April I, 1897.
THK NEBRASKA 'NDEPENDKNT.
BIMPLE AT FIRST.
It U Foolish to Neglect Any Form of File.
Core Tbeiu at the Beginning.
Piles are simple in the beginning and
easily cored. They can be cured even in
the worst stages, without pain or loss
of blood, quickly, sorely and completely.
There is only one remedy that will do it
Pyramid Pile Cure.
It allays the inflamation immediately,
heals the irritated surface and with con
tinued treatment reduces the swelling
and puts the membranes into good,
ound healthy condition. The cure is
thorough and permaneut.
Here are some voluntary and unso
licited testimonials we bare lately re
ceived: Mrs. M. C. Hinkley, 601 Mississippi
St., Indianapolis, Ind., says. Have
been a sufferer from the pain and annoy
ance of piles for fifteen years, the Pyra
mid Pile Cure and Pyramid Pills gave
me immediate relief and in a short time
a complete cure.
Major Dean of Columbus, Ohio, says:
I wish to add to the number of certifi
cates as to the benefits derived from the
Pyramid Pile Cue. I suffered from Piles
for forty years and from itching piles for
twenty years and two boxes of the Pyra
mid Pile Cure have effectually cured me.
- Mont druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure
or will get it for you if you ask them to.
It is one dollar per package and is put
jp only by " the Pyramid Drug Co.,
Albion, Mich.
CHAMPION OFFICE HOLDERS.
. '
The State of Mississippi in the Control of
Eight Brothers.
- The familyjof McLauriusiu the state of
Mississippi are without doubt the cham
pions in the line of office holding in the
(jmted States. There are eight brothers,
sons of Lauglin McLaurin, who was born
in South Carolina in 1815. When a
young man he moved into the state of
Mississippi where he raised the famous
-eight brothers. They are of Scotch de
scent and all are large men weighing from
165 to 215 pounds. The oldest brother,
A. J., has been U. S. Senator, district at
torney, member of the legislature, mem
ber of the constitutional .convention,
presidential elector, and is now gover
nor of the state for a (our years term. A.
J. is next in age, has a good medical
practice, has been a member of the con
stitutional convention and superinten
dent of the Insane asylum.
J I. J., the smallest of the eight, is a
lawyer, was member of the constitutional
convention, member of the board of su
pervisors, is now state senator, and will
probably succeed General Catchings in
Congress. '
It. S. is serving his third term as U. S.
district attorney for the eighth district
in Mississippi, He is talked of "by his
friends" iu connection with the district
judgeship which is a position filled by
the governor. His brother is governor.
William was receiver of public moneys
during Cleveland's first term, was then
appointed cleric n the U.S. Land office.
iov. McLaurin has just appointed him
to be judge of the Ninth judicial district,
which position be is filling at present.
Walter is warden of the penitentiary,
elected by the board of prison control,
of which his brother tte governor is pres
dent. He served several terms as rail
road commissioner. It is said that lie
can call every inhabitant in his district
of twelve counties by their given names.
Wallace was receiver of public moneys
until Harrison appointed bis successor.
His brother, who was U. S. senator, ap
pointed him committee clerk at f 150,00
per month. At the expiration of bis
brother's term us U. S. senator, Wallace
was appointed to be mineral inspector
for the Coeur d'Aleneland district of Ida
ho at a salary of 10 per day and ex
penses. 1
Sidney Lee, the youngest of the Mc
La or ins, was a clerk in the treasury de
partment under President Cleveland and
has since served four years as a railroad
commissioner.
Little state business can be transacted
-except it go through the hands of the
McLaurins.
Nervousness and In
somnia! A PROMINENT FARMER OF KANSAS
FINDS A CURE.
