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VOL. XXII.—NO. 129.
OIL TRUST DEFIED
'ATTORNEY GESWRRAIi MONNETT
FURNIBHKS THE NAME OF MAN
WHO OFFERED HIM A BRIBE
AS ISEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT
STANDARD OIL COMPANY APPLIED
TO COURT TO ORDER MR.
MONNETT TO DO THIS
TEXT OF THE ANSWER FILED
Kaiues Charles B. Squires, Formerly
of Cleveland, and Now of. New
York, ii- the Man Through Whom
the Proposition to Withdraw
Stilt* Against the Standard Oil
Company Was Made-.
COLUMBUS, 0., May B.—Attorney Gen
era ii Monnett this morning filed in the
supreme court his answer to the motion
of the Standard Oil company, requesting
that he designate the persons alluded to
In his statement that he had been ap
proached with offers of bribes to dismiss
the suits against the company, and named
Charles B. Squires, formerly -of Cleve
land and now of New York, as the party
through whom the alleged proposition
was made. The attorney general in his
answer says:
"The motion having been made to be
heard May 18, the attorney general
waives the length of time and asks for an
Immediate hearing. He concurs in the
request of the defendant that the court
appoint a commissioner to take the legal
testimony which bears upon the truth of
such charges, as are set forth in the com
plaint, or that such testimony may be
taken In any other mode that this court
may deem expedient.
"The plaintiff had no means of bringing
the defendant into court In contempt
without an order from this court, but
the same having been waived by the en
try of appearance by this motion, and to
avoid delay, plaintiff complies with the
demands of the rrotlon so far as he is
able. The attorney general cannot com
ply with the first request requiring the
plaintiff to name the person who ap
proached the Hon. Daniel J. Ryan, but
the same can be had through legal pro
cess, under the orders of this court, from
witnesses who have knowledge thereof.
The plaintiff cannot comply with the sec
ond request of the Standard's attorneys,
compelling Hon. D. K. Watson to fur
nish the name of parties who made the
offers and representations in said com
plaint set forth, but the same can be ob
tained under an order from this court
from witnesses who have such informa
tion.
ALLEGED BOODLER.
"As to the third request in the motion
addressed to the attorney general to
name the party who had the conversa
tions with him, and to name parties
connected therewith, representing the
Standard Oil company, the attorney gen
eral says that the party calling him up
from Cleveland and the party making
the proposition set forth in the complaint
was Charles B. Squires, formerly of
Cleveland, -,iow of New York city, and
the stockholder and officer representing
the Standard Oil company, that .Charles
B. Squires claimed were the parties and
through whom the proposition had in
some way come to him,was Frank Rocke
feller, a stockholder of the Standard Oil
company; F. B. Squires, secretary of th*
Standard Oil company, and Charles N.
Haskell, late of New York city."
The attorney general says that to as
certain in what way Charles B. Squires
received his communications from the
above parties, the state will be compelled
to take testimony under an order of this
court.
"The only agent or employe of tho
Standard Oil company," the attorney gen
eraf says, "that plaintiff can furnish the
court under that motion, that paid the
expenses of Dewitt C. Jones and heard at
least part of the conversation referred to
In a paragraph Jn the original complaint,
and the only name that plaintiff can fur
nish to this court without legal process,
Is the name furnished plaintiff by Dewitt
C. Jones, namely, that of Virgil P. Kline,
one of the attorneys in this case, then
representing the Standard Oil company,
and Virgil P. Kline and Dewitt C. Jones
In this behalf can only be obtained by the
court authorizing the testimony to be
taken of such parties having the informa
tion thereof."
Mr. Monnett's (statement that he cannot
name the person who "rqeuesied Hon.
I>nniel J. Ryan" refers to the story that
Mr. Ryan, while a nominee for secretary
oi state, was alleged to have been ap
proached by a party who wanted him to
use his influunc-e with Hon. D. K. Watson,
then attorney general, to induce him to
withdraw suits which he fWatson) had
Instituted against the Standard Oil com
pany. The .story was to the effect that
Mr. Ryan was offered $75,000 for his In
fluence, and as rr.uch more as might be
necessary to accomplish the desired re
sult.
OTHER SIDE SILENT.
Charles B. Squires, who was named to
day by Attorney General Monnett in a
communication to the Ohio supreme court
as the person who offered him $400,000 In
bf half of certain directors and stockhold
ers of the Standard Oil company to in
duce him to refrairi from continuing to
prosecute that company, now lives at
Orange, N. J., and is manager for the
Manhattan Fire Insurance company of
New york. While in Cleveland tie was a
prominent insurance agent, anti was con
stantly at war with the board of lire un
derwriters. He finally induced the attor
ney general to begin proceedings against
the board under the Ohio anti-trust law,
and he and Mr. Monnett then became fast
friends.
