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THE MORNING NEWS. I
J Kcablished 1850. - - Incorporated 1888 V
] J. H. KSTILL, President. f
BLIXT painted very black.
HUHARD'S ATTn>EY MAKES A
SAVAGE ASSAULT ON 111 At.
He Mioutn That Blixt Can Only Ob
tain t'oriireneM Front God After
He Has Followed the Example of
Judas and liana Himself—Ha>-
nard l*tit iu, the Idaht of Mha
f.iaa's Defender —Blixt's Penitence
Called a Sham.
Minneapolis, Minn., March 6.— The won
derful renown of the “Tall Pine” was the
maenet undoubtedly that drew to the Hay
ward trial In the criminal court room
this morning the enormous crowd that
loured up and around the attorneys
and reporters tables and threatened even
to Mtamp the sacred precincts of the ju
dicial bench Itself. It was in brief un
questionably the most dense, unruly, sen
sational loving, unreasonable crowd that
has yet gathered within the criminal court
room of this city,
Mr. Erwin began his speech to the Jury
at ;u o’clock. He said: “If this were an
ordinary case, I could not resist the temp
tation to satire before I should attempt to
deline the red-handed murderer and per
jur. r, Claus A. Bltxt. The doctrine adopt
ed by this defense regarding Claus Blixt
that because a murderer repents, and that
now ills penitence is to become the cri
terion of a Jury's judgment, is to effectu
ally destroy all the laws of the human
mind—sucn a proposition is unnatural and
monstrous.”
Mr. Erwin. In a flowery burst of speech,
drew a picture of Claus A. Blixt, as a red
lianded murderer, and, pointing dramat
ically, he arose, on his tiptoes before the
jury and cried: "And from the mouth of
such a creature they say comes the voice
of God.”
Then came a talk to the Jury. He con
tinued: “In the last few years of these
modern times, every effort has been made
by past powers and classes to make the
jury simply one of the aids of public pros
ecution. A deep movement has been going
on for the past twenty years to destroy
-’.his most ancient bulwark of public lib
erty. Public need, public opinion und
igested, the creation of public Journal
ism. the ill-formed judgment of passion
lias been used to give them greater
weight and power. This is the unspoken
movement in this case to-day. Why, we
have tried this case before two Juries.
One that has not spoken and will not
speck before It can declare its conscience
before it e Ood—careful and deliberate.”
“And here Is anotlie- jury, not devo
ted to luc line legation of troth but
given to the most sensational parts of daily
life.
“This jury tears down civilization?”
shouted ihe tall attorney, turning and
gazing into the faces of the reporters.
Then a long finger was solemnly raised
an! the attorney cried: “Every time it
dij - its pen in the ink, it is to write hasty
and undigested fact.”
Then followed a historical disquisition
upon jury trials, showing its encroach
ment upon by barons annd nobles while
to-day it is trespassed upon by greed, hy
pocrisy and selfishness.
“What is a jury? Is it an arm of the
slate’.' No. Is it an arm of the defendant?
•No. Is it an arm of the court? No. It
is a part of the court. It stands alone in
Us responsibility. The court is absolute
judge of the law. You must take the law
from the court and the court must take
the facts from you. How are you to ap
prow h Judgment. For the verdict is not
your prejudice, not your belief, but it is
your judgment. And Judgment upon what?
Not upon chances, not upon the desire
to secure a victim for some horrid crime,
but upon the evidence weighed by you.”
Mr. Erwin w'as bitter in his arraignment
of Blixt and made a savage assault upon
his character. Continuing, he satd: "Now,
at first blush, in the ordinary cares of life,
in reference to a’'•man of Blixt’s charac
ter, if he should make charges against
one of your neighbors, you would not or
dinarily believe a word of it. Whoever
thought of using Judas as a witness after
the betrayal of the Master? That was the
true penitence, and from such penitence
forgiveness came. He went out and hung
himself. He contemplated his own useful
ness. That’s what your man ought to do,
• turning to Assistant Attorney Hall.) I
would take this penitent by Cardinal Eus-
Hs to another confessor than that of Friar
'dell, to another church, not presided over
by Elder Hall or Elder Stewart. I would
hold out as a bait to him that only after
this world could he get forgiveness and
mercy. y ou scoundrel, only after you have
hung yourself. That’s the forgiveness of
'°l I have got to take issue with the
Penitence of Claus A. Blixt. I’ve got to do
, ’ an ! 1 might as well begin it. I think
>bx! has proven himself to be the most
astonishing and daring perjurer I have
e\er seen on the witness stand. And one
hing i have to thank the Almighty for,
or my skill did not bring it out—that Blixt
imself has demonstrated his character
S n.s perjury. Blixt’s testimony is a vile
, a . r ‘cati°n. He built it well, and when he
a d finished it the attorney for the state
Pot a spire upon It and called It the church
of the living God.”
aen he turned his attention to Adry
-vard and directly charged him with
e l*}% one of the murderers.
