RUSSIA VS. ENGLAND.
the latter appears to be
LOSING) HER CRIP.
*' £!*▼ Influences Beginning: to Predominate
In Chinn to the Commercial Sorrow of
the Anglo-Saxons—Recent Significant
Moves on all Sides—LI Hang Chang In
Disfavor;
■^ASHiSGToar, Sept. 26.—Reports tp
Officials and to the diplomatic repre
sentatives of Eastern countries indi
cate that the Slavonic, or Russian, in
fluence is becoming dominant and that
the Anglo-Saxon, or English influence,
which has been hitherto uppermost in
the development of the East, is being
systematically .and surely eliminated
from the control of China and the
East. The advance of Russian and the
retirement of British influence has
come by almost imperceptible stages,
none of which has been sufficient in
itself to attract marked attention, but
all of them combined show that Russia
is seeking complete supremacy.
, A striking illustration of the change
in China has come to the attention of
the officials here. An American who
recently arrived in Washington, after
being in China for some time negoti
ating for the building of a railroad
with American capital, found the Rus
sian influence so strong that he went
to the Russian ambassador at Pekin to
learn if the project would be viewed
s with favor by tne Russians. The am
bassadOr said: “Yes, Americans and
American capital will be welcome in
the development of China, but British
capital is not wunted.” In the most
emphatic manner the ambassador
made known his opinion that British
influence in China was at an end and
that Russia had openly entered upon
her course of controlling and develop
. ing China.
in an indirect way the United States
has become involved in this evolution
of Chinese affairs. -The present con
dition was foreseen by Great Britain
before the Rosebery government went
out of office. Lord Kimberly addressed
a note to this country suggesting joint
action in the settlement of the China
Japan war. It has since been dis
closed by British officials at Washing
1 ton tnat the purpose of Lord Kimber
ly was to cement English against Rus
sian influence. The United States de
clined Lord Kimberly’s overture, and
as a result Russia lius been left free to
execute her broad plan of bringing
tlie Eastern world under the influence
of the czar.
It.appears also from an official re
port received here, dated the latter
part of August, that Li Bung Chang is
again in disfavor and that the leaders
of the ignorant native factions are
uppermost. The viceroy of Nankin is
the head of the opposition, and the re
ports reaching officials here show that
this Nankin viceroy is the new power
inSChina. A purely normal title of
“Imperial Chancellor” has been con
ferred upon Li, but it has no powers
or duties It has been found, how
ever, that Li is the only man capable
of negotiating the. new commercial
- treaty with Japan and he' has been
r- \ ] named for this duty. A serious hitch
has occurred on the treaty owing to
the Japanese demand that Japanese
courts snail have extraordinary juris
diction in China, while no such Chinese
courts are to be allowed in Japan.
• This is a humiliation which the
Chinese resent.
POSTOFFICE STATISTICS.
Tacts of Interest ln Kctjanl to Western
Offices—The Cook Gang's Work.
Washington, Sept 2o.—According
to the report of'the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster general during the last fis
cal year Oklahoma had the greatest
increase in tiie number of postoifices
69, while the Indian territory's was
GO. Nineteen states showed decreases1,
with Kansas leading with the greatest
loss—53. Postoffices established dur
ing the year numbered: In Kansas,
40; in Missouri, 115; in Oklahoma, 96;
in the Territory, 7s. Postpffiees dis
continued: In Kansas, 03; in Mis
souri, 95; m Oklahoma, 39; in the Ter
ritory, 18. Fourih-class postmasters
res-gned: In Kansas, 310; in Missouri,
-396; in Oklahoma. 90; in the Territory,
103. Fourth-class postmasters re
moved; In Kansas, 78; in Missouri,
71; in Oklahoma, 10; in the Territory,
1.1. I ourth-class postmasters deceased;
In Kansas, 19; in Missouri, 33; in Ok
lahoma, 2; in the Territory, 7.
