THE STRIKE OVER
BUTCHERS’ CONTEST AGAINST
PACKERS AT AN END.
MR. DONNELLY SO DECLARES
Old Employes to Be Taken Back as
Needed—Loss of Wages During the
Prolonged Struggle Five Million
Dollars.
CHICAGO—The strike of the
butcher workmen which has demor
alized the meat packing industry
throughout the country for the last
two months was officially declared off
Thursday night by President Michael
J. Donnelly at the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
America. This morning Mr. Donnelly
telegraphed the members of the na
tional executive committee asking
their consent to the announcement of
the end of the strike, and tonight,
having received favorable answers
from all. he declared that the strike
of the members of his organization
Would end at midnight.
The strike of the members of the
affiliated unions at the stock yards
who quit work in sympathy with the
butchers will officially be called off
FTidav morning at a meeting of the
conference board of the allied trades.
This was decided upon at a meet
ing of the centra! body of the allied
trades, held Thursday night. The
central body was at first in favor of
continuing the strike, bnt Mr. Don
nelly. who was present, announced
that the men were defeated and that
in order to save his union front being
entirely disrupted he would order his
men to return to w ork, no matter what
course might be taken by other un
ions.
When the packers were notified
that It had been decided to end the
strike they announced that they
would give places as far as possible
to the skilied men, but it was staved
at the same time that many of these
would be unable to secure their old
places, as in many cases the work
was being performed in a satisfactory
manner by men who had been secured
since the commencement of the
strike, it is expected that the ma
jority of unskilled men will be un
able to secure their old places again.
During the strike approximately
53,000 persons have been involved in
the stniggle. which is estimated to
have cost the men about $5,000,000 in
wages, as against an estimated loss
of $7,500,000 to the packers in loss of
business and in increased expenses.
The greatest number of men idle in
Chicago during the strike was 26.600
and the total in the country, outside
of this city, is estimated to be about
the same.
The original cause of the strike
was a demand by the butchers’ union
that the packers pay to the unskilled
workmen 18*£ cents an hour The
packers refused to sign an agree
ment. but offered to arbitrate the
question. This was accepted, the
strikers agreeing to return to work
pending the decision of the arbitra
tors. The men. however, were dis
satisfied with the manner in which
they were being put to work and de
clared that they would not return un
less all of the men were given their
old places In one day’s time. The
packers declared that this was physi
cally impossible, and the men went
on strike for the second time.
The men now re*urn to work under
the conditions that existed before the
strike.
GREAT BATTLE IS EXPECTED.
Kuropatkin May Fight at Mukden or
Go on North.
ST. PETERSBURG—General Kuro
patkln’s official report, sent from Muk
den Wednesday evening, announcing
that the whole of his army had arrived
at Mukden and was taking up posi
tions around the city and adding that
the army had not lost a gun during
the retreat, relieved the public anx
iety and put an end to the many
alarming reports which had been cur
rent here.
From the general’s report it seems
evident that Kuropatkin is tentatively
preparing to meet the Japanese again
should Field Marshal Oyama continue
to press northward.
Nothing more important than rear
guard actions marked the march to
Mukden. The region south of that
city is now clear of Russians.
It is evident that Kuropatkin is tak
ing precautions to prevent the Japan
ese from creeping around his flanks,
as he reports that the Japanese cav
alry is actively scouting wide on his
flanks. The Japanese are reported to
be moving up about thirty miles on
either side of the railroad with the
view of surrounding Mukden, but
whether Kuropatkin will accept an
engagement or continue northward
t will probably depend at the decisive
moment upon the temper and condi
tion of his troop6, who, doubtless,
have been much shaken by the long
fight and hardships attendant upon
the retreat.
Von Plehve’s Successor Not Named.
ST. PETERSBURG—The report
that Senator Platonoff. a member of
the council of the empire, had been
appointed minister of the interior and
chief of the department of police in
succession to the late M. Von Plehve
has not been confirmed. The Associ
ated Press is assured that Senator
Platonoff is not considered a likely
candidate. He is an estimable func
tionary and a member of the council
of the empire, but he is looked upon
as hardly the man to take charge of
the ministry of the interior.
Denial From War Office.
