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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1896)
It f I f f k b I S the fakntine tmotrat SUCCESSOR TO CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT ROBERT B GOOD - Editor Prop VALENTINE NEBRASKA EAISE TAX ON BEER NEXT CONGRESS TO CONSIDER A NEW BILL It Means 15000000 Additional to the Public Treasury Should the Bill Pass Must Accept Bank of Havana NoteB at Their Face Value To Raise Tax on Beer Washington- The Washington re presentative of a large number of brew eries said that he had just received infor mation of an intention to introduce and put through the next session of Congress a bill to inrease the tax on beer The bill will ac according to his information be sup ported by the Republican side of the House as well as by the Democratic and pass Whether it will get through the Senate will in a large measure depend on the attitude of the free silver senators He says thatthe bill will not call for a tax of a dollar a barrel as did the last bill That would be equal to an increase of 100 per sent He says that he is in formed Xhat the proposed tax will not be more than 50 per cent increase Should the bill pass providing for such an in crease it will put an additional 15000000 into the treasury annually The brew eries he said would make a united fight against the bill They object to an in crease in their tax If there were a gen eral increaseall along the line of taxable products the brewer might he said be willing to pay thejr proportion But theyj would strongly object to anything like an increase of 50 per cent To Present Indiana Silver Service Indianapolis The Governor of In- diana with the committee of the state in1 charge of the presentation to the battle- ship Indiana of a silver service and library raised by public subscription left Saturday night for New York The party was a large one and comprised both ladies and gentlemen They arrived in New York Sunday morning The cere mony of presentation took place Monday on the Indiana at Tompkinsville where the battleship is anchored The presenta tion was received on behalf of the ship by Acting Secretary of the Navy McAdoo Says Shooting Was Accidental St Louis Mrs Zora Grawe a widow was Shot andf almost instantly killed in one of the rooms of her own house by Charles Weisler a young man who haa been boarding with her Weisler is now under arrest and will be held a prisoner to await the verdict of the coroners jury He declared that the shooting was entirely accidental Mrs Grawe was a widow 42 years old and moved to the city three years ago from Green County Illinois with her three children Mississippi Valley Doctors St Paul The annual convention of the Mississippi Valley Medical Associa tion closed its business sessions in this city hearing a number of technical papers and approving the election of the follow ing ofllcers President Dr Thomas H SSluckey Louisville Ky Secretary H W Loeb Treasurer Dr W H Wishard Indianapolis A special train on the Northern Pacific railroad started with all the members of the association and their wives for a weeks sojourn in the Yellow stone National Park Gen Weylers Latest London A StandardsMadrid dispatch says Capt Gen Weyler of Cuba has is isued a proclamation which threatens severe penalties for non acceptance of notes of the Bank of Havana at their face value although they have already suffered a discount of 16 per cent The Govern ment is enforcing this proclamation de spite the resistance of the commercial silasses and general public of Cuba Missionary Order Disbands St Louis The Baptist Womans Missionary and Educational convention an auxiliary of the National Baptist con vention met here and disbanded its or ganization The convention was organ ized last year at Atlanta Ga I was not a success The Womans Foreign Mis sionary Convention of North America will retain its part of the organization Female Pugilists May Fight Cincinnati A sj ecial from New York states that Rosa Burke the Female Cor bett has issued a sweeping challenge to meet any woman in the country in the fistic ring The Commercial Tribune prints the acceptance of Miss Burkes challenge by Nellie Gazelle who says she will meet Burke at any time or for points purse or pastime Internal Revenue Washington The monthly statement of collections of internal revenue issued Saturday shows the total receipts for the month of August to have been 11527074 as compared with 12162835 during Au gust 1895 For two months of the pres ent fiscal year the receipts were 43234 iti excess of the same period in 1895 Found Teeth in a Tumor Mexico Mo The surgeons of this ehy were called -upon to cut a tumor from Jhejawof little Miss South daughter of J N South After the operation the tumor was found to contain thirty two teeth Weekly Bank Statement New Yobk The weekly bank state ment shows a reserve increase of 1687 i00 The banks now hold 10454008 in excess of the legal requirements Spain Sends Out More Troops Bakcelona Additional