Show OVER STOLEN TWO OF THE ringleaders RING LEADERS LODGED IN JAIL two trunks of letters found in rooms CHICAGO aug 14 A system of wholesale letter robbery extending over a period of two years involving the theft of thousands of letters including enclosures drafts checks orders aggregating an unknown amount known to exceed complaints were made against the chicago postal service and it was discovered by the police and united states inspectors frederick von and thomas 3 mack aro in custody and more arrests are likely to follow von claims he is a member of a noble family while mack is a car penter and a citizen of the united the discovery of the gigantic pilfer ings came about in an unexpected way was indebted to hia landlady and in payment tendered a check which she accepted and returned him the difference in cash the check proved a forgery and she placed the matter in the handsol hand the police who leaked the men m his room on north market street in searching this room the officers were astonished to find a with letters they had all been opened no postmark ana stamps were removed it was then ascertained that von occupied another room and when this was another trunk full of letters all in the condition described above iwas found at another room in the hotel was packed with broken mail matler anoa bunch of keys one of the keys was for railroad mail pouches and the other would fit any letter box in the city the captured mail matter was taken to the postoffice post office inspector the envelopes contained all sorts of queer things sent through the mails from dry goods samples and bits of jewelry to writing pads and photographs but that which showed the magnitude of the depredations was the presence of the piles of insurance polices and trust deeds draft checks money orders and promissory notes these represented in the aggregate nearly the largest check was one for 1000 drawn by a wholesale grocery house of chicago on the continental national bank numerous other drafts ranging from to and scores drawn for 5 each were found van was arrested saturday and confessed his guilt on monday post authorities are now investigating biow the postal kays came into his possession sas s as it is claimed fur thea arrests will follow it being supposed some letter carrier antici a loss of position had a duplicate of his key made and gave it to von sharing with him the proceeds today to day both men were before commissioner hogue mack who was arrested on suspicion because he had couched vouched for the genuineness uin eness of the check furnished to von landlord waived preliminary examination and was held to the federal grand jury under bau von case was continued until tuesday in bonds of the same amount both men are now in jail on u LONDON aug 14 the mill owners at blackburn having refused to grant 10 per cent advance in wages demanded by the calders carders car ders em havo gono out on a the Mas KOUE aug 14 A dispatch from Mas says a french missionary from the scene of the massacre at Sag aneti reports four italian officers in command of the auxiliaries killed debebe the abyssinian chief had men armed with muskets the report that tho Aasa ortin alexies proved treacherous is denied four hundred stragglers from the defeated column arrived at Mas exilea attempt io escape LONDON aug 14 A dispatch from bachand says thirty convicts en route to siberia made a desperate attempt last night to escape eleven were killed ten wounded and six escaped burned to denelli N J aug 14 tho cottage of J D mccarthy at the mount tabor methodist camp meeting grounds bumen this morning two children and their mother were bumen to death yellow louisville aug 14 A party of refugees from jacksonville florida passed through here today to day for the north three of them going to their homes in ohio one of them is an official of the louisville nashville road who was for a time in tho company of leon tuttle the passenger agent of tho louisville nashville who died at jacksonville on friday one of the party developed fever at waycross georgia and was put off the party only succeeded in passing tho quarantine ports by makin robust misrepresentations the latest ja ewi from tampa is to the effect that there are suspicious cases of sickness there three cases of yellow fever at manatee and two cases at plant city st augustine is still wildly alarmed 2000 persons havo left in tho last day or two jacksonville florida aug 14 the relief committee today to day telegraphed the florida in congress to urge tho immediate passage of the bill of relief appropriating now pending only one new case of fever is reported today to day every effort towards the suppression of the disease is being enado wora CHICAGO aug 14 A large dyna mito bomb containing enough explosive to demolish an entire train was found on tho chicago barling ton quincy railroad tracks c and balstead streets thi ing the police suspect ih inkers and their ers they have no clue however A wreck on the A r I 1 L A dispatch albuquerque new mexico baya eastbound Atlantic arid pacific lo 10 duo at yesterday hours behind I 1 tiago cotna aby a origan wreck which occurred oil the desert in california at a point known as horseshoe curve the train was run ning very slowly but the trucks of the express car it is claimed were not in good working order and refused to adjust themselves to the curve in consequence the car was pulled off and breaking away from the engine which it left on the track went tumbling down a thirty foot embankment pulling after it the baggage mail three emigrant coaches and two sleepers well filled with passengers all of whom suffered injuries more or less severe it is asserted the mad clerk who was badly bruised tried to telegraph to albuquerque for assistance and some wounded passengers tried to send dispatches to friends but the railway controlled the only wire and positively forbid the operator to send messages twelve hours after the accident the cassen gers were picked up by a special train the passengers were very indignant at their treatment particularly in the matter of telegrams and adopted resolutions condemning the companas comp anys actions result of mexican NEW A special from mexico says A man named medina will shortly be tried hero for killing in a village not far distant from the city an old woman levied tribute on families threatening those who refused with killing their children by sucking their blood she surrounded herself with all her paraphernalia of witchcraft such as brooms strange instruments etc she would often go out in a large open moor on the top of the hills where the superstitious inhabitants of the village watched her with awe making wild gestures uttering cries or gazing for hours together at tho horizon the whole village believed in her power and regarded her with dread A short time since a godchild of medina died and meeting the witch he asked her why she killed his godchild she answered that she had done it because its father had refused to pay her a monthly tax medina then turned away muttering that lie would be revenged the witch hearing him threatened to take the life of medinas own child and he then attacked her and dealt her two or three furious blows leaving her lifeless medina has been brought to this city his counsel is mr emilie comero and all the inhabitants of the village are ready to testify that the old woman was really a witch and deserved her fate the case shows how much credulity and superstition is still alivo among the inhabitants of the rural districts in mexico A Fra desry aul A lunching lynching Lyn ching miss au 14 A tragedy sunday night followed by a lunching lynching lyn ching yesterday took place at in this county E BK accompanied by a young lady was walking to church sunday evening when they encountered six negroes on the sidewalk who instead of yielding the sidewalk to the lady pushed her in a very rude manner Eo bertson remonstrated and was cursed by the negroes who said they would get him on his return from church was joined by three sc four of his friends and was telling them of tha conduct of the negroes when his party was rushed upon by the six negroes who began firing at the whites the latter being unarmed dr L W holliday was shot through the head and he will die armand white received a serious wound through the thigh and frank wallace was shot in the arm all the negroes escaped except bob broom the ring leader who it is known ahot holiday he was taken from the yesterday by a mob and strung up to a tree near the cemetery in the meantime two negroes ike broom a brother of the negro who was lynched and sam harris were captured and carried to reynold jail the others are being pursued and if caught there will be another lunching lynching lyn ching golden jubilee NOTEE DAME august 14 his eminence cardinal gibbons arrived at south bend this afternoon where he was received by a large delegation of catholic societies and an immense assemblage sem blage of citizens his eminence was welcomed to notre dame in an address by bev father calah president of the university to which tho cardinal replied in complimentary terms among other dignitaries who welcomed the cardinal are archbishop etler of cincinnati archbishop ireland of st paul and bishop burke 01 wyoming the occasion of cardinal gibbons visit is to assist in the celebrated golden jubilee of the Very leverend father seram founder and superior general of the order of the holy cross which takes place tomorrow to morrow emperor letter BEELIN august 14 emperor wiljam in an autograph letter sent by him to count moltke on the occasion of the letters retirement from the post of chief general of the german army says he only accepts the counts resignation because of his repeated requests to be relieved from the duties of his office and that in any time of difficulty he would rely upon the counts tried advice |