'to oust standard oil
DUKE SERG1US INTERRED
LITTLE BOY SHOOTS BABY
II
e Vnderstood Mules
On a street corner in the northwest
ern section of the city last Saturday
forenoon quite a large crowd, had
collected. It had formed a ring, or,
rather, a square, about some object
in the center, two sides having con
gregated on each side of the curb,
while the others made a rather thin
line on the other side of the square.
The on-lookers to whatever was going
on did not seem in the least excited,
but there was every indication of
much interest in the situation.
"Drunken women fighting," said one
of two young women who were pass
ing near by. "It's most disgraceful,
and those people placidly looking, on.
If they were men they'd stop it," she
said to her companion. "It's degrad
ing." "
An old gentleman in the same lo
cality was explaining to another one
that a man had been stricken with
an epileptic fit. "Poor fellow," he
said; "and no one knows what to do
for him."
It was evident that the gathering
was an inactive one, and the reporter
whose duty it is to investigate every
thing hastened to the scene and
found cut that a stout, well-pr6por-tioned
mule had slipped on the pave
ment and was apparently well satis
fied with his recumbent situation. The
fact was that he resented every well
meant attempt to hoist him from his
contact with mother earth, while his
disgusted driver, a colored boy about
20 years old, was actually sobbing
Thorough Work of Japs
One of the most unique and inter
esting features of the Japanese plan
of campaign is the importance of the
tasks assigned to the doctors. Maj.
Louis Livingstone Seamon of the Unit
ed States army says in his recently
published book: "The medical officer
is omnipresent. You will find him in
countless places where in an Ameri
can or British army he has no place.
He is as much at the front as in the
rear. He is with the screen of the
scouts with his microscope and chemi
cals, testing and labeling wells so that
the army to follow shall drink no con
taminated water. When the scouts
reach a town, he immediately insti
tutes a thorough examination of its
sanitary condition and if contagion or
Infection is found he quarantines and
places a guard around the dangerous
district. Notices are posted so that
the approaching column is warned
and no soldiers are billeted where
danger exists. Microscopic blood tests
are made in all fever cases and bac
teriological experts, fully equipped,
form part of the staff of every di
visional headquarters.
"The medical officer also accompa
nies foraging parties and, with the
Oddities of
"Though the days of the long treks
over trackless wastes of South Africa
are past, life in this country still has
-little diversities peculiar to itself,"
writes a correspondent. "For in
stance, a farmer named Long was re
cently troubled by a leopard that had
been destroying his cattle. The na-.
fives surrounded it one day in the
long grass and sent for the white man
to kill it. While searching for the
brute in the tangle of vegetation Mr.
Long came across him sooner than
he expected and the leopard got the
jump on him. There was a fierce
struggle and the white man was a good
deal torn up. One of his negroes got
in a lucky shot and killed the leopard
just before the latter got at the man's
throat.
"Odd things happen in the mines,
too, once in a while. A miner named
Wonacott recently passed through a
most exciting experience at Dutoit
span. He had charged four boreholes
with dynamite in the usual way and
then endeavored to signal to the engine-driver,
but failed to establish
When the Worm Turned
Hers was the modern mania for "beauti
fying" things;
She went in strong
For the Chinese gong,
And statues without wings;
Her walls were hung with draperies of
curious design.
And her pictures rare,
Arranged with care,
On no particular line;
And all her friends who saw the place.
Declared that it was "Fine!"
Her husband was a business man, on
"just plain comfort" bent;
He furnished the "mun,"
And let her run
The place, without dissent;
Great stacks of "beaten brass" she
bought, and sticks of scented punk;
In his secret soul
Each brazen bowl
He classified as "Junk,"
Although he never told her so.
He didn't have the spunk!
And then the "Sanitation" craze pos
sessed her for a while;
She routed germs
In medical terms
That only made him smile;
She "sterilized" the whole darn place
and everything they ate,
Such "rules" observed
Two Forms of Sutures.
There are two forms of sutures for
drawing the edges of wounds togeth
er. They are the interrupted and con
tinuous. The former is employed
when only one or two stitches are
used; the latter when the wound has
to be regularly sewed, like a seam.
