Evening gazette, Saturday, January 22, 1898 · page 3

 

 

SHE‘WAS CAUGHT BY A GIRL.

The-Benevolent Old Duly Pro1 ed to be' a
Notmious Characte1. 1

The Philadelphia Press says that the
female store detective is, one of _ the
features of department store develop-
ment, and as that city has some cf the
largest department stores in the coun—
try it is but natural that many of the
store detectives should become excep~
tionally shrewd. An illustration of
the peculiar shrewdness required was
furnished by the detection the other
day of a notorious shoplifter and her

‘ confederate by a young woman who is

employed solely to prevent thievery.
The young person suspected a benevo-
lent- looking old lady because the old

lady’s skirts seemed to be abnormally,

heavy. She followed her to the street,
and, as the old lady’s ski1ts did not
flap in the strong wind that was blow-
ing ,she had her arrested. It turned
out that the old lady was “Queen Liz,”
one of the most notorious female rob-
be1s in the country. Her confederate,
who was captured also, is known as
“Big Kid,” Morgan. The strange part
of it all is that a pair of rogues whose
wits should have been sharpened by
several successive terms in jail should
have I,- een run to earth by a “slip of a
gi1l" whose horizon has been the
calls of a department store.

 

51131111 for Indian Pipes.

in Southwestern Minnesota is a (el-
eb1-1ted quarry where fo1 centuiies the
11: dians have obtained a soft red stone
out of which they carve pipes. This
is the only place in America. and
probably in the world, where this par-
ticular kind of stone is found. Many
tribes of red men formerly resorted to
the quarry, and the pipestone seems to
have been an article of commerce
among them, for it has been found in
Indian graves scattered all the way
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of
Mexico. It has also been found as far
West as the Rocky Mountainsand in

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Ancient Hofy wihe.

I11 the wonderful Wine cellar under
the Hotel de Ville, in Bremen, there
are twelve cases of holy Cine, each
case inscribed with the name of one of
the Apostles.

This ancient wine was deposited in
its present resting place 265 years ago.

 

I — Jack the Ripper Again.

London, Jan. 21.—The mutilated body
of a woman was found yesterday in
the rear of a church in Shoreditch.
The body was inclosed in a sack, and
both legs were missing. The police
have no clew’ to the identity of the
dead woman or the circumstances of
her death, and the East End is in a
great commotion over the resemblance
of the case to the many murders com-
mitted by the mysterious Jack the
Ripper.

 

McKinley the Guest of Honor.

Washington, Jan. 2(1—The President
and Mrs. McKinley were entertained at
dinner last evening by the Secretary of
State and Mrs. Sherman. There was
no especial floral decoration, except in
the large square dining room, which
was adorned with palms and pink
roses. . -

 

' NEWS IN BRIEF.

Deaths from the plague in Bombay
during the past Week numbered 851.

The National Guard of Missouri will
colleCt money for the relief of the suf-
terms in Cuba.

A delegation of Chicago officials yes-,

terday inspected Reading’s big concrete
sewer, the largest in the world outside
of Paris.

The trial of Emile Zola in connec-

tion with his reflections on the Conduct

of the Esterhazy court-martial will be—
gin in .Paris February 7.

The resolution calling on Senator
Lindsay for his resignation was de—
feated in the Kentucky House of Rep-
resentatives yesterday.

The Iowa House of Representatives
passed a resolution requesting Senators
Allison and Gear to vote for the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty.

Bellamy Storer, United States Min-
lster to Belgium, has made a report to
the State Department on trade regu-
Iations and taxes in the Kongo Free
State.

V The Peacock Throne.
A recent writer thus describes the
famous Persian “peacock throne.“ It

> is entirely of silver; a great camp-bed

structure, but modeled in lovely de-
signs. It is encrusted from end to end
and from top to bottom with diamonds.
At the back is a star of brilliants that
make you blink. The rug on which
the Shah sits is edged with precious
stones, and the pillow on which he re-
clines is covered with pearls. Some
persons have valued it at £5,000, 000.
Its real value is between :62, 000, 000
and £3,000,000.

 

 

 
 
 

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N NFNI NAFS CONFIRMED

Senate Indorse? His Nomination
to the Supreme Bench.

ALL-311 ALONE r3011 ssrs

Present Attorney-General Steps 111130 the
Vacancy Despite Protests-n McKenna
Bitter) y Attacked by Senator Allen-4N)-
jection to Longstreet’s Confirmation.

W'ashington, Jan. 22.-—The1 Senate yes-
terday afternoon confirmed the nom—
ination of Joseph McKenna for the
Supreme Bench.

The Senate devoted its principal at-
tention in executive session to the
nomination of Mr. McKenna. When
the doors were closed the Hawaiian
treaty was laid aside in order to afford
opportunity to consider the -Attorney_-
General’s nomination and other nom-
inations .

