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i. H. ESTILL. President. f
bagged a package of bills.
ax ASSIST AX T CASHIER STEALS
*50,000 FROM THE SAFE.
Another Employe Becomes Suspi
riona anti Reports to the President.
The Cnlprit Confesses When Con
fronted by His Superior The
Money Taken to Me Used in nn At
tempt to Stave Off the Exposure
of n Shortage.
Chicago. April 3.—Assistant Cashier
Frederick W. Griffin of the Northwestern
National bank walked Into the vault where
the money Is kept Saturday morning and
took therefrom a package containing $50,-
Xin currency. Another employe saw him
come out and noticed he Was ill at ease.
After thinking the matter over all night
he went to Vice President Dummer’s resi
dence Sunday morning and related what
he had seen.
On being questioned about the occur
rence. Griffin made a full confession, al
though there was at that time not the
slightest particle of evidence against him
I'fyJnd the suspicions of his fellow clerk.
Bank Examiner McKeon was at once
called in and an investigation showed
the books had been tampered with, so as
to cover the amount missing, the pecula
tions extending over a period of six
months.
Griffin took the money tn a vain en
deavor to conceal his crime from the bank
officials. He secured a draft from another
Chicago bank with the $50,000 abstracted,
and placed the draft to the credit of the
United States National Bank of Omaha.
This bank, as the Omaha correspondent
pf the Northwestern, had originally SBO,OOO
to Its credit in the Chicago institution.
Commencing his stealings with the ac
counts of other banks, Griffin finally
mulcted this one alone. His system was
to put in false tickets for telegraphic
transfers of money. When the Omaha
bank at last called for a settlement he
saw the case was hopeless and required a
desperate remedy, forgetting that while
his plan made the Omaha account all
straight, it left the Chicago institution’s
cash account short to the amount taken.
Unfortunate speculation in stocks was
the cause of his downfall. Aside from
these, the life he led was an exemplary
one. He had the entire confidence of the
officials, and did not even give a bond
when he took the position. He is 36 years
old, has a wife and two children, and
has been In the employ of the bank ever
since he was 16 years of age. He was
arrested last night, and has been In the
custody of the marshal ever since.
At .1 o’clock this afternoon he was
brought before United States Commis
sioner Humphries, who continued the
' ase In $15,000 bonds until to-morrow. No
bond will be given until after the hear
ing, when there will be no trouble in find
ing bondsmen.
Griffin recently resigned the presidency
of the Ashland Club. He was prominent
In North Side society circles, and declares
that he will live down his disgrace. The
lank officials will be as lenient with him
as possible. His father lives in Florida.
SLEW HIM ON THE RIVER STYX.
An Alabama Slnrdorer Given a Sen
tence of Imprisonment for Life.
Mobile, Ala., April 3.--John Murphy was
convicted yesterday at Daphne, Baldwin
county, Alabama, of the murder of Ed
Cameron, and his punishment placed at
life imprisonment. In May of 1884, at a
lumber camp on the Styx river, Ed Came
ron was shot by an unknown party. It
was believed that he was mistaken for his
father, J. D. Cameron, who had had
some trouble with some rough characters
in the neighborhood. Three men were ar
rested and tried and they were acquitted.
Murphy had made admissions which point
ed to him as the assassin, but having been
snt up on another charge it was not until
this term of court that he was brought
to trial. What saved him from a death
sentence was the belief of some of the
jury that he had been dominated by an
older man. one Jim Early, stnee dead, and
used as a tool by Early in the attempt to
kill old man Cameron.
BURIED in one coffin.
lhc Williams Children Interred
Clasped In Each Other's Arms.
Columbus, 0., April 3.—The bodies of the
two Williams children found murdered at
the Park hotel Monday were taken from
the morgue this morning and burled in
Creel aw n cemetery.
Mr. Williams, the father, and Annie, the
surviving daughter, were present. The
father was deeply affected, but Annie
seemed entirely unmoved. •
Four carriages followed the hearse to
the grave, where a few words were said by
Eev. j. c. Bright of the South High street
’ ongregatlonal church. The two children
"’ er * placed In one coffin and burled, clasp
lr> each others arms. Mrs. Williams
®'ked to be permitted to attend the funeral
u p was refused. She was placed in the
county jail this morning.
STRUGGLE OF THE SILVERITES.
* "mil tllrbaeh's Proposal Referred
to n Special Committee.
Berlin, April 3.—ln the upper house
ef the Landtag to-day Baron von Man
teuffel moved to refer to a special com
mittee Count Mirbaeh’s proposal to accel
erate the settlement of the currency slt
hauon by means of an International agree
ment. The motion was carried without
debate.
London, April 3.—A. J. Balfour, M. P..
*b address before the bimetallic league
*’ ( h'- mansion house to-day. said that the
1 m " i* not far distant when men of ill
Parties would agree to Introduce Into In
'• r ':ational transactions some medium of
‘■“change •* hurtful to industry than the
present absurd system.
