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The Portland daily press., 1895-05-10
Maine Pensions.

Washington, May 9.-The following
pensions have been granted to people in
Maine:
original-stephen H. Powell, Orono.
Additional-Peter Pooler. Waterville.
Charles Dimes. Eastport; Edward II. Gum
alias Charles Dunbar. East Denmark.
lnerease.-Oiis E. Sinclair, Costigan.
Reissue-Lewis smith, South Newpurg.
Original Widows, etc-Flora Paropette
Augusta
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-10

for by the managers than this appreciatiye
spirit exhibited by all who are concerned in
the welfare of the Home?
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-10
Premier Crispi Again Candidate.

Rome. May 9-Prenier Crispi has accepted
the parliamentary nomination in the touTta
electoral college lat ssRome. His opponent
is ex-Depuy Defee. recently imprisoned for
melting the Sicilians for the revolt.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-10
ESTABLISHED JUNE %, 1se2--voL. 80.
THE WEATHER..
Fair.

Boston. May 9.-Local forecast for New
England for Friday: Fair; slight change
in the temperature; westerly winds.
Washington, May 9.-Forecast for Friday
for Maine: Fair; warmer; southwesterly
winds.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-10
Official News of the Treaty.

London, May 9.-The foreign Office is in
formed by the japan government that the
China-Japanese treaty was ratified May 8th
in the exact form agreed upon at Shimono-
seki.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-10
In Feeble Health.

Havana, May 9.-Gen. Campos sailed
from Cienfuegos on the 2nd for Manza-
milo and Santiago. He is said to be in
very poor health, his strength and
energy failing fast.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-10

Incorporated IN 1852.
Commenced Business in 1858.
F. G. MOORE, President.
E. LANNING, Secretary,
Capital Paid up in Cash, 81, ,O0O, 900.
ASSETS, December 81, 1894.
RealsEslate owned by the COM
pany, unincu buiered, 5 97,901 .05
Loans on bond and mortgage
(frst liens,. liz. $500
Stocks and bonds owned by the
company, market value. 4.61O. 1929 80
Loans secured by collateral. 100000
Cash in the company's S principal
office and in bank, 33S.e4l .2s
Interest and rents due and ac-
cured, 99.SO?.l5
Premiums in due course of col
lection. 6l0. .a94. "a
-------
Aggregate of all the admitted
assets of the company at
their actual value, S6.754. .72
LIABILITIES. December. 81, 1894.
Net amount of unpaid losses
and claims, S334. 1887. 90
Amount required 10 safely re-
insure all.outstaDding risks. 3,4O5, ,4O7.?9
All other demands against the
ETC., 2O3. 3.344.67
Total amount of liabilities, ex-
cept ca pita1 stock and net sur
pins. 3,943, ,639. .46
Capital actually paid up in cash. 1.00O000.00
Surplus beyond capital. 1,Sll, ,269. 26
Aggregate amount of liabilities
including net surplus, Sc, ,154. .90S. T2
Hay4 eod3w
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
THE RAF TIERS FELL IN
Prayers in a Tabernacle Brought
Down Rain and Roof.
OVER FORTY PEOPLE INJURED
ongs OF Thanks for Welcome Moist.
ure Are Followed by Rush
for The Door.

Fort Worth, Texas, April 21.-Al of
Texas has needed rain, so that the
great evangelist, Dwight Moody, called
upon his audience of 5000 Christians to
pray for the flood gates to be opened
This was at p. m. today Tonight
when the tabernacle was crowded by
10000 people, Mr. Moody announced that
word had come from several points that
rain had fallen A few minutes later
the storm burst on Fort Worth and tor
rents of rain fell. Then Mr.. Moody gave
thanks to God and called upon the con-
gregation to join in singing Corona
ton" 'All hail the power of Jesus
name, let angels PROSTATE fall" the
song surged forth from 10000 voices,
when a cracking noise was heard and
then the roof sank and the rafters gave
way and the heavy timbers and boards
covered with gravel came down on a
portion of the congregation.
There was panic. Scores upon
scores of women tainted, some men lost
their heads and rushed pell nell over
them. Mr. Moody grasped the situa-
tion and, moving to the middle of the
platform, lifted both hands to heaven,
moving his arms slowly to and fro. His
attitude and coolness stopped the panic
and men began to go to work to rescue
those in danger.
drenching rain was falling but they
worked hard and the wounded were
soon taken out and carried to their
homes or to houses near by.
j. V. lngraham received severe in
ternal injuries and will die. About 45
others were more or less injured.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
BRUTAL MURDER OF JOHN WELLS
Further Particulars Regarding the Late
Assassination In Northern Idaho.

