The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1897, Page 2

| g —mey THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1897. MRS, LEASE HUALS A DEFI AT KELLEY Denies All the Charges of Corruption Made Against Her. Says Her Accuser Is a Poor Old Lobbyist, a Pitiful Wreck. Ex-Governor Lewelllng Told the Truth When He Sald He Was the Victim of Conspliracy. WICHITA, KAxs., April 26.—Mrs. Mary E. Lease gave out an interview to-night regarding the charges of corruption that have be red against her by ex- Senator Kelley. He charges her with sell- t to the Republicans, embezzling a sweeping arges, and say “Poor old fellow. To touch him or no- tice him in any way would be like exhum- ing a cor thad been buried so long that decomposition had set in. Kelley is either being paid for attacking me or else be is trying to resurrect bimself. The article of mine at which he takes umbrage did not even mention his name, but by hing into print is manner he ad- mits his guilt. He is just a corrupt lobby- ist, and anybody c:n have his services who will pay for them. Kelley is a wreck, & pitiful wreck *I have no ill feeling toward him, for I do not hold him responsible for this at- tack. The real animus of it is tuat he has been hired by the same outfit thatis to down ex-Governor Lewelling, ate Chairman Brodentkbal and his nchmen. They realize full well 1 I, with e few trusty friends, were 1n- strumental in breaking the slate thst had been fixed for the Abeline convention— Harris for Governor and Brodenthal for the United States Senate. I divided their forces and they were compelled to drop Harris and compromise on Leedy. The political fixers knew this and also that unless they can succeed in utterly destroy- ng Lewelling he will assuredly be the xt Governor of Kansas. Lewelling uttered a God’s truth when d that he was the victim of a con- spiracy, and he might have added that, owingly or unknowingly, he had at one time been used by this same gang of con- rpose of getting me out e same weapon that out of the contest wiil any avail to Mr. me safel at will be ot ng iu the fight that is being made upon hum. If he is right he will tri- . Lease denied the story that she is going to leave Kar GREECE MUST NOW BE HUMILITED Continued from First Page. the hour of apparent victory. regiments were scattered over the battlefield when the order for re- treat arrived, and as the order was urgent the retreat became very disorderly. The sudden retreat of the Greeks was a E e to everybody on the Turkish staff. The latter expressed astonishment that the Hellenes should relinquish the defense of a position in which they were gly entrenched, and which appar- ently was tenable against a larger force than the Turks possessed. Ralli in Ath- Various companies ens confirms the reports that the staff or- dered the retreat without reason. Sol- diers are asking despairingly, “Why | should we retreat? We are not beaten.’’ The Turks did not pursue the Greoks. They were not prepared fof a pursuit, not eaming after a single engagement that Thessally would be left at their dis posal. Ralli puts the total Greek loss at 100 killed and 300 wounded. - ATTITUDE OF NEUTRALITY. Engiand, However, Willing to Do Everything Possible to Mediate Between the Combatants. LONDON, Exc., April 26.—The House of Commons resumed sittings to-day, after the Easter reces: There was a wall attendance. Sir William Har- asked the Government to (efine volicy in regard to Turkey. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, said the Go ernment, like the rest of the powers, had agreed the attitude of neutrality was de- sirable. When occasion arose, he added, they would do everything possible to me- diate between the combatants. In regard to Crete Baifour said that the powers had determined the littoral of that island should be neutral. The Koreign Office throughout the afternoon has main- tained a constant interchange of dis- patches with the diplomats of the powers. The reported advance of the Greeks upon Janina has been arrested and Colo- nel Manos, commander of the forces oper- ating in Epirus, has returned to Aria. The Turksdeclare thereis nota single Greek soldier in Turkish territory., A dispatch from the headquarters of the Turhish army near Turnavo says after the retreat of the Turks was bezun Edhem Pasha seated 1n a tent abandoned by the Greeks said in Frenci: toa war correspond- ent, “It is finished,” Edbem Pasha posted sentinels at the doors of Greek churches in Turnavo and kept strict order everywhere. All the Greek prisoners were treated humanely. £dhem hoped to entrap and crush the Greeks, but a Greek priest, hearing the Albanian troops singing as they advanced, gave warning to Prince Constantine that it was time to retreat. ATHENS, GRrEECE, April 26.