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4 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1895 MAY RETURN TAYLOR, Spain Not Expected to Bow to the United . States. GRESHAM IS CRITICIZED. Diplomats Think He Should Not Have Acted Upon a Moment’s Impulse. PRESENT NAVAL SITUATION. hips to Overwhelm the Span- fards Can Be Ready in a Week. WASHINGTON, March ill very sick, but was at the : hours to- va CaLL correspondent that he h not yet received any word from Minister aylor at Madrid in regard to the Aliianca affair, and also that there had been no developments in the c Great interest manifested in the matter in official circles. There is an impression that the Spanish Government will make its reply Ly merely handing Minister Taylor his passports and severing all diplomatic re- 16.—Secreta: lations with the United States. This would | place the countr in the position now assumed by Venezuela toward Great Brit- ain, France and Denmark As might h: been expected Secretary Gresham is severely criticized for his course in the Allianca affair. There are many I s outside of the pale of national poli- tics, including several prominent diplo- who believe thar he has allowed his tic zeal to warp his sober judgment nt of this important inter- at. These critics united in the o; t he erred in demanding reparation and an apology before Spain had been given an opportunity of present- ing its side of the case. 0! mat nation According to them it was only fair that | judgment should be suspended at least until the Spanish naval officer alleged to have been responsible for the outrage com- plained of had reported the matter to his own Government. According to one diplo- reatic autbority this report might have been entirely unsatisfactory to the Spanish Government, in which event the officer would be court-martialed and a proper apology offered to the United States, with- out even a suggestion that such a thing was expected. Regardless of the action of Spain, the United States is fortunately better pre- pared now than ever before to protect its commercial interests in the West Indies. If it becomes necessary there can be con- centrated on the coast of Cuba, within a week’s time at most, a fleet of warships immeasurably superior to any similar force of Spain. This condition is more the result of cir- cumstances than design and is due pri- marily to the fact that the principal part of the home squadron has repaired to neighboring waters for fleet evolutions and exercises in accordance with a programme prepared months before anybody ever dreamed of any occasion for their presence there for the maintenance of national honor. Never before has the United States had such a powerful array of warships in the Caribbean Sea. The fleet isin command of Rear-Admiral R. W, Meade. It com- prises the armed cruiser New York, Cap- | 1 R. D. Evans, of 8200 tons, carrying six h and twelve rapid-fire four-inch the triple-screw flyer Minneapolis, Captain Wadleigh, of 7375 tons, with one eight-inch, two six-inch and eight rapid- fire four-inch guns; the cruiser Cincinnati, Captain Glass, and the croiser Raleigh, Captain Miller, sister ships of 3213 tons, and each carrying one six-inch and ten rapid-fire four-inch guns; the Roach, the cruise_r Atlanta, Captain Cromwell, of 3025 tons, with two eight-inch and six six-inch guns, and the cruiser Montgomery, Com- mander Davis, of 2074 tons, carrying nine rapid-fife nine-inch guns. These are all new steel cruisers, provided ‘with the best modern armament, are with the exception of the Atlanta, and capable of the highest speed. Although somewhat scattered at present, they can easily be concentrated at any given point in the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico in less than a week’s time. The New York, Minneapolis and Cin- cinnati are at La Guayra, Venezuela; the Atlanta and Raleigh at Colon, and the Montgomery is on the Honduran coast. These vessels constitute a force overwhelm- ingly greater than that of Spain at present available for service in Cuban warters. The other vessels that can speedily re- enforce the squadron are the triple-screw cruiser Columbia, which is under orders to sail from New York next week to join Ad- miral Meade’s fleet, and the cruiser Chi- cago, Captain Mahan, of 4500 tons, carry- ing four eight-inch, eight six-inch and two five-inch guns, which arrived at Bermuda to-day from Europe. The Columbia is a sister ship to the Minneapolis, and carries the same number and character of guns. The other vessels that can be made available within a few weeks are the battle- ship Maine, 6682 tons, with four 10-inch tain eig and six 6inch guns, the new monitor, | Puritan, 6060 tons, with four 12-inch Essex rapid-fire d4-inch guns, and the modern monitors Miantonomoh, Amphitrite and Terror, 3990 tons each, and each carrying four 10-inch guns. These vessels are at the nav, ds on the Atlantic coast and can be put in commission at short notice. Two other vessels that could also be utilized are the nondescript Vesuvius and the old wooden man-of-war Lancaster, now receiv- ing a modern battery atNew York. Thus it appears that the United States is fully prepared to maintain any position it may assume with Spain with regard to the free, unmolested navigation of the waters of the West Indies. WILLING TO RECTITY. Spain Will Retract if the Officer’'s Repovt 8o Warrants. MADRID, March 16.