METHODIST FIELDS.
OK RIVER CONFERENCE AT
TENDING TO BU8INESS.
'• >r of rroiperlty—-Nor Churches In
ir Vnrloua Chicago Districts—Pro
dimes of tin Pres M.thodllta at
lj,-iu—Deacon, and Chairmen Klectetl.
iKiir.iNG, 111., Oct. 8.—Yesterday
s a day of much progress among
visiting clergymen. Following
morning devotions the twentieth
-tion was taken up, “Was the char
rr of each preacher examined?’’
:i(lerW. II. Burns, of the Chicago
t rict, reported a year of much pros
ily throughout the district, both in
increase of membership and
uition of church property. The
cvolent collections have been
rrially improved upon. The dis*
t lias been enlarged and now con
s seventy-nine rather than seventy
•ves. Seven new churches have
1 dedicated, their respective cost
iis: Berwyn, $S,690; Adams street,
.c: Berean, $3,600; Englewood Sec
i hurch, $3,800; Washington Park,
!iid: First church. Harvey, $14,000;
i lor church, $*21,000; also a new
ice at Clarkdale and a temporary
at Auburn Park. The Normal
Douglas Park, Dalton,
te street and Manhattan churches
•c all been improved. The Fifty
rth street society has disposed of its
iperty and is building on Garfield
iiIevard. Auburn Park is building a
<■000 church, Paulina is remodeling
;i cost of $10,000, Lincoln street,
cuO; Downer's Ui-ove, new, $G,000.
irvey will have a $4,000 church;
nth Park building, $16,000, and will
t in $7,40o organ; Kensington paid a
.'■no debt; St. Paul the same.
irough the Woman's Home Mission
v society a $6,000 lot has been pur
asod for the (Second Bohemian
inch. *
J >r. .lacksou repjrteil on the North
livago district. There are sixty-four
urges, with constant growth, the
\v missions being supplied by Evans
n stridents. At Iiuvina,Edison Park,
ring Park, Moreland and Evanston
churches aggregating an expendi
re of 8105,000 have been built,
nanuel church at Evanston
i' given special mention, it
ir.g one of the most elegant,
itimodious and beautiful structures
the conference, and cost 880,000.
r'v buildings are planned at Austin,
lu-aton and Garfield park. Park
cnuo will dedicate a $4,000 pipe
■gun next Sabbath. Centenary church
making $5,000 improvements,
lkicli of the remaining four elders
side a flattering showing.
Ur. Grey, president of the American
istitute at Washington, D. C., and
tencer of Philadelphia addressed the
i-embly.
Tlie afternoon was devoted to mis
ons, the annual sermon being
reached by Dr. C. E. Mandeville of
nglewood. Drs. Hobart, of Pekin,
liina, and Drees of South America,
ere introduced and spoke. A tele
ram was received from the W. C. T.
’• in session at Danville: “Thessalon
uis, iii., 12.” Answered, “I. Corinth
ins. iii., 9.” It was announced that
>r. James Baum, at one time a resi
ent of Evanston, missionary to India,
wring sustained a paralytic stroke,
ras on his way to Chicago. Dr. A. B.
.eonard of New York and Dr. Drees
ddressed the evening session.
tn interview With Hen Dalton.
C0FFKYVT14.E. Kas.. Oct. 8.—Excite
nerft over the terrible tragedy of \Ved
lesday, which resulted in the deaths
f four of the Dalton gang and four
iiii.ens. defenders of the city against
he pultons' raid, still continues. Hun
ireiis of visitors arrive on every train
o visit the scene of the Daltons' last
aid. and the city is crowded with
t rangers.
Trouble was narrowly averted this
norning when Sheriff Cailahan wanted
o move Emmett Dalton to Indepen
dence, and. had he carried out the
aiun. there would have been war, for,
liiiiough the citizens are willing that
Be should receive ail the care neces
mry. they wiil not submit to his being
noved. It is. however, only a question
>f lime with him. liis hours are num
bered. His mother, brothers Ben and
Simon and their bister. Mrs. Whipple,
arrived this morning from Kingfisher.
l!en Dalton is the eldest so*, and is in
his 41st year.
in conversation witn a reporter to
day Ben said:' -I was sick in bed at
our borne on the farm, four miles north
of Kingfisher, when I received the
news of this awful affair, but managed
to come with mother and the others.
