t, m- v HFWHW pyTqir j- vw-wj , rjfTfirf 1,T sjf,w t. r -Miv-qHir 'iilpinrfvuwvnwn-'T-ffpqpnrr' ! lW,i-JHWPWW PWfW$ ? MBiaauMiia VT HISTORIC KNOX COLLEGE. NOT AFRAID TO FIGHT. THE PRESIDENT IN ILLINOIS. V"f W SI, On Mm Cntnpus of tho ruinous School nl fiitehiirfnril.,tho rrcsldcntniid Clmrle Ihuory Smith Made Addrmse. GalosbuVg, lib, Oct. 8.0n the cam- pus of historic Knox college, where, 41 years ago, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas met in one of a ihcmorabie series of debates to de termine which should occupy u scat in the United States senate, President McKinhy and Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith Saturday de livered stirrinir addresses qqmmemora live of the contest bctwden thoso-'two" Tjrcat leaders of former days. . Congressman George W. Prince wel- corned the president to tJie-Tenth con fgrcssional distrietauid the greeting on behalf, of the people of Illinois Was spoken by Senator, Shelby M. Culloni. Tlic brief speech of the president was listened to with the closest attention, and punctuated throughout its de livery with outbursts of applause. Then followed the oration of the day, which was delivered by Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith. Mr. Smith's eloquent tributes to the char acter and services of both Lincoln and Douglas, and his reminiscences of old days in tho Illinois political arena were much appreciated by the im- mense crowd of listeners, some ol whom had been among the audiences which, in lSIiS, witnessed the polemic warfare between tho great emancipa tor and the champion of popular sov- -crcignty. HARRISON'S BIG FEE. Tho Kx-l'rcHldent In Somu Dancer of I.tis- Iiir II Im l'ii' hi CouiiHi-I for Vono- r.ucla at I'urln. Washington, Oct. 0. A suggestion is .made of the possibility that a diplo matie oilicer of the United States might have to be employed to collect a law yer's fee for an ex-president of the United States. The (situation, it was admitted, would be unprecedented if it presented itself, but it is not thought probable that it will. The fee in volved, so it is reported, is 5250,000 promised by the present Venezuelan government to Honjaiuin Harrison for his services as legal counsel of the Ven ezuela republic before the Paris arbitra tion commission. It was suggested that iti the event of the triumph of the insurrectionists in Venezuela, now al most at the gates of the capital city, the obligation of the preceding ad ministration might be repudiated, in asmuch as the benefits derived by Ven ezuela from the award are doubtful. In this case state department olllciuls are of the opinion that the debt would be regarded as one Of honor, partly on account of Mr. Harrison's high posi tion as the former chief executive of a republic whose good olllces were alone responsible for averting war and secur ing arbitration to Venezuela. TRAILED A BLACK ASSASSIN. iSJloodhouuds Ktin Down tho I'crpotrutot of Ono or tin. Most Itrutiil Crime Committed In lima. Eldora, la., Oct. D. One of the most brutal murders ever committed in the state occurred near Esthtir,yille, and by the keen aninu.l sagacity of blood hounds sent from Eldora one of the 'murderes has been captured, and the animals are on the trail and in good prospect of the capture of the other assassin. John Cairo and Hud Penny, two negroes, working on the new rail railroad three miles out of Estherville, waylaid Walter Lock, a laborer, and shot him as he was riding a mule to town, killing him instantly. No sooner . had the body fallen to the ground than the assassins jumped upon it and pounded it into an unrecognizable mass with the butts of their revolvers. Sheriff Pullen gave pursuit, traced the men to the railroad track and began shooting, lie hit Cairo, but tho man , got up and escaped. The Eldora blood hounds arrived and, after finding tho trail and a hard all-day's run captured Cairo near the Minnesota line. A NEW ORGANIZATION. Tlo American League Formed forth,! Pur pose of Optioning tlio Crow Iiijc AVurllUi, .Spirit. New York, Oct. . Holton Hall yes ' terday gave out a statement cono.ern- ing the formation of a new organisa tion, of which ho is temporary socre- tary, which is to bo known as the American League. The