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John Berry the Murderer HoldsCrucifix to Bloodstained Lips

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Haltimnrc to Escape 3Iob TerribleStruggle for IJc The

Murder ferocious and revolting in ev-

ry detail was committeil near Bowiei about fifteen miles from this city

Saturday night With a heftvyMI Kerry a young attacked

i ijjlss women who and befriendMm Miss Amanda fiftysix

jurs old was beaten to and withi her f l his object the brute-t n Miss Vnnle Clark fortyon-

er a e sister of his other victimAn struggle ensued which only

irj when the murderer and his victimvre exhausted Recovering he soug-

hT and burn the house but was in-

to desist by the pleadings an I-

iTtnies of protection by Miss Annieifcrk ho was made to swear upon aruclnx not to disclose the murderers

nameB rry arrested and confessed his

tullu A Coroners jury held him for theJury of Prince Georges County

ami h was in jail at Marlboro bySheriff he was driven

city and taken by train to Baltimorer prevent lynching Miss Annie Clark isIi a mut ritical condition

The settle of this awful crime was afnh ue a hundred years old two and

naif miles south of Bowie Station It1 known as the Clark place and comITJS iTs acres of which hasi

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iisj tenants by the owners TheMiss s have lived on thete kath of their fatherj fteen years ago They have kept a small

ere of ground near their home which1 is Ixeii cultivated for their own use

i He larks an old and highly rets family Joshua T Clark havingi ll a number of State offices For the

luxation f their little truck gardenlie two maiden ladles employed a boy

iiil iwu years ago they took from theMaryland State Reformatory at Chel-t nham Prince Gores Cotnty JohnJ rry who had then been an Inmate of

at institution for six years He camem Preoerick Md and was committedthe reformatory on complaint of his

raniiinother who accused the boy of inrrigilile thievishness

Altaclei U hilu at SupperWhn the darkness and rain of Satur

uJK it titled down about the ClarkI in two sister bewail to preparei ir in the kitchen in the rear of

r huus This iurt of the building istry high with an attic In the lat

i iry sUi t Back of the kitchenis a frame addition used as a sue

r Wood tools and other odds-t I iiis furniture arc stored in this

m In the kitchen where thei atM ut to take their supper

a wtxMl stove near the door to ther kitchen and beside the stove was

i i of wood ready to replenish theThe table was moved to the center

u riMjin near the stove and AnnitIK lown with her back to itin itoor wading to the outer

SIMI n inside heriiiitr could se the door leading to

ir kitchen They had no warninghi human fiend who even thenfiaij thn waiting for a moment-i lie might ake them unawares anti

rjk His lou pun os upon them Anink heard the boys step behind htr-

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u swung a long oak stickIlnfght it u on Annie

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i this formidable weapon he ausnult-Auntida Clark but grappled with-

in it wa only after K struggle-t tii brute ahonk her off and dealt her

w tth hta cudgel that crushed in herpie and relld her to the ground In

rrd b yot human help With saxage-Ity he beat the insensate body as Itheipimi hm Neither the age

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IntuHihd Kobbery anti Ar ifThe struggle shortly after 7

o clock hour had beenevent in successive chapters of crimethat mark the scentg in the Clark kitch-en Aiworoed in his evil purpoce atand excited b hie tight with Anniethe brute forgot his own safety Whenhis attempts upon Annie Clark met withtiucceaefu resistance he evidently beganto think of flight and the best way Inwhich to conceal the evidences of hiscrime Annie Clark lying helpieM andbleeding in the kitchen heard the murderer go through the house The crashof bureau drawers and tables told herthat he was ransacking every room andsoon she heaid him In his own aWe bedroom above her head Presently he de-

scended and pasetd Into tho summerkitchen carrying his clothing wrapped Ina Then he passed through the

and entered the bedroom infront of it Through the open door MissClark saw Berry go to the bed in thefront room and selecting a straw mattress pull it off and drag it toward thefire on the other side of the room Thenhis awful dawned upon the

woman She hadword to the fiend from the mo-

ment she drove him off the last timebut when she perceived that Berry wasabout to set fire to the house and destroyherself and her sister in Its ruins sheclued to him

