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VERY BOLD ASSASSINS
PRESIDENT MORAE'S NAR
ROW ESCAPE.
Tit nrothrr of llritrUx Chief Magistral
Rpcclrm a Holillei'a Ihru.t In tlio llril
Tim War MlnUtrr Sh'ot Dead Tlerrt
Committed In Piihlln
Rto Jankiuo, Nov. ?. Thousands of
people gatherjd yesterday afternoon
bout the murine arsenal to witness
the extension of public thnnhs to Rear
Admiral llnrbor.a and the troops who
hod returned by ato.iuicr from Canu
dos, where they hnil annihilated the
Conselhelro fanatics. Many raombors
of Congress und persons high In mili
tary, unvul and ecclesiastical cliolos
wcrn present und bo faro thorn all
Atood President I'ondeto .Ion Moraes,
with bin brother, Colouol Monies, by
his side and a brlllliint gathering
about hi i. The people wore cheering
Hid all was ns bright ns It could be.
Then suddenly Just at the victorious
troops were pussing lu review before
President Moraes a soldier dashed
out of the naval arsenal toward the
president's party, drawing a dagger ns
he went
Unable to ston the suli'.lor, Colonel;
Mornes, brother of the president,
stepped between the chief executive
und his assailant and tried toward off
the dnggct thrust. In this he was
successful, but he received the dagger
In his own body, and the soldier in
frenxy struck several times before he
was selred by others around tlio pres
Idcnf. There were shouts of excitement
from tbo crowd, and those In front,
forced on by those in the rear, began
advancing. Tbo troops wore thrown
Into a line In front of the president's
party and tried to furen the crowd
buck.
Whtlu l'ri'sldoiit Moraes and mem
hers of his cabinet were bending over
the body of Colonel Moraes a shot was
heard and Qcncral Uothoncourt, the
minister of war, staggered and fell
beside tlio body of Colonel Moraes
with u bullet in his head.
This ndded to tlio excitement of the
crowd, which was by tills tluio wildly
surging to and fro, tho troops using
their bayoucts to keep It buck, and
those behind pressing blindly forward.
Finally, fearing another attempt to
kill tha president and members of his
cabh.ct, mora troops were called and a
tror g guard throw n around tho offi
cial i urty. Then Colonel Moraes and
Gene ,il Hothcucotirt were lifted aud
borne to tho palace. Colonel Moraes
was. seriously, probably mortally,
wo.indcd. Qenoral Hethencourt died
a few minutes after he was taken into
the palace.
In the meantime, fearing a possible
attack on tha paluce, President Mo
raes ordered that tha crowd bo dis
persed. This the troops tin ally sue
seeded In doing, though a serious con
flict ut one tltno seemed likely, owing
to an attempt to lynch tho president's
assailant.
The news of the nffulr spread with
remarkable rapidity, und within ten
minutes tho city was In a fever of ex
citement. Rumors of revolution were
rife on all sides and there seemed
good reason to feur an uprising. In
order to uvoid a possibility of this,
orders wore Issued from tho palace
calllug all troops in tho city to arms
and declaring thu city under martial
law.
Tho attempt to kill the president
and tho killing of the minister of war,
it is believed by many, were prompted
by monarchial sympathizers. Another
theory Is that thuy were tho results of
tho lutenso feeling aroused by thu
proposed arbitration treaty with
France Still another theory is thr.t
tho followers of Antonio Conselhelro,
the leadei of the fanatical movement,
who was recontly killed In Canudos,
have entered Rio Janeiro to strike
their first blow for revenge.
Tho soldier who tried to kill Pres
ident Moraecs is undur urrcst. He be
longs to tho Tenth battalion. He has
refused to glvo any reason for his at
tempt. The person who shot General
Bethencourt t.s unknown aud no one
knows whence came tho fatal bullet.
CHINESE INSULT GERMANY
The Kallr'a Mlalater niul Mc Stoned
by a Mob lu Wo Chang
LoKnotf, Nov s. A dispatch from
Shanghai received to-day statod that
tho German minister to China and the
captain of tho German gunboat Cor
morant hud been attacked by a jmb
at Wu Chang, a largo city In tho prov
fncoof IIoo Pee, on the Yangsto Klnng
river; that the rioters had also stoned
the German flag, and that tho min
ister had demanded their punishment.
