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IN A PlilSON CELL. JSruetus Wimn, a Noted Finan cier, in Jail. Arretted am Charges of Knibezzleraent mud t'urcery Involving tlie Huui of t'J.UUU-t'uuiiultled lu JJelault f UtS.OOV Hull. IS THE TOUB8. New Yoke, Feb. 23. Krastus Wiman, the v ell-known capitalist and railroad magnate, was arrested on a bench wiirrant Wednesday afternoon on two charges of forgery. He was brought into the judge's chambers in the gen eral sessions building at 6 o'clock and in default of 125,000 bail was committed to the tombs by Judge Martin. The arrest was made at the instance of Delaneey Niccl, formerly district attorney, who submitted a long state ment to District Attorney Fellows ac cusing Wiman of embezzlement and forgery. Thin statement was submitted with other evidence to the grand jury, which body immediately returned an indictment. A warrant was at once is sued and the arrest made. Two indictments were found against Mr. Wiman by the grand jury. They are for forging and uttering forged checks. Each indictment contains two counts. The total amount involved iu Mr. Wiman's alleged forgeries is $229, 000. The complaintant against him is It. G. Dun, president of the Mercantile Agency association of 814 li road way. The news that Kratstus Wiman had been arrested on a serious charge' fell like a thunderbolt on the multitude of people who heard the story ami no one apparently was more surprised than Mr. Wiman himself, Since sever ing his connection with the It. U. Dun ageucy Mr. Wiman hasoccupied a pleas antly furnished office in the Field build ing at 1 Broadway, lie was engaged jttt his desk Wednesday afternoon when XJeteetive Sergeants Reilly and Von Gerichteu walked in. They had a bench warrant for his arrest, which was already prepared w hen the grand jury an hour earlier had found two indictments against the ex king of Ktateu Island for forgery. De tective Keilly approached Mr. Wiman's desk and said: "You are under arrest." Wiman scarcely eveu glanced up. lie turned very pale ami mentioned the de tectives not to alarm the clerks. This was about S o'clock. Mr. Wiman wii asked to accompany the detectives to the district attorney's office. He put on his coat without a word and went with them. No sooner were they beyond the ears of the clerks than Mr. Wiman anxious ly inquired the specifications against liiiu and the mtture of the punishment attached to each. "Don't let this be made public,' he feaid, and then asked: "What is the petialty for forgery?" He was put iu a cell in one of the regular sections of the prison, ai.d later positively refused to see newspa per men. lieu. Tracy, his counsel, called at the tombs about 6 o'clock and was in consultation with his clieut for nearly an hour. One of the charges against Wiman is for forgery of an indorsement of E. W. ltulliiiger to a check for 5,000 wnich wan drawn to Bullinger's order by U. 11. Dun & Co. The other charge is for forging the indorsement of Ogden liiouer to a check, also drawn by It. G. Iun & Co., for $5,530. The checks were forged respectively on January 20, ud February r). The counts iu the indictments relate to forgery and the uttering of forged chocks which were drawn on the Sec ond national bank, where Wiman had bo accouut. The offense, is punishable with not mare than ten years for each of the indictments. The tiist intimation of any charges against Wiman was in the form of a letter received at the district attorney's office February 15. This letter, as given out, is said ta h&ve come from Mr. Dun's attorney, who is supposed to be ex-District Attorney Delanoy NicolL Tlo w itnesses who were brought before the grand jurj were It. D. Douglas, E. W. Bulliuger, Ogden Brower and the cashier of It. G. Dun fc Co. Mr. Wniiun was bora lu CauaJa fifty-nine years ago. He was Urst employed lu the cou losiutj room of the Toronto Globe, and after ward lucuoio the market reporter of the puier. lu ls51 he tillered the Toronto ageucy of luu & Uo, He proved himself so apt that he was boju promoted to be manager aud then w as broutw to the home office iu this city. The busiuess ktcw at a raarvolous rate, aud his iuvuic, it was estimated, gradually tucreaicd uutil it reaot.ed S5J.IH.O or S0-J.0OJ a year. lutcDsely a :u bilious to eara fame aud fortune Mr. Wlmau early weal into enterprises that ujade him a conspicuous ti. I jre lu the metrop-oli-t He retained bis Canadian ciiUensblp and was the founder of a couple of tele graph hues In Canada, a dlrec tor In the West ern U i on Telegraph company, and con cede J w ith scores of other enterprises. Mr. Wiman ia:ne to be known as the Luk4 of Statcu Island" because ot the great amount ot pro pert.) he controlled tjere, .Alter a time it became