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Library Day In Nruraak
To all friend a of F-ducttion io Nebraska.
Greeting: The Nebraska State
Teacher.' As-ociation lias formally rec
ommended that the ptople of this state
observe Octoler 21et (or a day as near
that date as practicable) aa an annual
Library day. Since it ie usually moat
convenient to have special exercli-es In
schools upon Friday, it in recommended
that Library day 1 fixed for the year
upon Friday, O. t.ber 23d.
Let me call your attention to the ex
cellent opportvn'i"s aff rded by this
anniver.-ary fur eitcndina the influence
of (tood li erature among oar people,
both old and young. Let all public
school teachers in this state, and all
friends of education, enter heartily into
the spirit of this day, to the end that ex
isting libraries may be strengthened and
new ones established wherever they can
l made to contribute to the general in
telligence and welfare.
I peed not urge the great importance
of encouraging cuildren to form habit'
of useful reading at home. There is no
more effective way to build up a good
school library; and this anniversary,
instituted by our great State Teachers'
Association, and coming in the early
part of the school year, will give the
Lest possible occasion for a s)ecial
movement in this important direction.
Your attention is called to the Nebras
ka Pupils' Heading Circle as one of the
most promising adjuncts of sum a
movement, and it is especially .ecom
mended that an effort be madetoextend
the influence and usefulness of this or
ganization to every cchool in the state.
Henry It. Cohbktt,
State Superintendent.
To the People of Nebraeka.
Greeting : The committee of the Ne
braska State Teachers' association having
in charge the observance of Library day,
beg of you the hearty co-operation that
the importance of this movement merits.
Let such co-operation extend to all thoso
who can be in any way instrumental in
establishing or improving a library "A
poor man's university" in every local
ity where its influence may be needed
and appreciated.
Nothing of importance can be accotn
j ished without "organization and a
time." Let "Library day" furnish the
occasion. Let our schools, by a fitting
observance of this day, endeavor to cre
ate a deeper interest in the cause of ed
ucation, and increase or establish a li
brary in every school house, to which
all who will may have access under
proper re trictions. Funds may -he
raited at this time by entertainments,
donations and subscriptions, or by
whatever method may seem best adapt
ed to each locality. Often your board
will donate an amount on consideration
that you raise a like amount. A "pov
erty party" once yielded more than
thirtv dollars.
I.et your piograms awaken the people
to the tact that it is the educated head
and hand that leads the day. When
this idea possesses young men and wo
men, they will find the means for secur
ing the culture and training they need
to prepare them for honored and useful
citizenship
Il it be borne in mind that to fur
nish one with a carefully selected list of
books, "is to give him an education,
to put him In possession of a moral and
intellectual ideal." Therefore let your
selection of Ixjoks be made with refer
ence to quality, not quantity.
We feel we voice the sentiment of all
educators in wishing that a well selected
library might be placed in every com
munity, giving to all our people the
cotupanionship and counsel of "our best
minds at their best days." No more
appropriate, time could be taken for this
work than the anniversary of the day
which gave America to the civilization
of the world. Trknmor Cone,
Chairman State Committee.
North Platte has recently expended
$500 in sidewalk.
A dancing school for little folks has
been organized at North Platte .
Mrs. Anna Prestecher of Clatotiia,
Saline cou'nty, died recently of neuralgia
of tl u heart.
After an absence of seven years Rev.
J. C. Irwin has again become a resident
of Nullerton.
Evangelist Redding has been holding
a series of stirring meetings at Schuyler,
and Satan has left the town.
M. II. Marble of the Table Rick
Argus, raises a peculiar variety of sum
mer squashes, which must be seen to be
appreciated.
, The Woodmen of the World of Fre
mont, North Bend, Webster and Cedar
Bluffs will picnic at Scott's lake, near
North Bend.
' Rudolph Valenta, a youth of seven
teen, living some miles west of W liber,
ihad both bones of his leg fractured at
the ankle joint by the tumbling rod of a
'threshing machine, while he was en
gaged in cutting bands.
There was a small riot on the Elkhorn
irailroad at Chadron last week. Half a
-dczen men employed in the yards be
came intoxicated, threatened the lives
jof local railroad officials and are report
ied to bare attempted to obtain control
'of tbe twitches, intending to derail in
;coming trains. City Marshal Morrlsey
-patroled in the yards on the switch en
gine all night and was compelled to
wear in eight or ten special police to
imalntain order and prevent the men do- )
ing damage to railroad property.