Mlcnrl K remit u sulrlile
Noowrs Ark'., Nov. . Miguul
Pe nil in was found dead lu his room
yesterday morning, with a bullet hole
In his head. Ctu a tablu was lit-, lust
Mexican dollar and a note indicating
suicide. I'eniltn was "U and had Wen
a wealthy Inhabitant of this territory,
although ho was a native Mexican,
His principal distinction was in con
nection with his Indictment in connec
tion with the I'eraltn-Reavis attempt
to secure titles to IJ.Oim.uoo acres in
Arizona und .Now Mexico.
Fair I Heady to Quit.
San Francisco, Nov. 8. Charlos L.
Fair, son of the lato Senator Jnmes G.
Fair, has announced his retirement
from tho turf. Mr. Fair has been n
liberal patron of racing for several
yoors, but has met with nothing but
Jmrd luck. All Ills horses wlll.be sold.
Uitbberl' Plurality Is Over 3.00A
DI.KVKR, Colo., Nov. 8. Chlof Jus
tlco Charlos D. Ilayt concodos tlio
election of his opponent, William H.
Gabbei t. the Populist and Democratic
candidate. Gabbert'a majority ia over
I.OOU.
TO HOLD A CAUCUS.
Ilanmt' Supporter lii Tut. No Cliamrs-.
Morn AniMlfenn Talk
Cor.trnnu.s, Ohlo,visor. 8. Since It
seems to be settled that tho Repub
licans will have u majority on Joint
ballot tho rumors have' been revived
about a comblno of certain Repub
lican members with tho seventy Dem
ocratic members for tho election of
some one other than Senator Hanna
on too Joint ballot. ' Mr. Iluriuu was
Indorsed at the last-suite convention
for the Senate, but the old factional
fight that formerly existed between
Sherman anil Foroker, and later be
tween tho friends of MeKinley and
Forakor, has been revived' this yenr
with as much Intensity in ever, and it
is said that about ill dozen of the Re
publican members who had some fac
tional opposition fu their counties,
ospccinlly for their nominations, do
not feel kindly towards tho Junior
Ohio senator.
There has been so much talk about
combines that It Is curtain that the
Republicans will hold u Joint caucus
aud Senator lliiuna will no doubt
be tho caucus nominee. Jt is
thought that ns tho regular nominee
there will bo no trouble about his
election, as no Reoubllcan member
could refuse, under the circumstances,
to support him. Some Republicans
are said to be working for an tint!
Hanna combine, but none of the mem
bers aro known to fuvor such a move
ment. Judge Marker of the Ninth circuit
court decided to-day that the Wood
county board of supervisors must cer
tify the roturns of center township.
This elects Norrls, Republican candi
date for representative. Judge Dar
ker holds that tha functions of the
board of elections are simply minis
terial; that they must certify to the
vote us they And It, without going be
hind the returns; that the question as
to whether tho provisions of the law
were not compiled with in having thu
polling booth outside the boundaries
of the renter township precinct, aud
whether, If so, It invalidates the case,
must bo decided by the courts or by
tho legislature itself.
Tho Dispatch to-day printed an in
terview with Allan O. Meyers of tho
Democratic state hcuilipiartcr.s In
which ho said: "I stnnd to-dny where
I .stood tho day afior tho election
with Judge Nash, chairman of the Re
publican state committee, who says
tho senate will bo composed of
seventeen Republicans and nine
teen Democrats and the house fifty
eight Republicans and llfty-ouo Dem
ocrats, giving the Republicans five of
a majority on Joint ballot for United
States Senator."
Myers does not say so directly, but
Intimates that nothing will come of
tho efforts to get up contests lu the
legislature
SEALING TREATY SIGNED.
Kaaila, Japan and tha United States
Agra on Maar of Protection.
Washington, Nov. a. The delegates
of the United fltatee, Russia and Ja
pan to tho sealing conference assem
bled In tho large diplomatic room at
the state department this morning
and disposed of the last preliminaries.
