Nebraska Newspapers

    CAPTAIN SPANKER.
—
t(By Jerry Cobb.)
-| EVER let me hear
you speak of him
again as Miser
Spanker,” sharply
II; 1 ordered the old la
dy with a gentle
and attractive face
as she turned upon
her pretty grand
daughter. "Never!”
"But, grandma.
HE that's what they
call him,'' stammered the girl, who
IHras shocked by discovering for the first
' time that her revered ancestor had a
Hi temper In her composition.
H "That's the way of the world,” with
Htllmlnisbed fire and a careful readjust
■ merit of the cap that had been set
P awry by her unwonted display of vigor,
r "We Jump from appearances to conclu
' slotjs. and the result Is a great deal of
Injustice to our fellow creatures. Wo
are forbidden to Judge at. nil, and we
certainly should not render a verdict
till we ascertain the Inmost facts.
That’s the way your grandfather would
have put It were he alive. Me was by
far the ablest lawyer In all this sec
tion.”
Vearlng a diversion to the older worn
's favorite theme, the younger one
romptly Interrupted. "But Isn’t Cap
4n Spanker close-fisted and penu
■ous? Ills housekeeper has to take a
eal out every once In a while to keep
:>m starving, and they say that his
ocery bills are less than those of his
_feorest tenant I cun unite believe that
deem the estate and leave it clear to
his son. He has given the young man
more than he would have accepted had
he known. He went through college,
contracted unnecessary debts, as boys
will do, and then came home to fall in
love with you.”
"You speak as If that was a mis
fortune.”
"No, but the captain Is very proud
and very determined. I think he Is
more determined than your grandfa
ther was. You must remember that I
refused the captain, and he would nev
er consent to his son marrying my
granddaughter unless he had a fortune
and a standing equal to her own.”
“ ‘Unto the third and fourth genera
tion,’ quoted the girl, with a tremulous
smile. “But I'm In l#ve with the grim
old captain, now, and the only way to
get him for a father Is to marry Dick,
Just as I intend doing. Miser, Indeed!
He’s grand and noble, no matter If he
was a smuggler, or pirate, or whatever
It was. No wonder Dick’s so dashing
and brave and Independent. He only
writes me that he’s doing very well
out there, but he wouldn't talk about
coming home to fix things up with ‘the
dear old governor,” as he calls the cap
tain, unless he' was successful. Dick
thinks all the world of him, although
they did quarrel.”
"Why doesn’t he write his father,
then?”
"Because he forbade It when they
parted, and you know they are not a
yielding family, I believe. I wish they
were more so.”
At the very time this conversation
wns going on the few people that the
captain had about, him were rapidly
concurrrlng In an opinion that he had
gone crazy. His two latest meals had
been like banquets compared with his
nuiial rnnaata lln Inn! Iuuiir>/1 a atnn/1
THE LUETGERT CASE.
THE JURY DISAGREE AND ARE
DISCHARGED.
Uln. for Con.lrtton and Thr.. fo* Ac
qultlal--Koreni*n and Member* Ibrlar.
Their Inability lo Acrrn—The Prisoner
Cool to the Close—Jury Tired and
Worn Out,
I.uelgert Has Another Chanre.
Chicago, Oct. 33.—Tho Luetgert 1
Jury hat disagreed and been dis- j
charged. It stood nine for conviction |
and three for acquittal.
Shortly before 10 o'clock this morn
ing Judge Tuthlll called tho jury into
the court room. As the jurors tiled
into court they were a haggard look
ing set of men. Several of them were
collarless and the eyes of all of them
were swollen and red.
“Gentlemen, 1 have called you into
court to ask if you have reached a ver
dict," said Judge TuthiU.
Helckhold, foreman of tho jury,
arose and replied: “Your Honor, we
have not.”
“Is there any prospect of your reach
ing one?'' asked the court.
"I don't think so,” was the answer.
“In fact, I know there is not, at least
that is my iirin belief."
“How do you stand—numerically, I
mean, not individually?” queried the
court.
