RUSSIA YS. ENGLAND.
THE LATTER APPEARS TO BE
LOSING HER GRIP.
Slav Influences Beginning to Predominate
la China to the Commercial Sorrow of
the Anglo-Saxons Recent SigniBcant
More on all Side L.1 Hang Chang In
DUfaTor.
Washington, Sept. 26. Reports to
officials and to the diplomatic repre
sentatives of Eastern countries indi
cate that the Slavonic, or Russian, in
fluence is becoming' dominant and that
the Anglo-Saxon, or English influence,
which has been hitherto uppermost in
the development of the East, is being
systematically and surely eliminated
from tht control of China and the
East. The advance of Russian and the
retirement of British influence has
come by almost imperceptible stages,
none of which has been sufficient in
itself to attract marked attention, but
all of them combined show that Russia
Is seeking- complete supremacy.
A striking illustration of the change
in Chini has come to the attention of
the officials here. An American who
recently arrived in Washington, after
being ii China for some time negoti
ating for the building of a railroad
witli American capital, found the Rus
sian influence so strong that he went
t the Russian ambassador at Pekin to
leara if the project would be viewed
with favor bv tne Russians. The am
bassador said: "Yes, Americans and
t ... : 1 1 v i i
.-i.ul trrituii id) :ui n ill uc ncicuiuc iu
the development of China, but British
capital is not wanted."' In the most
emphatic manner the ambassador
made known his -opinion that British
InflueiiCi in China was at an end and
that Russia had openly entered upon
her coure of controlling and develop
ing Chit-a.
In an indirect way the United States
has become involved in this evolution
of Chinese affairs. The present con
dition was- foreseen by Great Britain
before the Rosebery government went
out of oflice. Lord Ivimberly addressed
a note to this country suggesting joint
action in the settlement of the China
Japan war. It has since been dis
closed by British officials at Washing
ton that the purpose of Lord Kimber
ly was to cement English against Rus
sian influence. The United States de
clined Lord Kimberly's overture, and
a's a result Russia has" been left free to
execute her broad plan of bringing
the Eastern world under the influence
of the czar.
It appears also from an official re
port received here, dated the latter
part of August that Li Hung Chang is
arain in disfavor and that the leaders
of the ignorant native factions are
uppermost. The viceroy of Nankin is
the head of the opposition, and the re
ports reaching officials here show that
this Nankin viceroy is the new power
in China. A purely normal title of
"Imperial Chancellor' has been con
ferred upon Li, but It has no powers
or duties It has been found, how
.ever, that Li is the only man capable
T)f negotiating the new commercial
treaty with Japan and he has been
named for this duty. A serious hitch
has occurred on the treaty owing to
the Javanese demand that Japanese
courts snail have extraordinary juris
diction in Ch:na, while no such Chinese
courts are to be allowed in Japan.
Tliis is a humiliation which the
iiirese resent.
POSTOFFICE STATISTICS.
Facts of Interest In Regard to Western
Office The Cook Gang's Work.
Washington, Sept 2o. According
to the report of the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster general during the last fis
cal year Oklahoma had the greatest
increase in the number of postoffices
69, while the Indian territory's was
60. Nineteen states showed decreases,
with Kansas leading with the greatest
loss 53. Postoffices established dur
ing the year numbered: In Kansas,
40; in Missouri, 115; in Oklahoma, 96;
in the Territory, 7S. Postoffices dis
continued: In Kansas. 93; in Mis
souri, 55; m Oklahoma, 29; in the Ter
ritory. IF. Fourth-class postmasters
resigned: In Kansas, 316; in Missouri,
39o; in Oklahoma, 90; in the Territory,
103. Fourth-class postmasters re
moved: In Kansas, 78; in Missouri,
71; in Oklahoma, 10; in the Territory,
13. Fourth-class postmasters deceased:
In Kansas, 19; in Missouri, 23; in Ok
lahoma. 2; m the Territory, 7.
