Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 15, 1898, Page 6

The Aerald-Review. HTH OF THE NEWS) By E. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS - ‘The average weekly loss of vessels on the seag throughout the world is twelve. Weyler finds it easier to whip the United States in Spain than he found it to whip the insurgents in Cuba. There always have been wartiors of that kind. There are no slums, almost no pau- pers and few wealthy men in Sweden, but the general prosperity of the people probably exceeds that of any other Eu- ropean country. As nine different nationalities are represented in the Austrian parlia- ment, is it any wonder that the con- versation therein is a reminder of the tower of babble? The pride which would make Spain crave a short war with the United States as a means to crawl gracefully down from her altitude in Cuba is not attended with a desire for justice or any respect for common sense. It is the meanest and foolishest of bluff; and a confession of defeat would be twice as manly and would save a great many lives. When Henry the Fifth of England came to the throne he told his riotous associates, with whom he had diverted himself, never to come within ten miles of the court. A ten-mile law that would keep questionable characters— lobbyists and the like—from approach to the national capital during the ses- sions of Congress might not be prac- ticable, but of its popularity with the people at large there can be no doubt. Why restrict immigration? Our ve- lice courts help us to answer the ques- tion. A professional beggar, who came from England a few years ago, was arraigned in a New York court. “Why don’t you go to work?” asked the magistrate. “What for, when I can get along without it?” was the re- ply. Not only does such a man prey upon society, but his vote might de- cide the presidency of the United States. Inequality increases as society %d- vances from the elementary to the complex. And so does philanthrophy. But because of this are we prepared to return to the original tribal condi- tion? Hardly. It is in the effort to remove inequality and ameliorate its effects that should engage every good citizen, that the whole moral nature of the community is advanced with the increase of its material wealth. If Governor Black should heed the repeated pleas for pardon of John Y. McKane he will disappoint his friends, strike a serious blow at, the sanctity of the ballot and render practically valueless the most wholesome lesson to political criminals ever taught in an individual case in this state. The en- emy of pure elections ought to go to the gallows and be hung by the neck until dead. State prison is too good for such as McKane. His pardon would be revolutionary. Paris has about 600,000 electric lights and London twice as many. More than half of Berlin’s streets are now lighted with a gas glow light, perfectly white, and five times as powerful as the old flame, and the lamps are being placed rapidly in the other streets, and the city, with a consumption of 10,000,000 cubic meters of gas, will have five- fold the light heretofore obtained from 17.000,000. The 10,000,000 ofl lamps burned nightly in England cause 300 deaths annually and 165 fires yearly in London alone. The great European powers, Eng- jand, France, Germany and Italy, have cut the continent of Africa up into pieces and each taken a share. Noth, ing like it was ever accomplished with so little noise in the history of the world. China is now the victim they are all looking toward with covetous eyes. The scramble is just beginning and it looks today as though before one year goes by ey- ery great European’ power will demand a slice off from the celes- tial empire. Unless the thieves fall out there is no power that can save the dismemberment of China. The story may or may not be true that England refuses to interfere with Germany’s free hand in China on the condition that Germany does not coerce England in Egypt, but it is a reflection on the position of England that such a story should even be told ‘Time was when England was not sus- pected capable of such trades and agreements. England in an earlier age would have asked neither advice, as- sistance nor toleration in holding Egypt. There is nothing more remark- able in modern history than the self- abandonment of Great Britain of the position of a first-class power. Fortunately America has one institu- tion, Thanksgiving day, that