St. Joseph News-Press from St. Joseph, Missouri • 1

-f I vou xvi. st. josepii. jtissounr, Saturday. siAncn 9.

tsos. KO. 241. Iff ton resolution requirinj Scdalia to jive erity for M.OuO.lKK) failed aud Senator COL, COIT ACQUITTttD WANTS IT LOPPED OFF THEY MAT IT Mil Four Masked Men Hold Up a Mail Train YOUNQ- TOWNSEND- DRY CO. HATWABD, THE CEIallirAL Will Hav to Tfapack Hi Tli-0thr Arrested lor Perjury, MINNEAPOLIS.

March 0. It wa 4 o'clock thw morning before Harry Hayward was able to get to sleep, and then be slept fitfully. Aside from his restlessness, there waa so Indication that the marvelous nerve of the man had been at all affected. Ho- confident of acquittal, and had packed hia clothing neatly in a valise while waiting for the jury'a verdict. Ilia only fear waa violence from the crowd when acquittal should come.

When he reacted hi cell he was apparently as unconcerned as ever, and hi first remixrk was, "By God. I'll have to unpack (lit. W11115 It I don my clothe will get rinkVo" i When be was "removed to a cell on the second floor Ctf lhe big cage he eeemeil to realize more fully hi perilous situation. The usual evening game of card wac omitted. Harry had no heart for canto last night.

At 10 o'clock this morning he was still sleepiug. A day and night death watch has been put over him, litHirge A. Grandcll was arraigned in the municipal court on the charge of perjury and the examination set for next Wednesday, with hail at Mis Maggie Wachter demauded an immediate examination on the perjury charge, but this was denied, a the state wanted rime. Her attorney also ikiuand-cd that ahe he released on tier own recognizance, but the state would not consent to this, and the case wa continued "mrtrr- this-afteWMxm, for. i-vtnulta-tiou, At Boone, Iowa, They Have a Fight With Police SEVERAL OF THEM KILLED They Capture a Freight Train and Qverawsittw Crew--A Fight "Among Themselves.

HOOXE, Iowa, March 9. Tho police were called out last night to quell a dkt-turahnce by tramps at the rail mill east of town, which the tramp had taken possession of. When the officer arrived at the mill they were attacked by th tramps, lite police rated their revolver. Jim Freeman, alius Riley, shot through tho heart and instantly killed, Tim Lannon, another tramp, watbot through the breast and fatally Wounded, A third tramp waa ahot through the arm. Twelve tramps were captured oi i aro now io the city jail.

CBta. Frttfht Train. t- WILMINGTON March night a baud of fifty tramp captured tho Philadelphia, Wilmington Baltimore freight traiu from Baltimore, which waa due in this city about II o'clock. Tip got on the tram thus aide ot Baltimore, and at once began to abuso the Conductor Itiloy and hi crow were powerle. A few of the tramps liud revolvers, and all were arm ed with knivea and clulba.

One brakenwn was caught on top of a car and hi lamp was broken, and the tramps then at tempted to force hLm. from the car. Ho managed to escape and took refuge on the engine. At Ohase'a Station the trainmen were driven from the top of Hie rare, and it waa expected that an attack would be made on the engine, iiut after the tramp had secured posseasion they began quarreling among themselves and during tho fight mine of them were 1lt stiid om In jureuV if not killed outristht. Conductor Kcilly telegraphed to thi city for aistance.

and when the train reached the west yards tliero were about fifty policemen in waitiug. A soon as the train wa brought to a atop tho tramps Jumped from tlie cars and atarted to run acros: the fields. Tho heavy fog prevented the officer from captuekig many of the men, ut after a running fight in which sev eral shots were fired, eloven were captured. The tramp showed fight and only surrendered at the point of revolvers. Thi morning th prisoner wen given a hearing and given jnil sentences.

THE LOHOFtLLOW SISA8TES Severs! Art Tst Mltiing-Privat Property Bring CTNXnNNATI, Mnrch follow-Ing is the lint of the victims) of the Longfellow disnater: Clerk L. Carter, passengers, David AI dridge, Rome, N. Y.t Mr. and Mrs. David Anil.

