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DAY AT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.
THE commissioner will not f.n-
TEH OHIO POLITICS.
tinid tlir Tulk ol Lninc Coinpcnsn-
Hitn for tin* Peace Commissioner*
AVns Prepoateroun—May (irt *15,.
(Mil) I'.ni'h and Expense*—Duties
Were Arduous—Tell* of Two Crlti
eal Periods in the Negotiations.
Canton, 0., Dec. 26.—Judge Day, presi
dent of the late peace commission, and
Mrs. Day, reached their Canton home in
iiine to take Christmas dinner with their
family.
They arrived at 10:15 o’clock this morn
ing over the Pennsylvania Railroad. There
nus no formal greeting arranged for them,
but a committee of Ihe Stark county bar,
several personal friends and members of
their family, were at the station to meet
them.
The judge is in excellent health and
spirits, and the trip abroad has evidently
been beneficial. Mrs. Day is also in ex
cellent health, and notwithstanding sea
sickness on the return voyage, cornea to
her home in much better health than when
she left it.
Judge Day, when asked as to his plans
for the future, said he expects to remain
in Canton and resume the practice of law
In the firm of which he was a member be
fore entering the cabinet of President Mc-
Kinley. The work of the commission end
ed when the treaty was delivered to the
President, and he does not expect to visit
Washington again in connection with any
duties of that commission. Asked as to
whether he had any desires which the
state of Ohio could satisfy, he said:
"If you refer to political desires, I have
not. 'My only ambition is to be allowed
to pursue the practice of my profession."
Doesn’t Want Governorship.
I.ater in the conversation he authorized
the direct statement that under no cir
cumstances would he be a candidate for
Governor, as he has been reported during
his absence in Paris.
While he talked freely on many matters
connected with his work in Paris, Judge
Day did not feel at liberty to give an in
terview in detail on the work of the com
mission. He said the talk of *lOO,OOO com
pensation of the commissioners, or of any
sum approaching the amount, was ridicu
lous and preposterous.
The President fixes the compensation of
the commissioners and none of them, it is
safe to say, accepted the duties as a spec
ulation. None of them has an of a
large fee such as would have been paid,
had they performed the duties in the ca
pacity of regularly retained attorneys.
There is no actual precedent on which to
base an estimate, but the prediction is
ventured that the compensation of the
commissioners will not exceed $13,000 each,
and reasonable expense incurred on the
trip and in Paris. These expenses, how
ever, will not include those incurred for
the wives and families of the attaches of
the commission, because all such went on
the journey entirely independent of the
commission, and were in no way a charge
upon the official party.
It is probable that ihe stories of large
compensation were suggested by payments
in treaty negotiations of the past, notably
the China and Japan treaty. In the case
of Mr. Foster, there is no parallel to the
Paris commission. He was retained for a
very large fee to perform certain duties.
In the case of the Bering sea treaty thf
commissioners were paid very modest
sums for their work, but associated with
them were a number of attorneys of note
in the capacity of counsel looking after
iarge interests, and as such they were
paid liberal fees.
Little t'lmuce for Pleasure.
A number of friends have called on
Judge Day since his return and to them
he has talked entertaintly. The work at
Paris was felt by the commissioners to
be arduous, and left little or no oppor
tunity for pleasures which the judge would
have' iieen glad to have enjoyed in a city
which impressed him with its beauty and
historic interest. The French government
treated the commissioners very well, and
the room in which negotiations were con
ducted was a magnificent one, well adapt
ed to the work in hand.
The Americans were in session every
day. and during the long hours most days,
during their sojourn in Paris, they took a
vast amount of testimony bearing on the
questions .to be disposed of, and w r ere in
constant communication with the Presi
dent. Whenever under instructions from
Washington, the American position was
closely definied, a session was held with
Ihe Spanish representatives: and at such
sessions the Americans always presented
a firm and united position.
Two Critical Periods.
There were but two critical periods, in
Ihe negotiaiions, the first regarding the
Cuban debt, which was on open question
for more than a month, during which time
tile Americans never swerved from their
position presented to the Spaniards.
The other was upon the Philippine ces
sion and after the Americans had reached
n conclusion in their own counsels as lo
Ihe concessions that could be granted,
(here was no deviation and the Spaniards
finally accepted.
The personal relations between the rep
resentatives of the two governments was
at al! times friendly and cordial. The
Americans had great resport for the abili
ty of the Spanish members and believe
that nothing was left unsaid or undone
that could benefit the Spanish case. The
president of the Spanish commission was
remarked upon as a man of great ability
by the Americans, and won their respect
for the able manner in which he conduct
ed the Spanish ease.
THE CELTIC AT CALLAO.
Oregon and lowa Well Advanced on
Their Voyuore.
Lima, Peru. Dec. 25, via Galveston, Tex.
