North Carolina Newspapers

The News and Observer VO. <A'«rv 10.56. TTKIE U&BB®E@T ©OIBGBMIL&TMKI ®IF ABW KKDESTTK] (BAIMULDWA IMDUf. THE REVOLT IN CUBA HAVANA IN A STATE OF EXCITE MENT OVER THE SPREAD OF THE REVOLUTION. NEGROES AREWITH THE PATRIOTS Four oat oi the Five Provinces in the Island are in a State ol Insurrection, and the Patriots are Well Organized Under Able Leaders—The Manifesto Inviting Spaniards to Espouse the Rebel Cense Has Won Valuable Sup port—Spanish Forces Defeated. Tampa, Fla., March 28.—Passengers on this evening’s steamer from Havana reported that city is at least in a state of excitement over the revolutionary move ments. Efforts of the Cuban patriots to rise on February 29th proved futile in the city of Havana and country immediately surrounding, on account of the absence of Gen. Sanguilly who was to have led the movements, but now their forces are well organized under able leaders and may be expected to rise in arms at any moment. Port Au Prince is declared in a state of rebellion by the Spanish government, which makes four out of the five provinces of the island in a state of rev olution. The report that Maximo Gomez is in Cuba is confirmed, and he is now at the head of the uprising at Au Prince. These passengers declare that as soon as it is officially announced that Gomez is at the head of the insurgents, the whole island will rise en masse. Two engagements were had, one at Bayamoand one at Holgin. Col. Saute Childes was in command of the Spanish forces and Masso of the Cubans at the former place and at the latter Garrich was in command of the Spanish and Miro of the Cuban. The insurgents were successful and had not reinforcements arrived Santo and his troops would have fallen into the hands of the insurgents. The manifesto issued by the rebel leaders inviting Spaniards to espouse the Cuban cause, has succeeded in win ning valuable support. Miro, who fought Garrich at- Holguin, Gen. Popa, Gen. Estaban. Tamaya y Tamaya, Col. Lins, aid to Tamaya and many other chiefs of the Spanish forces in the last revolution, have joined the Cuban forces and are fighting for Cuban liberty. • On Saturday a battle was fought at Guanabano and Cubans defeated the Spaniards with heavy losses. Rohi is at the head of over 1,000 men. He was at Baira four days last week and went from there to Los Negros. Two engagements occurred at Man zanillo this week. Capt. Guerra was in command of the Cuban and 001. Avoiz of the Spanish forces. The latter was defeated with heavy losses, including two officers. When the 2,000 Spanish troops arrived Monday, at Havana, a portion of,them were hurried off to Santiago insitje of two hours. Two of the soldiers died on board ship and many more are sick, ( These passengers state positively that the insurgent troops pay each for all they get to eat and wear in the towns, and only take horses, saddles and arms. The negroes of the island are with the patriots, reports to the contrary notwith standing. Probably Carrying Aims to Cuba. Key West, Fla., March 28.—The tug Pedro Padre arrived last night from Sa vannah. This is the tug that was under surveillance at Savannah, as it was suspected that she had arms for Cuba. She is on her way to Manzanzilla Cuba, and stopped here to have machinery re paired. Customs authorities are watch ing her to see that no arms are conveyed from here. A POPULIST FREE FIGHT. A Nebraska Senator Refuse to Obey the Order of the Speaker. Lincoln, Neb , March 28.—The Sen ate Chamber was the scene of a personal encounter to day, just before adjourn ment, between Senator Stewart, a Popu list, and the Sergeant-at-Arms. While speaking against a bill Stewart was interrupted on a point of order by Noyes, of Douglas. Contrary to prece dent Stewart ignored the point, and also the presiding officer, when he asked him repeatedly to be seated. The Sergeant-at-arms was directed to quiet the speaker, but Stewart resisted. The two men clinched and fought up and down the aisle. Dale, another Populist, sprang to as sist his colleague, but was roughly thrown to the floor by two Republican members. Jeffrejs, also a Populist, started for the combatants shoutinir loudly that he could whip any man on the floor. Mc- Keeley, of Webster, the Giant of the Senate, caught him. forced him into a chair and held him. The presiding officer rushed down the aisle, parted the two original combatants and finally brought about order. A reso lution was introduced requiring Stewart to apologize within twenty-four hours or subject himself to a vote of censure. A Village Swept Out by Fire. Savannah, Ga , March 28.