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Vol. Vi. no. 1.075 LAWYERS HAULED UP A Fight Over the Breckinridge Case After Court Adjourns. THE EXCITEMENT IS GREAT Miss Pollard’s Previous Excite ment Has the Effect of Drawing Crowds Now. Washington, March 13.—The crowd that surged about the circuit coulroom for half an hour prior to the beginning of the day’s session of the Pollard- Breckinridge trial was greater than on any day since tbe trial began. This augmentation in spectators was due principally to a desire to ascertain the action of Judge Bradley on the face slapping episode of the previous session. There were other reasons too, for the expectancy of a sensational session. The report that Colonel Breckinridge would make the defense, that he had been married to Mrs. Wing previous to the date Miss Pollard alleges he became engaged to her, and the sensational exit •f Miss Pollard yesterday whetted the appetite ot the public and made the courtroom more attractive than even the houses of congress Under Judge Brad ley’s order only members of the bar. witnesses, and working newspaper men were admitted to the court room, hut the press of lawyers demanding admit tance was so great that the chamber was nearly filled before the case was called. Immediately after court was called to order Jndge Bradley took up the face slapping incident which took place just after the previous session adjourned. He decided that as the affair occurred outside the courtroom and after adjourn ment. he had no jurisdiction in the mat ter. He, at the same time, stated he had heard that some of tiio counsel for the defendant were carrying concealed weapons, and cautioned them that this was a lawabiding community. and such proceedings would not be tolerated. Each of the counsel for the defendant entered the disclaimer and the hearing of the case was resumed. Miss Pollard was not present. The day’s proceedings began with a little victory for the defense in a contro versy over the admission of the deposi tions taken in Lexington the day before the trial commenced, and which led to the recent affray between the counsel. Justice Bradley sustained the objec tions of the defense against the admis sion of the depositions as evidence. Mr. Carlisle then asked that the deposi tion of Mary S. Logan, of Cincinnati, formerly Dr. Mary L. Sweet, be admit ted. Mr. Butterworth objected and an / other legal controversy ensued. Judge Bradley overruled the objections of the defense and admitted the deposition as evidence. Mr. Carlisle then read the deposition in which Mrs. Logan said she attended a ioung woman who gave her name as Ire. Monica Burgoyne, in I*B4. This was while Mrs t Logan was Dr. Sweet, a practicing physician of Cincinnati. Miss Pollard was present while the depositions were being taken, but Mrs. Logan said that while there were some _ things about Miss Pollard that suggested Mrs. Burgoyne, she could not identify her. The young woman said she was pregnant with her first child, saying her husband was dead, and acting as -. though there were some family reasons why the matter should be kept secret. The young woman called twice at her •fflce, later deponent called to see her. After cross examination had been read, the court at 12:30 took a recess. About Brsckinride’s Marriage. Cincinnati, March 13.—Advices re ceived by The Tribune from Louisville and Lexington deny the rumors that Colonel Breckinridge was married to his present wife, formerly Mrs. Wing, at New York, three weeks prior to the ynarriage at Louisville. The family of ■ Mrs, Wing is a very prominent one in and a member of it has given out a denial of the rumor. At Lex ington Colonel Breckinridge’s friends will not discuss the subject. His politi cal opponents there knew nothing further than the mere rumor. suapectea oi I'oisoiiinjj a Girl. Dover, Del., March 13.—Walter Mc- Ginnis. of this place, has been arrested en suspicion of having poisoned Lulu ■rßeed, a young lady who died here under [ peculiar circumstances several days ago. L Miss Reed had not been feeling well and ■ McGinnis gave her an orange. Shortly r after she ate the fruit she became ill and Ljlied in great agony. The body will be ■ exhumed to allow an examination of the eontents of the stomach. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS._ Tlio Senate on the Bland Bill—The House on Appropriations. Washington, March 13.