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FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. XI. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1902. NO. 5.
FAREWELL TO GEN. PALlHIAl
Ovation at Central Valley Prior to His
Departure For Cuba.
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OLD NEIGHBORS MOVED TO TEACG
The Kntlre Town Turned Out t<? !>?? Ilonor ^
to tho Veteran Patriot?Ills Affci IIiik 1
I.eixve-TaUliic? Cuba's Pivot President
l'rrdlctii the l\Ktnl>ll*hii'enl of Cor.lial .
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Relations With the United States. I
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New York City.?General T. Kstrndn 5
Pnlnia, President-elect of the Cuban i 1
Republic. en me to this city from his ; i
home in Central Valley. He left by !
rail for Norfolk. Yn.. where he sailed ' '
for Cuba on tlie steamship Admiral j
Fnrragut to assume the duties of the t
first Executive of the luw Cnhan lie- 11
public. ,
President Pnlnia has not been in
C.' for twenty-eight years, and l:"r
v.-ife, who is a native of Honduras,
'"antral America, and his six children '
have never yet set foot on Cnhan soil. ,
lie will assume the duties of his ottice
on May 110.
It is in Central Valley that Con era 1
Palma has made his home for the past ,
eighteen years, and there five of his six ]
children were horn, in a rambling old (
white bouse, set in a grove of vener- ,
sthle willows, half way up the side of ,
a hill on the outskirts of the village. ;
He has been so long a resident of the
place, and to such an extent has he ,
won the deep regard of his neighbors v
ntul friends, that practically every one ,
In the village turned out to participate ,
in t!l(? W'l! 1*111 l*t oil /lnmniwlbntlnn i
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farewell ami wish "Estrada," as they ?
call him there, God speed in his new ?
labors. r
At an early hour the little place was ,
astir. A procession formed, in which j
every one took part, and marched to
General Talma's house. The village
hand headed it, followed by all the t
school children, carrying Cuban and j
American tlags. the main body of the t
citizens and the Fire Department, with t
their apparatus. In front of the Gen- i
eral's house tlie hand played the Bay- i f
aino hymn, the anthem of General Pal- ^
inn's native province, and then they es- i t
corted him to the village square. All I
the houses along the line of march dis- t
played Cuban tings. , ]
There the little formal demonstration j <
of parting took place, and many of his j (
old neighbors were moved to tears. ' <
Every person in the village passed and !
shook hands with General Talma. Irv- j
ing Washburn, who was spokesman |
for the villagers, said: 1 i
"As you take up your new task for ' t
Cuba, we ask for her and for you the t
blessing and the protection of Ilim *
who guidetli tin1 destinies of men and <
of nations. < |
"Our hearts, our hopes, arc all with
thee; f
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our '
tears. ' j ,
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, f
Are all with thee." j ^
"We are eomo to attend you with the .
Of,... t.... ? C . .. . ". ..
riMMu> III uiiiri 111 I music 1111(1 11IO WHV- J
in;* of (lags?your Hag and our?. <Jod .
grant they over thus float in unison." ?]
General I'alma was much affected ?,
by tlio deep sincerity of the words of j
his old friend. With a faltering voice ,
ho replied:
"Neighbors and friends: Tn this mo- .,
ment my position is a very peculiar t
one. I have lived here eighteen years. A
and considered myself nor a neighbor ,
or a friend, but a brother to every one
of you. I do not know how to express j
my feeling of gratitude to you. I am f
obliged to go to my native country to ] t
discharge the duties I am called to assume.
You may be assured tlint as 1 ! t
go 1 leave a portion of my soul in Con- \
tral Valley.
"I hope this feeling and kindred sen- j
timcnt will lie of a kind to link to- ^
get her my country and the United -j
States. I pray that the Almighty may
shower all Hi? blessings and bounty
upon this valley."