~ he green goods story was scoffed at and
Erwin asked if the whole jury had
v o daft to believe such a piece of testl
f'ny as that, that she had gone into a
- me to go after green goods with such
ful°°‘ t * n *’ thing as Blixt. It was shazne
“l cannot believe,” said Mr. Erwin, "by
1 * .at s in me, that he was ever in the
, a- with Catherine Ging. I repel ip
her sake and so should you. It Is
■'d'igh to turn down the father and
•; viler and the witnesses, bu.t the dead,
j '•therine Ging did not deal in green
Harry Hayward stood on the stand as
norine Qing’s best defender; her most
“hf fniond. He will even go out from
T r the hangman's loop as her defender.
” ev that If you could see the spir
. 0 the dead you would see her spirit
mg there between that man (point
y”, ' Harry * and you. She m ould be his
Whose attitude would you
' he tn —the splendid attitude of the
mr as her friend, or the lying, per
,’’ ng h-vpocrlte that defames her?”
a Erwin claimed that Blixt's story
k Harry consulting the doctor to
v ' where to shoot was an invention,
when Blixt found out that Harry
talked with a doctor at Anoka,
f,., ‘ , hypnotic theory first emanated
• that distinguished friar, Blixt's at
j '• Blixt’s memory came’afterward,
v e ,he blackboard full and then
1 It out again. What are you going
. u . . as cl o3e confinement made you
orbai that all that’s necessary to
fpje itlarnina
do is to telephone in your ears and you’ll
believe it?”
Blixt's statements on the stand that
Harry had told him several different
stories of how to kill Miss Ging were read
over snd it was then shown that in
his previous statements. Blixt had said
nothing about them. This Mr. Erwin
considered to be the rankest of perjury.
If this is repentance, I don’t want any
of it.”
M Ith a final shot at the unreliability of
Blixt s testimony court adjourned until
to-morrow, when Mr. Erwin will close
and the case will be given to the Jury.
uoiiuTom uri the me.
Bribery Cltnrged In Connection With
the Public Printing.
Raleigh, N. C., March 6.—There was an
exciting session of the House to-night, in
w'hieh Mr. Ray of Macon county led the
democrats In a fight against the fusion
majority report, to give the public print
ing to a bidder whose figures exceeded the
lowest bid by some S9OO. Mr. Ray hinted
at bribery, and had a sharp tilt with Mr.
Phillips, whom he accused of charging
bribery upon the minority. Mr. Phillips
denied It, and Mr. Ray called upon two
members, who said they heard him say it.
Mr. Ray also charged Mr. Phil
lips with having said he would
give the printing to Stewart
Bros., despite the lowest bid of Ed
wards & Broughton. Mr. Phillips denied
this in a hoi speech, which created a sen
sation, the lie being used with vigor, Mr.
Ray keeping cool under all. ami taunting
the majority almost Into a frenzy.
To-day the.tax on cigarettes was made
10 cents per thousand to retail sellers.
The confederate monument bill was
made to-night a special order for to-mor
row at 12 o’clock, and the bill hav ng passed
the Senate, appropriating slo,wxi, it will
likely pass the House, as Senator Butler
Is thought to be pushing It as an off set
against ihe Douglass resolution, which
has upset him and his party.
The Senate to-day passed a bill to
elcet nine additional members of the
board of directors of the penitentiary and
to abolish the office of superintendent.
This is done In order to change the pres
ent management, which is democratic,
and put the Institution into the control
of the republicans.
The revenue act as passed by the House
provides for taxing lawyers and doctors
$lO each, but abolishing the tax of SIOO
on drummers.
To-night the House printing question
was considered and finally disposed of,
the printing being given to Stewart Bros,
of Winston, republicans, though Edwards
& Broughton of this city, democrats, bid
over SSuO lower, a bill having been passed
some time ago to give it to the lowest
bidder.
ILLINOIS SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Gov. Allgelil Spring* it Sensation on
the Leglnlntnre.
Springfield, 111., March 6.—Gov. Altgeld
caused a sensation this morning by send
ing to the genera! assembly a communi
cation requesting immediate legislation
to stop many of the abuses existing in
the management of the school property
in the state. He instances the condition
of affairs in Cook county, where properties
belonging to the school fund of the state
are rented to corporations at a ridiculously
low rate. This land is not subject to tax
ation and the scheme is for a re-valuation
every six years, and the charging of a
rental of 6 per cent, of such valuation, but
this Is circumvented.
Three of the principal newspapers of
Chicago are named as large offenders in
this respect, and the Chicago Tribune Is
namlpd in particular by the governor.
It is also classed as a tax dodger of great
ability. The governor in closing his com
munication said: “This peculiar kind of
patriotism which waves the flag in one
hand and plunders the people with the
other is getting entirely too common
and is working infinite harm.”
MISSIONARY FINDS MISSING.
The Secretary and Treasurer Dis
missed From Their Unties.