purpose of the American League is to oppose tho growing warlike spirit in tho United States. A platform realllrms the doc trines of the declaration of independ ence and says that others as well as the people of the United States should come under its beneficence. Its third and last clause says: "Wo adhere to tho American idea that government de rives its just power from tho consent of the governed," and tho conclusion Js "we are therefore opposed tq the use of force in tho extension of American institutions." To Deport ii Leper Woman. Washington, Oct. 9. Tho commis sioner of jmmigration is in commnni-' . cation with Gen. Shaftcr, at San Fran . cisco, with a view of securing passage on a transport for Mrs. Ii. M. Todd, a o vleper, living in San Francisco, whom it is, intended to deport to tho island of Molokai. 'Molokui is one of the Ha waiian islands, 40 miles leng, and is uscd as a Jeper colony. American Murine AViuleil In Water to Their Shoulders ntulMlrotn ltcbcls from Thntr I'ur In ,Niiir Munllii. Novelcta, Luzon, Oct. 0. Gen. Schwan's coliunn and Lowe's scouts "advanced from llacoor yesterday and occupied Cavlte Vie jo njid 'Novelcta'. Tho American loss was three otlloors and nino privates wounded, one. of tho 1 otlicers being mortally Hurt. There were twoslmrp fights near Novelcta. The marines and naval forces co operated with the troops. Tho gun boat's Wheeling, Petrel jinir Oallao Jay off the shore near Novelcta and threw shells into that town and Sauta Cruz for an hour preparing the way for tho marines to land. Two" battalions, con sisting of -ISO marines, advanced along tho peninsula from Cavlte to Novelcta. The only way was by a narrow road through swamp. A mile beyond tho marines' outpost tho column was sud denly received with a volley from trenches across the road. A Hank move ment was executed and the insurgents were driven from tho trendies, the marines wading through rice fields in turning the Hank of the enemy, who retreated to strong sand forts across tho creek dividing tho peninsula, de stroying tho britlgo across tho stream. Tho marines waded through more rice fields, forded the river in water to their shoulder and carried the forts, meeting with feeble resistance, tint llrst encounter having disheartened tho en emy. Squads were sent to Novelcta and burned the town and huts all along tho road from which tho enemy com menced tho firing. CONSUL WILDMANS" VIEWS. Ho TlilnltH tint Philippine Worth aStril- Kli) to 1'okhukr, hut (Son. ottx 1 Not AKRriiHHlio J'moukIi. New York. Oct. t). Ed win Wildman, former vice consul for the United States at lloug Kong, under Consul General Wildman, eamo home Satur day on the steamship St. Louis from Southampton. Mr. Wildman and his wife left Hong Kong in .Inly. When seen at the steamship lauding, Mr. Wildman spoke on the conditions in the Philippines and eulogized Admiral Dewey. "Tho Philippines," he said, "are well worth the struggle if tho people of tho United States want to retain them. 15ut at the present rate the war will be interminable. Gen. Otis is too old to conduct, a successful campaign and lie is not aggressive. lie tries to do the whole thing out there, and, like every other man who tries to do all', he does nothing successfully. The groat need in the islands is a young and aggressive man. It is a country for young men, and not for men of Otis' age. lie will never con quer that people, for .he does not un derstand them. They tire constantly imposing on him and fooling him." Tho I'aruell Statue. Dublin, Oct. 0. Daniel Tallon, the lord mayor, yesterday marched at tho head of a procession, which this year re placed the usual demonstration at tho grave of Charles Stewart Parnell in Glas nevin cemetery, and subsequently laid the corner stone of tho Parnell statue at the head of Sackville street. A largo crowd was present at tho ceremony, a great percentage of which was made up of persons in favor of the proposed memorial to Wolf Tone and groans find hisses were frequently heard during the proceeding. Com anil High Prices for Meat. Chicago, Oct. "J. The secretary of agriculture, .lames Wilson, who is in this city with the presidential party said yesterday that "the year's corn crop will be