VOLUME LXXIX.-NO. 121. WARLIKE ORDERS SENT FROM PARIS French Reserve Squadron to Be Prepared for Action. URGED ON BY RUSSIA. Rumors That a Conference on the Egyptian Question Will Be Called. DERVISHES PUT TO FLIGHT. Advance of Macdonald's Column To ward Akasheh— A Reported Defeat Denied. PARIS, France, March 20.— 1t is ru mored this evening that the reserve squad ron at Toulon, Brest, I'Orient and Cher bourg have been ordered to hold them selves in readiness to be placed on a war footine. It is also rumored that France, under the coaching of Russia, will con vene an international conference to settle the question of the powers of the Egyptian debt commission and the evacuation of Egypt. It has been founa impossible to confirm either rumor, but it was semi-otii cially announced this evening that the active squadron at Toulon had received orders for one of the cruisers to keep steam up. There liss been no change in the politi cal situation here since yesterday. The Temps, commenting upon the resignation of the Foreign Office portfolio by M. Berthelot, says that if the recent foreign policy was not a success, the change has been insisted by Prime Minister Bourgeois, who is an able parliamentarian but an in experienced diplomat. Therefore, M. Bourgeois in the Foreign Office will possi bly be more dangerous than was M. Berthelot. France must know who leads ami wlit re she is led. En the Chamber of Deputies M. Bruent and Da Lafosse, and in the Senate M. Bardeaux, have notified Prime Minister Bourgeois that they will to-morrow inter pellate the Government on the situation in Egypt M. Poinraire, ex-Minister of Finance, will also to-morrow question the Govern ment in the Chamber of Deputies on the resignation of M. Berthelot and on the for eign and general policy of the Govern ment. The debates will be important and the defeat of the Government is possible. The Figaro publishes an interview with M. Berthelot, in which the ex-Foreign Minister defends his actions while in tne Cabinet, especially in respect of Siam and Madagascar. M. Berthciot claims he held the French flag as it should be held. BERTHLOT MADE A SCAPEGOAT. Jiourgeois Charged With the Authorship of the Egyptian Xote. LONDON, EMS., March 29.— The Graphic will to-morrow say it regrets the resigna tion of M. Berthelot. It adds that he sin cerely sought the friendship of Great Britain, and that the French tactics re garding Egypt probably originated with his colleagues in the Cabinet. The Standard's Paris correspondent tele graphs that M. Berthelot was made a scapegoat, though it is believed that 1L Bourgeois was the a athor of the Egyptian note, which had its origin in his diplo matic defeat. The Standard will to-mor row publish a dispatch from Vienna say ing that Russia's disapproval •of the French Cabinet's handiingof the Egyptian matter was the principal cause of M. Berthelot's resignation. The Times to-morrow, commenting on the situation in France, will say there is no difficulty in seeing that misconceptions of Egyptian affairs are being extensively used in Paris as weapons in purely domes tic struggles. DERVISHES FIRED UPON. Jteconnoilering Party Put to Flight By Jtritiah Artillery. CAIRO, Egypt, March 29.— General Kitchener, of the Egyptian army, and his staff, arrived at Wady-Halfa to-day. The second column of the expedition, under Major Macdonald, is approaching A kasheh. Sixty Dervishes reconnoitered the column, but were fired upon by the artillery, whereupon they rapidly retreated. The report of the defeat of the Egyptian advance guard by Dervishes near Aka gheh turns out to be untrue. ITALIANS WILD WITH JOY. Remarkable Demonstration Over the Release of a Spanish Prisoner Under the Amnesty Decree. PALERMO, Italy, March 29. — Si?.nor Giuseppe de Felic (jeiffrirta, who in May, vas sentenced to eighteen years' im prisonment for connection wnu the social ist riuts in Palermo and elsewhere, and who was recently released under the de cree of amnesty issued by King Humbert, Catania to-day. