VOL. xviii—PßlCE FIVE CENTS.

CITIES DISAPPEAR.Annihilation Is Caused by

Breaking: of a Dyke inFrance.

SWEPT ALL IN ITS PATH.

Flood Completely DestroysEonzey— Other Villages

Damaged.

SCORES OF PEOPLE DROWN

And Hundreds of Others Ren-dered Homeless by the

Disaster.

EPINAL, France, April 27.—Thegreat Bousey dyke of the Epinal dis-trict of the Vosges burst at 5 o'clockthis morning. The cubic area of thedyke is 8,000,000 meters. A greatrush of water and much loss of lifefollowed. In a single commune, thatof Uxegeny, seven kilometers from

the scene of the disaster proper,twenty-three persons were drowned.At Nomexy eight bodies have beenfound. Wherever the water flowed itdestroyed everything in its path. Thevillage of Bauzey, with its extensivepisciculture establishment, has dis-appeared. The steep, vertical" banksof the Canal de lEst burst andemptied a reach of water eleven kilo-meters long into the Aviere valley,

which the flood followed to Nomexy,where it flowed into the River Mos-elle. At Darnieulles all the houseswere destroyed and a few were spared

at Eiixiorges. Hundreds of familieshave been rendered homeless, andmany asleep at the time losteven, their clothes.; The bursted res-ervoir which supplies the canal issituated at Bauzey, and was formedby a dyke 500 meters long. It wasbuilt during, the years from 1879 to1884 and was strengthened in 18S8 and1889. It consists of a wall of masonrytwenty meters 'high' and ' twenty

meters thick -at its base. The founda-tion was nine meters deep. The bed -of the reservoir is of natural rock.The dyke was regularly inspected, anano signs' of weakness ;have been de-tected since 1890. .; V-_ " .

The damage done by the flood wasimmense, and" it "is" believed willamount to $10,000,000

TOLD OP AVILDEJS GUILT.

Witnesses Tighten tin- Net Around

: the Prisoner.LONDON, April 27.— trial of Os-

car Wilde and Alfred Taylor, chargedwith serious misdemeanors, was re- isumed at the Old Bailey court today,with a large attendance. Alfred Woodwas cross-examined by Sir EdwardClarke, Q. C, counsel for Wilde, buthis evidence was not shaken.

Frederick Atkins, described as a va-riety singer, gave evidence as to know-ing Alfred Taylor and others men-tioned during the trial. This witnesswas also questioned by counsel withthe view of showing that he received$500 from a foreign count whose yachtwas lying at Scarborough, but thewitness denied having received : themoney. After Atkins had repeated hisprevious testimony concerning his in- '

timacy with Wilde, and told how heaccompanied him to Paris as his sec- •

retary, Sir Edward Clarke severelycross-examined him, endeavoring toshow that Atkins was a professionalblackmailer, and that he had black-mailed gentlemen at Nice, Paris. andvarious other places. During the cross-"examinatlon, Sir Edward Clarkeasked: . .;;;-.';•;;

"Did you, two years ago, extort alarge sum of money from two Ameri-cans who were staying at the HotelVictoria?"

Atkins, in replying, said he had notblackmailed the two Americans. Thenames of the Americans alleged tohave been blackmailed did not tran-spire.

.'_. When Edward Shelby, the former em-' ploye of the publishers, Matthews &Lane, was testifying, and was askedto tell the jury: what had occurred inOscar Wilde's rooms, the witness pa-thetically appealed to counsel to read

vit from his previous deposition, andthus spare him the shame of repeatingit. Counsel, however, made the wit-ness repeat his story. The day wasoccupied by the examination of thesame witnesses who have already beencalled to the stand, and the testimonywas of the same character as alreadyoutlined. The trial was finally post-poned until Monday.

WHOLE VALLEY DEVASTATED.Scores of People Drowned and

Their Homes Demolished.EPINAL, France, April 27. — The

whole Avoire valley is a scene of ruinand desolation. The roads are strewnwith the debris from the houses, thebarns and the fences of the peasants.Many deal cattle and horses have beenfound along the route taken by theflood of water. At Demevro seventeenhouses were destroyed and twenty-five of the inhabitants were, drowned.At Oncourt three houses collapsed,but only one person is known to havebeen drowned. Seventeen persons, aremissing at Uxogeny, where sixteen

\u25a0 houses are" in ruins. It is believed atotal of seventy-six lives were lost asa result of the giving way of the dike. at Bauzey. Word - has been receivedfrom ; President Faure that he willvisit the scene of the disaster at once.

McCnrthyites Won.*. DUBLIN,.;ApriI 27.-The result ofthe election for : a . member of parlia-ment in the East division of Wieklowyesterday, to succeed John Sweetman,- who resigned -his seat 'on ~. account 'of•refusing any longer to vote with theMcCarthyites, and who "sought re-elec-

: tion as a :Parriellite, is as follows: Mr.O'Kelly (McCarthyite), V 1,253;

*

JohnSweetman (Parnellite). - 1,191 ; Col. Tot-tenham (Unionist); 1,165. r* -;;

Plantation Utiildingr* in Ashes;LONDON, April 27— dispatch 're-

ceived here ; by Lloyds states, that 180,---000 pounds of leaf -tobacco,, with anumber of barns and dwelling houses, 4

nave been entirely destroyed 'by -fire"

on the Kalian ' plantation of theGoemlar estate on the island of Java.