We had not seen the boys for two
years and had no idea where they were
or what they were doing. I never had
much in common with the ones who
lie here dead and dying, as I am a
farmer and try to be a good citizen.
I wish you would state that mother
and 1 have no ill-feeling against tb'e
people of Coffeyville and no words of
censure. They simply did their duty,
and while we naturally deplore the
loss of- the boys, we also sorrow for
the citizens who gave up their lives in
defense of the town. Emmett tells me
lie has been treated better than he
hoped for by our people, and we are
feeling sad but not angry."
George Eroaawell and E. B. Wiled x,
brother and brother-in-law of Dick
Broad well called “Texas Jack,” ar
rived from Hutchinson today. The
former is traveling talesman for the
| Boston Tea company of Chicago, the
' latter a grocer at Hutchinson. Wil
cox said: “We are as greatly shocked
by this occurrence as you, and entirely
ignorant of Dick’s being wiih this gang.
We had not heard of him since May.
He was never wild or a drinker or a
gambler, and although a cowboy we
always thought him to be atrafght and
i
law-abiding. Hi» mother and sister
Jennie, George and my wife compose
the family, and all live in Hutchinson.”
Broadweil's body was taken up and
placed in a coffin his family purchased
for him and then placed back in , the
grave. The funeral of Marshall Con*
nelly took place this morning and was
■ largely attended. The body was taken
to Independence, the Missouri Paoiflo
railway furnishing free of charge two
coaches for friends.
A meeting w^s held tonight at the
wigwam, and trustees for a contribu
tion fund for the relief of the widows
and children of the murdered citizens
were appointed. The express com
panies will donate liberal sums.
Cashier Ayres is still improving.
Relic hunters took everything they
could lay hands on. even hair from
the tails of the robbers' horses.
Wichita, Kas.. Oct. 7.— Allie Ogee,
who it was supposed, was the only
member of the Dalton bandit gang, to
escape, is here and has been here for
nine months. He works in the pack
ing house, and the foreman of Dola’s
plant says he has not missed a day’s
work in the last three weeks, so it is
impossible for him to have been with
the Coffeyville robbers. Dr. Wood of
Coffeyville, Ogee’s foster father, is
here today, and says he cannot under
stand how Ogee's name became con
nected with that of the Daltons. A
dispatch from Coffeyville states that
the identity of the escaped bandit is
unknown.
TO SUCCEED TENNYSON.
Swliieburne I.ik«ly to He Cliouru Foot
Laureate,
London, Oct. 8 —Lord Tennyson's
death was without any show of physi
cal pain. As peacefully and as gentle
as he had lived he died, looking until
the end into the eyes of those dear to
him. All the members of his family
were at his bedside, and Sir Andrew
Clark remained from the moment of
his arrival until he bieatiled his last.
Lord Tennyson spoke to his wife
about an hour before he died, and his
words to her were the last lie tittered.
A friend of the bereaved family
states that during a wakeful
moment Lord Tennyson asked for
a copv of Shakespeare, and with
his own hands turned the leaves until
he found the dirge in “Cymbeline."
Then he fixed his eyes on the pages,
but he did not speak, and whether lie
read the lines or not is not known.
Soon lie again passed into slumber, and
liis left hand rested on the open
book.
The Canon of Westminister abbey
has formally invited llallam Tennyson
to bury his fasher in Westminister ab
bey. The llishop of Winchester will
preacll the funeral sermon in the
Halsemere church on Sunday. The fu
neral will be a public one.
The Pall Mull Gazette thinks that
Mr. Gladstone will appoint Algernon
Swinburne to the post of poet laureate
made vacant by the death of Lord
Tennyson. The Gazette adds: “In
view of the abuse Swinburne has lav
ished upon Mr. Gladstone the choice
would be characteristic and an in
stance of a great man’s magnanimity."
(isve the Offlcert the slip.
Githisie, Okl., Oct. 8.—Fred Dodge
chief of the Wells-Fargo detectives,
and a deputy United States marshal
arrived here today from the Osage res
ervation, where they have been for six
weeks hunting for the Daltons. They
had located their headquarters, got
full information about their movements
ana were about ready to lead a posse
to take them when the gang suddenly
pulled out for Coffey Ville and were lost
sight of. They have a mine of infor
mation about this and other gangs who
are rendezvousing in that country
which they will put into use in the
near future. It is learned here today
that when William Dalton arrived here
yesterday he came overland from the
direction of the country where his
brothers had been for some time and
that he wore a full beard which he
had shaved off at once. His actions
were suspicious and are being ciuseiy
investigated by j'ne officers.