Assassination In Northern Idaho.
Wallace, Idaho, April 19.-Investigation
into the recent brutal murder brings out
the fact that John Wells body was found
about 800 feet on the steep hillside above
the Tiger mill, where there is q compare
lively unused trail. which does not seem
to lead to anywhere in particular. Walter
Reed the young man who made the
gruesome discovery, came upon the body
while gathering wild flowers. Wells was
lying on his face. There were two large
gashes In the back OF his head, each four
to five inches in length and several inches
apart In addition to these wounds. which
had been made with an ak, the skull had
evidently been pounded with the pole OF
the same instrument, for the skull was
crushed to pieces. Within a foot OF his
left side his hat was lying entirely unin-
jured. A roll OF blankets were fastened to
his back in the usual manner by a rope
thrown over his head and one shoulder
on his right, within six inches OF the body
lay the ak with which he had been killed.
the head and the lower part of the han
die being covered with blood. Close by
on the same side of the body, was
cheap vallse of the box pattern. which
was locked and unmolested. At the end
of the valise was small cotton sack con-
tanning a pair of shoes, and close by his
head was 50-pound -four sack containing
a clock. There was nothing to indicate
any struggle, His face was lying in pool
of blood which had flowed from the
wounds in his head.
The only theory so far advanced Is
that the man was murdered for money,
although he is not believed to have had
much. He was paid on two days before,
but had lost heavily gambling in the
meantime. He was seen as late as mid
night on Tuesday. He had no relatives
here.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
SHERIFF BAeeED HIS Ex.CAPToRS
Two Indian Policemen Arrested for Re-
sisting an officer.

sisting an Officer.
Omaha, April 19.-Jim Blackhawk and
John White, two Indians jailed by the
sheriff, will have a hearing tomorrow.
They are charged with resisting u Of
ficer. Warrants were issued today for the
arrest of Henry French, captain of the
Indian police; James Yellowbank, George
Thunder, James Carmony, Amos Snow
and George r. Brown, a carpenter. All
of these men are Winnebago Indians and
assisted the two Indians now in jail at the
time Sheriff Mullin was arrested. When
the sheriff and posse arrived at the house
on the reservation where the Indian po-
lice were hiding they dismounted, and
stretching out, so as to form half cir
Gle, moved toward the shack, which was
supposed to contain at least a dozen
Indians. Arriving at the house, two men
covered each of the doors and there was
man for each of the four windows. When
all was ready the sheriff pounded on the
door, and the Indians awoke to find them
selves prisoners. No resistance was at
tempted.
w. E. PEBBLES, representing Thurston
county citizens, went to Lincoln today
and begged the attorney general to come
to Pender and force some respect for the
civil authorities The attorney general
refused on the theory that the fedora
government is not in the fight.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
TO souDIFY THE SOLDIER VOTE
Great Object of the National Reunion
TO Be Held in Ohio in June.


Caldwell, Ohio April 21.-The publica-
ton of the call for the national soldiers
reunion to be held here on June IA and
Is next and the political tone injected
into the document by the national COM
mittee to the effect that the men who
saved the government should be a fac
tor in it's administration and that the
time has arrived when they should get
together formulate their principles and
make their demands, has already result
ed in an avalanche of letters pouring
down upon the promoters of the re-
union from veterans all over the coun-
try Many of these deprecate any ef-
fort in the direction of mixing sentiment
with politics or of mixing up the ex-
soldiers of the war, as such, in polti-
cal movement, but the majority COM
mend the call and re-echo it's senti-
ments. One veteran, writing from
Washington county, in Oregon, declares
that he knows from personal observa-
ton that in many localities the G. A r.
is but a semi-political organization to
foist unworthy politicians into positions
of trust and emolument. A member
of General Ben Butler post of Chicago
says that the old soldiers in Illinois
have been thinking, and are still think
ing in the strain of the sentiment
enunciated in the call, that they are al
fever-heat on this subject. and that
after the next state encampment they
will reorganize in self-defense. He con-
cludes as follows:
"If the old veterans of the state OF
Illinois stand together (and they will
we can name our next governor and his
running mates. They are tired of being
made tools Of and this expresses the
feeling of 9S per cent. of the veterans OF
Illinois,"
The national committee gives out the
following: "In response to letters from
every quarter asking for the basis oi
plan of representation, the following
instructions are given: Every state /:
expected and requested to hold STATE
convention for itself on May 80, ant
there and then choose its own delegate!
TO the national reunion. Each stat
may send as many as 1t seems proper
but no state shall have more or les
than two votes in the convention
though all shall have a voice and ma,
be present at the proceedings, to tn
end that every state may have equa
power to decide how the soldier-vote o
the Union shall be cast in 1896. This i
the great and only object of the gather
ing-the crystallization and solidifica
tion of the soldier-vote."
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
HE DEFlEO THE INDIAN JUSTICE
Sheriff Mullin, of Reservation Fame
Refused TO Give Required Bail.