By the continuous suture with each
stitch, which is independently fast
ened, if the thread should break in
one stitch the wound would be held.
with anger and vexation of spirit. All
sorts of suggestions were hurled at
him, but nobody seemed to want to
help him In his distress. There was
danger In it. - The mule was wild
eyed and vicious, and used both fore
legs as a battery to keep folks away
from him, until at-last the driver sat
down on the shafts of . the cart, which
had been drawn away from the ani
mal, and indulged in long, bitter
thought.
Just then an old colored man, wear
ing an old-fashioned blue army over
coat and a red worsted comforter
about his neck, stepped into the open
space, walked bravely up to the now
quiet quadruped and took hold of both
of his ears. He seemed to whisper
to the beast, but whatever he did act
ed like magic. The mule got upon
his feet, permitted himself to be
hitched again to his cart, and -the
crowd went away.
"You seem to know how to deal
with mules," said the reporter to the
old fellow. " 'Deed I does, sun," was
the reply. I knows all about mules
and they does me. 'Fore Gawd, boss,
I wasn't brought up in old Missouri
for nothing. Yass'r, muels and me is
kinfolks, sho's you bo'n. En I think
dat job's wuff ten cents. Don't you,
boss?"
The crowd had melted away, and
as there was no one else by to re
spond to this palpable hint the report
er did so. And thus the chapter end
1 ed. Washington Star.
commissariat officers, samples the va
rious foods, fruits and vegetables sold
by the natives along the line of march,
long before the arrival of the army. If
the food is tainted or the fruit is over
ripe or the water requires boiling,
notice Is posted to that effect, and
such is the respect and discipline of
every soldier, from the commanding
officer to the file in the ranks, that
obedience to its orders is absolute.
The medical officer is also found in
camp lecturing the man on sanitation
and the hundred and one details of
personal hygiene how to cook and
to eat and when not to drink or to
bathe even to the paring and cleans
ing of the finger nails to prevent dan
ger from bacteria.
"Long before the outbreak of hos
tilities he was with the advance
agents of the army, testing provisions
that were being collected for the
troops that were to follow. As a con
sequence of these precautions he is
not found treating thousands of cases
of intestinal diseases and other con
tagion and fevers that follow improper
subsistence and neglected sanitation
diseases that have brought many
campaigns to disastrous termina
tions." South Africa
communication. He concluded, how
ever, that everything was all right
and he lit the charges, expecting tc
be hauled up in the bucket. His sec
ond signal not being answered, he be
gan to climb the rope in a hurry tc
get away from the dynamite. He was
too slow and the concussion of th
discharge knocked him off. He fel3
into the bucket, where he remained
until all the charges had exploded. He
was only slightly hurt.
"And there was a curious incident
near Harding recently. A native was
riding along a pathway at sunrise
when he saw the head and arms of a
man sticking out of the ground, the
arms waving wildly in signal of dis
tress. The fellow was Imprisoned is
an ant-bear hole and wah half dead
When he was resuscitated he told how
he had been coming back on foot fron
Johannesburg with some friends when
he was taken ill. His friends thought
he was going to die and stuck him in
the ant-bear hole and- deserted him
When he recovered he prosecuted his
friends and they went to prison."
That steak was served
On an anti-microbe plate!
And still he never said a word.
But let her navigate.
She took down all the draperies and
painted all the walls,
Until the rooms
Resembled tombs
And whitewashed stable stalls;
Then she declared that hygiene prescribed
- the proper "rest";
She bought "twin" beds
And turned their heads
Exactly "nor'-nor'west,"
And still her lord and master
Kadn't courage to protest.
But then at last she hit upon a bigger,
ongnter iaa;
She was elate,
So up-to-date
The new idea she had.
She moved the beds out on the porch,
to sleep in open air;
The scheme was bold
'Twas bitter cold
She thought he would not care;
But Gee! When he came home that
night.
You should have heard him swear!
Anna Marble.
