acts OS THE DEFENSE
CAl/PK OF THE CUaMV REBELS
IS-NOT
iDRorrertlon Strong: and Dally Gain
ing Ground—A Letter From the Island
Seta Forth the Sltnation Plainly—
Revolutionists Heretofore Humane—
America to He Appealed to for Bellig
erent-Rights— Losses of Spain Thus
Far.
Spain on the Defense.
CHICAGO, .At1.?. 31.—Joaquin A. Ver
8, ex-Mexican consul here, has re
ceived a let'.er from a friend near to
the high Spanish officials in Havana.
is dated August 22, and has this to
say of the progress of the insurrection
,on that island: “The insurrection is
strong and dully gaining ground. As
proof, ever since the very beginning
a government forces are the ones
ho are on the defensive, while the
isnrgents’are the attacking party,
pain began active measures to quell
he rebellion February 24 last with
'an army of over 70,OOP men, regulars
nd volunteers. Of these, though,
iy battle and disease, she has lost in
ix months about 18,000 men. In some
Realities the troops have found them
Ives in such perilous situations that
of the soldiers and some of the
.Ogliei-fttnJjave suicided, while others
jjgtve losrUheir, reason. -The Cubans
rve fought witfbsyjexampled bravery.
'^.nd hat* so far conducted themselves
manliness and honor.
For in
ta-nce, 'dho Spaniards left their
Avoiiiifded comradestwi the field to die.
ff}tey Are taken in and cared for by
til* Cubans, and when restored are set
At liberty. ' Hut this humane conduct
is not likely to lasft, for .Martinez Cam
pos’ party is continually working on
the Cubans to get them to institute a
/veritable reign of terror. If that hap
jpens, the torch will be applied broad
cast over the whole island and no
/Spaniard wil! tiien be spared.”
rrHj*TEt;v men drowned.
Colorado Sillies Engulfed liy a
Hashing Torrent.
ESTTRAI, Cl TV, Col.. All". 31.—'Tho
klental flooding of tho Americas
Sleepy Hollow mines yestorijfiiy
irnoon enured the death, it is be
ed, of thirteen miners. Every ef
; is being’ made to rescue the unfor
ate men, blit little hope is enter
led. A little after 3 o'clock the
er in the lower workings of Fisk
o, Cast of the main shaft, broke
mgh the old workings of a vein
t has not been worked for a nura
beAof years.
Cmursing eastward it struck the
AmJh-icits, where two Italian miners,
■will:so names have not been learned,
werfe at work in the lower part of the
shaft! They were both drowned. in
its cilursc the water diverted to the
Sleeplv Hollow mine, the easterly por
tion Jf the Fisk vein. Fourteen men
■werefworking in the Sleepy Hollow,
three! of whom escaped. A courier was
sent to the adjacent mines and all the
■worklnen escaped.
TUft rescuer who first descended in
thcjfmeket, Mr. II. 1*. Risk, was found
a tit he 320 foot level. On reaching the
Mnrface he mas almost in an insensible
fuute. Other volunteers went down
afterward, but were not successful in
reaching a lower point in the shaft,
•ovving to the raising of the water. E.\
trfc water buckets were sent for and
brlmght to the mine, which are now
walking with a view to lowering the
wJter. _
[UMRY OWNERS BLAMED.
Tmpy Are Censured for Employing' an
Incompetent Engineer.
DAcsyer, Col., Aug. 31.—The eor
tonen's jury, after six days' investiga
tion! of the Gurnry hotel disaster, made
Its rfeport last evening. It says tli .t
tbe testimony was conflicting and that
it is (impossible to fix the responsibility
for tliie disaster on any one person, but
that | the owners, Peter (luniry and
R> t/ Grenier, were blamable for re
<{UirUng of their engineer sixteen hours’
vrori t out of twenty-four, and for em
ploy ing an inexperienced engineer,
who ,e habits were dissipated and uu
rejia hie.
Enlgineor Hellmuth Loescher, the re
phrt says, had been drinking on the
jjjfjyjfc of the disaster, and further he
llftd not evcHJHped the safety-valve to
the boiler for two months, proving
him to'be unfit to occupy any position
of responsibility. The city boiler in
spector is censured for failing to in
spect the boiler after recent repairs
were made upon it. The report closes
with a recommendation that an or
dinance be passed, regulating the use
of st<$im boilers.