one of the largest in our history. Tho total yield, it is esti mated, will be between 2,:iOO,000,000 and a.SOO.OOO.OOO of bushels. Tne high prices offered for meats will incline the farmers to use their crop for feed ing purposes." (ruut'rt Men Af,'alu lu Action. Manila, Oct. "J. Gen. Fred Grant, with three companies of tho Fourth in fantry, two companies of the Four teenth infantry and a band of scouts, attached to tho former regiment, ad vanced from lmus Saturday, driv ing tho insurgents from the entire west bank of the lmus river. Three Ameri cans were wounded. Jt is estimated that ten of the Filipinos were killed. No Drums for 'I heir Scrtlies. New York, Oct. . The drum will be replaced by the cornet, or some other less noisy instrument, in tho services of the Volunteers of America. At tho field council of that order at Ulue Point, L. I., presided over by Gen. Hal lington Hooth, this action was taken, owing to the opposition of municipal authorities to tho noise produced by the drum cm the streets. The Southern Industrial Convention. Ihmtsvi.no, Aiu., Get. .. The South ern Industriil convention will meet hore Tuesday morning, Gov. Johnston, ui Alabama, welcoming the delegates. Tho dhi'tlKHlons will b confined to topic volutin g to tho development of the south, the motto of tin: convention being "lliisiness No Polities, No Sec tionalism. " Tho Solace Afrit ex from Manila. San Francisco, Opt. U.Tho United States hospital ship Solace, A. Dunlap commander, arrived i5 days from Manila via Guam and Yokohama. SJie brought over 100 discharged sailors from various vessels of the Asiatic squadron and somoolllcors on detached duty and some whose terms are about to expire. With Ills Ciihliict Ho Visited the Sol.llcri' Home nt Quliicy Col llryutt Heard III Address lit Canton. Quiney, 111., Oct. 7. President Me Kinley and his party arrived here this morning and cannon boomed aitl bands played as tlieV alighted from the train at thu grounds of Ihu Illinois soldiers' j home. The president was llrst escorted1 to an improvised platform, from which he bowed and smiled in acknowledg ment 6f tho v'ete'rans' grueling, shak ing bauds with as many as possible. The presidential party was next driven from thu soldiers' homo to the city proper, a distance of two miles. Six thousand school children, from nil tho schools of the eity, pnblie and paro chial, were inass,ed on the east side of tliq courthouse, waving flags and sing ing national airs as the president ap peared. The streets were literally packed with people. The procession went by a circuitous route through the principal business streets of thu eity until the public square was readied, where tho president and members of the cabinet ascended a platform to review long flies of veterans from tho soldiers' home. Afterwards short apeeehes were made by the president, Attorney Gen eral Griggs, Postmaster General Smith and Secretary of State Hay. Hetweun Quiney and Peoria three brief stops were made tit Macomb, Can ton and ltushucll. At each of theso btations the president was escorted from the train to platforms erected for thu occasion and lie made brief ad dresses. The entire population of these towns appeared to liavo turned out to greet tho chief magistrate and he was invariably welcomed with boundless enthusiasm and applause. Col. William .1. Hryan sat directly behind President McKinloy yesterday afternoon at Canton while thu presi dent delivered a brief address to tho citizens of that town. A street fair is in progress at Canton and Col. Itryan had been secured to deliver a two hours' speech. The Nebraskan was among the first to greet President lit' Kinley as he left the train and as cended thu platform. When the presi dent concluded hih address he turned and heartily grasped Col. Kryan's out stretched hand. "Good-by, Mr. Presi dent," said Col. llryan, and the presi dent responded with a word of fare well. This closed th. short meeting between the former rivals of lbUO, as the presidential train loft immediately. Col. Uryan delivered his address after the departure of the president. NAVY ESTIMATES. They Amount to 87:1,0 I fi, I JU1, Which In an Increase Over Appropriation for tho Current Year of U"l,ri:i?,lH?. Washington, Oct. 