An effort was made to secure the
confirmation of the nomination of Gen.
Longstreet to be Commissioner of
Railroads, but Senator Vest made ob—
jection.

The nomination of Attorney-General
McKenna was then taken up and 'Sen-

 

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE M’KENNA.

ator Allen immediately took the drum
in continuance of his attack 11111111 the
Attorney- General. .

Senator Allen had before him the
charges filed with the Committee on
Judiciary, which he read. These com-
prised many letters, some resolutions,
and the protest of lawyers and judges
of the Pacific Coast, charging that M1. ‘
McKenna was unfitted f01 the high of—
fice of Supreme Court Justice on the
ground of a want of. legal attainments.
He commented upon these documents,
and was interrupted by Senator Per-
kins of California, who read a publish-
ed defense of Mr. McKenna, giving sta-
tistics to show that he had not, as
Judge of the California Federal Court,
been more frequently reversed by su-
perior tribunals than had other judges
of the same rank.

Mr. Allen spoke for about three
hours. He said he was .convinced of
Mr. McKenna’s unfitness for the office.
He did not insist upon a roll call when
the result was taken and the vote was
overwhelmingly favorable to confirma-
tion.

Governor Griggs, of New Jersey, will
succeed Mr. McKenna in the Cabinet.

No Hearse Big Enough for Body.

Philadelphia, Jan. 22.—The most re-
markable funeral ever seen here took
place yesterday from the home of the
late Joseph Handler, who weighed 525
pounds. A special coffin had to be
built. In order to get it out of the
house the jambs on each side of the
front door were knocked out. Ten men
lifted the body into the coffin and four-
ten men carried the coffin to a. dray.
There was no hearse in Philadelphia
big enough for the occasion. A truck
was used in taking the casket to the
altar in church. Handley was fifty
years of age. He died of fatty degen-
eration of the heart. He was so large
that he could barely squeeeze through
the door of his house. ‘

 

Silver Mfen Elated.

Washington,” Jan. 22.——Tl'1e silver
men in the House were elated yester—
day over their victory in securing a
vote to concur in a. Senate amendment
to the Urgent Deficiency bill. This
amendment strikes from the bill the
proxision requiring the depositors of
bullion at Government assay offices to
pay the cost of transportation to the
mints.

The following Republicans
with the Democrats and Populists:
Barthold, Beach, Broderick, Hager, El-
lis, Joy, Linney, Lovering, Low, Me-
Call, Mahany, Miner, Morris, Olmstead,
Peary, Pearson Shannon, W. A. Smith
and Spalding.

 

Glut in Labor lilarket in Skaguay.

Tacoma, VVash., 'Jan. 22.—There is'at
present a glut in the labor market at
Juneau, Dyea and Skaguay. More
workingmen than there are jobs for
have gone to those towns, with the re-
sult that wages are coming down and
many men are now eating up their sup—
plies and earning nothing. When a
good fall of snow comes followed by
a freeze, the situation will be changed,
for then transportation of supplies over
Chilcoot and White passes will com—
mence in earnest, and every man now
there can get work.

 

To Succeed Butterworth.

Washington, ‘Jan. 22.—The Cabinet
yesterday talked oftseveral impending
appointments among them a, successor
to Mr. Butterworth, Commissioner of
Patents. It is said the position will
be filled in a few days. .It is believed
that the place will go to a. New Eng-
land man. There are two candidates
—-A. P. Greeley, the assistant commis—
sioner, who was acting commissioner

during the illness of Mr. Butterworth,-

and Nathaniel T. Frothingham, of
Massachusetts, who was the assistant
1commissioner under Mr. Simonds.

 

“’ii‘e Slayer Merry to Hang. .
Chicago, Jan. 22.—-Degeneracy is not
a defense for crimL.

yesterday in a. verdict of death. The
prisoner’s attorney. argued that Merry

was degenerate, a victim of criminal 1

environment, and was entitled-to an
acquittal on theSe grounds. 7

The Administration Taking

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_. 0111513 m C’UB-A ANTICIPATED.

Care to~ Bo
licacig 101 Emergency.

\‘1 ashington, Jan. 21. ——The impression
l 211 rue Cuban question is approaching
1 1-1.-1s is strengthened by reports to
he itate Department from Consul-

; 1111i Lee. it is reported that Gen.
.:.-13 11.5 placed himself on record as
'1. liming that the war would end
_..1 the present fighting season. That
. 1- .='-"1esir.ent agrees with him in this
~ A idently indicated by a report which
~ current that ex- -Congressman Ald-
11.11 of Chicago, vho was selected as,
:en. Lee’s successor, will become Con—
11zl-Cieneral at Havana in the spring or
iUTEElel‘. '

It was intended early in the adminis-
1‘aticn to accept Gen. Lee’s resignation
1nd send 111:1. Aldrich in his place. The
President, however, came to the con-
:lusion that it would be unwise to sub‘
1tltute an inexperienced man like Mr.
Aldrich for Gen. Lee who, he thought

'lad proved a capable representative

if American interests during the try-
ng times since the war began.

