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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1899)
Tore Food. * Volume after volume has been writ ten on this subject and no other Is of such great importance to everybody. In Omaha they had considerable dis cussion on this point among the stores, and it ended in the condemnation of quite a number of them. Hayden Bros.’ big grocery department derived considerable advertising at the time and is now known as the Pure Food Department. They carry incredibly large stocks of everything in the gro cery line and the quality is guaran teed. The prices are fully one-third below regular retail quotations. They have a free circular of quotations and fill mail orders promptly. Address Hayden, Bros.’ Pure Food Department, Omaha, Neb. When in the city see their stock of Harness, Whips and Horse Supplies. A couple named Newton Lord and Jennie Helper were married in an eastern Kentucky town some days ago, and the editor of the local paper was almost clubbed to death by the indignant groom because he made use of the heading Lord-Helper.—Kansas City Star. Perhaps sleepless nights caused it, or grief, or sick* ness, or perhaps it was care. No matter wnat the cause, you cannot wish to look ola at thirty. Gray hair is starved hair. " The hair bulbs have been deprived of proper food or proper nerve force. increases the circulation in the scalp, gives more power to the nerves, supplies miss ing elements to the hair bulbs. Used according to direc tions, gray hair begins to show color in a few days. Soon it has all the softness and richness of youth and the color of early life returns. Would you like our book on the Hair? We will gladly send it to you. WnSto uai v If you do not obtain all the benefits you expected from the Vigor, write the doctor ebout it. He may be able to suggest something of value to you. Address, Dr. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. / The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Is about to make a radical change in its method of running dining cars and it is expected that the new plan will meet with popular approval. On and after the first of June, all meals, except din ners, will be served on the "a la carte” plan. Hitherto on the main line, all service was at the uniform rate of one dollar per meal. Two new dining cars are being built and will be in service by July 1, 30 that all through trains will be provided with first-class din ing cars. SALVE FREE FOR PILES. Kindly inform your readers that for the next thirty days we will send free of charge a sample box of our wonder ful "5 Drops” Salve, which is vraoe hers a qUjci{ an(j positive cure for Piles, regardless of how severe or how long standing. It is the greatest spe cific known to the medical world to-day for this terrible malady. This-is ac knowledged by thousands of grateful individuals who have been completely cured by its use. Do not continue to suffer, write at once and secure a free sample box of “5 Drops” Salve. Price 25c and 50c per box, prepaid. Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company, 160-164 East Lake Street, Chicago, 111. Do not expect so much that you will be disappointed, even when you havt a good thing. Do Your Foot Acta* and Burnt Shake into your shoes, Allen’s Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y. You can always tell when an actor has made a hit. The next day his shirt collar is an inch higher. One of the Greek letter fraternities of Cornell university has appointed a committee to consult with New York city’s department of parks with a view to acquiring the Egyptian gate and sufficient blockstone of the reservoir wall of Fifth avenue to build a chap ter house for the society on the col lege campus at Ithaca. The contrac tors are demolishing this historic landmark, which is to give away to the new city library, and the plan of the fraternity will, no doubt, receive favorable consideration. Always keep your temper; it is worth more to you than anyone else. AN OIL SEED Succosi of John E. Bartlett's Campaign in Great Britain Assured. NEITHER A TRUST NOR MONOPOLY Exactly Like tha American Oil Seed Pool Kxcept That the Stock Has Not lleen Watered—The Dnslness to lie Carried on In the Proper Way. NEW YORK, July 10.—A dispatch to the Tribune from London, Eng., says: The complete success of John R. Bartlett’s campaign In the English oil seed trade Is. assured When he came to England live months ago the managers of the linseed and cotton seed crushing mills and refineries were competing sharply with one another and adopting no methods for self pres ervation. He has drawn 60 per cent of this great trade into an amalgamat ed company. His plan of operations has been adopted by a majority of the trade, including all the strongest com panies and firms. He has made con tracts with seventeen corporations and firms and purchased twenty-eight mills and twelve oil refineries, with plant, business and good will. The British Oil and Cake mills, limited, has been organized to carry into effect these agreements made by him and his brok ers and conduct the business for the common advantage of tne majority of the trade. The share capital and de benture stock of the consolidated