Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 14, 1895, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY ESTABLISHED JU HURSDAY MORN ING, 1 ARCII 14, 1895. SINGLE COPY FIVE CE —— NTS. FINISHED THE JOB! Mob at Waleenburg Wipes Out the Entire Band of Italian Murderers, RIDDLED WITH BULLETS IN THEIR CELLS Fears that the Italians May Avenge the Death of Their Oomrades, BODIES OF THE THREE MISSING FOUND Were Located Late in the Afternoon a Short Distance from Town, FIVE SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED Fenrs Are sult in ntertained th atio Killing Wil Re- Inter al Complications as the Victims of the Mob Have Not Been Naturalized. WALSENBURG, Colo., United States may have an international complication on its hands as the result of the mob violence here last night, in which five Ttalians, who are believed to have been unnaturalized, were killed. After the at- tack on the wagon party early last evening, as in the Associated press dis- patches night, all was comparatively quiet until soon after midnight. About that cight men wearing masks door of the Jall where who was charged by the other Halians with having struck the blows that killed Hixon on Sunday, and the Italian wounded in the wagon attack, were confined. In answer to a question, the men id 0'Maliey, the sheriff, wanted to enter. As soon as the docr was opened the guards found their faces. Part of the masked men then went to the cell where the two Italians were confined and fired eight or ten shots, bullets, lived a short time in great agony. of dead is: JOSEPH WELSBY, driver of the wagon. LORENZO DANINO. PETE JACOBINY. ANTONIO GOBATTO. STANSILO VITTANO. FRANCISCO ROCCETTO. The other five suspects had been released trom custody before the mob arose. Some fears were entertained at Rouse last night that the Ttalians, who outnumber the Ameri- cans and other nationalities, might rise up and attack their neighbors in revenge. Noth- ing of the sort happened, nor is it much anticipated, but the feeling Is very intense. The bodies of the three missing Italians have been found at some distance from town. It is therefore certain that the held for the murder of Hixon have all been assassinated. THREE WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS, All but Ono of the Lynched ftallans tind Taken Out First Papers. DENVER, Colo., March 13.—A special to the Rocky Mountaln News from Walsen- burg, Colo., says: Four dead bodies are now in the hands of the coromer of Huerflano county as the result of the vengeance wreaked last night on the Italian miners who were charged with the killing of Abner Hixon In a most brutal manner at Rouse last Sunday night by beating him over the head with a club, and two more Italians have un- questionably been riddled with bullets by friends of the popular saloon keeper.: A few hours will almost certainly bring the dis- covery of the corpses and every man against whom there was the slightest suspicion of complicity in the killing has met with sum- mary and frightful punishment. Three of the four bodies are those of Hixon's alleged assailants, the fourth is that of Joe Welsby, who was driving the four Italians to jail in A wagon when he met his death. The dead are, the first four being in the hands of the coroner: ANTONIO LORENZO, declared by the coroner's jury to have struck the blow which crushed Hixon's skull and caused his death; 24 years of age, unmarried, an Italian citi- zen, STANISLAU VITTARI, 30 years of age, married, with wife and’ three children in Italy; declared intention of becoming an Amerlcan citizen. FRANCISCO RONCHETTO, 27 years of age, unmarried; intention of becoming an American citizen declared. JOE WELSBY, 23 years old, unmarried. PIETRO GIACAVINO, 34 years old, young son living here; sald to have taken out first papers. ANTONIO ZAPETTO, 24 years old, mar- rled, wife and three children in Italy; first papers taken ot Though the mob commenced its work last evening when the sun had been set but a little while, it was not until this morning that they completed their work of revenge after having killed three of the suspected homicides and brought death to the young wagon driver, who had nothing to do with the killing of Hixon. When the three Ital- fans captured from the wagon at Bear creek bridge, where Welsby was killed, had been made away with, the small but determined mob waited for the excllement to subside and then came to the county jail here, and a few minutes before 1 o'clock this morning completed the work of revenge on which they had commenced six hours before. Ron- chetto, who had been wounded in the breast at the Bear creck trouble, was asleep in the calaboose with Lorenzo, The guards who were placed In the jail, Willlam Smith and Henry Farr, were playing high five when a rap came at the outer door of the jail. They asked who was there, and were told that it was Sheriff O'Malley, Without a moment's hesitation they unbarred the entrance, and instead of seeing O'Malley they looked down the barrels of two revolvers, in the hands of two masked men, PROFITED BY EXPERIENCE. Experiences of others earlier In the night taught them to obey the command to throw down thelr pistols and throw up their hands. ‘While the first two men covered Farr and Smith with thelr pistols, another pair, with their faces hid by handkerchiefs aud carrying big guns in their Lands, stalked in. Oue of the last arrivals picked up from the table the keys to the cell in the jall, and golng back into the building unlocked the door where lay the now trembling Italians, who felt sure their time had come and in their broken English begged piteously for mercy. The avengers had some mercy, but not for the doomed Italians. In the cell with them was Frank Olk. who Is charged with a brutal rape. He was grufily told to stand ide, and slunk into @ cormer of the cell. The masked men then turned their pistols Joose on the Italians, who shricked in agony bullet after bullet sent tearing into heir defeuseless bodies. One of the first shots must ve brought relief to Lorenzo, whom the men seemed o regard with peclal hatred as the oficially declared mur- derer, for their leaden balls were sent into bls Was Dot so fortunat March 13.