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:.V ft '*** I; F? / ; _* VOL. X. SURGERY" S i'KINLEYj Every Resource of Ec'pr.ce Drawn Upon to Cave the Late President. I j THE REPORT OF THE PHYSICIANS; up i'xui>nt spcmcil to Ttp Ttrrovrrinsr. . mill Ilia Clmncp For flip Wone W?? To.'.illv rnpx|irdpil?finncrrnowi Conilltlonii At t rlluitpil to T.ow?rfil Ylhitltj ?Sr?ll?1 Ttlpt Not FntnllT Injurious. | Now York Pity.? Tho Now York "Medical .Toilrn.nl contains tho full nffi- j elnl roport of tho surjroons who at-1 .tended tho Into President William MoKinloy in Buffalo. Tho roport I'outa'ms upward of lo.OOO words. and i const it utos tho otlioial roeord of tho iso. It is signed hy Drs. l\ M. ; Itixoy. Matthew F. Mann. Tlorman Myittor. Roswoll Park. Kujrono Was<1 In. (Miarlos MrRurnoy and Charles i <!. Stockton, tnoinhors of tho ntodionl staff attending the lato President. I Tho report describes tho operation In all its technical minutiae. The nt- i most care was used to prevent in fee-J a ion of the abdominal cavity and of the wound hy the most approved modern methods of siirrio.nl cleanliness. The wounds In the siomaoh were su luted with silk, using double rows of stitches. The application of these stitches was accompanied by grout difficulties. Tho chief trouble was tho depth of the ahdoniitral cavity, the lack of instruments to draw the edges of the wound apart and the lack of good light. Of the search for the Intllef the report says: "The operai ion on the stomach nnn being finished. Dr. Mann introduced his :i ,11 so :is In palpate carefully nil the il-vp structures behind tlio stomach.. No trn< (> of the bullet, or of the fnribir truck of the bullet, eoultl be found." Further search might have cause.i the <lenth of the patient upon the ojiernlinu table. <'n In- llfih <lay. September 10. took place the much-discussed removal o? stitches from the wound in the abdominal wall. The report "states: "In Ihe evening the dressings were examined. and, as there was considerable stninit ? from the discharges, it was Xhottgl.t best to remove four stilcltes and (? separate the edges of the 1 wound A 1 ii ilc slough was observed near the hulle', fack, covering a space nearly an Inch wide, the thickness of tit" tlav. The sunpuratlon seemed to extend down 1o the muscle. Tlie rcluaituh ef the wound looked healthy, rttd it was lltoughl that the Infection was dt > to the bullet or to a piece of elotlsin:* which liad been carried Into the wound." <> 1 t! .? fifth da;- the President sipped 111 i water; on the sixth he had beef Juice, the first food taken by mouth since the operation. In the meantime nntritiv? enemas were continued, but >. ? i? inn >ven reiaineo. At JS.MO in tlie moaning of the seventh day he was allowed ehieken broth. a very small piece of toast and a small cup of coffee. lie did not rare for the toast. and ate scarcely any of it. The wound had In the meanwhile doing very well, and had been Iressed daily after the removal of the ! stitches and tlie sloughing tissue. The President seemed at his best, and a favorably result was now eontldently predicted. There was no sign of blood poisoning or of ln.Mntnnmtlon of the Veriloneum. tin the seventh day, toward uoon. > the pulse began to grow weaker, and ; grew rapidly worse. Stimulants were given and the food was discontinued, while castor oil and an enema of oi gall were given to move the bowels. At midnight there was some improvement in the pulse, after an injection of salt solution Into tin* subcutaneous t issues. t)n tlie eighth day the condition of the President was described as very serious, as ho did not respond to stimulation. Stimulants ami injections of salt solution, coffee, and broth were given, lint without much effect. At f? o'clock oxygen was given and contin- | tied for Fotno hours. At 6.30 tlie President was restless, at 10 p. in. lie lost j consciousness and continued to sink ' utiiil In- died at 11.15 a. in., on Septem- j lor 14. I?r. tlnyiprd's report of the autopsy is lengthy ami detailed. Nothing of importance was noticed about the wound on the chest caused by the lirst Mini. except 1 lint ilu* area of vkin affected was found to lit* discolored, greenish yellow and mottled, and that 1'ere was a