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o 1, X HEAVILY INVOLVED. Tlie Santa Fe Road Unable to Meet Interest Payments. ft Bu Liabilities of S240.000.000, and Cpon tbe Petition of I ti Bondholder, tbo System Oom Into the Hand ot Receivers. SANTA. FE GIYTES UP. Little Bock, Ark., Dec 27. Another fcijr railroad is ia deep distress. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and St. fjomia & San Francisco railroads and branches, comprising' the Santa Fe sys im proper, nave been placed fn- the' hands of three receivers, the erder beinff made by United fcft&tea Circuit Judge 1L a Caldwell, In chambers, in this city at 5:30 o'clock Saturday evening. The appli cation was made by the Union Trust Company of New York, trustees for the bo ad holders of the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe, and the Mercantile Trust company of New York, trustees for the bondholders of the St. Louis fc tsaa Francisco. Although the press of the country has anticipated the result for some time past,, not until the death of Chair man Oeorge C Magoun last week was any immediate action contemplated. Ehe first iotimation of decisive action Was received at 3 o'clock Saturday aft ernoon when a special sleeper, the Catoosa, with baggage car attached, which left St Louis at 3 o'clock in the morning, arrived over the Iron Moun tain with prominent railway attorneys auu ofllcialt on board, who hastened at once to tha federal courthouse and were soon closeted with Judge Cald well, who had arrived from St. Louis the night before. They remained closeted behind closed doors with Judge Caldwell until 5:30 o'clock, when an order was agreed upon appointing three receivers for the Santa Fe system: J. W, Rein hard t. president of the Santa Fe system; J. J. McCook, general counsel of the Santa Fe system, and Joseph C. Wilson, clerk of the United States district court at Topeka, Kan., the latter being a compromise receirer, the railroads having recom mended Reinhardt, McCook and George C Nickerson, the latter being a director of the system, but who was objected to iy the complainants. The receivership met with no resist ance on the part of the railroad com panies, and an agreement was quickly Tea c bed. The bills in both cases that of the Santa Fe and 'Frisco showed that the lines were heavily involved, with maturing obligations coming on soon, and that the interest due Janu ary 1 could not be paid and would bo foreclosed. In both cases the com plainants' bill went elaborately into figures and were very full and vol uminous. The bonded indebtedness aggregates f2S2.000,000, as follows: First mort gage bonds, $150,000,000; class A, sec ond morgage bonds, $77,000,000; class B, second mortgage bonds, $55,000,000. The interest due January 1 will aggre gate 3,000,000 and the floating debt is about $5,000,000, making a total liabil ity of about $240,000,000. J. V. Bernhardt and J. J. McCook, two of the receivers, are well known in railroad circles throughout the coun try. The other reoeiver, Joseph C Wil on, has been twice mayor of Topeka. A supplementary bill will likely bo 'filed at Topeka January 5, which will be tantamount to foreclosure of the bonded indebtedness, in which event the branch lines, which have been sap iping the life blood of the main lines, -will be lopped off. The order in each of the two cases is the same and directs that the receivers be "authorized and directed to take im mediate possession of all the railroads and properties (including 8,346 miles of operated lines) and to run, manage and operate them, and to execute the au thority and franchises of the roads and .conduct systematically their business." ROBBED BY MASKED MEN. Matthew Miner and I1U Aged Wife Are Hound and (iacfed. Utioa, N. Y., Dec 27. At 7 o'clock Saturday evening three masked men entered the farmhouse near Leonards ville, 20 miles from this place, owned and occupied by Matthew Miner. Miner is an aged man and he and his wife live alone. Three men bound and gagged the old people and then ransacked the house for valu ables. They secured $1,S00 which Mr. Miner had laid by and then made good their escape. Mr. and Mrs. Miner were relieved from their unpleasant position soon after the escape of the men. The affair caused a vast amount of excitement in the neighborhood and the rogues, if captered, are likely to receive rough treatment. Officers are on their track. The men went south. GOING