Some remnant of conscience or perhapsthe habit cf obedience halted thc boy andhe dropped the mattress in the middle ofthe floor Miss Clark seeing his hesi-tancy asked him to come and speak toher and when Berry had again enteredthe kitchen she begged him to go toBowie for Dr Ryan and to White Marshfor Father GIraud the priest She offered the negro 100 if he would only getthe doctor and promised not towho was the murderer of herher own assailant Berry knew that theClarks were people of their word Heknew that 100 was more money than he

dreamed of having and to himit seemed to promise safety and riches

Held Crucifix to Her LipsStill he hesitated He stood above the

two women one even then passing fromher sufferings into eternal peace the oth-er tattered and bloody pleading with himfor her sisters life and her own Berryconsidered for several moments and thenasked Miss Clark If she would swear notto tell who did it and to give him the 100

If he went for the doctorWill you swear it on the cross he

askedI will swear on the cross to tell noth-

ing if you will only get the doctor andthe priest for Mandy Annie repliedBerry knew where the sisters kept theircrucifix and hj went after It Then hereturned to the scene of his crimes Withtile cross In his guilty hand he bent overthe prostrate forms of the murdered

and her sister He pressed theto the bloodstained lips of his living vic-

tim and heard her swear by the death ofthe Saviour not to betray him Satisfied

that he had secured Immunityanti insured prosperity for

his future Berry dropped back hi an instant to his accustomed place of servitorHe fetched pillows a quilt and a sheetfrom the bed in the front room Heplaced the pillows beneath the heads ofthe Injured women and spread the bedclothes above them Then he put freshwood on the fire went out and saddlingthe horse rode to Bowie

Half a mile from the Clarks he stopped-at the farm of Thomas Green whom hetold that some one had tried to kill MissMandy and said Green had better go upthere Berry then rode to Bowl and Informed Dr X A Ryan who togo at once to the assistance of

turned his horses head and returnedthe farm passing it and continu

ing to White Marsh where he informedFather Giraud that Miss Clark had beenattacked anti was dying Berry left hishorse at the prksts and rode back In

Father Girauds buggyWns Dead When Help Arrived

When Thomas Green the crlmhe went at once to theCritUndeu Clark a brother of thewho nad attacked by Berry ErnestClark a of Crittenden ran over atonce to his aunts home and was the firstto enter after the murderer had left Hefound the two women lying side by sidein a corner of the kitchen The elderman was dead She lay on her withher head bent toward herhelpless and covered with blood lay beside her The pillows upon which theirhetids their clothing anti hairthe walls the furniture andthe tablecloth torn off in the strugglewere all drenched with blood

Js soon as Annie saw her nephew sheasked him to see If her sister was still

The young man examined the bodyfound that his aunt was dead and

he so told her sister who moaned andsobbed for awhile Dr Ryanthis time and declared that Cook

had been dead for more than an hour Itwas then 1130 oclock and the older sis-

ter had probably before Berry leftthe house The the dead womanwas moved to her bedroom and AnnieClark was carried to her room and madeas comfortable as possible She had re-

ceived serious Internal injuries and re-

peatedly vomited blood Three of herfront teeth were knocked out and therewas a long gash extending through herupper HP anti down through her chin Herscalp was lacerated in many butthere was no evidence of her

On her Jaw was a heavy bruiseflrst blow had fallen Dr

remained with the womanall night and spent most of yesterday ather side i

nEB INJURY NOT FATAL

Annie Clark Will Survlvu Itrulal-AitMtuli but 1 Horribly IHiflsmcd

toMarch The murder of Miss

Amanda Clarke and the upon hersister Annie by the Berryform the main topic of conversationtoday Everybody is discussing It andthere Is a unanimous demand f r swiftand sure Justice for Berry Court will

meet In Upper Marlboro the firstIn April and officials here saycan be done until that time

Briscoe Crane and Merrlck will s

Roger E Bellls is States AttorneyThe scene at the home where the

was Is pitiful In a frontis Miss Amanda Clarkeboard between two In

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In bandages with face disfigured andswollen She looks much worse than the

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and abe talks only with the greatot difficulty Dr X A Ryon of Bowiewho i attending her dressed her woundthin morning and that she was

very well thought sherecover though she would not be

well for quite a while3114 Asiatic Clnrltes nry

A reporter visited the room of MissClarke Sympathetic neighboring womenare nursing her She talked briefly andwith pain in answer to Questions fre-quently waving one arm the hand ofwhich ty e scratched and In thestruggle She said

