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rush up into the burning building, and the
officers and bystanders found it difficult to
restrain them. A number of women were
soon on their knees on the ice-covered
pavements, crying piteously to heaven for
assistance.
The spread of the flames was remark
able. There was a strong wind blowing at
the time, and in less time than it takes to
toll it the building was afire from top to
bottom. Twenty streams of water seemed
to have no effect, and there was every in
dication early in the evening that the en
tire block would be consumed. The fire
extended into the big structure north and
nutted it and the Western Union building.
It was not until about four hours after the
fire started that it was under control. The
loss will probably reach (400,000.
The three women, who were killed b\'
jumping from the windows were almost
unrecognizable when picked up, so fear
fully were their heads crushed. Many of
the injured were those caught under fall
ing walls.
While the fire was raging in the Ken
more restaurant Thomas Rosso, an Italian
peanut vender, who kept a stand in front
of the place and who was inside, had a
narrow escape from death. One of the
huge timbers fell on him end he was im
prisoned in the ruins with fire on every
side. Officers Burke. Watson and Guy
and a boy named James Quinn went to
his aid. More of the south wall fell in and
the policemen were each bruised and cut.
Officer Burlce was BO badly injured that he
was taken "to his home. The others re
turned to duty. Young Quinn was struck
< a the chest by falling timbers and quite
seriously injured. The Italian was res
cued later and taken to the hospital. Fire
men who were injured were caught under
falling walls.
Superintendent of Police Willard made
a careful investigation and reported
shortly after midnight that it is almost
certain that twelve girls were burned up
in the building. He believes that there
were many more who never escaped alive,
and the names of any more who perished
cannot be learned until to-morrow.
OTHER PROPERTY BURNED.
Destructive Work, of Fires in Various
la stem Cities.
BOSTON. Mass., Feb. 17.— Four alarms
were runs for a fire which started in the
trainshed of the Old Colony Railroad.
The passenger station was saved. The
fire destroyed the express office of the
New ' York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company. Part of th« outer
trainhouse, six cars and the main depot
shed were destroyed. The loss is $50,000.
WILMINGTON, N. C, Feb. 17.— Half of
the business portion of the town of Green
ville, N. C M was destroyed by rire yester
day. The loss is estimated at .$150,000,
with insurance for about one-third the
total amount.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 17.— Fire to
night destroyed the four-story building in
Elm street, between Fourth and Fifth, oc
cupied by J. H. Luckes' cigar-factory.
Lot $55,000.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 17.— The
coffee and spice works of P. C. Tomson &
Co. ad the plant of the Philadelphia
Cooperage Company adjoining were de
stroyed by lire of unknown origin this
morning. Several dwellings on Washing
ton avenue in the vicinity of the manu
factories were badly damaged. . The total
loss is estimated at"5250.000.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 17.— The
Houseman block was gutted by fire this
morning, and there were many narrow
escapes. Five persons were badly burned
and a fireman most frozen. The loss is
covered by insurance.
WILL SEN MR.DUPONT.
Majority Report on the Election
Contest From the State
of Delaware.
William Watson Was Disqualified
From Voting Because He Had
Become Governor.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.-
Mitchell of Oregon, chairman of the Sen
ate Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions, presented to the Senate to-day the
majority report of that committee on the
claim of Henry A. Dupont (R.) to be ad
mitted as a Senator from Delaware for the
term commencing March 4, 1895. The re
port states thai at the meeting of the joint
assembly of the Legislature of Delaware
on May 9, 1895, the final vote was taken,
and this vote is given in the committee's re
port as follows: "H. A. Dupont had 15, E.
D. Ridgeley had 10, J. Edward Addicks
had 4 and Edward \V. Tunnell had 1. Ii
is admitted on the part of Mr. Dupont,
and such is the fact, that of the thirty
persons so present and claiming a right to
vote, as aforesaid, twenty-nine of them
were so qualified. It is contended, how
ever, that one of the thirty, namely, Wil
liam T. Watson, claiming' to be a Senator
from the county of Kent, and claiming to
be Speaker of the Senate, and claiming the
right « such Senator to be present and
participate in the proceedings of such joint
assembly and to cast his vote for Senator,
was not entitled under the constitution of
the State of Delaware to be present in
such joint assembly.
