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HORN'S NEW TRIAL ON
Reopening of the Guldensuppe Mur
der Case at Long Island City.
JURY QUICKLY SECURED
tastlce Smith Compelled to Retire by 111
ness?Justice Maddoz Selected to Tr
tlie Cace in His Stead?Great Spee
Made in Cnooslng the Jury For Mri
Augusta Xack's Alleged Accoinpllc(
New 1'oek City .(Special).?Martin Thorr
* Ihe barber, who Is charged with havin
murdered William wuiaensuppe on <iuu
J5, was put on trial for the second time I
the Supreme Court of Queens County sil
ting in Long Island City.
The effort to bring Thorn to trial has bee
met by a most remarkable series of ol
(tractive incidents.
After Mrs. Nack had astonished the coui
rith her confession, and an anticipate
rapid trial had been upset by the sudde
MABTIN THOBN.
Illness of a juror, the attorneys on botl
ildes hoped that the obstacle of seonrlnj
?jury for the second trial once overcome
things would go along smoothly
but when court had reconvene!
Justice Wilmot M. Smith, who presided a
the former trial, announced from thebeaol
that he was too ill to hear the case, am
Justice Samuel T. Maddox.of Brooklyn,tool
his place. Two hours' delay was caused b;
reason of this misfortune, but after Justloi
tfaddox ascended the bench he hustle<
things along with great celerity. Sevei
furors had been selected at the close of thi
lay's work. White this does not equal thi
record of the last proceeding, where thi
tall complement was chosen on the firs
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MBS. AUGUSTA SACK.
day, it is considered quite as jremarkablo
owing to the great notoriety that was givei
the case at that time and the oonsequem
' likelihood of prejudice being aroused inth<
minds of the talesmen.
* That the interest of the public had par
tlally subsided was shown by the smallnes;
of the attendance as compared with tha
at the former trial, and the dullness of th<
day's proceedings evidently bored thost
who took the trouble to come.
When the case -was called by Justice Mad
dox, on the second day of the trial, sever
men were in the jury box. Shortly afte:
coon the twelfth man was sworn in.
After recess District Attorney Young!
~ ?3 V*?? *Alllnr? f Jia af Arv r\t fhi
VptJUtJU Hi? t'OSC Ujr I.UIIU5 I.UU .7WJ.J v? ?w
murder and promising to bring witnesse:
to prove every allegation. The young mei
who found the body alleged to be Gulden
suppe's, were called as the first witnesses
They told the same story which they rela
ted at the first trial.
Five Brothers Made Masons.
Five brothers were advanced to the de
gree of Master Mason in the lodge room
of Northern Lodge, F. and A. M., of New
ark, N. J. They are Harry A. Phillips
Everett I. Phillip3, Frederick A. Phillips
Robert Phillips and William Phillips. The;
are sons of Henry F. Phillip.'. He is seven
ty-flve years old and was raised to a Maso:
in Newark Lodge in 1849. He now is hig
priest of Corinthian Chapter, Deputy Mas
ter of Adelphia Council, a thirty-third de
free Mason of the Scottish Rite, a Knlgh
emplar, and a life member of the Gran
Lodge. The raising of five brothers at on
time is said to be unique in tbe annals c
Masonry.
Czar Too Much For Kaiser.
The Turkish Government announces th
postponement until spring of Its naval r<
organization plans. This is due to th
representations of Russia that arrears <
the Turkish-Russian war indemnity ai
still duo, and that if Turkey persists in th
reconstruction of her navy, Russia will ii
slst upon the payment of these arrears. ]
is also a setback to Germany, who was su{
porting the Turkish naval policy.
M. Mellne's Hope* For Bimetallism.
In the course of his speech in the Chan
ber of Deputies, at Paris, during the d<
bate on the subject of the agr'culturi
crisis, 3d. Meline, the French Premier, e3
pressed the hope that the day would y<
come when Dimetallism would tri-tmph t
a solution of the agricultural depression.
Died Protesting Innocence.
' Erwin S. Ackerman, suspected of connti
tion with the murder of Marcus Xichol
died at Oakville, Conn., protesting his ii
nocence. Worry over th? accusation
said to have hastened his end.
Masso, Cuba's Chief.
The Republic of Cuba has a now goven
ment. The election occurred on Novemb<
4 at Guaymarlllo, Puerto Principe, and ri
lilted In an overwhelming majority f(
Bartolome Mas30 as President, Doming
Mendez Capote, Vice-President; Secretai
of War, Aleman; Secretary of Finance
TJnnts StnrHnn" Sncrfttarv of Foreign Rail
tlons, Moreno"de la Farre, and Secretai
of the Interior, De Fuia.
, No Farther Effort For Arbitration.
It is learned from an authoritative 9our<
that the negotiations for an arbitratic
treaty between the United States and Grei
Britain have not been renewed.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. H
Washington I to in*. (J
8erions charges against the United
States Commissioner at Dyea, Alaska, have
been made to the President and Secretary
- Bliss. 15
Designs for a Government armor plant
with a capacity of six thousand tons a
pear, have been completed by the Naval
Irmor Board.
I Under the proposed agreement between AI
Che United States, Great Britain and Can- n
ida, the United States will suspend sealing
on the Pribilof Islands in return for
1- Che suspension of pelagic sealing Dy ine ^
Canadians.
Postmaster-General Gary expressed gratlftcatlon
at the comments on his recommeni.
lation for the establishment ot postal savings
depositories.