offends nobody, threatens nobody and competes with nobody. “Seventy million voices praising God together would not justity the addition of one iron-elad to any navy on earth,” said Ambassador Hay, speaking in London on Thanksgiving evening. England agrees not to interfere with Germany in China if Emperor Wil- liam will not eoncern himself over British territorial acquisition in Afrl- ea, Now let the grab game go on. MINNESOTA. | man sixty years old, and has been a resident of ashland for twelve s, LVENT> UF THE PAST WEEK WY A CONDENSED FORM, A General Resume of the Most Im- yortant,News of the Week From All Patls of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. The Nation’s Capital. Walter J. Blandford, private secr tary to the attorney general, has ried Miss Alice Middleton, who Is well known in Washington society. ‘The Decembc > statement shows that saring government debt amounts to $847,365,620; debt bearing no interest, $885,890,446, About 1,100 postoffices throughout the country were assigned to the mon- ord ss on Jan. 3. approximatel, }00 postoffices at which money-orders may now be ob- tained or cashed. At the request of Mrs. J. G. Jenkins of Milwaukee, Congressman Jenkins introduced a bill to prevent desecra- an flags, by making it a o print on or in any oth- er way disfigure emblems. Count Padowski, minister of the in- } terior, has authorized a reduction in freight rates on Russian petroleum from the stations on the Russian Southwestern railway system for through transit in the same tank cars throughout the entire journey to all important stations in Germany. All the postoffices within the te tory of Greater New York will remain they were before the consolidation. ‘There ill be no change until an act of cong ters the names. In conse- quence, there need net be the slightest confusion in the mails incident to con- ion. Casualties. teh from Oviedo, capital of ce of that name, in the As- rict, 's that 440 pounds of r exploded at the San Manjoya Seven were killed oufright y badly injured. The. build- ings were completely destroyed. Crimes and Criminals. John O'Donnell, charged with mur- . Was held for trial at the close of elimi: examination at Eau Mail-box robbers have been operat- arge It and draft is reported that che: gregating about the so-called “millionaire ‘found down near the ‘f at Paducah, Ky., with his leg broken. He fell from the platform while pawetally under the influence of liquor. P. H. Mabry Express company at Brunswick, Ga., who embezzled more than $15,000 from the agency there, and escaped, has been captured, about four miles south of Savannah. Mabry was searched, and $15,070 was found on him. Richard Cochran of Ashland, Wis., s been sentenced to one year in for perjury. Cochran is a He claims to have been drunk when he committed the deed. Foreign Notes, J. H. Blumenthal & Sons, clothiers | Liabili- | ‘of Montreal, have assigned. ties, $150,000. Dr. von Boetticher, the former min- ister of the interior, has been gazetted governor of the Province of Saxony. Emperor William will attend the coronation of — Wilhelmina, queen of ‘The Netherlands, next September. Rey. William Burns of Toronto, Ont., dropped di funeral s 1 in Galt when opening a vice. li correspondent of the Lon- Chronicle denies that Ger- many has any idea of purchasing the Danish West Indies. Edward Harford, one of the dele- The Ber don Daily oor congress held recently at ville, Tenn., died of pneumonia while returning on the American liner St. Paul. Aecordingt to a dispatch to the Lon- don Times from Constantinople an imperial irade has been issued in- structing the admiralty to apply to the Eiswick works for estimates on specifications of a first-class armored eruiser. Key. Dr. Edgar W. Smith, president of the Vermont District seminary, in presidency of the universit, answer believed that he will accept. Illinois Wesleyan at Bloomington. Dr. Smith’s The Engglish admirality has issued an official denial that three of the Em- press steamers have been requisitioned by the admirality, and has also official- ly denied the statement that the naval reserve of the China station has been called ont. Personal Mention. Mrs. Adeline M. Fassett, an artist of national prominence, dropped dead on the street at Washington. Sir Edward Augustus Bond, principal librarian of the British museum from 1876 to 1888, is dead. James K. Hackett, theactor who has been ill ‘with typhoid. fever at New York, is convalescing rapidly. Col John S, Mosby denies the re- port that he asked to be appointed to the "Havana consulate. 