At the end of ths postotliee year
Kansas had .1,701 postoffices, Missouri
2,725, Oklahoma 40s and the Indian
territory 419. These states lead the
Union: Pennsylvania, 4,980 offices;
New \ ork, 3.022; Ohio, 3.301; Virginia,
3.188; North Carolina, 2,870 and Texas
A peaceful year i3 looked for in the
postal service, the ex-pectation being
largely based on the favorable reports
from the Indian territory. During
the .year 1,561 postoffices, fifty-four
mail trains and stages and sixty-nine
letter boxes were robbed, the work of
the Cook gang.
TO REFORM THE LORDS.
Th« London Chronicle Makes Public
Alleged Conservative Plans.
London, Sept. 38. — The Daily
Chronicle, an organ of the Liberal
party, states to-day that the leaders
of the Conservative party intend to
make the hou -e of lords an elective
body, either adopting the principle
already ->.\isting in relation to Scot
tish peer? sitting in the house of lords,
or having the house of commons elect
an upper chamber from the peerage.
It is a.so, according to the Chron
icle. intended to give the peers, the
right to forego the house of lords’ pre
rogatives and enter the house of com
mons.
Leavenworth, Kan., Sopt. 38._
Early yesterday morning Daniel Mc
Connell, aged 31, was run over by a
Missouri Pacific freight train, four
miles below-this city and futally in
jured. It is supposed that ho was ly.
ng on the track asleep.
Old Soldiers Favored.
Kingston, N. Y., Sept. 28. —The
question of exemption from taxes of
the property of veteran soldiers in
this state, purchased with pension
money, has just been decided in the
aiftrmitive by Judge Alton B. Parker
in special term.
IRISH WAR PLANS,
Formation of Military Companies Recom
mended to Strike When Opportune*
Chicago Sept. 26.— The Irish conven
tion adopted the following:
' Resolved, That this convention rec
ommends the formation of military
companies wherever practicable, in or
der to foster and preserve the military
spirit of the Irish race, and to be pre
pared for action in the hour of Eng
land's difficulty.
After the resolntions were disposed
of J. .T. O'Connell of Chicago presented
the following as the report of the com
mittee on organization and ways and
means:
“The new movement” organization
shall he known by the style and title
of the Irish National Alliance.
It shall have for its object the secur
ing of the independence of Ireland by
any means within its power consistent
with the laws and usages of civilized
nations.
The qualifications for membership
shall .be good moral character, birth
on Irish soil, or decent from Irish par
entage on paternal or maternal side,
or both, and the taking of the follow
ing pledge of hdnor: “I hereby pledge
my word of honor to aid with every
means within my power in conformity
with the constitution and by-laws of
the Irish National Alliance, in secur
ing the independence of Ireland.”
The election of officers of the newly
created Irish National Alliance was de
clared in order and resulted as follows:
President, William Lyman, New
York; vice president, O'Neill Ryan, St.
Louis; treasurer, R. V. Fitzpatrick,
Chicago; executive council, J. J. Don
ovan, Lowell, Mass.; Ghris Gallagher,
Minnesota; Martin Kelly, Tennessee;
Captain Mangan, Wisconsin; J. Shce
hy, San Fransisco; J. M. Kennedy, An
aconda, Mont.; Thomas .1. Dundon,
Ohio; Thomas H. Greevy, Pennsylva
nia, and Janies Lawler, Texas.
The convention closed with the
singing of a new Irish song, composed
by Mrs. Teresa Beatrice O'ilare of
Cleveland, Ohio, called “God Bless
Ireland,” after which the delegates
arose and sang “America” and “God
Bless Ireland.”
CULBERSON IN EARNEST
Governor of Texas Calls the Legislature
In Session.
