Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1895, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JU SINGLE COPrY FIVE LYNCHERS UNMASKED| Henry Schmidt, Driver of Parrett Soott's Oarriage, Makes Startling Statements, PCSITIVELY IDENTIFIES MOSES ELLIOTT Bwears He is the Man Who Helped Capture Holt Oounty's Ex-Treaturer, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MOB KNOWN Victim of the Regu'ators Knew He Would Be Killed, THEY DZMANDED THZ STOLEN MONEY Vivid Story of the Attack on the Carriage, Shooting of the Inmates and Sub- sequent, Eve Night, s of the O'NEILL, Neb, Jan. 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—There were six witnesses examined in the preliminary examination of the sus- pected lynchers of Barrett Scott this morn- ing. At 11:30 court adjourned unti! 3 o'clock this afternoon in order to allow the members of the bar to attend the funeral of Judge Parker, who was the first judge of Holt county. Mr. Polk was recalled this morning, but developed nothing new. The other witnesses examined were Thomas Craw- ford, John Harvey, H. Girard, Simon Simon- son and J. L. Biddle, Mr. Girard testified to having seen the teams going from Harris' house toward Parker the morning of December 31. He was not close enough to recognize the partie He also said that Harris, one of the defend- ants in this case, had asked him to join the Protective association, but he refused. J. L. Biddle testified that he was a member of the Protective association that existed in the neighborhood. He said that they held meetings at the Scottville school house. The object of the organization was for the appre- hension of criminals and to prevent law- lessness, and, when the law failed to punish criminals, to take the law in their own hands and punish them. He knew nothing about the assassination of Scott. 1t 1s rumored upon the streets that Harry Stanton, the man whom Polk saw hitching up a team at Harris farm on the morning of December 31, has left the country. John Harvey testifled that he crossed Whiting's bridge the day of the crime and that the river was open on the Boyd county side. SCHMIDT'S STORY TOLD. The court room was packed this afternoon, tully 500 people being present. The cvidence was the most sensational that has been intro- duced o far. The most important witness was Henry Schmidt, who was with Scott when the assault was made. His testimony In briet was as follows: *We were return- ing to O'Nelll from Scottville. When we reached the sod house at Parker men called to us to stop. Scott sald, ‘Drive on,’ and I did so. Then the firing ' com- menced. The horses were shot and we were surrounded. The men ordered us to get out of the buggy, and we did so. 1 counted clght or ten, but there may have been more there. The leader said they wanted the Holt county money. Three men covered me with revolvers, and then cov- ered Scott, his wife and Miss McWhorter, Others stood there talking, but I could not understand what was faid. One man had a gunny sack for a mask. Others had handker- chiefs; eyes were all that could be seen. In'a few moments a lumber wagon drove up, drawn by a gray and a dark horse, There was a double hox on the wagon and in the bottom was some hay. They were all told to get in the wagon, and did so, all sitting in the bottom of the box. Two men gat on the seat in front and two more sat on the endgate behind. I was the only one that was blindfolded, which was done shortly after getting into the wagon. They drove us about three miles. Then a buggy drove up, the ladies were put into it and driven away. I had worked the handkerchief off one of my eyes a little, and could see that Scolt was not blindfolded then, but was shortly afterwards, STOPPED FOR THE NIGHT. They drove on slowly until after dark, when they stopped and told us to get out, which we did. I then saw that it was an Minneola. I did not know the man, but took a good look at him, and from his walk and bearing think the man 18 George Mullihan, but could not swear positively. He looks very much like him.'" Mrs, Scott and Miss McWhorter will prob- ably go upon the stand tomorrow. Court adjourned at 6 o'clock until 9 o'clock to morrow morning. — SUIT AGAINST JUDGE KELLAM. South Dakota Supreme Justice Placed in a Pe ght. CHAMBERLAIN, § D., Jan. 30.—(Special.) Judge Kellam of the state supreme court 1s defendant in an important case which is to be tried at the term of court now in session here. The suit is brought by Recelver Tompkins of the Union Stock Yards State bank of Sioux City, and Is to recover the sum of $7,237.99, which is claimed to be due the bank and secured by notes and mort- gages. In his reply to the complaint of Receiver Tompkins, Judge Kellam admits that he executed the notes and mortgages by which they were secured, but expressly denies that they were executed for value received, but that they were given wholly without consideration of any kind. Kellam says the notes were simply “accommodation " and were given to B. W. Skerry, president of the derunct Stoux City bank, for the reason that Skerry and himself had for years been on terms of closa business and ®ocial intimacy, and because Skerry re- quested his aid in signing the notes for the bank in order that they might be redis counted, for the time being, and thus assist materially in carrying the bank safely over the financial shoals with which it was evi- dently surrounded at the time. Kellam fur- ther says it was understood that the notes would be taken up by the bank previous to maturity, canceled and then returned to him. For some reason this was not done, and the exposure of the questionable meth- ods adopted to bolster up an insolvent bank is the result. A case of identically the same character is brought by Receiver Tompkins against Scott Hayes of this city, except that the amount claimed to be due the bank by Hayes is $9,060.91. e adget ads THROUGH HEAT D COLD. Mother's Courage In Saving Two Chi from the Flames. NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—A mother's love and courage showed strongly today when Mrs, Mary Walsh left a fourth-story window in her home at 47 Sixth avenue with her two children in her arms, climbed down an lcy iron ladder’to escape from the flames that had possession of her rooms. The fire started while Mrs. Walsh was still in bed with her children. Her husband, a mail carrier, had gone to work shortly before. Mrs. Walsh awoke to find her room in flames. The force of the fire and smoke had already blown out a rear window in the house. Mrs. Walsh caught her two children up and ran through the flames to the fire escape. The fire burned their night gowns and scorched their hair and flesh. Icicles hung from the ladders down which she had to climb. A beam had fallen across her shoulders as she ran through the burning room and left an ugly bruise. Mrs, Walsh climbed down the first ladder and stood on a level with an adjoining house, where a man named Richter, who had been’ awakened by the fire, met her and took the children from her arms. Then Mrs. Walsh was herself assisted down. The surgeon at the hospital to which they were taken said he thought the children would die. or sl oy HAYWARD JURY COMPLETE. ssistant County Attorney Hall Delivers the Opening Adaress. