MOEE M’KINLEY MEJN
INDIANA LINES UP FOR THE
OHIO MAN.
-ToaitSve Instructions Adopted la HU De
lialf—The Resolutions Cause Wild Con
tusion for a Time, but the Convention
i. Returns With Remarkable Quickness
' >to Other Matters. t
McKinley Gets Indiana.
Indianapolis, Ind.,May 8.—Tomlin
'Son hall, when the Republican state
• convention mot this morning, was
■ gaily decorated with hundreds of flags
• and banners. Just before the con
vention was called to order 5,000
; people were in the hall.
It was 10:15 o’clock when State
■ Chairman J. K. Gowdy began calling
■ the convention to order, but it was
'fifteen minuteslaterere the invocation
was begun by the Rev. D. R. Lucas of
Indianapolis.
tx secretary oi the JNavy Kicnard
W. Thompson was reported for per
manent chairman with a rousing1
"Cheer, and General Stormont was
named for secretary. The report was
unanimously adopted and when the
white haired “Uncle Dick” Thomp
son assumed the gavel he was
'greeted with a rousing reception.
Despite his eighty-eight years,
he delivered a stirring speech which
■disposed of the Democratic narty to
the entire satisfaction of the cro\vd,
:and vigorously predicted a sweeping
victory for . Republican principles in
the coming election. Then he declared
that the next Congress should provide
the first tiling for adequate protection,
iand went on: “My friends, there is
•one man who is eminently fitted to
see that this country is given protec
tion; one man who is identified above
iall others with the policy of protection.
, '(Wild'cheers), I don’t wonder at the
"I "enthusiasm of the country for that
' man, at the general demand of the
. people' for his nomination—for the i
.... nomination of McKinley. (Continued
" •Cheering). I know McKinley. I honor
,v McKinley. I am for McKinley.”
When Mr. Thompson mentioned
' General Harrison's name the enthusi
■asm showed that there was no inten
tion to slightthe Indiana man.'
At the conclusion of Colonel Thomp
son's speech there were loud cries of
“Harrison,” but the ex-president did
not appear, and the report of the com
imiltee on credentials was submitted
■ ana accepted without contest.
Then came the reading of the plat
form and resolutions.
These lauded the record of the Re
publican party, especially that por
tion under President Harrison; de
•clared for a protective tariff for wage
workers and producers; demanded
honest money, not inferior to the
'money of the most enlightened na
tions of the earth; favored the use of
■silver only under such regulations
that the parity with gold can be main
tained; opposed free and independent
■silver coinage; demanded rigid immi
gration laws and called for a liberal
■construction of pension laws.
LAUDATION FOB MK1NI.F.Y.
The resolutions closed as fallows:
“Believing as we do in a protective
tariff, the leading issue before the
■people, we favor the nomination as
president of the United States of a
• man who perfectly represents a pro
tective tariff and the cardinal princi
ples of the Republican parly; a man
who has devoted his life to the defense
of his country in war and in peace;
■one who, at 17, fought with Hayes and
Crook and Sheridan at Antictam and
'•in the Shenandoah in defense of our
flag against foes within, and for four
teen years in Congress contended
against our country’s foes from with
out, beating back British free trade
' and aggression, which finally, un
!0, der the present Democratic i.d
ministration, obtained possession of
■our markets and has almost destroyed
■our industries; a man who, with the
resistless shibboleth, ‘protection and
prosperity,’has challenged the atten
tion of the commercial world ana won
. the support of every patriotic work
ingman of our country; whose life and
work, open as a book, are in ihem
' selves a platform, and whose very
name is magic—that loyal American
■citizen, soldier,' statesman and Chris
. tian gintleman, William McKinley of
Ohio; lifrd'the delegates to the Repub
lican national convention selected by
this body p,re directed to cast their
vote for William McKinley as fre
quently and continuously as there is
any hope of his nomination.”