known he treading ou ttuu tinaucial Ice aud his power was soon ou tie wdCue. The amount in volved iu his tlnanciU failure has never teen OcUu.Uly seitled, beliijj estimated all the way from iibJ.UM to l,300.u0o. With his fam l.y Mr. Wyinau hits lived for years iu huuJsoine style at St. George, S. I. Us J-a his wife, his. family consists of two d-i-ibturs and thro sous. One of the sons was married a few years, ao to iliss Deere, the Oauh'erof the millionaire plow manufacturer of Illinois. His eldest daughter is the wife of J icob Cram, a wealthy society man, who is a cousin of LV-'k Commissioner J. Sergeant Ciaui of this city. Tie other daughter W Mrs. X, Tinas S. W.iiker. Jr., wiife of a stock broker of No. 70 U road way. For years the Wiman family has lt-d in the exclusive fashionable set lu Kichmoad county. Mr. Wiman earned ba greatest fbiae as an advocate of the annexa tion of Canadi. and the United States, and ho made many sieeehe.-i ou the subject. I Coiujf to I'tecea. Washington, Feb. 2S. Secretary Herbert has been advised that the) Jvearsarge has yielded to the pounding; t the heavy seas and is going to pieces. In this state of al?airs it is consoling to uavvi oilieer to learn that none of the guns which did such effective work in tho battle with the Alabama off Cher Oourjr were aboa-.-d the ship when she was cast on t he reef. 1-ailed. Matvoon, 111., Feb. 23. The Mason i lloncvoient Association of Central 1 lli su.'.s hu- faiitiL It has 11.'.Q1.3$ tc ly Ucla i-. 'ji Slt.o31.&. HISSED MR. BLAND. Members of the House Dislike the MU ouriau's Hitter Words. Washington, Feb 2fi. The members of the house under arrest were finally discharged from custody Friday by dispensing with further proceedings under the call. It required four hours to accomplish this and although the scenes of disorderly turbulence which characterized Thursday's proceedings were not repeated Friday the proceed ings were fully as interesting. After the arrested members had been discharged Mr. Illand returned to the bilver bill, but his motion failed again for lack of a quorum, lie lacked only two votes, however, and this is the high water mark. After 6ome preliminary skirmishing the speaker pro tern, declared the pend ing question to be the motion to dis charge Mr. Adams from the custody of the sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Reed called attention to the fact that the question had not been proper ly stated. It was to discharge Mr. Adams because the warrant under which he was arrested was unauthor ized. Mr. Springer attempted to inter pose an amendment, which had for its purpose the discharge of ull members under arrest, as the most expeditious way out of the tangle, but Mr. Heed demanded the previous question aud he was cut oif. The previous question was voted down i5 to 1S9. Mr. island then of fered as a substitute for Mr. Heed's mo tion a motion to discharge ull members arrested by authority of the resolution passed by the house on the l'.Hli insL Mr. Reed made the point of order that Mr. island's amendment was not ger mane, aud the point was argued at some length. Mr. island decided to withdraw his substitute and eon One it to the dis charge from custody of Mr. Adams. Ou this modification of his motion he demanded to be heard. He got the floor and delivered a scathing arraign ment of his side of the house. Mr. island's speech was sensational in its criticism of the disorder which reigned in the house on Thursday. He declared that the men who are ob structing legislation aud defying the house were anarchists and revolution ists. They were worse than the crimi nal who would throw dynamite bombs from the galleries. There were hisses at this statement which grew louder and culminated in the cries of "shame." Mr. island proceeded in his im passioned utterance. He said motioe raey had taken possession of the house. The litobism of anarchy was being given an object lesson. The anarchist w as being invited to pa rade the streets aud commit his deeds of violence. Mr. island proceeded w ith frequent characterization of those members who hail obstructed legisla tion as "anarchists," aud "revolution ists." Mr. island said that since the dead lock the suggestion that the speaker should count a quorum had beeu ad vanced on the democratic side of the house. Quorum counting.he maintained, was an invitation to absenteeism. It was an invitation to members to go fish ing and wandering up and down the earth, lie insisted that it was the duty of the house to keep members in their seats. The democratic party had a ma jority of eighty iu the house aud ought to do business. "I don't thiuk it is the duty of the gentleman from Missouri," interjected Mr. Dunn (dem., X. J.) "to lecture the democratic