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 30.—The fury which is to determine whether or not Harry Hay- ward is guilty of murder Is now complete. The twelfth and last man was secured today in the person of John Dunn, a Dayton farmer. The defense exercised its seventeenth per- emptory in excusing H. L. Bowen, a farmer of Plymouth, after the juror had been found eligible for serying by the criers. Mr. Dunn was the sixth juror called today. It has been confidently expected by spec- tators that Mr. Bowen would be the twelfth man, and a murmur of disappointment ran around the rcom when he was let out. Among those present today was Dr. T. Hayward, brother of the accused. He sat close behind Harry and seemed a great deal more worried about the case than the man on trial. There was a large attendance of ladies, and the court room was uncomfortably packed. Assistant County Attorney Hall at once began his opening address to the jury. Mr. Hall continued his address until la in the afternoon. Then the evidence com- mence T. H. Elligon, the deputy county surveyor, identified maps of the locality of the murder, and wi followed by William hart,'who told of the finding of the | into his chambers tomorrow WEEK old house or stable. They took me to the south side of the building and told me that 1 could go, but not to tell anything before morning, s I would be watched, and it would be the worse for me, “I asked them 1f I could bid Scott good- bye, and was allowed to do so. Scott told me 'to go, and ald he was sure they would kil him, but he hoped they would do it quick. The man then led me away from the building and said that a man would take me part of the way to O'Neill. He said he was very sorry the young lady was “I'was then taken to a cart, in which was & coat and a gun. 1 was put on the cart and a man got up and drove off. He drove me between three and five miles. When we started he had a mask on, as 1 could see over the cloth that was supposed to be over my eyes. We had been driving about ten minutes when the mask came oft the driv- er's face. 1 do not know whether the wind blew it ot or he took it offt. I asked him which road led to O'Nelll and he waved his hand and sald it was off in that direction. I told him he would have to tako the handkerchief off, as I could not see, although I could, and he motioned northeast We met a team on the road, and, as we wer passing, the man said: ‘Where you going to which my driver replied: ‘Right ah He drove me sbout ton miinutes af er that, and then told mo to get off, and said 1 could ‘take the handkerchief off my face, and 1 did so. He had no mask on, and the moon shining full in his face gove me a good view of him X took the road he told me, and, after tray. eling a while, became convinced I was on the wrong road, and changed my direction and walked to O'Nelll.” MOSES ELLIOTT THE DRIVER. Ho was asked if he had seen the man sinco and replied that he had. He was asked who it was, and said it was Moses Elliott, Blliott was asked to stand up and did so, and Schmidt sald: “He is the man that drove mg away in the cart, and 1 will swear to it positively.” He recoguized him from his face, as he had seen it in the moonlight gnd could not be inistaken. Elliott turned a little pale and ap- peared nervous when thus openly accused. Schmidt did not remember seelng the man that drove him away in the cart at Parker, but he might bave been there. He was asked if he knew the man who led him out to the cart and who sald he was sorry the girl was shot. He said ho thought it was George Mullihan, but could not swear to ft, as he had not seen his face, but could swear to Elliott, as he had seen him withyu; & mask. iith was put through a severe cross examination, but did not_alier M tastimony T days rlier the Gkbault he, in company with Othors [rom this city, drove up to the house of @ man named Ferguzon, and Eillott ©ume out of the house, and as soon as Le #aw him he knew him. Dan Paler, a rtesident of Dorsey, was then called. He said that December 31 he was on his way to O'Nelll. After leaving Minncola ho saw @ team about (hree miles behind him which he thought was Beott's, “About eighty rods from Parker a man passed me on the road. He was walk- Output of Flour Increased but tho Market Continues Unsutistactory, MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 30.—The Northwest- ern Miller says: Minneapolis mills last week ground 106,150 barrels of flour, agalnst 86,27 the week béfore. About the same capacity 1s moving this week, but the production may decrease, as the power Is lessening. Flour was very dull last week. Domestic business was confined to small orders and export transactions were unusually meager. Export shipments were 23,375 barrels. Superior-Duluth mills made no flour last week, against 605 barrels the previous week. Two mills are in operation this week. Ex- ports were 1,785 barrels, against nothing the week before. Domestic markets are reported in better shape by some mills, but there was no im- provement in forelgn trade. St. Louis mills made 44,450 barrels, an increase of 7,300, Sales were fow. ———— THREATENED WITH DISMISSAL, ing Boss Rollers Told Thoy Must Ke- turn or Lose Thelr Jobs, ST. LOUIS, Jan. 80.