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ONE HUNDRED KILLED
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lroo CoAches of an Excurion Train in
Mexico Ro1 Down the Mountain Side.
rwo MORE STOP JUST ON TiE BRINK
any of the Dead Mangled Beyond Any
hope of I cntifc1tion ! ,
EIIltY-FIVE ( INJURED I TAKEN OUT
, Being Oar < d for by Surgeons in the Government -
mont Hospials , .
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TRAIN CARRIED TWELVE hUNDRED PEOPLE
" 'ore Hotlrnln ! from i'Ilgrlmugo to the
Shrine ( f Sncro Mouto-TrtIn ! Crew
Who Were Not Killed 'cre
. ' 'Ict11 Under Arrest.
CITY or" 1xrco , Inrch 1.-0ne of the
most trlghUul ( accidents In the history of the
Mexican railroads , re ultng In the killing of
104 IOrSnB ) , and the serious , If not fatal , Injury -
j jury of nearly a hundred others , occurred
yesterday afternoon on the Intoroceanlc raIl-
roll , at a point about twenty-five mit' from
thlB city . A few days ago a great number of
parBons left the capital and the towns In
. - the vIcInIty to go on a pIlgrimage to the
Catholic shrine at Sacr Monto. TIckets were
sold at reduced rates over the InteroceanIc
line , and this read carrIed the bulk of the
pilgrims. Yesterday a long traIn , on board
of whIch there were 1,20 passengers , was , '
returning from the place of pIlgrimage. All
went well untIl a poInt on the lIne about
mIdway between Tlmanta and Tenango was
reached. On this part of the road there 13
a steep Incline , the lne at one place havIng
a sharp curve where It runs close to the
edge of a high preelptce. This Is one of the
\ mesl dangerous places on the road , and was
rendered more so by the fact that the track I
here wan not In the best oC condition. As
the train bEgan to ruil down the incline many
of the passengers were laughing and jokIng ,
' ' while other were looking out of' the wIndows
at the rapidly passing scenery , which at thIs
point Is superb Son the speed of the train
began to Increase , and ' was soon runnIng
at n frightful rate. The passengers ceas3d
5y ' , their joking , and looked at each other , with
'a BtrJnge fear depIcted In theIr faces. Stead-
fly the momentum of the traIn , which was
. ,
- now swayIng and bounding fearfully , In-
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_ _ _ _ creed , and son the dangerous high curve
was struck As the pilot wheels of the en-
_ _ _ ( j gino teok the curve the engine swayed out-
ward and then back. As the drivers went
. on the curve the , engine again swayed heav-
ill , and then elh r jumped the track or
turned a raIl It dashed acres the scanty
space between the rails and the edge ef the
- - ; chasm , and then plunged downward. One
after another , three coaches ' fled with ' 'pa-
sengera dashed after it , and pied up In a
mass of wrecesgo"nt the foot of the lreclplee ,
The next two coaches ale jumped the track ,
_ _ _ , but , most fortunately did not gO' over the
' edge of the precipice. As the fifth coach left
'th rails , It twisted and broke the coupling
FQnnellng It with the coaches behind' it ,
These caches kept the rails , and passed '
. safely around the curve After making a'om -
- /iderablo dIstance , they were stopped by the
2and brakes
FELL , TO THE DOTTOM 0" TIE nA VINE.
WJlen the engine and the three coaches foil
to tho. bottom of the ravine there was a fear-
tur crash . and ning'ed with It were the
shrle s of the afrighted passengers , which
could be easiy heard above the shrieking
of the escapIng steam of the engine , which
was knocked to pieces by the fal The pas-
sengers In the two derailed coaches at the
t edge of the precipIce got out as quickly as
possible , and many ' of them fell on theIr
' knees and thanked God for their escape from ;
a most awful death. In the meantime a
meantme
' number of passengers In the other coaches
had returned to the scene of the wreck anti
devoted thellselvea to the work of rescuIng
those Imprisoned In the wreck . The sight
. hero was a most gruesome one. The car-
rlages were scattered . and a majority of the
occupants were lyIng beneath the wreckage ,
The shrieks and moans of the Injured were
heartrending , while tile unhurt women and
children moaned and walled In an agony of
$ terror Here and there among the debris
cOlld bo seen an upturned face , the eyes
fixed In the classy stare of death , the features -
tures distorted with unknown fear. Again
what lIed been a face could be seen crushed
out of all semblance to humanity. . Hero was '
ln arm , there was I leg that hal been soy- I'
ered from a trunk lying perhaps fifty feet
way ,
The traIn hands were Americans , and some
of thel , lS son lS possible telegraphed
the news of the disaster to this cIty. The In-
telgence quickly spread and caused the
greatest consternation among tile inhabitants ,
many of whom had relatives or frIends on
the trnln. The railroad olcllls dlBlllayed
communelablo ( activity . and lS special exertion -
ton was urgent , an ambulance , medicines ,
bandages , etc" , were prompty dispatched to
the scene Arriving there , everything pos-
ethIc was done to alleviate the sufferings of
- the Injured , sOle of whom were In such
agony that they Ilrayed for death to relieve
the I front their tortures Aided by SOIO of
the len who \'ero In tile coaches that did
not 10 over , the railroad elployel and the
relief corps soon clearelt away the wreckage
sUJclenty to allow the wreckaJe
dead and injured
OVEIt A hUNDRED DEAD .
, One hundred and four dead and eighty-fve
wounded ) were taken out of the wreclc. The
Injured who cult stand to be mO\'Ot were
brought to the CIty of Mexico OU tbQ special
traIn all taken to the military hOllllal ,
whlcll Was thrown open to tile sufferers by
order Of President Ulna. The whole staff
of the hoslllal busied themselves In at-
tending to the Injured who
, were Ildo II
comfortable as the circumstances per-
mlttl : Ilny of the dead wilt never bo
hlenUnel ] , aOlo of them being so horribly
llnllud that It Is almost impossible ' to rec-
onl71 Incs. the remains 15 those of hUlln ho-
Incs.So
So tar aa an be learned the accident was
duo to tile leclgence of the engineer. I 18 I
stated that . when the train entered the do-
chine ho made no attempt to check its sped
bytila use of tile air brako. Had the
brake tailed ! to work the momontul could
have been cheect , : lh the hand brakes ,
but persons on the traIn state that they
heard no whistle for the application ( of the
baud hrnkel , The engineer anti ! frelen
are believed to be under the wreck of the
engine , and why the train was allowed to
rnn practically wild on one oi tile most dangerous -
gerous ectons Of the road will 11robably
never bo known AI Is the case In Mexico
whenever I railroad accident occurs , the feel-
lug 18 very ' bitter against the railroad corn-
pan ) ' alI ) the train hands. All the later
who survived wi be held to strict accountability .
ability under the MexIcan lay , alhoulb al
a matter of fact they were In no way responsible -
sponsible for the disaster ,
' 'ho most terrible Mexican railroad accl-
dent was the one which occurred on the
night of June 2. , 188) wben a train 01 the
LW4 , 811 Moreloa ralw/y was precipitated ! by the
toI or n bridge Into the river Ieal Cuartia.
Aiut :00 llvo were lost In that accident.
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WIIS/n' MEN IN CONJ'RIVvO '
Ulstrlbutor 1\1' Whlslc1 Trlnt Iecclvera
, \re WI.lo . \rt
CNCNNATI , March I.-Receiver John
MeNula and E. F. Lawrence of the Whisky
trust arrIved from Chicago thIs mornIng and
were sworn In by Judge Taft , as receivers for
thla district. Afterward they met the
wholesale whisky dealers In conference W.
