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PITT 0BG NEWS CLOSING 5TOCK QUOTATIONS VOL. 18 NO. 323 PITTSBURG, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1001 SIXTEEN PAGES ONE CENT M'BRIDE'S MURDERER YIELD AMERICA TO GO HP TuFILP lllJcj SB PRESS stock: EDITION CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS BULGARIA MUST TO FREE i Investigation of the Foul Shooting of United States Has Asked Turkey for Permission to Send Fleet Through the Dardanelles. Squirrel Hill Watchman Abandoned by Coroner and Police. LAMENTABLE DEFEAT OF JUSTICE THE OLD WORLD'S LATEST NEWS 1 nation to an American has directed that any scats sold shall be forfeited.

His majesty declares that the audience at the ceremony must be exclusively British and that no Americans will be allowed. Paris. November 21. It is announced that the recent French naval demonstration against Turkey will be followed by a great increase in the number of Russian and French consuler posts in Asia Minor. Liverpool.

NoveTter 21. The Post today says that Lord Rosebeiry is likely to endorse the demand of Right Ho. Henry Campbell Bannerman, the Liberal leader for the recall of Lord Milner, at present governor of the Orange River Colony and the Tran-vaal. Paris. November 71.

Some peasants near Nantes today pursued, with pitchforks, three tramps who had stolen cabbages. One of the tramps was killed, anomer wounded, and the third, a woman, was dragged through the mud until she was insensible. Paris, November 21. The indignation of the Clerical party has been aroused by the bill introduced in the Senate by M. do Lanessan.

making attendance at religious service on board naval vessels voluntary, instead of compulsory, as at present. Under the present order, when the Sun erites Admitted This Afternoon Chief of Local Rip That Recorder ft. M. Brown Will Probably Be The failure of the police authorities of this city to hunt down and locate the murderer of Watchman Samuel Mc Bride is a most glaring example of failure on the part of the officers to do their duty. Under the present city administration, discipline in the various bureaus, and particularly that of police, is sadly lack-ins, and the officers as well as detectives sre apparently exerting themselves very-little on behalf of good order and enforce ment 01 tne law.

Watchman McBride was shot down in cold blood near his home in the Kast End on August 19 last. The murder occurred about 2 o'clock in the morning, and there was every evidence of a ore- meditated killing. The man who fired the fatal shot was seen. He had gone to McBride's home in a cab, and, after tiring a number 01 snots, supposedly to attract McBride from his home, and which ruse succeeded, as the watchman promptly responded, shot the watchman at close range, so that the victim, or this cowardly attack died within a short time. Several persons saw the murderer escape.

ana tnere were a number or people in the immediate vicinity, who put in their appearance soon after the fatal shots had been fired. They were with the watchman when he died, and from the circumstances of the case Knew much that would have been valuable in detecting the guilty per son. McBride was employed as a watchman by a number of the residents of the Squir rel Hill district. He had been vigilant in the performance of his duties, and was accused by certain persons of being too vigilant in spying out some of their alleged nocturnal visits. Threats had been made against McBride's life.

McBride told his friends that he expected trouble and even expressed a fear that an attempt would be made to kill him. A man implicated in the McBride troubles is said to have made threats against McBride, as It was feared he knew too much of certain transactions that occurred in that district. McBride had been on duty and had stopped in his. rounds to eat a midnight lunch in his own home, It was from his own. table that lie was called to go out into the darkness and receive the fatal bullets.

Aftet his death, the coroner began an investigation into McBride's The inquest was adjourned from time to time, Eddie Removed gelow Says Me Will Aiot Vienna, November 21. The Tageblatt 1 today prints a Constantinople telegram hich states that the government at 1 Washington has asked the porte's permission to send an American fleet through the Dardanelles, with the presumable object of demonstrating against Bulgaria on account of the abduction and continued captivity of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the. American missionary. The Tageblatt thinks that the sultan will refuse the per.

mission asked. Sofia. November 121. The foreign office stated yesterday that the first place indicated by Consul Oeneral Dickinson as the locality where the brigands held Miss Stone, was Gratchowo. This was surrounded by Bulgarian troops, but after a thorough search no trace of the brigands or their captives was discovered.

The next. place was Belorika, which was found to be in Turkish territory, where Bul garian troops cannot operate. Rome. November 21. The Rev.