"The ground upon which it is claimed
that Mr. Watson was ineligible to 'a seat
in such joint assembly is based on the fact
that as Speaker of the Senate he had, on
the 9th day of April, 1895, the : Governor of
the State of Delaware having died the day
previous, succeeded to the governorship of
the State, and on that date, May 0, he
then, as an officer of the Governor of the
State, was ineligible to a seat in said joint
Assembly, and had no right to be present
either to participate by his vote or other
wise, or to be counted therein."
The report concludes as follows:
"Governor Watson's • vote in the joint
assembly on the 9th day of May was null
ity : that but twenty-nine members of the
Legislature were then entitled to vote, and
upon that point Dupont received fifteen
votes out of the whole number entitled to
be cast, and was .legally Wected Senator
from the State of Delaware for the full
term commencing March 4, 1895, and is
entitled to be seated." y.. -y"
The views of the minority of the com
mittee adverse to these conclusions will be
presented by Senator Gray from the State
in contest.
A CLAIM AGAINST PERU.
It Una Been Pressed Constantly by Thin
Government.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.-The
President to-day sent to the Senate the
reply of the Secretary of State to
a Senate resolution calling for infor
mation concerning the claim against
Pern of Thomas W. Sparrow and others,
members of the.-Hydrograpbic Commis
sion of the Amazon employed by the Gov
ernment of Peru, for compensation for
their services on the commission. The
correspondence, which continues over a
period from 1877 down to the present,
shows that this Government has con
stantly pressed the claims upon the atten
tion of the Peruvian Government.
Bess your change of business or residence to
rocker-Langley Directory, 215 Bush St. *
DAVIS UPHOLDS
HIS RESOLUTION.
An Able Argument on the
Monroe Doctrine Is
Delivered.
WARM NG THE NATIONS
No Protests Were Made When the
Principle Was Applied to
Cuba and Havana.
OTHER MATTERS IN THE SENATE
Vilas Seeks to Secure the Appointment
of Two Extra Military Cadets
in Each State.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.— 1n the
Senate to-day the Senatorial election case
from the State of Delaware was reported
back from the Committee on Privileges
and Elections by Mitchell (R.) of Oregon,
its chairman, the report being in favor of
the right of Dupont to the seat. The views
of the minority, adverse to that proposi
tion, are to be submitted to-morrow and
the question is to be taken up for the ac
tion of the Senate as soon as possible.
Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts in present
ing a petition from Marc A. Shipley for
the establishment of the 24th of June, the
anniversary of the discovery of the North
American coast by John and Sebastian
Cabot in 1497, as a National holiday, asked
Hill (D.) of New York as to the committee
to which he thought it should be referred.
He remarked that the bill to make Lin
coln's birthday a National holiday had
been reported from the Committee on Li
brary, while Hill's bill for a Jackson day
had been referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Hill's reply was that in his opinion all
of the bills on the subject should be re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee, and he
suggested that the Lincoln bill now on the
calendar should be sent to that commit
tee. He expressed a doubt whether Con
gress had the power to establish any Na
tional holiday except for the District of
Columbia and the Territories.
Hale (R.). of Maine, the author of the
Lincoln holiday bill,' objected to its being
taken from the calendar and referred.
Hoar's petition, however, was referred
to the Judiciary Committee, as Hill's had
been.
A resolution was offered by Allen (Pop.)
of Nebraska, and was agreed to, calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for informa
tion as to the amounts in the treasury on
March 4, ISB9, and March 4, 1303; whether
there has been any diminution of reve
nue, and if so from what source.
Morgan (D.) of Alabama offered a reso
lution, which was agreed to, calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for reports of
treasury agents in the year of 1894 as to
hunting and destruction of fur seals on the
Pribyloff Islands and in Bering Sea.
