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YELLOW JTOER MOB
SET FIRE TO NEW ORLEANS
SCHOOL HOUSE.
ftlotonn 1'rnple Cut the 1.im of Hour Kr
pealedly nnd are NuIhIiiiI Only lijr it
Largo Ilody of I'nlkw More w C'H'r
at ItiTarl. MUe.
New Om.RAKu, La., Sept 25. A
mass meeting of the citizen was hold
Inst night nml bitter protest entered
against tlio plan of the board of health
and city authorities to uso tin) (front
Ilcaurcgnrd school building for yellow
fever patients. Then a riotous crowd
fathered around the structure and
threatened thnt ut the first opportun
ity they would lire It. .Ml this time
idstors of charity, with help from the
charity hospital, were putting the
building In order for the reception of
yellow fever patients, the school hoard
having removed ovary desk and other
article of furniture.
The situation dually became so seri
ous that the sisters, headed by Stster
Actios, left the structure and a Mtiall
force of police was ordered 1here,
While thu police, were holding the
crowd bach in front, two incundinrlsts
with n five gallon can of oil. went to
the rear and quickly started u blaze.
The first neighboring' cnglno had
scarcely arrived when Its Iiojjo wns
rut. When other engines arrived
their horn was nlso destroyed by the
mob. Chief Oaster and Captain .Tour
nro finally appeared in a patrol wagon
with n big squad of ollleers who beat
the mob hack. 'I'licn the liremen sue
reedrd In saving all but the annexes.
The action of tiie mob wns roundly
denounced on till sides this morning.
The, school is a handsome building,
entirely isolated and .situated in the
center of u large square and thero was
no danger of infection from 'It. Un
less a eompnny of soldiers Is ordered
to protect the building, it is not im
probable that a second nttempt will be
inne to-night to destroy it
Only one new case was reported this
rooming that of n man living on
Rourlton street.
Edwaiids, Miss., Sept. 25 -Twelve
new cases of yellow fever were re
ported thl morning, making the total
to date IK'. Prank Rosstnnn Is dying,
but all of the other sick, seventy-six
in number, are doing well In charge
of four physicians. There Is much
want and outside n.ssistnnco inny soon
be needed.
Moiiltx, Ala., Sept. 2 ft. Fnther
Daniel Murray, the fifth victim of tho
yellow fever here, died tills morning
at 7 o'clock. Ho was n native of
County Cork, aged 30, nnd had been
in thb country four yenrs. Ho had
intended to tnko a vacation this fall,
but, hearing that Father McQuillan
wa ubtent hero, offered his services
and arrived September 6. He was
taken sick Monday and bad intense
fever from tho start
EIGHTEEN MEN ARE LOST.
f erlah In thr Chllcoot I'mi-llnrlril In a
,' Land Mllile.
Pout Towxsicxn, Wash., Sept. 5.V
The tug Pioneer, which loft Ptiget
Bound September 12 with tho bnrk
Shirley In tow for Sknguay, returned
at 1 o'clock this morning, having
tnado the run down In ninety-six
hours. Tho Pioneer brings a report
of a landslide near Sheep camp, on
ho Chllcoot pass, last Sunday morn
ing, in which eighteen men are said
to have lost their lives. Ouly one body
is said to have been recovered, thntof
a man named Choynskl, a cousin of
Joe Choynskl, tho prizo fighter. The
men supposed to have been lost wore
packers on tho Dycu trail.
Tho officers of tho Pioneer says Hint
the story wns brought to Sknguiiy Sun
day evening by threo men, who told
It in such a wny as to leave no doubt an
to Its truthfulness. They described tho
nvnlanche as consisting of rocks, Ice
and dirt which had been loosened by
the rain, which had been falling con
tinuously during the past month. All
the bridges on the Skaguay river have
been washed out and the river U a
raging lorrcnt
W. W. Sprngue, of Tacotna, who
started eight weeks ngo with a three
years' outfit, returned fraiu Skaguay
on the schooner.
The steamer AIM, a weok overdue
from Alaska, arrived this morning nt
4 o'cloelc It carried a largo list of
men returning irom Skaguay who
were unablo to cross the pass. Tho
snow wns six inches deep at I.nko
Kenton, nnd three Inches fell on tho
summit of tho Chllcoot pass last Sat
urday. Killed hy a Pall 1'rnin a Car.