At noon all was ready, and, led
by General Fostsr, tho delegates took
their places at the long tables. There
wero for tha United States Messrs.
Foster, Hamlin und Jordan, for Rus
sin. DeWollunt, Ilotklna and Rout
kowsky and for Japan, Chargo Matsui
Fujltl and MlUlkurl. Secretary Sher
man was not present, as the govern
ment was fully represented by Its
delegates.
Tho credentials of tho parties wero
read in turn nnd after tho treaty had
been carefully inspected the signa
tures were attached.
Tho text of the treaty will not be
given out by the stuto department un
til llnal ratifications bhall be ex
uhangod. As the document must go
to the senate for its approval, custom
requires that It bo withheld from pub
llcation In this manner. It is said by
those concerned that tho general pur
poses of tho treoty havo been already
outlined In the press, and It is likely
that any further interest that remains
in the document ! the exact nature of
tho additional restrictions that are tf
be Imposed upon potagle soallug.
fifteen Tear for llobbery.
Columiiia, Mo., Nov. 8. In the
lloone county circuit court to-day,
ilea Wllkerson pleaded guilty to rob
bery In tho first degree Wllkorson
said he did not want a lawyer and!
miii, at iiu iiuu pieaueu guiny, no ex
pected a light sentence. Ho was sur
prised when Judge Hockadav reuilud-
ed him that tha court had ouoo before
sentenced him to the penitentiary,
nnd for the soeond offense would soiv
him to prison for fifteen years.
No Autonomy for Ctibsns,
Nkw Yoiik, Nov. 8. Chlekorlng hall
tvas crowded lart ulght with enthus
iastic Cubans, who applauded when
the speakers declared that Cuba would
never accept roforms from Spain, that
neaco conui only come after the evac
uation of the Island by tho Spanish
array and thut the Cuban patriots
would fight to tho death for their In.
dependence. Not a word of English
was spoken during tho meeting, over
which Tomas Estrada I'altna presided.
Killed lu a lluutway.
Montgomery City, Mo., Nov. 8.
Last night, as Thomas Kenvln, aged
7-' years, was returning to his homo
from Montgomery City, his horsos ran
uwny, throwing tho old tnuii beneath,
the wheels and injuring him so badly
that ho died in a half hour.
Drumraond Mustn't Want tbe Job.
Jr.FFKR.soN Cm, Ma, Nov. 8. Har,
rison L. Drummond notified tho govi
ernor tc-day that It would be iiupo
slblo for him to ueeept tho oirlce ol
police commissiouMr. The goreruoi
appointed L. D, Xlugslaud.
WEYLER CAUSES A REVOLT
Friend anil Enamla of the rtepoied
OeneraJ Clash In Saotandar, Spain.
Nkw Yoiik, Nov. 8. A special to
tho Herald from Madrid says: "Tho
fruits of General Weyler's behavior lit
Havana appear to be already ripening
In tho peninsula. News received horo
states that nt a meeting held at San
tander to arrange a demonstration in
Weyler's favor on his arrival thoro, a
disgraceful tumultensucd, Tho chair
man deolarod that only those In Wey
ler's favor had auy business to bo
present Amid tho uproar that fol
lowed a voice was hoard crying: 'Why
should tho nation glorify Its execu
tioner? What has Weyler dono beyond
sending us back thousands of dying
soldiers?" Tho police had to disperse
the meeting. It is reported that pub
lie feeling In Santundor Is lu a very
excited state.
"Tho correspondent lu Cuba of tho
Imparclal cables his paper that Gen
oral Weyler handed over matters to
General lilanco In a state of chaos,
and that beyond doubt he is prepar
ing a party to oppose the Liberal gov
ernment. It Is understood that Honor
Romero Robledo on Monday will make
an Important speech As ho is con
sidered to havo broken awny from tho
Conservative party and to be closoly
allied with the presumptive policy of
General Weyler, his movements and
words aro rogarded with some anxt
loty."
PENSION REPORT.
s70,Oli Name on Ilia llolU 3 De
crease lla Yet Ilegno.
