Columbus Chronicle, 1900-01-27

Murray and Blank Rudolph. Murray and Rudolph have been released on bail. All the others are in jail in Utica. The first break on the Forestport feeder occurred on July 21, 1897, the second on September 18, 1898, and the third in the summer of 1899. The breaks all occurred in practically the same place, where the feeder runs along a hillside, a heavy bank of earth supported by piles forming the canal. Word reached Colonel Partridge last summer that a man in Buffalo had told a strange story about the canal having been blown up in 1897 and 1898 for the purpose of bringing money into the town of Forest Forestport. - port. Forestport. The cost of repairs was practically all profit for the town. Every man who owned a horse and wagon found employ employment. - ment. employment. The lumbermen sold piling. The saloon and boarding house keepers reaped a golden harvest from the money left there by the laborers, who cashed their pay checks every day and spent all their money at night. Mr. Partridge consulted with Attorney- General Davies, who advised him to follow the matter up, and the story was being In Investigated - vestigated Investigated when the Forestport feeder went up for the third time. Incidentally, it may be remarked that the total cost of repairing these three breaks amounted to $129,545. Colonel Partridge employed detectives who wont to Forestport to live. In time the detectives wove a net of incriminating evidence about practically ail the persbns who were engaged in the conspiracy. They located and identified the men who used dynamite on the canal banks. They got evidence of the first meeting at which this novel method of enriching a com community - munity community originated. They discovered the men who carried the subscription paper about the town, raising the fund for the dynamiters. Presently they got one of the conspirators in their clutcchs, and he promptly turned State's evidence. Every time they caught a new prisoner he promptly offered to turn State's evi evidence. - dence. evidence. In a short time the District Attqj Attqjney - ney Attqjney was in possession of moreevldencethan he needed. If he had adopted the policy the conspirators mapped out for him ho would Rave been long on evidence and short on conviction. Attorney-General Davies said that the evidence against the band was of the mort positive character. He did not think one of them could escape. Under the law the maximum penalty for each offence is seven years' imprisonment and <3lOOO fine. The enormity of the crime is increased by the fact that the Forestport feeder pro provides - vides provides the larger portiop of the water supply for the city of Rome. In consequence of the break in the canal last summer, Rome, during the period of drought, was practically without water, and the engines of the Fire Department had to be used to pump each day's supply from the Erie Canal into the reservoir. If a big fire had occurred in certain sections of the city/ Rome would probably have been utterly destroyed.

Domestic. The Evening Post, of Louisville, Ky., has a sensational article declaring that trea treason - son treason and revolution are in progress. It says that 100,000 men would go to Frankfort If the situation was understood, John H. Cook, a well-known, undertaker of Baltimore, Md., was married to Miss Ruby Becker, In pursuance of the dying wish of Cook's first wife, who died several days ago. Miss Becker had nursed her during an illness lasting several years. Albert Learned, formerly acting City Auditor of Pittsfield, Mass., was sentenced to serve one year in jail, having been found guilty on a charge of forgery. Edward Moore, an employe of the Hills Hillsboro - boro Hillsboro Coal Company, mistook his wife,Rose C. Moore, for a burglar, at their home in Hillsboro, 111., and killed her. The Supreme Court of Delaware has ruled that woman lawyers cannot practice before It on account of a Constitutional prohibition. Attorney-General Knowlton, of Massa Massachusetts, - chusetts, Massachusetts, formally suggests that confine confinement - ment confinement for life supplant the death penalty for murder in the State in the cases of women and minors under the age of eight eighteen. - een. eighteen. The training ship Dixie left Norfolk, Ya., for San Juan, Puerto Rico, whence she will go to the Mediterranean for a cruise. She has nearly four hundred landsmen 1 on board, and the object of the cruise is to train them for service on men-of-war. All these men are American citizens. The hamlet of Zeeland, Mich., with a population of 700, has raised $6OO by popu popular - lar popular subscription for Red Cross work among the Boers. Joseph New, an artilleryman at Fort Monroe, was murdered in Phoebus, Ya., as a result of a row. After an early evening row had been quelled New and his com companions - panions companions had a quarrel at the Indiana House. When they left the place some one -red from the house and New fell dead. The lowa Legislature met iu joint ses session - sion session and re-elected James H. Gear to tue United States Senate. Jacob Crumbling, whose home is not far from York, Penn., was fatally Injured by an explosion of dynamite. He put the fuse in the stove to thaw. It exploded, blew off one of his arms, wrecked his home and set Are to ;it. Crumbling Lad been blasting rocks. Mrs, George Sabal was beheaded at Vir Virden, - den, Virden, 111., by a passenger train. She had just arrived from Germany, and was met by her busband and a number of friends at the train. Husband and wife had not seen each other for ten years. Felix Morris, the well-known actor, died In New York City from pneumonia, after a week's illness. N. K. Goss, a merchant of Edenburg, Ohio, was murdered by robbers. Goss owned a general store. The robbers, three In number, escaped.

