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THE BED CLOUD CHIEF. HOW DEWEY LET HO A German Attacho Says the Span iard Was Paroled. HE ARRANGED THE DETAILS, Ho III Feeling lletwoen Dew of and Von Dledrlehs According to Major Ton SonnenburK He lUnki the Japanese Soldier Next to lh Oortuiu. CmoAoo, Jan. 4. -Major A. Ton Boa nonbunr, German military attacho to tho empvror of Japan, tho man who carried tho messago batweon Admiral Ton Dlodrlchs and Admiral Dowoy by which permission wns given for tho transportation of Captain General August! from Manila to Hong Kong on & Gorman war vos.icl, Is In Chicago. "1 did not witness tho destruction of Montojo's fleet by your Admiral Dewey." ho said, "but 1 saw much of tho subsequent events, liccauso of what I fiaw I want to correct nt leant one falsa Impression that there was any ill fooling botweon the com manders of tho American and German fleets. There was a disagreement, I ndmlt, over tho right of tho Ameri cans to search Gorman shtpi, but that wan soon settled. "Then ns to tho AugiiBtl Incident. There was nothing socrot about that transaction. 1 myself was tho mes senger between tho two admirals in tho discussion ovor tho disposition of Augustl. Admiral von DIcdrlchs asked whether Admiral Dewey would objeet to Captain General Augustl taking passago on one of tho German dispatch boats running to Hong Kong. Admiral Dewey tald that ho would not if tho cx-captaln general would make some kind of a parole by which ho would no longer bear arms against the United Slates. This wns given nnd tho Incident was closed, as the diplomats would say. "As to tho Amurlcans, both nshoro nnd nboard ship, I may say that I uovcr met a llnor body of men. I ud mlro your volunteers. To my mind they furnish' magnificent materlul for soldiers, but I nm afraid that they liaro a hard task beforo them in the Philippines. I should not want tho task of controlling these Islands unless I had fully BO.uOO men behind me. The natives are going to bo hard problems to solve. "Slnco the finishing of tho Philip pine question 1 have been connected with the imperial army of Japan as a student of Us methods of military dis cipline. To speak very conservatively, I believe that next to tho German army there is not a finer body of light ing men In tho world than that same Uttlo Japanese collection of troops. Their discipline is perfect and nny na tion that picks a quarrel with tho Japanese is going to have no easy tlmo of It. I consider them ono of tho most important factors in future Oriental complications." When Major von fc'onnenburg was questioned in regard to these Orlontal problems ho was silent, lie said that ho was still counected with tho Japan eso govcrnmont, nnd with that of Ger many as well and could say nothing. Ho is on his way to Washington with letters to Secretary Alger nnd General Miles. Ho will spend n few days about tho departments In Washington and then will go to Herlln to report to his own government MARRIED FOUR SISTERS, A Quadruple Wedding In Ohio In Which Only Two Furuliloi Took Fart. Canal Dovku, Ohio, Jan. 4. At a wedding at Trull, a staall village ton miles north of here, four brothers were married to four sisters. The four coromonlos were porformed nt the home of tho four sister brides, who are the daughters of a farmer, .lame Iloeh8tcttler. Their ages rango from IB to 28. Tho grooms nre tho four sous of John Burners. The ceremony of marriage of tho four couples occupied almost an hour, tho same clcrgymuu performing all. Tho four brothers and their wives will live within a tone's throw of each other. CHINA'S REBELLION GROWING. Government Troops Bald to Have Fled From the Insurgent Forcos. London, Jan. 4. According to a dis patch from Ilnnkau, there aro alarm ing reports from tho upper Yang Tso Kiang region. Tho disturbances nre increasing in the provinces of Zsohe nan, Hunan and Hupo. Tho dowager empress, it is further asserted, is cur tailing the authority of tho viceroys, especially in tho Yang Tso and Han kau districts. A body of Chinese troops was Bent to attack tho rebels, but they aro said to have fled beforo tho enemy. The viceroy Iuib beeu reinforced by threo gunboats and 3,000 mon. sToundrymen Oct What' Tbejr Ask For. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 4. Eight of the fifteen foundrlos in Olovoland have conceded tho demand of tho core makers for wages of 53.50 a day. Hungary's Tremler In a Duet Budavkbtii, Jan. 4. Tho duel bo tweon M. Horanzcky, a member of the lower house of tho Hungarian Diet, nnd llaron llanffy, tho premier, took placo this morning. Pistols wcro the weapons used. Tho duel was blood less. sV Medal for a Grecian Woman Nurse. Athens, Jan. 1. Tho Queen of Greece Man given ttio Medal of Valor to one of tho women who served as nurses in tho Grecian army in tho Turko-GrcltD war. HAS A SOCIALISTIC MAYOR, John C Chut lnangurtted nt Chief Kx ecutlva or Haverhill, Mas. llAVKiuiir.i,, Mass., Jan. 4. John C. Chnse.clcctcd on a socialistic platform, took tho oath of ofileo as mayor of Haverhill yesterday. In his Inaugural speech, Mr. Chase assured the mem bers of tho city government and tho pcoplo that "every utom of power" possessed by tho mayor will bo "exer cised in tho defense nnd (.upport of tho principles of socialism, Insofar as they may be applicable to a munici pality." Tho mayor thor. roferrod to tho de sirability of preserving equal rights, upon which "tho liberty nnd itappl- ness of every man, woman and child are conditioned," and asserted that these are possible of attainment "only through tho establishment of the co operative commonwealth." Contlnulmr, Mayor Chaw said: "I bellovo that every powor the munici pality possesses should bo pluced at tho disposal of the people In the Inter est of civilization. With that nlm in view, 1 submit the following bpccllic recommendations: "First Tho passage of an order es tablishing the minimum wage for street employes at $2.00 for eight hours' work. "Second Union wages and condi tions to prevail In all brick and stone mason's work performed under the di rection of the street department. "Third All city printing to bear tho union label." The mayor then took up tho subject of tho unemployed which, ho said, had developed from the displacement of la bor by machinery and tho concentra tion of capital, and a question which, ho said, no municipality could solve, as it had become a national nnd inter national one. "Yet," ho said, "somo little relief, at Iciibt, can bo afforded by this city government. 1, therefore, recommend: "First That you proceed to secure a tract of laud suitable for the raising of food products, and that such of the unemployed as desire may bo permit ted to use this land, the city to furnish proper seeds and tools. "Second Tho enlargement of the fuel yard at tho city farm to such pro portions as will pertntt all who desire to earn, by their labor, such fuel ns they may require. "Third The appropriation of such an amount of money ns circumstances may warrant to lie used in providing employment directly upon public works, not In competition with tho regular employes of tho city, but upon bpcclal works, two kinds of which 1 herovtlth suggest: "First, Improvement of the park sys tem; second, construction of a system of bicycle paths through all principal thoroughfares." Mayor Chase condemned tho system of contracting with tho lowest bidder for city work and said tho system should not bo tolerated. He said: "Low bids mean cheap work. Cheap work means cheap men, and low wages lower tho standard of citizenship. Tito city should perform Its own work and furnish Its own material, giving em ployment to Its citizens." Tho mayor advocated increased ap propriations for educational purposes und municipal ownership of tho elec tric lighting plant nnd street rail ways. ICIIIod by n Folding Hod. SrniNarir.i.D, 111., Jan. 4. Mrs. Lu- cretla Kent, a widow, met her death in a manner horrlblo in the extreme. Her fate was revealed when a friend entering tho house found her dead body. One hand was pinioned Inex tricably under a hoavy folding bed.' Tho body was badly decomposed, showing that death had occurred sev eral days ago. When found the wo man's broken hand was still clasped In tho bed as lu a blacksmith's vise. How tho aceldont happened will nevor be known definitely. Tho woman lived alono in tho house ami that accounts for the tardy dis ovory of tho