Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. —_—___+____ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, T 8. HB. iN, 1 Few York Offce, 40 Petter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents mock, or 44 cents per ronth. at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anyw! in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—S0 cents per Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per sear, witb foreign postage added, $3.00. ‘atered at the Peet’ Omice at Washington, D. C., If you want to buy, sell the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other tar. as _second-ciass mail matter.) ©All wail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising ma¢e known on application. Paper. No. 13,809. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1897-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. LYNCH LAW IN OHIO Desperate Encounter Between State Troops and an Urbana Mob. TWO KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED Crowd Finally Succeeds in Hang- ing Click Mitchell. | NEGRO CHARGED WITH RAPE ee URBANA, Ohio, June 4.—Such a night of horrors and such a morning of tragedy never before shecked the people of this irtelligent and order-loving city. Ever since the arrest of Charles Mitchell and the sensational scene when his victim swooned in her bed as she identified him as the tiack brute” who. had assaulted her a week ago, and left her in a pitiably critical condition, the feeling against the priscner kept growing more and more Intense. The lceal militia, fifty-five men, were ordered to the jail to protect the prisoner. Then came the hurried efforts of the of- ficers of the law to gei chell safely into the penitertiary. All the while the excite- ment among the people grew more and more intense. ‘Ine sheriff was foiled in his plan to get Mitchell out of jail and on the Co- lumbus train. Night inflamed the excite- ment among the citizens. The streets were thronged all night. Yells were heard all around the jail. Finall: the attack on the jai fired on the attacking party, ard. as is usual in such cases, struck more innoceat spectators than active lawbreakers. Produced an Explosion of Wrath. But such a sudden catastrophe weli nigh produced an explosion of wrath. ® The sheriff instantly wired the governor for more troops, sending the message to him at Wooster, Ohio, and as quickly an order was sent to the Springfield Guard to re- port at once to Sheriff McLain. It is to the credit of the National Guard that the order was obeyed promptly. At 7:10 the Springfield company was in Urbana. A desperate condition was encountered. The revulsion of feeling against the troops was So great that on all sides the new. addi- tion to the force was greeted with jeers and hootings, and the soldiers soon began to be pelted with mud. Fearing a fresh outbreak and more bloodshed, as the troops began to show signs of resistance to the insulting mob, Mayor Ganson or- dered the troops to return to the depot. Then it was that the mob made a fresh as- sauit on the jail. The feeling today is in- tense against the sheriff for allowing the National Guards to fire on the people, and there is a very general approval of the work of the mob. The climax cui epened fire on th: rounds. The volley resuited in Harry Bell of this city being shot throusga the head and killed instanuy. youns man name] Hagins was shot throush the body and killed instantly. Dennis Gran of Urbana, shot in right foot. Dr. Casrles Thompson of North Lewis- burg, received a slight wound on forehead. Wesley Rowen of @abig shot m hip and ‘kerson, living near the city, was shot in shoulder. Rey MeClure of Urbana was skot through muscle of right arm. Gus “Weiser, who waa standing in the street, received a slight wound on face. John Wank was shot in foot, and Ralph McComb ef this place wus shot in the arm. Shot Into the Crowd. When the shooting. occurred a crowd of a thousand people stood congregated around the jail. It had been rumored that an at- tempt would be made to take Mitchell from jail and nang him. The crowi was more boisterous than at any time since the pris- ener had been confined in the jail. crowd was howling for the prisoner more de‘ermined to secure Mitchell. It had crowded into the J was making for the jail. Capt. W. Leonard, in command of th addressed ‘the crowd and gave them three minutes to dis- Perse. There was a geners from the Jail yard, but the crowd 2 ned. The noise had subsided. The demonstra- tion was less pronounced. Fully a half hour had elapsed from the time the order was given when the roaring of musketry was heard. Volley after volley was fired, until as Many a3 twenty rounds had been fired into the crewd. There was a generai panic for a while, and the dead and wound- ed were carried of doctors’ offic son, Dr. H. M. Pe: Dr. J. C. Burcher and Dr. Havens were called into service and their offices looked liked regular hospitais. After the firing of the militia on the crowd cf spectators during the early morn- ing hours, Gcv. Bushnell ordered Company B, Infantry, of Springfield to come here at one e Springticld militla ar- rived’ here at 7:10 this morning and left their special train on the outskirts of the city, or near the water works. The com- peny, thirty-six strong, under Capt. Brad- bury, marched up town to the Jail, whence bord found 2,00 people surrounding the jail. Marched Into the Jail Yard. The