From the Capital, St. John, Kansas,
- Hearing that J. II. Detwiler, a pros"
perous farmer who lives about three
miles east of St. John, Kansas, had been
using Dr. William's Pink Pills with mar
velous beneficial results, a reporter of the
Kansas City Star called upon him for an
interview regarding the matter. We
found Mr. Detwiler a tall and apparently
well preserved man of seventy years.
Upon our interrogating him upon his
use of Pink l'ills he gave us the follow
lowing, and with his entire consent to
its publication.
"I had been troubled for several years
with extreme nervousness. At first it
did not prevent me from attending to
my farm duties. About three years ago,
however, 1 bogan to grow rapidly worse,
then my night! became sleepless and 1
could uot sli"p two hours in an entire
night. I became terribly effected, too,
with indigestion. I became (thinned at
my condition mid consulted my physi
cian. One doctor told me the trouble
was insomnia, and I took his medicine
for that, but without rIM. Another
told 11 m it whs nervous proMi-tition, but
his medicine hail no more eff-ei than the
same nmount of water, pii'iilly, seeing
Dr. William' pink l'ills ndv. rtiseil, nud
noticing particularly the lininny 01 a
lTfcon w ho hint been cured by them of u
very similar diwue to mine, 1 deter
mined to try ibem. I railed un our
local drUKit, Mr. J. Stivers, and pro.
cured a supply. 1 begun tailing them
mid in a very li irt tints my nrrvuuvtiess
Mas fc severe. After i had glveu them
t thorough irlnl I found iiivseil entiruiy
cured. I ran now I if down at night anil
fo to sirvp illwul the slightest trouble,
urtlo-rtttore, the cure has riu
l.eut, and 1 ran recommend I'tuk I'ilts to
nil who re attliotml h 1 was, for thir
iUt raooot m found.
Dr. William' l ink IMU lor Puis 1W
pis srw to Slff a lo tbo public m au
tailing blood butldor and nerve rvtdurer,
curing Vt forms l weakae anting
Irtua a watery eott-litbn til the blood or
shattered m rr The pills am sold by
ail dealer, nr will be ht tHMt-pnnl i
rwetpl ui price, 50 real per bos or alt
boi lor IJ.fiik (ihy are never sold la
bulk orb the loot by addressing Dr.
Williams Modulus tympany, rVhueo
Udj , N Y.
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BISHOP M CABE
11
REPLIES TOCARSON FIGHT
CRITICISM.
HOT SHOT FOR THE DIVINE
The Kaasaa Lands a .Few Scorching
Breese of Sarcasm on the Noted
Churchman Thinks the Carson -Mill
Did Mot Suffer In Com
' parlson With Wlnfleld
M. E. Conference. s
Leavenworth, Kan., March 31.
The Leavenworth Times publishes the
following open letter from John J.
Ingalls to Bishop McCabe:
My Dear Bishop McCabe In a Kan
sas City paper which I bought at Trini
dad this morning, on my way home
from San Francisco, I find the follow
ing: !
At the Wlnfleld conference Bishop McCabe
rose to a question of personal privilege and
roasted John J. Ingalls for his report of the
prize fight. He said: "It Is a fitting sequel
to the career of the man who declared the
purification of politics an lrrldeucent dream
to find him sloughing off his senatorshlp to
go long enough to prostitute his glowing
rhetoric for the sporting readers of the
New York Journal What a contrast be
tween the calm dignity with which John J.
Ingalls held the restive members of the
upper house of congress within the bounds
of senatorial courtesy and his gentle efforts
to soothe the ruffian spirit of Mrs Fitzsim
mons when she shrieked to her husband,
'Kill the dirty puppy I' I am willing to leave
the acrobatic statesman am It such gentle
environments, but as an American citizen
I protest against the declaration that the
spectators at the brutal Otitic tournament
were average citizens of this Republic.
This statement is a He an Insult to Ameri
can citizenship and American manhood."