New York, March 6.—A partial examina
tion of the books of the American Church
Missionary Society, at Fourth avenue and
Twenty-Second street, shows irregulari
ties amounting to about $20,000. Expert
accountants are still at work examining
the books of the secretary and treasurer
to see if there are any further shortages
in the accounts.
The executive committee met In the
rooms of the society yesterday and re
lieved the secretary, the Rev. A. New
bold of Montclair, N. J., and the treas
urer, Henry A. Oakley of this city, from
further service.
The Rev. Dr. Kinsolving of Brooklyn
was appointed secretary of the society in
place of Dr. Newbold.
The facts that the accounts of the so
ciety were in a much muddled condition
was discovered some time ago and oc
casioned profound surprise among those
having the management of the society in
charge.
A DOCTOR UNDER A CLOUD.
lie is Charged With Causing Death
ll> a Criminal Operation.
Norfolk, Va., March 6.—Dr. W. S. Jack
son, one of the oldest gnd most prom
inent physicians in this city, was ar
rested here to-night on the charge of at
tempting a criminal operation on Mrs.
Z. Butland, Monday, from which she
died. The operation took place in the
office of Dr. Jackson and the patient ex
pired while being operated upon. The
prisoner was bailed in the sum of SI,OOO.
The funeral of Mrs. Butland took place
yesterday morning and she was buried,
but City Coroner Charters had the body
disinterred and held an autopsy on the
strength of which the arrest was made
FISHERMEN FOOD FOR FISHES.
Two Drowned by the Capsizing of
Their Dory.
Perth Amboy. N. J., March 6.—The fish
ing schooner E. M. Hartshore reports the
loss of two fishermen, Harry Johnson and
John Solverson, while tending trawls off
Long Branch on Monday. The dory in
which the men were at work capsized, and
with the heavy sea that was running at
the time, the schooner was unable to
render any assistance. The men were
drowned in sight of their comrades.
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1595.
CUBA’S FIGHT FOR LIBERTY.
DE at ESADA CLAIMS A VICTORY
FOR THE PATRIOTS.
Gen Laehuiulire Reported Routed by
the Gen. UuiUermon of the Revolu
tionist*—-The Spanish Foree Sold to
Have \i; inhered l.iMlo Men and
That of the Revolutionist)! Only
TOO—He Asserts That the Dls
liatehes From Cuba Misrepresent
the Real State of Affairs on the
Island.
Tampa, Fla., March 6.—Gonzales de
Quesada, secretary of the Cuban revolu
tionary party In the United States, arrived
in this city this morning and is the gue*',,
of Col. Figueredo, the leader of the move
ment here. To-night a multitude of his
compatriots assembled at his stopping
place to compliment him with a serenade,
and to hear from his own lips the cer
tainty of rumors afloat on the streets.
He is sick, but yielded to their wishes
and made a talk.
Soon after the Southern Associated
Press correspondent called on him and
he talked quite freely on most points, but
refused to say from what point he came
to this city. He said he knew the Span
ish government was watching his every
movement. When told that W. M. Pinker
ton, the detective, had arrived last night,
he said: “AH right. Let them spend their
money freely, but Cuba will be liberated.”
He stated that he knew of his own
knowledge that Gens. Marti and Gomez
were In Cuba, but he would give no
definite information as to their move
ments. He said that on Tuesday a battle
was fought between the Spanish Gen.
Lachambre and the Cuban Gen. Gulller
mon near Santiago de Cuba. The govern
ment had a force of 1,000 men and the
Cubans 700. The Spaniards were routed,
with heavy losses. He said one could not
get correct Information by wire, as the
government had possession of all the ca
bles, and every telegram had to be plain
ly written and submitted to the authori
ties, no cyphers being allowed. The hope
of the Cubans, he said, Is to develop such
a strength as to command recognition
at the hands of foreign powers, so they
can raise their own Bag and sail in and
out of port without molestation on the
part of the foreign powers. When that is
accomplished Cuba will be free In one
year.
In regard to the efforts made by the
government to suppress all information
he said: “Their own movements demon
strate the strength of the revolution.
Spain would never send 7,000 men, 11,000
stands of arms, millions of cartridges,
four men of war to Cuba, three cruisers
to Key West arid others to different ad
jacent foreign ports if there was nothing
in it, as they report. But Spain is weak.
In 1868 she issued paper money which was
redeemed at half price and less. Now she
is issuing paper money again. If she had
credit she would never do it.”
He would give no Information as to
his movements in the immediate future.
New York, March 6.—Passengers on the
steamer Yumuri, from Havana, which
arrived this morning, did not bring any im
portant news of the Cuban insurrection.
Almost all action is confined to the south
ern part of the island, in the vicinity of
Santiago, and at Havana the news re
ceived from there was so distorted as to
be ludicrous. It seemed, however, as if
the rebels had hardly a leg left to stand
on, If the government dispatches could
bo relied upon. Gen. Sangully, who was
arrested in Havana on Feb. 28. will doubt
less be garroted, acoording to the opinion
expressed on the Yumuri this morning.
