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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-18
[Complete Earlier Anglo Boer War Advice
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MURDERER ABO4RDs
Shocking Tragedy on Swedish Coast
 Steamship.

Copenhagen May 17.-Details received here to-day from Hoping, Sweden, of the terrible tragedy on board the steam CT Prins Carl, plying between Hoping and Stockholm, show that shortly after passing Quicksund at midnight man suddenly started shutting all the doors of the cabins and saloons, and then, with a revolver in either hand and with a dagger and a knife in his belt, he be gan firing at every one he encountered He stabbed the captain in the back and a woman passenger in the breast with the dagger, and hacked boy with the knife. He also shot the mate through the shoulder, and of four men who were playing cards in the smoking saloon one was shot in the temple because he nov ed when the murderer warned him not to stir The Prins Carl was stopped off Hoping and the murderer seized the op- portunity to jump into lifeboat and row away as fast as possible. Seareh of the steamer discovered seven dead and five wounded. The Prins Carl pro ceeded to Stockholm, where the poilce officials took charge of the victims. A tradesman of Arboga, Sweden reports that a man giving the name of Gron- kirst of Stockholm came to him yester- day and secured two revolvers, which he fired several times to test their quail ities,
 Stockholm, May 1.-The police have tracked to Eskilstuna, fffty-seven miles west of this city, and arrested there the supposed author of thS Prins Carl trag- edy. He tried to fire revolver at the officers, and when arrested gave the name of Philip Nordlund. On being questioned about the murders the pris- oner replied that it was matter for the police themselves to unravel On being further questioned Nordlund con fessed his crime, and said he had stolen eight hundred kronan from the captain.
 The wounded say they were playing cards in the smoking room about 11:30 with other passengers, when somebody put his head in the room and exclaimed: Look out There's a massacre on board" At the same moment shots were heard. All sprung to their feet in order to leave the cabin, but they found the door fastened on the outside. While they were trying to force the door, a shot was fired through the window and hit one of them, man named Karlson, who fell to the floor. The other three, Schneider Konditor and Lindquist, burst the door. Lindquist, who was the first to get through, received a bull let in his head Disregarding the wound he ran after the assassin to the steer ing room. The fugitive shouted down the speaking tube full speed ahead" The engines were already at full speed and the engineer replied, 'Is that the captain?' Receiving the answer uncer- tainly, "Drive her to the devil' the en- gineer put the engines at full speed astern. The assa ssin then ran down to the engine room and threatened to shoot the engineer if he did not obey The engineer barricaded himself in the room. At that moment Hoping came along, and the murderer fled to a boat.
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MAY ENDANGER FEDERATION.
Amendment of the Imperial Govern
 ment to the Hill,

London, May 17,-F. w. Holder, pre- mier and treasurer of South Australia, has sent the following to John Alexan- der Cockburn, agent general for South Australia:
 For twenty years we have struggled to federate Australia. At last we suc- ceeded in obtaining the peoples ap- proyal. Now dissentient minority has proved superior to our ef- forts on matter important in princi- pie, but still vaster in sentiment, with the result that all sorts of questions are reopened, and the federation of Aus tralia is endangered. The imperial gov- ernment follows men who are not the leaders of opinion in Australia and throws aside the intensely considered opinion of it's people"
 The Australian Natives association has cabled to the Victoria delegates as follows: "We fear that insistence upon the amendments may weaken imperial sentiment" MT. Cockburn has issued statement in which he argues that it is necessary for the supreme judicial power in local questions to be Aus tralian and not imperial, in order that the constitution may live through in expectations as the constitution of the United States Is moulded by the United States supreme court"
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St. Louis Street Car Strike.

