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ARRESTED FOR AN OLD MURDER.
John n. King Charged With killing
&. f. Thatcher.

LEWISTON. Idaho. May 21-John n.
King, a welI-kn6wn business man, has
been arrested here charged with the mUr-
der of Charles E. Thatcher. The latter,
who was partner of King, was murdered
In the FIRMS store at Lapwai. twelve miles
from Lewiston, on the night of July Is,
1898. Kings statement at the coroners in
qdest was to the effect that two masked
men entered the store and shot Thatcher.
Two bullets of different caliber We're found
in his body.
Thatcher was a prominent citizen, and
the tragedy attracted much attention, a
reward of 5000 having been offered for
the arrest of the murderer. The warrant
for Kings arrest was issued on complaint
made by Harry Thatcher, a grain dealer
of Genesee and brother of the murdered
man. The state will attempt to prove that
King and Thatcher quarreled, and that
King took two revolvers from the bed
which both men occupied and fired a bull
let from each into Thatcher's body. King
is manager of large Touring mill plant
here, and also conducts a store at Lapwai.
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active service during the siege of Vera
Cruz and Chaputepec and at the capture
of the City of Mexico. He was brevetted
successfully captain and major for gallant
services. From 1888 to 1850 he was an in
structor at West Point.
At the beginning of the civil war he was
appointed brigadier general of volunteers.
He was prese 1t at the siege of Yorktown,
and in command of the 10th Army Corps
fought the battles of Hanover Court House
Gaines Mill, Mechanicsvillc and Malvern
Hill. For meritorious service he was bre-
Vetted brlgadier general of the regular
army and was appointed major general
of volunteers. He served under Gen. Pope
for a brief period and rejoined the army of
the Potomac under Gen. Mcclellan.
Without reason given General Porter was
relieved of his command in the presence
of the enemy, November H. 1862. A court
martial was ordered and November - he
was arrested He was accused of failing to
obey General Pope's order August ~, 1852
for night march from Warrenton juno
ton to Bristoe. He was also accused of
disobeying orders on August %. 1862 one
to advance, the other to attack, and with
retreating before the enemy. He was con-
victed after "A long court-martial and cash
Tered from the army.
He made a long fight before President
and Congress for vindication, which bore
no fruit until 1878 when a court of inquiry
was appointed to review the findings of
the court-martiai. Gems SchofieId, Terry
and Getty, composing the court acuuitt ed
Gen. Porter, saying that his faithful sub
ordinate conduct" at the time in question
saved the Union army from defeat" and
that his action had been wise and judi
cious.
Gen. Grant. in 1881, after a months care
full consideration, reversed his opinion, sus-
tanning the judgment of the court-martial.
A bill removing the disabilities was then
passed by Congress, but was vetoed by
President Arthur on the ground that it
was beyond the authority of Congress to
pass 1t. Another bill was passed in 1886.
restoring Gen Porter to his rank In the
army.
After his retirement from the army Cen
Porter served New York city as fire COM
missioner.
The Secretary Of War received tele-
gram this morning from Gen. A. s. Webb
at New York, saying that Gen Fitz-John
Porter. L. S. A, retired died this morning
and asking that Gen. Brooke commanding
the Department Of the East at New York
be authorized to furnish the necessary mill
tary escort for the funeral. Gen. Brooke
has been instructed to act in accordance
with the request.
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GERMAN CROP CONDITIONS.
Winter Wheat and Glover Have Fared
BADLY.

Consul General Mason, at Berlin, has fur
nished the State Department with an inter-
estng extract of the official report upon
the condition OF German crops. On the
whole the report gives discouraging out
look for German agriculturists. A long
and severe winter and tardy spring are
held to account for very bad year in
crops In a number of districts 30 to 30
per cent of the whole winter wheat area
failed. Clover, too, has Jared badly.
This discouraging report" says the con-
sui general, coming as 1t does at a mo-
ment when the proposed increase of i'm
port duties cereals is under discussion
is likely to exert an important influence
against the policy which in period of
tagging activity and diminished prices for
industrial products, would enhance the cost
of bread for the laboring classes
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Ayres. His hand could not have made It.
The impression was made either by the
hand of a woman of a small boy, most
probably a woman. Ii was made by a light
impression. Witness inferred that the hand
was not supporting the body's weight. The
stains on the window sill and curtain were
of blood Witness said he had examined a
towel sent to him May 10 and found dis
tinct evidence Of blood upon 1t, as if some
person had hastily wiped their bloody fin
gers upon It.
After describing a stain found on the
right leg Of Ayres' body as being composed
of mucous, with a few traces of another
substance. the witness concluded and Miss
Mnas was recalled.
Miss Mfnas' fearful story.
This witness was dressed In q brown
rough cloth Eton jacket, with small gilt
buttons down the front. a brown mohair
skirt, and wore a white sailor hat trimmed
with white polka dotted silk and a gander
feather and a white veil with white polka
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Coroner Convinced She Knows Moth.
ing of Priests Death

