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PARLEY ON TERMS OF PEACE.
EDHEJI PASHA TO SPITTLE THE
WAR FOR TURKEY.
He l» Now Pressing For the Appoint
ment of a Plenipotentiary to Con
duct the Negotiations on the Part
of Greece-Oen. Smolensk! Pats the
Responsibility For All the Orders
to Retreat on the Crown Prince
Constantine.
Athens, May 23.-It ts reported here
semi-officlally that Edhem Pasha, com
mander of the Turkish army in Thessaly,
has informed the Greek officers, who, in
conjunction with the Turkish officers, are
arranging the neutral zone, that he is em
powered to negotiate the terms of peace
direct with Greece, and he is now press
ing for the appointment of a Greek plen
ipotentiary to conduct the settlement of
the terms. . ’
M. Dellgorges, a former foreign minis
ter, has been selected president of the
Cretan central committee.
Gen. Smolensk! has sent a telegram to
the Athenian newspapers denying that he
ordered a retreat except in pursuance of
the commands of Crown Prince Constan
tine, adding: "I earnestly beg you not
to publish inaccurate statements calcu
lated to create dissensions in the army.”
He also denies that any guns fell into the
hands of the enemy during the retreats
from Revenl.
London, May 24.—The correspondent of
the times at Constantinople says: "The
powers have instructed their ambassadors
to act as their representatives in media
ting between Turkey and Greece. A col
lective note will be handed to the porte
forthwith. Palace circles now realize that
great maladresse has been displayed on
the Turkish side.”
The correspondent of the Standard at
Constantinople says: "The peace negoti
ations continue. It is asserted that the
amount of indemnity will be reduced to
8,000,000 llres, 2,000,000 to be paid in cash
to Turkey and 6,000,000 to be accepted by
Russia as part payment of the indemnity
owed her by ff*urkey.
"It is said here that after the suspen
aion of hostilities the Greeks,, under pre
tense of washing their linen, crossed the
bridge over the Arta and were attacked
by the Turkish commander, who drove
them back, after heavy lighting for ten
hours.”
Ferdinand of Bulgaria in Paris.
4. pa-'*. X’wy 23 r -Prince FefMnrnd Os Bul
garia had a long conference to-day with
A*. Hnnotaux, minister.of foreign affairs.
1t is understood that th© Greco-Turkish
armistice will be prolonged, if, at Its ex
\ plration, the peace negotiations should
not be finished.
Edhem DhbandM the Albanians.
Larissa, May 23.—Edhem Pasha, the
Turkish commander, has disbanded and
sent to their homes most of the Albanians
In his army.
Evsrnatinn of Crete.
Canea, Island of Crete, May 23.—C01.
Staikos, with the last detachment of
Greek expeditionary force, embarked for
Greece this morning.
MANOR ATTEMPT# SUICIDE.
He and Ills Staff Sent to Athens For
Court Martini.
London, May 24.—According to a dis
patch to the Dally Graphic from Corfu, it
Is reported there that Col. Manos attempt
ed suicide while in jail. He has been sent,
handcuffed, with hla entire staff, to Ath
ens for trial by court-martial.
VOLUNTEER* UNRULY.
The Greek Government Deports
Many of the Italians.
London. May 23.—The Athens corre
spondent of th© Times says: •‘Owing to th©
disquietude caused by the presence in the
city of large bodies of volunteers, the
government has hastily recalled th© force
of gendarmes sent to Arta. and will take
measures to deport tin's© dangerous allies
to their various countries at th© earliest
possible date
“The Berthet column (Italian) insisted
on coming here, several of the volunteers
refusing to return to Italy on th© ground
that they were liabl© to at rest. Th© gov
ernment decided that the column must
return to Italian territory, and will un
dertake to board and lodge only those
liable to arreet,
"Moat of the volunteers making up the
Bort het column are anarchists, and the
government has done wisely in refusing
to allow them to come here. The govern
ment sent them from Arta to Zaverdu.and
there disarmed them, with orders to leave
for Italy in Greek vessels. Thereupon
they began to indulge in all sorts of ex
cesMiea. and got into a conflict with the
inhabitants, with the result that one Ital
ian was killed and six were seriously
wounded. Finally, after a great deal of
trouble, they were sent to Brindisi, under
the eacort of two Greek men-of-war.
"Bands of Irregulars and deserters are
pillaging ami devastating the Phthitis dis-
I triCt. where the condition of the villages
I is most lamentable.”