Not being a member of the Metho
dist church, I am at a loss to know
how the censure of any act of mine,
no matter how nefarious, could have
been properly a question of personal
privilege at the Winfleld conference;
but my respect for your high office and
for the great organization which you
represent, many of whose members
are my personal and political friends,
renders it appropriate that I should
not allow your comments to pass nn
noticed.
Your allusion to the ".Senatorship
toga" makes it proper that I should
say that I left the Senate involun
tarily six years ago, I did not
"plough" my toga as you intimate.
The Populists sloughed it for me, very
much against my inclination. I inef
fectually endeavored to resume it at
the recent election, but the people de
cided otherwise, and I am now a pri
vate citizen, without even the vague
and shadowy publicity that attends a
mfcn who is a prospective candidate for
office, for f realize that my political
career in Kansas is at an end. t
During the interval, I have been,
like yourself, working for my living.
Not having the gifts, faculties and
consecration requisite for a bishop,
being out of practice at the bar and
business being dull, I have been doing
odd jobs, on the lyceum platform and
for the press, i talk and write, as
you preach, for money, but my opin
ions, convictions and judgment are no
more for sale than yours.
From your allusions to my "glowing
rhetoric," and the alleged incidents at
the ring-side, it is evident that you
carefully read the accounts of the
"brutal fistic tournament" at Carson,
whether from the pulpit to your con
gregation, at the fire-side to your fam
ily, or in the seclusion of your study,
does not appear. To the unregenerate
mind it looks as immoral to read
about a disreputable transaction, as
to witness it and to write about
it. Your time and mine, I ad
mit, could have been more profitably
employed in meditating upon the male
dictions of Christ against the Phari
sees of his day; the canting hypocrites
of Palestine, and their lineal descend
ants in Kansas, who thanking God
they are not as other men, pay tithes
of anise, mint and cummin and omit
the weightier matters of law.
I went to Carson with authority to
write as much or as little as I pleased,
in any vein I saw fit, and my purpose
was to tell the truth about the en
counter, the audience and the moral
environments as it appeared to me.
Had I been requested to attend the
Winfleld conference and write my im
pressions of its proceedings, I should
have done so with equal composure,
had the compensation offered been
satisfactory, and no other occupation
prevented. Had I heard you distort
and misconstrue the language of a
man who had always treated
you with courtesy and spoken of
you willi respect; had I beard you
apply injurious epithets gratuitously
and without provocation to one who
had endeavored to endure adversity
with fortitude; had 1 heard you de
nounce as a lie a statement of whoso
truth you could personally know noth
ing, I should have said so" iu the same
spirit with which I described what
took pi nee at Cursoii; and 1 might also
have udited that Voti exhibited all the
characteristics of the gladiator, ex
cept his courage.
1 heard no such language at Carton
as is imputed to you at the Win Held
conference. It's only parallel U the
fictitious exclamation which you in-r-tirrvetly
ucrilie to the framied Mr,
t'ltftiuimou.
Thii etiquette of the prUe ring doe
not H-rmit a tuna to call another a l.ir,
or aiciio hini of I -t-iu if a "ii'ititut-.l
acrobat'' with Impunity. IVrh'ip you
ar tneorrvetly reMirtvL I li I
Should regret to be i ottiM Hi d to Ini-
lieve that t irMiii hit a higher ctc of
ethics than Intteld. or that a pugilist
ninv have better iiianiieri than a
bishop, Vrry truly your,
J 1. US J, hiiui.
To fte4 aa Agent to Cab
WAHMt, March. J I - I'retidrht
McKinley has definitely iWt.Ud to
send a ll rotioiiifU liter t tula.
The spevilto uttjwt of Mie stMclat eoiit
iuUl..itr vUil i t ub will t t Uke
lsr In the- tntenlod liitbsHit of
I he alleged murder if I nr. liuU, aa
American eiUin
COMEZ TO M'KINLEY.
Stirring Appeal of the Cabas General
to the President.
