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The News and Observer
VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 66
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ITS SCOPE AND EFFECT
WIDE DIVERSITY OF OPINION
IN REGARD TO TIIE INCOME
TAX DECISION.
ATTORNEY GEN. OLNEY'S OPINION.
People Who Object to the Tax Must
Pay it Under Protest and Then En
ter Suit lor its Recovery—Other Law
yers Think There is no Hope for Re
lief Until the Matter is Determined
By a Full Bench—The Decision Re
garded asthe Beginning of Litigation.
Washington, April 9.—The scope and
effect of the decision of the Supreme
Court in the income tax cases, so far as
they relate to the collection of the tax
upon incomes, other than those derived
from rents and interest on State and
municipal bonds, are the subject of gen
eral discussion.
A wide diversity of opinion exists upon
this point and the var ous expressions
tend to confuse the average mind.
Attorney General Olney, for instance,
is quoted as saying: “So far as the lower
courts are concerned, the division of the
Supreme Court is as binding as if the
whole court had been unanimous in its
favor. 1 cannot believe that any judge
would grant an injunction to prevent a
collector from collecting the tax on in
comes from other sources than rents or
State and municipal bonds in the face of
the Supreme Court's action. The only
way I can see by which persons who ob
ject to paying the tax can secure judicial
action is by their pacing the tax under
protest and entering suit for its recov
erv.”
But there are other lawyers equally
familiar with the practical effect of de
cisions of the Supreme Court, who say
that the action of the court yesterday
binds no judge in respect to the points
as to wnether the court is evenly di
vided— not e\en the Circuit Court for
the southern district of New York, m
which the cases originated.
“Should a Circuit Judge hold that the
law was unconstitutional,” said an at~
tooney this afternoon, who has had a
large practice in the Supreme Court,
“and issue an injunction against the
collection of the tax, which, however, is
rather improbable in view of the gen
eral practice of courts, that would stand
as the law for that circuit, because it
could not be overturned by a divided
court. Until there is a full bench, how
ever, there does not appear to be much
probability of relief from the operation
of the law against incomes other than
those derived from lauds and municipal
State bonds.
“Even should a court render a judg
ment in favor of a man for the amount
of tax he had paid there is no provision
in the law for a refund in such a case
and the litigant would have to wait for
Congress to appropriate the money be
fore he could get it back.
“All the same, however, I look upon
the decision of the court as only the be
ginning of litigation respecting the law.’’
The impression so generally enter
tained following the announcement of
the opinion in the Hyde and Pollock
cases, that the ease of J. G. Moore for an
injunction against Internal Revenue
Commissioner Miller to prevent him from
carrying out the law iD any particular,
had also been decided was erroneous.
That case is still before the court.
Judge Wilson, one of Mr. Moore's at
torney’s said to-day that they would pro
ceed to get a case ready for the court
when it shall have a full complement of
Judges on the bench.
The many rumors and speculations
concerning an investigation by the court
of the sources of the alleged “Leaks'' by
which their decisions in the income tax
became known in advance of thier an
nouncement, have no foundation. As
was said to day by a gentleman familiar
with the situation: “A hat is there to
investigate? the papers did not publish
any part of the opinion of the court, but
accounts of what occurred in the confer
ence room w hen no one but the eight
gentlemen constituting the court were
present, why should there be an investi
gation.”
THEY WANTED TO LYNCH HIM.
A Prisoner W hose Sentence Had Been
Commuted Narrowly Escapes.
Romney, W. Va., April 9 —Daniel R.
Shawn, whose sentence was commuted
to life imprisonment by Gov. MeCorkle
last week, narrowly escaped death at
the hands of a mob of indignant citizens
last night.
It was found yesterday evening that
an organized band was going to lynch
him. The matter was brought before
tbe sheriffs who immediately took steps
in the matter. As Sheriff Pugh and
Judge Daly were not in town a team was
hitched up and the prisoner rescued from
the jail and hurried to an out of-the-way
place, whence Sheriff J. W. Rolling took
him aboard the early train at a neigh
boring station and started for the peni
tentiary.