—A special from Valdosta, Ga , says: Hahira, a vil lage on the Georgia Southern Railroad, 10 miles above here, was almost swept away by fire at midnight last night. The business portion of the town on the north side was completely destroyed. The fire originated in a store occupied by W. K. Roberts, a general merchandise dealer. The losses aggregate $12,000 to $15,000; practically no insurance. RANSOM LEAVES TO-DAY. Sends Grover Some Black Bass From North Carolina Waters. Special to the News and Observer. Washington, D. C., March 28. Minister Ransom arrived last night. He made final visits to the departments to-day, going to the State Department for final instructions. Rob’t Ransom arrived to-night and will leave with his father to-morrow afternoon for Mexico. To-day Minister Ransom sent to the President some black bass which came from North Carolina waters, and the President knew when he tasted them that the only waters in the world which could yield such fine fish were those off the “Tar Heel” coast. The Mexican legation on I street is all brilliant with lights. Minister and Mme Mendonca are giving a dinner to the new Minister to their country. Several of the Ambassadors to this country are present, and the covers are set for the most distinguished men in America. Minister Mendonca said today to a reporter of the Post that he had written to his government about Minister Ran som, and that they were highly pleased with the honor of having such an able Ambassador. S. T. Ansell has passed the examina tions for entrance to West Point. W. W. Smith, of Raleigh, is here. A HOWLING GALE RAGES. Shipping Paralyzed and Mach Dam age Done to Property. New York, March 28.—A1l wind re cords were broken to day by the howling gale which swooped down upon the city early this morning. Shortly before 1 o’clock the wind had worked itself un to seventy-five miles an hour—just three miles beyond the previous record of March, 1876, which had stood untouched for nineteen years. At sunrise the trouble began. Every hour witnessed a jump of ten miles, and at 10 o’clock sixty-five niiles an hour was the score. Shipping down the bay was paralyzed and much damage was, done to property. Not a single vessel ventured outside of Sandy Hook. At noon the wind got worse. Finally at 12:55 it took the biggest jump of ail and registered seventy five miles an hour. This rate was kept up for just two minutes. Later in the day the wind velocity bagan to fall. At 4:30 o’clock it was blowmg sixty-two miles an hour. There was trouble all day in the har bor. Small craft dragged their anchors and were saved by tugs from going ashore. Some were sunk, including one tug, but no life was lost so far as known. The United States training ship A1 liance was in collision with the receiv ing ship Vermont, at the Brooklyn navy yard, and carried away her jib boom. The Alliance had just arrived from Norfolk. Pedestrians were bowled over in Exchange Place, between New street and Broadway, and several men were considerably bruised by being thrown to the pavement. One woman was picked up unconscious. She was taken into an office near by and revived. The high wind caused trouble on un finished buildings and many trifling accidents occurred in different parts ot the city. BUGAS UNDER MARTIAL LAW. The Inhabitants Neared by the Recent Garza Raid. Mobile, Ala , March 28.—A letter to the Register from Boca.- del Toro, the scene of the recent Garza raid, and death of tbat leader, says under date of March 18, that a great scarce had prevailed there owing to reports that the place was about to be attacked again by the insur gents. The populace barricaded themselves in their houses, and the troops seized their arms, but nothing happened. Four-fifths of the population later in the day took refuge on the small islands opposite Bocas, so great was the alarm. Bocas is under martial law. Eve y able bodied citizen is on duty, every house is required to have a light burning in front of it, no person mast be on the streets after 8 p. w., and no three per sons are allowed to walk abreast. - ernment troops have received new' Lee repeating rifles. The schooner Meteor, reported as hav ing conveyed ammunition from Mobile in February, presumably destined to Columbia, and also supposed to be the vessel reported as fired upon by a British warship arrived at Bocas on the 18th. Oapt. Davis energetically denies that he took out arms or ammunition on this voyage. He had but one case of books on board, and that he put off at flan Andreas. Lumber and merchandise completed his cargo. He touched at Blue fields and Corn Island, the voyage being uneventful. ADVANCING UPON PEKIN. The Japanese Have Already Landed at Kiang Tsu and Begun Their March. London, March 28. A Central News despatch from Shanghai says that on Sunday last the Japanese landed at Ilai Chow, on the coast of the Province of Kiang Tsu, 170 miles northwest of Nan King. The Chinese opposed the landing and 300 were killed in the fight. It is expected the Japanese intend to march to Nan King, thus avoiding in terference with traffic of the Yang Tsu Kiang. This move will enable the Japa nese to block the grand canal and pre vent supplies from going through it to Pekin. As their fleet holds the Gnlf of Pechid, this gives the Japanese two lines upon which to advance to Pekin. RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 29, 1895. PUGILISTS CONVICTED but the sentence of impris onment IS WITHHELD I*Y THE COURT. A VICTORY FOR LAW AND OROER The Jury Had Been out For More Than Two Days.