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PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. DECEMBER 28, 1900.
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11.
Forty-nine Children Lose Their
Lives While Skating.
DISASTER AT FOSTER, IOWA.
Ice Give Way With Flft-oue and Ouly
Two Ksce to Tell the TaleImpossible
to Obtain I'articulars of the I to ported
Catastrophe.
Des Moines. Dec. 28. A telephone
message from Washington. la., says
that 51 school children wore skating on
the river near Foster,' la., when the
Ke gave way ami 4'J were drowned.
A telephone message from the What
Cheer teleihone operator at midnight
to the operator in Des Moines said
that Ut -hool children had been
drowned. Immediately thereafter it
lecainc Impossible to reach What
Cheer by telephone, the operator evi
dently having gone home.
Telephone messages by way of Oska
Ioosh and Oitumwti say the report of
t'- drow
drowning of 4! school ehildren at
that C
heer Is true. The ehildren
'4re skatin;
ground au
WVil'l ill' i
the accident occurred
about 0 p. m.
Burlington. In., Dee. 2S. A tele
phone message to the Ilawkeyo from
Washington, la., says' that ."1 school
children were skating, on the river
near Foster. Ia.. on the Chicago. Mil
waukee and St. Paul near What
Cheer, when the Ire gave, way and 4n
were drowned, only two vhildlreu es
caping to tel the tale.
PICKED UP AT SEA.
Thirteen Shipwrecked Sailor IWf-ued by
the Transport tiaromie,
Seattle, Wash., I lec. 28. i'a'vtieiiiars
of the resc.ie by the United States
traiisjiort G.imiine. of 13 shipwrecked
seamen of the ill-fated schooner
Theresa Maria in 1'hilippiue waters
were received in this city. While en
route from Vigau, with 12 sick men
from the Third cavalry and Thtty
third Infantry and i insurgent piis
oners, the Garonne sighted wreckage
with men clinging to it on her star
board bow. Captain Conrad! brought
his ship around and dispatched life-
uoais to inose clinging to me wrecK
age, and all were rescued and taken
flhonnl the ( I.n oime
h The Theresa Maria was bound from
r -
:i nt a Cruz to Manila with rice and
suear and encountered a squall which
swamped her. The members of the
crew were three days and nights in
the water without food or anything
to drink. Meanwhile several vessels
Tassed them, all failing to observe the
inrla's distress.
tAID ON BRITISH BORDERS.
Tugeri Trine of Dutch New Guinea ia
Quickly Punished.
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 28. The steamer
Miowera brings advices of a raid on
the British iossessions by the Tugeri
tribe from Iutch New Guinea. A
squad of police met the pirates from
Tugeri near the mouth of Morehead
river. A tight on the water ensued.
the police capturing and sinking live
Junks. No prisoners were taken, but
It is estimated that 40 were shot or
orownea. .mere were no casualties
among the government forces.
The Miowera also brings advices
from Queensland that a prospector
named P. Killane has been killed and
eaten by the natives.
A report is brought of the discovery
of gold In Samoa, near Apia, and that
Mataafa is becoming restless and on
Pec. 6 called a meeting of native
, chiefs.
SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST.
--ndidates An ActiTe In Their Canraiu
at Lincoln.
Lincoln, Dec. 28. Three of the
speakership candidates William G.
ears of Hurt, John J. McCarthy of
Hxon and J. A. Andrews of Frontier
Vre here, but neither of them did
. much work in their own behalf,
iJ' the reason that there were only a
tew of the Republican legislators In
the city. The announcement of the
withdrawal of Dr. Laflin of Gage
county rrom the race for the speaker-
imp causeu some consternation in the
ranks of partisans, but all sides
claimed to be benefited by the action.
lV. Laflin and Mr. Sears were to-
crrner in me ioddv or the i.iniTeii mnt
(T the day and the latter expressed
great confidence that he would be
elected.
Knn ou Italtimore Hank.
Baltimore, Dec. 28. A scare among
the timid depositors of the several
savings banks of the city was the only
noticeable result of the failure Wednes
day of the Old Town bank. Runs oc
curred on nearly all the savings insti
tutions, but the most notable were
upon the Savings Bank of Baltimore,
the City Savings bank and the Hop
kins Place Savings bank. In every
case the claims were promptly satis
fied. Turks Atunlt the British.