A Rush to Pay Income T»x.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 9. —There was
sort of a rush at the office of the Col
lector of Internal Revenue to day to
pay the income taxes in order to get in
before the sth, and avoid the additional
fifty per cent. The taxes that are now
being collected are being taken in ac
cordance with the decision of the Su
preme Court. If the work of the Pitts
burg office has to be gone over again it
will require fully three months to com
plete it .2
KEPT THE BODY TWO MONTHS.
The Undertaker Claims he was Test
ing a New Embalming Fluid.
Detroit, Mich., April 9.- The police
yesterday found the body of a girl by
the name of Myrtle Cook, in the morgue
of undertaker Gibbs. The records of
the office show that the girl died two
months ago in a hospital on Lincoln
avenue.
The undertaker coolly explained
that he was keeping the body
simply to test the merits of a new em
balming fluid. He said that the young
man who had paid him #lO to bury the
body, had said that he did not care if
the body was used for experimental pur
noses. "When the undertaker learned
that tbe police were investigating the
case, he hurriedly buried the body.
The woman at the hospital at first denied
that any one had died there. She after
wards admitted that the girl had died
there, but she did not know who the girl
was. Dr. J. D. Seaman, the attending
physician, said that he did not know
and said the hospital keeper was mis
taken in claiming that he brought the
girl there. The cause of the death was
given as pneumonia.
It is claimed that the baby which was
born at. the hospital is still living. The
body was exhumed this morning for ex
amination.
Dr. Seaman could not be found to
day, but voluntarily gave himself up to
the police this evening. He said that
he had treated the girl at different times
and acknowledged he had taken the girl
to tbe hospital. He declared that she
had died from natural causes, and said
he did not know that the body had been
kept for two months. He claims that
he does not know where the girl came
from. He was not held.
SUN’S COTTON REPORT.
The .Market Closed Firm at a Gain ot
f to G Points.
New York, April 9.—Cotton rose 4 to
5 points, lost most of the advance, then
rail ed and closed firm at a gain of 4 to
6 points, with sale 3 of 100,700 bales.
Liverpool advanced 1 point for futures.
Sales of 18,000 bales.
New Orleans advanced 2 to 4 points.
The New Orleans receipts tomorrow are
estimated at 7,000 bales. Manchester
will not be closed during the Easter holi
days. Silver advanced 18d in London.
The receipts at the ports were 26,882
against 22,193 last year. Spot prices in
this country were generally unchanged
with a light trade. Mobile advanced 1 6c.
Dry goods are firm and the Jaffray
sale has been very favorable. Cotton
goods are higher.
To-dav’s Features.
There was another bullish budget. It
consisted of an active and higher Liver
pool maiket, unfavorable weather ad
vices from the South, a rise in silver,
good buying orders from Europe and
estimated small receipts at New Orleans.
FOUGHT A PITCHED BATTLE.
Six Miners Quarrel and as a Result
Four of Them are Shot.
Birmingham, Ala., April 6.—ln a
pitched battle at Little Warrior, Ala., a
mining camp twenty-one miles west of
Birmingham last night, four men were
shot, one of them fatally.
The participants were J. D. Hooper,
George Hooper and Charles Bredier on
one side and Wm. Bibby, Walter Mc-
Pherson and W. E. Thomas on the other.
Bredier was shot in the neck and will
die; J. D. Hooper received a shot in the
right leg; another shot struck Geo.
Hooper in the face, and Bibby was shot
in the right leg.
The trouble grew out of a lease on the
Little Warrior coal mine, formerly
operated by Hooper, but now leased by
Thomas <fc Bibby. The Thomas party
claim that the Hooper party waylaid in
the road for them and commenced fir
ing before a word was spoken.
No arrests have been made but the
grand jury now in session, it is thought,
will investigate the matter.
ACCUSED OF BUYING VOTES.
A Sensation Produced by Charges
Against States Attorney Dyer.
Columbus, 0., April 9.—Charges were
presented in court to-day against States
Attorney Dyer, accusing him of purchas
ing votes to secure his election. The
charges caused a sensation.
