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THIRTEEN PEOPLE DIED FOR THE REVENGE OF ONE. CHOSE OF NEW YORK’S LATEST FIRE ■ Destruction of Andrews’ and Adams’ Residences Fired to Kncomimss the Death of Hervant. A New York special says: Despite •reticence on the part of the police, facts became publio Saturday which make it appear that the fire which last Friday destroyed thirteen persons was of incendiary origin. It transpired that a few hours before the flames were seen a policeman wus sent for from the Andrews house, .and was mysteriously dismissed by a servant, who said he ■was not wanted. Letters threatening the lives of the Andrews family and the children of Mrs. St. John were found. It is be lieved that the motive for incendiarism was revenge, and that the affair arose out of a quarrel between the servants. Foley, the butler in the Andrews fam ily, is under surveillance, and the police are hard at work investigating the clews, which chiefly rest upon the anonymous letters. Mary Flanuagan, the dead maid servant, seems to have been a central figure in this alleged plot, and the chief object of the supposed perpe trator’s hate., The police have given out three scurrilous, threatening an onymous letters which had been sent to members of the Andrews house hold. One was addressed to the serv ant, Mary Flannagau. The letters made charges against Mary Flannagan and the butler. In a letter addressed to Mrs. St. John, the writer said: “I hope you and Mrs. Andrews don’t think for one moment that I am reconciled with Mary Flannagan, for, indeed, I am not, and what is further, I will not be until I get my revenge. I feel that I have given warning enough, and I am going to fix her life, and be cause you and Mrs. Andrews did not give heed to warning, I am going to fix you too. I am going to make some one thro.w something in your nurse’s and children’s faces that will disfigure them and eat all the flesh off the bones. This I will do for spite, because you did not let Mary go—as I told you to do. You bad just as well let her go first as last. You will have no girl alive when I get through with her.” Funeral of the Victims. The funeral services over the re mains of the members of the family of Wallace C. Andrews and G. C. St. John, who perished in the terrible fire, were held at the Fifth avenue home of the Andrews family Sunday afternoon. None but tbe very intimate friends and relatives of the family were in at tendance. The funeral oration was delivered by Professor Felix Adler, of the Ethical Culture Society. There were no ceremonies save the ovation delivered by Professor Adler. Nor was there any music. All was plain and simple, in accordance with the wishes of Mr. St. John. The pallbearers were: Russell Sage, Gen. Burnett, Colonel Robert G. In gersoll, James W. Hawes, W. J. Hitch cock, 0. E. Orvis, Mr. Williams, Sen ator T. C. Platt, Horace A. Hutchins and H. S. Ford. BUYING STREET RAILWAYS. {Boston Capitalists Secure Control of Nash ville Lines and Electric Plant. Frank S. Hambleton and others of Baltimore, associated with local capi talists, have secured control of the Nashville Street Railway Company and •of the Cumberland Electric Light and Power Company. It is their intention to consolidate the two, thereby consummating one of the biggest deals manipulated in the Tennessee capital for years. 1 CHICAGO VOTE CONSOLIDATED. Mst 3 ’or Harrison Win* By a Plurality of 40,913 Over Both Opponents. : A Chicago dispatch says: The elec tion commissioners have completed the official count of the ballots east at last Tuesday’s mayoralty election. Har rison received a total of 148,412 votes, Carter 107,439 and Altgeld 47,162. Harrison’s plurality,*40,973. CHAPLAINS’ ASSOCIATION _ Will Bold . , Important . ...... Meeting nt . Charles- ... , ton Confederate Reunion. The Chaplains’ Association, com posed of ex-Coufederate chaplains, which was durlg organized in Atlanta, Ga., last July, the voter,ns’ reunion, proposes to hold several important meetings at Charleston, S. C.„ during it he coming reunion there. J. William Jones/ chairman of the committee on arrangemnts, has issued a request for all old Confederate chap lains, chaplains of Confederate camps and ministers of tne gospel generally, especially Ihose wlio were Confederate soldiers, to meet with the association and assist in the work. OPPOSITION TO TRUSTS. Missouri Legislature Passes An Act Allow ing Recourse Against Combines. Tlie Missouri state senate has pass ed the bill intended to prevent tbe operation of trusts in that state. It al lows courts to issue restraining orders and persons injured by the trusts to recover three-fold damages. The senate also passed the bill by Harris which is iutended to aid the at torney general in getting testimony DEWEY KNOWS NO PAllTY. Admiral Saya He Won’t ISc a Candidate