Youngstown News, 1902-05-09

              THE YOUNGSTOWN NEWS rOUNGrSTOWN, N. Y., FRIDAY. MAY 9, 1902. NO. 14. VOL. XXII. PARDONED BY THE KING The American Naval Officers in Prison at Venice Released, THEIR VERSION OF THE TROUBLE Declared Xliat They Were Not Intoxicated When tlie Disturbance Occurred —A Probable Court-Martial After the Official Reports Are .Received by the >iavy Department—Officers on Chicago Yeniee.—The pardon granted by King Yictor Emmanuel to the officers of the United States cruiser Chicago, who have been imprisoned here, arrived, and the prisoners were released without delay. In ap interview, the officers warmly repudiated the reports from Rome that they were under the influence of wine ■at the time of the trouble, and said that on the contrary, they were perfectly sober. Lieutenant Doddridge said: 4'After the accidental upsetting of a table in a cafe by myself and a companion at 11 o'clock at night, we were followed and attacked by a mob, and two municipal policemen appeared on the scene. I, with my open hand, motioned to the crowd to keep off. The police then seized us, but the mob continued to be so threatening that our brother officers aud a marine who happened to be on the piazza, ran to our rescue. We acted only in self-defense, and against a large, hostile crowd. We did not strike the police. Doubtless misunderstanding of the two languages had something to do with the trouble. "We have been allowed to remain together in prison, but the room in which we have been confined swarmed with insects." After their liberation, the officers joined their ship, and the Chicago left Venice. Washington, D. C.—Secretary of the Navy Moody has received the following cablegram from Captain Dayton, of the Chicago, dated Venice: "Party released on pardon from King, and are on board." Nothing further can be done here in the case of the accused officers until the full investigation and report of Captain Dayton supply the facts. Neither the State nor the Navy Department is officially informed as yet of what actually occurred at Venice. In the usual course any court-martial on a station is ordered by the commanding officer thereof—in this case Captain Craig of the Albany—but the Secretary of the Navy may himself order a trial if the facts warrant such action. "UNCLE SAM'S" HOME SOLD. Original of tlxe Title Was Samuel Wilson, of Nason, N. H. Nason, N. H.—The Wilson, homestead, the birthplace of the original "Uncle Sam," has been sold at auction for $1500. The purchaser was Captain Orren A. Hamblett, of Washington.'•Uncle Sam" was Samuel Wilson, the eldest of twelve children, born on this farm. During the second war with England he and his brother Edward were contractors for Government supplies at Troy, N. Y. It was the Wilsons' idea to label their beef and pork packages "U. 5.," and as Samuel Wilson was generally called "Uncle Sam," the Army quickly referred to the supplies as "Uncle Sam's." This tirle quickly was applied to the Government and after the war was used everywhere in that sense. Samuel Wilson died in Troy in 1854, aged eighty-eight years. The farm was sold by reason of the death of the last member of the family. . It. was owned by a Wilson for 122 years/ MOODY SUCCEEDS LONG. The Ofttli Administered to Him as Secretary of the Navy. Washington, D. C.—William Henry Moody has succeeded John U. Long as Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Moody took the oath of office in the private room of the Secretary of the Navy, E. 1\ Ilanna, Solicitor of the Department, administering it. He then met the bureau chiefs, other officers of the Department and the clerks, who at the same time said goodby to Mr. Long. Afterward the naval attaches of foreign embassies and legations paid their respects to the new Secretary. Mr. Long left Washington for his home in Hinghanf, Mass. Secretary Long and Mrs. Long called •on the President 'and Mrs. Roosevelt to say goodby before leaving Washington for Massachusetts. FATAL TEXAS TORNADO. Struck a Town, Killing: and Injurln Many and Destroying: Property. Dallas, Texas.—A special from Granbury, Texas, confirms the report of damage caused at Glen Rose by a tornado. One additoual death occurred, making- a total of eiglit. Three of the fifty-seven other victims are fatally in.j ured. In Glen Rose thirty-three buildings were totally demdlislied, and more than 100 persons are homeless and destitute of food or shelter. Relief parties, accompanied by physicians, went with supplies. The tornado devastated farm property and crops north of Glen Rose for a, distance of five miles, and for seven .miles south. MEAT TRADE FALLING OFF Chicago Packing- Houses Find That Their Business is Paralyzed. Attributed to the Agitation Against the* Beef Trust—Depreciation in Cattle Values Runs Into Millions. Chicago.