NEW YORK. May 2l-The mysterious
woman. who was said to have been known
as Mrs Kirke Stanley and to have figured
in the Father Phillips case. was at the Of
fee of Coroner Bausch today and made a
long statement under oath. Later Coroner
Bausch said that after questioning the wo-
man closely he was of the opinion that she
knew nothing of the death of Father Phil
lips and could be of no use In the inquest.
The coroner said that the young woman
met Stanley. the masseur, about a year ago
In social way. She broke her ankle soon
after this and went TO Stanley on num-
ber OF occasions to receive the hot-air
treatment The coroner said he was con-
NlIced that there was nothing in her con-
nection with Stanley which could ne in
terpreted as being to her discredit She
went early last week 70 the 9th avenue
house to have her foot dressed and at
tended TO, and at that time Stanley was
sober Later she had gone back there and
finding him Intoxicated, she left and had
not returned to the place. This, he said
would explain her so-caiied disappearance
The woman. according to Coroner Bausch
never saw Father Phillips.
Levy and Unger. the attorneys for Stan
icy. have issued the following statement;
After thorough and conscientious ex-
animation into the facts of this case We
ttate unequivocally that there was no i'm
morality, actively or suggestiveIy, in the
conduct of the unfortunate priest The
temporary unusual abuse of stimulants on
his part Is the sum total of any weakness
with which he can be charged. His life
was morally pure, and We deplore any sug-
gestion to the contrary in an irresponsible
moment by rum-crazed unfortunate. If
any women were in that fiat they We're
there before the arrival of Father Phil
lips, and had departed long before ne ar
rived, nor did he see any women while
.here.
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He Has Forwarded the Document to
Pelsln.

Pekln.
The Chinese minister Mr.. WI Ting Fang,
has completed his memorial to the throne,
concerning reforms in the imperial system,
and the document has been forwarded to
Pekin. Owing to the great importan ance
which is attached by the Chinese to
memorial to the throne, great care was ex-
ercfsed in it's preparation. The most expert
Chinese photographers on the legation staff
executed the document with minute pre-
cision, and In order to preserve the same
flowing Chinese style throughout only this
official had a hand in the manuscript.
Great care was also taken to observe the
ceremony essential in addressing an ap-
peal in writing to the emperor and empress
dowager. AS an evidence of the dignity
which the Chinese attach to age the name
Of the empress dowager was written one
line above that of the emperor, the latter
following several lines above the beginning
of the text itself The main features Of
the memorial, which have heretofore been
given We're preserved in the final draft
The docimuent is under twenty heads
realing with the economic social and
financial affairs of China, and pointing
out where western methods may enable the
empire to recover from it's present dis
turbed condition.
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INDIAN OUTBREAK IMMINENT.
Arapahoes Defy the Authority %
Agent NickersOp.

DENVER, Col, May 2l.-A special to the
News from Lander, Wyo., reports an In
dian outbreak imminent on the Shoshone
reservation. Six hundred Arapahoes have
defied the authority of the agent, Capt.
Nickerson who has refused them permis
sion to hold their annual sun dance and de-
MED them passes. Trouble has been brew
ing for some time from other causes, such
as the late orders giving them rations but
twice month. instead of weekly, here
tofore, and the faialure of the government
to issue seed grain for sowing.
Capt Nickerson has applied to the In
dian department for United States troops
to maintain his authority, and is fearful a
clash may occur at any moment. The Sho-
shones have not yet joined the revolt.
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STARTS on HAZARDOUS VOYAGE.
Joint boundary Commission Will
Traverse the Rio Grande.

