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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-09

The following pension awards have been
made Reissue. Obadiah Williams, george
town. Sussex; Samuel j, Stewart, Milford,
Kent; Frederick &. Ferree, Iorklyn, New
Castle.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-09

NO CHANGE IN THE VOTE.
The House lobby was packed with spec
tators when the joint session was held AT
roon to-day, and the 1881 ballot for Sena-
tor taken. All were eager to know what
the Massey men would do. They did Just
what they did yesterday.-voted Tor Mas
sey. The vote was as follows
THE BALLOT IN DETAIL.
For Hirgins-Senator Alrichs and Repre-
sentatives Jolls, Pyle, Reybold, Walker
and Wilson-6.
resentatives Ball, Brown, Money, Moore
aud Robbns-G.
For Massey-Senators Moore and Pierce
Speaker MeMullen, ami Representatives
Burton. Fleming and Townsend-6.
For ennewiIl--Representat Morgan
Il.
For Edward Ridgely-Speaker Pro Tenn
Records, Senators Fennimore, Harrington
and Pyle and Representatives Daily, Davis,
Killen, Sypherd and Watson-9.
For Ebe w. Tunnell-Representatiye
Mustard-l.
Absent-Speaker Watson-l.
ON motion of Senator Pyle the two
houses separated until noon tomorrow.
Mr.. AppIcxs srEPPEp OUT.
Among the spectators we're Gov. watson
and CongresSman-elect Willis.
Mr.. Addicks left the House chamber a
few minutes before the joint session began.
AN ADpIcKs BLAST OF DEFIANCE.
One of Mr.. Addicks' supporters was this
morning asked for his opinion rs to q
urobable choice Well" he exclaimed
''they will have to put an Ice machine in
at Dover. for we will stay with him till
- freezes over"
| TAdditi ,,al lsuis,dtipe n ,ip3 on ffth puge.l
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WHOLESALE CORRUPTION.
WHISKY TRUST BOOKS SHOW Up
BADLY.
1t Is Now Alleged That Suits VIII BE
Brought to Recover Over Two
Million Dollars.

Chicago. March 19.-The Tribune
says: It is expected that the experts
will have completed their examination
of the books of the whisky trust for
the fiscal year ending March 81, 1892.
by the end of this week
Their report, it is asserted, will con-
tain developments more sensational
than any yet brought to light in the
investigation of the career of the cor
poration. These developments will be
made the foundation for suits against
certain officers and directors of the
trust, to recover moneys which will
aggregate S2,000,000 or more. Incl
dentally, it is said, they will Law bare
the facts in the conspiracy which Gull
minated in the sale Of the Schufeldt
distillery, which was marked during
its progress by attempts to DESTROY
the distillery with dynamite, and by
the arrest of George J. Gibson. then
secretary of the trust, on a charge of
being implicated in the plot. The re-
ceivers and others Interested refused
to discuss the situation. They ad-
mitted that certain suits were in con-
temptation. but declined to give details.
saying the matter must first be tried
in the courts. From other sources it
is learned, however, that the experts
have found entries on books of the
company showing that upwards of
$685. 900 were expended soon after the
arrest of Gibson, and before the in
dictments against him were quashed.
and for all this vast expenditure no
debit entries were made. Further. the
actual disposition of most of this
money has been learned from records
found in the inner safe Of the vaults
of the company at Peoria. which was
opened by expert locksmiths It is on
these discoveries that the civil suits to
recover money so paid will be based.
Some of these suits may be started by
the receivers, though these officials re
fused to make any admissions in this
regard.
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Crossmnn,s Affidavit.