N. Hobart of thIs city was chosen ehUrman
and C. I. Maler of Terre haute secretary of
the moeJnK , The opinions on reorganization ,
especially the proposell assessment of $ per
share , were heard. This assessment would
raise ,400,000 , nn amount snl lent to retire - '
tire the ,000,000 worth of bunds held by
Nelson Morris and others , and the balance
to cover the expenses , anti then the comp1ny
rouhl be reorganized unler the sme condition -
tons that governed the trust before It went
Into the hlll of 1 receiver. They hnl a
long consultation , In which the cOndition and
capacities of the various distilleries In this
district were explained anti the general contil-
tons of the market were discussed . The
local distrIbutors wanted the receivers to
cOle to some kind or an understanding as
to the price of whisky , but no conclusion was
reachel , alhough the views of all dlBtrlb-
utors ullon that lueston were listened to.
Rulings that the receiver have lale were
strongly obJectel to by the distrIbutors , and I
they took the occasion to enter I forlal protest - !
test In defenEe thin receivers showed that' '
the loss had been $10OOO In January and
$100,000 In February , and something must
bo done to Increase the receIpts I was
held that the altvonce of the Ilrlce would pro-
ducl part ef the funds needell , antI the ruling
to soil direct to the 'ralle for $1.28 would
produce the rest I was oh the question of
selling dIrect lt 1 cent advance instead of
selling to the distributors at $1.27 that the
most feeling was shown I this Is carried
out the dlstrlbutora said they would them-
solves make rulings that will prevent ' tile receivers -
ceivers from reaching the trade direct. This
was the 10st Important question discussed
and the dIstributors arc Intensely In earnest
over It. The receivers reserved theIr deci-
sIon. SOle distrIbutors expect I general bolt
from the trust In this district , but most of
them say the receivers will make terms
On the question of rebates the receivers
cited the orders of the courts , showIng that
the courts had ordcred payment , and that
they would be guided by such orders.
Tomorrow MeNula and Lawrence will con-
fer wIth J. G. Schmldtallp , formerly receiver
for thIs distrIct , and wl have all the affairs
In Sclllutdtlapp's hands omclaly turned over
to tlem , after which the receivers will return
to ChIcago. The distributors will not meet the
receivers again In a body , but their colulnit-
tee Is staying wIth them , alt particularly on
the proposition to sell direct to the trade at
$1,28 , while the dIstributors have been buy-
Ing for $1.27 and selling for 132. In the
event of the receivers offering goods to the
trade In any quantity for $ 1,28 , It Is generaly
believed there will be war .
Eon A 1'.ICIPW Ll'VIJLIC
Olvhl n. JI\IC ! Ieleve ! Ill the l'oleofl
: lec""lon Western h\tcs
SAN FRANCISCO , March 1.-Davld D ,
James has posted a proclamation In front of
Ills shop on Market treet , the placards bav-
lag a conspicuous red leter hoadlng :
"Citizens-Read This : " Easter , manufac-
turers are starving your Industrial classes and
bankrupting our business men. The crIsis
cannot bo kept up much longer. Our only
relief he I a Pacific republic. We tax certaIn
ferolgn gods , Why not protect ourselves
against tile east ? "DAVILi D , JAMES "
Mr. James says he loves his country , but he
Mleves In the peaceful secession of the west
and the establshment of a republic with Its
own cabinet and lrCIdent. Ho Is a Call-
foria pioneer He said : "We have no
chance hero without Wl establish a separate
republic and , ta1 tha cast. I can be done
wIthout the firing of a gun and It will mean
prosperity to the masses. 'Va can produce
everything we nee rIght hero and the states
west of the Rocky mountains ought o be
centered Ito one vat empire.
"We do not want tle cast to Interfere wIth
\ or legislate for us . hecausaiur Interests
are widely , diferent They do not understand !
our Chinese or Japanese problems , nor do the '
understand many other questcnB peculiar to
us. We take out $15,000,000 of bulon annu-
, ally ; we produce everythIng needed Ii the
entire range of human consumption and If wo
can only escape front the easter importations
which are favored by the railroads we will
have prosperous times and work for all cur
Idle people aB well as for those unbQrn. Our
only connection with the east need be ' ' n case
of war. 'Ve could have offensive and defensive -
fensive treaties and there would never need
be any trouble between the two sections. I
would still be AmerIca and freedom. "
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lWI ) D ; . ( . 2' TUB CUU.YTES.
FaIr ' Ilvorreo : lln Comptote Her l'ureh\RO :
If a 1010 lt Slolx 11 I a.
SIOUX FALLS , March l-Speelal.- ( )
JUdge Haney of Michel has just rendered a
decision In the case of P. H , Edll on against
1me , Margaret do Steners. The basis of the
suit was a transaction entered Into In 1891.
Mme. do Steuers was here for a divorce from
llron de Steues of Berlin , and In order to
make her reldenee here appear bnoa fde
she negotiated .r the llrchase of the resl-
thence of P. H , Edmison for )2,600 She got
her divorce before the deal was consummated .
She marrIed Count Eliot Zeborowelt within
three hours aCer the decree was granted ,
found an excuse for breaking her contract
and ler for England , where site has since
resIded
ThO contract was made wIth the agreement
that within thirty days the purchater wouhl
Pay over the money and' talc possslott pf
the property. Shortly before the expiration
of the thIrty days Mine de Stoner through
her attorneys , . set up objection to the tithe
of tile property and served the falO on Mr.
dmlson'a J attorney. The later at once
brought suit against Mme. de Steuers to
COiflpC'l her to perform her contract . The
case was trIed before Judo laney at Wean-
socket last December. 'J'he decision of the
court Is that the defendant must within
wlhln
thirty days perform her contract and tie.
10slt wih the conrt $12,600 Failing to te.
thtta , thl plaintiff Is allowed to make I deed
to.th defendant ot , the , property In question ,
I tel Cite property for vhat I wl brIng and
secure a judgment against the defendant
for the balance , including ! hue costs of the
suit The costs amount to about $600. The
case will bo appealed . to the supreme court.
11. "JUlI'"UI 7'11 > ( ut lENT . ,
'I'rlleo 8hipttug htulfluWhilch , Card to Go
by ew \ .
SAN FRANCISCO , March 1.-The San
Francisco agents of China and Japan
bunkers are checkIng the few Of silver from
Colorado Utah anti Nevada to the
alI NevOII OrIent by
way of New York anti are shIpping bullion
tn I0uS Ions antI Yollohama from this port
Silver shpments are Increasing monthly. A
iocal sineltitlg concern separates the
locl SIIII1g concer gold
iliad silver ill the bullion , alter I hlch the
sliver II reshipped abroad II old bars. The
cost of shllllng $ ,000 of fine silver from
Den\er ) to hong IOlG via New York and
I.olllon , Is $19,06 , anti by way of San Francisco - :
cisco , $11 , The ilaulc'bf California and the i ,
French bank have In I larg : measure changet
tile 101 of the Inlene silver output , whIch
Is regarded as 1 pronounced commercial
trlnmph fcc San Francisco , China , Japan and
other OrIental countries have for ) 'ear been
the largest consumers of silver In the world ,
having received ' through San Francisco Ind
000. London during th\ past six years $3\2,000-
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\011" tu "UIU II ittwt.