Ur.TltoiT, Mich., Sept. t. Willlai.i
ft. Hopkins, owner of tho Oakland
mineral springs and hotel at St. Clair,
Mich., died this mornltii nt tho St.
Clair hotel as a result of Injuries re
ceived in falling from n street enr last
night. His skull wus fractured and
he did not regain consciousness.
HUt Ileum Welcomed mt llutchlimr.
HUTcniNSox, Knn., Sept 25. When
Miss Eva lleem, formerly money order
clerk in tho postofllco here, returned
last night from Wichita, Kun., where
he had been acquitted of embezzle
ment, a large crowd welcomed her
wltn a brass band, and she was drawn
In an open carriage to her home.
Canonctiet on the Market.
Wij.minoton, Del., Sept. 2r.. Canon
ehet, at Narrngonsett pier, Is for sale.
Mrs. Spraguo placed the big property
la the hands of n New York run I es
tate ogent to dispose, of, Mrs. Sprngue
is known ns Mine, Inez Sprngue. Ro
ing asked tho reason for the sale, she
said: "I want to go abroud to study
opera. I expect to lenvj In a few
weeks nnd will muko Kuropc my
homo. Wo havo been thinking for
Home tituo whether it would be best
for us to retain old Cnnonchet, nnd a
few days ago we concluded to oiler St
for tale." .
WARSHIPS IN HONOLULA
Two (innlmntft at feat to he Kept There)
Looking Out for .Inpnn,
Wasiiixoton, Sept. 25, The navy
department proposes to keep at least
two ships constantly in the vicinity of
Honolulu for prompt service In case of
emergency. The two vessels now
thero lira the flagship Philadelphia
nnd the gunboat licniilngton. Tho
latter recently relieved tho old cor
vette Marlon, which arrived nt Hnn
Francisco a few day ugo. Tho Phila
delphia Is In need of n thorough over
hauling after her long stay In tropical
waters nnd has been ordered
to San Francisco for that purpose.
Her return is lclnycd, however, by
tho fact that there are. not enough
available men on the Pacific coast to
man the llaltltnorc, now nt San Fran
cisco Tho llaltlmoro Is to take her
place n.s lhighlp of the Pacllic squad
ron, with station at Honolulu. In
eousecpiencc of this luck of men It litis)
been decided to keep the llaltlmore at
San Frnnelsco until the arrival thero
of the Philadelphia, so as to utlli.e
the crew of tlmt vessel.
In pursuance of thu plan of keeping
two vessels at Honolulu, the Philadel
phia will defer her departure for the
United Stales until she U relieved by
the cruiser Yorktown, willed left Yo
hahoma, Japan, Wednesday for that
port. The Yorktown had been on tho
Chinese station for three yenrs nnd
had been ordered to San Francisco to
receive a necessary overhauling. Hear
Admiral Miller, commanding the nu
vai forces in the Pacllic, will remain
at Honolulu until otherwise ordered
by tho president. lie will not
return on the Philadelphia, but
when that vessel shall leave for home
he will transfer his flag to tho gun
boat llcnningtou, spending most of
time on shore, however, keeping a
sharp lookout for developments. Al
though there Is no dnpane.se warship
in Hluwikiu wators nt present, it is
likely thero will be one, nnd probublj
two before thu annexation of tho Is
land becomes nn accomplished fuct
When the Nnnlwn left for .Tnpan, It
was generally understood in Honolulu
that sho would roturn after receiving
needed repairs.
WAS IT MRS LUETCERT?
Two Wltneinee Ueolare Tliat They Saw
the Milling- Woman In Wlirnmtn.
Ciiicaoo, Sept. VS. When tho Luot
gert trial was resumed this morning
Mrs. Mnttio Schcrcr.MIss Maud Scherer
and Miss Gertrude Miller testified that
Emma Schtmpkc, since sho hud testi
fied for tho prosecution, had said in
their hearing that her evidence wns
entirely also and that the only rea
son thnt she had testified falsely wns
to support the evldenco of her sister
who had first lied
Frank Hchlccbc, n farmer who lives
near Kenosha, Wis., and who hnd
known Mrs. Luctgcrt for seven yenrs,
testified that ho had met hor on n
country rond nenr thnt town May 4,
Policeman Wlllinm Smith of Kcno
sha told of seeing n strange woman tit
tho Northwestcrh depot nt Kenosha
nt 2 o'clock on tho morning of May 5,
Ho positively identified tho photo
graph of Mrs. Luotgort aR tho woman
ho saw at tho depot Ho described
the woman and her attire.