The reports of the committee on privileges and elections in the case ofM. S. Quay, who claims a seat in the United States senate on the strength of an appointment from the governor of Pennsylvania, were pre presented - sented presented in the senate Tuesday. The majority report opposing the seating of Mr. Quay was signed by Senators Caffery, Pettus, Turley, Harris and Burrows, the last named the only re republican - publican republican signing it. The minority re report - port report bears the signatures of Senators Hoar, Chandler, Prichard and Mc- Comas. all republicans, and advocate giving the seat to Mr. Quay. After discussing the circumstances at length under which the case was framed, the majority announces its conclusions as follows: "We think that the framers of the constitution never contemplated 'or intended to provide for a case where a state, by its own deliberate act, should deprive its legislature of the power to fill an entire term at its be beginning. - ginning. beginning. In our opinion, they never intended to give the executive of a state the power to fill an entire term by original appointment, unless, pos possibly, - sibly, possibly, in case where the legislature had chosen and the person elected had refused to accept or died before qualification. In other words, ,we conclude that the power of appoint appointment - ment appointment was not to be exercised unless the vacancy occurred in the recess of the legislature and was occasioned by some casualty like death or resig resignation." - nation." resignation." The minority report takes the op opposite - posite opposite view. Quoting section 3, arti article!, - cle!, article!, of the constitution, the minor minority - ity minority says: ''The failure of the gov governor - ernor governor to call the legislature together to elect a senator does not deprive the governor of the power of appoint appointment." - ment." appointment."

Ixdianabolts, Ind. (Special). - Bank rota-' bers have made an unusual record in this State. Three country banks were forced, the safes blown open and booty secured to the aggregate amount of about $lO,OOO Jn one night. The scene of one of the robber robberies - ies robberies was enlivened by a fight between citizens find th® fobbers, in which one policeman was wounded and one of the robbers shdt, bow dangerously is not known, as lie was taken away by his companions. Ths Commercial Bank at Silver Lake, Kosciusko County, was broken Into at 1.30 o'clock. It required two charges of dyna dynamite - mite dynamite to force the sate. The first explosion was heard by Night Watchman Burt, who wakened William Price and they went to toward - ward toward the bank. The second explosion oc occurred - curred occurred before they reached the building and a moment later they were mot by five men, whom they commanded to halt. The robbers opened fire upon them and some thirty shots were exchanged, Price having bls han'd and arm Wounded and the hopes id each crushed and splintered. One of the robbers was seen to stagger and heard to exclaim that he was shot, but a companion supported him and he was carried to the Big Four tracks, where the party boarded a band car. By this time several citizens had appeared on the scene and fifty shots were fired at the es escaping - caping escaping thieves. The robbers went to North Manchester on the handcar and there boarded a Wabash freight train, but left it at Columbia City and took to the woods, When last seen at daybreak two of them were supporting the wounded man, who seemed to be very weak. The bank contained something over $6OOO, and the robbers secured all the