A message was received from the House
of Representatives notifying the Senate
that its amendment to the House bond
bill— the free coinage substitute— had been
disagreed to by the House. The sugges
tion as to the conference was made.
A resolution was offered by Mitchell (R.)
of Oregon, on the subject of the salmon
fishery industry on the Columbia River,
and Mitchell gave notice that he would
submit remarks on the subject at an early
date.
Vest (D.) of Missouri called up the let
ter from the Secretary of Agriculture in re
ply to his resolution as to cattle quarantine
lines in Texas and the Southwestern States
and addressed the Senate in opposition to
the views of the Secretary. The Secre
tary's letter was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Sale of Meat
Products.
The resolution reported on the 20th of
January bj'Davis (R.) of Minnesota, from
the Committee on Foreign Relations, rela
tive to the application and enforcement of
the Monroe doctrine, was laid before the
Senate. The resolution, omitting the pre
amble, is in these words:
Resolved, By the Seriate (the House of Repre
sentatives concurring) that the United States
of America reaffirms and confirms the doctrine
and principles promulgated by President Mon
roe in his message of December 18, 1823, and
declares that it will assert and maintain that
doctrine and those principles and will regard
any infringement thereof, and particularly
any attempt by any European power to take
or acquire any new or additional territory on
the American continents, or any islands adja
cent thereto, or any right of sovereignty or do
minion in the same in any case or instance as
to which the United States shall deem such at
tempt to be dangerous to Its peace or safety, or
by or through force, purchase, cession, occu
pation, pledge, colonization, protectorate or
by control of the easement in any canal or any
other means of transit across the American
isthmus, whether under unfounded preten
sion of right in cases of alleged boundary dis
putes or under any other unfounded preten
sions, as the manifestation of an unfriendly
disposition toward the United States and as an
interposition which It would be impossible in
any form for the United States to regard with
indifference.
Davis proceeded to address the Senate in
support of the resolution. He apologized
in advance if he should appear too prolix
iv his discussion of the origin of the Mon
roe doctrine, its character and nature, the
various phases of the National existence
to which it bad been applied and to some
extent the present controversy.
The Monroe doctrine might be fairly
summed up as follows: That the Ameri
can continents were not to be considered
as subject to future colonization by any
European power; that the: United States
should consider any attempt on the part
of such powers to extend their system to
any portion of the hemisphere as danger
ous to the peace and safety of the United
States, and that any interposition by a
European power for the purpose of op
pressing any of. the people on the conti
nent should be considered as the^nanifes
tation of an unfriendly disposition toward
the United States.
Davis then quoted from diplomatic cor
respondence relative to Cuba dating from
early in this century down to the present
day to show that the Monroe doctrine had
been invoked and applied. This Govern
ment had declared on various occasions
when the possible sale by Spain of that
island was hinted at that it would hot per
mit the transfer of Cuba to any other gov
ernment, and yet no one had ever asserted
that this advanced; position was a viola
tion of the Monroe doctrine.
Davis, quoting from : history, • showed
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1896.
that the Monroe doctrine had been in
voked time and again, the most notable
instance of recent years being, Davis said,
during the conduct of the present admin
istration "toward the recently instituted
republic of Hawaii. This Government
was at ..that time attempting to reseat, a
barbarous Queen on an overturned throne.
If it was proper to assert the doctrine
then Davis thought it was equally proper
in the case under discussion.
Venezuela was . now under duress by
Great Britain and her own will in such a
settlement could not. Davis believed, be
exercised. Speaking of the character of
the South American republics. Davis said
the weaker they were the more dangerous
would be the aggressions of foreign powers
to our peace and safety.
Referring to the question of arbitration,
Davis said it was' to be seriously hoped
that arbitration would be realized. It was
the natural tendency of all "civilized
peoples and nations.