Father Cushing, of Colorado, who was recently arrested and sent to an insane asylum for attempting to gain an entrance into the house where Bishop Matz, of Denver, was stopping, is pushing his case against the bishop. He charges the bishop with causing his arrest on false charges, and bis case has been taken up by Lawyer Mazza. i deputy of Rome. If Bishop Matz is convicted, the penalty will te 1,000 lires tine or imprisonment. ather Cushing was some weeks ago sus- pended by Bishop Matz.

The priest came to Rome to try and obtain satisfaction against the bishop. The he could not obtain but. learning that Matz was also in Rome, he went to the house where he was stopping and tried to force an entrance. He was arrested, sent to an Insane asylum, but subsequently released as a result of interference by the American consul. -r i Amsterdam, November 21.

It i3 stated on fairly good authority that the Boers here expect some decisive event to occur during the present month which will tend to bring about a termination of the war in South Africa in their favor. No Information can be gained as towhat the nature of the expected event will be, but that the local Boers are more optimistic than they have been for some time, is clearly Mr. Kruger, in the meantime, remains at Hilversum. The stories that the former Transvaal president is -too feeble to be moved, are not true, The reason for his remaining is that he insists on being-here at, Paris. acillus has "been jtplv 3ftlcf causes doata-in thi-e 01 ys 1 it in its pure form.

Ir an adulterated form is used it is liable to cause a mild iea illness. Rome, November 21. Rear Admiral Cromwell, with the-. United States cruisers Chicago and Albany left Genoa today for Ville, France. The Nashville will remain at Genoa for repairs.

London, November 21. King Edward, hearing that certain aristocrats were preparing to sell their seats for the coro- I ROOSEVELT WILL EXCLUSION Ufc.ftaj 'fTommy" Bigelow, chief of the ripperites and the syndicate promoters, has given up the fight for political supremacy in Pittsburg. He has publicly acknowledged that Gov. W. A.

Stone has cast him off, being quoted in Harrisburg dispatches today as admitting that A. M. Brown, present recorder of the city of Pittsburg, is to be removed from office and J. O. Brown, former chief of the department of public safety, is to be placed in charge of the city government.

"Eddie" Bigelow, "Tommy's" brother, declares that he will not serve as director of the department of public works under J. O. Brown. day service commences tne trench na- tonal colors are hauled down and the flag of the church run up. This arrangement, which has been in existence a century or more, has aroused the antagonism of the anti-Clerical party.

A fierce controversy on the subject now rages in the Paris press. Madrid. November 21. An explosion occurred at the Barracks at Corunna today, while some cartridges were being unloaded. Three persons wrere killed and 17 injured.

The barracks caught fire from the exploding powder. London. November 21. General Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria todav as follows: "Commandant Buys has been captured, after attacking a patrol of about 111 railway pioneers, on the Vaal near Vtlliersdorp. Our casualties have not yet been reported.

Remington's column came to the support of the patrol." Lisbon, November 21. Sixteen congre- gationlsts, who were, driven from France by the law of associations bill, attempted to. iana nere toaay out met strong op position by the -people and were unable to, stop, at this pert Th populace stoned tne.rengtous exiles ana compelled them DECISIVE BATTLE MUST BE. EQLUGtyjOM ISTHfriU wbarfajQffa ot fc party s- seriomsty Harrisburg, November 21. Thomas S.

Bigelow. chief of the Pittsburg ripperites, has given up all hope of the retention of Recorder Brown. Mr. Bigelow said this afternoon that it looked Very much as If the recorder would have to go and that J. O.

Brown would "take his place. He made this statement after he had a long talk with Public Buildings Superintendent Evre. He reached here at 7 o'clock last night and had not seen Governor Stone yet at 1 o'clock this afternoon, except for a minute last night at the railroad station. "I have no lornrn imirnirni that I am here to do every tliinK tn my power to prevent tne removal or urrornrr urn i Mr. MlfceloW to (heIrei torre-pqnilrnt.

"It he fa not retained it nonld tte no fanlt of mine. I am afraid, though, that be. will he dismissed and thai J. O. Brown will take bin Ipaee.

I am not as hopeful of his retention as I nas when I reached Harrinharix last nUhl. It Is not certain that he will he dismissed, bat frankly; it looks very mnch as If this wonld happen." Mr. Bigelow spent last night at the I-ochiel Hotel and during the early even- ing he was In. conference with Attorney General Elkins. Public Buildings Super- intenaent Manning ommissioner Reeder and other high State officials.

