Nebraska Newspapers

    THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 22, 1893.
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SOONEiKfTHEKE FIRST.
MANY WEARY BOOMERS TAKE THE
BACK TRACK.
Velr r.alinr ml Money flono for NntliliiB
A Thousand of Tlirm 1'am Ttirnugli Kan
Mi Oily l'rrry it Town of 10,000 Inhab-ltnt-Ont
lltilar Killed by Soldier.
Kansas Cur, Sept. 18.-0vcr 1,000 ex
boomers passed through KnnsnsCltyeu
route to their homes In Ml parts of the
rountry from the Cherokee strip. A moro
llredanil dtnguitcd lot of men was never
Itcn together. They hnil goco to the
opening unprepared for tuch a tremen
ilous rush as occurred and wero mainly
those who had depended on tho trains to
take them Into tho strip; but the trnlns
wero out-distanced by tho horsemen and
wheelmen and they got to tho heart of tho
promised laud only to find every clnlni
preempted and every town lot gone.
The first great contingent of these did
appointed men arrived on n special Santa
Fe train too lato for eastern connection.
They at once took possession of tho wait
ing rooms at the Union station and turned
them Into a barracks, where thoy slept on
the hotd floors. Several women were In
the company, ono with a babe which wns
desperately III, but nil seemed too tired to
note anything that went on about them.
Many of the tnen wero from Illinois, Iowa
and Indians, but thero scemud a sprink
ling from nil the states. They told pitiful
stories of waiting In the lluo for days for n
certificate and then going in on packed
trains only to find everything gobbled,
Feature! of llin (Irent llnxh.
Eut the Cherokee Strip Is open, and
those disappointed ones were too much
taken np with their own disappointment
to bo able to tell the story of the rush. To
day, w hero for centuries untold the Lull
nn and the wild beast has had complete
dominion, the enmpflrcs of tho settlers nro
tending the sraoko of Caucasian civiliza
tion skyward. It is estimated t lint tlio to
tal number that made the null was P5,0u0.
And such n rush as it wail Tho Oklahoma
race wns "not In It" with that which at
noon Saturday swept across tliu lino of tho
Cbciokco Strip.
As the hands of tho clock pointed to
noon n volley of rlllu tiro ran along tho
border from end to end, and before itsrcho
had died nwny n cloud of dust was all that
remained of tho throngs which started
Into tho proiuibcd laud from Arkansas
City, Orlando, nud tho other points of do-
fiarturc As tho cracks of tho rifles wero
icsnl the wildest yell Itnagluublo broko
out from the invading host. The regulation
prohibiting tho taking of arms Into the
territory was n nullity, ljeforo tho pulls
of white smoke which shot upward Into
tho ulr, announcing that tho supreme hour
had come, had been blown nwny by tho
west wind there was a gleam and glitter
of steel above- tho heads of hundreds of
riders in tho Hue. A roar an of artillery
cumo from 1,000 pistols, discharged almost
instantaneously, followed by a smoky pall
which almost covered from sight tho mov
ing ranks, and then chuos.
Faith, Fort Undo or Wlilnky Nopdrd.
The scene was calculated to strlko ter
ror into tho heart of any boomer not well
fortified with faith, fortitude or whisky.
It was doubtless prearranged to lmvo that
effect, for Cattle King Jim Hewing had a
small army of cowboys running for claims
to be taken In adjoining quarter sections,
enough to constitute a township, nud
transferred to him after proof at tho lnud
office. Others of tho cnttlo barons ere
similarly supplied with fast horses nud
reckless riders, for theso were tho last of
the great grazing grounds outside of thu
Osage and Otoe reservation, where suv
cral thousand head of cattle nro now
quartered. Thero is no place for thu
stockmen to go.
Hut thero wero moro reckless riders in
tho column. Thero wero men thero mndu
desperate by months and years of weary
waiting and watching. Thero wero men
there who had lain In dttgottts during tho
rain and drought, Ui tdilvcred under tho
icy tempest of tho north nud thu sting
ing hlto of dci.ert winds. There vtcro
others whoso fnmll'cs had endured long
privations and suffering In tho noxious
waiting for a homo and beforo whoso over
wrought Imagination tho appealing farts
of wife nnd children wero over present la
this mud chase. I.Ike Iilchnrd nt Don
worth their lives were cast upon a stake
and they were ready to stand the unznul.
RACE BETWEEN TRAIN AND HORSE.
The "Sootier," However, Unit a Mlllo
HrUeiue of lilt Uwni.j
Long beforotho flrlu? had censed the
column had moved. Thoro wero taco
horses trained to speed In tho line. They
could be distinguished by tho outstand
ing neck, tho tension of tho muscles, nnd
tho stretching out of every cord. At tho
very Instant of departure they darted out
ahead of tho mass. Thoso animals wero
ridden by men either In the employ of
town site companies or cnttlo companies.
Tho homo seekers relied upon their best
biock; me luitiuui animals which had
given dust to nil comers in tho rnco to or
from singing school, or meeting, or who
may have taken red ribbons nt country
fairs.
In competition with theso were the
trains which started at tho same slgnnl.