Veterans in volunteer soldiers' homes
have taken ballots, which show they favor
' the control of the homes by the War De?
partment. ba
0 Sixty employes in the Topographical m(
D Bureau were laid off because the Board of an
t- Apportionment reduced the appropriation,
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued 0f
n a circular to employes to the effect that
olerks receiving a stated salary who ne- m
>m gleet to pay their debts, contracted for the flr
necessary support of themselves and their fcu
:t families, without presenting satisfactory
. reasons therefore, will not be retained in
office. ao
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- Domestic. Q.J
In the Congressional election in the 8ixth ?b
fllinois District, to choose a successor to wl
Edward D. Cooke, deceased, Henry 8. Boutelle,
Republican, was elected by a plural- Tc
Ity of 840 over Yincent H. Perkins, Demosrat.
M|
The Court of Appeals, on the ground of nu
errors, granted a new trial to William J.
Koerner, the newspaper artist who shot 0n
md killed Rose Alice Redgate in New York v
City on September 2S, 1896. nu
At the hearing in the case of Colonel G. at
8. Gerald, who shot and killed the Harris se:
brothers at Waco, Texas, In a controversy th
arising out of the Brann-Taylor trouble, it ]
was shown that Colonel Gerald was justi- pa
fled, and he was exonerated by the court, sh
ft was shown that Colonel Gerald did not St<
Jraw his weapon until he himself was un> de
der cross Are from the Harris brothers, and ]
I that the shooting was in self-defense. thi
James F. Brandt, a painter, fell 150 feet m|
from the south dome of the General Post;
office Building, New York City, and was
J killed. 80
* Richard Croker announced that he rec- *?;
agnized United States Senator Murphy, and '
not ex-Senator Hill, as the leader of the
Democratic party in New York State.
Royal Standard, the grand champion ]Dj
i coach stallion of the Chicago Horse Show, gi]
y has been declared a "ringer," and his own- Ha
, ere, Graham Brothers, of Claremont, on- jjr
J tario, have been ordered to return the troj
phies awarded to him. ?
t Jamea Charnley, Jr., of Chicago, whose
b father, Charles M. Charnley, stole $60,000
3 of Presbyterian Church funds, committed
i suicide in Milwaukee, Wis.
y Mrs. Margaret Devlin, ninety-six year*
? old, whose home was at Yardley, N. J.,
1 died at the home of her brother-in-law.
1 Her death was supposed to be froui old
9 age. Some unknown person notified tne
0 Coroner that the aged woman's death wag
? not due to natural causes. Aotlng upon
1 this information the body was disinterred. ?.
An examination showed a wound on the ,
right breast extending through the lung to :
the baok. An investigation will be made. s
Constantlne Steiger, alias Fritz Meyer, {
who killed Policeman Smith in a New York ,
City church, was sentenoed to be executed I
In the week beginning January 10. ]
It is reported that J. P. Morgan 4 Co., of
New York City, are arranging a combination
of forty-live manufacturers of sewer
pipe Into a trust with $27,500,000 capital.
Donald MoClelland, son of a Westchestei
(N. Y.) dentist, and a clerk In the Bronx
Borough Bank, disappeared after getting a
bank's check for $2500 cashed.
An organization of Chinese has been 1
formed In Chicago for the purpose of de- gli
Handing the right of suffrage and the re- 1ns
peal of the anti-Chinese law. frlj
In the United States Circuit Court at Topeka,
Kan., Judg9 Foster refused to issue '^,c
an injunction restraining State Insurance Bfr<
Commissioner Webb MoNail from exarainIng
the books of the Travelers' Insurance ttla
Company. The suits of the New York Life
' [nsuranoe Company against Commissioner
McNall were dismissed on motion of the ??(
sompany's attorney. s'Ij
A woman's college building was received
and dedicated hy Brown University, ana
the cornerstone of a chapel was laid at
Wellesley. out
A boiler-in the engine room of the tro
Graves Elevator Works in Rochester, N. Y., roc
exploded, totally wreoking a one-story WO
brick building In which it was looated and y
. burying the fireman and Patriok Shields, a km
boiler inspector, beneath its ruins. or!
J While playing with matches the three- or
t year-old daughter of Frank Fhippa, of cht
> Chatham. N: J., ate the sulphur off a nam- of I
"t ber of them. She was taken sick and died 3
In great agony. Bla
} The football game bet ween the University !.??
t of Pennsylvania and Harvard played on 4,
^ W-? %l? 11 r* riaM Phnorlfllnhla PACiiItAfl In A
a cmuftiiUA ieiu, A ? ?
? victory for the home team with a score of ?r*
15 to 6. An Immense crowd witnessed the n
* Same- ap
1 81x of the eleven members of the family [r0
r of William Meyer, of Elizabeth, N. J., have g
died of malignant diphtherlasince Ootober w0
3 29. The last victim was the mother, who 00j
e leaves a baby a week old. on(
? John Burgess, a youth of nineteen years, dui
shot and killed George Hart at Merrldan, hal
Mioh. Hart, who was engaged to marry ha'
' Burgess's sister, disguised himself as a
cowboy and tried to frighten Burgess, who
killed the supposed tramp.
A sensational suloide occurred at Augusta,
Ga. William Moody shot himsell
i- through the back of the head while in bed
8 in bis room at his boarding house. He
was one of the best-known men in town. .