St. Louis, May 1.-The termination of the struggle between the St. Louis Transit company and it's employees is not yet in sight. To-day, like preced- ing ones was devoted to conferences. A strikers committee submitted counter proposition to the one handed to them by the railroad officers last night, which was rejected by the executive committee of the railway mems union. The Transit company's officials in turn rejected the counter proposition of its employees, the hitch resting on clause which calls for the complete renstate- ment of all the old men. The railroad officials stated that the men employed by them to supercede the strikers could not be displaced Afterwards President Whitaker of the Transit company said his offer was final. The proposition of the railroad company was later submit- ted to a meeting of 5000 strikers of the Transit system. After vigorous dis cus,sion, the railway companys propo- sition was rejected by an overwhelming vote. Resolutions were then adopted calling upon all trades unions and sym pathizers with trade union1sm to Sus- pend labor after the coming Saturday.
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CH4RGED WITH CONSPIBACY.
Two Men Arrested Last Night for De-
 fraudtng '. z. Poll.

Samuel Gtreenhauss, secondhand dealer who lives on Washington avenue, and William Kehoe, ticket taker at Po- lis theater. who rooms at the KenWick house, were arrested last night by Cap tain Cowles of the defective bureau on the charge of conspiring to defraud s. z. Poli, proprietor of Polls theater It is charged that Kehoe has been keeping tickets which he has taken in at the door and then turning them over to Greenhauss, who sold them and divided the proceeds with Kehoe. How long this has been going on or how much the two have made out of their scheme is not known. About three weeks ago MT. Poli began to suspect that some crooked work was going on, and since then he has been quietly Investigating He ascertained that some tickets had been sold in certain restaurant oil Congress avenue and secured two tick cts presented for admission to the the ater-tickets which he knew had not been paid for. In his investigation he ascertained that Greenhauss had been selling tickets outside. Last night he kept watch of the people who entered the theater, and finally he saw man present a ticket which he knew had not been given out or sold. He questioned the man and ascertained that the ticket had been sold by a man who, the buyer said, was then in the theater. MT. Poli took the man upstairs to the theater and there he pointed out Greenhaus.
 MT. Poli telephoned to Captain Cowles and the latter went to the theater and placed Greenhauss under arrest. To Captain Cowles' questioning Greenhauss at first refused to say where he secured the tickets which he had sold, but final ly he said that they had been given to him by Kehoe. Kehoe was questioned by MT. Poli and Captain Cowles, and at first denied that he had given out the tickets. Finally, however, when con- fronted by Greenhauss he confessed and said that Greenbauss proposed the scheme to him. The tickets which the two men have disposed of were compi- mentary tickets, which could be sold as they were not mutilated at the door by tearing off a seat check, as are the other tickets. Greenhauss was released last night soon after his arrest under $500 bonds furnished by Max Kappa port.
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DEFEAT FOR BRT4N.
Opinion of Wharton Barker, the Mid dlc-nf-tht -Road CnMdtdmtr.

Washington May 17-Wharton Bar ker, the nominee for president of the Cincinnati convention of the Middle-of- the-Road populists, called on President Mckinley to-day to pay his respects. These gentlemen have known each other ever since the latter entered pub lie life. Later on MT. Barker said to a reporter of the Associated Press that his nomination at Cincinnati makes the nomination of Mr. Bryan by the demo- crats impossible.
 Tn the last presidential election" he said, MT. Bryan received about 6,500, 000 of this number at least 2,000, ,000 were populists. This year l will get l. 5O0 900 or possible 1,750000 of that num- Der. This will cut Bryan's vote to B. 000 or less. Where is he going to get the other votes necessary to elect icy received l,500,000 votes from the democratic ranks four years ago. These will not go to Bryan this year to make up his loss of populist votes. If Cor man or some other eastern man should be nominated by the democrats this year he would carry New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware in the east not to count doubtful states else- where. The fight this year will not be made on the money question. Trans portation, expansion and other live sub jects will make up the issues"
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KILLED HER HUSBAND.
Fitchburg, Mnss., Woman Accidentally Discharges Revnlvrr.

Fitchburg. Mass, May IT, = Joel O.. Harowitz, proprietor of pawn brokers establishment, was shot and almost ii:- stantly killed by bullet from a revol- yer in the hands of his wife this after noon at his place of business. The shooting was undoubtedly accidental
 and it is probable that the heart-broken woman will not be arrested The only witness to the shooting was Napoleon Bergeron, a reserve police official of this city, who was in the store talking with Harowitz regarding a revolver which he had previously talked of purchasing
 He informed Harowitz that he had a ,a- volver in his pocket which he would like to exchange for the one he had c6n- templated purchasing. He took the weapon from his pocket and passed it to Harowitz, who locked at It for a few minutes, and then passed it to his wife
 She gave it slight examination and it was discharged, the bullet striking her husband in the right eye, and lodg- ing in the brain. Harowitz dropped to the floor without uttering sound, and death followed almost immediately.
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Mnmtnma Stnte Comvemtion.

