The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1896, Page 1

Call Weyler Causes the Release of the San Francisco Journalist. SLAUGHTER OF CITIZENS Non-Combatants in Pnfah Massacred by a Force of Spaniards. BERNARDO BUENO ARRESTED. United States Officers Out With War- rants for Revolutionary Party Members. [Special Correspondence of the Unitea Press.] HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 925.— Charles Michelson, the specizl correspondent of the New York Journal and the San Franeisco Examiner, and his interpre- ter, Lorenzo Belancourt, who were ar- Castle, were released provisionally to- night. General Gonzales Munoz reports that he attacked a rebel camp near Mazanillo and & battle ensued which lasted three hours. The Government troops routed the enemy, losing only one officer and a former eon- vict killed and fifteen wounded. The loss of the insurgents is not officially given. Tt is reported that a squad of twenty soldiers, while out on a foraging expedi- tion, met a large party of insurgents. In the fight that ensued, Lieutenant Pino, Sergeant Lazaro and four guerrillas were killed and one corporal and four guerrillas are missing. . ; The commander-in-chief of the Spanish forces has issued an order oprohibiting small foraging parties from leaving eamp. Colonel Vicuna reports having fired upen the year cuard of the rebel band under Gomez near Corral Falso, in the southern part of the province of Matanzas, killing two and wounding six of the enemy. Colonel Molina’s command met General "Maceo’s column near the center of Matan- zas province, killing eight of the rebels. The Spaniards sustained ne loss. General Prats reports having had an en. counter with & portion of Maggos n the Palia Villley south of Gardenas. rebels comprised three parties under mmand of as, Metro and Viscano. ement resulted in the defeat of the rebels, forty-two of whom were killed ar teen prisonerstaken. Of the Span- iards a chapla sergeant and sixteen privates were ed. The rebels Monday set fire to the houses and. huts in the town of Baino, Havana province, and on Tuesday the railway station at Baro in the province of Matanzas was burned. Captain-General Weyler has decided to take one-tenth of all the horses in Havana for the purpose of mounting new troops. The steamer Catalina arrived to-day with 1105 soldiers, the first installment of the 1700 men who recently sailed from Spain to re-enforce the Governmenttroops. The wife of Ladislao Quintera, who was taken prisoner at Guatao on Saturday, has tatement to United States Consul- 1 Williams in support of her hus- s claim to American citizenship and has asked the Consul to intervene in his favor. J. FrRaxk CLARK. ———— NON-COMBATANTS MASSACRED, Slaughter of Peaceful Citizens by a Span- ish Force. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 26. — Refugees from the towns of Punta Brava and Gua- tan, twelve miles away, have arrived at Havana, and state that a reign of terror exists in their locality in consequence of troops having massacred peaceful citizens at Guatan on Saturday, the 22d. The official Government report issued on Sunday stated that a fight occurred near Punta Brava on the previous day between the troops sent from Mariano and the in- surgent tands of Villa Neuva and Acosta, resulting in a glorious victory for the Spanish arms, twenty insurgents having been killed and fifteen prisoners taken. Residents at Guatan have identified eighteen of tne dead as pacificos (peaceful citizens), Two were insurgents, and the prisoners are nearly ail said to be peaceful. One of them, named Ladislo Quintero, claims American citizenship. He is wounded by a ball in the arm. The following names of dead Pacificos have been obtained: Jose Centera, Pedro Amdor, Pascal Chbavez, Vidal Perdito, Francisco Loza, H. Quisano, M. Hernan- dez, Ascance Garcia, Francisco Sales and Pancho Chico. Itis impossible to obtain the names of the others owing to the fright of the inbabitants. : A thorough investigation by American correspondents, despite the fact that one of their number haa been arrested and lodged in Morro Castle accused of visiting Guatan, has resulted in obtaining the fol- :\J‘l:)lgh’:nl:orning of the 22d a band _mot exceeding forty insurgeats, under Villa- nueva and Acosta, were attacked on the Lighway by troops under Lieutenant Zieu- p and civil guards under Alcalde at Hoyo Colorado, a town two miles west of Punta Brava. The fight occurred at tne western entrance of Punta Brava, twelve miles from Havana. It resulted in the wounding of one Spamsh soldier, who was )t in the head and died a half hour later. he insurgents withdrew and the troops entered Punta Brava and remained two hours, sending mounted messengers to Mariano, five miles east, asking that troops be sent to Punta Brava. Lieutenant Zieu- zesti then moved his detachment back to Hoyo Colorado. Fhe Marquis de Cervera Alcalde of Mariano, in command of troops