re en force men ts of 2500 troops have embarked here lor the island of Cuba Railroad Man Kills Himself Pittsbukg Pa J Morton Hall formerly general passenger agent of the Allegheny Valley Kailroad and well known in railroad business circles acci dentally shot and- killed himself at his residence in Allegheny while cleaning his revolver Anarchist Mackner Arrested Copenhagen An anarchist named Mackner was arrested here on arriving from Stettin Meckner was lecently ex pelled from France and will probably be detained in custody here until the Czar omii Czarina leave Denmark Fought in Secret San Fbancisco It took twenty eight rounds of desperate bare knuckle slug ging to settle a grudge that has existed for a long time between Johnny Britt once champion bantam weight of the coast and Frank Lawler another well known athlete whose doings in the fistic arena have made him quite prominent Britt and Lawler had formerly been friends but had a falling out over a mem ber of the fair sex and deoided to settle the controversy in a bare knuckle finish fight They took things easy until the twentieth round when a fierce rally re sulted in Britt going out from a right hand swing that landed on his neck He recovered in the next round and from that to the twenty -eighth round had a shade the best of the argument Lawler being tired As there seemed to be little chance of a finish and both men were terribly punished the referee called the match a draw Bradstreets Review New Yoke Bradstreets says Mod erate improvement in trade the past few weeks continues and is emphasized by further speculative purchases of wool re newed buying by wool -manufacturers the reduction of surplus stocks of cotton goods increased demand for seasonable fabrics and continued confidence among manufacturers of iron and steel that there will 1 e an early revival in demand The volume of sales of general merchandise shows a small gain over last week and the feeling among wholesale merchants is one of more confidence in a comparatively early improvement There has been a heavy increase in wheat exports from the Paoific coast this week as compared with last but a falling off in shipments from Atlantic ports The increased proportion of the number of failures of concerns with large capitalization continues noticeable Looking for the Pole Lawrence Kan Thejcontinued ab sence of Prof L L Dyche of the State University who accompanied Mr Peary on his former trip north leads to the be lief that be is in search of a route to the north pole by way of Alaska and the western passage Prof Dyche was last heard of July 17 when he was in Alaska He started west ostensibly to collect spec imens for the State Universit3r while it was asserted that his intentions were to recover a meteorite which he had discov ered in Greenland last summer When he started from here he said hewould re turn September 1 Lis Credentials on Exhibition Washington The personal letter from the Emperor of China to President Cleveland which formed the credentials of Li Hung Chang has been placed on ex hibition in the library of the Department of State The letter is written on a scroll of lemon colored parchment paper about five feet in length and a foot and a half in length a portion being ancient Chinese and a part modern Chinese characters with the royal red seal and the Emperors autograph in the center The envelope is unique being a great sheet of yellow satin Indian Justice in Oklahoma Nobman Odlahoma At Big Jims Crossing ten miles north of this place Joe Johnson an Indian shot and killed two other Indians Big Jim chief of the Pottawattamies fined Johnson 10 and two ponies for the crime The sheriff of this county heard of the killing and ar rested Johnson The sheriff asked the chief why he punished Johnson so lightly The chief replied White mans court too severe The killing was in cold blood Will Return to Her Parents San Francisco Lillian Swan or Daly the mulatto girl who was kid naped from her home in Washington D C thirteen years ago and who recently discovered her identity and the where abouts of her relatives is to be returned to her eastern home Chief of Police Crowley has succeeded in securing tran sportation for her as far as Chicago and he will -pay out of own pocket the amount of fare from Chicago to Washington Hopes Czars Eyes Will Open London A letter from Gladstone in reference to the proposed memorial to the Czar has been published It expresses the hope that the heart and mind of the Czar may be awakened to the fearful mischief which the policy of the late Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs Prince Lobanoff Rostovsky has done so much to promote Is Charged with Arson Danville 111 Ethel Wood an un married lady of about 22 years has been arrested for arson Her lover George Allen deserted her and it is charged that last Suuday night at midnight she at tempted to burn down the house in which he slept When the fire was discovered he whole side of the house was in flames Kidnapper Winthrop