—Replying to ques- tions propounded in the Chamber of Deputies to-day Senor Alejandro Grois- eard, Minister of State, said that the re- port of Minister Taylor, acting on behalf of the United States Government, had claimed reparation from Spain was due the United Stateson account of the Al- lianca incident was true. The United States Government, he said, at the time demanded that American trade with Cuba fshould not be interfered with. He hoped the Allianca affair would “be amicably settled. The United States Government, he éxplained, considered the firing on_the Allianca to.be a violation of the principles of international law.. 3 Minister Groiseard, in’conclusioh; said y. He| the Spanish Government had ordered the fullest investigation of the affair to be made. The Government, he added, was willing to agree to any settlement, provided the principles of international law were in- fringed upon, and that no attempt was made to prejudice the dignity of the nation. Senor Dia Moreau, formerly an officer in the Spanish navy, said the commander of the gunboat had the right to demand that the Allianca sho®ld show her flag. He right to search any vessel found in Spanish waters. Minister Groiseard declined to make any further statenuent or to attempt any explanation of the incident until com- plete details and the reports of the Spanish | ofticers of the gunboat who had, it is | claimed, fired on the Allianca, had been received. THE GOVERNOR RESIGNED. Tne Firing Upon the Allianca Aff¥cting Affairs in Spain. | MADRID, March 16.—Questions relating | to Cuban affairs were hotly debated in the | Chamber of Deputies. General Lopez | Dominguez, Minister of War, censured the | press for recent comments upon the sitna- { tion. At this all the reporters quitted the | Chamber. the official defense made by the Minister f War of the officers who 1iast night at- | tacked the offices of the Madri@ newspa- | These attacks on the newspaper offices were provoked, it is claimed, by the ppearance of articles charging that the | officers in the service of Spain have been so | reluctant to volunteer for the Cuban | service that the Government had hbeen compelled to draw lots to determine who should be ordered to the front. Great ex- citement prevails here. The military gov- ernor of Madrid has resigned. The direc- tors of the leading newspapers held a meet- ing this evening and agreed that unless the Government would guarantee the lib- erty of the press they would suspend pub- lication. TAYLOR I8 e | Nothing Has Been Heard From the Min- ister in Madrid. { retary Uhl said to-day that no response { had yet been received from United States | Minister Taylor at Madrid concerning "the demands of the State Department for reparation for firing upon the Allianca. The Alabama claims which the demand is based, is causing a herence. | One official contends thatethe United States is the last power that can afford to surrénder its claim to jurisdiction, even to the right of detaining and searching the suspicious vessels within the waters lying three miles from the coasts. Should the decision be followed, it is | alleged it would be practicably impossible { to prevent wholesale smmuggling and _ viola- lation of the customs laws. The same doctrine, if extended to Ber- ing sea, would throw open the seal fisheris to vessels of all nations other than En- gland, which would be stopped only by a specific treaty. Senor Muragua, the Spanish ~ Minister, up to _noon to- day, had not heard from the Sthte Depart- ment or from Spain concerning the Alli- anca affair. Minister, “I assured Uhl, the acting Secr: tary, if the facts disclosed that the Span- ish boat was in the wrong an apology would be made, and my only desire h been to have official action based on estab- lished facts.” CROSSMAN IS INDIGNANT. He Had No Cubans on His Fessel When ired Upon. NEW YORK, March 16.—Captain Cross- man of the steamer Allianca is indignant at the intimation by Senor Murugua that there were Cuban revolutionists on board | when it was fired upon by the Spanish gunboat. “Of the four passengers,” said | the captain, ‘“one was a Frenchman, ‘strapped’ at Colon; whom I trusted for | fare to this city. “‘Since our arrival he has called and paid his fare. Another of the passengers was a gentleman Fruit Company. He caught the fever at Colon and had to come back. I do not know who the two passengers in the steer- age were, but they were not Cubans.”” Purser Churchill said:’ ‘“Both the steer- age passengers, I understood, came from 8an Francisco. One was named Cardosa, the other Craddick. Cardosa isa whaler and a Portuguese. Craddickis a miner and an American citizen. My assistant ob- tained from them their full history, and all that the State Department can have.” A4 DISPUTED RIGHT. Claims Made That the Government Can- not Dispose of Mount Vernon Land. MOBILE, Ala., March 16.