DOLE'S DECISION.
He Will Not Comply with Mr.
Willis' Proposition.
TTie Amrrtcan MlnUter Present the De
mand tor the Surrender of the Pro
vislonwl Government and Res
toration of the Queen.
HIS ADDRESS.
Honolulu, Jan. 1, (via Victoria, B.
Jan.' 8.) Since the sailing of the
United States revenue cutter Corwin at
8 a. m. on the morning1 of December 24
no advices have left here for the coast.
The Corwin took an official copy of
the doainud of Minister Willis upon the
provisional government to step down
tiod out, which was couched in the fol
lowing words:
"Kokeiun Office Honolulu. Dec 19. 1891
trc-ent. Pr--8ileat San.ord B Dole, Hon. M.
D tmou. minister of finance: Hon. J. A. King.
minuter or I lis Interior; Hon. W. O Smith.
iluraey general; Ho. Albert S. Willia. en
Toy extraoruinary and minister plenipoten
tiary, UniieJ Suites of Amerxa.
"Mr. Willis suid: Mr. President and gentle
men: The president of tha United Slates has
very much regielted the delay in the considera
tion of in? Hawaiian Question, but tt if 'lnavoid
able. So muoti ot it us has occurred since my
arrival baa been due to oeruin con
ditions precedent, compliance with which
was rwqu.red before 1 nas authorized to confer
with you. The president also regrets, as most
assuredly do I. that any secrecy should have
surrounded the interchange of views between
our two governments. I may say this,
however, that the secrecy thus far ob
served has been in the interest and
for too safety of all your people. I need
tu.rdly promise that the president's actioD
upon the Hawaiian question has been under
tlio dictates of honor aud of duty; it is now and
lias been frotn the beginning absolutely free
from prejudice and resentment and entirely
Oousisteut with long-established friendship and
treaty t:es, which have so closely bound to
gether our respective governments.
The president deemed it his duty to with
draw from the senate the treaty ot annexation,
Mch tad been signed by the secretary of
tausund agents of your government, and to
diap.itcfa a trusty representative to Hawaii
to impartially investigate the causes of
your revolution and to ascertain and re
port the true situation in these islands. This
inf jrinailon was needed the better to enable
the president to discharge a delicate and Im
portant duty. Upon the f acts embodied in Mr.
Blount's report the president has arrived at
oertain conclusions and determined upon a cer
tain course of aotioa which it becomes my duty
to acquaint you herewith.
"1 he provisional government was not estab
lished by the Hawaiian people, nor with their
consent or acquiescence, nor has it since existed
with their consent.
The queen refused to surrender her powers
to the provisional government until convinced
that the minister of the United States had rec
ognized it as tt.o de facto authority and would
eupport and defend It with the military force
of the United States, and that resistance
wonld precipitate a bloody conflict with that
force.
"She was udvlsed and assured by her minis
ters and the leaders of the movement for the
overthrow of hor government that it she sur
rendered protest her case would afterward be
fairly considered by the president of the United
States.
"The queen finally yielded to the armed j
forces of the United Slates, then quartered in '
Honolulu, relying on the good faith and honor 1
of the president, when informed of what bad :
occurred, to undo the action of the minister and
reinstate her in the authority which she claims
as the constitutional sovereign of the Ha
waiian islands.
"After a patient examination ot Mr. Blount's J
reports, tho president is satisfied that the
movement against the queen, if not instigated, !
was encouraged and supported by the
reiiresentatl ves of this government at
Honolulu. That they promised in advance j
to aid her enemies in an effort to over- i
thiow the Hawaiian government and set i
up by force a new government in its place, !
and tt.at they kept this promise by caus- f
ins a detachment of troops to be landed from i
Boston on January 1(5, 1B9J, and by recog- I
razing the provisional government the next day ,
when it watt too feeble to defend Itself and the
constitutional government was about to be sue
oessfully maintained against any threatening
force other than that of the united States, al
i ready lunded.
