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INTO HUDSON UIVER.
NEW YORK CENTRALTRACK
GIVES WAY.
Vwcnljr KlRlit l.ltn l.oit In n Trrrlltla Ac
cident 1111 I he Sew York Central nml
Hmltuii lllsrr Itnllrnail MlrnriiloiH IJs
tape of I'amu'nurr.
Pkkkbkimh N. V., Oct, 20. The
lltifTiilo niul New Yorlc Htate cxpross
on the Now York Central Hudson
Illver railroad plunged Into tlio Hud
son river by the cnvlng of tin- bank
under tho trnelc onu find a half miles
below Garrison's station early yester
day morning and twenty-eight Urea
were lout.
Thu retaining wall along the. river
had been undermined by high water
In the rlvor and tho trneU full under
the weight of the train, which con
slated of u ti engine, nn express cur, a
combination baggage and smoking' car,
nn ordinary couch iitul six sleepers. Tlio
engine nnd two of thu forward curt
aic submerged In fifty feet of water.
A. 0 Muekay, private secretary to
ircneral Superintendent Vim Kltou:
.lohu Foyle, engineer, nnd .lolin Tomp
kins, UriMiinn, wont down with the
engine. All of th
sengors cscupcd, but u mini named
William of Uuirulodled ufter he had
been rescued from the river, his urui
during been torn otf
In the combination ear were thu
baggageman and a friend, uleven Chi
nanu'ii :iikI Thomas Hullly of St.
Louis. All of these except thu bag
gugemau and friend and three China
men perished. In thu day coach were
Mve'ity persons, at least twelve of
vhctn weru lost.
The locomotive, In which are tho
oodles of Foyle, Tumpk us and A. 0.
Maekny, prlvite secretary to Suporln
temlent Van L'tteu. who was riding
from Albany with thu cnglnoor. U
supposed to be lying in fifty feet of
water under, or nenr the sleeping earn
Hermes and Niohc.
Half of the side of tho day coach,
from which many bodies have been
taken, was lorn away and It is possi
ble that some bodies of thoso drowned
floated away. Thu diver who took six
bodies out of thin car last evening
said he could find no more. A good
many bollovo, howevur, that six othors
will be found lator.
PARTIAL LIST OF DI'.AI).
Following is a list of thu dead as far
as ascertained:
THOMAS IIUILLYnf SL Louis.
yVCKO OIM a Chinaman.
I'. A ()R1KN of Chlcaja
W. II O. UYKKSof Tu-mont, .V V.
OUIKKPI'B PAHUANO of New Yorlc
W. UBCICEK ut Newark, N. J.
A. O. MACK AY. private secretary to Gen
eral Superintendent Van Ktten; body. sun
eoscd to be la wreck.
JOHN rOYLK, tiiRlnccr. of lUst Albany;
lnd not rccovri rrt.
.TOUN (J TIIOMPKINK. tlrem.iti, ut K.ist
Albany: boiH- tint ircovtrcd.
M'-vii unknown women.
Seven Chin uneu, unltlciitlfh'il
TV more x.-riously Injuteil, so f.tr as
knowi, wtr.
Omuluctor K U Parhh, of New York,
knoiLfd uhcoim liu; seserely limtsril
JuliiiE llyan No. 21)4 Harrow street, ,U-r-
vCity, badly lacerateit at m and icgs In
the hospital litre
CUrence MorKau of Aurora, N Y., broken
h mlder: In the hospital here.
All night and to-day workmen lu
bored over tho wreckage. When tho
sleeping car Oleualplu was drnggod
from the stream u bearchlng party
went through it and found that there
wus not a body In it. That tho escape
of the passengers svus almost mir.icu
lous, was, however, clearly shown.
Thu blankets and curtains wuro
jammed into tho front of thu car, and
the. seat bottom, which at night serve
as bed bottoms, the mattresses and
pillows mid every movable thing lu
,the ear had been jammed from side to
tide and from end to end of the car lu
a manner that would seem to almost
preclude the possibility of atiy person
in tho car escaping.
There was found in the car (Jlcuul
pin, lu wallets and pockutbooks, SOUO In
money, In sums ranging from SIS to
J300, nnd eight gold watchui, one of
them being a lady's chatoluine. Somu
of the watches bear monograms, by
which they can be Identified There
were also found a variety of dlnmoniU,
sleeve buttons, studs and a pear, pin,
all kinds of wearing apparol, sachc'.s,
umbrellas ami shoes.
