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The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-18

which made it certain that the Mafa
would experience great difficulty in
committing crimes without the prac-
teal certainty of detection. Naturally
therefore Hennessy was viciously hated
by those of the Maha who had not been
concerned in giving away the secrets of
the workings of their organization, and
it was decided that he was too danger
Gus to them to be permitted to live A
house was hired opposite to that Of the
superintendent of police. and from that
vantage point his movements We're
closely watched Finally in October.
1890, Hennessy was murdered almost at
the door of his residence, his approach
having been heralded by a boy who ran
ahead and gave the peculiar signal
whistle of the Malta This boy was the
son of one of the prime eonspirators-
This daring crime of the Malta set
the city of New Orleans ablaze, and it
was recognized that only heroic meas
ures could avert temporary reign of
terror. Mayor Shakespeare appointed
a committee of safety. and it was large
" through the influence of this commit
tee that a desperate campaign of ami
bilation against the Sicilians was pre-
vented
There were many arrests, and finally
nineteen men were held for completely
or actual participation in the murder
of Hennessy- On April IS. 1891 the jury
acquitted six of the nine men then on
trial and disagreed with reference to
the other three. Then all respect for
the law vanished, for it was alleged
that the jury had been tampered with
through the influence of a private de-
tective named Dominick OMalley. A
call was issued for a mass meeting the
next morning. A large mob assembled
IN front Of the Clay statue, whence, led
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-18
NEW CHINESE LEGATION AT WASHINGTON

been completed it was found that the
German statesman had been outwitted
by Secretary Liang.
It is not surprising that Sir Liang
should have advanced views nor that
those views should include a warm ad-
miration for the United States. for it
was here, at Phillips-Andover academy
and later at Amherst college. that he
received his education. It is a matter
of record that Liang was one of the
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best baseball players at both institu-
tions and that he was also an excellent
oarsman.
Sir Chentung Liang Cheng is about
forty years of age. He was one of the
120 Chinese boys sent by the govern
ment to this country to be educated.
He went to Phillips academy at Ando-
YER Mass, and While not the star of his
class he attained a proficiency in his
studies which soon gave him a good
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rank among his fellow students. Liang
then went to Amherst college, where his
progress was really remarkably rapid,
and it became certain that he would
graduate with high honors. &But this
was not to be. The home authorities
persuaded the emperor that his throne
would be ultimately undermined by the
liberal teachings which the young men
were getting in the United States. So
Liang, along with the rest of the un-
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able to suggest a way out of the diff
culty-for it was recognized that it
would never do to further offend Ger
many-until Liang took the matter in
hand. He appeared to admit the JUS
tice of everything demanded by the
kaiser. but pointed out the embarrass-
ment in the peculiar circumstances of
carrying it out to the letter. The re-
suit was that after certain concessions
had been made and Chen's work had
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nearly two murders a year attributable
TO the Mafia, and because of the oath
bound nature Of the organization
scarcely a conviction was obtained In
1880 two factions which had been at
Ioggerheads for some time finally re-
sorted to murder. and under the clever
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OW that it is an accepted fact
that the murdered man whose
body was recently found in a
barrel in New York city was
victim of the Malta atten-
tion is once more directed to
that society, which has for its
object the assassina ton of men inimical
to Ats interests or to the interests of its
leading members. Practically every
large city i'm the United States contains
branches of the Malta, and many cities
of very moderate size have been terror
ized by the workings of these detesta-
bic bodies. In most cases it is true that
the victims are usually their fellow
countrymen, and it is matter of court
record that the records of the courts
show that the number of convictions
obtained is absurdly out Of proportion
to the number of murders committed
This is due to the fact that friends of
the murdered men usually refuse to tell
what they know of the suspected perpe-
traitors preferring to take the law into
their own hands. with the result that
there are two or more murders instead
of one. But difficult of detection as are
these crimes they are ridiculously sim
pie of solution in comparison with those
committed by the Malta against out
SlQetA AlEAi tht oiCitAdiAS are ClOSGl y
bound together by the oath of their So
ciety the violation of which would in
evitably mean eath.
The Malta as it is known in this
country. does not live up to its orig
inal purpose. 1t is quite an old organ
zation formed in Sicily for the purpose
Of fighting the italian government in a
political way The subordinate branch
es are to all intents and purposes indie
pendent. though all Of them acknowl-
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While as has been said. scarcely any
large city of the United States has been
uniformly free from the Malta blight.
the worst sufferer from this foreign inn
plantation has been New Orleans For
more than a generation preceding the
year 1880 there had been an average of
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manipuls ton of Superintendent of Po-
lice David Hennessy a number of ar
rests were made and ample evidence was
secured to obtain conviction, though
without the infection of the capital
penalty. In gathering this evidence
Hennessy had obtained Information
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-18

