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VOL. XXII.— NO. 115.
HE DEFIED THE IB
DRAMATIC INCIDENT IN THE
LYNCHING OF THE AGED NEGRO,
I,H*E STRICKLAND
EMOYER PLEADED FOR HIM
FRENZIED LYNCHERS THREAT
ENRD THE BRAVE GEORGIAN,
AND MET WITH REBUFF
EAD HEARD BULLETS WHISTLE
Hid Not Propose to lie Terrorized,
mid Stood His Ground Until Given
a Promise Tbnt Strleklnnd Would
lie Turned Over to Authorities
Ni'ltro Was Lynelied While Pro
•-1 :• i miiiK His Innocence.
rAI.MKTTO, Ga., April 24.— The body of
Llge Strickland, the negro preacher who
was Implicated ln the Cranford murder
by Sam Hose, was found swinging to the
limb of a persimmon tree, within a mile
and a quarter 8f this place, early today.
Before death was allowed to end the suf
ferings of the negro, his ears were cut
off and the small linger of his left hand
was severed at the second joint. These
trophies were ln Palmetto today. On
the chest of the negro was a scrap of
b'.ood-stained note paper, attached with
an ordinary pin. On one side of this
paper was written:
• "" •
"New Tork Journal— We must :
: protect our ladies, 4-23-99." :
• •
The other side of the paper contained
a warning to the negroes of the neigh
borhood. It read as follows:
•"" •
: "Beware, all darkles. Tou will :
: be treated the same way." :
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Before being finally lynched, Strick
land was given a chance to confess to
the misdeeds of which the mob supposed
him to be guilty, but he protested his in
nocence to the end. Three times the
noose was placed around his neck and
the negro was drawn up off the ground,
three times he was let down with warn
ings that death was ln store for him
should he fall to confess his complicity
in the Cranford murder. Three times
Strickland proclaimed his Innocence, un
til, weary of useless torturing, the mob
pulled on their rope and tied the end
around the slender trunk of the persim
mon tree. Not a shot was fired by the
mob. Strickland was strangled to death.
TRIED TO SAVE HIM.
The lynching of Llge Strickland was
not accomplished without a desperate ef
fort on the part of his employer to save
his life. The man who pleaded for the
negro ls Maj. W. W" Thomas, an ex
state senator and one of the most promi
nent citizens of Coweta county. He did
not discontinue his efforts until he had
been assured by the leaders of the mob
that the negro would be taken to jail at
Falrbury. One mile from where this
promise was made Llge Strickland was
hanged.
The negro was a tenant on the planta
tion of Maj. Thomas. When Sam Hose,
the murderer of Alfred Cranford and
tbe assailant of his wife, made his con
ic sslon, immediately prior to his burning,
he implicated Llge Strickland, Hose say
ing he had been offered money by Strick
land to kill Cranford. It was known posi
tively, however, that Hose had made
false statements In his last confession,
and many of those who aided in his
burning were disposed to disregard his
statement in regard to Strickland.
Sunday night about fifteen men went
to the plantation of Maj. Thomas and
took Lige Strickland from the little cabin
in the woods, that he called home, leav
ing his wife and five children to wail
and weep over the fate they knew was
In store for the negro. Their cries aroused
Maj. Thomas, and he followed the lynch
ers In his buggy, accompanied by his son,
William Thomas, determined to save, lf
possible, the life of his plantation darkey.
DRAMATIC SCENE,
lie overtook the lynchers, with their
victim, at Palmetto, and then ensued,
with only the moonlight to brighten the
faces of these grim men, the weirdest and
most dramatic scene this section has
ever known
Lige Strickland was halted directly op
posite the telegraph offlce. The noose
was adjusted around his neck, and the
end of the rope was thrown over a tree.
Strickland was told he had a chance be
fore dying to confess his complicity In the
crime. He replied:
"I have told you all I know, gentle
men. You can kill me If you wish, but
I know nothing more to tell."
The negro's life might have been ended
then, but for the arrival of Maj. Thomas,
who leaped from his buggy and asked
for a hearing. He asked the crowd to give
the negro a chance for his life here on
the streets of Palmetto, and said:
"Gentlemen, this negro is Innocent.