—The strike agalnst the reducing of wages received by boss rollers at the Tudor Iron works, Bast St. Louis, still continues, and has been In progress twelve days, and neither the workingmen nor the company show any signs of weakening. The company, turough its manager, C. B. Hampeter, has sent printed notices to nearly all of the 500 men who are on strike. They wero notified that unless they the works at noon today, ready to go to work, their names would be stricken from the roll of the employes of the company. The members of the Amalgamated associa- tion are arranging for a secret meeting to be held. The men appear to be determined not to submit to the terms offered by the com- pauy. Trouble is feared if new men are put 1o work. Y Willlug to Gaarantee Anything. FRANCISCO, Jan, W. J. Hur- ley, who Is charged with an attempt to Vrib: furers in the case of R. H. MeDon- ald, jr., was arraigned in Judge Murphy's court today. Cumulative evidence was pre- sented to show the offers Hurley had made | to two jurors and to the attorneys for the defense, agresing to secure any desired ver. dict on’ payment of a graduated scal bribes. The case will be continued morrow, SA Parrerorrc O Yutting on “aster SteAdiers, SAN FRANCIBCO, Jan. 80.—News has been recelyed here that the White Star liner Qobtic 18 about to leave England for San Francisco to take the place of the steamer Occldent of the Oriental Steam- ship company. The Coptic makes sixteen three-quarters knots. Her speed y redice the time betwee ong Kong and San Franciseo, and the Canadian Pa- cific Steamship company will have to look to its laurels. e Fome 071 44% Nee: at Los Angelos. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. .—The Na- tional Araerizan Pom:logical association met ing and had on a dark Scoteh cap, dark fur overcoat, the collar turned up. and blue Overalls, The man was walklug toward | here today, Papers were read by several will | P members ‘of the association and by local pomoloklsts, WRISKY TRUST COLLAPSE Stockholders Allege Orookedness in the Ap- pointment of Receivers, GROSSCUP SAY3 EVERYTHING WAS REGULAR Protective Committee Preparing to Begin Proceedings to Oust the Present Re- ceivers—Greenhut Crowd Un- tonded Thelr Stock. CHICAGO, Jan, 30.—Replying to the eriti- cism of his proceeding in the appointment of recelvers for the Whisky trust, Judge Gross- cup sald in an Interview today that the mat- ter was conducted in regular form. Both factions of the concern, he said, were repre- sented at the hearing. There was no at- tempt at suppressing the proceedings, Judge Grosscup declared, as the papers were on file in regular form all day Tuesday and could have been seen by any one who desired. Judge Grossccup this afternoon granted a stay of proceedings in the Whisky trust mat- ter until such time as a hearing in the re- ceivership can be made. The stay was granted upon application of Levy Mayer, re resenting the stockholders’ committee. Judge Grosscup's order stays all proceed- ings except to conserve the property until the further order of the court. Levy Mayer and Mr. Bijur, the latter of New York, and Richard B. Hartshorn appeared in Judge Grosscup's chambers shortly before 2 o'clock. Messrs, Bunnells and Burry were also present, Mr. Mayer presented a petition to Judge Grosscup asking for the stay in the proceed- ings until the court should dispose of a mo- tion to remove both Mr. Lawrence and Pri ident Greenhut as receivers. Mr. Mayer stated that the application to the court had been made on behalf of holders of over 1,700 shares of the 350,000.shares of the capital stock of the company, and that the nominal holders of these 1,700 shares were clerks in a stock broker's office in New York. He re- cited tho fact that the New York committee had asked for a meeting with the directors of the Whisky trust for today, and that Presi- dent Greenhut had fnformed them that he could not get the directors together before tomorrow. Mr. Burry made no objection to the stay, and Judge Grosscup ordered that ‘he stay be granted. He told counsel to come before 10 o'clock, when he would render his decision. Richard B. Hartshorn, chairman of the stockholders' committee of the Whisky trust, arrived here early today from Cincinnati with Nathan Bijur, and went into consul- tation with Moran, Kraus & Mayer, the Chicago counsel of the committee. In an interview Mr. Hartshorn roundly scored the receivership proceedings. ‘‘On Satur- day last,”” he said, ‘‘we wired President Greenhut, asking for a conference with the board of directors and an exawmination of the books. On Monday he replied that the board would meet us Thursday, and on the same day he secured the secret ap- pointment of himself as a recel and to_give color to his pretended falrness had Edward E. Lawrence of Chicago also named as a receiver. The proceedings were sup- pressed, and I am informed that during the twenty-four hours before the action was known generally some of the stock- holdors unloaded heavily. The plaintiffs in the recelvership proceedings are well known as the New York brokers of Green- hut and Nelson Morris. In view of the fact that grave charges have been made against Mr. Greenhut, in fact, that he Is practically charged with wrecking the com- pany, I think this action is, to say the least, very pecullar. What action our coin- mittee will take 1 cannot say, but we will certainly act decisively and quickly.” Attorney Levy A. Mayer, of counsel for the stockholders, declined’ to outline the policy of his clients. *“I am now in con- sultation with Mr. Bijur,” he said, *‘and we have not yet taken action. It is, un- necessary to say, however, that we will be in court very shortly with an action that will protect~ the interests of the stock- holders. Mr. Halstro and committee al- ready represent $30,000,000 of the $35,000,- 000 stock of the company." “The new move on the part of the Whisky trust was a great surprise to us,” said At- torney General Maloney, when asked what effect the appuintment of receivers would have on his suit against the trust. ‘The first we heard of it was by private dis- patch from Washington yesterday afternoon, We were not at all prepared for it. You know ovr suit against the trust was begun to have the trust declared illegal. That case is now pending in the supreme court, Meantime the ‘rust appears to have gone to pleces. Of course that is very gratify- ing to us” and Mr. Maloney laughed at the turn affairs have taken. *It will