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BILLS WERE PAID TWICE
$4,000 WORTH OF NEELY's vOUCH-
ERs THROWN OUT AT HAVANA.
Muncie People Said to Have Profited-
Rathbonc Held to BE Respon-
sible-Bondsnen Must Pay.

HAVANA, June S-The troubles OF Estes
C. Rathbone, former director of posts,
seem to be increasing. The auditors de-
partment has thrown out $4,000 WORTH of
vouchers, including 5000 worth of bills.
which have been paid twice, most of them
at Muncie, Ind. The Fidelity Company
has been notified that 1t will be held re-
sponsible on Mr.. Rathbone's bond Mr..
Miller. the manager OF the company. and
Mr.. Rathbone have held prolonged inter-
views during the last few days, but no
decision has been arrived at regarding this
new aspect of the situation. The authori-
ties contend that the Fidelity Company is
responsible. Mr.. Rathbone's friends insist
that c. F. w. Nicely deceived Mr.. Rath-
bone. who signed at Neely's request with
out knowing what he was signing.
Corydon Rich has been placed under a
81, 600 bond as witness in the Nicely case.
A letter has been received here by friend
of Neely saying that IL forced to return he
will show that Rich is a liar and that the
latter received as much as he (NeeIy) did.
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HOLLIS SEES KRUGER.
United States Consul Makes a Hasty
Trip to Machadodorp.

Trip to Machadodorp.
LOURENZO MARQUES, June S.-United
States Consul Hollis, who returned here
yesterday from the Transvaal by special
train, had a two hours interview In close
conference with President Kruger at
Machadodorp. 1t is stated that Mr.. Hollis
was the bearer of friendly dispatches from
the United States government urging Mr.
Kruger to treat for peace.
WASHINGTON, June S.-Secretary Hay
says, in reference to the foregoing. that
Mr.. Hollis had no authority whatever of
the State Department to make trip into
the Transvaal and. furthermore, the State
Department did not know of any such in
tention on his part The consul had no
right to go into foreign territory without
permission from the State Department
but, as it is assumed that his visit was of a
purely personal character, 1t is not prob
able that notice will be taken of his re-
ported actions.
LONDON, June S-The Lourenzo Mar
ques dispatch to the effect that United
States Consul Hollis has been comforting
with President Kruger is creating some
comment, but in view of the Washington
dispatch. which asserts that Mr.. Hollis has
no official errand to the Transvaal, there
is little disposition to regard his move
ments as at all significant.
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PRINCETON, n. j., June S.-When
Grover Cleveland was asked what he
thought of the recent letter of f. c.. Bene-
dict on the need of a now political party he
replied: Mr.. Benedict has a perfect right
TO assert himself. and what he says has no
bearing whatever on me. 1 do not know
what Mr. Benedict really did say in his let
ter. because l am not bothering much about
politics just now. There has been no time
when have given less attention to politics
than 1 am doing now"
Mr.. Cleveland was asked concerning the
Endorsement of w. ]. Bryan by the New
York Democratic state convention. lie re-
piled: THAT has not interested me at all. -
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day evening for Pretoria, possibly, as the
Cape Town correspondent of the Daily
News thinks, to arrange the annexation
details.
A special dispatch from Pretoria says
that the only shell which took effect in the
town the day prior to the occupation of
Pretoria hit the United States consulate.
A dispatch from Cape Town announces
that the work of organizing the govern
ment of the Transvaal Is proceeding A
portion of Sir Alfred Miners staff has
gone to Pretoria to start the machinery.
so the proclamation of the annexation of
the Transvaal may be speedily expected.
General Rundles officers had cricket
tournament on Tuesday, and were plan
ming for a tennis contest next day.
The Beers in the western part Of the
Transvaal are giving up their rifles to Gen.
eral Hunter.
Mr.. Harold c. Parsons, federation dele
gate from western Australia. writes to the
morning papers TO protest against the
treatment given the wounded Canadians.
He says: "The invalid Canadians at Shorn-
cliffe Camp, returned from the front. COM
plain that they are badly fed. unhealthily
| CROWDED ana reIuSeu IuFlOuSH iHiS
seems & curious return to make for their
conspicuous services, voluntarily rendered.
1 have it on indisputable authority that it
is the practice of the War Office to admin
lister the British volunteer, and. for all 1
know, the regular army, by means of reg
ulations drafted and issued in great part
on no better authority than that of its pro-
NOTED second-class clerks, a body of gen.
tlemen, no doubt, of irreproachable char
acter. but by no means adapted by their
intelligence or education TO be intrusted
with so great responsibility. Such del
egation of authority, which is unconstitu-
tional. as well as unbusineslike. is in itself
enough TO show that the whole War Of
flee, from top TO bottom. must be reformed,
If not reconstructed. after the war;
The Daily Chronicle. referring to the pro-
test of Mr.. Harold q. Parsons against the
treatment given the wounded Canadians.
says that LORD Strathcona has investigated
the complaints of the men. and that the
matter has been settled satisfactorily, fur
loughs being granted.
The Lourenzo Marques correspondent of
the Times, in a dispatch dated yesterday.
says: 1.-The Transvaal government con-
tinues to receive fairly large consignments
of goods
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BIRMINGHAM Ala. June Sat the
meeting of the Alabama state Democratic
executive committee to-day resolution
was adopted putting up the party bars,
it was called. The resolution set forth
that none but those who voted for the
state and county Democratic candidates at
the August election can participate in the
nomination of congressman. and that here
after no one can participate in the Demo-
cratic primaries or conventions except
those who support the entire Democratic
ticket at the forthcoming November cleo
fion
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SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY.


