Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1894, Page 1

SIXTY KILLED IN A CHURCH Refuge of Panic-Stricken Ttalians Proves to Be Their Tomb, EARTHQUAKE'S FEARFUL WORK IN ITALY Inhabitants in the Stricken District Still Afrald to Return to Thelr Homes and Camp In the Open Places— Government Sending Ald. ROME, Nov. 18.—Details of the earthquake are coming in slowly. It s known, however, that the province of Reggio d Calibria suf- fered the meverest damage, Little damage was done in Regglo, the capital of the pro- vince, but there was great loss of life and | much property damage elsewhere in the province. The centers of the disturbance were in the vicinity of Palmi, twenty-one miles northwest of Reggio, and Bagnara, on the gulf of Gioja, almost directly opposite Punta del Faro, Sicily. The village of San Procopio, mear Palml, was almost entirely destroyed. Here sixty persons were killed Forty-seven of these met their death in a church to which they had fled for refuge Their bodies are still In the ruins. At Bag- nara seven persons were killed. Eight lo their lives at Mamerlino and San Eufemla, belng crushed to death, while many others | were Injured. The inhabitants of these Pl are obliged to camp in the open air. Prime Minister Crispi has sent a large sum o money for the relief of the sufferers, and has placed two vessels at the disposal of the | prefect of Bagnara, In the Caladian towns Mileto many houses were destroyed and a number of persons injured. Much damage was also done In the province of Cataranzo The residents of Messina were in a state of panic last night. They were in great fear of a renewal of the shocks, and passed the night | camped out in the squares, in the city rail- | way carriages and on board vessels lying | in the harbor. The panic has lessened to- night, and in some instances the work of repairing damaged bulldings has already com- mene Large electric lights have been erected to flluminate the channel until the lighthouse destroyed by the earthiquake shall have been rebuilt. Renewed shocks were felt | yesterday and today at Milazo, eighteen mile west of Messina., So severe were the move- ments of the earth that great seams appeared in the walls of many houses. The inhab- ftants of this place are still badly frightened and remain camped in the open spaces, fear- ing to return to their homes, No further shocks have been reported from other places. laces of Triparni and | MEXICO PREPAR G EOR WAR, Every Indication Pol Guatemala, COMITAN, Mex., Nov. 18.—New troops have arrived and taken station covering the line. There is the strongest possible feeling here In favor or war with Guatemala. The Chapana are all wiling to shoulder muskets and many of them have made applications to the government for arms for war purposes People of the Guatemalan frontier are most bitter in thelr complaints against the Guate- malan government, which has lately relieved all the authorities who were from this sec- tion and have appointed people from the interlor to fill their positions and an uprising is imminent. An ‘agent of the Guatemalan government is here trying to purchase horses for the cavalry. The Tenth Mexican infantry covers the frontier, and besides the national guard has its headquarters here. CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 18.—The National arms factory here is turning out cartridges as fast as possible. The greatest bustle is notfceable In the War department. This is giving rise to many rumors. It is rumored that Assistant Secretary of War Escudro i BoIng to Vera Cruz within a few days to see about better transportation for troops to the Guatemalan_ frontier. VERA CRUZ, Mex., Nov. 18.—The Nine- teenth infantry has embarked on gunboats to €0 to Tobasco. Two hundred and fifty thou- sand cartridges have been shipped south within the last few weeks. The Fourth in- fantry is expected here in a few days to go to Tobasco also. MAZATLAN, Mex., ship Jandro s now ready to take on her new armament, and it is reported that she will immediately get ready to take 1,000 sol- | diers to the Guatemalan frontier from Aca- puleo, SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CARAS, Mex., Nov. 18.—The greatest enthusiasm exists in this state In favor of war. The government s to a Conflict with ov. 18.—The steam. hds been asked to accept volunteers, Socleties | have been organized who will tender their | services to the state and the federal govern- ment and expect to be sent to the front. A number of Guatemalan spies are known to be | on the frontier and near the military camps, but g0 far no attention has been pald to them, except to order them away. DIAMOND TRADE IS FOOK. America Not Taking Very Much of Produet of African Mines. LONDON, Nov. 18.—Regarding the diamond trade, Premier Cecil Rhodes of Cape Colony, who amassed such a large fortune as director of various diamond mines at Kimberly that he obtained the designation of the “Diamond King,” said in an interview: “We went to Chicago and spent $10,000 at the World's falr. The only thing I made in return was & prohibitive duty. America has usually taken about one-third of the export of Cape dlamonds, but during the last few years of | the depression in the United States the sale has been much depressed. We find that when one part of the world Is depressed trade with the others Is improved. The output of | dlamonds is regulated. We could mine three times the quantity of diamonds produced, but we could not use them, and there is no advantage In producing beyond a certain amount. 1 am a free trader, but if a country persistently shuts out the products of a other country I belicve the country diserim- inated against is perfectly justified in shut- ting out the products of the country which first imposes the discriminating duties. Attack Led by Doserters. BOMBAY, N 18.—~There Is reason to be- leve that the attack by Wazari tribes upon the escort of the commission working under an agreement with the ameer of Afghan istan on the boundary between W and the Punjaub was led by deserters | from the Twentieth regiment of Punjaub | infantry. An ex-halider, a noncommissioned officer ‘of ‘the Indian army, correspondiig in rank to n sergeant, was actually en: gaged in the assault. The Wazaris lost in the attack above mentioned ) killed. The British losses were thi Hcers, fifteen soldiers and twenty-one followers killed and a few officers and thirty-two men wounded. The Wazaris were driven off, and it is thought the punishment they received will deter them from further attacking tne British. Funeral. 18.