“We stand nine for conviction to
three for acquittal,” replied the fore
man. “We have stood ttiat way for
thirty-eight hours. There has not
been a solitary change In the vote
during the thirty-eight hours. In iny
opinion there is not the least possibil
ity of an agreement”
“What have you to say, Juror Jlar
ber?” asked His Honor.
“We can never reach a verdicr,” re- 1
plied the juror. “Every point and
{base of the evidence has been '
minutely discussed and it is impost!- 1
lil#* fur itm t#t fu/n*r*."
CHARLES A. DANA BURIED.
The Grnt Rdltor’i Body Interred N««r
Hit Long lalanj Honnd Iloilo.
Nkw Yokk, Oct 33.—Charles Ander
son Dana, late editor of the Sun,
was buried ut Glen Cove, L. I.,
st noon yesterday, tho Rev.
Dr. Huntington of Grace church, this
rlty, and the Rev. John Gammack of
St Haul's church, Glen Cove, reading
the services. The coffin was of plain
hlnck with silver hnndlos. Among the
Horal offerings was a Cuban flag in
immortelles. “To the Friend of Cuba,"
from the junta.
Among the mourners woro Mrs.
Dana. Haul and wife, Dr and Mra
VV. II. Draper, Dr. and Mra J. W.
Ilrannan, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard O.
MacDnnicI and Mra Zna E. Underhill.
I’he pallbearers were Thomas llitch
joek, Hrof. Charles N. Sergeant,
Jhurles Dana, General Uenjsmlu F.
X’racy, William M. Latllin. Mayor W.
Razeltin, E. U. Mitchell, F U. Church,
iVUlurd Bartlett, X'rank Bartlett,
Xcnerul James II. Wilson and Chester
4. Lord.
SALISBURY’S REPLY.
Kngland Doss Wot Want an International
Mouetar/ Conference.
Low DOW, Oct. 33.- Lord Salisbury
hns sent to Ambassndor llay the reply
of the British government to tho pro
posals of tRa American bimetallic spe
cial commission headed by Senator
Wolcott It Is u diplomatically worded
note.
Ills lordship says the government of
Treat Britain Is not able to reopen tho
India mints at present, lie regrets
-he Inability to accede to tho pro
posals of tho American commissioner,
treat Britain having as great an In
terest. ns tho United States and Franco
n securing a stable par exchange for
fold and sliver and an enlarged
ise of silver, in these circumstances,
Htntlnues Lord Salisbury, the British
fove rn men t does not see tho desira
pility of an international monetary
^inference, hut will he pleased to con
ilder any other practical suggeslious
rom the United States.
TUBERCULOSIS TEST.
•isSM.d K. a A. C. Cattle Slaughtered
NEW YORK CAMPAIGN
SOME CANDIDATES DEFINE
THEIR VIEWS.
Henry Ortirc# Declare# Again#* E.xelac
Tnif*#. Tariff* ati'l strict *nti<lity Clos
ing I’laln Mtatniieiif ■ In a l.rtter t«i
Derm a n# Van Hyfk'i Acceptance De
voted Entirely to l.ocal l«#ue».
I’olitlclan* Declare Tliein#elvea.
Nrw York, Oct it. In n letter to a
Grrmun-Amerienn political club,
Henry George, candidate for mayor,
defined his views on various matters
as follows: "I do not hellcvu in any
exclsis in any form The attempt io
prevent people from drinking by taxes
and excises upon liquor, increases cost,
promotes udiitterntion and defeats, 1
think, the very end it has in view.