there, sent 200 men including the Battalion Publico, volunteers, firemen and a section of horse | J. Buenio was arrested to-day i e lery, all under command of Captain | tion with the recent filibustering affair, art Galv § | followed. | oceirred. © The rebels retreated south, iwenty-five rebels at a stone bridge on the highway at the eastern entrance of Punta ‘Brava at 4 v, o, and some scattering firing ‘Both sides admit that no losses along the towvn one d leading to Guatao, a small distant, leaving the road | before arriving at the town and seattering- in all directions. The Spanisty column kept the road and entered Guatao, firing right and left ap ‘evervthing in sight.. A milkman loading & wagon in frontof his house, an eighth of a mile outside of town, was shot and wounded, He ranand concealed himsel { in the hq . Some of the troops left the line, broke into the house and shot the man dead § I room. ey i “hid upon the arrivai of troops, fired indiscriminately. The town ains about forty houses, many of 2 only tbatched huts. Several men e.shot running to the woods and others in places of concealment. Some were too Id to run. One man, sick with erysipelas, was killed in bed. The troops entered tne houses and shot men in their rooms. One worean, whose husband hid in a bedroom, stood in the front door pleading for his life. She was struck with the butt of a musket and knocked insensible. A soldier broke down the door and shot her busband. One man, 58 years old, was killed. ~ All mentioned were peaceable cit- izgns. E The three brothersChaves,cigar-makers, workingin Havana, left work in this city Saturday noon and went to Guatao in the afternoon to visit their mother. One was shot dead running to-the woods and two were taken prisoners. Troops brought the bodies of the dead from the houses and fields and placed them on the ground in front of the main store. The prisoners who were captured in houses and flelds witho¥t arms were pinioned and compelled Mariano. They were bruised and ill treated on the way and required medical attendance upon their arrival. Three physicians of the Red. Cross Society ‘went to Guataoand found thirteen and.no wounded. The bodies were buried in the cemetery at Guatoa. Five prisoners taken on the morning of the fight on the outskirts of Punta Braya were killed in the fields, making eighteen peaceful citizens slain. The Spanish papers claim theinsurgents took refuge in the houses at Guatao, firing upon the troops from the same. A careful examination of the houses and hats shows no signs of bullets; no doo:s or outer win- dows were ‘broken and there are no signs of a confliet. The only stone puilding in town, the church, was noteutered. Among the dead was the grave-digger, making it necessary ‘to obtaiu a negro to dig th graves. . ¥ The residents of Mariano say the troops were drunk when they returned with the prisoners: Saturday night. Edward San- chez, keeper of a«dry-goods store at Maria- Do and a member of the volunteers, openly boasts that he went into a bedroom at Guatao and shot 2 man under a bed. The facts herein related are verifieu by Guatao fled to the woods Guatao. Marquis de Cervera, in an official report to the Captain-General, says: “Worthy of all praise, your excellency, is the comportment of this column, of which I feel myself proud. Captain Galvo and all others merit the consideration of your excellency. I can assure you the efforts made exceed all praise. All are worthy, your excellency, for they have done to-day what your excellency so gloriously did at Jaina, Santo Domingb, thirty years ago.” The towns of Guatao and Punta Brava are now deserted. The residents fled to Hevana in fear of their lives. Of 1710 peo- ple in the latter town only fourteen re- main. The action of the troops so close to Havana has created an intense sensation here. The only official notice taken by the Government is a telegram of congratu- lation sent Marquis de Cervera Sunday. General Weyler, when asked if he had in- vestigated the affair, said there was a com- bat and persons were killed with arms in hand. The prisoners were also taken with arms, he said. J. FrANK CLARK. — e TRIAL OF FILIBUSTERS, Taking of Evidence Against the Horsa’s Officers Conecluded. PHILADELPHI14A, Pa., Feb. 26.