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' .-.-I . THE 11ED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1890. 6 3i &XT11 J;. H'- ii ; ,. t MAXEY COBB IS DEAD HIS BODY FOUND IN A RA VINE NEAR THE PEN. Trennurer of I.iiitiiiMcr Count; Who llm lleen MIkdIiiK NIim o Moml.i) l.xxt- Throrj of .Ktih-hln Ornrriilly .Wrpteil Mnirl:iK to tliu County Riltl.flDtl. Lincoln-, Neb., April .1-Muxoy M Cobb, treasurer of Liiucuslcr county o found ilciitl in ii ilitcli Ity the sitU of the road not far from the pcnllcn tlary at 1 o'clock yestenliiy uftcrnoon, There wore no murks of violence upoi 1 1 In bod j. The. circumstances polnloi to suicide or ilcath by exposure. lie liad liccn missing since Monday uftcrnoon, and his frleudH thought lit had merely hidden himself to llnd re lief from his troubles, but Tuesday n quirt scutch was instituted. Wcdncs day tlio disappearance was-(omnion property, anil when word readied tin. city from the penitentiary that three university students had found the dead body of ii inun the shock was great, u every one who knew of the disappear nnee formed the conclusion that it was Muxey Cobb, and later the doubt win Hindi! a certainty when Sheriff Trom pen and Chief Meliek positively Idcntl lied the body as that of the missing county treasurer. The body was brought to the city and taken to Mr. Cobb's home at the request of Mrs. Cobb, who had been in formed a few minutes before of the (hiding of the body of her husband. Suicide by poison Is thought to have been the cause of Ills death, although the fact has not been fully established. Some think It may have been due to esposurc. For some time past Mr. Cobb has been extremely worried over his ac counts, which wen about S.'lti.iMio short. S'.'R.UOO of this amount was lost in the failure of the Lincoln Savings and Herman National banks which re cently failed. The balance was In slow cheeks. His bondsmen, it is said, will lose nothinir, as Mr. Cobb amply protected them when the trouble, llrst arose. The inquest was commenced last night, but as they couldn't conclude then the work was postponed until this morning. Mr. Cobb was a highly esteemed citl wii and had the entire confidence of histissociutcs, and his death, and tin; circumstances under which it occurcd, has cast a gloom over the whole city. FORTS AND STATE RIGHTS. Tue (Juration of I.lieii.r .liirlmllctlon Likely to Go lleforo tlin Court. Wahiiinuio.v, April 3. The ease of the post cxchithgo at Port Robinson, Nob., involving tlio icfusal of the mil itary authorities there, to permit the sheriff to enter the fort and ar rest the soldiers in charge of the "can teen" for disposing of beer without a license bus been brought to the atten tion of the. War department, but it In probable if the Statu authorities arc in earnest they will have to resort to the courts for support. According to the nrinv regulations, nil posts must take out i'uite.l Status licenses to conduct their canteens, but although no beer may bo Hold there, in prohibition states, the right of a statu tc compel the taking oat of a state license has not been admitted in cases where the military reservation is en tirely within the Jurisdiction of tliu general government. Tlio Fort ltohluson reservation was ceded to the. United States by the statu, with the reservation that the slaUi might servo civil processes nud also criminal processes growing out of crimes committed uutsido of the rescr vatiou. It was accepted by tho national government in 1.ST7. Two years later the state enacted a statute asserting ItB jurisdiction over the reservation for purposes of li censes, but thu War department has refused to accept this as binding, for to do so would amount to recog nizing the, right of a Statu to change the conditions of gift, under tho terms of which thu national govern ment had expended n large sum of money in improvements, without the consent of tho party to tho gift. It is likely that tho Supreme, court will eventually bo called upon to set tle this question of jurisdiction, for It In now expected to bo mado an issue in New York State as an outcome of tho enactment of the Haines liquor law. (lenurai linger has taken steps to secure, a judicial deJinltion of tho ctTcet of this new law on the army posts in the statu in view of tho fact that the largo