Hose said Lige had promised to give him
$20 to kill Alfred Cranford, and I believe
Lige has not had $20 since he has been on
my place. He has never done any of
you any harm, and now I want you to
promise me that you will turn him over
to the bailiff of this town ln order that
he may be given a hearing. I do not ask
that you liberate him. Hold him, and if
the courts adjudge him guilty, hang
him."
To this the mob replied that Strickland
had inflamed the negroes in the neigh
borhood, and had a bad reputation, hav
ing been run away from East Point sev
eral years ago.
Maj. Thomas reminded the mob that the
negro had voluntarily told of seeing Hose
on the night of the murder. A member of
the mob replied that Strickland had done
this in the cunningness of his guilt, to es
tablish his own Innocence. There were
some, however, who agreed with Mai.
Thomas, and after a discussion a vote
waa taken which was supposed to mean
life or death to Llge Strickland. The vote
to let him live was unanimous.
MOB DEFIED.
Maj. Thomas then retired some distance
an J the mob was preparing to send
Strickland in a wagon to Newman when
a member of the mob cried out:
"We have got him here; let's keep htm."
This again aroused the mob, and a mes
senger was sent to Maj. Thomas to leave
ralmetto for his own good, but the old j
§ \)t %i\ ftotil {ftobe
gentleman was not frightened. He drew
himself up and said, emphatically:
"I have never before been ordered to
leave a town, and I am not going to
leave this one."
And then the major, uplifting his hand
to give his words force, said to the mes
senger:
"Tell them that the muscles ln my legs
aro not trained to running; tell them that
I have stood the fire and heard the
whistle of tho mlnies from a thousand
Yankee rllles, and I am not frightened by
this crowd."
Maj. Thomas was not molested.
Then, with the understanding that Lige
Strickland was to be delivered to the jail
at Fairburn, Maj. Thomas saw the negro
he had pleaded for led off to his death.
The mob took the negro to a grove near
the home of Marshal J. J. illvens, of this
place, and again the noose was adjusted
around his neck. He was hauled off the
ground, but was let down to allow him to
confess. He refused to do so and the
lynchers were about to haul him up again
when the son of Marshal Givens came
upon the scene and asked that the lynch
ing not occur so near his father's home.
The negro was then taken to the yard in
the rear of Dr. W. S. Zellar's home and
tied up to a persimmon tree and left
hanging.
A coroner's jury this afternoon held an
inquest at Palmetto and rendered the
usual verdict— death at the hands of
parties unknown.
Another mob ls hunting the country for
Albert Sewell, who has been making him
self obnoxious by remarks concerning the
whites. There ls not much prospect of
his capture however, as he has been out
of town two days.
WAS ASSASSINATED.
'William Harden Not Lynched by a
Men. at Clinton, Ark.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 24.— Gov.
Jones received a letter from Sheriff Mad
dox, from Van Buren county, In regard
to the lynching of William Harden, at
Clinton, last Sunday morning, which in
dicates that Instead of the prisoner hav
ing been lynched by a mob of fifty men,
as at first reported, he was deliberately
assassinated by one of the two men who
had been placed on duty at the jail to
guard and protect the prisoner. Sheriff
Maddox says that the Jailer and the
guard were the only men Inside the Jail
that night. The governor believed lt to
be a clear case of assassination, and has
written to Sheriff Maddox directing that
steps be taken at once to prosecute the
parties believed to be concerned in the
crime.
PRACTICAL CONDEMNATION.
Methodist Minister Condemns Crime
as Well as Lynching' of Hose.
CLEVELAND, 0., April 24.— The Meth
odist Ministers' association today dis
cussed the Georgia lynching and ap
pointed a committee to draft resolutions
condemning the outrage, as well as the
crimes committed by the victims of the
mob. Rev. John Mitchell, presiding el
der, In a speech, recounted the crime of
Sam Hose. Some of the ministers pres
ent objected.
"That is the trouble with some of you,"
said Dr. Mitchell. "You do not want to
hear of the crime. I really believe that
if such a crime was committed in thl3
city the people would take the law Into
their own hands and would hang the
perpetrator in the face of law and order.
We should not only condemn the burn
ing of the poor wretch, but also the ter
rible crime he committed."
REWARDS FOR HOSE.
