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N ADVERTISEMENT DE r CHARLOTTE WHEN YOU HAVE GROWN TIRED OF YOUR ADVERTISING IS VERY APT' TO BE JUST THE TIME THE PUBLIC IS GETTING INTERESTED IN IT. :::::::: : IS GOOD; AN AD- 1 V slits, l loiuaiiurs x am x ui iin-iTinTm Txa l.r t." tit ttd IS BETTER. UOM T LiHiT YOUR PUBLICITY LAPSE. : : : THE WEATHER: Fair Tonight and Tuesday. VOL. XXIX CHARLOTTE, N. C MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1903. NO. 4339 . N AI A GUN "VERl Hi IF. NEWS. V . : .A ; IB ALLEGED CRACKSMEN ,' ,c BROUGHT TO CHARLOTTE JAIL FOR SAFE-KEEPIII y Have Been in Monroe II Since Feb. 2 and there Are Several Charges Against Them HAVE PRELIMINARY HEARING ON MARCH 10 !iJ Warrant Charges Them With Robbing Postoffice at Griers --Pinkerton Dectective Also.Has Warrant .unties Lang. Charles Rogers, H. B. :v an .1 Walter Wood, the four . i rackers who have heen in Union ::r.Ty jail, at Monroe, since Monday, n;ary 2. were brought to Charlotte Vis morning by Sheriff B. A. Horn of n.-ne. The men were taken imme ! to the office of United States ir.missioner D. G. Maxwell, where v remained for an hour or more. : i o'clock this afternoon the men ;. committed to Mecklenburg eoun--a i 1 on a warrant issued by United vrs Commissioner H. L. Beckerdite, Winston, charging them with break- z into the post office at Greer's, S. . blowing open the safe and securing refrom $100 in cash and $300 in .-imps. The preliminary hearing was set for : Tuesday, March 10 before Com mer D. G. Maxwell. In default a ? 10.000 bend in each case, the men . placed in charge of Sheriff N. W. .r.lace and by him were taken to the -.r.ty jail. S atcl just in rear of the alleged " crackers at Commissioner Max !'? office this morning was Mr. M. bin. a representative of the Pink- n Detective Agency who came from .'-r nmc with trie men. riaa tnese men furnished the required bond Mr. Tobin woul.l have pulled from his inside p-vket a warrant charging Lang, Rog ers. Wilson and Wood, with breaking into the bank at Mocksville. The war rant was held in reserve in order that tiiQ four men might not, by any means whatever, secure their liberty until all Ti" shady transactions in which they a:1? supposed to be connected, are thoroughly gone into and their guilt r.'r proven. During the progress of the proceed ing at Commissioner Maxwell's office this morning, the four supposed crooks .-at beside the table and conversed with each other in a low voice. Two were hand-cuffed together and the sharp eye of Sheriff Horn and Mr. To; in constantly rested on the quar tette. Their every move was watched withr severe scrutiny and had they made a move to gain their liberty, it is sar'e to surmise that every one of them would have been given a hot dose of ir-ad. James Lang, supposed to be the leader of th gang, was the spokesman for the i rowri. When Commissioner Maxwell i:amoi the amount that would be re quired for a bond in each case, Lang spnke up and wanted to know if Com ia:?ioner Maxwell would entertain a r.Ktim for a reduction of the bond. When informed that the bond would lemain just as the Commissioner had named. Lang remarked that none of l is friends could give it, therefore, :i,ry would be obliged to go to jail. With this said all the others nodded hoir as.sent and Sheriff Wallace in ompany with Sheriff Horn, escorted T;.r. n:tri to the county jail where they FRANCIS TO SEE WET TODAY France is Taking Great Inter est in St. Louis Show and Pres. Francis is Deligh ted Thereat Paris, March 2. President Loubet ' lav sent a message to President Francis of the St. Louis Exposition fsting that he would see him any Tirne convenient. The audience will ; : . jably be granted today as Francis hos to go to Madrid tomorrow and then to Berlin and will sail for New V'.Tk next week. President Francis said to the Pub-i.-her's Press today that he came to France at the suggestion of French ''"tnmissioner Lagrave and Ambassa dor Porter. The visit, he said, was merely one of courtesy as France had already accepted the invitation to participate in the exhibition. "1 am here," he said, "to thank the President for his kind interest,' and Francis expressed gratification at the popular feeling of France toward the exposition. He is now considering the advisability of sending Palmer Bowen, onamissioner at Paris, to India to erganize an Indian exhibit. will remain until next Tuesday when the preliminary hearing will be gor e into. The four men are a hard looking seu Their faces indicate criminals of tlu worst type and they assume an air of indifference that is noticable in crimi nals of the class they are supposed to be of. Mr. M. B. Tobin, the Pinkerton man. was seen by the News man immediate ly after the men were taken to jail. He is satisfied that all four are profession