It just at supper We werenteither one feeling well and hadnt beenall day I had been huvlnc a bid head-ache and to we thought we wouldjust a of bread and a cup ofWe sat while he was doingaround We never had thebeforehand about it If we had we couldhave prepared in some way or dischargedhim and got some one else He had beenso good and faithful that we never sus-pected a thing

He struck me first and then it wasfrom one to the other back and forthHe got us huddled together in theand had us at his mercy Weour best to defend ourselves but we wereneither one very strong and he was ex-ceedingly quick and active

picked up first one club and thenanother If we got one out of his hands Ihad never had as much to do with him asmy sister She hail always been in au

over him had special charge ofhim you know and she couldnt believeher senses

DiMiiesTrrnting Him lliullyShe said Why John you wouldnt do

I think I was conscious through itI dont know whatever made me

think to offer him that 100 to go for thedoctor and the priest It was a mysterythat he quit when he did When he cameback down stairs after going through thehouse my sister was still breathing andshe moaned out Im almost gone

Yes yuse both of you Letter say yourprayers now he said and he took another stick of wood to finish killing me

Miss Clarke was told of Berrys state-ment that they did not treat him rIghtand that they had found fault with himfor entering with muddy boots and for

the legs of chickens She saidOh I dont see how he could say we

dldnt treat him ritht We certainly dideverything to make him comfortable Weboth thought so much of him Thatbreaking of the chickens legs was awaylast summer when we had young chickens He caught them so roughly he broketheir legs and I told him not to be sorough with them He readily stopped doing It and we heard nothing more about-It He had not recently been cross andhad said nothing at any time Saturday toIndicate that he was displeased

My head feels so bad inside but thedoctor says it is lumps of coagulatedblood that will be absorbed-

A half dozen of Miss Annies teeth werefourd today in the cracks of the kitchenfloor where the struggle took place Shespit them out as she was afraid shwould swallow them They were brokenby one of the blows

Heist lies Would Lvncli SlimThere were a number of visitors at the

home today to see the body of MissAmanda The sheet was pulled down andthe face shown the head beingprincipally on the left side Thebroken in defending herself and her sister were folded In a way to show as lit-tle of the breaks as possible The funeralwill be held at WTilteMarsh Church tomorrow morning-

A requiem high mass will be sung byFather Gardner who administered consolation to the living victim aswell as re-ceived the confession of the murdererTle pallbearers will be Messrs ThomasWells Dennis Wells and Duckett Wellscousins of the dead woman and MessrsJoshua T Clarke Ernest Clarke andJames Clarke her nephews Intermentwill be in WhiteMarsh Cemetery

From all the around BowieIt was a good thing Berry was taken outof the county yesterday Relatives of themurdered woman sad they wouldhave lynched

Merry in Jail at BaltimoreBaltimore March 20 John Berry Is In

the jail here and talked freely to re-porters today Berry is a Catholic andasked that a priest be sent to him Forthe present he Is allowed as much free-dom as any other prisoner in the jailbut if a death watch is sent he will asusual be confined to his cell He say hedoes not want to be tried for murder InPrince Georges County and will ask lo-be tried In Baltimore He fears that Ifsent back to the county in which themurder occurred he will be lynched

KILLED HIS FIVE CHILDREN

Father Stabbed Them in the Neck

and Set Fire to the House

Wlille the Ituildinc Still Hunting HeMounted a Horse Rude Away

Theory of nstiiity ot HomeOut by Hi Action

Hutchinson Kan March 20 An atro-cious crime was revealed here todaywhen the Coroner and his assistants re-

moved the dead bodies of live little chil-dren from the house occupied by JohnMoore which burned at an early hour A

jury investigated the case andwith the jurys returns

Moore the father of the dead childrenvas arrested en a charge of murder Thetragedy has caused much excitementhere and there is some talk of lynchingthe prisoner However a lynching is notlooked for

When the firemen and neighbors reach-ed the house the father was theonly the family of seven foundoutside His actions r ere queer and hewould not talk While the buildins wasstill burning and his children were withinthe burning walls he took a horse fromhis and icde away

firemen entered the houseafter having partly quenched thethey found the five childrenby side in a bed on the floor all deadbut not badiy burned The skull yf eachdents long tractures extended All butone of the children had been stabbed intin neck The throat of the littte threeyearoW boy had be n slashed so deep

Upon facts ana the behavior father the authorities basetreir charge of murder

When was called before the Cortestify he protended to be

lieve that an exploding lump had causedthe lire and that his children bad metdeath in the flames He testified that hewas awakened trom a sleep bysnoke and that he found douseall over