Constantinople, Dec. 28. Some Turk
ish soldiers have grossly assaulted
and ujaltreated the British charge d'
ffaif De Bunsen, and other
iaen British embassv. In
the f -powder magazine.
demands for
to the porte.
ken.
Montgom-
formerly
had two
ysis this
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First Violence at Scranton.
Scranton, Ta., Dec. 28. The first
blow struck in the street car strike
was received last evening by William
Patterson, the new superintendent of
the Scranton Street Railway company,
wlio was pulled frin a car by a mob.
Two strikers, Edward and Joseph
Pentley, rushed the superintendent
into a saloon, protecting hftn from the
crowd with great difficult'. The
other strikers helied three police offi
cers disperse the crowd and also as
sisted the company officials to take the
stalled cars to the barn. Eleven cars
were moved yesterday, but not a
single passenger was carried.
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Kansas W. C. T. U. President
Smashes Bar Fixtures.
UNDER ARREST AT WICHITA
Mr. Carrie Nut ion Hurls Kock Through
Cleopatra's Picture and Ainu Wrecks
Carey Hotel liar Appeals to Governor
Stanley, Hut is Taken to Jail.
Wichita, Kan., Dec. 2S. Mrs. Carrie
Nation, president of the Barber Coun
ty Woman's Christian Temperance
union, entered the Carey hotel bar
room and with u stone smashed a $300
painting of Cleopatra at her bath, and
a mirror valued at $100. She is under
arrest, but no charge has yet been en
tered. She appealed to Governor Stan-'
ley, who is in the city, and he refused
to act in any way. She broke mirrors .
at Kiowa, Kan., in two saloons some!
months ago. She declares there is no
law under which she can be prose
cuted and she threatened to continue
her violent opiosition to saloons.
Mrs. Nation is well dressed and
about CO years of age. Her husband
Is a lawyer at Medicine Lodge, an In
timate frie.ad of Jerry Simpson and a
politician. Mrs. Nation practices os
teopathy and was on her way to Mis
souri to visit an osteopathic school.
Before she left home, however, she
stated that she intended to raid every
saloon in Kansas and rid the state of
the joints. With a hatchet Mrs. Na
tion recently smashed all. the bar fix
tures at Kiowa and Medicine Lodge.
Mrs. Nation was removed to the
county jail. "I came to the governor's
home town." she said, "to destroy the
finest saloon in it, hoping thus to at
tract public attention to the flagrant
violation of a Kansas law under the
Tery eye of the chief executive of the
state."
The damage to the saloon is hard to
estimate. It was finished with stucco
secured from the World's fair build-!
Ings and many blocks of it are shat
tered. Scraps of iron, rocks and bil
liard balls were rtsed by the woman.
NEBRASKA'S STORMY TRIP.
Allan Liner Tossed by Gale and Wave for
Nineteen Days.
New York, Dec. 27. The belated Al
lan line steamer State of Nebraska,
19 days out from the Clyde, eight days
overdue, crept Into port here with
smashed lifeboats, demolished deck
house and broken and twisted rails.
It was the first clear day the voy
agers had seen since Dec. 7, when the
Nebraska steamed out of Moville, Ire
land, In the face of a gale that swept
its decks. On board the Allan liner
when it left Glasgow, on Dec. G, were
ten saloon, 30 second cabin and 70
steerage passengers.
Officers and passengers declared the '
wreckage on deck gave but a faint
idea of the horrors of the voyage. (
inree times me inacmnery Droto uown
and the vessel had to be hove to. The
only one of the crew injured in the
long voyage was William Thompson,
a fireman, who was hurled against the
deck rails and had two ribs fractured.
Captain David Ingram of Vancouver,
who has encircled the globe twice,
was one of the passengers. lie said
that three times the voyagers felt that
all hope wa-s gone. Not a meal could
be served in the saloon during the voy
age. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
The Prussian diet has been sum
moned to meet Jan. 8.
S. V. Derrah has been appointed
general freight, agent of the Itio
Grande Western railroad.
Thomas B. Williams, ex-member of
the board of governors of the New
York Stock exchange, is dead.
The First National bank of White
Pigeon, Mich., was closed Thursday
by order of the comptroller of the cur
rency. Charles II. Beach is in jail at Logans
port charged with trying to " kidnap
his son. over whom the boy's mother
has control.