—After some routine business, on motion of Mr. Gor man, tbe committee vacancies were tilled. Mr. Bate was made chairman of the committee on military affairs and [ Mr. Blanchard was made chairman of the committee on the improvement of l the Mississippi river. k -The Bland seigniorage bill was taken P up «t 12:30 and Mr. Stewart addressed ♦he senate in advocacy of it. The house at 1 o’clock on motion of Mr. Sayers resolved itself into a commit tee of the whole on the sundry civil ap propriation bill, Mr. Lester, of Georgia, in the chair. 1 The house elections committee has de- I eided to take up the continued case of Thasher vs. Enloe, from the Eighth Teii- B nessee district, and Moore vs. Funston, S from the Second Kansas district, for on Friday next. Argu nls have been heard in both cases. It further decided that after March 27 ■ arguments would be heard in the re ■ maining cases on the committee calen- THE ROME TRIBUNE. me ncuse committee on agriculture j has decided to postpone until next month I action on the bills providing for the ex termination of the Russian thistle. The Hatch anti-option bill was made the special order of business until disposed of and its consideration will begin at once. The sense of the committee has been taken and shows that a majority are in favor of son " legislation of this kind. The bill wil be read by sections and per fected, as the draft submitted by Mr. Hatch conveyed only the idea, leaving the exact terms to be diseased and fixed by the committee. Thurston Has No Fears. Washington, March 13.—Hawaiian Minister Thurston said concerning the report that the arrival of so many steer age passengers from the United States and British Columbia at Honolulu was part of a conspiracy for the restoration of the queen, that it had been known for some time that the ex-queen was seek ing recruits in British Columbia. He believed, however, that the provisional government had the administration of the government so well in hand that it had nothing to fear from the queen’s followers. He discredited the report that many new men employed by the government would join the queen’s forces at a signal from her. 11l the Interests of Farmers. Washington, March 13.—The United States department of agriculture is about to issue a farmers’ bulletin on fertilizers for cotton. This bulletin has been pre pared by Dr. J. M. Mcßryde, president of the Virginia Agricultural college and director of the Virginia experiment sta tion, and gives a concise account of nu merous experiments with fertilizers on cotton made under his supervision in South Carolina. It also contains direc tions as to the selection, compounding and application of fertilizers for this crop. Bout elie Makes Fun, Washington, March 13.—Mr. Bou telle, in commenting on Secretary Her bert’s reply to his resolution asking by what authority Mr. Blount was placed in command of the naval forces at Hon olulu, remarked that it was "amusing to note that this administration is driven to find the only semblance of precedent for its action in some orders issued dur ing the famous San Domingo episode by that secretary of the navy (Robeson) who has been the subject of Democratic denunciation. Injured by an Overturned Lamp. Washington, March 13.—Mrs. Patty Miller Stocking, widow of the late Wil liam E. Stocking, and daughter of the late Justice Miller of the supreme court, was badly burned by the overturning of a lamp at her apartments at the Elsmere. Her physician states that the injuries, while very serious, they are not likely to prove fatal. A Noted Divine Dead. New Orleans, March 13.—Rev. Dr. T. R. Markham, one of the best known Presbyterian divines in the south, died at midnight. He was a veteran of the late war. Weather Forecast. Washington, March 13.—Forecast till Bp. m., Wednesday. For North Caro lina—Fair, slightly warmer Wednesday morning, except stationary temperature near Hatteras, southwest winds. South Carolina—Fair, slightly warmer Wed nesday morning, variable winds, be coming southwesterly. Eastern Florida. Western Florida and Georgia—Fair, variable winds. Alabama—Fair, slight ly warmer Wednesday morning in the northwest portion, variable winds, be coming southerly. Mississippi —Fair southerly winds. IMPORTANT PROPOSITION. A Change in Government Methodi of Coast and Geodetic Surveys. Washington. March 13.