AtrsTnr, Texas, Sept. 28—Governor
Culberson has issued a proclamation
calling a special session of the legisla
ture for October I, that will be re
* quired to pass a law that will knock
the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight into a
cocked hat. The governor issued the
proclamation last night after a lengthy
consultation with his cabinet. lie
gave the press correspondent as the
reason for his action that in the pres
ent condition of the law, fight man
agers are liable to pull off the fight
while the courts are rowing over it;
that the chief justice of the court of
criminal appeals has ruled against the
state, and now there is a mandamus
case pending in the supreme court that
may go in an entirely different line,
thus raising a conflict between the
two highest courts in the state. In
order to settle all possible contention
he issued the call, convening, the leg
islature next Tuesday in this city, and
sets forth the purpose of the call as
follows:
First—To denounce prize fighting
and kindred practices in clear and un
ambiguous terms, and to Drohibit the
same by appropriate pains and penal
ties, putting the law into immediate
operation, and making necessary pro
visions for its enforcement, so that the
proposed exhibition of this character
within this state may be» prevented,
the undoubted will of the people upon
the subject respected and this affront
to the moral sense and enlightened
progress of Texas averted.
Second—To consider and act upon
such other matters as may be present
ed, pursuant to section 4o, articles 3,
of the constitution.
SURPLUS IN TREASURY.
September Statement of Receipts and
Expenditures of the Government.
Washington’, Sept. 28.—For the sec
ond time in the last twelve months the
forthcoming monthly statement of the
receipts and expenditures of the gov
ernment for September will show an
excess of receipts over expenditures.
This surplus, which has now reached
$112,744, will probably be increased to
about 12,000,000 by the end* of the
month, by which time the receipts are
expected to reach 820,250,000. The
only other exception to the dciicit rule
during the year was in June last, when
the receipts exceeded the expenditures
by nearly 84,000,000.
The October figures, however, are
expected to show a deficit of about
55,000,000, as during that month the
pension and interest payments alone
will approximate $17,000,000. The re
ceipts on account of customs have
shown a gratifying increase of late, as
have those from internal revenue
sources, although in a less degree.
Yesterday the treasury lost $50,000
in gold for export to Canada, leaving
the true amount of gold reserve at the
close of business $04,013,150.
To We Near Kit Carson.
Dei. Noiite, Col., Sept. 28.—Ar
rangements have beeu completed
whereby the remains of the noted
scout and Indian fighter, Colonel
Albert Henry Pleiffer, are soon to be
removed from Del Norte, where they
were burWd in 1880, to the National
cemetery at Santa Fe. the govern
ment bearing the expenses. The body
of Colonel PieifTer will be interred bv
the side of that of Kit Carson, at
Santa Fe, in compliance with a wish
expressed by Colonel Pleift'er just
prior to his death.
A Venerable Man Struck l>y a Train.
Atchison,- Kan., Sept. 23.—C. n.
Lee, aged 92, was struck byu Missouri
Pacific passcugcr train to-day and
fatally injured. He is Atchison’s old
est, citizen.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
At the Hinshaw murder trial in Dan
ville, Ind., front seats were sold for $2
each.
A meteor fell at Hot Springs, Ark.,
accompanied by a vivid flash of light
[ and a hissing noise.
FOB OPEN HOSTILITY.
IRISHMEN FOR WAR AGAINST
ENGLAND.
The Idea Now Is to Free Erin by Force
—Wrong* of the Green Iale Set Forth
In a “Declaration of Principle*’’ and
the Right to (J*e Arm* fur Retire** of
Their Grievances Against Great Britain.
frlahmen Declare War.
Chicago, Sept 27.—The Irish-Amer
lean convention got down to real busi
ness to-day, the principal work being
the consideration of the platform sub
mitted by the committee on resolu
tions and the report of the committee
on ways and means for national or
ganization.
0 Neill Ryan of St Louis was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers when
he appeared to read the platform pro
posed. His powerful voice and the
silence of the delegates made a deep
impression as he proceeded to read,
under the title of a ’’Declaration of
Principles,” the following:
‘‘The people of Ireland are a sover
cign people. Ireland is by nature
separate from every other country,
and liberty is the birthright of her
people. Ireland was known through
out Europe as a nation long before the
dawn of Christianity and was the
home of civilization while England
was still barbarous. England’s claims
to authority in Ireland originated in
force, and have been maintained by
corruption and coercion. They have
never ripened into a right to rule. The
title by conquest lias never been per
fected inasmuch as the Irish people
continually by constitutional agitation
or revolutionary movements lesisted
England's power and endeavored to
destroy her unlawful supremacy.
