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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
iMp8is0N A. FRENCH SUBJECT
coiored Friends of Ex- Consul Waller Hold
a Prisoner in a Cove as a
HoSfnoe

WICHITA, kANs., March pa report
reached this city to-day from the colored
settlement near Columbia in the Black
Jack country Of Oklahoma that the people
of that settlement on learning that Waller
wotiAd rot be given that iussice wnsch. ae-
cording to his understanding the French
Government owes and filled with a desire
for vengeance, seized upon the person of
Pierre Roulet. French settler, and i'm
prisoned him in a secret cage. They pro-
pose to keep him there until France yields
to the demands of Waller. Roulet has not
yet taken out his naturalization papers,
and is consequently citizen of France.
The keen interest shown by these colored
people in the Waller affair is partly due to
the fact that one or two of the inhabitants
are related to his wife. They believe the
French Government should be made pay
an indemnity.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
WHIPPED BY ANGRY WOMEN.
Terrible Punishm ent Inflicted Upon q
Former Justice of the Peace of
Nebraska.

BERTRAN D, NEBR. March 26.-Excite-
ment is running high here to-day on ac-
count of the whipping OF H. H. Wiley, q
former Justice of the Peace and a man with
a large family, who, yesterday, it is
charged, made indecent proposals to the
7-year old daughter of A. M. Hill of Bert
rand. Wiley was ordered to leave town
and while preparing to do so to-day was
arrested by Constable Clark Clayton on a
warrant sworn out by the girls mother.
At P. NJ. number of women led by the
mother covered the prisoner with re-
volver and after tying his hands and plac-
ing a strap about his neck marched him
out in front of the City Hall and three
women at time thrash ed him with black
snake whips until his hands and face were
dripping with blood. The sight having
become sickening to many Constable
Sandstrom ordered them to stop. The
whipping took place in full view of the
prisoners home, and while ne received
little pity public sympathy was touched
by the cries of his children and wife. He
left tonight for Iowa.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
RIM CLAIMANTS MY CLASH.
Trouble Nay Grow 0ut of the Change in
the Channel of the Missouri
River

LINCOLN, .NEBR., March 26.-County
Attorney Burnham and Sheriff Glasgow of
Nemeha County to-day called upon Cover
nor Holcomb, seeking his advice and as
sistance in the event of clash between
rival claimants for land in Neneha
County, this State, and Atchison County,
Miss. The threatened trouble, which has
assumed a serious aspect, is the result of
the Missouri River changing its channel,
leaving part of what was Nebraska an
island. The settlers on this land utilized
the old river bed, or the Nebraska half of
it as accretions to their farms
Under a law passed by the Missouri
Legislature the whole of these accretions
were claimed by the State, and recently
filings have been made by Missouri claim
ants on the disputed territory. which COM
prises between 3G0O and 1000 acres. So
stubbornly have the original settlers re-
sisted that there is fear of bloodshed.
Governor Holcomb advised caution, prom,
ising to consult with Missouri officials
looking to an amicable settlement.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
FOR TWO YEARS,
Escape of a Boy Who Had Been
Treated Like a Wild
Beast.
Severe Punishment Inflicted Upon the
Lad Because He Once Ran
Away.

CINCINNATI, OHIO, March %. = A
special to the Post from Louisville says:
A case of the most inhuman treatment OF
a father to son came to light this after
noon when Elbert Hendon, IL years of
age, was brought here by minister and
several other gentlemen.
For two years the boy had been chained
to the floor of stable, and only on few
occasions was he allowed the freedom of
the lot, and then it was under the guard
of some member of the family. The boy
lives with his father, William Hendon,
about two miles from Jeffersontown. Two
years ago he ran away. and. when his
father found him he said the boy should
not repeat it, and. it is claimed, securing
a chain he welded it to the boys leg and
fastened the other end to the stable floor.
The chain was not more than two feet in
length, and for two years the boy re-
manned prisoner. This morning he Sc
cured horseshoe. pried the staple off and
ran to Jeffersontown with the chain still
dangling to his foot. Action will be taken
to prosecute the father for his inhuman
treatment.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
cent encounter in the province of Pinar