7. Acting Secre tary Allen hits prepared tho full state ment of estimates which will be sub mitted to congress for the maintenance of the naval establishment for tho next fiscal year. These amount to 87.1, 04.1, is:,, which is an increase over the appropriations fur the current year of S'.H,ro7, lb7. Included in thu incroosu for thu next year are appropriations of S12,20S,-J71 for public works and navy yards and stations. There is also an estimate of S'J.OUl.OOO for the new na val academy. The item for tho navy including nrmor, guns and machinery is S2'J,08:J, 101. Tho estimate for tho bureau of construction is included over the cur rent appropriation about 15,000, 000; for steam engineering 1,000,000 and for pay of the navy about 8700,000, while thu estimates for ordnance tiro decreased about 5700,000. Saved by Koenten Itujs. Chicago, Oct. 7. Harriet Ilellbtirn, six years of age, and for two years blind and a paralytic, has had her sight and thu use of her limb restored. The child fell from a porch to tho sidewalk, a distance of 10 feet, striking on her head. The fall left her totally blind and with her right side paralyzed. A few days ago thu X-rays were applied and revealed a tumor the size of an egg pressing on thu brain. Tho skull was trephined directly over the cyst tts shown in the skiagraph and the tumor removed. 'I In, Dewey Keceptloii at ItoHton. lioston, Oct. 7. Admiral Dewey will receive a SI, 000 watcli from tho munici pality of lioston. The city will spend 1S,000 giving tho admiral a welcome. Thu money will be used for various purposes in connection with the parade which will be a feature of the celebra tion and also for decorative features, one of which already ntiggestcd is the illumination of Hunker Hill monument. Liability of National Jtanlc Stockholder!!. St. Louis, Oct. 7. In tho United States district court yesterday .Midge Elmer E. Aduiusreiideiedan important decision as to tho liability of ifatioual bank stockholders. Ilj,s decision in effect was that stockholders in a na tional bank, knowing it to be Insol vent, could not transfer their stock legally to another for thu purpose of evading tho doable liability law. Downy Indicate H Preference. Washington, Oct. 7. Admiral Dewey has elected to accept a house in, Wash ington, already constructed, instead of having one built for his occupation. In accordance- witli the invltatioYi of tho committee which has had inchargu tho Duwey home work", lie called at tho oflleo ol Acting Secretary Alien, of.,tho navy, J.o-day to indicate his preferences In the mutter of a residence. AWFUL STORY OF SAVAGERY. A Nullin of Iluu.ill Tortured unit Kutcif by CatintlmU on Aobu Island Dr. VuiirIiu'ii Narrow Escape. Vaifcoifver, U. C, Oct. 7. A remark able story Of cannibalism was brought to Sydney, Australia, before the" sail ing of the steamer Aoramrl to this port, by the .Krelich steamer .leannette. Tho victim of the display of .savagery was ii native of Hawaii named Ainuru. About six months ago Amaru married a native woman of Aoba.-and on "pass ing that island on tho voyage of the .leannette to one of the outlying is. lands ho -decided to. visfct his wife's tribe. They'wgre put off in a small boat and.i,twus only a few weeks ago J that thu steamer made a second call and learned their fate, lly mistake they had laiided on fttt unfriendly shoru and were taken prisoners. Tho mini was lied to a stake and Ills torture begun. Tills consisted flr.lt in allowing vicious jungle- unices I ix) m which the poison fangs had been removed to attaei: the man's legs. Then a lire was Intulu at his feet and his legs wore horribly burned, though thu Injury was uper--fleinl so that tho vlettni would l-o dlo under tjio treatment. Then h was made a targut for the spears of thu tribesmen, who finally killed him, lie was torn to pieces and placed over a fire with two sheep. In fact, according totlio story, ho was eaten with thu sheep. In the meantime Amaru's vifo had been provided with a second hus band. Tho matter was reported to a Itritish man-of-war but it is thought no action lias been taken. Dr. Vaughn Had n Narrow Kseupm Vancouver, 11. C, Oct. 7. Dr. Vaughn, an American, who lias worked up a large trade