. ‘‘Ireland is deprived of almost every
civil right, which the American people
most dearly cherish. Unexampled
cruelty and brutal vindictiveness have
been the distinguishing features of
English rule in Ireland. England lias
destroyed Ireland's industries and
ruined her commerce; she has placed
upon her statute books laws making
it a crime to edueato an Irish child;
she burned Ireland's schoolhouses and
destroyed her churches; she has
driven into exile or left to per
ish in her dungeons thousands of
men whose only crime was love of
Ireland. Every measure for the last
century looking towards legislative
independence of the Irish people has
cither suffered defeat in the commons
or been arbitrarily rejected by the
lords. England has violated e ery
treaty and broken every pledge and
with almost every year of the century
she has imposed upon Ireland brutal
laws of coercion and one of the most
drastic character is now upon her
statute books. To the pleas of the
people for justice and their prayers for
mercy, England has responded with
the scourge and the scaffold, and yet
to-day Ireland enthralled, but en
slaved, crushed but not conquered,
is in spirit a nation.
“It has become evident after many
years of earnest endeavor to obtain
a measure of independence from
the English government by peaceful
agitation that appeals to reason,
for justice, are futile. It is loft,
therefore, for the men of the Irish
race to proclaim again the truth re
corded by all history that the liberties
of the people and the independence
of a nation cannot be achieved by de
bate, but must be won upon 1 he held
of battle and we declare our belief
that the men of Ireland who are being
driven into exile or into graves of serfs
in their native land by English mis
government are entitled by the laws
of God and man to use every means in
their power to drive from their coun
try the tyrant and usurper, and wo be
lieve that Ireland has the right to
make England’s difficulty her .oppor
tunity and to use all possible means
to create that difficulty.
"In view of these facts, the mem
bers of this convention appeal with
confidence to their American fellow
citizens and alt lovers of liberty to co
operate with them in aiding the people
of Ireland in the achievement of the
same measure of liberty enjoyed in
these United States.”
Distinct from the “declaration of
principles,” Chairman Eyan also sub
mitted resolutions protesting against
the continued incarceration in English
prisons of Irish patriots as inhuman
and against the policy of civilized na
tions, the men having acted only in
interest of their country and
human liberty: declaring sympathy for
the people of Cuba, who are struggling
for political independence aud the es
tablishment of a republic; and recog
nizing the importance to the Irish na
tion of preserving the language, liter
ature and music of the people; com
mending work now being done by tiie
Gaelic league and the National liter
ary society in Ireland, and by the
Gaelic societies of this country.
IMPORTANT TO IMPORTERS
New Regulations In Relation to Imme
diate Transportation Goods.
Wasiiixoton, Sept. 2 T.—The officials
of the customs service have made an
important change in the regulat:ons
governing what is known as "imme
diate transportation" goods. Under
the law goods intended f#r certain in
terior points of the United States may
he billed und sent to their destination
without examination at the port of
arrival. Under the new regulations
the importer may change the destina
tion of the goods from one interior
port to another on reaching the port
of arrival. This regulation gives the
importer the advantage of any favor
able change in the several markets of
the country.
REVENUE RECEIPTS.
Over 00 Ter Cent Dcrrau. for Two
Month. Compared With hast Year.
Washington, Sept. 27.—The month
ly statement prepared by the commis
sioner of internal revenue shows that
the total receipts of his office during
Jjily nnd August of the present year
were $25,7411,523, as against $51.’.1*25.404
during July and August, 1801. This
is a decrease of 820,182,881, or over GO
per cent. The net decrease for the
single month of August was $14,203,
MOL
DEFENSE OF DURRANT.