In another explanation of the text of the
resolution Davis said that the word
'"pledge" as used in that resolution had
been used designedly. A pledge meant
the hypothecation of territory for the pay
ment of a debt. It had been currently
reported in the press that Spain, seeking a
loan from Great Britain, had offered the
island of Cuba, or a portion of it, as se
curity for her loan.
At the conclusion of Davis' speech the
Senate took up the military academy ap
propriation bill.
There was no discussion of any items in
the bill, but when all the committee
amendments were disposed of an amend
ment was presented by Vilas (D.) of Wis
consin for the appointment by the Presi
dent of two additional cadets at large for
each State, aggregating ninety cadets in
addition to the present number. The
amendment was advocated by Proctor
(R.) of Vermont and Elkins (R.) of West
Virginia, both of them ex-Secretaries of
War; also by Hawley (R.) of Connecticut,
while Allen (P.) of Nebraska urged that
the appointments for each State should be
in the hands of its two Senators.
Without reaching any conclusion the
Senate at 5:25 r. m. adjourned until to
morrow.
WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR.
So Mrs. Maud D. Beekman Went
to Fargo and Secured a
Divorce.
She Is the Daughter of Superintendent
Conlin of the New York
Police.
FARGO, N. D.. Feb. 17.— 1n chambers
to-day Judge Rose granted to Mrs. Maud
D. Beekman a decree of absolute divorce
from Albion B. Beekman of New York.
The ground upon which the action was
brought was non-support, and in connec
tion with this there arc many peculiar cir
cumstances. There was no appearance on
the part of the defendant, and the pro
ceedings in the little court were void of
the usual amount of sensationalism which
generally -accompanies divorces of this
nature.
The plaintiff is the daughter of Superin
tendent of Police Conlin of New York,
and from that fact alone the case has at
tracted an unusual amount of interest.
The depositions that were taken recite
some very pitiful tales of how the young
woman struggled in the large city to keep
up appearances. Before Conlin became
chief of the police he secured a position
for young Beekman in the department,
but even with a good position and a lovely
home, which is situated at 127 West One
Hundred and Twentieth street, he could
not even pay for the living expenses.
The plaintiff is a pretty little woman
about 23 years of age, and she attracted no
little attention- in this city. Already
rumors are alJoat that she is to wed a
prominent dentist, having fallen in love
with him since she came to this city. His
name is Dr. F. L. Starling, and he is a
man of good family and of good standing
throughout the entire Northwest.
FREE MASONS OF KANSAS.
Sleeting and Election of the Illustrious
Grand Council.
WICHITA, Kans., Feb. 17.— annual
communication of the Masonic grand
bodies of Kansas is being held here and
will continue until Wednesday night. It
gives promise of being the largest gather
ing of the kind ever held in the State.
The most illustrious grand council royal
and select "masters convened at 9 o'clock
this morning. James S. May of Hutchin
son, most illustrious grand master, made
an address. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: A. A. Car
nahan of Concordia, most illustrious grand
master; Frank E. Davis of Atchison, right
illustrious deputy grand master; A. H.
Connett of Great Bend, illustrious grand
principal conductor of work; Peter J.
Fteling of Leavenworth, illustrious grand
treasurer; A. M. Callahan of Topeka, illus
trious crand recorder.
\ The Grand Chapter convened at 3 o'clock
this afternoon.
SENT OUT AS A. CONVICT.
How James McMahon Made a Vast For-
tune in Australia.
NEW YORK, N. V., Feb. 17.— A dis
patch from Australia was published a few
days ago announcing that James McMa
hon had died, leaving an estate valued at
$15,000,000. The dispatch was read by
James Duffy and his sister, Mrs. Robert
Gardner of Brooklyn, who believe that
McMahon was an uncle who lived in Aus
tralia and accumulated a vast fortune.
They are now taking steps to find out
whether or not they are entitled to a po
tion of the fortune. . .
