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urAH MURDERER FouNp our:
Mrs. Wright, Of Gouvernsur, Accuses Her
Husband Of . Triple Crime.

Husband Of . Triple Crime.
aouvzasruz, N. 7. GpeciaD .-sheriK
George A. storrs. OF Utah County. Utah.
left here a. few days ago, accompanied By:
Mrs. Jennie Wright. They are en- route to
Utah In an endeayor to clear up murder
mystery and, II possible, to free man from
q life sentence.
At the Pelican Point Ranch. Utah; In
1895, three young men were shot down ono
nightin their ranch house. The stepfathsr
OF one Of the boys, man named Haynes,
had had trouble with the men, aud Vas
charged with the crime. The bodies were
found sunk In Utah Lake and the premises
they had occupied were. looted. Haynes
was convicted on nclrcumstantial evidence
and was sentenced to be hanged, but be-
fore the date OF execution stay was se-;
cured and the sentence was commuted to-
life imprisonment.
4 short time after the crime a man OF
the name of George W. Wright the hus-
band Of Mrs. Jennie Wright, left that lo-
cality and visited various parts OF the,
West, finally drifting to Freshwater. Cal.s
He was graduate OF Kalamazoo Law Coll,
lege, and skilled surveyor. One moxn..
ing man with whom Wright Was at odds
was found shot to pieces In his cabin;
Wright assisted at the Coroner's inquest,
and wrote out the verdict Of murder by o
person unknown" Later Wright became
involved in questionable sheep deal. and,
after being arrested, jumped his bail and
fed. He visited his wife at her parents
home here end then dlsa ppsared. h -
After he left the West evidence OF q posi-,
tive character relating to the murder at,
Freshwateri was found against Wright, and
after working on the case for over q year
the authorities ELECTED q. confession from
Mrs. Wright to the effect that her husband
had goods which figured in the Pelican;
Point murders. Mrs. Wright Is now will
ing to testify against her husband for the:
triple crime, providing he can be caught.
She says her lips have previously been
sealed through fear Of him, IS 4.
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NEW AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA.

Minister Tower Transferred From Vienna
An Indiana Man; Succeeds Him.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (SpeciaD. The Presi-
dent has sent to the Senate the nomina-
tion Of Charlemagne Tower,iot ..Pennsyl-
vania, now Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Austria
Hungary, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary OF the United States
to Russia, vice Ethan A. Hitchcock. az
pointed Secretary of the Interior. Addison
G. Harris, OF Indiana, was named to sue
ceed Mr.. Tower, at Vienna. Mr.. Harris Is
a prominent attorney Of Indianapolis, OF
which city be has been resident for many
years. Although he has tai ken an uctive
interest In politics, he has held no public
office except that OF State Senator. He
has been associated with Senator Fair
banks In political matters. Mr.. Harris Is
married, but has no children.
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Prominent People.

General Merritt wears seal ring which
has been worn by the eldest son OF the
family for fve generations.
Seth Low will deliver the oration at the
celebration Of Washington's Birthday at
the University CT Pennsylvania.
General Bartle, who has been in the
State Department for fifty-four years, the
record for long service, has known init
mately all the Presidents since Polk, who
appointed him.
The only American general in the Ger
man army is Lieutenant-Gener George
few days ago be celebrated the sixtieth an
niversary Of his entrance into the imperial
German service.
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SENATOR HoAR ON ExPANsioNI.4
he Inauxurates tho Fight Against the
-, Policy in the Senate.

~, Policy in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. @. Special. Senator
George F. Hoar, OF Massachusetts, leader
ofthe .anti-expansionIsts inaugurassd the
fight against the peace treaty IN his spesch
before the Senate on Monday.
Speaking on the Vest resolution, which
declares that no power is given the Federal
Government to acquire territory to be held
and governed permanently as colonies; th6'
Senator from Massachusetts made an elabss
ofate argument against expansion, assfnst
acquiring the Philippines, aud indirectly
against the ratification Of the treaty Of
peace. 3 ,s.,. u & s., s.. 5s.,ss 80
The principal roints on which SENATOR
Hoar based his speech were:
/. That there was no constitutional
power to acquire colonies. sssss5
2. That the acquirement OF territory in.
the eastern hemisphere would mean the.
shattering OF the Monroe Doctrine. be-s
cause 1t would force us to concede to all
powers the right to acquire territory In
this hemisphere. Z. q. 3
3. That every lesson OF experience was -
warning against attempting to admlnlstee
laws In tropical colony. y ~ n 3
4. Acquisition would mean diminished
wages for the workman and an increase III
the burden Of taxation. SO II sss
s. It would be against the code Of moral
ity adopted BY the United States, which
opposes acquiring imperial powers oritm-
perlal regions by conquest. js. " 2 2
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NEW JERSEY SENAToRSHlP.
Ex-Congressman John Kean Receives IL,
Caucus Nomination For Senator.

