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The News and Observer VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 63. yode rs£Tu.«ir <MDB©wiUMro®Ki Mnsnnio ©aimjlokia udaolv ARMS FOR THE REBELS A BIG LOT OF WAR SUPPLIES TO BE SHIPPED TO COL OMBIA TO-DAY. DETECTIVES ARE ROW AT WORK. They Will Attempt to Prevent the Arms From Being Shipped—Attorney General Gluey Will Demand an Ex planation of the Meeting in Jackson ville to Express Sympathy With the Revolutionists—Attorney Clark and Marshal McKay did not Participate. New York, April s.— lnformation reached the Spanish Consul that a big I6t of arms and ammunition destined for the use of the revolutionists in Cuba would be shipped from this port to-mor row. This information was transmit ted to Collector Kilbreth with the request from the Consul that he prevent such shipment if possi ble. Detectives went to woik. In a few hours they reported that they had discovered that 1,000 stands of arms and a half million cartridges had been put on board the Atlas Line steamer Alene, loadirg at Pier 55, North River They a'so reported that the arms and ammunition are destined for Savanilia, Colombia. The Alene sails to-morrow. Mr. Kilbreth found that he could not prevent the arms from going out as they are not shipped to Cuba. The Spanish officials here feel sure the rides and cartridges will eventually reach the revolutionist’s hands. Will Demand an Explanation. Jacksonville. Fla., April s.—The United states officials who attended the mass meeting held in this city last night to express sympathy with the Cuban rebels, do not seem at all disturbed by the report from Washington that their presence at the meeting is disapproved of. United States District Attorney Clark and United States Marshall McKay, when shown the dispatch from Washing ton stating that Attorney-General Oiney would demand an explanation, said they did not think they had violated any of the proprieties. They stated that they attended the meeting merely out of idle curiosity and took no part in the pro ceedings. They say they did not vote on the resolutions that were adopted. In reference to the statement that At torney General Oiney has received in formation that the officials did not at tend the meeting it is necessary to say that if he has received such information it is false. Messrs. Clark and McKay were at the meeting. They do not den) they were present and they came to the Southern Associated Press Agent this afternoon to explain their presence, which explanation is given in the begin ning of this dispatch. In the report of the meeting sent oat last night it was not stated that Attorney Clark and Marshal McKay took part in the proceedings, in the sense of making speeches. Their pres ence was simply noted as was that of other prominent citizens of Jacksonville. It would be interesting to know w ho is Oiney's authority for the statement that neither nor McKay was at the meeting. They Did Not Participale. Washington, April s.—This statement was given out at the Department of Jus tice to-day: The Attorney General has received au thentic information from Jacksonville, Fla., to the effect that neither U. 8. Attorney Clark nor U. 8. Marshal Mc- Kay participated in the meeting of Cuban sympathizers at Jacksonville, Fla., yesterday and all reports to the contrary are false. WAS HIS OWN DETECTIVE. The Murderer ol all Year old School Girl Threatened with Mob Violence. Baltimore, Md., April 5. Marshall E. Price, charged with the murder of Sal lie E. Dean, the 14 year old schoolgirl, at Harmony, Casolirie county on March 26, was* brought to this city today to protect him from mob violence. When it became generally known that Price was in jail at Denton yesterday, the impression grew stronger that he was the guilty party. The people be came so excited toward night that the authorities were compelled to spirit him out of town aid remove him to safer quarters. It is almost universally believed now that Price committed the dastardly deed. He was a member of the Coroner’s Jury which investigated the death of the girl and first attiacted suspicion to himself through his fondness for talk. The detectives asked his oo operation and made Lim believe that he was a born Hawkshaw. He acccompanied ti e officers to the spot where the murdered girl was found. “After 3,000 