ST. PETERSBURG—The Associated
Press is authorized in the name of the
Rassian general staff to deny the re
port which was in circulation here
Monday night of -the annihilation of
General Kuropatkin’s rear guard. Ac
cording to the latest advices of the
staff no Russian force was cut off and
it is believed that there is little dan
vg«r of the Japanese intercepting Kuro
patkin below Mukden. The informa
tion here is that the Japanese force at
Bensihu does not exceed two divisions
•t the most.
ARMY AT MUKDEN.
—
Danger Menacing Kourpatkin Has
Passed.
ST. PETERSBURG—General Kou
; ropakin has arrived at Mukden. From
| the latest advices received by the War
i office the authorities now believe that,
1 the danger of Field Marshal Omaya
cutting off General Kouropatkin has
practically passed. According to their
calculations the whole Russian army
should reach Mukden tomorrow night.
, Generals Kuroki and Kouropatkin
I have been marching northward along
. parallel lines, both armies being great
f iy hampered by heavy roads, the
[ Japanese in a rough region and the
Russians along a fiat country, but em
barrassed by the high Chinese corn,
which prevented matching op the side
! of the main roads. No difficulty is
i being experienced at at Hun river, a
; few miles south of Mukden, where
! bridges had been provided for cross
j ing the stream. There has been con
stant firing at the Russian rear and
along the western wing, but so far
as known by the War office nothing of
importance has occur red since the re- j
treat began.
The general staff naturally is retl- i
cent about Kouropat kin’s plans, espe- j
cially whether he intends to stop at
Mukden. His decision probably will
depend on the intentions of the Japan
ese. Contingent preparations witt !
probably he made to evacuate Muk
den and there is considerable evi
dence that Kouropatkin. it compelled
to go north, will make a stand at Tiel
ing. where the Russians wintered last
year. Tieling is forty miles north of
Mukden. At this point there is a nar
row defile, with the Liao river ou one
side and the mountains running al
most down to the railroad on the
other. Steps are being taken to guard
against a possible attempt to cut the
line there.
The report that the sailing of the
Baltic squadron had been postponed
until November is officially denied, as
also is the report thar several of the
ships composing it developed defects.
! The squadron will ail for Li ban Sun
! day. Exactly when it will sail thence
‘ is not known.
Although the report that Rear Ad
miral Ouktomsky, in command of the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur, is to be
court martialed is untrue, the admir
alty has decided to recall him. proba
bly placing Captain Viren of the ar
mored cruiser Bayan in command.
The bulk of the Russian Manchu
rian army is near Mukden, where it
now appears General Kouropatkin has
been since Monday. His troops, it is
understood, are not entering the city,
but are taking up prepared positions
around Mukden. While there is no
specific information on this point, the
general staff believes thht only a
small rear guard is in the neighbor
hood of Yentai. No further fighting i
of importance is expected south of j
Mukden. The critical stage is regard
ed as having passed, and the an
nouncement was made that the War
office , will not longer give out bulle
tins each day.
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KNIGHT TEMPLAR GRAND MAS.
TER.
H. B. Stoddard, grand master of tha
Knights Templar of the United States,
was a central figure at the recent en
campment at San Francisco.
Mosquitoes Appear in Swarms.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.—A special
from Matatlan, Mexico, says: A plague
of mosquitoes is reported from the
town of Eldorado, this state. The in
sects are said to be of extraordinary
size and appear in swarms at night.
One woman, it is reported, has been
driven insane by the attacks of mos
quitoes and two infants have died
from the poisoning effects of their
bites. The people of the town have
appealed to the state authorities for
aid, and the authorities have asked
for experts from the City of Mexico.
The plague seems to be confined to
the town and vicinity, the insects or
iginating in nearby swamps.
Reports Evacuation of Mukden.
BERLIN—A dispatch to the Uokal
Anzeiger from Mukden, timed 11:40
a. m. Friday, says the evacuation of
Muken is now in progress and adds
that the Japanese have not yet cross
ed the river Hun, which flows a few
miles south of Mukden.
Arkansas is Democratic.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Returns from
the state election in Arkansas indicate
the re-election of Governor Jefferson
Davis, the present democratic incum
bent, over Hon. Harry Myers, repub
lican, by the usual democratic major
ity. The democrats easily elected
their entire state ticket and the inter
est centered in the vote of large
towns, where the regular democrats
were opposed in many instances by
Independents. Returns are necessar
ily slow, as many voting places are
remote from communication.