4 Dr. J. W. Hamilton, aged seventy- four, is dead. He was one of the best known surgeons of Ohio. Ex-Gov. Thomas 0. Osborn of Kan- sas and Mrs. Margaret Richmond of Meadville, Pa., are to marry. News has been received at Chicago of the death at Pasadena, Cal., of D. LB. Dewey, 2 prominent banker of Chi- cago. He had been ill for several months, This makes, ! agent of the Southern | gates from the British trades union | s to the American Federation | Montpelier, Vt., has been elected to the | not been given, but it is | ‘ General. Boston sporting men hope to see box- ing legalized in the Bay State early in 1898, ‘The promoters of the recent bout be- tween Tom Tracey and Joe Walcott of Chicago lost $4,000 on the venture. One hundred Soo line stevedores, loading ferryboats at Marquette, Mich., for Frankfort, are on a strike for higher wages. ‘The six-story type foundry of A. D. Farmer & Son, on Beegman and Gold streets, New York, was damaged by fire to the extent of $50,000. ‘The knitters and top hands employed at G. H. Tilton’s hosiery mill at Til- ton, N. H., are on a strike against a 12 per cent reduction in wages. According to the averages, computed by President Young, Amos Rusie of the New York team, is the leading pitcher of the National league. Another Tichborne claimant has ap- peared. He is named Croswell, and he is an inmate of the Paramatta, Australia, lunatic asylum. Rain is still badly needed in Austra- lia. A Sydney newspaper estimates that the loss of stock in the last three years amounts to $50,000,000. The courts took possession of the stock .of L. N. Brochon of West Su- perier, Wis., under a writ of execution issued to Wilson Bros, of Chicago for 32,220.77, the Fourth cavalry: Capt. Joseph H. Dorst, from Troop M Capt. Wilber E. Wilder, from Troop D to Troop M. The steamer Topeka has sailed from Tacoma for Alaska with a full cargo of freight and 200 passengers, many | of them tradesmen bound for the in- terior. ‘The Storres lecturer in the Yale law school course this year will be ex-Post- aster general William L. Wilson, | ident of the Washington and Lee University of Virgini: ‘The Ashley Hardware and Iron com- pany at Ogdensburg, N. Y., has been closed by the sheriff on three execu- tions amonnting to $16,000. The stock is estimated at $30,000. rney Schreiber has decided to race armion again. He bought her for a brood-mare, but she is doing so nicely that he wili campaign her for a short time, Receiver Trumbull, of the Gulf and the South Park railroads, announces that the earnings (estimated) of the two lines in 1897 were 14.37 per cent over the earnings of 1896, Max Arnold, editor of the Budget, a week i i at Me- was horsewhipped at | ris office by Mrs. Wolf, wife of Eman- | uel Wolfe, proprietor of a hotel. Superior Judge Grey of Visalia, Cal., has decided the question of the legal- | ity of the bonds of the Alta Irrigation | district, ular county, holding that the | bonds, amounting to $530,000, are void, | as they have been illegally issued. | It is stated on high authority that Manager Twitchell, of the Yale foot ball jation, had his report of the Yale-Princeton game almcst completed and that it will show the receipts of the game were not far from $23,000. At the boxing match before the Na- tional Sporting club of London, in which Walter Creot received injuries that resulted fatally, every spectator wore a dress suit, and the lowest ad- mission was $12. Mickey Peach of Australia, regarded j | | These transfers have been made in to Troop D; as the best of his country’s feather- weigh may come to this country to meet George Dixon. A San Fyancisco club has sent for him, Peach whipped ‘Tim Haggerty in four rounds. Ex-State Senator Reuben W. Coon, who has been in Washington several days seeking office, has returned to his home at Waukegan, Ill. He is suffer- ing from a severe attack of inflamma- tory rheumatism, and is quite sick. Maj. A. C. Rosenkranz, a prominent manufacturer of Evansville, Ind., and his wife are to give a completely equipped industrial and_ technical school to that city and place it under the supervision of the Y. M. C. A. Gov. Black of New York has ap- pointed ex-Senator C. L. MacArthur of the Troy Budget, a delegate to repre- sent the state in the national fishery. congress which will meet at Tampa, Fla., Jan. 19. George R. Mayhew, one of