-The Verdict Intended as a Warning to Boxing Clubs and Will Stop All Such Enterprises at Once— Unless an Appeal is Takeu and Jndg inent Reversed Prize Fighting in Pennsylvania Is at an End. Philadelphia, March 28.—A verdict of guilty was rendered this morning by a jury in the Quarter Sessions court in the cases against Charles McCarthy, Charles MeKeever and Jack Fogarty who, with with Horace Leeds, were indicted for aiding and abetting and taking part in a prize fight. McCarthy and MeKeever respectively met Leeds in four round boxing bouts here on January 24 and 26, Fogarty be ing the referree. Leeds has not been arrested, he being beyond the jurisdic tion of the Commonwealth. The jury had been out since Tuesday evening. This afternoon District At torney Graham called Judge Gordon’s attention to the fact that MeKeever, McCarthy and Fogarty were in the cus tody of the court and he asked that sen tence be imposed. The District Attorney referred to the conviction as a great victory for law and order, and declared that the verdict it self would have more weight than the mere imprisonment of the contestants. Director of Public Safety Beitler, with the permission of the court, spoke in the same extenuating manner as regards imprisonment, he regarding the verdict of the jury as a “mighty weapon” for his department. Judge Gordon agreed with the district attorney, and said the men were tools who had been hired to receive a punish ment, while those who promoted the schemes reaped the largest share of the benefit. The judge said that he wanted to call attention to the fact that a member of the minor judiciary of the city, a police magistrate, was one of those behind the whole affair, and he was only sorry that he did not have the principals before him so that they could be summarily dealt with. McCarthy, MeKeever and Fogarty were then ordered to give SI,OOO se curity each to appear before the court when wanted. In withholding a sentence of imprisonment, Judge Gordon said that if the men should again tight in this jurisdiction or in any other that he would call them before him and impose the severest penalty of the law. In conclusion the judge stated that the veidiet will be a warning to clubs where boxiDg is held, and to persons hiring public balls for the purpose of giving such exhibitions, that they will be committing a crime ar.d will be liable to am st and punishment. He hoped that the conviction would have the effect of shopping the enterprises at once. Unless the convicted pugilists appeal the case and succeed in getting the de cision reversed in the Supreme Court, boxing in this city will soon be a thing of the past. The shows given at the South wark, Nonpareil, Caledonian Club, Athletic Club of the Schuylkill Navy and Girard Athletic Club are all practi eally similar to those at the Winter Cir cus and the promoters will necessarily be compelled to close their doors or else suffer the same fate as tbejpugilistsr. It is impossible to make llesh of one and fowl of the other, and having found MeKeever and company guilty, the au thoriti s are duty bound to proceed against any other offi riders. Robert Deadv, one of the lessees of Winter Circus building, where the fights took place, says that he intends carrying the case to the Supreme Court. TWO DESPERATE OUTLAWS. The Story of llie Deputy Marshal W ho Saw Them. Four Smith, Ark., March 28.—Tin dead bodies of Sam Williams, alias “Virdegree Kid,” and George Sanders, the outlaws, who were killed this morn ing at I T. Bragg’s store, arrived here to-day. William Barabee, the deputy United States marshal who brought the bodi* s in, told the following story of the rob bery and fight: “This morning about 7:30 o’clock, while I was sitting on the porch at Bragg’s, haviDg just had breakfast, three men came riding up and hitched their horses in front of Morris' store. Cross ing the street they made me hold up my hands and disarmed me. I being an officer, they marched me into Morris’ • ■ ore and told me as soon as they had robbed the store they would kill me. An Indian who was on the porch at the time they held mo up, stepped out of the hotel and notified the Indian sheriff who got a party of men and advanced to the store into which I had been taken. As the sheriff and posse came up the rob hers ran out and the fight commenced. Williams and Sanders were killed. The other robber, recognized as Sam Butler, escaped but was wounded ” On the body of W illiams was found a testament and on one liy leaf was written the following: “It is hell for a man to live in the world of hell and be killed and go to hell, but such a fate will be for me. “Virdegree Kid.” Below was written: “I was born March 20, 1875.” Both outlaws were half breed Indians. McKINLEV AND THE COON. : Wherever the Governor Goes the Negro is Conspicuous by His Absence. Jacksonville, Fla., March 28.