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The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
CRUEL DEED OF BLOOD.
Olaf Pallesen Kills Two and Stabs One at
CaPltal-His Wife the
First Victim.

Washington, Especial. "A double murder
was committed by Olaf Pallesen. During a
1aroxysm OF inexplicable rage or possible
insanity he stabbed aud killed his wife Jo-
'ephine, murdered little Julia Hengesbach
.he 3-year-old daughter OF Charles +. Hen
yesbach, a mail carrier, aud murderously
assaulted the chIld's mother, Mary Henges-
oach in front of his home, 1921 Twenty
fourth street northwest.
Mrs. Palesen's body Is now at the Morgue.
The little girls remains are at Columbia
Hospital, whittier she and her mother were
;aken Immediately after the attack. The
murderer is now at No. 8 Police station.
pallesen is painter by trade and has been
out Of employment for several months. His
savings were nearly exhausted. He became
respondent and hls relatives feared for his
mental condition. note from Mrs. PalleseD
,ook Mrs. Hengesbach and her daughter to
the Pellesen home.
Mrs. Hengesbach had employed the woman
20 sew for her, and the two went to try on n
lress being made for the little girl. The
three sat together In the sitting room. Mrs.
Hengestach observed pallesen's attitude OF
dependency and suggested that he take
carried her words to the dining room, where
the man sat,
With a cry that was heard in the street he
sprang into the room. Before Mrs. Pallesen
could run to tho door he caught her In his
arms and plunged tho knife into her bach
below the shoulder blade. The wife fell with
out groan. Her death was almost instan'
taneous. Meanwhile Mrs. Hencesbach hac
caught up her child and start d toward the
gate in front OF the house, screaming
"Police!"
Palleson overlook her before she had gone
20 PAGES, and as she reached the corner
grabbed the little girl. One thrust of hi,
knife severed the chid's carotid artery
Not feeling any pain in her own body Mrs
Hengesbach thought the child had escaped
also, and ran on toward Twenty-fourth and
l. streets. She was overtaken at the corner
Palesen threw the little girl to the ground
and twisted his fingers into Mrs Henges.
bach's dress. Then while her screams and
entrenties rent the air he plunged his weapon
four times into her breast and shoulders
AS tho unfortunate woman fell he cut hci
face three times.
Men ran to tho scene from all sides. Rob
crt L. Wrenn, a druggist; S. A. Wolfe, his
clerk, and Matthew Mahany, clerk at the
Weather Bureau, led. wrenn and Wolfe
picked up bricks and struck Pnllesen in thu
head. Raising from his STOPPING posture
the Norwegian calmly threw the knife to the
ground.
MY work Is done, he said.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
M'KINLEY SIGNS BILL
GOLD NOW THE SINGLE STANDARD
OF VALUE OF OUR MONEY.
GAGE ISSUES A CIRCULAR.
relIs How Bonds Shall be Exchanged
Under Act--Mr. Vanderlip Also Heard
FromThe Most Important Financial
Law Ever Enacted by the Congress OF
the United States,

Washington, Especial. Gold is the single
standard OF value OF United States money.
The President affixed his signature to tho
currency bill Mt LA o'clock Wednesday
afternoon
Mr., Overstroet, OF Indiana, tho father OF
he measure, arrived at the White House at
10 o'clock and was Immediately shown into
he cubinet room. Here he was joined by
he President
Mr.. Mckinley took the document, and,
Slancing over it, inquired il it hnd been
compared with care. On being assured that
had the President seated himself prepara-
.ory to anlxing his signature.
Mr.. OYerstroet produced new gold pen
With holder and requested that 1t be used In
'ho final act of creating the "nost import
mt financial law ever enacted by the Con-
yress of the United States
The President complied and Mr.. Over
(treet secured the return OF the pen, and,
carefully wiplng it, replaced it in its case.
Then he transferred 1t to an inner pocket
and carefully buttoned up his coat.
Mr.. Mckinley recalled to those who stood
about him that many of the important iinan-
,ial bills passed by Congress had been APP
proved on the 14th of the month. He spoke
II the Sherman act, the resumption act, and
aow the bill before him.
Notification that the President had for
nally approved the bill was Immediately
transmitted to Congress and the Treasury
Department. Secretary Gage at once gave
orders for the issuance Of his circular to
pondholders, in which explicit instructions
aru given relating to exchanging bonds
under the new act.
simultaneously Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury yanderlip issued another circular
containing many important instructions and
no little Information.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
SAVED BY THE ENGrNE rILOr.