At the end of the postofSee year
Kansas had 1,701 postofficesf Missouri
2.725, Oklahoma 46a and the Indian
territory 419. These states lead the
Union: Pennsylvania, 4,9S0 offices;
New York, 3.C22; Ohio. 3.301; Virginia,
3.13S: North Carolina, 2,876 and Texas
2,730.
A peaceful year is looked for in the
postal service, the expectation being"
largely based on the favorable reports
Vrom the Indian territory. During
the year 1,561 postofflces, fifty-four
mail trains and 6tasres and sixty-nine
letter boxes were robbed, the work of
the Cook gan;r.
TO REFORM THE LORDS.
The London Chronicle Makes Public
Alleged Conservative Plans.
London, Sept. 28. The Daily
Chronicle, an organ of the Liberal
party, states to-day that the leaders
of the Conservative party intend to
make the house of lords an elective
body, either adopting the- principle
already -xistiog- in relation to Scot
tish peers sitting in the house of lords,
or having the house of commons elect
an upper chamber from the peerage.
It is a.so. according to the Chron
icle, intended to give the peers, the
right to forego the house of lords pre
rogatives and enter the house of com
mons. Lkavksworth, Ivan., Sept. 28.
Early yesterSay morning Daniel Mc
Connell, aged 24, was run over by a
Missouri Pacific freight train, four
miles below this city and fatally in
jured. It is supposed that he was ly
:ng on the track asleep.
Old Soldiers Favored.
Kingston, N. Y., Sept. 28. The
question of exemption from taxes of
the property of veteran soldiers in
this state, purchased with pension
money, has just been decided in the
VSirmitive by Judge Alton B. Parker
in special term.
IRISH WAR PLANS.
Foramtion of Military Companies Recom
mended to Strike When Opportune.
Chicago Sept. 25. The Irish conren
tion adopted the following:
Resolved, That this convention rec
ommends the formation of military
companies wherever practicable, in or
der to foster and preserve the military
spirit of the Irish race, and to be pre
pared for action in the hour of Eng
land's difficulty.
After the resolutions were disposed
of J. J. O'Connell of Chicago presented
the following as the report of the com
mittee on organization and ways and
means:
"The new movement" organization
shall be known by the style and title
of the Irish National Alliance.
It shall have for its object the secur
ing of the independence of Ireland by
any means within its power consistent
with the laws and usages of civilized
nations.
The qualifications for membership
shall be good moral character, birth
on Irish soil, or decent from Irish par
entage on paternal or maternal side,
or both, and the taking of the follow
ing pledge of honor: "1 hereby pledge
my word of honor to aid with every
means within my power in conformity
with the constitution and by-laws of
the Irish National Alliance, in secur
ing the independence of Ireland."
The election of officers of the newly
created Irish National Alliance was de
clared in order and resulted as follows:
President, William Lyman, New
York; vice president, O'Neill Ryan, St.
Louis; treasurer, R. V. Fitzpatrick,
Chicago; executive council, J. J. Don
ovan. Lowell, Mass.; Chris Gallagher,
Minne-ota; Martin Kelly, Tennessee;
Captain Mangan, Wisconsin; J. Shee
hy, San Fransisco: J. M. Kennedy, An
aconda, Mont.; Thomas J. Dundon,
Ohio; Thomas II. Greevy, Pennsylva
nia, and James Lawler. Texas.
The convention closed with the
singing of a new Irish song, composed
bv Mrs. Teresa Beatrice O'Hare of
Cleveland, Ohio, called "God Bless
Ireland," after which the delegates
arose and san,j "America" and "God
Bless Ireland."
CULBERSON IN EARNEST.
Governor of Texas Call the Legislature
in Session.