LOVE PO i iui^ POISON.
A I0ut!i Dakota Girl Nearly Kills tho
'p Object of Her AfTectious.
Sloi'E City, Iowa, Aug. 31. — For
•stiBWCtime Lena Dahl, daughter of a
farmer living near Westfield, S. D.,
had loved Henry Halselh, a young and
prosperous neighbor. Last week she
visited a medium and bought from her
»n alleged love potion. Tuesday she
sicceeded in putting the stuff into a
’>oU.tetof colt! coffee, which he took
■vith his lunch to the fields where lie
.vas harvesting. Then she watched
him from behind a hedge. At neon he
drank the coffee. Soon afterward
Halselh became seriously ill. A few
drops *>f the ihjuor still remained in
the bdttie and » brief investigation
showed tiiat strychnine entered large
ly in O its composition. The tortune
teller decamped when site heurti what
had happened. The girl lias not been
arret tea nor has she wmi liaUeth's
love.
BANKER FRANCE DEAD.
The St. Joseph, Mo., Iinancirr, Stricken
EudScnly With Heart Disease.
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 31.—Charles
B. France, for many years president of
the State National bank of this city
VBd one of the richest men in time ty,
.lied suddenly this morning. Ilia
death was entirely unexpected and was
due to heart disease. He was' 55 years
aid. He leaves a wife and two chil
dren, who will inherit one of the rich
est estates in tba Platte purchase.
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OUR PRODUCTS ABROAD.
Commcsta and Criticism of the Imtr
toao Consol at Liverpool.
Washington, Aug, SI.—The ujar
Itets for United States’ products in
• ■ rent Britain are reviewed in detail in
recent consular reports. At Liverpool
cattle from this country arc re
ported as superior to the native
cattle, the latter including' many
immature and young animals slaugh
tered for food and also a greater pro
portion of old animals. Consul h eal at
Liverpool reports, however, that sheep
from the L nited States and other coun
tries do not compare favorably with
the British, Inciting taste and tender
ness, and it is suggested by experi
enced men that this might be greatly
improved l>y shipping the sheep young
er. say 1 or 2 years old. " ,J
Large quantities of npnles are re
ceived from various countries of
Europe, but the importations appear
to be regulated by the size of the ap
ple crop in the United States. Ameri
can apples command the highest
prices. Forty-live per cent of the
wheat and ninety per cent of the flour
in the Liverpool consular district come
from the United States.
Consumers depend to a large extent
on the importations of bacon and ham
from the Uni’.ed States and Canada.
The strongest objection made by the
Liverpool trade to hog meats packed
in the United States is that of insuffi
cient curing. The consumption of
American canned meats is falling otf
and that of Australia is increasing,
due largely to relatively high prices of
American goods. Consul Neal recom
mends that the United States make
more of the finest goods for export to
compete with other supply sources.
SEIZED BY GERMANY.
An American Citizen Thrown Into
friton at Hamburg.
Decatur, Ind., Aug. .'il.—R. M.
Romberg, a prominent livery man of
tlifs city, left here about two months
ag-o to visit his old home at Hamburg,
Germany. Word has just been re
ceived here that he has been taken by
the German offioials and sent to prison
for twelve years. The crime with
which he is charged is that of whip
ping an official in the army prior to
liis coming to this country. Romberg
came here about twelve years ago, and
lias during his stay here accumulated
quite a fortune. Ho is a prominent
member of the Democratic county cen
tral committee. He has a wife and
five small children here who are wild
over the news,
FIVE RECEIVERS NAMED.
Judge Sanborn’s Order in the St. Joseph
and Grand Island Matter.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 31.—The order
of Judge Sanborn of the United States
circuit court in the ease of the Central
Trust company of New York against
the St. Joseph and Grand Island lias
been filed in the circuit court of Ne
braska. The order provides that the
five Union Pacific receivers be ap
pqinted receivers of all the property
and franchises of the company, and
directed to maintain and operate such
lines and property until otherwise or
dered by the court, as a part of tho
Union Pacific system.
Rebel llcvcrsos Reported.