—At the last s granting to the State of Alabama the prop- erty known as Mount Vernon Barracks, the former abiding place of the Govern. ment troops and the Apache Indian pris- oners of war. Now comes the Brues, a well-known creole family of this State, who reside at Creota, Ala., and enter their protest against such a disposition of the property. They say, and it is stated on good author- ity, that this claim will be made good ; that the land on which is now stationed Mount Vernon barracks was donated by them years ago to the United States for the pur- pose for which it was used until the trans- fer of the troops and Indians to other points. or less, there is said to have been an agree- ment that if the site was ever vacated or abandoned the property would revert back to them with any improvements that might have been made. A number of handsome buildings have been erected on the land, and tha cost of | these alone is said to amount to more than | $250,000. The land itself is very valuable, | The fight will be watched with interest, and if the claim of the Brues can be proven have to plank down the cash if they want the property. e ey A Defaulter's Swicide. HARTFORD, Conn., March 16.—Charles Robinson, secretary and treasurer of the Bailey Manufacturing Company, of this city, committed suicide at his home to-day in Wethersfield by shooting himself through the heart. He was 33 years of age. H. R. Bailey & Co. said yesterday that Robinson was a defaulter to the extent of several thousand dollars and threatened to have him arrested. o P SR Peace Relations Resumed. RIO DE JANEIRO, March 16— The Government to-day formally decided to resume diplomatic relations with Portugal which relations were broken offat the time of the close of the rebellion, when a num- ber of insurgents were given refuge on board Portuguese war vessels. ——~—— Corney Grain Is Dead. WASHINGTON, March 16.—Following elose upon the death of his partner in the management of St. George’s Hall, the death of Corney Grain is now announced. He was a victim of influenza. argued the Spanish officers also had the | Thjis was intended as a protest against | WASHINGTON, March 16.—Acting Sec- | decision, upon | discussion, and the diplomatic corps are | by 1o means a unit in giving it their ad- | t the very outset,” said the | employed by the Aspinwall | ion of Congress an act was passed. | In their transfer of the 280 acres, more | Uncle Sam or the State of Alabama will | GREENHUT 15 ANGRY. | President of the Whisky Trust Talks of His | Papers. NONE SHALL SEE THEM. | If the Receivers Have Opened His Safe He Will Make It Interesting. NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. But He Declined to Give the Com- bination to His Strong Box When Asked. NEW YORK, March 16.—The published reports of the ogening of the safe of the whisky trust at Peoria by Receivers Me- Nulta and Mitchell have annoyed Presi- dent Joseph Greenhut very much. Mr. Greenhut, when seen by a reporter of the Associated Press, said heé wounld make things hot for any one who interfered with his private documents. President Green- hut is confined to his room from an at- tack of la grippe, which has lasted some four days. When shown the Associated Press dis- | patches from the West as to the opening of his safe by an expert employed by the receivers, Mr. Greenhut made the follow- ing statement: “On Thursday last I received a message from Receiver McNulta, asking me to send him the combination of the safe, as the re- ceivers wanted alf the papers belonging to the company. Isent the following message in reply: J. N. McNulta, receiver, Peoria, Ill: Message cived. As farasI know, all papers belong- |ing to the company contained in safes have been turned over to Mr. Huggins, except | minute book and certificate of the company’s charter, of which you have copies. I have all my private personal papers in the safes; there- fore do mnot care to wire combinations; will iurn same Over to you on my return. “To this I have received no reply, nor have I received any information except from-what T have learned from the reports published in the papers. “Now, I want to tell you right here,” said Mr. Greenhut vehemently, “that if any attempt has been made to touch my private personal papers I shall make it very hot for some one committing such an outrage. While my private papers contain nothing that I need be ashamed of, or that requires concealment, they are my | private papers and no one has any right to meddle with them. “I notice the dispatches claim that an | important document, viz.: the minute or record book of the directors’ meetings was found in the safe, and that it furnished | new light on certain contracts, from which the directors and myself profited. The absurdity of this statement will be very apparent when I tell you that a full copy of this record was made by the receivers | early in February, and that a copy had ibeeu in their possession ever since, and it | | 1 | was the express understanding of the re- ceivers that the record book was left in my charge. “T only express my opinion mildly when | Tsay the reported proceedings in Peoria | are unwarrantable and contemptible. I | | am too ill at present to go into further de- | tails, but I assure you I will see this mat- | ter out to the bitter end, and any person | who has invaded my personal rights will | CRAMP'S D Likelihood That the Overweight of the Guns Will Reject Them. | ‘WASHINGTON; March 16.