—One of the largest packers in the business and admittedly one of the best posted cattlemen in the United States, said: "Business is the worst I ever saw It is simply paralyzed. In fact, thei'e is no business at all for the packing houses. If this agitation and falling off in consumption continues. I don't know what will happen. Certain it is that if the agitation continues the worst is yet to come." When returns begin to come in from the Far We'st the great reduction in consumption, with the consequent depreciation in cattle values, it is asserted, will run into the millions. General Manager A. G. Leonard, of the Union Stock Yard Company, expressed regret at the downward turn of the market. "This is the most threatening break that our market has suffered in months," said he. "and, occurring as it (Joes, under only normal supplies for this time of year, can be attributed only to the enormous curtailment in the demand for meats that has resulted from widespread agitation of this 'Beef Trust matter.' "The business of the packing concerns has already been injured by the limitations placed upon it by the reduced demand for meat It is, however, within the power of the packing companies to reduce their forces and to regulate their business to the immediate and prospective demands of the trade. It will, in fact, become a necessity. In that case the packer will suffer moderately by the limitation of his business, while the farmers and feeders of live stock through doz- ; ens of States will suffer tremendous losses by depreciation in the value of their live stock." BUTCHERS AWED BY THE TRUST. Missouri Attorney-General Finds It Hard to Get Evidence. Kansas City. Mo.—E. C. Crow, Attorney-General of Missouri, and his assistant, S. B. Jeffries, arrived in this city from Jefferson City, to get evidence to prove that there is a Packing House Trust. Mr. Crow said: "There is a Beef Trust operating in Missouri, and we can crush it by law if the retail butchers will help the Attorney-General and myself to get evidence. "However, the butchers that I met here fear the power of the packers, and for that reason it is very difficult for me to get the evidence that is needed." AMOS J. CUM MINGS DEAD. Pneumonia, Which Followed an Operation in Baltimore, Proved Fatal, Baltimore, Md.—Representative Amos J. Cummings, of New York, died here in the Church Home and Infirmary. He came here from Washington in the middle of April to undergo an operation. This was entirely successful and he was well on his way to recovery, when he was attacked with pneumonia. The end came peacefully. Mr. Cummings was always a Democrat, and was a member of Tammany Hall. He first was elected to Congress in 1886. He had been a member of that body ever since, serving eight terms. CENSUS OFFICE CLERK DEFAULTS. Admits His Accounts Are Short $7400 In Consequence of Speculation. Washington, D. C.—H. A. Barrows, the disbursing clerk of the United States Census Office, has been summarily removed in consequence of the discovery of a shortage in the accounts of his office. Barrows was subjected to rigid examinations by Director Merriam and Chief Clerk McCauley, and he gave the amount of his discrepancy as $7400, and attributed the trouble to speculation. The Government is amply secured from loss by bonds aggregating almost $300,000. CARNEGIE PLANS MORE LIBRARIES New List of Tweaty to Wliicli Ho Will Give 81,000,000. Pittsburg, Pa.—Just before liis departure for Scotland, Andrew Carnegie . announced to W. N. Frew, President of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, while in New York City, that he had completed a new list of twenty libraries which he will give to various cities in the United States. The latest list of gifts will amount to over 51,000,000, and the libraries will be in cities below tlie third class. There are no large gifts in the list, and the institutions will range in price from $20,000 to $75,000. WORLD'S FAIR POSTPONED. Tha Executive Committee Has Changed the Date of Exposition to 1904. St. I/Ouis, Mo.—Tlie World's Fair has been postponed till 1904. Virtually this Is the effect of action taken by the Executive Committee of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. Fiftyone directors of the exposition signed a telegram to President Carter, of the National World's Fair Commission, requesting him to secure the introduction of an amendment to the Sundry Civil bill now pending in the Senate providing for the postponement of the exposition. There will be no cessation of construction work. MORO STRONGHOLD MEN Dattos Killed in Hand-to-Hand Fightins: in the Ditches. ONE OFFICER, SEVEN MEN DEAD The Huler of JJaj-an and His Principal Dattos Died Fighting—Dispatch Reported "One of the Most Gallant Performances of American Arms"— Moros Fought