body. Kanlt tgo Olijrcti. Santiago, Jan. 4. An order has been received from Havana, which, If enforced, will mean, lu tho Judgment of the comraorelal classes here, serious Injury to tho province. This is a direc tion to transmit tho entire customs rccolpts each week to Havana. Com pliance with such instructions would involve tho abandonment of many noc cssary public Improvements, especially in tho matter of roads and water works. Since American occupation began,, thoso funds havo been used for such purposes, and havo been tho principal means of meeting the neces sary expenditures. llellrvoi Uoiuei Has No Fovrer. London, Jan. 4. Tho Havana corre spondent of tho Times, referring to tho refusal of General Maximo Gomez to surrender his arms until an inde pendent government Is granted, says: "I bollcvo that tho inlluoneo of Gen eral Gomoz with tho rebels is com pletely ended." Ily tha Morphine ttuute. Galena, Kits., Jan. 4. llcrt Meeks, who two months ago shot nnd killed Ivan Hcadly, whom ho claimed wns In timate with his wife, died last even ing from an overdose of morphine. Itlos lias a Conference With Otis. London, Jan. 4. Tho Madrid cor respondent of tho Dally Mall says that Qisneval Itlos, on his arrival at Manila, ha 1 a conferenco with Major General Etwell S. Otis, United States mllltnry gCTcruor of the Philippines. Fromlnent lawyer Uoad. Skdama, Ma, Jan. 4. Judge Charles Richardson, a prominent attorney of Sedalia, And a jrcplde.rtt.ot, Pettis, coun ty for tho past thirty-four yenrs, died suddenly yesterday morning after a few hours' Illness of heart failure. IMIHEHi E. The Speakership Contest Almost Settled in Favor of Mr, Ward, THE OTHER CONTESTS WARM, The Main Iutorult Now Seem to Have lloen Transferred From tha Speaker ship to the Fight for Secretary of tha Henatu Cliiluu of the Rival Candi date. JiUTKUSO.vClTV, Mo., Jan. 4. Prob ably never before lu tho history of the Missouri legislature has tho anti-caucus light for legislative ofllcers as sumed such bitterness as tint present contest for speaker and secretary of the senate. This race became so warm that candidates for minor places have practically been lost sight of. From surface Indications Ward of Stoddard county seems suro of tho speakership, although Whltecotlon of Monroe and Pope of Jefferson City say they aro still In the race, and repeat tho old saying that the game Is uovcr out until it is played out. Although they, especially Whitocotton, appear downcast, they contend that many a combination Is broken in twenty-four hours. So as tho day closes, twenty-four hours before tho caucus, one can al most ace Want In tho speaker's chair, the gavel in his hand. Itut who can tell what a day will bring forth In such a political mix up. At the other end of the cupltol is another light still more interesting be cause there Is apparently more of an element of doubt In it. It Is tho con test for secretary of tho scnato be tween "Cor" Roach of Carthage and W. R. Painter of Carrolton. Tho Painter men nre modest In their claims. They say they lmvo ton votes pieugeti to me opposition s eignt, with even votes on tho fence. They will not name their pledged votes, but give this list of unpledged : Draboll of St. Louis, Orchard of Howell. Vnndlvcr of Lafayette, Whaleyof St. Clnlr.Chllders of Hickory, Millcrof Worth nnd Wil son of Platte. Roach pooh-poohs at this claim and contends that he has twenty-ono out of twenty-flvo votes. Skirting the edges, however, Is a third candidate for secretary. It Is ex-Senator "Dick" Love of Independence. Senntor Love's only hope Is that by securing two or threo votes he can keep the other two from the required thirteen on a dead lock, and one of them will throw his votes in tho Love direction, landing for hint tho prize. Should a deadlock occur, Senator Lovo might not bo far off in his calculations. Major Henry Newman appears to bo sure of tho house's chief clerkship. Dozens of candidates are in the field for other office, but thej wander about like lost sheep, watching the pulling and hauling In tho speaker ship and tccretnry fight. Cockrell Wrltet for Support. Jefkeuson Cut, Mo., Jan. 4. Al though thero Is no question as to Sen ntor F. M. Coekrcll's re-election, yet