—It is ex- pected the Greek fleet will immediately begin the bombardment of Salonica. The Frencn cruiser Tronde and the Italian warship Sardegna have hurriedly sailed from Crete for the Gulf of Salonica. — To Negotiate Direct. PARIS, Fraxce, April 26.—The Berlin correspondent of the Figaro telegrapns it is semi-cfficially announced that Greece will not accept intervention of the powers and is preparing to negotiate directly with Tarkey. I1VER RAMPART. s AUl Previous Flood Marks and Does Great Lamage. OTTUMWA, Iows, April 2.—Though ir was thought last night that tne worst DES MOINES> Pa of the flood was over, the Des Moines River passed all flood marks during the night, and up to noon to-day was fifteen inches higher that in 1892, when great damage was done. Of tue six railroads only two, the Wabash and Fort Madison, are running regular trains. The Rock Island is completely tied up, while com- munication between Chicago and Denver is cut off. Miles of railroad track is un- der water and bridge approaches are gone. in several parts of the city the residence strects are under two to twelve feet of water. Tiree hundred famiiies are home- {less. The river is five miles across in { some places and its force is tremendous. BiG SHIPMENT GF GOLD. the /greem:nt Made by Foreign Banking-Houses. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 2 Schall & Co. witndrew to-d. United States Assay Offico § bars for shipment to Bremen by the steam- ship Trave to-morrow. The immediate from the of the agreement recently entered mnto by large foreign banking-houses not to export gold until the price for the sterling bills reached 4883{. The order on which the gold was shipved reached this city Frid It came first to Heideibacn it, giving the agreement as a re: Mutler, Schall & Co. to whom the order next came, made arrangements Saturday toship the gold, placing the bills at the highest rates obtainable. spondents will stand the transaction and pay a commission in addition. The bills were sold chiefly to Lazard Freres, another firm in the agreement, who were much surprised when they dis- covered it had been aiding in the arrange- ments for shipments of gold. Members of foreign banking houses, who are parties Thir the action of Muller, Schall & Co., and went so far as to call it a *“breach of faith,” On news of the dissolving of the agree- | ment between the foreign banking houses [ the ste g exchange market weakened | to-day, w mand sterling at 4573{ ana 483. Itis re- ported, inc uding the amounis already announced, that goid exports for the week would probab! gregate $3,000,000. The existing prem lieved to be an important factor in cans- ing the gola shipment at present when there is a decided trade balance in favor of this country. In London the bar sell- ing price is 77s 11141 to 783 an ounce, which is virtually a vremium of 1d. Ea S TO RAISE 4R BEETS. Capitalists Organize to Operate in North western Ohio. TOLEDO, Osro, April 26.—Five local capitalists have organized the Toledo Sugar-Beet Company, with a paid-up cap- tion of $40,000, for the sugar-refin iness and cultivation of the sugar beet in Northwestern Ohio. The names of the capitalists are withheld pending the iling of the incorporation papers, but one of them who admitted the company’s formation said: *“The new company has been carefully studying the soil conditions of North- western Ohio, and the Agricultutal Bureau bas fu: the effect that our soil and seasons are both admirably adapted to sugar-beet cul- tivation.” It is also said that an expert m Ox- nard’s California refinery has given the company all the necessary garding the construction of a plant. —— ALTGELD As FINANCIER. Indebted to the Wr-cked Globe Savings 1 to probe the case of Treasurer Spaiding has been busy all The most important disclosure is the fact that ex Governor Altgeld, at the time the Globe Savings Bank feiled, a debtor to the bank, either directly or as a guarantor, in the sum of $32 146. His total indebtedness was at one time §20,000 greater, but had been reduced, siowing that §$50,000 had been either ad ed to him or loaned on his indorsement since the k opened. The bank’s cashier, Churchill, who was on the witness-stand most of the day, ad- mitted that he was ignorant of the ordi- nary methods of bankin g, St GENERAL SECKEIARIES MEET, n Composed of Salaried Officers of the ¥. M, C. 4. | SELM recent international | Young Men’s | ! | 4n Organiza couvention of the Christian Association at Mobile the annual conference of the Asso- ciation of General Secretaries of North America opened nere to-day. St INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., April 26.