Guilty San Francisco The jury was out five minutes belore rendering a verdict of guilty on Oliver W Winthrop charged with robbery in connection with the ab duction of James Campbell the Hawaiian millionaire who stated that he was bound and gagged three days by Winthrop who sought a 20000 ransom Chinese Rice Crop Sale Washington Consul Stang writes the State Department from Saigon China that the Chinese rice crop did not suffer from inundations as was thought prob able a few weeks ago The Hong Kong market has declined while the Saigon market remains firm Not Authorized by Cleveland Honolulu Minister Willis denies that President Cleveland empowered him to negotiate with the Dole Government for either annexation or return to a mon arch ial form of government He said the matter has never been referred to at Washington Two Children Burned to Death PEBuy Oklahoma Near Shaner fif teen miles south John Edwards and wife locked their children in the bouse when they left to attend a dance The house burned during the night and two small children were burned to death Marine Disaster is Feared St Johns N F A large unknown vessel bottom up is reported to be drift ing about Placentia Bay She is believe i to be a foreigner Nobody knows what became of the crew but a marine disaster it is feared has occurred Coinage of Silver Washington A statement prepared at the mint bureau shows that the silver coinage during the month of August ag gregated 2650000 Isaac Pitman 111 in Paris Pabis Sir Isaac Pitman originator of spelling reform and the system of pho netic shorthand is dangerously ill in this city One of Holmes Victims Chicago In the dense woods between North Evanston and Wilmette a grave has been found full of human bones The discovery was made by A H Parker oi Evanston who with his wife has Tjeen making frequent excursions into the woods during the last two months Mrs Parker some weeks ago declared the place was a grave and urged her husband tp in vestigate it He at first refused but finally consented just to show his wife she knew nothing about graves He dug long enough to turn up a few ribs and a thighbone and then called on the police for help The spot is only a few rods from the house in which H H Holmes lived at Wilmette and it is thought by the police that the bones may be those of some of his victims The bones had evidently been interred within two years and were apparently placed in the grave without a coffin and no clothing of any sort was found From the size of the bones it is thought they must be from several peo ple New York Democracy New Yobk Ex Congressman H H Rockwell permanent Chairman of the Democratic state convention delivered an address unqualifiedly in support of the Chicago platform and nominees ne dis cussed the financial questiods at length He said in conclusion that it was not nec essary to wait on Europe before proceed ing to establish bimetallism as the other nations were only waiting for us to - take the lead The platform adopted indorses the platform and nominees of the Chicago convention and pledges them active sup port declares that never in the history of the Democratic party has a platform been written which embodied more completly the interests of the whole people The remaining planks deal in state issues John Boyd Thacher was nominated for governor on the first ballot To Pull Both Off St Louis A Little Rock special 1o the Globe Democrat says C S Collins a personal friend of Senator Jones chair man of the Democratic national commit tee says that in less than one week Mr Sewell will retire as the Democratic can didate for vice president aid that Chief Justice Clark of North Carolina will be placed on the ticket by the Democratic national committee Mr Collins was a delegate to the Chicago convention and represented Arkansas at the notification meeting in Madison Sqnare Garden New York He further says that the selection Of Chief Justice Clark will meet with the hearty support of Senator Butler of North Carolina who will see that Mr Watson is also withdrawn as a vice presidential candidate Brakeman Talmonson a Hero Alton 111 Brakeman Samuel Tal monson of the Alton road is the hero of the hour for having saved two trains from destruction and the passengers from in jury or death The Chicago limited was on the main track waiting for the Spring field train The latter got away from the engineer on the big hill into Alton and shot like a streak through the city and by the Union depot It seemed as though both trains were doomed but Talmonson at the risk of having the trains collide at the switch stand ran there and opened a switch for a side track just as the wild train dashed by It was an exciting and narrow escape The wild train is the one that was wrecked on the St Louis bridge during the recent tornado Makes Sensational Charges Chicago Dr S V Clevenger of this city in an address delivered at the open ing of the Harvey Medicol College made sweeping charges against the manner in which the insane asyluhis and