Ex-Congressman John Kean Receives the
Caucus Nomination For Senator.
TRENTON, N. J. (spe ciaD.-The Leglsia-
ture was organized Tuesday afternoon.
Charles A. Reed, OF Somerset County, was
chosen President of. the Senate, Augustus
S. Barber, OF Gloucester, Secretary, and J.
Frank Lindsey, OF Morris, Reading Clerk.
The other officers are the same as last
year. In the House there are but few
unimportant changes In the. off cial force.
Acting Governor David o. Watkins was re-
elected Speaker and Thomas q. Jones, Of
Essex, Clerk. .3
Immediately after the Legislature ad-
journed the Republican Senators and As
semblymen went into Joint caucus on the
United States Senatorship. Senator Cross
Of Union presented the name Of ex-Con-
gresham John Kean o. Elizabeth, who was
unanimously nominated.
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Foreign.

General Lord Kitchener has decided to
send a strong expedition against Khalifa
Abdullab, who is at Darfur, Soudan, with
u large force Of D ervishes.
Senior Sagasta, the Spanish Premier, de-
clares that the present Cabinet will stand,
causing much excitement among politi.
clans.
A Socialist editor has been sentenced at
Magdeburg, Germs any, to forty-nine
months Imprisonment on charge otleze-
majesty.
A boy, twelve years OF age. was found
dead Of starvation on the street at Havana,
Cuba, a few days ago. The body was lying
on the stones, with candles at its head,
placed there by strangers hands.
Vlscount Cromer laid the corneSstone OF
the Gordon Memorial College at Nartoum.
George Dambmann, an American who is
prominent in Franco-American business
circles at Paris, France, has been decorated
by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, NJ. Del.
casse, with the Cross Of the Legion Of
Honor.
1t Is announced in Berlin, Germany, that
the third part Of Prince Blsmarck's
memoirs, dealing fully with his resignation
Of the Chancellorship, has been published.
The Chamber OF Commerce of Bordeaux,
France, has again presented mem orial to
the French Government, urging the press
ing necessity Of opening negotiations for a
treaty ofcommerce with the United States.
The Hamburg Chemical Factory at Ham
burg, Germany, was destroyed by fire,
causing loss Of 800, 900.
Sir Thomas Upton, in London, says he
has signed agreements with Captains
"Archie'' Hogarth, formerly Of ths Isolde,
and Robert Wringe to command the Amer
ica's Cup challenger, Shamrock.
The Chateau Tagstern, eleven miles
from Char, Switzerland, was burned to the
ground.
Next years naTal estimates for Italy 1t is
asserted, will provide for eight new battle
ships, two'bein2 OF the first class. .--..
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The Labor World.

The wages OF shoeWorkers at Nashville.
Tenn, have been reduced one third during
1898.
The Central Labor Union OF Terre
Haute, Ind, has library consisting OF
1900 volumes.
British printers have instructed their
officials to invest their surplus funds In CO.
operative institutions.
The Grand Trunk Railroad OF Canada
has agreed to recognize tho Brotherhood
OF Telegraphers and averted strike.
Bakers in Newark, N. j., are preparing
to 60 on strike to enforce ten-hour work
day and compliance with New Jerseys
sanitary bakeshop law. ------
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Cycling Notes.

A cycle factory has been started in Bull
garia.
Belgium will hold three bicycle shows
this winter.
Two applications for patents on brakes
to act on the road were recently made in
England.
Free pedals, permitting coasting without
removing feet from pedals, are becoming
more common.
The steel ribbon to be placed between
the air-tube and outer-casing of double
tube tires is being revived again.
Within year, according to the Scottish
Cyclist. thirteen cycle papers IN Great
Britain "haye gone to tho maiorltr."
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SiftinEs OF the News.