An irregularity of seam is often seen
in the continuous suture owing to the
L-.ct that, although the needle has
passed at right angles to the incision
r t each stitch, there Is an oblique
1 'ill upon the lips of the wound when
i i. o suture is finished. This is avoid
ed by passing the needle after each
stitch through the lop of the preced
ing one, thus making a sort of con
tinuous chain called the "Glover suture,"-
and making each stitch partly
independent of the rest.
attorney General Preparing: Tor Quo
Warranto Prosecution,
Proceedings to Be Beiun In ue Saniai
Supreme Court Willi That
Jincl in View.
Topeka, Kan. Quo warrant? pro
ceedings will probably be begun in the
Kansas Supreme Court in the next few
days to oust the Standard Oil Company
from business in Kansas. The suit
will be brought on the relation of C.
C. Coleman, Attorney-General of the
State.- The proposed suit is the result
of a conference between Mr. Coleman
and Frank S Monnett. former Attor
ney-General of Ohio. It will be based
on the fact that the Standard Oil Com
pany has no authority from the State
unarter isoara to ao Business m ian
sas. The Standard. maintains sale sta
tions in all the important towns in
Kansas, and its direct business is clear
ly within the jurisdiction of the State
courts.
Mr. Monnett, who has been retained
by the Kansas Oil Producers' Associa
tion to assist in the prosecution of the
investigation of the Standard's opera
tions in Kansas has arrived here. Ho
put in the day in looking over the rec
ords in the office of the Secretary of
State and in conference with various
State officers and oil producers. He is
confident the investigation of the Stan
dard will result in startling develop
ments. He met Governor Hodi and laid the
facts before him. Governor Hoch as
sured "Mr. Monnett of his hearty co
operation in the investigation, and will
communicate immediately with resi
dent Roosevelt regarding some of the
evidence discovered tending to prove
violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust
act. The evidence in relation to the
lack of authority of the Standard un
der State statutes will be laid before
Attorney-General Coleman, of Kansas,
and he will sign the papers necessary
in beginning the quo warranto proceed
ings. The local authorities have been con
vinced by Mr. Monnett that the Stand
ard has violated the Sherman Anti
Trust act, and they will use their in
fluence with the Department of Com
merce to obtain a recommendation for
criminal and civil prosecutions. Cases
against officials of the Atchison, Tope
lux and Santa Fe and one other railway
company are also probable.
Independent oil producers are pre
paring for a monster mass meeting in
Independence to protest against the
renewal of the Foster leases in the
Osage Indian Nation. Governor Hoch
will speak at the meeting.
FOUL TLAY SUSrECTED.
Coachman of Wealthy Recluse Who
Perishes in House Missing.
Montclair. X. J. Mrs. Hannah B.
Ross, an old and wealthy recluse, lost
her life in the burning of her house,
No. 149 High street, Montclair, near
the West Orange line, early a few
mornings ago. Her coachman, whose
name is unknown, is also supposed to
have perished in the flames, but until
this fact can be established the death
of Mrs. Ross is surrounded by mystery
that points to foul play. The fire in
Mrs. Ross' house spread to three ad
joining dwellings. One was vacant,
but the other two were occupied by
James II. reck and Edward Myerson,
who, with their families, had barely
time to gather a few personal effects
and save themselves. The firemen
were helpless because of a lack of
water pressure due to a break in the
main.
Mrs. Ross was the widow of Theo
dore A. Ross, Secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, and came from
Baltimore to Montclair two years ago
and purchased the house where she
met her death. She was fond of ani
mals and devoted one room to the care
of birds, parrots and other pets. Al
though seventy-seven years of age and
lame, as the result of partial paralysis,
she lived alone with one Qr two ser
vants. SIMrLON TUNNEL COMPLETED.
Italian and Swiss Working Parties
Meet After Seven Years.
Goiido, Switzerland. Piercing of the
Simplon tunnel through the Alps has
been completed. The work was com
menced in 1S0S.
The meeting of the two boring par
ties, Swiss and Italian, was signalled
throughout Switzerland by ringing of
church bells and salutes by cannon.