WASiiiNoro.v, Nov. S. In his first
annual report Commissioner of Pen
sions II. Clay Evans says thoro were
added to tho rolls during the year tho
names of 50,101 new pensioners and
there wero restored to tho rolls 3,971
pensioners who had previously been
dropped, a total of .11,071.'.
Durlug the sumo period tho losses to
the roll wero 31,9(10 by death, 1,074 by
remarriage of widows aud mothers,
1.S15 by legal limitation (minors);
7,093 for failure to claim pension for
thrco vears, and 4.5U0 for other causes,
n aggregate of ll,l'.'2.
Tho whole number of pensioners on
tho rolls June 30, 18U7, was 07U.0M
The gain over the previous year was
",330. It will thus bo seen that tho
pension roll has not yet begun to
show any diminution, though it has
been anticipated for several years.
Tho report gives tho number of
Western pensioners and the amounts
of pensions disbursed for the fiscal
yeur of 1807 ns follows: Missouri,
53,'J57 pensioners, S7,'.'t!, 435.01; Kan
sas, 40,643 pensioners, J0.2S4, 120.3(1;
Indian Territory, 2,630 pensioners,
3309,003. Kl; Oklahoma, 0,17-' pension
ers, 8011,309.10.
Seven widows of Revolutionary
soldiers and nine daughters of Revo
lutionary soldiers aro .still on thu
rolls.
During tho year 04.-l.il pension cer
tltlcates wero Issued, of which num
ber 50,101 wore original allowances
and tho balance were reissues, In
creases, restorations, etc.
During the same period 70,'34 claims
of various classes were disallowed.
This number, however, docs not in
clude claims which wero nindo for
higher rates of pensions The amount
disbursed for pensions during thoyoar
wasSl"lM)4tl,717.33. Thl-exceeds the
amount disbursed during the fiscal
year 1890 by tho sum of 91,501, ISO. IS.
Tho averago annual value of each pen
sion ut the close of tho year was S133.
17. The averago annual vnluo of
each pension under the general law
was S103.0I; each under tho act of
June i.'7, lsOD, was 8109. 25. Tho ng
gregato annual value of all pensions
at the closo of the year was 3129,705,
42A This, of course, excludes tho
sasos that wero held up.
Referring to the consolidation of
agencies, Commissioner Kvans recom
mends that tho exceutivo order of
July 14 last, suspending tho operation
of tho order of February C, 1S97, tho
latter of which provided for the con
solidation, bo continued Indefinitely.
Iu conclusion, tho roport recom
mends tho publication or a completo
list of pensioners, und of the passage
of a law to tho end that no pension be
granted to the widow of any soldier
that shall marry hereafter.
'MPEACHMENTFOR A CHIEF
Jiparhecher of the Crcekt Formally At
cuuel of Various Mlirieedi.
Mt'SKooEK, I. T.,Nov. 8. The House
of Warriors of tha Croak nation has.
voted to file articles of Impeachment
against Principal Chief Isparhechor,
charging hlra with being u partlceps
crlmlnls with the warrant committee,
who approved 839,030 in fraudulent
warrants. There are several other
charges agnlnst him, among which aro
that "ho paid N. 11. Moore 81,000 wltln
out an appropriation being made by
the council; that he misapplied 81,000
which was appropriated and placed III
his hands to be used in removing inj
truders from tho nation; that he re
fused to authorl.u tha second chief to
take his placo in tho executive office
during his absence iu Washington,
and that ho appointed und commis
sioned two delogntes to Washlugtou In
violation of law."
A committee has also been appoint
ed to examluo tho accounts of Treat,
uror Chllders.
Shot by IllghMruyuieit.
Joi'i.tN, Mo., Nov. rt. John Lanyon,
a Main streot grocer, was shot by
highwaymen at 10 o'clock lust night
on Wall btient near Ninth. He was
going home from his store when uu
costod by two men who ordered h In
to throw up his hands. Upon refus
ing to do so he was beaten over the
heud with a pistol and his cries for
help silenced by a bullet from one of
thu thugs' pistol, which struck Lanyon
iu tho left breast, inflicting a danger-
I ous wound. Tho robbers then bent u
i hasty retreat and escaped. Two meu
' art uuder arrest on, susBlfitttii
HIS LAST HOPE GONE.