hemorrhage Into the fat under the skin beneath this area. The abdominal wound showed no evidence of necrosis or sloughing. No intlninitiation of the peritoneum was found. The gangrenous cavity found behind i the stomach involved the pancreas and the surrounding loose tissues, the bottom of the blind pocket being formed by the upper end of the lef. kidney, which was found to be lacerated at that point to the extent of about two centimetres. (Examination of the heart muscle showed that it was affected with well marked fatty degeneration, and in some places the muscle til ires showed groups of dark brown granules, demonstrating a diseased condition of the cardiac muscle. I?r. (Inyiord believes that the repair to tiie stomach wounds had been effective and that the gangrene around these wounds does not seem to have been the result of any well defined cause. lie attributes the gangrenous condition of the tissues solely to low-1 ered vitality in the parts. The a^- j |M*arance of the gangrenous tissues j shows that the gangrene took place' shortly before death. { I t fig ORT h ATTACKED BY BOLOMEN nsurgents Surprise:! Company E Ninth Regiment, in Samar. 7itlpino? l'lnnlty Ttontrd, T-mvInc Many J?r:wl on tl?o KIMil ? Timely Arrival of Kplnforrrinrnlii Mnnila-i-Four hundred boiotnen nitaekod a detaohnient of forty-six inon of tlio Ninth Infantry at Kaiignjon. 011 the flan tiara River, Island of Samar, killing ton and wounding six. Tlio roniainder of tho oompany arrivod on tin* seone in time it> pro von t further slaughter anil routed the euoniy. killing over a linudrrd of them. As soon as the news was reeeived at t'aihalogan. two gunboats wore dispatoliod. <Sonera] Smith going In person t? the soeue. u asningtoii. 'V Tiio following cablegram fro 'Jenerul i 'hafiVe reporting tln? ligb " the Ninth Infantry was received . she War Department : "Forty-six 111011. (Company F. Ninth Hcgiiucnt l'niiod States Infantry, tin tlnr First l.ioutcnant Heorge W. Wat I arc. in field. lower Hnndarn. Satnar. wore attacked l?y -lOtt holomcn Oetnlicr H?. Our loss ton killed six wounded. Names not received. Fighty-ono >!' the en my left dead on the field. Fneiny beaten off." 'Flie Ninth Infantry is the same regiment that suffered in the ntassaere ! ai Italangiga September "_'S. On that 1 day Company C was attacked l?y a large foree of holotneii and almost wiped out, only tweuty-four m: n surviving. An inspection of the disnosit inns made of the troops on the Island of Satnar shows that before the Hainn- . giga light thorp were no less than [ thirty-eight separate posts. These were so disposed that supplies could he conveyed to the troops by water, j llenoral ilughos lias left Satnar and ! gone to the Island of t'ehtt to reettpernte. which accounts for the its- j sumption of the command on Satnar hy tJeneral Smith. tieneral Hughes was worn out and suffered from the) effect of it fall received while chasing Insurreetos in the mountains of Sa- . mar. 4 HE WAS "ONLY A PRESIDENT." IVhy the Austrian Kclrltsriitli Took No Action"on tin- l)r:tth of MrKiulcy. Vienna. Austria.- Count ColueliowMii. thf Atftrn Hungarian Miuisiei* of Foreign Affair.?, whoso anil-American sentiments are well known, caused Hie v. iihdrawal ? ' resolution of ?. :idoleucc on tit" ileaili <>f 1 t MeKinloy which w:ts submitted to tin* Chamber of D< putics on tin* roissiMimIi.it; of ill.- Uch-lisrath after the Vacation. Tlio Pivshlen; of the Chamber snlitniiU'd the resolution to t!t" Minister for Ins approval, ami lie himself re- i gards the hitter's attitude as an ini- I proper one. It Is saiil that the explanation given ; by Count < lolueliowski of his action !s that while it is customary for the j lloiohsrath to pass resolutions on tii" j ileal it of a foreign sovereign. Mr. Me Kinley. being only an elected l'resi- | dent, was not entitled to such a distinct ion. Considerable comment has "oeen caused by the omission of ilie resolution. KILLED IN TUNNEL. IIni? of Stone Kelt I'pou Workmen In :? IScvv York Suliniij. New York City. A block of roel; weighing nearly Ibo tons crashed front the ceiling and the wall of the lhtpid Transit tunnel 111 Section 14. corner It!Ith street and Eleventh avenue, without an instant's warning, into the midst of a gang of hcvi nteen muckers. who were at* work loading ears and smashing rock that had been blasted. Five were killed and one was injured r.oriously. The dead are: lVter O'llara. aged sixty-five years; Daniel Keleher, aged sixty; . 