The Prisoner** lido of the Case Outlined
by Connael,
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 27 —The
defense in the Dun-ant case bc^nn yes
terday with an opening" statement
from Attorney Duprey. Ilis intima
tion that the murder was committed
not by Durrant, but by Rev. John
Oeorgo Oibson, pastor of Emanuel
church, made in a significant allusion
to the resemblance of the preacher's
handwriting with the lettering on the
paper enclosing lilanche Lamont’s
ring, created a marked sensation. The
address of Duprey began with defini
tions of the duties of a™juror in capital
cases. He attacked the newspapers,
for the articles written and published
concerning Durrant, and warned the
jury against improper deductions from
circumstantial,evidence. Duprey then
said:
We will show that the marks nnon
the . belfry door are the marks of
a chisel and that the chisel was found
in the pastor’s stndy in a tool bos.
We will show you, as long as they have
introduced a paper here with letters
on it as compared with letters found
in Emanuel church that they are
letters written by Rev. John George
Gibson. If wo are to act upon
suspicions we will show you that
there are others who have been cast
into suspicion and worso than the
defendant. We will show you that on
April 3 Durrant wore a dark suit of
clothes of blue cloth, while the wit
ness Vogel said that he had light
trousers. We will show that the eye
sight of Mrs. Leak and Mrs. Crosset
are impared and that tho reputation
of witness Quinlan Oppenheim and
Phillips for veracity is bad. If we can
prove what we have outlined now, wo
should have the spirit of Blanche La
mont call upon you to realize the
truth and if her spirit could come
before you it would say: ‘Let the de
fendant stand out, let him be free, for
he harmed me not. Theodore Dur
rant is innocent; we stand for his life;
we demand his liberty.”
A PRIEST INVOLVED.
A It Joseph Girl Mysteriously MUilug—
Father Wagnor Accused.
St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 3?.—Maude
Steidel, tlie 16-y(Sir-old daughter of a
widow, has been missing slnco last
Sunday night, and the efforts of the
police and detectives to find her have
been in vain. The mother charges
Father Dominick Wagner, pastor of
St. Mary's Catholic church, with ab
ducting the girl, but has been unable
to secure enough evidence of his guilt
to obtain a warrant for his arrest.
The priest denies all knowledge of
the girl's whereabouts. He isa young
man of good appearance and address
and has been in the city during the
past six years. Before entering the
ministry he was a printer in Chicago.
Mrs Steidel says that the priest had
been paying her daughter attentions
during the past year, much against
her will. Neighbors and relatives of
the missing girl have threatened to
mob the priest unless he reveals the
girl’s hiding place. It is said that
Father Wagner has fallen heir to a
fortune in Germany and intends to re
tire from the priesthood, and members
of his church profess to believe that
he intends to take the girl away witb
him and marry her.
The Hallna Reunion.
Sauna, Kan., Sept. 2T.—The second
day of the G. A. It. reunion was a great
success. Speeches were delivered in
the afternoon bv Senator Peffer, Con
gressman Calderhend, Bernard Kelly
and others. Senator Peffer declared
it to be his belief that a service pen
sion bill would pass congress before
his term of office closed. At night J.
R. Burton made a speech at the Sons
of Veterans meeting. Morrill and In
galls will be here Friday. State and
regimental reunions ore being held at
all hours.
Fifty Cent Ga>.
Kansas City. Mo., Sept. 27.—The
Philadelphia Gas trust this morning
cut the price of its gas in Kansas City
to fifty cents a 1,050 cubic feet. This
is the biggest single cut ever made in
the price of gas in America. Gas has
gone lower in past gas wars elsewhero
but usually the cuts have been grad
ual. The new gas company expectsto
furnish gas by December 15, and the
cut made by the old company is easily
accounted for.
The Tomato Crop Short.
Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 3’.—
Julius. S. Edwards, secretary-treas
urer of the Western Canned Goods
Packers’ association, estimates that
the tof' ato crop in the most of the
Western states tills year will not be
more than one-third of that of last
year. He predict* a sharp udvance in
price before January 1.
Valkyrie Will Stay Here.