— At noon to-day Gov. McKinley, escorted by the members of the reception commit tee, left the St, James Hotel and started j on a drive through the city. After taking in all the sights the party j returned to the hotel and being joined { by Mrs. McKinley and maid, Gen. Os borne, Mr. Hann and Mr. Smith, drove ! to the Union station and took the 12:50 J train for St. Augustine. Hon. John G. | Long, of St. Augustine, accompanied ! the party to the depot and went to St. : Augustine with them. Quite a number of well known white j Republicans were at the depot to see the I Governor off and wishes were expressed j that he make a brief speech, but this he ! declined to do, as he was not feeling well. A pleasing incident at the depot was I the meeting between Mrs. Mc Kinley and j Director General Davis of the World's Fair. Mrs. McKinley was in the car when she recognized the General and invited him to enter. He did so and they had quite a pleasant chat. The negro Republicans were conspieu ous by their abseuce at the depot and the only one who has shown any enthusiasm over the Governor’s arrival is old man Albert Shaw, who keeps a store ou the corner of Bay and Second streets. Al bert hung around the depot nearly all day Wednesday and when the Governor arrived was one of the first to shake him by the hand. ; The Governor and his managers have ; shown a disinclination to be publicly as ! soeiated with the colored element of the | Republican party. TOW N ALMOST DESTROYED. Fifty-Six Buildings Consumed and Thirty-Four Families Homeless. Canaseraua, N. Y., March 28.- About 1 o’clock this morning fire started in the grocery store of Henry Hulbert, and, aided by a high wiDd, leveled the entire business part, of the village in three hours. Fifty six buildings were consumed and thirty-four families rendered homeless : and desolate. Hardly anything could : be saved. The total loss will reach $135,000, j with insurance between SBO,OOO and SIOO,OOO. All the churches and school | buildings were saved. A meat market, i jewelry store and blacksmith shop are the only business places left standing. TL_ only accidents were to Mr Rad- I cliff, ankle broken, and Mrs. Martha | Dunham, face burned. Assistance was j sent from Horne!!-villa, but arrived too | late. The heaviest individual lossts are M. ! Luehler, dry goods’. $t9,000; and S J. | Craig, groceries. The rest is distributed in sums from SB,OOO to a few hundred. Several of the merchants had just re i ceived large quantities of spring goods. This is the, third time this village has | suffered by a big fire. MANY FAMILIES HOMELESS. Over $200,000 Worth of Property Des troyed by Fire in St. Augustine. St. Augustine, Ffa., March 28.—Fire ! started at 12:45 this afternoon inablack j smith shop on Charlotte street, which destroyed a gieat deal of property on j Hipolata, Charlotte, Bays, Cura and St G< orge streets. i Forty six residences and stores aud many other buildings were destroyed, | rendering, in the space of four hours, about 100 families homeless and leaving ! many boarders to seek shelter elsewhere, many of them with only clothing which i they had on. The losses will aggregate $200,000. A. N. Stewart was overcome by smoke w hile moving furniture. Adam Sanks, lawyer McWilliams, S. W. Chichelow were slightly injured. All the palmetto trees along the sea j wall from the fort to Baya Lane are de ! stroyed, as were the heaps of household eff ens placed there for safety. Col. Kdmuud Bainbridge, command ing the U.* S. troops, ordered Lieut.. ! O’Hera and the fire brigade to render assistance and followed this order by personally bringing aT the troops to the scene with hose, ladders and fire buck- I cts. The soldiers worked manfully to extinguish the fire. Many familios'are camping on the fort green to-night with what effects they I saved. w ants social equality. | Teainwh Introduce* a Bill to Prevent Restriction* on Account of Color. Boston, March 28.-—A bill introuted | by Representative Teatnoh, (the colored member of the committee on mercantile affairs, which recently visited the South), relative to discrimination in public places on account of race or color, was given a hearing to-day by the committee on judi ciary. The bill proposes to amend the present laws so as to make a person liable to fine or imprisonment or both, if be makes a distinction, discrimination or restric tion on account of color or race, or causes such to be made The party who may be so treated may collect damages by civil process aud it is proposed to erase the words “good cause” from the present statute. No decision was reached. A Pretty Young Lady Suicide*. Richmond, Va., March 28. —Miss Jen nie Warn, an attractive young lady re siding with her parents near Barton Heights, a suburb of this city, commit ted suicide by taking strychnine. No cause known for the act. THEY FAILED TO AGREE THE JURY IN THE LYNCHBURG BANK~ROBBERY CASE FIND NO VERDICT. ELEVEN WERE FOR CONVICTION. But the One lor Acquittal Would not Yield and the Jury was Discharged ••Hail for Pannill Fixed at SIO,OOO -•District Attorney a ks that the Case be Removed to Danville.