the best known shoe merchants of Grand Rap- ids, Mich., has filed a trust mortgage for amounts of about $30,000, naming the Peninsular Trust company as trus- tees, Commodore George Dewey has ca- bled the navy department from Ne- gasaki, Japan, that he has assumed command of the Asiatic station, reliev- ing Admiral McNair, who is returning to the United States. The increase of this ‘year’s gross earnings of the Canadian Pacific rail- read over last year is officially stated to be $3,465,796. The increase of gross earnings of the Grand Trunk | railroad during last month, over the same period last year, was $111,736. A young man named Frank Kachee- | ski was arrested at the White House | at Washington and sent to the police station. His sanity will be investigat- ed. He told Doorkeeper Cissel that the president had a lot of property be- longing to him and he wanted it. Because he received whisky and am- monia instead of whisky and seltzer, which he had ordered, Victor-P. Sah- ner, a newsdealer of Mount Olivet, has begun an action against B. C. Wilson & Co., proprietors of the Seventh Ave- nue hotel at Pittsburg for $2,000 dam- ages. William T. Cromwell is to reorganize the affairs of the W. G. Hiteheock com- pany of New York, and the estate of the partners. The firm assigned re- cone. with liabilities of about $1,500,- The large grist mill at Hatton, Wis., owed by J. J. Steiger of: Fremont, was destroyed by fire. The loss is $9,000, with an insurance of $4,500. ‘The fire is supposed to be the work,of | an incendiary. It may have been his failure to pass examination at Annapolis that led William Arnold to kill himself at his home {in Montelare, near New York city. He was twenty years old, and the youngest son of Lieut. Command- er Conway F. Arnold of the United States uavy, lately in command of the + Bancroft. ‘had been feared by them ‘hat in DURRANT HANGED, MURDERER OF BLANCHE LAMONT PAYS THE PENALTY. . Face to Face With Eternity He Calmly Reasserts His Innoncence and Forgives Those Whom He Says Hounded him to His Death— Remarkable Exhibition of Cool- ness and Nerve—Aged Father Witnesses His Son’s Execution. San Quentin, Cal., Jan. 9. — When William Henry Durrant died on the gallows yesterday for the murder of Blanche Lamont he gave such an ex- hibition of coolmess and nerve as has seldom been seen under similar cir- cumstances. Hopeful almost to the very last minute that something or some one would intervene to save, he went to the scaffold and made his lit- tle speech protesting his innocence as. calmly and with as distinct enuncia- tion us if he had been addressing an assemblage of friends upon some or- dinary topic of the day. His face was pale, his eyes were red, but his voice was firm and he stood as solidly as a rock while he proclaimed his innocence and professed forgiveness to those who, he said, had hounded him to death. ‘There was not a hitch nor accident to mar the plans of Warden Hale in carrying out the sentence of the law. The neck was broken by the fall of five feet, and fifteen minutes later the murderer’s body was cut down and placed in the coftin. In spite of the exciting events of the last night when Durrant was besieged by newspaper reporters and talked to his parents until 11:30, he rested easily during the night, and then shortly af- ter 6 o'clock he awoke and bade his guards good morning. A little later he sat down to a most excellent break- fast and ate heartily. During the early morning hours Durrant did not have much to say beyond expressing a desire that no newspaper men should be allowed to see am. This request was complied with. Ccnsistent to the last, Durrant died professing religion. But he died ac- cepting at the last moment the com- forts of the Catholic church instead of those of the Baptist faith in which he was reared. Key. Rader, a Protestant minister, had arranged to ascend the scaffold with Durrant, but the minis- ter would not say that he thought Dur- rant innocent anc the condemned man declined to accept his services U s Rader professed f in his inno- cence. ‘Then it was that the once ar- dent Baptist turned to the Catholic church for conselation, and called upon Father Lagan, a priest who had frequently visited him jn prison, to at- tend him. Father Lagan promptly and performed the emn rites of the church. Dum mained in close consultation with the priest and seemed to be deeply inter- ested in the impressive ceremony. AS the hour of the execution