LILY'S MARRIAGE PLANS
Mri. Landry Fipocti to Ilerume I'rln
ceM Kstcrhiitr In California.
San Fuancirco, Sept 2.1. Henry C.
MePike, attorney for Mrs. Lily Lang
try when slio secured her dlvorco last
May, said yesterday: "I have recently
received from my client, Mrs. Lnugtry,
notice of her intention to return to
California by the end of Novem
ber. Prince Ksterhazy will accom
pany her and immetlittely upon their
nrrlvnl here they will bo married in
Lake county, 1 presume, for her home
is there, lleenuso thoy hnvo preferred
to bo innrrled in this stnte It must not
be nrguod thnt either Mrs. Lnngtry or
Prlneo Kstcrhn.y regard tho former
dlvorco as lncklng In legnllty In nny
other jurisdiction. On tho contrary,
they urc advised by thoir solicitors in
London that tho decree grnnted nt
Lakoport hai freed her absolutely
from F.dward Lnngtry, so that she
may mnrry In auy pnrt of tho world,
'.f she chooses."
EXPIATED fcY SuldDE.
Valatqoei, Who Cmiiiiil Killing of rrel
dent Mint' Attnllnnt, Hill Illmielf,
Citv ok Mkxico, Sept 25. Chief of
Police Edurndo Vnlnsquer., who con
fessed that ho causoil tho killing of
Arroyo, assailant of President Diaz,
shot hlmsolf In the loft temple this
morning nt 10 o'clock, dying Instantly.
Amnrlran Maunr llitrrcil.
Nr.w Yonu, Sept 25. 1). 11. Cobnllos,
a Mexican who arrived on tho steamer
Jamaica from Sanchez, Snn Domingo,
yesterday, says that President Llllo
has Issued a ducrco forbidding tho ad
mittance of Amorlcnn nnd Mexican
money Into San Domingo and pro
scribing Its uso there. A San Domin
go dollar is worth about 30 or 35 cents
but President Lille moans to force tho
use of it About 5500,000 of American
and Mexican com has been employed
annually In business transactions in
tho country.
Colored Children KepTont.
Alton, III, Sept 25. Tho chief of
police was Instructed to take his en
tiro force nnd keep tho colored chil
dren and their parents out of tho
white schools. Policemen wore sta
tioned at each of tho schools yester
day nnd when tho colored poople enmo
up with their children and sought to
ontor, as they had tho day before, tho
oftlcors rofuiod them admittance. Tho
negroes Insist that tho law Is on their
side nnd ilatly rofuso to send their
children to tho schools built for them.
General Palmer has promised to take
tho inattcr into tho courts.
CREEK'S ALLOTMENT.
THE
TWO COMMISSIONS
SIGN A TREATY.
Kali Clllen of tho Nation to IWclvc 100
Acre of l.ind to lift ,tiiraUa4 nt II
l'rernt laliif l.'nltiil Mute Court to
Hi ttirlKillHlnn.
Muskooi;h, Ind. Ten, Sept 29.
The treaty between the United States
and tho Creek nation svas signed by
the two commissions yesterday. It
fills a dozen typewritten pages It
provides thnt each citizen of the na
tion shall receive 100 acres so situated,
If need be, as to include im
provements which belong to hlm, eneh
allotment to bo npprnlscd nt Its pres
ent value, if unimproved, consider
ing tho fertility of the soil nnd
its location, each nllotteo to be
charged with tho valuo of his allot
ment in the future distribution of tho
funds of the tuition, npprtilscments of
allotments to be made under the di
rection of tho secretary of tho Interior
nssoon ns nn authenticated roll of the
citizens of tho nation shall bo made,
the residue of the lauds to bo told to
tho highest bidder at not less than
91.25 uu acre.