The industrial commission at Wash
ington is arranging for a list of wit
nesses who will testify from Jan. 4 to
19 on the suLject of transportation.
The president has ordered that the
military reservation at Nome. Alaska,
be made a public reservation under
the control of Cie "war department.
The failure of the well known bank
ing firm of Francisco Martinez Negrete
& Sons of Guadalajara, has created
a sensation in Mexico. The liabilities
are $2.r.0O.0oo.
The steamer reported ashore south
of Miami. Fla.. is the Homerick of
Baltimore, laden with coal for Mex
ico. The wreckers now have her In
charge and the entire cargo is being
dumped into the sea.
W. It. Neflf and Mrs. Myrtle Wright,
charged with the murder of G. A. Bar
ber of Iowa, for the purpose of secur
ing Insurance on his life, were Thurs
day discharged at the preliminary
hearing at Pagosa Springs, Colo.
A corner in beans is the latest no
elty in the 'Miicago market. It Is be-,
engineered by the Albert Dickin
son company. Within two weeks the
has risen from $1.84 per bushel
0 and dealers predict a further
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Kitchener Trying to Head Off
BoerXommancler.
LANCERS ARE TURNED .BACK
Are I'nable to ' Effect Rescue of British
Prisoners Krnitzinger Abandons Ilia
Maxlius Litrg- Force of Boers Trekklng
to Daniaralaud.
London, Dec. 2S. The following dis
patch has been received from Lord
Kitchener:
Pretoria, Dec 27. Knox, with Barker,
Pilcher and White, is engaged with De
wet's force, holding a position In the neigh
borhood of Leuwkop.
Uewet hopes to break through and go
sonth a sain.
The Boers' eastern column In Cape Col
ony Is apparently headed by our troops
about Beitport Bprnit. The Boers' western
column is reported to bare gone north In
two portions, one toward Prleska and the
other through Strydenburg. They are be
ing followed up. '
Yesterday 200 Boers attacked a small po
lice post near Boksburg. The police gal
lantly drove them off before reinforcements
from Johannesburg arrived. The Boers
damaged the milling machinery In the
neighborhood.
The Boers attacked Utrecht at 2 o'clock
this morning and were driven off.
The Boers held up a train three miles
west of Pan and were driven off.
London, Dec. 2S. The latest dis
patches from South. Africa show that
Lord Kitchener lias succeeded ia hold
ing the invading Boers In check. But
lie has not yet been successful in ex
pelling them from Cape Colony, while
small commandoes continue to display
astonishing daring and activity over
an immensely wide field.
It is Questionable whether his proc
lamation will have much effect until
General Dewet is captured. The Boers
are likely to regard it as a sign of
weakness and to have a wholesome
dread of Dewet's vengeance If they
surrender.
The proclamation is approved by the
party at home that favors conciliatory
terms to the Boers as a step in the
right direction.
A dispatch from Vryburg, dated Dec.
20, says the Boers In considerable num
bers were then making an unexpected
movement westward. They had 150
wagons. The dispatch suggests that
they were trekking to Damaraland, al
though the Boers themselves denied
any such intention.
ProMsiug Boer Commando.
Burghersdorp, Cape Colony, Dec. 2S.
Colonel Grenfell continues in touch
with Krtiitzinger's commando of 700
men, who are carrying off the British
prisoners. Kmitzinger has abandoned
his Maxims and carts. An attempt
of the Ninth Lancers to turn Kruit
zinger's flank at Plaisterheuvel re
sulted in eight casualties among the
Lancers, including "Lord Frederick
Blackwood, who was wounded.
MILLER RECOVERS HIS BOY.
Mother and Child Found In a Small Town
2stt Far From Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Dec. 2S. Yesterday the
hackman who drove Mrs. Miller and
her son, Sydney, was located and In
formed the detectives that he had con
veyed the woman and boy to Bright
wood, five miles east of this city,
where she intended to take the first
train on the Big Four for New York.
Samuel Miller, the husband and
father, with a corps of newspaper men
and detectives, immediately secured
carriages and the party was driven
rapidly to Brightwood.
On arriving there they were in
formed that Mrs. Miller and her boy
had been taken to Lawrence, Ind., the
next' station north. The party pro
ceeded to this place, found the woman
and child asleep in a boarding house
and the father, with his son, started
on his way back to Indianapolis.
Mrs. Miller was left at Lawrence.
