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.