Townsitcs are to be laid off within
existing limits by a commission up
polntcd by tho t'nlted States nnd the
Creek nullon. No town Is to cover
more than four square miles. Kueh lot
is to be entered at its present miirket
value, excluslvo of tho Improvements,
and tho occupant is to hnvo tho right
to buy nt fifty per cent within sixty
days by paying into tho treasury of
tho United States for the benefit of
the Creek nation one-fourth in ensh
and tho rest In three equal annual
payments, after which he is to receive
n patent in fen simple from tho Creek
nation. ,
Tho United states courts In the In
dian territory nre to havo exclusive
Jurisdiction In all controversies grow
ng out of tho title, ownership or oc
cupation of real estate in tho naMon
and to try nil persons charged with
felonies hereafter committed.
All acts of tho Creek council except
ing appropriations for regular ex
penses of tho government of tho nu
tion nro to bo of no vnlldlty until ap
proved by tho prusident of the United
States. All Creek Indians are to be
come possessed of rights nnd privi
leges of United States citizens when
their trlbnl government shall cease.
All claims by the nation or by citizens
against tho United States government
shall bo arbitrated.
NO FEMALE JURORS NOW.
fori Acott Women Willing to Serve, lint
the Ijtir Held Asaltut Them.
FonT Scott, Kun., Sept 29. Miss
M. E. Ross, Mrs. A. W. Douglnss, Mrs
A. Kaufman nud Miss Cora Wheeler,
who were drawn on the dislrlet court
Jury nnd nro the first women over
called for such service in Knnsas, re
sponded to the summons to-day and
all but Miss Wheeler expressed a will
Ingnois to serve.
Tho question of tholr eligibility wtm
raised by Judgo lliddlo, who cited a
Washington supreme court opinion to
show thut they were not competent,
and Judgo Simons found that under
the constitution ami supreme court
decisions n qualified elector must be a
male. Ho wus unwilling that the
women should sorve in civil eases and
paid them n nice compliment for their
willingness to do bo. He said men
who were drawn as Jurors .shou'd
learn a lesson from them.
ARTILLERYMEN INJURED.
A Maneuver of m I.lclit lluttrrj at
Topoka netult In a .MUhap.
TorKKA, Knn., Sept 20. As lhitterv
ti, Fourth nrUJJcry of the United
States army at Fort Kl ley, was giving
an exhibition drill at the fair grounds
this morning before ti largo crowd ol
people, it crossed the race course ut 11
gallop nud, when tho bugles signalled
to countermarch, turned suddenly nnd
started back. One of tho caissons wns
upset nnd blx men thrown to tho
ground. Private Ilrooks and Flu 111
were caught under the caisson nnd the
latter dragged thirty feet When thoy
woro picked up Ilrooks wns uncon
scious and bleeding from Internal In
juries, Flum wns bleeding from
wounds on his fuco and body. It Is
expected both will recover.
BOLD BLACKMAIL CHARGED
Three New York Luwjr Arrrsto.l for tie
mandliiK ThnmaniU Prom S. Kellnr.
New YoitK, Sept 28. Colonel Rob
ert A. Amnion, William A. Swcotzer
and William Woods, lawyers, have
been arrested charged with black
mailing Samuel Keller, former man
ager of tho E. S. Dean company, dls
cretlonnry pool oporntors.who failed In
March lost. According to Captain
McClusky, chief of tho dotectlvo bu
reau, the evldenco of tho blackmail
was found In Swcetscr's possession
and detectives saw the money passed.
Tho lawyers wroto letters to Keller
declaring that thoy hold cortuln docu
ments, tho production of which would
send him to jull for a long time, but
which thoy would destroy for 830,000.
Deiparate Arkaniai PI lit
Little Rock, Ark., Sept 20. The
hews is just reoelvod from Tulip, Dal
las county, of a fight on Saturday
with pistols nnd knives among five
men, which resulted in the death of
Robert Kelly, and the fatal wounding
of his brother, Walter. John Davis, u
farmer, and his two sons, Will nnd
Henry, nssaulted tho Kelly brothers.
More HnanWh Anarchist Arreit.
Mauiiid, Sept. 2'. In consequonco
of revelations as to nu Anarchist
plot tho police nrroslod six Anarchists
yesterday. A number of the bonibi
havo been seized,
MRS. STILLS' ABDUCTION.
.1nrUniu McKeehna and Hall llavlni't t
I'rellmlnarr Hearing.
