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OF SOUTH AMERICAN PROVINCE
Commander of United States Gunboat
Marietta at Puerto Cortez Orders
Arrest of Chief of Police and Pat
rolman, Nicaraguan Officers and
Soldiers Following Brutal Assault
on Negro.
Puerto Cortez. " General" Davis,
colored, was brutally assaulted at Pu
erto Cortez, April 27, by Nicaragaun
soldiers, and may die.
Commander Fullam, of the United
States gunboat Marietta, ordered the
arrest of Xicaraug-an officers and sol
diers and if the man dies they will
be tried for murder. Fullam has as
sumed charge. Davis is not an officer.
His name is "General" and his home
is at Boyce Station, Louisiana.
Commander Fullam 's orders were
sharp, and decisive. "Arrest the chief
of police, and the policemen engaged
ia the assault, put them in irons, and
send them aboard ship. Arrest the
Kiearaugan officers and men engagod
in 1 lie assault and hold thera for or
ders. It was thought possible that an at
tempt would be made to release the
soldiers and police captured by the
bluejackets, so men were landed from
the Paducah to occupy Laguna and
additional men were landed from the
Marietta.
The Parueah moved to a position
fronting the Nicaraguan cuarteis
while the Marietta covered the cu.ir
tels in the port.
Captain Fullam, finding that Ihe
civil authorities were incapable of
maintaining order, that the govern
ment of Tegucigalpa was a mere pro
visional agreement of certain leaders
and that so far gave no evidence o!
stability, decided to ignore the au
thorities and recognize the only or
ganized and disciplined force here un
der General Estrada, commanding Use
Xicaraguan forces who had in the
meantime returned from an outing.
The Xiearaugan officers and men
arrested were delivered by Captain
Fullam "s orders to General Estrada,
who was advised that they wcuM be
held responsible. Xotice was v-d
upon the Honduran and Xiehari ::gai:
authorities that reparation would
demanded and punishment must " in
flicted on all of the perpetral.. . u!
the outrage.
Hotel Carr-olina Burned.
Durham, X. C-, Special The
Carr-olina, Durham's principal
hotel, Avas entirely drslroy
destroyed by fire of unknown 01 i
uin which was discovered in c;.? cf
the rooms in the north wing at l!:I-
o'clock Thursday night. There v.o-t
between 50 and 75 guests in the hotel
and all escaped without injury s tv.i
as can 'be ascertained, though rt?ar'i-
ait of them lost their personal tfi'ee'.r.
For a time the entire block vr.
threatened and assistance was fske .
of the Raleigh department, but the
local firemen mastered the sihv.ijn
before this aid could arrive. The ho
tel was the property of Col. Juli: -i 8.
Carr and was under the managc-r.ie:;'.
of Mr. Alphonso Cobb. The los will
reach $100,000 and the amount ol' in
surance is not known at this time. Tin
hotel is located near the union d
pot in the centre of the town. It v
authoritively stated that no one v.v
injured though there were Fe.er:s
narrow escapes. The hotel was e: ect
cd in 1893 at a cost of $90,000. :
was insured for $40,000. The c.ius
of the fire cannot be learned.
Third Planting of Cotton in Lcuiclans
Xew Orleans, Special. A thirV
planting of cotton will ,be neee:?ar;
in Lincoln parish, Louisiana, on n
count of the unseasonable wsathe:
Overflows caused by heavy rains .in
the cause of the latest disaster to ,b
crop. The farmers' one ray of hor- -in
the situation is that the wet wcaC
er has in some measure drowned ol
the boll weevil.
Walls of Dam Give Way.
San Antonio, Tex., Special. J'
special from Chinhuahua, Mex., scys:
Without an instant's warning th
great walls of the Chivuscar dam pav
way engulfing nearly 40 men undo,
the enormous weight of masonry .-.m
water, between 15 and 20 of who!:
are dead, 13 injured and others up
accounted for. Some of the inj-re
will die. The disaster is only the !?
of a large number which have reeouC.
claimed nearly 200 victims in th.