—The Fortifi- cation Board has finally decided if the Cramps desire to supply fifty 12-inch mor- tars at $6300 each for coast defense under the terms of the fortifications appropria- tion bill they must make the mortars | equal to the new all-steel mortars. Through their agents, the Cramps contend they | were required merely to build the mortars to equal the steel-hooped cast-iron mortars, inasmuch as that was the culy weapon of the kind in actual use at the date of the passage of the appropriation bill. ! As the Cramps mortar is of case metal | and weighs 43,000 pounds as against 36,000 | pounds for the standard all-steel mortar, it | may be impossible for them to bring it | | within the required dimensions. Among other matters disposed of by the | board at its la%t session was the allotment of $4200 for the purchase of the Sea- | bury 4.7-inch quick-firing gun, now being tested at Bandy Hook in competition with the Canet, Armstrong and Hotehkiss guns | and the examination of plans for new gun | carriages and range finders. Lilgres "t MORTARS. CLEYV, AND'S TRIP, He Returned in Better Health and With Two Pair of Ducks. WASHINGTON, March 16.—The Presi- dent and party reached the city on the Violet shortly after 4 p. . There were with Mr. Cleveland Dr. O'Reilly, his physi- cian;* Commander Lamberton, Superin- tendent of the Lighthouse District, and | | Commander Wilde, the secretary of the | Lighthouse Naval Board. When the vessel landed at Stevensons wharf Private Secre- tary Thurber was the first to board her and greet Mr. Cleveland in his cabin. Presi- dent Cleveland limped slightly, the result of an accident which happened to him shortly before he left the city. Afrer thanking Captain Donnell for his many kindnesses the President was escorted to his carriage. During the comparatively short time the party were actually hunting for game they managed to conjure fifty fine specimens of brant, forty-one ducks and twelve snipe. Only two brace of the largest ones were carried away from the vessel. Captain Donnell says the trip of Mr. Cleveland appeared to give him a very substantial improvement. SIS T S AN INSPECTOR'S VIEWS. . The Eaxplosion in the New Mexico Mine Was Caused by Lamps. WASHINGTON, March 16.—John W. Fleming, United States Mine Inspector for Utah, has made a report to Secretary Smith regarding the explosion at the White Ash coal mine at Cerrillos, N. Mex., where twenty-five men were killed. On February 24, Fleming says, he was at the town, when the explosion took place. He does not agree with the Coroner’s jury, which reported that the explosion took place because of lack of air. He says it was occasioned by two men going with lights into an abandoned chamber where gas was collected. sl i Promotion of Revenue Men. WASHINGTON, March 16.—The death | of Captain Shepard leaves a vacancy in the revenue cutter service which is likely to be filled very soon. Secretary Carlisle has not yet given any attention to the matter, but it seems to be the general opinion among treasury people conversant with the situation that either Chief Schumaker, commander of the revenue cutter Hudson, of New York, or Captain C. L. Hooper, now commanding the Rush, will receive the appointment. Both of these officers have seen many years’ service and are said to be thoroughly competent to fill the place. Bl Will Withhold Lands. WASHINGTON, March 11.— Commis- sidner Lamereaux has determined to make arrangements at once for the appraisal and sale of abandoned military reserva- tions. The reservation of the Ceeur d’Alene mining country will be withheid as it is thought it may be needed for mili- tary purposes in view of the disturbances that have occurred among the miners of Northern Idaho. ey Shakespeare's Pension Holds. WASHINGTON, March 16.—Commis- sioner Lochren of the Pension Office has filed an answer in the mandamus case brought by William Shakespeare in which he states the ordered reduction in Shake- speare’s pension from $72 to $30 a month bas been vacated and no further action under this order will be taken. — Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, March 16.—To-day’s statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $183,364,- 676; gold reserve, $90,140,087. STRUCK BY A WATERSPOUT. DEATH AND DESTRUCTION VISIT Co0SA RIVER VALLEY, ALABANMA. CrOPS ARE ' RUINED AND THE COUNTRY LAID TO WASTE BY WATER. GADSDEN, Ala., March 16.—A water- spout passed over the Coosa Valley, forty miles from here, late this evening, leaving death and destruction in its path. The telegraph wires are down and par- ticulars are hard to .get, but it is known that several lives were lost. The damage in the vicinity of Gadsden is enormous, erops being ruined and the country laid waste. The Coosa River is rising a_foot an hour at this place. Ttis already swollen from the recent heavy rains, and the deluge of -this evening will spread ruin all over the valley. - NEW ORLEANS QUIET. Strikers Refuse to Accept the Offered by the Mevchants. NEW ORLEANS, March 16.