the "old man," ns the Democracy rev erently refers to him, has written sev eral letters to senntors and house members ntklng for their support. Tho letter is typewritten and Is char acteristic of his old fashioned court esy. "I was about to write you with my own hand," ho writes, "but an nttaek of the grip lu tho most malignant form seized me and forced me to my bed and compelled me to resort to heroic treat ment. "If you can, consistently with tho majority of your Democratlo constit uents, cast your vote for my re-election as my own successor, I will most warmly npprcclatotho favor and honor nnd shall ever hold you In grateful re membrance." Tho letter Is signed "Your friend, F. M. Cockrell." THE QUEEN'S BEEF WAS BAD. Inspector Order Much of Victoria's Neir Year (lift Thrown Itvny. London, Jan. 4. Tho queen's New Year alms Include a gift of beof to the poor of Wludsor. Tho distribution committee has examined tho beef and condemned many pieces as unfit for food and ordered that tho bad meat bo replaced. Thero has been an annual grievance over tho quality of beof fur nished for this purpose, but tho con tracting butchers express themselves as astonished that tho beef should havo been rejected. Wutehliu for tho Clork nnd 810,000. San Fiiancisco, Jan. s. Uy direc tion of Chief Lees, detectives arc watching all outgoing vossols and trains In tho hope of capturing Charles A. lteeler, tho Wells-Fargo delivery clerk, who fled with 85u,00u cash be longing to tho Southern Pacific Rail road company from San Antonio, Texas, December 28. It is believed that Heeler, finding his flight overland toward Mexico cut off, is headed In this direction in the hope of inoro easily getting out of the Unltod States. Flopped the Hoys In Court Kvansvii.le, Ind., Jan. 4. Minor Garrett, Edwnrd Gardner, Elijah Scott, Frank Curl and Wlllinm Mor ris, boys ranging in ago from 10 to 12 years, were given a public whipping In police court for stealing some old wash boilers. Their parents wore given thu option by Judge Winfrey of u whipping for tho boys or having them sent to tho reform school. The boys wero led to tho hall by tho turn key and given tweniy-flvo lashes eaelu Their yells uould be heard for two blocks. One of tho boys was so weak after the flogging that ho could hardly walk from the police station. DOWN WITH THE GRIP. Ten Fer cent or Wnshlnclnu's 1'opuU tlon Frustrated. Washington, Jan. I. The grip and tho ailments attendant upon It that aro now included in its train of ills havo prostrated an unusual number of residents of Washington. Au observ ant pharmacist estimates that 10 per cent of tho District's population is suffering from tho. new generic grip. Threo members of tho scnato comj mlttco on appropriations nre so ill that they will not bo able to leave their homes for several days. These Include Senators Bewail, Cockrell and Allison. Senator Turplc, of Indiana, Is recov ering from an attack of pneumonia, bat for sovcrul days has been nhlo to sit up. x Dower Olvoi I'retnlio. Toi.kiio, Ohio, Jan. 4. City Clerk Lent P, Harris Is In receipt of a letter .from Admiral Dewey, who was invited to bo tho guest of honor to open tho Ohio centennial May 1, 1003. The ad miral expresses his thanks for tho honor and says that, while it is im possible for him nt present to make any definite answer, it would give him much pleasure should circumstances at that tlmo render It possible to accept the invitation. Morrill's Hody Interred. Mo.NTi'Ki.iKn, Vt., Jan. 4. Tho body of tho Into United Statos Senntor Mor rill arrived hero yesterday from Wash ington. On the train which brought the body to Montpcller was alBO tho body of the Senntor's wife, who died at the capital bcvcral months ago. They were both interred in Green Mount cemetery. Drey fin Unturned to Triton. London, Jan. 4. Tho Paris corre spondent of the Dally Chronicle hays he learns that Dreyfus actually started for France, but that he wns taken back to his prison island in couso quenco of tho representations made by tho government to the court of cas sation ns to tho danger of bringing him to Paris. l'nrmrr l'lijllNt I Killed. San Fiuncisco, Jan. 4. Asa result of a row in a saloon nt 113 O'Farrell street