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HARD FIGHT WITH JAILBIRDS
eight desperate criminals attack the
SHERIFF AND JANiTOR.
Stopped By Bullets After a Fearful
StruggIe*“Brave Colored Janitor.
The DeKalb county jail at Decatur,
Ga., was the scene of a terribe fight
Saturday night between Sheriff Talley
and eight of his prisoners who made a
bold and desperate attempt to escape.
In the fight the sheriff used his pis
tol, and Edward Flanagan, the notori
ous double murderer, was shot.
Among those who took part in the
attempt at jail delivery were George
Bankston and John Pendley. the men
who wero mixed up at one time in the
murder of Policeman Ponder at At
lanta. of the leaders in
Flanagan was one the jailer, and held
the assault upon which
as a weapon the heavy padlock
had been sawed from the jail door.
The affair was one of the most ter
rific hand-to-hand fights that ever oc
curred in a prison between jailbirds
and prison keeper, and but for the
fact that the sheriff acted with the
greatest coolness and bravery, some
noted and desperate prisoners would
now be at large, and among them the
notorious Flanagan.
The sheriff was assisted by his ne
gro janitor, Jim Smith, and it was the
negro whom Flanagan attacked, trying
to brain him with a heavy padlock.
The striking feature of the jail sen
sation was the fact that the knife with
which the lock was sawed or filed was
owned by Hiram Sharpe, the man who
brutally murdered his wife near Litlio
nia about a month ago. With this
part of the story comes the statement
from the sheriff that a few moments
before the fight with the prisoners,
Sharpe secretly armed himself with a
heavy iron bar, an act the significance
of which was not realized until the en
counter was over.
The attack upon the sheriff was sud
den and without a word of warning.
Eight prisoners, all charged with gravo
crimes, sprang upon him as he passed
the cell door. The sheriff thought the
door securely fastened and when he
saw it swing open and the eight des
perate men rush upon him, he backed
off a few feet and cried out to his ne
gro janitor to stand by him. The ne
gro, displaying remarKauie Dravery,
stood his ground.
For several minutes the fight lasted.
The prisoners were endeavoring to
heat down the sheriff and the negro,
for if this could have been accom
plished, nothing stood in the way of
their liberty except a run through an
open corridor and a dash through tho
residence portion of the jail which had
only unlocked doors. and
The sheriff knew the situation
he struggled with his assailants with
a determination to conquer or be
trampled under foot.
All the while, the negro janitor
stood by the side of his officer ready
to go down with him.
For a while the sheriff could not get
an opportunity to draw' his pistol,
which was iu his hip pocket. When
he finally did, he pulled loose from
the prisoners and backing quickly to
ward the outer door he began to fire.
The negro janitor dropped to the floor
to keep from being shot. The sudden
ness of the firiug dismayed the pris
oners. Flanagan reeled and fell. A
bullet had struck him. Three shots
were fired, and that was every bullet
the sheriff had in his pistol, aud if the
prisoners had known this they would
not have retreated as they did into
their cell. The retreat was what the
sheriff looked for.
He jumped through the corridor
door, slammed it to and fastened the
lock. The fight was over. The sheriff
and his loyal janitor had won the day.
The jailbirds were safe.
This was the second time within two
months that Flannigan had attempted
to break jail. The last time he seized
the sheriff’s child and made a dash for
liberty. He knew that as his' long as he
ran with the child in arms the
DEATH OF JOHN RUSKIN,
Noted Essayist and Critic; Also An
Eccentric Character.
A London dispatch says; John Rus
lan, English critic and essayist, died
Saturday afternoon of influenza, aged
81 years.
One of the most remarkable facts in
bis career was his divorce of his wife.
He engaged the great painter, Sir John
Millais, to paint a picture of his wife.
Millais snd Mrs. Ruskin fell in love
with each other, but they remained
silent. Ruskin soon realized that his
wife and Millais were bound by a true
love, but made no objection to it, ar
ranging himself a divorce for his wife
so that she could marry the painter.
BOER CASUALTIES.
Their Losses To Date Said To Be Over
Six Thousand Men.
Advices from Reusburg, Cape Col
ony, Friday, state that carefully com
piled figures from reliable sources,
some of which have beeu investigated
and found to be correct, show ihe
Boer losses up to date are approxi
mately 6,425 men, including 2,000
casualties during the siege of Lady
smith.
sheriff would not shoot. He was in
tercepted in the jail office and a des
perate fight followed, the sheriff’s
wife snatching her child from the mur
derer’s aims.