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. -. Governor
Culberson has issued a proclamation
calling a special session of the legisla
ture for October 1, that will be re
quired to pass a. law that will knock
the Corbet t-Fi.zsimmons fight into a
cocked hat. The governor issued the
proclamation last night after a lengthy
consultation with his cabinet. He
gave the press correspondent as the
reason for his action that in the pres
ent condition of the law, fight man
agers are liable to pull off the fight
while the courts are rowing over it:
that the chief justice of the court of
criminal appeals has ruled against the
state, and now there is a mandamus
case pending in the supreme court that
may go in an entirely different line,
thus raising u conflict between the
two highest courts in the state. In
order to settle all possible contention
he issued the call, convening the leg
islature next Tuesday in this city, and
sets forth the purpose of the call as
follows:
First To denounce prize fighting
and kindred practices in clear and un
ambiguous terms, and to prohibit the
same by appropriate pains and penal
ties, putting the law into immediate
operation, and making necessary pro
visions for its enforcement, so that the
proposed exhibition of this character
within this state may be prevented,
the undoubted will of the people upon
the subject respected and this affront
to the moral sense and enlightened
progress of Texas averted.
Second To consider and act upon
such other matters as may be present
ed, pursuant to section 4o, articles 3,
of the constitution.
SURPLUS IN TREASURY.
September Statement of Receipts and
Expenditures of the Government.
Washington. Sept. 28. For the sec
ond time in the last twelve months the
forthcoming monthly statement of the
receipts and expenditures of the gov
ernment for September will show an
excess of receipts over expenditures.
This surplus, which has now reached
$112,741, will probably be increased to
about 2,000,030 by the end of the
month, by which time the receipts are
expected to reach 820,250,000. The
only other exception to the deficit rule
during the year was in June last, when
the receipts exceeded the expenditures
by nearly 51,000,000.
The October figures, however, are
expected to show a deficit of about
55,000,000, as during that month the
pension and interest payments alone
will approxima te Sl7,000,003. The re
ceipts on account of customs have
shown a gratifying increase of late, as
have those from internal revenue
sources, although in a less degree.
Yesterday the treasury lost 550,000
in gold for export to Canada, leaving
the true amount of gold reserve at the
close of business 594,013,153.
To Lie Near Kit Carson.
Del Norte, CoL, Sept. 28. Ar
rangements have been completed
whereby the remains of the noted
scout and Indian fighter, Colonel
Albert Henry Pleiffer, are soon to be
removed from Del Norte, where they
were buried in 1880, to the National
cemetery at Santa Fe. the govern
ment bearing the expenses. The body
of Colonel Pleiffer will be interred by
the side of that of Kit Carson, at
Santa Fe, in compliance with a wish
expressed by Colonel Pleiffer just
prior to his death.
A Venerable Han Struck by a Train.
Atchison, Elan., Sept. 28. C. H.
Lee, aged 92, was struck by a Missouri
Pacific passenger train to-day and
fatally injured. He is Atchison's old
est, rilizen.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
At the Hinshaw murder trial in Dan
ville, Ind., front seats were sold for $2
each.
A meteor fell at Hot Springs, Ark.,
accompanied by a vivid flash of light
and a hissing noise.
FOR OPEN HOSTILITY.
IRISHMEN FOR WAR AGAINST
ENGLAND.
The Idea Now is to Free Krin by Force
Wrong of the Green Isle Set Forth
In a "Declaration of Principles" and
the .Bight to Use Arms for Redress of
Their Grievances Against Great Britain.
Irishmen Declare War.
Chicago, Sept. 27. The Irish-American
convention got down to real busi
ness to-day, the principal work being
the consideration of the platform sub
mitted by the committee on resolu
tions and the report of the committee
on ways and means for national or
ganization. O'Neill Rjan of St. Louis was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers when
he appeared to read the platform pro
posed. His powerful voice and the
silence of the delegates made a deep
impression as he proceeded to read,
under the title of a "Declaration of
Principles," the following:
"The people of Ireland are a sover
eign people. Ireland is by nature
separate from every other country,
and liberty is the birthright of her
people. Ireland was known through
out Europe as a nation long before the
dawn of Christianity and was the
home of civilization while England
was still barbarous. England's claims
to authority in Ireland originated in
force, and have been maintained by
corruption and coercion. They have
never ripened into a right to rule. The
title by conquest has never been per
fected inasmuch as the Irish people
continually by constitutional agitation
or revolutionary movements resisted
England's power and endeavored to
destroy her unlawful supremacy.