among the people of New Guinea, narrowly escaped being caught by the natives. Early in Sep tember Vaughn, with several men, went on a trading and seientille trip up tho Musa river and inadvertently came into an unfriendly territory and weru compelled to retreat hastily to their launch. In the middle of thu river the machinery broke down and the boat drifted helplessly with the current. The natives ran along the shore, hurl ing spears at those in tho craft, while others followed lu war canoes. Sev eral of the men were wounded, but a sail was rigged up and the launch got out of reach of the savages. FARMERS' CONGRESS. The Comiiiitteeon ltdoliitlmiH Mullen u Ue- port The l.c;lHlat Ion UecommeniUid to Itenellt Turincm. lioston, Oct. 7. The delegates to the Farmers' national congress, on resum ing its business session, heard a report of thu committee on resolutions in favor of requesting congress to sup press imitation butter and cheese by making them subject to state laws; re questing congress to suppress false brands on dairy packages as to place of production; in favor of state laws for state aid for rural education; rec ommending farmers to urge thu na tional congress to act favorably upon measures adopted by this congress; rec ommending to the states the uecessary steps to investigate bovine t uhcrctilosis, with a view to M-cnring butter means for the eradication of the disease; in favor of congiession.'il legislation for the inspection of export grain under direction of the department of agricul ture; in favor of a law increasing tho tax on oleomargarine to lim cents per pound. Con hoy IHilluc C intent. St. Louis, Oct. 7. A list conconrso of neoplu witnessed the cowboy riding contest yesterday for the champion ship of thu world given under thu aus pices of tho St. Louis Fair association. Their feats electrified tho spectators. One thousand dollars was put up in purses of which 5700 went to the win ner. Eacli man rode two horses, lirtieu Norton, of Texas, captured the big prize; Jade .Joyce, of Jtuffalo Hill's Wild West show, tool: second money, and Frank Schramm, of California, third. Kill); ll Kl'x Hal .lliiupm. Kansas City, Mo., Out. 7. King Ki Ki V.'s grand bil masque cupped thu climax of the Ivarnival last night. Convention hall was taxed to its ut most capacity. Even the giddy heights of tho roof garden wero scaled by the eligor spectator.-,. IS very seat in tho immense pleasure palace was occupied. The great arena was crowded with dancers in all sot ts of costumes. There must have been U.OOi) maskers and there were somu grotesque and strik ing characters on tho floor. rr.ihli tori, ins Adopt JCchoIiiIIoum. Washington, Oct. 7. At to-day's ses sion of the Pan-l'iesbytorian alliance resolutions were adopted urging that the liihlc he used in all periods of in struction it) schools of learning; assert ing that thu marriage relation should not be dissolved except on gronnds laid down in the Scriptures, and that the church array its forces tho more .strongly in opposition to thu liquor trailic. Dewey AilvUed It. Washington, Oct. 7.-It is stated that the selection of the cruiser Hrooklyn as flagship of tho Asiatic 'squadron was specially recommended by Admiral Dewey. Hour Admiral Schley wanted hi-t old, llagship for thu South Atlantic utation and thu vessel might liavo been runt had It not been for Dewey's sug-tfiHtion. HORSES AND MULES LOST. Die Steamer Slum, With .17:1 AnlinaU Aboard for (leu Oil, llnrouutcrcd it Tiphoon North of I.uroii. Washington, Oct. 7. A cable mes sage from Gen. Otis to the war depart ment brings word of tho loss of several hundred horses and mules on the trans port Slam. Tito Inessago follows? Slcumcr Shun, which left Hun Kriinclncn, Au tftKC (1 u I th 15 liurnrs nnil if.'rt unties. I'licotm- cternl typhoon on the 1st In northern I. 