license feu provided for would practically amount to a prohibition of the canteen in tlio state If it should bo hehl to lie properly in tho easo of United States liiilltcry reservations. l.lttlr, Clmiiru fur im ht:iten. Santa Fi:, N. M., April ::. (iovernnr Thornton, who has just returned from Washington, bays: "My impression is that there is no hope for tho New Mexico or any other statehood bill during this session of Congress. At llrst the Republicans decided to kill these bills in committee, but tliev dually concluded to report them to tho Houses in order to help tho dele gates in their campaign for re-election." Immigration Wry 1 1 envy. Washinoton, April 3, Immigra tion olllulals tiro somewhat disturbed at tho present enormous increase in immigration. During February the number of arrivals at New York ag gregated 1 1, H'S-i, an increase of about hixtv-IIvij pur cent ovur tho arrivals durfng February, lSW. New ork Aftor tho. Corel Trust. Al.liANV, N. Y., April 3. Tho antl coal trust bill allowing the attorney general to bilng action to prevent monopolies paused tho Sonuto by an iifllrmatlvu voto of 40, no one voting In tho negative. Tho bill had pre viously passed tho assembly. MR. ELKINSON THE ISSUE. t)nlnr 'Hint n Sound Miiiicj Itrpuhllciin U Nrn.nr.. Washington, April 3. Senatot F.lklns of West Virginia, said yester day that to win In the Presidential election tho Republicans must aland for sound money, lie acknowledged that AlcKinloy's strength was grow ing steadily, but declared that no man could count on being nominated until the ballot should be yfllelally declared, lie said that Mr. Harrison was perma nently out of tho ruce Mr." FJkius said that for tho first time the Republicans would take a predominating personality and con tinued: "McKinlcy to-day has a fol lowing almost, as "numerous as was ltlaluu's, nut MeKlnley's Is not per sonal. It comes to him because he is supposed to represent or typify tho conspicuous feature of the Republican politics protection. Whether cor rectly or not, the Republican masses turn to McKluley when thev talk of protection, and 1 regard his strength more as tv demonstration of the hold that that principle, has upon the peo ple than as u personal feeling for Me Kluluy, although the Ohio man has inude'hlnisclf popular by his cam paigning speeches and bis habit of seeing so many people. It is no disparagement of MeKlnley to say that lllalne tired tho popular heart as no other Republican ever did. Itlaliio had only to see a man once, shake him by the hand, say a few words to him, and the foundation was laid for a lire long friendship. It was his personality that attracted such men as I'helps and llolhart of New .1 rsey, Sam l'Yssendeiiof Connecticut, Oiufteo of Colorado, Sargent and F.stce of California, Cyrus Lolnud of K insas. Foraker of Ohio. Whltclaw Held, Kiuory Storrs, .1. S. Cl.trksou, lii' M'ltiley.Yiiney of Texas, lluek of lieorgla. Shipbuilder John Roach and 1'. C. Kerens of Missouri, Powell CJay ton of Arkansas, Cushmau Davis of M mio.snla utid scores of other eon V'litlou workers whom J could inline. What a hustling crowd they did make, too, in tlic old days. Some of them have passed away, others are out of politics and other still have drifted to new Idols. Through at least four national conventions these men stuck to gether with unflinching loyalty to the one man. Wo have no great individ uality in our politics to-day and, as you say, none will bo felt in tho St, Louis 'convention. i look for tho Home rather than the Senate to de velop a leader. Tlio House Is tho pi nee to strike tlio popular chord. There is more friction there than in the Senate, and hence grentur oppor tunity. Tho House gave us MeKlnley and Reed, tho two leaders in the Pres idential race. There Is some good leadership material there to-day. Taking tlio names as they occur, I should say Cousins of Iowa, Doliver of Iowa, Towne of Nebraslia. llarrett of .Massachusetts and Smith of Michi gan can be regarded as men capable of le.ider.sblo in thu future." AFTER A CAPITOL. Ilolil itlonipt Muilo to Wreck the Mlv Klsliil Statu HuUtllng. Iai'ICso.v, .Miss., April X At 10 o'clock last night, while Secretary of State Power was in his olllco at the capitol, he heard a noise outside, do ing to thu window ho saw several men digging at tho wall between the door and a window. His uppearauce fright ened away the men. Investigation showed that two pieces of stone, about, two fet square, had been removed from tlio wall. Had thu work gone on a little further a section of the wull 'about four by twenty feet would have fallen, thus wrecking tlio whole building. Strenuous efforts were made during the recent session of the legislature to provide for a new building, but noth ing was done In the mater, and it I thought some miscreants took this moans of securing immediate action. FRENCH POLICY UPHELD. Hoputles I'iiki a Itrnolutlon Acceptable to tho Minister Itnehr-fiirt'M Prediction. 