New York, Sept. 37.—Lord Dun
raven has ordered the Valkyrie III to
be made ready to spend the winter on
this »ide of the Atlantic in order to
have her race again and, incidentally,
it is said, to silence ihoso of his critics
who have asserted that he was afraid
to have liis yacht meet the Defender
again.
Atchison'. Corn Jublleo.
Atchison, Kan., Sept '27.—The larg
est crowd which ever assembled In
Atchison is here to-day to attend the
corn carnival. All the business houses
are profusely decorated with corn and
visitors are being elaborately enter
tained. It is believed that there wiU
be 5,000 visitors here when all the ex
cursion trains are in.
The Franco- Russian Alliance of the
Greatest Import to Europe.
New York, Sept. 27.—A special to
the Herald from llerlin says: The
Kreuz Zeitung declares that the
Franco-Russian alliance has now be
come a political factor of the first im
portance. At any moment war, which
up to the present moment has been
avoided only by a miracle, may break
out.
The signal for hostilities will, how
ever, declares the paper, begin from
Paris, not St. Petersburg, where the
want of a firm hand in the government
[ is everywhere apparent
i
A BASCALLY EOBBEE.
POOR PEOPLE ARE MAINLY HIS
VICTIMS.
Treasurer Vice of the Home Aid Associ
ation, Kansas City, Skips Ont with
Thousands —In Eighteen Months *11,
000 was Fald Him. of Which Very Lit
tle Went Back—All the Cash Carried
Off by the Rascal—-Was a Missouri
Corporation.
Gone With Thousands.
Kansas City, Sept, as.—Charles H.
Vice, treasurer of the llome Mutual
Aid association, which had offices in
the Temple block at Missouri avenue
and Walnut streets, lias disappeared
and taken with him the books of the
association and thousands of dollars
which have keen wrung from the pub
lic by false representations within the
past eighteen months. He left not a
dollar in the treasury with which to
pny the claims against the association.
All that he did leave was several bush
els of printed matter, a cheap desk
and a couple of chairs in a bare, un
carpeted room.
The Home Mutual Aid association
was incorporated under the laws of
Missouri, February 14, 1804. Its first
officers were Frank Sullivan of Edina,
Mo., president; M. D. Hollister, Kan
sas City, secretary; C. H. Vice of Edi
na, treasurer, and VV. C. Hollister of
Edina,financier. It was incorporated as
a fraternal beneficial order. It insured
men and women between the ages of 14
and 65years. An insurance policy for
$1,000 in the concern cost the insured $3
a mouth, and for that he got $1 a day
during sickness, not exceeding ninety
days in any one year, and $1 a day
when temporarily disabled by acci
dent. If ho was totally disabled he
got the full amount of his policy, or
the full amotAt was paid to his bene
ficiary at death. The benefits to
women members were as liberal as to
Before the association was a year
old there was a change m officers and
Colonel Adonis Anderson, an aged
justice of the peace of Mendon, Ma,
because its president, J. F. Snow was
made vice president, T. J. Randolph
secretary, W.L. Griggs attorney and Dr.
C. A. Ritter, supreme medical director.
Vice was always its treasurer. August
26 last there was another change in
the ofllcinl staff. Anderson and Vice
continued as president and treas
urer, but L. VUleroy and William
West of Oklahoma were made re
spectively vice president and secretary
of the association. Villeroy and West
seem to have been innocent of the
condition and purposes of the associa
tion when they went into it.' They
6ay they were and they have remained
here to face the consequences of Vioe’s
flight and to lay the matter before the
criminal prosecutor.
Vice is from Edina, Mo., where his .
father is a farmer.
W. L. Griggs, who acted as attorney
for the association up to six weeks ago,
says he resigned because he discovered
that Vice was grabbing every dollar
he could get his hands on and paying
out nothing. Mr. Griggs is familiar
with the business of the concern sinco
its inception, lie says the association
had as high as r>00 members at a
time und that in the eighteen months
Bince its incorporation Vice has taken
in 811,000 nnd paid out $d,000 in sick
claims. The association never paid a
death claim, although several have
been presented and thero are two
death claims for $a00 each now pend
i ing. Claims against the association
for sick and accident benefits are com
ing in daily and $800 worth of them
have accumulated Rince the departure
of Vice. _
TO INSURE GOOD SERVICE.