"The president has, therefore, determined
'that lie will not send back to the senate for its
action thereon the treaty which he withdrew
Iroui that body for further consideration on the
9ih da of March last. In view of these con
clusions I was instructed by the president of ,
the United States to take advantage of an early ;
opportunity to inform the queen ot this deter- !
minalion and of his views as to the responsibil- i
liy or our government. )
"The president, however, felt that we, by our !
original interference, had Incurred a responsi- !
biliiy to the whole Hawaiian community and
that it would not be just to put one party at ;
the mercy of the other. 1 was, therefore, in-
strucied at the same time to inform her that the
president expected that she would pursue a
magnanimous course by granting full amnesty
to ail who participated in the movement against
her. including persons who are, or who have :
been, officially or otherwise connected with tha
provisional government, depriving them of no '
right or privilege which they enjoyed before :
the revolution of last January, and that all ob- j
ligations created by the provisional govern-
tnent in the course of administration should be j
Jisumed. !
In obedience to the command of the presl- '
dent I have secured the queen's agreement to '
this course, and I now deliver a writing signed
by ber and duly attested, a copy of which I ,
will leave with you. j
"I w ill now read that writing. I will read '
from the original, leaving you a certified copy.
' 1. LlliuokiUani. in recognition ot the high ;
sense of justice which has actuated the presi- -dent
of the United States, and desiring to put '
aside all feelings of personal hatred or revenge, 1
and to do what is best for ail the 1
people of these islands, both native '
and foreign born, do hereby and here
lu tolerably declare and pledge myself '
that, if reinstated as the constitutional sov-
relgu of the Hawaiian islands, I will immo- 1
diatcly proclaim and declare uncondliion- !
ally and without reservation to every j
person who directly or indirectly partlci-
paled in the revolution ot January 17, ;
1893, a full pardon and amnesty for their I
offenses with restoration of all rights,
privileges and immunities, under the constitu
tion and the law, which have been made in pur
ouunce thereof, and that I will forbid and pre
vent the adoption of any measure of proscrip
tion or punishment for what has been done in j
the past by those netting up or supporting the
provisional government.
"I furthermore solemnly agree to accept the
restoration under the constitution existing at
the timeef said revolution and that I will abide
toy and fully execute that constitution with
U the guarantees as to persons and property
therein contained, I furthermore solemn
ly pledge myself and my government
If restored to assame all the obliga
tions created by the provisional government
In the proper cours of administration, includ
ing all expenditures tor military or police serv
ice, it being my purpose, it restored, to assume
tho government precisely as it existed on tho
day when it was unlawfully overthrown.
" Witness my hand this 18ih oi December,
(1693. Liliuckalani.'
-Attest: J. O. Carter.'
"'It becomes my further duty to advise you,
sir, the executive of the provisional govern
ment and your ministers, of the president's de
termination of the question, which your action
and that of the queen devolved upon him. and
you are expected to relinquish to her her eon-
litutional au horlty.
"And now. Mr. Frtsldent ana gentlemen of
the prcvisional government, with a deep and
otemn sense of the gravity of the situation,
aud with the earnest hope that your answer
will be inspired by that high patriotism wo ch
orit all tU interest In' the name and by
the authority of the United States of America,
I submit to you the question: Are you willing
to abide by the decia on of the president?
. "President Dole -Tho government will take
the matter under coisideratlon and answer you
as soon as they aro ready.
Up to date President Dole has not
complied with the demands of Minister
Willis to restore tho queen, nor will he
do so. Minister Willis has taken no
steps to enforce compliance.
A BOLD THEFT.
A raws Shop In Chicago Looted of
Plunder Worth 10,000.
Chicago. Jan. 10. Three desperate
meu entered the pawnshop of Samuel
Greenburg, 55 West Randolph street,
at 8:30 a. m. Monday. When they left it
shortly afterward they carried with
them between $5,000 and $10,000
worth of valuables and left the clerk
and a little girl lying bound and fagged
in the rear of the store. Crowds of
people were continually passing: the
door, but so quietly was the robbery
perpetrated that it would not have
been discovered for hours but by acci
dent. m
Greenburg was alone in the office
when the robbers appeared. He opened
the shop about 8 o'clock, nnlocked the
6afe and busied himself about his usual
duties. About 8:30 a stranger called
and asked to be shown a fur cap.