—The Fritted States refrigerator supply
ship, Celtic, of Commodore Barker#
squadron, which, with the battleships
Oregon and lowa, and the collier Seandla
and the distilling ship iris, left Tompkins
ville, Staten Island, on Oct. 12. arrived this
morning at Caliao, the port of Idmn.
Amnesty fur Milan Rioter*,
Igtndon, Dee. 25.- According to the Rome
correspondent of the Dally News, King
Humbert t signed a decree granting
amnesty to minor offenders in tiie recent
Milan (lots.
fPjje JEctfitittg
FIRE IN CHILIAN CON SI GATE,
The Minister and Family Barely Es
cape in Their Night ltobes.
Washington, Dec. 25.—Fire which broke'
out shortly after 7 o’clock this morning
partially destroyed the house occupied by
Senor Don Carlos Morla Vicuna, the
Chilian minister, at the corner of Connec
ticut avenue and N street. The roof and
top story were destroyed and the furni
ture of the whole house ruined by the
smoke and water, entailing a loss of $lO,-
000.
The minister and his family escaped ow
ing to the energy and coolness of the 12-
year-old son, Carlos, but the flames made
such headway that the Inmates were una
ble to secure clothing and were compelled
to hurry out in their robes. They took re
fuge for a time In the British embassy,
just across the street, where they were
cared for by Lady Pauncefote and her
daughters.
The maldservents were o.vercome with
fright and had to be taken from the
house. The governess, Signorita Manfredi,
received a bad fall in climbing up stairs
in an attempt to secure clothing for
Madam Vicuna. The fire was caused by
an overheated flue. It was discovered by
the son, Carlos, who slept on the third
floor, through whose instrumentality his
three sisters, occupying rooms on the
same floor, the maids who slept up stairs,
and the father and mother, who slept on
the second floor, were awakened and ap
prised of the danger. The house was form
erly occupied by Senor Mendonca, the
Brazilian minister.
SENOR SAGASTA’S ILLNESS.
Spain’s Political Affairs Brought to
n Standstill.
London, Dec. 26.—The Madrid corre
spondent of the Standard says:
“Senor Sagasta’s illness has brought to
a standstill the political crisis and the ne
gotiations for the reorganization of the
Liberal party. Many Liberals are opposed
to Gen. Weyler s becoming minister of
war, because they fear he will aspire to
succeed Sagasta as leader of the party.
"El Liberal publishes an interview with
Weyler, in the course of which he is repre
sented as dec.ining lo give any informa
tion regarding the crisis, but as insisting
upon the necessity for a- strong govern
ment. Such a government could not. he
said, be drawn from a party led by Senor
Silvela. Gen. Weyler hinted that the
country would run great risks unless pow
er were placed in the hands of a Sagasta-
Weyler coalition government.”
"The Bank of Spain has ceased to make
advances upbn Philippine and Cuban
bonds and has asked a supplemental guar
antee for previous advances, owing to
the decline in the value of the bonds. The
government has arranged w'ith Madrid
and Barcelona bankers to advance the
amount needed for the service of those
bonds in January.”
A BANttI'ET AT C AIRO.
I. oil to nn Interesting Anglo-Ameri
can Demonstration.
Cairo, Dec. 25.—A farewell banquet was
tendered this evening to Lieut. Gen. Sir
Francis Grenfell, the recently appointed
governor of Malta, who now retires from
the supreme command of the Anglo-
Egyptian forces in Egypt.
The presence of Mr. Thomas S. Harri
son, United States agent and consul geiv
eral, and Ethelbert Watts, United States
vice consul general, led to an Anglo-
American demonstration. Gen. Grenfell
and James Eonnel Rodd, secretary of le
gation at the British agency, spoke warm
ly of Anglo-Saxon friendship.
Mr. Harrison, who was received with
immense emhusiasm, made a stirring’
speech, sparkling with humor, in the
course of which he reciprocated their
friendly expressions.
POISONED HV DRINKING MILK.
Supposition That Arsenic AVa* Put
Into the Food.
New York, Dec. 25.—Adolph Neaf, a bar
tender emploj’ed by Mrs. Marie Zizscher,
who keeps a small hotel at Paterson, N.
J. died to-day after suffering great agony.
It it thought his death was caused by
arsenical poisoning and that the poison
was placed in the milk used by the house
hold by Mrs. Zizscher. Mrs. Zizscher,
Mary Doty, a servant; Fritz Hagerman,
an employe, and Fritz Seften, are also
poisoned, but will probably recover. The
milk will be analyzed.
M ILL PI RSI JE HIS HOLE.
Don Carlos Denies That He Hus
Contemplated Abdicating;.
London, Dec. 2fi.—The Venice corre
spondent of the Times says:
"Don Carlos, who is in perfect health,
desires me to deny absolutely the report
that he contemplates abdicating. On the
contrary, ho says he is more resolved
than ever to fulfill his role to the end.