James Gallagher was fatally shot by John, nllas Mike, Flynn. Gal lagher, who wns an ex-puglliht, died soon after tho affray, but wns unablo to make an ante-mortem statement de claring that he had been slain by Flynn. Ottiiwit Waking Up. Toito.NTo, Ont., Jan. 4. Municipal elections were held throughout On tario yesterday. Tho citizens of Ot tawa voted on tho question as to whether street cars should bo allowed to run in that city on Sunday and de cided by a lnrge majority that they should. WiuiM i Co.WIn; Station. Madrid, Jan. . Official circles here arc warmly discussing tho attitude of Great llrltuln, owing to her pressing demand, that Spain sell hern coaling station in tho Balearic islands and other strngctie points, so as to render Gibraltar unassailable. Warrant for ZolVn Arrest. London, Jan. 4. Tho Dally News says: "In a round-about manner wo hear that tho Ilrltlsh authorities, at the request of tho French government, havo issued a warrant for tho arrest of Emilc Zola, now known to be lu Eng land." Mint Makes a Dig Itecord. Philadelphia, Jnn. 4. A statement of tho coluugo of tho United States mint in this city for tho ycur 18US shows that the output for the year just ended wns the largest since 18!)l). Tho total number of coins made was 100, 2o9,4W, valued at 827,054,452. Sedalla Clgarmuker Strike. Sedalia, Mo., Jan. 4. Tho cigar makers In tho Herman lluch factory walked out at noon yesterday on ac count of the employment of extra ap prentices, and a general strlko of union clgnrmukcrs in Scdalln is threat ened. Quarrel Over a Tobjcco Crop. Middletown, Ohio, Jan. 4. At Jack- sonboro, near here, Join Philip Kuch quarreled John Glfford and over tho di vision of a crop of tobacco. Glfford shot and killed Kuoh and nfterward committed suicide. Ioira Fractlcullr Out of Deht. Des Moines, Iowa, Jnn. 4. Stato Treasurer Mcrrlott has mado a state ment of the debt of the stato of Iowa, showing that it is, in round numbers, only 878,000, a reduction for tho year of 5322,000. Mnn nnd Wife Harnod to Donth. Dallas, Wis., Jan. 4. Wllllnm Stlcklcy and his wife havo been burned to death in their homo. Their threo children wcro saved with difficulty. Attondod Hit Sitter's Funeral. Portland, Me., Jan. 4. Speaker Thomas 1). Reed came to Portland yes terday to attend tho funeral of his sis ter, Mrs. Conley. Tax Itlots In Hlrlly. London, Jan. 4. A dispatch from Romo says n mob of 4,000 pcoplo has destroyed tho internal revenuo sontry boxes and stoucd the gendarmes around tho Nisceml, Sicily, as a pro test against cxccsslvo taxation. A number of persons were wouuded. llryan's Men Iteach Havana. Havana, Jan. 4. Tho United Statos transport arrived hero To-day from Charleston with the Third Nebraska regiment, ex-Colonel Bryan's old regl i meat, on board. mTOnpwraL Kansas Popullst3 Would Protect Themselves Prom Stanley, HOW IT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED A Strong KHort to Itepeat tho Statute I'erniUtlux the New Administration to Iiivoitlgttto Popnlltt Officeholder Oat of Their Job.. TorttKA, Kun., Jnn. 4. Tho Populist holdover nppoiutces arc making u tre mendous effort to pass the proposed repeal of the statu! which permits tho governor to investigato objection able persons out of office by legislative committee. This statute authorizes tho lieutenant governor and the spoakcr of the house, upon the request of the governor, to appoint u joint committee for the purpose of Inquiring into charges that may bo preferred against nu appointive officer who has been confirmed by the Senate, and since for two years after next week the governor, the lieutenant governor nnd the bpcaker will bo Republicans it will bo an easy matter for thorn to get rid of all holdover Populists If this law remains in tho stntuto books. In 181(5 It was employed by Governor Morrill to got rid of some of Lowell tng's appointees after au investiga tion, which brought out much tall swearing pro and con. In tho case of William Rogers, n regent of tho state university, a drink was proved to bo a drunk, and un occasional spree habitual drunkenness. Ono witness against Rogers was himself an ap pointive o Ulcer, und no less a user of intoxicants than Rogers, but ho was not