The enthusiasm of the crowd be
•came intense when the chairman
>•. reached the McKinley resolution. At
the naming of the Ohio candidate
there was a wild cheer, which, when
it subsided, was met with vigorous
•counter uries of “Harrison.” l<’or
several moments the opposing forces
howled for their favorites. When the
■climax was reached and the phrase
“directed to vote for William McKin
ley” was read the cheers broke loose
-again.
After order had been partially re
stored, a motion to adopt was made
amid a lively turmoil. Owing to the
great confusion during the adoption
of the resolutions, it was impossible to
arrive at any accurate estimate of the
■vote of the opposing' forces, the ayes
leing reinforced by cries from the
.galleries and corridors, us were also
* the nays, but the, indications were
' that the vote was a'bout three to one
for the resolutions. The chairman de
clared the platform adopted.
HARRISON MEN DUMBFOUNDED.
The remarkable feature of the af
fair was the sudden manner in which
the whole matter was apparently dis
missed from mind by the crowd.
•None of the party leaders cared to
-discuss the matter after it was all
over. All expressed hearty admira
1 tion for the convention’s Presidential
favorite, and all declared that Indiana
would enthusiastically and earnestly
-support the Ohio candidate, despite
past differences. The easy victory of
the McKinley men was, however, a
great surprise for the opposition
forces, who could scarcely explain it
all. __
Snyder Named for Congress.
Poplar Ui.uff, Mo.. May 8.—The
Republicans of the Fourteenth con
gressional district nominated Mr.
Snyder for Congress. The resolutions
-condemn everything Democratic, laud
. McKinleyism and adopt the declara
tion of the Ohio.platform on money
HOLMES IS HANGED.
The Multi-Murderer Avowed Innocence
to the Last.
PHii.Anrcr.pRtA, May S. —H. n.
Holmes, probably tue moot, notorious
crimiud of our time, was hanged in
Moymnensing prison at I0:12){ o'clock
this morning, but it was not until a
half hour later that he was pro
nounced dead, though his neck was
broken by the full.
The marvelous nerve of the man
never deserted him to the very end.
Kven on the scaffold he was probably
the coolest person in the assemblage.
Just before the trap was sprung, he
said:
“Gentlemen, I have very few words
to say, in fact I would make no re
marks at this time, except that by not
speaking I would appear to acquiesce
in my execution. I only wish to say
that the extent of my wrong doing in
taking human life consisted in the
death of two women, they having died
at my hands as the result of a crimi
nal operation. I wish to state here,
so there can be no chance of misun
derstanding, that I am not guilty of
taking the lives of any of the Peitzel
family—the three children and Benja
min, the father—of whose death I was
convicted and for which I am to-day
to be hanged. That is all I hnve to
Holmes spent the greater part of
his last night on earth writing letters.
At midnight he went to bed and slept
soundljr until 6 o’clock this morning,
when it took two calls to awaken
him. Then he received a visit from
his spiritual advisers. Fathers Daley
and MacPeak, of the Church of the
Annunciation*' who administered the
last sacrament and did not leave him
until nearly 0 o’clock. During their
absence he ate a breakfast of eggs,
dry toast and coffee. At 10:0s o’clock
the sheriff called together the official
jury and after each man had answered
to his name and subscribed to the
certificate, the march to the gallows
was begun.
At 10:08 Holmes and the priests
mounted the platform. A moment of
prayer elapsed, and then Holmes
stepped to the front of the scaffold,
and, resting bis hands on the rail be
fore him, made his statement of inno
cence. It was received in absolute
silence.
Two minutes later Holmes had fin
ished his valedictory. Then, at a silent
signal from the priests, he bent to his
knees and his eyes were fixed on the
crucifix, clasped in his thin hands.
Until 10:13 the prayer continued.
Immediately afterwards he arose,
shook hands with the priests and his
lawyers, and in a firm voice bade
them “good-by.”
Without an instant's delay Holmes’s
hands were bound behind him and the
black cap adjusted. Sheriff Clement
placed the noose about his neck and,
after an instant of stillness, the crack
of the bolt rang out like a pistol shot
and the murderer had fallen to his
doom. , Consciousness left him in
stantly, said the doctors, although his
heart continued a feeble beat for fif
teen or twenty minutes.