They were pneked Inside and outside and
mnny accidents ranging from ludicrous to
fatal were tho results. How many is not
known r.t this writing. Following thess
were the wagons, nnd tho chancejof break
ing down was Iguorcd, for every team wns
pushed to its utmost over the prairie.
When tho rush ncross the border wns com
ideted thero wns nothing left of tho vast
army but a cloud of dust which obscured
everything. Ouo tragedy wns tho result
of tho few minutes' coufuslon beforo tho
signal wns Klvcn- Ono of tho boomers'
borses got restive, took the bit In his teeth
and started across tho Hue. Tho soldier
on guard at that point ordered a halt, and
not Uiug obeyed shot tho boomer dead,
iUl namo was J. K. Hill, uf New Jersey.
Tho soldier's commander says that he
Imply obeyed orders, and would not give
kli name,
But it was tho"fioonci" who got tho
choice lots. He had hidden himself in the
gratis, in the bush, and lu one instnuce in the
and, and when the fastest riders arrived
at the town sites they found him in pos
teislan of nearly all tho choice lots. The
question of whether or no he will keep
wbst he got will have to be settled in the
courts. Ofcourse with 05,000 people want
ing land and not near enough land for
each man to get anytbiug there Is deep
seated disappointment iu many henrts.nnd
the Sooner" comes in for uiuuy hearty
curses. In many cases two men aro claim
ing the same town lot, and if the matter
knot settled with the "gun" It will go to
well the court records. Bo It may bo said
that lawyer will Had profitable employ
ment liefnrennvbodv elso trots much Profit
outof tho Invasion.
THE SETTLEMENT OF PERRY.
llUcnniforU of tho t.ntid-lluntern Hun
dreds Leaving on livery Train.
Tho following statement of the situa
tion nt Perry will do for every town slto
In the territory: Sunday In a now town
especially a town made on Saturday after
noon is novcr a very enjoyable day, and
It wns less so than usual In tho little city
of Perry. The great majority of tents nnd
supply wagons uiti noi nrrivc uniu nun
In the night and everybody wns busy put
ting up tents or shanties or trying to get
nwny from the galo blowing from tho
south, filling eyes, noses nnd mouths with
sand nud making it Impossible to see
farther away than forty feet. A few min
isters tried to preach, but could not mako
much headway against the wind nud sand
nnd tho nuxlety of peoplo to get up somo
sort of shelter.
Ho terrible wns the day nnd so great the
discomfort of the people that, hundreds am
leaving 011 every train. Still thero nro
enough left lu Perry to mnko It the biggest
city In the territory. Thieves nnd gambler,
arc thick, nnd people nru robbed right nud
left. Two men wero badly hurt and ono
wns killed by the thieves. Tho number of
fatalities will Imi much grcntcrthnti at first
supposed, but ulnc-tuuths of thu killed or
itAciso Timouaii ciiilocco ciiki:k.
injured wero tho victims of accidents.
Thomas Mollrlde. of Oklahoma City, had
his skull crushed by 11 stake iu n quarrel
over u lot. Onu unknown man was shot
but not killed In Red Heel; creek. Jesse
Strong wax cut iu tho head and tuck in n
quarrel over n pony, and nn unknown mnu
was snot near i urkey creek.
Among those hurt or killed by accident
wero Mrs. Charles T. Ilarnes, of Kldnrado,
Kiwi., run over nnd killed; Mrs. Sarah
Hughes, fatally crushed whilo getting on
a tnln; Mis Snllio Freeman, of Louis
ville, Ky., leg broken; George filllott, foot
bruised by train; John V 1 1e.1t ley, shot In
leg by accidental discharge of his own pis
tol; William Urowulng, of Texas, fatally
crushed under his horse; John Mealy, leg
crushed by train; Carl Byers, of Atchison,
Kns., thrown from horse and klllod; Henry
Pointer, of Ohio, skull crushed by falling
from horse; Harvey Cheney nud Hnrvey
Matthews, killed by riding over n bluff.
Mnny riderless horses ure coming in nnd
it is feared that other persons nro badly
injured.
It wns nt Perry where tho "sooner" got
In his most uotnblu work. When tho peo
plo from outside got thero they found hun
dreds of claimant-) ulieudy on tho laud.
At 1-.C7 o'clock this was n fact, and It took
halt an hour for tho fastest riders to reach
Perry from tho Hue. Tho fraud was pal
pable. Most of the sooner rodo into tho
town Kite. As they came iu nil of them
bore down upon tho new one story framo
building which Is to serve as ouo of tho
two land olllccs for thta district. It wns
nround that ns n center that tho now town
wns formed. It wns nppnrently tnkenns
tho center of tho future city, fur to it nil
tho cnrllcst riders enmo nud nround It nil
of them staked their horses and claims.
Within tho next half hour of tho opening
COO hnrscmou nnd their horses stood 011 as
tunny different claims.
Tho legitimate settlers arrived Inter nnd
took what they could get. Perry Is now n
rity of 10,000 people. Kurythlng is wldo
open, nud saloons nud dnnce houses
abound, Thero nru seven hotels already.
Dead horses nro frequent nlong tho rood.
They had been ridden to death. Tho horse
of one man stumbled nud broko his leg n
fow bundled yauls ncross the line. Tho
settler shot his horse, and making the best
of his misfortuno staked out 11 claim right
thero as the others swept past him.