I a per .tlllln Mini Down
Boston, Oct. o.—The embargo on
imported l-aga and the consequent
scarcity have caused a general closing
of the paper mills of the country for
one week, beginning today. This ac
tion is in accord with a vote taken by
the paper manufacturers at a recent
meeting. The mills are expected to
start up again next week and will run
for a fortnight, when they will again
shut down for a week. Another meet
ing will be held Oca C. when it will
be decided whether another shut down
snail take place in November.
indicted for Cresting a Monopoly.
Boston, Mass., Oct. 8_The United
States Circuit court grand jury has re
ported an indictment in eighteen
counts against John H. Patterson and
fourteen others, officers and employes
of the National Cash Register com
pany, charging them with creating a
monopoly in favor of the National
company in restraint of trade and in
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
act. Justice Putnam was on the
bench. This is the second indictment
against officers of this company.
Sentk I arc I ns's Debt.
Columbia, S. C., Oct 8—Cov. Till
man, State Treasurer Bates, Congress
man Brawley and Senator Irby have
gone to New York to open negotiations
with capitalists in that city looking to
the refunding of the State debt.
Nearly the entire debt, about 85,400,
XMj must be met by next July.
Typewriters for the World’s Pair
Dedicatory I errmnnlcs.
Major Handy has ordered from Wy
coff. Seamans and Benedict fifty Rem
ington typwriters for the ute of press
representatives at the dedicatory cer.
monies. A like number of expert op
erators will be engaged for this ser
vice
THE DALTON GANG.
THEY ATTEMPT TO HOLD IIP A
KANSAS TOAVN.
A Do'>pfi«le l'tulit Ensues. In M lili-li
The U it Ilona .ire Shot Drntl.
CoffeyV11.1.E. Kas.. Oct - The
Dalton gang of outlaws, the most no.
torlous in the west «u wiped off iho
face of the earth here yesterday, but
in tho battle which resulted in their
extermination three good citizens were
killed ancf two fatally wounded.
This was their first attempt at bank
robbery and their last piece of out
lawry.
The six outlaws came into town to
gether on horseback about 9:30 o’clock
and leaving their horses in an alley,
walked rapidly across the square and
four entered Condon's bank and two
the Frst National. At Condon’s bank
the desperadoes were told by Cashier
Ball that the time lock would not be
open until 10 o'clock, so holding their
Winchesters on Ball and Teller Charles
Carpenter, they said they would wait,
taking meanwhile the money in the
drawer.
Two men took in the First National.
Here were Cashier Ayres, his son Bert;
and Teller W. H. Shepherd. They
were forced to give up all the mouey
in the safe, which was hastily shoved
into bags. The Daltons then forced
the three out of doors ana followed
right after them. The alarm had in
the meantime been given, and as the
outlaws appeared George Cubine, a
merchant, add Express Agent Cox shot
at one of them badly wounding him.
The citizens being thoroughly uroused
by this time were hot and heavy after
them, and after a fight in which City
Marshal Connelly was killed, succeeded
in killing the fqur desperadoes named
ahu mortally wounded Emmett, who
lies in a room here. He will die be
fore morning, if not in one way then
another.
Jim suears, a livery siuoie Keeper,
wii'n his Winchester rifle, killed three
of the outlaws in as many seconds.
This created such a diversion that
other citizens were enabled to get close
enough to kill another of the robbers.
The two remaining robbers dropped
their plunder ana mounted their horses,
but a posse was quickly in pursuit and
one more of the bandit gang fell from
his horse, mortally wounded, about
two miles from town. The sixth ana
last was still being pursued at iatest
accounts.
The man who got awjiy 13 supposed
to be Ailie Ogee. This is the old home
of the Daltons, and it is peculiarly ap
propriate that the world should be rid
of the gang here. Great excitement
prevails and if the other man is found
he will be sumariiy dealt with. The
large rewards for the capture of the
outlaws, dead or alive, will, if the cit
izens' wishes are respected, go to the
families of the murderea citizens. All
of the money was recovered to a cent
and turned over to the banks.