* About two months ago Moody married Miss
' Maggie Puryear. The two quarrelled and 8ti
the wife went to her parents' house to nei
y spend the night. When Moody awoke he fnr
* killed himself.
h A robber who wa9 carrying wheat from a
bafn in Newborn, Vi,., was killed by twc UP
* men who bad been employed to watch the 8b(
I place. He proved to De John M. Feagles, ?el
d Postmaster of the town. When his rooms 110
were searched a quantity of stolen goods an'
was found. "
Morrow Brothers, of Clarksviile, Tenn. Pi?
have secured the contract for tobacco foi ^rj
the Italian Government. About fifteen c0]
million pounds of dark tobacco are required an
f for next year. cla
> At the Allen Farm, near Bryan, Texas 1
ie while gambling for pecans, a colored mar ag:
>f named General Chetham, was stabbed anc' gel
f killed. Another colored man, Tom Sweat nil
m was arrested for the crime, and while be iou
j. lng oonveyed to Miltlcan by a posse was bo1
[t taken from his guards and strung up to the th<
>. limb of a tree. The vigilantes are said tc ele
have been colored men. rlfl
The magnificent new Anchor Line
steamer Bluff City, one of the finest ant1
newest boats on the lower Mississippi, J
! which left St. Louis bound for Now Or
3- leans, with forty passengers and one thou
ounfl tnna r>f miqf?n11nn<?nin? frftlcht wnr I his
c. burned to the water's edge at Chester, 111 hlfi
Jt wh
? res
l- Forelcn. h0
Major Arnold's column of troops Ii
Africa routed th? forces of the slave-raid
lng Prince of Io.an and drove him to th' *
bush*
j yei
It was announced In Berlin that the Man
s helm Pure Oil Company, a competitor o ^r.n
i- the Standard Oil Company, has purchase!
1.' an island In the Rhine, on which it I* vV
proposed to build gigantic tanks. "r
The Countess of Lathom, wife of thi
Lord Chamberlain of the Household of tin
Queen, was killed in England by beinj I
thrown out of a trap on returning from < (
shooting party, vie
3' Germany proposes to enlarge its holding. ]
" on Chinese territory, "diplomatically 1 to
possible."
g" General Woyler landed in Barcelona oj a ^
his return from Cuba and proclaimed him ^
.. self the friend of national production n c<i
Spain and of the Spanish workman.
The Ameer of Afghanistan is quoted in ai ?
interview as denying all responsibility foi
the recent uprising of the tribes on th? r
5{ frontier of British India. General Lock
hart has announced his terms of 8ubmi9sior C.
nf to the Afridis and given them a week'i en
grace in which to accept them
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BEAT FIRE IN LONDON.
0 Warehouses Burned With a Loss
of $25,000,000. .
30UT SEVEN ACRES IN RUINS.
trgest Damage by Fire Since the Great
London Fire of 1066?Started by an
Explosion Near a Gas Engine?Under
Control After Four Hoars and a Half
?St. Giles's Church Bndly Damaged.
London, England (By Cable).?London
,d a blaze Friday afternoon bigger and
jre destructive than any^recorded in its
nals sinoe the historic fire that followed
e great plague in 1666. Streets a quarter
a mile in length were involved, 150 great
irehouses were destroyed, 300 important
ms and hundreds of minor ones were
rned out and damaged at a loss estiited
at close upon $25,000,000. Seven
res were burned over.
rhe vicarage of the famous ohurch of St.
les, Cripple Gate, was destroyed, and the
urch itself, known for its associations
th the poet Milton, caught lire and was
ved with much difficulty by the firemen.
le principal damage was done to the roof,
e old windows, the baptismal font, and
lton's statue.
The warehouses gutted or lqjd In ruins
mber fully 150. They were filled with
archandise for the Christmas trade and
mloyed large forces of clerks for the
liday season. It is estimated that the
imber of persons thrown out of work is
least 2000. This Is regarded as the most
rious aspeot of the disaster. Many of
ese persons loat all their belongings.
Nearly all the British fire Insurance comnies
are involved, and fire insurance
ares were practically unsaleable on the
ook Exchange after the fire was well unr
way.
Nearly 300 telephone wires have Deen out,
09 interrupting communication with
iny of the big provincial towns.
rhe fire will cause an enormous advance
the price of ostrich feathers, which rose*
per cent. Two feather firms alone have
it $75,000.
rhe flames broke out just after 1 o'clook,
m. They were fanned by a strong wind
d, fed by the Inflammable stocks of fanoy
ods and light material, were soon gainl
rapid headway. They owed their oril
to the explosion of a gas engine at 80
imsel street, on the premises of Waller,
own & Co., mantel manufacturers.
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BATTLESH
ChlB large factory was crowded with
Is when the Are broke oat, and it was
tantly the scene of a semi-panio, the
ghtened operatives, with many screams,
>hing to the roof of the building and
ince crossing to other buildings and so
noting their escape while the flames
re pouring out of the basement. In less
in a quarter of an hour the flames had
reloped the adjoining warenouse, ana
mce they leaped across the street to an
>rmous paper warehouse, which was
;ht in less than ten minutes.
'or four hours and a half the flames had
ilr own way, and It was only after more
m a hundred engines had woriced an
it that the Chief of the Fire Brigade sent
: the signal that the Are was under con1.
This was at 5.45 p. m. At that time a
igh estimate placed the loss at $25,,000.
.
Vhen the good news became generally
jwn, over 150 warehouses and a dozen
jo minor structures had either vanished
remained only in blackened walls, a
los of fallen girders and smoking piles
brick and stone. ?
'oiiowing so soon upon the great fire at
ick Friars a few weeks ago, when mills
of dollars' worth of property was simrly
destroyed through the inefficiency of
i fire department, this event has awak)d
London to the fact that it is far beid
the times, and that its Government in
) practical work of extinguishing flres is
artial failure, and may well take a lesson
m JNew iorK.
?he brigade, too, was slow In getting to
rk, and there was a noticeable lack of
lesion among the various sections. No
9 was injured, but this was principally
a to the fact that the firemen have not
if the go and pluck the American men
re, and prefer to work in absolute safety.
