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Ripple was indicted by the grand Jury and was later tried in the superior court and sentenced to be hanged July fl. The trial was replete With sensa- tlonal incidents. The defence sought 10 established the fact that because or oe- generacy. both hereditary and acquired Ripple was irresponsible. Upon sever al occasions during the trial Ripple raV- ed and tore about the court room ap- parently in an epileptic fit and 1t was necessary to chain him almost contln- ually. In the opinion of many experts, however, these fits were simnuatel.
 Ripple formerly lived in New Britain, where he was known as one of the wild est youth of the place. He married eight years ago. After living with his wife for nearly three years he ran away. Two weeks before the murder he returned and then began the series of quarrels which eliminated in the woman's death
 Counsel for Ripple employed every le- gitimate means to secure a commute ton of sentence, and his approaching doom occasioned much talk and con- siderable newspaper writing, various opinions having been exploited as to the moral right of the state to administer capital punishment upon such a degen- crate.
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THE JAMESON RAID.
South African Commission Exonerate Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain.

South AIrlcan OOfuhissiOu EXOneThto
 Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain.
 London, July 13.-The South African commission to-day agreed upon its re- port on the investigation into the Jam.- son raid. The report sets forth the following:
 The committee in the conclusion of it's report unite to condemn the raid, but at the same item they express the opinion that nothing will be gained by proceeding with the proposed extension of inquiry into the administration of the chartered company. They declare Lord Rosemead and MT. Chamberlain, and the under secretaries of the colonial office blameless on the ground that there is no evidence that any of them was In any sense cognizant of the plans for the raid.
 But they pronounce Sir Graham Bower, imperial secretary of the high commissioner, guilty of dereliction of duty.
 The minority report concludes as fol- lows: "We regret that the alleged com plicity of the colonial office has not been probed to the bottom in order to more effectually remove any idea that there may have been some proof in the statements of certain witnesses that the secret aims of Cecil Rhodes were more or less rvealed by Joseph Cham berlain."
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K|PP|E DIED BRAY[LY
Expiated His Crime at Thir- ty-Six Minutes After Mid-
 night at Wethersfie|d.
SAID MOOSE WAS TOO TIGHT
PRONOUNCED DEAD IN NSEYEN MIN
 U7ES THIRTY-SEYEN SECONDS,

Body Was Left Hanging for Twenty Two
 Minutes and When Taken Down the
 Neck Was Found to be Broksn-The
 Hanging Was Thoroughly Successful
 Just Before the Execution the Doomed
 Man Cordially Greeted Sheriff speigel-
 Walked to the Cage Without Tremor.
 Wethersield, Conn.,, July 14.--Thomas F. Ripple paid the death penalty for the murder of his wife at the Connec- ticut state prison at Wethersfield this morning. The drop was sprung at ex- actly 12:S6. Ripple bore up bravely to the last.
 The death warrant was read In the condemned mans cell by Warden Woodbridge shortly after 12 o'clock. Throughout the reading of the warrant Ripple was calm and collected and greeted Sheriff Spiegel of New Haven in a cordial manner. The procession to the gallows was formed at 12:25 o'clock in the warden's office.
 When Deputy Warden Baisdell ad JuSleQ the moose dIOullu hlppic ilCSh Ripple said: That is too tight. Deputy Warden Baisdell adjusted the moose to Nipples satisfaction and then raised his hand to Warden Woodbridge, who stood short distance away with his foot on the lever which released the mechanism of the gallows.
 Warden Woodbridge immediately sprung the trap and the body shot up into the air Drs. E. G. Fox and Joseph B. Root, the attending physicians, ex- amined the body a minute after the trap was sprung and found the heart still beating. Seven minutes and thir- ty-siw seconds after Ripple shot into the afr the physicians pronounced him dead.
 His body was allowed to hang twen- ty-five minutes before it was cut down. Upon examination the physicians found that the neck had been broken. Kip pies body was placed in plain rose- wood coffin on which was silver plate inscribed: "Thomas F. Ripple.
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ARMoR PLATE DISCUSSION.
Tillman Refers to Cleveland as the "SO
 Called President"