Dayton, Ohio; Bartender Augustus Chauyj? and Porter James Miller. Mrs. Dr. Mary Anderson and her patient. Mis of Jamestown.

are -tsot only alive, but exwK't to rosnrne their journey to New Orleans on the Buckeye State, which leaves for that city this evening. Two others of the list of twelve deck hands, who were yesterday reported drowned, were afterward heard from as alive, but a they have no settled home, it is difficult to locate them. One of these a colored barber named Jones, who'tins not yet appeared at hia usual stopping places, and may be lost Still another, is a colored servant of the officer' quarter, named Walker. The only evidence that he i dead that he haa not reported at the company's office. Report have been received from the officers that they escaped.

The company this morning sent the Carrel, with a strong crew, to examine the portions of the wreck for the purpose of finding bodies that are missing. Three trunk) have been recovered, npon one of which ia pniutcd the name of J. Emmet." No snch passenger remembered by the clerk, and It is 1 hooght tha trunk Kiiia piece of bagga ga taken aboard here. Ex Prtsidtat Hsrritoa Seriously nt NEW YORK, March 0. Mrs.

McKee, daughter of ex-Prceideut Harrison, has left for Indianapolis upon receipt of a telegram advising, her of General Ha rrl-oott'm aorioua illness. She will reach Indianapolis at 11 o'clock this eveuing. INI IA APOLIS, Ind, March The condition of Mr. Harrison is not changed today. In speaking of General Harrison's his attending physician.

Dr. Henry Bate, said this morning: "General Harrison lias been working hunt recently in Richmond, he. has taken a tisil wild, almost the grip. He-i acute bronchitis, and last Thursday bs had pleurodynia, what are termed phwrisy pain. He is in bed and fa very weak.

He is seriously ill' but is not In any danger. Overwork haa a good deal to do with his Charles P. Nofcklo oi Dvnver ha dial leuged George for a coursing com teat of their respective greyhound. fowetA Utest Report as Yeater'a bill leaving the matter of ecur-itjr with the poveinor waa discussed until The senate atrricultural committee re port (xl a auhatitute for Mr. Murray' bill sejwrating the asricullural thu university.

KAH6A8 LEOISLaTVRE Ihi Body Adjourned Yeiterday Afternoon A prupi iauoni. TOPEKA. Kan- March lcpi-liHuro aiiiournetl at o'ciwi1 -3j su rljy afiirnoon Aftef'the mttoeliatt eoiia jioiivotir 11 tion wn aau.DBiwB?.- ed it wi aent to tho governor, who, ith the atn rriey general, wrestled with it for aoine time. Finally hia excellency iiiBned it and sent it Iwek to the house. rienator Sterne iiitrodneeil a concnrront resolution to adjourn at 10 o'clock.

It waa An iffortH mails in the hoi to put fijmore MiroHing on the pay roll, out Mr. ewman raueo to quratioa of no quorum, and the scheme failed. I iKn the arrival of the hour of ad-jirnuiit tbvre.were only three aenatora iu the nenate cbflurher Sterne, and. Leedy. Lieutenant Govenior Tr.julman was in the chair.

Senator Ixwdy made the motion to tlovernor Trontman mote the dek with bla av5Tati-eaid JTkt aettles it." There were thirteen meittbera in the honae Warner, Seaton, Veale, Beekman, Newman, Bone of Clark, Bucklin, Brown of Crawford, Caldwell, White, McCarthy and Simon. The motion to adjonrn waa made by Mr, Mar-ihiil). Speaker Lobdeii. a iu the chair. Th hour of 4 :20, the time fixed by ro-lntion for final adjournment, having arrived, the ieifialature of 1SU3 wa without dnte.