Walcott Whips Dunn.
oney island, N. Y., April 3,-The light
to-night between Joe Walcott, the Bos
ton negro, and Mick Dunn of Australia,
' v won by Walcott. He had Dunn all
***** °ut at the end of the eighth round
“"hen the police slopped the tight, The
relera, deviantd Walcott the winner.
She JSotfttittfl ffeto#.
GOTHAM'S MI RHEHED NEGRESS.
Her Slayer a Negro She Had Been
Living With as His Mistress.
New York, April s.—The mystery of the
murdered negro woman found on Sixth
| avenue is entirely cleared up. The wo
i man’s name was Mary Martin and the
, murderer is William Caesar. She had
abandoned her husband and had been
living with Caesar for several months.
In a quarrel on Friday night he killed
her by choking. He left her lying on the
floor and went to bed in the next room
and slept soundly. Next day he was at
his usual work all day as a porter in a
hat store. At night he borrowed a cleave
from a butcher, cut the woman's legs
off, made the remains up into a conve
nient bundle, (she weighed only 100
pounds) and took them to a Sixth ave
nue car with the Intention of carrying
them to the river.
The car he rode on went no further than
Waverly Place. He then took up his
bundle and while considering what to do
next he rested it on the iron railing in
front of the New York Bank Note Com
pany's building. Either he did not hold it
fast or was only too anxious to let it fall
anywhere. At any rate, it overbalanced,
according to the story of the detectives,
and fell into the space between the railing
and the building. Caesar dared not at
tract attention by climbing after it, so he
walked away from the spot, returning
home. This was at 8 o’clock Saturday
night. The bundle was not noticed'until 6
o’clock the next morning. Acquaintances of
the woman who knew of her quarrels with
Caesar suspected what had happened
when the discovery of the body was made
public, identified the remains at the
morgue and the rest was easy enough.
After his arrest Caesar told the whole
story.
A RIVER STEAMER BURNED.
A Chambermaid Leaps Into the
Water and Is Drowned.
Pittsburg, April 3.—The Pittsburg and
Cincinnati Packet Company's Bteamer
Iron Queen was burned this morning at
Racine, 0.. in the Ohio river. She was
lying at the wharf taking on freight when
the fire broke out in the engine room.
Capt. Thomas P. Calhoun ordered that
the passengers be roused. All were got
ten off the boat in safety, with the ex
ception of the chambermaid, Mrs. Mar
tha Mosely of Cincinnati, who became
frightened and Jumped off the rati into
the water and was drowned. Her body
has not yet been recovered.
In three minifies from the time of the
first alarm the boat was in flames from
bow to stern and in about fifteen minutes
was a total ruin. The vessel burned to the
water line, the bow swinging into shore
and the stern resting in thirty feet of
water, in which position the boat now lies.
There were on the steamer fifteen Pitts
burg passengers and a crew of Seventy
people.
Clerk McColiough states that he lost
all his personal property to save Mrs.
Lovell, a Pittsburg passenger, who In
sited on going back to her state room alter
her hat, and on this account lost also the
greater part of the steamer's books. The
passenger and freight books were saved,
but everything else was destroyed.
The Iron Queen left Cincinnati Tuesday.
At the time of the disaster she had a large
miscellaneous cargo. Anew boat to take
the place of the Iron Queen will be built
at once. The one burned was valued at
about $60,000, and was Insured for $30,000.
FROM COAL FIELDS TO OCEAN.
An Enthusiastic Railroad Meeting
Held at Knoxville.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 3—A large and en
thusiastic meeting was held here to-day
In the interest of a railroad from the East
Tennessee coal fields to the South Atlan
tic seaboard at either Charleston or Port
Royal. Representatives were present from
Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia. In the fore
noon there was an informal reception and
conference at the Imperial hotel, attended
by 150 leading business men of Knoxville,
besides representatives from the states
mentioned.
The afternoon meeting was held at the
public hall of the court house, which was
packed, and hundreds could not get seats
or standing room. Judge S. T. Logan of
Knoxville presided and speeches were
made by F. H. K. McCully of Anderson,
MaJ. NVhitner, Maj. Lee and I. IV. Perrin
of Greenwood; J. H. Harrison of Walhalla
and others. G. W. Waggoner of Charles
ton was also present and participated.
Resolutions were adopted approving a
scheme of Col. A. E. Boone of Zainesville,
0., under which he proposes to build the
road. Enthusiasm runs high and many be
lieve that the completion of the line ts
about to become a fixed fact.
LINDHOL-M ACQUITTED.
He Wa* Charged With Embezzling
$1,500 of the State’* Money.
Lansing, Mich., April 3.--The jury in
the case of August W. Lindholm, ex-as
sistant secretary of state, charged with
embezzlement, rendered a verdict of not
guilty this afternoon. Lindholm was
charged with embezzling $1,500 of the
state’s money from the office of the sec
retary of state. He fled the country, but
was located in Sweden last fall and ex
tradited. His alleged embezzlement was
detected while an examination was being
made in the secretary’s office for evidence
of the salary amendment steal.