It was fifteen minutes be said beforehe recovered his senses and then he didnot try to save his children neknew they must be dead as the lire hadstarted m the room in which they woresleeping His riding away the lirehe by stating that his wifewas away from home attending a sick

and that he to her ofshowed little concern

when the the verdictwith murder

about ago Mrsfather M W Franklin stated this even-ing that Moore had always a silent

character but that appearedto be strongly attached to hiaOf late according to Mr Franklinhas brooded over the fact thatof work and the fatherlniaw teems tothink that If Moore commuted the crimehe must have lost his reason broodingover his troubles gmto be sans and Me actions dur-ing has nothing to

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Agninaldo Is Determined toKeep Up Hostilities

TRAITOR TO illS CAUSE EXECUTED

Twelve Native Residents of Manila WhoAd vised Surrender Condemnedand Gen Lajarda Decapitated for Vlsll-

ing3IalolosGn Mission of Ieacc Attackof Mountain ISanditsnu Hullo KepulstdSufferings Among Our Soldiers

Manila March 2ft It is reported on highand reliable authority that AguiiaWo istaking extreme measures to suppresssigns calculated to cense a cessation ofhostilities Twelve of the planof independence havebeen condemned to death because theywrote advising surrender and ail loyalFilipinos have been called upon to perform the national service of dispatchingthem

On Friday last Gen Lagarda visitedMalolos for the purpose of advisingAguinaldo to quit He argued with theinsurgent leader and attempted to convince him of the folly of his persistence-in the face of overwhelming odds Aguinaldo was furious at the advice and ordered Gen Lagarda to be executed im-

mediatelyThe unfortunate General was promptly

decapitatedAmong the incidents of yesterdays

fighting was the coolness exhibited by acompany of the Washington volunteerswho crossed the river in a native canoeunder a heavy fire fifteen being takenacross on each trip of the smallattack the enemys trenches

Failure DepartmentThe inability of the commissary train

to keep up with the advance led to con-siderable suffering and many of the menwere completely exhausted when theywere recalled and failing from the rankswere strung along for a distance of almost six miles numters returning tocamp In artillery ambulances which werealways close up to the lines The work ofthe ambulances was especially worthy ofmention

Among the dead are several who pre-viously were reported as wounded Yes-terdays casualties were as follows

Twentysecond Regiment Capt FrankP Jones Company B Privates YoungArenson and Yunt Company D PrivatesRice Pasmir White Ellis MorganSchunder Coumpholz and Porte Com-pany E Private Eu wards Company KPrivate Ronfer Company G and CorpsComeinerge and Nelson Company M

Washington volunteers Privates Wessand Bartlett and Corp Waters Company-D and Corp Brieklin Company K

Oregon volunteers Private BrownCompany M

Minnesota volunteers Private BruceCompany C

All the above are more or less seriouslywounded

mountain Bandits Attack HolloThe mountain bandltti of Tanay Island

recently threatened an attack upon Iloilobur the were repulsed with a loss of 200

men by Gen MillerMcNeils battalion of the California

regiment under LIeut Col Duboce hasbeen ordered to embark on the transportIndiana tomorrow in order to reenforcethe garrisons of the towns of Bais andBaguyan on the east coast of the islandof Xegros where Col Smith is In command This is only a measure of precau-tion as Maj Gen Otis says he does notanticipate trouble there

FIGHTING IX Till JUNGLE

nnilcnllirs Met liy Our Troop Kcen-forccment to lie Needed

Hongkong March 20 A correspondentof the Associated Press at Manila says

An army has seldom operated underharder conditions than have been ecountered by the American flying brigadeThe country the American troops havetraversed is intersected with lagoons nar-row and unfordable rivers and bamboos-so thick that the enemy cannot be seera hundred feet distant During the chargesthe Americans were Ignorant as towhether they were attacking a hundred-or thousands of rebels which amazes theforeign observers The Filipinos were un-expectedly fierce at Cainta Had it notbeen for the fact that the American lirewas thin the enfilading fire would haveslaughtered many of our men

One of the prisoners captured by theAmericans says the Filipino leaders boastthat they can continue such a war foryearsdepcnding upon the American forcesbeing weakened daily by twenty killedwounded or Invalided