Remarkable Escape of One Of Party oi
Three-His Companions Killed.
Trenton, n. j., Especial. )-Threo men
were struck by train on the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad, near Hopewell. Two
wero killed and the third had miraculous
escape. The men killed were LORENZO
Arnuto and Foters Luigi. The ono who es'
capped was Salvador Aitenetti.
The three men were walking along the
track when struck. When the train was
stopped, niter running a short distance
Aitenettl was found on the COW catcher In an
unconscious condition. He was brought tc
Trenton, and taken to st. Francis Hospital
where he is expected to recover. The three
men were New Workers, and had their homes
on Maria street. In that city.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
r.. j. PHELPS DEAD
,ror,,er Minister to England Victira Of
IND EannnLml-

Torwer Minister to England Nlch~ OF
Pneumonia-End Penoeiul'
New Haven, Conn, Especial. Hon. Z.
7 Phelps former Minister to England, died
~ bis home. in this city, after an illness OF
",ont two months. The end was peaceful,
and for sayeral hours before he pissed away
ha vns unconscious. There wore present at
tne heaside the wife and son, Charles Phelps,
Of Boston, and daughter ME- Horatto
Toonls Of New York, and his physician.
Though Professor Phelps recovered from
,h. nDeumonia attack, he was so weakened
that be was unable to regain vitality. 1t had
been hoped that he might recover until a
few days ago, when 1t was apparent that his
strength had so failed that 1t was but
matter OF hours when death would come.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
YAOUIS AGAIN ROUTED.
Moved Down by Hundreds by the MeTi'
can TroOps-Flvo Battles Cost.
Them Dearly.

Them Dearly
Austin, Tex, Especial IA special from
Potam, Mexico, states that during the fou1
lays ending on Friday. the Yaqui Indians
and the Mexican troops had four engage
nents near Cocorlt, Mexico.
The Mexican troops are endeavoring to
'orce their way through this section OF the
country, so as to keep a roadway between
rorin and that point open for travel There
re great many Indians known to be IN
his immediate section, and 1t is evident thai
l very strong force will have to DO put into
The field mt once to suppress the uprising
The engagements Of the four days men
doned resulted very disastrously for the In
Hans as in the neighborhood OF 2OO are
Snown to have been killed. and possibly
more. The Mexican troops suffered very
little loss Of life, though some twenty-five
folders were wounded. All the engagements
we're in the nature Of skirmishes, lasting only
| few hours. when the Indians would retire.
The fact that tho Maya Indians have also
aiken to the warpath and are harassing the
roops Il great deal, gives rise to grave sur
nises as to how long 1t will take to bring the
Uprising 20 a termination
A special from Ortiz, state of Sonora, is to
he effect that on Friday reports reached
here of bloody skirmlsh between band
If some 800 Yaquis and about an equal NUM-
per OF soldiers. about nifty miles west Of that
Jlace, in which the lighting was continued
most Of the day.
The loss among the soldiers was light, ow'
ng TO their splendid fortiacations. They
we're ensconced behind a natural breast
work OF powders on a hillside, with the In
lians in the open. 1t WAS cle7erly-laid
rap, into which the Indians we're led, and
While they left none Of their dead on the
leld, It Is thought their loss is heavy, as quite
number werc seen to fall. Reliable infer
nation states that fully 2, 500 Yaquis arenow
the neighborhood of GuayGmas, and fully
IS many more are prowling between Medano
and Potion.
Oaxaca Mex, Especial, "A force Of Mex
can troops numbering less than 200 men,
lnder Col. Francisco Gonzales, made asteady
advance against the Maya Indians in Yucca
an during the last several days and has
| gained several miles of rebel territory. Sew
,ral attempts were made by the Indians to
ambush tho government troops, but were
unsuccessful. Skirmishes between the troops
md Indians are OF daily occurrence, but
here are few casualties reported on either
/ ide.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
NO. s..
TROOPS CALLED FOR.
Generals Young and Hood Ask for Rein
forcements-RebelsA Attack
Aparri Town.

