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MAND FOR AN APOLOGY.
SI ?, DEPENDED UPON TO DO
V1IAT IS PROPER.
Senor Lonla Polo Bernnhe Haa Been
Selected ns the Succeaaor of
Senor DrLomt-Bcrnabe
Son of a Former
Mlnlater.
Washington, Feb. 14.-Actuated by a
sense of honor and a strict idea of justice,
the state department has taken steps to
piece In the hands of Senor Canalejas, to
whom the letter was addressed, the epistle
written by Senor Dupuy De Lome which
led to the resignation of the minister. The
transaction Is explained in the following
brief statement si ven out to-night by the
ctate department:
"Recognizing that the legal ownership of
the De Lome letter is In Mr. Canalejas, and
his agent and attorney. Mr. Carlisle, having
present proper authority to receive the
same, the letter was delivered to him to
day." .As explained In this statement Mr. Car
lisle was fully authorized to apply for and
receive the letter, having the cabled author
ization from Senor Canalejas. In the view
of the state department, the letter was a
stolen document, and, like any other piece
of property, Jt should, upon application, be
delivered to Its rightful owner. There was
no other course left open, for, in the United
States, as In all other countries having a
cede of laws, a letter becomes the sole
property of the person to whom It is ad
dressed immediately it starts on Its way
frcm the sender. Even the latter cannot
obtain possession of It without the consent
of the person addressed; the limit of his
powers legally being in certain cases to stop
the delivery of the paper. This letter has,
besides, already completely served all of the
uses for which It might have been applied
by our government, and there are In ex
istence fac simile copies of the paper that
are so surely authenticated as to leave no
legal doubt of their accuracy.
There now remains only the closing chap
ter of the Incident, to be written, for the
end is already In sight. Notwithstanding
oil that has been said in the press about
demands on Spain for apologies or retrac
tions of the disagreeable things said by
Senor Dupuy DeLome In, his letter, it can
be positively stated that at no time since
the publication of the letter has the state
department taken any such course. Inl
felcud. It has relied entirely upon the sense
of propriety of the Spanish government to
do all that was proper and needful to wipe
out the unpleasant Impression produced by
these statements, and It can now be said
that tills course has been fullyjustlfied,
and that tlieT Spanish cabineC now being
aware of the full text of the letter, is ex
pected within a day or two to make such
dlhclalmer of the letter as Is required by
the circumstances.
To-night the etate department received
official notice from Madrid of the selection
of Senor Louis Polo Bcrnabe as United
States minister to succeed Senor Dupuy
DeLome.
Madrid, Feb, 14. The cabinet met at 5
o'clock this afternoon and discussed the
present state of the war in Cuba and the
DeLome matter at great length.
It was decided to publish a decree accept
ing the resignation of Senor Dupuy De
Lome as minister at Washington and ap
appolnting Senor Louis Polo Beraabe as
his successor.
Senor Gulon, minister of foreign affairs.
Informed the cabinet that United States
Minister Woodford had Just handed him a
note referring to Senor Dupuy DeLome's
letter and to the meaning of several para
graphs In It.
Senor Louis Polo Bcrnabe. whose ap
pointment as the successor of Senor Dupuy
DeLome was foreshadowed last Friday In
an exclusive dispatch to the Associated
Press, Is a ton of Vice Admiral Polo, who
formerly represented Spain In tills country.
Senor Bernabe is now engaged in a special
department of the foreign ministry at Mad
rid dealing with commercial matters and
consulates.
HISTORIC LANDMARK GONE.
Gotham' Golden Hill Tavern of Revolutionary-
Fame Destroyed
by Fire.
New. York, Feb. 14. There was a genuine
feeling' of sadness among New Yorkers
when they read this morning that the old
Golden Hill tavern' had been destroyed
by fire the night before, for the tavern
was the oldest building in New York, and
within Its shadow was spilled the first
blood for the cause of American Independ
ence. Historic memories Innumerable crowded
about the old weather-stained structure
that had stood for over two centuries at
12 William street. It was there that
Washington, La Fayette, Steuben, Putnam,
Hamilton and Burr were wont to gather;
it was thcro that a council of war was
held Just prior to the battle of Long Island:
it was there that numerous secret meetings
were held by the men who made for the
world its first great republic.
The house next door. 121, was built by
Samuel Gilford Immediately after the Rev
olution, and It. too, was damaged by the
fire. Washington Irving was born Just
across the street.
SHE IS COMING TO AMERICA.
Victoria Woodhull Martin to Purane
Her Reformatory Scheme in
This Country.
New York. Feb. It. Victoria Woodhull
Martin will land In this country In a few
days to continue her moral and social ref
ormation of the world.
Incidentally she Is coming to New York
to fight a lawsuit instituted by Dr. Charles
A. Wells, husband of Mrs. Martin's niece,
who has attempted to block the progress
of Mrs. Martin and her daughter. Lulu
Maud Woodhull. that most remarkable
young person who has accepted her moth
er's teachings and followed so closely In
her footsteps that she is now little less
known than the mother herself.
Mrs. Martin's other purpose in coming to
America is to establish her magazine, the
Humanitarian, here, it 1 now published In
London, ami her intention is to have it
come out simultaneously In this country,
England and France. It Is expected that
Mrs. Martin will reserve one evening each
week for receptions and conversation.
She is expected to make her homo in
West Seventy-second street.
Attempt to Kidnap a Prince.
Kingston, Jamaica, (via Bermuda). Feb.
14. An attempt was made late Saturday
evening to kidnap Prince Clarence, form
erly chief of the Mosquito territory, who
Is now living here as a pensioner of the
British government. The attempt Is be
lieved to have been the result of Nlcara
guan Instigation.
Hanover, Km4 'Foatofuce Cane.