Decided In Favor of Brewery.
Sioux City, Dec. 2S. A decision In
the district court was announced yes
terday which involves the right of
the Sioux City Brewing company and
all saloons in Iowa to continue in op
eration under the Martin liquor law.
It wis claimed by Eugene Lutz,
plaintiff, that the brewery had vio
lated the law in several cases and con
sequently the petition of consent un
der which all saloons, as well as the
brewery operated, was nullified. The
decision was -in favor of the brewery.
- Drunken Man Kills Two Men.
Poplar Bluff, Mo, Dec. 28. Foster
Baker and Robert Jones, residents of
Cottonwood Point, Pemiscot county,
while Intoxicated, quarreled and Baker
stabbed Jones to death. Later Baker
met an inoffensive German named
Johnson and shot him dead. Baker is
now in Jail at Caruthersville. Lynch
ing is feared.
. Mob' Fails to Find Shenkle.
Whitehall. Ills., Dec. 27 A band of
probably 50 men forced an entrance
to the Green county jail at Carroll
town last night and made thorough
search for Albert Shenkle, who is un
der arrest charged with assaulting and
robbing Miss Grace Giller in White
hall. Shenkle had been secretly re
moved to the jail at Alton, and this
action "on the part of the sheriff is all
that prevented a lynching.
Kills Doctor Who Saved His Life.
Tonca City, O. T... Dec. 20. Dr. T.
L. Hawkins, formerly of Knox. Mo.,
is dead at Ralston, near here, the re
sult of Cowboy Hamm of Moody's
ranch knocking him down and danc
ing on his stomach. The doctor was
over CO years of age and recently
saved the life of Ilamm. over the set
tlement for which services the fatal
dispute arose.
, Mrs. Weber Acquitted by Jury.
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John Welghton against Iola II.
Weber, whom he charged with com
plicity in the burning of, his barn one
night i last August, i.ept the Jury out 13
hours, at the end of which time JTer- (
diet rwas given for the defendAt&
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Stuart's Mission to Carson City.
Chicago, Dec. 23. Dan A. Stuart,
thfe bg Texas sport promoter, who
successfully brought off the Fitzsim-mons-Corbett
fight at Carson City,
passed through Chicago yesterday en
route to Carson City. Since the repeal
of the Horton law in New York, the
passing of Alderman Patterson's reso
lution in Chicago, the ring fatality in
Philadelphia, to say nothing of the
hazards which beset the Cincinnati
situation, Stuart appears to hold the
key to the situation. That his pur
pose In goinf to Nevada is to bring off
another "carnival of the top-notchers"
now looks certain.
CROWE IHMANY PLACES
Police Are Seeing Him All the Way From
Chicago to Boston Former Owner
of Pony Found.
Omaha, Dec. 28. The police chanced
upon a clue yesterday which, they
Lope, will mark the beginning of the
end of the kidnaping mystery. It is
by all odds the most Important devel
opment In the case thus far, as it
clears up the identity of the pony at
Pacific Junction, traces it directly Into
the hands of the bandits and furnishes
more accurate description of the out
laws than the police had previously
secured. It was learned that the pony
was sold Dec. 14 by Daniel Burns,
who lives at 3319 Grand avenue, to
two men, one of whom answers the
description of Pat Crowe.
Crowe is the most ubiquitous man
in the United States. In the space of
48 hours he has been simultaneously
seen by police of three cities and
sleuths all the way from Denver to
Liverpool are looking for him.
Crowe Also Seen In Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 28. Disguised as a
woman, Pat Crowe, who is being
sought all over the United States on
the charge that he was the kidnaper
of Eddie Cudahy at Omaha, has been
seen in Chicago within the last few
days and may still be hiding here, ac
cording to statements made by De
tective Sergeant James Storen, who
has arrested Crowe a number of times
in the past.
Think Crowe Sailed for Liverpool.
Boston. De 28. The Boston police
have evidence to Indicate, they think,
that Pat Crowe and the man who is
wanted on a charge of kidnaping yottng
Cudahy are on the Warren liner
Michigan, bound for Liverpool, and a
cable containing that information has
been sent to the Scotland Yard de
tectives, who will be on the Liverpool
docks when the steamer arrives.
Too Easy for Kidnapers.