A CYCLONE AT JEFFERSONVILLE.
A Church Blown Down on a Teacher
and -4k Negro Children.
Atlanta, Ga.. April 3.—A cyclone at Jef
fersonville yesterday afternoon wrecked
the negro Baptist church, tn which a
school was In progress. The teacher and
forty-two children were burled In the
debris. All were taken out alive. Eigh
teen of the children were seriously Injur
ed, but no deaths have occurred.
An Embeszler Sentenced.
New York. April 2.—John Ellison, one
time a deacon In a Brooklyn church, who
pleaded guilty to grand larceny In the first
degree, was sentenced to Slag Bing for
four year* to-day. Ellison stole SS4, UK
from the Irish linen house of Fenton. Con
nor & Cos., of Belfast and lost It all. Be
was the bookkeeper of the firm and had
the confidence of his employers.
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1895.
BAD DAY FOR CHICAGO’S GANG.
ONE OR TWO TOUGHS, HOWEVER,
GET INTO THE NEW COUNCIL.
"Hinkey Dink" K-nna Gives Way to
n Republican of Etiually Unsavory
Notoriety Ex-Bumller McCarthy
Also Successfully Runs the Gaunt
let of the Uallots—The New Civil
Service Reform Scheme Carried In
Spile of the Opposition of All the
Machine Politicians.
Chicago, April 3.—The political land
slide of last November in this city was
augmented In yesterday's election. The
returns show an almost clean sweep for
the republicans. George B. Swift, for
mayor, was elected by 40,930 plurality over
Frank Wentar, dem., and the other candi
dates on the republican ticket received
substantially the same plurality, with the
exception of West for city attorney, who
ran 20,000 behind his ticket. He still has
a safe plurality of 19,249, however.
The city of Chicago is divided for/taxing
purposes into seven districts, known as
“towns.” In all these, the republican can
didate for assessor, collector, supervisor
and clerk were elected by unprecedented
pluralities.
Twenty-two members of the common
council were elected. Of these eighteen
are republicans or independents of repub
lican tendencies, two are democrats and
one is an Independent democrat. With a
few exceptions the members of the boodle
gang who were up for re-election were de
feated.
There were several surprises in the al
dermanic results. In the first ward, Mich
ael Kenna, better known as “Hlnky
Dink,” was beaten by Mr. Gleason, rep.,
a gentleman of almost equal notoriety.
In the Fifteenth ward, ex-Congressman
Frank Lawler, who had been a candidate
for almost anything in sight during the
last three years, ran as an independent
democrat and won over the republican
and the regular democratic candi
dates by a small plurality.
In the Twenty-first ward John McGll
len, leader of the democratic forces in
the council, was defeated by 1,000 plu
rality. His defeat Is attributed to his un
satisfactory record on the so-called boodle
ordinances.
The. Twenty-ninth ward returns to the
council “Buck’’ McCarthy, the ex-boodle
county commissioner, who narrowly es
caped a penitentiary sentence when Van
Pelt and others went to Joliet and Mc-
Garlgle made his famous trip to Canada
by the bath-tub route eight years ago.
McCarthy is a republican.
With the exceptions noted most of the
successful candidates for the council are
new in politics. It was a bad day for “the
gang ”
The vote on the proposition to adopt a
civil service system, applying to all muni
cipal employes, including the firemen and
the police, was comparatively light, only
160,000 votes being cast on the question.
The proposition won. however, by a ma
jority of 40,000, despite the opposition of
the machine politicians of both parties
and the ill-concealed enmity of the police.
The civil service rules do not go into
operation for 90 days and although Mr.
Swift Is on record as favoring the system,
it is expected that a number of changes
will be made in the various departments
before tho law becomes effective. Ex-In
spector Alexander Ross is slated to suc
ceed Chief of Police Brennan.
Matt Benner may be Fire Chief
Sweeney's successor, and the other
higher officers of both departments
will probably be reduced or dropped alto
gether. The rank and file will probably
not be interferred with.
London, April 3.—The Daily News will
publish a leader to-morrow explaining the
Chicago city election. It will say: “This
clean sweeping of the most corrupt gov
ernment In the world is ascribable to
John Burns' plain speaking and Mr.
Stead’s appeals, which touched patriotic
pride or stirred the public conscience."
NEW JERSEY’S ELECTION LAW.
The Fact That It Takes Effect Imme
diately a Surprise.
Newark, N. J., April 3.—Greater conster
nation could not have been created among
the republican leaders of Newark than
was caused by the discovery that the
Voorhees supplement to the election laws
had already gone into effect and would
affect the spring election. It had been
generally supposed that the act would not
be operative until July. Taking effect
now, it wipes out the county board of
registry and elections and possibly the dis
trict election officers, takes away from
■the court of common pleas the power of re
vising the registry lists for the approach
ing election, makes null and void the reg
istration of yesterday and may throw
doubt on the election of next Tuesday.