He authorizes me to assert that he has
asked no audience of the Pope, and has
requested nothing else of his holiness.”
GERMANS OFFER MONEY.
AAlll Support Don Carlos If He De
velop* Following.
Rome, Dec. 25 —The Agenzza Italiano as
serts that a German syndicate has prom
ised Don Carlos a loan of 30,000,000 francs
in three installments—the first, when he
has 10.000 men under arms, the second
when he has captured Bilbao, capital of
the province of Biscaya, and the ihird two
months after operations are commenced.
William’* l liri*tnitt* Day.
Berlin, Dec. 25.—Emperor William and
the members of the imperial family fol
lowed their Christmas observances to-day.
Last evening the Emperor, while tak.ng
hl-t solitary walk In the ip ighborhood of
th. Sun Bom I palace at Potsdam, en
tered freely into conversation with the
soldiers and workmen, giving them
Christmas presents.
Rig Mn MIH Plant Burned.
1 Incoin N- H . Dec. 23.-The *trnm saw
tmil of J E Henry * Hon*, probab.y the
largest plant •>{ lh< kind in New England,
was burned during last night, and for u
time the safety of the entire village
threatened. The lost, was SMW.
SAVANNAH. GA.. 31 ON DAY. DEC EM BEK 26, ISOS.
SEVENTH CORPS’ CHRISTMAS.
GENERAL LEES TIHKEYS WERE
TOO LEAN FOR EATING.
The United State* Troops Have Ile
gnn It Regular Patrol of Havaua.
Disturbance (aimed by Liquor.
Turkey* at *7 Knob Somewhat
Seared the Soldiers— Regiments :
All Had Good Spreads.
Havana, Idee. 25, 8 p. m.—The United
States troops have begun this evening a
regular patrol of the city of Havana, in
vrder to guard against possible disorders.
The day. however, passed in comparative
quiet.
The bando issued on Friday by Capt.
Gen. Jinunez Castellanos, prohibiting
crowds from assembling in the streets, has
been generally observed.
Last night there was some disturbance,
said (o have been caused by liquor, in
Montserrat place. A shot was fired about
midnight from a roof at a group of peo
ple below, and many shots were returned
at figures vaguely seen on the roof. An
unidentified man was killed and three
were wounded in other affrays.
Christmas at Camp Quomados was as
lively as the troops could make it with
slender materials. Turkeys, at $7 apiece,
were scarce, and everybody said that witli
the heat at a summer temperature and
the hedgerows brilliant with flowers, the
day did not seem much like Christmas.
All the company messes of the Forty
ninth lowa, tho First North Carolina, the
Fourth Virginia, the Second Illinois and
the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana
Regiments had extra "spreads” out of
company funds, with gifts from well-to-do
members. The army ration was supple
mented by fruit, canned goods, sweet po
tatoes and sometimes chicken.
Hard Day for .Missourian*.
The Sixth Missouri Regiment, the last
to arrive, had no chance to prepare an
extra dinner, so ihe men dined on fresh
beef, rice and beans. One battalion reach
ed camp yesterday, the other two march
ing to-day a distance of eight miles over
a dusty road.
All the regimental bands played and the
men were granted leave within a mile ra
dius of the camp. Company Fof the One
Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana Regi
ment, had a cactus tree, with a present
for everybody stuck on the points, as,
for instance, hard tack, beans, salt pork
and candles. The officers of the One Hun
dred and Sixty-first Indiana indulged after
dinner in songs end speech-making, with
several soio dances.
At El Vedado, the Eighth and Tenth
Regular Infantry regiments dined well at
the expense of the company’s funds.
Gen. Lee’* Lean ltir.l*.
Maj. Gen. Lee and his staff partook of
a modest dinner. Gen. Lee had a number
of live turkeys available, but as the birds
are very lean, he decided to keep them,
taking chances on their improvement, for
the New Year's feast after the flag-rais
ing.
Gen. Lee spent most of the day on horse
back, studying the best route for the New
Year day parade. The streets are too
narrow to allow the troops to march past
the palace, so tha- the route will probably
be through the Prado and Central Park
to Cerro, the Havana suburb. Gen. Lee
expects to have 11,000 men, including the
Cubans, in the military procession.
Maj. Gen. Butler will go to Matanzas
and Cienfuegos to-morrow night on offi
cial business. The American troops are
about to take possession of the San Am
grosios Hospital.
C. S. Beaver, the United States postal
agent in Havana, has complained to the
Postmaster General of the irregularity in
the arrival of the mails from the United
States.
MONEY AND DIAMONDS STOLEN.
Thieve* Substituted One Satchel For
Another tin a Train.
Thenton, N. J., Dec. 25.—Mrs. William L.