The State debt Of Iowa is s7s,510.49.
The American Bible Society received q
$4,000 check as New Year's gift from an
anonymous donor.
The Canton Aargau in Switzerland ac-
cepted the cattle-insurance law by vote
Of Is, 300 against 1902.
The Senate OF Oregon passed a resolution
favoring the ratification Of the treaty OF
peace without amendment.
South Dakota has q surplus OF money in
the State Treasury. 1t recently took up
$4,000 OF bonds not due until 1910.
The Superior Court OF Washington de-
clared void nearly S1,000,000 Of Tacoma
City warrants once paid and then relssued.
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DIED ON HIS WEDDING DAY.
Rudolph Darnsteadt, OF Orange, N. I
Found Sufooated by Gas.

Rudolph Darnsteadt, OF orange, Ne Oo
Found Suffooated by Gas.
ORANGE, N. J. (specia).-Rudolph Louis
Darnsteadt was to have been married to
Miss Elizabeth E. Range on Wednesday
night. Wednesday morning he was found
dead In his room at his home at Parrow
and Hickory streets. Gas escaping from
gas stove caused his death, which was
purely accidental.
Mr.. Darnsteadt was twenty-four years
old. His father, Louis D Darnsteadt, was Of
flcial interpreter the Essex County Court.
The young man was proprietor Of drug
store, and he lived over the store. Miss
Range is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Range, Of Ridgehurst Road, West Orange.
The night before there was rehearsal OF
the marriage ceremony at the First Ger
man Presbyterian Church, OF Orange, where
It was intended to have the ceremony per.
formed.
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FIRE ON A DUCK FARM !
Over Thousand Breeding Ducks aud
Over Thousand Chickens DeStsoyed. %

over Thousand breeding DUCKS au0
Over aThousand Chickens Deitroysd. 81
TRENTON, M. (speciaD Fire destroyed
the incubator and engine houses on Pat
rick MacAvoy's duck farm, three miles
from Trenton, In Ewing Township. q
few days ago. Over thousand
white Pekin ducks, which MacAyoy was,
saving for breeding purposes, were
burned. Nearly a thousand chickens
were destroyed, besides twelve COVE
several calves eighteen large in1s
cubators, and large quantity OF tirnlps
and potatoes. The loss will reach about.
Gas, ,000.. MacAvoy raises ducks for the New
York market. his season closed With the
holidays, and he had few besides breeding
ducks on hand. ~
Before engaging in tue duck business
MacAvoy kept q dairy farm. his large
barns and nearly all his COWS were de-
stroyed bv fire about nine years ago, The
origin of this fire is a mystery, as there had
been no fire in the incubator house whecA
the flames were discovered. ss;
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GANG OF MURDERERs IN PARIS.

Fourteen OF the "Neuilly Band" Are Con-
victed and Sente need.
PARIS, France (By Cable) THE Assize
Court imposed sentences on Wednesday
upon fourteen members of gang OF thirty
young criminals known as the "Neuilly
Band" convicted OF numberless robberies,
"hold-ups" and attacks upon women, and
suspected Of murder.
Several bodies have been found in the
band. The sentences ranged from two years
to life Imprisonment at hard labor. The
other members OF the band were acquitted.
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Killed at q Hotel Fire. :

A fire which broke out in the Hotel
Rlchelieu at Plttsburg, Penn. Sunday
morning, resulted in property loss Of
only about 5000, but three lives were
sacrificed ard five people were badly hurt.
The dead are: Mrs. Katherine Boyle,
Plttsburg, Penn; Amos s. Lands, Grape
vile. Penn; George 4. Walters. Camden.
N. J. The fire originated on the second
floor from IN explosion OF gas, and within
few moments the building was mass OF
flames and binding smoke. The noise OF
the explosion awakened most Of the
guests, about twenty in number, who
escaped with the above fatalities.
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The final battle took place Wednesday
afternoon. when the Republicans OF the
House OF Representatives and the State
Senate met in joint caucus in the Repre-
sentatives' Hall. The victory OF General
Hawley was not secured until three full
hours had been consumed, and nearly all
Of that time was occupied in balloting. The
seventh and conclusive ballot resulted as
follows:
Whole number of votes cast, 1913, neces-
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QUAY MUST STAND TRIAL.
Supreme Court Denies the Senator's Plea
For Change OF Venue.