State, and mostly in the neighhoi
hood of Chihuahua.
George Fox Kills Fred. Muse.
Spencer, Special.- Fred Muse, col
ored, was shot and killed here car!;
Thursday morning by George Fos, i
fellowi laborer, -it the Southern Rail
way cinder pit on the Spencer yards
It is learned that Fox, who work si1
on the night shift, went to sleep' while
on duty and that Muse attempted
awaken him by holding a lighted ra.
under his nose. This enraged Fo:
and a quarrel followed, which was rr
nwed (it interval? during the uijht.
GINS
VOL' XITY PTTTfiTjnuri ttt a Witt it - - ' -
ERS SAVED FROM
FLOODED GUt SHAFT
Starving Toilers Rescued After
Hundred Hours of Agony.
c0UND BY HEROIC COMRADES
Tell Their Experience Economized
on Food in Lunch Baskets and
Kept Only One Lamp Burning
In Exhausted Condition.
Johnstown, Pa. The seven miners
rvho for five days have been imnris
oned in the innermost depths of the
flooded Berwind-White coal mine at
Foustwell were reached by two he
roic rescuers at 10 o'clock in the
night of the fifth day. All seven
were found alive and well, but suf
fering terribly from thirst and the
darkness.
- In the morning when Iho last of
the water had been rmmned from
the milo of flooded tunnel that
blocked their way to rfetv ihev
were led to the month of the shaft. '
The names of the two m?n who
reached the, entombed ssvon will ?o
down in the hisforv of mine heroism
tue hravflst of tho brave " Thes
"ien are Mny Rodon and Charles
Ream. After one rescue partv had
srivpu up in csnaJr vhov s-va.ni fiftv
feet thronrTi the p'tch-black torinous
t'lr.rpl and dragged themselves uroa
the ledge where the entombed min
ers sat. The rescuers were more
iead thnij the men to whom they
hronont the bone of life.
"When, two hours after the first he
roic swim. Rparo, half r-onclons and
exhausted, stf-gered hack to the
head of the shaft to brine news of
the rescue, such a roar of iov and
we!eo-.i wenh up from the anxious
crow! in wsriinqr that the sronnd
trembled and the echoes carried for
Earlier in iha day a first attempt
at reachnz Iho entombed men had
been mn.To by a uar.y of four, head
ed by John P.olya. brother of Foro
wan P.olya, nm or the seven wiihin
Ihi miu?. r,ni the water was still
too high, and though Rolya. frenzied
with si-ief as he thousrht of his
brother's starvation, had desperatelv
tiived in .au attempt to s im hevond
the high water mark, his compan
ions were forced to pull him back by
the ropa they had tied around his
waist as a precaution, and return.
At that time the surface of the flood
reached the dome of the narrow shaft
in many snots along the mile of wind
ing length between the mouth and
the little eminence whereon the
sevpn imprisoned men sat waiting.
Tha return of this party empfv
ha'uled drove th? tho-i sands outside
half wild with grief and disappoint
ment. Efforts at pumping were then re
doubled. At 10 o'clock the wain
had so' far gone down that it was re
solved to make one more attempt to
break through to the overcast, v.-he re
it wa3 believed the unfortunate men
were still alive.
Rodon and Ream volunteered for
the service. They made a dash
through filty feet cf. water filled
heading, reached the starving men.
All seven were not only aiivo, but
well, though greatly exhausted from
their long confinement. They were
cheerful, too, despite the danger of
mental breakdown. In fact, it was
to ward off the phantoms threatening
them in the unfathomed gloom be
yond the small space lighted by their
lamp that they kept up their spirits.