The aipr.jpriatUin: ma.lo by the' legislature of ltoiu wrated Tin aiproprintions in 1UI were In 183 they were SH.17".2lM.Se. Tl' shows au incriase in the appropriation of over fho of ltl of and over those of of Operator! Granting lheir Ccmutdi for High er fl'airej. riTTSRI'IlG, March 0 Tho tnineni of tho 1'ittrtlmrg ditri arc jultihint over the bricltt uriMd-cta which confront them and predict their victory in the tight" for higher wng. Tma morning w. uann, the t-hicago at whose mines oh the i'en Handle railroad tttero aro over 7tx men granted the.

demands of his men for tilt cents ikt ti and tai have turned to work. Ae all coal turned -in then mines is sliipped and none goes to the local market, the miner fecit that they have gained a big point. i. M. Ilisher.

who employs 2U0 men at his ininen on the Mouongahela Kiver, also granted tho acale and the men re- sumei.lworVi.; The Operatora Association new meeting today tl dUcns the report of the proi'eiHiings was but it was learned that they decided to i-all a general meeting uf the association. This is also regarded a an evidence of weak-ness on the part 'of the employer. At Wcsent there are nlsut miners in tho district working at the price, (K cents per toll, for which the gtrike was ordered. MR. D1CKEEY TALKS Ha Haa Little Hopes, of Good Besnlu'ng From th March 9.

The Do. kery conuuUsion expired with the cb.siit,.,';ni:res. Mr. Dockery.was ked why he did tHrtJrme--eot to have it continued and replied that. ftewtWiiina Jiontiu, ho- wuld not "hope to accompltah anytfiing'in' Tn-'xt 1 ongvew.

runner, lie was atistieu wnn the record that had liecn made and ilitl not wish to pronecute what turn out failures the next Congress by reason of not having the parliamentary power to carry it through. Mr. Dockery was aked what he proposed to do with all the recommendations put in by the eouimiwiiHi- j.ast neford Congress adjourned. In reply he suid that an effort would be made during the next Congress by Mr. Hlngley to secure the en-netmenvhrrolaw -of me of the reeom- mcndationii made.

WAXI THE C05TEST Kremlin, Oklahoma, 'porting O'ub Vake a Bil for Corb tt Flmimmoni Hill. KANSAS Cm, March Kll- Kremlin. O. Siiorting Ottb, writes to a CcaTTpapeT that bo i autliomed by the Kremlin Sporting Cltfb and the citiiens of that offer a purse ot for the Corbett-Fltzsimmons i-a raie of $ltUKKt ovej the Perry bid. The sjiorts of Oklahoma Territory seem to be satisfied that me conncit now lu session at Guthrie will pas the bill permitting glove contest that wae passed by the house last week, and that if the governor doe not Ign the bill, he will uot veto, tint permit it to became operative without his signature.

A Woman Held for If order. TONTOtiAXV. Ohio, Man 9. Nellie Ilartsing a domestic lu the family of Dr. Edmunds, haa been held for the munlcr of Mrs.

who wa found dead in a doorway a few night ago. The girl was arraigned today and pleaded not guilty. The bearing wa positioned unti aext Tuesday. It i aaid the prisoner A. H.

WEWMAijr J. bL.nviiiu porv ui 810 Felix elreost. I -i street FofHaving Protected a Eap- ist From a Mob POSITION OF GOV, M'KINLEY Relative to the Case and to Mob Law in General--f OBimeadj the Militia. COLrMBI'S, Ohio, March Ohio National Guard military commission. apiKiinled by" Governor McKiniey to inquire "into the shooting of certain citizen at Washington Court House by Ohio trooi under command of Colonel Alonzo B.

Coit, while defediug a negro prioiier from being ansluins CoUif.el Coit. Governor McKiniey has iii'lurwd the report. Tho governor in his endursemeut of the finding of the court inquiry says: The crime (rape) which wa the pre tcit for the unlawful assemblage of the riotous conduct which followed, waa revolting in the extreme, and merited, a it nfeetTejf-t4ie muoVunuttoa ef lav the court ana all good citizens. The crime, horrible a it waa, was, however, no justi ficatiou for the act of lawlessness and violence -which were permitted by those who, in passion, sought to add to one crime till another, and whose duty, as citizens, waa to preserve and not to break the peace. The governor then outlines the affair Washington Court Home, October 7.