not cause us to relinquish our suit, however. It will be pushed as vigorously as ever. The appointment of receivers for the trust will have no effect on it whatever.” DISCOUNTED BY OPERATORS, Appointment of Recelvors for Whisky Trast Rad Little Influenco on the Stock. NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—It is very evident that operators in the confidence of the Green- hut party in Distilling discounted the ap- pointment of tecelvers for the trust yesterday in selling down the stock 1% per cent to 8, a closing rally bringing the price up to 8%, At the opening this morning a decline of 3 per cent took place, with a further loss of % to 7% and a rally to 8%. There was no special flurry in the stock this morning, the sales up to 11 o'clock aggregating only 1,000 shares and the fluctugtions being within' % of the lowest figure touched. Supporting or- ders were found in the market, and it would seem to be the poiicy of the Greenhut fn- terests to prevent any serious break by reason of the appointment of recelvers, they having had all yesterday to work the market, for the secret was well kept and the fact of the appointment of Greenhut and Lawrence as recelvers was not known outsida of the clique until long after the close of business on the stock exchange. On the street this morning the coup d'etat is the subject of general discussion, and the action which the pro ises is looked for with eagerness, There was but small trading in Distilling after 11 o'clock, and the stock moved within a range of % per cent, merely reacting to 81 and recovering to 8%, which is but 3 below the close of yesterday, It s reportcd tnat the stockholders pro- tective committee have instructed their coun- sel, Messrs. Bijur & Mayer, to apply for the removal of the receivers, and it |s believed notice of such a motion will be given ut once, the ground to be alleged therein being that receivers were appointed witiout a ne. cessity for such action, and merely to sub- serve the personal purposes of the present mansgement of the company. The per- sons who nominally institufed the receiver- ship proceedings are John F. Olmstead cl Harnshelmer and L. 8 and L, W. Wormser, clerks in the office of P, J. Good- hart & Co., brokers of this city. The Worm- ser in question has no connection with the firm of I. A. and 8. Wormser, which has been in close relations with President Green hut, Judge Grosscup's agtion |s severely itloised on Wall street. It is claimed that lie appointments of the receivers was made at his home after the regular court hours, and that the officers of the court connived at the suppression of the news for a day and a half. The fact that he appointed as one of the recelvers the man who is charged with wrecking the company, and as the other the partner of a man who has entered suit against the company for $500,000, is com- mented upon unfavorably. It is belleved that the recelvers will order the temporary clos ing of the trust distilleries John I. Waterbury, a member of the stock- holders protective committee of Distillers sald today that It was his opinion and that of the committee that the receivers were but temporarily appointed, apd that the court would give a hearing on the appointment of permapent recelvers. Owing to the ab- serce of counsel and ome of the committee ive committee will take in the prem- | ent at the disposal of the S&n Francis | the jury the greater part of the day in the west, the circular promised to stock- holders would probably net be out today. Mr. Waterbury expressed Mmself as con- fident that the court would yecognize a ma- jority of the stock wgs against 1,700 shares, Which secured the recelvership., A special messenger has gtarted for Chi. cago as a representative of the stockholders' protective committee of the Distilling and Cattleteeding company, carrying with him proxies of 191,000 shares of the company's stock. With the protective committee’s proxies in Chicago the company will have a total of 225,000 shares out of a total of 875,- 000, which will be used at the annual meet- ing in April or at any special meeting that may be called in view of the present crisis in the company’s affairs. It is also possible that these proxies may be used on the ap- plication which is to be made on behalf of the protective committee in the proceedings which are to be taken for the removal of the present receivers. Separate Recelver in Clacinnatl, CINCINNATI, Jan. 80.—Judge Taft of the United States court today appointed the Union Savings Bank and Trust company G. Schmidlapp, president, receiver of Distilling and Cattlefeeding company, It was about noon yesterday when Mortimer Matthews of the local bar and Willlam Buriy of Chicago entered the office of the clerk of the United States circuit court and filed the lengthy petition asking for a receiver, The petition was filed here and at Chicago by preconcerted arrangement at exactly the same hour, but the way was not so smooth here as there. At Chicago the receivers asked for were appointed, but here the at- norneys had a long conference with Judge Taft, which was not entirely satisfactory, for the judge, it seems, would not appoint at their suggestion. Today the attorneys were at the court, and after a long conference with Judge Taft Mr. Matthews retired, leaving J. G. Schmidlapp in the private office. A few minutes later the entry was handed down naming the ancillary receiver for this district. The application for a receiver was made on behalf of the same interests which secured the appointment at Chicago, and it asked for the appointment of the same receivers. Judge Taft, however, declined to appoint Mr. Greenhut or any other stockholder, and then named the Unfon Savings and Trust company as a temporary receiver to take charge of the property of the company in this locality. The appointment is subject to change upon being further advised. . the Recelver Appotnied at Terre Haute. TERRE HAUTE, Ind;, Jan. 30.—On appli- cation of the Terre Haute Distilling com- pany, made late last night, Jacob C. Kolsem of this city was appointed receiver of the Distilling and Cattlefeeding company. The Terre Haute Distilling company in asking for the appointment of a receiver set up that the Distilling and Cattlefeeding company was in- debted to them in the sum of $13,000 in rev- enue rebate due and unpaid, $900 to the Gil- man_Coopering company for barrels, $200 for fuel and a few other debts of smaller amounts to local parties. .