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" uT-K r i s i- Tha Circulation of THE TIMES Yesterday LEATHER PROBABILmES. "WAS Uttt 41 Zl' or the District ot Columbia, Mary land and Virginia, fair: continued high temperature; easterly winds. coriEa ISTO. 1,26 6k WASBXN"GTOSr, WEDNJ5SDAT MOmSTETG-, SEPTEMBER 8, 1897 EIGKIIT PAGrE3. OJSJE CEIS'T. k 4HK3ES9 v. $.oo mm Atlantic City 5 And Return VIA JB.&O. 5 Special train leaves Washington ATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, at 3 p. m., and SUNDAY, SEPTEHBER 12, at 6:30 a. m. return via for all trains J SUNDAY, I J September i2. GIWIMG THE GAS HAH 1 HU The Vagaries of the Meter Meas ure Discussed. 0NEM0NTH LIGHT,NEXT HEAVY v Jso Apparent Ileason Can Be Ad- vanced, Though necord Is Kept Are the Meter Subsidized by the Company? Or Does the Company Multiply Figures to Sultltb Sweet TVill? 'It's a mystery to me bow gas bills Tua. up. The average gas meter seems Uto "have -ways Uiat are dark and tricks that are vain ' a. Bret Harte has It about hlc Heathen Chlneo," said Mr. Mayer yes terday, ns, -with a solemn air, be read bis household gas bill. I am convinced tbat the use of gas bas not been inci rased in my bouse, as many of the familv are away on holidays, but the bill Is nearly doubled. 'It Is true that I am able to stand wba appears to be an iniquitous increase, but, my bry, there an thousands and thousands who cannot, and oa whom the burden fallb every, very hard. "What remedy have they? Why, ab "wrtutely none at all, except to have the meter cxamlm-d by some old fogy. 'How different it is with this great double store and annex. Here the people 6PC what they are getting and how much they arc to pay for ic And they can pay for It at their convenience, as their means allow. A Btore like this is a olefin? to the people." And the Tcporter agreed. AHRESTED IN LONDON. Alleged Relatives of an American Ex-Senator In Trouble. London, Sept. 7.-Edward l)e Nell and bis wire, Clara, an American woman, who lb said to be a relative of an American ex-Senator, were charged In a pollre.court here today with obtaining credit under Ifalse pretenses. The keepers of hotels and boarding-houses where the accused had stopped gave evidence regarding the man ner In which they contracted bills which -they had not paid. The couple claim the titles of Duke and Duchess de Rio Grande. They were re manded Tor trial, but later the woman was admitted to bail. Several Americans were present In court during the hearings. Including a representative from the em bassy. La Fetrn's Cafe, Eleventh and G streets northwest. Excellent meals 25 cents. Delightful dining room. Hotel homelike. Rates low for winter. it launch boards $1 per 100 "Ft. Frank Lltbey & Co., 6th and N. r. ave. C .GO BALTffiORE and & MEL'S HOT SOLVED TIio Body That of a Woman Murdered ly Her Husband. STRONG CHAIN OF EVIDENCE The Crime Committed on Anmist 7 or August 8 She Was Stubbed In the Heart nod Slashed in the Throat T-eeme the Name Given by the Suspected Man. There is much lightontheLaurclmj story. The body found in Kellogg's woods oa Sunday is the remains of a womau. She wj. the vMlm of a murder. Her throat wasfiitand she was stabbed near the hoart. Everything indicates that the murderer was her husband. His name Is Lceme aud he is a stone cutter or a matron by trade. He is protribly a Pennsylvanian or un dor'jted German extraction, although his appearance is more that of a Pole or Bo hemian than of a German. The murder took place on the night of Saturday, August 7, or on Sunday, August 8. A little 3 ellow terrier, belonging to the woman, was the only witness to the crime. That terrier is now in Laurel. It needs to be well guarded, for it may be the instrument to bring punishment to the mur derer. The terrier will recognize the mur derer of its mistress, and if true to the instincts of Jts race, if they are ever brought face to face.it will recognize him in such a way as will strike terror into his guilty soul. The woman and man were last seen in Lavrel, probably on Friday afternoon. Times reporters have traced them back from there almost to Baltimore. They were quarreling most ot the time. The woman was not used to tramping. She was tired and her feet were sore. They were oa their way to Washington, but the man was the only one who reached here. The woman reached ths endof her journey and ot all earthly Journeys in Kellogg's woods. Tne detcrlptton of the victim as she was in lire lias been obtained, together with a reasonably close description of the murderer. The turoat of the woman was cut from the extreme left side to the right side. A