"The accident was caused by the
bed of the railroad being washed out
in some luexplleablo manner In this
undermined condition thu track sunk
ns soon as the weight of tho train was.
put on It, and the embankment giving
way, the train was, of course, precip
itated Into tho river. Such conditions
aa this wo have uevor looked for.
Train have been running over this
spot for years and yuars without tied
duntor dlflleulty of nny kind and this
piece of trauk was considered as good
as guy section of tho railroad. Not
only was the roadbed the hardest kind
of an embankment, but It was
strengthened by u retaining water
wall of solid masonry throo feet thick."
Other railroad ofllolals were of the
opinion that a quicksand foundation
of some kind below tho water Hue
was responsible for tho sinking of thu
roadbed.
Love In Extreme (Mil As.
Lincoln Ckntkh, Knn , Oct. 25, In
this town, to-morrow, Mrs. Mary
Smith, aged 01, will be married to
Ucorgo Fox, aged 81. Fox was u
soldier in tho Mexican uud civil wars
FOURTH CLASS OFFICES
Report of Postmaster fliMientl .losrph I
Ilrlstow.
WASHl.inroN, Oct 20. Fourth As
sistant Postmaster Qonoral Joseph L.
Hrlstow has submitted his annual ro
port to thu postmaster general. Fourth
class offlcos comprise all offices where
tho receipts arc less than 81,1)00 per
annum, or where tho salary of tho
postmaster does not amount to 8350
per quarter for four consecutive) quar
ters. Massachusetts ranks first In
compensation of fourth class post
masters, and North Carolina ranks
lowest.
Tho number of cases of all kinds
made up nnd acted upon for the fiscal
year Is as follows:
Postofflres established 1.C01
Pmtomiex discontinued 03')
Names and sites changed 1,057
Appointments on chances of name
and site...., 652
Appointments of fourth class post
masters upon resolution 7,'i'i9
Appjlntments of fourth class post-,
masters upon removal 5,115
Appointments of fourth clast post-
masters upon deaths 72'J
OITlrei t elevated to fourth class 22
Appointment of presidential postmaster:
L'liu i retaliations ..
t'ot'.iinlsslo is rxptied
ItOlllOV.IM
sleeping ear pas-1 ""'-1,1 , :.-,
. 11111 ..V w....... ....r-..,v.....
70
814
411
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U. P. COMPLICATIONS.
Tut si iiumli'f of eases haiillrd by
Ihchui'iiu lor the tlscal e.ir '. Ifl.lOii
in the estiibllshment of rostollleoslt
has been the policy of this bureau
fllui'ti the beginning of the present ad
ministration to establish u new post
oil I eo wherever It is desired, and It Is
ahown that It will accommodate a
reasonable number of people, the pur
pose being to give the people thd most
eonvoulent mull fnellitius possible, be
lieving Hint hiieh :i policy contributes
to popular Intelligence uud good citi
zenship. Commissions to postmasters of the
fourth class run for no definite time,
but expire at the will of the Post
imuter tieueral. During the year
there have been 13,111 bonds given
upon the iiprolutmeiit of now poU
musters, nnd 1,700 new bonds have
been required of Incumbent post
mts'.crs One thousand five hundred
and ninuty-slx post musters havo been
reported to the bond division by the
Auditor for delinquencies, and I.Tl'i
notices havo been sent .sureties of
postmasters advising them of the tard
iness of postmasters in their re
mittances. For various causes 30
acting postmasters havo been desig
nated by bondsmen during the yenr.
The total number of pieces of regis
tered mall handled by the post office
department for tho fiscal year ended
June 0, lfi07, is estimated at 13,850,
000. Four thousand two hundred and
huvonty-llve complaints were investi
gated and closed. In 2,750 of these
cases it was discovered that no actual
loss bad occurred, and in 1.007 eases
tho full amount of loss alleged was
recovered; leaving only 458 cases in
which uctuat loss was sustained, or
only one loss for ovcry V2,ti4G plecos ol
registered mall handled, which shows
a marked docreaiio In the percentage
of lossor, as compared with tho pre
vious liscal yoar, the record of that
year showing one loss, for evory 10,
354 pieces of registered mall handled.