CHICAGO May 21.-A special to the
Chronicle from Ell Paso, Texas says:
Representatives of the United States and
Mexican boundary commission have just
embarked on a voyage down the Rio
Grande in three boats to make observations
and a more complete survey of the river.
2. D. Cunningham, chief engineer of the
United States commission, is at the head
Of the expedition. The party proposes to
follow the course of the river from Ell Paso
to the Gulf of Mexico, distance of nearly
1900 miles. 1t will require three months to
make the trip. and for distance of 600
miles all communication with the outside
world will be cut off. The voyage is con-
sidered an extremely hazardous one as in
many places the river consists of danger
Gus rapids and but little Is known of its
windings where it traverses the Grand
Canyon.
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Ex-senator to Be the Executive Head
of Great Northern.

CHICAGO May PA special to the
Record Herald from St. Paul says: Rail
road men who have knowledge of the plans
of ]. ]. Hill are positive in the assertion
that former Senator Pettigrew will be made
the executive head of the Great Northern
railway system. 1t has been intimated that
he would succeed President Mellen of the
Northern Pacific, but this is considered er-
roneouS.
1t is generally accepted here a fact
that Mr. Hill has decided to make New
York his permanent home.
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Increase i'm Japanese Investments

The State Department has received from
United States Consul Lyon at Hiogo an ex-
tract from a japanese journal, showing a
total of about $22},O0O 900 as the increase in
capital invested in Japan since the corcIu-
sion of the Japan-China war. 1T Is not
surprising says the publication, that
such enormous increase should excite
serious questioning among Japanese econo-
mlStS, but We venture to suggest that it
shows an alteration in the course of bust
ness or in the direction taken by invest
ments, rather than actual expansion of
capital
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Artillery Officers to Be Examined

The following named officers of the Ar
tillery Corps have been ordered to San
Francisco for examination to determine
their fitness for promotion:
Capts. Alexander b. Dyer and William
P. Duvall, First Lieuts. James A. Shipton
John c. Gilmore, jr., Rogers F. Gardner
Lloyd England, z. NJ. Kessler, b. NJ. Koch
Ter and H. E. Cloke and Second Lieut.. G.
NJ. Brooke; also Second Lieut. Paul A.
Barry, 4th Infantry.
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OLEOMARGARINE DECISION.

separate Special Tax Stamps Required
in Certain Cases.
The commissioner of internal revenue has
rendered decision affecting dealers in
oieomargarine He holds that where a
retail dealer in that product carries on
business in two or more stalls in a market
building he Is required to take out and
post up separate special tax stamp at
each stall If, however, he conducts the
business in separate stalls on different
Gays OF the week. one special tax stamp
OUT lot the market building Is sufficient
when posted at the stan where he is retail
ing oleomargarine.
Evening star., 1901-05-21

Mail Faeiiitie. in Northern Suburbs.
w. M, johnson. acting postmaster gem
eral' mas promulgated an order that July
there will be Consolidated the post Of
fees at Brightwood. OAK Grove. Takoma
PARK and Terra Gotta in the District of
Coiano'a' and that there be established
two =, substations of the city post Office, one
at iahoma fark and the other at Bright
wood, with facilities for the transaction
OF money order and registry business and
Tor the sale of postal supplies. Free de-
livery viii also be established with four
mounted carriers.
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POSTAL CLERKS TO LEAVE CHINA,
instructions Cabled by the DeDurt-
ment to Its EmplOxes

The Post Office Department today cabIed
instructions to China directing all it's rep
resentatlves In the military postal service
there to leave on the first available trans
port. H. NJ. Robinson of Atlanta, super
intendent of the service there, has been as
signed to duty in the Philippines, but all
the others Will return to the points whence
they were assigned to China. This marks
the close of the United States military Dos
tai service in China.
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Lieut.. Col w. s. Edgerly. 7th Cavalry;
Capt. e. l.. Goodale. quartermaster and
Lieut.. J. d. Long. 7th Cavalry, have been
appointed board to meet at Havana.
Cuba: to examine Quartermaster Sergeant
A. w. Brfggs, Sd Battery, Field Artillery,
ana other sergeants on duty at the same
SergeantS. -
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Rests Well and Gains Strenxth-Presi-
dent Reviews Children.

dent Reviews Children.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.-Reports are
to the effect that Mrs. Mckinley is resting
easily and growing stronger.
President Mckinley reviewed the school
children of San Francisco on Van Ness
avenue this morning. Thousands Of gaily
dressed children, bearing bouquets and
flags and streamers of the national colors,
lined up on both sides of the avenue. and
enthusiastically cheered the President as
he drove between the long lines The
president was accompanied by the cabinet,
congressman and many other notables
Flowers were thrown at the carriages at
frequent intervals by the children Presi-
dent Mckinley expressed great pleasure at
the reception.
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REMAINS OF MRS. GAGE.
Plnc ed in Receiving Vault Mt Rose Hill
Cemetery, Chicago.