Some of the high officials here thinkthat 10000 reenforcements are needed asthe troops now on this island are hardlymore than required to maintain a linearound Manila and police the city

Considerable rain has fallen alreadyanti It seems that season for rains Isbeginning prematurely It is possible thatwhen the steady rains begin our troopswill have to be withdrawn to permanentI tracks which may enable the rebels toreturn to their old positions

The Americans have refrained from de-

stroying the buildings in the countryswept Ity Gen Wheatons troops A sen-

try has been stationed before every storeat Paslg but the soldiers are bringing Inloads of loot from dwelling houses

RED CROSS CANNOT DO IT

Negotiations lFn nrSpinl li Prison-ers Outside I in Jurisdiction

Geneva March 21 The internationalcommittee of the Red Cross Society daclares that there is no foundation whatever for the statement reported to havebeen made at Madrid by Gen PolaviejaMinister of War to the effect that hehad received a dispatch from the com-

mittee giving him notice of the

Red Cross Society for the purpose ofdelegates to negotiate for tao

release of the prisoners In thehands of the

On the contrary the committee In-

formed the Spanish Red Cross Societythat It regretted being unable to

Onei tl ii f Spa i li IrNonrrThe question of permitting the Spanish

government to negotiate with Aguinaldofor the release of the Spanish prisonersheld by him If still under consideratloaThe President himself will be the personto decide whether or not this shall be

the authorities hesitating to inter-fere in any way with the working out ofGen Otis and he theransom

Snipllc for riilllppine ArmySan Francisco March 21 The transport

Cleveland will sal tomorrow for Manilawith 133 tons of supplies for the Anwrlcan troops Sh will be followed in a fewdays Zeaiandie the Charles X Iscn and the City of Pueblo

Kellrf A al Inrt SaidThe War Deportment has received the

following dispatch

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SHOOTING OP SI3IPSOX-

Kn Iniu1 Without Information on Whichto llnse Claim for Compensation

London March 2ft In the House ofCommons today the Hon Philip JamesStanhope Liberal President of the Na-tional Reform Union whoi representsBurnley asked If her majestys govern-ment bad received a report of la-

mentable occurrence at Manila when aBritish subject named Simpson had un-fortunately been killed whether the gov-ernment was aware that Simpsons fam-ily was partially dependent upon himand whether the government would en-

deavor to obtain pecuniary compensationfor his family by friendly representations-to the government of the United States

The Parliamentary Secretary of theForeign Office Right Hon William StJohn Broderick replied that the maldispatches with details of the affaircannot be received before April and thatwithout sufficient information on thesubject It was useless to make repre-sentations to the United States govern-ment for compensation

THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION

Preliminary Meet ins for Purpose of OrCHiiizntion Held in tanilii

Manila March 21530 a mThe UnitedStates Philippines Commission has heldits first meeting and decided to issue apronunciamento to the inhabitants of theisland President Schurman will prepare-it

The document will explain the spirit inwhich the United States intends to fulfillthe trust imposed and will call upon thepeople of the islands to lay down theirarms and cooperate in the interests ofgood government-

A dispatch was received at the StateDepartment yesterday from ChairmanSchurman of the Philippine Commissionannouncing a meeting of that body at Ma-nila It was a preliminary one for thepurpose of organization Mr McArthurwho was connected with the United StatesLegation at Madrid during Gen Woodfords Incumbency of that office is to bethe Secretary of the commission

GOLD BAUGE FOR HELEN GOULD

She and Her Brother Frank Honored forServices Rendered

New York March 20 Fire Commission-er Scannel today sent to Miss Helen MGould a letter In which he Informed herthat in view of the services rendered byher on the occasion of the Windsor Hotelfire he intended to present to her abadge which would entitle her to enterthe fire lines at any fire that may occurIn Greater New York Another badge willbe presented to Frank J Gould who aided his sister at the fire

NOW RESPECT 1HE POLICE

The Havana Rioters Taught a Lesson

Which Will Be Lasting

Three Policemen nnd Five Civilians WereKilled In the Affrays While Wounded

Number About Eighty Sight otSpanish Banner Excites Crowd

Havana March 30 The excitementgrowing out of the conflict between thepolice and the populace is rapidly sub-siding and t Is not likely that there wllibe further trouble The mob has beentaught i lesson which will probably provesufficient Law breakers now fear the po-

lice and realize that the latter will nottolerate resistance to their authority

During the affrays of Saturday and yes-

terday three policemen were killed andabout fifteen wounded while of the popu-

lace five were killed and between sixtyand seventy others wounded some so seri-

ously that they will probably die Thecondition of Police Captain Jose Estrampes is serious but it Is expected he willrecover