The grand jury had just been charged
and was about to retire when the accusa
tion was presented. Judge Duncan ap
pointed J. G. Lee as attorney to have
charge of the prosecution. Later Mr.
Dyer filed charges of subornation of per
jury against County Engineer J. Dunn
and ex-Commissioner Briggs, who he
caused the accusation to be
made against him.
GEN. A. HARRIS DEAD.
lie Was a Member of the Confederate
States Congress.
Louisville, Ky., April 9.—Gen. A.
Harris died at 11 o’clock this morning at
his home, Locust Lodge, above Pewee
Valley. He had been critically ill for
some time and the end was expected. Tbe
funeral will take place to-morrow.
He commanded a regiment from Mis
souri in the Mexican war and when the
civil war broke out he was given com
mand of another regiment, which fought
with the South. He was sent from Mis
souri as a member of the Confederate
Congress.
Just alter the war he was editor of
the New Orleans Times and did much to
build up that paper He was assistant
Secretary of State of Kentucky at one
time.
RALEIGH, N. C.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10, *895.
BURIED IN THE RUINS
TWO FIVE STORY BUILDINGS
COLLAPSE WITHOUT A MO
MENT’S WARNING.
TEN MEN KILLED. FOUR INJURED.
To Add to the Horror the Debris takes
Fire and an Explosion ot Turpentine
and Oil is Feared—The Men in one
of the Buildings were Warned but
Nobody in the Other Suspected the
Disastrous Accident—West Virginia’s
Oldest Priest among the Dead.
Wheeling, W. Va., April 9.—A few
minutes after 8 o’clock this morning an
awful accident occured.
The five-story buildings, Nos. 120 and
122 Main street, occupied by T. T.
Hutchisson & Co., wholesale hardware
and saddlery dealers, and W. H. Chap
man & Sons, wholesale painters and
builders’ supplies, collapsed with a
deafening roar, burying ten men beneath
the ruins.
To add to the horror the debris took
fire from a natural gas leak.
The greatest damage to life was among
the employes of Hutchisson & Co., all of
whom were at work. At 8 o'clock to
night the list was as follows :
Dead—Father F. H Parke, Vicar
General of W T est Virginia diocese and
chaplain of Mt. De Cantel, the Catholic
seminary here: Benj Pritchard, carriage
builder, of Buckhaunon, W. Va.; Robert
Wincher, employee of Hutchisson &Co.;
Eugene Birch, employee of Hutchisson
& Co.; Michael Horan, employee of
Hutchisson & Co.; Harry Cowl, Western
Union messenger.
The injured are: T. T. Hutchisson,
senior member of the hardware house of
Hutchisson & Co., two ribs broken, head
cut; will recover. M. J. Ford, employe
of Hutchison bruised and cut. E. T.
Williams head cut and several bruises.
G. W T . Clifton, carpenter.
The Hutchisson building stood on the
corner of Alley 9 and Main street, the
Chapman building adjoining.
At the hour mentioned the employes
in Hutchisson’s heard an omnious crack
ing and without a word or moments’
warning or giving the unfortunate men
time to make an effort to escape, the
alley wall fell nown with a terrific crash,
carrying with it the entire structures of
both buildings. Only the rear wall re
mained standing.
Frank Haller, Adam Blum and T. T.
Hutchisson were in the rear office and
were saved by the aid of two men who
prized off the bars of a back window
and rescued the men just before a fall of
bricks buried the room.
The men in the Chapman build
ing fared better. Clifton, oue of
the workmen, noticed the plaster
ing and the wall separating them
from Hutchisson’s crumbling and falling
down. He gave an alarm and not a
minute t >o soon, before the men had
reached the doors brick and mortar were
pelting them in showers. All got out in
time however.
Altogether the loss will amount to
over #200,000.
Father Parke, who was the oldest
Catholic priest in the State, was walking
up the alley when the deplorable affair
occured. Harry Cowl, the messenger boy,
was also killed in the alley while return
ing from a call. Street car travel on
Main s’reet, one of the chief business
thoroughfares, has been blocked all day.