The fact that Stone has not seen Biee-low and that Elktn and Eyre are acting as messengers for the governor would seem to indicate that Brown and Stone are not as friendly as they formerly were. Mr. Bigelow spent the morning in the nrlvate office of Attorney General Elkin 5 Government Forces March to Meet Rebel Army Everything Depends On the Outcome of This Engagement Colon Is Quiet. Washington, November 21. President Roosevelt will recommend ment of the Chinese exclusion act in his annual message to congress, man C.

Needham. of California, is authority for the statement. "The President said to me yesterday that he believed the people of the coun try would endorse his views on the question," said Mr. Needham. "I have sug geFted," said the President, "that the Geary act be strengthened in every pos sible way that will result in keeping out Chinese labor.

and In the testimony offered many prominent names were mentioned. The coroner suppressed much of this testimony, and is alleged to have had what was given to the reports, as well as that placed upon the official records, grea'ly garbled. Matters dragged on for three months and this week, three months after ths commission of the murdor, finally abandoned the case, after having returned a verdict a short ago that McBride came to his death by parties unknown. Public opinion was so strong that a re-' opening of the case was talked of for a while, but the decision of the' coroner announced finally this week was that the case would not be reopened. During the last three months, enough has been unearthed to justify one or more arrests in connection with this case.

The city detectives did not visit Mc Bride's home to get facts from his widow' directly bearing on the They failed to nee persons who offered to sup-pjy valuable information, -which in an: ordinary case would have resulted ini prompt action on the part of the authorities in making arrests. There was no Isck of facts, either testified to before the coroner or revealed by other persons, to prompt a move, if there hsd been a proper desire on the part of the police to ferret out the murderer of McBride. Nothing was -done, and time was permitted to pass so that public lhterest in the case would die out, with the hope that the whole affair would be finally forgotten. This has been the result. The Press offered a reward of $500 for the detection and conviction of the perpetrator of this crime, and county commissioners offered for the same purpose, but no arrests were made.

Ths police were indifferent, and when' their attention was called to ectrain facts simply ridiculed all efforts to have pustics done. The case was in the hands of the coroner until after the new city administration went into power. Then he abandoned further efforts. The city authorities did nothing to clear their skirts of their connection with the whole affair, which had been so bungllngly handled from the first' that the detection of the criminal was apparently hemmed about with many intentional restrictions. The McBride case remains as a stigma upon the police officials, as atrpresent constituted, that they can never be effaced.

and rapid firing machine guns, while the rebels are poorly armed and short of ammunition, it is expected that tne wen trained and well-armed government forces will make short work of thein-i surgents, who are described as little more than a mob. 1 If General Alban succeeds in crushing Chorrera insurgents, the --rebel triumph at Colon will be of short -duration. He will then be free to devote bis attention to the small bands which have been har-' rassing the Panama railroad, and sooni the flag of the Colombia government willi again be floating over Colon. But if, on the other hand. General Alban should be defeated the situation on the Isthmus would become a serious one lor the Co- lomblan government.

With one of the principal seaports In hands, and the government military forces brokeu and scattered the next move of the rebels would be noon Panama. There are n'lly it would be essy of capture by a victorious rebel army. In that. case the whole of the state of. Panama would be in the hands of the.

insurgents, and they would be in a position to dictate terms to the government. The result of General Alban's expedl-! tion is, therefore, awaited with interest and anxiety in government circles. FIRE HIS EXISTENCE uuaiauicu. i 1 1... 1.

1. ji ue aeposiiea in ine ip oi uib lurimuo hi tha niipatlnn wh noir nnnetl forever rI 1 stranger watched the men with a critK the stranger, and Just as the mass of stuff) disappeared into the fearful mouth he dashed forward Into the opening. Instantly Lee divined his Intentions and' dropped the bell, which caught the man's1 left foot and held him fast. In far lss( time than it takes to tell it those bravei fallows at the furhace top, at the risk1 of their lives, had dragged the body from; the fiery pit dragged it with tongs, at thai risk of their lives. But In the brief fraction of time thn bo.tv wact in th.

fnr-f nace it was cnarea to an unrecognis able mass. On the back there was one little bit of cloth that escaped the fire. It is this piece of cloth that may lead to tne identity or tne man. i All that remained of the body wal taken to the Allegheny County Morgue on Klghtn street. There were no visitor at the morgue this morning.

