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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1902)
MAdAY MUST GO Man Who Created All tiio Trotiblo is Ousted. PRESIDENT EXERCISED PREROGATIVE Hirer Ktriiumr llimn Wlioln I'amllj- As- pliyxlntnil Hlrrct Cnr Archlcnt In N .111 I'miH'Im-ii Arrested for Do- sturhliig flellglnus Molding. Secretary Long 1ms discharged I'M gar Stanton Maclay from his position ils n hUillml laborer in the Brooklyn navy hard, Mr. Miiclny having refused to resigned when requested to do ho. Mr. Muclay 1h author of a naval his tory, and in its last volninu sharply crlticls ed Admiral Schley und do noil nerd liliii a.s a caitiff, poltroon and coward. Secretary Long's action was talccn by direction of the president and fol lowed a conference between the presi dent and the seeretnry.who took to the white- house with him a letter from Maclay In response to the request for Ills resignation went by the sec retary. In this letter Maclay sub mitted that he could not be removed or bo compelled to reign without defi nite charges being made against him and without having an opportunity to answer thoso charges. Although the civil service rules give employes of the public service tho opportunity of ans wering charges that may be preferred ngalnst them the president exorcised his prerogative In the present instance and directed Maclay'.s removal, it' be ing held that tho latter was aware tin olllclally, if not ofllcially, of the rea sons which actuated tho exroutlvo in talcing the course determined upon. Secretary Long said the action talc en would dispose of the case finally. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER lurjr Ho Dccldo In tlio Cam or Nowell . ICittlilmti. Newell C. Rathbun, who was tried on tho charge of murdering Charles Goodman by giving him poison at Jef fcrsonvlllc, Intl., was found guilty of manslaughter and his punishment was fixed at two to fourteen years In tho penitentiary. Tho jury had been con sidering tho case since Saturday. Rnthbun's attorneys asked for a new trial and tho motion will bo argued later. Charles Goodman, Rathbun'n alleged victim, was found (load last month In a hotel in Jeflorsonvillc, Inil., after ho had spent somo tlmo with Rathbun. Ills body was shipped to Llttlo Rook, Ark., where Uathbun'n wife lives, as that af Rathbun, on whose life an in surance policy for S 1,000 had been issued. Following tho discovery that tho body was not Rathbun's came Rathbu's urrest at Louisville whore ho had enlisted under another name in the United States army. Tho corpse was, later Identified as that of Charles Goodman, a wanderer, who camo to OlliRvlllo. from F.vansvlllo, Ind.. and met Kathbun In front" of tlieSlhatfon Army headquarters. LCOIS HOPEFUL Think United HI it p Will Appoint i:n vojr to Vatican. Tho London Pall Mall Gazctta pub Hsbes tho following dispatch from Home: Tho vattean Is becoming decidedly more hopeful that tho United States will yield to tho pope's great desire nnd .appoint a diplomatic representa tive to tho Vatican. So anxious Is the popo for the success of his project that he would bo satisfied at present with n semi-official representative, In tho hope that ho would evontually bo turned In to a minister or ambassador. It seems that Washington Is not unwilling to discuss tho matter and tho ration n has Intimated in ret n its desire to meet American wishes in Cuba and tho Phil ippines nnd possibly create another cardinal In tho United States. Tho popo is somewhat opposed to tho latter step while Cardinal Gibbons lives but he may compromise tho matter by cre ating Archbishop Ireland or Arch bishop Corrigan cardinal of the curia, outailing living In Homo. Ono Dciul mill Ma ii y Injured. One person was killed and nlno oth ers injured in a pcculior accident on the Fillmore street electric car lino at San Francisco. For four blocks Boutli of Union street the grade Is so steep that the cars havo to bo nulled tin tho hill hv special machinery. As ft car contain ing fifteen peopu had nearly reached tho top of tho hill, it broko looso in borne manner nnd rushed down tho grade with frlghtfull speed. It kept tho track until Union street, was reached. Hero there stood an empty ear, waiting to be hauled to tho sum mit. This obstruction was crushed into and wrecked by tho runawny