In which the prisoner was being taken from the jail to the court room to enter a piea of guilty when the nmb interfere Hav ing reached the eourt room with the pns oner, the otlioors of the county the military remained there, tssseiged by the mob nntil the shooting followed, on account of an attempt of the mob to break into the building. "'I in; unlawful aau'iu Wage," aaya tho governor, "neither heed ed the warnings of the ollicers. nor of the citizens, which were, repeatedly given. tlnues the governor. 'ViMonc-Koit and his connnaiid behaved with rare prudencen and forbearance.

It is further stated liy the governor that 1 the troops wore prescul at the request of the sherifr. and that'll mas clearly ttie duty of the slu riffs and the troop to protect the prisoner. "The law," says the governor, "was upheld, ns it should have been, and ns I believe always will be iu Ohio, but in this case at fearful cost. "Lynching cannot lie tolerated in Ohio. The law of the date niunt be supreme over all and the agents of we law, act ing within the law, must be sustained." The order closed with a strong testi monial to tlip pru-lciien and judgment of Colonel Coit aud hi mm ABAKDOrTtD THE TRUST A Larg Topeka M-rcantil firm on Ita Own Basis March big Toix ka wbolcsnle grocery 'firm of Parkhurst Oavis has made a tir in mercantile cir cle by announcing its withdrawal from the colli trust, the coffee pool, or what ever one may cboone to cull the yndi-, cate controlling the price of the coin- odity.

The case of the withdrawal was the fact that, over the protest of the To peka jobbensi a rate was fixed by' the trust on cofTiH' which, is alleged, allowed profit of only 10 cento on every hundred pounds of coffee sold. The old rate was $22.70 per pounds, and it 'Was 'cut to $21. oO. The former 'm the present Missouri rate. By the of thw linn, the Topeka house lias authorized its conimercinl men to sell coffee at any price covering the nctunl east, which g.

not far front. fS0.W, exclusive of dnivage. Member of the.eorTee pd from Atch ison. Leavcnwonti, Kawaa Llty and other points are meeting In Topekn for the purinwe. it is eaid, of whipping I ark- hiirwt Davis into line.

W. H. Davis, one cf the firm, said to an-Associated Press reporter that their order on the firlco of coffee waa final. ami auy effort to drive them into line would be unavailing. "We made the rut." Mrr Davis eaid, ''leoauetlie-ratc the Kansas pool allowed the lopeka joh- hers a profit of only, about 10 cent a hundrtMl pounds.

We learned also thnt in some cuhcs Arbuckle were sell ing CotTee to retailers at conniderublc less than the wbohisale BASEBALL Th Baltimor Team Will (tart for th South Kcndiy. BALTIMOIiK. March now ap pear highly probable that the Balti more baseball team, which start on tta Southern trip Monday, will lie minus four of its crack players, Jennings, Keel- Ion declare he will uot recede from his decision regarding salaries, believing he haa offered every rent -the players are entitkd-ttk The above named yonng men seem equally determined to either secure the advance asked for or not join the team. Among the local enthusiast opiliinn respecting the merit of the play-era referred to i eqnally divided. Und Jtsrchinv Crdtr.

WALLA WALLA, March from headquarlers have been received placing troops A And Fourth Cavalry under heavy marching orders, to move at a moment's notice to the Yarns Indian reservation. Nothing has been heard of any trobnlo ou the reservation. Railroad Sals Poitpontd, ATLANTA, March sale of the Atlanta Florida railroad uudcr tho onkr' of the l-nited States court which was to have taken place today. Tho Salary of Secretary of the Fish Commission GARLICHS WILL WOK FREE So as to Save the- Mate Ostftss the JEFFERSON CITY. March to Tho Daily New.f-H.

M. Gar- llcli of St. Joseph, member of the Missouri fish couiinijon, want to have the olfiee of swretury oT-tlie board abul- whed. Ho bus beard of Dr. Tubus pen chant for reform and retrenchment, so he wrote him a letter and palled hut attention to the uselessness of the office of secretary, and offers to do the work himself roe of charge.