company is £2,250,000, but £500,000 is reserved for future development of fVn hlicilnpcq The British Oil and Cake Mills, lim ited, is an exact reproduction of sim ilar amalgamations in America, with the single difference in detail that the stock is not watered. The new com pany is neither a trust nor a monopoly but simply one of many industrial amalgamations which are formed 1 ere as readily as in America. English law sanctions such consolidations and they receive the support of the greatest financiers, and there is no popular agi tation against them. The Consolidated company will be powerful enough to control production the disposal of products and the im provement of plants will be the reduc tion to the English oil trade. While allowing Mr. Bartlett to carry out his own plan without modification, the British trade is acting entirely for itself and independently of any Amer ican trade amalgamation. There 13 as yet no concerted action between trades of the two countries, nor any attempt to regulate prices by an international trust or combination. Some basis of common action may be arranged in the future. TEST NEW RAPID-FIRE GUNS. Two Design* of Six Pounders Which Eclipse Pievlous Records. NEW YORK, July 10 —A new rapid fire gun designed for the protection of mine fields and a novel semi-auto matic six-pounder for the navy has been successfully tested on the prov ing grounds of the Driggs-Seabury Gun and Ammunition company at Derby, Cann. These guns were built for the army and navy respectively under contracts awarded at the begin ning of the war with Spain and will probably play an important part in the plan and scope of national defense. The army gun is a six-pounder of the Driggs type and is mounted upon a parapet carriage, which admits of the piece being fired with the same rapid ity as upon a naval mount, while it can be easily transported from place to place. In fact, the new weapon is a combination of a field and coast de fense gun. Its use will be principally to protect the torpedoes in the har bors by throwing such an overwhelm ing shower of shot and shell that no small boat could live within its zone of fire. The semi-automatic gun is also a six-pounder and is expected to work a revolution in rapid-fire guns, for, with it a speed of sixty shots per min ue was attained, which is twice the record by the six-pounder when worked by hand. Another important feature is that it reduces a crew of a six-pounder from four to two men, one of whom throws fixed ammunition as a person throws coal into a furnace, while the other fires as the breech lock closes automatically. PROSPECTORS DIE ON TRAIL Scurvy Breaks Out Among the Prospec tors at Wind River. SEATTLE, Wash., July 10.—An un confirmed story comes from Dawson City that several prospectors who have arrived there over the Edmorton route report that a score of miners have died from scurvy at Wind river, a branch of the Peel river and that a number of others have suffered from Its dread effects. They had no list of those who died, but they report the following among the sick: Dr. J. P. Mason, Chicago; W. C. Cuch, Brom brothers. Dr. Martin, dentist, Chicago; Edward Harrison, - Mitchell. Dr. Martin was camped with two other Chicago men. Both were taken down with scurvey. Martin loaded them on a sled and tried to pull them to Wind City, a distance of seventy five miles, where he expected to find medicines and fresh supplies. One man died soon after the journey began. Martin took the other man on his back and completed the journey. Among the party who brought the news to Dawson City was William Pearson, of Bay City, Michigan. Insurance Companies Ask Rehearing;. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., July 10.— Gwin Campbell of St. Louis and Thomas Bates of Chicago, attorneys for the seventy-three fire insurance companies affected by the recent de cision of the supreme court, have filed a motion for a rehearing in the case In the supreme court en banc. The motion will not be passed upon until July 14, at which time the court en banc will be in session again. TIRED OF THE OLD QUESTION. Secretary Alger Decline* to Talk of Hu mored Resignation. NEW YORK. July 10.—Secretary of War Alger was a spectator of the Co lumbia-Defendcr yacht race. After ward, being Interviewed, he said: “About the war, we are moving along as expeditiously as possible, and the recruiting of many regiments has been ordered. But you have published all that” “What will be done to aid the suf ferers by the Texas floods?" “The war department will promptly render all reasonable aid that It can. Orders to that effect have been giv en.” “Is there anything new about your reported probable resignation from the cabinet or about the United States senatorship from your state?” the re porter asked. A wearied expression overspread the secretary’s face, and with a somewhat sharp “Good night,” he turned on his heel and rapidly walked away. The Times will print the following tomorrow: Before his departure from the city yesterday Secretary of War Alger had a word to say about the contest for the Michigan senatorship. He denied In the most positive manner the exist ence of any political combination be tween Governor Pingree and himself. “There can be,” he said, “no politi can combination between Governor Pingree and myself, be -ause It would be Impossible for me, while a member of the cabinet, to form one with any body who is not in perfect accord with the president’s policy, and Governor Pingree is known not to be. I heartily favor the presidents policy, and have no intention of resigning from the can inet. ' Secretary Alger added that he had told Governor Pingree and his friends that he was not a candidate .for tie senatorship in the sense of ’seeking ti e place at the hands of the legisla ture, and that be would not put any money into the campaign. COMMISSION READY FOR FIELD. Finishes Up Canal Work vcs Poss ible. WASHINGTON, July 10.