St. Louis. Feb. 14. The suit of August
Jaedlcke and others against the United
States, in which Jaedlcke and those on his
bond as postmaster at Hanover. Kns.. were
suet) for $5S1.0S, was decided In favor of
Jaedlcke In the lower court, but the court
of appeals to-day reversed the decision and
remanded the case.
Hotel Victoria offers superior accommoda
tions, nates 2 and .50. O. B. Stanton.prop,
DEPOSITORSPAID IN FULL.
Receiver Ewing Makes a Remark
able Record in the 'Wichita Na
tional Rank Case.
Washington, Feb. 14. (Special.) The
comptroller of the currency has declared
dividends In favor of the creditors of in
solvent national banks as follows:
Fourth dividend of 5 per cent in favor
of the creditors of the 'Humboldt First Na
tional bank, of Humboldt, Kas., making in
ail 65 per cent on claims proved, amount
ing to J17.6S1.47.
A sixth dividend. 40 per cent, and a final
dividend of 5.S1 per cent in favor of the
creditors of the Wichita National bank, of
Wichita, making In all 100 per cent of prin
cipal and 36.09 per cent of the accrued in
terest on claims proved, amounting to $83,
034.18. Wichita. Kas.. Feb. 14.-(Special.) The
receiver of the defunct Wichita National
bank. Major W. N. Ewing. of Kansas City,
to-day paid the sixth dividend, which
makes the total amount paid to the cred
itors and depositors 105.S1 per cent of ail
claims against the bank. The bank failed
In 1S94. with liabilities amounting to $160,
000. This is the first Instance where a
bank has failed and has paid more than
100 cents on the dollar of its liabilities. Ma
jor Ewing has received telegrams of con
gratulation from all over the country,
among them being one from Comptroller
of the Currency Dawes.
THAT CHINESE LOAN.
The Dntch Minister at Pekln Now Try
ins to Ralae the Necessa
ry Fonda,
Shanghai, Feb. 11. It is reported that
Dr. Knobel, the Dutch minister at Pekln,
is trying to arrange a 5 percentage loan of
$20,000,000 to be secured by a portion of the
customs revenue.
Local mandarins assert that China has
offered, instead of Ta Lien Wan, two free
ports in the province of Hu-Nan, one being
the' capltol. They also state that agents
will be appointed and will be empowered
to raise 60,000 men, with headquarters at
Ping-Yang, province of Shan-St. capable
of co-operating with the Pekln force if the
imperial capltol should be threatened.
Berlin, Feb. 15. The North German Ga
zette announces that the emperor of China
has Issued a special edict instructing the
government of Kiang-Su to accord Prince
Henry, of Prussia, in every respect a wor
thy reception.
Teelgrams from Kiao-Chou say that Ger
man and French missionaries celebrated
mass Sunday outside the Tsing-Tal, in the
presence of the German forces and numer
ous Chinese.
WILL GO BYjANEW ROUTE.
Party of Sixty-five New York Men to
Set Out for the Klondike
To-dny.
New York, Feb. 14. A party of sixty
five men. the majority of whom are me
chanics, incorporated into the Alaska
Klondike co-operative mining expedition,
will leave this city to-morrow for Klon
dike, going by way of Philadelphia, Chi
cago, and Tacoma. An Immense quantity
of mining and other machinery will be
taken along, and in Tacoma large pur
chases of provisions, clothing and horses
will be made.
The party will leave Tacoma on a steam
er already contracted for. They will pro
ceed to the mouth of the 8tlckeen river
and land on' the Ice at Fort Wrangle. By
an untried route, the party will push on
twenty-five miles up the Stlckeen river,
thence 200 miles overland to Lake Teslin.
The outfits will be carried on sleds con
structed in Tacoma, each having a capac
ity of two tons.
Arriving at the lake, the horses will be
sold or salted down, as is seen fit. By
boat, the party will go by the way of
Lake Teslln, the Houtallnqua river and
Lewis river to tho Yukon, where it will bo
decided in what region prospecting will be
commenced.
NEW GOLD MINING DEVICES.
Two Mlaaonrl Klondlkera Specially
Equipped for Delving: for Gold
on the Yukon.
Golden City, Mo., Feb. 14. (Special.) Two
old settlers, Jacob Cornwell and Z. T. Bran
denburg, left for Portland, Ore., this morn
ing, where they will buy their outfits and
sail for Alaska. Cornwell Is 63 years of
age, and Brandenburg Is only ten years his
Junior. Both are expert mechanics, and
they take with them several new devices
made especially for placer mining in the
Copper river region. One is a portable
sand pump, to bring up and test sand from
the beds of streams, and another is an au
ger made In sections, to bore through Ice
and gravel.
Brandenburg Is backed by a local com
pany made up of Mayor D. E. Kctcham,
Dr. S. T. Thomson, N. S. Morrow and R.
B. Price. Several other prospectors will
probably leave In a few weeks.
CAPTAIN HENRYB00TH DEAD.
One of the Lending; Republicans of
'Western Kansas a Victim of
Heart Dlaenae.
Larncd, Kas., Feb. 1 1 (Special.) Captain
Henry Booth, one of the first settlers of
Pawnee county and one of the leading Re
publicans of Kansas, died this afternoon of
heart disease while stoning up a well at his
home, one mile east of this city. He had
been dead about an hour when found by
his son.
Captain Booth was a prominent Grand
Army man and was state commander in
1S30. Ho represented Pawnee county In
the state legislature several times, and was
chairman of the Republican state commit
tee when the Republicans rolled up tho
famous S2.000 majority in 1SSS.
During the Morrill administration he held
a clerkship In Secretary of State Edward's
office.
DAVID W. RAMSDELL DEAD.
Discoverer of the "Norway Oat"
Paaaea Away In Vermont
Amnaaed a Fortune.