Holmes's letters of farewell were
addressed to his wife in Gilmanton,
N. H., and Georgians Yoke of Frank
lin, Ind., the so-called third wife. He
also penned a letter of instruction to
Mr. Rotan, his counsel. Absolute
secrecy is maintained regarding the
contents of these letters.
Father Daley knows, if any living
man does, whether or not Holmes
went into eternity with a tie on his
lip3, for to him Holmes made a final
confession, but what was confided to
the priest is a secret of the confes
sional and will never be made public.
At l'i:30 o’clock the big iron doors in
the rear of the prison swung in and an
undertaker’s wagon rolled out. In it
was a black casket containing the
body. The wagon drove rapidly to
Mount Moriah cemetery, where the
coffin was placed in a vault
METHODIST WOMEN WIN.
The Four Delegates to tlie Conference
Seated.
Ci.KVF.r.AN’D, Ohio, May o.—When
the conference met to-day, as soon as
some routine business had been dis
posed of Dr. W. J. Kynett, chairman
of the committee on woman eligibility,
presented the report of the majority
of the committee. This declared that
the committee was agreed that the
eligibility of women to vote in this
convention was a constitutional one,
and that the general confci'cnce had
the power to interpret the constitu
tion. The committee recommended a
modification of the constitution,
changing the qualifications of a dele
gate bv using the words lay delegate
instead of laymen, thereby making
the admission of women legal, and
that this proposed amendment be re
ferred to the annual conference of the
following year and that a two-thirds
vote of the general conference and a
three-fourths vote of the annual con
ference be required to enact this
recommendation into a law.
After Dr. Kynett and some others
had spoken, by a vote of 431 to 1*8 the
conference adopted the report of the
committee seating the four women
now here as elected delegates, but re
ferring the woman question back to
the elm relies to 1 )■* voted on again.
AT A FIVE MINUTE CLIP.
A Great Grist of Private Pension Hens*
nres Goes Through the Rouse.
Washington’, May 8.—The greater
part of yesterday's session of the
House was spent under the special
order to consider private pension bills,
and acted on them at the rate of about
one every five mirutes. In five and a
half hours seventy-two bills were
favorably acted upon. Among them
were bills granting the widow of the
late Secretary Walter Q. Gresham a
pension of $100 per month, to Eliza
beth Walls Kearney, daughter of Gen
eral Phil Kearney, $25 per month; to
the widow of the late Senator George
E. Spencer of Alabama $30 per month,
to General James C. Parrott $30 per
month, to the widow of General
James H. Itlunt of Kansas $75 per
month, and to General Nathan Kim
ball $,00. _
Set Fire to a Dance Hall.
Madrid, May 8.—At Alonzo, pro
vince of Huelva, some miscreant set
fire to the building in which a dance
was in progress. Six persons were
burned to death and many were in
| juied in consequence.
THE CIVI1 SEE VICE.
MORE EMPLOYES ADDED TO
THE CLASSIFIED LIST.
An Order From President Cleveland
Which la to Take Effect Immediately—
Only Persona Now Left Out Are As
sistant Secretaries. Beads of Bureaus.
Private Secretaries and Laborers—
Nearly All Washington Positions In
cluded.
the Classified List.
Washington, May 7.—The long ex
pected order of the President includ
ing in the civil service most of the
offices now remaining outside of the
classified service, was issued this after,
noon. Practically the only persons
left outside of the civil service will he
assistant secretaries, heads of bureaus
and, in a few cases, private secretaries
and laborers. The order is to take
effect immediately.
It is stated by the civil service com
mission that the new order adds 29,
299 positions to the classified list, in
creasing the number of classified posi
tions from ."<5,736 to 85,135. The num
ber of classified places which are ex
cepted from examination has been re
duced from 2,099 to 775, being mainly
positions as cashiers in the customs,
postal and internal revenue services
Indians employed in minor capacities
in the Indian servico are necessarily
putin the excepted list. Almost ail
of the positions in Washington, which
have heretofore been excepted, have
been included.
KANSAS CROPS.