—The Uica ragua canal commission has finished its present sitting in Washington and the members have scattered to wind up their personal and professional business before starting for the field. It has been settled that the field force taken from this country will number about seventy-five all told, in addition to whatever local help may be picked up on the isthmus. The first party to leave this country will consist of Admiral Walker, Colonel Ernst, Mr. Burr and Mr. Morrison, constituting the Panama committee, with probably two other members of the commission, who will leave here in about thirty days for Paris. There they will examine the records of the Panama company and secure whatever data si obtainable in connection with that part of the work. It is possible they may visit Kiel before returning. Meanwhile the remainder of the commission in this country will do whatever is possible by correspondence with the several Central American governments who may be interested in the route to be finally selected. The start of the entire commission for ; the isthmus will be made probably In November. When the commission takes the field it will divide into three sections, one to study the Panama route, one to further investigate the Nicaragua route and another to go over the Darien line. Afterward the San Bias and several minor routes will be studied, so as to leave no possible question open when the survey is fin ished. MAKES AGREEMENT BINDING, Contract Entered Into by a Trust De clared flood. TRENTON, N. J„ July 10.—The New Jersey court of errors and appeals, In a very sweeping opinion, reversed the decision of Vice Chancellor Green of the Trenton Potteries company vs. Richard Oliphant, et al. The Trenton Potteries company is the so-called sanitary ware trust formed a few years ago by the purchase of five sanitary potteries in Trenton, including the Oliphant. The potteries selling out entered into a written agreement not to start again anywhere in the United States, except in Nevada and Arizona. The Oliphant started up again, and the vice chancelor refused to restrain the Oliphant, taking the ground that the contract was in restraint of trade. The court of errors today said it is not a question whether sanitary ware is a necessity of life, and also remarked that the contract did not take out of business any large proportion of those engaged in it. The significant part of the opinion is that corporations in New Jersey have, under legislative acts, the right to buy the capital stock and busi ness of other corporations, and that a contract such as that made by Oliphant would be necessary to secure the full benefit of such purchase. The court bolds the contract made by Oliphant to be enforclble regardless of the ques tion whether it restrains trade or not. Presidential Postmasters. WASHINGTON. July 10.—The pres ident has appointed the following post masters: Arkansas, Junction, Ed ward S.- Pa'rdell; ‘Idaho; Mountain House, William J. Turner; Iowa. Ma nila. Will B. Barstow; Paulina, Frank V- De Bogert; Kansas, Caney, Joseph E. Stone; Missouri, Carterville, Chas. T. Gray: Montana, Phillipsburg, Law rence Hauck; Oregon, Hood River, William M. Yates; Texas, Brownsville, Joel B. Sharpe: Washington, Aber deen, Charles R. Bell. Condition of Fever Patients. NEW YORK, July 10.—Dr. Doty, health officer of the port, said today of the yellow fever patients from the United States transport McClellan, who are at Swinburne island under treat ment: ‘‘Miss Clendlnnin is greatly im proved, her condition is all I could ask for. Mr. Lackey’s condition has not changed, the temperature is about the same as last night, the pulse, if anything, stronger. He is very weak, but bis brain is clear. Twenty-four or forty-eight hours will decide his case.” Imperative Oall for Aid for tin Brazos Biver Flood Sufferers. MONEY, CLOTHING AND PROVISIONS Rain Ilaa Been Pouring In Torrents Atony the Red River and Another Destraetlvo Flood Is Feared — Immerse Donuge Reported In All Quarters. ST. LOUIS, July 10.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Tex., says: Governor Sayers, In a talk over the long distance telephone from Austin, requests the press to stat« that In ad dition to money all character of cloth ing and provisions are needed In the flood district. He suggests that parties contributing such articles communi cate with him before shipments are made in order that Intelligent distri bution may be had. There are from 75,000 to 100,000 per sons needing relief. About $100,000 in money and supplies have been con tributed, but many times that much Is needed. Reports received in Dallas at noon from DenlBon, Paris, Texarkana and other places on the Red river state that rain has been pouring In torrents for the last five hours with no prospects of stopping. It is feared that a flood in Red river may result. A telegram received today from Juliff, in Port Bend county, says that 600 persons are in danger of drowning at that place. NEW YORK, July 10.