Lr.r.Tox, Mo., Sept 20. Tho cnjssof
Wesley Jackson, Joseph MeKjkhnn
nnd .fumes Hull for tho alleged abduc
tion nnd otitrngo of Mrs. Aidrcw
Stills, began hero yesterday on a
change of venno from Jefferson i own
ship, where the crlmo wns5 com
mitted. About 2,000 pcop'c wcro
In attendnneo from three coun
ties. Trimble was fea'red by
Squire Nelson.and Sheriff Lcrfr was re
quested to bo present He cimo curly
with six deputies. Stanley ftllcn nnd
Hess Jones, tho two young hiun who,
It is charged, secured Mrs. Stills In
Ronton county nnd returned with her
to Jefferson township, on tho pretext
of being tho sheriff nud deputy of tills
county, hnvo iled, us has llort Win
frey, who Is said to have assisted tho
trio of nhduetors to got Mrs. Stills out
of tho county.
Tho trial began ut 1 o clock. The
best attorneys of tho county nre em
ployed both in the prosecution nnd tho
defense. Tin; hearing may last sev
eral days. Stills nnd his wife testified
to practically tho snme story published
In these dispatches. .Several reput
able farmers have given daninging
testimony against tho defendants.
Tho defense will attack tho character
of the woman. The people tiro q.ilet
but Indignant, and arc resigned to let
the law tnko its course.
KERENS AND GARY.
The I'ostinitiler Cleneral Apologlzr to
the Mlaiotirl National Cotntnltteemmi,
Wasiii.no rox, Sept 29 National
Committeeman Kerens asked Postmns
tcs ('eiiernl (Jury yesterday If It wero
true that tho postmaster general had
sum to .Morso of Excelsior Springs nnd
Miller of Princeton thnt ho (Kerens)
had been recommending persons for
postofflees In Missouri whose personal
chnructers were bud und agnlnst
whom churges of embezzlement had
been made.
D General Gury did not deny tho cor
rectness of tho .statement, but excused
It on the ground that ho did not know
what he said was to bo published.
Colonel Kerens insisted that ho pro
duce papers showing his Indorsements
for places nnd point out tho objection
ublo ones. General Gary did make nn
examinntion, but fulled tosubstnntlatc
his charges.
He upologl.cd finally, but Colonel
Kerens Is still uugry nud will tnko tho
mntter to the President immediately
upon his return.
DEBS' SCHEME.
lloTcrnor Itoger of Washington )L.
run" the 1'rnjcct and It Chance.
Skatm.e, Wash., Sept. 29. Governor
Rogers said yesterday us to the pro
posed Dubs colonization plnn for this
state: "I know nothing of tho Social
Democracy colonization sehomo be
yond what I have seen outlined in tho
newspapers, nnd a letter 1 have re
ceived from Cyrus Field Wlllard, noti
fying mo that 11 committee would soon
visit this slate. I rim not altogether
in harmony with tho ideas of the
Social Democracy In their coloni
zation .scheme. There Is neither money
nor laud that can be donntcd by the
state to tho proposed colony, except,
of course, us anv mnn hns the privi
lege of using Ills homestead rights.
However, I havo actual knowledge
thnt some of the railroads have offered
tho progenitors of tho colony money
nud assistance to induce thorn to sottte
in Washington, nlso that special In
ducement havo been held out to the
colonists by Eastern Washington land
syndicates. Should the pioneers scut
out by tho colony bo men willing to
work hard and of prnctlcnl ideas, the
scheme will bo productive of good to
tho state in developing its rosourccs
and adding to its farm and coinuuw
elal enterprises."
MILLIONS SHORT.
lingo
Dlii-repancy Found In IlrnoUye
Tnx Collection.
Nkw Yoiik, Sept 20. Tho examina
tion of tho financial departments of
the various municipalities which will
bo consolidated Into Greuter New
York bus revealed 11 shortage of from
51,501,000 to 82,000,000 In Ilrooklyn be
tween tho books of the comptroller
and thoio of tho reglstrur of arrears
of tuxes The largest part of this
amount is said to ho for personal tax,
and while It Is Included among the as
sets of the city of Ilrooklyn, It is noti
collectable. Unless special legislation
is obtained ut Albany to prevent it,
this shortage will bo saddled upon the
tax-payers of tho greater city.