Saturday night the sheriff did not
aim particularly at Flanagan, but it
seemed to be some direction of fate
that he of the others should be shot
with the same kind of weapon with
which he had murdered two helpless
women.
It was about 9:30 o’clock Saturday
evening that Sheriff Talley sent Jim
Smith, his negro janitor into the low
er floor of the jail to clean up the cor
ridor. The negro opened the door
leading into the corridor and placed
his lantern behind it.
The sheriff followed behind the jan
itor to see if the prisoners were all
right for the night. As he passed a
cell Hiram Sharpe, the wife murderer,
confined in a cell across the corridor
in which the eight notorious charac
ters were locked up, handed him n
heavy piece of iron five feet long aud
four inches broad and half an inch
thick.
“Mr. Talley,” said Sharpe, “the
man in here with me has been hiding
this piece of iron and I want you to
take it out before it gets us all into
trouble.”
The sheriff thanked the prisoner and
walked down the corridor with the
iron bar in his hand.
Not until after the terrific fight with
the desperate jailbirds was over did
the sheriff remember the significance
of the act. Sharpe suspected that the
attack was going to be made and he
had armed the sheriff so he could de
fend himself from a sndden assault
which might have meant his death.
Sheriff Talley walked to the back of
the corridor. The eight prisoners
who had planned the escape were
peering at him, watching for an op
portune moment to make the break
for liberty.
Not a suspicion of what was about
to take place entered the sheriff’s
mind. He had glanced at the doors
of all the cells and he had not noticed
that any lock had been tampered with.
But the men had already sawed the
padlock to the door of their cell.
The eight men must have made a
slight miscalculation in the distance
the sheriff was from their door, aud
the time it would take to walk to the
rear of the corridor. They threw open
the door just as the sheriff was about
'to repass it. Then the terrific fight
took Berore place. they could out the pris
pass
oners would have to beat down the
sheriff and the negro, and this they
proceeded to do.
“Stand by me, Jim,” cried the sheriff
to the negro.
And the answer came back:
“I’m with you, Mr. Talley.”
As many mer. as could get at the
sheriff struck him over the head and
the shoulders with their fists.
Sheriff Talley fought with the mo
mentary strength of a giant. He
hurled the desperate jailbirds from
him as fast as they sprang upon him.
Jim Smith was not idle. He stood
by the side of the sheriff and struggled
to keep off’ the assailants.
All this time tho sheriff had not had
an op 2 )ortuniiy to draw his pistol.
He at last got off a few steps from
the prisoners aud he drew his pistol
and began to fire into the crowd.
Three shots were fired in quick suc
cession, and Flanagan screamed and
fell.
Back into the ce 1 tho prisoners
tumbled in more confusion than they
had left it a few moments before.
Sheriff Tally saw his opportunity.
He sprang bnckwarn through the cor
ridor door, closed it aud turned the
key in the lock.
A few minutes later help came and
the desperate jailbirds who had made
the bold but unsuccessful attempt to
escape were safely locked up in their
cell for the night. chair in
Flanagan was placed in a for
the corridor and a physician sent
to dress his wound.
The pistol ball had entered his left
thigh about two inchei above the knee,
inflicting a painful but not very seri
ous wound.
BRYAN ADDRESSES ORIOLES.
Speaks To Big Audience In Baltimore
On Political Questions.
Hon. William J. Bryan delivered an
address in Baltimore Saturday night
upon the political questions of the day
to an audiance which filled the Music
Hall. under the
The meeting was held
auspices of the Maryland Democratic
Association, one of the free silver
wings of the the Democratic party of
the state, and was not encouraged or
discouraged in any manner by the reg
ular Democratic organization. In fact
the latter held strictly aloof from the
affair.
pension appropriation bill
Passed By House—Measure Carries
$ 145 , 245 , 250 . bill
The pension appropriation passed by car- the
rying §145,245,250, was made the vehi
house Friday. It was
cle of an attack upon the commissioner
of pensions by northern Democrats.
All inveighed against the lack of lib
erality in the administration of the
laws. The commissioner was ably
defended by a score of members from
both sides of the house.
THE LEE BANQUET
AT NE® YORK
Southerners Drink to Health of Pres
ident McKinley.
A BRILLIANT GATHERING
Mrs. Davis Present and Accorded
Warm Welcome.