—The labor sitnation here is unchanged to-day. The colored screwmen were at work under the protection of the State troops on foreign steamers which were loading cotton, and there was no attempt on the part of their white rivals to interfere with them in any way. Numbers of whites remain idle, but their time is spent in haunts and on the streets, and they avoid as much as possible appearing on the levee. There was no formal attempt to effect a settlement of the trouble 1o-day. The white screwmen held several meetings in secret, but to-night "showed no' sign “of being willing to recede from the position they have taken. The merchants’ com- mittee was also in session, but their busi- ness was mainly to raise funds for the sup- port, of the troops. They refuse to treat with the screwmen, and say they will be satisfied with nothing less than absolute surrender — the acknowledgment of the right of every man, irrespective of color, to work on the levee. The Governor remained in the city, but had no conference with either committee. Tt is likely to be several days before the at- tempt to make a settlement will be re- newed seriously. Thereis no work along the shore to-day and troops will be allowed to rest to-morrow. The police this afternoon found another victim of last Tuesday’s riot about whom nothing was known. He was W. Miller, a negro. He was found at his home suffer- ing from a severe wound in his right leg. He had been shot with a Winchester. He stated he was on the levee at the time the rioters made their appearance and that he was shot while running, His “wound is painful but not dangerous. ——— JOHN V. LEEDOM DEAD. Terms The Man Who Became Famous Through a Crime Is Gone. TOLEDO, March 16.—Ex-Congressman John V. Leedom, once a well-known figure in the national politicai field, died in To- ledo to-day aged 47 years. Mr. Leedom had been living here in seclusion for-the past two years at the residence of his sis- ter. His presence in this city was known only to a limited number as™ his troubles, both private and financial, made him shrink from public notice, Mr. Leedom was a Representative of the Forty-seyenth Congress from this State, and at the close of his term was elected sergeant-at-Arms of the House, serving two terms in that office. During his last term and toward the end of Cleveland’s first term of office the famous Silcott defal- cation took place, which blasted Leedom’s political life and completely shattered his health. Edward E. Silcott was Leedom’s deputy and be absconded with funds. aggregating $100.000 and has never been apprehended. The major part of the money was from the salary accounts of the Congressmen. Mr, Leedom was relieved by Congress of pay- ing the money stolen, as it was conclu- sively proven that he was not only inno- cent of any knowledge of the defalcation, but was a heavy sufferer himself. —- KILLED BY A FALL. An Inventor of a Fire Escape Gives a Fatal Exhibition. DULUTH, Minn,, March 16.—While Frederick Marcott, the inventor of a pat- ent rope fire escape, was giving an exhibi- tion at the Spaulding House this evening, assisted by his little cousin, George Mar- cott, aged 12 years, the rope broke when they were at the third story, and. they fell head downward on to the stone sidewalk, some sixty feet below. The boy was instantly killed, his head being crushed like an eggshell, while Mr. Marcott, who struck partly on his back, was picked up unconscious and with sev- eral bones broken and his head terribly mangled. Marcott cannot live until morn- ing. The exnibition was being made for the special benetit of the Legislative party, which had just arrived in the city. SR Chicago to Have a New Weekly. CHICAGO, March 16.—Charlés Lederer, the cartoonist, wgay severed his connec- tion with the Times-Herald. He will start a weekly publication in this city. “either grief nor chagrin; but on the con- SLATIN. BEY IS SAFE The Ex-Egyptian Gov- ernor Escapes From His Captors. HE FELL WITH GORDON. Loaded Down With Heavy| Chains He Endured Eleven Years of Hardship. EIGHTEEN DAYS IN HIDING Eight Times Before He Had Tried | to Get Away, but Was Always Recaptured. SASSOUN, Egypt, March 16.—Slatin Bey has arrived here, having escaped from the Mahdi’s camp at Omdurman, Khartoum, after eleven years of captivity. CAIRO, Egppt, March 19.—The follow- ing are the particulars of the escape of Slatin Bey froni the Mahdi's camp at Om- durman, Khartoum, where he has been a prisoner for eleven years past: Slatin es- caped with the assistance of a Soudan | and a merchant named Eyail, who arrived here from Omdurman some months ago bearing a letter from Slatin Bey, in which the latter asked if some arrangement could | be made with Eyail so as to enable him to escape. Eyail was placed in communica- tion with the Austrian Consul here, Baron von Egeregg-Syrgenstein, who made a con- tract with the merchant, the latter agree- ing to try and effect the escape of Slatin | Bey. When the arrangements were completed Eyail returned to Omdurman and laid his plans to get.Slatin away, but the first at- | tempt failed. Eyail, however, persisted, | and