l f or the Presidency. Admiral Dewey has given to the Ma nila correspondent of Leslie’s Weekly an interview regarding the suggestion that the admiral be made a candidate for the presidency Dext year. The admiral said, as to his politics: “I am a sailor. A sailor has no pol itics. The administration is his party, and republican or democrat, it makes no difference. Then, again, I come from Vermont, and you know what that means. To be anything but a re publican in Vermont is to be a man without a party. My flag lieutenant comes from Georgia. He tells me that to be anything but a democrat in the south is to be a nobody. If I lived south I would probably be a demo crat.” “Have you ever voted?” the corres pondent asked. “Yes, years ago, but my vote was usually influenced by personal prefer ence or local conditions. I am not a politician, have never held political office, and am totally ignorant of party intricacies and affiliations.” Admiral Dewey said that neither by vocation, disposition, education or training was he capacitated to fill the presidency. Ha said that he was too well along in life to consider such a possibility. His health would not ad mit it. All his life’s work was in dif ferent lines of effort, and that, while the kindness and enthusiasm of his friends were grateful to him, and the generous tributes of the American peo ple were dear to him, he could not and would not be a candidate for the pres idency of the United States under any conditions. THE L. – N. WINS. Georgia Railroad Reas© Litigation Set tled By Judge Pardee. An Atlanta dispatch says: There is no longer any question about the fu ture control of the Georgia railroad. Judge Don A. Pardee settled that Sat urday by a decree which vested all title to the lease of the Georgia road in the Louisville and Nashville rail road. By the same action the court en joined the Central of Georgia from ever hereafter asserting any claim to the lease, thus disposing of a long litigation. f Twenty some odd years ago, when William Wadley leased the Georgia railroad, he did not dream that the Louisville and Nashville would ever get complete control of the road. He was then president of the Central Railrord and Banking Company, and after leasing the Georgia as an indi vidual, he made another lease to the Central and the Louisville and Nash ville as joint lessees. Each company was to have equal voice in selecting the officers of the Georgia road. For years the Georgia w-as operated as a neutral line. When the Central railroad went into a receivership it failed more than once to put up its proportion of the deficit in the rental. The Louisville and Nashville made the rental good to the stockholders to pre vent the lease being annulled. When the Central’s properties and assets were put up for sale, the old company’s half interest in the lease of the Georgia l'oad was bought in by Messrs. Thomas and Ryan, who were conducting the reorganization. About two years ago the Central Railway Company made a claim upon the Louisville and Nashville for a half interest in the lease of the Georgia. The claim was denied by tlie Louisville and Nashville. Then Messrs. Thomas and Ryan asserted their claim, de claring that they had bought the old Central’s half interest in the lease. The matter was carried to the courts for adjudication. TENNESSEE JUDGES SKIP OUT. They 'Will Test Action of Assembly In Ousting Them. Some strange developments seem to be following the action of the Tenues see general assembly on the judicial redistricting bill. Judge T. A. R. Nelson, of the Knox county criminal court, and District Attorney Fred Mynatt have, it is stated, left the state in order to avoid service of notice that their offices are to be vacated, It is said that a number of other judges affected by the bill have taken the same course, and are where the sergeant-at-arms cannot reach them. Where this will leave the legislature is problematical. TO BUILD NEW LINE. Work Will Begin This Month On Road From _ , S ‘ C ’ Ga „ ' A special from Raleigh, N. C., says: In t he course of an interview with a lading Southern railway official he said the work by the Southern railway of building its new hue from Columbia to Savannah will begin this month, The surveys are well under way. The ^ will extend to the westward of the Flo ™ta Centra and Peninsular rai - : road and will be a triangle There ^ no trouble m getting into Sa Hannah. There are two lines from Sa ™nnah to Jacksonville, but i neces. the Southern will build to Jack sonvi e. STILL BALLOTING. The Pennsylvania Senatorial Question Remain* Unsettled. A dispatch from Harrisburg, Pa., i sa ys: The anti-Quay republicans | dropped Charles Tubbs Friday and voted for another “favorite son.” Colonel Charles E. Irvin, of Cleargeld county. sixty-ninth of the The ballot, the republican, session, resulted: Quay, repub- 40; Jenks, democrat, 38; Irvin, lican, 34. No quorum. AMERICANS AT BLUE FI ELDS ASK FOR PROTECTION. AN INSURRECTIONARY MOVEMENT. Arbitrary Actions of General Torres In Levying Double Duties Causes Vigorous Protest, A letter to The New Orleans Pica yune from Bluefields, Nicaragua, dated March 21st, says that Gen eral Torres, the special agent of President Zelaya, has again noti fied the merchants they would have but twenty-four hours to pay the duties again, which had been already paid to the treasurer of Nicaragua, who served after the revolution began. Torres also undertook to prohibit the American consular agent from cabling to Washington or the presi dent of Nicaragua at Managua. He is in charge of telegraph wires which lead to both the capital and to San Juan del Sur, the cable station. The American consul, after discov ering that it would be impossible to secure satisfactory information from Torres, withdrew with the American merchants, who accompanied him to the palace. also declined At this meeting Torres to state what steps will be taken to force the American merchants to sub mit to double charges. A vessel was chartered promptly, and after considerable difficulty a clearance was secured from Torres and this vessel sailed for Port Limon, Costa Bica, with dispatches for the government. dispatches, The consul, iu these asks that at least two warships be sent to Bluefields at once. The next move Torres made was to issue a decree doubling the duties, notwithstanding the fact that the schedule of duties for this section of the republic have been fixed by a law passed by congress. This law has never been amended or repealed. W arship Ordered to Nicaragua. A Washington special says: Tbe cruiser Detroit, which is now lying off LaGuayra, Yenezuela, has been order ed post haste to Bluefields, Nicaragua, for the protection of American inter ests in that quarter. On the way she will touch at Port Limon, Costa Rica, where her com mander will put himself in communi cation with the United States consul at that point and where he also may re ceive further instructions, She is also likely to make a brief stop at Greytown. orders is Her dispatch under hurry at the urgent request of the state de partment, to which American residents both in Bluefields and in Costa Rica have appealed for protection of Amer ican interests. The arbitrary and ex tortionate policy adopted by General Torres at Bluefields, who on more than one occasion has made himself persona non grata to this gov ernment and whose restoration to has been followed by the acts which power at this time Amer ican residents resent and protest against, is the main cause of the ves sel’s dispatch. The state department at the same time has cabled instructions to the United States diplomatic representa tive at Bluefields to lodge an energetic protest witli th'e Nicaraguan govern ment against the action of General Torres and a disregard of this protest will be followed up by a more positive step on the part of this government. In Costa Rica the American business interests and residents are in trouble as a vesutt of au insurrectionary move ment. It is understood that the in surgents are levying forced loans on them, besides collecting exorbitant and double duties on its ports. REBELLION WAS SQUELCHED. Bandits On Island of XeRTog Attempted to Incite an Uprising;. According to a Minila dispatch Col. Smith, the governor of the island of Negros, reports that a number of ban dits, headed by a man named Papais sio, attempted a rebellion on March 27th, and killed several officials of Jumamayalan. and He also captured other officials issued a proclamation calling upon the natives to rise and exterminate the Americans and Spaniards. Major Sime and two companies of the California regiment were dispatched by water to the scene of the disturance, and Col. Duboce and two other companies of troops were sent overland. On April 2d this force marched twelve miles and en tured Labzid, tbe headquarters of the bandits, and de stroyed the town. The troopa also captured thirty-five prisoners and scattered Papaissio’s forces, thus ef fectually quelling the rebellion at the outset. MANY LOOMS IDLE. Strikes Iu Rhode Island Causing Cotton Mills to Shut Down. A dispatch from Providence, R. I., says: idie About 3,000 mill operatives are as the result of many strikes in this state, and more than 7,000 looms in the Pawtucket valley, 6,000 of them in the mills owned by Robert Knight, are in operation. The latest recruits to the strikers’ ranks ore the employes of the Natick mills. MAY LEAVE OUT OFFICERS. Cuban Annombty I>l«*olv<*« tftrd Money Will Now Be Distributed!. A dispatch of Wednesday from Ha vana says: The dissolution of the Cu ban military assembly announced Tuesday night, does not cause any particular comment upon Cubans