al safe crackers and besides, are dan- j Refuses To Mix In the Crum Muddle gerous men. According to Mr. Tobin's Created By Roosevelt, estimate of them, he is sure they would j Washington, March 2. Senator Han not stop at anything in order to carry j na has been appealed to by the friends out their desire. "Right here," said Mr. Tobin, "Sheriff Wallace should keep a good eye on these fellows. They are a des perate gang and any amount of precau tion would not be amiss. Tlrey will not stop at anything and there is no telling what schemes are in their minds right now." "Do you think these men could con ceal any of their explosives in their clothing?" "That I den't know. This morning in Monroe, there were two different explosions that startled the inhabi tants. It was noised about the town yesterday that these men were to be brought to Charlotte today. The fact that these explosions occurred looks very suspicious but I can hardly think that the alleged safe crackers were in any way connected with them." "You see, the men of this class are banded together in a union that is as strong and powerful as any. When they get in trouble they get word to their pals outside and, as a usual thing, they can get all the money they are looking for. Only a few days ago a man came to Monroe and retained Mr. Armfield, of that town. It is said that $600 was paid this lawyer to rep resent these men when the case comes up. "Yes. they can get all the money they need to defend them in the courts and they usually get enough to furnish bond. In this case the bond is a little too much for them, therefore, they are obliged to go to jail." The Pinkerton Agency represents the American Bankers Association. It s jn the interest of this great associa tion that Mr. Tobin comes to Char lotte. The bank of Mocksville is a member of the Bankers Association, therefore, the warrant in the hands of the Pinkerton Agency. The line of defense these men will put up, is not known. Their lawyer, Mr. Armfield was not present when the men were committed to jail today. SITE SELECTED FOR CRITTEJT1 ROME Institution Will Be Located in Eastern Part of the City, Near the Thompson Orphanage A site for the Crittenton Home has 1 been purchased and the papers were passed this morning. I The Rosenbaum lot, near the Thompson Orphanage, is the site selec ted. The, lot fronts 100 feet on the main thoroughfare and extends back 400 feet. The consideration was $1,125. The committee on plans for the building is ready to report. This com mittee (consists of Dr. J. Knox Mont gomery. Dr. G. H. Detwiler and Mr. J. A. Durham. A meeting of the board of trustees will be called right away and the plans agreed upon by the committee will be present. The plans that will be submitted to the board of trustees calls for a two story house 35x50, containing 18 rooms with a large basement in which the laundry and heating apparatus will be located. The Home will accomodate from 15 to 20 girls. rr nptwilr in sneakine of the 5??? ifJiiSfJTS LLiCtll LUO.L L11C U1 n. JL uunuiuf, 1" Home will commence at once. So far mere has uccii incugcu ouum of this amount it will take $4,000 to Collectors will be sent out at once in in hand without delay. ACRE LEASE IS CANCELED. Brazil Wil Pay $570,000 Indemnity to Syndicate. I Rio Janeiro, Brazil, March 2. The Noticia announces that the lease to the ' Bolivian syndicate of Acre territory ' has been rescinded and that Brazil will pay $570,000 as indemnity. Brazil argues that Bolivia should re nav her for this outlay, but Bolivia is expected to insist upon the settlement of the Acre dispute on the basis that 1!;,,,, thpl lilt: uu vci ii ixi c ii u ucio liuvwiiu i-.- QVr.f Hntv nn rubber from Acre pass- ing through Amazonas. vjv 1 Saratoga Selected for Conference. Saratoga, N. Y., March 2. The Na tional General Conference of Unitarian and other Christian churches has through its Executive Committee, se lected this place for its biennial ses sion in the last week of September. TO CROSS SWORDS TONIGHT. Gen. Wood and Count Cassini Will Try Conclusions. Washington, March 2. Before an as sembly of the diplomatic corps and their wives and daughters, General Leonard Wood and Count Cassini, the Russian Ambassador tonight will cross swords. Reviving the interest in fencing has led to the meeting, which will occur at the studio of Signor Petro Lanzilli, a captain in the Italian army. Efforts were made to keep the matter secret, but it has leaked out. Wood seems to have the advantage as the younger, but Cassini is, however, an old and ex perienced fencer. HANNA WON'T INTERFERE. of Dr. W. J. Crum, negro named to be collector at the port of Charleston, S. C, to demand a record vote in the Senate on the question of the confirma tion of the nominee. He has refused to request on the Around that