—Mem- bers of the Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Aid Association received circulars to-day make 2 special assessment upon them, giving as the reason the fact that Ben H. Prather, secretary and treasurer, was short in Ifis nccounts. His shortage is about §5000. Prather was clerk of the lower | bouse of the Legislature during the recent | session. —_—— ePolic Gnard a Spanish € NEW YORK, N. Y., Apnl 26 barbor police has been ordered to guara the Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa, fearing attempts of Cubans to blow up the vessel with a torpedo. Minister De Lome got Assistant Secretary of War Roosevelt to formally ask _the local police board for protection. The cruiser is detested by Cubans as a terror to filibusters. e Confidence Is Being Eestored. BOSTON, Mass, April 26.—Kidder, Pea- body & Co. announce that they will ship next Thursday $390,000 in gold, the first local consignment of the season. The ex- port movement seems based solely on business lines, with an_entire absence of the disquieting unceriainties of last year, Ssia Four:Lives Foolishly Sacrificed. CUMBERLAND FALLS, K April McKee rowed a boat so near the Parks milidam that it was carried over. The whole party. consisting of the men and kiHY DYING. Has Won Fame as Author and Member of Parliament. LONDON, Exc., April %6 —Justin Me- distinguished author, is reported to be dying. His family are at his bedside. Justin McCarthy bas for some years been prominent among British authors of the day. ber 22, 1830. His first literary experience was as a reporter in Liverpool in 1853. Later he went to London and there grad- ually became known as a writer of merit, He came to America, spending several yearsin this country.’ On his return to Englan 1 in 1879 he was returned to Par- liament as a Home Ruler, and so well did his writings and sp-eches please his con- stituents that in 1580 he was re-elected. McCarthy’s best known work is *‘A His. tory of Our Own Times,” which ranks as an authority in many colleges anda schools. “Lady Judith,” *‘A Fair Saxon,” and “Dear Lady Disdain’ are among Lis most popular novels. “A History of the Four Georges,” which was issued in 1884, excited some feeling in England because of Me- Carthy's unconventional way of treating these royalties. McCarthy’s son, Justin Jr., is the only member of the family who has inherited the father's literary talent, he being slightly known as a playwrigat. In Doing So a New York Firm Violates | | .—Muller, | 000 in gold | effect of the withdrawal was thedissolution | demand for Ickeimier & Co., who declined to execute | to the agreement, expressed surprise at | actual closing rates for de- | m for gold abrosd is be- | nistied us experimental reports to | nformation re- | —The Senate l = Thebes it is full of natural facil | | e | { | Railroads | Heghways | Map of Part of Greece, Shm;vi;g the Principal Routes to Athens From the Northern Frontier and the Gulf of Patras on the West. i With the Greeks' navy in control of the coasts and the nature of the c?unlry traversed by the roads from Larissa lo Athens considered, the Turkish army is very far as yet in point of time, if not distance, from Greece’s capital city. From the frontier to Larissa, and even as far as Pharsala, the advantage afforded by the char- acter of the country was with the Turks. From the frontier to Larissa their march was down hill all the way, and with the numerous roads traversing the * Thessalian Plamn” in every direction between Larissa, Trikala, Karditza and Pharsala they could easily flank and cut off any Greek force attempting to make a permanent stand on the way from Larissa to Pharsala. Not so is it below, however. The piains of Thes- saly are bordered on the south and west sides by the foothills of the Orthrys and | Pindus Mountains, making a natural barrier, which, starting with a height of from | two to four hundred feet, slops backward and upward to the crests of the parent ranges. Two good roads lead from the plains over the Arthrys to Lamia—one from Kar- | ditza on the west, which ascends the valley of the Sophaditikos River, and the otber | the main road to Athens. These two come close together in Phourka Pass, something | over 2000 feet bigh. Here are strong fortifications commandinz both roads and | flanked by others at intervals for some twenty miles or more commanding every road crossing the range. On the right the precipitous character cf the mountains, which | continue to ascend until they culminate in the peak of Guokavani, over 530) feet high, admils of but few roads, and these not practicable for wheeled vehicles. Pharsala lies on the sodthern side, near the extreme eastern end of the pl | whic . is there about five miles broad and traversed oy the Empeios and Pharsalitis | rivers, and at the foot of aspur of Knassidiari Mountains, which rises from the | edge of the town very abruptly to a height of 360 feet. Strong by nature, the position commanding the ascent of the hill can be made impregnable. | Thelinesat Pharsala can be successfully defended by half the number of troops | required on the line north of Larissa, with proper generalship. Lamia lies at the f0o | of the Orthrys on the northern side of the level plain of the Sphercheios River, and | | within five miles of the coast. From it the road to Athens crosses the river and plain | to Thermopy!m. 1In the days of Leonidas there was here an easily closed defile not | over filty feet wide. Now there is between the mountains and thesea a plain one to tbree miles broad, formed by the deposits of the Sphercheios River and several moun- tain torrents, and by action of eartbquakes which have changed the course of the river and the shore tine. It is still a very defensibje place, not only irom the heiglits overlooking the plain, but by vesselsin the gult and the channel of Talontas, and likewise for miles beyond until the road leaves the coast, and even then all the way to ies for disputing the passage of a hostile army. The same may be said of the other road which, leaving Lamia in a southerly direction, crosses the mountains to the valley of the Mavro Neri River, and which it follows to Thebes, there joining the main road. Should the Tcrks succeed in forcing the Greek lines at Pharsala and getting to Lam:a and beyond, their progress will necessarily be very siow. Cut off from Salonika | by sea, they will have to maintain a long line of communication by land which will require the protection of quite a lar, the greater will be this disadvantage, which the Greeks should be prompt to make the most of. In case of necessity the Greeks can bring thsir army from Arta and Epirasin a | very short time to Edhem Pasha’s front or to Athens, by sea to the eastern extrem- ity of the Gulf of Corinth or to Patras and thence by rail, or from Arta to Maupaktos e number of troops, and the further they come | Commercial Trarelers Male a Losing. | 2.—In order to irighten ihe girls Matt | Muggie and Minty Sheperd, were drowned. | Carthy, a member of Parliament and a | He was born in Cork Novem- | by land and thence east Ly water or rail. With the aid of their fleet the Greeks should bs able to hotd Volo and keep open ArA., April 26.—Following the | the line of railroad by Velestino to Pharsala. i THEODORE HAVEMEYER DEAD. | | the Greatest Sugar Refiner | in the World. NEW YORK, N.Y., April 26.—Theodere | Havemeyer, vice-president of the Ameri- announcing that it would be necessary to | can Sugar Retining Company, died at 3 o'clock this morning from a sudden at- | weeks’ siege of the grip and generally | shattered heaith, His death was totally | unexpected by the outside world, although | intimate friends had known for a week | his illness was dangerous. Notuntil Sun- | day night did the physicians betieve the | patient beyond hope. | Mrs. Havemeyer is a devout Catholic, | and knowing the end was near her hu | band requested that he be baptized into | that faith. A priest baptized him five | hours before he died. H. 0. Havemeyer | heard of his brother’s dangerous condi: | tion Sunday evening at his home in Stam. | ford, Conn. He chartered a special train to | arrive 1n time. Havemeyer was 58 years | of age and all his life had been identified ! with the sugar interest. He entered his | fatber’s refinery when a boy and worked with other employes. Step by step he ac- quired a perfect knowledge of each branch of the business until, when hisfatherdied, | he was competent to teke entire charge of the business, which he practically did. H. 0. Havemeyer took the financial branch and Theodore the refinery. Under the old | firm the title was Havemeyer & Eider, and the brothers became the greatest su- | gar refiners in the world. | Since theestablishment of the trust the deceased had the entire supervisou of all practical details of the refineries operated by the company. His fortune is estimated at about $20,000,000. s A Speedy Naval Paymaster, NEWPORT, R. L, April %6.—Paymaster Corwine of the United States navy was arrested by the naval authonties to-day and taken to the War College, where he was formally charged with embezzlement, scandalous conduct, desertion and mak- ing fraudulent reports. He was releated martiel convenes. Heis accused of mis- appropriating $10,000 S Killed His Child and Himself. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 26.—Richara Webber shot ana killed his littie four- year-old daughter to-day and then com- mitted suicide by shooting. Webber had been out of work for some time and had become despondeat. He had ihreatened to kill himself, and evidently deciied not to leave the child 1o the mercy of others. S The Corcoram Will, BOSTON, Mass., April 26,.