''Ireland is deprived of almost every
civil right, which the American people
most dearly cherish. Unexampled
cruelty and brutal vindictiveness have
been the distiuguishing features of
English rule in Ireland. England has
destroyed Ireland's industries and
ruiued her commerce; she has placed
upon her statute books laws making
it a crime to educate an Irish child;
she burned Ireland's schoolhouses and
destroj'ed her churches; she has
driven into exile or left to per
ish in her dungeons thousands of
men whose only crime was love of
Ireland. Every measure for the last
century looking towards legislative
independence of the Irish people has
either suffered defeat in the commons
or been arbitrarily rejected by the
lords. England has violated e ery
treaty and broken every pledge and
with almost every year of the century
she has imposed upon Ireland brutal
laws of coercion and one of the most
drastic character is now upon her
statute books. To the pleas of the
people for justice and their prayers for
mercy, England has responded with
the scourge and the scaffold, and yet
to-flny Ireland enthralled, but en
slaved, crushed but not conquered,
is in spirit a nation.
"It has become evident after many
years of earnest endeavor to obtain
a measure of independence from
the English government by peaceful
agitation that appeals to reason,
for justice, are futile. It is left,
therefore, for the men of the Irish
race to proclaim again the truth re
corded bv all history that the liberties
of the people and the independence
of a nation cannot be achieved by de
bate, but must be won upon the field
of battle and we declare our belief
that the men of Ireland who are being
driven into exile or intograves of serfs
in their native land by English mis
government are entitled by the laws
of God and man to use every means in
their power to drive from their coun
try the tyrant and usurper, and we be
lieve that Ireland has the right to
make England's difficulty her toppor
tunity and to use all possible means
to create that difficulty.
"In view of these facts, the mem
bers of this convention appeal with
confidence to their American fellow
citizens and all lovers of liberty to co
operate with them in aiding the people
of Ireland in the achievement of the
same measure of liberty enjoyed in
these United States."
Distinct from the "declaration of
principles," Chairman Ryan also sub
mitted resolutions protesting against
the continued incarceration in English
prisons of Irish patriots as inhuman
and against the policy of civilized na
tions, the men having acted only in
interest of their country and
human liberty: declaring sympathy for
the people of Cuba, who are struggling
for political independence aud the es
tablishment of a republic; and recog
nizing the importance to the Irish na
tion of preserving the language, liter
ature and music of the people; com
mending work now being done by the
Gaelic league and the National liter
ary society in Ireland, and by the
Gaelic societies of this country.
IMPORTANT TO IMPORTERS
New Regulation in Relation to Imme
diate Transportation Good.
Washington", Sept. 2 7. The officials
of the customs service have made an
important change in the regulations
governing what is known as "imme
diate transportation" goods. Under
the law goods intended for certain in
terior points of the United States may
be billed and sent to their destination
without examination at the port of
arrival. Under the new regulations
the importer may change the destina
tion of the goods from one interior
port to another on reaching the port
of arrival. This regulation gives the
importer the advantage of any favor
able change in the several markets of
the country.
REVENUE RECEIPTS.
Over SO Per Cent Decrease for Two
Months Compared With Last Tear.
Washington, Sept. 27. The month
ly statement prepared by the commis
sioner of internal revenue shows that
the total receipts of his office during
July and August of the present year
were 825.742,523. as against 851.525,404
during July and August. 1891. This
Is a decrease of S26.1 82,881. or over 50
per cent. The net decrease for the
single month of August was $14,203,-P50.
DEFENSE OF DURRANT.