—The trials of the late officers of the steamer Horsa, Captain J. H. Wiborg, First Mate Jans P. Petersen and Second Mate H. Johansen, on the charge of engaging in a Cuban filibustering expedition, which is said to have started from Brooklyn, N. Y., in November las!, was resumed in the United States District Court to-day. Several members of the crew and others PRICE FIVE CENT “Come back, mister, and ride this mule.” revolutionary party. The warrant charges violation of the nentrality laws. Bueno this | afternoon appeared before Commissioner | Shields, who held him in $1500 bonds for examination on March 3. The Evening Sun says it is the general opinion among Federat officers that there ‘is little if any chance of securing a convietion of the five men arrested vesterday. Up to a late hour to-night no dynamite has been found among the cases of guns and cartridges on the Stranahan. The revenue cutter Chandler took outa relief crew of revenue men to the Beymuda at 6 o’clock this eveningand brought back the men who have had charge of her for the last two days. They also brought ashore a part of her machinery—the con- necting link—so that she cogld not by any means get her propeller into motion and slip away with the marshals. .. aght "X was rumored that the story of the"g- pedition got out through the treachery of a tugboat-owner, who went to the Spanish Consul and sold the plans. REVOLT IN NICARAGUA General Alonzo Leads an Upris- ing Against President Ze- laya’s Government. Corinto Believed to Have Been Taken | by the Rebels—A Battle Near Momotombo. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 27.—The Herald’s speciel cable from Panama says: A formidable revolution has broken out in | caragua against the Government of | President Zelaya. So farascan be learned | the present leaders are General Ruben | Alonzo, ex-Minister of War; Jose M. Chavarria, Military Governor of Leon; | Francesco Baca, ex-Minister of the In- | tarior; General Godoy and others. It is reported that the revolution has spread all over the western provinces, in- | cluding Chinandega and Chichigalpa. The port of Corinto has been closed and Mr. Severich, the general agent of the | Pacific Mail Company, has been notified to that effect. Steamers will not be allowed | who admitted they were being paid by either the Spanish Consul or the Pinker- ton agency gave testimony similar to that brought out at the preliminary ex- amination. The prosecution rested its case and the defense opened. At the afternoon session Captain Wiborg took the stand on behalf of himself and the other defendants. This closed the testimony for both sides. Counselor Keer presented thirteen points which he desired the court to rule upon in the charge to the Judge, and this led Judge Butler to express himself re- garding the construction of the statute under which the accused were indicted. The Judge declared that he would not rule upon the aspects of tne statute that were unnecessary in the trial of the case. The only points at issue, he declared, were: Was this a military expedition? And, if so, did the defendants aid it? The Judge firmly expressed his con- viction that the combining of any body of men for the purpose of engaging in war constitutes a “military expedition’’. within the meaning of the law, no matter what name they may assume. In making this ruling Judge Butler admitted that it disagreed with the charge of the Judge in arecent similar trial at Charleston, S. C., when Captain Hughes of the steamer Laurada was acquitted. Judge Butler asked Counselor Keer to state his views regarding the statute and what constitutes a military expedition, and Mr. Keer will do so to-morrow. Assistant District Attorney Ralston began the open- ing address to the jury, and 3:45 o’clock, before he bad concluded, the court ad- journed until to-morrow. —_— BUENO UNDER ARREST. Federal Authoritics Searching for the Filibuster's Confederates. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 26.—Bernardo in connec- and United States Deputy Marshals are The troops found a group of about |looking for other members of the Cuban to touch at that port. The port of San Juan del Sur is still open. More than 500 tons of cargo for Corinto are now awaiting shipment here. A private dispatch from Nicaragua re- ports that hard fighting has taken place between the rebeis and the Government forces near Momotombo on Lake Mana- gua. It is revorted that the rebels cap- tured two lake steamers. | Telegraphic communication is inter- rupted at points between Corinto and Leon with Managua, the capital. The Pacific Mail steamer Barracouta is unloading freight here which was des- tined for Corinto. 1t is believed here that Corinto is already in the possession of the revolutionis| A AR GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED. | Fifty Thousand Garment-Makers in Balti- more Will Leave Their Posts | This Morning. BALTIMORE, Mp., Feb. 26.—A general strike of garment-workers, to take effect at once, was decided upon at a largely at- tended mass-meeting held to-night in Harugary Hall. To-morrow morning 50,000 members of the Garment-Workers’ Union will refuse to go to work, thus throwing out of employment probably a like number of persons engaged in other branches of the clothing industry. It is a fignt for the recognition of organ- ized labor, and both sides are confident of being victorious. Ten or twelve manu- facturers will be partly or entirely closed to-morrow. s — - — 3 The Importance of Champagne. Prof. R. Ogden Doremus in his chemical @nalysis declares G. H. Mumm & Co.’s Ex- tra Dry to contain the least alcohol, also the purest and most wholesome. Physi- cians and laymen alike have discovered this, hence its importation in 189 equals that of any three brands, or 45,125 cases more than any other, faIEETS WI GOEBEL WINS - A SKIRMISH, Senator Hays Afiempts to Precipitate the Repeal Argument. TH A S R DEFEAT Anti-Huntington Bring About Desired Delay. MAY BE VOTED UPON TC-DAY. The Measure Comes Up as a Special Order at the Evening Session. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 26.—Senator Thomas Hays, the leader of the Hunting- ton forces, attempted to bring up-the bill for the repeal of the charter of the South- ern Pacifie Railroad before the Senate this evening. This had to be done without ob- jection. Senator Fulton was on his feet at the instant of Hays’ motion and vigor- ously entered his protest. Senator Hay- ward fotlowed suit in the hope ot getting under consideration another measure, Benator Goebel, the champion of the re- peal bill, quietlv indorsed the actiomn of Fulton and Hayward, and said he did not want the measure considered in piecemeal, and that the measure had been set for to- morrow evening, when it would be dis- posed of by the Senate. Ths friends of the bill did not care to break into arrange- ments already made. A vigorous fight will be made by the Huntington managers in the hope to de- feat the measure to-morrow. They.are to- night putting up bold claims to strengtb, and assert that the bill will be defeated, but the friends of the measure are confi- dent of its passage, and are not disturbed. Senator Goebel said to a CALL correspond- ent to-night: | “The bill will come up a8 the special or- | der for to-morrow evening. I believe a vote will be reached and the measure passed in that session.” Senator Rozel Weissinger will champion the Huntington forces to-morrow and will speak against the passage of the bill. Sen- ator Goebel will be assisted by Senator Taylor, Sims and others. Senator Sims said to-night: *‘There will be a tremendous fight put up against the bill, but I think the only way to'defeat the measure is by delay. It should, and I think will, pass the Senate to-morrow.” Senator Hissom, a prominent Republi- can in the Senate, said: “The bill will ltkelyreceive tie support ol a geeat partof the Republican members, and I think it [will pass.” > There Lias been no mesting of the House Committee to consider the duplicate of the Goebel bill in that branch, and will not be until tke measurs is disposed of in the Senate. S Yesterday the mountain labored and brought forth a mouse. Senator Weissin- | ger closed Lis great forensic effort in be- | bhalf ofithe monopoly, with the only visible | effort of sending part of his audience out | to get a—well, breath of fresh air, if you like—and others who had comfortanle seats into very deep meditation, so pro- found in some instances that it became sonorous, and in such regular cadence that it gave him a sort of pitch by which to regulate the inflexions of his unmusical voice. Whether the Senator construed this to mean a sweet concurrence with his views or not is hard to say; but it is cer- tain that while he gave better observance | to the meter, he sang his song through the | full limit of his time, and secmed to think he had.done pretty well, too. In one sense he had. His power as a lull lobby- ist is no longer open to dispute. On the whole the general effect of the “mutual- admiration society’”” member from the “Pandanna’” Club seems to have avor of the biil. and its friends ng in the fact that it was he, ana not the brilliant Bronston, who was se- lected to picture the legal effect of passing this “appalling”’ measure. They continue to hope that Bronston will take no further part against the bill than to vote. Weissinger's whole course thus far in session has tended to antagonize a major- ity of the members. His persistent obsti- nacy in trying with two others to daictate to the great majority of his party on the question of supporting the nominee for United States Senator, thus prolonging State Senator Rozel Weissinger, One of the Leaders of the Fight Against the Repeal Bill at Fraukfort. the fight and defeating the wish of his party; his captious and chronic objections to almost anything or everything that any other member proposed, have tended to win him few enthusiastic admirers. Then, too. some of the members from the mountain counties “don’t likea fellow that wears a plug hat and a high collar and shaves every day.” Yet Rozel Weis- singer is no “dude’” by any means. He is tooexclusive, however, for “*hoi polloi”’ (the people generally), and especially for cer- tain members who never saw the inside of atailor-shop, but always wear store clothes on state occasions. Such is human nature, and to such prejudices ambition must bend the knee or fail. Weissinger has been too proud to bow down, and the cause headvocates is the loser. The question is not how many votes did he gain