company marched into the jail yara and were met by Mr. M. Lewis, who said to Captain Bradbury: “We don’t want you now. “Who are you?” “I am the deputy sheriff,” replied Lewis. “There ts the sheriff over there,” point- ing to Mayor Ganson, who at that particu- lar moment came forward from the crowd on the court house steps and proceeded to address the militia and the crowd. ‘rhe mayor asstred the militia that their ser- vices were not wanted; that the peopie were law abiding and would assist him in preserving order; that the company could leave the court house yard, and when their services were needed he would send for them. The Springfield company, without wait- ing for further orders, marched down the street to the depot without as much as tne ~sheriff sceing them. The local military compasy had previously refused to serve longer, and went to the second story of the sheriff's residence and tried to sleep. With no resistance offered, the crowd at cnce made a rush for the side door. Two strong and determined men kicked it down in short order and gained admission ta the jail, the crowd following. There were plen- ty of sledge hammers, chisels and other tools In the crowd, and the men went to work. hen the militi, d shot twenty Took the Sheriffs Keys. Part of the crowd had previously forced themselves upstairs into the private apart- ments of the sheriff, and after looking about. fcund @ bunch of keys, waich had been hid away, and which proved to he the keys to the jafl. The crowd got into the jail in short order. They didn't wait to unlock the door to Mitchell's ence and did not utter a word. Some one in the crowd had a rope and it was placed over the brute’s neck and the crowd made for the door, Mitchell following at the end. In going down the steps on the outside of the jail. Mitchell fell down and the rope off his neck. The crowd surround- ed jumped on him like a thousand hungry dogs after one bone. rush was made for a tree in the south- 3 eastern corner of the court house yard in H front of the court hous. The end was thrown over a good, strong limb, and a = thousand willing hands pulled the wretch up. The end was tfed to the iron fence, and Mitchell _was left haaging there in’ full | Execution Today of the Assailant of view of several thousand people to die the death ke nad brought upd himself. Mrs. Reidel. Done in Short Time. All this was done in a shorter time than z it actually takes to tell the story. The Iyrehing took piace ‘at about 720 tnis{Hh DIED OF STRANGULATION mecrning. The men takirg part in it made no attempt to disguise themselves, but it is rot known who did the work, and the | The Negro Confessed to the Com- person who attempis to find out will get farm, in Fairfax county, finding her alone, Aquilla Riley, an old democratic friend of as he expected, aril eifteriig the house the President, were visitors. Representa- through one of the JoweF Windows. Learn- by Genera Test Sas stats eee [3 ley 1 state. ing that Mrs. Reidel was Gefenseless, he Senators Hanna and Frye were with the drove her through a window te the lawn, Fi President for some time during the morn- foul purpose. “Lewis was artccten in Char | Secretaries Long and Alger Absent |ing. "© lottesvilie atid taken at Oncé to the jail at F the Cabinet Meeti city arranged with Secretar Porters Fairfax Court House, where Mrs. Reidel rom the Cabinet Meeting. 4 ive the’ Nationet a irs. have the President receive the National identified him: the-rfimute: ae laid her eves ~ Association of Local Freight Agents, which hin. grand are - meets here next week. paneled and a true bill found against him. when the case came to traf one-ot cme | HE VALENCIA AFFAIR DISCUSSED) 7 Pree tie Teta, jurors “insisted upon ‘a “verdict of not ~ The plans of President McKinley's trip eee ee iene ee to the Nashville exposition have been con- moned, and they went: ugh the same . call siderably modified. He will leave here at Performance. being unable to agree on a | Early Appointment of a Minister to | noon on Wednesday, the 9th, instead of —_—_____—_—_—_—_—_—_—— STREET CLEANING Commissioners Will Decide on a Sys- tem Tomorrow, HAND LABOR PROBABLY PREFERRED Expected That the Board Will Be rdiet, to the disgust-of the community. on Thursday, the 1th, as h himself into serious trcuble. This much eet : — 2 ursday, the » as heretofore ar- is known, however, they did their work mission of the Crime. Fema Jury was Sumnsoned, and, after Spain Expected. ranged, thus giving him another day in cnaenanih wells and that is all the people wish to agreement, nding Samos ‘Lewis mee ee the south and aiding to the pleasure. of Ss. —rdhirst charged, an ixing his penalty at death, Me y ew gemen he PER ee eee en be TALKS FROM THE SCAFFOLD | Rhish Verdict was carried out without « s aie Fresident will be at Nashville on Ohio ——— es had been almost kicked out of him when hitch. HAVANA CONSUL GENERAL the Checapeakorannignr: ralinnans eepgoe MR. WIGHT’S INQUIRIES he fell down. If any life remained in his carcass it was strangled out.. It is the gereral opinion et ney wan guanine, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. Tees foctan mee Gel coven suite ioe peenis FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, June 4. of the city flocked to see it. All classes | At exactly four minutes past 5 o'clock of people came to witness the spectacle. | this morning James Lewis, who was con- It pase pioalicut