Butte, Mont, May 17,-The republican state convention met to-day. J. K. Woods was made temporary chairman The success of the republican party he said, would make impossible any repe- tition of the disgraceful fight in the democratic party, which had made the name of Montana stench all over the country. When the list of delegates was reported from the committee on credentials ex-United States Senator Sanders moved to strike out the name of State Senator Phillips, who voted for w. A. Clark for senator. The motion was adopted The platform adopted .commends the administration of Me- Kinley, calls for the reelection of Sena- tor Carter, denounces trusts, denounces the present democratic state govern ment, asserting that it has brought disgrace on Montana'i and made brib- cry and corruption synonymous with democracy;" denounces the eleven re- publicans who helped w. A. Clark to the United States senate and asserts that the people of Montana, if given the opportunity, will send as our repre- sentatives two republican senator's" The following were elected delegates to the national convention: United States Senator T. H. Carter, C. w. Goodale, Henry Lyon, David E. Folsom, Tyler B. Worden and John F. Forbes.
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NO BISHOPS YET ELECTED
FUTILE BALLOTING AT THE METH
 oDIST CONFERENCE.
From the Racc-A Combination Ru- mored-Its Object the Election of Dr. spcIlmeyer and Dr. Berry-Oihcr Candidates Become Alarmed.

Chicago, May 17--The quadriennal conference of the Methodist Episcopal church took three more ballots to-day
 in an endeavor to select two additional members of the board of general su- perintendents but without result. The balloting, however, showed many changes, and the opinion prevailed that
 one of the distinguished Methodists who boiled but small vote will be selected for the highest office within the gift of the church. J. F. Bowen lost most of the strength in to-day's balloting. With only ten days before the end of the conference the delegates to-day set- tied down to hard work and considera- ble business was disposed of Almost
 unanimously the conference abolished
 dual and triple secretaryships of the
 various church benevolent societies, question which has been in dispute for years.
 Dr. William V. Kelley of the East New York conference, a leading candi- date for bishop, withdrew from the race to-day. His withdrawal gave rise to a report of a combination between Dr. Spellmeyer and pr. Berry. According to the story told, the plan is to elect the former as the eastern representative and the latter from the west The ru- nor of this combination caused alarm
 among the other candidates, who talked
 of uniting the field against them in an
 effort to break the slate. If the Kelley
 vote goes to Spelmeyer the latter may
 secure the necessary two-thirds vote re-.
 quired to elect on the first ballot taken tomorrow.
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The Trolley Denl.

The news of the absorption of the New England Street Railway and with it the Winchester avenue road of this city by the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company, published in the Journal and Courier yesterday morning, excited much interest in the city. The management of the Fair Haven and Westvlle road when interviewed yester- day afternoon as regards their holding any meeting of the directors at pres- ent, said that no meeting of the direc- tors was expected for some time. Much satisfaction was expressed by various of the directors of the road over the deal accomplished.
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Cape Town says that proclamations are being printed there, to be published on the queens birthday May "A, an- nexing the Free State, One of Presi- dent Steyn's brothers, who is a prisoner of General Brabant, says that the Free Staters will accept annexation. Those who took up arms the second time, he explained, had to do so under threats of instant death if they refused to do so Lord Roberts has directed the Brit ish commanders to receive all corners in a good spirit and to issue to them passes to go to their farms.
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standard OiI's Wage Increase.

Springfield, H.. May INV. R. Palm CT. local manager of the Standard Oil company, received dispatch to-day stating that at the meeting of the board of directors of the Standard Oil company of Kentucky, which has control of the western states, 1t was decided to ad- vance the wages of all employees 10 per cent, The increase will affect 14,000 and increase the pay rolls s9S,00O per week.
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The Astnrcttc EHprs.