—A most im portant proposition for a change in gov ernmental methods will be presented to the house of representatives this week. It contemplates the abolition of the coast and geodetic survey, of which Pro fessor T. C. Mendenhall is superin tendent. The coast survey surveys rivers, lakes and seacoast, and it is pro posed to absorb this branch by the navy department. It further contemplates the termination of the geodetic survey, with its extensive bureau under ths di rection of Superintendent Mendenhall, and the absorption of this bureau by the interior department. Representative Enloe will submit the proposed changes as amendments to the Sundry civil appropriation bill. One of the first items of this bill is that for the coast and geodetic survey. Mr. Enloe has been engaged in gathering data for proposed changes for some days, and his purpose has been made known to the house committee on appropriations. Chairman Sayers, of the committee, doesnot think the changes will be made, as he thinks they should not complicate an appropriation. It is understood that Mr. Enloe's pur pose is to make the geodetic branch of the present bureau an adjunct of the ge ological survey. The latter :s a bureau of the interior department. The coast and geodetic survey has an extensive bureau at Washington, besides field parties and coast survey boats throughout the country. The office force receives $143,000 annually, and those in the field $119,000, Interrstinc Insurance Decision. Winchester, Va., March 11.—Quite an interesting question, bearing upon the law of insurance, was decided at the March term of the Frederick county court, which has just adjourned. The Allen Vinegar company, of St. Louis, Mo., sued the Commonwealth Fire Insur ance company, of Winchester, Va. ROME. LrA,. WEDNESDAY MOkNINO, MAhCH i 4, I»d4, ’START FOR THE POLE The Wellman Party Off for Spitzburgen. A UNIQUE ENTERPRISE. What the Young Explorer Hopes to Accomplish—Nov el Features. New York, March 13.—Mr. Walter Wellman, the well known journalist, sails on the steamer Britannic en route for Spitzbergen, from which point his expedition will make a summer dash for the north pole. Mr. Wellman is ac companied by three other Americans— Professor Owen B. French, late of the United States coast and geodetic survey and an experienced and capable scientist: Dr. Thomas B. Mohnn, a successful Washington physician, and Charles C. Dodge, the artist and photograper of the expedition. 'The enterprise is under the leadership of Mr. Wellman, and the three men named are his lieutenants. Ten hardy young Norwegians, am bitious and experienced in arctic explo rations, will join the party in Norway, and the expedition will sail from Trout soe, Norway, for the islands of Spitz bergen about May 1. At Dane’s island, which is very near the eightieth parallel—that point of latitude so far north that many explorers have never reached and few have ever passed it—headquarters will be established, and , then the party will steam to the edge of the great ice pack about a degree farther north. After a landing is es- j feete l the steamer will rethrn to Dane’s i island, and about May 10 or 15 the dash j for the pole will begin. That marvelous new metal, alumini um. has been used in the construction of new sledges, boats and other appara tus, and thus equipped with far lighter paraphernalia than any previous ex plorer Mr. Wellman expects to push on north at the rate of from 12 to 20 miles p r day. Ashe will have only about j 600 miles to travel before the pole is reached, he expects to reach that goal i or a point very near to it in 50 days. I He will then return to the edge of the pack in 50 days more, his steamer will pick him up, and he will then return home. Mr. Wellman has carefully studied the great problem before him ami ex pects to profit by the knowledge gained by previous explorers who have traversed the pack and to avoid their mistakes. His early start is for tho purpose of getting far north before the pack begins its drift toward the south. Away back in 1627 Sir Edward Parry pushed on northward over the pack at the rate of from 16 to 20 miles per day, but his heavy equipage compelled him to break his loads into parts and pass from five to seven times over the same road. Other explorers, handicapped with oldtime sledges and boats, have been compelled to progress in the same slow manner, but Mr. Wellman believes that with his light aluminium outfit re