stab wound was probably made In the left 6lde or the body. The knife probably slashed the heart and left lung. It was a fatal wound. "Where the victim was cut first cannot be determined at this distance rroin the crime. It is likely, though, that the stab wound was Inrilcted rirst, and that the murderer then cut the throat of corpse. Then he denuded her of such rluth iug as she wore, washed the blood from himself, changed his trousers, bundled up the bloody clothing of the woman, forgot the pair of troupers he had taken off and mnde hih way &outh to one of the country roads and traveled on. The little yellow terrier, the one witness of the crime, has taken up his residence "with a family of colored people at Laurel. It probablj stayed near the body of its mistress till hungerforcedit to hunt around the bouses and back jards of the setile inent for food. Why the murderer did not kill the dog has not been reasoned out, unless it is that he felt that this little dog could provide no clew. The first task yesterday in connection with the case was the establishment of the sex of the remains. Dr. Hunt, of Laurel, made a critical oxamlnation of the body. He pronounced it that of a woman. The pelvic arch was decidedly curved. The neck of the femur was of a greater angle than Is found In the normal skeleton ot a male. Tbe illliims were both curved. The mummified nipple or the right breast was large, as though It bad been nursed, thus Indicating that the dead woman had been a mother. The cephalic index also corroborated the cAher evidence as to sex. The skull was that of a person about thirty oi thirty-five years ot age. ,- Dr. Hunt examined tbe wounds in the palm and on the back of the right hand under a strong glass, and gave it as his opinion tbat they were made not by a knife butfby the beaksof buzzards. The right arm wap so poised back ot the skull that ic did not rest on the wet ground and sim ply dried out brown and black. The buz zards did not eat it away as they did the other hand, which was not so pre seived, but only -punctured and tore It hi three places. There are others though, who believe that the wounds were made by a kt.lfe, and that the woman received them while trying to defend herself during the fatal struggle. The teeth of the victim were not In such perfect condition as some Imaginative re porters have represented. On the left side ot the lower jaw the second bicuspid, first second and third molars had been ex tracted, and the first and third molars had been drawn from the right lower jaw. Thess teeth had not dropped from the sl'ull after death, because the alveola pro oess bad fdled in the sockets and became hard. The decaj In the upper right central had not been corrected, and bad cor.imunl cited to the next tooth, the lateral, where a 'cary" was perceptible.- The upper left second molar was a shell and had not been filled. The Ungual surface of the upper right central was decayed. Shaffer's meat store stands on the main street in Laurel, near the railroad sta tion. Mrr Shaffer and his clerk, Mr. Green, gave The Times man Importautinformation which was not developed at the Inquest. Mr. Green said: "About four weeks ago a man and a woman stopped In front of this store. The man waited on the sidewalk. The woman entered. She bought one pound of bologna sausage, and asked me to give her some bones for a little yellow terrier which she had with her. I recall this woman clearly. She was small', maybe aboutfive feet three or four inches. She was full in figure. Her skin was much tanned by exposure to sun and wind. Her eyes were gray. Her teeth were white and crowded. Her features were small. She talked pleasantlyand had what seemed to me to be an Irish or Scotch-Irish accent. Her hair was short and brown in color. Her hands were small and sunburnt. She wore a shirt waist or summer stuff and a dark skirt. This skirt was short and the hem reached a little be low the tops of her shoes. The shoes were heavy, 'K'orn and dusty. I cannot recall her hat. The wliole appearance of the wou.au impressed me as being shabby, but I felt at the time that she had been better off in the past. I did notobserve the man closely, as he did not come Into the store." Mr Shaffer noted the man. He said. "He looked like a tramp. Ills hair was long, disordered and reddish He wore a long mustache, and his face was covered with about a three-weeks growth 12-lnch boards 1 per 100 Ft. Frank Llbbey & Co., Cth and N. Y. ave. of red beard. He wore a flannel shirt and carried a stick and bundle slung over his shoulder. He had a few tins, as though, he cooked by the