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies when- he was senienced. During his imprisonmentelec t ons were held for members of the nine teenth (the present) Legislature, and he was returned for the Second District of Citania. Ais entry into the city to-day was a tri uiij bal Doe. Special trains were run from M>- ma and the city was full of visitors. A 1; rerial yacht Hohenzollern, and Herr Zenker, a prominent Berlin lawyer and anti-Semite leader, in which the latter was killed, is of absorbing interest in social circles, where the affair is being discussed in detail. Lieutenant yon Kettelshodt ob taiDed permission to remain in Germany when the Hohenzollern started for Genoa, and it was known among his friends that his remaining behind was for the purpose of fighting the duel. Herr Zenker was a lawyer of large practice and very wealthy. He married a charming woman, by whom he had two children. In the summer of 1894 Frau Zenker met Lieutenant yon Kettelshodt at Laboe, a seaside resort near Kiel, and their ensuing unconcealed friendship aroused Herr Zen ker's jealousy to so great an extent that his wife left him is August last and went to Detmold, taking her two children with her. Herr Zenker then set to work to find proofs of her undue intimacy with Lieu tenant yon Kettelshodt. As Zenker was a lieutenant in the Landwehr he was en titled to demand a duel. The challenge was accepted by yon Ket telshodt, who, according to his right, chose the weapons and the terms of their use. The challenged officer named pistols, Doth principals to fire until one should be dis abled. Several naval officers accompanied yon Kettelstiodt from Kiel to Potsdam, near which place the duel was fought. Herr Zenker wore the uniform of a lieutenant in the Landwehr, and his brother, a physician, watched the fight. Shots were exchanged four times, yon Kettelshodt's fourth shot piercing Zenker's heart. Yon Kettleshodt immediately surrendered him self to a superior officer and will stand trial. The episode has greatly touched public feeling, there being, even in army and navy circles, a fceline of sorrow at Zenk er's iate, and the affair will undoubtedly lead to a widespread agitation against dueling, too strong for the devotees of the code to withstand. THE NEW COLORED WOMAN. Kills Her Hush, i,,, in Settling the Right to Run the House. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 29.—Ar thur "Wilson, a negro, was shot and killed this afternoon by his wife/ The only wit ness to ! the deed was a woman named Blair, over whom the trouble occurred. The Blair woman was staying at Wilson's house against his wishes as the guest of his wife. Wilson insisted on her leaving and his wife refused to let her go. Wilson then took the woman's trunk and started to leave with it, when his wife drew a re volver and shot him twice. He died in a few hour's. ♦ » A DEATH-DEALING BOWLDER. Three Persons Killed and Two Injured by a Rolling Stone. HINTON, W. Va., March 29.— Three people were instantly kiiled and two others seriously injured at Echo, a mining town forty miles west of here, this morning. A mass of stone, loosened by the spring rains, let gu and a huge bowlder rolled down the mountain side, tearing up coke ovens and railroad tracks, and finally crashing through a small frame dwelling house, with the above result. The killed are: Jim Tillman, Frank Tillman and Lucy Law. The names of the injured could not be learned. Henry Law, an oc cupant of the house, rushed out and flagged an eastbound express train, which was just due, and would have probably been derailed by the ruined condition of the track. A JEALOUS HUSBAND'S DEED. Shoots His Wife Twice and Then Kills Himself— The Woman Will Prob ably Recover. COLUMBUS, 1 Ohio, March 29. — Fred Gorrell/aged 22, attempted to kill his wife this afternoon, and supposing he had suc ceeded, killed himself. Gorrell came from Mount Vernon, Ohio, last fall and married :: the daughter of his employer, Sylvester, Eggleston, a contract ing painter. iHe was insanely jealous of her, and because of quarrels resulting from this she left him Rome days ago. -■) %'- ' .Gorrell went' to the house of his father in-law, where his xiiU ; was staying, this afternoon and .aqked her ,if 'she would go back and Jive w»*.i \\iva. ■>^ % \ .' '^ i|^§e ■.? 1( -^«-Bh^ refused arttr Jre drew a revolver shot her twice. One bullet entered ' her hip and the other pierced her left breast just below the shoulder. '' T :'. •_ ."' Gorrell then snapped the revolver at his own head repeatedly, but jit would not go off. He then went to the kitchen . and, seizing a butcher knife, tried to cut , bis throat, but' the blade was too dull. " He then ran to his father-in-law's room and, securing his razor, cut his throat.. He made such a desperate stroke at his throat that the head was almost severed from the body and he tell dead. Mrs. Gorrell, notwithstanding the wounds she received, seems to suffer little pain and will probably recover. LOUISE MANFRED'S DEATH Passing of a Prima Donna Who Found Favor on This Coast. Fatal Ending of an Illness Contracted Soon After Her Return to the East. NEW YORK, N. V., March 29.