Every County Report* Winter Wheat In
Excellent Condition.
Topeka, " Kan., May 7.—A sum
marized report of the State Board of
Agriculture on Kansas crop conditions
existing April SO, based on an analysis
of ..answers from inquiries in detail
sent to 1,000 correspondents, and cov
ering practically every neighborhood
in the State, is issued as follows:
^Well-nigh every one of the 105 coun
tries reports winter wheat now in most
excellent condition, described in many
as "best prospect we ever had,”
“could not be beaten,” "promises a
heavy crop,” etc. The percentage of
condition in different counties ranges
in average from seventy-two in Cher
okee to 117 per cent in Gove, and for
the entire State is ninety-seven per
cent. But two or three reports make
allusion to the presence of chinch bugs
(these being on the wing) and none
mention their doing or even threaten
ing harm, except in perhaps one
township, the rains and considerable
oool weather so far have been alto
gether unfavorable to their propaga
tion. The ground is full of moisture,
the ideal wheat conditions prevail and
everywhere the growth is unusually
forward and rank.
Reports on corn conditions in all
sections are invariably favorable—
were probably never more so—and the
season is from ten days to two weeks
advanced._'
BEING TALKED TO DEATH.
Senator Hill Still Fighting the Band
Investigation.
Washington, May 7.—Senator Hill
added another day—the fifth—in op
position to the bond resolution in the
Senate yesterday. Early in the day,
Mr. Feffer, author of the resolution,
announced that he would seek to
force a vote by holding the Senate in
session until the resolution was dis
posed of. It was evident, however,
that Senators were not disposed to
submit to the hardship of a protracted
and possibly an all-night session, and
Mr. Pefter did not carry out his an
nounced purpose. He stated, how
ever, that the resolution would cer
tainly pass to-day, which, however, is
doubtful, iu view of Mr. Hill’s appar
ent ability to speak indefinitely.
Mr. Pettigrew, Repubtican, of South
Dakota, supported the bond resolu
tion, and severely criticised the ad
ministration of the treasury. The
Senator also criticised Mr. Sherman
for his recent approval of the treasury
administration.
Some progress was made on the
river and harbor bill by taking it up
in the morning hour. A number of
pension bills were passed at the close
of the day,
HARRISON S FRIENDS BUSY
Tho Ex-President'* Indiana Followers
Working to Prevent Instructions.
Indianapolis, Ind., May 7.—The
Republican State convention, which
will meet here to-morrow, promises to
be very warm, ex-President Harrison’s
much discussed candidacy furnishing’,
without the ex-president’s consent,the
cause. Up to last night there seemed
to be no doubt that the convention
would iustruct for McKinley, but a
report from the East that the opposi
tion to McKinley would unite on Har
rison if the Ohioan should not be
nominated on the first ballot, caused
the opposition to renew ita work to
defeat instructions.
May Sis on Convict Made Chairs.
St. Louis, Mo., May 7. — The con
tract for 14,000 wood bottom chairs for
use in the. Republican National con
vention hall was let to the M. Heller
Chair company. This company does
not manufacture chairs and has no
plant of any kind except an office and
warehouse. It is stated by local man
ufacturers that Heller purchases all
of his chairs from three sources—the
State penitentiary at Joliet, 111., the
house of correction at Milwaukee, Wis.,
and Fort Smith. Ark._
HOUSE WANTS TO QUIT.
A Resolution far Final Adjournment
May 18 Unanimously Adopted.
Washington, May 7.—In the House
to-day Mr. Diugley, chairman of the
ways and means committee, presented
a resolution for the final adjournment
of Congress on May 18. It was at
once adopted without division.
Missouri Prohibitionists Gsthsr.
Skdalia, Mo., May 7.—A large num
ber of delegates are here to attend the
State Prohibition conventloh, which
will be held to-morrow.
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A STRIKE AT ARMOUR’S.
Firemen Walk On* and Other Employe!
May Follow.
Kajtsas City, Mo , May 7.—All the
firemen employed by the Armour
Packing' company, forty-four in all,
went out on a st-ike at S-.lo o’clock
this afternoon because the company,
refused their demand for 82 for eight
hours’ work in place of their present
wages, 82.25 for twelve hours’ work.