P.efore halving CVnir-il Vniint. f,..* iv
oral ralni.i save what ho railed a vnl- .
edlotory review. lie said:
' I am going to my native country. N
which I am delighted to soo again after
so many years. Moreover. 1 return
to a free country, r. State in which the
people arc to enjoy the blessings of
self-government. The American people
know that I am heartily grateful "
for tlpir hospitality, and for the hearty ^
sympathy shown for the Cuban cause
and the help for the independence of
the Island. I am sure that the people
of Cuba will show by the high eharac- 1
ter and tone of the government they
will establish and maintain that they }j
are worthy of the sympathy and help
they have received from the American
people. I am certain also that I do not
need to make any efforts to establish J.'
most cordial and successful relations ^
of friendship between my people and
the people of the T'nlted States. The
feeling among the Cubans is already
spontaneous and does not need to lie
aroused. Cuba feels the warmest j
friendship for this country. n
"I'nr Cuba's future I have the great- ..
est of hopes. Her future, I believe. ^
will be very bright. The people unnaturally
orderly and peaceful. They j
are also an industrious people, and
anxious to prove that they are worthy ,
to rule themselves. 1 think that they Jj
will demonstrate that fact to tli sa' sfactlon
of all who are interested in a
their welfare."
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New I'hyftlrinii For the Wlittn Jloi:*o. ,,
Surgeon John K. T rie. U. S. X? has ]
l-een appointed an ntteiulnng physi- v
clan at the White House, at Washington,
to succeed Presley M. Itixej-, ap 1>
pointed Surgeon-General. II
FRENCHY" IS PARDONED'
lo "Was Convicted of "Old Shakespeare
&' Murder.
Jovfrnnr Oiloll Tlilnkn Tliere Arc Crnvo
Dottlitu of III* iiullt? New Kviili'iice
AVliieli Indicate* ills Iniiuccmr.
Albany. N. Y.?Governor Otlell lias
mriloned Anier Ken All. better known !
is "Freneliy," who lias been serving :
i life senieiiee in the Matieawnn State i
Hospital for Insane Criminals for the:
mirder of a woman called "Old !
Tinkespenre" In New York City in |
IST>1. The pardon was granted l?y the
Governor because be believes there
irr grave doubts of the prisoner's
jv.ilt. much of the testimony being of
i peculiar character, and "Fronchy."
to in it placed at a disadvantage. beln;r
tnalde to sneak English. The pardon
ivas asked for by several influential'
tvl preiuincnt men. including the
Ton. Jules Cainbon. the French Ain nssador;
Frederic 11. Coudert. .1. 11.
Tart in and others.
"Frcncliy" was convicted of murder
n the second degree in 1NP1. lie is an
Mcerinn. and it is said will go back
o Algiers.
New York City.?About twelve years
tiro the world was astir over atrocious
murders committed by a ".lack lite
Itipper" in T.nmlon. The press at that
hue printed interviews with nolico
kiefs and famous detectives on lite
lossibilitics of such a crime being comnitted
in tliis country.
Superintendent Thomas Byrnes, in
in interview, said tlint a crime of that
tort being committed in this city was
>uf of the question. A few days after
ho White Chapel murder in London,
lowever. a woman, known as "Old
<hakospenre." was found murdered in
li.% r.oifti. u.dni ?
Ill* I I'll | ( II it ,||M MUlt'l, .11 1 HI 11*11 I 111"
iml Water streets. Immediately the ;
most inn became prevalent in the pub- j
le mind that New York City had a
Mack the Ripper."
Superintendent Byrnes and his enire
detective force set to work to un avel
the mystery, and a few days
fter "Old Shakesp 'are" was discovered
nurdercd, George Frank, a sailor,
mown as "Frencliy." who had been
stopping at the Fourth Ward Hotel,
vas arrested charged with committing
lie crime.
"Frencliy." being an Algerian, at
hat time he could speak no English.
[To steadfastly maintained his Inno ence.
t>ut he was Indicted and placed
>n trial. The Jury returned a verdict
>f murder in the second degree, and
Frencliy" was sentenced to life imprisonment.
At the time of the murder a peculiar
coy which "Old Shakespeare" had for
lie door of her room In the Fourth j
kVnrd Hotel, was found to lie missing. >
md. although detectives attached the i
rreatest significance to the loss of the
coy it was never found.