Neither Frank Rockefeller nor F. B.
Squire, who are mentioned in the attorney
general's staement, could be seen tonight,
as they both live at Willougrhby, eighteen
miles from the city. Virgil P. Kline, the
attorney for the Standard Oil company,
left by an early train for Columbus and
could not be seen before he started.
MR. SQUIRE DENIES.
NEW YORK, May 9.—ln a statement
lost night Charles B. Squire said:
"If Attorney General Monnett, in his
statement to the supreme court of Ohio,
eaid that I offered him a bribe as repre
senting the three men he mentions, it is
absolutely and unqualifiedly false. I
know nothing about the statement you
Bay the attorney general has made, but he
purely could not have said that I offered
him a bribe of $400,000, or any other sum,
as representing men from the Standard
Oil company or anybody else. I never of
iered a man a bribe in my life, and if
anybody says I did he tells an untruth.
"What I said before is true. I had been
approached by a promoter of schemes and
•warned the attorney general to beware
of him. Ido not believe the man in
question had any connection with the
Standard Oil company, or represented it
In any way in his office. Ha was merely
•fishing, 1 in the hope of getting some-
fbe £t fatil (flabe
thing for himself. I thought at the time
he might have teen representing tho
Standard, and that is why I warned Mnn
nett to keep away from him, and by all
means not to resign or drop the prosecu
tion, as the talk would be that he had
been bribed.
"Later I learned that the mar. had no
connection with the Standard Oil compa
ny, that he was a promoter find evident
ly had tried to approach the attorney
general merely on his own hook and with
out any authorization whatever from the
Standard Oil compa/iy. I cannot under
stand why the attorney general, if he
did so, could say I attempted to offer
him a bribe. It is absurd and untrue. The
contrary is the case. I warned him to
beware of certain persons who might
possibly lead him into a trap."
TO FIGHT TRUSTS.
Concerted Action by Southern Gov-
ernor* la Probable.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May B.—Anent
the suggestion that a convention of
Southern governors and attorneys gen
eral be called to discuss the plans for
concerted 'action in the matter of anti
trust legislation Gov. Jones today re
ceived the following telegram from A. A.
Kennedy, uof the Texas legislature:
"Would you favor an organized effort
to secure concerted action among the sev
eral states in the fight against trusts?"
The governor replied as follows:
"I favor an organized effort to secure
concerted action among the several states
in the fight against trusts."
Window Glass Combine Perfected.
MUNCIE, Ind., May B.—The statement
is now positively made that the mam
moth window glass combine will be com
pleted during the next few days, and de
tails for the scheme hitherto kept from
the public have been brought to light.
Glass men now regard the thing as set
tled that the American Window Glass
association, which goes out of existence
May 30, will be supplanted promptly by
the big concern, about which there has
been so much speculation.
Plow Prlcea Advanced,
CHICAGO, May B.—The Northern Plow
Manufacturers' association met at the
Great Northern hotel today. It was
unanimously voted that the advance in
price of raw material is so great that 15
per cent should be added to the selling
price of manufactured goods.
Carnegie Company Seeks a Charter.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May B.—The Car
negie company has filed at the state de
partment application for a charter to be
granted May - 29. The capital stock is
fixed at $100,000. -.. . .
• ; ' _____ . —. .
STRIKERS DETERMINED.
Practically No Change in the Situ
ation at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, N. V., May B.—The strike Is
practically unchanged. All efforts to
bring about a settlement have been
balked by the absolute refusal of the
strikers to consider any proposition that
did not Include the abrogation of Con
tractor Conners' contract, and the re
fusal of the Lake Carriers' association to
cancel the contract.
Bishop Quigley had been asked and had
consented to receive a deputation from
the .different interests affected by the
strike, so at 9:30 the state board of media
tion and arbitration, together with Har
vey D. Goulder, attorney for the Lake
Carriers' "association, Capt. Thomas Wil
sen, James Corrlgan and H. Coulby, of
Cleveland, mebers of the Lake Carriers'
association, anfl Gibson C Douglass,- of
the Western Transit company, waited
upon him at his residence. The bishop
was asked to intercede with the men, and
advise them to accept the terms offered
by the contractor. A delegation from the
grain shovelers' union, headed by Presi
dent McMahon, 1t was learned, had been
to the boshlp'B residence earlier in the
morning. I The conference^ lasted until
noon. All but Bishop Quigley refused to.
make any Statement concerning what
had taken place. In reply to a Question
the bishop said:
"Nothing but the fundamental prin
ciples of the situation were discussed.
We did not go into details. I have no
proposition to make to the men."
