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t I The 1G RALEIGH, N. C., PRlDAYy APRIlj 12, 190? No. 120 (7 Philippines Commission En counters Opposition at lloilo SOT HAS ITS OWN WAY A Native General Made Gov ernor Aguinaldo Prepares a Manifesto Advising His followers to Submit Aniil 11. :! p. m. In its i v ..! pacification and establishing the Philippines were in a most 'unsatis- . . 1m,m. inM rrv. factory condition. Mr. Boot stated fur :. ;i ',. oruments tne Philippines torn- , , , . , . , " J -,w"JJJl11 11 ther in his letter to Postmaster General niMH lias met. with -opposition here.j skh that a number v- clerks-had been ,-'anitissirtuer's held a lively session': assigned to the work of going over the j lr;;,r two days, although the matter accounts, and if possible to adjust them. " 1 " . . . .. The announcement comes in the nature '.I') ,i,r fl'srussnin .was purely or routine T -I -r i E:v-SiurtW Court Jadge made i,.?t 1-iuor attack on the American tax li-u-m caused' quite a stir for a un!m-i';n. however, finally suc ii t-ur'ntvsins opposition and or- -.. - .i .......,,.ii.i,.it wnn ,,-,.;.;ir s:i!:n-ied officials in the av-; ,. 'i .-mnointmeut of governor .-..nfciT'-d 'upon ex-Gcueral Oelgado, i, C is t... receive a salary of $3.(K0 a ; . ". t :..i..,;.uir TiirtiiirwiiTi ef tl JlSih ' , .!, . ( i- hifiintpv M as appointed treas-! ,. -,. ,,,,f j to receive a salary equal , ,. ' the overnnr. n.ii)!aisioii Ji'as a long itinerary j -.ivi'-i'i-ed for its work of.'. establishing i ivil ' ,cvernments in other parts of the iiR-bipelairo. icainaldo Still a Prisoner Manila. April 11. Col. Velliag, A-iiin:ilins chief of staff, and Dr. Bar oioiKi. ex-treasurer of the Philippine ivt'iiimeut, who Avere captured at the su.it time General i unston made a ; prener. of their chief, were liberated ;.i'i;iy. " ' ... Ajtiin.ildo will probably be removed in a" few days to a private house in the vi'iniiy of Malacanan wnere lie pro vNi.!ially held as a prisoner under piar.1. . It said that Aguinaldo fears the vengeance of the friends of General I.nmi. who- was assassinated by ovdor of AL'iiTnaldo, and that the authorities ire nl'niid t' let him out .of their hands. Tiie niuhorities refuse to say a word on th- siilgect and their actions arc not "-.ni;lUlfd. - , it said that Aguinaldo has prepar ed :i brief manifesto to the Filipinos in uuicti lie advises tnem to suduiu ana giving the. reasons therefor. He" ae ' knowledge:; the incapacity of the Fili pinos t., govern themselves anil advises the leaders, for their best interest, to L'ive in. This manifesto is being trans ,latf..l into Tagalog, Spanish and Eng lish. lr.it it is not known whether it has as yet lieoii signed by Aguinaldo. Tin- strike of the native-employes .'of tiie Manila-Dagupan Kailroad for an in rease nf tifty per cent in their wages i:;i heen settled. St iior Bitencamino, one ofi the leaders of tli'-1 federal party, announces that he intends to renounce politics. He refus es to call and see Aguinaldo. Senor r;iteriM. head of the new autonomy party; promises to organize a new party after the conclusion of peace. The ob-j'-ct .f ihis party will be to secure ter ritjri.il form of government. 1 Two Province Cleared Waiiiiigtin. April 11. Adjutant Gen f t'oriiin leccivetl the following ca- t'!'?iani from (T?ueral MacArthur at Manila: Toiunri Arce surrendered at Castille-i-. yesterday. 'XS soldiers, 12 officers :i!'d arms. This ami surrender Colonel Aha r.i Qrongano' April 8, with 1:1 otti :;'.)4 meti and O-' ritles, frees both I'-'tiaan and Zambales provinces." Jumped Their Bonds 'nsiiin-hui. April 11. Patrick Walsh Willirun 1 ynch. charged with em erzlcment,' wlien called in the police ;'!! it tfxlay failed to appear and forfeit boads of .$."i(,0 each. Walsh and i-. t.cii were employed as waitei-s at the u the good wishes I am now ex-""nl.-.n Hotel. It is alleged that thev , Dressing, and to drink to the health of treses fraudulent checks to guests. "T instnn. e to a patron who used $10 u,rai of lood or drink, the waiters v "ukJ present a check for $15. Then they 'iihUuru $10 into the house and keen -!. $r- V hen arrested by policeman Peyton fill Private lloteetivo T.fliiolli'n 'nrteil nr.. ihr i t L : ' nioney was .-v. .ii iii- i ii iihviiuttiiin IT . Ii it nrli . -"lfl nV,n hare left the city. ' l M luvusut TAYLOR SURPRISED His Recollection of His Con versation with Ripley lifliunapulis lnd., April 11. W 13VBP jOrnieHir irf,n,,.n.n r.t T.".,i.. . 