Undor thu heed of mull lobbers, the
report says: One of tho most suc
cessful and probably the most import
ant enterprises in which our Inspec
tors participated during tho year was
the broaklng up and capturing of a
baud of burglars and bank robbers
who had their headquarters at Han
over, Kansas.
Attnrasjr Gansral Wants 1st Delayed
Pnxpsotlv I'arehassra Opposed.
Nkw Yomc, Oct. 20. Tho Union Pa
ride reorganization committee made
the following announcement to-duy:
"Thu attorney general has notified
this committee that he proposes to ask
the court for a postponement of the
foreclosure of the Kunsas Pacific and
Union Pacific railway properties to
December 15, so lis to defer final dis
position utitil ufter Congress shull
have met. Tho reorganization com
mittee has, however. reached
tho conclusion that the interest
of the security holders represented
by It ami of thu syndicate furnishing
tho funds to finance tho reorganiza
tion demand reorganization without
liny further deluy. lu this sittiution
tho committed contemplates, so a.s to
gain prompt possession of tho Union
Pacific lino, to oppose any adjourn
ment of tho stile of the main Hue and
to bid It in, if need be, for tho full
amount of thu irovcrnmcnt's claim, the
additional sum involved lu this being
01 a, ooo, ooo."
Indications point to tho formation
of a second syndicate to bid for the
I'nlon Pacific railway at the foreclos
ure sule, but this syndicate Is entirely
dlitluct from thu miieh advurtUed onu
attributed to Russell Sage and General
Thomas, which both of these men
deuy having gotten up.
IRATE HUSBAND SHOOTS.
OUT? PUBLIC LANDS
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER
HERMANN.
Kmiksi II it a l,(MII,.SHtl Acre mill .Slti'oiii'l
4 !l 7,(1114 Itermiiinr mint Ions ItrKitiillni;
Arid l.iunln Aliuse of Timber I'rUlli'ce
Allnlnir Dri'llnliiK.
INDIAN HUNTERS KILLED.
a k.
Ittti'r Danceri'uily Wounds ST. K.
Allnu In Kansits City, Kan.
KanhahCitv. Mo., Oet. Uti. William
X. Allen, of the ICeeley Institute in
Kansas City, Kun., who is generally
known as "Doctor'' Allen, was shot
and dangerously wounded at lu:15
o'clock yesterday morning by (X II
lliley. traveling salosmaii for the
Sehtneler Arms Company of this city.
The cuuso of thu shooting wns the
belief entertained by Ulley that Allen
hud been lntimuto with his wife. This
belief was founded upon letters writ
ten by Allen to Mrs. Illloy, which
;:uuc into Klley's possession.
Thu shooting created u sensation in
the city across tho Kaw. It occurred
in thu olllcu of the K'celcv iustltutu In
tho Portsmouth building, corner of
Slvth street nnd Minnesota avenue.
Kiloy 11 rod three shots, onu of which
entered Allen's right side and another
tnadu u slight wound in his own left
leg. Itlley gavo himself up
SCHLEGEL ACQUITTED.
Jury I'lii its He SVits Insano Hlioo lit.
Killed Or, llvrgnr Ijtsl .luty.
K.vxhas City, Mo., Oct !. Tho
jury In thu ease of John Sehleeel.'
charged with the murder of Dr. Ly
man A. Horiror lu July last, yesterday
returned u verdict of not guilty uu
the ground that Schlegel was insane
at the time of the murder, but adding
that he hud recovered from such In
sanity. The jurv was out elghteuu
hour-. The early ballots stood uluu
for uequlltul uud three for murder In
thu second degree.
The reading of the verdict was fol
lowed by u tumult of cheers and
scenes of great rejoicing, as the court
room contained at thu time about
sove'uty-flve persons, most of them
staunch friends of the uceuscd, who
had been waiting since early morning
for the jury to report. They did not
glvu Schlegel an opportunity toshuku
hands with thu lurors. but nlckud him
During the summer up and boro him bodily from the room
A LEGACY FOR A JILT.
Hair His Estate Left to Married
Missouri Woman by is former Suitor.