 Washington, July 13.-Senator Butler in the senate this afternoon reviewed the investigations made by Secretary Herbert as to the cost of armor plate, and read from the report of the house
 committee on naval affairs relative to Irregularities in the manufacture of armor plate. He said the report show ed that, by fraud and deception, armor plate had been palmed off on the gov ernment so defective that 1t could be pierced like pine board. The senator asserted that men had been shot and put in dungeons for offences of far less
 magnitude.
 Mir. Chandler facetiously called on Mir Tillman to take the floor. The South Carolina senator responded that, unless there was something to fight, there was no need to talk.
 MT. Chandler inquired of Mir. Tillman what had become of the house resolu- ton adopted as result of the Carne- gie investigation. It had come to a. democratic senate and had been refer
  He asked MT. Tillman if he was a democrat and what the democrats had done with this resolution.
 MT. Tillman responded that he thought his course had shown him to be impartial In showing the rascality of the democrats as well as others. The naval committee which the New Hampshire senator had referred to had simply pigeonholed that resolution. MT Tillman pointed out alleged irreg- ularities in furnishing armor plate and referred to the fact that Secretary Her bert had imposed a fine on the Carne- gie company, which fine was reimtted by the president.
 And was 1t democratic president who remitted the fine?" asked MT. AL len.
 Pleased don't leave out so called in. referring to that president, answered Mir Tillman amid laughter, "as 1t hurts my feelings to hear him referred to as a democratic president" Mir Stewart declared that the recent threat of Great Britain in the naval review of the Victorian jubilee meant
 that nations must continue building ships or else be subjugated. With such hostile purposes and such a navy as England possessed it was idle to talk of suspending the building of warships. The senator declared also that there should be no dictation on the price of armor by Carnegie, "a candidate for the British parliament
 MT. Allen criticised the general policy of expanding the navy, comparing the cumbersome battleships with the effec-
 tive monitors The building of those huge ships was a scheme, he asserted. to spend the public money and to place advantageous contracts. With 1t was the scheme for enlarging the army and building more forts Commenting on the use of the army at the Chicago strike. Mir Allen asserted: When Grover Cleveland sent the army into Chicago he committed treason"
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Board of seiectmen.

The board of selectmen last evening held a short meeting. The matter of widening Townsend avenue at Morris Cove was discussed, and 1t was stated that a strip of land two hundred feet long would be necessary for the widen ing. The owner of this land demands $500 for it, and he has been offered $100 by the town. Town Counsel Goodhart was instructed to take steps to secure the appointment of committee of ap- praisal to fix upon a fair price for the strip of land needed.
 Application for money for state roads must be made before July 25. and the board voted to take necessary action to secure a part of the money. Mir. Goodhart was instructed to ascertain what action by the board was neces- Sary.
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Miss Stevenson Reported.

Cincinnati, July 13.-The Commercial Tribune's Lexington, Ky, special says:
 A woman supposed to be Miss Grace Stevenson of Boston came here Sum- dav night accompanied by man. They left for Cincinnati this morning. They st0nnad here at a private boarding house. The young lady had brilliant and dark brown hair. She had fine clothes. The Boston photo graph resembles her about the mouth but her cheeks are now fuller than when the photograph was taken.
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LULU IN MINERS STRIKE
TO THE TDLENESS
 OF NEARLY EVERY MINE.

Meetings Are Being Held to Keep Up
 Enthusiasm and Prevent the Strikers
 Becoming Lukewarm-Three Hundred
 More Men Throw Down Their Picks
 Movement to Spread.
 Pittsburg, Pa, July 19.-There Is a Hull in the minters' strike in this dis trict attributable to the fact that nearly every mine in the district Is idle. To keep up the enthusiasm and prevent the strikers from becoming lukewarm in the cause, however, the officials have arranged for series of meetings In different sections every day. Three meetings were held yesterday at Ban ming, Fayette City and West Newton, and at each place resolution were adopted not to return to work until the officials gave the order.
 This morning a large meeting was held at Snowden on the Wheeling divi- sion and the men were unanimous in their determination to stand firm for the sixty-nine cent rate. The miners on this division fear that the company will soon begin evictions from their houses. The meeting to-day was ad- dressed by President Garland of the Amalgamated association, Thomas Grundy of the United Teamsters, M. P. Carrick of the Painters and Decorators and John Kelly of the United Labor league.
 News reached the miners headquar- ters this afternoon that the diggers in the Camel, Warner and Morgan mines, Beaver county, had thrown down their pickes and joined the general strike. The three pits employ about three hun dred men. The strike has also spread to Mercer county. Five mines are idle in that region to-day. They are Hall- vile, Spear, Ridge and Diamond mines Nos. 1 and 3. The men struck for an advance of ten cents per ton.
 An effort was made to-day to resume work at the Eagle mine at Mononga- hela City. It Is a cooperative concern, but the sentiment of a majority of the stockholders was against resumption and it was decided to keep the pit closed until the strike was settled. A delega- tion from Brownsville says the Knob Beaumont, Umpire and Albany mines have closed down and the miners have joined in the general strike with a de- termination to remain out until the question of wages Is full settled.
 President Ratchford of the United Mine Workers Is expected in Pittsburg tonight or tomorrow and will meet the committees. District President De- Ian came from his home in Cecil to- day. He said the strike as far as the miners are concerned Is progressing in good shape. When asked about arbi- tfation, he said:
 If arbitration brings a satisfactory settlement, then arbitration is the proper course."
 President Dolan said movement would shortly be made on the mines above the Pennsylvania railroad that are still In operation and strong ef- fort will be made to bring the men out. No plans have yet been arranged to bring out the men at the three mines of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company, but Mir. Dolan says they will receive attentlon later in the week.
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Union and Nop-Upion Men Clash.