The rescuers swam under water for
many feet to get to them, and when
they arrived in the air chamber
where the captives waited for help,
they for the moment were in worse
plight than the men they had braved
all to suve. For the rescuers were
half drowned by their protracted sub
mersion, whereas the other men were
siuging with forced gayety when the
dramatic reunion under ground oc
curred. Tne entombed miners were sup
plied with abundance of food for
days through the forethought of their
leader, Michael Boiya, the contractor
in charge of the heading swept by
the flood. When the water surged
around the seven, mounting from
knees to hips and reaching for their
throats, Bolya shouted to his com
panions to save their luncheon bas
kets. Half consciously they obeyed
him. They needed no admonition
from him to keep their lights dn
That they did automatically, with the
instinct of their kind.
The rescued men are: Michae!
Boyla, John Howard, John Cones,
Stephen Ballard, George and John
Meka and Michael Petre.
DIED OP REMORSE.
Edward Linne, of St. Louis, Struck
His Mother and Committed Suicide.
St. Louis, Mo. At the inquest into"
the death of Edward Linne, twenty
four years old, who committed sui
cide, it developed that Linne took his
life because of remorse in having
struck his mother. He had been out
of work and his mother chided him
for not making further effort to se
cure employment. In a rage he
struck her in theface. Later he re
turned and weepingly begged for
giveness, which she granted. Then
he shot himself.
Suicide From 111 Health.
Captain William H. Thompson, for
thirty years in the oyster trade at
Baltimore, Md., shot himself ead in
that city on account of ill health.
Germany's Peace Policy,
The German Chancellor, Prince
von Buelow, in a speech before the
Reichstag, clearly defined Germany's
position in regard to a discussion of
limitation of armaments at The
Hague.
Food For Starving Chinese. "
- The United States transport Bed
ford sailed from San Francisco for
China with 4,000,000 pounds of flour
on board iov the famine sufferers iu
the BQrtfceaitera part of the empire,
. jfi A,i h a m 1 '' '1 ' nil H v- 1 H I ' KrSl r Y iHY 0 1007
PRESIDENT POTS OUT
THIRD TERM FEELER
Reynolds Said to Be Sounding
Public Pulse Confidentially.
CIRCULAR LETTER PUT -FORTH
Kansas Republicans Hesitate to Be
lieve Roosevelt Out of the Race
Taft Thought to Be In Favor
Copy of Document Sent Out.
Washington, D. C. It was learned
by a visit of James B. Reynolds, of
New York, to the White House, that
the League of Republican Clubs was
feeling the pulse of the people in re
lation to a third term for President
Roosevelt. Reynolds was the Presi
dent's confidential man in the inves
tigation of the beef, packers, and he
is engaged yet in special work of a
confidential nature for the President.
Reynolds had a talk with the Presi
dent, then hastened to New York.
Reynolds, it is known, spent his
time in New York at the headquar
ters of the League of Republican
Clubs. When asked if he was using
the League to feel the public pulse in
the interests of the President, he an
swered: "What a question. It would be
out of place in one who is doing spe
cial work for the President to an
swer that question."
It became known, however, that
the League of Republican Clubs is
sending out circular letters to Re
publicans in all parts of the country,
and as Reynolds is one of the lead
ing officials of the League it is said
that the work is being done under
his guidance.
This is a copy of the letter:
"My Dear Sir In view of the
present agitation and the sharply
drawn issues between the Adminis
tration of President Roosevelt and
its critics, will you kindly send confi
dentially to this headquarters your
view of the sentiment of the voters
of your district, whether for or
against President Roosevelt; your
opinion as to the developments of
the next year, and what course is
likely to be taken politically in your
district with reference to the election
and instruction or non-instruction of
delegates to the Republican National
Convention of next year?
"It will be a great favor if you
will kindly respond at length to this
letter. I am, yours respectfully and
sincerely. JOHN A. STEWART."
Stewart is president of the New
York State League.