—The described last time seven knocked Lorenzo Danino, or. at the guns in Bach prisoner received four or five One died instantly, but the other The list five men One bullet passed through his head and two tore great holes In the thotacic cavity, but I ant death was not to be his gool for- tune, for he writhed and groaned in Intense agony for as much as twenty minutes, When the vigilantes felt that their work was surely done they turned away, leaving their vietims In their own and one another's blood, while tho cowering brute who had seen it all was too terrified to utter a sound When the last bullet had been was thought necessary to avenge with six the men who had done the piece of killing walked out from the jail into the dark night. A moment or two later the keepers of the two guards backed out through the door and closed it behind them arr and Smith now picked up their own revolvers and fired five shots through the savy wooden door after the retreating men Summoning up courage, they peered out themsclves in a few seconds, and seeing six or elght men meking off on foct across the railroad tracks they shot at them until their pistols were empty, but without effect They gave the alarm, but before sufficient men for a pursuft had gathered the men who had the latest decd were safely away, and Farr and Smith could give no description in detail of their r nt visita A physician was summoned and for ten mi utes the now good sized crowd was com- pelled to watch and hear the evidences of Ronchetto's death throes, The work so viger- ously begun early in the evening was now complete, nd every one was sure the three Ttalians captured at the bridge had long since met death, CAPTAIN OF THE TRIO. The first step of the avengers was not o horrible but they knew what they were about. At 6 o'clock Ronchette, Giacavino, Vattarl and Zapetto were loadel in a wagon at Rouse, six miles from Walsenburg, where they had been to testify at the Hixon inquest, and were started for the jail here, The pris oners were in charge of Under Sheriff Barl Danford and Charles Harriman, assistant town marshal at this place. Harriman was mounted on a horse and rode a few pac:s bohind the wagon as a rear guard. Danford sat on the driver's seat beside young Joe Welsby, who handled the horses, Five guiles of driving brought the wagon to the bridge over Bear creek, which lies at the bottom of the hills, Harriman heard horse- men cantering up behind him, and as they drew near turnsd his head to see who was coming. By this time a masked man was at his either side, and though it was almost pitchy black he could that when they told him to dismount they lad something very persuasive poked into his face. He Jumped from his horse and was told to get out. He did not develop sufficient specd as a sprinter, but some shots fired into the earth at his heels made him set out at a good rate for town, and he did not stop. Meanwhile some others of the masked men, of whom there were six or eight, rode up be- side the wagon and commanded it to stop. They were obeyed, and then told the four prizoners to jump out, and began firing their pistols. The shooting frightened the horses and they started off. Welsby meanwhile had jumped to the ground, and was_tugging at the reins. Danford also got off and went to the side of the road, more shots being fired in a moment, and Welsby fell to the ground dead, with two bullet holes through his body, one in the neck and one through the chest. Ronchetto received a slight flesh wound in the breast. His death was not to be 50 s00m, mor o easy. Danford and Harriman soon arrived here and the sheriff and other officers started to the scene. They came upon Welsby's dead body, and also found Ronchetto crouching by the roadside. He was again taken into cus- tody, and when he had recovered himself said the horsemen had taken his comrades to a neighboring fleld. Diligent search failed to find them, however, and though many searchers have been out all day no trace of the bodies of Zapetto and Giacavino has been found. Vit- tar's corpse was found at 2 o'clock this afjernoon on the bank of Bear creek, one-fourth of a mile east of where the wagon was attacked. It was riddl:d with bullets. A’ coroner’s jury this morning investigated the killing of Welsby, and rendered a verdict that he met his death at the hands of per- sons _unknown. An inquest over Lorenzo and Ronchetto is now in progress, and the testimony thus far adduced warrants the belief in a similar finding in their case. The trouble Is belicved to be over and excite- ment s fast subsiding, except among the Italian miners, of whom there is about 100 in the district, who are congregating, terror- stricken, at Brunneli's saloon. The Itallan consul at New York wired Joe Moran this morning_ inquiring into the Kkill- ing, but it is now doubtful whether compli- cations with Italy will arise, since three and possibly four of the dead men have renounced their allegiance. No satisfactory motive for the wholesale killing can be learned, except it bo that the Italian is always hated in western Colorado and metaliferous mining districts generally, added to the ill feeling they incurred during the strike a year ago by killing a very popular man without ap- parent reason or cause, ALL IS QUIET NOW. Never before in the history of Walsenburg has there been such intense excitement as commenced last night and Is gradually dying out. Tonlght every one is confident that the trouble s over and that this peaceful town will resume the éven tenor of its way and be allowed to drop from the unenviable newspaper notorlety which this last occur- rence has gained for it. Though there was more hurry-skurry during the exciting times of the strike, there never was the same sup- pressed feeling as has existed today. Last night the people thought the road to Rouse was one that would bring sure death, and even the most hardy men declined to ven- ture out. Today the quaint wooden bridge where geveral lives were lost is curiously ex- amined. The locality is a peculiarly favorabla one for such an attack as was made there last night. The creck itself amounts to but little, but the road slopes down to it for a third of a mile on either side, so that when picking the point for attack the men knew that the sound of their guns would not reach this place, though it is but a short distance away. The little adobe, red stuccoed Jail, only half a block from the depot, presents a gruesome sight. It is but one story in height and has lost its epidermis in many places. The door faces the business portion of the city, and through the heavy panels five bullet holes, made by Smith and Farr's firearms, sug- gest a struggle within, A peep through one of the small windows on the south