eventually succeeded in getting Slatin | Bey out of Omdurman. The merchant closely followed the plans of Abdallah, the | native who was successful in bringing | about the escape of Father Rosignoli from | the camp of the Mahdi. He obtained pos- session of camels and when the proper | time arrived rose out of the camp at night and made at full speed for Berber, follow- ing the Nile as closely as possible by night | and hiding in the hill§ in the daytime, For eighteen days, suffering great pri- vations, the fugitives journeyed through the desert to Sassoun. It was three days after they left -Omdurman before their | escape was noticed. When the alarm was given there was a hot pursuit and a body of pursuing dervishes reached Kokrels, sixty miles from Suakim, last week. Slatin Bey made nine previous attempts to escape. Slatin Bey, who is an Austrian, was the Egyptian Governor of Senaar when Khar- toum fell and General Gordon was killed. | At that time he was led in chains to Khar- | toum, where he has been in prison since. In the early part of 1889 a family living in Vienna named Slatin received a letter from Khleffir Abdallah, who succeeded the late | Mahdi as chieftain of Egypt’s rebellious provinces in Soudan. The letter stated that Slatin Bey had adopted the religion of Mobammed. “He livés with us,” the letter continued, “honored by our frienglship, one of our valued advisers, and is perfectly content gnd happy in the highest degree. We see trary, he is perfectly healthy and is looked upon as our own son and one of the most honored Mahdis.” The letrer invited any of Slatin’s rela- tives or any Austrian to visit him, assuring them they could do so in perfect safety in consideration of Slatin’s faith in Islam, and that he had become one of the most eminent and highly esteemed Mahdis. At about the same time a letter was received from Slatin, which established the authen- ticity of this communication. Reports concerning Slatin have been contradictory, but it is believed he was em- ployed in the most servile capacities while in captivity. 2 After Father Oherwalder effected his escape in December, 1891, he stated there were forty Europeans still held at Obdur- man; that they were kept loaded with | manacles and were often cruelly beaten, and were so strictly guarded that they had lost all hope of ever escaping. He also | stated Slatin Bey was still alive, and be- longed to the bodyguard of the Mahdi’s | successor, but that he also was closely watched. | ———— BEYOND HUMAN BELIEF. Result of the Investigation of the Illinois : Home for Juveniles. | CHICAGO, March 16.—“Things devel- | oped in the course of this investigation are of such an atrocious character astolead me to doubt if any human being—much less little girls—ever should have been allowed to remain in this institution.” This was | the comment Speaker Meyers of the Illinois House of Representatives addressed to | Trustee William Prentiss of the Home for | Juvenile Female Offenders, where the in- mates have recently been in rebellion | against the management. | It is enough to make one’s blood tingle | in one’s veins. It would be enough to cause people in the middle ages to blush.” | This speecli was but a part of the warm things addressed to the trustee and | special deputy of Governor Altgeld. A | few minutes later it had reached a warmer stage. “‘Mr. Prentiss, you are here by the cour- | tesy of the Legislative committee investi- gating the Home for Juvenile Offenders and if you attempt to obstruct the investi- gation again by interruptions and. whis- pered suggestions to witnesses you will be asked to retire.” “I am here of right as attorney of the Board of Trustees,” said Mr. Prentiss. “Then of right this committee asks you | to retire.” With this Mr. Prentiss was escorted to the door by the sergeant-at- | arms. Presently Mrs. Harvey, another trustee, hurried in. ““I protest'against this unfair investigation—I protest against it as president of the board,” she said. “Very well,”” replied Mr. Meyer with a refrigerating manner, and Mrs. Harvey withdrew. 2 After viewing the strong room, the chain, etc., Mr. Meyer said, “I have seen | punishment in the penitentiary. but I never before saw people chained to floors.” The chairman and committee were con- vinced to-day, from the position of rings and staples in the floor, and from the stories of the girls, that the inmates had been chained, by being wrapped twice around in such a manner that they could not move, but were held fast down on the floor. One of the discoveries which most stirred the committee was the admittance to the ! the English residen | Lowis Strevil, Who Led a Romantic Life, . ' S0 s bettir class” of the Cayuse breed. |finger, of which his mother had told him. charge. They were brought in by Mrs. Wallace from the Industrial Home, and remained and were boarded for four months. Members of the board objected and called for their removal, but, accord- ! ing to Mrs. Holt, their wishes were ignored. It appeared that the girls were dis- tributed around on their removal, some to Quincy, Ills., some to the Women's Refuge, some to their homes and some to the In- dustrial School. FAVOR A : Judge Dixon of Montana, Returned From Hawaii, Expresses Himself. SALT LAKE, Utah, March 16.