NO FEDERAL COURT AID
TO DURANT.
Chief Jnallro Kulli-r Krnilrr Hie Decision
Wblrh Mill Kmult In thti Young iui
KrniKl.ru Mm n I'nylug the Penalty for
the Churrh Murder.
WAsiii.vnTo.v, Nov. 9. The United
States supreme court to-day affirmed
the decision of the Ilnltort st.t.w t..
cult court of California, refusing n
writ of luboas corpus to Wllllum Hen
ry Theodora Durrunt, under sentence
of death for tho murder of Miss
Ulanohn Lniuout In the Kmanuel Bap
tist church iu San Francisco lu April.
1395.
The decision was In response to the
motion of A l tome v f)..n,.n,i i.u...
aid of Cultfornlu, entered last Monday,
to dismiss the case or affirm the do
clslon of the court below und of course
rollevo the court from the necessity ol
deciding the ease on its merits next
Monday, as at first urraiiged,
Chief Justice Fuller, lu rendering
tho opinion of tho eeurt, indulged III
no comment whatever beyond remark
ing that tho order of the circuit court
was affirmed upon the authority of
tho decisions of tho court lu the ensa
of Uurtado vs. California, volume 110
of the supremo court roports; Nord
strom vs. Washington, volume 101 of
these reports and of Cromer vs. Wash
Ington, recently deoldcd.
Attorney General Kitgcrald wai
present In the court room when the
opinion was rendered, nnd sold that 1
would Insure Durrunt's punishment
and was In all respects satisfactory to
the state.
The court granted the motion of the
state attorney general to advance the
eases on Hill and Cross, tho two men
under sentence of death In California,
fixing tho date for their heurlng upou
the first Monday of December.
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
San rjiA.vcisL-o, Nov. 9 When the
,iew.s that the United States supreme
court had decided not to interfere
with Durrunt's sentence c.uue crowds
gathered about tho newspaper bulle
tin boards. The decision was not un
expected .id apparently only Dur
rant aud his attorneys .seemed to have
any hope that the murderer would be
suvod from tho gallows.
Durrant had not been informed ol
tho decision at noon. His parents
were notified of the court's decision
and wore deeply ufTeoteil. Mrs. Dur
rant wept, but said that her son wa
Innocent and thut she did not yet give
up hopo that he would bo vindicated
and his Innocence proved.
District Attorney Raines, who con
ducted the original trial, was much
pleased with the decision. He wa
convinced that Durrant committed the
murders and hud chafed ut the delay
lu currying out the sentence. Ho said
that Durrunt would not have to be
resentenced, that all that was neces
sary would be for the district attor
ney, when he received official notice
of the decision, to go Into court and
ask for an order to carry out the sen
tence and that u day be "fixed for It.
The decision of tho Supreme court
paves tho way for the deaths of five
other murderers. Among these ar
Wordcn tho "train wrecker, Harvey
Allender of San Jose aud Kub.mk.s ol
San Diego, who butchered an agev
couple.
CHINESE REPLACE MINERS
Ulght Hundred t'vlmtlnli Tnkn I'lnrot
nfHtrlknr In Illlnolt Coal .Mine..
CiiiCAno, III,. Nov 0. Chlnesa eonl
miners arc to tuUe tho place of Amer
icans in tho Northern Illinois district.
Au attempt will be made to broak the
strike that exists aud bun skilled Ce
lestials have been picked for tho work.
They will bear arms, aud live inside
a gatllng-gun equipped stockade and
bo bodyguarded by 100 former Chi
cago policemen.
An agent of thu ChinoM Six Com
panies was In Chicago last week and
mado a contract with the Wilmington
Coal company to deliver the 800 Chi
namen at tho mines of the Wllmlng-ton-Uraldwood
district. The first con
ilgnment of !W0 will arrive next Tues
day, nnd the others will be on hand
as soon as provision cuu be lusile to
take care of them. Arrungoiuruts for
an additional 1,000 Chinese minors
havo been made, conditional ou the
success of the first venture.