H The correspondent of the Daily Tele
graph, in Epirus, gives a terrible picture
of the exceases of the Italians while trav-
Sl ng from Arta to Eaverda. He says;
PjH stole brandy and drank it like
■Bwatcr. Armed only with revolvers and
P* bayonet*. by the time they- reached Z.i-
■ verda, they were quarrelling fiercely
H among themaelvc*. The villagers, thor-
■ oughly alarmed, gathered in readiness to
M dit the Italians, and the situation be-
sarioua. A Greek tried to pacify a
who was about to dash his
out with a alone, whereupon an
M,alian rued and 1 t.-.v GaiiM.im,
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"Instantly the cry was raised, 'A Greek
has been killed,’ and the villagers began
to Are their rifles. The melee became gen
eral, but the Italians displayed a flag of
truce, and the embarkation was effected,
though with great difficulty.
“Several Italian officers told me they
did not expect to reach land alive, as
their ruffianly soldiers would surely kill
them.”
The Athens correspondent of the Stan
dard says: "The government and people
are now only anxious for the disarming
of the irregulars and they confidently
rely upon Gen. Smolensk! to do this as
soon as the conditions of peace have been
agreed upon. The Greek army is para
lyzed and news comes from Saloniea of
the dispatch of large Turkish reinforce
ments to Thessaly.
"At Larissa, Trikkaia and Karditza the
Turks seized corn valued at a million
drachmas.
“Great indignation is displayed at the
story that Clement Harris was killed with
the butt of a rifle because he was unable
to walk.”
ARMENIANS ATTACKED.
Serious Outbreaks Reported in Asia
Minor.
London, May 24.—A dispatch to the Dai
ly Telegraph from Constantinople says
that serious outbreaks against the Armen
ians have occurred in a village near Van
and at Ineboll, a seaport of Asia Minor.
The consul in Ineboll has telegraphed to
the government to send a warship.
SPAIN’S CABINET CRISIS.
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A Ministry Able to Carry on the
Country’s Business Hard to Find.
Madrid, May 23.—The position of the
cabinet is a theme of most anxious discus
sion on all sides. Some of the government
organs think the ministry should meet the
cortes to-morrow, endeavor to secure the
adoption of such bills as are pressing, and
then suspend the session as soofi as possi
ble. Others think a change of policy ex
pedient, and, in fact, inevitable. All ad
mit the difficulty of appointing a ministry
to carry on the business of the country.
The cabinet sat in council this evening
until 8 o’clock and it was decided to ap
pear before the cortes to-morrow and give
explanations of the Tetuan-Comas Inci
dent of Friday last even if the liberals
should absent themselves. A special com
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies will be
instructed to consider the budget bill.
London, May 24.—The Madrid corre
spondent of the Times says: "Seldom in
the history the cortes has an event cre
ated such a sensation as the Tetuan-Co
mas incident. It is difficult to conceive
how a staid and experienced statesman
like the Duke of Tetuan could have so
completely lost his self-control on so slight
a provocation.
"It is believed that Senor Sagasta is wil
ling to do all he consistently can do to
minimize the difficulties of the situation;
but it seems impossible that the Duke of
Tetuan should retain his portfolio.”
The Standard's correspondent at Madrid
says: "In the conference, held on Satur
day, between the president of the Senate,
the premier, and Senor Sagasta, with ref
erence to the Tetuan-Comas incident, the
president said he would not be justified
In Interfering, as the affair had not oc
curred in the Senate chamber, but in the
lobby. The premier declared that the op
position ought to be satisfied If the Duke
of Tetuan announced in the Senate cham
ber that he never intended to slight or
give offense to the liberal minority. He
added that the government could not dis
pense with the Duke of Tetuan's services
as minister of foreign affairs, because he
atone was acquainted with and able to
conduct Important and delicate pending
negotiations with foreign governments
(meaning America).
"Senor Sagasta promised to give his fol
lowers conciliatory advice, and Baid he
must be guided by their decision. Accord
ingly, he summoned a meeting of the lib
erals, who were In no conciliatory tem
per. However, after a prolonged discus
sion, they gave a vote of confidence to
Senor Sagasta. with instructions to settle
the conflict on the understanding that
they would not enter the cortes until the
government had given them such satisfac
tion as Senor Sagasta deemed proper.
"The dissenting conservatives declared
that they would follow the decision of the
liberals, and, therefore, ministerialists
only have been present in parliament since
Friday.
"The premier, on receiving the reply of
Senor Sagasta. went to the palace to in
form the queen regent, who summoned a
council of the ministers. The crisis has
withdrawn popular attention from the at
titude of the United States Senate, which
a majority of the newspapers and of the
ministers affect to consider without im
portance as bearing upon the Immediate
relations of the two countries."