For Change OF Venue.
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (speciaD. - The
Supreme Court has dismissed the petition
Of United States Senator Quay, Richard R.
Quay and former State Treasurer Haywood
for writ OF certiorari In the case charging
the petitioners with conspiracy to misuse
State funds. The case will now go back to
the Court OF Quarter Sessions for trial in
the regular course of procedure.
The opinion was handed down by Chief
Justice Sterrett as soon as the seven JUS
ttces OF the court entered the court room
Tuesday morning.
The opinion states that the Supreme
Court is satisfied that the petitioners can
and will have Il fair and impartial trial be-
for competent and unprejudiced Judge
and q fair and impartial jury In this coun-
ty. The court holds that 1t has no author
ity to review the action Of the lower court
on the Quay demurrers, there being no ap-
peal in such event until after conviction
and sentence.
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.sese, who was Vice-hing in 1881, backed by
o small following, endearored to obtain
the office. -. i...s.-4..
Mataafa's electio2 Is highly satisfactory,
not only to the Washington Government,
but to the German and British Govern
ments, because OF the certainty that he will
be guided IN his action by the wishes of the
Consuls in Apia 1.-the signatory Powers to
the Berlin treaty.
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cHlLD's PLAY ENDS IN DEATH.
CoIored Candy Kills Four Little Ones o
Family.

TOLEDO, Ohio (speciaD-Since Christmas
the four children Of Mr. and Mrs. s. J.
Laing, OF Eaet Toledo, have died. One
died few days after Christmas, another
week later anI two uore passed away a
few days ago. The last one was the sole
remaining child OF the family.
On Christmas the children were playing
doctor" and the older boy took the role
OF physician. He compounded medicine
for his brother and sisters, who played Ill.
He dissolved cclored candy into tumbler
OF water and administered 1t to all OF them,
partaking OF some himself. The children
suffered much pain.
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Now FIy tho American Flag.

Frederick G. Salter, general agent OF the
Northern Pacific Rail way Company in New
York City, announces that the steamships
Victoria, Tacoma and Olympia o. the North
ern Pacific Steamship Company's Ia
the Portland Line, have been placed under
the American flag. The other steamers
connected with these lines fly the British
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JOSEPH HODGES CHoATE.
nominated him Ambassador Great Btain

the State Constitutional Convention which
assembled in 1894 to revise the Constitution
OF the State Of New York. From 1867 20
1871 Mr.. Choate wns President Of the New
England Society, from 1874 to 1878 Presi-
dent OF the Harvard Club, from 1S73to 1877
President Of the Union League Club, and
In 18S8-1SS9 President Of the Bar Associa-
tion OF New York,
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Suicide OF q Naval Apprentices.

Archie z. Wall, formerly an apprentice
on the battIeship' Texas; turned on Ave gas
Jets In the parlor OF his boarding house In
Philadelphia, Penn, a few nights ago, and
wentto sleep with.the keyhole stuffed with
paper. When found the next morning h6
was dead. he left notes addressed to his
mother and sweetheart, who spurned his
love. He said he forgave her and loved
her to the last. The girls name is Maria
Skillman. She works in o box factory. She
had told Archie she did not want to see
him again. Archie was twenty-one years
old. His mother lives at Hummelstown,
Penn. .r ..ta.. 'rj
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sary to choice, 100; Hawley, 1T; Fessen-
den, SO; Bulkeley, 6; Russell, 4.
VERMONT SENATOR CHOSEN.

Chief Justice Ross Succeeds the Late
Senator Morrill,.
MoNTPEL1EE, Vt. Especially Benjamin F.
Fifeld, to whom Governor Smith rendered
the appointment Of United States Senator,
to succeed the late Justin 8. Morrill,, notl-
fed the Governor on Wednesday that, ow-
ing to family relations, he was compelled to
decline the honor. The Senatorship was
thereupon rendered to Jonathan Ross, Of
st. Johnsbury, Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court Of Vermont, and he has accepted the
appointment, resigning his office Of Chief
Justice.
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Two Killed alta Grade Crossing.

NV" H11'o0 s'' o10""s'
Levi Lyons aud his daughter Ella, nine
taen years old, were killed few days ago
at railroad crossing In Paterson, N. J.
Mr. Lyons and his daughter lived at Pomp-
ton. They had driven into the city In q
sleigh. Both were heavily muffled because
of the severe cold, and It is thought that
the wraps about their heads prevented
.heI- hearing the train approaching.
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FOUR PERSONS KILLED.
Run Down by Express Train No. 13 Near
Iarffner Penn.