1'aiiis, April :t Aficr a debate in tho Chamber of Deputies to-day on tho foreign policy of the government, a resolution which was acceptable to tho ministry was adopted by u vote of ai'.i to L'lii. In a letter to the Paris Herald, Henri Rochefort declares positively that Kuglantl will never evacuate Fgypt, but lias long beep preparing lo rcslnt European demands In that di rection, lie bonis that tho Soudanese pxpedltlon was a mere excuse to con tinue the occupation, but predicts that thu troops will meet with disaster in their attempt to subdue tho dervishes NEWS IN BRIEF. Tho House Indian cnmmltteo has completed tho bill for tho it-organization of Indian territory. Most all of thu Missouri delegation In the lower House are away from Washington looking after political I enees. Numerous petitions have been pre sented to tho Navy departiuontagalnst painting any vessels of tho navy green. Congressman Cobb has secured tho passage of a bill appropriating S'S.U'IO for purchasing a ritlo rangu for Jef ferson HarrneUs. No CIiik to Ihr Train ituliltrrn. Li iianon,Mo., April r The sheriffs posse has returned without finding tho slightest clue to the St. Louis fc San Francisco train robbers. Tho Wells Fargo .t Co's route ngent, T. H. ltrodway, accompanied by a detective are on the ground searching for a clue and, it is said, susp.'ct a man who lives about seven miles from hero. Prohibition rri-ihlriitlul Timber. l'lTtsiit nil, Pa,, April 3. Interest in the national Prohibitionists conven tion, by reason of tlio factional contest expected, continues to increase. Joshua Luvering of Marylund and ex Lieutenant Governor Metcalf of Rhode Island will bu tho leading candl- dates for pjsldent, representing the 'narrowguago ' wing of tho party C. K. llentley of Nebraska and R. S. Thompson of Ohio will bu the candi dates of tho "broadguage" platform. Colonel George W. Rain of Kentucky is helnrr mired as an Independent man, and tho contest Is expected to bo lively one. FOR MONROE DOCTRINE Mcilro' rrrshtrnt llrrlnre Himself Ii HIiiIii? Wont. City op Mkxico. April 3.- The most Important part of the President's mes! sage, delivered yesterday at tho open Ing of Congress, is an allusion to thtf Anglo- Venezuelan controversy and President Cleveland's message to Con gress. This part of the Mexican Pros dent's message is. in brief, as follows: "With our northern nclghbois our Intercourse is of tliu same friendly and cordial character as our diplomatic and other relations have been for some years past. Nnturally, evocation of that doctrine which condemns all at tempts at Kuropeun usurpation mid all tendencies to modify republican Institutions of the new world In a monarchical direction u roused great enthusiasm among free nations of this eout incut and gave occasion for dem onstrations of sympathy, both popular and governmental. "Tho Mexican government cannot but declare its partiality upon tho part, of the monarchies of Huropc against tho republics of America, against tho independent nations of this continent, now all subject to in dependent forms of government- The whole of our history, and especially the struggle of our people to shako off the yoke of a foreign empire which is Kuroncan both in its origin, fut lit and resources, and torrents of bloodshed In that struggle, are snfllciunt testi mony to the world of our love of in dependence mid our abhorrence of all outside interference. It lsour opinion that to the I'nited States, because of the immensity of its resources, be longs the obligation of assisting other republics of tho hemis phere against the attacks of F.u rope, if such attacks are still to be considered as possible, but for