DES = I0NI S , 1lareh 1.-Speclal ( Tele-
gram-Next ) Monday Iowa womel have theIr
frt chance to 'ote . Many . towns ehct :
officers , anti ) wherever questions as to l8u"
lug bnds , ete . come np ; women lay vote
on those questions , but not for the omcn
The question Irlses , 110w wi thfY'o e-In
specIal ballot boxes or with special ballots
In the saute box as I1en1 In tOwels Over
2,500 PIPulaton the wonton must reclster.
Tomorrow 18 their lat day for dolul 80. .
REBEL VICTORY REPORTED
Cuban Iovo1uton Not 80 DeaF' n Officials
Would ' Have the Word Beleve ,
TWO THOUSAND SPANISH TROOP3 BEATEN
Cuhnu JI . urrelouht Said to IIVC.Unlnel1
1 Ynllnlie -SII'11'rll'nrlnJ ' , to
! elt Out Jtt'iiiforceinttttii-
_ Rumors of the IVar .
HAVANA , Cuba , March 1.-A report has
reached here that the Insurgents have defeated -
tested a force of 2,000 Spanish troops , but no
details arc given.
I IB reported that Vincent Garcia , brother
of Manuel Garcia , was also killed In the engagement -
gag ment near Aguacail .
Another battalion of government troops has
left Havana for the cast.
Many encounters are reported In Matanzas. ,
At least 1,000 trained len have heft Ha-
vana In the last sixty daYB They went I
few at I time , f as to disarm suspicion.
Several former Cuban chieftins were among
them. The Insurgent band led by Marrero ,
near Jague.Grnde , In the pro\'lncc of Maton-
zas , has been dispersed by regular troops and
seine of Its members arrested ,
Irregular troops overteole the Guantanamo
Insurgents last evening and opened fire upon
them The Insurgents stood their ground , but
tile reSult of the fight Ie not known
SEVEUAL THOUSAND MOm TROOPS
MADRID , March 1.-The government Is
prepared , hhoull It b : necessary , to send
s veral thousand troops to reinforce these already -
ready In Cuba. All the avaIlable troops In
Porto Rico are ready to go to Cub If they
should be reeded , The ministers have expressed -
pressed their approval of the conduct of the
Cuban authorities.
The government of Spain believes that the I
ricing ! In Cub will be queled without much i
dlmculty. There are 42,000 Spanish troops In
Cuba The rldng Is saId to be lacking the
support of the unlen , constitutional , autono-
mist and reformist parties , In Cuban pol-
tics , which groups , as represented In the
Cortes , united to pass the Cuban reforms bill
of February 13.
An , mclal dispatch received here from
havana thIs evenIng announces the Spanish
troops have dispersed one of the rebel bands
organized In the provInce of Santiago de
Cuba.
LONDON , March 1.-A dl patch , received
here thIs morning from Madrid confirms the
Associated press dispatches of last night announcing -
nouncing that the Spanish government was
prepared to send large reInforcements of
troops to CJba. I Is now stated that the
Spanish g vernlEnt has lrued definite orders
for the Immediate transportation of seven
battalions of troops , each composed of 900
men , to Havana. In addition It Is said that
another battalion of treops has been ordered
to Havana from Porto Rico , making a total
of over 7,000 men to bo dispatched In haste
to Cuba.
SWonD WAS IUOUTl nTtAN TUE l'EN.
.I'nrls Editor Iclli.ttllna UI,1 by "n Ofecr
of the .tuerinrs.
PARIS , March 1.-M. Percher , one of the
editors of the Journal des Deblts , was killed
In duel wIth swords
a fought this morning
by M. 10 Chelteler , an officer or the ma-
rlncs , The duel was the result of a per-
.sonal dlmculy between the two gentlemen.
I occurred on the Island of Grande Jate
In the River Seine. At the first encounter
M. Ie Chueateiier's sword passed through 1
Percher's guard , penetrated his body below
the rIght , armpit and pierced hi right lung.
The wounded man died In a few .ung.
UI0 BATTLE IN CHINA . .
Celestal Soldiers Suffer is fevere Los Rt
Clue 1"lda of tile , Jlp8.
HIROSHIMA , March 'l-Fleld Marshal
Count Oyama reported under date of Febru-
ary 2 that he met the enemy near Taping
Shin and defeated them ; He adds that on'
February 24. 13,000 Chinese troops a lacked
Hal Citing , but were repulsed and retreated
to Yin Kao. The Japanese loss was twenty
killed and 250 wounded The enemy lost
200 Idled , 500 wounded. .
Chrl8tlln 10c111 I" Condemned
BRUSSELS , March 1.-The Belgian ! episco-
pate has received a papal brIef strongly condemning -
demning the attitude of the Christian social-
lets.Before
Before the vote on the naval credit was
taken , Herr Richter , In defense of the at- '
Itudo of the frelsselnnlge party In opposing
the grants said that German commerce did
not depend , upon the number of warships
possessed by Germany. Moreover , he added ,
the existing fleet was sumelent , lS shown
durIng the DeJegoa bay Incidents and durIng
the course of events In ChiI , He contrasted
the position of the conservatives now and
the position whlcb they took up fifteen years
ago when the In nowise seconded the hib-
lb-
oral efforts to strengthen the navy , PrInce
Dlsmarek's sons , contnue.1 Herr nchter ,
then reproached the liberals for supporting
the grants asked for to build ships and now
the government wanted a feet , not as a
necessity , but for the purpose of dlBplay.
Alhough the Reichstag refused to grant the
'aid ' asked for to build the now cruIsers , It
granted the request of Vice Admiral 10l-
mann for a credIt to build a new torpedo
divIsIon boat. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1ntIl's Currency Noels 1Ie""II. I ,
LONDON , March 1.-A dispatch from Cal-
cuta to the TImes , which will be published I
tomorrow , says the trades association has
lent a memorial ! to tile vIceroy , Lord El-
gin , on the currency question , Irwlng at-
tenton to the serious loss imposed upon the
retail trade or the country by the continual
iltictuations unil falling In the contnual
luctuatonR Inll fulin/ rte ex-
ehunge , Tile signers of the memorial urge
that immediate steps he taken to remedy
the existing troubles and they suggest the
absolute prohIbiton of the importation or
silver on private account lS I necessary
preliminary. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mny Jhvn "nll.l for Chili , \ .
TACOMA , Wash , . March ,
TACOlA larch t-No tdlnga
have yet been received ot the schooner Mary
Dodge , which left San Francisco for Ta
cOla thirty-two days ego with a cargo of
slant powder ! 1111 dynnmfte ! , carte the
ohl fea captains along the water front anti )
other marIners are of the opinion tlult the
vessel Is all riht anti Ilrolbl ) ' went tQ
Chhl or Japan with her cargo ot lOVdCr
and thut It la cnrlO
011 intended to he used In the
. uset
Jlllnese.Chlnl war.
'r""II'r 10'11 II ( lsMCl ) ' "lrled. "
GI.ASGOMlrch l-'fhe Theater Royal
lt this 1IIIce his been destro'elt iiy 110.
'J'he damage amounts to $ ZO The Ilulhl
lag out , was empty lt the tme the lire blolte
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1.llln ( ro\II , \tnn.1 Ihn Sb 'hiiy Wi Case ,
l.l XING1ON , March 1-In the Ortz-
Shelby will else tOllay Mrs Clay concluded
her rClarlea\lo ordeal of cross.exnlnlnajintt.
: lss Peters 11)1 MI'K 1. cross.examlnllon. .