qowne ane eine the | Victed at the May term of the Fairfax ace nee See county court on the charge of committing a Count Rone, 78 GUS carbs meters rape upon the person of Mrs. Ida Reidel, at MR. CLEVELAND DECLINED. her home, Rose Hill farm, near Alexandria, = was hanged by the neck until dead. At 5 Thought It Unwinxe to Act as Vene-| o'clock sharp Sheriff Gordon led the con- suela’s Representative. + | demned man to the scaffold, which was over Wednesday night at Hot Springs, and will reach Nashville at 7:30 p.m. June 11. Appointment of Thomas C. Stewart | Secretaries Long and Alger were the ab- viaithe Soon ee ay arte to Oversee Construction. bentees from today’s cabinet meeting, | urday, the 12th, reaching Chattanooga at Secretary Gage appointed Thomas C. | Which did not discuss matters of deep gen- | 9:30 p.m. The night and the following Stewart of Ohio superintendent of con- | ¢Fal interest. The only thing touching upon | Sunday will be spent at Chattanooga. The struction of the Washington city post office | Cuba was the report of Secretary Sher- | Special caigiteercities ae peri thage og building, at $2,900 per annum, vice J. C.! man upon the Valencia incident. The re- at 10 a.m. Mond: It will leave there Kinsey of Ohfo, who has been transferred | Port of the Secretary showed that the Va-|at 5 p.m. and reach Washinelon atone ‘to a foremanship on the public butiding | Jencia was sailing in Spanish waters with- | 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 15. The stop at SER GRGnNT et oes cut @ flag, and put herself in position of | Chattanooga will ‘allow the President to Mr. Stewart was formerly superintenaent | being fired at. The affair did not econ cg | Visit the famous battleflelds around Look. N out Mountain and see some fine scenery. of the building. He servéd in that capac- | be regarded as of importance by the cab- | at Chattanooga, as well as ai Nashville, CITY POST OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT At the session of the board tomorrow morning the Commissioners will take up and finally decide upon the method by which the streets of the city are to be kept clean for the next two years: There is little doubt as to thelr probable action. All of the Commissioners are thoroughly convinced that the best way to clean ie Streets of the city is to do the work by hand. The recent investigation by Commissioner Inquiry at the Venezuelan legation con- | erected just outside the little jail, and in- {ty from July, 1891, soon after the work | in G Mck 1 q | South, the President will be royally wel- | vinced him of “3 entire practicability firms the report that ex-President Cleve-| closed with a high board wall. In the began until June, 1893, when he was suc- omney nee paresis ‘ : the en practical ceeded by Mr. Kinsey, who has held the | Several pardon cases with the President, enn ST Dee bat ate ee tice seer alinte: - and in the departinent over which Secre- | make his visit an intensely enjoyable one. Both men are veterans of the war and | tary Gage presides the President signed | The personnel of the party ts now betny are sain to be of equal merit. Btewart 18 | the nominations of Bilis 40 diobente ic ua lamde up About Galt of the sacabers treasurer of the U of the cabinet and several personal friends oe United States and!Conrad it 1s ine Ppeaulent. will ue enter the erty. of the hand sweeping plan, and Commis- sicuer Ross long ago saw the benefits ta be derived from the inauguration of such a system in Washington. Engineer Com- missioner Black, too, believes in hand werk, but is not quite certain that the condition of the appropriation will ad- mit of the system being adopted at pr-s- ent. He ts not, however, in a position to Oppose a contract for deing the work by hand labor, and it is believed that the decision will be made upon the unanimous vote of the board. Reasons for the Change. . Venezuela in the proceedings for the arbi- tration of the boundary dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela. It is under- Stood that Mr. Cleveland has written a personal letter to the president of Vene- zuela, saying that the part he had alrcady taken in this matter in his former capacity as chief executive of the United States made it unwise for him to act in any ca- pacity for either party to the dispute. STRUCK MR. LABOUCHERE @ republican and Kinsey ts a democrat. The former was removed ‘by the last ad- ministration to make a place for a demo- | Jordan to be assistant treasurer at New | Sinout taclee nor ftecn newspaper men crat and the latter now gives way to his | York. These went to the Senate this af- will also make the trip. Dec sects Such is the “pre of politics. | ternoon. ne civil service law {8 fully observed, | Representative Hitt had C however, Stewart's appointent being made | with the President at the close of ine cere | DIED UNDER THE WHEELS under rule 9, authorizing the reinstatement | inet meeting, but said the conterchee ned 5 of veterans of the war. nothing to do with foreign affairs. ree pctiony was taken in — Me ee A Big Reception This Afternoon: tewart, who was remover on political be *, s, grcunds, and involves no reflection on the | The large body of South American busi- | Thomas Robinson's Life Orushed Out by a administration of Mr. Kinsey, who, on |ness men who have beer ut Philadelphia account of his war record, was provided | will be recei Heavy Wagon. for ‘elsewhere: : will