side of the Jail tells the tale. Sticking out from beneath two coarse gray blankets two pairs of coarsely shod feet were to be seen, and here and there @ tiny rivulet of blood, which ran from tho bodies.” The killing oceurred in an outer room, where the cage s located. Entering the door a glimpse of the faces was suffi- cient. Abject terror was shown in every lineament, All day long in the main court the county building the corone its inquest. They first looked into the death of Welsby, reaching the verdict stated, ana then investigated the killing of the two men at the jall this morning, and found that they were Killed by persons unknown, It is believed to be very unlikely that the men who did the killing will ever be defl- nitely known, except among themselves. The opinfon prevails, however, that the mob of six or eight men were Rouse miners and personal friends of Hixon, men of perhaps some prominence in the community, Hixon's funeral took place this morning and just about the time his cofin was lowered into the grave the body of the fourth man who met his death was found. fired that death room at s jury held ITALIAN GOVERNMENT INTERESTED, Marquis Imperiall Formlly Demands Fro- tection for His Countrymen. WASHINGTON, March 18,—The lynching of the Itallans in Colorado is very likely to lead to international complications. Mar- quis Tmperiali, representing the Itallan min- fster, has been quick to act in the matter, and a protest has already been filed with the State department. This was done be- fore the news of the further violence of today had been received. It was solely on account of the lynehlug of the three Itallans last night, and the fact that two more were T (Continued on Filth Page) | Pritish Ambassador Not Inclined to Be Captious Concerning the Riots, SIMPLY ~SKS PROTECTION FOR ENGLISHWEN Telegraphic Correspondence Between the State Department and the Governor of Louisiana Made Public Vessels Now in No Crews of nger. WASHINC rtment h ON, M made ch 18, public The State de- pa the telegraphic correspondence which has passed between the | department and Governor Foster of Louisiana | relative to the rioting at New Orleans and the shooting of a British subject. It begins with the following telegram sent last night by tant Secretary ULl, who is acting as secretary of state in the illness of Secre- tary Gre SHI Cliency overnor ¢ a Baton Rouje: British ambassador re resents to this government that, acco to advices from the British conful at Orleans, there were continued disturbances along the wharves of that city this morn- Bain of the British ship I in the head. Agents and for protection. Crews t they are in danger of their live of consuls here at 12 o'clock toda ambassador desires to Know the present sit- uation and what m ures have been and are being taken for the protection cf life and property. BEDWIN F. UHIL, Acting Secretary of State. Governor Foster's reply came to hand this morning in the following: W ORLISANS, March 13. cretary of Stat Your dispatch, rep enched me’ here tonfght »d along the wharve here n my arrival this evening 1 on the s quict, Vigor- are being taken by the munici pal and state authorities to prevent a re currence of violence and to afford full pro tecetion to life, property and commerce. 1 m isfied that crews of vessels are in no he purser of the steamship In- as shot while on the wharl during the riot, and I am_not satisfied that his identity 'is known. Grand jury now investi- ing the whole matter, J. FOSTER, MURPHY Governor of Louisiana, Sit Julian Pauncefote, the British am- ador, has directed the British consul New Orlecans to apply to the local author- ities for such special protection as may be necessary during the race riots. The am- sador has laid bofore the State department the consul's statement as to the shooting of Purser Bain. No further steps are con- templated, as the ambassador is satisfied that the local authorities will deal with the uprising in such way as to give British sub- jects the same protection as that afforded to Amerfcans. The moderation of the Brit- ish officials, and their evident desire to credit the efforts of the state and federal authori- ties In preserving peace is a source of com- ment and gratification in official circles here, and it promises to conclude the incident without any of the protests and bluster which frequently mark these minor inter- national questions. The attorney genarel has heard nothing to- day from New Orleans and the situation has s0 changed for the better that nothing further 15 expected. Two telegrams were recefved yesterday from United States Attorney Ear- hart, glving an actount of the doings of the mob, One of them transmitted a telegram recelved by Mr. Eearhart from the officers of the New Orleans Maritime association, in which it was declared the time had come when they were compelled to request the United States to interfere to protect the commerce of New Orleans, as well as for- eign shipping. ALUQUIET YESTEKDAY ON THE LEVEE, Hon Bdwin Washing- ton, D). C.: ated from Bafon 'Rouge, Rioting _occur R Negro Laborers Take tho Adsice of Friendy and Stay Away. NEW ORLEANS, March 13.—The agents of the foreign steamship companies held a meeting at the office of Alfred Leblanc, agent of the Harrison line, whose wharf was the scene of Tuesday's riot. The proceedings of the meting were carefully guarded, and all of the agents who took part refused to state what had taken place or to discuss the situ- ation. Numbers of negro screwmen were gathered about the Cotton exchange during the day, and it was understood that the steamship agents were arranging with their stevedores to put them to work as foon as tho requisite police or military protection s assured them. This eveming it is positively announced that a number of the men will commenco work tomorrow. A company of state troops Is stationed at each ship to be loaded. The agent of the White Screwmen's assoclation says work is going on on all ships which are being loaded by (hat association, except one or two, which are out of cotton and are waiting for a fresh supply. It has been apprehended that the local labor situation would bo still further com- plicated by the strike of the street railway employes, whese demands have not yet been acceded to by the presidents of the street railway companies and whose cases still hang fire before the board of arbitration because of the injunction recently issued. Officials of the unfon met today and