Sixty arrests have teen made antihave been issued to the police not to

hesitate to shoot hereafter should occa-

sion require ItArchbishop Chapelle apostolic delegate

to the West Indies sailed for New Orleans today In order to be present at theEaster services there but he will returnimmediately after to Havana

In yesterdays parade in honor of GenGomez appeared a standard of AmericanCuban and Spanish flags The presenceof the Spanish banner excited the crowdwho called for Its withdrawal Therewere signs of trouble brewing when afew American soldiers appeared on theoutskirts of the crowd exercising anImmediate calming effect

The statue of Isabel II which stoodCentral Park was removed today byorder of the City Council A large number of people watched the removal andat one time there was a little excitementseveral persons calling for the destructionof the statue but this was preventedFor the time being the statue will bestored in a city warehouse

Gen Adna R Chaffee the GovernorGenerals chief of staff who has beensuffering from malaria is improving

The Ward Liner Havana specially char-tered for this purpose sailed this after-noon for the United States with the Sec-ond Louisiana Volunteers

NOT A 31 INK KEVBOAUD

Alleged Discovery JlechanlMn by Which3Jiile Wan JMiui Up

Havana March 2 Capt T L Hustonof the Volunteer Engineers was questioned today by a correspondent of theAssociated Press on subject of thestory printed by a local newspaper atCincinnati Ohio saying that the locationat the keyboard by which UnitedStates battleship Maine was blown up inHavana harbor on February li UK hadbeen found by him in a gunroom of theFuerza prison while engaged m cleaningout the fortifications

The Captain said the use of his samein this connection was not authorized Heshowed the correspondent a caMe withseveral wires running into the harborfrom Fuerza prison opposite CatenasFort One wire was connoted with adisused telegraph instrument in a neigh-boring government building Though thecable not been investigated by theUnited States engineers the suppositionis that it runs to Cabanas acroai the har-bor and lisa been used tel telegraphing

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in the cable w re connected with mines ortorpedoes but there te no Indication thatit had anything to do with the Mowingup of the Maine The nod of caWesticking out of Fuerza prison has bnseen by tourists f r past Manysoldiers have also seen the cable end mayhave expressed the belief that it waaused to up the Maine

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Severely Crltlel cs the Oftlrcrs of Fifteenth3IInneota Urjjlmrnr

Augusta Go March St Gen Younghas issued an order severely criticisingthe commissioned officers and the findingof the courtmartial in the trial of therioters of the Fifteenth Minnesota Regi-ment which omit red March 4 and 5when one of their number was killed bya saloonkeeper He says In part

TO rv and timidity exhibited by

at the disgraceful and violent outbreak-in the camp is incredible except on theabundant sworn testimony of said of-

ficers themselves These officers stoodexpostulating exhorting pleading butnot one of them attempted to shoot orfell the two or three lea ng men whowere actually breaking in tne storehousedoor On these sworn details it isthought and in two cases at least It isbelieved u courtmartial would haveawarded the extreme penalty of lawThe order from superior authority requiring immediate muster out of thisregiment Is all that precludes the

before a courtmartial those otllcorswho proved themselves thus recreant andIt is with profound regret that the corpscommander finds himself thus constrained to punish enlisted men while throughcircumstances beyond his control certainofficers unworthy of the commissionsthey hold are permitted to go home withclean records

JOHN SHERMAN DYING

His Life Ebbing Away on theWest Indian Seas

PARIS EN ROUTE TO GUAXTAXAMO

Cruiser Chicago Fillrd to Connect withthe Liner Klnc ton nUll Has Been

Asked to Follow to the Cuban PortMr Sherman Suffering from the Slot

Weather and His Doctors SlaveGiven Hope He Wants to Grot Hume

Kingston Jamaica MarchAmerican Line steamer Paris Capt Frederick Watkins with the party of Ameri-can excursionists who are touring InWest Indian waters sailed at C oclockthis evning

Mr John Sherman is worse and notlikely to survive the night

The hot weather has greatly weakenedMr Sherman and his doctors feel thatunless a change for the better comesveryqulckly all hope must be abandoned