hospitals of Illinois have been run for many years He made no definite charges of murder but gave many figures to prove that the liquor supply of the dispensary invariably needs replenishment after a legislative investigation He gave many instances of the mistreatment of patients and de clared that in several instances physicians who had dared to make a stand for the humane treatment of their patients had been practically hounded to death American Health Association Buffalo N Y Flags of three coun tries Mexico Canada and the United States were draped effectively about the assembly room in which the American Health Association met for its twenty -fourth annual convention Eduardo Li ceago president of the superior board of health of the Republic of Mexico called the convention to order Mrs Tynan Sails tor America Liverpool Among the passengers sailing for New York on board the Cun ard line steamship Aurania is Mrs Tynan mother of P J P Tynan the alleged Irish dynamiter now under arrest at Boulogne MARKET QUOTATIONS Chicago Cattle common to prime 350 to 525 hogs shipping grades 300 to 350 sheep fair to choice 200 to 300 wheat No 2 red 61c to 62c corn No 2 21c to 22c oats No 2 15c to 17c rye No 2 31c to 32c butter choice creamery 14c to 16c eggs fresh 13c to 15c potatoes per bushel 20c to 30c broom corn common short to choice dwarf 25 to 60 per ton Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to 475 hogs choice light 300 to 350 sheep common to prime 200 to 325 wheat No 2 58c to 60c corn No 2 white 20c to 22c oats No 2 white 19c to 20c St Louis Cattle 350 to 500 hogs 300 to 350 wheat No 2 62c to 64c corn No 2 yellow 19c to 20c oats No 2 white 16c to 18c rye No 2 28c to 30c Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 475 hogs 300 to 350 sheep 250 to 325 wheat No 2 64c to j65c corn No 2 mixed 22c to 23c oats No 2 mixed 18c to 19c rye No 2 34c to 36c Detroit Cattle 250 to 475 hogs 300 to 350 sheep 200 to 325 wheat No 2 red 63c to 64c corn No 2 yellow 22c to 23c oats No 2 white 19c to 21c rye 32c to 34c Toledo Wheat No 2 red 64c to 66c corn No 2 yellow 22c to 23c oats No 2 mixed 15c to 16c rye No 2 32c to 34c clover seed 445 to 450 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 58c to 60c corn No 2 20c to 22c oats No 2 white 20c to 22c barley No 2 30c to 32c rye No 1 33c to 34c pork mess 550 to 625- Buffalo Cnttle 250 to 500 hogs 300 to 450 sheep 200 to 350 wheat No 2 red 67c to 69c corn No 2 yellow 27c to 2Sc oats No 2 white 21c to 23c New York Cattle 300 to 500 hogs 300 to 425 sheep 200 to 350 wheat No 2 red 70c to 71c corn No 2 26c to 27c oats No 2 white 20c to 21c butter creamery 12c to 16c eggs West ern 14c to 17c m A REAT STATE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF NEBRASKA Vorth Platte Committees Working Hard on Plans for Entertainment at the Irrigation Fair to Be Held in that City Other Items For the Irrigation Fair The Nebraska Irrigation Fair author ities are busily engaged in -completing the preparations for the great irrigating ex position which is to be held at North Platte between October 9 and 16 The authorities have received advices from nearly all of the western Nebraska coun ties asking for space for exhibits Colo rado and Wyoming will also be there The present indications point to one of the largest and best fairs ever seen in the west Buffalo Bill will be there with his Wild West and the Grand Army will hold a western Nebraska reunion at the same time One day of the fair will be known as Ancient Order of United Work men Day and on this day members of the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Nebraska will be there to make the cele bration a red letter day in the history of their organization Eight bands have already signified their intention of being present The citizens of North Platte are prepar ing for the large crowds which will be there during the fair week Fifty street lamps have been ordered the sidewalks are being cleared of all signs and station ery matter and sleeping accommodations are being made ready ASSIGNS METHODIST MINISTERS List of Appointments Arranged at the Northwestern Conference The fourth Northwestern Methodist Ediscopal Conference held at Ainsworth last week resulted as below The ap pointments were made by Bishop C C McCabe of Fort Worth Texas A R Julian presiding elder C H Burleigh Ainsworth It H Gammon Alli ance S A Beck Atkinson L W Hor ton Brown lee OSBaker Chadron J L Kindall Chadron circuit B Hunt Cody O L Ramsey Crawford J L Murr Crookston J A Scamahorn Gordon D J Clark Harrison C E Connell Hay Springs and Box Butte Z J Hazelton Ilemmingford J S Camp bell Johnstown Z C Belch Lazacca and Merriman W O Glassner Long Pine C L Smith Lake Side J W Taylor Newport and Bassett A F Cumbaw Kushville to be supplied Sparks lobe supplied Springview C F Smith Stuart and Butte O T Moore Valentine to be supplied White Clay 11 J Devenport Whitney G P Snedeker and It A Ball missionaries in Wyoming J E Thack rey left without appointment to