.' . .Malt Duty Increased. '-•CHRISTIANIA,April27.—The storth-ing has increased the Import duty on

malt from '28 to 50% ore, and on allcereals- for malting purpofas from.21.1.. to . 37.1 „ore per kilogram.v,- Thechange takes effect today. . - . •". .

TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED.Miscarriage" of »<. Plot X to Hold Up

an N. J*. Train. \u25a0'

TACOMA, Wash., April 27.—Five"masked g men | attempted*; to hold-upNorthern Pacific Train No. 2 six milesthis side of Clelum station, ;

which isnine miles from Tacoma. The .; plotmiscarried because the train ran 1,400feet after being signaled to stop, in-stead of 1,000 which the robbers cal-culated on. The railroad officials hadknowledge that the " attempt was tobe made, and had planned a warm re-ception. Ten • men were stationedwhere the express car was to berobbed of $30,000, sent to pay off theRoslyn miners. When the enginestopped the two ' robbers who 'were toboard it were too scared -to run 400feet to get on. The train, accordingly,went ahead. The two men startedacross the bridge, ran into a posseand were taken to Emmettsburg. Theirnames are Hank Harrington andJack Harrison. The others . escaped.

SHOT SANGER DEAD.TRAGEDY INVOLVING PROMI-

NENT MILWAUKEE MEN.

A BROTHER'S VENGEANCE

For (In Inhuman Treatment of.Hit* Sister— Result of Do- Vi-'.

mestic Broils.' : "

MILWAUKEE,.Wis., April227.—Emirl r

Sanger, a brother of Walter Sanger,was shot and killed by Robert Lus- ;

comb, ex-city attorney, at a. late hourtonight, and Luscomb is in jail. Sangerand Luscomb. are brothers-in-law' aridthere has been bad blood in the familyfor a number of years. Sanger's wifeis a sister of Luscomb. Tonight shesought shelter in

: Luscomb's house,claiming that her husband : was ill-treating her. Sanger went to Lus-comb's house, sought !

admission, and-Luscomb thereupon 'shot 'him througha, plate, glass .door with a : 'double-,barreled shotgun. The; charge enteredhis head.-killing him instantly.' "; : "

V.Mrs. Sanger's body is black and blue"'from the beatings that her husband"has given her, and she has been undera doctor's care for several days. .;"'"" ".

Emil Sanger is the' president of theC. M. Sanger Sons company, manu-facturers of; sash, "doors "and \u25a0 blinds,and is the well known bicyclist's elderbrother. . . '-.->'. \u25a0'\u25a0 W," ..',.' •':.".'"""\u25a0;''""

• Luscomb is the son of one of Mil-waukee's oldest and' best known fami-lies, and is a ding lawyer with. alarge practice. It is stated late to-night that Mr. Luscomb has

;repre-

sented interests in the courts adverseto his brother-in-law, and that therehas been no very good feeling betweenthe men either in a social or businessway for a long time. Mrs. Sanger isthe divorced wife of Frank Jermain,ex-treasureV* -of the Wisconsin Tele-phone company, and married the mur-dered man three years ago.

Mr. Luscomb says that Sanger cameto his house at 11:45 tonight and bt«-gan kicking at his door. As he (Sang-er) had warned his wife that he wouldkill her if she went to Luscomb's, hewas afraid for his own and his sister'ssafety, and he fired the fatal shotMr. Luscomb says that Mrs. Sangerhas suffered the hardest kind of treat-ment from her husband, arid is nowunder the care of Dr. J. H. 'Johnson.

Mr. Luscomb fiaid further: "For sev-eral months Sanger has' been 'making !threats against -me. He said to _..'_ ;Barney, of- West Bend, that, he wouldkill me on sight. I kept out of his wavand went away Jan. 10, and was/ gonefor two months." After I came back

:he continued his threats.

"I had two men. stopping at my >house Monday, and in the afternoon,;about 3 o'clock, -Sanger ..came thereand said to one of the men: ''Is this!where that Luscomb lives?' • * \u25a0 •' ;."

"The man replied: 'Yes; Mr. Lus-comb lives here, but is not at homeSanger replied, so I am! told, "Well Iwill go and see. for myself.' He wentup to the door and rang the. bell, but :there was no one home and he went-away." . . , . . , ; ...WILL SUPPORT JAPAN.ENGLAND REFUSES TO JOIN OTH-

ER .POWERS

IN ASKING MODIFICATION

Of Treaty Terms Between Chinaand Her Late Con- '

. qnerer; ;. ..,'.' V

SHANGHAI, April 27.— is reportedhere that a high official in the .north isauthority for the statement that Eng-land will support. Japan, who '.will re-fuse to listen to the remonstrances ofthe other powers regarding the termsof the treaty of ; peace with ; China,which gives the Japanese possessionof Chinese territory. A dispatch re-ceived from a private .source in Japantoday says that the condition of af-fairs ' between Russia and Japan isbeginning, to look very serious.

;" '-\u25a0 —— r \u25a0• .' •• \u25a0-"•\u25a0;LONDON, April- Inquiries made

in official circles here today in regardto the Shanghai dispatch' of this morn-ing would seem ;to show that GreatBritain does . not favor*\u25a0' the annexn-tion by Japan of the Liao Tung penin-sula" but that she did not see her wayto join at this juncture .in the demand !of the other powers*' - -;V--"

J PARIS, April : 27.—1t is reported *onthe bourse here that Japan has agreedto revise the terms of the ; treaty -of

.peace with China, as desired by the in-tervening powers.