"Out in Kansas," said Representa
tive Miller, of that State, "the peo
ple are not disposed to make any
alisnmenis for the Republican nom
ination until they feel absolutely cer
tain that the President is out of the
race. Somehow they are not willing
to accept what ha said in his state
ment on election night in 1904, and
believe that he may be induced to
again enter the" field. This is in spite
of the fact that Senator Long, who
stands close to the President, recent
ly returned home from Washington
and gave an interview saying the
President was not in the race and
declaring himself for Taft. It will
take another utterance from the Pres
ident before the people of Kansas
and elsewhere will relinquish their
hesitancy about supporting the can
didacy of any other man."
Most of the statesmen and politi
cians at the White House were not
in talkative mood. Senator Knox, of
Pennsylvania, was one of these.
AVhen arked whether he had any
thing to say connected with Presi
dential politics, he replied: "I am
not involved in these great matters."
But the "reactionaries" think he is.
Secretary Taft was another who
did not yield to the opportunity to
say something of political interest,
lie said that he wanted a chance to
attend to business, and preferred to
leave politics alone.
INSURANCE MEN ARRESTED.
CJcorgo IT. Scriigham and Others
Charged With Falsifying Ballots.
New York City. Seeking to have
agents of the New York Life Insur
ance Company jailed on the charge
of forging signatures of policy hold
ers in the recent elections of direct
ors, George R. Scrugham, manager
for the International Policy Holders'
Committee, and two employes were
arrested, charged with conspiracy.
The warrant was served on Scrugham
in the Hotel Hampton, in Albany, by
Detective Fitzsimmons, of District
Attorney Jerome's office. The pris
oner was put on a train leaving that
city for this city, where he will be
arraigned.
The complaint on which the three
were arrested, which had been drawn
up by Assistant District Attorney
Walter B. Howe, accused Scrugham
and his assistants of tampering with
defective ballots which had been sent
to the Policy Holders' Committee to
be cast in support of the committee's
ticket. It was charged these ballots
were altered so that they could bo
counted. It is asserted that between
2 0 00 and 3000 envelopes, containing
votes, were found, to which the
names of policy holders had been af
fixed by the defendants or at their
direction.
Hcnduraa Factions Fight.
Advices from Puerto Cortez tald
of a fight iu Tegucigalpa between
Honduran factions, in which seven
persons were killed.
Frost in Tennessee,
The Tennessee State Board of
Agriculture reports serious injury to
wheat from treses. Complaints of
green bug damage are less numerous
with none received outside of the
Southwest.
Russia Abolishes Drumhead Courts.
Bills were passed by the Russian
Duma regulating the year's military
service, abolishing drumhead courts
martial and appropriating $3,000,000
for famine relief.
BITS S KEWS
WASHINGTON'.
Frederick I. Allen, United States
Commissioner of Patents, resigned.
The Administration, it is. said, is
laying plans to institute criminal
proceedings against E. H. Harriman.
President Roosevelt will leave
Washington for hjs summer home at
Oyster Bay on June 12.
The Treasury Department has giv
en notice that if white clerks in the
Fourth Auditor's office do not wish to
work under a negro they can resign.'
President Roosevelt will urge the
European nations to join him in his
disarmament program at The Hague
Peace Conference.
Chief Justice Fuller, in the Su
preme Court, announced that the
present term of the Court would be
closed on May 2 9.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
made his first call at the White House
since the "conspiracy dinner" in
March.
William Loeb, Jr., secretary to the
President, will, it was reported in
Washington, resign his office to be
come president of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company.
Assistant Postmaster - General
Hitchcock, who returned to Washing
ton from the South, denied that the
President sent him on a political mis
sion, but said the Republicans of
Georgia, South Carolina and Florida
were all Roosevelt men.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
Fifteen hundred cigarmakers, em
ployed by a firm with factories in San
Juan, Porto Rico, and, at Bayamon,
struck for an increase in pay and bet
ter and more ma.terial to work with..
There are probably forty varieties
of bananas cultivated in Hawaii, but
only some half a dozen of these have
a commercial value.
Havana - newspapers discuss with
Interest the suggestion for the feder
alization cf the Cuban capital.