That was all discovered yesterday. The
Vdorhees bill, signed by the governor, be
came a law on Monday. The clause pro
viding that It take effect Immediately was
an amendment. It escaped the vigilance
of the Essex county members, all of whom
were under the impression that It did not
become operative until July, and who
watched its progress through the senate
and assembly.
A conference was held yesterday upon
the bill by Judges Depue, Childs and
Kirkpatrick. They scrutinized it to
learn whether the court of common pleas
was authorized to revise the registry
lists. Their conclusion was that under
the new law the court had no such
authority for revision.
Senator Voorhees, the author of the
election law, signed an opinion to-night,
which was concurred in by the county
political committees, that It was not the
purpose of the law to interfere in the
spring eleclons notwithstanding its enact
ing clause. Judge Dupue will be asked
to-morrow to concur in the opinion In
order to legalize the forthcoming elec
tions.
RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
Tlielr Governor Rc-slected hy an In
creased Majority.
Providence. R. 1.. April 3.—The demo
crats of the state were simply snowed un
der to-day. The returns Indicate a gen
eral falling oft in the democratic vote. The
vote was very light, but Llppett. rep., for
governor, la elected by a largely Increased
majority. The entire republican state
ticket la elected. The democrats will re-
tain at least their present representation
of five in the legislature.
In two or three towns there was some
Interest, owing to contests on local Issues,
but apathy was shown in most instances.
East Providence and Pawtucket voted
for license after a hard fight, and Coven
try, for the first time In its history, voted
to be bibulous.
Newport, R. I„ April 3.—To-day's elec
tion was entirely one-sided, although the
extent of the unevenness was much great
er than had been estimated by either
side. The republicans swept everything
before them, electing every candidate by
pluralities unprecedented for many years.
These ran on the general ticket as high
as 651 for Llppet for governor and the
assembly ticket ranged from 856 to 41G, the
latter being only slightly lower than the
highest a year ago. Neither Side made
any special effort to bring out its vote,
the democrats especially being apparent
ly without Interest in the contest, ami the
total vote fell off 700 or 800 from last year’s
figures. The proposition to Issue 4 per
cent. 30-year gold bonds for SIOO,OOO was
carried In a total vote of about 2,*)0 by a
majority of more than 1,600.
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
V Boy Kills Two Brothers, Attacks
Their Sister anil is Found Ilium.
Galena, Kas., April 3.—A double murder
and attempted criminal assault occurred
four miles northwest of this city yester
day. James Walters and Samuel Cox
live on adjoining farms. Cox is a widower,
and his daughter, Dolly, about 17 years
old, keeps house for him. He had two
sons, George and James, aged 19 and 12,
living at home. Newton Walters, about
19 years old, son of James Walters, was
Infatuated with Dolly Cox, but the latter
did not rare for him.
Yesterday morning young Walters went
to tho Cox place and wanted the two
boys to go to the river with him after
ducks. The two Cox boys and, Walters
started out, taking a gun with them. Mr.
Cox was absent on business and the girl
was left at the house alone. About noon
young Walters returned to tile house
alone and attempted to assault the girl,
w ho escaped, and ran to one of the neigh
bors. Word was brought to the town of
the affair and a party went In search of
the Cox boys, who were still missing. The
body of the older boy was found in a
sitting posture against a tree with u
bullet hole in the back of his bead. IJe
was alive, but unconscious. He regained
consciousness long enough to tell that
young Walters shot him. Near where the
older boy was found were traces where
the younger boy had been shot unil his
body dragged to the river and thrown In.
The body has not been recovered.
Walters was found hanging to a tree
near Boston mills, two miles from the
scene of his crime. Whether he committed
suicide or was lynofeed is not kuown.
* - I**i W-' ■
A MAN OF 90 WEDS A GIRL OF SO.
♦
The Bridegroom a Preacher, Law
yer, Soldier and Journalist.
Washington, April 3.—Rev. Dr. George
W. Carter of Portsmouth, Va., lawyer,
soldier, and Journalist, and Miss Virginia
Staham, a young society girl of Lynch
burg, were married in this city to-day at
the home of Dr. W. P. Carr, a son-in-law
of the groom. It was rather a romantic
marriage and will prove something of a
surprise to Lynchburg society, although
the marriage had been a thing understood
among a few friends of the contracting
parties.
Dr. Carter is a veteran of tho civil war,
having had a colonel’s commission In the
confederate service and was afterward
prominent in Loutsana politics, having
engaged in newspaper work in New Or
leans and after the war held the posi
tion of speaker of the house of represen
tatives In that state. Later he aband
oned politics for the pulpit and though
now past 60 is still of a tail, powerful
frame and soldierly bearing.
Miss Staham is the daughter of wealthy
parents in Lynchburg and has been a
favorite In society there for a season, be
ing but a little more than 20 years of age.