LAKE SHORE TRAIN ROBBERY.
The Atlantic Uipirtt Held Up at Keil
lor, lnd.
Chicago, Sept. 13. If it had been In Mis
souri, now, or In Kansas or Colorado even,
or west of Chicago, at tho least, It would
not have been much wondered nt. l)ut
for a traiu robbery to tuke plnco HO miles
east nf dilr.'ii'O In tho ntntn nf Inillnnn
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and all tho robbers get nwny with wholo
skins and leave no clue ns to who they
nrc that is a stunner.
Tho engineer of the train showed true
grit and got n bullet lu him for the same.
Tho tinlu was stopped by tho danger
slgnnl, but when tho robbers enmo aboard
nnd oidercd the men on thu locomotlvo to
I in row up ineir nanus engineer James
J Knapp showed fight and n shot wns llred
, at him, tho bullet tenting through his
n1imi1flll Tlin rnlilwtfa liavlm, nnnlrnl nf
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the engine proceeded to tho work of loot
ing tho express car. It wns found after
ward thnt tho n itch had not beon turned,
but tho light only had been changed. If
tho train had not stopped it would have
pasted on uninjured. The train w.is the
Atlantic express and left Chicago nt 7:45
p. m. It consisted of twelve conches and
sleepers and wns lu chargo of Conductor
M. A. Loup, of Chicago. It carried n largo
number of passengers, mnny of whom
wero World's fair Usitnrs returning home.
Tho robbery took place near ICessler,
which Is nsinnll station 011 tho l,nko Shore
road about HO miles from Chicago, and Is
eur ounded on all sides with brush.
Within twohoursof the commission of tho
crime Captain Byrno was on his way to the
sceno with a detachment of detectives from
his Buffalo dintrict. Tho first trains out of
PltUburg, Cincinnati, Toledo, Detroit,
ludiannpolls, Chicago and St. Louis
carried squads of detectives in tho employ
of tho United States Kxpresscompnuy nnd
the confederated companies. Tho Lako
Bhoro threw n force of men on tho work
from its Cleveland olllco, t,o that not less
than 100 tinlned detectives nro already on
tho trail of tho robbers.
New Ilulluny tu Open.
ST. PAUL, Sept. IB.-On Monday the Soo
line will be opened for freight trnlllc be
tween St. Paul nnd the PmcUIo count, nud
it Is expected that ono week later passen
ger (rafllc will be opened.
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THE SILVER DEBATE.
It Rtlll Occnplci tho Time of tho United
Slates Senate.
WartiinotoS, Sept. 13. Faulkner Intro
duced Iu tho sennto nn nmendment to tho
rcponl bill which provides for tho colnngo
nt 10 to 1 ratio, out of tho Shcrmnn law
bullion, "of 3,000,000 silver dollars n month
and the further purchase of enough bullion
to coin SJ,000,000 moro silver dollars a
month until laOO.000,000 nre coined. D.in
iclspoko ngnlust tho repeal bill unless
somo silver measure, wns coupled with It.
Ho spoko for over four hours. Nothing
elso wns done.
Iu tho houso tho Republicans filibustered
ngnlust tho report of tho election law re
peal bill, nud prevented Its report. Tho
llotnocruts ndoptcd a resolution revoking
alt leaves of absence.
WASHINGTON', Sept. 10. Culloin In the
sennto presented a petition from ex-sol-dlcrs
iu Illinois complaining that thoy
wero being watched by government detec
tives with tho object of finding out some
thing that would deprlvo tho pensioners of
their pensions. Tho repeal bill came up
and Lindsay of Kentucky nud lliggins
(ltcp.) of Delaware spoke in Its favor. Al
lison then obtained tho floor, nn executive
session wns held and tho senate adjourned.
Thu house put in two hours trying to
get n quorum lu the face of Republican
filibustering ngnlust the report ot the
election law repeal bill. Tho session was
dull, roll calls being the order nenrly the
whole time. Eulogies wero then pro
nounced on tho Into Representative Chip
man of Michigan nnd tho houso adjourned.
Wamiikoton, Sept. If. In tho sennto
Saturday Voorhccs again tried togetnn
expression in furor of setting a day for the
vote on tho repeal bill, and Toller said no
body wns talking for tho purpose of delay.
nnd nobody would likely do so, nud the
matter might lie over. Allison spoko for
thrco hours In favor of repeal, ns the true
way, he said, to rehabilitate silver was to
force England and Kuropo to agree on tho
subject of coinage, which they would not
do ns long ns wo continued our present
course. Kulogies were delivered on tho Into
Senator S nuford,
Tho houso wns a Bhort horso that was
soon curried. As soon ns tha prelimina
ries wero transacted tho speaker directed
tho clerk to call tho committees for re
ports, hut Harrows asked unanimous con
sent to dlspenso with tho call. Tucker
opposed this, of course, nnd Burrows
moved that thu call bo dispensed with.
Tho yeas nud nays resulted 1 17 to 2, but
before it wns announced Wilson moved
that when the house ndjouru it bo tu meet
Monday at 1:45 p. 111. to attend tho Cnpl
tercentennial. This wns agreed to nud
the roll-call 011 Harrows' motion showing
no quorum tho house adjourned.