approached the oner became somewhat rest- Jess. His father and mother were ad- niitted to bid him a last farewell. The elder Durrant grasped his son by the hand and then the young man turned to comfort his mother, who cried hys- terically. Durrant embraced tea- derly, saying: “The hour has come for us to part,” and put her gently away. The grief-stricken trother was led to a private room where § mained until after the exe . father, however, went to the ex room and, supported hy iwe tr saw his son meet death. ; As soon as the drop fell the specta- nt re- i=} tors hurried out of the room and no- body remained except physicians and newspaper men. Durrant. Sr., went immediately to his wife, who was waiting in one of the guard rooms, and together they accompanied the body of their son to San Francisco. The prison ofticials were enthusiastic in their praise of Durrant’s ne It of his apparent bravado he would break down at the last moment and make a scene. At one time, however, several days ago, Durrant gave evi- dence of a collapse, but he managed to pull his nerves together once more and proudly declined all offer ulants to enall showing on tli was upparentty 7 avowed that he would “die rant.” A $50,000 Libel Suit. Chicago, Jan, 9. Northwest El- evated Railread « a corpora- tion engaged ia building an elevated railway in this city, has begun an ac- tion against the Chicago Daily News for alleged tibel ying damages at $500,000. The suit grows out of an editorial prirted in the News on Dee. 81 criticising the methods of the pro- jectors of the road. The enterprise is one of a nurober in which C. T. Yerkes is a ceuspicuous person. Bad Man Arrested. Libeviy. Mo., Jan. 9.—Walier Foley, aged twenty-tliree years, a_ third cousin of William Foley, recently sen- tenced to hang for murdering his mother and sister, was arrested at his mother’s home near here, charged with holding up a gambling hall at Ogden, Utah, Dec. 16, when $100 if silver was carried off. Foley reached for his revolver when. arrested, but was prevented from shooting. Major Handy Improving. Washington, Jan. 9.—A telegram re- ceived from Maj. Handy at Augusta, Ga., where he has been lyirg very ill, says that he is so much better that the chances for permanent recovery were in his favor. Arrested for Illegal Fishing. Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 9.—United States Game Warden Johnson and a force of deputies made a descent upon about twenty illegal fishermen, capturing twenty miles of nets and many hun- dred pounds of fish. The nets were destroyed and the fish were sold. Long Distance ’Phoning. Wirnebago City, Minn., Jan. 9.—The Northwestern Long Distance Tele- phone company has completed its line to this place and has opened an ‘office for business. - Is NO CHANGE IN OHIO. — ‘The Senatorial C; test Goes Merrily m Columbus, Ohio, wan. 9.— Yesterday was a quiet day among the army of political workers interested in the sen- atoriai contest, but-it was productive of ‘some important developments. The situation is practically unchanged, however. Senator Hanna’s managers were apparently more cheerful, but the cause for it was not apparent. They have adopted quite a different policy in their canvass from that fol- lowed at the beginning of the contest here. They are now following the tac- tics of Mr. Kurtz, the leader of the op- position, whose strong suit has beer to conces] everything possible from the Hanna people. It is not so easy now te secure inside information trom the Hanna headquarters, and this policy is generally approved by the senator's supporters. Whatever important developments there may be ave now kept under cover, and as a re- sult the opposition has been forced to partially change its plans. The efforts of the steering committee to whip the Democratic members of the legislature into line to vote for a Republican for senator have not been so successful as they expected. As a result it is stated authoritatively that there will be a caucus of the Demo- cratic members Monday night. The purpose of the caucus is to locate the doubtful members and pledge those who are willing to carry out the pro- posed fusion so that enough members can be kept in line to insure the main- tenance of a deadlock should one be enforced, The most reliable information now is that Mr. Kurtz will be proposed as the candidate of the opposition both for the long and short term. It is be- lieved by the Democratic leaders now that