— Louise Manfred, a comic orera prinia donna, known in private life as Mrs. Charles M. Pyke, was buried this afternoon in the Actors' Fund plot at the Cemetery of the Evergreens. Mrs. Fyke made her first debut in the "Two Cads," a comic opera, in 1875. In 1879 she joined the Haverly Comic Opera foices and made her first appearance in this city in "Patience." After three years of traveling she and her husband went to the Pacific coast, where for years she was a popular prhna donna. She returned from the West last fall to apoear at a theater in this city. But a few days after her arrival she was taken ill with an affection of the liver, which caused her death on Friday. Her husband and her brother were at her bed side at the time of her death. TERRIFIC WINDSSORM. Two Women Kille; ?'?,''■' v ; ><^ .«.;% *,'.'• - '.. . f ■ *■** * '.'.V '-J ■%*■ ,*. jVI-i MUTILATION fOF THE DEAI>. Their Faces Covered With Grass, Which Is Then Ignited— ' Sent to the Police. CAPETOWN, South Africa, March 29.— A late dispatch from Buluwayo, the prin cipal town of Matabeleland, said that it was feared an attack would be made on that place to-nijrht by the native rebels. A riisp atch received to-day from Buluwayo, said that thus far twenty whites have been killed by the natives. Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Cape Colony and High Commissioner in South Africa, has cabled Colonial Secre tary Chamberlain in London that Captain Nicholson telegraphs from Buluwayo that he has 350 rifles and plenty of ammuni tion. Captain Nicholson believes tnat the revolt will not spread. Tne only detachments of the native police who are known to have certainly deserted are thirty, who shot Commis sioner Bently. Another thirty were very restless and were disarmed, after which they deserted. Several of the white settlers, who were missing and who were supposed to have been massacred by the natives, have ar rived at Buluwayo. Governor Robinson has furnished b mounted escort to convey 500 rifles be longing to the British South African Com pany from Mafeking, on the Transvaal border, to Buluwayo. Among the victims of the Matabeles was a family consisting of husband and wife, three grown daughters and three sons. Commissary Bently and other persons massacred were horribly mutilated. After death their faces were covered with dried grass, which was then set on fire, render ing the features of the victims unrecog nizable. RETURNING TO SOUTH AFRICA. Jomeaon's Troopers to lie-enter the Char tered Company* Employ. NEW YORK, N. V., March 29.-A Her ald cable from London says: Fifty of "Dr. Jim's" troopers who returned from Soutn Africa in the Harloch Castle left Waterloo station Saturday morning for Southamp ton to embark on the Lismore for fcouth Africa, their ultimate destination being Buiuwayo. The remainder, numbering 100 troopers, under the charge of Lieutenant White and Hcrgeant Steele, left by special train in the afternoon from Waterloo to join the Mexi can, the Union boat, which had been kept back for that purpose. According to the Evening News the offi cers stated they are rejoining the service of the Chartered Company; but are at the order and disposal of the Government. BITTER TO WARD GLAND. Excitement Reneterd at Berlin Became of the irannvanl Situation. BERLIN, Germany, March 29. — The changed situation in the Transvaal has reawakened the excitement against Eng land. On all sides the preparations which the Boers are making to resist England's encroachments are approved. The con sensus of opinion in the German press is that the denial made by Mr. Cha,niberlain that England had purchased Delagoa Bay was too vague to suffice, and it is pointed out In support of this view ihat Mr. Cham berlain had denied that there had been negotiations between Great Britain and Portugal looking to sucn purchase. The National Zeitung says: ''England cannot suppose that the friend- , liness of the German empire toward the Dongola expedition implies a pledge that she will remain passive in