—Following the customs that have prevalled ever since the time of the death of Peter the Great, imperial heralds paraded through the city today ard announced that the funeral of Czar Alexander would take place tcmorrow in the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul Immense crowds are still walling. to gain &dmission to the eathedral to view the cgar for the last time. Paying Respeots to Moraes. RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18.—Demonstra tions of confidence in President Moraes con Unue throughout Brazil. The chiefs of all the military and oivil administrations huv. pald thelr respects to him and ussured him of thelr assistance In his endeavors o main tain peace and consclidate the republic. Death of Kditor Magnard. PARIS, Nov. 18.—M. Francis Magnard, editor-In-chlef of the Figaro, is dead. He the Turks was retold. may lave lost sisters, brothers and parents in outrage. Was B8 years of age. M. Magnard was born n 18, but went to Parls at an early age. ame & contributor Gaulols and the Kausehic, and in tered the employ of the Iigaro, paper he became - editor-in-chiet nder his direction the pape a high degree of prosperity and noted by its many subscriptions for itbale purpc THOU! Bodies of the Dead Cause an Gutbreak of Cho LONDON, Nov. 18.—A dispatch Times from Vienna says a letter received there from Smyrna, reporti Zekl Pasha, a Turkish marshal, wit tachment of Anisams and a field massacred 2,000 Armenfans at Sassu of the dead were left unburi their presence has caused outb; cholera. Many Christians are repo ave fled by secret paths across the frontier. So far there has been no confirmation of this news, but if it is is time the powers share in the resy ity by their fallure to enforce articl the Berlin treaty, which imposes o the duty of seeing that the porte take: ures to protect the Armeniane declare they hope for nothing from but that they still have confidesce | Britain umerous appeals have by the Armenlans to the office. A dispatch a bodies an bee British to the Daily News fro Left Unburied . The to in soon attained became r char~ to the has been ng that hoa de- battery, n. The led and reak of rted to Russian official true it ponsibil- e 61 of 0 them s meas- latter Europe, n Great n made foreign m Con- stantinople says that the energetic action of Sir Philip Currie, th British amb; to Turkey, has caused consternation the members of the Turkish gove Everything has been doue to keep se facts of the outrages, A dispatch from Constantinople Standard says that In repsonse to t test made by Sir Philip Currie, Brit assador among rnment ret the to he ish the pro- am- bassador to Turkey, the porte has unresery- edly withdrawn the charge against M ward, the British consul at Van, of of the investigation the Armenian n British ambassador, who is seriously made the charge, It is said, for the of revenge. The sultan has decided a commission, composed of three mem his military household and one civi Sassum for the purpose of making partial inquiry into the outrages on nians. The latest news is to the effe many Armenians who were supposed been killed fled from now returning. by Mr. Hallwaj acre and his repori The governor of involved in the APPEAL TO THE CHH Armenians Ask that the Horrible But of the Turks Bo Stopped. CHICAGO, Nov. 18, dren at the hall, Milwa night, when TIAN W Chicago of the ce the and story atroc| the recent slaughter by the Kurds. ful persecution of the Armenians. told of the taking up of arms and of in the cause of liberty and vengeance. meeting was called for the purpose of to discuss sentiment ways and means of the civilized by whi world e Several hundred present. The meeting closed with th ause of the Arr public interest taken In the and others appealing to the the soldiery and r. Hall- inciting | the Armenians to revolt. The charge grew out rd into t to the Bittlis, outrage, | purpose to send nbers of lian, to an im- Arme- ect. that to have are ORLD, orles Men cried like chil- meeting of Armenians at avenues, Beyer to itles of Some were there who Pitiful appeals were sent up for the Christian people of the world to take cognizance of the dread- peakers f dying The taking actlon in regard to the reported slaughter, and fch can the be aroused to prevent a repetition of such an Armenians were pa o age of resolutions thanking the press for the menians and all good men and women to lift up their voices in protest against further Christian people. Took the + hicago in Tow. LONDON, Nov. 18.—The Alecto, Captain Marshal, November , for this port, passed the today. She signaled th ing the steamer Chicago, the of which had been broken steamer was in latitude 50 north 9 west. She was attempting to p. when the Alecto fell in with her. T ter took the Chicago in tow and att to bring her to port, but the towing parted.” A steam tug is now towi The Chicago sailed from Neweastle, ber 4, for New York. Arctie Explorors ¢omi LONLON, Nov. 18.—Mr is with Captain Joseph navigator and master which vessel shar, has recely Wiggins and his party are c along shore, piloted by Russian Sam T are riding in reind sl Ptschora, when they will n angel b B Atlantic Liner Delayed In Por HAVRE, Nov. 19.—The transatlan amer Da Bretagne, Captain which _was scheduled to sail yesterd New York, was unable to get awa reason for her delay is not known The dela of the Bretagne is cau the wreck of the Corsica, a vessel th driven ashore during the recent g forts are being made to raise the w whe 1ot =« Home Byfor Wiggins, the of the stean was wrecke ke Minister of Rallways Resign NDON, Nov. 18.—A Betlin dis the Daily News says that Russian minister of railways, has re owing to the defective arrangements nection with the funeral trains whi veyed the imp mily and mains of ¢ 1ot to Poison t LONDON, Nov. 18, mes from Vienna there state that a man who is und for murder at K - vatz, confesscd that overt poison wine int of Sery dispatch says that the for th War Ships Wa LONDON, Nov, 18 Times from Tien-Tsin Japanese men-of-war, and four transports Friday, off Wei-Hai-Wei, which Shung-Tang _promontory, about southeast of Port Arthur, Native PARIS, Nov of the colonies, Grand Bassin, killed fifteen A dis ateh that eight torpedc have been is Ralds in Up 1B—M. Le I has received advice Upper Guinea, that negroes at Krinjabou French commander attacked the and killed many. One Killed and many ‘were wounded. Frincess of Teck Dead. LONDON, Nov. 18.—Princess Clau Teck, sister of the duke of Teck ar of the duchess of York, died suddenl: at Gratz, Austria. The duke of T gone to' Grat attend the ncess Clauc born Febru ¢ Galnen wsse, 1 ne was t Port Art) , Nov. 16.—The correspon the Standard at Berlin telegraphs learns from a Japanese source tha will demand the right to occupy and Port Arthur before entering int tlations for peace with China. Steamer Four Days Overdue, ST. JOHNS, N. F., Nov. 18.—The Corean of the Allen line, bound frc erpool for this port due, and the public The weather during been most unfavorable Wilson Rivers Du Arrive Thur LONDON, Nov. 18.