Havana, Aug. 31.—General Antonio
Alaceo attacked Plantation Union near
San Luis. The garrison of the fort,
fifty-nine ir. number, for three hours
sustained the fire of the insurgents,
who finally retired, leaving among the
killed Lieutenant Juan Vega and
among the wounded Captain Marcos
Rainier, who died soon afterwards.
Six sharpshooters and swordsmen of
the command of Lieutenant Colonel
Tcjera recently’ succeeded in ambush
ing' and killing tho insurgent Lieuten
ant Rablo Lanonde. The insurgents
succeeded in making their escape
through the country districts, but
troops are in pursuit.
A Windfall for a Rank.
Painksvit.i.e, Ohio, Aug. 31.—When
the Painesville Savings bank collapsed
four years ago among the assets found
was $2”) 0,000 worth of stock in a West
ern'miue. At that time the mine was
thought to be worthless, but it is pay
ing a fair dividend, and the stock is
nearly at par. The indications are
that the depositors in the wrecked
bank will'secure a good dividend, with
the prospects that ultimately they may’
receive their deposits back in full.
^wUvatloii Army Cavalry.
Denver. Col, Aug. 31.—Thu Salva
tion army of Denver organize! a caval
ry corps of young women yesterday
and last night Brigadier General
French of St. Louis dedicated the new
branch of the service at the First Bap
tist church, which was hardly large
enough to accommodate the crowd.
This corps enjoys the distinction of be
ing the only mounted Salvation army
fighters in the world.
TUB Wrong Man Was KlUeU.
l Grani? Rapids, Mich., Aug. 31.—
John Smalley, the supposed train rob
ber, hilled by deputy sheriffs at Me
Bain, was. it has been learned, at
Brlntou visiting his old neighbors last
week at the time of the hold-up und
until afteir the killing of Detective
Powers i n't his city. The train rob
bers and the murderer of Detective
Powers are still at large and the offi
cers have as.yet obtained no definite
clue as to tht'ir identity.
White Ca|p. to he 1'ru.ei-uted,
Excelsior SPRINGS, Mo., Aug. 31.—
Nothing has been heard from the two
men who we)1® taken from the city
Jail here and Whipped Tuesday night.
The colored people are highly in
censed and have taken steps to have it
legally investigated.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
The steamer liawnniore, ashore in
Oregon, is a total loss.
Rain deluged the Johnson county,
Kan., fair exhibits at Olathe.
The Kentucky Democratic state com
mittee issued an address to the party,
pleading for harmony.
T, is said that the administration is
going to turn down General Miles in
selecting a successor to General Scho
field.
Four prisoners escaped from the
Stoddard county, Missouri, jail by saw
Mfcltfcfcbfiistatwa.
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STORY OF DARK-CRIMES.
Convict Alton Tolls of Ills Connection
With Holmes.
Lsttlk Rock. Ark.. Aug. £».—J. C
Allen, alias Caldwell, the convict serv
ing a ten years’ sentence hero f r
horse stealing, has ma.lo a statement
to Warden Moore ia regard to H. 11.
Holmes and his operations. The war
den believes the man knows a great
deal more than he lias told, but he had
the statement put in writing, road to
Allen s.nd verilied in every partieulnr.
He first met Holmes under the name
of l’rutt in Tennessee in iho full of
Isle). About three weeks afterward
Holmes, Pietzei, Minnie Williams and
Allen met in !St. Joseph and Minnie's
l’ort Worth property was deeded to
Allen in the name of A. E. Bond. The
deal was made wit h the understand
ing all around that it was to be swind
ling operation After making trips to
Leadville and Denver they went to
Fort Worth.
“PielsoPs conduct at Fort Worth
caused Holmes to send him to Kansas
City. While in Kansas City Pietzei
wrote several threatening letters to
Holmes, in which ho said that ho
would turn up all the rascality unless
Holmes sent him money. Pietzei was
furnished money three times sent by
me at Holmes’ request. Holmes vis
ited Pietzei at Kansas City to get him
to sign the necessary papers to secure
a loan of $10,000 on the Fort Worth
property. While l'ietzel was in Kan
sas City, Holmes and Pat Quinlan, who
had joined us at Fort Worth a short,
time before we left that plnce, had
several talks about putting Pietzei out
of the way, because Holme,s had be
come afraid of him on account of
liis drinking too much find knowing
too much, lit was known to us all
that Pietzei carried a Sit),000 life in
surance policy). At our last talk
upon this subject, three days before
leaving Fort \\ orth, it was understood
that Pietzei was to be killed. 1 was
selected to assist Holmes in doing the
job. but in what manner it was to be
done was not definitely settled, only
that Holmes remarked that he had
something that would make the job
easy, snd a large trunk was purchased
In Fort Woi'th In which to place Piet
zcl’s body ufler being killed. At this
point Holmes patted me on the back
and said: Mascot, it is $10,000 and a
trip to Iking Branch, and from there
to California and more buildings.