all the remaining time of ihe session must be devoted to a con sideration of a matter of much greater national importance, and that such, a motion on his part would result in a delay through Democratic filibuster against the nomination. IT'S JUSTICE DAY NOW. New Associate Justice Takes Seat Vacated By Shiras. Washington, March 2. The United States Supreme Court opened its ses sion at noon today with reading the c ommission of William R. Day, of Ohio, successor to Justice Chiras and to the administration to him of the oath as associnte justice. He was assigned to the seat vacated by Justice Holmes, who moved up to the .place on the extreme right of the Chtef Justice. TRAIN YOUTH FOR POLICE. Even How People Must Behave in Sts. The President's proclamation fol Restaurants and Theatres. lows: "Whereas the public interests Berlin, March 2. Several Rhenish j require that the Senate should con cities, Dortmund leading the way, are j vene in extraordinary session, there about to establish schools for the j fore I, Theodore Roosevelt, President training of young men who intend to of the United States, do hereby pro enter the police. claim and declare that an extraordi- Not only will the police candidates be instructed in drill and in safeguard ing property, but they will also have to attend a large variety of lectures, and any one who cannot pass a satis fectory examination on the subjects of the lectures will not be admitted to the force, no matter what his other quali fications may be. Detective work will be one subject. Imaginary crimes will be committed and criminal problems will be set for the candidates to unravel. Shadowing will be taught. An important branch will be lese majeste and how best to trip up people addicted to it. Special instruction will also be given on the exact boundary line between the moral and the immoral in works of art in show windows, &c. How men and women must conduct : themselves in the streets, in cafes, the. atres, &c, will also be gone into, and minute instruction will be imparted on the relations between domestic ser vants and their employers. Came In On One Foot. New York, March 2. The German steamship Flandrif, which arrived from Kingston and other West Indian points today, had a heavy list to star- ! board as she came up the bay. Satur- day, while the Flandrif was in a storm off Hatteras the cargo, consisting prin- cipally of coffee, shitted. American Dentist Expelled. Dresden. March 2. It is announced today that the police issued an order expelling O'Brien, an American dentist, who taught the Crown Princessa Louise to ride a bicycle from Saxony. O'Brien's wife recently sent the King some letters which the crown princess had written the dentist which appeared to be compromising. GALE WRECKS SRIPS OFF ENGLISH COAST ' Storm Has Continued Unaba- 1 tg(j pop ft m anfj jt gaves Death and Disaster j jp jj YVft6 London, March 2. The gale which has swept the English coast the week passed carrying death and disaster, continues unabated. A despatch from Peseance, Cornwall, today states that an unknown bark foundered near there last night and all aboard went down with her. A lifeboat attempted to reach the vessel but the latter sank almost ' as SOo nas she struck the water. No trace of the crew has been foun(j. Vessels are still seeking refuge in , the ports, arriving battered by the storm. Others have gone ashore. A quantity of wreckage has been seen off the coast of Northumberland and the indications point to the wreck of the British ship Cambrian Prince, Captain Owens, from Coquimbo for Middlesboro which called-at Queenstown, Febru ary 11. T CALLS EXTRA SESSION It will Assemble Wednesday as Soon as Present Sess ion Shall Have Expired FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS AN EXTRAVAGANT BODY It Expended Two Billions Of the People's Money, Much of it Foolishly-Text of the Proclamation Washington, March 2. The Presi dent has issued a proclamation calling an extra session of the Senate. Washington, March 2. It is inti mated that when the 57th Congress adjourns on Wednesday at noon it will have appropriated during the two years of its existence not less than two billion dollars. Despite the fact that much of this has been set aside for needed inter national improvements, such as river and harbor works, public buildings, etc., the Democrats are ready to raise the charge of extravagance. They claim that this is another place where their tariff for revenue only policy would obviate such drains on the treasury. nary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol in the city of Washington, on ' the fourth of March next at 12 o'clock, ' of which all persons who shall at that i that time be entitled to act as mem '. bers of that body are hereby required j to take notice. Given under my hand