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VOL. VI. NO. 1.9 48
WILL NOT RESIGN.
Secretary Herbert Has No No
tion of Such a Thing.
CARNEGIE FRAUD MATTER.
It Was Said That Strained Re
lations Existed Between Him
and the President.
A
Washington, March 29.—Secretary
Herbert has put a quietus to the report
that he intends resigning on account of
strained relations said to exist between
himself and the president as the outcome
of the condemned armor incident. He
. declared that he bad no thought of re
signing and that the rumor was too ab
surd to receive serious attention. An
other high official in the navy depart
ment made a statement of the facte
connected with the president’s review of
the decision in the matter of fining the
Carnegie company for the inferior
plates delivered on its contract. He
said:
‘‘There is evidently a misapprehension
in many quarters as to the exact facts
in the matter, although a careful peru
-> sal of Secretary Herbert’s reply to Con
gressman Cumming’s resolution would
make the whole matter perfectly cleaj*.
When the question arose as to how
mnch of a rebate should be charged,
Secretary Herbert consulted with sev
eral of his aids, and concluded that a
rebate of 15 per cent, would be proper.
This was really only a rough estimate,
and after arriving at this decision the
secretary would have been willing to
hear any appeal that Mr. Carnegie’s
. agents desired to make. Mr. Frick
asked the secretary if he would regard
it as a discourtesy if Mr. Carnegie
should appeal to the president to fix the
amount of damages.
Secretary Herbert answered that he
would be glad to have the president set
tle it, and the whole question, including
the report prepared in the navy depart
ment, was sent over to the White House.
There, upon presentations made by Mr.
Carnegie and his assistants,the president
was induced to reduce the penalty to 10
per cent, and that amount, namely,
$140,484, was declared to be forfeited to
the government. The president wrote a
courteous letter to Secretary Herbert re
garding the assessment of damages, in
which he said:
• “It is however, exceedingly difficult to
extract from the facts developed a satis
factory basis for the assessment of such
demages, and, inasmuch as my decision
of the matter is final, I am naturally
anxious to do justice to the company and
to avoid presumptions against it not
fully warranted.”
‘‘As to the motives of Carnegie's men
who practiced the frauds upon the gov
ernment the department is satisfied that
their idea was simply to make a good
record for the departments in which
they were employed, and to gain the
favor of their employers by turning out
a large amount of apparently highclass
work. Secretary Herbert has stated
* positively that he has at no time believed
that the Carnegies knew anything of the
frauds practiced, and I am satisfied he
still holds that opinion.”
Investigation May Follow.
Pittsburg, March 29.—A congression
al investigation into the armor plate
frauds may be the next thing in order.
The men who furnished the information
to the government say Secretary Her
bert did not give them “a square deal"
in his report to congress. Attorney
Smith is indignant. He says his clients
have been placed in a bad light. They
are prepard to give their evidence, he
said, before a congressional committee,
and will prove that the frauds were go
” ing on for a longer period than that for
which d images were paid. They eay
that the government is entitled to more
money and an investigation will prove
it. The men do not say that they will
try to have a congressional investiga
tion, but they feel so hurt that such a
step is considered probable.
Attorney Waiface, who claims to have
information that the defective plates
were put in the big warships, is vexed
because of the publication of his remark
that he believed Secretary Herbert
would resign on account of differences
with the president. He did not speak
for publication, and when he saw the
statement in print he denied it. His
client, the person supposed to have in
formation of frauds, is John McLuckie,
a blacklisted Carnegie employee.
A LYNCHING IF CAUGHT.
A Yount; Wife Shot Who IIa:l Itefmed
Improper Advances.
Des Moines, March 29.—A sheriff’s
posse and scores of excited citizens are
searching the northern part of Warren
county for George Ashworth, and if he
is caught he will be speedily lynched.