for his side by his speech, but how many against it. The Senator showed a lack of experience ana judgment yester- day afternoon when he triea to kill off Senator McChord, "who was to follow. When he rose to begin he remarked that it lacked but a quarter of an hour of the usual time to adjourn, and moved to ex- tend the time and aispose of the bill be- fore adjournment. This would have shut off Goebel’s elosing, which they all feared, and limited McChord and any others who might have desired to speak for the bill. Of course there was prompt objection and he had to consume the time himself. His attempt had the effect of making Senator McChord more determined than before in his advocacy of the bill and he is spending a good pert of the time of the recess in preparing a broadside in answer to the line of argument that Senator Weis- singer’s remark indicated he would follow, and the Huntingtonites are now ‘‘sorry they did it.” Senator McChord’s effort will fully an- swer the expectations of his friends. It will be a powerful and piercing arraign- ment of conscienceless monopoly and a strorg rebuke to the inconsiderate legis- lation which bred and fostered to such dan- gerous growth the Southern Pacific mon- ster. He has a powerful appeal to the Senate, to heed the cries of the oppressed people of the Pacific Coast, and withdraw its countenance from the man and God defying robbers and oppressors who, acting under the law of Kentucky, ignore and trample under foot the laws of California. He will be listened to with much attention by a full chamber and a crowded lobby, as he is a popular speaker. He is thoroughly prepared to answer Mr. Weissinger, and in a master way dis- pose of his arguments as the deleterious effects of the repeal on the confidence of the people in the stability of chartered institntions in' general and railroads in particular. He will show Mr. Welssinger and the Legislature very conclusively that the passage of the bill will hurt but few people, and they are fully able to stand it, while it will benefit nearly 2,000,000 who were in almost absolute slavery as long as the charter existed. Mr. McChord is in fine trim, and when he warms up to his work, which he will do in & few moments after opening, he will win every one in the House not already his ‘native county’s contests with the L. and N. Railroad over a bond liability and his four years’ service as Railroad Commissioner under Governor Brown have made him thoroughly acquainted with corporation law and the workings of tariff schedules. He will soon make Senator Hays sorry that he ever alluded to | the subject of corporation rates in Cali- fornia and tne East. The Springtield Senator has all these things well sorted in his mind and he will not need toread them from print except to show his authority for a citation of fact. Major Hays will not be able to keep up with him even with his “primer’’ in his hand, but the Senate will, and catch- ing the inspiration of the speaker follow his array of facts and comparisons and his logical conclusions therefrom till thev are led to the point of conviction almost be- yond escape. His speech alone will more than match the arguments of both Hays and Weissinger. He will make but little allusion even to the latter’s criticism of Judge Seymour C. Thompson's article in the American Law Review, read to the Senate by Senator Goebel yesterday, not seeming to think that the Senator’s attack needed any at- tention. It was too much like Sancho Panza charging the windmill. Tt may be that Mr. McChord does not exactly see what there is to answer, as it is a question in the minds of some of the audience as to whether Weissinger himself knew just | what he was trying to say. There are some few people:who still think the Pandanna member a great law- yer even if he does make people “tired.”” He may be a good lawyer without being a good advocate, especially in a case like this, where his own true and better naturs won’t let his heart enter into the case in which mistaken lovalty to interested friends has led him and his natural obsti- nacy keeps him. Senator Jack Gross was an attentive listener to all the proceedings, and if he was inclived to waver before, Rozel's speech fixed him for the bill; and while he will not probably make any extended remarks on the subject during the debate, he will talk outside—and *‘Jack” is a man of few words and much influence among his fellow-members, especialiy the country boys, who admire him. He don’t like to wear a cravat, and as for a high collar like Rozel’s, he would as soon think of. hang- 1ing himself. He ridiculed Mr. Weissinger’s burst of indignation at the attempt of California to secure a repeal of the Kentucky charter, while the Mr. Huntington was engaged in Washington before Congress, and his characterization of it as “firing in Mr. Huntington’s rear.” Jack was all through the war, and was fighting like a map, while Rozel was