South Royalton, Vt., Feb. 14. David W.
Ramsdell, famous as the discoverer of the
"Norway oat." died at tiie home of his
niece, Mrs. E. L. Fish, to-day. aged 74
years.
He was born In Washington. Vt., and
when a young man engaged In farming. In
1S61 he procured from the government a
package of oat seeds from the West, In
which he found a peculiar oat. which on
development be named the Norway. He cul
tivated this and from its sale amassed a
fortune which ran Into the millions, and
he spent $3,000,000 In advertising the oat all
over the world. He met with business re
verses and died comparatively poor.
llltnol Oldest Lawyer Dead.
Chicago. Feb. 14. William H. Stlckncy.
the oldest member of the bar in Illinois,
member of the state legislature for two
terms, thirty years apart, and prominent In
the early history of the state as a lawyer,
editor and politician, is dead. He was born
In Baltimore. Md., In November, 1S0J, and
came to Illinois In 1S34.
Dead of Rnbonlc Plague.
Bombay. Feb. 14. Mme. Florence Mor
gan, the superintendent of the plague hos
pital, has died here of bubonic plague.-
Minister Angell to Resign.
Grand Rapids. Mich.. Feb. ll.-Regont
Roger W. Buttcrficld. of the state univer
sity of Michigan, to-night received a letter
from President James B. Angell. now am
bassador to Turkey, stating that he would
resign and be home In time to resume his
duties as president of the university this
tall.
Situation Strained Again.
London, Feb. 14. A special dispatch
from Shanghai says the relations between
China and Germany are seriously strained
over the lattcr's fresh demands.
ASROBINSONTELLSIT
A NEW STORY AS TO THE FAMOUS
HAYSTACKS MASSACRE.
DOESN'T TALLY WITH TONNEY'S
VERSION GIVEN BY THE ALLEGED
LEADER OF THE MURDERERS.
He Is Now in Jail at Denver Awaiting
Extradition to Paris, Tex., for
Trial for Participation
the No-Man'a-Land
TraKedy.
in
Denver, Col., Feb. 14. Sam Robinson, who
Is reputed to have been the leader of the
crowd that massacred Sheriff Cross, of Ste
vens county, Kas., and his posse at "the
haystacks," in No Man's Land, in 1SS8, Is
in jail in Denver, awaiting extradition to
Paris, Tex., for trial for participation in
that massacre. Robinson tells an alto
gether different story from that told by
Herbert Tonney, the only survivor of the
massacre, now a resident of Flora, 111., and
printed In The Journal of to-day.
Last week Robinson was released from
the state penitentiary at Canon City, hav
ing served fourteen years for robbery.
His long period was served without his
having violated a single rule of the prison
and his conduct won for him the respect
and good will of the officials. Mr. Cleghorn
said that for years Robinson had been a
trusty; he was given tasks which often
took him ten or twenty miles from the pen
itentiary walls Into the hills and rugged
mountains which surround the penitentiary
on three sides. There were abundant op
portunities for escape, and had Robinson
ever undertaken to go it Is probable that
no very strong effort would ever have been
made to apprehend him. But Robinson was
loyal to the trust Imposed in him and he
served the long years of his sentence faith
fully, while looking forward to the time
when he should be a free man when he
would rejoin his wife and family in a
peaceful farm district In Illinois.
When Robinson walked out of the peni
tentiary with $3 in his pocket and a new
suit of clothes he had time enough to take
one breath of free air when government
officials stepped up to him and caused his
arrest on the charge of murder, said to
have been committed by him ten years ago
in No Man's Land, during the days of bor
der ruffianism. To say that Robinson was
surprised and amazed would be to put It
mildly. The man's face, pale with years
of confinement, turned chalky white. He
gave a gasp and broke down in tears, sob
bing like a child. After he had somewhat
regained his composure he said
"I thought that I had been punished
enough for all my mlsdeedE, and that I
might go free to be a man once more and
live a decent life. I have once been tried
for that old crime and they failed to con
vict .me. Tam Innocent of the charge, and
now. if I am to suffer cuce more, 1 might
as welt give up hope."
Robinson was brought to Denver and
lodged In the county jail to await the pro
cess of legal machinery which may cause
his transportation to Paris, lex., where he
Is to stand trial for murder. Warden Cleg
horn Immediately came' to Denver and ap
pealed to the United States prosecuting
attorney in this city to use his best efforts
to prevent the case being brought to trial,
and secure, if possible, the early release of
Robinson. Further than this, tho warden
has determined to appeal to the officials
who will conduct the trial, to the judge
sitting on the case and to Washington of
ficials. If need be, he will make a personal
appeal to the president Tbr clemency upon
behalf of this man in whom he has taken
so great an interest.
While in the county Jail Robinson told
his story frankly:
"I was born In Jassamlne county, Ky.,
forty-four years ago, of good family, and
all my family are quiet citizens of that
state. After my wife died, when I was
about 23 years old, 1 came West and took
up a ranch In Western Kansas. I moved
from one place to another, was a cowboy,
a sheep herder, and was not better. I sup
pose, than many people who lived there.
I married and had committed no crime in
that district until the unfortunate occur
rence for which they now seek to have me
sutler. God knows I have suffered enough
already, and it seems to me that justice
could demand nothing further.
"In 1SSS, with A. J. Cook and A. M. Don
nell. I went from Kansas to No Man's
Land on a fishing and hunting expedition.
Wc took our families along, camped out by
the way and remained two or three days
In that district. On our way back w
stopped at a ranch on Golf creek for the
night. In the morning we discovered the
place was surrounded by a posse armed
with Winchesters. A man on horseback
rode up, waving a paper in his hi'nd. and
asked mc to surrender. 'Oh. I don't know
whether I will surrender or not,' I an
swered. He looked at me a moment and
said: 'Well. If you have no objections. I
will ride back to my friends and tell them
that you refuse to surrender,' and he rode
away. I did not know what he wanted
me for, and I do not know to this day.