'* McMahon was a native of Ireland and
in 1848 was thrown into prison for -perjury
and assault. Afterward he was . trans
ported to Australia to serve a seven years'
term, and at the end of a year was put on
a parole by the Queen on accout of good
conduct. After his release he became a
member of the mounted squad of police,
saving his earnings, engaged in sheep
raising, from which it is said he made
money. The mother of Duffy and Mrs.
Gardner was a sister of McMahon, and
after he had accumulated the greater part
of his fortune he wrote home to his broth
ers and sisters in Ireland, telling them of
his good luck. It is said that Mrs. Gard
ner is in possession of all the letters writ
ten by McMahon to her mother.
New York* a Cold \ Wave.
NEW YORK. N. V., Feb. 17.-An un
usually cold wave last night was reported
all over. At . Saranac, Lake the mercury
dropped 49 degrees below zero, Rochester
12. below, Palmyra 28 below. At' Mount
Vernon it was the coldest day ever recorded.
At 3 o'clock this morning the thermometer
recorded 15 degrees below zero, a drop of
75 degrees in fifteen; hours. All coast
towns report about the same temperature.
5;;ied:? :
FIELD-In this city, February 17, 1896, Mrs.
Ann Field, beloved mother of Miss Mary Field,
Joseph T. Field and Mrs. A. A. Sanders, a na-
tive of Leeds, England, aged 88 years. ■ ..
*y Friends and . acquaintances ■' are respect-
■ fully Invited to attend the. funeral, which will
■' be hold from her late ' residence, 713 1 Post street,
on WEDNESDAY at 2 o'clock f. m. Interment
in Laurel Hill Cemetery. : y , : , •
AN AGREEMENT
IS NOT REACHED
The House Sends the Urgent
Deficiency Bill to
Conference.
CANNON AN OBJECTOR.
Does Not Relish Being Jumped On
by Senators With Hob
' nailed Boots.
SECRETARY MORTON ONCE MORE
No End to the Criticism of the Methods
of the Head of the Agricu'
tural Department.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.— The
House to-day resumed the consideration
of the agricultural appropriation bill, and
the attacks upon Secretary Morton and
i his policy filled in most of the time of the
session. :■. ■■■)■■. -'y ';■
These led Pearson (R.) of North Caro
lina to ask if there were not some one in
the House to defend the Secretary. "Is
there not," ha queried, "a Democrat, Re
publican or Populist who can stoop thus
low?"
The committee recommendation dis
pensing with a chief clerk of the depart
ment was not agreed to, and the appropri
ation was restored.
The ungeut deficiency bill was sent to
conference.
A resolution 3r=d reported from the
Ways and Means Committee agreed to
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
for information in detail as to the pro
ceeds of the sale of the bonds under the re
sumption act of 1575; of the redemption of
greenbacks, National bank notes and
treasury notes since 1897, the movement of
legal tenders in hank reserves and in the
treasury; what became of the proceeds of
the bond sales and from what source the
treasury derived the money to meet the
excess of Government expenditures over
receipts.
The bill classify and. arrange certain
public lands in California, which was Sat
urday made the special order for to-day,
was called up by Johnson (R.) of Califor
nia and passed.
Cannon (R.) of Illinois, from the Com
mittee on Appropriations, reported the
urgent deficiency bill with the amend
ments made by the Senate recommending
concurrence in a few of the amendments
and non-concurrence in the remainder.
Discussing this matter, Cannon said:
"I want to keep strictly within the rules
of the House, but when I read the debates
in the Congressional Record, speaking for
the committee over which I have the honor
to preside and for the House, I must say
that when we are jumped on with hob
nailed boots in another body' for alleged
non-performance af our duty, I do not
look upon such criticism with delight,
especially when every, word of it is based
on false premises."
Sayres (D.) of Texas said that while the
urgent deficiency bill was much larger than
any urgent deficiency bill that had hereto
fore passed, it contained more than $1,000,
--000 which were not in the technical sense
deficiencies, which could not be pronerly
charged to any dereliction on the part of
the last Congress. As to the work of the
present Congress, he would say that in his
opinion the deficiencies arising under the
Fifty-fourth Congress would be less than
for many years past.