-The Case will not Come up Again lief ore the September Term of Court. Lynchburg, Va., March 28.—United States court opened this morning at 9:45. The jury in the Pannill case was brought around from Hotel Carroll, where they have been kept during the trial, and took their seats at ten minutes to ten o'clock. After answering to their names and receiving the instructions and all the papers in the case they were conducted to their room in the very top of the build ing. The jury occupied for several hours yesterday the room regularly used for that purpose, but were later in tbe day removed to a room up under the roof, where they have since considered the case. Mr. Pannill, accompanied by several of his relatives, entered the court room a little before 10 o’clock, and there awaited the result of the jury’s consid eration. The jury had been considering the case ever since 11:30 a. m. yesterday but had not rea *hed a verdict at the hour of ad journment. The crowd in the court-room this morn ing was very small, and but little inter est was manifested in the proceedings. In fact, it seemed as if an apathy had fallen upon the people in contrast to the display of intense interest which has signalized the proceedings of the court ever since last Saturday morning. The jury after sitting on the matter all the morning had riot reached a deci sion when the court adjourned for re cess. After dinner the Judge sent for the jury and asked thorn if these was any point on which he could instruct them, thinking that possibly there was some technicality which prevented them from arriving at a verdict. One of the mem bers of the jury at this point, leaned over and touched Mr. Ddlard, another juror on the shoulder, presumably giv ing him the cue, for Mr Dillard turned to the Judge and said : “With my experience as a juror, I fii d it impossible for this jury to agree.” A juryman just behind him remarked ratner soto voce : “Eleven of us made up our minds two days ago.” “I don’t, want to hear anything of that kind,” said the judge, meaning no* to rebuke the jury, but simply that it was not in his province to consider mat ters of that description. He then told the jury to retire to their room and to carefully weigh ai d examine into the evidence, and see if they could not pos sibly reach a decision. At 3:30 o’clock the jury filed back into tbe court room. The judge asked them if they had agreed upon a verdict and when they replied that they had not he asked the counsel for both sides if there was any objection to discharging them. No objection was raised and accordingly they were discharged Mr. Montague endeavored to have the ease moved to Danville, but Mr. Pan nill’s counsel objected, owing to the in convenience and the difficulty that wou’d be experienced in trying the case anywhere but here. He also asked for bail for the prisoner, and the judge fixed the amount at SIO,OOO. The jury stood eleven for conviction and one for acquittal. Those -of the jury who voted for conviction were S. N. Waller, H. B. Bryant, S. F Williams, f. A. Wilson, A. C. Garnett, J M. Lawson, W B. Carper, John T. Foster, D. Sisson, R. H. Ligon, Henry E Wood. The one who voted for acquittal was J. T. Dillard. Mr. Montague was seen by a r. p ,rtor and asked if he thought the case would be taken to Danville, and he replied that the Judge bad not decided, but he thought it very doubtful. Mr. Harris was seen aud he said that Panuill had been admitted to bail, and that the ease could not come up before the next term of < ourt, and that docs not take place until next Stptember. If the Judge should decide to take the case over to Danville it will be tried at this term, which begins in a few days. AMERICANS AIDING THEM. Reinforcements Preparing to Embark From Spain tor Cuba. Madrid, March 28.-General Marti nez de Campos has accepted the coin mi sion to go to Cuba at the head of the reinforcements which are to be sent there, and has declared that the moment he lands in Cuba he will proceed with operations designed to put down the re volt, There is a great deal of irritation in official circles over al egatious that Americans are supporting the insur gents by supplying them with money, arms, etc. The government to-day forwarded $2,000,000 to Cuba. The troops are rapidly being concentrated at their re spective ports of embarkation. Six large merchant steamers have been chartered for use as transports and will sail from Cadiz, Valancia, Comma and Santander wiih troops and war material sometime between April 2d and 18th. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FARMERS HOLD UP A TRAIN. They Open the Safe Rut Fail to Get Any Money. St. Louis, March 28.