l--s5s n HIS city is holding its
!. d q - ]: J" !. : : " !" 8 ...... {. :. !. q. !. ! !.
fI N breath in preparation
SJ for the long gasp OF
he 4@ delighted surprise
sg s3 which it expects to
l~1H5A - emit svhen the new
~ 6las Chinese minister. Sir
gK ~ Chentung Liang
Cheng, shall give his
first reception in the handsome legation
building at the corner of Nineteenth
and u streets which his government
has just completed. Money has been
iavishly spent. and several surprises in
architecture are expected, to say moth
ing of the sensation which is anticipat-
ed when the contents of more than
dozen very large mysterious boxes
w hich Minister Liang brought with him
from China shall be unpacsed and ar
ranged upon the walls OF the new Off
cial residence.
But. aside from ali these collateral
points of interest. the new minister is
entitled to consideration by reason of
his advanced views his liberal educa-
tion and his almost aggressive advo-
cacy Of everything American. Indeed
in his opinion, his country win have to
look no farther than to the United
States to learn all that is worth know
ing in the way of government and the
manufacture of prosperity. He laugh
irgly declares that politics in China has
become almost a science and that the
man with the pull gets the best offices.
though he does not go 50 far as to ad-
NIT that the statement applies to him
self.
Perhaps Liangs first claim to great
distinction occurred when the Won Ket-
teller expiatory mission was sent to Ger
many. The emperor had prescribed the
form of penance which in the opinion
of LANG and the other members of the
commission would have involved a sac
rihce of dignity on the part of Prince
Chen. the Chinese emperor's cousin and
representative. No one. however, was
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
YOUNG WOMAN SUICIDES.
Miss Jessie Miles, of Bennington, Fear- . cd Sh . Wou Id be Permanently Lame.

Miss Jessie Miles, of Bennington, Fear-A cd she Would be Permanently Lnme.
 Pennington, Aug. -Despondent be- cause she feared she would become per- manently lame, Miss Jessie Miles, aged twenty three, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. George F. Miles, we'll known and respected people of this town, took her own life this afternoon by drinking car- bolic acid. She was young woman of much personal charm, and was a graduate of the high school here This afternoon Miss Miles went to an un- used attic room at her home, and when her mother anxious on aecuot of the young mans long absence, went in the floor of the room with the carbolic caid bottle, empty, beside her. The girl was not dead, but was unconscious, and died before the arrival of Dr. Kelly, who was summoned from New Britain. The parents say they are at loss to account for the suicide, but that Miss Miles was heard to say a few days ago that if she were going to be per- manently lame from an injury from which she was suffering, she might as well die. She received the injury while she was attending circus in New Brit ain with her mother, which she fell and hurt her knee"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
POPE LEO'S DEATH.
President Criticized for Sending Cons
 doiences of This Nation.