car, which then jumped the rails and was brought to a standstill by a telegrnph pole, which it struck with turrillo force, completely domolisliing tho car and Mattering Its oocupauts in ull di rections. No Agreement yvlth llrlgunils. A correspondent at Constantinople of tho Associated press was Informed ut the Amcricun legation that no agree ment hud yet been arrived at with the brigands who hold Miss Stone captive concerning tho missionary's release, und that It was unlikely that anything would bo settled In this canueetlon for uuother ten days. Advices received from Sofia are to tho effect that M. Tsilka has heard tlmWMmo. Tsllku, his wife, Is doing well, but cannot bo moved for unother week. Tho same advices euy Miss Stono is also well. MACLAY LIKES HIS JOB Cltll Ren lea I-nnn, Ho Declares, l'ro tcrt lllm. Kdgar Stanton Maclay, whoso con nection with the Schley case led Presi dent Koosovolt to request his resigna tion ns special laborer In tho navy yard, made formal demand for trial by usual naval prccccdurc. Ho averred that ills case came under tho civil ser vice law and that ho could not bo dis missed without formal charges, trial and conviction. Tho request for his resignation was Rent to him by Hear Admiral Harker, commander of tho Lt.vy yard at Urooklyn, ant! ho replied at onco by letter, formally setting forth his position. Discussing tlio case Maclay saldil "The president cannot havo mo dis charged under tlio law, as 1 see It. 1 do not sco how ho can force tno out. I am protected by tho civil service lawn enacted by congress, whoso enactments tho president is bound to execute. "I do not positively know, but I be llovo my position under civil serylco furnishes mo complete protection so long as I violato no rules of the ser vice, and that I havo not done, and that I havo so stated in my letter to the commandant in answer to tho re quest for my resignation. No, I did not say that the president la as bad as tho czar of Russia. "I have dono nothing tnnro than wrlto tho commandant and ask that charges bo preferred ngulust me, and I will do nothing more just now. I havo not been suspended and am working here today, as I havo been doing for fifteen mouths. I havo tried to do my duty hero and havo broken no rules and shall simply stand by my rights, more for the principle of the matter than anything else, for my position hero pays me very littlo and Is chiefly valuable because of tho experience and Information it affords mo as material for my books." DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR. Murder Dlspntchml Arenrdlng to New Mussnehusott I.ntr. Franccszk Umllian was electrocuted at tlio state prison Charlcstown, Mass., for tho murder of Knslniicr.s .Tedrusek on Decembor 31, 1800. The murder for which Umllian died was as follows: Kuslmlers Jcdrusok disappeared in December, 1809, from tho farm of Mon roe ICelth in Granby, western Massa chusettcs. He and Umllian wens farm hands there. In tho following April Jedrtisck's body out up and headless, was found in a sack in an unused well. Two days later tho bead was uueathed under tho barn. iJmillan was convict ed on strong circumstantial evidence. A corn cutter was used to cut up tho body. The motive was that Umllian was angry because .Tedrusek had writ ten to a priest at Chieopco bofore ho (Umllian) was married to a domestic employed by Mr. Keith, warning t;io priest that Umllian had had a wife and family in Poland. WAR inevitable; Diplomatic relations nroken oft 116 tweon Argent I tin nn' -t'lille. Secretary liny has i.cciVcd n cnblc Kra..t frwu.'.'iri States Minister Wil son nt Santiago do Chile, confirming the report that the resources of diplom acy bad been cxhaused In the olTort to settle the dlsputo between Clillo and Argentina and that diplomatic rela tions had been broken off through tho withdrawal from Chile of tho Argon tine minister. Touching tho propo sition emanating from the Argent! no side to refer tho dlsputo to Groat Brit ain as an arbitrator tho Chilean rep resentatives claim that this was their original proposition. This being tho case, It is believed there is a way open lor ft peaceful adjustment of tho trouble. lloth tho Chilean and tho Argcnlino representatives werq at tho state de partment In roferenco to tho contro versy between Argentine and Chile. Tho United States