Ashworth is about 20 years old, and has
been working for Wilbur Mason on his
•» farm near Summerset. While Mason
was in Indianola, Ashworth made im
proper advances towards Mrs. Mason,
who was young and pretty. He was
repulsed, and Mrs. Mason told him sln
would tell her husband. Ashworth then
went upstairs, procured a revolver, and
returning to where Mrs. M isoti su’.
rocking her baby to sleep, shot her three
times. One bullet entered the temple,
and one each side of the body just b ■
low the ribs. Ashworth fled. and was
last seen at dusk 10 miles away. Mrs.
Mason will not live.
FLOWER SNUBBED THEM
The Alleged Dlsconrteone Treatment ol
Troyltes Caused a Krslcnallon.
Allan Y, March 29.—Governor Flower
has received the resignation, in writing,
of Professor Palmer C. Ricketts, of the
Troy Polytechnic institute, as chief of
engineers on the governor’s staff.
The cause of the trouble dates back
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
only a tew days when a committee of
100 citizens of Troy comprising the Com
mittee of Safety called at the executive
chamber and asked an audience with
the governor so that they might read a
memorial to him which had been pre
pared by the committee. The commit
tee had the day before asked for an au
dience the following day with the gov
ernor, but the governor informed them
that if they had anything to present to
submit it in writing.
When the committee came the gov
ernor sent a similar answer. He re
fused to grant an audience to the com
mittee or to a subcommittee. There
were lively words passed among the
members and Colonel Williams, the
governor’s private secretary, at this de
cision. The committee then withdrew
to a committee room in the capital and
held a public meeting, at which great
indignation was expressed at the refusal
of the governor to meet the committee.
The memorial which had been pre
pared for presentation to the governor
asks for the presence of the attorney
general in presenting the Shea murder
case to the grand jury, and that the
governor shall not impose upon the at
torney general the condition that a
member of the district attorney’s office
of the county be appointed a deputy.
The reasons for the request are that
the condition which has long existed in
Troy, and which has recently been call
ed to the public attention by the mur
der of Robert Ross, should not be inves
tigated by those who are responsible for
it.
Professor Rickett’s is a member of the
Committee of Safety of Troy.
HOWARD GOULD’S CHOICE.
He Will Wed the Actress, Odette Tyler.
She Is a Georgian.
New York, March 29.—The engage
ment of Howard Gould and Besse Kirt
land, better known by her stage name
of Odette Tyler, a prominent member of
Charles Frohman’s Empire Theater com
pany, of which there have been rumors
for some time, may now be announced
as a fact. Both Mr. Gould and Miss
Tyler have notified their most intimate
friends of their approaching marriage,
and, so far as they are concerned, while
neither has sought to make the fact a
subject for notoriety, neither has main
tained any secrecy.
They have known each other for a
long time, and Mr. Gould’s admiration
of the actress has warmed into love for
the woman, who is possessed of many
charming characteristics. It has been
well understood by the friends of both
that they were to be married, but the
exact date of the ceremony has not yet
been announced. It will probably take
place during the summer or in the fai’.
When Mist Tyler becomes Mrs. How
ard Gould she will retire permanently
from the stage.
Miss Kirtland is a southere girl. She
is a daughter of General Kirtland, of
Savannah, Ga., and a granddaughter of
General Hardee, both of Confederate
fame.
OFFICIALS OUSTED.
Newfoundland Dealing with Some of Her
Unworthy Servants.
St. John’s, March 29.—-In the su
preme court here Judge Winter unseated
and disqualified for four years Surveyoi
General Woods and his colleague,
Moores, who represent Bay de Verde in
our legislature. These are two of the 17
members of the Whiteway government
who were petitioned against after their
return at the late general election and
their cause were heard first. The
charge against them was bribery and
corruption and they were found guilty.
Woods is a Sundayschool superintendent
and a prominent Methodist.
Woods and Moores were found tc
have squandered large sums of public
money in employing hundreds of men on
useless and needless works in order to
command their votes. They also paid
the railway fares of electors from here
to Bay de Verde.
Two more are now being tried and the
other cases will be pushed rapidly.
Kossuth** Funeral Train.