" Topeka, Dec. 28. It is likely that
the Kansas law against kidnaping
will be abridged this winter, attorneys
and others being of the opinion that
the punishment provided by the pres
ent statute is not sufficient for the
crime. Before Governor Stanley
went home last week he talked the
matter over with Attorney General
Goddard and they agreed that the
law should le amended.
FAVOR CHANGES IN THE LAW
Iowa Teachers Discnss Legislation as Well
as Technical Topics.
Des Moines. Dec. 2S. The leading
topic before the second day's session
of the Iowa State Teachers' associa
tion, which is assembled here, was the
paper read by Superintendent D. M.
Kelly of Cedar Falls upon . "Some
Moral Questions for the Schools." He
was followed by Superintendent S. II.
Sheakley of Des Moino upon "The
School of the Twentieth Century,"
while Trofesor W. W. Speer of Chi
cago had for his text "Arithmetic:
IIow to Teach It"
The report of the legislative commit
tee contained a number of minor rec
ommendations with regard to the
change of the school law of the state.
The following officers were elected:
President, A. W. Stuart, Ottumwa;
Tlce presidents, J. P. Huggett of Cedar
Rapids. E. II. Graff of Red Oak and
E. C. Lilly of Independence: secretary,
W. F. Barr, Des Moines. Members of
the executive committee, II. E. Kratz.
Sioux City: menilers of educational
council. President E. G. MacLean,
Iowa City, and A. L. Hukill, Waterloo.
SHOT BYTjN KNOWN WOMAN.
Grand Secretary of Indiana Masons Found
Fatally Wounded In His Office.
Indianapolis, Dec. 28. William H.
Smythe, grand secretary of the Ma
sonic order of Indiana, was shot and
probably fatally wounded at noon
while he was in his office in the Ma
sonic temple in this city.
The shooting is a mystery. Mr.
Smythe retained consciousness for
several minutes after the shooting.
He said a blonde woman had entered
his office ami asked him permission
to use the telephone. . He was busy
and told her he could not be bothered
at the time. Without further words,
he says, the woman leveled a re
volver at him and fired. He felt the
sting of the bullet and after that he
did not know what happened until
after the woman had made her escape.
The police reached the scene only a
few minutes after the tragedy, but no
trace of the woman was found.
St. Joe Murder Mystery.
St. Joseph. Mo., Dec. 28. The prose
cuting attorney lelieves he will le
able to develop all the important feat
ures of the sensational murder of the
millionaire merchant. Frank Richard
son of Savannah, at the Inquest to lie
resumed today. Mrs. Richardson will
take the stand and it is understood
she will give testimony that will clear
ly show the murderer to be a very
prominent resident of Savannah.
Crar Completely Restored.
St. Petersburg. ,Dec. 27. The Rus
sian minister of the interior, M. Sipl
aguine, who arrived here yesterday
from Livadia. where Emperor Nicho
las is convalescing, asserts that the
czar is now completely restored, be
ing able to take long walks and drives
daily.
WOHBB.
j Squadron of Yeomanry Cap
tured by Wily Transvaalers.
HARD AFTER GEN. DEWET.
British Reported to lie Pressing Boer
Commandant In Lad? bra ml District.
War Office Deoides to Include Maoris In
Kew Zealand Contingent.
- Cape Town, Dec. 27. A squadron of
yeomanry which had been following
the Boers from Britstowu is reported
to have been entrapped. There were
several casualties, it is said, and the
remainder of the force was captured.
General Kitchener has left Naauw
poort and gone northward.
The rapid concentration of troops
In the disturbed districts through the
personal energy of General Kitchener
has allayed the local uneasiness.
The British are pressing Command
ant Dewet in the Lndybraud dis
trict. The Boers captured two wagons
containing Christmas luxuries des
tined for the camp of Lord Methuen.
London, Doc. 27. The paucity and
obscurity of the dispatches from South
Africa give rise to renewed anxiety.
Apparently the disturbed area of Cape
Colony extends further south than it
did last December and Lord Kitch
ener does not appear to have had
much success as yet in driving back
the Invaders.
The war office has received no news
of the reported capture of yeomanry
near Britstown.
A Burghersdorp dispatch has a mys
terious reference to an "unfortunate
mistaking of the enemy for Brabant's
horse, whic h resulted in the sounding
of cease firing" and enabling the Boers
to occupy all the commanding posl
tions. the British retiring from a diffi
cult predicament.