and seal this second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun dred and three, and of the indepen dence of fae United States, the one hundred and tweaty-seventh. (Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President. Secretary of State, John Hay. The President's idea in calling an extra session at this time is to afford an opportunty for the newly elected Senators to reach Washington by that date. Although the purpose is not set forth in detail the object is the ratification of the Panama canal arid Cuban reciprocity treaties. When the House resumed session at 11 o'clock today the Democratic fili buster continued and the Republicans were determined as ever to transact business with dispatch, this being a continuation of the legislatuive day of Feb. 26. When the filibuster began the roll had been called 45 times and the reading clerks, overworked and hard ly able to make themselves heard, had been relieved by substitutes. Not a score of Democrats were in their seats when the speaker called the House to order and about half the Re publicans were present. Richardson, the Democratic leader, immediately made a point of no quorum, simultan eously Payne of New York, Republican leader, asked for yeas and nays on the pending question before the House, This question was the adoption of the conference report on the Alaskan homestead bill. The speaker overruled Richardson's point and a call of roll was ordered. At 11.30 the result of roll call 203 to 7 was announced and the conference report was agreed to. Negotiations are on between Attor ney General Knox and William Nelson, Cromwell Counsel for the Panama Co. for the purpose of reaching an agree ment that will allow this Government to take over the property after the 4th of March, which is the time set for the expiration of the option. Dominion Liner Ashore. Queenstown, March 2. The Domin ion liner Merion, of Boston Feb. 20 for Liverpool, went ashore this morning inside Rochespint at White Bay. An effort was made to float the liner at high tide but it was unsuccessful. As sistance was summoned from Queens town. She has 24 cabin and 73 ster ra'ge passengers. They will probably be landed and sent to England via Dublin. Citizens Attempt To Lynch Him. Owensville. Ky., March 2. News was received here yesterday of an at tempt by a mob in Pike county ta lynch Jackson Reed, a negro, who it is charged, assaulted little Martha Hall, a white girl. A large crowd gathered at the jail and sixty guards were placed about the building. The attempt was frustrated. There is much feeling against the negro. Want Bail For Utley. Raleigh, N. C, March 2. Applica tion for habeas corpus for Edward Ut ley was argued before Justices Walker and Connor todav. Sutton and Hins- I dale for Utley argued for bail; Sinclair and Cook against. There has been no decision yet. SCIENCE WON A POINT. Colonel Couldn't Stop His Ground Hog Experiments For Jury Duty. Elkins, W. Va., March 2. Colonel Wallestry, of Randolph county, was excused from jury duty on unique grounds. The Colonel keeps a .ground-hog and is testing its reliability as a weather prophet. He says going to court would interfere with his studies in the mat ter and that science would lose more than the justice would gain in his jury service. . He was excused. NO MORE TRADE FOR PROFIT. One of These Days, Says Triggs, a New Kind of Man Will Appear. Chicago, March 2. Oscar L. Triggs, of the University of Chicago, predicts a "new man." Says he: "The business man of the future would not be recog nized by the business man of today. There will come a new humanity. Notice the passing of patriotism, which is merely an expanded egoism Notice the new state of diplomacy. All this points to the new era. "The new business man will wish to share his successes with the rest of society. He will be more sympathetic. "Some day business will be conduc ted on socialistic lines. Business men will give up their claim of private profit and conduct their business with reference to what the public desires on the line of public profit." AFTER 100 ONE FEELS OLD. Woman of 102 Prays That She May Die Within the Year. Lafayette. N. Y., March 2. Mrs. Olive Cleveland was 102 years old yes terday. She held a reception at her home in this village. Mrs. Cleveland is in good health and excellent spirits, but she says that she feels a general failure of her faculties coming on. She eats well and is cheerful. "I have lived 102 years," she said to a caller, "but I pray the good Lord ! tnat He will not let me live to be ms. 1 have aged very much since l was luu You don't feel the same after you have passed the century mark. After you have lived a hundred years you begin to have aches and pains that you never felt before. You seem to be only part ly living in this world, conscious