Russian Army in Five Columns.
LONDON—The Daily Express says
it has trustworthy information that
the Russian army is divided into five
columns. The first has reached Tie
Pass, forty miles north of Mukden,
and is preparing to defend that place
against the Japanese. The second is
midway between Mukden and Tie
Pass. The third is at Mukden. The
fourth, consisting of 40,000 men under
General Meyendorff, is holding Gen
eral Kuroki in check by hard fighting
twelve miles south of Mukden.
THE FLEET SAILS
GOES ON ITS LONG VOYAGE TO
THE FAR EAST.
THE SHIPS IHJTHE SQUADRON
Four Cruisers and Several Torpedo
Boats and Destroyers—To Be Join
ed Later at Liban by Twelve Trans
ports.
CRONSTADT—The Baltic fleet sail
ed Sunday for the far east. The ves
sels of the fleet are the battleships
Souvaroff. Vice Admiral Rojesvensky’s
flagship; the Navarin, Sissoi, Yaliky,
Borodino, Alexander III, Orel Oleg
«nd the Osliabia, Rear Admiral Voel
fcersam’s flagship; the cruisers Ad
miral Nakhimoff. Dmitri Donskoi, Au
rora and the Almaz, Rear Admiral En
quist’s flagship, and several torpedo
boats and torpedo boat destroyers.
The fleet will merelv touch at LI
bau, where it will be joined by twelve
transports, colliers and supply ships,
already waiting there, and will then
proceed direct to the orient.
The scene on the departure of the
fleet w'as an imposing one. At dawn
the first anchor was hoisted on the
swift cruiser Aurora, which, accompa
nied by two torpedo boats, slipped out
of the harbor. The town was awak
ened by the booming of the guns of
the forts as the Aurora sped towards
Libau in advance of the main squad
ron.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the
time set for the departure of the re
mainder of the fleeet, the imperial
yacht, with the emperor. Grand Duke
Alexis, the high admiral and other
naval offlcers on board, put out from
Peterhof. on the other side of the
bay, with an escort of three torpedo
boats. Admirals Rojestvenskv, Voel
kersam and Enquist went on board tbe
imperial yacht and personally said
farewell to the emperor.
Then, with the destroyers ahead
and abeam, the Souvaroff led the
squadron down the Finnish gulf. The
water front and the piers and forts
were crowded with spectators. The
ensigns on the forts and yachts were
dipped and the guns of each chain
of forts across the bay joined in an
admiral's salute, while from the sig
nal masts above the forts fluttered a
string of colored flags reading: “Good
luck to the Baltic fleet on its long
voyage.”
IN SPITE OF THE FLAMES.
Japs Get Vast Stores and Ammunition
at Liao Yang.
TGKIO—The general staff has not
yet made public the details of the
battle of Liao Yang. The people are
still celebrating the victory, but there
is considerable speculation over the
official silence respecting General Ku
rold's movements since Sunday.
It is reported that the Japanese,
notwithstanding the ravages of fire,
captured vast accumulations of Rus
sian stores and ammunition at Liao
Yang.
The report that Lieutenant Tera
ouchi, son of Lieutenant General Ter
aouchi, minister of war, was killed in
the fighting before Liao Yang is de
nied.
TWO ARMIES ARE AFTER HIM.
Kuroki and Oku Are in Pursuit of
Kuropatkin.
ST. PETERSBURG—A dispatch
from General Kuropatkin, timed 6:30
o'clock Wednesday evening, was re
ceived later in the day.
He reported that General Kuroki’s
army was about twenty-seven miles
eastward of the railroad and that Gen
eral Oku’s army was twenty miles
west of the railroad.
The general staff expects that a big
battle will be fought.
At 6:28 p. m. General Kuropatkin
reported that he did not lose a gun
during the retreat.
The best information of the war of
fice indicates that General Kuropatkin
lost about 17.000 men during the ten
days' battle at Liao Yang.
Teamsters Return to Work.