decided to allow the question of a strike to remain in abeyance for the present. A general. meeting of the union will be held on Friday, when the entire matter will again be taken up for decision. The committco of the Commercial exchange of which Mr. S. A. Trufant is chairman called on the governor about noon and in consultation with him several hours, after the conference adjourned the proc tion of the governor was issued, Where yesierday's crowds elted workmen, armed with of weapons, patroled the river front nothing was to be scen this morning but squads of policemen discussing the affair of yesterday and its probable outcome. The police did not wait until actual shooting began before they took action, as was the case yesterday morning, Thelr experience yesterday was never to be forgotten, Word was sent to all preeinct commanders last night to have their forces on the river front at daylight this morning. Consequently the police were on hand in large ~umbers to prevent a repetition of yesterday's bloody affair. There was a heavy fog hanging over the river all morning and the police v under the impression that the riotors w again take advantage of this fact and commit deeds of violence. Byt this belief did not pan out for the simple reason that not a negro put in an appearance on the levee, Every colored man, whose business calls him to the river front, took a day off today and very sensibly kept at home, The various agents,” who have up to yesterday been working negro screwmen, fold their men to remain away until they were sent for. At a meeting of the agents held last night they decided that in view of the present un- settled state of affairs it would be bad policy to attempt to work their colored laborers. They realize that the white screwmen have been worked up to & pitch of fury and that it an attempt was made to work ioday more blood would be spilled. Al ships that are being loaded by agents employing colored laborers are undisturbed today. There are, however, a dozen or more ships recelving their cargoes, but they are handled by white men and are not being bothered at all, From present appearances all trouble on the levee is over, and unless something unusual happens there will be no repetition of yes- terday's rioting. Governor Foster was up bright and early this morning, notwithstanding the fact that it was very late when he retired. He re- mained at bis hotel until sbout 9 o'clock, first having received information of how affairs on the river were. He received a number of ship agents and reasserted his statements of last evening that he would maintain peace and quiet at all hazards, He, however, advised the agents not to attempt to work their colored labor today, believing that if the negroes kept off the sceme for twenty-four hours the fighting spirit of the whites would die off. The governor also received lnformation tbat Soon ma- of ex- all kinds | efrect | the military were, many of them, at their VA moment’s mories and could be moved on a notice. Governor Foster said morning that he did not anti trouble early The rumor of this morning had it that the noon and when noon passed without any appearance of would submit their case to a committee of cltizens street car men would eome ont at a strike it was eald that the men and appeal for justios. source will ac Trouble from noon ques said: 1 at the Hotel Royal, In answer have nothing to say on that except that effective steps will be taken and I have issued no they_be restored at any cost to the military n readiness in State peace orders held | United ing cir ance, ablo o citizens L gations from the various exchanges and commanding officers of the military. meeting was an executive one Further arrest men who except their that armories, rotect the life and liberty participated in They were: Dave Kehoe street, near the levee; Morris Salvador Morrover, allas Torredo, yesterday's Ryan the s Thi: following proclamation. among business men, inspiring fidenco that peace will he maintained laborers of every class protected: GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION. To the Citizens of New Orleans: and organized bodles of men have in past few daye congregated on the front and the appre there engaged In wo sons, & fenses & ation, It has had a rioting, resulting in inst the the port; and, whereas, repeated, Now, therefore, T, Murphy J ernor of the state of Loulsiana, by thu» power vested in me by law 5 uch asemblages and warning any to immediately disy thi by se or oy , and I do fur AR 4 m frequenting places ation: r and to abstain from acts which cite the public mind, herchy as the chief ¢ charged with the constitutional duty of ing that the laws of the state are fully executed, I will, through law officers, see to it that prosecuted to the full extent of the law. And T do further declare that I will use the whole power of the commonwealth, civil {nd disperie all aintain and up- nd to sustain all persons in constitutional and to protect them In life, end the ald and assistance of all good the co-operation of all interests MURPHY J. FOSTER. and militar, riotous assel hold the law the full enjoy and legal ri liberty and prosperity, and to that invoke citizens and who have the state. to suppress blies and to ment_of their invite at heart the true — LXTENSIVE FIRE AT IKANS: Western Newspaper Unlon and Groat West- th fpate any more th! srdingly Be averted for a time. Governor Foster looked careworn this after- n as to what action he would take h lin Th government will under no exist- umstances be called upon for assist- s 1 consider that our state military is of our er the governor was closeted with dele- th Th were made this morning of rio of Washington an Kehoo was armed with a loaded revolver when taken to afternoon Governor Foster issued the good con- Armed the leve Ches thereto, and hay the nding and Killing of ‘& number of per- have thereby been guilty of of- peace and good order of the state and threatening the commerce of the offense may be Foster, gov- virfue of do hereby 1e this, my proclamation, commanding all ons agains: th Aw-abiding citizens f where s of the public peace are likely to m faith- the proper the participants in the late riots are brought to justice and oIry. ern Type Foundry Amoung the Losers. KANSAS CITY, March 13.