Ail such taxes are pro motive of mo
nopoly and corporations. beside*
what goes to the government from
them, a much 'arger amount Is taken
by private parties who lind a profit in
the maintenance of the taxes. As wus
the ease witli our whisky tax also it
is with all taxes of that, nature. The
difficulty Is not to institute them, hut
to repeul them. Licenses and taxes
have always instituted and always
must institute an element of corrup
tion, which is made to furnish mean*
by which political rings maintain
themselves. I um a free trader in the
full sense of tlie term and would put
everything upon the basis of equal
rights. 1 think that tlie province of
tlie government is to prevent one In
dividual from interfering witli the
equal rights of another. As to tlie
question of Sunday closing, 1 be
lieve In Individual freedom. Those
persons who wish (o go to church on
Sunday should not lie interfered
witli in uny way by a person win,
wishes to sell or drink liquor on Sun
day and tlie person who wishes to
drink or sell liquor on Sunday should
not lie Interfered with by tlie the per
son who wishes to go to church. Tlie
Sabbath was made for man, and not
man for the Subbuth. The law should
AGAINST ALLOTMENT.
rh« Cr««k Connell JtrJwuU th« UtwN
CommlHlon Trirntr,
Mr*Kooi;n, Ind. Ter., Oct. 21.—Tho
treaty between tho Dawes and Creek
commissions, which was concluded at,
this place last month was rejected by
' the ( reck council In session at Okmul
gee, yesterday evening. The vote In
[ the house of warriors, which is tho
lower house of tha (-'reck council, was
unanimously against the treaty and
only eight member* of the house of
kings voted in favor of ft.
Chief Isparlieeher is highly elated
over his victory over the halfbreed
and non-citizen element, and is proud
of the fact that ho lias won hit people
over to his way of thinking, lie haa
never been iu favor of allotment and
the uholition of tribal government,
und has opposed the treuty since it
was agread to by the two commis
sions. The principal objection to tho
treaty is that It doos not give tha
Creeks their pro rata slinro of all tho
Innils of the Creak nation, and leaves
too much room for money shark* and
speculator*.
A hitter legal warfare i* expected to
be waged between tho United States
and the ( reek nation, a* the act of
Congress which taka* effect January
1 H'.is, abolishes their Creek court*,
place* them undsr the Jurisdiction of
the United State* and make* their
act* of council Ineffective, unless ap
proved by the president of the United
States,
'Tha troaty which lias Just been re
jected was one of five which it is the
duty of the Dawes commission to ne
gotiate. Treaties were arranged with
the Creeks, the Chickasaw* and the
Choctaw*. None but the Creek treaty
has yet come up for ratification, und
Us rejection will no doubt have pownr
ful influence against tho ratification
(puts lii the first half of every night
tinting bis gold,”
"Margaret Pemley, sit down and hold
tir tongue. I Just got through telling
u It was wrong to talk ns you’re
Ing, yet you persist In It. I know the
plain, and you don’t.”
"Oh. I have u slight personal ac
l ‘4|ualntam* with him, grandma. He
H'jprexpntcd me with the image of a whale
tie had whittled out of a pine block1,'
Krone day, and took particular pains to
Btell me that 1 was a real trim looking
P&flUtle' girl, though he knew that Dick
iipiad asked me to he his wife. He acted
abominably about that, and I Just be
lieve that It was because he was too
% attngy to give Dick a start In life. Why,
K1' the horrid old captain roared out as
though he was hailing a distant ship
*’ »nd declared It nothing hut a silly, stu
•■/t>ld. childish affair. It was worse than
I* being a miser to come between two
Bayoung people as deeply In love as Dick
. ■ and myself.”
"You're Just as set as your grand
P father was, Margaret. It Is a great deal
P easier to get along with girls when one
has to spank them Into obedience than
when one is reduced to reasoning with
I them. Perhaps I shouldn't tell the
■captain’s secrets, but there doesn’t
spprn any other way to convince you.
I was quite a belle when I was young.”
.’’and the handsome grandmother
P blushed as she gave a deft push to
her side curls. “Among other suitors
I had Captain Spanker. He was a
spruce young sailor then, and of good
family. Ours, you know, was among
i n*- mum j>i uiiiiii''jil iu mi; wloiv. i
preferred your grandfather, but the
' captain and I always remained good
friends. Me finally consoled himself by
marrying Dick’s mother. He was a lit
tle fellow in a brave sailor suit when
they accompanied the captain on a voy
age to China. It was a venture of his
own, and the result was that he smug
gled in an Immense cargo of opium,
rvj
-MAJtCJAItET PEMLEY. SIT DOWN,
landing it at an out-of-the-way aud un
used iiarbor on the southern coast. As
a lesult of (his defrauding the govern
ment he became a very rich man for
those days, and, at his wife's solicita
tion, bought me tine place where he
now lives, and settled down to enjoy
life as a gentleman farmer."