Sheriff Mullin, of Reservation Fame,
Refused TO Give Required Bail.
Omaha, Neb., April 21.-A special to
the Bee from Pender, Neb, says:
Sheriff Mullin was convicted by the
Indian justice for assaulting reserva-
tion police and was held in $100 bail
He refused to give it and defied the
court, even refusing to promise to ap-
pear before the federal grand jury. The
court finally released him without for
mality to avoid further trouble. 1t is
said that overtures were made by Cap
tain Beck through another party last
night looking to a compromise with the
Flourney company but the rumor lacks
confirmation. 1t is generally believed
here that the rumor is true. Over $50
affidavits from leasers of the Flourney
company will be presented tomorrow.
Over 25 land leasers yesterday were In
terviewed at the Winnebago agency
and they were generally downhearted
over the interference and delay caused
by the effort to eject the Flourney com
pany, and many of them who depend
entirely on this years crop to keep
them and their families from absolute
want next winter could hardly suppress
their emotions when talking of the mat
ter Many of them blame Captain Beck
while many more have no opinion on the
matter
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
THROWN IN A LAKE
Young Stockmen Of Utah Muir
dered by Unknown Men.
WERE MISSING FOR SOME TIME
Country Surrounding the Place Is Wild
and Has Been the Scene of
Many Tragedies.

Salt Lake City. Utah, April 21.-The
mystery surrounding the disappearance
of three young men. who lived in the
vicinity of Utah lake, near Lehi, Utah,
is gradually being cleared up.
Albert Hayes, Andrew Johnson and
Alfred Nelson had been living at Pen-
can point for some time, but were
elected about two months ago by a
suit brought by oliver Slade. The three
men were missed some time ago, and on
Monday last the body of Hayes was
found near the lake shore. Death had
been caused by two gunshot wounds.
Late yesterday afternoon the bodies
of Johnson and Nelson were found.
The bodies were found In the lake on
a wagon and were tied down with ropes.
The bodies presented sickening ap-
pearance.
The murders probably occurred in
February. The murdered men were all
cousins and were running stock busi-
ness on the ranch. The theory is that
the men were murdered in the capi1I
during the night and thrown into the
lake, as the bodies were partly un-
dressed when found. The gunshot
wounds appear to have been made With
| a 44-calibre rifle
Suspicion, it is said, points to H.
Hayes, the stepfather of one of the
murdered men and a son of his, who
Is missing. Other theories are advanced
but have no motive to support them.
The country surrounding the ranch is
wild and broken and has been the scene
of many tragedies between Indians and
early settlers.
coroner's jury examined the bodies
today and will continue the investiga-
ton tomorrow. Excitement runs high,
especially among the ranchmen in the
vicinity of the murders. Arrests are
expected tomorrow
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
JAPAN AND THE OLDER POWERS
Russia Alone VIII Protest Against the
Terms of Peace With China.

New York, April PA World special
from London says: So far as can be
judged by the tone of official newspa-
pers the British government does not
mean to interfere with Japanese de-
mands. The Times says:
1.-The hopelessness of concerted ac-
ton between European powers is ack-
nowledged even in the French press.
and there is a special agreement that
no power could prevail against Japan"
RUSSIA OBJECTS.
st. Petersburg, April 21.-The strong
tone of the Russian press against the
Japanese annexing Lao Tung peninsu-
la is fully endorsed by the Russian gov
ernment. Russia, according to its semi
official utterance, does not approve oi
the treaty. and, acting in agreemen;
with the powers, Will protect her In.
terests, even if England holds aloof.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
ACQUITTED OF A SERIOUS CHARGE
Billy Smith Was In Jail Six Months, Lib
Grated and Again Arrested.