Chicago, March 31. The Eecord
says: C E. Crosby, whose letters to
the Record have appeared over the
signature "Don Carlos," joined the
army of General Gomez early in Feb
ruary, having made his way through
the Spanish lines after secretly com
municating' with the rebel governor
of the province of Santa Clara, and re
ceiving frcm him an armed escort to
the headquarters of the Cuban com
mander, lie was present at a number
of recent engagements, at which there
was hard fighting. A letter from the
Record's Havana correspondent, Crit
tenden Marriott, gives the information
that some of Mr. Crosby's correspond
ence has fallen into the hands of tha
Spaniards on its way through the"
lines, and 'the Spanish authorities have
been trying to seize him, descriptions
of his personal appearance having
been sent broadcast through the prov
ince of Santa Clira. ,
"Hlslastdispatch was received March
24, having been written in the camp
of General Gomez, near Arroyo Blanco,
where he is now reported to have been
killed. By the same courier doubtless
was sent the important letter of Gen
eral Maximo Gomez to President Mc
Kinley, published below.
"In the field, near Sanetl Espirltu,
March 1. 1897. The Hoa William Mc
Kinley, President of the United States
of America Sir: General Weyler has
arrived in this district of Sanctl Espir
ltu with a numerous army. He comes,
not to fight nor to oppose his strength
to the forces with which I defend these
parts, but as a sanguinary and cruel
general, who will avoid combat and
spread crime and desolation every
where. He comes to murder the peas
ants in the fields; to kill the children,
and to drive our prosecuted and out
raged women to the woods, leaving
their homes to bo burned, their hearths
violated and their gardens destroyed.
This is how General Weyler pacifies
Sancti Espiritu, or wherever he may
be. Then he authorizes those who ask
him for bread for their children and
alleviation for their miseries to go out
in to the country and to steal and de
stroy whatever they may find.
"With this permit me to send' you a
copy of a letter which I had the honor
to send yur predecessor in office, Mr.
Grover Cleveland. It Is the hope that
it may move you to sacred action that
induces me to take up my pen to trou
ble you."
"'Mr. Grover Cleveland, President of
the United States:
"'Sir: Permiftaman whoso soul is
torn within him bv the contemplation
of unutterable crimes, to raise his
voice to the supreme chief of a people
free, cultivated and powerful. Do not,
I beg, regard this action as an imop
portune act of officialism. You your
self authorized it when you conceded
to me a place in your last message to
Congress. Even more, 1 beg you, do
not regard it as a request for inter
vention in our affairs. We Cubans
have thrown ourselves into this war,
confident in our strength. The wis
dom of the American people should
alone decide what course of action you
should take. I will not speak of the
Cubans in arms. No, I raise my voice
only in the name of unarmed Ameri
cans, victims of a frightful cruelty. I
raise it in the name of weakness and
of innocence sacrificed, with forgetful
ness of the elementary principles of
humanity and the eternal maxims of
Christian morality sacrificed brutal
ity in the closing days of the nine
teenth century, at the very gates of
the nation which stands so high in
modern culture sacrificed there by
dreading European monarchy, which
has had the sad glory of setting forth
the horrors of the middle ages.
"The Spanish, unable to exercise
acts of sovereignty over the interior
of Cuba have forced the peasants to
concentrate in villages, where it is
hoped that misery will force them to
serve in the armies of a government
which they abhor. Not only are those
unfortunate ones forced to abandon
the only means by which they can live;
not only are they forced to die of
starvation, but they are branded as
decided supporters of our arms, and
against them, their wives and children,
hi directed a fearful and cruel perse
cution. Ought such facts to be toler
ated by a civilized people? Can human
powers, forgetting the fundamental
principles of Christiaa community,
permit these things to go on? Is it
possible that civilized people will con
sent to the sacrifice of unarmed and
defenseless men? Can the American
people view, with culpable indiffer
ence, the slow but complete extermin
ation of thousands of innocent Amer
icans? No, you have declared that
they cannot; that such acts of barbar
ity ought not to be permitted, nor tol
erated. We see the brilliant Initiative
you have taken in protesting strongly
nganst the killing of Europeans anil
Christians in Armenia and in China,
denouncing them with evidence of
heartfelt energy.