BOtn men,
Special to the indianapolis Journal
CARMEL. Ind. June S.-This village.
Quaker community, sixteen miles north Of
indianapolis. was the scene OF double
tragedy at o'clock this evening. Thomas
Jefferson johnson. commonly called ''Cy-
clone" because of his fluent manner Of
speaking, was shot and killed by an un-
known person. Frank Carey. who had been
deputized TO arrest johnson on the charge
of assault and battery. was shot through
the breast by johnson, and died in a few
minutes.
The origin of the trouble dates back sew
eral weeks. when johnson began a series
of meetings I'm tent near this town. He
frequently made uncomplimentary mention
of undue intimacy among prominent peo-
pie. denounced in fiery language all other
and would often assail those I'm attend
ance for no reason other than that they
we're standing on the outside OF his tent.
ASSAULTED A MAN.
Last night he assaulted Elmer Cass,
while the latter was sitting in a buggy.
Tonight he was arrested on the charge Of
assault and battery on Cass and requested
to so to the livery stable OF Jackson Jeffer-
les to prepare for trial.
After all arrangements had been made
for the preliminary hearing. David Patty.
local attorney. who had been employed
to prosecute Johnson. made a short ad-
dress to the crowd that had congregated.
urging them to be peaceful. johnson took
exception to Patty's remarks and struck
him johnson then broke away from the
crowd and. running to the rear part of the
shots struck Carey In the breast and he
fell in the doorway in the once of the
stable.
JOHNSON SHOT.
johnson then walked in the direction a
the crowd and stumbled over carey's body.
,yhen he was shot by an unknown man n
the crowd. He crswied into the ONCE e
the stable and died in few minutes
The feeling In this community has BE-,
very bitter against the travelling evangelist
for some time. and Il is told on the streets
tonight that he went to Indianapolis to
day for the special purpose Of obtainsns
supply of ammunition with which to e.
fend himself.
He was born IN sseksen county. Ken
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MURDER AND MANHUNT
THRILLING STORY CENTERING IN
CINCINNATI AND COvlNGTON.
Chase Of Two Murderers Develops q
Fatal Fusfllade-A Long Jump for
Life and q Plucky Arrest.