Emmett Dalton has made a partial
confession that his gang was the same
that robbed the Pacific express car on
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway
at Adair station in the Indian terri
tory last,,!uly, and committed other
darihg robberies. The news was tele
graphed to Parsons shortly after 10
o'clock and General Superintendent
Frey of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas,
with his special car, in which there
were thirty or forty trusted citizens
with Winchesters and shot guns, came
to Coffeyville to assist in running the
desperadoes to bay. They found on
their arrival that there was but little
work for them to do. as the plucky in
habitants at Coffeyville had wound up
the careers of the desperadoes. List
of the dead and wounded:
DEAD.
BOB DALTON, desperado.
GllANT DALTON, desperado.
TOM HEDDY, desperado.
An unidentified desDerado.
C. T. CONNELLY. Marshal of Cof
feyvilie.
GEORGECUB1NF. merchant.
CHARLES BROWN, shoemaker.
FATALLY WOUNDED.
Emmett Dalton, desperado.
Thomas G. Ayuks, cashier of the
First National hank.
Lucius Baldwin, clerk in Brown's
'hoe store.
. SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
T. A. Reynolds, citizen.
1- Dietz, citizen.
Lucius Baldwin, one of the fatally
injured, died this afternoon. The
Daltons were second cousins of the
•lames boys and nephews oftjie famous
Youngera who are now serving life
sentences in the Minnesota peniten
tiary. It is said they acquired the de
sire to become train robbers by read
ing the accounts of the daring deeds
of their relatives. They began their
career of outlawry nearly two years
ago. and nearly every train robbery
committed in the southwest since that
time has been attributed to them. It
is 'said the proceeds of their robberies
amount to fSOO.OOU.
Swift * Co.’■ Plano
Aurora, 111., Oct. 0.—A seemingly
well authenticated report is current
here that the recent sale of the Sulli
van farm, north ef this city, to Mr.
Elfstrom of Chicago, was in reality to
the Swift Packing company, which
will transfer the entire business to
this point. Graders are now at work
leveling off the ground for buildings.
S Harvest Excursions South via the
W abash Lise. j
On August 80th, September 27th and Oe- j
tobor 25th the Wabash will sell round, trip
tickets at Hai.f Fahe to points In Alabama,
Mississippi. Louisiana, Tennessee,Arkansas
(includin'? the Hot Springs), Texas and In
dian Territory. Excursion train will leave
Omaha 4:00 and Council Bluffs 4:40 p.m.
on above dates. For Kates, tickets ana do
serlptive Land Pamuhle;* call at Wabash
office, 1303 Farnam stree . or write
G. N. Clattox.
X. W. V. Agent, Omaha. Nek
vix hisubeu kiukd.
Illoody Battll Fought la Im TcqaMi
Vaiunelih
La GpayraI Venezuela, Oct. 7.—A
desperate battle has just taken place
at Los Toques, a small town on the
railroad lino to Ynlenvin, at a distance
about equal betwoou that place and
Caracas.
Six hundred are killed and many
hlffh government officials captured.
C rospo has struck another decisive blow
which, following upoh his previous
successes since the revolution begun in
last March, means victory for the
t'respoists.
Yesterday Caracas was more than
excited, for at a distance of but ten
miles from the city limits, Crespo has
announced his determination to enter
the capital to-day.
All the government officials at Los
Teques and those accompanying the
presidential army, uro reported to be
prisoners In Crespo’s camp.
Crespo has made a formal demand
for the surrender of the capital of
Venezuela. He has backed up his de
mand with the announcement that he
Intends to enter the city of Curncus to
day at the head of the revolutionary
army.
La (luayra is still in the hands of the
government, but it cannot hold out
against the victorious Crespiotes if Car
acas, as it undoubtedly will, open its
gates to ex-President Pulucio’s old and
unrelenting enemy, Crespo.
Foreigners out here are in jeopardy.
It may be impossible to control the
murderously inclined populace and the
ruffianly element of the soldiery.
Americans may, however, feel some
what secure, as the Chicago is close in
port with her guns ready to protect
Uncle Mam’s subjects,
Whether or not that city will make
any resistance under present circum
stances is hardly open to doubt. It
may be looked upon as certain that
Caracas will submit to the inevitable.
PUNISHED AN INNOCENT MAN.
A Death-lied Con reunion Slioiv* That a
Great Wrong lfa* lleen* Done.