OUR B1CCEST BATTLESHIP.
e Iowa Thoroughly Tried by a Government
Board of Inspection.
ifter a two days' trip at sea, the United
ites battleship Iowa, the first of the
iv "sea-going battleships" to be built
the navy, dropped anchor off Tomptsville,
Staten Island, and later steamed
to the navy yaid at Brooklyn, where
i was moored to tiae cod cjock. xne voshad
just returned from a forty-eight
urs' cruise at sea, on her final acceptje
trial trip.
The Iowa Is not only the largest and most
werful ship about to be added to the ace
list of the navy, but during the trial
p proved herself to be, under ordinary
iditions, equal, if not superior, in speed
d fighting ability to any vessel of her
ss in any of the navies of the world..
The trial trip was made according to
reement between the builders of the vesand
the Government officials to deter?e
the condition of the hull with its varis
compartments,the machinery,engines,
tiers and guns, besides the turrets and
i apparatus for working them, and the
ctriclal appliances for discharging the
te9 in the larger batteries.
Parricide, Firebug and Suicide.
lohn Kammarer, a farmer, who lived
ar Benton Harbor, Mich., quarrelled with
*LT/4r??T? ohnnf mnnAv. Hanrv shot
I 3UU liVUiJ uuvuv . ? J
i father and set Are to the house, after
iloh he killed himself. The father was
icued from the flames, but dlod a few
urs later.
Mother's Heroism in Vain.
iVhile trying to save the life of her sixir-old
son, Henry, Mrs. Arthur Fortin
s struck by a train near the village of
Jean Baptiste, a mile from "Valley Falls,
I. Both mothor and son were killed,
s. Fortin was thirty-flve years old.
Labor World.
l,ondon has 7000 union carpenters.
Chicago brushmakers are lighting conit
labor.
fall River (Mass.) weavers have refused
work overtime.
iVashington unionists have established
rorkingmen's library.
5ix unionists are members of the new
iy Council of Detroit, Mich.
Indianapolis (Ind.) stage supers struck
fifty cents a night instead of twentye.
rhoBIg Four Railroad will erect a Y. M.
A. building at Cleveland, Ohio, for its
iDloyea
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. fl
Seeretarr Bllaa Flies an Exhaustive j
BtTlew of It* Work.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Secretarj
of the Interior Bliss, in his annual report, p
submits estimates aggregating $156,532,419
for appropriations for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1899.*
He says that 200,000 pension claims are
awaiting adjudication, and it is estimated .
that forty or fifty per cent, of these will be l\
Tt f hu-tr ftffi ranidl v Ad.
nuanj ouuiivwuui j ?.v .wr.
judlcated they will swell the pension roll
from $5,000,000 to 87,000,000. When, however,
these claims are adjudicated and first 1
payments made the amount of the pension
SZCBETABYOF INTEBIOB BLISS. E
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roll will decrease rapidly, possibly to $125,- c
000,000 or $130,000,000 the first year. J
In considering Indian affairs the Secre- s
tary says that in the Indian Territory lead- C
lng Indians have absorbed great tracts, to C
the exclusion of the common people, and C
government by an Indian arlstooraoy is t
practically established; to the detriment of a
the people. From 200,000 to 250,000 whites, v
by permission of the Indian government, 1
have settled in the Territory, but arc q
merely tenants by sufferance. ' , v
No government for the Indian Territory I
will be satisfactory, says the Secretary, un- r
til Congress shall provide for the establishment
of a single uniform system for the en- t
tire Indian Territory that will place all its v
Inhabitants in possession of the rights of h
American citizens. E
The Seoretary asks for such legislation e
a9 will enable the people to reap the bene- h
fit of the deposits of asphalt and gilsonite s
on the Unoompahgre Reservation in Utah, t
He recommends that the period for the b
allotment of lands to the Unoompahgre In- t
dians be extended beyond April 1,1898, th< C
time which has been set for opening th< s
reservation. v
Speedy legislation for the coming twelfth s
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census is urged, and lack of sufficient time ?
in the past two or three enumerations Is {'
complained of.
The Secretary recommends that the pub- y
lie-lands laws be extended to Alaska, anc . '
that additional land offices be*created; that 0
the granting of rights of way for railroads,
telegraph and telephone lines and the con- '
structlon of roads and trails be specifically J
authorized; that provision be made for the > t]
incorporation of municipalities; that the 1 *
legal and political status of the native ^
population be defined, and that complete H
Territorial government be established and ?
representation in Congress be granted. J
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DAMAGES FOR BLACKLISTED MAN. J
Ketcham Wu Kept Oat of Work?Ball- 01
road Must Fay Him 821,686. '(
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Fred R. Eetcham, a blacklisted freight h
train conductor, a friend of Eugene V.
Debs, and a former member of theAmeri- ^
can Railway Union, was awarded a verdict ^
for $21,666.33 damages against the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway, at Chicago, b
He averred he was put on the Dlacklist or n
every railroad in the country. d
A score of similar suits, it is said, will be s<
begun by former employes, who assert Ir
that every means of gaining a livelihood o;
were taken from them after the strike, o
through the powerful Yanderbilt Influence. C
When the American Railway Union men c<
were called out to support the Pullman o:
strike in July, 1894, Ketcham gave up his p:
freight train. . m
All the strikers were dismissed, and when 31
they applied to other roads they found a
their names on a blacklist.