Run Down by Express Traih NO Id Near
Larimer, Penn.
P1rTsBUno, Penn. (speciaD.-Four per-
sons were run down and instantly killed by
express train No. 1S, near Larimer station,
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, twenty-five
miles east of Pittsburg, on Wednesday.
The list Of dead is: Mary Miller, Thomas
Miller, Albert Wilson and Walter Brown.
On account OF freight wreck near Larl-
mer. 1t was necessary to switch the west
bound passenger trains TO the eastbound
track. The engineer blew the whistle, but
the alarm was unheeded.
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AN ELECTRICAL EXECUTIONS.
BaiIer Decker Put to Death at Sing Sing
For WiEe.Murder. 4.


srse srsd. IN. Y. (speclaD. = Baller
Decker, negro, was executed in the elec-
trio chair here Monday morning. There
were two shocks. At 11.22 o'clock 1850
volts were turned on. This voltage was
kept up for ten seconds and then reduced
to 800 volts, which was kept,up for ffty
seconds. At 11.25, after Dr.. Irvine had ex-,
amined D ecker, 1t was decided to. admins
ter asecond shock. This was kept on at
1850 volts for two minutes. and at tu.N
Decker was pronounced dead. x
Decker killed his wife, who was q white
woman, near Tottenvllle. Staten Island, on
the morning Of May Is, 1898. he attempted
to commit suicide, shooting himself in tho
abdomen, but he recovered. He was sem
fenced to be killed during the early part Of
November, but his execution Was stayed by
an appeal.
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Medals For Sampson's Men.

Senator Hale has introduced a joint
resolution in the Senate, Washington, au-
thorizing the Secretary Of the Navy to
have bronze medals struck common orat-
ing the naval battle Of Santiago, and to dis
tribute them among the officers and men
OF the ships of the North Atlantic Squad
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Governor kollins.s Suggestions.

Governor kolIins's SUGGESTIONS.
| Frank W. Rollins, Republican, took the
oath Of office and assumed the duties OF
Gorernor ut Concord, n. H. In his In.
augural address he advocated the building
OF i bicycle path along the entire seacoast
OF New Hampshire, the construction OF
State highway from the Massachusetts line
to the summit of Mount Washington and
the preservation OF forests.
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Jail Broken Open bv a Woman.

The prisoners in the jail at South Pitts
burg, Tenn, planned to escape recently,
but 1t was left for Jane Amherst, q woman
convicted Of larceny, to teach her male as
sociates how to get out. A few days ago
she secured an iron bar and broke the lock
on her cell She gained access to the cells
OF the other prisoners, smashed the locks
and set the inmates at liberty. Six escaped,
but the woman who set them free was
caught. Four OF the runaways have been
oqntnred
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Joseph Hodges Choate was born on Janu-
ary "a, 1882, at Salem, Mass, and Is the son
Of DR.. George Choate. He was graduated
in 1852 from Harvard College, and two
years later from Harvard Law School.
After years study in a Boston office, he
was admitted in 1855 to the bar Of Massa-
chusetts. In the same year he entered tho
office of Scudjer l. Carter in New York
Citv. but soon left and entered the Office Of
Butler, Evarts g Southmayd. He after
wards formed partnership with William
Il. Barnes, but In 1859 became a member OF
the firm Of Evarts, Southmayd q Choate,
the firm being later changed to Evarts,
ChoAte 4 Beaman. For the last ten years
Mr.. Choate has been generally acknoTl-
edged to be one of the leaders OF the bar in
this country. Mr.. Choate's political career
practically began in 1856, when he took the
stump for Fremont. He was President OF
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Steamship .IYooler Lost ut Sea.

The British steamship Loeb Etive has
signalled in passing Peniche, Portugal,
that the British steamship Wooler, from
Barry for Las Paimas, Canary Islands, has
foundered at sea. The Loeb Etive picked
up boat with four OF the Wooler's crew,
but the remainder ure missing.
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Shocking Condition OF Spanish Soldiers.

The steamship Notre Dame de salut ar
rived at Barcelona, Spain, on Monday with
HOO soldiers from Havana. The men were
In o shocking condition. The steamship
was not large enough to furnish aocommo-'
datlon for the number OF troops put
aboard c. her. Thirty-nine OF them died;
on the passage, 800 were taken In an. anbu-.
lance to the hospitals after they landed,
and 1000 were taken to sauitarlums. Tie
others could hardly stand. All were fear
fully emaciated.
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Senator Bate Reelected.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (speciaD The Senate
and House met in joint convention on
Wednesday and compared the vote for
United States Senator. W. B. Bate, the
present Senator. was declared elected for
term Of six years.