Smith of East Liverpool, 0., who reach
ed Trenton yesterday on a visit to her fa
ther, Richard Barlow, reported t'i the lo
cal police that a sachel containing $1,500
in money and diamonds was stolen from
her on the train.
She was riding in a Pullman car and
missed the sachel at Allegheny, Pa., when
she discovered that a similar sachel had
been substituted for her own in her seat
while she was in a toilet room of the car.
The matter was reported lo the conduc
tor and a description was telegraphed
back of a man and woman who left Ihe
car at Rochester, Pa. Mrs. Smith's hus
band is a pottery manufacturer it East
Liverpool.
CHRISTMAS AT HI XTSV ILRE.
Infantry and Engineer* Ordered to
Go to Havana,
Huntsville, Ala., Doc. 23.—Christmas was
duly observed at Camp Forse, and by a
general order issued Saturday only those
duties necessary to the public service were
performed.
The First United States Infantry has
been ordered to move to Havana. The
First Battalion leaves to-morrow for Port
Tampa, and the Second Battaliofl goes to
Charleston Tuesday. The Third Battalion
will go to Port Tampa on Jan. 4.
The Second Battalion,-"Second Engineers,
has been ordered to Havana.
Lieut. E. P. Burks of the Sixteenth In
fantry has been appointed provost marshal
at Huntsville.
YOUNG BOY LOUT HIS LIKE.
Hicliurd Hlek*on Suffocated in the
New Turk Fire.
New York, Dec. 23.—Richard Hickson, a
6-year-oid boy, lost his life during a fire,
which started l an early hour this morn
ing in the five-story brick building on
Greenwich strict, thl* cay, on the top
floor of which he lived, with his mother
and brothers and ulster*. Mrs. Hickson
and the other children were rescued. The
,w tie fellow wnt Muff oral**! with smoke.
The tin- originated in the rear of the I,*.*■ ■ -
ne nt of t tie building, from mum reuse a*
yet undeiei milled The low was alight.
TWO ENGINES DEMOLISHED.
Two Fatally, and Others Very Se
riously Injured.
Lexington, Ky„ Dec. 23—The worst
wreck hi this vicinity in ten years occurred
in the suburbs of the city near Pepper's
distillery at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
A Louisville and Nashville yard engine
and Chesapeake and Ohio engine No. 30
pulling an extra freight train collided, and
us a result nine men are badly injured,
two probably fatally, and both engines
are demolished.
The yard engine was backing down in
the yards and the freight train was com
ing from Louisville. The fireman henrd
the latter, which was around a sharp
curve, whistled, and started for a switch
as the only way of avoiding a collision.
He was unable to make the switch ami
ttie two engines collided.
The Louisville artd Nashville engine was
completely demolished and the wreck was
carried 300 feet down the track. The
Chesapeake and Ohio engine was run
back through the tender and the whole
front beaten in.
Ail the Louisville and Nashville em
ployes jumped and ail wore Injured, two
probably fatally. The Chesapeake and
Ohio men remained at their posts and
were not seriously hurt. Yard Clerk Horn
brook (ind Foreman Morrissey, on the
Louisville and Nashville engine, will al
most certainly die: The injured are:
Lester Hornbrook, Louisville and Nash
ville yard clerk, arm broken, skull frac
tured: will probably die.
R. O. Vaughn, Louisville and Nashville
fireman, leg broken.
Al Clerk, ljoulsville and Nashville
switchman, right arm broken, and right
shoulder fractured; head badly bruised.
William Morrissey, Louisville and Nash
ville foreman, internal Injuries, probably
fatal.
•lames Douglas. Louisville and Nashville
foreman, scalp wound in hack of head,
right leg broken, body badly bruised.
George Hund, Louisville and Nashville
engineer, badly bruised and left shoulder
mashed.
John Collins, Louisville and Nashville
switchman, badly bruised.
Conductor Meadows and Fireman Joint
Jones of the Chesapeake and Ohio both
escaped serious injury, but were badly
bruised.
PHILADELPHIA'S., DAY' OF PEACE.
Three Mere Fatally Shot anti Four
Burned to Death,
Philadelphia, Dec. 25.—The peace and
good will season of the past twenty-four
hours have kept the police of this city
busier than they have been for many a
day.
The gravest ease whtffr called for their
services may result in a triple murder. It
occurred to-night in a disreputable court
near Eleventh and Race streets.
Mary Johnson and Alice White, both col
ored, 28 years old, were shot in the head
and body, and Charles H. Moore, a 34-year
old white man, was shot in the back by
George St. Clair, colored. Alice White is
not expected to live through the night and
the other two victims are in a critical con
dition.
The shooting occurred in Mary Johnson's
house. According to her statement St.
Clair, who lived near by, accompanied by
a colored friend of his from Washington,
name unknown, forced an entrance while
the women were sleeping, and picked a
quar.rel over a trivial matter, finally draw
ing a revolver and firing three shots, all
of which took effect.