After struggling two years to obtain
steady employment, Ketcham entered suit
against the railway company for $25,000 L
damages. The oase has been on trial for
three weeks, and ha3 been closely watched
by railway employes and offlclals all over
the country. Jl
The main question before the jury was ti
whether the corporation had entered into ?
a conspiraey with other and similar corporations
to prevent Ketcham from earning
a living. a
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Competitor Crew Free. tl
In pursuance of instructions from Spain d
Captain-General Blanco released from Ca- y
bana Fortress, Havana, Cuba, Alfredo r<
Laborde, the captain, and Charles Bar- d
nett, Ona Melton and William Gildea, H
members of the crew of the Americnn
schooner Competitor, captured in April,
1896, by the Spanish gunboat Mesagera, on
a charge of filibustering. They were
handed over to the American and British A
Consuls, and immediately took passage on d
the steamer Saratoga of the Ward Line for o:
New York. tl
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^Brothers Drowned While Skating. ^
George and Homer Brewer, aged seven- i8
teen and thirteen, respectively, were bi
drowned while skating on Big Stone Lake, ^
Minnesota. One brother broke through the 1
ice and the other was dragged under while 01
trying to save him.
President Yglealas Re-Elected.
Benor Calvo, the Costa Rican Minister at
Washington, received an official cable dispatch,
announcing that the primary Presi- ai
dential election for the next period, p
1898-1902, was held on November 14,15 and a]
16, amid order and tranquillity. There g{
were two parties, the Civilist and the Republican.
The vote was the largest one
overtaken In Costa Rica, and the Civill-sts,
with President Yglesias as a candidate for 1
re-election, obtained a majority of over
twenty-three thousand votes. C(
Tho Philippines Pacified. r'
The complete pacification of tho Philip- si
plno Islands is reported from Madrid. fa
Prominent People.
The will of Charles A. Dana shows that
ho loft property valued at over 51,000,000. ^
Dr. Edward Everett Hall preached his .
first sermon flfty-flve years ago at Berlin, 5,
Mass.
Cecil Rhodes, ex-Premier of South Africa,
is seeking to defeat I'resiaont uruger ror ~
re-election in the Transvaal.
Mrs. Frances Willard said she would give of
83000 toward the 8300,000 fund necessary to
for the W. C. T. U. to retain the Chicago w
Temple. Pi
The Duke of Cambridge completed his
sixtieth year of military service on November
3. He was gazetted a brevet Colonel
on November 3. 1837. 3E
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IOMPETITOR MEN RETURN [
ive Prisoners Released From the a
Cuban Cabanas Reach New York. J
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lELTON'S TALE OF TORTURE, ill
of Them Emaciated From Long Confinement
and Hardship?Captain Labor
de Crippled?Horrors of Nineteen
Months in a Spanish Dungeon?Condemned
to Death Without a Hearing.
New York City (Special).?The five memers
of the crew of the alleged filibustering
chooner Competitor, who were released
iter nineteen mousna cuuuuomcui m
panish prisons in Cuba, arrived in this city
n the Ward Line steamer Saratoga. Broken
i health by their long confinement and the
reatment accorded them by their jailers,
nd clad only In the rags whioh they have
rorn since they were captured over a year
nd a half ago, they made a pitiable spectale
as they walked down the gangplank of
he steamer and fell into the arms of their
rlends, who had been waiting on the dock
or hours. The Ave are: Gaptaln Alfredo
jaborde, of New Orleans, master of the
imerican sohoonor Competitor and a cltlen
of the United States; William Glldea,
n Englishman by birth, but a naturalized .
itizen and mate of the Competitor; Owna n
[elton, a Kansas newspaper man and (j
ohool teacher who sailed on the a
!ompetltor; William Leavltt, cook of the r<
??/? o noflva rtf fhfa rtlfr flnH /I
Iharies Barnett, steward of theCoirfpetl* rj
or and a British subject. The other two tl
lembers of the Competitor's crew who 3]
rare captured were Dr. E. Bedea and'
'elcado Massa. Massa was tried and ac- r
uitted on the charge of filibustering, but V
ras kept In prison as a witness against Dr. n
ledea. The latter Is still In Cabana Fort- ~j
ess. t!
Of the Ave men who returned young Mel- ?
on was in far the worst condition. He
rent away on the Competitor a robust man,
lealthy, strong, and Weighing 165 pounds. IL
Te returned pale, emaciated, and hollow- t.
yed. He weighed just 100 pounds when h(
,e landed, and was so weak that he could ?
oarcely talk above a whisper. His hands tl
rembled violently, and he looked to
e nothing but skin and bones. In
his oondltiion he was sent away from
!uba, with no clothing but a white flannel ii
hirt, the trousers which he wore when he.
ras captured, a thin jacket and shoes and
ooks. His teeth were chattering with the
old as he stood on the deck of the Sar- ftl
toga when she hauled Into her dock. One B
f the first men aboard the steamer was a y
luban, who aulckly stripped himself of his p
vercoat and covered the shivering man
rlth it. f,
William Leavltt, the cook of thp Com- '
etitor, was in almost as bad condition,
'he others say that his sufferings have afscted
his mind. He is a physical wreck ?
nd had no' more olothing than Helton. ,
laptaln Laborde was in fairly good d
hape, although he has aged very ,
luoh since he went away. He is g
tilrty-nlne years old, but looked flfty-flve
s he'walked down the gangplank. His
air and beard were dark brown when he
HTKait m r>a'?t offan\rcxA nHtfl
fOUb onajf. xuoy niw uvn TT *?"
ray. Captain Laborde walked with the
id of a crutoh. His left leg is useless, _
sadered so by two strokes of paralysis
rhicb he bad while in prison. e]
The men gave the first connected account
f the Competitor affair. Owna Melton 1.1
aid the story as follows: tl
"When the expedition had been nearly
inded on the shore warning of the ap- n
roach of the 8panlsh gunboat Messa- g)
era was given. The Competitor put to r)
9a, but was overtaken. A solid shot a
ver our decks showed what fate was CJ
1 store for us. The small boats were ^
lunched, and the seven men left on board ^
imped into them and started for the shore. a
Te were captured, however, one after anther,
by boats from the Hessagera.