Victoria, B. C., May 17--Austraian advices by the steamer Abrangi arrived to-day, says: The Antarctic steamer Southern Cross has reached Tasmania on her return from the Antarctic explor- ing expedition. All were in good health on their return and Explorer Borchgre- vinck, who is at the head of the expedi- ton, promised to publish upon his ar rival at sydney an account of his dis coveries which would astonish the sci entific world. He refused at Tasmania to give details of the expedition, but stated that 1t had been highly success ful.
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COLT LEAGUE ORG4NIZED.
wallipsford, Mcriden, New Britain
 and MtddIesown comprise N.

Meriden, May 17.-A meeting of repre- sentatives of the Wallingford Golf club Arawana Golf club of Middletown, Ma pie Hill Golf club of New Britain and the Meriden Golf club was held in this city this afternoon, at which a league of the clubs named Was formed. A se- ries of home-and- home matches was ar ranged for and in addition it is proposed to arrange later for a match between all four clubs on neutral grounds for the best aggregate score. By the sched- ule arranged Meriden will play the Ara wanas here in June, Wallingford in July and New Britain in August. The Meri- den team will play in New Britain in June, in Wallingford in July and in Middletown in August
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Colonial Bap,,.t., Convention.

Hartford, Conn, May 17.-The Colo- nial Baptist association of southern New England, which includes thirty churches in this state and Massachusetts, opened it's fifth annual convention in this city this afteroon. The convention will be in session four days The officers elect- ed this afternoon are: President, Rev. G. w. Tyler of Hartford; vice president, Rev. A. C., Powell of New Haven; sec- retary, Rev. J. W. Hill of Everitt, Mass. ;; corresponding secretary, Rev. w. Gay of Woburn, Mass; treasurer, Rev. K. Allen Kirk of Boston; board of man. agers, Rev. w. H. Scott of Woburn, Mass, Rev w. w. Ryan of Haverhill. Mass, W. H. Grundy of Haverhill, and w. Johnson of Ansonia. M
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CUBAN POSTAL FRA ups.
Thousnnds of Bogus stamps Reported Made at NIuncie, Ind.

Muncie, Ind, May 17.A government detective who has been here working on the Muncie end of the Havana postoffice embezzlement case states that the real steal has been the sale of counterfeit stamps, which, it is alleged, have been printed in the office of a printing conn., pany here Thousands of dollars worth of the bogus stamps are said to have been issued and distributed to Cuban postmasterS, a number of whom, 1t iS alleged, shared in the profits. The print ing office is sead to have been searched from garret to cellar for the material used Heretofore the search here was supposed to be for an alleged package of money It is asserted that almost two million dollars worth of bogus stamps have been printed in Muncies and sent for distribution to Cuban post masters. The system was to distribute these stamps in numbers that would not cause suspicion to officers who fur- nished the regular consignments. When Ross Cowen, president of the Neely Printing company, was told the story to-day he did not seem especially con- cerned, but said: You may say that if there is any story afloat that the Neely Printing company ever turned out Cu- ban stamps, either for the postal or any other service, it is false We have neither printed stamps legitimately or illegitimately. The government contract work that we have we have not denied. It has been mostly in the form of print ed blanks. This work has been con- ducted for the past eighteen months, since Nicely took office, and my books will show that it has not exceeded ten thousand dollars, while the printed sto- ries are that it will reach eighty thou- sand"
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BOERS UND IN FORCE.
Gen. French Finds Them Thirty Miles
 North of KroOnstad.