The report was agreed to and Cannon's
motion to ask a conference upon the dis
agreeing votes of the two houses passed.
The Speaker appointed Cannon, North way
and Sayres as managers on the part of the
House.
Dalzell, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, reported a substitute for the
resolutions referred to that committee,
calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury
for information in detail as to the proceeds
of the sales of bonds under the resump
tion act of 1875; of the redemption of
greenbacks, National bank notes and
treasury notes, since July 1, 1879; the
movement of legal tenders in bank reserves
and in the treasury; what became of the
proceeds of the bond sales and from what
source the treasury derived money to meet
the excess of Government expenditures
over receipts.
Washington (D.) of Tennessee moved an
amendment calling upon the Secretary of
the Treasury for information as to the sale
of bonds between 1873 and 1879. This pro
voked a brief debate, in the course of
which Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio arraigned
the Democratic party and the present ad
ministration lor its hostility to the credit
of the country. BMBMBfejffi&|jPaP
Dalzell object ed to the amendment be
cause it was not germane to the subject of
the original resolution, and it was re
jected.
The resolution as reported by the com
mittee was agreed to.
The House then went into committee of
the whole to consider the agricultural ap
propriation bill under the five-minute rule.
. The attacks upon Secretary Morton were
renewed when the paragraph covering the
appropriations for the Bureau of Animal
Industry was reached. It was found that
the bill legislated the chief clerk out of
office, and made an assistant chief of the
bureau at a salary of $2500. Against this
Livingstone (D.) of Georgia made the
point of order that it was new legislation
and increased expenditures, and he was
sustained by the chair. Livingstone: then
moved to insert the usual appropriation of
$2000 for chief clerk of the bureau, and it
was agreed to— to 50.
Amendments were agreed to, on motion
by Doolittle (R.) of Washington, author
izing the Secretary to expend a portion of
the $10,000 appropriation for grass and
forage plant investigations for the pur
chase of fiber-flax for the State of Wash
ington. Wtm'-
; Long (R.) of Kansas asked several ques
tions about the appropriation for the
chemistry division, which -had . been re
duced $10,000, which Wadsworth answered
by saying that, the. reduction had been
mended by the 1 Secretary of Agri
culture. Also, that the appropriation ,of
$15,000, made on former bills Tor investi
gation of the benefits of irrigations, had
been cut out of this bill by the. advice of
the Secretary, who was of the opinion that
the subject had been about exhausted^ Mr.
Wadsworth - stated \ that of the appropria
tion of $15,000 for the • year 1894-95 $2000
or $3000 remained unexpended, and i $4000
had been expended for clerk hire here in
Washington. ' .
Long moved to insert an appropriation
of $15,000. The amendment was agreed to.
An amendment offered by Pickler (R.)
of .South. Dakota providing for the publi
cation of: the book on "Diseases of the
Horse" was agreed to, as was one offered
by Baker (R.) of New Hampshire reduc
ing from $50,000 to $30,000 the amount
allowed for the publication of farmers'
bulletins.
Skinner of North Carolina offered an
amendment to the section providing for
the purchase and distribution of seeds re
quiring the Secretary of Agriculture to
carry out this provision. He thought that
this provision should be made mandatory.
Talbert of South Carolina favored forc
ing the Secretary to carry out the law.
His appointment he characterized as the
"worst act Mr. Cleveland had ever done."
Pending disposition of the amendment
the committee rose, after which the House
at 5:05 p. m. adjourned until to-morrow.
LANGUAGE OF MONKEYS.
Professor Gnrner Returns From His
African Researches.