—Wilson has been selected to visit the United in behalf of the English holders of Pacific securities, will reach Thursda, French U SHANGHAIL Nov. 18 Fre at Tonquin fs urging to vantage of the situation and seize and Pascadores, is now four day is becoming the past we ed to The ance ta ¥ Rebetllon 1o Morecco TANGIER, Nov. 18.—The favor of Muley Mohamn rocco City is now spen to trade. ded. rebell or the sm Sebastopol. Iying 100 renchman Rivers, New persecution” of a British steamer from New Yo K, Lizard t she had been tow- crank shaft the ngitude back e lat- empted hawser ng her. Novem- hv L. , whos > £01) Aretic mer S 4 near news that Captain ming hcme 1oyodis eds tc Arch- v tic line Ruspe, iay tor y. The used by h reck M. Krivischeine, esizned, in con ch con- re- . to the papers er trial has to him | of g Weil-Tai-Wel. to tne eleven ) boats since on the miles minister '8 from natiy U The natives was dine of nd aunt y today 2CK has funeral, ary 11 ir and Moukden, lent of that ne t Japan Moukden 0 nego- er om Liv- 8 ove uneasy ek has sday. who 1 State Central York Selze Formosn. h press ike ud ormosa lon in *d has ended Mo- OMAHA, MONDAY MORNIN( % NO VEMBE R 19, 1 SPECULATING ON CONGRESS Probable Committee Organization of the Fifty-Fourth Congress, SPEAKERSHIP 1S CINCZDED T0 R:ED Burrows Wil the Probably fie Chairman of Ways and Means Commities I Ho Does Not Succeed In Belng Elceted to the Senate. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The house com- mittees which are expected to be of the most importance In the next congress are those on the ways and means, appropriations, rulee, banking and currency, coinage, weights and measures, rivers and harbors, and public buildings and grounds. The first three named | always head the list in order of importance, The others are expected to assume importance in the next congress, because of the especial condition which will prevail during that con- gress. The banking copimittee will certainly be one of the most important committe on the list if there should be an effort, as Is hinted there may be, to revise the currency laws and change the present system. The probability of an effort to secure silver legis- lation and the probability that the repub- lican party when it comes into power in the house, will want to formulate a policy on this question, will have the effect also of ad- vancing the coinage committee to a position of first rank. The rivers and harbors and public buildings committees will have the del- | lcate task of providing for public improy ments, so far as a committee of the house can accomplish this work. With €0 many new men as there will be on the republican de in the congress, and all of them feeling it will be necessary for them to make a showing (o their constituents, there will naturally be a pretty general clamor for postoffice buildings, custom houses and river |and harbor improvements. While the repub- lican party has always shown a disposition to- wards liberality in public improvements, there is a probabiltly of an effort to ho their miscellancous appropriations as low possible. The low condition of the treasur and the facy that a presidential ele tion is so near at hand, will prove strong arguments in this direction, as will the pos bility of a presidential veto. The republicans at present have six of the seventeen members of the rivers and har- bors committee, and all their members have been re-elected, except Mr. Henderson of Ilinois. With Henderson out of the wa Hermann of Oregon takes first place In the republican membership of the committee with Stephenson of Michigan, Hooker of New York, Grosvenor of Ohio, and Reyburn of Pennsylvania following in the order named It cannot, of course, be known whether the next speaker will follow the seniority rule. It he should, Mr. Hermann would become chairman, Mr. Milliken of Maine leads the republican membership of the committee on public buildings, and the chances are if Mr. Reed becomes speaker Mr. Milllken will be chairman of this committee. Mr. Morse of Massachusetts is the only other republican member of the committee returned. Ouly three of the old repablican members of the committee on banking and currency are re-elected. They are Walker of Massachusetts, Russ of Connecticut and Johnson of Indiana. Mr. Walker is the senior member and his chances for the chairmanship are the best. Of the six present repubiican members of the com- mittee on coinage, weights and measures, five have been re-elected to the Fifty-fourth congress. They are in the order named Stone of Pennsylvania, Johnson of North Da- kota, Dingley of Maine, Hager of lowa and Aldrich of Illinois. Mr. Stone would nat- urally become chairman of the committee if he desired the place. In the natural order of events, Hon. J. C. Burrows of Michigan will become chairman of the ways and means committee, with Mr. Reed in the speaker's chair, but there is little doubt that he will be given this important post, which carries with it the republican leadership on the floor of the house, if he fails in his ambition to succeed Senator Patten In the senate. With Mr. Reed in the speaker's chair and Mr. Burrows in the senate, there would be only three republicans of the present mem- bership of the committee left to-choose from Messrs. Payne of New York, Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Hopkins of Illinois. D. R Henderson of Iowa is the ranking republican member of the appropriations committee with Messrs. Cogswell of Ma husetts, Bingham of Pennsylvania, Dingley of Maine Grout of Vermont and Cannon of Illinois coming in the order named. It is possible neither Cannon nor Henderson will get the place, for In the event of Burrows becoming chairman of the ways and means commiltee the probabilities are strong that the east would demand the chairmanship of the next in importance- ppropriations. In that con- tingency General Cogswell's chances for being promoted to the head of the committee would be excellent. If Mr. Reed becomes speaker of the house the republican member- ship of the committee on rules will probably be composed of himself and the chairmen of the appropriations and the ways and means committeez, He pursued this plan in the Fifty-first congress, and there is reason to believe that he would revive it rather than imitate Mr. Crisp in the policy of distrib- uting the honors, 0. ALASKA HAS PROSPERE sent in Woth the Material and Moral Weltare of the Peopl WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—James Sheakley, governor of Alaska, has submitted his annual report to the secretary of the interior of the general conditions of the territory. He says: “Notwithstanding the unfavorable cli- tic