TO HONOLULU. United States Man-of-War Preparing: to Make a Quick Trip to Hawaii. Sas Fraxcisco, Dec. 27. It is learned here that the United States man-of-war Mohican is to be dispatched to Honolulu Wednesday. The sailing orders have already been receivea and there is unusual activity at Mare island preparing the cruiser for sea. Inasmuch as the steamship Aus tralia sailed for Honolulu Saturday and could have carried all necessary advices to.Minister Willis, the inference is that there must be some urgent reason for .strengthening the United States naval force at Honolulu. Kansas City Schools to Learn Tactics. Kansas Cicsy, Mo., Dec 27. At a meeting of the board of education the offer of the secretary of war to furnish tpublic schools of the country a military attache who will instruct the scholars in military tactics was accepted Kan sas City is the first city to avail itself of the offer. An officer from Fort Leaven worth will this week be detailed to the service. Killed by a Train. Dknxison, O., Dec 27. Frank Max well and Edward Fletcher, employes of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis railroad, were killed bva shif ting" train. ANOTHER ROAD IN TROUBLE. Ex-Senator 1'latt Blade Receiver for tbo New Knglaod Koad. New York, Dec 29. The meteorio career as a railway financier of Archi bald A. McLeod, president of the New York and New England rail way, received a pronounced check when Judge Wallace, of the United States court at Albany, appointed ex-Senator Thomas C Piatt, a director of the road, temporary receiver of all the comoany's property. The col lapse of McLeod's latest deal Caused a great sensation, although it was not unexpected. -The order appointing Mr. Piatt temporary re ceiver was granted pending the applica tion for a permanent receiver and to save the property and prevent its loss by attachments upon the rolling stock and other property of the road. On January 10 Judge Wallace will hear arguments in New York for the ap pointment of a permanent, receiver. The immediate cause of the collapse of the New England is the failure of the McLeod faction to raise the 330,000 necessary to meet the January interest on the company's bounds, and the dis covery that since McLeod assumed con trol of the property he had elevated the floating debt from $450,000 to $S50,000. Nothing was known of this increase by the directors of the road until a few days ago. The intelligence fell like a bomb on Wall street and sent the stock of the com pany down in 5 point leaps from SO to 14. Mr. McLeod also appeared to be surprised. He had previously been sanguine of making the New England one of the biggest roads in the country by extending its line into New York city direct and forming traffic alliances with other roads. A great many persons had con fidence in his schemes, including the directors of the road, and a month ago a meeting was called to ratify a con tract for the purchase . of the New York and Northern railway, which was to be used as a direct line to New York city. ' The news of the appointment of ex Senator Piatt as temporary receiver was received in Wall street shortly after noon. Th? announcement was not unexpected, as it has been known that Judge Wallace, who made the appointment, had been considering an application for a receiver since Saturday last. When the market opened and it was known that a receiver was to be appointed the crowd of brokers in New England was the largest in the room. The stock opened at 14, against its closing price Tuesday night of 15. The transactions in the stock were enormous and the excitement intense, as no one knew anything definite con cerning the receivership. The stock held above 14 for half an hour, but then began to break badly and at 11 o'clock it was quoted at 12. The New York & New England Rail road company owns 300 miles of road and leases 105 miles. The company was formed by the organization in 1S73 of holders of Berdell mort gage bonds issued by the Boston, Hartford & Erie . Railroad com pany. The indebtedness amounts to $10,737,713, including bonds, mortgage notes and contract liabilities. The New England has some valuable prop erty, especially in the way of term inals. Through its lease of the Nor wich & Worcester railway it controls the Norwich & New York Transporta tion company's line of steamboats. Philadelphia, Dec 29. Samuel Heilner, coal merchant and a director in the New