wayside. He was a big man, somewhat under six feet and somewhat under 200 pounds He had an angular face and a longnobe." As this couple left Shaffer's store, the man picked up a pocketbook, which a Email boy promptly claimed as his prop erty. The two stopped to argue. Tim man appeared willing to return ine purse and contents to the boy, but the "woman objected. She snatched the purse from tin. man and would not return It to the boy unless he told her how much was in it. This the boy could not do, and the woman appropriated the find. They walked along the main street to the station and turned down the railroad track toward Washington. Miss Hern saw them go. This was Friday evening, August G. They left the track near South Laurel, where a board walk leads toward the woods In which the body was found. Eaily Saturday morning Fieil Duvall saw a man and womau at the edge ofKel logg's woods, aUiut 150 feet fiom the deatl. spot. He described the man as large, with led beard and long nose and small eyes, set close together. He caught a glinipc of the woman and says she wore a light shirt waist and dark skirt The man wore only a, dark shirt. Ills head aud legs were bare. Runday morning, Trot. Knowlton, Of the AgilculturalDepartment.saw a naked man sitting In nbout the same spot wheie the body of the womau was found. It was raining and the man seemed to be washing himself Trot. Knowlton was not much more than 50 feet away, but there was swiic brush and weeds which he thinks inlht have concealed the body from him. Trot. Knowlton describes this man as big, with heavy red -mustache and reddish hair and beard. It may be tbat the mur derer was then washing the blood from his person and changing his clothes. From the different descriptions ob tained the murdered woman liad short brown hair. Matted hair, reddish brown and four Inches long was found near the body. No one has been iountl who saw this red-bearded man after Sunday, Au gust 8. The trousers which were found a few feet from the body are 30 Inches around the waist aud 32 inches long In the leg. This is the size for a man of rather over the average build. They are worn around the heel, as though they were a little long for the wearer. They are of brown and gray mixture. On the front of the lpg the giay mixture Is not visible, and the cloth Is about the color ot Iron rust An erfort will be made to determine if this Etaln was cause 1 by blood. Close search was made of the surrounding country yesterday for the missing clothing. Reporters dragged he Patuxent River, a canal south of the woods, and a branch that flows tfbout half a mile from the scene of the murder, but the work wxs without "valuable result. A woman's stocking wab found in a cornfield about Die fourth of a mile away The stocking had been torn by the tet.h of a cultivator, and that field hits not been "culthated" since the middle of July. That.dispobt-s of the stocking, though no clew could be obtained from It anyhow. Ihcnrunsmubthavebeencommlttedabout a month ago. There Is a great deal ot rumulafhe evidence on this point. Near whore the body wu are a gum sapling and soft maple with ax cuts not much over a month old. Close to the tody was a de posit of human feces that would have disintegrated had it been exposed to th July rains. No .si;:nof u fire can be found in the woods. The couple could have had no campfire in there, nor could the clothes ot the woman have been burned in there. This mystery has set the old citizens of Laurel to a dlscussloa of another murder mystery, w Inch occurred within a half mlic ot the latest grewsome find, and for rorty years bas not been solved. Mr. Mllstead, the undertaker who prepared the remains of the murdered woman for burial, also of ficiaisa as undertaker at the tragedy of long ago. L-urlng a cold day in February, 1857, n. SHtchcl was picked up on tho line of the railroad. It contained fine linen and toitet articles, and was evidently the propertj or n well-to-do man. This caused a great deal or speculation, which finally sub sided On May 4.1S57, the well-preVerved body of a man was found In the woods about 200 yards from the place where the satchel was picked up. He had been murdered. His breast was torn by buckshot. No money nor jewelry was found on the body. The man had evi dently been killed for the purpose of rob brry. The body was never Identified, and lies In an unmarked grave near Laurel. In July, 1891, the body or Mary Cager, colored, was found near Laurel. There were two bulletholesin the body. She had been shot from behind. No one ever legally suffered for the crime. LYNCHED AN INNOCENT MAN Victim of