DENMARK’S NEW CABINET.
Herr Hoerrlng the Prcn.Ur and Min
ister of Finance.
Copenhagen, May 23-King Christian
has accepted the resignation of the Thott
ministry, which was tendered on. the 10th.
The cabinet has been reconstructed with
the following assignments of the portfo
lios:
Herr Hoerrlng, premier and minister of
finance.
Vice Admiral Ryan, minister of marine
and ad interim minister of foreign affairs.
Herr A'Herraus Baudenfleth. minister of
the interior.
Herr Alfred Hage, minister of agricul
ture.
Bishop St. Hyr, minister of public works.
CoL Puxen, minister of war.
Herr N. R. Rump, minister of justice
and for Iceland.
Herr H. Hoerrlng was minister of the
Interior and of public works in the cabi
net of Baron Reeds Thott.
Herr Rump and Vice Admiral Ryan re
tain their former port folios of justice and
marine, though Baron Thott was minis
ter for foreign affairs in his own cabinet.
URUGUAY’S REBELS,
Government Troops Repulsed at
Revera With Heavy Loss.
London, May N.~Telegrams from the
Brasilian frontier of Uruguay say that
the rebels made a determined stand at Re
vera, The government troops tried to
capture the town, but were repulsed with
severe loss. They are now waiting for re-
FATAL FIRE IN A TENEMENT.
TWO PERSONS KILLED AND THREE
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
The Dead a Mother and Daughter
Who Were Suffocated in Their
Room—The Fire Supposed to Have
Started From a Match Carelessly
Thrown Away in the Hallway by
a Belated Lodger—The Scene of the
Fire in West Twenty-Third Street,
New York.
New York, May 23.—Two persons were
killed and three seriously injured in a fire
which started shortly after 4 o’clock this
morning in the four-story-and-basement
brownstone building at 149 West Twenty
third street. Several persons narrowly es
caped. The dead are:
MRS. CATHERINE MOSSWAY, aged
33 years; died at hospital from suffoca
tion and burns.
BEATRICE MOSSWAY, 4 years old,
daughter of the former; suffocated In her
room.
The injured are:
MRS. MARY C., or CARRIE, BOWLES,
boarding house keeper at 25 Hollis street,
Boston; dangerously hurt by jumping from
a window on the third floor.
MISS MACDONALD, slightly burned on
the face.
F. S. PRAPS, slightly burned on the
face.
The building was occupied for both bus
iness and dwelling purposes. The base
ment Is an all-night eating house. The
Weser Plano Company occupied the first
floor and the upper part of the building is
a furnished room house.
Before the firemen reached the scene the
house was filled with flames. The hall
ways from the first to the roof were ablaze,
and escape from the front was cut off.
Panic seized the inmates. While an in
mate named Lamont was crawling along
a narrow sill to reach an adjoining house
the body of a woman stuck a large sign
which hung on the outside of the building,
and to which he clung for support. The
sign was torn from the fastenings, and
fell with a crash to the street. The wo
man was Mrs. Bowles, who remained on
the third floor, and had precipitated her
self to the street below when she found
that egress by the house stairway was
checked by the flames. She was picked
up and taken to a hospital. Lamont did
not fall to the street. Several other ten
ants had escaped in the same way.
On the top floor the wildest sort of panic
had seized the tenants, among whom were
Mrv., Mcsjo/gj* and her daughter
of the tenants, including Miss jilacdortaia
and Mr. Phaps, had escaped to the roof.
Mrs. Mossway, who lost her Hfe, was
sleeping with her little daughter, when
she was amused by the smoke. She ran
into the hall and gave the alarm, and
then went back after her daughter. When
she started to return, the smoke and
flames drove her again to her room. She
attempted to open the window, but it did
not yield readily, and she broke the glass
with her hands. The window would not
open, and even if It had, there would
have been little chance for her, as it is
protected on the outside by iron bars.
When the firemen searched the house they
found the little girl dead in bed, and the
mother lying on the floor, blistered by the
heat and almost dead from suffocation.
She was removed to a hospital, where she
died three hours later.
Late in the afternoon Mrs. Bowles re
covered consciousness, but no hopes are
entertained of her recovery.
The origin of the fire is not known, but
it is believed that a belated tenant lit
a match In the hallway to see his way,
and carelessly tossed the still burning
match away.
The Are started at the foot of the stairs
and the light wall acted as a flue to in
stantly carry the flames to the roof. The
damage is about 32,000.
KILLS HIS WIFE’S LOVER.
Negro Farm Laborers In a Fatal
Fight In New Jersey.