The tenth annual banquet of the
Confederate Veterans camp of New
York, given in honor of General R. E.
Lee, was held at the Waldorf-Astoria
Friday night, 300 persons being in at
tendance. One of the features was
the presence of a large number of wo
men, members of the families of tho
camp members.
Edward Owen, commander of the
camp, presided. While the dinner
was in progress Mrs. Jefferson Davis
was escorted into the center box in
the balcony overlooking tho banquet
hall. She was given an ovation. Fans
and napkins , . thrown , into ... the
were air
and flowers were flung to the box from
the tables below.
In a short time Mrs. Davis was sur
rounded by a group which deserted
the banquet tables to greet her. An
informal reception of an hour or more
was accordingly held by the widow of
the head of the Confederacy.
Tho dinner over, Commander Owen
proposed the toast: “The President of
the United States and the Army and
Navy.” It was drunk standing.
Thomas Nelson Page, of Virginia,
responded to the toast, “The South
Beyond Her Borders. The speaker
first referred to the south in the up
building of the city of New York. He
then spoke of Stonewall Jackson and
paid that southern hero a stirring trib
ute. He next told of the life of Gen
eral Lee as a civilian and as president
of an educational institution and said
his motto was, “Duty is the sublimest
word in the language.” He alluded
in glowing terms to the life work of
Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
Letters of regret were read from
President McKinley, Governor Roose
velt, Mayor Van Wyck and Colonel
Longstreet of New Orleans. The let
ter from President McKinley was as
follows:
“I received . your kind _ lettei inviting
me to be present and respond to a ioast
nt the tenth annual banquet of your
camp on the 14th inst., and I regret
very much that engagements already
made prevent me from sending an ac
ceptance. The cordial feeling of mu
tual respect and good will existing bo
tween the sections of our now . re
united country, among all peo
pie G most gratifying to me. It would
afford me peculiar pleasure to be with
yon on this occasion and give renewed
expression to my grateful appreciation
of the promptness and patriotism . . with
which the citizens of the south as
well as the north responded to the call
of their country and of the ever
increasing help they are giving to those
things which contribute to its prosper
ity and advancement, its permanence
and influence.
“The Man on the monument and the
memory of Robert E. Lee” was re
spoudedtoby John Temple Graves, of
Georgia.
Tins LiniT EXTENDED.
Porto Ricans Are Given Six Months
Longer to Pay Off Mortgages.
Secretary Root has issued an order
extending the time for , the ,, torec . .
«suio
of mortgages on property in or o
Rico six months, on tie cone i ion,
however, that such extension shall no
apply if contrary to legislation enacted
by congress in the interval. I he time
for the payment ot mortgages un er
tlie previous orders o o war < epar -
ment expired last Uric ay. he ae ion
is intended merely to tide over present
financial straits until congress shall
have had an opportunity to legislate
flORGAN LEAVES WASHINGTON.
Makes Trip to Alabama to Confer
With His Friends.
Senator Morgan left Washington
Friday night for Alabama, where he
expects to spend some days conferring
with his friends. Hon. Frank Pettus,
who is actively at work in Senator
Morgan’s behalf, is at the national
capital.
KRUGER’S EfllSSARY,
flontague White, Will Be Received
By President HcKinley. *
It is stated in an authoritative quar
ter that if Montague White is equipped
with proper credentials from the
Transvaal government, he will be re
ceived as its representative by the ad
ministration.
General Obiern’s rejection was os
tensibly due to his American citizen
ship, but there is no doubt that the
authorities would have preferred that
the matter of the Transvaal represen
tation be left undetermined. However,
when Mr. White calls at the state de
partment Secretary Hay will see him
and his status will then be determined.
WRECKED VESSEL IDENTIFIED.
Evidence Secured That Lost Ship Was
the “Heligoland.”
A dispatch from St. Johns, N. F.,
says: The magistrate has received the
damaged life buoy picked up in St,
Mary’s bay which has the named of
the wrecked steamer painted on it,
but the lettering of which is partly
illegible from from the fire and water.
On the life buoy are the letters
“eigoland.” No doubt these tetters
are part of the word “Helgoland.”
MR. ROBERTS
DENIED SEAT
Investigating Committee
Report Against Him.
DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS
Two Members Favor Installing l!tab
Man and Afterwards Expelling
Him From the House.