COvINGTON, KY, June S.-william
Burns and Thomas Lyons, alias Thomas
Reynolds. are in Jail here charged with the
murder of an unknown man. and the fatal
shooting of a patrolman of the Covington
police. Williams Burns says that he was
formerly from st. Louis, and that once he
worked on newspaper in that city.
Lyons alias Reynolds. says Buffalo, n. Y,
Is his native place and that he has been
a peddler. Burns says that he. himself. did
all the shooting and all the killing, and
that Lyons was only along with him.
The beginning of the affair was near Lud-
low, Ky. on the Ohio river bank. These
two men and an unknown man I'm some
unexplained way happened together at that
point. The two prisoners say that they
gave the unknown man money to buy keg
of beer that he came back and refused to
divide. whereupon Burns killed him, put
ting two bullets through his chest. The
police at Ludlow telephoned the police at
Covington that the murderers had jumped
on a street car. They were intercepted
near the suspension bridge by Lieutenant
b. Schweinfuss and Patrolman Thomas Nc
Query. The murderers ran on to the Cow
ington and Cincinnati suspension bridge
and the officers gave chase. Both sides
used their revolvers. Patrolman McQuery
was shot through the chest and Is lying at
the point Of death at the Cincinnati Hospi-
tai William Burns was shot through the
calf Of the leg, and bystander. Thomas
McCue, received flesh wound In the leg.
Wounded he was, with a revolver in
each hand Burns jumped from the suspen-
sion bridge holding his revolvers high I'm the
air and going down like a professional
bridge jumper into the water ninety feet
below. Meantime Lieutenant Schweinfuss
turned over Lyons to some patrolmen and
ran down on the Ohio side and boarded
some coal barges towards which Burns was
swimming. Burns came TO the barges with
the pistols in his hands and snapped one Of
them at the lieutenant. but the cartridge
failed to discharge and he was Immediately
arrested.
This story of tragedy and thrilling IN.
cidents Is still mystery on account OF the
reticencc OF the prisoners and the inability
Of the police 10 trace their identity. The
unknown man that was killed had a coarse
face and showed every indication OF be-
longing to very low class Burns looks
like an athlete and appears to be a man OF
superior intelligence. Lyons has the an
pearance OF tramp.
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INSTRUCTED FoR BRYAN.
Colorado Democratic Delegates VIII
Vote for the "Great Peerless.

DENVER. June s-After two days ses.
sion in convention and an all-night sitting
of the credentials committee in vain ef-
fort to reach satisfactory arrangement
between contesting delegations from Ara
pahoe county, the Democratic state con-
yention late this afternoon. by an almost
unanimous vote. decided the contest by
throwing out both delegations. Within an
hour after this action was taken the con-
vention had finished its labors and ad-
journed. The delegations from Arapahoe
county were headed respectively by Cover
nor c. s. Thomas and Thomas j. Maloney.
chairman Of the county central committee.
and those two gentlemen were both made
delegates at large to the Kansas City con
vention. The other two are A. r. GunneII.
of Colorado Springs, and Charles Henkel.
Of Pueblo. They were instructed to use
every effort to secure the nomination OF
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RETREATING TO THE HILLS.



OMAHA. Neb., June s-Envoy Vessels
and his secretary arrived In Omaha to-
night at 9:10 p. m. from Sioux City over
the Chicago, Minneapolis, st. Paul &
Omaha Railroad. large number of rep
resentative citizens. headed by Chairman
John Rush, received the visitors and es-
corted them in carriages to the Paxton
Hotel, where large crowd had gathered
to await their arrival.
Envoy Vessels expressed himself as be-
ing weary with his journey and desiring
rest. When informed of the news from
the seat of war he said: "Well, that is just
as we have expected. General Butler may
be in position to take command of
Laing's mex. He may not meet much oppo-
sition there. My countrymen are retiring
steadily toward the more hily country.
where the conditions will be more favor
able to them. AS have said often before,
the war is by no means over. President
Kruger's retreat from Pretoria is evidence
OF that. If he and my people had intended
giving up he would have remained there
and have surrendered. 1t never was the
intention to hold Pretoria against a strong
attacking force. The country is too open
there for us to hope to do anything
against superior numbers. The English,
with their long-range guns, keep our men
too far away there. The general trend now
is toward Lydenburg, where it is rough
and hilly. and where the war will be con-
Quoted on terms more nearly equal. where
we can fight art closer range and to bet
ter advantage"
of "a Al
by an enthusiastic crowd when Mayor
Moores mounted the steps and welcomed
the distinguished visitors to Omaha and
the State. Mr.. Vessels then responded in
brief, desiring to be excused for the night
on account of fatigue. At 1 o'clock to-
morrow a reception will be given Envoy
Vessels at the City Hall and a mass meet
ing at the Creighton Theater will follow.
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NEW YORK, June s. - The Tammany
leaders have decided not to send more than
$50 or 300 men to the national convention
at Kansas City, about eight from each
district. 1t was at first intended to send
a delegation OF 600. The cut was made on
account of the heavy expense.
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BECKHAM LED THE MARCH.
Belated Inaugural Ball at the Blue.
grass state Capital.

