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THE OlSIAnA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , AUGUST 8 , 1899. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. MINOIt MKNTION. Davis Bells glass. Moore's food kilts worms and fattens. Fire escapes for buildings at Blxby'c. Budwelser beer. I * Ilosonfeldt , agent. C. B. Jacquemln & Co. , jewelers and op ticians. 27 South Main street. Miss Patty Green of Hazel street is visit ing Miss Dawo of Sioux City. Get your work done at the popular Eagle laundry , 724 Broadway. 'Phono 157. Lucius Wells and family feft last evening for the cast on their summer vacation. Mrs. A. P. Hanchctt and son Mac arc visit ing In St. Paul , Minneapolis and Duluth. Mm. Thomas Green , sr. , Is entertaining her sister , Mrs. Elizabeth Cromack of Chi cago. cago.F. F. 13. Booth and niece , 'Miss Ella Bark- uloo , of St. Paul , Minn. , have returned from their summer vacation In the mountains of Colorado. John Devaney , charged with stealing coal from cars In the Rock Island yards , was fined $10.60 in the pollco court yesterday morning. John D. C. Hurburt and Cornelia Slnrcll , both of South Omaha , were married in this city yesterday , Justice Fcrrler performing the ceremony. T. McLaughlln , for indulging In a fight on South Main street Sunday morning , was assessed $10 and costs In the police court yesterday morning. H. G. Itathlyson of Oakland was In the city yesterday on his way to Colorado Springs , where he goes to spend the re mainder of the summer. The congregation and children of the Sun day schoof of St. John's English Lutheran church will hold their annual picnic this afternoon in Falrmount park. George H. , the Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Gelslcr , 1700 Third street , died yes terday. The funeral win be held In the afternoon , Interment being In Falrvlew cem etery. The funeral of Thomas Sweeney , who died In Chicago last Saturday , will be held this morning at 8:30 : from the resldenco of John Sweeney , the father of the deceased , 200 Sixteenth avenue , corner of High street. 0. B. Morgan , Thomas Hutchlnson and his two sisters , the Misses Delia and May Hutchlnson , all of Ancrson , la. , were In the city yesterday on their way to Colorado , whore they go to spend the remainder of the summer In the mountains. A big burly tramp succeeded in snatching a pair of trousers from the doorway of the Bargain Clothing store on Main street yes terday afternoon. Before the clerks could glvo chase ho disappeared down a conven ient alley and was soon lost sight of. Kato Butrcr a colored amazon. Is being held at the city Jail at the request of the Chicago authorities. Her right name is said to be Kato Sullivan and eho Is wanted in the windy city to answer to the charge of rilling the pockets jit an alderman of $150. She was placed under arrest at midnight Sunday. Ever since the announcement that Lucius Wells had sold his Interest in the corporq- tlon of Deere , Wells & Co. , there has been much speculation as to whom his successor wourd be. The trade and his many friends will bo glad to learn that F. E. Klngabury , for several years Mr. Wells' assistant , has been made an officer of the company nnd will hereafter bo In active charge of its interests at this point. N. V. Plumblnc company. Tel. 250. Domestic outwoshes cheap soaps. Scientific optician , Wollman , OS Br'dway. Davis sells paint. Domestic soap whitens your clothes. Davis sells the best hammocks. CASE OP TOO .MUCH MOTUEIl-I.V-l.AW. Mrs. Clam nonoii , oil that Account , AN ! < M > for 11 Divorce. Too much nlothcr-ln-law , amongst other things , la the cause ascribed by Mrs. Clara Boson for her desire to secure a divorce from Gcorgo Bosen , to Whom Bho was married In Omaha , October 27 of last year. In her peti tion , which was filed in the district court yesterday , Mrs. Boson alleges that shortly after ithelr marriage she and her husband took up their residence with the groom's parents In this city. Then her troubles commenced , her hus band's parents , she alleges , prejudiced and influenced him against her. Her mother-in- law found fault with almost everything oho did and the last etraw that broke the camel's back was when she was sick with tbo grip her mother-in-law said eho was too lazy to work. Her treatment at the hands of her husband's parents finally became such that Bho left their house , rented a residence and furnished it with her own means. Her hus band lived with her for a short time and then left her. She thought ho had deserted her , so she sold off her furniture and returned to lior mother in Omaha. Her husband , however , was willing > to eomo back , eo Bho secured another house and furnished it , and for a tlmo they lived happily 'together. ' Then her husband , eho alleges , bought the company of other women and her health being impaired by his treatment , ehe asks the court to sever tbo bonds between 'them. ' Domestic soap Is the purest made. Welabach burners at Blxby's. Tel. 193. Jlcul UK late TruiiHfcrM. Tbo following transfers were filed yester day In the abstract , title and loan oftlco of J , W. Squtro , 101 Pearl street : Peter Uraden nnd wife to Robert II. Orahnm , e& noH 12-74-41. w d . $3,400 John Ucreshlnn and vrlfe to Council muffs Savings bank , und 8.20 of jurt of lots 2 , 3 and * 111 33.76-44 , q c < ! . . . . 