—The National Enameling and Stamping company, through its president, ex-Congressman F. G. Niedringhaus, today mailed to overnGor Sayers of Texas a check for $1,000 for the relief of the flood suf ferers. BIG STORIES ER0M KLONDIKE. Gold by the Ton Coming Into Dawson After the Cleanup. TACOMA, Wash., July 10.—Dr. L. O. Wileoxson of Chicago, who has arrived from Dawson, brings authentic news of an enormous clean-up that took place in the first half of June, pack trains arriving at Dawson daily from Bonanza, Eldorado, Hunker and Sul phur creeks, each bringing in $500,000 to $1,500,000 in dust. The big pack train made several trips from Prof. Lippey’s claim on Eldorado, which produced two tons of gold dust. The largest nuggets yet found in the Klondike were discovered during the clean-up. One from Claim 4, below on Bonanza, weighed sixty and one-half ounces and was valued at $968. A still larger one, but impregnated with quartz, was found on Gold hill. It weighed over 106 ounces and Is valued at $1,804. Steamers were leaving Dawson al most daily for St. Michael bearing rich Klondikers and their dust. The steam er Robert Kerr, leaving Dawson on June 20, carried over $3,000,000. He thinks that $5,000,000 and their owners will arrive on the first steamers from St. Michael. Coming out Wileoxson learned of two important new discoveries, one on Thirty-Mile river, where $2 per pan was found, and the other on Big Sal mon, where the winter’s dumps aver aged $38 per man. Wileoxson goes home, but will return north in August. NEBRASKA SWINDLER TAKEN n. IT. Morse Under Arrest at Kansas City for Fleecing Many People. KANSAS CITY, July 8—B. H. Morse representing himself as "district agent of the Alaska-Klondike Improvement and Mining company," was arrested at his office here today by Mrs. Rich ard P. Bland, widow of the late con gressman. The police seized Morse’s books, which according to Chief of Police Hayes, proves him to be a clev er swindler, whose operations have covered every part of the country. Morse’s plan, it appears, was to collect from the widows of prominent men, lately deceased, whom, he always rep resented, had some time since bought certain mining stock of him and left a small balance unpaid. A long list of Morse’s victims was discovered among his books and included a dozen or so names of Philadelphia people, as many more from Boston, and other Massachusetts towns, some from New York, New Jersey, Texas and Illinois cities; a few from Cincinnati, others from Kansas, and Louisiana, and two score in Missouri. Morse came here recently from Ne braska City, Nebraska, where he mar ried Miss Nellie Fitzgerald, whose par ents live In Illinois, last May. AKIN TO CONSCRIPTION. mil In the House of Lords Likely to Prove Unpopular. LONDON, July 10.—In the house or lords today the secretary of state for war, the Marquis of Lansdowne, in troduced a bill which is regarded as the thin end of the wedge of conscrip tion and as therefore likely to render the government unpopular. The bill, which is entitled,'“The Mil itia Ballot Act,’’ is intended to simpli fy and regularize an existing act now practically suspended in favor of vol untary enlistment. In his speech Introducing the meas ure Lord Lansdowne carefully ex plained that the government only wanted it read the first time, as there was no intention of passing it, and he scouted the suggestion of trying to introduce conscription by a side wind. Personally, he said, he did not favor conscription, but he thought it "advis able that such a bill should be in read iness if wanted,” and that the "coun try should realize how it stands with regard to the question.” Teachers Begin to Arrive. LON ANGELES, July 10.—Nearly 2,000 delegates to the National Edu cational association have arrived in the city and twenty special trains are scheduled to arrive today, bringing several thousand. The first session of the National Council of Education be gan today. The session will continue through three days. FIRST CELEBRATION IN CUBA. . Military Men •Hint Dignitaries Inaugu rate Independence I>»jr. HAVANA, July 10.