Washington, Sept. 10. Thofnct thnt it
wns tho centennial of tho Capitol corner
stone prevented cither business or talk
in congress. Iu tho bciinto mi executive
session wns held nud n resolution for tho
investigation ot train tobberlcs taken up
without fiction, the senate rising to at
tend the Capitol ceremonies.
Tho house met just In timotognto tho
Capitol ceremonies nfter reading the Jour
nal nud prayer. Doth houses returned to
their chnmbeis nfter tho ceremonies nud
formally adjourned.
ONE MORE MILLION WEEK.
Thnt Mnny 1'nlil Their Wuy Into tha
Wot Id's l'nlr l.utt Week.
CHICAGO, Sept. lb. Stenm won In tho
tug-of-wnr between it nud electricity nt
tho Woild's fair. Steam, however, had
the advantage lu weight, that locomotlvo
being flvo tous heavier than Its competitor.
A meeting of railway men wns held lu Fes
tival ball wheru President Ingalls, ot tho
Dig Four, mndt! n speech.
Totnl paid admissions Saturday wero
lW.u'.'l; for tho, week, 1,0711,313; Sunday,
47.051.
Fran Ferdinand d Esto, heir apparent
to tho Austrian crown, will bo hero
next Sunday.
This week Nevada, Iowa nnd Montana
hold celebrations. Also tho fishermen,
stnto commissioners, Knights of Honor
nud Elks,
ClllCAdO, Sept. 19. There were but 151,
fiftl visitors who paid their way Into tho
World's fair yesterday, which is 0,000 less
than Sept. 11. The chief feature of the
day outside of tho ever-Interesting exhib
its, wns tho ringing of tho new Liberty
bell in commemoration of tho ndoptlou of
tho constitution, which occurred Sept. 17,
17b7, but that day fell 011 Sunday this year.
President Palmer rang the bell. Speeches
were made by himself nnd several others.
RAIN QUENCHES THE FIRES.
A lleiuy Downpour tiring Itullof at
Mnrkhlltild and I'.liic where.
MlLWAUKKi:, Sept. 10. A specl.il dis
patch from Morshllcld, Wis., says every
vestige of forest fires In that section hits
been put out by a heavy downpourof rain.
At Merrill, Wis., a heavy ralu set In nud
is still falling. Enough has already fallen
to put out nil forest fires and nil danger Is
over. At Kau Claire heavy rain and
high winds were general, greatly to the ro
lief of lumberman hero where mills and
timber wero endangered by fires.
It Is reported that seveial houses wero
unroofed by wind nt Augusta, this coun
ty. Atllololt, Wis., tho flrxt rain In sev
eral weeks fell nud thero is a prospect for
moro. It has put out the fires iu tho sur
rounding marshes. A dispatch from Au
gusta nnd other points reports that the
torm was almost 11 cyclone and some
damage was done to buildings and mnny
trees toppled over.
THE DEATH RECORD.
Fi:i:i) L. Am us, a millionaire of Doston,
at New York.
Philip D. Hiiookb, a pioneer settler of
Missouri, at Chicago.
Guy C. 1'iiisnev, well known cltircn ot
Senttle, Wash.
Colonel Patihck Duffy, noted sporting
man, at New Orleans.
Lieutenant Wiu.tAM P.Conway, United
States navy, nt Onousbttrg, Ky.
Dkn'kiit Malon, well kuowu socialist
author, nt Paris.
Ex-Judge HiciiAiin Ludlow Lahhimohk,
well known member of the New York bar,
nt New York.
Dr. W. 11. Galt, prominent physician,
nt Louisville.
Major J.Mr.8 1. Nkfk, well known cltl
seu of Frecport, Ills., at Chicago.
Thomas Pkiiuy, veteran ot the lato war,
nt Lincoln, Ills.
HoitATio G. Winslow, pioneer resident
of Wisconsin, nt ltaclne.
FiiKtiKitiCK tlKTCHKLL, onco candidate
for governor of Iowa, nt Oakland, Cal.
Professor Gustavuu FisCiiKH, formerly
of Hutger's college, nt New llruuswick,
N. J.
Dr. Williau T. White, well-known
physician ot New York.
THE TRUST BETRAYED.
THE TRAIN ROBBERY NEAR HAN
COCK, MICH., EXPLAINED. vt,.
Hiprcst Messenger In the Jolt, Probably
tho Lender of tbe flans, a Dor.011 Stem
burs nf Which Aro Now in tho Clutch
ol the LiuyOiio of the Hobbers Con
fesiej tho 1'lot.
Dulutii, Minn., Sept. 10 Ooncral Man
ger Phllbln, of the Mcssnhn road, has re
turned front Mnrquctto nnd tells nil In
teresting story of tho enpturo In Mnrquetto
Sunday evening of tho robbors who held
the Mineral ltango trn'.u up last Friday
morning. Tho enso against tho robbers
says Mr. Phllbln, was worked up from a
cluo furnished by tho engineer ot tho train.