211 Ilolra of Charles Buuglm to Anthony Howard , lot 1 , block 22 , Burns' add , w d . . , . 1 County treasurer to First National bank of Council Bluffs , lot 21 , block 1 , Howard's add , tax d . 2 Bamo to same , lot 4 , block 10 , Howard's odd , tux d . . . . . . , , . 2 Same to Bamc , lot 23 , block 41 , Ferry add , tax d . . . > . , E Same to name , lot 1 , block 24 , Flem ing & Davis , add , < ax d . , . 1 Bamo to same , und % lot C , block 10 , Omaha add , tax d . . . 1 Same to eamo , und 1-10 lot 6 , block O , Curtlu & Hamsfy's add , tax d . . . 44 Nine transfers , total . . $3,703 Domestic soap is full weight. O , Younkerman & Co. , grape baskets , bar rels , and all fruit packages. Prizes go with Domestic soap. Licenses to wed wore Issued yesterday to the following persons ; Name and Residence. Age. John D. 0. Hurburt , South Omaha . 38 Cornelia Slnrell , South Omaha , , . . , . , . . . . 36 Gustavo A. Louie , Council Bluffs . . , , 22 Jlabal Bouquet , Council Bluff a. , . . . 22 John W. Sterling , Omaha . . . . . 23 Elfreda L. Johnson , Council U Tuffs . 19 3 , K. Butt , Aehland , Neb. . . . , , . . . . 27 May Kelser , Memphis , Neb . 25 Lowest prices , easy terms. The best and largest stock of pianos at Swanson Muslo company , Maconlc Temple. Domestic soap soM by all grocers , LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT l < * or Caul ! or Louiieu un. K , II. HHEAtfU A CO. , Pearl Street , Council UluffB. lovr * PROTECTION TO HUMAN LIFE Aim of Fiia Escape Ordinance Becontlj Pasted by Common Council. SOME ALDERMEN FIND OBJECTION TO IT The New Measure In Very Strict In lit 1'rovlnlous ( or Stalrtrny Fire Kncnpea on I'ulillo lIullillngH. The "flre-eacapo" ordinance reccntlj passed by the city council is not altogethei to the liking of the committee on fire ant ! light and another has brcn drawn up bj City Solicitor Wadsworth on instruction ! from Chairman Atkins. The committee be came dissatisfied with the original ordinance after it had investigated and examined the system of firo-escapcs In vogue in Omaha Tlio new ordinance as drafted provides for the erection of iron outside stairways on such buildings as como within the scope ol the measure , instead of the ordinary laddei Ore-escapes as provided for in the ordinance as passed a couple of months ago. The now ordinance provides that all build ings within the corporate limits of the city , three stories high and over , and all opera houses , theaters , hotels , public halls , lodge rooms , lecture rooms , public libraries , school houses and -buildings used for places of amusement of any kind and all buildings where crowds of people are invited to as semble for any purpose and all hospitals and convents shall be provided with stair way fire-escapes. In the case of buildings two and three stories high and used as business houses , other fire-escapes may bo placed at the discretion of the committee on fire and light and the chief of the flro department On all buildings where same are required by the ordinance to be erected these stairway fire-escapes are to bo placed within sixty days after the owners of the building shall have been notified by the chief of the fire department and at all times the approaches thereto within the building are to bo kept free from obstructions and the doors or windows leading to the stairway easily opened. In addition there are to 'be ' suita ble signs directing to the fire-escapes. A principal feature of the new ordinance Is that It provides that all buildings two Btorleg or more In height , used for manu facturing purposes or for hotels , public halls , schools , hospitals or asylums , shall have at least one stair flro escape for every fifty persons occupying the building. This will mean that in the case of the new High school ibulding the outside will have to bo adorned with from eight to ten of the iron stairways. At the Washington Avenue school , 'which ia a three-story building and where some 700 children are accommodated , tbcro will have to be a dozen such fire es capee. It will also -mean that the Grand hotel , which is already provided with ladder flro escapes , will have to replace them with stairways as provided in the ordinance. This , considering that the hotel is a six- story building , will mean the outlay of a largo sum of money. The ordinance provides the kind of stalr- -ivays that shall be erected and specifies particularly as to the material to < be used and the manner in which they shall bo at tached to the building. All the stairway escapes are to be provided with a drop ladder or hoisting stairway for the first floor. Alderman Atkins , chairman