The Prisoner's Side of the Case Outlined
by Counsel
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 2? The
defense in the Durrant case besran yes
terday with an opening statement
from Attorney Duprey. His intima
tion that the murder was committed
not by Durrant, but by Rev. John
George Gibson, pastor of Emanuel
church, made in a significant allusion
to the resemblance of the preacher's
handwriting with the lettering on the
paper enclosing Blanche Lamont's
ring, created a marked sensation. The
address "of Duprey began with defini
tions of the duties of a juror in capital
cases. He attacked the newspapers
for the articles written and published
concerning Durrant, and warned the
jury against improper deductions from
circumstantial evidence. Duprey then
said:
We will show that the marks noon
the belfry door are the marks of
a chisel and that the chisel was found
in the pastor's study in a tool box.
We will show you, as long as they have
introduced a paper here with letters
on it as compared with letters found
in Emanuel church that they are
letters written by Rev. John George
Gibson. If we are to act upon
suspicions we will show you that
there are others who have been cast
into suspicion and worse than the
defendant. We will show you that on
April 3 Durrant wore a dark suit of
clothes of blue cloth, while the wit
ness Vogel said that he had light
trousers. We will show that the eye
sight of Mrs. Leak and Mrs. trosset
are impared and that the reputation
of witness Quinlan Oppenheim and
Phillips for veracity is bad. If we can
prove what we have outlined now, we
should have the spirit of Blanche La
mont call upon you to realize the
truth and if her spirit could come
before you it would say: 'Let the de
fendant stand out, let him be free, for
he harmed me not. "Theodore Dur
rant is innocent: we stand for his life:
we demand his liberty."
A PRIEST INVOLVED.
A St. Joseph Girl Mysteriously Missing
Father Wagner Aerated.
St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 27. Maude
Steidel, the 16-year-old daughter of a
widow, has been missing since last
Sunday night, and the efforts of the
police and detectives to find her have
been in vain. The mother charges
Father Dominick Wagner, pastor of
St- Mary's Catholic church, with ab
ducting the girl, but has been unable
to secure enough evidence of his guilt
to obtain a warrant for his arrest.
The priest denies all knowledge of
the girl's whereabouts. He isa young
man of good appearance and address
and has been in the city during the
past six years. Befcre entering the
ministry he was a printer in Chicago.
Mrs Steidel says that the priest had
been paying her daughter attentions
during the past year, much against
her will. Neighbors and relatives of
the missing girl have threatened to
mob the priest unless he reveals the
girl's hiding place. It is said that
Father Wagner has fallen heir to a
fortune in Germany and intends to re
tire from the priesthood, and members
of his church profess to believe that
he intends to take the girl away with
him and raarrv her.
The Salina It f union.
Salina, Kan., Sept. 27. The second
day of the G. A. R. reunion was a great
success. Speeches were delivered in
the afternoon by Senator Peffer, Con
gressman Calderhead, Bernard Kellv
and others. Senator IV tier declared
it to be his belief that a service pen
-.ion bill would pass congress be"ort
his term of office closed. At night J.
R. Burton made a speech at the Sons
of Veterans meeting. Morrill and In
galls will be here Friday. State and
regimental reunions ore being held at
all hours.
Fifty Cent Gas.
Kansas City. Mo., Sept. 2?. The
Philadelphia Gas trust this morning
cut the price of its gas in Kansas City
to fifty cents a 1,03 cubic feet. This
is the biggest single cut ever made in
the price of gas in America. Gas has
gone lower in past gas wars elsewhere
but usually the cuts have been grad
ual. The now gas company expects to
furnish gas by December 15, and thv.
cut made by the old company is easily
accounted for.
The Tomato Crop Short.
Leavenworth. Kan., Sept. 2
Julius. S. Edwards, secretary-treasurer
of the Western Canned Goods
Packers' association, estimates that
the tot. ito crop in the most of the
Western states this year will not be
more than one-third of that of last
year. He predicts a sharp advance in
price before Januar3 1.
Valkyrie Will Stay Here.