the attainment of an end to which wo all aspire, each one of those republics ought, by means of a declaration like that of President Monroe, proclaim that every attack on the part of a for eign power with n view of curtailing territory or in lopendcnce, or nlterlng institutions of uny one of the repub lics of America, would bo considered by the nation making such declaration as an attack upon Itself, provided the nation directly nttacked or threatened in that manner bespoke the aid of other nations opportunely. "In this manner the doctrine now called by the name of Monroe would become "the doctrine of America in tlic fullest sense of the word, and, although originating in the United States, would be the international law of this continent. As to thu means to reduce this idea to practice, this is not the place or time to discuss them." INDIAN TERRITORY. The CoinpromWo Hill to Ho Itepnrtcil tu the Holme. It Fcaturm. Wasiiinoiov, April !!. Tlie House Indian affairs committee at its meet ing to-day discussed the Indian Terri tory bill prepared by thu sub-corn-inittco and after nmeuding it In minor dutnlls, agreed to report it. Mr. Curtis of Kansas will inako the. report to morrow. As the measure now stands, It pro vides for a reorganization of the gov ernment of the Indian Territory in a way apparently satisfactory and for the re-survey of tho lands iti tho Ter ritory with a view to allotment!) in severalty after a complete roll of tho Indians shall have been made. Tho frcedincii of the Territory aro to bo listed in a roll, the Dawes commission being entrusted with thu task of os curtaining their status, and reporting at the next session of Congress. Tho bill excludes from the allotment town sites and mineral lauds. Townsltes are to be leased at an annual rental, the preferenco to bo given to thosu who have already madu improve ments. Tho money derived from tills sourco is to bo paid into the treasury for tho benefit of the red men. Indian courts are not to have criminal jurisdiction. that beine vested In the Federal courts, hand matters urc also to bo under tho juris diction of government courts. Sec tions give scope in the territory to the Arkansas laws against bribery and corruption. As It stands, the bill is in the nature of a compromise. It is tho measure, prepared by Mr. Curtis amended in suveral sections. Resides tho provi sions enumerated, tho Secretary of the Interior is directed to arrange thu ninnner of leasing tho coal, miueral utid timber lands. BOERS OFFER AID. Tlio Trmixvanl Oowrnninnt ttr-uily to Help In Tuttlnc lion n tho MnthIei. I.cnpon, April 3. Tho Transvaal government has telegraphed to Mon tague White, its consul general in London, that if Great ltrltain desires assistance in the protection of the wo men and children in Matnbeluland'tho Transvaal government is willing to allow the burghers to go there for that purpose. SAi.isnuuv, Matabeleland, April -. Cecil Rhodes, with Kit) volunteers, Is proceeding to tlwelo and I uluwayo. lie has expressed thu opinion that Ithodesla is eapablo of coping with tho revolt of the Mutnbeles. Women Nanio n City Ticket. OhATiiK, Kan., April :). The women of Spilng Hill, a town of MX) popula tion, have nominated n straight woman's ticket by petition and expect to govern municipal affairs of that place during the next year. The tick et is as follows: For mayor, Mrs, Louisa IIoldn.Mi; police judge, Mrs. Laura Anderson; couneilinen, Mrs. Addle Snyder, Mrs Laura Rutier.Mrs. alamo liotiiusou, .Mrs. isira union una Mrs. Dora Rudy. Htnhtiril With n I bit I'lu In Court New Yoitu, April 3. Rosin Williams nud Mary Stein wet o arrested for fight ing in thu streets and when Magis trate Crane in formed tho former that she would be held, Rosin drew u large hat pin and stabbed Mary four times in the head. Although badly Incur- uted, the Stein woman will probably live. (lotoriior lluchrs Olvt-t In. Piioknix, Ariz., April 3 Governor Hughes has turned over to Secretary Hmco thu executivo otlice of the ten-l u tory, reserving, however, any rights I Uliy have In the premises. J. f. CARLISLE'S DOOM ABOUT READY TO HIS DEBUT. MAKE UmlMy lo !lic It Out- I'ormut De-duration lli-fori- Lone rrouilM-il--'lh ullil .Support of Kt'iittti hy lliimurjt'. Coitiilril on stoiu-tin l.loiKfi llchliiil Hull k Itoom. WAfttiiNOToK, April -I It is author itatively nnuounced that Secretary Carlisle will soon announce his candi dacy for tho Picsiilency. During the past few week's he bus received num erous letters asking for a positive de claration and it Is probable that thu announcement may come in the form of a inply to one of these letters. Again, it has been suggested that the announcement bo made through the medium of an interview with Senator Lindsay, who is the Secretary's warm personal friend anil supporter. Hut in one form or tin; other it is said to be certain that the announcement is soon to be made Mr. Carlisle's supporter among the Kentucky Democrats talk in the most confident strain inspecting the action to bo taken by tlio Kentucky state convention, which will meet to send delegates to i hlcago. They assert without qualification that tin sound money men will control it, and not only instruct for Mr. Cnrlisle for President, but indorse the adminis tration out and out. They declare themselves to bo absolutely assured of this, and some of them goto tho ex tent of predicting that Mr. ltlac-kbtirn will not appear on the scene Sonators llronston and (lobel. who figured so prominently in the legis lative fight as Mr Itlackburn's man agers have recently declared for Mr. '"arlislo for President, and Senator llronston wishes to go as a delegate at largo to Chicago to work in the Secre tary's behalf. MORTON'S CHANCES. tlrpovr riRiirci It Out Tlmt ihr .Ncxr Vork AHplr.int May I5r Niinicd. San Fhancisco, April 4 In discuss ing the chances of tho candidates for the Republican Presidential nomina tion, Chauucey M. Depew, who ar rived In this city last night, in com pany with Cornelius Vauderbllt, said: "There are only four men whoso chances at St- Louis are worth speak ing about. MeKlnley stands easily In the lead, with Reed, Allison and .Mor ton ranging in the order named. Mor ton stands, perhaps, an even chance with Allison, as he starts in with seventy-two of the State delegation. We of New York, mindful of thu past, think Morton stands a very good show. Presidents, as a rule, are not made out of early favorites. These aro all good men aud the country can be safely trusted to any of them." Me Klnley will go to tho convention with n clear lead. Tho only way he can be defeated is by the Held combining against him. The fluid will combine aud this becomes the strong force. The question then arises as to tho name of the man upon whom it can be brought to unite. New orlc is a pivotal state. Morion has created no strong animosities. For these reasons wo believe ho will be considered the most available man. No, 1 do not think Harrison will figure. I do not think he wants it. He has said so so positively that there can bo no doubt. I am for Morton, to bu sure. It is very likely that I shall nominate him at(St. Louis unless some other son of New York shall think he can do it better." BOIES FOR PRESIDENT. Imran' Clnlins as l.caJer Itclnc Advo cated by MUaourl 1'ren Mlwrlten. Wahiiinoto.v, April 1 Information has been received here that Governor Stono of Missouri and his free silver associates have persuaded ox-Covi r nor Holes of Iowa to allow his name to be presuntcd to tlio Chicago conven tion as the candidate of the If! to 1 fac tion. Governor lioies at llrst declined but since then nueh representations have been made to him as have induced him to reconsider his declination. Ho has been promised by Stone aud Jones the solid Missouri delegation, and lias been urged to put his friends in Jowa to woru in oroer to insure u M to 1 delegation from that State. BERNHARDT FAINTED. Ovcrrninn llecmmo of Kxcrtloin In Try ing to MuUo llmrnport Appluui). Hoston, April 4. Yesterday after noon Fanny Davenppart gave no per formance herself, but went to the Tremont theater to see -Mine. Hern hardt and sut in a box close to the htago. Hcriihnrdt was aware of her rival's presence nnd outdid herself. In consequence of her afternoon ex ertions, at the close of the third act of tho evening performance the uiudtim fainted and the curtain was rung down just before she finished her lines. It is said that tho cause of Horn hardt's indispoiitiou was her iuubillty to affect Davenport sulliciuutly to maku tho latter applaud. Ni"v IhiRlamt Motlmillsti for Wmnnn, Ka i.i. Uivkii, Mass., Apiil 1. Tho Southern