Greenburg led the man to the
rear of the store and began showing
him an assortment of caps. Suddenly
the man seized and threw him to the
floor. At the moment two others en
tered the office and joined in the attack
on the clerk, lie was soon overpow
ered. The thieves bound his hands,
gauged him with a handkerchief and
tossed his helpless body in a corner of
the office. Clothing and loose articles
in the store were piled over him until
he was almost hidden from view. One
man stood guard over the clerk and his
confederates looted the safe.
They found property valued at near
ly $10,000. Greenburg says there were
a number of diamonds and gold
watches and $500 in the safe. On dia
mond, he says, weighed eight crats
and was worth $300. The robbers took
a small satchel from the stock and
dropped in it the contents of the tray.
Greenburg next occupied their at
tention. De wore a diamond stul and
a gold watch and chain. These arti
cles were added to the plunder depos
ited in the satcheL As the men were
preparing to leave Mary Clements
came in. One of the robbers seized
her and, binding her hands, marched
her to a corner near Green burg. After
a few minutes' further delay the rob
bers left the office.
Greenburg succeeded in loosening
himself when the man who had guard
ed him with the revolver left and ran
out to the street as one of the Clements
family was entering to find the child.
Hurriedly telling his story he started
on a run for Desplaines street police
station and there told the details of the
assault.
Officers returned to the pawnshop
with the clerk and examined the prem
ises for traces of the robbers. Neigh
bors said the men had gone east on
Randolph street to Canal, but had
drawn no suspicion by their actions.
Greenburg furnished a description of
the men, and this is about the only
clew on which the police are at work.
Belleville, 11L, Jan. 9. The 6afe
in the office of the Western Brewing
company was blown open by dyna
mite Monday morning. The robbers se
cured about $2,0U0 and escaped. The
police believe the work was done by
professional cracksmen.
MURDERED BY ROBBERS.
Henry Saner and Ills Wife Slain nd Set
on Fire A Son Is Missing.
Marietta. O., Jan. 10. Henry Saner
and his wife were found murdered
Monday night at their farm 8 miles
from this city. He was a wealthy
farmer, his family consisting of
himself, wife and one son. The
latter is missing. The wife has
five bullet holes in the face
and Saner's head is crushed by blows
on the back. Outside of the house are
pools of blood. The stock of Saner's
gun was found near him in the kitchen
with the barrel bent out of shape. The
clothes were partially burned off and
the faces of both more or less burned.
The barn is burned with its contents,
being full of hay. Three horses and
four or five cattle perished. The evi
dent purpose was to burn the house, a
the victims were saturated with oiL
but neighbors came in time to save the
house. It is the theory that the son was
burned in the barn. In making a search
about the house three pocketbooks
were found contaiuing $325. These
were all together, as if dropped in the
haste of the moment. Bureau drawers
showed that bloody hands had been
about them. Two colored men were
seen Monday in the village of Hench
ville, half a mile away. They asked
for razors. Saner was about 60 years
old, a soldier and a good citizen. The
crime is surrounded so far by mystery.
One Life LmU
Missouri Valley;, la., Jan. 10. The
St. Paul and Kansas City express
Jumped the track at Missouri Valley
Monday morning and two coaches
rolled over the embankment. Mrs. F.
M. Hensler, of Missouri Valley, was
thrown through a car window and a
coach fell on her, killing her instantly.
No others were seriously hurt.
bulcide of the f'oblic Hangman.
Melbourne, Jan. 10. Jones, the pub
lic hangman of Victoria, has committed
suicide by cutting his throat, because
he was not willing to execute Mrs.
Khorr, a woman sentenced to death
for causing the death of infants whom
she received at a so-called "baby-farm."
Unfavorable to Uornblower.
Washington, Jan. 10. The senate
judiciary committee has acted unfavor
ably on the Uornblower nomination,
and by a majority report will recom
mend that he is not confirmed as an
associate justice of the United States
upre me court.
Fourteen Years for Mnrdnr.
Milwaukee, Jan. 10.- Frank Jurasin
ski, who shot and killed a boy named
Frank Fans on September 4 for an al
leged theft of wood, has been sentenced
to Waupun for fourteen years.
MANY DROWNED.
Six Sailors Loss Their Lives
Baltimore Harbor.
in
A Bridge Collapses on Lone Island Score
i Are Thrown Into tho Water Nine
Are Missing He vera!
Are Injured.