About a year ago. after several vain
ittempts had been made to have
Frencliy" pardoned, new light was
lirown on tlit* murder. A man avIio
:nid he had had in his employ a Dane
vliom he suspected of having oomnitted
the murder of "Old Shakesleare
" told some facts which declared
Vt-onr 1?.i.. .1
. ..... .... ..in.', cui in i in- limine iniini. >
1'his id.'in said that the day "Old
thakespearo" was found murdered his
"biuish farmhand came home with a
leouiiar key. Tie had rend of the ,
ntirder, and wlien his farmhand disippenred
that same night he snspeetcd
hat lie might have been connected
villi Hie crime. lie did not. however,
nake known Ids suspicions until a year
igo. when a newspaper reporter got
a eomnmniealion with him. The new
acts in the ease were made known to
lie lawyers who had defended
T'renchy." and an appeal was made
o Covernor Odell to pardon tlie eoii icted
nnirderor.
HE REV- DR. TALMACE'S FUNERAL
lie Sfrvirf* itt lVimlilnelon Coml ucteil
liy Four Minuter*.
Washington. I>. C.?Funeral services
rere held at tli?* Church of the Coveiant
over tlie hodj' of tlie Rev. I)r. T.
>e Witt Talmage. The large church
vas crowded to tlie doors.
The Rev. I)r. Tennis S. Hamlin, pnsor
of the Church of tlie Covenant, and
lie Rev. Drs. Thojnns Chalmers Eas011,
of tliis city; S. J. Nicols and
allies Demurest. Dotli of Brooklyn,
ttieiated. The casket rested in front
f the pulpit, and over it was a massive
icd of violets. The floral offerings
v*ere numerous. including a wreath
ent trom the White House by Preslent
and Mrs. Itoosevelt.
The members of the family oecupicJ
ews on the right, while across the
isle were the honorary pall bearers,
niong whom were Justices Hnrhu
ml Brewer, t .* the United States Sulfonic
Court; Senators Cullom, Burows
and Dollivor; Representative
Vllliam Alden Smith, Michigan, and
ormer Secretary of State John W. .
"ostcr.
After the family had entered, the
laic quartet sang "Lend, Kindly
dght," n favorite hymn of Dr. Tallage,
and during the services sang
Beyond the Smiling and the Weeptig"
and "It Is Well With My Soul."
Dr. Hamlin in his address pictured
>r. Talmage as one of the great elerymen
of the century. Dr. Huston proi-sted
that it was yet too early to
leasure Dr. Talmage.
Dr. Hamlin closed the services with
pravcr for the family.
The casket remained in the church
ntil late in the evening, when it was
laced on a special car attached to
rain for New York City. The remains
rere Interred at flrcenwood Cemetery,
i Brooklyn, after services conducted
v the Rev. Dr. Howard Suydatn, of
thin ibeek, N. Y.
BORE RIGID AMY INQUIRY
General Chaffee Ordered to investigate
Charces oi Cruelty.
COURTS-MARTIAL IN PHILIPPINES j
A Trial For Gcncrnl Smith, If His Alleged
OrdnrK Ari> Verified ? Action
Taken After a Cabinet Mcctli'c nt
Which the Keocm IllsclostireH Wore
Considered?Secretary lloot'a I>is|i?tcli
Washington, P. 0.?Secretary Root
has ordered Geuoral Chaffee, at
Manila, to investigate the newspaper
reports of the Waller trial, ami if they
are correct to court-marlial General
Jneol> II. Smith. Also, If the facts are
established as tcslltteil to before the
Senate ConitnKleo on the Philippines,
to court-martial the oltieers who ad- j
ministered the "water cure" to the
Presidente of Igbarras. Those ollicers
are Major Glenn, Lieutenant Conner
mil Assistant Surgeon Lyon.
This action was the result of the
consideration of the Gahinet of the
barges of cruel treatment of Filipinos
hy United States soldiers. President
Roosevelt is determined to silt the
aiattcr to the bottom.
The following cablegram was sent
to General Chaffee:
"On February lit last a letter was
sent to you enclosing for investigation
a copy of charges made hy Governor
Gardener, of Tnyabas Province, which
contained general allegations of cruel- I
;tno nrncti^twl lit* fpnonc on n<it Ivkc
"Press dispatches state that upon the
trial of Major Waller, of the Marine
Corps, testimony was given by Waller,
corroborated by other witnesses, that
General Jacob II. Smith instructed
him to kill and burn; that the more
he killed and burned the better pleased
General Smith would lie; that it was
no time to take prisoners, and that
when Major Waller asked General j
Smith to define the age limit for kill- |
Ing lie replied, 'everything over ten.*
"If such testimony was given, and
the facts can lie established, you will
place General Smith on trial by courtmartial.