"And you defend a smuggler, grand
ma ?”
There you go again, forming an
opinion on partial Information. Sea
faring men, then, had very little regard
for the revenue taws. They regarded
th< m as an unjust restriction upon
their trade and chances to make mon
ey. Hut when lu> was thrown with dif
ferent ass< cla'lot.s his esttmat# ol his
duty toward ths government was
changed, and ha resolved to pay ths
d'/y »n all that cargo as conscience
money. I think It was about (to a
I* mud At any rata, It amounted to a
very Urge sum, and few would have
undertaken to pay It from a tu«re sense
of patriotism and right I know that
the captain consulted your grandfather
who gave hie approval, end assisted In
borrowing money on mortgages cover
ing ibe captain a estate Tbs sending
of the money to the treasury trented a
g *at deal of • omaveut nt the time, hnt
only three of ns knew who had aent It
Yha captain's wife signed the esenrt
lisa, but she died wit bout ever ashing
what the monty wee for tib* waa the
most c >« tiding woman I aver hnsw
Hie hard knows tks l the land la snrrtm
h*rwd, hat thinba that m la nnlr is nan
ibe m net in better paying la seer
r>«ni« The aim of the cae**ta'e id*
treat ibai time ta tbte bee been la in
Ing order that hereafter he would live
an became the proprietor of one of the
finest landed properties In the state.
In the evening he went so far as to
Join himself In a bottle of ale and to
f sing In his fog horn voice some of the
nautical classics that only go at their
best In the teeth of a gale. The simple
truth was that he bad paid the last
dollar due on the mortgages, and was
now longing for the safe return of
Dick, who had threatened to own a gold
mine before he came back to claim a
bride. The captain even thought of
Margaret, and how like she was to what
her grandmother had once been, but
dismissed her with a conviction that
she would not have remained true to
Dick on so weak a foundation as a
girl’s first love.
Within a week the quiet community
was shocked by the report of Richard
Spanker’s death. He was on his way
home, and had been shot by train rob
bers whom he had attempted to resist.
The letter bringing this brief account
of a tragedy that left the captain noth
ing to live for and almost broke the
heart of Margaret, told that the papers
and money belonging to the young man
had been forwarded. They followed
closely, and showed that Dick had
made good his promise to win a for
tune. He was richer than the captain
himself. Then the girl pocketed her
pride and went to Dick's father. 8he
read him the love letter from his son,
and In each of them was some senti
ment of regard that filled the old man
with rejoicing while he groaned at the
thought of what might have been. The
beautiful young woman and the captain
were drawn lu inner in men uum
mon affliction until she was as his
daughter and had already been named
as the sole inheritor of his property.
One afternoon they sat talking In the
library when one white-faced servant
rushed through the hallway to the rear
of the house while another stood, wide
eyed and speechless, supporting hersell
against the newel post.
"Dick!” shrieked the girl, as a merry
laugh came from without.
"Dick!” echoed the hoarse voice of
the old captain, as he caught the faint
ing girl on hls arm, and stood as
though to defend a beleaguered ship
"What's the row, governor? Did I
give you a bit of a fright?” shouted the
same jovial voice. "And Margie, too?"
as he encountered the obstacle to giv
ing the captain a sonly embrace. “Al
low me," and he transferred the burden
to his own arms. Nor was It water
that brought her hack to consciousness
and blushes. And the first coherent
sentence of the captain was: “She's
your's, Dick.”
Yes, It was Dick, bigger and hand
somer and more manly than ever. Ills
volunteer traveling partner had laid
him out with the heavy butt of a Coifs
revolver while they were on the way
to the nearest depot to the East and It
was the robber who had been killed,
with all Dick's money and papers on
hls person. When grandma and the
captain danced quaint old figures at
the wedding It waa plain to the pretty
bride that they were living for the time !