del Rio.
1t is officially reported that Colonel San
chez Echavaria has captured insuTgent
camps near Pasco Real and that the re bells
lost fifty killed. The troops destroyed
goods valued at 5000, 900.
Captain General Weyler has ordered
that all the political prisoners detained
by General Pando in Santa Clara, except
three, be liberated on account of the lack
OF evidence against them.
Ebert Rappeye, the correspondent of
the New York Mail and Express, sailed
for New York to-day on the steamer Yuca-
tan in obedience to an order issued by
General Weyler.
1t is officially reported that combina-
ton of rebel bands, taking advantage of
the fact that only small force of Spanish
troops was stationed in the city of Santa
Clara, marched upon that place on the
night of March % and penetrated to the
center of the town. where they made an
attempt to capture the arsenal. General
Bazan, in command of the troops in the
city, accompanied only by his staff, per-
sonally inspected the points of danger and
so disposed the garrison as to save the
city. The rebel leader, Leonco Vidal, was
killed in front of the arsenal, opposite the
plaza, and his body remained on the
ground exposed to public view in the
morning for several hours. The total
losses as the result of the fight are not
known
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
Endangered Residents of Towns
in Matabeleland Are Erect
ing Defenses.
STRIFE IN THE TRANsvAAL.
President Kruger's New Offensive and
Defensive Treaty With the
Orange Free State.

CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, March 90
The Matabeles of Inzza and Fillibuzzi
districts have revolted and massacred the
white settlers, including Commissary
Bentley. Fugitive whites are focking TO
Bulowayo and Gwelo for protection. A
detachment of seventy-five volunteers
with Maxim gun has been dispatched
against the natives.
The people of the towns in Matabeleland
are erecting defenses to protect themselves
against the natives and volunteers are be-
ing enrolled. Armed forces have been
dispatched to the disturbed districts.
LONDON, Eng, March 26.-The Times
will tomorrow say that dispatch dated
March 25 from well-informed source in
Pretoria, capital of the South African
political situation.
President Kruger has concluded a new
offensive and defensive alliance with the
Orange Free State. The Beers of the Free
State and of Cape Colony are arming.
There has been large influx of Germans
into the police and artillery OF the Trans
vaal. DR.. Leyds, the Secretary of State of
the republic, encouraged Immediately by
Germany, is using large amount of secret
service money. For these reasons the
Transvaal considers its position to be very
strong one
The Chronicle in its issue tomorrow will
publish, under reserve, a report that Great
Brifain has purchased Delagoa Bay, East
Africa, from the Portuguese. The price
paid, according to the report, was f5,00o,
600. The purchase includes the whole
country between the South African Re-
public and the South Indian Ocean, from
Amatongaland to the Limpopo River as
far as the territory of the British South
Africa Company.
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FORK OF THE ooNFEREEs.
They Agree Upon the Semate's Original
Resolutions.

They Agree Upon the Senate's Original
Resolutions.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 26.-The
conferees on the Cuban resolutions, after
short session this afternoon, agreed to
resolutions as they originally passed the
Senate. This shuts off all further debate
in the Senate. The House, it is believed,
will agree to the report without delay. In
the form as thus agreed to the resolutions
are as follows:
Resotued, By the Senate (the House of Repre-
sentatives concurring therein), that in the
opinion of Congress a condition of public war
exists between the Government of Spain and
the government proclaimed and for some time
maintained by force of arms by the people of
Cuba, and that the United States of America
should maintain strict neutrality between
the contending powers, according to each all
the rights of belligerents in the ports and ter
ritory of the United States.
Resolued, further, that the friendly Offices of
the United States should be offered by the
President to the Spanish Government for the
recognition OF the independence OF Cuba.
The action of the FIVE conferrees was
unanimous. Senator Lodge of Massachu-
setts, the sixth member of the committee,
was absent.
HIT, the chairman of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, will, at the first oppor-
tunity, cali up the conference report and
ask its consideration. 1t will probably be
followed by some debate, but it is not
dou bted that it will be adopted.
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CRUISE OF TIE COMMODORE.
Fireman Otcens Tells His Story to the
Spanish Consul.