Iloil to Mrs. ( l'ntz Wlcltlfe test.
lell lrs. tmtz being of soilud mllll at
tile ( late of the will , 'i'iter were man ) ' qucs-
Iona again 11 to the In'I11nco ' of lues- ,
Clay over her mother Ahlnil'ai Crosby
and dnulhtcr arrived front \Vasiilngtois
anti wih . ' , lss Anna Crosby and uster
lieu were witnesses at the trial , which attracts -
tracts large cro\\ls daily . , It-
Fight . More ; IVlllllh Ilu'r t'(1 icteil .
SAVANNAh Ga . March ,
! , l-Ehht more
rioters were sentenced to thirty days In
jail by the recorder this mornIng. Their
friends gave bonds Ind all tile cases go to
the stale courts Slatery remains here
awaltnl the arrival ot an American Pro-
tectve association organizer who It Is
ululerstood will lecture the
wi on objects of
that organfaation. / Feelng ts quieting down ,
but the arrival of the organizer Is expected
to arouse I again to . some extent.
IXII'IOh'I' ( .umbDr iIre ,
OTTAWA. Ont" , larch t.-Flre In the 1m.
menso piling grounds ot Gilmore & Hugh-
son on GatneRu river deltro'OI over 6,0-
0 feet of lumber ' , worth about $5.0 The
05VOIO lumber jOmpanY 1 i I heavy beer
IJUWI CU.1U.S - UI' /UuLI.VO.
n"F,1'lt II tile Only Mith \ \ Who Uoel Not
how the I.rletl : nf thet l.oul 'l'rlal.
MINNEAPOLIS , March 1.-Tho Hayward
murder trial proceed tOlay In spite Of the
fact that County Attorney' Ny .dB confined te
hIs bed frem nervous prostration. I Is remarked -
marked that whie the jurors look like ghosts
after their six weeks pull nt the case , while
the lawyero are worn out with work and
woiry , and while even the JUllg on the bench
looks weary and bored. the defendant , larry
hayward , comes Into court each morning as
fresh all smiling as If I were I matInee he
Were atendln , Neither the hal ) aIr of the
court room nCr the evidence pled up against
him seems to effect him.
The state knocked a few more props from
tinder the deenso In rebuttal tOday. Louis
Dahm swore that he was present at the cots-
veraton between 1.lvoryman Wilson , and )
James Ward when the former was alleged to ,
hwe Bald that It was not Harry but Adry I
Hay want ho saw driving . with Miss cling on
the nIght of the murder. Dahm declared that
the Ha'wmls : were not mentioned In the
whole con\'ersaton.
I Ernest Galash testified that ho fW George
Grlndll on the east side many blocks away ,
at the time when Grlnda1 swears he saw the
mysterious "third man" get Into the buggy
with 115 Ging. Thus are two Important
witnesses for the delens impeached .
A gun expert was then , called to Ihow that
the bullets In various makes of cartridges
differed In weight. This was to offset Er-
wln's coup thowlng that the cartridge used
to huh Miss Cling wal I 38 long and not I 38
short , aB Dlxt testified .
Dr F. A , DUlmore , after a critical exam-
Inton of the skull , testned positively In
answer to a hypothetical question that the
lac2ratons of the face and the fractures of
the skull might have been caused by a fall
from the buggy of the body , such as was de-
eribetl by Dlxt , or even that the bullet might
have caused : the Iracture. '
Dr. Dunn , another expert for tie state , fol-
lowed and gave similar testimony. Mr. Evln
was unable to shale the belief of either that
the thIng was possible. Dr. Dunsmore had
known of double fracture resulting from the
Cal of a body standing on its feet.
lrs , Adry Hayward swore that Adry took I
her riding on the night of April 27 , when I
the hold.up occurred She Ilenied some of
the statements of Harry. Adry Hayward
corroborated his wIfe In regard to the drh'e
Conrt then adjourned , ,
It Is probable that the trial wl be strung
out much longer than exp cted. Mr. Nye !
reported tonight to be . quito , ill ,
rAVIT .U.ICX J'T , VdN.'m ' .
Urllnnll , "llkrte 1 and the , \mcrlcol
( 'uttrr lulwtR ( ol1tntll ; ,
CANNES , March I.-The , Medierranean
yachting carnival opened I\el'e \ thIs morning
with brilliant sunshIne , a fine breeze and
other perfect yachting Itrl ) utes.
At 9 o'clock the prince of ValeR' cutter
] 3ritnnnia . Mr EV. . h. : 'I'Ophnm's forty-
rater Corsair and Count Floric's Vnikyric
. r's ValtYlle
I , formerly the property or Lord DUI'aven ,
started In the Irst eventtlie . Prix d'Hon-
new' . In classes . over twenty rating , not
exceeding twenty rating " exceeding ten rating -
Ing antI not exceeding ten mtng , The
rating was according to thu rules or the
Union des Yachts Frncais ,
The courses were a "distance of about
a
iify . .mle ! } rltlnnla from the start dcv-
erlY let Mr. Popham's fort.rater Corsair
as well l pulling away from the orIginal
Valkyrie. All thee yachts trot away with
club topsais ali jIb topsais lot , but after
aCel"
reaching . Start or the course . for about two
miles , they hit a true wind anti hal 1' beat
of twanty.il'o miles to the , wtwartl. Britannia -
annia , working . iottg , , boards . sattbed nwa '
very fast although Ihe Corir was going
well , until , coining tllrler or. I n' fine brQee ,
her jib topsail came down. ' flut Britannia
was ten miles ahead , andafer : . , Irnlng tile
weather lnnrkraii Ore wIth , splnnalell
set and same 11/ht owiti ) thelfl ; folowed
orf'wll'hcm
by Valkyrie I. But the Iut'erj had to jib and !
this lost her ihe race and Britannia tin-
Ished well ahead. , OICIII i times at the
finish : BriannIa % , 3:32:25 : : ; Valkyrie , 4:14:51 : ;
Corsair , 5:1 : :36. : -
The American cuter : lkJta , bee : : Jng to
Mr. Henry Alien " , made a clever start . but
she was closely followed by the crack
French yacht , & Mar jnl , the property of
Vlcomte de Roche Chord.
The Dakota won In her class , after an
exciting race. Vllt're would have"beaten
Briannia on time l1owanc. but , she was
badly ' handled at the finish. The Corsair
was dIsabled. , '
p .
CLIO'EI SIJoL , El ! ' WIED.
, \le&ell I'lau 0 f nn Ohio l\11 to Rob I
IRlrolt Cdlllpaly ' '
CLEVELAND , March ; - Speclal Tele-
gram-An old man , lntrm . and epileptic ,
had a preliminary hearing before United
'
States Commissioner /rpft' today ( on u
charge of attemptIng to.wlpdle the Penn-
sylvania Railroad company out or 30-
0 01 the strength of,1 , baggage check
owned by Waiter Rogers oC Omaha. The
old man's name Is J. I Lautz amI fifteen
months ago he placed hIs claIm wills the
railroad for f0O for , having been hope-
icssiy injured In a railroad wreck at
Shreve , 0. , two years ago.
As part or whnt seemed f be a strong
case against the railroad company , Lautz
had baggage check 2,03 of the COI11 n ) ' .
The railroad attorneys Investgatng , the
case failed to fnll any series pr checks
to which 2,0:1elongel. : . ' { \ mlcroscoplcat
examination or the check showed that I
figure 1 hall been erased before the figure
2. Chock 12,039 was then' ' traced anti found
founl
to have [ been gIven by the company ' to
\\'alter Rogers , a Yale stllent comlany' had
lost I box or. compasses In the wreck
Rogers was , after a long . senrch , lociled
In Omaha He identified ! the check as
having been his by his Initals scratched
on Its back . The check finally wound up
In Louisville , 0" , on un empty box. This
box was never claIm cd. 'ho box reached
Louisville , near where Lautz lived , about ,
I week before Laut tiled his claim , i
On the strength of theIr discoverIes In
Omaha the railroad Itole's pursued
their investigations to 0 Point where they
claIm to hnvo proof tha Louts was not
In the wreclt at all , but pitt. up a job with
acquire" evidence picked Uhero and
there to swlille the rllh'cid company out
of I large sum of nole 1
SA , ' .n JOR1),1NS NJWIC .