1 j " )J surpriPed .today when he jthe "i oi the testimony given by for-jw ' M d,l,r-e,,'nor Bradley and Judge Yost sa e tn"1 ?f Captain Ripley at Frank- !ui fort regarding his statements. He said: "Of course I know nothing about what Captain Ripley said to Governor Brad ley, but I do know what was said by me to Mr. Ripley. On Monday, January 20, 1900, Iiipley came to my office and, I think, said he was looking for General Collier. lie. then told me he had made up a company of State militia compos ed good men. I responded that-1 was glad of it ' because public excitement was running so high in Frankfort that a riot was liable.. to be precipitated at any time, and in the event such, a lliing should occur his company was near and could reach Frankfort quickly and thus a.d in preserving peace. This is substantially what was said. "Governor Bradley never said any thing to me about his and Ripley's con versation." ' "' ACCOUNTS IN A BAD WAY Postal Affairs in the Philip pines to Be Overhauled Washington, April 11. Secretary Root notified the Post Office Department that the accounts of the postal service m r . v'1 " surprise, smic t rmue jil uiuciun Mel-ihayc all aon assertcd tQat postal af- fairs in the Philippines were in an ex cellent condition. Mr. Koot received his. information fi-nm A. L. Lawshe, the special auditor who investigated the I uban postal frauds and who was later sent to the Philippines to inspect tne postal sen-ice there. In a report from Mr. Eawshe the statement is made that the accounts of the services have been found to be in an unsatisfactory shape. Mr. Lawshe has been instructed to begin at once a thorousrh investigation, atid ho will he f urnisned as many clerks as he de iu order to facilitate the work (understood that in his report Mr. Eaw- she gives no intimation oi the discovery of 'frauds, . but . cdufines himself to the simple announcement of ''the unsatisfac-! tory" condition of the accounts. The last-inspection made of the Phil ippine postal service, according to a statement received at the Way Depart ment, covered the period from May 1, 1801) to June 1000.- This inspection was made ly Major S. C. Mills, of the inspector general's department, and his report was to the effect that the service was in excellent condition. MADE ITTOAL ;' President Loubet and Duke of Genoa Tickled Each Other King of Italy, tho Duke of Genoa today distributed a nmnlerV :pf- decorations to fho French ministers and -military, naval , -i . ' uu'l cimi ouji:ei.-. I'resident Loubet spent the early part of the- day in making a tour of the hospitals, and afterward received at the town hall delegations from theTouIou societies. He also distributed medals to workmen who had been thirty years in the same employ. Lepanto. the Italian flagship, and lunched with the Duke of Genoa. The latter, in toasting the chief executive of France, aid: "Permit me, Mi-, rresideut, to express to you ray acknowledgment of the very cordial and sympathetic welcome accord ed by France to myself and to the squad ron under my command. I shall retain tin unalterably happy recollection of this magnificent reception. I drinlj to France the post of arbitrator on the Samoan and to her armies on land and sea, and ciamis of the tniteu States, Great Bri JltSS: hlgh itain and Germany, although it has been Before he resumed his seat the Duke made know iha his illness for some touched classes with President Loubet i aiid the two warmly clasped hands. President'. Loubet replied: "Monseigneur, I am profoundly moved by the friendship you have just ox pressed for the French republic and its president and by the sympathy which you show .'for its army and navy. It is unnecessary to repeat to you what are the feelings of the French nation toward Ixaly. You already know them, and I have described them to you. But I wish once more to assure you mat we are your grand squadron here. 'T drink to the health of King Vic- tor Emmanuel, to the royal family, to their prosperity , and to the Italian fleet. I drink also to your personal health, monseigneur. Just now I noticed in your cabin the pictures of those dear -to yon. your entire family, Will Be Contested New Orleans. April ll W. II. Hen derson, of this ; city, a . nephew of Mrs. Josephine Newcomb, who died in New - 1 " V J t4 ,1 Ml t 1- xoi - k master 5unuay, win contest ner m iu a case which is to be filed here - . . . A . . . I i k Ml'fvnnihi Inf XVIUMWMUI n I Newcomb College which is a part of Taukrne UniversityHenderson's broth er and sister reside in Louisville. Union Miners Walk Out Wilkesbarre, April 11. Because the superintendent at the Harry E. collier would not allow the union men to drive the non-union