government is watching the progress of tho negotia tions and Is standing ready to aid in a peaceful solution in any way agreeable to both parties. The submission to Great Britian is entirely satisfactory to tho authorities and they probably will assist in having both governments accede to this manner of solution. Family ut Tort Wuyno Asphyxiated. Two aro dead and ono will dlo as tho result of asphyxiation at tho resldoneo of Gcorgo Sehaffer, n wealthy retail grocer of Fort Wayne, Ind. Shaffer was a German, hlxty-fivo years of age, who had made a comfort able fort uno In tho grocery business. Henry Anderson, aged sixty years, a veteran of tho civil war and a lifelong friend, was his companion. A ucphow of Sehaffer, his only relative, went to tlio liouso with Christmas presents. Ho found tho place looked and forced an entrance, and tho bodies of tho James woman and Anderson wore found In tho upper part of tho house. Tho woman was dead, but Anderson still showed signs of llfo and was takou to tho hospital. Tho physician says ho cannot live. An investigation by tho police showed that tho chimney fluo was obstructed with soot and tho gas had tilled tho house, which wus tightly closed. Kteiimhut llurnoit. Tho steamer Sun, employed, in tho Memphis and Fulton trade, burned to tho water's edge, and four lives woro lost. Tho fire was discovered at 4:10 a. in., and spread with such ragldlty mat tno steamer was n mass or names when tho department responded to tho alarm. About fifteen passengers were asleep oil board when tho fire broke out. Fell Demi Whlli. Milking, Mrs. John JCrapp, living mr Coffey vllle, Kas., dropped dead with heart trouble while out in the barn lot milking. A BATTIE FOUGHT Desperate Conflict In Which Four Hundred aro Killed) GOVERNMENT TROOPS ARE VICTORIOUS Mroken rtnll Wreeks n Train rovrilor Mill lllonrn to J'lcecs (Irnnil lilnnil Man ltunc Himself Horses I'olsnnril ut Columbus. News has been received that General Martin, tho Colombian revolutionary leader, attacked Honda, dn tho Manila- leiift river, December 10, with 1,200 men. liio gnrrisun, consisting of ISO, fought from 0 a. in. to 11:30 p.m. At 8 p. m. the garrison received reinforce ments numbering 200 men. The battle started on tho outskirts of the city and ended at Careeoll, nine miles from Honda. Bayonets and ma chetes wero used. The government forces wero victorious. Four hundred men wore killed In the battle. flnjrs Ilushniiri Wu Klllml. The Helena, Mont., police aro inves tigating n story told by Mrs. Mary Hansen, which involves the alleged murder of her husband nt Belvldere, 111., eight years ago by Charles Buell. The woman and Buell u. rived at He lena a few weeks ago from Iowa, mak ing the trip overland in ft buggy. The woman had Buell arrested for ill treatment and tb tho county attorney she stated that while living with her husband at Belvldere, III., Buell nnd Hansen went out hunting together. Haiibeu never returned. According to the woman's story her husband was drowned by Buell. Mrs. Hansen joined the Salvation army a few days ago and upon the advice of tho captain of the army, It is said, confessed tho story to the county attorney. l'omler Kxplmlou Crentes Ilnvoc. An explosion In the barrel mill of tho Moosic Powder company at Its .Icrmyn, Pa., works blew tho mill and some adjoining buildings to pieces nnd broke windows for miles around. The Shock was plainly' 'Ml a distance of louriecu miles. Jacob Ilillcr, who was in the engine room In the adjoining building, was fatally burned Cohn Glbbs, George Gibhart and. Oeortro Fork-el wi.i- caught by Hying debris and badly In jured. Glass blown from a window in Albert Carer's house struck is ilaimli. tor r,nd cut a deep gash in her neck, i is icarcti sue is fatally Injured. Scarcely a store or residence in Jer. 