GEORGE FOR MAYOR.
Nomlmilril lijr the Unltml leiuii-rii-,v
of Mow York.
NkwYoiik, Sept. 20. The most Im
portant development In tho Greater
Now York political situation yester
duy was tho unanimous nomination of
Henry Georgo for inuyorby the united
Democracy, composed of numerous
free silver and Ilrynn clubs, which
wero aotlvo In tho campaign of lust
fall. Mr. Goorgo once polled tlS.oon
votes us a labor candidate for mayor
of Now York.
A belief Is current that Mr. George
will not accept If Tammany indorses
the Chicago platform.
American Wheat for Argentina.
New YonK Sept. HO. Tho first full
cargo of American wheat ever shipped
to tho Argentine Republic left this
port Sunday on tho steamship Ilesra
tnel, bound for Iluenos Ayres. It tig
grcguted 174,300 bushels. Tho shipper
was Jules Schrolber, representing
Solomon . Dnuon of Antwerp, tc
whom tho Rcsrutiiol belongs.
All unlet in CoU hum.
Wasiiincitom, Sept :'0. Sonor Culvo
tho Costa Rlcan minister horo, received
a dispatch from tho minister of foreign
affairs at Ban Jose saying that every
thing U q"M ill Csl JUfilk
TIIE IBRIGATlOiMSTS
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS
AT LINCOLN.
rrellmlnnrr Work--AII l'arls of thr Arid
and .Semi-Arid Krglnn Itrpmrnted
Many NotnhliM I'rmeiit Oklahoma
Wunlft Mm Next CotiRrrM for (luthrle.
Lixcci.x, Neb., Sept. 20. Tho dele
gates to the sixth nnnunl meeting of
tho National Irrigation Congress nro
nearly nil hero nnd tho convention
held Its first session this ufternoon.
The usual speeches of welcome wcro
delivered nnd organization effected.
The attendance is not going to bo
larae.but will be fnlrly representative
of tho urld und soml-nrld states.
Tho surprlso of the convention Is
the delegation from Okliihomn, which
Is hero with the avowed purpose of
securing the gathering of IS'jd for
Guthrie.
Utah in represented by Dr. Young,
nephew of Krlghnui Young's sou.
Colorado Is represented by A. II.
Mourion of the land department of
tho Atchison, Topeka A- Santa Fe rail
road. Kansas lias Georgo I, els nnd
Professor J. S. Emory of Lawrence,
Colonel E R. Moses of Great Rend
and P. A. Huinmett of Mary.svllle on
the ground nllvo to her interests. Tho
Kansas delegates aro well to tho front
In all tho nrrangenients. Texas Is not
ns yet represented, but her delegates
nro expected. Missouri hns 11 nmnhor
of dcleates here, among whom uro
1. t Uiapln and J. h. Coolcy of St
Joseph.
Colonel Moses of Grcnt Rend. Ivnn.
sas, as tho chairman of the congress
ana an irrigatlonist of national rcpu-
iniion, nas a general supervision over
all matters, and It Is largely duo to
his constant ngltatton of tho subject
and his appeals to men in authority
that the congress is made possible und
so innny delegates are bore.
Lieutenant G. P. Ahem. U. S. A.,
from Fort Custer, Mont, is hero in tho
interest of his pot hobby, forestry, on
which he. Is a well known authority.
A number of delcgntes wont out to
tho ltrynn home and called on Mr.
Hryun, who will address the conven
tion to-inorrow.
Professor Emery of Lawrence will,
during the congress, submit his essay
upon tho overflow wntors of tin. Mis
sissippi. This is tho one which hns
initen tnc prize ottered shortly after
tho overllows Inst winter. Ronth.
Tucker will nlso mako a talk thut
same night on his Irrigation Sulvntlon
Army colonics.
At n meeting of tho national execu
tive committeo it was decided to allow
tho organization of lust year to re
main in force until tho new oflleers
should bo elected. C. R. llootlie, who
was elected president at Phoenix,
Ariz., in lS'Jil, will therefore preside
over tills convention.
ANOTHER LUETGERT TALE
l'he Wife M-i-n In Nelirimku lnt- In Mny,
181)7.