party." "If that is a lecture," retorted Mr. island, "the people will read it to the gentleman and every other man w ho is now obstructing busiuess to his heart's content. Democratic applause. While the opposition has a perfect right to break the quorum, what a spectacle we preseut to tho country, with eighty majority, risiug in our cougressioaal dignity and defying the authority of the house! We should proceed to do business or acknoweledge our incom petency. If we don't the people will read the riot act to us." Mr. lSiand then drifted into a discus sion of the merits of the silver seignior age bill, w hich was Wing opposed by a portion o f the democratic majority, in the course of which he was three times called to order by Mr. Cwuibs (dem., X. Y.). "1 thought the gentlemen ou this side," said Mr. island, "would realize that they could not atford to be revolu tionists ami auarchists. I say we should either do business or surrender." Republican applause aud shouts of: "Give it to tbeiu!" "It will be uo outrage for the people to rise up iu a mob aud cast us dovu, for we are exercisiug mobocracy here. If this is a bad bill vote it down. If you waut more debate we will give it to you, but to stay here aud not vote is simply political suicide." MILLIONS AWAIT GIBBS HEIRS. lh aud Mimir iu KuglAuti Left to the Family of That N.ime. Si'HiNUFiKLD, O., Feb. -0. John M. Gibbs, who died here Tuesday eveuing, received a letter a few days before his death from Montgomery E. llibbs, of Chicago, regarding the alleged fortune coming to the llibbs fam ily in Kuglaud. It includes the manor of Instoue, near llidde ford, Devonshire, valued at $5.00tf,000 and also money iu the Ha.uk of Eng land. As far as known there are 2"0 of the family in this country, Mrs. l"rof. A. E. Taylor, Mrs. A. D.'Ho-ss. Mrs. J. j H. Martin, aul John M. liibbs living lu this citv. NOTES OF LONDON. Ovkr six thousand people sleep in the open air in London nightly. Oxk London gas company alone uses two million tons of coal each 3-ear. i Oxk out of every seven of the inhab 1 itants of England and Wales is a Lon . doner. I The London Vegetarian society has ! a committee- of women to assist in pro- moting a knowledge of tho artistic I cookery of vegetables. I A Nkw Yokkek died in London re- cently of "too much fog." The coroner j found his death due to congestion of I Uie lungs, produced by the fo. BEDLAM IN THE HOUSE. How Wasbintrton'a Birthday Was Observed by Statesmen. The Session the Moat Disorderly of the Present Congress Protests Against Arrest Cause Much Confusion and Sensation. A HIGH OLD TIMK. Washington, Feb. 24. The Wash ington's birthday session of the house Thursday was marked by the most tur bulent and disorderly scenes. After the reading of the journal Mr. Pence (CoL). rising to a question of personal privilege, corrected newspaper state ments to the effect that members of the populist minority attended the democratic caucus on the 19th. Mr. Cummings (dem., N. V.) arose and in a most vigorous manner de nounced an attempt made to arrest him. He said: "Tills nioruln? at 11 o'clock while on the floor ot this house, I was approached by an us sistaut sergeanl-at-arin and informed that I was under arrest. 1 refused to acknowledge the service, and told him aud his bosses to try to arrest me at their peril I have been ou the floor of this house and day after day In my committee rooms three hours before the sergeant al arms has bren lu this cap iiol aud have tieen here for hours after he has left I ilemiui.ee this attempted arrest on Washington's birthday as unbridled tyranny. In the name of the American people I protest against holdln? a farcical session on this na tional holiday, aud, in honor of the memory of Ueorge Washington, 1 now move that this house adjourn." -' On a risitig vote the motion was lost; 102 to, 1'24. Mr. Cummings demanded the yeas and nays. The republicans and democratic opponents of the bill voted for adjournment, but it was lost. 117 to 140. Upon the announcement Mr. Heed suggested that the sergeaut-at-arms bring to the bar such members as were under arrest. "We ought to have the regular daily jail delivery," he added umid laughter. lSefore the sergeant-at-arms could bring the prisoners to the house bar Mr. .Sickles moved to adjourn. The sergeant-at-arms was called on to clear the aisles and restore order. Mr, Dockery ruled that the motion was not in order, but liually concluded to put it- Again the motion to adj urn was defeated 107 to 133. Mr. lSlair (rep., N. H.) asked unani mous consent that the clerk, in honor of the day, read to the house the fare well address of Washington. Mr. l'endleton objected. The chair then 6tated lite question to be upon Mr. island's do nun 1 for the previous question upon his lriotion to discharge Mr. Hulick from custody. As the house w asdividing Mr. Sickles (dem., N. Y. ) loudly called for recogni tion. "I am informed," said he, "that 1 am under arrest. 