tracing his steps will be unnecessary, and , that every mile traveled will take him a mile farther toward the pole. At the start the drift of the ice pack will not be against him, and when he returns later in the season it will assist him in his homeward journey. Mr. Wellman carries with him his aluminum boats and sledges—the first ever built in America—and tests have demonstrated that they are by far the lightest and at the same time the very strongest boats and sledges of Itheir size that the world has ever seen. The entire equipment of the party of 14 will be about 5.500 pounds, and as 40 hardy draft dogs will assist in carrying it, the average weight per dog and man will be about 100 pounds. One novel feature of Mr. Wellman’s scheme of exploration is that it is strict ly a newspaper expedition, and if Mr. Wellman’s plans are carried out the world will be apprised of bis progress toward the pole, a thing that has never before been done in the case of any pre vious polar expedition. Members of his party will be sent back from time to time to the edge of the ice pack with letters describing the progress of the ex pedition aud the discoveries made by the explorers. At the edge of the ice pack the dispatches will be taken on board , Mr. Wellman’s steamer, which will re-' turn to Norway, whence the world will ' receive the news. Whether Mr. Wellman's dash for the j pole will be successful or not remains to be seen, but if his novel plan is even partly carried out he will succeed in reaching a degree of latitude farther north than that reached by any previous explorer. With Wellman, Peary Nan sen and possibly Jackson in quest of the pole this year, it seems highly probable that 1894 will mark the solution of the frozen north’s fascinating mystery. Wellman Presented With a Flair. Washington, March 13.—Mr. Walter Wellman, the Washington correspond ent, who has organized an expedition at his own expense to solve the polar prob lem, has left for New York, from which city he and his companions sail on the Britannic for Europe. At a special meeting of the National Capitol Prens club, of which Mr. Wellman was until recently president, he was presented with a handsome silk flag of the United States, which the club desired he should nail to the top of the north pole or plant in the whole discovered. Still Talk of Improvement. Chattanooga, Mar ch 13.—The Trades man, in its weekly review of the indus trial situation in the south for the week ending March 12, says the new indus tries for the week are somewhat less in number than for the preceding one, but the unusually large inquiry for machin ery still continues, and many reports are received as to intended improvements in manufacturing plants. REPORT CONFIRMED. Da Gama Has Taken Refuge in a Portugese Vessel. WANTS TOBE SAFE, SURE. The Portugese Commander Has Cabled to His Superior for Instructions. Lisbon, March 13.—Official dispatches from Rio confirm the reports that the insurgent admiral, Da Gama, has left his flagship and taken refuge on board Portuguese Corvette Mindelli. The commander of the Portuguese warship has cabled to Senhor De Brissas Dos Neves Ferriera, minister of the ma- | rine aud colonies, asking for instructions in regard to restoring the vessels com- . prising the insurgent squadron, under 1 command of Admiral Da Gama, to the Brazilian government to whom they presumably belong. Da Gama had offered through the Portuguese naval commander to surren der, on condition that he and bis follow ers should be guaranteed safety. This message was brought in to President Peixoto by the Portuguese officer in per son. Secretary Gresham Pleased. Washington, March 13.—From re cent dispatches, from the minister at Rio de Janeiro, Secretary Gresham un ' derstands that the war has virtually ended and is gratified that the result has been reached in time to avoid further 1 bloodshed. ; Minister Mendonca said that he had received information fully in accord ance with those of the state department, but giving no further particulars. Fodisilali Has Been Captured. London, March 13.—A dispatch to admiralty office from Baltruist Gambia says: Chief Fodisilah, the slave trader, I whose depredations among the natives in the British sphere led to the recent I fighting in that territory resultingin. I several instances in the defeat of the British sailors, has been captured in French territory. STARVING BRITONS. A Steamer That Has Been In a Desperate Strait Since December Past. St. Johns, N. F., March 13.