be received by the President this after- The considerations which have led to to this desire of the Commissioners to adopt a hand labor system are man Editor of Trath Assaulted by a Young ee 2s | = In the first plact, they are desirous of ae Jud, aH Er e t Man Named Brooks. ARMY AND NAVY NOTES. eee a sroshere O28 10f se jeodir-s | Worses Became Frightened and Ran| cleaning the strects by the best possible aduiwith the Pretident™absht Visine at! Away, Throwing Robin the ee et ee eek samen aie He Had Been Unsuccessful in a Libel Commodore Mattheys Designated to fairs. en al rsinia af- way, 7 son, the requirements. Taen the y ate desirous Act for Secretary Long. The designation of ‘Captain Crownin- | Comins Appointments of Importance. Driver, to the Ground. of pleasing the merchants,who are perhaps Suit Against the Paper— p mcre directly interested in the matter thaa Has a Histo shield, chief of the hares of navigation, a ees appointment of a Spamsh ary other class. ry. = re minister continues to interest callers at It ij ed = th: hy e; 4 as Secretary of the Navy. in the absence = is argu that the pe.ition of the vemee Leese. of. Seerctary Long and ABéistant Secretery | the White House. Anything like trust-] There was a shocking accident at the | prcminent merchants oF es wen party were Lewis’ spiritual advisers, Rev. LONDON, June 4.—While Henry La-| Mr. Milliken of Falls Church and Rev. B. bouchere, the editor of Truth and radical} L. Brewe> of Fairfax Court House, wko member of parliament, was on his way | were, with the prisoner, singing an appro- frcm his residence to the house of com- | priate Fymn. mons today, a young man accosted him While the hymn was being sung Sheriff and struck him scveral blows with a horse | Gordon motioned Lewis to the trap, and whip. It was reported at first that the |] when there the noose was placed over his assault arcse from the charges Mr. La-} neck. Lewis, however, did not seem to pouchcre breught agginst some of the peo- | mind this proceeding, and kept up his sing- ple connected with the ‘Transvaal raid, | ing as loudly as before. Rev. Mr. Brewer but later it Geveloped that the assailant of | then led the entire audience in prayer, in Mr. Labouchere,is the son of the Rev. | which Lewis seemed greatly interested. Gcorgs Brooks, otherwise known as the Had Something to Say. “Prince of Begging Letter Writers,” whose] at the conclusion of the prayer Sheriff doings were exposed in the columns of | Gordon stepped forward and sald to Lewis: Roceévelt, -has been. candéted, ard Commo-| Werthy information; however, 1s scarce. aie 2 New ged see ay sien dcre Matthews, chicf of ‘the bureau of | Of the names which have so far beea men- | BOTthwest this forenoon, and althoug! ids and docks. has bien! aaiznatea’to | tioned that of.ex-Secretary’ of tho Ni muore than a score of persons witnessed SET ‘ity instead. The change | TT4¢Y_ of New York is received the affair none of them was able to save act in that capacity instead. The change} gcoq deal of favor. This, it may be said, | the victim of the accident from a horribl> was due to considerations of rank. Com- | does not come from official sources, and is a ~ a s : death. The man “who lost his life was modore Matthews is higher i rank than | nof taken as meaning that Mr. Tracy will | qyemae fobs leet Siiver lise any other naval officer om duty at the de-| get the mission, although he is personally Pine aOR EO eepIOy ed “Ss Graver. jot partment,and he is much the senior of Cap- | pepular with the President. ‘The good | Che of Patrick Mann’s heavy dead animal tain Crowninshield in point of service at | opinion entertained of him by senators and | wagons, and he was run over by his own the department. Tuere is ah unwritten | representatives reaches the President and wagon, in which were the bodics of two law in the navy, as well as im the army, | has its effect. horses. r against a senior receiving orders from a For consul general to Havana it is now =e : junior. Thus, the deference due the dig- | known that the Mlinois delegation is he- | When pedestrians on New Jersey avenue nity of superior Spente\ pourssitated the | hind ex-Representative Frauk Aldrich, and | aw the heavy vehicle coming on the dawn cltange referred to in Gesignation of | thinks he wili get the place. It is alleged | grade from New York avenue toward L an acting secretary. that the President has .offcred the consul | street they noticed that the shaft had Commodore Matthews $s the-ranking of- | generalship to Mr. Aldrich, who has the | been broken and the wagon was striking ficer in his grade, affd will. bepome & rear | offer under consideration, with the proba- | first one horse and then the other. T admiral on the ‘retirement @f Admiral | bility of accepting it. ‘The question as to | frightened tue animals, and they favoring hand sweeping is conclusive evi- derce of their desire to submit to what- ever inconvenience they might suffer by the hand system, operated during the bus ness hours, provided that method ts ador ed. Then, it is the object and purpose of the Commissioners to help the laboring men. By the adoption of the hand clean- ing system it has been conclusively shown that some 300 more laborers will receive employment. This means at the lowest estimate a daily expenditure of $3) more -per day among the working classes, with the consequent expenditure of practically the entire amount