New Youk, Sept. 17. Lord Dun
raven has ordered the Valkyrie III to
be made ready to spend the winter on
this tide of the Atlantic in order to
have her race again and, incidentally,
it is said, to silence those of his critics
who have asserted that he was afraid
to have his yacht meet the Defender
acain.
Atchison's Corn Jubilee.
Atchison, Kan., Sept 27. The larg
est crowd which ever assembled in
Atchison is here tc-day to attend the
corn carnivnL All the business houses
are profusely decorated with corn and
visitors are being elaborately enter
tained. It is believed that there will
be 5,000 visitors here when all the ex
cursion trains are in.
The
Krauco-Rusaian Alliance of
the
Greatest Import to Europe.
New York. Sept. 27. A special to
the Herald from Berlin says: The
Kreuz Zeitung declares that the
Fran co-Russian alliance has now be
come a political factor of the first im
portance. At any moment war, which
up to the present moment has been
avpided only by a miracle, may break
out.
The signal for hostilities will, how
ever, declares the paper, begin from
Paris, not St. Petersburg, where the
want of a firm hand in the government
is everywhere apparent.
A RASCALLY ROBBER.
POOR PEOPLE ARE MAINLY HIS
VICTIMS.
Treasarer Vice of the Home Aid Asssocl
ation. Kansas City, Skips Out with
Thousands In Kighteen Months 911 j
Ann .n. i j tn m i w w i . !
wv mm a u jiiiiii ui which ery jn-
tle Went Back All the Cash Carried
Off by the Rascal Was a Missouri
Corporation.
Gone With Thousands.
Kansas Citt, Sept. 25. Charles H.
Vice, treasurer of the Home Mutual
Aid association, which had offices in
the Temple block at Missouri avenue
and Walnut streets, has disappeared
and taken with him the books of the
association and thousands of dollars
which have been wrung from the pub
lic by false representations within the
past eighteen months. He left not a
dollar in the treasury with which to
pay the claims against the association.
All that he did leave was several bush
els of printed matter, a cheap desk
and a couple of chairs in a bare, un
carpeted room.
The Home Mutual Aid association
was incorporated under the laws of
Missouri, February 14, 1894. Its first
officers were Frank Sullivan of Ellin a,
Mo., president; M. D. Hollister, Kan
sas City, secretary; C. II. Vice of Edi
na, treasurer, and W. C. Hollister of
Edina, financier. It was incorporated as
a fraternal beneficial order. It insured
men and women between the ages of 14
and 65 years. An insurance policy for
$1,000 in the concern cost the insured S2
a month, and for that he got SI a day
during sickness, not exceeding ninety
days in any one year, and 51 a day
when temporaril3' disabled by acci
dent. If he was totally disabled he
got the full amount of his policy, or
the full amount was paid to his bene
ficiary at death. The benefits to
women members were as liberal as to
men.
Before the association was a year
old there was a change in oEJcers and
Colonel Adonis Anderson, an aged
justice of the peace of Mendon. Mo.,
because its president, J. F. Snow was
made vice president, T. J. Randolph
secretary.W.L. Griggs attorney and Dr.
C A. Ritter, supreme medical director.
Vice was always its treasurer. August
26 last there was another change in
the official staff. Anderson and Vice
continued as president and treas
urer, but L. Villeroy and William
West of Oklahoma were made re
spectively vice president and secretary
of the association. Villeroy and West
seem to have been innocent of the
condition and purposes of the associa
tion when they went into it. They
say they were and they have remained
here to face the consequences of Vice's
flight and to lay the matter before the
criminal prosecutor.
Vice is from Edina, Mo., where his
father is a farmer.
W. L. Griggs, who acted as attorney
for the association up to six weeks ago.
says he resigned because he discovered
that Vice was grabbing every dollar
he could get his hands on and paying
out nothing. Mr. Griggs is familiar
with the business of the concern since
it.s inception He says the association
had as high as 500 members at a
time and that in the eighteen months
since its incorporation Vice has taken
in Si 1,000 and pa id out SOOO in sick
claims. The association never paid a
death claim, although several have
been presented and there are two
death claims for S5O0 each now pend
ing. Claims against the association
for sick and accident benefits are com
ing in daily and ?S00 worth of them
have accumulated since the departure
of Vice.