CHICAGO, May 21--The remains Of Mrs.
Lyman ]. Gage arrived from Washington
today. accompanied by Secretary Gage, his
daughter, Mrs. Pierce; Mrs. Cages sister,
Mrs Hendee of Yonkers: d. H. Burnham
and Rev. n. D. Hills, who officiated at the
funeral services in Washington yesterday
and who will conduct the rites at the
grave.
The funeral party arrived on the Penn
sylvania limited and transferring to the
Northwestern proceeded to Rose Hill
cemetery, where the body placed in
the receiving vault. The services tomor-
row afternoon will be strictly private.
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AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
Decision as to the Ownership of Mis-
sion Rock.

Decision as to the Ownership of Mis-
sion Rock.
The Navy Department has been advised
informally that the higher courts in Cali
fornia have rendered decision against the
government on the ownership of Mission
Rock, In San Francisco harbor, where an
extensive naval coaling station was to be
placed. In view of the reports the Attor-
ney General has been communicated with,
in order that the case may be appealed to
the United States Supreme Court. Naval
officials regard the ownership Of this site
as OF great Importance, The early deci-
sions of the courts were favorable to the
government, SO that the report of an ad-
verse decision came as surprise. The
Department of Justice has made known
that there will be ample time for an ap-
peal as six months are allowed for getting
the case before the United States Supreme
Court
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ELECTION RIOTS IN SPAIN.
GendRrmes Fire on the Crowds in Sew
erGi Cities.

MADRID. May 21.-As a result of the
elections for the chamber of deputies on
Sunday disturbances occurred at Jerez de
Los Caballeros province of Padajos, where
the populace burned the octroi papers and
the gendarmes fired upon the crowd, killing
one person and wounding several.
Serious riots occurred at Carmona, in
the province of Seville, and also at
Loesches, in the Madrid province. In the
last named place one person was killed and
two were injured.
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William Seaman of Massachusetts,, F. A
Asserson of New York and r. O. Richard
son, j. w. Backus and ]. F. Murphy of
Virginia. all young physicians have quail
ant surgeans and will be commissioned by
President Mckinley.
Evening star., 1901-05-21

Consul General Guenther at Frankfort
Germany, informs the State Department
that prominent German government Of
ficiais have decided that the only means of
destroying phylloxera on grapes effectually
is by the use of bisulphuret of carbon and
petroleum.
Evening star., 1901-05-21

LONDON, May 2l--The government was
questioned in the house of commons today
on the subject of the British tug Ewo Incl
dent at rfen-Tsin, when two Chinese on
board that vessel were fatally shot by
Germans guarding a bridge after the tug
had fouied it. The under foreign secre-
tary. Lord Cranborne. in reply, said Field
Marshal Won Waldersee had expressed his
regret and had promised to take measures
to prevent the recurrence of similar incl
dents
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JOHN NJ. GLOVER MISSING.
Former Representative From Missouri
Probably Drowned.

VICTOR, Col, May 21.-John NJ. Glover.
an ex-representative from the st, Louis,
Mo, district, is reported to have met his
death in the floods near Love, Col, ten
miles from here, on Sunday last
A horse with a saddle was found in that
vicinity today, and it is thought to have
belonged to Glover, who is missing.
Just before the big flood reached the lit
tie hamlet of Love a man was seen ''iding
a horse down the gulch. He was in the
direct path of the roaring wall of water
that went tearing down the ravine. This
man. it is believed was Glover.
Mr.. Glover was formerly practicing at
torney at St Louis. He came west about a
year ago and was engaged in mining near
Clyde
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EMIGRANrs FROM PORTO RICO.
Steamer Californian Takes Out 900 to
the Hawaiian Islands

SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO. May 2l-
Nine hundred emigrants embarked on the
steamer Californian at Guanica for Ha-
wall today, leaving 400 more ready to sail
Joyous manifestations accompanied the de-
parture OF the emigrants. Fourteen we'd
dirSS and forty-eiSht baptisms took place
Sunday The emigration agents are spend-
Ing. ii IS estimated, about SIO.OUO In re-
crutting and maintaining the emigrants
Favorable reports from Hawaii have caused
A continuation of the emigration
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DIR. SchaeGer TestiHes.