' There is always more or less discontent
In Cuba,” said a passenger, “and it is
only by intimidation and force of example
that quiet is preserved at all, consequently
w hon the government have reason to sus
.pect any one of teaching revolutionary
doctrines they try to make an example
of him in order to deter others, so I think
Sangully’s fate Is fixed."
Havana, March 6.—The funeral of tRe
Marquis de Duquesne, vice president of
the reform party, took place to-day. The
services were very imposing and were at
tended by a large number of prominent
persons.
Alfredno and Arnago of Mataga’s band
have surrendered to the authorities at
Rodas. The mayors of that locality re
port that Mataga’s band consists of a
hundred men, most of whom were Im
pressed into the service of the bandit.
The Guantanamo troops have attacked
and dispersed the band under Perez
Brooks at Luzo. Several of the band were
wounded. The troops captured all their
arms, ammunition, etc. The provinces
of Puerto Prince, Matanzas, Pinar, Rio
and Havana are quiet.
Madrid, March 6.—The governor general
of Cuba has telegraphed, requesting that
reinforcements be sent directly to Santi
ago, and that they be made ready to take
the field forthwith. The war office is
pushing actively the preparations for the
expedition. There is remarkable enthu
siasm tn military circles. Detachments
from all the garrisons are mustering rap
idly Santander, Cadiz, Coruna and Barce
lona. They will embark at the end of the
week. Two million cartridges will be
shipped on the cruiser (jugen Mercedes.
A TERROR OF THE RAILS.
Alabama's Notorious Negro Outlaw
Wounded by n Train Crew.
Montgomery, Ala., March 6.—For sev
eral months the freight cars of the Louis
ville and Nashville railroad have been
robbed between Flomaton and Mobile.
This was done by an organized band of
negroes, under the leadership of one
called “Railroad,” who carried a Win
chester and two revolvers. Two of the
gang were shot, one killed and the other
captured In January.
This morning at Tensaw tank, a freight
crew captured the negro and got his
rifle and one pistol. He broke away
and began firing on the men with his re
maining pistol, who quickly responded.
Just then another train pulled up to the
tank and the negro getting on the en
gine, at the muzzle of his pistol made the
engineer carry him by, at the same time
shooting at the first crew as he passed.
He then came back and taking a position,
would not let the telegraph operator en
ter lgs office. The freight crew attacked
him again and the conductor shot him
with a load of buckshot. He escaped to
the swamp and a posse are now hunting
for him.
LI HUNG CHANG DEFENDED.
The Illume for Chinn’i! Defenseless
Condition Not His
London, March B.—A dispatch to the
Pall Mall Gazette from Yokohama, says
that on March 2 the Japanese second army
occupied Anshong Hen, on the Moukden
road, without opposition.
A Cehtral News dispatch from IVkin
says friends of LI Hung Chang have for
w-arded a memorial to the emperor declar
ing that LI Hung Chang is not at ail to
blame for the unprepared condition of
China to engage In the war with Japan.
The memorial asserts that the president of
the board of revenue, who is also the
emperor's tutor. Is the man to blume.
A Central News dispatch from Tokio
says Gen. Kathura reports from Ansan
"Hen under date of March 2. as follows:
"My division had Intended this morning
to attack the enemy, who was encamped
near our front, but he retreated during
the night. We immediately set out in
pursuit and occupied Ansan Tien tem
porarily. The enemy has retreated to
Shaochen and I am following him."
The Tokio correspondent of the Central
News says a dispatch from Gen. Nodzu,
dated at Halcheng yesterday, gives this
information: "Aa arranged, the army at
tacked New Chwang yesterday. The fight
ing began at 10 o'clock In the morning
Both divisions had entered the city by
noon. Part of the enemy had fled to
Yingkao, but the greater part still occu
pied the houses and streets and obstinately
resisted the Japanese troops. Thestreet
fighting was desperate, but the Japanese
won their way gradually street by street
until by 11 o'clock In the evening they had
completely routed the enemy. The Chi
nese left behind 1,880 killed and wounded.
6no prisoners, eighteen guns and great
quantities of rifles, ammunition, banners
and provisions. The Japanese loss was
somewhat übovo 200 killed and wounded."
Washington, March o.—Secretary Her
bert has received a cablegram from Com
mander Emory of the Petrel, under date
of New Chwang, March 8, stating that the
Japanese commanding general has notl
lied foreigners otf his intention to occupy
that port at once. The Petrel and a Brit
ish warship have been frozen In at New
Chwang since the autumn. They are able
to tske care of all the foreigners in the
settlement. Recent photographs from
Commander Emory show the two vessels
less than 100 yards apart, enclosed In
mud docks cut In the river banks and
surrounded by eabth works of sufficient
strength to make them almost impreg
nable. Inside the workti there is room for
several hundred refugees and the guns
of the ships sweep the land In ail direc
tions. Bach masthead of the two vessels
was ornamented with big pine bushes in
honor of Christmas day, when the pic
tures were taken.