That night I advised Holmes to quit,
the business, as he had enough money
not to resort to murder, lie replied
that he had been at the business so
long that t had become perfectly
natural to him, and he would not quit
it. ’ .
"liio plan agreed upon to aispose ol j
Pietzel was that we ware to meet him 1
in St. Louis anil together go from
there to Chicago, where he was to bo
,‘iixed.’ It was between to:t Worth
and Denison that Holmes told mo
that I must have my life insured for
SHl.OOO in favor of my little nieee.
ltemembering the large trunk bought
for 1‘ictzul's body, 1 determined to
part company with Holmes, wiiich 1
did at Denison, and I have never teen
him since, but received as many as
three letters fiom him.
"The last time I saw Minnie Will
iams was at our meeting in St. Joseph.
Holmes told her that she must leave
the United States for a period of three
or four years. India was agreed upon
as the country to which she should go.
1 went to the depot with her, while
Holmes bought her ticket and checked
her baggage, but where to I did not
know. While at l'ort Worth 1 r
three letters from Minnie Williams
llolmes. They purported to be Horn
India, the place I have forgotten. If
Minnie Williams is dead site lias been
put out of the way since this excite
ment was gotten up in regard to
Holmes.
"1’he building in Chicago known as
the ‘Castle’ was erected especially for
a ‘death trap,’ and during my associa
tion with llolmes 1 was in it often,and
in fact occupied a room theie. A
stranger to the city during the world s
fair was decoyed into the castle and
murdered for his money, lie did not
have as much money as Holmes
thought—only $3,700. A bright little
boy was enticed into the castle during
the fair and held in a room for live
days for a reward for his recovery.
No reward being offered they
were afraid to turn him out and the
gas was turned into his room at
night nud he was suffocated. I could
mention other such cases of crime com
'milled in the ‘castle’ and discussed in
my presence, but these are sutli.rient
except one, and that was of Nannie
Williams. The cause of her killing, as
explained by llolmes, w.ri that one of
the girls must be put out of the way
and that he could manage Minnie
easier than he could Nannie. Minnie
Williams was crazy in love with
Holmes and she was jealous of her sis
ter, as llolmes was paying her some
attention too. lie took particular
pains to increase her jealousy to work
her up to the point, of putting Nannie
out of thu way."
Alien concluded by saying that
every word in his statement was true
and that he did not make it to secure
a pardon; that ho knew Governor
Clarke too well to believe that he
would issue a pardon unless the evi
dence would break Holmes’ neck.
Welcome lo fllshop lYogan. j
Kansas (Try, Mo., Aug. n'K—Itishop j
James J. Hogan of the diocese of Kan- '
sas City, returned last night from a
year's absence in Europe, and tvas ac
corded a reception such as no other
man in a like position ever received in
! Kaioas City. A multitude of the par
5 islioners of the diocese met him at tae
j l - ion depot; •",000 of them escorted
! him through Ihe city streets, while
! numberless persons hade him welcome
j as the procession moved to the cat lie
, dm!. The entry was a triumphal one,
I ami every Catholic in the city, large
| ami small, old and young, added his oi
lier (piota to the general greeting.
The OiilciT in Cliai'^o of the Klowu la*
rilan* Reported Murdorml.
Ei. IIe.no. Ok., Aug. lii.—It was re
I ported here to-day tliat Captain IhUd
| win, U. S. A., aetin;,’ agent at the
| Kiowa, Comanche and Apache agency J
J at Anadarko, ha l been murdered last !
| night by the Indians. The report j
i Incus verification as yet, but federal j
oilieers credit it, except that the; be- >
Jicve the mnrder wu committed by
gamblers and whisk; peddlers-against '
whom Captain Baldwin had been wag
ing war for some time. A large part; |
of depot; marurials is on the wa; to .
that country. - «. I
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THE NEW COMMANDEf
A KENTUCKIAN CHOSEN CHIEI
OP THE TEMPLARS.