—The British steamer Briscoe, which left Ham burg on Dec. 6, carrying a cargo of manure salt, lies in a desperate strait, 60 miles south of Cape Race. A lifeboat containing five men arrived at the Cape Race signal station and brought news of the disabled and long overdue steamer. It contained Mata Mackay and four of the crew, all of them nearly exhausted from cold. According to their story, they left the Briscoe last Friday afternoon an 1 after overcoming the great obstacles they at last reached the signal station. On their long pull they had not a bite of food and were thinly clad and suffered from the cold and exposure, all of them being in a frost bitten condition. The tuv Ingraham and the coastwise steamer Virginia Lake, both carrying provisions to the famished crew, have started to find the disabled Briscos and render all the assistance possible. The Briscoe was due to arrive in New York Feb. 17. The Briscoe Brought In. St. John’s, N. F., March 13.—The steamer Virginia Laks, having in tow the disabled Briscoe, has arrived in port. The provisions of the disabled vessel had given out and the crew were in an ex hausted condition. The Briscoe pre sented a melancholy spectacle, being bat tered and smashed in a terrible manner. To Sell the Mobile and Girard Columbus. Ga., March 13.—The Mo bile and Girard railroad, with all of its property, both in Georgia and Alabama, will be sold in Girard, Alabama, which is just across the river from Columbus, ■ in September next unless the first mort ' gage bonds with interest amounting to , $1,109,000 is paid. Judge Bruce in the United State* court at Montgomery, Al- I abama. has rendered a decree to this ef fect The decree was on foreclosure proceedings in behalf of H. H. Epping, of this city, trustee for the first mort gage bonds, against the Mobile and Gi rard company. ■ Strikers Create Excitement. Paterson. N. J., March 13.—The striking silk dyers have created another big excitement here. They marched to the works of Simon & Auger, broke down the doors and forced the workmen out of the establishment. They threw the unfinished silk on the floor, turned on the steam in the tubs and burned a large quantity of material, THOSE CHILIAN CLAIMS. There Is Not Enough Time Left to Con sider Them. Washington, March 13.—There is ap parently little prospect that the time for the consideration of the claims now be fore the Chilian commission in this city will be extended beyond April 9 when, according to treaty agreement, the com mission must cease its work. Under the treaty the time was limited, as it was believed all claims could be adjudicated in short order. The number ot claims against Chili by citizens of the United States, however, became so large and the Chilian govern ment became so frightened at the pros pect that when request was made for an extension of time the Chilian congress declined. When ths commission ad- ’ journs m April not over one -rmru u. me claims will have been passed upon Our claims against Chili amount tc nearly $30,000,000. while her claims against the United States cover only $250,000, $200,- 000 of which grew out of the Itata seiz ure and which have already been de murred to by the commission. One of the largest claims against Chili is known as the Landrean claim, involv ing $10,000,000. Another is the D’Arcy Didier claim filed by a Baltimorean, both of which have been disallowed by the commission. This week the famous Du Bois claim, representing over $2,000,000, will be considered. The Chillian con gress meets in June. An attempt. will then be made to negotiate another treaty, to be submitted to the senate next winter. MAY NEED EUSTIS. The Ambassador to France Talked of for the Senate Again. Washington, March 13.—The eleva [ tion of Senator White to the supreme bench occasions a renewal of the talk i about Ambassador Eustis. Mr. Eustis is not only the most brilliant of Louisi anians. but he has had more experience l in public affairs than any other man from that state now in office. It is re ported that there is a growing disposi tion among his people to ask him to re turn home and again accept a commis sion as senator. They have just had so close a call in legislative matters here that the importance of having their in terests committed to the ablest hands is borne in upon them most forcibly. It is not known how Mr Eustis would regard the proffer He is agreeably s.t uated at present, knows Paris like a na ; tive. has a taste for diplomacy and great i talent for the work. But it is considered i not unlikely that, having served with such distinction in the senate, he would not refuse another term in that body if I his people demanded it. The election j takes place in May, when two senators are to be chosen. A VALUABLE PLAYTHING. A Theatrical Troupe Chunk Each O her ( With a Currency Package. , Oxford, Pa.. March 13.