New York, March 19.-The cable dis
patch from Havana to the effect that
the commander of the Spanish cruiser
reported he fired on a steamer, March
s, off Cape Mayse, after signaling her,
and was replied to by hosting the
British flag, has brought forth aft
davits from Captain Crossman of the
Alliance and his officers, that the Am
erican and not the British ensign was
flying from the staff of the Alliance.
The report that the Alliance carried
rifles on her southbound trip was also
emphatically denied by representatives
of the Panama railroad company.
Captain Crossman's affidavit is as
follows:
Captain James A. Crossman. being
duly sworn, deposes and says he has
read in the morning papers of this
date, Tuesday, March 10, that the
commander of the Spanish gunboat
Condo de Venandito has made the
statement that the steamship that was
off the Cape Maysi, Cuba, on the Sth
day of March, 1895, which was fired on
by his gunboat, hoisted the British
ensign in saluting him. In view of
this statement he does most solemnly
swear that the flag hoisted on the staff
of the steamer Alliance in salute to
the Spanish gunboat off Cape Maysi,
Cuba, on the Sth day of March, 1895,
by his order and his presence, was the
American ensign.
This is the only flag used for such
purposes, the national flag of Amer
ica''
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Havana, March 19-The name of the
Spanish warship that fired on the
American steamship Alliance is now
known. 1t is the Spanish cruiser
Condo de Venadito This fact became
public today when the captain of the
cruiser reported that he tried to stop a
strange steamer and had opened fire
on her when she persisted in proceed
ing on her course. According to the
story of the Condo de Venadftos COM
mander. while cruising off the eastern
coast of Cuba on March s, he sighted
steamer heading for Maysi Point,
and shaping her course to the north
east. The cruiser hoisted a flag and
the steamer replied by raising the Eng
fish flag. The cruiser again signalled
the steamer to stop, but without effect.
AS the steamer proceeded at full speed
the cruiser first fired two blank shots
and then two solid shots. The COM
mander claims that he did not desire to
hit the steamer, but that he fired the
shots merely to cause her to heave to-
He asserts that the steamer was but
when the firing occurred. The authOri-
ties here have ordered a full inquiry
to be made into the commanders acts.
Did She Have Rifles:
Tt is reported here that the Alliance
carried $4,000 rifles south on the trip on
which she was fired at. 1t is also re-
ported here that there were landed on
the eastern end of the island some men
who were passengers on the Alliance.
These men, it is reported, were taken
off the Alliance in fishing smacks the
Mic "a Hero II,
fanta Isabel is an exact counterpart
of the Condo de Venadito which is
named as the vessel which fired upon
the Alliance The Venadito is an iron
bark rugged gunboat of comparatively
modern design, having been launched
in 1888. She is one of six laid down in
the same plan at the same time. Her
length is 210 feet: beam 80 feet;
draught, 1919 feet; displacement, 1.1SO
tons; speed, fourteen knots. Her en-
gines are sixteen horse power. driving
single screw. Her battery consists
of four twelve centimeter 4.72 fnch)
breech-loading rifles CHontoria pattern)
two three-pounders and seven machine
guns. She has two torpedo tubes.
The Gun Used.
The gun with which the Condo de
Venadfto fired at the Alliance was the
forward one of the 4.72-inch guns, on
the port side Not having an abso-
lutely straight head fire. the Spanish
cruiser was obliged to yaw out of her
course in order to bring a gun to bear.
The gun is 141s feet long and weighs
&c tons 1t throws an armor piercing
projectile weighing 53.1 pounds but in
firing at the Alliance. undoubtedly used
the common cast iron shell, weighing
472 pounds. The charge of powder is
2S7 pounds and the velocity given Is
/ 1898 feet a second, as the shell leaves
the muzzle. That velocity would. of
course, diminish with the projectile's
fight, but If it had hit the alliance. it
would have gone into her and ex-
ploded, the bursting charge of the
common shell being about 21s pounds
of powder, which would have wrecked
good deal of material.
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ALLIANCE CARGO.
A Careful Investigation Is Now Be-
ing Made.


Washington, March 19.-Nothing is
known here of the reported action of
the Spanish ships Infanta Isabel or
Arcedo firing on American vessels.
There is good ground, however, for be-
neving that the ship sailing from Sa-
vannah with Cuban arms aboard will
furnish an actual case of detention If
she is oyerhauled. Careful inveStig'a-
ton is proceeding as to the cargo
shipped by the Alliance at Colon, al
legations that arms were taken aboard
under cover of darkness having been
made. Communications have been re-
ceived in Washington from Cuba that
the Condo de Venandito was the Span
ish Warship firing on the Alliance.
These advices said that the latter ship
was flying a British flag. There is no
further doubt as to the receipt by Sec
rotary Gresham of reply from Spain
to his demand, but there is reason to
believe that the published reports have
failed to state some important reserva-
tons by Spain. One part of Spain's
answer may consist in calling attention
to a charge that in November last
number of Spanish-Cubans were fish
ing in the Gulf of Mexico when they
were fired upon by United States
revenue cutter, first with a cannon and
later with small arms. The firing is
alleged to have occurred twelve miles
from land. The Spaniards were carried
to New Orleans where, it is said, the
United States court for the southern
district of Louisiana released them
Spain had not thus far made a protest
but may do so now that the United
States has protested against the firing
on the Alliance.
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A Different Opinion.