Smaller Fostoffleee Hay Be Fat Under
the Civil Service.
Washington, Sept. £5. — Both the
postoflice department and civil service
commission are taking great interest
in the movement toward putting
fourth-class postmasters under the
protection of the civil service laws. It
is probable that before the end of this
ad ministration action will betaken.
There are over 65,000 fourth-class
postofflees in the country and the num
ber is constantly increasing. Of these
some 20,000 carry salaries of less than
S50 per annum, and at least half are
in places where there is much greater
difficulty in finding a competent and
reliable person who is willing to serve
than in choosing between competitors.
It is obvious that there can be no
question of examination aDd certifica
tion by the usual civil service methods
in these offices. tieveral plans have
been suggested and a combination of
them will probably be adopted.
Cuban Sympathisers llejolca.
Wilmington, Del., Sept. 25.—As a
result of the acquittal of the alleged
filibnsterers there was a large demon
stration of Cubans and Cuban sympa
thizers in the shape of a parade last
night. There were 8,000 men in
the parade, who, with numerous bands
of music, marched throughout the city.
Lovers Not to B» Thwarted.
Gl.ENWOOD Sl'MNGS, Col., Sept. 25.—
The youngest daughter of George S.
Meyers, the millionaire tobacco manu
facturer of St. Louis, ai-.il Graham E.
Babcock, son of General E. Babcock,
manager of the Hotel Coronado of Cor
onado, Col., eloped Sunday and were
married here.
Pardoned by the President,
Washington. Sept. 25.—The presi
dent pardoned because of ill health,
i L. A. McKnight, convicted in the In
1 dian territory of malicious mischief iD
burning u stack of hay belonging to
the United States and sentenced March
13, ls'j-1, to ten years’ imprisonment.
Shot Ills Wife and nimsclf.
Dallas. Texas, Sept. 25.—S. F. Wll
/iams of Kansas City shot and seriously
injured his wife and then killed him
self last ni^ht. Airs.. Williams is so
scriousiy wounded as to be unable to
make a statement. The cause of the
tragedy is not known. The couple
were guests at a local hotel.
Lawrence Schools Closed.
Lawrence, Kan., Sept. 25.—A joint
session of the board of health and the
board of education was held last night
. nnd the schools were ordered closed on
I account of the diphtheria epidemic.
COL. JONES KILLED.
Th» Noted Kanmn Meets With m ▼!•
lent Dentil. -• ' J'::
Iola, Kan., Sept 35.—Colonel W. CL
Jones, the noted Democratic leader
and ex-United States marshal of Kan
sas, drove, this morning, to his farm,
about five miles from here, and had
passed through the gate into a wooded
pasture, when the spirited horse lie
was driving became frightened and
ran away, throwing him against atree
in such a way as to breast one leg and
crush the skull.
Physicians were summoned as soon
as possible, but the injured man died
without showing any signs of con
sciousness. A young man who waa
with him. jumped from the cart and es
caped unhurt.
Colonel Jones came to Kansas City
in 1860, settling in Allen county. When
the war began he enlisted in the Tenth
Kansas regiment and was made cap
tain. Afterward he became majorand
in that capacity bo served until the
close of the war. Later he waa made
lieutenant colonel of the Eighteenth
Kansas, a regiment organized to fight
Indians who had invaded Kansas and
were laying waste the country.
April 0, 1883, Colonel Jones was ap
pointed warden of the state peniten
tiary, in which position he continued
until April 1, 1885,# when be resigned.
In 1881 he was a 'delegate to the na
tional Democratic convention, which
j nominated Grover Cleveland for Presi
dent the first term.
April 5, 1885, President Cleveland
appointed Colonel Jones United States
marshal for the district of Kansas
and he held the office until 1880. In
1890 he was chairman of the Demo
cratic state central committee and
managed the campaign of eX-Governor
Charles Robins n. He was chairman
again in 1803, but that year his party
bad no ticket in the field and his
duties were little more than nominal.