FR INGE'S ’hUGAItS.
•> _____
Danger That the Egyptian Product
Will Supplant Thi-iii.
Paris, March 6.—M. Georges Graux, the
distinguished political/ writer and deputy
for the Salnt-Pol district of Pas-de-Clais,
has written an article In the Journal lies
Debats,'ln which he says that without
the surtax colonial sugars from the
equipped refineries In Egypt may replace
France's sugars in foreign markets.
It has been virtually decided that, if
Germany increases her export bounties
on sugar, France will submit to the cham
bers a bill Increasing the French surtax
correspondingly on sugar Imports. If
necessary France will also put a premium
on French exports of sugars to enable her
producers to compete with the Germans,
even in foreign markets. The govern
ment also thinks of limiting the quan
tities of foreign and colonial sugars ad
mitted at French ports for refining, under
the existing conditions. Furthermore,
she may paropose limitations regarding
the countries from which these sugars
are brought and the ports at which they
shall be admitted.
11l RIAL OF I'KOF. BLACK IE.
The Cathedral Filled With Profess
or* and Student*.
Edinburgh, March 6.—The funeral of
Prof. John Stuart Blackle took place this
morning. The services were held in St.
Giles’ cathedral, and the body was burled
In the Dean cemetery. The cathedral
was filled with the faculty and students
of Edinburgh University, the members of
the municipality of Edinburgh, and the
prominent legal and literary celebrities
of the city, as well as many from abroad,
all of whom marched to the grave.
USE OF THE KNOUT ABOLISHED.
Three Thousand Petty Thieves Die
From It* Effect* In lO t ears.
Berlin, March 6.—A dispatch from St.
Petersburg to the Lokalanzeiger says that
an Imperial edict has been Issued abolish
ing the use of the knout In the Infliction
of punishment. Hitherto the peasantry
have been completely at the mercy of the
local judges. The Issuance of this edict
is due to the fact that statistics were
submitted to the czar which showed that
within the last ten years 3,000 persons
convicted of petty thefts have died from
tho effect of the knout.
GERMAN I S TREATIES.
The Rumor# of Revision Prove to Be
fUnfounded.
Berlin, March 6.—ln the course of the
debate on the commercial estimates in the
Landtag to-day, Baron von Berlepsche,
minister of commerce, declared that the
government had no Intention of revising
the existing commercial treaties, to which
the stability of the country, he said, was
principally due. This declaration was re
ceived with cheers by the members of the
left.
BAUMANN'S BODY KOI ND.
He Wn* Coral** to This Country to
Act n* a Singe Carpenter.
London, March 6.—The body of Adolph
Baumann, who was a passenger on the
Elbe, has been picked up by a fishing boat
and brought to Hull. Mr. Baumann was
at one time manager of the Prague opera
house, and was on his way to New York
to fulfill an engagement as stage manager
under Walter Damrosch.
BANK ROBBERS AND BULLETS.
ONE OF THE FORMER KILLED AND
SIX CITIZENS KOI BIDED.
The KuMu-rs Open Fire Almost Im
mediately on Entering the Honk
and Wound the (ashler anil u Ctt
isen—T he Outlaw* Flee Under Fire
hut re Ox erta ken—One Surren
ders hut His Pm I Itefnars to Do So
and Is Shot Dead—The Survivor
May He L> nehetl.
Des Moines, la.. Maryh 6.—Adel, the
county seat of Dallas county, twenty-two
miles from here, was th# scene of a bolff
bank robbery this morning, followed by
the pursuit of the amateur bandits, the
killing of one and the formation of an
angry mob which surges about the county
Jail to-night and threatens to have the
life of the living robber.
The funds of the bank were saved by
the presence of mind of the cashier, who,
after receiving a load of lead in his body,
swung shut the door to the vault and
turned the combination. Following are
the casualties so far recorded:
Dead —Orlando I’. Wilkins, robber, from
Patterson, Madison county, lowa, aged
30, shot by pursuers.
Injured—
8. M. Leach, cashier of hank, seri
ously wounded in the left shoulder and
neck.
C. D. Bailey, a merchant, shot in the
shoulder
J. M. Byers, a prominent citizen, shot
in the hand and arm.
K. 8. Barr, postmaster, shot In the
left arm.
J. M. Wilkins, a citizen, and Cecil Dex
ter, a boy, slightly wounded.
The robbers Orlando I’. Wilkins and C.
W. Cr|awford were famines living in
Patterson.
About 8 a. m. they drove in to Adel In
a buggy. Leaving their rig a block away
they went to the bank. Wilkins carried
a repeating shotgun with six loads.
They entered ihe La*ik Just as Cashier
Leach was taking the money from the
vault. C. D. Bailqy was In the bank at
the time. Crawford remarked that they
wished to make a deposit. Cashier Leach
was busy at the time, but turned with the
inquiry, "What it It?" As he did so he
looked into the barrel of the shotgun
held by Wilkins, who at once tired.