Verona, March 29.—The special train
conveying tho body of Louis Kossuth
has arrived, and was met by the mayor
and other municipal authorities. A
large crowd of citizens surrounded the
railwaj' station. The mayor made a
speech eulogizing the dead patriot,
which was replied to by Louis and 4
Francis Kossuth, both of whom express
ed heartfelt thanks for the honor pai I
the memory of their father. The crowd
cheered for Hungary and Italy as the
train proceeded on its journey.
A Now Organization.
Augusta, Ga., March 29.—Tho rail
road employes in Augusta are going to
unite and organize an assciation called
the “Railroad Employes Protective as
sociation.” Tho object of tho associa
tion will be to work for the interests of
the corporations that employ its mem
bers. It is a political organization in
one respect, for the members have or
ganized to fight for the railroads and
they will only favor men in houses of
legislation who will legislate for the
railroads.
An Important Admission.
Louisville, March 29.—There is a
well founded rumor that President
Smith, of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, admits in his deposition in the
suit brought against it by the state that
his company has really bought the
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southern rail
road. When the state began the suit to
forbid the purchase, on the ground of
its unconstitutionality, it was given out
that the sale had not been made.
MrecKinriuge's Club Membersnip.
Chicago, March 29.—W. C. P. Breck
inridge is an honorary member of the
Union League tflnfeDf this City. One of
the directors of the club says that hit
name will be removed at the next meet
ing of the directors.
HOME- UA . FRIDAY MOKNING. MAtiCHoO. i
BLAND BILL DEAD.
One Stroke of the President’s
Pen Does the Work.
CONFUSION-IN THE HOUSE.
He Says the Result of Such a
Law Would Destroy the
Parity of the Two Metals.
Washington, March 29.—The presi
dent has just sent to' the house his vetc
of the Bland seigniorage bill. He re
views financial conditions and says that
recovery feting so well under way, noth
ing should be done to check convales
cence.
His main objections to the bill are its
unfortunate construction; nearly every
sentence inviting a controversy of the
construction and that it will not main
tain the parity of the two metals. He
says the present perplexities and embar
rassments of the secretary of the
treasury ought not to be augmented by
devolving upon him the execution of a
law so uncertain and confused.
He is convinced that the scheme pro
posed by the second section of the bill is
ill advised and dangerous, and that its
ultimate result would be to replace legal
tender treasury notes by silver certifi
cates which are not legal tender.
He closes up urging the desirability of
granting to the secretary of the treasury
better power than now exists to issue
bonds to protect the gold reserve. If
this could be done he thinks the bullion
seigniorage now in the treasury could
be safely coined.
CONFUSION IN THE HOUSE.
Republicnns Jubilant at the Torn Up State
of Affairs Over the Veto.
Washington, March 29.—At 12:25,
while the roll of the house was being
called on the contested O’Neill-Joy elec
tion case, Mr. Pruden, the president’s
executive clerk, appeared at the bar of
the house and transmitted the presi
dent’s special message vetoing the Bland
seigniorage bill.
As Mr. Pruden announced that he was
directed to transmit a message in wri
ting and the president’s approval of the
sundry house bills, for a moment the
Democrats believed that possibly Mr.
Cleveland had signed the Bland bill.
Members rushed down the aisles from
all directions and crowded about the
speaker’s desk.
Speaker Crisp himself broke the seal.
One glance was enough.
“It is a veto,” said he, and word was
passed from lip to Up. The news was
received with a mixtire of joy and sor
row.
A few of the eastern Democrats
plumed themselves upon the accuracy
of their predictions but to a vast major
ity the news of the veto was a severe
blow and their expressions of dissatis
faction in some cases were loud and em
phatic. The Republicans seemed to bo
greatly elated at the confusion and
havoc created in the Democratic camp
by the message.
In the senate, the pension appropria
tion bill was reported from the appro
priation committee. The amount car
ried is the same as carried by the bill as
it passed the house. An amendment
making a pension a vested right, was
added by the senate committee.
Representative Storer, of Ohio, has in
troduced in the house a bill to amend
the interstate commerce law. It ra
peals all punishments by imprisonment
for violations of the interstate commerce
act, and renders the corporation itself
punishable. It also repeals so much of
the present law as punishes any shipper
or the agent of any shipper for viola
tions of the law.