England railroad, has failed It is supposed that heavy losses in the stock has brought about his downfall. Liabilities are placed at $500,000. HIS CAREER ENDS. Death of CoL C. A. Zoling-er, Mayor of Fort Wayne, Inl. Fobt Watne, Ind., Dec 29. Col. C. A. Zolinger, mayor of Fort Wayne, died Wednesday at 11:C0 p. m. of neuralgia of the heart. He had been ill a few days, but had been improving. About an hour before his death he grew rap idly worse and announced to his family that the end was near. He has been many terms mayor and during the last Cleveland admin istration was pension agent for the state of Indiana with headquar ters at Indianapolis. He was again a candidate for the position, the only one named for the place, and the appoint- i ment was daily expected. Mr. Zol linger served through the war and came out a colonel. He was a repub lican formerly, but for many years has been active in democratic politics, and at the time of his death was chairman of the democratic county committee. SLAIN BY NATIVES. Blatabeles Annihilate a British Company, Killing; Forty Men. Losdo.v, Dec. 29. Dispatches re ceived by city houses through the South African merchants, Mosenthal, Sons & Co., report that the Uritish South Africa company's force under Capt. Wilson, forty strong, have been massacred by the Matabeles. All communication between Capt. Wilson and Maj. Forbes has been destroyed by the rising of the rivers, it now being the rainy season. Confirmation has been received from several commercial sources of the total annihilation o? Capt. Wilson. force. It lacks confir mation by official messages, but it s generally accepted as true. BURNED TO DEATH. Fires In Kansas and Kentucky In Which Four Children I'erisli. Lawrence, Kan., Dec 29. A colored woman named Brown, living near Sib ley, left her five children with two other children alone at home. A big fire was built in the stove, and in the night the cabin burned and two of the children, aged 9 and 11, were roasted to death in bed. Paducah, Ky., Dec. 29. A popping fire ignited the bed in the house of Barbara Woods (colored) on the edge of this city and wo children, quite small, were burned to death. The house was l locked and the mother away. ROUSED HIS IRE. Prendertrast Cut to the Quick by a Lawyer's Words. Attorney Trade's Denunciation of Carter Harrison's Murderer Mrlnps Him to His Feet with Wild and mphatio Denials.- DRAMATIC SCENES IN COURT. Chicago, Dec 80. Thursday was the last day of argument in the Prender gast case Mr. Trude for the prosecu tion had not completed when court ad journed. Prendergast trembled, fretted and then turned livid with rage while A. S. Trude denounced him before the jury. The crowds that packed the courtroom witnessed a remarkable dramatic scene. Again and again the man who shot Mayor Harrison shouted defiance to the attorney, and when the court adjourned at 5 o'clock Attorney Wade said, despairingly: "Prendergast has done more to-day to hang himself than all the witnesses and attorneys put together." Mr. Trude had been confining himself to the law for some time, but at 4 o'clock he began a description of Mayor H arrison's last acts. With the pistol ued by the murderer in his hands he was describing the manner in which Prendergast went to the Harrison residence, and. animated by malice, fired the two shots. Prendergast kept moving nervously in his chair until, when Mr. Trude was telling how the mayor fell to the floor a smile passed over his face Mr. Trude. quick to catch the effect of this unseemly mirth, said, still pointing to wher he sat: "These are the statements which are made to you about this man, whose face now wears a smile of derision and contempt " Prendergast could bear the stinging remarks no longer. He sprang from his seat, his face livid with rage, his eyes blazing, and lifting his left hand as high as he could he shouted: "I was not animated by malice! I swear be fore high heaven that I was not ani mated by malice. If I am hanged you will be my murderer!" The jurymen and every person in the courtroom started. Two bailiffs pulled the prisoner back into his chair. But the sudden burst of passion had ex hausted him. He sunk down and in a few moments was as palo as the wall by which he sat. He tren.bled and put his hands over his eyes, completely ex hausted. In a few momei-s Mr. Trude again attacked the prison, r, stating to the jury that Prendergast was acting vhec a