His Captors Have Collected *000 of
the Amount Offered.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 24.— J. B. Jones,
one of the captors of Sam Hose, today
collected $600 of the reward which had
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Map Showing Calumpit, Against Which Offensive Operations Are Being Waged
by Mac Arthur's Division.
teen offered for the negro's arrest. One
hundred dollars was from Jacob Hass,
of the Capital City bank, and the re
mainder was froi?» the Atlanta Constitu
tion. The state's reward has been held
up until -the governor ls convinced thero
was no collusion between the Messrs.
Jones and the mob.
NEGRO WHIPPED.
His Offense Waa Defiance of Orders
of the Whites.
RICO, Ga., April 24.— Bud Cook, a negro,
was stripped .to the waist by a crowd of
people here this afternoon, and 100 lashes
administered to him. His offense was
the remark that the negroes should pay
no attention to notices pinned on their
doors to leave the country.
Denounced hy Baptist Ministers. ..
PHILADELPHIA. April 24.— The Bap
tist ministers of this city, at their weekly
meeting today, adopted resolutions con
demning the burning at the stake in
Newnan, Ga., of the negro murderer,
Sam Hose. The resolution was intro
duced by Rev. Kerr Boyce Tupper, who,
ln offering it, said he did so as "one who
was born in Georgia, but who blushes
today for his state."
BTJRT WEBSTER RELEASED.
"Well Known Tnrf Character Who
Killed Charles E. Goodwin.
NEW YORK, April 24.— Burton C. Web
ster, who, seven years ago, killed Charles
E. Goodwin, in New York, was released
from Sing Sing today. He said his plans
had not yet been fully made up, but he
Intimated to the prison clerk that he
would again become a bookmaker.
Webster killed Goodwin ln a quarrel
which followed an alleged Insult by Good
win to Evelyn Granville, Webster's com
mon law wife. He received a sentence
of nineteen yars, blng convicted of man
slaughter In the first degree. On Dec. 30
last Gov. Black commuted his sentence
to ten years, subject to commutation for
good behavior, and this made his term
expire today. He has served six years
and a half, and his good conduct caused
him to receive three and a half years'
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL, 25, 1899."
HIS GUI SHOTTED
HOW ADMIRAL DEWEY PLANNED
FOR DESTRUCTION OF GERMAN
FLEET AT MANILA
THOKiHT A BATTIJ! IMVOIDABE
DETERMINED THAT NOT A VESSEL
OF ADMIRAL YON DIEDRICHS'
FLEET SHOULD ESCAPE
CAPT. COGHLAN SPOKE TKTJLY
German Government Formally Pro
tests Against Remark* of the
Raleigh's Co<mn_ander Secre
tary Hay Decides That as the
Speech "Was Made In Private It Is
Not a State Matter.
NEW YORK, April 24.— A friend of Ad
miral Dewey, who was with him on board
the flagship Olympia during his most try
ing days before Manila, and who returned
to New York three months ago, made
this statement regarding Capt. Coghlan' _
recent utterances:
"Capt. Coghlan, of the crusler Raleigh,
told *nly part of the story of the rela
tions of Admiral Dewey to Admiral yon
Dlederlchs at Manila ln his speeches
at the Union league and Army and Navy
clubs here. The facts that Coghlan didn't
tell were that Dewey had actually drawn
up a plan of battle to fight the German
admiral, and that it was complete in
every detail. No preparation was left
unfinished, and If the clash had come
Yon Dlederlchs' squadron would have
been as completely annihilated as were
the ships of Montojo's fleet.
"Admiral Dewey and his officers had
noted the terrific effect of the rapid-fire
guns on the Raleigh, Concord, and Olym
pia at the battle of Manila. It was ar
ranged that lf a fight should come the
Raleigh should do the heavy work. Cogh
lan was to dash at the German admiral's
flagship and riddle her with rapid-fire
guns. The plan was to demoralize the
crew of the German flagship with the
guns of the Raleigh and the Olympia.
NOT A SHIP TO ESCAPE.
"The other American vessels were to
attack the other German ships. A large
loss of American life was expected, but
Dewey so laid his plans that by quick
action no German ship was to be allow
ed to escape.
' "Dewey consulted with all his captains
on the plan to be adopted, but the final
details were agreed upon at a conference
between Dewey and Coghlan. This showed
the marvelous attention to details that
characterized Dewey's naval manage
ment. The Yankee rapid-fire guns were
to do the trick.