"After being landed we were turned over
a the Spanish soldiery. Our arms were A
ed at the elbows behind our baoks and
le cords drawn till our elbows touched
nd our shoulder-blades were nearly dls>oated.
We were taken to a prison near h:
[avana, whero we were kept lnoom- jj,
tunlcado for six days in dark cells.
here was no furniture In the cells?neither 01
ed nor chair. We were fed once a day. tl
re were not allowed to see the Amerioan ol
onsul. Three of us were then put In a aj
all six feet by twelve, where we were kept ol
>r three weeks without stepping out of it 01
nee. Then a list of Spanish officers was u:
anded to us from whloh we were ordered 3]
) select one to defend usjn our trial for ai
ie. we tooic tne nrst. ue came 10 us, ?>
pent just one minute in asking us if we
ere guilty or not, and left. Ie
"We were tried and, without apy defence bi
eyond a short general speech by the of- m
cer for clemency, were sentenced to
eath. We were then thrown :lnto
jparate cells for another six days'
icommunicado. Then began the work n
f the United States Government In
tir behalf, and we fwere removed to
abanas Fortress, where we have been .
anflned since. I have spent the time in 18
ae large room with about forty other hi
risoners of all descriptions, from the 0]
turderer to the thief. The room had one t
nail window and one door. We were .
ever allowed to go out." CJ
KILLED WHILE PLAYING INDIAN. ?
o\
Ittle Charlie Wllion Riddled With Shot
by His Companion. je
Two boys, Charles G. Wilson and Willie fc
ohnson, both living on the Black Rock 111
lrnpike, near Bridgeport, Conn., played rJ
Indians."
Willie Is seven years old and Charlie was
few months younger. In someway Willie T
acured an old gun and said he would be
le hunter and Charlie could be the Indian.
Charlie gave a war whoop and began to Cf
ance, preparatory to scalping the hunter.
Millie levelled his gun at the make-believe m
sdskin and pulled the trigger. Charlie o<
ropped to the ground riddled with shot, a:
[e died almost instantly. ol
Melbourne Haa a Big Fire.
A great fire broke out at Melbourne,
ustraiia, and in a short time did enormous UJ
amage. It started at the warehouse ai
t Craig Williamson, in the heart of si
le city. A strong wind was blowing, m
ad the fiercely fanned flames rapidly di
sallowed up building after building,
he burned section included many of the
irgest business houses in Melbourne. The
niMinrva nrara nr\m nlotal v miff or! 1> fa
itimated that the loss will reach 85,000,000. r<
he trade in soft goods has received a serl- w
us setback. Hundreds of employes of all m
)rts have been suddenly thrown out of w
nployment.
Lions Kill a Tamer.
During a performance of wild beasts m
ad their tamer in a village near Kovno. N
oland, the lion tamer was killed by a Hod
nd tigress. A panic ensued among the al
jectators, eight persons being crushed to
eath and many others seriously injured. c<
tainted at Seeing the Murderer Hanged.
Thomas Johnson, alias Henry Clay,
jlored, the one-legged murderer of Newsjy
William L. Amend, was hanged fat St.
ouis, Mo., recently. William Amend, jc
r., who witnessed the execution, fell in a ^
lint as the trap was sprung. Cf
Yule Beats Princeton.
Eleven Yale heroes won from tbe Princein
team one of the most sensational footill
games on record, at New HaveD, J"
Dnn. Regarded as inferior by experts "j
rerywhere, by their own followers, and
f the great crowd in general that saw the
ime, this wonderful band of kickers dem- ^
istrated the uncertainty of the greatest r*
American pastimes by defeating Princen's
Tigers by 6 points fo 0. Yale's play
as brilliant and stroDg. It is said that
rinceton lost the game through a fumble.
China Appeals to Russia. w
China has asked Russia to exert influct
ice to compel Germany to withdraw her w
rce from the Shan-Tung Peninsula. C{
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>
ORDAINING MRS. BOOTH.
jnerlcan Volunteer* Celebrate Two Year*'
> Surcease*.
In celebration of their success and growth
nring nearly two years of existence the
olunteers of America held a grand rally
i Carnegie Hall, New York City. RepreBntatlves
from many other cities were
resent and helped to make the meeting
MRS. MAUD BAXLINGTON BOOTH.
oteworthy. More than $1000 wt& raised
i subscriptions. To oonclude the cerelonies
Mrs. Maud Balllngton Booth was
sgularly ordained as a minister of the
ospel, and can henoeforth perform marage
and fnneral ceremonies and prefix
ie title of Reverend to her name if she so
booses. ,
Her assumed title Is "Minister of the
horch of God in General." It was con;rred
upon her by Dr. MaoArthur, for the
Aptlsts* Dr. Bradford, for the Congregaonallsts;
Dr. Gregg, for the Presby>rians,
and Dr. Strong, for the Evangelical
lliance.
The meeting was presided overbyChaun?y
M. Depew, who commented apon the
ide scope and self-sacrificing nature of
ie society's work, and impressed upon his
Barers the duty of the publlo to further
aanclally the interests of the organizaon
.
HOW NEW ZOO WILL LOOK.
V I
mmtnH Inclotnrea Provided For Ele. I
phanti and Lion*.