Philadelphia, March 19.-The Earn
line steamship Earnwood, arrived to-
day at Richmond, from Santiago de
Cuba, but she flies the British flag and
was in no way molested by Spanish
authorities. While on the outbound
passage, when eight miles east of Gu
antonomo on March 10, she was hailed
by the Spanish torpedo catcher Neuva
Espant, but hove to, saluted and
passed on about her business. A large
number of troops from Spain were ex-
pected to arrive shortly after the Earn
wood left. and the general belief is
that the insurrection will be prolonged
for some time, but will not be crowned
with success. The authorities were
alarmed and were keeping a sharp
lookout for two leaders who were said
TO be enroute from San Domingo.
Just before we left" said Captain
Rogers, the Spanish troops captured
a boat containing two Germans, who
are held on the suspicion # having
landed leaders of the insurrectiOn on
the Cuban shores.
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MOST NOVEL ROBBERY.
TEN THOUSAND GALLONS OF WHIs-
KY DISAPPEAR.
Siphoned from the Barrels in n
Sealed Warehouse and Water Sub
stituted in Its PIace-A Fire Then
Followed.

Columbia, S. c., March 19.-Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue Wander
WORT has unearthed one of the most
novel cases of robbery in the annals
of the federal courts of the state. The
story, as obtained from the confession
of those implicated in the conspiracy.
is as follows:
In 1892 Mr.. Bieman. of Walhalla, S.
C., sold the government diStillery No.
434 located three miles from that town
to w. c. Tatum. In the warehouse
connected with the distillery were be-
tween eight and ten thousand gallons
of whisky, and the warehouse was
closed under seal of the revenue Off
GERS, Tatum intending to hold the
whisky for the period of three years
allowed by law before stamping it.
Tatum closed the distillery when he
made the purchase. A little later the
stealing began. The warehouse was
built on the slope of a hill The robbers
drew the staple of the door, inserted
one end of hose into a whisky barrel,
squeezed the hose through a crack in
the wall and siphoned the whisky into
an empty barrel at the foot of the hill
several rods away, whence they could
haul 1T away without serious risk of
detection. This process they repeated
nightly until every gill OF whisky had
been safely removed. Then the band as
sembled one night, and after filing the
barrels in the warehouse with water,
carefully replaced the staple and seal.
As the end of three years approached
Collector Towns wrote Tatum repeat
eddy, urging him to prepare to take
the liquor from bond, and it was while
this correspondence was in progress,
on the night of September 5, 1894 the
warehouse, with its contents, was
burned. Meanwhile the suspicion of the
revenue department had been excited.
and Deputy Collector Vandervoort be-
gan an investigation. The facts above
related were discovered and the arrest
of John Farmer, Asbury Hyde, William
Whitman, Tom Watkins and John
Rawland followed. They have been
given hearings before United States
Commissioner Hawthorne at Green
vile, and were held for trial. Some of
them have made full confessions.
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Cadiz, March 19.-The Spanish cruiser
Alphonso XIII reports having found
the missing cruiser Reina Regente
sunk near Rajo Aceitanis, not far from
the straits of Gfberaltar. Only twenty
inches of the masts were above water.
The Alphonso XIII has returned to the
scene of the wreck with divers to re-
cover the bodies. The Reina Regente
carried a crew of 420 officers and men
and all are believed to have persisted.
Deputy Diaz Moreau, formerly Of
ficer of the Spanish navy. in the cham
Der of deputies. March IA, read a state
ment of the former commander of the
Reina Regente, in which the writer
described the cruiser as a vessel unable
to weather storm, owing to the in
creased weight of her armament. Ad-
miral Beranger said the overweight Of
the cruisers deck guns was rectified
two years ago by his orders when he
was minister of marine.
In Cadiz and Caltegan, where most
of the crew belonged, there has been
great anxiety and excitement from the
moment the cruiser was reported mis-
sing,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
GROVES LATEST.
FAMOUS TRAIN RoBBER ARRESTED
IN DENVER.
He Slips His Cuffs, Shoots the Of
ficer in Charge and Vanishes-Sev-
eral People Yearn for Him.