11 > 11! * i mil liiiioici. aged tifty-eight; Lulgi I>anlse, aged twenty-live, ami 1'atriek Madden, fovouian. The police arrested Owen Illy, tlio contractor's foreman, wlm was held in $."()(>0 hail to await the action of the Coroner. BOERS REACH THE SEA. A I.iirgn Form I'rnrl rate* to Snlilanlin ll?y, Near t'u]>r Town. Capt Town, South Africa.?The invaders have reached the sea, a commando of ">00 men having penetrated through the rich Great Berg Itiver Valley to llopetield ami Saldauha Hay. The Boers have secured a number of recruits and considerable (plantities of supplies. General French is directing the operations against them. In a brisk light *l Twenty-four Streams, near Piquet berg. Captain Helle'.v and four other British were killed and several others wounded. The British having surprised several caiups, the Boers are now in the habit of shifting camp by night. Lately, the British columns, after long night marches, have arrived at their objectives only to lind the Boers guile. niicmxnii ' m.>h" ?... | ( alien, Mich., was almost wiped out by lire iiiat started in a laundry. 1 \v<i blocks were destroyed, only a lew More buildings roiiuiinui?. The loss is estimated at $-U,t)UO. Killed ??y Muhn Ki<lnn|)tr*. I'asiOls Dimik.otl and Znkuli', with three female mission worKors, sn>s a dispatch iroiu \ ienna to the l.ondon Daily t lx press, "have been killed by. the uainl that Kidnaped Miss Stone.1 ? f "OllT MILL, S.C., WEI ESTIMATES FOR THE NAVY Secretary Lone: Wanls $98,910,984 For the Next Fiscal Year. THREE NEW BATTLESHIP PLANS Tbe Secri-tarr Alio I'avors the Construction of Two Armored Cruisers and Several Gunboats ? S50.000.000 For Yards and Naval Stations?Total of Kstlinatcnto lie Submitted to Congress. Washington. I>. C\?The nnvnl estimates for the fiscal year on<11 tip Juno ao. l'tret. liavo boon made public. They are lnrper by about $21,000,000 than the appropriation for the current year. Secretary Long saiil In speaking of bis nlaus for naval extension, that lie would propose nil increase over Inst year of one battleship, making the extension plan provide for three battleships and two armored cruisers. The authorization given last year was for two battleships and two cruisers. Mr. Long believes that Congress, in calling upon him for his views about the new ships. di?l not limit him to the submission of but one plan for each type of vessel, lie will therefore present a number of plans, varying in their arrangement of turrets and batteries, lie will also recommend the constellation of a number of small gunboats. Tlte estimates for 1003 amount t<> $hS.'.110,0X4.01. v.Tilo the appropriations lor 11)011 amounted to $77.0114,r?;;r>.*?0. The largest single increase is in the estimate for public works i:i the l'ureau of Yards and Docks. Last year. $0,775,010 was appropriated for this purpose. The new estimate is for $120,038,375. The new items amount to $io.ois,375. Last year $.1,000,00") was appropriated for the Naval Academy. This year only $1,000,00:) is asked for. For the pay of the navy, the increase is $1,-07,015 over last year. For public works in the Bureau of Ordnance, $318,100 was appropriated last year, ami $J,457.300 is now asked for. The appropriation for the Naval Militia is %? * o.iuir iix>i tv?':ir, One Item is l'or $200,000 for a plant for housing and storing torpedo vessels. to cost $."?0,000 when completed. Two million dollars is wanted l'or the purchase of land. The total amount estimated for the New York yard is !>:5.