people have looked over this place for clues, it remains for me to find the knife which cut her throat,” he said. He then unearthed a blood stained knife within 10 feet of where the body was discovered. He also dug up a bow of ribbou that bad been worn by the girl. Afterward he remarked: “I have found for you all except the club with which the blow on her face was dealt and that I am unable to discover.” Price is a wheelwright and blacksmith, 23 years old, of Harmony. He was mar ried a year ago to Miss Brodie, of Dor chester county. HANSOM IN MEXICO. He Will Spend the Summer at Some of the Mexican Resorts, Special to the News and Observer. Washington, April 5. As expected, Minister Ransom arrived in the city of Mexico late yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Mr. Robert Ransom. Minister Ransom, it is said at the Mexican Legation here, will be formally presented to the President to-day by the Minister of Foreign Relations. The Min ister has been advised by physicians not to remain in the city after the first of May. This is the custom in Mexico as in Washington. The city is bare of am bassadors in the summer, and only sec retaries of the Legations remain. The foreign ministers generally go to a resort in the county in which they are sta tioned so that if they be needed about important matters they can be soon at the capital. Minister Ransom has not fully decided where be will go for the summer though it is thought he will go the same seaport at which the minister from Great Britian visits. * * * Miss Beulah Sanderlin, daughter of Dr. George W. Banderlin, Deputy Third Auditor of the Treasury Department, re turns to-night from a six month's visit to friends and relatives in North Carolina. * * * Mr. L B. Eaton, who has been in North Carolina, visitiug his old home in Wairen county for the past two weeks, returns to morrow. Mr. Eaton has been quite sick while at his home. * m * David B. Hill makes a bid for South ern support for the nomination for President in 1896, in the following let ter to the Washington Post: “I have perused with much interest your article entitled ‘A Southern Demo crat for 1896.’ “It is able, creditable and timely. Any policy which seeks to debase an otherwise acceptable candidate, simply by reason of the section of country wherein he lives, is unpatriotic, unwise and un-American and I am opposed to it. .‘This is no time for the toleration of sectional prejudices, jealousies and ani mosities The existing political condi tions demand that the party should have the whole country to choose from. Let there be a free field, a fair contest, and may the best man win. “This is my democracy, and these are my sentiments, briefly and hastily ex pressed.” SUN’S COTTON REPORT. Bullish liilluentf's Predominated and Futures Advanced 7 Points. New York, April 5. — Cotton fell 3 to 4 points, but recovered this and rose 3 to 4. closing steady, with sales of 67,200 bales. New Orleans declined 1 point on May but recovered this, and May ad vanced 2to 3 points. Liverpool declined l-32d. on the spot, and 1-2 to 2 points for future delivery, closing steady, spot sales of 12.000 bales. New Orleans was weak on the spot, but the sales there were 9 000 bales. Silver declined l-Bd. Dry goods firm, better demand. At Fall River sales of print cloths, and prices very firm Spot cotton here was dull and un changed, with sabs of 62 bales for spin ning and 200 delivered on contract. In Manchester yarns were easier, but with out quotable change; cloths quiet. The Southern spot markets were generally dull and unchanged. The receipts at New Otleans tomorrow estimated at 4,000. To-day’s Feature". Bullish influences on the whole were predominant, although early in the day there was some decline due to a fall in silver and weaker tone at Manchester and Liverpool. But in the afternoon the market took an upward turn and it closed 6 to 7 points higher than the low'est figures of the morning. This is explained by the timidity of the bears quite as much as by anything else. They are, as a rule, afraid to go short. They may argue volubly that the price is too high; that the acreage is not going to be reduced; that the outside public are not baying, but in reality they lack the courage to embark in short op erations on a large scale. Besides the stocks at the interior towns