little while before he made the outcry. "I'd do the same thing over again," said Prendergast. "But, Mr. Prendergast," continued the attorney, addressing the prisoner, "while you were in jail you didn't say that to the doctors." "Yes, but ask Dr. Spray " re torted the prisoner. He was inter rupted by the judge, who ordered him to remain quiet. Mr. Trude, continuing, described the scene in the county jail when the funeral of the mayor passed up Dear born street and said: "The other pris oners, deprived of their liberty, but with still a sense of justice in their breasts, yelled: 'Hang Prendergast!' " "They were friends of Harrison whom he had pardoned out of the bridewell," interpolated Prendergast. A few mo ments later he shouted at Trude: "You're a coward! You ought to be hanged!" When Mr. Trude returned to the scene of the murder he described how Prendergast, when interrupted by the coachman, pointed the pistol at the latter. "It's a lie," said the prisoner. "I never pointed the pistol at any man ex cept Harrison." Said Mr. Trude: "Ah, see, gentle men, how well he remembers now what took place then. The law says no in sane man can do that If I live under an insane delusion whatever takes place is never known, gentlemen of the jury." And, turning to the counsel for the defense, Mr. Trude said: "Show me an authority and I will read it to the jury, wherever a man committed an act of murder." Prendergast again interrupted with a snarl, as he said: "Prove malice if you can." "Under ihe influence of his delusion show me an authority wheie any man was ever able to tell a word that he said or a thiDg that he did, and 1 will read it to the jury." Since the opening of this famous murder case there have not been enact ed such scenes as marked Thursday's proceedings. Prendergast had given up his habit of interrupting counsel and witnesses and for a week had sat without a murmur of objection. This, however, was too much for him, and he broke in with the interruptions which it was evident impressed the prisoner's lawyers as being to his decided disad vantage. For Robbing a Widows' Home. Cincinnati, Dec. 30. Sensational re ports have come from the grand jury this week over the investigation of the loss of ?53,438 from the treasury of the Widows' home. Tue grand jury has not yet reported, but it is given out on good authority that J. D. MacNeal, W. K Burnett, Powell Crosley, F. J. Mitchell, W. A. Thompson and George M. Leighton have been indicted as principals and accessories for obtaining money under fal?e pretenses. I'erishrd In tbe Flumes. HAr.aoPSBUKG, Ky., Dec. GO. Thom- j as liansdall, a well-to-do farmer living near here, awoice t hud ins iiou.se; in J flames. He jumped out of bed, carry : ing his bubv with him. at the same time calling to his wife to wake their three children, who were sleeping up stairs. Mrs. Kan sd all went to follow his instructions, but the house col lapsed, and she and the three children perished. The house and contents were a total loss. They were valued at about $3,000. The father is frantic with grief and is now almost a raving maniac . ASSASSINATED. sV Prominent Sullivan (Iud.) Lawyer Shot Dead an the Street. Sullivan, Ind., Dec 27. Lawyer John S. Hultz, of this place, was shot dead on the streot here Sunday morn ing by a man who wore a wig and a mask. The wig was found afteward In a pond on a line between the placa where the shots were fired and the home of ex-Sheriff Willis. Willis is under arrest on suspicion of commit ting the crime He claims to be inno ecnt. 1 The shooting was done with a shot gun and the charges in both barrels were emptied into Hultz back. Th lawyer saw the man coming toward him and turned to retreat. When the first shot was fired Hultz turned ixto a stable, and as be did bo the second shot brought him down. lie died almost Instantly. The assassin ran away and the stock of the gun, the wig and face mask were thrown in the pond. Ex-Sheriff Willis was arrested, but protests that he is in nocent. Several persons saw the shoot ing, but the disguise was no complete that they cannot say who did the kill ing. Within forty minutes after the shoot ing sufficient evidence was collected against Willis that if established will place his neck in great danger. A small boy saw the - assassin in a stairway putting on the wig. When he added a beard the boy be came frightened and took to his heels. He says positively that