—A package containing $6,000 was left by Mr. Jacob Tome, of Port Deposit, Sid., on the seat , of a railroad coach on tha Oxford-Balti i more express. He had come up from ' j Vv ashington with the cash wrapped in paper, and left the train at lais home, Port Deposit, south of Oxford. A mem ber of a traveling theatrical troupe saw the package, and the company made merry with it, throwing it at one an ' othes. Conductor Gilligan was handed arnes i sage at a station from the aged million aire instructing him to secure the money, . which he did. It was locked in the car safe and sidetracked, and later the money was restored to Mr. Tome. He is an active business man of 84 years, and was born in Hanover, Pa A few years ago he lost a package of $9,000 in a similar manner, but it never was re covered. M’KINLEY INTERVIEWED He Allows His Tongue to Run a Little on Tariff. Cincinnati, March 13.—The Commer cial Gazette's special from Masillonsays: Governor McKinley attended the fu neral here of James McLain, an old friend. He goes to Minneapolis March 20 to address the state convention of Re publican clubs. “I have not seen anything but the brief newspaper reports of the senate tariff bill,” he said, “but I should say that it demolished Mr. Wilson’s theory very effectively. The transfer of arti cles from the free list of the Wilson bill to the dutiable list is certainly striking. “The changes strike me as an aggra vation. They are too inconsequential. The committee has done fairly well by sugar. The process is expensive how ever. It provides revenue, but directly out of the pockets of tho consumers. The bounty plan affords the same pro taction and at a far less cost.” Shot by a Negro Desperado. Sebastian, Fla., March 13.—Mr. Laugeman, foreman of McLellan’s saw mills, situated near here, was shot dead by a negro desperado named Bridges. The negro also shot and is thought fa tally wounded Manager McCloud. The negro had been discharged and he shot the men out of revenge. A posse is in pursuit of the murderer. Captain Adam Warner Dead. Raleigh, March 13.—Governor Carr received a telegram announcing the death of Captain Adam Warner, asso ciate shellfish commissioner and com mander of the state oyster patrol steam er, Lilly. He was appointed three years ago. His home was at Washington, N. C. Before the war he was in the West India trade. Good Cltlsens, but Guilty. Warren, Pa., March 13.—1 n the trial 'of the case against the White Caps who took Frank Bright from his home re cently at Kinsua and gave him a sound whipping, the jury returned a verdict finding eight persons guilty as indicted. These persons include some of the best citizens of Kinsua. A. Lancaster Mauer snoots Himself. Lancaster, Pa., March 13.—Jacob Smith, a baker 40 years old, and a resi dent of this place, put a bullet into his own brain because he had lost his sight. He will die. He is married and has sev eral children. His sight began to fail a year ago, and recently resulted in total blindness. An Alabamian Suicides. Meridian, Miss., March 12.—Hon. W. T. Taylor, a prominent lawyer and vete ran newspaper man of Butler, Ala., committed suicide in this city by taking 55 grains of morphine. Mr. Taylor comes of a wealthy,influential famil nim was 46 years of age. He was maaried ’ and laovM savers] children, I PRICE MVE CENTS. TO FIGHT CHOLERA. The Scourge Will Be Kept Away This Summer. QUARANTINE REGULATION i Will Be Strict and Enforced to the Letter by the Marine Hospital Service. Washington, March 13.