Eau Clause, Wis., Oct. 6.—Ten years
ago John Morgan, a young working
man, was convicted of killing James
M. Washflekl. Morgan served a term
of four years for manslaughter in Wau
pun prison, protesting his innocence to
the lust. Nobody here knows where
he is now. Blashflcld was killed in a
saloon fracas by u blow on the head,
and Morgan happened to be there with
several others. lie was defended by
the lion. Alexander Meggett of this
city and W. W. Irwin of St. Paul.
It was learned yesterday from ex
cellent authority that Mr. Meggett has
received information that a man who
resided 'in this viclni.ty and died a few
months ago made a death-bed confes
sion i. to a clergyman that lie killed
Illashflcld by a blow with a stove-lid
and that Morgan was innocent. The
name of the man is unknown. Mr.
Meggett refuses to give any informa
tion, but admitted that he had received
information about the case under the
seal of confidence.
MatUiesT*. Annual Hr port.
Washington, 1). C., Oct. 5.—A. C.
C. Matthews, first comptroller of the
treasury, in his annual report, recom
mends legislation to protect the gov
ernment in regard to ‘-suits brought
against the United States; to the ijn
portance of some statutes of limitation
which will fix some time within which
ciaims shall be presented for payment
against the government; double com
pensation allowed persons holding
office under the states; collections of
balances due the United States and in
dividual deposits for surveying public
lands. These subjects are of public
importance, and, in my judgement, the
attention of congress should be invited
to them.” During the year 58.846
warrants were examined, aggregating
$2,187,835,975.75, and 28,798 account
certificates to the register of the treas
urer, aggregating $5,691,876,593.34.
A great mass of miscellaneous work
was also done in the office, including
the writing of 20,009 official letters.
Aside from this, a large amount of
official work requiring the porsonui
consideration of the comptroller was
done, which included the investigation
of and decision upon legal points aris
ing in the adjustment of accounts, the
examination of ciaims presented, ap
plications for the issuing of duplicates
in lieu of bonds nnd other securities
lost or destroyed—and also for the
transportation of the nma the exam
ination of powers of attorney for the
collection of money due to creditors of
the United States; decisions upon the
rights of persons claiming to be exe
cutors, administrators or heirs of de
ceased claimants to receive money due
from the United States, the examina
tion of official bonds, answering calls
for information made by congress toe
departments and private persons, re
ceiving and examining emolument re
turns, and other work of a miscellane
ous character.
To Fight the Hatch Bill.
New York, Oct. 8—An informal con
ference of brokers took place to-day.
The object • of»the meeting was to de
vise methods for preventing the
Hatch anti-option or some similar
bill from being made a law at
the next session of Congress. Several
circulars have recently been issned by
members of the New York Produce and
Cotton exchange who are opposed to
the adoption of any measure which
might tend to curtail their business.
Heorge A. Chapman has prepared an
elaborate circular, copies of which will
be sent to members of Congress and
other interested persons.
Millions or Dollars Issued.
Washixotox, Oct. 6.—Assistant Sec
retary Nettleton says that out of an
issue of 4,000 810,000 legal tender notes
there is but one note oatstanding and
that there are but three 9&.000 notes
outstanding of an issue of $30,000,000
DESERT HOMESTEAD.
HVb hundred non-union
» MEN LEAVE THE MILL.
Tit* Ofltalnl* of til* iCniuimnjr I)«uf
tli* Truth, of tli* Humor Hut Xu
plojr»» Verify It—Cn*M Agaluat tb*
CarneRl* OOlelal*.
Homestead, Pa., Oot. 0.—The cool
and iron police who left the employ of
the Carnegie Steel company here are
authority for the atatement that ainoo
Saturday last 500 of the non-union em
ployes of the company have quit work
at the mills anil returned to their
homea. This atatement the mill officials
deny and Bay that only a very few
men have left and they wera
discharged for incompetency. The
officials claim tiiat the plant la running
successfully. When asked regarding
the suspension of work on the armor
plate contract for the cruiser Monterey
the officials said thut the difficulty was
not due to any fault of the Carnegie
Steel company, and claim that armor
plate Is being made in sufficient quan
tities to meet, tlio requirements of the
government.
The ease against the Carnegie Steel
company officials, in which Hugh Roan
and Burgess John Mel.uckle are the
prosecuting witnesses, arc .before the
grand jury this afternoon. It was
stated in Homestead yesterday that in
case neither Ross or McLuckie ap
peared others of the strikers wquld act
in their stead. Ross is known to be in
Pittsburg, but it is not thought that he
will show up, while buckle is in Ohio
and says he will not return to Penn
sylvania without a requisition until
the time for the trials urrives.