Elaborate preparations have been
completed to take care of tbe first 800
Chinamen and glvo them umplo pro
tection. Though every precaution has been
taken to keep tho details of the move
ment of tho Clilneso minors secret, It
Is now definitely known that all are
sullied minors from Wyoming, and
that some of them are the survivors of
the Rock Spring massacre of several
years ago. borne of them huve been
worklug in tho Wyoming miucs us
long as twenty-eight years, und
though they havo been peaceful aud
lawabldlng nil of this time, they aro
not the docile human beings that their
countrymen resident in Eastern cities
nro usually considered. They are all
.supposed to be fully cognizant of tho
troubles they aro likely to encounter
and aro competent to handle tho arms
with which they are to be equipped.
A KANSAS BANK LOOTED.
Ilurglart Carry OR BS.yoo In Gold anil
raper All ailvar Iwfl ilahloit
Atchison, Kan., Nov, 9. Rurglurs
blew open tho safe of tho State bank
at Vermillion early yesterday morn'ng
und secured Sr.aoo in gold aud paoer
monoy, carrying off all but the sliver.
Tho burglars worked at least three
hours on the job. They stole and had
lu readiness the best rig In town to bo
used lu oabo of emergency, but do
parted unobserved and uumoieited
without using It
SANTA FE HELD UP.
Kipre.t gftfa Dynamited and Three Cars
Ueitroyeil by Fire.
Al.UL'sll'ElloLK, N. M., Nov. 9. Tho
passenger train of the Santa Fo which
wa hold up at Grant's Station Satur
day night, reached tho city at U:3C
o'clock Sunday morning. Conductor
Aldrlch states that Just as tho train
ciime to n halt at Orant's Station n
fusllado of shots rung out, und us far
as ho could see several men boarded
the tr.iln, one on the engine. He and
Knglneer II. D. McCurty wore on the
platform, but ran and caught tho
train as It was moving out. The tire
man, Henry Abel, wns compelled, at
the point of u revolver, to pull tho
train up to the stock yards, about two
miles distant.
The conductor, fully readying that
something was wrong, loft tho train
at the stock yards, where tho robbers
had ordered the train stopped, and ran
back to the station, telegraphing the
news to Division Superintendent Hub
bard at Gallup nnd Sherllt Hubboll.
Iu the meantime, however, the rob
bers, who wore futso beards nnd were
unmasked, cut the mull coach, day
coach, chair car, and the Pullman
sleeper from tho engine and express
car, and the fireman was again ordered
to pull the latter further up the road.
They commenced dynamiting tho ex
press car, and the third explosion blow
out out! end of the car, Abel being
forced to usslst thu robbers.
Oneo inside they picked out a SAfo,
which they surmised contained con
siderable money and valuables, and
placed on It u stick of dynum'ttc, a few
lumps of coal on the dynamite and
then attached a fuse, which they lit
and blew a hole tu tho safe. Thev
helped themselves to a number of
packages containing gold and sllvor
colli, which they placed lu n suck, and
then left the car. going In tho direc
tion of tho Malpol rocks, where their
horses wore picketed
The express car was ou lire, nnd
Abel thoroughly frightened, aud after
seeing the robbers ut u safe distance,
backed the engine and express car
Into the other portion of the train loft
standing at the stock yards, nnd in
sonsequence the express car, day
conch und chair car wero telescoped
and all three destroyed by fire.
F.xpress route agents statu that the
robbers did not get Into the most val
uable sale, which, with two others,
wero badly warped und damaged
by lire They think, however, that
the robbers secured .sevorul hundred
dollars, but the exact amount will not
be known for some time, ns nil the
papers ttud records of the ear and .safe
wero burned lu the fire. Tlie baggage
was all removed before the tiro got
under headway ami saved.
The passengers- were not molested.
United Slates .Marshal Foruker is
satisfied thut the original liluok Jack
gang of desperadoes Is responsible for
this crime. Ho says there aro eight
men iu the band, and last week he
had lnformutton that they hud re
turned from Mexico aud were in Art
.ouu.