BOB flrZSIJIMS ARRSTtD
Okarged with Arranging a Prise Fight
Contrary to Lair.
JIM CORBETI WILL GET THE SAME DOSE.
Actios of the Court Maj Han Salutary
fcflr-elln stopping the tireat Crop a
Talk Which ttotu are Kanea lo
Uav Heretea.
Niw Yoke, Sept. i2. Bob Fitzsim
mons was arrested at the Bartholdi
hotel by Iteteetive McMaught, who
brought bim to jolice headquarters
shortly before 1 :20 o'clock yesterday.
The arrest was made on a warrant
charging Fitzsimmons with a misde
meanor in arranging a prize fight in the
city.
Fi'zsimmons was arraigned in general
sessions yesterday morning before Judge
Fritzgerald. The court room was
crowded. Fitzsimmons leaned on the
railing in front of the judge's desk and
looked ftraight at the judge. He ca
ressed a silk hat in bis band and wore a
Prince Albert coat. His manager. Mar
tin Julian, stood beside him, but he had
no counsel. Die indictment was read
and Fritzsimmons was asked if he
wished to plead. After a whispered con
versation with Julian he pleaded "not
guilty." The judge then held him ia
$1,000 bail, and as no bondsman was
ready, the judge added: "Committed
until bail is furnished."
Fitzsimmons turned pale as the idea
of a prison cell struck bim, but he was
not taken to a cell. He was taken up to
the detective's office in general sessions,
building to wait until some one could be
found lo go security for him. Fitzsim
mons finally secured bail and was re
leased. The district attorney paid there
were two counts to the indictment. He
further said that the case of Fitzsim
mons and Corbett, who had been jointly
indicted, waB the first arrest made since
the law was amended.
The indictments against the two pugi
lists were found by the grand jury a
week ago yesterday.
A special from Asbury Park, N. J.,
says :
After rec-ding the newspaper reports
regarding the indictments said to have
been made let ween Corbett and Fitzsim
mons for violating the penal code of New
York, Corbett said be did not believe
that there is such an indictment pend
ing over him. Corbett, who is training
for his his fight with Sharkey, claims
that he did not sign any article for a
fight in New York, liecause he knew it
was contrary to the law to sign such
papers, and that this part of the contract
was deferred until the parties in the
affair were out of the state.
A Itoaet for Ounlttp.
Washington, Sept. 22. A severe at
tack on Joeeph R. Dun lop, who was the
editor and publisher of the Chicago
Dispatch, is made in tbe annual report
of the fourth assistant postmaster-general,
which will be submitted to Post
master General Wilson during the y res
ent week. In discussing the work of the
postotfice inspectors during the fiscal
year covered by the rep.,rt, General
Maxwell says:
"There is no more contemptible mem
ber of society than the professional
blackmailer, Joseph K. Dunlop, tbe edi
tor and publisher of the Chicago Dis
patch, by this sort of journalism earned
for himself contehipt and hitter hatred,
and at the same time cleared a hand
some fortune.
"His paper was published solely for
money, and he pandered to the moat
degraded classes and depraved tastes to
attain bis ends. Constantly did he
transgress the laws of decency in this
publication. He, however, made a fatal
iniHtake w hen he undertook to prosti
tute the United States mail service to
his nelarious purposes by making it the
carrier for his objectionable and obscene
publication, and when criminal proceed
ings were instituted against him in the
United States courts, w hich resulted in
his conviction and sentence; to the pen
itentiary for two years and to pay a fine
of $,000 and costs, there w as much re
joicing among the better elements of so
ciety in those, localities where his black
mailing medium had been circulating."
Colli Coining Over.
Nw York, Sept. 22. The steamship
LaGascogne, which arrived from Havre,
brought $500,00.) gold, consigned to
lizard Freres. The bank of British
North America announces that it will
have a consignment of $500,000 gold on
the steamship Teutonic, leaving Europf
Wednesday, Chicago advises state that
arrangements have been made in Lon
don for the shipment of $1,500,000. Of
this amount $1,200,000 is for the Chica
go New Edison company 5 per cents re
cently sold abroad. Cables announce
the sale of 203,000 American eagles by
the Bank of England today. The bank
till asks 78 shillings for gold bars, but
in the open market the price is fd
lower.