A Washington dispatch says: The
committee of the house of represents
tives to investigate tho case of Brig
ham H. Roberts, of Utah, reached a
a final conclusion at Wednesday’s ses
sion. On the polygamous status of
Mr. Roberts the committee was unani
mous aud agreed upon a formal state
ment of facts. On tho question of
procedure to be adopted the commit
tee was divided.
The majority, consisting of all the
members except Littlefield of Maine,
and DeArmoud, of Missouri, favored
the exclusion at the outset. Messrs.
Littlefield, Republican, aud DeAr
moud, Democrat, will make a minority
report favorable to seating Roberts on
his prima facie rights and then expell
ing him. The majority were Tnyler,
Frear, Morris and McPherson, Repub
licans; Lanham and Miers, Demo
crats. The statement of facts found
by the committee is as follows:
“We find that B. H. Roberts was
elected a representative to the fifty
sixth congress from the state of Utah
and wa8 at tbe date of his election
above the age of twenty-five years; «
that he has been for more than seven
yearg a naturalized citizen of tho
jj nited statea and was a n inhabitant
q{ thg state 0 jj Utah,
«We further find that about 1878 he
married Louisa Smith, his first and
lawful wife, with whom he has ever
s j nce lived as such and who, since
their marr i age , has borne him six
children. ‘
.< That since 1885 ho married as his
pjura j wife Co]ia Dibble, with whom
he has ever since lived as such who,
nco such marriage, has borne him
children, of whom the last wero
twinS( bo rn August 11, 1897.
“That some years after his said
marr j age to Celia Dibble he contracted
auot her plural marriage with Margaret
c ghipp.with whom he has ever since
live(J in tbe ba bit and repute of mar
j-j a ge. Your committee is unable to
the exact date of this marriage. It
Dot appear that be held her out as
wife before January, 1897, or that
fore that date she held him out as
husband, or that before that date
were reputed to be husband and wife,
“That these facts were
known in Utah, publicly charged
against him duriug his campaign
election and were not denied by him.
“That the testimony bearing on
thes0 facta was taken j„ the
0 f ]yj r . Eberts and that he fully cross
examined the witnesses, but declined
tc place h im8el f on the witness stand.”
FOR BIG SYSTEM.
Great „ , _ Progress Made _„ , Toward the
Extension of Seaboard Air
Line Interest?
Great „ progress wasmadea-Raleigb, , , n , . ,
N. 0., Wednesday toward the consum
m t j on of tb e plans of tho greater
g eaboard Air-Line heid system. directors
]\j ee tiugs were of tho
^ stockholders of the Raleigh and
Q aston va ii roa d, and resolutions were
a( j opte< i providing for tho immediate
m j with the Raleigh and Gaston
j^ a jj roac | Company of the Raleigh and
Augusta Air-Line, of the Durham and
Northern railroad, the Carolina Ceil
tral railroad, the Georgia Carolina
and Northern railway, the Palmetto
railroad and the Chesterfield and Ker
shaw railroad.
Arrangements were nlso made for
the issuance of §5,000,000 first
gage bonds upon the Raleigh and Gas
t on railroad properties, including its
ownership in other lines.
Under the plan adopted all the pbys
ical properties of the above mentioned
railroad companies will be forthwith
acquired by the Raleigh aud Gaston,
NEBRASKAN IN CINCINNATI.
Bryan Addresses Big Audience Cn
Unique and Unexpected Line.
Col. W. J. Bryan addressed an
audience of 5,000 people at Music
hall, Cincinnati, Wednesday night on
“Pending Questions” under the ans
pices of the Cincinnati Bimetallic
Council. He announced as his
that tho time had come when no farmer
or laborer could afford to be a Repub
lican. He said that party had entirely
changed front. He quoted from Liu
coin’s letter to a Boston Republican
meeting in 1859, and also from his
first message, in which Lincoln said
that he feared monarchial tendencies
in the repubtiu
TWO KICKS COMING.
England and Germany win Will Protest p rntpit
Against Fortifying La .
Both Great Britain and Germany
have formally served notice that they
will protest against fortification of the
Nicaragua canal if that waterway be
constructed by the American govern
meet. These notices have been filed
orally by Ambassador Pauncefote and
Von Ilolleben. They will be followed
later by formal or written protests.
SHOWN
i CCS C/3
Big Mass Meeting In Washington
Adopt Strong Resolutions.
HELP OPENLY ADVOCATED
Prominent Members of Congress
and Others Make Speeches.