FRANKFORT. KY. June s.-The in
augural ball which was postponed on ac-
count Of the death Of Governor Goebel ana
subsequent political complications took
place tonight and was attended by several
hundred society people from this and other
States Governor Beckham led the march.
while Mrs. Beckham. mother OF the Cover
nor. and other prominent ladies assisted In
receiving.
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MILWAUKEE. Wis. June S-Abraham
Fischer, the peace envoy of the Transvaal,
arrived in Milwaukee tonight from St.
Paul. He was given a royal reception Mr..
Fischer will rest until tomorrow evening.
when he will speak to large gathering at
the Exposition building The meeting will
be under the auspices of the German So
cieties and the Wisconsin Transvaal Red
Cross Association.
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CAPTURED NEAR MANILA.
GEN. Pho Del Pillar, the Filipino
Leader, Taken Prisoner.

MANILA, June 9, 1880 a. m.-General Pho
Del Pillar, the Filipino leader, has been
cantured near Manila.
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johnson Had Engendered Had Feel
ing by His wild Talk at
Tent Meetings.
HIS RECORD IN THIS CITY
ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES FOR UN-
TIMELy MOUTHINGs.
johnson Had Served Time I'm the
Penitentfary, but Claimed TO
Have Been Converted.

John ii. Johnson, so well known to the
people of this city as Cyclone Johnson"
and ''The Kentucky Cyclone" was killed
yesterday evening at Carmel. Ind. after
he had shot and killed Frank Carey. son
of County Commissioner Lemuel Carey.
johnson had been In Carmel for about
three weeks. preaching in a tent His
talks were filled with abusive attacks upon
citizens, and many personal illusions were
made.
There was much i'll feeling against him.
and though his meetings were we'll attend
ed, there were but few who were in SYM
pathy with the ideas advanced by him and
his maner of conducting religious services
So bitter was the feeling that personal
assaults were looked for at most any time.
and there was much excitement when II be-
came known that Johnson had a pistol and
had declared that he would use 1t If neces-
sary On Thursday. during the meeting,
shots were exchanged between Johnson
and a young man who had taken offense
at charges made by johnson against him
and his friends.
BOTH MEN KILLED.
Yesterday the feeling against Johnson
became stronger. and Frank Carey was
deputized to arrest him. He did so amid
great excitement. and Johnson was taken
TO Jeffries's livery stable where, without
warning. Johnson drew a revolver and
shot Carey, killing him.
A large crowd followed them to the
stable and there were many friends OF
Carey. and one of them quickly avenged the
death of the young man by shooting john
son and killing him almost instantly.
The quiet little village was thoroughly
aroused. and. while there was no sympathy
for Johnson. there was much sorrow at the
death Of Carey.
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William ]. Bryan for President and the re-
affirmation of the Chicago platform.
The report Of the resolutions committee
was short and in line with the utterances
of Mr.. Bryan in recent speeches. 1t was
unanimously adopted, after which the con-
vention adjourned.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-08-09