Moore, who was unknown to the parties,
was looking for ahother house when he ac
cidentally stumbled into the place while
St. Clair was shooting. The pistol was
promptly turned oil him and he was 6hot
in the back.
St. Ciair and his companion escaped, and
up to a late hour they had not been cap
tured.
Fonr Burned to Death.
Flames found four victims during the
Christmas period. Mrs. John Ford and her
infant daughter were burned to death a;
their home in a fire caused by an ex
plosion of an oil lamp, and Miss Mary
Coyle, aged 70 years, met death from a
like cause. She fell down stairs with a
lighted oil lamp in her hand.
Mrs. Kate McNicol, aged 24, was terribly
burned by the upsetting of an oil lamp at
her home, and died to-night.
Griffith Harvey, an 82-year-old colored
man, fell from a third-story window of
his home last night, and died from a frac
tured skull.
Joseph McAvOy was sandbagged by two
men who followed him from a Camden su
loon early this morning, and robbed of
$46. He will recover.
TWO BROTHERS KILLED.
Attempted to Enter a Store and Were
Shot Down.
Scooba, Miss., Dec. 25.—Thomas and Wil
liam Brantley, brothers, were shot and
instantly killed last night at Enon.Dle,
by Eugene Dennis, an 18-year-old boy. The
brothers, accompanied by their father, at
tempted to enter the store of Dennis, It is
said, intending violence, whereupon young
Dennis opened fire on the Brantleys, with
the above result. The trouble was caused
by liquor.
THEY OPPOSE EXPANSION.
Central I.bor Union Adopt* Adverse
He*olntion*.
New York, Dec. 25.—At a meeting of the
Central Labor Union to-day, resolutions
were adopted in opposition to "the polity
of Imperialism and expansion beyond the
limits of this continent, and the islands
that are within Us natural and legitimate
sphere of influence."
Resolutions were also adopted In opposi
tion lo an alliance wiih Great Britain.
AN OLD t ITI/.EN KILLED.
The Result of a Long Standing: Feud
in Ml**nrl.
Jefferson City. Mo., Dec. ffi.—At a Christ
inas tree celebration at Aught, a pnuul
town In Osage county, John Hol'oway shot
and killed Jule Hoillot, one of the oldest
and most prominent, cittern* oi Osaga
county, ttie result of long standing diff< r
• nccs, Holloway shot his victim live
time*, tie fii and and ha* not Leva apt
bended,
CHRISTMAS AT THE CAPITAL
PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS KHIEXUS
ASH (JOES TO ( HI 11(11.
Norman I’ronclieil I'iinn l.llirrty,
Peace anil Good XVIII—It XX n* Not
Hot red or 111 Will Tlmt II took lit
Fortli tin* Sivoril of XVr—Secreta
ries (Jane iitnl Sinetli fall nt tin*
XX liltc llonsc*—A Quirt Christina*
llnj.
Washington, Dec. 25.—Christmas was ob
servetl very quietly in Washington. The
weather was cool anil bracing.
In the presidential circle the day was a
very quiet one. The President and Mrs.
McKinley have several friends from Ohio
stopping at the White House, and with
them and a half dozen others, formerly
living in their native state, the Christmas
dinner was enjoyed. During the evening
Secretary and Mrs. Gag? and Postmaster
General and Mrs. Charles Emory Smith
called and spent some time socially at the
executive mansion. The President and
Mrs. McKinley took advantage of the tine
weather and went out for a drive during
the afternoon.
The President, accompanied by Mr.
James Barber, Mrs. McKinley's nephew,
attended divine service at the Metropoli
tan Church at 11 o'clock and listened io
a sermon by the Rev. Dr> Bristol, who in
the course of his talk said:
"This nation has presented to an op
pressed people tlie unspeakable gift of
freedom, yes, and to the world it has
given a longer liberty. God's Christmas
gift of freedom has come to the suffering
and wronged through the agency of a
nation that was obedient to the heavenly
call, and had caught the spirit of liberty
and helpfulness sent forth from angelic
lips—‘good will toward men.’ It was not
hatred or ill will toward any nation that
caused this country to unsheath the sword
of war. It was good will toward the suf
fering and the oppressed that Inspired us
lo battle and victory.
“Good will has been established in our
land from North to South, and from
East to West. The angels of our better na
ture have been recoiling enemies, obliter
ating the wounds and scars of war and
strife, and making the stars of the old
flag of freedom shine with new lustre,
while every strife has been cleansed from
every stain. North and South together
sing at this Christmas time as they have
not sung since we were a nation, a blessed
song of peace and good will."
BREAKING I I* THE HOSPITAL.
Soldiers at Knoxville Being Trans
ferred to Fort McPherson.