Fireman Otcens Tetts HIS Story to the
Spanish Consul.
CHARLESTON, S. c., March 26.-Ed-
ward s. Owens, late fireman on the alleged
filibustering steamer Commodore, went
before the Spanish Consul here to- day and
made statement regarding the much
talked-of trip of the Commodore. He was
indignant because the officers of the boat
would not pay him more money, and it
seems had also been drinking. He ad-
mitted that he always knew where the boat
really was going, but claimed to have been
.'shanghaied," that is, shipped to go to
one port, and then made to go to another.
and AYERS that he will prosecute the officers
of the Commodore.
He told the Consul to-day that the Com
modore went straight to- Cuba when she
left here on the 18th. She tried to land
at night, and failing at that she came
boldly up to the Cuban coast and put her
men and arms ashore. There were thirty
two men, he said. among whom was
General de Soto, and six boatloads of rifles,
machetes and ammunition. He said the
landing was made just around cape
which he thought was in the province of
Santa Anna. The men on board were
mostly Americans of Cuban extraction,
General de Soto being the only man of
note among them. They did not drill
while on board the Commodore, but when
they landed they all put on caps with
Cuban flags on them.
The Spanish Consul said that he could
take no part in the matter until official
recognition of Owens statement had been
made. IfOwens wished TO prosecute the
officers or libel the boat the Spanish Gov
ernment would he pa. It coz "a after the.
case had been made, anu ii the Un:ted
States District Attorney would start pro-
ceedings Spain would help to push them.
Owens consulted a lawyer to-day, and
libel suit against the vessel will be brought
tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
Jacob Snyder and His Wife
Frances the Victims of a
Bold Plot.
LINGERED IN GREAT AGONY.
In the Chamber of Death the Sus.
pected Daughter Attempted to Take
Her Own Life.

PORT JERVIS. N. Y, March 29.-On
Sunday evening Jacob Snyder ana his
wife, Frances, who live in East Main
street, this city, were taken suddenly i'll
with arsenical poisoning. Jacob died
last Tuesday, but Mrs. Snyder fingered
along until early this morning, when she
died.
The Snyders' only daughter, Mrs
Martha Whitaker, who is suspected of
having administered the poison, has been
under the surveillance of the police since
yesterday morning. She was debarred
from the presence of her parents by order
of the physician last Sunday, at which
time it was first ascertained that'they had
been poisoned. Mrs. Whitaker was prac-
tically prisoner in the sitting-room, be-
low the room where her mother lay suffer-
ing all day yesterday, a policeman stand
ing guard on the outside of the building.
When Mrs. Snyder was found to be in q
dying condition at 6 o'clock last evening
the daughter was admitted to her presence,
AS soon as she entered the room the
mother called out, "Get her out of my
sight" The daughter did not leave the
room, but remained where her mother
could not see her. When her mother died
Mrs. Whitaker swooned and fell to the
floor.
Shortly after she was seized with nausea,
and DIR. Swartout was hastily summoned.
He found her evidently suffering from the
effects of poison, and administered anti
dotes. The physician was again called at
Z o'clock and later at IL O'Clock.
Coroner Harden took an -mortem
statement from Mrs. Snyder on Tuesday.
the substance of which he will not make
known until the inquest, a jury for which
was impaneled this morning.
Autopsies have been performed on the
bodies of both the victims and the stom-
ach, intestines and other organs showed
violent irritant poisoning by arsenic.
These will be sent to New Y York chemist
to be analyzed.
A box of rat poison from which about two
spoonfuIs had been taken is in the posses
sion of Coroner Harding.
Mrs. Whitaker by the death of her par
ents would have come into the possession
of $4,000 insurance, $4,000 of which was on
the life of the father, payable to the wife,
and $1,000 on the life of Mrs. Snyder, pay
able to her husband. Mrs. Snyder made a
will on Tuesday evening in which she de-
vised her property so as to deprive Martha
of the $1,000, but the $1,000 insurance on her
own life she could not change,
Mrs. Whitaker asserts her innocence of
tho crime
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RETRACTED THE sLANDER.
Rer. johnson Forced to Admit That H.
WGs Wpou0.

