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Positive lbstroctioo Adopted In Hi Be
half The Resolution Cause Wild Con
fusion for a Time, bat the Convention
Ktnm With Kemarkable Quiokness
to Other Matter.
McKinley Get Indiana.
Ixtv.a-stafolis, Ind..May 8. Tomlin
ha.ll, when the Republican state
invention met this morning', was
?d"-y decorated with hundreds of flaps
ari banners. Just before the con
Mention was called to order 5,003
people were in the halL
U was- 10:15 o'clock when State
Chairnjan J. K. dowdy beyan calling
iie (convention to order, but it was
Sfteer. minutes laterere the invocation
was begun by the Rev. D. R- Lucas of
Indianapolis.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy Richard
1 nompson was reported for per-
-.nect chairman with a rousing"
unanimously adopted and when the
"hite haired "Uncle Dick" Thomp
son assumed the gavel he was
greeted with a rousing reception.
Despite his eighty-eight years,
he ue":iveied a stirring speech which
3jsposed ox the Democratic narty to
the entire satisfaction of the crowd,
and vigorously predicted a sweeping1
victory for Republican principles in
the corning election. Then he declared
that the next Congress should provide
the fir.: thing for adequate protection,
nd 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
aU others with the policy of protection.
(Wild cheers;. I don't wonder at the
enthusiasm of the country for that
man. at the general demand of the
people for his nomination for the
nm:r.ation of McKinley. (Continued
cheer. iigj. 1 know McKinley. I honor
McKiLiey. I am for McKinley.
Ween Mr. Thompson mentioned
General Ilarrison's name the enthusi
asm showed that there was no inten
tion to ulightthe 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
mittee on credentials was submitted
and accepted without contest.
Thet came the reading of the plat
form and resolutions.
These lauded the record of the Re
publican party, especially that por-
lon -antler 'resident Harrison; ae
'ared lor a protective tariff for wage
"workers' and producers; demanded
one-t money, not inferior to the
nfwcey of the most enlightened na
tions 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 M'KIN'LET.
The resolutions closed as follows:
'Ueiieving as we do in a protective
tari. the leading issue before the
people, we favor the nomination as
pres. dent of the United States of a
man who perfectly represents a pro
tective tariff and the cardinal princi
ples cf the Republican party; a man
who has devoted his life to the defense
of his. country in war and in peace:
one who, at IT, fought with II ayes and
e Shenandoah in defense of our
ears in Congress contended
kour country's foes from with
.eiLXini? back i'ritisn iree traae
agression, wnicn nnany, un
tlic nresent Democratic t.d-
istration. obtained possession of
markets and has almost destroyed
7custries; a man who, with the
ess shioboieth, 'protection and
,.-er:ty,' has challenged the atten
of the commercial world ana won
tne support oi every patriotic worK
Inman of ourcountrv; whose life and
work, open as a book, are in them
slve a platform, and whose very
name is magic that loyal American
citizen, soldier, statesman and Chris
tian gentleman, William McKinley of
Ohio; and the delegates to the Repub
lican national convention selected by
this body are 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 taming of the Ohio candidate
there was a wild cheer, which, when
it subsided, was met with vigorous
"cpucjr cries of '-Harrison." For
seveJai foments 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 re'tolutions, it was impossible to
vote of the opposing forces, the ayes
Ving reinforced by cries from the
1 "-TveB fchd corridors, as were also
V " nays, but the indications were
?.t
the vote was about three to one
or 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-
: 1 - . n V I.
None of the party leaders cared to
discus- the matter after it was all
over. All expressed hearty admira
tion for the convention's Presidential
fiyorite, and all declared that Indiana
woffvd enthusiastically and earnestly
support the Ohio candidate, despite
rast differences. The easy victory of
tiie McKiu'ey men was. however, a
reat surprise for the opposition
forces, who could scarcely explain it
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Mijder Named for Cougwu.
Poplar Ui.ufk. Ma, May 8. The
Republicans of the Fourteenth con
gressional district nominated Mr.
.-ft mm rrw I c j I ha rAfinlittiAnc
-iemn evervthinc Democratic, laud
Jf ,'inleyism and adopt the declara-
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HOLMES IS HANGED.
The Malti-Murderer Avowed Innocenc
to the Lat.
PHn.ADi-r.rHiA, May S- H. H.
liolmes, probably the most notorious
criminal of our timt-, was hanged in
Moyamensing prison at 10:1- 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 fall.