South Africa." The Hamburg Correspondenz officially declares that Germany will adhere to the declarations made in the Reichstag by Freiherr Marschall yon Bieberstein.Minis ter of Foreign Affairs, that Germany will not permit German interests to be en croached upon. The Taegliche Rundschau asks: "Has Germany built up an empire through blood and iron only to look on while a for eign nation is setting the German nation at naught?" The Weltpolitik says: "The people are standing before the choice whether to be the hammer or the anvil. They cry out that they must be the hammer." The Vossische Zeitung urges the Gov ernment to propose that the powers neu tralize Delagoa Bay and keep the Trans vaal independent. An Anti-Boer Propaganda, LONDON, Exg., March 29.— 1n its issue to-morrow the Chronicle will denounce the demand that is growing in certain English newspapers in favor of sending a powerful expedition to South Africa. The Chronicle ascribes the demand to an anti- Boer propaganda that is being pushed by a ring of capitalists. THE CATHODE RAY CHEATED. Needle Extracted From the Breast of a Convict Who Swallowed It Forty- Two Years Ago. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 29.— A simple operation performed in the hospital of the State Prison this afternoon ends a most interesting surgical and pathological his tory. Prison Hospital Surgeon Tharp re moved from the body of James Morris, a Federal prisoner, serving a term for coun terfeiting, a needle which was swallowed by the patient when he was a boy 11 years old. As he is now 53 years of age the needle has been in the body forty-two years. In that time it has traveled undoubtedly through nearly every part of the body be low the waist. He has made several ap plications to have the needle removed since he has been in the prison, but it could not be located with sufficient ac uracy. Not long ago it was in his right knee and he claimed he could feel the point of it. He suffered great pain from it all the time. To-day he felt the point of the needle projecting from his breast just below the heart. It was an easy matter to remove it. It was the intention of the prison physicians to use the cathode ray in searching for the needle if it had not been found so soon. LIGHTNING TYPE-SETTING. Phenomenal Work in a Match on Lino ■ ■< r -V''' «' ' ' • type Machines. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 29.— Advanced figures were set here to-day for rapid com position on linotype machines. Barney Mensing of the Post-Dispatch and Robert \V. Francis of the Globe-Democrat ■ com peted for seven hours for the champion ship and $200 a side. ' Mensing's total was 74,100 ems and that of Francis 65,800 ems. These totals, are net, as all corrections were deducted. /> Mensing's total would have been larger but for an error by the timer, who called him off ten minutes be fore the seven- hours were completed. Their proofs were good, those of Mensing especially so. The betting was slightly in favor of Francis and about $1000 changed hands; -. . r.-.V!" freas Attack Upon Sherman. NEW YORK, N. V., March 29.— A spe cial cable to the Herald from Madrid says: A violent attack upon Senator Sherman is published in the Imparcial, which calls him a former slave-trader, and asserts that he wants the Cuban rebellion to succeed in order to re-establish slavery in Cuba. negotiating an Extradition Treaty. NEW YORK, N. V., March 29.-A special cable to the Herald from Rio Janeiro says; United States Minister Thompson 1a engaged in negotiating an an extradition treaty between Brazil and the United States. ARMENIA'S PLEA FOR AID The United States Evangelical Alliance Recites the Woes of the People. Intervention Not Asked For, But ihe Exsrcise of Moral Pow^r by the Nations. NEW YORK, N. V., March 29. — The Evangelical Alliance for the United States has issued an appeal to the people of this country in behalf of the sufferers by the recent Turkish massacres in Armenia. The document also contains an appeal from the missionaries. It states: "An appeal of the most solemn and impressive character has just been re ceived, signed by the entire force of the American missionaries at Harpoot, in the Turkish empire, imploring sympathy and moral influence in behalf of the persecuted Armenian Christians in that empire. The Aliianee would b2 untrue to its constitu tion and its history if it did not give earn