of the city council committee on flro and light , who has given the subject much thought and inves tigation and at whose Instance the new or dinance has been drafted , states that while the measure may seemingly work a hardship on some owners of buildings , it has been drawn up with a view of protecting life. As an Instance , Alderman Atkins referred to the Masonic Temple building , on the second floor of which is the largest hall In the city , capable of accommodating several hundred people. Exit from this hall to the street is by a wide stairway. In case of fire , however , Alderman Atkins points out this stairway might bo impassable on account of smoke and the women and children in tbo hall -would naturally at once flock to the windows. One ordinary fire-escape would , ho contends , beef little or no use on such an occasion , -while with several stairways with extensions reaching to the street all could bo saved. Salt .Against Union Pacific. By a unanimous vote of the five aldermen present the city , , council last night decided to commence- suit against the Union Pacific Railway company to cancel Its franchise on Union avenue. The following resolution , introduced a couple of months ago by the committee of business men , was resurrected and adopted : Bo It resolved by the city council of the city of Council Bluffs , la. , that the ordinance , franchise and grant heretofore granted to the Union Pacific company for occupation of Union avenue , approved Juno 30 , 18SO , en titled "an ordinance granting right of way to the Union Pacific Railway company on certain streets , " is hereby rescinded , can celed and annulled by reason of the non- compllanco of tbo Union Pacific Railway company with the provisions therein stated , and that- all rights , privileges and immuni ties running to said Union Pacific company , its successors and assigns thereunder are hereby canceled , annulled and withdrawn , and the city of Council Bluffs , through Its city council , hereby declares all rights , priv ileges and Immunities therein granted to eald railroad company , Its successors and assigns forfeited and at an end. Following this another resolution was passed directing the city solicitor to notify the Union Pacific Railway company of the action of the city council In reference to Union avenue and to take such steps as he may deem necessary to carry the game into effect. The city having secured waivers from all the property owners on Willow avenue the city marshal was by resolution directed to notify Wlckham & Co. to proceed with the paving of that thoroughfare within ton days. On failure of Wlckham & Co. to comply with the notice the resolution provides that the city shall readvertlse for bids and hold Wlckham & Co. responsible- any differ ence la coat. of Uryant Street IlrlilRC. City Engineer Etnyre submitted his report on the Bryant street bridge over Indian creek , which has been closed to traffic as being unsafe. He estimated that to repair the present structure would entail an ex penditure of about $1,000 and that to replace It with a new steul bridge would cost $2,500 $ . In view of the present high price of steel and the uncertainty of securing tbo mate rial within a reasonable tlmo Mr. Etnyro recommended that the old 'bridge ' be re paired , ashe thought it could be made to do service for another ten yearn. The coun cil concurred In the recommendation and the committee on bridges and city property was authorized to bavu the work carried out. Permission was granted to Mltben & Crow to conduct a saloon at 1112 Broadway and to C , H. Bascb to conduct one at 652 Broadway. M. S. Roll filed a complaint against the watering trough at the junction of Graham and Madlaon avenues , in front of his prop erty , which , be claimed , was a nuisance , and the matter was referred to the committee on etfaets and alleys to wrestle with. Neloon , custodian of the city hall , was granted n Tcavo of absence until Oc tober 1 , ho to supply a man to fill his place without furthur expense to the city. City Engineer Etnyre explained that he was unable to hlro teams at $2.60 per day , iho > wng fixed by the city council , owing to the higher rates paid by the railways , and ho was authorized to pay $3 , There being sufficient money in the police fund , the salaries and other bills for July were ordered paid from that source. Among the bills allowed was ono for $150 , the amount paid Engineer G , L. McKlbbcn , who was brought hero at the suggestion of Presi dent Draff on of the Municipal Construction company of Chicago , < to prepare a report on the establishment of an electric , light plant ito 1x1 operated 'by ' tbo city. This amount was ordered paid from the light fund. The matter of the electric light plant scheme was not brought up , It being understood that President Draffon was not qulto ready to make a deflnHo proposal to the council. EFFORT TO III3.VL THIS DUI3ACII. Chief nlxby'n Faction Striven to Cnlm the Democratic Tcmpcnt. Chief of Pollco