New York, May 23.—James Rosier, a ne
gro, clubbed and shot David Locker, an
other negro, to death last night on the
road between Red Bank and Shrewsbury,
N. J. (Both men lived at Shrewsbury and
were farm laborers. The killing, it is al
leged, resulted from the fondness shown
by Rosier’s wife for the company of other
men. one of whom was Locker. Mrs. Ro
sier was in Red Bank last night and Lock
er was returning home with her, when
they met the woman’s husband. Rosier
attacked Locker, beating him about the
head with a revolver. Rosier then shot
him in the head. Locker dying soon after
wards. The murderer gave himself up.
SUICIDE FOLLOWS A SCOLDING.
New Jersey Boy Hangs Himself
While His Parents Are at Church.
Camden, N. J„ May 23.—William R. Ross,
the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Ross of Stockton, this county, com
mitted suicide to-day by hanging himself.
The boy was in good spirits when Ms
parents started to church. On their re
turn they found him hanging lifeless. Hs
was addicted to the use of cigarettes, for
which he was chided by his father. It is
believed that he could not break off the
habit, and in despair took his life.
MRS. LU ETG ART’S MURDER,
Charred Boner and Blood-Stained
Clothing Found.
Chicago, HL, May 23.—Charred .bones
and some old clothing, said to be blood
stained, were taken by the police to-day
from a building tn the rear of the home
of Adolph X* Luetgarts, the wealthy sau
sage manufacturer, who Is accused of
wife murder. The bones will be examined
to determine if they are of the human
body, and the stains on the clothing will
be put under medical test to ascertain
whether they are blood stains The police
attach great importance to this find.
Sugar Crisis in Argentina.
Ix>ndon. May 24.—A dispatch to the
Times from Buenos Ayres says: “The su
gar industry is threatened with a severe
crisis, owing to overproduction. The ex
cess of available exports for the current
year is more than tons.”
SAVANNAH. MONDAY. MAY 24. 1897.
KENTUCKY DAY AT NASHVILLE.
Delegations From the Blue Grass
State to Take the Exposition.
iNashville, Tenn., May 23.—Yesterday
closed a most successful week at the ex
position, with a very large attendance.
Official figures are not obtainable, but
competent judges give the night attend
ance as tfhe largest yet experienced. Fully
20,000 people visited the exposition yester
day, and the week’s attendance foots up
over 50,000.
To-morrow is Kentucky day, the first
state day to be formally observed. Gov.
Bradley, his staff, and a large number
of attending ladies and gentlemen will ar
rive to-morrow morning. The Louisville
Legion, 400 strong, will come to-night and
serve as an escort to the governor, as
sisted by the local military companies.
The arrangements and exercises are in
charge of a committee representing the ex
position company and a committee repre
senting the Kentucky State Association
of this city. Large delegations will at
tend from all the Kentucky towns along
the railroads. The exercises will begin at
1 p. m„ when the special train bearing
the governor arrives, and the procession
will march to the exposition, where lunch
will be served and a general reception
held In the Woman’s building, Gov. Brad
ley making the opening speech.
Miss Yandeli of Louisville will sing, and
Hon. E. J. McDermott will make an ad
dress on behalf of the commissioners.
President Thomas will introduce the
speakers, and Speaker Thompson of the
Senate, representing Gov. Taylor, and
other distinguished citizens will speak.
The Louisville Legion will also give a
full-dress parade.
Tuesday will be the first convocation of
the state federation of woman’s clubs
and the session will continue two days.
Wednesday will be Catholic school day.
Art day will be observed Thursday, and
the awards of the jury on pictures will be
announced.
There will also be a Victoria’s day, in
honor of the jubilee of Queen Victoria.
In the Woman’s building an admirable
programme will be carried out.
BIG FURNACE LETS GO.
Thirty Men Caught Under a Mass of
Falling Coke, Ore and Coal.
Newcastle, Pa., May 23.—This morning
the big Rosena furnace in this city, own
ed by Senator Mark Hanna and ex*Sena
tor Cameron, "let go,” and the next in
stant a heavy volume of coke, iron ore
and coal came crashing through the roof
of the casting house. About thirty men
were caught under the debris.
Manager Reiss was taken out with the
skin hanging in shreds from his hands and
arms, pnd his legs Jerrihly burn<4
a'n</ bruised. * -k*' - * a
The others injured are:
SAMUEL MOODY, burned and bruised
all over the body.
MIKE PETRO, head cut in a half dozen
places and bruised and burned about the
hands and arms.
WILLIAM HANNA, head cut, arms al
most severed by falling sheet iron.