' ST. . PETERSBURG, April 27.-Thesupreme military authorities have heldconferences during the week, In orderto decide upon the military measuresto adopt ;against Japan : in the eventof the rejection. of the .Russian de-mands \u25a0 regarding a , modification of the

terms of- the ' treaty peace arrived ;at -between Japan ;and 'China. : V

What lie Does. *;\u25a0

Indianapolis-Journal. .1 ; '..;. Mrs." Watts— Don't you- ever do any-thing at all?" -,*" ;: s -

'\u25a0- Weary Watkins— Oh, ' yes, V mum., Sometimes I does ; time. \u0084...-....

BRITISH IN GORINTOTroops Are Landed and the

Customs House Taken Pos- v: V session Of. v v

NICARAGUA CHECKMATES.

They Desert the City and De-clare It a Closed

Port.

ZELAYA MAKES A PROTEST

Before All Nations "Againstthe Outrage of British ;

Occupation." ;

NEW YORK, April 28.— As-sociated Press yesterday cabled Pres-ident Zelaya, of Nicaragua, askinghim for an expression of opinion asto the situation in that country.Shortly after midnight the followingreply was received: V'-VV*'-^;

Managua, Nicaragua, April 27.—Associated Press, New York: Nica-ragua protests before all nationsagainst the outrage which GreatBritain inflicts upon her by the mili-tary occupation of the port of Corin-to, in order to seize from her byforce a sum of money which is notowed, in absolute disregard of inter-national laws, and of. the dictates ofright, justice and equity. Nicaragua,alUhough counting upon the sympa-thy of all, as she is powerless to op-pose the aggressor, is ready to sub-mit the case without fear, bewailingher smallness and her weakness.

TROOPS LANDED.

Nicaragua Immediately Declaresthe Port Closed'

WASHINGTON, April 27. — Theevents of the day in diplomatic circleshere were the landing of the Britishtroops at Corinto, Nicaragua, the

abandonment of the town -by thenative - officials and the population,and the shrewd move of the . Nic-araguans in declaring Corinto a closedport. The first news of these eventscame in the afternoon. Dr. Guzman,the . Nicaraguan . minister here, ' had*been waiting for several hours at. thestate .department to \u0084- see SecretaryGresham. He was in a fever of anx-iety, and in the absence of news fromhis • own government came .to learnwhat the department had received 'asto the British movements at Cirinto.He was unable to see the secretarythis morning, as Mr. Gresham had

-been suffering' from a severe , tooth-ache, and was obliged to spend sometime in a dentist's chair. At noonthe minister returned to his home forluncheon, and found there were twocablegrams from his government for-warded from San Juan del -Sur,' theNicaraguan cable about 12!" milessouth of Corinto. The first cablegram

stated that the British troops had ;

"LANDED AT CORINTO, V

and that a British flag was flyingover.the town, which had been desertedby the Nlcaraguan officials and \ the'

native. inhabitants. The second cable-gram showed that the authorities had-gone to San Juan del Sur, cutting thewires connecting the cable port with.Corinto, so that the British forces atthe latter place could not communi-cate with their., home government • ex- jcept by sending a boat to the cablestation. The main body of the Nic-araguans who had abandoned Corintohad crossed a lagoon which separatesthe town from the mainland, and had"strongly entrenched themselves. Thisinformation was promptly communi- [cated to the state department." Mr. jGuzman, who has been in. ill healthand has suffered so much from thenervous strain of the -last few weeksas to be obliged to take to his bedthis afternoon, . would "not do so 1 untilhe had gone through \ the rain to seeSecretary Gresham and officially com-municate the substance of his cable-grams to him. ' The news it was ap-parent was not expected by the statedepartment, which had never believedthat the Nicaraguans would go ';tothe length of permitting the occu-pation of Corinto in preference topaying the indemnity. That the onlydifficulty in the way of a speedysettlement of the trouble was thatarising :from raising >the money hast-ily,-and- that -, the British admiralwould be "indulgent on Vthis pointwhen once satisfied of the dispositionof the Nicaraguans to comply withthe terms of the ultimatum otherwise",had never been doubted by the de-.partment. '

For this reason the first reports ofthe occupation of Corinto received, atthe department _-. from unofficialsources were discredited, and doubtexpressed as to their accuracy. Thesecretary had been' unable to obtainany direct information from any of hisown agents as to the "action of theBritish, probably for the reason thatMr. Baker, our minister to Nicaragua,

is not at present in that . country,"and there is no charge at Managua."There is a consular agent at Corinto,

'. Henry Palazio, but . he . is not anAmerican, and could scarcely be re-lied upon in a matter* of this kind tokeep the department informed in the:

. absence of express orders. The situ-ation-at Corinto is. now "-.-"\u25a0 - Jv !;

- REGARDED AS OMINOUS jV

of serious trouble, for the dispatchesindicate that the Nicaraguans are ' dis-posed to resist any further advanceby the British. - * :. -?'\u25a0'. .".". """.

