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.