the ma a was "Lem" .Willis. A hostler of the stable who ran to the dying man was told by Hultz that Willis bad kiUed him. The man who threw the things in the pond was observed and wat-shed. He went in the direction of the high wa3r. Willis was met in the highway a few minutes later by a farmer who saw him go to a neighboring farm house. Willis was coming to the city with the son of this farmer. When he met the constable the murderer wore rubber boots, and it is said that Willis removed the rubber boots as soon as he reached the house and put on shoes. The preliminary trial will be held De cember 23. j Hultz was shot several months ago by the ex-sheriff, who found him in a com promising position in the Willis resi dence. Willis had been Hultz' pensonal and political friend, and had done more than any one else to secure the latter'a election as prosecuting attorney. When Willis learned that there was ground for the suspicion that Hultz and Mrs. Willis were too intimate he set a trap and with his brother caught the couple together. He fired several times and two bullets entered Hultz's body. The lawyer escaped to a friend's house, where a physician dressed, what were thought to be fatal wounds. Willis put Mrs. Willis in a buggy and drove to j her father's house, where he left her. i Hultz recoverea and Willis brought suit against him for $25,000 damages, not with hope of recovering anything, but, as was said at the time, to crush the lawyer or drive iiiin out of town. It had the latter effect, but recently Hultz returned to Sullivan and an nounced through the newspapers that he had come to stay. GOOD FOR THE SOUTH. All Large Factories Have Made Money and Paid Dlvtd' stds. Augusta. Ga., Dec 37. The Chron icle says editorially: In a year of unexampled depression in cot ton manufacturing In the eastern stated the. mills ol Georgia and South Carolina have been running on full time. With climate advant ages, cheap water power and raw material at nrst coat all large factories have made money and paid dividends. Mills In and around Au gusta have made a splendid bbowing for tht year Just closed. The Augusta factory, capital J0O3.000, paid t per cent, dividends: Enterprise Manufacturing company, capita 11750,000. 6 per cent.: Sibley Manufacturing company, Sl.CWO.OOO oapttal, 6 per cent.; Klug Manufacturing company. 1,U(iQ,0u0 capital, a per cent.: Granite viae Manufaotur Ing company, GOO capacity, 10 per cent. The Langlcy Manufacturing company increased its capital during the year from U&.Q00 to :&X), Duo and will pay a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, on increased capital. The dividends of these mills show that the south is the most in viting Held for cotton goods, and indication are that in the near future factories wul be started in this section. "In 1&S0 tbe south consumed 200,050 bales of cotton. In lt-93 southern mills consumed 500, aoo bales There could be no stronger evidence of the souths superiority over the north In Its advantages for cotton manufacturing than dur ing tbe past year. "Northern mills have been shut down while mills in the south have been running on full time and have paid good dividends." HIS JUST DESERTS. The Invader of a Michigan Home Killed by Its Occupant. Gkand Kapids, Mich, Dec 27. John G. Wonderham, of this city, Saturday night shot and instantly killed John Eikmen, aged 25. Wonderham nine years ago married a girl several years younger than himself and very pretty. Three months since Eik men met the woman. ell vio lently in love with her, and continued to force his calls upon her dur ing h:r husband's absence. Saturday afternoon he called and informed Mrs. Wonderham that he would come to tha house Saturday night and shoot every member of the family. Saturday even ing he appeared with a double barreled shotgun heavily loaded and after try ing the front door of the Wonderham house went around to the rear entrance and attempted to force his way in. Here he was met by Wonderham, who leveled a shotgun and shot the intruder dead. DECLARED NOT GU I LTY. Verdict of the Jury in the Case of Con ductor Scott. ' P.ATTLF. t'EKKii, .Mich., Djc 37. After being out an hour and a half the jury in the Conductor Scott manslaughter case rendered a verdict of not guilty. Scott was the conductor of train Xa 6 which . disobeyed orders and caused the collision here on October 520 in which twenty-seven were killed and twenty-six