—The reception and ball given last evening by General Ludlow, the military commander, out shone any social function in Havana in recent years. Innumerable red, white and blue electric lights, thou sands of roses, hundreds of flags and no end of sabers, bayonets and rifles, artistically grouped, made the scene within the palace memorable. More than a thousand guests attend ed. Music was furnished by two mili tary bands. All the foreign consuls were in evidence, most of them wear ing glittering orders and many of the women wore handsome Jewelry. Gen eral Ludlow gave the function in honor of Independence day and the repre sentative Cubans and Spaniards of Havana were present. American officials here are surprised at the large number of Cubans now applying in the province of Santiago for a share of the gratuity. The Cuban officers had assured them there were not 100 men in the province who would accept money from the United States, basing the assurance on telegrams, which purported to come from Santi ago. Gven when it became known that these dispatches were inspired by Cuban malcontents here, and concocted In the Inglaterra cafe, it was still felt that these opponents of a dissolution of a Cuban army might succeed in preventing a large number from ap plying to the American paymasters. Those who knew the facts believed that Santiago insurgents were much underestimated on the pay rolls, espe cially as the Cuban generals had always claimed that more than 60 per cent of the army was in Santiago province. It turns out that the jeal ousy that existed in war times between the eastern and western troops still exists, and that those in Santiago province are more likely to reject than except advice from Havana. At Sancti Spiritus, out of 180 men mustered out, payment has been made to 175. Sixty weapons have been de livered to the mayor of the city. Two hundred and eighty-four applications have been refused. The supplementary lists will be ready in about ten days. A dispatch from Puerto Principe says the rural guards there were notified of the presence of a band of forty armed men near the city, and pursued them to Carvajal plantation, where the outlaws gave fight from behind a stone wall. After ten minutes of hot firing, the band made a dash for the road and escaped, losing one man, Luis Cruz, a former resident of Nuevitas, and always a worthless character. The rural guards had two men wounded. They captured fifteen horses which the outlaws had been leading. The band recently stole eight rifles, a number of revolvers and machetes and n quantity of cartridges with which it was evi dently intended to arm additional men. NOW UNDER A MODUS VIVENDI. No Probability of a Claoh Hetwoon Uncle Sam mil EiirIuiuI. WASHINGTON, July 10.—Mr. Choate has not communicated to the state de partment the result of any representa tions he has made to Lord Salisbury In London respecting the modus vivendi under his instructions of yesterday. Although it is believed that it is al most hopeless to expect a successful outcome of these direct negotiations with London, it is not regarded here as inevitable that a hostile clash will follow the failure to secure a modus. Confidence is expressed in the suffi ciency of the present arrangements, backed by the sound common sense of the officials of the United States and Canada now in the disputed territory in Alaska, to prevent a collision. As a matter of fact, the United States and Great Britain have been actually work ing under a tacitly understood modus vivendi. The existence of an understanding on this point is manifested in the ready acquiescence by the United States government in the suggestion by the British foreign office that it might tend to prevent trouble if the war department abandoned its plan of sending a garrison of troops to Pyramid harbor. On its part, the Brit ish government Bhowed its disposition to maintain the Btatus quo by quietly, but firmly, restraining the Canadian customs officers and mounted police, who were greatly harassing American miners passing over the trails. If this spirit continues to be exhibited on both sides there is little reason to fear that the failure of the London negotiations will result in anything more serious than another long and disagreeable postponement of the final settlement. The British embassy is similarly without advices frem the foreign office as to the recent negotiations in Lon don and the officials here positively decline to discuss any phase of the Alaskan question. Old nank Closes Its Doors. ST. PAUL, Minn., July 10.—The Sav ings bank of St. Paul, established in 1867, capital $100,000, ThomaB A. Pren dergast, president, has been compelled to close its doors. The deposits exceed $1,000,000. The bank was closed by State Bank Ex aminer Pope, who says it had an ex cessive amount of unprofitable invest ments and had been losing money for some time. President Prendergast claims that*the bank need not have been closed; that business was improv ing and that already a considerable portion of the $395,000 of real estate which it had been necessary to take under foreclosure proceedings owing to the hard times had been disposed of at a profit. It is believed depositors will be paid in full. No other local banks are in any way involved in the failure. Recruits for the Philippines. ST. LOUIS, July 10.—Captain H. K. Bailey, U. S. A., in charge of the re cruiting station in St. Louis, received a telegram today from the war depart ment at Washington instructing him to begin recruiting tomorrow under the recent order of the president, that additional troops be raised for duty in the Philippines. The men enlisted in St. Louis will be assigned to the Thirty-second United States regiment of volunteer infantry. The recruits will be forwarded as soon as they are enlisted to Fort Leaven worth, Kan. Friendly Filipinos Bear Messages Looking to That End. STANDING FIRMLY FOR FREEDOM Distinguished Men Being Conferred With. One Being s Member of Agnlnnldo's Cabinet—American Soldiers Suffering from Drenching Kalns In the Islaodr] MANILA. July 6 (via Hong Kong. July 10.)