—The hearing of the Corcoran will case, assi-ned for to-day, was put over to May 18, that Dan- iel and Hannah Corcoran of San Francisco, i the conlestants. may appear. tack of typhold fever, following a two on parole till Wednesday, when the court- | STILL BALLOTING FORMALLY. From an Humble Beginning He Became | Kentucky's Senatorial Muddle Apparently No Nearer Solution Than It Was | Months Ajo. | FRANKFORT, Ky., April 26—Onlya | formal ballot was taken for Senator to- day. For the present the gold Demo- crats refuse to help the Republicans to make a quorum. notiing further until Wednesday, when it wilt be demonstrated whether or not | Deboe can win. If Lieberth stands firm |and shows that he has help the gold D:mocrats will confer and probably try to | bring about Senator Martin's election. If otherwise, the gold Democrats will allow Deboe’s election by making a quorum, i and thus bring an end to the long struzgle | that 1s costing the tate $i000 a day. Deboe’s rivals threaten to upset his prospects to-morrow by proving that De- boe has secretly pledged himself to vote lor free silver, e FOR FISH CULTURE. Florida's Governor Arranging for an Important Coneention. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 26.—The Governor of Florida is arranging to call for next January at Tampa a convention in the interest of fish cuiture, and has sent an agent to Wachington to consult with United States Fish Commissioner and to get his co-operation. sioner Brice will preside and every State | will be asked to send delegates. The chief object of the convention is to discuss the question of keeping streams and rivers stocked with fish. Commissioner Brice will send a special agent to Florida to | consult with the Governo: gtz ol BOSTON'S HEAVY IMPORTS, Last Week’s Business Two or Three Zimes Beyond the Mormal. BOSTON, Mass, April 26.—According to custom-house figures the value of im- vorts at Boston for the week ending Satur- day was $4.710,593—between two and three | times the normal sum. No such amount has been received in one week for many years. So far this.year £oods valued at $35.204.039 have been received, against | $26,002,320 for the same period last year. Ordinarily the exports exceed the impori by a substantial margin, butlast week the | value of merchandise sent out was only $2,103,182. The great in:portof totals is due to the receipt of extraordinary quan- tities of wool and suzar, and the week beginning to-day is expected to show about as big a record. prit S ESREES New Way of Paying Old Deb SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 26, —Mrs, Clara E. Condon, formerly a school- teacher, was arraigned in the police court to-day charged with poisoning Mrs. Lu- cinda W. Hunt. a widow, 60 years old, to avoid paying a $500 debt. She was held for trial Fridav. They have agreed to do | Brice as 10 the feasibility of the project | Commis- | THE TARIFF BILL ABOUT COMPLETED Californians Working for the Interest of ! the State. .Making a Strong Effort for Increased Duty on Fruits. A Confilct Between Growers and Manufacturers Over the Wool Schedule. WAEHINGTON, D. C., April 26.—The Californians, re-enforced by telezrams from John D. Spreckels, ¥rank McLaugh- lin, Colonel Otis and prominent citizens and commercial bodies in all parts of Cal- ifornia, are still pegging away at the Finance Committee in an attempt to in- crease the duty on California products, especially fruiis. The Republican membersof the Finance Committes expect to lay the result of their revision of the Dingley tariff bill be- fore the full committee during the present week, provided the organization of the committee shail be completed. Those en- gaged in the revision have been very reti- | cent touching the changes made, and this volicy has been followed simply to avoid | the annoyance and importunities that al- | ways follow when details of a revision of | mace and that as a rule the changes are on a descending scale. Increases have been made, but these are not numerous, and asarule have been made upon the demands of Benators whose votes were considered to be contingent upon securing the desired chauges. ! The wool schedule has not been per- fected and it is not likely to be until the bill reaches the Senate. The conflict be- tween the growers, the manufacturers ana those who ciaim to represent the consum- ers can only be settled after a protracted struggle and discussion in the Senate. It might be determined in the full commit- tee, but such a result is not anticipated. Lumber, coal, sugar and lead ore sched- ules are also unsettled. There is a proposition that the bill shall be brought from the Finance Com- mittee without the usual detailed exam- ination and consideration, and that the time for taking up the bill in the Senate | | shall be determined by the Democratic | members of the Finance Committes, The purpose of this movement is to avoid the | importunities that would follow the pub- | lication ot the bill when “aid befors the committes. It is the desire of the Repub- i lican managers that the bili shail come | rom the