The strike is likely to extend to other
departments of the great plant if the
company does not accede to the de
mand of the firemen. Tho strikers
have a strong union and expect the
other union men in the house to sup
port them by laying down their tools.
Tins is tho dnll season in packing and
there are now only 3.500 men on the
Armour pay roll at Kansas City.
FOR RAIN AND PEACE.
A Devotional Procession at Madrid Par
ticipated In by 150,000 People,
Madrid, May? .—The great religious
procession through the streets of Mad
rid to invoke divine favor for.the ter
mination of the drouth and the speedy
end of the Cuban war terminated
last night. It. was a striking
ceremony, remarkable signs of peni
tence being everywhere visible. There
were at least 150,001) persons on tho
road _ of the procession. The Papal
Nuncio and four cabinet ministers
presided over the arrangements,,whilo
a large number of generals and other
officers took part in the procession.
Eight, generals in gala uniform carried
a silver bier, on which was the body
of Saint Isidro, the patron saint of
Madrid.
TRUSTED OFFICIAL SHORT
Discrepancies Amounting* to 813U.000
In F. J. Kleckhocfer's Accounts.
Washington, May T.—It is reported
on what is believed to be good author
ity that the expert accountant em
ployed by the Secretary of State has
found a shortage of $127,000 in the
trust funds of F. J. KiecUhoefor,
until recently the disbursing officer of
the State department. This amount,
together with the $10,000 shortage
said to be found by the auditing of
ficers of the treasury in Mr. Kieck
tioefer’s general account, brings the
total up to $1S»,000. What action tho
government will take in the matter
has not been made known.
Mr. Kleckhoefer had been disburs
ing officer of the State department
through several administrations, and
was universally regarded as a thor
oughly competent and faithful official.
U. S. HALLS POSITION.
The Missouri Congressman Will Not Ran
Again Save for Bound Blonej.
Washington, May 7.—Congressman
IT. S. Hall of thb Second Missouri dis
trict has issued an address to his con
stituents declaring his willingness to
accept a renomination on a sound
money platform but not on a free sil
ver platform.
An Hawaiian Cable Compromise.
Washington, May 7.—The Senate
committee on foreign relations to-day
agreed on a compromise bill for a
cable to Hawaii and Japan. It au
thorizes the postmaster general to
enter into a contract on behalf of the
United States with any company
which may lay the cable to pav a sub
sidy not exceeding $160,000 per year.
The bill bad the support of Senator
Morgan and of all the Republican
members of the committee.
California for McKinley.
Sacramento, Cal., May 7.—The
California Republican State conven
tion was called to order yesterday.
After the appointment of the usual
committees the convention adjourned
until to-day. Convention will instruct
for McKinley. Congressional conven
tions were held to elect delegates to
St. Louis. Each conven'ion indorsed
McKinley by resolution or specifically
instructed its delegates for him.
For McKinley and American Silver.
Ai.pena, Mich., May 7.—The Tenth
Congressional District Republican
convention elected Temple Emery of
Iosco and Frank Eddy of Bay City as
delegates to the National convention,
and instructed them for McKinley.
One of the resolutions adopted de
mands free coinage of American silver
at a ratio of 16 to t, without waiting
for an international agreement.
Hawley Mentioned for Vice President.
New Haven, Conn., May 7.—The
“Leader” (Republican) of this city,
printed yesterday, aa the explanation
of ex-Govcrnor Bulkeley's visit to Mc
Kinley, a plan to have the McKinley
men at the St. Louis convention sup
port Senator Hawley of this State, for
vice president.
Combined Insurgent Forces.
New Yokk, May 7.—Information
has been received that General Calixto
Garcia and General Jose Maceo have
succeeded in joining their commands
and are both now on their way to the
western part of Cuba. This union is
of the greatest importance to the
cause of free Cuba.
Anti-Semites still In Control.