Blxby and his followers , who turned City Treasurer Brooks Rood and the members of tbo Joffcrsonlan club down hard ami cold at the recent democratic county convention , are now anxious to hold out the olive branch. They are beginning to rcallzo that they were somewhat Injudi cious and allowed their personal feelings to got the better of their Judgment. They are afraid that the Reed faction , with the assistance of the country Bourbons , will join forces , and that when the convention to nom- laato county officers rolls around they , the Blxbyltos , will bo left out in the cold , that Is to say , they will bo accorded the came treatment they gave Brooks Reed , ex- County Attorney Organ , E. P. Searlo and otbor prominent members of the Jcffersonlan club. club.Chief Chief of Pollco Blxby is said to havp seen the handwriting on the wall and Is now anxious to restore "harmony" before it la too late. With this end in view tie yester day issued a circular in which he advocates the healing of old wounds and incidentally denies that he is a candidate for sheriff , the assertion of Pat Sullivan , C. J. Dobbins , T. H. Comto and other of his followers to the contrary notwithstanding. MILLIONS OF TOADS MOVING Dlcncoc { Man Would Lllcc io Have Someone Bxplnln the Ucnson of the Exoilun. BLBNCOE , la. , Aug. 7. To the Editor of The Bee : Please explain , if possible , the following circumstance : For more than a week there has been an army of small toads going directly north past this point , following the gravel roadbed of the Sioux City & Paclfla railway. They -move night and day and stay right on the roadbed , are from the elze of the end joint of a man's little finger to the size of the end joint of a man's thumb. They seem to be in very steady volume of from twenty to fifty per minute passing at the rate of ten to twelve feet per minute. Each toad jumps twice or three times , then rests from three to five seconds and repeats the act and there ecems to be no end of their coming looking north or south along the roadbed they can be seen for several rods as they hop through the air. If any are diverted by person or train for a ehort tlmo from their course In another moment after the obstruction is gone they are going north again. This army Is for several miles in unbroken extent and under constant marching orders and numbers tens of millions. On the highway they are also moving east and west from the fields , the first north and south road they turn Into and all go north , but the greater volume is upon the railway track. No ono coems to have a satisfactory ex planation , only finding they come from the water pools south some five miles at the sand tills near the Sioux river ; but where are they going and why all so ener getically pushing forward double-quick to the north ? Tours , truly. COOK & SON. ( There is doubtless some climatic reason or question < A food aupply to account for the movement , as none of the lower orders of animal life , controlled purely by instinct , Indulge in such concerted movements with out a moving cause. Just tvhat this Is will require someone moro versed in toad lore than anyone at present on The Bee staff to tell. ) NEBRASKA WIFE DISAPPEARS AVIlllam Fitzgerald of Haatlnen SenrcliInK In Iowa for HlB Spoune Finds No Clevr. CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , Aug. 7. ( Special. ) Wlrilam Fitzgerald of Hastltiga , Neb. , who travels for a St. Joe , Mo. wholesale house , was in Cedar Rapids on Friday , and left Saturday morning for Iowa City. Mr. Fitzgerald is looking for his wife , who dis appeared from her homo early in July in a rather mysterious manner. Up to the present tlmo ho bos been unable to learn anything of her whereabouts , although be expected to learn something hero 'that ' would bo to his advantage. The parents of Mrs. Fitzgerald live on a farm in Nebraska , and it was last February only that she became the wife of tbo travel ing man. Their life was apparently a very happy one. Mr. and Mrs. Cook , the young woman's parents , came to live with them in Hastings. They remained there for several months. This was very pleasing to Mr. Fitzgerald , for bo was on the road much of the time , nd be was very glad that his wlfo should have such good company as her parents. During the spring and summer a couple of traveling doctors made their appearance In Hasting * . They claimed to be father and on , and went by the name of Fay. They cut a wide swath , Mrs. Fitzgerald became very friendly with 'the ' doctors , and when they left Hastings Mrs. Fitzgerald disap peared , and It is tbo natural conclusion that she departed with them , although there Is no poeltlve truth of this. Mrs , Cook came here Friday night and joined her Bon-ln-low , end together they went to Iowa City Saturday morning. She knows no more about her daughter's where about * than does the anxious husband , and is as much in ibe dark as to the cause of her disappearance. UHCB a Wnicon iioke Ou Them , MARXIAN , la. , Aug. 7. ( Special. ) A serl- ous disagreement ( took place between Merrill Bowen And Dan and Mike Fogarty on Sat urday nlffht at Irwln , Shelby county. Tbo young men bad an altercation over a mat ter of wages. Bowen took a wagon spoke and pounded the Fogartys over the bead until both were unconscious over night Bowen , who Is a lad of 17 , left the country and bad not up to the last report been ar rested. Ilrynii Siienkn nt Clurlnrtn. CLiARINDA , la. , Aug. 7. William Jen nings Bryan spoke at tbe Chautauqua here today. Five thousand people were present. He discussed tbe silver question , expan sion , increase ot tbo army and trusts. Dr. A. 1' . limey Appointed. ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , Aug. 7 , Dr. A. P. Busey of St. Joseph received notice today of his appointment ai superintendent of the Colorado Asylum for tbo Insane at Peublo , Dr. Dusty has been connected with tbe state inline asylum here for twenty yeare and is an expert. SHOT THROUGH THE HEART Desire fo Commit Suicide Causes a Blood ; Tragedy at Dos Moines. FATHER KILLS HIS SON INSTANTLY Kiijle SucccHKfnl In Grttliiu n Divorce from Her llunl > iiml Mil waukee Itonil May Almorb Iowa Central. DES MOINES , .Aug. 7. ( Special Tele gram. ) Fred Hunnell , a laborer , aged 4 ! > , this evening shot his son Archie , aged 29 , through the heart and then attempted to commit suicide toy cutting his own throat. According to the old man's story ho has been in hard luck lately nnd this evening ho determined to end his life. He went into the back yard with a revolver with the In tention of shooting himself , when Archie nnd his youogoet son , Fred , came out and attempted to Etop htm. The old man says that In the struggle the revolver went off. Archlo was shot through the heart and died instantly. After killing the son the old man dragged him into the house , laid him down on the floor , put a pillow under his head , took a dull pocket knlfo and cut himself in the back of the neck and laid down bo- stdo his son to die. Tbo police got to the house In tlmo to save the old man. Ho snya ho dearly loved hlo son Archlo and that he would have died forty times and moro for him , hut that ho could not permit the boy to interfere with his suicide. Ho Bays he la ready to hang for the crime. A case that has attracted wldo atten tion was ended today In district court when a divorce was granted Emlllo Foylo from Gcorgo B. Foyle. Foyle was convicted ol bigamy a few months ago and sent to the Fort Madison penitentiary. Ho had been traveling for years nnd was well known throughout Iowa , Illinois and Nebraska , Ho ( had thought that his first wlfo , Emllle Foylo of Omaha , had been divorced from him and when he was pardoned n few weeka ago -by Governor Shaw ho asked for a di vorce. She filed a demurrer nnd cross bill and then a divorce was granted her. Foylo Is ordered to pay her $200 alimony and $25 per month till their three children are ol age. The custody of the three children la given to the wife. The owners of the Des Moines kite track today announced that a race meet will prob ably > be held 'hero ' the last week of Septem ber with $6,600 in ipurses. It was stated iby a prominent railroad man residing In this city today that the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Is about to absorb the Iowa Central. The Chlttenden & Eastman company of Burlington today fflled articles of Incorpora tion with the secretary of state. The capi tal stock Is $510,000 , divided Into $100 eharcs , ofwhich $250,000 Is preferred and $250,000 common stock. The preferred stock car ries a flxod cumulative preferential divi dend of 6 per cent. The firm will enter into the extensive ( manufacture and Jobbing of furniture. The incorporators are : W. W. Chittcnden , E. P. Eastman and W. B. Eaton. Story of n Slave. To bo * iound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease Is the worst form o slavery. George D. Williams of Man chester. Mich. , tolls how such a slave was made free. He says : "My wife has been BO helpless for five years that she could not turn o r In bed alone. After uslne two bottles of Electric "Blttel s she is wonderfully Improved and able to do her own work. " This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures nervousness , sleeplessness , melancholy , headache , backache , fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle-working medicine Is a godsend to weak , sickly , run-down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 60 cents. Sold by Kuhn & Co. , druggists. Elate. DEEP WATERWAY COMMISSION JTo QncKtlon nu to Prnetlcnlillltr of ConBtructlni ; Cniiiil from Great to Atlantic Oceiin. DETROIT , Aug. 7. Chairman George Y. Wlsner and Colonel Charles W. Raymond of the deep -waterways cpmmlsslon arrived down from Sault Ste. Marie this evening , where they ( had been making data for esti mates of the cost of constructing a new and large lock -with a depth of thirty feet and of deepening portions of the St. Mary's river. Estimates