LIfe Imprisonlfnt ' Murderer of
Alfred 10rne. of Chlel ! " ,
ChICAGO , March 1.-Edmund Jordan was
today convIcted of the lurdur of Alfred D.
Barnes , Janitor ot the UlYathants , on
December 6 last , and lentenbed to life Im- '
prlsonment. AnnIe Malllney was found to
be an accessory after the , fact , and her
punIshment was left by t1o jury 'to the
mercy of the court , ' John ' )1 , Jersey , the
third defendant , wait aCulted , On th
morning of Deeemher 7. the'tlutlated ' body
of I man , afterward Il ntld ns that ot
Barnes . svas'fountj In u iutvldisg else which
lay partly under the lacllll on SOlICit
Park avenue lt Sixty-fourth street , The
body hail been hlolnibly' II\shocl with nn
ax , both the legs nail arms.being ' broken ,
While the spinal column iia4beeu shopped
In several 1.laces to permit : thl doubling / sip
of the body In 8uch a manlier us to lorco
It Into tile box. 'J'he cvldcnro lt the trial
ahowel that lares , had JIMt attempted
to bruin Jordan with al ux , , qnll the later
suecel'detl In wresting the , % weapon from
Barnes and then lelle.1 . JIln ( and \ chopped
him uJ as above deKtJlb d ,
HTIIU ; ( altO - IU'I . : ' AiIfICIO u.s.
enera' ' Walkout II , Al ! "Qldln : Trades , ,
May le Called I ' 5'udisy. i
NEW YORE , :1urc1 1.-he electrical
svorkers' strlte aBs lrd Serious propr-
lens tonight The mason , builders of New
York and Brooklyn h\11 if meeting and
condemned the acto" ot tIle walking lele-
gates as ha\lnl been . premature anti ill-
alvlsed They agreed to Imllo ) and stand
by their aubcontrlctqrs h } employIng non-
Union labor If unlol.men , refuse to work ,
utter havIng been invited to do so. They
also agreed to stlldby Chic electrical cun-
tractors durIng the strlko. In retaliation I
the walking dleSltes1 cal a general ;
\1
strIke. the ) ' say on all the hulllhlKS In the
course or erection / In the cIty 01 'ihin 0
fllus or twent.II\o mlel I Is exp\cted
before IIISCt tomolrow thert wi le \ between -
ween 15,0 antI 20,0 buildIng operatives In
New York anti vicinity - . uut un a atrlko.
I
llulJelm i l'II1ot 1'10) In Wlr"I" '
LONDON , March I.-A. dispatch tQ the
Daily News says that ille , Mojeska hao
been forbidden to appear at the Warsaw theater -
ater , because whie at Chlc3&o she lectureJ at
roland. the World's fair on Itusla'z ollpre.ilon cf
PAIR OF FATAL I ACCIDENTS
-
Two Buildings In Now York Oolaiso with
Fatl Results ,
FIVE MEN KILLED AND MANY INJURED
One of tile lnI11n , , ' W" " ni Old Ware-
hou"e HIIII Torn Jo\n nnl1 the
Oilier Wa " i \ New Ono 'n ' Course
of CII"trueton.
NEW YOnK , March I.-Two buildings ,
one In course of construction and one In
course of demolitIon , cola\sed In this city
today anti killed five men anti fatally In-
Jured or malmel or bruised nineteen others.
The first accident occurred about 9:30 : a. m.
A house lt the corner of Forty-third street
and Tenth a\'enUe , " 'Ilch was being torn
down by souse forty laborers , fell with I
crash , , carrying several workmen to the basement .
mont , three floors below , Iud they were ni-
. most completely covered by tons of brick ,
dry mortal ali Iron beams The dead arc :
The lead are :
hUGh CULLEN , laborer.
ANGELO TJCCOn , laborcr.
JOlN CUnUAN , laborer , died on the way
t Roosevelt hospital.
The Injured are : ,
Charles Dobslen , fractured skull ; will
lrothbiy dIe.
Felix Moran , fractured collar bone and
contused body : condition critical.
Louis Stein , abrasions of the Icee and
hips and suffering . front the shock ; condition
serious
11chnet Greeley , contusions of the legs.
John laherty , contusion of the back.
Edward 1eauey , contusIon of face and
scalp.
'fhomas Conner , slight InJurIes.
Patrick Curran , slight InJuries.
James Malter , rIbs fractured , shoulder dislocated -
located , generally contused ; condition serIous -
ous
ous.The bulMng , which Is an old one , had
been used as a malt house by M. & A. E ,
Schwelnfurth for the past thIrty years , but
It has not been occupied for more than two
years I was eight stories hIgh and ran
back about sixty fc'et on West l orly-thlrl
street Mel were tearing down the old struc
tue under the dlrectbn of c ntrctols O'Keafe
& Keegan. The work had gone on success-
fully until thi morning , when the men had
got Ilown as far as the rear of the third
toor , known as the old "kiln house " There
were eIghteen men en Ulls floor at the
hour mentioned , when suddenly there was 1
rumbling noIse and the building rocked as If
shalE by an earthqualte. In another moment
the floor gave way and fell wih its hUlan
freight to the basement , carryIng the other
floors with It '
In an instant every person In the neighbor-
hood , whIch Is filled with tenement houses ,
felt that something awful had occurred , and
menwonson and children ran distractedly In
all directions. Some of the cooler heads turned
In the fire alarm and ambulance calls , whIch
were quickly responled to. Assisted by some
laborers , who had fortunately escaped , and
many willing citizens , the firemen began the
worlt of rescue , I was a hard and very dan-
gerous taak as the walls were tottering , and
the remaining flooring and beams over head
threatened to topple' down every moment ,
, Besides , the rescuers had to be very 'cautious ' .
fearing . that he , slghtest carelessness on
their-part Ilgh end the lives of some of the
injured , whose groans and cries for help
came from all directions . underneath the tons
of debris , from . which heads , arms and legs
projected ,
At 9 o'clock.Johin O'Connor was brought
.t
out , but he died In the umbulance on the way
to Roosevelt hospital Hal an hour later
tIle Ioad bodIes of Culen and Vicar "ere , ex-
, trlcated. The rescuers worked desperately ,
and by 12 o'clock every em ? of the laborers
had' ' been accounted for. Contractors George
O'Keefe and PatrIck Keegan were placed
under arrest , but were later admitted to bal
by the coroner.