"I went back Into the house and talked
the matter over with my friends. We
watched the posse, as they evidently in
tended to make us trouble. After awhile
three men rode up within speaking dis
tance and said that If I did not surrender
they would open fire upon the place and
kill every man. woman and child. They
told the ranchman that he could withdraw
with his family before they began opera
tions and tho. old man hitched up his team
and drove off. 1 saw that we were In for It
and that It would bo useless for all to be
sacrificed, for the posse was so big that
they could have cleaned us out, so I told
my people that I would mak; a run for It
and get out If I could. They seemed to
want me alone and if I got away they
would leave my wife and friends alone. So
I mounted my horse bareback and started.
"I was a pretty good rider and I adopted
the Comanche style of riding under the
horse's neck. The crowd chased mo and
probably sent fifty Winchester bullets after
me. but I got away. As we had suspected,
they set out in pursuit, leaving the folks
at the ranch house unmolested. It was a
ride for life and I made it. That night a
storm came on cold and disagreeable and
I hid In a thicket by a stream and nearly
froze to death. I did not dare mako a fire
and I had no extra clothing to keep me
warm. The next day. late In the after
noon, I struck a trail leading back to Kan
sas, and in time rejoined my party, who
had made all haste to get back across the
line.
"The second day we encountered a party
of men on horseback, all heavily armed,
and I thought I was gone this time sure,
but it turned out to be a rival band and
the enemies of the people who had attacked
me. They asked me If I had seen them and
I told them that I thought I had. It was
not hard for them to persuade me to join
their partv and we started to have some
fun with the other side. We surprised them
at Wild Horse lake and mixed up in a
scrimmage, in which four men were killed
on their side, but none of our party was
hurt. Then I went home to my family,
where I was arrested a few weeks after
ward. About forty were arrested and the
trials were held at various intervals, re
sulting In all being acquitted. Marshal
Jones, of Topeka, arrested me, took me to
the capital and afterward to Leavenworth.
They failed to make the case stick and aft
er I -was released I went to Hugo. Kas.,
coming to Colorado later."
When asked about his Colorado expe
riences Robinson hung his head. "That is
where I went wrong." he said, "but I have
done my time and I think they might let
me alone. I was persuaded by people
who. I thought, were smarter than I am
to go to Colorado to do a trick. It was
robbery. That was the only criminal act
I have ever committed. This old trouble
for which they now want me came about
in just the way I have told you. It was
a case oi mistaken Identity In the begin
ning and when they attacked me at the
ranch house at Golf creek I felt like want
ing revenge and I joined the rival party.
I am not a desperado and I never was. I
never belonged to any band of desperadoes
and joined the party only after I had
been attacked while escaping from the
ranch on Golf creek.
"I hope Mr. Cleghorn may be able to
savo me from further Imprisonment, for
I want to go home to my wife and child
and live a decent life. I have served a
long enough sentence and have suffered
enough to satisfy all the ends of justice.
I want no more crime or criminal life in
mine; It doesn't pay."
Warden Cleghorn has interested a num
ber of influential people in this city in
behalf of this man Robinson and a strong
effort will be made in Washington to have
the department of Justice grant some concessions.
MISS WILLARD IS ILL.
Her Old Enemy, Cancer of the Stom
ach, Haa Worn Her
Out.
New York, Feb. 15. Miss Frances E. Wil
lard Is ill at the Empire hotel in this city.
Sho has been suffering from cancer of tho
stomach for several years. The inroads of
this disease, combined with a bad attack
of grippe, have completely shattered her
health. She broke down In Madison, Wis.,
about a month ago, while making an ad
dress upon her birthday. It was then de
cided that she should go to New York and
submit herself to specialists. Miss Wlllard
was exhausted by her work and Insufficient
rest. She went to the 'Empire hotel with
her secretary. Miss Jordan, where she has
since remained In complete seclusion.
Tho agitation occasioned by the attack
on her co-worker. Lady Henry Somerset,
affected her powerfully, and she rapidly
grew worse.
Even while enduring the most severe suf
fering, the courage of Miss Willard enabled
her to work. Every day she dictated from
sixty to 100 letters, and also sent out the
appeal addressed to President Dwight, of
Yale, to exert his Influence against the sale
of liquor to the students. This has been
placed with every branch of the W. C. T.
U. in the state for signatures.
Lady Somerset's retraction of her "com
promise with vice" caused Miss Willard
great rejoicing.
She Is under the care of Dr.. Hills, who
has been her physician for several years,
and Dr. Draper has been twice called in
consultation.
Miss Jordan said to-night that Miss Wil
lard was resting more easily than she had
for several days past.
"We are assured by the physicians that
there Is no need to take a pessimistic, view
of Miss Wiilard's illness." Miss Jordan
said. "She is in no immediate danger, and
we hope that the W. C. T. U. will have Its
leader restored to health and vigor."
WESTERN MILITIA STATISTICS.
Mlaaouri Haa 400,000 Men Available
for Service, Kansaa 300,000, and
Oklahoma BO.OOO.
Washington, Feb. 14. (Special.) Assist
ant Secretary of War Meiklejohn to-day
sent to congress an abstract of the militia
force of the United States, according to re
turns received at the adjutant general's of
fice fcr the year 1S97. The total number of
men in the Kansas militia service is 1,163,
divided into branches as follows: Light
battery, 62; Infantry, 1-2S0. The total num
ber of commissioned officers is 110. The to
tal number of men in the state available
for military service is 300.000.
The total enlisted force in Missouri is 2.343
men, 'divided as followsvLlcht batteries.