Utica, Aug. 27.-The New York and
 New England ministerial conference of
 the Evangelical Lutheran synod of
 Missouri, Ohio and other states, in meeting assembled in Utica, adopted the
 following resolutions:
 Whereas, The spirit of our Ameri- can institutions and the very letter of the constitution of the United States in tits amendment demand a cleaI Iclean separation of church ana state.
 Whereas, The principles always up-s held by the Roman papacy are diamet- ricaliy opposed to those of our govern mental principles and were maintained by Leo XIII. as consistently as by any iof his predecessors, as appears from his Iencyclicals.
 Whereas, It is clear that the presi- dent in officially sending condolences to the papal secretary of state on the death of Leo XIII, and other officials similarly paying their respects, have taken it upon themselves, without any Authorization whatever, to speak in be- half of all Christianity of this country without distinction of confession, and have thereby actually and practically denied the aforesaid governmental prin- ciples for which the fathers of our country bIed and died, have abused their office and violated the trust and confidence reposed in them by the peo-i pie. Therefore be it resolved, That we, satisfied that in this we are voicing the sentiment of all loyal Americans, wo
 most earnestly and emphatically pro-t test against any action taken by the president and other public officials with reference to the demise of the late pope. whereby they accorded official recogni- tion to the papacy.
 And. Furthermore, we protest against any act or move on the part of govern ment officials, high or low irrespective of party affifiation, whereby the tradi- tional lines separating church and state might be obliterated and the very pill lars of which rest the glorious liberties of this country be shaken.
 l Copies of these resolutions, signed by the committees were sent to President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
BRITAIN,s OTTER TO JEIvs.
Governmens to Afford Ever, Facility :. l. Tor Inves.igation. z.

London. Aug. 27--It is the intention of the foreign office to instruct the British minister in the East African protectorate to facilitate in every way the work of the committee appointed by the Zionist congress at Basel, Switzer- land, yesterday, to investigate the of fer of the British government of a site for a Jewish colony. It is not believed that the committee will find difficulty ill selecting site and if the colony is established it will be under the general control of the cornmmissioner, as the representative of King Edwards gov ernment; but this control will be nomi- nal, the idea being to give the Jews practically free local government un- der their own officials and to enable them to observe their national customs with freedom In municipal legislation. The foreign office officials say thty re- gard the experiment as important, both for the government and for the Jews, as it will determine the ability of the latter to maintain an autonomous gov ernment. If 1t is a success the colony will undoubtedly grow and should a failure result the government reserves the right to re-occupy the land,
 The territory that Great Britain has offered for colonization is an elevated tract 900 miles long on the Uganda rail- road between Mau and Nairobi. Sir Harry Johnston, former special commits sioner for the Uganda protectorate, in his report on the country described this region as almost unparalleled in tropi- cal Africa, being admirably watered, fertile covered with noble forests, al- most uninhabited and as healthy for Earopeans as Great Britain.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
,, DoHERTK BEATS LEARNED.
English Champion carriss on Americani
 cham pionshi ID.

Newport, Aug. 27.H. L. Doherty, of
 England, to-day defeated ". A. Larned, | of New Jersey, and to his title as cham Ipion of England added that of champion of the United States. The score was l6-0, 6-3. 10-S in Doherty's favor, and all though in the last set the American player made precise stand, he was worn out by the British expert and failed to hold him on the eighteenth game. 3s @
 By defeating Larned to-day Doherty completed the clean sweep which he | and his brother have made in this coun- try this season. Between them they hold both the singles and doubles cham pionships Of the United States and
 England, as we'll as having won the Davis international trophy without the assistance of any other player. The two brothers hold a unique position in X the history of the gamea position that no others have ever approached.
 Doherty Is victor Tn straight sets, which is great deal of a surprise, all though he had been considered dam gerous opponent for Larned because of Ihis two previous victories over the American champion. His style to-day lhad all the qualities that have charac- | terized it before, the one most promi- nent being steadiness. He was out pointed by the American by margin Iof about fifteen in the total. but kept quietly at work, reaching apparently | Impossible balls and pulling himself out of hard places that his brother. who 1 last year was defeated by Larned, could not have escaped from. judging from his play a year ago. Larned was game. particularly in the last set, when four times he forced his opponent back from within q single point of the match. It was the triumph that has often been seen before-of the steady over the bril- Eliant but cratic game.
 The men are undoubtedly the best ex- moments of the respective styles and the
 best players of the countries which they reDreserlt 5S.
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GOVERNORS DAT TODAY.
state Miiitia Ready to Greet His Excei-
 lcncy h Camp.