committee to the Senate with as few changes as possible and within the shortest possible time. ‘When reported to the Senate those per- | sons who are dissaiisfied with its pro- | visions and desire to effect changes will be | | obliged to apply to the Senate, and in this way the members of the Finance Committee would be relteved of impor- tunity. Itisdoubtful whether the Demo- cratic members of the committee will con- | sent to surrender any advantage and de- | prive themselves of the privilege of becom- | | ing familiar with the provisions of the bill | | and the reasons that fmpelled cbangesi n rates simply to relieve their Republican | | colleagues irom the importunities of the | business men who are to be affected by the | proposed changzes. Moreover, with the Finance Committee depending for a majority upon the vote of one member who is not in full accord with the Repub- licans, the Democrats see and apvreciate the advantage of their position, and will naturally insist that the ‘measure shall be regularly considered in the committee, There are several features of the bill which the Democrats and several other Benators in opposition desire to have eliminated. One of these is the retroac- tive section. It would be easier to knock this out in committee behind closed doors than to doso in open Senate. Whether the Democrats will consent to the bill re- ported from the Finance Committee with- out the usual examination and consi eration will depend upon the changes which the Republicans will consent to bave made before it is reported. —— BELGIAN MINISTER STORER. His 4ppointment Disturbs the Plans of WASHINGTON, D. C., April 26.—The | man Bellamy Storer to be Minister to vects, as predicted in THE CALL. Some of his friends now say: ‘“De| Young did not want to go abroad, any- Low.” But it is a case of sour grapes. The selection of Bellamy Storer for the Belgian mission has disturbed several | slates that had been fixed by Senators and Representatives. For example, ex-Rep- resentative Aldrich of Illinois was being urged for the Belgian mission, and in ad- dition to the Iilinois delegation had the | powerful backing of Spesker Reed. Mr. Aldrich was the “arithmetic man” for Mr. Reed during the ante-convention period and performed for the Speaker similar service, but not so effective as that per- formed for Major McKinley by Repre- sentative Grosvenor. For this personal labor and devotion to his Presidential in- terests Speaker Reed desired the Presi- | dent to reward Mr, Aldrich with one of | the best foreign missions, and as the Iili- nois man selected Belgium he was pushed | for that place. Now comes B:llamy Storer with the Belgium plum, requiring that Aldrich shall seek elsewhere in the diplomatic orchard for the desired fruit. This brings bim in contact with oihers in search of | diplomatic appointments, and in conflict | with Senators and Representatives with | “claims” upon the President mueh stronger than those of Mr. Aldrich and his friends. Whether Aldrich will be | able to break through the lines of those who have been directing their efforts in securing the missions to The Hague, Den- mark, Switzerland, Portugal, Norway ana Bweden remains to be secn. The Russian mission is still at the dis- | posal of the President, but so far as can be ascertained there are no very strong and anxious claimants for a four years' Tesidence at the capital of the Czar. This isa first-class mission, with a salary eqnal to that of London, Paris and Berlin, but St. Petersburg is an expensive capital, and its climate is undesirable to one who has spent the years of his life in the temperate zone. Hence, there are fewer applicants for that than for any of the smaller Eu- ropean missions. As 2 matter of fact, o man can afford ! to accept one of the first-class missions and represent the United States with credit and dignity who is not posses-ed of large wealth and who is not willing to ex- pend from $25,000 to $50 C00 per annum. Until Congress makes proper appropria- tions for the payment of BEmbassadors and Ministers to foreign countries, poor men and men of moderate means, no matter what their merits and gnalifica- tions, are practically exciuded from the diplomatic service, so far as the princiral missions are concerned. The salary of an American Embassador is $17,500 per annum. The British Im- bassudor to th: United States is allowed for additional expensesa sum twice that allowed an American Embassador for salary, and in addition the formet is fur- residence, servants, ete. INDIAN HURDERERS CONFESS. They Gve the Ghastly Details of ths Slaubter of Rev. Thomas Spicer's Family. BISMARCK, N. D., April 26.