The marvelous nerve of the man
never deserted him to the very end.
Even 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
6ay.
liolmes spent the greater part of
his last night on earth wriiiqg letters.
At midnight he went to oed and slept
soundly until 6 o'clock this morning,
when it took two calls to awaken
U : Tl i i i j
I uiui. iucu uc rctcivcu a visit lru III
j his spiritual advisers. Fathers Daley
ana .Macl'eak, of the Church of the
Annunciation, who administered the
last sacrament and did not leave him
until nearly 9 o'clock. During their
absence he ate a breakfast of eggs,
dry toast and coffee. At 10:02 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 '0:04 Holmes and the priests
mounted the platform. A moment of
prayer elapsed, and then liolmes
stepped to the front of the scaffold,
and, resting his hands on the rail be
fore him, made his statement of inno-
l 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 10:12 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 Yone 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 eternitv with a lie on his
lips, 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 12:30 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 the Conference
Seated.
Cleveland. Ohio, May c. When
the conference met to-day, as soon as
some routine business had been dis
posed of Dr. W. .1. Kynett, chairman
of the committee on woman elicibilitj,
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 conference had
the power to interpret the constitu
tion. The committee recommended a
modification of the constitution,
changing the qualifications of a dele
irate by 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 42o to 98 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 churche t b votd on again.
AT A FIVE MINUTE CLIP.
A Great Grist of Private Pension Meat
area Goes Through the Home.
Washington, May 8. The greater
part of yesterday's session of the
louse was spent under the special
order to consider private pension bills,
and acted on them at the rate of about
one every five minutes. 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 gioO per month, to Eliza
beth Walls Kearney, daughter of Gen
eral Phil Kearney." S23 per month; to
the widow of the late Senator George
E. Spencer of Alabama $30 per month,
to General James C. Parrott S."0 per
month, to the widow of General
James" H. Blunt of Kansas S75 per
month, and to General Nathan Kim
ball SiOO.
Bet Fire to a Daore 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
jured in consequence.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
MORE EMPLOYES ADDED TO
THE CLASSIFIED LIST.
An Order From President Cleveland
Which is to Take Effect Immediately
Only Persons Now "Left Oat Are As
sistant Secretaries, Heads of Bureaus,
Private Secretaries and Laborers
Nearly All Washington Positions In
cluded. The Clasalfled List.
Washington, May ?. 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 be
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 L'9,
299 positions to the classified list, in
creasing the number of classified posi
tions from .".5, "36 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 service are necessarily
put in the excepted list. Almost all
of the positions in Washington, which
have heretofore been excepted, have
been included.
KANSAS CROPS.
Every County Reports Winter Wheat In
Excellent Condition.
Topkka, 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
ties 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 iercentage 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. Iut 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, excent in perhaps one
township, the rains and considerable
eool 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 nevermore 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. Peffer, 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. Peffer 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, in view of Mr. Hill's appar
ent ability to speak indefinitely.
Mr. Pettigrew, Ilepubtican, 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's 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 instruct 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 its work to
defeat instructions.
May Sic 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 tuce and
warehouse. It is stated by 1o'mi man
ufacturers that Heller purchases all
of his chairs from three sources the
State penitentiary at .Toliet, 111., the
house of correction at Milwaukee, Wis.,
and Fort Smith. Ar'x.
HOUSE WANTS TO QUIT.
A Resolution for Final Adjournment
May 18 Tnanlmously Adopted.
Washington, May 7. In the House
to-day Mr. Dingley, 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 Gather.
Sxdalla., Ma, May 7. A large num
ber of delegates are here to attend the
State Prohibition conventioh, which
will be held to-morrow.
A STRIKE AT ARMOUR'S.
Firemen Walk Oat and other Employes
May Follow.
Kansas Citt, Mo , May 7. All the
firemen employed by the Armour
Packing company, forty-four in all,
went out on a st-ike at 'iilo o'clock
this afternoon because the company
refused their demand for $2 for eight
hours' work in place of their present
wages. Si. 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. The strikers
have a strong union and expect the
other union men in the house to sup
port them by laying down their tools.
This is the dull season in packing and
there are now only 2.500 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 150,003 persons on the
road of the procession. The Papal
Nuncio and four cabinet ministers
presided over the arrangements, while
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 13i,000
In F. J. Kieckhoef er's Accounts.
