Show tae E LAMONT WW MURDER A california crank suicide I 1 confesses aba murders attributed to durrant says that he not only Murd murdered ercil mrs Bl anther but also lamott lamont and aad minnie williams californian authorities do not cot believe the story houston tex tes nov as A ial to the tha post from morgan tex tes lays ays joseph E Blant ber alias forbes forbe committed suicide in the meridian n ail in this county on march 2 last developments of the pat few ilys days brine to light the fact that Sl lant anther ber was the self confessed perpetrator of even more startling rimes than was the murder of wre mrs Lar langfeldt gfeldt in son san francisco brantil col or for which he was hunted while Blant tur was incarcerated n the meridian jail there was also aho a fellow prisoner named pitts who was arrest arrested td on tome minor charge and occupied the cell adjoining that of Bl anther obber pitts is a farmer who now not lives near dear iredell lr edell in this bounty ou nty and is known to have conversed with Bl anther during his big wo we or three days confinement in a letter to word dillar fc word attorneys of meridian under date of nov 22 mr pitts pills enclosed a letter idler from blyather Bla ather and says aa adani n I 1 cooki no k ing ng n g through rough tl tb birou ome pap r hat MO I 1 in than han mi H t and I 1 find the enclosed sheet which speaks for itself the paper alluded to here worked through a hole in my pocket herice hence the delay delav in not dig them fooder I 1 now re klember that forbes or Bla Bl anther uthe aked me on the evening he took ifie he poison which coat was mine of beveral ever ll that were hanging in the ell he occupied I 1 never dever thought urther of the question he be asked until I 1 found the letter he wrote send it to you for the reason that ou best know who to notify in california I 1 hope that it may be worth something Bom ething to you in the way of saving durrant of califor lia da who I 1 understand is ia sed sentenced fenced 0 0 death for killing miss lamont lament following is the Bl anther letter meridian jail to mr pitts pitta As this is my last day on earth wish to say that I 1 cannot die without vit hout telling is a truth I 1 mur dered sirs mrs Lag langfeldt fedt also blanche amont and minnie williams I 1 put iut this in your coat pocket and lope you wiil find it in time to ive ave the life of durrant it may den be of service to mr womack it petting getting his hia reward money I 1 want nant you to have my watch for our kindness to roe me you have ny beat wishes and I 1 hope your roubles rou blei will end but not cot as mine dins signed rOI FOBBES LIBER the letter written by Blant blancher Bl anther lier was war compared with a letter written v him to county treasurer rn ran lle ile while le he Bl anther was teach ug school at copperi Kop peri this county nd ind the identification is is pro i bounced to be beyond doubt rudasill of the first na tonal bank of meridian says it compares favorably with Bl Blant authers bers handwriting land writing while others have hesitancy tesi lesi lancy tancy in in pronouncing the last written written by BI Bl anthor anther the ori ari lual inal written confession is now io in lie he possession of word dillard vord V jorj ot of meridian meridan who will notify he be san francisco francieco officials of the bartling tart ling confession san ban francisco nov 23 no ci is ia placed by the tha authora 1 ties here in the alleged confession of Bl anther or forbes forbe made in the meridian texas jail that he be murdered blanche Blan clie lamont and minnie Willi williams lilliarn arn in addition to lo mrs langfeldt Lans feldt BANKER BURNS DEAD BE td london nov 23 mr walter burns manager of the banking house of J 11 morgan co died of heart failure this evening 0 at his country residence thou though gh h ha 3 had been ill for some time past his big death was unexpected OFFICERS GOT HIM THIS biste tiste kingman kass kae nov kov 2 23 alva H boohen the young cattle thief who held up three officers who had I 1 arrested him at emporia En last week and escaped was captured at cheny last laet nihl night ile he was dia covered on the blind baggage when the train left goddard word was gent cent to cheny where three effir of ers with winchesters Win chesters got the drop on on the young desperado and made him hand bard over thre ohve e revolvers kooken was sent pent to the reform school over five years ago and is not over 21 years of age he has served a term of two years in the penitentiary BRITISH WIN ANOTHER VICTORY brats brass guinea coast nov iov 23 the troops commanded by major arnold consi consisting stif of ISO men ae e longing to the niger constabulary with field and ma maxim aim guns which was sent to subdue e the slave trading prince of aidau who was entrenched in a plain four days march from the river and who for a month before alip th departure of the troops had bad been raiding the tribes for sixty miles around his headquarters landed at etoie nov 14 and marched direct to the princes prince s stronghold the afrew af tew and rilles there was a hot eap engagement