—Friendly Filipinos nave been the medium of communications between the American authorities and the military leaders of the insurrec tion in Cavite province, which for some time resulted in bringing over a prominent general and several hun dred of bis followers. If the negotiations had succeeded the action would have had a great moral effect, for others would doubt less have followed. Were the general's name given it might lead in his case to a similar fate as that of others suspected of friendliness to the Americans. He had foreseen the failure of the insurrection and advised Agr.inaldo to make termB, but it is understood that he hns sent word to the Americans that having sworn to support the in surrection, he must remain loyal to the end. Similar negotiations, it is said are under consideration by a member of the cabinet of the so-ca.led Filioino government, who himself took the in itiative. Some form of money consideration figured in the discussions with his friends. MANILA. July 10.—It has been rain ing and Btormlng almost constantly for two days and the country along the American line south and bay lines is literally flooded. The soldiers are suffering great discomfort. The Thir teenth infantry regiment at Pasr.y is in the worst position, being practi cally surrounded by water. The bridg es that were used for getting supplies have been washed away and some of the companies are now separated by Btreams six feet deep. In many esses the men are sleeping with three feet of water beneath their bunks, which are elevated on cracker boxes. The company cooks, when preparing the meals, stand knee deep in water. Some roads leading to Pasay are simply impassable and the rice fields on all sides are one great lake. A high wind blew over several tents of the re serve hospital. Manila bay is impasable of naviga tion by either launches of canoes, and no vessels are leaving the harbor. The United States transport Centen nial is ready to sail for San Francis co with discharged soldiers, but the latter have to Bit aroui .1 the water front all day, drenched to the skin, waiting for a launch to take them to the steamer. The river Pasig and all the other streams are swollen, and the city streets at low points are <overed with water. , RAILROAD CLEARING HOUSE, Money Required for Chicago Flan Suld to lie Forthcoming:. CHICAGO, July 10.—The money re quired for the promotion of the plan for the great railroad clearing house at the Stlckney tract, In the southwestern part of the city, has been provided. Assurances are given that the enter prise as originally laid out will go ahead without further delay. The Chicago Transfer and Clearing company, the corporation which will manage the property, has a capital of $4,000,000, and this has been subscribed by Individual men who are Interested in the project. Mr. Benson of London, a capitalist, the estate of Roswell P. Flower, H. H. Porter and D. O. Mills have agreed, it is said, to assume most of the stock. The plan is to establish a point of convergence for all railroads entering the city. Freight coming Into Chicago on one road to be shipped out on an other will be hauled directly on the cars to this track, where it can be transferred readily and, for but a small part of the expense which would be required in the heart of the city. It is said 18,000 men will be employed when the scheme is in full operation. Kendlats Cauan New Scare. FRANKFORT, Ky., July 10.—The Clay county feudists caused another stir among the state officers today, and as a result state troops were ordered to Manchester for the second time within a few days, and again the order was revoked. The day’s commotion was caused by a rumor that hostilities had been resumed at Manchester and that several persons had been killed. Later it was found that the reports originated from the shooting at Man chester last night of Deputy Sheriff Stubblefield by Mart Smith, said to be a Baker follower, whom he was trying to arrest. Stubblefield will die. Smith has escaped, but a posse is pursuing him. He is a desperate fellow. Just returned from the penitentiary for shooting his stepfather. “Dixie" for the First Time. SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 10.—For the first time in the history of Camp Lincoln the regimental band of the Illinois National Guard played “Dixie” at dress parade. Tonight the splendid regimental band of the First infantry, with drum and bugle corps, rendered that inspiring tune as they marched across the parade ground in front of the regiment, which was drawn up in battalion order. Paymaster Convicted. WASHINGTON, July 10—Paymas* ter W. B. Wilcox of the navy has been tried by court-martial at the League Island navy yard, found guilty of drunkenness and sentenced to dismis sal from the service. Six of the seven members of the court recommended that executive clemency be shown the accused. The president has mitigated the sentence to a reduction to the foot of the list of paymasters and a loss of one-half pay for one year.