"Yesterday, before the Senate Committee,
Sergeant Charles S. Kiley and
Private William Lewis Smith, of the
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry, testified
that the form of torture known
is the water cure was administered
to the Presidente of Igbarras, lloilo
Province, by a detachment of the
Eighteenth Infantry, commanded by
Lieutenant Arthur L. Conger, under
irders of Major Edwin F. Glenn, then
Captain of the Twenty-fifth Infantry,
tnd that Captain and Assistant Surgeon
Palmer Lyon was present to assist
them.
"The officers named will be tried
tlirrefor by court-martial.
"Conger and Lyon are in this conn- ;
try, and most of the witnesses being
presumptively here, the Secretary of
War directs that Major Glenn shall
oroceed to San Francisco, with a view
to his trial by court-martial.
"As the two years allowed for the
prosecution by the statute of limitations
is nearly at an end, no time is
to be lost.
"The fact that such acta of cruelty
ind barbarity appear to have been
lone Indicates the necessity of a most
thorough, searching and exhaustive inrestigation
under the general charges
preferred by Governor Gardener, nnd |
vou will spare no effort In the investigation
ordered under these charges to
lneover every such ease whieh may
anve occurred and bring the offenders
to justice.
"The President desires to know in
:he fullest and most circumstantial t
manner all the facts, nothing being
concealed, and no man being for ativ I
enson favored or shielded. Nothing
an justify or will lie held to justify
:he tise of torture or Inhuman conduct
jf any kind on the part of the American
army. KI.1FIU HOOT.
"Secretary of War."
MMZ. VON OLENHAUSEN DEAD.
?crv?-<l In tli? Prancn-l'rniminn War-tlfrnrntril
by Kmpcror William I.
Boston, Mass.?The Baroness Mary
von Olenhausen. the only American
woman except Miss Clara Barton, who 1
wore the Iron Cross, a decoration conferred
ui)ott her in person liy Emperor
William I of Germany, died in her
home in Lexington. She was nearly
eighty years old.
"The little madame with the Iron
Gross," as she was known, married a
German nobleman, whom Theodore i
Parker called the most profound scholar
lie had ever known. The ltaron
lied and Ms widow gave tlie remainder
af her life to self-sacrificing work.
<lie won the Iron Cro?s for brave and
ftident service in earing for Cerinau
toldicrs wlm were wounded in the
Franco-Prussiau war.
^ AN MOTOR CARRIAGE TOO FAST.
Hr. Kilmer Whh Fined S'i.'iO, But the f
Court Accpiifpil ? I "
Morristowu, N. J.?Dr. Willis Sbarpe
Kilmer, of Ringba niton, N. Y., and
liree of his companions were arrested
leve on a charge of running their new
four-ton motor carriage at a tifty-mile
;ait. To Justice (.'lift Dr. Kilmer said
ne was making an experiment Willi
lis machine to see how fast it could
over tlie ground.
The experiment cost him $17.in?all
fhe money lie had with him, for the
lustlce worked the line on the sliding
male. starting with $250 and dropping
to the amount the prisoner possessed.
N'on* of hh> friends had any money.
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STUDENT TURNS ASSASSIN
Kills M. Sipiaguine, the Russian
Minister of the Interior.
IVrionnl Ttovenjjp, lie Sny*?1'unUho.l
Tliroc Yours Ajo li.v Mlnlslor'u Onlors
For 1'artioljtiitlnc Jii :? Ktot.
St. Petersburg, Russia.?M. Sipincuine.
Minister of the Interior, was
shot here e.s lie was on bis way to attend
a Cabinet meeting, lie died soon
afterward in a hospital.
The assassin is a yonnjj student or
former student of the Kiefi* University,
lie pives the name of P.als: ' an
He drove to the Imperial f'outv-'l
Dttiee. wearing the uniform of a lr.ili- i
tarv officer. and a waited M. Sipia?nine's
arrival. When he aw the
Minister he advan?a l and handed lent
a letter, savins that he had hern directed
l?y (irand ttuke Kergius to d liver
it.