attend school Garden Truck Thieves Arrested For some time past there have been a good many complaints made at Fremont of garden truck of all kinds being stolen The losses got to be so large and numer ous that a man was omplo3red to investi gate Special Officer Dierks arrested three men who gave their names as J J McAllister Bill Baldwin and Ed Bald win while going through an onion patch near the Normal school They had a wagon containing a large lot of garden stuff which was probably the result of their work earlier in the evening Found Dead in a Box Car While working in Foster Smiths lumber yard at Central City A E Strat ton noticed a strong odor coming from an empty box car that was standing on the side track An investigation was made and a mans body in an advanced stage of decomposition was found in the end of the car Whether his death was due to natural causes was not deter mined He was about 80 years of age and had been dead about a week No papers were found by which he could be identi fied Postofflce Bobbed E Lauver postmaster at Bloomfield was surprised the other morning to find that burglars had entered the office during the night and blown open the safe and escaped with the contents being about 860 in stamps and 35 in cash Parties entered the blacksmith shop of P It Huber and secured a number of tools which were left in the postoffice H Blanchards hardware store is also minus several revolvers powder and fuse The police are looking after the matter and hope to locate the guilty parties Heavy Yield of Sugar Beets The sugar beet syndicate of York is about ready to harvest its crop Quite a large acreage was put in and a fair crop is expected Beets planted early in the season will yield from twelve to fifteen tons to the acre while those planted later will yield from ten to twelve tons Con siderable money has beeu spent on labor but the syndicate hopes to come out ahead Beer Bottle as a Weapon Joseph Snyder of Dunbar is in custody at Nebraska City charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm Kramer is in a critical condition from the effects of a blow upon the head from a beer bottle in the hands of Snyder He gave bond3 for 600 for his appearance Elopes -with His Neice Daniel Cornish of Tekamah eloped with his 17-year-old niece Mollie Cocheren They took the train for Omaha and were detained as soon as they arrived there in response to a telegram sent from Fremont Cornish is a widower and has grown children Diphtheria Delays School An epipemic of diphtheria has broken out among the children of Nebraska City It has spread to such an extent as to cause the board of Education to postpone open ing the fall term of school A few fatal oases have been reported Inspect Company E N N G The Governor ami Adjutant General Barry inspected Company E Ihvi It Nebraska National Guaul at Dcivid City and seemed well pleased with the ioiidition of the company Electric Light Election The Falls City council has given notice that a special election will be held Tues dav October i 1S96 for the adontimi nr rejection of the proposition to issue bonds io me amount oi uuu ior me purpose oj purchasing new machinery for the elec tric light system Heady for Fall Plowing The latter part of last week was an en couragement to the farmers m the vicinity of York owing to the precipita tion Over 145 inches of rain fell Fall fnlowiug may now be commenced Fort Omaha Remains Intact Representative Mercer has succeeded in staying any action on the part of the War Department officials looking to a disposal of the Fort Omaha military reservation for some time to come It will be recalled that the bill granting to the state of Ne braska authority to occupy the reserva tion as a military school passed both houses of Congress last session and was vetod by President Cleveland Mr Mer cer had the bill referred to the military committee before attempting to pass it over the veto Mr Mercer received advices that the reservation had been finally abandoned and called at the War Department to as certain what steps had or would be taken by officials of the quartermaster generals office with regard to its transfer to the In terior Department He was informed by Acting Quartermaster General Weeks that the reservation was about to be turned over to the Interior Department Mr Mercer thereupon entered a protest against any such proceeding at the present time He explained to Colonel Weeks the status of the bill trans ferring the land to the state and asked that action be postponed until the com mittee on military affairs had had an op portunity to report the bill back to the House and it had been acted upon there Colonel Weeks at first demurred to delay ing action but upon the earnest plea of Mr Mercer finally acquiesced Therefore no action will be taken by the War De partment for some months at least Locate Stolen Goods The goods which were stolen from Pills bur y Veasle Cos hardware store at Fremont were discovered concealed in the basement under Doerrs restaurant