U* If** Electee! by a Practically ITnsnl
mons Vote—ritmlmrc Selected aa thi
Place for the Next Encampment—Rail
Somewhat Dampens the Enjoyment o
the Knight*—Point* of Interest Vliltec
about Uoston.
The New Commander.
Boston, Aug. 30.—The grand en
campment of Knights Templar, at its
session this morning, elected Right
Eminent Sir Warren Larue Thomas of
Kentucky, grand master to succeed
Most Eminent Sir Hugh McCurdy.
Three huadred ballots were gss*, of
which the successful candidate re
ceived 295. Very Eminent ^ Reuben
H. Lloyd of San Frnncisco, was chosen
deputy grand commander. Pittsburg
was then chosen on the first ballot as
the conclave city in ISOS.
The following officers were elected:
Deputy grand commauder. Very Eml
,^'r Reuben H. Lloyd of San
T ran cisco; grand generalissimo, Verv
Eminent Sir Henry D. Stoddard o'f
Texas; grand captain general, Very
Eminent Sir George M. Moulton of
Illinois; grand senior warden, Very
Eminent Sir Henry W. Rugg of Rhode
Island; grand junior warden. Very
Eminent Sir W. II. Melish of Cincin
nati, Ohio; grand treasurer, Very Emi
nent Sir II. Wales Lines of Meriden,
Conn., re-elected.
A dull gray sky and a rain-soaked
earth rather discouraged the Knights
when they turned out for the day.
Black jind white plumes and closely
fitting uniform coats gave way to fa
tigue caps and business suits. Out-of
town excursions were as numerous and
as attractive us yesterday. Golden
Gate commandcry of Sun Francisco
visited Brockton, where the members
were entertained by Bay State cotn
mandery, Cambridge coinmandry
took its guests, Washington pi Atchi
son, Kan., on a trip to Silver Springs,
R. L, for a fish dinner. The
Knights of Arkansas and Texas, with
their ladies; were welcomed at Lowell
by the directors of the Southwestern
Telegraph and Telephone compHny.
Luncheon was served at Lukeview,
and the party was escorted down the
Meyrlmac vailey to Lawrence. Some
of the Arkansas eommandcrics and
those from Toronto, Canada, visited
Worcester as the gue»ts of the Wor
cester county commandery
To-night the exodus of knights be
gan, several commanderles leaving for
'Itome. Large numbers will go to
morrow, but many of the delegations,
especially those from Western states,
will disband here.
TRAIN ROBBERS 8ENT UP.
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Quick Justice Meted Out to the Nebraska
Danilits—Given Ten Years.
Noiitii Platte, Neb., Aug. 30.—Hans
and Knute Ivnuteson, the two young
Nebraska farmers who held up tlio
overland express on the Union I’acliic
at Brady Island one week ago, were
taken to the penitentiary lastovening,
with a sentence of ton years each foi
the crime. They pleaded guilty. The
proof of guilt was absolute.
They said they were impelled to do
the work by the knowledge that a
great fortune might easily be made.
They said they secured less than ¥50
from the safe which they blew open in
the express car. The through safes,
which resisted their efforts, were
filled with treasure. The boys have
worked on farms in the sand
hills several years and were not re
garded as desperate characters such as
their bold conduct in holding up nn
express train crowded with people in
dicates fhem to be. They said they
had been camping^near Oothenburg
for more than a week previous to the
robbery, and one of them, Knute, did
considerable trading, visiting the
stores so often that he became well
known to several of the merchants.
They took the wheels off the wagon
in which they had been sleeping, and,
together with the body concealed them
in the .woods near camp where they
were afterward discovered, (saddling
the Uvo horses they rode toward
Brady Island, at which point the train
was boarded. The horses were con
cealed in a deserted barn about two
miles east of the place where the rob
bery afterward took place. Then they
proceeded to hold up the train in the
most approved style.
PANIC IN A CIRCUS TENT.