The letter i as follow: "tit. Joseph, March 2. ll.l-Ir. Tuhbs. Jefferson fity.

Mo. Dear Sir: Undenstatid, through influential friends. uronriationrt. tf eo. let me slate that Ihe office of secretary of the Missouri fuh eotnm'uwion should be abolished.

It i an erpetw to our state that is of no use whatever, and if you are in for r-trcnchmcnt. I will i that no act of your would le more commendable than to abolish the office. A a number of the commission for the past ten jcnm, I will take the same free of charge for the next two ream. The chairman of the communion, I understand. Kill ask for a larite appropriation.

4-et me; ray .000 will rim the commission in suit-1 able shape for the next two frir. and more than that would lx a wsj-le. of state fnnds, I make thU Mintoiumt ns one of the commission. Yours truly, "II. M.

C.VKI.Ii HS." Th i the letter that in rawing the blood of John Crb-p. the member from Jackson family, who In chairman of the a month ln aceretnry, for wrUug two or three h'ttera a mouth, to boil clear over. lie. Sam P. Jones, tho noted Georgia evangelist, lectured at the oiera house Inst nighl on "Manhood and Money." Yesterday i tijrnooii, 00 mo! ion of Mr.

Itlttinjser. he wan invited to the wak-er ehalr and delivered a tirriiit d-drwt of twenty minutes to the member i.f the hiiwe. lie liastml the momlier for lleensiltsr aloon Mr. Mornu'a bill to eMabtijh a court nf criminal correction for Buehanati Ounty Ib in a fair way of nieetmn it death. The niotnent it rot itt Ihc enate 1 of Kana t'ily offered amrndiuent to include Kauwi.

Tb'M U.e houe will not p. any court bill of thi killed, a. bill looking to that emi, and ihV fact may have lh.fuied t(r I.ymiut to ifTif an amendment. The amendment being adopted, a big tight, will bo made to prevent it pamnge Irt either boue. Mr.

Morun i indeed mad. fie told Senator X.yman that he would introduce a reolntiiin to take Knnxaa City out of the state, if It had to have everything in eight. 1 St. Joni'ph's representative dierve tecial commendation for their prompt action in getting the Brvwater bill (hrnaeh the hon yesterday out of it regular ortler. Mr.

Bittinger called It up, had the rule ennpended and the bill considered. Mr, Moran offered the aineudent ngiiwt iumjij and in a ruh ttn-4tW a)4JhrjuiiluJ Igjtena i uudoiibtt'dly Concur in the iii-ni'iin-i 11 tS" jus! ns wK.n as they are printed, tlov. erno.r Sione may lie oVneiideeMsfpH Ihe Hi-Jit thing 111 tliM ca, atul lite au tograph will adorn the bottom of tin! enrolled bill in a very abort time. Mr. Marsh's bill providing for bank in apectioti passed the Kt nntu.

The houe bill providing for the pay ment of wages iirlawful money of the Vnlted Stnti paxscu. The -St. LouiM Ouuty itoval resolu tion Went over yesleniny bccaiwe of the ii'knefw of Senator urdeman, who in-tlodlleed it. The consideration of the O'Mcara election ha been for a day or two. It apH-ars there is a difference of "oTrinlon among the Democratic Kenators over it provision and tliia may defeat.

Setintorn uoouykooutx. Late caster and liurriaon are the disobedient one, and without theae the bill cannot pas. -There is a movement on foot to prepare a wbstimte hill which will be acceptable alike to the Democrat and Keiniblicnns. Tite question of adjournment doe not oecm to be giving the Itepublieans much concern. They say they will adjourn Just as soon asi the work-can.

bo. put in proper shape and no coouer. 1 ho. gen ernt njipropriation bill has not yet been engrossed, and as it will remiiro everaJ "3SyTffgiTnT'lll tilmiR' -afee-it-iaiLjjiaMi engt'wsed the sewiou la likely to last at least ten day yet, ST. LOUIS CAPITOL BILL DO WJf ED By a Tot ot to 2-Mesiurs Pawed asi CarnKwe) Today.