JOSEPH LOVE, head a mass of \3uts,
laying the skull bare in three places.
FRANK S. HEARD, head badly cut,
legs badly bruised, back burned and arms
terribly burned. His injuries may result
in death.
Half a dozen other men were also more
or less injured.
The second accident of the day occurred
about twenty minutes after the one at the
Rosena furnace. It was a cave-in at the
big seventy-foot cut of the Newoastle
Traction Company that la engaged in lay
ing a track to the New Cascade Park.
Michael Curdy was buried beneath at
least seventy-tflve feet of sand, gravel, clay
and rocks, and was dead when taken out.
Peter Horinsky was terribly crushed
about the shoulders and the hips, while
his chest was crushed. He will likely live.
BAD BLOW IN THE HING.
The Defeated Slugger Still Uneon
sctouH as the Result of a Fall.
New York, May 23.—Tn the glove con
test last night, in which Casper Leon of
this city defeated Edward Vaughan of
Trenton, N. J., Vaughan was struck on
the jaw and knocked down. His head
struck the floor and he became uncon
scious. He was taken to the Manhattan
hospital, where he has not recovered con
sciousness. He sustained a concussion of
the brain.
Leon, the referee, Jimmy Carroll, J. E.
Kennedy, manager of the National Ath
letic Chib, at which the contest was held,
the time keeper and the seconds were ar
rested. Leon was released on 31,000 bail
for examination. The others also gave
bail.
When Vaughn was knocked unconscious
there was great excitement, and Dr. Finey
was summoned.
The physician found that Vaughn's heart
was scarcely beating. The doctor worked
about two hours over the unconscious
man, and then Vaughn opened his eyes.
He did not, however, regain complete con
sciousness.
"He is suffering,” said the physician,
"simply from shock. There is no cere
bral hemorrhage. The serious effect of
the blow was due to the fact that Vaughn
was nearly exhausted when struck. That
is a risk every fighter takes. He will un
doubtedly recover.”
At the Manhattan hospital, to which
Vaughn was removed, the physicians were
not so confident of Vaughn’s recovery,
but thought that the chances were in his
favor.
MILITARY FIRE ON A MOB.
Fourteen Killed and 30 Wounded »n
Hungary.
Agram, Hungary. May 23.—The election
of the Croatian and Slavonian provisional
diet took place to-day. Disturbances oc
curred in several towns. At Bosnyiaexi
there was a terribio riot. The military
were ordered to fire on the crowd, with
the result that fourteen were killed and
thirty wounded. ’
The Hungarian papers accuse the Cath
olic clergy of fomenting the riots by as
serting that the government intends to in
troduce civil marriage.
The soldiers who were assigned to pre
serve order at Bosnyaczi were fired upon
and stoned by a crowd of a thousand,
mostly women.
TARIFF TO COME UP TUESDAY.
SENATE ALDRICH TO MAKE THE
OPENING SPEECH.
Senator Vest to Introduce the Demo
cratic Amendment Striking Out
the Internal Revenue Features of
the Bill—The Course of the Demo
crats in the Matter of General
Speeches at the Opening of the
Debate Still Somewhat Uncertain.
Later on They Will Be Given a
Free Hand.
Washington, May 23.—0 n Tuesday next,
ten weeks and a day after the beginning of
the session, the Senate will take up the
tariff bill, for the passage of which the
sessipn was especially called. The bill was
to have been called up on Monday, but the
death of Senator Earle of South Carolina
will render necessary an adjournment for
a day.
Senator Aldrich will call up the bill,
move its consideration and make a speech
in its support. The democratic amend
ment striking out the internal revenue
features of the bill will be introduced by
Senator Vest.
After this the course of procedure is
somewhat indefinite. The democrats are
not clear as to whether they will permit
the immediate taking up of the schedules,
or will demand an opportunity to make
set speeches bearing upon the general pol
icy of the bill. The prevailing opinion
among the democratic leaders is against
the policy of general speeches at the be
ginning of the discussion, but they will
not attempt to restrain individual sena
tors who may wish to be heard. They are
some democratic senators who are dis
posed to discuss the general features of
the bill and who are inclined to the opin
ion that the best time for such speeches
will be while the debate on the bill is
young. Senator Vest does not expect to
make a speech in presenting the motion
to strike out the revenue features, but the
motion may lead to immediate debate, and
in case exception is taken to it, the Mis
souri senator will be heard from.
'l’he silver republicans and populists will
seek opportunity during the pendency of
the bill to present some remarks of a
political nature, and a number of them
may be heard during the week.