Boston, Mass., Sept., 22. The steam
er Pavonia, which arrived from Liver
pool this morning, brought $497,600 gold,
consigned to Kidder, Peabody k Oo.
Struck by Lightning.
Si'RINopiklo, Mass., Sept. 22. Four
powder mills at Hazardville, Conn.,
were blown up. Lightning struck one
mill, and the explosion set tire to the
other three. No one was killed or injur
ed. Struck Him Dead.
New York, 8ept.,22. Martin O'Brien,
a brawny beef handler, lay in wait for
William Olliver, against whom he had a
slight grievance. Without word,
O'Brien dealt Oliver a .terrific blow with
hit flat. Oliver fell, and without a look
. . tni ii t
a he prostrate man, w uiwu icisureiy
walked np Oak street and boarded a car.
That waa the last seen of bim. An am
bulance waa sent for, but tha surgeon
who responded to the call pronounced
Oliver dead.
A trot looa Cruelty of apaulan Troop.
Havana, Sept. 20, via Key Went, Fla.,
Sept. 23. Well authenticated stories of
barbarous acts by tbs Spanuh troops
continue to reach her-. Recently the
Havana papers published an account of
ai alleged battle near Chucbo de Arce,
in which, after an hour's fighting, the
Spaniards drove tha rebMs off, killing
nineteen and taking many prUouers.
The papers sugge-t that the goveruuieut
should reward Colonel Aguilera, the
Spanish commander, for his tmvery.
The facts in regard to the "buttle" are
as follows: On September 17 ten rebels
went to attack a guerrilla band th it had
i started from Vegas to the field. When
I the rebels, in ambush, were ready to
attack they noticed a strong body of eol
i diera coining to war 1 them. Hidden ia
, high grass the reb-ls let the soldiers
come closer a id then fired a volley, kill
ing two offi.-er?) and wounding three sol
diers. The tr)S fired back a volley in
tbe grass, bit ting nobody as the enemy
could not be ceen. Lieutenant-Colonel
( Aguilera, who commanded the troops
and came from his headquarters, Neuva
i Paz, went af'er this action towards a
colony named Pablo Diaz. There he
found a family composed of twenty-five
persons, men, women and children.
He a'-ked if they had seen any rebels in
the neighborhood. On receiving a neg
ative reply, be ordered a general slaugh
ter of everybody, including children
from one to t-n years of age
M IKO::K MOTIIKR AND SON.
I A young marl bngge I to be killed in
stead of his mother, who was in the
eighth month of pregnancy, but be was
killed with a machete and bayonet, in
presence of the mother. Then they
pieced the abdomen of the mother with
a bayonent, after which they disembowl
ed her with a machete. The little chil
dren were first pierced with the end of a
bayonet, then hnisned with machetes.
Of the twenty-five human beings present
in that Colony, nineteen were butchered,
and six made their es ape, hiding them
selves in 'he cane, where thev remained
until late at night, when they could
come out safely. Besides truthful wit
nesses, the men of the guerrillas boasted
of what they committed when they went
back to Veg ts, about two miles from the
colony. On September 8th, three days
after the slaughter, a traveler passed by
the spot of the murder, and was horri
fied at the number of carion crows de
vouring the bodies. None had been
buried.
On September 18 Colonel Aguilera
started with his troops and the guer
rillas from .Neuva Paz toward the sugar
estate Cuerro. Near a place called
Cuzco, In saw a home, went to it and
fiund only three children in it. He
, asked where the parents were. They
answere 1 t!iey had gone after some fuel
to prepare their breakfast, and would
soon return. The colonel ordered 'he
three children, ten to fourteen years old
to be locked up in the house, and after
this was done ordered the guerrillas
tosetf-. ito tile house. The guerrillas,
horrified, dnojieyed at fist, but under
the threats of Aguilera, they acted, and
the house wa-i burned down with the
children it it.
On their return to Neuva Paz the
guerrillas told the people what had been
done. Thi. information is from Spanish
sourcd.
After the house was burned Aguilera
went on and met a man seventy years
of ae, who was accompanied by two ne
groes. He asked where he wan going.