"Coghlan's speeches here have made a
sensation. The full details of Yon Dleder
lchs' conduct at Manila will come out
some day, and when they do they will
startle the world. Dewey ls known to
have been exasperated several times al-
most to the fighting point. Ammunition
was ready at all times, and on more than
one occasion orders were actually pre
pared to have the men sleep beside the
guns.
"I do not think that Coghlan will bo
punished. His speeches were made in
clubs at private receptions. Reporters
were admitted at the Union League club
without Coghlan's knowledge, and placed
behind screens. His speeches were pri
vate matters, and not public in any re
sponsible sense."
The gentleman who made the foregoing
statement will repeat It at much greater
length ln one of the June magazines, and
over his own name, which will convince
the public of the authorltatlveness of his
utterances.
GERMANY'S PROTEST.
Formal Objection to Language Used
by Raleigh's Commander.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The Ger
man government has entered a formal
protest against the language used by
Capt. Coghlan, of the Ralelgn, at the
Union League club banquet ln New York
last Friday night. The protest was
lodged with Secretary Hay through the
German ambassador, Herr yon Holleben,
Secretary Hay replied that the language
appeared to have been used at a dinner,
ln a club, and so could not be regarded
as an official or public utterance. How
ever, the navy department was fully com
petent to take such action as the case
seemed to require. With this statement
the ambassador was content, for the
time at least, and will doubtless await
a reasonable length of time upon the
navy department.
After the conference between Secretary
Hay and the German ambassador this
afternoon It was stated in an authorita
tive quarter that there was no reason
to view the Coghlan affair in the serious
light or as presenting grave Interna
tional complications. The meeting today,
lt was stated, had been mutually agree
able. The main feature of the state de
partment conference was in establishing
that Germany expects the United State
government to deal with the Coghlan af-
I fair according to tbe gravity of the of-
fense, and the United States in turn gives
assurance that every Just expectation in
this respect will be performed.
RALEIGH'S MEN DINED.
Capt. Coghlan Was There, but De
clined to Talk.
NEW YORK, April 24.— One hundred
and twenty sailors from the United States
cruiser Raleigh, clad ln their naval uni
forms,'were given a banquet ln the Astor
gallery of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel to
night. Tho entertainment was planned
and carried out by a committee composed
of the following gentlemen: Roswell P.
Flower, W. C. Whitney, William McAdoo,
Eradley Martin, Philip Rhinelander,
Thomas L. James. Clarence W. McKay,
George Gould, E. W. Bliss, Emerson Mc-
Mlllen, W. J. Curtis and W. G. McAdoo.
The gallery was decorated with silken
banners and flags, and a fashionable
crowd was present to see and help enter
tain the sailors.
The Raleigh steamed up the river this
afternoon, and anchored off the foot of
West Thirty-fourth street, for the pur
pose of allowing the sailors to land. The
men lined up on the pier, and ln files
of two marched up Thirty-fourth street
to the Waldorf-Astoria, They were ln
charge of Chief Signal Quartermaster
Way. The sailors were cheered by the
crowds, along the line of march, to the
echo, and on entering the Waldorf-As
toria were cheered over and over again
by the crowd there.
It was 7:45 o'clock when the sailors
reached the hotel.and a quarter of an hour
after they were seated at the table, and
began eating and then smoking. Assistant
Secretary McAdoo formally welcomed the
sailors for the givers of the feast.
Randolph Guggenhelmer, president of
the board of aldermen of New York city,
welcomed the sailors on behalf of the
city.
Shortly after the banquet began Capt.
and Mrs. Coghlan arrived and min
gled with the spectators. Capt. Cogh
lan when asked about the International
furore raised by his speech, was reticent.
He said:
"I have received no communication
from Washington, except a routine or
der which has come through Rear Ad
miral John Phillips. Ido not care to
discuss the matter. As you can under
stand, the more I talk about it the more
the matter becomes involved, and there
would be misstatements and misunder
standings. You can understand my posi
tion. It ls a dreadful thing, this getting
talked abput so much in the newspa
pers."
Rear Admiral John Phillips, comman
dant of the Brooklyn navy yard, said:
"I have received no orders from Wash
ington for Capt. Coghlan other than the
orders to stand ready for Inspection and
to procceed down the bay. I know of no
other instructions than those of a rou
tine nature."