were expected to fall off for the week about 30,000 bales, and though Liverpool was lower, there was a good spot business there, and much the same may be said of New Orleans. Cotton is leaving the country in large quantities, the season is admittedly backward and the South bought moderately. Some local operators who bought in the morn ing sold in the afternoon. There is no evidence that cotton lacks strong support. Some are estimating that the crop will exceed, 9.750,000 bales but bulls regard this as an old story and continue to stand by their guns. SHOT HIS OWN FATHER. A Son Uses His Revolver ami Gun to Protect His Mother. Columbia, 8. C., April 5.—A special to the State from Greenville, 8. 0., says : Pinkney Dill, a well known citi zen of the upper part of this county was shot and fatally wounded Wednesday night by his son, Furman Dill The elder Dill was drunk and had driven his wife from home. She took refuge with her son who lives not far from her husband’s house Her husband pursued her and w r as entering Furman Dill’s house, threatening and cursing and with a drawn knife, when Furman shot him twice in the breast with a revolver and then in the back with a shot gun. The wounded man is reported to be in a critical condition. RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY. APRIL 6, 1895. WILDE LOSES HIS SUIT TIIE QUEENSBURY LIBEL CASE ENDS IN A VERDICT FOR THE DEFEND VNT. WILDE ARRESTED AND LOCKED UP. , The Marquis of Quecnshiiry Loudly Cheered and the Epigrammatic Play wright Compelled to Pay the Cost— Mr. Carson Says He inn Produce Overwhelming Evidence ol It tide’s A bomina hie I at m ora I it y—-Sc ve ra I Other Person* to be Attested. London. April 5. The case of Oscar Wilde against the Matquis of Queens but y for libel, was brought to a close this morning in a verdict in favor of the defendant. The jury found not only that the de | fendanc was not guilty ot libel, but in a j i-übsidiary verdict, declared that the | Marquis of Queensbury’s charges were i true and had been made for the public i good. The Old Bailey Court room was I crowded almost tosulTocation this morn | ing when Mr Carson resumed his speech in behalf of the Marquis of Queensbury. It would be his painful duty, he said, to put upon the witness stand men who would speak freely of the nature of their connection with the plaintiff Wilde. The ages of the e men varied from 18 to 23 years. They were of the class of servants, valets, etc., not belonging to Mr. Wilde’s station in life, not inter j esied in literature or art, yet they | addressed this distinguished dramatist 1 by his Christian name, Oscar, he in i turn calling them Charlie, Freddie, etc. I Mr. Carson said he would produce over whelming evidence of the abominable I immorality of this man Wilde. Sir Edward Clarke interrupted Mr. | Carson and said he had undertaken a I great responsibility in defending Wilde i against tbe charges made against him by i the Marquis cf Queensbury. In regard j to the literature which Wiide had pub- I lished and upon which Mr. Carson had j questioned him, he (Sir Edward), had \ come to the painful conclusion that it ! could not be expected that the jury would find a verdict of guilty on the actual | words used by the defendant, viz: That 1 Wilde was posing as a devotee of unua | turai practices He had consulted with j Wilde in the interest of the adjournment I of the court and in order to save the court the painful details connected with | the rest ot the case he was prepared to S accept a verdict of the jury in regard to Wilde’s literature. The Charges were True. The Judge interposed and said if the i jury were justified in agreeing upon a ! verdict on one part of the case they must | return a verdict of guilty or not guilty I as regards the * ntire case. 1 The jury then render*d a verdict of j not gu tty, to which Sir Edward Clarke ! assented, and supplemented their verdict I with the declaration that the charges j made by the defendant against Wilde, j which constituted the libel complaintd I of, were true, and that they had been made in public interest. When the verdict was rendered the Marquis of Queensbury left the dock amio ioud cheers. The Judge granted au order requiring Wilde to pay the costs ot the defense. Mr. Wiide was not in court this morn ing. In an interview this afternoon the Marquis of Queensbury said : “1 have seat this message to Wilde: ‘lf the country allows you to leave, all the better for the country; but if you take my son with you, I v ill follow you wherever you g » and shoot you.”’ Sworn information has been lodged against several persons mentioned in the trial, some of whose names were not made public, and the civil officers are j only awaiting the authority oftheTreas i un Department to make the arrests W tide Arrested biu! in Jail. After lunching at the Holbern Hotel J Wiide went to the Westminster Bank, I where he drew out the funds to his ae } count He was constantly shadowed. | He returned to the hotel, accompanied jby Lord Alfred Douglass. Remaining a j few minutes they drove to Ely Place and | thence to the Cadognn Hotel, where ; | they vanished for the time and the po- I lice issued descriptions of Wilde, spread i ing them all over the city. Later he was found in the Cadogan I Hotel, taken to Scotland Yard, and af terwards placed in a cell at the Bow street station. B. fore being locked up, i the charge, indicated by his testimony in j court, was read to him. He stood w ith his hands in his pockets, silent and ap parently unconcerned. Tbe warrant for Wilde’s arrest was procured by Mr. Lewis, solicitor of the treasury. One of the managers of the Hay market Theatre, where one of Wilde’s plays is running, in reply to the question how the result of the case would affect future business, said he would rather not express an opinion. He would say, however, that Mr. Wilde’s name had been taken out of the bills and advertise ments ot "Au Ideal Husband” and from this the public could form it’s own con clusions Mr. George Alexander, managerof the St. James theatre, where Oscar Wilde’s play, “The Importance of Being Earn est” is running, said “when this scandal was first rumored, business here was slightly affected, but it is now r nor- i mal. Mr. Wilde’s name has been with- j drawn from the bills and advertisements of his comedy, which is the most inno- j cent play in the world. It does not con- j tain aline that could hurt the most ten- j der susceptibility.” He said also that 1 I the play would be kept on the stage, ; p aiding the public verdict. If he should lie compelled to withdraw it, some 150 j persons Would be thrown out of work, as he had nothing ready to replace it. It. is reported that the Criterion, to which “An Ideal Husband” was to be transferred from Hie Huymnrket, has . declined to put Hie play on it’s stage. BASEBALL IN THE NO I I'll. ' Dallas, Ti \ii«, Trutn Defeated Ihc Richmond state League Tram. Richmond, Vit. , April 5. In a poorly played and exceedingly uninteresting game of bail here tins afternoon, the Dallas, (Tex.), team defeat*d the Rich mond State l eague club hy the fallowing score: Richmond, * Dallas, 8 Batteries: Gibson, Flynn and Dins more; McMackin, Woodruff and lb dgc. Boston 17: Lynchburg O. Lynchburg, Va., 5. The Boston and Lynchburg ball teams played a game here to-day, the Beau ealers winning by a score of 17 to 8. Wild pitching by Gray, of the Lynchburg", gave Boston 12 runs in the iirst two innings, after that tbe game was interesting. Score : Boston, 17; Lynchburg, 6. Batteries: Lynchburg Gray, Utter, Orth and ScLiabcl. Boston Sullivan, Hod son, Dolan, Tenney and Ryan. Philadelphia 1); Petersburg I. Petersburg, Va., April 5 —The Pbil -1 adelphia’s, of the National League, j played their second game with the Pe ; tersburg dub to-n’ay. The game was ; close up to the fourth inning. Forman i had the heavy hitters down to scratch | hits up to that time. Thomas relieved ! him in the fifth, but was very wild, al lowing four bases on balls and a couple of long drives over left field fence, net ting the visitors six runs. Petersburg could do nothing with Weyhing’s puz zling delivery. Scoie : Petersburg, * 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 o—l Philadelphia, 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 x— 9 Batteries: Forman, Thomas, Packard and Hayden; Weyhirg and Buckley. Washington IO; Norfolk 5. Norfolk, April 5. —The Washingtons of the National League and Norfolk’s of the Virginia State League played one of the poorest games of ball of the season ; here to day in the presence of about 300 j spectators. There was no ginger dis played by either team and about the only features were the two running catches of Selbieh, of Washington,ink-ft field. The score! Norfolk, 11 000Q1 2 0- 5 Washington, 1322 11 0 0 x—lo j Be teiiee: Herr, Palmer and Tenley ’ and Grier, Krumm and Hasimer. Pittsburg* at Charlotte. Charlotte, N. C., April s.