wounded. The trial was the hardest fought legal battle that has been tried here. The prosecutoi was assisted by Senator Clapp. The verdict pives general satisfaction. ACQUITTED. The Jury Finds Anna Wagner Galltlei of the Crime of Murder. Ixdianapolis, Dec 30. After being, out for twelve hours ihe jury in the Annie Wagner murder case brought in a verdict of not guilty. The courtroom was crowded, and the announcement of the verdict was received with cheer after cheer. During a scene of the wildest concision the prisoner fainted away. Through the trial Annie Wagner has manifested the most stoical indifference and it was not un til the verdict of the jury that her feelings obtained mastery over her. Mr. Holtzman, the prosecutor, an nounced that as the state had failed to convict in this, its best case, and owing to the state of public opinion, he deemed it best to dismiss the other two indictments for murder against tho prisoner. Not since the trill of Mrs. Nancy Clem for the murder of Jacob Young and wife at Cold Springs, north of this city, twenty years ago, has the Indian apolis public been as much interested in a murder trial as in the case which has just closed. 1 Anna Warner was a servant in the family ot Charles Koesters at 4."hJ South Meridian street. On May -1! last Mrs. Clara Koestrs, aged 73, the mother of Charles Koesters. died very suddenly. The coroner was culled upon to investigate and found that tho death of Mrs. Koesters was the fifth that haJ taken place in the Koesters family since October 15, 1SVI Looking further for evidence of a crime, a druirgist, George F. Uorst, at Meridian street and Kussell aeuue, was found, who said that Aunu Wagner bad purchased a box of "rough on rats" from his store on May The family pbyslclun was Dr. Keyer, who told the coroner that he' had no doubt Mrs. Clara Koesters had died Irom poison, aud advised that an analysis of the stomach of the dead woman be made. Tbe coroner gave the viscera or the dead wcmitn to Dr. Eiscn beiss for analys.s, aud the doctor report ed back thai arsenic had been f ound in sufficient quantities to cause death. On this evidence Anna Wagner was arrested. At the time of her arrest, the prisoner denied having any poison in her possession, although the half emptied box was afterward found in the closet where she kept her clothes She was taken to the drug store where the poison was bought, and she denied to Druggist Borst ever having bought any "rough on rats" from him Charles Koesters added a sensation to the story of the crime by making a statement that he ihoight the woman was in love with him, and he furnished the motive for the crime by suggesting that she wanted to get his wife und children out of the way to make room for him to marry her. The people in the Keosters family who died under suspicious circumstances were: Mary Keosters, age 31, the w ifa of Charles, October 15. 1892: the baby, age 3 months, found dead ia bed January & 1891; Frank L. Koesters, a;e 74, the father of Charles. January 2.3: Mary M. Koesters, age 8, daughter of Charles, February 27, and last, Clara Koesters, age 73. Each of them, except the baby, was ill for about tbe same length of lime and showed the same symptoms. The evidence taken before the coroner was of such nature that he felt justified in ordering the bodies of the dead exhumed and ther stomachs removed. This was dona and the visceea was turned over to Dr. Eisenbeiss lor analysis. The doctor did not make a complete report for several weeks, but at the end of that period he announced that he had found arsenic in every one of the stom achs submitted to a.m. 1 Anna Wagner bad a hearing in the police court on Tuesday, June 20l The examination lasted until June i, at which time tbe prisoner was admitted to bail in the sum of $50J. A few days thereafter she lurniscel the security and was taken lo the house . of her brother-in-law. Here she re- ! mained until the grand jury met and returned j an indictment against her for murder in the I first derree She was rearrested and taken to , jail without the privilege cf bail. She hus lain in jail evsr 6ince. , On December 18 the accused was placed on the stand In her owa defense. She made a gen eral denial of the crime. She said that after tbe death of Mrs. Koesters, the wife of Charles Koesters. Mr. Koesters said to her that he would depend upon her to look after her clothing and the children: that he