5 and was for many years a compositor oa the .Ntw York Herald. Douglas Is in jail. Witnesses by tae huadred? have been 5um moned by both sides, and the finest le'gal talent has been secured to piogecute Douglas. No killing here has aroused such indlzna-th-a and threats ot lynching are fre-Iy made by f-ome of the best citizens. The jail is guarded by a select set of fearless men .vho will protect the prisoner as all hazards. OX TO WASHINGTON. Bicycle Corp ot the Northwestern Military Academy Lea ves Chicago. Chicago, June 7. Twelve young men, comparing the bicycle corps of the Xorth westeni Military Academy, started awheel for Washington this morning to deliver a menage to Secretary ot War Alger. The young men leaped into rame at the military carnival at the Coliseum sovera! weeks ago. Their maneuvers, under the command of Major David-on, their organizer and lead er, made the hit of the great e,hibiuon, and the task which was undertaken today was the result of a determination to show the public thatthecorpscoalddotherough est kind of actual work, as well a exhibit skill in drilling on their rubber-shod steeds. The message from Gen. Brooke to Gen. Alger Is merely a formal statement of the trip and its object. The document Is to be carried the entire distance, fiom Chicago to Washington, by the corps. The members of the corps will ride, camp, cook, maintain guard, and precautions according to the rules observed In an ene my's country, with the exception, of course, of foraging Each cadet carries a Springfield rifle, shelter tent, blanket, extra clothing, and one day's ration's The weight of each bicycle, with equipment, is fifty-five pounds. AWFUL BOILER EXPLOSION Twenty 3Ien Known to Be Dead and jJany Injured. Fragments of Human Bodies Fonml ilixeil With Piece of irachlu- , erv and Building Material. Mexico City, June 7. La Carolina calico printing factory at Puebla, was entirely destroyed th;s morning by a boiler explo sion. Twenty men are known to be dead many injured, aud much property de stroyed. The factory, the property of Noriega Brothers, the well-known Spanish mer chants of .Mexico City, was situated in the heart of the city. The destruction done 1 to buildings, machinery, and stock on hand will amount to $130,000. Soldiers are now engaged In clearing away the debris. Fragments of human bodies, ndxed up with pieces of machinery and bulldlngma terial, strew the ground upon every side People were killed in adjoining houses an 1 many fronts ot dwellings were blown out The scene of the accident presents a scene of indescribable destruction and con fusion, crowded with people in search cf the unfortunate victims. Experts say a ton ot dynamite could hardly have been more destructive. Meddlesome Preacher Ilotten-gged. Pecry, Okl., June 7. Rev. Larkin McAl Ister, a Methodist clergyman, was covered with rotten eggs at Scr.ctte on Saturday. He had taken a hand in a family quarrel which resulted in a lav." tnlt. During the trial the men rotten-egged the pieae-her for his officiousness. Fierce Storm In Texas. San Antcnio, Tex., June 7. A terrific Wlllli tlUU tUU OHJWU o t t,iiu uiw vino uum ot Texas Inst night. Many buildings were .. .. .. , .t ,-..1.. lllOWn QOWll noruiweau ui Jitiu, uiwntii orchards were wrecked. Cotton is being Injured by too much rain. Buy your typewriter paper and sup plies from us and save money. See our imnroved cabinets for all makes of type- -..i-, TtnAivr?tnr TJ 01 rift Unrfofo a ri wrm-is. Jf """-' uH.v.., ..- Manufacturers' Agency, 1307 F st. nw. Burket & HewettT Agents. je5-5t,em Blinds, H inches tMcIc. liny size, 31 apair. Libbey&Co.,6thandN Y ave. tf SHOT HEfi, THEN HIIHISELf Charles E. Barber's Bullets Only Ended His Own Life. MISS SQUIRE SLIGHTLY HURT The Young Patent Attorney At tempted to Assassinate His Form er Stenographer De Fired Twice at nor. But Neither Ballet Was Fatal His Letters Show Insanity. Charles E. Barber, a well-known patent attorney, committed suicide on Four-and-a-half street, a few doors north or Penn sylvania avenue, yesterday morning, by shooting him-seir through the right temple. This act was preceded by a deliberate at tempt to murder Miss Dorothy E: Sipnre, formerly employed by him as stenographer and typewriter. Barber shot the young lady twice, the first bullet making a scalp wound an the back of her head, while ti.e second shattered her left thumb. Her wounds, while severe, will not result ser iously. Tne tragedy occurred In front of Roths child's liquor establishment, Xo. 217 Four-and-a-Ualf street- northwest, about b oO yesterday morning; that thoroughrare at the time being liberally sprinkled with I npituGrriotit. vwrtlinr T uv.kinlrniMLUii ' r ,.... " ' " xxiruer coueeuieu iumseii oeueuui -ue porcn of nouseXo. 