—Pautl Holytrack and Philip Ireland, two Indian boys from the Siouxreservation hove con- fessed the muraer of Rev. Thomas Spicer and family near Winona, in Emmons County. John Spicer, a brother of the minister, while driving by the place February 17 entered the house and discovered the body of Mrs. Ellen Walderdon, 80 years of age, in the parlor. In the next room he found the body of Mrs. William Rouse and her | twin boys, all murdered with an ax and their throats cut. In the farmyard he fouad the body of Mrs. Spicer stabbed with a pitchfork. The body of the Rev.Thomas Spicer was shot in the back and the head crushed beyond recognition with an ax. The hawk, anezro halfbreed, shot the Rev. Mr. Spicer as he was entering the barn. | Mrs. Spicer was called out and stabbed the tariff are made public. They admit, | by another Indian, Coudit, with a pitch- however, that many changes have been | fork. The two boys killed Mrs. Walderdon with aclub and Coudit assisted in the murder of Mrs. Rouse and the babies, fixrd‘er securing §13and some jewelry all ed. The murders are in the military jail at Fort Yates, surrounded by a strong guard. The exciiement among the sei tlers is intense and lynching is feared. e SPALDING'S PI1i4BLE PLIGHT. Neither Eats Nor Slarps and Seems on the Ferge of Insantty. CHICAGO, IrL., April 26 —The condi- tion of Charles W. Spalding, formerly president of the Globe Savings Bank and treasurer of the University of illinois, is most pitiable and unless something can be done to quiet him he will undoubtedly become insane. On Saturday he was or- | dere L into the custody of the Sheriff and was taken to ths County Jail. | bad been issued for his arrest on a charge | of embezz.ing $100,000 from the university { and be Lad becn unable to secure $30,000 beil, the amount required. Up to the time of his actual committal he nad maintained an appearance of com- posure, but when he entered his cell he broke down completely and since that time has neither slept nor eaten. He seems on physical and mental, and breaks down and cries like a child. Spaldicg’s friends say that his present nnfortunate position is due largely to his infatuation for his typewriter, Sarah Louise Ervin, for whom he deserted his | wife and family. The necessary bonds would have been given to secure his re- lease if 1e had consented. to leave the woman, but he refosed to do so. A A HUNIING ¥FOR 4 MURDERER. drmed Men of Alabama Ezxprdite Justice. BIRMINGHAM, Aara, April hundred armed men eare scouring the vi- cinity of this city to-day in the hope of finding Robert Payne, who killed Mrs. Lulu Tyres yesterday. If caught the man will probably not bave a chance of appear- Who Woula | ing in court. nished with a large and commodious | boys say their comrade Black- | A warrant | the point of collapse, both | frequently 26.—A | ATLANTA'S BlG ARMY- SCANDAL Interesting Testimony Is Given at the Romeyn Court-martial. Escapades of a Lleutenant the Cause of the Breaking of an Engagement. O’Brien’s Wife Declared to Ba Unfit for Young Men and Women to Associate With. ATLANTA, Ga., April 26.—There wasa sensation in the Romeyn court-martial this morning when it was announced that Mrs. Kimball, wife of Lieutenant F. V. Kimball, had gone away to escape being called to the witness-stand. Romeyn insisted on ner testimony, and | the court agreed she should be brought | back it found. Her husband was on the stand to-day and there was a hot fight be- | tween the Judge Advocateand Romeyn as | to his right to testify for his wife. The | War Department has a man hers investi- gating Romeyn’s counter charges against | O'Brien. From the moment Miss Nina Romeyn, daughter of the accused, took the stand to testify in her father’s bebalf the attention of the spectators was enthralled until the | adjournment. The testimony of the two preceding wit- nesses, Captain Bowen and Lieutenant Kimball, was merely a rehash of the Wit nesses of the past three days, expressing general disapproval at the garrison at the relations of Lieutenant Bamford and Mrs. O’Brien. | Miss Romeyn testified that she and Bam- ford had been engaged for over a year, and her father, acting jointly with her, had broken off the engagement on account of the scandalous attentions Bamford was bestowing on Mrs. O'Brien. She said: “I nave frequently seen him leave O'Brien's house late in the evening when all the lights were out. 1 knew Mrs. O'Brien was unfit for any young man or woman to associate with, for In the pre- ceding summer she told me she considered a young man had a perfect rigit to fall in iove with a married woman. Bamford | made several desperate attempts to marry | me secretly. He was deeply in debt and feared he could not avoid a court-martial very long.” WRECKED TWO CONCERNS, Startling Developments in the Cassin Defaloation Case, ATLANTA, Ga., April 26.