New Hngland Metliodlst conference gave an emphatic itidorsc niunt yesterday to tnu plan of admit ting women as lay delegates. The proposition to be submitted lo tho general conference In Cleveland next May, that all delegates bu mile, was voted down 101 to d. A substitute proposition that, two la,- delegates from the conferencu bo either main or female was Introduced and pm-scil 71 to 3.. Frcn he-l for thu Mitnincn. Wapiiinctin, April 4 The Agricul tural department has sent to all sen ators and representatives notices that the quota of each onu in this year's distribution of government seeds w.lt lie l.'i.ouu packets of vegetable seeds in packages containing II (teen nssorted varieties and 1.IC0 packets of flower B.'cds In 5s0 packages of five packets each. Tho allotments fn- tho Somh em sonators and metubor.i will bo dis tributed llrst owing to the advanced bcason. The Mtirrny-Elllott election contest from South Carolina has beun decldei' In favor of Klllott. tho Dumom-at. PENSION BILLS AND CUBA Th House tlnotrv Ituflf to the Two Sub- J i to tliillerli-N Cromlril. Washington. April s. Tlicgullerici of the House were well iillcd to-doy in anticipation of a renewal of tho Cuban debntc in connection with the presentation of the confurencu report on the Cubit! resolution, but the at tendance on tho floor was smaller than usual. Mr Murphy of Illinois secured unanimous consent for tlio considera tion of a bill to anthorle the con struction of u thiid bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis. Mr. Rnrthold of Missouri offered an amend ment, which was defeated, to compel the construction of the bridge at least one and a half nnd not more than two mid a half miles below the Fads bridge. Mr. Murphy and Mr. Joy urged the bussugc of 'the bill because of the excessive tolls charged by tho present bridge company. It was passed. Mr. Plekler. chairman of tlio Pen sions committee, demanded the regu lar ordet Tills being private till I day, he wanted to proceed with the consideration of private pension bills reported from the committee of tho whole. Mr. iiltt, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, thought that he ought to antagonle those bills, if they would entail debatu In the inter est of the eonfrionee leport on tlio Cuban resolutions. "Cuba can wait." replied Mr. Pick ler, "while we pass these pension, bills" ' Mr. Iiltt finally agreed to withhold bis motion if Mr. Pickler would de mand the previous question on each uiii as it was culled up. Tliu Democrats insisted that thero ought to be debate and Mr. I'rdmnn of Pcniist Ivniiiti made the point of no quorum on the first bill, with the re sult that there were some dilatory tactics on these private bills, and the Speaker was compelled to count a quorum on them. AfJ:.'.. o'clock Mr. Iiltt moved the adoption of the confeieiice report on thu Cuban resolutions and sboko In advocacy of it. He reviewed thu leg islation so far and declared that both House nnd Senate resolutions llrst rccognled Cuban belligerency. The second Senate resolution, he said, pro posed friendly oillces looking to Cuban indepei dene is. This course might be icontcd in time of peace, but in cases almost precipe y parallel where Spain was at war with her dependencies on this continent in tliu early part of this century, the er. step proposed was taken as was also done under Presi dent Giant. The uninlstakable voico of the people of the Unised States was in favor of recognition of belligerency of thu ( ubans. Tho speaker dwelt upon the vast benell's to the rebels from recognition and held that they had shown that they were powerful enough to resist" all of Spain's power for a year and had gained in strength steadily. He be lieved that the Cubans, if independent, wot'ld not be like the people af other Spanish-Attici'ican nations, constantly at war. 