The general sentiment among the
straightout republicans is adverse to the
encouragement of any general discussion
of the bill, or too long speeches on the
schedules, but no party policy has yet
been decided upon. A caucus has been
strong opposition to some of the schedules
on the part of the republfcan senators,
and amendments will be firmly pressed.
Some of these amendments will be offered
to the chemical schedule, the first on the
list,|and it will probably be reached dur
ing the present week
Other feature of the bill Which the re
publican senators will attack are those
affecting the sugar and wool duties and
taking hides from the free list. Senator
Pettigrew’s amendment against the trusts
is also certain to prove fruitful of much
general debate when reached.
Senator Aldrich says he will not speak
to exceed an hour on Tuesday. He will
give, for the first time, the estimate of the
republican members of the finance com
mittee of the amount of revenue the bill
will produce, and will explain the com
mittee’s plan for action, giving the rea
sons for some of the more important
amendments made. His statement is an
ticipated with much interest.
In reply to a question, Mr. Aldrich, who
will have charge of the bill on behalf of
the republican side of the Senate, said to
day that when the bill was once taken up
he would press its consideration to the
exclusion of other business, except con
ference reports, until it should be finally
disposed of.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill will probably be
considered some time during the week.
The conference committee has practically
reached an agreement on the forestry re
serve appropriation, which the members
hope will prove satisfactory to all parties,
but whether it will or not can only be de
termined when the report is presented to
congress.
PULLED OFF THE ROCKS.
Three Warships and Five Turk Save
the Areadia.
St. Johns, N. F., May 23.—The Hamburg-
American liner Arcadia was pulled off the
rocks near Cape Ray at 3 o’clock this
morning by the warships Cordelia, Peli
can and Buzzard, assisted by five tugs.
She is now sa/ely anchored in Port Aux
Basques harbor, having reached there un
der her own steam. Her extra steam
pumps are sufficient to keep the leaks un
der control.
To-day divers have been examining her
bottom in order to effect temporary re
pairs by means of beams and cement be
fore she attempts to reach her port of
dockage. It is thought probable that she
will come to St. Johns, as there are many
safe harbors along the coast in which she
could find shelter in case of stormy weath
er. Arrangements are being made for the
trans-shipment of such cargo as has been
saved.
HEARTLESS HUSBAND.
Shoots His Wife Dead as She Lies
Hopelessly HL
Chicago, 111., May 23.—Lying helplessly
ill, with her 3-year-old child asleep at her
side, Mrs. Nellie Dawson, 25 years old,
was shot and killed by her husband, John
Dawson, this afternoon.
The shooting followed a quarrel.
The murderer is at large, but the police
declare he will soon be captured, as he
is well known to them.
The dead woman’s father is a well-to-do
farmer near Lincoln, Neb. She married
Dawson in Lincoln eight years ago.
SHOKCHER KILLED.
Pedal Caught on a Step and Threw
Him Under a Train.
Rochester. N. Y., May 23.—0tt0 Kep
pling. aged 18 years, while racing on his
bicycle with a train on the Irondequeoit
Bay railroad to-day. caught his pedal in
the step of the car. and was thrown un
der the wheels and killed.
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SPANIARDS FIRE ON A STEAMER.
Two Thrilling Experiences With
Gunboats Off Cuba.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 23.—After being
twice chased by Spanish gunboats and
passing through a perfect storm of shot,
which splashed in the water across the
vessel’s bows, the British fruit steamer
Ethelred arrived at this port to-night, after
a five days’ run from Port Antonio, Ja
maica. When the Ethelred left here May
12 it was the intention of Capt. J. D. Hart
to accompany her, but he was arrested as
he was about to go aboard. As it was,
his invalid daughter was a passenger. It
is supposed that agents of the Spanish
government in this city had notified
the Spanish authorities at Havana
to watch for the Ethelred in
Havana waters. The first encounter with
the Spanish cruisers occurred off Cape
Maisi on the trip down. Just after dusk
on Sunday evening, May 16, a gunboat,
without any lights, shot out from under
the Maisi capes and crowding on all steam
steered directly for the fruit vessel, after
steaming for an hour without gaining an
inch, the gunboat turned a search-light
on the other vessel. All steam was
crowded on the Ethelred, which was be
ginning to show the Spaniards a clean pair
of heels, when a small white cloud of
smoke belched from the cruiser’s side, and
a second later a solid shot cut the water
half a mile ahead of her bows. Then came
a second and third shot, each nearer the
others. Capt. Israel kept on his course,
and after another hour's hot chase, the
Spaniard dropped from the race.