General Clements' success against
the Boers In the Magaliesberg region
is doubtful, the last dispatch report
ing that "it was advisable not to force
the Boers from their position."
The British press contimies in the
main optimistic, but the condition of
affairs brings home the enormous diffi
culties that will face Lord Kitchener
in patroling and policing such immense
tracts of country, even when the Boers
shall be finally subdued. The Daily
Mail, which makes a strong appeal
to the government to "face the facts
and send Lord Kitchener more troops
says: "There is a real risk in being
lulled to sleep by carefully censored
messages."
The sixth contingent of New Zea-
landers. 200 strong, half being Maoris
will sail for South Africa in three
weeks.
The decision to include Maoris In
the New Zealand contingent is ex
tremely Interesting, as at the begin
ning of the war the government prom
ised not to employ blacks.
MYSTERY IN HIS "KILLING.
6ensational Testlmouy at the Coroner's In
quest Over the Body of Richardson.
. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 27. Sensa
tional evidence was adduced yester
day at the coroner's inquest over the
body of the late millionaire Frank
Richardson, who was shot and killed
by some person, as yet unknown, in
the hallway of his home in Savannah,
Christmas eve. Frank Richardson,
Jr., the 14-year-old son of the victim,
testified that his father, at the store
of Richardson & Fife, inquired if Mrs.
Richardson was at a certain Christ
mas entertainment. The boy said she
was not, and then his father asked
him to go home and see if she was
there. But as the boy demurred, his
father went instead, and a few min
utes later he was found dead. Stew
art Fife, Mr. Richardson's business
partner, said Mr. Richardson had ac
cused him with being unduly intimate
with Mrs. Richardson.
Promise to Stop Slave Raids.
Khartoum. Egyptian Soudan, Dec.
27. Lord Cromer, the British diplo
matic agent, received the Egyptian
troops of the Soudan under the sirdad.
Major General Sir Francis R. Win
gate, yesterday. He assured a deputa
tion from the Dinka tribe, which form
erly suffered severely from slave raids,
that the British and Egyptian flags
guaranteed them against a recurrence
of such raids and Insured respect for
their ancient customs. The chiefs de
parted expressing gratitude.
Strikers Turn Back New Men.
Scranton, Pa.. Dec. 27. Fifty-three
more men, recruited in New York to
take places of strikers of the Scran
ton Railway company, arrived last
night, but before the train had come
to a full stop the strikers and their
sympathizers boarded the cars and by
using arguments and exhortations in
duced all but 18 of them to agree to
return to New York. They are being
cared, for at strikers headquarters
and will be furnished transportation
home.
Apaches on the Warpath.
rhceuix. A. T., Dec. 27. A mesage
from Chihuahua, Mex., states that the
Apaches are on the warpath In that
state and that the inhabitants of
Granada have organized to meet the
redskins. . The Indians, It is stated,
are In the mountains robbing isolated
ranches and stealing cattle.
Cementville Rioters Qniet.
Cementville, Ind., Dec. 27. The war
ring negroes are under control at Ce
mentville and no further outbreaks
are expected. Sam Kendall, in whose
saloon a number of shots were fired,
secured warrants for the arrest of
those who were injured and the sur
render of John Redmond.
Iova Postmaster Is Indicted.
Dubuque, Ia., Dec. 24. Postmaster
Gem well of Harper's Ferry was held
to the federal grand jury Saturday,
charged with embezzling $1,000' of
money order funds.
Bnnroed Ont of a Carload of Unrses.
Minneapolis. Dec. 27. F. J. Scharf,
a farmer living near Spencer, Ia., dis
covered yesterday that he had been
buncoed out of a carload of horses.
Monday he brought the horses here
for sale and fell into the hands of two
crooks, who induced him to take a
bogus order for $1,300 for-14 horses.
The order was payable at a local bank
yesterday, but when Scharf presented
it he found the order was worthless.
In the meantime the two purchasers
disappeared and disposed of the horses
in various parts of the county. Sher
iff Meagerden is now trying to round
up the swindlers and the horses, four
of which have been recovered.
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Sensational Kidnaping
. Stirs Indianapolis.
Case
HOT CHASE ACROSS STATE.
Wife of Former Attorney General Miller's
Son Rnns OIT With Her Seven-Year-Old
Boy Separated From Her Husband
When He I.eft New York for Indianapolis.