Furiously—The Losses. Washington, D. C. — The War Department has received a cablegram from General Chaffee indicating that the campaign against Sultan Bayan, one of the principal Moro chiefs, had been successful. The result was accomplished by a gallant assault on the principal More fort and its capture after a number of leading Moros had been killed. The cablegram is as follows: "The following is the full substance of Brigadier-General George W. Davis's message from Bayan: " 'Eighty-four survivors of Bayan surrendered unconditionally at 7 o'clock a. m. Sultan Bayan, Raja Muda Bayan, Sultan Pandapat and all leading Dattos dead and many of theii followers. " 'Assault on the principal fort which surrendered last night one of the most gallant, performances of American arms. Colonel Frank D. Baldwin and his regiment (Fourth Infantry) deserve all praise for hand-to-hand struggle in four lines of ditches under walls of fort. These trenches are lined with Moro dead from rifle fire. Have never seen or heard of any performance excelling this gallantry and grit. " 'It is my painful duty to report that the overthrow of Moro power was not accomplished without severe loss. One officer and seven enlisted men killed; four officers and thirty-seven enlisted men wounded. Will telegraph the list later. " 'After eighty-four survivors had marched out this morning as prisoners, and was understood they were all, eight others who had concealed themselves in rubbish inside the fort, made a break for liberty, tried way out, but none succeeded. " 'Some Moro wounded tried to stab soldiers trying to help them. It is impossible to state the number of Moro killed; many lying in tall grass. " 'The surrender saves us from siege and starving out. Impossible to have carried works without scaling ladders, which were ready. Intend to retain prisoners until two or three small adjacent forts occupied, then with your consent to retain as hostages eight or ten of the principals and release the others. » 'The force in line of advance consisted of four mountain guns and 470 rifles. This is fully sufficient. Could not have used more men advantageously. Had we sent strong column it would only have swelled the casualty list. " 'One neighboring Datta has already presented himself as a friend, and I expect a general coming in shortly, when the weight of the blow is known. The dead were sent to Malabang for burial. In light of present knowledge could have besieged the principal forts, and in time forced surrender, but that would probably have resulted in a sortie for freedom and esdape for many. By attacking them they have been completely crushed—the only kind of lesson these wild Moros seem to be able to profit by. " 'Shall invite Sultan Tarlac to pay me a friendly visit, if he does not come to us of his own initiative. Has fort further east, in plain sight, and of same strength as was Bayan, on a beautiful tableland of 1000 acres of fine upland rice, and am urging people to return to its cultivation.' "The result to follow this action is very important, namely—it secures respect for United States authority in the centre of Moro savagery. "CHAFFEE." The American soldiers, during the night preceding the attack upon the fort, slept in the open, during a hard rain. They were without shelter and had no blankets. During the fight the mountain guns fired 120 rounds at a range of 1400 yards. The Sultan of Bayan, who was killed, was one of the most prominent rulers in the Island of Mindanao. His influence is felt over a large area, and the news of his defeat and death will have a tremendous effect ampng the more than half savage natives of the island. DEWEY FLIES HIS FLAG. Ho Will Watch the Manoeuvres of the North Atlantic Squadron. Washington, D. C.—Admiral Dewey, Rear-Admiral Taylor, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and the other members of the General Staff of the Navy sailed from Washington on the dispatch boat Dolphin to join the North Atlantic Squadron on the Southern drill grounds, thirty or forty miles out to sea beyond the Virginia capes. The Dolphin flew the four-starred flag of Admiral Dewey. Admiral Dewey will stay with the squadron a week or more to observe the ships execute the manoeuvres and exercises which they have been practicing all winter in the West Indies. Rear-Admiral Wadleigh and the other members of the Board of Inspection and Survey sailed from Annapolis on the gunboat Gloucester to join the squadron. The board will make a detailed inspection of the ships. Particular attention is to be paid to the efficiency of the squadron in target uractioe. MISS ODELL POISONED The Autopsy Disclosed Fresence of Arsenic in Large Quantity. Coroner's Jury at Mldvale, S. J.» Find* Tliat It Was Administered by [Some Person Unknown. Midvale, X. J.