“The receiver Is prayed for by the plaintiffs, not only in be- half of themselves, but forj the welfare of the general creditors. The appointment was mado as soon as the application had been filed, and Recelver Kolsem has taken pos session of the property located in this city. No Irregularity in the 81, PEORIA, Jan. 30.—The bill bond and order of court in the Distilling and Cattlefeeding company recelvership cage \ere received by mall this morning at 8 o’click by Enoch S Logan, clerk of the United; States court at Peoria, from S. W. Burnham, clerk at Chi- cago, and Mr. Sloan immediately had the United States court room swept and dusted, and seated at his desk under the bench he proceeded to make the proger’ entries in his vecords. Ho says there 1 mo irregularity whatever. The suit 1§ numbered and filed in regular order. Vice President Beggs of the Distilling and Cattlefeeding company Is the only official in town, and he has nothing to say. Ancitlary Bill In St Louts. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 30.—An anciliry bill of complaint was filed In the United States cir- cuit court here toCay by Dickson & Smith, attorneys for Jehn F. Olmstead et al, pray- ing for arecciver for the property of the Dis- tilling and Cattlefeeding company within the jurisdiction of the court. The motion for the appointment of receivers will be made later before Circuit Judge Thayer, who is at present sitting on the court of appeals bench. Today's proceedings were before District Judge Priest, sitting for Judge Thayer. HUNTEKRS WHO NEVER COME BACK, Molderiug Bones of Found in n Wyoming Desert. RAWLINS, Wyo, Jan. 30.—(Special)— Two skeletons, or rather parts of skeletons, were discoversd on the ‘red desert twenty miles northwest of Rawlins a few days ago by Sam Green, who was looking for some stray horses on the range. About 10 yards from the skeletons he found a rifle, badly rusted, @ hunting knife and an old fash- ioned 'Colt’s. six-shooter, By one of the skulls he found 2 hunting knife and a_pocket knife, two keys and a number of buttons, To judge from the ekeletons, one ‘was a man about six feet tall, and 'the other a short, but powerfully built fellow.: No clue to their identity could be discovered, except the name of ““Hugh” on the blade of the p knife, and the letters “F% G.” on the barrel of i rifle, ‘which I a_ single shot Spring- Mr. Green Long Missing Men handled gathered up the hones and buried them, marking the place where they are deposited. His theory Is that they were hunters, judging from their outfit, and that their horses got away from them, leaving them on the desert to perish. M. W. Dil- lon, an old seltler in this section, remem- bers that two hunters left Rawlins about ten years ago after buffalo, but were never heard from after their daparture. It was supposed that a band of marauding Utes lifted the scalps of the unlucky hunters, AILED THREE TIMES Brothers Do a Good Job of it This Time. FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.-The of Prage Bros, of Portland Ashe & Co, of Tagoma tion in” commerelal circles all over the Pacific coast. Both firms are practi- Iy in the hands of the Prager who went 1o the nogghwest from this city in 188, and have sinee fafled three times. There are many creditory In New York, Tacoma, Portland and San Francisco, and the total liabilities can only be estimated. Local creditors are out' $10,000 by reason of chattel mortgages for 358,000 given on Monday by Jacobl, Ashe & Co. to M. 8. Jucobs’ of 'St Louly, " fathel-in-law of Syd ney Prager. This ‘chatfel mortgage vir tually shuts the creditors ofit, for under the laws of Washington when d trust deed is glven and a general assignment does not take place the creditors huve no relief. dual and cauged failu Jacobl, a sens Failed t. FRANCIS( Loonte (he Wil ), Jan.'30.—The best tal- 0 de- tective force has heen usablé to locate the stolen will of the late James G. Fair or to apprehend the thief. They areé absolutely inthe dark regarding fwe culprit. The last man who examined the will with the knowledge of a deputy clérk shows a re- ceipt for the return of the document, but the county clerk tries to throw the -hlame for this dsippearance Gram his own offio to that Individual. A theft of other papers from the same ofiice was discovered today. The second abstraction was that of the In- solvency papers of 1. W, Kreling. SAN Boller Explusion Eliled Two. I NVER, Jan. 30.—A ‘boiler in the Den- ver Tramway company/s Lawrence pawer house exploded lats tonight, killing two men outright and injuring a number of others, one of whom Wil 'he ex- pled:d boiler flew over §00 feet and the fcres of the egplosion wrecked the entire bullding, destfoying propérty. valued at $100.000. 'Bitz 1, Lreman, and Krank Wa rad, fireman, names of the dead. Edward W. Flanly is fatally injured. , Dobs Trial Was CHICAGO, Jan. $0.—The devoid of interest today. by I over t Debs trial was The messages sent cbs and other offieers of the A. R. U. Western Unlon wires were read to Only those telegrams affecting the stoppage of {rains were read, President Baker of o Chicago Board of Trade and others testified to thelr expericnce on trains delayed by the strike. UNITED ~ AGAINST MEXICO Oentral America is One in Cace of an In- vasion of Guatemala, PROSPECTS ARE NOW GOOD FOR WAR All the Mexican States Stand by Diaz and Cltizens Subscribe Large Sums to Ald the Government in Caso of War, CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 80.