SHOT HIS WIFE DEAD.
She Refused to Tell the Anther of n
Letter Her Husband Intercepted.
Oklahoma City, O. T.. April 3.—Harry
St. John, eon of ex-Gov. St. John of
Kansas, and a member of the last Okla
homa legislature, shot and killed his wife
this afternoon about two miles from this
city. He became possessed of a letter ad
dressed to her. This afternoon he hired a
buggy and drove out to his place. Getting
his gun, he confronted his wife with the
letter, threatening to kill her if she did
not disclose fts author. She refused and
he claims the gun was discharged acci
dentally, shotting her through the breast.
She died without uttering a word. Mrs.
St. John was a Miss Mary Eel bon. He
father, William B. Felbon, was formerly
oounty Judge of Saquache county, Col.,
and later warden of the Colorado peniten
tiary. Bhe leavV-s two small children.
was 28 years of age and her husband
Is 35 and a lawyer. He has lived in Okla
homa since 1883.
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EARTHQUAKES IN TUSCANY.
Seventeen Lives Supposed to Have
Been Lost.
Rome, April 3.—Tuscany has b'Aen shaken
by earthquakes several times this week.
At Tredlzlso a dozen houses collapsed.
Seven dead bodies have been removed
from the ruins and eight persons are miss
ing.
At Montepuleiano. in Central Italy, roofs
were shaken down and three buildings
were wrecked. Two persons were killed
and ten or twelve injured.
The earthquakes have been accompanied
by heavy rains.
The government has sent a geologist to
visit the places where the shocks were
most violent.
TO ABOLISH HER MILITIA.
South Australia to Depend on Eng
land for Protection.
London. April 3.—The Times correspond
ent In Melbourne says: “South Australia
has decided to abolish her militia, thus
saving 110,000 annually. The colony will
rely In the future for defense on the gun
boat Protector, the forts and the artil
lery and naval brigade. This oourse Is
Justifisd while England commands the
sea. The only danger is from foreign
cruisers."
OSCAR WILDE’S LIBEL SUIT.
THE MAItQII* READY TO AMAIXT
HIM I* COl KT.
Ollier PerNonn Intervene am! Prevent
the Threatened AttaeL— \ Very
Gufcliy Letter From \\ fide to Lord
Alfred Dougins Produced In Court
and Described by the Author pa a
Prone Sonnet—-The Mnrqnln Stlekn
to Ilia Assertion*.
London. April 3.—The central criminal
court In the old Bailey was densely pack
ed with people lon* before the hour of
opening—lo:3o a. m.—to-day, the attrac
tion being the trial of the action of Oscar
Wilde against Marquis of Queensberry for
libel. Justice Collins took his seat on the
bench promptly at 10:30 o’clock and the
case was called. The prosecution Is con
ducted by Sir Edward Clarke, Q. C., M. P.,
and the Marquis of Queens berry Is de
fen led by Edward H. Carson, Q. C., U. I*.
Lawyer Besley watched the proceedings
on behalf of Lord Douglass of Warwick.
Oscar Wilde, wearing a light blue over
coat, entered the court room in company
with his solicitor, Mr. Humphreys. He
resolutely maintained an air of unconcern,
despite the fact that everyboily was star
ing at him, and took his seat in front of
81r Edward Clarke. The Marquis of
Queensberry entered tho dock and In an
swer to the usual questions, pleaded not
guilty, adding that the so-called libel
was true and had been made known In
the Interest of public morality.
Sir Alfred Clarke in opening the case
reviewed tho evidence taken In the police
court, dwelling upon the writing which
constituted the libel complained of. This
writing alleged that Mr. Wilde hud been
posing immorally. It has been noticed, he
said that It was not charged that thore
was any actual offense, but the gravity
of the case consisted in the fact that the
libels complained of had extended over
a long period of time. Tho
Marquis of Queensberry, Sir Ed
ward said, has also accused Mr.
Wilde of having solicited a num
ber of gentlemen to engage with him In a
series of grave offenses. Several of these
gentlemen Would be called to deny what
ever the marquis might say on cross ex
amlnatlpn.
At this point the marquis, who, with
clinched fists sat glaring at Mr. Wilde,
made a movement as thought he Intended
to attack him and he undoubtedly would
have done so had It not be#h for persons
between them.
Sir Edward Clarke continuing, said
Mr. Wilde had been a close friend of
the Queensberry family until 1803, when
he learned of the offensive statements be
ing made against him by a man named
Wood, who had either stolen or found
some letters written by Mr. Wilde to Lord
Alfred Douglas. He offered to return
these letters for money and afterwards,
at Wood's earnest entreaty, Mr. Wilde
paid his fare to America. Later Mr.
Wilde learned that two men named
Knebly and Alien pretended to have In
their possession compromising letters, but
Mr. Wilde refused to purchase them. Mr.