of these improvements will bo included in the report which the com mission Is preparing for submission to the War department and eventually to congress. Colonel Raymond continued eastward to Ills post at Philadelphia. Speaking of iho progress of the work ot demonstrating as to the feasibility of and estimating the cost of a deep water channel from the lakes to the Atlantic ocean Sir. AYIsneaetatcd tonight to an As sociated Press reporter that the data re ceived elnco the committee appointment , two years ago , is being prepared rapidly in this city thy the engineers -who made the Investigations In the Held. He estimates that the re-port of the commission will l > a made by January. There is no question , Mr. Wisner said , aa to the practicability of constructing tbo waterway and with ample supply of water-for the depth required. It will rest with congress as to whether the requirements of commerce between the northwest and the Atlantic will justify the expenditure. Mr. Wlsner would hazard no opinion yet as < to the probable cost of a channel either .by way of Oswcgo-Mohawk or the St. Lawrenco-Champlalu route , The commission's estimates will be for channels of twenty-one and thirty feet depths and will Include the features ot decplnlng the rlvcre connecting the great lakes where necessary In connection with the general scheme. The question of regulation of lake levels must also be taken into considera tion. tion.Two Two surveys have been made to connect Lakes Erie and Ontario , both on the Ameri can side of Niagara river , the utilization of the present Welland canal on the Canadian aide not being contemplated , since a new canal could bo more cheaply constructed around the Niagara , It is expected Mr , Wiener and Colonel Raymond will formulate the details of the report which \U11 be reviewed and sub scribed to also by Commissioner Noble , who is now engaged on the work of the Isthmian canal project. The commission Is not to make recommendations , tout will report upcn the situation and submit estimates of the coot of the waterways. Thus far there has been appropriated for the work of the commission } 105,000. REFUSE TO INCREASE PAY K Employe * of Detroit Street llallwny Pull lit Tlielr Dciuuiiiln Mutter l DETROIT. Mich. , Aug , 7. Tbo street rail way employers replied to the request of the conductors and raotoriuen for an Increase in wages , The reply Is a refusal to comply with tbe request. It Is noncommittal as to whether the companies will bo willing to concede the matter to arbitration. The com panies conceded all other matters submitted by the men , and It Is thought the men will go no further than attempt to arbitrate tbe question of Increased pay. The officers of tbo union are now considering the matter. REQUEST FOR MONEY REFUSED Hnxn , n Cnbnn ( Jrnornl , Milken DC mniiil on General Ilrookc * Lnter Arrested nnd Dcporteil. HAVANA , Aug. 7. The Cuban general ROMS , who had a command under Genera Maximo Gomez , presented n , letter from the latter to Governor General Brooke , urging that if possible ho be given $200 from the Insular funds , on the ground -that ho had rendered valuable services during the revo lution , General tirooko decided that there wore no funds that could bo properly ap plied In this way and sent word accordingly to General Gomez. Rosas tberoupon appro priated $15 and was Boon afterward lodgc < In VIvac , the tombs of Havana. When bis trolnds secured his release by paying the money he got Into a street disturbance and was again locked up. Finally ho declared that ho was tired o living in this ungrateful country and Tvouli leave It It ho had the money to get away Colonel Bacnllao , police Inspector , ordorei him taken on board a steamer and placet under guard with a prepaid passage , where ho waa detained until the vessel left for Colon , Colombia , ofwhich place ho la a native. Rosas served in both revolutions find has also a reputation as a soldier of fortune in several South American republics. The only case of yellow fever In Havana is of a very mild typo. The victim Is Private Boatty of the Eighth United States Infantry. Army physicians hero consider that It would too moro dangerous to ro- tnovo the troops from the Island at present than to allow thorn to remain. In their judgment the best plan Is to let them stay hero during the heated term In the mosl healthful localities in the suburbs. General Brooke had a conference with General Gomez today regarding- the date for the payment of Cuban soldiers who were not paid on the previous pay days , owing to the fact that their names did not appear upon the lists. Senorlta Clemencla Gomez , daughter o : the general , writes to a local paper to say that her parents have Instructed her to give thanks to captain and craw of the steamer Jlarla Herro for the kindness shown the members of the family -while on the voyage from Santo Domingo. FOUR ATTENDANTS ARRESTED Examination ol Body of Former Inmate - mate DIacloRO that lie Died from Abuse. ( NEW YORK , 'Aug. ' 7. An examination of the body of James McQulro , formerly a paretic inmate at Manhattan hospital on Ward's island and who -died la that insti tution on Saturday , led to the arrest to night of four keepers , Thomas Sexton , Pat rick Ryan , Daniel O'Connell and Martin White , who may have to answer to a charge of murder. The charge was made on the testimony of the coroner's physician , who reached the conclusion that the man died from abuso. Marks on the man's body , apparently -wero the result not ot blows with a club or other instrument , but of pressure from the knocs of the attend ants. From his head to his knees deep blue dents were discernible in the flesh. Six of the ribs on the right side "were broken. The intestines had been broken through the abdominal membrane , -while the membrane itself hod been torn almost to ribbons. The kidneys and liver had been badly bruised and although there -was no frac ture of the skull there was a large abra sion at the back of the head. McGulre , before becoming insane , had been a professional strong man and -wrest ler. ler.WAR WAR ON IN SANTO DOM1NGO Revolutionists Talco Dp Arm * in Fa vor of General JlmlneB Many Government Troops Desert. ( CAPE HAYTIEN , Hayti , Aug. 7. Generals Pablo Keyes , Ramon Pacheco , Ciena Lavaro , Jose Polo and Jose Jlmlnez have taken up arms In Santo Domingo in favor of Don Juan Isldro Jlmlnoz and occupy the plains of Chagucl and Curaboa an far as Jose de las Maine , aa welt as the towns of Guayabln. Bablneta , Manzanlllo and Dajabon , aban doned by the troops of the government of Santo Domingo. More than half these troops ore said to have gone over to the camp of General Paoheoo , who is reported to have moro than 800 well-armed men under his command. General Quelllto , governor of Monte Crlsto , wtbo , it is claimed , baa already lost half of his troops , who have gone over to the enemy , Is In a desperate position and unable to at tack the revolutionists. It is added that ha will be obliged to capitulate. Numbers of Dominicans ore arriving in Haytl by sea , in order to Join by crossing tbt frontier the camp of General Pacheco. NOTHING NEW FROM HAYTI Situation. nemaliiH Unchanged and Government Treating Prlaoners ICIndly Finances Critical. PORT AU PRINCE , Haytl , Aug. 7. News has been received here from Santo Do mingo. In Haytl the political situation has improved. All persons thought capable of taking part In a revolutionary movement < have been arrested or have sought refuge In foreign consulates. The government Is treating the prisoners with clemency , owing to the Intercession of the United States minister , William F. Powell. The financial situation here is still critical , Pourparlers on the subject have passed between the government and Minister Powell , who has assured the ministers that a loan with suitable guarantees could cer tainly be floated In the United States. The only difficulty seems to bo the control of the customs , which those who are willing to advance money demand In return for the loan. This , up to the present , has been re fused by the government of Haytl , but Mr. Powell hopes to persuade the ministers to Elve way. TWENTY-NINE LOSE LIVES Extent of the Canualtlea Attend ant Upon Street Car Accident. BRIDGEPORT , Conn. , Aug. 7. Twenty- nine persons were killed In tbo trolley ac cident at Oronoquo yesterday. Of the dozen Injured only three are seriously ea. An ex amination of the wrecked trestle and the wreck by the coroner and engineering ex perts today showed that the structure was perfectly sound , 'but ' that the wooden stringers outside the rails were too low to verve as guardrails ; that the flanges of the car wheels were unbroken and the brakes set. The crank -was turned to ehut off the current. George Hamilton , the motorman , has been arrrsted charged with manslaughter. The generally accepted theory Is that the carves vos running rapidly when it reached the trestle and was swaying and that when It came upon the nonelastic rails of the bridge t jumped the track and there was no guard rail adequate to keep the car from going over. The coroner's Jury has not yet con cluded 1(0 ( Investigation. I'rcnlileut KufoylitK Illinwelf. PhATTSBURG , N. Y. , Aug. 7 , The pres. dent bad a busy day today. He witnessed the yacht races tble afternoon on board [ ho yacht Elfrlda in company with Vice President Hobart and Mrs. Hobart. Later le took a short drive with Vice President Hobart. This evening he held a long conference - ference with Secretary of War Root , who arrived on the 7:15 : train. Mrs. McKlnley continues to Improve slowly. Among the president's callers today were Rev , Dr. Hlllls , pastor of Plymouth church , Brooklyn , and 8. V. White of New York. PIRACY REIGNS SUPREME Depredation * of ChlncHO AloiiR the Went Hlvcr Subject of Ilcport of Consul AVlldumn. WASHINGTON , Aug. 7-Oonsul Genera Wlldman has reported to the State depart ment from Hong Kong on the growing trade of the West river In China , which taps