Vienna, May 7.—Herr Strobach,
anti-Semite, has been elected burgo
master in the place of Dr. Lueger,
who resigned' at the request of Em
peror Francis Joseph. Herr Strobach
announced tiiat he would resign at
the proper moment in favor of Dr.
Lueger.
Two Sentenced to Hang.
St. Louis, Mo., May 7.—“Cotton
head" Schmidt, the 17-vear-old German
boy, and Sam Foster, colored, con
victed of the murder of Bertram
Atwater, the Chinese artist, who was
killed at Webster Grove January 23,
were sentenced by Judge birsell to be
hanged at Clayton. June 18.
It Mad* Him Mad to Be Jilted.
Skdalia, Mo., May 7. —Emanuel
Givens, a colored tough and ex-oon
vict, shot his sweetheart, Maggie
Britt, last night, with a revolver, be
cause she refused to have anything <
more to do with him. He has made i
his eacaoe from the citv. I
THE A. P. A. ACTIVE.
THE FIGHT AGAINST THE OHIO
MAN GOES ON.
The Declaration That McKinley U th«
Very ITukmt Man the Repnbllran
Convention Could Nominate Because of
the Opposition of the Order—Baa Bis
Boom Reached Ita Zenith?
Still Fighting the Ohio Man.
Washington, May 6.—Judge J. H.
U. Stevens, chairman of the Supreme
judiciary board and of the Nulional
advisory board of the A. P. A., which
will meet here next Tuesday simul
taneously with the National A. P. A.
convention, said to-day: “The A. P.
A. will assuredly take a band in the
presidential election. The part our
organization will take is not to ad
vance the interests of any nartieular
candidate. We are making this fight
for principles, and the ambitious in
dividuals do not concern us.
“I eliinley is the very weakest man
the Republican party could nominate.
I am a Republican and a protectionist
of the stalwart sort, but the objec
tions to McKinley are too vital to be
ignored. I can produce affidavits that
charge him with having said, while
governor of Ohio, that, while person
ally he had no use for a Roman Catho
lic, yet it was necessary to cater to
that church. Inasmuch as it was the
‘strongest and most perfect political
| organization in this country,’ and that
any party that opposed it wobld go
down to certain defeat. No man who
is weak enough to talk like that is fit
for the White house. In my opinion,
his boom has reached its zenith, and
I have no idea that he will be the
nominee of his party."
THE WOMEN DEBATE ON.
Methodist Leaders Express Their Views
on the Issne.
Clkvei.and, Ohio, May 6.—No
sooner hud Bishop Andrews culled the
general Methodist Episcopal confer
ence to order this morning than C. \V.
Bennett of Cincinnati presented a res
olution providing for the appointment
of a special committee to pass on all
communications from the laymen, this
committee to consist of one minister
and one layman from qach district.
After a good deal of debate in which
the Rev. Dr. Shier of Detroit ex
pressed regret that any feeling existed
between clergy and laity an effort
was made by Dr. James of Philadet
§hia to have the committee consist of
fteen members to be appointed by
the bishop. The lay delegates would
not agree to this and Mr. Bennett’s
resolution went through.
The woman question was again
brought forward and President Daniel
Stevenson of Union college, Ken
tucky, criticised the action of the
bishops in deciding against the action
of the women In 1888.
The Rev. G. Neely led the fight
against the w omen. He held that the
question was one of law purely. He
took up the question of the bible ar
gument and said that it was true that
the bible said men and women were
one in Christ, hut not in the general
conference. He held that in the church
the status of women was different
from that of men. The question' was
a constitutional one and no one was to
be admitted unless specifically men
tioned.
Judge Caples of Oregon, Senator
Harlan, Dr. Buckley of New York,Dr
Leonard of Cincinnati, the Rev. Dr.
Harris of Maine, the Rev. Dr. James
Caffey of Minneapolis, the Rev. Dr.
J. W. Hamilton, Dr. R. J. Day of Sy
racuse, Dr. Emery Miller of Iowa,and
several other men prominent in the
counsels of the church spoke upon the
question.