gement the boussas charged up 1 lo 10 0 the eight foot wall burrou surrounding ud in 0 the place and completely rot routed cited the defenders odera the prince fled to the bush the town was burned and evacuated on november IS the enen y lost heavily the british force had bad two men killed and twenty two wounded f FOOTBALL PLA placers ERS INJURED cleveland 0 nov 23 baldwin university has a football sensational the eleven went to tiffin on saturday and played the tiffin team and arrived home at midnight with one of its members seriOUS seriously 17 injured and the others left one member at tiffin liffin also in a dangerous condition captain reed of keene ohio has concussion of the brain and is still uncoil unconscious full back young coach for baldwin is ia suffering from injuries to the bead and is still delirious at last report the baldwin men claim that the tiffin team put in a ringer in the second halt ball who after throwing rowina th reed down jumped on his head lie 11 repeated the performance in the case of young aced remained unconscious and was carried to the train in that condition when the team was almost ready to board the train young wa was missed after a search of several hours he was found wandering about in an alley out of his head he ad ile he was taken to a hospital in tiffin where he it iq now A stop of five hours was made at shelby where captain reed was attended by a physician ian the affair has halt created intense excitement SAN aa PEDRO WILT WILI HB BE ISET washington nov 23 I 1 secretary alger in reply to a question as to what course he ir tended to pursue in the matter of advertising for proposals for constructing the breakwater in san pedro harbor said he be had received many telegrams frena proprietors of newspapers and others offering to publish the advertisement gratuitously it if it should hould i be found that there is i no co appropriation available B but 11 t as the jaw does not permit of the acceptance of gratuitous service he has aked the comptroller of the currency whether there is any fund from which the expense of advertising can be paid should the com comptroller r reply in in the affirmative the fun fund da th thadlie atlie ni may ay designate will be used for the purpose but should ile ho reply that there is no fund available the secretary of war will advance the money assuming the aik lik li k of if bein being g beirn reimbursed buried by congress battleship oN riRE san francisco nov kov 23 the call save the coal bunkers in in the U S battleship oregon can caught alit rire fire sunday evening and for over four hours boura the crew worked to smother mother what looked like a costly blaze there were over tons of coal in the vessel and prompt action alone saved the ship chip and the fuel the fire is supposed to have started from water leaking into the coal bun bunkers lers this would eventual eventually Iv cause a terrific heat from accumulating acquin u lati 3 g gases luckily the fi fire re was discovered before it had gained much headway an alarm was immediately immediate lv given and orders were issued tore to remove move the coal from the vessel to the wharf were attached and connected to 10 the lower part of the vessel in an attempt tS smother what fire mi might ht have been beeg in other parts part of the ship the men went to work with a will but the task was 11 larger than had bad at first been supposed the work was done with difficulty as the smoke hindered hin derea tee men in their attempts to put u he blaze during the wl whole after the fire had been d INA entire e d din jt 1 A rt ns asbe t b e i booking and aad me 2 oal and it was not until daybreak daybre alc that the men vere ere allowed to leave their work the warship will be dry docked within a few days davs and righted after which she will be coaled and her ammunition placed on board when she will be ba ready for action about one third the actual sad figures ura the present death rate of forty starving ones daily had it been constant kineg the he beginning of weyler would have wiped out the entire before now the total daily death rate varies from sixty I 1 five to seventy venty fe ott on novem beroth lied died physicians claim the daily average should bs be eighty at this rate in little more than a year MaD lanzas will lie be a graveyard and in less than three months there will be no more con centra cent rados doa although the conditions may change for the cithens citi yens ens of mantanzas there is little hope for it enforced visitors general Blan blancon cos relief measures although humane are wholly inadequate if carried out b by the local authorities they come yoo loo late soldiers rations even with jerked beef and cornmeal added will kill more than they will cure the starved condition coc dilion or of the wretched bipeds here ii buch that expert medical testimony d dooms on one e half of tle the 3 con cent rados left to death and if the rations issued are the same as the spanish soldiers here now b barely a rely exist on the sa same me testimony declares that at least 2000 will die the starving are not lot likely to get even that much |