—Fire destroyed between $300,000 and $350,000 worth of prop- erty at Fourth and Broadway this evening. At about 5:30 flames were seen bursting out of the windows of the big fonr-story build- ing at 410 West Fifth street, occupied by the English Supply company, dealers in engine and spread with almost inéredible rapldity. Ome hour ‘after the fire started only short=WaIl§ and a mass of burning debris remained to mark the place where the big building had supplles and wrought' fron materials, stood. The wind was blowing a gale when the fire broke out and the flames were carried the five-story brick building occu- Newspaper type foun- took fire and The flames went the firemen were unable to check their progress, Within half an hour after attacked the walls Newspaper Union building began falling and all hope of saving it were ‘An hour later it was a smoulder- In it was a_great quantity of type and type materlals, besides six cylinder presses, with which the Western Newspaper Unfon company printed *‘patent insides” for 200 western weekly papers, and employed a The loss in this Building alone will excead $175,000. The English building was owned by the Kersey-Coates estate, and the destruction of the building and its contents involves a loss of about $260,000, $75,000 of is on the Engine Supply company’s The latter company carries an insur- to the top of north of the English building, pied by the Western Union and the Great Western dry. The latter buflling began to burn fiercely. downward through the building, and of the Western abandoned. ing mass. big force, which stock. ance of $60,000. ————— CAUSE OF THE ADVANOE OF SILVER. Reason Why the White Metal fs Quoted a thade Higher. NEW YORK. March 13.—The advance in the price of silver is attributed to specu- lative purchases in London, which have led Lon- as the report for February House, de- receives bullion advances the company regis- ery of silver up to July next to the amount of 1,775,224 ounces. to decreased offerings in this market. don's stock of silver is unusually large, is to be seen by of the London Produce Clearing limited. 'This company does a future livery ‘business in - silver, on storage, and makes agalnst 1t, In Pebrugry tered contracts for delive cash Mrs, Tabor’s Will Probated. DENVER, Mar Mrs, Augusta L, ex-Senator Tabor Tabor, . was filed In the purt today. She bequeaths to her athaniel Maxey Tabor, one-half of entire estate, valued at over §1,000,000, directs that 'the other half sl equally between her. brothe Edwin W. Plerce, Frank H AL Plerce, Ruth 1. Pelerson, Mary I sten, all of Augusia, Me; Rebec some, wiston, Me.: Melvina Leadville, Colo., and ‘Lea I Taylor, ville, Colo. She'appoinis her son, Na Maxey Tabor, and her brotlier, Plirce, as executors and Pierce, I - Back at Work, March 13.—There are More M PITTSBURG, few change crs. Th nksville mines, men, are at work today at the 6 as ave also (he Readling mines handle_rofid. The lattér employ men, mir about 5 miners in the entire diftrict. —————— Cattlemen Kleeted Dtticers. FORT WORTH, Tex., March 13 went to work on routine business, officers are: President, A. P. Bush; resident, R. J. Kleberg] second vice fdent, 8B Humett; secretiry, 1 ng. sented the conyention, being one of the largest Slates, With o membets nual dues amount to $97, in the in - the of 700. Funera Services of op Thomus. TOPEKA, Kan., Mareh 13.—The services over the remains of the Bishop Thomas took place at 12 today at Grace cathedral then placed on the train, and to Wickford, R for burial. The large. —— Zelln Nico'aus ib a New Role. NEW YORK, Murch 18- today. band, R. Ruhman. hurst soclety at present, It told the Jury a new st tion, is y of police e Republicans Successfyl at Sherldan. SHERIDAN, Wyo, March 13 entire republican ticket yesterday. seven years it has been democratic. h 13.~The will of the late divorced wife he She i be divided sisters, M b 10 the condition of the miners' strike, and they are in favor of the strik- employing 600 -cent scale, on the Pan: 300 This, according to the figures of the officials, makes a total of 17,000 men at work at the union wames, out of 22,000 The cat- tlemen's convention met again today and The new vic res- Lov- There are upwards of 330,000,000 repre- association United The an- funeral late o'clogk The body was belng taken cere- monies were very improssive, and were ut- tended by many persons from the siate at Zella Nicolaus was before the extraordinary grand jury She was accampanied by her hus- Both husband and_wife are said to be in the employ of the Park- they corrup- (Bpecial Telegram.)—The city of Sheridan elected the For of sounty son, Laniel Frank [SEEKING MORE INFORMATIO s Spanish Minister Telo.raphs to Cuba for Bis fide of the Allisnoa Story. ' | GUYBDAT HAS NOT YET COME INTO PORT a State Depard to the Cap- taln of the Alllanca for Further De- talls of the Affair— Nice Points to Be Settled. e WASHINGTON, March 13 Spanish minister, visited partment today for the purpos the position of Spain from the information e at hand on the firing of the Spanish e | gunboat on the American mail steamer Alll nca. The minister telegraphed for full par to the governor gencral of Cuba, and in reply recelved a dispatch that the cruiser which presumably figured in the affair had not yet returned, having proionged her watch along the Cuban The governor gen- eral had no particulars of the incident. Under these clrcumstances Senor Muraga feels that only one side of the story has yet been told. But should it appear that there has been any offense or indiscretion on the part of the Spanish warship, Senor Muraga says that Spain will speedily make every apology con- sistent with the friendship she bears to the United States. Taking the version of the affair as given by Captain Crossman of the Allianca, Minister Muraga says it is apparent the American ship was in the jurisdictional waters of Cuba and not on the high seas. It Is evident, the minister says, from the firlng of the blank shot it was in order that she might be asked as to whether insurgent goods were on board. The letter of Captain Crossman was re- ceived at the State department in the after- noon mail. 1t had already been published in full by the Assoclated press and so had come to the notice of the department unofficially before its receipt by mail. Sccretary has already formed his own conclusions to the course to be pursued. After looking over the letter carefully, he wrote Captai Crossman, asking for more particulars b ing upon the incident. Until these are fur- nished it is not probable the complaint will be formally brought to the attention of the Spanish government. The point upon