M. Sipiaguiue s'opped to take the
letter whereupon the assassin van' lly
fired Ave shots at him. Two of the
bullets lodged in the Minister's 1 !v
and another struck his man servant,
inflict in? a wound which is not believed
to he serious.
' 'lie murderer did not resist arrest.
,?e said h > was punished by M. Siniauuinc's
orders for oartieip.atiie* in a
demonstration a* KietT in May. 'POl,
and was determiueii t.? he reven .1.
M. Sipiaguiue. who was tifty-tive
years old. had been in the imperial
service most of his life, lie was also
Chief of the Secret Police.
FOUR HEAD BY CAS.
rrnnlc l'mllii; of tin Kn km com out Thirty
fit veil For Ono of tin* Vli tlm?.
New York City ?Four persons were
found dead in a flat, suffocated by
csis. which anpareniiv nan im? n uin?c?i
tin accidentally at the conclusion ?>f a
lollitlcat inn over the engagement of
one of the four. Thov were Mrs.
Esther Kohen. a widow: her two cliililren.
Ilarry and I^ena. who were twenty-three
and seventeen years old respectively,
ami .Edna Floro, a yuing
Hungarian girl.
The family and a nnnther o' their
friends had celebrated the engagement
of Ilarry Kohen. All retired in excel- j
lent spirits. Nothing w.:s heard of I
the family after tliat until a partner i
of young Kohen in the liieyele busl- j
ness, went to tlie flat to see why J
Kohen had not tt: tied up for work.
Tiie door to the flat was ' eked. Wh n
It was broken down all four were discovered
dead in bed.
Coroner CSnldcnkrnnz said tliat the |
women had apparently neon dead n< ar- |
iy twenty hours, and young Kohen j
about fifteen hot.rs. i.:is was escaping
from two jets in the Kohen's
rooms. The Coroner is convinced that
It was turned on by oroide"t.
LLECALLY IMPRISONED FOR YEARSIVcsley
Dliiiiis, ?VI?<> \V:ik it Hoy Murderer,
Obtains Ills freedom.
Des Moines, Iowa.?Wesley Elkins,
wlio confessed to the murder of his
father and stepmother when lie was
eleven years old. is to lie released from
the State Prison at Aiiniuosu, after
twelve years and three months of what
is admitted to have been illegal incarceration,
as the courts have held repeatedly
that a child under fourteen
years of age presumably is incapable
?t' crime, llis application for a parole
lias been the subject of an exciting eontest
in the State Senate. The parole is
granted by a majority of one vote.
The crime followed alleged excessive 1
punishment by his father and stepmother.
During his imprisonment El
kins has manured in obtain an education
intu li beyond that of most young i
men of liis ago.
400 FEET THROUGH A P;PZ.
Venr-Ohl Infant ItraoMrl'ntrtl After I'eing 1
Keacued I n<oi*<iou*.
Monrovia, t'al. The year-old sen of
.lames MeAleenan. of Lower Intarte,
has had a remarkable escape from
death. The child was playing in the
yard, in which is an irrigation standpipe.
in some way it fell in and was
carried by the water through lUU feet
of cement pipe underground.
The mother ran to the exit, where |
the wjtter (lowed into an open ditch,
and not seeing the child, tin* halfcraved
Woman returned t:> the standpipe
.lust then a Mexican working on j
the ditch saw the child forced out of
the pipe.
iie caught the babe and commenced
rolling it on the ground to expel the
water. Breathing had practically
t eased, but the Mexican succeeded iu ,
bringing the infant back to consciousness.
Boy* Have a Fatal Fight.
Louis Fairehild, fourb i n years old,
was arrested at Lincoln, Neb., on the
charge of killing Lawrence Stultz. a
playmate, l'airchlld umpired a ball
game. Stult'/. captained one team. 11??
disputed with Faitvhild over a decision
uiul til-y exchanged blows. Stultz
walked home and died five hours afterward.
Tlie autopsy revealed thai he
had an abnormally thin skull, which
the blow fractured.