playing “mumbly-peg’ and tops, and he informed him thatin a real fight the custom was to hit the enemy wherever you could, if in the rear so much the better. Senator Gross is a crude, rough dia- mond, but true as steel to his convictions and his party, and very plain spoken. When Cieveland was first elected “Jack’’ called on him, and being received in aquiet moment entered into a chat with the Wonder of the Age, during the course of which, to emphasize some remark he was making, he brought his mighty palm down on the President’s knee with some force. Cleveland was startled, jumpea, and, impressed with the iaea that Captain Gross was a man of much force, if not many words, appointed him Marshal for Kentucky. The speeches yesterday and the after- talk have practically settlea the fate of the Continued. on Second Page. k LYNCHED BY A TEXAS OB, Two Outlaws Who Killed a Bank Cashier Are Executed. GIVEN SHORT SHRIFT. Taken From the Jail to the Scene of the Crime and Hanged. BODIES RIDDLED BY BULLETS, A District Judge's Plea for the Wretches Ignoted by the Mad- dened Crowd. WICHITA FALLS, Trx., Feb. 26.—The two men who murdered Cashier Dorsey of the City National Bank here vesterday and then looted the bank were captured this morning. To-night they were taken from the jail by a mob and lynched to a telee eraph pole, The robbers, Foster Crawford and the Kid, alias Younger Lewis, were captured by posses of rangers under command of Captain W. J. McDonald in a thicket sixe teen miles from Wichita Falls. When called upon to surrender they replied : “‘We will surrender under the condition that you give us protection against any mob violence.” Captain McDonald’s reply was: “Wa will bore & hole through vou if you do not: surrender, but I will endeavor to the best of my ability to protect you.” The outlaws surrendered, and the rangers reached Wichita Falls with the prisonera at 4 o’clock this morning. When the town was reached it was found to be in a state of uproar, and manv threats were made, the mob erying: “We will lynch them! Give them a taste of Tyler; that’s what tiey deserve!” But they finally reached the jail and landed their prisoners in safety. Sisortly afterward a crowd of well-armed men gathered and repaired to the jail, where they remained discussing the situa- tion and swearing vengeance on theg prisoners, ‘When daylight came the entire popula« tion of Wichita Falls had assembled in the Niglaity of the-jail, each aman bringing weapea. - Those who could not boast of a ‘Winchester had some sort of firearm con- cealed on their persons, judging from the appearance of their pockets. At 8:30 J. A. Kemp, president of the looted bank, and at least twenty men were admitted to the jail. Identification was instantaneous and undeniable. Dise trict Judge George E. Miller at this junce ture appeared on the streets in a buggy and dgove from group to group pleading with them to do nothing rash and allow the law to take its course. Suddenly the report was heard on all sides that the rangers were going to slip the outlaws off to Fort Worth. In the twinkling of an eye, hundreds of Winches~ ters appeared on the scene and the mob at once made an assault on the jail. After some moments they succeeded in securing an entrance, and taking the prisoners from the jail, proceeded with them to the bark in which Dorsey was killed, where a pile of inflammable material was ready to be con= verted into a bonfire to light up the scene, Two telegraph poles were selected and two ropes thrown over them, in the ends of which loops had been made, which were placed around the necks of the men and the word given to pull. In an instant the two men were swinging beneath earth and sky. Loud cries of “Riddle them!” was the signal for the firing to commence. The bodies were riddled with bullets and lef swinging. AVENGED A BROTHEK'S DEATH, 4 Kentuckian Shoots a Murderer Who Was in the Hands of Officers. DANVILLE, Ky., Feb. 26.—John Mur. phy shot and fatally wounded Frank Ellis at Stanford this afternoon while Ellis was being taken from the jail to the court- house to be tried for the murder of his brother, Henry Murphy. Murphy met Ellis and the jailor within a few feet of the courthouse door and shot at short range, the ball entering Ellis’ breast. Ellis grasped the pistol and struggled with Murphy until the jailor and a bystander overpowered him. Ellis was marshal of Junction City, in this county, last May and killed Henry Murphy while he was said to have been re- sisting arrest. et g b Ends Life by Inhaling Gas. CHICAGO, Irr., Feb. 26.—William H. Pierson, a telegrapher and stenographer of National reputation, committed suicide to-day by inhaling gas attached to a rube ber tube in his room at the houseof a relative, Mrs. J. Bell, in Hyde Park. - Pure Blood means sound health. With pure blood your stomach and digestive organs will be vigorous; no dyspepsia. 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