The proposed amendment to the pre
amble of the constitution “acknowledg
ing the supreme authority and just gov
ernment of Almighty God in all the af
fairs of men and nations,” has been
finally disposed of by the house com
mittee on judiciary. The committee,
by a viva voce vote, decided to allow
the resolution to lie on the table, the
only dissenting voice against such action
being that of Representative W. A.
Stone of Pennsylvania.
Some Presidential Preferences.
The president has sent to the senate
the following nominations:
J. L. Caldwell, of Florida, to be col
lector of customs for the district of St.
Marks, Florida; W. A. Fitch, of Texas,
for the district of Saluria, Texas; D. G.
Brent, of Florida, for the district of
Pensacola. Florida; J. N. Harris, of
Tennessee, surveyor of customs for the
port of Memphis. Tennessee.
Postmasters—S. D. Rice, Florence,
Alabama; Herman Herzberg, Gadsden,
Alabama; C. H. Leggett, Fernandina,
Florida.
The Railroad Fooling Law,
Washington, March 29. Judge
Knapp, of tho interstate commerce com
mission, was before the senate commit
tee on interstate commerce and made a
statement bearing upon the bill for the
regulation of railroad pooling. He said
that in most respects the bill was a good
one, but he thought there should be an
amendment authorizing the commission
to fix rat- sin the first instance. He
advanced the idea that railroads could
afford to move freight at an average
charge of s') cents per mile for the car.
Attorney John K. Cowen, of the Balti
more and Ohio, and Attorney Hugh L.
Bond, of the Richmond and Danville,
who were present, took
A. - suirrde in Hstttmors.
Baltimore, March 29. —John Conway,
who has carried on a tinware and stove
manufacturing business here since 1890,
walked into-a store-, bought a pistol and
cartridges, loaded the weapon and firec
a bullet into his right temple. Ho had
been depressed over business troubles.
COXEY IS MOVING ON
He Will Get Recruits from Chi
cago and Dakota.
HIS MEN NOT DISMAYED.
When They Reach the Moun
tains of Pennsylvania Reg
ments Will Join Them.
Chicago, March 29. —“The Chicago
wing proper of the peace army will
leave on Saturday. We will have 5,00 C
men.” said Marshal Madison, ‘ ‘Because
General Coxey did not start with a vast
host the papers say the movement is a
fake and the leaders are frauds. That
comes from a misapprehension. It was
not the plan to assemble at Massillon.
Only the nucleous was to start from
from General Coxey’s home. The army
is to be recruited by whole regiments at
almost every station.. For instance, the
California wing, which 1 recruited and
left at Los Angeles ready for the march
nearly two weeks ago, will shortly mass
and capture freight trains for the east.
At least 4,000 men from Los Angeles will
join the Coxey forces when they get
about as far as Pittsburg. I will mar
shall about 5,000 men into line about the
same time.
“You see,” he added, “the main army
cannot make over 15 or 20 miles a day,
while on cars we can easily make 100.
So the western recruits will rapidly
overtake the general. Perhaps, when
half our final army of 40,000 men is in
line and beaded for the national capital,
the newspaper sceptics will realize that
the people are behind this movement.
Remember the crusades of tho middle
ages and the eastern migrations of the
Colorado miners Inst fall. These are our
precedents in history.”
If the spirit of hospitality which char
acterizes the dwellers in the land
through which the Coxoyites are now
passing continues to exist, as is prom
ised, when the commonweal reaches the
mountainous homes of the moonshiners
of Pennsylvania, who shall say that the
life of the Coxey soldier boy is not a
■ happy one? Already the improved
cuisine is having a marked effect on the
appearance of the troops. They are tak
ing on flesh and bursting additional holes
in their rainment.
The order promulgated forbidding the
smoking of clay pipes and cigarettes
while on tho march has likewise proved
beneficial to the military ensemble.