Osckola, Ma, Oct. 20. Many yonn
go the present Mrs. Arosbury quar
relled with a man named Smith, to
whom shs was to have been married
the next day, and Smith left for Col
orado, where he accumulated property
worth between 8X000 and 810,000,
half of which Jkitt jeft at his recont
deaiVto hU former aweethear't.Tho
woman's husbnnd (s a laboroi? in the
' v-Kfccfcr,
and fall of lSOil, the indiscriminate nnd took him
robborles of nostofilccb, depots and ehlldreu.
haul's, in the northern counties oi
'Kuusus and the southern section ol
Nebraska, wore of such frequent oc
currence ns to keep tho law-abiding
portion of those communities in a state
of perpetual excitomout and terror.
At Hanover, Kansas, A. A llivird, alias
"lllg Al," K. J. Fuller and Fred.
W'hltllng were arrested for robbing a
bank at Davenport, Nebraska, on No
vember 1 1.
Fuller Is an all-round crook; Ualrd,
whoso real nnmed is Connelly, served
:v term in thu Sioux Falls penitentiary
under the name of Arthur Inmun, for
tin robbery ot tho postoflice at Went
worth, S. I)., while Whitling, the cap
tain of the gang, is a saloonkeeper
and runs a "fence'' at Hanover, hie
"divu" being the easy resort and haven
of refuge for such characters as llalrd
uud Fuller, "Syracuse Slim," "Jltnmle
Hums," "St. I.ouls Sam" and other
noted crlminnls ot record. All of the
parties nainod, with a single excep
Hon, havo been tried, convicted, sen
tenced and Imprisoned for long tonus
by the state courts, and It Is probable
that two or more ot them can bo in
dicted for tho robburlos of tho post
olllces at Hollonberg and Ilellevllle,
Kun , and Hobron, Neb.
Tho Importance- of this work Is eas
ily seen In. thu fact that not a single
postofllcu robbory In this territory
was roportod for mouths after these
arrests, while they had previously uv
eraged two a week.
Mmln Irnsr lijr Omnium.
St. .Ioskimi, Mo., Oct SI. Threo
weeks ago companions of Henry lluns,
11 years old, hold his nostrils to tho
openiug in a gasoltuo can at a grocery
store. He at once showed signs ot
being mentally doranged and to-day
he was sent to the asylum.
riot to Kill sheriff Martin.
WiLKXSBAitiiK, Pa-, Oet 20. An al
leered conspiracy to murder Sheriff
homo to his wife nnd
DYNAMITERS GET $6,000,
A I'aak Safe Crarkoit nutl the llullil
In Wreokml One nf the Men Hliol.
Whnm-KitCiTY, Iowa. Oct. 2 0. At
the State bank nt Klalrsburg yestor
Juy morning three robbers used many
times an much dynamite as was neces
sary, and not only broke open the
safe, from which Sfl.OOO was taken, but
Irrepurably wrecked the building.
The trio wont from this town on a
stolen Illinois Central handcar, nnd
two escaped the same way, Thu third
was mistaken lu tho dark liy his com
rades for an officer and shot, probably
fatally. After his capture he gave his
name as Edward Gillcom, but claimed
not to know his accomplices numes;
uulther would he tell where he had
come from nor anything about the
robbery.
SPAIN'S SHARP REPLY.
in
Martin, who led the deputies svho fired
upon and killed a score of strlkors at
I.attlmei-, on September 10, has been
lisoovered by the arrest of Joun.oep
lack, who was wounded in tho riot
Joha iartaln No More,
Priladklpuia, Oot SO. John Bar
tain, artist and engraver, died at his
daughter's home hero this morning.
Ilia death was doubtless hastened by
a fall from a street" car about six
weeka euro. lie was bora In London
SsfflVswlttMSas . '
IVanta No Mediation, anil Will Kud
Uur In Her Own War.
Maiiiiid, Oet. 20. Spain has sent Its
uiswer to Minister Woodford and the
latter has cabled it to tho btuto de
partment lu Washington.
The reply Is courteous In tono, but
says that Spain svill brook no media
tion, and will end the Cuban war in
its own wav, no matter how long it
may take.
The ministry expresses Its regret at
American losses by reason of the ro
bullion, but says It is America's own
(mil, Intimating that tho war oould
not have been carried on without the
connlvanco of United States citizens.