Many unexpected obstacles were en
countered, the most serious being hot
springs, which threatened to wreck the
whole enterprise, and a temperature
which at one time rose to 131 degrees
Fahrenheit, and made a continuance
of the' work impossible until the en
gineers found means of cooling the at
mosphere. The work of preparing the tunnel for
a permanent way will be pushed as
rapidly as possible, and it is hoped to
open the tunnel about March 20.
The length of the Simplon tunnel,
from Briga in Switzerland to Iselle on
the Italian side of the mountain, is
about twelve miles. The cost of the
work is $15,000,000.
King Alfonso to Give a Prize. -King
Alfonso of Spain will give a
prize for the motor boat race that is to
take place from Algiers to Toulon.
44,000 Russian Prisoners.
The Russian prisoners in Japan num
ber 44,000, of which GIG are officers.
To Return Battle Flags.
The United States Senate passed the
House bill authorizing the return to
the respective States of the captured
battle flags, both Confederate and
Union, now in possession of the Gov
ernment. No More Flowers in Senate. .
The United States Senate adopted a
resolution reported by Mr. Lodge from
the Committee on Rules directing the
Sergeant-at-Arms not to permit flowers
io be brought into th Senate chamber;
Solemn Relisrious Rites Held Over
the Remains at. Moscow
TROUBLES FEARED IN POLAND
Continuance of Strikes and Violence Mani
fested on All Sides Kail ways Badly
Tied Up an:l TetegrapVXlnes Down
Japan Determines on a Fourth Domes
tic War Loan of 100,000,000 Ten.
Moscow, Russia. The solemn cere
mony of blessing the body of the
Grand Duke Sergius was performed at
10 o'clock in the morning in the midst,
of the tolling of bells from all the
churches and monasteries of the
ancient capital. Immense crowds
thronged the open squares in front of
the palaces and there was a considera
ble display of troops in the streets,
Grenadiers of the Kieff Regiment fur
nished the guard at the Chaudoff Mon
astery, which was the scene of the
funeral service.
So far as the public was concerned
nothing could be seen beyond the car
riages of those invited to the funeral,
who quickly filled the fcniall available
space.
After blessing the body it was con
veyed to the adjoining Church of St.
Andrew, where it was laid on a cata
falque. The coffin was concealed by a
mass of .floral wreaths and crosses.
The officials of Grand Duke Sergius'
household aud his aides-de-camp
formed a circle around the bier, while
the regiments of the Moscow srnrrisnn
furnished contingents for the guard of
honor.
The Grand Duke's widow, the Grand
Duchess Elizabeth, took her place at
the foot of the coffin in front of a
grouo of other members of the imperial
family. She was arrayed in the deep
est black, save the scarlet ribbon of
the Order of St. Anne, and was the
centre of all eyes. Throughout the
ordeal she displayed the same fortitude
she- showed when she followed, the
dead coachman to the grave.
The Metropolitan and ten bishops
conducted the service, which was ac
companied by recitative chanting by
the imperial choir. The air of the
church was heavy with the incense
from swinging censers. When the
Metropolitan read the prayer for abso
lution all present knelt, many of those
in the rear of the church prostrating
themselves.
St. Petersburg. All the members of
the imperial family who attended the
requiem for Grand Duke Sergius at
Tsarskoe Selo remained to a family
council in the evening.
The Dowager Empress, who has been
at Tsarskoe for some weeks, becom
ing Impatient at the restrains which
were advised by the police for her
safety, rebelled against the alleged ne
cessity of remaining at Tsarskoe Selo.
declaring that she is not afraid, that
the sands of her life have almost run
out, and that if assassins want her
life they may have it. The imperial
family and authorities implored her
not to return to St. Petersburg, and she
finally yielded.
It is stated that Grand Duchess Eliz
abeth has visited her husband's as
sassin in prjson.
Disturbances iH Poland.
Warsaw, Toland. Great anxiety was
caused in all circles, by the situation
here. The assistant "to the Governor
General, who was interviewed, frankly
admitted that the Government was at
a loss to know what to do.
Employes of 'the Warsaw-MIava sec
tion of the Vistula Railway have
struck, cutting off the last direct line
of communication with Germany. Only
very circuitous routes were left onen.