12!: infantry. 2.1 SI; hospital and" ambulance
corps, 30. The total number of men in the
state available for military service is 400,
000. Oklahoma has a force of 547, commanded
by 53 officers, out of a total of 50;000.mcn in
the territory available for service.
The total number of men in the United
States available for military service Is 10,
301,339. REFUSED TO DANCE wlTH HIM.
Mrs. Devlne, of Charlotte, Mich., Haa
Her Kyea Blaeked by a Jeal-
oua Admirer.
Charlotte. Mich.. Feb. 14. Frank Frever,
the wealthiest farmer in Benton township,
is under arrest for striking Mrs. Myrtle
Devlne in the face at a social gathering.
Mrs. Devlne is a married woman and
prominent in church circles. She says
when she refused to dance with Frever he
struck her a number of times in the face,
and she wears two black eyes to prove
her story.
Frever tells a different story. He says
Mrs. Devine's brother came to the party
Intoxicated and raised a disturbance. Mr.
Rossman, the man who gave the party,
attempted to throw the drunken man out
of the house and Frever assisted. Mrs.
Dcvino entered tho affray and received the
blows accidentally.
Frever gave a check for $300 as a guar
antee for his appearance at his trial.
SUES FOR $10,000 DAMAGES.
Cheater Crnwford, of Topeka, Wanta
Indemnity for False Imprison
ment in Oklahoma.
Guthrie, O. T., Feb. H. (Special.) Ches
ter H. Crawford, of Topeka, Kas., son of
Manager Crawford, of the Crawford opera
house, to-day filed suit here against Jones
& Morris, proprietors of the Royal hotel,
and Sheriff Hhinehart. for $10,000 damages
for fab-e arrest and Imprisonment. Six
weeks ago, while traveling for an "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" company. Crawford was ar
rested and Jailed on suspicion of being a
postoffice robber, because the landlord saw
a bunch of money orders In his possession.
TO BE EXPELLED FROM MEXICO
Greaaera Are Tired of Harboring; a
Gang of Crooks From the
Stntea.
City of Mexico. Feb. 14. It is reported
that the gang of American crooks will be
expelled from the country under the clause
of the constitution providing for the ban
ishment of pernicious foreigners. The
measure would, of course, not be taken
without consulting the American minister,
who would be sustained In advising such a
step bv all decent resident American citi
zens w'ho are anxious to rid the country of
one of the worst gangs of sharpers that
ever has afflicted this country.
BRIEF BITS OF SEWS.
A Spanish newspaper announces that the
last' two descendants of Christopher Co
lumbus are now occupants of a poorhouse
at Cadiz.
Mrs. H. H. Burris. a full-blooded Indian,
and wife of tho treasurer for the Cherokee
nation at Tishomingo, shot and killed her
self In a fit of insanity.
A fine herd of milch cows, valued at
$250, belonging to F. B. Cannon. Phlllips
burg. Kas., have died from the effects of
eating too many cornstalks.
There Is seme talk of the betrothal of
Queen Wilhelmlna, of Holland, to Prince
Louis Napoleon, now colonel of the czar
ina's lancers, in the Russian army.
A long continued search has resulted In
the discovery- of the birth record of Ameri
go Vespucci In the church of San Glovvanl,
in Florence. The date is March IS, 1452.
Two masked men robbed the postoffice at
Longwood. Mo.. Sunday night and com
pelled George HieronjTnous, who was sleep
ing In the building, to turn over $20 of his
own to them.
The Presbyterian board of foreign mis
sions has appointed C. W. Douglas, of To
peka, Kas.. assistant press manager at
Shanghai, China, where eleven Chinese
magazines are printed.
Garret Williams, a farmer near Sedalia,
Mo., was Inveigled Into a vacant house
there Sunday night and robbed of $150.
Yesterdav Mote Berry and John Welch
were trie'd for committing the robbery and
were bound over to the grand jury.
While fishing in shallow water at Jack
sonville. Fla., J. C. Nookes. of Cleveland,
O., upset his boat and, in spite of the ef
forts of his wife, who was with him, was
engulfed in the quicksand which compos
ed the bottom. The body was recovered.
THE DEADLY "LIFT."
NEW YORK ELEVATORS CLAIMED
FIVE VICTIMS YESTERDAY.
THREE MEN KILLED OUTRIGHT.
WORST OF THE ACCIDENTS WAS IN
THE WALDORF HOTEL.
Oscar Weathers Meeta Death In Al
most Exactly the Same Way That
Mra. Levy- Wna Killed at
the Holland Houae
Sunday.
New York, Feb. 14. Three men were In
stantly killed and two seriously injured,
one of them so seriously that he will die,
in this city to-day by accidents In ele
vators. Those killed are:
John Degnan, a laborer at Hotel Wal
dorf; Oscar Westberg, aged 24, assist
ant janitor of the Walton building,
on Fifth avenue; William Oches,
aged 25, a driver for an express company.
James Foley and Thomas Looney are the
Injured. Foley Is not likely to recover.
The accident in which Degnan met his
death and Looney and Foley were injured
occurred at the Waldorf hotel. Tho men
were taking ashes from the cellar on a
freight elevator, when two of the four
chains on the elevator broke and the men
were thrown to the sub-cellar, three sto
ries below.
Westberg met his death in almost exact
ly the same way that Mrs. Arthur G. Levy
was killed at the Holland house yesterday.
Westberg was alone In the car In the Wal
ton building. While making an ascent, his
head presumably came In contact with the
second floor. He was thrown to the bottom
of the elevator, which, as it rose, crushed
his head against the projecting floor.
Ochs was waiting for the elevator on the
eighth floor of the building at 5SS Broad
way. The gate was open, and Ochs was
looking down the shaft. The elevator de
scended more rapidly than he expected,
his head was caught, and he was almost
decapitated.
STEAMER REPORTED LOST.