Camp Poland. Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 2(1.
—W r ithin another week the military hospi
tal here will lie a thing of the past.
The army hospital train from Fort Mc-
Pherson, Atlanta, Ga., arrived this morn
ing and left to-night with forty-two sick
soldiers. Tire train will take these pa
tients to Fort McPherson, where they will
be attended until they have recovered.
They are from the Sixth Ohio, Thirty-first
Michigan, Second Ohio and First West'
Virginia Regiments.
Six patients are left in the hospital here.
With a single exception these are conva
lescents who will likely be released this
week.
The exception is Maj. David Hemphill
of South Carolina, who is in a critical
condition, and who may not recover. Cos!.
Cornelius Gardner of the Thirty-first
Michigan Regiment, is a very sick man,
with heart trouble and pneumonia, but his
friends left to-r.ight with him, for his
home in Detroit, Mich.
Wild. RESIST EXTRADITION.
Robert King Arrested In t iinniln for
Forging Drafts.
XValkcrton, Ontario, Dec. 25.—A Pinker
ton ngenl has arrested Robert King, a
resident of Paisley, Ontario, on a charge
of forging drafts and putting them
through the First National Bank of Rock
Rapids, la.
It is alleged that King on Sept. 30, last,
registered ot a Rook Rapids hotel as it.
W. White of Seneca, N. V* and induced a
Mr. Penman to identify him at the bank.
He first put through a genuine |lOO draft
and followed it up later with a forged
draft for $5OO, issued by the Partridge
Banking House of Seneca, N. Y. Pen
man came to Paisiey with the detective
and identified the man Wtiite. He will re
sist extradition and set. up an alibi as de
fense.
THREE WERE DROWNED.
lee llrenk* nnil Thirty Anting People
Full in the Water.
Brookline, Mass, Dec. 25.—8 y the sudden
breaking of the ice on I<overett Pond, in
the Park system, this afternoon, thirty
young girls and boys were thrown into
eight feet of water, and, though numerous
spectators and the police worked hard to
rescue the children, three were drowned
before help could reach them.
They were James W. Clattenburg, Jr.,
10 years old; Arthur Collins, 12 years old,
and Emma Miller, 14 years old. The two
boys lived in this town while the Miller
child lived In Boston.
HOUSTON’!* RIG RECEIPTS.
Him Unit 2,000,000 Hales of Cotton
Thin Seanon.
Houston, Tex. Dec. s.—The cotton re
ceipts at Houston for the first months of
the present * ason have been 2,000,00 bales,
a record never equalled by any interior
town or port of the United States, and
which will be celebrated at a banquet, to
which nil the prominent civic officials und
cotton men will be invited.
it Ik estimated by Secretary Warner of
the cotton exchange that ooo.uoo bales will
yet le received during tin- remainder of
the season.
To < oinpete on Skates.
New York, Dec 26.*■ The outdoor com
petitive skating season will open to-mor
row afternoon at Verona Lake, Mont
Clair, N J. The entries number thirty
five of the fastest amateur skaters In
America. Home of them hold world's rec
ords and severs; championships,
FAX Nil'S .11 111 DISAGREED.
She XX ns Sent llnek to the Tombs
I ii(it Titrsilti > Morning.
New York, Deo. 25.—After twenty-two I
hours’ deliberation the jury in the Faytie
S lrah an Moore robbery trial failed lo ren
der a verdict, and reported the fact of
their disagreement lo Recorder Goff at
11:15 o'clock ihis morning and were dis
charged.
The Jury was locked up nt 2 o'clock this
morning. It was rumored at that time
that it stood nine for conviction and three
for acquittal, and It was also rumored,
though It cannot be authoritatively stat
ed, that at the conclusion the jury stool
seven ft>r conviction and five for acquit
tal.
Ait night long the twelve men argued,
sending out communications twice io find
out the according penalty, and also to
state tlmt they could not agree. Recorder
Golf then locked them up, anil at 9
o'clock lids morning, and went to break
fast. tin: forman sending word to Record
er Goff that they could not reach an
agreement and that they were utterly
worn out.
Recorder Goff oayie to 4lie court house
at 10:15 o’clock, and Immediately sent for
the Jury and discharged them with
thanks. The recorder remanded the de
fendant until Tuesday morning, at 10:31)
o'clock, when, after a recess till then,
the dale of the new trial will lie s. t. The
prisoner was taken back to the Tombs.
A HAD XIAN KILLS TAX O.
lliiil Too >1 iieli XVlilaky nnil Flreil His
Pistol for Fun.
Walsenburg, Col., Doc. 25.—N. R. Trow,
a local “bad man,” shot and killed two
men and slightly wounded another in a
saloon at Carr, a small mining camp ten
miles east of here tills evening.