A startling rumor was extant this
eveniDg that an expl ision was imminent,
for stored in the Chapman building is a
car lead of turpentine and oil. If the
fl imes reach this nothing can prevent a
most horrible addition to what is already
the most disastrous accident in the his
tory of this city. At 7:30 o'clock, how
ever, the fire is said to be under control.
NICARAGUAN CANAL BOARD.
England Will Not Send Anyone to Act
With the United States.
London, April 9. —Regarding the
Nicaraguan canal, Sir Edward Gray said
that he was aware of the appointment
of a United States commission and that
the board of inquiry had been ordered to
report before November 3rd. The Brit
ish government, he said, could not con
sider the question of sending anyone to
act with the United States. The
British government was fully sen
sible of the importance of the question
and, in tbe event of the canal enterprise
being undertaken by the American gov
ernment would take care that British
trade received as favorable terms as those
accorded to other nations.
Sir Edward Gray, replying to an inter
rogation by Sir Geo. haden-Peowell said
the government had received no proposal
that they advance money to pay dam
ages awarded to sealers under the award
of the Paris tribunal.
Bismarck’* Health Bad.
London, April 9. —The Morning Post
will to-morrow print a dispatch from
Freiderichsruhe saying that Prince Bis
marck’s health is very unsatisfactory.
This is the result of the recent fetes
which overtaxed the old Chancellor’s
strength. It is doubtful, the dispatch
says, that he will be able to receive all
the other deputations that were to have
visited him.
Peace Soon to be Declared.
London, April 9.—A despatch from
Tien Tsin to the Central News says it is
almost absolutely certain that peace will
be proclaimed within a few days.
SOUTHERN WILL CUT RATES.
The Inter-State Commerce Commission
Gives Its Permission So To Do.
Washington, D. C., April 9. -The
Southern Railway has been successful in
its application to the Inter State Com
merce Commission for authority to
charge less for longer than for shorter
distances for the transportation of pas
sengers between various points on its
lines.
The decision of the Commission grant
ing this was rendered to-day. The or
der of the Commission is as follows:
That the prayer of said petition be and
the same is hereby granted, and said
Southern Railway Company is hereby
authorized to charge less for
tbe transportation of passengers for
longer than for shorter distances over
the same line in the same direction, the
shorter being included within the longer
distance, but only to the extent and upon
the conditions following :
“First, such higher rates for shorter
distances shall not in any case exceed
the lower rates for longer distances by
more than five dollars.
“Second, such lower rates for longer
distances shall not in any case be less
than those previously published by the
Seaboard Air Line or other competing
carriers between the same points.
“Third, such lower rates for longer
distances shall not in any case be less
than the cost of the service rendered.
“This order is hereby declared to be
temporary and provisional pending fur
ther investigation by the commission,
and the same may be modified or re
voked at any time and with or without
notice, in the discretion of the commis
sion.”
STRIKE FUR BETTER WAGES.
The Mill is Paying Only Half What li
Paid Two Years Ago.
Woonsockeg, R. 1., April 9.—The
weavers in No. 1 mill, Waterford, stiuck
to-day, being dissatisfied with the wages.
The price list for weaving was not
posted until this morning, although the
mill has been running three weeks. The
help say the price for weaving a yard ot
cloth at 42 picks to the inch, is 3c, or
about one-half the price paid there
when the mill was last in operation, and
a first-class weaver, by bard labor, could
hardly do more than average more thau
#1 a day.
Day help, it is further asserted, is paid
75 cents a day. The mill had been
closed a year and a half before it was
started.
Glass Workers Strike.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 9.—One hun
dred expert glass workers employed at
Atterburu’s factory struck this morning
on account of the polishing machine
used by the firm. The men claim that
the work done by the machines is in
ferior and that the damages are charged
up against their salaries.
Weavers Strike.
Rockville, Conn., April 9 —The
weavers, about 100 in number, employed
by the Broad Brook Woolen Company,
at Broad Brook, are on a strike on ac
count of excessive fines imposed for im
perfect work.