Rer. johnson Forced to admit That He
Was Wrong.
FRESNO, CAL, March 26.-Evangelist /.
L. Johnson, whose sweeping declaration
rejecting on the chastity of a large
proportion of Fresno's daughters,
has brought upon himself the execration
OF most of this citys respected citizens.
His declaration that these things were
told him by friend does not help his
cause, from the fact that he stoutly re-
fuses TO divulge the name of his in
formant. The Repu blican here contained
the whole story this morning, including
an interview between City Editor Max
well, CALL correspondent and the Rev.
Mr.. Johnson. The subject of the inter-
view has been discussed on the streets here
all day, and the remarks of incensed
fathers and brothers were anything but
complimentary to Evangelist Johnson's
Judgment and disposition. The unwilling
evangelist has been busy all day trying to
patch up denial to the reporters. He
made frantic effort to obtain refutation
of the Republicans story through an
afternoon paper, but was ordered out of
the office by Circulator Osborn, who threat
ened to use his boot in case the evangelist
did not leave at once. The preacher beat
a precipitate retreat.
At an Indignation meeting this after
noon a large body of men congregated on
the streets near the place where the meet
ing was held, and violence to the preacher
was feared for time. A committee was
appointed at the meeting to guarantee
protection to the offending clergyman
until he could get out of town. The meet
ing prepared and Johnson signed the fol-
lowing statement:
Do you believe that the statement made by
you concerning the chastity of the girls of this
city, which you claimed was told you by q
friend, was untrue, and that you made mis-
take wheh you repeated that statement? An
swer-I do; and furthermore will apologize
to the community for having made the same.
I. T. JOHNSON.
johnson promises a long statement,
which he says will exonerate him of an
evil intent and threatens dire calamity
upon the local newspapers. A second
meeting was held at the City Hall tonight
which was attended by hundreds of peo-
pie, but the addresses are temperate and
considerate.
The following preamble and resolution
was adopted.
WHEREAS, Certain slanderous and unwar-
ranted statements, rejecting upon our commu-
nifty and our public schools and churches,
have been given circulation through the local
press and admitted to have been made by one
Rev. Johnson, an evangelist conducting meet.
ings in one of our churches. now therefore,
Resolred, That we, the citizens of Fresno in
mass meeting assembled, do most in
dignantly resent the wholesale slander that
has been thus cast upon our community, our
churches and our public schools and denounce
in unmeasured terms the Rev. Johnson in
giving publicity to such slanderous reports as
have been admitted by him, and pronounce
them absolutely false and without any founda-
tion whatever. and we do advise the said
Rev. Johnson Immediately to depart from our
Johnson. is either in hiding tom light or
has surreptitiously left the city.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
THE soUDAv EXPEDITION.
An Explanation of It's Objects Demamde,
e by the Sultan.

An EGpIdndtiOn of Its OBJECTS Demand ed
e by the Sultan.
LONDON, ENG, March 26.-The Times
correspondent at Cairo telegraphs that the
Sultan of Turkey lately demanded that
the Egyptian Government explain the OBJ
ject of the Soudan expedition. In reply
the Government stated that Egypt, in
accord with Great Britain, intended to re-
cover the territory lost by the revolt in the
Soudan. The Sultan has thus forced
Egypts hand by eliciting the admission
that the ultimate object of the expedition
is to rescue the Soudan from the Mahdists
In the House of Commons to-day Cur
zon, Under Secretary to the Foreign Office,
announced that the Government has not
received any protest against the expedi-
ton up the valley of the Nile. The Sultan,
he said, had inquired the nature of the
military operations proposed, and expla-
nations had been given.
Curzon explained that there were
numerous precedents for the expenditure
of aportion of the Egyptian reserve fund
with the consent of a majority of the
powers comprising the Egyptian public
debt commission. It was the ordinary
method of procedure.
Mr.. Curzon informed the House that the
House that the military authorities of
both England and Egypt had approved
the Dongola expedition, and added that
the Government had taken their decision
in the matter after communicating with
Lord Cromer the British diplomatic agent
in Egypt.
PARIS, FRANCE March 26.-The French
syndicate of Egyptian bondholders have
decided to institute action before the
Egyptian mixed tribunal against the
EGYPTIAN Public Debt Commission in op-
position to the decision of that body to
authorize the use OF any part of the
Egyptian reserve fund for the purpose of
defraying the cost of the Dongola ex-
1nnditinn.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
ZOE AN INCOME Tx.
The Principle accepted by the Chamber
of Deputies.

The Principle accepted by the Chamber
of Deputies.
PARIS. FRANCE, March 26.-After close
struggle the Chamber of Deputies to-day
accepted the principle of the income tax.
Prime Minister Bourgeois raised question
of confidence against an amendment of
fered by M. Guillemot and the amendment
was rejected by a vote of 2SS to 272.
M. Deumer, Minister of Finance, then
demanded vote on M. Dronis resolution
of confidence and on the principle of the
income tax.
The conference paragraph was adopted
by vote of 297 to 249. Finally an amend
ment offered by NJ. Pourouerv de Bosserin,
which was similar to that of M. Dron, but
leaving the settlement of the most strongly
opposed details of the income tax bill to
the Budget Committee, was carried, the
vote standing 2S6 to 270, the Government
accepting the amendment.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
mAnIroB1s SCHOOL QUESTION.
The Dominion Conference Committee
EEpecfs a Settlement.