Washington, May 7. 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 8127,000 in the
trust funds of F. J. Kieckhoefer,
until recently the disbursing officer of
the State department. This amount,
together with the S'i'2,000 shortage
said to be found by the auditing of
ficers of the treasury in Mr. Kieck
hoefer's general account, brings the
total up to S1C,000. What action the
government will take in the matter
has not been made known.
Mr. Kieckhoefer 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 Run
Again Save for Sound Money.
Washington, iay 7. Congressman
U. S. Hall of the 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 Ilawallan 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 163,000 per year.
The bill had the support of Senator
Morgan and of all the Republican
members of the committee.
California for McKinley.
Sacbamknto. CaL, May 7. The
California Republican State conven
tion was called to order yesterda3.
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 convention indorsed
McKinley by resolution or specifically
instructed its delegates for him.
For McKinley and American Silver.
Alpena, 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 I, without waiting
for an international agreement.
Hawley Mentioned for Vice President.
New Haven, Conn., May 7. The
"Leader" (Republican) of this city,
printed j-esterday, as the explanation
of ex-Governor IJulkeley's visit to Mc
Kinley, a plan to have the McKinley
men at the St. Louis convention sup
port Senator nawley 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 that 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-y ear-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 Hirsell to be
hanged at Clayton, June 13.
It Made Him Mad to Be Jilted.
Sedalia, Mo., May 7. Emanuel
Givens, a colored tough and ex-convict,
shot his sweetheart. Maecrie
Britt, last night, with a revolver, be- j
cause she refused to have anything j
more to do with him. He has made '
hie escape from the citr. '
THE A p. A ACTIVE.
!THE FIGHT AGAINST THE OHIO
I MAN GOES ON.
t
The Declaration That McKinley Is th
Very Weakest Man the Kepublican
Convention Could Nominate Because of
the Opposition of the' Order Has His
Boom Keached Its Zenith?
Still Fighting the Ohio Man.
Washington, May 6. Judge J. H.
D. Stevens, chairman of the Supreme
judiciary board and of the National
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 hand in the
presidential election. The part our
organization will take is not to ad
vance the interests of any particular
candidate. We are making this fight
for principles, and the ambitious in
dividuals do not concern us.
McKinley is the very weakest man
the Kepublican party could nominate.
I am a Republican and a protectionist
of tho 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 would 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 Issue.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 6. No
sooner had Bishop Andrews calied the
general Methodist Episcopal confer
ence to order this morning than C. W.
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 each 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 Philadel
phia to have the committee consist of
fifteen 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 lSS"i.
The Rev. G. Neely led the fight
against the women. He held that the
question was one of taw 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, but 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 tu-day and nothing will be
done until the woman question is set
tled. -
SURPRISE IN BRYAN CASE.
The Defense Presents Some New and
Sensational Tetitnony.
Newport, Ky., May G. A surprise
sprung in the Jackson trial yesterday
was that of William 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
Georgie Baker, alias Emma Evans.
He knew nothing of the old "doctor"
or the cab drivers. He did not even
know the name of the house where
the corpse was taken; 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 310 for the job. Trusty af
terward returned to his home in Ur
bana. 111., where he told the story
about this midnight drive to his
father. ;
Defeat For Harvard Seniors.
Cambridge, Mass., May A. 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-varsity oarsmen, was the prime
favorite. The freshmen were not
even expected to finish third.
Young Girl's Throat Cut.
Washington, May 6. Elsie Kreglo,
a white girl. 16 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's home, with her
throat cut six times. The victi 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 on of five
sisters. No clue.
NAVAL BILL
House Votes to Non-Concur In the Senate
Amendments.
Washington, May 7. The opponents
of four battleships sustained an over
whelming defeat in the House on the
proposition to accept the Senate
amendment to the naval appropriation
bill reducing the number to two. Mr.
Sayers, Democrat, of Texas, ex-chairman
of the appropriations committee,
made the motion, and in its support
trgued 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 tha
appropriations of the present session
with the available revenue.
Mr. l'.ou telle concluded the debata
with a brief pi otest against placing all
the onus of extravagant appropria
tions on the naval committee. The
vote was taken by yeas and nays. Mr.
Savers' motion was defeated 3i-ll
and on Mr. Boutelle's motion the
House requested a further conference
with the Senate.
Congressman Cousins Fplgratn.