NEW, YORK, N. V., Feb. 17.-Professor
Robert L. Garner of Roanoke, Va., who
was dispatched last summer on a second
trip to the jungles of Africa by the African
Research Society of Chicago, arrived yes
terday on the Etruria. , He went for the
purpose of completing his monkey alpha
bet and learning more about the language
of monkeys. *
| Professor S. H. PeaDodv of the Univer
sity of Chicago was one of the backers of
Professor Garner's enterprise and a con
tributor to the fund of $12,000 raised to de
fray its expenses. Professor Garner says
that he returns with much new informa
tion. He considers that his mission in per
fecting himself in the monkey tongue has
been largely accomplished.
"I am convinced that monkeys talk to
each other," says he, "and that some of
them possess a higher intelligence and a
greater rlu'ency of language than many of
the. African natives. "The gorilla has j
many human attributes. Some of the
chimpanzees play musical instruments and
dance, while there are Africans who never
could invent a musical instrument."
. He further believes that some of the
monkey race are organized into tribes and
live under a sort of government.
GLAD TO BE RID OF THEM
Omaha Police Officials Drop the
Case of the Los Angeles
Women.
There Was a Repetition of the Scenes
of Crying, Screaming and
Contempt.
OMAHA, Nebh., Feb. 17.— The trial of
the three Wilson women of Los Angeles
was heard in the Police Court this after
noon. The customary scene occurred at
the County Jail when the women were or
dered to go with the police-. • The women
had been notified at 1 o'clock to be ready
to go to the Police Court at 2 o'clock, but
when the patrol wagon arrived they said
they were not ready. They quibbled
about the form of the order to turn them
over to the police. A telephone message
to the police station brought Captain Haze
with a bench warrant which was read to
the women and they were ordered to move
at once. They demurred again and wanted
time to put on their wraps, but Captain
Haze said that they had had time enough
and they were bundled out unceremonious
ly and carri ed to the wagon screaming and
crying.
A crowd quickly gathered, and this only
served to increase the racket that the wo
men made as they were rapidly driven to
the Police Court. They tried in every way
to obstruct the trial, declining to answer
questions. and treating the court officers
with supreme contempt. They were ready
for a repetition of the scenes enacted upon
their arraignment, but the court and of
ficers did not want any more such exhibi
tions and were somewhat lenient. Hastily
the' attorney for the women discovered a
weak point in the complaint, and. Judge
Gordon took advantage of that loophole to
dismiss the case.
Ruby's father in Indianapolis has wired
the Chief of Police to send her to him. Mrs
Wilson and Marie will soon return to Los
Angeles. Burroughs, the man primarily
responsible for their troubles, has left the
city.
WET>OED AT WASHINGTON.
Chief Justice Fuller's Daughter the Bride
'of Mr. Beecher.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.— Miss
Catherine Marten Weston Fuller, daughter
of the Chief Justice, was married to Theo
dore Smith Beecher of Buffalo, N. V., to
night at St. John's Episcopal Church, Rev.
Dr. Mactay Smith and Bishop Laurence
of Massachusetts officiating. The church
was crowded with social leaders of the
capital. A reception at the residence of
the Chief Justice followed the ceremony.
The young couple will go to Buffalo to live.
BURDENSOME RESTRICTIONS.
Uhl Will Try to Have Them Removed by
the Germans. i
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17. -The
President, in his annual message, referred
to the burdensome restrictions placed upon
various American life insurance companies
by the German Government. >y; ;
The President sent to the House of
Representatives to-day the correspondence
concerning it on file at the State Depart
ment, which shows that, notwithstanding
the remonstrance of the State Department,
the concession to the Mutual Life Insur
ance Company of New York was canceled
on September 1 last, because the company
did not conform to certain Prussian
matters.
j The lust important communication in
j the correspondence under date of January
! 5 shows that the Imperial Secretary had
j promised Embassador Runyon that the
i matter of the reconsideration of the with-
I drawal of the concession-would be consid-
I ered, and that the subject would be
referred by the new. Prussian Minister for
Foreign Affairs to experts on his accession
to office. Mr. Uhl, who ; began the corre
spondence, will now be able to carry on
the negotiations in person as Embassador
to Germany.
APPROVED BY THE COURT.
Ladies Must Remove Their Hats at the
Tabor Opera-House.'