'myn escaped with a whole pane of glass. Konr Years for Itussoldorr. Jc3oph Dusseldorf, who was convict ed in the Dodge county district court at the last term of murdering Arthur C. Payno in n drunken box car brawl Rt North Bend last spring, was sen tenced to four years at hard labor In tho stato penitentiary by District Judge Hollcnbeek, The jury brought In a verdict of manslaughter, tho pun ishment for which is from ono to ten years in the penitentiary. Tho motion for a new trial, which was heard last week, was overruled. Find tho Mangled Itmnulns, A special from Cripple Creek says: Martin Glcasou, fifty years of ago, su perintendent of tho Wild Horse, Da mond and Deadwood mines, was found dead at the bottom o I the Kalamazoo shaft, r.00 feet below the surface of the ground. Tho body was horribly man gled. The ground arciind the mouth of tho shaft bore marks of a struggle, and It Is evident that Gleason was murdered, although no motive for tho crime is known. Three Killed liy Implosion. An explosion at tho old Sharpsvllle, Pa., furnace wrecked tho furnace and killed three men. Another workman was probably fatally Injured. Tho men were working at .tho top of the furnace when the explosion occurred nnd Clary, Dickson nnd Bart lett were burned to death. Their bod ies woro recovered as 0 o'clock. Don nelly was injured by jumping. Ten Killed unit Fifteen Wniimlod. Details received at London from South Africa of tho ambuscading near Beginderyn, Orange River colony, De cember 21, of two hundred mounted infantry by three hundred Boers nud forty armed natives, led by Command nut Brltz, shows tho Britsh losses to nave been ten men killed and fifteen wounded. Tho losses to tho Boers arc not known. To l'rosertitn Neelej. Chief Postolllcr Iusnector XV. 13. Cochran, aecomponlod by a largo iium- nor or postollleo Inspectors, will leave Washington for Havana, to bo present nt tho trial of Charles P. W. Neely, former chief of the bureau of finance of the department! of posts of Cuba, which will begin January 2. Fiilnllty Follows Accident. A special from Herein. Station, N. M. says that passenger train No. 1, north bound, on the Colorado ,v Southern railroad, was wrecked by a broken rail four milerf south of Herein Stution, Tho day coach, cafe car and sleeper left tho track, Immediately after tho accident tho wreckage took flro and only by rapid work wero tho passen gers all rescued before tho cars wero burned. Tho sleeping car was entire ly consumed. One man whoso name wa4 not learned was probably fatally injured. ENTICED FROM HOME. Tito Wlohltn (llrli DM.tpnonr With a 8t run cor. A warrant has been sworn out in the city court of W.lohlta, Kas., charglug William Slecco with enticing Flora Ellsworth and Ethel Colo away from their homes. Tho officers Imme diately began a search ami found that tho man had purchased tickets for tho thrco over tho Missouri Pacific for Clearwater and that they left tho city on tho train. Tho ofllcors telephoned to Clearwater and found that they had left that town. The officers ut Clear-, water said that people answering tho! description given had come In over the. Missouri Pacific nnd had Immediately left over the Santa Fo with tho Inten tion of getting on tho Bock Island there and going to Caldwell. Sheriff Simmons thou telephoned to Caldwell ami gave a description of tho parties to the officers there and told thorn to tirrest them. Tho sheriff re ceived a message from the marshal at Caldwell that tho parties wero captured and would bo hold until the Sedgwick county officer could como nftcr them. ' Shelriff Simmons will bring tho thrco back to Wichita and Mr. Slcccc will bo given a chance to tell his side of tho case to tho judge of the city court. Miss Ellsworth is seventeen years of age, and lias lived In the city a number of years. Her father Is II. It. Ells worth, a laborer living on Ida avenue. Miss Colo is sixteen years of age, and Isa'daughtcrof G. It. Cole, a laborer also living on Ida avenue. Tho girls have been clo.so friends for a number of years. Thej' havo never shown a disposition to be bud, according to their friends' statements, and no rea son could bo assigned to their going away from homo, especially as they aro well treated, and It is alleged thatthoy have known tho man they ran away with but a very short time. MYSfERIOUS MURDER. Hollies of J. F. Hull unit Wife Are Found Ueuil. George Anderson, having business with J. F. Bull, a real estate dealer of Parsons, Kas., called at his home and was unable to find him. lie had not been seen for two days. This caused suspicion. Marshal Bennett forced an entrance and found tho bodies o! Bull and his wife murdered. Mrs. Bull wns lying across the bed with her skull crushed and a stab wound near the heart. The body was hanging partly over tho bed. Blood was upon the floor. Bull's body wns