Denver. March 19.-Pat Grove, famous
as a train robber, jail breaker and dia-
mond thief. shot and fatally wounded De-
tective Alphonso Moore tonight, and
made his escape. The officer, with De-
tective Connors, had located Grove and
two companions in a room at 1920 Law
renee street. They wanted the men for
several recent burglaries in this city.
The arrest was successfully made and
the three prisoners handcuffed together.
On the way to the patrol box, Grove
slipped his ms handeuIs and drawing a re-
officers. The fire was returned and it is
thought that Grove was slightly injured.
Moore was struck in the groin and can
not recover. Grove is famous through
out the country. One of his crimes was
the robbery of train at Ottumwa, Ia.
He escaped from Jail at Sioux City, Mil
waukee and Chicago, and is badly wanted
at the former place He is supposed TO
be a member of the famous Evans gang.
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HAVE A CLUE.
LYNCHERs OF MRS. HOLTON MAY
BE CAUGHT.
She Lived in n Lonely Spot, How
ever, and Among Rough Charac-
tiers, and the Task VIII Be Very
Difficult.

Butte, Neb., March 19.-The authorities
think they have struck a clue that may
lead to the apprehension of the lynchers
of Mrs. Holton.
Mrs. Holton was German woman
about 80 years old and fairly well to do.
Her husband, Theodore Holton, was sent
to the hospital for the insane at Norfolk
about eighteen months ago. Since that
time the wife mas lived alone on the
ranch, the couple having no children. She
locked after bunch of cattle thsy owned
and managed to prosper as much as when
her husband lived with her. They had
been in this section many years, and
were well known to the cettlemen of all
descriptions. 1t is just this acquaintance
that undoubtedly brought about the
crime. She was the principal witness
against a young fellow named Davis,
charged with stealing horses. 1t is be-
lieved that he knows of the crime. His
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of course, interested in the situation in
Cuba. If the revolutionists are able
to hold out for a year. they will be
able to secure material assistance from
persons in this country, not only in
the way of money, but in spite of all
efforts to prevent it, there are many
men that are ready to go into a war
for Cuba or any other war and there
will be no way of keeping them out
of it if the men who are leading this
revolt show they command any strength
at home. AT first l was inclined to
view the uprising as without any par
ticular backing, but it appears now
that it has grown to be quite formid-
able. Those people are not to be
blamed for rebelling. 1t is only a ques-
ton of time when Cuba will throw off
the Spanish yoke. 1t may not be with
this revolution, but it will come from
future revolution"
You are for purchasing Cuba?" was
asked.
Il have always been Cuban annex
ationist,' responded Mr.. Morgan. 81
am for purchasing the island or of any
other method Of acquiring it from
Spain. 1t is an important island for
the United States"
The Alliance incident was referred to
and Senator Morgan said he approved
the course of the state department in
demanding an apology and reparation.
He declared American merchantmen
cannot be lawfully interfered with
upon the high seas. He expressed the
opinion that Cuba might be annexed
and said it was a great mistake that
San Domingo was not purchased when
we had the opportunity. No such
chance, he added, should be neglected
in the future when we were offered is
lands in the ocean over which we could
exercise control and which were pro-
perly a part of the American CONT
mental system and were necessary to
the protection of our coast commerce.
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FAITH CURE FAILED.
DAYTON WILD OVER THE MEADE
CASE.
Lille. Who Was Thirteen Years of
Age, Died of Typhoid Fever, While
in the Hands of Christian Scien-
lists.

Dayton, Ohio. March 19.-Lillie
Thurston Meade, 13-year-old
daughter of the late Hon. Geo. G
Houk, who died in Washington while
representing this district in Congress
died Sunday morning without having
been given medical attention. The lit
tie one was a victim of the faith cure
Mrs. Geo. Houk's daughter, Mrs
Meade, is from the best family IN Day
ton, but of late years has drifted vol
UNFAIRLY into Christian Science prae-
tees. The child was suffering from
typhoid fever, was taken to a place
kept by John r. Hatton and wife, who
sent out faith cure circulars here, and
the child died from neglect. The city
is filed with excitement over 1T. The
coroner has forbidden the burial of the
child. and has had the body placed in
a vault and will hold an autopsy to-
morrow. Hatton and his wife are in
Jail. but no further arrests will be
made except by direction of the cor
0nor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
COUDREY AFTER ssCHRIsT.y
Prominent Ministers Believe That
Schyyeinfurfh Should Be Killed.