Spain, it is understood, in the reply
asserts her right to search vessels lr
Spanish waters.
FOUND DEAD IN AWELL,
Sedgwlrik
Wahiii.viiio.v, Oct 27. In his annual
report Hlnger Hermann, commissioner
of tho general land olllce, reports a
decrease of 3.20S original hotuesteuil
entries, aggregating 37.1.J.,5 acres. In
the entire disposal of public land
there was a fulling off of 5,370, 4UU
icres. The areas sold for cash reached
10.052 acres uud miscellaneous cu
rios aggregated 7,334, 551 acres. The
ecelpts from disposal of public lands
.mounted to 81, 5'.t0,3;o and from ills
msal of Indian lauds to 3118,710.
l'lierc were 3'.'.(H7 agricultural patents
Issued, iippt-iiN'imntiiig 5,133.!120 acres.
Them were patented or certified with
the effect of p.itent'ng for tho benefit
of rallto.nl companies, under Congrcs
s onal grants. 5,101,000 acres, a de
crease of osur 10,0'JO.OOO acres from the
previous year
An approximate estimate of
number of acres of vacant public lundi
m the several states uud territories at
the close of tho liscal year is as fol
lows: A In tin inn 532,3 l'.. Arizona 5 1,400
211, Arkansas 3,022.012, California, I.I,
Stl.044, Colorado 40,01, ,201, Florida
1.7ti7,ii(i:, Idaho I5,'.M12,85',, Kansas
l,Op;,5!9, Louisiana 815,020, Michigan
522,131, Minnesota 0,240.!IUH. Missis
sippi 441,i20. Missouri ll'7,ii'.i4, Mon
tana 7i, 4.12,017, Nebraska 10,000,353,
Nevada '51,57d,5stJ, Now Mexico 50,
js3,047, North Diikotul,:iS5,2ii:i, Okla
homa 8,105,2.!!, Oregon 35,s'.l2,31'J,
outh Dnkota 13,250,713, t'tnh 4 1,201,
070, Washington n.li.W.SIS, Wisconsin
151,107, Wyoming 10,341,588, Alaska
,l(i!i,52H.0oo. 'these figures do not in
clude the vacant land in military,
timber and Indian reservations,
reservoir sites, tracts covered by se
lections, tilings, railroad grants, etc.
The report calls attention to the
necessity for leylslntlvo enactment,
either original or nmenoutory of the
Caroy net, which should tend to make
secure, tho capital invested in the re
clamation of tho arid lauds. Owing
to thu recont financial depression, es
pecially felt in thu arid land states,
comparatively little advancement has
been mndo toward reclamation, hut
with tlio revival of industries gener
ally nnd the more ready supply of
money for Investment purposes there
also Iris been a revival of tho former
interest in this subject.
The mining industry reached its
lowest point uuripg the past year,
but Is now on the Increase. In view
of the uxpectcd iiliug ot many loca
tions incident to the opening up of the
upper Yukon district tho commissioner
favors the establishment nf another
lend district in Alaska. Noting thu
fact thai numerous mining syndicates
are already In tho field, competing for
title to the many individual locations
on the rich mineral discoveries in
Alaska, It Is recommended that thu
law be so amended as to prohibit the
including of more thnn one lode claim
or more thau 1'iO ucre of placer
ground in a single application or
in try.
There were 370 cases of depreda
tions on public timber reported In
volving 8035,004, recovorablo to tho
government Nearly 300 permits havo
been Issued to cut public Umber since
the passage of tho permit luw, with
an established estimated amount of
timber thus allowed to bo cut of 300,-
000,000 feet Commissioner Hermann
says; "Lurge corporations nn'tl com
panies havo secured permits at differ
cut times to cut ninny millions of feet,
notably tho lllg Kluckfoot Milling
company, Hitter Itoot Developing
company and thu Anaconda .Mining
company, all of Montana. Since my
iuductlou l liavo rctuseii to ullow any
license issued to use to exceed onu
quarter section, aud any further quan
tity upon showing of tho reul neces
sity. At the present, timber dealer
yearly sweep vast quantities of timber
from the public lands in tho interest
of speculations without paying a dol
lar to tho government, uud conflagra
tions rage through the public forests
without government effort to cheek
destruction. The timber loss yearly
from these sources conservatively runs
up into the millions of dollars. It is
impracticable to protect nnd adminis
ter tho forests upon the public domain
without provision for the maintenance
of a full local force to mipervl.se tho
timbered lauds aud execute tliuso
laws."