disturbed, while Rogers wns re moved by the Judgment of tho com mittee. When Governor Leedy came Into power he appointed Rogors to his old place. Rogers still has two years to serve, and, warned by his previous ex perience, he Is lobbying energetically for the repeal of tha statute which was his undoing In 1S05 Supporting him are all tho other holdover Popu lists, including Warden Landls, tho mnnngcrs of tho Soldiers' home, tho managers of tho reformatory, tho trustees of tho stato board of chari table institutions and all tho other more Important uppolntlvo officers whose terms do not expire with Gov ernor Leedy's. The terms of tho proposed repealing act are that an "appointive oflicer who has been confirmed by tho senate, or the chief, officer of a stato institution whose term expires nt the end of u given number of years, shall not bo removed for political reasons only, nor otherwise than by Impeachment, except for the causes and in the man ner hereinafter described." Section 2 provides that whenever n charge against an appointive olllcer shall come to the attention of the gov ernor the latter may direct tho attor ney general to Inquire Into the facts, and if, upon such inquiry, the two of ficers shall concur In tho opinion that such charge, ought to bo investigated with a view to removal, or to removal or punishment, tho attorney con- eral shall cause a complaint to be filed at his option in tho ofileo of tho district court of tho county where the officer charged against lives. Then nn nrrcst shall follow and a trial shall bo had by jury. If tho verdict bo "not guilty," tho de fendant shall be restored to his place; but If it bo "guilty," tho court shall forthwith render a judgmontof ouster, which judgment shall bo final and without appeal or writ of error. Longstrcet'e I.I lie Indoriod. Toi'KKA, Kun., Jan. 4. Tho Senate passed Representative Keefer's concur rent resolution to-day indorsing the report of General James Longstrcet of tho interstate commerce, commission, recommending tho construction of a doublo track air lino railroad from Kansas City to San Diego. Tho houso passed Harbaugh's bill requiring annual settlements to be made by township treasurers with township boards, prescribing certain official duties to bo performed by township treasurers and township trustees and prescribing punishments for violations. DR. HILLIS IN ABBOTT'S PLACE. Fljrniouth Church, Hrookljn, Eipected-to Call the Chlcaco I'astor. CiucaoOj Jan. 4. News was received hero last night that tho Rev. Dr. New ell Dwlght lllllls, pastor of the Cen tral church in this city, is to bo called to tho pastorate of Plymouth church of Hrooklyn, as tho sueecstor of Dr. Ly man Aouott, who recently resigned. Oenernl Sumner In Command at Omaha. Omaha, Neb,, Jan. 4. Brigadier Gen eral Edwin V. Sumner arrived hero this morning to tako up his permanent station. For somo tinio ho has been located nt Denver and had command of both tho Departments ot tho Mis souri nnd of Colorado, but in read justment of commands General ncr comes to this department. Sum- The Kitlser Ilirs French From Army. Hkulin, Jnn. 4. Tho Army Gazetto publishes an imperial cabinet order substituting German for words of French origin now employed in tho army. Tho order doolnrcs that Em peror William is desirous ot promoting tho uso of pure German In tho army, Drnnk Conooutritted I.yo for Wine. Lawiiknoe, Kau., Jan. 4. Samuol Auker drank half a pint ot concen trated lyo November 30, thinking It was wine. As a result ho died this morning. BETTER NEWS FROM ILOILO. tienerat Otis Cablm That General MIU Has the Situation Well In Hand. WAsmNOTON, Jan. 4. General Otis commanding nt Manila, has cablet! tho War department that in hiii opinion General Milter has tho situation woll in haud at Hollo and that ho fully understands tho purposes of tho President not to crowd tho insurgents unduly. The general has been instructed that It is highly dcstrablo that a hostile colli, sion between tho American forces and tho insurgents bo avoided at all hazards, at least pending tho ratifica tion of tho peace treaty. The officials hero aro now fully sat isfied that tho trouble nt Hollo may b traced directly back to tho Spanish