conditions of the spring and early sum- mer months, many new ente:prises were en- tered upon and others completed. The fish- erles have oeen successful, the mines have | yielded profitable returns, the population has | been largely augmented by immigration, and the people have enjoyed a season of unusual | progress and pro-perity. The civil office have been vigilant and falthful in the charge of thelr duty, and in view of the ex- tent of the terirtory over which they exer- cise authorlty and the absence of transpor- tation and other facilitics indispensable for the execution of the law, crme is less fre- quent and law and order quite as well en- | forced as In some of the more densely popu lated and highly civilized communities. The building of saw mills and the manufacture of lumber in the territory has revolutionized and improved the manner of construct ng habitations in all the villages. The leading trait in the character of the Alaska natives is imitativeness. Belng possessed of consider- able mechanlcal skill and wlling to work, they purchase lumber and erect modern houses. Some of them are built in an orig- inal style of architecture and painted in colors of barbaric state, but are comfortable to live in and indlcate the progress the made toward civilization. *“The impress of the missionary is visible all parts of southeastern Alaska, and deserve commendation for the good have accomplished.” He estimates the population about 32000. The Siberian desr, he thinks, will prove successful progre made in education. Considerable trouble has been experienced in preventing the sale of intoxicating liquors. He says that Alaska has 4,000 miles of seacoast and 20,000 miles of shore line, and the revenue officers have serious difficulty In prevent ng smug gling. The patrol of Bering sea has not pre- vented poaching. The governor says: *“Lieutenant Commander Drake, United States navy, in command of the United States steamship Albatross, whe came into the port of Sitka ten days from the seal Islands, reports that forty vessels were in Bering sea hunting fur seal during the months of August and Sep tember, and that they had taken on an ev- (erage of 1,000 skins each, nt of which have n they they at rein Gaod is ptamber 27, , 72 per ¢ were females. He statéd alsp that but 12 per cent of these vessels were Americans, the others being mostly British. “It is obvious, If this destrudiive marauding Is allowed to continue, it will' e but a few years until the seal rookeries of Alaska will be entirely deserted, andl the ess of fur sealing will have passed mew history. The North American Commerelal company, lessees of the seal islands in Alaska, have complied with the conditions of the lease, and the natives have no causes for complaint.” | Alaska, Governor Shegkley says, is a great fishing country. Whild the fur seal, sea and other valuabld animals have been asing, food fishes are inexhaustible, cod- fish, salmon and halibut being the most im- portant, but there are nearly 100 other kinds. | More government buildings are necessary for the accommodation of public business. Min- ing is developing in Alaska, and promises to be an important industry. Some veins of rich gold-bearing quartz have been discov- ered within two years past, but most of the mines which were first worked to successful development in Alaska were mainly of low grade ores, which are found in lodes of ex- tensive dimensions. The Alaska - Treadwell Gold Mining company In one year made net | profits of $444,000. This is the largest quartz ‘InIJI in America, it having 240 stamps. TO TURN HIS BACK ON HIS FARTY, Cleveland Wikl Co-Operate with the Kepub- licans on the Currency Questio WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18.—That the president has made up his mind to turn his back on his party and seek co-operation with the republicans Is growing plainer every day. | Under ordinary eircumstances he could not | expect a congress of an opposing party to co-operate with him on any administration policy of importance. Yet- is announced that he proposes to make an issue on finance, sounding the trumpet blast of sound currency, as he blew the blast for “tariff reform” in the middle of his former term. The mos common superficlal view of this is that he desires to make an Issue for his party in 1896, a united democratic party in supoprt of any financial proposition which he can raise, but even if he could do so, there could be no issue made with the republicans on that, since the position he occupies with relation to the currency question is In entirs harmony with that which the republican party ganization, has always. maintained ever widely they differ on other questions, John Sherman and Grover Cleveland are in agreement on finance, the first with a thor- ough knowledge of the question, It Is believed by those who have serious thought to the question that Mr. Cleveland's purpose is to advance such a proposition for a stable financial system for the government as will have the approval of all the leading financiers of the east, without regard to party, and will have the sanction and support of the republicans in congress The history of the repeal of the Sherman law is fresh in the minds of all. This re- peal was brought about by a co-operation of the republicans in congress and Mr. Cleve- land. Tt is believed that the success of that movement in the face of violent opposition from his owa party has inspired Mr. Cleve- land with the idea that with the co-operation of republicans he can inawgurate a financial system before the close of his administration which will stand all assaults of the future. Western' and southern democrats can scarcely waiit for congresd! to convene before expressing their feelings ‘on the president’s financial “course. On the other hand, Mr. Cleveland expresses his hearty satisfaction that the democratic congressmen of populistic tendencies have been beatem, and that there is a good outlook for sound financial legislation when the next opngress comes fn. The situation is a very strange.one. A story has become publie which heigs -to account for the president’s dumbneSs dufing the campaign, when the leaders of his party were praying for him to speak. Early last summer, as the story goes, fhere was a con- ference at the white house between Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Harrity, Mr. Don Dickinson and one or two others over the subject of the future democratic policy. Mr. Cleve- land, on that oceasion, expressed the opinion that it was much more important to the democratie party and to the country that a majority of the new congress elected should consist of men who belleved in sound cur- rency than that there should be a majority of democrats. He regarded it as a matter of the first importance that the should nominate as many sound money men as possible, and he conveyed the idea through what he said that the loss of the hous through the defeat of radical free silver men and democrats with populistic ideas would not be an Irreparable injury to either the democratic party or the country. Mr. Clevelard has got hig avish for a sound money congress, and he whl be very little disturbed at the indignant protests in which western and southern demograts will indulge as soon as the short sessioh opens, given Paymaster's Olork Sentenced. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.~Secretary Her- t has approved the sentence of the court rtial in the case of Dawil B. Sayer, clerk to Paymaster J McCann, who was con- victed' at Norfoik of embeszling §L971 from the government, Sayer will be confined for two years in the Boston naval prison, with loss of all pay save $10 per month and $125 upon terminaiion of the gentence, and then to be dishonorably discharged from the ser- vice. al nice points of law were raised in this city by the défendant's attorney, stch as that a pay clerk is not subject to court martial, and” that the paymaster and not the clerk was responsible to the gov- ernment, but these points were decided agalnst the defense be ators Will Not Talk, No! 18.—Demoeratic senators who are at present in the city de- cline, almost without exception, to discuss the probable plans of the democratie leaders in the senate with reference to the supple- mental tarift biils at the forthcoming short session of cong The major part con- tent themselves with saying they have had no opportunity for party ference and they do not wish at this time to express personal opinions. Democratic S WASHINGTON, Bimrtualile League © WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The committee of the American Bimetallic league has called a ecanference at St. Louls for November 27, at which the present sit- | uation will be fuily diseussed and the policy to be hercatfter pursued by* the friends of | free colnage of silver.degided upon, executive Are Subordinatelireasary OMolals, WASHINGTON, Ngv. 18~The attorney general has rendeded an opiston defining the position of the board of general customs ap. praisers at New York, in whch he holds in effect that they are tubordMmate officers of the Treasury department A Foisoned by Gatig Covidies VANDALIA, IIl., Nov. 18.~There is much excitement in’ the naighborkieod of Shobon, south of here, over svhat ‘appears to be a wholesale poisoning® of Martin Sasse, his son, Hermann, and’ thelr! families, teén in all. Mrs. Sasse. baked some cookies and sent some of thém over {0 her Son, mann. Both families partook of the cakes and soon afterwards afl e members be: came 11l and began vomiirig. The (llness in each case was attemied by swelling of face. It i3 thought by the attending sician that the flour of which the cook: fes” were made contained polsen. Two mem- s of Martin Sasse's tamily are Stiil pon- ed to thelr beds, Rt R0 0 Severe Gulnon the Lakes. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Nov. 18 severe gale is blowing tonight with heavy All craft are detained here, steamer Lake Michigan, from Port Arthur, is five days overdue here, but it i probably sheltered under the north ehore. MARQUITTE, Mich, Nov. 18.-One of the “woist gales’ ever Known on Lake Su. erior is blowing tonight, nccompunied by o & SnOw. The weather IS extremery The weather is calm thermometer is down wing colder, Snow. cold DULUTH tonight Nov. h but w0 Fell and Kiy BORDEAUX, Nov. 18.—~During a race here today one of the horses slipped and fell, up ¢Lting other horses that were runniog close behind him. A local joekey was kilied ana n knglish rider named Lightfoot had his skull fractured. It is not expected that Lightfoot will recaver, ¥ It is obvious, however, that he cannot gather | democrats | Her- | ABBED A NEAT SWINDLER Man with Many Aliases an1a Long Record Oaptured at Boton, | LIFE INCURANCE COMPANY A VICTIM Paid the Policy on the Identificatlon of n Bogus Corpse and Only by Accldent Dis- coversd They Had Been swinaled - One Conspirator at Large. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18. | of R. H. Holmes, alias Howard, in Boston | a gigantic swindling scheme has been | unearthed by detectives of the Fidelity Mu- tual Life Assurance assoclation. On Septem- ber § last the corpse of a man was found at | 1316 Callow Hill street, this city, and was | buried by the coroner under the name of B. J. Pitzel. Now it appears that the corpse was a bold substitute for the purpose of de- frauding the insurance company of $10,000. | B. F. Pitzel rented the house on Callow Hill | strect during the summer under the name of B. F. Perry and conducted a patent medicin, | business. The last week in August he d appeared, and on September 8 a man with whom he had business relations went to the | housa and found Perry dead on the floor. Death was attributed to the explosion of a Jar of cleaning fluid. On the body was found a small sum of money and two letters dated St. Louls, evidently from the man's wife, in Which she signified ler intention of coming to Philadelphia. The body lay in the morgue for eleven days without identification. The coroner’s fury called it death caused by burns accidentally received. Auter the body | had been buried in the potter's field a com- munication was received by the Fidelity Mu- tual Life association, dated St. Louls, and signed by an attorney of that ecity, J. D, Howe. It stated that he had seen the death notice in a Philadelphia newspaper and that | he represented the dead man's widow. The | letter stated that the man's real name was | Pitzel. The company refused to recognize the unusual claim, and sent to the general manager at Chicago, where the policy had been issued, for a description of the man who took it out. TRYING TO LOCATE HOLMES, The policy had been fssued through the agency of a reputable business man, but when he was on the stand he referred the in- quirer to Holmes, who had a desk in the same building with the deceased in Chicago during the World's fair. The general man- ager could not locate Holmes, but found his wife, and by her was told that her husband was a traveling man_and she would com municate with him. The next day, however, Holmes wrote to the Philadelphia office, sta ing he had learned the death was in Philade phia, and as he expected to be in Baltimors soon he would stop in Philadelphia, Mean- while Attorney Howe appeared in Philadel phia, accompanied by a young girl, whom he represented as the daughter of the dead man. It was then decided to exhume the body. which was done by officlals of the coroner The officials of the company were satisfled and the body v reburied, and At torney Howe received the $10,000, rep- resenting the sum due Mrs. Pitzel. The in- surance company never doubted the truth of the fdentification, although they had a belief the case was one of murder rather than aceldent. A month ago, however, one of the com- pany’s ‘agents while in St.’ Louls became cog- nizant of some of the facts, and he formu- lated the story of conspiracy. Working on elight clues, he discovered that Holmes and Howe, who in Philadelphia had denied knowl- edge of each other, had been related in the character of lawyer and client. in a case where Holmes had been arrested under the name of H. M. Howard for obtaining goods under false pretenses. Then it was found that Holmes and Pitzel had been in business together in Chicago during the World's fair, where they conducted a hotel, with secref rooms, in which they hid goods obtained by swindling merchants. The place was called | the World's Fair hotel, and stood at 701 Sixty-third avenue, while they assumed the names of Campbell, Yates & Co. While here tzel took out a policy with the Fidelity company, and Holmes followed his example a month later, but giving notes for the first payment. Additional detectives were put on the caze, and Holmes was chased all over the country. The mother of the supposed dead man was found, and from minute de- scriptions of her &on it at once appeared that the corpse found was nol his. In the mean- time it was discovered that Holmes real name was Herman Mudgel, and his home, New Hampshire. His aliases were legion. He Is know in New York, Chicago, Fort Worth, St. Louls and almost every other big city. Then it was learned that Pitzel and Holmes obtained by some means or other a corpse from the New York hospital, brought it here, surrounded it by the evidence of & violent deathi in the Callow Hill street house, and obtained the $10,000, as above described. Holmes was arrested {n a West End boarding house in Boston by Pinkerton detectives, who are now after the other conspirator, Pitzel. RESULT OF A CONFESSION. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18. ~The prevailing impression in this city regarding the gigantic insurance swindle which resulted n the ar- rest in Boston yesterday of Herman Mudget, otherwise known as H. H. Holmes, and a | variety of other aliases, is that the corpse found in the Callow HIll stret house and | upon which the $10,000 was obtained was not a bogus corpse, but was in reality that of the beneficlary, H. F. Pitzel and that he was murdered by Holmes. This is the belief not only of the detectives of the Fidelity Insur- | nce company, which was so cleverly victim- | ized, but of Superintendent of Police Lindon and the coroner. They think the confes sion made by Holmes last night detailing the | conspiracy, was a ruse to avert the theory of | his having made way with the man, who for elght years was his partner in crime. Mrs. Pitzel, wife of the vietim of the con- spirator, will be arrested tomorrow. A thor- ough investigation has been made in th city and has ralsed strong doubts as to the truth of Holmes' story of the manner in which they got the body. Not the slightest clew to show that it was brought here in a trunk about the time of the discovery has | been found. Mr. Fouse says that ex-As. sistant District Attorney Marshal F. Mc Donald of St. Louls will not be ‘arrested It was he who, in 1886, prosecuted the| famous Maxwell-Preller murder case, and much surprise has been expressed that a man of his prominence would be even in- directly connected with such an affair as this. Christian Atllance Adjour ST. LOUIS,*Nov. 18.—The nationa! conven- tion of the Christian alliance, which been in session in this city for some past, ended tonight after a most Success- I meeting. Rev. Stephen Merrill of New ork, the first speaker cf the evening, talked interestingly of his religion, and mentioned us cases of persons cured of dis ugh faith. He was followed by B. Simpson, who spoke of “Whole i “Christianity.” "At the conclusion of the speaking, volunteers for missionary work were callid. Fifty persons offere themselves for the foreign field, while fifty four responded to the call for home mis- slonaries — Stole the Sherif's Ravolvers and Lefi, CANON CITY.,, Nov. I8 pris- oners, Hutching and Furman, escaped from the county jall early today. They cut thelr way through the ceiling and broke through | two iron dcors. They entered the sheriff's | office and stole four r ersand a cer- tificate of deposit for (hey left a note saying that whoever foll>wed them had bet- ter come prepared to sho. - Ko lirond Man Pusses Away. BALTIMORE, Nov. 18.~William T. Thelin, auditor of the Baltimore & Ohlo rallroad, died today at his residence a few miles from Baltimore, ag By the arrest has s days wo of - ot of dudie Authority. Okl,, Nov. 18.—There is a hot contest between Chief Justice Dale and | court at Kingni the | the busi; | elub Tudge McAtee, each having lssued contrary orders regarding the dispesition of A. M Shumacker, who w s convicted in McAtee's * the murder of Town send. Judge M sentenced prisonment for and before the sherift could take him to Lansing he was served With a writ from Chief Justice Dale, requir Ing him to hold Schumacker twelve days pending appeal, Judge MeAtee did not learn of Judge Dale’s action until yesterday, and then he stormed in court, declaring 154l interference was an insult’ to his district. - ENGINEER BALKED THE ROBBERS, him to im Pulled Out Suddenly and Left Them Stand- Ing by the Track. 18.—Shortly morning an attempt to hold ain No. 6 on the Yazoo & Valley road at Panther Run, balked by the of En Honer. Panther Run is a small way station. Soon after nightfall a half dozen strange men entered the hamlet and around for an hour or two. appeared and were not seen again until train had stopped and was starting when one of them appeared on the ahead, gignalling the engineer to stop. gineer Honer pulled the throttle and sent train through. As it passed the signal a halt dozen unmasked men stood there s in hand, and all took shots at the locomotive cab. Fireman Cole received a bullet through the arm and is seriously wounded. The men were evidently new at ss. The raliway officials are ex erting themselves to apprehend the would- be robbers, M night pa MPHIS, this enger t 1ppi Miss., was gineer F. A Nov. after mid coolness En- lig! revol il VER STRANGLING. This Time the Victim Managed to Fight Off Her Assuilunt., DENVER, Nov. 18.