—The inquest into the death of Marietta who died af her home in Wanaque, on April 19, was held here by Coroner Vermeulen. Many witnesses were examined, and the girl's movements for three days previous to her death were traced. The testimony of County Physician Mc- Bride and Dr. S, H. Todd, who performed the autopsy on the girl's body, and who also made a microscopic examination of her stomach, showed that death was caused by arsenical poisoning. The jury found that Miss Odell's death was caused by arsenical poison administered by some person unknown. The authorities believe that the girl took the poison herself. County Physician Mcßride said that all the organs were in a normal condition, but the examination of the stomach resulted in the finding of arsenic in large quantities, which had been taken in a powder. Dr. S. EL Todd gave similar testimony. It was proved that the girl had been bicycling with Charles Fenner in the evening before she died. Fenner.swore that he left the girl near her home at 7.25 o'clock. Three girls who worked in the silk mill with the dead girl testified that she had gone to Butler on Thursday preceding her death and two of them saw her come back with a druggist's package. FOR M'KINLEY'S PHYSICIANS. Concress to Vote 550.000 to Pay Their Fees and the Funeral Expenses. Washington, D. C.—Congress will pay tlie funeral expenses of President- Mc- Kinley, including tlie physicians' bills, over which there has been so much contention., An item is to be inserted in the Urgent Deficiency bill, now under consideration by the House Committee on Appropriations, which provides for an appropriation of $50,000 to defray the expenses attending the death and burial of the President. It is understood that an agreement Lias been reached whereby $31,000 of the amonnt appropriated shall go to the physicians and the remainder will be used to defray the funeral expenses. Friends of the dead President and others interested have been consulted, and it is believed that the allowance will be entirely satisfactory to all con-2crned.SIX IMMIGRANTS KILLED. Eead-On Collision "While Trains "Were Ruim':ng;sFor!:y Miles an Hour. Cumberland, Md;—There was a headon collision at Kockwood, fifty miles west of here, in which six Hungarian immigrants were killed and several injured. B. R. Smallwood, a news agent, and Will Hensell, a brakeman, were badly injured. The wrecked trains were the second sections of the west-bound passenger train No. 47 and fast freight No. 94. The trains were running at the rate of forty miles an hour. Both engines were smashed to pieces and three of the passenger coaches wrecked. The accident was caused, it is said, by the passenger train trying to clear the track before the freight left the siding. VOWED HE WOULD NOT TALK AGAIN Patient Kept His "WorcJ For rive Years, But He Has Broke Down. Matawan, N. J.—After having kept Cor five years a vow that he would not speak again, William Wilson, a colored man, has broken his long silence. Five years ago, while he was a patient in the State Hospital, Wilson became engaged in an argument with a fri-ond. One of the patients told Wilson he talked too much, and when tills assertion was supported by several other persons who were present, Wilson. who appeared to be greatly humiliated, said he never would talk again. Since then all efforts to get him to speak prove vain until a few days ago, when Wilson suddenly began to talk with great volubility. CLOOMY OUTLOOK IN INDIA. Plajjue an-il Famine Now Worse Tlian livor, EjvjeciijllY in ilze I'nrja'J- London.—There nre gloomy prophecies as to the outlook in India. Both eh? plague and the famine appear to be worse than ever, and the unfortunate country is threatened with even greater horrors than during the recent famine and disease. The plague has now spread over upper India in an alarming manner, and is peculiarly virulent in the Punjab. Efforts in the earlier stages to stamp it out by measures involving coercion were entirely ineffectual, besides rousing popular discontent, which threatened to become so serious that the supreme Government was forced to interfere with the local authorities. Death in Tornado's Swoop, A tornado destroyed Victor Anderson's farm house and barn, at Centreville. S. D., killing bis baby, fatally injuring bis wife and injuring bis mother. Two horses were killed. Anderson was away from heme, and lost his reason when he returned. A number of other houses and barns were wrecked. Million Dollar Kain iu Washington. What farmers call a "million dollaC rain" has fallen over Eastern YV ashington, Idaho, increasing the wheat prospects from less than seventy-five to nearly 100 per cent. MINOR ECENTS OG THE WEEK WASHINGTON ITEMS. Henry O. Havemeyer, President ot the Sugar Trust, testified before a Senate committee that his company did not own the Cuban sugar crop and held no options. President Roosevelt has ordered the trial by court-martial of Major Edwin F. Glenn, who is accused of administering the "water cure" to Filipinos- General Mac Arthur's statement that he was responsible for the plan of the capture of Aguinaldo was indorsed by General F'unston. The House passed the Omnibus Publie Buildings bill, carrying about $17,- 000,000. Sol Smith Russell, comedian, died in Washington at the age of fifty-four years. Colombia filed charges against Mr, Hart, American Minister in Bogota. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. E. C. Westall, a former postoffice em. ploye, at Havana, Cuba, from whom $4000 was stolen in an omnibus, and who was sent to prison because he didn't refund the money, was pardoned. The thief was caught some time ago and part of the money recovered.The trial by court-martial of Brigadier-General Jacob H. Smith, at Manila, was closed and the findings of the court were sent to Washington. The Senate Committee on the Philippines refused to summon Aguinaldo, Sixto Lopez, Mabini and Major Cornelius Gardener as witnesses. President-elect Palma \arrived at Santiago,, Cuba, and was received with enthusiasm by the inhabitants. Cuban imports for seven months ended January 31 amounted to $40,043,- 956; exports, $26,970,220. The body of Senora Candelaria Palma, the mother of the President-elect of Cuba, was buried at Bayamo. Guevarra, who succeeded Lucban as leader in Samar, was taken by the expedition under General F. D. Grant. DOMESTIC. William J. Bryan, talking to the Bimetallic Club, of Birmingham, Ala., saicl he would not run for the Presidency again. The body of George Coply, who disappeared four weeks ago from Hersey, Mich., was found in the lake at Crapo, Mich., with evidences of robbery and murder. Two policemen in Chicago foUght five burglars aud killed one. John D. Long, former Secretary of the Navy, declared that President Roosevelt would be nominated in 1904, and that Massachusetts would be for him. A tornado at Davenport, O. T., killed Mrs. John Penn and her daughter. While temporarily deranged Israel V. Cookingham killed himself at Jackson, Mich. Lewis Young, colored, was hanged at Moundsville, W. Va., penitentiary, for the murder of Albert Kell, at Welch. A fast mail train crashed head on into a freight train at Clyde, N. Y.; two men were killed and many were hurt. A broken drawhead caused the wreck of an oil train at Sparrow Bush, N. Y. Loss, $40,000. The United States cruiser Brooklyn, after nearly three years on the Asiatic station, bringing back Rear-Admiral George C. Remey, arrived at New York City. The ship will be overhauled. M. Hugues Le Roux, the French lecturer, told the students at Chicago University that Dreyfus, when he was pardoned, wrote a confession of guilt. No Horse, an Indian, was buried at Omaha, Neb., with clothes fitted for both hot and cold climates. His friends said they were in doubt as to which spirit land he went. Successful tests of Professor Reginald A. Fessenden's system <Jf wireless telegraphy' were made on Roanoke Island, N. C. Burglars secured §700 from the safe of Bralid & Wubben's store at St. Paul, Minn. A revolver duel in a gambling hall at El Paso, Texas, resulted in the death of "Sheeny" Harris. A jump from a third-story window ended the life of Mrs. Martha A. Fennell, at Baltimore, Md. Government officials at Boise, Idaho, were investigating Surveyor-General Ferrault The jury trying Walter N. Dimmick for stealing $30,000 from the mint at San Francisco, Cal., failed to agree. FOREIGN. The British Postmaster-General issued a notice to the effect that the rate of postage to China was one penny to all points maintaining British postoffices.The shipping deal gave rise to a, demand for a Secret Service bureau for the defence of British commerce. The Southern Viceroys recommended Wu Ting-Fang, the Chinese Minister at Washington, for appointment as the head of the new Bureau of Foreign Laws. General Sir William Olpherts, V. C., who gained the sobriquet of "Hell-fire Jack," at Lucknow, is dead. He was born in 1522. The Austria-Hungarian budget will provide for supplying new guns to the artillery at a cost of $7,800,000. The Gurnigel-bad, a famous health resort in Switzerland, was destroyed by fire. STATE NEWS. Good Year For Fruit. Fruit prospects in the State are said to be very good. A prominent fruitgrower of Geneva says "Both peach and apricot buds are in good condition.. The prospects for a full peach crop are excellent, but cold rains at the time of unfolding will work much damage to apricots. It is the opinion of leading growers that the curculio, the insect pest,, will work much havoc this season. Curl-leaf may also bother if leaves are not protected by early spraying. Cherries wintered