The strikers are resorting to violence.
They have destroyed the great switch
board station outside the city and cut
a number of telegraph wires.
Alarming reports were current con
cerning the intentions and plans of the
revolutionary narty. The strike agita
tion is spreading in every direction,
and bank clerks, journalists, office ser
vants, printers, pressmen, dm-ers, sta
tionary engineers and mechanics in
general are all threatening to strike.
The Vienna Railway was completely
at a standstill and there appeared to
be no hope of a sppedy settlement of
the difficulty. The directors had a long
session, but were unable to find a so
lution. Western Poland" was completely cut
off from communication with Middle
and Western Europe, except by tele
graph. No mails are arriving or de
parting, the authorities apoarently
preferring to hoHl the mails rather than
send them by circuitous routes. Com
mercial interests and private individ
uals are much inconvenienced.
Japan's Fourth T.oan.
Tokfo, Japan As a result of a con
ference with the bankers of Tokio,
Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya and Kioto,
the Government has practically de
termined on a fourth domestic loan of
100,000,000 yen, to be issued at ninety
six per cent, and payable in seven
years. The formal announcement of
the loan is expected soon.
"West Virginia" In Commission.
The new armored cruiser West Vir
ginia went into commission at New
port News, Va.
Jacob Worth Dead. .
Jacob Worth, formerly leader of the
Kings County (N. Y.) Republican or
ganization, died in Hot Springs, Ark.
Hannah Elias Wins Suit."
John R. Piatt's suit to recover from
Mrs. Hannah Elias .$G85,000 was dis
missed by Justice O'Gorman in the
Supreme Court, at New York City, who
said the aged millionaire had not made
out a case.
A:gentina Students Coming Here.
.Twenty Argentine students have been
selected by the Minister of Agriculture
of Argentina to proceed to Philadel
phia, Pa., to study American agricul
tural methods. ---
Rudyard Foust, Four Years Old, Kills
His Younger Sister,
Mother Was In Adjoining Room in Theix
Indianapolis Home When Tra?
- edy Occurred
Indianapolis, Ind. After loading ev
ery chamber in a heavy revolver, Rud
yard Foust, four years old, a son ol
wealthy parents in this city, deliber
ately aimed at his sister, three years
old, and shot her through the brain
early in the morning. The case is the
most remarkable in the records of the
Police Department here. Although the
boy apparently plotted the crime, and
seemed to know exactly what he was
doing, all questioning since his sister's
death has failed to draw forth any
indication that he is aware of the
seriousness of his act.
Rudyard and the baby girl were play
ing in the nursery. Their mother was
in bed with a . severe headache in a
bedroom, from which through the open
door she could hear the movements oi
the children. The servants had gone
out and there were only Mrs. Foust
and the little ones In the house.-
Mrs. Foust says she heard a sharp
report, but that she had not the slight
est idea it was a pistol shot. She re
mained in bed until Rudyard in a few
minutes tottered in with the pistol in
his hand and his face blanched.
"Ma, Tottie's hurt," said the boy.
The mother sprang to the floor, and,
rushing into the nursery, found the
baby flat on her back with a bullet
hole In her forehead. Her brown
tresses were stained with biood, and
her face was crimson. Mrs. Foust
lifted the tot in her arms and laid her
on a cot. Then, still maintaining her
coolness, she went to a telephone and
summoned a physician. When the
doctor arrived he found the mother
cry;ng in hysteria for her little one to
be given back to her. So great was
the shock that fear was held for Mrs.
Foust's condition, and she has been un
der the care of physicians all day.
All the details of the shooting have
been linked together by the police.
Rudyard found the pistol on a shelf in
a room off the nursery. The marks of
his feet have been found on a trunk.
He climbed on the top of the trunk
and was just able to touch the revolver.
He pulled it off the shelf by putting his
second finger in the trigger guard. The
pistol was empty and the cartridges,
were taken from the trunk.
With an intelligence surprising in
one so young, Rudyard fitted a key to
the lock and opened the heavy box.