The saloon was tilled with a crowd of
men who were celebrating Christmas eve
by carousing and drinking. Trow imbib
ed a large amount ot whisky and then,
pulling a revolver, began to fire. Tereblo
Tolmache, a Mexican, was shot through
the heart, and death was instantaneous.
A Slav, wiiose name is unknown,received a
bullet in the head and died in a few min
utes. Another Mexican, Deoflllo Marti
nez, had a furrow ploughed in his scalp
bj a Ii ash a pelli t, but his condition i- not
serious.
Trow surrendered and was locked up.
A CATHEDH XI, 111 ItNED.
Fire And XX tiler Destroy n Hit iiilhoiik-
Church nt 1 1 air I * b u r k.
Harrisburg, Pa., Die. 25.—St. Patrick’s
Pro-Cathedral, the church of the Bishop
of Harrisburg Roman Catholic diocese,
was ruined by fire this afternoon.
Shortly after 1 o'clock, a blaze was
found in the rear of the church near the
altar, and the Christmas decorations were
soon ablaze. Tlie flames ran up the rear,
wall and got between Ihe roof and the
ceiling, pushing H eir way to the front of
the church. The entire interior was flood
ed before the fire was put out.
The altur ornaments and sacred vrsl
ments were saved. The organ was ruined
by heat and water. The loss was $14,00),
fully insured. Electric light wires crossing,
caused the lire. i
TIN PLATE PLANT SOLD.
The Employe* Fen r the Works W ill
He Abandoned.
Columbus, 0., Dec? 25.—A special to the
Journal from Canal Dovijr, 0., says:
"The Black plate plant of the Reeves
Iron Company, which manufactures plate
for the tinning plant here, owned by
Philadelphia capital, has been sold Io the
American tin mill trust, now forming,
with headquarters at Chicago.
“Negotiations are also pending for the
sale of the tinning plant. The Reeves
mill will be shut down Jan. 1, when in
voicing will begin. Great concern is felt
by the employes lest the plant will be
abandoned at this point by the trust. In
that event, however, It is believed it will
lie leased by the Reeves people and con
verted Into a sheet mill.
SLACK SHOWED IP,
XVn* Supposed to Have Ileen Drown
ed Two Month* Afro.
Trenton, N. J., Dee, 26.—Architect Wil
liam W. Slack, who was supposed to have
been drowned in the Delaware river
about two months ago by the upsetting of
his bout, near White Hill, returned to his
home to-day.
Slack's whereabouts had been known to
his friends for some time, and it is said
he was a subject for mental treatment.
No explanation oilier than tills was given
for his dii.ipis arunce. Ills domestic rela
tions xvere pleasant, and he had no finan
cial troubles except that his business was
not particularly prosperous/ Black Is now
witli hi- wife and chi.dren.
NEGRO KILLED AT DALLAS.
Large Crowd Assembled and n Race
XX'nr Was Imminent.
Daias, Tex., Dec. 25.—1n an encounter
between three white men and some ne
groes, one of the latter, Oscar White, was
killed ar.d another, Frank Holland, se
riously wounded. Hundreds of whites
und negroes assembled, and for a time u
race war was imminent. The air was
filled With knives and pistols. A squad of
police dispersed the mob. The three white
men were arrested.
Plllsbury Gel* First Prise.
New York, Dee. 23.—News reached this
city to-day from Vienna, that the commit
tee appointed to decide upon the disposi
tion’of the prise.’-' for tlie most brilliant
games played in the recent international
tournament at Vienna, lias awarded Ihe
first prize to Plllsbury for his game against
llaiprln, Lipke second prize, for his game
against Janowski; and Marco third prize,
for his game against Burn. The prizes are
to tin' value of slnu, $75 and sstl, respec
tively.
Took Too Much Chloroform.
Kan Antonio. Tex., Dec. 25.—Raymond C.
Buchanan aged 2*. a member of Gillette's
"Hr* ret Service" Company, died here to
day of an overdose of chloroform. When
■ Uncover* and In* was dead on his bed. with a
letter by his si*to announcing the death
•m New York of hi* infant son on Dec. it.
I DAILY, *A A TEAR.
•j „ * CIIMTO A COPT. ' A
I vt FEKhT 2-TlilEa-A-WGh.K O A TUB
ROBBERS AROUND SANTIAGO.
It XX CUN’.) lies X XLIEXTE FOR
TI ItNIAG OVER Ills ARMS.
six Hundred 11111,.* XX ere Turned
Over to the Cuban Captain*—Col.
Hny Sn > * This Explain* the Exis
tence of the iloldier* XX ho Have
Infested Giinnlnnnmo—The f übnix
Police XXorlhle**.
Santiago do Cuba, Dee. 25.—C01. Henryt
Ray, who had reported to Gen. Wood, mil
itary governor of the department, that
Col. Francisco Valionto, chief of gen
darmes, had been among the
and that several bauds of robbers were
operating in the noigborhood of Quanta*
namo, arrived here to-day.