CHICAGO’S NEW MAYOR.
A Large Crowd Present to See Geo. B.
Swift Installed.
Chicago, April 9. - Geo. B. Swift was
last night installed as mayor. A large
crowd was present in the council cham
ber.
Mr. Swift made only a few remarks in
accepting the mayoralty. He promised
good got eminent and harmony in his
forces. Much surprise was evinced when
he stated that he had two appointments
to make at once.
He announced his selection for city
comptroller, W. D. Wetheriii, a banker,
who held the same position under Carter
Harrison’s administration. TV other
appointment wus that of Fire Marshall
' Sweeney, who is to succeed himself.
NO HOPE OF BEING SAVED.
Bottle Found Containing a Note From
a Passenger on the Reina Regente.
Madrid, April 9. —A bottle has been
washed ashore at liiva Della, containing
the following note written in pencil:
“March 10, 9 o’clock, evening. No
hope of being saved; twelve miles from
Bajo Aceiteras
(Signed) Second,
“Cruiser Reina Regente ”
The government has announced that
it will assist the families of the officers
and rren last on the Reina Regente.
WIFE HAD GONE TO “HEAVEN.”
And the Husband Sued the “Messiah”
lor $50,000 Damages.
Chicago, April 9. —The grand jury in
the #50,000 damage suit of Geo. W.
Ooudrey against J. J. Scbweinfurth, the
alleged Messiah, and his lieutenant \V m.
Baldwin, for alienating the affections of
Mrs. Coudrey by inducing her to enter
the “Heaven” at Rockford, 111., returned
a verdict this afternoon in favor of
Coudrey, awarding him #50,000, the full
amount asked.
The verdict was reached after only
thirty minutes deliberation. No de
fense was made.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis in Richmond.
Richmond, Va., April 9.—Mrs. Jeffer
son Davis and Miss Winnie Davis will
arrive here tomorrow for the purpose of
being present at the reinterment in the
Davis section in Hollywood cemetery of
the remains of young Jefferson Davis,
who died in Memphis some year, ago of
yellow fever.
FATAL MINE DISASTER
TWENTY-ONE OR MORE MEN
KILLED BY A FRIGHTFI L
EXPLOSION.
ONLY TWO MINERS ESCAPED.
The Blue Canon Coal Mine Near New
Whatcom, Washington, the Scene of
an Awful Tragedy—One of the Sur
vivors Tells a Weird Story of the Ex
plosion and the Dead Miners Over
Whom he Stumbled—The Work of
Rescuing the Victims Going On.
New Whatcom, Wash,. April 9
! Little news as to the terrible explo-
I sion in the Blue Canon coal mine yes
! terday is at hand.
According to Kearns, the only survi
! vor thus far known, who was working
! in one of the chambers, the explosion oe-
I curred in a breast, or working, about
| one thousand feet from where tbe tun
nel terminated in the gangway. As the
maiu vertical air shaft pierced the gang
| way close by the intersection of the tun
| nel, it could but poorly carry off the
i poisonous vapor following the ignition
! of the fire damp.
The noise of the explosion warned the
miners in the chambers to flee but they
entered the gangway only to be over
come by gas. Tbe shock was slight where
Kearns was working, as his lamp was
not put out, nor was he thrown down by
the concussion. It is a mystery,however,
that he should have been able to pass
through the gangway to the exit passage,
j in face of the poisonous vapor, and he
I tells a weirerl story of stumbling over
bodies of victims and downfalls of de
-1 bris in getting out.
Gellum, the only survivor besides
Kearns thus tar known, was working
near the entrance to the tunnel. It was
about the hour for the new shift to go
on duty and the men were on the way
from the barracks to the tunnel when
the explosion was heard. Had they but
entered the gang way the loss of life
would have been doubled.
Twenty-three men were in the mine
I and Kearns and Gellum, are the only
| ones known to tie alive.
The mine is on Lake W hatcoru, nearly
; ten miles from Whatcom. Every effort
j is being put forth to rescue the im
: prisoned men.