In the atmosphere of forty years agone '
Transfer «f Tires.
When the back tire has punctured
pretty often, and It la the back tire that
freely Indulges In these little trices.
It la an excellent thing on biryrles with
•-qua) sited wheels, to have the tree I
changed front one *h'<d to the other. |
ThU Will frequently cause the bach tire I
In last twice as lung without renewal, 1
since there la so mush less strata and
• ear on the front wheal A little pre- j
caution of Ihta hind la quit# well worth I
taking. If one does not weal to be let la I
tor continual expense The tube gruwe I
thin and wetth with heavy use and!
coaetaut puucturea. and It h quite
north while to try and prolong it* *•
Intense,
pane.
Hp>nre Ibte't yaw think a lamb la a j
aveadua a pretty sight ? Hprmtth Yea, ;
hut I think a lamb on a dlaaer table a
sight pc el 11st
Woes What do you do whan your j
miter w«nt let you have aay mure
clothes* HI the I get a xca tailor
"What in your Impression, Juror '
Fowler?” continued the court.
"The. same as the others. We can
not agree,” replied Fowler. "Wo
have discussed the esse thoroughly
and we cannot reach a verdict.*
Judge Tuthlil then called each of
the other jurors by name and each
responded in the same manner, ex
pressing the view that it would be im- j
possible for the jury to agree. Juror
Ilarley was the last juror called. He
arose and replied firmly and with em
phasis: “I do not believe we can
agree upon a verdict.”
"1 will ask the counsel for the pris
oner what they think of the situation?"
said the judge.
Bx-Judge Vincent arose and re
marked: "Your Honor, I don't think
from what 1 have just listened to that
there is any possibility of a verdict
being returned.”
"I am of the very same opinion,"
echoed 1’halen.
"Luetgert, how does it impress
you?” asked Judge TuthilL
The prisoner arose with a smile and
after bowing awkwardly to the court,
said in u low tone, "1 am just of the
opinion of my lawyers.”
“What?” exclaimed Judge Tuthlil,
who had not caught the words.
"I leave it to my attorneys I be
lieve just as they do. I don't believe 1
they could find a verdict," responded *
Luotgert, in a high tone of voice. 1
"What do you think, Mr. Deneon?” I
inquired the judge, directing Ills gaze 1
toward the state's attorney. '
"It appears from the consensus of ‘
opinion expressed by the jurors that
they cannot agree," replied Mr. I)e
neen. "I don't believe they would be
able to reach a verdict under the pres
ent expressed opinion of each of them ;
that a verdict is an imposiibility.”
Turning towards the jury, the judge ‘
said slowly: "The court has kept you ‘
iiere uu e.v-r^wuuou^ iuu^ wmu ins
cause the evidence was a i voluminous 1
to ;
all
its aspects and to give you time to f
discuss the mutter among yourselves '
to sue if there could be any possibility 1
of harmonizing your views. It is very
much to be regretted that you
are unable to agree. The ease
has been very long and protracted
It is the most important case—one of
the most important cases that has
ever been tried iu this county—aud 1
was anxiout that the jury might come
to some conclusion, but I am Itound to
accept the statement of the jurors
made through your foreman and indi
vidually by you uud the expression of
the defendant and his eounsel and the
state's attorney lias already received
serious consideration by me. My own
judgment, indeed, cc.tours with all
und i think it is useie>s to keep you
longer con lined in this matter I,
therefore, enter an order for the dis
charge of tliis jury. The defendant
will lie remanded You will apply to
the elerk for your eerlilicates.'*
The twelve men were d.voted as fol
lows: For conviction mid the death
pena ly. Ilelekh • d, II iyd, IMib., Mu
honey, Hvhiuiltrr. Iloeuier. Shaw, I
Fran sen and Fowler; for .1, «pn tt al, I
llar ey, llu'abird and llarh.-r
As si sin a* the bailiffs cud restore i
iju el Judge Tut lull adjourned lbs !