Wiuhlnston Iteinn. A delegation of Puerto Ricans appeared before Secretary Root to urge measures for the relief of the people of the island. The Senate bill increasing the powers of the Director of the Census was passed, with a proviso that the printing miist be done by the Public Printer. Renresehtative James 8. Sherman, of New York, has declined to accept the sec seccretaryship - cretaryship seccretaryship of the United States Senate. Postmasters have been notified that the postage on letters to the Philippines has been reduced to two cents. In the Senate Mr. Pettigrev's Philippine resolution was tabled and '.n amendment to the resolution of Senator Hoar, calling on the President to furnish copies of the instructions to the Peace Commissioners, was defeated. The vote oil the latter was 41 to 20. The War Department reports that ex exports - ports exports from the port of floilO during the months of March and Armli 1899, ttggrated $549,88V-.j The House Committee on the Judiciary fixed February 13 as t je date for a general hearing upon the proposed constitutional amendment granting woman suffrage. Representative Loud, of California, has reintroduced, in modified form, his bill in reference to second-class matter. Under a now ruling by the Secretary of War, officers and enlisted men may wear the badges of their military societies and their medals of honor on occasions of cere ceremony. - mony. ceremony. Insignia buttons are still hatred-. Negotiations with other Countries for reciprocity treaties have been suspended by the administration because of the pros prospect - pect prospect that thoso already negotiated will not bo ratified by Congress.

The Canal Feeder at Forestport, N. Y., Blown Dp to Give Men Employment - Detectives Investigate and Unearth a ItcMiarkable Conspiracy Evidence Collected is of a Most Positive Nature. Albany, N. Y. (Special). - Practically all the civil power of the State has been used to detect; pursue and indict a remarkable band Of Conspirators and lawbreakers Who hive just been brought to book in Oneida County. The conspiracy consisted in blowing up the bank of the Forestport feeder of the Erib Canal Ln order that the community should prosper In consequence eg the work of repairs. The community was aware of what was going on, but the character of the men engaged in the enterprise was sdeh that they were afraid te tell the au authorities; - thorities; authorities; In the codrse of the investigation several mysterious disappearances have developed into murders, and the trails of some of the offenders have led detectives ail over the Urited States. As a result of a systematic effort by the Public Works Department, Attorney- General Davies, District Attorney Timothy Curtim Jr., of Oneida County, and Emer Emerson - son Emerson Willis, his assistant, thirteen persons have been Implicated in the series of out outrages, - rages, outrages, and eight have been arrested and are under indictment.

KILLS HIS ENTIRE FAMILY. Martin Bergen, Boston's Catcher, a Mur Murderer - derer Murderer and Suicide. Nobth Brookfield, Mass. (Special). - Martin Bergen, one of tho best-known ball players in the country and one of the Bos Boston's - ton's Boston's Club's catchers last season, killed bis wife and two children with an axe and then cut his own throat with u razor, at his kome, in the eastern portion of North Brookfield. He caught for the Boston Club last year, playing with the nine up to the closo of the season. At times during tho summer his action in disappearing from the team without notifying Manager Selee or the other players resulted in considerable fric friction. - tion. friction. Once he went to his home in North Brook Brookfield - field Brookfield and refused to play, alleging that he had not been treated well by somo of bls fellow-players and bls manager. After much persuasion Bergen was in induced - duced induced to return and join his club. Ho was five feet ten inches in height and weighed 170 pounds. Bergen at times had been subject to fits of melancholy and bad been the sub subject - ject subject of comment among hIG friends. This was noticeably the case last October, when he showed signs oi insanity.

Our Adopted Islf*uds. General MacArthur's troops are pursuing many small bands, killing numbers of the Filipinos and securing guns. General Otis at Manila reassured n dele i gation of Filipinos who feared the Vnited States woujd force the friars on the people. Nine Americans are believed to be pris prisoners - oners prisoners of Pijlllpplne insurgents in Tayubas province.» The tofAl customs receipts at the port of Havana xCuba, for the vear ended Decem December - ber December 31, f '9, was $14,072,114.79. Rara<<| Salsado, the Cuban patriot and the first Mayor of Santiago de Cuba under American rule, is dead. The American forces occupied Magal Magallanes, - lanes, Magallanes, Arovince of Cavite, P. 1., capturing twenvlinsurgents, including a colonel. General Ludlow is making an attempt to stow the practice of begging, which is assuring large proportions in Havana, Cuba* A Mttalion of the Nineteenth Infantry routdi the Sudlon rebels in the Cebu P. I. Considerable ammuni ammunition - tion ammunition was captured. Four Americans were wounded. Governor-General Wood at Havana has issued an order appointing a commission of three to study and report upon the prob problem - lem problem of taxation throughout Cuba.