He answered he was taking 8tn vegeta
bles home to Neuva Paz. The colonel
ordered him to bo killed with the ma
chete, and the negroes also. The body
of the old man was thrown into a well
near by, where be was found two days
afterwtrd, traced by his bat, that was
found near the well. The bodies of the
two negroes were chopped to pieces and
thrown into a cave, where they were
fiund. All this was related by a ser
geant and g line of the soldiers.
A Move Will rerclpllate a ar.
London, Sept. 23 At a meeting held
last night in Shored itch to protect
against the massacre of Christians by
Turks, a most important announcement
was made, which, it is belived, puts an
end to alt conjecture regarding the ac
tion that might be taken bv the British
government in the direction of putting
an end to the massacres by force of de
posing the sultan. The statement was
made by Mr. John Lowles, a member of
the house of commons for the Hager
(tone division of Shoreditcn. He said
if England had a free hand in the mat
ter very few days would elapse before
there would be a change in Turkey. He
then added that he was authorized by
the foreign office to say that Great
Britain was con iron ted by an agree
ment between the three powers tha. if
she at'acked Turkey on any excuse or
pretext she would have to face that com
bination. If she fired a single Bhot or
took action alone, it would mean that at
that moment there would be a European
war.
Six Yeara for a Coatomi Collector.
San Francisco, Sept. 23. United
States District Judge Morrow yesterday
sentenced Frederick It. Williams, ex
customs collector, convicted of extort
ing money for the illegal landing of
Chinamen, to six years in the state
prison.
, Corbett Will go Wait
8an Francisco, Sept. 23. Presi
dent Groom of the national athletic
club received a dispatch yesterday after,
noon from James J. Corbett stating
that he accepted the offer of the club for
a ten round go with Tom Sharkey for
$10,000. Corbett instructed Groom to
go ahead with the arrangements, as
sured him that he had nothing to do
with any other San Francisco clnb, and
stated that ha would start at once for
tbe coast. ,. !
LEADVILLE PEOPLE XtRVUlL
Ths Mili-ia is Prds-Bt be: Fears am
Entertained by Many.
CITIZENS DEMANDING MARTIAL LAW
Koine Mean Neera.arjr to bo Taken to Dlri-rft-iu
tbe a rlkrr-f hra to lti.ru
the Town Can- Excji-nji ut
and Tfirwr
Lkaovillb, C jIo., Sept. 21 The pre
sence of the militia ban had no apparent
effect in quh-tinjf the nerves of the peo
ple of this unfortunate city. The feel
ing is so intense that the pe p'e clutch
eagerly at the most absurd of th rumors
and the fear is general that dire disaster
is certain soon to overtake them.
There were plenty of nenBations yes
terday, but interest centered in the
hope for martial law order, which has
not yet come from Governor Mclntire.
General Brooks receive 1 at an early
hour yesterday an order from the gover
nor which appear to be of an adviiory
nature. General Brooks was in conver
sation with the governor over the tele
phone during the day and late Tuesday
night issued a proclamation outlining his
military policy while in camp. Judge
Owersof the district court also talked
with the governor, but was apparently
not satisfied with his interv ew and he
declined to talk.
All day the business men and mine
owners have bien demanding franticnlly
for martial law that the strikers may be
disarmed, their ammunition and dyna
mite confiscated and all possible means
of resistance taken from them.
One of the frights of the day is the
rather vague story of an attempt to de
stroy the city waterworks. The miners'
union have long boasted that in tbe
event of armed resistance they would
destroy tbe water system and burn the
town. The waterworks are situated
about two miles from town in California
gulch. Troops were posted there Tues
ria) and at night a detail of thirty men
in charge of an officer, were stationed
inBide the works. Pickets were thrown
out and the hard rainy night parsed as
comfortably as could be expected.
Just before dawn there Was a fl.tsh f a
Bhot and a faint report on a distant hill,
such as might have been a signal. A
little later one of the sentries made out
same dark forms crawling up the hill.
He hailed them and was answered by a
shot. There w as silence for a time and
seeral scattering Bliota were fired from
the gullies, but the attacking party,
finding the guard wide awake, drew off
without an injury, bo far as could be
lea-ned on either side.
Colonel McCoy, in charge of Camp
M dntire, took the matter less seriously.
I am notvinclined to think from the re
port my officers made V) me that there
was much in the affair.
Glic!tone in Ameflca.