or Americans bore, such a step having been discounted two weeks ago. The American military authorities, while pleased that an obstacle to the disposal of the Cuban army lias been removed, had been preparing to dis tribute the $3,000,000 with the aid of the assembly’s roil, by causing to be drawn up dr.plicate rolls. In this work the provisional gover nors were co-operating with the Cu ban commanders in their provinces. In addition, the assembly’s rolls are being verified and corrected by inde pendent inquiries, a task that may last another month. In spite of this, the distribution of money to the Cuban soldiers will possibly begin in the vicinity of Havana within a fortnight. The general rules controlling the distribution are to exclude all men who have enlisted since July 17, 1898, and to exclude former soldiers now j holding government positions or be longiug to the rural guards, first pay ing each private and non-commission ed officer $100. Then if, as expected, a balance remains, $100 will be paiu to each officer. PRACTICE OF FLOATING COTTON Subject of a Decision By Interstate Commerce Cimimtssion. A Washington dispatch says: The interstate commerce commission Wednesday, in opinion by Commis sioner Prouty, decided the case against the Kausas City, Memphis and Bir mingham Railroad company and others which mainly involved the practice of floating cotton. finds that the The commission es sential transportation feature is carry ing the cotton to a compress, receiving it again in the compressed state and transporting to its destination at the through rate iu force from the point of origin. The question was -whether the ship ment is to be considered through and entitled to a through rate, or as local and calling for application of charges in effect to and from the compress point. commission holds, first, that The the carrier may as part of a contract for the through shipment allow the cotton to be stopped off for thp pur pose of grading and Compressing; but the privilege enters into and becomes part of the service covered by the rate and should be specified in published tariffs. Second, that the determinative fea ture of a through shipment is the con tract and if the eott.on starts and pro ceeds upon a contract for through ship ment, as is shown to be the fact in this case, it may be considered as a through shipment and be given the benefit of a through rate. WIFE BEATING CONDONED. A St. Louis Judge Say* the Practice I* Not Always Bad. A decision was rendered by Judge Peabody in the St. Louis city police court Wednesday that under certain conditions a husband has the right to beat his wife. The case was one Be nard Kretzer, charged with beating his wife because she would not agree with him in the management of their children. Judge Peabody said in pass ing judgment: the wife “In this case was more guilty than the husband for trying to contradict and thwart lier husband’s will iu the presence of the children and setting them a bad example which he had a right to rebuke. There are times when a wife irritates her hus band to sneb an extent, that be cannot control himself and uses bis band or fist. As long as no serious barm is done, I don’t believe in punishment.” WOMEN RULE KANSAS TOWN. They Put Out Municipal Ticket of Their Own anrt Win Kasily. In the city election at Beattie,Kan., two tickets were in tko field, one com posed of women and the other of men. Mrs.Charles Totten was elected mayor and Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs. Schlight,Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Kirlin and Mrs. Watkins for council, while Miss O’Neill, for clerk, won easily. The women drove their own car riages all through a blinding snow storm carrying voters to tbe polls. The police judge and marshal are men. TO AID IN DISTRIBUTION. Gomez. Hodirlguez and M»«o Will Assist In Bavins Solder*. General Maximo Gomez had a talk with Governor General Brooke at Ha vana Saturday, in the course of which lie said that General Mayia Rodriguez and General Bartolome Maso, former president of the Cuban republic, would « tribution of the $3,000,000 advanced by the United States for tlm payment of the Cuban troops. Hie governed general replied that he would be pleased to have General Rodiguez and Maso to take part, as they ume rtpie seutatives of the Cubans. WARRANT FOR CURRY. Third Georgia Oflloer to Be Tried In Sa vsnnah For Murder. A Savannah, Ga., dispatch says: A warrant has been issued in a justice court for Lieutenant Frank Z. Curry, the Third Georgia officer charged with murder. He will be brought from Augusta in answer thereto. Solicitor General Osborne may com municate with the governor before taking further sieps in tbe case. FORCED GERMAN WARSHIP AT SAMOA TO STAND ASIDE. KAISER’S CONSUL CAUSED TROUBLE It >se Issued a Counter Proclamation In