With only artlflcal ponds here and there |
ad walks curving throughout the new |
ronz Zoological Park in Greater New i
ork, according to designs by Heins <fc Le '
arge, architects, no other features are re- 1
arded as essential In the topography of
ie park, which In its. natural form is adtirably
adapted to a zoological garden. ,
Some of the important features of the ,
arden will be a range for bison and deer
t the southern end of the park, a roomy ,
iephant lnclosure and an immense out
oor cage, large enough to oover an entire
Ity blook, and over top growing trees and
lrubbery, and provided with suitable
ikes, in whioh flamingos, showy swans
aC the other birds will be placed in sumier.
j
The chief house, from the landscape point ,
t view, will be the elephant house, whioh ]
ill Dfl a niga-aomea structure in m? i
jntre of an open valley near the north* {
rn end of the grounds. Other large anlials
will be placed In this hoase. In the
Ig reptile hoase there will be a large cen:e
pool for alligators. ?
The Hon house will be provided with
ewly invented appliances for the care and
:udy of these animals. Underneath the
>w of cages will run a tramway carrying |
cage car that can be lifted by turning a
rank up through the floor of the cage, so
lat the animal may easily be driven into
and carted to a special studio cage at
aother end of the building.
ARMY IN COOP CONDITION.
Fend For the Widows and Orphans ol
Soldiers B?comniended.
The Inspeotor General of the Army, In ,
Is annual report, reoommends that a fund
9 created for the benefit of the widows and rohans
of military men. It is suggested
lat If a reservation Is made from the pay
t persons hereafter appointed to the army,
ad the fund be increased by the addition
f ail the fines imposed npon commissioned
fficera by oourt-martlal, the relief measre
would be sufficient. The work of injection
during the year has shown the
troy to be in all of its departments generily
in satisfactory condition.
The new rifle is said to be still defeotive
i some degree in the sights, and it has not
sen shown to be as satisfactory in skirmish
work as at known-distance shooting.
$50,000 FOR BOSTON LIBRARY.
T. C. Todd Gives That Sum For a Fond
With Which to Purchase Newspapers.
Mayor Qulnoy received a letter from Will*
m C. Todd, of Atkinson, N. H., inclosing
Is check for $50,000, payable to the city
! Boston. The money is a gift to the Bos*
in Public Library to establish a fund, the
iterest of which is to supply the periodlil
room with the leading daily newspa8rs
of the world for public use and refer- <
ice. The gift has been aocepted with the
ty's thanks. In the letter Mr. Todd says:
"It is most cheerfully given for the obict
indicated,with my most sincere wishes
>rthe prosperity of Boston and all her
iterests, especially of her noble City Lib- i
iry, in all time to come."
LONDON IS BEHIND THE TIMES.
he Inefficiency of Her Fire-Fighting
.Equipment Fully Demonstrated.
I'De .London JJauy Man, m an Bauonm
illed forth by the fact that the people are
arvelling that such a fire as that whicb j
icurred lately Is possible In London, <
jcribes it to neglect to reform the methods i
[ the fire brigade. ]
"The fact is," the paper says, "that Lon- i
on's showy, but ineffective flre-flghting (
juipment is a decade behind that of Mon- )
eal or New York. We appear almost a?
nprepared for lire as for a conflict with 1
ay first-rate European power, and for the i
ime reason that we have antiquated i
lethods at the War Office, we are out of
ate at fire headquarters." <
WJlhelm May Need Guards at Home.
The ceremony of swearing in the Guards
scruits took place at Berlin. They were '
anied by the German Emperor that they J
light be called upon to light an enemy j
ithin the empire.
A Commodore's Widow Arrested.
Mrs. Emmellne H. Rudd, widow of Comlodore
John Rudd, of the United States
avy, was arrested 'In New York City on ,
le charge of stealing jewelry and wearing
pparel from the keeper of a boarding
ouse with whom she formerly lived. She J
jnfessed and was held in $1500 bail.
Trying to Bribe Cubans.
General Pando, in command of the
panLsh military operations in Cuba, has
jnt emissaries into the enmps of insurgent (
9nerals offering rewards of money and,
i one case, of bigh rank in the Spanish
rmy to secure their allegiance to the j
:hemo of autonomy. 1
Nebraska's Vote ?*roto?reti.
The counting of the vote of Nebraska was
rotested on the ground that the returns
ad been tampered with. Tho Secretary <
[ State admitted opening the returns, but <
snied changing the figures. The protest 1
as overruled, and the matter may bo cared
into the courts.
Ton Sentenced to Die.
The great trial in tho City of Mexico of
rroy's murderers is over, terminating
ith sentences of death pronounced on ten
[ the police officials and policemen con- 1
jrned In the butohery of the hapless
retch whoso attack on President Diaz 1
tused so profound a sensation. 1 '
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Tinninmimirm ah nrin. J
MM11M1 Ui1 ffJUL .
Facts and Recommendations From
Secretary Alger's Annual Report.
ARMY'S CONDITION AND NEEDS.
tfecessity of Men to Fitfht the (Jan*?"Work -j
' " r ' -VVS
of the Ordnance Board?West Point -v ' jj.Can
Accommodate More StadLenU?Searoast
Defenses?River and Harbor
Estimates Are Much. Too
.
WASHiNpTOif, D. C. (Speolal).?Many sngv .
festlons and recommendations of import?nce
are contained in the first annual re- ,
port of General Russell A. Alger, Seerrtary .
Df War, just submitted to the President.
Che Secretary quotes with approval a terse
official statement of the condition, and
needs of the army prepared byHajor-GeiK
sral Nelson A. Miles. It is nrgei that the
recommendation concerning two additional
regiments of artillery be considered favoribly
by Congress.