BERLIN PRESS COMMENT.
Tone aa a Rule Is Conciliatory,
Though Feeling Ia Shown.
BERLIN, April 24.— 1n official circles the
Coghlan Incident is regarded mildly as
an "ausfluss der welnlaune," (expression
of wine humor). A representative of the
foreign office said:
"The American government has
promptly and efficiently done all we
could reasonably expect. This alone,
even If it were not for other indications,
shows us that the American government
in no way identifies itself with the ut
terances of a solitary officer."
The Tageblatt, in an Inspired article,
recalls the fact that the Incident Is a
year old (referring to the message which
Admiral Dewey is said to have sent to
Admiral yon Dlederlchs) - and adds: "If
we must admit Admiral Dewey at first
had been suspicious of.the German squad
ron, these suspicions were subsequently
removed and their relations became most
cordial, Admiral Dewey even decorating
his ships with flags on the empress'
birthday, which International etiquette
did not compel him to do."
The Boersen Courier thinks lt "strange
the Americans recommence to seek a
quarrel with Germany, Instead of first
conquering the Filipinos, who promise to
give them enough work for some time."
The Vossische Zeltung adds: "Capt.
Coghlan belongs to the class of American
officers who have swelled heads in conse
quence of their easy victory over Spain."
MAY BE PUNISHED.
Capt. Coghlan's Case Being Consid
ered by Navy Department.
NEW YORK, April 24— A special from
Washington says: As a result of his al
lusion to the conduct. of the German fleet
at Manila, during the war with Spain,
Capt. Joseph B. Coghlan will ln all prob
ability be relieved of the command of
the Raleigh. Secretary Long will not dis
cuss Capt. Coghlan's conduct, but he con
sented to say that no action y/ould be
taken until he had heard from Capt.
Coghlan, ln reply to the letter sent by
Secretary Long Saturday, and It ls ex
pected a reply will be received tomorrow
or Tuesday. Until action is taken in the
matter, it is hoped by department of
ficials that Capt. Coghlan will not make
any further public utterances of a char
acter reflecting upon the conduct of Ger
many during the war. The department's
action Indicates its displeasure that Capt.
Coghlan should permit himself to make
statements prejudicial to the friendly re
lations between the United States and a
foreign government.
PLEASES GERMANS.
Secretary Hay's Denunciation of
Capt. Coghlan's Remarks.
BERLTN, April 24.— Tt Is announced ln
a semi-official note today that the Unit
ed States secretary of state, Col. John
Hay, has expressed to the German am
bassador, Yon Holleben, his strong dis
approval of the conduct of Capt. Joseph
B. Coghlan, of the United States cruiser
Ralergh.
CAPT. COGHLAN DEFENDED.
An English Officer Comes to the
Rescue.
LONDON. April 24— The Times this
morning publishes a letter signed "An
English Officer," defending Capt. Cogh
lan, who, the writer says, ls being con
demned without defense of trial. De
scribing himself as an old acquaintance
of the commander of the Raleigh, he
says he ls convinced that Capt. Coghlan
said nothing 111-natured or intentionally
offensive to Germany, and he asks the
world to think as kindly of Capt. Cogh
lan as lt ls certain he thinks of them.
INCENDIARISM CHARGED.
Insurance Companies Refuse Riska
at Pomeroy, lowa.
DES MOINES, 10., April 24.— Property
owners at Pomeroy, 10., complain that
Insurance companies will not take their
risks since the recennt fire in which it
was reported most of the town was de
stroyed. Charges of incendiarism were
made, which the people deny. They also
say there was not over 60,000 damage in
stead of $75,000. Nearly all the companies
have cannceled their policies.
Funeral of Col. Clark.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 24.— The fu
neral of M. Lewis Clark, the well known
racing judge who killed himself In Mem
phis Saturday, took! place here today.
Many friends of the dead turfman were
present, and many handsome floral de
signs were sent.