WHO OWNS THE METEOR?
!}u«.r Lnwiult Umliltil bjr tbs lows
Supreme Court.
Pi s Moines, Iowa, Oct. 0.—The Iowa
Supremo court convened here, all the
judges present. Four decisions were
handed down, among1 them a meteor
rase which ltafi awakened much inter
est. May 1800, an aerolite weighing
sixty-six pounds fell on the land of
■lolin Goddard in Winnebago county.
I’eter Hong-land dug it upnndconveyed
it to his house and sold it to II. V,
Wincliell i for #10.",. Goddard claimed
t lie meteor was his, as it fell on > his
land. Hoagland claimed it as he dis
covered it.
The District court decided that the .
stone became a part of the soil on
which it fell, and Hoagland had no
right to remove it. Hut the defense
claimed on the authority of lilackstone
that whatever is movable and found on
the surface of the earth, and is un
claimed by any owner, is supposed to
be abandoned by the last proprietor.
The Supreme Court ruled that this
stone was in the earth and practically
immovable, and was placed there by
nature. It was a stone not included
generally under property to be claimed.
The case is unique, with no estab
lished precedent. The American and
English Encyclopedia of Law, volume
)•*, page 388, says: “An aerolite is the
property of the owner of the fee upon
which it falls.”
INDIANS LEARNING! POLITICS.
—
Council of the Ked Men to Talk About
Casting Their First Votes.
Risseton, Aoencv, S. D.t Oct. 7.—
All day long yesterday the Indians
were gathering around the agency
from all parts of the reservation. On
all sides the plains are dotted with
their peculiar tepees and everyv here
there is bustle and activity. The scene
is somewhat in the line of the usual
order, but the cause is a new and
strange one in Indian affairs. It is for
the Indian an event that marks his ad
vent into a new life, into the life of
American politics, his birth into this
peculiar phase of American citizenship.
It is truly wonderful to see how apt
they are proving themselves. Some
are especially noticeable from the
hustling they are doing, and a closer
examination develops the fact that
schemes are on foot that would do
eredit to the most experienced poli
ticians. Following their usual custom
the Indians have met to take counsel
as to their future course in the field
of politics.
SAYS THEY USE HYPNOTISM.
Queer Suit Filed Against the Masons
and Odd Fellows.
Grand Rai-ids. Mich., Oct. 7.—Byron
F. Lockwood, of .Jackson, filed a bill of
complaint in tbe Circuit Court yester
day. He is attorney for himself. The
suit he commences is against the Ma
sonic and Odd Fellows fraternities of
this city and the world, and he de
mands 930,000 damages for injuries he
claims to have sustained to character
and feelings by reason of having been
black-balled several years ago. Hia
bill covers forty pages of closely writ
ten legal-cap, and he accuses the fra
ternities of using mysterious and un
earthly methods of discovering secrets,
and says that they hypnotize the ap
plicants for admission to the orders
and otherwise behave in uncanny
ways. The suit is by long odds the
most unique ever commenced here.
Idaho Democrats Withdraw.
Boise, Idaho, Oat. 5.—The Idaho
democratic committee has withdrawn
the electoral ticket and endorsed the
people's party electors. This is un
derstood to be in accordance with the
general plan to be pursued in other
western states under the superrision
of the national committee, i'be dem
ocratic committee endeavored to get
some concessions I or the state ticket
but this was refused. The committee
then concluded to withdraw the entire
state ticket except that of secretary of
state, but this raised a protest among
the county candidates. It is under
stood the populists will withdraw their
own candidate for secretary of state
aad vote for the democratic candidate.
STOLE A BIO PILE OP MONEY.
Arm* of * German In Chisago Mw/ll
Got Ant.ii)' with 104,180 Marks |
Chic a oo. Out, 8.—Rudolf Erwlg Of
the firm of W, C. Bcrver & Co., gloW
manufacturers, In the Ilaymarket l
building, was arrested charged with
the embezzlement of 194,750 marks
from the firm of Erwlg Bros.of DusseV
iorf. (lermany.