olonol who was tho senior Spam lsh army oflicer in tho Phlllpplno group, and directly in command of tho VIsnyas group, including tho principal island of Panay and tho city and garrison of Hollo. General Otis reports show that though besieged with his 800' soldiers in Hollo by a superior forco the position ot tho Spanish was thoroughly tenable, 'fhey had rcpulsod every attack of tho insurgents and had inflicted great loss upon the latter, and alto gether thero wos no reason why thoy should not havo held out Indefinitely. They did hold out until thoy hear J that tho Americans were coming. ANOTHER MAIL POISONING. A Knlclcarboekor Clubman Mny Hare lloen Killed by a "Headache" rovrder. New Yonic, Jan. 4. There Is a strong probability that tho fact may boon bo established that Henry C. Har nett, who died nt tho Knickerbocker Athletlo club November 10, from fau cial diphtheria, according to tho death certificate made out by his physician, was murdered by poison, as was Mrs. Adams, and that tho same poison was used to tako his life as-was utilized in tho caso of-tho woman and Harry Cor nish, tho instructor of tho Knicker bocker club, who recovered from tho drug's effects. Cyanldo of mercury was admlulsted in each case. Tho body of Harnett has been exhumed, and it is said that sufficient evidence- lias been obtained to provo that tho body conj talus traces of tho poison named. ' There is said to bo little doubt that tho person who caused tho death ot Mrs. Adams is also responsible for tho death of Harnett, with this difference, thai while ho did not intend to kill Mrs. Adams, but Cornish, the death ot Harnett was deliberately plnuncd. During the ton dnys of Harnett's ill ness tho groatest precautions wore taken to keep tho clrcnmstnnccs sur rounding his enso quiet. When his brother Edmund came to see him Hen ry said that ho had taken a "head ache" powder and added that it mado him violently ill. lie attributed this to having taken nn overdose. Ho seemed to recover from the effects of tho powder in a day or two and no suspicions were aroused in the mind of Edmund that his brother's death was not tho result of fauclnl diphtheria. AGAINST ROBERTS, Mormons at Independence, Mo., De- nounca tha 1'olygamlit. Independence, Mo., Jnn. 4. Tho Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Independence, tho strongest Mormon organiza tion outsldo of Utah, last night placed itself on record as being un qualifiedly opposed to allowing Con-grcssman-olcot H. n. Roberts of UtaU to tako his scat in the national houw of representatives, and tho governing body of tho church wishes to co-oper-ato in every way possible to prevent Roberts from being seated. MURDERED ALL HIS FAMILY, Jealousy Drives an Illinois Blan to Shoot Himself, Ills Wife and Tiro Children. Hloominoton, 111., Jan. 4. Tills af ternoon at Mlnlor, west of this olty, John Lytton shot his wlfo, two ohll drcn nnd then himself. All are dcatt except tho husband, who cannot live. Jealousy was tits causo. THE RAILROAD BILL A LAW. Unvernor Leedy Has Signed the Court af Visitation Act TorEKA, Jan. 4. Houso bill No. 1, an act creating a court of visitation foi tho regulation of railroads, became a law at 11:30 o'clock this morning, whon Governor Leedy affixed his signature to it. To Keep Volanteors In Cuba. Havana, Jan. 4. Lieutenant Col onel Louis M. Maus, chief surgeon, says that less than 1 per cent of thi Seventh army corps is on tho sick list and there Is not a caso of yellow fevei among the United States troops. H thinks It would bo unwise to send freshly recruited regulars hero in th spring. It would bo better to leave" tho voluutcers who will havo learned how to tako caro of themselves la Cuba. Hanged tha Murderous l'ole. London, Jan, 4. Schneldor, thi Polo, who murdered a Germni baker's assistant November 11 bj throwing him Inside nn oven was hangod at Nowgato this morning. Schneider was a homeless Pole, whe had been granted n night's lodg ing in a bake-house. Havlnj thrown the assistant of tho baker InU tho lighted ovon, ho tried to murder tho baker by clubbing him oi the head and stabbing him in thi chest. Tho police wero attracted t tho spot by tho shrieks ot tho baka and Schneider was overpowered.