V -The information reaching here is tothe .effect , that the Nicaraguans may

further . isolate * the British "at Corinto ).by burning .the -bridges . across '

t the;lagoon, separating the town from themainland. V The British position issaid to be" very-,bad from a strategic

standpoint.-" The town is practicallyon an island,- being separated from themainland by a stretch of -marshy*ground. -This is traversed by bridges

and without \ them Corinto . is cut offfrom the shore. .Th«":Nicars%uaiii_

have retired to- the shore end 'of th*,bridges, and those well '. informed > on.the situation believe that if the :Brit^ish make' any move to cross the lagoon 1

the bridges will be burned and the 'lit-tle band vof; Nicaraguan ,. troops willmake ; a stand against "[" further en-i .nun mm iiiw> .-' i*~£.

< The British are * evidently, appre-hensive of ;trouble on this score, asindicated Yby \u25a0 * the cablegrams - fromColon, Ishowing that the three vessels, \u25a0

the Royal Arthur, the Wild* Sw^iand the. Satellite" have been so placedas to command the town. . 'j •. . V ".

WITH THEIRa

GUNS.It is probable that this disposition

has been made so as to insure the oc-cupying forces, numbering about : 40(Jarmed men, .from an attack by theNicaraguans,- . rather than with anydeliberate purpose of bombarding thetown, for there is 7no *evidence thatthe British desire. to advance into theinterior at present, and it is certainly,not a part of the original programmeof operations, as made known to ourgovernment, to bombard the place.The , news of the situation at Corinto -'created a commotion here, and partic-ularly in the state department. SirJulian Pauncefote, the * British am-bassador, came to : the department,and : after remaining in private con-sultation with Secretary^ Gresham fora short time,' the two repaired to thewar department to consult with Sec-"retary Lamont. The latter ,was : ab-sent at the time, but coming in laterrepaired , immediately to the state de-partment, and talked over matterswith the officials. "^VV V'V - V -.

• Later on, the news came to thedepartment through the Associated'Press from Colon that the Nicaraguan"*.government had made a sharp move:by declaring Corinto '

A CLOSED PORT.; .This" was evidently a disturbing ele-ment in the calculations, for Assistant

(Secretary "bid was at once dispatchedto the British i

embassy to confer withjSir Julian Pauncefote, a most unusual :

jproceeding in' department etiquette. •'V'"It-is said at the embassy that Sir

Julian Pauncefote, the British'ambas^''lsador, 'had not J received jconfirmationfrom the foreign office of the occupa-

ition of Corinto up to the close of} the! embassy': at .3 'clock. The embassy

L did not •'.expect',, direct \ informationfrom London; as it is said the foreign"

; office has no -occasion to communicate.with the British . representative • at;Washington. •••\u25a0-\u25a0'\u25a0 -'.' * . ' **\ '* •'.""'.

There can . be' no doubt that theaction of the Nicaraguans !in declar-Ing Corinto a closed port has "seriouslycomplicated *- this 'most '\u25a0 troublesome \u25a0

question, and even if there is no re-sort to hostilities at present it opens ;

a prospect of alarming events in thefuture, which may be, arid in fact are,even regarded as likely to : ". .<. -..;..'

INVOLVE THE UNITED STATES. Vdirectly in the affair, in spite of the

earnest: disposition- of the administra-tion to : avoid the : entanglement. The

action means that 'no goods can jnowbe jentered ; at Corinto, a port which

has heretofore received over half ofthe imports Into the country, withoutviolating the national law of Nicara-gua. The -.British^ may collect duties ;

if any goods enter the * place. Butthe latter would be liable to seizure themoment they crossed the British linesinto the interior. They must do thisto ; find a market, for the coast ! being :unhealthy,' . is 'thinly populated, • and -

.the great consuming class of the popu-lation lives in the interior. ...

The first, effect of the decree closing;

the' port, therefore, ; will . probably beto divert nearly all, if not the entire "

import' trade of-the place, to* Sari Juan idel ' Sur, or perhaps Realajo, a sea port "

near* by, for , it, .' is % Improbable" thatmany merchants will take the chancesof getting their, "goods' into Nicaragua^.through the * British lines', under thecircumstances. ;\u25a0.:-.' .. ----s : i

\u25a0 In this case, J the .length . of . the stay ;of the British at Corinto is problemat-

ical, conditional as it is upon collect- jIng' enough' 'revenue from customs tomake good " the :indemnity demanded. jBut • another consideration . arises at

•.this, point, for our government '"has:.been assured* that- the occupation .willnot be permanent, and indeed , the-:first paragraph Of the " .' " ' V.ftVv

CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY -t•expressly pledges Great Britain against);any occupation sof Nicaragua territory. jSo the problem will arise now to col-!lect the indemnity within a reasonable!time. This 'may be jsettled " summarily,by simply extending the occupation'and blockade beyond Corinto* so as - toJincluded 'all' the Pacific ports '"'of;Nicaragua. From the disposition,

shown by the Nicaraguans at presentthis can be done only by force, and it*is likely to ; add very largely to the ex-pense already ' incurred .in . the callec-<tion of the indemnity, which will surelybe added by the British to the originalsum. This course, ' moreover, wouldseriously 'embarrass the commerce of*

[ the -'United*' States, and on this point

'.Great- "Britain has ' given Secretary*Gresham c. certain assurances.- ; V-"*V f'I Another manner in which" the Britishmay be able to secure their ends is bya; prompt declaration of war, and an''INVASION OF NICARAGUA,:, v|i.