Wilde, he said, admitted having written,
In 1893, a most extravagant letter to Lord
Alfred Douglus, In answer to a poem the
latter had written. Despite the senti
ments expressed In this letter, the Jury
must take Into consideration the artistic
circle in which Mr. Wilde moved. Mr.
Wilde himself described this letter as a
"prose sonnet.”
In 1893, Hlr Edward said, the Marquis
of Queensberry openly libeled Mr. Wilde
*ln the latter's own house and was shown
the door in the presence of servants and
refused further admittance. The annoy
ance was aggravated by the behavior of
the Marquis of Queensberry on the first
night of the production of many of Mr.
Wilde’s plays.
The letter which Mr. Wilde had writ
ten to Lord Alfred Douglass was read, as
follows: “My Dear Boy—Your sonnet Is
quite lovely. Your roseleaf lips seem
made no less for the music of song than
for the madness of kisses. Your slim, gilt
soul walks between poetry and passion.
I know that Hyaclnthus, who was loved
by Apollo, was you in the Greek days.
Why are you alone In London, and when
do you go to Salisbury? Do you sleep In
the gray twilight of Gothis things? Come
here whenever you like, but go to Salis
bury first.”
The Marquis, Sir Alfred Clarke said,
now attacked Mr. Wilde respecting his
"Dorian Grey” and his articles in the
Chameleon, which It Is alleged that he
published tn the Interests snd for the
furtherance of Immoral practices.
Mr. Wilde was then called to the stand
and detailed his relations with the fami
ly of the marquis. His testimony followed
the lines of his counsel’s address.
He said that he had no connection with
the Chameleon and strongly disapproved
of the article entitled "Acolyte and
Priest,” which had been published there
in. As regarded "Dorian Grey," Mr.
Wilde said it had first appeared as a
serial tn Lipptncott's Magazine, but had
been altered when published In book form.
Cross-examined by Mr. Carson, Mr.
Wilde said he was aware that Lord Al
fred had written article* in the Chame
leon. One of them, entitled "Two Loves,"
he did not regard as improper, though the
"Loves" were boys. He regarded por
tions of "Priest and .Acolyte” as disgust
ing. but did not think it blasphemous.
He knew that the Chameleon had a cir
culation among students of Oxford Uni
versity.
Referring to his. publication, "Philoso
phy for the Youhg," Mr. Carson asked
Mr. Wilde If he believed what he had
written. Mr. Wilde answered; "I rarely
write what I belitqre Is true.”
Continuing, Mr. Wilde said that he be
lieved that the i?<allzatlon of self was
the primal end of life.
Mr. Wilde said tffat the man Allen, when
endeavoring to oUtaln money for the copy
of the letter In hifc possession had remark
ed that it might bear a curious meaning.
To this. Mr. Wl&ie testified that he re
plied “art is rarely intelligible to the crim
inal classes."
Pressed to say whether the articles in the
Chameleon were- not immoral, Mr. Wilde
replied: “They were worse; they were
badly written."
Mr. Wilde deeded generally and specifi
cally all the charges of Immorality
brought against him by the Marquis of
QUeensbury. N.r. Wilde said that he gave
Woow lhe £ls Im-cause Lord Alfred Douglas
had asked hint to assist Wood. He admit
ted that he thought the matter was
blackmail. y<* he gave the man £5 besides
his dinner, tee next day and saw him off
for Amerlcs* Throughout his testimony
Mr. Wilde maintained perfect composure.
He frequen Hy ran his fingers through hi*
hair, a habit which is peculiar to him. Bev
eral times, he propounded paradoxles to
Mr. C'amoil snd in the course of the ques
tioning co I ended that the letter addressed
to Lord Alfred Douglas which was read In
court was beautiful, but that it could not \
be judged as a letter, apart from art. He
denied that hf had madly adored “a man
twenty years his junior; he did not adore
any one except himself, nor did he believe
that any book afTected the conduct of itJ
reader.”
GEORGIA MARBUB I*ol*l LAK.
Prepurinw to Increase Mnll Facili
ties In Southern Cities.
Washington, April 3.—One of the hand
somest public buildings In Washington Is
being constructed of Georgia marble. The
new' Corcoran art gallery, now going up
just southwest executive mansion,
on the corner of Seventeenth street and
New York avenue, Is being built of a
beautiful quality of stone furnished by the
Southern Marble Company of Marble Hill,
Qa. The first story is already set and ex
perts state that the marble used Is the
finest material of the kind In the United
States. The structure attracts general
attention, not only because of Its close
proximity to the White House, and the
war, navy and state department buildings,
but because of the magnificence of the de
sign and the associations that cluster
around the memory of the late W. W. Cor
coran, who founded the art gallery, which
bears his name. The present Corcoran
art gallery Is located two blocks north of
the new edifice.