Tho man who covered him with a revolver
whilo the robbery wns going on showed n
fnmllarlty with tho working of tho englno
thnt proved that ono ot tho robbers nt
least was nn old railroad man. Tho en
gineer wns tiunblo to seo tho man's feat
ures for thomnsk which cotcrcd them,
but recognized tho mini's volco nnd in his
report stntcd that ho wns suro tho man
had formerly beon employed on tho road.
I-cmI to n Well Grounded .Hunplclon.
Suspicion fell on n young Frcuchman
named Ucorgo Lit Llberte, who
wns formerly n fireman on tho
Mineral llnngo rond. It was discovered
that he had been missing from his homo
in Mnrquetto for two days nt tho
time, of tho robbery, and thnt on Wednes
day he borrowed a revolver which ho re
turned on Satin day. On Saturday search
was made for him, but he could not bo
found. When tho officers inquired nt the
house they were told by his mother thnt
she did not know whero he wiib. The gen
eral manager of tho South Shore evolved
tho plan by which Ltbcrto was captured.
The young Frenchman only a week or two
beforo had applied for a position on tho
rond ns a brakeman and n call boy wns
sent to the house, as Is dono when 11 man
is wanted for any train crew. The boy
left word thnt Llberto wns wnuted to go
out on n trniu nnd thnt he wns to bring his
dinner pall ready for work.
Liberte's mother denied thnt he was at
homo when tho boy called, 'but n few mln
uteH before tho time set for tho depnrturo
of the train Llberto enmu to the ofllce of
tho gonernl mnnnger nnd wns nrrcsted by
tho marshal, who wns lu waiting. Liberto
at first denied nil knowledge of tho affair
and It wns decided to tnke him to Hough
ton. A special wns made up nnd ho wns
put 011 It with the olllccrs, but before tho
train was out of tho ynrds Llberto weak
ened nud snld that if tho ofllcers would
tnke blm back to Marquette he would
mnke a full confession. In jail nt Mar
quette he told n story which implicated
tho express messenger, Hogan, who was
in charge of tho money; Jack King, tho
wrestler; n brother ot Hogan, who was
formerly nn express messenger; the bag
gage master ot tho South Shoro road nt
Marquette; a Marquette saloonkeeper nnd
a liveryman of the snmo place.
Headed by tho Kzpresi Mesiciieer.
The two latter were not present nt tho
tlmo of the robbery, but knew of it and
gavo aid to tho gang. According to tho
story told the express messenger was ono
of, It not the ringleader of tho plot. It Is
believed that ho furnished the informa
tion ns to tho train the money was nn nnd
pointed out the plnco where it could best
be flagged nnd then robbed. Ho niado a
pretense nt resistance to deceive tho rest
of tho train crew, but gave up tho money
willingly. Llberto stated that after the
money was taken from tho car it was put
into a trunk and checked ns bnggngo from
Houghton to Marquette. Tho baggage
master at Mnrquotte, while not originally
iu tho plot, knew of the contents of tho
trunk very shortly after Its arrival nnd in
this way wns made n party to tho crime.
Llberto after ho had made his confession
showed thcofllcerswhcrotho trunk was to
bo found, but when it was opened tho con
tents hnd been removed nnd secreted in somo
other plnco. Liberto declared that he knew
the money wns in the trunk when it left
Houghton, but he did not know what be
en 1110 ot it. Afterwards he told the ofllcc;-s
whero n portion of It was likely to bo
found nnd somo of it wns recovered. Thero
was good reason to suspect thnt tho re
mainder was concenlcd in a cellar near
the Marquette station and when Mr. Phll
bln left Marquetto at midnight, threo
places wero being watched and Liberto
said that tho money would bo found in ono
of the threo places.
Although ho did not admit it tho hints
ho gavo the ofllcers as to tho probable loca
tion of the money led 4 hem to belle vo thnt
ho knew all about tho removal ot tbe
money from the trunk on its arrival at
Marquette, and they hnd no doubt of their
ability to lnduco him to tell where nil of It
could be found. The officials of the South
Shoro rond believed thnt of the money they
had not yet recovered when Mr. Phllbln
left not more than (3,000 would bo cntlroly
lost.i
Up to this writing only (14,000 of the
stolen money has beeu recovered. The
mon now under arrest nro A. S. Cannon,
of Hancock, a young man ot good family,
whose trunk wns used to carry away the
monoy; John King, an athlete; Chcl-
lew, a saloonkeeper of Negnuuee; Michael
nnd John Shen, salooulsts nt
Alurquettr; Tom Winters, baggage
man; Moses Lotgtin, brakeman
on tho train robbed; 1). W. Hognn,
tho messenger on the robbed cur; Ed Ho
gan, saloouist; W. Sltoup, hack driver, nnd
Duller, a habitue of Chellew's plnce,
Also, of course, Llberto. This man hnd
lost his placo In tho reduction ot hands on
the railroad nnd has been ut-sociiitliig with
soma ot tho tough characters who had
been suspected of the train robbery.
The part each played in the robbery is
stated ns follows: La Llberto covered the
engineer nud llreinnii whilo tho others
looted the train. King, tho athlete,
smashed the express car door with n
sledge hnmmer. Cholluw and Ilutlcr
rifled the safe and tho rest carried away
the plunder. Tho (14,000 recovered was
found in Shea Hrothera saloon, ko It is
' stated, but the police refuse to confirm.