PERISHED IX A GALE.
Baltimore. MA, Jan. 15. The heavy
gale has cost six lives in this
harbor. About 2 a. m.,. while the
white caps were running so high that
a steamer could hardly ride them,
a signal of distress was heard,
and the search light revealed
three men struggling in the for
bidding waters. They were all
who were left of a party of sailors
who, accompanied by a ferryman, left
the foot of Broadway to cross over to
Locust Point. Their boat was swamped
before they had gone 603 yards,
and five of the sailors, and it is sup
posed the ferryman also, sank before
the police boat could reach them. Tiie
three rescued men were taken to the
city hospital. The names of fivaof the
lost men are: Neal Finlayson, William
B. Kelson, Robert J. Wilson, John
Hughes and l'eter SafrauskL The
drowned men, except the ferryman,
were from England. They were of tiie
crew of the Meraca aud had been on
shore leave. The rescued say the boat
was a small one and that the nine men
loaded her down until the gunwales
were almost even with the water.
New York, Jan. 15. luto the chilly
waters of Newton creek a hundred men
and boys without warning were
plunged late Friday afternoon by the
breaking of a flimsy wooden bridge. In
the struggle for their live that fol
lowed no one can now tell how many of
them were swept away to death by tho
tide. The first accounts were that many
of them were missing, but most of
these had been accounted for at mid
night and many a family that had first
-.cared lest it be fatherless or brother
less rejoiced in the safety of those that
had been near to death.
The following, all of Brooklyn, are
reported missing:
Barney Doyle, August Ilium, Robert Link,
Patrick Kelly, John Kerwin, Michael Loaa
and Hugh Mavkey.
The injured are:
Timothy Guuuon, suffering from shock and
wound In left unlcie; John AKAvoy, let; broken:
John looiney, suffering from suoc'. A score
or more siigully injured.
The draw had been opened for a
couple of tutfs and one of the; i had be
come fastened in the operu.ig. The
people, anxious to be first .u cross
ing when the draw closed, crowded
upon the stationary span and
overtaxed its strength. The ac
cident caused great excitement
iu the neighborhood, and many
who were waiting on the shore to get
across lost their self control to such au
extent as not to be able to assist those
strugling iu the water for their lives.
TLe tide was slow and had just
turned, but there was still a depth of
10 feet of water, and in this the strug
gling muss of humanity was thrown
amid the wreckage of the fragile struc
ture. Some of the cool ones on the shore
threw pieces of wood to serve as buoys
to those struggling in the water. At
last the ropes with which the fallen
span had once ben swung were cut
away and used in dragging the unfor
tunates out of the stream. It was sev
eral minutes before any of them
were taken ashore. Only a few
of them were able to help them
selves by swimming, and these
were dragged back and down by
those who could not. The fortunate
coming of two tug boats was all that
served to avert a greater disaster.
These were the J. V. Cloud and the
Conklin. Many of those in the water
supported themselves by the floating
timbers of the fallen bridge, keeping
themselves afloat until they were
dragged on board the tugboats.
Miss Annie Foley, 20 years old, whose
father keeps a road house on the Brook
lyn shore of the bridge, heard the cry
of those in the water, and looking from
a window saw them struggling for
their lives. She picked up a carving
knife, ran into the back yard, cut ti
part of a clothes line, and then ran to
the shore. She threw one end of the
line into the water and tied the other
end to a pile. Four men climbed up
this rope and were saved by this girl's
determination. Her fatiier rescued
three men. His son Michael rescued
two.
The accident happened at a place no
torious as the scene of many disasters.
It is just outside of Lous' Island City,
at the southwestern corner of Calvary
cemetery, near where the accident oc
curred on the Long Island railroad last
August, when many lives were lost in
a- railroad collision.
The firm of Dear & Westbrook, of
No. 13ti Liberty 6treet, this city, were
the builders of the temporary bridge
and upon them may fall the blame, if
upon anyone, unless it is to be upon the
unfortunates themselves who were
plunged into the creek in the wreck. It
is true they had been warned not to
crowd in too gieat numbers upon rtie
structure, but no means were provided
to prevent them doing so. The struc
ture that collapsed was made of wood
and was built as a foot bridge for tie
use of pedestrians while the new iron
bridge is being built.