CHICAGO—All probability of com
plications at the stock yards was re
moved when the packing house team
sters voted to return to work on Mon
day morning. The offer of the packers
to take back now as many teamsters
as are needed an dto hire the others
as necessity demands was made
known through a committee that had
visited the packers, and the proposi
tion was accepted without opposition.
The packers were at once notified that
the men would report for work at 9
o'clock.
Attendance at the World's Fair.
ST. LOUIS—The attendance at the
World’s Fair for the week ending Sep*
tember 10 was 875,947. Total since the
opening of the exposition, 9,994,510.
Tragedy in New York Hotel.
NEW YORK—Warren J. Ferguson,
38 years old, a theatrical advance
agent, is dying in a New York hos
pital from a bullet wound received
during a quarrrt in the Metropolitan
hotel, in Broadway, and a young wo
man. who gave her name as Mrs.
Gertrude Roberts, though acknowledg
ing it to be fictitious, admits that she
did the shooting. She alleges that
Ferguson attempted to assault her,
that she pointed the revolver at him
to frighten him and that during a
scuffle the revolver was discharged.
Reports on the Islands.
ROME—Papal Secretary of State
Cardinal Merry Del Val, who came to
Rome Friday from his summer resi
dence at Castel Gandolfo to receive
the diplomatic corps, granted an audi
ence to Archbishop Chapelle, the apos
tolic delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico,
and archbishop of New Orleans, which
is a special distinction, audiences be
ing very rare now. The archbishop
explained that the object of his visit
was to present his homage to the new
pope and to submit the report of his
delegation to Cuba and Porto Rico.
AGAIN HEAD CF IRISH LEAGUE.
The United Irish League of Amerl-.
ca at its session in New York con
ferred an honor on John F. Finerty of
Chicago by re-electing him to the
office of president. Patrick Egan, who
was elected 8rst vice-president, re
sides in New York. He was formerly
minister to Chili. Both Mr. Fiaerty
and Mr. Egan are among the league's
most earnest workers.
FINDS A VOLUNTEER FLEET.
Orders of Russian .Government Com
municated.
ZANZIBAR. Island of Zanzibar—
The British cruiser Forte early this
morning tound the British volunteer
fleet steamers. St. Ptersburg and
Smolensk, within the three-mile limit
and communicated to them the orders
of the Russian government to desist
from interference with neutral ship
ping. The commanders of the Rus
sian vessels said they would forthwith
proceed to Europe.
A report was brought in yesterday
by the German steamer Krinprinz that
the St. Petersburg and Smolensk were
coaling in territorial waters. The
Forte immediately proceeded to
search for them, and eventually
found the Russian vessels. They
were not coaling, tut after the orders
of the Russian government had been,
delivered to them the Sholensk and
St. Petersburg joined a German collier
and proceeded to Dar-Es-Salaam, on
the African coast, twenty-five miles
south of Zanzibar.
AMERICAN COLONY IS SAFE.
Consul Reports Many Victims of the
Massacre.
WASHINGTON — The American
consul at Harput has reported to the
state department that he has visited
Bitlis and is now in Monsh.
The consul sfates that the district
of Sassun is tranquil and pacified and
the strategic points are garrisoned by
infantry detachments and permanent
barracks erected. The survivors of
the massacre are in a destitute condi
tion. but are attempting to rebuild
their ruined villages with a little gov
ernment aid. The consular corps at
Bitlis estimates the number massa
cred and dead from exposure and hun
ger, etc., as 3,500. The American col
ony at Bitlis appears to he in no pres
ent or prospective danger.
Sues Secretary of War.
WASHINGTON—Major Peter R.
Egan, surgeon in the United States
array, brought suit against W. H.
Taft, secretary of war, to compel him
to remove from the record of court
martial proceedings, adjudging him
(Major Egan) not guilty on charges
of neglect of duty, the indorsement on 1
| the court’s finding of Colonel Sanno,
! the reviewing officer, then command
ing the department of Colorado, which
indorsement the complainant says is
in effect punishment for alleged of
fenses of which he was found not
guilty at Fort Douglas. Utah, in De
cember. 1901.
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Emperor issues Some Orders.