which the State department desires further in- formation from Captain Crossman is the exact location of the Allianca when she was first signalled by the Spanish cruiser, and it is possible that the whole case may turn en this point. According to Captaln Crossman’s own story, he had been in the habit of tak- ing his ship on a cruise that brought it within @ mile of Cape Maysi, the castern extremity of the Island of Cuba. He is re- ported to have said on this occasion, hearing at Colon that there was trouble at Cuba, he Kept off the land, so he was six miles off the cape when the incident occurred. From this statement it appears the captain was aware Spanish cruisers were patrolling the coast in search of filibusterers, and that a rebellion was in progress, but it Is not clear that he was outside of the Spaish marine Jurisdiction, considering the fact there are outlying keys or islands belonging to the same nation. That these may be regarded in establishing the boundary of the marine jurisdiction is shuwn by the act of our gov- ernment in laying out the sixty mile exclu- sive line around the Pribyloff islands last year. There is another, but minor, point, upon which further information will be demanded, and that is whether the ship’s officers can be sure that the shots fired by the Spaniards were directed at the Allianca, or across her bows. Senor Muraga the de of presenting the te now ot. | ticulars nd coast, nd 1 of Cubans Rejoiced at the Prospect, NEW YORK, March 13.—In the Cuban colony today the firing upon the American stacamer Alliance by a Spanish man of war was eagerly discussed. The revolutionists appeared to be greatly pleased at the pros. pect of a fleet of United States men of war being sent to protect American merchant- men in the vicinity of Cuba. B e LN MUSTSTAY UNDER TREIROWN GRO D Long Contestea Point in Mining Law De- velops a New Phase. DENVER, March 13.—Judge Hallet today granted a temporary injunction to the Del- monte Mining company, restraining the New York-Chance company from encroache ing upon its territory. Both mines are sit- uated at Creede, and the New York has produced millions of dollars worth of ore. The New York company has been following its vein beyond its side lines and under the ground of the Delmonte. Hence the suit for the injunction. The legal points raised in this case are similar to those fought in the celebrated suit of the Amy- Sliversmith companies, which was Jecided by the United States supreme court last year. The decision in the case was to the effect that if the veln crossed two side lines instead of two end lines the apex owners could not follow the vein outside of their own claim. The decision caused a revolu- tlon in mining, and attracted the attention of the mining communities of the country. In the case of the Delmonte-New York- Chance the New York apex cro one end line and one side line of its-own claim, — FAILED TO GET OUT WITH THE SWAG. Effort to Steal the Gold Base of the Mon- tana *1iver Statue. CITY, March 13.—What an_ attempt to steal the §225,000 of the famous Montana silve statue exhibited at the World's fair frustrated here tonight. The statue fs on exhibition in the dry goods store of a local firm and has attracted thousands of sight- scers, It rests in plain sight of the street and is very of access, Late tonight two men, who it later developed had hidden themselves in the store when it closed this evening, gol so far as to wrench an iron bar off the door near where the statue stood, and were opening both doors when discovered, The men fled and were chased for several blocks, and though fired at half a dozen times, escaped, They left tools of various deseriptions, which would have been necessary to remove the statue, showing their intentions, and tracks in the alley near vhere another door had been opene ted they had confederates. The statué was that for which Ada Rehan posed as a model. KANSAS doubtless gold b vas o) it ————— Noted Ploneer Freacher Dend. SIOUX CITY, Ia., March 13, —Rev. George J. Freeman, a noted ploneer preacher and missionary of the northwest, died suddenly of heart discase in Elk Point, 8. D., today. Rey. I‘reeman came from Conneciicut in 181, and did missionary work throughout Witconsin, Minnesota, lowa, Dakota and Montana. ' When the' Centrdl Pacific rail- road was bullding he was a missionary along that line. In 1571 he was made gen- eral missionary for the territory of Dakota and organized Baptist churches all over (ths state, He was 76 vears old and probably the widest known divine in the northwest. e Sealing fchooner Wrocked n Japan, SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.—A cable- gram from Yukohama, recelved here by the Merchants' exchange, reports the loss of the seallng schooner George Peabody in Japanese waters, Her cargo and crew were saved. The Peabody cleared from here De- cember 2, e Yeventy-Five Ballois wnd No Result. DOV ER, Del, March 18.—Five Lallots were taken today for United States senator with- out resul. Bach ballot was as follow s, 8; Addicks, 6; Massey, 4: Wolcott, runnel, 4. Seventy-five baliots have thus far been tak: e Jacob Will He Shot Friday, CADDO, I. T. March 13.—The supreme court of the nation has refused to interfere with the sentence of Johnson Jacob, a full- blood Choctaw, under sentence to be shot for the murder of his wife. He will be shot Friday. s Steveason Leaving Kentu: ky. DANVILLE, Ky., March 13.—Vice dent Stevenson and wife left for Bloomington, I, with relatives bere, Presi this afternoon after & week's visit 1 THREE WERE BURNED TO DEATH. n A Small Hotel. HENDRICKS, W. Va, hotel of J. D. Jenkins, at Maceyville, four miles from here, was burne last night Three lives were lost and four persons were injured. The hotel was a big, two-story frame structure and the fire was through when it was first discovered Mrs. Jenkins, who aroused the family guests as quickly as possible. No effort could be made to save any effects. All had retired when the fire broke out in the kitchen and rapidly spread to the second story. The only two stairways in the building, one in the front part and the other in the rear, were both cut off when those from the lower floor gave the alarm. Those who escaped jumped from the windows and some sustained slight injuries in addition to their burns. room was occupied. There were over forty people in the hotel. Jacob Coffner, William Wilson, J. K. Williams and James Jenkins were in one room. They were driven back from the hallway exit by the flames and all were badly burned in trying to escape by the stairway. Then they tried the windows, but the blazes were raising up, so they had to jump through a furnace of flames. Th were all so badly hurt and burned that Coffner is the only one of the four who can recover. In two other rooms on the second floor were Eugene Sisson, Homer Catlett and James Corl They all perished and their remains were so charred as to be be- yond recognition. It is believed they were suffocated and unable to get out of their rooms, The loss was only $5,000, but noth- ing whatever was saved. The building was burned to the ground in a short time. The guests were mostly lumbermen and had but little baggage. - THAT WAS NOT Fatal Fire West Virginia March 13.