For. Four New States.
Washington, Jan. '5. The executive
committee of the republican national
coimittee adopted resolutions favoring
the admission into the union of Utah,
Arizona, New Mexicotnd Oklahoma.
Redwine (Jets Ml Years.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 15. Louis Red-
! wine, who was convicted in the United
States court for t niliezzlincr iiOS.UOJ
from the Gate City national l.uik, ww
to-day sentenced to six years' imprison
ment in the Ohio? penitentiary. ReS
wine made no statement other thn
that he had no money, not even enough
! to pay his lawyer's fees.
Srnt hark to China.
Chicago, Jan. 15. The bleached bones
of twenty-eight Chinese, temporarily
buried here, were packed in a tin box,
hermetically sealed, and shipped to the
fiowry kingdom.
A NEW COMPLICATION.
It Is Claimed That Willis Made Ilia de
mand Without Authority.
Washington, Jan. 15. The constitu
tional lawyers of the house have de
lected an interesting legal complica
tion in connection with the Ha
waiian situation which may re
sult in bringing in question the
authority of Minister Willis to
make a demand on President Dole
to retire. Up to December 18 last Pres
ident Cleveland and the executive
branch of the government were direct
ing the course of Hawaiian affairs.
But on that day Mr. Cleveland's mes
sage was sent to congress, stating that
he would turn over the subject to the
broader authority of congress and
would therea:ter cooperate in any just
solution which congress might propose.
The president's course in turning the
subject over to congress was undoubt
edly communicated to Minister Willis
at once with instructions for non-action.
No steamer left this country for
Hawaii until December 19. so that the
president's conclusion to leave the sub
ject with congress could not have
reached Minister Willis until Decem
ber 2t.
Under these circumstances there is a
hiatus of eight days from December 18
to 25, duriug which the authority of
Mr. Willis to act was most obs-cure. It
happened that the date on which Min
ister Willis made the demand on Presi
dent Dole to retire was December 19.
President Cleveland had already given
the subject "to the broader authority
of congress."
Under these circumstances the law
yers of congress are as'-cing as to the
authority of Minister Wiilis to act dur
ing the hiatus, and particularly as to
the validity of his action on December
19. after congress had received authori
ty tt) direct his actions.
Judge Culberson, chairman of the
judiciary committee and an authority
on legal questions, said that Minister
Willis was bound by early instructions
until he received notice that they were
changed. It made no difference, he
said, that tho president turned over the
subject to congress on December 18, as
this fact did not become known to Min
ister Willis until December 26, so that
Up to the latter date he had authority
to execute his early instructions.
LYNCHED.
An Ohio Slob's ILavenge on the Murderer
of an Aged Couple.
West Union, O., Jan. 15. Roscoe
Parker, a shiftless colored boy of Id
years, was lynched early Friday morn
ing for the murder four weeks ago of
Pit Rhine and his wife, an aged
couple living at West Union, who
were murdered in their cabin for
$10 all they had. A heavy club
and a butcher knife had been used.
The throats of the aged couple were
cut from car to car, and the murderer
had fearfully beaten the bodies with a
bludgeon. Roscoe Parker was exam
ined by the coroner and remanded to
jail, where he was reported to have
made several confessions. The people
gathered to lynch him, but the officers
took h;:n to Portsmouth jaiL Thurs
day Parker was brought to West Union
for a preliminary hearing, all taik of a
mob seemingly having died out.
The mob formed out of town in a
quiet and business-like way and the
members were, it is said, all good citi
zens aud taxpayers. Late at night,
having left a guard over the
vehicles that had brought tho
couutry people in, the mob moved
off like a regiment of soldiers.
Sheriff Duulap saw the masks and
lolted the doors of the jaiL The door
was beaten in and Parker, half-clad,
leaped to the top of the cell and fought
the mob back. He was quickly over
powered and was started for the wag
ons. The sheriff harangued the mob,
but to no purpose.
Quickly the procession drove to a
point near North Liberty. The party
formed in double rank and the mur
derer, with pinioned arms, was taken
out aud hurried to where a
long limb reached out over
au embankment. A rope was
fastened to the limb, passed about
l'arker's neck and then a score of
hands hauled away. Suddenly one
hand burst from its bonds anil seized
the rope above his head. He was quick
ly lowered, the arm refastened, and
again the body shot upward. A shot
was tired and soon a dozen pistols were
sending lead into the writhing body.