Lewiston, Idaho, April 20.-Billy
Smith, who has been confined In jail
since last October on charge of cat
tie stealing, was acquitted by the jury
this morning. Billy is a reservation
half-breed and he was charged with
rather extensive operations in stolen
stock. 1t turns out that he was to
some extent made a tool of by certain
white men and was perhaps more sinned
against than SHINING. If the case Is con-
sidered from the beginning. He was
rearrested. however. on a separate
charge of stealing a steer. The condi-
tions surrounding this case are identi-
cal with those in the case which he has
just beaten.
S. S. Leachman is on trial today. The
regular panel of talesmen was exhaust
ed without securing one juryman. A
special venire is out and the slow work
of finding qualified peers will proceed
after the noon recess. Leachman is the
man who assaulted Dick McElroy for
calling Leachman's daughter liar.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
CLAIM THE TREASURER WAS SHORT
Missouri Examiners Bring Charges
Against An Old Official.

Kansas City. Mo-, April AL. l..
Kline and R. II. Tyler, who have been
examining the Wyandotte county rec
ords, submitted a report to the board
of county commissioners in Kansas City
that ex-County Treasurer w. NJ Stuart
was short $2S,275 when he turned over
his office to his successor, M. c. Nc
Lean, two years ago. Mr.. Stuart and
his former bondsmen appear not to be
worried over the report. They declare
there is no ground for the claim of a
shortage and insist that an examination
of the records by competent accoun-
tants will show that every dollar taken
in during his four years in office was
paid out and receipted for.
The same accountants reported sew
eral weeks ago that M. c. Mclean, who
succeeded Stuart as the treasurer, was
short several thousand dollars in addi-
ton to the $4,000 he had on deposit in
the Citizens bank in Armourdale when
1t failed in 1898.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
WILDE NOT TO BREATHE FREE AIR
Formally Committed for Trial and Bail
Refused.

London, April 19.-At Bow street police
court today Oscar Wilde and Alfred Tay-
lor, charged with serious misdemeanors,
were brought in on a remand and for
mally committed for trial, bail being re-
fused. Wilde was much more pallid and
distressed than he had seemed since he
first appeared in court. 1t was necessary
to allow him a seat in the dock and he
rested there in limp fashion, paying no
attention to the proceedings.
The list of charges of gross indecency
against Wilde were read. He was asked
by the magistrate II he wished to say
anything in reply. Wilde answered, mot
at present" Counsel on behalf of Wilde
made application for ball. but the presid-
Ing magistrate replied that he considered
the evidence SO serious that bail could
not be allowed.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
CELEBRATING HER 10TH BIRTHDAY
All GIassbrook, New Jersey, Did Honol
10 Mrs. Hannah Chard.

Philadelphia, April 2O.-The little town
of Glassbrook across the Delaware in
New Jersey. was in festive garb today
in celebration of the fact that its most
noteworthy citizen. Mrs. Hannah Chard,
has reached her 10th birthday. The fam
lily reunion at the home of the venerable
dame was one to be remembered. The
participants included her eldest daughter,
aged so. two other children. aged II and
63, and a good smattering OF representa-
tives of her fifty-six grandchildren and
l50 great-grandchidren Altogether. five
generations of her descendants were rep
resented.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
CHINESE CERTIFICATE FRAUDS
Federal Grand Jury at Boise Has I'm
earthed Nearly a Hundred.

jury III DOlSe nus IN
earthed Nearly Hundred.
Boise, April 1.-THE federal grand jury
sat upon the Chinese certificate frauds,
which were brought to light through the
efforts of Special Treasury Agents Bean
and Johnson. The jury now has something
like 100 fraudulent certificates. The sig
natures on few of them are said to be
forgerles, but in most cases the persons
who attached the names to the certificates
and who are very prominent people ac-
knowledge the signatures, but say they
were obtained under Misrepresentation of
the requirements of the law. In every
case the certificates set forth that the
Chinaman in question is a merchant, and
every Chinaman who has tried to land
on the strength of some such certificate
is found to be a laborer. The treasury Of
ficials are confident that a large number
OF Chinese have been landed who have
never been to the United States before.
II Is their theory that the Chinaman
brought from Tacoma a few dnys ago
took a number of fraudulent certificates
with him for distribution in China
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
Ex.MlNT EMPLOYE UNDER ARRES7
Charged With Pur1oining Bullion From
the Carson Mint.