Congressman S. M. Bparkman of Tam
pa, Fla., who succeeds Stephen Russell
Mallory, Is in this city for a few days,
making a round of the departments and
endeavoring to get In touch with his new
duties. I met him at the capitol yester
day, engaged in hunting up some official
data relative to the river and harbor im
provement* in Florida.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Neilson is actively engaged In establish
ing a street car postal service In those
cities having rapid transit facilities. He
Is going to send an agent to visit sev
eral of the southern Titles. Including
Charleston, Savannah, Atlanta and other
cities where cable and electric systems
are in operation. It Is proposed to ex
pedite the collection and distribution of
the local malls by attaching a postal car
to those lines, which make a circuit of
the city. If one line does not meet the
requirements of the new project there will
be an interchange of cars, similar to that
of tho railway postal service. Gen. Ncll
son is an old railroad man, and he is
anxious to give the people of the country
the beat mail facilities possible He has
Inaugurated anew system of obtaining
Information on the subject of additional
mail facilities.
HI BINIfiSS GROWING BETTER,
Itc|>re*eiitntl v* Business Men Wee
Better Times Attend.
Baltimore, Md., April 3.—The Manufac
turer’s Record Is In receipt of and will
publish in this week’s Issue a number of
letters from representative business men
in all parts of the country on the pros
pects for general business improvement.
Among the number quoted are C. P. Hunt
ington, John 11. Inmun and Abram fl.
Hewitt of New York, M. E. Engall* of
Cincinnati, Hon. Edward Atkinson of Bos
ton and Thomas Booth of St. Louts.
The majority of views, while of a con
servative tone, are to the effect that busi
ness from this time on will gradually but
steadily improve. The Iron and steel
manufacturers and merchants report
decided increase In the demand for their
products; traffic has Increased on the rail
road lines and the bankers state that in
vestors are showing more confidence In
different sections, especially In the south.
Thomas Booth, president of the Mer
chants’ Exchange of Bt. Louis, which rep
resents the business sentiment of the Mis
sissippi valley, states that “The Improve
ment whlcfe started the first month of
the year haa become emphasised.”
President Ingalls of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad believes that “inland com
merce will improve from now on.”
TWELVE JAILED FOR MURDER.
They Are Accused of Killing a Man
Who Might Turn Informer.
Montgomery, Ala., April 3.
Sheriff Sedherry and deputies of Elmore
county brought Josephus and Will Jowell,
John Morgari, John Edwards, Jr., and
Alonzo Edwards, Luther Ingram and C.
M. Kitchen, charged with murder, to this
city for safekeeping. They are charged
with the murder of Rufus Swindler, near
Wetumpka last week.
Yesterday one of the number after be
ing arrested, confessed that they had
formed a band and entered Into a com
pact to kill Swindler, whom they were
afraid would Inform ithe federal officers
of their practice of making whisky. They
are whltecappers and Went to Swindler’s
house at night,- beat him and his wife and
dragged him out of bed and shot him
da/1. They had their faces blacked. John
Edwards, Sr., and Kitchen came to We
tumpka to-day to employ counsel for the
prisoners and they were arrested also.
A HOTEL FOR 1,000 GUESTS.
Venable Brother* Putting I p a Big
Hostelry at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., April 3.—The Venable
brothers have started work on a ten
story hotel on the site of the old capttpl.
The building will be of granite and steel
and will cost $500,000, exclusive of the site
and furnishing. It will accommodate
1,000 guests and Is to be completed by
Sept. 20. The building will face the post
office and the Grady monument at Mari
etta and Forsyth streets.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN NEW? YOHK.
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The Question to Be Submitted at the
Poll*.
Albany. N. Y.. April 3.—The Senate Ju
diciary committee will report favorably
the woman’s suffrage bill submitting a
constitutional amendment giving women
the rignt to vote, to the people. A large
number of women were present this after
noon, but as there was no opposition to
the bill there was no hearing given. If
there Is opposition later, the bill is to be
recommitted for a hearing.
JUMtlee Winslow He-elected.
Milwaukee, Wls., April 3.—Justice John
B. Winslow, dein.. Is re-elected to the su
preme bench. Return* received up to mid
night to-night point to that conclusion.
Hlxty out of Hlxty-eight counties give
Winslow 6.KJU majority with some demo
cratic strongholds yet to hear from.
I DAILY, $lO A TEAR. 1
1 S CENTS A COPY. V
) WEEKLY 2-TJMES-A-WEEK $1 A TEAR J
ROBBERS RAID A POSTOFFICE.
THEY GET AWAY WITH $8,1)00
W URTH UF STAMPS.
Tin* Rooty Scoured la the Private
Offlee of the Po.luia.ter W hile He
Wn. at IMnner—Duplicate Keys
I .ed In Getting Into the Vaelt.