Tlie fact Unit the truuK was empty when
found has suggested that a second rob
bery wns perpetrated and the robbers
robbed, nnd Messenger Hugnu's brother Is
suspected lu this matter.
Will llinploy 4,000 1'eople.
Manchestlu, N. II., Sept. 10. All tho
machinery for tho coarsest kind of goods
. nt the Aiuobkeig mills, such ns tickings,
1 denims nud shirting, stnrtcd up today.
These departments,wlth the JulTerson bag
1 mills which stated up yesterday, will em
ploy 4,000 operatives.
I UulicUr Slake n lllg Haul.
I .Phillips, Me., Sopt. 10. Hurglnrs blow
. open the safo ot Wllber St Co., wholesale
' grain dealers, and secured cash aud paper
aggregating at least aw.uw.
LARGE KANSAS CITY FAILURE.
Receivers Appointed For tho Lombard In
vestment Company.
Kansas City, Sept. CO. It wm an
nounced hero thnt boforo Judgo Henry
C. Cnld well, of tho Eighth jndlcint cir
cult nt St. Pnul, receivers wero ap
pointed for tho Lombard Investment
company. Thoy nvo Chnrlci S. Inir
cliild of Now York, ex-secrctnry of tho
treasury; M. B. Whitney, n banker of
Wostfield, Mnss.; Sanfotil D. Ladd nud
Frank Hngermnn, nttornoyd, of Kansas
City, nnd II. K. Moouey, vlco president
of tho Lombard company, also of this
city.
Tho receivers were appointed on tho
till of complaint of tho Now York So
curity nnd Trust company, Martha D.
Hotchldss nnd Oeorgo Ilurnlinni. Tho
Now York Security nnd Tiust company
la n trustco of proporty deposited with it
to sccuro two scries of debentures issued
by tho Lombard Company of Missouri,
amounting to $.100,000. Mra. Ilotchklsi
is tho owner of loans guaranteed by tho
defendant, amounting to$loi).030, and ii
nlsoownorof 410 shares of stock in tho
Lombard Company of Missotni. Mr.
Burnhnm is tho ownor of l00 shnro.i of
tho capital stock of tho Lombard Com
pnny of Missouri, nmountlng to $93,000.
Tho company has offices in Kumas City,
Boston, Now York nnd Philadelphia.
OPERA HOUSE BURNED.
Eighteen l'cmons Wero Injured nnd Home
of Them rntnlly.
Canton, Ills., Sept. 20. Tueliiy
evening tho now opera houso was de
stroyed by fire. Sparks from tho fire
works usod in tho firo sceno ignited the
sconcry. In a fow minutes tho interior
was a roaring furnace. Tho audience
was cautioned to stand still, nnd many
romnined standing. This stay nearly
caused a dlsnstor. Eighteen porsona
woro burned, of which threo or four were
fatally injured nnd flvo seriously. Tho
following is a list of tho injured to far ng
ascertained, tho extent of their injuries
not being known nt this time, but sev
eral will die: Pat Kcuunn, Pierre Mor
gan, Wilbur Dobbins, Elmer Martin,
John Thomas, John Heckard, .Tallies'
Heck, John Bcly, W. C. Wnlgomot,
Dan Wills, rhilnn ler Downing, Mtoy
Miller, Ernest McVuin, Lawronco Saw
nrd, Mart Mornu, Fred Walsh, Arthu
Stevens nnd John Brady. Mnny iu tho
gnllery jumped to tho balcony below,
crushing nnd ninimintr themselves. It
is believed that thero nro bodios in the
ruins, but only ono person, n tailor
nnmed Peter Curry, who is known to
liavo been in tho gnllery, is not accounted
for. Thero wero a number of strangers
in tho house, of whom no trnco can bo
found. Tho flames spread to tho opera
houso block, completely destroying it.
Tho estimated loss is $'10,000.
Yellow Fever Situation ficrloin.
Wasiiinoto.v, Sept. 20. Tho tituation
nt Brunswick. Ga., is sciiousnnd tho
physicians who lmvo investigated tho
condition of the city ngreo that the ptst
has como to stay until frost stamps it
out. In viow of tho report printed in
regard to tho fovor, theso physicians will
do well if they prevent its Bprcnd to
other southern cities. Surgeon General
Wyinmi telegraphed Surgeon Murray,
who is in chargo nt Brunswick, for full
details of tho situation nnd received a
full responso to tho inquiry. Surgeon
Murray, nfter a thorough inspection, re
ports 20 cases under treatment. No
nurses nro wanted at presont beyond
thoso nt tho disposal of tho doctors and
now on tho grounds.
Itccord or Knmllpox nt Mnncle, lnd.
Muncik, lnd., Sept. :!0. Health Ofll
cer Jnckson'u statement says thoro havo
been reported 10.J cnos of smallpox,
with four deaths, aud 35 cases now tin
dor trontmont. All cases uro iu qunrnn
tiuo at tho hospital. No now casos liavo
been noted during tho last sovernl days.
Tuesday's National Leacno (lainci.
At Cleveland Clovoland, 5; Boston,
4. Young nnd Zimmorj Stnloy nnd
Gnnzol.