"'Knowing this, I, to-day, frankly
and legally opienl to you, ond declare
that 1 can not completely prevent the
acts of vandalism that I deplore. It
dues nut mi Mice that 1 protect the fam
ilies of Cubiin-i. who Join us, and that
my troops, following the example of
civilization, reieet and put at imme
diate liberty prisoner of war, cure
and restore the enemy's wounded and
prevent reprUata. It utill appear the
Siuiuiunli are ntiumdnhltt to tn furm of
persuasion that N not hscked up by
firc Ah, sir, the vicissitudes of
this cruel strutfkr'ivi have cnn.-. much
jiiiiii to the heart of an o'd and !
tnrnuiiittt Mii-r, bia in tli 1 11 has
made me MihVr so itiin h the
hurror Mhich I recite, unlets It It to
nw that y.114 remain iu-l.tfi-reiil to
then v to th Cqiauiuntjt that they
may trinr'e with u, and treat u as
theypleaw.bat that they must re
sHct the pcinV wipi.tUiui Utat they
tttu not iitrifc'o women r butcher
iniioeent chlMieu, a to patn that
murder in in l M.t, tlut cru l!r niut
eease, and put the stamp of ynwr
authority on whs! ymt ., thous
and of licarU will rail down i-trritsl
benediction tn yoar tueiiMwy. and
til, the supremely uM-rvtful, will see
In It tha ttl tuerttttrtoii nW of
yar entire life, t am tour hunt Me
servant, M. lio..
Ill
THE COURTS TO BE AP
.PEALED TO.
STARS" VS. "COMBINE"
Action Against the Bayman-Frohman
Syndicate 8na;(estet by the Trans
Mlaeoarl Decision and the
Stat Laws of Missouri
Arrnnsinf for the
Coming Battle.
New York, March 31. The courts
may soon be called upon to decide
whether the theatrical business is a
branch of commerce and, if the or
ganizing of dramatic and operatle at
tractions, the conduct of theaters and
contracts between companies and
theaters and sale of seats are declared
a branch of commerce, the famous
"Ilayman-Frohman combine" will not
only fall to pieces but some of the
greatest managers of America will be
subject to fine and imprisonment
Already the possibilities of the im
minent war between the "Dayman
combine" and "the stars" hare become
so serious that the combine may have
to drop Kansas City from its list, or go
to the expense of leasing all five thea
ters in that city and defending itself
there from prosecution under the anti
trust laws of Missouri.
A means of breaking up the great
trust Of theatrical managers and thea
ters, which has placed the American
stage under the ban of Al Dayman,
Charles Frohman,, Klaw & Erlanger,
Rich & Harris and Nixon & Zimmer
man, has been suggested by the recent
decision of the United States supreme
court upholding the Sherman anti
pool act of 18U0. While it is the policy of
all thoso now taking up and planning
war against the combine to deny their
doings it is known that the ramifica
tions of the anti-trust uprising ex
tend from 'ew York and the home
of Joseph Jefferson throughout the
country from Doston to San Francisco.
From the suggestion contained in
the wholesale demolition of railroad
trusts by the decision at Washington,
handed down on March 22, it has been
discovered that the laws of Missouri
are particularly hard on trusts and
combines. Hence the first offensive
movement maj not be in New York,
but may take place in Missouri, prob
ably at Kansas City, not under the
United States anti-trust law, but
tinder the laws of Missouri. The Mis
souri anti-trust law fixes a fine of from
8500 to 85.000 or one year in jail, and
gives the prosecutor one fifth of the
fine. 1
The question under the Missouri law
is whether the entering into a combine
to freeze out theatrical attractions
unless they pay a higher percentage
and the selling of seats at the theaters
to see the same constitutes a branch of
commerce.