a Virginia Mob Undonbt. edly Innocent. No Proof Against Ilenry TVall, TVho SVan Sapposed to SHavo As saulted Sadie",Coolr. Richmond, Va., Sept. 7. Henry Wall, a young white man, about twenty-two years old, was lynched by a mob near Friend's Mishion on Sunday for an al leged assault upon Miss Sadie Cook, on Saturday last. He was probably Inno cent. 9 Miss Cook was found In an unconscious condition, with fourteen gashes on her body and head and skull fractured. Fur ther investigation proved that she bad been assaulted. Young Wall was arrested on suspicion, and was in charge of Constable Childress. Larlyin the night Shsrirf Woolwinn went to sleep within half a mile ot where Chil dress was guarding the prisoner. A mob came and took away the prlboner with out encountering resistance on the part or the conbtable, and the latter did not report the fact to the sheriff until the next day. That was Sunday night. Wall was lynched simply on suspicion. On Monday further investigation was made, and there was practically no evidence to convict Wall of the crime. It is now be lieved he was innocent. $3 Most Popular Saturday Trip $3 Is that to Fort Monroe, Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Ocean View via Norfolk and Washington steamers. Secure staterooms early andavolddisappolntment. Tickets, S3, good to return Sunday night. It Lacy's pure food ice cream, none better, 80a per gallon. 601-603 N. Y. ave. jlw. 12-ineh boards $1 per 100 Ft. Frank Llbbey & Co., 6th and N. Y. ave. f'lLr ft IfIf 7 W kifc v a .p r-- ' VICTIMS QFYELLOI FEVER Eighteen Cases at Ocean Springs and Three at Biloxi. NONE FOUND ELSEWHERE Quarantine Will He -Vithdrnwn From Other Towns on Mississippi Sound If They Are Found to He Heulthy A Number of Cities Quurantine Affitiiifet Nov Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. 7.- There are eighteen cases supposed t6 be , yellow fever at Ocean Springs, Mis.. and three at Bllpxi, the town on the opposite side ot Biloxi, Bay, and only two miles distant. These are all the cases known to exist any where on tho gulf coist. A careful in vestigation today by .the Loulsrana board ot health showed no cases of feer, or suspicious cases in New Orleans or Bay St. Louis. The quarantine which existed against Bay St. Louis was therefore removed. The inspectors of the Louisiana board of health will i-xamluu the other towns on Mississippi Sound an'(J will withdraw thu quniantlne against them iDthey are found to to healthy. But th iuaxantine will be kept up against Oct-anSprings and Biloxi. A quarantine station will be established at RIgo'els, on the Louisiana Mississippi boundary line, v here all sick or suspicious persons will be detailed. It is now clearly 'established that a majority of the 600 people in Ocean Springs who are or have been sltk there suffered from the dengue and not yel low fever, and it is this courusion which allowed yellow jack to slip in- The pre liminary Bymptonsof'thetwo diseases are identical It is now .believed that there have not been over sixty cases of gen uine yellow rover, including the twelve which resulted fatally. The Ocean Springs people still deny the existence ot yellow fever there, and hld an indignation meeting today, at which all the local physicians denounced tho hoards of health of Louisiana lAlaba ma andMissis slppl and the United' Slates Marine Hos pital Service for declaring the epidemic yellow fever. The toivn Is still thor oughly quarantined, fithd no one can leave or enter It. As supplies are bhort there, and the ice supply has completely run out, pro visions will have to be sent into the town. A complete cordon of armed quarantine guards is now surrounding the town on the land Ride, while thesteamer Now York, belonging to the,, Mississippi board of health patrols tlfe harbor. The Mississippi board. of health is satis fled that thefeverjcaineiufrom the United States quarantine Station at Ship Island, twelve miles away. The board has fre quently protested against this btation as a menace to tho entire gulf coast. Gov McLaurin asked tho Secretaryof the Treas uiy to abolish it only a shoit time ago as dangerous, but the request was rofused. The matter will be taken up by tho Louisi ana Mipfaissippl and v Alabama boards of health aud be laid hefore Secretary Gage. If he still refuses to remoie the station the natter will be carried to Congress and the ttepresentatlves abk that he be ordered to clcso the station. There Is no la7aretto there, no means exist for keeping theflshermen and boat men from -visiting the infected ships, and a sailor or passenger oi one of these ships can easily laud