citing the Follower* of Mataafa to Ignore Kautz’g Orders, Advices from Apia, via San Fran, cisco, April 7, state that there been lively times iu Samoa during the past few days. The American and British warships have shelled Mataafa’s forces repeatedly and sailors have been landed in Apia to protect property. Numerous casualties have resulted on both sides, Admiral Knutz and the commanders of the Brit j 8ll ships are anxiously awaiting a( ivices from their govern mentg arul in the riieantime the shell - proceeds daily, When Admiral Kautz arrived on the p hila(le lphi» ho spent two days in making i nqu i r i es and then called a meeting of all the consuls and the senior officers of all the warships in the harbor. As a result of the meeting a procla mation was issued by the American admiral declaring that the so-called provisional government under Mataafa can have no legal status under the Berlin treaty, and therefore cannot b« recognized by the consular and naval representatives, and ordering Mataafa and bis supporters to quietly go to their homes and respect the laws of the Berlin treaty. It was further ordered that the peo ple ejected from their homes be re turned and the power of the naval force, it was stated, would be used against all who disregarded the rights of peaceably disposed people. The authority of the chief justice was upheld by the proclamation, and the admiral closed by saying that be trusts that there may be no occasion to use military powers. The procla mation was signed by Admiral Kautz. This proclamation was taken to Ma taafa and read to him by Flag Lieu tenant Miller. It was received in silence and no answer was made. Ma tnaffi and bis chiefs quietly left and went to the western portion of the municipality, and it seemed as if they were about to obey the commands to return to their homes. The German consul, however,issued a counter proclamation in the Samoan language, which was distributed among the Mataafans. The proela mation read as follows: Notion to All Samoan*. By the proclamation of the admiral of the United States dated March 21st, it was made known that the consuls for the signatory powers of the Berlin treaty as well as the three command ers of men of war had been unanimous to no mofe recognize the Mataafa provisional gevernment composed of and thirteen chiefs. I, therefore, make bnow^p to you that this proclamation is quite false. I am the German consul general, T continue to recognize the provisional government of Somoa until I have re ceived contrary instructions from my government. (Signed) Rosk, German Consul General. The immediate result of this act was that the rebels turned back and prepared for war, declairing that they would not obey the admiral’s order and would prevent any food supplies from being brought in Samoa for the Malietoa natives. Hostilities commenced on Tuesday afternodn when half a dozen Malietoa j men were taken by the Mataafans. They were taken to headquarters and bound. On Wednesday morning no tice was spread that if no answer was received from Mataafa by 1 o’clock the Philadelphia would fire one of her large guns, followed by three pne minuto guns. Mataafa sent no answer. Buoyed Up By German*. He and his chiefs were buoyed up by the German consul’s proclamation would and vague talk that Germany support them and was the greatest power on earth, invincible in war, and that Great Britain and America would never dare to engage Germany in con flict. Signal guns were fired and tbe foreign population of British and Americans were taken on board their respective warships. sought The whole native population American the protection behind tbe lines. As soon as the land forces were stationed, the Philadelphia opeu fire throwing a shell into the outskirts of Apia. Falke attempt German warship - , leave port ou secret mission wfaen A dmirat Kautz ordered her ( , a pt akQ to stay where he was and ^eii^ COUDtry ' For several days the German war ship perBistently kopt in the way so incommode thefireof the British .. f Finallv Admiral Kautz com pfe) ed her to j nove inside the harbor trance out of tbe way. ----------- BRYAN WIRES ACCEPTANCE. Nebraskan Says He Will Attend the Jeflfer Ron Dinner In New York. E. V. Brewster, who is managing the Chicago platform Jefferson dinner to be given in New York, received the following telegram from William Jen nings Bryan Thursday: “Lincoln, Neb., April 6, 1899.