At St. Louis First game. St. Louis,
8; Philadelphia, 17. Hawlcy, Gleason
nnd Twineliam and Cooloyj Weyhing
and Cross. Second game St. Louis, 4;
Philadelphia, 1. Clarlcsou and Cooley;
McGinnis nud Clements.
At Cincinnati Cincinnati, 7; Balti
moro, 4. Chamborlnin nnd Vaughn;
Mulinno nnd Robinson.
At Pittsburg-Pittsburg, 12; Brooklyn,
5. Killen nnd Earlo; Daub and Lu
chnuco. At Chicago Chicago, 0; Washing
ton, 7. Griftlth, Clausen and Kittrodg-j;
Espor and McGniro.
MARKETS RECEIVED BY TELEGRAPH.
Clileueo Grain and l'rnvlaluni.
Ciiicaoo, Sept. Id. Thu trade In wheat
was marked by unusual ilullncM. 'Ihornnu'o
In price for oats wiit limited loje. I'ruvU
slims wero very stronit. .January jinrlc closed
SiKo lilKhcr, and Oetnlier elim-d uiiahiitntud,
nnd October lard m :i1e hluliur than yester
day, nud October illn :Tiu up.
Ct.OSIMI I'ltlCT.?.
WIIEAT-Sciiteiubor, WJics December,
71JhU.7-'-: .May, Wo.
COIIN-Oetober, 4lJ.c; Diicembcr. Ulio:
May. IWc.
OATri-Hoptumber, iMJtfc; October, W?:
Mny. JUM'ttiilJfte.
roHK-Septembcr. 817.ftf, October, SIVUi;
January, ill.:i7,
LAUD-SepUiubcr, SU.O.'M; OctoburrS9.IJ;i
January, $S.U7.
UlUS-Scptcmber, S11U7W; January, SS.lTJi
Chlcnco I.lvu Stock.
Union Stock Yaiiiih, I
UllllMUO, fcupt. iu. f
CATTLn-Recelpts. r,0iJ0 bead. Common
10 extra sieors, smmiujuj blockers an I fend
ers. SI.V&:j..'5; inw. lielfer and bulU, Sl.lua
U.!:cAlviH,$.7iil.ai.
IlOCld-ltieulpts, UVW IPIlil. Heavy, $',.7.'.
, G,il.; common to chok-a mixed, SVHOiU.I'.:
choice ussortod, 50.45 4.1.111), lUlil, 8410&IU1.
I Slir.ICl'-ItecclptH, ti.iMM liend; pour to choice;
aborted, Sl.loai."'!; vastcrns, S3.WjW.U0
lmnbi, 8l."'tH.W.
1 South Oniaha I.lvu htock.
KOL'TII OMWW, Kept. Ill, (ATTI.K-Uo.
1-elpln, 3.31 hv.ul; Hit) to 1!H) Juh St.lS&l.ui
1HW to 13U0 lbs., 8l.Uiai.7J; KJ) to IPX) lbs., :i.W
W4.I0; choice cows, SS.i 0fflfr,!.7."K common euw,
tl.iO31.V0i kowI feeder, J.'.tHijj.i.ti); common
feeder. t-.'.S'idW.SO. Market uteiuly.
' IJOUtf-Uecelpts, 7.7UO head: light, 81.0V
P.lli mixed. fiLUjOOOJ; heavy, 83.t-5it0.u5. M.ir.
1 kvt 10o to 15o hlk'her; closed weak,
BUEEl'-IUeelpts, u) head.- muttons, fJ.W
. w.w, miuw, tv.wut.ov. uaraei stronger.
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
Wednesday, Sept. 13.
The long drought in Illinois 1ms resulted
In n prospect for n short crop of corn.
Tho employes of thu Hie; Four nt Cincin
nati tnlk of a strike nil over that system If
nn attempt is made to enforce, n proposed
cut in thu wages of trainmen.
Johu O. F. l'oivnll, ex-shcrliT of Oreono
county, Ills., nfter nn nbscuco of ten dnys,
tvns found wandering nenr Jerseyvlllo,
nud soon died. lie lost his mind worrying
over fliintichtl affair.
Major Tom llrecklnrldge, president of n
nntloit.il bnuk iu Austin, Tex., wns fined
j! for keeping coal oil lu largo quantities
iu the fire limits ot the city and paid his
flue in nickel-).
Two hundred Italian miners whoso pay
dny hnd been passed started a riot nt
lleadlitig, near l'lttsburg, nud twenty
eight vtcruuricstcd.
Tho 10-yiur-old dutighter of cx-Supcr
visor Clippies of Concord, In., was kid
naped by her stepmother, Mrs. I'aul',110
Schrocdcr, of Xcw Vicuna, while she was
returning from school.
Thuradny, Sept. 14,
Tho lnrgcst gas well hi thu world has
just been opened near Kind lay, O. Its
dully output is over 50,000,000 cubic feet.
Obituary! At Uoston, Paymaster John
MncMnhon, uged Al. At Itcthcl, Ills.,
John Drake. At Seattle, Wash., Guy C.
l'hliiney.
Figures tnken nt Now York show thnt
more people nru going out of the country
than nre coming In.