In 1893 Colonel Jones was again a
delegate to the national Democratio
convention and voted for Grover
Cleveland. Upon Mr. Cleveland’a re
election he sought again to be United
States marshal, but Senator John Mar
tin favored Dr. S. F. Neeley for the •
place, and Colonel Jones lost, although
\V. G Perry, who had been United
States attorney, and G. W. Glick, who
had been pension agent during Mr.
Cleveland's first term secured their old
places.
vsuiuuei uuues iouk iuin as ananrons
and although he mixed with the Dem
ocrats as usual, when he happened to
be in Topeka he seldom visited the
capitol and had almost disappeared
from politics at the time of his death.
Colonel* Jones owned a farm near
Iola, and his affairs are in pretty good
condition, if properly managed. He
left a widow and three children. Hia
oldest, a son, he had just placed at the
state university. His second is a
daughter of 14 and his third a boy of
8 or 10.
While Colonel Jones was not an
adroit politician he was a successful
one when he sought office for himself
for he had a faculty of bringing Btrong
influences to bear whenever he want
ed their assistance. He “Btood in'*
with more powerful men who could -
help him, and was successful in com
bining forces—“pooling issues,” he
called it. He missed the United States
marshalship In 1891 simply because hia
ambition was opposed by a United
States senator. If that influence had
been out of the wav he would have
been successful, although he had a
fight at Home._■
ALL ABOUT POSTOFFICES.
Annual Report Jut Out by Assistant Past
muter General Maxwell.
Washington, Sept. 25.—The annual
report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Maxwell shows that the num
ber of postofflees in operation in the
United States on June SO, 1895, was
70.004. During the year 5,423 post
offices were establishes and 2,103 die
continued. The total number of ap
pointments for the year was 13,143.
During the year the greatest increase
in the number of postoffices was in Ok
lahoma, 09. Nineteen states show a
decrease in the number of postoffices,
the greatest loss occurring in' Kansas,
53; South Carolina losing 44, and Iowa
and West Virginia, 38 each. Fifteen
other states show a loss of from 8 to
37 each.
During1 the year 50,540 complaint*
affecting the ordinary mail were, re
ceived; 31,840 referring to letters, and
27,697 to packages. This shows an in
crease of 2,669 over last year.
Under the head of foreign cases the
report emphasizes the superiority of
the registry system of the United
States over that of most of the foreign
countries.
During the year there were 2,240 ar
rests for offenses against the postal
laws, of which number 175 >#:re post
masters, forty assistant postmasters.^
fifty clerics in postoffices, twelve rail
way postoffiee clerks, thirty-seven
letter carriers, fifty-two mail carriers,
and twenty-eight were employed in
minor positions in the postal service.
The concluding pages of the report
are devoted to a series of sketches of
important case*. General Maxwell
uses strong language in referring to
the escape of Kiiloran, Alien and Rus
sell from Ludlow street jail. New
York, their apprehension having been
a matter of great importance to the
department._
Senator Baker Favors Cuba.
is
Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 25.—In
a letter to the Chicago Tribune on the *
Cuban question, Senator Baker saidt
"From my standpoint, I believe that
our government should immediately
recognize Cuba as a belligerent nation.
Then she would hare the right to law
fully buy arms and enter into com- ‘ - >' ’
mercial relations with ns. 1 bolievo
the Cubans are entitled to their inde
pendence. ’’ life
coNDt..—, rcHES.
London speculators seem to hava
gone wild over the Kaffir gold fields.
Many Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
farmers are buying farms in Sedgwick
county, Kansas.
Prince Lobanoff has sent to the state
department a transcript of the Russian
anti-Semitic law
The president has appointed J.K.
Baker, son of the minister, secretary
to the Nicaraguan Legation.
Charlos lleacock was sentenced to
one year in the pen for stealing a 91.50
piece of bacon at Murphytbora.
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