The deputy coroners have no clue to the identity of the man YOUNG COUPLE HELD. Inder Uaird as inspected Elopers. Man Becomes III. Cumberland. November 21.

Last night a couple arrived here and registered at a hotel as Frank lmler and sisty-. Bloomdale, O. A few minutes later tne captain of police received a telegram to arrest a couple who had eloped from Os-terburg. Pa. The couple at the hotel answered the description and were placed under surveillance, pending the arrival of the father of the girl missing from Oster-burg.

This morning the young man under surveillance at the hotel was taken mysteriously ill and is now unconscious. The girl says they are really brother and sister and are on their way home from a vl.lt to relatives In Pennsylvania. Ths girl is only 16 and is frantic over th young man's condition. The girl war Tor cloning is Virgte Miller, and the John Haver. .1 aa rt awvfui, in.

v. 1 1 Wben coke ind nr wm in nnftittnn 1 in i ri, rim -F. J.mj. ail 1 1 ill, miii ud and the men drew hack from tho awm neat. looks like nelll' in utter en I iteoV 11 "The people of California and tne elusion act re-enacted and demand that Washington.

November 21. Captain Perrv, commanding the battleship Iowa, cabled the navy department this morning as follows: "Panama, November 21. "Secretary of the Navy, Washington: "Everything quiet, no further interference since notification. Transit and telegraph communication open. Colon is in possession of the Diberals and quiet.

"PERRY." Whether the success of the Colombian insurgents In capturing the town of Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama, will prove a permanent benefit to the rebel cause depends to a large extent on the outcome of General Alban's expedition to Chorrera. General Alban is governor of the state of Panama. Chorrera is a small place one day march from the city of Panama, where it is reported that the insurgents have gathered a force of 3,000 men. General Alban started two days ago from Panama with an army of 1.200 men to attack this insurgent force. Half of his men went by land and the other half in launches, towed by gunboats.

It was the intention to make a iront and rear attack on the rebel camp. Although numerically smaller than the insurgent force. General Alban's command was remarkably well equipped with rines PLUNGED INTO TO END BIDDLE BOYS WILL NOT HANG ON THE SAME DAY I know that influences, aside from the Chinese minister at Washington and the Chinese throughout the country are at work to defeat the law. The six companies in San Francisco, and the Chinese consul general are being aided by various railroad and steamship companies, but I hardly believe that they will prevail." Gov. W.

A. Stone Writes That the Request of the Murderers of Grocer Thomas D. Kahney Will Be Granted. Serve Under with Mr. Eyre and when the latter left Elkin entered his office and remained in conference with Bigelow until he left for Pittsburg on the limited express.

Mr. Bigelow said just beTore his meeting with Elkin that he and the governor traveled all the wav from Philadelphia last night on the same train without either of them knowing it. He said: "I saw the governor enter the rar in which was traveling for his atchel, when we reached Harrisburg. We spoke, and that is all. "Have you not seen the governor to talk over the Fittsburg situation yxr.

rsige- jow was asked. "I have not." he replied "Do you still believe Recorder. Brown will be. retained?" "I am not as confident a I was when I came tr Harrisburg Uastj-ughU'JL "is it certain; that the recorder will be removed?" "No, but it looks very much as if. the governor had made up hia mind to dismiss him." "Who will take his place?" "That I don't know, but I guess J.

O. Brown." "I prefer to say nothing more for the present," said Bigelow. "except to add that I am here to do everything possible to prevent Recorder Brown's dismissal. If he is it is through no fault of mine." Mr. Kitre'ow told a friend who asked him how things were going that they were not moving as smoothly as he would like.

Governor Stone will not talk about the Pittsburg situation. "1 will not say anything at this time." was all he would say when The Press correspondent urged him to make a statement. Attorney General Elkin and Mr. Eyre also decline to discuss the situation. The indications are that Stone asked Recorder Brown to resign and that if he does not retire voluntarily he will be dis- 'V NX MB- 3 was taken in tne jail law with his lite for of terror as when he separate times re fixed.

This was th only reason wtrch prompted them to ask tneir attorn make the request) of the Kovrnor. JTi. iurke Is exptctiug Oov-t-rnor Stone name the days on which the dtfath penally sha.l paid ibis v.fck. 'otrje one s--t story afloat lht the re- qiusi ks promoted by a dtFire on the ci iiir.uoys to mar.e a statement to i Uar the oib. when he was on the, 5 i I I J.