Cleveland, O., July 13.-Trouble broke out in the neighborhood of the Crescent tin plate mill this afternoon. Six non- union men entered crowd of union men with their hands in their pockets as If to draw revolvers. This excited the ire of the union men, who surround ed and searched them, but found no re- volvers. The non-unionists fled, but were pursued by a gang of loiterers. John Vanek, one of the non-union men, was badly beaten. A crowd numbering thousands gathered when the patrol watrol wagon was summoned. The po- lice charged the rioters and dispersed them
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Chilly of Favnritian

Boston, July 1S.-Special Treasury Agent Julian Smith, who recently in vestigated charges of drunkenness against Colonel A. A. Rivers, deputy surveyor of the port. has reported to JTaebington that the charges were not sustained. An additional charge to the oefact that Colonel Rivers had been y,,iItv of favoritism in the assignment ef +be men of his force to duty was and the evidence has been Forwarded to Washington.
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KIPaIE's ArHOcIOUs CRIME.
Eis Trial Was Filled With Sensational
 Incidents.

Incidents.
 Wethersfe1d, Conn, July 10-Kippia was Scotchman forty-one years of age. On Friday night, January 3l, 1896, he stabbed his, wife to death in a most brutal manner The crime was com lnitted at the Ripple home in New Ha- ven, and was the outcome of long series of family qvarrels, for which liquor was mainly responsible. Both Ripple and his wife were addicted 10 the use of strong drink and frequently their home was the scene of fierce fights.
 Two nights before the tragedy Ripple reached his home in a state of drunk cnness and was soon involved in 6 quarrel with his wife. The latter se- cured the upper hand in hard strug- gle and tied her husband to a bed post, where he was held prisoner for twen- ty-four hours. At length, having sob cred up, he managed to free himself, and arn1ing himself with a butcher knife, attached his wife. He wounded her slightly, and would probably have killed her then had not q neighbor in- terfered. Mrs Ripple took advantage of the opportunity and left the home.
 Meanwhile Ripple, who was in a parcyysrn of rage, fought desperately with the neignbor and succeeded in slashing him badly in the eye He then made for his wife, and catching her in q corner of the yard. plunged the knife repeatedly into her breast. She fell to The ground lifeless. Having satisfied Himself that his wife was dead, he threw away the bloodsoaked weapon and started to make good his escape hut neighbors who had witnessed the awful tragedy had notified the police and Ripple was soon locked ap,
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Requests to be Made.

Boston, July 13.-Nearly s4O0,0OO is soon to be distributed among various institutions by the trustees of a fund est aside by the late Miss Belinda Lull Randall of Roxbury. The following sum will be given: Foxcroft club of Cambridge, sT0,000; Massachusetts In stitute of Technology, s50,000; Chil- dren's Aid society, s50,000; Radcliffe college, S50,00o; Hampton, Va, Normal Institute, s25.000; Calhoun, Ga, uni versity, $10,000; reserved for a trades school, s95.0
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BENNINGTON TOR HONOLULU.
To Replace the old Cruiser Marion Or
 dered Home.

Washington, July 13.-The Benning- ton, now on the California coast, is be- ing fitted out to take the place of the old cruiser Marion at Honolulu. The Marion was ordered home some time ago, but an accident to her machinery delayed her for several months, and the order has now been repeated,
 Though there has been talk of sending the batttleship Oregon to Honolulu to reinforce the Philadelphia 1t is said at the navy department that no such or ders have been issued and it Is more probable that she will be kept in the neighborhood of San Francisco in per feet condition and ready for Sea orders at short notice.
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s1s.ooo Damaro to streets.