men out of the mine, .the entire force of 800 went on strike this morning, and the driver, boys were told by the executive committee not to fur nish them with cars. They o. not and superintendent discharged the boys, profoundly touched by the evidence of ' . Y , friendship which his majesty tie King Hughes, of Connecticut to beconsnl. gen of Tt.nlv hns ffiven to France by sending eral of the United States at Coburg, : uiscnargea tne boys, . nnp.tp(1 hoi . Km -n ' of personal and other property connected I, rhey1-vith.a sugar plantation in Cuba which return until the non- wng d est roved during the late msurrec charged . tion in tlur island. hereupon the w av they will not union men are disc Minister Loomis on Trouble with Venezuela. MONEY AT THE BOTTOM Claims Collected in Favor of , American Citizens, and the Government Resentful in Consequence. San Juan, . April 11. Considerable in terest was created here yesterday by the arrival of the gunboat Scorpion .from Venezuela with Mr. Loomis, United States minister to that county, on board. Mr. Loomis, who; is accompanied by his wife, will sail for New York today on the steamship Caracas. Minister Loomis, in a statement, said today that the trouble between Vene zuela' and the . tinted States originated over a demand for the payment of claims of Americans amounting to $10O,(XX. He 'followed the instructions he received front the State Department at Washing ton til fliilnc -liwl fitifkHr .j.l leeted the money. The ill feeling that now exists was a result of thus - action, and brought about the revocation of the Orinoco concessions. Venezuela, he says, is now fortifying the position, and granting foreigners con- ;sires cessions in such proximity as to emhar It is rass the United States forces' in case of trouoie. He will make no cable report to the State Department at Washington on the matters in controversy between this coun try and Venezuela, but will wait until he reaches the national capital to give all the- details to Secretary Hay. Mr.' Loomis denies" that he has been recalled from his post, and says that he is merely on 'a vacation. He went .so far as to say that although President Castro is anti-American, it is only fair to state that he controls the situation in Venezuela at present. He said that Americans sutler many injustices m ine Venezuela courts.- There are now many warships in the harbor' of La (Juaj-ara, probably in antici pation of trouble, although affairs were comparatively, quiet when Mr. Loomis left the country-. - . -. J $ -.. F,eli from the Dome Buffalo. April 11. Michael Hohensteinj a sub-contractor engaged in putting flag staffs' on the Pan-American Exposition buildings, was killed- this morning by a fall from the dome of the government .aiI)e ppot ,wherc William Highlaiiger was killed two months ago. . Hohenstein fell; 10 feet. He was thirty-five years . 01U Strike Threatened Yonngstown, O., .pril 11. tnless the engineers, firemen and water tenders employed at the plants of the Republic Iron and Steel ComPanJ "ere arc 'grant- 'l increases in wages rauging from To to 33 cents a day they threaten to strike mext Monday. A strike would throw about 3,000 men out of employment. King Oscar as Arbitrator Washington, April 11. King Oscar of Norway and Sweden has accepted time oacK nas rnus iar prevenxeo nis giving active consideration to the sub ject. ; The German case has been made up and is now at Stockholm. Two Ohio Men Fixed Washington, April 11. The President today made the following appointments State Itobert P. Skinner of Ohio to be consul general . of the United States Germany; Francis G. Gessner of Ohio, to be consul of the tuited States at Zittau, Germany. Union Men Fired ? Milwaukee, April 11. All' the steam ship engineers employed by the company of which William Fitzgerald is presi dent, which operates a large fleet from this port, have been discharged because they ; stuck by their union, and Fitz gerald is trying fo fill their places with non-union men. .. ion for Education Chicago, April 11. Armour . institute has been enriched by a gift of- $1,000,- 000 in cash and .sccuritiea hy, Mrs. P. D. Armour and J. Ogden Armour. Added to property amounting to -between $3, "i00,000 and $4,000,000 given by P. H. Armour during his life time, the gift makes the "total resources" 'of the insti tute almost $5,000,000. ,.'v ft ' : First Claim Filed Washington, April XI. the fk presented to the Spanish war claims committee was tiled today. The claim ant is Maria S. E. Martinez, ana we amount ds $21G,6G6, the stated value 1 Early Reports Confirmed by - Later D spatches i -x )t .... HIS MEN DISCOURAGED Condition of the Burgher Troops Des cribed as Pitia- ble-CIamors for Peace Heard in the Ranks Berlin, April 11 -The report concern General DeWet and ing the iusanity'oij the. desperate condition of the Boer forces left in the -field is confirmed by the Cape Town i -orrespondent of the Frankfurter Zeitujng. The correspon dent endorses everything that has been printed in the English newspapers con cerning the matter and admits that Gen eral DeWet is actually mad and that the burgher troops arq in a pitiable condi- tion. Dispatches from Cane Town say that the rank and file of DeWet's men and ; fhev soldiers unde the other burgher, leaders are grea I l.v depresscd. General DeWet, the corresipondent states, -is so j distracted ly the misfortunes of nis cause that he ca'n 1-eally be described as a mad mau .and it is reared tnat unless the war soon come s to an end he! may become violent. lie moves about in fear of his life even among his o to - the reports, an wn troops, according is surrounded by a most trusted adher- chosen body of his ents Iioth day and night. It . is said that peWct- neverf permits this body guard to leave hn h, as no lears tnat there may be traitors iu his ranks who have been hired bt the British to put him out of the was as the most .speedy method of ending Even from DeY lostilities. correspondent saysJ there is frequently heard bitter coTiipliints and loud clam ors for, iece-and this serves to greatly irritate ihfi- Boer commander, who, thTngfrleing IiuntM'by- the British and suffering from the exposures of the field, has hst his self command and is no longer the intrepid leader who plann ed so many brilliant movements against his English adversaries.. A dispatch from . Pretoria says that the convoy which Ifcft-that place March 27, with supplies and an enormous ac cumulation of mail. reached Rustenbnrg safely. The' convoy was sniped all along the route t. its destination, but, because of its strong escort was not openly at tacked by the Bbets. -,A Boer lorcc numbering about nine hundred men was deen hurrying toward the north during he journey. A re- counoissance . was made in their direc tion and a loug-ofcupied camp which had just been evacaated was discovered by the British escort The convoy reached Pretoria yester day on the return trip, bringing with it a large number! of Boer refugees. These refugees were accompanied by their families and most of them brought all their possessions CHICAGO WjNTS SKOOG He Is a Bad man. and an Ex pert Counterfeiter Chicago, April 31. Lpon receiving news of the capture in New. York of ;ioiin Albert SkoogJ who. is pronounced by officials of the Lnited states Secret nf tlin most exnprt eoun-' cnto!n nHr.-f iho TTnitert " States Secret Service, city, at once made arrangements to have him returned to Chicago for trial. .TudseKohlsaat issued a bench warrant for the prisoner, aiid a copy of the iu-'J dictment, which wast found several years 111111 ' ., , 4n lft ,14.i,-u:x1, ; im ago, was mailed to the authorities m the east j . . I The arrest was considered of so much ! ;ntinrfAiieo that a eablecraiu was sent to the authorities ill Sweden who have leen wanting to take!; possession of bkoog as soon as tne i, nateu etntes govern ment get through with him. vi 4 - MURDER 0F ACCIDENT German Officer Mysteriously Pekin Killed i Berlin. April 1 1.4According t dis- !e."rS;f t,2 either murdered or Skilled by accident! Washington, April 11. A sequel to the yesterday in the Chinese capital. The!gn)ing 0f a large amount of mail mat first dispatch said tljat the captainrwas ter at Ocean Grove, N. J. about a week assassinated while riding his horse near lzo js. furnished in the following dis- the summev palace, and it was inferred that hostile Chinesewere guilty of the flee Inspector jLdchran from Acting In ciime. : His body wa 1 recovered. . jspector King at New York: ; infiiw fleeoimt oi the affair, was re-1 "Tnsneetors Kvle. Jacobs' "and mvself Reived later AvLuch Mated that an in- !