Cashier Leach staggered and fell, but
rousing himself flung the currency and
gold on the counter Into the vault and
closed the door. Wilkins fired again,
wounding Mr. Halley. Then Crawford
kicked in the door leading behind the
counter and he and Wilkins scooped the
loose silver Into a sack. It amounted to
$267.
By this lime Sheriff Payne who was on
the street, had his attention attracted
and opened fire on the robbers. They
made a rush for their buggy, Wilkins
firing as he ran and wounding the other
citizens mentioned.
The robbers started to drive across the
country. They were hotly pursued, the
hastily collected posse being often within
two or three hundred yards of the fugi
tives. Many ehots were fired, some of
which hit the horses driven by the fugi
tives. After a chase of nearly twelve
miles the wounded horses could go no
further and were abandoned by the
bandits, who separated at what Is known
as "Neal’s Crossing.” There Crawford
secreted himself in a clump of timber,
but Was soon surrounded, and surren
dered.
Wilkins took refuge In a barn, which
was quiekly surrounded. To repeated or
ders to come out he made no reply. Then
Crawford was forced at the point of a
Winchester rifle to carry a can of kero
sene, saturate a straw stack near the
barn and start a fire.
Wilkins did not shoot at his comrade,
and when the flames dosed about him
made a break across the open space for
the timber. He had proeetxled but a
few yards when he fell, pierced by a bullet
from a rifle held, it Is said, bv a prominent
farmer named Pritchard. Then the mob
lost control of Itself, and the body was
riddled with bullets.
The corpse of the robber and Ills living
companion were taken back to Adel,
where, rhts afternoon, Crawford made a
full confession. He claimed lie bad been
forced Into the job by Wilkins, who threat
ened to kill him If hig nerve weakened.
The two left Patterson Tuesday and spent
last night with a farmer five miles from
Adel.
To-night tho biggest crowd ever seen
there Is upon the streets of Adel. Every
man carries a rifle, shotgun, pistol or
club. Sheriff Payne has the Jail pro
tected by a large and well armed posse.
It Is believed that In the course of the
night Crawford will be spirited away to
a place of safety. All the wounded are
doing well.
RETURN OF THE NEGROES.
Those Arriving nt Son Antonio With
out Food or Money.
New Orleans. La., March 6.—A few years
ago the Kansan exodus caused much suf
fering, and the loss of men's lives, and
the poor, deluded blacks had to get back
to their homes in the south as best they
could. Now the Alabama and Georgia
negroes who a short time ago were In
duced by a syndicate who pretended to
have secured concessions of land and ex
clusive privileges from the Mexican gov
ernment for the benefit of the colonist*
to emigrate to Mapimi. Mexico, are walk
ing back to Alabama and Georgia. Many
have arrived at San Anonio without food
or money. This is a great contrast to the
Inspired accounts concerning the hundreds
of emigrant negroes bound for Mexico
which were telegraphed a few weeks ago
from Laredo and other border towns.
MRS. BOOTH A MINISTER.
She Will Make Two of the Salvation
Soldier* Man und Wife.
Cincinnati, 0., March 6.—Mrs. Balllngton
Booth of the Salvation army was to-day
granted a minister’s license by Probate
Judge Ferris. The document gives Mrs.
Booth a right to officiate at weddings
and Is one of the four legal constructions
given in favor or the Salvationists In their
efforts to be recognized as a congregation.
Adjutant Hargreaves and Lieut. Talbot'
will be married at the Salvation arm>
temple on the 20th inst. Mra. Booth will
perform the wedding ceremony.
THE GOV EItXOK CALLED A LIAR.
He Expressed u Relief That l.eglsln
fors Hitil Iti-en llrllieil.
Little Rock! Ark., March 6.—The storm
that has been brewing in the legislature
ever since the Iron Mountain railroad a
week ago defeated the bill for the estab
lishment of a railway commission in this
stale, broke out this afternoon when a
resolution was offered In the House to
eject from the hall tho representatives of
newspapers that liad criticised the action
of tho legislature.
Representative Monroe of North Little
Rock, rising to a question of personal
privilege, denounced Gov. Clarke as an in
famous linr kntl rascal.
When iho railroad commission bill was
first offered In the legislature It was fa
vored by a large majority. The Iron Moun
tain railroad established a large and In
fluential lobby here, and wtien the hill
came up for final passage It was defeated.
The newspapers, particularly the Com
mercial-Appeal of Memphis, intimated
that bribery had been used.
Gov. Clarke, In an interview yesterday,
supported this charge of bribery. Last
evening Representative Monroe called on
Iho governor and was ordered from his of
fice. Thereupon Mr. Monroe mailt his at
tack on the governor to-day. He conclud
ed by saying he had more proof that Ihe
governor Is a liar than the governor has
against any member of the legislature.
There is a feeling that Gov. Clarke will
resent Mr, Monroe’s attack in a decisive
way.
FLOODS IN HUNGARY.
Peasants Cut n Dyke mid T.fHMI Pigs
Drowned.