LONDON—The Daily Mail’s Sin
1 mintan correspondent cabling under
date of September 11. says: “General
Kouropatkin has returned to Mukden
after inspecting the fortifications at
I Tlepafcs, woA on which was not well
, advanced, but which is being hurried
along. At the same time costly efforts
to delay the Japanese advance are be
ing made. I learn from Russian
sources that this is the outcome of the
emperor's orders and that the emperor
even peremptorily commanded Kouro
patkn to retake Liao Yang.’’
Conditions in the Balkans.
ST. PETERSBURG—Prince George
of Greece, high commissioner of the
protective powers in the island of
Crete, wll arrive here Monday. It Is
understood he will report to the em
peror on the conditions prevailing in
the Balkans.
Offers Prize for Automobile Boat.
PARIS—The Auto announces that
C. L. Charley, the autoroobilist, has
offered a prize of $10,000 for the first
automoble boat which successfully ac
comnlishes a voyage from New York
to Havre.
Serious Anti-Semitic Riots.
ST. PETERSBURG—Anti-Semitic
rioting took place at Rovno. in the
government of Volhynia, September 4,
during which, it is said, many per
sons were injured and shops pillaged.
A similar outbreak occurred at Smela
in the government of Kieff, where
the troops were called. Ninety-eight
houses and 145 shops were pillaged
and several persons seriously and
many slightly wounded by the troops.
Many of the rioters were arrested.
The affair lasted for two days, Sep
tember 4 and 5.
Thibetan Officers Sinn Treaty.
LHASSA, Thibet (via Gyangtse)—
Colonel Younghusband, head of the
British mission, and the Thibetan offi
cers, signed a formal treaty on Satur
day in their apartments of the dalai
lama at Potala. The ceremony was
simple and it was conducted amid
quaint and picturesque surroundings.
The terms of the treaty were read out
only in the Thibetan language. Its
details will be published later by the
foreign officers at Simla. The pro
ceedings closed with a short speech
| by Colonel Younghusband.
SAFE AT MUKDEN
RUSSIAN ARMY DODGES THE
JAPANESE.
RETREAT WITHOUT FICHTIHC
Terrible Experience While en the
Forced March Floundering Through
the Mud Along the Mandarin Road
—Hospitals Taxed by the Wounded.
ST. PETERSBURG—It seems to be
definitely established that Field
Mashal Oyama’s tired troops aban
doned on Wednesday the attempt, to
head off General Kuropatkin, whose
army has arrived safely at Mukden
after frightful experiences in flound
ering through mud and mire over the
Mandarin road.
Some descriptions of the scenes
along the line of retreat are almost
incredible. They tell how the men
lay down in the mud and slept in a
drenching rain.
It is evident that the last deter
mined effort of the Japanese to bring
Kuropatkin to bay was made on Tues
day, but the Russian commander-in
chief faced about and two corps with
arttlllery beat off the Japanese, while
the remainder of the troops continued
the march to Mukden. After that the
Japanese could only hang on to the
flanks and try to shell the retreating
columns from the hills.
Th outposts are still in contact, but
they are not even exchanging shots.
A late Associated Press dispatch
from Mukden describes the horrible
plight of the tentless and shelterless
soldiers.
The detailed statement of the Rus
sian losses, which it is promised will
be issued on Saturday, Is awaited
with intense Interest. The general
expectation is that the losses will ap
proximate 20,000, as againBt 30,000
for the Japanese.
The work of burying the dead was
left for the Japanese, who were forced
to attempt the task as a matter of
self preservation, but it was an im
possible undertaking. The awful
rains have handicapped the work of
cremation, on which the Japanese re
lied, and only shallow trench burials
were possible in roost cases. Not
only is such burial one of great dif
ficulty, but it is almost valuelers from
a sanitary point of view, the storms
undermining soon after it is accom
plished.
The care of the wounded has tax'vl
the hospitals to the utmost. One cor
respondent says that 12.000 wounded
have passed through the Mukden hos
pitals up to Sunday and only the most
severe cases could be attended by the
nurses and surgeons. Many there
fore had to be left to the rough, but
well-meant care of their comrades.
Now that the battlo of Liao Yang
is history officers of the general staff
are more disposed to discuss some
of the phases of the fight, but. they
still lack specific information, mak
ing it impossible to speak on many
points.