Tlio Grand opera house, the largest
auditorium in Washin ton, was packed
to the doors Sunday night with an en
thusiastic audience which vigorously
expressed its sympathy with the Boers
in the fight with Great Britain.
a J p ^ c f^U^UnTd iSh SoofeHe^
nnd a nmn t,er of leading Germans of
the city joined the movement. Among
those who occupied seats on tho stage
wero Senators Mason, of Illinois; Al
len, of Nebraska,and Tillman,of South
Carolina; Representatives DeArmond
and Cochran, of Missouri; Bailey, of
Texas; Carmack and Cox, of Tennes
see; Rhea, Jones and Lamb, of Vir
ginia; Shafroth, of Colorado; Doveuer,
cf West Virginia; Meyer,of Louisiana;
Sulzer, of New York, and Lentz, of
Ohio, and Mr. Van Sicklen, represen
tative of the Orange Free State at New
York and representatives of the United
Irish societies and otbei s. A large
delegation of Irish-Americans and Ger
mau-Americans from Baltimore was in
the audience.
The principal addresses were made
by Sulzer, Mason, Allen and Clark,
Representative Bailey, of Texas, said
that he was present to give his moral
support to the cause. His address was
a vigorous one, and ho was loudly ap
plauded. Representatives
Other speakers were Cochran, of
DeArmond, of Missouri;
Missouri; Rhea, of Kentucky, and
Lentz, of Ohio, and Mr. Van Sicklen,
of New York.
A number of letters and telegrams
received, including one from Senator
Haile, of Maine, expressing regret at
his inability to be present and entire
sympathy with the movement, The
following resolutions were adopted:
“Whereas, The American people
still cherish the lessons and memories
of 177(5 and 1812, and therefore, fully
understand and realize the rapacious
war which Great Britain is waging
against small but patriotic people,
whose misfortune is the possession of
natural wealth coveted by British
greed; the prosecution of
“Whereas, lu
this robber warfare Great Britain has
been balked as yet of her tyrannous
designs, and lias, therefore, resorted
to unlawful and barbarous articles, as
is lier wont, to-wit:
“1. The arming and mobilization of
savages. distribution of dum-dum
“2. The
bullets to her soldiery, coupled with
the boast that the British government
possessed 100,000,000 such missiles,
“3. The illegal seizure of peaceful
merchandise, en route from the neutral
ports of the Unite ! States to friendly
Portuguese markets.
“Whereas, the president of the United
States has not taken proper notice of
these outrages, making it necessary
for the people at large to express fheit
will through public assemblies and
serious warnings.
“Therefore, the citizens of the
American cip jt a l in mass meeting as
sembled, have people of the
“Resolved, That the
Orange Free State and of the south
j Afldcan republics are and of
0U g b t to be free and independent and
; their civilization is recognized to bo
! equal in morality to that of any other
people, the false witness of the British
! press to the contrary notwithstanding.
) Therefore, the precipitation upon
them of savage foes in alliance with
trained soldiery threatens the repet,i
! tion of the horrors of Wyoming, Fort
Dearborn and otlierplao.es, bitterly
remembered by the American people
as ruthless instances of British perfidy
and dishonor. The attention of the
president of the United States is re
spectfully directed to this feature
which is a notorious matter of common
repute throughout the world.
i “Resolved, That this meeting, in
concert with tho American people
throughout the land, sends its sympa
tby aud good will and heartfelt en
couragement to the Boers and reminds
| them that as we triumphed against the
same foe, so may they.
“Resolved, That we beseech and
strenuously urge the president of the
United States to exercise tho preroga
tive vested in him by the peace con
vention lately arranged by the powers
of the civilized world. We beg him
to offer his good offices as a mediator
between the Boers and the British as
for the deliverance of these unfortu
nate Englishmen and their families,
now being punished vicariously for the
crime of a brigand cabal of gold grab
bers and laud-hungry conspirators,not
one of whom is at the forefront of the
battle,
“ltesolved, That we solemnly pro
test against the shipment of munitions
of war from this country for the use of
j Great Britain.”
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Counterfeiters Captured.
Officers of Rutherford county, Ten
nessoe, have unearthed a gang of
counterfe it e rs that has been in opera
I tion for at i eas t two years. John and
Andrew Edwards, brothers, Will Mer
oer and Will Wright are under arrest
aud others are under sur\eilance.
Fire Destroys Woolen Hills.