-l7r?,000. as against an appropriation this year of $1.lotl.OlM). It is the largest amount estimated for any yard. Portsmouth comes next with $1,017,r?7o. The Korean of Construction and liepair asks for s:t.,.r_>r.,sjt/Jo. Tltis year it got $7.:it;t?,SJ!.2r?. Included in this is an estimate of $."0,000 for improving; the eonsiructiou plant at NewYork. This is just double what was appropriated for the same purpose this year. Tho bureau also wants to put in a new steel derrick barge at the New York yard, to cost $3o.tt00. The Marine Corps wants $3ii00 appropriated for electric light at New York. The placing of some of our new possessions under naval control has resulted in the inclusion among the estimates of a number of beuis which read strangely in a naval estimate. For example, the lJureau of Yards and Docks Includes in its estimate the pay, of two school teachers to be appointed at Tutuila. Samoa. They are to get $000 each. For the Island of i.uaai tlit* bureau wants mii> school teacher and adds in paraeutheses. American." This teacher is to get ?laOO a year. It.'pairs to the school will cost $.~?00. Other items in the bureau's estimate for ('.nam are one Deputy Collector of Customs and crew, at $1-00, and one Judge of the Court of First Instance, at $2000. a telephone system is to lie put in at Tutuila, to cost $2uou. The llurcau of Yards and Docks wants $5000 for a schoclhouse, hooks, furniture, and other equipment. At C.'ivite $12,000 is wanted for a fire-protection .system, and $300.00(1 for a refrigerating plant. The estimates for the new naval station at Olongapo, Philippine Islands, amount to $1,1-13,000. A naval hospital at Canacao, Philippine Islands, is wanted hy the 1'r.reau of Medicine and Surgery. The cost ia to be $50,000. TYPHOON IN LUZON. Torrn of tinier U'i|>r?l Oat?Twenty Head iu MiiuIIh Kay?(irrat l)mii?;o Dour. Manila.?The worst typhoon in ten years nas raged ror several ?lnys. lis centre lias been about sixty miles from Manila. Eight miles of railroad have been destroyed and half of north and central Luzon has been submerged. A majority of the telegraph lines have ben damaged, and Government and other vessels have suffered. Twenty persons have been killed in Manila Bay. The town of Baler has been demolished. Student Without Money Kill* Himself. David Arnott, of WoodfoYd County. Ky., a member of the senior class at the State College, at Lexington, shot himself in the head with x revolver. Lack of money with which to complete. his course is assigned as the cause. I'rUon For Former Ai my Captain. .lohn M. Xeall, formerly a Captain in the United States Army, recently convicted of forgery, at San Francisco, Cul., was sentenced to serve two years ut San Queutiu ut bard labor. r /T / UNESDAV, OCTOBER MINOR EVEHTSOFTHEWEEK WASmSOTON ITKMS. Tlcnr-Admiral Crownlusliiold roroni menueu in his annual report barracks instead of receiving ships for sailors. Attornoy-Cenoral Kuo\ advised President Roosevelt to take no action at present on the Paeille cable iiucstlon. President Roosevelt appointed Fiys Robert Webb an Assistant Surgeon in the Navy. It is probable that Senator Cullom. of Illinois, avill he Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations. Rear-Admiral Sampson's second application to be represented by counsel before the Sehle.v of Inquiry was rejected by the Court". Tliaddeus S. Sliarretts was appointed by President Roosevelt as member of the international commission to revise the Chinese tariffs. Attorooy-Cenernl Knox held that no monopoly exists of the right to land n Pacific cable on the shores of the T'liited States and its new possessions. or It AIMU'tV.O IS! AMIS. Coventor Pole, of Hawaii, declared be had 110 intention of resigning. There is intense feeling among the natives in San Fernando, province of Patnpagna. P. I., over the killing of a native by a soldier. Kugene R. llendriek was appointed T'nited States Marshal of the Territory of Hawaii. The -1111111:11 report of Ceneral Leonard Wood on tiie work of the army i.t Cili a was made public. noMESTir. Nearly the entire business portion of Los Cntos. Cal.. lias been destroyed l-y lire. The loss is estimated at ; OOP. milium AIOSI. AIllUTillSl, nr NCW York City, was sentenced to one yea . in prison for imblishiug an incendiary article. Tlio House of Deputies of tin* 1-lpisropal Convention in San Francisco. Cal., adopt oil tlio now canon, already passed |?y tlio Bishops, prohibiting remarriage of divorced porsi ns. A large quantity of grain was brought from London hack t > Boston owing to low prices on the other side. Five masked men robbed the postoffice at 1 Inrrodsburg. F.y.. security! $.'to and having one man wounded in a running tight with citizens