'In the contrary, Cuba would be like Chili, an honor to tliu new world. In closing he said: "When this vote has been given as It will be, overwhelmingly by this House, con curring with the senate in expressing tho will of the people of the I'nited States, wo cannot doubt that the ex ecutive will act and obey the voice of the nation, and that wo "will speedily hear that the President has recog nized tho belligerency of the struggling Cubans. The waning cause of Spain has been apparent fioin week to week for two mouths past. It will not bo long until we shall have an end of all the bomb.istie pretensions and abom inations of Weyler's savage operations and the Cubans, having vindicated their rights with their arms, will en joy tlie liberty they have earned." Country l'oxtollkm Washington, April I. Tho post ofllco appropriation bill served to bring out some sharpdlscusslon In tho Senate yesterday on the propriety of abolishing country postolllces and absorbing them as branches of city olliccs. Mr. Gorman opposed thu plan us undemocratic. He stated that tho lialtlmoro postofllcu power was ex erted toward influencing the selection of men for Congress. After a speech by Mr. Flklus, advocating subsidies and other means of extending Ameri can comnierco on the seas, tho post oflice bill went over. During tho day Mr. George closed his speech, cover ing three days, in opposition to Mr. Dunont's claim to a seat. Tho resolu tion for investigating tho bond sale again went over on Mr. Hill's objec tion. A Mulct Law Mi-lory. Ili:s Moinkh, Iowa, April I. Tho mulct law won a decisive victory yes terday in the Senate, tlio liquor man ufacturing bill being defeated by n vote of '.2 yeas to S" nays, with ono absentee. Following, as this does, the defeat of the question of resub mission n few weeks ago. tho vote practically settles tho prohibition light tu this State. The State will, there fore, still have the curious anomaly of a. law which permits liquor to bo sold, but forbids its manufacture. The bill lacked four of a constitutional majority. Stratum Mines Mop Work. Virion, Colo., April 4. Work at nil of the mines m the Crlnplo Creek dis trict owned by W. S. stratton, except tliu Independence, has been stopped. About MX) men aro thrown out of work. When asked ills reason fortiiis nctlon. Mr. Stratton mid freight and smelter charges ou his ores had heou exorbitant, and he would produce no more uiiill he could complete the large reduction plant which he is building. iUilrhlo to Ktrupn I'roin IlyrnpholU. Fmr.M). Neb., April 4. Richard Ringer, a merchant who was bitten by n dog seveiul mouths ago, was nt titched recently with what was sup posed to be a severe easo of grip. Yesterday physicians agreed that it was ti case of hydrophobia, when tho victim seized u razor and almost sev ered Ills head from his body, dying at once. - . - AucieitiM lloppln Dcnil. Ni'.w Yoiii;, April l.- Augustus llop pln of Providence, R. I lawyer, ill ustrator, nnd author is dead, at Flushing, L. I., aged CS. FRANK JAMES ON ROBBERS. Tho llx-Oulhiiv Offers Sii(;i;rtlon hs t How to Cheek Ksprea llxnilltn. St Louis, Mo., April 4. Frank James a brother of the famous bandit, Jesse .lames, when asked his opinion of tlio St, Louis t-. San Francisco train robbery, said: "When u man engage In the train robbing business he is badly in need of iuoue, and will take desperate chances to secure it. All this talk about some men having no sense of fear, and especially when they are making a raid on a train is all nonsense, I have been Jf some pincncs unit mere were tiw when 1 reali.ed fear, but thero w nothing to do but to light mv way out. I am opposed to ti u robbery, and the only way it will ever be stopped is to have ni-ined guards on each train. Two or three would be sutllcicnt, but they should be well armed and bo encased in a steel cage of some kind. The car should luivu , port holes, through which thu guards could command u good view of the outside. One point, in particular, they should keep in view, and that Is thu'&pjoo be Uree ti the engine utid the express ear. This point should bo watched for a number of reasons. First, because the robbers could un couple the express ear from the rest of the train and, with the engine, pull it. .several miles down die track, and, with dynamite, blow everything up. The second and main teasou is, that tho robbers would be aware of the presence of tlie guards in tlie car, utid if the;, could get to tho couplings of the ear all they would have to do would be to pull tne engine away from the ttuin for a short distance, reverse tlio lever and come back against thu train with suen u force that the express ear would bu demol ished and the guards killed. Until these ideas are carried out the rob bers will continue to think that