—H, Moller, an Italian, entered the house of Marie Ventres, at 1330 Twentieth street, near Market, last night and soon became engaged In a quarrel with the woman, and without the least warning seized her by the throat. He thumbs tightly upon her windpipe squeezed so0 hard that the woman was able to utter a sound. She imagined that the man engaged in choking her was the one who had strangled Lena Tapper, Marie Contassoit and Kiku Oyama. She is a woman of physical strength, and she man aged to release herself. She screamed for help, and when an officer arrived Moller: was trying to cut her throat with a razor. Chief of Police Armstrong and the police generally think that Moller {s nothing more than an illtempered Italian. The detectives are not enthusiastic in the idea that their prisoner is the man who strangled three women re cently. This has added to the terror and excitement of the women of the half world. = e SUNDAY ROW AT OWENSBORO, ANOTHER DE and not g of Toughs Resent Any Cartalling of Thelr Dancing Privil OWENSBORO, Ky., Nov battle was fought here toda Ashby, an ex-poli a grocer and 18.—A bloody in which John eman, and Jack Heverin, saloonist, were mortally wounded, and policeman wounded n had told Ashby and his gang to icing in his place on Sunday. They d frightened some women in @ house fll-fame by a sham fight. One of the women ran to Heverin's with the story that A man was cut to pieces. Just then Ashby stepped from behind a tree and attacked Heverin with a club. Heverin ran into the house, and he and his brother appealed to two pilicemen, who appeared, for protection Ashby drew a revolver and fired at Jack Heverin. Immediately sev ne pistols drawn and a perfect fusilade follow Ashby fell with a ball in his right breast and in his lungs, apd is now dying. Juck Heverin fell with'a builet in his left breast, one in the arm, and one finger shot off He is now unconscious and cannot live. Of- ficer Stuart received a ball in his leg. All partles implicated, of which there are about eleven, are of prominent families, e SILVER 1HE GREAT ISSUE, J. Ellen Foster Says the Purty Must Settle It CHICAGO, Nov. 18—In the course of an address before the Woman's Republican here last night, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster ke of the work of women in the west ern campaign, referring particularly to Col- orado, in which state she had spent se 1 months. She referred to the financial question, saving the great states of tne west were deeply Intercsted in it, the most unsettled question today In Américan pol itice, Mrs. Foster said when she was talk ing to the m in different sections of Colorado: “Boys, I want you to vote ti straight republican ticker, “because if you don't, whenever [ talk silver east of the Mississippi river they will say: ‘Oh, they a lot of crazy people, they don’t’ know thing,’ but if'1 can say to the eastern people you gave us a splendid republi victory,” perhaps they will be moy to consider the question of silyer Foster said she wanted all her he think ut this question. The tariff, she 1 are all agreed ‘upon; the silve divides the people of the repubhe be met Vs, Republican we auestion and must 1t Lynching. Kan., Nov. 18.—The negroes armed themselves early this morning to pre vent the threatened lynching of the negro Collins. Soon after 2 o'clock Police Sergeant Donohue saw fifty negroes, armed with re volvers and shotguns, in an_alley back of Banker Clark's residence, and ordered them to disperse, but they refused to obey and defied him to arest them. With augmented force this crowd surrounded the jail, shout ing that Colling should not be lynched. The sheriff also went to the jall with a strong force to protcct the priscner. At daylight the mob dispersed. The talk of hing is frequently heard, but no mob ga such an intention, AL i Favor Chinppelle, R, Nov. 18.—A poll taken by the pastors in this diocese shows that twenty- one favor the appointment of Archbishop Chappelle of Santa Fe, N. M., as successor to Bishop Matz, who resigned ‘recently. 8ix- een cppose It. Matz is known to h ommended Archbishop Chapy ather Lyons, who is acting for Vicar Gen al Rob in_his absence, publicly an nounced last Sunday that Matz had been permitted, as a condition of his resignation being presented, to recommend a man fo succeed him DENVE! — - ed Off of the Car ana Killed. R, Pa V. 18.—~Charles 8mith tucky, the property man for tne Before the War company, which played here last night, met with a horrible death this morning. ' The company was uartered in a car on the track of tne Baltimore & Ohio. Smith was smoking on the rear platform ‘when another ftrain backed on the siding with a bump and knocked Smith over the rear of the car. Before reaching the ground he was caught between the two cars and crushed to death —— aths Without Pay, EIKINS, W. Va, Nov. 18—The Itallans employed on the Roaring Creek & Charles- ton railroad, about forty In number, it Is alleged, have not been pald for three monihs past, and many of them are on the verge of stirvaton and may become des perate, They have already torn up tn switches at = Worn rendering the railroad engines uscless, and other depre- dations are feared. curty Keception to General Booth, DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 18.—Detroit ac- corded a hearty reception to General Wil- liam Booth and staff of the Salvation army today. The general addressed three big “meetings, and his specches aroused much interest and gave the local pubiic more intelligent ideas of the work of the army and greater sympathy with its aims, ———— Train Wrockers Cause Death. CROWLEY, Lal, Nov. 18.—A successfu attempt at train wrecking was per trated last night on the branch road four miles south of Eunice. ‘The obstruction aused the engine, bagkage car and pas- enger coach to turn over, Fireman Gelger was killed and Engineer Joseph Maulden seriously injured. sl T Movements of feugulug Ves At Havre—Arrived—La New York At _Bouthampton New York At Liverpool Charleston, At New York—Arrived—La Touraine, from Havre, Three M o s Nov. Bourgogne, 18, from Arrived—Trave, from Arrived—Loch Maree, from up hung | hen they dis- | the | track | |BUSINESS WAS LAID ASIDE { Women's Ohristian Temperance Union Dele egates Devote the Day to Worship, ANNUAL SEFMON BY REV. BASHFORD Problems of the Day Touched Upon and Tammany Given a Evils of the Relgn of Individualism—World is Soekiog n Level. VELAND, Nov. 18.