General Jose Miguel Gomez gave
out a platform on which he seeks the
libei'al nomination for the Cuban
Presidency.
No rain has fallen in the southern
districts of Porto Rico in six months,
and it is estimated that forty per
cent, of the sugar crop will bo lost.
Purchase of Cuban church proper
ty for government use brought out
charges of graft against American
officials in Havana. -
Manila's budget for 1906-07 ia
about $1,500,000, of which $146,
000 is for schools, and $418,000 for
police. After a while those amounts
will be reversed.
Pearl fishing in Moro Province,
Philippine Islands, can only be done
now by vessels built in the United
Stales, or in the Philippines.
D031ESTIC.
.To'in P. Rockefeller deeded his
rroperiy in Cleveland and Cuyahoga
CcuTity, Ohk, to his son. and gave
land worth ? 2, 00 0,0 00 to the Univer
sity of Chicago.
Labor unions are to complete a de
fense fund of SI, 000. 000 for Moyer,
Haywood and Pettibone. About
5101,00 0 has been contributed in
New York City.
Chairman In g alls of the Big Four
called upon Hie railways to observe
the laws and predicted a panic should
the present railway conditions b?
prolonged.
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.,
celebrated the one hundreth anniver
sary of the birth of Ezra Cornell, its
founder.
David Willco::, formerly president
of the Delaware and Hudson Com
pany, shot himself at sea.
It was positively announced that
the value of the bonds stolen from
the Trust Company of North Amer
ica, New York City, is at least $500,
000. The cruiser Baltimore arrived at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard after four
years' service in the Far East.
In a fire at Fulton, Ky., four chil
dren of a Greek merchant named Ho
uad were burned to death.
It was announced that the State
Banking Department would examine
the securities with various trust com
panies in New York City.
Robbers dynamited the safe in the
posioffice at Avon, Mass., getting
300 in cash and stamps.
FOREIGN.
The peasant deputies of the reac
tionary party were received by the
Russian Emperor. Their appeal for
an audience has drawn bitter attacks
from the radicals.
Tii ere was' further rioting on the
Island of St. Lucia, and the Governor
sent a telegram to Barbadoes saying
that aid was urgently needed.
M. Plchon announced that France's
policy at the Peace Conference at
The Hague would follow the course
adopted at the first meeting of deie-
Tiio British tank steamer Lucifer,
from New York for Belfast, wa3
abandoned at sea, her crew being tak
en on board the British steamer Sa
gami. Am in es Sultan, former Persian
Grand Vizier and long exiled, has ar
rived in Teheran, being received with
marked distinction by the Shah.
The $75,000,000 German Treasury
bond issue was subscribed some forty
fivo times over. - -
A further proof of the good will of
the Russian Premier, M. Siolypin, to
v.ard the Russian Duma has been
given in his proposal to allow csperta
to advis-3 Parliamentary commissions.
ThlTTadical" "m embers of the Rusr
sian Duma accused the police and the
Right of fomenting disorders, tho
Poles voting witii them in revenge for
opposition to their autonomy pro
gram, '
A prominent British resident of
Constantinople' announces that a sec
ond Suez Canal, under British aus
pices alone, Is now assured, and that
a, concession is only a matter of a few
weeks. ' -
Franz If jeliman, professor of bot
any at Upsala (Sweden) University,
died. He accompanied Nordenskjold
98 several of big Polar expeditions.
AGAINST
l jsTATEHOOl) SCHOOL j :
i 4i T ROOSEVELT, ftmcpAL .
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By
THE WHOLE STATE OF
WITH ROOSEVELT FOR
A Jean Yaljean in Real Life Has Aroused
the Sympathy of High and Low.
Tiinotrin T" C Prpirient.
Roosevelt in a note to the Depart- j
menr or jusuce expressed me opin
ion ihat John William January, of
Missouri, should have his sentence
commuted at once or be pardoned
outright. He wrote as follows:
Deiiartment of Justice:
"In view of the statements of the
judges, bank presidents and so forth,
who know him, I think Anderson's
nine years of life as an honest citi
zen, hard working and of good re
pute, warrant us in commuting his
sentence at once or in pardoning him
outright.