—The 1 Pittsburg team showed fine form to day. j The regulars won easily, Smith making ! two home runs. The Pittsburgs left for j Danville to-day and will play there to morrow. Score: Regulars, - 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 x—B Oolts, - - 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 o—2 Batteries: Hart and Kinslow; Kilien, Cclcolough and Mack. Lancaster 8; Portsmouth 7. Portsmouth, Va., April 5. —The game | betwee n the Lancaster Club, of Lancas ter, Pa., and the Portsmouth League Club was closely contested and was wit nessed by several hundred people. Score: Lancaster, 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 I—B Portsmouth, 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0— 7 Batteries; Yerbs and Anthier; Calla- ! j han and Quinn. ANOTHER RECORD RUN. The Southern Reached Washington 25 Minute* Ahead of its Rival. Philadelphia, April s.—The close of the principal hotels in Florida on Tues day gave tbe rival railroad lines another chance for a nothward record run with special trains carrying the help first re- i leased on closing. j Both lines started their trains from j Jacksonville at 10 o’clock yesterday j morning, and the Florida Short Line, j the “F. C. & P. Ity.” and the Southern, j the former from Jacksonville to Colum i bia. and the latter, from Columbia to j Washington, delivered their train to the j | Pennsylvania Railroad at Washington I i to day r*i that it arrived at Philadelphia j ; at 11 o’clock this morning, twenty-live j : hours from Jacksonville, and having on : board 12!) passengers The train on the Atlantic Coast Line ! f arrived twenty five minutes later, and the i‘.vo were consolidated here and hauled to New York as one train. rot r tramps w as killed. Fatal Wreck of a Freight Tiaiu Unused hv a Broken Truck. Alton, Pi*, April 5. —Four tiamps were killed and fifteen others badly in jured in a freight train wreck on the Chicago and Alton road near here this morning. It is thought the wreck was caused by a broken truck, which allow* d a dozen cars to pile up in a heap. It is estimated that over seventy the tramps were stealing a ride on the train. When taken out four of them were dead. The injured men were brought to the hospital in this city and the inquest held at East Alton. At the inquest the names of two of the men kilhd were found to be David Hoffley, Watertown. Wis., and Frank Harriman,. Philadelphia, Pa. The injured men hail from points in Ohio, Kansas, Illinois, Texas, Massa chusetts, New York and Germany. Several of them are not expected to live. Asheville, N. O , April s. —The Gov ernor has comrnund the seuter.ee of Billy McDaniel, sentenced to be hanged April 12th, for murder, to imprison ment for life. MARKED IMPROVEMENT EVIDENCES of continuation OF A BETTER FEELING IN TRADE CIRCLES. LABOR TROUBLES ARE SETTLED. The Return of Good Weather and the Continued Strength ol Cotton Hare Done Much to Stimulate Busi ness—Less improvement in the South Ihnn I'.lsru here—Ruins Have Fallen in the Northwestern W heat Region— -7 he Demand for Money is Deft* r. New York, April 5. —R. G. Dun A | Co.’s weekly review of trade to morrow | will say: Returns of the highest importance given this week show the condition of retail trade in March throughout the j country and the distribution of goods to : final consumers in comparison witli the same months in 1894 and 1893. While the returns cannot be condensed into a j single comparison, and in view of widely differing conditions in different i sections and branches, might in that ' form be the less useful, there is gratify i ing evidence that in most trades and dis | tricts marked improvement over 1894 is i realized, though, on the whole, trade is smaller than in 1893. The best news from the industries is that labor troubles have been s tiled * r avoided, Mahoning iron and Eastern wooltrt mills being again in active opera- I tion. Next in importance is the demand for many manufactured products which gives greater reason to hope that recent advices from the bottom may prove suc cessful Following