among the merchants of the city. The department of charities will be re- Neved, in a large measure, of the burden of helping the men who are now walking the streets in search of work, or who are con- ks, wh formerly a Meth- “ y rr A fined in the workhouse because ui some Truth. | Brooks, who was formerly @ Meth” | “Jim, have yeu anythirg to say? Brown, on the 19th "yatane. sr when he will be nominated, if at all, is | to run away. Down the grade came the | trivial offense, sum of $10,000 within a perigd of five years Yes, sir,” replied Lewis. “Iam so glad|~ a “cable message bes ieccived at | purely epeculative, but it is’ said that his | team, the speed increasing at each step. *y . by sending begging letters to cabinet ‘min- | t0 be allowed to confess and be forgiven | the Navy Departmea Aamalzal Self- | nomination will be made later than that} As the horses neared L. street the driver Short-Term Contvest. ridge, commanding, the Buropeap station, | of iniulster to Spain, but not very much | raised himself-from his seat and was evi- i “hbis! rr ‘a 5 th shi in dark- > ater (rakeset Sts Dbtsnope=d StesetOe GPa Ue eer ee ccen ra mea eanietiert saying that, in compliunog with depart: | acer. » Tate: dew anay be the correct-one,,| demtiy-trying to manipulate the brakes. t Bank of England, generals, admiri and, | ness, and we seldom find it in the light. It has been practically determined not to award a contrict for a longer term than it is said, to Mr. Wm. Waldorf Astor. We caandy neko thing Biecls outer light, may piccders: tne Ne a a fa an" =: ee ee pre: ‘Told Him to Jump. Bins "chia coueed buns born SOLMEUR teem. 4 * s ly e thi ace in which we are | bee! i ef oe ~ ae . Called “Bourts” Brooks. ean is darks-lam very sorry that this | dered to proceed to the United States with- | Madrid whea he enters upon his Cuban “Jump,” shouted a mah on the sidewalk, | Corgress that the MeM‘flan bill, favoring t unnecessary délay. ‘The San Francisco | policy. Consul General Lee is ready to]. 2 fs at Piracus, Greece, ard will start for | leave Havana when his successor is named, | WB0 Fealized the danger in which the driver home in about a week, stopping en route ¢c There is not much doubt thar Mr. Aldricn | W@8 Placed, but instead of doing this Rob- Gibraltar. She'fs destined to be one of the | will accept the place if it has been offered | inson remained at his post and did his reserve fléct atthe Le: Island navy'|to him. He_is thought to have had the | best to protect the property inirusted to yard, of which her sistzr sfilp, the Colum- | matter under consideration for some time, | his care and keeping. He might hav bia, is the nucleus. the President having told him tnere was | climbed over the-covered vehicle and The following named officers have been | no hurry, as he was not ready to interfere | aped unhurt, but he held fast to the lines Brooks, who has also been dubbed | ‘passion overcame me again, for it has “Bounty” Brooks, from the fact that he | overcome me on many oceasions. I peti- succeeded in obtaining a grant of £200 | tion you all to be very careful not to let such passions lead you from high to low, from the royal bounty fund, voted every | instead of keeping on the steady galt.” year by parliament to enable the qucen to] No sooner had he added that this was all assist deserving Niterary men and women, | he had to say, than the man dropped into the clcaning of the streets by the munic pallty, will surely pass, and toward a contract for a longer period would be plac- ing the District in a position of not being able to undertake the sweeping of the strects when the bill shall become a law. ro bel aga! Mr. La: ae ee = The C issiouers believe that the ex- Loa eae sr sane salar So Pe me he Sonecreante bly, Dut th aid ordered to examination at Fort Leavy. with General Lee. until the crash came. ve Sick peenrarergitetN p an Sinn See ae eiee Eman cies ba ae rr mcperciiititen when he | worth, Kan., to determine their fitness for Offered to Gen. John W. Foster. When L street was reached the horses’ | fo; hand sweeping will serve them well in eae He tyee Sheen ona Recamielauaries ¢ = promotion: First Lieuts, Samuel W. Mil~ 2 2 2 heads were turned a little to the east, and | the future, when the city undertakes to do s credi sth having spent about $20,- | became suddenly quiet, and at 5:28 he was to der na Peeant vears in-exposing frauds, | Pronounced to be dead by the physicians Brooks, in February !ast, sued the St.|in charge. The body was cut down and James Gazette for $25,000 damages, on the | put in a small pine box for burial. ground that (he baaj Deen denounced ee Held an Autopsy. ~ columns of that paper. 