ACCIDENT NUMBER TWO
The' second accident occurred about 3:35 :
this afernoon , 'Vlhout the slightest warning -
Ing to the fifty men that worked near it , the
central wall to the foul double tenement
houses being erected lt 161 to 157 Orchard
street crumbled and fel WIth the wail
went portions of four floors , leaving a great
rent fifty feet long anti thIrty feet wide In the
center of the buildings. I was like a pIt. at
the bottom of which was a mass of tangled
Iron and brolten WOO that covered many
mcn From that heap In an hour had been
taken one man dead and twelve Injured. The
dead man was John Wison ,
The Injured are : William Wilkinson . back
broken ; Frank Thornton , badly Injured ; -
Glori , both legs broken : John Thornton. bod-
Iy InJurIes ; Thomas Wilson . head injured ;
George Gamble both legs broken ; Joseph
Barbara , left leg broken ; Frank Barbara ,
back Injured ; Joseph Meslre , head InJured :
Patrick Flaherty , leg InJured ; Pat 1110y ,
back InJured ; William Maloy , arms bruised ,
Abraham Levy , wIth three or four other
men , got into the building and dragged out
three men who were only lghty held down
by the bIts of wood The second man carried
out was John Wilson. I could be seen at
once that ho was badly hllt , After that the
firemen came , son to be.folowe by the
reserves from the Edridge police statcn ,
There were fifty men working In the four '
buidings , Most Of the men were on the I
fourth floor of the house , No 165 , Between :
the front a'd rear of the house was a big '
party wall , along the aide of which ran a
narrow light shaft. I was the party wall
that crumbled. In a heap the men went
down with the fallIng ficor One of the
bricklayers , MIchael Luscle.s , was near a win-
dow toward the front of the houBe. le had
low
just time , as the floor sonic beneath hIm , to
clutch at 1 wIndow sash , an'l was left cl'ng-
Ing to the frail support , four stories above
the ground , le managed to crawl up so as
to cit on the wlndew sill , from whIch po-
sHon len. he was afterward rescued by the fire-
len.Tho crIes of the ImprIsoned men could be
ileard on every side , when the firemen caused
alarms to be sent for additional fIremen to
begIn the worl of removIng the timbers. Ten
of the twelve men were rescued early , and
were gotten out with little trouble
The' contractors are Jehn Cooles of Av.
Carla and Peter 0. Cleeves The owner Is
William F. Lannon All were arrested ,
CaptaIn CartwrIght Bald he had made a careful -
ful examination of the building , and cold I I
was a surprise to hIm that the house haul ,
stood l lanK aa It diii . The mortar he sail , ,
had been examIned by an expert and pronounced -
nounced wcrthleB I was of tie weal st
sort , I was also sail the brIcks were of
per quality ; that the beams were not pNP-
erly supported , and that the iron girders were
not on stone In the walh , aa they should
lv , , At the staten bal for the arrested men
.
was refused The police tried to bind Build-
lag Inspector Timothy J. Ormsby , to lear
Irons him why he hal ! not reported the
flimsy character of the building , They were
not able to find him !
Two 1 > "I-c II" Illrl&1 'it reck .
BAYONNE , 'N. J. , March l-The break.
Ing ot an Ixlu of I gondola attached to a
coal traIn on the Central railroad at New
Jersey caused a serious wreck and the loss
of two lives lt Foi t-alxth street thin even-
big. 'fhe dead are William H ' 'hOIIII
and " 'Infeld holland . Harry Orel was In _
Jured _ - _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _
1111 nOl' , ' I."n'"t , ' from 1':111110 : ,
LONDON , March 1.-The steamer Umhrla
wi take out tomorrow L2S0OOO In American
eagles and bar gold ) for America on account
of the gold bond syndicate. This makes an
aggregate of U,77GWO ) shipped to the United
States since January 13.
f ' , "I I ( it in lit , II ) ' ; \.k. . ' \.11111\11 ,
DCLI.AIHE , 0" , March 1.-0wen Iehen
has been appointed receIved of the PUts-
burg Coal c rnpany , 'fhe '
bur/ rpany company was
damaged \ ) ' the hood ot 1891 and never
'recovred , ,
. . ' ' .
JXJ'UIWZ ! iizi ; W.IS 1Jfol'R.tTlt )
lI'UIW/ linT . JI > J.tTlal.
I.ncked Cite ot 11\111 " Majority of Mem-
bes-hhiect-M IY 10 10comlloroc.
PIERRE , S. D" , MardI 1.-(8eelal ( Tele-
gratn-After ) a long . hot tight ( today . the
, divorce bill , which , next to the resubmis-
dais and woman's sufrle measures , 18 the
biggest measure of the session , was beaten ,
lacking one vote oC the necessary mnJorlty.
Friends oC the measure were confident of
passing I , Ilt its opponents resolvell to
( ISO every menns of Ilblsterln ! and dela-
ing to throw It over anti so accomplish its
defeat I care tip In the hOlse 11lell.
ate ! after recess Ilt 111. Lucas , vhto was
selected to manage the opposition , mo\'e,1 to
go Into committee oC the whole , This was
defeated , I.ucls then moved to indefinItely
Ilost/lne , belt on roil cal this was defeated
by n vote ot 45 to 31. Friends of the InCUS-
are believed the IHht was won Ilt itresseci
for I vote. 'I'he call for the .revlouR , . qtles-
ton having been deCentel ) , however , Usia.
tereol , Lucas , haIr , Downe\ ) , Parker lln- al\l
others Jfposcll various nmcllllents , which
vere one by voted elowis i'oii ,
wele > ule . 10wn on 1'01 cal Iy
n thlree-ilftils laJorl ) . Thee ameiloimeilts
Ileltlncnts
covered Il large vll'let ' of changes. 01111-
llerlon wanh.1 to extend ( line for . action for
six mouths ; Lucas to hirevent mettles marry-
Ing I/aln , Inrl ( to reqlire thnt ( 1.lllntf . Ihnl
hl\e )1111 IL Ilersonni tax oC $0 ; Parker , to
require the Ilnlllf to 11) ' $ 2 Into judge's
salary fund a 11 Lucas to strike out the
l'llctnl ciluse , 1111 Ilrollosl'll to nlelll
'O thnt nn ) ' applicant living out of the ! tlte
might receive a decree by return mail
on lttlS'iiieist. or $ ; 0 , 111 was rulell Olt amid
laughter. Afer repeltcll attelIqits 111 two
Itel\lts
hour of wlnglnl 111 roll tal \ , In which
friends of the measure hind tilree-ilfthls oC
the vote the previous Iueslon'IS ordered.
On melon of Lucas I call of the hOlse was
1 I 1 eut a few Initiates Inter wnN raised ! .
1.tic 10'el to adjourn , but his ( \ns over-
rUled hy the 8/lealtll on thc ground thlt the
111\lous ! Ilest / on having been ordered , a vote
must he taken , On Ltlcas' appeal , the chair
was stistained , C7 to 10. The vote WIS then (
taken and . resulted , I to 38 , ono less than I
majority of the members-elect , anti the
bill fuelled.
Blrle gave notice oC reconsideraton tomorrow -
pass morrow It. and nnoitei' ( effort will be Imle to
I developes that the real reason for the
defeat of thIs bill les In tim defeat of
woman's Burfl/e I weelt ngo I'I'lela ) of
/
the latter hn\e tu'catenel elestrtlction of
tue divorce bill ever shisce their uet was ( IC-
fenCed. Tonigllt. tlley claim to hioltl possession -
session of the grouiid. ntid will , tlley say ,
certainly defeat the dIvorce bill unless thu
friends of tile latter help thmelil tomori'nv to
take tile woman's suffrage measure alt the
table. where It was laid after its defeat ,
and miss it.
In ( lie hoelse today Senator howell's
amendment prohibiting trusts was passeti
unanimously , as did Senator 015011 S bill
preventing the SPread of contagiotis diseases -
eases among animals.
Senate bill 59 , estaitlishsing Qie State
Board of health , passed , after the attempt
hind faiietl to provide that no more than
three of the members should belong to one
school of medicine. An attempt to revive
the Itoiler iispection , 1)111 was lost.