At the conclusion of the conference the
Lake Carriers' association asked a com
mittee of the striking shovelers to sub
mit to them a proposal that would be
considered at a second conference to be
held at Bishop Quigley's residence this
evening. President McMahon, of the
shovelers' union, immediately reported to
a meeting in the striker's hall, and on his
suggestion a committee of nine was ap
pointed to draft an agreement to be sub
mitted to the Lake Carriers' association,
and the committee was given full power
to enter Into a contract should their prop
osition be accepted.
This action on the part of the Lake
Carriers' was hailed with delight by the
strikers as indicating that the vessel men
had about concluded to cancel Mr. Con
nor's contract and deal directly with the
scooDers.
This evenig's conference was held at
Bishop Quigley's residence. The bishop
acted as chairman of the meeting. Re
marks and suggestions were made by al
most all of those present and when the
conference closed Mr. Goulder stated the
bishop would prepare a report of the con
ference and submit it to the parties in
terested some time tomorrow.
DEATH BY ACCIDENT.
North Dakota Lawyer Win* Warn to
Have Been Married Wednesday.
LARIMORE, N. D., May B.—(Special.)
—At 1 o'clock this afternoon Milton
"White, W. E. Thompson and George
Gibson, his law partner, were in their
office preparing for a hunting trip. Mr.
Gibson's shotgun was accidentally dis
charged, killing Mr. Thompson instantly.
The load entered the victim's heart, and
he died without uttering a sound. Im
mediately after Mr. Gibson saw what he
had done, he rushed out of the building
and collapsed on the sidewalk in front.
P. A. McDonald was a witness to the
shooting, having been in the office at ihe
time.
Mr. Thompson was the most prominent
lawyer in this vicinity, and to make his
tragic death more sorrowful he was
bethrothed to Miss Grace Davidson,
daughter of A. Davidson, a wealthy
farmer, living near Milton, and they were
to have been married next Wednesday.
MAY FREE MOLINEUX.
Rumored That He Will Not Be In.
dieted l>y Grand Jury.
NEW YORK, May B.—lt is reported that
the grand jury will not present an indict
ment against Roland B. Mollneux, who
stands accused cf the murder of Mrs.
Kate J. Adams by poison. The grand
jury is composed of twenty-three mem
bcrs.. Col. William C. Church, a member
of the Loyal leg-ion,' ia foreman. The
law prescribes that not less than twelve
members must vote for an Indictment if
one is to be found.
It is said by those who claim to know
that up to this time, In view ol the testi
mony presented against Molineux, not
more than nine members are in favor of
re-indicting him.
Should the grand jury fail to indict.
Lawyers Weeks and Battle have decided
to ask for the discharge of their client at
once. »
The coroner's warrant under which Mol
ineaux is held in the Tombs must be va
cated should the grand jury decline to
indict.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1899.
JOAN OF ARC DAY
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND, OF ST.
PAUL, WAS THE ORATOR OF
THE FESTIVE OCCASION
HIS ADDRESS WAS IN FREEH
DISTINGUISHED PRELATB PRO
CLAIMED HIS DEVOTION FOR
THE LAND OF HIS YOUTH
SONG, SALUTE AND PARADE
Five Hundred Voice* Joined In the
Grand luututtt to the Memory of
the Heroine of Orleans—lnipo*.
Ins - Service*- at the Cathedral
Followed the Street Demonstra
. Thoiaaanda ; Participate.
ORLEANS, May B.—The annual cele
bration of the deliverance of Orleans,'; by
Joan of Arc, was held '; here' today ' with
the customary ceremonies. _ A salute of
twenty-one guns was fired at sunrise, and
all the bells in the city were rung. 5At
10 o'clock the municipal and other bodies
went to the cathedral, which was decked
with flowers and flags, as is the custom
on grand occasions. The nave was fes
tooned with drapery and flags. There was
an enormous crush of people seeking ad
mission to the cathedral. A -cantata was
rendered by 500 performers. Among those
present was a descendant of Joan of Arc,
an artillery- captain, named :Delgatto,
who is stationed at Versailles.
Archbishop Ireland, the orator of the
occasion, spoke in French. In beginning
his address Archbishop Ireland Bald that
If there were any surprise that a stranger
should be the orator on such an occasion
as this, it must be remembered that Joan
of Arc not only belonged to France, but
to the human race generally. After a
eulogy on Joan of Arc, Archbishop Ire
land said that he was happy to seize the
occasion to tell of his unspeakable af
fection for France, which was the land
of his youth, and the school of his soul.
After the oration "a cortege proceed
ed to the site of the old fort of Tournelles,
which was . captured ' by Joan •; of r Arc ■ on
May 8, 1429. • The procession included of
ficials of the department and city, the
lire brigade and many civic societies. The
route along which the procession 7 passed
was -; lined with V troops. Afterward the
cortege returned to the • cathedral, where
a Te Deum was sung. V!' '" " " '" .'