C1TV, March 0. (Spe-dal to The Daily Newa.) The following meaatire iwssed the house toiiay: Mr. Bittlnger'a bill appropriating for bust of Benton aud Blair to be llaeed In the enpitot at Washington; the bill prohiUting the alien ownership of land: Tiihbs' resolution to submit an auiendment to establish a permanent achool fund, and Mr. Harrison's Iward of pnrdona bill failed to jwss, getting but 57 vote. The 'acunte, by a vote of 2 to 2U, killed Wurdeuiau' fenolutiou to remove' the capltol to St Iau'i County.

The Mor- Horthwstt Corner tilth and Felix Su. Saturday Sale Doz cf LovelyXew Styles Just Receive, rices 'Ranging Froai J2.50 arments at and $12. if: DRY COODS Hall tyi COMPANY stlMOUEICAil AL la Breaching Out to Improve and Inoreaa Meziraa Enterprtifa, MEXICO C1TV. Met. Mun-h Metiran, Avtk'tiltuml comjhHMtHl of -Mtovii capufilirtt, la mnk pmgrcue.R It.

exteue'lre prop- the lstlnnii. TVhiinnte.pee. A ra tittv ml lutliintia 'liihnmiOjuu. law fone of men is employed iu clear-1 1 -vni which "wilt cutiii'lytcil )' Miiy" 1. Thof tirtrwry coiitalnji mvr l.ritHi.mii) coffee tree, anif 4iHi.iKr roMKT trec, and a oiiidcralie number of iiuiiii)ile4 anil e.iniutn have alivady lHHn plnuteil, and a large acreage of corn in tn-ing iut iu.

The company Iiim purchased in New Oi-1i-uii the meanier Maggie Ilacan. an iron-hulled wlovl river boat, of eenry-liMi ''ton burden, drawing ti tat'hea of water when loaded, with which it in exiiecied do a large trading buso-tnnii on the Coatitaca'nalcos and, t'span-Bpnn ricira In csttle. iNrn, fruit and lumber. There is already a itteaui lnnnch mi the t'niittai'ftciriilcfHi IUver, for ja-eeusi biitlficea, owned and operatwl by the company. L1TSAE IcUPSE If Iky Cleir, It Can Be Obterred la Kit- tour! Tomorrow? ODr.

Milton 1'pdeitraff, pnif(wor of astronomy in Hie Slate lmyerity, makes the following statement The total e-lip of the mm which occur on Sunday night. March 10, will hs vwiblo in Missouri, jf the nfey i clenrX The eiiitnl time of thu phae ia a fojlows: Moon vuteM dlnidow at p. total eclip. begun at p. middle of p'-lipw ft p.

total eclise end ill 111.: inotiu leave shallow at 11 'S i) in. moon j. usually viiible when eiliiwwi, and ehinea with a dull, coptaT-colori'd light. tn rare occasion Ihe moon it. invisible during eelipse.

Lunar ei-lliwea are bct whii with the naked eve or with an opera giaR, except when olrteiTiitiou of scientific value are to be made. National Commissioner Depart. March O.8enntor 'June and Teller of the proposed national ilver conuukiitioa are preparing to leave for their hAinwt. They met at the Capitol today and held brief conference, at which they concluded that there was no probability of the eomuiiesion har- JJlg.a-'m..tojWMHe until ome imr iu the it Tecamenlce sarv, and that any meeting now would tie Senator Joncw ieare for Arkansas mid Senator Teller for Colorado Monday. Tneoma, citlltens arc haying trouble with their waterworks end electric, light plant.

GentraLSayings Bank 110S. Sixth Capital, $100,000 cimictos Ui lint W. A. f. Mntlon.M H.

K. Judd Ertt Dari C. A. Slioup II. -It W.

Hartwlg Joliu Townsend It. Newburecr IWNCA; jr. E. HS 1 AsaisUuit Cashier Interest On Deposits New Spring Capes- ens I I nun ry Handsome 1 DID NOT SECURE ANY BOOTY The Same Old Tactics Emploved--i NaJ'erson Was Inj.ured Eef-. Iff in Pursuit, STOCKTON, March at-tempt wok made, by four maeked wen to hold up the train on the Oregon Central railroad at Ws night, between Iidl and Stockton.