lying in a corner of the room faco downward, beside a fallon chair. Tho hotiso was lighted. All doors were se curely fastened. Thcro wns no evi dence of a struggle. Tho silverware and jewelry had not been disturbed. No clue has been fountf. Bull nnd his wife wero a respected couplo. Each was about Ffty-five years old. They lived alcne in n handsome house and possessed considerable wealth. Bull came to Parsons from Seneca, Kas., about two years ago aud engaged in the real estate business. Ho und his wife lived alone at their home aud wero considered wealthy. They wero prominent members of the Methodist church. Bull was seen upon the street but did not appear at his office nnd peo plo who had real estate transactions with him wont to tho house several times to sec him and not finding any one at home this led to tho discovery. Ballnn Has n Hloeper. In the presence of a largo crowd, Athol, whose mnnagcr claims ho is a former partner of Athoiio, of Knnsas fame, was buried in a grave in the heart il the business part of Salinn. Tho wtathcr was cxtTcmly cold. Tho man y name is Harry Kcnebrew, and he 1h said to havo formerly lived at Harder, Kansas. ; SiiUnii, Kits., Treasury Empty. The city expenses of Sallna for tho past month have been unusually heavy, ruachlng the sum of Sl,.r01.82 against Sj,O79.07 tho month before, while the city treasury is as empty as old Mother Hubbard's cupboard. Thecxpenso bill embraced forty-nine different items, one of tho Sallna Waterworks company ttinouutiug to S2,0.ri3.l0. Cattlemun It Missing. The creditors of S. L. Sullivan, an extensive cattle dealer of Wuvcrly, Kits., becoming nhirmed at his absence, with his whereabouts unknown for soverl dayc, havo attached property to cover his obligations held by them. Tho extent of tho resources and lia bilities is unkown at this time. Cotton Mill Htnrls Up. Tho cotton mill at Independence, Kas., Is now fairly at work with every thing running smoothly. It started in for steady work with forty-five hands upon its pay roll. It is likely toprove to bo ono of tho most valuable indus tries in tho city, for under tho present managements it bids fair to bo a per manent and growing Institution. Killed Forty-two of Ills Chickens. Sotno unknown wild animal entered the chicken house of A. It. Garrett, a inllo west of Coffecvlllo, and killed forty-two of Mr. Garrett's fluo chick ens. Among tho hens wero many full blooded Barred Plymouth Itoeks. Tlio chickens wero nil wounded hi about tho same manner, being eaten on tho back. llmlly Froien. Theodoro Kent loft Jewell City and started home near Ionia, twclvo miles west, in tho evening. Some neighbors saw a team and wiigoi standing on ft hill mid wont to them. Kent had, it Is said, been drinking and falling out of tho wagon some tlmo during tho night injured his sido. Ho was picked up unconscious, limbs and arms frozen. The doctors say that if ho recovers at all amputation of both limbs and arms will bo necessary. Tho horses stood silently through tho uight. Kent is a married uiau. SEVERAL WRECKS Six Killed and Many aro Injurod as a Result. NEBRASKA PEOPEE NAMED IK THE LIST St. .loo Clerk Commits Nulcldc TrttRiMly on n Itnncli In IOyn I'ulm County Marshal of Donlpltun Klioots Assiillunt Other News, Four persons were killed and twenty nine more or less seriously In jured, several of them possibly fatally, In a collision on tho Chicago fc North western railroad at Malta, 111., sixty miles west of Chicago. The trains in collision were "tho Omaha Flyer," an Cttstbound passenger train, known as No. 0, and nn eastbound freight train. The wreck caught fire and two passen ger coaches, ono sleeping car and eight freight cars were burned and another sleeping car was partly burned. The freight train had tnkon a siding at Malta, but tho train was longer than the siding and tho freight loco motive protruded upon the main track, beyond the side track. The incoming train from the west was not btopped until tho two locomotives "cornered" at tho switch, tho passenger engine being thrown Into tho ditch and bov cral coaches piling upon tho wreck. The cars caught Uro from tho locomo tive. A statement given out by officials of tho railroad company explains that the switch at the cast end of the siding was opened through mistake and tho responsibility probably lies with