'iron, in much all lint It) mules wore lost. AiiIiuhIh killed by pltchlim of tho usscl tutil Inch it ulr from iicceksiiry closttw of hutches. No oasimJ lles titmiui; imssonucrs. It is "stated at thu quartorinnster'H department that the mules which wero lost on the Shun wero the trained pack mules, which were considered the most Valuable sent to thu Philippines. The Slum, which left Honolulu HI .lays ago, eneounlerc'd the typhoons parly this week, tone? lasted -JO hours. Most of thu forage, which was on deck, ivas swept overboard, all the boats wero smashed and the steamer rolled tre mendously in thu trotigh of thu sen, although thu olueers made every effor.t to bring he,r about. Tho mules weru "hurled from sldo to side and mangled. Tho animals full in such a confused mass that the nttcjid 'ints were unable to relieve them. In tho meantimu the deck load was washed off, the ship lightened anil the rolling Increased. When tho storm abated tho injured animals were killed iuid" their carcasses thrown, overboard. When tho Shun arrived her propeller was high out of the water ami tho wrecks of her boats wero bunging from tiio davits. MISS HELEN GOULD'S TASK. Wealthy and Acliiilrud Now York Woman Will J-'l;ht the Si-iitlucof ConurcKHiuun- r.lect ICoborlH, tho .'Mormon. New Yoik, Oct. 7. Helen Gould is about to begin a crusadu agalhst Ihu seating of lirighaui H. Huberts, tho Mormon congressman-elect, and will aid with her money and inlltience thu movement inaugurated to doelaro agaiust his admission to the national legislature. It is not wholly a senti mental crusade that Miss Gould is en tering into.'' Legal measures are to bo taken. The majesty of the law is to bo appealed to, and courts will bo set in motion to stop what educated, refined women consider a crime, an act that would mean the lowering of the statid ard by which men judge tho other sex, and a crying shame to civilization, as well as a stumbling block in the way of woman's emancipation. Ignored 1'rce KlUer. Danville, 111., Out. 7. When tho committee on constitution reported tit thu third day's session of thu Illinois Slatu Federation of Labor It was found that the sixtli clause in the platform, declaring for tho free eoijlago of silver tit the ratio of 10 to 1 had been left out, and although a dch'gatu called at tention to the omission tho new consti tution was adopted without a dissent ing voice. The committee also failed to report back the old clause in thu constitution providing for tl.." initia tive ii ii (1 referendum. lfli o .Seamen ICexeund from Death. San Francisco, Oct. 7. Fivo sailors arrived here on the Itritish Giffortl, which rescued them from death off Capo Horn. They weru on tho Ilrltislt steamer Tckou, which, while lmtind from Wellington, N. ., for London, with a cargo of frocu meat ran on an uncharted rock nl the entrance of the straits of la) .Ma iris August 7. All of thu men in tho boat were badly frost bitten and greatly exhausted when picked up by tho Giffortl. Tho NiikIivIIIii In About Kciuly. Washington, Oct. ?. Commander Hodgors, of tho Nashville, has lost no time in obeying the orders of the navy department to start for Manila, u cable gram received from San Domingo to day announcing that, ho had a 1 ready sailed for Sau Juan, Porto Kico, where ho will stop to replenish his coal supply. Tin Nashville should make tho trip to Manila by way of Suez in about seven weeks, or perhaps two months. .Murder ami Nulcldo at AtchWon. Ateliihon, Kan,, Oct. 7. Mrs. Fanny Ganter was shot aud killed last night by William Zink, a German tailor, who then shot and killed himself. Only two shots wero fired. Mrs. Ganter's refusal to marry him is supposed to have been Zink'h motive for the shoot ing, although there were no witnesses. Mrs. Ganter ran a grocery mid joint, west of town, which she inherited from her deceased husband. Old Corn JScloj; ICapldly .Moved. Atchison, Ivan., Oct. 7. There seems to be a great deal of old corn in nortb crn Kansas and southern Nebraska, and it is being rushed to market rap idly. Grain Inspector Clark says ft dally average of 75 cars of old corn lias been received in Atchison for many weeks, and there js no indication of ts let-up. Some, of the corn is tlireu or four years old. JlUhop I'otter (iolui; to .Manila. New York, Oct. 7 It Is stated on good authority that Kight Hav. Henry C. Potter, Episcopal bishop of tho diocese of New Yoric, is to visit -tho Philippines, going first to Honolulu, Hawaiian island. Tho fautof hts going is important, as lie has been for some time an avowed anti-expansionist anil lias written and hpoken much upon tlw bubject. c, 0