In Cisc senate the bill creating another ju-
diclal circuit was lost , and the sanse fate
met hlerrick's luill , 310 , Islhlilg $100000 of
lOfldS to reiiulttirsa tIle citool funds for
( ho Taylor defalcatloil.
Itetthi IIte II ittti 51 emory.
PIERRE , March 1.-Speclai ( Telegram.-
Cashier Humphrey of the hledfield bank
was before the Ruth investigation committee -
tee tills morning , but was affected with a
bad memory , and the committee was an-
able to gain any information ( rein him.
lluinmllrey was confronted with letters and
certlilcates signesi by 1dm na late as Decem-
ber. but could not remember any of the
circumstances. lIe ohid admit that probably
tIle funds deposited in Ruth's bank in tue
name of the Redileld banhe were the prop.
erty of Taylor , and vere fnlely certified by
witness as funds of tile bank.
Calltornlui $ enntO Favors liiiwniiaen ICiectiomi.
SACRAMENTO , Cal. , March 1.-The
state senate , by a vote of' tivcjoty-two to ,
nine , refused today to concur In a joint
resolutIon from the isemiTiW meniorlhitz-
lag congress for the annexation of tue
I3nwnilnn islands. 'The senate Is corn-
'posed of twenty-five republicans and ( if-
Cecil democrats.
Itnculstltia Tolephlono ( 'liarges in Misorl.
JEFFERSON CITY , Mo. , March 1.-In the
legislature today the house passed a bill
fixing a sthedule of telephone rentals by
tue year. The rates are : St. Louis , $ t0 ;
Kansas City , $15 , and all other clUes. $30.
No .tj.proniciilo ii ietttcnient In iclaware.
DOVER , Del. , March 1.-lInt one ballot
was taken for United States senator to-
olay. . It resulted as follows : Higgins , 8 ;
Aoidicks , 6 ; Massey , 4 ; Walcott , 5 ; Bay-
ard , 4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Jlnpeacllmellt lietOipItitiOtIS In Minnesota.
ST. PAUL , March 1.-A resolution looking
to the possible inipeudhlrnent of Bank Ex-
amman ICenyen and Governor Clough has
just been read in the house.
stilt : % t , Ciiuetgo , Itt lelthio.
BOISE , Idaho , March 1.-The senatorial
ballot today svas without cllange. Shoup ,
19 ; Sweet , 15 ; , Clagget , 14.
TIu.JtIUJtl' u.ti'is F1f011 Till ! J3.INICS
Tot.it Receipt" at Neec orlc ExceoO Dii-
burFoinciltS iii' 811,000,000.
NEW YORK , March 1.-The New York
subtrcasury's daily report for tile past
week indIcates results of operation as
follows : Total receipts , $2,59O,000 total
payments , $13,530,000 , including $2,000C00
in currency sent to other oflices of the
Treasury department , This indicates a
loss of $13,000,000 by the banks to the sub.
treasury , but from ( inst sum siiould be
deducted $4 230,000 ( or foreign gold which
does not nfect the banks at all. ilankers
estimate that tue banks iusve gained about
$2,001,000 by tIme currency movement during
the week. The out of town demand ( or
the new bonds shows a temporary tailing
off. and transactions in these bloilds have
been made at 119 , hioltlOrim , however , as a
rule , iisowilig no disposition to make any
coiicessionit , in view of tIle expectation
that coincident with the March disburse-
merits for interest and dividends the
bondS will be sought as an investment
( or sUl'plUS ( undo , One iIOUt3O isohti tooiay
$2,000,000 of old bonds , The steamship
Etrurla will take out tomorrow 375,000
ounces of silver.
% liCce lCitlkh , J'ieads Ills Own ( ' 550 ,
ICANSAS CITY , Mardi i-McKbo Run-
kiii , tile actol' , today entered a now role ,
tiliit of lavyei' , and macho a hIlt. It wtts
in the case of the proprietor of the Ccii-
tropolis iioei ( , vhio , Wednesday last , hind
Itankin and four members of itis corn-
puny arrested , dllnrged Yltil evading pay-
nicilt Of U board bIll , In Justice Kreuger'a
court today Itankin appeaicd as itii , own
lawyer , anti successfully cotnbatted Prosecuting -
ecuting Attorney Lathy on every point
lresentetl. his arguinclit was itbiort hut
cotvincing , , and when lIe coiiclUtlel , no
evIdence of intcndhimg fraud hitsving been
shown , Chic case i'a4 * prprnptly ohittniinsetl
anti thios costs ordered assessed against tile
contphttitiant.
% hi 1 Iiobil I .1 t Ii a S I , Io , 4ohe I lellut ,
ST. JOSEPh ! , March 1.-Representatives
of all tile railroads interested in tue St.
Josepii Union station , which bui'ne&i three
w'eekS ago , met Ilere today , 'I'liu annual
election of oilleers usimul directors resulted
inV. . C. hirowli being chioson Itresitieiit
anti Ed C. Bi'owtie secretary uiid Create-
urer , Tiio viana for a. nev statioti were
inspected anti that ot E. C. Jitelei , whlc'ii
caiite for es structure to cost $ l5),000 ) , was
accepted , _ _ _ _ p _ _ _ _
St .1 riot i' Ii : s' i i i 'i ' : ( 'ciii pti , ly l'iiitr ,
ST. JOSflPII , ! dnrchi 1.-Thio lit. Josujtli
hulling conspieny , vllleh Irns heels in busi.
ness ilere tel' U number of years , went
lute time iianols of a receiver tonight. It ,
L ; Spencer assumes _ chinige. 'J'ltti hlnbili-
tics are CstilIlttiQl ( lit * 31,000 , wIth ussots
of 135,000 , Thu ilisancial sniiigcncy ( catised
Chic ( nilure.
'IwemityIIv. . , 't rliers I niilctd.
IIROOKLYN , March 1-TIle February
grand jury ha iItiei tl'eIIt"ll'C indicUnenta
down III tile cOtirt of sessions today ngotiiigt
itereons who in various ways interfered
with or oiistruo'teti trolley cars during Cite
recent stiik. 'Viie indicted uersoris iuieutiel ,
riot guIlty. rhie grallel jiir > aviil iiiiike a
presentment tomorrow ,
f.luyciiieuiti Out ( ) vc.4ll at..utiiiens , iuroii I ,
At Oasgow-Arrlved-Mnteaia ! , from New
Yort.
At Liverpool-Ar : ived-rirltannic , froni
New York ,
At London-Arrived-Miiilstippl , from New
'york.
At hI.mvre-Arrived-La clascogne , from
New York ,
At Breineu-Arriyed-Saale , from Nc's'i
York.
hARRY hILL hANGED
Extreme Demand of the Law Has at Lass
Bcon Satitfiod ,
AKESON MURDERER PAYS TIlE PENALTY
Ho Walked to the Scaffold with a SnilIG
On HIS race ,
NOT A TREMOR AS lIE STOOD ON TIlE TRAP
Hi Ncck Broken by the Fall and Death
Was IhiStantailcOlls.
LAST HOURS WERE SPENT IN PRAYER
No .StlitL'llIellt % 1ado by tiio Coiuleiuiieit
itlitmi cii ( Ito ( luillows-Story of the
hireetni Crime for W'hilcit
lie Stihlereel Ih'ntll ,
PIiATTSMOUTII , Neb , , Musreli 1-Spcclai (
Tclegram.-hlarry ) 11111 Paid the last penalty
for ( lie murder of Farmer Akesoti at just
six issintites after'P o'clock ( lila morning. Hemet
met ills tab ) vItiiout a single imlleation of
OiilotiOii , and apparently welcomed the end
of his long suspense. 'i'his was Cite first
legal execution that has beets porfornme&i in
Cass county , but it proceeded without a
hlitchi , and five miiitltes from tile ( hue ( ho
prisoner left Ills cell his neclc was broken.