which fob ; lowed. A hired man an 1 the wife of John Black wore arrested at Caibilin Valley. Mont., charged with killing Blaci: by morphine poisoning. The Billion Dollar Sic 1 Trust wart declared n.?t tiiuetialile ti> the Ohh law taxing foreign corporations. Charged with robbing the postofliec nr Orlando. Fin.. \V. 11. Mod ford, an electric light emnloye. was arrested. Letters boasting oi burglary and arson in Newark. N. J., which were sent to the victims, led to the arrest of four men, who are charged with the crimes. Carrie Nation gave bond at Wheeling. W. Va.. to keep the peace, and appealed her line of Sbu and costs. Louis Hermann, a wealthy cotton broker, committed suicide by shooting at New Orleans. La. Oil fields at Beaumont. Terr., valued at y-Jb,01 >0,00(1 are in litigation on account of contested claims. W. M. Kenyan, of Chicago, drowned himself -it Omaha, Neb., ami left a noto saying lie feared the long, cold winter. Four men were killed in a collision on a California electric road, and two were killed in an explosion in a chemical works at Essexville. Mieli. The town of Alba. Tex., was do- | stroyed by an incendiary lire. A ; large quantity of cotton was also i burned. The Stale Think of Xarkn. lv;r.i., ! was broken into and the safe dyua- j niited by burglars, who secured $11,- | txin in cash and securities. The South Park Commissioners of i Chicago passed a resolutii 11 changing the name of Brighton Park to Me Kinlev Park. I (Jeorge Allen Ruffurn. President ef \ , the lthode Island Society Sons cf the j American Revolution and widely ; known socially, committed suicide at Providence, It. I , by cutting his i throat. His age was sixty-three. IP j leaves a widow, two sons and a datlgh- , tor. FORKION. Colombia revolutionists surprised the garrison in Tnboga Island. resort near Panama, kidnaped the Alcalde and two others and captured two schooners. Swedish postal statistics showed Hint since interchange money nvlers were Inaugurated In 188o the 1'uited States sent to Sweden S1U.701 ,JIM/ more than was received 111 the United States from Sweden. The Russian naval budget for HH> | ?? ?;? iuui|HVIt'U, Willi It IOK1I Ol $oV, 500,000. Berlin newspapers urged tlie Kaiser's Government to tnjje energetic . measures against Vem r.;:el:i tr. n<- ! eouut of tile 1'uerto Cabello incident. ! Lady Curzon, of Kedloston, wife of tlie Viceroy of India, arrived ai Horn bay from Kurope. 'J'be Danish Legislature passed a , bill authorizing a new State u an. The old Stepney Clin i ll, at London, which was built in the lificentli century, was destroyed by lire. I A Turkish otlicer was arrested in i Algiers ost the charge of iueitiug the . Arabs to rebel. I riME 23, 1901. NEW TRIAL FOR MOLINEUX Judges of the Court of Appeals Unanimous in Their Decision. IMPROPER EVIDENCE ADMITTED Thi> Opinion Snj. Tlint AM Testimony Iti'garillng ISnrnrl i? lncniii|irtrnt ? Tlirer !uilsrii. However. Woulit Allow I Some of Tliln I'.vi.lriieo? Court l*i?nsrt I oil yumtloH .if IIanil wrll inj; Kxpert*. I Albany. N. V. Roland IV Mnliucitx. since February lit. ItHtO, uinler sentence of dentil for lie killing of Mrs. Kate J. Adams, will have a new trial. A'he Court of Appeals has handed down a decision reversing the judginent of the lower court. All the Justices who heard the argument on appeal agree 011 the finding, which is based on the admissio 1 of < videnee regarding Henry C. Unmet. n'thor.gh the ('curt l< not a n it as to h >w i r.ie'i of this evidenee was ineonu tent. '1'iie Court also refers t ? the rule reI garding the admission of expert tcsii i lion./ on han iw-itinr. and the prevailing epinic 11 bolls that none of the "Hsirno " letters slu uld have been used. Justice:! Parker, Tlaiglit and "ray are those wb > coneur .'11 the re sub. but dissent as to sa ne (.1* the polo decided. I lia prevailing op'uh n is written by Justice \V? rr.rr. if Kochesb r. Iiis principal gv< u id for reversal 1 el ig that t'ii> lower court erred in ad itj ting evidence as to i.m t'lrr alleged crime, the death of Unmet, and thus merged twe irrres. Justices liarllctt. Vann :r.d OT.rh 1 concurred in the prevailing opinion. and for the exi panging 1 f tlio Itarnet testininy. .1 us. ices Parker. 