1 demand to know by what authority." The speaker pro tern, ordered Mr. Sickles to take his seat. Mr. Sickles declined to sit down. He said: "If I am under arrest I can bo no worse off if I am in contempt. I am under arrest now, sir, and iu custody of the sergeant-at-arms." All this time Mr. Sickles had been standing and theclamor that he should be heard grew so irresistible that he was reciguiied. "I urn informed by the sergeant-at-arms that I am under arrest. 1 desire to know if this is true. 1 ask that the report of the sergeant-at-arms le made now." After a wraugle the report was beard. "I demand a separate trial." said Mr. Sickles, after the reading of the report was concluded. A dozen members were clamoring for recognition. Others were pushing and crowding iu the aisle, not paying the slightest heed to the con tinuous gavel-pounding of the speaker pro tetu. - "This is the house of representa tives," shouted Mr. Dockery, "not a beer garden. The gentleman will have a separate trial as he desires, but the rules must be observed. The gentle mau will take his seat." It was theu decided to call the pri. oners iu their order. Mr. Adams (,1'a.) came forward, start ing the confusion afresh by saying: "I was absent in Pennsylvania exercising the highest right of citizenship, voting to elect a citizen to membership in thi house, and 1 am proud to say 1 helped roll up a republican majority of over lTtS.000." "I move the gentleman be discharged, said Mr. Keed. "aud that his name be stricken from the warrant." "No," interrupted Mr. Sickles loudly. "His name should not be stricken from the warraut. The warrant is null aud void. There are no names iu the war rant." This statement created a sensation. Mr. Dockery ordered the warrant to be read. The names of the absentees were not meutioued iu it. The !xcitemeut grew apace. Mem bers crowded about lieu. Sickles. The noise and eoufusion were deafening. "There ought to be some way of squelching him," shouted Mr. Mere dith, but Mr. Sickles stood firm. Mr. Springer insisted that Mr. Sickles should take his seat. During all this time Mr. Dockery had beeu counting the house and at this point he announced that the demand for the previous question had beeu car ried y 7 to 0. Order seemed to be' out of the ques tion aud iu the midst of the din Mr. island moved to adjourn. As Mr. island, the recognized leader of the fiifht, had made it, his supporters voted witli mm. It was carried Vvj to 101. and at 3:05 the house closed one of the most disorderly sessions of this con gress by adjournment. MllwsukrH tSanlc to Keuiue. Milwaukee, Feb. 24. It is now pret ty well settled that the Commercial ' bauk will resume. The date set is March I and the people behiud the movement are sanguine of carrying the project through. J. U. Flint will be made prcsideut of the bank aud A. 15. ' lieilfuss will agaiu become cashier in all probability. The capital stock will be at least $oto,000, a large amount of which is now subscribed. If the bank opens every dollar of the former stock will become valuable, and the indebt edness will thereby be tuado good doi- : lar for dollar. IN MURDERER'S ROW. Erastns Wiman Is Treated Like a Com mon Felon. New Yobk, Feb. 24. When the town Thui-sday morning read the startling headline telling of the arrest and im prisonment of Erastus Wiman they naturally expected to learn that by some means or another, which seem accessible to men of standing when nnder arrest, Mr. Wiman had been comfortably lodged by the warden during the night. The hock of the announcement o? his ar rest was therefore increased when it became known that like an ordi nary felon he had been locked up In a common celL Not a common cell, however. Mr. Wiman had been ERASTUS wiman. jriven the distinction of quarters in "murderers' row." Alone with his thoughts through the night, he had rested as best he might in cell No. 3 on the tier usually occupied by men convicted of murder or sentenced to be executed. Mr. Wiman refuses to be in terviewed. Warden John Fallon, who has charge of the tombs prison, stated Thursday morning that Mr. Wiman had passed a good night and was bearing up bravely under the circumstances. When asked why Mr. Wiman was placed inacell in "murderers' row." Warden Fallon said it was not for the purpose of subjecting him to any uucalled-for indignity, but it was absolutely necessary owing to the crowded condition of the prison. SIX MEN KILLED. Terrible Itesult of an Ki plosion In a Mine In New Meslco. Raton, N. M.. Feb. 24. At 9:30 Thursday