When the hour for adjournment ar
rived the conference discontinued the
debate and will resume it to-morrow
morning where it was left to-day. No
business was transacted by the con
ference to-day and nothing will be
done until the woman question is set
tled. _
SURPRISE IN BRYAN CASE.
The Defense Presents Some New and
Sensational Testimony.
Newport, Ky., May 6.—A surprise
sprung in the Jackson trial yesterday
was that of Wiilium R. Trusty, who
testified that on January 31 he drove
an old man whom he supposed was a
doctor,out to the Fort Thomas region,
where the beheaded girl, was found.
The witness only knew one person in
this connection, and that was a wo
man with whom he had been ac
quainted six years, whose name was
Georgio Baker, alias Emma Evans.
He knew nothing of the old “doctor"
or tne cab drivers. He did not even
know the name of the house where
the corpse was takon; he only knew
the house was on the south side of
George street,near Elm street. Trusty
testified that they drove a gray horse
and a rig similar to the one George
Jackson described. The old doctor,
whose name Trusty never learned,
gave him 910 for the job. Trusty af
terward returned to his home in Ur
bane, 111., where he told the story
about this midnight drive to hla
father.
Defeat For Harvard Seniors.
Camiiridge, Mass., May ri.—The an
nual Harvard class races on the
Charles river last night resulted in
one of the biggest surprises in years.
The freshmen eight, for the second
time in the annals of Harvard aquat
ics, won quite handily, rowing with a
right stroke, and excellent waterman
ship. The senior crew, with its six
ex-varslty oarsmen, was the prime
favorite. The freshmen were not
even expected to finish third.
Toons Girl's Throat Cot.
'Washington, May 0.—Elsie Kreglo,
a white girl. 10 years old, was mur
dered yesterday in a ravine near the
National Zoological park. The body
was found in a small creek about 100
yards from the girl’d home, with her
throat cut six times The vioti m’s
clothes were partly torn from her and
strewn about for quite a distance,
showing that she had made a desper
ate resistance against the attempts of
her assailants, who, the officers be
lieve, sought to assault her. The
Kreglo family are industrious working
people and the victim was one ol ttv«
sisters. No clue.
NAVAL BILL.
Hmm Total to Hoo-Cooeor In tho Senate
Amendments.
Washington, May 7.—The opponents
of four battleships sustained an over*
whelming’ defeat In the House on tho
proposition to accept the 8enate
amendment to the naval appropriation
bill reducing' the number to two. Mr.
Sayers, Democrat, of Texas, ex-chair
man of the appropriations committee,
made the motion, and in its support
argued that the question presented
was purely a business one, and he
appealed to the House not to allow
political matters to Influence its judg
ment. He proceeded to contrast the '
appropriations of the present session
with the available revenue.
Mr. Houtelle concluded the debate
with a brief piotest against placing all
the onus of extravagant appropria
tions on the naval committee. The
vote was taken by yeas and nays. Mr.
Sayers’ motion was defeated—8i-Nl—
and on Mr. Iioutelle’s motion the
House requested a further conference
with the Senate, f ,
Cdnctmman Coaslm' Eplgnun*
Washington, May ?.—Congressman
Cousins of Iowa said yesterday: “Can*
did^tes are like patent medicines. A
man goes to a drug store acd calls for
a bottle of extract. The druggist
happens to be out of that article, but
he says to his customer: ‘1 can give
you witch hazel, which has the same
test of strength and quality as esc*
tract,’ but the customer shakes hie
head, looks at the bottle and, not see*
ing the trade-mark blown into the •
glass, declines to take it. The Repub
lican party has three or four men in
its ranks who are as good protection*
ists as McKinley, and would be emi
nently available for the presidency,
but their trade-mark is not blown 1
into the glass end, apparently, they
are not in it.”
Iowa Patent Office Report.
Canada patents have been issued to
the Parson's Band Cutter and Self
Feeder company of Newton, la., for
the attachment for threshing machines,
for which they have prior United
States patents They -report TOO sold
last season. Their factory is one of
the moat important and successful es
tablishments in Newton.