Washington, May 7. Congressman
Cousins of Iowa said yesterday: "Can
didates are like patent medicines. A
man goes to a drug store and 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 ex
tract,' but the customer shakes his
head, looks at the bottle and. not see
ing the trade-inane blown into the
glass, declines to take it. The Repub
lican party has three or four men m
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
into the glass and, 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 Unite-l
States patents. They report 700 sold
last season. Their factory is one of
the most 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 clothes 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 exended eccentrically
through said chamber, an approxi
mately spherical piston seat on said
shaft with its surface in contact with
the chamber at a point extending lon
gitudinally of the shaft, induction and
exhaust ports on opposite sides of said
contract point and a disc shaped piston
of a size to normally engage the inner
surface of the chamber at all times,
slidingly mounted in a central longi
tudinal slot in the shaft
J. W. Eckerd of Bloomfield, la., has
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 selling patents sent
free to any address.
Printed copies of the drawings and
specifications of any United States pat
ent sent upon receipt of 25 cents.
Our practice is not confined to Iowa.
Investors in other states can have our
services upon the same terms as Hawk
eyes. Thomas G. fc J. Ralph, Orwig,
Solicitors of Patents.
Des Moines, April 25, 1S9G.
LIVE STOCK AND PKODCCK MAKKKTS
Quotations From Xew York, Chicago, St.
Louis Omaha and r.lse where.
OMAHA.
Butter Creamery separator.. 15 17
Kutter Fair to good country. 10 & 12
Lj-gs Fresh 7 & 8
l'oultry Live hens. per lb 7Vi& 3
Lemons Choice Messinas 3 50 bi 4 25
orantres Per box 2 50 & 3 Tf
Honey Fancy white, per lb... 14 " 15
Apples l'er bbl 3 50 & 4 frt)
Potatoes various grades 20 4" 3)
Beans Navy, hand-picked, bu 1 40 & 1 50
Cranberries Jerseys, pr,btl. 4 5'J & 5 00
Hay I'phuid, per ton 4 00 5 50
Onions l'er bu 35 (t ."0
llozs Mixed packing 3 25 tt 3 3
liops Heavy Weieht 3 at (ft 3 35
Heeves s-tockers and feeders 3 00 ft 3 n
Beef Steers 3 25 3 95
Bulls 1 K5 3 00
Milkers and springers 2o 00 31 00
ytass 3 15 & 3 50
Calves... 3 60 5 00
Oxen 1 50 nt. 3 25
Cows 2 00 & 3 30
Heifers 2 4) 3 60
Westerns 3 40 3 5'
Sheep Lambs 81 4 75
CHICAGO.
Wheat No. 2, spring 60 6f)H
Corn Per bu...... 28
Oats Per bu 18 19
Pork...... 7 ! 8 0")
Lard 4 75 6 00
Cattle Feeding Steers 3 45 at 4 50
Hosts Ave races 3 50 3 4.5
Sheep Lambs ... 3 75 5 00
Sheep Westerns 2 35 3 80
NEW YORK.
Wheat No. ?, red winter 71 71
orn No. 2, 34 34 S
Oats No. 2, 21 Zi
Pork 9 ro (d 0
Lard 5 00 6 45
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat No. 2 red, cash 82 rt
Corn Per bu 25 15 1
Oats Per bu. 17!, 18
Hogs Mixed packing 3 10 3 40
Cattle Native steers..... 3 25 4 15
Sheep Natives 3 00 3 55
Lambs- 4 25 6 50
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat No. 2 hard 5ti '7
Corn No. 2. 23 234
Oats No 2 15 15S
Caltl Mockers and feeders.. 2 75 r 3 90
Hors Mixed Packers 3 05 3 25
Sheep Lamb 3 00 ". 4 15
Sheep Muttons 3 00 5 5C
Ten Years for a Petty Kobbery.
Fort Scott, Kan., May 7. William
Evans, who held up and robbed Grant
Slater here a few months ago of a
pocket-knife? a bunch of kejs and a
lead pencil, was sentenced in the dis
trict court here j-esterday to ten years
in the penitentiary. ,
Waiting a Chanre to Come In.
Montreal, May i. The springtide
of Chinese emigration has arrived.
To-day 100 Chiuese came from Van
couver and are now stopping at the
big Chinese boarding houses, waiting
for a favorable opportunity to go to
the States.
t .fj oi the UhU platiorm on money.