11 :i iir'it Craycil not below that the r>:.riiot ^vi? 1?-:i? *? j rhoukl he kept ?1 i n .y cr.t cf lite case. j The Court gave rut n condensed ftit.oniont of toe reasons fo.* granting I the new trial, '"hey say: "livery ineinher of the Court of Ani peals agrees for t ie reversal < !' the judgment o.' conviction of Molincux <:i i e ground that the trial eotirt j er 'etl in receiving in. evidence tlr* ! tleela uIons of Unmet taatle to l>r> I Phillips an ' Douglass, liiat le had j received Kul low jit.wders through I tie I mil. "All agree that since the amendru nt of Scetit \ 2 ?>!' Chapter .".it of i tin laws of ISSM by Chapter ">r? of j the laws f 1 ss>. imine writiti :s may he received in et itleiiee as stand- i an.s of eotnparisou with a disputed | \ riling although such writiirr may not he the issue on trial, hut simply i a faet relexant and material to that ; I i<-suo. That the {genuineness of siieli I writings inilst he estahlislied to the i satisfaction of the Court hy common 1 law evidence, .ilid when that is done ] handwriting experts may eoiupare the disputed writings with the {genuine writings and {give their opinion thort'on, but thoy cannot select :ilit 1 est.* hlish thostandardsof <*??ni|i:ii*isoii. :i 11(1 thru compare them with the disputed writings. | "All writings proved to the sati-I'.ie : Hon of the Court by a preponderance ' ! of evidenee tu civil eases. and beyond ! a reasonable doubt in criminal eases, 1 | tit by witnesses who saw the paper | written or to whom it had been ae- ! I k; iwlcdgcd, CJt by witnesses familiar I | \ a the hand writ itig of the person ! i > uved to be the writer ami who are I :.b!e to testify from their familiarity t ? a belief respecting if? genuineness, (lit where the writing is shown to \ have been recognized and aeipiie-, rd t | in by the person supposed to have i| written it. or adopted and acted up a i, by liim in his business transact ions | j or other concerns, may. under llie statute, be compared with the disputed writing by witnesses. Kilt the Court should refuse to receive in evi- I dcncc solely for the purpose of comparison any writing otherwise pre- ' judicial to a defendant. "The only subject about which the members of the Court differ in their opinions, relates to tie* testimony introduced tending to show that Mollneux caused the death of Ha met by the same method as that used in tilk- ' ing the life of Mrs. Adams. Four of the members of the Court, O'Hrien, Bartlett, V.iiin and Werner, agree that the evidence should not have been received. The other three .lustlees? Parker. Cray and Ilaight hold that that evidence is ndmissahle, in that the evidenee in the Burnet ease pointing toward Molineux, tends to identify him as the person who killed Mrs. Adams while attempting to take the life of Cornish by means of that rare nniwtili L'fi/vivn 'tu cvtittwlit of morenvi' | .. ... ... .......... .... ........... VI ?? I I 111 ,? | tlie Chief .hidtec nnd .Indue Gray writing opinions to that cfTccl." Llenlrnnnt WUIImiuh Slain. Second Lieutenant James C. Willin ms, of the Twelfth Infantry, fell off a train in Tarlae, I*. I., and was killed. l.ieutenant Williams was a 1 sun of General Hubert Williams, formerly Adjutant General of the Army, who died a few Weeks a^o. Young Williams enlisted in tin- Army as a private in the Thirty-J'ourth Infantry, and was promoted rapidly to a second lieutenancy for etlicient services in the Philippines. Mintjiken For a I?ec;r nnd Killed. William Rowley, of Skowhegan, aged nineteen years, was accidentally shot and killed by lid win L. Vuil, of lloulton, at West llasliiigs Rrook, Me. Rowley iulstu,'-m for a deer. \ ' *1 :s. NO. 32. MU SO LI NO IS CAPTURED Italian Brig-avid Accused of HavingCommitted Twenty-five Murders. The Government lliul Offered Uij; liewnritn I'or llix Arrest ? Token Afler a Desperate Struggle. ltnspe. Italy. Tin* notorious brigand, Musolii'O. h.is Itrcn captured after n lleree resistance :it th-bino. 11?? hail Ions; terrorised Calabria, ami is credit t-il with having committed Iwonty-tlve murders. Owing to tin* sympathy manifested toward Itini by tlu* peasantry Musolino had always escaped capture, despih* tin* immense reward Hit* CJovernnit'Ut uffiTi d ft r his ar;'c?