Rev. J. D. Stockham, financial agent
of Drake University, has been, allowed
a patent for a humanitarian device
adapted for fastening bed clothea so
that children cannot get exposed to
cold while sleeping. It is- made of
wire and readily applied as required
for practical use.
A. J. and A. H. Wilson of Houston,
Tex., have been allowed a patent for
“a rotary engine comprising an ap
proximately spherical chamber, a rotat
able shaft' exonded eccentrically
through said chamber, an approxi
mately spherical piston seat on' said
abaft with its surface in contact with
the chamber at a point extending lon
gitudinally of the shaft, induction and
exhaust porta on opposite sides of said
contract point and a disc shaped piston
of a size to normally engage the inner
surfaee of the chamber at all* times,
slidingly mounted in a central longi
tudinal slot in the shaft
J. W. Eckerd of Bloomfield, la-, baa
been allowed a patent for a water ele
vator and carrier. Mechanisms connect
ed with a line of fixed posts carry and
direct a bucket from the house and
into a well at a distance to be filled
and returned to the house by turning a
crank to wind the rope to which the
bucket is attached upon a drum.
Valuable information about obtain-;
ing, valuing and sellicg patent# sent
free to any address.
Printed copies of the drawings and
apeclficationa of any United States pat
ent sent upon receipt at 25 cents.
Our practice is not confined to Iowa.
Investors in other states can have our
services upon the same terms aa Hawk
eyes Thomas 6. A J. Ralph, Orwig,
Solicitors of Patents.
Dea Moines, April 25, 1890.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From Now York, Chicago, St.
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. 1
Butter—Fair to good country. 1
Eggs—Fresh.
Poultry—Live hens.per tv...;..
Lemons—Choice Mefslnas.3 5
Oranges—Per box . 2 a
Honey—Fancy white, per lb... 1
Apples—Per bbl. ..3 G
Potatoes—various grades... 3
Beans—Navy, h&nd-plo ed.bu t 4
Cranberries—Jerseys, pr.bbl... 4 ft
Hay—Upland, per ton.4 0
Onions—Per bu. 3
Hogs—Mixed packing. 3 2
Hogs—Heavy Weights.. 3 3
Beeves—Stockers and feeders 3 0
Beef—Steers. 3 2
Bulls.'. ...-j.,.. 1 a
Milkers and springers.20 0
Stags..... 3 1
Calves.... 3d
Oxen. 16
Cows . 2 0
Heifers. 2 4
Westerns. 3 4
Sheep—Lambs. 8
, CHICAGO.
nneat—ko. z, spring..
Corn—Per bu.
Oats—Per bu.'
Pork. 7
Lard. 4
Cattle—Feeding Steers.3
Hogs—Averages. .. 3
Sheep—Lambs. 3
Sheep—Westerns.2
MEW YORK.
Wheat—No. ?, red winter..
> orn No. 2,.
Oats—No. 2,.
Pork—. S
Lard—. 3
'ST. LOUIS.
Wheat—No. 2 red. cash.
Corn—Per bu.
Oats—Per bu..
Hogs—Mixed packing. 3
Cattle—Native steers... 3
Sheep—Natives.3
Lambs—.. 4
_ SIM
25 © >514
mid is
10 © 3 40
35 © 4 15
00 © 3 55
25 a a so
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 hard.
Corn—No 2..
Oats—No 2.
Caul —Stockers and feeders..
Hogs—Mixed Packers.
Sheep—Lamb .
Sheep—Muttons.
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23. © 23
15 © 15
2 75 © 3 t0
3 at © 3 25
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Ten Years for a Petty Bobbery.
Fobt Scott, Kan., May T—William
Evans, who held np and robbed Grant
Slater here a few months ago of a
pocket-knife, a bunch of keys and a
lead pencil, was sentenced in the dis
trict court here yesterday to l«n years
in the penitentiary.
Waiting a Chence Se dene , In.
Montreal, May «.—The springtide
of Chinese emigration has arrived.
To-day 1D0 Chinese came from Van
couver and are now stopping at tha
big Chinese boarding houses, waiting
for a favorable opportunity to go to.
the Staten