A steamer has left New Whatcom with
; Supt. John Donovan, two company phy
i sicians, and other doctors for the scene
jof the disaster. A corps of miners also
j accompanies the expedition, and the
work of rescue will be begun at once.
The mine was inspected a few weeks
i ago and pronounced safe.
BASEBALL IN THE SOUTH.
Portsmouth’s Team Cancels its En
gagement With the Baltimore Team.
Norfolk, Va , April 9.—The Balti
more team, which was scheduled to play
j the Portsmouth's this afternoon, arrived
| in this city last night from Petersburg
and “put up” at a hotel in this city.
| Late in the evening the manager of the
, Portsmouth team telephoned to Manager
! Hanlon, informing him that he must take
his team to Portsmouth and stop at the
hotel there. This Manager Hanlon re
fused to do, as his team will play the
Norfolks to-morrow and he could see no
reason why he should take his team to
Portsmouth to stop and so informed the
manager of that team. The latter told
Hanlon that if his team did not stop
at Portsmouth that he would cancel
the contract. This Hanlon thought
was a “bluff” and today he and
his team drove to the Portsmouth
ball grounds only to find the
gates locked and no one in sight. He
huuted upjthe manager, and in a few hot
words the Portsmouth manager told
him that the contract was cancelled,
aud even refused to allow the Baltimore
players to go inside the grounds and
“toss” the ball.
Manager Hanlon says he will bring
1 the matter to the notice of President
1 Young, of the National League, and
asked that the Portsmouth management
make good the loss sustained.
Boston 13; Norfolk O.
Norfolk, Va., April 9. — The Boston
team defeated the Norfolks here to day.
Score: Norfolks 6, Boston 13. Batter
ies: Norfolks —Herr, Setley and Geier;
Boston—Sullivan, Dolan, Hodson, War
ner and Ryan.
Pittsburg 15; Koauoke 2
Roanoke, Va., April 9.—The Pitts
burgs defeated the Roanokes here this
afternoon by a score of 15 to 2. Owing
to the cold weather not more than 400
people were present. Score: Roanoke, !
2; Pittsburg, 15. Batteries: Dunn, Lloyd i
aud Clark; Hart and Winslow.
Lynchburg 9; Lancaster 1.
Lynchburg, Va., April 9.— The Lan- j
caster, Pa., State League team joined
Issue here to-day with the Lynchburg
State Leaguers aud received a sound
drubbing. Orth pitched the entire game
for the home team. Lancaster put in
her two strongest twirlers, Buckley and
Yerkers, but they could not stop the
heavy hitting tobacconists.
Score: Lynehbury 9; Lancaster 4.
Batteries: Orth and Ferguson; Bink
ley, Yerkers and Arthur.
Hagen beck’s Trained Animals Hold.
Chicago, April 9.—The Hagenbeck
trained animals, which amused the vis
itors to the Midway Plaisance of the
World’s Fair, were sold to-day at auction
by the sheriff to satisfy a judgmen.t of
#4,700, advanced by Edward Dyerling,
one of Ilagenbeck’s trainers. He bid in
the lot for #5,000
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
COUNTERFEIT POSTAGE STAMP.
j The New Pink Two Cent Stamp The
One Operated Upon.
Washington, D. C., April 9. A Chi
! cago paper printed this morning an ac
; count of the discovery by United States
| Secret Service Operatives of an exten
i sive counterfeiting of the pink two cent
stamps. It was stated that a package
containing 10,000 of these counterfeit
stamps had been discovered in the Chi
cago office of Wells-Fargo’s Express.
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Kerr Craig, who has supervision of the
| stamps, said to day that about a month
j ago he received from a postmaster in the
West, a counterfeit two cent stamp, and
1 upon exrmination with a magnifying
, glass he detected that it was spurious.
| All the lines of a genuine stamp, he said,
I were even and regular, but the counter
feit was ragged and blurred and the col
oring defective. An expert, he added,
could tell the good one. Upon receipt
of this stamp Inspectors were set to
work, but whether the present discovery
was the outcome of that investigation
i he would not state.