train robbery is a science. The Sleeper Hill job was done by men w ho knew their business, but as I am not in that bus iness nnd never have been. 1 don't care to discuss it further. This, how ever, 1 wlllsin: The times when I was credited with having been in cer tain train robberies I was miles away from tlie scene hauling logs." TALKING TO KILL. .irlxona nnd New Mexico Miitelmoii Illlla Not Vet lit n otlu tiiKP. Wasiii.no ion, April I. -Yesterday's meeting of the House committee on territories was devoted to a discussion of Arizona and New Mexico Statehood bills and the committee failed to ar rive at a oting stage. Delegates Murphy and Catron asserted that the opponents of Statehood in tlie corn uiilteo were doing tlie talking merely as u filibustering move and conse quently the meeting wus n rattier warm one. Mr. Tnft of Ohio, during tho dis cussion, declared that Congress could not blind its eyes to the fact that the admission of the two Territories would add four votes for free siher to the Senate. He argued that it was not fair that the existing status of the. Union should be changed in tlie midst of a great controversy like the finan cial question; that thu'oueslion should bo settled by the I. nion as it now stands; and that sound money men should not be handicapped by new silver stales. He also charged that twenty-live per cent of tho Inhabit ants of Arizona aud thirty three per cent of New Mexico are illitciato. Mr. Owens of Kentucky said that. Territories whose areas was greater than that of New Hiigland and popu lation less than that required for a Congressional district weie unfit for Stateho id. He also attacked the sys tem of i epresentatlon proposed for the constitutional convention of Arizona as a partisan one devised to further Republican interests. Mr. Avery held that the only quest urns to be considered were the qualifications of tlic Terri tories for htatehood a ml Mr. Harris argued that the sliver question should not be brought into the controversy. AN EDITOR'S FATAL FALL. Thorn in Mhurtoii of tho l'lilUilelphlm TlmiM l'rohahly llmled l.lfo. l'nii.Ainn.iMiiA, April 4. Thomas Wharton, Sunday editor of the Philn detphia Times, fell from a four-story window of the house in which lie lived early this morning and was instantly killed. It Is generally believed that he committed suicide. Of late tho other occupants of the house had noticed that Wharton seemed to be melancholy. Ho was eccentric nud made but few friends In tho house, but during tho past fow days lie seemed particularly despond ent. Wharton was 37 years old and was widely known because of his literary ability, lie was n frequent contribu tor to inagaliies. lit; wroto several novels, the best known of which aro "A Latter Day Saint" nud "Hannibal ut New York." lie graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the honorary degrees of A. 11. and A. M, had been conferred upon him. His father wns the late Henry Wharton, a distinguished member of tho Phila delphia bar, utid the deceased hiinsulf practiced law before ho took up jour nalism. His connection with tlio Times dated from lasS. I ho l.ato I'rufeaiior Tava'n Itoinnnro. Washi.mvion, April -1. Tho late Pro fessor Francis Fava, tho Italian am bassador's son, was once engaged to n young prlinn donna, but tho baron anil his wlfo objected, and tho pro posed marrlngo was abandoned. After this Professor Favu held himself aloof fiom tho social circles to which ho be longed, and it is thought bysomo that tho affair broke down his health and caused his death. A HlK tUli Manufacturer rutin. Chicago, April 4. Herman KirchoiT, manufacturer of sash, doors and blinds, of this city has failed. Ilia assets are said to be from 3-.10,000 to S.VJO.IIO.), but no exact statement could bu procured as to liabilities. The nrijorlty of tho debts nro owing to crcilitois who aro secured, I'rlnco lllHiunrck l'rotrutcl, llw.MN, April -1 Asa result of lila obstinate resistance of Dr. Sehwcu ninger's entreaties to abstain from re ceiving deputations, Priuco Bismarck suffers from a nervous prostration, and is undergoing much pain from rheumatic spasms. A r I i 4 i u MNHMM'Mi s. k,' . W KMlnii - 'v&j&wswBMns'' . 4 . ,., ! ii mi i ii riV mrr pjh,, HHLtaMi-fe,-- c?4R iiIIMMi I itmmtmt in g v -rYiii,' rT1111 ' '' gPW'wl1 L " LX-JIii IUHMIlLIL m