London, Sept. 24. The Chronicle pub
lishes a long letter from Mr, filadstone,
addressed to M. Maurice Lau 'et of the
Paris Figaro. The letter wad written in
response loan appeal made l.y M. Laii-
det to Mr. Gladstone to arouse the Eng
lish press in behalf of the Armenians.
Mr. Gladstone declares it ia bis belief
that the population of Great Britain is
more united in sentiment add more
thoroughly aroused by the present out
rages in Turkey than they weie by the
atrocities in Bulgaria in 1870. Continu
ing he says :
" 1 he ques'ion whether effect can 1
g'Vi'n to the national indignation Ih now
in the balance, and will probably be
soon decided. I have read in some
Austrian new?papers an affected scruple
against sole action by any one state in a
European crisis, but there are one of
these in Russia, who in 1878, earned
lasting honors by liberating Bulgaria
and helping onward the fretdora and
Becurity of the other Balkan states.
The other power is France, who in 1840,
took up tne cause of Egypt and pushed
it Bingle handed to the vertie of an Ein
repeat! war. She wisely forbore to
Wing about that horrible transcendent
calamity, but I Bravely doubt whetlu r
she was not right, and the combined
powers wrong in their policy of that
period."
Mr. Gladstone proceeds to denounce
"the great assassin," and continues:
"For more than a year he has triumph
ed over the diplomacy of the six powers
They have been laid prostrate at his
feet. There is no parallel in history to
the humiliation they have so patiently
borne. He has, therefore,, had every
encouragement to continue a courne that
has been crowned with success. The
pending question seems to be, not
whether, but when and where, he will
proceed to his next murderous exploits.
The question fcr Europe and each pow
er is whether he shall be permitted to
swell by myriads the tremeDdous total
of his victims.
"In other years, when I poss psed
power, I did my best to promote the
concert of Europe; but I sorrowfully al
mit that all tbe good done in Turkey
during the last twenty years was done
not by me, but more nearly despite It."
The letter concludes by expressing the
hope that the French people will pur
sue a policy worthv of their greatness,
their fame and the high place they have
held in European Christian history
A Meitro mi (I an Alt.
Niw Ohi-bans, La., Sep, 24. Near
Amite City, La., yesterday morning
John Johnson, a negro, brained with an
axe John Cotton, his wife and Merriam
Ilevens. Johnson attacked and severely
wounded Misses Agnes and Lizsie Miller
after which he fled to the swamps.
' The particulars of the tragedv are
meagre, but it Is stated that Johnson
attempted to criminally assaulted Angei
Miller, and the killing wai the result of
an attempt to capture tim.
Quieter at Laadviile.
Lkadvillk, Colo., Sept. 25. Another
quiet day panged, the only evidence of a
miners' strike being the present of the
state militia and the movements of the
details going between their camp and
the mines that are guarded. The citi
zens' committee is working readily with
the militia and the sheriff and the
courts are continuing to act promptly
upi n all mstters referred to them. The
usual rumors of trouble to come are
beard and tbe night guards have some
tales ii attacks averted to tell each
morning.
The court of inquiry called by Gener
al Brooks convened yesterday afternoon
in Secret session. By this means some
facts are hoped for that will give some
light upon the Coronado mine attack of
Monday morning. The men now under
arreft for the murder of Fireman
O'Keefe are Peter Ttirnbull, vice presi
dent of the miners' union; E. J. Dewar,
secretary; George Handy, William
O'B-ien, Patrick Kennedy, J. V. Doyle,
Richard Olib, John Ahem, Gouieri
Kichards, Ernest Nictiola, Eugene Can
non, Cornel us Shea, Michael Weibel,
Gus Johnson and Nels Clausen.
George 3. Handy, recording .-ecretary
of the union, said that the otticerf deep
ly deplored the violence employed at the
Coronado, and that none of them knew
of or expected this trouble to occur,
which he says he can prove
Edward Boyle, president of the west
ern federation of mii.era, bears nis ar-rbs-t
with fortitude, deciaring be has had
nothing to do with tbe Coronado affair
in any way.
Cuilahy YVHiita a Corner.
Ciiicaoo, Sept. 25. December wheat
began to take an upward turn on the
Chicago board of . rade yesterday, and,
John Cudahy, the credited holder of
nearly all the contract w heat for Decem
ber di livery, is reported to have a deep
laid ncheme to keep the etuff until the
dollar mark is reached. He is said to
hold at least 25,000,000 bushels. There
was a rise of 1 5-8 cents in the market
yesterday, from 65 cents to 66 5-8 cents,
but later in ttie session the price de
clined to 64 7-8 and cloned at 65 1 2.