Mr. Kurtz will be more accepta- ble to the majority of the Democratic members of the legislature than any other man. Mr. Kurtz is almost worn out from the fatigue of the all-night vigils in which he has participated at tke Great Southern hotel during the week an’ spent the greater part of the day iu retirement. The opponents of Senator Hanna are as confident as ever of winning. Senator Hanna spent a comparative- ly quiet day at the Neil house. The activity of supporters was unabat- ed, however. It is generally believed now that the vote on the first ballot will show Mr. Hanna's strength to be about the same in the organization of the legislature. The calling of a mass convention of Republicans in this city next Monday by the Republican state executive committee to protest against the at- tempt to defeat Senator Hanna some- what iseoncertcd the opposition. They claimed the it was merely a move on the part of the Hanna people to intimidate the Rep 2 members who refused to vote Mr. Hanna. rhe calling of the convention has been generally indorsed, however by the supporters of Mr. Hanna in all parts of the state, according to telegrams that have been received at the Hanna eadquarters. ‘The news that Representative Man- uel had made a declaration before a mass meeting of his constituents that he wouid vote for Hanna was received with great great satisfaction at the Hanna headquarters. It is claimed that Representative Manuel's declaratior at this time means tore to Senator Hanna’s cause than the vote that is carried with it. The Hanna people expect that it will infivence other recalcitrant Republic- ans to break away from the fusion. News was brought from Representa- tive Griffith's home in Union county that Griffith was in the hands of his friends there and that they had se- eured his promise to vote for Mr. Han- na. ‘This news was not, however, con- firmed by any statement from Mr, Grittith himeelf. BLEACHED HER HAIR. ’ Fs The Act Cost Pauline Rosenthal Her Life—Shot by: Her Lover. St. Louis, jau. 9.—Judge Zachritz, in the criminal court, passed sentence of twenty-five years inthe penitentiary on Otto Willig for murder in the sec- Last February Willig’s sweetheart, Pauline Rosenthal, bleached her hair. Willig was angered at the act and one evening soon after the girl was shot down while in a crowded room. Nobody saw Willig hot, but the girl, before she Willig was her murderer. ond degree. fire the died, HEL#S TO $3,000,000. Rich Uncle Dies sad Leaves a Hand- son.c Estate. Detroit, Mich., < 9.—A special to Wews from Niles, Mich., says: Katie Ammon of Vandalia town- Cass county, and two minor heirs over whom she has been ap- inted guardian, have fallen heir to he death of an A. Trabos, a Jackson, An Open Switeh £ Histon at Harvey. S--An open switch on railbyay threw a siding at Harvey eck that fatally in- jured two men, burt another serious- ly, and resulted in the burning of an engine and a passenger coach and the twenty loaded freight demolition of cars. Rejected by China. Peking, Jan. 9.--China has rejected the proposals fora Russian guaran- teed loan. Kiao Chau has been leased to Germany for fifty years only, al- though Germany had demanded a ninety-year term. The Chinese min- isters and the members of the tsung li yamun (board of foreign affairs) paid New Year’s visits to the foreign lega- tions. Not Yet Annexed, London, Jan. 9.—A dispatch to the Mail from Singapore says: A telegram received here from Horo Haw on Hoi- nan island, denies the reported annex- ation of Hainan, but says that the French warships Descartes and Sur- prise are there. Lady Somerset Resigns.” London, Jan. 9.—Lady Henry Somer- set has again*tendered her resignation of the presidency of the British W. C. T. U. on account of prolonged ill health. UPRISING FEARED» ALARMING STA'TE OF RIOT IN THE - SEMINOLE NATION. Assistance culled for 1o Quell the State of ‘War Which Prevails— ‘Ihe Burping of Two Seminoles by Whites Is the Cause of the ‘Trouble—Unless Immediate Steps Are Trken a Bloody Indian Up- rising May. Result. Muskogee, Ind. T., Jan. 10. — An alarming state of riot pre in the Se:rinole nation, and unless immediate steps are taken by the United States authorities a biood Indian up ng may result, This is on account of the burning of two indians by whites for the murder and outrage of a farmer's wife Jan. 5. Late last night Dr. C. P. Linn, chief physician of the Seminole tel- egraphed to both Indian Agent W dom