Buda-Pesth, Mareh B.—The Temesvar
district has been threatened for several
days with floods from the swollen water
ways. Tile peasants held meetings to con
sider means of saving their erops Jid de
cided eventually to cut tho dykes of the
Bogu canal, thus giving vent into the ter
ritory of a royal ditch company, which
owns much laud ami thousands of cattle
In tho district. The company was fore
warned. It posted a force of its employes
at tho point whero the peasants planned
to open tho dyke, and Instructed them to
drive off everybody attempting to ap
proach tho canal. The peasants attacked
tho employes with scythes and clubs, dis
persed them after a hot light and cut a
deep ditch through the canal bank. They
were obliged to flee for their lives when
the water burst out, thousands of acres
being under water within a few hours.
Soma 7,600 of the company's pigs were
drowned and 10,000 head of cattle are in
imminent danger. The company claims
heavy damages from tile government. The
ministries of ihe Interior and agriculture
will investigate tho matter.
GLASS FED TO PRIZE ijotlS.
One wf the Animals Ynluril al 810,-
nno Dies From Internal Bleeding.
Chicago, 111., Mareh 6.—Dwight Eflle,
one of the most valuable Gordon setters
brought to the Mnsutah club’s bench show
by the T. P. Dwight kennels, died yester
day under suspicious circumstances.
Broken glass had been given to her In
food, and she bled Internally to death.
Dwight Sarah, shipped In the same cra.te
with Kflle from Detroit, is also sick In the
same way. but will probably recover. She
Is weak from loss of blood, but, notwith
standing that fact, she took the first prize
yesterday in Ihe Gordon setter puppy,
class. The dog that is dead was valued at
SIO,OOO, but was not for sule.
Just when or where the broken glass
was given to tho dogs Is not known. The
man in charge of them says they all left
Detroit In good shape, with no signs of
sickness In the string. On their arrival
at Chicago on Monday, however, Effie be
gan to bleed. It in believed the intention
was to kill Dwight Pearl, that has won
first prize In all the bench shows, and Is
said to be the best of her class In the
country. Hut she was not. shipped In the
crate that usually carries her. The broken
glase was put In the crate marked with
her name.
WHIPPED BY HIS WASHWOMAN.
He Own Her $6, But Claim* She Ha*
Stolen Some of III* Clothe*.
Jacksonville, Fla., March B.—This morn
ing about 9 o’clock a great sensation was
caused at the corner of Main and Bay
streets by a white woman rushing at
Loren Green, a well known young lawyer
of this city, and striking him several
times In the face with a vicious-looking
cowhide. The woman was a Mrs. Rosen
wanger, wife of ex-Pollceman Rosen
wanger, and she seemed very much in
furiated and struck Green with all her
Torre. The assailed man, as soon as he
could recover from his surprise, ran across
the street and Into an open door near
Furchgott’s store, where he escaped his
assailant. A large crowd was on the
street at the time and the affair created
a great deal of excitement. The woman
finally went away and Green then went to
his apartments In the law exchange. She
says that Green owes her 16 for washing,
and that he has accused her of stealing.
Green says that he owes her for washing,
but that his reason for not paying her Is
that she has stolen some of his clothes
from the washing.
BITTERLY COLD IN AUSTRIA.
Many Ullages Isolated on Aceonnt of
the Deep Snow.
Vienna, March 6 —Southern Austria Is
suffering again from the cold and heavy
snows. The railroads and highways are
impassable In many districts. Numerous
villages are completely isolated. Trains
have not entered or left Flume for twenty
hours. Abbazia and Agram also have been
cut off from all regular communication
with the rest of the empire. Fresh food
and fuel are growing scarce in many of
the larger towns.
GOLD IN TIUMIT,'
An Apparent Loss In the Reserve
Only so in Book-keeping.
Washington. March 6.—The gold reserve
stood at $89,01X1,000 at the close of business
to-day, a loss since yesterday 4>f $2,000,000.
Assistant Secretary Curtis explained that
the difference was more apparent than
real, as the treasury had lost no gold by
export or withdrawals and that the appar
ent loss was simply a matter of bookkeep
ing, the gold being in transit and. there
fore, in course of transference from one
account to another.
t DAILY, $lO A YEAR. 1
J 5 CENTS A COPY. V
I WEEKLY 2-TIMRB-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR )
WAYLAID AND SHOT IN A WOOD.
A FRIEND (IF THE DEAD MAN'S
WIFE ARRESTED Off SI SPICIOff.
He Hail lleeu Ulselinrgcd ns n Mall
Carrier for Opening Letters Di
rected to the Woman—The Victim
of the Ilorrllile Crime a Noting
Itnilrond Man of Columbia—llia
Dog Eultlifnl 1 nto Death nud Fol
lows the Roily to the Grave.