The second chase happened last Thurs
day in almost the exact spot In which the
attempt to hold ttie vessel up occurred.
Just as the Ethelred Funded Cape Maisi,
a Spanish gunboat of the newest type,
started out from under the cape and gave
chase. For two hours the chase was kept
up, enlivened now and then by a solid shot
throwing up a sheet of white spray just
ahead of the swift vessel’s bows. It began
to look as if the Spaniard meant to chase
the Ethelred clear to the Delaware capes,
when another steamship was sighted and
the big gunboat sheered off and gave vig
orous chase to the newly discovered ves
sel.
KANSAS CITY BANKS CONSOLIDATE
The Total Resources of the Two Con
cern Over $10,000,000.
Kansas City, Mo., May 23.—8 yan ar
rangement just completed the National
Bank of Commgjjaa of tihis city will absorb
Bank, having decided to buy tire deposits
of the latter institution. Both banks
are among the oldest established and big
gest concerns in the city; In its last
statement, rendered May 14, the Metro
politan showed deposits of $2,204,655; loans
and discounts of $1,488,652; cash and sight
exchange, total resources, $2,632,-
064. The statement of the Bank of Com
merce, issued on the same day, showed
deposits of $6,423,322; loans and discounts
of $4,806,587; cash and sight exchange,
$2,685,524; total resources, $7,794,jP?.
While the deal is announced as a con
solidation of the two banks, it is in ef
fect a liquidation of the 'Metropolitan Na
tional Bank through the National Bank
of Commerce.
In explanation of the transaction, J. K.
Burnham, president of the Metropolitan
National, in an interview, to-night, had
this to say: “While on the face of the
transaction it is merely a voluntary llq.
uidation, as to the winding up the affairs
of the Metropolitan National, it is actu
ally and practically a union of the two
most powerful financial institutions of the
city.”
Attorney L. C. Krauthoff, who arranged
the legal features of the transaction, said:
“We call it a voluntary liquidation, but it
is really a deal which results in a powei
ful financial Institution, one that will bo
in a position to handle a class of busi
ness that has heretofore gone east.”
Thougji such are the statements made
by the interested bank officials, it Is
known that the Metropolitan National
Bank has been doing a losing business for
six months past.
The failure of the Missouri National
Bank six months ago was the cause of a
lively run upon the Metropolitan, and
though the bank weathered the storm at
that time, its business since has not been
profitable. The terms of the consolida
tion are not made known, but 1t is stated
to-night that the transaction has been
effected at a loss to the stockholders in
the Metropolitan National.
SHOT DEAD IN A CELL.
Texas Mob Lynchea a Man Accused
of Murder.
Houston, Tex.. May 23.—R. W. Stewart,
a prominent merchant of Lindale, was
recently enticed from his home and mur
dered. Effie Jones, colored, was arrested
for the murder, and in the confession im
plicates Will Jones, a white man, promi
nent in the community. Jones was ar
rested and placed in jail. Shortly after
1 o’clock this morning a mob appeared
at the county jail at Tyler, and on the
refusal of the sheriff to admit them, broke
the door, went to Will Jones’ cell and shot
him to death as he sat on his cot. He
told them that they were killing an inno
cent man, but the leaders answered they
had proof of his guilt. They refused to
kill Effie Jones, saying that, as she did
not have the means and influence to es
cape punishment, they would let the law
take its course.
POWER HOUSE IN RUIN'S.
Half a Dozen Firemen Caught Under
a Falling Wall.
Louisville, Ky.. May 23.—The old power
house of the City Railway Company, at
Seventeenth and Walnut streets, which,
of late, has been used for storing the
company’s machinery, was burned with
its contents this morning.
Half a dozen firemen were caught under
a falling wall, while fighting the fire and
two of them, Capt Frank Raggy and
Jack Jacob, were seriously hurt. The
former had both legs broken and the lat
ter is internally Injured.
Capt. R. H. Lattimer, IBd Hughes, Tim
Lehan and John Barry were more or less
seriously' burned.
The loss 13 $130,000 partially insured.
MONDAYSI
AND— 1
Thursdays!
SHOT DEAD BEFORE A SALOON.
A. E. OGLESBY OF COLLINS KILLED
BY HIS STEPSON.
The Murder Committed Because
Oglesby Told the Stepaon That He
Talked Too Much and so Go Home.
Ihe Fatal Shot Fired as Oglesby
Was Emerging From the Saloon.
The Slayer Disappears and Has
Not Been Seen Since.