Prominent Ministers Believe That
Schyveinfurth Should Be Killed
Chicago, March 19-George Coudrey,
the Chicago stencil and die manufacture
er. who is suing George Jacob Schwein-
furth for $4,000, asserted today that he
has been urged by many prominent
church people-clergymen and laymen-
to kill the pretended Christ. Coudrey's
case against Schweinfurth for breaking
up the Coudrey family, was set for trial
today, but the defense again secured a
continuance. The persistent delaying of
the trial angered the plaintiff, who is an
old man, and in a burst of wrath he de-
clared that if he had followed the advice
of his friends. he would have gone to
Schweinfurth's Heaven at Rockford
and tested the 'Messiah's'' immortality
with cold lead. The old mans excited
declaration created a sensation among
his hearers.
Some of the most prominent ministers
in Chicago" he said, "have told me that
the killing of that man would be a Chris
tan duty. Only the teachings and ad-
vice of Dwight L. Moody have prevented
my following such counsel. Schwein-
furth has broken up my home and taken
my family away from me, and it Is be-
coming only too apparent that / cannot
get redress through legal channels"
Coudrey's wife and five children are
now living at the Rockford Heaven"
and have resisted all efforts to secure
their return. being unduly influenced. he
claims, by Schweinfurth.
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A PECULIAR CASE.
Deranged Man Restored to Reason
Only to he Sentenced to Death.

Deranged Man Restored to Reason
Only to De Sentenced to Death.
Denver, Colo, March 19.-Judge But
Ter today denied the motion to dis
charge Henry Tyson and resentenced
him to be hanged the second week in
April. Tyson in 1888 killed Charles
Sumner, who had eloped with Tyson's
wife. He was found guilty and SEN
fenced to be hanged in September. 1889.
He became deranged and the sentence
was suspended. For three years Tyson
lay in a dark dungeon, losing his senses
of sight and hearing and power of mo-
ton. Recently, under proper treat
ment, his lost senses have been re-
stored and a Jury has declared him
sane. Before resentencing him to
death the court denied a motion for
his discharge. His attorneys say they
will take the case to the Supreme Court
of the United States.
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whereabouts are now unknown. This lead
the sheriff is following and he expects re-
suits in the near future.
The country in which the crime was
committed is far removed from the rail-
road and telegraph, and there are no
towns near from which iinforma ton could
be readily secured. 1t is thinly settled
and of such a character that it is not i'm
probable that this will be only one more
added to the list of violent deaths that
have occurred in that portion of the
state which will never be explained or
brought home to any one, though the
authorities believe they can locate the
criminals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
BOY BRUTALITY BEATEN.
Inhuman Conduct of the Captain of
nm Oyster Schooner.

Baltimore, March 19.-Captain Jeffer-
son Mears, of the oyster schooner General
Haycock has been arrested, charged with
brutal treatment to Edward Merrill, a
member of his crew. The boy was
stripped of his clothing when the wind
was blowing a gale and the mercury down
TO zero. Heis wrists were crossed and tied
firmly together, and he was thus tied up
to the rigging. He was then severely
whipped When cut down his thumbs
were frozen. The United States au-
thorities are looking for the man who
assisted the captain in his brutalitieS.
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SAY SHE HAD
ARMS ABOARD.
Spaniards Attempting to
Evade ALI Response
bility.
ARE APPARENTLY UNEASY,
A Claim that the Alliance Flew
An English Flag.

Captain Crossman Makes an Aft
davit to the Contrary-CarefuII In
vestigation Being Made as to the
Character of the AIlianca's Cargo
"A Reply from Spain-Spanish Jour-
nails Are Inclined to Be Timid-
Probable Complications with Eng
gland.
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The Two Leaders Come To-
gether at Seattle,
Washington.
COMPLIMENTS ARE PASSED.
Mr.. Egan Says Mr.. Debs Is a
Fair-Sized Fraud.

Mr.. Debs Says Mr.. Egan Is n Dis
honest Man, n RufIian and n Fraud.
IA Man Who Has No Use for a Fell
low Being If He Cannot Use Him
as n Tool; Is Corrupt, Low, Dis
honest and Everything That Is
Bad-A Very Pretty Quarrel as It
Stands.
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Caused Great Commotion.

Madrid, March 19.-The positive news
of the loss of the Spanish cruiser Refine
Regente, which reached here from Cadiz,
caused the greatest commotion through
out Spain. The queen regent was greatly
distressed. By her orders the sacraments
the time the first report Of the disaster
reached here, and by her direction pray
ers for the safety of the crew have been
said continuously ever since.