J - Tonight <- there • were v fireworks | and : a
torchlight " procession. *. Z.'^"^ "r ■>;.«' Vse
/, ■_,';;", UPROAR IN CHAMBERS. .^ il -
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Retirement o«^; M. lie Freyclnet
Lead* to ' Acrimonious ESxchangei.
PARIS, May B.— the chamber of dep
uties * today' M. Georges Berry,' National
ist, representing the Ninth ' arrondisse-
nent of the Seine, questioned the govern
ment as to whether the resignation of the
portfolio of war by M. de Freyclnet was
due to a disagreement between the min
ister and colleagues", and If M. de Frey
cinet had resigned because he wished no
longer to protect the chiefs of the army.
M. Berry also asked why the portfolio
of public works had been given to M.
Monastier, who had voted against trans
ferring revision of the Dreyfus case from
the criminal court to the whole court of
cassation.
The premier, M. Dupuy, replied that the
motives which M. Berry alleged were
purely imaginary. There was not a
shadow of disagreement, he said, within
the cabinet. Regarding M. Monastier,
M. Dupuy said his appointment did not
indicate any change on the part of the
government regarding revision, which,
moreover, could not be regarded as the
pivot of Republican policy.
M. Lavy, Nationalist, inquired if discord
In the cabinet was not due to the ex
change of 6harp letters between M. de
Freycinet and the minister of foreign
affairs, M. Delcasse, concerning the Pal
eologue incident.
Amidst a great deal of uproar, M.
Dupuy replied that the suggestion was
unfounded.
M. Lavy Interjected that M. Delcasso
was the possessor of cheeks Incapable of
flushing, even from smacks. Great uproar
and excitement ensued. Finally M. Lavy
was formally consured, and the subject
was dropped for the order of the day,
which the government accepted. The
vote was 444 to 47.
M. Delcasse entered the chamber of dep
uties after the vote on the order of the
day had been passed, and made a state
ment corroborating what had been said
by Premier Dupuy, adding that it had
needed all his self-sacrifice and patrio
tism to accept the management of for
eign affairs in the circumstances under
which he had taken office. He believed,
he said, that he had served the country
well. The statement was received with
hearty cheers.
GEN. GONSE CONTRADICTED.
Col. Plcqaari Dtsclofees Additional
Facts In the Dreyfus Case.
PARIS, May B.—The Figaro publishes
today a leter from Col. Plcquart to M.
Mazau, fliat president of the court of
cassation, under date of April 13, replying
to the deposition of Gen. Gonse, and con
tradicting the latter in many important
points. He declares that the late Lieut.
Col. Henry knew Dreyfus before 1894. Col.
Picquart asserts In this communication
that he was not absent In October and
November, 1896, but that he saw Gen.
Gonse daily for three months. Gonse, he
says, took possession of the dossier be
fore the end of October, and not after.
In November Henry needed the dossier
in order to forge a document which he
handed to Gonse the following day. Col.
Picquart formally contradicts Gonse's as
sertion that Picquart never told him the
document was forged.
THREE HUNDRED CIVILIZED.
British Col. Eviitt Wins a Victorj
on the Nile.
LONDON, May B.—The foreign office
has received news from Unyoro that Col.
Evatt attacked Chief Kabarega. on the
east bank of the Nile, on April 9, and
completely defeated him. Three hun
dred of the' enemy were killed and Kabar
ega himself, who was severely wounded,
and King Mwanga, were taken prisoners.
Col. Evatt's losses were two killed and
twenty wounded Unganda soldiers.
GEN. RIOS MAY RETIRE.
MADRID, May 8«-Lieut. Gen. Polavle
ja, minister of war, cabled to Gen. Rios,
Spain's principal military officer in the
Philippines, authorisation to return to
Spain whenever it is convenient.
THEY WOULDN'T TALK ABOTTT ANYTHING ELSE LAST NIGHT.
ROADS ARE UNITED
BIG RAILWAY TRUST TO INCLUDE
ALL LINES BETWEEN BOSTON
AND CHICAGO
VANDEEBILTS ABE BACK OF IT
Purpose of the Consolidation Is Said
- to Be to Prevent Rate Cutting.
5 . And to . Accomplish What tlie
• - -Joint ' Traffic Association Wm Or
ganised to Do-Extension of Pow
ers of Gulf Un» Receivers.
CLEVELAND, 0., May fc-Accordlng to
a high official of the Vanderbllt lines, In
this city, the details, of a big railway
trust, which is to Include all the lines
between Boston and Chicago, are now be
ing worked out, and the consolidation
may be completed within' 7 the next few
weeks. The recent purchase of short
lines In New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio.