-i. Ciuseppp Musolitlo. who styles himself a "gentleman brigand." has been a fugitive from jusihv for two years. He elaiins to Io t lit.* vit tin of jttdi rial eoiispiraey. I a Oetohcr. 1 SOS. Musil'mo. w'.io is a man of good family and education, met Vincenzo Zoocnli, an* of his paliti cal opponents. A quarrt 1 arose and Znccoli slabbed Mmolii.o over f< rlv times in the hand:; and an.is. Muselino was lying dangerously ill from his wounds when Zoreoli w:ss shot front ai ibus.i. Mif-olir.t was aeeiisetl of the crime, and dragged from his hed to prison. The presiding .lostsee was a notorious prnteetor of the opposing faction, and Musnlino was oouvicted and sent. nee.J i . i ?\ i. hard lnhor. Mitsolino managed (a rseapn before h air. and has since Ic -a remorselessly tiiiiirriac the threats to kill those re sponsible lor his eonvietion made at til' time he was sentenced. Il:s sole motive for leading the hloedthirsly life whieh has i lade hint famous seems to have horn vengeance. lie is said to have killed twelve teat of the fifteen men who appeared on the stand against hint. SCHOOLS O- THE COUNTRY. Morr Ttimi 17.ooo.ooo Pupils Eurallol In All Inittilutioim. Washington, l> C\ Ahout twcnty( ne potv-eoiit. of tlie total population of til* I oiled Si.lies attend ptihlic s' lauds, and tw.? per eent. of the rest attend private schools, according to the annual report of the Jomiuissiotici* of l'Mueation. Tie* a rami total ir. all schools, oletneniary, - < ntlary. and hi:.her. pithlie and private, for the year ended lniy I. liHio. w;i 17. 0>,71?? pupils, an increase ef is ? ver the previous year. ?tf this manlier the < aroilment ui puldie iiistilutieus supported by veil ral and loeal inxes was 1 o. l !.'5,p'.i'. Speeial institniions, sueli as evening sehools. Indian sel'.ools, schools eonr.eeicd with asylntr.s. reform sehools. and other insiitmieiis more or less educational in their character, increase* the tutal number liy half a million pupils. The statisti<*s. as interpreted by the <'oiiiniis>ioner. sliow a uniform on sensus of public opinion throughout tho Nation i:i favor of providing secondary education at ptihllc* cost. Pubbe high schools have increased from J"iJ<*? in IStiii to poor, in P.MJO. MYSTERY IN M'KINLEY'S DEATH. Doctor* Now Drrlarn th* r.\utl Oauia \\ ill N? \ri l?r Known. NYw York t'hy. Tile physicians and uugeoiis wl.o attended President Me Ivinley in the closing days of Ids life have presumed in the State Medieal Soeieiy, here in semi annual session, a report covering tlie imdieal ami surgi i*al history of file ease. It was read by I >r. .Mann, who said that there was absolutely no bacteriological infection. I'nntinuiiig lie said: "If you ask tne what caused the President's death i could not tell you. I doubt if that will ever he discovered. Amongst contributory causes, how ver, were the IV shield's age. ids lack of exercise and his naturally weak heart, which made his pulse high." REFORMS IN AFGHANISTAN. Kciv Amen- Incrraie* I'ay of tin* Soldier* ami Will Kriliicn ttin I.hikI Tuxnit. T.ondon. The Simla correspondent of the Times says Ameer 11 ;i hi I > I > I lah lias increased the pay of the Afghan soldiers and promises a reduction of the taxes oil land. He is likely to spring into Immediate popularity. Tlie Afghans presumably hope that Ilabih Ullah will depart frnm the (is cal policy of his father and aholisn iho heavy imposts on trade and the State monopolies. The "vniovnl of the transit duties and the abolition of tim monopolies would cause an ini- ' mease revival of trade between India* and Afghanistan along the ancient caravan route. BANK ROBBERS CAUGHT. Citizen* Iteturn tlie I-'Iro of Saf? Itloivrri, Wounding Three of Tlirin. Kvansville, I ml. A loud explosion aroused the village of Howell, a few miles from here, a few days ago. The citizens discovered that four robber* bad blown open tin bank safe and were in the act of plundering it. Instantly tile battle was surrounded, and the citizens opened lire, which was returned by the robbers as they lied. \ lien the fusilade ended three robbers, badly wounded, were stretched out on lb" ground. The fourth had escaped. Marshall Sampler was shot .11 the leg. The wounded robbers am in the hospital. They refuse to talk.