Hoy (if Trn I.Iowa Out ills llrnitiM,
Klliot Lawrence, ten years old, bei 11.4
locked in a room at L'arrollion, Ky.,
by liis parents as punishment, went
to iiis brother's pocket, took a revolver
and blew out his brains. The boy had
slipped away froru school, and liis
mother had forbidden him going out of
the house during the afternoon, lie
took his sentence quietly, and the pistol
sdiot was the final message of his rebellion
against the sentence.
VAN WOlilEliS A8E GUILIV
Three Brothers Conv'cted o! the Murder
ot Peter Ha'.tenbeck.
TO DIE iN THE ELECTh!C CHAlii
#'T1i?h is t?'.e tToincnt of CnroiM',"
.Iiistico ( lirster is: ^entoiH'iiik
Tlirtn? \( 1 )hiiiitMnorsi Prison, ihiriutr
t l?.? Wei'k of M:i\ 150. Titev Will
tlio Kiilini; of Tliclr
11 ml-on. N". V. The jury in the trial
<>.' I lit' ihive Vail Wnl'li'.i ; ii.\.'. :c. - - ^
Willie, r.urion ::u<l I* red charged with
the minder of their undo. l'otor Hal- '
hnlteok. r.mii' iuio court at IVM o'< led:
m.. ami ai:u in ed a verdle: of 11:;*"- ,
dor in the tirs, ?' r against a'l three
of the tl 'fviulnilI
Tin' ?-:i?'.? wi n; to the ju -y :ii i.t'l p. :
111 mi the 1m W;i i:> d ly. \VI , ti the vev?i
-t was nnnouuivi! l?y Solon Sr. itli,
foreman o! i!io jury, fiiniii'i* Judge
Fatly. * -on n -*"1 for ih<> dofen.-e. a a'--!
thai the jury lu* polled. As tiii was |
done each loan responded. llnding ?!
fondants guilty of mtudcr in the Jirst ,
degree. Judge t'a<iv i toil moved for
a tmw tr'al. win 'i was denied. A in.ei
io-i . n :;r of inihriuriil was
al-o denied. Kaeii defeiidaul then ill
lirtu. elear toue.witiiout a trace of cino- !
tioii. said lie Knew of no reason why
sellieiice shntlid not lie pronounced.
Justice ('hosier thereupon senleiieeil |
tile three defendants to lie elcetrocnted
in Clinton prison, at Itaiuieinora. duriter
the week beginning May .".o. Ill:til.
In passing sentetiee the Justice said
gravely:
"It is the saddest aet of inv ollieial
earee* to lie compelled to senieneo
threi yoimg nun. three brothers, tut- !
der a verdict of murder in the first tie- j
gree."
The ease will lie taken to the Court
f Appeals as soon as necessary papers j
ean lie seemed. The prisoners were i
transferred to Danncinora.
No disposition lias yet been made of
Harvey Hruee's ease, and it probably
wi'l go over to the May term. Urin e's
counsel is willing that his client plead
guilty to such offence as would warrant
the Judge in sentencing hint to
iin* jmjiic iii'inrniniory at r.t aura, nut
tin* District Attorney will not accept i
such a plea.
Peter A. ITallctilieck was shot in his
house at Creeuport. N. Y.. where he
lived with his a set] wife. The story,
as brought out on the stand hy the |
prisoners tlieniselves ami their cousin.
ITarvey Hruce. who. while he was with
them at the time of the murder, was
not on trial, was thai the Van Wormers
bought face masks at the store of
one Intend Yenner in Kinderhook.
where the lived, on the day before
Christmas and then hired a one horse
team at a livery stable and drove near- |
Jv twenty miles to their uncle's house.
The\ lirst peered into the church windows
at that place to make sure that >
Charles Ilallenbeek. the old man's son.
and his wife were not with their father.
Then they proceeded to the house,
rang the hell and as soon as the door
otienetl began tiring with revolvers at !
the .aged man. W hen he was dead I
the went back to their team, which j
they had hitched in the yard, drove a
distance down the road, removed their
masks, turned their coats rightsidc out
and reached Kinderhook again late
.at night. The motive for the murder
was declared by the prosecution to be
tltie to a family fetid.
The trial was conducted with unusual
celerity, the jury having been
secured only thirteen days before the !
verdict was rendered. <
CENEHAL MALVAR SURRENDERS.