knew nothing about such things himself: that she took care of tbe children because they were motherless: and that all her attentions to him and to them was on account cf the fact that tho wife and mother was dead. FRAUD IS CHARGED. Petition for the Kemoval of Northern Pacific Keceivera. Milwaukee, Dec. SO. The Northern Pacific railroad company by Silas W. Petti t, of Philadelphia, general counsel, has filed before Judge Jenkins of the United States court a petition for tho removal of the present receivers of tho road, Thomas F.' Oakes, Henry C. Tayne and Henry C. Rouse. The bill declares that Oakes, as pres ident of the company, appointed K. G. Kalston, president of the Farmers' Loan and Trust company of New York, chairman of the finance commit tee of the road. At this time it is asserted the line was in irood financial condition. Summarised, the road applies for a change of receivers upon the ground that at the time the receivers were appointed it practically had no hear ing; that its managers had in less than a year saddled it with the interest of $(10,000,000 for proper ties which were of no value to it, but in many of which they were personally interested and out of which they made large profits, aud that when insol vency was produced by this frand and mismanagement the president of the company and the presi dent of the trustee of the mort gage, who had participated in the frand and mismanagement, col luded together to put the road in the hands of receivers who were nominated by them for the purpose of and with the effect of perpetuating the same control which had brought about the bankruptcy. In the" light of these facts," said the petition. "it is "plain that it will be impossible, to reorganize the road un less and until its control and manage ment is put in the hands of competent people, and as the Oakes management j has shown conclusively that it cannot be trusted it would seem impossible to t reorganize it until it is taken out oi their hands." CAN'T INTERFERE. Chief Arthnr Must Nut Take Action Against the Northern Pacific. ' Cleveland, O.. Doc. 30. Writs have been served upon Chief Arthur and the other national officers of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers from the United States circuit court of tha eastern district of Wisconsin enjoining them and the order from interfering with the operation of the Northern Pa cific railroad. Chief Arthur declared j that this action was a surprise to him, 1 as the brotherhood had taken no action in the troubles on the road. lie sup- , posed it to be merely precautionary. CHRIS EVANS ESCAPES. The l'rng Manner In Which a Noted r-a . Outlaw lialned Freedom. o clock Thursday evening Chris EvanV mc -notorious train robber, escaped fronl the county jail. Deputy Sheriff Scot was on dutj the regular night jailer, Ben Merritt, being absent. Scott went on at 5 o'clock and found everything all right. About 5:30 Mrs. Evans, who had arrived in ine morning from Visalia, came to th jail to see her husband. She went U the upper corridor where Evans w confined and they talked togethn for awhile. Shortly after 6 o'cloi a man came to the jail door wit supper for Evans. Scott admitte mm ana let t,vans out into the open space between the upper cor ndor and the jail office. Scott locked! the waiter in with Evans and his wife,' alter which he left them. Evans ate for awhile, when the waiter, whose name is Ed Morel, asked to be let out, as he wanted to leave. Scott continued: "I weiit up to the grated door and unlocked it. I bad no sooner done so than Morel pulled a six-shooter on me and ordered me to throw up my ham's. X supposed he was joking: anl did not obey. Just then Chris stepped up au sai 1: -That's ri,ht, Ben, put your hands up.. "1 saw they rjeant bus-iness then, and did as I was told. Evans then demanded to be let out of the back door of the jail throi.ph kitchen, but I told him I hadn't l;eys. They were in the safe. They th said they would go out at the fro aoor. iieiore leaving laey searched mt' Tuey stated their intention or maumg me no with them, and I protested. It was r.o use, however, and I was marched out between them. Mrs. Evans was the only one in the jail beside myself and the prisoners and Morel. SLe re mained behind, having apparently fallen into faint. "Evans allowed me to locit the door of th' Jail behind as. I was marched to tho street eu trance to the courthouse grounds by Evans