India napolis, Dec. 27. A sensational
kidnaping, involving the family of ex
United States Attorney General Miller,
occurred yesterday and led. to a hot
chase a few miuutes later across the
state to overtake the wife of Samuel
D. Miller, son of W. II. H. Miller, who
was supposed to be flying to New York
with her stolen son.
Samuel Miller and wife have lived
in New York for several years and
last summer he came west to go into
his father's ottice. His wife stayed in
New York. Last Friday she came
here to demand possession of her 7-year-old
son, whom the father had
brought west with him and who was
living with him at the grandfather's
house, W. H. II. Miller, at 1027 North
Delaware street.
The husband and wife had a con
sultation at the wife's apartments in
the Denison, and she agreed that if
the boy was allowed to be sent to her
daily with the nurse, she would not at
tempt to kidnap him.
Yesterday the boy and nurse called
on Mrs. Miiler at the Denison. She
sent the nurse out to get a check
cashed and while the governess was
gone, ordered a carriage and made
arrangements to leave.
When the governess returned Mrs.
Miller announced that they were go
ing for a drive. They started in a
closed carriage down South Meridian
street, toward the depot. The Ger
man governess, suspecting foul play,
jumped out of the carriage while It
was on a run. ran to a telephone and
notified the father and grandfather.
Mrs. Miller immediately ordered the
carriage driven to Brightwood, and
when the two Millers arrived at the
Union station there was no trace of
the woman and boy.
Two hours later they learned from
the hackman where she had gone, and
it was believed she intended to take
the Big Four accommodation train at
Brightwood and then take the Knick
erbocker train at Anderson or Mun
cle. At C:20 o'clock the two Millers
started on the Knickerbocker to run
her down before she got out of the
state.
Miller and son have returned from
points along the Big Four. No trace
of Mrs. Miller and the stolen boy
could be secured.
IOWA TEACHERS CONFER.I
State Association Opens Its Convention at
Des Moines.
Des Moines, Dec. 27. While the
chief interest of the opening day of
the Iowa State Teachers' association's
meeting centered in the session last
evening, when Principal TV. O. Diddel
delivered his annual address as presi
dent, and President William R. Har
per of Chicago university delivered
an address on "The Trend of Popular
Education." the preliminary meeting
of the various "round tables" took up
the entire afternoon and the most
significant meeting of the day was
that of the educational council to con
sider the reports of standing commit
tees on two phases of educational
work In Iowa.
Examinations were discussed at
length. The merits and demerits of the
present school system also received at
tention and the debates were very
spirited.
.' Handsome Flic Takes to the Hills.
Chamberlain. S. I., Dec. 27. News
has reached the city from the Brule
Indian agency that Handsome Elk,
the most dangerous and desperate red
skin of the northwest, beat his squaw
in a brutal manner with a neck yoke.
It Is thought the squaw will die. Elk
then seized another Indian woman.
Bear Bird's daughter, and scalped
her. Then arming himself with his
rifle and other firearms, he went Into
the hills, a short distance from his
home, and left word that friend or
foe must not approach him.
Nebraska Teachers Meet.
Lincoln. Dee. 27. The Nebraska
State Teachers' association began a
three days' meeting yesterday with an
attendance unusually large. Sectional
meetings were held yesterday after
noon and the association proper gath
ered for an evening session. Legisla
tion affecting schools and teachers
will be discussed during the meeting
and recommendations made for such
laws and amendments as are deemed
wise to be submitted to the legislature
soon to meet.
Keeelrer Appointed for Italtimore Rank.
Baltimore, Dec. 27. Roger T. Gill,
of the law firm of N. Rufus Gill ft,
Sons.' was yesterday appointed re
ceiver for the Oldtown bank by Judge
Stockbridge. The appointment was
made by consent of the president and
officers of the bank. Mr. Gill bonded
In the sum of $1,500,000, the assets
of the institution being valued at half
thnt amount.
IS Hi 11
Chief Speaker at Lincoln Jeffer
sonian Club Dinner.
KERN RAPS AT CLEVELAND.
Defeated Candidate for Governor of Indi
ana Lauds Bryan and Denounces Those
Democrats Whom He Accused of Con
tributing to His Defeat.
Lincoln, Dec. 27. The annual ban
quet of the Jeffersonlan club of Lin
coln, held last night at the Lincoln
hotel, brought together nearly 300 rep
resentative men of the Democratic
and Populist parties of Nebraska to
gether with a number of leaders from
other states.