Columbia, 8. C„ March 6.—At 1 o'elocH
this morning Information reached thaclty
that ihe dead body of Conway B. Oli
ver, a young white man. 32 years old, an
employe of the Southern Hallway Com
pany for the past fourteen years, a quiet*
peaceable young man. had been found in
a pool of blood by searchers tn a most
desolate strip of woods about two ml ten
from the city in the suburban resort dis
trict of Shamion. His whole right breast
was perforated with buckshot, fired front
a shotgun. Two of the slugs went through
a folded newspaper and a plug of tobacco
In the breast pocket of Ills coat. He had
started to his father-in-law's to take sup
per and spend the night, his wife being
there. The .house was about half a mllo
further on. At 10:3u o'clock the father-in
law, becoming anxious, accompanied by)
others and the murdered man's bull ter
rier, set out to walk down to meet him*
The body lay off to one side In the bushed
across a path. They passed It.
After going some distance they missed
the dog and came back. The dog ran ta
meet them, harking, and following him,
they discovered the murdered man's body.
The dog then perched himself upon tha
body of his dead master and would let nd
ono come nearer Ilian six feet. The offi
cers of the law, upon their arrival, had to
lasso and choke the dog before they could
examlno the body. The man's watch wag
gong, but his money was not touched.
Parties In the sparsely settled neighbor*
hood beard voices us of two men quarrel
ing about 8 o'clock, und then the report
of a gun and a cry of "oh! you have shot
me." They paid no heed to It, tho place
being frequented by hunters.
The foul deed has created a great stir.
The official Investigation has been going
on all day. Sufficient cvldenoe was se
cured during the day to cause the cor
oner to order the arrest of T. C. Aughtry.
until recently a member of the mail car
rier force. He was discharged for ab
stracting mall belonging to Oliver's wife,
with whom ho appears to have been rather
Intimate.
Aughtry had been heard to make threat*
against the life of Oliver. The evidence
goes to show that he deliberately waylaid
him and murdered him, for tho evidence
Is to the effect that he >, seen close by,
going in the direction of the woods, with
a gun In Jits hand, about 6:30 p. m. Hs was
also seen about 9 p. m., coming from that
direction.
Tho railroad men are highly Incensed.
Tho shops were closed to allow them to
attend the funeral this afternoon. The
faithful dog followed his dead master to
the grave. The coroner’s secret inquest
has been adjourned until 2 o'clock to-mor
row afternoon.
OCALA’S PHOSPHATES BEAU
$
Albertus Vogt Explain* Ihe Nnturff
of the Trnnanetltin
Ocala, Fla., March B.—Albertus Vog|
was Interviewed to-day to get confirms*
tory Information about the sale of phos*
phato lands. He said he sold 240 acred
belonging to the John V. Dunn estate*
leased 120 acres belonging to the Atkin*
son estate and 200 acres in which Col*
Cruger of New York and E. C. Bird o|
Ocala have a half Interest for a roy*
alty of $1 a ton on all the phosphatd
mined, and a stipulated amount to bn
taken out each year. The party wh<s
managed the purchases and leases Is Col*
Francis C. Fishburne of Charleston, 8*
C„ one of the pioneers In the business*
The lands named are near Dunnelon. Thd
prices paid for the lands are not given]
but they are good.
NO CUT BY THE SOUTHERN. ’
A Clnlra That If* Truffle Ha* Not Aeeß
Hurt by the Keuboard Yet.
Washington,March 6.—No action has beeis
taken by the Southern Railway
with regard to the cut In passenger rated
Instituted by their rivals, the Seaboar4
Air Line. The cut rate went Into effect
this morning, but It is stated by the South*
ern railway officers that not only had
their traffic to-day not been affected, but
that extra coaches have been attached tq|
to-night’s trains.
Wilmington, N. C„ March B.—The Bea
board Air Line has cut passenger rated
from Wilmington to all points north.
These are samples: Wilmington to Newt
York, sl2; Boston, $17.75; Philadelphia*
$10.80; Washington, $8; Richmond, $9.80. No
cut is announced for any points south o t
Virginia.
A GOVERNOR'S LIFE THREATENED.
The Letter Written in (he Interest
of the Koliy Knee Track.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 6 Gov.
Matthews made public to-day an anony*
mous letter which threatened hie life it
ho does not stop his fight on the Roby
race track. The letter says that the Roby;
Interests will be alive long after the gov
ernor Is dead. The communication stated
that a relative of the governor's ac
cepted a bribe to Influence him. The letter
also stales that Gov. Matthews, In hia
future political career, will need the In
fluence of the Roby race track people.
DR. NEAL MITCHELL TO MARRY.
Ml** Mary E. Sheehy of Saratoga ta
He Hi* llrlde.
Saratoga, N. Y., March 6.—The engage,
ment Is to-day made public of Mlsa Mary
E, Sheehy, grand daughter of the late
Hon. John A. Lee of this village, and
only daughter of the late Assemblyman
James W. Sheehy of Port Henry, to Dr.
Neal Mitchell of Jacksonville, Fla., where
she Is passing the winter. Dr. Mitchell
became famous for the work he per
formed when Jacksonville was afflicted
with the yellow fever.