It is a somewhat curious fact that
while in every town thus far invaded
by the troops of the commonweal, per
cons are found who cheerfully satisfy
their hunger: the mayors and other
public officials of such towns concern
themselves only with the delicate hospi
tality of seeing that they are securely
housed for the night.
The tender hearted Populist farmer
says: “I could not sleep a wink feeling
that Brother Coxey’s men are suffering
from hunger.” And the mayors and
constables say they would not sleep a
wink if they felt that any Coxeyites
were wandering around tho streets all
night. Hence the nroblem of existence
is solved for the commonweal.
Coxey’s Old Partner Joins Him.
Woonsocket, S. D., March 29.—Colo
nel W. S. Young, a former partner of
Coxey, is issuing an edition of his paper
calling for recruits from South Dakota.
Young says he expects to raise a regi
ment of 1.000 men and to start witi.
them from Woonsocket April 12, going
east via Sioux Falls.
Earnings of the Bell Telephone.
Boston, March 29—Tho annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Bell Tele
phone company re-elected the present
board of directors.
The net earnings for tho year ending
Dec. 31. 1893, were $3,925,485.69, an in
crease 2f $503,810.91 over the year be
fore. The expenses were $1,855.591.3<
and the regular and extra dividends
paid to the stockholders amounted tc
$3,3*19,156.
Was It Suicide Or Murder ?
Jackson, Tenn., March 29. The
evangelist whose disappearance it
shrouded in mystery is not Rev. Mr.
Murphy, as indicated in a late dispatch,
but a young preacher named Nolan,
whose home is Richmond, Va., and who
came here from Memphis. Nothing has
been heard of him since Saturday and
the finding of his clothes on the bank o
a deep stream is almost confirmatory o.
tho theory of suicide or murder.
A Little Blaxe In Lynchburg.
Lynchburg, Va., March 29.—Fire de
stroyed the Richardson saloon at Farm
ville early in the morning. Fora ti*e
it was thought the whole town would
be swept away. Houses in the neigh
borhood were badly scorch-xl. The loss
is $4,600, half covered by insurance.
Two French Governors Murdered.
Paris, March 29.—The government
has received information that William
Poulle and Dosmoy, respectively gov
ernors of the French at Bussain. upper
Guyana, Guinea, on the gold coast of
Africa, and Casamanza In Gambia, have
been murdered by natives.
breck'nridge Trial.
Some Evidence on Both Sides of the
Question.
Washington, March 29. When
Judge Bradley took his seat and the
Pollard-Breckinridge trial was resumed
Mr. Carlisle, for the plaintiff, requested
that two witnesses for Miss Pollard be
allowed to testify They had been in
town a week and private business made
i. necessary forthem to go home. As a
result of a conference the defense agreed
tn hoar the two witnesses. jT.Ler were
John R. usencKart ana St6pnen'T>unn, or
Lexington, Ky., the latter a negro.
These witnesses testified that Lena Sin
gleton, a disreputable woman, never oc
cupied a house near Third and Upper
streets as deposed by Brent.
Stephen Dunn’s testimony was fol
lowed by the reading of the deposition of
Mrs. Mollie Miller, nee Shinglebower, of
Memphis, Tenn., who said she come to
Lexington to testify at the request of
Colonel Breckinridge. Miss Miller said
she "knew Miss Pollord and Miss Pol
lard’s aunt, Mrs. Stout, with whom she
lived in Frankfort and Bridgeport, Ky.
She said she met Miss Pollard in 1877,
and she appeared to be about 16 or 17.
Mrs. Miller deposed that Miss Pollard
frequently went buggy riding with nien,
had many male callers, knew James C.
Rodes, meeting him at the house of Lena
Singleton, who was supposed to be his
mistress. This was in 1880. Brent and
Kaufman had testified that they ha 1
met Madeline Pollard at Lena Single
ton’s in 1883. On cross examination
Mrs. Miller admitted that she was a
public prostitute and had lived as such
in Lexington, Chicago and Memphis.
TRAGEDY IN FLORIDA.
Husband and Wife of Only Thee flour-
Lose Their Lives.