Court The jurors returned to their
room aud sent out word to Judge Tut'
blit Dial they desired that he should
remain In court a few minutes, as
they wished lo submit a report, ,
Twenty minutes star tber tied bees
Into court aud lleo-ah „d handed to
the ikrt a set of reeoiuMoas thaahtag
the Judge a«4 lawyers for their court
•ales
wise t-s— pmd tm«isiw aa tmiUss
Hat ssaia. is t t» Among the haw
era e owfereed by King Iwoputd tw eow
kwtws with the Hr ess* is taterwa
tsosl sapwaiUoa la the hast..wsi of a
deco st>u« upow the reprsseatstise of
the Uwited statue nometissues#*. Mr
thire. who was made a esimwwwde* of
the Order of King Iscedd
—In A«lv»ne«d RU|«.
Mawiiatton, Kan., Oct. 42.—Tha
mbllo slaughter and post mortem ex
amination of animat* in the Kansas
tale agricultural collegs herd which
lad responded to the tuberculin test
iccurred yesterday afternoon, con
Incted by Dr. Law of Cornell unlver
ity; Dr. V. A. Oeddls, from the bureau
if animal industry at Washington,
■nd Professors Klsher and Cottrell, of
he agricultural college, llut eight of
he fifteen unimals responding to the
est were killed. The experiments
vlll be concluded to-day. Kvery anl
nal was in the advanced stages of the
lisease. One cow was so badly )n
ected that tuberculosis matter was
Irawn from her paps like milk after
lie was dead.
JOE PATCHEN’S FEAT.
-o wared World's Four-Whsalsd Bulky
Facing Kecord Fonr Seconds.
Joi.ikt, 111., Oct. 22,—Without any
ireparation for such a trial Jos Patcb
n, the black pacing stallion, yester
ay afternoon reduced the world’s
lacing record to a four-wheel sulky
iy nearly four seconds. The time by
iuartors was: 0:31%, 1:02, 1:32%, 2:02%.
icveral watches caught the time In
:02%.
Mads a Scene at n Funeral.
Litti.k Bock, Ark., Oct. 23.—While
lev. James Thomas, I). D., of Winfield
ilemorial Methodist church (South),
>ne of the largest congregations in the
ity, was delivering a most feeling
ulogy over the remains of Mrs. ICliz
■beth Story, a life-time member of
[is church, her dnughter-iu-law, Mra
’homas Story, created a genuine sen
ation by jumping to her feet and in
errupting the pastor, denouncing his
emarlcs as villainously falsa.
Awarded 010,000 Homages.
Aciioha, 111., OcU 22.—The jury in
ho celebrated case of Pease vs. Ka
cau brought in a verdict awarding
be complainant 310,000 damages.
, lie widow Pease .tued Ivaruau, a
lauiushlre sulooiikccper, for damages
odor (lie Illinois dramshop law be
auso of tlie death of her husband,
vho was killed In a runaway as a
esult of lielug intoxicated on liquor
restimably procured at Kareau’s sa
jon
Nebraska's Fiireordiaerr (urn ( laid.
I.IMCOI.X. Neb., Oct 22. —Hr porta to
he ststa board of agriculture Indl
»te that corn husking has tiegun lit
s'ebraska. The quality is declared to
is superior to anything ever seen in
he state, and in many sections ths
told is averaging 100 bueheis to tha
i"ii'. 1 ho predict:,m I* now freely
nade that the ylsbl total of the stat*
vlll be lutl mu lion bushels
Va Imprus* (ray Nepart*
Wasuis,,ton, Oet 21 Thesueretarv
,f agriculture proposes to consolidate
he weather bureau with the crop
lureau and uperats them nest year la
onjuuetlon He also propiaw,* to re
irgaalsa tha erop reporting bureau
iud to taereaae Its alttcency lie And*
hat ths bureau la sasambursd with a
1st uf erop ispuisw throughout tha
ouatry who sta almost useless.