LANDED BIG GAME
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COUNTER
FEITING SENSATION CAUSE A
STIR IN PENNSYLVANIA
S. B. DOWSE. IS ARRESTED
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY SOON
AFTER THE APPREHENSION
OF E. P. INGHAM
BOTH MEN ARE PROMINENT
Ingham Wm United States District
Attorney and Downey Internal
Revenue Collector Charge
Agalnst the Priaotners la Bribery,
and Aiding- and Abetting Othera
Floating Counterfeit Currency.
PHILADELPHIA, April 24.- Former
United States District Attorney Ellery P.
Ingham, of this city, and Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector Samuel B. Downey, of
Lancaster, were arrested by secret
service officers today, on the charge or
aiding the Lancaster counterfeiters ln
their efforts to flood the country with
bogus treasury notes and internal rev
enue tobacco stamps. The arrest of Ing
ham created a great sensation, on ac
count of his prominence and his former
connection with the government as
United States attorney for the eastern
district of Pennsylvania.
Those who are now under arrest
charged with complicity ln the great plot
are: Ellery P. Ingham, ex-United States
district attorney, of this city; Henry K.
Hewitt, ex-United States district attorney
of this city; Samuel B. Downey, deputy
Internal revenue collector of the Ninth
internal revenue district of Pennsylvania,
of Lancaster, Pa.; William Jacobs, of
Lancaster; William F. Kendig, of Lan
caster; Thomas Burns, Kendig' s fore
man; Arthur Taylor, export engraver, of
this city, and Baldwin S. Boedel, expert
engraver and mechanic, of this city.
MAKING THE ARRESTS.
Ever since the conspiracy was un
earthed, last Thursday, the air has been
thick with rumors of further arrests, but
the secret service officers absolutely re
fuse to open their mouths ln oonneotlon
with the case. That further arrests
would be made was evident by the actions
of government officials during the past
few days. John E. Wilkle, chief of the
secret service division of the treasury de
partment, was in frequent consultation
with United States District Attorney
James E. Beck, who is Ingham's imme
diate successor. Yesterday these two of
ficers, accompanied by Capt. W. J.
Burns, of the secret service, went to
Lancaster, to gather further evidence
COL. JOHN M. STOTSENBI RG,
Who Fell Leading His Men in a Brilliant Charge.
That their Journey bore fruit was shown
today. With the Information gathered at
Lancaster, Mr. Beck early today appeared
before Commissioner Edmunds and s\vore
out warrants for the arrest of Ingham
and Downey. Chief Wilkle and Capt.
Burns went to Lancaster, this morning,
and arrested Downey, while United States
Deputy Marshal Foster took Ingham Into
custody at the lattcr's law office. Mr.
Ingham was not surprised.
ADMITTED TO BAIL.
The ex-dlstrlct attorney was immedi
ately taken before Commissioner Ed
munds and formally charged with con
spiring with Harvey Newltt, his late
partner, "to produce, offer and give the
sum of $6,000 in monthly payments of $500
each" to W. J. McManus, of Philadel
phia, a secret service officer, who was
working up the case against the five men
charged with counterfeiting revenue
stamps and the $100 sliver certificates.
Ingham waived a hearing and was held
tn $10,000 ball for a further hearing on
Thursday morning.
Newltt's hearing, which had been fixed
for tomorrow, was changed so that both
men can be arraigned together.
Joseph R. Grundy, of Bristol. Pa..
Newltt's bondsman, went Ingham's ball.
Ellery P. Ingham has been prominent
as a Republican ln state politics for
years. He was appointed United States
attorney for the Eastern district of Penn
sylvania by President Harrison, but was
succeeded at the end of his term by
James M. Beck, who received his ap
pointment from President Cleveland.
During the past few years Mr. Ingham
has been a prominent figure at state
conventions and on the stump as an ad
herent of Senator Quay. Judging from
a remark dropped from Commissioner
Edmunds while he was preparing In
gham's bond, it ls not believed any more
arrests will be made ln connection with
th® cftsc
LANCASTER, Pa., April 24.— One of the
most Important arrests in the counter-
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Stocks Lower, Inactive.
News off the Rallroada.
7— Mind of the Child.
B— ln the Field of Labor.
Park Board Sanguine.
Alleged Police Brutality.
OCEAN LINERS.
NEW YORK— Arrived : Nomadic, Liver
pool.
LIVERPOOL-Arrived: Efrurla, from
New York.
GIBRALTAR— Arrived: Saale, New York
for Naples and Genoa.