Clash With Colorado' (lume Warden-
FlRht With Unruly Utrs.
nirt.K, Col.. Oct i7. Wilcox, game
Wnrden, attempted to arrest some lu
dlnns near Lilly Park for violating thu
Colorado game laws and wa9 fired up
on by tho L'tes. The officers returned
tho fire, killing five Utes Wilcox,
with several possps of deputy sheriffs
and ranchmen, are after tho Indians
and a further coullict seems Inevitable.
Parties arc organizing to go to the re
liof of the game warden, fearing u
general uprising of tho Indians.
Tho trouble began last week when
tho White IMver, t'neomphagre uud
Uintnh l'tes begun pouring over the
line from t'tuh on their annual fall
hunt. The White Itlver Utes were ex
ceptionally ugly and svere apparently
anxious to pick trouble with parties
of whites with whom they came in
contact. These l'tes were lu tho
Meeker massacre. There are several
hundred of them now In the state.
Hrigudlor tlcnoral Otis of the de
partment of the Colorado has said that
If tho eiieumstunccs should warrant it,
troops would bo sent to the scene of
the con filet between the l'tes and Wil
cox' men at mice. They are ready to
proceed at a moment's notice.
Jovernor Adams said he did not ap
preheudany serious trouble aud would
tiol at present order out any state
troops
Lily park on the Hear or Vampa
river, has been tho scenu of most of
the game depredations of the Utoi
every since the "Ute war" of tun yeart
u go.
MAY BECOME A GU1TEAU.
NEW INDIAN SCHEME.
Chief of the Creeks Want, tj,s iflvt
Tribe (o I'nltn.
Mt'SKonr.r, I. T., Oet 27. Tho In
itial step toward what It is believed
may be the final termination of tlio
vexed Indian problem in the Indian
Territory has just b.-en taken by
Chief lsparccchor, in a special mes
sage to the Creek council. The plnn
advocated Is supposed to bo tho result
of the recent conference of leader-i of
the Cherokee, Creek aud Suminole
tribes, and Chief Miiyes of tho Chero
kee nation, Is known to favor the
plan. That portions of tho message
regarding the new plan Is as follows:
"I would suggest that you consti
tute n delegation consisting of a suit
able number of your most competent
citizens for the purpose of visiting tho
other nations, with a view of agreeing
upon a time and plnee for tho assem
bling of u constitutional convention,
to be composed of duly authorized
delegates, representing the several
nations: that Is to say, it convention,
having for Its purpose the framing of
a general constitutional government
that wilt afford protection to the In
dian owners of the country. This is
the first step looking to the formation
of a government of the Indium, nnd
for the Indians of thu five nations,
uud the only course thnt gives any
hope of porpotuating our rights of
self government. I regard this as u.
step that should be taken utthls time,
for 'united we stand, divided w
fall.'"
U. P. BID RAISED.
an
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Kx-Kntitns Man Makm Threat
Heoator Mason's Office.
Cihcaoo, Oct 27. "If I do not got
my just deserts 1 may becomo u sec
ond Charles (Juitcau and there will be
serious trouble for President. McKln
ley," .s ild a man who gavo tho name
of Ooorgc Seholder of Otter Creek,
Iowa, in Senator William II Mason's
law olllce to-day.
Seholder said a few years ago ho was
tho owner of a largo tract of land iti
Hastcrn Kansas. He was swindled
out of it through litigation and now
ho wanted the President to assist him
in regaining the property. Ho said
he had come to Chicago in the hope
of securing the sympathy of some at
torney but had been unsuccessful and
was almost discouraged. Ho had
called on Senator Mason in order to
persuade the latter to assist him In so
curing what he wanted from the pres
ident. The senator Is not in tlio cltv. An
other appointment wns made with tho
man on the belief thnt he was a crank
and detectives were sent for, blithe
did not show up again. Tliosu who
saw him say he did not have tho ap
pcuraucu of a crunk. He hud been iu
Chicago three weeks, penniless uud
upon the verge of starvation
Seholder said he had a daughter
living lu Fort Scott, Kan., and if he
does not go to Washington ho desires
to return to Kansas.