0. Brown. Just before starting for Pittsburg this afternoon Mr. Bigelow said that Attorney-General Elkin had just told him that Governor Stone would remove Brown and appoint in his place J. O.

Brown. Mr. Bigelow did not go to see Stone after he received this news from Eikin. He does not know when the change will be made. 'Tommy" Bigelow sent telephone message to Director "Ed' Bigelow at 2 o'clock, in which he admitted his trip to Harrisburg had been in Vain.

"My brother telephoned," the director said, "that John P. Elkin had told him Major Brown would be removed and J. O. Brown would- be appointed recorder." "What will be'-your attitude If J. O.

Brown the director was 1 MEVER WIR16ED District Attorney's Arraignment of the Ag-Gused Woman for the Murder of J. Seymore Ayres Was Unmoved. Washington, November 21. A larger percentage of women was noticeable among those attending the Bonine murder trial this morning. Among them J.

Ellen Foster, the famous woman's rights advocate, who followed the proceedings with an interest that seemed keener than that displayed by Mrs. Bonine herself. Court was called at 10:05. and five minutes later the defendant appeared. She was calm and smiling as always, shook hands with counsel and glided Into her seat.

She cast one sidelong glance at J. S. Ayres. the father of the man with whose murder she stands charged, who was present in the court room. At 1:15 Assistant District Attorney Taggart began his statement to the Jury.

He told them at the outset that they must not be swayed by sentiment nor sympathy for tha defendant. "The wrongful taking of a life Is a crime for which reparation cannot be made on earth." he said significantly. "You must determine wether she took his life and then whether she took it wrongfully." Mr. Taggart spoke in a conversational tone, but quite impressively. He explained to the jury the various degrees of homicide, from those the result of accident or committed in self-defense, to the cold-blooded premeditated murder.

He was particularly careful to explain-the difference between murder and manslaughter. He enumerated the circumstances upon which the government rests its case. Mrs Bonine never winced as he related dramatically the incidents attending the finding of the body, "drenched in Its own blood, stiff, dead." He told of Mr. Bonine's enforced absences from home and the arrangement of the dances at the Kenmore by Mrs. Bonine.

He described Ayres as handsome, manly, athletic In appearance, and Mrs. Bonine's interest in him. "She undertook to teach him to dance." the learned counsel declared, "on three occasions. As we expect to show, gentlemen," he said, "their relations became so friendly that she took the liberty of going to hih room whenever she felt disposed to. not only when he was absent, but when h- was there in the hours of the day and in the hours of the night." "In December a quarrel took place," said, "due to Mrs.

Bonine's reproaching Avres for drinking. The quarrel was made up but later she offended him again on the same grounds, and he ceased to talk to her. "She complained of his rudeness," he explained, "and although she made advances, he refused a reconciliation. Still, on the next night, two or three weeks before the body was found, he danced with lur again, also on the night before the murder. Yet it was evident that Ayres did not wish to renew the old chattv relations.

Khe offered him a flower that last r.ight. but he got up and walked away her. On his part there was an indisposition to return to the eld friendly relations; on her part there was a constant disposition to mollify Ayres and to cause a return to the old cordiality He told of the hearing of the shots in the night and the investigation of the next morning that resultsd in the finding of Avres' body. Assistant District Attorney Taggart concluded his statement to the Bonine jurv at noon and Thomas Francis, the architect who drew the plans of the scene of the tragedy, took the stand as the first witness for the prosecution. "If we had as clear a case against a man." sid District Attorney Gould this morning, 'there would be no doubt of the resLl The iurv would convict in fifteen minutes.

As It is, I think we have 'enough to convince those who are willing to be con.mcej. At rstant District Attorney Taggart thl 'I will not serve a minute under J. O. Brown. I can say that right now.

Recorder Brown was without advices' until he heard of the news received by Director Bigelow and the newspapers George T. Oliver had a talk with hlra. shortly after 2 o'clock. Director "Wee Willie" Nisbet, of th? Department of Charities, heard the news-when he entered city hall, but would not believe it until he had seen Director Bir elow. He refused to make any Aso soon as it became known that Recorder Brown was: to go there was a irfc vival of the talk that Major A.