The demand from the short interest,
however, continued unabated on the tap
of the gong. The market waa partly in
fluenced by the cable quotations record
ing higher prices and steadily increas
ing demand. The cry of bhort crops in
Europe has been backed up by higher
prices there and messages from Russia
contained the word "famine." Then
there iB an unusually low aggregate in
this country's yield. The well informed
here believe Cudahy haB utilized his
recent good fortune to get a grip on De
cember wheat, which comes dangerous
ly near the "corner" line.
A Kecelver Wanted.
Ciiicaoo, Sept. 25. A bill for a re
ceiver for the Farmers' Trust company
of Iowa, was filed in the superior court
Wednesday. The complainants are Julia
C. Rogers, Caroline M. Hobbs, Frank F.
Holmes, Emil Walber, guardian of the
et i te of Clara School; Harriet F, Schoof,
William F. Schoof and others. Judge
Paine appointed the Title Guarautee
and Tiust Company as receiver.
The company was incorporated in
Iowa witn a capital stock of $1,000,000,
and its principal business has been to
1 mn money on farm lands. Tne allega
t on in made that, as foreclosures ere
made by the company, President Sayer
Itas not placed the property thus acquir
ed in i he hands of proper trustees, to be
held as surety for the bonds. Instead,
it is alleged, he has withdrawn good se
turtt.es which were not sufficient, thus
violating the agreement contained in
th bonds.
Iu the circuit court Julia C. Rogers
began a damage suit also, against Sayer
and Treasurer Niggctneyer for $25,000.
The suit is bised on the same transac
tions which are complained of in the
bill for a receiver.
Won a fortune by A ttilnlng.
San Francibco, Cai.., Sept. 15. Suit
has been brought by C. F. Crocker and
W. H. Crocker to terminate a trust un
der tbe will of the late Charles Crocker,
by which they were custodians of 490
$1,000 bonds on behalf of George
Ciocker.
The terms of the trust are that if
within the fifteen years, immediately
succeeding the teetator's death, George
Crocker should for fi ve years abstain
from the use of intoxicating liquor, the
bonds fhall be turned over to him".
Otherwise at the end of fifteen years
they are logo to the other heira the
children of C. F. Crocker and W. H.
Crocker and Mrs. Alexander.
The plaintiff averu that from Septem
ber 22nd, 1891 to September 22nd, 1890,
George Crocker his abstained. They
desire therefore to turn over the money
to bim and terminate their trust, and
Bue the other heirs to give them an op
portunity io establish in court any ob
jection they have to such a course.
Itmnrance Men at Philadelphia,
Philadelphia. Pa., Sept. 25. The na
tional convention of the insurance com
missioners has elected the following of
ficers for the ensuing year : President,
James R. Waddill; vice-president,
Stephen W. Carr; secretary and treasur
er, F. L. Cutting. Old Point Comfort,
Va , was chosen as the next place of
meeting.
General Mesla Dead,
Dallas, Tax., Sept. 25. A private
telegram to members of his family in
Dallas, received yesterday evening, an
nounces the death of Gen. Mexia in tbe
city of Mexico, chairman of the ways
and means committee of the bouse ol
representatives of the Mexican congress.
Oen. alexia was regarded as the leading
statesman and financier of the Mexican
republic, a close friend of President
Dlaa and a progressive man of modem
Ideaa.
MILITIA RULES SUPREME
Entirely Capable of Maintaining Order
at Leadville.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAUSES A SCENE
A I.rral Pb:te of the Strike shown In tha
UUtrlct Co-rt-WIIrt Kumora still
Afloat In the City Sou L'uiun Man
Arrive.
Lkadville, Colo., Sept. 26 The 150
miners from Joplin, Mo., arrived sat !y
in Leadville at 5 o'clock yesterday, aid
were escorted by equads of militia to
quarters prepared; for them at the Em
met mine, Marion mine and others ad
joining in the down town di-trict.