Indiana t and Illinois was in line with the
plans for the consolidation which have
been in contemplation. U 1* not the Inten
tion to have all the lines under one man
agement, exactly, but to apportion them
among the Pennsylvania company, the
Vanderbilt interests and the Baltimore &
Ohio company, when It Bhall have been
reorganized, giving 'to each system, the
lines it can us© to the test' Interest.'
VANDERBILT PROPERTIES.
The first inkling or the scope of the
plan came when the Vanderbilts an
nounced the other day that they con
trolled all the roads in New England,
with the exception of the Boston & Al
bany, with which.they flow have a traffic
agreement, and which they expect ta take
in soon. The Vand«rbilta now control all
the trunk lines between Buffalo and New
York, with the exception of the Erie, the
Lackawanna and the Lehigh Valley. The
Erie, It is said, will come under the con
trol of the Vanderbilts through the in
fluence of the Morgans, while the Lehigh
Valley may go to the Baltimore & Ohio.
The Lackawanna is now operated in con
nection with the Nickel Plate—a Vander
bilt line. West of Buffalo the Vander
bilts have the Lake Shore, Nickel Plate,
Pittsburg & Lake Erie, Big Four, Michi
gan Central, which, witfc the Flint &
Pere Marquette, that Jlb »oon to be ab
sorbed, will give a line in Michigan. The
Big Four West is to "be operated in con
nection with the Monon, recently pur
chased by the Morgans, »nd the Cincin
nati, Hamilton & Dayton is expected to
be absorbed soon. The Lake Erie & West
ern, acquired by the Morgans, is ex
pected to give the Vailderbilts a line from
Sandusky to Peorla, lit These roads,
with the Hocking VaHey, the Ohio Cen
tral, the Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking,
the Detroit & Northern, will about com
plete the Vanderbilt system.
PURPOSE OF THE DEAL.
The Pennsylvania, which has an Im
mense system already In its control, is
expected to acquire the Cleveland, Akron
& Columbus, with which it has a traffic
arrangement at present, the Wheeling &
Lake Erie, Cleveland, Canton & Southern
and Ohio Southern, as well as some minor
lines.
The Baltimore is allotted the Lehigh
Valley (possibly); the Cherry creek road,
which, with the Philadelphia & Reading,
would form a trunk line from Pittsburg
to New York; the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern, giving a line to Cincinnati
and St. Louis; the Pittsburg & Western,
the Cleveland Terminal & Valley and the
Northern Ohio, opening short lines
through from Pittsburg tt> Cleveland and
Chicago, as well as the Cleveland, Lorain
& Wheeling.
These are the outlines only of the plan
which Is now being worked out, but those
who have been watching the changes In
the railroad world do not doubt that it
will be carried through successfully.
The purpose ■ of the consolidation is said
to be to prevent rate cutting and to ac
complish practically what the Joint Traf
fic association was organized to do.
HEROIC FIREMEN.
Fight for the Live* O* Fire Victims
In Blistering Heat.
MASSILLON, 0., Mfy 8.-The largest
conflagration in the history of Massillon
swept Russell & Go.'e^iijatnmoth. thresher
and engine plant tonigMti destroying prop
erty valued at- fully .|f00;0&0 : The fires
started ■in the wareh^fcse at 8 ."o'clock,
and In spite of the eff&cts of the various
hose companies gairieil | steady . progress.
In this structure : was" frflly 300 finished
machines, and all wer« consumed. Can
ton was wired for jjtalstance, but -an
swered tcojate to be <Qt assistance. The
machine shops were gSVs><s.
Albert Bamberger, -a^vohmfceer fireman,
was killed by a falling^Vaai. In the same
catastrophe Christiarirlj Baalz, a work
man, was probably fatally injured. Both
were In a gangway between two build
ings, and were burled beneath tons of
bricks and. burning timbers. Firemen
rushed to the rescue and finally recovered
the bodies. The heat was so intense that
the rescuers were fairly blistered, al
though constantly drenched with water.
Bambergers body was terribly mangled,
while Baalz was taken out alive. Both
his iegs and sides were crushed. His re
covery is doubtful, jfeflfth are men of
families-
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
' Weather Forecast for : St. v Paul.
..-■ Fair; Southerly Winds.
W. E. Goodlne's ; Suicide. . ■
. Standard I« Defied.
-■- Railway ■ Pool. ' '1..'
Ireland at Orleans.
Quiet at Manila. :
2—Dnrglnr m Busy.
: - School Unions Meet. ■
Fi*ht In the Capitol.
' * Attempt at Suicide.
: -Minneapolis Matters. . '.. :
... •'.'.' North-west -; News. ';'-: ■ '.■ ■-.:':-':.~ -'■ .■
' Pine Frauds. ■; • :- ■ - : ~; .'-*■*>'<
Gen. Miles Silent.: _-
Editorial. . : -
'- •_■ Atkinson's Friends Protest.