--The sweeping by and Every KILLING MURDE 1. After ng Out Four Days an Oklahoma Jury Acquits Young Durr. GUTHRIE, Okl, March 13.—After being out four days the jury has acquitted George J. Durr of the charge of killing Simon H. T The case is one of the most sens tional ever tried in the southwest. Three years ago Durr discovered his sister, Gertle, in a compromising position with Foss, who was a wealthy cattleman. A personal en- counter resulted in Durr being badly beaten and Foss suffering the loss of an eye. A deadly feud existed between the two families from that time on. Foss, it has been shown in the evidence, had fired the Durr dwelling and killed John J. Durr, father of Geors who was assassinated in December, 4 Foss was tried for both crimes, but acquitted. During the trial Foss insinuated George Durr had himself fired the building and killed his father. When Foss left the court room a free man young Durr shot him from behind with a double barreled shotgun, literally filling him_with shot and scatter- ing his brains on the sidewalk. Durr's ac- quittal meets with public approval. T ARE 1LL ALL JURIES GALLY DRAW Judge Baker Ronders an Extraordinary Decision at Chieago. CHICAGO, March 13.—Under a decision rendered by Judge Baker this afternoon the system of drawing jurors for service in the courts in this county Is fllegal and there Is not a jury In any of the courts which was drawn in accordance with the laws. Judge Baker discharged the panel of twenty-three Jurors, the last panel ordered for his court, and directed that they be pald off. The immediate effect of the decision was only to stop proceedings in Judge Baxter's court for the day. The decision Is most im- portant, as it puts the stamp of illegality on all juries which have tried cases In the courts for years. —e——— TOOK UP THE MAYOR'S FIGHT. Detrolt Common Council Refuses Any Money for the New Board of Health, DETROIT, March 13.—The fight between Mayor Pingree and the Detroit health board recently appointed by the governor'has as- sumed a new phase. A majority of the com- mon council last night refused to appropriate any money for the health department, and instead authorized the appointment of a com- mittee of aldermen to look after the city’s health. The members of the health board declded today on advice of the city counsel- for to begln legal proccedings to compel the council to appropriate money for the health department. A bill will also be introduced in the legislature to the same end. TUG SUNK IN THE EAST RIVER. B. Starbuck Sent to the Bottom by Seneca and the Captain Drowned. EW YORK, March 13.~The tug boat N. B. Starbuck, Captain Brandow, was sunk off plor 17, East river, at 10:45 a. m. by the steamship Seneca of the Ward line. The captain and crew of five men were thrown into the river and had to swim for their ltves. All were picked up by surrounding tugs, but Captain Brandow's condition was so serious that all efforts to resuscitate him were futile and he died at the barge office. The Starbuck was passing a line to the Seneca at the time of the accident. SHOTS FIRED, BUT NO ONE HURT. Burglars Awaken the Village by Blowing Open u Bank Safe. FORT WAY Ind., March 13.—Burglars entered the bank of Waltemath & Son at Roanoke, fourteen miles southwest of th city, this morning and blew the safe door with dynamite, The noise of the brought a night watchman and some citizens to the scenc, and a fierce fight with revolyers cnsued. A number of shots were exchanged, but £o far as learned no one was injured. The would-be burg- lars escaped without securing any booty. -— Working the 'Frisco Wheat Pit. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.—The bulls and bears are having a lively struggle over wheat this week and a geries of ups and downs marks the course of each day's busi- ness, Many operators denounce the reports of the Department of Agriculture as misleading and do not hesitate to say that the advices should be abolished, Enthusiasm at the Produce exchange is dampened Lo a certaln extent by the James G. Fair estate holding of wheat, estimated at 150,000 tons, which may be dumped on the market at any time and upset the most carefully laid plans and computation; early open explosion ——— Murderer Quinlun Adjudged Insane. MEXICO, Mo., March 13.—Thomas Quin- lan, the murderer of Gottfried Kloppenstein of Chicago, has been adjudged insane and Judge Roy hag ixsued an order for him to be sent to the asylum at Fullon, Quinlan tried to kill himself by cutting his throat and came near succeeding. When he killed Klop- penstein he was perfectly sane, but after he was sentenced to the penitentiary, realizing his condition and the crime he had been con- victed of, his mind falled and he became a raviog maniac. Quinlan is now in the Bowling Green, Mo., jail, his case baving been taken to Pike county on a change of venue. - Preferred to ide Thelr Ponle KANSAS CITY, March 13.—8even big In- dian chiefs, Little Chief, Cow Chief, Young Whirlwind, White Horse, Littie Wolf, Left Hana and Row of Lodges, passed through here today, enroute for Washin having been called o that ¢ity by the commissioner of Indian affairs to discuss matiers pertain- ing to thelr welfare. The braves are from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations and are accompanied by two interpreters Some of them never traveled on the cars before, and today they argued with the interpreters to get them ponles to finish the Journey. LARGE CRUISER GONE DOWN Wreckago Belonging to the Ship Found Along the North African Coasty OVERFOUR HUNDREDLIVES REPORTED LOST Relna Regente, a Magnific Spi nt Vessel of the 1k Navy, Belleved to Have Foune dered Near Gibraltar with Great % of Life. GIBRALTAR, cruiser Reina foundered oft recent gale, and March 13.