KOBE— Arrived: Monmouthshire, Port
land, Or., for Yokohama, etc.
YOKOHAMA— Arrived: Tacoma, Taco
ma for Hong Kong.
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.
METROPOLITAN-Hi Henry's Min
strels, 8:15 p. m.
GRAND— "A Royal Prisoner," 8:15 p. m.
Palm Garden— 2 p, m. and 8 p. m.
Auditorium, wrestling match, 8:30 p. m.
Twin City Mothers' union, Unity church,
2:30 p. m.
Luther league, Memorial church, Sixth
and Exchange streets, all day.
Kennan lecture, People's church, 8 p. m.
felting conspiracy was made ln this city
today by Capt. Burns, of the secret serv
ice. Samuel B. Downey, an outside dep
uty revenue collector, was taken Into
custoday and held ln 110,000 for trial.
Chief Burns arrived he*_i from Philadel
phia this afternoon, and after a brief
consultation with Revenue Collector Her
shey they learned that Downey was ex
pecting to be taken Into custody and was
then ln consultation with his attorneys.
Proceeding to the lawyer's office they
placed Downey under arrest, and took
him before United States Commissioner
Montgomery, who held him in $10,000 bail
for a further hearing.
Downey wa* unable to procure a bonds
"man, and the secret service chiefs tonight
took him to Philadelphia, where he was
placed in the county jail.
Downey is charged with furnishing
Jacobs and Kendig information respect
ing the movements of detectives who
were investigating the alleged counter
felting of revenue stamps. The secret
service officers say Downey was given
about $10,000 by Jacobs and Kendig to
keep them informed.
MAY ABANDON POSTS.
Important Action Proponed in Dis-
position of Troops.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-Gen. Mer
rltt, commanding the department of the
East, has been in consultation with Sec
retary Alger and Adjt. Gen. Corbln re
garding the forts and posts in his de
partment. The withdrawal of troops for
service ln the Philippines will leave some
of these posts without garrison of any
number. It has been suggested that the
posts on the northern border might be
abandoned, and the decision has been
reached not to keep them up as posts,
but they will be placed in charge of some
Invalided officers and a very small force
sufficient to take care of them. The dif
ferent forts along the seacoast, where
modern guns have been stationed, must
be manned in order to keep them ln
proper condition. There will be no with
drawal of the forces from these forts.
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WANT CHICAGO LINES.
New York Syndicate Seeks to Pur
chase Street Railways.
CHICAGO, April 24.— Within two weeks
all the holdings of Charles T. Yerkes
ln the street car companies of this city
will be sold to a New York syndicate.
The holdings of Yerkes comprise the
controlling Interest ln the West Chicago
Street Railway company, the North Chi
cago Street Railway company and the
Lake Street Elevated Railroad company.
No details of the alleged coming transfer
are known, but the price Is said to be
well up into the millions.
It is said the syndicate will also figure
on buying up the other transportation
companies of the city. These include the
Chicago City Railway company and the
Metropolitan and South Side Elevated
Railway companies. The syndicate ls said
to be the Blklns-Wldener traction syn
dicate, of Philadelphia and New York.
AFTER AGUINALDO
THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE
REAL OBJECT OF LATEST MOVE
MENT IN PHILIPPINES
CALW'T TO BE SIIIOIHDB
FILIPINO CHIEF TO BE GIVEN NO
LOOPHOLE FOR ESCAPE FROM
THE AMERICANS
WOULD END THE CONFLICT
Thirteenth Minneaota Regiment and
Oregon Volunteers March East
ward From Bocave Other Col
umn* Are Advancing; in DnSerent
Directions, and When Calumpit Is
Surrounded the End -Will Be Near.
MANILA, April 21.— The Thirteenth
Minnesota regiment and the Oregon vol
unteers have marched eastward from
Bocave. It Is a portion of Gen. Otis'
plan, it ls said, to evacuate Malolos and
this change of base on the part ot the
Minnesota and Oregon volunteers was
made necessary.
The campaign Inaugurated today Is be
lieved to be the beginning of a move
ment that has for Its accomplishment the
capture of Agulnaldo. With the Filipino
chief a prisoner the war would likely
end. When the troops have completely
surrounded Calumpit there will be a
great battle. No loophole of escape ls to
be left Agulnaldo if it is possible to pen
him ln.