morning a terrific explosion H-curred in the coal mines at lJloss burg, S miles southwest of heri, and soon a band of rescuers were at work to investigate the amount of damage, and. if possible, give succor to those within. Six bodies have been recov ered, aud it is believed that two Ital ians who are missing are in the mines and probably dead. Three others were injured by being burneJ, bruised or inhaling tire damp. From the best information obtain able it is probable the explosion was caused by gas in an entry being ig nite! by a miner's light. It is reported that Joseph Fatheringill, the tire in spector, had but a few minutes be fore the explosion notified William Graham, the pit boss, that this entry, which is 1 miles from the opening of the mine, was dangerous on accouut of being filled with gas. Whether the pit boss forgot to notify the miners or they went into the entry without his seeing them is not known. A coroner's jury has been impaneled and is taking evidence. Luckily only a few men were in the mines on account of It being a holiday or it is believed over a huudred would have perished. The lSlossburg coal mines have beeu operated the past thir teen years by the Atchison, Topeka fe Santa Fe company and are the largest in the territory. GROWS PLURALITY. lie lias ISO, 133. with Mm Counties to Hear Lruiu OUU-lally. 11111. adeli'uia, Feb. 24. Official re turns from all but niue of the sixty seven couuties in this state send Urow's UALUSUA A. GUOW. plurality to ISO, 1 33. This is a gain of 47,000 over the plurality given the re publican caudidate for state treasurer. It is believed the official figures from the nine missing counties will produce increases that will give Crow not less than 1S5.000 plurality. Want fciiHTluiouti Continue!. Washington, Feb. 24. The farmer of the country have become alarmed at the suggestion that congress will not make appropriations for continuing the work of the agricultural experi ment stations. To urge a continuation of government support for the stations and to combat tbe proposal to place them uuder the mauagemeu. of the de partment of agriculture, George J. IL l'.righam, of Delta, O. , addressed tbe house committee ou agriculture Thurs day. He pointed out the great advan tage to farmers of the work done. Death ot an Kcceutric Millionaire. luiLAtKl.lnt.v, Feb. 24. Lewis Wis-te-. oue of two eccentric brothers worth SS.OOi',000. died at Atlantic City. They allowed property worth 53, 000.000 iu the heart of Phila delphia to decay, refused to improve, vacate, sell or rent. They have never sold a foot of land and were re sisting the government for the posses sion of the site for the new mint and the city for the site selected for a new hijh school, tieing up So. 000,000 of pub lic money. They lived in squalor and gave thousands auuually to the poor through a cigar dealer whom they es tablished m business. t'1", a.VsS J f .V T ; it , s I f?? 7 ' VaW THEY MUST ANSWER. Indictments Returned In tbe Mich igan Election Fraud Cases. True Bills Found Aralnst the Secretary ot j Treasurer and Several Other Suspected Persons. INDICTED FOB FRAUD. Lansixg, Mich., Feb. 26. Indict-' ments were found by the grand jury ' Friday in the election frauds case against Attorney General Ellis, Sec retary of State Jochim, Treasurer llambitzer. Land Commissioner Ber- ' ry, and Clerks Warren, Pot ter and Iiussey. These indict ments had been prepared with great care during the last two weeks by ex-Justice Edward Cahill of the su- preme court, ex-Justice M. V. Mont gomery of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, Uichard A. Mont gomery and Russell C. P. Ostrander, of this city, counsel for the state, and are ironclad in every re specL They were made to cover all phases of the case, blanks being left for the insertion of the names of the persons indicted. The indictments found are author itatively reported to be as follows: First An lutfktmrnt charging Attorney Gen eral Adolphus A. Kllis with forgery In connec tion with the Gogebfc county return. Second An indictment against Secretary of State John W. Jochim, Statu Treasurer Joseph !'