—A telogram was received today from Guatemala verifying the reports that the Assoclated press has had for the last ten days, that the confederation of the Central American republics has been formed. Ministers Arias of Honduras, Gomez of Nicaragua, and Estupinan of San Salvador, individually offer the co-operation of their countries to Guatemala in the event of war with Mexico. Central America will stand united to repel any invasion from Mexico, The Costa Rica minister arrived soon after the meeting, together with President Barrios of Guatemala, and is of the same mind as the other Central American republics. The war cloud hangs heavy over Mexico today. It is feared from the outlook that Mexico has no resource left but to declare war against the federation of Central America. President Diaz is for peace, but still stands boldly for Mexico's rights. The president and cabinet aro in session. At the Mexican Jockey club, of which the president’s father-in-law is prosident, upon the subject of war with Guatemala being broached a subscription was started toward the inauguration of the war fund and In less than five minutes over $50,000 was sub- seribed. A collecting committee was then appointed. It is rumored that hundreds of thousands will be forthcoming from this source at very short notice. Both sides are massing troops on the frontier and non- combatants are leaving that section by all manner of conveyances. The United States of Mexico seem unanimous in support of President Diaz and his policy and will spare no means or expense in the way of arming and equipping soldiers. The rumor a few days ago that two Ameri- cans, Thomas Murphy and Colonel A. R. Dunn, were killed while enroute to the Guatemalan Northern railroad with a drove of 100 mules which were to be used in the construction of that road has been con- firmed. GUATEMALA, Jan. 30.—President rios is conferrini daily with Mexico's resentatives, No definite action ha taken so far as known. It is reported that rioting has occurred at Guacheco, and that several have been Killed. Bar- rep- been WHAT MEXICO HAS TO FIGHT WITIL Her Army Stronger Numerle: and Woll Arme Mexico has a small but reasonably effi- clent, well armed and well drilled army. Her infantry force consists of 21,783 officers and men, 9,374 cavalry and 1,480 artillery. The infantry is armed with the Remington rifle and the national armories are well providel with arms of various kinds and with ammuni- tion. The cavalry is armed with the Reming- ton carbine and with the saber, while the artillery arm of the service is abundantly provided with breech loading guns. Mexico 1y Thun Ours [ has used the long period of peace in the past to good advantage in and drilling her army. Besides the regular army the Mexicans have a body of soldiers known as rural guards. They are,well armed, drilled and mounted, serving as the national police force in times of peace. They furnish protection on all national roads and number 2,020 men. This brings the total fighting strength of the army for immediate use to about 35,000 men. Besides these is the militia sustained by the states of Mexico, much as the national guard of the United States is maintained. This militia can be called into the service of the government by the president and is then pald from the public treasury. If the militia were called out it would give Mexico a fight- ing strength of 131,523 infantry, 25,790 alry and 8,650 artiliery. The Mexican navy is small, but against a power with none at all it is effective. It has a flest of four small vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and three gunboats on the Pacific const. Besides these there are five revenue cutters that might be made available as gun- beats. The republic also has a schoolship of steel and seme small coast guard steamers. Guatemala until recently has paid little at- tention to her army. A compulsory law makes every Guatemalan a soldier for six mouths the expiration of which period the soldier passes into the reserve force and can be called into service at any timé. A system by which exemptions can be pur- chased has interfered seriously with making a large and cfficient force and giving the service popularity. Upon a peace footing the army has about 4,000 officers and men, which can be increased in time of war to between 50,000 and 60,000 men. Guatemala has no navy. Mexico has a population of about 12,000,000, while Guatemala has about 1,510,000, of whom about two-thirds are Indians. Guate- mala has no fortified towns, and all her ports are o poorly defended as to be at the mercy of the Mexican gunboats, which could effectually blockade both coasts. thoroughly equipping ENVOYS AR JAPAN, China's Peace FProposals Indicat Disastrous Conditio YOKOHAMA, Jan. 30.—The Chinese peacs envoys have arrived at Kobe and will pro- ceed to Hiroshima by train this afternon, accompanied by Mr. John W. Foster, ex- secretary of state of the United States, who is acting as their adviser, and Councillor Wo. The latter, replying to a question as to the nature of the proposals the Chinese envoys were requested to submit to Japan, sald that their nature might be inferred from the disastrous condition of China. General Nogi reports from Styutsai, under date of January 28, that the Chinese are near Yang Kao. He adds that the Japanese cavalry scouts have prevented the enemy rom proceeding beyond Lao Peng. The ‘hinese have advanced their whole line. Dispatches recelved here from Chemulpo, Corea, say that the Japanese and Corean troops defeated the Tonghaks on January 8 in the vicinity of Cheng Hiang. The haks lost heavily. Troops have left Chow in order to attack the rebels at Ko- shin, Czar's Longratu ton ST. PETERSBURG, Jan a reseript addressed to Russian ambassador at latter's completing fifty years service in the diplomatic service of Ms country has thanked him for assisting in bringing about the friendly relations existing between Rus- sla and gland, adding that ‘“these re- lations are 50 important for assuring the general peac A by tler to Do Stual, 30.—The M. de London, czar in taal, the upon the W Honduras, Jan. 80.—Rioting s prevalent here and great disturbances have occurred within the past few d Last night crowds of excited people were march ing the streets crying: “Death to Bonilla." Vive la revolution” The excitement is still at fever heat, and there Is no casting the result’ u the government takes promp action (o suppress the uprising, and it 18 thought it will be hard to subdue Revolution EGUCIGALPA, Donoghues Are Not Fast Enough, MONTREAL, Jan. 30.—Davidson, Rudd & Mosher arrived here today for the Canadian amateur championship races on Saturday They are in the best of trim. McCulloch and Wilson of Winnipeg have been practicing here for several days. The officials of the Amateur Skating Assoclation of Canada do not care whether the Donoghues come or not “They are not fast enough for our people here," the president said today. Johnson will arrive tomorrow. At least 5,000 people are expected to attend the races. Conld Not Sepnr TORONTO, Ont., Jan. 30.