P. Bur field -would 'become recorder. The direst information from- Harrisburg, howevfC hut hoi ier tms sray eussed; the alleged intimate r. lations between Sirs. 'Bonine and the deceased, the physical impossibility of the infliction of tho wounds in the manner recited by the defendant in her police "confession," and advanced theories as to the itivj.

which might have actuated her. THE WEATHER. The local forecast is -for. partlv cloudy tonight and probably Friday; stationary temperature The observations for the 24 hours ending at 1 p. m.

showed: Highest thermometer, 40; lowest, 35; range, no precipitation. Time. Ba r. Ther. Hum.

Wind. Weather. 8 a.m. 30.37 .18 62 X.W Cloudy 1 p.m. 30.36 40 57 W.

Cloudy TEMPERATURES. Midnight -JWf a. as 1 a 3S 9 a. as 2 a. 38' 10 a.

39 3 a. 38' 11 a. 3-j a. 39 5 a. 37! 1 p.

nr. 40 6 37 2 p. 41 7 a. 38 3 p. 42 Washigton.

November forecast is: Western Pennsylvania Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; stationary temperature. Ohio Fair tonight, warmer in extreme southwest portion; Friday partly cloudy, probably rain in the extreme southwest portion. West Virginia Generally fair tonight and Friday; stationary temperature. River forecast Allegheny. Monongahela and upper Ohio rivers stationary.

Ranaway Caused by Automobile, While a wagon loaded with kegs was crossing the Sixth street bridge to this city the team scared at a passing automobile and ran off. Near the Pittsburg side of the bridge it collied with a wagon belonging to the Pittsburg Transfer throwing its own driver out and breaking the shafts of the transfer wagon. It then turned and recrossed the bridge, but slipped at the Alleghem'' end and was caught. John Evart, the driver of the transfer wagon, escaped injury by jumping before the collision occurred. Hhe driver of the runaway was considerably bruised by being thrown out.

An Extra Performance. In order to accommodate the enormous demand for seats the management of the Bijou have decided to give an extra performance of "The Sign of the Cross" tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, when the best teserved seats can be procured for and 50 cents. STa'iftU'rt rl ir ill si -i WILL BURN MORTGAGE HANGING OVER CHURCH. Braddoek M. K.

Congregation lias Paid Off Its Indepednei. The congregation of the First Methodist Enisc'opal Chuich. of Braddoek, will soon have its church free from debt. It was decided at a meeting of the official board 1 of the congregation last evening, after the I regular mid-week prayer service, that a 1 mortgage burning celebration shall tak1? place on Wednesday evening, December 4. A number of ministers from various I Methodist KoiscoDal churches in the Pitts- burg conference, will assist the pastor of the Braddoek church, in honoring tne occasion, and will make short addresses.

The debt on the church is practically lifted. At the eleventh anniversary service, held in October, the balance of the debt then resting on the congregation was subscribed by individual members, by the societies of the church, and the remainder, after these had promised all that thev were able, was taken up by a prominent official of the Kdgar Thomson steel works and his check given. The latter was for about $1,900. The amount subscribed at the anniversary was ove i I i I An Unknown Man Jumped Into Fiery Furnace in Shoen berger's Mill Bit of Cloth Alone am. Tf injurea." me csptsm or tne is re ported to be a French consul, Antwerp, November 21.

The" NIeuwe Gazette says that Queen Wilhelmina's ill ness is due to serious quarrels with tin prince consort. The public in general believe the story. The paper says that the prince consort is jealous and acts In a cold and severe manner toward the queen. Wilhelmina has inherited the Orange obstinacy and will not submit to her consort's actions. URGE OF CHINAMEN, i the enaet-Congress- entire Pacihc slope want the Chinese it be more drastic than It la at nrt-sent MAIL CLERK HAD MARKED BILLS So L.

Z. Cook Was Arrested for Embezzling a Letter. L. Z. Cook.

a mail clerk, on Railroad train the Alle-running gheny Valley from tsunalo to Pittsburff- wan arrested ir! viiy vy unuea states Postoffice Inspectors J. B. Holtby and H. S. Morse, on a charge of embezzling a letter addressed to Mrs.

S. Anderson, Red Bank Furnace, Pa. The letter contained four one-dollar bills. This money was marked, and the letter was dropped at Dunkirk, N. last flight by Inspectors Holtby tand Morse.

After the inspectors deposited this let- ter in the postoffice they boarded the train at Dunkirk and came to this A quick search 'n the car upon arriving i here showed the had been taken from the mall bag. The inspectors followed Cook out of the station and placed I him under arrest. He was taken to the hi in I 1 vv rederal Building, and upon searching him the four marked bills were found Inspector Holtby then made information against Cook before United States Commissioner W. T. Lindsey.