DOMINION conference OOUHttttte
E1pects Settlement.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, March 26.-The
dominion Conference Committee : Sir
Donald A. Smith, Hon. Mr.. Dickey and
Hon. Mr.. Des jardins, OF the Dominion
appointed to confer with the Manitoba
Government with view of reaching a
settlementof the existing Manitoba school
question, is here. The Greenway Govern
ment has prepared no line of action for
the conference and will not decide the
course to be pursued till advances have
been fully made by the Ottawa delegation.
Sir Donald expresses the hope that they
NAV end the strife. He declares they came
in a conciliatory spirit and hope to be met
in a similar spirit. Premier Greenway has
gone to remote portion of the province
to attend political convention. 1t is
probable that the conference will be post
poned until Monday.
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However, Other Dispatches State
That the Steamer Landed
the Men and Arms.
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
Cuban Patriots Continue to Encounter
the Spanish in Their Strong
holds.

MADRID, SPAIN, March 26.-A dispatch
to the impartial from Havana says a
rumor is current in that city that the
British steamer Bermuda, Captain
O'Brien, which sailed from New York
March Is ostensibly for Vera Cruz, but
which had on board war material for the
use of the Cuban insurgents, has been
fired upon and sunk by a British warship.
NEW YORK, N. Y, March 26.-Dis-
patches received in this city yesterday
from Havana, stated that the Bermuda
had landed the arms and ammunition she
carried, and that General Garcia and the
men with him had safely joined the in
surgents.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
sioerian Rail,rau Scheme.

LONDON. Eng, March 26.-1he Stand
ard will tomorrow publish dispatch from
Berlin stating that the Gear has sanctioned
the long -meditated notifications of the
Siberian Railway scheme. by which the
line will be taken from Tcilita ito Port
Arthur. China, the dispatch adds, will in
exchange for important Russian conces-
sions, cede Port Arthur to Russia, instead
of making that place free port.
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A.sstralasia,s Gold Product.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 26.-From
information received by the director of
the mint, he estimated the production of
gold in Australasia during the calendar
year 1S95'to have been $44, 286, 900, against
SAL, 761, 600 for the calendar year 1894, an
increase Of $225. .0QQ
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Elected to the dead demy.

LONDON, Exc. March 26.-The artist
George Henry Boughton. formerly of New
York, has been elected member of the
Royal Academy. In its issue tomorrow
the Daily News will congratulate the
Royal Academy upon the election of Mr..
Boughton, which, it says, following the
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election of Messrs. Abbey and Sargent
may be regarded as further proof of what
Sir John F. Millais. president of the
academy, recently called the art brother
hood that the academy feels toward the
United States
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MANTEL1 WEDs MRS. HUM.
The actor Disregards the Threats of an
EG- Husband.

Ear Husband.
CHICAGO, ILL, March 26-Robert
Mantell, the actor, and Mrs. Charlotte
HUM were married at noon to-day by
Bishop Fallows. Mrs. HUM, who is
known on the stage rs Charlotte Behrens,
was yesterday granted a divorce from
Edward F. Huhn. theatrical manager.
She has been Mr.. MantelPs leading lady
for several years. Huhn has suit for
SIPS, 900 pending against Mantell for alien
ating the affections of Mrs. Huhn, and. it
is not long since Mrs. Manteil secured a
divorce from her husband, Mrs. HUM
being named as the correspondents.
Theatrical people intimate that to-day's
wedding will be. the cause of further
trouble, as it is said that HUM has threat
ened 20 kill Mantell should the latter
marry the ex- Mrs. HUM.
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Death off ". j. Edbrooke.

CHICAGO, Ill, March 26.-W Willoughby
]. Edbrooke, who was Supervising Archi-
tect of the Treasury during the admins
tration of Benjamin Harrison, died at his
home here yesterday after an illness of
two months, his disease being cancer of
the stomach. He was thirty y-second de-
gree Mason and So years of age.
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Death of a Railroad Man.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 26.-George
H. Nettleton, general manager of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis
Railway, died at his home in this city to-
night OF paralysis. He was one of the
best known railway men in the West.
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home of his daughter, Mrs. E. D. Moore
He was SO years of age. Mr.. Kennan was
a son of Rev. Thomas Kennan and was
born in Waterbury, VT, in 1903. A widow
and five grown children survive him.