Last May both the arrested man andi
his father, Johann Erwlg, were the
trusted employes of their rich rel*.
tires, Erwlg Bros., who own one of the
largest hide and leather establishments
in Germany. Rudolf Erwlg was the
head salesman of the business, while
his father was the trusted cashier. An
heiress, to whom the young man was
paying marked attentions, was,
so Erwig’a claims, the cause
of the defalcation. When the
father heard that his son was recelred
in the home of the young woman he
was much flattered. He immediately ,;
set up a fine establishment and com*
menced to lire in a style that was far
beyond his means. When the son told
his parents there was no grounds to
bellere that he would ever marry the
heiress Johann Erwlg was enraged,
lie told Rudolf that he must marry her
and then informod lii|n how hopelessly
his affairs had become involved by
their mode of living.
This argument, however, failed to
prevail and later the father discovered
that his son had become infatuated
with another woman. Then began a
systematic stealing from Erwig Bros.
Besides money being actually taken
from the cash drawer and the manipu*
latlon of checks many bogus checks
were cashed. Over 194,000 marks had
been scoured before the firm detected
its loss.
CAREER OF A BIGAMIST.
Throe Husband! mid Thlrtesn Chlllirsu,
lint aha Goes Free—Married at 14.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. Married
tliron times without a dlvorca
or the death of her husbands, <5
with thirteen children, and only
•17 years old, is the record of MVs. .,
Mary Howell, who was released from
custody here yesterday because no man t
would come forward and swear to her
bigamy. She was a pretty oountry *1
girl, Mary Ross of London, Ont., who
at the age of 14 she wedded one Buck
ingham. They lived happily together
sixteen years, and then the trouble
began. Robert B. Howell woa her :
next husband. He knew the world ‘
and brought her to Detroit, where
they lived for six years before getting
married. Then Howell began to neg
lect her. He went to Kentucky, and
when he came back there was more
trouble. Things went front bad to’
worse, and in May last she married M.
J. Brown in the city hall. He was m
son of old Major Brown of Ann Arbor, ,
and this illegal marriage also turned .
ont badly._
PAGO PAQO 18 OURS.
Negotiations with Samoa Conrl IS (led—
Price Paid Was M.ooo.
Washington, Oct 7—It is announced
here that the negotiations which have
been pending for more than two .years '
between the United States and Samoa
by which the harbor of Pago Pago
would be ceded to this government for
use as a coaling station have at •
least been satisfactorily concluded.
The aggregate price paid was 95,000.
The deeds for the property at Pago ?(
Pago are now in the possession of this
government and a delicate and im
portant diplomatic mission has been
performed. This acquisition is of very
great importance, as it will afford in
creased protection to American com
merce, which is rapidly developing in
the South Sea islands. It will also w
prove invaluable in case of foreign war .
os a basis of naval supplies.
Both Loved tbs Same Girl.
. Brazil, Ind., Oct. 6.—The case of
the State of Indiana vs. Thomas Smith 1
for shooting and mortally wounding .
young Sam Byers several days ago
came up for preliminary hearing be
fore Mayor McCullouch yesterday,
and the defendant was-bound over to
the Clay County Circuit Court in the
sum of $6,000. The case has caused
considerable interest, as both parties
are residents of this county and are
quite wealthy. The troubleUriginated
over the fact that both of the young
men were infatuated with the same
Jfirl- ■ ._ V
Cora Almost Heady to Crib.
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 0.—The Iowa '
weather and crop bureau yesterday
issued the following special bulletin:
“The last week was hot and dry, the ,f
daily temperature averaging twelve
degrees above normal. The sum of
the excess of temperature of the last
fifteen days was 167 degrees. This
phenomenal weather has matured all
crops. Early-planted corn and well
drained fields is nearly dry enough to
crib, and in quantity and quality is
fairly up to the average.
Ckalwt la K«nyi.
Havre, Oct. 7.—There were reported P,
here yesterday one new case of cholera ' ■ •
and one death. This is a' decrease of
two cases and four deaths compared
with Monday’s returns.
Hamburg, Oct. 5.—The official figures
place the number of new cases of
cholera here yesterdfv at thirty and
the deaths'at eleven. Compared with
Monday’s official figu •es there was a
decrease of thirteen cases yesterday
and an increase of three deaths.
In Altona yesterday six new cases
and four deaths were reported agaiust
three new cases and six deaths on .
Monday.
Grauhnppan Destroy lug Grain.
Warrkxsbi'ku, Mo., Oct 7.—Farm
ers from all sections of this county
are complaining of the immense
amount of grasshoppers that have ap
peared lately and are 'doing great
damage to the late corn and new wheat
which is just coining up. Hundreds of
acres of wheat have already been
destroyed