one of the most fertile sections ot the empire and in this connection ho appends a mem orandum giving nu interesting account ot the depredations of Chinese pirates along this river. It is impossible , ho says , for the Chinese ofllclals to put down this piracy as well as the dishonest fiscal system alon ; the river nnd the brigandage ot some ol the chief towns. The torpedo boats sent to suppress the depredations are eald to bo engaged in "turning an honest penny by towing , to the neglect of their proper work , which receives no attention. " The opinion is expressed that if piracy is to Ibo suppressed it will probably have to bo done by British cunboaats. The modus operandl ot the river pirates is almost in variably the eamo. They go on board the vessel they have selected for robbery as or dinary passengers and , on reaching a given spot , where confederates are In waiting with boats , they overpower the passengers and crew , secure tholr plunder and make good their escape. Under this system it bos been found Impossible for any gunboat , either Chinese or foreign , to put n stop to the practice , and it is thought ( the only effectual means will bo 'by ' tracking the pirates to their lairs and dealing with them there. HIGH PRAISE FOR PRIVATE Surgeon Shields of Third Ilrlnmle Commends the Conduct anil Hear- In K of a Hospital Attache. WASHINGTON , Aug. 7. Major George F. Shields , surgeon of the Third 'brigade at Manila , has' made a report to Surgeon Gen eral Sternberg , under date of Juno 18 , for April and May. In it he specially com mends Private Paul Gompertz of the Hos pital corps'whowas kllloiFln action April 25. Major Shields says : "On April 25 , during the advance at the river Bagbag , iny orderly , Private Paul Gompcrtz , was fatally wounded while on the armored car , a Remington bullet passing through his neck , completely severing the carotid artery and jugular vein on both sides. I t > eg hero to call the attention ol the surgeon gcnoral to the services of this man. Howas constantly with mo from February 6 until the day of his death. Wo were together on the firing line during battle after ibattlo and he performed his duty so bravely , so faithfully and so unsel fishly that ho gained the respect and admir ation of the commanding general and his staff , aswell as all with whom ( he came In contact. I could quote instance after In stance of his bravery , tout I feel that the collective statements which I have made will 'be ' evidence enough of the fact that be was a man of unusual merit. " YELLOW FEVER SITUATION Report from Hampton. Shotm Ono New Case and No Deaths Con ditions Encouraging. WASHINGTON , Aug. 7. Dr. Vlckery. in charge of the Hampton Soldiers' Homo , re ports to the Marino hospital officials that > ne patient was admitted to the yellow fever loepltal today. The man thee been ill seven dayo. There were no deaths. Taken alto gether the officials eay the situation con- .inucs encouraging. In the territory sur rounding the institution the situation like wise continues satisfactory , and according to reports received sbowa a freedom from any ever infection. The telegrams received bf Jr. Wyman in this connection Include th allowing : Dr.-Wasdln says there Is nothing new in Phoebus. There Is nothing new at Hampton , and the surgeon is hopeful all will continue well. Surgeon Donaldson , tele graphing from Lee Hall , Vo. . Bays that tha /one beginning at Gro\V elation and termi nating at Newport News is entirely clear of nfcction. SMALL ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON. DFcve Appolntmcnta Arc Mmle nnd rontolllcea Dlacontlnued. ( WASHINGTON , Aug. 7. ( Special Tele- ; ram. ) Congressman Burke of South Da kota Jeft for New York today for a month's vacation. Mr. Burke has rented a house and will return herewith his family in Scptem- > er. William A. Roberts has been given temporary appointment as chief clerk in the surveyor gem-al's office In Huron , 8. D. /The First .National bank of Lincoln was , oday approved as reserve agent for the fol- owlng Nebraska national -banks : German National bank , ( Hastings ; First National jank , iHumboIdt ; Exchange National bank , Hastings ; United States National 'bank , Hol- drege ; Farmers' National bank , Pawnee City ; First National ibank , Plattsburg ; Sut- xm National bank , Button ; First National > ank , So ward ; First National bank , Button ; ? Irst National bank , Greenwood ; First Na- .lonol bank , Pawnee Olty. FostoiDces at Lake Preston and Clarke , In South Dakota , have been assigned to tbo presidential class. Charles L. Davis , superintendent of Careen - eon ( Nov. ) Indian school , has been trans- 'orred ' to a like position at Hope school , janteo agency , Nebraska. An order was issued today discontinuing ho postofflce at Coalton , Monroe county , a. ; mall will bo sent to Weller. A Skin of Doouty Is a Joy forovor. DR. T. FELIX GOtHAUD'S ORIENTAL CREAM , OR MAGICAL BEAUTIFIEll. 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