THE TIDE HAS TURNED.
ItradMtreet's EncouraKln: View ot the
liuslness Outlook.
New York, Jan. 15. Bradstreet'6
says:
special telegrams from leading trade centers
to iirudstreet's bring evidence not only of mudi
tbit is em-ouraginu regarding- the outlook but
tbat tte ikte bus actually turned. It appears
beyond question that ttiedeiiression in industrial
and conimrrcial lines has for some time been t
a low ebb, and tlinta movement in the direction
of an expansion of the volume of business has
appeared. The pendulum which swum in one
direction from M iy last year until 1881 sho-Ud
soon be seen swingiDC in the opposite direction,
and Bradstreet's points as evidence of tbat fact
to the increase of 34 per cent, in the production
of pi? iron within three months, to an excessof
deposits over payments at some of the largest
savings banks in the United States, and to re
sumption of work at industrial establishments
in all directions (even though with lower wages
and on shorter time) us contrasted with the
epidemic of shut-downs prevalent a month and
more ngo."
Dun's trade review notes a distinct
improvement in business, based on ac
tual increase in the product! n of in
dustries. Failures for the week have
been 474 in the United States, against
C66 last year, and 57 in Canada, against
20 last yeat
LIFE IN OKLAHOMA.
jl order Trial at Gnthrle Knded by Shoot
ing the Accused.
Guthrie, O T., Jan. 15. S. II. Fops,
a w ealthy citizen oi ibis territory, was
killed at It o'clock a. m. on the corner
of Division street and Harrison avenue
by one of the Derr brothers. Foss was
being tried lor the murder of Derr, Sr.. at
the time of the killing. Testimony
was then being introduced to prove
that Foss either committed the niur
der or hired snne nna to uo it. Young
Derr fired three shots from a breech
loading gun. A f ter emptying the gnu he
coolly reloaded and fired the third shell
straight in the face of his victim.
IIELD UP.
; Five Masked Men Attack: a Bur
j lington Train.
The Amount Stolen Is In Doubt On Ka
tlmate Flares It as Hlch as S30.000
and Another at Less
Than 9SO.
PASSENGERS NOT MOLESTED.
St. Joseph. Mo., Jan. li At 6:40
o'clock Wednesday evening the Bur
lington "Eli" passenger train, bound
for Chicago, was held up by five un
masked men. The express and mail
cars were robbed. The train was
pulling up a steep hill 2 miles
east of this city. Suddenly several
torpedoes cracked on the track and im
mediately afterwards a red lantern
was swung in front of the engineer.
The engineer quickly brought the train
to a stop. Theu the engine was board
ed by three unmasked men, who cov
ered the engineer and fireman with re
volvers. It was an old-fashioned robbery, but
it was successful in every detail. The
engineer and fireman were forced to
walk back in front of the robbers to the
door of the express car. Express Mes
senger G. B. Wetzel did not suspect there
were robbers outside and when he
heard the engineer calling he opened
the door. The two men were joined by
two more, also unmasetL Three of
the men stood outside to guard the fire
man and engineer, occasionally firing
shots to intimidate the passengers.
Two of the bandits entered the ex
press car, covered the messenger with
rilles and ordered him to open the safe.
He obeyed as promptly as he did when
told to open his car door. The men
dumped the contents of the safe into a
sack and ordering the messenger to
follow them left the car.
It is said that the amount obtained
in the express car was not large. But
as the train is a through one to Chi
cago it is believed that the robbers had
a good haul, notwithstanding the de
nials of the officials. W. H. Moselj, of
the Adams Express company, says he
has received a telegram from the ex
press messenger on the train stating
the exact amount secured by the rob
bers was only 547.
The five, accompanied by the en
gineer, fireman, and express messenger,
then went to the mail car. Two en
tered it and took possession of a couple
of registered pouches. The mail
clerk was kept quiet by being
covered with rifles. After secur
ing the parcels the bandits tired a few
more shots and jumping into bug
gies hitched near the track started for
the city. It is ruported that a regis
tered pouch was carried off by. the rob
bers. Other mail pouches were cut
open and rilled, and everything of value
in sight was taken. The passengers
were not disturbed.