TO INSURE GOOD SERVICE.
6maller Postofflces May Be Pat Under
the Civil Service.
Washington, Sept. 2o. Both the
postoffice department and civil service
commission are taking great interest
in the movement toward putting
fourth-class postmasters under . the
protection of the civil service laws. It
is probable that before the end of this
administration action will betaken.
There are over 65,000 fourth-class
postoffices in the country and the num
ber is constantly increasing. Of these
some 1-0,000 carry salaries of less than
50 per annum, and at least half are
in places where there is much greater
difficult' in finding a competent and
reliable person who is willing to serve
than in choosing between competitors.
It is obvious that there can be no
question of examination and certifica
tion by the usual civil service methods
in these offices. Several plans have
been suggested and a combination of
them will probably le adopted.
Cuban Sympathizers Rejoice.
Wilmington, DeL, Sept. 25.. As a
result of the acquittal of the alleged
filibusterers there was a large demon
stration of Cubans and Cuban sympa
thizers in the shape of a parade last
night There were 8,000 men in
the parade, who, with numerous bands
of music, marched throughout the city.
Lovers Not to Be Thwarted.
Glenwoop SruiNGS, Col., Sept. 25.
The youngest daughter of George S.
Meyers, the millionaire tobacco manu
facturer of St. Louis, and Graham E.
Babcock, son of General E. Babcock,
manager of the Hotel Coronado of Cor
onado. Col., eloped Sunday and were
married here.
Pardoned by the President.
Washington, Sept. 25. The presi
dent pardoned because of ill health,
L. A. McKnight, convicted in the In
dian territory of malicious mischief in
burning a stack of hay belonging to
the United States and sentenced March
13, 1p94, to ten years' imprisonment.
Shot His Wife and Himself-.
Dallas. Texas, Sept. 25. S. F. Wil
liams of Kansas City shot and seriously
injured his wife and then killed him
self last night. Mrs. Williams is so
seriousiy wounded as to be unable to
make a statement. The cause of the
trapredy is not known. The couple
were guests at a local hotel.
Lawrence Schools Closed.
La whence, Kan., Sept. 25. A joint
session of the board of health and the
board of education was held last night
and the schools were ordered closed on
account of the diphtheria epidemic.
COL. JONES KILLED.
The Noted Kanmtn Meets With a Vio
lent Death.
Iola, Kan., Sept. 2'j. Colonel W. C
Jones, the noted Democratic leader
and ex-United States marshal of Kan
sas, drove, this morning, to his farm,
about five miles from here, and had
paisexl through the gate into a wooded
pasture, when the spirited horse he
was driving became frightened and
ran away, throwing him against a tree
in such a way as to break one leg and
crush the skulL
Physicians were summoned as soon
as possible, but the injured man died
without showing any signs of con
sciousness. A young man who was
with him jumped from the cart and es
caped unhurt.
Colonel Jones came to Kansas City
in 1860, settling in Allen county. When
the war began be enlisted in the Tenth
Kansas regiment and was made cap
tain. Afterward he became major and
in that capacity he served until the
close of the war. Later he was made
lieutenant colonel of the Eighteenth
Kansas, a regiment organized to fight
Indians who had invaded Kansas and
were laying waste the country.
April 6, 1883, Colonel Jones was ap
pointed warden of the state peniten
tiary, in which position he continued
until April 1, 1885, when be resigned.
In 188 he was a delegate to the na
tional Democratic convention, which
nominated Grover Cleveland for Presi
dent the first term.