Waterbury, July 13.-The total rain- fall from midnight last night up to midnight tonight was seven and one half inches. The rain, which has come
 rrents all day. is estimated have done at least $16,0 GOO damage to the streets, which. to great extent, have all been repaired this season. The Naugatuck river is swollen badly, and runs at the speed of race horse
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NoN-UN1oN MEN AT YORK.
Mill of J. Painter & Sons Starts Under
 Police Protection,

HOttCo TOteCttOus
 Pittsburg, Pa. July 1S.-The rolling mill of J. Painter & Sons was started to-day with non-union men. Only a few men were at work and they were under police protection. There was no disorder. The old men say the firm will be unable to operate the plant with non-union men.
 The steel mill of Jones & Laughlin resumed to-day. the scale having been signed yesterday. All the men were at work. The finishers will meet the firm this afternoon to arrange a settlement. If an agreement Is not reached the fin ishing department will be operated by non-union men as soon as men can be secured. The Monongahela tin plate works, employing six hundred men, started up to-day in full.
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Grand Circuit Races.

Detroit, Mich., July 13-At the grand circuit meet to-day Valence won the $1,500 purse in the 2:17 class in three straight heats. Espey was second and Prince third. Time 2:13a, 2:17A, 2:15K. Rilma B. won in the 2:24 class trotting, and Passing Belle won the 1,500 purse In the 2:23 class pacing. Time 2:131s, 2:13A, 2:14A.
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Gale Prevented Torpe,lo uost,s Trial.

Bristol, R. l., July 13-A strong south- west gale which prevailed in the bay to-day prevented the official trial of the torpedo boat Dupont, and another at teempt will be made tomorrow morn ing. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and Commodore F. D. Nor gan arrived here early this morning to participate in the trial
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Gave Up Their Cards During the Lockout
 in 1893

Danbury, July 13.--At meeting of the Danbury Hat Finishing association early tonight it was voted tc re-instate a number of the men employed in the factory of Beckerle & Co.,, who gave up their cards at the time of the lockout in 1893.
 This decision was arrived at with the stipulation that the men pay heavy fines, ranging from s750 down. The men agreed to pay the fine,and mo- tion was made that if the money, which will amount to over s3,000, is collected, 1t shall be turned over to the coal min CTS now on strike in the west. The mo- ton was tabled for further considera- tion, and to await the payment of the fines.
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For Postal Saving. Banks.

Washington, July 1s.-Senator Butler to-day introduced a bill providing for the establishment of system of postal savings banks under the supervision of the postmaster general and the secre- tary of the treasury. It creates every postoffice a savings bank, permitting the opening of accounts of not less than fifty cents and permitting deposits of not less than ten cents.
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Three Hundred Mile Race.

Fall River, Mass, July 13.-Arrange- ments are completed for the three hun dred-miIe road race on bicycles between John H. Wits and Alfred Paquin. The start will be from city hall in this city this evening at o'clock. Wits is the rider who established transcontinen- tai record from San Francisco two years ago.
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KIPP,IE,s LAST DAY.
Maintained m Air of Insolent Bravado
 With No Emotion.

Maintained m AIT OI InsoIenV DraVauo
 With No Emotion
 Wethersfield, July 13.-Kippie spent his last day on earth in the same pecu- liar manner that has characterized his stay in the state prison here since his arrival when he came to await the ex- ecution of the death sentence. The day was not without interest, however.
 Edward Ripple, a brother of the con- demned man, called at the state prison this morning and asked to see his brother. He was under the influence of liquor, and told the warden that he had not seen his unfortunate brother in thirteen years, and that he had come all the way from Pennsylvania to see him. Warden Woodbridge denied the visitors request by telling him that Father Lynch had suggested that no one be allowed to see Ripple unless Ripple requested it.
 The brother started for Father Lynch's home to get permission to see his brother, but did not return. Ripple seemed fairly contented and cheerful throughout the day, and spent part of the morning In song. This morning the holy communion was administered by Father Lynch to Ripple. During the afternoon there appeared to be no change in Nipples demeanor. He maintained his air of insolent bravado, and no signs of emotion or repentance were noticeable in his manner of con- ducting himself.
 One during the afternoon he repeated his question Of last night as to whether his brother had called to see him. He ate heartily during the day, as has been his custom throughout his confine- ment, and in every manner showed his firm determination to go to his death without 0 struggle.