Fatal* (tap teas Nw
Naw Yuaa. out it -Not *<u*a is**
at tha potato was uf tha l ulled
dates proved to nearly a fader#, say*
ha Auterteea Agriculturist la its teat
•port uf ths yield et 1 SuT * -iapari4
iith ths liberal wop uf taut year
here I* aa apparent 1 at nag «* of
surly t« per seat la loan age sad
h* quality of the whole Is greatly
oMetook
tu* y mro 10 iv mui ii'jiior nomiiff ih
conducted In decency and in order.
A min i conduct should ho governed
solely by his own conscience, so long
as be preserves the public peace."
VAN YVYCK’H POLICY DKHINKJ).
Tbo letter of Itoliert A. Y'an YVyck.
Tammany candidate for mayor, ac
cepting the nomination, discusses mu
nlclpal affairs solely. A largo part
arraign* the present administration
for extravagauce and ealla attention
to the discomfort* the people are en
during through delay Id atroet im
provement* now In progress. Mr.
Van YVyck demands the repeal of the
Haines law and culls for an excise law
placing control and revenues of sa
loons entirely in the municipality. He
pledge* himself to favor Inereuse of
school houses, the establishment of
rapid transit systems, more parks, bet
ter docks, dollar gas, enforcement of
the eight hour law and home rule in
the management of local concern*.
Whatever may be the actual belief
of the leudera—and all men uru claim
ing everything—there Is no disposition
to allow the battle to go by default.
There are in progress nightly from
300 to .’>00 political meeting*.
Van YVyck still lead* in the betting
on the stock exchange, odd* as good
as 2 to 1, that lie will win being
offered.
Conservative mull are beginning to
comment upon the belittling of the
(ieorge vote by leaders of the regular
parties, und rucall the vote of HSU, In
which the single taxer received more
than (15,000, w hen beforo no one would
concede him a third of that total. The
deduction the conservative* make 1*
that Henry I ieorge will surprise his
opponents in 1307 a* he confounded
those of ISrttt.
Morgan anil Annexation.
Sam Fjiamciuco, Oct. 81.—Senator
Morgan amt IiIb daughters and F. M.
Hatch, the new minister from Hawaii,
were among the passengers who ar
rived from Honolulu upon the steam
ship lielgic to-day, Mr. Morgan la
more than ever enthusiastic on the
subject of annexation, and intimated
that Hawaii may become a part of this
country before the close of the coming
yeur.
Andtriun llray Masks If Ivors*.
Wichita, Kan., Oct 31.— Anderson
Uray, who was thu central figure in
the so-called hypnotic murder ease,
left yesterday for Wellington, where
he will bring suit for divorce from hi*
wife, Nuuulo A. Uray. on the grounds
of infidelity, A number of leading
etllxen* of Sumner county are named
s* co-respondents, some of them lie
ing men who were active in seeuring
the couvietion of Uray and In oppos
ing the efforts to secure hi* pardon.
Masses' Vases Paver less
WabMINUToV. Oct 31.—The case ol
the Missouri, Kansas A Texas rail
road. plaintiff in error, vs Charles
II.ti»or, which Involves thu constitu
tionality uf the Kansu* law. prohibit
ing thu importation of diseased ealtta
into lit* siet>. and which was set fur
bearing in thu suprume court In-day.
was re-eeetgnud by the supreme ester
* >r the Itrst Uwnlty In January.
TROUBLE MIOM MILAN.
The ti kiais Males* la eusste tb*
•*#«* hs* e tsMwl « Stale
|t«i unaost nut It Tbe aablnet hea
resigned. buaeuse It Is twppuaed. uf the
•elute «l ea King Moan lu the Mwrvioa
•spilai with hi* sue. King A hi seeder.
i hi* I* the tot stall uf the eahtng
M* thu huryiee *e(«t*l since hta atsli
fet> >u In lsAts, and PssUa woe ea*
pavlud In rasnll item it. ea the pre
mier wee sent te heve •isttaraj that
b is .mid to y » if Its former king
Iktfl* k IA|iUt4 III
'M Mil) » II H'H IVtIIVY Hill * IIUCIIMT HCdir
lex. ami against the success of the
coming negotiations of the Dawes
commission with the Cherokee* and
Seminole* It is not improbable that
It means the failure of the present
scheme for the abolishment of tribal
government and the allotment of
land* in severalty.