"Which do 70u think ought to be
done? Are there sufficient reasons
for not doing either?
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
The whole State of Missouri has
risen up in appeal to President
Roosevelt for a pardon for this West
ern Jean Valjeau, who has just been
recaptured in Kansas City after an
nnrie'ht. find rirosnerous life of nine
years, during which he had proved j
himself ouejof the best citizens of the
place. Missouri is asking the Presi- i
dent to give the man a "square deal," j
and there doss not seem to be much i
doubt that Missouri's request will be
granted.
John William January, thirteen or ,
fourteen years ago, when he was just ;
twenty-one years old, broke into the '
postoffice at Hennessey, Okla., for ,
the purpose of robbery. He got no ,
booty woita anything, but was j
caught, tried in the Federal Court at I
Guthrie, and sentenced to serve five
years in the penitentiary.
In prison January was a model of
good behavior. He was working for ;
the good conduct commutation, and '
had come to within eight mouths of j
the time when he would be liber-(
ated, when he saw a chance to escape ;
and took it. He worked his way ,
north, and after a time got work on ,
a railroad with a construction gang. !
enough to get to Kansas City. There,
under the name or unaries vv. An
derson, he got a job on a street rail
way. He was steady and sober,
worked hard and saved his money.
Kansas City is a red-hot city politi
cally, and the fact that he never
could be induced to vote, even on
questions in which the street railroad
men were deeply interested, caused
some to marvel, but Anderson, aware
of his civil disability through his pri
son sentence, held steadfastly aloof.
At length: he saved enougn money t
to buy out a small restaurant near .
the car bams of the street railroad.
His principal customers were his for- ,
mer workmates. He stucii to his
restaurant as he had to his railroad
work, and as before he prospered.
He had lived so long undetected that
he began to believe he was safe, so
he married and had one child, a five-year-old
girl.
He made enough money to ouy a
better business in a more thriving lo
cality. He sold his first place for a
good price, and was looking for a
new one when he was caught. It
happened that a man who had been
in the penitentiary at Leavenworth !
with him met him on the street and (
recognized him. The ex-eonvict fol- ,
lowed Anderson and made himself .
known. Anderson realized at once
that he was in the man's hands, and
lost if he chose to betray him. The
man proposed that they go "down- .
town and have some fun."
"No," answered Anderson. "I
have quit all that. I am married and
have a family. I don't want to have
Stormy Scene in !unia,
An attack on the army by a radi
cal member of the D urn a caused a
stormy scene, followed by an ultima
tum frora the Cabinet that unies3 the
member vaa suspended relations
would be broken.
Fuel Futave For Alcohol.
. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
told the Americas Club, in Pittsburg,
Pa , that coal, wood and oil would
some day be exhausted and alcohol
would take their places.
NO. 39
THE RULES.
f 5X-.
Robert Isbell, in the Washington Post.
MISSOURI PLEADS ,
CONVICT'S FREEDOM
anything to do with' you."
The convict knew there was a
standing reward of $60 for informa
tion that woild lead to the recapture
of escaped prisoners. He got in com
munication with the prison authori
tits, and promised, if the money was
forthcoming, to reveal the where
abouts of January.
The authorities promised, and the
information was given them, with the
Jesuit that the police of Kansas City
were requested to arrest ' Anderson.
Two policemen, hating their task,
took the-man they knew to have been
a good citizen for nine years, and
locked him up. Then it developed
that the convict who had betras'ed
him could not receive the reward af
ter all. because such money could be
paid only to citizens, and he was out
side the pale. So it was offered to
the two policemen who made the ar
rest. Ecth spurned it.
There was nothing for the court
to do but remand Anderson to prison.