.Involving the capture of the capital, -Managua, and the imposition uponthe .Nicaraguans of the British* terms

:,

as the price of 'pe^ce. _V , \u25a0-:' JS- *':

It may be ' that ; the British govern-ment will be driven to the latter {coursein Interests ; of trade, our own as wellas that of her own merchants, whichshe is bound to safeguard. If^oods ;entered' at Corinto after - payment of'"duty,to the British occupants should, betseized in the Interior, the owners, Brit-ish or :American, would have ; a verygood \ claim for, reparation. , The only,

• question :. is as ;to \u25a0whose duty it :would ..be jto secure this, whether the United -•States', would, feel bound to- intervene .in the case of an American merchantin such case, and therein lies one of thefactors which may involve, our countrydirectly :' in the. dispute.; It. has been

"' asserted as a" hard ;and fast rule of Jin-ternational law that duties cannot, betwice collected, ; arid our "own govern- '.ment has ; taken an advanced po'sUlonbnJthis : question.*'; At; one - time . when - the

-.diplomatic /relations between ; GreatBritain and Mexico;were 'interrupted,

;and a revolutionary movement 'was iri^progress in the latter : country, a Brit-

,ish ship" entering one of S the 'revolt.*'IIionary .=_ ports vof|Mexico ;'paid ""duties ;.upon her goods -.". Up the insurgent*. 'Afterwards, | the Mexican.' governmeZtagain 'assessed *\u25a0; the* duties upon VtMesame goods, holding that the JInsurg-

\u25a0 ents had no authority .-, to . make thefirst collection,"; and- refusing to recog- inize it. The British minister atlngton, Sir Edward Thornton, appealed 'jto our government, Great Britain liv-ing rip representative in Mexico,! • to '

secure the "release of the goods" fromthis imposition. We acted verypromptly, " and obliged the Mexicans torelease "the goods; and to 'acknowledge; the;;. principle-, that duties cannot betwice levied. This .-case- differs Inmany important :feature's' from thatpresented by the , closure of .Corinto,and it is "difficult to ascertain the ap-plication of;, international *.law' In'.'this-last case, though the . general .broad

\u25a0principle, would seem -to be similar.' 7"£" NICARAGUA'S CHECKMATE.

I"---".; ."" • " ' •\u25a0"""""—:—:. .-..\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 '-•".••"It Only Complicate* arid Does Not

il..:.^.* 'Settle the Trouble. V\u25a0 >,B WASHINGTON, April 27. -The an-nouncement -."' from Colon -of -.theclosure of. Corinto by the Nicaraguarigovernment is" exactly what was ex-pected by the South American diplo-matic representatives : here, ""although*it has probably ; taken 'the administra-tion by surprise. As Interpreted here,it"means . that the-- Nicaraguan govern-ment, with an* intention; to circumventthe British; have withdrawn from Co-rinto the privileges of a' port of entry.

\u25a0 It'is expected that vthe, entire business:*sfithe ';port will thus be transferred toSa« Juan del. Sur, a -port lying 100,*feites""south' : of Corinto.

'MIt is undeniable that this action by;the "Ni^^guarisr.threa tens very seri-ously to ."cbfripilcate the already deli-I question. If the British can in-duce ship's^ to discharge at Corinto, ; aridpay to them the legal duties, theNicaraguans will probably refuse topertnit these - goods' "-to"-enter the in-

! terior, where the bulk of the consum- iing population lives. If the "British'i

\u25a0\u25a0] arc ' thus prevented from • collecting |j from customs a sufficient sum 'of jmoney to meet the indemnity demand- Ied iwithin the calculated" period Vof{

' time, ;in this case about . thirty days, jthe result may be hard \u25a0to . foretell. ;If"jthey' felt It necessary ; to continue the |

: occupation of "Corinto for an; indeflri-;ji lte period, they would be guilty of a j| 'violation of the ''assurance's "< that they{have. given our government. The only"i

I resort would appear 'to be an "extend !; sion of the occupation to San Juan del i[ 'Sir," or to any other Pacific . ports that J.may "opened;- In "place "of Corinto, |and this' would probably be obnoxious i

iCo us. as interfering .with our trade at j[ leftat, if; for no other reason. : It \u25a0 is.)[ iieared that the affair is rapidly !j infj_.roore : serious phases, and 'is shap- I.'mis* Itself so that our ' government may !jibe..embroiled - against Its-, o\yn . desires, jDr. Guzman ; communicated -officially,Ito Secretary - Gresham this ""afternoon' ]the news •-_he had . received by; cable ifrom '. Managua -of the I landing"*, of the

"

British 'at Corinto, and the abandon-*ment of the town- by the Nicaraguans.y - « \u25a0-'-.. i. -. '. .- . ./; . .. -; ;*il^»j.-.\u25a0; -- **-.r " . "*^-T*:—;—; -'" : * % ... .;**-. ...

CORINTO CLOSED.

Nicaraguan Government \u25a0 Given

'*£- «~ ,Formal . Notice.. - . \«-COLON, April 27.— The *Nic'aragUari.

government." in view ofjthe occupation'of Corinto by the British forces underAdmiral jStephenson, for- the -purpose."

\u25a0of collecting ,the customs revenues atthat port to' satisfy the demands" of"Great Britain for an indemnity for the'expulsion of Pro-Consul Hatch' andother British subjects from Bluefields,has decreed the' closing, of the port. |

\u25a0On account of this action of the gov- Iernment, the Panama;. Railroad com- jjpany'-has issued notice to . the age*it<

;of. the various . steamship '; lines " whose :

; vessels run to \ the isthmus, notifyingthem of the closure ;of Corinto, in or-der that they, may take .the. necessary

'action as to freight arid passengers enroute for Corinto." V, , ; . .