—The Reg is believed to have Tangler, Morocco, during the, She had a crew of 420 officers Pleces of one of her boats and to have been Ceuta and Spanish. nte men. semaphore plcked up arifa. The Reina Regente had just conveyed the. Lepanto are of the second ciass deck-pros tected crulsers of the build. They are of 4,800 tons, have 12,000 horse-power and are expected to steam twenty Knots. Tho Reina egente had jRust conveyed the returning Moorish mission to Tanglers. She left that port March 10, for 11z, and had not since been heard of. The absence of news from her Is causing the greatest anxiety and it is believed that she has been lost with all hands. The cruiser Isla de Luzon of the Spanish fleet salled today from Alglers in search of the missing cruiser. Qu Sentenced to Five Y flags along are the reported shore nea same EN LIL'S FATE STILL UNDECIDED, prisonment, bus VICTORIA, B. March The steame ship Miowera has arrived, seven days from Honolulu. The inquiry into the revolution was concluded last Friday, when the judge advocate of the military commission ane nounced that the government had no more cases to bring before that body. The sene tences of only a few minor offenders have yet be made known. The natives convicted have, as a rule, been sentencid to five years imprisonment at hard labor. The ex-queen had been sentenced to five years imprisons ment and to pay a fine of §5,000. She is still confined in the room in the executive build= ing where ehe was placed on the day of her arrest, and is under military guard. Ju what s to be done with her is a question which the government has not yet answered, It will not be the policy of the government to assume an arbitrary attitude should the ex= queen make a reasonable proposition Though the work of the military commi sion is completed, that body will not be dl; missed or martial law be declared off until all those who have signed agreements to leave the country have departed. The last batch is due to leave March 16. Should any of these men show a disposition not to com= ply with their agreement, they will be ar- rested, put on trial before the commission and sentenced. The restrictions of martial law have been retired to a great extent. Citls zens are allowed on the strests at night with out passes and the police have giscarded their rifles, The movement for ann:xation {» gaining among the natives and the formation of an annexation league by Sam Parker, one of the ex-queen’s commissioners to Washington, and other prominent natives and haif-whites will doubtless result in monster annexation petls tions from all parts of the islands. The stories published in American papers of tortures practiced upon political prisoners to bring about confessions have caused a feel- ing of indignation throughout the community, to to Refused to Give Her Destluation. LONDON, March 13.—A steamship with two smoke stacks arrived at Grayesend yes- terday and refused information as to her destination. In consequence, the government ordered the British ship Bustard, a small coast defense gunboat carrying one gun, to take charge of the strange steamer. This was done and a guard was placed on board of her. From the fact a Japanese officer was found on board the steamship, it is pre sumed that the captured vessel s either a Japanese ship, or else a steamer chartered by the Japanese government. Amended Anti-Tevol BERLIN, March 13.—The anti-revolution bill, containing all the proposals of the centrists for increasing the stringency of the provisions of that measure relating to the circulation of immoral publications and pro- hibiting dueling, was read for the first time yesterday in committee. The second reading will take place March 20. Centrists Opposed 1o Graln Monopoly, BERLIN, March 13.—At a meeting of the centrist members of the Relchstag It was resolved to oppose the Kanitz state grain monopoly bill. U sing olivis Suppresied. COLON, March 13.—The rising at Baran- quilla in the department of Bolivia has been suppressed and the leaders have been are rested, ¥ Victor Hugo Rests in the Pantheon. PARIS, March 13.—The remains of Victor Hugo were placed In the Pantheon today, tlonary Bill Read. Prof. fluxiey Has the Influcnzn. SWg LONDON, March 13.—Prof. Huxley, sclens tist, Is suffering seriougly from influenza, A L INVENTOR TESLA'S WORKESHOI BURNS Disastor Will Cause the Great Electrictan’s Collapse, NEW YORK, March 13.—The large face tory bullding at Nos. 33 and 35 South Fifth avenue burned today, causing a loss of $100,000. 1t was occupled on all but the top floor by Gillls & Geoghan, steam fitters® supplles, and the top floor was used as & manufactory and workshop by Nicola Tesla, the electrician. The loss of Gillls & Ges oghan Is $60,000; of Tesla, $10,000, and of the owners of the building, $30,000, The destrucs tion of Tesla's workshop comes just when it was whispered In the scientific world that the inventor was on the eve of the greatest of discoveries’ connected with the problem of improving the electric lght, It 1% feared the disaster may result in the physical cols lapse of the great inventor. Ie has been long in a state bordering on exhaustion through overwork. Mr. Tesla is the controls ing electrical engineer of the Niagara Power compuny and of many other important cone Cerns. Fears that tho I Umatilias Wil Go to Washiagton, PENDLITON, Ore., March 13—~The town is full of Indians today, who came in with thelr chiefs and interpreters to tell the law. yers the results of thelr council, held last Sunday. Three chiefs and an interpreter will g0 to Washington on March 2. Senas tor Mitchell has written a letter to thei saying he will ask the Interior departmen to pay the expenses of their trip. They have raised several hundred dollars by popus lar subseription Coal Operators Coms to No Conclusion, COLUMBUS, O, March 15.—Coal operats ors and coal road officials of Ohlo met here today and discussed the matter of & cens tralizing station, to avold culting prices and rates, but nothing was don B L Movements of Seagoing Vess ls, March 13, At Liverpool—Arrived—Kensington, from Philadelphia; Michigan, from HBoston . At Hamburg—Arrived—Polaria, from Baltle more At London—Arrived—-Richnond Hill, from New York. At Gothenburg—Arrived—Baumwell, New York. At New York—Arrived—Manitoba, London At Southampton—Arrived York, and proceeded for Bremen. At Southampton—Arrived—New trom New York, from from B from New Yorlg