the rise in coke there has been this week sales of 2,0( 0,000 tons of lake ore at about 15 per cent, advance, : and finished products are no longer in ! Active, Bessemer iron rising to j #10.65, grey forge to 9.25, common ! | bar to 95c, structural angles to #1 05 and plates #1 per ton. Chicago shares in the rise and Illinois Steel Company has achieved a notable success in taking the contract for steel plates for ship yards at Newport News. Eastern works j gain more slowly, notwithstanding the \ low price of anthracite coal. The production of Connellsville Coke j ! for the week, 10 s -', 101 tons, was the! I largest on record, but there is some fear j ! that higher coke and ore may close some j j works. j Copper is firmer, us sales of the stock j taken from the French syndicate re- i moved a load over the market for the 1 i past six years, and tin has been stronger j : with tin plates because of purchases tor j Pacific canners. The cotton manufacture, once stimu Uted by tbe rise in raw cotton, goes on j ! gaining, though cotton has halted. ■ Better demand appears for many qua lb j ; ties, and in seine slight advances in j price. Commercial failures in the first quar- { | ter of 1895 numbered 3,802, with liabili- j ties of #47,813,683, averaging #12,600 each. There were also 35 bank failures, j with liabilities of #12,682.537, cr #369,- 000 each. If both were dumped together as in other reports they are, the ag j gregate of liabilities here reported would ] be #60,495 220. The demand for money is somewhat better, bur since April Ist less increase is noted in commercial loans. Bradstreet’s Review. New York, April s.— Brads’reets to morrow will say: The appearance of more settled weath- i er, together with the continued strength of cotton, stimulating manufacturers to demand higher prices for fall delivery, 1 rains in northwestern wheat region, where greatly needed, further increases ; in wages of industrial employes, heaviest shipments of wheat abroad, and the rush of the volume of the week’s bank clear j ings above the #lB billion mark, are evi dences of the continuation of a better feeling in trade circles and returning con- ; fidence in many lints of business. Rather less of improvements in feel ing and volume of distribution of mer | chandise has been felt at the South, j during the past few weeks, than else | where, the Central tern and some j Eastern indu-trial ao i commercial cen \ tres continuing to report great increases i in demand and pro.-peels Trade has been lair at Charleston, j where demand is n bttivdy best of phos | phates, and there is imptovi irnnt at Memphis and Nashville under the I weather stimulus. No change is report ed from Augusta; at Savai nah business is quiet, except the na val stores, while at Jacksonville the volume of trade has decreased. There is a better request for dry goods and groceries at Atiaufa. where one cotton mill is doubling its capacity. Wholesale business at New Orleans and at Galveston shows moderate im proveinent, dry goods and groceries re : eeiving perhaps most attention. A Distinguished Physician Hurt. Washington, April s.—Dr. S. C. Busey, one of the leading physicians of this city, fell dow n the elevator shafr at the Concord Apartment House to-day anti was dangerously injured. His head was cut and his thigh was broken at ti e hip .-oeket. Dr. Busty presided over one of the most important sections at the international medical congress held ia Washington some years since. Second Heading ot IrixhUand Rill. London, April s.—la the House of Commons to day the Irish Land Bill was read a second time without division. PRICE FIVE CENTS, MR. OSBORNE’S REPLY I The Governor Can Proceeding..