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SHUT OUT !FROM • ARMENIA.* \u25a0\u25a0'.'." r .\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-.- \u0084:,.;;..

Turkish ' . Authorities' Allow No..." Tourists in the .Country. .;,.,.

BOSTON, Mass., April* Advicesreceived here 'by "letter" from .Con- [stantinople. .- Two English -- newspa-

\u25a0 peris say: Correspondents recently ar-I rived "at ; Trebizonde from Constant!- j' riople' with full passports to go' : to -Erzoom. The officials "at- Trebizonde '

1 refused to "allow, them to continue their jjourney. The English consul "demanded i

* permission for them to go, and if{[: permission . was ; refused an \. indemnity !-of i thirty 'Turkish liras ($132) ; for each •

\u25a0 traveler. . The iauthorities / telegraphed '

to .Constantinople arid . the ' reply came ,back: "Pay the money but do not per-mit the men to go' on." ' "" -

vi: FIRE THIS MORNING. ].: > '.- .*, -.. - * ——\u25a0—:

Stock of the Capital Grocery Cora-: * '.'i-'-*V*'VV pany Ruined. ";

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|----'"AJ 3 "o'clock this morning a fire brokethe Capitol Grocery store, corner

Fourth' arid St. -Peter* streets. !The; busUdh"*,' contained several barrels of\u25a0

'gasoline in the rear portion, which: for*a 'Mine caused grave Ifears of ah ex-. plosion, yas Ithe "fire originated ;

tin the

vicinity " "immediateiy. surroundingjt*igri*t:.' The greatest loss will be from'the drenching the stock received, whichis quite heavy. .--.-/ -.- v.;" ;-\u25a0;"-*;-

OPEN TOJRAFFIG.Hastings' Handsome New

Bridge Formally TurnedOver to Public.

GOVERNOR DID THE DEED.

Company D and Many TwinCity People Participate in

. the Event.

Most UNIQUE structure.

Only One of the Kind in theConntry, and Probably in i

.{fi::^- r:: the World. ' S*Special to the Globe, "'.. .j"HASTINGS, April 27.—At the for-[ mal opening of the high wagon bridgejfor travel over the Mississippi at thisjpoint today, - the "declaration beingj,made by his excellency Gov. D. M.j Clough, the weather was perfect and

•jthe attendance | large, *from 6,000. tol 8,000 people being present, who shared Ijin Hastings' hospitality by partaking jI of an elegant free dinner in court jI house square. The city was gaily at-I tired. . Thousands of yards of bunting, I

\u25a0 with the national colors floating to ![ the breeze, decked the residences andI business houses of her public-spiriteu

j citizens. At the speaker's stand, cor-j ncr Third and Sibley streets, Kleist's II Second regiment band discoursed. choice music.and addresses were madej in connection with that of the gov-

\u25a0 ernor by Hon. jAlbert Schaller, of thiscity; Rev. Robert Forbes, of Duluth,

j chaplain of the senate; Hon. C. F.. Staples, of Meridota, and L. H. John-! son," of Minneapolis, general . North-I.western agent of the Wisconsin Iron| & Bridge company, builders of."; the.j Hastings high bridge, which is one of

! the -finest ; structures spanning -_ the.; river between St., Paul and SL Louis".

The - governor and the other distin-guished visitors, "accompanied :.".byKleist's Second regiment band, weremet at the depot upon the arrivalof the 8:42 train by the city counciland Company E, N. G. S. M., andescorted "to the Gardner, where an in-formal reception was held -before jtheexercises proper took place. V.The I

. state training school band from RedWing was present, "and made a cred-itable showing. VAt 3:37 p. m. Col.Joseph _Bobleter, of the Second regi-ment, arrived, being met by CompanyE, and an extended order drill wasgiven across the river. At 7:33 Com-

j pany D,, crack organization of thej state, "arrived^ from " St. ;Paul, ;"' givingj a creditable V exhibition drill on Sec-ond street. • The jopening ofI the new

| bridge greatly 'facilitates intercoursewith.the counties of Washington andPierce,' and will have an immediatetendency to largely increase" the tradefrom .that direction. V The bridge- isbuilt throughout in"a very substantialmanner, the iron and mason work be-

. ing first-class in. every particular,

and -is ;\u25a0 the only" one of, its . kind in•America, and probably in the world,a peculiar feature being the spiral ap-proach at the" south "end. The largespan" is 380"feet"in length and is cal-culated to carry 256*& [ tons besides

I its own \u25a0 weight, and * the smaller spanmore in "proportion. ' The beauif new

' structure will stand as a lasting mon--1ument to our citizens,- and the thanksof the community are due to: Mayor

' John -.Heinen, Irving Todd "Jr., , city

j clerk, and —members " of the city

1 council. 'V Aldermen Owen Austin,; N. ; Bailey, ,; Michael*{_ Graus, Nicholas j

' B. Gergen,*' W. R. Mather, J. P. Som-mers, Caspar Schilling,;E. E. Tut-tle and C. W. Westerson, upon theauspicious outcome of their .' labors.