4 with costs, in favor ¢f the St. James } cided that it might be well to hold a post Gazette. mortem examination over Lewis’ remains, Mr. Labouchere seems to have received | and this desire on their part was complied his whipping very calmly, contenting him-| with. ‘The only operation they perfornied, self with demanding explanations: of the | however, was taking off the top of his not t muel ss 2 a ‘Kin- | it appeared to those on the sidewalk’ th: 5 fantry; Will T. May, 15th Infan- It has trarspired that President Mc a ee Senn Stafford, 8th Infantry, and Wm. | ley was extremely desirous that Gen. Joha|the driver had pulled them toward the E, Almy, Sth Cavalry; Second Lieutz. John'| w. aster of Indiana should represent this ee it was pimpossible to tell Wi Furlong, ist Cavalry, and Wisma | countrys inna GIDlomALIGFCApaGICS ak IANS Si the Drakes hai een ap- ilema te pst aed D."F, Heald ana | Tid, and that he tendere:l him the office of | had ‘not. At any rate, when the ‘south- Ensign E. Hoale have been’ordered to this | minister, and that Mr. Foster declined it | east corner of the street was reached tne city for examination for: promotion. on the ground that h's physical condition | pole of the vehicle struck and shattered Commander G. E. Wingate has been re-| did not justify his undertaking the re-|an iron lamp post. 2 a ca vi +T. N. Penrose will | sponsibilities of the office under existing ni pais eee uarOn: Kuhl on the 10th | conditions. There was special fitness in Mead First to the Ground. and Rear Admiral Geprge Brown on the | the selection. Gen. Foster is an accom-| The man on the wagon was thrown head the work itself. There will be an organized force, olready trained to take up the work, and the interests of tae city will not suffer a day. There are several other reasons why the Commissioners prefer hand sweeping, but the ones given abo 2 those which have actuated them in deciding the matter. —— DENOUNCED AS RIDICULOUS. attack, which abpears to have been only | head and removing his brains, which ap- | jgth trecant™ ; plished diplomat, and ts particularly well] first to the concrete pavement, and the | Minister Damon Denies That Hawail quested were given and. Mn Labouchere | eared, to, be normal. and weighed about | Capt. H. J, Slocum, 7th Cavalry, ts at the | informed on Spanish affairs. He visited | front wheel pascal eves men ans Wants to Join England. quested were given and Mr. Labouchere | Tory eight ounces Phe vost jena out : Army and Navy Club. that country during the administration of Lieut. Alfred T. Smith, 12th Infantry, is | President Harrison, and -successfully ne-. at 1814 K street, on eave, prior to joining | gotiated a r=ciprocity agreement between his regiment. " the two countries. As is well known, he is pee SF a pow on a special mission to England and ZAINED STRENGTH. | Russia, looking to the conclusion of an in. OST ei bis eG INE Dee ternational agreement for the preservation ‘of the seal herds. Although not exactly a Cavalrymen Live on Emergency Ra-! sick man, his active life and arduous duties tions for Ten Days. for many years past have so affected bis Col. Charles Smart of the medical de- | constitution that it is necessary that he { the army has Just returned to | Should husban strength. The Presi- Pane toa a eantere oa during which | ¢¢nt was disappointed at his decision, but ip, d felt the force of his reasoning, and is now he made very successtul experiments with | iooking elsewhere for a good man for the the emergency ration. He accompanied place. An appointment as minister to Capt. O. J. Brown of the Ist Cavalry and | Spain will be made shortly. It has been de. forty-four cavalrymen on a march of 210 cided to raise the ministry to the grade cf a an embassy, provided Spain will first take miles. They left Fort Sill, Oklahoma, May | 11) ‘initiative with its diol 2 17, subsisted on full rations two days, and | tative at this capital. capes then for ten days depended solely on the emergency ration, copsisting of eight hard bread, five ounces bacon, two z ounces pea meal, one ounce coffee, one tab- | President this morning and cordially in- let saccharine, one-fourth ounce tobacco | Vited him to attend the meeting of the So- anid POPGnEIGE Setar peeper clety of the Army of the Potomac at ‘Troy The party traveled about twenty-one | on the 20th and Ist of August. The Presi- miles a day, during whieh time the wee dent is a member of the society. It is ee Dene Cat ae Seroeseanion Pee meng the probabilities that he will accept men had lost on an averageot ee ponds, cept aawinyeacinnnecl atiernbtes Bararet weight, but tests with the dyni cans | encampment of the G. A. R. at Buffalo on showed. Ome increase of forty pounds | the zd of August. He could make the : ‘ same trip cover both places. By that time Another party % ten Sa unaen the President will probably have a relaxa- Lieut. W. H. Osborne; 1st ae ro e in| tion from the rush of official business, and Deck mules, paneled ae, Imes with full | 2 few days’ increase in a trip will’ not rations. These men lost.an average of 11-3 | mount to much. LONDON, June 4.—Minister Damon of Hawaii, in an interview relative to the re- port, cabled from Washington, that his mission is connected with the proposed ces- sion of Hawaii to Great Britain in event of the United States Congress abrogating the reciprocity treaty, which the Hawatians believed Congress intended to do, said the report was vtterly ridiculous, and added that he was here solely to represent Huwail at the queen's jubilee. —_——_—_ DURRANT GETS A RESPITE. instantly killed none of the witnesses doubted at first, for the wheel of the wagon had passed over his arms and chest, and when they went to his assistance they found blood gushing from his mouth, So much blood was lost that the body was soon in a pool of the crimson fluid. His head was near the rear wheel, and the vehicle had to be moved a few inches be- fore he could be gotten out. From Riordan’s saloon the bartender sent some ice water and brandy, but an internal hemorrhage was causing Robinson's life to leave him as rapidly as possible, and stim- ulants were of no assistance. The persons who