Gen. Hale, at 4 o'clock this afternoon,
had crossed the Bagbag and had reached
a position a quarter of a mile from
Calumpit, thus commanding the ford.
Prisoners captured by Gen. Hale's
troops say Agulnaldo, Gen. Luna and the
Filipino staff are at Calumpit, with a
great force of Filipino troops.
CLOSING IN.
Before daylight, the Fourth cavalry,
with three guns belor.ging to the Utah
battery, the Nebraska regiment md tho
lowa regiment, under Gen. Hale, were
proceeding in the direction of Kiunchu,
where the Bagbag ls fordable, but com
manded by trenches. During the after
noon the troops crossed the river.
Gens. Mac Arthur and Wheaton, with
the Montana regiment, advanced to the
left of the railroad, and the Kansas leg
imejnt_jnoved forward to the right, north
of Malolos. They had with them a long
supply train, with two armed cars In
front, carrying two Gatllng and Colt' 3
rapid-fire guns, and the six-pounder
which did such execution at the capture
of Malolos.
The Insurgents attempted to destroy
the railroad bridge outside of Calumpit,
and succeeded In badly warping the iron
framework.
As soon as the soldiers left the Filipino
capital, the natives began flocking ln,
as they did at Santa Cruz before the
last boat of Gen. Lawton's expedition
had sailed. Our army ls compelled to
abandon all towns with an onward move
ment commenced because of Insufficient
men to garrison them. This gives the
Filipino leaders a framework upon which
to spin stories of American defeat.
The American commanders have left
great stores of rice at Malolos, which
they have been distributing to the na
tives and Chlnamensome 200 or 300 —
nearly all of whom remained during the
occupation which followed the American
army out of the place, or who took trains
going In the direction of Manila, fearing
the rebels would kill them. These
refugees Included some of the wealthiest
citizens of the place.
Gen. Mulford, of Gen. Lawton's staff.
Is in command of the Nebraska regi
ment.
PLANS OF CAMPAIGN.
How Gen. Otis Hopes to Capture Cal
umpit nnd Aguinaldo.
WASHINGTON, April 24.— Information
received at the war department indicates
that Gen. Otis is about to execute an
other important movement, the initial
features of which are shown by today's
advices from Manila. The objective point
ls the Insurgent town of Calumpit, being
about eight miles northwest of Malolos.
It was here that the insurgents concen
trated after being driven out of their
capital, setting up a new capital, and
making it the base of their operations.
In moving on this stronghold Gen. Otis
proposes to conduct two distinct opera
tions. The first one, under dun. Mac A
rthur, has for Its purpose pushing
straight forward from Malolos along the
railroad, and striking at Calumpit from
the south. The second ono ls under Maj.
Gen. Lawton, who, with his flying •.•<>!
umn, is moving far around to the north
east to the large town of Norzagay.
from which point he will turn abruptly
j west toward Calumpit. This last move
! will take about ten days, and military
strategists look upon it as another effort
to fiajik the insurgents by getting behind
I them at Calumpit, similar to the Hank
j movement which Gen. Mac Arthur at
tempted to execute at Malabon. This
! double operation makes Calumpit tho
I center for the next few days, while at
tention will be divided between Mac A
rthur's column advancing from Malolos,
and Lawton's column on its ten days*
march by Norzagay. Mac Arthur has only
a short distance to traverse, so that his
forces may be engaged with the main
force of the insurgents within the next
few hours. The country is flat and open,
and rather better for our troops than
that lying south of Malolos. Calumpit
lies on the left bank of a small stream,
at its confluence with the large river Rio
Grande. It Is a substantially built town,
with some 2,000 houses.
The advance of Gen. Lawton by a cir
cuitous route will be over a country of
which little ls known here. Norzagay is
a considerable town, and lt Is thought
Gen. Lawton ls about there by this time.
A road runs all the way from there to
Calumpit. Along It are scattered many
small towns— Angat, Bustoa, Balinog—in
dicating that the advance ls through a
populous country. It ls an agricultural
locality, with extensive rice and fruit
plantations. The war department map,
prepared by the military Information
bureau, shows this road joins the one on
which Mac Arthur Is moving up from Ma
lolos. It ls hardly thought, however,
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