Babe's Fatal Fall. ' : VV.VSpecial to the Globe. VVV:>"**-/'GRAND; FORKS, : N. D., April'27.—

The v: little V two-yehr-old V daughter -, ofGeorge Angus -.was", accidentally killed; .this afternoon by falling down Stairsand striking 'her** head 1 on' the brickfloor. VV ".V '''f-.'j".'.\':'i.' ')'•'\u25a0 : '"J" ».;' F{Tl^ Bride Didn't Materialize. {{'"£V"BRYANT," S. D. April 27.—EarnestNebringV a." German farmer " living; nearhere, decided -a short time ago to giveup •- single

-^^blessedness,?' but, unfortu- !riately,*: It seems" that the fates: decreedotherwise. He has been in correspond- j

ence with a buxom woman in NewYork, and finally she consented tocome to Dakota and become. his frauif he would send her $40 to pay herway. He sent the money and hasvisited every incoming train ever sinceIn search of his bonny bride. She hasnot put in an appearance yet, and Mr.Nehring lias about decided to chargeup $40 to experience.

< *\-T HAVE HOLMES.

Habeas; « ..r|ii!K Proceeding;** inCaK«* nt Lake City Defaulter.

Special to the Globe.ABERDEEN, 'S. 'D. April 27.—1n

the habeas corpus proceedings Insti-tuted -in behalf of Walter N. . Holmes,ex-cashier "of " the- Lake City, Minn.,bank,' charged with making false en-tries in the bank Look, Judge Campbelldecided : today that the papers weredefective: in several particulars • aridordered the Immediate return of Mr.Holmes. ,, Sheriff McKenzie," of Waba-sha county, attempted to take Holmesto. Lake City with a requisition withabove results. . . ".--•., _

; ItI'I.KTTEWILL VOID.

Judge ,Renders.'l|eel»iion~in Favor

-iVw _\u0084A»_*if Mrs. ,j'l*oi»*er©y.••'\u25a0'.' - '"-"-"*-'"'.' 'feuLua-H.^ Minn., April 27. -The

I noted Nehemlah .Hulette. will case* ini which a contest was "inaugurated byLucy A. who claimed to bethe common daw wife of the deceased,was ended today, when a decision wasfiled, by. Judge \u25a0:. Moer, ':\u25a0 finding. .Mrs.Poriieroy's . claims good and settingaside the will by which she was de-barred from"'sharing In the estate, andgiving, her' much valuable property.The case Involves $3C0,000.

M-WAM'S BODY; FOUND,

Every Evidence That the Captain

Wan Murdered for Money.

. 'dULUTFT, Minn., April Twoi Fins, who arrived in Duluth today, re-! port finding the dead body of Capt. J.McNab, In a small lake near this city.As tho captain had considerable "moneywith him lien he • disappeared twoweeks ago, it is; believed he was mur-dered and his body thrown into thelake. The coroner will bring it" in"Sunday. - " ;;'--':y.'-rr.-7 --_-..\iZ-

I '•'. Csarrulled Tramps.

!-; ROCHESTER. Minn., April" 27.—As- .sistari t Marshal Ranfranz shot a vag-rant who resisted arrest at the rail--way depot last night. The* bullet lodgedIn his hip, but the wound was ; not

-serious.- The fellow taken. to theRiverside hospital. .j .Five confreres

: were : afterwards ;"corralled* and now'• languish in police cells. All-are welldressed, and' are presumably profes-sional crocks. • • \u25a0-/'-*•*-.

Epidemic at Renville.

RENVILLE. Minn., April 27.—An epi-demic of 'measles Is raging here and

! threaten." to turn the entire communityInto a hospital. Diphtheria is also epi-demic in the town of Erlcson. Wheatis growing in fine shape and promisessplendid harvests, although It is toodry for meadows. \u25a0' . V"VV [v"C-'V'

No Longer *. Pop Organ. 'EDGE LEY. N. D., April .27.—The

Edgeley Mail, for so many years aDemocratic and .Populist paper, haschanged hands, Grant & Hancock hav-ing sold out to the Mall Publishing :company. C. H.'Shlels, a local Repub-lican politician. Is the new editor.

Cap liired In North Dakota.MONTEVIDEO. Minn., April 27.—

John J*. Hildestad, who passed theforged note of Hans Larson for $175on the Chippewa County bank, hasbeen arrested by Sheriff Amundson, atJamestown, N. D.. Aawif the MiMitinjr.

OWATONNA, Minn], April War-rants are out for the arrest of George:Brookings, a' barber, who has en-trapped several people of this city.Brookings came to this city some twomonths ago. and since then has playeda confidence game. He is now absent.

Bends for Waterworks!.ST. CHARLES, Minn., April 27.—At

a special election this city voted $17,000bonds for, waterworks. "The vote was224 for and 100'agalnfit.-. Contracts willbe let and work commenced as soon aspossible.

Jury DlaaKreed.PINE ,:CITY,"'.Minn., April 27.—jury disagreed in Ithe Green . murder .

jtrial. .- They were discharged and theprisoner released on bail till fall term. :He killed-. Glenn, of Sandstone, in aquarrel last November. ""\u25a0'". "

".: Resitting- -\Vantis to Pave. 'REDWING, Minn., April 27.—The '-

City council .will. in all probability take'into cons era the matter :of jhav-ing the business streets here paved.