Camp Reynolds, Mantle, Aug. 27.-- Commander Frederick Averill, com jnlanding the Connecticut battalion, na- val reserves, encannped here, has ar ranged for the reception of his excel- lency, Governor Chamberlain, to-mor- row. After being escorted into camp there will be an informal reception at headquarters, and at 1:3O there will be guard mounting, followed at 2:15 by dress parade and review. Governor Chamberlain is expected in camp at noon. <. sss.
 It has been left to his excellency whether or not there will be cutter drill on the waters of Mantle bay. If the governor wishes to view the men at work in small boats a party will be made up to go out on the Elfrida
 To-day's drill has been in the nature #of preparation for the reception of the gubernatorial party tomorrow The second division has been drilling in iil- sfantry tactics, while the third guarded the camp, and the first division has been out in tie small boats.
 The health Of the men continues per- feet, consequently the hospital corps has had practically nothing to do. To- morrow the camp practically ends, for early Saturday morning preparations will be made to break camp.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28

club. came in second. two minutes and forty-fve seconds after La Rita had crossed the anish line. Hoosier came in third. Little Shamrock fourth. ilot fifth, and Outlaw sixth. The finish be- tween sprile, Hoosier and Little sham rock was very exciting, the three 21-
 footers finishing almost together. La Rita's time for the, race. which was twice over triangular course, six miles in length. two miles to the leg. was 2 hours 10 minutes and 50 seconds. She
 took the lead at the start and was never headed. The second race will be sailed tomorrow, Es- -g
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
g- V ' eFT Legislative Reunion.

Bridgeport, Aug. 27.-Two hundred former members of the general assem- bly,. with Governor Chamberlain and other state officers, to-day attended the reunion and dinner of the legislative
 club of 1901 at Pleasure Beach. There were members of the assemblies of 1897, 1S9s 1901 and 1903 in the gathering. The shore dinner was, served at 1:30 o'clock, and it was the decision of the commit tee in charge that there should be no speaking. There was very little discus sion of affairs political, and personal reunions were the chief feature of the day., ~-, 2a
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
CRESCEUS EARNS NEW RECORD.
Goes Mire on Half-MtIe Track in
 2:0S 3 4
Dayton, O., Aug. 27.--A new world

Dayton, O., Aug. 27.--A new world S record for mile on half mile track of 2:0S 3-4 was made by George H. Ketcham's Cresceus this afternoon. Cresceus was paced by Mike the Tramp driven by Dr. A. Scott Ives of Montreal and by a team automobile driven by MT. Denzer. This was an experiment. and it's utility remains to be demon strated. The runner was alongside and the automobile in the rear. Tn the back stretch of the first half the chauffeur crowded up and MT. Ketcham could be heard at the distance pole telling him to keep off. So easily did Cresceus move that few realized the worlds rec ord of 2:09 134 made by him at Kan sas City two years ago was doomed. Cresceus' time by quarters was: :32, 1:03 IA; 1:36 3-4; POS 3-4.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28