213 Four-and-a-half scret and intercepted the young wo.uan as she was proceeding to Pennsylvania avenue to take a cable car foi her office in the Pest building. Mum "squire believed Barber was in New York, as he had written her several threataning letters from that city. she was rherefore. astoundtd " hen he sprang from beneath tne porch and confronted her As he approached tht irigutetied woman she shied off and quickened her pace toward the Avenue. Barber said something which sounded like "Forgive me" and "you must." He then closed in upon her. As he did so he drew 'rora one e-f his pockets a package and com menced to unwrap the paper abont it. When she saw it was a pistol, Miss Squire screamed once- He quickly leveled the Weapon at her head and tired. The bullet struck her on the back pait of the head, making a flesh wound, and embedding a portion of her celluloid haii-comb in the tissues of her flesh. Partly stunned by the bullet and con cavion. Mi-s Squire fell to l side walk. Baiber, determined upon murder, emptied another chamber of the revolver at her, the missile entering her lert hand and badly shatteiiig the thumb bone Then, Lebevlng hi- vict nf was dead, le placed the muzzle of the pistol against his right temple and pulled the trigger. The ttullet tore through Ms head, and the patent attorney tumbled to the sidewalk, blood and biains oozing from the wound. He died In a few moments In the meantime. Miss Squire had re gained her feet and ran to the office of Dr Eailey. several doors above the scene ot the shcoting She was bleeding pro fusely, and after the flow of blood had been stopped I)r Bailey accompanied her in the ioIice ambulance to the Emergency Hospital After remaining at that Insti tution a short time she entered a cab with her mother and sister and wa drien to their home, Xb 327 C stieet northwest. The body of Barber was taken to tho morgue, where Coroner Hammett view-jd it about neon He decided that an in quest was not necessary and gave a cer tificate of death by suicide The remains were then removed to the Xichols under taking rooms, corner of Second street m-1 Pennsylvania avenue, Capitol Hill, to be prepared for burial and to be held until the dead man's relatives are heard from The causes which led up to the suicide and attempted murder are voluminous and date back over five years, when Miss Dorothy Squire answered nn advertise ment in a newspaper which Barber had in serted for a stenographer and typewriter A letter which the deceased wrote on the niilroad train Sunday while coming back to Wa.-hiiigton from New 1'ork. gives ha side of the story The letter was found by Detective Ed Weedonoa Barber'sdesk.and. reads: 'The public has a right to know why I hove done (asl shall tomorrow) what they will thinr. an awful deeiL I shall kill Miss Dorothy Squire and myself tomorrow if she will notconscntto mnrrymeandlenda decent life. Over five years ago she came to me for work as stenographer and type writer. I employed her. She fell in love with me at once and I with her. "I had n divorce case pending and could not marry her; but no doubt cu-ild have done so this summer Dor. and I were happy until the combined influence Of her mother and brother and one married man, nniu'id Charles Ridcnonr. persuaded her to do wrong. "She often complained to me of Ride nour's persecutions. On May 11, 1S07, she promised to set me and asked me to be sure and wait for her at 5. At 6 lie wrot she could never sev ne again I was distracted. We hud no quarrel and I begged for an interview. She has denied it. J shall nevr belicvi sne was not forced to do f"o. I love and cannot live without her. I have fought against this con.mg tragedy. 1 have wept and prayed. I have sent hr all sorts of messages imploring her to give me out kind word. I cannot stand it longer. I got a room opposite her house but could not sleep "I flew to Xew York and Mr. Belmont wrote to her for me but no answer. "I am simply Insane and dying for love ot her. I ha'.c not always done right, but 1 loved her better than I knew and always come back to her. We are- both sensitive and high-strung- She Is my very life and will be niy death. "The one most to blanu !s Rldenour I wrote to him and he gave my letter up and her mother displayed it at police court "I believe God has forgiven me. I forgive them all. 1 ask my few dear good friends to forgive me for the pain this rrust cost. We shau meet our uoom I . . . .-. .t. 1 together and not live to cause others a 1 fntniro such acony as I am suffering. My future such agony as age is thlrtj-slx. "CHARLES E. BARBER, "Attorney and Counscllor-at-law, "Washington, D. C,v" "L was born In New York, w.is an or phan at the age of three years; haidasten mother, and left, there for Washington at - .....n.i i- rt JD tne age 01 incna, --- .-, -,- .., associated with Gen. Benjamin F. Butler j Flooring, 0, 8, 10 inches wide, $15 perlOOft. Libbeyi Co., 6th and N.Y. ave. j&MA L ':$ i-Ofc-