;: 7 Facts About Coffee.
o—Sporting News - „'."•'-:-; i ; .
: Recotrd-Breakins; Game. - :'---.
) - Saints Defeat Milwaukee.
; "j Blue* Beaten by Minneapolis. -
; «—Markets of the World. .:.. ;; T.
:••? Bar Silver, 61 3-Sc. , :
< i- Chicago • Cash = Wheat, "TO 3-Bc.
U Stock* Dull," Lower. -i;• '-'.
7—Letter ; From Manila. -•■■
.^-; Curfew May Not Ring;. . .
v B—ln the Field of: Labor. -
i* '-* Royal' SfJgUbor* ArrKlng.
;■-.', Prominent Woodman Here. ~n?.'>.-;
OCEAN LINERS.
NEW YORK—Arrived: Bovic, Liver
pool.
ANTWERP—Arrived: Kensington^ ,New
York.
HAVRE—Arrived: La Gascogne, New'
York.
LlSßON—Arrived: Peninsular, New York.
BREMEN — Arrived: Frledrich der
Grosse, New York, via Southampton.
LIVERPOOL—Arrived: Georgic, New
York; tTmbria r New York.
SHIELDS—SaiIed: ' Mary Parks, San
Francisco.
DELAWARE BREAKWATER—Passed
up: Belgenland, Liverpool.
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.
METROPOLITAN—"The Turtle," 8:15
p. m.
GRAND—Dark.
Palm Garden—Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m.
Base Ball, St. Paul vs. Milwaukee, Lex
ington Park, 3:30 p. m.
Olympic—Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m.
Royal Neighbors, Supreme camp, state
capitol, 10 o'clock a. m.
Boxing tournament, St. Paul Athletic
club, 8 p. xn.
Assembly meeting, city hall, 8:15 p. m.
Concert, Emanuel church, Pine and Van
Slyke court, 8 p. m.
TEASED THE TIGER.
Dr. Han* Hegelibarg Arrested at
ltt>m Angelex.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May B.—Dr. Hans
Hegelsburg, said to be wanted in connec
tion with the management of the Inves-
tors' Guaranty arid Trust company, has
been arrested here. Dr. Hegelsburg left
New York on April 15, and it was thought
he had fled to Europe with his wife, who
had acted as his stenographer.
NEW YORK, May B.—The police of thla
city said today that the total sum in
volved in the swindling of which Dr.
Hegelsburg, now under arrest in Los
Angeles, Cal., is accused will reach $100,
--000.
Dr. Hegelsburg was preslflent of the
"Investors' Guaranty and Trust com
pany," with offices in this city. It is al
leged that the company did a "blind pool"
business in stock. About April 20 last
patrons of the company who called at its
offices found the doors locked, and no
Information was obtainable as to the
whereabouts of members of the firm.
Ernest S. May, keeper of a restaurant,
made specific complaint that he had in
vested $8,000 with the concern, and that
he believed he had been swindled. Hegels
burg was thought to have started for New
Mexico. The police at El Paso were tele
graphed to, and the police throughout
the state of California were notified. To
day Capt. McCluskey sent a telegram to
Chief of Police Glasser, at Los An
geles, to hold Hegeleburg until requisi
tion papers, now being prepared, were
completed.
MAJ. MABCHAND KILLED,
According? to a Persistent Rumor
Prevalent in J'nrls.
PARIS, May B.—lt is* persistently ru
mored here that Maj.'Marchand, leader
of the famous MtßThand expedition,
which was returning from Fashoda, on
the Nile, to the Red sea, en route for
France, was killed by 'a band of ma
rauders while on the way from Addis
Abedba, the Abyssinian capital, to Rais
Jeboutil, the French post on the coast.
It is also rumored that Capt. Baratier,
who brought Marchand's report regard
ing the Fashoda situation to Paris, nnd
subsequently returned to join him in tho
retirement from Fashoda, was woundod
in the same encounter.
Ex-President Harrison In Neyr York.
NEW YORK, May B.—Ex-Preaident
Harrison arrived in this city today and
is at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Gen. Har
rison is accompanied by his wife and
child.
PRICE TWO CENTS-) g^^,:
FILIPINOS TO YIELD
THAT IS THE BELIEF EXPRESSED
IN GOVERNMENT CIRCLES AT
WASHINGTON
ADMIKAL DEWEY TO RETURN
Rear Admiral Watson Instructed to
Prepare to Proceed to Manila to
AHMimie Command of the Asiatic
Squadron— Army's Ganboats Shell
the Jungle* and Rebels Flee to
Cover—Bold Trick: of Filipinos.