Cmr.tr.0, Sept. 29. A dispatch from
Tekomuh, Neb., says thut H. Wade
Glllls, uu attorney of that place, clnlms
thut u woman who he believes was
Mrs. Leutgert consulted him in tho
hitter part of May about getting a
divorce.
It is reported that the prosecution
seriously contemplates seeking tho in
dictment of Mury Shimmering by tho
grand jury now in session. During
the time Mary Siemmcring was upon
tho witness stund slio was questioned
by Mr. McEwon, assistant states nt
torney, rolutivo to her testimony
before tho grand jury which In
dicted Luotgcrt und admitted that
hor story before that body us
well as tho evldenco she gave boforo
Justice Kcrs tun, who held Luotgcrt
for trial, was different In material
points from the evidence sho gavo at
tho present trial. Her explanation of
tho discrepancy wns Hint Inspector
Shunck hnd threatened her when sho
appeared boforo tho grand jury, toll
ing her that If she did not "testify
against Luotgort sho would bo pun
ished. Inspector Sobntick denouncos
this statement ns utterly fnlsc.
Armadnlo Opdyke, n fruit vender
from nenr Jnncsvllle, Wis., said that
May 9, whllo in tho vicinity of Lake
'Zurich, near Jnncsvllle, with n horse
nnd wagon, lu a small grove ho saw
two women lying upon tho ground,
who said thoy woro going to re
main there during tho night. Ho
curried an nrnifu! of hay from
his wagon to tho women and
thoy mado a bed of it Ho pos
itively and unconditionally identified
a photograph of Airs. Luotgcrt us one
of tho women. On cross exnmliiation
ho acknowledged thut his identifica
tion wns based purely on tho resem
blance of Mrs. Luotgort's picture to
uno of tho women.
Marcus Hciniicmnnn added his testi
mony to that of others who have told
how Mrs. Luetgertt had frequently
said she was going nway from homo
becauso Luotgcrt had failed.
Another Itlehmond In the Kh'lil.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 20. A rival
to tho North American Transportation
and Trading company In Alaska steam
ship business has appeured. It is tho
Alaska Transportation nnd Develop
ment company of Chicago, capitalized
at 85,000,000.
Uave Only Hard Look Rtorlen.
Sax Fjiancisco, Sept 29. Three
members- of the expedition which
went to Peru last March in charge of
ox-Pollco Sergonnt Johns have re
turned to this city. They tell a story
of privation und hard luck, nnd glvo
nny thing butu glowing account of tho
Peruvian gold fields.
A lloyntty on Gold,
Dk.mmix, Texas, Sept. 20. Tho
Chickasaw legislature, now In session
ut Tishomingo, 1. T,, has passed uu
uct placing a royalty on all gold that
la hcroaftcr mined in tho Chickasaw
nation,
ATTENDANCE FALLS DOWN
The ArimUslonft to thn Mtnte I'Hlr Not I p
lo f.nst Yenr.
There is great dlssati.sfnctlon ex
pressed nt the showing inndo In the
matter of attendance at the Mate fnlr
this year. Less people viewed tho fnlr
this yenr than lust nl though tho crowd
to Omnha were greater. Tho trans
portation facilities uro blamed. Oma
ha people, it Is claimed, do not turn
out In tho iiiiuibers they ought. The
Omnha papers Intimate thut from the
figures there is 11 leak somewhere nnd
seem to lay the bbiuio on tho manage
ment. The members of the board nre
not ut all disturbed by the furore being
mado by tho Omaha papers over the
.showing in its report. "Wis know wo
lire liu'lit." snld olio of them In the
presence of tho others, "and uro con
tent to hnvo those criticise who care
to." It is expected that ut the winter
meeting of the hoard of agriculture
thero will be some fun, nnd if tho fulr
is not removed from Oiniihu entirely,
assurance will bo required that facili
ties will bo iiffordei'. for taking to the.
fair grounds all who wish to attend, so
thut thu fair will not bo loser beeau-e
the fair grounds aro located so far
from thn city that it Is .simply distress
to attempt to walk to them.
It is also rumored thut tho board of
goernors of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ren
uro discouraged at thu unwilling
ness of inercliants most benelltted by
tho crowds attracted to town to see
their festivities to liberally respond to
the cull for aid to pay the expenses of
the same.