The Kiid of the Insurrection in the Northern
l'hili|i|iities.
Manila. (Jencrnl Mnlvar has uiicoti<1
it iiitiall v siiri-ioul i-.'il tn 1li-t.r-i.tli>
(leueral .1. l-'rauklin Hell. ai l.ipa. Hatangos
lVo\iu< ? . \i111 the rutin- Insur- J
gent force of tin- l'roviiu-es of Lacuna
am! Hntaugas. (tem-ral It II says li s
(Hell's! iutiuciice is sutririciii to quell
the insurrectionary jnovcinctils in Taynbas
and t'nvite Provinces and capture
all those ill the .leld who have not yet '
surrendered, lui' Malvar has ordered
the complete surrender of every insur- j
gent to the nearest American force.
tleneral Wheaton, reporting to the
Division Headquarters, says that all 1
resistance in his department has end -d. 1
and that the surrenders just anuoum-Ml j '
mean that the ports will he opened and
that tie- Filipinos iu the 'detention , '
camps can he allowed *o nturn to their
homes iu time to plant the crops-.
tleneral Wheaton is peciallypleased
vvitii (ieneral Hell's care of the natives !
coulincd in the camps.
NEW REGIME IN CUCA. ; J
Order Convening Die Iteimlilicuii (love n
innnt rul>ll>?lii-<t.
Havana. Cuba. The Cuhan con.-tltuion
lias hcen pulili.died in the Oltici.v)
tia/.cttc, together with an order < ::
vetting the new government.
The orth-r declares that the
t lit if ii;i I Convention. which was di
solved hy Congress, will as? nihle 1:i
Havana on May f? for the purposes of
examining eredeutials ami eonuliog <
and reetii'ying the eleetoral vole.
Tin Senate ivill hrdd its sessions in
tin- Second Palace, the lieadi|U?rli rs i
?>f I lie quartermaster's department,
while the House of Representatives i ,
will meet in the building now oeeu i
pied as the headquarters of tin* .Marine i
Department. The order provides that i
May lit), the date upon which Setmr ;
Kstrada I'alina is to he inaugurated <
President, shall he a special holiday. j
BOY THIEVES IN CLOVER
Robbd 200 Churches Eohveen Pittsburg1
and New York City.
(I|if , .itf I Wltliouf Detection?riniill;
Slruc'.i :? Vat-nlsli t'urtory ami Found
It Kicltcr Than a Mint.
Ni v.' York t'ily.- I.ouis Lester Jtml
Thomas it'll y. who wore arrested in
lire klyr.. liave in iho last two years
v.v Til iiiiioi, our. ill <-11111'Ill's, llll'IIIMWI
rooms ninl small stores. Lester '?
twi-nly two years old and Uuey nineteen.
luster. ia making a confession,
said- "M.\ I i- in f.alvi -.o:\ Tex.
1 was Kradi'.aUil from Hie liijrh school
and ran awax from hoaie. 1 lirst broko
oiu n tills* litisiu >s two years a.yo. in
I*i.: where I picked up my p-'1.
Uiley. \w found it easier to hreak
into ehurehes than anywhere else.
'I'la-re is n<> risk, no bnrjrlar alartn. no
di . or watehnian. You can always
slip in at a eellar window and make
your way up into the ImiMit r.ed l? -Ii?
yoe.i I'" to what yon want.
"After we had touched off a fow
ehurehes in IMttshnry we drii' i d to
ward Itnfl'alo. roidiitf; a e'tun-li a one
town, pawning the stuff w. would yet
in the next town: doiny a < i'tireli >r
two tluoe, ami ?o on to the t. \t 'own.
if th- re was an easy prop ?;,;,m in the
w..y of a little store with money it: it
;ve would t. that in. Inst that was
not often, i 'hurches for ems, every
' till*-.
"I suppose we've broken into 1M0
hurcin-s mini pot away with 11k* poods.
When We i'm tile til New York t'lt.V !l
few 111 1111lis a po we found si warehouse
in Seventy-fourth street that was like
petting money out of the liank. We
toe!: 10'in gallons of vsirnisli nut i f tlisit
plsiee iii two months, working only on
Sundays. We pot J?li.ot? a gallon lor it.