without examination or investigation. There fe also some dis position to protest against the Florida quarantine station at Tampa as lax and Insufficient. The commission offexperts appointed by the Louisiana board of health to ex amine all cases, ruinoni,etc., unanimously agree that there Is not a suspicious case In New Orleans. In spite of tills, however, on account of the dPi'tti of young Guelpl, who came here from Ocean Springs, Galveston, Mobile and Vlcksburg and numerous other points haCo quarantined against New Orleans. Some 6,000 persons caule Jhto New Orleans from the Mississippi gnlt coast yesterday, and quite a panlo prevailed, mainly over the fear that they would be bottled up in the small seaside towns by quarantine; but the,scare is now over. I)r. OHphant, president ot the Louisiana 12-lnch boards $1 per 100 Ft. Frank Llbbey & Co., Gtliand N. Y. ave. 't Irjy mfva"z-. l,PrJiwAd'5':w"-' WOODFORD'S INSTRUCTIONS. board of health, emphatically denies the truth or the stone" sent out from Wash ington as aiming from the United States Marine Hospital physician in Mobile that there arc two suspicious cases in New Orleans. SAFE PLACE OF REFUGE. Proposition to Invite Vellovv Fever HefoKees to Lookout Moiiutnln. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 7.-City of ficials are considering the question of in viting refugees from the infected yellow fccr districts to come to Loulout Moun tain. It is said that tho disea cannot exist at that elevation, and fh.it It would be the part ot humanity to provide a place of refuge for the frightened South erners. The fleeing citizens could be taken at 'night to the mountain without Chang.; .f cars. Several buildings for their occu pancy are available. FOUR KILLED,MANY INJURED Fatal Explosion of Nituo-Glycei'ine in an Ohio Town. The Accident Occurred During the Shootlnfr of an Oil "SVell Finan cial Loss Heavy. Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 7. Four men were Villed outright and a number badly In jured by an explosion of nitro-glycerine at Cygnet tonight. The dead are: John Lausdale; John Thcmptou; Charles Cordell; Allen Falls; Among the badly' injured are: Samuel Harber and Grant WUsou. Many others were hurt, but it is im possible to secure their names tonight. The accident occurred at the shooting of an oil well, and was a most peculiar one. The well was in- the center of the town, immediately in the rear of the Ohio OH Company's warehouses. Owing to the proximity of the building, caTerul pre parations were made to keep the oil from spraying after tbe shot. A Heavy casing head was secured to the top of the pipe, with which it was ex pected to control the flow ot oil, which usually Is thrown high above the derrick wiion the nitro-glycerlne is exploded. The 6liot was a hard one. The casing closed, but it was unable to withstand the flow They heavy Iron was broken and the oil, charged with gasl was sprajedln every di rection A fire was burning in the boiler at thu well and an explosion immediately took place. This in turn exploded some extra can j ot nitro-glycerine standing in the shooter's wagoa near the derrick. Tbe men .killed were not employed at the well, but were by-standers. vOne of the Injured men, Barker, was the agent of the Ohio and Indiana Tor pedo Company, In charge of the shooting. He Is a veteran In the business and this Is the first accident he 1 as met with. He is expected to recover. The Ohio Oil Company's warehouse caught fire after the explosion and was entirel consumed. The companj is the operating department of the Standard Oil Company in this district and has charge of all drilling and producing wells. Tho company does not desire to make any statement of its loss, but as Cygnet was one of Its Important stations, the loss is undoubtedly heavy. Andrew& Decides to Retire.. Providence, R. I., Sept. 7. President Andrews is to sever his connection with Brown University. That decision was arrived at today during a conference be tween Dr. Andrews and six members of the executive committee of the university Dr. Andrews declared that he considered his usefulness at an end. The college year begins on the 15th, and it is likely that Tr. Andrews will remain until his successor is elected. Owing to the great demand for tho won derful moving pictures at Congress Heights, arrangements have been made to give an exhibition of them this week. Take new electric oars from Navy Yard bridge to Congress Heights to see this marvel or the age. Free. se5-tf 12-inch bonrds $1 per 100 Ft. Frank Llbbey & Co., 6th and N. Y. ave. Ei OF TiEjl. SHE The Columhus Convention Will Probablj Call It Off Today. DEPUTY SHERIFFS' STONED They Had Ueen Imported by the Tie ArmittJs for the Purpose ot Rvietinji Mhier- , From 'I hfir Home After Several Were In jured They Retreated. Pittsburg, Sept. 7.