somo member of tho crew of tho freight truiu. CLAIM IS ADJUSTED The Long rcndliiK Hnlt With Mexico Arbitrated. The state department has just added another to tho long list of arbitrations which it has arranged within tho last few years for the settlement of Ameri can claims. This arbitration will pro vide for tho settlement of tho "pious fund," which has been a subject of diplomatic exchange between tho United States and Mexico slnco the Mexican war. Tho claim arose through the fniluro of tho Mexican government to pay to tho archbishop of California interest on lands belonging to tho Jesuits, for which tho Mexican government acted as trustee. Tho claim was submitted to the Mexican claims commission in 1877 and judgment given in favor of the church for about 1,000,000. The Mexican government claimed that that payment extinguished tho claim, but the btatc department held that the in tcrost began again from tho date of the award and has run until at present it amounts to nnother million dollars. Personal representations by the arch bishop of California, who recently was In Washington, and other dignitaries of tho Catholic church, caused tho de partment to press ho mutter with the result stated. The nnmo of the arbi trator and other details remain to be announced. ASK IMNEDIATE REFORMS Inlmbltiints of DunUli Went Indies Ap pcnl to Mother Country. A large, orderly demonstration took placo nt Chrlstlanstcd, llsland of Croix, Danish West Indies, December 20. Those who took part In it comprised representatives of tho native, official and planting elements. Itesolutlons wero made urging Denmark to intro duce reforms nnd improvements in tho Danish West Indinn islands and to lift the islands out of the humiliations of tlio past. It was also set forth that the leading Inhabitants of the islands, especially tho natives of standing, mer chants, planters nnd Danish subjects generally, desired that tho island bo not sold, but that commercial, indus trial and social reforms under thu Danish flag be instituted. The resolu tions express confidence that King Christian aud his ministry will con sider the demands. Tho procession, which wns headed by bands of music, marched through Christlansted, carrying 000 Hags and cheering for the king. Trneoily on u Hunch. Word has just been received at Sprlngvicw, Nob., of tho shooting and killing of a man by tho name of Wil liam Bellislc, by a half-breed Indian named .Too Boucher. Tho shooting oc curred nt Jack Llbolt'b ranch, about thirty miles northeast of Springviow. Officers will go to tho scene. It is not known that Boucher hus been cap tured. FiiRluccr Dies of Injuries, Troy Nicholson of Dcs Moines, la., nn engineer on the Chicago Great Wes tern railroad, died at tho city hospital in Kansas City as tho result of injuries rccclrcd by falling from tho rladuct of the elevated road near tho union depot last Tuesday night. Killed In Mlnu Slmft. At sbafi No. 1 of tho McAlstcr coal company at Hartshorn, I. T., while tho cngo wns nscending with eight men it jumped Its guidings about ono hundred fet from tho bottom of tho shaft. Six of tho eight men woro killed. Thoy wero caught between tho cngo and tho buntings and their bodies dropped to tho bottom of tho shaft. All killed wero Russians. Thcro wero two others, who held to tho cage. Thoy woro only slightly Injured. SHOOTS ASSAlLArJ Wns Looking for Trouble, nud oft I'lenty of It. Tho village of Doniphan isqnlto bad ly stirred up over a bhootlng affray which occurred in that city. At a ball tho village marshal, Joseph Nel son, wns called upon to keep order, and In admonishing ono man who, it is charged, had used foul language, there was an effort to resist Tho officer's club was brought down upon the head of the victim, and friends of tlio man guaranteed that he would be have, and no arrests were made. This man wus Frank Adams. As far as Adams was concerned tho incident was closed. But a little, later Mark Snyder who thought any way that Nelson had it in for him, took up Adams' cause without solicitation, asked tho mar shal If ho was trying to run the whole village, charged him with being In connivance with others in arresting people, with having threatened to shoot several of the cltions of tho place aud with looking for trouole. Tho marshal 1 declared ho wus not looking for trouble, but