General Kuropatkin’s army at. Liao
Yang consisted of twenty battalions
ot infantry, 147 squadrons of cavalry
and 700 guns, approximately 108,000
bayonets, 15,000 sabers and 10,000
gunners. Portions of two European
corps and one Siberian corps had
ben left at Mukden and a number of
these were brought into the fight.
The size of the Japanese army has
not been definitely established, but
its actual fighting force is supposed to
have had a superiority in numbers of
from 50,000 to 60.000 men and a con
siderable superiority in artillery.
One of the chief advantages pos
sessed by Field Marshal Oyama. ac
cording to Russian experts, consisted
in the greater elasticity in move
ments.
JAPANESE INSPECT THE NOVIK
Find Russian Vessel Sunk Within
Six Hundred Yards of the Shore.
TOKIO—The officers commanding
th Japanese expedition sent In to ex
amine the wreck of the Russian
cruiser Novik report that it is beaeh
e.’. 900 yards southwst of Korsakovsk
lighthouse. It has a 30-degree list to
starboard, and with the exception of
a small portion of its bow it is en
tirely submerged. Even on its upper
deck the water is knee deep in the
most shallow places. Its conning
tower and upper works were heavily
damaged by the Japanese shell fire.
It is impossible to ascertain definitely
the extent of the damage under the
water, but evidentiy it is consider
able.
Russian land forces fired on the
Japanese expedition while the ex
amination was being made, but the
expedition retired without sustaining
any casualties.
Big Fire at Juarez, Mexicoo.
BL PASO, Tex.—The city of Jaurez,
Mex., across the river from El Paso,
is threatened with destruction by fire.
Already one block of the best business
houses has burned and all efforts of
the Are department have thus far been
futile. The loss is heavy.
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Confesses His Complicity.
TOPEKA, Kan.—B. F. Slagel, alias
Robert Roinaine, a deported Colorado
miner under arrest here for burglary,
has confessed to the county attorney
to complicity in the Independence de
pot and the Vindicator mine explo
sions in the Cripple Creek district
last June by which fifteen non-union
miners were killed outright and oth
ers injured. Romaine says he helped
to place the dynamite and wires run
ning beneath the depot and by which
the charge was set off with such dis
astrous results.
Davis Confers with Gorman.
BALTIMORE, Md.—Henry Davis,
democratic candidate for the vice pres
idency, stopped off at Baltimore. He
met and had a conference with United
States Senator A. P. Gorman at the
Hotel Bennert during the early after
noon and later visited some of his
friends in the city. Senator Davis de
clined to discuss politics, his only ref
erence to the coming campaign being,
”1 think we shall win.” Mr. Davis
left for New York City to have a con
ference with National Chairman Tag
; gart and other democratic leaders
NEWS IN NEBRASKA
CONVICTS IN GREY CLOTH.
Warden Beemer Rewards Good Pris
oners.
LINCOLN—Warden Beemer is rap
idly inaugurating a chance in the uni
form of the convicts in the Nebraska
penitentiary. The average number
of the prisoner there is nothing to
gust was Warden Beemer re
ports that 150 have been given the
new uniform. This consists of cloth
of a solid black and white stripes.
The number of the convict wearing
the new uniform is fastened to the
inside of his coat out of sight. When
the warden asks for a man's number
the prisoner pulls back the right side
of his coat and exposes the figures.
The coat is then dropped to its right
ful position and from the appearance
of the prisone rthere is nothing to
suggest that he is a convict. Warden
Beemer does not give the new uni
form to ad who come to his doors.
Each prisoner must wear stripes for
stx months. If his sentence is six
months he will never wear anything
but stripes while he is in the peni
tentiary. After six months, if a pris
oner shows a disposition to obey all
rules of the prison he has the right
to don a grey uniform. He is also
given two soft white kbirts. Usually
each prisoner removes his outside
white shirt when he goes to work.
The warden believes ibe men are
well pleased with the change in dress.
He declines, however, to abolish the
lockstep. He gays very few prisons
have abolished it, and he is of the
opinion that it is retained solely be
cause the men move much more rap
idly in the lockstep movement than
in any other way. He says they
would have to be trained to keep the
proper distance, the same as soldiers
are trained, or they wotrtd lag and
straggle while in ltne. He believes
he can move 1.000 men in the lock
step more quickly than he can 300
without the lockstep. Warden Beemer
believes the opposition to tie Iock
step is founded mostly on sentiment
rather than on any practical reason.