Survivors of tho Forty-second Illinois
held mi interesting reunion at Chicago
nnd elected 11. F. Uray, of Momeucc,
president.
The Uyron Trcrlco burned lu harbor at
Leamington, Out., nnd Ucorgo Shaw nnd
John Crank wero cremated on board.
Jennie Kumiss escaped the flames by
jumping into the wator nud drowning.
The president hns nominated William
II. Slackhouse. of Iowa, for Internal rove
nuu collector of the Fourth district of that
state.
John Weijlcki, a Chicngo butcher, took
hold of u live telephone vitro ami was
killed by nil electric shock. ;Tuo wire had
fallen ncross the street car trolley wire.
A man's body dressed in snllor's gnrb,
but with tho face mutilated beyond recog
nition, has been found nt Detroit. .
Frlduy, Sept. 13.
The old couit house in Cadiz, O., Is be
ing torn down to give placo to 11 larger nud
more convenient structure. Thu building
wns erected iu 1810.
Tho Miprcmu council of Foresters, in ses
sion nt Xew lluven, bus elected theso of-
I llccrsi Chief ranger, Lewis Thome, of
I California; bccrotnry, E. M. McMurtry, of
UiSSUUll.
Fred J. Shaler, of Chicago, has beon
elected htipreino coniniunder of the Uni
formed American Mclmulcs of tho United
States.
Major John L. Hays, formerly quarter
master on General Xelson A. Miles' stuff,
who wns made n maniac and an epileptic "'
by n blow received iu Chicago u year ago,
hns had his mind restored by trepanning
nud will recover.
Professor Jamws D. Crawford, of tho
chair of history In the University of Illi
nois, uas ueeii summarily dismissed nfter
a service of twenty years,
A report comes from P
report comes from Pnris that work V.T;
. to be resinned on the Panama cnnnl in No
r.$w
The iiniue of tho "American princess"
will be listher.
Saturday, Sept. 10.
Ill n cricket match recently Mr. Sprout,
of Liverpool, howled nine bulls nnd with
tho last eight of them took eight wickets.
Insurance rates at Milwaukee havo been. v
advanced from 10 to 1!;. per cent, becausoof
heavy lire losses during the last year.
Four lending rustlers have been cap
tured by n sheriff's posse near Glen Rock,
Wyo.
An eel two feet long stopped up a Are
plug on llroadway Iu Xew York.
At n convention nt Newcastle, Pn be
tween wlro-nnil mill ofllcluls nud niembow
of the Algainated association, tho men
ngreed to accept a 10 per cent, reduction.
Tho mills there hnv been idlo for over two
months nnd over 1,000 men will go to work
ntouce.
II. T. FouUof Mountain Groio, Vu.,
celebrated his 70th birthday recently by
walking thl.ty-elglit miles. Mr. Foutz
has two sisters, nged Oa and 85 years, nud a
a brother who is 70 years old.
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Monday, Sept. 18.
Among tho awards for inanufnctures nt
tho World's fair was one to tho Dlamoud
Plato Glass company, ot Kokomo, lnd.
Iowa Prohibitionists havo nominated
Bennett .Mitchell, of Crawford county, for
governor, to run iu placo of Collin, who
declined.
Fire at Mnnlsthjue, Mich., destroyed
twelvo business bouses and threo dwel
lings. Loss, $150,000; iusurnncc, 840,000.
About fifty porsous mut nt Denver to
organize a new pnrtj tho Liberal Amori- a
can. No organization was inude, but it
was said that a ticket would bo put up.
Alix won tho ninth nnd deciding heat
in tho free-for-all trot at Washington
park. Chicago, lii'.(u;f.
PefTerhas Introduced in tho sennte a
resolution looking Id tho direction of the
United States assuming tho enpturo nnd
punishment of train robbers. Springer
has offered a similar resolution iu tho
house.
A leading Pennsylvania railway official
denies that tho company is arming Its
trainmen.
Tuesday, Sent. 10.
Tliofo who havo been, or claim to hnvo
been, favored with a glimpse of the baby, '
say that she is 11 decided brunette, aud re- .
innrkHbly like her sister Kuth.
Lord nnd Lady Aberdeen hnvo arrived
at Quebec, aud tho new governor general
of Cutiuda has entered upon his term.
Throughout northern Mississippi uotlces
have been posted on gins forbidding tho
owners from ginning cotton until tho
price reaches 10 cents a pound, nnd for
dlM-egnrd of the notices several gins havo
In u decieo Issued by President Rod
riguez, of Costa Rica, extending aintiesty,
guaranteeliig rights, etc., is a qualifying a
w u """K i-xpiiciuy mat tlio gov
ernment of Costa Klcn reserves the right
to extradite Francis Henry Weeks, tho
nbpcundlng embezzler,
County Treasurer James K. Armstrong
is now In jail nt Kokomo, Intl.. held for
trial for I'lnbezluinent of f 1:1,000, and his
Hon Cal, his chief deputy, for embezzle
incut of HttOKI. Two other sons, Mont
nud Joe, who escaped nt tho tiros of tha
( exposure, nro also indicted. .
' 'i'ho United TypaMicta) ot America tain W
session nt Chicago. V
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