The Sherman act is more definite,
however, and distinguished attorneys
say that it certainly includes the the
atrical business. v
This feature of the law is peculiarly
interesting because it is said that Miss
Lillian Russell who, with Delia Fox
and Jefferson De Angelis, are bitterly
opposed to the combine, are anxious to
retain ex-l'resident Cleveland as coun
sel to fight the case. If the eif-presi-dent
will consent he will undoubtedly
be retained as attorney for the allied
stars comprising, besides Russell, Fox
and De Angelis, the great Joseph Jef
ferson, Fanny Davenport, Ada lie h an,
Chauncey Olcott, E. S. Willard, Nat
Goodwin, Otis Skinner, Francis Wilson
and Frank Daniels.
In Philadelphia, Washington and
Baltimore, where the combine is su
preme, there are still available thea
ters, and a fight is now going on to
prevent the combine from getting
them. The combine finds that it must
get all the theaters at the principal
cities, hence the fate of the Cleveland
theater in Cleveland, the Grand in
Pittsburg, the Grand and Great North
ern in Chicago, the Pabst in Milwau
kee, the fourteenth Street in St. Louis
and the Auditorium and Ninth Street
in Kansas City are a source of interest.
The combine may have to cut loose
from Kansas City altogether, because
that city has more theaters to its pop
ulation than any other city, and the
expense of controlling five theaters
for the purpose of closing all but two
may leave Kansas City open to all
comers.
ranlitU In Mntana.
IIki.f.na, Mont, March 31. Secre
tary of the Senate John llloor has been
Indicted by the grand jury for falsify
ing the public records. Ills alleged
offense is the losing of a bill the night
the lust legislative session expired.
Ita'.l has been lived at 110,000. Martin
Duckley, nn ex-state representative,
was also Indicted upon the charge of
accepting bribery, which ho himself
had acknowledged at tht last session.
llrnt Murilorh Oat for (nuiriu.
TockKA, Kan., March 31. T. 11.
MnnliH-k. ev-htiile si-iiiLt .r from I'.ulUr
county, and brother to M. M. M unlock.
has started his Ikkhii fur Congresa
frmii tlia new 1'oiiMh ti,iktrr.kMi,iiii,l
district by announcing from Washing
ton that the HcpiiblUau leader of the
state now there want him to run If
the llutler county llepilbiicali are
I. '. lUfcer .
Sir Ijh i M. !r..h t l
CisiW, assistant uM-rintt-ii.U iit of the
western itmslon of the tf tteru I hlott
1el grsih foutpanr at IUiU, Tessa,
to.Uy sptMUtf4 lo nuvwij
Coioiiel I. (. l!iLer. luti tuiwrititon.
dent, m ho du-d suddenly a few day
aNo.
1le We fur l,Hh tttaS,
AllllXii Kan. March 1 1. I'll. lie
tlraltaw, a fed 71, ha Wen nUaH
lo Ihe, pvttttefttiary for tetv year
for I lilli. jHb lilttu, , a farot
kabd in ISftteutUtr last.
DUTIES TOO MICH.
Republican Congressmen of Maasaehn
setts AasaU the Tariff UUL.
Washington, March 31. In .he
house yesterday Mr., McCall, Repub
lican of Massachusetts, boldly ex
pressed the opinion that the duties In
the tariff bill were too high. He espe
cially mentioned wooL The Democrats
for hwith became very much inter
ested. '
"Are the duties on woolens manu
factured in New England too high?"
asked Mr. Hopkins, Republican, of Ill
inois. ,
Mr. McCall at first evaded a direct
reply; "but I do not hesitate to say,"
he continued, "that I think ihe duties
of this bill are higher than necessary
for the just purpose of protection."
"But about woolens, interposed Mr.