JAILS FAIL TO HOLD HIM.
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TIiiiiii.14 ll.i'iipcH .SriiIii Tht
Third 'lime.
-Mmihiis, Tunn., Nov. 9. J. A.
Thomus, the forger who mysteriously
escaped from jnil here April 15 und was
recaptured by local police mid Pink
erton detectives ut Moberly, Mo.,
October 7, again escaped before
daylight this morning by sawing irou
burs and sealing a wall, 'a rope for tho
Litter purpose us well ns a saw for the
former, having been furnished from
the outside. Tho community is much
evclted because Thomas Is so well
known, although tho recent cscnpe is
not nearly so .sensational as Its prede
cessor. The escape was Thomas's third, his
first having been from a Chicago
jail, when wide attention was ut
tractcil. Another exploit which con
tributed considerably to his notorioty
was his clanilestinu marriage at
St Louis to Miss Fannie Rutherford
of Minneapolis, Minn., and his flight
with his brido to Sun Frauolsco ufter
the Christian Endenvorers last sum
trior. Hut Thomas Is most widely
known by his forgeries, which have
been extensive.
Later this morning three other pris
oners escaped through the breach
Hindu by Thomas In the bars.
CLARKSON BOOK ILLEGAL.
Indies IUicii of Topeka Ueoldei Agalni)
tho Insurance Itata Fixer.
Topkka, Kun., Nov. 0. Judge no7.cn
of tho district court to-day denied the
application of Harrison Clarkson for
an Injunction restraining Wobb Mc
Null as superintendent of insurance
from interfering with Clarkson's rat
ing bureau. McNall replied to Clark
sou's petition by filing a demurrer,
but tho judge overruled it and at the
sumo time denied the injunction.
Judge Hiisen says explicitly in his
deelslou that the rating bureau has
been conducted by Clarkson In viola
tion of thu Kansas untl-trust law and
thut MuNnll has the right to revoke
tho license of any insuruueu company
using Clarkson's rate book, which it
prepured and issued lu vlolution oi
law. This virtually knocks Clantsoe
out and sustains McNall's course.
FOR A NEW INDIAN STATE-
the Creek Council Take tha tint Step
linking to Organlintlon.
Musl'ookb, I, T., Nov. 9. Tho com
mittee appointed by tho Creek council
to report on tho recommondatlous of
tho chief for tbo consolidation of tho
Five Clvillcd tribes into one Indian
government, preparatory to coming
into the Union, us Texas did, has re
ported favorably uud a bill has been
Introduced In the Council and passed
by the House of Warriors calllug for I
delegate convention
DROWNED LIKE RATS.
Steamer Marlpo.i Arrltei With the
MirvlniM of the lililio
Rikkai.o, N. Y.. Nov, 9. Tho
Jteamcr Idaho of tho Western Transit
line (New York Central i foundered in
eight fathoms of water at 1M0 Satur
day morning off Long Point on Luke
Krlc. This point, just out into the
lake from the Canadian .shore about
IS5 miles west of Huziulo and its
vicinity, has beon the scene of niony
disasters.
Tho Idaho, commanded by Captain
William Gillies of HulTuto, and having
on board a crow of twenty-one all
lom, left UitlTalo Friday afternoon
laden with package freight for Mil
waukee. A strong southwest gale
was blowing at the titno und
the weather oilleo hud storm
slgnuls up for tho lake. Captain
Gillies thought he could weather tho
galo aud headed straight up the lake.
Shortly after passing Loug Point ho
discovered Ills mistake und tried to
run for shelter. Tho sea was running
vory high at the time, aud iu turning
the Idaho shipped a big sea, which
quenched tho fires in the engines aud
the boat was helpless In tho trough ol
the sea.
The captain and crew were lower
ing tho lifeboat, when thj steamer
gave a lurch und went down on her
side, stern first Two of tho crow, a
deck baud named Wllllum GUI of Ro
chester, und tho second mute, name
unknown, managed to reach tho top
of n Blnglo spar thut stood ubovo tha
water. There they clung until eight
hours later, when they wero icscued
by the Mariposa.