Pensacola, March 29.—A terrible
tragedy was enacted in this city, in
which C. L. Huff and bride, who had
been married but three hours previous,
lost their lives.
Mrs. Huff was formerly the wife of a
man named Gallagher, who died a few
years ago. Some time after she mar
ried Thomas Trainor, a steamboat cap
tain. Last fall she obtained a divorce
from Trainor and had just married
Huff. After tho divorce Trainor con
tinued to visit the home of his former
wife and kept his clothes there. It is
not known whether marriage relations
were resumed, but it is thought they
were.
Trainor claims that he went to Huff’s
house to obtain his clothes and was or
dered out by Huff, who refused to let
him have them. He refused to go with
out the clothes. Huff advanced towards
him with a knife in his hand. Trainor
drew his pistol and shot him dead.
He also claims that Mrs. Huff was
shot accidentally by going between him
and Huff. Trainor is in jail.
THE IMPERIAL DECREES.
No One in Brazil Hn n rd of Pelxoto’s
Revival of the .-..rbaritice.
Rio de Janeiro, March 29.—A gen
eral southward movement of the govern
ment troops in the state of Sao Paulo is
announced. It is believed that the reb
els are retreating.
An afternoon paper declares that
General Saraiva has fled to Uruguay.
The defeat of General Salgada is con
firmed.
The representative in this city of the
Associated Press has been at great pains
to learn if there was any basis of truth
in the report cabled to tho United States
in regard to the revival by President
Peixoto of the imperial decrees of 1838
and 1851, which relate to the treatment
to be accorded all persons, natives oi
foreigners, who in any way aid or abet
a revolt against the government.
Had President Peixto issue! such a
decree the general public would have
been fully aware of the fact, and the
matter would certainly have caused
much discussion among the foreign res
idents. No one here knows anything
about a revival of the imperial decrees
Inquiry at the various government offi
ces elicited the information that Presi
dent Peixto had not issued any decree
ordering such revival.
The belief was expressed that a cor
respondent had confounded the decree
extending the time in which martial
law would be enforced and providing
for the trial by military law of those
taken in arms against the government
or otherwise illegally seeking to over
throw the federal authorities with the
old imperial elecrees.
It can be positively said that no decree
has ever been issued by President Peix
oto ordering executions without the
forms of trial. The martial law decree
was in no sense a revival of the imperial
decrees.
Man and Money Bags Gone.
Chicago, March 29.—R. G. Wiltse, n
settling clerk for the United States Ex
press company, together with three
bags of money, said to contain SI,OOC
each, is mysteriously missing from his
home and from his desk in the office of
the company, at 87 Washington street.
The officials of the company admit that
they have been robbed, and Pinkerton
datectives have been put on the case.
Be Wore Dnhlgreen's Cork Leg.
Richmond, March29.—Captain James
Pollard, assistant superintendent of the
Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' home,
was found dead in bed. He was one
legged and in the fight in which Dahl
green was killed, took Dahlgrecn’a cork
leg and wore it.
Admiral Walker to Leave.
Washington, March 29. Admiral
Walker has received his instructions,
and expects to leave for San Francisco
in time to sail for Hawaii April 5. A
leading member of the senate foreign
relations committee, who is a personal
friend of the admiral, said that he be
lieved the admiral’s mission has more to
do with Behring sea than Hawaii.
A West Virginian Appointed.
Washington, March 29.—5. A. Don
nella, of West Virginia, has been ap
pointed a special agent of the treasury
department in connection with the se
cret service.
Texas DemncMts to Meet.
Waco, March 99.—Chairman Walter
S. Baker, of the state Democratic ex
ecutive committee, has issued a oall for
the Democratic state convention to meet
at Dallas on Aug. 14
PRICE MVJK CENTS.
CRISP APPOINTED.
Governor Northen Names Him
U. S. Senator.
THE NEWS LAST NIGHT
Created a Great Stir in This
City-How It Came-By a
Tribune Special.