He did not attempt to deny his Iden
tity and went back to Leavenworth
to serve out the unexpired portion of
his full sentence, all his good conduct
commutation having been forfeited
by his escape. That was about a
week ago.
Kansas City rose up In his behalf,
and all Missouri followed the lead of
the city. The two policemen who
had scorned the blood money accept
ed it and turned it into the fund that
was raised to help obtain Anderson's
pardon. Everybody in Kansas City
lent a hand. Doctors, lawyers,
judges, merchants, the Mothers and
Homemakers' Club, the Board of
Trade, the Chamber of Commerce,
labor organizations and private indi
viduals, either signed petitions or
wrote directly to the President.
The House of Representatives of
the State-Legislature, by formal reso
lution, added its weight to the appeal
to Mr. Roosevelt. The judge before
whom January had beeu tried wrote
una of the strongest letters ever re
ceived at the Department of Justice,
and the warden of the penitentiary
made an rppeal. Nothing, he said,
could better serve to convince the
prisoners now in the penitentiary of
the relentless pursuit of wrongdoers
by the Government than the manner
in which January had been brought
back after nine years. But the mere
bringing him back had served to en
force that lesson. Now there was
opportunity to add to it a lesson
equally striking, in the mercy as well
as the justice of the Government, by
giving the man who had proved his
reform a pardon or his old offense.
Neither the V. jite House nor the
Department of Justice knew at first
what it wa all about. By the time
the slow-going official mail had
brought the information there were
thousands of unofficial appeals for
mercy for January. Then came a
k worn certificate that a petition signed
by 37,000 citizens of Kansas City was
on' its way. Senator Warner and
Representative Ellis took up the case.
Their constituents in solid mass de
manded that they should act.
The red tape of official methous
compels a little delay. Usually it is
a great deal of delay. But in this
case the pardon attorney of the De
partment of Justice will have his
opinion ready promptly after the offi
cial application from Mrs. Anderson
for her husband's pardon is in his
hands. Then it will go to Attorney
Geueral Bonaparte for his recommen
dation, and thence to the President
for action.
Typhoid Kills Scranton Student.
Joseph Twiss, of Scranton, Pa., a
student of medicine at the Medico
Chirurgtcal College, died from ty
phoid fevci, which he contracted a
few days ago. The young man, he
was only twenty-one years old, was a
on of James Twiss, a well known bo
telkeeper, of Scranton, and a former
Select Councilman.
Kansas Wheat Ninety Average.
Secretary Coburp, in his official re
port, says the present average of the
Kansas wheat crop is ninety per cent.
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FREED BY "UNWRiTTEH LAW,
L. D. Siron?, n Macon Merchant;
Kilted ftan Sister Accused.
Tragct'y Followed Indictment of it
Gcrgia Printer Maid o Have .
Attacked Woman Employe. '
Maco: Ca. Within three hours
after his slrtying of Henry D. Smith, a
wealthy priuter, here, L. D. Strong,
manager of one of the largest stores
in the city, was released from arrest
following a verdict by a corouer'9
jury of "justifiabla homicide.'' The
unwritten lav wa3 the justification.
The trag3dy aroused tremendous ex
citement throughout the city, chiefly
by reason of the prominence of the
principals, and the fact that Strong
had fired, as he believed, in punish
ment for the wronging of his tister.
When Strong stepped out of the cor
oner's courtroom a free man he was
received with enthusiastic cheers.
Smith lived just long enough to deny
the accusation against him. He said
he knew he was dying, and that h
was innocent.
. Strong fired five bullets into the
boay of his victim. The murder was
witnessed by a score of Smith's em
ployes. Among them were six women,
all of whom fell to the floor fainting.
Five minutes before the shooting the
Grand Jury bad handed up an in
dictment against Smith charging him
with an attack on Miss Lillian Strong,
sister of the murderer The girl her
self was.the chief witness.