friendship Of so many good fellows.
| mean good fellows in the highest
sense of the term. or course. there
are mediocre men In the house of rep
rcsentatiyes. and some men of only
average ability in the senate and in
the executive departments: but. as a
general rule. it may be said that one
meets here in congress and congress
sional environments the hest men
from the various parts OF the country.
Every man in otlicin, life is possessed
OF education of some sort above the
ordinary. Generally they are blessed
with superior natural abilities also.
Association with men of superior abil-
tiles and attninmcnts Is necessarily
elevating, and, therefore, desirable
and pleasing"
This latter statement Is worthy of
some elaboration. because IL Is so
true and so few people realize 1t. As
young man beginning n course of
study at an eastern university the
writer received u similar impression.
His associates were graduates Of col
lcges and universities from various
sections. Their conversation, man
ners, habits, al impressed the writer
with the marked fact that the en-
vironments were different and ele-
waited, requiring careful attention to
department, in order to keep in the
forefront of students of this caliber.
Just such Impressions are made upon
the obseryant congressman when they
first enter the aimosphcr. Of IN. cap
itol. They find themselves talking
with and associating with men who
are bright, quick, alert and bristling
with intellectual acumen.
This Is as II should be. II H. an
other manifestation Of the once de-
batcd theory of the survival Of the
fittest. In every congressional dist rict
there are 80 or more of the nblcst
men striving for the honor of nom
ination and election Ia congress. The
people look them over and usually sc-
lcct the best man of them all. Com
scgnently. when $50 men thus selected
meet together In the national capital
there is u gathering of the choicest
minds in all this land.
When u comes 10 the senate. each
member having been elected by the
Legislature Of u sovereign state. we
have body OF truly superior men. The
members Of each state Legislature are
the best men of the various counties.
all Of them men Of more than ordi-
nary abilities. When In their COM
bined wisdom they elect u man TO
serve his state in the senate of this
republic il seldom has happened that
they select any other than the ablest
and most ronspicuously capable OF all
| ambitious aspiranis.
Therefore il Is true. MS Judge Nc
Pherson said. that zone meets here
the best men from the various parts
Of the country" aud II Is no wonder
that the severance Of association with
such men should he cause of regret,
even to one who Is nonorcd with u life
position In the judicial branch Of the
general government.
SMITH ID. FRY,
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DID NOT WANT MUCH.
70 Be a Judge Once Was McKin.
ley's Loftiest Ambition.
rrcsident Made This Admission 20 a
Co1Gr~ssmnn who Has Jast Beea
Elevated "a the B~nch-Other
Bright storeis.
Especial Washington Le,tcr.1

wv 1sr yer : A"ped %"s : that So'Is might iaSi
become a Judge. My high
est ambition was TO be judge OF com.
mon pleas in Ohio"
Those are the words Of President
Mckinley. In his early life he enter.
tanned no presidential aspirations. and
II was only after he began n political
career that he aspired to the highest
Office in the gift OF the people OF the
republic.
Hon. Smith Mcpherson, Of Iowa.
called at the white house to receive
his commission ms federal Judge and
to thank the president for the appoint =
mcnt, and II was on that occasion that
the president made the remark quoted
above. On the same evening Judge Me-
Pberson was oonvcrsing with Con-
gresham Burke. of South Dakota,
when he narrated the Incidents leading
up 20 his own appoint ment. and con-
clnded with a narration of his visit to
this white house.
Only last December Judge McPhcr-
son entered the national house Of rep
rescntatives. intending to remain In
politics ns long as he could. lie was
ambitious TO some day become a SEN
ator. Before he had been seated one
month federal judge in Iowa sudden
~ died. The Iowa senators and repre-
senatives considered the matter for
three months, and then they all united
In supporting Smith Mcpherson; and,
upon their recommendation the presi-
dent appointed him. On this subject
he said:
81 have no idea whether have done
right or not. ] do not know whether
] am fitted TO be a Judge or not. ! was
pleased with being in the house OF
representatives. but there are some
things about congressional life that
nre extremely disagreeablc. ~ I had
remained in congress ] should have rid
myself OF some OF these nagging pests
that abound In Washington to hound
the life out OF man. refer TO these
Office seekers and those in Office who
are constantly seeking promotion. and
demanding the aid of their congress
men. / do not believe that n congress
man ought to have anything to do with
"s o"'e. seNe,s VI 'he oi'ee ho,uerS,
"o no' sec why eonRressneh sho"i"
oe o.pe"ueu upo" ~ Ieeo"''neno per
so"s ior pos'"as,ersh,pS ,p OF any o'ner
branch of the government. and the
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a,.., nouu na.. "o'"'"s W d' WIN s"en
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