missions, at Boston. indicating that an
 attempt had been made to burn the Euphrates college building at Harpoo. This despatch said:
 Information just received that an att tempt has been made to burn the
 Euphraes college buildings. Conditions increasingly alarming. Great anxiety felt for the safety of American citizens there"
 Acting Secretary Loomis tonight cabled to Minister Leishman at Con- stantinople to make immediate demands on the porte to take adequate meas
 ures for the protection of all Americans at Beirut and to prevent any attack on
 the college buildings. .. Admiral Cotton, who was directed to-
 day to hold his squadron in readiness
 to proceed at a moments notice to Beirut, eabled the navy department as
 follows, under date Nice. France:
 Gable just received. Machias at
 Genoa for coal. Brooklyn has seven l days. San Francisco six and half l days coal at ten knots. Cannot exceed l that speed with Machias. If squadron SViAAS "CoL SIlputu COpl dI 4hotI SNiAANSJa If east. at Genoa. sg , :& Cotton" Admiral Cotton's instructions are to sail at once. It is probable he will go
 ahead to Beirut with the Brooklyn. leaving the Machias and the San Fran
 cisco to follow. It is estimated that the
 Brooklyn going full speed can reach Beirut within six days Acting Secretary Loomis received a
 rather remarkable ,cablegram from Min-
 ister Leishman tonight in which the latter stated that he had called at the
 Turkish foreign office at Constantinople
 this evening to inquire about the as-
 sassination of the United States vice consul, and that the minister of foreign affairs emDhatically denied any knowl- edge of the report He also attempted to discredit it. The cablegram gave
 no othes information.
 MT. Magelssen was thirty years old,
 having been born in 1873. He was edu- cated in the common schools of Minne- sota and was a student of the Lutheran
 college at Decorah, Ia, for three years.
 For a time he was assistant city asses SOT& u 0lOuA E6dlISy 1.$Dsy8 dllu dthO dSSU-
 ciate editor of a paper called The Echo, published there. "A No additional information was ob- tained at the state department during the day. As yet no request has been | made of the navy department that the l Eurooean squadron be sent to Beirut,
 and none will be until it appears that l there is a disposition on the part of the
 Turkish government not to comply with the demands Of the state department for immediate apprehension and pun ishment of the murderer and of the To-
 cal authorities is they were negligent.
 In the absence of particulars no motive can be ascribed for the crime and the state de2artment officials have no
 means Of suggesting a theory as to why l the vice consul should have been killed.
 There have been no complaints about him or his work. and the meagre cable gram conveys not the slightest sugges- | tion of cause for the crime.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
NAVY TAKES LONG ISLAND.
GRAND COUP WHICH WILL ArD
 ITS MANEUVHRs.
Army oG.es. the Advantage by the sDss.ruosion" of seventeen yvar.h,p. -Savy Ha. slightly the Better Of II, However-Grsat searchlishss Out os Action.

Action. Portland. Me. Aug. 27.LThe events
 and developnlents in the war game to- day were considered the most important
 since the hostile fleet first appeared off
 Portland. The navy made grand coup in the capture of Long Island in the forenoon, while the army made spec- taoular play in the destruction of all the seventeen opposing ships that att tackled the coast defenses in the after-
 noon. The navy, however. seems to have had little the better of it. for strange as 1t may seem. the capture of
 Long Island was. considered more im- portants than the; destruction of the sev- enteen vessels Long Island has been declared out of the game until to-lnor-
 row night at g o'clock and thus the big
 searchlights will not be working. which will be of almost inestimabIe value to thenavy. On the otherfhand after sun set the destroyed warships went back into commission again. The Hartford Sought with the fleet. and although a training ship, has been used as cruiser evidently.
 The movements last night and early to-day were not of great importance. None oe the big ships took part. Sev- eral of the gunboats and small cruisers, too tried to get landing parties on the various Notifications, but were repulsed. No regular attack was expected to- night. but 1t was thought that landing parties would attempt, as last night, to capture some Of the forts.
 f Portland Me, Aug. 2s.---A fleet of six
 teen warsiips was reported at 12;55 of Higgins Beach at the extreme end of Cape Elizabeth. with lights dowsed. A landing party from Old OrcharG
 assreported marching toward the har-
 bor defense at a. m. The patrol was doubled.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
LIPToN CAME TO END.
sun Has Hope Though It bs sIlah,

| r&
 Sandy Hook. N. J. Aug. P. Both bats came up quickly to the Hook af- ter the failure to finish and took up their achorages. Sir Thomas, speaking of to-day's affair, said: ..slss;
 T am willing to repeat what said this morning. still have hope, slight though it is. Let us hope for q spank ing good breeze. Saturday. I called my friends around ne this afternoon and was about to express my regret at my failure when happened to look at my watch. Then reserved decision and I may never have to make that speech 7
 MT. Iselin and Ca3tain Barr declined to talk except that Mr. Iselin regretted that the wind was not sufficient to bring the boats in on time. 1