About 20u yards of the old striped
cloth still remains in the warden's
tailor shop, but he believes it will be
used to clothe meu serving their first
six months.
Of the 323 convicts in the prison
during the month of August. 185 were
employed by the I>ee Broom and
Duster company, the only firm that
holds a contract for convict labor.
During August ten were received and
one was returned from the asylum.
Twelve were discharged by reason of
expiration of service, five were pa
rolled and one was remanded by the
supreme court, leaving the cotint 320
at the end of the month.
McKinley Window in Church.
Al'BI'RN—The ceremony of laying
the corner store of the new’ Meth
odist church occurred here. Dr.
Smith of the First Methodist church
af Omaha preached the dedicatory
sermon. The services- were impres
sive. The church when erected will
cost 810,000. Hon. Church Howe ad
dressed the congregation and made
an appeal for the placing in the
church of a McKinley memorial win
dow. He started the list by subscrib
ing $25 for this purpose and in a few’
minutes he raised ?150 for that pur
pose.
Wife Wants Damages.
LINCOLN—After fifty-five years of
sobriety the husband of Mrs. Ida
Younggren was last month enslaved
by liquor, so she declares in a $10.
000 damage suit against several sa
loon keepers.
A little smile today may be worth
the most eloquent funeral sermon to
morrow.
Escaped from Hotel.
ALBION—Some days ago Chief of
Police Waring received a telegram
Montana requesting him to arrest one
Avery if he should appear here. War
ing arrested a party under that name
*nd has been holding him pending
the arrival of the Montana sheriff.
Last night the man went to bed in an
upstairs room in the Central hotel,
where the officer supposed him to be
safe from escape, but this morning
the bird had flown and the Montana
sheriff is here and will be compelled
to return alone. It is alleged the
man w’as guilty of highway robbery.
Woman is Cause of Two Deaths.
BUTTE—Henry Toler, a merchant
at Anoka, and wife, were fatally burn
ed by what was said to be the explo
sion of a can of coal oil that Mrs. To
ler was starting a fire with. Mr.
Toler died and his wife is given up
by the physicians in attendance. Be
fore dying Mr. Toler refused to say
how the accident occurred, but since
his death his wife has said that they
were quarreling and she set fire to
herself. Her husband was burned by
putting out the fire.
Culver is Investigating.
LINCOLN—Adjutant General Cul
ver is still investigating the charges
preferred against soldiers of the Na
tional Guard, who are accused of mis
conduct by the residents of David
City. In ope instance a soldier is
said to have knocked down a man
who was walking along the street
with a young woman. After this he
marched off with her. The details
and the names of the men are sup
posed to be known by the authorities
with authenticity enough to warrant
coart martial proceedings. _
Tomato Can Exploded.
KEARNEY—Mrs. C. A. Borders
met with an extremely painful acci
den and had a narrow escape from
losing her sight. She was putting up
tomatoes and was sealing a gallon
can when it exploded, the contents
being thrown into her face, burning
and scalding her terribly, a physi
cian was hastily summoned and did
what was possible to alleviate her
suffering and though the injury is ex
tremely painful it is not thought there
jrlll be any permanent bad results.
THE STATE AT LARGE.
The raees at Wymore will be holt]
I September 21. 22 and 23.
Some cases of scarlet fever have av
, peared in Columbus and are being
quarantined.
Lincoln automobilists are talking of
a big race meet to be held at the fair
grounds early in October.
Omaha gets the meeting of the
1 State Teachers’ association next Jan
i nary, and Lincoln retains the poultry
| show.
Rudolph Schneider, aged 59 years,
died at Lincoln presumably from the
effects of some poison taken with sui
cidal intent.
At a special election In Osceola, the
bonding of the town for a system of
water works to cost $25,000. was voted
upon. The result was a majoritv in
favor of the bonds of over four to one.
L. W. Garounte of Lincoln has been
appointed to a position on the staff
of Governor Mickey. Mr. Garouute Is
a traveling man. and his appointment
is expected to smooth out the Hayes
incident.