—The marine hospital service does not propose to al low cholera to get to our shores this sum mer, if watchfulness and strong quar antine observance can prevent it. Last year’s policy with regard to detailing officers of the service at the various Eu , lopean shipping ports to inspect all emi grants will probably fie carried out again this year. Reports received here indi -1 cate that cholera is prevalent in Asiatio Russia and along the borders. While ' no cases have appeared in France and i Germany, officials of the bureau state they would not be surprised to hear that cholera was epidemic in the port cities before many weeks. Cholera is admitted to be a disease 1 bandied and stamped out with more 1 ease than yellow fever. Statements pre ■ pared by Dr. Wyman es recent epi demics of the latter disease show that in nearly all cases the invasion of yellow fever are traced directly to Cubs, where, it is said, the germs never die. Last Bummer’s epidemic at Brunswick, was brought about by fever in a vessel from Cuba, and the destructive scourge at Jacksonville four years ago was also due to the fever introduced from some Cuban port. Stringent rules are to be enforced by 1 the service next summer agsmst all ves sels arriving at southern noris from Cu ba, and greater care than in former years will be exercised by the officers of the service to prevent a single case mak ing its appearance in the gulf coast cit ies. | i , A BOY TORTURED, • Anil the Only Excuse Given T« Pure, Una- dulterated Meanness. i ■ Chicago, March 13.—Albert Barkow ' sky, 18 year, old, and George Dunn, a bartender, have been arrested for inflict ing serious and cruel wounds ' Thomas T. Davies, a porter in a barber shop, with a redhot poker. Davies went to the saloon owned by Barkowsky’s father, greatly under the influence of liquor, and the injuries were inflicted by ; the prisoners. J Both of his eyebrows wore burned ’ away, and under each eye the hot Iron * burned a track an inch long, and a sim ; ilar mark was left behind each ear. On each wrist the skin was burned away ' for an inch and a half, while on each leg from the ankle up for a distance of six inches, the hot iron burned to the bone. In the region of the abdomen also there are severe burns, while many ( of his ribs were traced with the hot metal. He will probably ba crippled for life. The prisoners had no reason for their : diabolical treatment of the unfortunate . man except pure maliciousness. ‘ BELLE PLATT'S ADVENTURE. She Is Still In an Unconscious Condition and Cnn Tell Nothing. J Ansonia, N. Y„ March 13.—The strange adventure of the school girl Is abella H. Platt, who disappeared from the Shelton High school Thursday morn ing last, and was not seen again by any of her friends or family until 10 o'clock on Thursday night when she was found lying insensible in the highway in front of her father’s door yard, remains as dense and impenetrable a mystery a» ever. The girl, who is nearly 17 years of age and really more than ordinarily still lies in a state bordering on mental unbalance, with only now and then pe riods of comparative clearness of intel lect. She is under the charge of Dr. R. Pinney, of Derby, who insists on her be ing kept in absolute quiet, and will not allow even her parents to press her with questions as to her whereabouts and do ings on the day of her disappearance. A WOMAN PRESIDES. The Affairs of Pleasanton Is Directed by Mrs. Annie E. Austin. Pleasanton, Kan., March 13.—Thia is the only town in the United States now presided over by a woman mayor. She is Mrs. Annie S. Austin, who on Jan. 16 was elected over J. W. Primer, a hardware merchant. Mrs. Austin was nominated on a citi zens’ ticket, and her opponent was the head of a business men’s ticket. Poli tics were ignored. The issues of the campaign were liberality with liquor dealers and gamblers, for revenue, and against which predominating policy Mrs. Austin was, of course arrayed. So ani mated was the contest that several hun dred more votes were cast than at any previous election here—national or local, Mrs. Austin conducted her own cam. paign. She is a powerful woman, weigh ing about 240 pounds, and with not much superfluous flesh. She was elect ed by only 20 votes. Celebrate."Alexander'. Assassination. New York, March 13.—T0 com memorate the assassination of tho czar of Russia, Alexander 11, anarchists held a meeting in the Thalia theater Sunday night. The gathering was an orderly one and the speeches temperate. Among those who spoke was Herr Most. The Floyds Found Guilty. Minneapolis, March 13.—Frank and Louis Floyd, on trial for complicity in the famous steal of some $123,000 mado by Philip Scheig from the Bank of M :i --> oapolis, have been found guilty.