The Ashland woolen mills, at Ash
land, Ore., one of the oldest industrial
establishments in the state, were de
stroyed by fire Sunday. Loss, §65,000.
SHELL
FACES JURY
Brutally Hurdered a Little
Girl In Washington.
WAS SHOCKING ONE
Similar To Flanagan Case In Georgia.
Insanity Will Be Plea of the
- v Defense.
A Washington dispatch says: Ben
jamin H. Suell, of Georgia, was put
on trial Thursday before Justice
Clabaugh for the murder of thirteen
year-old Lizzie Weisenberger on the
morning of August Gth last. The de
fendant appeared haggard and worried
when he entered the courtroom.
When Suell was brought into court
one of tho sisters of tho little victim
broke down with emotion and the
family loft the courtroom a few min
utos afterward. They were in the
seats again when caurt- convened after
the noon recess.
SNELL’S CRIME.
The crime for which Snell is stand
ing trial was one of the most atrocious
in the history of the district. It was
on Sunday morning, August 6, 1890,
that Snell called at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Weisenberger, 740
Nineteenth street, N. E., and asked
for a drink of water,
Just wilhiii the door was the bucket,
hut this was empty. Old man Weis
enberger said he would go to the
hydrant on the corner of Nineteenth
and G streets, a hundred yards started away,
and till the bucket, lie at
once, little dreaming of tho fiendish
purpose of his visitor. When the old
man was gone Snell entered the house.
Ho went straight to the sleeping
room of his little victim, drew a razor
from his pocket and on the instant
that she awoke he jerked the keen
blade across her throat. The girl’s
mother made fraDtio efforts to stop
Snell, but he beat her off. In the
struggle she was slashed several times
with the bloody razor which Snell still
held.
After accomplishing the horrible
deed, the brute attempted to escape,
but was soon captured by officers. and the
In many respects the crime
incidents leading to it are similar to
the Flanagan crime in Georgia. For
the child Snell had what would appear
an ungovernable attachment.
In 1893 Snell lived on the Eladens
burg road with his family, and next
door to them lived the Weisenbergers.
Lisa was then only seven years old,
but Snell took a great fancy to the
child, and finally arranged with her
parents, who had several children aud
j J were have not the in little very good girl make circumstances, her home
to
at Snell’s. Living next door, it was
not hard for the parents to fall into
this arrangement, and when both fum
! ilies moved later, Lisa stayed with the
Snells.
) Snell’s conduct toward the little
girl caused the parents to take her
away. After this Snell used every en
deavor to have the little girl returned
to him, but her parents were obdu
rate. Suell then became frantic aud
determined upon a horrible venge
ance.
Suspicions as to the safety of then
daughter while she remained at Snell’s
first arose with the Weisenbergers
about a year before the crime,
Suell is educated and after becoming
a visitor of many of the low dives of
city moved in high society in Wash
ingtott. He was regarded as a valua
ble clerk in the pension bureau, liav
ing gone in in 1890 on a salary of §200
and having been steadily advanced to
a $1,GOO position. At the time of this
crime he was a special pension exami
ner at a salary of §1,300 while in
Washington, and expenses in addition
while in the field. He is a native of
Vermont, but lived for many years in
Georgia. He was nt one time em
ployed in a bank at Montgomery, Ala.
His parents live at Oconee, Gu., and
are among the most respected people
of that section of the state. His
brother, Charles W. Snell, is clerk of
the Superior court at Sandersville,
Ga., aud is a prominent citizen.
WEBSTER STATUE UNVEILED.
Prominent People Take Part In Ap
propriate Ceremonies.
At Washington, Thursday, a distin
guished gathering of public officials, in -
cluding President McKinley and his
entire cabinet, representatives of the
senate and house of represenlatives,
the judiciary of the United States su
preme court aud other branches of
public life, participated in the exer
cises attending the unveiling of the)
colossal bronze statue of Dauiel Web
gter. The statue occupies a position
on Scott Circle, but prior to the actual
unveiling the ceremonies of preaeuta
tion and acceptance were held at the
LaFayette opera house.
Castellans Lost Heavily.
The Paris Matin says it is rumored
on the bourse that Count Boni de Cas
tellnne, husband of Anna Gould, has
lost three million francs by unlucky
speculations.
Senator McLaurln Improves.
A Jackson, Miss., dispatch says:
Ex-Governor, now Senator McLauriu,
is considerably better and the attend
ing physicians now consider him out
of danger.