ApaEtA AuHus
Manila, (By Cable Generals Young and
Hood are asking for relnforcements, and a
battalion Of the Forty-eghth Regiment has
been sent to Aparri. Other troops will fol-
low. The rebels, recently, perslstenty at
tackled AparrI for several hours. but wsrs
finally driven away. Details Of the affair
are lacking
The rebels are holding reunions in the
Province Of North Ilocos, and the Red Kati-
punan Cross, sympoic OF resistance, Is again
appearing among the natives. It Is believed
that the insurgent generals Tlno and Flores,
have been driven by General Young into
General Hoods district, south OF Aparri.
The fact that General Young 10 unable,
owing TO lack OF troops, to maintain garri-
sons in all the towns occupied has had bad
effect on the natives.
General Bates has returned here after
leaving garrlsons in the provinces Of North
and South Camarines. The expedition lost
seven men killed and ten wounded. On en-
terlng New Caceres, Province OF South
Camarines, General Bates learned that 2,00a
insurgents had departed the same day. The
Americans Immediately sent out three pur-
suing columns, encountsring the enemy In
three small engagements and killing total
Of 40 men.
The Spanish prisoners report that tho
enemy has divided into small bands in tho
mountains under the leadership OF General
Legaspi. The town OF Iriga has been burned
by tho enemy. Both provinces were thor
oughly secuted. The inhabitants OF the dis
trlct OF Libmanan, including Abella, tho
provincial Governor, and other officials, arc
returning to their homes. Abella has is
sued a proclamation calling upon the natives
to submit to tho Americans.
Liberated priests from New Caeeres report
thai the insurgents killed 90 Cinnamon and
40 Spaniards at the town OF Calabanga
It is estimated that there are 100000 bales
| OF hemp in the Oamarines provinces.
/ Twelve hundred well-armed insurgents,
/ formerly of Cayite Province, with q Chinese
! general In command, surround the towos OF
! Albay and Legaspi. They have Effected
/ three night attacks and continually harass
the Forty-seyenth Regiment, which has lost
! men killed aud 20 wounded in defending
those towns
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH.

Kruger Declares That the British win
Never Reach Pretoria.
New York, Especial "A despatch from
President Kruger to the Evening Journal.
dated Pretoria, says;
Tho burghers will only cease nghtIng
with DEATH Our forces are returning In
good order TO our first line Of defense on our
own soil. The Natal campaign was longer
in our favor than was expected The
British will mover reach Pretoria, The
hurghers, Steyn. Joubert and myself, rs well
as ali the others, are united. There are ne
differences. God help US"
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
No More PrIzes In Toba eco.

Washington, Especially - Commissioner
Wilson, OF the internal revenue, has decided
TO proceed against manufacturers Of tobacco
and cigarettes who violate the section which
excludes all gifts, prizes. premiums, etc, OF
orders for tho same placed in the packages
The Commissioner sent telegraphc instruc-
lions TO collectors OF internal revenue that
tobacco and cigarettes found upon the mar.
ket in disregard Of the rule, stamps bearing
cancellation on and after March l. must bC
rpiyod
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
Guarding tho Car.

st. Petersburg, (By Cable.)-The reeen
diecovory Of Russian and Polish nihilist
plots have led to renewed police precautions
On all the Russian frontiers tho police arc
exercising extreme vigilance and are guard
ing the Cars movements.
The entire routes OF the Cars visits to
barracks, theatres and public functions are
doubly patroled BY secret police, while The
guards about tho winter palace and along
the Neya Quay are particularly numerous.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
rirehnr pennored MIth shnt.

Iuray, Va, Especial. John Tharpe, OF
Laurel Mills. RappahannOck county, dis
covered two men in the net Of setting tire TO
his house a few nights ago, having already
poured coal oil on tho building and one Of
them being in the act OF applying lighted
match. Tharpe at once blazed away with "A
shot gun, nlllng one, Virgil Corder, with
shot from his hips to his feet. More than
forty shots were extracted
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
LEFT BUT $1,000.

The Dead Hero, LawtOn, Could Fight
Better Than Save
Washington, Especial Letters Of admin
istration Sere, ,issued TO Mrs. Mary 9. Law
ton in the mntfpr OF the estate OF her de
ceased busbnnJ, Mal-Gen. Henry w.
Lawton. ,.,
Mrs. Lawton set firth in her petition for
the letters TINT She haa,pade dilgent search
and inquiry for will OF uo ae1eHseu auu
had not found any or obtaA ANeu "'y 'h'oIH"-
tIoR that be lelt or nude onNl
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
ralr Cronnd BuildIngs Burned,

Glenvlle, W. Va, Especial AN the
buildings on the Gilmour county fair
grounds, except the dining ball, were de-
stroyed by IRE. The buildings were widely
separated and FIRE started in all Of them
simultaneously. indicating that It was iho
work OF incendiaries.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
FIELD OF LABOR.

Ohio has thlrty-shree clerks unions.
Paris has hotel for working girls.
Germany has legalized trades unions.
Great Falls, Mont, has labor temple.
China Ia to have an American saw mill.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
rranco Vyillinp 40 Extend Time.