The basement is not used and probably no one has been in it to look around since the goods were stolen The opinion is that Bert Berkey who formerly worked as a cook for Doerr and was discharged the day of the Pillsbury Veasle robbery did the work and concealed the goods in the basement Berkey was caught at tempting to break into Johanseas shoe store on Sixth Street and died in the county jail of delerium tremens At the time he was strongly suspected of having a hand in the Pillsbury robbery but denied having any knowledge of it Held Up on the Public Road Mr Riley McCampbell a farm hand who had attended the fair at Wahoo while on his way home about 8 oclock in the evening and when one mile of his home he passed a covered wagon that was moving west and felt a blow on his head struck by some missle from the wagon causing unconsciousness He was found in Frank Henrys vacant barn that stood off the road eighty rods having been un conscious forty eight hours When he came to he told the instance as related above His coat and vest were gone and his pockets turned inside out Fatal Accident at Norfolk Sam Mather a bricklayer while on his way home at Norfolk was run down by a Fremont Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad switch engine completely sever ing his leg at the thigh and otherwise bruising him so that he died in an hour after the accident The engine was going at very slow speed and it is sup posed Mather caught his foot in the in tersection of tracks at that place De ceased was an old resident and leaves a wife and four grown children Fremont Wants a Park The proposition for the purchase of a portion of the Chautauqua grounds by the city of Fremont for a park is meeting with strong opposition Some who oppose it are in favor of buying it but consider the price 12000 which is at the rate of S80C an acre altogether too much money foi the property Others are opposed tc it in any event Remonstrances are in circulation which are being largely signed It is said that the city council is opposed to the plan Wild Ride of an Albion Couple A woman in company with an AJbion man hired a rig at the livery barn in St Edward and started for Albion When out of town about two miles the team ran away stringing the buggy man and woman along the road They then ran up the railroad track and in attempting to cross the bridge one of the horses fell through breaking a leg It was a valu able animal but had to be shot before it could be taken off The man and woman escaped injury Went Through a Lawyers Safe The office of Lawyer H D Trairs lo cated at Plattsmouth was entered his safe opened and contents- scattered and some of his expensive law books mutilated The safe was opened by the combination and the valuable papers consisting of notes mortgages and collection papers scattered arouud There is no clue to the perpetrator Pioneer Minister Resigns Rev S B Green pastor of the Presby terian Church at Nebraska City has ten dered his resignation to take effect as soon as his successor can be chosen Dr Green has occupied this pulpit twenty -seven years and it is due to his efforts that the church has grown and prospered to present proportions Caught in the Mill Shafti lg William Hinton connected with the Exchange Mills at Falls City had a nar row escape from death He was oiling part of tie machinery wnen tluwieel caught his coat and tore nearly evtry stitch of clothing from him He caught i stationary ladder and held fast thus sav ing himself Township Treasurer Default The indebtedness of Henry Ilopfeker the defaulting treasurer of Webster Town ship and the village of Do Iie n the county is about 42000 which amount will h v to be paid by his bonds nen Where the Corn Crop li Heavy The early corn crop in and around Her m in is made but the late corn requues some warm we ther to mature The crop will be unusually heavy and will average sixty bushels to the acre Opening of Hastings College The Hastings Presbyterian College opened with a membership of over eighty l h college starts term with more students and in better condition than it has been for several years Defeat a City Hall Proposition The election to vote to purchase the Nebraska National Bank building for a city hall at Beatrice was defeated three to one - A light vote was polled only about 600 in all and but little interest was manifested The election was left almost entirely to property owners Elopes with a Young Girl Parcell a photographer doing tempor ary work at Decatur eloped witha young girl named Mowery He is a married man and has a wife and two children af Missouri Valley 3 U A WAit IN LEADYILLE DYNAMITE AND TORCH USED BY THE MINERS Barricaded Mines Attacked by Strik ers and Defended by Workmen Half Dozen Dynamite Explosions the Result of Which Is Unknown A War in Leadville Leadville Colo Sept 21 At 1 oclock this morning three heavy explosions aroused sleepers In the eastern part of the city for blocks around the Corona do mine which Is the one which first resumed