— Eugene Y. Brewster, Brooklyn, N. Y.: Will attend dinner April 15tb. All speakers should be, supporters of the Chicago platform, W, J, BbyAN.” AN EXPERT ON FA.RM CONDITIONS. Ke Saya Farm Investment Paid Better 4f Years Ago Than To-Day, The Industrial Commissi on gave a hearing recently In Washington on farm conditions, the principal witnoss being Assistant Secretary Bingham ot the Agricultural Department. Mr. Brigham said that he had been con nected with the Grange movement nearly twenty years, and as master ot the National Grange for nine years had traveled over the country consid erably. The number of men employed on farms was about the same, he said, as lifty years ago. The tendency, how ever, was toward shorter hours and lighter work, and in general the condi tion and wages of the farm hands had improved. Tills was largely due to the use of machinery and Improved meth ods, and not organization of labor. The system of crop sharing, he said, was increasing, and would, he thought, largely supplant that ©f hiring men for wages. Mr. Briglmm favored the teaching of the elementary principles of agricult ure in the public schools, as arousing the interest of the hoys- in that branch would tend to keep them on the farm and away from the cities. The money invested in farms, farm implements and stock in the United States repre sented, he said, about $1,500,000,000. Farm investments paid higher rates of interest forty years ago than to-day. Some reasons for the decrease were the appreciation of land values and higher wages for labor. The net profits of farming, taking an average for the whole country, he thought would not exceed more than two or three per cent. Farmers, he said, paid too great a pro portion of the taxes, one reason being that their property could not be con cealed from the asssessors as can some other classes of property. Sphinx and Man. Now, for the first time, a photograph of the Sphinx with one man standing on top of it and another half way up the front, has been taken, showing at a glance the tremendousness of this monument which is more than six thousand years old. Figures give so poor an idea of size that they hardly convey anything to the mind. Close your eyes and try to imagine a figure sixty-five feet high, ami its body a hundred and eighty-nine feet long; each ear is two yards wide, the nose is five feet long, the mouth is seven feet wide, large enough to swallow a six-footer if it were opened, and the distance across the face from one cheek to another is fourteen feet. If a five-story fiat house were built by the side of the Sphinx the top of the house would be below the crown of ita head. Yet this wonderful statue was cut out of the living rock as long ago as 4,000 years B. C. There must have been some great artists in that day to think of so big a work, which has never been since equaled. The meaning of the Sphinx is one of the hardest problems of scholars. Some say it is the statue of some old Egyp tian god, others that it is a symbol oi the rising sun, but the most, probable explanation is that the Sphinx is the statue of some one of the Pharaohs of old Egypt. Its head is that of a man, and the body of the lion was only a symbol of the power of the mighty king who had it hewn. There are any number of Sphinxes in Egypt, but this 'one is the largest and finest of them all. Her Papa’s Idol. ' The Due T’Amale— Your parents put no constraint upon your choice of a husband? Miss Katbi-yn Higgins of Omaha— Oh, dear no! Papa gives me cart blanch in the matter of expense. Beacon Street Belles. Emma—Do you know,I think Char lie is really fond of me? Blanche—Funny, isn’t it?—Boston Transcript. America and Germany. Ho soon as America showed her character istic firmness the German cruiser le t Manila Bay, and we now project iho German inter ests. in a like manner all stomach ills fly before the wonderful power of Hcstetter’a Stomach Bitters. It strikes at the root of all diseases—the stomach, and not only cures in digestion, constipation, biliousness, liver and kidney troubles, but euros them quick )y and permanently. It makes a hearty appetita and fills the blood with rich red corpuscles. Navigation between Detroit and Cleveland was formally opened recently. 44 Trust Not to Appearances That which seems hard to bear may be a great blessing. Let us take a lesson from the rough weather of Spring. It is doing good despite appear- 2.TICCS. Clearise the system thoroughly / rout , Out ± * .if I impurities from the blocd greatest specific, Hood*S Sarsaparilla. Inste2Ml of s) 8 ^Uts. with couse quoiit trrttableness will have and tone an undone, and a bracing tired feeling, you "St* $Si£iT“ a Say-*”‘work lioo'dta diaappoints. never Co'ltre—“Goitre was SO expensive in med ical at tendaB.ee that I let mine go. It made saparflla, me. a perfect which wreck, entirely until I cured took Hoqds me. Mas. bar Thomas J.os*S, 12J South St., Utica, N. Y. Punning Sores “Five years ago my affliction oaine, a running sore on my leg, causing SRi great anguish. Hood s Sarsapar' ilia healed the sore, which has 39 never Powell re turned.” Mrs. A. W. Barrett, Street, Lowell, Mass. •» Hood' Pills care liver Ills, the n on-irrltaU ng and a SarsaaariUft. the only cathartic to take with Hood s