that there is much going on about you that you are not aware of, and yet you can't help it. "When I was only ninety I used to do as much work as any of them, and go visiting, too.' BRITAIN BUYS WARSHIPS. Reported She Secured Unfinished Ar gentine and Chilean Vessels. London, March 2. A dispatch to the Central News from Rome states the Argentine Minister there has notified the shipbuilding firm of Ansaldo Bros., at Genoa, that the armored cruisers Revadavia and Moreno, now under construction there for Argentina, have been sold to the British Government. It is also announced in Rome that Chile has sold to England two battle ships in course of construction to the order of the Chilian Government at the shipyards of Armstrong &. Co. and of Vickers' Sons & Maxim . Twenty-Eight Barges of Coal Sunk. Vicksburg. Miss., March 2. The tow boat J. B. Williams yesterday struck the bar opposite Lake Providence, La., and sunk with 28 barges of coal. Cap tain Cameron, the local representative of the Monogehela Coal Company, says the coal sunk is Pittsburg coal, des tined for New Orleans. He estimated it at 28,000 tons with an approximate value of $75,000. Increase of Salaries on the Santa Fe. Toneka. Kan.. March 2. The Atchi son, Topeka & Santa Fe wage confer ence has agreed to an increase m sal aries, effective today, of 15 per cent for through freight, mixed train, local freight and work train conductors and brakemen and 12 per cent, for passen ger conductors, brakemen and bag gagemen. STREETS T Ice Gorge Breaks and as a R e o suit Residents Are Circu lating Around in Rowboats Albany, March 2. As the result of a ice eoree at North Coeymans, 12 miles south of Albany, the entire southern section of this city lying along the river front, is under water and the residents are being conveyed to and from the city in row boats. No trains on the Delaware and Hud son or West Shore roads, have been able to run into the city since yester- day, the tracks being covered in four feet of water, and passengers are and landed just outside the city and con veyed to the center by cars of the United Traction Company. A' portion of the water, is finding an outlet through the Schodack creek and Albany benefits in consequence of the water rising very slowly. LIF ALBANY R IBOLT FROM HEAVEN SHE IS TRANSFORMED INTO STONE AMERICANS LIKED IN ROME. King and Queen Show Them Special consideration. Rome March '! Kinsr Viotnf ie T.af ticularly gracious to Americans for tney contribute conspicously to the social gayeties of Rome and to the brilliancy of his court. The number of Americans presented to King Victor and Queen Helena by United Mates Ambassador Meyer 'at the latest drawine-room was excen- tionally large. The New Yorkers included Miss Hal- stead Boylands, Mrs. and Miss Bridg ham, W. Appleton Potter, Mrs. Edward Kemeys, Mrs. Aline P. Woodworth, the Rev. Mr. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Underwood Johnson. The Bostonians were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Norton, Mrs. G. L. Peabody and Miss Marion H. Simmons. Philadelphia was represented by Mrs. and Miss Gaw, Miss Harrison, Miss Pendleton and Leonad Moorhead Thomas. Others presented were Robert Win- throp, the Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels; Mrs. Frank Mor ris Avery, of Chicago, and Miss Mad eline Goddard, of Providence. ANTI-GERMAN SENTIMENT. Kaiser Postpone Presentation of Stat ue for Fear of Congress's Attitude. Washington, March 2. Baron Stern- burg told the President, today that the Kaiser will not send the statue of Frederick the Great, which is to be placed in the new War College grounds until the spring of 1904. The reason given for the postponement is that the grounds will not be ready to receive the statue for a year, and the Kaiser wishes it to be dedicated soon after it3 arrival. The real reason for the delay is the anti-German sentiment stirred up in the Venezuelan affair. With the statue the Kaiser will send a commission to attend the dedication. The Government will have to pay for their entertain ment, and the President is well aware hat a request now for an appropria tion of $40,000 or $50,000 for that pur pose would cause a lot of questions in Congress which might prove embarras sing, especially to the Kaiser. The situation was explained to Baron Sternburg, and on his advice Emperior William decided not to send the statue for a year. Another Cornell Victim. Auburn, March 2. Fred Wake, a freshman, of Cornell University, died this morning, making the second in Auburn from the typhoid epidemic. Another death is momentarily expec ted. HOUSE PASSES THE DIVORCE BILL It Allows Two Years Aban donment as Cause For a Divorce- Demurrage Bill Also Goes Through Raleigh, N. C, March 2. After a long debate the House passed the bill allowing two