operations and which waa heavily barricaded and well stocked with provisions and arms The explo sions were followed by a fusillade of rifle shots apparently from within the barricade and rapid but irregular shots from outside apparently from a widely scattered attacking force who were on hand to protect the retreat of the dy namiters The shooting lasted for ten minutes and all was silent for five min utes when desultory firing was re newed anbfhaa been Kept up ever since At this writing 150 a m another explosion was heard sounding like dy namite Ten minutes after the first ex plosions a telephone message from the Coronado stated that nobody insidelthe barricade had been hurt Since then it is impossible to reach the Corondil bv phone The Herald Democrat Is - now being watched by several bands of men grouped in dark corners and alleys and this may mean they propose to prevent any communication with the telegraph offices the watchers not knowing that the Herald Democrat has the Associated Press leased wire and a long distance telephone The city is in a panic of fear County and city officials are out looking after the work of the police and the sheriff Bullets frequently whiz over the Herald-Democrat office and altogether the situation is warlike 115 a m A bright blaze has just broken out at the Coronado mine in the immediate vicinity and shots are still being exchanged The local militia companies have been called out and are now at their armories getting ready for instant action All the whistles in town are blowing 2 a m The fire is believed to be the oil tanks inside the barricade at the Coronado shaft house A telephone message just received from the mine says that none of the defenders have been hurt as yet 150 a m The sights and sounds beggar description All the whistles in the city are blowing and two or three steam sirens add discord to the dark nights alarming chorus The sharp cracks of rifles punctuate the tooting at irregular intervals Citizens have gone to the scene with whatever arms they could gather and a militia com pany quartered across the street ha just marched toward the Coronado un der arms The whistle which calls Pik all citizens in a case of emergencjynasT just sounded and the streets are fxill of rushing men crying women and chil dren 218 a m Another heavy explosion has just occurred Five minutes ago the Coronado telephone bore the mes sage that the defenders were too busy to answer questions 220 a m As soon as the fire broke out the fire department went to the scene and the flames are now dying down Indicating effective work by the firemen The shots are growing less frequent and it seems probable that something definite from the battlefield may be obtained The miners strike of which tonights lawlessness Is the outcome began three months ago yesterday when at 11 oclock at night the men in tvo or three of the leading mines walked out The union scale of wages in Leadville waa 12 for everybody but in 1893 when the price of sliver dropped below 60 centos an ounce agreement was made thaf 250 should be accepted for some class- 1 es of work until silver should return to 83 cents This agreement the miners afterward declared was unfair as many of the mines paid large divi dends It was to enforce the original scale of 3 that the men struck About 3000 men were involved Within the last two weeks several mines have re sumed work and this week the output has been 1200 tons daily against 2000 tons before the strike 250 a m Everything is on fire at the Coronado and the fire department is now working to save the houses J v hich are thickly clustered about tifS fatal shafti house The firemen hope to save the housr and are helped by a heavy rain which began a few minutes ago When the firemen went to turn on water they were ordered to desist which they dd from one hydrant but got others working 255 a m Another heavy explosion has just occurred Forty or fifty shots have just been heard In the direction of the Emmett and Marian mines lo cated about a mile and a half from the city These mines were recently fenced and work resumed by a small force of men which was being autrmented every day It would seem from this that having finished their work at the Coronado where the buildings are now a mass of smoking embera the merci less gang has gone to wipe out tay Emmett and Marian 3 a m The first Herald Democrat re- to return from the lire states that Fireman OKeefe and tvo un known men are dead He cannot tell as yet how many have been injured r nd is not sure that this covers the li3t of dead Harvard University has con I erred he honorary degree of LL D upon Prof Alexander Bel of telephone fune Betrothal rings were used in Eur Q In the ninth century CANINE CLIPPINGS There is a red wild dog indigenous to Australia it is gregarious and hunt in packs Sir Walter Scotts two favorite dogs were Maida the deerhound and Ham let the greyhound Lapdog beadles are the descendants of ordinary beagles reduced in size by careful breeding X f H 1-