Washington, Especial. )-rhe state De-
partment has been advised formally Of tho
willingness OF the French Government to
extend tho time for the ratification OF tho
pending reciprocity treaty. The length OF
the extension to 10 granted has not yet been
arranged.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
OTERCOME BN SMOKE.
Strange Ac,idoutto Grow Of Train in ro

strange Accident 10 Grow Of Train In Long
Tunnel
Somerset. KY, Especial - Engineer
O,Rrien and the nroman OF train No. 5, Of
tbe Queen and Crescent, which left Clncin-
natl mt $50 A. NJ. were overcome by smoke
while passing through the long tunnel at
tings Mountain, Tenn. Several members Of
the Gentry Dog and Pony SHOW were also
overcome. hut no one was killed and there
was no wreck.
oWeials say the train was only delayed an
bour The tunnel il abon. milo long.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
rund for Mlne sniIerers.

Charleston, W. Va, (sneclal.) )-rhe uua
heinz raised In ths city for the widow. and
Orphans ot tho Red Ash 'iine dslsias has
reached bSl8. A check i9r sles des re-
eeived lto.n senator $, j.. Elsins,
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17

Kentucky furnished more soldiors. Cone
federates and Union, than any other since
according TO nOpulatiOn.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
TWO OF TIE BEEcHERs DIE.
One at Hartford and Ono at Elmirn Expire
on Same bay.

Elmlra, \. Y, (Special )-IIev, Ihomas K.
Beecher. the elder and last surviving brother
Of the Rev. Horny Ward Beecher, died here,
aged 81 years. Mr.. Beecher was stricken
with paralysis while on his way home from
church last sunday.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17

Hartford. Conn. Especial. Mrs. Mary
Foote Beecher Perkins died at the home Of
her son, Charles f. Perkins, aged % years
and months.
She was tho daughter of Rev. Lyman
Beecher and his wife, Bosanna Foote. Mrs.
Beecher had seven brothers, all Of whom be-
came Congregational clergymon, and tive
sisters. Mrs. Perkins was sister Of lov.
Henry Ward Beeoher and OF Harriet Beocher
stowe, and half sister OF Mrs. Isabella
Beecher Hooker, of this city, and Of Rev.
Thomas X Beecher, Of Elmira, N. Y.
Mrs Perkins. with her sister, Catharins
Beecher, established here the well-kuown
Hartford Female Seminary.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-17
LOTS CAST
CONSPIRACY ALLEGED TO HAVE DE
TERMINED ON GOEBEL's DEATH
25 MEN WE'RE CONCERNED.

Drew Beans From Box, it is Said, tho
Black Bean Being the Fatal Pawn gov
ernor Beckham Has Organized hN"
state Guard-Mllitia Flocking to FRANK
ort-MOuntaineers Coming.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-17

evinced by 1t which shows itself SO free
ly in the South is fact which not even
the bitterest enemy of the South and its
people can successfully gainsay.
What does 1t mean? The Glo b e is
sorry to avow its belief that, whatever
other significance it carries with 1t, its
meaning is that the gulf which separ-
ates the white man and his eolored
brother in this country is broadening,
rather than narrowing. This is true,
not only in the South, but throughout
the country. The characteristics which
the colored man has shown since he be-
came invested with civil rights do not
appear to have commended him to any
higher measure Of esteem or respect than
was bestowed on him before. 1t is true
that he Is now saved many Of the In
dignities which were imposed on him by
reason of his enslavement. But his
treatment generally from the social
standpoint in the North, and both from
the social and political standpoint in the
South, is such as to cause the leaders Of
the race the gravest consideration.
The problem that they are called on to
deal with is one which reaches down to
the continuance Of the colored man as
a self-sustaining, self-respecting member
Of American society.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-17
A1.L,s WELL THAT ENDS WELL.