Tim prisoner Passed ( Ito latter iiours of
( lie Ilighit in nmucii tile CiililIl maimer as (11050
whIch preceded it After Ito retired at
mnidnigilt lie slept soundly until about i:30 : ,
when lie got up and talked for a few tnlimutes
with ills jailer. ITo iiiqulred rhat time It
was , aiid theti said lie gtICSsCd he would
have tinio to take anotltor Imp. lie knelt
down by the side of his cot ttiid said illS J
prayer , ' and then wont to sleep and slept
until 6 , when lie arose and dressed.
Father Carney arrived with his breakfast
50011 after , and 11111 ate a fairly heavy moat
of eggs , toast anti coffee. During the next
hater his spIritual' advisers , Father Carnoy ,
Father Nugent of Louisville , Neb. , anti
Father Cook of hamburg , ha. , wore constantly -
stantly Witll him. Mrs. Clark and Mrs.
Tigho , who itavo taken a good deal of interest -
terest Ia the prisoner during his confinement ,
were also adnsltted and 51,0100 wIth 1dm for
a few minutes , During this Chine hhihl re-
taineti ( lie same demeanor ( lint ho bad as-
surned on tile previous evening. lie chatted
pleasantly 'with his visitors aiid assured
theln ( lint lie was satisfied to die. lie lis-
toned readily to the priests and 'joined iii
the last israyers that tutey offered before 110
left his ceil. Outside of those mentiolled ,
Sheriff Elkenbery Permitted no one to see
hull and his last hour was passed in do-
votlon anti converation with ( ito priests.
THERE WAS NQ CROWD , ,
It had been purposely given out that 'the
execution would not occur until about 1
o'clock , and tiiis prevented the congrega-
( loll of tiio crowd ( hat was exPctcd. At
no time during the morning was there more
than 200 people in tim nelqhiborhood of the
jail , and these were mostly those who intel
been provided with tIckets of admission and
a tip as to ( lie real hour of ( lie execution ,
Sheriff Eilconbery had sworn in twenty
special deputies from the members of the
Grand Army of the Republic , nd those were
armed with nllhitia rifles und patrolleti the
street adjacent to the jail. 'Their ' presence
was not necessary as far as preserving order
was concerned , for the crowd was very quiet
and there was no sign of a demonstration at
any time. A nuniber of visiting oihlcers , as
well as a dozen' or so of .Platsmoutit ( citizens -
zens vero admitted to the jail at all early
hour , hut it was nearly 9 o'clochc before the
representatives of the press were allowed
admission , Tile reporters were ( lien as-
scrod by tile sheriff that if thley attempted
to look toward the cell in which the prlsonor
was , confined , or to asic any questions of tue
sheriff or illS deputies , tilcy would be inline-
diately ejected ,
A few miilmetes before 9 o'clocic the outside
door of ( lee enclosure was opened and such
of the crowd as hind ticleetis were allowed to
enter , Thtere were over 200 tickets issued ,
but as niost of the iloltlers did not know tilat
( lie hour was set so early not more thahi llalt
that number witnessed the execution.
WALKED SMIIrING TO TIlE SCAFFOLD.
The town clock was just striking 9 when
a deputy sheriff brought out a cooling board ,
"WitiCil lie deposited Ill ( lie space under tile
scaffold. A few seconds after this suggestive -
gestivo proceeding ex-ShsoriiT Tiglle
Cntered and necentleol the scaffold. Ito was
followed by Sheriff Eikelliery witit the other
deputies , and behind thieni walked tIm
prisoner , attended by Fathers Nugent and
Cook. Father Carney had been coinpeiled
to leave on account of illness. Tue irisonor
walketl steadily withl itisiiiinds crossed upon
lila breast. As he ascended ( lie scaffold lie
turned partially toward ( lie crowd and smiled
vitii tile air of a man who was about to
receive a degree of honor. lie placed hsins.
self on the trap without assistance and bowed
Ills head willie tile priests read the flash
absolution , Tiien lie kissed the crucifix. Tim
priests retreated to the back of the scaffold )
anti Depilt ) ' Sheriff Ijollowoy canie forward
and bound his iiands and limbs , All tub
time ( lie victim snaintaineti his calm antI unconcerned -
concerned appearance. 'rue smile never ioU.
iiis lips amid not ( its slightest tremor gave
evidence of internal fear. Ills face was no
paler than usual and those who stood
silently around tue scaffold could tcarcely
realize that tills awn know that ice had but '
a few seconds nore to live.
According to iiis owls request , lie v'as not
asked to speak , and as sooii as the straps
were atijueted tIne black cap 'as pulled
tighhtly over lila head and ( lie noose dropped
around lila neck.
PLUNGEI ) ThROUGh TIlE TRAP ,
- IL wait just five rnliiutes treiis the tinso lie
niounteti ( lie scaffold 'when the deputies
stepped back aistl all was ready for the
signal. Tue Irlsoner was immovable as a
marble statue and hia totooti hlrnliy under tlio
ithiadew of ( lie awful retribution , Ieputy
TighhO raised his hand. Sheriff Bikenbery
iiu.tantiy tflOveti Chic iover iieiiind 1dm and
almost before tue spectators could
realize what was coming ( lie ( rap
% 'a14 , tprtiiig , 11111 eliot etnldeniy
downwai fi. The body boumuled once or twice
isa tue cinhitity of ( lie rope viin tesied , anti' '
( lien bWtilli quietly Part way arotintl.itIe
( ho exceptIon ( if Chic slightest JOisiiilO draw-
iilg UP of the feet as thi rope lightened ( lie
'ictiin 111(1 not move a liletLcie , hIl gicek wa.s
brohitli by ( lie fall and it is hilitiQSed that
conClOhi5tt05S lasted foi' only an mutant. after
( liii trap feli ( rolu under hiiiii ,
'i'hie holy wis surrounded by Chile vhyslciaiis
in atteudulice , who ti'ei'e ir , Vaii Ness of
01115hz said lIre. T. I' , Livltigituit , 11 , 1) ,
Ciiimtiihims , , Johits Cook , \V. II , Sdhiiitihcndcht ,
i , , " , . Cook , F' , J. Chaiilpeiiyy , , ,
I itltliillifeys axsti .1 , 11 , 1 lull of PiattsnioliUl , '
ills hUltC stIll beat wealthy and tue 3til.tioili %
of Ii is Ii ca rt colihil ho die ti it gmi Is lied wit Ii soitie
dihilculty. The ei'owil stood , silently for fourteen -
teen niietUts , at the vail of whiehi tiuso this
thytieiaIis alIilOttllCthl Clint life was extinct ,
spd two inlntites after tint loy was cut olown
ai l laid out UiOO Chic coehing board , Then
the dool' was Queued uii'l ' such of the crowtl
ac WlsiiLti to sea tile relilainu were htermitted
to iase through ,
COltl'Sli WORE A SMILE.
The desui juan's face still s'ore a trace of
( lift nOriCibaIaflt. elnilo whit which lie 1usd iiiet.
his fate , but its sallow hitie tied been sue.
ceeled by CIte nlgitl iallor of ( lie grave. ' ( lie
whole affair occupied scarcely half
an hQur , and the body was taken to Ulilsughh' .
undertaking rooms , st'iiero it. was Itrcvare
or burial , It will b buried toaiorrow aitora.
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