Besides, Mr.
vith the strength which Gen. Leedis-
ilayed in forcing the Spanish to respect
:he rights of this country. When the
ionsul-General returned to this coun—
;ry last fall, expecting that he would
10t return to Havana, the President
tsked him to go back and remain un-
til the end of the war.

While the speech delivered Wednes-
iay in the House on the Cuban ques-
:ion is regarded as significant, it is con-
:eded that Mr. Hitt was not explicit
anough in indicating what the Presi—
ient intended to do In the executive
1ranch of the Government, however,
what preparations are going on which
show that the administration is pre—
paring for an emergency. ‘. Ships are

being kept up to the highest state of
:efiiciency, and so distributed as to‘be
available for
‘n the quickest possible time.

service in home waters

It is said at the Navy Department
;hat orders have been sent to the He-

‘ena, en route to China, to proceeed to

Lisbon instead of going to Gibraltar in
1ccordance with the original itinerary,
but the naval. officers did not explain
why the gunboa’t waste remain at Lis—
bon a week The ships of the North
Atlantic squadron will remain in Flori-
da waters until April, and a cruiser
will be kept constantly at Key West
awaiting the pleasure of Consul-Gen-
eral Lee,‘ who fears that the outbreak
in Havana may call for the presence of
a. 'man-of—war.

All these things go to show that the
administration while anxious to avoid
hanging its hand forced by Congress,
fully realizing the gravity of the situa-
tion and is prepared to meet any emer-
gency.

Cuban Question Growing Grave.

London, Jan. 22!.—The Times, in an
editorial this morning on Representa-
tive Hitt’ s speech in the House of Rep-
resentatives on Wednesday, says:

“We assume that President McKin—
ley does not wish his hand to be forced
by the opposite party. He does not
Want war with Spain, because his heart
is set upon promoting the economical
and commercial developments of the
Inited States. Yet it remains doubtful
whether he will prove strong enough
to resist the pressure brought to bear
upon him.

“One of the usual kaleidoscopic
changes in American politics has just
been effected. The Cuban question is
evidently much graver than it was two
days ago, and the Government is not
any stronger. An accident may precip-
itate ' anything.”

 

PREPARING FOR THE RUSH.

Additional Steamship Accommodation for
Passengers to the Klondike.

San Francisco, Jan. 21.—The local
transportation companies are prepar—
ing to accommodate the rush to the
Klondike. The Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company has arranged a schedule
that will give a _-five day steamship
service between San Francisco and
Alaskan ports. The company expects
to handle at least 10,000 passengers out
of this city next month, and during
the entire season the total tonnage in
this port is calculated to ”accommodate
50,000 persons.

About June 1 steamers will be placed
'on the run between this city and St.
Michaels. The Alaska Commercial
Company will run the steamers St.
Paul, Dora, Bertha. and Portland, with
an average carrying capacity of 300
persons each. These vessels will con—
nect with the river steameis upon the
breaking up of the ice and not less than
two trips a month will be made from
here.

The Pacific Steam Whaling Com-
pany will run steamers to Cook’s In-
let, and Alaska... These means of get-
ting to the gold fields will be greatly
augmented when the vessels now in
cou1se of construction are completed.

Advance in Rates.

Seattle, Wash” Jan. 21. —The expect-
ed advance in rates to Alaska has been
announced. The several transporta-
tion companies who control nearly all
the buSiness have agreed on an in-
crease of $10 to the passenger rate be-
tween Puget Sound points and Dyea
and Skaguay, and a. proportionate in-
crease to Juneau and other southeast-
ern Alaska points.

The new rate to Dyea and Skaguay,
which goes into effect at once, is: First
class, $50; second class, $35. The rate
of freight is advanced from $10 to $13
per ton. .

 

Straight Still at Liberty.

New York, Jan. 21. —Henry W.
Straight,- the alleged swindler, who es-
caped from the Jersey City prison, has
not yet been caught. Mrs. Blanche
Straight, his wife, who admitted that
she furnished the saws with which the
bars were cut, taking them to her hus-
band in the false bottom of a basket
containing food, is still in jail, and will
remain there unless she can furnish $5,—
000 bail, to await the action of the
Grand Ju1y. ,-

 

Whrships for Japan.

London, Jan. 21. ——It is reported that
Japan has purchased the Brazilian
cruiser Abren, now building on the
Tyne, for £370, 000, and has also bought
the Brazilian ironclads Deodora and
Floriano, which are in course of con-
struction in France.
the Spanish Government have been in
London trying to arrange for the pur-
chase of these vessels, but it is under-

I stood that they were unable to raise
' the necessary money.

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