—Robert Henry Bethune, general mangger of the Dominion bank, has been confined to his home since Friday. The bank officials are mysteriously reticent about his condition. It is said, however, that at a meeting in the Bank of Montreal he sat for nearly an hour with one leg thrown carclessly over the other and that when ho atiempted to rise he could not do so. Two or three bank man- agers tried to force the legs apart but were unable to separate them. Finally Mr. Beth une was conveyed home. The attending phy- siclans cannot glve any explanation of the phenomenon, But OMcial News Can ite Pablished, COLON, Jan. 80.—A decree has been {ssued prohibiting the publication or transmission of anything but officlal news of the in the republic of Colombia. The British warship Pelican has sailed, and the probability of the United States cruiser Atlanta leaving this port is causing much anxiety among the foreign population, revolt Last Detacl nt of Troops for Africa. ROME, Jan. 30.—Two battalions of Ttalian troops left Naples today for Massowah Bgypt. This is the last draft of soldie reqiired to complete the Italian defensive measure against the Tigre Dervishes. No more Itallan troops will be sent to Africa. Anarchists Switzerland. BERNE, Jan. Bighteen Italian an- archists of Lugano, one of the three capi- tals of the Canton of Ticino, who have been engaged in smuggling anarchist literature into Italy, have been expeiled from Switzer- land, ng to Fuy With, LONDON, Jan. 30.—E. H. Re as an American and a company was in the bankruptey court this for examination. His liabilities to be £111,187, and assets, none. Haud Not described promoter, morning were stated Reginald Saund LONDON, Jan. 30.—At the Old Bailey this morning, Reginald Saunderson, who murdered Augusta Dawes in Holland park road on Sunday night, November last, was declared insane. arod Insano. FOUND A DANGEROUS BOMB. Brooklyn Merchant Picks Up a Suspiclous Package on e Streot Car Tracks. BROOKLYN, Jan. 30.—Williamsburg got another fright last night with an alleged bran new patent dynamite, giant powder and tablo salt bomb. It was found in the mid- dle of a car track, a copper wire running from the end of the bowmb proper to the rall, and at each end of the copper wire was a percussion cap. Frank Gillette, a mer- chant, was on his way home shortly before midnight. -He passed the corner of Frank- lin and Milton streets, where there is an electric light, and saw out in the track a newspaper and the two shining pieces of wire hanging out of cither side. This aroused his curiosity and he picked up the newspaper and there was disclosed the awful bomb. It had a copper top with holes in it and the two wires came out of two of the holes. eIt was about a foot long and four inches in diameter. - Mr. Gillatte took it to the Greenpoint station. The news of its finding traveled quickly and a big crowd gathered at the station, The cover was taken off and some gray matter was found inside. The police clapped it into water without a moment's delay. There,is no question but that the caps on the wires were genuine. The polica officials at the Greenpoint station are thoroughly con- vinced that the thing is a genuine bomb and that it was put on the track for the purpose of blowing up the car. It will be taken to police headquarters today and presented to Superintendent Campbell, who, following the usual course, will send it to the navy yard. They have a fearless blacksmith at the navy yard who breaks open every alleged bomb ith a sledge hammer and has never yet been ur A_warrant for the arrest of President B. F. Norton of the Atlantic Railroad com- pany for the violation of section 529 of the laws of 1887 was issued today by Police Judge Walsh. The complainants are for- mer employes of the Atlantic Avenue Rallroad company. They allege President Norton compelled them to work over ten hours a day. An application for a per- emptory writ of mandamus upon the At- luntic Avenue Rallroad company to compel the running of cars in a manner to meet the requirements of the public was filed in the supreme court today. ALBANY, Jan. 30.—After hearing the pre liminary arguments of counsel in the appli- catioh of strikers for the annulment of the Brooklyn Helghts Railway company today Attorney General Hancock adjourned the hearing until Monday afterncon at 2 o'clock. NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—In order to go on with the trolley strike Master Workman Connolly, after consulting with several flnan- ciers, has decided to issue bonds on the credit of his organization to the amount of $100,000. The denomination will be small— probably $2—and Mr. Connolly has been as- sured that the bonds will be quickly taken, Many tradesmen have offered to accept the notes for provisions in lieu of money. Friends of Mr. Connolly have offered to dispose of the bonds In various parts of the country. ——— WHOLE FAMILY EXTERMINATED, Husband, Wife, Three (hildren and Hired Man Lurned in Their Dwelling, BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. 80.—The family of Peter Olsen, consisting of himself, his wife and three children, the oldest a boy aged 16, together with one Bathga, a hired man employed by Olsen, was wiped out by fire early this morning, Olsen was a pros- perous farmer and wheat buyer, living about a mile south of the village of Sterling, thirty miles east of here. At 6 o'clock this morning the re lents of Bterling saw a bright light In the direction of Olsen's farm. It was thought 1o be a burning straw stack Shortly after the fire was seen nelghbors started for Olsen's place to investi Upon arrlving the farm hos vas found burned to the ground, and the five bodies of the Olsen family were found mong the debris, At fi It wi reported that the hired man was missing. Late) however, in digging in the cellar, his body way dis: covered, The only plausible the is that the fire originated from an overheated stove and that prior to the fire the occupants of the residence were suffocated by the escap- ing coal gas, L Kunsas Clty News, KAN 8 CITY, Jan, clety nts of the se this_evening opal “church of J. M. Nuckoll editor of the Times, and Mj a leader f Jefferson City, Miss Da- ison was attended her Mrs. rank Obear of St. Louis and Mrs. Jess Henry of Jefferson City, and Miss Harner of Denver Dr. Edward 'E. Vincent of Spring- field, 11, was best man tev. Cameron Mann officiated, After a wedding dinner at the Coates house Mr, and M Nuckolls left for a honeymoon trip to the cast Cigar L rs A TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 30, Manley, cigar and tobacco deale) prietors of five cigar assign nt today to T, sets, $17,400; labilities, ments cover real and personal The creditors Include San § land, Milwaukee, Chicago, mond and Baltimore fir - Argaed the Pallman Cuse. CHICAGO, Jun, In the the Pullman company today sion of the court was g ments of the atlorneye be resumed tomorrow aper Man Weds, 40.