Cook is trying to secure bail for bis release. MAY MAKE JOE WHEELER UNITED STATES SENATOR. Huntsville, November 21. Friends of General Joseph Wheeler in tY' State have started a movement ti "-tm United States senator. They his prospects to win are excellem.

Will Inspect Coal Land. Patrick C. Campbell, of Swissvale. left yesterday for West Virginia to Inspect timber and coal lands in that section and Kastern Kentucky on behalf of Pittsburg and New York capitalists. The tract embraces 43.O0O acres, and is said to be rich in coal and heavily covered with fine timber.

Mr. Campbell will also go into Tennessee, and travel over a tract of 3OO.0O0 acres, which the syndicate he represents contemplates buying. Coontjr Veterans to Sleet. A regular meeting of the Allegheny County Grand Army Association will be held in the chapel room, Methodist Building, 524 Penn avenue, Saturday, November 23. at 2 o'clock p.

m. The executive committee will meet at 1 :30 o'clock. Postmasters Appointed. Washington. November 21.

The following West Virginia postmasters were appointed today: Lewis, Harrison county, E. Mineral Wells, Wood county, Alonzo T. Morrison. Leetnre for Engineers. Charles will read a paper before the Association of Stationary Engineers this evening on "The Indicator." All engl-neers 'are invited to attend the meeting, which will ba held at 101 Grant street.

sOr I i -Vie i rvcintjincu A small and apparently insignificant piece of black cloth may, perhaps, disclose the identity of a man who this morning early committed suicide in an unparalleled manner; a small piece of cloth which belonged to the trousers he wore, which is all that remains of either him or his belongings that is as it was before: and falling the identification of this rag a fatality unprecedented must remain forever a mystery. At 1 o'clock this morning an unknown man walked into the Schoenberger plant of the American Steel Wire Co. Fifteenth street, moved with an air of authority and was unmolested by the workmen as he loitered around the bottom of the furnace. He was well dressed, wore a black, stiff hat, was apparently :5 years old, had sandy hair and moustache, when he mounted a cage going to the top of the furnace he was so cool about it that those who saw him never thought of interfering Thex' felt he had a right to be there; had business there: and their opinion was shared by the top-fillers, Thomas Lee. Patrick Gallagher and Martin Kitaney, when he stepped off on their platform.

Only the topnllers and the officials of the company are ever allowed to go up in the cages. Lee would probably have nkeri the man rieht then what it was "ERIN GO BRAGH," CRIED DIS DE BAR. Detective's Testimony Intermixed by Remarks of "Sniml." London. November 21. The trial of Theodore and Laura Jackson (Madame Diss De Bar) for obtaining money under false pretences and immorality, was resumed this morning.

Detective Kane, who searched the prisoners trunks, said he found an American marriage certificate In which Theodore was described as Frank D. Jackson, of Wisconsin, and "Swami" (Madam Diss De Barr) as Princess Edith Ixllita, Baroness Rosenthal and Countess Lands-felt, of Florence, Italy. He also found papers relating to the "Koresha ITnita," a sect founded in America by Cyrus R. Teed. The sect is evidently identical with the "Theocratic Unity," of which the Jacksons claim to be heads.

While the detective was testifying, "Swaml" interjected: "Precisely. Precisely. Erin go bragh." ff -i if MURDERER EDWARD BIDDLE. The at-ove Is a remarkable picture from the fact that it yard on the spot where Biddle will pay the penaltv of the the killing of Kahney. The murderer's face "as void heard Walter Dorman's damaging confession in court.

Th Biddle boys will not be hanged to- i Attorney j. Burke has just i rt-(t-1 -u a irom uovfrnor iiiiani A. totone stating that the request of John and Edward Biddle that sparat oates co men tne execution of death sentence would be complied with. This will be good news for the murderers of Orocer Thomas D. Kahney, as they hd a horror of dying on the same scaffold.

Being- brothers, they dreaded the i.lea of being present at each other's death, and were content to take chances on who hullXe first, am must Ue cn.i seating, says tnis is a.l rot, mornm- stated tne case tne prosecu-a tl.o Vrys Uietoacivfs as far as tion to the jury, showing tho lines upoi" was t-Ai La.