Hopkins; "I insist upon on answer to
my question."
"The duties in this bill are too
high," reiterated Mr. McCaiL Then,
turning defiantly to Mr. Hopkins, he
continued: "To reply categorically to
your question, I do not hesitate to say
I think these duties could be reduced
without detriment either to the wool
grower or the wool manufacturer."
Soon after Mr. Loverlng, Repub
lican, of Massachusetts, a large man
ufacturer, followed Mr. McCall's lead
and again aroused the plaudits of the
opposition by declaring that manufac
turers of New England did not want
the duties in the cotton and woolen
schedules in the bill, neither the com
pensatory nor the straight duties.
"We want a tariff law that will live
and stand," said he. "We do not want
to be strangled with free trade,
neither do we want to be smothered
with protection."
STILL THREATENING.
European Situation Seems as Warlike
Kver.
London, March 31. The special cor
respondent of the Times at Salonica
says that everything there indicates
that the situation is becoming more
and more critical Fifty thousand men
are now encamped around Elassona,
and there are 300 Krupp guns between
Elassona and A rta.
"Within a few days." says the corre
spondent, "Edhem Pasha, the Turkish
commander on the Greek frontier, will
have under his command 150,000 men,
which will constitute his army of sol
diers. Thirty torpedoes have been
laid across the bay from Cape Kara.
The large supply of ammunition here
and at Constantinople is being supple
mented by German consignments."
Kiltie People Drowned,
Pensacola, Fla,, March 31. A sloop
owned by John Constantino, from St.
Andrew's bay, with oysters for Pensa
cola, was caught in a squall off the bar
and sank in a few minutes. The crew
consisted of but two men, Constantino
and John Motes. There were also on
board Constantine's wife and five chil
dren and his wife's sister, the women
being sisters of Motes. All were lost
except Motes, who saved himself by
catching onto a hutch door which
floated off when the sloop went down.
Nebraska Bribery Inquiry.
Lincoln, Neb., March 31. A com
mittee of the senate yesterday began
to take testimony' in an investigation
of charges that a bill to permit open
gambling was passed through the sen
ate by means of boodle. The bill had
been sent to the house, but when the
charges were made, the senate re
called and killed it.
. Democratic Victory.
Danbcky, Conn., March 31. The
municipal election resulted in an over
whelming Democratic victory, not
withstanding that the city gave a ma
jority of 80 1 for McKinley last Novem
ber. Place for Joseph P. Smith.
Washington, March 3 .Joseph P.
Smith of Ohio was to-day appointed by
Secretary Sherman director of the
bureau of American 1 republics, vice
Clinton Furbish, resigned
Air Ship Seen at Omaha,
Omaha, Neb., March 31. The mys
terious airship was seen again last
night for the third time by a number
of Omaha's reputable citizens. It was
seen by people in all parts of the city.
For the Annexation of Hawaii.
Washington, March 31 Repre
sentative Spaulding of Michigan In
troduced a joint resolution providing
for the annexation of Hawaii to the
United States.
More Greek tlolus; Home.
New Yokk, .March 31 '-Two hun
dred Greeks are prepared to sail from
New York for home next Saturday to
enlist in King George's army.
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JUDGE DAY TO MAKE A
SPECIAL REPORT.
VISITS THE WHITE HOUSE.
Tha Caatoo Lawyer and Confldonttal
Frlead of Mr. McKinley Will Bo
oat to Watch tha Bala Oaee
ad Investigate tha General
Situation Minister De
Lome aat hermaa.