Said to Have Been Burned In Lynn
Canal Forty Men on
Board.
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 11. The steamer Isl
ander brings news that the steamer Clara.
Nevada, of Seattle, was burned in Lynn
canal, and forty men who wero on board
are supposed to have perished.
The Nevada left Skaguay for Juneau
on February 5, and when the Islander,
which arrived from Comox this morning,
reached Juneau, the Nevada had not ar
rived there. The day that she should have
reached Juneau fire was seen on the
waters of the canal, and the opinion .Is
general that the flames 'were from a burn
ing steamer.
Whether the passengers and crew reached
land, or whether they perished, is not
known. It is feared that they met with
death, as there has been a terrible wind
and snowstorm in the North, and small
boats could hardly live. Captain Irving, of
the Islander, reports that the weather has
been terrific.
Seattle, Wash.. Feb-11. In the absence of
confirmatory news, the story of the wreck
is discredited in tnjs city. The Clara Ne
vada Is commanded by Captain C. B. Lewis
and her crew consists of twenty-eight men.
The offlcrs are: Pilot, Ed Kelly; first of
ficer. Smith: engineer, David Reed; purser.
Foster Beck; steward, O'Donnell, and a
clerk, George Rogers.
The Clara Nevada was formerly the Hos
ier, which was built at Camden, N. J.,
in 1S72 for the United States coast and geo
detic survey service. Last summer she-was
condemned by the government for the rea
son that she was out of date, and sold to
the Pacific and Alaska Transportation
Company, who had her thoroughly over
hauled before placing her on the Alaska
line. She was considered perfectly sea
worthy. FIRE ON AN ALASKAN STEAMER.
Discovered Jnat aa She Had Started,
With Six Hundred Paaaengera
for Dyes and Skaa-uay.
Astoria, Ore., Feb. 14. But for the timely
discovery of a lire In tho hold of the Alas
kan steamship Oregon, the vessel might
now be a mass of raging flames at the
mercy of the waves and wind.
The Oregon sailed from her dock in this
city at 12:30 to-day, carrying some 600 pas
sengers and as much freight as it was pos
sible to place aboard. The steamer pro
ceeded to the mouth of tho river without
accident. When just about to cross out.
smoke was discovered coming from the
bunkers, where 600 tons of coal was stored.
The alarm was Immediately given, but it
was some time before the! position of the
blaze was ascertained.
Meanwhile, the passengers had learned
of the fire and for a time there was con
sternation. The steamer was twenty miles
from a suitable berth and as the terrible
ness of the situation dawned upon the
fortune seekers, the excitement was in
tense. The officers of the Oregon alone
were cool, and went among the freightened
passengers, assuring them that the fire
would be extinguished without damage to
their property. The excitement then sub
sided, and the crew was better enabled
to work at the bunkers. The fire was at
the bottom of the coal, and it was neces
sary to put back to port. The steamer
arrived at her dock at 5 p. m., and the
work of unloading the coal commenced.
The nre was causea Dy spontaneous com
bustion. The damage is very slight and
the Oregon will sail again to-morrow
morning.
Little Girl Fatally Bnrned.
Columbia. Mo.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Ruth,
the 2-year-old daughter of Allen Blakcmore.
a farmer of Harrisburg, Boone county, was
fatally burned to-day. She was playing
around an open grate with some paper
when the paper caught fire and burned her
about the breast and face.
Asphyxiated by Coal Gas.
Lyons. N. H.. Feb. 14. Mrs. Abram R.
Robinson and Edith Schaffner were to-day
found in bed asphyxiated by coal cas from
the parlor stove. Neither is expected to
recover.
One of n Family of Seven Preachers.
Columbia, Mo.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Rev.
J. S. Jesse, of Columbia, has been called to
the pastorate of the Bethlehem Baptist
church. Mr. Jesse was formerly pastor of
the Roanoke Baptist church, but resigned
because the congregation voted to receive
as a member a lady who had been baptized
by immersion but by a preacher who had
not himself been immersed. There are
seven Baptist preachers in the Jesse family.
Brings in a Bin Opium Cargo.
San Francisco. Feb. 14. The Occidental
and Oriental steamship Gaelic arrived here
to-day from China and Japan, touching at
Honolulu. She had sixty passengers and a
valuable cargo, the most Important Item
of which was 462 cases of opium, valued at
$997,920. the largest shipment of the drug
ever received here. The duty, at 6 cents a
pound will amount to $110,850.
Buffalo Real Estate Exchange.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 14. Judge Chllds to
day directed that a judgment of foreclos
ure and sale for $350,000 be entered against
the Buffalo Real Estate exchange in an
action brought by the Mutual Life Insur
ance Company, of New York, to foreclose
a mortgage ,on the Exchange building. It
is expected the Real Estate exchange will
bid it In.
DR. BROWN OUSTED.
Dropped From the Chicago Congrega
tional Asaoclation, Deaplte a
Peraonai Flea.
Chicago. Feb. 14. Rev. Dr. C. O. Brown
was to-day formally dropped from the
membership of the Chicago Congregation
al Association. A special meeting was
called for the purpose of taking action on
his letter of resignation, sent from San
Francisco some time ago. and which also
contained a request for a special meeting
to hear him. Dr. Brown's letter admitting
his guilt and asking to be retired was read.
Then Dr. Brown, who was accompanied by
his wife, was given an opportunity to be
he'ard, but was cut short when ho requested
that he be allowed to withdraw his letter
of resignation and a committee consisting
of Revs. J. A. Adams. E. F. Williams and
J. C. Armstrong appointed to report on the
advisability of accepting Dr. Brown's resig
nation as a member of the association. The
committee subsequently reported in favor
of acceptance, and this report was adopted
by a vote of nearly three to one. Debate
was continued on the question as to wheth
er Dr. Brown should not also be dismissed
from the association on the grounds of il
legal membership.