He threw out many articles on the
floor, and, having come across the cart
ridges, be sat down on the carpet and
began filling the chambers. His sister
was watching him. Mrs. Foust a tew
minutes before the shot heard the child
crowing in delight, and it is thought
that she was giving way to babyish
enthusiasm over Rudyard's adventure.
When the revolver had been fully
loaded and the chamber snapped into
place the children returned to the
nursery. From the boy's story it has
been gathered that he was standing
three feet from his sister when he
fired. Experiments have shown that
he had just strength enough to level
the weapon for an instant.
The baby died instantly. The bullet
went through the brain and was taken
from the scalp at the back of the head.
It is reasoned by the detectives that
the boy must have pointed the weapon
straight at his victim, as the course of
the bullet is in a straight line through
the head.
The boy was taken to Police Head-
; quarters, but all questioning was use
less. He simply kept repeating that he
did not know what had happened; that
he and "Dottie" had been playing, and
that the gun had gone off and that then
she had fallen down. The little fellow
was so totally unaware of the nature
of the crime that the police say noth
ing can be done.
In any event, no action would be
taken, as Rudyard is under the age for
a legal charge. The police, however,
are unable to reconcile the boy's pre
eociousness in opening the trunk and
loading the revolver with his apparent
ignorance of any wrongdoing. Rud
yard is exceptionally intelligent, al
ready being able to read and write.
CADETS DOWN THE "JAP."
Exponent of Jiu-Jitsu Thrown by West
Point Athletes.
West Point, N. Y. In the gymnasium
here the art of Judo had a practical
demonstration before the cadet corps
and Academic Board. The board is
considering the advisability of adding
the Japanese method to the academy
curriculum. Professor Tomet, Japan's
most famous exponent of the art, and
director in the school at Tokio, with his
assistant, came to the academy through
the courtesy of the New York Japanese
Consul-General, who accompanied
them, to give the exhibition.
The professor wrestled with his as
sistant, throwing him around like a
rubber ball. He then called for cadet
volunteers. Cadet Tipton, the husky
Ail-American football centre, .went on
the mat and football methods soon had
jiu-jitsu beaten. The big fellow pinned
the wiry Jap flat on his back three
limes without being thrown in the bout.
Cadet Daly also threw the professor.
Milk Trust to Squeeze Chicago.
Milk consumers of Chicago are now
confronted by a combination of all the
large dairy firms in the city,, which
expects to control nearly the whole
supply of milk and raise the price to
eight cents.
Counterfeiting Plant in Jail.
In a cell at the Deniteritiarv in Rich
mond, Va., there has been found a n
counterieitmg outnt, which convicts
own and operate and from which they
have turned out many ten cent pieces
and quarters.
House Refuses Rental.
The House, Washington, 03 to 77.
struck from the Civil Sundry bill the
annual rental of S130?000 to the Na
tional City Bank for the old Custom
House in New York-City. V
Senate Failed to Convict on Charges
of Impeachment
TflE VOTE LARGELY A PARTY ONE
Highest Vote -Recorded For Impeach
ment Was 35 and the Lowest Against
It 47, 55 Being Required to Convict
The Larger Votes Were Largely,
Along Party Lines- Only 13 Votes
For Conviction on the Articles Re
lating to Use of Private Cars.
Washington, Special. The Senate
Monday concluded . the impeachment
trial of Judge Swayne by acquitting
him on all the charges made against
him in the articles of impeachment
presented by the House. The voting on
the Swayne case began at 10:10, 20
minutes after the Senate convened, and
continued until 11:45. There was no
discussion, and all the time was con
sumed in taking the 12 votes necessary
to dispose of each of the articles. The
highest vote for impeachment was 35,
and the lowest against it, 47. On the
two articles charging the use of private
railroad cars, only 13 votes were cast
for conviction. The larger votes were
largely along party lines.