DENVER. Colo., Feb. 17.— Judge John
son in the District Court: to-day approved
an order requiring ladies to remove their
hots, bonnets or other paraphernalia from
their heads during performances at the
labor Grand Opera-house.
The theater is at present managed by
assignees under directions from the Dis
trict Court, and this recent rule made by
the assignees had to receive the formal
consent of the court before it could be en
forced. -
Swelling the Gold Reserve.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17. -The
treasury gold reserve at the close of
business to-day/stood at $86,203,499. The
withdrawals ? for the- day . amounted to
$1,456,000. So far $71,430,649.in gold on ac
count of bond purchases has been paid in
since January 6, and , about ? $29,000,000 in
gold has been drawn out. . .f . -. .
LYNCHING OF A
BARN-BURNER.
Two Men Taken From Jail
in Kentucky by a
Small Mob.
ONE WAS PUT TO DEATH.
But the Other Escaped in the
Darkness and Fled for the
Mountains.
HAD FIRED MANY BUILDINGS.
So the Residents of Wayne County
Decided to Make Short Work of
the Prisoners. >
LEXINGTON, Kv., Feb. 17.— A mob of
twenty masked men attacked the Wayne
County jail at Monticello at an early, hour
yesterday morning. The jailer was over
powered, his keys taken away, the cells
unlocked and Fountain "Martin and James
Troxell, who were arrested several weeks
ago. charged with burning the barn of
Bonnie Bates, were taken from the prison.
The men were carried to a point near
Steubenville, where, in a little grove the
body of Martin was found cold in death,
banging from a limb. He had neither
coat, hat nor shoes.
Troxell appeared at a farmhouse three
miles from the scene of the hanging and
got his breakfast yesterday morning. He
said that while the mob was hanging Mar
tin he made his escape in the darkness.
This was the third attempt to lynch
Troxell.' Three weeks ago he was taken
from his home by a mob and hanged to a
tree until he was nearly dead in order
that he might confess to the burning of
Bates' barn or tell who did it. He swore
out warrants the next day for a number of
prominent men in and around Steuben
ville, but he never appeared against them,
and he was later placed in jail with Mar
tin, who had at first been charged with
burning the Bates barn.
While in jail each accused the other of
burning the barn and of other incen
diarism. The Steubenville people learned
of these conversations between Martin
and Troxell and, believing them both
guilty of destroying nearly a score of
barns in Wayne County during the past
year, they determined to make short work
of them. No one has seen Troxell since
he got breakfast yesterday and it is be
liev/I he is making his vay into the
Cumberland Mountains, where pursuit
would be well nigh impossible.
GUNMAKERS COMBINE.
Will Build a Big Plant for the M~anu-
facture of Projectiles.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 17.— A com
bination of several of the gunmaking es
tablishments of the United States has, it
is said, been perfected here, under the
name of the American Ordnance Com
pany, with General Albert R. Ordway as
president.
The firms in the agreement are named
as the Priggs-Schroeder Ordnance Com
pany of Philadelphia, the American Pro
jectile Company of Lynn, Mass., the
Hotchkiss Company, of which General
Ord way is the An- can representative,
and a torpedo com, of Providence'
R. I. It is said that the Bethlehem Iron
Works and the Catling Gun Company of
Hartford, Conn., are also in the combina
tion. : y j .
The new concern bag been incorporated
under the laws of Virginia, with a capital
ization of $2,500,000, and Washington will
be its headquarters. ' The company will
build a big plant for the manufacture of
projectiles at Bridgeport, Conn.
To Suspend Land Patents.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.— 1n the
Senate to-day Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska
offered a resolution "requesting* the Sec
retary of the Interior to suspend the
further issuance of patents for lands of
bond-aided railroads who are in arrears to
the Government until their accounts have
been settled.
Kentucky's Deadlock.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 17.— fol
lowing is to-day's vote tor Senator: Black
burn 49, Hunter 48, scattering 9.
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