—A spe- cial to the Tribune from Butte, Mont., says: Judge Dixon, who had been sent to Honolulu by Chairman McCreary of the EXATION. House Foreign Relations Committee, re- | turned to-day. While declining to discuss the object of his trip he admits making | & thorough investigation of recent events n the islands, and gives it as his opinion hat annexation is inevitable. He says natives are becoming enthusi- stic annexationists and all favor it except e VARIETY ACTR KILLED., Fretta Compton Shot by Her Husband at Pueblo, Colo. PUEBLO, Colo., March 16.—Fretta Comp- ton, a variety actress, who has been play- ing at the Standard Theater in this city, was shot and killed by her husband, Matt Curtis, early to-day. Curtis says his wife had just retired, when he threw his revol- ver carelessly on a trunk beside the bed and it went off. The woman’s maiden name was Lucy Sales and she came from Galveston, Tex. Her husband gave him- self up and is in jail. FIVE MINUTESFRUM DEATH A CONDEMNED INDIAN RECEIVES A STAY WHILE FACING THE i RIFLE. He Hap SETTLED HIMSELF To DIE ‘WHEN A COURIER ARRIVED IN. TIME. CADDO, I. T., March i6.—Johnson J. cob, the Choctaw who was sentenced to be | shot yesterday, has been granted a new | hearing. The news of the respite reuc}led the condemned man while he was awaifing | | the discharge of the Sheriff's deadly Win- chester. Five minutes later he wounld have | been a dead man. | The execution was to have taken place | at Pushmatahma court ground, thirty | miles east of here. Jacob had taken an | appeal to Judge Everigge, one of the Su- preme Justices, but the hearing had been refused, and yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock preparations for carrying out the | law were made. Religious services had | been held and Jacob had made peace | | are: { dent ex-officio; | aroused much FROM WALLA WALLA Polo Players Will Come to California for Sport. OFFICERS OF THE ARMY Make Up the Team, Which Has i a Good Record for Hard Riding and Play. ;‘THEIB PONIES WITH THEM. | {The First Game~ Takes Place at Burlingame in Early April. | WALLA WALLA, March 16.—Applica- | tion has been made to the headquarters of | the Department of the Columbia at Van- | couver for fifteen days’ leave of absence for the officers of the Fourth Cavalry, com- | posing the polo club at Fort Walla Walla. |~ The club will leave for Burlingame, Cal., | in about ten days to play a match polo | games with the Burlingame Country Club | polo team on April 2 and the Southern | California club on April 4. But one team, | with a carload of ponies, will go from here, | five members being in the team, including | substitutes. The membersare: Second Lieutenant Hamilton S. Hawking, captain of the team ; First Lieutenant Cecil Stewart, Second Lieutenant Gordon Voorhees, Second Lieu- tenant E. B. Cassatt, Paul Compton, one of the last four being a substitute player, The Fourth Cavalry Polo Club, which sends the team, was organized November 15, 1894, but games have been played since March of 18%. The officers of the club Colonel Charles E. Compton, com- manding the regiment and the post, presi- Captain W. E. Welder, vice-president; Second Lieutenant E. B, Oassatt, secretary; First Lieutenant R. A. Brown, treasurer. All the officers of the Fourth Cavalry are honorary members of the club. The ac- | tive members number fourteen. The club is in a flourishing condition and has interest among civilians, large crowds attending the Sunday after- noon games. The mild winter weather in this section of the State permitted practice games dur- ing the past four months; but up to within the last week the game has been played according to the rules of the American Polo Association. with his Maker and was ready | e Sasreement. Tillo to go. He bad shook hands with | Motch games at Burlingame will be his friends and bade them farewell, Played according to the rules of the Hur- had pulled off his coat, pinned a spot over | his heart, and taken his seat to await the firing of Sheriff Lawrence’s Winchester, | when a courier dashed up and handed the | respite to the officer who was about to carry out the court’s sentence. The docu- ment granting him a rehearing a month hence had been delayed, owing to the ex- treme cold and high water which the courier encountered. AN OLD MAN I KILLED. Found Murdered. FORT SCOTT, Kans., March 10.