The captain of the lll-futed steamer,
Alexander GUlls, was one of tho most
widely known of lake seamen. Ha
was 41 years old and knew tho luko
waters like u book.
Tho second mate, Louis La Force,
told a harrowing story to tbe crew o!
the Mariposa. He said that In thu
rush of meu from tho hold, one of
them, u wntchmaii, was trampled to
death. The crew was frantic to get
out of the place. Six or eight, ho said,
must havo drowned like ruts iu the
hold. They were not warned of tha
sinking of tho boat
WAS HER DEATH NATURAL
An Indian Chief Demand Inveitlgatlua
ai tu IIU Unughtar'a Ilemlte.
Chicaoo, Nov. 9 Tamar T. John
son, daughter of Piue Tree, chief of
the Tnsearorus. died suddonly hero
last Tuesday evening and the body
was shipped to Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
where Chief Pino Treo lives. The
father thinks the dcuth should
bo Investigated und has demanded a
further Inquiry, lie asserts the young
woman had between 8200 and 8300 and
a gold watch and plenty of handsome
clothes when she died, aud he would
like to know what become of these.
Miss Johnson was a teacher in Indian
schools. She cuirui here from the
Cheyenne reservation, where she was
last stationed, for treatment for s
nervous trouble. She died while under
treatment by Dr. F. Scheurmaun.
The cause of death usslgued waj
peritonitis.
FIRE IN HOT SPRINGS.
Two Ilakera and a Young (llrl I'erUb
From Suffocation.
Hot SrrtiNOK, Ark., Nov. 9 Firo
6roko out Inst night in tiiu thrco story
brick building occupied, by Krlmrt's
bakery on Central avonue, and when
the family living on tho upper floors
wero awakened the stairs, both front
nnd rear, wero uhliue. Krhart und his
wife and two of their children nnd
two employes escaped over the tops of
adjoining houses, aud Wultor Krhart,
aged 8, was saved by firemen entering
tho room.
Charles Johnson and Frank Kauf
man, bakers, wero suffocated in their
beds, aud Clara Krhart, aged 1, was
found dead at tho head of -tlio real
stairs.
KILLS HIS PARTNER.
A ratal Iludnes HUagreemant In a ill
lilppl Newspaper ORloe.
Aiikkiikex, Miss., Nov. 0. In th
Ledger office, Saturday night, one ol
the publishers, K. V. Yongue, ox
mayor of Carrollton, shot the other,
Goorgo S. Jackson, a formor Alabama
legislator, through the neck and ona
shoulder during it quarrel about the
conduct of the paper. Jackson did
not die ut ouco and Yonguo was ad
mitted to ball, but when Jaokson died
yosterday Yonguo was re-arrested.
Tho affair has caused a widespread
sensation, so well were both prlnct
pals kuowu.
MISS PERKINS TO WED.
Tha Lata Kanaat Senator's Oauchtui
Will IU Blarrleit Thl Weak.
Wasiiinotox, Nov. 9. Colonel Frank
Crawford Letts of Marshulltowu,
Iowa, and Miss Cora Perkins, daughter
of tho late Sonator Porklus of Kansas,
will bo married Thursday, the wod
ding being looked forward to as u so
ciety event Colonel Letts is hero
with a party of Iowa friends. The
prospective bride is a beautiful bru
nette and exceedingly popular. Ho
rlah Wilklns, who Is u cousin of Mrs.
Perkins, will glvo a reception aftci
tho ceremony.
I.uultvllle Wholeaulr Store 11 n rued.
Louisvii.i.K, Ky., Nov, 9. Firo In
Iho wholesale district early this morn
ing destroyed tho buildings and stocks
of Harford .t Lawson, wholosalo milli
ners, and llonjnmin S. Alton, wholo
salo tleulor In boots and shoei Stocks
In aii.olulng structures wero damaged.
Tho losses aggregate 8150,000.
To line Foot Hull Flayer.
Auanta, Go., Nov. 0. Tho ropro
'.ouutives passed a bill to-day, 73 to
.9, making it n misdemeanor to play
foot ball in the state and Imposing
iiuu for violating tho statute.
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