~0ne of the son was the wedding H. & F. H s, and pro- stores here, mude on, 4 property i&co, Po Rich an ampa, case against the entire ses up with argu The arguments will nts of Seago'ng Vessols, Jan. 30, w York—Arrived—State of Nebracka trom Glasgow; La Touraine, from Hay At Glasgow—Arrived—Bamaritan, Boston At London—Arrived timore, Minnesota, from Bal HUNDREDS DROWNED Sleeping Passengers Canght Liko Ratsina Trap by Sudden Disaster, SUBMARINE CEMETERY QUICKLY CREATED North German Lloyd Liner Nearly All on Board, | Lost with STEAMER ELBE SUNK IN THE NORTH SEA Survivors Landed at Lowestoft by English Herring Boats, ONLY NINETEEN OUT OF 350 WERE SAVED One of the Oldest Passenger Boats on the Line Goes Down In Deop Water After " Collision with Auother Steamer, LONDON, Liloyd from Jan. 30.—The North be, Captain New Germ steamer von Dosset, York, via Southampton, has sunk in collision with the British steamer Crathie, bound from Rotterdam for Aberdeen. At the time of sending this dispatch the exact loss of life is unknown, but Bremen yesterday for been report has it that it was enormous, The disaster occurred before day- light this morning at a point some thirty miles from the Hook of Holland. The first intimation of the disaster came from Lowes- toft, Suffolk, one of the chief English fish- Late this afternoon a dispatch was received from that place saying it was that a transatlantio line steamer had been sunk in the North sea and that y The there had been ons on the Elbe and that only nine- had been ing port reported there the loss of life was very great. first dispatches stated that 350 per: teen saved, the rescued having been landed at Lowestoft by fishing smacks. Later dispatches to the Exchange Teles graph company and to Lloyd's confirmed the report of the loss of the steamer, and still athie, the steamer that sunk the Elbe, had put into Maas Lufs, later it was learned the C; Holland, in a damaged condition. She re- ported she had been in collision with an un- known ocean steamer. Toward evening, over two hours and a half after the news had reached the London office of the Assoclated press and had been cabled to America, the agents in this city of the North German Lloyd company received the following mes- sage: ‘Most deplorable news from Lowestoft, It states that the Elbe was sunk through collision this morning. Boat No, 3, with Third Officer Stalburgh, Purser Weser, En- gineer Neussel and nineteen persons, landed at Lowestoft. No further news so far.” EVERYBODY WANTED INFORMATION, When the news of the disaster became gen- erally known through the mediums of the tickers of the Exchange Telegraph company in the clubs and places of public resort the excitement was intense. Cable dispatches were at once forwarded to all the principal European cities, and soon a flood of return dispatches were received asking for further Information, which, at that time, it was fm= possible to obtain. The agents of the com~ pany here did everything possible to learn all of the facts, and as soon as any new in- formation ceived it was also cabled to the capitals. The dis- patches from Germany showed that the news caused the greatest excitement sorrow, all of the officers and of the steamer and a majority of the passen- gers being Germans. It was at first hoped the reports of the disaster had been exag- gerated, and that most, if not all, of the pas- sengers and had escaped either by means of the ship's boats or by being plcked up by passing vesscls. But as time wore on it was apparent that the first reports of the sinking of the steamer had minimized the horrors of the disaster. Many dispatches were forwarded to Maas Luls to the commander of the Crathie aske ing him If he had rescued any of the Elbe's passengers. various Buropean and almost crew, lost crew Up to a late hour, however, no answers were received these dispatches, and the belief grew that the Crathic, after the accident, had rather sought her own safety than Elbe. From the details now at hand it {s learned the Eibe was proceeding along at her usual rate of speed and keeping the ordinary look= outs. It was dark, but to to rescue the people on the doomed there was no gale, Suddenly the forward lookout on the Elbe re- ported to the officer on deck that the lights of a steamer were close aboard over the port Before the 5 to bow. course of the Elbe could be r off from the approach- the latter struck her just about room, going through her plates as though they wero pasteboard, and stick- Ing her nose almost completely through the hull of the ELBE FILLED RAPIDLY. i For a time the Crathie but changed so she ing steamer the engine held the Blbe on her nose, then ler engines of th were reversed and she backed out aperture she had 5 she did so the water rushed into in a torrent and The saw made the Elbe tely the ship at began in charge of doomed and clear away the life Three of the boats wera but_one of them shortly the steamer capsized and Imme- o settle officer once she w gave hurrled orders to boats for launching. cleared and lowered after it got clear of it is thought all the The chief the occupants were drowned, the third officer, about twenty of the persons wha first boat contained engineer, purser and These by passengers. are were picked up the fishing smack and taken to L From the survivors it is backed water learned that as s00n the Crathie the Elb tion aft as away from flooded 50 quickly that nobody below decks in that part of the ship had ppostunity The shock of the collision was comparatively slight in the inrushing of the the pors engine room an to escape. 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