Though there was some jeering by men
and women in the great crowd aBsem-'
bled at the depot to witness the arrival
of this firs', instalment of non-union
miners, no acts of violence were com
mitted. The camp remains at peace
anil as quiet as it has been throughout
the three month-' strike. The miluia
are ent.rely capable of maintaining
order and they are prepared to act
promptly and without hesitation. ' It
will be shoot to kill if the slightest dem
onstration indicating a riot occurs. '
The court of inquiry has acconiplUl.ed
nothing and it will probably cease its
situnzs shortly.
The legal phase of the strike occuri id
ye.-terday upon a hearing before Ju; ?e
Onera of the district court as to bail ior
the twenty-two' prisoners charged with
the murder of Fireman O'Keef at the
Coronado affair of Monday morni' g.
The sheriff and mar-hal testified toat
the arrests had been made upon com
plaints ami they personally had no
knowled.-e of evidence sufficient to hold
any of the prisoners. The district at
torney wanted all the cases dismissed,
but tnis the court declined' to do. The,
attorney for tfie defendants also re-1
quested a hearing ol the merits of the
caes lefo-e dismissal or a Ending.
The district attorney in the afternoon
cre.ited a scene nnd was ordered out of
the court room by the judge, the sheriff,
escorting the disgraced officer of the
court from the hall. Judge Owers de-'
cided that in view of the state of affairs
existing here and for the reason that
the defendants and he himself desired a
thorough investigation to be made, the
prisoner.- should be released 6n bail in!
sum- of $500 and the sheriff wasdirected
to go out and obtain sureties.
Although interest centered about the
c urt house and a great crowd gathered
during the evening, no demonstation oc
curred, the militia preventing a cruBhof
spectators in the court room.
During the afternoon a crowd also
gathered about tbe Rio Grande depot to
wait the arrival of the special train
bringing in the Joplin miners. The de
pot was surrounded by state troops and
no one without a pass was permitted to
cross the line v At 1 :30 . tiie four car ...
loads of the local citizen eoldiery "were
sent to Malta, four miles below to guard
the train as it came in.
The train arrived at Malta at about 4
rj'clock. Alter some delay it proceeded
cautiously up to the city. Along the
line of the track in the suburbs there
was no demonstration. On the arrival
of the train at the Poplar street depot,
the miner alighted and formed on the
d 'pot platform. The order to march
was given and the newcomers, preceded
by tne soldiers and flanked and backed
by the guards, started for the hills,
There progress was viewed by thou
sands. At some points cn the line de
monstrations were made against them,
and there were jeers from the striking
miners and women and children.
There was a general feeling here yes
terday afternoon that the strike is in s
fair way to be broken, It ia said that
many miners who have been out w'.ll re
turn to work. There is a strong effort
againat this, however, from tbe leaders.
The usual forbodings of trouble are
hea d and countlefs sensational rumors
are continually springing up. Leadville
last night was orderly and quiie.
Chicago has Another Ilobbety.
CnicAGO, Sept. 26. Two robbers late
yesterday afternoon entered the office of
the Western Foundry company at the
corner of Thirty-Beventh and Albany
avenue and holding up the cashier, M.
A. Rourke, took $1,600 from tbe safe and
escaped. They were pursued by a
crowd which was collected by the
foundry people and were in a fair way
to be captured at Thirty-sixth street ana
California avenue, but again eluded
their pursuers. At this place the buggy
in which the men were riding broke
down, and as they were about starting
to escape on foot Frank Nyhoft, a milk
man, came along, The two men jumped
into his wagon and demanded that he
vacate. On refusing they shot him in
the leg, pitched him out and drove away
at a furious pace. Officers from the
Brighton police station, who had been
apprised of the outrage were soon on the
scene and started in pursuit of tbe fly
ins: robbers in a patrol wagon. Tha men
were lost sight bf, however, but tha
police in following in the direction in
which tbey were supposed to have fled
found, nearly two miles from the
foundry, the milk wagon, which had
also broken down. The entire south
west police district waa notified and a
large detail of officers were sent out.
A Failure and a Suicide.
Chicago, Sept. 26. The firm of Dar
lington, Quick & Boyden, commission
men at the stock yards, failed yesterday
morning.
Almost simultaneous with the nsws of
the failure came the information from
Lincoln, III., that Frederick Boyden, a
member of the firm, had committed sui
cide at this place yesterday morning ry
shooting himself through the head. The
'firm it one of the olden and best known
among the business houses at tbs yards.