—Louis | Strevil, the aged ranchman, whose identi- fication last July by a 28-year-old son | whom he had never seen was published as | a remarkable romance, was to-day found | murdered in his house on the ranch. He | | was lying on the floor of one of the rooms with his throat cut from ear to ear, about 9 | o’clock this morning. The murder was committed some time last night. On his | person was found $100 in gold and cur- rency, which leads to the belief he was not | killed for what money he had. A deep de- | sign is suspected and high excitement pre- | vails. The Coroner is investigating. | Strevil left his first wife in Bates Countw, | Mo., many years ago and came to this city, | where he married another woman without | having secured a divorce. He left an un- | born son in Bates County, now Noah Strevil, 28 years of age, living near Fulton, Kans. The first Mrs. Strevil married James Boling fifteen years ago, and isalso living near Fulton, in this county. The ; father wasidentified by the son by a broken | He had been living alone on his large farm | and was evidently sitting before his fire | when he was killed. He was 84 years of | age. ‘ e | TELEGRAPHIC NEWS IN BRIEF. Catherine McQuinn was convicted of murder | at Jackson, Ky. | Rev, Dr. Brodus, & noted diyine and scholar, | is dead at Louisville, Ky. | Ex-Governor Lowery of Mississippi is a can- didate for the United States Senate. A feud between families at Carris Run, Ohio, | has resulted in-the use of guns, with deadly | effect. Work is to be resumed on the Winnipeg and Hudson Bay Railway, forty miles of which is already completed. i Populists in the Tenth Congressional Distriot of Georgia have nominated Thomas E. Watson to succeed J. C. Black, resigned. Li Hung Chang has gone to Japan to arrange terms of peace. He has 130 followers with him, “Nat” Jones, once & famous Chicago Board of Trade plunger, is 1ving at the point of death in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Chicago, irom a stroke of paralysis, - Secretary Carlisle has rendered a decision that dizmond-cutting is not a new industry within the meaning of the act of 1885, and therefore diamond-cutters who were brought to this country some months ago, under contract to engage in diamond-cutting, must be deported. The Government of the Transvaal Republic has informed the banks that it has decided strictly to prohibit any further importation of forelgn silver coin. Foreignsilver coin already | in the Transvaal will be allowed to eirculate, The hearing in the case of Charles A. Dana, who is charged with criminally libeling F. B, Noyes of Washington, by the agreément of counsel was postpoued until Monday morning | at 11 o'clock, in New York. braska Paper. A recent issue of the Callaway (Nebr.) Tribune was recently printed on qulpnper and contained the following explanation : ‘“Aid is being sent here for the farmers, but we can’t issue on aid flour or a piece of side-meat, and having run all our white paper through we are using up the wall- vaper given us, which is about exhausted, and only the office towel is left, which has not been washed for seven years. So we ask our brother printers to consider our situation, with a family to support, with’ nothing coming in, and we know their ever-generous disposition will see some ‘way to contribute a little paper or a few hours’ work to keep my paper going for the good it will do_the outside world in telling them how this afflicted, drouth- stricken district is getting along, also to enable us to get shoes and proper Wraps for our wife and four children. All com- munications will be cheerfully answered and any donation will be acknowledged in home of five girls without commitment and their removal without papers of dis- [ the press, whether for us or to be divided with other printers in this diztrict..“-g{ew York Tribune, lingham (London) polo committee. The club has practiced under the new rules but one week, and are rapidly becoming familiar with the new style of play. The polo- grounds are a portion of the Government reserve adjoining the fort, and are ill adapted for the game, being uneven, rolling and without turf. The soil is light, sandy loam and badly cut up by ponies. During the games the riders are enveloped in a cloud of dust. The practice games have been held daily and witnessed by largecrowds. The ponies Théy are hardy, active and good runners, | being a cross between the American horse and the Indian mustang. The best ponies in the club are Comp- ton’s chestnut Frank, Hawkins’ bay Frisco, Cassatt’s spotted Net and Stewart’s bay Joe. The horses dre in the pink of condition and are well trained. None of | the animals are over fourteen hands high and make excellent polo ponies. A professional hostler, Voorhies by name, has charge of the ponies. The clnb has practiced in all kinds of weather. pro- vided the grounds were not too slippery. They play a rapid, fast game, the ponies being very sure footed. The club has no preference in weather for playing, but the grounds must not be too wet and slippery. The team is composed of several crack riders, among then being Paul Compton, who is a noted horseman all through Colo- rado and Wyoming. He is a fearless rider and a pony is thoroughly under his con- trol. Lieutenant Cassatt is a trained rider, and secured honors for horsmanship while at West Point. Lieutenants Voorhies and Stewart ride well, and play a hard game. As a unit the team hold together well, as the result of long practice. The Portland police, not long ago, ar- rested a woman who, in her cell, wept and wailed for her dog until the kind-hearted bluecoats sent for the animal. It was a pug and its arrival stilled the storm at once. —— e PHYSICAL STRENGTH, cheerful spirits and the ability to fully enjoy life, come only with a healthy body and mind. 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