KILLED BY A REPORTER
Thomas V. Ksynolit* of H. Coal* SliooU
a Tonne Man Mssauso of a oirL
St. Louie, Mo., Oct. 21.—Thomas Y.
Reynolds, uged M), son of a former
governor of this state and a well
known reporter of this city, where
he has worked for the leading new*
papers during the last quarter of a
century, quarreled with Joseph Kirby,
uged 29, a railroad clerk and an ama
teur singer, about Mlse TUlle Spies, at
whose mother's house Reynolds
hoarded, and last night Reynold* *hot
Kirby in the right shoulder, causing
Ills death soon afterward. Reynolds
is said to have also quarreled with the
girl, to whom Kirby had once been
engaged.
Thu reporter walked to a police sta
tion, where lie was known, and gave
himself up, his acquaintance* at first
thinking that lie was Joking. Rey
nold* said that he had never seen
Kirby until Monday, when Kirby had
threatened his life; that he hod
thought of having u policeman ac
company him home lust night, hut had
changed his mind; that Kirby had
struck him in the face and made a
motion ax though to draw a pistol,
and that, therefore, his act had been
in self-defense.
MISSOURI PYTHIANS.
I. TV. lalllafii I« Chosen Oramt Chen*
csllnr—Other Officer*
Si>KlxariKl.l>, Mo., Oct 21. — The
following oflicer* of the state
grand lodge of Knights of Pythias
were elected this morning; Orand
chancellor, J. W. Sulllnger of King
City; vice grand chancellor, Dr. W. K
Webb of Macon; grand prelate,
the Rev. William Shelton of
Slater; grand keeper of the rec
ords and seals, John II. Ilolmea of
St. Louis; grand master of the ex
chequer, Adam Tlieis of Hannibal;
grand master-at-arms, C. J. Coxtuhaof
• sea# u so i k) ***••*« iuiivi vi is * Mi | <si wa
Norwine of St. Louis.
SHERIFF KILLED.
*• I* Tsyfor of Ll«lii|itiint County,
Mm., Arclileutslly StioU
Ciiu.ut’OTHR, Mo., Oct. 51.—A tele
gram was received this afternoon
from Mustier, Ark., announcing that
K I,. Taylor, sheriff of this county,
had been accidentally shot aud killed,
lie went the Utter part of last week
to that locality on a hunting trip with
two friouiU. lie was A3 years old and
was a popular Democrat, having been
three times elected sheriff of Living
stone couuly
SHOT BY AN ALDERMAN
A Wealthy Cel«r*4u I'altlenaaa havaltH
Wounds Which May Issia Uealh.
fir.Hio, t 'ol, Oet. 31. — A special
traiu upon the Dull road last night
ran from Walsenhurg to this city,
fifty-seven miles in fifty si* minutes,
to bring to a hospital here Nig Neu
mann. a wealthy cattle and sheep
iwuer, w ho had been shat in the ate
loins-n Ity I'aul I’rohlieh. a member of
the Watsenburg council Neumann's
'fiances of tile are only about one Ml
*fty,
ttvuwth af Sglflissltsm
W ssniauios tint it At the an*
anal meeting vl the HpirttuAllst*' As
ssMitaltun to day the list ut delegatee
was submitted end approved fhe f»
purt ol the secretary showed that the
membership had ineeeamrd It per cent
during the past si* rears
Mr Ulster a Se.tlsa trip,
WiMiwiui, mt tL- Ihtsiit ml
the Frestdeat's Wester a trip at etee»
Uoa time ha tm Inh*h I II#
will Uhl** Washington «a ihletsr b,
end visit tbaelnnaii. * sat ut and lAlie
burg, god fs um tMt Nurem'eet h
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