We took sev enty live imported razors
oiu of a harbor shop near the t'harles
Street Poliee Station, in New York
City, a few weeks ago. We went
through about thirty churches in
l'm oklyn sis near as 1 esin tlpure it."
Many pawn tickets were found on
the prisoners. They were held for the
(irt.nd Jury.
CU3AN BILL. PASSED.
It cf it til t cu n H Join llriiiocnit H to Helen*
I tin lleuto l.foill'rs.
Yv'.asliinpton. 1>. ('. The House has
passed the t'uhsui Keeiproeity hill by
si vote of "17 to r>2, after uddinp t< it
:>n siiuetidineiit eiittiup till' the ditVereutisil
on refilled supar.
The action of Hie Democratic can
ens was reflected in the action of tin*
House, the united vote of the minority
and of ilie licet supar Uepub'ienr.s
In iup siittieienl to override the ruling
of Chairman Sh -mian and attach an
: inendmeiii to the Cuban Keeiproci.y
bill abolisliinp the differential duty
oil reiiiied supar iluriiip the existence
of tiie reciprocal treaty with Cuba.
The combination was exerted only
on "Ik* motion of .Mr. .Morris, oi' .\ii t
iiesoia, to strike off the differential, :: 11
other amendments being obiter rulotl
out of order, or voted <lo\vu by tit
entire Republican vote. It was shown
lit si and most effectively ill the committee
of the whole, when, after Chairman
Sherman, of New York, bad ruled
the amendment out of order, lie was
reversed oil appeal taken by Mr. Morris,
over thirty lCepublioans joining
the Democrats in sustaining the appeal.
'I'here vvtts a majority of nearly
lil'ty on that proposition, and a slightly
larger one ots tiic adoption of th
amendment itt the eonttuiltee.
'litis is tlie tirst time in many ('
presses that the leadership of the Ui
pniiliean pahy has been o> li own
by the eoiieerted aetion of tin? L' t.:oerals
ami bolting Republicans.
COERCION IN IRELAND.
l'lirce Swtiimii of tli?? Crime* Art to Its
Kiiforceit in Mmiy ItiHtrielK.
Dublin, Ireland. Three sections ?
i he Crimes tiei have lieeii put in for. e
in a large liumlier of districts of lie
and by proclamation, issued by 10a. 1
ado^an, tiie Lord Lieutenant of i.i
aid.
These sections provide for summary
jurisdiction in eases of criminal eonpirary,
intimidation and unlawful its
toinbly. for trial by special jury and
or change of Venn at the option of
lie < 'rowII.
The counties affected by the oil forcing
of tlte Crimes act are Cavcn. Clare,
!o;k, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon.
*ligo, Tipi>erary ttad Waterford, as
well :is the boroughs dl' Cork stud Wati-rford.
These are (lie districts in which the
I'nited Irish League Ints been most
iftive. Til" League itself hits not yet
-< ii proclaimed, lull it is believed t!:;.c
!iis step will he taken soon.
minese. exclujdn bill pacsed.
cn.ifi liittpU ilt?* I'liii'l % mfiul*?? *iiC !!? Kn.-ictliij;
tlio l"r??jiriit Idiw.
Wash n-jti.n, i?. After spending
in :? ( i"ii. u in voting o:t Innumerable
ii , initios |o 1 lie I'liiliese MxelRsioti
:!| lie- Sewn coiujio-edly dlopj. al
hot wen-are ami adopted the t'latt
'i.i-; iiitte hy a vote of forty-eight to
ii: i.. . hree. Having made this suh,.ii
on. the Senate pas-od the aweiid<!
hill b.\ a vole of seventy-six to < lie.
Wi\ Hoar ah.lie voting In the negative.
The Piatt Miiistltul( in.ply re cuni t.+
iie pre cut law and extends it to the
Philippine-, it was the lii'.l contended
*o hy tie- < on?i rviitive element which
'posed i . all rigorous modes of Pliii:e::elii>ion.
ami was also voted for
>\ tho-e who remind it as tin sinnr;,
nit inllde. than the proposed hill, (t
ivas offered |,y .Senator Piatt, of Con
n et lout.
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