The Key. Secured By a Bold lint
Ingenious Ro.e Several Huy. Ago,
Springfield, 111.. April 3—The Spring,
field postoffice vat robbed of about 38,009
to-day. It was the neatest and moat mys
terious Job ever put up In this city, and
there is title clue to the perpetrators. The
amount taken, with the exception of about
S3O waa In stamps. It was abstracted
from the vault In Postmaster Kldgley'a
private office while Mr. Ridgley was ab
sent for luncheon. The loss was not dis
covered until 4 o’clock. The thieves used
duplicate keys to unlock the office, and
vault, and they worked so quietly thst
with a dozen clerks at work on either
side of the room, no suspicion was arous
ed. The vault and that in the revenue
collector's office are only separated by a
wall and Chief Clerk Will Vrendenburg
of the collector’s office heard someone
moving on the other side. Miss Davis,
the stamp clerk, passed through the cor
ridor about the same'tlme and saw two
men standing near the postmaster’s of
fice.
Tho robbery was discovered by As
sistant Postmaster Lester McMurphy,
whan he went into the vault to get some
stamps. Ten thousand dollars’ worth had
been placed there Monday, and from which
two days' mice had been made. A box
containing Jewelry and silverware, be
longing to the post mooter's daughter,
Mrs. Harry Devereaux, partly wedding
presents, were also stolen. The thieves
had carefully closed ail the doors which
they had to unlock with their duplicate
keys.
Two weeks ago, two men passing as at
torneys came into the postmaster's office
and asked to borrow his keys to unlock
a tin box carried by one of them, which
they said contained papers to be filed In
the United States court. While there an
other man came In and asked to see the
postmaster. Mr. Ridgley referred him to
Mr. McMurphy and went aercss the hell
to Introduce him. When he came back ha
noticed one of the supposed lawyers hold
ing the safe key to the light and exam
ining It Intently. The postmaster learned
from the clerk of the circuit court that
no papers had been filed. Suspicion wan
allayed, however, by the return of one of
the men the next morning. He told Mr,
Ridgley that he had got the box open and
would file the papers soon. Tho police be
lieve that while Mr. Hldgley was Introduc
ing one oC the men to Mr. McMurphy the
accomplice In his private office was tak
ing a wax impression of the keys.
NICARAGUA CANAL HOARD.
i
President Cleveland Nnine* Its Three
Member*.
Washington, April 3.—The President has
selected, under a provision of the sundry
civil appropriation bill, the following per
sons as a board to Investigate and report
upon the feasibility, permanency, and ex
pense of the Nicaragua canal over tho
route preferred by the construction com
pany: From the army, Maj. William Lud
low, corps of engineers; from the navy.
Commander M. T. Endlcott, C. E.; from
civil life, Alfred Noble of Chicago, mem
ber of the American Society of Civil En
gineers.
Maj. Ludlow was born In New York and
appointed from that state as a first lieu
tenant of engineers tn June, 1864. Little
more than a month later he was brevetted
as captain for gallant service In the de
fense of AUatoona Pass, and before the
end of the year he was brevetted as major
for gallant service In the Georgia cam
paign, and In March, 1865 he received
another brevet for gallantry tn the Caro
lina*, and was made major In 1882. Maj.
Ludlow served as the engineer member of
the board of commissioners for the Dis
trict of Columbia. He Is at present light
house inspector for the Detroit lighthouse
district. A few years ago he got Into a
difficulty with the lighthouse board over a
question as to the advisability of placing
certain lights In the St. Mary's river and
a court of Inquiry to determine whether
Maj. Ludlow should be tried by court mar
tial resulted. The board was vindicated in
the question of discipline, but Maj. Lud
low was not court martlaled.
Mr. Endlcott, whose rank of commander
is relative and not actual, was appointed a
civil engineer In the navy from New Jer
sey In July IS7A He stands second on the
list of civil engineers.
FRANCE'S FLEET.
Eight Ironclad* to Be Launched
Within Two Year*.
Paris, April 3.—Admiral Besnard. min
ister of marine, spoke at some length to
day during the debate on the naval esti
mates in the Chamber of Deputies. He
said that two ironclads would be launched
this year and six in 1896, Including three
of more than 10,000 tons. The number of
first-class cruisers would be Increased
soon. The government did not think of
reducing armaments In any way. Tne
people must be prepared for fresh sacri
fices, Inasmuch as soon as the North
Sea and Baltic canal would be open and
France would be compelled to maintain on
the northern coasts a fleet equal to tne one
In the Mediterranean.
HARD FIGHTING IN CIIITRAL.
The Enemy 12,000 Strong, Lo/tc Heav
ily anil Retreat.
London, April 3.—The Times correspond
ent In Calcutta says: "The Chttral ex
pedition stormed Malandrl Pass on March
3. There was sharp fighting for five
hours. The enemy, who were 12,000
strong, lost heavily and ever since have
been In full retreat. The British loss
was slight. The first brigade has crossed
over Into Swat."
Norway’s Cabinet Crisis.
Christiana,April 3.—King Oscar has sent
a message to Premier Emil Btang refus
reslgn, as he does not see any possibility
of maintaining a cabinet otherwise. He
expressed regret* that his efforts to set
tle the question* of the union have not
been attended with success.