The dinner afforded an opportunity
to Hon. W. J. Bryan to make his first
appearance at a public gathering since
the election, and the greeting accorded
him was never surpassed In point of
heartiness in his home city. His ad
dress received the closest attention
and the applause was frequent
Aside from the ovation to Mr. Bry
an and his speech, the event of the
evening wa the speech of John W.
Kern, defeated Democratic candidate
for governor of Indiana, who aroused
the banqueters to a high pitch of en
thusiasm, not only by his laudations
of Mr. Bryan, but by the outspoken
criticism of those Democrats whom he
accused of contributing to Mr. Bry
an's defeat. His denunciations of
those Democrats who offered "gratui
tous counsel to Democracy," though
he mentioned no names, was accepted
by the crowd as a reference to former
President Cleveland.
It was after 10 o'clock when the din
ner was finished and the speaking be
gan. Mr. Bryan, whose subject was
"Principles I.ive." said, in part:
Mr. Bryan's Address.
"Whether I shall ever be a candi
date for office again is a question
which must be determined by events.
No one can speak with certainty of
the future, for one's destiny Is not
known until his life's work is com
plete. I shall be content if it Is my
lot to aid in the triumph of the prin
ciples, while others enjoy the honors
and bear the responsibilities of office.
"The presidency seemed desirable,
because it would have enabled me to
give effective aid to certain reforms
which I believe to be necessary to the
public welfare, but defeat even a sec
ond defeat does not lessen my Inter
est in this reform, and time may
prove that my work is to advocate
rather than to execute.
"The Commoner will give me an op
portunity to participate in public dis
cussions, and I am sure that an .edl
torial position will furnish asVmuch
intellectual enjoyment as Ipould have
found in the w"hlte house, and in addi
tion thereto give me more time for
home pleasures.
Stands by the Platform.
"The principles for which we con
tended in the last campaign still live,
and we, who live in them, must now
fight for them. An election does not
change principles, it only determines'
what principles shall be, for the time
being, applied.
"The believers in tariff reform did
not abandon their faith when the high
tariff doctrine was upheld at the polls,
neither did tlieprotectionlstcausesuffer
less. The gold standard continued
the fight for monometallism for 23
years in spite of the platform declara
tions of all parties in favor of a double
standard. Shall we who believe in
bimetallism lose courage because our
opponents have profited by an In
creased volume of money thus admit
ting the economic principle for which
we have lwen contending?
"The defenders of trusts did not lose
heart when all parties denounced com
binations in restraint of trade. Shall
we give up the fight because monop
oly has triumphed by stealth?
"Must we now advocate an imperial
policy because our opponents have won
a victory by denying that they are
imperialists? A colonial system in
volves a surrender of our theory of
government and the people will un
derstand this as soon as the system
is put- into operation. If we were to
consult our immediate convenience
and comfort we would never oppose
wrong of any kind, for all warfare
involves a temporary sacrifice, but
this is our government and must be
transmitted unimpaired to posterity.
We have no choice, therefore, but to
stand steadfast, come what may.
"If we are successful In reversing
present tendencies and In carrying the
government to its old foundations we
shall rejoice in the victory and profit
by the reforms secured. I am confi
dent that we shall ultimately win, but
If the trend toward plutocracy cannot
be checked, it is still better that we
should be defeated in a righteous un
dertaking than that we should join
hands with those who are ignoring the
Inalienable rights of man."
I'reparinjr for Trouble.
London, Dee. 2. The Peking corre
spondent of the Morning Post says it
is reported that most of the Roman
Catholic priests and converts in the
northern provinces have selected con
venient positions, which they have
strongly fortified, armed and provis
ioned, to enable them to attack either
the Boxers or imperial troops. The
condition of the Protestants Is less of
fensive, and the3- are not so well pro
tected. Utcs With Bullet In His neart.
Chicago. Dec. 2;. Proof that a man
may live with a bullet in his heart
was afforded yesterday by the use of
the X-ray upon Charles B. Nelson,
who was in 18!h'i the central figure in
a sensational shooting that nearly re
sulted In his death. Under the fluoro
scope the ball in Nelson's heart could
be plainly seen rising and falling with
each pulsation of the vital organ. The
bullet had been there since the night
of July 1, 1896.
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