Washington, March 31. Judge Wil
liam E. Day of Canton, Ohio, the life
long friend of President McKinley,
was at the White house last night In
close consultation with tha President
in regard to the Cuban question. It
may be several days yet before ft de
cision will be reached, but It la known
that the President la considering the
advisability of having Judge Day go to
Havana as the legal representative of
the state department in the investiga
tion to be made of the alleged murder
in prison of Dr. Euia
Consul General Lee informed the
state department some time ago that
Spanish investigations as a rule were
mere farces, that he could not consent
to be present at that which la to look
into the death of Dr. Eulz, first, be
cause he had no confidence in it, and
secondly, because he was not, a law
yer. He suggested that .it might be
well to have one of the state depart
ment law officers present in Havana at
the time, especially in view of the fact
that he himself expected to be relieved
shortly.
This suggested the idea that the
representative sent there might at the
same time make a confidential report
on the situation in the island. There
is no one in which President McKinley
has such entire confidence as he re
poses in Judge Day. The present''
proposition is to have him go to Ha
vana as the representative of the state "
department at the Ruiz investigation
and improve the opportunity to look
over the field and make an un
prejudiced report of the situation.
Spanish Minister De Lome baa seen
Secretary Sherman very often of late,
and while no negotiations have been
carried on, has intimated that if the
insui gents would accept anything at
all short of independence, Spain would
be ready to meet them half way. In
view of this condition of affairs, it is
possible that Judge Day, if it is finally
decided to appoint him, may be in
trusted with the delicate mission of
finding out from the 1 insurgents
whether they would be willing to end
the war on the basis of a mete nomi
nal dependence on the mother country.
MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
Crevasse After Crevasse In the Levees
Thousands Homeless.
Gbeesviixk, Miss., March 31. It la
estimated that 3,000 families have been
driven from their homes by floods from
crevasses in the levees about here and
in Arkansas and the worst is yet to
come. No lives have been lost, but
there were many narrow escapes.
Hundreds of animals have perished
and thousands of people are destitute,
Ten thousand men are at work along
the levees, bat they are not successful
in their labors, as many breaks show.
Greenville, Rosedale, Stone ville,
Areola, and in fact all the delta towns
south of Ilosedale to Vicksburg will
undoubtedly be under water soon.
The greatest excitement prevails all
along the line. The Greeenvllle levees
are still holding, but are getting
mushy. Thousands of men line the
embankments north and south of here
and are working day and night Alt
business is suspended and the people
are fighting for their lives.
Greenville lies in the center of a
crescent, surrounded on two sides by
the river and is twelve feet below the
level of the embankments. Should
the huge ridge give way here the loss
of life and property will be enormous.
The levee at Mounds landing, twenty
miles north of here, has broken. It is
said that this break will fill Greenville
with water.
PLEA FOR BALD KNOBBERS.
Trial Judge llaubard Ask the Qoveraor
to I'ardon Two Coovlet.
M'liisoriKi.n, Mo., March 3!. W. D.
Hubbard, who tried the ISald Knob
bers, has written to Governor Mephens
asking fur a pardon for Amos Jones
and William Stanley, two liald Knob
her who in Ihh were, on a plea of
guilty, sentenced to twenty-one year
In tlie penitentiary for liie pnrt they
took in the trrecn-Kden murders in
1447 and for which John Mathews and
1 : 1 1 1 and Dave Walker were hanged In
oark.
Ibn President Mldlag I rbah.
WAamnorox, March SI. President
McKinley h decided upon horvbuk
rld'iiif a a form of exerelee, and v
WtiUv afternoon he rode out with
I in-ml MUes and Secretary Porter.
A I etfeeey fosnsHkMla trfMt-
W ttiiMti rot, March ll. Representa
tive llndtwol of Minneaota has Intru
dacet' a reflation dr I lanWln a4
eurrvttey e.iimtUl.i In line with the
reeonvmeadeitoat of Mr, MoKtaU.s
inaugural add roe,
NfeeoorU 4t 4 fcewlfc tftt.
W 4 aat "int uit, Mj.( March II,
i'orlr Johnson eoanly Ituakard (awl
lies Uft with their errVota on a special
Uala today fur IVU Uka, N, U,
where they have Uke tip lead. Tb
trip will iwupy a boat four dai