April 5, 1885, President Cleveland
appointed Colonel Jones United States
marshal for the district of Kansas
and he held the office until 1889. In
1890 he was chairman of the Demo
cratic state central committee and
managed the campaign of ex-Governor
Charles Robins n. He was chairman
again in 182, but that year his party
had no ticket in the ' field and his
duties were little more than nominal.
In 1892 Colonel Jones was again a
delegate to the national Democratic
convention and voted for Grover
Cleveland. Upon Mr. Cleveland's re
election he sought again to be United
States marshal, but Senator John Mar
tin favored Dr. S. F. Neeley for the
place, and Colonel Jones lost, although
W. C. Perry, who had been United
States attorney, and G. W. Click, who
had been pension agent during Mr.
Cleveland's first term secured their old
places.
Colonel Jones took this as an affront
and although he mixed with the Dem
ocrats as usual, when he happened to
be in Topeka he seldom visited the
capitol and had almost disappeared
from politics at the time of his death.
Colonel Jones owned a farm near
Iola, and his affairs are in pretty good:
condition, if properly managed. He
left a widow and three children. His
oldest, a son, he had just placed at the
state university. His second is a
daughter of 14 and his third a boy of
8 or 10.
While Colonel Jones was not an
adroit politician he was a successful
one when he sought office for himself
for he had a faculty of bringing strong
influences to bear whenever he want
ed their assistance. He "stood in"
with more powerful men who could
help him, and was successful in com
bining forces "pooling issues," he
called it. He missed the United States
marshalship in 1S9 simply because his
ambition was opposed by a United
States senator. If that influence had
been out of the vrav he would have
been successful, although he bad a
fig-ht at Home.
ALL, ABOUT POSTOFFICES.
Annual Report Just Out by Assistant Post
master General BlaxwelL
Washington, Sept. 25. The annual
report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Maxwell shows that the num
ber of postoffices in operation in the
United States on June SO, 1895, was
70.061. During the year 2,422 post
offices were establishes and 2,163 dis
continued. The total number of ap
pointments for the year was 13,142.
During the vear the greatest increase
in the number of postoffices was in Ok
lahoma, 69. Nineteen states show a
decrease in the number of postoffices.
the greatest loss occurring in Kansas,
53; South Carolina losing 44, and Iowa
and West Virginia, 38 each. Fifteen
other states show a loss of from 2 to
37 each.
During the year 59,545 complaints
affecting the ordinary mail were re
ceived; 31,849 referring- to letters, and
27,697 to packages. This shows an in
crease of 2,609 over last year.
Under the head of foreign cases the
report emphasizes the superiority of
the registry system of the United
States over that of most of the foreign
countries.
During the year there were 2,240 ar
rests for offenses against the postal
laws, of which number 175 were post
masters, forty assistant postmasters,
fifty clerks in postoffices, twelve rail
way postoffice clerks, thirty-seven
letter carriers, fifty-two mail carriers,
and twenty -eight were employe! in
minor positions in the postal service.
The concluding pages of the report
are devoted to a series of sketches of
important cases. General Maxwell
uses strong language in referring to
the escape of Killoran, Allen and Rus
sell from Ludlow street jail, New
York, their apprehension having been
a matter of great importance to the
depart ment.
Senator Baker Favors Cuba.
Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 25. In
a letter to the Chicago Tribune on the
Cuban question. Senator Baker said:
"From my standpoint, I believe that
our government should immediately
recognize Cuba as a belligerent nation.
Then she would have the right to law
fully buy arms and enter into com
mercial relations with us. I believe
the Cubans are entitled to their inde
pendence." uoNUh... rTJrTrcHEs.
London speculators seem to have
gone wild over the Kaffir gold fields.
Many Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
farmers are buying farms in Sedgwick
county, Kansas.
Prince Lobanoff has sent to the state
department a transcript of the Russian
anti-Semitic law
The president has appointed J. E.
Baker, son of the minister, secretary
to the Nicaraguan Legation.
Charles Heacock was sentenced to
one year in the pen for stealing a f 1.50
piece of bacon at Murphysboro.