Atlanta, March 29—(Special)—Gov
ernor Northen this evening appointed
Charles F Crisp United States senator to
succeed Senator Colqquitt
(NOTE —In another column see the
reception of the news at the water works
banquet
WAR OFFICE SECRETS.
The English Fear That the French Have
Been Prying Into Affairs.
Birmingham, March 29.—The London
correspondent of the Birmingham Post,
in a despatch to his paper, says that he
has reason to believe that Important
war office secrete have been obtained or
behalf of the French government al
Whitehall. The correspondent addt
that it is known that such attempt had
been made, and it is feared by the Wai
office officials that they have been par
tially successful, and that the agents of
the French government have been able
to procure details of the plans, etc., erf
the new works projected at Gibraltar.
These works are said to be of a most
important strategic character, and as a
result of the discovery that the French
government has obtained the plans, a
most stringent inquiry has been ordered
into all the circumstances of the case.
Scared Up the Irish.
Dublin, March 29.—While the regu
lar meeting of the shareholder* of the
Dublin Freeman was in prog: sin ths
Imperial hotel, part of the ceiling of ths
room fell to the floor with a tremendous
crash.
Everybody believed a bomb had been
exploded, and a rush was made for the
door. Before the frightened home
rulers could escape, however, a section
of the floor gave way, causing a number
of the gentlemen to fall.
Several of them were trampled upon
and severely though not seriously hui*.
Mr. Thomas Sexton, who presided at
the meeting, succeeded in checking the
scare by explaining its cause, and ordet
was finally restored.
Cor iagre Company’s Changes.
New York, March 29.—The affairs of
the United States Cordage company are
attracting unusual attention just now
on account of impending changes in the
management and the putting out of the
new stock certificates and bouds of the
new company. For weeks rumors that
President Rudolph Keppler would re
sign early in April have been current,
but until Monday these rumors were
denied. Now it is auautted that Mr.
Keppler's resignation has been in the
hands of the board of directors for two
or three weeks.
Banker Silverman’s Nev Start.
Chicago, March 29.—County Judge
Scales has entered an order which gives
back to Lazarus Silverman, the banker,
his estate valued at $1,730,000. The
banker has made arrangements with h’s
creditors to pay one half cash and give
his notes for tho other half. His out
standingobligations amount now to only
$240,000 fullj’ secured, fie is required
to take no deposits until all his notes
are paid. Mr. Silverman created great
surprise in the financial world by making
an assignment last August.
Prendergast May Not Hang.
Chicago, March 29.—There is talk of
Prendergast escaping the gallows by a
life sentence. The case hac again been
continued to April 5, a,nd if the trial
proceeds on that date another stay of
execution must be granted. State At
torney Kern is going to Sp’*’-.4iield and
Ottawa, and it was intimated that tho
postponement of this insanity inquiry
was for the purpose of arranp ig for a
commutation of the sentenc. through
tho governor or tho supretne :rt.
Chicago’* Estimate of Dai.
Chicago, March 29.—Despat< aes from
all parts of the winter wheat belt indi
cate great damage to that cereal by
frost. Nothing certain can be learned
until the return of warm weather. The
crop is damaged in western Kansas, Ok
ahoma, Kentucky and Missouri, though
a ray of hope is found in the fact that
the ground was dry. Central and east
ern Kansas is reported to have escaped
Without serious loss.
The Influence of Handsome Women.
Providence, March 29.—A delegation
of the handsomest young wonr-n in the
mills of Rhode Island have started lor
Washington to appear before the finance
committee of the senate to protest
against the passage of the Wilson bill.
Killed in tne cirase.
London, March 29.—Commander Ver
ney Lovett Cameron, the distinguished
African traveler, after hunting with
Baron Rothschild’s hounds at Leighton-
Buzzard, Bedfordshire, was thrown
from his horse and died four hours af
terwards.
A General Strike Ordered.
Uniontown, Pa., March 29.—A gen
eral strike of 10,000 coke workers and
miners of the Connellsville region has
beer rderod by the executive commits
tee > ho United Mine Workers, to go
tat- -ct next Moad§.