. llambitzer and Land Commissioner John O. llerry for making lalse public record of tho vote cast for the constitutional amendment of lt".a ' Third An indictment for the last-named offense agiinst Clerks Frank A. Potter and Ueorge H. Warren, who did the clerical work on the canvass. Fourth An indictment for conspiracy in con- 1 nection with the frauds of lbi3 against Ellis, Jochim, llambitzer, llerry. Potter, Warren. ex-Clerk Marcus Peterson, of the board of state ' auditors: County Clerk William May, of De troit; Sergeant-al-Arms George II. Bussey, and 13111 Clerk James G. Clark, of the senate. Fifth An information charging Kllis and May with the destruction of Wayne county records while they were In the custody of May in this citv. . The first witness examined Friday was Clerk Jackson, of the board of state auditors, who had been before the jury twice before He was detained . but a moment aud was followed by II. I). Wheaton, of the state department, U. L. Sumner, of the auditor general's office, and ex-Clerk Frank : A. Potter, who had charge of the ' canvass of 1S'J3. The latter was in the room but a short time aud made no confession. These witnesses completed their testimony before noon, and in the afternoon State Senator Joseph Weiss, of Detroit, was questioned as to his re lations to Sergeant-at-Arms Uussey and his knowledge of the latter's movements about the time the . Wayne county returns were falsified last spring. Weiss was also questioned about the conspiracy entered into by numerous state officers and clerics to carry the amendment of li'J'X The last wituess examined was Postmaster Healey, of Iron wood, who explained how he was induced by Attor ney lleneral Ellis to aiter the ISogebie returns of 1S01, and he acquitted himself so creditably that he escaped being indicted. As he several days ago conceded that he would be indicted he is the happiest man in Michigan. The examination of Healev was concluded at i o'clock, and the jury at once commenced itsdeliber- . t i- . : . 1 r . . i . atiou, men cuuuiiucu lor io uuui at the end of which time the work of signing the indictments was com menced. BOLD THIEF CAUGHT. Henry tiuy Fernald. Supposed to Have Kubbed a Friseo Pawnbroker. Arrested. Sax Francisco, Feb. 2X Henry Guy Fernald. alias Wentworth, who claimed to be the son of a wealthy llos ton banker when he came here from Chicago a few months ago, has finally come to grief. He was arrested in Los Angeles Thursday night, in company with a woman known as Mrs. llaruier and her son, Harry EarL The police here expect to prove that Fernald and Earl robbed Simon Jacobsou, the pawnbroker, last Saturday and made away with a trunk containing $1,000 in coin and pledged diamonds worth $11.0 JO. The Jacobsou family gave a party Friday night, and it appears that Fernald. who was known to the family as J. W. Spenee, aud Earl were among the guests. Feruald, Earl aud the woman , left the city the next day, all having : plenty of money, whereas they had previously beeu unable to pay their hotel bills. Diamond robberies have also occurred here in the St. Nicholas and Langham hotels, fashion able family houses, while Fernald and the woman were guests there. Fernald was ouce arrested for a big diamond robbery in Chicago. ; GIVEN TO THEIR STOCK 1 Illinois Fanners Are Feeding 'Wheat to Cattle ami llu:. Mascoutah. 111.. Feb. 26. The low price of wheat during the last few years has caused many farmers in this section of the state to hold their grain in the vain hope that prices would go ' higher in the course of time. Many farmers have thousands cf bushels of wheat stored awav in their granaries. With the prices lower than they have been in years and the prospects favor- ; able for another good crop the ensuing season farmers have generally given ; up hope of securing better prices for their wheat. Sorae farmers are haul ing wheat to the market for what it will bring, whil; others have deter- j mined to feed it t- stock. j MINSS AND MINING. J Tub deepest coal mine is in Belgium, j 4,542 feet. Dtst is responsible for many explo sions in coal mines. , The deepest silver mines in America are the Comstock, 2.7C0 feet. The deepest mining shaft is at Pri2 dram, in Bohemia. 3,2S0 feet deep. The South African gold mines are Increasing greatly in productiveness. Suicide is less prevalent amonj miners than any other class of people WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. It Is Appropriately Observed In 3Inny Cities. Chicago, Feb. 2-L Washington's birthday was appropriately observed in this city. All of the banks were closed. In the afternoon the Union Leagne club held its arnual Washing ton's birthday services in the Auditori um which was crowded. The oration was delivered by Gov. iMcKinley, of Ohio, and was a magnificent tribute to the character and services of the Father of His Country. At night the Union Leag-ue club gave a reception to Gov. McKinley at its club house. Toasts were responded to by Hon. John S. Wise, of Virginia; Justice David J. Brewer. Hon. Luther Laflin Mills and others. Patriotic serv ices were held in all of the city schools. New York, Feb. 24. Washington's birthday was celebrated in many formal but quiet ways. All the banks, exchanges, public buildings and busi ness ihouses were closed. At sunrise a company of Washington Conti nental guards, under command of Capt. John