Cs.rfew- for"o'vatbiinn. .':'\u25a0- OWATONNA. Minn., April 27.—Owa-torina is :to have ;a- curfew ordinance ;such as is .now ,in effect in Stillwaterand other cities in our state. '\u25a0'.'-'• *

DEBS GASES ENDED,Or Practically So, Says His.

Chief of Counsel, W. W.Erwin. ...

CHOOSING THE TRIAL JUDGE

Olney's Move a Most Surpris-ing One, If Reports Are

Correct.

DOUBT IN ERWIN'S MIND,

Emphatic Declarations of Be-lief by the Commoner of •

the Law. v

Counselor W. W. Erwin, chief of thelegal army of defense in what havebecome known as the Debs cases,believes that the government has be-gun to realize that the indicted mencan never be convicted"?

A GLOBE representative called onMr. Erwin last evening to ask for anexpression of opinion on the action ofAttorney "General Olney in puttingoff the day of trial. With a reticenceborn of his regard for the professionalspirit, the great lawyer declared atfirst that there was nothing to besaid. When the interviewer urged,however, that even the smallest move-ment In such a famous dispute is ofdeep interest to the people, he con-sented to talk on this latest develop-ment, as it is regarded from the stand-point of the defense.

"Allow me to premise what I shallsay," he remarked, "by the state-ment that I cannot believe the news-paper reports to be well founded. Ido not think the men who sent outthose reports have secured and pub-lished the real facts.

,'^".^VV• "In what respect do you considerthe reports faulty?"

"To explain what I mean It will henecessary to go back almost to thebeginning of the cases. In the first

place, injunctions were issued inIllinois, Kansas, lowa and Missouri,not to specify further. On taking up

"my • work for the defense, I madestrenuous personal efforts to get ahearing of the civil questions in-volved at some point

AWAY' FROM CHICAGO," :'Vthe seat of war. In that attempt Iwas not successful. None of the judges

. appealed to would consent to hear the.: arguments. Judge Caldwell ..'wrote,:; me . to,*-,the effect that we could not •' choose -our judge. (On this statement •

Mr. Erwin dwelt with emphasis.)

His . position was that we must, go-on'before Judges Woods and- Gross-cup, and that we were forced to do

.at Chicago, under !circumstances andsurroundings peculiarly against us,arid amidst an exhibition of prej-udice |on the. part of the ruling ele-ment that could not bode any good toour position. "

"Now, to say' or intimate that thechancellor- of the government deferstrial because of the Illness of a par-ticular judge, and in order to choosetheir own judge—which such a movewould amount to, in effect is to say

that there is' being attempted a moatdesperate assault on a sacred' consti-tutional guarantee right to a fairand a speedy trial. If the defensecould not choose a judge, away from

the center of prejudice and passion, tohear argument on vital issues thatshould have been settled, as we main-tain, before : the main action was

brought *to trial, • how much moretlarigerpus to the constitutional spiritit would be for the government-^strong, powerful and all-controlling—«

to attempt toT abridge the right of citi-

zens' trial without unnecessary delay,

. The right of trial by jury, the safe-guard that there must be an .indict-ment by a grand jury, will

NEVER BE SURRENDERED."If the chancellor oould say, ot

should undertake to say, that a citizenmust be tried as he desired, and on

. before a '• judge to be chosen by him,then the federal constitution wouldvery quickly be amended."

There was an earnestness of man. -ncr about the speaker, and a virilityoilanguage, when he uttered the wordsquoted, that cannot be given in an off-hand report.

"Do you regard the attorney gen.eral's action as indicating a disposi-

tion to allow the cases to drop?" waiasked.

"Most assuredly. In my opinionthey realize the hopelessness of evetmaking criminals of Debs and [ his

associates. I do not believe the casesWill ever come to trial. Why, sir, (andhere Mr. Erwin became vehement) in-

stead of being lawbreakers, or the in-citers of lawlessness, the peace andsafety of Chicago were preserved bythe wise and patriotic counsels of Mr.Debs and his companions at Dirthall. I was there, and I know. It 13the most sublime farce this side ofhades to attempt to brand those menas criminals. The report of the boardof arbitrators appointed by the presi-

dent placed the blame for the violenceand the lawless; work of the mobsupon the shoulders of the railroadmanagers. In the future the verdictof the public conscience will be thatDebs and the . others -who were in-dicted . with Vhim acted the part ofpatriots at the most critical momenliin the history of that great strike.*'

DRILLMASTER AND RECRUIT.While •'. Mr. . Erwin and • the repor

were still talking,^ Capt. Wilkinson, o{Fort Snelling, joined them. Incidentalsly, the captain; spoke, of being down,for a speech at the Grant anniversarjcelebration of Acker post. . This ledErwin to remark that he detests mak-ing a speech. " He has never com-mitted to paper but two-speeches, bo-fore, delivery.; Asked about, the greatspeech delivered in court lat Chicago,on:behalf -0f... the "A"R. U. leaders, hesaid; he had riot formulated any. pariof it; when ; he rose to speak. He had.eaten scarcely anything in the twenty*,

\u25a0four"; hours preceding,. and when pos-sible, went -" to ."sleep . in order to keejfrom thinking. V; - V-' -' : Another ; interesting point -: developedfrom Capt.;- Wilkinson's presence. In'CI Mr. Erwin undertook : to ' raise '• acompany "of volunteers in ;his county, ;

and that he might be able to drill them

ST. PAUL, MINN., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1895.— TWENTY PAGES.

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