—A special from Bismarck, Mo., gives particulars of a hold up on the Iron Mountain road near that place last night. Passenger train 54, which left Poplar Bluffs at 10:35 p. m., was held up at | Williamsville, a station about twenty | miles north of that place at 11:30 last j night. As the train neared a lonely spot a i short distance north of Williamsville, ! some one pulled the bell rope and the j train came to a halt. Two men, one of whom had a red handkerchief over his face aud the other a black mask, forced the porter at the point of revolvers to uncouple the engine, mail and express , cars from the train, and compelled Engineer Mattis to run a short distance up the track with them. The robbers then proceeded to the express car and ordered the messenger to open the safe. The leader of the gang, a man about six feet in height and heavily built, placed*a revolver at the messenger’s head, and with an oath ordered him to unlock the safe. “We are dt sperate and will stand no monkeying,” he exclaimed to the frightened messenger. The mes senger informed the desperadoes that he could not open the through safe, as he did not have ihe combination. He opened tbe local safe, bat there was no money in it. Meantime the alarm had been giveu and the citizens were arming themselves. The robbers becoming frightened, jumped from t’ i train and ran through the woods. ! fore they left, however, they ! Conductor Webb’s gold watch. It is believed that the hold ur I work of farmers living in tb i Sheriff Hogg at once summon j and is now on the trail of Hu rt is expected that they wu! sooa bo captured, as, the trainmen were able to give a full discretion of them. The train reached St. Louis at 7 o'clock a. m. The passengers were not the least excited. In fact many of them | did not know of the affair until this morning. THE NEW SPANISH MINISTER. He Will Sail For America by the Way ot Havana on April 2. Madrid, March 28.— Denny de Lome, the new Minister to the United States, will sail for America on April 2. He will go first to Havana to learn the de tails of the Allianca incident, and will proceed thence to Washington. Premier Canovas del Castillo said in an interview to day: “it is undeniable that the situation in Cuba is very serious. The government must use all means to maintain the in tegrity of the Kingdom and crush the rebellion speedily and thoroughly. “Seven thousand troops will start for Cuba to morrow and 2,000 will be ready to follow. In six mouths 20,000 will be ready, luaeed we are prepared to send 100,000 if necessary.” The Queen Regent presided at a cabi - net meeting called late this afternoon to consider Cuban affairs. The govern ment has received the resignation of Capt. Gen. Callejas. The Spanish Con sul in Jamaica telegraphs that tbe expe dition organized by the insurgents’ leader, Maceo, is expected to arrive off the coast at any time. Private dispatches from Havana says j that twenty seven rebel chiefs, who took ] part in the last Cuban war, are acting in ! concert with Maceo to establish a pro j visional government, levy taxes, and | tfike other steps to organize fully against | the Spanish force to be landed. C.V SK OF THE Tit AGEDY. lit- Man Who Killed bis Sweetheart and ( hen Shot Himself was Insane. Nkw York, March 28.—Investigation this morning set at rest all tue theories as to the cause of the double tragedy yesterday morning, when John Bigelow, an actor, shot nad killed Amy Thill, an actress. iu the Fa!k House, at, No. 13 West 24ih s - reet, aud then turned the pistol upon himself and rent a bullet, through his right temple. Bigelow, as it was learned through one of bis most intimate friends, has been in iusane rentals at least five times within the last ten \ ears and there can be no doubt that the murder and suicide yes terday were caused by a sudden re; urn of his insanity, brought on by the night of drinking and debauch that preceded it. The last time Bigelow was in a lunatic asylum was in the fall of 1892, when he spent some time iu a retreat at Hartford. He has also been several times in Bloom ingdale. His insanity, in the belief of his friends is the result of a severe attack of Roman fever which he contracted when a two year old baby. Coroner Fitzpatrick viewed the re mains of the murdered woman and the suicide this morning but has not yet de cided when to hold the inquest. Heavy Failure iu Columbns, Ga. Columbus, Ga., Maieh 28. —Messrs. Joseph, wholesale dry goods merchants, whose financial embarrassments were re ported yesterday, was closed up this af ternoon by tbe sheriff under mortgages held by H. B. Claflin and A. Baruett A Co., of New York, for $20,000. Several small levies were also made. Legal pro ceedings will Ire taken at once, looking to the sale of the stock. The total lia bilities amount to over $50,000 and as sets probably $60,000, consisting of dry goods stock, two plantations, and retd estate in the city.