Dr. Brown made a strong personal appeal
for restoration, saying, among other
things, that the association should forgive
him, as the Lord forgave Peter after the
apostle had denied him.
The Rev. Mr. J. A. Adams made the
only address of the session bearing upon
the merits of the case. He said that Dr.
Brown was not being censured Tor his sins
in San Francisco, but for two years." du
plicity. "I defended him, and was his friend." he
said, "and I forgive him the deception he
practiced upon me. But he deserves to be
punished. Peter went out and wept Imme
diately after he sinned. It took Brown two
years."
The committee presented another resolu
tion bearing upon the ecclesiastical ques
tion Involved. It was to the effect that the
association regretted that Dr. Brown had
been admitted while under suspension by
the Bay conference of San Francisco, a co
ordinate association.
STRIKE MATTER IN DOUBT.
Boston Conference Recommendation
Not Likely to Be Accepted
in All Flacea.
Boston, Feb. 14. From advices here to
day it seems to be the general opinion In
mill circles that the recommendation of the
textile unions that a general strike be un
dertaken by the operatives In all New En
gland cotton mills, where a reduction of
wages has occurred, will not be accepted
in all places.
It was intended at first that the energies
of all unions should be directed to aiding
the 9,000 operatives of New Bedford, and
that strikes in other centers should be de
ferred until the New Bedford trouble was
settled, but as the weeks have passed the
members of the unions In places where
there are no strikes claim to have found
that the rate of wages under the reduction
is so small that the operatives have all
they can do to make ends meet, and are
not able to help their New Bedford breth
ren. These facts being borne out by reports
that the assistance received at New Bed
ford from the cotton mill employes else
where was disappointing. It is believed,
had much to do with the recommendation
that a general strike be undertaken. The
local unions will take action on the matter
during the next week or two, and until a
vote is taken it will be impossible to tell
to what extent the action of yesterday's
.Boston meeting Trill be indorsed. -
PREMIUM 0NKIDNAPING.
Chicago Authorities Offer 500 for the'
Feraon of Dr. Smith, of
Klrkavllle, Mo.
Chicago, Feb. 14. A reward of $500 Is of
fered for the person or persons turning
over to the authorities of Illinois the body
of Dr. William Smith, of Kirksvlllc. Mo.,
who Is wanted here on the charge of steal
ing four bodies from the Dunning morgue
last October, for complicity in which Henry
Ulrich has been sentenced to the peniten
tiary. The reward is offered by tho board
of commissioners of Cook county. Govern
or Stephens refused to honor a requisition,
for the surrender of Dr. Smith.
SHE MUST KISSALL OR NONE.
Georgia Schoolma'nm Easily Cored of
an Attack of the Kiaaing
Epidemic.
Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 14. The klssinB epi
demic has met with a peculiar backset In
this part of the state. A young lady school
teacher from Chattanooga has been con-'
ducting a very prosperous Institute of late,
admitting mixed classes of scholars. For
some of these she evinced a preference by
kissing them each morning. The parents
of the unkissed rebelled at this discrimina
tion, and the young lady was notified that
unless she ceased her partial osculation or
made It general her services would be dis
pensed with. She chose the former course,
and peace reigns once more among her
natrons.
THE CHILDWIFE AGAIN.
Dora Clay Meeta a Yonng Man In the
Woods and Preventa a .
Killing.
Louisville. Ky.. Feb. 14. Dora Clay, the
child-wife of General Cassius M. Clay, and
William Bryant, a young man of the
neighborhood, met in the woods near
White Hill yesterday. Roy Featherglll. a
guard from the Clay mansion, fired off his
revolver to frighten Bryant out of the
woods. Bryant drew a revolver and was
about :to shoot Featherglll when Dora
Clay knocked the weapon up and begged
Bryant not to shoot. Bryant says he
would have killed Featherglll had It not
been for Dora.
MOODY NOT AFRAID OF YALE.
Noted Evangel Iiit Senda His Sons to
the New Haven Unireralty in
Spite or the Voice.
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 14. Dwight L.
Moody, the evangelist, is In New Haven.
When asked his opinion of the attacks of
the Voice, the prohibition organ, on intem
perance at Yale, he said: "I have sent
one son through Yale and have another a
student in the college. If I had thought
that influences alleged had contaminated
the first son I should not have sent the sec
ond." DENOUNCEDBY HIS WIFE.
Perkins, O. T-, Paator Accuaed In
Church of Cruelty, Neglect and
Unchrlatlan Conduct.
Guthrie, O.- T., Feb. 11. (Special.) At a
Congregational church meeting-at Perkins,
the wife of the pastor, Mr. Onstott, arose
and charged him with cruelty and neglect
and unchristian conduct. Her charges pro
duced a great sensation, and before It abat
ed the husband resigned as pastor. The
Onstotts have two children, and came from
Kansas several years ago.
Ice Plied Up Forty Feet High.
Warsaw, 111.. Feb. 14. The Ice in the
Mississippi river broke up and ran out to
day, doing no damage, although It plied
up as high as forty feet In some places.
The Ice blocked December 21. consequently
the river was closed fifty-four days this
winter.
Severe Storm in Australia.
Sydney. N. S. W.. Feb. 11. A severe
storm is raging along the coast of New
South Wales. There have been teveral
wrecks and some fatalities.
SOBBED MAILBOXES.
ONE OF THE MOST EXPERT THIEVES
IN THE COUNTRY CAUGHT.
HAD 120 MAILBOX KEYS.
TIMOTHY HOGAX ARRESTED AT:
WESTERVILLE, O.
Confeaaea HIa Guilt and Saya He and
His Pal Have Secured S40.OOO
Daring the Past Year
la an Eacaped
Convict.