looking after the men that wero looking for trotiblo. On tho charge or threatening to shoot the lie was passed between tho two men and each, according to tho state ment bf the other, struck first. It Is admitted by Snyder, however, that ho (Snyder) had Nelson down, when tho latter raised his revolver aud shot. Tho ball entered the loft frontal bono, passing between the inner and outer plate of tho skull and evidently being llattoned out and lodged bomewhere, probably near the base of tho skull. Tho attending physician probed three quarters of an Inch, but did not find tho bullet and there seeming to bo no fraeturo of the skull or serious inden tation, probed no further, it being pos sible that the ball will do no perma nent Injury. Snyder at present is nblo to sit up and bo around. The marshal has n badly decorated eyo and was bruisctl by other kicks and it appears that a gang that has no love for the marshal had It in for him. Tho better clement of the community appears to support the marshal. DOUBLE WEDDING. Twin Ilrothors Marry Hiroothenrts of LmiR Ago. A romance started in Tanamaganche, Nova Scotia, culminated In Chicago, when twin Nebraska brothers, Allen N. and Donald M. Mcintosh, took out licenses to wed respectively MissNollio S. Chirk and Miss Jennie Cunningham. Several years ago the twins left their old homo at Tanamaganche, in Nova Scotln, and went west to make their fortune. Before leaving each had pledged to meet his betrothed after making his fortune, nt somo point bo tween the place in which they should settle and their old homes. The young men bottled hi Laurel, Cedar county, Neb., where they built up a business of their own. On tho marriage license affidavit Allen N. Mcintosh is thirty six yenrs old and his bride-to-be, Miss Nellie Clark, is twenty-six years old. Tho twin brother's bride, Miss Jeunlu Cunningham, is twenty-five years old. Died Sitting In n Chair. From 4 o'clock In tho afternoon until 11:15 o'clock at night a dead man sat in a chair in u Denver saloon. Ills legs word crossed, his eyes wero open nnd his position was so natural that no ono suspected that a corpse instead of a live man was in the chair. At last the saloon keeper decided to try nud solve the mystery. Ho walked over to tto chair wltcrO tho stranger was sitting. He grasped the doad man by tho shoulders and shook him. "What's the matter with you?" he asked. There came no reply. Tho arms of the dead man, released from thoir posi tion by tho shaking, foil limp at his side. Tho saloon keeper, badly fright ened, called the police surgeon nnd tho latter, after his arrival, saw that the case was ono for the coroner. llns No Thought of Iloslgnlug. The most positive denials are given of the story that F. D. Cobnrn, secre tary of the state board of agriculture of Kansas, is to succeed Secretary Wil son, says a Washington dispatch. When the fact that Governor Shaw had accepted tho tender of tho treas ury portfolio was made public tho an nouncement was made that Secretary Wilson would remain in tho cabinet, aud the samo statement was reiterated at tho White House in the most em phatic manner. The president is anx ious that Secretary Wilson should re main, and that the secretary himself has informed tho president that hu will bo glad to do so. Clerk Tukes l'nlsnn. Robert McKlfresh of St, Joseph, Mo., recently of Chicago, n clerk employed by Swift & Co., died in a cell at tho city jail. Death was due to arsenic poisoning. Tlio poison was taken dur ing tho morning. McKlfresh was taken to jail on the charge of carrying con cealed weapons. Ho was ill at tho time, but it was not thought ho was in serious candition. Ilo complained of being very sick, and Jailor Thomas sent for physicians. Boforo they ar rived HI fresh was dead. Ho was deep ly In lovo with a womnn ho met two weeks ago, and it is believed ho took poison because she spurned his suit. Street Hallway Man Kilted, In a collision between a street car and a number of freight cars attached to a switch engine, In Birmingham, Ala., E. W. Jones, conductor of tho street cnr, was killed and two others badly injured. Tho car, it Is said, was going at a rapid rate of speed. Tho cagino was pushing tho freight cars ahead of it, and tho first two cars wero thrown from tho track. Conductor Jones was killed beneath ono of them.