Full particulars of the attempted rol- bery were received here shortly after tho express train had left. The engine of the Kuropenu mail pulled into. Lodi nbont p. goitig very alowly with no one aboard, aud registering but forty pounds of eam. Owrge An drew the engineer of freight train lying there waiting for the overland to pnea, got aboard and stepped the en giue.

A stick of dynamite waa- found on the scat in the cab, and it win ap- -nrerrt-ttrTi titTT been a hold-im. Lodi otlicem took the epgine of the freight tram aim went utter tn mail tram Tlicy got back to Lodi with the train at 1, a. and it proceed-d north with its own engine. The story of the hold-np, am told by KO' giueer Ingles of the mail train i a fol lows: "A short dMi(m south tie SwitcJi myself and the fireman were xiiinli'il by a man who crawled over the tender and, pointing a pistol at our heads ordered as to stop the train. He was maidciMl.

1 stopped the engine, aud the fellow then ordered to get oil. hich we iJid. -Two othvr masked men were, afa tiding on the ground waiting to rweive iw. They ordered to walk back io tlie espiisiiS car, the men telling ns to itiyinii-t the messenger to the dior. ad they had dynamite and would blow up the car if the -door was not opened the door and then shut it again, after fvhit-h he fin-d two shots at tin robbers.

A pnsnenger stuck bis head out of a window aud one of the robbers Sred a nhot at fciat. The meti threatened to blow the car to piocM with dy namite if it was, not and the exprtw messenger, then complied with their The men got inside, taking ris with them, aud rnnsaeked the car. AU the money was in the big safe, and they did not try to open it. ihey got whatever." A ter isfttisfyiug heHnadvcs "'at there wm nothing of value outside the safe, and that that had been se- nrel.r loekol, they jumped out of the car and wonrabend to the engine, taking us with them. Reaching the enxine, the men uiii- iupled the engine from the train, and.

after tiring some shot at the pa, si'iiger cam, to frighten the occupants, ail.posi.i pulled tile throttle and ftaited towards Lodi. A brakeuian wa sent back to Stockton to flag the Orejron expre.i, which was ooii to ctime ahmg, and we waited until the engine caine from l.li." By miduight plans were made for the pursuit of the four baiulilv. A ikhso wa. gathered quickly and the veteran sheriff, absent at the slate capital. wim brmght.

with an additional force of oftWrs. in a special engine. With the aid of two bloodhounds heliuigiug to the sheriff, the officers an confident of strik ing tlie trail the robbers look. The urt'ne, of the 'attempted robberxpht- level unit lor trie mn-t part in cultivation. -tilde of the tnn'k the ciliulrxis.

irmrmirrniia it is pronauie tire uanuils ecaed into these swainjis. LUCKY WESTEBS STATES I lire Cute Capitals tecari a Public Build ing Each. WASHINGTON, March new public building were authorized iii the sundry civil- bill, through the ef-forhi of Senator Carey uf. Wyoming. These were for the citie of Helena, Cheyenne, uud Boise City, Idaho.

The argument which carried them through i that nunc of these states had --vr- had -a -puhhc -building- erected by' the government. While every other Btate had been more fortunate. When the bill was. being considered in committee of the whole in the. senate Senator Is'!" lad an amendment apiiropriatiug lor nie purcnase ot a sac at rre, S.

Snatar llansbrough had ne appropriating for the pur chase of a it at Bismarck, and Senator Wibion one for a like amount at Wanh. When tho bill was reportid to the senate Senator Carey moved to strike out everything except the three first named sites, and it was agreed to. What was also anrprisliig was), the fact that the house conferee agreed to it, and the three states which JM SX-tu '18, -IW'lic- JUWinrrwttr-eacn" now secure ai tne state capital, Colo-ed Yrgdy la Xestucky, March fc-Thc special from Bowling Green, days: George Spnulding, to! ored. wns shot by hi atep-on, John Spaulding, and will die. Spauldlng beat the boy' mother terribly nnd when young Spaulding flVard It he got a pistol and went in search of hi tep-fnther and found him driving a horw to a buck-board.