Cloudburst and Tornado at Bloomington,
III-—-Two Lives Lost.
Bl.00.MIN0 TOM, 111., Aug. 30.— A
cloudburst, accompanierl by a tornado,
swept the vicinity of Bloomington yes
terday afternoon, raging torrents
filling the dry water courses in a few
minutes, sweeping away trees and the
tents of the Wild West show at the
fair grounds. Five thousand people
were panic stricken and drenched, but
miraculously escaped injury and death.
A ravine near Miller park tilled and
overflowed Morris avenue.
Mf'darnes Kiddle aiul Roberts, ol
Hey worth were driving home with
daughters,, aged 3 and 7 years,' re
spectively, when their buggy was
swept from the bridge by the flood.
The children were drowned and the
women rescued with difficulty. Streams
in tlie'country have tilled the valleys
so as to almost swim horses.
Hundred!* of Houhoh ISurneri.
Amstkrdam, Aug 30 ,—Fire at Hooge,
fiewaUuve, Brabant, lias destroyed 313
houses. Fifty families have been ren
dered homeless. No loss of life is re
uoited.
The I.eail Production lucreaeinfr.
Washington', Aug. 30.—A bulletin
/ias been issued by the geological sur
vey, giving the production of lead for
the first six months of 1803. It shows
that the total production was 103,000
tons, of which *8,000 tons were of de
silverized lead and 18,000 tons of soft
lead. Seventeen thousand five hun
dred tons of this were refined in bond,
The remainder being obtained from
American base bullion. The total pro
duct la an increase of 4.B00 tons over
the first six months ol ltM, and an in
crease of <1,000 ton from the firsjt six
month* of 1893,
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NEBRASKA IRRIGATION LAW.
It It to b« Tvited In Vtow nf n Itmnt
Judicial DtoaiMk
Omaha. Sept 1.—CouttrutiM hu
spread amoa? irrigation promoters of
■ the west owing to a late decision of
1 Judge Ross of the United States court
i for California, in which he tubes the
1 startling position that irrigation bonds
are worthless because issued under an
unconstitutional law.
The decision has caused a stir not
only in the state of California, whero
millions of property are nifoeted, but
in many of the western states which
have copied after tho Wright law of
California. Nebraska is in this list
along with Oregon, Washington, Utah,
Kansas and North and South Dakota.
Kfforts to test the constitutionality
of Nebraska’s irrigation law are now
being actively pushed. At Ogalalla
tho case of tho Alfalfa irrigation dis
trict is soon to be argued. This case
involves the issuance of bonds upon
about 7,000.acres of land. Tho princi
ple established in the decision of this
case will be eagerly watched for by the
promoters of enterprises of oven greater
magnitude, particularly by tho promo
ters of the Golden district, extending
through lirown, Rock nnd Holt coun
ties and covering 500,000 acres of
Nebraska's choicest lands.
The uniform decision of the state
courts has been favorable to the laws
relating to the construction of ditches
by public corporations organized with
powers similar to those of a municipal
corporation, within the particular
sphere in which the irrigation work Is
undertaken. When, therefore, about
two weeks ago Judge Ross in the United
(States court handed down an opposite
opinion an outcry was raised such as is
seldom heard. The columns of the
western press teemed with adverse
comments. Judge Ross undertook to
hold that such an irrigation enterprise
was not a public improvement, of puo
lic moment, public concern and for pub
lic purposes. He decided that the law
conflicted with the first section of the
fourteenth amendment to the federal
constitution, which provides that “no
state shall deprive any person of life,
liberty or property without due process
of law.” Without considering the stu
pendous benefits to the land and the
almost fabulous increase of property
valuations and of population, he simply
stated that tho law waB for the benefit
of those whose land needed to be over
flowed, and so was of private concern.
The effect of such a decision if left to
stand would be to completely overturn
irrigation schemes. Even now the Al
falfa district, which bus prepared its
bonds for issuance, withholds them,
awaiting Aha determination of the Ne
' braska courts, and possibly of the
United States court. George W. Shields
of tliis city will go to Ogalalla to argue
in favor of tha irrigation law passed at
the last session of the legislature He
appears for the Alfalfa irrigation cor
poration and believes that the courts
will not follow the late deeiaion of
Judge ltoss.