In a short, hearing before the cor
oner's jury it was told that a week
ago the young woman went to her
brother and made a statement re
flecting on Smith. She was employed
in Smith's office. The statement in
flamed Strong, and he got a revolver
with the purpose of immediately kill
ing the printer. His; sister restrained
him, and finally he promised to take
no action further than to carry the
case to the Grand Jury.
Strong went to the store where he
Is employed as usual. Eut he had
resolved to kill, and in his pocket
carried a revolver with every cham
ber loaded. He betrayed no excite
ment while doing business. He re
ceived severa calesmen, and from
them purchased large quantities of
goods of various kinds.
Smith was sitting at his desk in
bis office on the first floor of bis
printing dant when Strong entered.
He heard tho footstep behind him,
and turning and looking at Strong,
he realized his purpose.
"You've come to kill me?" he said.
Strong stood silent, watching, with
his hand grasping tile pistol in his
pocket. "I'm innocent," continued
Smith. "Eefore God, I'm innocent,
and I'm helpless before you, Strong."
"You're not innocent," replied
Strong with u. oath, and, drawing
the pistol, fired the five shots in
quick succession. Two of ihe bullets
pierced the man's heart and he fell.
Men in the office stood as if trans
fixed xmtil Strong started to walk
toward the street; then two of them
hurried and caught the slayer by the
arms.
"Don't get violent," said Strong.
"I'm not going to run away. Call
a policeman."
A large crowd followed Strong to
the police rtation and cheered all the
way The coroner decided to hold
an inquest without delay, and he
swore in the jury just two hours after
the shooting. Tha formal psoceed-ir-gs
and the taking of testimony took
about fifty minutes, and In ten min
utes the jury announced its verdict.
One juryman said that the verdict
was reached on the first ballot, but
that there was a delay by mutual
agreement in returning to the court
room. Jus1, as Strong was released
he was informed of the indictment
having been found against Smith.
SAID TUP! GOVERNOR OF N. C.
To ihe Governor of S. C: "We're
V.Uh Prohibitionists."
New Haven, Conn. Governor Rol
!ki Woodruff, of Connecticut, re
turned here from Jamestown, declar
ing that it is now a longer time than
ever between drinksfor the'Governor
of Norih Carolina and the Governor
cf South Carolina. Governor Wood
ruff stood talking with Governor
Heyward, of South .Carolina, at the
Exposition, when Governor Glenn, of
North Carolina, came along. Learn
ing that they had never met, Gov
ernor Woodruff said:
"Governor Heyward, of South Car- .
rdlra, l;;t me introduce Governor
Cien; of Norih Carolina." Then he
added, fpceiionsly, "and I expect tho
rs-ial .salutation when. the Governor
( f North Carolina meets tho Gov-
i.i-j or of South Carolina."
Governor Heyward moved restless
ly, ::ml responded:
"I beg your pardon, gentlemen,
but I'm a teetotaler."
Governor Glenn came to his rescue
by saMn'-r:
"Don't .'lyoTosizo,. Governor, for in
Liip.t event we're both Prohibitionists.
1, i j:), am opposed to drinking."
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SHEEP' BLOWN UP.
WyoTuIii- Range Raiders Use Dyna
inlte to Desiroy a Herd.
Cheyeun?, Wyo. An explosion of
TjnarriKc at John Linn's sheep camp
hi Trapper Creek, Big Horn County,
kii:?d 700 sheep and destroyed the
camp vvagxmi and outfit.
A hei d-: r caid next day that a band
c f masked men raided the camp, and,
alter binding him, set off the dyna
mite. f-.IOO.OOO Fire at Union City, Pa.
lire destroyed the Union Cit,
f;hair Company's plant at Union City,
1 and ssverai small structures ani
damaged the Union City Electric,
Light plant, causing a loss of mora
t'an 500,000.
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1100 Spaniards For Hawaii.
The steamer Heliopoiis has arrive
rem Malaga at Honolulu, Hawaii
v ith 2 - C ') Spanish immigrants. On
iho voyage there were fourteen births
I nineteen deaths, all children, whtf
. .u of measles, -