were attracted to the scene did ail they could for him until the arrival of the police ambulance, and then the dying man was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital, where he lived only a short time. Boon after reaching the hospital he re- gained consciousness, and asked for his wife, who was sent for, but she did not arrive before his death. A remarkable thing in connection with the accident is that the horses escaped un- hurt. When the pole struck the post the animals parted and freed themselves from the vehicle. A bruise on the head of the driver indicated that one of the animals had stepped on him. Body Badly Broken. The physicians at the hospital were un- able to do anything for the injured man, other than make him comfortable during the few minutes he had to live. It was found that the wheel had passed over his chest and caused the internal hemorrhage. and his assailant walked together to the | conducted by Dr. Thomas Fisher of Ales. entrance of the house of commons, where } andria and Dr. Coombs of Washington. The the editor quietly bade adicu to young | bruins, it is sald, will be further examined, Brooks, entered the house and made no | atter which Dr. Coombs of Clifton Station, complaint to the policeman on duty at the | trairrax county, Va., will make a report on door. the subject before the Fatrfax Medical So- bane ROLES GE OE CLES ciety. The cause of Lewis’ death was Mr. Labouchere’s version of the horse-| found to nave (been strangulation. whipping was furnished later in an inter- At the time of his death Lewis wore the a ; | same suit of clothes he had on the day palette tHe | Course Ge menicl ene gas! | eaiiercaptire cs ti Ghanicttesvilles withhtic “When I left my residence a young man | oxception of a white neglige shirt given to advanced toward me with a hunting whip} him for tke occasion, and it is believed and declared he meant to murder me. 1 they were the same clothes worn by Lewis asked h.m who the devil he was, and he | at the time he made the criminal assault replied that he was the son of Brooks. 1|upon poor old Mrs, Reidel, sixty-three told him 1 was sorry for him and for pis | Years of age. mother, but that I should advise him not His Last Night. to make a fool of himself or to threaten é me, which would only result in a police |, Lewis’ last night on oleae See cali. He flourished his whip and attempted | have been anything pleasant one, for to hit me, but he missed me. I then closed | The Star reporter was told that it was with the excited youth and pointed out to] jong after 2 o'clock before he closed his him the absurdity of his conduct. We |} cyes, and even then he slept lightly. Dur- talked the matter over for a few minutes, | ing ‘the evening visitors to she doomed and he then left without making any fur-| man's cell were allowed in large numbers, ther attempt to assault me.” but when some members of the press asked ene as this privilege, although it was granted in CYCLONE IN ALABAMA. an off-hand way, they were never allowed — : to take hens ea ee the pavileee granted, .- | the excuse ing that some else was ee ee ee ere ba wich Mian ane lt wOMIGNE do to hoes ee too many up at the same time. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 4.—A spe- | °°) “vas a noticeable fact that Lewle’ wife, cjal from Gadsden, Ala., says: A small-| who lives in Alexandria, came near him sized cyclone struck the section of country | but once during his confinement, and then ten miles below Gadsden last evening, blow-| for a few minutes only. He said he felt and buildings deeply wounded on account of such treat- bers lpectrdet pr pl See aes edd but soon let the matter drop, as he Granted Right to Appeal to United States Supreme Court. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 4.—Theo- dore Durrant will not be hanged on next Friday. His attorneys have gained for him a new lease of life for four montifs at least, and the condemned man made merry in his cell last night when he heard the cheerful news. He had become resigned to his fate and his tearful eyes had turned to the Bible as his only solace, when in- formation was received at the prison that Judge Gilbert of the United States circuit court had granted his attorneys permis- sicn to appeal to the United States Su- preme Court from his order made on Wed- nesday, denying the application for a writ cf habeas corpus. The appeal will be perfected today when Theodore Durrant’s father will file a bond President Invited to New York. Senators Platt and Murphy visited the Tre twenty miles. The barn and other out-| 22° 'g chance of her arrival on the scene. | pounds per man in weight owing to the Memorial From Texas. One arm had been broken in two places, | in $500 to cover the costs of the appeal. buildings of J. W. Driskell are cemniates During Lewis’ confinement he appeared | change from §arrison: life. gprentn rere A handsome memorial from the ‘Texas | it bran seats and the other arm had been mrhlnatl nd hone Seeatane eee me wrecked. Jim Newton's house and stable |to be quite popular, and at times a great | avoided, directions ‘ascer' ¥ | G. A. R,, indorsing the President's friendly bad a : - : se trees mpass. Col. Smart iy ke an ex-| G- A. R., Deceased was about forty-five years old, | by the state law between the time for ex- by Ott li merpine aoe meee Setetcens cs Miawen = aeeereye rt is said, anand tended Pipes be the as nts to the sur- | Course to old soldiers, was presented to the| and leaves a wife and a stepdaughter. His | ecution is fixed and the day of execution cota winasextauscithelcter: nate: ai inital bthientactiths conan ince /otasne rapid ap- | geon general. chief executive this morning by W. A.