well and are in nice shape. The prospects are, however,, that there will again be an attack from fungi, which spoiled last year's crop. Apples and plums may also suffer from this. Pears and apples both promise well, especially apples. The apple crop can only fail by conditions now unforeseen. The most danger, however, for all fruit is yet to come." New-fane Votes For Temperance. After the hottest excise fight eve* witnessed in the banner prohibition town of Newfane the 110 license people won the victory. Almost as many votes were cast as at the last Presidential election. There were 397 straight votes against and 96 straight for license. The proposition to license hotels was defeated by 42 majority, licensing pharmacists defeated by 327, Avholesale liquor defeated by 454, sa- < loon license defeated by 300. This is the thirteenth consecutive victory for the temperance people in Newfane in as many years. The town is the stronghold of the Prohibitionists and at one time they cast about thirty per cent, of the vote. Van Wormer Boys Get a Stay. Burton, Willis and Fred Van Won mer, who are in the death house at Clinton Prison, awaiting execution for the murder of their uncle, will not g to the chair during the week of May 30, as sentenced. Notice of appeal 'has been served on District Attorney Chase by counsel for the condemned boys. The attorneys hope to have the case prepared for argument in October. The prison authorities have received numerous letters addressed to the murderers and written by women from all parts of the United States. Most of the letters are of a sympathetic character, but several containing proposals of marriage have been received.Convicted of Killing His Brother At Auburn the jury in the Marsh case agreed upon a verdict of manslaughter in the second degree, with recommendation of mercy and the minimum sentence. The crime was committed two years ago. James and Henry Marsh, brothers, quarreled over the division of their mother's personal estate. James struck Henry a blow on the temple with his fist. Henry went to his home in Fleming and took to his bed, dying in two weeks of cerebral hemorrhage. The contention on the trial was as to whether the blow or apoplexy caused death. George Raines, of Rochester, defended Marsh, and the trial occupied a week. Harm Done by Field Mice. Loud complaint is being made by nurserymen around Rochester because of harm done by field mice. The loss will foot up into five figures, and some say that it will reach $100,000. The damage is done to small fruit trees .which were to be put upon the market this spring. The mice have in many instances destroyed whole acres of the trees. Some people think that there will be a plague of mice this spring, and that all vegetation, especially young trees, will suffer severely all through the State. The mice eat the bark from the lower part of the tree, killing it in a short time. To Store Water in Spring. The Commission appointed under the, act passed by the last Legislature to investigate the causes of the annual overflow of the rivers of the State met in the office j}f State Engineer and Surveyor Bond, at Albany. Attorney-General John C. Davies was elected permanent Chairman. It is believed that an effort will be made to inaugurate the establishment of storage reservoirs near the source of several of the rivers for the purpose of storing water in the spring, when it is plentiful, for commercial use later in the year when the streams are dry. Increase of New Stock Corporations. During April 362 new stock corpora* tions filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State, an average of about fourteen daily. Owing to the rush of new corporations, the receipts of the office of the Secretary of State were the largest of any month since the office was created. The three months preceding April held the record for the number of corporations filing papers here up to that time, there having been an average of about 330 monthly. Charity Lad Accused of Theft. William Lambkie, aged fifteen years, who was recently farmed out by the Children's Aid Society, at New York City, to Thomas Jenkins, of Lowville, is under arrest, charged by Jenkins with stealing $85 from the cash register in his hotel, the Windsor House, and $85 and a gold watch from a boarder. Two Old Men Suicides. Eugene Johnson, sixty years old, a wealthy farmerand well known sportsman, of Rome, became despondent over ill health andhaiged himself in a barn. Frederick Poyneer, eighty-five years old, of Penn Yan, has committed suicide by hanging. He had been a constable continuously for more than forty years. \ An Independent J?e- \ * publican Paper. * j G. OLIVER PRICK, - ErtjtorJ J The Brightest and Best J I County Paper. J f $1.00 Per Year in Advance, f Advertising Bates on Application.