Columbus'. O.. Feb. 14. Timothy Hogan.
who has eluded all the secret service men
of the country and the detectives in many,
cities, as well as several private agencies,
for the last year, was arrested to-night at
Westervillc, a village about twelve miles
north of Columbus. Hogan Is wanted foe
rifling mailboxes In many cities- In the
United States, and for raising and passing
checks secured from letters deposited In tha
malls.
Patrick Kelley. chief of the Columbus po
lice, laid the plans for the arrest of Ho
gan, who has been operating in Columbus!
and other cities of the state for the last
two months. Last Friday Hogan left the
city, ostensibly for the East, but went no
further than Westerville. Since that time,
he has visited the city each day, and: alt
the while was under the surveillance of.
detectives from the city force. When, ar
rested to-night Hogan had in his possession
120 mailbox keys, secured in as many dif
ferent cities in the United States: also
over 200 letters which he had taken from
the mails In different cities in Ohio, prin
cipally Columbus.
Hogan, when arrested, realized that he
had been caught dead to rights, and talked
freely when brought before Chief of Police
Kelley, concerning his operations. He said
that he had a pal, but refused to give his
name or any information regarding hia
whereabouts. Chief Kelley, however, thinks
he will be apprehended.
Hogan explained In detail how acids
were used to remove the writing from tha
checks and how he erased or altered them.
In this connection an Interesting fact is
stated. On all the checks changed or al
tered. In which the word "ninety" occurred,
the word was spelled "ninty." It was by
means of this misspelled word that Ho
gan's operations were followed from place
to place. To the chief of police Hogan
claimed that he could neither read nor
write, but on an argument being raised as
to the spelling of the word "ninety" he
readily proved that he could read by his
reference to a dictionary.
Hogan Is about 30 years of age, and has
a wife and family, In Chicago. A brother
under arrestIn New York city, he claims.
Is not implicated In any way In hisopera
tions. and" is entely Innocent "of the
charges preferred' against him.
Regarding his possession of the mail bor
keys. Hogan refuses to say anything. He
claims that during the past year he has
secured by his operations as. much as $40.
(U0, but that he and his pal have spent
all of it. He was stranded at Westerville.
and only a few days ago had pawned an
overcoat In this city, the publicity given to
his operations by the newspapers of the
state having prevented his working suc
cessfully In this territory. Hogan escaped
from Blackwell Island. N. Y.. a little over
a year ago, and has a little over four years
of his sentence there yet to serve.
A gang of mailbox thieves, of which Ho
gan is believed to have been a member,
operated in this city and Kansas City.
Kas.. several weeks ago, following his
methods closely. Several mailboxes were
unlocked and looted, and one. located in
Kansas City. Kas.. was broken open, tho
thieves evidently having failed to unlock:
It. One check was cashed at a Kansas
City bank by a member of the gang.
PRISONER HANGS HIMSELF.
NebraakaWlfe Murderer Commits Sui
cide in the Jail at Falia
City.
Falls City. Neb.. Feb. 11. Joseph Hole
check, who murdered his wife at Hole
check farm, near Humboldt, the night of
December 4, 1S97, hanged himself in tho
county Jail. Holecheck used a towel and
handkerchief, of which he made a noose,
fastened the end to the highest crossbar,
and. by drawing his feet from the floor,
strangled to death.
He was the only prisoner in the Jail.
The body was discovered about 6:30 p. m.
by an attendant who carried to the pris
oner his supper. Examination proved that
Holecheck had been dead more than hour
when found.
Holecheck would have been tried at tha
April term of court. He leaves ten chil
dren and an estate of considerable value.
FOR THE PIKESPEAK MURDER.
Shirley D. Chamberlain Convicted at
Colorado Springs of Killing
Herbert If. Kay.
Colorado Springs, Col.. Feb. 14. The Jury.
In the case of Shirley D. Chamberlln.
charged with the murder of Herbert II.
Kay. of Wisncr. Neb., on Pike's Peak, in
August last, to-night brought in a verdict
of murder in the first degree. The case is
the most sensational one in the history oC
El Paso county, and has attracted wide
spread Interest, owing to the place whero
the deed was committed. Kay had started!
to ascend the peak by night, and his dead
body was found forced into a small cul
vert under the cog railroad, at a point 12.
000 feet above sea level. The evidence)
against Chamberlln was circumstantial, but
conclusive, and the jury was out only about
an hour.
FAVORS FOR OM. B. OFFICERS.
Governor Leedy Reduces Whlskyltea
Fines From SOO
to 81.
Lawrence. Kas.. Feb. 14. (Special.)
George M. Crowder'and Sam Vandevcr, tha
officers of the O. M. B. lodcc-convlcted at
the November term of the district court
of selling liquor and fined $500 and costs
ar.il sentenced to jail for thirty days, were
tc-day notified by Governor Leedy that he
hail reduced their fines from $500 to $1 and
ccsts. The costs amount to $3U). which they
buth claim they nre unable to pay. and de
clare they will remain In Jail at the ex
pense of the county until the commissioners
reduce this amount. The action or Gov
ernor Leedy is severely criticised by tho
temperance people here, and an indignation
meeting has been called to condemn his
action.
AN AGED VETERAN'S SUICIDE.
Sanford Cochran, Over 70 Year Old,
Jumpa in Front of a Train
at Reno, Kaa.
Hutchinson, Kas.. Feb. 11. (Special.) San
ford Cochran, an old soldier over 70 years
of age. Jumped In front of a Missouri Pa
cific train to-day at Haven, Reno coun
ty, and was killed Instantly. Cochran had
just returned from the Soldiers home, and
his family did not want him at Haven. Ha
had words with his wife this morning and
left home, declaring he would take his own
life. Ho talked with acquaintances as if
nothing was wrong until the arrival ot
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