The first witness was Dr. Schaeffer, who
had not concluded his testimony when alb
rupt adjournment was taken yesterday.
Regarding the bloody hand print on the
window sill, he said he had found, on the
principle OF proportion, that it had been
made by the hand of some one other than
Evening star., 1901-05-21
Legations Summer Quarters.

The Spanish legation will be removed to
Manchester-b by-the-Sea the latter part of
June, the Duke and Duchess d'Arcos and
the legation staff being located there for
the summer.
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ADMIRAL sCHLEY RETURNS.
Arrives in New York on the Kaiser
Wilhelm,

NEW YORK, May 21.-Rear Admiral w
s. Schley arrived here today on the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, having hurried across
the ocean on receipt of news that his son.
DR.. Winfield Scott Schley, was i'll.
DIR. Schley, who has been suffering from
blood poisoning at St. Lul1e's Hospital
was reported today to be out of danger
Evening star., 1901-05-21

At New YOrk-Calffornfa, from Naples
At New York - Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, from Berlin.
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BANKS PACKAGE DISAPPEARED.

It Contained $S,OOO III currency
Postal Clerks Suspected.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 21.-A package
containing 5000 in currency, consigned by
registered mail from the National Bank OF
Commerce to a bank in Great Bend. Kan.
has disappeared, and detectives are work
ing on the theory that It was stolen by
some one connected with the postal service
Evening star., 1901-05-21
CHEAP rtptIstry.

New rate for advertising
Rooms for Rent, Rooms
and Board. Boarding"
"Wanted-Help," Wanted
Situations" went into ef-
feet May L. See 4th page.
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Attendance Diminished.

Mrs. Bonine's confession. In which she
gave her version of how she Killed James
Seymour Ayres, and which was made pub
lie late yesterday afternoon, had the effect
of materially lessening the attendance at
the inquest this morning. Those who were
present had been followers of every sylla-
BILE of the testimony given the preceding
two days, and up to last night had theo-
ries about the killing and its perpetrator
each entirely and radically different from
the others. This morning however. ac-
cordillg to the drift of talk caught by The
Star reporter. every man and woman knew
long ago that Mrs. Boniue did it, The
l-told-you-sO tendency was never more
forcbly exemplified. There was no doubt
that these regulars were sorry that Mrs
witness stand. and this was accentuated
when 1t was announced that she would not
appear today. Coroner hewitt, however
telephoned to Capt. Boardman to bring
Mrs. Bonine to the inquest. and il is un-
derstood the chief of detectives declined to
do Thereupon the coroner wrote a note
TO the captain. reiteratng his request.
These interchanges caused great delay.
Coroner hewitt left the room about io:ih,
and the jury had not yet appeared. All
sorts of rumors were In circulation as to
the reason for the wait.
1t was finally learned that Coroner NeIitt
and District Attorney Gould were both at
police headquarters. discussing the question
whether or not Mrs. Bonine should be
brought before the inquest. and that Miss
Mnas was also there. 1t was also said the
latter would be recalled and eNan mined fur
ther as to the occurrences the night of the
killing. Coroner hewitt finally returned at
II 10 o'clock ana announced that Mrs Bo-
nine not coming The disappointing
effect of this upon the crowd was evident.
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FITZ-JOHN PORTER DEAD
HE HAD SUFFERED LONG FROM
DIABETES.
Had n Checkered Career in the Army
-Once Cashiered, but After
ward vfndicated.

NEW YORK, May 21.-Gen. FitZ-John
Porter died at his home in Morristown, N.
j., today from chronic diabetes. He was
eighty years old
Gen. Porter has suffered for the last three
years with chronic diabetes. Recently the
disease took serious turn, and DIR. G. S.
Willis his attending physician, did not hold
out any hope for his recovery.
Gen. Porter's son and daughter-in-law
were at his bedside, having been called
there from New York because of his seri-
Gus condition. Last summer Gen. Porter
had an attack similar to the present one.
but not so serious.
Evening star., 1901-05-21

Fitz-John Porter was son of Capt John
Porter United States navy, and was born
in Portsmouth, n. H., in 1922. He entered
the West Point Military Academy. being
graduated in 1915. He was commissioned
brevet second lieutenant and in 1916 saw
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Mrs. WarheId.

Capitol street near g street, from a pistol
shot wound of the chest, which shot pune
tured the vera cara, producing internal
hemorrhage and subsequent death.
Furthermore, that said shot was fred
during fatal conflict between said James
Seymour Ayers and Lola Ida Henri Boniue.
We, the coroner's 5ury. hold Lola Ida
Hemri Bonine for the grand jury"