years abandonment a cause of divorce, divorces not to re marry in five years, by a vote of 57 to 42. The Senate struck out the inquisi torial income features in the revenue bill 'so that sources of income will not be listed by the tax payer. The House passed the bill prescrib ing rules to govern demurrag ein plac ing of cars by railroads for shippers. Senator Pharr introduced a bill which requires railroads to receive cars tendered at a sidetrack for any ware house on the railroad's siding. Kinship Claim Vain. Washington, March 2. Leo L. Loeb, of Colorado, tried to claim relationship with William Loeb, Jr., the President's Rficretarv. in an pffort. to land a Gov- "inent jb, nt he ? v??: William Loeh has satisfied himself that he has not a relative in the United States named Loeb. He took that pre caution before he took Mr. Cortelyou's chair. Leo L. Loeb claims to have saved many lives at the time of a cloudburst at the head of Mantou Canyon, when he galloped ahead of the rushing flood and gave warning of its approach. The President was unable to promise him a place. The Plague Situation at Mazatlan. Mazatlan, Mex., March 2 There were no deaths yesterday from the plague, but two deaths are reported at Cereytos ranch, six miles from the city and a physician has been sent there to investigate. There begins to dawn a slisht hone that the progress of the disease will soon be stayed, owing to the rigorous system of disinfection Jeffries and Corbett Agree to Fight. New York, March 2. James J. Jef fries and James J. Corbett met yester day and agreed to fight 20 rounds in July before the club that will give them $25,000. or the largest purse that may be offered above that sum, the winner to take ,75 per cent, and the loser 25. STRIKES WOMAN: An Actual Version of the Gal atea Fable Alleged to Have Occurred in a Mexican Town WOMAN PROFANED SHRINE AND MET AWFUL FATE Cursed as She Entered The Church- Many Persons Vouch For the Truth of the Story Mexico City, March 2. The news papers here publish the following re markable story, which is said to be au thenticated by the church authorities of the town of Bagos, State of Balisco. During a visit of pilgrims who arriv ed from Leon Guarajate at one of the churches a woman under the influence of liquor, attempted to enter a shrine and was stopped at the door by one of the Pilgrims. She began to swear so horribly that a bolt came from the sky and she was immediately turned into a rock statue. The reports add, "the statue 'was then removed to the church parish, the priest at that latter place exacting a fee of seventy cents from everybody who wants to see it." Many residents of Bagos claim to have seen the statue and recognized the woman who was so severely punished. NEGRO DROPS DEAD. Eli Kennedy Falls Dead While At Work On Fence. Eli Kennedy, colored, a well known carpenter of this city, dropped dead this afternoon while at work on a fence on East Fifth street. Kennedy has for some time, been troubled with heart disease. While he had been in the enjoyment of good health for some time, he had been noti fied by his physician that his heart was in bad shape and that his end would be sudden. At the time of death, Kennedy was standing beside the fence in the act of nailing a plank. He fell to the ground and expired in a few minutes. The body was taken to the late home of the deceased, on West More head street. Kennedy was one of the best known negroes in Charlotte. He was indus trious and was liked by both white and black. Something Besides Whiskey in Ken tucky. Louisville, March 2. General activi ty in the Kentucky oil fields continues although the bad weather in still act ing as an impediment in many moun tain counties. During the week several good strikes wore made, the most be ing in the southeastern section of the State and in developed territory. Messrs. W. M. Crafton and Sam Mitchell, of Reidsville, aie here today buying horses. BARKEEPER COULD T ST Refused Credit Ftr Drink, Toughs Declared "Rough House," But the Bar keeper Ended it Chicago, March 2. Refused credit for liquor in the saloon of John Griffin on Chicago avenue at two this morning, Tom Gallagher and Joe Dris coll, both said to be ex-convicts, opened fire on the barkeeper, Edward Baynes, which the latter returned with deadly effect. Gallagher received perhaps a mor tal wound in the abdomen and Dris coll was shot in the shoulder. The battle continued until the po lice arrived. Baynes was uninjured but several persons in the saloon nar rowly escaped death in the shower of builets. Bishop Merrill Out of Danger. Chicago, March 2. Bishop Stephen M. Merrill, who has been seriously sick with pneumonia at Wesley Hospital, for two weeks, was reported as being out of danger. SHOO RAIGHT
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