REMOVAL BY WHOLESALE.
(irent Miiiiu-l i of ChlciiKit I'lillcruim
ItlK I'ollllnil I'plii-usiit.
CmrAflu, 0.-t. 27. Chief of Police
Kiploy issued uu order to-day dls
ihargtng from thu force 431 policemen
and appointing in their places n like
number of the "Star League" Demo
.ratlc ex-policemen, who had been
llscharged under tho previous Repub
lican administration.
It is the biggest so-called "general
arder" issued since ux-Clilof Ilndcnoch
(Republican) issued his famous order
No Hi, in May, lo'.i5, dlschargiug 3iV
men.
Chief Klpley's order drojis from tlio
police rolls uud retires on pensions
tin co desk sergeants, 'one detective
sergeant aud twenty patrolmen.
Light desk sergeants, two detectls-o
MM-geunts, two patrol sergeunts and
V.U patrolmen were discharged out
right. Klpley says the changes nro made
In order to put tlio entire department
under civil service. Tho men dis
charged, he said, owed their uppolnt
meiits to political Intluonce. All tho
newly appointed officers have passed
tlio civil service examinations.
One notable feature of the order is
that the four detectives who did the
most conspicuous work on tho Luet
gert ease arc discharged.
Hie llcorgnnlxera freparlnir ti Placate
the Ooiiirnmtiit With More Money.
Washington, Oct 27. The indica
tions now are that the government
may yet reconsider itt determination
to ask Judge Sanborn for a. postpone
ment of tlio sale of thu Uulon
Paollle railroad. Then are rea
sons for the belief that thu
government has received or Is
in hourly expectation of receiving an
additional proposition from the reor
ganization committee. This Is believed
to be a material Increase iu thu guar
antee offer, provided the sale be al
lowed to proceed on the date originally
llxed upon. This increase, it Is report
ed, will make the committee's guurau
tcu bid equal to tho full amount of the
government's claim against the Union
Pacific road proper, or about S5S.007,
3Qd. In tliat event It is altogether
probablo t'hat tho olfes will bo accept
ed and the sale allowed to take place
on the day first agreed upon.
GREAT FLOODS IN JAPAN.
PULLMAN'S WILL.
County rnriner and m Wouiaq
Succumb to Damp.
Wichita, Kan., Oat 26. Yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock Frank Moon
and Mrs. D. Wells wore found dead
in a well on Moon's farm, four miles
from Derby, Moon had been work
ing two or threo days to get the tub
ing out of tho wull, aud had dug down
nearly twenty feet around tho wood
sections. It is thought that Mrs,
Wells found Moon in the well and had
reae down to help him, awl both werq
ltuxe Who Hate Seen It Nay It Contains
llnuntenii llrqiiests.
Ciucaoo, Oct. 27. Tho last will and
testament of (leorgu M. Pullmnn svill
be filed In tho probate court Wednes
day morning. Until that time no part
of its contents will lie made known to
the public.
Itobert T. Lincoln, cue of the e::ce
utors, said: "Mr. Pullman's will Is
very liberal Indeed. It contains many
large bequests to public and charita
ble Institutions.'' Neither of the ex
ecutors of the will would confirm or
deny tho statement that Mr. Pullman
'ad disinherited ills two sons.
rlru Time Since the Iteformatloo.
London, Oct. 27. For tho first time
since the Iteformatton, the opening of
me law court to-day svns lultlutcd by
a special service In Westminster Ab
bey, svhlch was attended by tho bonch
aud bar, all wearing their robes. Tho
Catholic judge nnd barristers attended
"red muss" at the Sardinia chapel.
Mayor Tnffart Will Not Help Tammany.
iNDiANAroiis. Ind., Oct 27. Mayor
Taggart said yesterday that he had
no lutentlon of going to New York
and participating In the Tammany
campaign.
Society Olrls Testify for Mansfield.
St. Jorei'H, Mo., Oct. 27. When
Richard Mansfield suit agalust B. S.