—Startling de- | velopments have succeeded the reported | conipromise in the Harry A. Cassin defal- cation case. Twenty-four hours ago Cas- sin, by his own confession, was short in his accounts $45,000. Up to tc-night an amicable settlement seemed possible. Now a meeting of the board of directors of the | crippled inst'tution has discovered that | the alleged amount of shortage will be maultiplied several times, and that another prominent official is implicated. A re- ceiver has been asked. This aciion pre- cipitated the application for a receiver for the United States Bond Comnany, which | has branches in about 400 cities, tha bonds | of which have been regarded as gilt-edzed curities in prominent centers of the rth. Inspection of the books shows | tnat the affairs of both concerns are in a frightful condition, et yacsigrday Payoe went to the house of | Format Sessions of Boih Houses. Mrs. Tyres for ihe purpose of killing 'O, b James Alexander, an enemy of his, whom | .. WASHINGTON, D. C, Apri 20.—The he knew to be there. He stepped into the | House to-day held a purely formal session. house and opened fire on Alexander, but | Many of the members had gone to New missed him, and bis first shot struck Mrs. | York to attend the Grant exercises, and | Several Slatemakers. | | long-expected nomination of ex-Congress- | | | Belgium went to the Senate to-day, thus | putting & quietus on De Young's pros- | | Tyres, wno 'was seated with b-r family at instantaneous, Payne fled, and up to this time has not | been captured. The community 1s greatly | stirred up over the matter, mercy will be thown caught. and little the murderer if | the dinner table. Mrs. Tyres’ death was | under the arrangements of Friday after the readinz of the journal an adjourn- ment was immediately taken until Thurs- day. Less than filty members were pres. ent. |~ The Senate held a short session, which | was poorly attended, and formally ad- | journed until Thursday. OPENED FIRE. UR BUSINESS IS TO SELL GOODS AT A PROFIT. WE GENERALLY succeed in doing so, though at a very small one nowadays. buy goods at half their vatue or less; at other times w- Sometimes we bay more than we iind a ready market for, and have to cut prices to sell, as everyt ing in the store is on the W dreds of such bargeins on application. now. move. and we intend to keep it so by low prices, good service and first-quality geods. @ name a very short list of articles at short prices, but could favor you with hun- Our terms are cash. This means a good deal We expect to pay vou 1o rustle up the money. Teecream Freezers- - - . . $1.88 This Is the great White Mountain Freszer, large enough for family usz; 50 cents salt free along with it. 2Quart Dippers - - - . . - Be| These are stfong Galvanized Dippers; sell every where at 15 cen:s; last and las: Beans, per b . . - . . . . 9 Two or three kinds of best quality for fam- ily use—for table or to p.ant. They will 500n be highen Yingsford's Stareh, 3.1b hox - . I8¢ This is put up to sell at 35 cents, but goes. 100 slow, ani we clear 1t oot a: half hiice and qult ou that size package. Imported Pickle . . - . . .3y These are not pony-size bo'tles, but regular Quart hotties, and vou'il be surprised at the Atmore’s Mineemeat - - . . . 25 ‘i'bis 1s the regular T5-cent k: ', b g06- 100 slow his time of yeme o euis s Bouse like ours, that moves avers ning at a double quick pace. e | Little Oxfords, 3 to | Bigger Oxfords, Sto 11 - - - - 35¢ | Misses' Oxfords, 113 t0 2 - . - 50¢ These seem like a good Shoe and are cer- talniy very pretty. Tney'll all go out o a few duys, price 13 such n tempration. A | few dozen giris’ high shoes left at 50 cents. HKIBRES ol v sy oins o e (o] e We sold a barrel an1_more as soon as wo mentioned (hem. but have rustled up more, and will let them go, as before, at 10 cents” aquart. How mal l Boston Gowns . . . . . . . These are our own make, elther dark ot Disht, and will distance any wrapper in the race for morning w TR . e We undertake to say our Tablets, either note or letter size, will surprise you that we offer & b cenis, or 6 for 25 cents. . Business Coats. - . . . ent Cassimero Gant, I hese are s medfum summer color. WIll bs hard to convince xo0d_indges that they are ot a bargain a $5.00. | i | | First=Floor Goods. Lenox Soap. a winner, 20 bars. Clubhouse Cheese ... California Cream Cheese, all we get. Orange Msrmaiade, (0 introdnce it Gr.pe Jeily, 1n glass. warranted. Milk Strainers, (in. 15 kind Fresh Butter, per square, 16 o; Sc c Tea and Dinin, Good. Plea c | ¥ou velopes, White, per pack Gaods deli; Yree delivery to suburban towns. Eree demonstration of foods daily, | Second=Floor Goods. Girls' Underwear, best we've seen. Infants’ Una-rwear, 3 months to 3 years. . Undervests for Ladles. «f extra siz: Toothpicks, quill. per bunch. Tnk, per bottle, £0r 805001 us | Handkerchiess, o red twice daily—any part city, Coffeo served iree to all who call Parcels checked and Telephone ¥) oom on sixth floot. e acked and shipped eve ask for our 40-page i, " " O™ i