-The Columbus con vention will settle the coal strike tomor row if the wishes of the miners of the Pittsburg district count. A convention of Pittsburg coal dlggeis held here today practically declared for the compromise wage rate of 65 cents a ton oifered by the operatois. Four delegates-at-Iargo were electtd by the convention to go to Columbus with Instructions to use their discretion and vote for whatever wage rate could be obtained. This means that the operators' offer will be accepted. By Mouday, it is expected, the mines nil over the striking district will be in operation. It is fortunate for the miners, that this decision was made. The first riot of the strike happened last night and this morning, aud but for the action of the convention more bloodshed might have fol low ed. The Pittsburg and Chicago Gas Coal Company Intended to evict a number of n.Iners at Gastvnville, preparatory to fill ing tho houses with imported men. The company acted against the advice of other operators. Last night seventeen deputy sheriffs went to Gastonville. The house they stopped In was atoned all nightlong, and several deputies were wounded. This morning the deputies retreatPd to Orangevilie, a mile and a quarter distant, each man with a revolver in his belt. They were fol lowed by 600 strikers, who hooted them and bombarded them with stones. A party of womea met the deputies and ac companied them to Orangeville, throwing sticks and stones all the way. Several deputies were injured. At Orang-'ville the deputies sought refuge in a vacant house, which Was soon sur rounded by strikers. At noon the officers ot the Jaw hung out a flag of truce, conferred with the strikers and were per mltted to retreat to the railroad. They were not allowed to wait for a. passenger train, but were forced to board a freight. Tonight the coal company claims to have .abandoned its intention to make evictions. One death may result from tne not. William Brown, the company's sixty-year blacksmith, was working last night put ting in the handles of a lot of new picks. Several strikers slipped up to the shop and stoned Brown so badly that his death Is momentarily expected. COWED HY ARMED DEPUTIES. Strikers Not Allowed to March Through Hnzleton Section. Hazletoti, Pa., Sept. 7. The march ot the striking miners through this section which was expected to take place today was frustrated by the sheriff, who had deputized 100 armed men to assert the low. The strikers attempted to get up a parade on the So uth Side, but were prompt ly dispersed. The Cranberry mines, which were visited by the strikers on Saturday, were worked today With nearly a full complement Ot men and boys. The sheriff's posse was stal-.onod within hailing distance at Aud enreid, when an attempt was nule to form a- procession there, bud their sen ices were not needed, and they returned to this phice to await further develop ments. In case of trouble at Audenreld, it has been arranged to blow the whistles at the breakers. The strikers seemed completely cowed by tho presence of armed deputies, and it is probable will accept the mine owners' proposition to arbitrate. Today is visiting day at St. Elizabeth Insane Asylum. Take new electric line from Navy Yard Bridge via Capital Trac tion and Anacostla cars. 12-Inch boards SI per 100 Ft. Frauk Llbbey & Co., 6th an'd N. Y. ave. WEYLEH DEFENDS HIMSELF Has Not Tried to Win the Title of a Humane General. - CONCENTRATION OP PACIFICOS Declares That It Is a Military Meas ure Favorable to Spit In und That It Is Not His Fault if Thousands of Peorile Die From the Effect of It. Havana, Sept. I.via Key West, Sept. 7. Gen. Weyler was welcomed this arternooa en his return lrom the field at the old palace, lu front of the- Plaza de Armas, by the leaders ot the Spaniards in Cuba. He ialked to his visitors with unusual freedon about his policy and the war. It was the first time since he lauded In Cuba to rnle the Island as captain gen eral that he has stooped from his liaSic ot rommandmg without explanations to a familiar discussion of his plans and deeds. i am not afraid," F-ald Gen. Wejler, 'of the charges .