-f j - . and that the to show that it was he result of an ac cident, authough nonlp of the particulars are-given in the pisatches. Enquiries have been mad irom here iiuiry had been- opesea to -aiscover TJie , Mai-ten, mail messenger at Drancu post cause of the of ficer mysterious.. death i office Station -Gi. New York City, who and tb.qt the evideB!ce thus far tends stole letters from Station G. March 31. regarding, the recent reports that a re bellion" of Chinese ttoops under com mand of General Tung Fu Hsiang had broken out and was assuming threaten ing proportion's and causing a great deal of alarm in Pekin. - According to the. Pekm correspondent of the Lokal An zeiger, the foreign authorities at the capital emphatically dray the report. A dispatch from, Pekin says that the British fourth infantry brigade is being broken tip and that the: Bikanir and Al War imperial service regiments will soon start for . India. The other regiments composing the brigade will," it is said, be attached toIord Campbell's, command, CHURCH AND SCHOOL Catholics Attack American Educational Legislation Chicago. April 11. Educational legis lation in the United States was attack ed today in the discussion at theT'oman Catholic educational conference as be ing unfair, partial and prejudicial to the private rights of individuals and to re ligious institutions in the tendency of the laws to absolute " state control of schools. The educators urged combined and earnest action to extend' and perfect the Roman Catholic educational system and protect the institutions- championing it, in order to, win out. in the competition between the secularand .church institu tions. It was claimed .ny the speakers that the. present time is the most criti cal one to determine the supremacy or weakening of tne cnurCh educational sys tem Detailed accounts of , the laws enacted in different States relative to education and those now being proposed were con sidered, and their tendencies prejudicial to the church. institutions, it, was assert- ed, .were , pointed out. The free text books, the bureau of education, the na tional educational association, the State control of private schools and colleges were discussed in connection with the subject. ' - ' ' .: - Prof, E. J. Ryan of Mount St. Mary's College.-Emmitsbnrg, Md.. read a paper on, 'Teaching of English' in College," in whichv he pleaded for the purity and thoroughness of the language. " Cool Com men cement Togs Madison, Wis., April 11 Considerable feeling has been aroused in the Lniversi ! ty by . the senior law class today adopt- inff nnen ousters aou. straw ji.us hs iue cap aud gown. DETERMiNEO TO DIE - .. - - , . v A Well Dressed Stranger Who Would Not Be Thwarted Kansas. City, April 11. An unknown, well-dressed stranger who killed him self here today was a most determined and resoureeful suicide. The only clue to his identity is a gilt-edged initial "H" in his hat. His clothing was made by Alfred Benjamin & Co. of New York. This morning he called at the home of Mrs. Lilly Scott, -who lives opposite the Union cemetery in the southern part of this' -city. VLeud me a revolver, please," he said, when a quiet rapping had brought Mrs. Scott to her back door. '"I have none."j. said Mrs. Scott. ' "Well, a butcher-knife will do,"' said the caller. -."I want to kill myself." 'You go right away!' crie.d Mrs. Scott, who was akme in the house.. "Oh, well," he said, "this will do," and he turned and stole fifteen or twenty feet of her clothes line. Then he went to a vacant lot two hundred feet away. There was a scrubby oak tree there, ten or fif teen feet high. " Under this the man stood. He tied, one end of the rope to a crotch, w-here. a branch stuck out just about , the height or his head. Mrs. Scott shrieked! and brought two other women from their homes. They shrieked too. The man. paid no need, lie threw the loose end of the rope about his neck. dre wit taut and' theen coolly bent his knees and dangled, there while the horri fied women looked on helplessly. At length their cries brought a boy of "fif- teen. -Thev shouted to him to stou the suicide. The. boy ran to do it. Uitli all his strength he tried to straighten the hanging man out and get his feet on lOI . Jlllll. J. UtiJl iue 1 IW rail xu invcas and got -a man, George Dean, who hur ried to the scene and cut the j-ope. It was too late. The stranger's pulse was still fluttering, but. it was only for a moment -ur mi. :yv u . umaur could be secured the suicide was death IJo app.u.entlr nbout thirty-five years old,of medium height, black Hair, brown eveg mx a hare lip. ; Hundreds have viewed - the body, but no olie recognized it. Except for a religious tract there was nothing in the dead man's pockets. Wedded in Greensboro Greensboro, N C, April 11. Special Assistant Postmaster Johi)- D. Pannill and Miss Mary Withers of Keidsville, were -married at Hotel Guilford this evening. Be v. W. C Newton peiform ed the ceremony in the presence of a few friends. Mr. and Mrs. Pannill left tonight, on a bridal trip to Wash ington. " ; - Cornered arid Confessed patch received today , by Chief Post Of- have