Claxton, Ga., May 23.—A report reaches
this place to-day that Dr. A. E. Oglesby
of Collins, a small station on the Georgia
and Alabama road, was brutally murdered
by his stepson, Leonard Chance, whom he
had reared from an infant, having mar
ried his mother twenty-two years ago.
Chance, Oglesby and several others were
in the barroom, or blind tiger, of Sam Jen
kins, when Chance and Jenkins engaged
in a quarrel, and Oglesby told Chance,
‘ Son, go home; you talk too much.”
Chance walked out of the door and told
Oglesby, “Father, you have driven me
around as long as I will be driven by any
one. I leave the house, but I will not go
any farther.”
Oglesby then started out, and as he
stepped on the first step a pistol was fired w
Oglesby fell out of the door on his face,
and told Jenkins Leonard had killed him.
No one saw Chance fire the shot, nor haa
he been seen since.
The ball entered the uppbr part of the
right breast, striking the first rib, and
ranged downward into the right lung, pro
ducing death this morning about 4 o’clock.
Oglesby’s last statement was that he
was not prepared to die, and begged Jen
kins to pray for him.
Oglesby leaves one grown son and one
married daughter, Mrs. W. Z. Gilbert,
who lives in Savannah.
Jenkins is the man who created so much
notoriety at Millen some time ago, and
was arrested in Savannah and carried to
I lorida for killing a marshal down there.,
Jenkins believes Chance intended to kill
him also, as he came in and raised a row
with him.
Collins seems to be afflicted with a boom
in murders, as this is the third one com
mitted there in the past two weeks.
STRUCK ON*HER SPINE,
A Female Diver Dangerously Injured
at Tallahassee.
Tallahassee, Fla., May 23—Nellie Olga
the sister of Gpcaw Norin, the champion
seriously injured thfe
LJm a fifty £oo>J
tower at a pool of hero, known
as the cascade.
The wind was blowing heavily, and the
crowd was inclined to bo noisy and hila
rious, all of which appeared to rattle the
young woman. She was urged to make
the jump, which she finally did, plungii/g
off, but foremost and apparently swerving
a little to one side. She plunged rapidly
down into the pool while the spectators
held their breath, striking heavily on her
back and disappearing beneath the water.
Almost immediately she arose, and was
dragged to the shore by her brother and
Drs. Turner and Wilson, who happened
to be among the spectators.
When first rescued Olga was able to
walk, but soon sank to the ground. She
Was placed In a carriage and driven to
her boarding house, where she lies suffer
ing excruciating pain. Her physicians
say her spine is injured, but it is thought
that she will recover.
LILY WHITES SURRENDER.
South Carolina Given Over to the
Black Republicans.
Columbia, S. C., May Caro
lina’s twenty-three lily white republicans,
who for four years have been organising
a new republican party, taking in many
whites and the more educated negroes,
have been whipped out by the old regu
lars under E. A. Webster. They had
hopes of some day taking In all the dis
contented whites and capturing the state,
but obtaining no recognition or encourage
ment at Washington, have surrendered.
Dr. Sampson Pope, the llljk white leader,
to-night announces his surrender, and
urges his followers to go over Into tho
Webster wing. The same advice is also
given by a negro leader on that side.
Webster has been given control of the
postoffice patronage,
PREJUDICE AG.MNNT THE JEWS,
Rabbi Levy Inaugurates a Movement
For Its Removal.
Indianapolis, Ind., May 23.—The annual
meeting of the district grand lodge No. 2,
Order of B’nai B’rith, begun its session
here thia morning. The district is com
posed of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Kan
sas, Missouri, Colorado and New Mexico,
and forty-five lodges are represented.
The most important business to-day was
a movement, inaugurated by Rabbi Levy,
to remove popular prejudice against tho
Jewish race. A special committee will
consider the subject
JAMES GORDON BENNETT BACK.
His Yacht Makes n Fast Run Front
Bermuda to New York.
New York, May 23.—James Gordon Ben
nett, proprietor of the New York Herald,
arrived this afternoon in his steam yacht
from Toulon, France, calling at Maderla,
Las Palmas and Bermuda. The run from
Bermuda to this place was made in fifty
three hours. He arrived at quarantine
shortly before sundown, and after an in
spection the yacht proceeded up the bay
and anchored off Tomkinsville.
FALL OF THE FLOOD.
The First Train Since the Rise Jasf
Ran Over the Yaioo Hoad.
Greenville, Miss., May 23.—The first
train on the Yazoo River and Mississippi
Valley railroad since the flood arrived to
day. Regular trains between Greenvill*
and Carey will commence running to-mor
row. The river is falling four-tenths of
an inch every twenty-four hours.
NO 42.