—Business was lald aside today by the delegates and officers of the National Women's union convention, worship and rest CL Christian Temperance The hours were devoted to Many of the visitors spoke In pulpits thrown open to them by the city | pastors. A mass meeting held at 8 o'clock. Rev. Bashford of Ohlo Wesleyan | university was accorded the honor of delivere ing the annual sermon, which office had hero- tofore been filled by women. The preacher 100k for his text Matthew v, 1: “Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” He sald the aim of the Women's Christian Temperance union was to bring 1n the kingdom of heaven on earth. He thought the subjects for the consideration of the hour should be *‘The problem to be solved in bringing in the kingdom" and “The best solution of the problems which confront our civilization. One of the problems he re- garded to be the Browth of the cities. With the increase In population had also come an_increase in the tax rate. In the e part of his address he turned to a diseusaay of Tammany. “We have all Just witnessed." said he, “the humiliating revelation of m | picipal corruption in the chief city of the land. It is estimated the Tweed ring during the entire period in Wwhich it controlled the city of New York stole $6, 000,000. This was the most enormous theft discovered in mue | icipal administration down to that time, | But it is now established that Tammany has “lwl":y stealing $15,000,000 a year., The ques | tion of ‘municipal government is a national | problem. If the corruption of our cities grows with the cities' growth during the next half centur nd if our urban population becomes larger and larger in proportion to the rural | population, the republic is doom Do we | not need to pray earnestly today “Thy king- |dom come; Thy' Wwill be done on earth as it Is in heaven? ™ The speaker held that ine equalities existed in the distribution of wealth, which, unless remedied, threatened the civilization of today. Individual freedom, he said, was a gr boon, but individualism had been carried too far. ‘Our materialistic philosophy,” he re- marked, “has crystalized in the satanie motto, ‘Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost." Unfortunately even that motto is not true. When every man fs for himself, satan gets all of us.' ARE SPIRITUALLY ASLEEP. World wide relations were next ‘We are spiritually asleop,” preacher, “dreaming the self-same dreams of race supremacy that had wrecked the great- est nations of the world. Meanwhile Jehovah 1s saying to us, as he said to the Jews of old: ‘Bither serve the world or perish.’ America in the twentieth century must say to all men, even to the Iagos and o the Guiteau to the Lobengulas and the Calibans, we are brethren, and lift them up to angelhood or the Calibans will hoarsely hiss In our ears ‘we arc brethren' and drag vs down to beasts liness.” Then Dr. Bashford addressed himself to the questions of intemperance. “Our strange and violent political changes,” he sald, “at least indicate the strange unrest of the peo- ple. The republican party, after the passage of the tariff bill, met an overwhelming defeat because the people did not find in that meas- ure the financlal relief they expected. The democratic party met a still more overwhelm- ing defeat because the people have not found in it the rellef they have been seeking.” He held that prohibition would be the ultimate remedy and that this could be brought about much quicker by placing the ballot in the hands of women. He urged the women to influence their husbands and brothers to at- tend political caucuses and put themselves on record as believers in woman suffrage The latte part of the sermon was an ac- count of a temperance movement in Wash- ington's time, Washington a hundred years ago was characterized as a temperance re- former. Washington owned a distillery and sold whisky. His expense account In his own handwriting shows that he spent money freely for liquor when he was a candidate for the houses of burgesses, and yet one of the first temperance organizations a hundred years ago took refuge under his name and led itself the Washington society. At the rate at which temperance reform has pro- gressed since that time the ultimate triumph of its principles would be seen in the twen- tieth century. After the sermon a rousing suffrage meet- ing was held, presided over by Susan B, An- thony, and this evening meetings of the socleties were held in different parts of the city, presided over by members of the organ- from different states, - 1PP1 CONGRESS, and List of Speakers for the Meeting at St. Louls, 8T, LOUIS, Nov. 18.—~Arrangements have been practically completed for the trans- mississippl congress, which will meet here on the 26th lnst. to discuss, as th, call states, all questicns which ma Interest of the people in the te west of the Mississippl river Ay be the subject of leglisl nited States congress, and it, through resclutions 'and sentiment of the wes 1 people. It will so endeavor to take such steps for the presentation of these resolutions to that hody as will command its attention and action. While any such question may prop- erly be brought forward for discussion, among those most prominent are: The re- monetization of silver; irrigation of arid and other lands; the disposition of Indian and public lands; the Nicaragua canal; a nas tional bankriptey law; the improvement of western rivers and harbors; anti-option leg- islation; mining laws; admission of terri= tories to statehcod Delegates have ‘om Minnesol w, Tdaho, gon, California 8outh Dakota, probably be the ever had, and wil discussed, said the TRANSMISSI Program and_ which tion by the 10 express to otherwise, the already appointed lowa, Nebry Arkansas, Montana, Washington, Ors New Mexico, Okluhoma and and " the attendance will rgest the congress has Include th most proms inent men of the territory named ‘hree cvening sessions have already been arranged fo and the subjects will be: Monday—*"Irrl- wtion:" Speakers, Hon. Elwcol Mead, pres- ident f the National Trrigation congress 1 state engineer of Wyoming; Hon. Wi Ham Smythe, chairman of the executive committee of the National Irrigation con- gress and editor of the Irrigation Age; Hon, J. E. Emery of Lawrence, Kan,, and F. H, Newell of the Uni ogical vey. Tuesday—"Nicaragua Ca Speakers, Prof. Couriney DeKalb of the School of Mines, University of Missouri, and Captain W, W of Ban Francisco. Recip- roeity in " ex-Governor Stannard of Missour! Relations with Hawall, of San Francisco, Wednesday— tization of Silver:’ Bpeakers, ex- Prince of New Mexico; ‘olonel eorge K. Leyton; Hon. Thomas M. Patters son, ex-congressman from Colorado and eds itor of the Rocky Mountain News, and ex-Governor George T. Anthony of Kansas, First Logal Hanging in Oklaho) GUTHRIE, OKl, Nov. 18.—The supreme court having falled to grant his appeal for a new trial, Robert P. Phillips wifl be anged at Tecumseh next Friday for the murder of his traveling companion, John Willls, In the Kickapoo country, a year ago. Phillips will be the first man executed by law in this territor - Report of u Strike W Incorreot, WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Nov. 18.—The repert telephoned to this city yesterday from Ridg way to the effect that the employes on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg rallway had struck because of & § per cent reduction Vroves to be lcorrect.