Hrlghnm, mnnagor of the Crawford
theater here, for an alleged balance
on a contract, was called before Judge
Haynos In tho circuit court yesterday,
all the society girls who had bees
subpoenaed wero present, but only
four or flvo testified. They svere
ununlmous that tho performance had
been "Just lovely," but It soemed to bo
established that less that tho adver
tised number of seventy actors had
participated. Mr. Hrighum'a testi
mony svas supported by a deposition
bv Kd Howe, editor of tho Atchison,
Kan., Qlobe, that the plays had been
disappointing. Tlio crldenco is all iu
nd the arguments are on to-day.
Republican Oortors Few.
Colvmiua, Mo., Oct. 27. Tho board
of examining surgoon-i of tho govern
ment pension department svill bo re
moved from Columbia to'Contralla No
vember 3. There svero not enough
Republican physicians in Columbia to
fill out tho bourd.
Many I.tvrs t.oit nml Vint lluiuacii Dune
hy Kecent llruvy Itulns.
T.wosiA. Wash., Oct 27. According
to mall advices from the Orient, Sep
tember 30, u heavy rain storm spread
all over Japan and up to the time thu
steamer Olympla loft Vokohomu re
ports wero coining iu of losses. Many
' people svero killed In the several dis
tricts. At Musast tsventy-two houses
collapsed. Thu Malulc HI states that
15,000 houses svere Hooded ut Nngoya.
According to nn ollicial report from
Aiychi prefecture forty-two villages,
altogether containing 10,0-M) houses,
wero submerged In tho Kalto Kaisal,
Nakashlmn and Hagiicrlx districts,
while il0,100 peasants svere dependent
on the rations of foods issued by the
government. Thu damage to the rieu
crops sta estimated to bo not lesi
than 1,'i million yen.
Will I.o.itn the Church.
PillNi'i'.ioN, N. J., Oet. 27. -Prof,
Charles W. Shields of Princeton uni
versity authorizes the statement that
In consequence of "unjust, unconsti
tutional and dofnmutory action" of
certain presbyteries and synods In
volving his good name, he has de
cided, for his own personal protec
tion, to separate himself from tho
Presbyterian church lu a constitu
tional manner with thu least possible
Jolay. This refers to tho granting
3f a liquor liceusu to tho Princeton
nn, Prof. Shields being one of the
ilgners of thu petition for the grant
ng of the license
Dotb BtaRO Duellists Hurt.
.CTTK, Mout, Oet 27. During n
porformnncc of UichaM III. at Ma
guire's theater John Fay Palmer, as
Richmond, drew blood from one hand
of John tlrl filth, svho svas playing,
Richard, during tho duel on llossvorth'
Hold, and suggosted thut the- curtain'
be rung down, but Griffith said to con
tlnuo tho fight Tho next moment
OrlUlth accidentally slashed Palmer
across the face, cutting a gash from
tho right eyobrow across tho nose and
breaking tho nasal bone, from svhlch
svound permanent disfigurement must
ensue. The curtain wns then rung
down. OrlHith is much grieved.
Uauihlliii; Outfit HurneO.
Lkxinoton, Mo , Oct. 27. Quito a
crowd svltnossed tho burning on the
public square here last night of crap
tables, poker tables, chips, cards, and
everything that goes to make up a
completo gambling room, captured a
fow sveeks ugo. This was by orders
of Judgo Ryluiid. Joseph Wllkorson,
who was convicted of the murder of
Jnmos Secrenso at Odessa April 15,
1800, svas sentenced by Judgo Ryland
to be hanged on Friday, December 10,
t. Louis Horse Show.
St. L.ouia, Mo., Oct 27. Thu first
annual horse show of the St Louis
exposition svas opened in the now Col
iseum last evening. More thau 4,000
people svero present, Including a large
J number of proasinent qltUcm.
A Small Fortune done.
Ciucao.0, Oct 27. The 814,000 pack, f
ago sent by registered mail to the l
State Savings Hank of llutte, Mont,
by the National Hank of tho Republiq
has been givon up for lost The loss
will bo paid by tho Union Marine In.
surunee company of New York which
insured tho package.
New Hecreiary Oeneral to Cube.
Philadelphia, Oct S7. Dr. JoL
'ongosta to-day received word fromts
Madrid thut he has been appointed
icoretury general to Cuba, Tho posi
tion la thicc blf hta) lb Cuba.
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