He. nhot him nnd the horse ran away, going severul ciiiires before the wounded man fell nut. The ball went lu at the back of Spaulding' bead and came out over tho eye. JJtb PaWTi futtiny Te-th, snr and use hat old ami All-trM rem Ay. Mas.

vmivsaow srKiTiiivm Srarp. to rblldrsn lositilnV It soothes tta itillj. soltm. it, i uiua ailaya It psia. curs tmi cone anj I I id renwa it uaki-raoi lnsaiynr WILL PLEASE THE WOMEH Thy Will Hot Keqaired to Girt Their tg Wail Begisterlag.

TOPEKA. March unofficially decided 1y a statement today, showing general concurrence of lawyer, that in registering for municipal elections women are not required to state their exact age, but will comply with the law by simply stating that they are "Over twenty-one." Tho subject haa been thoroughly agitated here this week, and women's meeting) have discussed the. question in Its various bearings. A perliiient' fai was developed by the discovery that a well known citizen of the male (ersua-sion refused to slate hi age, but said he was "over twcnty-oiic." He was given a certificate and the women say the com- established the precedent. EFFECTS OF THE WBECK Th Acton aad Actresses Who Wert Injured Are Becovsrinfr.

March Reed aud the Injured Member his eoniauy, who were in the wreck at Scotland yesterday, have been sleeping under the influence of opiate all dav: Miss Rix-h. while not seriously hurt, waa very painfully injured. A gbw cut her army and necessitated the taking of nine stitcnc, and ether had to be administered during the operation. She is uf-fering considerably. Every effort will lie made to get the actors in condition to appear Wednesday night, but it a highly probable that neither Mist Bush nor Mim Myen will be able to appear.

She Lost Hsr Cast. SPRINGFIELD. March jury in petrified man repleviu cane returned a verdict for the defendants. This menus that the jury did not be lieve that the petrifaction is the body of Adam Klnck. a union who wns killed at in 1S02, when Colonel Coffee raided the town.

Mrs. Sarnh K. Sti'Iions. the plaintiff, daughter of Adam Klnck, is not likely to apiu'iil the ca.e. the defense established that a man named West of Kentucky died near Neusho in 1M2.

iindi'wa buried about where the petrified man was found. ViT.t fxnttnes of B'volatioa. BlvIUJN. March oBiwr of the llaytlitn legation here deny the ex istence, of a revolution in the northern part of Iliiyti. They nay they are in receipt of official dispatch saying the country is iu perfect quietude.

TELEGRAPH BREVITIES The Japanese have occupied Kokan without opiKiMtiou. Yin Kow, the tort oi was caiunyi i.y mo tirsl division of the fecoud army without op. ixisitiou. The coast force arc still hold ing out It is now praetHiiily sottleTThnTTn New York, Lake Erie Western Ilnil- wny will lie reorganized with a consider able assessment ou the stock The Iwiler of an engine' attached to an express tram ore the Pennsylvania rail roan, mew up im inoruing near lliirr- burg, Pa killing several of the crew( The Marquis of ijueenribeixy lias been admitted to bail, being charged with hav-ing l2beHed Oscar Wilde. The body of Cartiu J.dm Carter, cnior clerk ot the steamer Longfellow wa found near Itiverside this afternoon, It is exfiected that Admiral Misjde'will i it I 1 short lime visit ports on the Gulf of ami tlMTXw Frank Wenter, president of the board of director of the big Chicago drainage canal, waa nominated by tin; Democrat of Chicago TorTnayorv- Swedish-American Renuhllean League held a meeting in Chicago today.

The Southern State Paste niter A aociatiou, formed at Aflif will taae enect April 1. Highest of all in Leavening ha made a partial coufeaaioo. has been pottpoud two week. I isuu, a ugius 1: 'i r. 'Vswk.