London, May 17-General French scouting northward found the Boers in strong force at Rhenoser Spruit, thirty miles from Kroonstad. Generals Botha, Delarey and Olivier with artillery were holding the position. President Steyn according to one dispatch has gone to Pretoria. Another says he is fugitive at Lindley The Free Staters are sur rendering on all sides. A dispatch from
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Gen. Kitchener Commands the Keller
 Column.
 London, May IS, 3:3O a. m.-England still waits with intense and almost breathless anxiety for news of the re- lief of Mafeking. A crowd remarkapie for the number of men in evening ufess and including many ladies hngereu around the war office even after n1lu- night hoping for some announcemeht' Only reluctantly did the people dlsperse when the Hobbies of the war office were finally cleared with the word that noth- ing had been received One thing seems clear. The town still holds out. Were if otherwise the Boer wires laid to the camp of the beeagurers would have flashed the news. It is unotficially aS- serted that Lord Kitchener is in conn mand of the Mafel1ing relief column and that news of the relief of the town cannot be received until Monday.
 Skeleton messages from Lorenzo Mar uuez, based on information that leaked out at the Pretoria war office, snow that the Boer stormers Saturday Tell into a trap. Colonel Baden-Powell per- mitted them to seize one fort and he then surrounded and overbore them before the large forces near at hand perceived the strategem. It was thus that Sarel Eloff, President Kruger S grandson, and part of his commando were taken prisoners and fifty Boers killed. The Canadian artillery contin- gent of the Rhodesian force is now re- ported to have reached Buluwayo May 3. The distance from there to Mafek- ing is 490 miles. As the railway is open all the way to Pitsani, twenty eight miles from Mafeking, where Col onel Plumer is, the Canadians may yet take part in the relief of the town.
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F.vc Ns " A. M. E. B,sI. . ps. p

Columbus, O., May I-The general conference of the A. M E. church to- day elected five new bishops as follows: M M Moore, D. D.. Washington City; Evans Tyree, D. D., Nashville, c. s. Smith, D. D. Nashville, c. T. Shaffer, D D., of Philadelphia; l.. J. Coppen. D. D., Philadelphia. The bishops now number fourteen.
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Hunters ODprationsP Puzziing.

London, May 17,-General Hunters movements in the west are rather pug zling. He has returned to Fourteen Streams with one brigade, leaving an- other General Bartons, at Christiana, Lord Methuen is advancing along the south bank of the Vaal. Colonel Keke- wich is with him. The loop railway line across the Vaal is fast nearing comple- tion. The probability is that General Hunter took the brigade to Fourteen Streams owing to the scarcity of trans port.
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pinouent Syducy. N g. ".

Sydney, N. S. w., May 1.-Two hun dred and thirty-five cases of the bu- bonic plague have thus far been official ly reported. Of these seventy have proved fatal. A second death from the plague has occurred at Rockhampton, Queensland.
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REV. ". 4. FISH ER DEAD.
Pastor of Danbury German Lutheran
 Church for Twenty Years.

Danbury, May 17.-Rev. William A. Fisher, who had been pastor of the German Lutheran church here for twenty years, died at his home to- night, aged forty-three He is survived by a widow and four children. He had been i'll only two weeks. The deceased was well known throughout the state by the German element for his pron1i- hence in educational and religious mat ters.
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Rev. MT. Fisher was the brother of Rev. Edward H. Fisher, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church, corner of Daver- port avenue and Ward street, this city A sister is the wife of Rev. Theodore Gross, formerly pastor of St. Matthews German Lutheran church in New Brit ain, but who last fall accepted the pas torate of Lutheran church in Brook lyn, N. Y. The deceased had many friends in this city, who will sympathize with the family in their sad bereave- ment
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prnc. Enrnnmt In Berlin,

Berlin. May 17.-Professor Charles H. Farnam of Yale is now in Berlin On Friday he will be entertained at dinner by Professor Schmoller of the Univer- sity of Berlin.
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Toistoi Performance For b,ddcn.

Berlin, May 17.-TOlstOfs "'The Power of Darkness has been forbidden performance simultaneously by the cen- sor in Leipsic, Stuttgart and Karls- ruhe.
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X IJulf-Rate Flare.

Washington, May 17.-All railroads have agreed to a rate of one fare for the round trip for the republican con- vention at Philadelphia.
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WATERING STILL HOLDS OUT
INTENSE ANXIETY FOR NEVIS or
 THE TOWNS RELIEF.

Men and Women In Evening Dress Even After Midntght-How B"den- Powell Defeated the BOers Saturuuy- Got Them Into n Trnp-A Report That Gen, Kitchener Commands the Keller Column.