and Marshal Bennett for assis- tance in quelling the state of war that prevails in the nation. He contirmed the news of the stake-burnin, and gave the names of the suffere coln McGeisey and Palmer Samson, two young Seminoles. Both the Indians came from r table Seminole families and their fear- ful death has aroused their friends and relatives to frenzy. Dr. Linn had just arrived from the scene of the burning and stated that both bodies were burned and mutilated in a most hor ble manner and are unrecognizable. All the authorities here ognize that the situation is nearer that bor- dering upon a dangerous Indian up- rising than any in recent years, and are taking prompt measures to quell it. 2e- oo BURNED THEM AT THE STAKE. Two Seminole Half-Breeds Meet a Terrible Fate. Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 10. — in a more horrible form than meted cut to Henry Smith at Pa Justice that Tex., was administered by a mob in the Oklahoma Derder to J. Marcus Me sey and Palmer Simpson, two Seminole Inc 'They were charged with murder, their victim being Mrs, James Simmons, a respectable farm- er’s wife living in Oklahoma. The crime was a most revolting one and the criminals were punished in a most revolting manner. Mrs. Simmons was assaulted and murdered. The body was horribly mutilated. The crime » enraged the neighborhood that nearly: the entire popul: turned out to hunt down and pw h the guilty parties. After securiag t oners the mob set fire to McGei- sey’s house and barn and did not leave until they saw all of his pos- sessions reduced to oners were then ¢ s the line into Oklahoma Territory, and near the scene of the crime they were executed by Judge Lynch’s order in the most horrible manner that human minds could conceive. They were bvrned at the stake. The Ind their doom with the usual stoicism of their race. After life was extinet the mob allowed the fires to die down and they then dispersed to their homes. Great uneasiness exists along the Oklahoma border, and the impres- sion prevails that much more blood- shed will follow the work of the mob. rOSS N ICE BOX. Alleged Carelessness on the Part of Aathorities of a Hospital in Penn- sylvania. Shamokin, Pa., Jan. 10.—Intense ex- citement prevails at Excelsior, a small mining hamlet near here, over the as- 1 of Postmaster Glowa and other res substantiated “by their af- fidavit, that Lucas Homiak, au injured mine worker, had been shipped from the miners’ hospital at Ashland in an ice box before he was dead. The signers of the affidavit swear thar when they opened the ise box his toes twisted violently, his body was warm and they could feel the mo of his breath on their hands. admit t he did not sciousne but declare They recover con- that he livea for five minutes after the box had been opened. Musie Hall Singer Charged With Blackmailing King Alexander of Servia. Budapest, Jan. 10.—A sensation bas been caused by the arrest of Rosa Benke, a niusic hall singer, together with seve male the charge of blackmailing King Alexan- der of Servia. It is reported that also tried to blackmail Prince Fer nand of Bulgaria and ex. ng Milan of Servia when here recently. 5 s were made at the latter's insti- gation, Some curious disclesures are expected. Valued at Hundreds of ousands of Dollars Burned. St. Louis, Jan. 10.—A fire broke out in the large tobacco warehouse of Christian Peper and an hour later the structure was in ruins. The immense builcing was stored with tobacco. The amount of the loss and insurance can- not be learned. It ‘is estimated, how- ver that the loss will amount to $400,- G0, Yellow Fever Serum, New York, Jan. 10.—The Northern line steamer Miramer, which has just arrived from the River Plata and Bra- zii_ports, brought three packages of yellow fever serum, forwarded by Dr. J. Saranelli, of the institute de hygiene experimentale at Montevideo. Two packages are addressed to Surgeon General Wyman, of the marine hospi- tal service, and the other to Health Officer A. H. Doty. Dervishes Are Active. Cairo, Jan. 10.—The dervishes con- tinue massing their forces at Metemmeh and Shendy, between eighty and ninety miles below Khar- toum and Omdurman, and there is great activity at the latter place. ae mae cateenney: - enton, N. J., Jan. 10. — V. Hen Rothschild & Co, have announced aS increase of 8 1-2 per sent in wages at their ‘Trenton shirt manufactory. to go into effect at once. They are also ad- vertising for more help, ‘v : i i