The aggregate paid iittendiiueo this
ycur was I5,t7, and tho total free at
tendance RI.'.'T.'I, n total of ,18,919. The
uggregatn paid attendnneo Inst year
was ,'i2,li)8, ami the free attendance
15,3311. The decreusu In paid attend
ance was 0,512, and the decrease in free
admissions 2,(157, u total decrease of
8, 5H0.
ASSAULT PROVES FATAL.
AltrrcHtlon lli-livorn Two Ho h Kemilte In
n Killing.
Friday evening last two farm hands
named Roltutd nnd Huclhius, 011 the
farm of M. A. Abercronibio nenr North
Platte, became engaged in tin alterca
tion. During tho quurrol Roland
selcd 11 board mid struck lliitchiiis n
blow on tho head which felled him.
An cMtuiiuiition showed that the skull
hud been fractured. Tho physicians
we're unablo to nfforil nny relief and
Hiitchlusdied Sunday night. Hutch
Ins was about nineteen years old and
Roland about sixteen. Roland will be
prosecuted for manslaughter.
BAD FIRE AT ARLINGTON.
Inrrndluilnni !t'pnnllili- I'or n VI 7,000
CoullHicriitiou,
The prosperous little town of Arling
ton, Neb., suffered a loss of seven bus
iness blocks by a disastrous tiro early
Tuesday morning. It is supposed to
bo the work of nu incendiary. The to
tul loss will foot up SI 7,1100. Oflleers
aro tracing the purtles guilty of cuus
ing tin; ruin.
Ilnrllry' Cime.
Thero is 11 hitch in thn proceedings
in the cii.su of the state against the
bondsmen of cx-Trensuror Hartley
thnt threatens to curry tho ense for
thirty or sixty dnys. It nppcars thut
when the bond was tiled the signatures
thereto were not. for souio reason,
deemed sulllclent, and that other
nnnies wero uddeil several dnys Inter.
In setting out tho bond In its petition
the state set up the bond with tho ad
ditional signatures, which wore not on
the bond when Hied. To this the de
fense objected, claiming that the bond
set out was not the bond tiled by Hart
ley. The etnto responded thut when
tins additional signatures wero lidded
the old bondsmen signed a written
agreement waiving nil objections to
the bond on account of tho new signa
tures. Tho defense objected to this
reply, claiming that tho stuto wns ut
tempting to set up in its reply matter
that should have beon set out in the
original petition, mid Hint tho allega
tion in thn reply was not fit matter for
reply. Judge Powers has taken the
111a tier under advisement nnd his decis
ion may cause a delay of thirty to tdxjy
days. '
Nnw Mm. I.urlKrrt.
II. W. (lillis of Tekamtih has scut
word to the defense in tho Leutgert
murder trial nt Chicago that ho h
ready to swear thnt ho saw und talked
with a woman at Teknmah on May 27.
who answers to Mrs. Luotgert'n des
cription perfectly. A woman called nt
Ills nfllee on tlmt tlute to sco about n
devorcej suhl hhe was tho wife of 11
wealthy Chicago man; had come from
Michigan and would return there lie
did not know who the woman was un
til ho nttended the Luotgort trial In
(iiicugo, where ho saw a photograph
of Mrs. Luotgcrt nnd identified it ns
one of the woman who called on him,
CONDENSATIONS
Notice Nebrnsku's "Italian skies."
The horse stables on tho fairground
at Wnhoo were burned recently.
Ernest Arnold of Ashlnnd, who has
lately been In Mautlun, Mexico, died
there of yellow fever.
The State Rank of Liberty bus been
authorized by the stuto banking boni-d
to commence business October 1,
Miko Wagoner. Joseph Duncan nnd
Tom McGnignu broke jail ut Fremont.
Monday. Neither of thu trio havo yet
been apprehended.
Prof. V. W. Taylor, superintendent
of agriculture, horticulture and for
estry nt tho exposition bus returned to
Oni.ilia from Nushvllle, where ho suc
ceeded in securing several 1898 nation
al conventions for Omaha. Ho says hn
found everyone favorably impressed
with tho prospective magnitude of tho
coming exposition. Ho also says thnt
Nublivlllo people nro anticipating a
great time on Nebraska dny nt thoir
own exposition,
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