est heed to this memorial. It has taken immediate measures to secure favorable action from the Sultan of Turkey by the Government of the United States and by the various branches of the Alliance throughout the world. "In addition to these efforts, the Alliance herewith spreads before the people of this country the document received from the Christian missionaries at Harpoot. "Does the Christian world know that this has been and is a clearly defined re ligious crusade? It is part of the Moslem creed that men of all other creeds are in ferior, and the Christian races in this country have always been treated as such; and now that the Armenians have sought for some equality of rights, for greater free dom from oppression and injustice and for the protection of person and property, the Turks have sought to crush them. "We do not ask for intervention but for the exercise of such a moral power by the nations as shall free the poor Christians from this intolerable yoke. We are con fident, that if thn representatives of the Christian governments in Constantinople were to unite against any further attempt to renounce the faith which their fathers have held in the midst of persecution and oppression from the days of the apostles to the present time with a persistence al most as marvelous as that of the Jews, such a protest would be effectual." PRICE FIVE CENTS. TRIES TO POISON COBURG ORPHANS Deadly Powders Placed in the Smith Family's Larder. PERSECUTED BY A FIEND Repeated Attempts to End the Lives of Four Adopted Children. WARNED THAT THEY WILL DIB Threatening Notes Left by the Un known Enemy — Dwelling in Fear of Death. PORTLAND, Or., March 29. — Mrg. Hiram Smith and family of Coburg are the innocent victims of an unknown per son's hatred and live in daily fear of death. Repeated attempts have been made to poison the woman and her chil dren, and of late the would-be poisoner has grown bold in his attempts. It is be lieved he is crazy or has a mania for mur der. This person visited the Smith home last Thursday and left some kind of powder on the top of the jars of milk. Mrs. Smith does not know what the powder was, but believes it was the kind of poison used to destroy rats and squirrels. On this visit the poisoner left two notes of threatening character. On the afternoon of the next day he again visited the premises and put another kind of powder on the cream in the pantry. This substance was of a whit ish color, looked like soda and tasted like concentrated lye. On this yisit another notice was left, as follows: The ones we want to kill is Hiram Smith, L. Smith, Mary Smith, Clara Smith. I am coming again. This is done by one you will never know. God is building the lire for you now, d you. On the days that this note and the poison were left, Mrs. Smith and her two little girls were alone at the farm, the young men — Leet and Hiragi— being absent on business. Judging from the tone of the note it appears that the unknown desired, to take ttie lives of the four orphan chil dren who live with Mrs. Smith. Yesterday (he family persecutor again gained admittance to the premises unseen by any one and scattered poison ab.mt the well and in waterins-troughs and in the grain bin. Thwarted thus far in his efforts to take the lives of the family, the myste rious individual now seems determined to poison the stock on the ranch. The family lives in constant terror, not knowing what minute its property may be destroyed or the lives of its members taken by. the unseen enemy. The case has been placed in the hands of officers. Mrs. Smith is the widow of the late Hiram Smith, a man who was quite wealthy and prominent in social and political life. He owned large tracts of land below Coburg and at one time was a candidate for Congress. He has been dead for a number of years. Mrs. Smith ia now 78 years old, and lives on a farm about four miles below Coburg. She has no children of her own, but adopted four children who were orphaned by the death of another adopted son. The first attempt to poison Mrs. Smith was made about tea years ago. _______^^_____ Lost Ilia Money and Took f'oiton. DETROIT, Mich.. March 29.— W. E. Streibinger of Cleveland, Ohio, committed suicide at the Randolph House here some time to-day by taking poison. He left a note which said that he had lost all of his money in speculation. 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