| home was at No. 20 Wonder court south- | would carry the matter pretty well towara below Gadsden and tore up trees in East | proach of his end. west, and neighbors say he seemed de-| the end of the year. Tne possibilities for Stoner of Waco, representing the Grand NOT ATTACHABLE pou DEBT. Army. Mr. Stoner was first sergeant of Gad: voted to his wife and the child. further delay are so numerous that prac- aden In the hottons.cf:W. AT OBe Had a Good Appetite. Coroner Hammett was notified and is | tically he has an insurable lease of life hee LS obec Blt Hada lapsenaud ppt ui i Cdmpany G, 23d Ohio Regiment. President | making an investigation of the case this | into the new year. age: will exceed 15,000: eee Oe Nate Oven: | Reply Sent to Those; Who Want Peu-| McKinley was captain of this company, | attson” Te theme en inquest is un-| No formal stay of execution, however, A severe wind in this city uprooted many | was behind the bars, and ate everything sions Held Up fo¥ Goliection. and he and Mr. Stoner were boyhood com-| necessary, and will probably give a certifi- | has been given. Attorney General Fitz- trees. = — Oe hall accompanied | that was put before him. Yesterday, for The commissioner of pensions ts in re- | Panions, as well as army friends, cate of accidental death, gerald has not yet advised Warden Hale er he eee ere Instance, he ate a very hearty dinner, con-| ceipt of a gteat number éf letters trom |, B- L. Gregory, now of West Virginia, t to proceed with the execution on June —.——_ WM. F. CLARK, SR., DEAD. Supposed to Be the 0! it Newspaper i Man im the Country. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 4—Wm. F. Clark, sr., is dead. He was suppozed to be 7 rs but formerly of Virginia, saw the Presi- Persons claiming that pensioners ere in-/qent, in company with Representative debted to them on sundry: accounts, and | Dovener of West Virginia. Mr. Gregory requesting that the pension money of the'| !s one of five candidates for the Persian re ission to succeed Alex. McDonald of Vir- parties indicated be held ap to pay the | Hove “Gregory HAS the tenroemert same. It becemes necesiiary siearly every | of the republicans of Virginia and West day for the.office to reply to such letters | Virginia, and has strong hopes of winning. not 11, but he has given such advice to War- den Auli of Folsom, in the Worden case, and the Durrant case is on precisely the same footing. Durrant’s attorneys regard their present labors in his behalf at an end, and are preparing for the next effort, which will be before the United States Su- ——————— BUSINESS SESSION ENDED. sisting of some four or five pleces of but- tered toast, soft-bolied eggs, steak with via, | onions, sweet breads, coffee and desserts, “2 to partake of a very small quantity of PHILADELPHIA, June 4.—The interna- | food, and this morning seemed to have lost - 1 cial conference, which be- | lis appetite entirely. Although there werg pretan Court. ee evant reaaiee sie held its final | S0me dainty dishes put before him hé de- | and to refer the corr nits tO ‘section Other Callers, the newspaper worker and editor of longest —\——_ 2 sion this morning. The con-| ‘lined to take anything except one-cup of | 4747 of the Revised which: pro- : continuous service in the country. With LUCIEN LESNA ARRIVES, bee xe s- n~ | coffee, feeling, he sald, “the other dishes | vides that pension are not at-| Representative Dow of West Virginia | the exception of three years, he had been ference is pronounced to have been one of | would reach him in the great beyond.” tachable for debt. The ute ..follows: | was a caller, introducing Thomas Davies the most successful and important gather-| It was on Monday when several clergy- As (of, reprenentncives, Of the’ commercial | Sion, wick. opened ine teyen oevene ties and industrial interests of the world ever | munity, as every one felt that Lewis woud held. While this was the closing business go to the grave without admitting his meeting the delegates will remain together | guilt. From that time ministers of the for almost two months, during which pe-| Gospel visited him more frequently, and riod a tour of the United States will be | he appeared in an especially good frame of made and almost every city and industrial | mind Thursday night. In addition to con- center of the will be visited. fessing the crime with which The first business befcre the meeting ’to- day was the presentation of the report of the committee on nominattons for which hoard te the aancuting heal coahes executive. o! Priladelphia Commertial Museums, : ——_-—_—_ r “No sum of money due, or to become due, | o¢ tric di to any pensioner ‘shail’ he lable-to at- Se ict, @ candidate for marshal of Pe BR ey by or under, any Senator Cullom was accompanied by two SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 4.—Among stituents. One of them, Mr. Mi the arrivals on the steamer Marchesa, from of Belleville, is not particular in ine sete, the Antipodes, is Lucien Lesna, one of the tion foremost bicycle racing men of Europe and the champion of France, who has just come He is One of the Foremost Bicycle Racers of Europe.