just caused ;he arrest of Thomas Avhich he rifled and threw overboard and sure that Crook is the guilty man ami were subsequently ' found On the beach Matt Cooper who was the sole witness at Ocean Grove, N. J. Depredations to the murder and has been under sus iarge. Makes a full confession." . inicion Is mucli xsliarrad. Transport Jerome Is Four Days Overdue. MANY TROOPS ABOARD War Department Officials Are Concerned for the Safety of the Ship and - Her Passen gers, Coming from Manila Washington, April 11. Officials of th War Department are greatly concerned over the whereabouts of the government transport Jerome, which is now four days overdue and has not been sighted since she left Honolulu. The vessel left Manila March 9 and carried eleven com panies of the Twenty -sixth Infantry, about nine hundred men,' not including officers, who had served their time dn the Philippines and were to be mustered out in San Francisco. The reairaent is commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Dick- man and was enlisted a.t Plattsburg, N. Y. Nearly all of those composing the eleven companies are from New England, the majority being from Bos ton, Lowell. Lawrence and other Massa chusetts cities. ' General Bird, chief of the army trans port service, stated today that he ddd not understand why the vessel should be so long overdue. He admitted that the transport was mot a first-class vessel," and that her machinery was old and weak. ' : - . In the event of the Jerome bavins: en countered a severe storm in mid-ocean the onieials fear that she may have met with a mishap which would seriously disable her. . ' - - Old Thing Went Off . Philadelphia, April 11 F. A. Bal- - linger, a wealthy retired business man and politician, accidently shot-and killed . himself this morning. He was cleaning an old gun and "did not know it was oaded." Used a Clothes Line C Moumouth. IlL. April XI.- Mrs Altha C. Lyons, wife of the president Mon-' mouth; College,, committed suicide - last evening by' hanging -'herself with a clothes line. She was aoout years old. Her rash acl is ascribed to fail ing health and her anxiety over her husband's- prospects for re-appointment. , 3 Not Disposed to Talk ' London, April 11. Mr. J. P. Morgan arrived here at 4:30 o'clock, this after noon. He was accompanied by his son, his daughter-in-law and. two grandchild ren. They were met by three carriages and one detective to watch over Mr. Morgan ' during his stay here. Their uggage filled three vans. Mr. Morgan refused to be interviewed. . $ : Cooped Up Garrison RelPeved CaDe Town. April 11. The British gar rison at Hoopstad in the "northwestern Dart of Orange River Colony, which has practically been isolated for some months, has been relieved by a column under Lord Erroll and withdrawn. The fortifi cations at the place were destroyed and nearly all of the inhabitants quit the town. Lord Erroll s column surprised the Boers at Kareepan, killing seven of them. '" . Gen. Sir Frederick Forostier-Walfeer, the base commander here, will sail for England next week on a . flying visit. A BOY GIVES THE CLUE Evidence Found That Will . Convict a Murderer ' : - -.- ' - Wilkesbaire April 11. 'fodnj when Detective Jones had almost given up hope of finding the connecting-link between-Michael Crook and the erime of which he is suspected, , the murder of , Adam Bhodes, a five year old boy placed him on the right track. He now believes that he will be able to convict Crook. He has found the knife w'th which the murder was done and it belongs to th suspect. He nad ' searched Crook' i house for it in vain, and as he was leaving exclaimed to the , family: "I wnnt- f'rook'a knife: where is it?" The older folks looked wise and salcl nothing, but a five year old lad (Crook's nephew) cried out "My nrother has it." ietec tive Jones found the brother at work In a mine'.- He is 15 yeara old. He readi ly gave up the knife and tolu the story. of how he got it. He said that on Tues day about 12 hours after the murder he saw his uncle rnobing the knife on a stone to clean it of sbmething, and that he evidently could not do so as be finally threw it away in the bushes. He got it and had shown his prize to no one but his little brother. Dr. Meogel, wh made the post-mortem, says the knife, which made the wound struck the collar bone a heavy blow and turned off. On. the blade and about the casing were some dark stains and in the hinge was conaguiatea blood, which Dr. C. F. . Minor is now analyzing. . Jones and the district attorney f 1
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