" I lip difference between th« opera
ttons of a public and a private corpora
tion in ‘irrigation matters.” says Mr.
Shields, ‘‘is remarkable. The private
corporations are usually composed of
foreigners and their enterprise costs
from SO to S30 per acre. Our enterprise
will cost but $3 per acre. Idaho irri
gates 00,000 acres in one district. It
costs S3 and twenty miles of the canal
went through solid rock. Wo will
probably argue this question historic
ally and show that in all ages irriga
tion has been considered of immense
public utility.”
A NATIONAL WATERWAY.
Bqwrt of the Board of Engineers on the
Chicago Drainage Canal.
Washington, Aug. 30.—The report
of the board of engineers, consisting
of Colonel I’oe and Majors Ruff nor and
Marshall, appointed by the secretary
of war to examine and report the
probable effect of the Chicago drainage
canal upon lake harbor levels, was
made public by Secretary Lament yes
teiday. The board suggests that the
canal is not solely a state affair, but
says that as soon as it shall be used
for navigation it will become a na
tional waterway, and that federal su
pervision must be extended to it in
due lime. The board discusses at
some length the water levels of the
Great lakes, pointing out that these
levels are a delicate matter and subv
jeet to many changes.
The report makes no definite sug
gestions except to point out the neces
sity for actual measurement to deter
mine the effect of the canal upon the
lake and harbor levels.
EXPORTATION OF BEEF.
Secretary Morton Issues an Important
Washington, Aug. ;;0.—An import
ant order giving full protection to
foreign consumers of American meat
products was issued by Secretary Mor
ton yesterday. Jt will prevent the ex
portation of any beef that is not in
spected, and will cause the exporters
of horse meat to mark the packages
that the nature of the contents shall
be apparent.
Federal Officers Complain.
Washington, Aug. 30.—A decision
made by the comptroller of the treas
ury that the statute allowing double
fees to United States marshals, dis
trict attorneys and clerks in the far
Western states and territories of
Washington, Oregon, California, Wyo
ming, Montana. Idaho, North and
South Dakota, New Mexico, Arizona,
Utah and Nevada did not. apply to
mileage, has caused much dissatisfac
iou union”' those otlicials.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES’
The beer war in Chicago has been
settled and prices have been advanced.
Charles Kay shot Mr. Williams dead
on the street in Middlesboro, Ky.
The mutilated body of a murdered
man was fouud near South McAleatar,
Ind. Ter.
Miaaiaaippf a first bale of cotton was
sold at Greenville bringing ten eenta
a pound.
Order on the Subjec t.
Bunt
»h* Bnwlw
T*l»TAJrArbf.M,
d i a n ;i po Us W ill clalS*
n. II. Holme* for ntard*
"■ill be based tpoa ti.
velopinents of yselcrd
elude the finding of
remain* el 9-year-old Ho
and evidence which beta,
the country would Wf
Holmes of having msrdf
then having partially bon'
in a stove.
Detective* Gever of Pi'
Richards of Indianapolis
Gary of the Fidelity Insurant
oany have been at WO** lr“
hunting for trace* of the
lie was traced here wltb BdB*H
disappeared. The ettjr W« •*»
and work began in the suburb* 1
i n g for a house rented by Hoi*
October 10, 11 or 13 of last year.
Yesterday morning the detect!]
went to lrvinjrtoii, a pretty
the city ami the t-eat of But!
and before they hid hoe a at Work
hour their attention wan called '
local ren'l estate dealer to a ami
cant cottage situated in the
the edge of the town and far
from any other dwelling, The
went to the house, and a few a*!
later the olllctrs found beneath
side porch the missing trank wb
wus taken from the tide door of •
Circle house iu this city October l©
11. H. llolroos, and which waa thong
to contain the body of the boy.
In a barn connected with the
is a large stove of cyllnderlcal
of the snme pattern as Holme* 1
in Cincinnati. He rested the
under the same allaa The stove
been moved from the bouse to
stable by the owner of the house
Holmes left. It wus atonoo eonclud*
that the body had Uses banted In
stove, and search waa began for
remains.
Hast evening Dr. J, P. Barnhill's a*
tention was called by a m"
. named Walter Jenny to tha atom
where the stove had been. It
filled with refuse. This waa p
out and the remains of tha boy
found. Physicians and dentists
there, and in this pile of refuse bl
dreds of piece* of charred hope* we)
found.