G. Norman, as sembled in Central park, near the historic old fort, and raised the stars and stripes. The volunteer firemen who "ran with the machine" almost a decade ago, paraded through the down town districts, preceded by a band and dragging behind them one of the old hand fire engines in use forty years ago. In the evening the Sons of the Revolu tion celebrated the occasion by a ban quet at Delmonico's. Washington. Feb. 24. The Associa tion of Daughters of the American Revolution began its third continental congress at the Church of Our Father in this city Thursday. The congress is presided over by Mrs. Adlai Stevenson, the president general of the societ-. Mrs. Stevenson, in a formal address of welcome, reviewed the patriotic work of the men of the revolution. To the Daughters of the American Revolution the greatest interest, Mrs. Stevenson said, centered ubojt "he woman's congress held duri'ig the world's fair. The increase and progress of the society had been most encouraging, the membership roll of 5,C34 showing an increase during the year of LSSo. distributed ever forty states and territories, with a few in Europe and Canada. In the evening there was an interest ing ceremony at the Church of Our Fa ther under the auspices of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. Hunt ington's portrait of the late Mrs. Har rison was unveiled for public inspec tion, the ceremonies attendant being imnressive and interesting. This pic ture is to be hung in the blue parlor of the president's house. The congress will be in session for three days. The present meeting will be memorable for many reasons. First of all, it is believed the final steps will be taken for the formal dedication of the Mary Washington monument, which is really the out growth of a movement begun by the Daughters of the Revolution. The date for the unveiling will probably be Mav 9 or 10, and all of the officers will go in a body to Fredericksburg to assist. Detroit," Mich., Feb. 24. All the prominent republicans of Michigan were in Detroit Thursday celebrating the ninth anniversary of the Michigan club. Wednesday night Gov. Rich re ceived visitors at the club and Thurs day afternoon Gen. Alger gave a recep tion at his residence. The annual ban quet took place at the Auditorium at night, flates were laid for TOO and 3.000 persons filled the galleries. Thomas W. Palmer, the tOEAtmaster, was intro duced by Gen. R. A. Alger. The ad dress of welcome was made by Gov. Rich. Senator Lodge, of Massachu setts, spoke ou "The American Sys tem;" ex-Minister Stevens on "Hawaii;"' Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, of New York, on "American Citizenship and the Sanctity of the Ballot;" and Sen ator Allison, of Iowa, on "The Past and Future of Silver." Cincinnati, Feb. 24. Flags were flying Thursday from all the public and many of the private fculldicgs. Appropriate exercises were held at the various schools. At niznt there were banquets by the old volun.eer firemen. Stamina Republican league and other minor organizations. The Salvation Army held special services. The only parade was by the Catholic Knights. All public departments were closed. FOUND MURDERED. Woman Supposed to Have Bern Rilled for Her Money in Kansas City. Kansas City. Mo.. Feb. 24. The dead body of Mrs. Diedrick Kensmaon, who raaie here from Chicago some weeks ago, and who mysteriously disappeared last Tues-lay. was found in a vacant house on Baltimore avenue Thursday afternoon by boys who went there to play. There were no marks of violence on the body, but it is supposed to be a case of murder, as there were evidences of a struggle in the room. The object ot the murder is believed to be robbery, as her watch and pocketbook are miss in?. Mr. and Mrs. Kecsrnann came here a short time ago from Chicago with the intention of locating in business. They had considerable money and this was cared for by Mrs. Kensmann. Since her disappearance last Tuesday, tht police have been searching for her. An Italian express driver who had once robbed Mr. Kensmann in Chicago and bad been seen skulking around the vicin ity of the Kensmanns on the afternoon of Mrs. Kensmanns disappearance is suspected. HARDIN IS CAPTURED. The Train Robbw Who Escaped Found HUtiu? In a llystark. Mesabd, I1L, Feb. 24. Joe Hardin, the Centraiia train rob ber who escaped, from the Chester penitentiary Monday, was caDtured 3 miles from here Thurs day. Ue was nearly dead from ex posure and hunger and was taken without trouble. Hardin was found by a farcser vbo. when feeding stock, ran his pitchfork into a hay stack and stuck it into the leg of Har- "N din. who was in hidinjr. He admitted his identity and was ta ;en charge of by Warden Baker, who was here on his trail.