All the trainmen think the robbers
were amateurs, as they were nervous
througiiout the affair and appeared
much excited. The hold-up was re
ported first from Easton, the first
station out of St. Joe, and a more ex
tended report was made to P. H. Iloula
han, superintendent of the Hannibal ot
St. Joseph railroad, tvith headquarters
at Brook field, who has offered a re
ward of J 100 for the arrest of each of
the robbers.
The railroad officers assert that the
men secured less than S50, but it is be
lieved that the safe in the express car
va well tilled and everything in it
was taken. Another autnority places
the amount at $30,000. The registered
pouches were also heavily loaded for
Chicago, but the amount they contained
cannot be learned.
EIGHT HURT IN A WRECK.
Freight and I'assencer Train Iterailed at
iirannell, la.
Grinnell, la., Jan. 12. An accom
modation freight and passenger train '
on the Rock Island road, east bound,
was derailed 2 miles east of here about
1 o'clock Wednesday, ten freight cars
and the caboose leaving the track.
The passenger coach in the rear re
mained on the track. The caboose
turned over on its side and caught fire,
severely burning and bruising eight
persons, as follows:
E. E. Lyday. cashier First national bank jf
Newton; Kev. P. J. Burke, parish priest, New
ton: Herman Maywald, farmer, Kellocg: E- N.
Goldt-n. farmer, Kellogg: George burnstine.
farmer, Malcomb; H. A. Granel. commercial
traveler, IJes Moines: L. M Frietcli, lommev
cil traveler; J. B. Young, brakeman. Kock
Island. liL
Lyday and Maywald were sent home,
and Rev. Father Burke will be taken
to the Catholic hospital at Des Moines. !
Four grain cars were burned and the
others badly wrecked. The Grinnell
fire department did good work at the
wreck. The others injured were
brought here and attended by physi-
STOLE $47,000.
A Philadelphia Hank Teller Confesses
and Goes to Jail.
Philadklphia, Jan. 13. Theodore F.
Baker, for twenty-eight years the pay
ing teller of the Consolidated national :
bank of this city, confessed to President
James F. Watson that during the last
twenty years he had stolen moie than '
$47,000. He was arrested and held in $15,
000 bail for trial in February. The man
who is his own accuser has had the
confidence of the bank officials for
many years, and his defalcation could
only be made possible by falsifying the
individual ledger accounts to which he
bad access. Baker went to jail, saying
that he was guilty and would make no
effort to procure bail.
M EXICAN VENDETTA.
Family Fend of Long Standing? Results la
Slaughter on liolh Sides.
St. Louis, Jan. 12. A special from
Saltillo, Mex., reports a bloody battle
at Cuantro Lios, the result of an
old feud between the Velasaco and
Penjora families. The heads of
the two families were killed
in the beginning. Since then three
Velasco and two Panjorasous have
been killed, leaving three on each side.
Tuesday the six men met, and a re
volver duel was fought, resulting in
the killing of two on each side and the
serio-s wounding of the others. i
BIG FAILURE IN 'FRISCO.
W. F. Beck Co., Assign with LiaUllitle"
of About S750,00.
San Francisco. Jan. 13. W. T. Beck
& Co., one of the largest commission
houses on the coast, with branch
houses in Chicago and New Yor have
assigned for the benefit of their cred
itors. The liabilities of the firm will
aggregate over f750,u00.
The failure was due to the praitical
collapse of the raisin market, thi low
prices of salmon and inability to dis
pose of large quantities of canned
froods which have accumulated ia the
firm's warehouses. The firm had made
heavy advances to farmers and
growers, and has been unable to sell
the fruit crops. Banks, which had be
fore given credit as high as f JOd.OOO,
refused to advance a dollar beyond the
limit of the securities which the firm
could offer. The firm recently lost S-J5,-000
through the embezzlement of a
trusted clerk, and this also aided to
precipitate the failure.