San Francisco, Cal, April 21.-Henry
Piper has been arrested by N. r. Har-
ris. the United States secret service
agent, on a charge of stealing gold and
silver from the Carson mint. The war
rant says it was taken from e. B. Sea-
briskie, the melter and refiner, and
places the value of the amount pur-
loined at $100. 1t Is claimed, however.
that he is held responsible for the loss
of several thousand dollars worth of
bullion. Piper was formerly employed
in the smelling and refining department
of the mint He took his lunch in a tin
bucket The stories told at the time of
his discharge, nearly two years ago,
were to the effect that he carried large
quantities of granulated gold out with
him in his bucket when he went home.
His discharge came through an accusa-
ton to this effect by one of the watch
men employed in the mint. The work
of shipping bullion from the Carson
mint is in progress. The second con-
slgnment has arrived here.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
ALL NATIONS GIVEN EQUAL RIGHTS
Japau Denies Having Secured Special
Privileges From China.

Yokohama, April 21.-The government
has issued a statement denying that 1t
has concluded an offensive and defen-
sive alliance with China and declaring
that the commercial advantages Sc
cured by Japanese under the terms or
the treaty will also be enjoyed by other
powers under the most favored ma
tom treaty.
A dispatch from Hiroshima, the tenn
porary headquarters of aJpan, states
that his majesty ratified the treaty of
peace on Saturday.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
WILLIS SWEET WELCOMED HOME
Enthusiastic Reception by Friends and
Neighbors ut Moscow. II

Moscow, April 21.-Ex-Congressma
Willis Sweet returned yesterday after
noon. He was met at the station by a
very large audience and welcomed by
Mayor White, ex-Mayor McCarson and
a number of prominent citizens. He
was then conducted, amid the firing Of
cannon to carriage. appropriately
decorated. and the procession. headed
by drum corps and the Moscow band,
proceeded uptown to the Hotel MOSCOW.
Mr.. Sweet there took place upon the
balcony, and, after a few words of in
PRODUCTION by Mayor White. spoke very
briefly, expressing pleasure at the cor
dlality of his greeting and cursorily
dealing with several topics of personal
interest to himself and his hearers.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
lNSURGENT BANDS MAKE TROUBLE
Spanish Troops Worn Out by Defeat and
Long Chascs.


New York, April 21.-The Ward line
steamer Niagara arrived this morning
from Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba.
1t was learned from one of the passen-
gers that lively state of things ex-
listed at the seat of war. The insurgents
had following of 10000 men, 5000 of
whom were well armed. Many encount-
ers have taken place in which the gov
ernment troops have been worsted
The officials made very light of these
engagements. the passengers said, and
claimed victory wherever they had
the slightest encounter with insurgents
The Spanish troops lately arrived from
Spain were said to be in a wretched
state, having suffered greatly from yell
low fever and from fatigue in pursuing
small bodies of insurgents over the
mountains.
TREATED AS ANARCHISTS.
Madrid, April 21.--A committee of the
chamber of deputies has decided that
the same penalties shall apply to the
Cuban rebels as are applicable to anar-
chists.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
FUNERAL OF MISS BLANCHE LAMONT
Victim of the San Francisco Assassin
Followed to tho Grave by Hundreds.

VI Inv Shu fidnSiSSO AsSdSSlD
Followed to the Grave by Hundreds.
Anaconda, April ia special to the
Standard from Dillon, Mont, gays:
The remains of Miss Blanche Lamont
arrived here this morning from San Fran
cisco on the north-bound passenger train.
Miss Maud Lamont, sister of the deceased,
accompanied the remains. The casket was
taken in charge by a delegation from the
Masonic lodge, which conveyed 1t to the
st. James Episcopal church, where the
funeral services were held. Rev. s. d.
Hooker, pastor of the church. conducted
the services. and Rev. w. Hayes, of the
Presbyterian church, delivered an elo-
quent sermon. All the other ministers of
the city were present. 1t seemed as If
all the people of this part of the country
were present to do honor to the memory
of the departed young lady. The edfice
could hold but a small portion of the
mourners. There were floral offerings
in profusion, the most conspicuous among
them being those of the Dillon Masonic
lodge, Company e, M. N. G., a beautiful
wreath from the orchestra of the Emanuel
Baptist church of San Francisco. The
remains were inferred in Mountain GEM
etery with the rites of the Episcopal
church. II
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-25
Mexican War Veteran Dead

chambersburg, Pa, April 20.-A tele-
cram received here announces the death
in South Dakota of General Charles T.
Campbell aged ", former resident OF
this city. General Campbell had spent the
winter at San Diego. Cal. He was vet
eran of the Mexican war. and was made
brigadier general by President Lincoln.