Gen. Craig said he thought the story
somewhat magnified, but in any event
it would not necessitate the recalling of
the issue of two cent stamps.
Packages of tbe Stamps Seized.
Chicago, April 9 -A package of
counterfeit stamps, which were seized
yesterday by government officiate, was
addressed to Nathan Herzog, a cigar
dealer in the rotunda of the Chamber of
Commerce. They were shipped by ex
i press from Buffalo by the Canadian
i Novelty Company, of Toronto. Herzog
! examined the package when received,
j He then telephoned the United States
Marshal and Postoffice Inspector Stuart.
Herzog said to-day in explaining his
innocent connection with the scheme:
*‘l dispose of about #IOO worth of stamps
daily, my customers being the tenants of
the Chamber of Commerce. I buy the
stamps from wholesale dealers and firms
who do a mail business. They get a
surplus of stamps and I buy thetp at a
small discount. Answering an adver
tisement in a Chicago newspaper, read
ing as follows: “We have #lls U. S. 2c
stamps which we cannot use here. Will
send them by express C. O. D., privilege
of examination, for #IOO. Canadian
Novelty and Supply Co., Hamilton, Ont.”
“I answered the advertisement taking
all the stamps. I discovered that the
color was light, and I suspected that
they were not genuine, and I told the
messenger. The messenger replied that
I need not be afraid, as he had delivered
four similar packages within the last
hour.”
Capt. Porter, of the Secret Service,
has 28,750 of the bogus stamps in his
; possession, the packages secured by the
! other four Chicagoans having
been secured. Captain Porter refuses
|to disclose the names of the
I other concerns. Although the secret
service agents at Buffalo and Canada
had been notified last night, he believed
the premature publication of the facts
would result in the escape of the gang.
Postoffice Inspector Stuart said this
was the first time he had heard of eonn
terfeiting stamps iu his thiity years ex
perience as postal inspector. He de-
I dared the government would have to
| withdraw the issue.
The Canadian Novelty Company.
Hamilton, Ont., April 9.—The Cana
j dian Novelty Supply Company, referred
1 to in a Wa-hington dispatch as suspected
of counterfeiting United States postage
{ stamps, was located this evening in the
| rear of a s ; ore occupied by F. Dunn,
painter, at 22 King William Street.
The place is only half a block from
police headquarters, but the names of
the Novelty Supply Company people can
not be learned to-night The police are
working on the clue bur decline to furn
ish an) information.
CUBAN INSURGENTS DEFEATED.
The I eader el the Baud Killed and
Many ol flis Follower* Wounded.
Havana, April 9 The Governor of
i Puerto Principe n ports that a band of
insurgents, numbering forty-eight men,
have been attacked by the government
j troops in the vicinity of San Meguil.
The leader of the band was killed and a
number of his followers were wounded,
j One was taken prisoner aud the re
mainder fled toward the river.
Gen. La Chamber reports that a gov
ernment reconnoiteriug party to-day
met a band of insurgents, taking three
prisoners. The rest of the band fled and
are being closely pursued.
Things Looking Bad in Cuba.
Jacksonville, April 9. —Special to the
! Times Union from Tampa, Fla., says:
A gentleman who left Havana Satur
day says of the situation in Cuba:
“Things are looking rocky, even in
Havana. Business in depressed and in
spite of the government and Americans
who have large holdings there, the sit
uation is serious and growiug worse every
day. The insurgents have a well armed
force in the field and can place as many as
20,000 men in service on short notice. But
their plan is to make a Guerilla warfare
of it for the present. When the govern
ment shows its hand fully then they will
act.
“The coming of Campos means the
beginning of the struggle iu earnest. He
brings authority from Madrid to garrot
and shoot every rebel captured in the
field, aud the atrocities of the last rebel
lion will be repeated. During that
struggle men were shot, thrown into
prisou, aud the women of the rebels were
outraged and their homes burned. But
the rebels are prepared to meet the en
emy at every point. They are fully or
ganized aud equipped this time.”