WASHINGTON, May *.—(Special. )-
That the war in the Philippines is nearing
a close is now openly predicted In and
out? of government circles. The fact that
the contents of a cablegram from Gen.
Otis were given to the public only In
part was freely commented upon, and it
is believed that the portions of the mes
sage suppressed relate to tho probability
of an early surrender of Aguinaldo's
forces to the Americans. To strengthen
this belief came the announcement of the
Hetection of Rear Adjnirai Watson to suc
ceed Admiral Dewey in command of tha
Asiatic squadron, and the issuing of or
ders to AdmjraJ Watson to prepare to
proceed to Manila at an early dtUe. The
1 Filipinos are making but a poor show of
resistance now, and it is' believed cannot
much longer avoid the Inevitable.
DEWEY COMING HOME.
Admiral Watson Haa Been Selected
. to Succeed to His Command.
WASHINGTON, May B.^The navy de
partment has selcted- a successor to Ad
miral Dewey to command the Asiatic
Btatlon. Orders were issued today detach
ing Rear Admiral Watson from command
of the Mare Island navy yard and order
ing him to report to Admiral Dewey at
Manila, to relieve that officer when he
feels that he can be spared there. Rear
Admiral Kempf, at present on waiting
orders, has ben ordered to succeed Ad
miral Watson, In command of the Mare
Island navy yard.
NEW YORK, May B.—Admiral Dewey
has cabled to this city his acceptance of
an invitation to a banquet to be given
in his honor by 100 prominent citizens. It
Is likely that Admiral Dewey will return
to this country as soon as peace negotia
tions with the insurgents have ben con
cluded. He will return via the Suez ca
nal, and will come to New York. While
the exact date of his departure must de
pend in a large measure on the conclu
sion of terms of peace with the insur
gents, it is expected by Washington au
thorities that the hero of Manila may
leave the Philippines within a week or
two.
Thirty-seven citizens have indicated
their intention of subscribing $100 each for
a banquet in honor of the great admiral,
and there is no doubt that by today the
list will be filled by sixty-three others,
necessary to make the 100 men and the
$10,000 planned for.
WASHINGTON, May B.—lt was stated
at the navy department today that Admi
ral Dewey will come from Manila direct
to New York when he returns to the
United States. However, it was added,
the admiral will not etart until the com
mission of which he is a member has
completed the work it has undertaken, at
least so far ay it relates to the restora
tion of peace to the islands. The reason
for bringing the flagship, the Olympia, to
New York, instead of having her come to
San Francisco, where she was built, is
said to be primarily because Admiral
Dewey desires to make the passage on
his own flagship, but also for the reason
that the Mare Island yards threatens to
be overwhelmed with repair work as soon
as the numerous vessels of Dewey's fleet
begin to return to the United. The Olym
pia is in need of a thorough overhauling,
having been away from her home station
longer than any of the vessels in the Asi
atic fleet, and rendered more than the
usual amount of hard service during her
absence.
BRUSHES WITH REBELS.
Army's Gnnboata Clenr the Junglca
of Filipino Guerrillas.
• MANILA, May B.— Tho army's gunboats
Laguna de Bay and Cavadonga, under
command of Capt. Grant, which started
up the San Fernando river for Guagua
yesterday, as was presumed, to establish
there a base of supplies for the troops
engaged in the northern campaign, re
turned today, Maj. Gen.. Mac Arthur fall
ing- to connect with the expedition. The
gunboats found rebels entrenched at Sos
moan and Gagua, on the water fronts of
the town. The vessels steamed .past the
works, shelling the occupants and driving
them out. Landing parties from the boats
entered both towns, capturing, at Sos
moan, a Spanish captain, in uniform, who
was ostensibly a prisoner In" the hands
of the rebels, and also a native officer.
Arriving at Guagua'the town and a small
gunboat were found to be burning, and
the natives were evacuating the place in
consequence of the bombardment.
At Sosomoan the landing party cap
tured a number of Filipino flags and a
quantity of arms, chiefly bolos and bows
and arrows, besides a lot of band instru
ments, which the men played as they
inarched back to the boats.
Capt. Grants expedition will probably
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GOODIG'S SAD El
SECRETARY OP THE MINNEAPOLIS
DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE
KILLS Hl>lSi,i.i
TRAGEDY AT WALLA WALLA
W. B. GOODING, VETERAN RAIL.
ROAD MAN AND BASE BALL.
MANAGER, TIRES OF LIFE
ILL - HEALTH AND FORTUNE
Combination I* Believed to Have
Unsettled Hl* Mind—He Wai Too
111 -to Resume H!n Railroad Ca.
retr-i.taven a Wife and Family,
Who Are Now in Madison,
Minn.