All bank claims are secured. The
Pacific Steam Whaling company holds
claims amounting to $J0,0u0. The
heaviest creditor is the Wells-Fargo
bauk, which holds claims amounting
to $104,000. Three other banks have
claims aggregating tS'2,000. The bulk
of the other claims are held by local
merchants and creditors in Honolu
and several interior counties in New
York. Mr. Beck says the individual
members of the firm will sacrifice their
personal property to make good the
losses and that creditors will be paid in
full.
The firm has branch establishments
in Chicago and New York, and agen
cies in every large city of the United
States, as well as in London, Mar
seilles and other European cities. It
also owns three salmon canneries
Puget sound.
NEW AMERICAN SOCIETY.
Only Native-Horn Citiiens .May Join !:
Order Organized at Lansing.
Lansing, Mich., Jan. 12. A new
der, known as the Ancient Order l"
Loyal Americans, has been form I
here. The members of the order are
required to take an oath not to divni:.'"!
the secrets of the order, to work
against monopolies and in favor of
the masses, to encourage a semi
military form of the order, to labor
against any foreign influence in the af
fairs of the nation, either political or
religious, to break down trusts and to
promote liberty. They want absolute
ly no interference by foreign powers in
anything, desire the government to is
sue enough money for the business
of the country, will demand postal
savings banks, want all unearned land
grants redeemed for actual settlers, the
reformation of all legislation, the ex
clusion of pauper labor and the guar
antee of equal rights to alL None but
native-born Americans can join. Jan
uary 22 is set as the day ou which the
order is to be instituted in ail the va
rious states of the union. An official
organ is to be issued first in Lansing
and then in Washington, and a
broad scale has been adopted. The
following are the officers of the grand
body: D. A. Reynolds, of Lausing,
Mich., grand commander; C. Vincent,
of Indianapolis, lnd., grand adjutant;
J. J. England, of Michigan, grand
quartermaster; Rev. Myron Reed, of
Denver, Col., grand chaplain; S. P.
riersol. of West Virginia, grand en
sign; W. C Bateraan, of Maine, grand
sentinel.
IN HIS OWN BEHALF.
It Is More Than Likely ban Coughlin
Will Testiry.
Chicago, Jan. 12. No episodes of re
mark occurred in the Coughlin trial
Wednesday. The crowd was smaller
than ou many days prior. Frank Scan
Ian, the last man who saw Dr. Cronin
alive, was on the stand most of the
day.
Assistant State's Attorney Bottura
expects to finish with the witnesses for
the prosecution in the Coughlin case on
Saturday. Daniel Coughlin will prob
ably go on the stand Monday morn
ing. An effort will be made to
establish an alibi for the big detec
tive. When the testimony of Mrs. Foy
was given the attorneys for the de
fense concluded that it would be advis
able to put Coughlin on the stand. The
introduction of new witnesses by the
state convinced the defense that it
would be necessary for the prisoner to
testify He will endeavor to strengthen
the evidence tending to prove an alibi
and give the lie to the testimony of
Mrs. Foy aud nearly all of the state's
is a matter of common report in
the courtroom that the defense will at
tack the stories of Mrs. Foy and Frank
Bardeen. They allege that Mrs. Foy
agreed to testify against Coughlin on
the promise that she would receive a
house and lot if the prisoner was de
clared guilty. It is said that Mrs. Foy
confidentially told a friend of this
agreement and that the defense has
three reputable witnesses to swear to it.
T I RED OF HAWA 1 1.
Cleveland Will Make No Further Attempt
to Assist the ueen.
Washington, Jan. 12. No further
steps will be taken by the executive
branch of ths government to carry out
the policy of restoring Queen Liliuoka
lanL Secretary Gresham is authority
for this statement. He said to a United
Press reporter that the settlement of
the whole Hawaiian question was in
the hands of congress and everything
that would aid it in arriving at a con
clusion would be submitted by the
president.
LOST BOTH LEGS.
Probably Fatal Acrldeut to Itennett, the
Famous Catcher.
Wellsville, Kan., Jan. 12. Charles
Bennett, the famous catcher of the
Boston baseball club, was run over
by a Santa Fe passenger train
at this place Wednesday night and
had both legs cut off. Ile was
on his way from Kansas City to
Williamsburg and got off at Wellsville
to speak to a friend. In getting on
again he slipped and fell under the
wheels. His left leg was cut off at the
ankle and the other at the knee. He ia
in the Santa Fe hospital here.