The teeth showed that tha body
that of a boy betweandand 10 y
of age, and all the other bo*ft|
Armed this. All w«re charred*
pieces of flesh clung to aome of thank.
The skull bone and pslrla added to the
snme convincing truth. The body bad
evidently been burned in n CobflrC,
and lu the huge stove found in tha
barn. • Vi • ■
ixuwuru » uvurcuac was lODIO Hit
grocery store near by, where Holmes
luid left It, saying the boy would call
for it. lie never name- Owners of '
the house recognize Holmes from pict- f:
ures, and several neighbors distinctly; f.
remember his face. All identify him
as the man who last October rented •
the house with the same dtory he told id '
Toronto and other places, came frith
the boy and big store, wish stand#! ’
bed, stayed two days and then
neared. Seven people ban* identl
aim, and all donut ia relieved. Otl
development* are expected, torf wit
tbia evidence Indian spolia will de>
ni and Holmes lor trial. ■ > ,
"aSSfe
Sneeetsfal IhMs
Mr. Olmsted, of Tientley d Olmsted,
has just returned from Chiaego, where
lie went to meet a buyer of a la
and
western concern, um, wiww m , bh ^
strongest competition?; Mr, Ainutaf f
brought back the order; amounting ta
over $s,000, of shoes and rubber goods.
—The Des Moines Lender..
Arthur blaster, son duH’Ai
Master of London, England, and
ond cousin to the marqutaaf Salts
fell from a second story! window
Middlesboro, Ky., and wsa fatally
jured. ■?', i ■ .
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LIVE STOCK AND PRODWJK
Quotations from New Yortc.
Louis, Omaha and ,
OMAHA •
Butter—Creamery separator..
Butter—Pair to good country,
Kggs— Fresh..
Honey—California, per
Hens—Live, per lb....ft
Spring Chickens, per lb.. (
l.t-mons—Choice Mcssinas...**
Apples—per bbl.**
Oranges—Florida*, i>er box..,, 2 W
l otntoes—New...
Watermelons—per dozen....... 2 JJJ
Leans—Navy, hand-picked, btt Z W
liay—Upland, per ton.. • W
onions—I'er bu. ... J*
< heese—Neb. & la., full cream W
Pineapples—per doz.g
Tomatoes per husbel.i% JJ
Logs—Mixed packing.* + g
Logs—heavy weights. J g
beeves—Mockers and feeders. Z g
Beef fcteers.~ } JJ
Hulls.1 JJ
Mass.jJJ
taives..'. * w
l uws. lg
Heifers.. I 09
Wi ..J JJ
necD—1-ambu. *;
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,$m% mt
mu* mk
*Ht * M
(SO am
ets • ««#
4 *) * 4 is
IN # STS
ELeep— Choice natives.
CHICAUu.
Wheat—No. 2. spring.
Lorn—l’cr bu.
i-ais—. er bu.
1'orK..
Luril..
hogs—1‘acKers and mixed...
tattle—Native steers..
theep— l.iimns,. » 3 ■ g
l bee li—Natives.,*00 .•SIS
NhW YUU1C
Wheat, No. 3, red winter. * • OH
Corn—Ko. :. «** m ;
Cuts-No.:.t M * ***
hard. OSS SI
,'T. 1.0 CI i
Wheat—No 3red, cash. *1
Corn—Per bu. JJ ^
Oats—Per bu . _ U
Logs—Mixed packing. 4
C attle— Left steers.• •♦3 7*
theei.—Mixed natives.. mv
Lambs.* ♦ •»•* * Hr
KANSAS Oin,
V heat—No. 2 hard..
Corn—No. 2..
Oats—No. 2.............
cat tie— Mockers and feeders.. 2
l ogs— Mixed puckers..*,...... 4
Mieep—Muttons. .... 2
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UONOENSED D1SP/
At Grant City, Mo.,
treasurer of Worts
auicide by
head. He Jafr
took hia lif
The
arrange*. quietly,
wi"
_ jpalo »n<2 puny
A,1*1 per bo*; « for
-- r--- _ for
~>%U* cv monrf ref wadi
jtii’Tt wrapper, wltk
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