* to Nullify the Preference Act. Raleigh, N. C., April 5. To His Fxtdhncy, Elias Carr , Gov ernor of North Carolina • Dear Sir : Your letter of yesterday I was received tins morning. In it yon, | request me to “investigate the question j whether a proceeding cannot be insti i tuted in behalf of the s;ate against the j Secretary of State, as a nominal defend ! ant, to restrain him from furnishing for ; publication the act known as ‘An act to i regulate assignments and other convey j ances of like nature in North Carolina’ I until it could be determined whether it passed the 1/ gislature and whether its j enrollment was precured by fraud on | forgery.” In compliance w ith the request of your Excellency, 1 have investigated the ques | tion as far as I could within the limited ! time suggested in your letter, and have j reached the conclusion that no such pro I ceediDg as the odc mentioned by yon can be maintained. After a thorough search I can find no authority in our State or elsewhere to sustain if, and I cannot see how the State, as a person, distinguished ! from its citizens is interested in the question. As you are aware, the action, j if brought, would have to be brought in i behalf of the State with you as the rela j tor of the plaintiff, and ire as counseL ) There is in my opinion nothing in the of ficial duties of either of us which re quires us to bring proceedings in any court to nullify au act of the Legislature . whether legally passed or not. But I do find authority in our own State for a proceeding of another char acter, which may effect the desired pur pose, and afford a relief to cur people against the infamous ontiage that has been perpetrated upon them. I think any citizen, in behalf of all others, may bung the action ytu suggest. Sachs proceeding in the nature of a manda mus has been allowed in onr Courts in the case cf Scarborough vs. RobinsoD, | 81 N. C., page 409; Perry vs. Whitaker, | 71 N. (’., page 475, is somewhat analo goes. Besides, 1 find authority in other | states to the same effect. Among others | State vs. Cuningham, 83 Wisconsin, page 90, (35 American State Reports, page I 27); Wise vs. Bigger, 79 Virginia, page* : 269. There is nothing to prevent your Ex : cellency, as a citizen, in behalf of all I other citizens, from bringing this action, and if you will permit me to go beyond j my duties as your legal adviser, I take this opportunity to say that you, as our most prominent citizen, are the proper per son to do so. If your Excellency should decide upon the course recommended, the whole matter will come before the | courts for decision, and I, therefore, ex , press no opinion upon their right or power to go behind the ratification of an act of the Ia gislature,and inquire whether i or not the requirements cf the Constitu tion were observed in its passage, but i confine myself to vhe question asktd as to the method of procedure. lam the | more reserved because I hope to appear j as counsel for yon in the cause. • You rs re t pe cf fu’ly, F. I. Osborne; Att» rney General.' FATAL RAILROAD WRECK. The Engineer urn! Three Pasnengern Killed, Three Other* Will |)k- a Zanesville 0.. April s.— A t Whig-- ville, five miles we.ri of Summeriidd, on : the Bdiaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati Railway, au awful wreck took place to day. The coach on the west-bound passenger train jumped the track just before reach ing a trestle which spans a small stream. The structure is built ou a curve, and the coach, after running along the ties until almost across it, dragged tbe en gine from the rails and the trestle went down. The engi. ter and firemen both remain ed at their posts. The former was in stantly killed ami the latter badly injur ed The engineer was Eli Lucas, of this city. A wife and several children sur vive him. Eli Lucas, of this city, engineer, a wife and iwo children survive him. Henry Brown, of Brownsville, and Mrs. Nathan Young and infant daugh ter, from Summerfiehl. Nathan Young, husband of the woman who was killed., had his foot badly mashed. Others it jured are: Joseph Den non. of Burnsville. Ohio, and Frank Ballard of Summerfield, Ohio. Fireman Jones is badly mangled. It is now believed all three will die. SHORTAGE IN THE MINT. Over SOO,OOO Ik .IliKKing and uw Em ploye is Suspected. ( arson, Nev., April 5.--Shortages ap proximating $90,000 have already been found in the mint bySupt. Mason, of the government assay office of New York,, who is here in charge of the investiga tions. All the melts have not been examined and the secret service agents under con trol of Agent Grant, of Chicago, will probably make some important arrests soon. The shortage on one melt alone amounted to #22,000. It is reported to contain 2,200 ounces of metal, half silver and half gold, but it had only 40 ounces of gold. One of the mint employes under sus picion is John Jones, a melter and re finer, who is said to have been spending #SOO to #6OO a month on a salary ot #125.