Judge Swayne was not in the Sen
ate during the roll-calls, but in the
President's room, just bac of the
chamber. The result of each ballot was
sent-to him by his attorneys. Five of
the House managers attended during
the proceedings. When the first article
was read, charging Judge Swayne with
making a false certificate for expenses
while holding court at Waco,- Texas,
the presiding officer said: "Senators,
how say you, is the respondent, Charles
Swayne, guilty or not guilty as charged
in this article?" The calling of the roll
by the secretary was then begun. The
first Senator to rise in response to the
call was Mr. Alger, who voted "not
guilty" in clear and distinct tones. Mr.
Bacon was the first Democratic Sena
tor on the roll, and likewise the first to
answer in the affirmative, finding Judge
Swayne guilty. The vote throughout
was largely partisan, and stood 33 to
49. The Senators who voted guilty
were: Bacon, Bailey, Bard, Bate, Ber
ry, Blackburn, ' Carmack, Clark, of
Montana; Clay, Cockrell, Culberson,
Daniel, Foster, of Louisiana; Gorman,
Kittredge, Lattimer, McCreary, Mc
Cumber, McEnery, McL-aurin, Mallory,
Martin, Money, Morgan, Newlands
Overman, Patterson, Pettus, Simmons,
Stone, Taliaferro and Teller 33. Under
the rule requiring a two-thirds vote to
pnnviVt 55 votes in the affirmative
would have been necessary to convicts
As this vote was almost reversed, Judge
Swayne was pronounced to be not guil
ty. The chair announced this to be the
result.
The' reading and voting upon the
other articles followed in rapid suc
cession. The second charge was that
of an excessive charge for expenses
while holding court at Tyler, Texas.
The proceeding in this case was an ex
act counterpart of that on the first
article, and the result was 32 for con
viction to 50 for acquittal. The third
charge also related to excessive ex
pense charges at Tyler, Texas, and the
vote was identical with the vote on, the
second article 32 to 50. The fourth!
and fifth articles related to the use of
private cars. There were only 13 votes
of guilty on them, as follows: Bailey,
Berry, Blackburn, Carrmack, Cockrell,
Culberson, Daniel, McLaurin, Martin,
Money, Morgan, Newlands, Pettus, Ad
ams, Sixty-nine Senators voted for ac
quittal. On the sixth charge, that of
non-residence by Judge Swayne in his
district, the vote was 31 to 51. On the
seventh article, relating to residence,
the vote was 19 for conviction to 63
against. The affirmative vote was as
follows: Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Car
mack, Clark, of Montana; Cockrell,
Daniel, Dubois, Gibson, Lattimer, Mc
Creary, McEnery, McLaurin, Mallory,
Martin, Money, Morgan, Pettus and
Taliaferro 19. The vote on the eighth,
ninth, tenth and eleventh articles, cov
ering the contempt cases of Davis and
Belden, was 31 to 51. The twelfth ar
ticle was the last. It dealt with the con
duct of Judge Swayne in punishing W.
C. O'Neal for contempt in assaulting a
trustee in bankruptcy appointed by
him. On the final vote, the result was
35 for guilty to 47 for not guilty, the
largest vote given for conviction.
The result on this vote being an
nounced, and with it the entire verdict
ascertained, the chair directed the sec
retary to enter an order of acquittal on
all the articles. This being done the
long and tedious proceeding came to an
end.
Too Large For Railroads.
Savannah, Ga., Special. the eques
trian statue of General Nathan Bed
ford Forrest, the great Confederate
cavalry leader, has not arrived at
Memphis as erroneously stated, but is
in the railway yards, having arrived
last week by steamer from New York,
whence it was Teceived from Paris,
where it was cast. The. statue was
not sent by rail from New York. It
is more than thirteen feet high in its
crate and the railroads would not re
ceive it, being unable to transport it
through tunnels. It is said that the
road that received it here may find
it impossible to get it under bridges.
' 14 Die in Church.
New York, Special. Eleven persons
were killed and upwards of fifty in
jured, some probably fatally, by the
collapse of the flooring of the Fleet
Street African Methodist Episcopal
Church, in Brooklyn, Monday night.
Of those killed, eight were women,
two men and one child. The building
was an ancient ramshackle frain
structure, erected 60 years ago in the
l.eart of the colored section of Brook
lyn, in Fleet street, near Myrtle avenue..