aiK Morel. We cut across tho street and went ui Mariposa street. "At the corner we met a man and Evans ordered him to come along:. The fellow saw wnat was poing on and made tracks in an other direction. Morel was somewhat in ad vance and when we got to the Adventist church I suddenly heard a shot- Believing 1 was being tired upon I started to run. Evans or dered me not to, but I broke away, and coming dovn town gave an alarm. I heard another stiot while running away. While goin toward the church mentioned Evans told me his wife had nothing to do with his escape." The shots heard by Scott were fired undoubtedly by Evans, and one of them struck City Marshal Morgan hen .ft. ore 1 went aneaa lie came across City Marshal Morgan and W. m. Wyatt, a capitalist, who were standing talking together a lit tie east of the Mariposa street en trance to the Adventist church. More ordered them to hold up their hand and they did so. He then took Mo pan's pistol and was turning his atter.' tion to Wyatt when Morgan turryJ suddenly and caught Morel abtVi. the waist, pinning his arms t his sides. Morel struggled ani 3'elled, "Shoot him." Wyatt wa about to take away Morel's pisto when Evans came up and cried: "LtL go that man or I'll kill you." Morgan feeling further resistance useless was' about to release Morel when Evans fired, hitting Morgan in the ri ii it shoulder, inflicting a painful though not dangerous wound. Evans and his pal then attempted to get into a .buggy near by, but the horses, . frightened by the shots. plunged and reared and finally broke away. The sjitives ran to Mono and Q streets and came across a man named Willard Cochran riding along in a cart. They fired at him several times, making him alight. They then took possession of the cart and drove away. The escape has caused intense excitement and officers have gone o in all directions to pursue the men Evans was recently convicted of mu der in the first degree for killin Deputy United States Marshal Wilsv in the famous fight at Simpsons ii and was sentenced to life imprisoninr in the penitentiary. He was yet to tried for the murder of Deputy Sheriff, McGinnis and Beaver and several trai robberies. In the fight at Stone Corr where Evans was captured and Sont killed. Evans bad an eye shot out ar his right hand so badly injured that had to be amputated. CARNEGIE'S GIFT. Offer 5,000 y to iive Kmploym to IMttabarRir Idle H'orkmfii. T'lTTCTM' Oil II Tlti M0 A letter ha Impn received in this city from Andrew Carnetrie. addressed to llobert Pit- caim. of the Pennsylvania rail i-r:.l who is associated with oth- v , er prominent citizens here on th T-lif committee, to provide wont for the unemployed. Mr. Carnegie of fers to give if the people of Pitts- 1,,,,-rrV. will contribute an t-oual sum r, nno a workinsr day for two months.. TViia mpns ii contribution from Mr Carneerie of nearly fUOO.OOO. M Carneirie. in his letter, says: 'You know my views about alms-giving, u now oiten i nave wnneu im r-,v. iu. wi I.l0 spent to-day in so-caneu cnarny f , v,,i Koon Vwttfr thrown into the sea. j. the business condition of this country, and esix cially in MtlsDurgn, creates a icmijuraij . .. .... . ... -i 1 1 1. , . gency in w men mouev rau w mm u voted, not to giving aimn, oui w Kimg men work who are idle through no fui ,h.i. nvn Tht-KR are terrible times, yet trust the people will not become discour aged. They will soon pass away and the reput lie will resume lu prosperous career. Mean v.,io B.r rrskiivht with nrecious opportvni ty for the rich to show that when real trouble . i an. rwi. cmninepr and em ployed, are at heart brothers, allies essential to the prosperity oi eatn oiner ui ir airh iIom lu dutv In Pittsburgh ir ...Hal tho trrxnA fiplin2 uroduced will be nc small compensation for the suffering endured. Ttw.IvkHtkt th naval section the mi-i litia of Illinois has a grand total o 5.036 men. Stockbridg Sleeper Recovering-. Jackson, Mich., Dec. SO. May White, the Stockbridge sleeper, is slowly recovering her health. It has been two years since she fell asleep and could not be awakened for several months, and then but for a few mtn a time. Now she remains W K - - , f,V a&C CM a - . day. and employs her time in knittm and crocheting .i.i t M.nn in the United States. c..r r,T,. fI Dec 30. Samuej V.w. o.r-rl 01. He WSl WClvoou uic" - T . I iv.. tAt too. mnson in the Unitei States, having been admitted in 18-A ) ..