8KCBKTABT BUSflZLX. A.* US:**.
lacing in fall the Reports of th$ commandIng
Generals and heads of bureaus ana '
contenting himself with brief comment
The Secretary does not Indorie General
Miles's plan for a general increase in the
number of troppa. Tha only rteomTMOd* '. ; ??? jfc
tlon oi General Hllea's in this llnewhloh
receives the expllolt sanotlon ot the Se^retary
la that for two mbre/ jfrUUisry' . "%
regiments, atthoagh the ; desirability :y&E
!arth? military divisions in Alaska is afi- l/
Secretary Alger recommends thexevival '
of the grade of Ltentenant-Oolonel, and
arges that, while serving, military attaches
be given rank and pay ot Gofohel, A
and that sach attaohes at legations be given ' ;.v'
Lieutenant-Colonel enjolt^ments.
Academy at West Point can acoommodata
more students, and, It provision i* matte ifrWx
tor two more artillery regiments; the army
can absorb more of the graduate*. 5ft
does not indorse the recommendatfonot
the. superintendent, that two cadet*-at*': ~?Sg?
large be appointed from e&oh State, fMflh
would give ninety mora cadets thamthere ,hj ?
are now, bat recommends that the PjgmU., *:^v j
dent be authorized to appoint ten ?ad0t?- ,
at-large each year, which would increase ?
the present number thirty. ?
The Surgeon-General reoonamended
return to the former ptafttteo of providing >Vl^J
married4 men in each organisation. T&r iT-],]
Secretary does not Indorse the reoommetuj- j
The amount expended for the improve
ment of rivers ana harbors daring tlb? 1U- ! J; SfflW
oal year ending Jane 80,1897, <irm <18,481,
395. The estimate submitted for the flacai fl
year ending June 80, 1889, for oontinnoor work
authorized by Congress and by
Secretary of War is $18,098,007.56, . ^
"The estimates for river and harbor 1
provements submitted by thft ChMt of! Bft*. , 1
jlneers," said the Secretary^ "greatly ?x- I
oeeded former estimates, with the exoep- I
tlon of waterways and harbors
there la a large traffle or w&ereimtneaiatr , ^
Improvement Is Imperatively needed 1 am ' .
convinced the estimates are Jarjjel/inex- J.
0635 of what they should be at a time when
the demands upon the Treasury are: a*
great as now. It Is therefore recommend- .:
ed that the amount to be'appropriated1 he
largely redacec' below the estimates." \ v
The estimate for armament ot fortmca.- \:
tloas of the fiscal year ending. Jonis IS, Vv.
1899, is $7,468,651, or $3,605,248 In excetiTo! the
appropriation for the fiscal yea^eoQU
lngJuneSO, 1898. Secretary Alger orgaa ,
that the estimates cf the Chief of Ordnanoa '
be appropriated. /
The Secretary recommends an approprin
tlon of $10,000 for experiments with mllK-' 'U
tary balloons and $20,000 for cable systems y'r';V
for the harbors of New York, Boston and i
San Francisco.
Army Department expenditures' fri)r the ;5*v
nscai year ending june air, mi, woo ??, .
350,136. The ap propriations (or the present
fiscal year are given as $62,833,117, while ... ,-,m
the estimate for the next fiscal year ls#96,?
258,445. - ; :/}. W
EUROPE'S LEACUE FIXED. I
Combination Against the United 8tatei I
Has Been Agreed Upon. I
Count Goluchowskl, the Austro-Hungar. '* I
[an Minister of Foreign Affairs, when mak* I
Ing an appeal to all Europe, In his annual
address before the Austrian and Hangar
[an delegations, to join closely for th? I
vigorous defence of Europe against th?
United States .against the "crushing com
petition ot transatlantic nations," said:
"A turning point has been reached-.la B
European development whioh calls for the H
unremitting attention of government. ' -H
rhe great problems of material welfare, S
which become more pressing every-year.,..
require to be taken la band instantly. Th? - ;H
destructive competition which trans*
oceanic countries are carrying on requLrer-v^^B
nrAmnt anc\ thnrfllich ftonntflrftfliinflr mfiU.
ares if the vital interests of the people
of Europe are not to be gravely compromised."
^9
The Maltene of Borne, Italy, discusses H
the speech of the Austrian Chancellor. It ""
says that the projeot of a European commercial
league against the (Jnited States
was discussed and agreed upon during re*
sent conferences at Homburg-and ifonza. H
General Ordway Dead.
funeral Albert Ordway, of the United aH
States Army, died at the Hoffman Hotus* '
S'ew York City. The end was hastened by
?ri?f over his daughter, BettinA Gerard,
the actress, and the excitement of a recon:Illation
with her.
' A Feud Costs Four Live*. flfl
Voma has inaf h>wn r?rw>lrfid nf a traffftdv
' " ? ?
it Bayou La Combe, La. Four men, Ar
ihur and Edwin Jolie and Lawrence and
Edwin Cousin, had a street flt?ht as a resuit
of a family feud, .with shotguns and
revolvers. All four are dead. ,
Japan Demands 8100,000.
From Japan comes news that the Japansse
Government has demanded the sum of
5200,000 in gold from Hawaii, by way of
Indemnity in connection with the emtgra- |M
tion affairs.
? w?XT?,nnHat '
A memorial was sent out, signed by
Mayor Strong, of New York City, and oth- '^HS
are, asking for contributions to Henry
Ooorge's family and for a monument toj^^H
liim.
Minor Slentlon.
About 65,000 tons of refuse are swept off
London streets yearly. flH
The Marquis of Bule's mansion, near
Rothesay, cost $10,090,000. ^99
Five thousand five hundred newspapers j^H
ire published in Germany.
Boston is now promised another mighty|^^^|
building, in the construction of which not^^^H
i single particle of wood will be admltted^HH