The United States cruiser Chicago

which has been detailed to take Mr Sherman on board and convey him back to

the United States was expected to reachthis port during the afternoon Dr Ma-

gee will have charge of the case untilthey reach Old Point Comfort

It may not be possible to transfer Mr

Sherman to the Chicago until the Parisreaches Santiago de Cuba lIe appreciatesthat his strength Is declining and is de

sirous of getting homeThe United States cruiser Chicago has

not arrived but it is supposed she will

the Paris at Santiago de CubaThe Paris will probably touch first at

Guantnnamo She left Instructions forthe Chicago to follow with all haste

The State Department received a cablemessage from Consul Dent at KingstonJamaica yesterday saying that exSecretary Sherman was not so well

ALASKAN BOUNDARY QUESTION

SirJulliin Ianncefnm and SccrrtHuntil ConlertMi Uesiirdinu It

The British Ambassador Sir JulianPauncefote conferred yesterday with Sec-

retary Hay in reference it Is understoodto a modus Vivendi to be observed alongthe Alaska border In order to obviate thepossibility of a clash pending the final delimitation of the border The need of thishas betn emphasized within the last fewdays by reports of a battle between theCanadian anti the American prospectorson the Porcupine River These reportshave caused considerable uneasiness In

official circles in London and efforts havebeen made to learn the facts There haw

been no official conlirnatlon howevereither here or in London Just such uclash las been expected and the reportshave to direct the attention of off-icials to the need of effecting a border ar-rangement

The preliminary move in this directionwas made as soon an the AngloAmericanCommission adjourned without settlingthe border question Sir Julian then sug-gested that a temporary arrangement bemade Thus would maintain thequo each sldi making no further advancepfcndintf a final agreement on thetcundary A temporary line

would run by the twogovernments This woud not affectpermanent interest but would serve as alegal barrier between the lawless fortunesicken in that locality The plan In fa-vorably received on both IKlikely to be carried into effect noagreement has been entered thus far

SOCIETY LEADER DIVORCED

Free frosts Matrimonial JSnudCleveland Ohio March 0 of the

social sensations of the year culminatedtoday In the granting of a divorce teMrs Nannie Stewart Worthington fromGeorge E Worthington Worthing

father Is President of the ForestCity Stone Company and Worthingtonwas Secretary

After she brought suit for divorce herhusband sued Frederick Nicholas a M-efal leader and wellknown foralienating her affection Later he with-drew his suit and retraction ohis accusations The divorce was grantedfor nonsupport All those concerned inthe affair moved in the best society

CAISSON TOPPLED OVER ON HIM

U S Artlllerrnian Severely Injured WhileUrlllliigat ii Square Garden

New York March Kdward A Burnsa member of Battery F Fifth UnitedStates Artillery while going throughdrill at Madison Square Garden todpreliminary to opening of the mliiuiytournament tide evening seriouslyinjured In tasking of Ute turnsof sarte Burn who seated othe i x ota caisson was thrown freeshta sent and the cameos toppled ovron him He ww picked u encoMctoM-

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Nebraskan Declines to Attend

Latters Dinner

POLITICAL VIEWS TilE JiEASOX-

Mr Ilryan Ittlmont rre onctat a JetttTson ltiunnet Would Nut Honorthat Grout Democrat anti Wilt Injurethe Democratic Iarty No CompromUowith Kejnibllcan Who AIu fju

a Democrats IfeifToon Campaigns

Chattanooga Tonn March M Hon WJ Bryan today gave out the followingcorrespondence having been notified thatit had not been made public by Mr Bel-mont Mr Bryan stated that he hadnothing to say about the matter but thatthe correspondence spoke for itself

Champaign III MarchHon Perry Belmont President Demo-

cratic Club New YorkSir I received a few ago

the following telegramyew Yri nk 9-

Hoa J Bryan Ltaeota X br-

la arrmiKtas UMMS mt ittftmtt atq t of th Dosomttc Chtb at Mfwrnf MrtadarApril IS CMMtU e are usa lw K rorr-agge aU will permit y w attmfeae tJM HMh wbtet a 71 prefer to HttM layour oaa way nfikia HaUt M tar alt f fJie-

of twenty ralante wirePKKRY RKLMONT PrMfctentRICHARD CHOKER CfcalrawH

Upon my return to Nebraska I sent youthe following inquiry

Llarola X br March Ulion Perrr Belmont ZteMorratl New Yertr

Invitation received Reateaitotlag that yscampaign I derire to hsww bezant aaMreriaic lavt-tattoa wbeta r see the efecttw ynhMaly-anBoufie tl je r f aTrai a to Jie prtociylM IKforth In that platform