A hoy employed in the drug store of
Walter Bros.. Beatrice, had his arm
badiv burned by sulphuric acid, the
accident being caused by the bursting
of a large jug of the liquid, which
he was handling in the cellar.
Word has been received in West
Point of the death, in Erie, Pa», of
Robert Pollock, formerly cashier of
the First National bank of this place.
The remains will he interred in Erie,
the former home of the deceased. He
was 60 years of age.
Incorporations at the secretary of
state’s office recently were the Farm
ers’ Elevator company of Wilber, a
co-operative concern, with a capital
stock ot >15,000, and the Elsqfnore
Place company of Benson, Douglas
county, a real estate firm, with a cap
ital of $15,000.
Following is the mortgage report
for Gage county for the month ot
August: Number of farm mortgage-;
filed. 25; amount, $.14,441; number of
farm mortgages released, 19: amount
$27,710. Number of city mortgagee
filed. 24; amount, $13,384; number of
farm mortgages released. 17, amount
$8,223.
The Otoe Preserving company has
been running twenty hours a day for
the past ten days canning swee*t con
and tomatoes. The pack has averaged
90.000 cases a day since the plant be
gan operations. The sweet corn cron
is unusually large and of fine quality
this year. Prominent farmers say tlu*
crop is the best they have ever raised
in this state.
R. R. Kyd. as a taxpayer of Gn.-.c
county, filed an injunction suit in the
district court and secured a tempor
ary restraining order from Judge Bab
cock enjoining County Clerk Plasters
and his deputy, G. E. Emery, from ex
tending the 5 per cent increase in val
i nation on both real and personal prop
erty in the county which was ordered
by the state board.
B. E. Fields, the nursery man
J has a big field of cabbage east of Fre
mont which are attracting consider
• able atention. The ground was planted
j to small trees last spring, but they
were drowned out by heavy rains. It
was tnen planted to cabbages. The
yield has been good and there arc
enough cabbages on the tract to loan
j an average freight train of forty car*.
The peach crop about Humboldt i;
i being harvested and as predicted early
I in the season the yield is as fine a •
' any reported by the oldest inha hi
! ant. while the quality of the horn-*
I grown article is much superior to that
of any shipped in so far this season
Farmers are suffering, however, from
a lack of market, there being no buy
er present, and thus far all effort;; of
the local Commercial club to interest
some buyer have proven unavailing.
Clark O'Hanlon, democratic nom
inee for county attorney of Washing
ton county, has sent his declination to
Chairman Faber of the county central
committee, and will not make the race
for that office his fall.
Mrs. Bady of Grand Island attempt
ed suicide by taking sulphate of cop
per. A physician was called and by the
administration of a prompt antidot *
soon had the woman out of all danger.
Mr. Bad.v and wife recently came here
from Kansas, where he had been cm
ployed in a canning factory.
Acting under the advice of the st*tn
department of public instruction, the
various county superintendents are
sending out letters of instruction to
rural school boards containing sug
gestions for the beginning of the fall
terms of school. The boards are asked
to keep the school yards mowed, to
renovate buildings and furniture and
to take proper sanitary measures to
prevent contamination of the water
supply and the possible outbreak of
disease. The directors also are warned
against patronizing representatives of
book concerns not recognized as stand
ard by the department of public in
struction. %
Farmers about Ord agree that corn
is practically out of the way of frost
and are now asking for rain to pvt the
soil into condition for fall plowing
Richard Sampson, living one-halt
mile northwest of Seward, was awak
ened by sounds outside his house. On
opening the front door, he found a
three months old baby wrapped in a
shawl, lying on the doorstep, with a
slip of paper fastened to the shawl,
stating the birth of the baby. Mr.
Sampson has been unable to ascertain
who are the parents of the child or
who left it on his doorstep.
Anna Oleson, 10 years old. and
small for her age, was the victim of a
brutal assault at Fremont. Her assail
ant is a man who has been around
town for a week, and is supposed to
have left for Omaha. His name is not
known here.
Wilson Post, G. A. R„ have ar
ranged to hold a county picnic and re
union at Geneva September 21. The
business men and commercial club
have donated liberally to the fund to
defray expenses. This is the first ef
fort of the old soldiers to hold a re
union in the county.