-.iade against my admin istration, r do not try, either, to win tie title ot a humane general. War is war, and I came here to make war, a relentles-s, pitiless war against the enemies of Spain. I never understood the wlsdomof governing with a slack hand a rebel people, and so well known was my opinion in this, matter that as soon as my coming to Cuba as captain-generaL was announced, all tbe covert enemiesiot Spain who lived here among us emigrated In haste to tbeUnlted Statod. Hail they nothing to fear they would have staid as otlu-rs did among the loyalists. I wa-s glad of tnem knowing ltr. I was glad that they knew me. "I know alto that the feeling of hos tility against Spain is deeply rcoted in this country. I have done oiily my duty in trying to extirpate it. What means all the outcry agaiast my decree ordering thu Concentration of the paclflco"? Only thas it was a military measure favorable to Spain. It is not my Tault if hundreds ot thousands of people have to die from the effects ot a military measure. I did noc provoke this war. The revolutionists cast the die, and they must stand by the con sequences. "To meet tho guerrilla warfare the Cu bans wage against the royal army ot Spain, I bad to cut ofr all communication be tween tbe inpjrgent bands and the towns Such communication allowed the insur gents to provide supplies for themselvo in the tow ns to carry on their desultory war fare. The pacificoH are a link between the town conspirators end the insurgents- I have- severed that link. That is all. T am not responsible for theconsequenccsota aire but urgent measure imposed by the war. "I believe that tlu luagaanlmity of Spain is so great and the injustice of the revo lution so extraordinary that the insurgents and uheir abettor? da not deserve any con sideration. For her loyal subjects Spain has reforms; for the rebilo what they like, war." EXTENT OF OI'OZER'S SHORTAGE. The Ampnnt of Funds Misappro priated Placed ut 02,000. Fhtiidclphia, Sept. 7. Vice Clancellor Grey In Camden this morning ordered a rer eirahlp for tho Mechanics MatualLoan and the Mercer Mutual Loan Associations of Trenton. These are the associations looted by Tioasror Croz-r Law wr ta.hhl.of Iron tou, presented two petitions, alleging tha mb-approprlatlon of funds and the misman agement of the funds of the associations, and asked for theappointment of a receiver for toth. The amount of funds ndsap propriated is placed t $92,C00. It is said that the assets of the associa tions wrc locked up in a safe In the homa office ut Trenton. The chancellor aaked for nominations for the receivership. The names of William T. Hannum, John E. Clauzey, John G. Howell and Peter Bachis, of Trenton, were presouted. The court ordered the drawing ot an ordr for the appointment or a receiver with the space foT thp receiver's name left blunk, to be filed m by tomorrow. TVAR ON SECTARIANISM. MeusnroH to Prevent It SprentL Proposed by Ros-lans. Moscow, Sept. 7. A congress of high Husslnn ecclesiastics, which is now In session in Kazan, is consideiing measures to sfop the spread of sectarianism. Tha congioss has decided to ask the govern ment to pToceeu against the adherents ot Count ToMol as being dangerous to the church and state. It ahjo voted to prohibit the publication of Lutheran books in the Rusaiiu language. It was proposed that the children ot sectarians be taken from them and edu-, Cdted In public institutions ot the orthodox fulth, hut the proposal was not adopted foi tno reason that there are no such In stitution5: in Russia. One bisliop suggested that the property sectarians be confiscated by the govi erumeiit. Editor Mysteriously Disappears. Rlehii-ond, Va., Sept- 7 John Hughes, editor of The Wheel, here, has mysteriously disappear e-I. His wife Is in fallinc health and is almost broken-hearted. All efforts to trace hlni have proven futile. Hughes was addicted to excessive cigarette smok ing, and it is feared by his friends that this affected his mind and caused him-to wander away. Dei.lh of it Fiwnons Racer. Lexington. Ky., Sept 7. The famous Derby winner. Prince Lief, a horse that helped to make the late Byron McClel land famous as a turf man.is'denO. He was cnloroformed last night to rid him or his sufferings from blood poisoning-. British North Atlantic Squadron. Halifax, N S-, Sept. 7 Two powerful cruie-.Ts ot the Intrepid tvpe are to re place H . M. S. Buzzard and Tartar on the station, still further Increasing tho effectiveness ot the British force in tin? North Ail mile Squadron. ltlnze in a Quebec Town. Alagog, Quebec. Sept. 7.-Fire here at an early tour this morning cleaned out tho principal business establishments on Main street, doing damage to the extent o 3100,000. Ivy Institute Bustucss College, ith and K. None beticr, S25 a Tear, day or night. 12-inch botirds !?1 per 100 Ft Frank Llbbey & Co., Gth and N. 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