1t is not an especially graceful with
drawal which the county commissioners
effected from the strange position they
had taken on the subject Of the con-
struction of a county jail. But 1t is none
the less effective. They have bent be-
fore the force of an aroused public senti-
ment, and none will be disposed to in
quire too closely into the influence which
Immediately led to their very wise and
very appropriate action.
There is nothing more to be said on
the subject, save to remind the board Of
county commissioners Of one or two re-
ouirements which the people are dis
posed to insist on in the further dis
charge of their duty in connection with
the construction of the new jail:
/. They want the work done by ST.
Paul architects, contractors, mechanics
and laborers.
2. They do not want the jail built as
a separate structure on the site or the
present jail.
8. They want the building to be suff1-
ctentfy large to accommodate at least
the municipal court and the central po-
lice station.
4 They want the city authorities con-
suited in any action that may be taken.
With these requirements recognized, the
job before the commissioners will re-
solve itself largely. If not entirely, into
one of having the work weN done for the
lowest amount of money possible.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-17
HE WILL AND HE WON'T,


The refusal of the comptroller to
audit the school board pay roll for en-
ployes other than teachers for June will
result in reviving the controversies Of
which Mr.. McCardys administration of
his Office have been so fruitful. The
view has been frequently expressed by
the q 0 b that the city comptroller is a
law unto himself. When he will he will;
when he won't he won't. His construc-
ton of the provisions Of the charter In
reference to his duties always aecords
with his own predisposition. His pres
ent plea that he would not do with ref
erence to any other fund that which he
acknowledges he has done with refer
ence to the school fund. viz, use the
moneys belonging 20 one fund to help
out on the deficit in another, is worthy
of as ingenious reasoner and mathema-
tician as he.
However ingenious may be the ex-
PLANTATION Of the comptroller. and whether
his attitude with reference to the over
draft of the school funds which he
acknowledges to have made be
right or wrong, the fact remains that
the deprivation to which the jazitors and
other employees of the schools are sub
5ected Is absolutely inexcusable. Public
employees are entitled to at least as con-
siderate treatment as the employees of
private concerns. These people are now
denied their salaries for the month of
June. That is to say, the city is al
weeks, and the prospect exists that the
arrears may continue for an extended pc
Rod.
It may be left to Mr.. McCardy's Repub-
Hcan brethren on the school board to in
quire Of that gentlman why, II an over
draft Of $4,000 is allowable, the amount
may not be swelled to say $4,000 or $751;
600. They have been informed by the
comptroller through the party newspaper
organ that the overdraft would never
have been tolerated were 1t not that there
al e AuAloS III <IAo STATE treasury from
which st. Paul will receive an appropria-
ton Of an amount greater than the over
draft. They are also advised from the
same source that the moneys thus wrong
fully devoted to school purposes were not
taken from any other fund, since the
banks on which the draft was made are
not in the habit of segregating the
moneys on deposit with them, among the
several funds. Acting on that line Of
advice It might be worth their while to
ask the great man to vouchsafe them the
information whether the moneys In the
state treasury to which the school board
will be entitled reach the amount of ST.
900 or s5s.ece: it being conceded that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-17
FRIDAY. AUG. IT, 1900.
ANTI-NEGRo SENTIMENT.

Some fippant wag or other has offerad
as his solution of the race problem that
every Irishman should kill a niger"
end be hung for it.
An examination of the names of thosa
who participated on Tuesday evening in
New York in the anti-negro raid does not
help out the suggestion of the special an
tagonism on the part of the Irish to their
colored brethren which is involved in the
statement Of the foregoing remedy. Nor
indeed do the names or the circumstances
attending the murderous operations of
the New York mob offer any explanation
other than that the negro, wherever ne
appears in anything like large numbers
in American society, is beset by a bitter
and passionate dislike of him entertain
ed by the mass OF his white country
men, This dislike finds no different ex-
preston in New York or Illinois than it
does in Kentucky or Louisiana. 1t is
growing day by day, and 1t has been op-
Grating in American cities resorted TO
by negroes in a great variety of ways
which are unknown in the South.
Twenty years ago the restaurants and
barber shops Of the Northern cities were
crowded with colored attendants Most
of the occupations which involved per-
sona1 attendance on others were con-
trolled by the race. Today in those same
cities, and. indeed, IN all other American
cities, the colored attendant has fallen
into disfavor, and his place is taken by a.
white man. Where one of them, male or
female, is found in Northern family II
almost invariably Is true that It Is be-
cause the members of that household
are Southern people.
The anti-colored riot at Forty-eighth
street and Eighth avenue, New York, Is
almost the same IN origin, cause, meth
DDS and consequences as that which hap
pened week or two since In New Or
leans. The results would have been
equally disastrous were the New York
police not better qualified to deal with
the situation than those in New Orleans
What have those who are constantly
abusing the Southern whites for their
prejudices against the negro to say to
this outburst In New York; There plain
ly was no suggestion of politics In It.
The race problem is not a thing which
concerns the New Yorker. The colored
population IN that or other Northern
cities is sf no moment comparatively
numerically or otherwise But that the
same feeling Of racial dislike Is