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

I have just received your replyThe Invitation ext wM y U M ot

the Demoratle Club ladtvldoal oyiotoM haw satbeen oHMhiered la i ralng tk lavUattae tsbrate birthday o Tbcuaas JHTerma

assay BRLMOXT

lEnd a lrnvl n ICnciiceninntI might plead a previous engagement

as a reason for declining but that wouldbe equivalent to saying that I wouldcome but for the engagement but frank-ness compels me to add another reasonI appreciate the compliment which theDemocratic Club pays toe in extending aninvitation but I do not understand howindividual opinions can be ignored at a-

political gathering You are the Presi-dent of the club and represent the clubbefore the public Your position uponpublic questions was well known In 1S03

and your telegram indicates that yourposition has not been changed My posi-tion upon public questions Is also wellknown The antagonism between ouropinions is so great that we cannot withpropriety Join in a political banquet givenin honor of Democracys patron saint

Jefferson stood for certain well definedprinciples If your views are a correctreflection of hU Ideas I fear that myvoice would sound a discordant note atyour banquet If on the other hand theChicago platform npplieii as I believe Itdoes JeffersOnian principles to presentconditions then your conspicuous pres-ence at the Jeffersonian banquet wouklhonor the memory of the worlds greatestDemocrat

Will Slit IJuDo not misunderstand me You may

be right and I may be wrong but I takIt for granted that we are equally consci-entious and I trust that I nifty not showmyself less courageous than you Youproclaimed to your fellowcitizens in liDJthat my election upon a Democratic plat-form would endanger the nations welfareyou will pardon me If I suggest that abanquet presided over by you will injurerather than aid the Democratic Party-

I believe In harmonizing personal dif-ference but differences In principle can-not be harmonized and in toy Judgmentno party advantage to be derived frompolitical communion between JeffcroonlHiiDemocrats who stand upon the hlcnxoplatform and Republican alllen willmasquerade a Democrats earnpalgnM In order to give more potency tother betrayal of Democratic principles onelection day Yours trulyV J BRYAN

Mr Bryan said tonight that IMS woul1attend the dollar banquet In Now Yorkif It is postponed until April IS provWodthe management of thatmake It distinctly a Chicago platformbanquet in honor of Jefferson otherwisenot He was on authority thatthe management would pwtpono the ban-quet If he would attend hut no answer

yet been as to whether tb af-fair would be made a distinctive ChUagoplatform banquet

BELMONT REPLIES TO BRYAN

Defies Latter to Point Out Ills Un-

democratic UtteranceNew York March SB Perry Belmont

tonight gave out the following letter inreply to one received slating day fromCol William J Bryan

Dear Sir J have Just received yourof Mth instant in which you de-

scribe who declared In U5 that yourelection to the Presidency on the Chi-cago platform would endanger the na-

tions welfare as the Republican nMwho masquerade as Democrat betweencampaigns in order to give more polwcjrto their betrayal of Democratic principleson election day

Mr lieimont then goes on to my thatbefore anwwerinK let-ter he had instituted a suit laalmt

York newspaper OH acoottnt 0t analleged libel in which h character-ized an a higherpriced sass that tto

Hester who twits hut vote for K on elec-tion day and continue

Tottr purpose u equally defamatoryis obvious Your skill in the we of wordforbid the that in your yu-mtoueed them through fernxane 4

n i plain a d were It net thathave in atone reftntiMto my opinions upon public questions asopposed to your own to Democraticdub of which I ant Pr Md t nail to toproposal cetebratlmi of Jeflferoo Mrtb

I left ott vu naji w r d-

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ctptM Democra r wnllw their optozany vary i regard t wk pottttaal-

qaatffeoe a are not fundamental bvtmerely local or transitory Mfce many ofthe vain coacetu you have yourself ex-

powrtd Hot of IbvM three thou-

sand m mrs to a RepuMtoaa An formyself I voted for a Hop eaacandidate ter a great r smallethos

The Bard of Governor and tfc

of o large a Democratic erxantoalion to represent oOfctatly-

vrtoh f the majority which thatthe eemtosr anniversary of the birthdayof Jttroft fceoU W celebrated thtayear by the organization a to prrrtoas

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