W. E. Goodlng, for upwards of twenty
years a prominent figure in Minneapolis,
and recently politically prominent as on©
of the harder workers for the election of
the Democratic city and state tickets as
secretary of the Minneapolis Democratic
committee, yesterday put an end to a
checkered career, the later years of
which had not been financially prosper
oub, by shooting himself in the head.
Gooding died. far from his home and
friends, having recently gene to TValia "
Walla, Wash., to accept a position as
traveling freight agent for the Washing
ton & Columbia River railroad, but was
prevented from assuming his duties by
ill-health. Gocding reached Walla Walla
Thursday last. An Associated Press dis
patch from that place, giving an account
of his death, says:
''He left a letter to the coroner and one
to his friend. General Manager McAbce,
of the Washington & Columbia River
railroad. The letter to the coroner said
an inquest was unnecessary, and said his
was simply a case of too much politics
and bad luck. The letter to Mr. McAbee
was a long one and among other things
said: 'I dont know why I am going to do
it. I must be crazy, but it is tho only
way out of it.' He enclosed a roll of
greenbacks which he requested to be
sent to his wife. Gooding was a man of
temperate habits, well educated, and of
refined tastes."
Rodney C. Goodlng, cashier of the Foley
Bros. & Kelly Merchantlle company, la
a brother of the deceased. As soon as he
received the news of his brother's death,
yesterday afternoon, be wired Mrs. Good
ing »t Madison, where she Is staying, and
sent a messenger to Minneapolis to ad
vise her daughter, Mrs. Hull, of the ac
cident. This meseeneer, however, was
compelled to return without having found
her.
W. E. Gooding was in Minneapolis last
week, and returned to "Walla Walla only
a weelc ago yesterday. He was in 111
--health while here, and was confined to
his bed most of the time. His former
neighbors, with whom he visited, are
rather Inclined to attribute his suietde to
despondency brought on by til-health, and
by his failure to secure a position under
the present city administration, which ha
had confidently counted upon.
FAMILY ARE AT MADISON.
Mrs. Gooding and two younger daught
ers are at present with Mrs. Gooding's
brother, at Madison, Minn. They were to
have followed him West as »oon as he
had time to prepare a home for their
reception. A married daughter, Mrs.
Hull, resides in Minneapolis, but she left
home yesterday afternoon, saying that
she might not return until morning, as
she was going to visit some friends, and
up to a late hour la9t night she had
not been located. Mrs. Hull' 3 husband
is not at present In the city. She has
been boarding with Mrs. L. C. Olson, at
2922 First avenue south; but no one at
that address could give any information
as to her whereabouts, although they
were looking for her, and had sent mes
sages to several places where they
thought she might have gone.
R. C. Gooding says when his brother
left Minneapolis he seemed to be in good
health and spirits. In speaking of his
brother's death, he said:
"My brother was born in Cooperstown,
N. V., in 1556, and received his education
there. He came West when only a
young man, locating in Minneapolis,
where, at different times, he was Inter
ested In politics, in several different lines
of business, and, in ISS6. manager of tha
Minneapolis base ball team. He loaves
a. wife Rnd child, who is with his mother
at Madison. Mrs. Gooding will leave
Madison In the morning, first coming to
Minneapolis, and then going to her par
ents' home in Augusta, Wis. My brother
was forty-three years old at the time of
his death, and was well known both In
St. Paul and Minneapolis."
The body will be brought to Minneapo
lis for interment.
HIS CAREER IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Mr. Gooding, for fifteen or twenty years
of his life, was in the employ of the old
Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad, now a
part of the Great Northern system.
In the early '80s Mr. Gooding was con
nected with the city ticket office of the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
road, in Minneapolis, and was finally
made city passenger agent. The position
was a lucrative one, but Mr. Gooding,
who had always been an ardent admirer
of and enthusiast for outdoor and ath
letic sports of all kinds, believed that
there wa3 money to be made in base ball
in Minneapolis, which had for a time
been without a professional base ball
club. Accordingly he secured a fran
chise In the old Northwestern league In
I£S6, giving up his railroad position. As
a base ball manager he met with serious
reverses, losing a large amount by the
prohibition of Sunday games in the Twin
Cities, and he afterward turned his at
tention to several theatrical ventures.
For a number of years he managed tho
tours of Paul Alexander Johnson, a son
of A. E. Johnson, the St. Paul steamship
agent, who, about the time that the death
of Washington Irving Bishop, in a sus
pected state of catalepsy, created such
an unusual interest in hypnotism and
"mind reading," began to be looked upon
as the successor of Bishop, whose tests
had for a time been the marvel of the
world.
Mr. Gooding also engaged in other the
atrical enterprises with more or less vary
ing success.
Having had a wide experience with
men in various walks of life, and being
possessed of.a considerable instinctive in
sight into men and motives, Mr. Gooding
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