He his charges against Col. Va*
liente, declaring that they are well found
ed. ll.* admits that Col. Vallente was tha
first Cuban officer who nominally dis
armed ills men, merely requested permis
sion lo guard the onus with ti squad Ml
his own troops. This request was granted
by Maj. Harris, representing Col. Ray at
S. do Tanamo, for Harris even prom
ised to supply rations to the guard.
According to Col. Ray, Valionte be fora
starting for Santiago, turned over to sev
eral Cuban captains the six hundred rifle*
that were slacked by his men when them
were disarmed. This fact was only recent
ly reported to Col. Ray. The latter, on
arriving here, saw Col. Valient® and re
pented his accusations. Vnliente declared
tlmt he had not armed the Cubans, but
had merely given the rifles Into the charg*
of the various officers.
Col. Ray claims that this explains tha
existence of the troublesome liands of rob
bers who have infested the districts
around Guantanamo. In one case a Cu
ban major went so far as to order tho
proprietors of a sugar estate not lo grind.
Col. Ray sent a company of United States
troops to guard the estate, whereupon tha
Cuban major took to the wools with a
band of men who have been ever sinca
robbing and pillaging eslaleo near by.
Asa resu.t of the condition of things.
Col. Ray's entire regiment, with the ex
ception of two companies, is now scattered
a 1 tout the country guarding property. Col.
Ray says he has the names of several
prominent Cubans who have censured
Vallente for turning over his arms. Vali
eme replied that he had the arms under
guard, anti would keep them safe umil
it was seen what the United States
would do.
Moreover. Col. Ray insists that ihe
Cuban | inline* who were sent by Col. Vali
ent > to capture the chief bandit were
worthless, and proved dishonest, as they
allowed the robber to sleep undisturbed
in the next house to the one where they
were quart (-rial.
To-morrow Col. Ray will return to San
tiago. He Intends lo mount some of hi*
own men and to capture the robber chief.
Meanwhile, except in the guarded estates,
work in his district is practically at at
standstill.
THE DAY IN SANTIAGO,
Extra Gunril* Put Out lint There AVna
No Disorder.
Snnti.igo, Dee. 25.—Christmas has passed
without local disorder. There were few
private dinners given to celebrate the day.
among the Americans, as most of them
prefer to hold their festivities to-morrow.
Last evening three companies of United
Stati-s troops guarded the city, aa a pre
caution against p-tsslble disturbances,
some of the Cuban negroes having mado
threlts against Spaniards and Spanish!
property. But the night went by quietly.
NO MORE NORTH AND SOUTH.
Presbyterian Minister Urge* That
Those Term* He Dl*enrdel.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 25.—Rev. Dr. J,
T. Vance of the First Presbyterian Church,
In his sermon to-day, urged the wiping
out of the terms of "North" and "South”
applied lo the church, and said:
“I wonder if the time Is not at hand
for the effacement of geographical marks
from the name of our beloved Presbyte
rian Church in America. She should ba
the first to put into practice the gospel sho
proclaims. And yet, it must be admitted
that while 'Mason and Dixon's line has
disappeared from the geography of citizen
ship, it survives in the geography of tho
church. I speak to-day for a Presbyte
rianism that shall no more be marked
‘North’ or ‘South.’ hut whose territorial
boundaries shall lie co-terminus with the
uttermost limits of the republic and tho
American Presbyterian Church.”
SHOT lIV HER SUITOR.
X Young Girl Killed by n Roy XX lid
Afterward Shot Himself.
New York, Dec. 25.—Mamie Romly, a
17-year-old girl, was shot in the heart and
killed to-ilay, at her home on Eighth ave
nue, by Frank Nulty, a postofflee clerk,
19 years of age. At the same time Nulty
shot himself through the head and was
taken to a hospital, and It is believed ho
will die, Nulty was formerly a suitor of
the girl, but recently they quarreled.
CLOSED OF THEIR OWN ACCORD.
Thirsty Mi n in Lexington Pound Alt
tlie llnr* Shut l |i.
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 25.—This was the
first day in the history of Lexington that
thirsty men could not get a drink. Every
saloon in the city was closed by mutual
agreement of (lie proprietors. This action
was brought about by the fact that'the re
cent grand Jury Indicted all saloon keeper*
for violating the Sunday law.
I’niier In n Receiver'* llnnds.
West Superior, Wl., Dee. 25.—The Morn
ing Leader, published by the Middleton
Manufacturing Company, this city, ha*
gone Into Ihe hand* of the county treas
urer, H. H. Sic wart, a* receiver. Th*
publication of tin paper will continue un
der the court’s direction yntU further no
tice. The i-diiorlal announcement of the
paper states iliai every effort Will b muds
lo pay all creditors in full.